The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 31, 1918, Page 7

THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918. AT DOES THE MORATORIUM ACT PROVIDE? EMPLOYMEN CHIEFS MEET CAPT. FISHER Half a hundred of Seattle's largest INGTON, July years old, un u— ually sus employers, members of the Univer} gmail in stature cnergetic. opti ied sity of Washington faculty and rep mistic, unschooted, former coal <r resentatives of the Chamber of Com mine, lawyer ‘and politiclan— ~ of ” that’s David J. Lewis, who at : merce and Commercial Club, met 5 | sie Ficeday with Capt. Boyd Fisher,| MMMuighe tonight, sssumes the re nse federal representative, who is in| great wire systems of the coun lar vestigating coast conditions relative) try under government control. | ps, the location of a school for train-} His life, now crowned with one of| in bad wo "4 | greatest tasks of our govern rst ing of employment managers. ae renten sex The school will prepare men with] ment has been, for the most part| previous experience as managers Of/ view of labor when for M4 years he) One of the biggest fobs he did in| congreas for federal contro! congress was in connection with the| Wires, he aald parcel post law Friends say he reed every bit of | not be in private hands. Uterature available, in all languoges.| the house was willing to adopt Finding fundamental theortes lack.| ideas, #0 ran for tho senate in ing, he evolved his own from the| hope that he might convert t maas of data he collected, ‘Then he | body. started intensive study of wires, a subject that had previously interested | sion by President Wilson. him, and for two years read and| When the government recently studied the experiences of Wure sumed control, Lewtsa loomed as At the end of that time he believed| man best acquainted with the at He thou, He learned the point of | he had learned what he could of the| tion which arose, and his selection subject when he began his Might ini was inevitable. ‘Mined Coal, Read Law, Beat His Partner to Congress, Put Parcel Post Over --- That’s Record of Dave Lewis, Head of U. S. Wire QF MEASURE and still belleves are a natural monopoly, and should Tut he was defeated, and later wan appointed to the tariff commis ‘HERE'S EXPERT | EXPLANATION | (This is the flest of two arti | cles telling what the mora ght} trium set does for th in hie) Uncle Sam's service. will | prove interesting to hundreds of families whose relatives are in the army or navy. The second article will be printed later.) the hat} BY MILTON BRONNER | OND A. Staff Correspondent Jeo | .WASHINGTON, July 31.—Many | jot the belligerent nations have pro aimed a moratorium which relieves ployment to aid the government | mined coal. He learned the wire bust | a ua people from payment of certain maintaining its present favorable | 2%" from the ground up by studying | debts during ithe war, and ys re are 7 it for many yars. Today bh many who think our Soldiers’ anc Telations with labor, The shortage) (» ed with applying his know ELESSNESS 60 SLOWLY ON preceeding nc a of men for this work at present is| of the worker to his views on wire same thing for Americans in the t. Young men are wanted to! operation, to develop an ef armed servic their country r n, to develop an | must be But It doesn't do tomatic attend the school. They over 25, have at least a high school education and three years expert-| dreams | ence in industry, Capt. Fisher said: | Worked in Coal Mine | a “Employers must realize the fact ¥ that from henceforth no business| Lewis, at the age of 7, went to) Me wanager can succeed, no business| York in a coal mine in Clearfield ean prosper that is not in harmon county, Pennsylvania, his birth | jous relations with the employes. Place ; } mf | Where industrial working conditions| His parents, Welsh immigrants, are not amiable, business cannot be | Hore Poot and ayn te help, 50 he good. The employer must give over) Shouldered pick and ovel—little to the employment manager his/ Ones his father mad him—and problem of keeping human relations| ™4rched to work with father, | Peeet” This is the government's} After four years at this he ran aim.” away from home, his mother having | “ r 5 investigating con-| ied. He became breaker boy at an] ot dag hewhg Permemae Los| Anthracite mine and at the age of 16] seeciea and San Francisco, all four|® contract miner, the youngest in| c ch | the district a otpaiant best na a Aken When he was 20 he waa working | His recommendation of location will| !" fire clay mines at Mount Savage, | not be made until his return to Maryland | Washington, D. C. | | BOYS’ CLUB TO $ AER oF Ba SF mat an ned he red A Fluent Speaker. It was a newspaper man who then stepped in and changed his career.) Lewis was a fluent speaker, a thing | he learned from his father, who had | been a Welsh Baptist preacher. ‘The Seattle Boys club, anid to be! “You should be a lawyer, and not the only club of its kind in the world, |“ = on venjed to the youns| mae etre © wn Sestivel a sRoner | man, and he was introduced to B. A Eee wees enutvenneny ig 25 | Richmond, a lawyer, who gave him a | a on mee en toe iow, | COPY Of Blackstone, He read the 600 | gust 1, at the clubhouse, Ninth | wages in a week. But it took only | ~~, }a minute to convince him he knew | owty bere, a mye MpPPOrtNE.| ttle, He could read, but not write, | have banded together in Seattle t0/ and of Latin he knew nothing. S80 Rachael ee ese he started the study of Latin and of So a opt at it day and night the day all of them work—in offices, | AW: And Kepk tit ly as adm warehouses and shipyards, But at [old tne bar night they do the home chores, the | ¢.w friends, he cooking and sweeping. The club ls Gumberland. strictly self-governed. The only con-| “ iis studies led him into the field of “cd e/he & mem thtaketh, *°| economics, and he read every book > s he could lay hands on. When the The public is invited by the club) tient against the railroads was under | to help celebrate its anniversary | way in the ‘0s, he prepared a brief City officials have given per-| in favor of nationalisation, which on to rope off the street On| went thru 33 editions. Lewia was a ith ave. for dancing. A club band) republican, but changed his views of 22 pieces will furnish the music. | 4nq joined the democrats, then in the Compulsory Training! Ran Against Partner p 4 2 In 1908 he was nominated for ted in Rumania) ociiicer ass “forlorn hope’ and Bpecial to The Ster by N. EF. A. | ran against his law partner, He put BERNE, July 31.-—-The Rumanian|up such a spirited campaign that partiament has passed a bill provid. | his election followed in the next cam ing for the compulsory cultivation | paign. of the lands for the next five years. | ‘The government organ says this was &@ necessity, in order to prevent fam- ine. Then he was admit.! With little money and began practice at PLAIN OR JEWELED WHIsT xs - WATCHES DIAMOND RI Mr. C. H. King, the popular and well known automobile salesman, formerly at the Winton agency in Portiand, Ore., has been transferred to the Seattle branch. Mr. King is {n charge of the used car department | GS AND waTouks ALBERT HANSEN 1010 Second Ave. \| NOTICE ; To Our Patrons: On and after Thursday, August 1st, the price on KRISTOFERSON’S " Perfectly Pasteurized Milk and Cream will be as follows: MILK ..14 Cents .8 Cents PMG 4.0 canes vdeo /| CREAM _ Commercial Cream, 1, Pint.......15¢ * Whipping Cream, 1% Pint.........20c * A. Kristoferson, Inc. “The Sanitary Milk Plant” First Ave. South at Walker St. Phone Elliott 223 1) He went to Cumberland as 4 labor | delegate, and after speaking there, a newspaper man said to him [ise yi ge a CAUSES 22,000 CONSOLIDATION DEATHS YEARLY OF WIRE LINES «=, =""« At mid. | It doesn't. In im Of 34,000,000 workmen in the United States, 22,000 are killed out right each year and 600,000 seriously injured or permanently disabled. Two-thirds of these casualtios are| Under control of the the result of ignorance or car news This was the message of C. W Price, of Chicago, field secretary of the national safety council, who spoke Tuesday night at the Metro |the same executive politan club to members of the 8¢-| changes the government undertal attle club. | <__hga will be with their ansistance. WASHIN N, night tonight, July 31 be few changes in the method of | eration time when the employer was so keenly! The postmaster general and David awake to the loss that this means | to industry,” Price maid. “The war! ls going to leave the movement for the preservation of workmen leagues ahead of {tx status in 1914. They have realized that they can get ma chinery, but that it is hard to get L. Lewis, who ts to be directly charge, under him, are proceed! they plan. They are studying methods of operation. A series resentatives of the companies. Today, officers of the Union are meeting Burleson and peaker pointed out that rigid methods had application of safety the wire communica tion system of the country will pass government For the immediate present there will | injury Administration will be thru | devote the same channels as before and by |? officers. Any! of the v slowly in mapping out the alterations | #Ay policies of the companies and their | Period of mill conferences has been held with rep-| Weatern | It puts the decision up to the ec in the men's home cities and sts In the second place it ts bell under the law tends for three mo! ends. Civil Rights Protected The bil wan enacted to prevent to the civil rights of men in op: | the armed service, so that they could their whole energy to the job The idea was to meana home or wiet | of licking the Hun. Jeve the man with smal rry that his litt kes | might be sold during his absen | that his dependents might be ed. No man can secure a default | Judgment against a soldier or sailor 17} In any court action against a man in ing | the military the judge may all proceedings, including the ution of a judem ry serv of | three months thereafter. No eviction from the preminen oc cupied by the dependents of a man in military service, where the rental ery the | exec hin | d0es not exceed $50 per month, #hall coved that it is possible to elim : be made except by leave of court inate all industrial deaths and three | advisers ‘saw alhiryg ely A ooh fourths of all industrial accidents Steps are to be taken within a| Some of the other provisions o pis: - mia short time to consolidate competing | the law may best be fMlustrated by companies, but in this the govern: | ¢tamples Three Seattle Men First—A man carrying @ mortgage ment will proceed slowly A mass of details remaina to worked out before action can | taken, Given Commissions WASHINGTON, July %31.-—Com minsions in the officers’ reserve corpe as second lieutenants in the air eerv-| ev. a gt ice have been insued to Edwin R |Find 30 Skeletons Hogg, jr. 1908 Second ave; Frank! ¢ . . 1 Fetetnon, £96 Thomas st. ana) iM Arizona Caves; Foster Russell, 2614 Eighth ave., ali of Seattle — PHOENIX, Aris, July 41 shertffa today started an investi; _— ® day | | tion which they hope will answer 4 A THRIFT Y YOU demand |; title insurance \oorstonsd ‘ware of, when _ bargaining for your home, it will be furnished you at the expense of the seller. If you neglect this precau- tion, you will either have to buy your own protection or -carry your own risk. the were those of girla of from 5 to [handsomely dressed. None of | skeletons was that of an Indian, ‘President's Niece WASHINGTON, July | ir. of White Sulphur Springs, Emotion is the opposite mental reservation, And atlence ts quite golden you need conservation. WASHINGTON TITLE INSURANCE || COMPANY =|, Under State Supervision at Talon. a & Announcement Effective August 1, Prices Will Be as Follows on Our Celebrated MILK AND CREAM Milk, per quart. ..cseccccccsccsvcccces sd Certified Milk, per qt. .. ..18¢ Certified Milk, per pt. .. ..10¢ Commercial Cream, 1% pt. ... ..15¢ Commercial Cream, pt. .....---+.+++++-d0¢ | Whipping Cream, 1% pt. ..... ..20¢ Whipping Cream, pt. .. . 40¢ Pure Milk Dairy 1512-14 Seventh Ave. Phones: Main 2545, Main 4310. Probe Murder Clue | ™%" °° -Deputy | Aha herp Le 4| awestion of how the skeletons of 3 ©) persons, all of whom they aay m have died within the last seven years, | mants | happened to be hidden in five small) are cotlectibie within three months | caves 20 miles southeast of Phoenix Mexican prospectors led offloers to | skeletons bodies | Will Wed Minister) 31.—Preai | dent Wilson's niece, Miss Alice WIl- | son, and Rev, Isaac Stuart McElroy, For self-comtre! in thoughts and word: WAIST. FLORENCE UPSTAIRS ORF. be| #008 to war and is unable to keep up be| Payments. Will interest and princt {pal be collectible immediately six | months after the war? | Answer—Any action to foreclose a mortgage during military |may be stayed by the court hearing, either on the Judge's owr the pervice after a defendant him. Ther Ke) keep Up payments w away in the the | war, hia property may not be provided his private income is not Ust euch that he could keep up the paw Toth Interest and principal wold. | after the war ends. Court's Ruring Final Second—Suppose a man leased an 14| Offies for a long period. Doen his | years, and bits of embroidery and| enlistment terminate the lease, or is | clothing proved that they had been he able for rent for the total time upon his return? Answer—Hin enlistmént dogs not terminate the lease. If he is gone 36 months and does not pay rent dur ing that absence, it is due when he returns. ‘Third—Suppose a man is buying a house and is unable to make pay menta while in service, Must he sacrifice his property upon enlist W.| ment, or must he pay all the ac the | Va. will be married at the White| cumulated charges upon his return? House Wednemlay evening. Answer—The man does not lose —| his property. The court may either order the property returned to the | creditor after all prior installments have been repaid to the defendant or order a stay of proceedings. But the soldier, in case of such a stay will owe all the installments which of his | fell due during tho period | service. | ‘The above answers are only found | ed upon the best opinions I could get |from the attorneys in the office of the judge advocate general of the larmy. The final answer can only be writtan by the courts, and the last chapter will be written by the United States supreme court |Four Are Injured in Traffic Accidents | Nathan Fleek, of |had hia leg broken when r 308 Ninth ave in down |at Pine and Broadway Tuesday night by an auto. He is in the Minor | private hospital, Mrs. Charles Mo Niel, 1105 23rd ave hit by a motorcycle N. and oon, and a frac tured skull, was released from the city hospital Wednesday with a pain ful bun Char > on her head Warrick — and Hagen, two motorcy who col lided head-on on the 14th ave. bridge Tuesday morning, are in improved conditions in the city hospital, | Man With 2 Wives | Claims Exemption CAMP LEWIS, July 31 from service soldier Los ms exemption here on the uundsa that the second of his two ndent upon him. The 1 from his first 1 interlocutory de is not final for one ear under Calif in law Two months after th divorce the man married again © law holds that the second woman is not legally his} i} the end of a year, and therefore, he is not entitled to¥ ex claim on the grounds of emption | marriage. |Seever’s Report on Skagit to Be Given | WASHINGTON, July 91—The re- | port of Maj, Seever, engineer for the | national counell of defe and the | | capital issues committee, on Seattle's | claim for development of the Skagit | | power site, will be laid before Seat |Ue’s committee when Mayor Han son and party return from New York | | ‘The report ia now In the hands of | the capital issues committee, but will | not be made public until Mayor Han: | « gon returns to the capital Federal officers seized 391 pounds of flour and spaghetti Tuesday at the homes of ©, D'Am and Charles Mattos, two South Ind Ttal lian residents, The flour will be sold | to the highest biddem , | _ New Lingerie Blouses $1.95 and $2.50 HE past few days have | brought many new ideas in dainty Lingerie | Blouses—very timely in | view of their leadership | for midsummer, Laces and embroideries enhance the charm of their sheer materials and they divide favor between sailor and convertible col- lars, Priced $2.50. at $1.95 and Second Floor. | Package Needlework at Reduced Prices ROKEN Stamped envelopes, with and instruction: ishing— | Children’s Rompers, | Dresses, Gertrude Skirts, | Infants’ Bonnets, Lunch- eon Sets, Hot Water Bag Covers and Boudoir Caps. lines of Goods in materials for fin- —all sharply underpriced for quick disposal. First Floor. —Alsle Table, “Billie Burke” Dresses Special $2.50 ADE of good quality ging- ham in attractive plaids, stripes, checks and these. plain colors : Blue, Lavender, Pink, | Copenhagen and Gray | with sailor collar, cuffs and belt of contrasting | FREDERICK &NELSON | color. Sizes 86 to 44. Special $2.50. —Second Floor. Two Underpriced Groups: of Women’s Suits $21.75 and $33.75 ERY attractive savings are available in these Suits— and the values are all the more attractive because the Suits may be appropriately worn for several months t come. They are of Tricotine, Galserdine, Serge, Velour and Whool Jersey, in Black, Navy, Gray, Copen- hagen, Sand, Rookie and Black-and-whrite Checks. Sizes for wamen and misses— $21.75 and $33.75. —Second Floor, turn - back | | Basement Salesroom \HE sketch suggests the charm of the new trans- parent Georgette Hats which cover crown or upper brim with soft ostrich. They are in White Gray Lilac | Beige Pink with brim binding and band of self-color grosgrain ribbon. They offer delightful | choosing at $6.50. with white. fa waistline; lengths ¢ 26 to 36. Price $2.50. Sizes 36 to 44, Price $1.95. BY MILTON BRONN can, the Indian, strongly about that usurpation of the veto” laws pass and ap. proved by the president. The man I refer to is Robert Latham Owen senator from Oklahoma, and himself half Cherokee Indian. | “In France at the he said, “the greatest power upon mills present time,” to declare himself | tions, r court and its| means pr —Basement Salesroom, with Factory and not preservative of children denies them the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, Ba _ New Midseason Hats Make Much of Plumage $6.50 Feather Turbans, $5.00 Trig little affairs entirely covered with breast- like plumage and trimmed with cleverly poised | wings—all-white, and combinations of black or navy New Coverall Aprons $1.95 HIS practical made of firm gingham in front-fastening style, in a number of pretty check pat- | scalloping plaid and terns, and fancy piping. Attractively priced at $1.95. Women’s Khaki Outing Wear Skirts, $2.50 Middies, $1.95 HE Skirts are in plain gored models, front istening style, with patch pockets and high 4 and 36; waist measurements, The Middies are in regulation style, with deep sailor collars, long sleeves and lacing at Children Preserve Nations | “With the awful slaughter of the best manhood of the democratic na. N. E. A. Correspondent children WASHINGTON, July 26.—Serious | little ones do not live thinkers fear that one of the deadli-| no glorious est blows struck at the future Amer ican nation was that of the U. 8. su-| has been won. preme court recently in declaring the child labor law unconstitutional, | And it} taken a man with the blood of the original 24-karat Ameri ervation ation of the tions themselves. to save is to keep children out of the destructive [nurses are giving their closest atten: | ally forced the simply - styled ‘ Rasement Salesroom, ement Salestoom. New Swiss Embroideries feature many dainty, worked designs on quality muslin, cambric long cloth in widths able for trimming chil- dren’s wear, at 10¢ yard. In 2- to 3-inch 12%¢ and 15¢ Petticoat Flouncings at 25¢ yard. ; INE-RIBBED Cotton Vests in delicate pink shade, low neck and sleeve- less, in sizes 36 and 38, 35¢. — —nasement Salesroom. Children’s Stockings 25c Pair HILDREN’S fine-rib- is bed Cotton Stockings in black and white, sizes 6 to 91 i Zephyr Yarn in the pretty shades used for women’s and children’s sweaters, 20¢ skein. Bone Needles for sweater knitting, 35¢ pair. Basement Salesroom, New Hand-Bags $1.25 to $2.50 i ign flat envelope style is especially prominent in this collection of purses, in shades of khaki-brown, gray and green, fitted with mirror and coin purse and lined with silk. Priced from $1.25 to $2.50. —Basement Salesroom, very na CHILD LABOR BILLUP TO CONGRESS mn | tion to the little French and Belgian | gross of a federal law, forbidding the ve that if these | merce of goods will be | dno heroic | made where children are employed. | stitutional. Carbs Supreme Court's Power It | Paised in his court, in factories It ts thie law which the supreme court, by Belgium after the war with the Hun |a vote of 5 to 4, has declared uncon “I have reintroduced the same bill and added to it a section forbidding the children | the questioning of the law by any court, forbidding the appellate power One of the ways | of the supreme court, and forbidding any inferior judge from permitting the constitutionality of the law to be “What I am proposing is that com gress, following a precedent, shall “It was such considerations that| withdraw from the supreme court doctors and | determined public opinion and virtu-| the right to pass upon the legality enactment by con-| of the child labor law," :