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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

coma
Mr.. Leonard insisss that shese
the final stumbiing block u all
sffsvt 10 get together. belong 10 an
othsv company.
We wtsh M. Ieeeuae1 night haye
b<Sa fstfIe pussS cu1sdId ahsut shs
ssssss ~ three sevea men.
"a is our understs nding that the
traction companies Of the two cities
are both under the aame general
mansgement--stone Webster--
and their reinstatement would seem
60 present no tnsup~ssbIe difficulties
to President Leonard or his employ
ere.
The two outstanding features Of .
grave situation which now present
themselves are that the company
and the men are st last In confer
enee. thru the mediation Of the
CeuneN Of Patriotic Defense. and
that the company 10 Importing train
loads Of ssrikebveakers-
The project of introducing for
eiEn mereensries, recruited In East
ern cities. to break down by force .
seattle strike. 10. In the circum-
stances. bad business.
n can only further infisme an
already demorniised situation and
Increase the probability Of the gen
ersl labor uphes,sI threatened In
Seattle and elsewhere.
These are not ordinary times: they
are extraordinary times. Methods
which might he exeussble, or even
Justifisbl In = labor crisis In .
period of national peace now become
the serviceebie and potent weapons
Of the common enemy.
~ is tho duty of botn capital and
labor In America 10 cosupcee their
differences, that the united resources
Of the country may be turned against
Germany.
The national emergency demands
concessions from capital which In
other days u ceuid not IN fairness
he asked TO make, and u calls for
sacrifices from labor which must he
offered II the republic is to survive.
Before the great peril the ordinary
disputes between employer and em-
pioye seem inccnsequeuttal. They
may well be postponed until after
the war.
Or. " not defernbie. they should
be. they must be. arranged on some
basis which shall permit the great
national business of wnr to 70 for
ward without loss Of time or impair
ment OF endcavcr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
Coast Artillery
Mobilization Is
Seen in Star Film

The Star-llberty motion pic
ture weekly, which forms
part Of the new bill at the Lib
erty theatre, beginning Sunday
and running until Wednesday
night, will show many inter-
esting scenes Of the moblIlxa-
tlon of the local companies Of
the Coast artillery.
The troops shown In these
pictures are all Seattle boys.
They are seen In various
marching formations. Scenes
during the presentation to the
battalion Friday evening Of
the service flag, which will be
carried to France, include pic
lures Of Or. Matthews. making
the presentation address.
One Of the other pictures in
the weekly, shows suspected
slackers taken from amongst
the street car company's i'm
ported strikebreakers. being
marched from the Jail to the
city-county building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
LEONARD BARS ONLY union
OPEN TO TRACTION employees

President A. w. Leonard OF the traction issued
the following statement the strike situation at
urdsy:
"To avoid possible misunderstanding Of the
position the question or organization Of Its employees
want repeat that the has objection its
forming union OF their and organizing and bargain
ing collectively provided employe shall compelled
to become member Of such union " he does wish
"The company Is willing to deal with it's employees coee
lively thru committees Of such selected them
selves thru committees Of such union selected by its
bers, thru both.
THE company is not willing to deal with union Of its
tranmen affiliated with the Association Of Street
and Electric Railway Employees Of America
"The companyis refusal TO deal with the Amagsmated
Association union OF its under the Influence
domination Of that association is based ts reputation
bad faith, broken promises and violated agreements
tending period Of That association has
repeatedly broken Its agreements to the detrmcn Of the
public and the employees Of the companies
under Its domination
THE OF this have for the
years street railways In cities In
United States and their experience fully Jusfes the
reference to the amagamaed
association"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

/ e us SIT WIN
The present equipment of the
army and navy as regaros -
machines and men can prac,ca.ls
he disregarded except as hucieuS
for further development
Training Grounds Ready
r.., wear. the first in which
moro than pittance was appIo
nriated for aviation. the army anu
navy had s47.000,0o0. To-Day p,ac
,tcaIlv all this appropriation has
heen expended in purchase OF tram
to nlaneH. construction oi new
standardized flying fields ana oth'
or preliminary expenses
Tbree of the new flying fields:
a, champagne. H., Dayton. o. ana
na,roi, are now in readiness
"a auota Of training planes
=. ,eadv for them. Instruction Is
already going on al esIap'iSheu
training stations.
Preliminary aviation schools were
established at six principal engin'
ooring schools and universities
more than a month ago. to teach
dying recruits all that could be
learned without experience In air
nIanes. They will soon begin to
praduate their pupils to the fiyihg
field. ,to. and
Preliminary preparations ana
regular expenses have prac,lcaHy
exhausted the funds avaiiaple'
Congress has passed the war
aonar,ment's a bill calling for
sstO 0O0, 900. OF this sum 1859, ,00O.-
900 is for purchase OF 22.625 air
nlanes and 45.250 engines; the bal
ance for construction OF training
fields. instruction OF several thou
aand aviators, employment OF me
chanics and existing expenses.
The great problem is the con.
struction OF 22.625 airpianes and
(continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
The Portland Oregonian
Discusses Pres. Leonard

TIME staId and conservative
Portland Oregonian the
- other day printed an ed
itorial on the Seattle street car
, strike. appealing 10 President
Leonard. and the eonapahy- U
meet t..sir carmen In confer
enre and settle the strike. for
reasons OF patriotism.
President leonard didn't like
the tone OF the editorial lie
appealed TO the Oregonian TO
publish another editorial. and
cited certain facts which he con
Eisered should compel the Ore
gonian TO take a different view
OF the situation.
The Oregonian then had this
TO say. In yesterdays issue:
The oreecnisn responds herewith
TO an appeal from the Puget Sound
Traction. IiEht A Power Company
TO have another article on the Ne
attic strike situation. In light of GER
tain facts presented by President
Leonard.
n is anite unable TO modify any
thing u may previously have said
on the duty of the company To meet
tho men In . spirit Of cancellation
and to accept their offer Of arbitra-
tion.
u may t~. and doubti~~s 10 L..
quite true that the company had
previously agreed To submit the is-
sue. to an impartial tribunal
n may he. and doubtless II 10.
auite true that the men had reject
ed these peace making tenders, or.
having accepted them. had later
refused to abide by them.
Hut 10 is also true that the com
psny. after days Of turmoil. riot
and biood-hed. and after complete
paralysis Of the street car service
In seattle and Tacoma. had rejected
outright - proposal by the car men
TO arbitare-au offer that. TO the
OreGonisn. appeared appropriate and
reasonable. The concern of The
Or~ronian and the public is with
the present situation. not the causes
or pro, ocations leading up to II.
The car men had stipulated that
certain men be reinststed. including
seven men who were discharged by
your company In the city OF Ia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
DR.. +. !. Brown Loses and Dr. J. Brown Wins

Superior Judge Jurcy Friday re.
fused to grant an injunction to Dr.
Edwin J. Brown restraining his
competitor in dentistry. Or. John
Brown, srom advertising himself
as the right DR.. Brown" and comb
ing his hair TO make II look like
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

Or. Edwin J. Browns.
Dr. John Brown. who says he is
n great grandson Of the famous
John Brown Of abolition days. in
troduced photographs to show his
ancestors for five generations have
been combing their hair the way DR.
Edwin j. Brown combs his.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

give street car service to the city
was lost by the street car company
this morning.
Judge Mitchell. of the Thurston
county superior court. who was call
ed in to try the case. decided that
the point raised by +. d. Oakley
traction attorney. that the public
service commission could not take
the matter into court without hav'
ing II heard before the commission,
was not well taken.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
l73 TO | IS UNIONS VERDICT
AGAINST TRACTION CO. OFFER
: The Strike Situation Today


working hours.
ing ompany o opera ate il cas
m
to toarveso time Sunday.
Traction of in
lin
'front.' rdmento orocksb mob.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
BLOOD IS SPILLED
IN TACOMA STRIKE
By United Pres. I....a wire

BY United Pres. Leased Wire
TACOMA. July 2s.--First blood In
the Tacoma street car strike was
spilled yesterday afternoon on Nc
kinley hill. A mob OF 100 strike
sympathizers stoned a car. wound.
ing the motorman, conductor and
two armed guards.
An auto loaded with company Off
cials and e. o Nelson. secretary OF
the Tacoma Employers association.
drew guns on the crowd In an ef-
us2Et TO save their car crew from fur
ther bornbardment No shots. how
ever, we're fired.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
Dy rmised Pres. i~ss~d Wire


TACOMA. July 2S.-By a
vote OF i75 TO ono. striking
Tacoma carmen at II 80 p. m.
today turned down the offer OF
the traction company TO make
peace IL the men would sign
away their rights 70 join what
ever labor Union they pleased
The vote was be secret bal
lot IN executive session. IL
followed a long address by
lanes 4. Duncan. secretary
of the Seattle Central Labor
council aud member OF the
strikers general committee.
Tho Seattle strikers will
stick till hell freezes over to
enforce their American right
to belong 10 whatever organi-
cations they please outside OF
working hours" Duncan dc
clarcd in closing Immediate
ly aftcrward the vote was
taken.
There was but one dissenting
voice. and this was raised by an old
employe OF the company, who had
been suspected as a Epotter since
the formation OF the union. He left
the hall after the vote was counted.
Predicts Bloodshed
Duncan also declared in his
speech that the attempt OF the com
pany TO dictate the organizations 10
which It's employees may belong out
side OF working hours. and its re-
fusal To consent 10 the Immediate
appointment OF third arbitrator.
showed bad faith and would result
in bloodshed when the company at
tempted TO run it's cars.
The vote was taken on the ques-
tion OF whether or not 10 send the
following letter to President Leon.
ard. OF the traction company:
Tacoma, Wash. July rs. IT.
ITO the Puget Sound Traction, |
MIR. A. ". Leonard. President,
Stuart Building.
Seattle. Wash.
Gentlemen Your proposition |
OF July % to the joint conference |
committee OF your Seattle and Ia
coma employees received, and In re-
ply thereto. we suggest the follow
ing
Your proposition No. ,. claim
ing the right TO dictate the actions !
of your employees outside OF the !
time OF their regular employment |
makes settlement impossible.
Won't Waive American Right
AS before suggested. the right |
OF independent action on the part |
of your employees. while not in !
actual performance of their duties. !
is one that cannot be waived by |
us. Our right TO affiliate with any |
organization or union we see lit
outside OF the time OF our employ
ment is essential to our independ- |
ence as American citizens and EN- |
ployes. Your company has as
mnCn Tlgnt 10 say Win what
church or fraternal organization
your employees shall not affiliate, as |
to say what labor organization |
they shall not join.
"You have again in paragraph |
3 resorted to "A subtcrfuge re- |
ferred to by us In our communica-
ton of recent date with reference |
to arbitration. You well know |
that an attempt to arbitrate under
the charter provision would prove
abortive. The selection OF a third |
is improbable under |
such plan.
Willing TO Arbltrate Fairly
"You again assert that we are
ready and willing to arbitrate the
differences between the company !
and It's employees in Seattle and
Tacoma by selecting Immediately
any fsir-minded person not asso-
ciated with either side of the con
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28


the blind
upeed
the and departments
rapidly
who undertake the contracts accomplish wonders
% the forces allies
airplan problem ha to
In OF
cali for the performance Of WORK ONE.
but elimination
departments and American
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
.SN|TCHMEN
TIE Up WAR
TRAFFIC
Only Half Traffic Moves
Thru Chicago First Day
of Walkout
UNIONS ARE SPLIT

By United rress Lessed Wire
CHICAGO, July 2s.-Nearly
half Of the trarseontinentai
freight traffic Of the U. s. was
pavlyxed today as a result Of
In Chicago at 8 a. m.
Ninety per cent OF the
epsscountry traffic clears
thru this city. Shortly before
noon the railroads admitted
they were moving only about
SO per cent Of their normal
freight traffic. They claimed.
however, that passenger traffic
W5s practically normal.
All munitions and other govern
ment business was being given the
right OF way. and the railroads re-
ported that this class OF traffic
was being moved In good shape"
May Mediate Soon
Uncle Sam had his eye on the
situation in the person OF G.. W.
W. Hangar. member OF the federal
board OF mediation and conciiia-
ton Hangar came here Thursday
to investigate the threatened
teiegraphers' strike on the Rock
Island.
The sxitchmen already had
taken . strike vote when he ar
rived. however. and on the request
of the railroads representatives.. he
proposed mediation to the switch
men.
The switchman had sent their
agents to the various yards and a
meeting with Hangar was impos-
stbis az that time. but James Nur-
dock. vice president of the Broth
crhood OF Railway Trainmen--of
which the majority OF the striking
switchmen are members-assured
the government representative that
he would get the committee togeth.
er as soon as possible and put the
matter OF mediation up to them,
This may be accomplished today.
Few Embaruoes
Only few Of the roads have de-
clared embargoes. and these were
o. livestock and perishable
ps56lGsht.
Ia a statement. giving the strik.
ers' version OF their fight with the
railroads. Murdock said:
More than IS per cent OF the
svitchmen In Chicago yards are
on strike. and those include mem.
bers OF the switchmcn's Union OF
North America and the morgan
ized men.
There are 3.4o0 members In the
Brotherhood OF Railway Tralnmen
here. There are only 70i switch
men In the Switchmen's Union OF
North America, and not $500. as
the railroads contend.
Disseminated Against
We asked the roads 10 make
an agreement to employ not less
than s5 per cent brotherhood mem
bers. This they refused to do. II
has been the practice on many
lines to give brotherhood members
preference. but on some lines the
companies have deliberately given
preference to members OF the s.
U. ". A. or nonunion men. so that
the percentage of the employees be-
longing TO the Brotherhood OF Rail
way Trainmen might be kept
down below a fair working point.
There is no desire TO insist on
the closed shop. but II is contend
ed that II. as an organization, the
Brotherhood Of Tralnmen is ex-
slssted To make good on contracts
Negotiated with the railroad com
panles that there should be given
. reasonable opportunity to do 80
and this can be done only by rec
ognizing the union, with whom the
contract is held in the employment
OF men"
Police Chief Schuettler said to-
day that II the situation became
serious he would call out the Chi
cago Home Guard. composed of
about 1000 members. for strike
duty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
TACOMA TRACTION
co. LOSES POINT


By United Press Leased Wire
TACOMA. July 2S.-The first
round OF the legal fight in which the
public service commission is seeking
to compel the Tacoma Railway a
Power Co. and striking trainmen to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

Rye, corn, rice an5 other grains
now going into whisky and beer
would feed 100000 people for 100
days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

the rapid develoPmcnr
begun explore , 49,, II. -. =, 49,,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
Zip! Zip! Gangway!
Letter for Benny!

A letter for Balmy Benny. May
be II tells where Moses was when
the light went out, Read the let.
ters sent by some Star readers an
swering the question on which
BaImy Ben, the famous solver Of
conundrums, fell down. You'll find
them on page 5. Then turn to
page 6 and see Balmy Benny face
to face. Each night he does plain
and fancy work across the sport
page.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
America Must Rush Airplane
Program to Insure Success
in Binding German Army
BY BASIL M. MANLY

WASHINGTON July 2s.H America enough airpane
spring Of the and blind the German
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
LAST EDITION

Street car tracks are apt 20 get
rusty! Weather Man Salisbury
says: showers tonight, and Sun.
day fair"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
A SERIOUS TIME.

j. H. Dowdy is reported as suffer-
ing greatly from broken leg and his
wife is at the point of death at their
home near Tulip. Mr.. Dowdy's injury
was received in a peculiar manner.
Wishing to make a COW move out of
the way in the barn he gave her a
tap with stick. The blow seemed to
strike a nerve which momentarily
paralyzed the animal for she dropped
in her tracks, catching Mr.. Dowdy'
leg and crushing the bone.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
UNAWARE OF LAND BANK.

Montgomery, City, Mo-, Sept IT,
w. A. Waterman, representing the
Federal Land Bank Bureau at Wash
iDgton, d. C., said here tonight he
was surprised to find the lack of in
formation among farmers in the
West regarding the advantages the
Government money offered to those
who wanted to borrow money.
He said the rate now was only
5 per cent, and the time of payment
from five to 40 years. He said the
land banks of Germany had de-
creased tenant farming from S5 to
10 per cent, and that the farmers of
Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois, all
in his territory, ought to understand
that the borrower is the only one
who profits in this Government land
laon business.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Hardin College And
Military Academy
THE NEW BUILDING AT THE
ACADEMY NEARING COMPILE
TION-HARDIN STARTS WITH
13O BOARDING PUPILS.

Glasses convened at Hardin Thurs
day, Sept. 13, the enrolment being
about the same as last year. There
are about lao boarding pupils and
SO resident students. rs per cent of
the boarding pupils are from our own
state of Missouri. other states rep
resented are Colorado, Nebraska, wy
oming, Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Tex
as, Illinois, Arkansas, Ohio, Montana.
Robert Robinson of the Science
Department has answered the call to
the Nations colors. His place is to
be filled in the teaching faculty by
Miss Maude Reed. Otherwise the fac
ulty remains as last year.
Students for Missouri Military
Academy responded to the first re-
veille Thursday morning. The boys
have been coming in on every train.
There are cadets here from Nebras-
ka. California, Arizona, Wyoming
Montana, Kansas, Arkansas, Tex
as, OLIVIA, and from here and there
all over Missouri The enrolment
is expected to near the 200 mark.
At the M. M. A. the enrolment
is about 1S0 cadets. More than the
full capacity of the Institution.
Work on the new building is being
pushed forward and it will be ready
for occupancy next month. The en-
tire school buildings have been rem
ovated, repainted and refloored.
Former pupils returning are de
lighetd and surprised at the man!
changes and improvements.
There are new members in the fac
ulty, several of them. Capt. c. H
Werner, graduate of Colgate Uni
versity. has charge of the Hfstor!
Department. Capt. P. A. Rohtfuss, o
Susquehanna University, is in charg'
of the Science Department; he is alst
director of athletics. Base ball, foo
ball and basket ball will have his di
rect attention. Capt H. G. Pfander
graduate of Chicago Lake Fores
University has charge of the Eng
lish Department. Capt. Henry has tn
Commercial Department and Capt
Badgerly will teach Latin, Spanisl
and French.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20

much excited about that. l favor
making the soldiers that go to Eu-
rope as comfortable as possible, both
physically and mentally. don't want
them to have to worry about their
families back home. If they are
willing to risk their lives we ought
to take care of them.
81 am in favor of Insurance." he
said. 81 think in time every body
in the country will have insurance
of some kind. 1 never have been
able to save any money, and l have
carried insurance because l wanted
to keep my wife and children out
of the poor house. And l want to
fix it so the wives and children of
these soldiers won't have to go to
the poorhouse.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
CANADA LETTER.

Mr.. Smith is ready to fill his silo.
Quite a party from this neighbor-
hood spent a pleasant day in Fayette
Wednesday. Harold Garnott has en-
tered his second year in college
there.
A Mr. Winn from sou. hof Stur-
geon will move into the house yaca-
ted by S. E. Winscott.
We are glad to report Leon Gar
nett well again. He is doing well'in
the Sturgeon High School
Some from here attended a sale
south of Centralia. They reported
hogs selling for much money sows
and pigs from $75 to 500, and 100
to 15O-pound hogs selling as high as
$25.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
RISDON of KIRKSVILLE
HEAD OF STATE ELKS.

The State Annual Convention Of
the Missouri Association of Elks held
in Jefferson City elected A. d. Risdon
of Kirksville as president for the
coming year.. e. E. Wood of Webb
City was made vice president; Otto c.
Beltz, of Sedalia, second Vice presi-
dent; w. S. Bowers of Moberly, third
vice president; w. E. Brown, Carroll
ton. secretary; A. e. Major of Clin-
ton, treasurer; E. t. Thomas. Colum-
bia, doorkeeper; c. c. Himers of Ma
ryyille, chaplain; Hamp Rothwell OF
st. Louis, trustee,
About 100 Elks were in attendance
and they were royalty entertained
From Mexico Lodge those who at
tended were: DR., Dennis T. Moore
Fred Pitcher, Sam Byrns, Turner
Williams. Audrey Gibson married
Mexico girl, Anna Belle MCGEE;
he has county office in Adair Co
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
TUESDAY,
VANDALIA MAN is
KILLED IN ACCIDENT.
Thrown From His Buggy, Or Jump
ed, And Neck Was Broken-Horse
Scared At Auto.

While Grover Davis, a farmer of
the Mount Olivet neighborhood, cas-
tern Audrain county. was returning
home from Vandalia late Saturday
afternoon, week since, the horse,
which he was driving, became fright
ened at a passing auto and bolted,
throwing him from the buggy,-or,
as most people think, he jumped,
he fell on his head. causing injuries
which terminatedin his death.
The car was driven by Jack Slack,
formerly of Middletown, who had, as
his companion, John Carver. The oC-
cupants of the auto on looking back
and seeing the horse was frightened
they Immediately stopped their car
and fastened to the scene of the ac-
cident. Davis was found uncon-
scious.
With the aid of another man, Mr.
Branstetter, they hastened Davis to a
Vandalia physician, who after exam.
ination, found his neck to be broken
In few minutes thereafter Davis
was dead
County Coroner, DR., r. w. Berrey
of Mexico, went down and held an
inquest. The verdict was that the
boys in no way were responsible fol
the accident.
Davis was aged about 35 years anC
leaves a wife and three children.