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New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
The Seattle Laundresses Build Their Own Laundry

TT is the West that is setting the
pace in cooperation in this country,
especially Western girls. In Seattle,
WASH, the laundresses own and run
their own laundry. 1t is beautifully
equipped to do the finest work, light,
sanitary, convenient, and provided with
ane lunch and rest rooms. They are
successful, too, doing a business of
I'SOO a week and paying themselves
ifom SIS week up. And don't they
Deserve those wages? Isn't it the hard
ess kind of work, laundering clothes?
wouldn't you want that much if you
we're earning your living by washing
and ironing clothes? Eh? What? Yes,
You would
A few years ago these same girls
were discouraged, overworked crowd,
aOorlng in steamy Easements and hot
rooms for 81, $3.50, SIS and 81 week.
mere they were, in one of the most
ueautlful cities in our country-for
nsattle is that, set as it is on the spark
aag sound, with snow capped noun
alns rising out of the sea and glorious
,af OFT mountains to the north and south.
noses blow in the breeze-swept avenues;
"chards and gardens and grazing lands
surround the town. But what good did
'ney DO these girls cooped in hot base
~snts so many i'll paid hours day?
Cooperation Makes Capitalists
VI Laboring Folks
Moreover, these wages we're paid in
We teeth of the So minimum wage law
Established =, by the State of Washington.
,a's state of affairs went on until one
wy OF course, the workers struck. And
ae more the girls compared notes as to
seE experiences in the different laun-
~, r1'es the more their ind gnation grew
aaeh they found widow with six chill
a. sh 70 support, who, notwithstanding
s'' TACT that she had been in the laun-
60 s several years, was being paid only
~, sS0I week, something snapped in their
ss S aaoits of thinking and broke off
s.s, av''' They began to question the ira
@oaai acceptance of world made up
: s~o hard and fast classes, employers
q" c. employees. "And we call the United
~. 'es democracy" they exclaimed
'~ scorn. Sure it is--for the en-
ssVser' But where do we come in? Why
IA. We get together and have our own
ury' The fact of the matter is, qce
n''' hooe come in on democracy and
j, = Heuer wiu until aoe osUm oar own
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
NHE struggles and successes of the
Seattle cooperative laundry, chron-

TIME struggles and successes Of the
Seattle cooperative laundry, chron-
icled on this page, offer most
Illuminating example of the advantages
to every one concerned of constructive
policy Of cooperation rather than de-
structive policy of Striking" however
well justified the strike may be.
Immediately one thinks of the effect
on the price Of laundry work, but we are
assured that the prices charged by the
Mutual are the same as those through
out the city and state. The general ad-
vance in these prices of about 40 per cent
is due only partially to the rise in wages,
since the cost of fuel and supplies has
gone up from 100 to 200 per cent, while
wages have increased about so per cent.
Significantly enough, the state has
recently passed new law making $500
the minimum wage. The Mutual, which
pays $3.50, was organized in 1913. The
law has finally reflected public opinion
The sturdy, patient manner in which
these laboring women met the sinister
undermining of their plans throughout
period of two years speaks volumes both
for their intelligence and the sincerity
of their convictions. Here is no fame of
resentful Bolshevism. Here is democracy,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Organized Happiness For
Our Fighting Men

Inc great war relief organizations
which for the last year and a half have
toiled increasingly to make our men in
the service happy and comfortable will
not be found mapping when it comes to
providing Thanksgiving cheer for their
first peace holiday.
1t is significant of the spirit of the
times that three Of these grea organ-
cations representing three distinct and
widely different creeds are planning to
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
followed by a Thanksgiving dinner and
entertainments of various kinds for tho
afternoon and evening
Latchstrings Out
For the Soldier and Sailor

Latchstrings Out
For the Soldier and Sailor
The latchstrings Of all the service
clubs in the city hang out on Thanks
giving Day for the men in the service,
with special dinners and dances and en-
tertainments galore.
Country clubs and sofue OF our mems
city clubs are giving the entire club
house over to the army and navy Ter Che
day, and, as was the case last year, there
is almost no home in the city that 10 not
entertaining one or more OF these boys
at dinner.
The War Camp Community, ct the
suggestion of Myroa T. Herrick. one
of its officers, has planned for great
civic Thanksgiving celebration in all the
cities throughout the country that will
great community service. Cleveland,
which is Mr.. Herrick's 'home town."
was the first to subscribe to this plan,
and number of others have followed
suit. The regular church service in
these cities will be held at $50 in the
morning and the Community Service
follows at ii o'clock. Distinguished
speakers will address these meetings,
but the great feature will be the com
munity singing. The meetings will be-
gin with the singing Of America" and
close with "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1t will be great and glorious occa-
sion, this Thanksgiving of 1918, q day
of real thankfulness and rejoicing
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land, day that rich and poor,
young and old, from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific, will celebrate with the same
spirit of gratitude and reverence which
prompted that huge mass of people on
Victory Day to pause in the midst OF
their merrymaking to praise God, from
whom all blessings flow"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
White Kid Gloves Are an Enemv
to Thrift

I've discovered a new and sure wav to
save money for my greedy little thrift
stamp chest. When the cooler days came
stopped in one of the shops to buy a
pair of white kid gloves, but my eve was
attracted by display of washable white
Kid. l investigated and finally bought
pair to give them TRIAL Now, few
weeks later, l like them as we'll as the
other kind. | don't need more than one
pair, for can wash them out overnight
whereas formerly l had to have at least
three, for there was always a pair at the
cleaners, and finally, it does not cost me
a cent to have them clean and new
again. Instead my little box receives
the dime that in other days went to the
cleaners, and l am being doubly pa
triotic by saving gasolene.
M. H. H., New York CITY.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
By ELENE FOSTER

r(WO little urchins sat on one of
the asphalt paths in Washington
u Square adjusting their roller
skates
"Next Thursday Il be Thanksgiving"
said one
eWhat does that mean?" asked, as
passed along.
ut means be glad that the wars
aver" was the quick reply.
we're is the whole story of the
thanksgiving of 1918 in nutshell. A
year ago that small boy would have re-
ulied, "It means that We'll have turkey
and mince pie for dinner" but thoughts
Of material things, Of turkey and cram
berry sauce, of plum pudding and mines
ME have been crowded out of the minds
of even the urchins in the street by that
bigger, all-absorbing, universal glad
ness that ''the war is over"
A Thanksgiving
"Made in France"
The spirit of the Thanksgiving of
1918 is of quite different character
from that of any of the two hundred
and ninety-seven Thanksgivings that
have preceded it. 1t is not Of the famil-
lar, homemade variety, indissolubly
connected with thoughts of turkey and
cranberry sauce, plum pudding and
mince pie. 1t was made in France and
Belgium and it comes to US over the
seas which cover the innocent victims
Of German torpedoes and submarines,
from the battlehelds Of Chateau Thierry
and St. Mihiel, from the graves of our
dead and the bedsides of our wounded
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
BY INIS WEED

on the part of business people to deal
with them. There was some lurking, in
sidous force that for nearly two years
defeated the girls in their attempts to
start. Did you ever know a real estate
agent who didn't try to hold you with a
glittering eye and sell or rent you prop
erty? | never did, but here was whole
city full of reluctant real estate agents.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

So they began talking about CO.
operatively owned laundry, and the
more they talked about it the more en-
thusiastic they became, especially as
the other unions in town told them to
60 ahead and they would help find the
money. In other words, by cooperation
iabor1ng folks were to become capital
lists as we'll!
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

had been told by the Laundry Owners
operative group none of the laundry
owners would order from them in the
future. "Gee, | didn't know bunch of
kids like us was so important we had to
be fought half way across a continent,
did you?'' asked one of the girls They
weren't, but their idea 1Uas, from the
laundry owners point of view. Not
until the girls hunt for machinery had
extended as far east as Pennsylvania
was it successful. Then it was secretly
bought for them by Portland firm 60
ing out of business and finally arrived
IN Seattle, where it was quietly installed
and guard kept over it night and day.
Laundresses and Drivers
Enter a Combine
At last the girls we're ready for bust
ness, SO it seemed, but again they were
checkmated. No one anywhere around
dared sell them soap, starch and the
various chemicals used in laundry work.
This tie-up lasted until they resorted to
the methods of the enemy and just
plainly employed workman in Seat
tie house to buy their materials in odd
lots under his own name and have them
delivered to his cellar, where the CO.
operative laundry workers got them by
night, when he was away, and left the
money. But their orders soon grew so
large that the employe was detected and
other sources Of supply had to be hunted
for and found
Business came easily from the start,
for the laundry drivers in Seattle were
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
When Labor's Money
Would Not Pass

Usually when any business group has
the money people are only too eager to
do business with them and sell them
whatever they want in the way Of land
buildings, equipment and supplies. But
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

Cocoanut fudge is made in the same
way, with the addition of fresh ground
cocoanut
Every child in my room has one or
more thrift stamps and every one is a
member of the Junior Red Cross.
A. de S., Vega Alto, Porto Rico
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Thrift Stuntsf0r I thrift STAMPS

EDITORS NOTE: If you have on
original Thrift Stunt of your oOn re-
poyt it to the Director of The Tribune
Institute and you aoiil get four Thrift
Stamps IN exchange, provided the sdeo
is ne,o and practical enough to print.)
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
, Seven in One Will Give Thanks

and from that vast, victorious army
resting in the camps and trenches after
the stress and turmoil of the fight.
Only on one other Thanksgiving, that
which followed the close of the Civil
War, has there been anything approach
ing the Joy and thankfulness with
which we shall celebrate on next Thurs
day the greatest Thanksgiving in all
our history the Thanksgiving Of peace
and victory, the Thanksgiving of 1918.
The Doxology as
A Popular Song
1t you were so fortunate as to be one
OF the multitude that stood in front of
the Public Library on Victory Day when
the Salvation Army band burst forth
into the strains of that glorious old an
them which we call "The Doxology," and
If you raised your voice with those
thousands of your fellow-countrymen in
the p8an of joy and thankfulness that
swept in waves Of song all up and down
the avenue, you have felt the true spirit
of the Thanksgiving of 1918. The sing
ing of that old, familiar hymn by the
merrymakers in the streets, in the midst
of the greatest carnival that New York
has ever seen, was significant of the
spirit which lay underneath the gaiety;
it was the beginning of our Thanksgiv-
ing celebration
And while we at home are reveling
in the wonder Of it all what of the men
who helped to bring about this victory,
what of the boy whose service flag hangs
in our window, what is being done to
make his Thanksgiving Day happy
one?
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Wages Go Up Under
Cooperation

(oOpef0IIOn
Ihe Mutual Laundry, as this co5uer-
ative organization calls itself, has made
money from the start and soon found
itself able to raise the minimum
wage to $40 week. This caused a
waikout IN every laundry in town in the
middle Of the week. The whole CITY he
came. involved. No family could est It's
laundry home, and as for send;ns ~.
next weeks wash to the laundry, that
was out OF the question People became
desperate for clean clothes. Eventually
motors were lined up in front of the
glrls Mutual Laundry begging them to
take their laundry They took and tocl-
until the overflow OF baskets and hurJsse ss
was piled high up on the sidewalk ana
pohcemen had to stand guard over If
but no one laundry, however eneroetic
ana no matter how closely it packed
three eight hour shifts, could launder
the whole city, so hundreds had to drive
away with their hampers.
1nen one independent laundry man PAVE
In, granted the $40 minimum wage and
opened Its doors. The laundry owners
mao tried to force him to sign an agree
meht not to give In, but he listened to
tne cooperative group, who told him he
wouio ne made financially if he would
grant the $40 minimum, for it was =
popular strike, with the women of tfs
city on the side of the workers. TIL
event eve, proved their judgment correct.
The flood of business that swent i,
necessitated three shifts a day, ana now
ne owns one of the biggest laundriss in
town Eventually the strikers won a
$l2 minimum wage.
To-day $3.50 is the minimum wars .rS
the eight-hour day is strictly Observed.
All this and yet the laundries m.re
money. 1t shows what women can do
wnen they pull together. IncidentalIv
employers in Seattle have discovarcJ
that the more cooperation is opposed tho
more 1t grows. Some EMPLOYERS are he he.
s ginning to see that labor has to have
some outlet and that cooperation is the
soundest expression it can have II =
not violent or destructive, it wastes
nothing. it trains workmen in sk;I, ard
responsibility, and it makes good citisens' =
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

organized and many were anxious TO
work for the cooperative shop. They
began coming with their business.
whereupon laundry owners got out in
functions enjoining the drivers from
transferring their business to the CO.
operative, difficulty which was met BIZ
the drivers teaching the girls on Sun
days to run the machines so that when
Monday morning came they could pick
up the laundry themselves. To-day they
have nearly twenty drivers and no
trouble from injunctions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
NEW RULES FOR DRAFT MEN
Local Medical Advisory Boards Must
Place All Men In One of
Four Classes.

Washington. - ReclasSificatiOn &C.
carding to physical condition of the
m'n called in the next army draft is
provided in revised instructions for
medical advisory boards which are be.
ing sent to the local boards through.
out the country. The new regulations
require that every man summoned b..
fore the board shall be placed in one
of the following four classes:
"(A) Acceptable for general mill.
tary service; OBJ acceptable for gen.
eral military service after being cured
of remedial defect; (C) acceptable fey
special or limited military service in
a specified capacity or occupation;
(Dl rejected and exempted from any
military service"
1t is the intention of the provost
marshal.general to provide later Cor
further investigation and classifi 4.
ton OF the men acceptable for limited
or special service so that record may
DE made Of the work each may be a..
to without endangering health.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
SAYS OPPOSITION FOOLISH

Washington.-Lord Cecil. British
undersecretary Of state, says it would
be criminal and foolish not 70 let the
Japanese intervene in Siberia. His
statement TO the press, however, is
not regarded as the final judgment of
the British government, though it ia
likely in the end to prove part Of the
usual method of preparing British
opinion for announcement of policy.
This brings out clearly that both
the United States and British govern.
men!s are still thinking hypothetically
about the situation, and without a def.
mite knowledge of what the German
plans are. Policy depends more than
ever on a question of fact. Can the
Germans be Of serious trouble in ST.
IBERIA with Japanese troops in North,
ern Manchuria and Mongolia ready to
invade Siberia il the Germans do GO,
q f%oothold? And would the Germans
risk such an expedition, with the jap
anese able to cut off their lines of
communication and possibly capture
the entire German force?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
ON GUARD

AT this time Of the year people feel
weak, tired, l~istless, their blood is thin,
they have lived indoors and perhaps
expended all their mental and bodily
energy and they want to know how to
renew their energy and stamina, over
come headaches and b%ackaches, have
clear eyes, a smooth, rudy skin, and
feel the eXhilaration of real good health
tiHgling thru their body. Good, pure,
rich, red blood Is the best insurance
against ills of all kinds. Almost all
diseases come from impure and impCv-
erished blood. It Is to be noticed in the
pale or pimply face, the tired, haggard
appearance or the ~listless amer.
Drink hot water a half hour before
meals, and for Il vegetable tonic there's
nothing better than Dr.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, the Old-fashioned
herbal remedy, which has had such a
fine reputation for fifty years. It con-
tains no alcohol or narcotics. 1t is
made from Golden Seal root, Blood
root, oregon grape root, Queens root,
Black Cherry bark, extracted with gly-
cerlne and made into tablets and liquid.
Tablets sixty cents, at most drug stores.
In order to insure pure blood and to
build up the system try this tonic
known as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Get it now!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
FIRST FIELD ARMY
MORE THAN 100 MILES TRENCH
FRONT IN FRANCE WILL
BE TAKEN OVER.
Five or Six Army Corps Will Be Or.
qanized AS Fast As Men and Mate.
rial Can Be MobiIized-Largest
Units in Modern Warfare.

Washington.-With men, material
and supplies moving forward to Gen
Pershing in full accordance with the
prearranged schedule, the War De.
partment has taken up the organiza'
ton OF the first field army, the largest
tactical unit used in modern warfare.
Until Gen. Pershing has under his
command a complete field army, no
further organization of fighting units
will be started.
1t was originally the intention Of the
department to form the "typical'
field army by combining three army
corps, but it is understood this plan
has been abandoned for one which
calls for five or six. The purpose Of
this is to reduce the number of men
required for organizing the army
troops-the special units attached spe-
officially to the field army for use in
controlling the lines Of communication
from the ports of debarkation to the
army corps rail heads.
The army troops include also the
great artillery reserve of s, 10 and -
inch guns, both Of fixed emplacement
nd mobile type, the anti-aircraft guns
and the other units which the COM
mander-in-chief is given to throw
against any enemy offensive.
Under the six corps field army plan
auxiliary troops numbering more than
500, GOO would be required, each army
corps having about 10000 and the
field army 10000. The same number
Of fighting men under the three corps
plan would have required between
and 100000 corps and army
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
SEVEN STATES UNDER QUOTA
More Than Double Of Quota Have
Enlisted, Although Few States
Are Still Shy.

Washington. - Recruiting statistics
OF the regular army covering the II
months since the United States en-.
tered the war, show that more than
double the quota assigned to the
states has been obtained through vol.
untary enlistmcnts. Up 10 March I
a total of 3S6.09 men had been Ell.
listed. The total quota for all states
was 1873, SOS, the number required to
bring the regular army to the strength
authorized by the national defense
act.
Seven states Mississippi, Arkan.
sas. Louisiana, North Carolina, South
CarolEa, Vermont and Wisconsin,
still are below their quota, but Louis.
lana and Wisconsin are expected to
complete their requirements before
the anniversary of the war arrives.
Mississippi is lowest in the rank of
states, with only 1850 enlistments OF
the 1884 allotted her.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
TEDDY AT OYSTER BAY HOME
Former President Returns to Home
on Sycamore Hill from Hospital
in New York.

Oyster Bay, ~ Y. Col. Roosevelt
has returned to his home on Sag..
more Hill after having been for seg.
eral weeks in New York City, where
he underwent operations for ear
trouble. Mrs, Roosevelt accompanied
him home. The trip to Oyster Bay
Roosevelt declared that he felt fine.
On the porch Of the Roosevelt home
Mrs. Richard Derby and her two chill.
dren we're awaiting the former Presi
dent. The servants warmly welcomed
.he colonel.
Col, Roosevelt said he expected ~
regain his strength in a short time.
He intends to rest during the next
three weeks and then to be in condi.
ton to make some of the speech's
cancelled on account OF his Illness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-15
AMERICAN
BESTS HUN ATTACK
THIRTY GERMANS PUT TO RoUT
BY LONE PRIVATE WITH A
NORWEGIAN NAME.
rEUTONS USE LIQUID FIRE
Attack on Our Trenches With Weapon
Of Friehtfuiness 10 Met by VoIley
From American Guns-Cap-
ture FIameThrower.

With the American Army in France
An American private with a Norwe
gian name, acting as a sentry in a
first line trench, routed single handed
. German patrol Of 80 men, killing
the leader. a Prussian sergeant.
The enemy group evidently had
been instructed to cut the American
barbed wire belt, but their curiosity
was probably aroused by the silence
In the American trenches. It seems
they thought these trenches deserted.
and consequently leaped over the par.
apet. The American stood by coolly
n made sure that his observations
were correct. Then, without chal
longing, he opened fire. The ser.
geant dropped at the first shot. The
others scattered back through the
wire.
"Flammenwerfer" Flame throwers),
the last remaining exhibit of the enc.
my's chamber Of horrors to be tried
on the Americans, was introduced 10
them when an unknown number Of
raiders attempted a liquid fire attack.
1t was broken up, the raiders fleeing
when the Americans refused to be
Mortified or even scared, merely blaz-
Ing away at them with their rifles
and machine guns.
The enemy raiders made excellent
targets behind the molten stream Of
hight thrown out by their
The segment Of the trench that was
reached by the flames did not con-
tain any Americans and no damage
was done beyond the burning of some
woodwork.
The Americans have since tried sew
eral times to bring in an apparatus
lying in No Mans Land, but the enc
my guarded it jealousy with a curtain
or machine gun fire. Finally a lie,l-
tenant and three men worked their
way to the flame throwers and
seized them.
The Germans first used these weap-
ons at Verdun two years ago, play.
Ing largely for the psychological ef-
tect OF the blazing streams sprayirg
defending troops. One Of the
flammenwerfers is riddled with bull
let holes and spattered with blood,
indicating the carrier was wounded.
The flammenWerfers resemble oiro,
lar steel life preservers. They arc
filled with petroleum and tar, and
equipped with a compressed air tank.
They throw streams of liquid fire 50
feet through a six-foot long wira.
wound hose, which connects with the
protector like a nose nozzle. The an.
paratus is strapped to the back like
a knapsack.