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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
TWO AIRPLANES Are
ORDERED TO LAWT0N

Two army alrpianes have besn or.
dered TO Seattle 10 take part In the
demonstration TO be staged by the
army recruiting office here at Fort
Iawton next sunday. The ships"
will be temporarily detached from
the aero squadron which Is battling
forest fires IN oregon.
This order was issued in response
20 an urgent telcgraphic request
from Col ohio W. II. Farr. com.
manding the recruiting district. sent
when he learned that he would be
unable to borrow civilian plane
upon which he had counted The
planes will only be able TO stay In
Seattle FOR two days. as they are
urgently needed In Oregon.
The two planes win arrive some
time before noon Sunday. They
win both land az Fort Iawton.
which they will make their head.
quarters during their stay.
Begins ut $50
The demonstration viii begin at
$50 o'clock Sunday afternoon. the
alrpianes. Ermentrude the tank. and
members Of the recruiting party
and men detailed from the tsth In.
fantry taking part in the sham bat.
tie. The entire affair will be staged
IN the Immediate vicinity or the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07

be compelled Co stay within n re.
strictcd ARA. as hall ammunition
is to be used by and against the
tank, 20 make Il as realistic as pos.
slhlc. and also TO show how little
Ernie thinks Of mere bullet.
Adequate protection has been ar.
ranged 20 keep the crowds out OF
the danger zone.
II has not yet been decided vheih.
er the planes win be pllotcd by the
aviators who brine them TO Seattle
or hy IAeuts. Ben. r. ard Rudolph
II. Ehrlichman. who have been at.
taehed 10 tho recruiting office for
some time. The tank will be dirty.
On by First Glass Sergeant Joseph
W. Appleby, with Private James O.
Hall acting as gunner Capt. ~. ~.
Cunning. of the tank corps. and
Capt Linus J. Kirkhoff. assistant
recruiting officer. are IN charge OF
all arrangements for the affair.
Sergeant X. c, gladden.. former
member OF the Air Service. Is eN.
pectcd to jump with a parachute
from one OF the planes during the
demonstration.
ON Monday. according 20 present
plans. one Of the airpianes viii land
In the street at Firth and Lenora.
a feat never before attempted In
Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
WILSON'S FOOD
MESSAGE READY
President to Go Before Con-
greSs Friday

WASHINGTON. fug. 7.-Prcsi.
dent Wilson. going before congress
az 4 p. m. tomorrow with his high
cost OF living message. plans 10 ask
extension OF food control legislation
to include other commodities. II was
learned today.
The presidents message Is prac.
ueally completed and Is being revised
before II is sent 10 the printers.
Wilson hopes. II was said. 10 have
laws passed greatly extending the
authority or the federal government
10 cope with the whole living cost
situation.
The president wishes also. II was
limited. 10 have measures passed de
signed 10 reach the small individual
proflteer This. Il is thought prob
able. would reach the retailer who
EFFORTS an excessive profit.
Carrying out OF his program. II
was said, would require enactment
of three or four additional laws.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
NEED 100000
TO GREET TARS
Committees Estimate Cost
OF Entertaining Fleet

Approximately 100000 win be
needed to finance tho entertainment
OF the fleet when u comes here in
September. according 70 the report
made by tho general committee in
charge OF the celebration. at .he
Butler hotel wednesday.
Charles u. Davis. In charge OF the
entertain % senior officers.
nouneed that his department would
need $4,000. The next largest rufn
proposed was $4,000. asked for dec
orations. By Bruce Beck. In charge
OF that committee.
The committee In charge OF tho
entertainment Of junior officers.
headed by Joshua Green. asked for
$4,000. The committee on entertain
ment Of Junior officers. Percy Perry.
chairman. wanted $500. while the
waterfront activity committee. Port
Warden A. A. Paysec. chairman. ask.
ed 5000. and James LandHbury's
committee. in charge OF accommoda-
tons for visiting civilians. asks
8. 900.
BarbecueH. dances and other en-.
tertainments for the $4,000 sailors.
will swell the total needed by his
committee 20 $4,000. according TO
Chaz. -. Davis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
WOMEN ALWAYS
LOSE DIVORCES
Court Procedure Means Suf-
fering, Says Bishop

ST. LOUIS. Mo. Apg. 7.--'These
are days when woman viii have
some voice in determining the per.
unnency Of tho divorce courts. and
ie; us hope she win realize the di.
vorcc court IL her enemy" declared
Archbishop Giennon. Of 81. Louis.
In n sermon here.
There are few women who ar-
pear 10 profit BY the divorce court.
but they sacrifice moral duty 20 a
fascinating experiment She appears
thru the papers and the publicity at.
tached thereto 20 obtain a certain
dignity. but the rank and file leave
the divorce court homeless and hope
less
Divorce. as n system. bears down
on womanhood. Woman must be
protected by making the marriage
law permanent and holy. Man. who
ls strong. escapes. but woman. who
Is the weaker. and the children. arc
tho victims
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
PLAN MEDICAL
COURSE AT "
Safety Board Will Open
Glasses Monday

The School OF Medical Aid and &c.
eidcnt Prevention viii open nezt
Monday morning NJ the University
Of Washington under the direction
OF the state safety board. The sca.
sion viii continue for one week and
possibly longer Among the in
structora viii be ten members Of the
federal bureau ~ mines who viii
explain mine rescue work and nedi.
cal aid These instructors will be
assisted hy local physicians. who had
experience In the evacuation hos.
pitfalls In France during the war
ono OF tho features OF the session
win be a lecture by W. W Tlns
munsen. field secretary % the Ma.
uonal safety council ~ Chicago.
Rasmussen. who ~ chief engineer
of the national council. win lecture
on Accident Prevention" DIR. J. $.
Kiocbcr. chairman of the state safety
board. win preside
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Mrs. Lister Wins
Fight for $1,000

OLYMPIA. Aug. Mrs Alma
Lister. widow OF the late Gov. Ernest
Lister. won her fight in the state
supreme court Wednesday to force
C.. W. ciausen, state auditor. 10 pay
over 20 her a warrant for $1,000
which the last legislature appropriat.
ed for the relief OF Gov Lister. on
the advice OF the attorney general.
Auditor Clausen refused 10 hand
over the warrant. alleging that tho
appropriation was an increase in sal
airy during the governors term of Of
flee and was In violation OF the con
stitutlon. Mrs. Lister asked the SUI
preme court for n writ of mandate
ordering the state auditor TO pay
over the warrant. The writ was
granted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
P. 0. EMPLOYEES
ASK so Per CENT
Letter Brought to President
Wilson by Delegation

WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.-United
Press.) Postal workers today asked
President Wilson for a 80 per cent
wage increase.
a letter carried 10 the White
House by a delegation Of postal
union heads said the postal wage
problem ia fully as pressing as the
railroad wage problem and asked
that their case be included when
the general proposition Of food and
living costs Is submitted TO con-
grcss. The letter was signed by II.
J. Gainor. president Of the National
Association OF Letter Carriers;
Thomas +. Flaherty, secretary-treas-
urer Of the National Federation OF
Postoffice Employees, and Il. j.
Ryan. president OF the Railway Mail
Association.
The letter declared that while iiv-
ing costs In the last five or six
years have increased approximately
100 per cent postal employees have
been granted an average increase
Of only 20 per cent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Falls Under Car
Wheels, Is Killed

Jack IRA. SO. was fatally injured
az O'Clock Thursday morning in the
freight yards at Auburn when run
down by n string Of freight cars. Pa
pers found In the pockets gave his
home ms Billings. Mont. IRA was
crossing the tracks and climbed be
tween two freight cars that were be-
ing switched thru the yards on track
No. 4 when a sudden Jerk threw him
under the cars. Tho wheels OF one
train passed over both legs just below
the knees. The injured man was
rushed to the Depot at Auburn and
first aid was administered by DIR. II.
r. Hoye. IRA was then placed aboard
n train for Seattle. hut died en- route.
The body Is at the public morgue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07

Biil got 20 taking more interest In
the shiny ivory tails that rolled
around on covered table than IN
the slick patea that suffered under
his razor. Therefore. she wants a
divorce. The paines were welded
In Minneapolis In 1880.
Then there's Ora McCauley. who
married 1. r.. MeCauley In 1aeomn
In tho FIRST year OF tho great war.
!. y. wasn't much OF warrior
when Il came TO DOMINIC the khaki
she asserts. but when she strung
along with him on camping trip
on June n. 1918. she declares 10
became reg lar cave man. A
bottle OF red ticker may have had
something 20 do with l. Els return
10 the primitive. she said IN her
divorce complaint. ora AYERS /. T..
roarcd roughly at her and only
the Interference OF her brothcr-in-
law prevented him from throwing
rocks. Then, she sayH L. D. hop
ped into her motor car and sped
away 20 tho hig city. leaving her
to walk all the way home from
the mountains. Ora seeks com
pi~to severance Of tho matrimonial
bonds that link her fate with tina,
OF !. y. McCaulcy.
Now. rive got you where !
want YOU. and you'n come thru or
IN break your parents Theae
cruel words. spoken In approved
Jack Dalton style greeted w. H.
Overlook. Jr. right after he had
slipped the golden hand onto Mary's
finger. November y. 1916. That's
what he charges In bis divorce suit.
lie Ewears to II tina, Mary said
those words. tie proclaimed tina,
she threatened him before the bridal
roses wilsed. and swore husklly 20
get revenge. Also she called his
folks up on the phone ever and
anon. and poured such tales ~
woe into their ears. his father gave
her 500 20 make her getaway.
Thus alleges hubby. Anyway,
Overlook wants divorce and the
superior court win decide.
The first example on record Of
any one refusing 20 come 10 Sc.
attic II revealed in the divorce suit
~ David W. Symona arninst Emma
y. symons. They were married In
Oxhrtdgc, Ont. in October. fS0S.
bu, have been living In seiah. Yaki-
ma county. for three years. lie
wants TO live in Seattle TO Ec; bet.
ter wages. but she refuses 10 come.
he asserts, and names the old
home town where they were mar
ried az the only place Eh. viii
move TO-. lie considers this Suffl.
cient cause for divorce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
PORTLAND MAN HAS
GAINED so POUNDS
BY TAKING TANLAC
Collins Says Everybody Who
Knows Him Is Talking
About His I'M
provement

'"Tanlac has made such biz
Improvement in my condition that
feel as well IN every way now
as I ever did In my life. and /
have actually gained thirty pounds
since commenced taking H." said
r. T. Collins. who lives at 5Ta
East Bortwicth street. Portland. a
few days ago.
Il began 10 have indigestion
about three years ago" continued
Mr.. Collins. ~and this condition
Just kept on getting worse all the
time until II finally became chAn-
&c. My stomach was In such bad
condition that everything ate dis
agreed with me and caused me 90
suffer afterwards. Gas often form
ed on my stomach, and / would
have the worst sort OF cramping
spells. and sometimes would be
so nauseated that could not re-
tain what l ate. also suffered
with pains in the small Of my
back. and II stopped over
could hardly straighten up again.
was badly constipated all the
time. and would often have head .
aches that would last for nearly
n week az n time. finally got 80
weak and rundown that ! had 20
give up my Job. Then my nerves
went back on me and I never got
good nights sleep after that.
tell you, had just about reached
the point where was a complete
nervous wreck.
II didn't think any medicine
would do me any good. but ]
thought I would try Tanlac any
way, and 10 my surprise I began
10 improve by the time I had fin
ished my first bottle. We'll. from
that time on ! just kept getting
better right along until | am now
as well and strong as ! ever was.
never had a better appetite. and
can eat just anything / want with
out suffering afterwards. I hon
estly believe my stomach Is In as
good condition as II ever was. The
pain has left my back. too. am
never constipated now. and those
dWtui H'HnHtH'N "if ~ Ahiht " wv
past. My nerves are as steady as
n clock, and / get in eight or nine
hours good. restful sleep every
night. / have regained all my
strength. and have gained so much
i'm weight that everybody who
knows me IS talking about II.
never lose chance to say a good
word for Tanlac"
Tanlac IL sold in Seattle by Bartel
Drug stores under the personal di
rect'o-, - special Tanlac represen
tatiye.-A
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
WILL HELP YANKEES
FIND LOST BAGGAGE

A lost baggage section has been
created In the office OF tho chief
Of transportation service to locate
and deliver TO owners stray and UNI
claimed lost baggage, the property.
OF military personnel. that may have
accumulated in the various parts Of
the United States as n result OF the
movement OF troops both inland and
overseas. Inquiries will be address
ed to chief OF transportation services.
war department. Washington. d. C.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
THANK CITIZENS FOR
WELCOME TO YANKEES

Division No. IL. Council OF Patu.
otto Service. extended its thanks
Thursday TO the citizens OF Seattle
and the friends OF the council for the
welcome extended 10 the colored
troops OF the sf5th Pioneer infantry.
which was entertained here Wednes-
day. The 10th division band espe-
cialiy was thanked for it's service.
Smokes were contributed by Banks
OF the Alhambra Grocery company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Iowa Is Facing
Shortage in Food

DIES MONIES. Iowa. Aug. IT,
Iowa faces a perishablc food short
age because % tho railway shop
mems strike. Des Moines whole
sale dealers declared today.
Des Moines wholesalers are al
ready out OF potatoes. vegetables
and fruits. they said. The meat
supply Is also running low.
At local railway offices II was
said several cars Of meats and veg
etablea were stalled en- route here.
Several railroads have embargoes
on perishabic shipments out Of
many points in the state. officials
said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Labor Man Says Revolt
Is Looming in u. S.; He
Flags Private Ownership

! $50. 900 .ooo. 900. Unless they receive a
return Of 81 1000. 600 900 a year how
shall this investment OF money be
compared with the investment Of life
and labor that receives a return of
81 500 900 900 year, lie who speaks
OF the interests OF property as con-
sisting OF rights which the property
Possesses ASSOCIATED from the human
right Of ownership reasons falsely
After announcing the conference.
Plumb said:
During this week there has come
into the possession OF the railroad
brotherhoods and ten affiliated rail
way labor organizations OF the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor set of
facts never spread before the Amer
lean people or submitted to the jury
OF public opinion.
Wreclsing Of Roads
These facts tend to show that the
wrecking and footing OF the New
York. New Haven & Hartford rail
road. the Chicago & Alton. the Rock
Island system and the Frisco lines
are not sporadic examples of the
highway robbery TO which the Amer
lean nation has been subjected as TO
Its public transportation highways.
Leading directly from Wall street
and from the banking houses con-
trolled directly by the Morgan and
Rockefeller groups, these facts show
that there has proceeded a system
attic plundering Of virtually all of the
public transportation highways of
the United States.
I'VE believe that a congressional
investigation will reveal that not one
railroad system, dominating any
part OF the 254.ooo miles OF railroads
In the United States but has suffered
and is suffering in a degree IL not to
the same extent from carefully DELHI.
Grated manipulations OF the sort that
have wrecked and ruined the rail.
roads / have mentioned.
Gathering Forces
TT will reveal that these interests
are again gathering their forces of
private and secret control. and seek,
after having gained from congress a
sanction to rehabilitate their railroad
properties at public expense. to be-
gin and follow thru its corrupt and
wicked cycle the systematlzed plum
dering and looting of the public and
the public interest in the nations
highways"
In letter written by Chairman
Cummins at the senate interstate
commerce committees direction,
wilson was told that Director Hines
has authority TO fix both wages and
rates, and that therefore no action
by congress Is necessary to meet the
present emergency. The letter was
refusal of President Wilson's re-
quest that congress authorize a spe-
cial wage commission.
THE committee recognizes the
gravity of the situation" the letter
TO the president said, and earnestly
desires to cooperate with you in
bringing about the proper solution OF
the difficult problems which con.
front the committee.
1t feels, however, that congress
has already given you complete and
plenary authority to deal with the
existing situation. and that addition.
al legislation at this time can add
nothing whatever to your power In
the premises. The director general
can fix the wages of all men en-
ployed in the transportation service,
and II seems TO be clear that II is for
him TO say whether the compensa.
ton of the men should or should
not be increased"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
600 Shopmen Strike
in Hillyard Yardo

SPOKANE. Aug. six hundred
shopmen struck at the Great North.
ern shops az HiIlyari. adjoining spo-
kane, AZ . a. IN. today. This brings
the total OF railroad workers now on
strike here 10 well above 1000.
The Great Northern car men early
in the week voted TO strike but re-
considered yesterday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Railroad Freight
Subject to DELAY

CHICAGO. Aug. Limited Prcss).
Railroad freight was accepted by
the governments lines today Sub
Ject TO delay on account Of strikes"
on orders issued by II. III. Ashton.
regional director.
Officials Of striking shopmen re-
ceived the announcement with en-
thusiasm. declaring it's presaged =.
complete tie-up in three days. Is
r. A. Milroy. assistant district att.
torney. today was to question othet
union men in his effort 10 obtain evix
dence with which to prosecute for
alleged conspiracy TO tie up govern
ment roads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Says Hubby Is GOLDSMITH
and Demands Her Divorce

DistresSingiy soon after she took
the hymeneai hurdle with Con Gray
son. he INDUCED in the playful hahi,
OF locking the door on her. according
20 Gertrude Grayson. his lawfully
welded wife. In her plea for scpar-
alton. Mrs. Grayson alleges that Con
got into the habit OF shooting her
out OF the house time after time.
After oofting her into outer dark
ness. Mrs. Grayson alleges. Con bolt.
ed the door from the interior. thus
causing her TO pass the night on the
outside. This happened once too
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
Chicago's Packers
Are Facing Probe

WASHINGTON. Aus. '.--Evi'
dcncc agains; tire packers viii be
presented to the grand jury in Chi.
cago. which meets in three weeks.
United States District Attorney
Clync OF Chicago aid here today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
ny L. q MARTIN

Omitted Press staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aug. -
Charging a systematic plumber
Of American railroads. and de-
eiaring that revolt confronts
the United States, Glenn T..
Plumb today told the house In
terstate commerce committee
that the II railway unions had
summoned n national conference
on railroad control 20 meet In
Washington.
Plumb said the evidence upon
which he based his charges that
big financial interests had
wrecked roads would be reserved
until lit could be properly pro
pared and submitted 10 the jury
Of congress and public opinion"
Plumb is the originator OF the
Plumb plan of railroad control,
which the employees are demanding,
and Is acting as attorney for them In
their campaign.
Those invited TO the railroad con.
ference. he said. are:
Frank L. Walsh, former joint
chairman. OF the national war labor
board: Joseph w. Folk. former gov
crnor Of Missouri; Raymond Robins,
John Lind. of Minnesota; Edward J..
Dunno. former governor of Illinois;
DIR. Edward w. Bomis: Felix Adler,
Gov. Allen. OF Kansas: Julia c. La.
throp. head OF the children's bureau
OF the department OF labor; Judge
Walter Clark. North Carolina. and
Dean Herman Schneider, OF the Uni.
versity OF Cincinnati.
Plumb declared II Is revolt and
not simply unrest which con
fronts the United States.
''it Is not unrest that confronts
u.s." declared Plumb. ut Is re-
volt because Of Industrial condi
lions no longer TO be borne"
Plumb asserted that organized la,
Dor now realizes that further ad
vances in wages at the expense OF a
cost OF living exceeding that Of val
uea are wholly futile. To correct
this vicious system. the interests OF
both consumers and producers mus,
be protected; that the great increase
in the productive power of human
effort should be reflected equally in
increased earning power OF those who
produce and In the decreased cost OF
the commodity"
lie warned the committee that the
90 ,000. 900 holders OF Liberty bonds in
the United States will look askance
Mt any move 10 guarantee a per
cent return on railroad securities,
such as has been proposed, while
Liberty bond buyers get but az to
4ia per cent.
Crusaders Spirit
Referring directly to lahor's rail.
road plan. Plumb said: The vast
army of producers for whom I APP
pear are not divided. but come before
you as united force. profoundly
convinced OF the economic soundness
OF the principles upon which their
plan is built, imbued with the cru
saders spirit 20 support the princi
pies upon which their faith is found
ed. Recent events have brought us
ihce 10 litct WIN u NflSiss Inc uiiVt
ence between earning power and
spending power of the great mass OF
the workers has compelled a lower
ing of the standard of existence. This
is entirely hostile to the interests OF
humanity.
ut is claimed by those who repre-
sent the financial interests that the
railroads represent an investment OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
White Rioters Admit
Crimes in Chicago

CHICAGO. Aug. =.--(Ry United
Press. Evidence against white
rioters-five OF whom confessed
late last niEhs--was 70 be present.
ed TO the re-assambled grand jury
today. following It's strike" yes
terday because. It's members said.
evidence against negroes only was
presented BY States Attorney
Hoyne.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07
ALKI SEWER PLANS
GET FAVORABLE ACTION

Sewer Improvement plans In the
Alkl district, involving an expendi'
ture Of $4,000, viii be placed be.
fore the streets and sewers commit
tee Thursday afternoon and recon-
mendatlons will be made to the city
council. IL is believed at the city
hall that the committee will recon-
mend that the work be started
shortly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07

When William II. Paine came
home with the aroma OF hay rum on
his clothing Mrs. Mae Paine WASH I
worried. she didn't even object 20
the odor Of those expensive liquors
for the top OF the pate. For. iol
mn Paine was n barber. But when
the hay had gone from the rum.
and the liquors shc Emeiied were on
Blii's breath. she baked. In her di-
vorce complaint Mrs. Paine says
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-07

often and Mrs. Grayson seeks 20
blsect the bond which binds them
as one.