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SENATE PROBES U. S. POLICY IN SIBERIA

WASHINGTON, June 27.—The senate today passed Senator Hiram Johnson's resolution requesting the president to inform the senate regarding the

government's military policy in Siberia. Senator Johnson demanded a thoro airing of American military operations in the North.

VOLUME 22. NO. 106.

CITY TO INVESTIGATE

COST OF LIVING HERE

WILSON MAY

SAVE BEER

AND WINES

Enforcement Bills for Prohi

bition Are Reported Out

by House Committee

*

PENALTY LESS SEVERE

w \sm\r.Tfts. June

Fnfnrrrwwmt IffMatlon for both

war time and ronitiliillioul pro

hiMtan wa* reported I*

U» hmiw in • Mil at two mr-

Uon« b* Ihe Immw jimW' iary not

■<ltw today

sute w reporttawr tho leglSla

Hon wu IT to 2 A* thf hrtl now

Muifti more lenient in*< are pro

♦M«I in or.* section for war time pro

hibition tb.in In the constitutional

prohibition «»> !i«n

1. Prominent officials *n<l mem

hers of congress still believed the

president will Lake some art ton to r»

pen I wartime prohibition a* It affect*

tight wines and beer This aft lon

•ill mme up on the signing of the

tre*tr. thejr claim.

2 Pry iMiltn In tonfrew admit

te*l that It will be lmpo*sih!« to pas*

any enforcement legislation for the

Wartime prohibition art in tha two

legislative days remaininit before

July 1

3 The bouse committee

wiit expected to formally report to

the bouae today a bill with two dis

tinct #»e«-tion«. one providing for the

enforcement of wartime prohibition

g(i<l -be other for constitutional pro

4 Should congress approre the

house plan enforcement of the war

time prohibition art will be more

lenient than was previously planned

by the house Judiciary committee

Only the manufacture and sate of

Intoxicants are prohibited, hut the

house hill clearly defines Intoxlcat

fnff liounr under the wartime act as

any hevcaire that contains more

than one half of 1 pe- cent of alcohol

X. Attho enforcement legislation

almost certainly cannot he pa*«»-d

before Juijr I, drya in congress be

lie- e the wartime, act in Itaelf pro

vide-, adequate <*ifwrcement provl

sioi While it de< s not define "In

toxica tins liquor,'' the manufacture

and sale of liquor la prohibited, with

penaltie** of imprisonment from 30

to ,rt di- s and fines of from 1110 to

STRIKE CALLED

IN CANADA CITY

in vniinufi vi ■ ■

OTTAWA, Out . June T? A gen

eral strike ha* been declared In

Brandon, Manitoba, to form rein

utatement of men who loat their

(pocittinns aa a result of the recent

walkout, according to a dispatch

rcetivH here today.

H*ttlement of lh" Toronto atre*t

railway strike by a compromise wa*

expected today.

U NKKAL Ol MltM. f OIJJNS

Funeral service* for Mr* Mary O

Collin*, wife of Patrolman II

Collins! who dkl*d Wednesday. will be

held Saturday afternoon at the

( undertaking parlor*

WHY THE STAR PICKED

BIG TIMBER

Tt»e Htar hue obtained **»rlal rlghta to publish "big Timber," that

sii,'oi<», n*-w tale of <i Northwest logging camp, by bertrand W.

Sinclair, author 'tf North of Fifty-Three." A long lint of novela

wa" -übmltted to a do/en book More people They nrge<i that Hfar

re«d*T* be given an opportunity to read "Big Timber." Hlnclalr,

they pointed out. is one of the few strong writer* of Pacific North

wet atoriea who

today In hi* prime lie known the great out of

P door- Iff- men in big men and bia love "element" ring* true and

nobh Thousand* of men and women prefer Hlnclalr to any other

living novelist of the West. Hla novel. "Big Timber," will begin In

neat week'a Htar

Tides in Seattle

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DENY CROWN

PRINCE NOW

IN GERMANY

Holland Issues a Statement

Saying Wilhelm Is Still on

Island of Wieringen

WILLIE TALKS AGAIN

TIIK iltl.l K. Jone 57.—The

Otilrh government today official

l» announced thai the former

rrown prince of lirrminy Is still

on the island of tt lertagea.

The former crown prince was re

ported to have escaped from his

place of Internment and to ha«o en

tered Ctrttunr. Ad\lre« rorelved In

Paris were thai he was accompanied

by a ataff oft leer He was Internet

on the Island of VVtermgsn at ths end

of the war when he entered Holland

vs a Herman army officer

U)SI«iN, June J7.—ft'nited Press*

—KrtMerirh Wilhelm. former fjer

man crown prince, reported yeeter

• Liv to have escape.l from Holland

Into r,»rtinny, re*-ently expressed to

the Rrusael* correspondent of The

Mirror his pUn of living on his es

tates In Mlesi > after peace la signed

"Ka»t Prussia a.-.J Hlleoia will nev

er arree to Pollth domination." the

former crown prince «af quoted as

saying in this Interview granted at

hia refuge on the island of WJetrin

gen

"nitre will be another war within

ten year* fielgium. Serbia. Italy,

Rumania and 'lrwr» will be furious

at the peace terms Only Prance,

Britain and America will he satis

fied

"After peace Is signed I Intend to

, live on my estate* in Silesia There

s no truth In the report* that I In

tend to surf a pottery factory The

lcal»er will remain In Amerongen for

some time

HUN OFFICIALS

ON WAY TO SIGN

Mueller and Bell Accom

panied by High Officers

VEfIHAIIXBS, lun» 17—0,'nlted

I 'ream 1 Tha german delegation

which will sign the peace treaty l#ll,

Merlin at midnight and will arrive In

I'art* at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn

in*. It wan officially announced today

Tha party wa* acheduled to reach

j Duaaeldorf at J o'clock thl* after

! noon.

Foreign Minister Mueller and Colo

nial Minister Bell, the it»rmait aig

natorie*. are accompanied by three

high official*. Including Herr

Hcbfnldt, Intimate councillor arjd ei

rx-rt on International law. iind llerr

Kratm. economic expert There are

alao three leg.itlon aecrefarle* In the

party.

Herr flle*berta and Herr t,elnert.

who had twen appointed to *ign with

Mueller, withdrew at the la*t mo

inent

The Seattle Star

SEATTLE GIANT COMES BACK

• • • • • • •••

"Just Did My Bit," Says Yank Who Drove Tank in Argonne

• • • ••• •••

FROM WAR TOTALLY BLINDED

Thl* In corporal Eugene A. Mclnnis. Seattle yank wlio lia* arrived home. totally blinded. bill otherwise a

physical riant lie wa* Mounded while driving a tank In the \r(nnnr.

Hlltherlng and bumping over

the pitted field* of Klander*.

grunting like an over fed pork

er. b»ng banging away with the

three pounder* In tha forward

turret*, the little tank Jolted

alone, wiping out llun machine

gun nest#

It w»* the thlrtl day In the

Argonne A mile behind the

tank doughboys cur»#<l nod

died a* they "mopptd up" after

the reflating Helni#e. In tha

whippet tank way ah**»d of the

most advam-rd of the V*nk#,

m hunky young corporal arid «

lieutenant »weat*d and grinned

an they plnmmpJ round after

round Into the yawning maw

of the tiny cannon blasting

Into eternity the llunn In U»**lr

concrete ijejt*

Tin* imolc of battle hung

heavily ovei the mud and Mime

and blasted tree »turn pa of the

Irattle ground. timid" the *teel

»hell I* wan unbearably hot;

• tripped to the w>al»t. the two

men »lan> banged at their work

of destruction. Then tarn* u>#»

•cream of a high exJSioiuve thell,

the deafening cr**h u- It

hurled lt*»*l# attain** the wall*

of the lank, and the occupant#

were thrown gapping and *en»e

|« --i to the floot, blood ntream

log from nose and ear*, the

young corporal totally blinded.

ih«» lieutenant with one eye

► hot away. The tank took a

few awkward lunge* forward,

a ahhled a bit and then ntopped

df ad.

• • •

The corporal in tin- tank wan

An American Paper That Fights for Americanism

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SEATTLE, WASH., KW PAY, JUNE 27, 191!)

Corporal Kugene A Mctnnla.

of Senll |e Today he ha* tha

phy*lque of « (Ireek wreatler.

but he l« totally blind, he will

never *ee again, yet ho la "cgry

rylng on " cheerfully and man

fully, with never a kick or a

grumble at I'Me* hard knock*.

"Ijot* of them are wor*e off

than I am." he explain*.

Corporal M. !nnl« enli*ted in

Meattle In 1117, shortly after the

war brok" out lie wna nxaigncd

to the 4 14th l>e|M>t detachment

Kngitieri - Hliortly af|e r hi* en'

llsiment they were ordered over

aea*. In January, lttlK, they

landed In France

Moon after hi* arrival In the

war wtrl' ken country th»« lure of

the tank* got Into hi* blood. Dm

en itement of lnde|H*ndent lU'liort

fauaed him to transfer to the

327 th Tank Itattallon.

lie took part in the Kt Mlhlel

drive, bloody Chateau Thierry

where *o many brave American

l»oy* went to I heir la*t renting

place beneath th»» popple* of

Krance, and the Argonne. lie

wiia three daya "In" and on the

Watch

Saturday'* papei for im

nonnrement of the wkinei

in the Want Ad Rhyrw

Contest. Also lor particu

lars of next week's contest

Watch the Classified pujrc

third day. hi* tank a mile ahead

of the Infantrv (leaning up ma"

i hliie gun neat* and preparing

the way for the American ad

vanoe, the H. K. atruck hla

"lioat"

"The I iat thing 1 *»w that day

were liorlle* of tw« Vank* lying

on the parapet "f a trench and

)u*t below Ihcm in the trench,

the hodle* of three Herman*"

.Mrlnnl* *aid "After that f

woke up In the hmpltul one of

the blink*"

Corporal Mclnni* ha* t>een at

tending the ft«Hl ('roe* Institute

for the I'lind at Kaltlmoie *tnce

lna dim barge from the army,

lie ha* l>een released for the

aummer to vlmlt hla parents at X

111k 111;i ?»ii Drive ave In Heptem

her he will return to the Inwtl

tnte He i« 24 year* old.

In apt to of hi* moat terrible of

affllctlona he remain* chaerful.

lie (loen not ffrow aentiixp'ntjtl

over hi* *a<iifl«e of Might,

lie explain* elm ply.

"I only did my bit."

Obregon Candidate

for Mexico Chair

liUS AN'IKI.Kf', June den.

Alvaro ohrcgon, wha* led Carranza'*

armies to victory over Villa, an

nounced lilh candidacy for presi

dent of Mexico today Hlm an

nouncemerit waa In the form of a

manifesto puhlfahed In "Hon org," a

I.al In •American paper publlahed

lo re. Obregon dire. ..| \ < mani

festo he given wide circulation In

Mexico.

Oh Boy! Look Who

Is Comin' t' Stay!

fThe Htar liu ot»

tnJued Kreikle*, the

rnmlf atrip, for dally

publication. KYeck

le« will appear regii

larly In The War.

beginning In * day

J*"reekle« la a groat

romic for kiddlea and

grown up* Watch

for him and get «e

qualnted.

Even Dancing

Professor Is

'Agin' Shimmie

Th# telephone Mil In Chief Wir

rea'a private office jingled

'Hollo," toewerad the chief

"Thl» la Oswald -Profraaor Os

wald." qprr.e the volte fqpm th»

tnh-r end.

■r-»-

"It'a 100 crude for mr " ,

"What r*

'"The ahlmanl*."

"Wall, who are you*"

"I'm th* dancing Instructor at

the Hippodrome."

And then the darning pr>,f>--««or

unburdened hl» aoul of a lengthy

derlaratlon dlre< t*d at the ahlmmle

daniers who came fr.Wn l.oa An

g«*le* and are displaying their ahlv

ery art at Panlngr>* this week.

"I'm a young Mia," ended the

profexaor, "and 1 can atund for a

lot —but thl* dance-

The chief acratrhed hi* head

"I'll have to aee this dance.' aald

the chief very aerlonaly,

lie la scheduled to alt In the

front row mday night.

Mayor,, ll.inwm I* worried. too

Manager Pantnge* has Inilmaled

that he'll get out an Injunction lo

prevent the authorities from Mop

ping hla jn7.r.y exhibition.

STAND PAT ON

PHONE DEMAND

Girls Wire Representative

to Hold for Strike

Determined to stand pat on

their original demands of pay

increases to $? ami It .1 da jr.

rHroadlvf In January |, |«119,

nwrf llumi 100 l«lr|»l»ow rirl*.

In ma*% nmr>»<lH>

night, IfwlriirUd ilw-k hihinmi

Mian Ma> Duffy, to wire

Ihr union iMriatr* lo ihr wafif

ronfrrrncr in San FYunrbco lo

rail a "trikr. If llir rmn|>;tm

dorm not cm nt I heir <kman<U

Klfty new w mhi-r* were Aded

to the union at Thursday night'*

meeting. which mm* called to dl«

cum* the latest development* of the

wage conference, nftw in at

Han Prain'lec..

A telegram from Miv- N»)ie

Johnaon. th*» firnt intranational vice

prilkltßl of the telephone o|»eiator*'

union, who t* representing Heaattle

and PortUml at the conference

Mating the aotnpMiy'g •ooepianw

of the five-year maximum wage

•cale. wM rem! to the member*.

llrm uMi- I iindanwr»lMl

Of ail the demanda presented by

the worker* at the conference th

demand for a hither wa#«* aoal

with It* retroactive fenline ha- .;»t

yet been accepted by comimnv rep

reavntative*. Local union head* dr

clare that these demand* are funda

mental, and If not accepted n tlir

next few day*. th* Coaat-wide tleup

wilt he ordered

William Hhort, president of the

Washington Stale Kederatton of l<a

bor, who w-a* scheduled to *p»ak

before the ictrlN at Thurvday'a meet-

In*. wa* unable to appear. A cir

cular letter, appealing to the girls

to take >» more active intrre«t In

the union activities waa hunded to

each girl

1.111 llt I \ IIONDK Ql OTKII

NRW YoliK. Juns 27 liberty bond

quoin lions today: IH'«, PIW first 4•.

ft»4 a« second 4'». s!>;i9Q, first 4'« s,

IPu 2«. necond i%'s, $94 14. third 4'« s.

Pi it. fourth 4v» $94 14. Victory 3 \ s.

LATE EDITION

TWO CENTS IN

SEATTLE

Prr T*«r, by Mall. |r. 06 to |t M

Forf'Pflst * ' ln ' , **!•>. r*i f .

TfUUltr I UrildM. morl.r*lf *<«t. r |> k.Hi.

Order Public

Works Board

to Make Probe

Mayor Hanson went before the board of publie

works Friday morning and asked for an immediate in

vestigation of living costs in Seattle. He declared

tUal 5,000 city employes must be given wage increases

to meet increased living costs, and said he would sign

an emergency ordinance bill appropriating the neces

sary funds, if the council decided to take action.

In his statement before the board of public works Han*

■son Mid: ,

I hay* had o&asion ainee my return from the East)

to investigate the cost of living in the city of Seattle. AM

the time the armistice wan signed we all hoped, and many

of us believed, that the cost of living would stop

and some of us thought it would decline.

Instead of that being the case the cast of living in thc|

city of Seattle has increased on clothing, food, rents, and

all other necessities except city lijjtot, water and streetcar

fare. It is my thought that the members of this board and

the city government should at once come to a declson as to

just what this increased cost of living amounts to, and then

to grant to the employes of the city a compensation for their

daily toil commensurate to meet the increased cost of

necessities.

should Not Wait

"The city should not wait until

the lobby la parksd with men ask

In* for Increased wajet The city

should not put off the readjustment

<>f the wage until the ftrat of Jan

flary ne*t year when the budget

wjileh will be fixed neit month,

will become effective. The city

should go to the men with a fair

and square and do so

at oner.

"You. the members of the "board,

have In your rmpioy a great many

men, other departments of the city

government also employ thousand*.

The»e men must be paid enough to

live In decency and comfort It l«

neither go<w) business nor good mor

CARMEN PUSH PLEA

FOR WAGE INCREASE

l>eeJartng that tl»e "living

wage cannot be governed by the

profit or loss of a company,**

me»nber> of Street Railway Em

ployes' I joeal No. .">B7, lia\e

an* wend Supt. TlHHna/» !•'. Mtir

phiwe'* letter In which the utili

tie* chief wrote lie would not

recommend to the city council

watjis Inmnfrn for the rail

way men amounting to more

than 51.00f1.006 a year.

"We are prepared to *how you."

the wages and conditions commit

tee of the carmen's union write

government statistics which prove

beyond a doubt that the wane* paid

us aie not sufficient to maintain

the American standard of living

"With the coat of every nece»-*-itv

increo«»ng fiom day to day. we me

compelled, at the present wage, to

reduce our standard of living to a

degree we do not l>elicve the cMi

sens of Sid tile would approve.

liring tp Service

"While to you, the 'merits of the

proposed wage scale and the cost

«»f living' may be of no consequence,

If u* It is the rial issue. Aside

from the cost of living and work

Ing conditions, the case has no

merits inso far as the men and

their families are concerned."

The carmen a»gue that low wages

which they as«< rt they are now

being paid cause inefficient service,

and that safer operation is assurtd

under higher wage >cales.

They again bring up the question

of the hours an operator must work

In order to get in an eight hour

day. Often, they claim, a man

mgit put in from 10 to 14 hours.

Tltey Want Voice

Supt. Mumhine stated, in his

communication to the carmen in

relation to their wage requests and

petition for better working con

als to wait until >ou grant that

WM * y> grudgingly under pressure. 0

ask the mfmlnTn of the board %f

public work* to Immediately Invent!*

gate. In their different department*,

and recommend to the m*\or and

the council Just what you believe th*.

w;»ue In vour department should. be.

It may be necessary u» pans a defi

ciency ordinance In order to ineet

the Immediate increase, but If Ihla

Immedtate Increase Is fair and Just,

no member of the council should

vote against It. and the mayor

should and will sign the bill, to be-<

come operative upon Its passage."

The board of pullc work# deeidedl

to call a sperial meeting within th« |

next few days to plan the Investiga

tion.

dition?, that the city would continue

the disciplinary system in effect

Ufidlr the traction company.

"We were under the impression.**

write the railway worker?, "that

when the city purchased this »y»

tem we, as citizens and part own.

er* of the system, would have some

voice in making the rules and reg

ulations undei which we work.

"The men and the public wera

under the impression that we were

to rwrivs better working condi

tions mih) an increased wage. It

if a fact however, that some of our

men have been reduced in wages -

and no Increase gi anted. Until

such time a*» an adequate wage js

paid there tan be no stability in

ill* ranks of the men. In plain

words, the men won't stay on the

, job, and new men must l>e taken

on, causing accidents, inefficient

! service, other unsatisfactory condi

tions and unnecessary «xpense.

"You have asked for our cooper

ntion to help you and your depart

ment give the people the bent ser

vice possible, but we must remind

you that cooperation is a two-sided

question.

"\\ e trust you will reconsider

iml recommend our proposed wage

m ule to the budget committee of

the city council."

The carmen's letter is signed by

M. J. Murray, president of the

union; K. II Davcv, secretary, and

.1. A Stevenson, business agent.

SIvVM.W IS MIST IN

COLLISION Or SHIPS

\i:\V YOKK. June J7 (United

Press. I One seaman was lost and

, the schooner Friendship, bound for

Buenos Aires with a cargo of lln

seed, was badly damaged in a col'

j lision with the Japanese steamer

' Tsuruga Maru off Sculpin Us lit

early today.