The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 9, 1919, Page 2

years service t0| ey) FRIDAY-SATURDAY SPECIALS-- ©. 0. D. or phone orders: to = purchaser; op hgh ys be delivered-—ean be easily taken by purchaser. “VICTORY” electric iron: special | regular value 9o— guaranteed VIC- TORY electric tro @ pounds weigh with cord complet: regular value $¢—; special for Friday ee | aluminum double boiler: special $1.29 regular price $2.25 —aluminum double rice boller; exactly lke pi ture; 14-quart sie: wlar price $2.26; special for Friday and $1.29 Saturday ... "TACOMA? Seattle Argues the homefurnisher! | GOMPERS HOPES _ TO END STRIKE Proposes Arbitration in Steel Industrial Troubles Continued From Page On } comprising this conference aclect two of its number, and these six fo #elected to constitute @ com: mittee to which shall be referred existing differences between the workers and employers in the steel industry for adjudication and settlement. Pending the findings of this committes, the conference re quests the workers Involved in this strike to return to work and the employers to reinstate them in their former positions. Other Proposals Other proposals of the labor group, of whie * is head, included resolutions putting the conference on record for Tight to orgapiee and bargain col- lectively, and “to be represented by leaders of their own choosing” in all Negotiations Rights of “freedom of speech, of the press and of assemblage.” Right of employers to organize in- to associations or groups to bargain collectively ‘The eight-hour day, ane Gay's rest In seven and “Saturday half-holiday to be encouraged “Overtime beyond the established hours of labor should be discouraged, but when absolutely should be paid for at @ rate not less than time and one-half.” Equal Pay for Women Women to get equal pay with men for equal work, and not to be per mitted to perform tasks dispropor tionate to thelr strength, Children under 16 not to be em ployed. Establishment of a new conference h Gomy board, consisting of an equal number | of representatives of employers and workers, to review industrial condi tons and safeguard rights and prin- ciples of both sides. Prohibition of all immigration for two years after peace is ratified, and regulations thereafter to keep down the flow so it shall not “exeeed the nation’s ability to assimilate and Americanize” neweomers, All labor proposals represent the unanimous judgment of the labor group, which THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, M. British Beauty Is Here With 1919. Husband for World Labor Meet —— H. B. Butler is secretary of the includes representa-| national Labor Conference to meet in Washington, October 26. oe organization committee of the Inter He ls tives of the four big railroad brother | inore with his wife in advance of the conference to arrange for its nittings under the auspices of the League of Nations, hoods, Gompera emphasized Delegate McNab, of the public group, presented @ resolution am sented to by that group, providing for a national arbitration board. The board would be appointed jointly by congress and the president, and would Include all ex-preaidents, A. A. Landon, also one of the rep- resentatives of the pubilo, presented 4 proposal for a national labor truce to last three months. The truce |would immediately terminate all strikes and lockouts. | A plan of labor adjustment pre pared by Secretary of Labor Wileon also was presented. Wilson's plan provides for an arbitration board in each industry. Following the protest of the labor For a “Free Port” froup at the delay on the employers’ part presenting their proposals, Del- Seattle's arguments for & free port | ceate McNab, of the public group, Presented before the National Silk Sale at the Silk Shop | Has brought delight and material savings to thousands of women. They found that by our _ specializing in Silks, Satins and Velvets, our stock offers a wider selection of finer } Silks for Less | With replenished tables, added lines and | extra specials, the Sale Continues Friday and Saturday WITH RENEWED INTEREST Extra Specials 35-INCH MESSALINES 36-INCH TAFFETAS » angplpa Values — all In Checks and Several colors—only Shades apg ra sgh eas Sy PEAU $1.25 ¥4. | $1.95 va. te Silk Shop . D. Zahrt, Westlake at Pine, Above New Owl Drug Store SPAN on Made a speech naming the rules as responsible for the delay. “The rules are proving largely ob- structive of the alma of the confer- ence,” he said. L. E. Sheppard, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, scored the employers for the delay, declaring that labor had always been urged to wait. “Labor is tired of waiting.” he said. “Labor is now in a position to force action.” WOOD CENSORS NEWS REPORTS {Clamps Lid on Stories From Steel Trouble Zone GARY, Ind. Oct. 9—Censor. ship on news of military activt thes in the Calumet steel strike | one, now under martial law, | was established today by order of | Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, | Dispatches regarding raids or ar- rests made under the direction of military authorities must be submit 1. W. 8. Mapes, according instructions. Gen, Wood said this step was tak en to prevent radical agitators in other parts of the country from learning of moves taken by the gov- ernment to curb their activities. OAKLAND UNIONS’ TO TRY SCHEME May Withdraw Money From | Banks as Strike Measure (By a United Press Staff Correspond (By a United Press Staff Correspondent) OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 9.—"Strikers do not intend to arm themselves; we are going at the matter along | different line: | This statement, made today by | William B. Spooner, secretary of the Central Labor council, refuted his statement made yesterday before |the city council, in which he said the members of the labor council would arm themselves if police con- |tinued to club strike sympathizers. | Spooner intimated the “different lines” would be an attempt to get aid from the car men’s international, Spooner said the Central Labor council had decided to urge all thowe affillated with the council to with draw deposits from all banks with the exception of the Bank of Italy Sixty-five labor organizations and their members will do this, he sald, Vancouver Ship Workers Return PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 6,-—More than 3,000 employes of the Standifer Construction Co, at Vancouver, Wash., returned to work at 8 o'clock this morning. Nearly 700,000 wine gallons of in- dustrial alcohol is made daily in the , United State- Girl Veteran of World War at Convention “Hoquiam in 1920" in the slogan adopted by one of the livest delega tions in attendance at the state con vention of the American Legion, which opened its deliberations to day, and among tho interesting mem- bers of this Hoquiam representation is Miss Marjorie MacRwan, a nurse, who «pent more than 18 months with the American Expeditionary forces, Mina MacEwan, who holds the po sition of bactericlogiet of the Hoquiam General hospital and gen eral manager of the Medical build ing, enlisted in the army In 1917 with Base Hospital 46, the Univer. sity of Oregon and B. P. O, B. unit from Portland. After spending six months at Camp Lewis with the Slst division, she was sent to France and was stationed for nearly a year at a base hospital at Bazollies- eur. Meuse, The hospital was within 25 miles of the fighting lines, so that Miss MacMwan was really “under fire,” and during the Argonne often- sive, she won praise for her enthu- silastic work Immediately upon her return from France, Miss Machwan filed her ap- plication with the Hoquiam post of the American Legion, and on the night of her election to membership was paid the tribute of a standing vote by more than 200 of “the boys.” Just Plain Me Before her arrival in Seattle Wed- nesday night at the head of the Hoquiam delegation, Miss MacKwan was asked to visit a photographer. This she did, sending the following note to accompany the picture: “As per your sinstructions, I was ‘thot at sunrise.’ In this publicity stuff, Mr. Editor, please bear in mind that I'm just plain every-day Marje, and don't weave fairy stories about me. I'm not ‘copy’~I'm me. Lots of other girls figured in the thick of it more strenuously than I I'm no heroine, but just a platn booster for the city of Hoquiam for he 1920 state convention of the finest boys in the land.” Offer Homes + In its campaign for the state con- vention for next year, Hoquiam ts informing the delegates that 4,000 homes in Hoquiam await the honor of having members of the ex-service men's organization as guests, The citizens of Hoquiam have begun the erection of a $75,000 home as a memorial gift to the men and women who saw service, and it is planned to dedicate this structure when the convention takes place in 1920, To show that the Hoquiam post is a live number, it is pointed out by its boosting: delegation that at a re- cent Salvation Army parade nearly 400 ex-service men turned out in uniform to do honor to the organt- zation which had performed so nobly for the men at the front. TRICK STRIKERS PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 9.—Charg. ing distribution of unfair propagan da, lenders of the steol strike today protested against the alleged cireuta- tion of handbills in which strikers are urged to collect the benefits due them from strike headquarters, Union heads declare these bills are distributed by operators “in their frantic efforts to create friction be tween strikers and leaders.” In some districts, strike headquar- era here announced, many foreign ers are storming the offices of their district leaders in compliance with the cireular’s request. The situation here remains un- changed. ROUNDHOUSE MEN OUT ALTQONA, Pa., Oct. 9.—Seventeen hundred Pennsylvania roundhouse employes struck last night, affecting this city and Hollidaysburg, THREE AIRMEN DEAD IN RAGE Five of 62 Cross-Country Fliers Eliminated NEW YORK, Oct. 9—(United Preas)—The second day of the 5,400-mile transcontinental acrtal race opened with five of the 62 contestants eliminated thru acei- denta. These mishaps resulted in the death of three aviators and injury of one. In addition to the five planes which crashed, three were officially Usted as missing. Forty-seven planes left Roosevelt fleld, New York, for San Francisco, while 15 took off at San Francisco, bound for New York. The rules pro vide for a flight acrose the country and k, 20-minute stops at each “control station,” and no night fy- ing. “Sky Pilot” Leads ‘The first day's honors went to Lieut. B. W. Maynard, known as “the flying parson” and the “sky pi- lot,” who won the recent New York- nto air race. In a de Haviland equipped with a 400-horscpower Liberty motor, he left Mineola at 92446 a. m. and arrived in Chicago, a diwtance of $10 miles, in the elapsed time of nine hours and 29 minutes. The remainder of the field starting from Mineola was scattered all the way from Bryan, Ohio, to Bingham- |ton, N. ¥. Eleven of the 15 planes leaving San Francisco reached Salt Lake, a distance of 755 miles. Sergt. W. H. Nevitt, observer, was killed, and Col. Gerald Brandt, pilot, injured when their de Haviland crashed at Deposit, N. Y. Major D, H. Crissey, pilot, and Seret. Virgil Thomas, observer, fly ing from San Francisco, were killed in making @ forced landing at Buena Vista fleld, near Salt Lake City. NEW YORK, Oct. 9%.—{United Press.)-—Lieut. Belvin Maynard, a real “sky pilot,” continued to set the pace In the transcontinental air race today. ‘The first entrant to reach Chicago in the westward flight, Maynard, a Baptist preacher, left that city at 7:09:12 a. m, (Central time) today, He rrived at Rock Island, Ill, 165 miles distant, at 8:37 a, m., and left for Des Moines, Iowa, 158 miles away, at 9:09. He arrived there at 10:54 a m. and left for Omaha at 11:34. He arrived at Omaha at 12:47 p, m. ‘The eastbound planes began leav- ing Salt Lake City for Green River, Wyo., shortly before 7:45 a. m (Rocky Mountain time), In distance they were close behind Maynard Two more planes were eliminated today. No, 48, a De Haviland four, piloted by Lieut. MH. D. Smith, was wrecked near Lockport, N. Y. He and his passenger escaped injury No, 45, another De Haviland four. driven by Lieut. H, T. Hynes, fell into Lake Erie, several miles out from Astabula Harbor, Ohio, Hynes and his observer v rescued, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct, 9.— (United Press.)—Pacific coast entries, numbers 50, 61 and 62, in the trans- continental airplane race, got away from Salt Lake before 7:45 a, m, today, DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 8.— (United Press.)—-Lieut, Belvin May nard, the flying Baptist preacher, leading in the transcontinental air derby, arrived at Herring field near here at 10:45 this morning. HALIFAX, N. &., Oct. Pross.)—The bombing tlantic left Parrsboro, N. &., for New York at 11:45 a m. today Weather conditions were favorable, and Commander Kerr expected to complete the flight before sundowa, —(United Plane At- Too III to Work sf PS e Scores of Women in homes, stores, offices and factories are not fit to be at work. They toil on day after day and year after with distressing weaknesses and derangements, suffering oping — hope that they will soon feel better, but how can they hope to do good work or escape permanent invalidism? Such women are in danger of owe it to themselves to try that de: t of en's functions. They sped ald teohicnmed de and herb remedy Lydia E. Pinkham’s bay eee Compound, which for more than forty years has been restoring | mi t z =\ 7 NN) \ Ins) Wreniuse rican Women to health and strength. . Here is a Notable Example Joplin, Missouri —“'I took Lydia Es Pitan’ Vegetable to sce if it really would do as it was ad- vertised and it sure did, and more. | ‘was weak and could not do much work, had bearing down pains and had to go to bed, I learned .about the —— Compound from my mother and my After be on my do my work eleven months i _— ins Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound OFF OF BRIDGE Drops 30 Feet to Tide Flats Below; Man Hurt Jack Groves, a laborer living at 4522 48th ave. 8S. W., was seriously injured and the lives of two other men were imperiled Thursday morn- ing when an automobile truck, owned by the Crescent Manufactur- ing Co, crashed thru the rail of the Spokane ave. bridge near Ava. lon way and dropped fully 30 feet to the tide flats. Groves was given first aid by em ployes of the Pacific Coast steel plant and later taken to the Seattle General hospital. His condition is precarious. According to B. 8, Benson, 4700 California ave, the accident occur-| red when the auto truck, driven by| one of Grove's companions, crashed into Benson's automobile about 100 feet east of Avalon way, The larger machine careened toward the bridge rail to the tideflats below. The truck alighted on its side and was reduced to junk, R. BE, Safford, driver of the truék, declared he was forced to the side of the bridge at which point the wheels of the Benson, auto caught his wheels in such @ manner as to swerve the heavy truck thru the railing ‘The truck turned turtie and land ed on the rear end, Charles Mal- ford, 4035 Fifth ave. §. W., was a passenger on the truck, He escaped with a slight shaking up Officers M, 8, Arbogast and A. W. VanStone investigated. PARIS, Oct, 9%—The Bulgarian peace delegation today asked for a 10-day extension of time to make their reply to the treaty recently presented them by the allior Unravel Love | for Sailormen C. Butchiuppie, a gob who de-| scribes himself as “a salty old son- ofa-gun,” wants Mayor Fitzgerald to get him out of trouble. Gob Butchiupple's present address is San Francisco, In @ letter to the mayor the sail- orman yells for help in this predio- ament: “One of my friends down here wants me to square him with his) wife and wants me to find out whether she loves him as much as he loved her before he fell in love with @ girl whose lover fell in love with another girl after her lover fell in love with another girl whose lover didn't love her as much as she loved him, What course should I take to untangle this mess?” “You answer it," Mayor Fitzger-| ald said as he tossed Gob Butchiup-| pie’s letter to G. Stuart Costello, his private secretary. Grain Chief Will Address Chamber Julius H, Barnes, president of the United States Grain corporation, will speak at the luncheon of the members’ council of the Chamber of Commerce in the Masonic club Friday noon. Governor Louis F. Hart and Mayor C, B. Barnes will speak on, grain handling facilities, prices and supply, THIEF NIPS HIS CLOTHES Gordon Stevens, Hotel Grand Cen- tral, reported to police Thursday the loss of a sult case containing $50 worth of clothing. The thief, ho be- Uoves, used & passkey, TRUCK PLUNGES [Mayor Askedto \TURKS NAB FOOD Constantinople profiteers are pre- venting food supplies from reaching the Southern Russian army, accord- ing to information reaching the for- eign trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce today, from headquarters of Admiral Kolchak, supreme Rus sian commander. Bolshevik agents assist the prof- iteers, Admiral Kolchak states in his letter, which was transmitted thru N. Bogiaviensky, Russian consul general here, “Being internationals of non-Rus an origin,” the consul general adda, “the Bolsheviki use every means to destroy Russia and remove her from any chance of reconstruction,” Plan Celebration of Anniversary Representatives of every civic and patriotic organization In Seat- tle will attend a meeting in Cor- jporation Counsel Walter F. Meier's office at 3 o'clock Friday after- noon, October 24, to prepare plans for the city’s observance of the 50th anniversary of its incorpora- tion on December 2% Meler, as chairman of the general committee appointed by Mayor Fitzgerald, has appointed Scott Cathoun chairman of a subcommittee to make all ar- rangements for the celebration, Other members of the committee are Frank R. Atkins, Edmund §, Meany, Mrs. M. J. Carkeek and Mrs, David Kellogg. Chairman Meter also appointed a committee to arrange a suitable program, the members of which are Vivian M, Carkeek, Judge Thomas Burke and Judge C. H. Hanford, _ Thieves robbed a telephone box and drawer containing school money at the Stevens school, 18th ave. and Seer st, it was reported to the police by the principal Thureday morning,