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REALTORS T0F|GHT
-: = =: BALL RENT BILL
Real Estate Association to
Enlist Business Men, Bank
!! ers and Property Owners.

Disaster is predicted BY men in the
sreal estate business here If the Ball
santi-rent profiteering bill. which is
now before Congress. should be
passed. At a meeting of the Real
Estate Brokers Association last night
in the rooms of the Board OF Trade,
which was the first. since the summer
recess. a campaign was launched TO
fight the proposed bill as it is now
drawn up. st-A.t
The realtors are to seek the aid
of representative business men. bank
officials anu property owners il this
campaign to prevent the passage OF
the bill in it's present form. 1t was
declared by speakers that the bill, il
passed, would mean calamity to
property owners.
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Of the world are drawing together.
We, who suggested that they should
draw together in this new partner
ship. stand aside. We at once draw
their intense hostility upon US. We
at once renew the thing that hao De-
gun to be done before we went into
the war. There was a conference in
Paris not many months before We
went into the war in which the ma
tions then engaged against Germany
attempted to draw together In an ex-
elusive economic combination, where
they should serve one anothers In
terest and exclude those who had not
participated in the war from sharing
in that interest. And just so GER
tainly as we stay out. every market
that can possibly be closed against
US will be closed
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Crowd UproariousIy
1 -Gfeets the President
4 fas He Speaks at Night

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. September IL
70 an uproarious crowd in the Civic
Auditorium here tonight. President
Wilson declared that in his trip across
the continent he had become con-.
vfnced that the treaty issue would be
Decided rightly by the people and mot
hY any private purpose of their own
aRThere was much disorder in the hall
during the address and the President
spoke with apparent difficulty against
= hum of talk in the distant galleries.
Once he stopped to ask for closer at
tention, but the crowd did not quiet
DOWN.
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BRITAIN CANNOT
! 0UTV0TE U. S., is
~ PRESIDENTS WORD
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welcome from the mayor and a COM
rnittee Of offfcials and prominent citi-
gems, it was arranged that he drive
Through the city, past rows of school
children lined up on the shores of
Lake Merritt and then inspect the
buildings and Greek thester on the
campus of the University of Cali
fornia, In Berkeley A private DIM
ner and several hours rest at no.
tel were the program for the late day.
No seats have been reserved in the
Civic Auditorium, where the Presi-
dent is to speak tonight. At this
meeting the President is to present
medals to fourteen Alameda county
Boy Scouts in recognition of their
services in selling liberty bonds.
g Ton3ght the President leaves for
the southern part of the state.
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Officers to Be Elected.

Announcement was made that at the
next meeting. October IS, the annual
election of officers will be held. The
place of the meeting has not been
selected.
= An appropriation of $500 was made
by the association to carry on the
work of it's bureau, which is obtain
ing employment for returned soldiers,
sailors and marines.
: L. G. Schroeder. in an address, said
that under the present system real
estate men waste their time and
money trying to put through a deal
for property owners. for in many in
stances after a prospective buyer yir-
fually has decided to make a purchase
the owner sells the property and the
real estate man thus loses his COM
mission. He urged that something be
done to compensate the realty man
for his work.
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suits will be made Of wooiens pfe.
duced by the reconstructed mills At
Roubaix.
The national" suits will be sold G
11O francs each. The clothing houses
are now demanding $50 francs for
suits of anything like the quality q
the wool to be put in the governme1t
clothing.
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Text of Presidents
Talk to Women'S Club
at San Francisco

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, September IL
President Wilson's address at the As
sociated Women's Club luncheon in
part follows:
"Quite apart from the merits of any
particular situation which may arise
about the treaty itself think we are
under a certain moral compulsion TO
accept this treaty.
'In the first place. it was laid down
according to American specifications.
The initial suggestions upon wh1cn
this treaty is based enanated from
America. l would not have you UNDER
stand me as meaning that they were
ideas confined to America. because the
promptness with which they were ac-
cepted. the joy with which they were
acclaimed in some parts Of the worrld.
the readiness of the leaders OF ma
tions that were supposed to be seek
ing chiefly their own interests in
adopting these principles rs the prin-
ciples of the treaty, show they were
listening to the counsels of their own
people, they were listening to them
and knew the critical character OIL tne
new age and the necessity we were
under to take any measures for the
peace of the world.
Prevention Not Enough.
Because the thing that had hap
Germany attempted, If 1t had succeed. :.
ed. would have set the civilization OF
the world back 100 years. We have
prevented 1t. But prevention is not
enough.
again and again as I have crossed
the continent generous women
women 1 did not know-have shaken
nv hand and said God bless you, Mr.
PRESIDENT Some of them. like many
of you. had lost sons and husbands
and brothers in the war. Why should
they bless me?
81 advised Congress to declare war.
I advised Congress to send their sons
to death. AS n-ch1ef OF
the Army 1 sent them over the seas
and they were killed. Why should
they bless me? Because in the gen.
erosity of their hearts they want the
sons of other women saved hence
forth They believe that the methods
proposed at any rate merit q very
hopeful expectation that similar wars
will be prevented and that other ar
mics will not have to go from the
United States to die upon distant
fields of battle.
Moral Compulsion Upon Us.
"And so the moral compulsion
among us, among us who at the crit
teal stage of the war saved the world
the moral compulsion upon us to
stand by and see 1t through is over
whelming. We cannot now turn back.
We made the choice in April, 1917.
"And not only is there the compul-
sion Of honor, but there is the COM
pulsion of interest. / never like to
speak of that. because. notwithstand-
ing the reputation that we had
throughout the world before we made
the great sacrifice of this war, this
nation does love its honor better than
1T loves its interest.
But if you want, as some of our
fellow countrymen insist, to dwell
upon the material side of it and our
interest in the matter, our CONNER
cial interest. draw the picture for
yourselves. The other great nations
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NATIONAL SUITS In FRANCE.

PARIS, September 16.-"Nationaf'
ready made clothing at the rate of
$4,000 suits monthly will be put on
the market in France in the fight
against the high cost Of living. The
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Must Stay in Partnership.

$50 that if you merely look at it
from the material point of view of the
material prosperity of the United
States, we are under compulsion to
stay in the partnership. q
And ,hen there is a deeper compul-
sion, even. than that, the compulsion
of humanity. If there is one thing
that America ought to have learned
more promptly than any other coun-
try. it Is that being made up out OF
all the ranks of humanity. in serving
itself it must serve the whole human
race. l suppose I could not command
words which would exaggerate the
present expectations of the world with
regard to the United States.
1--WE cannot desert humanity. We
are the trustees of humanity, and we
must see that we redeem the pledges,
which are always implicit In so great
a trusteeship. ] cannot conceive mo-
tive adequate to hold men off from
this thing.
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Don't hold back a quarrelsome man
when he wants. to fight. Let him
wade in and get his medicine while
the other fellow is willing to give 1t
to him.
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Japan did what she has done in this
war-she attacked Port Arthur and
captured Port Arthur, and Port Ar
thur was ceded to her as a conse-
quence of the war.
Mckinley Did Not Protest.
mo protest was made by the gov
ernment Of the United States against
the original concession of this Shan
tung territory TO Germany. One Of
the highest minded men Of our his
tory was President at that time-I
mean Mr.. Mckinley. One Of the
ablest men we have ever had as Sec
retary of State-Mr. John Hay-oc-
cupied that great office. And in tho
message of Mr.. Mckinley about this
transaction he says that, inasmuch
as the powers that had taken these
territories had agreed to keep the
doors open for our commerce, there
was no reason why we should object.
Just so we could trade with these
stolen territories we were willing to
let them be stolen
(which of these gentlemen who
are now objecting to the cesson of
the German rights in Shantung in
China were prominently protesting
against the original cession or any
one of those original cessions? 1t
makes my heart burn when some men
are so late in doing justice"
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Effects Explained.

The far-reachinG effects of the bill
were explained by Bat Warren. who
said that the bill, it now is drawn.
would virtually turn property over
10 tenants. He declared ii to be an
injustice to the property owner, and
asserted that if 1t is passed a man
with common sense will never de-
,yelop another piece of property in
Washington.
1t was pointed out also that il the
bill became effective investors in real
estate in the District of Columbia
would have no incentive for its de-
velopment and that the market would
become non-exiStent-
That the Ball measure would have
the effect of driving investors from
the real estate market was the dec
laration of Charles w. Fairfax. presi-
dent of the association. Mr.. Fairfax
said that an investor must be as
sured of a return of per cent on
property, otherwise he will not put
his money in real estate.
Evening star., 1919-09-18
Street Crowds Cheer.

when he left his hotel for the audi
torium he was cheered by a crowd
which had blocked the street for more
than an hour. On the way he passed
along in a continuous roar of applause
and when he and Mrs. Wilson enter
ed the auditorium the crowd stood and
shouted itself hoarse. When the cheer
ing had been in progress for more
gIed Banner" was played on a pipe
organ, but it failed to quiet the crowd.
When Mr.. Wilson took the plat
form and held up his hand for ISL
Ience, yells continued for more than
i've minutes in the gallery.
It was one of the largest halls in
which the President has spoken, seat
ing $4,000. 1t was packed.
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Put Question at Farley.

at is the first time in the history of
the world that anything has been
done for China. And, sitting around
our council board in Paris, I put this
question: May 1 expect that this will
be the beginning of the retroce ession
to China Of the exceptional rights
which other governments have en-
joyed there? And the responsible
representatives OF the other great
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Mass Meeting Planned.

other members discussed the BILL
after which it was decided by the
association to hold mass meeting OF
members of the association. the
Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
merce. Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and bank officials, for the
purpose of outlining the effects of the
bill and TO formulate plan of fight
ing it's passage.
William E shannon introduced a
resolution asking Congress to enact
a real estate license law in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Mr.. Shannon de-
clared that the present legislation
provided no punishment for unlicensed
brokers'. No action was taken on this.
1t Is expected it will be taken up
later.
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Needed Japan's Assistance.

Now in the meantime. before we
got into this war, but after the war
had begun, because they deemed the
assistance Of Japan in the Pacific alb
solutely Indispensable. Great Britain
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and France both agreed that If Japan
would enter the war she could do
the same thing with regard to Shan
tung that she had done with regard
take what Germany had in Shantung
she could keep it. 1t was aermany,s rS1a
that we conceded by the treaty to
Japan. But. with a condition which which
was not insisted upon at the cession
Of Port Arthur-upon a condition that
no other nation in doing similar
things in China has ever yielded to:
Japan is under solemn promise to
forego all sovereign rights in the
province of Shantung and to retain
only what private corporations have
elsewhere in China.
Coupled with this arrangement Is
the league of nations, under when
Japan solemnly undertakes, with the
rest of us, to respect and protect the
territorial integrity of China. And
back of her promise is likewise the
similar promise of every other ma
ton. that nowhere will there come
a disregard for territorial INTEGRITY
of the political Independence of that
GREAT hp1D1eSS Deopfe
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Shantung Question.

Let me take the point in which my
initial sympathy is most with them,
the matter of the cession to Japan of
the interests of Germany in Shantung
in China. / said to my Japanese col
leagues on the other side of the sea
that 1 am not satisfied with this set
tlement / think it ought to be differ
ent. But when gentlemen propose to
cure it by striking that clause out of
the treaty. or by ourselves withhold
ing our adherence to the treaty, they
propose an irrational thing.
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No Substitute Offered.

Declaring the league opponents had
offered no substitute. Mr.. Wilson dis
oussed at length the objections made,
repeating many of his previous argu-
ments against changes. The right OF
withdrawal. Mr.. Wilson asserted, was
virtually absolute under the cove
nant in it's present form. He declared
also that the Monroe doctrine is ade-
ouately safeguarded and that such
questions as immigration and the
tariff are reserved for national de-
termination.
Mr. Wilson said that in the assembly
vote Of the United States would bal
ance all Of the six Of the British en-
pire. The council where the great
nations are on an equality and where
unanimity Is required. he declared.
vas the leagues agency OF action
The assembly was largely a forum,
,vhere the conscience of the world
could be brought to play upon the
aoestions likely to lead to war.
i War Shantung's Hope.
when he asserted that the only way
to get Shantung away from Japan was
70 20 to war, a woman near the front
Of the hall asked:
e'what is the league of nations for
them
The President. continuing his sem
tance, said the league offered for the
hrst time a tribunal before which China
Auuld bring her complaint about the
wrongs she had suffered for years.
Tbe crowd cheered the statement.
sIf they're not satisfied with that,
@-sdded '1heir case is not good" !"
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Makes Heart Ache.

at was in 1898 that China ceded
these rights and concessions to Ger
many. The pretext was that some
German missionaries had been killed.
My heart aches. I must say, when 1
think how we have made an excuse
of religion sometimes to work a'deep
wrong. The central government of
China had done all it could to protect
those German missionaries. Their
death was due to local disturbances.
to local passions. to local antipathy
against the foreigner. There was
nothing that the Chinese government
as whole could justly be held re-
sponsible for. But suppose there haS
been. Two Christian missionaries are
killed, and, therefore, one great ma
tion robs another nation and does
thing which is fundamentally un-
christian and heather. For there was
no adequate excuse for what Germany
exacted of China.
Il read again only the other day the
phrases in which poor China was
made to make the concession. She
was made to make that in words die
tated by Germany-in view of her
gratitude to Germany for certain
services rendered: the deepest hy-
pocrisy conceivable. She was obliged
to do so by force.
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Russia Came In.

China to cede to her Port Arthur and
Ta Lien Wan, not for quite so long
period, but upon substantially the
same terms. Then England must need
have Wei Hei Wei as an equivalent
concession to that which had been
made to Germany. And presently
certain ports and territory bacG of
them were ceded upon similar princi-
Piles to France. Everybody got in
except the United States, and said,
If Germany is going to get some
thing we will get something Why?
No one of them was entitled to it;
no one Of them had any business in
there on such terms. And then, when
the Japanese-Russian war came,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
MAJOR NAMED
ON End VOTE
Overseas officer to Fill
Vacant Seat

less than ~ hours after his
arrival In Seattle from overseas
service with the A. +. r.. Maj.
John Il. Carroll. Seattle aftor-
ney, and one.time justice Of the
peace. was elected a member Of
the city council Monday after
noon. Ia complete the unexpired
term Of Roland w. Cotterill. who
died Mt his home last Tuesday.
Only the four members of the
council who had agreed upon Maj
Carroll had an idea of who was TO bs
chosen. for he was a dark horse.
and his name had not been men
toned until few minutes before tn,
council convened. There were mors
than 30 candidates for the post, and
but few OF them were believed &c
have even the slightest chance OF
election.
Got Four Votes
Maj. Carroll was selected on the
second ballot. receiving four votes OF
seven cast. Robert L. Proctor. pres
ident Of the Central Labor council
James 4. Taylor. president OF the
Metal Trades council. and Mrs. Hell
en- n. Stevens each received one
vote.
ON the first ballot, Carroll received
three votes, the others being for Mrs
Stevens, Proctor, Capt. w. ]. Coyls
and led T. Levi. vice president of the
Central Labor council.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
Germans Want to
Meet Austrians

VERSAILLES. May 13.-tUnited
Press.) The German peace dele
gates are attempting TO arrange a
conference with the Austrian dele
gates at st. German tomorrow, II
was learned today.
A courier will leave Versailles to
night carrying a note from Foreign
Minister Brockdorff Rantzau which
will be transmitted to the Austrian
government.
The German foreign minister has
asked the French foreign office for
permission for three German dele,
gates TO meet the Austrians tomor.
row in st. Germain. where the lat.
ter viii be auartered upon their ar.
rival from Vienna.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
BY JOHN GRAUDENZ
II nifed Press Correspondent

BERLIN. May i2.--"This peace NJ
not acceptable" Chancellor Schefdes
mann declared today in a speech D.
for the national assembly. &
With this utterance, the audieu<~
arose TO it's feet and cheered enthus
slasticaliy for several minutes.
We are willing TO sign q pono
but only a peace we can fufil--G
that will leave US to work or g.
pay what is Just. said ScheidemaI
We viii not fight We ~
peace We see with a shudder n
brutal militarisrn leads to. from U
example set By the entente
He 6cores Wilson
we want - snve the naked IN
Of the country and the people. w
are unable TO compare the po4e&
terms with Wilson'S program. Toso|
world is shorn Of illusions and NM
sons picture az a bringcr oE pofGo
has faded.
According to the terms, Germnn5
has ceased to exist abroad. Who. -
an honest man. is able to sign til
treaty as IT now stands7 None!
wv VAIN W tftEoktaiCs UUI uI1xHf
lions In all countries already are cry
ing aloud their murder plans. II thu
treaty be signed. not only win Ger
many's cadaver be lying on the hae-
tlefieid of Versailles. but II will a1ro|
be Joined by that OF the indepen.
dency of free nations and their faithl
in the ideals OF the entente
Scheidemann's speech was an
plauded thruout except by the radi-
Gals.
Open opposition TO the treaty BY
the government. as expressed BY
Scheidemann and others. is supple
mented by statements from various
Germans.
Herr Won Gerlack. one OF the lead
ing Democrats. said that while ho
favors signing the treaty. he hopes
the league OF nations will change the
hardest conditions afterward Ho
said the indemnities are beyond Ger
many's ability to pay. The largest
part of the lost territories is purely
German. he contended, and its loss
is calculated 10 create a German fr~
redenta.
DIR. Stressnan declared the terms
mean slavery and loss OF indepen-
denoe. They are mockery Of Presi
dent Wilson's principles. on which
basis Germany surrendered, he said,
and forecast that the resUit viii be
the destruction of European peace.
He declared ''it should be the life
task OF every German to revenge this
unprecedented deception
Emil Barth wants revision Of the
treaty guaranteeing Germany 15.-
600. 900 tons of coal from Silesia. as
well as a minimum amount of min.
erals from Alsace- Lorraine.
Despite the present widespread
and spectacular campaign against
signing the treaty. careful inquiries
among factional leaders has con.
WINGED the correspondent that Ger
many will accept the terms when u
comes to show down"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
Lucky for Trout That
Council Picked Carroll

Of government property. With a
portion OF the Second Washington he
was ordered to France in December.
1917. Overseas he was detached
from the Second Washington and as
signed 10 the great outfitting post
at Is-sur.iille. He was camp com
rnandcr during part of his stay at
is-sur tile.
After an attack of Influenza MAJ.
Carroll was invaisded home and sent
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
Charges He Was
Held in Asylum
for Nine Years

SAN JOSE, Cal. May Ia
Omitted PressD Sensational
charges of abuse OF patients by
attendants at the Agnew state in
sane hospital are 10 be made to.
day by Dr. Frederick Webster.
fighting for release from the In.
stitution, and Horace Wilson.
director of the asylum.
Webster opens a court fight
here today. charging he has been
uniustly imprisoned In jails and
asylums for nine years.
Wilson alleges he has been
powerless TO take any action re.
gardIng the alleged crueltles to
asylum inmates, because OF lack
OF support from the other direc'
tors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
Says Portugal Is
Ruined by Treaty

PARIS. May l3.--tUnited Press.t--
The peace treaty, as II now stands.
win leave Portugal ruined" Juan
Cagas. former premier and member
of the Portuguese peace delegation.
said in an interview today.
The war cost Portugal $500 0oo.-
oo0. Economic losses attributable 70
the war were over 81 500 900 900. or
more than 80 per cent of the total
public fortune, estimated at $2.750.-
600 900. As the treaty does not rec
ognize that Germany owes us any
thing whatever, and war debts will
remain saddled on Portugal. how
can the country recover?''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-13
Meat Holdup Arouses Wide Protest;
Packers Now Sing Different Tune

All unite In recommending sale Of
the canned meat abroad. where they
said II was needed far more than on
this side. The real reason why there
would be no lowering in price if the
meat went 70 American dealers is
refusal of the average American to
eat canned meats, they said
Mrs. Caroline Bley. president OF
the Clean Food club and also prom.
inent In the Housewives league, said
said the canned meat would have no
market in this country, except for
lumber camps and 9th h,r places DIFF.
ficult OF access.
I'm the average American home
the fresh meat habit IL too strongly
developed 70 permit purchase Of can.
ned meat except In rare cnsea," said
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