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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-10

TRACT NO.
100 acres out OF Sc. corner OF 7. s. sale
tract IN Sec 6. rowp- p. P 2. Royal Dutch
Scheu drilling three wells on north and west
OF this tract One well now down over 1000
It RoIana Pet Co drilling on east az better
than 1000 It This one tract should be worth
more than the entire capitalization Of the
TeEas-Ranger when either OF these companies
bring In g well
This tract lies adjacent to large holdings Of
the Dutch Scheu company and their extensive
Development work has already greatly en-
HANGED the value OF this lease.
TRACTS NOS. 2, s. and g.
10 acres in Sec. II, Twp. %. r. 8: 10 acres
In Sec %, Twp. p, r s. 10 acres 60 See a.
TWP. %, r. s. 10 acres IN Sec. 70. Twp. 90.
r.
Tracts ?. 3 4 and lie in what the big oil
men believe TO be the immediate northwest er-
tension OF the famous Homer oil felsd
The Schwab interests recently paid $40 coo
an acre for leases short distance south OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-10

Sold locally b tie international Drug C.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
SHIPBuILDERS FACE
U. S. PROSECUTIONS

the fleet corporation of certain ships
built at Grays Harbor. One OF these
ships, he said. had to be docked twice
for repairs shortly after its com
pletion.
Howard c.. Cosgrove, counsel for
the fleet corporation here, was ques-
toned by the committee concerninR
the legal bureau of the corporation
and how IL functioned.
That the claims of the Sloan shin
yard. operating at Olympia and Ana.
cortes, against the fleet Corporation
totaled between $4,000, 900 ana
So 100000 was revealed at the hear
ing Tuesday afternoon.
1t was also brought To light that
shipbuilders were paid as high as
$4,000 bonus for early delivery OF
ships, and that the government
bought the properties of the Seattle
Construction and Dry Dock Co. for
$4.o00,oo0, turned them over to skim
ner & Eddy for operation. and then
went to Tacoma and gave the Todd
company $4,000 to start ship
yard there.
Skinner & Eddy paid the emergen-
cy fleet corporation $l25,ooo out Of
,coNr'p ON PAGE SIXTEEN,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

our glsdness like a punctured milk
bottle.
We stopped at our usual corner
for our paper. Every morning We
add our pennies 70 the little heap
In the cigar box. take our paper
and go.
This time the disabled chap who
owns the stand was there, and a.
he emptied out the pennies said:
Wouldn't that beat you? left
10 cents in change and seven pa
pers here. and now paper is gone
and z pennies"
And IL wasn't any street urchin
that did the stealing, either. The
street ganins have a code OF eth
les. and they don't rob the petty
hoard of a news vendor. No; II
was some miserable semblance of
a man. who thought more Of a pa.
per and a few pennies than he did
of his honor.
Men get mighty cheap some
times. but when you can get them
for 4 or $ pennies. II seems a
waste Of good grub to keep 'cm
alive.
We hope the petty larceny pup
that robbed the hapiesS newsman
sees this. and gets a glimpse OF
what sort OF thing the honest
world thinks him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
PHONE UNIONS
REJECT TRUCE
Wage Compromise Agree
ment Turned Down

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. I'll
United Prcss-t--Tclephonc op-
orators and electrical workers on
the Pacific coast. In their rvf.
ercndum vote. rcjected. by .
large majority. tho compromise
agreement under which they 70
Gently returned 70 work"
This statement was made to the
United Press today by l.. G. Cras-
ser, international vice president OF
the Electrical Workers union. The
official count was completed last
night at his home in Oakland. This
Is the first statement Grasser has
made since the count was completed.
Crasser refused 10 state how large
percentage Of the operators and
electricians voted. cit might handi-
cap me in my further negotiations. :"
he said.
II was learned from another
source. very close 10 Grasscr. how
ever. that only a very small per
centagc OF the operators voted. and
that some OF those who made the
count said n strike would be "ridic-
ulous" under the circumstances.
Crasser said his next step would
be to open negotiations with the
Pacific Telephone c0npany--the only
company with which the operators
are now negotiating.
Grasser represents the interna-
tional. and the operators by their
vote. are rejecting the wage com.
promise which the international
signed with the r. T. a T.
This rejected compromise gave the
operators a scale ranging from si2
to SO a week In cities. and from
$40 TO SIS In towns. The maximum
was obtainable only after five years
service. They asked a scale OF from
81 TO 81 in all cities and towns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
TRAINS ARE
IDLE; more
UNIONS OUT
California. Nevada and Ari-
IONA Are Isolated
Today
FOOD GROWS SCARCER
FOOD GROWS scARCER

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IL
United I'ressSSiriking In de-
ftsncc Of the brotherhood chiefs.
employees Of the railroads In
California, Nevada and ASisoaa
had alrmost enflrv4y tsolstcd
those states from the ress Of the
nation today.
/ -ssme Trains are moving In
these ststes." declared William
Sproute. district director FOE the
rni1resd administrator. He I'd.
ulee<d. however. thst the stesp
waa alsDsss complete.
The strike spread to San Fran
cisco. following a mass meeting
which was organized by men oppos
ing the brotherhood organization
Approximately $500 men are out
In and about Los Angeles. The
number includes street car men and
employees Of the Pacific Electric.
About IS men are out at San Diego
Like numbers are out al Bakers
field and Fresno In san Franctsco
about 1890 men are out. according
to labor leaders.
"Are Resigning"
The men are not striking. "
sprouie told the United Press. They
are resigning ~ individuals IL Ia
hard TO ascertain why they are do
ing this. They ay they are quitting
IN sympathy with employees Of the
Pacific Electric. but that strike IL
over. ] have every confidence the
men are going out through mis-
apprehension and that when they
take counsel with their advisers they
viii return. There is no adequate
reason for their action. SO far a.
the government In concerned IL Ia
universally conceded lts attitude un'
warrants anything but reliable serv'
Ice BY the men"
Reports from Los Angeles today
were that scrvic. on the r. y. was
almost normal"
w. n. Scott. federal manager OF
the Southern Pacific. said no man
had been discharged because they
had refused 10 move freight to and
from the r. r.. in Los Angeles.
Suburban service out OF San Fran.
cisco and Oakland were being main
taincd. Sprouie said.
The strike. which began In Los
Angeles In sympathy with work.
ers Of the Pacific Electric and
Los Angeles street car system.
first jumped north ~ far as
Bakersfield and Fresno and
south TO San Diego. Overnight
and without warning II Issped
the intervening distance TO this
city.
All trains scheduled 20 leave over
the Southern Pacific. Western Pa
cifie and Santa Fe from San Fran
cisco from Oakland. including subur-
ban trains down the peninsula. were
cancelled. No tickets were sold at
the union ticket office Of the railroad
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

Say, young fellow. do you want
To win a new bicycle or gold
watch?
Wen you will have your chance
Saturday afternoon when The Stars
annual bike racing carnival will be
staged at Green Lake.
= There will be races for everybody.
a Marathon for boys oyer is years
OF age and shorter races for the
youngsters.
Two regular ''He" bikes VIII be
given the winners OF the l2'year'
old and Nyear-old events and the
winnerr e the 14-year-old and free.
forall ~ .pthon will receive gold
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Erastus Brainerd Will Manage Anti-Jap Societ]
Curtain of Mystery
Shrouds Enemy Side
ofColossal Campaigns

On the railroad tracks as An
.ia-chapeIie. just inside the Ger.
man border from Belgium. n
military coach and engine. ready
to race to East Prussia. stood
waiting on August Is. 1914.
Two German officers boarded
tho car. An orderly signaied.
The train began Its historic
dash. Inside the coach the two
men poured over maps. made
notauons. and addressed each
other In low. earnes, tones.
Lud~ndorff and Hindenburg
were planning 20 make history.
Three weeks later. fragment
airy reports reached the outside
world that an army under
Lud~ndorff and Hindenburg had
captured 100000 Russians. killed
and wounded ~ many more.
cleared 10000 square miles in
East Prussia OF Russian soldiers
and defeated an invading Rus
sian army three times the sire
os thrir Qwn German forces
IeGSMd C1suds rnrss
The world has never known
the inside story OF these East
frussian battles. Legend grew
up which clouded the facts. The
Russians. homehow. had been
stopped. Vague reports told Of
men drowning By hundreds OF
thousands In q trap Of swamps.
Hindcnburg suddenly became
tho popular Idol In Germany.
while Ludendorff became the
mysterious genius within the
German war machine the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Buffers Estimate
of General Disque

we see the man entrusted vith this
grave responsibility playing with busi-
ness men, playing lUith the dire neces-
sifies OF his government; lDe see him,
however, promoted from lieutenant
colonel to colonel. He goes back to the
East with distinguished service medal
and the gold star of general on his
collar-BUT NO SPRUCE"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Say, Young Fellow, How Would You
ike to Win a Bike or a Gold Watch?

watches. And there will bcAa lot
OF other prizes for the first five
placers.
There Will be plenty OF thrills
Saturday. Eddie Hubbard. local air
man, will perform over the Green
Lake business district after the
races and toss down candy. Some
OF the candy bags will hold special
prizes.
The first race gets under way at
q p. m, at Green Lake station.
Fiji out the entry blank found on
The Star sport page and send IL in
today II you want to be In on the
big doings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

brains Of the organization. OF
which Hindenburg was the
arm"
All thru the war the German
side Of the war remained cioudrd
10 the outside world. No one
has told the cnemy's side OF the
battle of the Marne-w when a
million Huns turned from their
advance on Paris and fled back
toward the Rhine. The German
side Of Yprcs. Arras. the Aisne.
cambrai. v~rdun. tho Somme
and the Italian and Rumanian
campaigns II yet 20 be revealed.
Star Obtains Book
But the time In almost a,
hand.
For Ludendorff. the genius OF
the enemy's coiiosai plan to dom.
irate the world. has completed
his own personai account OF the
German SIDE of the war.
His book WIN appear In news
papers Of Great Britain, Scandl.
navia. Spain, France. Italy and
Germany simultaneously LORD
Scrthciiffe and the Mccfur~
Newspaper syndicate have paid
Ludendorff 100000 for the
rights to publish the book serial
iy In Great Britain and America.
The Seattle Star has obtained
the publication rights for Seattle
and vicinity from tho Mcclure
syndicate.
The first installmcnt OF tho
greatest newspaper feature In
the history Of Journalism" win
appear In The star Monday.
August q.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
POLICEMAN and
BURGLAR SHOT

TACOMA. Aug. ,7.--Dctective II.
r. Bryan was shot thru the right
hand. and Santiago Calban. burglar.
was shot three times in the groin in
a running battle between three off
GERS and two burglars this morning.
The burglars were surprised at work
In the oldfield tire shop. on Division
ave.
The other burglar escaped.
The officer and burglar are In the
general hospital. Both will recover.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
FINLANDER MAY COME

Word has been received from A.
II. Saastamoinen. of the Finnish le-
cation at Washington, ID. c., in re-
sponse to the invitation OF Reginald
II. Parsons. president of the Cham.
Der of Commerce. to visit Seattle,
that he will include this city on his
itinerary. II possible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
DisQue Stalled on
Legitimate Offers,
Charged byButler

That the governments costlus for
hon profiteeng of the kind and that food unfit for
human consumption provided for soldiers working the
forests latest charges made testimony before the
investigation committee conducting hearings IN
the federal building
For than four hours William
actezed Brig Gen Bce Dqu spruce
state who after playing with big business big
uho0n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
PALMER AUTHORIZES
GUARDS IN PITTSBURG

WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-OUnit.
ed ss.)-Attorney General Palm
er has authorized the United States
marshal at Pittsburg TO appoint ad-
ditional deputies II they are needed
To handle the car strike situation. 1t
was stated at Palmer's office today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
u. S. Minister to
China Quits Post

WASHINGTON. Aug. 81. -- The
resignation OF Paul 8. Reinsch.
American minister TO China. Is in
the hands OF President Wilson. 1t
was learned today.
Ill health and the desire 10 re
turn TO his business. were given as
reasons for Reinsch's resignation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
'POSTOFFICE men
Get WAGE RAISE
Increase Of $40,0 900, 900 Is
Granted Over Protest

WASHINGTON. Aug. :7.--
Wage incrvAsr~ for postal em-
pioyes totaling so. .ooo. 900 wcre
agreed upon by Tho house post
office committee today over the
protest. Of the possoffice depart
ment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
REPORT OHIO WORKERS
TO Reject RAIL OFFER

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Aug. 27. -
The estimated $4,000 organized rail-
road workers In Ohio will reject by
an overwhelming vote President
Wilson's offer OF four cents an
hour Increase. according to reports
here today from railroad shops
thruout the state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

WIZ pIOdulGu ilO SDi uGc. .
Coupled with Buffers impressive
arraignmsnt Of the shortcomings OF
tho Inifed States spruce production
corporation. was short but stirring
clash between Chairman James A.
Frcar and Representative Clarence
Lea. and an anger-compelling tale
OF alleged inhumane treatment OF
doughboys who worked in the spruce
camps under civilian bosses.
John II. Kane. Seattle attorney
who represented the Stems Carey
KerbauTh corporation. told the com.
mitiec "Wednesday OF the acquisition
OF the logging railroad right-of way
from Joyce 10 Lake Pleasant at a
cost OF approximately $4,000. He
went into n detailed description of
the work involved in securing title
TO IS parcels Of land.
J. w. Lindsay. attorney for the
Port Angeles & Grays Harbor rail.
road. accused the Stems Carcy.K
baugh corporation Of a refusal to
pay for the use of a complete set
OF engineering estimates and blue
prints which. he said. cost Lindsay
and his associates si5o.ooo.
Butler. who is brother Of
Nicholas Murray Butler. president of
Columbia university. and president
OF the First National Bank of Ev.
erctt. presented cold facts as he saw
them. in which he assailed the
Stems Careykerbaugh cost plus"
contract with the government as "a
profitecring contract OF the worst
kind"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Liberty Bonds Quoted

NEW YORK. Aug. 27.--fiberty bond
quotations today. gBs. 5000: first "a.
tsfz4, second SIS. ie27s, first as.
$3.50: second tM's. $3.50. third rs
ss4ss; fourth 4As. 5000; Victory sss.
Sss.st, Victory tE'A t9sss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
SHAH OF PERSIA WILL
MAKE JOURNEY TO u. S

coNsTANTINopLE, Aug. 2s.--
Deiayed.t-The shah Of Persia has
announced he will visit the United
States within the next few months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

Second ave. one day last week
Maybe you have seen him. too.
That fellow with the crumpied.
haifErown white cotton suit on.
The fellow who barred his knobby
feet to tina unsympashetic public
gaze. The one who wore his hair
untrimmed. asd who was hatless.
and had tow string tied about
the top Of his head. Sort Of halo
effect. an II were.
We never see citizen Of this
sort but what we wonder how his
mental machinery winds itself. and
II his mind is as weird as his garb.
Nuts are like books in one re
spect--of making EN- there's no
end.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
| w

IN n n HAT 90 you suppose q
I"I brook trout thinks about
We mean one OF shos>
sophisticated trout tina,
Itvss In q little glass
tank IN the fvuae window Of one OF
thsss SEATTLE chop houses.
snafched from some mosscar-
psted pool. down In the cool. quiet
woods. where bugs and grasshop-
pers and angie worms and flies
noaee1 ~. IN eternal procession
Of luncheans and dinners-
unopsd into q more or iess sep
Tic tank. jAmmed up against the
streek window, N hts privacy ana
-DmfV1 his llstss piAymases taken
rudsiy fFom hun. and nothing much
q eAt bat some ancient bread
crumho-What % you suppose the
- tn1nks aboet Il an
Nny6s you imagine . trout
1nssn1 have . thinker. II 50. you
s1nould start out early some morn
ing - try To deceive Mr. Trout
into imAsfning that the gaudy NY
on The end Of your leader 10 some
thing 20 eat
Any fisherman win inform you
that . trout does . lot OF thinking.
Indeed. NJ b % ready . thinker
that he ssuaIly outwits the clever
est human minds bent on his en-
snar1ng.
N9se4ov4in~k tf9d q wouderfui
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

I'd. speaking about what
. fish ponders about. 20
would like 10 see the
mental images Of one we
found wandering about
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

sNERAI.LY We are proud
OF Seattle and Of the
folks In IL. but once In a
while we discover some
thing that empties out
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

That certain shipbuildcrs In
this district are facing criminal
prosecution ms n result Of their
activities during war time was
brought out mt the hearing be-
fore the congressional shipyard
probe committee. which was re-
sumed Wednesday. at 31a Securi-
ties building.
The committee. composed of Con
gressmen James ]. Walsh. of Massa
chusetts; l. NJ. Foster. OF Ohio: p. III
Kelley. of Michigan. and Lin II. Had
ley. of Washington. called Capt
Sverre Rustad. the emergency flee
acting assistant IN
charge OF wood construction for thi.
district. as its chief witness Wednes
day.
Capt. Rustad testified that he hat
occasion to make adverse reports tc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

Speaking for the loggers." Butler
summed up his testimony. 1T Is
matter OF the very greatest con
graduation that the testimony as far
as presented indicates that no logger,
no millman. nobody in this industry
is in any way involved or concerned
with the activities of the spruce
production board. so far as they re-
late 10 these Siems-Carey contracts.
We will never quit being thankful
for that
Now | want to say the proposition
OF the giving of these contracts, the
very peculiar righteousness of
their being given, the fact that the
men giving the contract were quite
as unappreciative as the men who
take Il, knew not what they were
doing. They knew. however. that
Z per cent on se5 100000 was si,75o.-
900.
'Tn addition to that they came out
here and camouflaged the situation;
they told us about their responsible.
ity and their bond. Is there a
bond7 Was there ever n performance
bond? There is only one answer. The
answer Is, Mr.. Chairman. that the
people who were able to obtain this
contract enjoyed very singular polit-
ical support. not only In the secur.
ing. but in its execution. all the way
along the line.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

NOV what do you
~ suppose a brook
trout IN a distorted
tank thinks about?
Nor are all fish alike.
And some men get
as cheap as four or
five cents.

HAT 10 you suppose a
brook trout thinks about
We mean one OF thoe>
sophisticated trout that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Result u "Shsme"

"The whole activity OF this spruce
division is centered on this Stems
Carey contract in this district. Any
one who runs can read, and what is
the rcsult7 The execution was con-
Quoted with singular devotion to the
interests that obtained IL, with the
result--what Is the result? Is II
not a shame? The result Is we see
the man entrusted with this grave
responsibility playing with business
men, playing with the dire neces-
stiles of his government; we see him,
however. promoted from lieutenant
colonel to colonel. He goes back to
the east with distinguished service
medal and the gold star OF general
on his collar---but no spruce.
Was II u Bluff?
"Did you not know that the gov
ernment could have Cancelled Its CON
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

Tides in Seattle
TIT NsDAN
Aus. -

first Tow Tide
iits a m se n
tfr~t ttish Tide
TIE a m 80 n
second Tow Tide
itss y M 80 a.
S~eosd uiah Tide
f,sf .. m III a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Was II a Bluff.

"Did you not know that the gov
ernment could have Cancelled Its con-
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-01-03

| How many farmers know how
much an average working day, fig
ured in dollars and cents, is worth
to him and how much he earns
on the average by his own individ-
nal efforts each working day during
the year? It would be interesting
to figure the value of day as part
Of the overhead expense of your
farming operations. 1t would nee
essitate keeping rather an exact ac-
count of the years farming oper-
ations and a segregation of the pro-
fits and loss columns. 1t would no
doubt be very surprising to the
average farmer to know how valu-
able his time really is. 1t ought to
start him to thinking about the
many valuable days of lost time
used up hauling his grain and farm
products over the present system
of roads in the Potlatch. The saw
ing in time alone during the fall of
the year when time is so very valu-
able, would go long way toward
minimizing the cost of building
roads fit to travel over. You car
soon arrive at a rough estimate of
what a day is worth to your farm.
ing operations. Then multiply this
amount by the days lost on account
of bad roads and you will find there
is a big leakage in your business
operations on the farm.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-01-03
Linden Items

Mrs. Zimmerman and son Willie
visited at the McPhee home Sunday
Mrs. Rube Garner took the Edgar
Bonn baby to Elk River Sunday
where Edgar's mother will care for
it.
) There are sixteen cases of some
epidemic, supposedly the flu, on the
ridge at this writing.
School closed Monday on account
of the epldemc.
Arlie Allen returned last week
from Lewiston. He found that
there were no bones broken in his
foot, but it was badly sprained.
Mrs. McPhee and son Cleve spent
Christmas at the Pippenger home
at Cavendish.
Mrs. John Bowerman and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Abrams ano
children are at the R. V. Garner
home.
Addie Alexander spent Christmas