The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 29, 1916, Page 2

STAR—TUESDAY, AUG, 29, 1916. PAGE 2. FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT’S TO THE READERS OF THE STAR | tHe Sindee The president's speech to con-{favor, whether there wan arbitra-jelght-hour day by the concerted ac | gress follow |tlon or not, and the debatable points | tion of organized labor, backed by Gentlemen of the Congress to settle were those which arose the favorable judgment of society I have come to you to seek your lout of the acceptance of the elght-\the representatives of the railroad assistance in dealing with a very|hour day, rather than those which | management have felt Justified tn erave situation, which has arisen affected ite establishment declining a peaceful settlement out of the demand of the employes Proposes Adoption which would engage all the forces of the railroads engaged in freight I therefore proposed that the of justice, public and private, on} train service that they be granted/elght-hour day be adopted by the! their side, to take care of the event ; an elghthour working day, safe-|ratlway managements, and put into They feel the hostile influence , Ruarded by payment for an hour! practice for the present, as a sub-\of shippers, who would be opposed and a half of ner for every hour|atitute for the existing ten-hour|to an increase of freight rates (for } | It’s mild fragrance of work bere 4 aie es > Pied pay tee attics wo : eapre reine? of searee the = gives the hearty smok- oo! should appotnt, with the permission lic itself would pay); they appa } ‘The matter has been agitated |of congress, a small commission tolently feel no confidence that the! ff er a chance to light one for more than a year. The public observe the results of the change, |interstate — ¢ “ree commission| B after another and not has been made familiar with the carefully studying the figures of|wolud withst the objections |] go taste-stale. demands of the men and the argu the altered operating costs not that wauld be made. They don't ments in favor of them and even only, but also the conts of labor un-l/care to rely upon the friendly as Hh | more familiar with the objections der which the men worked and the surances of the congress or the Jill WAI of the ratiroads and their counter operation of their existing agree. president. They have thought it ff demand that certain privileges now ments with the railroads, with ine best that they should be forced to j i A . * onjoyed by thelr men and certain | structions to report the facts as|yteld, if they must yield, not by I « | the cigar with that basis of payment worked out thru/they found them to the congress counsel, but by the word of the [iil HH Presado Blend many years of contest be reconsid-/at the earliest possible day, but| country ny if} ered, espectally {n their relation to| without recommendation; and that,| “While my conference with | | i ' < A SUPER.DREADNAUGHT |the adoption of an eighthour day Jafter the facts had been thus di*/them were in progress and when [il pay itseernnioa — = cota The matter came some three weeks| closed, an adjustment should tn/to all outward arances those [a | istributers. " : | ome orderly manner be sought of conferences had come to a stand We have purchased a great deal of property within a short walking distanc c}ago to final issue and resulted in {a complete deadlock between the/all the matters now left unadjusted! sul, the representatives of the [AM | qn MiNi AU the Puget Sound Navy Yard, some time ago. | parties between the railroad managers and brotherhoods. suddenly acted and ) so A 8 The means provided by law for|the men. set the strike for Sept. 4 Bill jthe mediation of the controversy| These proposals were in line, it! “The raflway 1 a agers based ALL MATINEES 4 : ; for which the law provides were! sition taken by the supreme court! {n this matter upon thelr convic t passed congress and this country is committed to a policy of Navy Expansion} rejected ¢ represetatives of the|of the U. 8, when appealed to to/tion that they must at any cost to ilway executives proposed that) protect certain itigants from the | themselves or to the country stand! the demands of the men be sub-|financial losses which they confi firm for the principle of arbitra mitted In their entirety to arbitra-| dently expected if they should #ub-|tion which the men had rejected At Our Y, d tion, along with certain questions;/mit to the regulation of their) I based my counsel upon the tn ‘ ar of readjustment as to pay and con-|charges and of their methods of | ciaputable fact that there was no fhich will eventually give us the greatest Navy in the world. ‘ x m ‘ ditions of employment, which | service. 6 © arbitration filding ways will be constructed at once in order to build dreadnaughts reemed to them to be either closely Permed. ne Judgment | The law supplied none: ean pe, associated with the demands or to! ‘The court has held that {t could forts at mediation had failed to in-| etaits These dreadnaughts cost from 15 to 20 millions. call for reconsideration on thelr! not undertake to form a judgment|fiuence the men in the least | 2 ; own merits; the men absolutely 46 | u5on forecasts, but could base ite| “To stand firm for the principle 1,800 men are already employed at the Yard. clined arbitration, eapectally if @BY| action only upon actual expert-|of arbitration and yet not get ar TWICE DAILY—AT 2:20 AND 8:20 of thetr established privileges were lence; that It must be supplied with |Litration seemed to me futile and ships wi thy that means to be drawn again frets, LAST 5 NIGHTS—LAST 5 MATINEES G s C v - ble Nop put} facts, not with calculations and|*omething more than futile The construction of battleships will not only double the population but in question | epinions. however welentifically at-| cause it involved incalculable —OF THE— tly increase real estate values. Affects 400,000 Men tempted. To undertake to arbitrate | tress to the country and conse SUPERB 11-REEL CINEMA SPECTACLF je “The law in the matter ptt DO) the question of the adoption of an| quences in some respects worre T YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME MONEY, CALL AT OUR | computsion upon em, The 300000 eight-hour day in the ight of re than those of war and that in the ' OFFICE AND INSPECT OUR PROPERTIES ceeded had voted to atrike if thelr| dicted would be to undertake an| "I yield. to ho man in firm ad demands were refused; the strike| enterprise of conjecture, No wise |herance alike of conviction and of Lots as low as $100.00 within five minutes’ walk of Navy Yard gate. was imminent; it has since bees! man could undertake {t; or, if he | purpose to the principle of arbitra * 4 ‘ * a f f, tha set for the 4th of September. It af) 4iq undertake it, could feel assured |tion in industrial disputes, but Bring this advertisement in and we'll pay your fare in order it YOU MAY | rocts the men who man the freight! of his conclusions |that matters bave come to @ crisis the Navy Yard and our property. trains on practically every railway! 1 unhesttatingly offered the in this dispute and the country in the country friendly services of this adminis» has been caught unprovided with The freight service thruout th /tration to the railway managers to any practicable means of enforc United States must stand still UN-| see to (t that Justice was done the| ing that conviction in practice (by e anson on tl their places are filled. {f 1-| ratiroads in the outcome whone fault we will not now stoy . deed it should prove possible to) “1 feit warranted in assuring to inquire), A situation had to be 316 PIKE ST.—PHONE ELLIOTT 2 fill them at all them that no obstacles of Iaw would, met whose elements and fixed con = Face Starvation |be suffered to stand in the way of ditions were indisputable. | Cities will be cut off from their /thelr Increasing their revenues to The practical and patriotic |food supplies, the whole commerce | meet the expenses resulting from| course to pursue, as it seemed to | | LSON NS LLS of the nation will be paralyzed, |the change, so far the develop-|me, was to secure immediate SEND MEN T0 bea ACCUSES wt SiG Bl men of every sort and occupation | ment of their business and of their| peace by conceding the one thing 642 Seats at 25¢ will be thrown out of employment, | administrative effteiency did not|in the demands of the men whfth| Children Friday Mati 1c w ASHINGTON, A Aug. 29—Presi-|countless thousands will In all| prove adequate to meet them. The society fteelf, and any arbitrators | vaent Wilson today signed the army, |likelthood be brought, !t may de,|public and the representatives of| who represented public sentiment, |__ mn al navy, Philippine and bill of lading |to the very point of starvation, |the public, I felt justified in assur-| were most likely to approve and 7 calamity jing them, were disposed to nothing | immedia y lay the foundations 4 joey The ceremony was featufed|and a tragical national . sige |oy the presence of nearly a hun-| brought on, to be added to the oth-| but justice fn such cases and were! for securing arbitration with re pee o ea! Forty men were roshed to Dar On complaint o of Mins Amy Tay-|dred persons, including Secretary | *r distrenses of the time, because | willing to serve those who served | gard to everything else involved. | vaierae ton Tuesday to help fight the jor 17, of 506 Terry ave, who says |of War Baker, members of the com-| 0’ basis of accommodation or set: | them | “The event has confirmed that forest fires along the tees whic led the different|tiement haa been found | The representatives of . the Judgment _. river that reatan she is about to become « mother, a nil te fag tune aad nea pen Spokesman, Not Judge brotherhoods accepted the plan® but| “But I could not govern the win | JOR. A. MULLER, Manager growth in the Snoqualmie re- Warrant was issued Tuesday by Po sient p vust as soon as It became evt-|the representatives of the railroads| of others who took an entirely dif- | OUR SHOWS ARE A FINE STEADY DIET! TOMORROW wl 'e. lice Judge Gordon for the arrest of! = j dent that mediation under the ped prsoescn Pe accept it In the face noes view of the circumstances — Other the reserve are un- listing Iaw had failed, and that ar-|of what I cannot but regard as the| of the case who even refused to ad Fi t Case ‘ eee poten Bigs he Aathie aloes Rodman, a University of; |pitration bad been rendered im-| practical certainty that they will be| mit the circumstances to be what Lulu Sutton & Co. Her rs Supervisor L. A. Treen, The, V*shington —stuc 1 e by the attitude of the| ultimately obliged to accept the) they have turned out to be , ck fire Yas been confined Rodman, wealthy ranchman of men, | considered it my duty | “Having failed to bring the | to} | an old burn, but fear of its Wapato, Wash confer with t representatives of | Parties to this critical contro | EDITH WILMA t both the railways and the brother: | versy to accommodation, there- | |hoods and myself offer mediation, fore, | turn to you, deeming it WEST & VACK ching the green timber has re-| Young Rodman left the univer [not as an erbitrator, but merely as THE NOTED ANARCHIST clearly our duty as public serv: NIGHTS inos and others nt, son of Jobn | “THE FACE IN THE MIRROR” Selig-Tribume News Pictortal in an increased fight to'sity before the close of the last ck the flames. jterm, and ts thought to be in Ti al ————— |mook, Ore. He formerly lived man of the nation, in the af | ante to leave nothing undone | First Run) BEING STOLEN the Acacia house, in the Un y interest of justice, Indeed and as or Maen | that we can do to safeguard the EMERY BROTHERS ites Lae ae ee Oe district | la {riend of » parties, but not as life and interests of the nation. Mustes! and Singing Act ings, 6:30 to 11 p. * Followin wholesale thefts of Miss Taylor has been living with} 2 J as the representative | a. " | Im the spirit of such purpose | Pr Change Sundays and fom futrigerator cirs in the |® sister on-Terry ave lor 000 of men, women and] Tivoli Theatre earnestly recommend the fol- | KIP & KIPPY Waduantara 5 , | In a letter mailed at Bellingham children who would pay the price, | lowing legisiation.” | cikdieadey dina —J Northern Pacific yards, John 8. a maile 16 9 leg medy Jumglers PEE ’ ci ‘and A. B. Funnell were ar.jJuly 11, which Miss Taylor has When you use Rogers the incalculable price of loss and First Ave. and Madison St. | (Then follows the specific ree aac f e dation printed on anoth- peated Tuesday and charged with turned over to Prosecutor Lundin, suffering should these few men in-| este hee ommen Jarceny. Considerable per the writer “Harold \ivises ber to| Auto Club—A Pure sist upon approac hing and con Wed., “Rirth ‘Conor produce has been spoiled |leave him alone and cause the ar ° cluding the matters in controversy ia ana: heer He operations of ice thieves, Test of some one io several prom! Phosphate Bakin g between them 1 rely as employers | (wy ) fs said. |nent Seattle business men, whom and employes, rather than aa patr he names in the letter and wih| PP OWder— you are jotic citizens of the United States, | 10c kr =15¢ er page.) A NARROW ESCAPE ‘and Leo Sawyer, 17, were uninjured Monday night WHIST PARTY | | | 1 OnE TELLS | whom, he says, she had been inti s looking before and after, and ac ren ae mate, using the best MONEY jcopiing the larger responsibility | Altho the ss e ak Sadttie: Sodek, Na 7, Degieeet He specifically mentions two! which the public would put upon ay ‘Wore riding ¢ d thru the Honor, of the A. O. U. W., will give | Last Call! mated en of) whom he wae) eam buy. em se Ag TERT H Knowing what 1 do, you know I | “It seamed to me, in considering ige, turned over vir and whist party, Tuesday night, at JU j rit could ruin them.” |the subject matter of the contro. on the ground t below lock, at Evergreen ball, Baillar- The couple are alleged to have} 25 P. d | |versy, that the whole spirit of the NOME, Aug. 29.—Details of th i Lewis, 22, of 1 Cliff terrace, geon build ’ Ue Be ES © 8 Pour |e et oe vee aren ot oe eg Magee gg pr Rar aR ine “3 last, when Miss Terry attended a/ 2 S hens of the recent economic expe Great Bear, Capt Louis Lane, of party at the Rossmore apartments. It contains NO ALUM or'lrience spoke for the eight-hour Seattle, were given out today by | e c . 1 ° At a time when Miss Taylor's sis ety day ohn Borden, Chicago millionatre lead Sam te Galitacaia. ities taylor} ALBUMEN — Does not; “it nas been adjudged by ‘sal sportsman, who was one of the 5 't8 reall told Prosecutor Lundin they occu-| Jeay i b <qy_|thought and experience of recent | wrecked boat's 21 men, who arrived U aa [pied her apartment together. eave any taste—but Car-| years « thing upon which society is| here aboard the coast guard cutter se time 10 IN Prosecutor Lundin says he wiil| ries the endorsement of the Justified in insisting as in the inter-| wirWe vat cot tor Bt: Matihen's te-| Your =a take steps to extradite young Rod-| . be est, health, efficiency, contentment | e 8 , § atthew's Is ° tol TF ittl Lad man a8 soon as he is arrested Westfield Board of Health. and economic vig« The wasid land said Borden sto investigate Credit | consider e resumption of modern experience! DR. L. R. CLARK he reported wreck of a vessel own tA | ; would, it seemed to me, t n its ed by a man named Letter We e New ee eey SOMETHING ODD —| Your money refunded if not riadbedlscatedletll — were then et Bt, Paul's iatend, | pleased. Ad Queen, Arena, Sept. 9. In w dense fog, at 12:50 a. m, | a es } Thursday, August 10, we astruch a4 ABOUT THIS BOOZE | iadowedipere epe gleo egioer Eileen THE ROGERS CO. SHOP EVERY od protest uo tecinet aut Quick, Watson, the nesdic! DAY We know that you would! “lwckily, we were able to get in Beattie Office to the b with pl A mystery developed in the sher- nm: ‘0 the boats h plenty of provis Closes at the oe ee , 308 Maynard Bldg. AT not willingly put obstacles |jons after day broke, and make our 50 Votes for_____ ® _ last Saturday ‘Under | sheritt Phone Main 2085 9 jin the way of your own) ™ay to St. Matthews island. We | Stringer seized a ton of Mquor at ere there 15 days before the Mc- |the Northern Pacific station at | Progress. 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