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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
ALL READY
FOR GIRLS
CARNIVAL
Victory Fete Opens tuesday
on University
Grounds
LASTS OVER SUNDAY

The big Seattle Girls Victory
carnival il ready. The gates at
the naval training camp will
open at III n m. Tuesday, and
from that time until midnight
Sunday JOY will reign supreme.
A hundred and one attractions Of
every kind await the crowds.
And when all Is over. next Sunday,
night. Seattle will have n comfort.
able sum OF money with which to
start on a new emergency hospital
and aid the Navy Relief society.
The hospital is not 10 b. used en-
slrely for shipyard workers. but will
|. care for the needs of all workers in
<xhe city and the dependents Of men
: ln war service.
Double Car Service
Seattle Girls honor guard. hun
drcds Of business men and patriotic
women and sailors at Brcemrton
and tho naval training camp have
made the big carnival possible.
Car service on the Eastlake. Ra-
VIENNA and wallingford lines will be
doubled. and more than a
hundred jitneys Impressed into scrv'
ice
Al the grounds OF the naval train
Ing camp there is ample room for
picnickers A big grand stand seat
ing 5000 people. will provide seats
for baseball fans. and a new band
stand on knoll overlooking tho driil
OF f50 pieces
Trail Open All Day
For the water sports seats have
been constructed along the north
bank OF the canal. between Lakes
Washington and Union.
The Jazz trail" or Joy zone. will
run all day and until midnight each
night. Here are Ferris wheels.
carouscls. an automatic submarine
guaranteed 10 give all the thrills Of
travelling under water: n Hawaiian
village. trained dog and pony shows.
and 80 other amusements
There will be jitney dances each
night in the arrnory. with a big navy
band providing music.
Grounds for parking OF auto-no-
blles have been laid out. and armed
sailors win stand guard over the ma.
chimes.
Drills By 1000 sailors VIII be held
each afternoon. The training ship
Princeton. Of the gunboat type. and
the camp will be open to visitors.
800 In Pageant
The biggest individual attraction
Of the carnival will be the pageant.
"rhe Road to Victory" Fifteen hun
dred Seattle boys and girls take
part with soldiers. sailors and ma
rines. II will be staged on the first
four nights Of the carnival. In the
arnphitheatre.
%. r. Skinner. Of Skinner a. Eddy.
has promised $4,000 to the fund for
new emergency hospital in Seattle.
and he will increase his donation 10
(Contfnaea on page ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22

The allied counter offensive
il proceeding over front OF
practically 100 miles from Sois-
sons 10 eastward Of Rheims. de
spite German counter attacks at
various points, notably north OF
Chateau Thierry and south Of
Soissons.
The German high command ap-
is strengthening the enemy
lines In the vicinity OF scissors and
Rheims. so tho retirement north
ward from the Mnrne can be car
ried out with the least possibility
OF the boche closing the upper end
OF the big salient. as purse strings
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22

to maintain communication.
In the region of Grissoles and
Bezu-St. German. the Americans re-
pulsed strong counter attacks.
(Grissoles is five miles northwest
OF Bezu-St. GERMANY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
KEEL BASE Is FILLED
WITH DAMAGED U-BOATS

GENEVA, July 22.-The subma-
rlnc base at I<iel is filled with sub.
marines undergoing repairs, accord.
ing TO advicos reaching here from
Hamburg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
Chateau Thierry
Falls to Allied
Advance Sunday

PARIS. July 29.-French and
American troops entered Chateau
Thierry Sunday in their advance
against the Germans in the Marne
area.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
BRITISH GAIN
AROUND ALBERT

LONDON. July % British troops
gained more ground yesterday south.
east OF Hcbutcrne. north of Albert.
Field Marshal Haig reported today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22

ORLEANS. Mass. July ...-.
The tug Perth Amboy. with four
barE~~ In tow. was sunk by n
ssrman submarine after = 20.
minute fight off the southeast
elbow Of Cape Cod. nj 1890 n m.
SUNDAY. Gunfir~ from the sub
marine burned tho tug tn The
waters edge. while the bArxe~
were sunk. Forty three persons
ON the tug escaped with their
iiv--. three being seriously In.
jured. however.
United States naval craft were
sweeping the seas today for the sub.
marine which sank the tug and her
four bargca. Tho weather was heavy.
making observation difficult
The tug. property OF the Lehigh
Valley railroad. was proceeding from
Gloucester TO New York with the
hargcs in tow. when the submarine
made Its appearance. and launched
three torpcdoes with poor aim. Fol.
lowing. three seaplares from a nay,
base cirrled out 10 tho spot, and at
tucked the raider. which submerged
successfully and. to al appearances.
headed south.
Capt. Charles Ainslcc. 81 the barge
f.ansford. and John Bolovich md
John Vitz. members Of the tug crew.
were wounded Wiz had hand
blown off. while Bolovich will prob
ably lose an arm. Both these men
are Austrians. Ainslec was wounded
by shrapncl In both arms.
The passengers and crew Of the
tug rowed ashore In small rowboats.
Tho estimated value of the TUG and
barRes combined is $3.50. 900 Ameri.
can warshlps and destroyers have
boon dispatched To the scene by the
war department Several claims that
the submarine launched shells at
shore targets have as yet been un.
verified.
The attack was witnessed by large
crowds OF summer visitors and ma
tlves. all Of whom were wildly excit'
ed. Bathers skipped ashore whep
several shells from the submarine,
which was visible. splashed In the
water within few hundred yards OF
them. Automobilists stopped their
machines on their way into town
and watched the exciting demonstra.
tion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
HONDURAS DECLARES
WAR AGAINST BOCHES

WASHINGTON. July 22.-Hon.
duras declared war on Germany on
July 10. the legation announced to.
dav
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
HUN FORCES
UP
MAD fight
Slow Down FranCo-A -Amerl-
can Advance in Small
Battle Area
SEEKING NEW FRONT
Dispatch From John
De Candt
by Jnifcd Press Leased WIZ
Direct 20 The Star

PARIS. July ,s.--l,:l0 p. nh
Allied forces are progressing ev-
erywhcr~ on the soissons-
Rheims salient. except on y
small front north Of Chateau
Thicrry, where the Germans
have slowed down the Franco
American advance by y heavy
rear guard action.
This desperate enemy resistance
which IN taking place on front OF
about seven miles. south OF Oulchy
Bechateau. IL designed TO cover the
retirement OF heavy German forces
northeastward. toward fcreen.Tar
dcnoiH.
The Marnr was crossed Mt several
new places In the region OF Nerneuil
THE number of enemy prisoners iH in
ersasing rapidly. The German artil
icry fire Is becoming feebler hourly
A German accommodating plane
crossed the front lines today and
started toward Paris. but was driver
back by an antiaircraft barragc a.
tho outskirts. II dropped no bombs
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The Vese river forms practically direct line BE-
Rheims and Scissors. II flows westward and slightly
norhward thru Rheims, convergng with the Aisne about
miles of Sossons The Asne flows westward
thru Scissors This would represent retirement OF 70
miles north of Chateau Thierry.
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~ n---------------a--. .''-----'----7--
An ATLANTIC PORT. July
ga British steamer arriving
here to-day. reported having
sighted n submarine so miles off
fir- island during the night.
PR0VI>CETOW>. Mas. July
...-itoayy eannonading was
heard off shore At ii:i5 a. M.
to-day.
Naval vesssin have been off this
port hunting German submarines.
rrovlneetown harbor IL closed 10 all
ships
Explosions resembling those Of
depth bombs were heard shortly aft
cr a. m.
A haze hid the origin OF the firing.
but u Is believed that naval vessels
may have located submarine pos.
sibly the one which attacked and dc
atroycd the tug Perth Amboy and
her hargea yesterday.
The firing appeared heaviest off a
point between coast guard stations
Nos 5s and -. Residents OF Ca
hoon's Hollow. >aus~t and welifieei
ali reported hearing the explosions
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
SEEKS
U-b0AT OFF
US. COAST
Sound OF Heavy Firing
Is Heard Along the Coast
OF Massachusetts,
DIVER SINKS U. S. TUG

~ United Press Leased wire
Dtf.cf 10 Tho star
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-22
BATTLE RACES
ALONG FRONT
OF 100 MILES

LONDON, July 22.-(4:32 p. m.)-The Germans are
burning villages inside the Rheims salient and
believed be preparing general withdrawal to the
Vesle line it learned authoritatvey this after.
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muncaon scissors and Chateau Therry has beer
broken and part of it is in possession the war depart
ment announced today
This line has been the German chief reliance for sup
plies for the Chateau Therry region It's cutting explains
in part the retreat the Germans from Chateau Thierry
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LONDON. July 22.-(1:5 p. m.)-The Germans 1re
heavily along the Marine 'front.' but Their
assaults are unsuccessful il learned authonat1vey
today.
French and American forces experiencing great
difficulty in crossing the Marine in the Dormans rege
as the Germans sheing the bridges and using immense
quantities of gas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
One Effect of
President 8 Position

The effect of the Presidents &C.
ton on the labor situation was in.
stantly seen in the strike of machin-
lists In Connecticut. The men in
the first instance offered to abide by
the War Labor Boards decision.
The day after President Wilson's
request to Congress the employers
agreed to the proposal.
There would seem to be nothing 70
prevent this from continuing in.
definitely in one industry after an.
other. Some of the oldest and most
powerful of labor's antagonists will
doubtless resist vigorously. Whether
there are any effective weapons left
to the employer, in the face of the
War Labor Boards position, re.
mains to be seen.
Organized labor still has much 10
do. Though it boasts of 2,750,Oe
members in good standing in the A.
+. of L. alone, there were, accord
ing TO the census of 1910. more than
3S,OOO,OO0 persons in the country
gainfully employed. About 10000
600 of these might be considered ca
pable of unionization under the A. T.
of l.. agis. The mining industry
for instance. is but 800 per cent
unionized, the iron and steel IN
dustry only SO per cent, the cloth'
ing industry cnly 1863 per cen'
(1910 fgures).
The era initiated last MondS
provides labor with its ideal oppo'
tunity to take up the slack in tnes
industries, all absolutely essential v
the winning of the war. ProIess0.
Leo Wolman, of the University q
Michigan, says that in the ps'
Concentration Of ownership, Coz"
bined with a hostility to labor u
CARNATIONS, has constituted in mo-
cases All insurmountable barrier
the labor organizer"
This barrier has now, by execuu',
action, been swept away. A na1' =.
closed shop begins to appear "
horizon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
FRANK P. WALSH,
Co-chairman Of the National War
Labor Board.

principles he has stated as follows:
The telegraph company under
stands that IN organizing the Ma
tional War Labor Board it was
intended that organizations that
were unionized should remain so
and those pursuing the policy Of
an open shop should not be
changed. By inference it is
equally clear that organizations
non-union in character should also
pursue that policy during the
period of the war; that the prin-
ciples formulated by the War
Labor Conference Board and
recommended to the President had
as their fundamental basis the
continuance of the relations af-
fecting the organization of en-
ployes existing at the opening Of
the war.
If this is not true, and if these
principles are interpreted as COM
pelling this company and others
in like situation to abandon their
settled policies and leaving outside
organizations free to work as
they may see fit among their en-
ployes, then the hands of the en-
ployers are tied and the principles
Of the War Labor Board furnish
cloak behind which a propa-
ganda for the unionizing of labor
in every industry may be carried
on without let or hindrance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

strike, if it were actually r. !.
called, is difficult to predict NJ,
Carlton has claimed that the Con,
mercial Telegraphers' Union has ..
no time had any members among f.
employees, and produced the signed
statements Of his men to prove Il
This evidence, however, was ron.
dered meaningless by Mr.. Koner.
Ramps announcement that he had
previously issued a circular to his
men, urging them to sign the com.
pany's statement under duress"
Mr.. Konenkamp has never made
claim as to the unions secret mem.
bership among the company men
but they are supposed to number
some $500. These men would cor.
tainly strike on Mr.. Konenkamn,s
word, and many others would doubt.
less join them out of sympathy.
The strength of the strike. how.
ever, would lie in the sympathete
action of the solidly unionized rail.
road telegra piers, who handle IN
per cent of the Western Union,s
rural work in addition to their reo1,.
lar employment. The electrical work.
ers, who control the maintenance n,
the equipment, have also agreed IN
strike as against the Western
Union. The tie-up would probably
not be complete, but it would un.
questionably hinder the telegrapAie
service materially.
Mr.. Cartons claim that under
government operation the men would
be denied the right of unionizing and
affiliating with outside labor organl.
cations is scarcely tenable. It is
true that the labor policy of Mr..
Burleson, under whose direction the
wires might come, is frankly hostile
to the unions, and it is true that the
men are worried about this. But
Mr.. Burleson is VIGOROUSLY out Of
sympathy with the President in these
matters, and it is probable that the
latter's policy would prevail. The
government could scarcely deny to
the men the privileges which it had
sought to force their emnlovar m
grant them.
The true precedent for the situa.
ton is perhaps provided by the rail-
roads, which are under government
operation, but not government own.
ership, rather than by the postofics
department, long a government prop
erty. Mr.. McAdoo's policy towar
labor is explicit. In his order (
February p, 1918, he said:
No discrimination will be made
in the employment, retention or
condition of employment of en-
ployes because of membership or
non-membership in labor organiza-
tions.
This would seem to be an effective
precedent.
Further, Mr.. Burleson, speaking
recently before Congressional com.
mittee, stated that the wages of the
telegraph operators would be, in case
Of government operation, materially
increased. All in all, it seems Ger.
tam that the men will be in more
favorable position when the wires
are taken over. They will, of course,
agree with the government not to
strike during the war. The strike
order for July s was automatically
held in allegiance by the Presidents
action on last Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Taft s Opinion
OF the Status Quo

Though this Interpretation was
not admitted at The time of the
boards formation it was in sub
stance agreed to by Mr.. Taft when
he wrote in reply to Mr.. Carlton:
l do not think our principles in
clude the closed non-union shop in
the status quo to be maintained.
So interpreted, the compromise
may be stated in these terms
Labor agrees not to seek to enforce
a closed union shop; capital agrees
not to seek to enforce a closed non
union shop. In effect, though capital
surrendered its right, during the
war, to fight unions as such, labor
did not surrender its right to
create them.
President Gompers interpreted the
declaration simply as evidence that
"the government has recognized the
right Of workers to belong to the or
ganization Of their trade"
This conflict of readings was in
evitably destined to lead to a con.
f1lct Of claims. Perhaps the Presi-
dent foresaw what was coming and
made up his mind that the price
should be paid. Certainly, by au-
thorizing the two sentences else
where quoted from the statement
of principles and policies" and by
his subsequent bold support of
them, he gained the almost fanaticaI
support of organized labor to his
war programme.
But what was not so readily to be
foreseen was that labor should Sc
methodically and shrewdly take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered
The formation of the board was an.
nounced on March 80 and confirmed
by the President in a proclamation
issued April 8. Immediately S. J
Konenkamp, president of the Com
mercial Photographers Union, issued
the order for the simultaneous or.
ganization meetings on April %. A
hundred and forty Western Unior
employees, according to the company's
statement, publicly joined the unior
and were promptly discharged. Many
of them, and of the 600 or roo late,
discharged for the same reason, were
financially supported by their broth
er unionists during the pendancy Of
the dispute. The City Central Unior
of Seattle claims to have supported
no fewer than 200 Of them. 1t was
eager to call general sympathetic
strike in the city to bring the dis
pute to head, but Mr.. Konenkamr
was resolved to keep the figh,
centred in Washington and to act
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Above-Samuel Gompers, labors generaissimo.
At efNewomb president Union; right
s. Konenkamp president the Teegraphers

these passages were intended to pre-
serve the status quo, in regard to
unionism, in all industries. 1t was
certain that an attempt to define
more accurately the status q1,o
in advance of the specific application
would lead to all sorts of hair-split-
ting, to detailed statements on the
application of which there might be
twelve different opinions, which
might wreck the usefulness of the
board
1t was intolerable that the position
Of the board should be jeopardized
by such hair-splitting. 1t was neces-
sary to agree upon one principle
capable of clear and uniform ap-
pllcation. Apparently the fiat as
sertion of the right to unionize was
the most satisfactory one to be
found. If, however, it be assumed
that there was sparring during the
preliminary conferences, then it
must be added that labor mannuvred
its rival into q position which has
since proved to be untenable.
Wilson May Have
+ oreseen Conflict
On this critical proposition of the
right to unionize the struggle eventu-
ally turned. Close observers must
have foreseen it, and it is reason
able to suppose that the President
understood the situation. He must
have foreseen that the board, COM
ing into conflict with important in
terests, would be subject to attack.
and that it must rapidly grow either
stronger or weaker. And he GER
talnly resolved not to let an instru-
ment of such potential value die at
the first blow, as his action proves.
1T is likewise certain that Mr..
Gompers, and labor men close to him.
were confident of the course Presi-
dent Wilson would take. The fed
Grafton president has for some
months been close to the nations
executive. He was intimately in
terested in the drafting of the
boards principles and policies"
which could scarcely have been per-
fected without his approval. To be
able to give his men confidence that
these guarantees were of an effec-
tive character and not mere state
ment of good intentions he needed
some assurance that the vague pow
ers OF the board would be supported
by executive action at the proper
time.
The union leaders set to work in
the most confident manner immedi-
ately after the formation of the
board. If they had had definite
knowledge as to the intentions of
the White House they would have
acted exactly as they did.
There is, Of course, no reason for
supposing that the principles of the
board were not accepted in good
faith on both sides. But it is clear
that they were variously interpreted
by those interested.
President Cartons reading Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

conformity with the variation in the
cost of living. These traditional
principles of organized labor were
affirmed: The minimum Cor civ
ing") wage; equal pay for women
in mems work, and the basic eight
hour day. (The last means not
that the hours of labor shall be ar
bitrarily limited to eight, but that
additional hours shall be paid for
at an increased rate.)
These provisions represent neces-
sary safeguards for labor and
preached no serious controversial
point, since they are generally &C.
cepted by enlightened employers, or,
at least, can be altered at the end of
the war. The board also made pro-
vision for the mobilization of labor
in cooperation with the trade unions,
and urged uninterrupted maximum
production.
The serious question was that
concerning union recognition. IN
this general question the unions
have been stubborn. The right to
join unions is to them the sum Of
all other labor rights, the one ade-
quate protection against industrial
tyranny. And though they might
not need unions for their protection
during the war, the weakening of
their position in the present crisis
might leave them at the mercy Of
INSCRIPTIONS employers when peace
comes and some millions of soldiers
return to food the labor market.
Without some sort of recognition
of the right to unionize it is certain
that labor's support could never
have been gained for the War Labor
Board.
What Both Sides
Surrendered
The compromise arrived at in the
boards statement of principles was.
or was understood to be, this: Capt.
tai surrendered the right to fight the
unions; labor surrendered the right
to fight capital. More specifically.
capital agreed not to attempt to de-
stroy unions and labor agreed not
to attempt to enforce the closed shop.
The right of both employer and en-
ployed to form associations was
specifically affirmed, and the right
of either side to use coercion was
specifically denied. The coercive
weapon which labor surrendered lin
SO far as it was under the iuris-
d!ction Of the board) was the strike !:
the coercive arm which capital sur
rendered was the discharge of en-
ployes for union membership. The
critical passages were these:
"The right of workers to or.
sanixe in trade unions is recognized
and affirmed. This right shall not be
denied, abridged or interfered
with by the employers in any man.
ner whatsoever" employer,
should not discharge workers for
membership in trade unions, nor
tor legitimate trade union ,activi-
ties"
1t was generally understood that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
The Composition
OF the Labor Board

The board was composed Of
five representatives of capital, five
of labor, and two of the general
public" one named by each of the
groups. The labor representatives
were appointed by the Federation
Of Labor; the representatives of
capital by the National Industrial
Conference Board. The two groups
carried with them into the board the
informal assurance that their con-
stituents would accept for their
guidance the principles to be agreed
upon.
The five labor members represent
ed five of the most essential war in
dustries and more than a million
trade unionists. The employer mem
bers represented many millions of
capital and the temper of the
majority of large manufacturers.
That they could agree upon a labor
policy gave hope that a similar
agreement could be found between
labor and capital generally the
country over
FOR CAPITAL:
Loyal A. Osborne, New York, vice
president of the Westinghouse Eec-
trio and Manufacturing Company;
chairman Of the executive comm ittaA