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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
PARRY HELPED AlAskA

Tribute TO the late VIII II. Parry
was paid him by the Alaska bureau
Of the Seattle Chamber OF Com
merce and Commercial Club. be-
cause OF his earnest work In tho
construction OF the railway in
Alaska.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19

Fred NJ. Lathe, at the request OF
Prosecutor Lundin, was restored
to his place as special investigator
of the prosecutors office by the
county commissioners Monday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
MEEkER HAS MARKET PLAN

Ezra Meeker has applied to the
city council for permission TO sell
fruits. vegetables and garden prod
uce from the gardens of patriotic
citizens for a benefit fund for the
allies and war sufferers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
SHE HAD TOO MUCH eoozE

Mrs. June Allen, proprietor of the
Camp hotel, 231S Frs, ave-. was
found guilty by the jury in Judge
J. T. Ronald's court Tuesday, of
having an unlawful amount Of LIQUOR
In her possession.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
WELLS THRU AT oRPhEuM

Sergt. Wells, British soldier, who
has been lecturing on the war here.
will not be at the orpheum this
week Announcement in Mondays
Star that he would be was incor.
rect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
Pup Tent on Truck

Boys OF the Second infantry.
after recruits. have pitched a
pup" tent on an auto truck In
front Of recruiting quarters. 1920
Second ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
Runaways Are Found

Mildred and Hannah Meyers. /;
and 10. missing from their home IL
Toppenish since Thursday. wer.
found In Tacoma Monday. They
had 5000 of their brothers money
In their possession.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19

The seventeenth annual conven.
ton OF the Washington Osteo-
pathlc association assembled In the
Lincoln hotel Monday. with so
delegates registered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19

Reese Williams. fiwaco grocery
man. came TO Seattle to buy sup
plies and joined the Second In
fAntry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
Indian Gets Diploma

Louie Chief Wapata. who an
nexed a sheepskin last week. is
the first Indian to gain n law de-
gree at the state university.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
REpuIsg GERMAN ATTACKS

PARIS. June ia violent Ger.
man attack on French positions
taken Monday between Mon, Blond
and Mont Conflict champagne
sector) was broken down in the
French defensive fire. today's OF.
fetal report asserted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
Falls From Balcony

Jesse r Rutherford. .. son OF G.
J. Rutherford. Cedar apartments.
sustained concussion OF the brain
when he fell from balcony there
Monday night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
pANTAGES

FNN SoG~
Hello. Japan" n zippy musical
comedy OF song. dialogue and cos.
tunes. head the bill at the Pan
tages this week. Jack c. Claire and
Al Stearns bring the laughs with
their snappy comedy.
Ed Blondell. In The Boy From
Home" Ia supported by Catherine
Cain in 4 series OF qulps and filings
into comodyland.
Gerrard's almost human" mon.
keys have series OF new tricks
from monkeyland.
BlAckfnce Comedians Miller and
Lyles score a tremendous hit In a
boxing match of nonsense.
Good voices and technique are
shown by the four Gillespie girls
In their act OF harmony.
Filings and hurtles thru the air.
new thrills in the gymnast lines are
pulled Off by DArmour and Doug
las.
The new install ment Of The Neg
iected Wife" with Ruth Roland, Ia
shown on the screen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19

LONDON. June ia new
allied offensive on the Maoedon'
ian front may be In the making,
according TO the Wow In cor
tain circles here today OF radi.
cal rearrsnoemen,s OF French
and British forces In Northern
Greece and Macedonia.
II now develops that the British
withdrawal from above the Struma
was mainly from health stand
point. the British army chiefs not
desiring TO hazard the fitness OF the
troops by u summer In that section.
II was pointed out. however. that
the withdrawal might also be part
OF a scheme To shorten the front
and increase the strength OF Gen.
Serraifs forces at tho foremost
point OF contact with the enemy
Ahdication OF King Constantine
and installation OF a successor OF
proally sympathies leaves the
back door" TO the Macedonian
front safely open 10 the allies.
Heretofore the allies have hest.
tated 20 throw great forces OF men
into the Macedonian theatre. be-
cause there was always the posi-
hility that the pro-German king OF
Greece would scheme som. move
msnt that would perhaps bottle up
that army.
The Bulgarian official statements
OF the past two days have indicated
renewal OF active fighting be-
tween tho Nardar and Lake Dot
ran. on the Macedonian front.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19

TINE BOOMERANG" IS
GIVEN FINE WELCOME
IBY A Big AUDIENCE

The Boomerang" which opened
for the remainder Of the week at
the Metropolitan theatre Monday
night. II the greatest. comedy that
has hit Seattle since the days of
Twin Beds" Judging by the man.
ner In which the large audience re-
ceivcd The Boomerang" Seattle
knows and appreciates a real New
York cast.
Wallace Eddinger, In tho role OF
the love-sick patient. was superfiue.
as vas also the acting OF Arthur
Byron. In the role OF DR. Gerald
Sumner. Any young physician.
striving for his first patient. would
enjoy the work OF Byron In this
part-as II IL scream.
II would be needless TO mention
the fact that the role OF Virginia
Zelva. taken By Martha Hedman.
was fascinating. Miss Hedman IL
an artist thru and thru. with the
training OF n long stage career that
has made her strong personality as
we'll as her acting hold the audi
ence sp.ilbound. Nor In the acting
Of Ruth Shepiey any loss attrac-
tive In fact. the entire cast has
condensed itself into one perfect
unit.
The story Is OF a doctor who pre-
scribcs a remedy for love and
jealousy. and Is caught In his own
net
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-19
TAKE ~ PRISONERS

LONDON. Juno is.--Eishting on
the British front was confined to
raiding operations. according to
Gen. Hhig's report today.
Southeast OF La verruicr and In
the neLghborhood OF Baupaume-
Combra Ne raided enemy posL
tons" he said Several OF tho
enemy were killed. dug-outs were
destroyed and ~ taken prisoners"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
ORGANIZED LABOR IS GENERALLY
AGAINST THE SINGLE TAX AMENDMENT
The Representatives Freely Express Themselves in Opposition
the Latest Attempt of the Fels Fund Agaors Force
Upon Denver Their Scheme for the Conhscation
of All Privately Owned Land.

Representative laboring men from
all parts of Denver are freely express
ing themselves in opposition to the
Single Tax Amendment that will
come before the voters May 10.
Even those who have been sympa-
thetic readers of Henry Georges
works realize that Single Tax could
not be applied in Colorado without a
constitutional amendment, and that
the abortive attempts being made pc
riodically by so-called single takers
to apply what they are pleased to
term Limited Single Tax" can have
no other effect than to destroy city
land values and create endless confu-
sion in the assessing and collecting
Of taxes.
Attention has been called to the
deceptive features of the latest pro-
posed single tax amendment which
seeks to levy on personal property
and improvements on land (buildings)
maximum of one mill, while land is
subjected to maximum levy of twen-
ty mills. Its trainers claim that there
is nothing confiscatory in their meas
we because of this maximum limit.
Students of the question realize that
the entire maximum of twenty mills
must be levied on land in order to
pTOuuCe IHe revenue now DelnR col
lected and that should the single tax
idea be put in force much of the out
lying vacant land which is now of lit
tie or no value would be abandoned
and become the property of the muni-
cipality Immediately upon the adop-
tion of this single tax scheme. With
in two years or before another regu-
lar election it would be found neces-
sary to increase this maximum levy
to forty or fifty mills in order to
raise sufficient revenue upon which
to operate the city.
Thus would begin the confiscation
! of land by taxation, which in time
would do away entirely with private
ownership of land and put the city in
the position of public landlord, col
lecting rentals instead of taxes, which
of course is the ultimate object sought
to be attained by single takers. :.
The following statements of well
known representatives of organized Ia
Dor Indicate that this particular
brand of reform" will meet with
strenuous opposition from the working
classes on election day:
Looking at the question from the
viewpoint Of small taxpayer, can
see nothing other than it would be
detrimental to their interest. In my
opinion it seems that ultimately the
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
FIVE DAYS IN HE'LL" AT HASTINGS
VIVIDLY DEPICTED BY REPORTER
Coorado Appalling Mine Disaster Causes Base Newspaper
to Shut His Eyes Obliterate Heartrendng Scenes;
John R. Lawson Goes Among the Stricken
Families Mission of Mercy.

train and wired the owner from Colo
rado Springs that he would find his
automobile the next morning at Sew
enteenth and Wazee streets.
Saturday morning l reached Lud-
low. There | found John Lawson, in
ternationally known labor leader;
John McLennan, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers: Attorney General
Leslie Hubbard; X. H. Chisholm, chief
of the United States mine rescue corp;
State Mine Inspector Dalrymple, and
two other newspaper men, all bent on
the same mission as myself-trying to
reach the scene of the frightful dis
aster.
We were nondescript looking
crowd. Between us there was one
comb and brush. Only two of us had
Seize Freight Train.
There was not wagon, automobile
or buggy to be had. Everything that
had wheels had long before gone to
across the hills.
On a siding half mile down the
track was freight train. Under the
command of the states attorney gen.
eral we seized it-woke sleepy en-
gineer from blissful rest and pre-
vailed upon him, in manner that his
employers need never know anything
about, to take us to Hastings. We
made the trip in a freight car.
1t was a. m. when we reached the
mine. But from that time until / re-
turned to Denver this morning ! have
seen nothing but sorrow and suffering
and death.
DISCUSSES as Miner.
There was two inches of snow on
the ground when / arrived. Snow fell
for the next two days, totaling a good
five inches in ALL After that Hastings
became sea of mud-it is yet.
My first act upon reaching the lit
tie town was to purchase pair of
overalls, a pair of heavy overshoes
and miners cap. In this disguise i
hoped to be able to get into the mine
as a member of one of the many res
cue crews / found already on the
scene. But tho / tried every known
trick of deception I failed utterly and
completely.
Shortly after l arrived en- the scene
the work of carrying out the bodies
of the victims started. 1t was then
the real tragedy at Hastings began.
"Pve been in some pretty bad
holes" helmet man told me, "but l
never was in such death chamber as
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

burden of tax would fall upon the
small home owners"
]. D. sALMoND,
Former President United Laborers.
'It has been tried in Pueblo and
put that city up against n financial
crisis that was never heard of before
and had it not been for the people of
that good city waking up and deciding
to repeal the single tax law, Pueblo
would beyond the remotest shadow Of
doubt look like Nickerson. Kansas, in
1887 three months after the Santa Fc
railroad moved its shops away from
that thriving little burg.
"For my part ! shall certainly work
against single tax"
II. NJ. MUM,
Painters Union.
al am opposed to single tax be-
cause I believe it is only n dream and
is not n panacea for our industrial
ills, and its advocates are only hurt
ing their own cause by campaigns of
this character 1t is certain to be de-
feated at the coming election. There
never has been case where single
tax has benefited the working man
Every time it has been tried it has in
the end been followed by business de-
preston and lack of employment"
EDWARD J. HINES,
Typographical Union No. 40
"The bankers, the merchants, the
bondholders, the spectators, the idle
rich, should pay their share of gov
ernmental expenses. Under single tax
this class Of wealth would pay no
taxes but would continue to speculate
and profit from the products Of labor
The working man can profit nothing
from single tax"
JESSE YATES,
Cooks Union No. 1S.
~ am not for the single tax. It
will in no way create greater demand
for labor but on the contrary will re-
duce the demand. 1t will injure the
building industry, make land cheaper.
and discourage the employment Of
labor"
RAY BRONSON,
United Laborers Union No. 1870.
Advertisement.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
BY JACK CARBURY
(From Wednesday Evening Issue of the
Denver Expressly

l have been thru five days of hell.
There is no other expression in the
English language that would even give
hint of the frightful, heart-breaking
scenes l witnessed in Hastings, Colo,
which was, until last Friday, the most
peaceful, the most productive and the
busiest mining camp in the southern
coal fields.
Today, as l left Hastings, it was a
city of the dead. Within its limits
were sixty-fve widows and 141 or
phans-pitiful, heartbroken women
and children, left to the mercy of a
great corporation-the Victor-Amer-
ican Fuel company.
AS a newspaper reporter l have wit
messed some of the most pitiful sights
possible to imagine. have seen dis
asters that have robbed scores of
homes of those nearest and dearest to
them in life. have seen little chill
dren thrown by the hand of death upon
the mercy of the world-hundreds of
times. In Mexico during the most
frightful of all revolutions l have lain
in shallow trench and seen fellow
beings-ignorant poems fighting for
an unknown cause-shot down all
about me, their women and children
lying beside them. Once in Jarmul,
ooiord, mexico, L saw oUU BODIES Of
slain soldiers piled like SO much cord
wood, covered with crude oil and
burned.
Shuts Eyes to Scenes.
But compared with the tragedy of
Hastings these things, in my mind,
were mere nothings-just little por-
tions of a newspaperman's daily work.
But in the tiny little Colorado min
ing camp where Friday morning a gas
explosion brought the shadow of death
over every home in the camp, / shut
my eyes to the scenes about me for
the first time in my life.
At 1O:45 p. m. last Friday night /
was called from bed and assigned to
cover the mine disaster for the Ex-
press. The next train left Denver for
Ludlow, Colo, the nearest station to
the little mining camp, at 11:15 p. m.
Living a good five miles from the
station, had only one thing to do
that was "steal" any automobile that
happened to be handy and take my
chances with the consequences.
Steals Neighbor's Auto.
Prying open the door of neighbor's
garage / took the machine, made my
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

this. The walls are down and there
are bodies everywhere. Some are in
pretty fair shape and the rest are
well, just wait until you see them"
Flesh Burned From Bodies.
And l didn't have long to wait, for
a few moments later a crew of res
cuers came to the surface with the
body of Mike Chick, one of the men
caught by the blast in the 4,5O0-foot
entry.
followed the body of Chick into
the temporary morgue set up in the
mines machine shop.
AS body after body was taken into
the morgue three burly negroes, armed
with jack knives, stripped the cloth
ing from the men, washed the bodies,
wrapped them in burlap and laid them
in their place in the long, silent row
on the floor.
The sight was awful. Most of the
men had the hair burned from their
head-the flesh from their bodies.
Clutched in the hand of one miner
j. u. Lockhardt-I saw a miners
lamp crushed to pieces. 1t would have
taken at least six blows of sledge
hammer welded by a strong man, to
crush that lamp as Lockhardt had
crushed it in his death agony. Later
l put similar lamp into a vice. 1t
took 200 pounds pressure to crush it.
LawsOn's Mission of Mercy.
Outside the morgue the women and
children stood in little groups trying
to console one another. At my sug-
gestion officials roped off the scene of
this frightful spectacle and established
dead line 300 feet away.
For the next night and day / Wis
tied the homes of those bereaved by
the disaster.
Everywhere ] went found that one
man had preceded me on a mission of
mercy-that man was John Lawson.
All that Lawson has done for the
suffering women and children of Has
tings will never be told-can never be
told. Furthermore Lawson does not
want it told. / am writing this
against his wishes. The things he
did, the money he spent-a poor mans
money-were for the widows and or
phans of Hastings and not for the
notoriety it would bring John Lawson.
In my memory this tragedy will al
ways live. 1t was the most pitiful,
the most revolving and the saddest
sight / ever witnessed.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
MIGHT EAT THEM.

Atlee Pomerene relates the sad case
of farmer who took much pride in
the looks of his fattening pigs, and
who once purchased a pair from a
neighbor. Upon delivery, at the usual
age of eight weeks, they seemed to him
rather small. The old man eyed them
obviously and then remarked, dryly:
81 guess / had better keep the cat
shut up for few days"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

The teacher was examining the class
in physiology. "Mary, can you tell
u.s." she asked, "what is the function
Of the stomach 2"
"The function Of the stomach" the
little girl answered, "is to hold up the
petticoat."-Great Western Employees
Magazine.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

On June at San Francisco, Cal,
International Association of Marble
Workers will convene.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

Employment of women may bring
about national strike of brass mold
ers in England.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

There are 10000 union chandelier
and brass workers in greater New
York
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

A test will be made of the New York
subway law forbidding the employ
ment Of aliens on the job.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

Eighteen states have an eight-hour
law for children under sixteen years
old.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

Missouri's "a ,461 trade unionists last
year drew $s5, ,855 in wages.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

International Typographical Union
paid $242,650 in old-age pensions last
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

Advertising pays two ways-the
man who uses it and the man who
reads it and buys.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

Patronize The Bulletin Advertisers
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
AN ENGLISH MONEY JOKE.

Two Englishmen were discussing the
war.
Joel say, Tom, revolution must
cost good many thousand pounds.
Tom-Nonsense! AS rule, it costs
only % shillings.
Joe-However do you make that
out?
Tom-Well, you see, the king loses
crown and the people lose a SOW
ereign.
Foundry workers of Bellevilie, ILL.,,
will substitute buttermilk for their
usual beer.
Half the Investigated working girls
in New York city get less than $3.50
a week.
There are 67,026 locomotive engi-
neers employed on the railroads in
this country.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

this. The walls are down and there
are bodies everywhere. Some are in
pretty fair shape and the rest are
well, just wait until you see them"
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1917-11-25

Pint @rodNtpap iueiB ntdu nun
iuieoer, luus nnter oem nShleier Der
studH" 6l pcrIteben lit.
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postmaster at Davenport, Iowa, on !
November rs, 1917, as required by
Act of October 6, 1917.
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Sdl,uenen .uerbeu anf Hattpnen
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Ser Grteg.

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postmaster at Davenport, Iowa, on
November 25, 1917, as required by
Act of October 6, 1917.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1917-11-25

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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-03-16

The end of the European war
will not bring an era of idleness
and low market prices to this
country, as some pessimistic fell
lows would have US believe. All
of the nations engaged in the
war will have their hands full re-
building their own country and
it will take years to bring them
back to anywhere near what they
were before the war broke out.
Food stuffs and material of all
kinds will be needed and most of
it will have to come from neutral
countries as the supply in the
warning countries will be prac-
tically depleted before peace is
declared. This will naturally
mean heavy buying in foreign
markets and our country should
receive a large share of this
trade. Hence all industries, and
especially livestock, should keep
on doing a big business after the
close of the war.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-03-16
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1917

AS a result of the railroads re-
fusing to observe the 8-hour law
passed by congress last fall, a
nationwide railway strike has
been called by the four brother
hoods of railway employees, the
strike to go into effect in the
eastern states tomorrow night.
If the railway heads hold out a.
gainst the strikers other lines are
to follow on Monday and Tuesday
until every road in the country
is tied up. This is the natural
aftermath of the strike which
threatened last fall and it is i'm
possible to even hazard a guess
as to how serious the situation
may become. However, the gen
eral public will suffer far more
from the strike than either the
railway companies or the en-
ployes and it is high time the
government took steps to make
strikes of this nature a future
impossibility. Something is rad
ically wrong when the welfare
Of a nation can be jeopardized
by two factions who refuse to
settle their differences and con-
gress should speedily pass a law
requiring all differences between
employer and employee to be SUBJ
mitted finally to a national board
of arbitration for adjustment.
Less than two per cent of the
people of a nation have no right
to place the business of the other
SO per cent in jeopardy and the
nation should not permit it.