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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14
BAND CONCERTS
UP TO COUNCIL
Committee Approves Plan;
Decision Due Monday

Favorable report on Council
nance To appropriate $4,000 for
band concerts at the cify'~ parks
and bsachs. during tho sum
mer. was unanimously yotsd by
the finance committee Of the
city council Friday. The ooun
ell win vote on tho ordinance
Monday.
Members Of the park board en-.
formed the committee that $40. 900
viii enable them 10 give Sunday
afternoon concerts at two parks
with 3e.plece bands. Three even
ing concerts week for ten weeks
are planned.
At the request OF Mayor Hanson
$500 was added 20 the ordinance
to defray expense Of building plat.
forms for the bands and for other
equipment in the city's parks for
the Fourth Of July
No salary increases will be con.
sidered for city employees unul tho
budget for next year IL prepared
in July This was the recommends.
ton made to the city council Fri.
day afternoon by the finance com.
mittee. in taking up tho request
for 80 per cent salary increase for
all city employees over the scale
adopted in 1915 and now in force.
The finance committee also ap.
proved Councilman c. u. Fitzger.
aids plan to employ an auditor OF
appropriations. and recommended
appropriation OF $3.50 a month to
pay his salary.
For extra clerks employed by the
city comptroller in checking the ref.
erendum petitions, the finance com.
mittec authorized the expenditure
Of $500.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14

By "a strange coincidence, or.
ganitrd labor Of the state. at the
peak Of It's power. IN torn by
fractional strife, ~ never bcfor.
In It's history.
WIN the state Federation of Labor
convention ia Bellinfham Monday,
serve Aa a safety valve 90 clear the
atmosphcref WIN the delegates OF
70. 600 union labor members join
hands again under the old A. 7. OF
l.. slogan
on the eve OF IN. convention.
charges are being heard on the one
hand that the /. W. w. are back
Of the insurFcnt revolutionary
movement 20 overthrow the present
officers and gain control OF the fed
GRAFTON.
Prom the lnaurEcni side comes the
charge that we are the real union
men, they are tho agents OF the en-
ploy~rA"
The insurEcnt ticket already has
been iincd UPTON Russell. OF the
Tacoma boiiermskerr once head OF
the United Mine Workers. for prcs1'
dent; l.. w Buck Of the Seattle bar.
bcrn. for secretary.
Center ON Officials
The big fight in tho convention
will be conferred chiefly against the
present office holders. particularly
against William short OF Seattle.
president. and Charles Perry Taylor.
" Tacoma, secretary.
The lnsus. over which the oppos.
ing forces will be lined up are these.
Industrial form OF organization
''onc big union as opposed To Graf,
unionism.
The proposed Tom Mooney strike.
July I.
Justification OF the shlpyard and
general strikes.
Reorganization Of the A. y of J..
and state federation. and changes In
the laws governing them
Political organization.
Membership Grows
Tho very fac, that the member.
ship ~ the local unions in the stat"
has grown from 90. 900 10 10000 In
The last year. with an increase In
delegates from about $50 10 more
than $50. has been given as ono Of
the chief reasons for the unsettled
conditions within the federation.
The added membership has largely
filtered into the war Industries. and
30 into tho union organizations from
all classes and places. Many OF the
new members are unfamiliar with
organized labor ideas and procedures.
The steam which has been gather.
ms ever since tho Hocslicd general
atrike. Ia due 20 blow Off In BeiiinE.
ham neat week. All sides are sure
Of victory. All agree that IL will be
tho hiiteros, figh, in tho history OF
Organized labor ia the state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14
BRITISH PLANES
FLYING TO INDIA

ATHENS. June i5.-Deiayed).- -
Omitted Press )--Three British air
planes. under command OF Capt
Henderson, started for India today
by way OF Crete and Egypt
While the exact route the planes
intend 20 follow il not given. the
total distance travelled win be about
$500 miles.
Our idea OF a well.bred man Is one
who never boasts OF his dough.
Any man who has plenty OF push
can get along without a pull
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14

II you are looking for trouble and
can't afford to buy an automobile.
buy a mule.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14
CritieIses Reduction

Daniels sharply criticised the
cutting down Of the navy appropria'
ton bin by the house.
1T forces us TO stand stili and
watch the procession go by" the
secretary said Coming on the heels
OF our great feat in flying across the
Atlantic. the action OF the house
comes as great disappointment II
has stunned our aviation men. who
expected 10 undertake great develop
ments."
Secretary Daniels revealed that
the navy had planned 20 carry sea.
planes aboard all dreadnaurhts as
rcouterE. but said there would be no
money available now for the neces-
sary rcmodeling which would be re
quircd
The appropriation OF SIS .ooo. 900
Will barely keep up the existing avi.
alton stations. and viii permit no
progress in experimental work
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14

WASHINGTON. June IA
contemplated navy flight across
the Pacific ocean will be pre-
vented " the action Of the house
Ia reducing the naval aviation
appropriation from SIS 900. 900 10
S15.000.000 Il supported by the
scnte, Secretary of the Navy
Daniels said today.
Details 81 the proposed flight
across the Pacific were not dis
closed by the secretary. who
mentioned II merely Incidentally
M being one Of the undertakings
the navy would have 10 give up
unless additional appropriations
are allowed.
Whether n aeaplsne or dlrigible
would be used In the attempt is I'M
known. but navy officials favor the
lighter.than,sir craft because Of It's
greater cruising radius. Further
more, the distance across the Pacific.
which would have 10 be taken In
Jumps, IL 70 great that planes will
run great risk in attempting IL.
Destroyers would have 10 be taken
into the Pacific and strung along
the route. II seaplanes were used.
The dirigible can remain afloat In
definitely and carries seaworthy
boat. equipped with motors. which
would prove seryiceabie in case an
accident forced water landing IN mid
ocean.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14
HISTORIC LABOR
FIGHT IS NEAR
State Federation Is Torn by
Factions This Year

By a strange coincidence. or.
ganirc,l labor of the state. at the
peak Of It's power. IN torn by
fractional strife. as never before
la It's history.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-14

His daughter. Florence. a young
woman Just back from college, and a
son. John. IL. were his companions.
He loved his home life. lie was mar
yied TO Alma Thornton OF Tacoma
sure worried the governors friends.
He had looked pale and exhausted
for days Several times during the
early weeks Of the 1919 legislative
session he became exhausted He
vas finally Induced to turn over his
duties to Acting Governor Hart. and
since that time has been under ply
xf<>xnvsyl cape
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
MR.. Will SON IMPROVES

HAPPILY for himself and for the
- country, Vice President MarshalPs
long period of rest is not likely to be
interrupted by any serious consequences
of Mr.. Wilson's breakdown. DR.. Francis
y. Dercum's statement of yesterday was
of a sort that must have a reassuring
effect throughout the whole country.
The President appears to have suffered
a collapse no more serious than that
which might affiict any other man of
highly sensitive nervous organization
after years of strain and overwork. The
usual wild rumors were afoat, of course,
and they were helped by the detestable
clique of political opportunists who un-
consciously expressed their dislike for
the President in the premature intima-
tions of need for Marshall's succession.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
WHEN LAWYERS DISAGREE

FORMER Justice Hughes says that
L Congress has no constitutional power
to take the earnings of railroad com
pany in excess of reasonable return on
the investment and give them to rail
roads which have not earned a reasonable
sum.
Forney Johnston, counsel for the Ma
tional Association of Railroad Security
Owners, backed by the agreement of
Elihu Root, says that it is constitutional
to do just this thing.
These contending views are expressed
regarding the provisions of the Cummins
railroad bill They indicate that unless
there is some change in it before it is
passed the courts will have to be asked
to decide upon its validity. 1t would
seem to be prudent, however, when able
lawyers disagree so radically on the con-
stitutionality of its provisions, to rewrite
it in such way that there shall be prob
ability at least that it will not be upset
by the courts before it has been in opera
tion six months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
A EsoME FOR THE LEGION

TINE probability that the Philadelphia
posts ,of the American Legion will
accept the offer of the picturesque Jayne
mansion as, clubhouse has two attrac-
tive aspects
Available \spacious headquarters for
the legion have an exceptional value in
these days of habitation shortage. To
Philadelphians action upon Henry La
Barre Jayne's generous invitation is ap-
pealing in the safeguarding of land
mark. The fine oId marble residence pre-
serves local atmosphere that is becom-
ing very rarified as structures which for
.eerly used to give THE town its distinc-
tive character are passing away.
The property, according to- the Jayne
viii, must eventually \be sold. But the
legion members, should they be installed
There, would at least for "a while enjoy
Z quarters of a peculiar dignity and charm,
while the public in general would assur-
edly be pleased to see that corner at
Nineteenth and Chestnut streets, once
one of the city's show places, quickened
with new life and at no sacrifice of sem
timental susceptiblities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
THE OTHER SIDE

ONE automobile owner who insists that
~ he drives with due regard for the
rules Of decency and good manners raises
a plaintive voice in letter to this news
paper and insists that, while every one
talks of the rights of pedestrians, no one
ever utters even a whisper about the
rights of the man who has to steer
motor through traffic.
what are you going to say" cries he,
"of the individual who believes that the
divine right of American citizenship en-
titles him to step off the curb in the
middle of block and saunter in leisurely
hauteur across the street and jam traffic
and frighten automobile drivers out of
their wits? And what are you going to
say to this same citizen when he re-
peats that performance on a rainy day,
when the streets are slippery and when
you can't stop moving automobile
quickly if you want to?"'
We'd say of that citizen that what he
lacks in wisdom he makes up in hardi-
hood
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHTLADELPHI

a case while the jury is locked out of the
courtroom.
1t is still possible, however, for at
tentive observers to inform themselves
Of major trends in the world of labor and
the world of capital. The Department of
Labor has suggested that the conference
sustain its recommendation for a govern
mental board, established upon a basis
similar to that of the war labor board,
for the discussion and settlement of the
disputes which ordinarily lead to strikes
and lockouts. The war labor board made
a record for progressive action When
the various groups at the conference vote
on the suggestion of the Department of
Labor we shall have an opportunity to
know how the wind blows in the various
camps. Radicals on the side Of labor or
capital will not favor the plan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
GUIDING THE cITYS GROWTH

MAYOR SMITHS disinclination to
A'A speed the city planning the ma
chinery for which is authorized by the
new charter, relegates a municipal topic
of prime Importance to the incoming ad-
ministration. Mr.. Moore, therefore, will
enjoy exceptional opportunities in the
matter of fitting the physical form of
Philadelphia to the new necessities
created by its recent prodigious growth
and diversified development
The charter provides for the appoint
ment of commission to consider the
plan of the town scientifically and with
a view to remedying, if possible the han
dicaps OF its narrow streets and con-
gested traffic. Mayor Reyburns com
prehensive plans were the cause of much
ignorant banter some years ago. 1t is
now evident that he was sanely looking
forward and that some of his contempo-
raries were unable to attain the same
range of vision.
Beautifying the city and projecting
boulevards will not. however, be the eX-
elusive objects of the commission. For
midable practical problems are to be
SOlNtu w nat lne puOllC mas llSnJ 10
hope for is combined application of
taste and common sense in answer to
pressing needs.
1t is, of course, quite impossible to
make over completely the layout. of a
city which has outgrown the original
limitations of the Penn plan. The engi-
neers, architects, topographers and finan-
cial experts will have some tough nuts
to crack. Gradual Improvement is rea-
sonabe ideal. If the commission gets
under way, as it should, it will insure
intelligent direction of a huge task and
will safeguard the interests of the COM
munity.
As factor in municipal government
a city planning body has now an essential
place. Boston and other towns have
made excellent use of such machinery.
1t is time for the physical destinies of
Philadelphia to be similarly guided. The
chances for Mr.. Moore to reveal himself
as a public-spirited, constructive Mayor
multiply daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
WHERE THE BLAME LIES

( yNHEN the millennium arrives in
America the utilities and public serv-
ice commissions of the various states will
display initiative of their own. They
will not have to be wheedled and prodded
to action by an angry or dissatisfied pub
lie whose interests they are supposed to
guard.
Meanwhile there will probably con-
tinue to be boycotts and uprisings such
as we have been witnessing in Camden
to give politically minded commissioners
belated sense of their obligations to the
community. And, similarly, a great
many more people will have to be slain
at grade crossings before commissions
take complete remedial action recogniz-
ing the fact that in an age of motor
vehicles new precautions are necessary at
all points where highway and rail traffic
meet.
Properly, there should have been gates
and watchman at the crossing near
Oreland where Miss Lear and Miss Lock-
wood lost their lives. Warning signals
often get out of order. Ordinary precau-
ton would not have been adequate to
pr%ent the fatality. The bell rang and
ones train passed, and the two women in
the 1notorcar had no means of knowing
that another was approaching in an
opposite direction. There should have
been aswatchman and safety gates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
MORE SECRET DIPLOMACY?

Under the rule of procedure adopted
" with the consent of labor leaders and
industrial leaders on the first day of the
industrial conference, all questions of i'm
portance will be discussed in private by
the interested groups before a vote is
taken in public. Objection to this mode
of action was raised by the third group,
representing the public interest.
Reasons for such objection are plain.
The first purpose of the conference was
to bring mooted issues out into the day
Night, where the country at large could
scrutinize them in detail To debate in
secrecy the questions which the confer
ence is expected to settle is like trying
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08

4 AM. the newer man.

T AM. the newer man.
Aside are thrown the kmono and fan;
The arts learned from China (ere the seas
OF other words brought Western strength
That beat me to my knees) "a
Are laid aside.
The power that bent me underneath its
weight
And left me gasping, "Wait ah.
wait ~
Is scattered wide.
But yesterday one whispered me alone:
Speak and I share with thee the throne
Meath Eastern Skies
And, being WISE
l took his hand in mine =
Quickened in me my blood,
For then / knew the food
Of this mans veins would sweep me past
myself,
And throw me high
10 look this savior in the eye
And challenge him
Ha l have sunk white mans struggled
fleet
Before me seen his broken army run!
Athwart my shores the stricken people
bleat-
! am the West, am the East in one!
/ am the newer man.
Let all the West beware,
The South my purpose scan;
For this l swear
Swear by my Risen Sun
Ere be done,
Where prideful nations fall
Over their funeral pail
l will be there!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
A NEW KIND OF JUBILEE

THE chief reason why the elaborate
4 and expensive victory jubilee orig
inaIly suggested for this autumn will not
take place is that the public really didn't
want it, The Twenty-eighth Division pa
rade served its thrilling purpose and pro-
vided sincere and fitting formal outlet
Tor the patriotic emotions marking the
close of the great war. In its simplicity
and heroic dignity it was an ideal
pageant
The celebration planned by the fra
ternal societies is, however, appropriate
in its sphere and laudable undertaking
IN which the city will take genuine pleas
ure on next Saturday. 1t is in no sense
in competition with the earlier function.
An especially praiseworthy feature is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
ITALY HAS FAITH

THE report that Italy by royal decree
i has ratified the treaty with Germany
is not surprising. The news. however, is
accompanied with the statement that
Victor Emmanuel also affixed his sigma
ture to the Austrian pact, so many fea-
lures of which concern territorial settle
ments in which his kingdom is deeply
interested.
Such an act is Of extremely vital bear
ing on the Fiume, problem. The treaty
did not unreservedIy hand over the Dal-
matian seaport to Italy. Is it possible
that the land of Gabrielle D'Annunzio is
actually confdng its destinies to Paris
commissions and to the league of ma
tionS2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
A LII that was political in Philadelphia

A LII that was political in Philadelphia
formerly revolved about the Repub-
lican City Committee, in which Senator
Ware was czar. The committee was a
tail that wagged an elephant. Mr..
Moore's snub of yesterday and his
apparent intention to amputate the pres
publican organization are political omens
Of the first magnitude.
1t is easy to imagine that the invita-
tion to committee meeting telephoned
to Congressman Moore yesterday by
Harry c. Ransley had plaintive if not
a desperate note in it. The committee
men need the Mayor, and they need him
badly. Mr.. Moore's brusque refusal to
sit in at the session and his grim refer
ence to "a new condition of affairs"
must have sounded like a knell in the
headquarters at Eleventh and Chestnut
streets. The associates of Mr.. Ware in
that vicinity need moral as well as imam
cal support. Without the enforced
allegiance of the police and tiremen, the
city bureaus and the Mayor and the
officeholders they are facing shipwreek.
If the new Mayor determines to form
new committee with a different per-
sonncl and fairer complexion, the win
ter will be hard for good many men
who never before had to worry about
the high cost of anything.
Surely, things are looking up. They
are looking up for everybody but the
city committee itself and the business
men and bankers who extended credit
to it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
WHO GOT GENERAL WOOD?

ONE cannot look toward Gary, Ind,
~ today without realizing that the
Fates or the half-gods Of politics or the
instruments Of destiny who assist Mr.,
Baker in the War Department have deftly
put sudden end to General Woods
presidential boom. 1t wasn't much of
a boom as booms go. But it had the
advantage of picturesquencss Now it
is little more than a sigh upon the
autumnal winds.
General Wood as commander of the
contingent of regulars at Gary is pro-
viding a sane. efficient and fair minded
administration. The soldiers under him
have acted with restraint There is no
martial law at Gary and nothing of the
oppressive atmosphere that formerly at
tended strike activities Of less expert
enced commanders summoned to main
tain law and order after the civil au-
thorities were overwhelmed. The strik-
Grs are getting a fairer deal than they
have had in other days from eXcitable
police. Yet the psychology of the sit
uation is the same as it would have been
were General Wood to behave like a
legendary tyrant. No politician of eX-
perience would dare to suggest for the
office of President a soldier who COM
mandcd other soldiers assigned to keep
hot-headed trades unionists in order dur
ing bitter strike. Was it chance that
got General Wood? Who or what is
at the other end of the long arm that
set him down in Gary?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

1. OF what state is General Wood native,
2. BY what procedure did Italy ratify the
peace treaty?
3. Who is assigned to deliver the death
blow to the bull in a Spanish bull
fight?
4. Who invented the sewing machine?
b. What is the meaning of the French
phrase "beaux arts"?
G. What is an ohm?
Z. What were samplers?
s. What is a toccata?
0. Who was the Great Elector?
10. For how many days did the battle of
Gettysburg continue?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08

the invitation to the legion men to be
spectators in the Parkway grand stands
while the fraternal organizations fur
nish the spectacle.
The municipality is not officially con-
cerned in the affair." but the municipality
all members of it, may be expected to
have very good time, when picturesque
pageanty in honor of victory is unfolded
at the end of the current week
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08

OUR clients will understand that, having
" read the above, we could not rest until
we had striven to find the whole story. Long
and patiently we pursued various trails, but
unayailirgly. Then, yesterday, on the heels
of the shrimp salad and tutti-frutti, we
were privileged to meet gentleman who has
the complete story in his possession, and has
promised to lend it to u.s.
We wish we could give the name of this
delightful person, but we feel it advisable
to preserve need of discretion, for this
reason. The gentleman we refer to, well
known in this city, discovered the story
during. Journey to the mountains of North
Carolina in 1898. 1t had been written by
Carolina mountaineer, and its title was ''The
Balsam Groves of Grandfather Mountain"
The manuscript was put in book by
Philadelphia publisher, and its eccentrcity
brought it, for some time, considerable
sale. The author was overjoyed, but finally
he learned the reason for the enthusiasm of
readers He was, as we say, mountaineer
of hot blood and with clear eye along the
barrel of rifle. When the truth broke
upon him he recalled all copies of the volume
that he could lay his hands on, had the
plates melted and swore TO shoot at sight
amy one who should refer % the book in his
presence. Our caller, who obtained copy