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B « SV or Fitz»r«M-al<i »» confined to his bed in his homo at Kw{ :l2nil (vt. N'. W. with influenza, bordering on pneu monia. it *'*• reported at the city hall Monday. Tbe Star's PHom mflD MAIN 600 Get the Hi bit! VOLUME 22. NO. 290. OIL INTERESTS SEEK WAR WITH MEXICO 'us IT SEEMS TOME DANA SLEETH a dft only am I tha only Se attle riuaan. who la not a MrKken. brJ ridden par alytir. who obaervea alt Iha laara, atatutaa. mil' ei baallh lilnta and public • but I am tha only ! Urtnr ■ faatura aprvlal. nyiriM or otherwiee- -in tho world ahr h»< not In th« U»t ntna aoathi rven menUo-ied tha teagua <f»!»«» tha peace traatv. who vffi >a our MXt prealdent. tha ki/!v eont of ahoaa. or emieavored to |)»» tha truth about tha Bolaha rAl I our not have much to ba pawl of. but I think t d'wrrve ■a* ,pokui. cowimendati. n for my Mt repreaaloii In theae re •»ct». ktA whila I will not ba eapecial* V ttastr whan I approach Bt. Pa- Mr tad proffer my vtalttng card. Mtt wiil ba with aome .light feel tg at worth)naaa that I aay. plao kt u aatxal hand o B a awaiting imi fheat "Howdy pate* flay. W Raeth, of Seattle and way ■kb Tou don t know ma, bat » tka fallow who want 'ijm mmtha without aajin* a Rri about the Utue of naOona ~ All I bat that Tatar will t»t me Ik Oat la. ha may not let ma hi. tfltafn tarn hia aufuat and *hin attack and leave a crack In tha IMkn I can aneak thru t tmb! If my Seattle fire Una MVmOy get ma by tha atar- M MBc rope, but t think Peter <HnNgni;e merit when ha aee« % m frabahly 111 bo tha only •Mnptraon a ho will hara that IMMar gam ahlnlng In my Ifca't blow my harp—or do you •*» a harp'--often, but after McQm of «t*rn repreaaion In thla Ikfli thing. I thought I could par-Sow! one amail bit of exul • • a nFKW day* ago I aaw tha atgnature of < ieorge Waahlngtmt at tha top of the liat on tha orlgi nai eonatitutlon of our WBtrv. I raw the 'irlglnal Dee w»U»n of Independence drawn Iti Heal vault by Secretary la»: I taw Secretary Jjine writ- N u «arneat and touching appeal fcr twiawal In ua of the aplrtt of !*; I av Old Glory waving In the Wtasng wind*. while tha great or R« played My Country. Tla of The*, 1 * anil |nw a Hl* Hopklna •rl critter fall down with a bucket * kot tuda. »"»r all thla within the of a few minute*, along with *"ral hundred other movie fana. a long delayed. but finally barat t«f hand clapping Qaerv What plrture in tha •tore i:«t got thla honeat token of fwl'.' approval'' *»"' Ton got It the flrat gueaa ~ t)w Ma Hopldn* f.,i|. * Mr h may prov ;<■ a hint to realou« gentlemen who ao urge, and b*«e<»<-h, and fepferp u« to stir an*w th* f»r*s of Sbktlgm, and our buaaums Ptob with th© b*at! n»f drum* pro tttrfai Enough is a euffleiency; we have •*®fed Amtrtranbßi, national •®th#ro*. military up*'-tar]** na review* and income taxe« until \ ***** a lot of Charlie Chaplin |® Mno-.e, the taste of our pro taping at freedom* font t urge >m so mu'h, brother: * «in rr,m* down to earth; let (ban "eyU all be on t.»nd the next tl*y'r» needed, and that with t »ny fujwlnir or conai rlptlnit. _iir at heart we are •mind, hut IP"* Ju«* » bit tired of thla top jPtyr patriotic clrcua, with Itn [xii'l 5~" Itn f'lentlflc oriranlz •' ;t« (trod enth'J«ia*rn. and It* 'la* waving* ' " for Pm |( ,pj(| n , ], j *» VVanhlnßt'in rent In paace. Esgimi ©" tK« World" tiV R. m f/fW f-R Oa linage £ I"o<dlay A WKHTCRN NOVKf, FAKE HEWS PAID FOR BY U. S. HER? Organized Efforts Made to Enrage People Against Southern Republic RY CIIKSTKR M WRHiHT NKW TOKK. Keb I— la there ft propaganda In Aineitra for inter wn Uon in What kind ->f propaganda la It? Who paya the hllla* Tli«» »r» quaatlona Important to every AiMrlnn. The ink wan tuliwj to me of Coins lo the root of thla f»ut>aganda que«tk>n finding the amatr and writing the facta For a month I have dona nothing but bunt propaganda ami ptopami dial*. I have never Nvom* entan (lad in anything mora tortuoua. mora oubOe. mora alniatar —egrafit tha German j.ropaganda in tha lata world war. v.wrr and rvrr.NHivr i INTERVKNTION PROPAGANDA ■Tliaaa «ra tha Important fare* de veloped I There IS an Intervention propa ganda. vaat and etpenalva, working from thr four corner* of tha ooun try. I—Tha bllla are paid nioatlr by Americana who own property in Mexico—and the bllla are big. 3 Intervention propaganda, for tha moat part, work* by Indirection Thoee Who want Intervention don't aay ao, what they aay la that A marl ran Uvea muat he protected, and that tha farranxa government la hope laaa. They overlook no rhanca to aow hatrad in America for tha Car ranca government. 4—lWlahevlam la tha luteal bogev Thla Itolahavlam thing la tha moat aartoua feature of tha Meglcan men ace today," I waa aolemnly aaaurad by a Waahlngton rapreaantallva of the prnpagamla. t- CM! atanda at tha head and front of all propnganda work HKKK TO OKT \MKKI( %\H M\l) AT MUX ICO In a'ldltlon to the org.nniaed and rantrallaed prnpt jnniU numarotia oil com pan lea maintain their own agen rlaa hare. Tha rhlaf «im of the organlaed prnp.ig-.i nd.i for Intervention In M'l Ico la to get th* American pMtpl* an mail at Meglm that ovarybody will want Intervention—to cau»* anger to unaeat retunn The Oil interaata put bralna Into their work. "!y*»k how bnd t In; look at th* murder and dlsoriVr; look how property in bainjr confl*cat*d; look how Am*rleans ar* auff*rinir unpro tected; look how bad Carranx* In"' That's what tha propagandist* n ny. And th*n th*y nak "Isn't th* American ir*'V»rnm*nt going to Klv* prot*ction to Ita dtJ**ns In Maxim?" For on* solid y*ar, und*r th* most •klllful direction, "publicity" has btffft going out of W;i*hlngton and If*w Tork. calculate to th* Am*rksan p**»pl* boiling mad—mad to th*. point of int*rv*ntion —and th* «-*nd la not y*t. F.WMiKKUK KVr.RY BR \WI, INTO "ATROCITY* An deweribed by the man whose ir*nlu* dirert* the work, the plan in to brine to light everything in Iro that U unfavorable to Mexico, to get hold of every "atrocity." every hrawl. every murder, every bandit chase. every instance of dlnordrr of any kind. t'nconscioualy. the United Htates department of state play* a big role in the Intervention propaganda. You read In your paper a story be ginning like this: "The «tate department wan In formed today * * •" following whl< h there in related the account of some fre«h "atrocity" In Mexico. True enougli. the state department was Informed -by the oil propagan« da' That's bow the *t;ite department la made to appear to play a support ing part In the whole menh of Inter vention propaganda. TIIKKK MAIN HIM RTKH OF MKXK MN I'KOI' Mi\M> \ There are today three main sources of propaganda having to do with American policy toward Mexico, and the#e a re: I—Tlie National A«<*m-iatlon for the protection of American IUkIiU In Mexico. 2—\ artotm o|| «ompsnle* and oil producer**' aaHfH'ltaion**. hucli ah the A*M»rlat!on of American Oil (Turn to Page Two) The mayor's campaign for re-election was rut short Sun-| day morning, when his family physician, Dr. E. W. MrClain, ordered the executive to bed for three days. Dr. MrClain The Seattle Star Kmirttl •• l#c«o(J i'um Matter Ma* I, lift, at th« foalsffjrt at With , un let »ha A t of Cort|r*«a March I, 1171 Coed's Nymphs to Cavort on Campus *¥* * * * * * ■¥■ Leap and Dance to Welcome Spring Margaret Coffin, V. of M'. ro-rrl, u hose version of "Thr Paradise of Children '* v ill be presented in open air on the campus this spring. ~-ri>ota >.» m<hh<u Groundhog HoAx Again Exposed! "Kir! Rlillculouii! An exploded theory of the auperatltloui, quite! Wfathfr forecaatlnir I* 'hf buxincK* of KOientlat'. lint can a ullly emun<lhoc know about aclence. tell me?" Weather Obaervar Ball»bury la poaltlve about H >nd yet. Ilr'or Groundhog ' (111" out of hl» hole Monday mornlnu nnd looked tor hla nhadow. It wnan't there. Jt will lif an early aprlnß. From time Immemorial Hr'er rjroiin'lho* haa appeared ihu* an nmilly even lo'fore Observer Salis bury." time —on C»ndlema« day, the 2nd of February, and made hl« weather prediction. If be pri>a hla Nhadow he relurna underground to continue hla nap »lx wecka Sam's Specialist on "Mexican Jazz" Ham Jones, Afro-American corre spondence school detective, wan wearing hi* twice »tolen coat again Monday. "Found coat this time on a Mexican who *ald he bought it from u Jap." '•ld Ham. "I took Mr Mexican to Mr. .lap and ntralght ened out the case because i undei stands Mexican Jaz*." Oh f/ie Issue of Americanism There Con He No Compromise Interpret Greek Mythology With Nimble Feet Spring is almost heir. Mim Marguret Coffin, pretty co-cd at the University of Washington, i plana to welcome It by producing a dramatic vernlon of Hawthorne's story. "The Paradise of <*hlldren." The playlet will feature the an nual May fets on the campus. Ileautlful co-eds, with forms like Venus, will I*' the a»tr« and thousands of people will come to ad mire. The work of the entire pro ; duct ion, from the tiniest role to the writing of the play, will lie by stu dents and teacher* of the university. Miss Coffin Is a senior In the cof lege of Liberal Arts. Her play was chonen as the brst among a num ber of offerings of student and fac ulty members. Hawthorne based "The Paradise of Children" on the Greek tale of Pandora and FSptmetheus and the mysterious Ik>x, whl» h contained all the drraded evils that Pandora's over-developed curiosity let loose on this old globe. More than 100 girls will take part in the pageant. Try outs for darning parts will soon be under way. with Miss Gross of the gymnasium de partment In rharge. The central committee In charge of the fete con slsts of Miss Vivian Clement, chair man; Miss Mary Lee Plsken, Miss Margaret Johnstone, Miss Mary Harris, Miss Irrna Ilea gar, Miss Helen Dunn. Miss Catherine Miller, Miss Artie Le«- Hart, Miss Ktlth VVeythman, Miss Herndon Smith, Miss Mildred Jackson anil Miss Catherine Foley, SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1920. (diagnosed the cast* as bronchitis at that time. Monday, the ' mayor was said to he "holding his own." i The mayor's illness was contracted probably, it is said, "Doug" Fairbanks' Home Fire-Swept !/)* ANCKI.KH. Feb 2 - Tha !»ev erly Ilills home of Douglas Fair hanks, movie actor, was damaged by fire t<>«lay to the < xtent of several thousand dollars. It ha* not been determined how Ihe fire started. QUENTIN QUIDNUNC DAILY IIK ASKS A QfRA TION Or FIVB I'KHSONH rif'l%l I) AT HANDOM THE QUESTION How long since you've seen a po- Ucemnn in your block? ANSWERS MltS M. A. APKACJCK, 5«4 Lee nt. I've lived her a long time, but I've never seen one. MM < i \iti i w PORTU. 1017 \v. Armour et Oh, it's been a long, long time. | can't tell you bow long. We live on Queen Anne hill, you know. A. K. MWKNHON, 1712 K Oaler st.— Hy golly, I don't believe Pve ever Meen one. I've been here a year and a half and don't recall having seen one yet. * 11. 11. NTKEVKH. 4515 Greenwood ave. Well, I've lived here 10 years. I saw one once. MKN. A. 11. WILLI A MA, 721 17th ave. Oh, he keeps going by here all the time. He giws by the hospital, too. He lives right next door bere. WINS POINT FOR "OTHER WOMAN" Mrs. Spiker Gains Tempo rary Admittance for Miss Knowles and Baby NEW YORK. Keb. 2 Mr- Per ley ftpikrr h»* won the fir»t round In her ttrtnif battle In Iwhalf of the "oth«*r woman In the «■**<* M MU« Emily Knowlw, the Rngllsh girl, 'whose friendship ripened Into •omething more than fi Irndwhtp" with l*trt#y Kpiker. while the latter *»» In sti ivtitlon rump In Kn« land will br allowed Into th« United Htstes on probation for *-hree montlit. » Together with her 3 month old baby. Hplker's child, the will make her home for ths present with Wil liam and Kate Hutterfly. of Kail Hirer, Mass. KM.IIT* TO MAKK AIIMIHHION I'KRM WKNT Mrs Kpiker. who paid the travel* expafesa# nl Mis* Kxu,»*<» (r«©*, Kngtand. and who has offered to adopt the baby and five a home to tha girl, will fight to make her admle slon into the L'nited Htstes perma nent Mr* Hplker and her brother in law. Ouy Hptker. who offered to marry Mlm Knowln, tho he had never seen her. arrive In New York today to put the 11 000 bonds require*! for her temporary entrance. Mim KnoMlcD im belitf held at Kl lis Inland Hhe has recovered from a heavy cold which had threatened to develop Into pneumonia. NO 111 \MI\ TO IIICIM. t. | Hi\ I.IKI, While In lialtimore Mr* Fpiker further explaining her attitude. said "I ln and my ac tion bear* out my view of It There Is no reason why I should permit a petty narrowneas of mind to tiring dlagrace upon a girl whoae fife might otherwise be happy. "The wrong has been done. The wrongdoer* were largely the victims of destiny. They sinned under ex tenuating circumstance*. "My refusal to forgive would not relieve the situation. On the con trary. It would bring an element of tragedy into the rase ** We are taught to forgive. This teaching I* not merely meant for book reading We mu*t put It Into practicc. IIKIJPIM2 HAM) rouxm S M)K<i IVRNISBS "I have forgiven, and that Is all. Having forgiven. I ran on'y follow the forgiveness by lending a helping hand "Sympathy must go with true for given***, -and that poor girl has my sympathy. There Is a road to hap pin* ps for her. and I know she will find it now And in her happiness I shall be happy, and so will my husband." WOMAN LAWYER OBJECTS TO PRECEDENT CHH'AfK), Feb. L* While e\ piriwinx high admiration for Mm. Spiker's stand in tlie case «>f Mis* Kmlly Know lea, Miss Florence Kins, prominent Chicago woman attorney, today voiced her opposition to set ting a "new precedent" If the girl is admitted into the United State*. "I fori it would be establishing a most dangerous precedent," declared Mi Ma King. "Such cases strike at the very foundations of the Ameri can family, and other husbands, seeing that Bplker 'got away with it,' would l»e encouraged to do the •tamo thing " Plan Air Race From New York to Nome NKW YORK, Feb. 2.—Tentative plans have been made for a trans continental air race from New York to Nome, Alaska. 4.870 miles. 96 "Flu" Case* Reported Monday Ninety-six Influenza cases were reported to the health department Monday forenoon. This number In eluded cases which developed Sun day. The average dally report, ac cording to health officials, is run ning about 7:> cases, which are prac tically all diagnosed as "mild." while hurrying between campaign meeting places Saturday night. During hi* illness his speaking dates will be filled by friends. Lite EditionUllllf IVf Y««r. »>V Mull I \f Koo to I j oo Wpflthor Fnh'P'Kit •' "" 1 * '' ( • r "' my, » t dUH I I fillcabl. What Do YOU Think? What do you think of the Spiker-Knotelex ra.se? Is Mix. Spiker right m hi r endeavor*—in opening her home to the "other woman" ami her rhiltif Or is it setting a had prece dent, ait Mix* Florence King, fanions Chicago woman lawyer, decla rex ? The following in a letter received by Cynthia Grey, of The. Star: Dear Minn Hrey "The I/ive That PaitiM th I'nderntanding " Under thin head 1 r*ad the war romance of Mian Kmilv Knowien, Kngllnh girl. ami Per ley Hpiker. American aviator, in your ia>u«< of Hat unlay. Huch truth* a* theae are indeed ntranjeer than fiction. Hut there la a ntronjr moral innue ( Involved that nhould forbid ua to let romance and our Imaglnatlonn run away with our l*etter Judgment. We cannot get away from the fact that Lieut. IVrley H Hpiker left a lawful wlf* In Italtimore when he went away to war. We cannot deny that hln 3 month old c hild. who*r mother la Mian Knowien, U illegiti mate, and that conventionality frown* upon unwed mothern In 'America. Inntead of making herolnen out of them. I have only pmlae for Mm. Parley W hat do you say, Readers? Do you think the foundations of the home would he weak ened by admitting Fmihj Knowltf and her child to this coun try. ax Mrs. Spiker suggests, or are we entering upon a new vrm* mnd seeking to build new conventions and foundationst Would more rases of thi* nature be the result, should the immigration officers admit Miss Knowtes? The Star will be glad to print the opinion.* of readers. The letters xhould be brief and concise. Pedestrians lAA Hit by Autos I Kll This Year Iw John M flouts. 2011 Itth ave. S. was knocked down by an auto mobile driven by H. Seimens. I»30 23rd ave. H.. on I'nlon si., near Fourth ave.. Sunday. I louts sus tained a bruised ankle. Pedestrians I|A Hit by Autos I nil This Year lIV C II Allen. 5532 23rd eve. 8 . refK»rt«*d to the police that an unidentified Japanese boy. playing In the street, was knocked down by his automobile on Sixth ave., near Jackson st. He declared the hoy was uninjured, and scampered away liefore his name could be obtained The hoy was playing in the street. Pedestrians 1 II Hit by Autos I fl I This Year 11l Struck by an auto which knocked him down and then sped on out the TVs Moines highway without stopping Sunday night, I«. K. Grand. 232 32nd ave, re ported to th»* police Mon<lay that lie was slightly injured. Pedestrians lIA Hit by Autos 1/1/ This Year * 111 Hit by an auto delivery vehicle driven by W. H. (teaman, 9034 Fourth ave. S.. for the Hanson Bread Co., W K. Hoffman, who live* at Second ave. N and Roy at., was taken to the city hospi tal Monday with Jaw and nose broken, his face cut and covered with blood. 1 teaman was arrest ed. The accident happened on Fifth ave. near Republican st., shortly after 6 a. m. HE WANTS NEW TRAFFIC PLAN Councilman Robert lloshctli, member of the public safely com mittee of the city council, said Monday ho intended getting to gether at once with i'ouncilmen T. 11. Ilolton and O. T. Krlckson, other members of I In* commit lee, ami Police Chief Joel F. Warren, lo propose sweeping change* in administration of traffic regula tions to make Ihe streets safe for pedestrians. "I am not, hm a general rule, in favor of 'nporlal detail*' of police," Heskrth mild. "l»ut I bollfve the rog ulatton of traffic should Ih» a Hpeclal detail and am K<>lntf to aeu what can be done about It." Hplker. who wlnhet to shelter an#! protect her hunband'n child and it* mother. The average woman would conaider that "the other woman" had wrecked her home and ruined her life, «liortsm Mm. Hpiker believe* nuch a view "petty narrowneHa," and win he* to nee the other woman happy. Mm. Hpiker in fine and broad minded; hut nhould her theory be taken an an example? Could the ma jority of wivee l>e brought to eotve the "eternal triangle" an nhe haa? I dare nay not I KNOW IP MY HUSBAND WS2RK PERLEIT HPIKKK I COULD NKVKR POK- HIM What rto think, Minn (Jrcy? Alio, I am curioua to know what view your rKideni take"* Should Mixs Knowlen and her child be permitted to remain in thtn country? AMERICAN WIFE. MASSACRE JURY i COMING SLOWLY Peremptory Challenges Used by State and Defense BY CLKM 4. RANDAI I.KAYS IIAKKOK («I KT HOI'SK, MONTKHANO, Feb. 2. --The Irdimi* work of selecting a Jury t<» try the Centralis mur der rtur wa» mained here te day. Willi Ihr opening of Ihe second week of tl»e trial the Jury box KwU II teiilalivr jurors subject to removal only by per emptory challenge. Attorneys hope to wurf a full quota of IS regular and two ultimate juror* before the em I of thK week. Iho It h generally believed that most of the week will be required in doing so. Thomas C. Connor, lumber mill owner and former liquor dealer, was ; the first temporary Juror to be elimi ' nated by peremptory challenge of jthe defense. Connor was excused | after the selection of Walter Quen nel, cigar dealer of Hoquiam, filled I the Jury box today. The prosecution used Its first per emptory challenge on Saturday, ex cusing W. F. Ferguson, so-called "red" socialist. That Attorney George F, Yander- I veer would require the dismissal of ■ Connor was considered a certainty last week when the defense counsel spent several hours in attempting to draw an admission of prejudice from the talesman. Only one member of the American Legion remained In the hospital suffering from Illness today. Seven of the former soldiers were discharg ed this morning. The examination of Walter Quen nell today brought forth the lnfor« mitt lon that he had closed his busi ness and worked as a ship builder during the war, tho over 60 years old. "Did you do that for the high wages offered?" Yanderveer asked. "Because business men were a«kcd ; to help in the shipyards if possible, ' Quennell replied. The talesman was passed over tho j challenge of the defense. Yanderveer entering an exception, as usual. The i counsel for the accused I. W. W. : has entered several hundred excep tions to the rulings of Judge Wilson during the progress of the Jury se j lection. The criminal syndicalism case be fore Judge Hen Shocks was con tinued until Wednesday owing to the j illness of Prosecutor J. E. Stewart. Attorney Ralph Pierce, who is do , fending the 13 accused industrialists, 1 will return to Tacoma today to enter a motion for a new trial for the 3$ I. W. W. convicted there last night. Montesano was very quiet yester day. most of the attorneys and wit nesses having returned to their homes after adjournment Saturday, j Early morning trains from Seattle | and Tacoma brought few uew spec tators today. I