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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
St. JOHN 8 TITUS BUY
GARAGE AND LARGE LOT
Local Ford Agency Figures in the
Largest Deal Made Recently for
Business Property.

The largest real estate transaction
for some months involving downtown
business property was announced
this week when St. John & Titus, au.
thorized Ford dealers, purchased
their garage building on East Fourth
street, so by 12O feet in size, and
also a lot so by 12O feet in the rear
of it, from A. H. Christopher.
The building has been occupied by
the Ford agency since January /,
1917. and was built especially for it,
There is an old building on the lot in
the rear of the property. which will
be removed, and a new structure, oc-
cupying the whole space, erected to
house the company's service depart.
ment The new building will not be
constructed for several months, how
ever.
Negotiations for the property had
been under way for several weeks,
conclusion of the deal being an.
nounced Thursday by J. d. Mansfield,
manager of the local garage. This is
the third deal of Importance in busi-
ness section real estate in the past
two weeks. and the largest. the 9TH
ers being the purchase by the Capital
Transit & Repair company of the
quarter block at Fifth and Franklin
streets, adjoining the telephone Office
and the purchase by o. r. Simenson
& Son of the building adjoining Con
very's store on East Fourth treet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
Named State Examiner.

G. w. CASTOR was this week ap
pointed a state examiner on the bu-
reau of inspection by State Auditor
C. w. Clausen, and left Wednesday
afternoon for Walla Walla, where he
will work for the next four months.
CASTOR was deputy county auditor
prior to the outbreak of the war
Soon after war was declared he en-
listed in the navy and was commits
stoned a chief petty officer. He is the
son of County Assessor and Mrs
George CASTOR.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION TUESDAY
LOCAL DIRECTORS WANT IN.
CREASED LEVY TO GIVE THE
TEACHERS MORE PAY.

On the recommendation of Super
intendent C. e. Beach, the board OF
education has called a special cleo
ton next Tuesday, August IL. from
l to O'Clock p. M, in the new high
school building, to give the voters Of
School District No. an opportunity
to decide whether or not a special
3-mill levy should be made to pro-
vide $500 for increases in teach
ers' salaries, $500 for furniture,
equipment and library in the high
school, and $4,000 for sundry im-
provements, including painting the
Roosevelt building, concrete walks
at the Washington and Lincoln
schools, repairs to roofs at the Lin
coin, Washington and Garfield schools
and other minor repairs at the va
rious school buildings.
Superintendent Beach and the
school board say these additional
funds are badly needed and should
be voted by the electors as matter
of fairness to the teachers and as I
matter OF good business policy
Compared with salaries paid to
teachers in other cities and COM
parded with salaries OF men and
women OF other occupations in this
community, the teachers OF Olympia
are inadeQuately paid" Superintend-
ent Beach says. 1.-THE school direct
ors are ievying q 10-mill tax which
lis all that they can legally assess.
They are willing and anxious to pay
better salaries to efficient teachers
but they cannot do SO unless Olympia
should follow the example Of other
cities OF the Northwest and vote thp
additional levy proposed.
The painting and repairs arc
needed to prevent deterioration ana
loss; the walks are required for the
convenience of pupils. teachers and
patrons, and the furniture, apparaf-
us and library should be replaced, ~
these were destroyed when the old
high school building burned
In the main Olympia has been
successful in securing good teach
ers," Superintendent Beach contin-
ues. "but since Tacoma, Seattle ana
other cities are paying from so to
80 per cent more salary, we cannot
retain them II they are offered posi-
tions in these cities. It is largely 70
the advantage Of the citizens Of OlyuE
pia to secure and retain the best
teachers and promote the highest
b it
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
TELLS OF WORK FOR
RED CROSS ABROAD
MISS MILDRED STANFORD GIVES
INTERESTING REPORT OF
HER DUTIES.

n Searching for missing men, looking
for one little thread of news of some
. man who perhaps was killed or in
jured in the service and sending word
to the folks at home concerning him
this was the interesting work of
Miss Mildred Stanford of Olympia as
explained to the Thurston county
chapter of the Red Cross at an open
meeting Wednesday morning
Miss Stanford went to France last
October to work under the auspices
of the Red Cross. Her work was to
locate missing men and to send word
to their relatives of families concern
ing them. She returned to Olympia
in June.
The chapter received the resigna-
tion of Miss Louise Aver, secretary,
and c. B. Mann, treasurer. Noyes
Talcott was appointed to succeed Mr..
Mann as treasurer. but no successor
has been named to fill Miss Ayers
place. Miss Aver resigned because
she expects to leave soon for New
York, where she will spend the win
ter. She has served as secretary for
the Thurston county chapter since
April. 1917, and has been one of the
leaders and one of the most ardent
and efficient workers for the Red
Cross.
Miss Louise Dittman. secretary of
the home service section Of the Red
Cross, reported that this department
handled 567 cases during the month
of July. This is the largest number
handled by the home service depart
4 ment since it has been established
here. The number of returned sol
diers taking advantage of the voca-
tfonal training work is increasing
each month. The report shows that
IA soldiers in the month of July
availed themselves of this training.
Miss Aver, the retiring secretary,
has written history of the local Red
Cross chapter, which is to be pub
lished in pamphlet form and distrib-
uted among the active members. As
a preface to it, George Mills, the act
ing chairman, wrote the following.
which was approved by the directors !:
''The history of any chapter of the
A. r. C. would not be complete with.
out special reference to certain indi-
viduals who were most responsible
for its achievements, especially dur
ing the period Of the war. Our secre-
tary, Miss Aver, who was requested to
write the history of the Olympia chap
ter. refers to her own service In these
words: Miss Louise Aver was elect
ed secretary and has occupied the Of
fee up to the present time To Miss
Aver herself. who has given of her
time and energy to the chapter for so
long a time, with an eye single to the
quiet and efficient accomplishment OF
the work in hand, the bare announce
ment above noted would seem suffi-
cient. Not so, however. to the other
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
UNIONS PRESENT
RAILROAD POLICY
DEMAND THAT PRIVATE CAPITAL
TRIPARTITE CONTROL.

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Organized
labor came out this week with the un-
equivocal, formal demand that pri-
vate capital be retired from the rail
roads. A tripartite control composed
of the public, the operating manage
ment and the employees is demanded
instead.
Addressed to the American public
and signed by the engineers. the fire.
men, the conductors and the Ameri-
statement was issued announcing this
proposal, which was carried before
congress Wednesday
"It marks" says the statement,
"the step by which organized labor
passes from demands for wage in
creases to demands that the system
of profits in industry be overhauled."
This sentence sums up in few
words the proposal Of which there
have been hints and indications, but
which is now laid before the country
for the first time. Everywhere in Of
fetal Washington it is recognized as
the most serious and far-reaching
proposition the country will be called
on to face.
Chracterizing the proposal as
"labor's BILL" it is put forth as a
remedy for the high cost of living,
because the railroads are the key
industry of the nation. It demands
tho Uopuipo oo0noro<;Ov orJ v,ortc ~
ship, based on real community of
interest and participation in control,
OF. which President Wilson spoke to
congress and which the statement
says has been ignored by labor and
the private owners of the railroads.
1--WE ask" it says, that the rail-
roads of the United States be vested
in the public; that those actually en-
gagged in conducting that industry,
not from Wall street, but from the
railroad Offices and yards and out on
the railroad lines, shall take charge
of this service for the public"
Briefly, labor's plan demands: That
private capital be eliminated from the
railroads.; that the private owners re-
ceive for them government bonds
with affixed interest return for every
honest dollar that they have invest
ed": that the tripartite control be es.
tablished in corporations which shall
lease the roads and in which the pub
lie. the operating managements and
labor shall he represented equally;
that the public. the operators and the
wage-earners share equally all reve-
nue. in excess of the guarantee to pri-
vate capital by granting to the oper-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
CITY PREPARES TO
PAVE SIXTH STREET
WORK WILL BE DONE THIS FALL
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
SOUTHSIDE WALKS.

Further street improvements, to.
falling approximately $4,000, were
ordered by the city council at its
meeting Tuesday evening. and steps
were taken to inaugurate two others
which will run to about $4,000
more.
The largest improvement ordered
at this weeks meeting. in the matter
of cost, was the paving of Sixth
street from Main to Water streets,
for which the engineers estimate is
$13,91O or $608 per 6O-foot lot. The
work is to be started as soon as pos
sible.
After the ordinance had been read
for the first time. Councilman For
stell. ascertaining there were no pro
tests to the improvement, obtained
consent to pass the second and third
reading and the measure was put on
final passage and carried unanimous
ly.. Property owners will be given
10 years in which to pay their as
sessments, with interest at per cent,
and the bids for the work will be
opened at the next meeting.
The council awarded to Contract
or J. F. Forbes the job of laying con-
crete sidewalks in the district be-
tween Eleventh and Fifteenth streets,
on the South Side, on his bid of
$8.439, which was $1,159 less than
the engineers estimate. Contractors
Lott & Curtain were the only other
bidders, their offer being s9.O85. The
work is to be completed in so days.
Both of the other projects contem-
plated by the council are on the
Westside. One calls for the installa-
tion OF new and larger water main
across the Des Chutes waterway and
out West Fourth street to the West
side reservoir. the cost of which will
be assessed against all the property
on that side of the city.
AS originally planned. this i'm
provement called also for the install
lation of lateral mains in the streets
south of Fourth street, but the prop
erty owners objected on the ground
that there were not enough con-
sumers to warrant doing the work at
the present time. The council there
fore eliminated the lateral mains
The other improvements on the
Westside will be grading, gravelling
and placing wood curbs on the west
side of Brawne avenue from Page
street to West Bay avenue. The ex,
tent of this improvement was re-
duced about one-third. at the pre-
yious meeting. to tighten the cost to
the property owners. and the under
standing this week was that the city
engineer would further revise the
plans and specifications to conform
with the wishes of the property own,
ers. Bids on this work are to be
opened at the next meeting.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08

ators and the employees one-half OF
the savings which are expected to be
made BY such perfected organiza
tion and to the public the other halt
as consumers. either by increasing
service without adding costs or by re-
ducing costs,
This role originates with labor
says the statement. because labor
happens to have firm organizations
through which it may become articu-
late"
The trainmen are not represented
in the statement because w. G. Lee
president of the brotherhood. was out
of the city, but it was said that they
join in it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08
Local Musician Wins Honor.

Mrs. Helen Whiting Phillips, a
wellknown musician of this city, has
the distinction of being one of the
Is pupils who are to receive person
al instruction from Godowsky. the
famous New York teacher. during .
six weeks term he will conduct in
Seattle. Mrs. Phillips went over to
Seattle Sunday to begin her studies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08

]. G.. Bolster and family have re-
turned from Edmonton. Alberta, to
their Olympia home, 304 Thirteenth
street. Mr.. Bolster was formerly in
the grocery business here.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-08-08

Continued on Page Five.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07

her part Our friendship began
from that time. respected her
like a gentleman would. But | don't
love her. l did send her a bottle of
wine next day at dinner, the baron
declared.
Divorced Three Times.
There is nothing else between
us"
Baron de Orgler says he is a
citizen of the United States. He
says he has taken out his first
papers. He admits he has been three
times married Two wives in Aus
tria divorced him and one wife, now
in New York City. put an end to
their marriage relation through the
courts. He refused to give her
name.
Mrs. Jackson Indignant.
The baron said he was sorry he
could not arrange speaking dates
IN Omaha last week. The theater
managers had their time filled.
Mrs. Heyneman now on a case at
Snyder, yesterday emphaticaily de-
MED that she called the baron on
the phone at Fremont as he claims.
My daughter knows absolutely
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column one.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
RIEF
ARIG HIT
R E E ZY
BITS OF NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS SENT
BY WIRE ACROSS COUNTR1

Salt Lake, City, Utah, Feb. o.
Bridging the continent by a novel
invention, the Herald had in its Of
flee today the likeness Of William
Hamlin ehilds. 100000 slush fund
defendant, a short time after it ap-
peared in New York newspaper. The
system is the invention of ], ]. Leish-
man Of Odgen Utah. Each picture is
divided into fields and the various
tones at different points in the pic
lure have been indicated by a code
system devised by the inventor. This
has been, called translating the pic
ture into a message.
This message is then sent by tele-
graph and translated back into a
picture. A small amount of art
work is then necessary before the
cut is made.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
PROGRESS MADE
TOWARD LEAGUE
ORGANIZATION
General Agreement Reached
in Commission on Prin-
CipIeS Underlying
Whole Draft.

Paris, Feb. 6.-The official com.
munioAtion on peace issued this af.
ternoon says:
~The commission on the league
Of nations held its third meeting last
night. Appreciable progress was
made in the consideration of III,
draft. 1t was further agreed, in ac.
cordance with the decision of the
conference at the Quai D'Orsay yes.
terday, that representatives oi
Czeche-Slovakia, Greece, Poland
and Roumania, should be associated
with the commission in its delibera.
tons.
In their second and third ses.
slons the commission have covered
practically one-third of their task
They have discussed those articles
which deal with the motives behind
the formation of league of ma.
tons and the objects which would
safeguard the constitution of its
chief organs and the qualifications
for membership in the league.
while the decisions of the com.
mission with regard to each article
are provisional, many apparent diff.
culties have already been resolved
and a general agreement has beer
reached on the principles which un.
derlie the whole draft. 1t is there.
fore to be expected that the remain.
ing articles will be covered quick
ly"
Orlando Presents Italian Claims
President Wilson was in consulta.
ton today with Vittorio Orlando
the Italian premier, and with NJ,
Trumbitch, the Jugo-Slav foreign
minister, who called upon the presi-
dent in the Paris White House. His
conference with Rremier Orlando
followed that with the Jugo-Slav
representative.
The indications were that an eff
fort was being made by the presi-
dent to mediate between the two ma
tions for the purpose of aiding them
to reach an agreement for the
settlement of their conflicting
claims regarding Albania, Fiume.
listria and Dalmatia, thus reliev-
ing the supreme council Of the
iy upon the issue, which is regarded
as one Of the most serious before
the peace conference.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
NOTABLE THRONG.
FILLS WEIMAR AS
ASSEMBLY OPENS
Little German City Taxed to
Utmost to Provide AC-
COmmOdatiOnS for
5000 Visitors.
BY Associated Press.

Weimar; Feb. O. Weimar today is
filled with the most notable throng
that ever assembled in this beautiful
little German city. Some 5000 Ger
man political leaders, ranging in re-
pute from such well-known men as
Chancellor Ebert, Philipp Scheide-
mann, Count Won Brockdorff-R Rant
Eau, the foreign secretary, and
Matthias Erzberger to the humblest
and hitherto unknown figures from
every corner of the former empire
have been gradually assembling here
for the opening today of the first
German national assembly.
Special trains for the last two days
have been pouring passengers into
Weimar until the city is filled to
overhowing. Yet, so thoroughly and
carefully had the arrangements
for the assembly been made that
virtually everyone who arrived had
been given quarters by nightfall
yesterday Each person not only
had his living quarters definitely as
signed to him in advance, but his
eating place as well.
Weimar fortunately possesses an
unusual number of good, although
small, hotels. Virtually all of these
were requisitioned by the authori-
ties entrusted with the task of maxi
ing the preparations for the assem-
bly,. They took similar action in
the case of many private houses and
spare rooms in residences. The
Weimar Wohnungsrath. or residence
bureau. then took up the task and
allotted living quarters to specified
groups, such as the ministerial par
ty, the members of the assembly and
the correspondents, keeping each
group together. as nearly as pos
sible.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
Gaughan Much Surprised
- at Report of His Injury

A large touring car filled with
whisky and headed for Omaha
overturned near New Market. Ia.
Thursday afternoon and the driver
of the car was injured, according TO
reports entering Council Bluffs. last
night.
Michael J. Gaughan. son of ]. ].
Gaughan, former Omaha policeman,
was mentioned in the report. He IS
said TO have been slightly injured,
though able to come to his home in
Omaha.
As far as could be learned, the
carload Of whisky remained in a
ditch where it overturned, until day
light. Over the telephone last night
relatives of Michael Gaughan de-
clared he had been at his home all
day Thursday. He himself it is said.
appeared surprised when he heard
Of the report that he was injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
Five Dead, 10 Injured, as
Result Of Gas in Cars
Delivered by Germany

Paris, Feb. 6.-Two railway
coaches. recently handed over to
France by Germany, played a most
part in a puzzling acci-
dent on the Paris-Metz railway line
last night, in which FIVE persons lost
their lives. Sixteen persons were
injured.
A train bound for Metz had en-
tered the tunnel at Nanteuil when
the passengers occupying the two
coaches handed over by Germany
began to experience trouble in
breathing caused by strong OBJ
noxious gases.
The passengers smashed the win
dows. When the air came in con-
tact with the gases the coaches
became a mass OF FIRE. The pas
sengers fed into the tupnel. A train
going in the opposite direction
crashed into them and FIVE were
killed.
OF the 10 injured, all Of whom
were treated at the hospital at
Chateau Thierry, eight suffered
only from the effects of asphyxiat-
ing gas.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
The Baron Boils


This was the phrase used by Mrs.
M. J.. Jackson, 2l02 Schaler avenue,
yesterday when she heard the baron
had found her daughter.
And when the baron read this inn
petuous remark in The Bee at
Schuyler he fairly boiled
Il will give Mrs. Jackson a chance
to put that to test" snapped he
over the telephone.
Everything said was true. |
have acted as gentleman TO Mrs.
Heyneman. | have not insulted her.
If Mrs. Jackson continues her
threats TO arrest me and continues
to make such charges against me
shall sue her for SANDER.
Il shall finish my dates in Column
bus Friday and return to Omaha
Saturday, and then we shall see
what is the outcome Of all this.
Says Defended Her.
Il have admired Mrs. Heyneman
from the day / met her in Kansas
City, October II. 1917. | was in a
drug store when she came in and
some men standing there made her
the object of comment and l took
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
CHEAPER wheat
FOR CONSUMER
is IN PROSPECT
House Committee Approves
Legislation to Pay Farmer
$2.26 and Sell to Con-
Suner at World Price.

Washington, Feb. 6.-While the
farmer would be paid the $2.26 gov
ernment guarantee of the 1919 wheat
crop, the wheat would be sold to
the consumer at a price to be die
tated by the law Of supply and de-
mand under legislation approved to-
night by the house. agriculture COM
rhittee. The government would lose
the difference between the purchase
and sale price.
With the government given abb
solute control Of the wheat market
in the United States, members of the
committee said it will be difficult to
determine what would be the price
if the usual law of supply and de-
mand were in operation. but they
thought it would be based largely
on the world market price. Some
witnesses who have testified at hear
ings before the committee have pre-
dicted world price Of $l.25 a
bushel.
On the. basis of such a price the
government would stand loss of
about 81 bushel, but committee
members would not venture a pre-
diction as to what the total loss
might be as forecasts Of the 1919
crop depend upon many factors. The
crop is estimated at about 100000
600 bushels. .
The bill approved by the commit
tee is substitute for that present
ed by the food administration and
Department of Agriculture. 1t gives
the president discretionary powers
to continue the present agency for
handling the wheat crop or create
new one and appropriate $l,000,-
100000 as a revolving fund to carry
out the guarantee.
Members of the committee believe
that regulatory body similar to the
food administration and CONNER
cial agency Ike the United States
grain corporation will be necessary
to enable the government to take
over and dispose Of the crop.
A licensing system similar to that
low in effect, placing all agencies
handling wheat under government
control, is authorized by the bill and
whatever agency the, president may
establish will be g;veh broad powers
in handling the crop and controlling
exports of wheat.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-07
JUDGE RULES $500 FAIR
PRICE FOR DANCERS ANKLE

Chicago. Feb 6.-(By Universal
Service )-Judge David of the super
ior court ruled today that $500 IS
a fair valuation of a dancing girls
ankle. In doing so he directed a
Jury verdict in favor of Miss Elysee
Dale. a former dancer at the Nor
rison hotel Terrace garden, who
had sued the company for $4,000
damages, charging that Joseph
Smith, director Of the cabaret, had
ended her dancing career by strik-
ing her on the ankle with toy
wooden gun because her leg was out
Of line with others in the chorus.