The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 16

“TRAFFIC STRIKE GRIPS NEW YORKY THE SEATTLE STAR MILLIONS WALY TALK CITY CAR TRAINMEN URGE HALIFAX GREETS TO THEIR WORK SYSTEMINL. A. WAGE INCREASE BRITISH PRINCE ~ Transit Employes Paralyze Walkout of Workers Con- 50 Per Cent Jump and Im- Vast Street System NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Now York's Millions struggled to work today to ® @rizzling rain, with transportation Wines paralyzed by the shutdown of the subway and elevated, following a strike, by the Brotherhood of Inter Borough Rapta Transit Emplc an ‘Organization fostered by the pany. Not a wheel was turning this Morning on any of tho lines affected. shutdown became effective after 4 o'clock Sunday morn- | fing, when brotherhood leaders is- Rored an cleventh-hour injunction, Dut the full effect of the strike was Mot felt until carty today, when the gity attempted to start the week's Daylight saw thousands massed t the Long island terminals of han roads, which had been un- them «ince the carly morning Streets were packed with of every type, loaded to the} Scores of thousands plodded | foot thru the rain, bound for the eity business districts. Qtarges Collusion Hyland, who has charged between the striking broth- and the interborough com- to force a fare increase, leued . nt yesterday to the strik- in which he said: tight now the Interborough would to ume you as a temporary ex- so they can get S-cent fares.” ¢ Service Commissioner Nixon open a formal investigation of strike at 2:20 o'clock this Tt was said he will in - every angle of the shutdown strike. ‘The injunction which failed to pre- the strike is returnable in court Brotherhood leaders on it was served stated they will on hand. ‘The Interboroush company an- it would make no effort to je trains. General Manager Hed- | fald the tleup was complete. Heally every policeman in New was on dity today in the down- districts. The early morning 1 ‘was good humored, in spite Mf the discomforts added by the rain. Dolice had little to do other than the extraordinary traffic un- Hungarian Cabinet Named INHAGEN, Aug. 18.—Dis- from Budapest to Berlin com- | tinues to Tie Up Traffic LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 18 (United Press).—That the street car men’s strike will undergo its biggest test today is admitted by both union | and company officials of the Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles Rail way company Altho there has been partial serv: fee during the day, city and inter urban transportation was suspended Saturday and Sunday nights. On both nights hundreds of theatre goers, caught unawares, were forced to walk to their homes Officials of the Los Angeles Rail: | way today declared that Sunday service was normal, -while union of | fictals said that service was only one. | third normal. Strikers maid that the |crews quit the company and joined | their ranks thruout the day | The first move toward municipal ownership of the Lox Angeles street car line was made yesterday when an open meeting of unionists ap pointed a committee to determine the advisability of circulating a petition asking the city council to take over | the line. | | Auto busses recetved the irregular service to the various beaches yes | | tertay | More than 50 applications were filed yesterday for permits to oper. | ate “Jitneys.” | BOOTLEG BOOZE ‘ CAUSES DEATH {Coroner to Perform Post-| | Mortem Examination | A postsmortem examination wil! be | made over the body of Charles Dah lin, 45, a rigger of Skinner & Eddy's |yard, who died Sunday night, after drinking some liquor. | City authorities believe he was polsoned. He was taken from his apartment, 614 Union st. Saturday night, to the Swedish hospital, in a) dying condition. Physicians were | unable to do anything for him. | | Charles Christensen, proprietor of | the house where Dahlin lived, de clared the dead man obtained a quan tity of liquor Saturday afternoon, after he had fin':hed work Friends Find Man | Dead in His Room} | __ Believed to have been dead since | Friday, the body of Charles H. Dat. provements Demanded CLEVELAND, Ohio, Ang, 18.— (United Preas.)—Increases in wages averaging 50 per cent and the installation of automatic stok ors, coal passers, grate shakers and door openers are provided tn | a new wage scale and standard rules report in the hands of the 300 representatives of the Broth- erhood, of Lacomotive Firemen and Enginemen here today, The demands will be presented to Walker D, Hines, director general of railroads, as soon as the draft of the proposed measure ix rewritten, | President Timothy | according , to Shea The firemen and hostlers demand increases ranging from 35 to 65 per cent and the average is 50 per cent, said Shea, It will cost the railroads of the United States and Canada | $200,000,000 to Install the automatic levices demanded, delegates esti mated, while the wage increases would amount to about $70,000,000. The latter figure ix based on the axsumption that the 117,000,000 fire men and enginemen in the Brother- hood work an average of 300 days per year for an average of eight hours per day Ask Extra Firemen. ° The committee which formulated the demands will ask for the em ployment of two firemen on each en gine weighing 100 tons or more until such time as the automatic appli ances proposed are installed It is contended the work ts too too heavy for one man to handle, Of the estimated 40,000 locomotives of that weight not more than 5,000 are equipped with the proper mechanical appliances, the delegates said. Shea said the proposed wage tn | crease would hardly meet the pre war conditions, The summary of wage demands as announced by Shea is an follown: Rate of pay for firemen and hetp ers in the passenger service to be $6.50 per day of 100 miles or less, except when Mallet engines are used, when the rate shall be $7.20, or the freight rate for Mallet engines Freight service: On engines weigh ing less than 100 tons firemen shall be paid $4.50 per day of 100 miles or lems. On engines weighing more than 100 tons the pay shall be $6.80 per day of 100 miles or less. Firemen and helpers employed in | the yards shall receive $4.50 per day of eight hours, except when Mallet engines are; used, when the rate shall be $6 Firemen of helpers employed in local and way freight mixed trains mame the new Hungar-| +... 3¢ was found in a room in the| runs and roustabout service shail be , Frederich; foreign mini Leveay; minister of interior, iyi; minister of finance, Grun;/ night clerk, who attempted to awak- of war, Schnetzler; minister en Daffen when friends inquired for Balegh; minister of agrt- Stephen Szabo; minister of | Haller; minister of health, ; Ministers without portfolio, , Bleyer and Count Telleki, | Hotet New Vendome, 1317 First ave., | learly Monday morning. The body was found by John Monson, the him. Police attribute his death to hem- orrhage, The body is at the morgue. Daffen is survived by two sons, liv ing at San Antonio, Tex, and a! officials have taken the oath brother, George Daffen, who ts a) ce before Archduke Joseph, it’ lieutenant with the Seventh United! States infantry, in Germany. paid a minimum of 60 cents per hun. dred miles tn addition to the thru freight rates. This is asked beeause such trains are naturally slow Shea said Hines would ask the date of w public hearing of the de- mands set between September 1 and 15. a ncn When you of advertis- ing, think of The Star. THE BON MARCH TAFFETA DRESSES In Plaids, Solid Colors Novelty Patterns and Checks $6.75 Both dark and light col- ors, suitable for street or afternoon cluded in smart taffeta dresses. As shown in the sketch, the styles tive— much more so, in fact, than is usual at the low price The plaids and novelty patterns come in such col- ors as pink, light blue, dark blue and many novel com- binations—the checks are in blacks the solid are gray, gray, light blue and cream. Sizes to 42 are to be wear, are in- this showing of are very attrac- quoted here. and grays—and colors included dark blue, light found in the-assortment. |f]| to celebrate her golden jubliee an a |] | Madison st, |] RATIFICATION LEAGUE || MEETS HERE TONIGHT Warships Salute as Royal Guest Comes Ashore N. 8, Aug 18.—Srhe » began a strenuous HALIF Prince of day at 10 © k today Landing © dock yard pier, he |proceeded to the provincial build ings to hear the address of welcome. | After lunch he was to lay two cor~- nerstones, visit two clubs and bold a| public. reception at the government house. Dinner was to be served at T p.m. after which for Charlottetown, intand. The prince eluded «a crowd of| curtous residents yesterday by slip ping ashore from the battleship in the harbor, Salutes boomed from British, French and Italian warships, | and the crowd rushed to the water | front. The prince already had gone| ashore, | A dinner last night aboard AH. M & Renown had as guests Sir Robert | Rorden, Canadian prime minister and other dignitaries The Canadian premier is now quartered aboard the Renown, and will be the guest of the prince until | the ship reaches the city of Quebec he was to sail Prince Edward STARWILL SING AT SANGERFEST Christine Langenban Com- | ing to Tacoma | August 30 Christine Langenhan, the remark able young New York soprano, who has won the unstinted praise of the public wherever she has appeared, | will appear an foloint at the Pactfic | Coast Norwegian Sangerfeet to be held at Tacoma on Auguet 30 and) co] Another soloist of international | fame who will be present ia Jobn | Hand. Hie voice In a tenor @f nat ural timbre and range, and he uses [the organ with unfailing intel | ence and musical taste, His reper | toire embraces many operatic clas | ales, sung with a grandeur of in | torpretation and majesty of beartng | that are indeed delightful. | epee CAR OVERTURNS; TRAINMAN. HURT. |Streetcar Leaves Rails at Sharp Curve | | W. E. Carpenter, 111 14th ave, @ Municipal car line conductor, was taken to the city hospital early Mon- day morning with two fractured ribs | and a severe gash along one cheek, | sustained when a Mount Baker car | overturned at ist ave. 8. and Me Clelland at. | George Cook, 402 21st ave, the mo | |torman, was uninjured. There were no passengers aboard the car at the time of the accident. The car was | overturned on a sharp curve. | Carpenter was rushed to the city | hospital, where his riba were placed in splints and several stitches taken | [in his face, He was removed to his home. ‘Thorhas Murphine, superintendent of public utijities, explained that the accident was due to excessive! | mpeed. ‘The motorman jamm-1 on the |brakes, according to Murphine, but! the car was going too fast. Altho| the brakes locked, the wheels slid| along the track, and when the car! hit the curve, it turned completely over, tearing away a telephone pole on the side of the street. | Wilhelm. Dickering for Holland Home | THE HAGUE, Aug. 18—Reports from Utrecht to the effect that 4. |ex-kalser had purchased the Doorn | estate near Amerongen were not confirmed today, but !t was learned that he had been negotiating with the owner and apparently expects to remain in Holland, AMSTERDAM, Aug. 18.—The for- mer German Princesa Coctlie, it was learned today, plans shortly to visit her husand, the former crown prince, and then will go to Ameron gen for a visit with the ex kaiser. MOTHER SUPERIOR TO CELEBRATE JUBILEE After 39 years’ , service in the Northwest country, Mother Superior | Mary Eugene, of the Providence hos | eft fo co pital, left for Montreal Sunday night, | sister of the order of Sisters of Char | ity | She came to Seattle in 1882, when she wa® superior of the old Provi dence hospital, at Fifth ave, and | The Seattle Treaty Ratification league will meet in the Labor ‘Tem Annex Monday night. Austin 15, | riffiths will preside. William | Short, Rabbi Simon Glazer, Mrs. J. 8, | |MeKee, of Olympia, and N. R. Coft man, of Chehalis, will be among the | speakers SGT. FREDERICKS 1S HOME FROM FRANCE. Sorgt. Harry Fredericks, who, be-| | fore hik enlistment with the sth field artillery regiment of the regu. | lar army, I May, 1917, was a news. | paper man, returned to Seattle from | overseas Saturday night. “Living conditions in Germany | were not bad at all,” said Fredericks “but it was the monotony and the of it that made us long TheBonMorché What! Only $12.50 for Black Silk Taffeta Coats? 15 Smart Dust Colored Motor | Coats Half Price | Natural colored Motor Coats |in pongee and Palm Beach | cloth in very good lines. Large pockets and smart belts | are features of these coats. | Roomy enough to slip over | | the one-piece frock or the trav- | eling suit. At $7.50—at $12.50— at $17.50 Yes, but the Price was Formerly Much Higher You'll get lots of wear from these jet black Taffeta Silk Coats—and just think, for only $12.50. Why, the mate- rial would cost you that much. You will have to see them to appre- ciate the smart finish of fringe on the long pockets and the very original fast- ening of the belt. SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Is Your Wardrobe Ready for the Fleet Coming Festivities? Here Are the Silks of Which to Fashion Your Dress, Waist or Skirt 36-inch Fancy Dress Silks $1.95 Yard Was there ever a time when fancy silks were more popular—or more beautiful? Anyway, you'll agree that these silks are specially good looking for $1.95. Novelty checks, plaids and stripes in harmonious colors, with such fabrics as satins, Louis- ines, taffetas and pongees. Yard Wide Satin Faille Silks $2.35 Yard Brilliant and serviceable are these Satin Faille Sport Silks—in mono- tone stripes, checks and plaids with such captivating colors of brown, tan, gray, old rose, white and black. 36- and 40-inch Dress Satins $2.35 Yard For street or evening, satins are equally smart—and reas- onably priced. Lustrous heavy 86- and 40-inch satins in brown, Copenhagen, plum, old rose, reseda, tan, pink, tur- quoise, taupe, white and others. Soft Satin de Luxe $2.50 Yard We've 10 pieces of this lovely dress satin—a yard wide and ever so serviceable. It’s ap- propriate for most any dress purpose to which you wish to put it and may be had in shades of navy and black. 40-inch Printed Georgette $2.50 How lovely is this Printed Georgette Crepe, and most effective when made up into frocks and blouses—light, me- dium and dark grounds with handsome contrasting colored designs—40 inches wide. 40-inch Printed Crepe de Chine $2.75 Yard A very fine quality of Printed Crepe de Chine for $2.75 a yard. Good looking, splendid wearing quality, 40 inches wide, in medium and dark grounds with bright figures. #. =. UPPER MAIN FLOOR-—THE BON MARCHE Frocks and Dresses fer Kindergarten Days SCHOOL FROCKS AND KINDERGARTEN APRONS FOR THE SMALL SISTER ARE SHOWN HERE IN ENDLESS VARIETY. —Chambray and ging- —Novelty Frocks in kin- ham models for sister's -dergarten cloth with yee school _ frocks, round collar or of em- nasa broidered pique—$3.50. —Dresses with or with- i out bloomers, of ging- | —White Dimity Aprons ham, in plain colors or = and Pinafores, in striped plaids—$1.95. effects or lace trimmed —to keep the school —Novelty crepes or ging- frock clean—$1.50. hams, hand embroidered, with novelty pockets and —Gingham Pinafores in checks or stripes, fin- sash—$2.95. —Black Bloomers, 75¢; ished with white tape— 75¢. Chambray Bloomers, BABY SHOP, SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE 75¢ and 95¢. 7 Variety in Silk Blouses at $5.75 ALL SO PRETTY THAT YOU COULD ALMOST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND - CHOOSE YOUR STYLE If your mind is set on a beaded, an em- broidered or frilled Blouse of Georgette, it’s here—or if you prefer a_ practical crepe de Chine, with buttons or tuck trim- mings, it’s ready for you, and for only $5.75 New and alluring styles, with high, roll or square collars — others collarless. In tones of mais, orchid, tan, gray, blue, brown, Burgundy, flesh, white and black. * A sprinkle of Net Blouses in the lot. SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE —— Unbleached Muslin 25c a Yard Lengths to 7 yards in Unbleached Muslin, for sheets or pillow cases— 40 inches wide; good Lawns, Voiles and Ginghams 10c Yard If you want wash goods at a low price here they are in Lawns, Voiles or Ginghams—24 quality at 25c rd. pr Pod hoo ong i fae 25c a yard. aids, c! S Will soon bleach white. patterns ot LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Crisp Summery Neckwear—and for Only 35c LIVEN UP YOUR OLD BLOUSE OR-DRESS WITH A BIT OF DAINTY NECKWEAR So many pretty styles in Neckwear—and the price is so low that it’s easy to have a dif- ferent piece for each dress. There are Lace Collars in square Waist Sets; Pique Collars in flat and Tuxedo embroidery with rolling collars. effects—embroidered organdy styles—colored Organdy Collars, Vestees of White and Colored Organdy or Georgette Plaiting at 50c Yard UPPER MAIN FLOOR—-THE BON MARCHE A 30-Piece Lunch Set for Less—$2.95 A 30-piece Lunch Set that will look very effective when arranged on your table, and it is quite inexpensive. Decorated in the Blue Windmill pattern on a good grade of American Semi-porce- lain. The set consists of SIX TEA CUPS SIX TEA SAUCERS SIX SAUCE DISHES SIX LUNCHEON PLATES SIX BREAD AND BUTTER PLATES No C, O. D. or Phone Orders FOURTH FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Take the Load Off Your Mind—By Buying Girls’ School Clothes Ready Made Gingham Dresses at $2.25 You will not hesitate long when you see these nice-look- ing Dresses for $2.25. Plaids and checks in fast colors— styles specially adapted for the school girl. Yoke or panel styles, belted or straight-line models—sizes 6, 8 and 10 years, DAUGHTER'S SHOP, SECOND FLOOR <8