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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05
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HUNS ORGANIZE
TO SEEK TRADE

Especial to The star BY ~ u. A..
BERLIN. March s.--gerrnan or.
ganlzaton already IL functioning for
the day when Germans viii recap
tare world trade. Germans sent back
from England formed a club which
held regular meetings. At resent
meeting blanks were passed around
to be filled and returned. asking
these questions.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-05
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The sun., 1919-02-21
CAT EATING BULLDOG WINS
MAGISTRATES SYMPA THY
Tenants and Fremen Plead in Vain for the Abolition
of Backyard Abattor-He Devours
EN- Alive. '.e

Christopher Wagner. unwilling Gus.
todian of a bulldog that a friend had
put in his care before leaving town, de-
Tended the animal in West Side court
yesterday, although he insisted his
friend" had gone considerably beyond
the bounds OF veracity by having told
him It was a bird dog. Mr.. Wagner
himself has diminished the coal pile
considerably by engaging in the popular
nightly sport taken up by the jewellers in
the apartment at 1872 West Sixty-third
street Of throwing missiles at the animal
40 hush his bowling.
With the score of tenants who APP
peared as .complainants was a group of
city firemen from the engine house next
door. who said they hadn't been able to
sleep for nights because OF the continu-
Gus crash of missiles thrown at the dog
in the backyard.
Z Mrs. Ada Otis, a tenant, was deeply
touched by what she considered the
dogs unnatural fondness for cats. She
regretted the restrictions Of the Sullivan
law. which made It SO diff1cult to get u
gun and shoot the animal.
Your honor" she said to Magistrate
Koenig. every night there are at leas:
half dozen cats killed by this dog In
our backyard. Sunday morning there
were the skeletons of at least eight OF
them there, all that was left OF that
The sun., 1919-02-21
THUGS HEAR COURT
SAY mo CRIME WAVE
Robbers and Pickpockets
Listen as Short Eulogizes
Orderliness of City. -

ct don't see any crime wave in this
city and the efficiency of the police would
seem to Indicate the impossiblity of one
occurring" said Magistrate Short In the
New Jersey Avenue Court, whereupon he
began listening to evidence in the cases
Of several men and boys accused OF as
sault and robbery in the Brownsville and
East New York section. Three OF them
were held.
Nicholas De Vito of 1913 Marion street
and Peter Quigley of 2o7s Atlantic ave-
nue.. both OF Brooklyn. will be examined
further next Wednesday. They are ac-
cused of assaulting and robbing Harry
Balzhiser, a Brooklyn druggist whose
store is at 204o Fulton street. Vincent
Martin of 1850 Putnam avenue. Brook
Ign. arrested in connection with the
same robbery, was discharged. George
Fletcher of 1889 Broadway, Brooklyn,
was also held for further examination
Wednesday on n charge of assault ana
robbery.
After ryofcssing his inability to see
any crime wave" Magistrate Short took
occasion to commend detectives OF the
eleventh inspection district. under Capt
John McKurdy, for their excellent
work in making arrests In the several
holdup and assault cases that have de.
veloped within the district In the last
few days.
One man was held In Brooklyn yes
terday on charge OF first degree muir
der indictments for burglary were re-
turned against two alleged professional
yeggs one of Ave masked men who art
accused OF entering n Brooklyn store and
shooting up the proprietor was arrested
and there was a jewelry robbery il
Maiden lane below the police dead line
in Manhattan.
Dominick Ditetto. a Brooklyn butclS,l
with stores at 500 Fifty-eecond street
Hicks and Sackett streets. and Dean ant
Smith streets, pleaded not guilty TO frs
degree murder before Judge May in tn,
County Court. Brooklyn, and was denied
bail and locked up pending trial. lie /;
accused of instigatins the killing of Giro
| Accouza. a butcher. who was murdered
the night of December :.
Accouza was shot as he was CLOSING
his shop by three men who had driver
up in a motor car, He died in the Ions
| Island College Hospital the next morn
| ing. The arrests followed the successful
| tracing OF the automobile by detectives
| The alleged burglars are David Miller
| l1SsPalmetto street, Brooklyn. and TX,
Rosenberg, 2SS Division street, Manhat
tan. After indictments had been handed
up Judge Dixie. in the County Court
| Brooklyn. held them in $4,000 ball eacl
| for a jury trial next Monday. They ar
charged with blowing a safe at 2S
| Court street. Brooklyn, and we're ar
rested when they sought to put Sl.00
worth Of Liberty bonds in a Manhattan
safety deposit vault.
Al 10 Maiden lane {. w Bull a dia
| moud broker. was at lunch yesterda,
when some one entered his establishment
on the second floor and got away witt
three diamonds worth $500. two watche
and a quantity of gold knives.
The sun., 1919-02-21

brute's night work. We want something
conc about. It,"
Mrs. Otis paused to shed tear for the
cats Magistrate Koenig's eye roved
gently over the court room. Aside from
tho labored sasps Of Mrs. Otis none OF
the other witnesses seemed to be at
fected. He cleared his voice. 81
I'm very sorry. madam" he said.
but cannot md a law that says a
dog may not kill cats In his own back
yard. I am afraid I shall have to dis
miss the summons.'
Interruptions came fast and furious
for the next few minutes. One tenant
wanted to recover on a pair Of shoes he
had thrown at tho dog on Saturday
night. Another wanted to put In a
claim for a mirror and two, candle
sticks gone the same way, while ths
firernen Joined in a heavy voiced pro-
test 80 t
What we want to know. your honor,
il how we can sleep with tincans and
dishes smashing right. under our win
dows all night long"
Magistrate Koenig devoutly wished he
could do somsthing, but he couldn't find
the statute for II and stuck to his first
decision. The summons was dismissed
and Christopher Wagner led tho bow
legged bulldog back to the troubled
backyard.
The tin cans and loose china probably
will rattle again tonight In the direc'
ton OF the fence where he will be tied.
The sun., 1919-02-21
SLAIN NEW YORKER
H0NORED BY CROSS
Lieut.. A. w. Gardner Among
Those Distinguished for
Gallantry in Action.

The Distinguished Service Cross for
gallantry has been awarded to Fist
Lieut. Alfred w. Gardner, who was
killed In the Argonne Forest on October
3. He belonged to the 305th Infantry
and his home was at 325 West Twenty
ninth street The citation reads: AT
lacking an enemy machine gun nest.
Lieut.. Gardner displayed the highest
courage when he led his company up
steep slope in the face OF murderous
fire. Before he could accomplish his
objective he was killed"
Sergeant Thomas Fitzsimmons OF the
old Fighting Sixty-ninth'' is cited for
extraordinary heroism in action near
Landres-et-S Saint Georges, France. on DC
tober S. Running forward TO a slope
Just above the enemy's wire Sergeant
Fftzsimmons. although exposing himself
to direct FIRE of all kinds, was able to
conduct such an effective fire with his
trench mortars that threatened enemy
counter attack was broken up" His
home Is at South Orange, y. ].
The sun., 1919-02-21
RIOTING MARKS SILK
STRIKE IN PASSAIC
Mayor Seger Forces Manufac-
turers to Confer To-day With
Textile Workers.

The eighteenth day OF the Passaic.
worst disorder yet experienced and so
impressed Mayor Seger and other city
officials with the possible dangers Of
the situation that they made per-
emptory demand on the silk manufac-
,turers to agree to meet the strikers
committee to arrange for a quick set
cement The manufacturers after several
hours OF consultation decided to yield
the point, reversing their announced
position of Tuesday. The meeting will
be held this afternoon at the Office OF
Mayor Seger.
During the day there were four ar.
rests as a result OF bouts between
strikers and Office employees at the
woollen mills. and picket who at
tackled a strike breaker was hit on the
head with n length OF iron pipe. Al
the noon hour the strikers and workers
mixed II up freely at several OF the
mills, and stones. lead pipe and black
jacks we're used Unfortunately. Only
the presence OF strong police guards at
all shops prevented greater riotins
Three OF the strikers arrested were
u
and were charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons.
In agreeing TO confer with the strik-
ers the Passaic manufacturers are break
ing all presidents At the conference
Tuesday they issued an ultimatum that
they would preserve this policy and
would decline to discuss any matter that
had to deal with closed shop Mayor
Seger has little hope that the conference
nil nf
strike summarily. but the presence of
James L. Hughes OF the Department OF
Labor may aid In overcoming some Of
the difficulties.
The independent u on now claims to
have organized In eyery manufacturing
plant OF any size In he city, and lists
more than 1000 members. Matthias
Pluhar. the chairman. said that the
manufacturers must be compelled 10
| recognize the union and accept the
| closed shop. The refusal OF the owners
to admit this principle probably will
prolong the strike, but /; Is believed by
| the city officials that some means OF
| Government arbitration will be devised
to-day to alter the meracing develop
ments of the last few days.
The standard Bleachery 1t Carlton
| Hill, where 800 workers are out. closed
Yesterday and will not resume opera
|
treatment.
| The New York Betting and Packing
Company plant was the scene of most of
the disorder, with 500 out OF 1000 op.
eratives on strike. All mills in Passaic
| Garfield and Clifton we're heavily
guarded last night,
In Paterson $50 I. w. w. sympa thizers
who had refused to return to work until
yesterday. violating the War Labor
Board agreement, were discharged. and
Adolph Lessig. the chairman. notified all
other members 10 drop their opposition
and get their jobs back II they could
Three women from New York, said 20 he
garment workers. were arrested while
picketing the J. Mikolo & Bernard Shirt
Company and were sent back 20 Man
haitian.
Morris Goldberg, a Paterson silk man.
ufacturer, was found dead In his home
| yesterday at 36i Van Houten street, HI!
wife said that he had been desponden
over business losses resulting from tho
strike.
The sun., 1919-02-21
EDNA GOODRICH SUES HOTEL.
Seeks to Recover S1O.22O for
Money and Jewels Left There.

Edna Goodrich. the actress and one
of the former wives OF Nat c. Good
win, yesterday added another suit to the
list she has pending In the Supreme
Court. Through her attorneys she filed
summons and complaint in an action TO
recover $1,000 from the Bell Operating
Company. managing the Hotel Neither
lands, at Fifty-ninth street and Fifth
avenue.
Miss Goodrich alleges that on Novem-
Der IL she arrived at the hotel as a
guest and gave to the clerk, for sAfo-
keeping, $40 and 'jewelry and orna-
ments" valued at Slo,050 with the re-
quest that they be placed in the hotel
safe. The clerk, she says, accepted the
trust. but failed to keep them safely for
her with the result that she has been
unable TO get them back. According to
the complaint, the hotel management did
NOT institute a proper search for the
valuables when she asked for them.
The sun., 1919-02-21
AMERlCANDOCTRiNE
THROWN IN DISCARD
Speakers Wipe Washingtons
Advice Off Slate.

Soth Cyrus Townsend Braa,
author, and William e. Wilson core
tary of Labor. speaking befor" . a.
nual banquet OF the Queens Chaw',r
Commerce at the Hotel Biltuur .s
night. agreed that the words Of t'e re
Washington warning against "enta' SIR
alliances" should now be wiped u" i'7
slate. and Mr.. Brady declared tho ..'6
lite phrase America for the Am,' ans
II archaic, too America he said No.
for the world and the Monroe
covers no longer the western hen
but humanity.
Discussing attempts "a spr'
propaganda OF Bolsheyism IN thu
try Secretary Wilson declare,
masses mus not use their power
overthrow OF democracy, aud IL
pie VINO are welcomed 10 our suo
force as method for chang
situations Of Government thu '.'
here they are no longer Nc.co. I'D.
must go back home.
Discussing the reconstruction
he denounced the labor ;heor.,'
want employees 70 operate ind
"Tf they want to destroy the pgo
employers" he said, they viii a'
stroying the welfare u The So.
Labor and capital have mutual l.''-.
In securing the largest amount "t
duction."
The Secretary said there wou'd b.
material reduction in wages I'm TIC
six months or II would be resisted p.
the workers
The sun., 1919-02-21
HEYDT GETS ELECTION POST.
Manhattan Republicans Agree on
Ninth District Leader.

Charles L. Heydt. Republican leader
OF the Ninth Assembly district, is to sue
coed Moses NJ. Mckee. leader of the
Twenty-third Assembly district. as the
Republican representative from Manhat-
tan on the Board OF Elections. At the
meeting of the Republican County Com
mittee last night It was voted to direct
Samuel S. Koenig, as head OF the com
mittee, to certify his name to the Board
Of Aldermen, which is the elective power
under the law. BY custom the board al
ways takes TIE recommendations of the
political organizations.
Since the death OF Mr.. Mckee there
has been n lively contest for the place.
which pays $1,000 year, the rivalry
being so strong that 1t became necessary
to select Mr.. Heydt as a compromise
Mr.. Heydt was born in New York city
In 1878 and was graduated from Colum-
bia University. lie Is a lawyer, with
offices at 2 Rector street Mr.. Heydt Is
vice-chairmi = OF the county, committee
The sun., 1919-02-21

money. Mrs. Dayton and her sister anu
brother-in-law, the Gardellas, VINO nv
at 81 Sullivan street, have examiner
each document and scrap again enu
again with the same exasperating result
On Wednesday they gave the engineer /"
splendid funeral, 'the coffin alone COSY
ing S275," the widow said-so spienoiu
indeed that II will consume virtually ei'
OF, the $500 insurance. A..
When q Sun reporter called at ,ne
Dayton nat yesterday afternoon MITE
Dayton was rocking In CHAIR III VI.
parlor with the tin box In her zap
hoping against hope that one more
examiua ton OF its contents would yieio
the secreA She said she thought mos
Of the gold in the Hudson street ceiai
must have been what her husband nau
laid by in his years at sea. Tor only
month ago she had seen him nave .
passbook OF a bank showing balance
of $4,000, from which she concluded
that latterly he had conquered MS az
like OF banks as repositories Tor cash
1t was downtown bank. she SAID
savings bank, she thought, but she couie
not remember its name.
So II any bank finds that 1t has al
account in the name of John Henry
Dayton or Henry Dayton 1t can DO
service by communicating with MIS-
Dayton, or perhaps, preferably. VII,
Philip r. Corell. treasurer OF WOOD .
Selick, So Hudson street, whom Daytoi
named as one of his executors.
The Rev. G. Moretto of st. Raphaeti
Society for Italian Immigrants, at IL
Charlton street, who knew Dayton we!
and was the priest at the funeral sai'
Yesterday: az know that he was de
voted to his young wife. as she wa
to him. know that on his death PEI
he said to her. Title. you have treate'
me like an angel and remember ina
all I have is yours ! know that n
told her he had a good deal OF none!
somewhere, and that she replied. 'Tnei
/ will spend 1t all for your recover
from sickness
The officers Of Wood & Selick. Inc
ore Charles Triller. president; Aoran
s. butcher. vice-president Horace I
Moses, secretary; Philip r. Corel
| treasurer. They are naturally doin
every thing possible in the way OF hunt
ing for the supposed hoard. but hav
had no luck thus far.
Except for her sister and brother-in
law, who have four children to loo
, out for, Mrs. Dayton has no relative
in.. this country. She has 1--WE sister
In Ntaly.
The sun., 1919-02-21
MEDALS FOR YANKs IN RUSSIA.
New Yorker Among 80 Who Re-
ccive War Crosses From French.
By the associated Press.

ARcHASGEL. Feb 1s--Thirty officers
and men OF the American forces in
northern Russia received French war
crosses to-day for gallant service under
French command on the Vologha Rail-
way front during the brisk offensive
against the Bolsheviki in September. &C.
tober and November.
They got their medals from the
French commander in the presence of
Commander in Chief Ma jor-Gen. Ed
mond Ironside and Col. George l.. Stew
art, commanding the Americans in
northern Russia. The ceremony took
place in the presence OF the comrades
OF the men who were honored All were
clad In Arctic costume. as the thermom-
eter was below zero while the decora-
tons were being presented.
The list includes Sergeant Jacob Kun
trowitz-.zSs2 East~.SASeHkcnth street.
New York city. who on October II
coolly conducted his men through an al
most impossible swamp which was I'M
der violent fire and assisted in captur-
ing enemy positions.
The sun., 1919-02-21
TO ABOLISH SKIP STOPS"
Brooklyn Surface Lines VIII Re-
sumo Old Schedule.

Skip stops on surface lines of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company arc
to be abolished. The B. II T. yesterday
issued this statement:
Following conference with the Pub
lie Service Commission, William Slebert,
superintendent q, surface lines. an
uounced that on and after Monday. Feb
ruary 81. skip stops would he abolished
on all surface lines OF the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company. The skip stop
was started on the b. r. T, surfac &c
lines last fall at the request OF the Fuel
Administrator az a measure In the ma
tionwide effort TO conserve fuel"
The sun., 1919-02-21
MAJOR McC0oK BACK HOME.
Former Draft Director Was
Wounded in Argonne.

Major Philip J. McCook. former dlrec.
tor Of Mayor Alitchel's Committee of
National Defence and later director or
the draft in this city. returned yesterday
from Newport News, where he has been
Lnder treatment for wounds received in
the Argonne, lie was met at the Penn
sylvanla station by ". T. Dennisou
counsel for the Associated Press, whC
arranged an informal welcome In the
Pennsylvania Hotel.
Major McCook was commissioned In
the Acknowledgements department
year ago and left for France In April
lie was wounded In she right leg by II
shell explosion and was seventeen hours
getting TO a hospital because OF lack or
stretchers The wound became infected
Martin Comfy succeeded Major AIcCook
as draft director upoh the latter,s in
duction into the service. ''
The sun., 1919-02-21
NAMES SIX NEW GREETERs.
DeIsney's Brooklyn Committee of
Welcome Numbers Thirteen.

BY the appointment OF sis new mem
bers to the Victory Celebration Commit
tee of Brooklyn. Representative Delaney
yesterday filled the organization TO it's
new strength of thirteen members. All
hut seven of the original twenty. five
members appointed by Nathan S. Jonas
resigned. The new body will meet Mon
day to plan for welcoming the home
coming troops.
The members appointed are Mrs Rob
ert L. Elder, major OF the Police Re-
serve Corps; Joseph Sessa. an Italian
banker; James J, Crawford. chemist, SO
Maiden lane, Manhattan; James d.
Allen. a labor leader; Mrs. Edwin i.
Horne, Y. NJ, c. A. worker, and Leo
d, Greenfield Of Bath Beach.
The sun., 1919-02-21
BIC SMOKE sCAREs BROADWAY,
Theatre Crowds Hamper Fircmen
Mt Varnish Blaze.

reserves from three police stafro1ts
We're required last night to control the
crowds. just discharged from theatres
a block away, that gathered to watch a
fire that destroyed the interior Of the
five story building housing the piano
and graphophone manufacturing plant Of
l. LeinS at S04 and 500 West Forty
second street, just west of Eighth avenue.
Three alarms were turned in for the
fire, which produced little fame, but
great volumes OF black smoke caused
by burning Varnish hampered the work
of the tiremen and drifted through the
bright light district OF Broadway.
Chief Kenlon directed the firemen's
efforts principally at preventing the fire
from spreading to a five story tenement
housing ten families which adjoins the
piano factory on the west Smoke drove
the tenants out o. this building.
The sun., 1919-02-21
Perth Amboy Bar. "shimmy.,

II anybody "shimmiss" ia Perth Am.
hoy he will have to do 1t IN private.
Mayor Frank Dorsey is out against the
new dance. and last evening he made a
round OF the dance halls and issued or
deis at each place that "shimmying" be
stopped.