davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
HELLO GIRLS TO
FIGHT TO FINISH
Julia 0'Conn0r Addresses
Mass Meeting

Urging 100 per cent organization
Of all telephone operators In the city.
Miss Julia o'Connor. international
president Of the exchange girls. sd.
dressed about 900 girls in the Labor
Temple annex. Friday night.
Gar Burleson Is responsible for
all our difficulties" she declared
''and wen fight him to a finish. Out
here In the West we are attempting
to get our demands peacefully. but
II this Is impossible. a strike Is in
eyitabic.''
Miss O'Connor leaves for Portland
Sunday. she will organize the girls
there. and then will leave for San
Francisco.
Telephone girls In Seattle win meet
the first and third Tuesdays OF every
month at Norway hall. Virginia 81.
and Boren ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
TEACHERS Get
SALARY RAISE
Must Serve II Years for
Maximum Pay

All high school teachers who have
been on the Job since 1905 will re-
ccive "a maximum yearly salary OF
$500. an Increase OF $3.50 n year. n
was officially decrecd by tho seat
Gle Board Of Education Friday night
In other words after continuous
service for II years. high school
teachers will now receive sto.3s a
week.
by The same token. all grade
teachers viii hereafter reeeIv. a
maximum salary OF $500 yearly. an
increase OF $500 yearly. II does not
follow that high school and grade
teachers will receive these maximum
salaries There Ia 4 minimum scale
also. A minimum salary OF 100 n
month for grade teachers and ti2s
month for high school teachers
was approved by the board Friday
night. The new scale Of salaries
viii SO into effect when the schools
open next September.
Compulsory physical training for
all students except those armed
with physician's certificate of IN.
capacity. special credits for music
and the opening Of part-,lmc schools
next year were matters presented
TO the board for action at its next
meeting The new state law calls
for four year course in physical
training. The law also compcls At.
tendance at part time schools OF four
hours each week OF boys and girls
between ~ and ~ years old. En-.
pioyers are compelled 20 allow en-.
pioyes Of both sexes between "a and
IS 10 attend sessions Of the thine
schools
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
PROBE OF
FACTORY BLAST
Rumor Gunpowder Caused
Fatal Explosion

CEDAR RAPIDS. la. May "a $3.50
Cedar Rapids business men will
meet today as coron~r'n jury
extraordinary 20 slft rtimors that
wunpowder caused tho blast that
wrecked the Douglas Starch plant
here Thursday. snuffing out prob
ably more than n score OF lives.
Reliable sources reported today
that relatives Of men Killed in tho
blast had said they had been told
gunpowder was being manufactured
secretly In the plant
While the investigation was
under way. scarchers entered the
ruins to search for bodies OF IT
missing men thought 20 he buried
within tho smoidcring debris.
Twelve bodies have been rccov-
cred. One man listed as missing
since Thursday niEh, appeared to-
day.
Fourteen persons were seriously
injured and Il IL known that at
least 80 other persons escaped with
minor cuts and bruises. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Expect Treaty Signing
or War Again by June

with some misadventurc az Cologne.
delaying It's arrival until sunday
The present indications are that
the allies will take four or five
days 10 study the German counter
proposals before replying. and viii
then allow the Germans about the
same time IN which 10 make up
their minds about signing.
\ report. understood TO have
been forwarded TO the United
States yesterday, that Kari kaui.
rky, one ~ the leaders OF the Ger.
man Independent socialists. was In
Ncrfaiilsa TO confer with the en-.
envy delegates. was denied today
by the French mission.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
PISTOL TAKEN
after THREAT
Man Is Held as One OF Rob.
berS Here

Victims of half a dozen re
cent holdups are visiting police
headquarters saturday TO make
the acquaintance Of Frank
lanik. believed by the police To
be one OF the hlghwaymcn who
has been trrrorising the city
for several weeks.
ianik was arrested Friday nlsht
when he Il said 20 have been
caught attempting 20 steal an over
coat nom the automobile Of T.. w.
MacMoran. route inspector for the
American Railway Express com
pany. En- route to police station
IN an automobile. with Motorcycle
fatrolmsn r. W, oakes riding on
the running board. ianik whipped
tout a revolver and. pressing Il into
the officers stomach. ordered him
20 jump. oakcS snatched the pistol.
and with the aid OF passing
Pedestrian. succeeded In diSarming
lanik.
Al the station. ianik was found
20 have In his possession a false
mus,achc. a rubber pouch Of red
pepper and four pawn tickets. The
authorities say the man answers
the description OF a stickup who
has been working the city lately
and holding IN his victims ut the
point OF a black harrcled revolver.
Ianik's record includes term
In the rcformatory OF from two
and one-haif TO fifteen years for
attempted robbery and attempted
murder. according 20 the police.
He was sentenced December Il.
1915. and paroiei October 10. 1918.
and hts parole expires June 10.
this year. they say.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
BOY IS KILLED
BY elevator
Found at Bottom of Shaft
by JanitOr

Reported missing TO tho police at
almost the same time his body was
discovered. little Albert Rushmeyer
jr.. seven years old. of 1918 Old Fifth
ave. was found crushed to death In
the bottom OF an elevator shaft in
the White building Friday night.
r. u. Mitchell. janltor. found the
body at midnight. while the boy S
father was urging the police to put
forth their best efforts TO locate his
son. Coroner Tiffin declared the
child had been dead several hours.
The only explanation OF the boys
being In the basement OF the shaft
IL that he had crawled there in play.
and had been caught by descend.
ing car.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Stop Interference
With Beer Makers

NEW YORK, May 4.-tUnitcd
Press.l--In federal court yesterday
afternoon. Judge Mayer issued "a
temporary restraining order en-
Joining federal officials from in
terfering with the manufacture OF
.2.7J per cent beer.
This injunction was sought by
the Hoffman Brewing company. in
behalf OF 800 brewers. members
Of the United states Brewers as
ISOLATION.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

CAMP LEWIS. May 24-Fire
sweeping thru Greene park, amuse-
ment zone OF Camp Lewis. Friday
morning cauEed damage estimated
al $40, 900. The fire originated IN
the Hippodrome theatre and was
said to be due 10 defective wiring.
The theatre was destroyed
private Michael j. O'Brlen.
soidler- fireman. was seriously in
tured when lie was struck by n
falling pole. one other soldier was
burned about the hands and legs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
BILLIONS OF HUN
LOOT IS HELD
Stoves, Candles. Dynamos,
Soda Are Captured
~. e. A. Special to The starr

IN, f. a. Special to The starr
NAMuR. May 24--Four billion
dollars!
That's the most conservative esti.
mate Of the value OF the war loot
captured from the German army by
the British. Because OF the haste Of
the Hun retreat.
Eight hundred barge loads. each
carrying 500 tons, Twenty thousand
trucksl And these hold only part
OF the treasure.
Somo Of the loads were coming in
20 supply the German army. Some
were carRocs taken from the allies
and loaded for shipment to Germany.
one barge carried 400 tons OF iron
bolts.
In one small area was seized
10000 tons of chicory. 100000 can
dies. LOO tons of soda. 200 dynamos
i 900 farm implements. 5000 shovcis
and pickaxcs.
In one sale OF loot 90 900 stoves
have been disposed Of mostly to Bel.
CLANS and French.
cargo OF rags was bid up 10 ssDV
ton before the auctionecr discov.
cred what the bidders had already
learned, that the rags covered store
OF copper.
Here Is just partial list Of the
articles seized and now being sold by
the disposal board, Brooms. buckets.
trench mirrors, dried tripe.y toilet
paper. water bottles, hammers. blum.
dcrbuaes, lamps. pumps, carbide,
beds, spring mattresses, mousetraps.
bells, rotary pumps, wheelbarrows,
harness, mosquito netting tby the
thousand yards churns. oil paint.
shoyels. wire cutters. bags. paper
string. paper bags, medical stores,
huts, field forges. uniforms. bells.
klaxon horns. gas alarm sirens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
ny FRED =. FERGUSON
United Press staff Correspondent

PARIS. May zt.-~The treaty will
be signed By the allied and German
delegates between June 10 and 10
or tho srnistiee viii be broken
was the forecast In peace circles
today
The Germans are now expected
10 hand tn. allies their counter
proposals by May 20. These will
be printed IN book form and will
be almost a. voluminour as the
allied trraty The mechanical part
OF the work has been held up. The
train bringing the German print
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Los Angeles Metal
Men in Conference

SAN PEDRO. Cal. May 24.--Thc
shop committee representing 500
rnachinists on strike at the Los
Angeles Shipbuilding n Drydock
company's yards went into confer
ence with representatives OF the
company at . o'clock this morning
in an effort TO settle the strike.
The possibility Of the Metal
Trades council calling out all
crafts II settlement W not reach
ed. was the outstanding feature
looming behind this morning.
meeting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
NO AGREEMENT
At WINNIPEG
Strikers and Citizens Fail oil
Adjustment

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Mimi,
May 24.--tUnited press,l-No agree
ment had been reached today by the
employers committee that conferred
with strike leaders in the attempt &c
bring about a settlement of the gen
eral strike at Winnipeg, Man.
The employers are said TO have de
manded that the unions abandon the
principle OF general strike in sup
port OF a single union. The strike
representatives refused to acccde to
these demands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
WHITNEY CHORUS IN
BIG CONCERT SUNDAY

The whitney BOYS Chorus will
sing sunday evening AZ the Plyn-
onth Congregational church, Sixth
ave. and University 81. The concert
viii begin ~ o'clock There will be
more than 500 boys on the platform.
Addresses Will be made by two Of
the chorus boys one ~ whom, Don.
aid shank1, spoke In the Bulgin
tabernacle last Sunday.
The address Of the evening will be
6sIiyered By Judge King Dykeman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
BURGLAR ROBS
THREE HOUSES
Police Spread Net for Sec
ond-Story Man

A versatile housebreaker, believed
70 have turned three Jobs Friday,
Ia being sought by the police. The
homes OF Or. a. a. Johnston. 1896
Z. Prospect ct: A. Shiffrin. 1918
r. Spruce st. and Carl a. Carl
son, 1912 Stewart ST., were burglar.
ized. Carlson lost 5000 in Liberty
Bonds. mining stock and his nat.
urailzstion papers. Small sums were
secured AZ the other places, where
the thief entered thru secondstory
windows.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Allan Suspected
of Brooklyn Crime

TACOMA, May al. y. Allan.
convicted OF first degree murder for
shooting Robert Davis here May 6,
II believed to be one Of the two men
who killed two tellers and robbed the
East Brooklyn hank. Of New York,
OF $4,000 December 5. 1918.
Albert Conway. assistant distric,
attorney Of New York. and VIM. u.
Roddy. captain Of detectives OF tho
New York police. arrived here Fri
day and spent the day questioning
Allan Allan denies any implication
in the Brooklyn murder. lie has
asked for "a new trial
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
PALESTINE TO HAVE
A HEBREW THEATRE

NEW YORK, May Il Baron
James dc Rothschild. "A major In the
Jewish legion, which liz a part OF the
British forces now occupying Pales.
tine, has pledged $4,000 annually for
three years to developing Hebrew.
speaking theatre in the Holy Land.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Neither Tardy Nor
Absent in 10 Years

Completing i0-year course.
during which time she was neither
absent or tardy. Miss Frances Espen
graduated from the Enumclaw high
school Wednesday Miss Espen com
pleted grammar school In seven
years and made the high school
course In three
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
AXLE BREAKS;
CAR WRECKED
Shipyard Employees Escape
Injury in Morning Crash

A Georgetown street car.
, trnvelkng south on First ave. at
Jackson It. Saturday morning
at $40 o'clock. left the track
and crashed into the front Of
the NJ. Sellers store.
The roof Of the car was torn off
by the store awning. but no one
was injured. A broken axle in
the front truck caused the car to
leave the rails. The street car was
loaded with shipyard employees on
their way to work.
r. c. Douzherty was motorman OF
the street car. and r. c. Adams
conductor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

according to information reaching
the Zionist organization of America.
The theatre will be regarded as a
cultural institution, devoted to the
fostering Hebrew drama As the
movement develops, Baron de Roths-
child is expected to Increase his sub.
scriptiop
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
TO CELEBRATE PEACE

LONDON, May Ito celebrate
Peace day. II II expected that the
Guards regiments on palace duty
will exchange their khaki for the for
mer glory Of scarlet and gold. with
the big bearskin headdress.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
CITIZENS Want
MUNY CONTROL
Six Gent Fare Edict Arouses
Rainier Valley Patrons

Residents and property own
ers Of the Rainier Valley are
planning to redouble their efforts
"a induce the city TO purchase
the Seattle and Rainier Valley
street railway lines. following the
decision handed down Friday nj
Olympia. when the Public Serv-
lee Commission granted an In.
creased fare schedule for the sys-
tenn.
Members OF the Rainier Valley
Business Mems association and other
residents OF the district have petit
toned the city council for several
months 20 purchase the lines and OPP
crate them in conjunction with the
newly acquired municipal lines. They
are now urging supt. Thomas +.
Murphine TO make n survey OF the
lines TO find what they would be
worth TO the city.
Effective June
The fare increases awarded the
company permit six-cent fare. and
onc-cent charge for transfers is.
sued and two-cent charge for trans.
fcrs taken up. School tickets will
also be raised from ~ cents to .
cents. The new rates become cffec-
tive June J.
The raise was granted over the
protest OF the city. the commissions
investigators reporting that cost OF
operation exceeded revenues from
October TO March. and that employees
are paid less thsn the wage given by
the city The property WIS valued
at $1,000 900 by the company. the
commission estimate being 100000
less
Think Nickel Enough
Supt Thomas T. Murphine. when
told OF the action of the commission.
said he has always believed Seattle's
cars can be operated profitably on a
five-cent fare basis. The city will not
consider requesting a higher fare for
municipal lines at the present time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
ALLIES STRIKE
RED" FLEET
BoIsheviki in Fear OF Losing
Petrograd

COPENHAGEN. May "a
United Press.H-The Rolshcvild
are reported today 10 be evaruat-
ing Petroxrad. in the face Of con.
tinued advance Of Esthenian and
Finnish armies. tncouflrmed
dispatches stated the soviet
forces were blowing up smmnni-
ton dumps near the city. Rus
sian citizens In the suburbs were
said to have risen against the
Bolshesii<i.
The ESthonians. q dispatch
said. have taken Nc'otvso. about
20 miles southwest Of Pctrograd.
ny FRANK J. TAYLOR
united Press CORRESPONDENCE
tlEl.SI>GFORS. May a.
Via London. May et.b--The Bol-
shevixi are reported 10 have Of.
fered important concession. To
both the allies and anti-soviet
Russians In an effort 90 avert
capture Of Petrograd and the
threatened ISOLATION Of Moscow.
The advance OF the Firms from
the north and tho Esthonlans from
the west IL squeezing Petrograd in .
wise. from which the only escape 4
by evacuation OF the city Th'
movement OF the Esthonlans aiss
threatens to cut railway cfnmunics
ton between Petrograd and Moscow
and the Boisheyik forces apparently
must defeat the Esthonisns quicki,
or begin thsir retreat from Peuo
grad to prevent being hemmed n
there.
Battle Mt Sea
An allied fleet. according to uncon
firrned reports received here. IL en-
raging the rcsurrected Russiai
Baltic fleet in the gulf OF Finland
not far from Petrograd in co-opcra
ton with the Esthonian army.
The s5lolshevik leaders in Petro
grad are said TO be growing panieki
and hundreds OF their followers arr
reported to be deserving.
More than half million worker
in the factories there have beet
called 10 take up arms against tn
and Firms and the Bol
sreviki claim they have mobillz~s
J 200 900 soldiers to oppose their en-
enses on all fronts
starvation IN Petr grad Is under
stcod to be imminent and yarioEs re
20, t. have II that thousands are dy
Ing daily OF psivat.ons
The above dispatch was filed Jus
Istfore Taylor left HeiEingsofs foi
Hsr.in lie went jnao Russia morI
than Two weeks ago equipped wifi
passports and guarantees
" safe conduct Ths first WORT re
csIyed from him was contained IN
the two kilograms yesterday, one
stating he had escaped the Bolshe
Wiki after being robbed OF every
thing. and the other announcing HI
had reached Helsingfors and wal
about 90 leave for Berlin.
LONDON. May 24.--(United Press.
The allied forces in Northern Rus
STA attacked on wide front las
Tuesday. according 70 an officia
war office report issued today. II
the vicinity OF Medyzejya and Gori
the Boishevik troops sustaines
heavy losses. The allied forces sue
ceeded In capturing Koldodary, ant
Its entire garrison. Italian troops
In the fighting.
COPENHAGEN. May 24.-(Unitet
oresa. THE Bolsheviki forces have
begun TO evacuate Moscow. accord
Ing to travellers who have arrive,
here from Petrograd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
JURYMEN HEAR
RED DOCTRINES
Bruce Prosecutors to Read
Propaganda Monday

Jurors sitting In judgment on
James Bruce. !. W. W. or.
rsuiser on trial before Superior
Judge Walter VI. French on a
charge 81 criminal anarchy.
will listen Monday 10 extracts
from I. ". W. books and
pamphlets rs read In relays
BY Deputy Prosecuting Atior-
neys Charles u. Cisypoel and
John -. Carmody.
At tho conclusion OF the court
session Friday afternoon. Judge
French adjourned court until Mon
day morning at a;3o o'clock Read.
ing Of l. w. W. literature TO the
jury started Friday.
Members OF the jury laughed and
-cowled by turns when Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Csrmody read
parodlcs on familiar religious hymns
from the rcd-backed l. W. w.
pamphlet. Songs 70 Fan the
Flames. Of Discontcni "
Hear Ised Songs
l. W. W. booklets read TO the
jury Included extracts from "Sabo-
tage' by tho French radical. pou-
get. one on the same subject by
Walker G. Smith, now awaiting
trial on a charge OF criminal an
Hrchy; The General Strike. by
William u. Haywood and The
Onward sweep OF tho Machine
Process. by Nils Hanson.
Tho jury smiled broadly whom
CArinody read. Casey Jones. the
Union Scah.' from the !. w. w.
song book. but flushed and scowlod
when "a parody on onward.
Christian soldiers. was read
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
RANTzAU IS NOW
AT VERSAILLES
Returns From Hun Confer
ence at Spa

VERSAILLES. May 24.--fUnited
Press Foreign Minister Erockdorff-
Rantzau returned here today front
Spa, where he conferred yesterday
with representatives OF the German
government.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
Cooke Isn't the Only One With
Family Stories"-Read These


before Wednesday
ss-wtl the child
second
oil a
Edmund Cooke thinks a
storesfunny incidents which
chance him e.
OF offering today is
Heads not simple Just because they're small,
Nor icse because limbs are groicn,
And children hardly hare begun to craWl
Before they match their fcits against
Wen. as for me, the child cho hit
And knocks off my proud parental pins
Receires full credit. Gipe him joy of it!
Together NTH such gnerdon as he tCins.
g IL a
OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

pilsudsl<i. founder OF the famous
Polish legion. has played as great a
part ms any man in the freeing OF
Poland. His father was a revolu-
ZIONIST. General rilsudskl for years
was "a fugitive. printing books and
other Polish Propaganda on small
press in n Polish village II WINS
discovered and he was arrested. hut
escaped. lie sided with the Aus.
TRANS against Russia. but when his
country was cleared OF Russians he
turned to the task OF driving out
Austrisns and Germans. and landed
in an Austrian prison. lie was but
recently released
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

SPA. May 24--tunited Press.l---
Chancellor Scheidemann. Matthias
Erzberger, DR.. b. Dernberg and
Count Won Bernstorff conferred with
Foreign Minister Brockdorff. Rantzau
and other members of the German
peace delegation here this after.
noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

The average man lets good oppor.
tunities 60 while waiting for a better
one.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

A drama of mysterious China,
telling the story of an Eurasian
girl-a strange combination OF
the white and yellow races-a
prey TO discordant and con-
flicting emotions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

Of ST challenges
My little cousin.
mother a
as he He
swearing chewing that God won't hear mer
here 81
Uncle said syearold Josephine:
like oeomargarneT
said
you like Ole Hanson
Uncle
That he Of is Have
a cal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

We were not over-strict with them, but occa
sionally denied a mixture of daintes. thinne<
something down because of its concentrated rich
ness.
One evening there was ice cream and cake.
IL seemed rather too much to put both int
small stomachs. decided allow them tn,
GO cream. but omit the cake.
The small daughter spooned at her cream with
eye the forbidden accompaniment.
She didn't pout tease. but finally she said
rather painuvely:
Papa. don't YOU think ice cream is pretty rici
for little girl, without cake?"
She got the cake.
EDMUND VANCE COOKE
Copyright. 1919, y. L. Al
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-24

New Tally Cards at Cartwright's.
 adv.