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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
SprucerS
Treated
Rough"
Manager Chisholm OF Mary.
land Lumber Co., Accuses
Government Officials
EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS

Soldier laborers in the
spruce production division
would not work for the sim,
pie reason that they were
Iunderfed.
This accusation was lev,
eled at the heads of the
ispruce division of the army
by William ]. Chisholm. man
ager of the Maryland Lum.
ber Co., of Deep Creek. who
was a witness before the
congressional investigating
committee Friday morning.
No, only were the soldiers com
peiled TO go without sufficient food
but they were compelled 20 live In
tents. according TO Chisholm. and
thus became exposed 10 the elements
Dissatisfaction resulting from made
auate living conditions put the soi
dier-laborers in n frame Of mind bor
dering on mutiny. and the tension
was relieved only after chishoIm's
company. at it's own expense. erected
wooden bunkhouscs and installed
camp kitchens and cook stoves
Chisholm told the investigators.
Not until then. Chisholm assert
ed. did the soldier laborers function
as men OF the woods should.
Il had a contract with the spruc,
production division thru the termi
Of which was 10 furnish the food
only for the soldiers. had isl
soldiers and i50 civilian laborers ir
the woods as loggers and somethins
/ like 20 civilian and 200 solder Ia
borers on the railroad. A Mafoi
Hitchcock. with whom I dealt. tole
me that he would provide tents fol
soldiers sleeping quarters ane
would send field kitchens 10 cool
the food I was to provideA
He Protests
II protested against these prepar
ations. | told Mai. Hitchcock thai
tents were wholly inadequate fol
sleeping quarters as the soldieri
must 20 thru rainy weather. a,
I for the field kitchens. told him
and II afterward proved true. thai
not enough food for more than q
men could be cooked properly. II,
all my protests Maj. Hitchcock re
piled. Let them live In tents: th'
boys overseas are living 10 them
What I told Maj. Hitchcock came
true. The soldiers actually did not
get enough food to keep them ir
good physical condition. The result
was that they would not work. and
I didn't blame them bit. II was
only months later, when my com
pany built wooden bunkhouses anc
installed real kitchens that the sol
diers were supplied with sufficient
/ food
Threaten Court Martial
Another reason for the miserable
showing OF the soldiers as loggers
was the fact that they did not know q
thing about the business. When
went TO the Vancouver barracks. as
I did. time after time. TO appeal for
experienced men. army Officers
would select n crew, telling me that
the men were experienced woods
men.
"If these men fail to do the
work / was told by the army off
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
MOVIE PLAYERS
HURT IN CRASH
26 Are Injured; One Woman
May Die

LOS ANGELES. Aug. ec.-Thirty
passengers from the Metro Film
studio were hurled from a sight.
seeing car that was hit by a Van
Nuys street car near the Cahunga
Pass and Burbank road today.
Twenty-six were injured, some
being in serious condition. One.
woman. may die. Some of the
injured were rushed TO the Univer-
sal Studio hospital and others were
taken TO the receiving hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
Kato Is Ordered
to Siberia Post

TOXIC, Aug 1s,-tDelayed.l- =
Tsunataro Kato. former minister to
Belgium. and at present a member
OF the house of peers, was today APP
pointed minister plenipotentiary and
ordered to Siberia.
Kato resigned his post at Brussels
In 1907 to become editor OF the
Osaka Shimpo, an independent daily.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

neat plan to solve the labor unrest
problem.
They would solve II with a shot.
gun.
They would make II unlawful for
the NJrkers 20 strike on the rail-
roads, or In any industry that was a
public utility.
And they would enforce this law
with federal troops. IL necessary.
We would advise these stone-age
bosses 70 wake up.
There In a little book store In this
town that makes "a speciality OF radi-
cal literature.
Spread on the counters In front OF
the store are radical magazines. red
newspapers. clever Advertisements
OF anarchy, and cute explanations"
OF how much the Russian movement
Is doing for the down-trodden work.
ers there.
And every afternoon and evening
you can see a line Of workers stand
ing reading these papers and maga.
zines.
You can see them taking these red
sbominatlons home with them to
read aloud TO the family.
You can see them puzziing over
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-(United
Press.) Repeated attacks by Aus
trian revolutionists upon an Ameri-
can Red Cross relief supply train
travelling from Paris TO Bucharest
We're reported 10 Red Cross head.
quarters here today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

tween Seattle and Tacoma.
And he stays off.
The dustlike sand that cuddles
right up TO the pavement is some-
thing that no auto ever dug out OF
unaided.
The usual proceeding for the wise
autoist thus caught Is to wait until
a truck comes along, driven by an
obliging chap with willingness to
make an extra dollar, and a stout
rope.
Sometimes a board or a few yards
OF brush will set light car free OF
the trap. but mostly they are yanked
out by main force.
Take our tip-if you get off into
the sand. possess your soul In pa.
tience and wait for the truck. IL
Will b. cheaper on your purse, easier
on your tires and make better read.
ing for the recording angel who
keeps track OF human conversation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

0A6 HY Is II that nobody ever
I~I takes tffe troubles Of fat
man seriously No mat.
ter how vcxlng these trou.
hies may be. there is no
body home to welcome his sorrows
We bet that n fat man could get
lost In the Wild. Wild woods. or float
about for week or two on the high
seas. or fall down a well and get all
muddy and catch a right smart cold
In the head. and still nobody would
raise anything but a chuckie over his
many gr!efs.
We are reminded OF this because
recently we listened 70 the pleadings
of fat man for three hours; q fat
man In Distress. man whose whole
hope OF salvation hung in the bal
ance. as II were. am yet we didn't
do a thing but chuckie.
This henighted brother. ON a hot.
ON. right hot afternoon. stuck to n
telephone for three solid hours. try
ing to find in the city Of Seattle ONE
NUMBER EIGHTEEN AND a
HALF COLLAR.
The collar he had was a rag. he
was moist and miserable. and he had
an important engagement
A fat man gets just as much In
love as a thin man. more. probfbiy.
because there's more OF him; and a
man can't do any courting without n
coilar-aye. without q stiff color.
Our friend finally found one lone.
lorn ISL collar. and fastened out TO
get Il.
But n he has that much grief try
ting to get a collar. what might oc-
cur II froIicsome pup retrieved his
trousers while he was visiting the
old swimming pooi7
Even a barrel wouldn't serve: he
would require a hogshead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

If National Chamber O
Commerce. or the Natior
al Association Of Manufat
turers. or some such OF
ganization. has sent US
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

vcE n day. at least. some
careless. or ignorant. or
over-obilging driver gets
off the narrow pavement
that runs like a thread be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

New York state now has 5s5.000
motor cars, or more than 10 per cent
OF the 5.o0o,ooo in the United States
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
Tides in Seattle
sATtfRp
st1 IS

FIRST nigh Tide
eth a. m. ies n.
fir~t low Tide
stss a. m 0F n,
Second nigh Tide
tttf . M ia e.
Second low Tide
10 81 . IN. 50 n.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

HY Is Il that nobody ever
takes tife troubles Of n fat
man seriously, No mat.
ter how vexing these trou.
hies may be. there is no
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
Rff,AN
Aua. ra

First high Tide
f.es a. m. Tea n g
First low Tide
tta A. VA. -~e : n .
Second High Tide :,
\ tsts y. m. iie o. 4
second Low Tide
sic p. m. 6t n ] n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

Attractive corner property, "a acres, on
turnpike, ] mile Comar station; 7-room
dwelling electric lights: poultry house;
shade and fruit; bargain for $500.
Very desirable y acre property on turn
pike, 10 minutes walk from Colmar station:
Groom dwelling, with pipeless furnace;
barn; poultry house; all in Al conditions
bargain for $500. -
EOur-an d-three-quarter-acre corner prop
erty on stone roads; Ia miles Fort, Wash
ington station: B-room old-fashtoned stone
house, in good condition: barn; poultry house;
Six.aCre country place concrete road,
1 mile Chalfont station; S-room frame dwell
ing; good barn; poultry and pig houses; shade
and abundant fruit; $3S0O. -,
The above are real bargains: will be
nleased TO show by appointment
II. j. DAGGER. Amber, IA,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
GERMNNTnMN
FuRNTsHED APARTMENTs


ATLANTIC CITN-lln y Naw lllmp~hire,
8 rooms. b9ih oI,.rHs uEh' ,ot-w,..r
yearly lease lan to March !, SI1. other
10 months SlOu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
PENNSYLVANIA SUBURBAN
WORTH INVESTIGATION

Stone residence and garage; i'm
mediate possession: I'm the most de-
slrable section house finished in hard
WOOD ana mahogany throughout; con-
well planted.
Also another white plaster house,
WIN baths, chambers central
heat; in excellent condition.: possess
sion In Feb'y; price very reasonable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
WHAT IS OFFERED2

5g3S LOCUST ST-ThOruughly modern. air
light: location uusurpa ssed, financed; va
canF CARPENTER & WILSON
RS1a Market ST. Belmont 1887
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

GENTLEMAN'S COUNTRY ESTATE
10 miles from city; contains SO acres and z
buildings in best condition; 80 years' collee.
ton Of rare plants, trees eto from all
JEROME 3. JARDEIlIaA
1875 Christian at.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

LOGAN--Beautiful corner property. rooms,
hath. garage: price interesting, j. Kut-
ner, 523 Real Estate Trust Bldg
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

Nearing Completion

ahd overlooking Merton Golf Course, .
modern houses. containina 2 haths
and q chambers and sleeping porch:
garage FOR 3 cars mans room and
5ath heated from plant in house; about
acres: should be seen at once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
Stone and Plaster

station and club; 18 rooms, 4 baths, 8
chambers: all improvements; hard
wood floors first and second floors:
garage for 3 motors; all in excellent
condition. Price reasonable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
REAL EsTATE-sA1E OR RENT
FACTORIES
R. E.-sALE OR EXCHANGE

$3.50 000--Rent $40, 900; large apt. house;
equity Sl50O00 payment 15oo owner will
accept less desirable or unprod've clear prop.
10 divide interests. Lamb Co. I37 Walnut.
OFFER CHEAP 32-acre improved farm on
income property or flrst-class automobile;
mail details first letter. Apartment 507.
Norris Apartments. Norristown. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

40OO BLOCK Lancaster ave. Desirab bic
business property: 2OxtbO IT, 10 rear 81
large garage IN rear, EMPIRE TRUST co.
s4tb nd TanCa gter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
cry

1923 GLENwooD AVE.-rwo story. 6 rooms
and bath; desirable location. 49, q
1020-22 MARSHALL, ST.--Two, story D
rooms and bath each: bargain. -.
$685. MUTTER ST--Two story. porch 'front.'
! rooms and bath mako offer.
CHAS. W. MILLER
Anl .nI Nnrntnnn mnnllh BLDG.
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BOARDING

PINE ST 4ite-Sunny room: good table;
steam heat, hot waters reference. Phone.
Barring 59T
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
z Acres and improvements

Rough cast and plaster residence, Is
rooms, baths. chambers; garage
Tor 4 cars: excellent old shade; sit
uate IN one of the most desirable
sections on the North Side.
Investigate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

FINE residence at Elkins Park; 3 minutes
from train and trolley: bargain; or will
exchange for large single or twin house IN
section Of 10th and Walnut sts. sos.
Ledger Office
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

I1FFI VIND
All-Stone Residence

containing IS rooms, 3 baths, 8 cham.
bers hardwood and parduetry floors,
indirect steam heating, a number OF
open hreplaces; stable and garage; ~
acres; beautiful old shade and plant
ing fine location; low price. Investi-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Leather
Removal of Export En-.
barge on Hides and Skins
to Scandinavia Urged

The cabled report from Christiania
stating that the heavy shipments of
American shoes to the Norwegian mar
ket has resulted in the suspension of
several Of the shoe companies in that
country was received with interest in
the leather trade yesterday, espe-
cially as American dealers in hides and
skins are making efforts to have the
United States government lift the re-
strctions on the export Of raw mate
rial to Scandinavian countries.
Another angle to the situation is
provided in an inquiry received yes
terday by the Tanners Council from
an exporting and importing concern in
Christiania that desires to secure the
exclusive agency for the sale Of Ameri-
can leather in Scandinavia or in Nor
way.
Armand Schmoll, president of the
National Association of Importers of
Hides and Skins, has asked the War
Trade Board for relief from the re-
strictions on the export of hides to
Norway Sweden and Denmark, and also
from the embargo placed by the Scan
dinavian countries on the expectation
of raw calfskins and hides.
The importers complain that, due to
the export restrictions in this country,
Scandinavian buyers are purchasing
markets instead of through the usual
channels here. They say that the raw
calfskins and hides held abroad be-
cause Of the export embargoes are
superior quality and are needed by the
American tanners.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
C0Iors
Dyen,akers Apprehensiue
of British and German
Connection

The demand for colors from the
textile industry, according to dealers
interviewed yesterday, is reviving and
dye manufacturers expect steady in
crease in orders. The possibility Of
the opening of American markets to
the German color makera in the occu-
pied territories still causes some ap-
prehension, as it induces some con-
sumers to hold back their orders, es-
pecially for those dyes which the Ger
mans still can manufacture at lower
prices than they can be produced in
this country.
The occupied territories on the
Rhine are the centre of the German
dyestuffs and chemical industry and
it is contended that il they arc opened
to trade it might work hardship on
the American dye manufacturer.
The Australian embargo against all
dycstuffs except those made in Eng
land is also regarded with some apprc-
hension by American color makers.
being considered proof that all parts
Of the British Empire are standing
together for the development Of the
English dye industry. Australians cx-
ample, IL was stated, might be followed
by a similar action on the part of
Canada, South Africa, India and other
British colonies, thus eliminating Am
crican dye products from those mar
kets.
In Wow of these facts, leaders in the
industry are more insistent than eve !
that an import licensing system be
put into force in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Textiles
buying Of Cotton Goods
More Actiue OF, Firn,er
Basis of Prices

Sentiment in the cotton goods mar
ket yesterday was more cheerful. Rel
susely large sales of unfinished IA
pi'es were made at former prices, va
''ous grades being advanced three
quaners of cent a yard over the
'e'ei prevailing at the end of last
week. Some of the mills have rejected
orders calling for far future delivery.
Inc present situation, so far as or
asfs are concerned, is said to be the
0ss' since the early part Of the year
"niie the Improvement in unfinished
goods has not fully passed on to the
market for finished materials, more
business Is appearing daily and con-
nasnce in the future is growing.
Socoers and retail dealers who al
owed their stocks of cotton goods to
run down are more disposed to buy.
sna some Of the mill agents intimate
sN snas inrtner recessions in prices are
Improbable. The lower levels recently
.,s' Maoe effective seem to have accom-
p,,isned s',ud the object sought-that Of stim-
tuslaling trade. The representatives of
sne mills insist that raw cotton will
nsve TO recede in price, failing which
'aanufactured goods will have to 90 up.
az present prices most manufac-
salea goods are said to be selling un-
o osi the cost OF producing them. In
s1iues for goods intended for export
%.s developing in a way that betokens
Lure expansion in actual orders. 1t
- ss reported during the day that some
s.,, 'se large mail order houses that
seii direct TO consumers by the aid of
ia.aiogue intend to reduce prices be-
~" snose quoted last January.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Business M0nev

Bankers say there is firmer tone
in commercial paper. They say that
5h per cent Is the minimum rate at
which paper can be sold. That is
largely true for New York City, but it
seems also to be the maximum rate
save for a few odds and ends of paper
not Of the best quality. A feature of
the New York market is that the notes
of small firms only are being offered.
Their credit may be just as sound as
those of larger firms, but they are not
so we'll known. This does not neces-
sarily mean that the larger firms are
not borrowing What seems to be
happening Is that their paper is be-
ing offered outside of New York, where
it can command better rate.
A Chicago house of worldwide repu-
tation, for instance, has been offering
its notes here for per cent. 1t is
doubtful whether it could dispose of
any at all at that figure in New York
City, though it might do so in Chicago,
where the prevailing market rate for
commercial paper has been usually
one-fourth of per cent lower than
here for the last four or five months.
Nearly all the New York banks are out
of the market for commercial paper.
The buying comes largely from the in
terror.
There is some speculation as to why
the American Can Company financed
itself as it did. The company's notes
run for six, seven, eight and nine
months, which removes them from COM
petition with the shorter term CONNER
cal paper, but the company had to
pay a high price for its money. It's
notes were offered at 6 per cent, and
the bankers who took them possibly
received commission of l per cent,
against the customary one-fourth of l
per cent that a broker gets. That
means the money cost the can com
pany per cent. If the $12,000,000 of
notes had been offered on the COM
mercal paper market, it is probable
that the market would have been dis
organized. The general rate at least
would doubtless have gone up to 5%
per cent, and the can company would
have had to pay that much. But if
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Furs
High Prices Do Not Feaze
Buyers Of Sable and
Skunk Furs

Buyers from retail establishments
throughout the country are visiting the
showrooms of New York fur manu-
facturers and placing orders for spring
and summer apparel. There has been
no dimunition in the demand for the
lighter weight garments despite the
high prices that manufacturers are
compelled to ask.
The same situation exists in the raw
and dressed fur market. Dealers report
that out of town manufacturers have
visited their showrooms in large num-
bers during the last few days and are
purchasing practically every kind OF
fur. The demand fer higher priced
skins is unusual, especially for Russian
sable, Hudson Bay sable, mink, fisher
and the finer foxes.
Manufacturers are buying Russian
sable just as freely as they do skunk"
said one dealer. "Never before have |
known such good business conditions
to prevail. Every one wants the high
grade skins, and price, apparently, is
lot the most important consideration.
During the last week we have had many
visitors from out of town manufactur
ing establishments. They all seem to
be coming to New York. Yesterday
there were five buyers from the same
Middle West city in our showroom at
the same time. Our biggest job was
to keep them from coming into con
tact with each other. However, this
indicates the present market condi-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Jewelry
Importations of Pearls
Depend on Lifting Of
EmburgOpS bv Britain

Dealers in gems do not expect i'm
portations of pearls until peace is
signed and England lifts the embargo
placed on the expectation of precious
stones from India and other British
possessions
The opinion Of one of the leading
American gem importers is that hoard
ing of silver and gold in India was
responsible for placing an embargo on
precious stones at the outbreak of the
war. He explained that payments by
American dealers had to be made to
Bombay and Calcutta in English gold.
The British authorities, needing all the
gold they could possibly acquire for
the war financing, were apprehensive
lest gold, going into India, might be
buried by the natives, and SO deprive
the Allies of just so much financial
strength. 1t is we'll known that much
of the precious metal that goes into
India disappears forever from circula-
ton
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Metals
Prices for Copper Shaded
by Large ds Veil us
Small Producers

The copper market showed renewed
weakness. The absence of demand
brought quotations on the part OF
large sellers down to lax to 10 cents
pound, while small sellers offered
the metal at 141s cents a pound. Even
at these prices there WAS little actual
business. Some inquiries came into
the market, but these were taken by
copper dealers to be in the nature
of attempts to test the situation
rather than serious intentions to buy.
Estimates on the copper surplus In
Great Britain, France and Italy are
placed at about 50u,o0o,ooo pounds.
and it is said that the stock OF the
metal in this country, above ground, is
in the neighborhood Of l,2oo,ooo,ooo
pounds.
The London tin market yesterday
showed Improvement, the metal being
quoted for immediate delivery at 24l
rounds, 10 shillings ton, a rise IN
price of 5 pounds, 10 shillings a ton,
while future delivery tin was quoted
at 233 pounds, an increase of 4 pounds
over Wednesdays figure.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
British Embargo Stops
Exports of Cotton Hosiery
Ruling on Limitations To Be
Imposed ON Wearing APP
pareI Awaited

Exporters in the United States are
waiting for an official decision from
the British government regarding the
precise limitations on imports of
wearing apparel. At present trade in
cotton hosiery with the British Isles
is lifeless owing to the embargo, but
trade in hosiery containing more than
25 per cent of artificial silk, imports
Of which are not prohibited by the
British government, is said to be brisk
Prior to March 1 American makers
of cotton hosiery were doing a good
business with English merchants.
Trade with Argentina is reported at
stardstill, the market of that coun-
try being overstocked with goods. The
other countries of South America are
sending in small orders, being re-
strained from doing otherwise by their
skepticism about the permanency of
prices in the United States. South
Africa and Australia are buying cot
ton hosiery in a conservative way. Lack
Of vessel space tends to deter foreign
buyers from placing large orders.