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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12
JAMES SHEA IS
ARRESTED HERE
Held Post in National Bank
of Commerce

Reported by federal officers
10 have confessed 10 thefts
amounting 10 Sl6.0i6.I In the
last seven or eight years while
In the employ Of the National
Bank Of Commerce, James Shea,
: 80, assistant cashier In charge
Of tho exchange department. Of
the bank, Ii In the county jail
waiting tire SeptenrDcr session
Of the federal grand Jury.
The unexpected appearance OF
Martin Mclean. national bank ex.
aminer. and the finding by Mclean
of irregularities led 20 Shca's down
fall. Mclean discovered three re-
cent items--a $4,000 draft, dated
July 7. another for si.4oo. and n
$500 travellers check item that had
not been posted.
Find Irregularities
This discovery led 10 an invest.
CATION of Shea's books and resulted
In the finding OF other alleged ir-
Irregularities. Shea's method, the
bank examiner charged. was TO &c
cept drafts and appropriate al, or
part of them 10 his own use and
not post the items until the next
draft came when he would send
away the amount that should have
been RENTED on the first draft.
Shea's alleged plan was very sim
pie but demanded his constant at.
tention. The National Bank OF
Commerce is fully protected against
Sheas alleged defaications by his
bonds. according 10 Manson i.
BaclSus. president of the bank.
shea went 10 work 90 years ago
worked his way 10 a responsible
position. He was one OF the most
popular men In the employ of the
National Bank OF Commerce. Just
last August he was advanced TO
the post OF assistant cashier in
charge of the exchange department.
Confession Reported
When confronted with the books.
Shea Is alleged TO have confessed
TO Bank Examiner Mclean. The two
lEti Ahtf ntlt W Atff Rtii'f WI @hEaAN-
tant United States District Attorney
Moore. where stenographer w a =
called in and Is alleged 10 have taken
Shea's written confession.
Tho In custody IN the -narshai's of.
fee all morning Shea was not for
mally arrested untIl United States
Commissioner McClclland issued a
- -.
shall Tobey served the warrant.
Shea waived his preliminary hear.
ing before the commissioner and he
was Immediately bound over TO the
grand jury under n bail OF $1,000.
Altho friends offered to put up the
bonds, Shea declared that he would
prefer secluslon and was taken TO the
county jail.
Friend on Jury
Altho apparently near break
down after his Interrogation by
Attorney Moore. Shea was calm
and collected when he faced the
United States commissioner. Moore.
however. would not give permits
sion to Richard T.. Callahan, as
sistant cashier OF the bank. and
Shea's friend. TO bring Shea his
personal articles for fear that he
might attempt to harm himself
A peculiar coincidence in the
case Is tho fact that Richard p.
Callahan. shea's friend. is also
foreman OF the grand jury. sched-
uled TO hear Shea's case.
A fine OF 5000. five years In
the penitentiary or both. are pen
altics 20 which Shea Is liable for
each offcnse.
Shea Is unmarried and lived at
the Arctic hotel.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12

MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich. July
12.--tUnited Press.)-Profits OF the
Ford Motor Company for nine
months ending last April amounted
To $4,000. 900. Edsei Ford testified
today in his fathers million dollar
libel suit against the Chicago Trib
una.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12
HOLD RED RUPERT

LOS ANGELES, July 12.-M. A.
Clifford, alias RED Rupert" who
was arrested In Imperial, following
escape from the Oregon state peni-
tertiary, was brought to Los Angeles
yesterday and held here pending de-
parture for oregon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12
PARIS RIOTERS FORCE
CAFES TO SHUT DOORS

PARIS, July 12.-tUnlted Press.)-
Striking workmen swept down the
boulevards yesterday afternoon from
the Rue dc la Paix to the Place de Ia
Concorde. Stoning the restaurants
and cafes which had not Joined in
the strike. the rioters forced them to
close.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12
DEAR FOLKS:

7 HOPE you will have as
1 pleasant an outing this
summer as the 1,400 wo-
men who work in the Will
son & Co. plant, Chicago,
are now enjoying.
These 400 women, some
of whom are married and
are mothers of young ba-
bies (the babies are al
lowed to go with their
mothers), are sent to
Camp Wilsonia, located
about fifty miles from
Chicago on Lake Michi-
gan in the famous sand
dunes section of Indiana
Where they can battle at will
Where they sleep on wide.
screened.in porches that are con-
nected with two large
dormitories constructed
especially for them
where they can roam through
grounds that are beautiful with
wonderful foliage and flowers
where they dine on the fat OF the
land-eating Wilson & Co.'S
Certified Food Products
where they have royal rest
and good time
ALL WITHOUT ONE CENT
or EXPENSE TO THEM.
SELVES
and. in addition. they receive pay
while away.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12
sHIPBUTLDER is HURT

Sam MAXI, 81, OF 2011 Ninth ave.
S.. a plate hanger at Skinner &
Eddy shipyard No. 1, is at the Sc
attic General hospital with frac-
tured left leg. A plate fell on MAXI
as he was at work at 1880 o'clock
Friday night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-12

This is not charity. 1t is
merely a mark Of appreci-
alton and consideration
on the part Of their en-
ployer, Wilson & Co., who
believes that the health
and happiness of its CO.
workers are essential to-
theirs and to its success.
The Mutual Service, one
of the many constructive
subsidiary organizations
connected with Wilson &
Co., plans all the year
round to help these / 400
women workers in every
possible way, but one of
its greatest services is ar
ranging the details for
these summer outings.
The talented young women
GOD BLESS THEM-who
have charge of the Mutual
Service, prefer to do this kind
of work to any other in the
whole wide world. They say
their reward is greater than
if they took positions with
commercial angles to them
only.
1t is a great thing for the
happiness of working woman
hood that young women of
this type like to do things
for their sister workers that
bring roses to the cheeks of
tired mothers and their ba-
bies and gives them a chance
to see the moonlight and the
starlight and the sunlight I'M
obstructed by tall buildings
and narrow streets-to give
them a chance to hear the
birds sing and to inhale the
pure air that abounds in
Camp Wilsonia-to give them
a chance to dig into and to
play in the soil of Gods coun-
try.
Do you wonder that happi-
ness abounds among the
workers in the Wilson & Co.
organizations?
Don't you see how these lit
tie, thoughtful courtesies help
to uphold the spirit of loyalty
that is the bedrock of the
Wilson & Co. success, and
why there is so much mean
ing to the slogan, 1.-THE Will
son label protects your
table"
! Sincerely yours.
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN,
$50 Fifth Ave.. New York City.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
Good Radiance, Say
British Macy Men

LONDON. Sunday. June 22.-Witb
regard to the sinking Of the German
warships in the Scapa Flow the "Sun-
day Observer" says that while naval
opinion at Portsmouth holds it would
have been better TO have had British
guaros on the German ships their sink
'ng may be considered as removing a
,alihculty which might have led to
heart burning among the Allies con-
cerning their disposition. The German
skeleton crews were relieved monthly
and returned to Germany. Thev were
,1ed only such provisions as thew would
nave obtained in their own country
Aam'ral Sir Cyprian Bridge, retired.
former director OF the Intelligence De-
farement' interviewed by "The Weekly
1T is breach of the arrnistice and
therefore, almost tantamount to new
act of war, but at this iuncture i. an.
pears to mean that the Germans intend
70 sign the peace treaty. 1t looks like
q plan ooncocted in Berlin"
commander kenworthy, NJ. P. told
The Dispatch" he did not think the
sinkings were carried out by order Of
'ne German government, but were en-
Sineered by a few hotheads. sick of
existence at Scapa Flow.
The Admiralty or the admiral IN
Sharge,' ne said, cannot be blamed
RATHER. the armistice commission ia
10 De censured for not putting British
g. crews aboard. but we are we'll rid Of
the ships, which were obsolete"
Inc political correspondent of the
sunday Iimes." commenting on the
news from Scapa Flow, says tho sole
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
Plea for Kaiser';s
Safety Denounced

BERLIN, June 20 (By The Associated
Press. .--Theodor Wolf, editor in chief
of the "Tageblatt," has telephoned that
newspaper from Weimar that those in
favor Of signing the treaty are so ac-
tive and numerous among the Majority
Socialists and the Clericals that "a per-
emptory refusal to sign the terms is
hardly possible. Members of the Ma
tlonal Assembly who take this stand,
Herr Wolff says, are being given ac-
tive support by several Majority So
ciaist members of the Cabinet, who
are now openly urging the appoint
new Cabinet. '''0
Herr Wolff states that the solution
now being sought will be in the nature
Of a compromise. He believes that
Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau, the
Foreign Minister, can hardly he ex-
pected to stay if the compromise rep
resents too great a concession to the
elements now clamoring for the sigma
ture of the treaty.
Discussing the suggestion that the
signing Of the peace terms be agreed
10 upon condition that a plebiscite be
granted IN West Prussia and that the
demand for the surrender of the for
mer German Emperor be abandoned,
WY NhaJollsy OOClallSC " FOrWar*S"
says, editorially:
We consider such condition an i'm
possibility and even a monstrositv.
The demand for pebiscite in West
Prussia, it may be comprehended, might
be approved, but it would be gigantic
national disgrace and moral slap on
its own face on the part of the Ger
man people if it concluded to make its
future destiny dependent upon the fate
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
American Army Is
Lined Up TO Strike
I'd Diuisio, Leaves Cob
lens; Ready to Aduance
If Germans DO Not Sie7,

COBLENZ, June 1s (By The Associ-
ated Press) ).-This was most stirring
day at Third army headquarters and
among the First and Second divisions
holding the east bank Of the Rhine
since the Americans moved in about
six months ago. Late yesterday orders
were flashed from headquarters in
Coblenz to the divisions across the
Rhine, ordering them to prepare to
march into the zone of concentration.
While the civilians in the small
towns looked upon the military ac-
tivities sometimes with bewilderment,
the soldiers rushed to finish their
packing and to find their helmets,
rifles and gas masks, which had been
issued previously.
The Second Division was the first to
move, getting under way early to-day.
Along the Sayne Valley, which meets
the Rhine near Neuweid which has
been the division headquarters, the
Second. with it's infantry, machine
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
Scuttling Settles
Mooted Question

The scuttling of the surrendered
German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow
by the German officers and crews left
aboard the vessels in accordance with
the terms Of the armistice has settled
in an unexpected manner one of the
most vexatious questions before the
peace conference. A proposal that the
Allies themselves should sink the Ger
man fleet was never accepted by the
conference. The only alternative, ap-
among the nations which fought
against Germany in the war, but it was
found to be next to impossible to make
the division in manner satisfactory
to all the powers concerned.
ships should be allotted on the basis
Of the naval losses suffered by the
various countries. This proposal was
strongly opposed on the ground that
1T would add to the already over
whelming naval superiority Of Great
Britain. Last December the American
delegates were reported to favor the
SINKING of the whole fleet, but early
in March President Wilson announced
IN letter to Representative Alvin T.
Fuller, of Massachusetts, that he was
| opposed to such a course. 1t seemed
to him, he said, like the counsel of
those who did not know what else
to do
The British attitude was explaine d
in the House of Lords on February 26
by the Earl of Lytton, Parliamentary
Under Secretary Of the Admiralty. He
said the suggestion to sink the ships
would be carried out only if the repre-
sentatives of the nations assembled at
Paris came unanimously to an agree
ment that this course was the best. He
could say, however, he added that the
British government attached over
whelming Importance to the point that
these ships should not in the future
form any part of the naval armament
OF the world.
Ihls announcement was taken to
mean that Great Britain had abandoned
any idea she may have had of taking
a large share of the surrendered fleet.
The most insistent demands for
division Of the ships are reported to
have come from France and Italy. A
dispatch from Paris on March 6 said
the United States wouli not object to
giving few of the larger vessels to
France and Italy, with some destroyers
and lighter craft to Belgium and other
small nations.
Apparently, however, the problem
was no nearer solution than ever when
the news came from Scapa Flow to-day
that most of the vessels which formed
the subject Of the controversy had
been sent to the bottom.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
g Hand Picked'' u. S.
A r m y r cad y to
AdU0nce Into Germany

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Army Off
cials here said to-day the American
army now preparing to advance into
Germany could operate as an entity
separate from its home base for year
or more if circumstances should re-
quire. They declared the force of 225,-
900 men probably was the best
equipped that ever had been assem-
bled.
The personnel was described as prac-
.cally "hand picked" with equipment
of The most modern type. Great de-
pots situated in the area behind the
Coblenz brdgehead were filed with
the best Of the reserve supply Of each
division detached and returned to the
United States before the remaining
surplus was concentrated further in the
rear for disposal.
In the event of an advance it is the
opinion here that the 1st and I'd divi-
sions will be the active elements, with
the Sd and 4th as the Immediate re-
serve and the 9Th holding the third
line
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
Foe Afraid TO ASK
Ne1U Concessions

BERLIN, June 20 (By The Associ
ated Press ).-Following it's decision
to send the Entente another note
concerning conditions regarding the
immediate entrance of Germany into
the league of nations, the imita-
ton of indemnity and remuneration of
their allied efforts to have the former
Emperor surrendered, the German gov
ernment lost its nerve, for the note
ended with the declaration that it was
impossible otherwise to get a Cabinet
that would sign the treaty.
Although the note was written and
ready to be dispatched, it was withhe Id
until the eleventh hour, as it was
feared that the Entente would reject
the German proposals.
The report received here was that
Matthias Erzberger had sent a note to
Premier Clemenceau as president of
the peace conference asking whether
the Allies would agree to the imme-
date admission of Germany to the
league of nations.
Herr Erzberger also desired to know,
II the powers would consent to the lin,;.
tation Of Germany's indemnity to 100
oo0 100000 gold marks (S25,0O0 .000''-
ooo) and renounce their effort to have
former Emperor William surrendered
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
De Naiera's Name Cheered
Members of Visiting Party At.
tend Local NEees;no

Members of the party CT Edward
de Valera, president of the Irish W.
public, who has just arrived in thu
United States, were present last nipht
at a demonstration in behalf of he
cause of Ireland. The meeting. Al.
tended by about 1000 persons was
held at Hunts Point Palace, under ths
auspices of the Bronx County Friends
of Irish Freedom.
William A. Coakley, chairman of thA
meeting, asked who the members Of
De Valera's party were, said: "You
won't be wrong in saying thar
members of President De Valera \
party, who have just arrived werd
present at this meeting tonight hui
/ must decline to reveal their identity!
De Valera, himself, ! might say. i
also not very far from here"
The mention of the Irish presidentA
name in the course of a song by al
entertainer was wildly cheered
Resolutions were adopted urging thd
New York Representatives in Coneres
to withhold their approval of thd
league of nations until the Irish rel
public had been recognized. Fathe,
Duffy, chaplain of the old 69th. and
Judge Daniel Cohalan, made addresses,
pleading for the sympathy and assist
ance of the United States.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
Cre1us of Sunken
Ships Arrested
Netr York Tribune
European Bureau

+ (copyrlrh 1919. New York Tribune Inc)
IF LONDON, June 21.-According to
dispatches from Kirkwall, the German
Scapa Flow following their surrender
last November have been sunk by their
German crews. The Admiralty admits
that the ships have been sunk and
states that the crews have been ts.en
into custody. Apparently the plot "a >
we'll organized, for the great battle
ships and cruisers we're scuttled almost
multaneously, as the German flag
was hofsted on them.
\. Although a considerable number Of
AsermapS were sent back after they had
delivered the ships to the Firth of
Forth, enough of them remained. to
keep the ships in condition, and these
decision as TO their fate.
which was timed to coincide with the
delivery of the treaty. Naturally, the
British feel chagrined, since the enemy
ships were in their care pending final
dcislon as to their fate.
Some British authorities favored the
sinking of the whole German feet in
the middle of the Atlantic, but this
plar was abandoned when public opin-
ion decided against it. Under the lat
est scheme it was intended to distrib-
ute the ships among the various ma
tions, France to get several Five
battleships. the Seyditz, Derfflinger,
Won der Tam, Hindenburg and Moltke !;
eight light cruisers and fifty torpedo
boats were anchored at Scapa-Flow.
This famous harbor, which was the
base of the British Grand Fleet during
the war, is unusually deep, making il
extremely difficult to salvage the war.
ships. Meagre messages from the
Orkneys state that practically the en-
tire German feet has been sunk.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
that de Valera is safe in the United

otdtSS.
De valera's escape from Lincoln
Prison in Egland on February 2 was
described in Paris by Sean O'Cealligh
the Irish republics representative
there, who said that at the proper time
Professor de Valera would appear in
Paris. He said that two Sim Fein girls
had lured the sentries from their posts
and enabled de Valera to slip through
rear gate of the prison, a key to
which had been obtained by con-
federates
He did reappear in Dublin on March
81, and was not rearrested. Professor
de Vaiera's wife and six children live
quietly in England just outside London
Since then it has been reported sew
eral times that the Irish. leader was
in Paris. Boland said yesterday that
Professor de Valera had not been in
Paris.
There were no girls in that rescue
from Lincoln Prison. said Boland
"De Valera planned it all himself and
there were only myself and one other
man to help. l won't give his name
for he is in Ireland. De Valera is O
wonderful man, and there's nobody can
help liking him.
"He is a professor Of mathematics
and | doubt if there is a better edu-
Gated man in all the world. Certainly
he is the best in Ireland But you'll
see for yourself Monday"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

guns, artillery and al the parapher-
MALTA Of war, pushed forward.
All day clouds of dust followed the
movement of the tractors and guns of
the 17th Field Artillery, which moved
from the fortress of Ehrenbreit-
stein out to the edge of the bridge
head, where the great valley stretches
away toward berlin. Tonight the
American soldiers are sleeping beneath
the sky in the open fields, while the
country in every direction is dotted
with smouldering fires where the SOL
diers' hurried supper had been pre-
pared.
With the infantry are engineers,
sanitary trains and signal corps men,
who strung wires as they went ahead.
Even observation balloons moved up to
get a better peek into Germany if the
Allied peace terms are not accepted
The concentration of the First division
is we'll under way and will be COM
pleted before Saturday night.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
MGjority Socialists
Rule Ne1U Cabinet

The personnel Of the new German
Cabinet which was formed yesterday
at Weimar, according to Berlin dis
patches, reveals that the Majority So
cialists still control the governmen
Herr Bauer, the new Premier, is a
of Minister of Labor. In the course
Of his official duties he has had much
to do with the striking workmen, and
recently brought about a settlement of
the general strike in Berlin.
DR.. Mueller has become one of the
leaders of the Majority Socialists since
the revolution. He was party whip in
the National Assembly, In a. recent
speech DR.. Mueller declared that the
wanted in Germany and that he "be-
longs in pathological ward"
The name of Eduard David has been
linked with that of 2hilipp Scheide-
mann as one of the leaders of the
German Socialist Party in the Reichs-
tag since before the war. From 1915
to the time of the revolution last Nov
ember, DR.. David, in his speeches in
the Reichstag, opposed a war of con-
quest by Germany. DR.. David was a
member of the original German dele
CATION to the Peace Conference, but
retired in favor of Herr Landsberg on
account Of i'll health
Matthias Erzberger was head of the
German armistice commissi and is
one of the leaders of the Centrist or
Clerical party. The famous Reichstag
peace resolution, adopted in July, 1917,
and declaring for peace without an
nexation or indemnity" was the work
Of Erzberger.
Gustav Noske became leading fig
ure in German politics under the re-
many with Friedrich Ebert as Presi-
dent. He was a storm centre early in
the year because of his drastic meas
ures as Minister of Defence in putting
down the Spartacan uprisings.
Herr Noske policed the country ef-
fectively, but incurred the criticism of
those who objected to his firm tactics
in dealing with all opposition. Many
summary executions followed an order
issued by him that all persons found
fighting the government forces should
be shot Immediately. He was men
toned as probable dictator, if it should
become necessary to appoint one
through the predicted fall of the gov
ernment some months ago.
With the exception of Dr.. Mueller.
Herr Schlicke and Herr Meyer, all the
ministers in the Bauer Cabinet were
members of the old Scheidemann Cab
met Five Of them-Wissell, Giesberts.
Bell, Noske and Schmidt-hold the
same portfolios they held under the
old ministry.
Herr Erzberger, the new Finance
Minister, succeeds DR.. Dernburg in
that position. In the old Cabinet Err
berger was minister without port
folio.
David, who becomes Minister of the
Interior, also was a member of the
Scheidemann Cabinet without port
folio. He succeeds Herr Preuss.