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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-23
Young Man Drops
Dead on Street

Harry Leslie. 81, an elevator op-
orator In the Lowman building liv.
ing at 44l6 35th ave. S. dropped
dead, apparently from heart disease,
early Tuesday morning at Second
ave. and Cherry ST., while walking
10 work.
Leslie was taken to the city hos
pital by Frank Ruellias. Hotel Boyd.
ZIG Spring st. The body was later
removed to the morgue. 1t first
was believed that Leslie's neck was
broken. Deputy Coroner Frank
koepfli investigated. Leslie's par
ents said the youth was having
trouble with his heart and COM
planned when he left home Tuesday
morning
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-23
OKLAHOMA MOB
SEIzES TOWN
Police Driven Out During
Phone Strike Rioting

CUSHING. okla, Sept. s3.-
United Press.)-A mob OF 1000 gath
cred from three or four counties
early today was In control Of Drum.
right. few miles east Of here.
Rlotng last Night that grew out of
city officials alleged Interference
with telephone operators strike,
resulted in tho mayor. the chief OF
police and one policeman being
forced out OF town after many shots
were fired One woman was report.
ed wounded during nle firing.
Mayor Nlcodemus. Police Chief
AIRY and Policeman Coral, "A former
Texas ranger, came to Gushing last
night, after being elected from their
office, and purchased additional
stores OF ammunition. No reports
have been received at $50 this morn.
Ing OF further disturbances.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-23
KING ALBERT ON
WAY TO AMERICA
Belgian Ruler Enjoys Speed
of Yankee Seamen
by DON r.. CHAMBERLAIN
United Press Correspondent

ABOARD Z. s. s. RGE
WASHINGTON, Sept 23.--King Al
bert has received his taste Of Ameri.
can speed. The king reveled In IT,.
and Is ready for more.
The initial bit or Yankee hustle
was thrown into play yesterday when
the king left Ostend to board the
George Washington. three miles Off
Calais. II was staged by snappy
American naval officers and husky
American gobs.
when Albert. with Queen Eliza
beth and the crown prince, boarded
the United States destroyer Ingra-
ham at Ostend the king announced.
In democratic fashion. that he was In
a hurry. Orders were shouted. The
destroyer leaped from it's moorings.
In a short time Albert was comfort.
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In arranging for further opera
tions April. 1919 there was no
time Ia lose. The initiative which
we had seized on the western
front must be kept, and the first
great blow must as soon as pos
sible be followed by "a second.
The movement Of the prodig-
ious means of attack, the supply
and storage Of ammunition, the
concentration OF the divisions,
and. not least. the utilization Of
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five Cent
fare HERE
FOREMAN
Supt. Murphine Expects Line
to Make Million Dollars
Increase by 1922
AUGUST GAIN WAS $7,599

II revenue from the municipal
street railway for the next throo
years continues 10 Increase at the
same rate as during the last year.
the annual receipts viii total 81. .o0o.-
600 a year, or more. according 10 :
report filed Tuesday with AAyog
Fitzgerald and the city council "
Superintendent OF Public UtilitteG
ThomAa r. Nurphine.
This enormous increase win occur.
tho the cost Of operation will b
about the same as In 1sls--uniess he
is forced to make extensions that are
not revenue producing
The increased revenue. Murphino
asserts. win be sufficient TO pay the
first installment, in 1922, on the prin-
cipai of si5.ooo.ooo which the city
contracted to pay for the street car
system.
Ffve-Cent Faro to Stay
In his report filed with the mayor
and city council. Murphine says he
expects to retain scent fares in spite
Of the city councils proposal TO add
an expense OF 1000 "A day thru In
on October /.
According 10 Murphine's report
the revenues OF the municipal rail-
way from all sources during August
totaled 471.s5s.o2, a gain OF $10.-
629ss over July. 1919, and an in
crease of s34.4ss.s7 over August =
year ago.
Net Gain $3.50
A total of SCI .o52.os has been de-
Quoted to pay interest on outstand-
ing bonds. leaving a net gain Of
s7,59a.2s for the month of August.
according to Murphine's report.
Maintenance expenditures. large
ly of a rehabilitation character. to-
taling se4.55o.ss during August"
Murphine's report says in part.
more than offset depreciation. an
average charge for which. in our
judgment. would be $4,000. This
maintenance expenditure for the
month of August is at the rate OF
si.l34.6ll for the year and is in ex-
cess of 20 per cent of the total rev.
enue for the municipal street rail-
way for the month.
at will be noted that we operated
i57 .642 car hours during August.
which Is 2o.245 car hours in excess
OF the car hours operated during
the corresponding month of the
previous year by the combined lines
OF the Puget Sound Traction. Light
& Power Co. and municipal street
railway divisions "A and c.
To Save $1,000 Day
"we have made every effort to
improve the service but extra serv-
ice has not more than equaled the
increase in traffic, and until we can
finish the work now under construc-
ton 1t will be impossible to raise tho
present standard OF service.
I'VE expect TO be operating on
Leary Way and Avalon Way some
time during October. which will give
increased service to the Ballard and
West Seattle districts. When vari-
Gus items of construction are com.
pleted. we expect to show saving
Of approximately $1,000 a day.
"Our increase for this year over
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)
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did NOT STRIKE FOR
PARIS'--L '--LUDEND0RFF

Failure Of Of his generals to take advantage of OPP
portuny the he got into the fatal Mayne pocket
Ludendo charges While part of his attacking force
rushing thru the hole in the allied line to the Marine and
fyng to open the road 10 Paris this general hestuted
front Of Sossons until Foch brought enough troops to hold
the ritaf corner.
Ludendorf ia the section Of his book "y Thoughts and
Actions printed in The Star today iaments this failure
He repeaif hoioerer that this general far originally
planned for the highest hope Ldendor had of the attack
at The end Of May 1918 that he icoud
and Fismes the Vesie
He not striking at Paris, but only making threat
hot roud drac enough allied troops from Flanders to make
possible another dUe for the coveted channel ports Eary
IN June ne tried to retrieve the bit he found he
cniy this time uns prepdrcd"
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SEVERAL.
CLASHES
STRIKE
Both Sides Are Preparing
for Prolonged Industrial
Struggle
TWO WOMEN INJURED


Government action In tho
steel workers strike Was sought
today In . revolution unanimous
ly adopted by the senate.
senator k~nyo ON. who intro
dnccd the resolution yc~tS~day.
r~f~vved 10 the strike as the first
skirmi-h In an Industrial war In
the United States. The resolu-
tion provides for an inquiry BY
the scsiate labor committee 10
drtsvrninc whether the situation
warrants congressional action.
The second day of the nation
wide steel workers strike opened
with both sides making every
preparation for = long fight.
The sirikers' biggest victory
today was won when the Iseka-
wanna Steel company closed It's
plant In Buffalo. The Donner
Steel company In that city was
also expected 20 shut down to-
night or tomorrow.
Order prevailed in most Of the
strike districts. but there was
some sporadic rioting early to-
day. In sharon. Pa. several
shots were exchanged and III
men were reported to have been
wounded. ~ Buffalo disturb.
sncrs which, rcsulted In three
riot calls last night were re-
sum~i this morning. Several
persons were reported To have
been injured and number Of
arrests were made. Two men
were killed and two wounded In
clashes, nc Fatrel1. Pa. last
night. and Mt Newcastle. Pa. two
women and five men were
wounded when strikers and po-
lice came together.
Strikers picketed most OF m
'lants In the affected areas. but n
thcr disorder was reported. Tw
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)
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ably quartered and the Ingraham
struck up clip of 35 knots.
"Well done" exclaimed tho mon
arch. as the destroyed drew up along
side the ocean liner. His words were
addressed to Capt lie Breton. com.
mander Of the Ingraham. The ON
GERS and crew of the George Wash
ington vowed today the king would
witness further "snappy action be-
fore he reached American shores-
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Paraded Before
Public Shackled Worse
Than MeaneSt Murderer
BY FRED l.. BOALT
Editor of the Portland News


There were IL of them in all nine in uniform and
two in civilian clothes One of the soldiers a sergeant
All of the soldiers carried automatcs.
They marched thru the waiting at the union depot
and thru the Inside the they halted They
tracted good deal Of attention. And NO WONDER!
At other time when have Of the American have
wanted cheer But did cheer these mnthe nine uni
form and the n civilian clothes.
We fought make the world
the safe for
We fought
tarm in W of freedom"
they marched thru waiting soldiers
in a
~ 10y - lt !
bay Portland
The had been convicted Of yr ofensesh
necessary
secured by leg chains impossible
looked at the prisoners They may have been 2i years old but doubt it,
crime when permits soldiers to be thus paraded
Stripped of their uniforms, decked chained!
eopned would his would ID back
So ourtsmartial do make mist
tell frankly that the sight Of those made blood boil
good American Secretary of War Baker who defends the
martial system
But if thought there a chance of boy being made
victim of that unAmerican and undemocratc SYSTEM
that Americas national integrity trembling in the bal
And for no less a than that
If that be treason, the authorities cordially invited
make the most of it.
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the experience gained In the last
attack. all these things and many
others took time. That was a dis.
advantage, but with the forces
actually available, IL could not
be altered.
The most favorable operation in H.
self was to continue the attack on the
English army at Ypres and Bailleau;
but on that front the enemy was now
so strong In numbers that II was i'm.
possible, even with rested troops. BE.
fore we could attack here again the
enemy must become weaker. and our
communications must be supplement.
ed. Further south. conditions were
similar. Besides, the Somme area
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Three MEN CONFESS TO $234, 900 ROBBERY

CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-(United Press -
Three Chicagoans, accidentally trapped,
confessed today to a robbery of $234,OOO
from the mails. Officers recovered $93,62O
of the loot, and went in search of the remain
der when the prisoners told where it was
cached. With the aid of postal clerk, the
men exchanged pouches at Whiting, Ind,
last Thursday, taking the pouch containing
1924, 900 to meet the payroll of the Standard
Steel Co. of Indiana.
The men held Leo and Walter Filipkowsk and John
s. Wejka. Wejka is mail clerk and is implicated in
alleged confessions the who prepared the fake mail
pouch and arranged matters that the containing
could be identified by the Flpkows when tossed
from the train at Whiting Police early today found Leo
Filipkows in saloon and searched him suspicion of
completely in hodup. They found $4,000 Officers said
Leo confessed at making easy to draw confessions
from the others.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-23
HO w THE FL u

-
helped defeat the Ger
man armies will be re-
vealed by Gen. Luden-
dorff in the installment
of h j s b o o k, IN y
Thoughts and Actions"
which appears in to-
morrow's Seattle Star.
The Hun military dicta-
tor admits that the ever
increasing flow Of
American soldiers into
France upset enemy cal
culations. He wanted
to quit the big often
sive, but did not dare.
Be sure to read tomor-
rows installment.
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PLEADS GUILTY
TO BOOZE THEFT
Jitney Driver Expected to Be
Government Witness

j. W. Lochnan-. jitncy driver.
one Of the eight men ON trial
charged with breaking into the
L. y. customs warehouse and
carrying off LII quarts Of
liquor last March. pleaded guilty
before Judge Jeremiah Neterer
In the federal court Tuesday
morning, and IL expected to be n
witness for the government.
The men facing trial in the federal
court are; Ed. Carey. jitney driver:
Fred Smart. former sergeant of po
lice. w. +. Patton. Dick Russell and
ED. Hagen. former patrolmen; Tom
Russell. former truck driver for city
health department. and Jim Morri-
son. walter.
Ben l.. Moore, assistant district
attorney, represents the government
at the trial which began Tuesday
morning, while counsel for the de.
fense included Winter s.. Martin,
John +. Murphy. Walter Fulton.
George Rummens. wilmon Tucker.
II. s. Frye. ]. r. BAH Frank Ham
mond, j. j. Sullivan and John +.
Dore.
Tuesday morning was taken up
by the government and defense at.
torneys In examining Jurors for
cause Jurors impanelcd Tuesday
morning were w. J. Roberts, vii.
bur w. Seruby. Rashe c. Spauld.
ing, Agnes Dorsey and Edward Il.
Parrish who was excused for cause
when he admitted that he had
formed definite opinion as 10 the
guilt or innocence OF the accused
which would prevent him from Civ.
ing an impartial Judgment.
The men are charged Jointly with
conspiracy with intent to defraud
the government. The maximum
sentence is two years in the federal
penitcntiary and $4,000 fine
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-23
KOLCHAK NEAR
DEATH BY BOMB
Assassin Fails in Attempt to
SIay Admiral

LONDON, Sept. %. - Omitted
Press.)--A wireless dispatch from
Moscow reported today that an at.
tempt had been made 10 axsasslnate
Admiral Kolchak. head Of the
Omsk government. a bomb was
thrown into a guard room. killing
six and injuring 12 soldiers. the
message said. The admiral escaped
uninjured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-23
Fred Boalt, ex-Star
Man, Is Seriously
Hurt by Bad Fall

Fred L. Boalt editor Of the Port
land News, formerly "A member OF
The Seattle Star staff. Is in crit.
~rcal condition today In a Portland
hospital as the result OF an acct
dental fall.
Boalt's life, say physicians. de
pends upon an operation which will
be 4sformed today. Boalt and a
frieS were going thru some gym,
nastic exercises when the newspa.
perman fell. rupturing a kidney.
LONDON, Sept. 23.--Rich oil de.
posits IN Norfolk. near Sandringham,
indicate that the king may find him
self holding valuable Oil rights
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the devastated region which his
! troops were now forced TO hold az.
forded too little cover for the neces-
sary preliminary work.
In front of the seventh and first
armies twest OF Rheims and along the
Chemin-des- -Damesl the enemy was
weak. Troops had been sent from
here to Ypres and replaced by tired
English divisions. The strong posi-.
tlons on the hills certainly looked
difficult TO attack. But IL our own ar.
tillery had done its work well. only
the difficulties OF the ground would
I remain to be dealt with. They un.
doubtedly were considerable. but
easter TO overcome than those we
surmounted on the italian frontier on
October "a. 1917.
Early in April the group OF the
German crown prince was directed to
submit a plan for an attack between
! Pinon and Rheims.
AVAILABLE TROOPS
WERE TIRED
At the same time. general head
quarters had TO determine what
| troops were to make this attack. 1t
would be necessary TO employ troops
that had already taken part in the
March attack. but since then been
rested and trained. Before the end
OF May these divisions would not be
fresh and fit to attack. that was oh.
vious. But the preparations would
take as long as that. We dare not
risk failure. which would have de.
clared itself in huge losses by undue
! (coNT"D ON PAGE sEvEy)
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"MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS"
BY Gen. Eric Won Ludendorff


SYNDICATE COPYRIGHTED
in Frsten
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0NE BILLY for ono
~ battIeship, guar
anteed to be weather
proof. n. c. L. prob
lem is deep mystery.

4 Z ARE In position 10 sup
I ply one Angora billy to
any unit OF the Pacific
feet that desires n mas.
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any more. or seek 10 explain tte
caprices Of the markets.
sunday we had a nice. long talk
with a farmer who has been rails
ing hogs.
He said. among other things:
I'm going to quit hogs until the
drop. With grain and mill feed
staying up at the top. hogs have
dropped from t23 a hundred to SIC
and SIT And for rough stuff and
shoats the market has been run
ming ? cents a pound under that.
IL feed would drop in proportion.
could make a profit; as IL Is. get
about ) cents an hour for my time.
and the mill man gets the money"
Yesterday we felt encouraged TO
negotiate for pound of bacon.
We had been paying 60 cents a
pound, and we couldn't afford IL.
But IL hogs had dropped 8 and
cents pound. maybe things would
be different at the butcher shop.
80 we picked out one Of those
"union" markets. where the motto
IS "all for one and one for all''--
whatever that means-and we told
the benefactor in the white apron
70 wrap us up pound OF bacon
Then we asked. How much7
And he said. Seventy
cents"
"suffering snakesr' we cried.
Hogs have dropped cents and
bacon goes UP IS cents-how KUN
Il soy''
"Dunno; pay the cashier as you
10 out" was his one-for-ali retort
II live hog is worth from Is TO
II cents, and bacon is IS cents a
pound. what's the answer"
Which reminds US that on a 1T
tie jaunt Sunday we saw big red
apples rotting on the ground.
And when we came back to town
we saw big red apples on the
fruit stands at 60 cents the dozen.
AZ that rate. there were more
dollars under the trees out there
than the land was worth. improve
J ments and all.
A. we said. we have quit trying
to solve the II. G l.. anagram.
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| w

W. NAAn iiOaAy VI IFh
An Oak Harbor subscriber
writes Us that he has said goat.
and that he thinks a large shipful
Of agile and husky young men
would be about the right FOIL for
the goats temperament.
,iy two boys are and years
old, and they are a little too young
for him. altho they are feet Of
foot. Also. don't want them to
acquire the running habit" tho
subscriber writes
Any Of the fleet that is due for a
Nth seas patrol would find this
>ot invaluable. for he has just
consumed half n roll OF four-piy
roofing paper. and Ia lmmunixed.
doubtless, to blizzard. gale or
simoon.
His owner guarantees this goat
90 provide ne much excitement as
any Hun sub ever did. tho fire.
quentiy he L. as meek and doclle as
the proverbial kitten.
But when stripped for action. he
is all goat.
Any ship shy a mascot Is Invited
20 make lts wants known.
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HIS II. c. l.. speaking cf
goats. has finally at
tached our nanny.
We give II up: we re-
fuse 10 worry about II
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f1r.t high ride
aAa a N tel ~.
ftr~t low Tide
ittef a NJ 80 a.
Second iuxh Tide
Slie y nj. liz a.
~~eond low Tide
mae = IN, 81 n
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Tides in Seattle

First High Tide
5 40 a. m ia4 ~
ffrst low Tide
nee a. IN, - a.
second High Tide
Aist =. IN. ite IT.
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T. On that occasion parts Of two American divisions OF
$4,000 each faced six German divisions Of 10000
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Per Year. by Mall
$500 to 5000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-24

Geuoyn. 90 gennaio (ritardato).
T. oggi partito da duesto porto II
rrimo vapore italiano con bordo !
congedai che dall-America tornarono
in Italia per II servizio militare. Essi
furono fornito di vestimenta civili dal
Governo italano.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-24

Fabric balloons, carrying seventeen or
eighteen pounds Of leaflets, we're also
employed, but with all the balloons the
uncertainty OF the wind made the work
haphazard
An American invention that gave
promise OF supplanting all others was a
balloon that carried tin container
holding about 10000 pamphlets. \ clock
attachment governed the climb of the
balloon, 1t had a sailing range of from
siN to eight hundred miles and the
mechanism could be SGT In such manner
as to have the pamphlets dropped in a
bunch or one Mt a time at regular in
terrals the whole business blowing IN
conclusively with the descent Of the last
printed bullet Preparation Of the mat.
ter was our job. handled by historians
newspapermcn. advertising specialists
and even psychologist now and tbpr
for good measure, but distribution wa,
military function, and the Intelllgenc,
Division performed Splendidly at al
times"
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u. .S.PROPAGANDA
HELPED WIN WAR
Creel Says 1t Had Almost as
Big Share in Conflict
as Bullets
BROKE ENEMY MORALE
Magazine Article Asserts Ger.
man Army of 100000 Could
Have Stood Longer

American propa ganda had almost as
big a share as American bullets in win
ming the war.
In Germany and Austria, in neutral
lands where German influence was strus-
Cling to win the upper hand. in the
countries of our Allies, during all the
time of this country's participation in
the struggle, American propa ganda car
ried American truths home TO all the
people
George Creel. who was chairman Of
the Committee on public Information,
in the February issue OF Ererybody's s
Magazine tells about "America's Fight
for World opinion" i'll signed article,
the first of n series of three concern
ing phases of the war which came un-
der the publicist's observation
Foe Could Have Fought On
Mr.. Creel points out that the Ger
mans had Il well-equipped army of g
OOO0Oo men when the armistice was
signed, and could have waged a defen'
sive warfare for months.
What happened to the Germans,
writes Mr.. Creel. was an utter spirit
ual collapse. II disntegration of morale
both In the firing line and among the
civilian population. Slowly at first. bu
always more swiftly. the truth mad,
It's way into Germany. sappng foun
dation of lies laid carefully through lonl
years. People and fighting men alik
began to feel the loathing of the world
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rariEi. % gennaio,

pRriEt. ~ RennalO'
II Ninistro per gli AFFAIR." Esteri del
Montenegro ha emesso la seguente nota
I'll Re del Montenegro. ha appresso |
tragici incident che ora stanno desc
lando la sua nazione ., ansios0 al far
fnire 10 spargimento di sangue, ha in
viato IL seguente messaggio:
"Al mio amato popolo-1o vi prego di
rimanere tranquil nellie vostre case c
di non oppCTvi allie truppe armate che
carcano II possesso del eovcrno della no.
stra patria.
40 10 ricevuto forti assicurazioni dagli
alti rappresentanti dele nazioni alleate
g prestissmo vera offerta foppoTtunita
al popolo montengrino per pronunz arsi
liberamente sulla forma politica del fu-
turo governo. Per parte mia 10 no
dichiarato di aderire cen pacere ALA de-
cisione.
al messaggio G. state ieri approvato
ALA Conferenza per la pace. la uuale ha
autorizzato di invarlo in Montenegro"
Washington, De-. 90 gennaio.-Secondo
un rapporto reso pubblico oggi dal
lCnicio mformazion Serbo. Croato @
Sloveno. il piroscafo serbo "Di-
nara" che batteva bandiera americana
ed aveva licenza di navigazione rilas-
ciata da un comandante navale ameri-
cano nell'Adriatico. e. state sequestrato
II Jelsa il 16 gennaio, dale forze ita-
liane che abbassar rono Ia bandiera
americana issandovi quella Italiana. II
rapporto dice:
"Nonostante Ia bandiera lie carte
in ordine, il comandante dele truppc
italiane di Jelsa ordino' al capitano del
vapore di seguirlo in un posto mlitare.
owe fu trattenuto soto arrestc per tire
ore. Durante questo tempo IL CONAN