The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1919, Page 2

i cae WASHINGTON, ds July about Aug co about August 15, je coast. it Wilson Daniels and will be held. and hold the nt when the le to Greet with its 25,000 men, > tAL SCREEN IN PLRSON qRENA HIPPODROMIE CONCERT—1:30 SUNDAY JUIN GIFIC FLEET ‘SAILS JULY 22 ident Hopes to Review _ Armada While in West July 12.—The fle fleet will sail from Hamp- arriving at San t 10, and at San Secre- the Navy Daniels has an- Daniels will not accom- the fleet, but will join it on) N. J. visited Seere- talked over the | demand recognition of the Irish re- 8. The president hopes to| public, to clear matters regarding the Pacific fleet somewhere the Pacific coast, it is known,) and to protest against the league | oes not know what date the | of nations. Daniels sug- | that the president meet the} fat a-Southern port on the go with the flect to San Feviow | Carry Away Loot will Join the fleet at San | Later he will go to Hono- | N. h a portion of it and wil! new Pear! ary dock is formally opened. ae * _ Big Pacific Fleet for welcoming the Pacific which li from the Atlantic July 22, ing made in Seattle, The “ships whith will come to the ie coast, giving it as large a i force as the Atlantic, should @ in Seattle some time in Sep | “Swear to have nothing to do with men—to look down on and despise them!” / Cited Rev. Mythen and Judge Wall Speakers Rev. J. Grattan Mythen, pastor of an Episcopal church in Baltt- more, Md., will be the speaker at a meeting held by Se- attle, Irish at the Moore theatre Sunday night. Judge J, M. Wall, of Boundbrook, will also be one of the speakers. The meeting ts being called to the religious question in Ireland, Steal Motor Car; ‘Three. young men ransacked the home of I, F. Feyen, 6278 20th ave, EB, Friday evening and then used Feyen's auto to carry the loot away, according to report made to the police by neighbors. “HUMAN FLY” CLIMBS HUMBOLDT BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.—Jack Williams, the “human fly,” climbed to the top of the Humboldt Bank building and reached the top of the flagpole in one hour and ten minutes, At the fifth story Mra Jerome H, Weinstein reached out of a window and greeted Wil- Nams with & kiss, Ld ¥ 12, 1919. principal | ¢ts last? | | | | ttl HERE’S FUN IN QUANTITIES! IRLS They organize a regular man-hater’s league, but one night a young chap _ —Harrison Ford—flees into their apartment for safety from an irate hus- band! Then things happen! aOR ANON 8 ees RR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—31 MEN MALOTTE on the WURLITZER IRISHTOMEET WHEN WILL PHONE STRIKE END? SUNDAY NIGHT Leaders Outline Situation and Explain What Fight Is All About HOW CAN SETTLEMENT BE MADE? How long will the strike of tele phone operators and electrical work What are the issues involved? How can the strike be settled? ‘The situation, according to Blanche Johnson, chairman of the operators’ strike committee, and R. W. Fuller, chairman of the electrical workers’ strike committee, is as follows: With the Seattle telephone strike, in which more than 1,000 phone work out of work, ready to begin its third week's run in this city, the “ordin ary man” is beginning to wonder when the trouble between the strik ers and company will leave the cen- ter of the stage and when, once vestigating the q will be presented cannot settle the strike. ‘The work of Rev. M. A. Matthews in attempting to effect a settlement of the strike will have no bearing on ers and telephone operators are put! the final outcome, even tho his re- | port would undoubtedly carry great weight in local circles. pendent companies have signed up to the agreement, are the workers | conference b back on the job. i ‘The report of the Chamber of Com- meres and Commercial Club, after in- wunes of the strike, to the public. What It's Abont What the girls are fighting for and, unfortunately, what cannot be settled in this city, are the following again, ho will hear the old familiar | demands: voice of “Number, please?” without long, inconvenient waiting. ‘The first and most important fact to bear in mind in relation to the Jocal situation is that the walkout is not a local affair, where the em ployas have walked out because of minor difficulties with the company, | which could be settled right here in Seattle, From Bellingham to San Diego the strike has spread. Following weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with company officials, the heads of the electrical workers’ and telephone op- | the entire coast on June 29, Some Have Signed Only in some of the smaller South- ern California cities, where the inde- Two dollars a day for a beginner's wage, Your dollars a day at the begin- ning of the third year, Local adjustment board em the New England plan. Back pay to June 16, day when an, ‘They Back Girls The electrical workers are backing the phone operators in all their de mands. Their wage demands and the company’s offer vary in only 40 cents @ day difference, and they say they could arbitrate that point while on the job. Bft they are firm in their stand that they will not go back to work until the girls receive justice. Postmaster General Turleson has | suggested that the difficulties be arbitrated before the wire control board. If the wire board had the authority to settle the strike, that would be the proper step. But it hasnt. The only power it has ever exerted is the power to make eug: gestions, which were adopted or dis- regarded, as the authorities saw fit. Want Mediation Board As far as the unions are con- It Contracts to expire simultaneously |cermed there are only two ways to | with electricians. Retroactive pay to January, 2919. The company, in its counter pro- posal to the girls, just before the San Francisco conference ended in a dead-lock, offered the following: ‘Twelve dollars per week to begin- | erator#’ union called the strike along | ners. Nineteen dollars a week at end five years’ service. An adjustment planned later. Contracts with electrion! workers and phone operators to expire at dif- ferent dates. board, to be | mediation | settle the Coast-wide phone strike. One {for Postmaster General Bur- leson to instruct company officials to reopen negotiations with union representatives at San Francisco after recognizing the retroactive feature. The other method, and what now of |!ooks like the method that will be |pursued, is the appointment of a board by President Wil- son, Unions along the entire coast have asserted their willingness to abide by the decisions of any board appointed by the president. ‘ \5 1 | | | | Coronation March .........Meyerbeer “The Mighty Deep” .............. “Tl Trovatore,” selection . Medley of Popular Songs. SCHOOL BONDS | AND LEVY UP Special Election to Decide|Richard Spillane Tells of on July 22 To determme whether a special | tax levy shall be made to Yaise a |fumd of $820,000 to pay increased | salaries to teachers, and also wheth er $4,600,000 school bonds shall be jsold for | school, a special #:hool election will | be held in the Seattle school district uly 22. expaniemn of Beattle's NOT A STRIKE FOR 98 YEARS | Italian Organization BY RICHARD SPILLANE Staff Writer on Economic Subjects A confidential report to the gov- ernment, covering labor conditions and factory operation in Italy, par ticularly in the textile industry, brings some odd facts to Nght. The two great labor organizations, it says, are the Catholic Labor union, Proceeding upon the theory that | composed mostly of women and chil- program. ings will be erected. Forty Seattle S Club Third Anniversary Celebration Presenting GREATER Maude and the Clown 20 BIG CLEAN SHOWS ALL WEEK STARTS MONDAY SHOW GROUNDS Help the Boys Build the Gym. ‘Twenty: rtable buildings, for tse | next fall, may be bought on bids to | try body of mill workers as is found | be submitted before July 16. Lenora, Fifth, Blanchard |the voters will appreciate the need | dren, and the Socialist union, which for funds to enable the enlargement | ‘8 both radical and political. | of the schools in the city, the school |board Friday outlined a three-year | construction | eight buf Mill liabor is composed principally of peasant girls, who begin when they are about 14 and marry when they are 18. Because of this short period, | there has developed no such heredl in Great Britain, and for the same reason the unions do not get a strong hold on them. The character of the employer has much to do with the union question. Where there is a good employer, there is no union. ‘Thus far there has been no such an- tagoniam to capitalism as is mani- fested in England, Frange and Amer- ica, and there are no demands for supervision such as are common here. Wages have been advanced about 50 per cent since pre-war times. The average wage of women in cotton {mills is 10:40 lire, or $1.40, a day. | Costs of manufacture have gone up very much, principally on account of fuel prices and unprecedented cost of machinery. The big mill at Castel- lanza. owned by Baron Cantoni, has 140,000 spindles and 4,000 looms, and employs 6,000 persons. It was busy on East Indian and American cotton when the investigators visited it, and the contrast between the dirty, coarse Indian stuff and the clean, 00d staple American product, im- pressed them very much, At Solblate they visited the Con- tonificio di Solbiate, owned by Tob- ler Bros, This plant was established in 1821, and never in all the years of ite operation and wide growth has there been a labor disturbance of any kind. Between the employers and employes a strong attachment exists, the investigators declared, more Iike parents and children than employer and operative. Thruout Italy this mill is recognized as the model of cleanliness and industrial efficiency. RECOMMEND PAY INCREASE Public Works Board Favors City Raises Acting upon a request by Mayor Hanson for wage in creases for all city workers, the board of public works has NOW HERE! The startling story of a telephone girl who mar- ried a millionaire. His maney counts for more than her virtue until virtue begins to fight— ,., THEN THE FUR FLIES! 4: GLADYS BROCKWELL —a beauty and an * SR 3 It tells a gripping story of an attempted abuse of the New York divorce law by unscrupulous men and women and how the girl and her iN ; “THE DIVORCE TRAP” attorney clean up the whole gang. Ernest P. Russell on the Wurlitzer TROOP TRUCK FALLS IN CREEK; SIX DEAD ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12.—Six agreed to recommend to the city council a 1244 per cent increase to become effective August 1. Provision for the raise will be made in am emergency ordi nance to be presented to tho council Monday. ‘The salary boost provided in the emergency measure will be effect: ive until next January, if passed. At that time the new budget be comes effective, and it is expected that a further increase may be con- sidered by the council in preparing the budget this month, Mayor Hanson, in his demand that the board of public works in- vestigate salaries in the city gov- ernment, declared the pay of city workers to be insufficient to meet increased living costs, The board, after hearings and reports from city department heads extending over several weeks, reached their decision to recommend @ 12% per cent raise Friday. Final determination of the wage raise was based upon a report of the University of Washington which showed that living costs went up 12.31 per cent from July 1, 1918, to July 1, 1919. The raise will af- fect 6,000 city worker: | HELD FOR U. 8, OFFICERS | Willlam Cohen, and Ramsey, charged with being I. will be investigated by federal aithor. ities. Cohen was arrested at Second ave. 8. and Washington st. by Pat- rolmen J, J. Crawford and W. 8. ‘White. Ramsey was taken into cus- tody at Ninth ave, 8. and Weller st. by Sergeant J. J. Haig ang Patro- men are known to have been drowned and it is believed that a number of others met the same fate when an army truck carrying a load of troops from here to Camp Humphreys fell into the Greater Hunt creek while crossing a bridge. A rescue party was immediately rushed from Camp Humphreys. It it believed that at least 10 or 12 men lost their lives, —_—_—_—_—_—$—$—$_—$___ ee I ] e' will soothe th: at ° ° itching skin ‘The first application of Resinol usually takes the itch and burn right out of ec: zema and similar skin-affections. Thit gentle, healing ointment seems to get rightat the rootof the trouble, restoring the skintobenlth : surprisingly shost tune, Rasta! ipeedl by all druggists, al BY RICHARDD SPILLANE Staff Writer on Economics, Business Topics, It's no use. You cannot feaze the makers of fashions. Over in Paris the fine fabrics of wool, of delicate cottons and linens and filmy laces and a few ribbons @ hat that sells oh! how costly. But what does that matter? The artist, the true artist, needs but an inspiration, and lo! the world has a creation, What but genius could make whisps of straw and a few ribbons a hat that sels for $100, and makes women ecstatic and men something else? Now Paris {s outdoing itself. It is making the potato sack gown the fashion. It issupplanting brocade with burlap. For $135 you may purchase something charming and a la mode in the way of a gown. Some of the new style modes have arrived on this side and are on gale. They are what the ladies term fetching, whatever that may mean. Just where the $135 Price comes in does not seem clear to mere man. The finest weave of jute or burlap—end in the strongest may be said to be the finest—is sold for less than 60 cents a yard. To make a skirt all you have to do as a preliminary is to boil the stuff and then dye it your favorite color or shade. After that it is a matter of tailoring, and, of course, design, and it is in “design” that aris claims its toll. If this gunny sack fashion spreads it would appear that the coolie ladies of China and the colored ladies of our cotton states would be right up man BW. $m front rank im stylc, Burlap Supplants Brocade and French Think It Fine In China it is the custom when the burlap covering is stripped from a bale of stuff for the ladies who labor along the waterside to appro- priate the precious article for a gar ment. Veracious chroniclers say that as you walk along the quays in the Far Bast you sometimes meet a lady or, gentleman with a strip of sacking, about her or his body on which you may see an injunction— “Use No Hooks” In the cotton belt, especialy in darkest Mississippi and Alabama no pickaninny feels he or she is really dressed up unless garbed in a flour sack with the XX Superior brand so displayed that all may see it. Burlap gowns are for sale in some of the Eastern cities now, the Parisian models having been brought over and copied in the usual way we have of robbing the French “mas ters” of thelr glorious works. Most of the “gowns” displayed so far have been purple. Ladies who see them for the first time do not know whether to say they are charming or not. Ono lady, with an inspired mind, expressed her idea in “Oh! how. exquisitely coarse they are.” jut the American burlap gown isn’t to cost $1 Not much. We're too well ac- quainted with the stuff. The pres: ent price is $35. It may be the “rage,” but formerly we spelled it without the “e.” When you think of advert. fing, think of The Star,