The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1914, Page 5

| TellsFederalCommission | Lister Backed Daggett in | Deleating Law’sPurpo Charges of the gravest nature againet Governor Ernest Lister and Floyd industrial insurance commission, in the testi former member of the commission, were for the first time made public Daggett, chairman of the mony of John H. Wallace, who was called before the Unit States commission on industrial relations. ‘There waa one case where a workman suffered a permanent total injury,” said Wallace, “which entitled him to the maximum compen tion under the law, which is either a lump sum of $4,000 or $35 a month. This man h wife and two children. Mr. Da tt and | amined the case together, and | wae astounded to hear Daggett make Just as ex-Commissioner stand yesterday afternoon, stimony was su ad already testified. “What's the use?” Drew following the commission law you need.” “Another man part of his the Erectors’ association, who helped to prosecute the McNamaras, leaned over to Attorney W. O. Thompson the federal commission and suggested that Wallace's rfluous since € have already all the information on the compensation crippled man the offer to settle his claim for $500. him $525, according to the terms of the John H. Wallace took the Walter Drew, attorney for ommissioner Daggett whispered. Drew has been around the country. “You ht, and the commission allowed law for the nature of the injury y disclosed upon first examination. “His employer objected. A second examination was made, and/ this proved that his injury was worse than had been discovered at first, and he was entitled to $225 more. | said he should get that extra $225. The commissioners agreed with me, they said. But When | looked up the records some time later, | discovered that the injured man received only $525. | took the matter up with the commission, and insisted that the other $225 be “There is a specific case that has come to me since I have left the commission of a man who was in- jured and whose earning capacity was reduced by $1 a day. “The commission has notice of that fact, yet the commission has told him that he has nothing com- ing to bim. The law provides spe- cifically that a man becomes en- titled to compensation when his earning capacity has been impaired. “THE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN UP THE METHOD OF BARGAINING WITH IN- JUREO WORKMEN, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH CAN BE NONE OTHER THAN TO CHEAPEN THE INSURANCE FOR THE EMPLOYERS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE WORKMEN. One workman in Everett had to sue the commis- sion for what was coming to him. The commission offered him a less compensation than he was entitied to. It was an arbitrary sum and not what the law called for, He went to the courts and his contention was 80 well founded that he got what he claimed from the com- mission before the case came to trial.” All these cases, with names and dates, were presented to Gov. Lis- ter, Wallace said. Wallace also charged the com- mission with a scheme to discour- age claims of workmen whose in- pe dilninencinenc sie cease nena ae Drawing, Gas Engineering. mobile Repairing, Steam Engineer ing, Machine Shop Practice SEATTLE ENGINEERING SCHOOL 108 West Roy Street. St. Pau! Stove Repair & Plambiag Co. Origins’ fire back Ynings pnd repairs for all kinds of stoves. nee furnaces, Water backs and colle in and connect rs DANCING HIPPODROME Catversity. Orchestra. BULL BROS. Jusi Printers 1013 THIRD <«AIN 1043 Ewe, °5 SEWING $ MACHINES ‘OPER SEWING MACHINE CO. 108 Third (Nene Pike) Main 1876 Announcing New Fall MILLINERY Model Millinery Co. Fitth ear rpg o Bank Bids. should IMPERIAL BAR AND MEN WHO HAVE AN HOUR OR TWO TO SPARE TOURIST PICTURE THEATRE where all the latest pictures are run at 5c with 6 pool tables and service counter in connection 206 OCCIDENTAL And it was. That man to this paid. day probably does not know how he got that additional compensation. | juries kept them out of employment! for one or two weeks. la At Try to Discourage ‘Em | This is accomplished, be said, by) the joint blank and by failing to send a “followup” blank to the |Workmen, The joint blank ts one_ | where the employer and the work-| jman make their reports of the ac) cident jointly—on the same docu-| ment. “I took exception to that,” said | Wallace. “I told the commission it | was not fair to the laboring men, |for the employers had the blanks in their keeping and the workman) is intimidated by tt. He would not! |report the cause of the accident correctly if the omployer ts to blame as freely as if he made a report which the employer could/| not see. Politics In Commission “For my pains, I was taformed I was afraid of closer relations be- tween employer and employe. “The first two years of the ad- ministration of the industrial an; surance act, the commission con! sclentiously tried to give a square ‘deal. With the ghange of sdmin- ‘istration, we got politice—plenty of it. “We formerly made the practice jthat where an injury is reported by an employer and a physician, | as required by the law, to send a_ ‘follow-up’ blank to the Injured) workman. Many workmen are un familiar with the process of press- jing thetr claims to the commission, you know. | Empiyere Were Bothered |. “And imagine my surprise when | ‘I was informed by one of the clerks in the commission that he had been | ordered to discontinue that practice. | “He told me the chairman of the commission gave him the order) ‘after the employers objected to be-| ing bothered with the payment of | }amall claimg, where the injuries | were minor—that fs, less than two) weeks’ duration. | “I took it up with Mr. Daggett, | and he told me he knew nothing about ft. I was insistent, and he then remembered that the other |member of the commission had | given the order, and that, therefore, | it was up to that member to rescind Hit. Still, the Iaw says that two members, and not one, are to con- trol the administration of the law. Told to Stop Preaching “I took it up with the other com-/ |missioner, and he dented he had) made the order. I demanded it be rescinded. Then there were fire-| | works. The governor has copies of | all these orders. “T was told that must stop | preaching ‘first ald.’ It was all] | right for me to entertain ‘first aid’ views, but I must not express them I was told the governor was get- ting tired of me advocating ‘first aid.’ I had lived long before I ever saw a governor, so I went in and |talked to him. I ent out with no more satisfaction than when I went in, 1 Saw Accidents in Mines “Il have worked in the mines} \since I was 11 years old. I have | seen men carted out unrecognizable |I have seen their families ordered out of the company houses and the ‘coroners’ verdicts read, ‘No one to | blame.” “When the industrial insurance act was drafted, it was by a com- | mission of five employers and five Haboring men. The ‘first aid’ pro- vision was included in that draft We expected in good faith that the employers would carry out their | agreement | “They did not, They served no |tice that the ‘first ald’ must be leliminated, Speaker Taylor left his ir to urge visit the FREE READING ROOM its defeat—Speaker | STAR—SATURDAY, AU MAKES CHARGES A GUST 15, 1914. PAGE 8. AINST GOV ERNOR Taylor, brotherindaw and partner of Paul Page, one of the employers who drafted the tndustrial insur ance Try to Defeat “First Aid” “And when te employers come} here and tell you that they favor the ‘first aid, and will at some fu ture time support it, they don’t} mean it They have already spent more money to defeat the ‘first ald’ initiative bill than it would cost) them for several years’ operation under ft “The law ts founded on good prin-| ciple, and has the right spirit, But/| 1 sometimes doubt the ability and| the honesty of those who admin ister it. I have never before dis-| wed my dismissal from office in | public, But here you have the facts Daggett Is Satisfied | Governor Lister gave the reason | for Wallace's dismissal from the} commission as due to “friction be tween him and the other members | of the commission Preceding Wallace Daggett was on the stand day afternoon. He expre self satisfied with the operation of the law Chairman Describes Camp Activities Conditions tn lumber and ratiroad construction camps indesertbably repulsive and un-American, were! P ted to the federal commis. sion on {rSustrial relations this! morning by Rev. O. H. MoGill, of Seattle, an industrial envangelist He told of bunkhouses where 16 to 20 Hved, and not a single win dow He told of men being hired and fired constantly because of foremen and mployment sharks, of the laborers being exploited at every turn; that at the Mil- waukee tunnel, the men are paid $1.35 a day for common | labor, out of which they must pay their own board, the em- ployment fee, a hospital fee of $1 a month, 75 cents for a can- diestick, a little fee for chang. | ing the straw on which the men PY } Pp. He said the man in charge at this place ie a brother-in-law of the owner of the Wiim em- ployment agency at Seattle. The commission is trying to fin | ish its list of witnesses today. Acme Business College Beginsits Tweaty-Third Year With an Appeal | to the Youth | As 4 thoughtful young person, you | are beginning, no doubt, to think | seriously of your next year's school | work. Possibly you are considering | Of his cabinet the advisability of taking up some- thing practical In school work, and/| something that will meet your im- Mediate needs, as well as your ~ ture requirements. Many times it is diffiewlt for! young persons to decide just what course of study is best suited to pre | pare them for their life work; how:| ever, there can be no question as) to the advisability of taking a thor-| ough course in business training | And after this h been decided | npon, there arises another question | of even greater importance, and| that ts the selection of the proper! school in which to take this spectal) course of training. ing you. You, no doubt, know or, at least have heard, of the splendid reputation of Acme Business Col- lege. A school in which students receive the highest grade of instruc: tion in business training from one of the most courteous, capable and | efficient bodies of instructors to be) found anywhere. | The Acme Business College has special factiities for placing its grad. uates in first-class positions, en-| joyed by no other business college | in Seattle | We would be delighted to have! you call at the college, visit our| classes and just see for yourself) what a superior quality of work we | are really doing. Come in any time| convenient to you We shall look for you. Acme Business College | P..1, Building 627 Phone El. ttle HATS CLEANED AND REBLOCKED Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Bowler Hat Co. We Call for and Deli Fhone Main 3085, 517 Union Mt, Sei Out-of-town le tine parcel post (PAID ADVERTISING) ‘RIENDS PLEASE REMEMBER Wm. Hickman Moore Democratic Candidate for Congress Sept. 8th Primaries That is just why we are address | Constitutionalist | SCHOOL SEPT. 1. i FRANK OF SEN. i LODGE CAUSE OF SUITBYU.S. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—— | Postmaster General Burleson yesterday ordered suit brought against the United States Beet Sugar industry for $57,600 postage alleged to be due the government as a result of the abuse of Senator Lodge's franking privilege by represen tatives of the sugar Industry According to the information upon which sult was brought, | Senator Lodge, during a speech | in the senate in July, 1912, dis- played charts prepared for him by Truman H, Palmer, secretary ef the Sugar Industry, and ask- ed that they be printed and cir- culated under the Lodge frank. Palmer, it is alleged, alt and enlarged the chart had them issued unde: the Lodge frank, under an order of which there is no record in the senate is charged he had 325,000 copies of a pamphlet printed by private concerns, differing in many respects from that printed by the government, which he 80 sent out under the frank of Senator Lodge FIRST CRAFT | STEAMING IN GIANT CANAL PANAMA, Aug. 15.—Gay with bunting, the mship Anon, of 10,000 tone regis. try, commanded by Capt G. E. Sukeforth, started today on the first voyage of a big oceango- ing et ship through the Pan- ama canal, vessel entered the Gatun locks on the Atlantic side at 9 o'clock this morning and is expect ed to reach the deepwater chan- nel in the Prelfic at 6 p. m. | Just before the Ancon started on | its trip, the flags of all nations| were holsted to mark the interna | tional aspect of the occasion. | Among those aboard the Ancon| were Gov. George W. Goethals and other high canal officials, Prest-| dent Belisario Porras, of the Re-| public of Panma, and the members A buffet luncheon was served, | but without wine, as the canal zone is “dry” territory CARRANZA IN MEXICO CITY LAREDO, Tex., Aug. 15.—An of. ficial telegram received at Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican city opposite! here, sald that Gen. Carranza, the| chief, entered Mexico City yesterday ‘the groceryman ELP! JACK LONDON GOING INTO GRAPE JUICE BUSINESS Jack London, who recently took the public into the secret of how he became addicted to the use of vtrong drink in*his story, “John Barleycorn,” Is about to e field of soft drink manufacture Articles. of incorporation of the Jack London Grape Juice com- | pany were filed with the county clerk recently, it being the recited of the corporation to man- and sell grape juice on London's ranch at Glen Ellen, Cal, The concern is capitalized for $250,000. ALL SATISFIED, SAYS JOSH WISE ‘Pears like these taxi fellers never will get done a-frettin’ over that counsill ordinance regulatin’ their actions in kidnappin’ passen gers comin’ offen trains ‘n boats. The Seattle Taxicab & Transfer Co, yistiddy asted Jedge Smith fer an order restrainin’ the police from enforcin’ what the counsill told ‘em to do, But the jedge, he couldn't see it, a-tall. He told the taxi company to go ‘long and play | He guessed the counsil] knew what) That idea is all wrong. it ‘us about. pablic ‘us He sald as long'’s the ‘tisfied, he mm, too. |ASKS$1,555FOR FRACTURED ARM Damages in the sum of $1,555 are asked by Walter A. Godley in « suit started today against his employer, Edwin T. Go grocer at Three Tree Point—all because, he says, was careless in manipulating the sparking lever of his auto while Godley was cranking it for him. Godley asserts the crank “kicked” because the sparker didn't spark as it should have, and that his wrist was broken. Golden Opportunities are of- fered in Star Want Ads. SULTAN GIRL TAKES PRIZE | IN CONTEST) UT of the 19 letters receive O in this week's contest, Uncle Jack picked that of a little| jout-oftown girl, who seems to know what a country boy looks like better than any other con-} testant. Her name is Ruth Pur rington, and she lives in Sultan,| Wash. Her essay follows BY RUTH PURRINGTON He is tall, broad-shouldered and well built. His tanned, freckled face that happy and contented look that most country children have, Locks of fiery red hair peek through the crown of his worn straw hat. | His patched overalis are | rolled up to the knees. He is | barefooted and over one shoul- der he carries a fishing pole. He is off to some quiet stream for a good time. j GIRLS IN REUNION A big reunion of thoxe campfire girls who spent their vacation in Rainier National park, will be held soon | A boy scout will read his diary of} a trip with one of the scoutmasters. Forty-five boys left today for the old Y. M, C. A, camp on Orcas ta land. Tracey Strong, physic di rector, is in charge of the party The boys who left this morning are | mostly high school or working} boys. ' The small boy {ts sad. Gloom is written upon his features, and he mopes around the house, mak- ing life a burden for those near him. For it Is only two weeks and two days til school starts On Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, a gloomy procession may be seen wending its way to the nearest school house, to begin another term of 10 months, CHILD IS HEROINE Nell Brantley TEN-YEAR-OLD SAVES SIX LIVES IN FIRE ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 15, boys and girls, is little Nell Brant Q.—1 arn tike a good many others, 1 come to you for advice, Once upon a time | thought | had one of the best husbands living, but now | think vice versa. What | want to know Is, did | do right In taking him back after he was unfaithful to me for more than a year? He lived with another woman all) during the time mentioned as much as he could without me being suepi clous, His business took him out! of town a great deal, so he told me But one day | found letters from a woman who had been writing to| him. 1 told him of it and he de nied it emphatically until | showed | him what | had, then he confesse and told me what he had been do-| ing. He was very much humbled | and begged me not to leave him and |to forgive all. 1 forgave him at the time for | loved him; but land treated me only asa housekeep- | ler. And now | have become indif-) ferent to him, for he crushed and! |killed the love | had for him. | We are not living together now, but he supporte me and wants me to come to him. He saye he has nothing more to do with the woman, |but it Is what he has done that || cannot blot from memory. | Do you think | would gain any-| thing to sue this woman for allena-| tion? I-want to get revenge on her Chal They, Codd Try ToProve | Are Forged | black hair, lovely gray eyes, and her| smile, oh! Inside of a week | was head over heels in love with her, and could think of nothing else but her. The world seemed to be made just for us, and the sun seemed to shine - - brighter on account of us. OLYMPIA, Wash. Aug, 15—A Miss Grey, have pity and please systematic attempt by the Stop. don't think | am a fool. Inside of Look-Listen league to declare hum 10 days | was engaged to her, and dreds of n on the “Seven Sis e bills forgeries, is in he court hearing upon at evidence at then | wae the happiest person in the world. She wanted us to be married right away, but as | was Initiative Bill No, 7, the measure short of money and was not making calling for the abolishment of the | very riuch when | worked, | post- useless bureau of inspection, poned it. All the way from Portland, Ore- Don't think | am a “mamma's #on, have the 8. L. L. leaguers boy,” but, to be perfectly frank, |, brought C. J. Wiston, a hand-writ- wished my mother to see her and ing expert. He unblushingly swore judge her, because as a rule one’s al scores of names were things through un. | forgeries. and is a good judge of Fred E. Bruton, Seattle, denied Mother was not at ali| he had signed the “Seven Sisters,” favorably impressed with the girl, though his name appeared on the She knew no domestic art, and was ballot. of the butterfly type. After | had| EH. E. Degner, also of Seattle, known her for about two months | failed to remember that he had began to see her in a new light. *lsned the “Seven Sisters.” When Though | still loved her to distrac. Onfronted with his signatures, tion, | saw that we could not be however, he quickly said: happy. Besides, she did not have a Sure, I signed them; give me ® pencil and I'll sign them again.” BIGAUSTRIAN very good name. was not for me. | still love her, but | am convinced that sha is not all that a virtuous woman should be, and it would not At any rate, she |some way. Do you believe in letting, %€ right to put a stain upon any) | such women on unpu d? 1 am |children we might have. | |eo heart sick and broken in spirit) Miss Grey, since | have told her | 11 do not take interest in anything.|that | will not marry her she has) Please give some kind of an en-| threatened to shoot me, and | know! couraging answer soon. | she carries an automatic pistol for) FORCE LICKED Here, and judgment from your mind. Re venge is like a rebounding stone; it will return and smite you. This woman Is no more to blame | Jthan your husband. She could not} have induced him unless he was willing. In weighing her sin, do not} fail to weigh that of your husband) also, “Such women” have as much right to go unpunished such men. “Never morning wore to evening ‘but some heart did break.” Hearts, like china, are easily broken, but | many remedies y be applied to a} broken heart that will not mend broken china. Too many women have the idea that their only solace is sitting at home trying to drown | their sorrow in oceans of tears. What ts, |i, and we have not the power to |change it. Instead of grieving over | the past, get out into the world and | try to make {It better for having | been here. There is plenty of work to be done here, and you will find your share if you will look for jp Become interested in something worth while. Gradually your sky will clear and you will find a peace- | ful happiness, the peace that comes to all who have done right. Q.—Will you please help a young man out of a very serious predica- ment? This is how it happened: Upon the tast Fourth of July | down to the beach. A very beautl- ful girl sat in front of me on the train, and asked me to open the win- dow for her. Thus we fell into a conversation. She told me where she would stay and asked me to call. | did so, and we went around together and took | | gas as she played in the nursery! upstairs with three ttle relatives. |In the next room was her sister, heroine recently saved six persons|who was in bed recovering from) ley of Atlanta This 10-year-old and ber own beloved poodle “Togo from a horrible death by fire. PRINTING Best Quality Lowest Prices Business Cards..,.....++ .... $1.95 Per 1,000 Up Letter Heads .i.e.eesese $2.00 Per 1,000 Up + 1,000 Up I ivelopes hie +++. $2.35 Pe KAPLAN PRINTING CO, P RINTERS APER JOBBERS Main 2623 709 Fourth Ave. : | an operation. Nell sniffed smoke and escaping | Downstairs was her mother and another sister, | Nell rushed downstairs and warned her mother, then dashed back up the stairs, now dense with smoke, bundled the smallest child) on her back, locked an arm around | ‘each of the others, and staggered ; |from the house. Then, darting! back upstairs through the blinding} |smoke, she reappeared with her little dog. Atlanta people have thought so highly of her heroism that they |have started a fund to reward the |little miss ROUT GERMANS | LONDON, Aug. 15.—According to the official British military press j bureau today, French light infantry jrouted a | ‘ttal‘on of German troops at Muerthe-ev-Moselle, capturing 40. ONESOME PINE.” | Just that. | hate to be forced into| |such a thing. | write this letter in| A.—Kill the weed of revenge. If| the past tenee, because all is over you don’t it will crowd all reason Tt already entrenched at Losni lis always well, though, to be on the| sient av tatlee’ trem the forma safe side, so I advise you to report) point. Here the Servians attacked | by your experience. . | will be about farm animals. BY SERVIANS LONDON. Aug. etween us and! amin hiding. She; is even threatened my mother be-| 15. — Twe peeps ay Weta Jam. 1) sanguinary batties on the Ser swer as soon as possible. JACK. vian frontier were reported. ai day from Nish, Servia's tempor- ary capital. The first fight began Thursday |night, a strong Austrian force at- tempting to cross the Danube near threaten’ the |tbe Roumanian border. The allies | semen: EB alg | entrenched ciahee Servian side of T don’t think the woman has any| {He Tiver fought them until Friday intention of shooting you, but prob-| In the meantime 40,000 Austrians ably thinks as long as you were fool jaa crossed the river Save at Scha- enough to step into her trap she van patz and joined an Austrian foree frighten you into marrying her. A.—If I were afraid of my life, the first step I would take would be to put myself under the protection of the law. A person can be arrested for carrying concealed weapons, pecially when they her to the authorities at once. I hope every boy and girl who is inclined to pick up chance acquaint- ances will read your letter and profit them. The battle is still in prog- ress. WILL SHOOT’EM BERLIN, VIA ROME, Aug. 15—= Germany today served notice on France and Belgium that in re civilians who interfere. in | slightest with the German will be shot. —— Q.—While attending a dance one evening | met a very nice young boy, te every Saturday night, he has taken me home at all times. He asked me to go to the shows, etc., but | | am too young to have beaux, so have refused. | have older sisters and brothers | whose advice | could ask, but I) would rather have your opinion on this subject. | am ONLY A GIRL OF 16, A.--You take a sensible view of this situation, but T would go stil! further and say that you are too| young to attend dances alone and| trust to chance company to bring you home. | DR, L. R. CLARK, D. BD. 8. | Dentistry, as we practice it, not only beautifies the mouth, but im- |proves the patient's entire expression. Our methods are palm less and our work is guaranteed to |be entirély satisfactory. There are | hundreds of satisfied patients in Se \attle who will gladly attest to our LARGE BOX OF CANDY PRIZE FOR KIDDIE bility and skill HE contest for this week went| We are offering the famous Am off so nicely that Uncle Jack |Chor Suction $10 Never-Slip Plates has decided to have another for $5. Regular extra heavy $10 | This time it| Gold Crowns for $4. | Remember, we have no students Most boys and girls have differ-|°™Ployed in this office, but every ent ideas regarding farm pets, but | @entist is a graduate and has his It nearly all children like the gentle | Cense to practice dentistry in Wash- cow, the horses, the woolly lambs |imston displayed in front of hig and the awkward calves on their | °h#ir. wobbly legs T story competition, WE GIVE GAS The title for next week's con- | — test is, “The Farm Animai | | at Lie Geen? | . Regal Dental Offices ~~ Or. L. R. Clark, D. D, ., Manager story is a pound box of candy. | 1405 3rd Ave.. N. W. 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