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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
SHOP MEN VOTE
AGAINST WAGE
President Wilson's AGENT
Raise Is Rejected

DENVER, Sept. 3.-Machinists In
all Denver railroad shops voted 10
reject President Wilson's Accent an
hour wage increase offer. The
blacksmiths and bollermakers voted
to accept.
Reports reaching officers OF the
shopmen here are that In the east.
ern states the presidents proposal
not to strike pending the govern
ment's further efforts to reduce liv-
ing costs is meeting with general
reputation by the shopmen's locals,
while In the west the sentiment is
divided.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03

BUFFALO, y. Y, Sept. 3.-The
radical elements among the $4,000
railroad shopmen of Buffalo and vi
cinity was reported today to be
rapidly gaining control and despite
efforts OF the union leaders. gen.
eral strike Is anticipated before the
end OF the week
The Depow shops OF the New
York Central lines are closed today.
1.00e men employed there having
gone on strike. Following a meet.
ing last night the men issued the
following statement:
I'VE might just as well starve
without as within the shops"
CUMBERLAND. Md, Sept. a.
Increases OF seven cents an hour
for mechanics and 10 cents for
helpers are the demands of nearly
5000 men striking at the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad shops here.
Machinists are now paid 6s cents
an hour and helpers 45 cents an
hour.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03

Nearly $4,000. 1000 gallons Of
rain fell over New York city In the
last i2 months
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
Officials View
Cedar River Dam

Mayor c y. Fitzgerald. accom-.
panied By councilrnen w. u. Lane.
J. r. Carroll. Oliver r. Erickson. A.
r. Drake and Superintendent J. II.
Young of the water department. and
J. ID. Ross. Of the light department.
made tour Of inspection OF the
new municipal dam on the Cedar
river Wednesday.
Counciiman Erickson has been
making regular weekly trips TO the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
XIII the Treaty.

what then viii the United states
do What will those American
statesmen propose who stand for this
method OF killing the treaty. Some
Of them win say that congress can
pass a Joint resolution declaring a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
Pickpockets Nip
Ruraiite's Watch

Pickpockets relieved o. Emery. of
Renton. OF "A Hamilton watch while
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03

Let's 20 eat at Boldt's-uptown.
1914 - ave: downtown. si3 I'd Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03


ng maeom hateful and binding
herself o
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

TN the platform recently promulgat-
ed by the National Farmers Con-
Rress the striking thing was the de-
clarRtion Of the farmers against gov
eminent ownership Of railroads, re-
vsrsal Of sentiment on the part Of
many farmers. Dissatisfaction with
government railway operation, partly
duo to unavoidable and abnormal war
conditions of operation, but largely
also TO the revelation Of the view Of
railroad labor that government opera
ton signifies labor control Of opera
tion and charges, has dealt blow
10 public ownership such As 1t never
before experienced. The principal OBJ
lection. we believe, to governmnt rail-
roads in 20 vast field as the United
States is political, the second being
the ambition of labor TO control opera
ton and rates and the third being the
encouragement OF initiative. The poll
tical objection comes first because Of
the wide extent Of railroad operation.
Demagogues would spring up in every
election seeking election to Congress
on local plea Of lowered rates, arous-
ing prejudice by charging discrimina-
ton and preference and demanding"
different rates for the district con-
ecrned. Not only this, but there would
be political congressional campAiRns
aimed at obtaining division points,
shops. offices. union stations, a very
much aggravated case Of the federal
poutoffice.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

cept the framework with the hide
hanging on it. The COW had just
naturally all turned to milk and l
hadn't no more sense than that Teller
who killed the goose that laid the gold
en- egg. That's what a man gets for
being blamed hog. l could have kept
the COW and MIXED eight gallons a
day from her and she would have
lasted for years, but | had to go and
ruin the prospect by trying to get all
the milk at one time"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

TN his annual report Secretary Glass
declares that excessive government
expenditures are the most vital factors
In increasing the cost Of living. All
taxes enter into the cost Of living, =
fact that should be remembered when
ievying burdens upon the people and
expanding the public treasure. No
matter how the taxes are collected,
they fall at last upon tina producer,
and so far as the consumer is concern
ed they will be included in his cost of
living. II those who are charged with
the duty of conducting the peoples
government will remember this, they
may materially reduce the cost Of liv-
ing by combining the public expendi-
lures strictly to public necessities and
mnnifesting at all times the strictest
economy. Federal, state, county and
municipal governments are expanding
in the aggregate many billions Of
money. All this is part Of the liv-
Ing expenses of the people. OF course,
the greater part of these moneys are
spent upon things necessary to the
public welfare, but the prodigality dur
Ing the past three years has been
great. and at time when so many de-
mands are made upon the citizens in
come or earnings the waste is apt to
be painfully felt by him. Economy in
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

When it pleases you to have some
double chinned widow make eyes Mt
you, when you begin to build tall
stories on flimsy foundations, when
people commence TO consult you about
the weather tomorrow, when they
laugh at you instead Of with you,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
CURRENT COMMENT.

CHUT out Christmas! 1t can't be
done. We may shut ourselves up
and hide, but it is Of no avail. For
the spirit Of Christmas is great
musician, and ne will seek rs out, Once
his touch is upon our heartstrings we
will be singing with all the rest.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

A FEW years ago the west suffer-
ed from ear shortage. This was
used as an argument for government
ownership Of railroads. Now with vir-
tual government ownership and opera
tion Of the roads for nearly two years,
western industries and especially lum-
Der. are facing an absolute ear famine.
Numerous reasons are given for the
shortage but the fact remains that
mere government ownership and oper-
alton have simply tended to create
worse conditions than under private
direction for the simple reason that
political control from Washington has
not the same interest in individual in
dustfial problems that private local
management has. The lumber indus
try must have relief as mills are be-
ing forced to close for lack of ship
ping facilities and no new business
can be booked. The railroad admin
istration at Washington is blamed for
present situation, as officials in the
east, without adequate knowledge Of |
lumber condition in the Northwest,
have failed to keep enough cars COM
ing into lumber producing districts Of
Northwest to balance outbound move
ment.
a 49,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Itchl Itchl Itch!-Scratch! Scratch!
Scratch The more you ctratch, the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
For eczema, any skin itching. soc a
box.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

1t is said of certain lady that she
had some coats sent up on approval OF
Saturday and returned them on Mon
day morning with the message "None
was suitable" The next day she re-
ceived courteous communication
from the head of the ready-to-wear
department returning her prayer-book
which had been found in the pocket
of one of the coats.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

"Well," calculated Mrs. Bill Misgiv-
ems in the midst of her perusal Of the
paper. ut says here that an ordinary
soap bubble is only one flve-millionth
of an inch thick. That's pretty thin,
isn't it," yep. replied Old Bill.
about as thin as young Johns ex-
cuse that he wants to talk horse
swap with me, when he comes over to
set alongside of Hettie Jane"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Butterwrappers at The Index Office
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

"How many children have you, sir ?"
inquired the census taker. "What diff
ference does it make?" replied Old
Bill Misgivens, who is blessed with
Ia olive branches. "If you are figuring
on poking fun at me, I'll just say its
no laughing matter. And if you aim
to sympathize with me, you needn't,
for I'm plumb used to it."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Buttsrwrsppsrs at TbS Index ofnc.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

A woman in a state Of great agita-
ton, called up the other day and con-
fessed that she had inadvertently
brought the temperature in her home
to 10 degrees, 2 degrees above the
maximum allowed by the fuel admin
istration. And she wished to know
what to do about it--open the win
dows, or what?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Speaking of good milk cows, as
County Agent Berry advocates con-
remarked Old Bill Misgivens,
Il have had some good ones in my
time, but only one that was wonder.
But | lost her through carelessness.
One evening / sat down to milk her,
filled one three-gallon pail and found
the milk was flowing easy. I MIXED
another three-gallon pail full and
didn't see any signs of let up, l just
kept on. Well, sir, kept on until l
had filled 16 pals, or 4S gallons alto
gether. when l heard something col
lapse. looked up and blamed If that
COW hadn't just naturally caved in.
There wasn't anything left Of her ak
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Hereafter the government win re-
cuire that an emetic be put in hair
tonic. bay rum and "sich" so rs to
render them nonpotable. If they get
to putting emetics into the stuff the
old timers will take pound of shot
as chaser to hold it down
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

The manufacturers wouldn't make
those fancy 500 silk shirts if there
were not fellows to wear them, and
you can't expect this country to func-
tion normally as long AS SO many are
that wild and hilarious.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18
lete the Selection for Santa Claus
FOR MOTHER

Felt slippers mittens, handkerchiefs, tow
els, table covers and scarfs, blankets, COM
forters, underwear hosiery, dishes, alumni
mum, cooking ware, silverware
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Many a man has gone into business
for himself because he wanted to be
his own boss and has discovered that
the public demands more of him than
the most exacting boss he ever worked
for
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Most needed among inventions at
present is a pair Of pants that work
going or coming. Then they could be
reversed occasionally and the bag at
the knees pushed out the other way.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

Little boys and girls, shun the per-
son who says there isn't any Santa
Claus. Emma Goldman and Alexan-
der Berkman said there wasn't any
Uncle Sam, either. and look at them
now.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-12-18

No man is saint to his grocer.
customer inquired for brown sugar til,
other day, "Sorry," said the grocer
shaking his head. However, I've go
the raisins and the meal"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
Member of the Associated Press
STRIKE UP, Jewellers!

II is more than new year which the
bells and whistles will announce to-
night. A new decade begins.
The twentieth century had some ter
rible teens. As always with youth, it
was confronted with problems of bewil-
dering novelty, and seemingly insuper-
able. But an older cycle is almost neces-
sarily a wiser one.
The "twenties" of a century ago, fol-
lowing the Napoleonic upheaval, were, in
the main, years of world reconstruction
and enlightened progress. There is hope
in the precedent. There is always prom
Use in stage that is beyond that Of
stormy adolescence.
Pessimsts may stop their ears tonight,
but they can't halt the calendar or legiti-
mately condemn the new row Of "2's"
until it has expressed itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
THE CHAFFING DISH

and decaying shed, once Used as a stable
The tradition is that the loft of this little
barn was once used by Ben Franklin for
some printing ventures, but We believe there
is no positive evidence of this.
The shed has all the evidences of consid
cradle age. The beams IF the ceiling are
dark and robust, though the roof is falling
piecemeal. The old stable stalls and harness
racks are there, and in some of the alcoves
the names of former steeds are still written
on the planks. One was called Dandy, an
other apparently either Brain or Frain.
In a rear stall, as one approaches through
the gloom, clamberng over packing boxes,
stands what ut first appears tc be very
lifelike horse. Then one Sees it is a wooden
effigy, such as were once used by harness
makers as an advertising sign. Its large
and cleaning glass eye, catching spark of
light, gives one almost an uncanny thrill
when first seen in the dark and cold interior
of the barn.
OF at one side Is a little lumber yard, and
u quaint little passageway among barrels of
paint and turpentine Down this one passes,
through a narrow tunnel, and out on to
Market street by the old brown door that
you will notice between the stores numbered
315 and 317.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
CARPET THE COURTYARD

ENEW persons will regret the burning of
the small wooden building that has
occupied the northeast corner of the City
Hall courtyard for several years. It's
purpose was long since accomplished, and
it had been Disagreement from the
beginning.
The fire should call popular attention
to the condition of the courtyard, which
has been a barren waste when it might
have been made a beauty spot. 1t has
been suggested that grass and shrubbery
should be planted in it, leaving room for
walks. There are merits and demerits in
this plan. The greenery would be attrac-
tive six months of the year, but for the
other six months the planting would re-
semble any garden in cold weather And,
the way such things are done, it would
cost from $4,000 to $4,000 year to
maintain the gardens.
An alternative would be treatment
after the manner of plazas in Italian
rites. A patterned carpet of different
colored concrete and tiles could be laid
which would be a thing of beauty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
Sir William Osler

THE obituary articles about Sir William
l. Osler generally omitted to say, what
ought to be said, that he was not only
great scientist and man of infinite personal
charm and kindness, but also distinguished
man of letters He possessed that stimu
lating union of qualities not often found, of
the scientific student with all the graces Of
literary culture at his command He was a
great collector of books, n friend of un-
stinted generosity to many an obscure and
ambitious student and writer of delightful
essays which are too little known to the
general public. He also belonged to that
close and secret fraternity in which the mem
bership is rather curiousy mingled, the low
ers of Anthony Trolope; and his most fam
GUS but generally misunderstood pleasantly
about the cbloroforming of men of sixty was
in reality a reference to one of Trollope's
novels. Tho title of one of his books of
essays - "Aequanimitas and Other Ad-
dresses'-gives an interesting clue to his
own charm. Equanimity, the old Horatian
motto, was his characteristic trait. I'm
perturbed, unruffed, to face the perplexities
of life with upfailing grace and quietness
and humor-there is no philosophy so Sc
curely rooted in honor and contentment.
Nothing was more expressive of him than
the telegram he sent on Christmas Eve to
former colleagues on this side of the water
"Making good fight, Christmas greetings all
old friends"
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
GoMPERS'S SLAVERY TWADDLE

MIR. GOMPERS persists in his opposi-
A'+ tion to the anti-strike provisions of
the Cummins railroad bill and insists that
they would reduce the railroad workers to
state of involuntary servitude," which
he says would be slavery"
The purpose of the anti-strike provi-
sions is to prevent the interruption of
railroad traffic. Mr.. Gompers desires that
the railroad workers should have the
right to obstruct such traffic when they
cannot get an increase in wages or
reduction in the number of hours that
shall be called a days work.
The right and power of the govern
ment to keep the trains moving has, how
ever, been upheld by the courts in numer-
Gus decisions. One of the earliest was
made in the case of the Chicago railroad
strike, when President Cleveland called
out the troops to protect the trains
against the violence of the strikers. 1t
has been commonly understood that this
decision dealt only with the power of the
government to move mail trains but the
decision is so broad as to cover all goods
and passengers carried in interstate COM
merce.
Illus JHe government at present mas
the power to keep the trains moving in
spite of strike, and it has power to hale
into court any one who deliberately inter
feres with the exercise of that power.
The Supreme Court has gone further
and pointed out how the government may
exercise its power to prevent interference
with interstate commerce, saying that
Congress undoubtedly possesses the
power "to provide by appropriate legis-
lation for compulsory arbitration,
power which inevitably resulted from its
authority to protect interstate commerce."
The Cummins bill does not force Sin
voluntary servtude" upon anybody. 1t
provides way by which men who dis
agree with their employers as to wages
and hours may come to an agreement
without stopping work, based on the as
sumption that the men would rather work
than be idle and founded on the right of
the government to prevent any power
from interfering with interstate COM
merce.
The defeat of the anti-strike provisions
of the bill will not leave the government
impotent. 1t will merely make it little
more difficult to exercise its power.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
A City Notebook

There is a curious little island of old
PHILADELPHIA to which Mr.. Frank H. Taylor
has called our attention. If you will go to
80 North Third street you will find little
alley running off to tho west between high
brick walls. This byway opens out into a
little courtyard behind some warehouses, a
space used chiefly for the unpackne of large
wooden cases. Beyond this yard is the play
ground adjoining the Friends Meeting House
at Fourth and Arch
In the corner of the playground stands a
large and rather fantastic tree-naked now,
and as we know trees only by their leaves
we have no idea what sort OF tree II is. Its
! branches lean over queer little dismantled
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
DoYLESToWN'S LITTLE LIST

nOYLESTOWN'S futter over its
"Forty-tive" is understandable. These
are desolating days for selected lists. 1t is
becoming fearfully difficult to determine
TO just what class one really belongs.
A perfectly well-intentioned chap NAV
retire at night, firm in the conviction
that he is one of the people, only to find
under the door in the morning a pamphlet
informing him that he belongs to the
hated bourgeoisie. Although it still ap-
pears, the Almanach de Gotha is an
archaism crushed in spirit, a catalogue
OF the dethroned and the erstwhile noble.
On the other hand, the volumes of the
Social Register are amplifed with
alarming rapidity. "When every one is
somebody" declares a Gilbertian sage,
mo ones anybody"
If there is assortment of the elite in
Doylestown, that pretty little country seat
is making brave battle against tremen-
dous tendencies. The present indictment
of its frivolity is minor affair. The
point is that social lines have once more
been vividly drawn.
New York's -Four Hundred" is a dim
tradition, vanished with the sway of the
late Ward McAllister. Sky-soarinp apart.
ment houses south of the historic Mar.
ket street barrier have frightfully OBJ,
scured views of the old Philadelphia social
frontiers.
most particular plebiscite-one. saw
Of the D'Annunzio variety-would bt
necessary to determine who's who in thi,
vicinity nowadays. 1t were pity should
Bucks be boastful, but it almost ha,
the right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
FAME AND KERENSKY

CIR JAMES NJ. BARRIE is inclined to
- agree with Shakespeare's Cassius in
the belief that "the fault is not in our
stars, but in ourselves that we are under
lings." If this be true there is cold com
fort, as there certainly is cold lunch, in
the present life Of Alexander KerenSky,
row a waiter in a London "beef-and-
beanery."
Although it is not possible to determine
definitely what would have been the fate
OF the ex-statesman if he had had "sec-
ond chance" there are indications that
he was not the instrument, even under
different conditions, TO save Russia. In
the early days of his exile Kerensky cut
= small figure in London and Paris. A
greater man could surely have made
something Of thescG opportunities.
Nealsy all Judgments, however, are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
FROM "WOODNOTES"
walks in solitude

w And inhabiteth the wood
Choosing light wave, rock and bird,
Before the money loving herd,
Into that forester shall pass,
From these companions. power and grace.
Clean shall he be, without, within,
From the old adhering sin,
All ill dissolving in the light
OF his triumphant piercing sight;
Not vain, sour, nor frivolous;
Not mad. athirst, or garrulous;
Grave, chaste, contented though retired.
Once again, the pine tree sung:
Speak not thy speech my boughs among:
Put off thy years. wash in the breeze;
My hours are peaceful centuries.
Talk no more with feeble tongue;
No more the fool of space and time,
Come weave with mine a nobler rhyme.
Only thy Americans
Can read thy line, can meet thy glance,
But the runes that I rehearse
Understands the universe;
The least breath by boughs which tossed
Brings again the Pentecost;
To every soul resoundmg clear
In voice of solemn cheer
Am ] not thine? Are these not thine?'
And they reply, Forever mine =
My branches speak Italian.
English, German, Basque, Castilian,
Mountain speech to Highlanders,
Ocean tongues to islanders,
To Finn and Lapp and swart Malay,
To each his bosom secret say"
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
MORE HOTEL EXPANSION

THE announced intention of the Hotel
Walton Company to build twenty
four-story addition to the present hotel
will be reassuring to those persons who
have feared, in view of the contemplated
demolition of two other hotels, that Wis
itors to town would not be able to find
lodgings for the night.
1t will also reassure those persons who
feared the abolition of the barroom would
make bookkeeping improbable that
men with experience in the business are
persuaded that people go to hotels pri-
marily to eat and to sleep.