The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 29, 1925, Page 22

\ | PAGE 10 COAL SITUATION IS PERPLEXING Threatened Strike in U. S. Worries U. S. Officials UNION PRODUCTION FALLS Labor Officials Believe Strike Inevitable BY PALL R. MALLON (@nuited Uress Staff Corresy 4 ) WASHINGTON July 2 T in the soft coal fielisc—which re cently incited labor leade t threaten a national strike—is grow | ing increa perplexing to gov ernment obse The bureau of m day that pro union mines standard, while the Mon-union coa! is large Deen in years This means that are reaching a consi of success in their program panding non-union coal m the expense of the labor officials believe $0 grave that it may be to call a gener! strike to protect the union from disaster = Here are the figuress howing how daily average tonnage production ran in the big soft coal states dur ing the week of July 11 this year, compared with the peak of da Production in July, 1923 6 here es revealed to from the oper neces: the most Tecent comparable year States 1923-1925 Pennsylvania .. 613,300 33 , Mllinois . 11,400 » Indiana - 75,000 Ohio . 142,400 Collectively, these four big states show that production of union coal fs just about 40 per cent lower than it was in 1923. But in the non-u duction, instead of d creasing to some ext Here ts the da’ largest non States Kentucky West Virginia.. Alabama Tennessee - 18,800 In the West Virs' tleularly, the union thy heen ostracised and practically all the mines operating are employing Mon-union labor. Total daily aver ages, in both the union and non. union mines, were about 200,000 tons below the 1923 peak BUREAU OF MISSING RELATIVES | ‘The Star invites its readers to use this | as an ald in ion fields, reasing, pro is in 18,000 fields par has ‘who may know the whereabouts Inoting’ "so requried alse to report ¢ fhe Star,” Other nerspenect are invited fo reprodnce such items as will interest thelr see Wi PERCY STURROCK WIL- SON, native of Toronto, last heard of in Seattle, write home or to the Veterans’ bureau of Washington, D. C, in regard to his life insurance? His mother, Mrs. Peter Wilson, 283 Evelyn ave., Toronto, Ont., writes that she can do nothing more with- put his signature. cee MRS. GRACE OLNEY DAVE- LAAR is sought by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Olney, 1334 42nd Rock Island, Il. MRS. ED TINCK, last heard of in Seattle last September, is needed at home, as her boy is sick, Mrs. Laura Garrett of Tarrance, Cal., writes. sae | ERWIN McCREARY, a 14-year-old | hoy of Sequim, Wash., writes for| information concerning his father, George Erwin McCreary. Mrs Mc Creary is failing very fast, he says, and they are anxious to jocate him. eee A MR. OKERT, thought to be liv. ng on an apple orchard near Seattle, is being sought by Mrs. Byrne, of| 103 Second st, N. W., Washington, | D. C. She has information concern- ing his son, BENJAMIN ©. OKERT. ee ROBERT RUSSELL j his nephew, sought by THE SEATT LE STAR ———a —~ —— ; a ‘ 'The Seattle Star|!_ PUNERAL Notices irs pancerous To \\GHINESE MEET Id Gl Wicd this Says Dress in The Seattle DLgON OF Rigs a TRY RIP'S SLEEPING O ory ave ver Mica R MAin-0600 : ar of stunt THESE DAYS| BY NOV, 5 | Sitka Way Back in’67 rica Better |\—>5-ya08 3 we Sooty U.P | uwKa ay pack in Than in N.Y CONVENIENCE —_ | |cremation.®' tome a have changed Washington Delegates Ar- | ()oTOBER 18, 1867, saw the formal raising of the Ameri GM YIN. Fo! wane age witt be taken, ah | |ANDEMRON— OF Wine Was Rip Van W t | Ps : i a can flag over Alaska, at Sitka, a town that was a EW YORK, J I Pr) ‘ i dail a ‘ ti bing range Customs Conference thriving Russian site when Chicago was a blockhouse in It was quite te f Telephone service also main- nde nes ‘ > : : a sedgy swamp and § Francisco a mission of sun-baked || \y Arthur L. Pipe P STAR WANT ADS senaneneanqaneesesmaneta whe tania ‘By U.' bricks. The name “Alaska” is derived from the native |} jad spent ot TAR Your Service 3 PERSONAL if W Al-ak-shak or Al-ay-ek-sa, which probably meant “great || Congo, trying to t E THEM HYaPER : , treaty, will be || land.” Of the early explorers who visited Alaska, the abt proc THE COST 18 LESH Gg r : v4 ‘ Ney ' expected at |! first were Russians, Alexei Chirikoff in 1741, and Glotof || p20" (0 © ro" / spe a3 A ¢ dt may help spel ait in 1768. Other Russians were Shelikoff in 1792 and Kot ttle diff Classified Advertising | si?itiwroni Shoei ister 1 ‘ Aseceaaien | sae : he or tee zebuc in 1816. Spanish explorers who came were Quadra Rates WanreD ; F . & , and Manrolle from 1775 to 1779. English explorers were * spk elt TRANSIENT RAT twe and ears must be —=— a Capt. James Cook in 1778 and Vancouver in 1793 ; bend valor ol add (Count Bix W tot Salt commen wee aod The oldest existing settlement is the Russian village of || sim ge age a o—t being ¢ European Scenery Unalaska, formerly led Illiuliuk. It was founded by || New York and a ert F One 1 Bi pt Equaled in North |! - Sonolief in 1760, The oldest existing American village is || #%¢ women wear « paint, powde One 1 6 Insertions, Alsaka‘a' r tho 5 Ke Kodiak, on the island of the same name, established first ‘chothine see ina this |Mate and Female preeaue pase y wed rug in 1784 and moved to the present site in 17 Sitka was ¢ worse than in Af and Male and Ver te “Un abd: Ratt . 7 enough} Flower scented tea now ts being tablished as a Russian trading post in 1802, for there the 1 bl Ai hiey ye Ps uae pee jerks all t a *. f ' aves with flowers of the desired see some = — |} © folk re imm 67 R as - 4 roads te. Ane ae The crop of brasil nuts availabl t of the people Pay! siusouri, taano, Utan and oxla-| MONTHLY LINEAGE RATE |Pf Chiropodlat, People nt, about half as large # " 9 to A during calen> =|3A TRAD RTATION _ 1 5 used du en Reais td | EE ER » ey te : a 5 ee ae oT haces : ~ = : S ‘ armors oF moro we =m rom oem pee mamas rere mange wit cy Ot THE WINTHROP HOTEL Photo by Boland, Tacoma. d 99 Here is a city of 125,000 population, built on a series of Lroun e terrace like hills, rising out of the blue waters of Puget Sound, with America’s grandest mountain in its back yard. Here is the “Hub of the Ever- green Playground,’ where sports and pastimes of every kind allur- Private mes Carr, “as Headquarters Battery, Fort Sher. oF lke to man, Canal Zone. Russell's last} N known address was in care of Father | output Connors of Seattle, | 7 mented se 6. CLARENCE L. THOMAS was last heard from in Seattle April 24, after he had been discharged from navy. His mother, Mra, Mar ‘Thomas, 1815 Huclid ave., Knox Tenn., wishes to find where he is, ar the et | CARL RAIDU, a German, came to this country in 1880, is be. | ing sought by his niece, Mrs. Solo. | mon Miller, 30 Churchill Falls, N. Y. WE HERD BEES who Little Average 28 Lbs. of Honey| Per Hive in Washington, Too There are approximately 10,000 beekeepers in the state of Washing- ton, the value of the industry being approximately a million dollars per year. That the industry is constantly expanding is shown by the increase fn the last decade, In 1910 the were 33,884 hives in the which in 1920 had increased to 806; the honey produced incre from 603,580 pounds in 1910 to 1,- 596,206 pounds in 1920, Washingto rank among other states changing in that decade from ist to 11th in} quantity of honey produced. This increase 1s the more noteworthy when it is considered that during the same period the number of Calt fornia hives decreased from 201,025 in 1910 to 180,719 in 1920, and the honey produced from 10,264,715 pounds in 1910 to 6,501,738 pounds in 1920. The average yield of honey per colony of bees in the state of Wash- ingly beckon to lovers of the “Out-of-Doors.” Here is where the mild climate will build up for you that priceless treasure verfect health. Here is a Metropolitan City—splendid Hotels, Schools and Churches ’aved roads to innumer- able Inns, Resorts and Na- tional Parks. The “Hub” of all vacation’s pleasures. Those who look to the great “out-of-doors” for their happiness will find an answer in Tacoma and vicinits Industrially, Tacoma is, rapidly assuming a place of dominance among cities of the Pacific yy W/ | | Interurban Trains Leave Occi- | dental and Yesler Way for Ta- coma, 6, 7, 8 a, m. and EVERY HALF HOUR until 6 p,m. int slope. During 192%, approximately 355 factories Then 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11:25 p.m. manufactured products totaling $125,000,000, Trains leaving on any half hour agd exclusive of many small establishments. : on odd hours are limited, Running time, Tacoma is to the lumber industry what Pitts- 70 minutes, rvice enough to pro: vide seats for all. burg is to the steel industry, or Detroit to the automobile industry. There are more than seventy mills in the Tacoma district and twenty within the city itself, These twenty cut and shipped products valued at more than $33,000,000 in the last year. Tacoma leads any other city in the Also stage service from Third Ave, For Time Call MLiot-1401, 1918 ington was 26 pounds In 1920, while the average fqr the United States #9 a whole only 16,8 pounds Gia i ai na world in production of fir doors, wood columns TACOMA, “Hub of the Evergreen Play- annual value of all furniture products THE LUMBER CAPITAL OF AMERICA i We it ADV Al Lew Int D MAB! ‘shed 1861 KEnwd-6487. ear enacaene |7 FEMALE HELP WANTED Physicians, Surgeons | a atcidled at catee Bi Md ae aA a BROANGUE cagew Ba | POLLY PRIM says: “T Just couldn't tudio, Tacoma and veneer pan- els. It ships box shooks to every corner of the Seven Seas. = With a capac- - ity of a million shingles, its seven shingle mills heap the and railroad yards with stacks destined to roof dwellings in dis- docks tant cities, Nineteen furniture factories have brought. the the fore as “The Grand Rapids of the West.” Their rapidly and their number is being aug- year. A conservative estimate of the s is well over $6,000,000. is growi with every endar month 10 « Furniture? $5.50 Portland by Stages Now Operating From 1608 THIRD AVE. BUSINESS SERVICES Attorneys-at-Law ell Tt. F OLD FIRE STATION ELIOT-2249 L NOTICES hereby notified Margaret J 4 me lam for debts contract- F, HAR Ss rr or, 049 Dex- | ICE Tf LOST AND FOUND Woodienk valuable Optician and Op er, Optometrist, Optician. 1206 ge! hehe her, Optom , Optician. 12 N. E. or phone EDMUN Pater Snoqualmie and Aner ~ ee | ntaining blankets, Piano Tuners Binwan Reward. Sastlake 0: GArfld-6383. ool sweater, two mil nier national parks t bulldog, fe A ¢ spot back, right eye ON, Fenwick brin keep house without the Cascade * I undry; my family leely done, and It's reason- too—15 pounds for $1.20." ade Laundry, MAin-7500. xperienced walt- Apply in washing ts aszist in good ; Laurel- ‘The Star wanted at once. 711 New s, 806 Pine. SWITCHBOA pable, CApit ‘9 MALE HELP WANTED — ° While you are going to the trouble of cleaning the house why not BOYS WANTED Several good downtown routes are now open for reliable boys of grade and high schoo!* age. A chance to earn and learn. Boys who serve as carriers during the summer sell some of the months will retain their . routes when school starts. used furniture and Apply in person at the Cir culation Department { THE SEATTLE STAR Seventh Ave. Between Union | and University Sts. buy new? Advertising in TWO surveyors to wo at . Je A ei Catheart. Three carpemers our Want Ad col Cathoss ¢ nree' es snail 7 4 ms ouses e ont t. umns_ will bring rhe ag ee property and it : part of money go on land. quick buyers at gee C.D. Hillman'a Engineer, ie . 908 Third ave. Open till 8 good prices: Use ff} _».m EARN $110 to $250 monthly, éxpense the money to pur- paid, as railway traffic Inspector. . > Position guaranteed after comple- “hase Ww "1 BS u f 3 onths’ ome study chase new fur ni Ronehean money ney Gee 7 1 o t it! Vriti ‘or fre: ture. bookiet A-Ii, Stand. . Busine Training Inst. Buffalo. N.Y. r 2l years, Experience you. Sal- start. Ap- Bld, Fourth |YOUNG MEN fer local sa unnecessary JUST PHONE od at laying linoleum, furniture and finishin ntral Washir ndings. near furnished, steam (men); free bath weekly $1.7 he Alley ' ladies, Classified Dept. Bare bedrooms phone and Photo by Boland, Tacoma With the wide expanse of Southwest Washing- ton as its trade territory, Tacoma is a jobbing and wholesaling center of magnitude, and is, in turn, supplied with the farm and dairy products of rich and varied agricultural areas. The Port,of Tacoma, apublicly operated util- ity, has in operation a unit of a comprehensive | $2,500,000 development, equipped with the mos modern devices for handling cargoes. VOLLOWING FIRMS MADE THIS SPACE POSSIBLE: Bank of Catifornin National Bank. of Tacoma Brotherhood CoOp, Bank Port of Tacoma Puget Sound Power and Light Winthrop Hotel wooma Hotel Pacific Car and Foundry Company Builder of STANDARD LOGGING AND RAILWAY EQUIPMENT General Offices: Alaska Building, Seattle PLANTS: Renton, Washington Portland, Oregon tH 5