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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
PRESIDENT IS
SLIGHTLY ILL
Is Ordered by His Physician
to Remain in Bed Today

WASHINGTON. July 21.-tUnited
Press.l-Presiden Wilson Is suffer
ing from an attack Of dysentery and
has been ordered to remain in bed
today. DR.. Cary T. Grayson. the pres.
ident's personal physician. an
nounced.
Grayson said the attack Is not Sc
rious and that he hoped the presi-
dent would be able to continue his
work tomorrow.
The president Cancelled engage
nments with four republican senators
and three others.
1t was said at the White House
that the president Is suffering from
a slight attack of indigestion and
wishes to rest.
The president was feeling indis.
posed Saturday night. and thought
the trip down the Potomac would
help him. He still feels he must rest.
He had no appointments Saturday.
Appointments the president was to
have had today will be put over till
Tuesday.
However. Grayson said. 1t may
possibly Be several days before the
president is able to resume his con
ferences with republican senator's.
Grayson emphasized that the at
tack is not serious. but said care is
required to effect a speedy recovery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

One negro was chased around the
treasury building. Another was pur.
sued in front OF the White House.
Police Handicapped
There were fights In front of some
Of the principal hotels. Soldiers. sail
ors and marines were conspicuous
among the white beiiigerents. About
dozen scattered arrests were made.
but the scrimmagcs were so wide
spread the police were handicapped.
In some instances 1t was reported
taxicabs were seized by the whites
and used In the pursuit Of negroes.
Street cars were boarded and negroes
dragged to the street.
Altho fists were for the most part
the only weapons. few clubs and
slungshots made with stones carried
in handkerchiefs we're used. EST.
mates Of the injured varied widely,
most of them being SO slightly hurt
they we're not taken to hospitals. 1t
was believed. however. that not more
than 100 were really injured. altho
others received black eyes and many
bruises.
One crowd Of whites cruised for
blocks on Pennsylvania ave. attack.
ing negroes. but finally was kept at
bay by crowd of colored men who
assembled in side street. Negro
chauffeurs on police patrols were
sent home, the authorities fearing
they would be torn from their seats.
Ambulances were inadequate to care
for all the calls, some injured lying
on the sidewalk 20 minutes before
surgeons came.
Feeling has been running high here
during the two last two weeks be.
cause OF attacks on white women by
negroes. The first fighting broke out
late Saturday night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Rain Is Only Hope
of Stopping Fires

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Fed-
eral action in regard to forest fires
raging in Montana, Idaho and
Washington, is being greatly ham,
pered because of delay in passage
of agricultural appropriations bills.
officers of the forestry bureau in
the department of agriculture de-
clared today.
They asserted, however, that
many men were being rushed from
Billings and Great Falls to fight
the fires on the Montana border.
Reports to the bureau. officials
said, are that the situation is very
serious and not much changed.
Altho several thousand men are
already actively engaged in COM
batting the conflagration, officials
said the only hope seems to be
rain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

HEALTH COMMISSIONER
TO CONDEMN STOCKADE

II cannot conceive OF any reason
why human beings should continue
to be incarcerated under such con-
ditions.
Therefore. desire to notify you
that the commissioner of health. by
authority vested in him by law. will
proceed to condemn present stockade,
compel the vacation thereof, and de-
stray the miserable building.
"The Jail is unable to hold the
prisoners that are now in the
stockade. Your body has made no
provision to take care Of them.
I'VE shall. from this day, certainly
refuse to incarcerate the unfortunate
men In the present stockade.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

Condemnation notices will be post
ed on the city stockade, on Beacon
hill, Tuesday morning. according to
a letter which Mayor Ole Hanson
addressed to the city council Mon
day. asking them to provide suitable
quarters for the prisoners who are
now lodged there.
The letter follows:
II have repeatedly called your at
tention to the condition OF the stock.
ade on Beacon hill, where so prison
ers are now housed in insanitary
quarters.
our commissioner of health has
also repeatedly stated to you that
these buildings are unfit for human
occupation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
MORE fires
IN FORESTS
PREDICTED
Woods Are Dry as finder;
Worst Danger Reported
Late in August
HOMES ARE THREATENED

With the Washington forests
phencmenally dry due to hot
weather and lack of rain, and
the forest fire season only just
begun, the state may see the
greatest woods conflagration in
It's history during the last days
Of August and early In Septem-
Der. This Is shown by the re
ports Of the Washington Forest
Fire association. according to q.
G. Joy, chief warden.
'"rhe last ten days of August and
the first OF September are the great
est danger period" said Joy. Mon
day. "The woods are extremely dry
now. and there is every indication
they will become still more of a fire
menace"
Two More Fires
Two more serious fires were re-
ported to joys office Sunday. A
forest blaze at Granite Falls destroy.
ed cut logs and logging equipment.
and for a time threatened to destroy
logging camp. Another fire start.
ing in slashings in Lewis county,
burned logs and equipment.
The worst fires are in King and
Snohomish counties, with the most
serious blaze OF all at Alpine. in the
mountains. This fire bids fair to
become a "crown fire. and destroy
much fine timber. To date we have
haA ha
most of the loss has been to logs
and equipment, altho large area
of loggedoff land has been burned
over.
Homes Threatened
'The situation between Seattle ana
Everett in the big Iogged-off land
areas is dangerous. Many homes in
that district are threatened. The
weather is our only hope there. We
hope for rain"
Many homes in the district north
OF Seattle, between the Bothell high
way and the North Trunk road.
north of Washelli cemetery, are
threatened by fire which is rapidly
spreading by the light winds over
that district. AS there is a thick
growth of underbrush covering most
Of the district, the fire spreads quick
ly. Along the roads many billboards
are burning up and some houses are
surrounded on all sides by smolder-
ing logs and underbrush.
Tho there is not much standing
timber in the immediate territory.
much fallen timber and ! wood is
burning up.
More Hot Weather
Warden Joy received word from
the weather bureau in San Fran
cisco that Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday will continue hot. Thun-
derstorms in the mountains are ex-
pected Thursday. JOY asserts the
weather bureau predicted the dry
spell which marked the week end,
and he believed extra precautions
will have to be taken to prevent
disastrous fires during the next two
days. The weather bureau makes no
prediction OF rains for forests except
in the mountains. A serious blaze
Is raging at North Bend, according
to reports brought by automobile
parties.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Los Angeles Jobs
Open to Strikers

Los ANGELES. Cal. July 21.-
Just how many striking telephone
workers returned to work in Los
Angeles this morning was indefinite
a half hour after 8 o'clock-the
hour set for returning.
The telephone company said that
jobs were open to all of the strik-
ers, but it would be later in the
day before a check would show
just how many old employees had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

Dear Miss Grey: wonder if you can help
me? am the happiest, and at the same
time the most unhappy girl in all the
world.
I'll begin by telling you why am happy.
have wonderful position, loads of nice
friends, and the best part of it is that a
regular prince of man loves me and l
love him. He has asked me to marry him
and he is waiting for my answer-he can't
understand why l hesitate when I love him.
Now that's where the unhappy part
comes in.
/ haven't always lived here, and I'd give
anything if | had.
/ was born in San Francisco. When but
little girl showed unusual musical ability
and, altho my folks we're poor, they man
aged to give me music lessons. When |
was Is / had progressed so far that / had
several opportunities to appear before the
public. | was considered pretty and very
attractive and people used to say that if
| only had the clothes | could get anything
/ wanted | felt sighted because couldn't
dress as well as other girls | was thrown
with, and as ] was ambitious l became
very discontented with my surroundings.
TOOK POSITION IN LIFE
AS PUBLIC ENTERTAINER
Very much against my music instructors
wishes and my parents, as well, accepted
position as entertainer at one of the
citys largest cafes.
/ was living in a miniature paradise
wore the clothes | loved and became the
pampered pet of the public Then the
old discomfort came upon me to reach out
and conquer bigger worlds.
The opportunity came Thru some sup
posedly friends of mine met an influential
theatrical man from the East who was
spending the summer in California. He
appeared to be much interested in me, and
his flattery went to my head like wine
/ went east with the theatrical magnate
who had taken such a "fatherly" interest
in me.
l was nearly IS. Miss Grey, it would take
up too much of your time to tell you of
the next three years of hell lived, and /
couldn't write all of it. You will simply
have to use your imagination. The the.
atrical man wanted me more than he did
my talent, and he didn't want me in the
right way. l ran away from him in New
York. My money gave out in my vain
search for work like / had been used to.
For the first time, / realized with horror
what / was up against. The next month
lived very shady, hand-t -to-mouth existence.
tcoNTD ON PAGE Two'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Valera Completes
Visit in Frisco

SAN FRANCISCO. July 21.-
Omitted Press) )-Satisfied that the
West. particularly San Francisco, is
behind him In his demands for In.
dependence for Ireland, President
Eamonn De Valera Of the Irish re-
public. completed his visit here to.
day.
The Sim Fein leader will leave
this afternoon for Butte, Mont, en-
route to New York.
DE Valera was presented with an
engraved sword and silk Irish
flag by the Pacific Coast Hindustan nj
association.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
BOY STRUCK BY
AUTO IS DYING
Skull Fractured; Not. Ex-
peCted to Recover

Leroy Gleason. s-year.old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Gleason. 2712 T..
Union st., who was run down at
29th ave. and f. Union at $50 p. m.
Saturday by an automobile driven by
Thomas v. Dempsey, OF the Porter
apartments, is not expected to live,
II was announced at the city hospital
Monday morning. The boys skull
was fractured in the accident and an
operation was performed Monday
morning, but no hopes are held for
his recovery. Dempsey. who is a
salesman employed by the John Da-
Wis Co., in his report to the police.
stated that the boy was playing near
the end Of the street car line and ran
from behind one of the cars and into
the side OF his machine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Five Are Killed
in Auto Tragedy

BOISE. Idaho, July 2f.-F'ive
sons were killed and a sixth so
seriously injured that recovery Is
doubtful, when an interurban cleo
tric car crashed into an automobile
at Waidaman crossing light. last
night, four miles east of Nampa.
The accident Is said to have wiped
out the J. +. Ullery family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Ullery, Nam
pa; Lila Ullery. 1s; May Ullery.
IL. and Mrs. Charles ID. Shellaberg-
er, Nampa. Idaho.
Charles ID. Shellaberger, husband
OF Mrs. Shellaberger. who was
killed. was fatally injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

I'VE have no other place to put
them. You have furnished no money
or quarters to house them. Comnlon
decency and humanity demand
mediate action on your part.
Tomorrow morning at 10 Cd
DR.. II. NJ. Reid will post conden
ton notices at the stockade.
II am reliably informed that
county stockade is overcrowded.
city charter provides that the
council shall by ordinance and
otherwise provide for the erectio
jails and warehouses; for city pri
ers.
Your duty is plain. why not a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Boy Nears Death
Trying Long Swim

Attempting to swim from a raft Of
logs to the shore at Richmond Beach
Sunday afternoon, Floyd Franklin,
Is. 21st ave. and jefferson ST.. be.
came frightened and sunk for the
second time when E. Aldridge. a
foreman at the Skinner & Eddy plant.
rushed into the water with his clothes
on. and pulled the boy out with the
aid of other swimmers. First aid
methods we're applied and the boy re-
covered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

PORTLAND, Ore. July c1.--
UNITED Press)-Normal telephone
service was restored here at a. m.
today, when the operators who have
been on strike three weeks returned
to their positions.
At the same time the electrical
workers who have been on strike 20
days went back to work. They voted
unanimously to return.
In order to absorb the strikebreak-
ers and, at the same time employ
all the returning strikers. the tele-
phone company will, for time. con-
sent to a surplus of labor. II prob
ably will temporarily discontinue tn,
school of instruction
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
C0ASTwlDE|
TELEPHONE
1IEuP END
Seattle Strikers Go Back
Jobs Monday Morning:
Wait Agreement
EXPECT BETTER SERvlC|

Assured by their internationan
officers that compromise settlo-
ment had been effected with tISo q
company in which they win tllelf (.
most important demands, ~
hello" girls and zoo electrical
workers who have been on str1lto
In Seattle against the Pacific Iet
ephone and Telegraph compan2 &
in Seattle since June 20, returned
to work Monday morning at 3
o'clock.
According to instructions issued By
international officers. the girls and
men are given until 5 p. m. Wednes-
day to register for work on penalty
of forfeiting their jobs Company ON.
cials predicted that normal service
would be resumed within a few days.
"The girls and men are being put
back to work as rapidly as they
arrive" stated an official bulletin
issued by the phone company Mon
day morning. I'VE are showing no
discrimination toward anyone"
May Duffy, business agent OF the
phone operators, received long dis
tance telephone call Monday morn
ing from Mabel Leslie, international
organizer. who has been in Portland
for the duration Of the strike.
Miss Leslie announced that all of
the strikers in Oregon had gone
back to work. Local leaders are
awaiting a telegram from Julia
O'Connor Monday telling of the de.
cision to be rendered by the wire
control board.
The decision to return to work
was made late Sunday night at
mass meetings in the Labor tenn
pie attended by the electrical
workers and phone operators
unions.
Delegates Return
Elizabeth Gilley and II. w. Full
er. union representatives at the
San Francisco wage conference,
who returned to Seattle Sunday
afternoon, addressed the strikers.
They told of the settlement reach
ed in Washington. ID. c., between
union officers, tele-
phone company representatives ana
members of the wire control board.
I'VE are assured by Julia O'Con-
nor. international president of the
phone girls" declared Miss Gilley,
that decision win be handed
down by the wire control board
shortly after we return to work,
that will satisfy all our demands."
The wire control board has prcm-
sed to shorten the girls maximum
wage service period to three years,
tCoNT'D ON PAGE rWO)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
HONDURAS GOVERNMENT
PR0CLAlMS WAR is ON

WASHINGTON, July 21.--A state
of war has been proclaimed in Hon.
duras because OF an alleged move.
ment to depose the government, the
state department was advised today.
Acting Secretary of State Phillips
cabled for further information.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Hungarian "Red"
Chief in FLIGHT

BELE. July 21.-The Europa
Press announced today that Bella
Kun. who has been deposed as
Hungarian soviet dictator. has fled
from budapest to Vienna.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
RIOTS
AT CAPITAL
INCREASING.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-(United
Press.)-Following two nights of fighting
between whites and negroes in Washington,
five negroes dashed past the naval hospital
in an automobile shortly after noon today
and fired several shots at sailors in the
grounds. All missed. Automobiles were
commandeered and citizens pursued the
negroes, who escaped.
Several instances of negroes firing shots from auto
mobiles during the night reported from nearby Mary
land towns, but damage DONE
Disturbances last night and early today took the form
of fist fights between groups of whites and
negroes along Pennsylvania There clash in
front of the District building which corresponds to city
hall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
MAY CANCEL coURT-MARTIALS

WASHINGTON July 21.-A bill to restore the
Chamberlain involving
felonious in civil law exempted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED

NEW YORK. July 21.-Liberty bond
quotations today: AVS. s99.5o; first As.
$3.50; second As, $500: first ANS
se4.9o: second th's. sss.ss; third 4h's.
se4.S6: fourth th's s9s. 46; Victory Az .,
500; Victory 4&'s. s99.gs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21
Poets
Rhyrnsters

"Pd like to buy a little
farm"
The above is the first
line in this weeks Want
Ad Rhyme Contest. Now
get busy with three more
lines that will rhyme. Send
in your letter early. See
Want Ad page for particu-
lars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-21

Dear Cynthia Grey: Your column inter-
ests me deeply and it occurred to me that
you might be able to solve a problem
which / have been turning over in my
mind for many months.
To begin with, am living under an as
sumed name. But the reason will take me
back over long stretch of years rambled
my early boyhood away on a vast country
estate in Southern state. My folks were,
and are yet, as far as | know, proud,
wealthy blue -bloods. ! outgrew private
tutors and the day came when / was sent
to an Eastern college. There it was learned
that money talks. Those college boys
taught me how to spend my money and
they weren't bit bashful when it came
to helping me get rid of it. 1t was the old
story of wine, women and song. / kept
writing for more money and was firmly
established among the gang as the orig
inal good fellow. My first year in college
was blazing success
FATHER WARNS YOUTH OF
PENALTY FOR EXTRAVAGANCE
When | returned the second year my
father accompanied me part way, and be-
fore taking his leave talked seriously to me
of my extravaganza. His parting words
were to the effect that he was sending me
to college to educate me and not to spend
his money, and that if | went beyond my
allowance again, it would be useless to
write home for more cash.
To make long story short, | disregard
ed his advice and lived up to the expecta-
tions of my highbinder college friends |
wired for more money, but none was forth
coming. Again and again, but no response
| borrowed and borrowed as my word was
as good as gold. Then came the climax.
forged check on my fathers bank |
hated to face him, but when he learned
that / would be publicly disgraced by my
pressing creditors, felt all would be well.
But my father advised the bank Off
cas to have me arrested like any other
common crook. That day he washed his
hands of me and warned me never to darken
his doorstep. / was convicted and sen
fenced to serve five-year term in the
penitentiary.
MAKES GOOD AGAIN AFTER
COMING TO GODS COUNTRY
Good behavior released me in three years.
came out West here to Gods country de-
termined to avenge the past and make good.
AND / HAVE MADE GOOD. | have
prosperous business and am prominent in
the financial and social world.
Here is where ] want your advice.
= About two years ago | met the only girl.
She adores me and believes me to be the soul
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-25
A NEWSPAPER DILEMA.

Unless drastic action is taken by the news
papers of the country they soon will be face
to face with the greatest problem the pub
fishers have ever met At this time the pa
pers are consuming approximately one
fourth more print paper than is being man.
ufactured. 1t does not require much effort
to see that at this rate it will be but short
time until whatever surplus there is on mana
will be consumed and the demands OF the
napers will be greater than the supply. II
the surplus is exhausted and the papers are
compelled to depend on the current produc-
ton. and the consumption is one-fourth
greater than the production, there is only
one course to pursue. The papers must use
one-fourth less print paper.
The cause of the paper shortage is two
fold. Large quantities of pulp timber in the
United States have been exhausted Many
American pulp and paper mills have been
moved to Canada. Others have been built
in shat country, but they are unable to meet
the growing demands for print paper. No
source of pulp other than timber has been
found The pulp supply of the world is not
exhausted, but the supply in the United
States is getting short. Another, and for the
present the greatest, difficulty is that mis-
guided policy has discouraged the building of
pulp and paper mills. Prices have been low
and in the struggle to keep them low capital
has become cautious in investment in new
mills or charging old ones. Few of the mills
have been kept up to the old standard. De-
probation has gone on without repairs until
standard production in many instaces is I'M
possible Few new mills have been erected
because of the difficulty of financing them.
Four years ago print paper could be bought
at 2 cents a pound. Now the frantic bidding
of publishers has sent it upward to cents,
with prospects of a still higher price.
Attempts are being made to unite the
publishers of the country in an agreement to
limit the consumption of print paper One
cannot afford to do so unless the others JON.
The public has little interest in the financial
problems of the press, and the paper that
reduces it's consumption and consequently its
pages will be passed up for the one which
does not make these reductions. The strug-
gle for self-preservation is suicide, paradox
cal as the idea may seem.
The country papers will be the first suffer
ers. Many of them are unable to get more
than driblets of print stock now. If the
shortage continues, and there seems to be no
possibility of avoiding it, suspension will be
forced upon them The whole question is
one of pressing Importance. It's solution IS
as difficult as it's dangers are apparent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-25
: THANKSGIVING.

If on next Thursday we look only on the
bright side of things there will be an abund-
ance of incentive for thanksgiving. A large
majority of our people are still determined
to protect and preserve our institutions.
Some progress has been made in the adjust
ment of business and industry to peace con-
ditions. There are increasing evidences of
the disposition of all right thinking people
to seek solutions of economic problems that
will be just and advantageous to the great
est number of people. America is still the
land of opportunity and achievement. We
certainly have a bright side to inspire us
with thanksgiving
So on Thursday let gratitude for strength
and blessing be mingled with supplication
for future help and guidance.