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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

And with regard to the settlement
of the controversy in the local ship.
yards. The saving clause in that set
Element. and the one which made its
appeal to many when first stated by
Commissioner White. was that which
provided that the Seattle settlement
should govern here. The scale In
Seattle is being developed in confer
ence of the parties affected and prom
Uses to be settled according to the
desires of the employees. This ship.
yard trouble has had decidedly clar-
flying effect upon the local situation.
It was striking evidence to the public
and to the interested employers of
the strength and stability Of organ
ICED labor in this small city. Little
incidents during the negotiations
showed beneath the cuticle the state
ment Of one of the employers, Oft
repeated, that he placed his cards
face up on the table. For instance.
this little interview in the P.-I.:
The Olympia walkout was due
considerably to misunderstanding
brought about by several agitators.
who have since been banished,' &C.
cording to Mr.. Sloan. Had these
worthless been curbed at the outset. I
believe there would have been no
strike, and the wage scale would have
been adjusted without any trouble. "
The impression prevails among the
employees of this concern that the first
and most important paragraph in the
agreement for settlement was the
one which provided that the "agitat-
ors." along with each and every other
employ, should be reinstated without
prejudice. It Is also known that that
actually is what did occur. So the
slang expression, come out Of it,"
is apropos just at this juncture.. No
doubt 1t was some agitator who sug-
gested the idea that the employees
might be made to believe that a
clause in government contracts which
provided for a wage equal to that OF
the nearest government yard" desig
mated a maximum wage for private
employers engaged in the shipbuild.
/ ing industry.
, Just a casual examination will un-
cover pin-marks on the backs Of the
cards.
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NOTICE OF sHERIrr's SALE.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE HnS

NOTICE OF sHERIEF'S SALE.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State OF Washington. IN ana Tor
a re b Koep Ceun piyaintin vs.. Lille c.
vAndercook and H. Vandercook. ner
husband. defendants. No. $685.. Spe-
cial Execution.
cial Execution issued out Of the Supe-
nior Court Of the state Of Washington:
holding terms at Olympic. in ana a rof
dassG ON the SH.n ist day Of August 1917
on a Judgment rendered In said court
ON the Sth day Of June, 1877. II favor
Of the above .hoy nam Named 5'a defendants.
for the sum OF S67430. and costs of
suit taxed at $140o. with interest at
the rate Of u per cent per annnm from m
the sum OF Ssss3e
which said writ of specia! Execu-
tion was to me as sheriff Of Thurston
manded to sell at public auction. ac,
cordine to law. the following described
All Of block s. all of block Z. and lots
and 1. in block s. of the American
Home Fruit Tracts; Division No. 3:
Thnrston county Wash,ng1on, =, ns .. per
ali in Thurston county, washington.
Now. therefore. public notice Is here
by given that on the list day OF Septem
day. at the front door of the court
house. on Fourth street. in the city OF
Oivmpia. Thurston county. washing
ton. will sell the above described real
estate at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash. or so much Thereon rs
NAV he necessary to raise sufhcient 70
satisfy said last above named amount
together with increased costs and in
cYeased interest.
Dated at OLYMPIA. Washington. this
1st day Of August. 1917 c,uropn
Sheriff Of Thurston County. Washing
xHRR 4 GREGORY. Seattle. WASH
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Published August ;. 10. II. "a and
~ 1917
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

Could one listen to the reading by
different persons in concert Of the
editorial opinions of the weekly
papers Of this state upon the ques-
ton of labor troubles it would bring
to mind nothing less than that of a
giant aviary filed with parrots. 1t
is apparent that these editorial ut
terances are not opinions at all
simply a repeating of conclusions
published by some more prominent
newspaper and accepted as current
coin by these smaller publications.
Each utterance apparently has only
selfish inspiration, making no sug-
gestion whatever that these contro-
versies ought to be settled in accord
with the equities of the problem
The plant invariably is: Employees
and employer must ge together"
There is no suggestion that there is
Fundamental wrong at the bottom OF
these troubles and that to settle them
right and permanently this wrong
must be corrected. The attitude of
these papers is that the labor troubles
represent only some personal disa-
greement between labor and capital
and that the government and the
general public, innocent parties, are
bearing the burden.
: 1t ought to be we'll known. II 1t
isn't, that the employers have care
fully shaped their plans and early
seized upon the unsettled and excited
condition of the country to divert to
themselves huge and unwaranted
profits. The holders Of a natural
resource or monopoly are chief con-
spirators, but they have been eagerly
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

they are local. but conditions were
essentially the same in all other
cases. When this arbitration agree
ment was new, along in 1908. the
P.-I. was served with a demand foe
an increase of wages. Being a party
to an arbitration agreement the
company called in expert legal advice
and decided to invoke the arbitration
instrument in fighting the proposed
increase. The PTS official reply to
the demand was a gem: it shunted
into the controversy divers and sun
dry things foreign to the issue. with
the view apparently to complicate the
situation. Repeated and urgent de.
mands that the matter be kept with
in the terms of the national agree
ment were met with stalls and sub
terfuge until the local union finally
set a time for the enforcement of the
new scale. Relying upon advice that
the agreement furnished a vehicle
with which to euchre the labor body.
the company continued to argue until
the time set for the payment of the
increased scale and found itself in
volved in a walkout. The outcome
was that the P.-I. receded from it's
position, lost it's chance to submit the
matter to arbitration, and another
mark showing lack of good faith in
carrying out an agreement was
chalked up against the employers
side. In Spokane the employer re-
sorted to bribery of the 'disinteres,-
ed" arbitrator and secured the decf-
sion. The union uncovered the
fraud. rcpudiated the award and won.
These are just samples of the ex-
perience which caused the printers
to question that part of the agree
ment which provided for arbitration
of disputes. The principle enunciated
by Theodore Roosevelt. "speak soft
ly, but carry the big stick" is wise
policy for labor unions. The school
of the employer teaches shrewdness
as the ultimate, while working people
pin their faith to equity. 1t is easy
to see that so long as such condi-
ton obtains trouble is brewing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10
nyDs FOR CONVEYING SCHOOL
CHILDREN.

Sealed bids will be received by tne
directors Of School District NO. SO3
Tumwater, for conveying pupils to and
from Belmore and Brighton Park. ,,.h
about Twenty-Five pupils from each,
and are to continue for term OF nine
months beginning September 4;
The conveyance must be sucn az -
give reasonable protection ana co"lof'
to pupils. ra.-
son, and owner give bonds OF $l;ooo.
Bids are to be IN ny H sars see 20 A. G.
West or F. D. Cook.
BOARD reserves the right to reject any
90 o'1'' w. E. LLOYD. Clerk
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CALL FOR BIDS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
directors of School District No. 1903.
Tumwater. for the erection. OF two
story manual training and assembly,
building as per specifications ana oraw-
Separate bids will be RECEIVED for
shinRling old school building. The
shingling to be finished by Septem-
For further particulars see building
COMMITTEES. A. d. West, ]. W. Dent, r.
pIens and specifications may be seen
at r d. Cooks store, Tumwater.
BIDS are to be in by August IL.
|s-2-1 w. e. LLOYD, Clerk
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

Olympia's baseball team won its
first game for several weeks last Sun
day when the Sloan Shipyards team
took the Northwest Buick company's
OUTFIT Of Seattle into camp by the
lecore of to 0.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
state of Washington, in and Tor
Thurston County.
Jennie Jordan, plaintiff, VS.. Leroy Jor-
dan. defendant No.
summons by Publication.
The state of Washington to Leroy
Jordan, defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty (60) days after the date
Of the first publication of this sum
mons. towit. within sixty days after
the 22nd day Of June 1917. and defend
the above entitled action in the above
entitled court and answer the COM
plant OF the plaintiff and serve copy
Of your answer upon the undersigned
attorneys for the plaintiff at their
once below stated. and in case Of your
failure so to do Judgment will be rem
dered against you according to the de-
mand of the COM ,aint, which has been
filed with the clerk Of said court. The
object and nature OF the action is to
obtain a divorce on the ground Of
cruelty For particulars reference is
hereby made to the COMPLAINT on hle
in the ONCE Of the clerk OF this court.
HAYDEN, LANGHORNE & METZGER
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Post once Address: Tacoma, Pierce
County. Washington; =.
Date Of first publication June -;
1917 6-4-7
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Local Labor Index |
FRED HUDSON. UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE
OLYMPIA TRADES COUNCIL

seconded by business interests all the
way down the line. The wage Garner
has been compelled to shoulder prac-
tically all of this unrighteous burden
and naturally begins to show some
unrest.
And it may be taken as a correct
conclusion that this attitude of the
smaller newspapers will have little
effect upon the situation. The gov
eminent must step in and check the
rapacity of these big business people,
who are slaves to the god of profit,
or the citizens generally must wit
ness repeated struggles between en-
ployers and employed. Any plan for
a permanent settlement must be
based up a premise different from
that attempted to be foisted upon the
public by the corporation press and
accepted by the lesser lights in the
newspaper armament as having Il
basis in fact.
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CONQUER THEM GERMANS

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:. letter the other day from !:
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Just the other day the P.-I. ad-
vanced arbitration as the own and
only plan for settlement of labor dis
putes. And the Pr. has had some
little experience of its own. The case
of the Pr. was one of the incidents
that impelled the typographical
union to throw a monkey-wrench into
the arbitration machinery. Another
case was that of . newspaper in Spo-
kane. We cite these cases because
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

And some people-editors In par
superficial knowledge
of the matter. often point to the Ty-
union as the great trades
union exponent of arbitration in tho
settlement of wage disputes. This
would be important II
true" It's principal weakness is in
the fact that 1t isn't true.
About 20 years ago the printers
entered into an arbitration agreement
with the newspaper publishers of the
country. It required number OF
cases under this agreement to DEM
onstrate conclusively the weakness
of arbitration in practice, but it was
demonstrated and that phase of the
contract is not in high favor with the
union and Cancellation has been the
practice in its stead. It Is through
Cancellation that the printers union
has enjoyed SO many years Of indus
trial peace. There is this important
difference between arbitration AMI
Cancellation eliminates
the "disinterested" pivot of the
board. The facts and supposed facts
are assembled and under the plan OF
cancellation the parties argue the
matter and give and take until a set.
Element is reached. OF the Thousands
|of cases handled by the Typograph-
ical union by this method it has never
lost a case. This can readily be be-
lieved when it is understood that
there never yet has arisen a demand
for an increased wage that was not
fundamentally Just.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

Charles Goldsborough of this city
was married in Tacoma the other
day to Miss Esther Bartz, the cere-
mony being performed at St. Luke's
Episcopal church by the Rev. Fred
erick T. Webb in the presence Of the
families and intimate friends. The
young couple will make their home
In this city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT or THE
stat" " Washington. In and toI the
In 80 estate # Ernest t"i-,A. AN IN
sane person 81 ---
Notic. for Bids.
Notice j. hereby Ei,e!, TLat IT," UNI
dti~igurd guardian Of IT," on'Ne
named insane person VIII sell thr ioI-
living and being IN the county ~ IHIis-
ton. State of Washington. tyW.t
The east half Of thr southwest quar-
ter ot the northwest quarter. 81 sec
west OF The Willamette meridian, con-
tanning twenty acres. more or less To-
gether with all and singular the tene-
meuts hersditainents and appurt@-
nances t. the same belonging or IN
any wise appertsiaing. TO IL" highest
and best bidder therefor in the manner
Sotice il further given, That | vii!
accept bids therefor N writing on ana
aftet the 2oth day OF August, 1917.
Bids must be in writing ana may be
left with my attorneys, Messrs. Troy
4 Sturdevant, either personally or at
their law offices in the Olympia Ma
tional Bank Building, olympia, Wash :,
ington. or delivered to the undersigne
guardian personally or may be hied
with the Clerk of the above entitled
''"' l WILLIAM REIsCH.
Guardian of Ernest Reisch, an Insane
published August 3, 10 and Il, 1917,
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TIL.
state of Washington, in ana TOR the
County of Thurston.
In re the estate of Birda TtetZ de-
ceased No. 1904.
Notice of Settlement of Final Account
and Hearing on Petition for Distri-
button.
Notice is hereby given. That the al !
ministrator herein. w. +. 1letZ, mas
filed his final account and petition Tor
distribution herein. and that the court
has set Tuesday. the lth day or sep
TENDER 1917, at the hour of O'Clock
D. m. and the court room OF the court
house of Thurston county, at olympia!
Washingt and department No.
thereof. as the time and place for the
settlement of the said final account ana
hearing on the petition tor distriDu-
ton and all persons having objections
thereto be and they are hereby re-
ouired to present and file the same or
or before said time. and at the said
place. 49,.
BY order of the Superior Court,
Witness my hand and the seal OIL
said Superior Court this 23rd day o.
July. 1917.
Deputy County Clerk and Clerk of the
Superior Court
Published August 8, TO- II, "a and
81. 1917.
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COMMENT.

Alertness and the S-Hour Day.
Exacting science good while ago
worked out the formula for the
guidance of labor. The human body
will bear such and such q burden,
and no greater without loss of vital
ity. Production is not matter OF
long hours, but of intensive effort.
Intensive effort requires intelligence,
which, under the day-after-day
incubus of long hours become tagged.
Alertness of mind and resourceful-
ness are not frequently found in
workmen who have been following a
program of long hours for any length
of time.
The arguments against the eight
hour day are for the most part the
illusory imaginings of men who will
not see. They will not see because
prejudice clamps their intellects
They are themselves the imprisoned
victims of the long day, just as their
workmen are. Their intellectual
freedom-and what else is worth liv'
ing FORTS compressed by the cold
and miserly notions of day that Il
past--past because those notions
have been crushed by fact, which does
not admit that the eight-hour day II
an economic waste, but which insists
instead that it is conservation plus
a saving Of man power, guide to {
better citizenship and happier
ORDER The way is clear to thost
whose visions are clear.--Tacom;
Daily News.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

Mrs. J. W. Clemens and son have
gone to San Francisco for q months
visit.
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And about arbitration of these diff
ficulties. Some express the opinion
that this arbitration scheme embodies
the unconditional solution of labor
difficulties. But somebody has an
other think coming. 1t is often as
serted that the socialist theory is cor
rect but is not feasible because of
human frailty. There is a lot of
truth in that statement, and the same
thing applies to the question of arbi-
tration. 1t is true that labor unions
invariably agree to accept arbitration
as a possible solution of contro-
versy. Yet they do not accept with
any illusions that arbitration insures
quick or just settlement. Rather. il
is "Hobson's choice" The experience
of the trades unions has been that
arbitration is about as fallible
method of settling disputes as any
other method. Lawyers, teachers,
preachers. politicians and business
men have been tried repeatedly as
the third and supposedly disinteresr-
ed referee in an arbitration proceed
ing, but only in extremely rare cases
has this disinterested party proved
either "disinterested" or honest.
When it is question of increased
wages that is the dispute 1t is plain
that in the case of a large corpora
ton big sum OF money is involved
In order to save itself the loss Of this
money your corporation resorts to
any means that promises success for
its side. This takes the form first, Of
the employment Of high-priced coun-
sci and the assembling of every BIT
of material which might plausibly
support their contentious. If the
formidable collection OF arguments
foreshows weakness they do not hes
Iitate to accept the statement that
every man has his price" and pro-
coed to determine the price of the
"disinterested" arbitrator. And So
1t follows that the slogan, "Arbi-
trate," appeals to the workingman
with much less force than 1t does to
the bystander who has very little ct
stake. Labor often accepts arbitra.
Ition, but with the mental reservation
that it is likely to be handed the
"dirty end of the stick"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

The value and need of q news
paper in the household was never
greater than at the present time.
The great war in Europe is now
halfway into it's third year. and.
whether peace be at hand or yet b
far OF, 1t and the events to follow It
are sure to be Of absorbing interest
for many month to come.
These are world-shaking affairs,
in which the United States, willing
or unwilling, is compelled to take .
part. No intelligent person can
ignore such issues.
THE THRICE-A-WEEKW WORLDS
regular subscription price il only 81
per year, and this pays for 160
papers. We offer this uneQualleA
newspaper and
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SPECIAL OFFER
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EDITION OF new
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IN 1917

Practically a Daily at the Price Of Q
Weekly. No other Newspaper In the
World gives so much 1t so low . price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-10

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
state of Washington in ana FOR the
County of Thurston.
In re the estate of Blrda IletZ, de-
caasa3 No 1904
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
HORSE NOTES

quilin, e:19sl. goes into the stud in
The Friend. 2:O5l4, by Heir at Law. is
HraciuS on the ice in Canada.
Eddie Sundcrlin will do his training
this year at Springfield. Mass.
Forty stalls At the Readville. Mass,
track were destroyed by recent fire.
Barney Coyle will be at Indiana, Pa.
after May l with string OF performers.
Axworthy. is in foal 10 The Harvester,
Single G., 200, by Anderson Wilkes,
will be- in Fred Jamison's string this
There will be three big meetings at
Belmont this season. June. August and
Lou Dillon. 1:5SH.. has been bred II
times, producing eight foals. Of which
seven are living.
Nawbnek Farm. .Paoli. cut his record N
1915 from ":25A to e:l2H.
The regular annual meeting Of the
American Trottinc association will Q
held at Chicago February 20.
Hedgewood Boy @:0l. by Chitwood.
was the sire of five pacing colts 10 OBJ
tain standard records in 1916.
Lord Dewey. e:O3&. by Admiral
Nv. at 2 farm OF r. L. Nash.
Ed @ 5. tho grand old man Of the
Grand Circuit. celebrated his sixty,,siNth
Dir. hday anniversary on January %.
Diamond Q f4). "!07 K. that never
los. a race in 1916. will be out. again
this season in charge Of Harrie Jones.
Barbara r.. 2:151i and Foxy Jane,
2:t6&. the pacing team, has been sold
to Emery II. Barnes. Of Lebanon. \. H..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
CHANCE OF: WAR
TROlBLE MAGNATES
1E.A1cAN I'm NATIONAL LEAGU-
LIS PRElAEE TO TAKE PRE-
SAUT1CEARY MEASURES.
Seoevs Interest VIII Be Distracted
FROM Game and Retrenchment
VIII Be Necessary.

ne Schedule meetings Of the Amer
h.. anu National Leagues at New York
Dor, week promise to be much more I'M
ha 'att IMAM is usually the case with
nt,-caI!eG spring pow-wows. The
minonn OF phe playing schedules is only
H,era,jao matter compared to tho con-
70 IF what Is to be done in re-
PA ME threatened strike Of the
ne the measures that arc TO
TI in case OF actual war with
III III met. proposItlon Is easily solved:
~ 81 US has been settled long ago
~. ,;i:n taS club owners are concerned
NJ pi"s a.s who do not report Will
eos Ia w will not be paid. That
arc ai'ot 9iness, but the war troubles
49, There is n ttiocn t'i'ic SUI t0O' '-''.
ANXIOUS 10 81 a Club owner who is now
1921 ~, Il his players at the sala-
1"e EN- in the contracts sent
I I.I VI Pts that have the smallest
~ r. ,Iii SS-ers signed are congratu-
sHa f:h'liicS. ives President Baker. OF
Ststiuu p'II IS already notified his I'M
$500 o! that their contracts. are
SIsheu con.itss the players hurry their
t,'l|t ~, uL s:ts along ut once the con-
LIT IT., I,ane, them will not. hold with
nv Itiasa lila club.
no" oei'etc cS TO q man in both leagues
.tN.h a. Sncthat some action must be
u' 49, IN lettings this week to reg
M..I oe' ne in case of nn open clash
IiI.ol Wy The magnateS feel that
-, W. be lost In the game should
t paai "oo4' be declared and that baSf'-
be reduced to a starvation