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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Carry a Sailor
in Your Car Is
.C0mmitteePlea

Every automobile la seattle,
from lowly flivvcr 10 purring
twin->ix. viii be placed at the dis.
posal Of I nclc Sans Iackics for a
jaunt over the houieyaris " plans
of the fleet reception committee
are accepted by motor ear own
ers,
Post cards have been dispatch.
cd Ia all automobile owners ask.
ing them to do their part.
Two thousand ears are asked ca
report at the Armory at y. m.
Friday and pick up sailors for a
two-hour ride.
Two thosisand more ears are
needed az III u. M. sunday and
again AZ : y. M. Sunday.
II you have a ear. post card the
committee when you'll he on
duty and state how many passrn
gers you can carry. Address
your offer Co Fleet Reception
Committee. Arctic Club building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Poindexter Replies to
Wilson's Gutter CHARGE
ny l.. &. MARTIN
United Press staff Correspoodrn,

,' ''' s'haii ''fff~ppNufbt
WASHINGTON. Sept. o.-The
fins, reply from tho senate floor Ia
President Wilson's contemplate
gutter statement came from Sen
aior PoindeXier. Washington. yester.
day.
PoindeTter. In speech. declared
that England and France were un-
der obligations to this country and
That tho United States was not under
any obligations 10 them.
The prcsidcn, says II We rcjoc,
the league we will he 'contemptihle
duittsrs' roindrxter said. and
asked What would VIC be quit.
tinET"
''Hc says. We must stay with
the game. What is the game, and
when will the game he finished N il
is not finished now
He says We won the war for
France and England. and. having
done 40. u would he dishonorahle
for us now 10 abandon them. How
did winning the war for France and
England put us under obligations 10
them or 10 the rest Of Europe7''
Is u not the truth that tho aerv.
ices VIC rendered Europe in the war
put Europe under obligations 10 as
Instead of putting va under ohllrn-
tons 10 Europo7 Would our people
ever have hacked this war II they
had foreseen that after they had
won " the president would tell them
Il would bo dishonorablo for them
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
1900 ON STRIKE AT
SCRANTON C0LlIERIES

SCRANTON. Pa. Sept. 0.--with
the exception % six plants located
in LuEerne county all colleries 81
the Hudson Coal company arc tied
up today a. the result OF a strike
order issued by the general griev-
ance committee Of the company
About II 600 men are on strike and
about 4 $50 arc az work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
CARRANzA MEN
BEAT VILLISTAS

GALVESTON. Tex. Sept. On
three successive engagements Gen.
cral Manuel Dieguex. commanding
Carrnnza forces In pursuit OF Pan
cho villa In the state OF Durango.
has completely wiped out Villista
cavalry. according 10 statement
given out by Mexican Consul Meade
Fierro here.
Carranzistas killed no villa fol-
lowers and captured 500 horses. a
large quantity Of ammunition and
equipment. the statement said.
villa. with Martin Iopez. his
clscf lieutenant. and eighty men.
escaped into tho mountains pursued
by Hight cavalry.
The battles occurred near Duran
so city. San Gabriel and Hombrc
De Dios.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
WOMAN CHARGED AS
RECKLESS DRIVER

Mrs Alma Lindbcrg. Il. Is In the
city hospital Tuesday with n frac-
tured rib and possible internal in
Iuries as the result OF being knocked
down and run over by an automobile
driven by Mrs. \. Craig, Windsor
Apartments. Sixth ave. and Union
st.. late Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Craig WAS booked on n charge
OF reckless driving. and released on
300 bail. Police officers declared
the brakes on Mrs Craig's car were
useless
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
llGGETT lNSPECTS
POSTS ON BORDER

los ANGELES. Cal. Sept. q -
Lieut. Gen. Hunter 1IEFctt. com
mander OF the western army depart
ment. left Los Angeles for San III
ego yesterday TO start an inspection
OF the Mexican border as far east
"a Yuma.
General tAEgctt denied there In any
special significance attached 10 the
trip. 1T Is my first opportunity Of
inspecting the posts IN the western
department. he said. and natu-
rally l will start with the Mexican
border
General LiEgrtt In travelling by
automobiie-the same automohiie
which he used when he drove into
cohlenz as the commF nder OF the
victorious Third army.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
STATE LABOR MEET
IS SET OCTOBER 30

The conference OF unions affiliated
with the Washington state Fedora
tion of Labor. called TO discuss closer
harmony. after the one Big Union
referendum was ordered stopped. win
open In Seattle October 30.
Remedies for the high cost OF
living will be discussed at the meet
ing, but the main issue will be bring
ing harmony between the units OF
the federation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Wilson Addresses
Minnesota Solons

niblc There must Doe a constructive
program with regard to labor 10 70.
iicvv the strain All over the world. he
declared The interests OF both capt.
tai and labor ARE concerned In this.
tho president said Labor. he said,
no longer can br regarded as a com
modify when the labor problem IL
solved, production viii NO forward
by leaps and bounds" he said. and
that will be one Of the means Of
bringing down the cost ~ living"
Tho legislators listened for the
most part In silence. leaning forward
In their seats 10 hear better
Wilson argued America should help
tho world get on It's feet again. 80
trade might bo &c established for the
financial bettcrment Of America
Senators who oppose the league Of
nations are afflicted with lust down.
right ignorance" he said There was
handclapping. few cheers. and Mrs
Wilson. sitting IN the gallery. smiled.
Tells Anecdotes
America must play part in world
affairs. he said. audit must play this
part either inside or on the curb. "
America must accept great world
responsibilities now OF 'ncuttle now
and come back later" the president
asserted
lie told an nnecdote or two 10 en-.
phaslro his points and there was con.
siderable laughter.
After his speech he started for tho
St Paul hotel to rest before lunch
there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
TREATY IS ESSENTIAL TO LOWERING COSTS
Wife IS BARRED
AS A WITNESS

CHEuALIS, Sept. Charges OF
murder In the first degree against
Walter Kline were dismissed Mon.
day AIRS Kline was TO be the
states star witness but the court
ruled that she could not testify
against her husband. Sc the case
was dismissed. Second dcsrcc muf.
der charges were Immediately flied
against him and he IL held IN Lewis
county jail In default of 5000 bail.
Divorce action brought boy Mrs..
Kline II pending and II they arc
separated she viii be allowed TO
testify against her husband. the
state argues. She was the only
eye witness 10 the killing Of Kirk
Ashury. kiinc's brother in.law.
June II. Kline h charged with the
crime.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09

STATE CAPITOL, 81 Paul.
MINI. sept. 9.--iiatiflcation of
the peace treaty l. essential to "a
settling down" Of world condI.
lions which win tend 10 bring
down fla. cost Of living. rr,si.
dent Wilson told special ssS.
sion Of the Minnesota legisla-
ture.
The cost Of living l. primarily
u world condition. due a. the
losses of man power la the war
and the Generalization Of indus
try. he said. Factories must
again he devoted To peace pur.
poses and labor redistributed.
This process can not begin. lac ar.
gued. until real peace u assured
by ratification. commerce re.
summed and things begin TO settle
down.
There are other methods 81 rcduc
ing living costs. by opening up foot
boards.
II ia necessary to look with az
'unHympathctic eye At some OF
the processes which rctnrd dlstfibu
ton. be said
4 World Wide Condition
Labor al present h not satisfied
with itH relation with the employer
be asserted This condition H. world
wide said Mr. Wilson. and mentionc,
the labor section Of the peace treat,
as a means Of ending this state OF
The labor clauses. he said. esiab
lished something approaching Amer
lean labor everywhere. 80 far ms pos
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
WANTS G. n. TO
PAY DAMAGES

Sui; for $4,000 damages for the
death Of her husband. A. J. Kings
ton. brakeman on a Northern Pacific
train. who was killed near Auburn
March 81. 1915. when a Great North
eru train crashed into the car on
which he was employed. was started
by Mrs. Bessie /. Kingston against
the Great Northern Railroad Com
pany. and Walker u. Hines. director
OF railroads. In superior court Mon
day. She declares that the crew OF
the Great Northern train was negii-
gent asd careless. and that the train
was travelling At an excessive speed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
REPORT MAN TELLS
OF NUMBERING GIRL

CIIEHALIS, Sept. 9.-Robert
Hicks left here today for Urbana.
Mo, to stand trial for a murder
committed In 1894.
II Is said that Hicks. recently ar
rived here. confessed to stranglinr
his daughter with piece of rope
because OF her alleged improper
conduct with "A nelghbor. He de-
clarod, the police report, she
threatened to shoot him when nm
braided for her actions, and he
strangled her.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Wilson's Trip Shows Little
Gain, Declare Senators

BN FRED =. fERst son
4 United Press staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. sept. eli
President Wilson was counting
upon strong reaction from tho
territory In which he has spoken.
In the form of kilograms and
letters To senators urging that
opposition To the treaty cease. hc
has not yet made his trip a sue.
cess. according TO his opponents
In the senate.
With this situation giving
them confidence. senators John.
son. Borsh and Mccormick leave
this afternoon To open their
unique series Of long distance de-
bates with the president.
AZ johnson swings along tho prcal
dents trail he will take up the covc
nant point by point. 10 argue his
opinion OF the sacrifice Of American
ism which he represents Borah vii
take different route. but hammci
on tho same issue.
Horah today said tho only ie',si
he had received on tho subject o
tho presidents trip was from 4 81
Louis businessman. unknown 10 him
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
B'NAl BIRTH LEADERS
GUESTS IN SEATTLE

Milton Meyer, district grand presi-
dent OF the Bnal Birth. and Edgar
G. Levy, district grand orator. viii
be guests OF honor OF the local
Bnai Birth organizations at n joint
meeting Wednesday night at the edu-
cational center, 18th ave. and Main
st. The visitors are from san Fran
cisco.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Put Up or shut Up


The prcsiden, says In his state.
" style. Pu; up or shut up'-ac-
cept the league OF nations or offer a
substitute for H. The opponents Of
the league offer az a substitute for 1,
the constitution Of tho United States.
the declaration % Independence and
Idncoln'E government by the pco-
pie.
The president offers ua gov
crnmcn, by a council in Geneva and
says you must take q, II you have
nothing better 10 offer. IL Is not a
question Of anything better to offer.
The question IL whether there is
anything worse than could be Of
fercd
when the president asks this
question does he not know that the
alternative TO the wars for which
he " even now enlisting American
boys 90 he carried on in Asia and
Europe under the league OF nations
the hate they win cnFcnder. tho bur.
dens Of taxation on tho hacks Of
the poor. the bereft parent Of these
sons. the widows and orphans OF
those who would carry out tho man
date Of the league OF nations on n
FOOLS errand to Asia. the supreme
racrificc' of all this. as the prcsi-
dent himself chanctcrizes it-does
he not know that tho alternative TO
all this misery and folly is the peace
we have earned In a victory thnt Ia
now finished -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
YOUTH Is ACCUSED

Richard Pitiock. 10, wanted VIII
liam Spears. 10. TO steal some APP
pics for him. when he refused he
then proceeded to kick him and
ruhbcd his face. hands. ears and
clothes with oil. according 90 the
complaint Elizabeth Spears has filed
with tho prosecuting attorney
aKains, Pitfock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
YANK CHAUFFEURS
KILLED $50 FRENCH

PARIS. Sept. o.--American army
ehRuffcura accidentally killed Ia
French civilians during tho A. =. =.
stay In France. u was stated yester-
day In testimony by Col u. winship
before tho congressional committee
from Washington.
II was also testified today tina,
Col. y. +. Grinatcad. held respon-
sihie for the crucitiea 90 American
army prisoners a. chelies farm. was
sent TO America and discharged In
stead OF being tried by court martial.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
VATICAN JOINS
DEMOCRACIES!
Try HENRY WOOD
Tinted rress (nrrrspondent

PARIS. Sept Politically the
Vatican has Joined hands with dem
ocracies and cast It's lot with the
New World liberal movement Il
was brought out in a papal let.
ter addressed TO Cardinal Lucon and
made public today IN connection
with the participation OF French
Catholics In the coming parliamen.
tary elections
The vatican will hereafter accept
democracy as the only source OF
,solitical power and viii work to
b Wild up and permanently establish
DE- vocratic government
-Four planks
The vatican program confirms
four definite planks for ests bllsh.
mcnt Of social peace. They com
prise:
Coon, sration OF all Classes.
coaiitl IN OF all classes against
Bolshevi SIN.
Accent ance OF democracy.
Eductu aon OF the prolctariat
lmme Stately preceding the war.
decline NJ monarchics and growth
Of demo sracies had left the vati.
can WITH but the Hapshurg and
spani<h U onarchies fer political al
leriancc. ( No diplomatic relations
were ma intained with Europ,'S
democracieS
The fan ~ the Hapsburg dynasty
left bur one Catholic monarchy I'D
the pope facet the necessity OF rec
ognixinr dcruos racies or practioa Us
disappearing a ON the diplomatic
world
Pope Benedict has frankly an.
nouneed his choio' q the former.
One almost ccrt1 In result OF q Dis
poiley will be eventn NJ resumption az
pcnslcal and diplot natic relatio ms
with France and ,ah'. thus gaini tx
support In the two lea ding Catho Die
countries OF Europe. a move VIII oh
viii make up for the loss OF mi 1u.
erce in Austria Hungary The mo NC.
rnent for reconciliation WITH poiir eil
government Is already well advan ttd
IN Italy.
the pope said. In part:
The great outstanding fact in the
world today - the ever -strcngrhc hing
current everywhere towards de moe
racy. The proletariat classcs. as
they are called. having takeii the
prepor isrant part In the war. desire
insevery country to derive thsrsefroni
the maximum advantage.
Unfortunately this Is often pushed
to excess. They would over; arm the
social order. which human nature
renders neces 'ary. 10 the d itrimeni
OF everybody.
The Catholic church haFi always
loved those who suffer. ansl has al
ways taught that public powers
established for the common good
must work especially 20 improve cod
dltions OF those who suffer.
'-Tha; Is why the Catholic clergy
must not oppose the prolefarfai Il
forts at re-vindication. but must "a
vor them. provided they remain with
In the limits OF honesty and justice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
CHARGE TEA THEET

w. I. Smith and 8. Cohen. long
shorcmen. are accused OF stealing
three packages OF tea from pier
IL. The tea belonged TO r. Lung
Tank Of Chicago. Petit larceny Is
the charge
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
MuRPHINE TALKS TO t.lue

Thomas +. Murphine. xiperiu-
tcndens OF public utilities. sToke on
Street Railway Problems at a
meeting Of the One Humid red Per
Cent club Tuesday noon at the Ma
sonic club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Outing Flannel
25c

Fancy outing flannel
$4,000 yards - 81
inches wide, in lengths
to 10 yards. Stripes and
checks in pink, blue and
tan. Not over 10 yards to
a customer.
LOWER MAIN FLOOR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09
Short Knitted
PettiCOats

Cotton and cotton and
wool mixtures in short
knitted petticoats - for
chilly days. - gray or
white, trimmed with col
ored stripes, $1.00 to
S2.95.
SECOND FLOOR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09

Gray leather uphoI-
stery will add to your
comfort, while you are
having facial or scalp
treatments or a shampoo
in the newly arranged
hairdressing and mani
cure section.
1t is so handy--right
next to the rest room on
the second floor.
Specialists do the
manicuring and MARCEL
ling as well as the other
work.
A full line of hair
trans { o rmations and
switches is carried, too.
SECOND FLOOR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-09

The bakery, candy
kitchen, delicatessen.
soda fountain and lunch
counters have been re-
moved to a light, clean
place on the upper main
floor.
The curtains, draper
les and rugs are now
settled on the Fourth
Floor, southern end of
the building.
These changes make
shopping easier and
more Convenient for you.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
BARGELOAD Of ICE
FOR DISTRICT LOST

Officials of the American Ice Com
pany have lost all track of q barge
load OF ice now supposed to be on its
way to Washington to help relieve the
ice shortage. according to information
given out today. The barge, carry
ing about 1000 tons. started for
Washington from the Hudson river
over a week ago. and was due in
Washington yesterday.
The American Ice Company. il is
said, will object most strenuously il
the ice has been borrowed by a COM
pany branch. Rumors that the ice
had melted en- route were discredited
by company officials.
George Z. Roberts, superintendent
OF weights and measures. stated to-
lay that complaint has been regis
tered against a driver Of the Amer
can Ice Company. who is alleged to
have sold short weight ice. The driver
will be arraigned in Police Court to-
day
While ono or two complaints
against dealers charged with profit
eering in ice, were received by the
health officer today, DR.. William c.
Fowler reiterated his belief that ice
profiteering is practically ended.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

decoration of the 16Oth Infantry
Brigade
The story is told OF a time when
1.-The general" summoned n sidecar
and, alone, telling no member Of his
staff OF his intentions, rode as far for
ward as possible, and then dismount-
ing, walked to the frone line Ma
chine gun fire and artillery. espe-
cially thick. had halted the front line
for the time being, and the soldiers
lay concealed in the underbrush and
grass waiting for the command to ad-
vance again. The general walked to
the line. and standing in front Of the
men who lay behind him, examined
the terrain and the other conditions
with which he would have to deal in
issuing subsequent orders.
A sergeant, not knowing the iden-
tity OF the little man who stood alone
and unconcealed, shouted at the top
of his voice:
Hey, there you -. lie down.
You don't wantta get shot up do you?"
Whereupon The general turned
about and without raising his voice.
said. Young man, keep still"
And the sergeant kept still. but
when the order came to go forward
he went-and with the picture Of his
general standing there in front, very
clearly framed in his mind.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
UP A DYING DEPARTMENT
By
THE MERCHANDISE MAN

Il wonder what merchandise we
can put in the mems furnishing sec
tion," said the president of a de-
partment store to me not long ago.
why" | asked, ARE you think
ing of going out of the mems fur
nishing business"
81 should say So" he said, and to
give me a reason why he handed
me the stock and sales sheets to
look at.
The first six months showed that
a turnover was made just once.
| advised against his action I'M
til we could look into the matter,
because I felt that again we were
up against an exaggeration of COM
mon difficulties, which a scientific
investigation of conditions would
solve.
| spent 2 few hours looking over
the advertising copy and the next
week clocking the number of GUS
toners and the personnel of the
trade that came into the depart
ment.
The advertising was the usual So
called mems copy" and while we'll
written was not any different in
appearance than other copy in the
same papers.
The results Of the clocking of the
customers showed that eight out
of every ten people who entered
the department were women.
Copyright 1919, BY The
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

De disastrous and create a serious Sit
Iation in this city.
Mr.. Gardiner states that among the
classes of people Of means, those
renting apartments and houses at
from $50 TO 5000 per month. there is
1 disposition to voluntarily pay in
soon pass upon the constitutionality
be excessive. Thousands of these
people will. he said. sign new leases
september or October / or before then,
if they have not already done so.
COnstitutIonalIty Of Law.
Real estate men are hoping that
the District Court OF Appeals will
soon pass upon the ConstitutionaIity
Of the Salisbury law, but the great
masses Of salary workers, now ad-
mtttedly underpaid and having to
struggle hard under present condi-
lions. hope that the court will delay
this decision, for humane reasons,
unless its decision upholds the Con-
stftutionality of the law. Judge
Gould, in the District Supreme Court,
held the Salisbury law unconstitu-
tional while Justice Mccoy. of the
same court, held ii Constitutional.
In view of these conflicting opin-
ions the Municipal Court, which
passes HhSL upon rental cases, Still
renders its decisions in accordance
with that law, and -upholds the ten
ants.
Because of the critical situation in
Washington among underpaid thou
sands it is sure that if the Court of
Appeals were to uphold Judge Gould
an appeal would be taken 20 the
United States Supreme Court, leaving
the Municipal Court in position T.
pursue its present policies cntiI the
highest court has acted.
One dangerous phase of the whole
mater is that the SALISBURY law NAV
expire right in the middle o. the
winter, but even if 1t does tenants
who may be threatened with eviction
would have appeals to the courts
under the regular procedure and could
stave of eviction for many months at
no heavy cost.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
Here Are Mistakes That
Make Life Merry for
Marriage License Clerk

John Lyon, colored. twenty-six
years old. applied for a license to
marry Louise Fischer. twenty-one
years old. yesterday. On the mar
riage blank license form he was
asked his color" without hesi-
tation he promptly put down
yes"
1t was only a few minutes later
when Lucy Terrell, colored, was
pondering over what relation she
was to her lover. Steve Chrisen.
After a few minutes hesitation
she wrote beside the question re-
lationship these words: Mother
and father"
Some one else followed Lucy.
putting down zone sister" after
the relationship question. The
license clerk caught the mistakes
before the parties left the office.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
POSTPONES ACTION
ON EAGLAN CASE

ing case OF Forrest Eaglan. a nine
teen-year-old colored boy, charged by
Maryland authorities with assault.
was postponed by Justice Bailey, In
the District Supreme Court, until Au-
gust Il. Eaglan is charged with at
lacking Miss Mary Saunders on July
last In Maryland woods.
Montgomery county attorneys a.
the hearing today endeavored to prove
that Eaglan was in Maryland on the
day of the crime. After all testimony
had been heard and witnesses exam
ired Justice Bailey expressed doubt
as to the claim of Maryland authori-
e said he would take the case
w ~7SidPratiOn.
District police officials had no
charsu against Eaglan.