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'CALDWELL KNEW OF CITY'S OFFER TO PAY $15,000,000 FOR CAR LINE"- MEIER (Oeather Toniijht, jrrvbably showers; Friday, fair; modrratt westerly winds. Toniprraturx 1 A «t II Hour* Maximum. <W, Minimum, ti Today mam. U. VOLUME 23. What Do Opponents ol Jap Penetration Want? M Jt M M M M M a* Here Is One Thing They Do Not Want! ••• • • • HHE Rev. Dr. Matthews recently in on* of his justly famous Sabbath evening: chats defended the on rash of the Japanese to this coast and gave his ttVßc* a poser, to the reverend way of thinking, when he demanded, "What do these opponents of the Japanese want ?" % To which it might be countered: What does the Rev. Dr. Matthews want for the Pacific Northwest? Another Korea? Whether those opposed to Japs know exactly what they want is not so important as the fact that they know pre cisely what they DO NOT want. • the mother* of S*atfle T I win study tha photo* a» raanpanytng thta article they wDI pmb*b!y ba abls get the point. Thla la a common sight along oar highway*. Taka the road to Tacoma. thru the fertile lowland* beyond Georgetown. Notice the email. huddled figure* of women alowlr crawling thru the mud. and plucking tha lowly wied from tha truck rowm. Notlra tha table* asleep In tha dltcJl. or left In • bo* by the roadside whlla mother 4al*e*. Notloe the unpalnted. rag shack* huddled In bleak deapalr In the center of the cheap barn* find OUth3u*«*a. Visualize the "bomt" en rlrvttment of the fnmtlle*. literally alongside pig pen*. l*nder*tand that they chooae thia *ort of environment tacauae that la the way they with to Bye—not because thay are poverty stricken ™ L«ook ahe*d twenty year* and *ee tha food production of the entire Weat in the hind* of the«o alien*, who aend their women to the field*, who rear their children In a wayside ditch, and nurture ln a shack that a white mother would not con riemn a sick puppy to. Figure out tlva standard of living that will be fixed for the American firmer and laborer by such a system, and de eicd whether you know what you «%nt or not when It come* to Japa nese monopoly of pod production on the Pacific coast. • • • B n p TTTK mothers of flestfle J I are ready to dump their babies Into a ditch and y] work Sixteen hours a day In the mud at the dictate of their 'ord and master; If the wom en of Seattle would he personally aorrtent with the hom* shack of the average Jap family, with Its hours •f labor. Its nrte.ins of education, rec reatien and Its Ideal* of feminine dturi' ipation. then wn netd not wor Peace Time Army 280,000 Is Favored WASHINGTON. May 27 A peace time army of 230,000 enlisted men and 17,*00 officer*. was agreed to by the houne and eenate conferee* on tha army reorganization bill today. Wife Threw Dishes, Husband Alleges Hurling chinaware at him wan Magdalena Zawaski's faVorlte pes time, John Zawaakl, her hu*ba.nd. al jeged In a divorce euU Ihuruday Chioftffti the unrestricted surge of the —■ AS IT SEEMS TOME DANA SLEETH ry a ho-it tha Jap Inraalon. because there will be plenty of whlta lady field hand* to w**d and garner our crop*. Hut If thl* sort of thing that tha Jai*nese mothera do I* beneath whit* women and thera I* not much doubt about that—then be aura that the sort of thing J*pane-i« men do la beyond the white farmer* and bus! noes men. and that they will be put out of business In Washington, Jast aa they hav* la vast areas of Caii fornla. a a a HrNAM.T, thl* ta a question for the women of the We* and for the balnwi and the girl* and the boya of the Weet. We can ilo one thing or the other —liar tha Jap from competition with a* on our own noil, or be mastered by him. and feed out of hi* hand We ran never compete wllb him and remain clviii7,ed. And we might humbly suggest to Brother Matthew* that while there is no Immediate likelihood of there being Japane** competition for his pulpit, still, a Jiipanes® population would not greatly redound to the prosperity of his con rt*gallon, and that the day that see* the banish ment from the land of the white farmer, and the enslavement of the city laborer, and the bankruptcy of the small bu*irv*s man. will not be a day of rejoicing for our big city churches or their pastors. Take another look at thoee pic ture« Notice the p!eaj«nnt field* of the humble Jap gardener the next time you drive pa*t th"m. then de d<k> what you are Kolnn to do with your vote and your Influent* Thieves Enter by Bedroom Window Several hundred dollar*' worth of Jewelry, clothing and firearm* were atolen Wednesday night by buriclar* who entered a bed rmm window In C. D. Germain's reaidi-nca at 5710 Wood lawn ave. Giant Negro Admits Attacking Women OAKT.ANM. Gal., Miy 27 I,uther iJavl*. irunt negro, recently arrested by Piedmont police. ha* oonfeaend to •core* of robberies and attack* on women In the ea*t bay dintrict. at: cording to tha polio*. The Seattle Star ■ >»»■»« CUaa Millar Ms/ *. ll**, u Ik* rmolfln M IMIIH *Mt. »•<« IK Act of C««|tHa Mwr| I, 1171. Pot Tiv, If M>H, II U•• THOUSAND MEN BATTLE FIRE Coos Bay Lumber Company Plant Is' Wiped Out BAT POINT. OH. Mar rf —Tha lumbfr yard arid building of the Coo* Buy l.uml»r company were wiped ogt today by fir*. Th* k»a» of this company ta estimated at 1200.- 000. AIUio hue* pile* of lumber • r.wihed 10 th* ground and high ten sion wire* wer« burned from their •upporta, no one was Injured. A thousand men altrarted from Concord. Clyda aryl JUy point, helped employee of the Pacific Coa.it Khlp bulldtng company to fight the flame*, but ftre flghtiag apparatus *m lack ing. Three minion feet of shingle* and lumber were destroyed Twenty five lumber car* were burned. Tha flra ate up 500 feet of tramway. Tha fir* wax dieooverad by John lar«on, night watchman. Tha theory la that sparks from tha exhaust of an automobile had smouldered In a pile of aawduat alnee late yesterday after noon and Anally burat Into flam*. Drinks Poison in Friend's Apartment With th* sudden announcement that she was going to end her Iron bles, Mm Ethel Carlson. 44, of Stll 22nd ave N. W, lutll.ird, drank the contents of a bottle of lyaol in tha apartment of a friend she was visit ing In Arton Court, 1 SI4 Minor iv«, about ( a. m. today. Mrl. E Carter, th* friend, phoned the police and Mrs. Carlson was taken to the city hospital, where. It Is l>elleved. her life »ss saved. Mrs Carter said Mrs. Carlson's husband, Sam, la In Alaska. Anthracite Miners Defeat Wage Plan WIhKKHHARKK. Pa, May 27 The anthracite miners In conven tion here today uninlmouslv d«*fe.it ed the proposition submit ted by Sec retary of Ijihor Wilson for settle ment of wag* difference* with mine operator*, < J The convention agreed to adopt the proposal made by President Wil son for appointment of a commission to adjust the dispute. Sutherland Leading in We»t Virginia HTNTINOTON. W. Va . May 27. Retnmw from 1.611 pr<*rlnrt* out of a total of 1.860 In th« *(nt#» grlvf** Senator Howard a lead ov#»r Major CJrn Wood In republican presidentlal pri mary of 5.024. Thn total* w «»r*. Sutherland 29.116, Wood 24.092. Saturday Scheduled Straw Hat Day Saturday I* HtruW Hat day In Se attle bureau of the Chamber of Cotn trnde bureau of the Chamber of Com men e today. The plan to In augurate Htmw Hat Day with bra** hand and parade ha* been ahitndoned In favor of the more conservative window dloplay of *traw heudirear. The halieidxahern *ay the well Urea*rd man will wcur a straw hat Memorial Day. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise HIGHLANDERS ON WAY TO IRELAND Four* More Battalions Held in Readiness JjOSTOS. May 17—A battalion of Cameron Highlander* ha* Ml AMer*hot under order* to pro«a«~1 (n Ireland. Each man. It wa* learnad Imtar. wa* supplied with to round* of boll cartrtdgaa, and tha organisation equipped with !<*«!■ machine runs supplied with too round* of ammunition each. Four mora bat I alii ns at tha A! derahot harracks hav* been ordered In raadinea* to more to Ireland Dublin Dock Men Are Out on Strike Dt'BIJN, May IT - F.ml*rgoe* were placed on all frelicht and eg press shipment* today by the Ix<u don and Northwestern railroad, aa a re«mlt of the atrlke of dock work i era and railway men at Nortbwalt. where the unionist* hare refused to liandl* munition* Two Arrested in Police Dope Raid In an early morning dope raid on a room at TOI Olive at. Motorcycle (•ollcctnen N P Anderson and It F llaerman arrested James Ford. 44. and f.enrre I,ee, J*. alleged addicts, and relieved Im of *l* "blndlea" of morphine, lloth prisoners are held in Um city jail on "open" charge*. Generals Wait While Mother Talks to Mayor An ex msjor In the T7. 8 army to ■lay turned his back on two generals to converge with a little gray holrwl woman «ho wanted to get her son out of jail. 'Hie generals wer» Major General George Barnett and Bridgadier f!»n nral Charles !>. McCawley. famous marine offl<era. They are on a tour "f inspection of all tha marina posts of tha country. Tha major wa* Mayor Hugh M Caldwell who welcomed tjiem to the city- aflcr he had listened to tha ap peal of tha distracted moth or hi hi* outer offica. Curbstone Brokers Target of Lawsuit Whether or not it property owner ran prevent an auto company from displaying auto* for «ale by the curbstone In front of hla house, will bo Mettled when the suit atarted by Howard If. Hamlin. 7r>, of 1412 12th ave., Hxalnat Hainsworth Motor Co.. In »up«rlOr couit Thuraday. la eon eluded. Hamlin aaka nn Injunction, claiming thnt the autos for Kile block entrance to hla driveway and spoil hi# view of the atr~rt. Johnson's Lead in Oregon Is 1,932 PORTLAND, Or„ May 27—Prac tically eomplt»te returns today »h*>w Hiram Johnwnn to have a "lend of 1,932 over Oen Wood for th* repub lican presidential Indorsement In Oregon. Vote* ca*t at tfie prlmarlea last Friday, na compiled to dale, (rive Johnson 46.111, Wood Lo»d>n 1u.44u. Hoover 13.»<0l SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MAY 27. 1920. PLAGE HERRERO UNDER ARREST Will Face Trial on Charge of Slaying Carranza BY MLTII H. TTHNKR MKXIOO CITT. May 2T,—lto4olfo llerrero baa »urr*»dfrnl to Oencral l.a*aro Cvtouu and today waa be in* brought to Mrilm Oty to an*wer rhariM of murdering lurnwr ITmI dent Venustlano Cfcrranxa. acconling to telegraphic advice* by Ueneral Al. aio obregon from Oe«i ••rat Cardenaa. Hertero gave blmaelf up at Coyutla, \>ra Cru*. In a joint me*ang* to lha aenata, fltneral* obregon snd OonxaJea today rxquaaUxl that body to dnalgnate a chief magistrate of the lower court* to ait at the Investigation of Car ran**'* assassination. A bulletin lanued from tha head quarters of C.enet»l Obregon quotea advice* from Vera Cru* to the effect that the commander of the American flotilla which haa been anchored there for the protection of American interests If the need amae. haa lutkH Washington to have the ahtpa re turned to their baaea I tevelopmenta of the paat week In dicate that one of the first military moves of the new revolutionist gov ernment will be against Wllaon. Aacon. tha new foreign minister, haa written American Charge d Af falre* FumrnTlln, Informing him that he haa directed "appropriate" mca iur« be taken agalnat Villa. Lawyer Objects to Kids' Ball Game F. E. Knowles Kpler building at torney, sppenreil at central police elation all "het up " 'The kids out ti«ir tny home play hall In front of tha house." spake the exasjH-rated attorney, "and they're ruining my shrubbery." The polic« promised to Investigate. Missing Woman May Be in City Relatives of Mrs. Mary Damm 21, of Poulsbo Wash., have asked Seat tle police to sid In locating her. Sh« left her home In Poulsbo May 21, and I* believed to b« hera. PROFITEERING AT MARKETS? Charges of Commission Men Are Dropped • After It had been reported enrly today that Western ave. commla alon merchanta were to place com plalnta In the hand* of United Statee Attorney Saunders. charging profiteering In the public market, the matter apparently waa dropped At noon none of the complainant* wan to be found, and no cliargca. In so far an could lie learned, had l>een filed with Attorney Saunders, the fair price committee or the de portment of Jual ice. The complaint, according to the flrnt rumor, win to charge that kerpera of public market ataJla are oiaklng HOO to 600 per c«nt profit on certain vegetables. It waa anld that onlona that Mold wholesale at 2 and 2V4 centa a pound are retailed in the market at 16 cent*: cabbajje bought whole sale for 3 cents a head Is sold for sr., and onions wholesaled at C centa i a pound are retailed at la onnta. NIGHTIE AND GEMS STOLEN ON TRAIN; WOMAN SUES U. S. In sn effort to m>ka tha rail rond administration pay for theft of a grip, containing a $ 1.030 dta mond necklace, a nlirhtJe arid et dptfran, valued at |79, Laura T. Anderson ami In superior court Thursday. Hhe alleged that some one en tf-rr.l hnr Pullman com par town t. when she t»f( It f«>r 10 minutes at Missoula. Mont., while en routa from here to <"hlcsgo. PEACE BILL IS VETOED BY WILSON Says Resolution Passed by Congress Would Mean Sur render of U. S. Rights WARHTNOTOM, May J7—Presi dent \V lUon todsy vetoed the Knox ivtare revolution declaring an end to tha war between the fnlted States and tjermany and Austria Hungary. The resolution. Wilson declared, "la In effect a complete surrender of the rights of tha t'nltcd State*, no far as the German gvvernment Is con pernrd " Ity tha rejection of tha traaty of Versailles. Wilton said. and "by tta methods we have In effect declared that wa wtah to draw apart and pur sue objmHa and tnuraata of nor own, unhampered by aif connexions of Invention or purpose with other gov ernments and peoples." Wilson bitterly condemned tha resolution, declaring It said nothing about the purpose for which we en tered tha war lie listed among these freedom of tha saas. reduction of armaments, vindication of the rights of Belgium, tha righting of wrongs to France, release of Christians un der Turkish rula. and Polish out rages. "Such a pear* with Oennany—a peaca In which nona of tha essential intere*t* which we had at heart when wa ent-red th» war. In *afeguardad— la. or ought to be, Inconceivable, la In consistent with tha dignity of the Cnlted State*, with the rlgbta and Übertia* of our cltlisrns and with the very fundamental condition* of civili zation." DEERY AND ANGER ASK FOR DIVORCE; TOO DEEP FOR US Well leave It to tha reader. What** In a name? Francis K. Decry sued Anna Tx>uU>r Deery for divorce Thurs day. alleging a "forced marriage Palm* R. Anger v*. Ernest R. Anger appeared next on the list. Noiurupport Is slleged. Girl Tricked Into Wedding, She Declares renmnded Into marrying Warren Truitt while »he waa under the Influence of liquor Imbibed In .the Silver Grill, Spokane. Helen La- Reusch, 12. who miyn eha wa* unuaed to the wnya of Ute world when ahe met Trultt. due to her prevlou* cloae Mipcrv iaion while t>cliig educated In a lx» Angelea academy, aaked annulment of the marriag* In superior court Thurs day. With the Intention of becoming a nurse. In 1!»18. aha went to Medi pal l.uke hoepltal. where she says she became scqualnted with Trultt. engineer at the hospital. "Our re billon* wers merely ounial," «he a<i>*. Trultt Invited her to dtnnar and then prevailed on her to taks a drink, aha aaserts. "t'nused to liquor. I aoon had no clear conception of what I waa doing." she declared. "He prevailed on me to go to Ihe court house with him. and sign an affidavit that I was 20, tho I hail not rearhed that ape. lie fecured a marriage hcensa and Justice Stacker married us." Tim mania re atata quickly solwred her, and when she din cover fvl what had happened, ahe aay« she left Mm. Slip alleges lie promised to divorce her, l>ut h:i* not done bo. Hlip asks thnt ho l>e forced to pay |260 attorney's fee for her proaocutlon of the annul ment. Hint New Revolt Against Germany IHOTU.IN, May 2« (lielayed)- Ilumora current here today were t lint Pol. Iliiuer and Commander Kberhardt of the marine Irlgade were in lludapeat at tempt ill it to o - ffunlxe a new movement tlie Ckuuuui sova^Bisnt. W7™ yLATE J| EDITION MAYOR DENIES HE HAD PART IN TRACTION DEAL Corporation Counsel Points Out Cald well Was City's Legal Adviser When Purchase Offer Was Made Put II lo a Vote! "Why not a vote on street car fares?" The Star asked Tuesday. To date, there appears no good reason against the plan. A school election is to be held June 15. The carfare vote can be held at the same time. It is distinctly up to the council to see that this vote is obtained; that this question is put on the ballot. The people are entitled to say whether we shall increase our taxes or increase our fares in order to maintain our street car system properly. It is a fundamental question—to be decided as a matter of city policy once and for all. Let's vote! Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell was corporation counsel of Seattle when the city made the offer to purchase the street railway system for $15,000,000, according to a statement made public today by the present corporation counsel, Walter Meier. This is the latest "sur prise" in the traction deal sensation started by the mayor himself a week ago. Caldwell last week requested Meier to Investigate the purchase of the lines from the I*uget Bound Traction. IJght A I'ower company to determine If there were legal grounds for an ac tion to recover i«rt of Uie purchase price or to rearlnd the contract. The mayor declared that the city had been "buncoed" out of several mil lions of dollars In the deaL Mayor Caldwell, in reply to Meier. Thursday wanted it understood that he "had no part In the offer of $15,- 000.000 for the lines." He said the offer was made on the day he resigned as corporation coun •el. September 6. 1918. "In view of the statement that 1 was adviser at the time the traction deal w«u« made." Caldwell declared. "I want to mention that I resigned on Sep!l'mtier 6, effective on the 15th. and that I left Seattle on Septem ber 9. "The offer for the lines was made on September #. the day on which 1 resigned. On the afternoon of that day. the cfty council elected Meier to be corporation counsel, to take effect on the 15th of September." SAYS OPINION KAII.S TO ANBWKK Ql KSTIOXS Caldwell declared that he was not present at any meeting on Septem ber 6. at which time the city offered (15.000,000 for the street cars. Caldwell declared that Meier's opin ion failed to answer the question of whether there was probable cause of action against tlio Stone-Webster cor poration. "1 shall hare to try aome other at tack." the mayor declared. "I asked Meier to Investigate all the facta that were at hand. He replied by telling me that the city could recover from the company if fraudulent misrepre sentations were proved. Kverjone knew that." Caldwell declared tlint he was un decided as to the next steps to be taken In his investigation of tile traction deal. "I may call a meeting of the advis ory committee," he said, "or I may again request Meier to make an in vestigation With the facilities at hand, or I may ask the ctiy council to authorlxe additional expenditure* for the proper probe of the ileal In which the city paid $15,000,904. for the lines " Caldwell declared that tfce records of the sale could not be located. "The official file 9t Ole Hanson, former mayor, roiualns little on the sale." Caldwell pointed out. "I ran find no reoorJ. either In Hanson s official file «r in «he files of the council of the city, making any offer for the lines " The muvor quoted a statement drawn up by Uaneon. in which tha i TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE former chief declared that the Una* would hrlnc Id a net proflt at 000 annually. "I wan never a«)ced for any opto lon on the purchase of the ltnea, ar to draw np any papers to see that the city got value received," well said. "After Morphine was appointed Hanson did not seem to need U| corporation counsel," ha add«L HANSON TO IS«n? STATKMENT SOON Former Mayor Hanson arrived M the city Wednesday, but when inter viewed on the traction question d» clared that he was not conversant with the present situation. "I win make a statement later." he announced. Mayor Caldwell declared that he had no IntenUon of criticising Meier In his communication requesting la formation a« to the advisability ot suing the Puget Sound company. "The propriety of the purchaaa was for the mayor and council ta de cide." he said. Mr. Meier s opinion la full foW lows: "In your favor Ot May It, lttt, you refer to the purchaaa of tha street railway system of the Paget Sound Traction. I.ight A Power oota pany In the city of Seattle and ask whether there Is any manner in which this sale can be legally voided, or the city can obtain relief there from. You have submitted no evi dence or statement of facta for ma to pass upon other than your belief that the city paid a price in excaM of the market value of the property acquired. Your expressions of opln< lon, however, suggest two legal quea> Uons: (1) "On the city maintain aa action against the company and ra. cover rtamnKfn because of the paf* ment of a price In excess of the actu» nl value of the property at the data the sale price was agreed upon? (?) "lias the city of Seattle * cause of action against the company because of failure to turn over to the city all of the property which the city waa supposed to ret?" AIXi HINGES ON "FRAUD" ANNUS "I shall answer these queatte— la the onler stated. | "1. The answer to the ftrst qaen- Hon depends wholly upon whether you now have or can obtain evidence jof fraud, as defined by law. to sus> 1 tain an action. The rule of law gow. crnlng such action, and which must be sustained, requires that the evtn ,dence support the following state of facta: (1) The company must have made, before the price was agreed upon, a false representation in re. gard to a material fact touching tha value of the property(3) the rrpre j Mentation must not have been actu. ally believed by the company, on rea- I aonable grounds, to be true; (3) || | must have been made with Intent that it should be acted upon by tha [ city: and (4) the city must have acted upon such representation to its dam age. In Ignorance of the falsity there, of. and must reasonably believe said representation to be true. If it h, d no actual knowledge of the fr thereof, and acted in respect in a reasonably prudent ma* - > ticularly if such false ri» crura to Pace i, c.