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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
n An TRAPPED ~ An ri.E.
NNTOR CAGE AND PLAN
4 uESpF.k ATE ESQ APE

How this man had discovered that
thcrc was vast wealth Of Jewels
hidden in the Uboat. could not
guess. Yet he did know. | was
convinced that he was following the
trail OF Rremcr's ring Of course, II
Iim's theory were true. he might he
an agent % the kaiser himself. a spy
upon spies keeping tab on the OF.
ftcers who had been trusted with a
hoard " precious stones,
whatever his part In the drama, Il
vp~ plain 20 mo that he did not
know what the officers knew: per
haps he did not know that all those
officers were dead
A. the man switched Off the light
in the elevator. screamed valiantly.
or tried TO. but the sound | made
was like that OF choking fowl.
Its no use 20 scream" said the
man placidly. Nobody 10 hear you
one night Waterman has got the
flu. nobody around TO take his place.
I've got the beat on both floors to-
night" he added ominousiy.
l screamed again. but only In ner-
veusncss and desperation. knew
very well that all the Lorimer en-
ployes had gone home.
II tell you IT'S no use for you TO
veil. shut up, I'm coming back
about midnight" said the man as he
closed and locked tho solid metal
doors % the elevator shaft.
Those doors cost an enormous
sum. Daddy is particularly proud OF
them. They have a certain art
value-and now they were prison
doors for his petted daughterin-lawl
They would prove worse for me.
thought. than the gates OF he'll un'
less Eloisc were mistaken In her
man, Even so. this creature had a
personal grudgc against me.
And l want to tell you. grille. :
came the voice again. that they
shut OF the power in this block OF
elevators over sunday. II you plan
20 go down, this car VIII slide 80
I'D fast you'n never know when
you touch bottom
Then his rapid footsteps grew
faint and fainter on the resoundlns
stairs. And /. who had felt so safe
from adventure In an office building
was a prisoner. marooned In an Gle
yator shaft so stories from the
ground,
AT first. believed that some OF
the girls would come back TO find
me: then II was clear that the occu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
ny MILTON BRONNER

NEW YORK. Dec. 30.---Science II
all right. Scientific Investigations OF
conditions under which men ana
women work are all right But. art
er all. common sense and human feel
Ings are the best guides.
This was the gist of what Or Alice
Hamilton. OF Chicago. told me when
I asked her about new scientific
standards for the protection OF work
ers. DR.. Hamilton IL connected with
the United states bureau of labor
statistics. and had come here to at
tend a conference Of the American
Academy Of Political Science. which
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Boys Suits Reduced
to $4.95

d ROKEN LINES of sercable School Suits in Trench models
ID with knckerbocke 16 years
o $4.95.
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this. II would want TO count all the
bullrushes. and take census to see
how many leaned In one direction
and how many in another.
Now, don't want TO disparage
science. For instance, | strongly be-
lievo in the work we are doing now
adays In the way of counting the
items of various kinds of dust to be
found in n cubic inch of air. 1t is
important to find out how much OF
various kinds of dust-stone dust,
emery dust-how many lead parti.
cles, how much gas is injurious to
the worker in factory whore the air
is permcated with these things. To
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Shadow Of The Past


Dear Miss Grey: Several years
ago my husband took his life. lie
was thought to be insane after an
Illness caused by drink. have al.
ways felt this disgrace deeply and
have lived very quietly. have been
very unhappy | have n few good
friends. but they know nothing OF
this phase OF my life. Ought I TO
tell them? have felt they might
drop me II they know.
soRROWING.
II they are good friends" the
knowledge Of what you have
suffered will bind their friend
ship closer. But there is no need
10 confide your history TO these
now friends. unless you feel the
need OF their sympathy. You
must not feel 'disgraced" by
your husbands act. IL was his
act and not yours. And he was
not responsible for the deed at
the time he committed H. Ho
had been responsible for the
habit which led 10 his insanity. Of
course. but did not foresee TO
what end II would lead him. You
should stop brooding over the
past. Go out with your friends
and try to lead more carefree
life than you have been doing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30

we know that unnecessary, screech-
ing noises of machinery jangle the
nerves so badly that at the end of a
days task the worker is too tired and
too unstrung to eriov whatever
hours of leisure are hers.
We must recognize tnat workers
are human beings, and that they
have n right 10 work amid as much
quiet and comfort and cleanliness as
it is possible to procure. and still get
the job done. We don't need science
to tell us that. Our own bodies. our
own minds. our own nerves, will tell
us what we need to know about u
necessity"
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was to deal with labor problems.
New scientific standards for pro
lection OF workers are like the snakes
In Ireland-therc aren't any" said
she. We have no standards. We
are feeling our way, compiling our
data, accommodating facts. But I
ometimes feel that we overdo our
Investigations and overlook a little
horse sense.
III you are out in swampy re.
Rion, you can tell the direction In
which the wind Is blowing by the
there Is type OF scientific mind
which would not be satisfied with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Science ALL But There Are Things Too
to $3.65

collect these data viii give us scien-
tific bases from which to work.
But we don't need these things
to inform us that dust is unpleasant,
is hard on lungs and eyes and nose
and throat. When we become com
pletely civilized and recognize the
rights of the workers, we will abolish
dirt simply because 1t is dirt. Even
II it isn't injurious. it isn't pleasant
for a girl worker to have her face all
messy and her throat all dry with
dust.
I'VE know. as she knows, that II is
unpleasant to work in place so hot
that your body drips Precipitation
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INDIsC REET

bNbtSs NH.fst
a ~~vfnin man nf~ quite n lunch
Before he went TO bed.
Tie talked In his sleep of every
That eame into his head.
Next morning she accused him
or being 'indi.ere~t"I
he wondered who'd been telling.
For his heart did loudly beat.
And when he learned the secret.
He decided To ntones
For he Eats no midnight lunches.
And he stunsbers now niene.
We're having now our CLEAR
ANtE SALE.
And yeu'it save HALF ar more
On each Fall SUIT. COAT. DRESS
or WAIST.
At the FLORENCE UPSTAIRS
STORE.
second aud Iaion, OLD Times utdg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30

Boys Overcoats Reduced
to $3.65
For little fellows of Nlitary-stye
coats of medumeght coang darkcheck patterns reduced
to $685.. THE p,srypxr sronr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Cynthia Grey's
LETTERS
A Stdunch Admirer
OF Mrs. Everett True

Dear Miss Grey; am very much
interested In your letters and espc-
oially The Other woman's" side OF
the story
Does she not know that the man
will tire OF her. even sooner than
he did OF his wife, should like
to be In the poor dear wife's shoes
and God help both him and the other
woman who. with her false curls and
powder and paint. caused all that
trouble. Mrs. Everett True wouldn't
have a thing on me. I would make
IL my business TO locate tho lady
and murz up her countenancc 60
such an extent that size would not
recognize herself. Flare up. poor.
mixabused wife, and perhaps your
husband will decide that you are
worth loving. IL for nothing moro
than "A acrapper.
Gee. know what Il means TO be
n wife. mother. washwoman. cook.
housekecper and sweetheart. all In
one. And say. my husband comes
home after a days work and never
finds fault with me or anything else.
and oftcnurncs my nose IL not pow.
derod. and my hair In not curled and
my apron In soiled. I know he loves
me just as well and better than tho
I neglected my work and spent my
money like tho other woman sug.
gests. The Riddles are clean and
husky. and are all doiled up every
night waiting for daddy TO come.
even II Wife isn't
ONE OF YOUR READERS.
Dear Miss Grey; I have a question
to ask you about the names OF the
boys who have fallen for freedom
| am from tho East. and like this
climate very much. But have
loved ones and dear friends who
In the Eastern states. have never
seen any names Of Eastern boys In
the casualty lists. have heard
other Eastern people remark about
this. VIII you kindly explain why
IL IL. and II the names viii ever be
published? READER.
The large majority OF the peo-
only in the names OF Western
boys. The space required to
print the entire casualty list. TO
gcther with the time II would
take TO copy and set these names
up in type. would be too great
for the few people interested.
Dear Miss Grey: VIII you please
inform us what language the peace
document will be written in. that is.
the original document
SHIPYARD WORKER.
There has been nothing def.
mite given out 70 the press 80 far
as TO what language the peace
terms will be written I'm. but in
all probability the original will
be in French. with a variety OF
TRANSACTIONS.
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Spoken IN america

My friend says we speak the
American" language. but / say II
II the English" language. Which
Is right? FAIRPORT.
Ours Is the English language.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30

For best quality gold filled iockets
and chains. so TO Haynes. next Lib
erty Thcatre.--Adyertlsc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30

I TuesddD Is The Inst dan 10 make
mood on war SduiHOs stamps.
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CONFESSIONS
of q
WAR BRIDE

Cop, right. 1918. b, the Newspaper
Enterprise Association
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
BUSINESS is HONEST
C. BEDFORD, president of the Standard Oil Co., ha

c. BEDFORD president of the Standard Oil Co., has the
"a commendabe Standard Oil habit of occasionally talk
ing to Sunday school This business aid yester
day, that business honest that it characterized by fair
dealing and patriotism.
Undoubtedly business as honest any other depart
ment of human endeavor The attacks on business which
less every civilized country frequently
themselves with accusations that business dishonest but in
almost every of this kind it will be discovered that the
actual attack the thing thai gives vitality to the protest. IS bas-
ed upon expediency.
Accusation of dishonesty would tend to destroy the
existing industrial institution They would make it stronger
by clearing up bad practices.
But the accusation Of nexpediency is often fatal The
utility of business is what makes The dangerous attack
is that which asserts insufficient utility.
This the with the railroads In times prior to the
there had been much dishonesty of management But this
dishonesty is not the Of public management and ap
preaching public ownership
The defect of dishonesty would have been almost auto
macay eliminated by the compusons of war The railroads
would have become honest adequate to their work and that
would have settled matters.
Government ownership interviewed because conditions in
herent in private impossible for the railroads to
obtain their maximum efficiency The railroads could not be
operated unity could not do business to the best advantage
by interchanging rolling stock and traffic.
The unity of powerful and centralized control was
necessary to efficiency.
When the war opened there two distinct forces in
operation not business honest but to make
more efficient Trusts and combinations attempting what
the has attempted with the railroad applying their
efforts to many lines Of industry Other lines of
industry having passed through the trust period were being
considered as fit objects for government ownership
The compelling in these tendencies in each
desire to attain increased efficiency The movement
was very similar that observed where machinery employ
ed Larger and efficient machines constantly replace
smaller and efficient machines when the crank case
of an automobile stamped out in two operations CT
formed in few seconds with the aid OF powerful
presses.
In the long run more efficient methods must upplant less
efficient true in business organization as it is
in the operation of machines
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
WASHINGTON

FASHNGTON could return he would be surprised to note
the extent to which the United States has departed from
the words of counsel delivered in his farewell address,
Nothing made world would be quite he left It,
Railroads. boats telegraph telephones automobiles fly
ing machines submarines did not exist when Washington
earth
further in his day from New York to Chicago than
ii is in this day from New York to Hong Kong.
The world knitted together by trade by nercommunica
ton and by service of news he never dreamed
that it could be.
day science had not arrived at the consciousness of
the which the material world the world of commodities
plays the life The effect of climate little under
stood The consciousness of trade rivalry scarcely realized
The years in the future France had
vet proved could be otherwise than Russia is
Washngons advice to avoid European complications
ed to tide the country period But his advice did not
after sinking the sania after Germany had proved
PURPOSE permit traffic of America upon the
What Washington would have done had he lived in this day
in doubt He did well in his
day and time the experience of his environment Nobody
what he would do in this day and time in the midst of
an environment so terrible and,
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
THE DAY OF PRIDE

IA m OSTLY MEN must to believe That is higher type
lV1 of mind which can view object institution
without its actual presence The type is too The
half million people who the nearly 10000 New boys
marching in the storm of yesterday with emotions
swelling pride be attained by those not
behold
Secretary Baker took human nature into account when he
provided for the public review of American units He did
wisely posponing parades Of soldiers until training was
well established
the training that makes the difference between SOL
der another AS person becomes ul piano player
without practice oomaker anything else that worth
the soldier does not become expert soldier except
with the rigid discipline Of military service.
America will be proud of her armies during many years
Ito The soldiers of the Republic will constitute for
generation, an aristocracy of merit
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

board and lodging) 1880 to 1900
F'orewomen in fac
torres ........... 900 to 1850
superintendent. matron
superintendent, and
NURSES 1,UUU TO 1st0V
Dressmakers and mil
liners ........... 500 to 900
Heads of departments 1880 to 2,750
In the past year or two teachers
nave applied in large numbers for
employment in the insurance Offices OF
Hartford and New Haven"
Il have found in laundries many
High school graduates and one or two
normal graduates who were working
as supervisors and receiving SIS and
SIS week"-$S00 to $500 a year.
The teacher receives from $500 to
$500 per year in the elementary
schools, but very few the latter.
AS young women say to the normal
school principals, why should I go
to normal school for two years when
the most I can reasonably expect to
earn as teacher is SIS a week for
SO to 40 weeks, and I can get that
now" As matter of principle, peo-
pie who are content with low pay
and no future are not the kind of peo-
pie, as rule, who ought to be al
lowed to become teachers.
We cannot get priceless service for
$500 a year. No amount OF clever
scheming will enable us to. It is I'M
worthy and hypocritical to expect to.
Pernanency In Teaching.
n aro,v1b ~ 70
the shortage of teachers: We must
also build up vastly more perma-
nent force. The young woman, or
young man, who begins to teach as
soon as high school or college days
are over seldom expects to be
teacher long. Circumstances may
disappoint expectations and keep her
or him in the schoolroom. But in
general nobody ought to teach who
does not expect to make a life work
of teaching. Good teaching brooks no
other interests or ambitions, least Of
all lover and prospective home
making.
Teaching life is very short. In
five years from graduation, the per-
centage of graduates Of our normal
schools who are still teaching falls to
less than IS per cent In 10 years it
has fallen to IS per cent. and con-
tinues as about that level for 10 years
more. twenty-five years after gradu-
alton, there is left a dwindling 5 per
cent or less.
! Now, the only answer to the per-
manency question is men teachers
Young women will remain in the
schoolroon for a longer or shorter
period, but in most cases viii event
ua1ly marry, as they should. If men
! can be induced to teach, marriage
does not put an end to the teaching.
It is hard to see ho-w men could
effectively be employed IN the first
four grades. but beyond that we need
them in increasing numbers for the
sake Of the boys of the school as
well as for the sake Of permanency
in the profession. After the sixth
grade the boys ought to be chiefly
under the charge of men teachers.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
RESIDENTS SUPPLY
GERMAN MINISTER

Mexico City, Feb. 25-Germans in
Mexica, especially at the sapitaI, are
supplying H. Won Eckardt the Ger
man minister here, with the sinews of
war for the extensive propaganda
campaign that is being carried on by
the legation, both through newspa-
pers and private agents. There has
been much speculation as to what
means the German minister used to
secure funds to maintain the larage
legation, his sumptuous home and the
Teutonic paganda since he was cut
off from the fatherland, but it is now
learned that German banks, business
houses and individuals are buying his
notes on the Imperial government.
The claim has been advanced re-
.peatedIy that Won Eckardt deprived
of the use of neutral diplomatic
wires in communicating with his gov
eminent, was keeping in touch with
the Berlin foreign office through let
tiers carried on Spanish ships to the
gulf of Biscay, whence they were sent
by submarine to Berlin. 1t was stated
that he was being supplied with FUNDS
via this route, but the enormous sums
being spent by the legation seemed g
make tais claim untenable. DSspitc
denial by the Spanish line involved, it
is believed here. that Won E.ckards'7
Letters hra being carried on Isa sn:=s7.
that messages from t-le legation, s--s-
IN p1aln envelopes to reliable ad
! dresses in Spain, ultimately ind their
way to Berlin by way of Switzerland
/ or some other route.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
PUNISHMENT FOR HENKES

FIRST thought it may that David A. Henkes is too
severely punished by Imprisonment for . years fol-
lowing his refusal to remain captain in the u S. army
cause his parents German born
But Henkes educated by the United States raised from the
rank Of private to the rank of captain participated in propa
ganda against his country.
In Germany he would be sent to firing squad. Doubtless
cannot help being in intellect and sympathy he is
But people afford to have in their midst in the time
war, those who are hostile to the nation.
Menkes confronted by stuaGon preferred the lives and
happiness of Germans to the lives and happiness of his
countrymen How his mind became warped into mon
srous form, is of little consequence.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
CHRISTIANS AND WARS

HRISTIAN CIVILIZATION alone can stop war" Chris
~ tany has not stopped war; to be sure. But this is
proof that it may not The operation forces
rceptby slow but finally The that tears
works for thousands of centuries the result
achieved Christianity contains sufficient to insure
end Of the Some day the truth may sufficiently
ceived and the goal reached.
Of the two groups the one that declares never
end that believes may end the latter the
likely to accomplish the result
is the who says the steam engine be contrived
it, not the who asserts that steam engines
impossible.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
americans WORK TRANSFORMATION
OF FRENCH PORT FOR THE CARING
OF SUPPLIES FOR AMERICAN ARMY

e A Port in France, Feb. 25.-(Corre-
spondence of The Associated Press.)-
A little more than six months have
wrought a mighty change in the base
at which. last June, the first division
of American troops landed to go into
training for their fight with the Ger
mans.
The docks have been and are being
enlarged, storage warehouses have
been are being built, the harbor has
been dredged out to accommodate
more and larger ships, and the rail-
road facilities have been nearly dou-
bled an dare being increased day by
day.
The enlargement of the port has
created a somewhat anomalous situa-
ton. For whereas up to about the
end of last year troops landed more
regularly and quickly than supplies,
so that it was sometimes feared it
would be necessary to draw tempo
rarily on the French for their sup
port, the base is now in the position
of being able TO handle moro tonnage
in the form of supply or troop ships
The capacity of the port would,
however be almost reached with the
completion Of the docks and store
houses now under construction if it
were not for far reaching engineering
plans that are under way.
| The American authorities early fore
saw that even comprehensive dock en-
llargements would inevitably result in
congestion and confusion if some out
let were not arranged for the increas-
ing supplies expected to arrive when
they are needed, and which even in
creased storage space could not be
expected to accommodate. The prob
lem resolved itself into one of trans
portation.
Therefore, while the railroad tracks
at the port itself are vastly more nu-
meTOus than they were six months
ago, the American engineers have
conceived a plan whereby a vast tract
of land three or four miles back OF
the port has been taken over, and is
being developed coincidently with the
port itself:
On either side of a huge basin int
which ships can if necessary be toweG
and unloaded, dozens of parallel spul
tracks are being laid. They will serve
a dual purpose, for cars either can be
filed from barges and vessels brought
Into the basins, or cars loaded at the
port itself can quickly and easily be
hauled to the spurs and there made
up into trains.
The Americans already have taker
lines of railroad which will be fec
from the yards of the port and of it,
Complementary station in the rear
They are increasing constantly the
deficiency and capacity of the port it
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
THE RAILROADS

HE AMERICAN people fighting They I'M
der necessity of deciding whether the govern
men will railroads keep them That question will
be determined when the war and somebody starts give
the railroads back
The best guessing that three groups of people will
oppose continued private ownership the stockholders of
roads, the shippers who the railroads for the carriage
goods and the general public which has been educated
years of agitation for government ownership
Since the bridge need not be crossed until is reached the
subject matter may be dismissed.