The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-29
MOTHER i
SAYS JAP
Hotel IS
DEPOT
Testifies Before Congress.
ionaI Probers That High
School Pupils Are Prey
of "RunnerS"

Mrs Edgar Blair. Of e31l wflGo
ave-. a victim OF Japanese intruado
furnished the congressional Japamor
probe committee. At Its hearing hGd
ment that sne had traced . uumnoT
Of young high school girls - 111ol
Dawson hotel. a Jap-operated roo0oX
and had seen these girls enter -
leave the place with pasty-fn0n
youths whom she took to b 6on1
nends. W
Il went in.. she testified. ~an
found in charge a japanese brtl1
who couldn't speak . word Of En01
lish. / reported the matter % -
police and the place was raided- IT.
young men ! saw there were pln10II
under the influence OF somethinG
and the young girls are the scho0
companions OF my own childron.~
Mrs. Blair told the committoo ~
had even been informed that bo1U
and girls were able 70 get morphlu0
at the Franklin high school. She sn11
she went to Reuben Jones, secrp1nru
OF tho school: board. to a5e1s
matter. and found him already CO.
xant of the fActA 9
SAYS SHE Is NJ
FORCED 10 WORK rs
During the raid on She Dauu1
hotel. Mrs. Blair said. Z numbor q
disorderiy persons werc roundoo U
and one man committed suicl0o.
Il tell you" she testified. 80
Japs are swallowing us cou
cially. 1t has reached the p6o
where my husband is utterly unonon
to support our family became ~
has to compete with Japamo
workers, and have had to - -
work.
when other witnesses ten -
the Japanese control our food IT,
tell the truth. They cohtrol e.
milk for our American hahson
and i say that our Americas ~
bies are dying from tubercu1u
today for want OF good milk whIch
their parents cannot afford q IN
at Japanese prices"
Mrs. Blair lived for II yeasu -
Washington. d. c.. she said. -
had been frequent social vio1tor
at the Japanese legation. For u
last IL years she has LIVED =
Seattle. W
DIPLOMAT IS
IN LOCAL STORE
Il went into 1o-cent store a.
day." she testified. "and saw the
a Japanese who had formerly bern
secretary OF the japanese lcxnttom
N washington. ! went up nuR
said. How do you dor He smilck
and seemed glad to see me. H.
when ] asked him, What are vcn
doing hereg' in the most casr,.a
way. his face blanched.
He seemed to forget the En-.
lish language. and did not reDeul
ber me. I watched him. He went
around TO Japanese women ~
various counters. whispered SOM.
thing. and they left the store.
1T occurred to me those women
were there for a purpose. I went -
the retail trade bureau OF the Char
Der of Commerce and predicted xl,1<.
IN short time we should be buyan
from the Japs the very sort Of nr)
cles those women had been exaun1
ing in the store. My prediction Co. +
true. -s
"A month ago went to one Of -,
largest stores and bought a silk nm.
gee dress. took II home and wnaheA
II. The water dissolved the pas>o
with which II was stuck torethGp
ana 1t fell apart The drena -
made Of paper, in Japan.-
DON'T LIVE LIKE
MY CHILDREN, DO"
on two occasions Mrs. Blair ~
she went to the editor Of 4 Seattle
morning paper and complained 4hak
something must be done to stob ~
intruding Jap. On both occanioun
she got no satisfaction. she said. With
bitterness.
Il have been in Japaneae homes : =
she said, 'and have talked with Jan
anese picture brides. know heav
they live. and how their children livA
They don't live like do. and like nv
children do. These Japanese bridna
have babies SO fast II Is unbolievahIo. 4
They work up to within two or thres
hours before child IL born and AZ
back at work two or three houro
after.
II have traced Japanese hr1deo
from big wholesale house here
where many are employed. They -
home after working AL day and At Z
tend to their babies Then they -