The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1919, Page 10

SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1919 BIN More Phone Walkouts ‘JULIA O'CONNOR s| If Adjustment Board Is | COMING TO CITY Success, Leader Asserts President of the Operators’ | Union on Way West NOW PLAYINC— LIMITED ENGAGEMENT CLEMMER’ SEATTLES BEST PHOTO PL€Y HOUSE PAULINE FREDERICK ‘ “Never before have I been able so fully to express emo- tions nor to be so freely myself, with such satisfying Julia O'Conner, international president of tho “hello” girls, who won from the wire control board in Washington, D. ©, the girls’ demands for retroactive pay, Is on her way to San Francisco to enter into negotin tions with company officials for the new agreement, and will come to Seattle, This was the announcement made Friday by Miss Mabel Lesiie, inter national organizer for the girls, who has been in constant touch with Miss O'Connor. “When her work in San Francisco is completed Miss O'Connor will un-| doubtedly visit Seattle before she| returns to her home tn Boston,” declared Miss Lesi With the announcement that Miss O'Connor would go to San Francisco | to confer with company officials, | local chiefs of the telephone oper. ators’ union declared that they| would not send any delegates to/| the settlement conference August 4.| WILSON TO SEE PARTY LEADERS STARTS TODAY A surprise in every scene—Suspense is oe with each succeeding foot of COME EARLY (SaSnuEEEEE . ports reaching here declare. Early today the .estimate of damages was $25,000. Business bulldings, five vacant buildings and one dwelling were de- stroyed, as well as the stocks in the stores of the ill-fated town. The flames started in a building used by graders, who were away at the time. Citizens and campers worked herolcally to save the blazing property, and many homes were pro- tected by bucket brigades. It is believed that a cigarette may have caused the fire. 9,000 BLAZE IN SNOHOMISH Destroys County Build- ing; No One Injured es, in a vacant building lestroyed the business nf eae town of Machias, in ish county, last night, re- EXCURSION TOMORROW EAST | HOOD SOUND | CANAL Famous San J Fe ee eee Oe FE | inten Ciyiams Ronen S. S. Whatcom Leaves Colman Dock, 9 A. M. The ever-popular cruise of America’s inland wonder- land. Lots of time ashore at Union City. Round _- fare... D1.OO Children, 6 to 12, 75 Cts. Including War Tax s. S. Indianapolis Leaves Colman Dock, 9 A. M. 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Miss Leslie left for| Portland Friday night to meet Miss Nellie Johnson, second international vice president, who represented the girls at the San Francisco wage conference, She will return here next week and later tour the eoun- try making the phone operators’ + | ia organization more complete. Greatest Victory | “But the granting of an adjust- ment board has in ftself been the | greatest victory the girls on the Pacific Coast have ever succeeded in gaining. Some people have| criticized us for returning to work | without winning our full wage de- mands, But with an adjustment board in proper running order higher wages ought to come as a matter of course.” Miss Leslie came to the Pacific | Coast early in June, when threats | of a phone strike first began to| fill the air. When the walk-out) was finally ordered she went to Portland take charge of the} state of Oregon division of the) coast-wide strike, “An adjustment board means ev- erything to us,” Miss Leslie assert- ed. “Knowing what a public neces- | sity the phone system is, we are| opposed to strikes. It is my sin-| cere hope that in a few years the adjustment board plan will be so well developed not only in the tele- phone exchanges, but in all indus- tries, that strikes and lockouts will never occur, “Conditions in Seattle and other| cities on the Pacifie Coast are! similar today to the conditions that existed in the New England states prior to the successful strike there early last winter. At that time, after steady sailing for five years, during which time the unions were strengthened and the adjustment board plan developed, Postmaster General Burleson refused to allow the board to settle various griev- ance cases. | “This topped all the causes which | resulted in our finally calling a strike. Of course, we were vastly | better organized there than here| and very few strikebreakers were secured, so we won a comparative- | ly better setttlement. Good Showing Here “It took the union In Boston and other cities eight years to get to} the commanding position it now} holds. bipe you consider that the Seattle telephone girls have been organized hardly two years, the| progress already made {s excellent. “The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is growing steadily stronger, with the girls’ artment making the biggest ins. Next Wednesday night I go to Bellingham to present the girls there with a charter, Number | 161-A, “In August, 1917, the local union was formed, the 42nd organization of phone operators in the country.| In less+than two years 119 new lo- cals have been organized, The In- ternational Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, now the fourth largest organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, | was 19th in size two years ago.” Altho the kind of adjustment | boards granted the girls will not be | known officially until after the new | agreement is signed, early in August, Miss Leslie outlined what she w: informed would be the probable steps | taken by the phone girl with a griev- | ‘The girl will first make her com- plain to the wire chief in charge of | the office,” Miss Leslie explained, “If | the grievance eannot be settled there, the girl will lay her case before the general traffic manager in charge of the district. “At the same time she will present the workers’ division of the adjust ment board with a copy of her com- plaint. Should the general traffic manager make a satisfactory settle. | ment, the decision will be recorded | by the union to establish a prece dent, To Set Precedent “If the girl is still unsatisfied with the ruling of the traffic manager, the adjustment board takes the case under consideration, and its decision will be final and will establish a prec: edent for future similar cases, ‘The board will be composed of rganizer for Phone Operators’ Union three phone girls and three company officials. In New England, the girls on the adjustment board are allowed one day off every week to consider grievance cases,” Miss Leslie never worked for a tel- ephone company in her life. “That's why,” she says, “I'm not afraid to say what I mean.” She worked on a private board ex- change for four years in New York | city before she took up the work of organizing women workers. For a time Miss Lesile was organizer for the National Women's Trade Union league. In that capacity she was in strumental in organizing all tele: phone operators then employed in the Chicago stock yards. Miss Leslie became an organizer for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, under Miss Julia O'Connor, president, a year ag Since that time she has gone over} the entire country, organizing phor girls, AWARD CONTRACT; MAY WARN CONTRACTOR ‘The city has awarded the con- tract for paving Harbor ave. 8. W., from W. Spokane st. to W. Atlant st. to the Independent Paving Co., at a contract bid of $78,189.50. The board of public works in recom- mending the acceptance of the bid, suggested the paving company be notified that the city expected the |Job completed according to sched- | ule and that no extension of time would be allowed, Hayward “The United States has a place in the prophecies of the Bible, as well as other nations. And this will be the sub- ject for the lecture in the HAYWARD ‘TABERNACLE Sunday Night July 27 “Hayward Knows the Prophecies.” ———————— ———_—_—_ The subject for the lec- ture Saturday Night and Blanchard Streets, Auspices Seventh Day Adventist Churvhes. |tends to |first time | ecutive Does Not Favor Proposals| for Treaty Reservations | WASHINGTON, July | (United Press.) —President Wil- | son took the initiative today in | ratification of i} 26.— the fight over the peace treaty. He planned to go to the cap itol—for the third time since his return from Europe—to confer with democratic leaders, He wrote a letter to Senator| Lodge, opposition leader, answering | requests of the senate for informa tion and data on the Paris peace conference proceedings. He let it be known that he does) not favorably regard reservations to the treaty, This hint from White House, coming soon after Senator Spencer submitted five tentative reservations for Wilson's consideration, was regarded as sig: nificant Sees No More Senators | ‘The president also let another day| go by without scheduling any tnore| conferences with republican sen-| ators. Meanwhile the senate took a day | off from debating the league, but opponents and proponents were busy in their offices whipping into| shape a series of hot speeches for next week. Opposition leaders were eagerly awaiting publication of Wilson's let-| ter to Lodge as it was expected to reveal Wilson's present attitude to. ward senate demands If it is considered objectionable it may call forth comment on the sen- ate floor. Announcement of the president's | coast-to-coast itinerary was expected | to be made shortly. ‘The start of the | campaign for. ratification of the treaty and the league covenant has been set tentatively for August 8| or 10, He probably will make no “rear platform" speeches, confining his ad- dresses to the larger cities. Not more than one or two stops will be made en route to the Pacific coast. it was believed. It was also learned that the pres- ident has written to Senator Lodge, chairmon of the foreign relations committee, giving information _re- quested by the senate on peace treaty negotiations. The letter will be made public when Lodge re- ceives it, it was stated. It is not an invitation for Lodge to visit the White House, it was made clear The president had no conferences scheduled with republican senators for today. This lent credence to the view held in many quarters that Wilson will not invite all republican | senators, as he originally intended He met two yesterday and none the day before. Wilson will make speeches on his way to San Francisco where he in weltome the new Pacific fleet, August 15, it was learned The date of his departure is still un- certain, The president and Mrs. Wilson Played golf this morning for the in a week. Wilson has refraining from exercise fol his recent illness, PORT BOARD TO ELECT MEMBER Bridges’ Resignation Will Be} Accepted, Announced ‘The resignation of Robert Bridges, | president of the port commission, ten dered in a letter to C. J. France, ex Y, Friday, will be ac-| next meeting of the been lowing cepted at the | | | | Bridges’ charge of jers will sel until the port election in December. | commission Wednesda |ed president | Friday and charged that, as the other | , recording to the two remaining members of the | port board, Dr. W. T. Christensen | and T. 8. Lippy. Lippy will be elect: | that time, | to present plans of the two commis | sioners, Bridges turned in his resignation rs had formed a po-| lance against him, he was | powerless to perform his duties in a constructive manner. Both the other commissioners deny playing politics and make the counter-charge that he | has tried to run the commission with- | out giving them any say in the mat-| ter. | Following the stepping out of Bridges, the other two commission. | et a successor to serve The resignation of Bridges is the| result of friction that has been keep. ing the commission in a turmoil since this spring, Last December, Chris. tensen was elected over Judge C Remsberg,- with the support of Bridges, All went well until this| spring when trouble began to brew Since that time Bridges and Chris tensen have been at loggerheads, | with Lippy on Christensen’s side. Bridges has been a member of the| commission since it was organized in| 1911, He has served as president for four terms, | and is re according | , the | GUTERSON’S results on the screen as— WOMAN” A Society Drama of Today The Story of a Woman Who Was Afraid of Love! ! ! ! NOTE: During the course of this vivid play, Miss Frederick is seen in TWENTY-THREE DISTINCT CHANGES OF COSTUME! CHRISTIE ORCHESTRA CONCERT NUMBERS Selection— “The Fortune Teller”... “Bluebird” COMEDY “SEA SIRENS” BRUCE SCENIC “SUNDOWN” “STARS AS THEY ARE” «+ »+Herbert Kummer See your favorites at home and in the studio. SAY PRESIDENT TO RUN AGAIN Republicans Are Worried Over “Third Term Plot” By L. C. MARTIN United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 26.—That senate democrats are planning to make President Wilson a third term candidate was the declaration téday of leading opponents of the league of | nations They asserted the democrats have | carefully worked out a plan to create a situation that may be summed up | thu They will create the impression thruout the country, by means of senate speeches, that opposition to the league is based on personal jeal- ousy and partisan hostility to Wil son. This will open the way for the claim that unless Wilson runs again elected the league of nations |will be ruined by the should they get control of congress. Jealousy Charge As proof of what one senator today called the “third term plot,” repub- |licans pointed to. the fact that demo crats who have spoken this week on the? league have emphasized the charge that the president's opponents ulous of his prestige and eager r down his work. While the senate and the foreign relations committee remained idle to- y, preparations were made for re- newal of the debate Monday. Fur. ther attacks on President Wilson be- vuse of hig withholding the French treaty were expected, League opponents also used the re- cess to discuss plans for counteract- ing the effects of the president's di- rect appeal to the country thru a speaking tour. They are undecided to | whether they can spare men like Bo- rah and Johnson from the senate to make tours, but are agreed that some means must be found for replying to the president's arguments. Balloon Tragedy Pilot Released CHICAGO, July 26. — (United Press,)--W. ©, Young, of the Good year Tire & Rubber company, and Jack Boettner, pilot of the Goodyear dirigible “Wingfoot,” were released from custody today, They had been detained for investigation of the ac- cident in which the “Wingfoot” caught fire and killed 13 in its fall, republicans | |AMATEUR PRESS | MEETING HERE Convention “Closes With a Banquet and Election | ‘The, 23d annual convention of the | united Amateur Press association of |America met Friday evening. Roy | Erford, chairman of the convention | |committee, gave the address of | | welcome and introduced C. F. Noel, |of Snohomish, the first vice presi- | dent, who is the presiding officer in | the absence of President W, A. Cook. Committees were named: On| | proxies, Victor Pedroni, chairman;| Mildred Cooch, A. W. Deery, Par- ker Rowell and T. G. Mauritzen. On resolutions, Harry Shepherd, chair- man; Edgar A. Rowell and Lenora Pearl Brace, ‘The ex-service men of the associa- tion who addressed the convention | were: Capt. Frank W. Harris, of | Olympia; Edgar A. Rowell, of Brock: | ton, Mass., and Corporal Henry Cre- mer, D, % Gourman and Hershel Silverstone, of Seattle. Aubrey W., Deery will be toast: | )master at a dinner at 6 o'clock Sat |urday evening, at Wolfe's cafeteria. | “ CIRCLE-NATION PLANE ON WAY NEW YORK, July 26.—Capt. Roy | N, Francis, U. 8. A., was at Hazel-| hurst field, Mineola, today, supervis- | ing the overhauling of his airplane | before attempting a transcontinental flight from New York to San Fran- cisco. Capt. Francis and Lieut. T. W. Welch arrived at Mineola yesterday afternoon from Dayton, Ohio, having driven the Martin bomber 650 miles in six hours and 52 minutes. With Lieut. E. A. Clune, Francis hopes to start across the continent next week, He plans the flight in two “hops"—from Mineola to North Platte, Neb., 1,509 miles, and from there to San Francisco, 1,315 miles, AUGUSTA, Me., July 26—(United Press.)—Lieut. Col. R, 8. Hartz, who is making a flight around the rim of the country in a Martin bombing plane, started from here on the sec- Ss. ond stage of his journey at 11:35 a. m, today. Col. Hatrz will attempt a non-stop flight from this city to Cleveland. 200 MASTER PRINTERS & MEETING IN SEATTLE © More than 200 delegates of the master printers of the Northwest at- tended the opening meeting Satur- day, at the Masonic club auditorium, in the Arcade building, q The opening address was made by ff Gordon Corbaley, of the Chamber of |” Commerce, while the response was made by A. B, Howe, Tacoma, presi- dent of the Northwest division, U. T. A. A luncheon and banquet to the visiting delegates and their families will be given later. 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