The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 25, 1913, Page 8

‘ext. EXTENDED FIRED OFF JOBS © ON STATE BOARD Indignant because Mra. Florence Swanson and Dr. Theresa McMa hon, members of the state indus’ trial welfare commission, had been reported to have said that employ ere ought not to be permitted to discharge girls employed by them on the ground of tmmoral conduct many individuals and a number of orgnnisations, including churches, in Everett and elsewhere, have de-| manded that Gov. Lister remove} Mrs, Swanson and Dr, MoMahon| from the board. WANT:2 WOMEN | The Star's famous correspondent, now In Rui for the Sorippa newspal to Investigate the alleged persecutors there of ¢ J by the offlolals of the ozar’s government, has left Kiev, whete the trial of Mende! Bellis is going on, to travel through the Pale to learn, at very firat hand, the life these “chosen people” lead. Her firet story, printed here, reveals such shocking conditions that It seems the civilized world cannot allow them to go on.) By Mary Boyle O'Reilly. Enterprise Association.) BESARABIA, SOUTHERN RUBSIA, Oct, 10. something horribly, (Mary Boyle O'Rellly, (Copyrighted, 1913, by the Newspaper Intuition warned us that was wrong The agitation against the twe Members started in Everett n the commission was in cc there with reference to mum wage scale for girls employer, on being questioned Stated that he discharged girls whc were immoral, for the protection of the other girls Tt was then th at Mrs, Swanson and Dr. McMahon are alleged to have said that a girl's conduct, out of working hours, was none of the employer's concern. In addition to many tndtviduals who have written to the governo the First Methodist church, the} Central Church of Christ, and th First Baptist church, of E have passed resolutions demanding | the removal of the aders, th First Congregation church has ap | pointed a committee to investigate and the Woodmen of the World| have taken up the matter, JEWS PROTEST A protest meeting against the ritual murder trial now being con ducted at Kiev, Russia, will be held Monday night by the Young Men's Hebrew association at thelr club} Tooms in the Union block, 713] First av A number of prominent men wil! Speak. The meeting, which will begin at §:30, is open to the public AT THE THEATRES NEXT WEEK Metropolitan—"Stop, Thief.” Moore — “The Girl From Mumm's.” Seattie—Balley & Mitchell stock in “Sapho.” Pantagee—Vaudeville. Orpheum—Vaudevitia Emprese—Vaudeville. ALBANY CUT-RATE |=" DENTISTS “We need publicity; we want our friends to talk about us We have; lee—we can't afford to h ded our cut rates| Our name alone ts a guarantes } i a oo Ae will be satisfactory ted the best. COME TODAY—DON'T PUT IT OFF {Set of Teeth, Guaranteed @A Solid Gold or Porcelain 9) Gold or Porcelain Bridge $3) Solid Gold Fillings. ..75¢ UP Silver Fillings ......50¢ UP Albany Cut-Rate Dentists Rank Butldiag Pik Take Elevator or Walk Up. OUR PRICES WILL SURPRISE TOU SOUR WORK WILL PLEASE TOU At the Close of Busine Loans and Discounts Overdrafts ........++ . Other Real Estate Owned .. Furniture and Fixtures . Safe Deposit Vaults ..... Cash on hand and due from Total .. Capital Stock paid in . Surplus Fund Undivided Profits, paid ......6-- Dividends unpaid Deposits ....--+++ Total I, W. L. Collier, Cashier of and correct statement of the con of business on October 2st, 191 and belief. 1913. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE Northern Bank & Trust Company RESOURCES Warrants, bonds and other securities LIABILITIES State of Washington, County of King, ss: emnly swear that the above and foregoing statement t# a true Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of October, WM. T, PERKINS, Directors. wrong—with the house! But what were we to do? The horees, weary beyond effort other Mn for miles. “Let us chance it,” said |, “Remember, we have the revolver! In defiance of protest, remonstrance and common sense, we two, Madelaine Vesparini, a Russian woman, and myself, had set out to In vestigate the living conditions of the Russian Pale—that stretching from the Baltic to the Black sea into which the ruthless terrible Russian government has driven the Jews, the chosen people “chosen,” as helpless of industry! grange econcentrado served Mile her looking hostelry The shack was bullt of 4 with reindeer moss, mildewed leprous with Iehena, a gal tan standard ting below the ves, the solitary attic guestr entered by ar tside ladder! It looked assuredly an unpromising house of entertainment SPEND NIGHT IN PEASANT'S HOME ed ddorw Our host waited In the low The man was (peasants) of athern giant even among the was bearded like a prophet—or a pirate—and gaunt with cruel over work or prolonged mise Zdus nochuyu (We will pass the night here.) Da, da’ (yes, yes), he replied | That was all, but he lifted us from our saddles, pointed to the closed door, and, thrusting his arm through both bridles, led the Ured horses toward the cart shed Impatient, we knocked and waited of a woman's voice, whispering, an indefinable rusting heavy footfalla. Then the heavy door whined on its hinges, and a housewife obviously nervous bade us embarrassed welcom The single room was reasonably ¢ the tall, plastered glowing, a samovar alight. Before our second glass of ten the man entered Piete Pietroff, at farther. Tomorrow, perhaps tence LAWS OF LAND KEEP THEM STARVING “This is a famine government, Batinahka (little father)? 1 asked “Last year was famine, Now we do not starve but we go bun gry.” he said “Explain,” I asked. “You are not & Jew.” It appeared he was glad to hold our attention “Know, then, nobility, that the driven people of the Pale are not all Zhids (Jews). Where ten men seek one job, nine must fall, With us a farmwor! ne 30 kopeck (15 cents) aday. Ten million roam the roa seeking such work, Russia le starving. Ask the starost (village idler). He will tell you our fields yield 15 kilos of grain the acre—iand In Europe yields 500 kilos. We have nothing to put back on the land, Before the freedom w age. Now free Russians must pay taxes. The land laws keep us moujiks, s and all, STARV- ING! Across the sudden silence as of one who, hiding, stirs The woman's eyes grew furtive with alarm “We wish rest. Show us to our room,” I ordered Heved, she obeyed Safely upstairs, the business From within came the sound stove cannot £0 the sen emphatic shoulde rustling sound drifted the uncanny like ttle revolver on her knee, Mile. | Vesparin! drew a long breath. ‘There are limits to my interest In the conditions of the Rassian she observed, “I could even wish—?ush! What was that? Again we heard the eerle whispering, growing to a whine— becom “Mon Dieu! They are abusing a child—no, two children Distinguish the votces—a boy'’s—and a girl's. Pal Listen! FIND CHILDREN EATING EARTH There could be no doubt of the unutterable horror. In low, cau tlous tones of concentrated anger, husband and wife wero attempting to terrify two little ones! A minute and we were down the ladder, lis tening. The house was utterly lonely. Around it lay the grim, feless steppe; abov silence of Russia. Then we opened the door Piete Pletroff and his wife faced about in dumb despair, the chi! dren with dull curiosity. Shock-headed, dark-eyed, not noticeably thin, both were almost de | formed by the shockingly swollen abdomens that some sort of wrony eating produces. BUT OF FEAR OR ILL USAGE THEY SHOWED NO SIGN. “Whose are these children?” demanded Mile. Vesparini tively my fingers loosed their hold on the revolver In my ulster pocket. | Humbly, as one who confesses, the woman gave Way to broken hearted tears. “Ours, your nobility, ours, though we tried to protect them. You them—it was the famine—last year. Over 16 of our Russian go ments were stricken—village on village suffered ; Me, I made bread to the last—cinnamon bread, nobility. When our fiéur failed, what could we do? Only wix what re: ed WITH GROUND WOOD—even with fodder “Every one did it—hundreds, aye, “Public relief? “Nu, there was none! It went to the tchinn (officials)—as always! “Men sickened—children died. Ours—ours see—a disgrace to themselves forever. [ take oath we have tried to cure them. Often we make them handle clean food—green things even poultry, But it does no good, Their sick stomachs crave—and crave the other!” “What is it?” “Ah-h, Barina, how can I tell the shame? nee yusande—hunger were spared as you ‘il | | HUMPHREY TO SPEAK | Congressman Humphrey will speak before the Bremerton Com mercial club Tuesday, October 28. on naval atfers. REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL bh yndition of the Union Savings & Trust Company, of Seattle, locat ed at Seatt in the state of Washington the close of bus | Iness, October 21, 191 | RESOURCES | ss, October 21st, 1913. Loans and discounts 2,436,623 .27 Overdrafts ‘ 908.98 .$ 778,756.44 Hl| Bonds, warrants and A 3,215.26 other securities 869,522. 96 224'200 11 |f{| Furniture and fixtures 5,329.00 aie 5 | Othe 64 a “a : ne | Soe ther al estate $14,625.17 Due from banks . | (604 9238.65 Checks on other banks 3 Foibe aoh sonics 23,253.82 and other — cash items 19,463.20 banks ......... 281,941.78 .$1,329,664.68 Exchange for clearing | house . 32,818.7 387,902.07 000.00 Expenses .......... $4,767,141.96 LIABILITIES Capital stock .........$ 600,000.00 Surplus sees 160,000.00 | Undivided profits 142,661.46 Due to banks 121,288.70 ends unpaid ‘i "163.60 sits seeee 8,782,001 .45 Certified checks . a Hy A Cashier's checks 30 100,000.00 20,000.00 1,771 1,288.50 1,206,604.65 MONE PCr ere T, $1,329,664.68 $4,757,141.96 State of Washington, county of King, 88 ; LN Iner, cashier of the above | named bank, do solemnly swear | that ithe, foregolyg statement 1s rne to the best of my knowledge and belief. Lepitiies the above-named bank,: do sol ndition of this bank at the clos %, to ihe best of my knowledg W. L. COLLIER, Cashier, N. B, SOLNER, Cashier. (Seal) ; P, SCHAEFFER, Coveneb<Attens Notary Public in and fer the State of Washington, residing at {Hl} ©. H. CLARKE, Seattle. | JAMES D. HOGE CORRECT—ATTEST: | r Directors. e W. R, PHILLIPS, | Subseribed and sworn to before |me this 24th day of Octeb: | EDWIN J. WHITTY, Nowary Pubile, I igen bry Public, ° verily ourselves all but exhausted—no borderiand alas, for new sufferings; drives them to sicken and to starve Vesparint, tn Jing whip indicated the strange a Russta He the thud of Eager and re | the wonderful, luminous night; about us, the absolute| | Instince | Above, a Typical Dwelling in the Pale of Russia; in the Center, a Russian Jew, in Native Costume, at Prayer, and, in the Oval, a Por | tralt of Miss O'Reilly in Her Trav. | eling Furs in Which She is Making | Her Tour Through Bleak “Little Russia.” them at | Ing stomachs refuse food! the condition of many of the children In the it to eating the dirt, and now their dy They will go on eating dirt until they die! Its Safe | “The Children's Children” are now using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and it is today the same safe effective and curative medicine , that their parents found it For all coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, bronchitis, hoarse- ness and tickling in throat, use it. It gives satisfactory results, | | K - , COMPARATIVE | ber 21, 1913 Gain of . More than year, our steady truly remarkable. Patrons feel AT for Children!” FOR SALE BY BARTELL’S DR Deposits August 9, 1913 ..... HOME German-American ' Bank Second at Marion. STATEMENT Deposits on official call Octo. $661,411.58 7 988.18 $73,423.00 $1000.00 per day increase during past 72 days. In view of general conditions the past . increase of deposits is There's a reason: All in the German-American HOUGEN The Shoe Repair Man 216 Union St.—2 Shops—110 Madison ATTLE STAR Mary Boyle O’Reilly, Investigating Jewish Persecution in Russia, Finds Czar’s Tyranny Has Made Children Horrible Earth Eaters Hours, 8 a, m. to 6 p Onkiand laundry|m. Sundays, 9 to 12 only. Cons “BIDS FOR BARN} Opposite Bon Marche, Seattle H ‘ barn wf noon | te ide wy { i bowrd @ : Mt will t Jat Third ay, Ww, i and im The ioe, ay Cor tor $54, l. / a aa P r ¢ ht privileges of the a pre ee ee. $50 per car per . ae (Official REPOR OF | RESOURCE ; nts. ott O1ac4 198 owned 556 1898 Cash on 1 143 10 Total - LIABILITIF ~ | Capita toc a | Depor sidents of the Duwan Val Total . i dance tonight at ‘oster State of Washington hs proceeds. will fund wh with t fight againat the Electric Co. before lee commission The valleyites have a a JOS. T. GRE feo igeek poll Subscribed and sworn to be cae acmens this 24th day of October, 1913 (Seal) CHAS. D. THOMAS WANT SOME OF OUR WATER| 4 Notary Public It's the w meaning our own| B. NICOLL, Cedar river * J. 8. GOLDSMITH, The atiawainiah! cols Directors. wants # it, too, and at "Ya neta a coat ne mostien rhe nig nt = 1 PATENT SUCTlOw st with the Seattle city council t a reservoir for the district Free Hot Sulphur | Baths and Bake | Oven Treatments . . Till First Day of | « ; . November Seattle’s Leading b dali : Dentists The Idea! Dental | Office | r st day | Pxaminations and Advice FREE of »vember, |Gold Crowns (22k and extra heavy) $5.00 IT HIT HIS C2. eee nde claws $5.00 as c | TEETH ature BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25—C. J.| Oven | yulenubas pee teks Steen aaa Miller of Stockton, riding {n an au-| Pree 4 AN! Work Fully Guaranteed le driven by Jno. Rass of same | until Nov. 1. My |Piainiess Extraction by a New Botanical * suffered severe cuts on the | offices are in the | rabies ge when a street car struck the| People's Savings “4 { ear, which threw him out ‘Bank Bidg., cor. es - tnd Ay. and Pike 4 en 1S § COMMTS SUICIDE et 220 SAN FRANCISCO, Cet. 25. ‘W. | 22 1420-82 Second Ave. | day gas. in the yester-| tation ts free. The low rate c’os nhaling | on November 1st (Signed) DR. LOUGHNEY Dor Report of the Financial Condition 0f the———— Northwestern Trust & Safe Deposit Company COLMAN BUILDING, SEATTLE At the Close of Business October 21, 1913 Resources eee | Loans and discou 688,097 Municipal bonds Surplus) and unc Other bonds ; 7,600.00 profits State and King county Deposits warrants 11,064.64 | ee Stocks ey bial 750,00 Safe deposit equipment 14:800.00 | a Furniture and fixtures... 15,000.00 | : Real estate and other re 5 Bourdee hyve ee chin 28,104.11 . Government and railroad % bonds $ 53,810.14 Cash on hand and due from banks 317,114.57 | | 370,924.71 | | i TE HOL) ic bdo Ca arene $1,304,024.26 Total State of Washington, County of King—ss. diy the foregoing statement is true to the best of my de Vai As Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of Qctober, carat) MAUDE Correct—Attest: * E. SHC ALE) Office Hours, 9 2. m. to 6 p. m.; Liabilities ; -$ 100,000.00 ivided Capital stock paid in NX. Smith, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that knowledge and belief. RHOADS, Notary ANDER Sundays, 10 to 12 9 m Telephone Main 1186. Present I 22,080.83 1,181,943.43 rr $1,304,024.26 SMITH, Cashier. 1913 Public. YRROCK, MYERS, Directors.