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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
FARMERS OF UTAH USE
TONS OF RAT POISON

SALT LAKE CITY. April 2.--Last
year 10o,so1 pounds OF poison bait
were used by i.7o3 cooperative
farmers in Utah TO stop the cnor.
nous losses that have been sustain.
ed annually from rodents in that
state. This poison was applied on
S6.104 acres OF infested land. and
the farmers reported s92.t7o rodents
destroyed with an estimated saving
i'm crops OF s702.36S.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
Write This Way to
Boy Now Overseas

please forward. Addressee still
In France"
II you are writing 20 a boy who
has not sailed from the other side.
and he IL not getting his mail. by
putting this on envelope or wrapper
you will insure the missive getting
across. The postoffice department
has not caught up with lists OF re.
turned soldiers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
McMartin Leaves
Property to Son

Leaving all the property owned by
him to his son. "a captain In the ma.
rino corps. stationed at Quantico
Va, the viii OF Thomas Il, McMar.
tin. Seattle attorney. who committed
suicide In Lincoln park last Thurs
day. was admitted to probate in
Judge Boyd Tallman's court Tues
day. The will. dated March g.
names Attorney Arthur II. Griffin
as executor and directs that the
body be cremated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
TRIBUTE TO WILHELM
SIGNED BY 436,912

BERLIN. April 1.-The address OF
homage circulated on the occasion Of
the former emperors birthday re
celvcd 436.9i2 signatures. 1t was an.
nounced
The address and signatures will be
bound In series of q volumes and
sent To Amerongen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
CLEAR SNOW FROM PASS

Fifty mon, under the direction OF
Assistant County Engineer II. V.
Hlgbee, are at work clearing snow
from the King county side of the
Sunset highway over Snoquamie
pass. kittitas county having agreed
To clear the east side. The route
is expected to be open May /.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
Frazier Appointed
Idaho Tech Chief

c. X. Frazier. state director of vo
cational education In Washington
since 1917. was appointed president
OF the Idaho Technical institute, at
Pocatello. Tuesday. by Gov. f.. w
Davis. OF idaho. The institute,
whore Frazier VIII begin work June
1. is n junior university. similar to
the state college at Pullman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
THOMPSON Wins
IN CHICAGO VOTE.
Is Leader in Race for Re-
Election as Mayor

CHICAGO. Aprii william Hale
Thompson. republican. today was the
victor IN his race for reelection aA
mayor OF Chicago. lilo defeated
Robert NJ. Sweitzer. democrat. In yes.
tsrday's election. by 1900 votes.
Maeiay iioyne. independent. ran
third. falling iss.sso VOTES behind
swcitzer.
Thompson. re elected for his sec.
ond term. was given 2b7.sss votes, as
against 2to.s for aweitzcr. Thomp-
sons vote from the men was 1853. gs9
and from the women 9s.o25. sweitzer
was given itT sts votes by men and
20. o40 by women.
John Fitzpatrick. candidate Of the
new labor party. received bissT
votes. and John NJ. Collins. socialist.
"a ,ios. Adolph Carm. socialist labor.
received i.7ls VOTES.
OF the total cast. 1881. Thomp'
son received IS per cent. Sweitxcr. -
per cent; Hoyne. 10. Fitzpatrick. \.
and Collins. 2. The registered VOTE
amounted 20 7ss. psT. EiEhty.nine
PER cent OF tho registered vote was
east.
The liquor QUESTION went 20 tho
'wcts" by 2f7 .sss votes. Tho ~dryr-
had made no nEht. asking why "A
dead issue should have been 70
viyed.
Bonds OF sii.soo. 900 for city I'm.
provements wer. voted by comfort
able majoriti~s.
Mayor Thompson gave out a
statement in which h. predicted a
national republican victory as re-
suit OF the Chicago election. The vic
tory. he said. was "a protest against
national democratic miwruie and a
vote Of confidence In republican man
agcmcnt.-
Fitzpatrick Loses
Tho defeat Of Fitzpatrick. labor
candidate. who had predicted the
marty would draw vote of $780,
900. also meant IN. defeat 81 the
list Of labor candidates for alder
men. judgeships and other city Of
ficcn. Tho vote ~ st.ssT given
tho party. Fitzpatrick said. m-an,
n permanent place In politics In
the future for labor.
Hoyne'a vote 81 HOSES was com
sldrrod By democrats as consisting
mostly OF democratic votes. which.
Ia uoyne had withdrawn. might
have eieeted sweitxer over the
4 ur~a.nt mayor
Mayor Thompson'r largest ward
plurality was accorded him In the
no-es.iled black belt. where he re-
ccived ii.soa VOTES over a~eitr~r.
and where n negro alderman was
elected
The election was the second IN
which Swcitsrr and Thompson had
beon opponents In 1915 Thomp-
son defeated swcitrr by isT.stT
/ votes
with Thonrnon'H election. 10 re
publican aldermen gained seats In
the city council chamber -Four
sitting democratic aldermen were
defeated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
JAP VESSELS TO HELP

Japanese vessels are being pressed
into service to return American
troops from Europe. among them be.
ing the Ava Maru, of the big Nippon
Yuscn Kaisha fleet of which Seattle
tx the terminal on this side of the
Pacific.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
WEBER Is REINsTATED

Discharged from The harbor s~r-
vice by Port Warden A. A. payasc
ON a charge OF characterization.
James G. Weber was reinstated
Tuesday by order Of the civil ser
vice commission. PRyAse charged
that Weber. knowing a suspension
imposed upon him was for only
one week. did not report for duty
for II DAYS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02

There Japan the Land of Silks another "The Life
of Silk Worm a Bargain comedy by Mr.. and Mrs
Denny of the University of Washington and Miss
Hevero of the Bon Marhe Personal Service give helpful
talks silks
IN THE HALL OF SILKS FROM 100 TO 4:3O EVERY
AFTERNOON THIS WEEK
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-02
Oil Men Cut Price
in Navy Fuel Bids

WASHINGTON. Apru :s--ou men
are siashing prices.
The shipping board asked for
prices on s5.ooo.o 900 barrels OF fuel
oil for the American merchant ma.
rine tho coming year.
IL brought the low bid OF - cents
barrel Other bids ranged up to
si.3s.
Pre-war fuel prices were s2.15 and
S21O
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Sim Feiners Condemned
the Easter Rebellion

The Easter Rebellion was in the hsuds
of the Citizens Army, labor organization.
Many leading Sim Feiners condemned the
movement, and so did the whole people of
Ireland. Never was there more universally
condemned riot han that one They were
Irish soldiers who fought the rcbels-and
with will. More Irish were killed in the
battles the English side than on the
IRISH The rebellion was suppressed and tho
people we're glad OF it, and asked that the
ringleaders be suitably punished
Here it was that the English, through
the War Department, made q very unpopu-
lar rebellion into popular one and rnassed
ali shades of opinion soldly against Eng,
land. Instead of ARE sting the ringlcaders,.
charging them with crime. and then proving
that they had actually killed citizens or
soldiers and that they were working in the
interest of Germany, the War Department.
which can bc trusted never to nias 81 inir.
take, ecooped in men by tb, score. tried
them by fold court martial in the utrioft
secrecy, and executed them forthwith After
the executions they made short and suited
announcements IN military fashion. The
public did not know who most Of the con.
dcmned were, and as day after day came
these curt obituaries of unlsnowns, it began
to get on the public norver, aud they we're
ready TO believe the tales that hundreds
more had been shot and buried in remote
places. Finally lunatic officer at Porto.
bello Barracks arrested Sheehy skofnngton
and several companions and shot them with.
out trial. Skeihngton was an ardent pari-
fist who had nothing whatsoever to do with
tho rebellion, and could not have had from
he very nature.
Then the people Of ireland turned iron,
their abhorrenee Of tho rebellion Ia an
adherence Of the English rule. they made
heroes out of those whom they would have
regarded as criminals. | have said that
Sim Fein had nothing 10 do with the re.
bellioh; but the stupidity Of Sir John Max
well IN charge Of the English forces laid
1t at the door of Sim Fem. and that BODY.
seeing That public opinion had turned for
the rebels. accepted the .charge and made
capital out of it,
Sim Fem had greatness thrust unon
IT. and 1T is the present position of Sim
Fem that makes Ireland such a touch and
go affair right now
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
This Is the Opinion
OF the Great Majority

think that expresses fairly accurately
the opinion of the great majority of Irish
landowners to-day Being human beings
and having property al stake they have no
intention of following will-o- the wisps over
hill and dale and no desire to be at one
with their forcfathers. ranging like animals
among the hills and mountains. This is not
to say that they are sordd for on the con-
trary they arc in the highest degree roman
tic, but the responsibilities of ownership
and direction cause them to think twice
before accepting the statement of the repub-
lican that he and his fellows make I'D the
panacea for all administrative ills The
phrase "Irish Republic" needs translation
avid advocates of that ideal form happen to
be largely schoolmasters who expect to do
the governing, or professional Irishmen"
who hope to have new fund to conquer
The Irish farmer has not that sweet trust
fulness of schoomasters which the rest of
the world recently had.
SO much for the landed man. The work
cr in the city is in a different case The
old theory being that the north was indus
trial and the south agricultural, the south
ern programme for the bettermcnt of Ire
land scarcely recognized that such a thing
rs a city laborcr existed. All the reforms
went 10 the land, where the majority of
the population lived and from which they
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

had to draw their prosperity. "Jim" Larkin
was the first man to give serious attention
to the south of Ireland labor policy, and
he organized the celebrated strike on the
Dublin docks and then went on to the for
nation of the Transport Workers. Union.
which has to-day become union of sll un-
skilled men, as opposed to the craft unions.
which are affiliated with similar English
unions.
The Irish Transport Union was further
developed and given its ideas by James
Connolly. These ideas were such as he
had picked up among the Socialists of Eu-
rope, and he transformed what started out
to be a defensive union into a potentially
offensive proletarian movement The union
is being joined by farm laborers every
where, on the promise that all land will be
divided and that only the producers shall
rule. The arguments are exactly the Same
as those advanced by the Bolsheviki in
Russia, and the laborers firmly believe that
the movement IN Russia has been success
ful. They are so told in their own newspa-
pers, and they are trained to regard as
"capltalistic lies" anything to the contrary
that appears in the ordinary daily press.
One of the most difficult things to contend
with in Irish politics is that no partisan
takes as true that which does not appear
IN the sheet of his own particular party.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
The Real irish Nature
Can'f BE Put i'm Words

IL would bc quite easy TO go about Ire
land picking up these contradictions md to
arrive at tho conclusion that all Ireland
needed in the way Of government WAS
Tim Sullivan who would 70 along tbe streets
passing out coins 10 the needy. Hut nny
much conclusion would be viclously away
from the truth, for alms tnking whether
ny public bodies or by individuals, does not
represent the spirit Of ireland to-day. The
real IRISH nature ls something which can
not be put down in words, but that part
or ~ winch seems to consist in wanting TO
get something for nothing In only tho sur.
vival of tho days when the Irishman bod
nothing but his mud vailed cabin and tho
r'ght To starye on ~hiskey and potatoes In
thos" days any extra penny wms M mama
from heaven, and 10 bo accepted without
question except after tho event. Thoae davs
have passed.
The lrishmnn of to-day Ia ~ landowner.
Tho former tenant farmer haa. In most
cases. bought his holding and is comfortably
paying for II over a period that exceeda
half century and the annual payments arc
very much less than the rent he formerly
paid. This is under tho land act and
although the extremists say that tho act
permits tho farmer to buy back only what
was already his in right the farmers them
selves nro content to bc less historical and
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

more concrete. The farm laborers are com
ing into their own, and while all arc not
yet housed, q great number of them per-
haps majority have solid and, in many
cases, most artistic little houses, with
sizable plots of ground, for which they pay
but one shilling week in rent. The farm
laborer is better off in ireland than in
America. 1t is true that he commonly gets
but thirty shillings week, but his house d,
ono shilling is infinitely better than the
average American farmhouse; he can raise
nearly all his vegetables and food for
his livestock, and if we consider that he can
have employment through ifty-two weeks of
the year if he desires it, because of the
mildness of hc Irish winter tho American
must be laid off during the coldest months
then perhaps he actually gets higher
wages on the annual reckoning. Certainly
he is given greater purchasing power than
his American brother-hs wage means
more. And in educational facilities rural
Ireland does not seem moro backward than
rural America
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Sugar MiHs
Burned

Thus far comedy Of errors, the insur-
reetioh had gained sufficient forcs to be-
come dangerous, The Liberals assumed
that they were being backed by the United
States until a proclamation issued by the
American Minister in Havana undeceiyed
them, and 1T was then too late.
LaWess elements in the central as we'll
as the eastern portion of the island had
taken the field, and were demonstrating
their patriotism in the simplest and most
effective manner, looting towns, robbing
plantations and setting fire to cane fields
and mills. The cheapest sort of sugar
mill these days costs million dollars to
build, and can be destroyed by single
wax vesta in the hand of man who knows
how to use it, and these Liberal patriots
did
Tho outcome of the insurrection was
never for moment in doubt
The naval authorities reversed orders on
the recognition of the de facto governor
of Orientc
The marines ceased to fraternize with
Liberal patriots.
The Presidential by-elections were held
at the appointed time, and as the Liberal
patriots we're out burning sugar mills, the
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

Santiago was the Upmann Of Eastern Cuba.
Having lived in the Province of Oriente
nearly twenty years, he knew everybody
and had his finger in every pie. He was
even president of the Santiago Cuban
American Chamber of Commerce." and as
such looked upon as an American by the
import and export interests there Otto
Relmer, former American Consul to San
tiago, spoke of him as "the one man who
knew Oriente," and Mr. Reimer's successor
was constantly in his company.
Oriente, being remote from the seat Of
government, the natural terrain for an
uprising, especially as it was the strong
hold of the Liberal party.
SO in January, 1917, dock strike started
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
How Menocal Kept His Place as
President Despite German
lntrigues

been reelected by a safe margin Owing
TO difference in the election system, al
though the result was known definitely in
the case of Messrs. Wilson and Hughes
three days after the polls closed, a posi-
tive statement concerning Cuba was impos-
slble, owing to contests in certain districts
and by-elections in others. General Memo
cal could only say that he had no desire
to hold office except at the mandate of the
people, and that he would exert all his at
thor1ty to secure an honest count
The Liberal leaders, who had opposed
General Menocal with DR.. Alfredo Zayas,
Vice-President of the republic during the
Presidency Of Jose Miguel Gomez at once
raised the cry of fraud, and began an agi-
tatioh with the object Of securing the in
tervention of the United States. The cleo
ton cases continued to drag in the courts
Although Cuba was 1000 miles away from
tho war, the situation was not without in
terest to Downing Street or Wilhelm
strasse. Later Mr. 1Toover's busy pres,
agent was to tell Americans "Suear Will
Win tho War" and If this was not alto.
gether true 1t was uhdeniabv true that all
Europe felt eluttonous interest in tho
country which grows half the worlds sugar
crop.
Cuba was honeyeombed In those days
with German intrigue
And German financial interests were
strong,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
The Farce, Mingled With Tragedy,
lin Which American Marines
4 Had Part

OF Cuba hung in the balance. Having cried
fraud for months, the Liberal patriots took
the field without waiting for the election,
the two army officers arrested the Cover
nor Of Oriente in his palace, and, installing
themselves in his place, sent him to the
Jail where he should have incarcerated
them.
The Austrian Consul, in his capacity of
president of the "Cuban-American Cham
ber of Commerce" sent an appeal to Pres
ident Wilson to intervene.
The American Consul declined to send
reports to the American Legation or to
take orders from the American Minister.
Marines were ordered from Hayti to re-
inforce those at the Guantanamo naval
station, and the United States flag was
soon flying from the hills above Santiago
Then somebody in the navy blundered
The American forces recognized the de
facto military governor of Oriente, instead
Of setting free the imprisoned governor de
jure. Tho American forces turned back
Cuban naval vessels which came to fe-taks
the city, and finally issued n general warn
Ing against armed forces attempting to
cross the borders of Oriente, thus prevent
Ing the Legitimate government from assert
ing it's authority.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

there have always been moro people want
ing jobs in Dublin and in all the other
cities Of Ireland than there were jobs Bel
fast during the war has been full of work,
but the common condition of that industrial
centre is also to have surplus of workers.
but in Belfast the workers are skilled, while
in the other parts of the country they are
unskiled.
All political programmes of the past have
turned upon the holding of the land by the
tllers as the economic bait, with Home
Rule within tho empire az the emotional
bait-for no political party ever gets any
where in Ireland or any other country un-
less it promise to provide food for both
the stomach and the mind. The groups in
Ireland which for years past have clung
to the standard of republic have never
had any great following, except when they
happened to make their rIsings coincide
with an economic need. When the farmers
were able to buy their own land, and cvic-
tions, rent raisings, and the like became
thing of the past, the force of Homo Rule
was lost, for it lost its economic appeal and
had left only the appeal to history Irish
independence became an academic subject in
""lcn All were Interested 10 large degree,
but for which only few highly emotional
persons were willing to fight. AS a farmer
said so me:
awe have our land and good living,
even if VIC do not much money. The
landlords gone. Some Of them were
bad and wcrc good, but how can |
help my children and myself by fighting
about something which happened years ago?
We are not treated fairly BY England to-day.
and If u republic will help ue. am for n
republic; but If republic means Tint we
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Finger i'm
Every Pie

The head Of the German money power
was Hermann Upmann, member of all in
fuential banking family in the Vaterland,
and, except for his avowed Teutonic SYM
pathies, likable sort. The Upmanns had
been cigar manufacturers and bankers in
the Spanish period, and were outwardly
loyal to the Cuba. And Hermann Up
mann, almost Cuban himself, was devo-
tee Of sport, clubman, heavy investor
in every new enterprise. If money were
needed for a new sugar mill and the banks
held back, Hermann Upmanns purse was
open. If the rail interests required funds
for expension, Upmann saw a sound in
vestment while other men were thinking it
over. He the private banker of nearly
every public man in Cuba, not excepting
President Menocal himself.
The Teuton diplomatic and consular
forces, the German business houses in all
parts of the island, relied upon Upmanns
judgment in many, if not most, matters
In small way the Austrian Consul to
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
The Labor Problem

The labor problem in Cuba. while
requiring earnest study and tactful
handling, has not been accompanied
by the serious tendencies character
lstlc OF a like movement in Turone
and the greater part Of America. and
the wave Of Bolshovsnl, which Ia
probably one CT tho most unfortunate
and regrettable legacies of the war.
has not, so far, made It's influence felt
In Cuba, except In isolated instances
by mn occasional oratorieaI oiitbirst
from some foreign agitator who
makes his living by stirring up the
passions of worlmen, whom he tries
to persuade that the only way in
which they can better their lot is by
paying him an enormous salary to 90
around the country making incendiary
speeches and provoking walkouts.
Our strikes have generally origi-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

IN Santiago which proved very troublesome
The demands of the 'Iongshoremen were
not unreasonable, but the president of the
"Cuban- American Chamber of Commerce"
felt that a principle was involved upon
which he could not yield, and prevented
settlement.
An American newspaper man conveyed
the information to the American Consul
that New York German house was about
to smugglc through cargo of rifles ard
ammunition destined either for Santiago
or Port rt-au-Princc. The president of the
Chamber of Commerce was able in his
capacity as Austrian Consul to assure his
American colleague that this was a trhinS
matter.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

The idea of league of nations has
always occupied a prominent place in
the minds Of Latin-American states
men and thinkers, and among its
advocates in one form or another NAV
be counted Simon Bolivar, liberator
of whole continent; Jose Enrique
Rodo, eminent philosopher and think
er, and our own Jose Marti, the Apos-
tie Of Cuban liberty.
The subject is certainly one that
appeals to the heart and IMAGINATION
of all right-thinking men, and those
now gathered in Paris to insure q
return of the uch-longed-for dura-
bic peace can set themselves no
worthicr task. Certainly no man is
moro fitted than President Wilson to
be the exponent and champion of this
cause. lie has consecrated lifetime
to the pursuit Of an ideal. and the
hour seems not too far distant now
when the world may hope to reap the
results Of his efforts, even IL tenn
pered by tho political necessities and
economic difficulties Of tho moment.
Such Il league Of nations has the
warm approval and support Of all
Latn-Amefiean countries, particularly
Cuba, as it will tend to make war an
improbability and insure the continu
ance of peace based on just and
equitable conditions; above all, it will
guarantee to the small nations their
place in the concert of civilization