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MJSDFORD, OTJT'XKOX, - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 3919
NO. 271
Yr.
MED
BUNE
to place Seattle under lARTiiiMr
1
MATUM
TO BE GIVEN
TO GERMANY
Allied Premiers' Meeting to Imnose
' New Terms Upon Hun. Whoso Tac
tics of Obstruction and Recrimina
tion Reach Climax In Threat By
Ebert to Break Off Negotiations
Fall to Fulfill Armistice Conditions
Leauue Makes Progress. '
TAKIS. Kelt. 7. (llv Iho Ann
eintod Pre,) TI10 nllii'il premier
uli.i will meet I 111 llllcriim'll IIN tin'
Minri'inc! intcr-ullicd . wiir council.
Iirnllilhlv will li IICW icrillS to I"' ini
pilCll IIIHIII (IiTIIIIIIIV. V.llllC llU'lll'B
of uhl ruction miil recrimination lire
Kit il lo Iiiivd reached climax in
llirc-iil mode ill Woimor hv Cliniii'ellnr
Thert llutt Oermunv would brcntt oil
ni'i'iiliiitiiiiiH with tli iillie.
Tli feeling in pence con fcrcncc cir
cle" i llint llic (icrtiimii urn morn unit
mure foriicllinif their position nml it
i expected Hint the supremo war
coimi'il will lake incisure In bring
litem lo n Hcnrn) of llic rcnliliei.
Marxluil Foeh will uo to" Treves
February 1" t" lit Iho conditions for
u lliiril renewal or the nrpiiticc.
Servo ritliimtiim
II U niiilertoinl Ihiil the council
will fix n brief lime within which the
OcrmmiH mut eiirrv mil the eoiuli-
' Hon thev hiive iinlv riitrtllcd in pari.
None of Iho (leiiniiii increlinnt ships
which wero to luivc been went to cer
tain allied ports Inn vet been hmulcil
over.
French opinion consider Hint the
oecuiMllioil of KHll in of lirt noeos
Nilv if Hie allies are to control Ger-
iiimiv's nniieinnl wnr fncloric. Pub
lieopiuion in Franco nN i nuking
if the supremo wnr council in coing
to nliow Field Mntxhnl Von lliiiden
Ininr to iireimrv ft riitiipniun oirninst
Poland.
The supreme wnr council nlo will
fix the Uo of the contiiiL'cnt of
France, (Ircnt llrilnin, the United
Sin lea nnd nllicd nations in (li arm
ii'H of oecnpiilion, both ill Kuropo mid
'"' Ixmiuuo of Nations V
Substantially onc-lmlf of llic drn ft
of the constitution for Iho society of
miliotiH bus been covered bv tho chief
conference comuiiHsion denlinir with
thiH nneslion. it wns' nlt'ieiullv nn
nounced lodnv. In improving n iintn
hcr of ndditionnl articles of the drn ft
the cominiHxion renched mi necord, it
"is slnled, on ceHniii nuestioiiH of the
'incnlost importune!) roncornintr the
positive of Iho functions of the
league.
Secret Ireulios mndo under (he
stress of wnr mid which ninv ho con
sidcrcd oul of hnrmonv with the prin
, ciploH on which n unmet v of iintiniix
ix heinir orcnninoil, hnvo provoked n
urenl dcnl of comment. The Anieri
enn delcifritcx. nt lenst, lmvc said Hint
Hiich iirgrccmoiils insofar os thev lire
in conflict with the principles of n so
cictv of nnlioiiH must civo wnv.
Unofficial inl'ortntition in Hint
President Wilxon proposed mi exceu
live brunch of five members from tho
limit powers with four nicmherx
(Contlnuod on page, two.)
8AN VnANCISCO, Fob. 7. That
Mnjor Gonernl .lohn P. Slorrlnon
commnndlnK tho Wostorn depnrtmonl
of tho iinuy, had gono to Honltlo to
tnko chnrgo of tho tinny ond of tho
Btrlko Bltuntlon thoro, was contalnod
In n Btnlomont on tho Btrlko BltXintton
by a high offlclnl ot tho dnpnrtmont
lioro today. Mnjor nonornl moitiboii
will dlroct tho army's activities In
Tnooma nlo, ho Bnld,
"TIkJ soldlors nro thoro to protoc.t
tho strikers, tho public nnd govern
mont property from tho Irresponsible
element." this offlclnl snld. "I do
not look tor any furthor troop movo
nionlM us tho troops on hand nro
amnio to tnko enro ot Iho Bltuntlon.
"1 nm Hiiro Hint many ot tho strllt
ors nro out ngnlnst tholr will, nnd
it tho disturbing minority can uo got
ten rid of, ft normnl stftto ot utfalrs
win bo nulcltly rostored,"
COMMANDS TROOPS
NO ARBITRATION;
SHIPPING BOARD
TO STAND PAT
No Chnnne In Policy In Seattle Con
troversy Bv Government Con
gressmen Declares Strike Due to
Foreluners Who Should Be Deport
ed as Anarchists.
WASHINGTON', Wli. 7. ShlpplllK
board officials Indlculed today Hint
absolutely no chaiiKo In tho policy of
rofiislmc lo arbitrate tho controveray
with sliliiyim! strikers nt Suuttle
would ho ninilo. U wim nald, how
over, that tho prnRrena of tho general
utrlko thero wux helms cloudy watch
eil mid that Chairman Hurley of tho
ithllininK lionrd, who will nrrlvo In
New York Moiiilny. hnd been fully in
rorineil of Iho Nliuiitloii and tho MP
tnkon. ,
Klin lo VorHwicni
WASHINGTON, Vl. 7. Hopro-
aonlntlvo Johnson of WnxliliiKlon, In
a apuoch In tho hoiuo today dcclurod
that atrlkea In )hn I'ni'Ulc northwoat
wore due to foreluners. who (houliJ
tm deportml hut nKninat whom no ac
tion wim taken by liovemmeat ornc
lain. Muliit worker thero, ho mild
threatened itcnorul atrlkes In tho
motnl Imliiatrlaa thruoul tho country
as a nympntlieilc niovcnient.
"Thuxo srciit atrlkoa." llcproiton
tntlvo Johiinon anld, "woro precedod
by n aerh-a of rloU on Sunday, and
nftor ono of thoxo nutliorltlea In 8enU
tlo nrrexted 13 men, tho leadcrx
whono iiamea were a great array of
Slovliikkya and nnmca of that ort.
Oul of tho 13 thoro woro two Amor-
irana, of whom ono mtd ho wlxhcil ho
were not an American. Tho other
eleven wero allena and mnro than
half of tho olevon wero ItiiHulnnn.
Afkn lkiMirtHtloii
I rim Informed that tho commls-
xloner of IninilHratlon at Seattle, rep-
rnMintlnit tho ImmlKroiion aervlco In
Hint port of tho country, slnlod ho
would tnko menu to deport thoxo
men. If our government official
will procoed under tho law onncted
by congrc and deport thco nllen
who co in o hero undortnktng to toll
how to run our government nnd our
affair, wo will hnvo lo trouble
from theo nlrlke. I wn ntonlhod
((T rend tho name and what they had
to ny about tho I'nltod Stales nnd to
learn that no leps were proposed to
ho tuken to deport them."
E
WASHINGTON', Fob. 7. Sailing
ot flvo transports from Franco with
about 200 officers nnd 5500 men.
consisting nliilnly of former national
guard units, wiir announced today by
tho -war donnrtmonl. Including ele
ments ot tho 103rd Infantry, 4 1st ill
vision, which was niado up from the
Second Molilalia Infnntry, nnd parts
of tho Third District of Columbia In
fnntry nnd of tho 10 1st infantry
which was mado up from the Second
Washington infantry nnd parts ot tho
Third District of Columbia Infantry.
Tho crulsor Huntington Is duo nt
Wow York February 15, with tho sup
ply company, machine gun company.
third battalion ltondumirtcrs nnd
compnnlos A, ft nnd C of. tho 161st
Infantry, nlso for Camp Dlx nnd tho
10 Itli nmbulnnco company.
Tho Horodln, duo at Now York
Fobruary 20 Is bringing ilotnchmonts
ot llnso (Hospitals numbers 11. IS
nnd till. Tho V. J. Ltikenbnch also
will nrrlvo lit Now York .February 2 0
with n few casual nfflcors.
Tho Mercury 1b duo nt Newport
Nows Fobrunry 10 with tho G!Mh reg
iment, const artillery, completo,
bound for Oregon)- tho fi lth nmmii
nltlon-train composed ot Illinois,
California and Toxiib troops; a do
tnehment of llnttory K, Olat roglmont
const nrtlllory; convalescent detach
mont. No. 05: 2(1 ciiBiial officers nnd
0 officers -nnd 33!) men of tho nnvy
Tho BtnnmoiB Kiirune nnd tho F. .T
Luhonhncli bring a fow casual offi
cers.
Tho uliipwTci'Uod snilor of Iho fu
ture mnv not lie so licon about reach
ing ilrv lnntl, -Brooklyn KiirIo.
TACOMASTRIK
E
E
Street Car Employes Promise to Re
turn to Work Normal, Conditions
Prevail Otherwise Teamsters and
Chauffeurs Stick to Jobs Defying
Mandate of Council.
TACOMA, AVah., Feb. 7. There
I a more reported at nn by street
car men employed by tho Tncoha
Hull way mid Power company lo pull
away from the Central Labor Council
an they ny tho fact that their action
aro guided by their International of
ficer tnu.ic It Impossible for them
tu legally walk out on a sympj'UOc
str'k. Thcjoforo they say they
iiietl.)n iho province of the Central
l.nlior Council and will begin ad Ion
to follow tho ruling of tho Internat
ional and return to work. Latest re
ports say tho car will bo running on
si'hedulo Saturday morning.
To ItCfilino Cur Servlco
Taeoma' municipal street ears
which run to tho shipyard area on
thn tldo flats will resumn operation
Just as soon as men can be obtained
to operato thorn, Commissioner Hoy
Harrison, of tho stnto public wor
department stnlod this afternoon.
Commissioner Harrison began a
search for men ond announced that
sorvlro would probably bo resumed
on tho city lino by night.
Barters In Taeoma went back to
their chairs today.
. Dellvorlcs, taxi hire nnd transpor
tation betwoen Taeoma and Camp
Lewis was doubly assured this mor
ning whon the teamster and chauf
feurs decided to stick on the Job in
defiance of tho mandate ot the Cen
tral Labor Council.
Mke Normnl City
All other avenues of local trade
woro plying busily till morning nnd
Taeoma took on tho aspect of a nor
mal city but for tho Interruption of
street car servlco..
Hardware stores in Tacomn exper
ienced a "run on tacks" yesterday
afternoon, the direct result of which
was a hundred or moro punctured
automobile tires.
On tho Pacific highway betweon
Tacomn and Camp Lowls It was re
ported that during the night more
than fiO motor vehicles wero forced
to pull In tho slclo of the road to ro-
inovo tucks from punctured tires.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 7. Sh-eot
carmen aro In conference with Louts
Ilcan. manager of Iho street railway
company nt 9 o'clock today. It is be
lieved that as soon as the manage
ment nnd men feol they are reason
ably safe from, violence street car ser-
vlco will bo given the public. The
calling out of the enrmen was char-
actorliod by J. Doone, president of
tho union, as a plcco of trickery. He
accusod tho strike lcadors of giving
tho stroet car men a "shady deal
and promlsod tho pooplo ot Tneomii
that tho stroet car mon Intend to
stand by tholr vote and remain at
work.
Some ,10 restaurants of Iho city
woro operating with enrds In -their
windows announcing Hint thoy wore
running undor the control of tho
cooks nnd waiters with permission ot
tho strlko committee Tho cooks nnd
waiters votod ovorwholmingly against
tho strike, but considerable sent!
mcnt for standing by tho strikers ex
isted. Markets Keep Open
So far as can be learned all Taeo
ma meat markets are open.
Somo woro operating by pormlt ot
(Contlnuod on Page Eight.)
SCALE OF PRICES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 President
Wilson has been asked to nnmo
-committee ot Industrial londors nnd
govornmont representatives which
will hnvo tho powor to Investigate
and suggest n scnlo of prices for
basic commodities nt which tho.gov
eminent will buy during tho poat-wnr
period, Socrotnry ot Commerce Rott-
field announced today.
Tho stop was takon after confer
ences ot producers and lnbor repre
sentntlvos and government officials
who wore unanimous, Secretary Hod-
Hold said, In rocomuiondlng It. ,
PROVES FAILUR
MEN RETURN NG
MA YOR NOTIFIES STRIKERS TO
GO BA CK TO WORK IN MORNING
OR UNCLE SAM WILL RUN CITY
MAYOR DEFIES
SEATTLK, Feb. 7. Mayor OIc Hanson today is
Kiicd tlx; following proclamation:
"To Iho People of Seattle: By virtue of the au
yy,. thority vested in me as
tcanism. Go about your daily duties without fear.
AVc will see to it that you have food, transportation,
water, light and gas and all necessities.
"The anarchists in this community shall not rule
its affairsrr'All persons violating the laws will be
dealt with summarilv. . '
(Signed) "OLE HANSON, Mayor of Seattle."
BUTTE MINERS
STRIKE 0VER.CUT
OF DOLLAR A DAY
DENVER. Colo.. Feb. 7. "The an
nounced reduction in wages imid min
eral miners in the copper districts of
the country shows tho fairness of the
copper producers toward the miners,
in that thev will continue production
rnlher thnn throw thonsuuds of min
ers out of employment lit this time."
This statement was made today bv
Onirics 11. Mover, president of the
I nion Mine, Mill nnd Smelter W'orJc
crs, in discussion reductions of one
dollar u dnv. announced ot Butte.
Mont., yesterday.
BVTTE. Mont.. Feb. 7. The entire
dnv shift of tho Elm Orln mine, n
t'lnrk property, nnmhorini; about 2o0
men. walked out this inornimr because
of the reduction of $1 n dnv in wnscs
that went into effect in the Butte dis
trict today. '
These men marched to Finn Hull,
where nt 2 o'clock this nl'lernoon mid
nt 7 o'clock tliis eveninir mass nicot
ines were called bv tho I. W. V. will
he held. The men who unit work wero
for the most pnrt Finns. No other
properties in the district were affect
ed nd nil of these mines report nor
mal shifts nt work. The I. W. W. tins
distributed a bulletin culling upon the
miners to tukc action in respect to Hie
rcduetiuu of wages. None of tho com
panies ns vet lias received deinniids
from trade unions affected bv the
wniio reduction. A Cow men who Blith
ered nt- the eiillnr of tho Elm Orlu
shaft nt 8 o'clock this mornimr with
the evident intention of workimr wero
jeered bv the strikers nnd not per
mitted to eo on Ilia toll. Thero whs
no disorder nt the mines mid no nr
rosls hnvo been initde orvuiiurds sta
tioned. 10
SUPPRESSING SUES
OI.YMPIA, Wash.,' Feb., 7. Tho
houno and somite joint appropriation
commlttco ot tho Washington legis
lature announcod today It is planned
to --Introduce a bin appropriating
SI 00,01)0 from tho military fund for
tho uso ot tho governor in suppres
sion of strikes. .
ANARCHISTS
mayor I hereby guaran
tee to all people of Seat
tle absolute and com
plete protection.
"They should go
about their daily work
and business in perfect
security. Ve have 1,500
police officers, 1,500 reg
ulars from Camp Lewis
and can and will get the
services, if necessary, of
every soldier in the Pa
cific Northwest to pro
tect life, business and
property.
"The time has come
for every person in Seat
tle to show their Ameri-
STRIKE FEVER
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 7. Labor
disturbances in three cities in the Snn
Francisco bay reeion today threaten
ed n nuii'k cessation of work on over
ifl'iO.OOO.OOO in eovernnicnt nnd pri
vate sliipbtiildiii!r contracts.
More than 1.500 machinists here
failed lo report to work in most of the
metal shops outside the shipyards.
In Oakland 4,000 members of the
Moilennakers' I mon were utilizing a
self declared "holiday" to vote on n
proposition to strike next Monday for
$1 tin hour wnee scale. J he 200 iron
workers in the Pacific Const Ship
building company's plant at Bay Point
were taking n similar vote, it wns an
nounced. ,
According to the Metal Trades As
sociation, the Oakland vote was beine
taken in svmpathv with the Seattle la
bor disturbances.
Absolute opposition to the idea of
any enteral strike here was nnnotinc-
ed today bv the Waterfront Workers
Federation, representing 20.000 long
shoremen, stevedores nnd other dock
craftsmen. The Sim Frnneiseo Iron
Trades Council nlso hits gone on rec
ord ns being opposed to nnv general
strike. '
Tho 2,")00 helpers in Onklnnd ship
vnrds who struck yesterday for the
right to be clnssed ns ioiirnevmcn me
chanics nnd to draw n $(i.40 wage,
were still out today. Little work was
being done in the, Onklnnd nnd Alft
medn shipyards.
$75 MINIMUM
TEACHERS PAY
; SAI.TM. Feb. 7. Following nn iin
pnssioncd siWclbv Mrs. Alovander
Thompson of Hood River and Was
co,. which wns hcnrtilv applauded, the
house passed the bill placing $75 ns
the minimum snhirv which mnv be
paid school teachers.
'Gentlemen, let us tnko the county
schools of Marion county for exam
ple). In 11)14 mid 11115. tho average
wijgc was $58.18. In 1918 nnd 1910,
the nyernge wnge is $04.78. The in
crease iii nnv bus been $(i.ti0. In liv
ing expenses, Iho increase bus been
$0.78.- Gentlemen, theso oi'ii Jjuctjj. i ,
4
1L STREET
GUARDED BY POLICE WITHOUT
Armed Soldiers Stand at Guard Around Government Buildings and 1.500
Special Police. Mostly Discharged Soldiers Are Co-operatina In Pre
serving Order No Scenes of Disorder Sympathetic Strikers Warned
Bv Mayor That They Must Return Bv 8 0'Clock Tomorrow Strikers
Protest Order but Mayor Stands Pat One Newspaper Appears. ,1
SEATTLE. Feb. 7. Mavor Olc
Hanson today issued the following
notice to the strike committee:
"I herebv notify vou that unless
the sympathetic strike is called off
at 8 n. m. February 8. 1 will taKe
steps to operate all essential indus
tries nnd place this city under con
trol of the federal eovernment."
SEATTLE . Feb. 7. A sub-committee
of the conference committee of
the Seattle Metal Trades Council to
day called nt the city hall to ask
llavor Hanson 4o revoke his threat to
put the eitv under the control of the
federal eovernment if the strike is not
overtomorrow morning at 8 o'clock..
The committecc called nt the may
or's office shortly after 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
Strike leaders, it was said at the
labor temple today, considered per-
nutting several of the large nowniown
cafeterias to open. The strike "soup
kitehens" have been so heavily taxed
by crowds that not every one can be
servca.
.Newspaper Appears
A Seattle newspaper made its ap
pearance on the streets today. Most
of the front page was taken up bv
Mavor Ole Hanson's proclamations.
While the papers were being passed
out at the newspaper ottiee police
held back crowds for a block around
the building. Police also rode on the
paper trucks.
Manned and cuarded bv soldiers
nnd soldier police, the eirst truck
load of newspapers were sent into the
business district.
Last night Mayor Hanson promised
the newspapers all the soldiers and
police to protect their plants that
might be ncecssarv. 1
Armed soldiersitodav stood guard
around United States government
buildings and post office here todnv
to protect them against any trouble
that might occur during tho general
strike of over 30.000 workers here
who vesterdav walked out to help 25.
000 striking Seattle shipyard work
ers press their strike claims for more
wages. .'
Xenrlv one thousand extra police
also were held in reserve at tho Sat
tle police station ready to answer any
sort of cull that might come in.
No Tronblo Today
lint there wns no trouble during the
morning. The police remained at the
station nnd the soldiers continued to
once back nnd forth.
Brigadier General John L. Ilnyden.
commander of the troops, who were
sent here from Cnnip Lewis, Tacomn,
told friends today that in all his years
on Paget Sound ho hnd never seen
Seattle ns ouict ns it wns today.
Street enr service is to bo resumed
on the Senttlo municipal railway ns
fast a screws can be obtained to man
tho cars, tho public utilities depart
ment of tho city government nnnounc
cd todnv. . The cars will operate to
nii'ht. it was said.
No attempt was made to block tbc
passage of the first car which ran
from the city hall to Ballard, a, sub
urb, and back. Plain clothes police
rode on the car. As soon ns the enr
arrived at the city hull it stnrted on
its second run.
Trucks currying police nnd soldiers
SENT TO MARMORA
PAKtS, Feb. 7. William Allen
White, ot Peoria, Kansns, and Pro
fessor George Davis Herron have
been appointed the American dele
gates to the Marmora conference
with the Russian tactions.
OF
' l
probably will be sent out with the cars
to be put on the line Inter, tho de
partment said. , -
Everybody Walks ,
Seattle today started its second
day of a ceneral strike bv walking to .
work, no attempt having been made
vesterdav or last night to operate the
street cars which have been idle
since the union car men ran them to
the barns yesterday and ioined the
thousands of other workmen . who
walked out yesterday. .
Early today there were no signs of
a break in the opposing interests.
Members of the Seattle Central Labor
Council, which is directing the strike,
did not met last night and did Dot
plan to meet until some time before
noon today. No move has been made
by employers. .
Union leaders say they look to
Charles Piez, director general of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, to make
some move to arbitrate the demands
of the striking 25,000 shipyard work
ers who walked out January 31 and
in whose interest the present strike .
was called. , ;
Soldiers-Keep Order ;
Camp Lewis soldiers, numbcrinff
over one thousand, arrived here early
today to co-operate with local police
in keeping order and to protect gov
ernment property that might be en
dangered if trouble starts.
Brigadier General John L. Hayden
early today announced the troops
were here. Ho would authorize no
statement beyond the bare announce
ment. When asked how many troops
he had in his command, ho replied.
"we have enough." ..--
General Hayden has established
headotinrters in the postoffice build
ing. - Some of his men are Quartered
at Fort Lawton. near here, while oth
ers nre at the downtown armory.
During the first day and first night
of the strike Scuttle police did not
receive one trouble call as a result
of the strike. Had trouble started.
the police were ready, they said.- In
front of the police station there was
a big string or. automobile trucks
loaded with a machine eun and piled
high with sandbags. About 1000 ex-.
tra police have been deputized, ae-
cording to Mavor Ole tianson. ' a
Scores of Rumors -Rumors,
scores of them, were cir
culated about the city lust night. On
the strength of n rumor that a muni
cipal dam at Cedar river had been dy
namited, hundreds of citizens filled
their bath tubs and pails nnd pots
with drinking water. Other rumora
(Continued on page four)
L
WEIMAR. Feb. 6. (Bv tho Asso
ciated Press.) Tho old order in
Germany has gone bovoud recall and
the pooplo now nre determined to rule
themselves; declared Fncdrtch Ebert,
tho chancellor, calling tho nationnl
assomblv to dordor hero this after
noon. - :- ..
"Wo will call on the old Gorman
spirit of Weimar," ho said. "We will
bo an empire of justico nnd truth." -
The chancellor opened the proceed
ings of tho assembly at 3:18 o'clock..
Ho was received with applause. In
opening he addressed the nssomblnge
ns "Indies nnd gentlemen" a form
of address never before heard in a
Gormnn legislative body.
The chancellor's speech wnR nn
earnest appeal for unity and utitinuir
labor, .