The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 6, 1921, Page 7

8% 64h \ PUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, ASSES ARE (( THINKING IN 1) WORLD Wields Pick and * Shovel Abroad to Get Inside Dope | | } articies are even more wunts of el indus WHITING WILLIAMS tt does the common inborer wer there in Europe think of his his boss? How does he feel his government or his king— « his country? ‘How does he feel about his friends who have gone over to seck their fortunes with Uncle Sam? Is he off than they? Is the H. C. itting him harder than them? friendly is he to Old John ? he hate or fear his fellow Jaborers across the line now that he fam't shooting at them any more? Is be hoping for a chance to shoot at the magain? “Or is he keen on the League of Nations: and the president's confer. ence? T have been trying to dix out the answers to these questions with a and shovel the past months in Germany is strenuous and uncomfort. But it is about the only de way. IN FRENCH HOUSE T landed last July in a workman's Dearding house in Doval, a town in the north corner of France. The Ger. mane had arrived so early in Octo- Der, 1914, that they captured a lot French fighters besides all the Test of the population. Kor four everybody was a prisoner. After laboring there in a stee! I visited the coal mines of destroyed in the effort of the put France forever out ‘the running as an industrial com tite few days later good luck 2000 feet down Dig coal mine four or five miles or four front-line gave me in the same room miner 1921. Meet Whiting Williams, as he looked while making a first-hand “pick-and-shovel” in-| vestigation of postwar conditions among Europe's toilers. Williams is a former steel com-| pany official who decided to learn what the world's workers are worrying about and to help solve their problems. His personal studies as a steel worker in this country and in various Then he went back to Europe last summer and worked in France, Belgium and Germany. Now he is telling his experiences and de- ductions in a series of articles written especially for The Star. The first is printed today. | jobs in the British Isles won him wide fame. THE SEATTLE STAR OUT OF EUROPE’S MASSES! ] HERE’S MORE ABOUT ARMS MEET STARTS ON PAGE ONE representatives. France, they declare, having ree ognized the Peking government, has no more right to question their au- | thority than the Chinese have to question the authority of the French delegation. Only by recognizing the South China government, they assert, would France have the right to speak as she did. Officially, South China is as much under Peking’s rule as Peking itself, it is pointed out, and amazement ts expreased that the French should be guilty of such a diplomatic breach of etiquet. ‘The incident has not improved the situation here. It is important in that it shows which way the wind is blowing: China proposes but the pow- ers disposa Unless the United States intervenes in China's behalf, her case seems well nigh hopeless, And a number of things stand in the way of the United * ‘The administration ts eager to have the conference a success at least on paper and mefy officials fear the Far Eastern situation imperiis this suc cess. Failure would be a terrific biow to the party. Unless the miracle happens, which nobody expects, the best China will get here will be @ lot of beautiful and some kind of multi- power consortiunf to aid in ber ad- inistration. Meantime China Insists she is not she may walk out. luge Naval Budget Adopted by French PARIS, Dec. 6.—-The chamber of deputies today adopted the naval budget by a vote of 347 to 203, after @ spirited debate. Minister of Marine Guisthau, who | insisted that France must maintain her national defense, said the plan for 1922 provided for 56,000 men, "| which ts 6,000 more than France had The upshot of all the, experiences, fons and conversations in languages in five countries ls hing like this: _ONE—Jules, the Frenchman or and Heinie, the German, very much the same line of as Frank, their American worker. “Most of these trou- come from the war baby known) &s the high cost of living. TWO—Jules and Heinle are a lot More touchy and distrustful of their| feliow citizens—especially their more Prosperous fellow citizens and polit- leaders—than Frank here. That's! they are much more weary from war labors than Frank. _ THREE—Jules and Heinie under.) ‘Mand a jot better than Frank that! they can't have good, steady jobs un- Jess their own and every other coun-| is getting along pretty well with! neighbors. FOUR—They accordingly think a fo0d dea) more about such things as seo history and international re-| ms because they believe that = things have a good deal to do their Jobs. They have their eye the league of nations and the t's conference considerably | Bore than Frank has. | : | {What's life like in = European Iabor-| boarding house? Williams tolls in mest arti in The Star. 1 STRIKE IS NEAR “ON RAINIER LINE Employes of the Seattle & Rainier Valley Railroad Co. will meet with. + M. Brown, manager of the com- ‘Pany, Tuesday afternoon in a final to avert a strike on the street Ger syrterm | ¢ trainmen have voted to strike in a body at 1 o'clock Wednesday Mnlews the company rescinds ith or ad announcing an 11% per cent rage reduction, retroac ct Soy nm, retroactive to cto. _Manager Brown declared that the ny’ action would not be re and that the cars would be Could Be Converted WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. -—~ Conver- sion of three of the battle cruisers now under construction into fast passenger liners is entirely feasible, according to Chairman Farrell of the emergency fleet corporation. These cruisers, slated for the scrap heap on the Hughes limftation of arma ment plan, could be made into pas senger ships with 25-knot speed and they would be the safest ships afloat, Farrell said. Reconversion of these liners Into war vessel would be an almost im- possible task, the chairman declared, the kee! up. taking more time and costing more money than building new ones ” 1921, Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles 732. Luther Hickson, 15, 317 Queen Anne ave., suffered slight bruises when knocked down at Fourth ave. and Pike st. Sunday by an auto driven by Paul Henry, $701 FE, 45th st. The accident was said to be caused by the boy, who became confused while crossing the street. 133-5- K. Matheson was struck Saturday by an auto driven by Stanley McCluskey, 3617 W. Charleston st., at Fourth ave. and University st, but apparently not seriously hurt. She declined aid of- fered by McCluskey. 734. Fatally injured by an auto at Norman st. and Rainier ave. Monday afternoon, an unidenti fied man died a few hours later in city hospital. He was struck by a machine driven by Bert Burgduff, a logger employed by the Hulbert Lumber company, Everett. Burg: duff was arrested and released tem porarily. The accident was caused, pollee say, by the man becoming con: fused and stepping in front of the auto, 735.° four-year-old boy, struck at N. 45th st. and Bagley A. Davies, 3645 Linden ave, driver 'NURSES TO HOLD | MEETINGS HERE Five thousand nurses from ail! parts of the United States will come) to Seattle for their national conven: tion June 1924, 1922, Rt was an-| nounced today by the Chamber of Commerce. Orgunizations which will meet dur- ing this period include the American Nurses’ association, National Organ- ization for Public Health nursing and National League of Nursing educa tion. There also will be a Red Cross meeting. Miss May 8. Loomis, superintend ent of the city hospital, ix general chairman of the committee on ar rangements. Committee chairmen follow; Secretary, Miss Anna Phil Ups; exhibits and publicity, Mra. Elizabeth 8. Soule and Miss Eivire | Rosengren; decorations and hall Miss Grace Harrington; tran#porta- tion, Miss Anna Moore; reception, Miss Frances Nordquist; hotels and assignments, Mise Helen Lester; mu- sic, Miss Katherine Major; registra tion and badges, Mist Margaret Rice; restaurants, Miss Cora Gillespie; en- tertainment, Mim Evelyn Hall; usb ers, Miss Edith Ferris; finance, Miss Weenle Kapp. | ARCHBISHOP | Rev. Michael J. Curley in his robes before entering the cathedral in Baltimore, where he was installed as Arch- bishop of Baltimore, succeed- ing the late James Cardinal Gibbons. of the car, said the boy was taken home, She swerved her car across the street to avoid tie boy. 7367. ne Nene, 7, st, was struck parently not seriously hurt at 14th ave. N. W. and W. 58th st, Monday by George DeVilbisa, 4311 Burke ave., who said the girl dodged in front of his ear. —F, A. Poolton, 1825 23rd 73 ave was knocked uncon- scious at Sixth @. and Seneca st. Monday night by an auto driven by J. A. Haley, 71 Columbia st. Poolton said he refused to go to the hospital when aid was offered him. McCormack Bros. Announce Changes Changes involving the closing out of some departments, including the women's ready-to-wear and millinery nections, and the addition of some other lines not heretofore carried by | tun regardices of the threatened|ave, Monday, was unhurt. Mildred|the store, have been announced* by McCormack Bros. department store. Alaska About Its Farms. They Rival Mines. Permanent, Too. By E. A. Sherman As our train on the new govern ment railroad from Seward leading orthward to the interior of Alaska ‘copped at the new mining camp of jirdwood, on Knik arm, the news boy, a bright and active lad of about 65, who is well known from one end of Alaska to the other, came thru the coach crying “Matanuska oranges, candy, peanuta, chewing gum. Fa mous Matanuska oranges,” and pro ceeded to do a good busines, Of course everyone laughed about the “Matanuska” oranges. There was a delicious local flavor to the Rewsboy’s joke almost as attractive as the fruit iwelf. But really, after all, it in too bad that even the people of Alaska, as well as the people on the outside, are so ready to make a joke of agriculture in Alaska. NO LONGER A JOKE ’ Agriculture In Alaska Das reached & point where it is prépared to tell the world that it is no longer « jok The 1920 census returns show that bandry are running a neck.and neck bandry are running « neck and reck race with mining for first piace in the Industries of the territory. In 1920 5,287 people were gainfully em- ployed in Alaska in the extraction of minerals. Agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry are just one be hind this total; thone being so gain- fuly employed numbering 5,386. In all candor, it must be admitted that the major part of this total ts Rot occupied in general farming, but ia made up largely of men engaged in raising reindeer, in fox farming and in lumbering. But the most important fact con- nected with the Introduction of agri- culture In Alaska is not the number of people employed but the fact that the ground gained by this industry is certain to bo held permanently. Of course, mining may take a great boom next year and the number of people so employed tn Alaska may double in a single season, but unfor- tunately such gains may be lost al most as quickly, MAN STAYS WITH SOIL Not so with agricutture. The man who attaches himself to the soil stays with it more determinedly and views the future with greater faith and confidence than any other class of worker, “At « banquet gtven by the mem. bers of the Arctic clnb at Seattle to the members of the Alaska commit- tee appointed by Judge Payne a lit: tle over a year ago, I made the state- ment that altho the gold mines of Alaska had made her na: house- hold word thruout the wor! ever. theless [ felt safe in predicting that the work which had been done at the experiment stations under the direc- tion of Dr. C. G, Georgeson meant greater wealth to Alaska and to the nation than all the mineral resources of the region. I suid that long after the greatest | gold mine of Alaska had ceased to be anything more than a memory or a tradition, the wheat fields, ripening on the thousand rolling hills stretch- ing from Rampart to the head of the Tanana, would furnish food to a resident Alaskan population of 20,- 000,000 people. I may have es timated the future population a little high, but I am absolutely confident | that I have correctly gauged agricul. | ture’s ultimate Importance to the territory. (To Be Continued) Commonwealth Club, A “ Listens to Australians, . G. Pyke and R. RK. Rawson, of Melbourne, Australia, addressed tho Commonwealth club in the Smith building restaurant Monday night on the recent Esperanto convertion at Prague, from which gathering they | have just returned, Stick insect of Borneo is the larg- est known, PAGE 7 When Caesar Ruled Kaicne Gloves were worn by the Romans as signs of rank, and ever since those stirring times, down through the days of knight-errantry, when Gloves were worn as fa- vors and cast down, upon occasion, as a knightly challenge—a wealth of senti- ment and romance has been bound up in the gift of these accessories to dress. Local tradition pom especial emphasis upon the Gift of Gloves from FREDERICK & N love and friendly good-will. 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