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DECAUSE it is a valuable privilege to honor those who sacrifice time, labor and energy in any cause which makes for progress and lifts humanity to a higher plane, Seattle and the state of Washington are genuinely glad of the opportunity to welcome the visitors from the East who are with us today and Tuesday in the interests of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Liberty is a right belonging to women and men alike, and no human being is free without a voice in government. IT'S THE BEST The Stars MORNING EDITION, with all the hot news of the world up to 9:15 a. made appearance today. Watch for it It's a winner.

STRIKE CALLED IN LUMBER MILLS IRISH REBELLION BROKER LEADERS ARE SEIZED CAPITAL CITY OF DUBLIN IN RUINS; RATIONS ISSUED By W. S. Forrest Staff DUBLIN'. May Dublin rebel commanders have surrendered, it was officially announced Irish rebels holding St. Stephen's Green surrendered last night.

About 450 intrenched in the centraf part of the city, also laid down their arms at the foot of the Parnell monument. Large of rebels at En. niscorthy, BO miles of Dublin, surrendered after a truce lasting a day and a half. Several isolated detachments still holding out. but the back of the Irlah rebellion hae been broken.

Skirmishes continued In Dublin on Sunday, but there wae little fighting in the heart of tne city. More than I.JOO have been made prisoners. It is eatlmated that 200 have been killed and wounded and 110.004 000 damage dene to -Sjfing tne teven days of disorder. Counteaa Captured I'rfni-allt several bends surren dered. There no in'lmatioo of what punUhment ly Ive tlven rebel who include the Counteaa Looke Like San Francisco British occupy the Four Courts The la at (MiWtom of rebels hrve surrendered are syatematlrailv can the city, searching for arms itnd ammunition and arresting where uniforms are found The renter of Dublin San Francisco after the fire.

Fine are crumbled an'" blackened by smoke. daunt. bullet-scarred walla are In the wind, pierced by and ready to topple. laaue Ratlona to People Soldlera' are being fed to the populace. of tute have formed at the food the poorer women and chil- Idren with hunger pinched faces scene of riots In Dublin.

The postofflca, seized by and many noted bulldlngi are located on this famous thorofare. The monument of Lord an Irishman, la ihown In the distance. The Gunpowder office la the first large building at the left. Roger Casement, held by British officials on suspicion of leading a German plot to stir Ireland to revolt. stnndlnsr beside wealthy residents who -the authorities to re cover their which lh'- commandeered when the riot beisan.

fcach applicant a portion of codfish anil canned meat Two soldleth accompany each citizen to bis and iwarrh the preriitsna. Offer to Surrender I'eter I'earse and Connolly, rebel leaders, the authorities nrt'l wanted to arrnnjee tern of surrender. They were that Kiev mils' lav down tliilr anna uncoudlilonallv, 'onnoll fatally wounded when from a Itiltlsh Runiwtiit struck Liberty hall. Pearae was wounded In You can set a lot of good land bargains la Star Want Ada. Welcome, Swffrassists! The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS VOLUME 19 EASTERN SUFFRAGE ENVOYS ARRIVING AT THE KING STREET STATION Thle picture ahewe Eaetern auffragiata who arrived In Seattle aboard their special train at 7:30 a.

m. Monday. They are membere ef the Congressional union, and will epend two here, helping organise the new woman'a party. For more than an hour, the envoye were undiaturbed, but at 9:30 a large crowd of Seattle men and women were on hand for the official welcome. Councilman Haaa and Mrs.

Franeee Astell, etate chairman of the union, addreeeed them, and membera ef the party responded. They then paraded thru the downtown atreeta In Suffragists' Envoys Get Warm Welcome as Their Special Pulls it THE SUFFRAGIST PROGRAM MONDAY Welcome addreeeee at depot, 9:30 a. m. Trip about the Luncheon at Good Eata cafaterla at noon; addreea by Mra Harriot Stanton Blatch. Racaptiona at var.oua homee Maaa meeting at Moore at 8 p.

m. TUESDAY BreaWfaat aa gueate of Women'i Civic club Getting out Suffrage edition of The Star; Hatch, editor. Meeting at unlvereity, 10 a. Luncheon at Waehlngton hotal, 1 p. m.

Street meatlng during the evening. With flaga and bunting mm gllng the red, white and blue of the nation, with the purple, white and gold colore of the euffraplata' cauae, the King Street depot presented a gala atmoaphere Monday morning when aeveral hundred women and men we'eomed the arrival of the "Suffrage Special," carrying 21 envoye of the Congreaalonal Union. A cheerful. optlmUtlc, confident pervaded the and It grew apace with the firm lin that I'nlon not looking Into a dim. future for but In pre paring an active.

practical campaign for lint preaent day. Will Uae Vote Lever II the women vol em of tlie n-'i Hon thev hold the balance of potir In national eierMon It In thin Uver which the Con greaalonal I'nlon to and the vlalt of the here purpoaea to cement the women of In the movement to create a party at Chicago In June. The Kaatern were welcomed by AJtell, of llelllngham, "date chairman of the I'nlon; Acting Mayor A for the city of Seattle; Unlet Welle, for the Seattle l.nhor council, fieorge Cotterlll, proponed the woman wuffrig ndnierit in the lOOfi legislature a id A. Duncan, the State deration of l.ahor. Mra.

Blatch Reaponda Mra Harriot Stanton Blatch of New York reaporidcd for the via "We extend to yon a glad hand and a warm heart," aald Axtell. 'and aaaure jrou that oura li SEATTLE, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1016. GIRLS OCT COLO WONT BE STAR NEWSIES Tha suffrage edition of Tha Star will be out Tuesday at 1: 30 p. m. Mri.

Harriot Stanton Blatch, editor of thie laaue, and her corps of asslstanta from among the euffragiat workera, will have entire charge. The plan to have unlverelty girla and other women aell The Star had to be abandoned because they were rather shy of being "newsies." A few brave onea volunteered, but It was decided by Miss Whlttemore. who haa charge of the euffragiat vlalt here, that the regular "newsies" should stay on the Job. a al live Interest and zeal In your work that you have undertaken If It were wrong for this nation to exist part slave and part free and ancient citatom did not make It right. It Is fundamentally wrong for congress to withhold the Susan It Antnonr amendment, depriving you of votir citizenship, nnd an Mqulty dons not give respectability to the ac t.

We of the West have a definite op lortunlty to serve we hould make our possibility spell fesprnslhlllt Says They're Votes Mrs IllnU'h outlined tlie earn pulgti of the Congressional Union hh one wlilch proposes "to write the womanhood of the nation Into the constitution." She declared that while women In this stste may vote, they lose their equality If they move to New Ohio, or any ollitr a late It is with no small pride that The Star, the only Seattle daily paper which dared to advocate woman suffrage in this state when it was adopted in 1910, today echoes the sentiment of the entire state in declaring that woman suffrage has made a greater, better and happier place for us to live in. It is our sincere wish and hope that the object sought by the Congressional of suffrage thruout the be speedily brought about. God speed you, women of the Congressional Union. YOUR CAUSE IS JUST. YOUR FIGHT IS RIGHT.

Susan Ralston "played Site had made a will leaving her money to her sister Matilda. So when Matilda came to live with her, Susan found that if she wanted to keep Matilda satisfied, it would be policy for her to begin to "fail." She took to her bed and became a voluntary invalid. Rut when "Sunshine lane," her niete. came to visit Iter, things began to change. Anne Warner tells about it in her story.

"Sunshine Jane," which will be the novel-a-week to be published in The Star. It Marls today on page 4 and ends Saturday. It's a different kind of a story one that everybody will enjoy, we're sure where equal suffrage does not obtain; that equal suffiage must await the time when the Anthony amendment Is adopted. "Frankly speaking." she said, 'we're coming here after your votos." You'll net 'em!" a woman In the audience crl'd out, and the depot rang with ai pin use The speeches were made from the rear end ri' the Suffrage Special." Say It's Great Issue Moth WMIs and Duni emphasized the woman suffrage cam palgn as the tnnst Important before the nation greuter than military preparedness. "it is a buttle fur one cent greater hunnnlty." said Weils Cotterlll Indorsed (he plan to make every candidate for plainly state position on the federal amendment Following the the vlaltma and mam local for a about tlie boule vards, after a parade up Second ave The CommcrcUl dub.

well as many private furnished the atitoipohllrs. Mayor Glll'i due to a arrangement to apeak at Sequltn. WON'T DISCUSS A WITHDRAWAL Gen. Scott Instructed to Stand Pat in Border Conference PRESIDENT DECIDES BY CARL D. OROAT WASHINGTON.

May admlnlatratlon doea not intend to heed General Alvaro Obregon'a suggestion that the American expedition withdraw from Mexico. Scott and Funaton have again been instructed not to treat with Obregon looking toward a withdrawal of Americana. Inatead, Scott muat again exprees the need of having Carranziatas co-operate with the expedition. Secretary linker called on Preai dent Wilson, following the receipt of request for mora explicit ns to how far to go In the next Conference. Baker must have received the quickly, as his conferdice with Wilson lasted only 10 minutes.

EL PASO. May Funston stated that there would probably be no session of the Obregon-Scott conference today. MaJ. Sample, In command at Columbus, wii ordered to obtain Oen. opinion on the Carranzista demand for an Immediate withdrawal.

Oen. Scott Bald to be lukewarm on the Issue. Funs ton Is said to be strongly opposed to yielding to the demand. floth. however, put the decision Hiiuari ly up Washington, It was reported Hint llaker asked the Americans how a withdrawal would affect the border region and Mexico Itself They replied with a long code message, which, 11 Is said, contain ed the opinion that a uitlulruwal would undoubtedly lead to new hot der raids, NIGHT EDITION George in woman suffrage.

Leastwise, he's doing his best for the visitors from the East. His forecast today: "Fair tonight and Tuesday." SHINGLEWEAVERS ASK INCREASE IN Orders for a general strike of the International Shingleweavers Union, in District No. 1, comprising all territory north of the Oregon-California line and west of the Missouri river, in the event mill owners refused to pay the scale demanded, went out Monday from general headquarters in Seattle. In the Everwtf Jurisdiction, whlrh Mukllleo. all mills except one rofused the demand and men walked out.

In the Hoqulam jurisdiction, every mill ept the Northwestern agreed to the union's In the Olympis Jurisdiction, all eight mills paid the scale An Increase Is demanded to 1" cents a thousand for sawyers, and to 10 centa a thousand for packers. I'nlon men employed in the Ballard mills will hold a meeting In Macchhee hall. Mallard, at 8 p. tn. Monday to diacuss the local sltua tlon The entire district affected by the order has about union men.

Several hundred of these. Secretary 11 Reid of the International said at noon, are already out. The order affects mostly those mills where wages were reduced two years ago. OHIO MACHINISTS OUT YOI'NfJSTOWN. O.

May 1 thousand men were out of work here today, following a strike of 1,000 machinists demanding an eight-hour day and a closed shop, with 50 cents an hour minimum wage DEMANDS ARE GRANTED CINCINNATI. May fhe hundred machinists struck here today. Several shops, including munitions plants, grauted their demands. CARPENTERS OUT AKRON. O.

May thou sand carpenters went on strike today, demanding a closed shop, an eight-hour day and 65 cents an hour wage. ELEVATOR MEN STRIKE FORT WILUAM. Ore May Sixteen hundred grain elevator workers went on strike here today, making total of 2.000 now out Port Arthur men arc also striking STREET CAR MEN OUT PITTSBURG, May Not a street car moved early today, in the car strike called yesterday. Conferences of officials and street car men until midnight resulted in agreements on every proposition except the wages. A quarter of a million passengers walked to work.

There was no disorder. SHE CONFESSES TO MURDER WITH AX VANCOUVER, May 1. of a sensa tlonal nature In the murder of Rose Wilson, aged 35, Indian woman, took place last night. Mary Cole, also an Indian, known to cltv police for who had charged Cecilia Aqulrre. alias "Peru." with the crime, confessed that she herself had murdered the Wilson woman with an ax in the caldn at Alexander st.

Saturday afternoon, following a quarrel between the women over the way In which the self-confessed murderess whs cooking dinner. Both had been drinking She claimed that during the al tercatlon the victim seized the and rushed upon her. She wrenched the ax from the grip of her assailant, she states, and cut and battered ber to death. LONGSHOREMEN MEETING HERE Representatives of the Interna Itlonal Longshoremen's union from every port on the Parlflc coast are gathered In annual convention here Monday to consider, among other things, demands for more and working conditions. The first session opened at the l-abor Temple at 10 a.

m. Whether or not members of the International Longshoremen's association of the Psclfic coast, from Juneau to San Diego, will walk out In a general strlkq for higher wagee, was not determined at the opening meeting of the convention. They adjourned for the day immediately after the officers were greeted. "We won't know whether or not there Is sentiment for a strike until delegates have reported." said President John Kesn of San Francisco. Reports will be heard Tuesday, The adjournment was tn honor of the memorable May 1.

in the first days of the French revolution, when the of Parts were drenched in the blood of the laboring rlaases. Officials of the union declined discuss their plans In detail, but' stated that one of the important issues to be considered Is a read- 5 Justment of the waee scale, to give the longshoreman a share of prosperity due to Increase in shipping. it is understood the longshoremen will demand an Increase of cents an hour, or from 50 to 55 cents, and from 60 to cents. CITIES JOIN IN FIGHT ON BOOZE Seattle and Tacoma police will work together in an effort to stop the "underground railway" smuggling of liquor by au. tomobile between the two cities.

Tacoma officers say that great quantities of liquor are nightly taken from Seattle In automobiles and delivered to the up-Sound bootleggers. They have detailed men to watch the Intercity highway, and several arrets already have been made. The Seattle police seized 60 gallons of whisky In an automobile In a garage at the rear of 162S Terry ave. Saturday. It was contained In bottles and demijohns Charged with selling whisky labeled "wild cherry pop," Hose Force.

609 Weller was arrested by the police Sunday night. Rose charged 50 centa a bottle for her pop. the police say. She was released on $150 hnll. REACH AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, May substantial agreement with the senate's plan for army reorganization was reached In the conference today.

It is considered a marked triumph for big army.

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