The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 18, 1919, Page 14

Bale THE SEATTLE STAR IATTLE SHIPYARDS ARE AGAIN GOING AT FULL SPEED ~ FOR ATLANTIC , March 18—An airship tn type which it is we Seat be the first to fly the Atlantic has been com: | by the British admiraity. Preliminary tests indicate that tt ‘exceed the performance of any} Zeppelin. } The date for the Atlantic Might) not been set, but it ts likely to) pats without preliminary an: | t and without fuss of aa | are some of the facts con thia huge machine for the 2,000,000 cuble feet. eight days’ continuos carried, or 8,000 miles. ‘bed to " miles an hour. tons, which in-| wT to io 30 tons carrying ca rtere provided for crew of 23 engines total 1,250 horse-| “wiré ladder of 130 rungs leads bottom to top of the Vessel) & shaft in the center. the interna! corridor tn the runs a bridge girder and from) are suspended petrol tanks, | ballast tanks and other neces} girder passes thru the upper of the cabin and hammocks for) ie crew of 23 will be hung from girder. engines below the hull and con- @irectty with the huge pro-| are carried in cars s fins on the tail of the hull fe each 90 feet long and 30 feet! the rear of two horizontal fins) | PORTLAND, Ore., March 18.— b Portland public dock commis. has adopted a harbor develop ent program calling for the ex- of an- terminal. in ex: a 4 | NIGHT SHIFTS WILL NOW BE PUT TO WORK Seatéie’s giant shipyard in dustry was humming along at practically full speed, with the return of 3,000 more men Tues tay. Night shifts are scheduled to go to work immediately. Differences between employes and | the same ax they were when the bia | strike waa called Skinner @ Eddy report that they} have taken back about 10,000 men. Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. | reports 4,000 returned to work Al but about 200 of the 3,700 formerly | employed by J. B. Duthie have been | rehired. About 1,500 of the 4,500 working at the Seattle North Pacific before the strike, returned to thut plant Places of former employes who have not yet returned to work, and! who are thought to have left the | city will, nevertheless, be held open for them for a reasonable time. If they fall to return then, other men / will be hired to take their places. | ‘The wood shipbuilding plants can- | not take back as many men as they | formerly employed, owing to thé un- | certainty of the wooden shipbuilding trade and the failure, of the govern | ment to permit the shipbullders to | take contracts from foreign coum) tries. Now that conditions are normal Skinner & Eddy, J, BE. Duthie & Co. | |und the Seattle North Pacific yard | i PUES BERL aD TCS. Continued From Page One| | vent Germany from falling into the hands of the Bolshevista. “The present government thinks it must build bridges from the old to the new regime, instead of mak ing the transition clean cut. “The government can be compared | to Gen. Ludendorff's position. last | but #0 ordinary. tidencé of the people. There are; brains in Germany if they are only given a chance. Ebert a Mistake “Bilection of Ebert, the saddier, far the first president, was a «ad mis take. Why should Germany have to make such a mediocre start as a republic? He is undoubtedly honest, I am told he wear July, when the German armies were | 4 Mashy pearl atickpin and is be at the height of their victories, I coming a professional politician. Nor in the front| pointed out then that defeat was in- i Scheidemann a man who is able coast ports in the marine facilities. share of Ger- it was an- evitable, but they couldn't see it. So it is with the present govern- ment—it is at the height of its pow- to get a good peace. Politics prevail when common sense should. The government doenn't realize the diffi- culties of the peace problem or Ger many’s porition.” Harden is heartily dixguated with the methods the German foreign of- fice has been practicing since the armistice was signed. He condemns . | the foreign office officials strongly, It is pathetic that not one was elect: @d to the national assembly who Doasesses voth ability and the con- HE as he condemned the war and Ger many’s war policies, He wants to see Germany deal squarely with the Pe nceenniameemetpmarene BON MARCH ARGAIN BASEMEN —Your Aprons Now— 360 NEW APRONS AT Bungalow Aprons 9c APIECE Coverall Aprons Dress Aprons Slipover Aprons Aprons made of 32-inch’ Scout Percale in about twenty different stripe and plaid patterns, in medium and light colors. Aprons that are cut full and well made, in FIVE GOOD STYLES— THAT FIT WELL —And the Colorings are Reliable— entente, sending delegates to Paris who can be trusted to make a clean breast of Germany's gullt, and estab. lish & basie upon which Germany can begin anew, | Harden's friends urged the foreign office to wend him to the peace con- ference, to confer with President | Wilson personally, if possible, to ad mit Germany's mistakes and to clarify her present position. Har- |den agreed to go, but the foreign Sear: refused to consider the pro- posal, dempite the fact he in one of the few Germans who are not com. Promined in foreign eyes, “We were to blame for the war for many reasons,” Harden contie ued. “I've consistently maid that, not only about the beginning of the war, but about our conduct of it thruout. “Germany's navy was a direct danger to England at a time when we were getting rich by her free trade policy, The English colonies had as many made-in Germany goods as those made in England. Ger- many started the war, as I pointed |out in November in the Zukunft. | We fought in a guilty way, and by | means of propaganda made our peo ple believe they were justified in the defense of their fatherland. The | German People were honest in their | belief. The militarinte claimed steadily that we were right and would win. I pointed out we were wrong—and that we would be de- feated. But the government stupid: | ly refused to see the light. It is still refusing to see the light. | hen Wilson's 14 points were | first announced, everyone said we jcouldn’t accept them because they were too harsh. Now they are try jing to twist the 14 points to meet | German views. There is no doubt tn | my mind that under the 14 points | Alsace-Lorraine goes to France. But | the government demands a plebes. | cite. It would be the aame even if a | plebescite were held, as it would go overwhelmingly in favor of France. Then Germany would claim the plebescite was unfair because the | French were occupying that terri tory. “There will always be something to agitate about until we break en- |Urely away from the old and start a brand new policy. The German people think abnormally now, if they | think at all. The war and hard. ships have made them crazy. They are gambling, dancing, seeking every pleasure possible and spending money like water, figuring that either the Bolshevists or Schiffer (the minister of finance) will get it | anyhow if they don’t spend it. The people are ready to do anything in their fanaticiem, If the emperor were not so cowardly, and would re. turn and call his 70,000 officers about him, everybody would hurrah and say the old times were better than the present, and demand him back, “But a genuinely liberal movement is coming. Machine guns cannot wipe out radical ideas. Give the peo- ple food and work, and Bolshevism |formed state is established.” Harden anticipates clowe and im- portant relations between the Ger man republic and the United States. “We need close relations with America more than she needs us at first,” he said, . “and, frankly, it would benefit us more than America, but eventually the advantages would be equal. I have the greatest faith in the league of nations. But its suc cess and world peace during the coming century depend upon close and friendly many, Engla America,” ALL QUIET NOW AT TIENTSIN WASHINGTON, March — 18,— “All is quiet at Tientsin, and no fur- ther trouble is anticipated,’ says a state department cable from Consul General Heintzleman, at Tientsin, No further particulars were civen, Frisco Machinists | | will be avoided until a solid and re.) lations between Ger- | each expect to launch a ship during | the — week COAST SHIPYARD MEN IN SESSION AT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, March 16 ey cific coast shipyard owners and rep-| rementatives of thelr employes are| in weasion here with a view to fram-| ing an agreement over future labor | dixturbances, About 109 representa: | tives of the men and ten owners are | in conference. Charles Pies, director general of | the emergency fleet corporation, ad. dreming the conferences yesterday, urged that beth owners and men! come to an agreement as to wage schedules, recognition of union and length of the work day, | late” yeuterday the employers’ | representatives met to determine upon the demands to be submitted to the owners, Labor officials pre-| dicted that an agreement would be effected by Wednesda: May Cancel Strike! SAN FRANCISCO, March 18.— Whether or not the , Machinists’ union will return to the Tron Trades council and end ite strike for a 44 hour week is the big question in la- bor circles here today. A tentative agreement that the Saturday ;half. holiday will become effective May 3 has been reached by a conference of Iron Trades council, Metal Trades’ association and Foundrymen’s asso- ciation representatives. Before making the agreement final, the various organizations are to secure the consent of their affili ated organizations to a general agree. Ment covering the half-holiday con- troversy in alf Bay district ship- yards, The machinists, who initiat- ed the strike, have so far from indicating their attitude regard ing the new proposal. New York Strikers | Run Into Deadlock | NEW YORK, March 18.—Striking |harbor workers and private boat owners were deadlocked today as a [result of owners’ refusal to grant! an eight-hour day and recognition of | the marine workers’ affiliation, Altho @ number of private owners jhave agreed to the terms granted to the men by the railroad adminis. tration, there are still more than 4,000 harbor workers: out. Fourteen crews of tugs chartered by the army and navy walked out last night as a result of not receiv- jing the increase granted workers by these departments last week. 1 ,000 | Strikers in East Fight Police LAWRENCE, Mass, March 18.— Serious riots oceurred here today, when 1,000 striking textile workers |@nd sympathizers attempted to pa- rade the streets, Shots were fired by the strikers and bottles and bricks hurled when the entire police force of the city, headed by Marshal T. J. O'Brien, ¢ ‘wed the crowd. Glasgow Loses Big Order by Strikes | (Special to The Star by N. EB. A.) |. GLASGOW, March 18.—Strikes here resulted in a loss of contracts | aggregating nearly $4,000,000, accord. ing to a pamphlet in circulation. The contracts were to have been placed by the government of one of the British dominions with a locomotive works employing 7,000 men, Fear of inability to deliver by the con- tract date, led to the placing of the order in the United States, NEW JERSEY STREET CAR STRIKE AT END! NEW YORK, March 18 -The| car strike which affected all hern New Jersey came to an at 4 a, m, today on a settlement | busts Proposed by the war labor board. Each side in the controversy claimed to have won a victory. FORD ©, ATTLE DRIVER OMAHA, Neb., March 18,—Honk! Honk! Nebraska farmers have found new use for flivvers. 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