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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
Scent FARES
SEEM LIKELY
Council Adds Paving Costs
to Municipal Railway
Continued From Page One


the receipts OF our street railway sys.
tenn as yea may deem proper. still
feel that l must ask you TO forget
your old fight with the street car sys'
tenn and now approach the manage
ment OF tho street railway and treat
the street railway department as you
do tho water department. for In.
stance. which. 20 my mind. Is ON a
par with the street railway system.
as the city has virtually n monopoly
Of both. and they are presumed TO
be operated for the benefit and con
~enience OF our citizens. THIS being
the case. only charge the street rail
way system with these things which
are an integral part and necessary 20
the operation OF the street railway
system.
Even II the theories Of those
/ members OF your honorable body who
think that the revenues 81 the street
railway system should he used for
purposes other than street railway
business are correct. as a practical
proposition II n impossible at this
time 20 use the street railway money
for paving and paving maintenance
and successfully operate the system.
and II they are going Go persist In
putting their theories into efrect, IN
fairness they should. at the = "a M g
time. provide for additional revenue.
. because II they do not the street rail.
way system must necessarily be a
failure ms far AS giving Increased ser
vice or making extensions Is con
ccrncd. The question OF what In
creased revenue viii be gained by an
increase in fares Is a problem that
can be determined only thru actual
experience"
when Mayor Fitzgerald inquired of
Murphine as 10 the daily receipts of
5ftney busses. Councilman Moore In
tcrrupted 10 say: For my part. !
don't want Supt. Murphlnc TO bring
up jitney regulation. AZ his request
! prepared an ordinance regulating
jitncys and brought II 10 vote In
the city council. where II WIS de-
feAfed. I thought he had enough
votes to pass IT,
Moore's tone indicated that he was
heartily tired OF the jltney bus con.
{ troversy.
In response 10 the mayors inquiry.
] Nurphine said that IL the Jltney bus
ordinance had been passed by the
council Il would have added a daily
revenue Of $1,000 to the street rail.
way fund. a sum sufficient 10 stave
"a the Scent fare bugaboo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
RESERVE COAL
IS VANISHING
Industrial Plants Are Rapid.
Iy Suspendino

CHICAGO. Nov. ai.--As the third
week Of tho coal strike ended today
reserv. supplies of fuel in this sec.
ton had practically vanished Wide
spread suspension OF Industrial work.
Ia already under way. tho regional
fuel committee announced.
Tho Corn Products plant at rckin.
III. has closed. and the company an.
nounced that the Argo plant would
have 70 close tomorrow. The com.
pany employed about 1900 persons
and used 10000 bushels of corn daily
Tho Alton Brick company will also
suspend tomorrow.
Train schedules on lines running
from Chicago have been chopped 70
the minimum Hundreds OF trains
daily were suspended. All llnea were
affected.
The packing plants have a two
weeks coal supply on hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
WILSON TO WAR
AGAINST REDS
Will Also Continue Fight for
the League
nj HUGH BAnIK

Omitted Press staff Correspondentl
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Nov. al
President Wilson within 10 days
win make his supreme effort TO end
inroads OF the Bolshevikt into Amer.
ica's social structure and at the
same time make the United States a
member OF the League OF Nations.
The president today was working
vigorously on two state documents
which he intends shali be the most
compelling OF h!s administration.
One OF these In a message to con.
gress. TO be delivered December 4.
and the other the message 20 the
new Industrial commission. called to
bring about peace between labor and
capital. which probably will convene
here the same day congress meets.
Wilson Is writing n strong appeal
TO congress TO take up again and
ratfy the peace treaty.
He is preparing an argument
which tho administration hopes will
bring about compromise and
speedy ratification. IL IL doesn't
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
OFFER MINERS
WAGE INCREASE
Coal. Workers Say Boost Is
Not Sufficient
ny RALPH 4. COUCH
United rreas staff Correspondent J


WASHINGTON. II. C., Nov. Fl 80
Coal operators and chiefs OF 100000
miners still on strike may reach
agreement here today or tomorrow
Miners have decided TO rccedc from
their demand FOR 90 per cent wage
Increase. according TO Secretary
Green. OF the United Mine Workers.
II suppose we shall have to sub
init proposal counter 10 thu one
tho operators made yesterday" said
Green. 1T win DO an irreduciblc
minimum. II probably win be sub
mlttcd today"
The proposal which the operators
made late yesterday was rejected NJ
entirely Inadequate" by tho miners.
II included an offer OF rs cents mare
a ton for both machine and powder
or pick miners. who now receive ~
and "a cents n ton. respectively.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Nov, I'll
Increases offered by operators 20
miners were promptly rejected" ao-
cording 60 statement given out at
operators headquarters here late
yesterday.
Tho proposed increases. according
20 the operators. amounted 70 Is
cents a ton for both pick and ma
chine miners and 20 cents ton for
tho men working by tho day. Miners
are paid by tho ton.
Miners officials raid the increases
amounted 20 about half OF what tho
miners asked. and declared that they
were not sufficient TO meet Increased
living costs.
Tho operators declared tho In
crcaaca offered were NOR. than
enough 10 meet Increased living
costs.
III the miners continue In their
position Of rejection I, would appear
that they arc getting In position TO
reject a very substantial increase In
wages and brfog the issue by stand.
ing upon their conditions" the opera.
tors statement said II, will be seen
that the sdvanc. offered IL more
than sufficient 90 compensate for
the increased cost OF living"
Tho miners declared that with the
increase offered advances Of miners
wages since 1914 would aggregate
SIS per cent For machine mining
the aggregate was given a. ssB per
cent. and for men working on the
day hassk tho figure runs from ss.T
10 lac per cent The Increase In Nv.
Ing cost since 1914 is figured al "a
per cent BY the international indus.
trial conference. tho statement
points out. and at -somewhat higher
percentage" BY tho labor depart.
mont.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

PARIS. Nov. 2i--(United Press
The Franco British treaty. by
which Great Britain agrees 10 come
to Frances aid IN event Of unwar-
ranted German aggression. became
effective today when Earl crewe.
on behalf Of Great Britain. and
Foreign Minister piehon. on behalf
Of France. exchanged formal notices
Of ratification
The allied and German commits
sions held their first Joint session
today TO consider methods for exc
cution OF the peace treaty and ths
protocol.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

Peter Thorvai Niilssen. 1891 First
ave. hoped bilghtiy aboard . street
car Thursday night to ride into the
city from his homo to DO the movies
or something.
Peter Thorvai Nilisssn. same i'd
dress. hoped off the same stree,
car when n arrived down town. But
Peter wasn't quite 20 carefsce when
he reached in his pocket and dos.
covered someone had picked his
pockotbook. containing $50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
GERMANS FEAR
TREATY STATUS
BY CARL D. BROAr

0n1ted Press Staff Correspondenu
BERLIN. Nov. 2o.--.DeiayedH
9Nfusal Of tho American senate to
ra&1fy the peace treaty means not
only that the smaller nations OF Eu-
rope WIN desert the league Of nations.
but that Germany win left at tho
mercy Of France. German govern
ment officials said today.
Tt Is essential that something be
done at once to relieve the present
confusion" a high official In the for
eign office said What Germany
wants most IL peace"
The pan Germans. however, hafl
possible defeat Of the treaty in Amer.
lea as an opportunity for separate
peace with the United States. with a
subsequent German-American ALT
ance
Rejection OF the treaty by America
pleased the reactionaries ia Germany
as nothing else could.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

then tho president IL ready to sce
the fight carried into tho 1880
national election IN which. however.
he viii not participate bcyona urging
voters. regardless Of party sffllia.
tons. to demonstrate they want the
United States TO Join the league.
Wilson Ia anxious to 70 before
congress and deliver his message In
person. This IL opposed by his
physicians.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
Canadian Coal L.
Sent Into State

VANCOUVER, B. c. Nov. 2i.-.AL
tho government licenses are requir.
ed before coal can be shipped out Of
Canada, there has been no stoppags
Of coal shipments into washington
STATE. officials in chsfge OF exports
said today.
The licenses are freely issued here
since there Is no indication that !
shortage OF fuel will be felt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
HIGHWAY MEET OPENS

SPOKANE. Nov. 2i.--with rs del
egates present. the Eastern Wash.
ington Highway association opened
its annual meeting here today. The
CarIyon s3o,ooo.ooo state road meas
ure IL the principal item for discus
sion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
Overnight Guest
Leaves With $40

Peter Mcfiaie. resident OF the
Northern hotel. tried TO he good
Samaritan "Wednesday night and
invited n down and-oufer 20 share his
cot with him.
Peter. an tho host. slept like q log.
but awakened Friday morning TO dis
cover he was out $40. and that his
guest had gone.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
MAY LEASE CAR LINE

WALiaA WALi.A. Nov. 7is--wai
IN Walla win lease her car system
for $4,000 a year fro nthe traction
company, II recommendation OF the
public service commission are fol-
lowed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

Nearly 1000 ncw kinds Of postage
stamps have been issued In Europe
since December. iois. OF these.
1900 are tho first stampa OF the
new European states.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

An electrical station with n 9omile
transmission TO Melbourne In to be
erected in the brown coal fields Of
Australia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
TREATY FIGHT
MAY ENTER | 800
Ratification May Be Big Is
sue OF Campaign
Continued From Page One

I lOHttUWSU II fVWi UUt ZINC
----------------------- n
whether the treaty Is TO be reported
out OF the committee or permitted TO
lie there forever Candidates win
stand for one or tho other 81 these
courses. Il was predicted. and the
people must decide. Meanwhile. the
nation faccs months oC "a technical
state OF war. with Germany.
More rervid orsiery
Material for tho political orators
IL already being prepared. Speeches
Of republican senators made during
the last hours OF tho debate are 10
be printed and sent broadcast thru
out the country as campaign matert.
al. Among these win he a speech by
Senator Lenroot Of Wisconsin. and
others by Sterling. South Dakota:
Harding. Ohio. and Kellogg. Mime.
sofa.
Looming In the background today
are reports that IS senators. inelnd-
Ing three or four democrats. are
pledged 10 remain as tho battalion
Of Death" to prevent any ratlfica
ton OF the treaty. This II more
than one.third Of the senate. and
enough 10 block a two thirds approx
al Of tho treaty.
Carter Glass. appointed senator
from Virginia, win take hi. seat NJ
the beginning Of next session. u was
stated a, the capital today. Ito was
being held In readiness to DO sworn
In on a few minutes motto. during
the final hours OF tho session had
administration forces needed his
vote. on no ballot. however. was the
tally close enough TO make ono sen
ator's action decisive.
Lodge Gets Surprise
The Lodge concurrent resolution.
which declares tho war at an end.
can and win be vetoed by President
Wilson in case IL In passed by both
house and senate. In tho opinion OF
high administration officials today
They cited the constitution to prove
that the president has this power.
This case as an evident surprise
TO supporter. OF the Lodge resolu-
ton. which was introduced In con.
gross just before adjournment They
believe the executive had no author
ity to interfere with a concurrent
resolution and that the Lodge meas
ure could be passed by both houses.
thus ending the war without adop
ton Of the peace treaty.
Discovery Of the constitutional su.
thority which hitherto has seldom.
10 ever. been exercised by pr~ri
dent. was considered a blow TO their
plans.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

Movies are proving to be the best
medium for people in South Amer.
lea TO know North American IDEAS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21

As 20 my attitude regarding Gov.
ernor uardinKs proposal the strike
has been declared unlawful by the
president ard tho federal court. A
vast majority OF tho miners OF this
state accepted that decision In good
faith. I would favor cloH.
Ing non essential Industries. conserv.
Ing tho coal supply and fighting II
out II II takes all wintcr. rather than
uHurp authority not rightly vested
In the state.
Governor HardinE's proposal
would probably be welcomed by the
radical leaders who planned the steel
and coal strikes, and expected n zen.
erai railroad strike TO pull them
across"
Governor Black Of Kentucky
wired: Il viii. OF course. exercise
all The authority possess IN the
case Of an emergency. Miners are
gradually resusning work In Ken.
tueky.-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-21
FUEL SHORTAGE
NOW ALARMING
Nation Wide Freight En-
barge Is Possibility

WASHINGTON. Nov. si.---United
Press wv hiie coal miners and op.
cratnra debated IN Washington on "A
wage scale. several sections OF the
country, particularly middle west
creaningly serious situation today az
result OF tho fuel shortage.
Curtnilment OF train service, aban.
donment OF non essential Industries.
rationing OF reserve supplies and re.
establishment OF lishtioaa nights
were being reported IN an effort 90
conserve tho diminishing coal sup
ply. In many places only few days
reserve remained.
Above all was danger OF a nation.
wide frcigh, embargo. admitted by
Rail Director Hines TO be ponai.
biiity should tho situation show no
Improvement within a mpnth.
Suggests Seizure
Meanwhile. tho proposal Of Gov.
ernor Harding OF Iowa that the chief
executives OF bitumlnoua producing
states seize and operate tho mines
In an effort 90 bring about normal
production was meeting with varied
responses. Governor Cox OF Ohio,
In a message 20 the United Press.
supported HaFding'a plan. whlie Gov.
ernor cornwell OF West Virginia DO.
llcved II would b, playing into the
hands OF tho radicals. and Governor
Sproui OF Pennsylvania regarded
such action an unconstitutional.
III tho dispute affecting tho min.
Ing industry II not settled soon. II
win be necessary for governmental
interference. to take the nhnp. OF
operation of minea." wired Harding
1t would be far better for tho fed.
crnl government 10 do u. but n II
does not, tho responsibility falls TO
the states"
sproui merely declared rIarding's
plan would be illegal and unoonh,i.
tutionhi"
coynweli wired tho United Press:
Il have wired Governor Harding
that tnaHmuch as comparatively few
mines In this state are Idle and pro
duction b moro than IS per cen,
normal. no drastic action In mecca
uery here.
The sun., 1919-02-16
War Books.

OUR NAVY AT WORK. By REGINALD
WRIGHT KAUFMAN. Tho Yankee fee4
as seen at work in French waters by A
accredited correspondent with our navy.
Illustrated with photographs. Indian
apolis: Bobbs-Merril Company. $1-so.
THE NAVAL RESERVE. BIZ FRANK HUN
TER POTTER. How the Naval Reserve came
into being, its camps, personnel, training
welfare work, &c. Illustrated with photo.
graphs. New York; Henry Hob b Ca
$1.35.
"WTTH THE HELP OF GOD AND A
FEW MARINES. BY Brig. Con. A W.
CAFIIN, q. s. Marine Corps Gen Catlin
commanded the Sixth Regiment Of the
marines at Chateau Thierry. His book in
eludes not only the record Of the marines
in the war just ended but s~historicL
sketch of the Marine Corps. Written with
the collaboration Of Walter A Dyer. Nsv
York: Doubleday, Page 3 Co. $50.
THE BRITISH NAVY IN BATTLE. BIZ
ARTHUR II. POLLEN. Complete study Of
the work of the British navy in battle in
the war just ended. By British naval
expert Illustrated with line cuts. Neu
York: Doubleday, Page 3 Co. $3.50.
The sun., 1919-02-16
General GOurko on How the Russian Army Fought

owing to the fact that the fortress was
manned by fortress units, the staff Off
GERS thoroughly familiar with it and its
surroundings, and the troops being field
regiments. Special bodies Of fortress
troops we're abolished in the Russian army
by the same military genius who destroyed
the fortified triangle Of Warsaw. How
much soldiers think alike, even though Of
widely different races, is shown here when
in the beginning of trench warfare the
Russian soldiers fashioned hand grenades
and trench mortsrs of materials found on
the spot (empty food tins, cpt gas pipes,
spent shell cases. just as the British Tom
mics did along the western front.
The chapter on Munitions Of War Illus
trates the straits the Russians were put
TO for shells early in the war and shows
that after great wastefulness In the be-
ginning of their East Prrlssisn campaigns
the Germans began a strict retrenchment
The sun., 1919-02-16

THE remarkable thing about Sinister
Il House, by Leland Hall, is its pos
sibilities. We do not mean that some of
them, at least, are not fully realized:
they are. Mr.. Hall has written @ short
novel which is, in its selective way, lit
tie masterpiece for puzzlement and awe.
But the impressive thing about the
story at the end or even some way before
it, is the possibilities it had in other di-
reetions than the one Mr.. Hall has chosen
TO take lie is very artistic" in his ma
tcrials and still more SO in his use of
them: which is not what lot OF readers
want by a long shot. Willds Collins
would have expanded the tale, filling it
with complex and diverse incident to
make 500 pages or more, closely printed
too. Diaries would have been written las
Hugh Walpole says, lives would have
been barred, the mcrciless recital would
have gone forward with alacrity and in
tensited drama. 1t would all have been
immensely worth while; and it is no re-
The sun., 1919-02-16
"SiniSter House,

Election on Mr.. Hall 10 remark that II
Collins the tale would have been worth
the while of many more readers than it is
d la Hall.
The action is excellent. In a colony Of
new, hygienic cement houses, inhabited by
healthy young married people with babies
and Ford cars, there still fingers house
of the decayed and atmospheric sort. 1t
is not the house but the man living in It
that is responsible for the terrors of the
story The reader may well ask himself
what dreadful past it is in relation to her
husband that threatens not only the hap
piness but the very life Of Julia Grier.
We caution every one who gets the book
to destroy the jacket, unread, for who
ever wrote it has unfortunately betrayed
the secret of the tale and has thus de-
stroyed the full effect OF its disclosures
upon the reader The yarn is unusually
well written.
SINISTER HOUSE. By LELAND HALL
Houghton Mlfflin Company. $3.50.
The sun., 1919-02-16

in the use Of shells. At the end of 1915
Russian front line troops were using four
different kinds Of rifles and those in train
ing in the rear had three other models In
use. And yet, Gen. Gourko states, Gin JUS
tice to the supply columns" not once at
the front did the troops receive cart
ridges unsuited to the rifles they were using.
As to the enormous losses Of the Russian
army, Gen. Gourko writes that up to
December, 1916, more than "a ,OO0, 900 men
had been called to the eolors, yet in
March, 1917, the commissariat was sup
plying something under 100000. The
difference ESTIMATED to be 100000 men)
constituted the army's loss in killed,
wounded, prisoners and missing in three
campaigns.
WAR AND REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA,
19141917. BY GIN. BASIL GoUEKo. The
Macmillan Company. 81.
The sun., 1919-02-16

able sidelight on the Russian character of
the old regime as in no way improved, in
military sense, from the days Of the
Russo-Japanese war
In his chapter on The .Strategicdl De-
relopment, which introduces the cam
paigns in East Prussia, Gen. Gourko gives
us another revelation of Russian char
acter in his explanation of the plan to
modernize the Warsaw forts which orig
mated in 1910. Considered out of date
by the Russian engineers, they began by
destroying the so-called fortified triangle
of Warsaw and never replaced the forts
composing that point! His first fighting
operations were against the town of Marg-
grabowa in East Prussia, from which adj
vance the Russians learned how thor
oughly the Germans had prepared for
war. He then describes the occupation
of East Prussia. And 10 those who have
forgotten the brilliancy of that first Rus
sian advance these pages viii remind
them that one portion of Germany, at least.
learned what the woes OF war were; and
that the Russian artillery could destroy
notable buildings as well as the Germans
on the west front, as the ruins OF Emperor
Williams hunting castle at Romintcn
bear witness. 4 characteristic operation
of this advance, which was made under
the command Of Gen. Renncnkampf, was
the dash through the German lines TO
Allenstein. One also reads here Of the
Germans using Red Cross cars-for other
than their proper purposes; and of Ger
man soldiers looting shops in their own
towns, after which the Russians finished
the job.
Transport difficulties had already made
themselves felt as early as September,
1914, when Rennenkampf began the
movement that is called the Battle OF
Tannenherg. Gen. 'Gourko's description
Of that battle is quite the best passage in
the volume, and even without a map
there are none IL the book-one can easily
follow the movement Of the troops and
realize how the Russian plan failed owing
to tactical errors on the part of the
corps commanders on The tanks. One of
the most tragic pictures of this war is the
one given here Of the lonely death of
heart disease in the Tanncnberg Wood
of Gen. Samsonoff, who led his troops TO
victory in The centre Of The advance, only
10 have his work undone by the command
crs of the corps on his tanks.
In his discussion of the action at the
small fortress of Ooovetz, covering the de
file to the swampy valley of the River
Narrow, Gen. Gourko brings forward q
suggestion that IS Of military interest
owing 10 the change in modern profess
sional opinion as TO the proper defence
OF fortress. Gen. Gourko states his
belief that the Osovetz fortress was able
TO hold out against two strong attacks Of
the Germans, who we're plertiful!y sup
piled with the heaviest siege artillery,