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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
TACOMA STRIKE
LEADERS CLASH
WITH OFFICIALS

TACOMA. Jan. 3i.--Tacoma ship
yard strikers today served an ulti-
ratum on officials Of the state Fed.
-rntion OF Labor. international union
officials and organizers. not to inter.
.erc with the local strike situation.
Acting on information that off
GERS OF the federation have sent
word to the emergency fleet corpo
ration. advising them 10 LAY off" OF
the strike here. the Metal Trades
council last night instructed its sec.
rotary to notify President VIM
short. OF the state federation. that
unless state and national officers
keep hands off here. the local unions
Tiu find means to remove them.
This action Indicated a growing
rpiit between Tacoma unions who
are voting on a general strike and
their international officers. Under
the union rul-- local union cannot
70 on strike without the sanction Of
its International.
Reports frpre the referendum
made to the council last night indi-
Gated the proposal for a general
strike is gaining support. IL was
said.
Tho Carpenters union. No. 40.
voted 1fs to Is for n sympathetic
strike.
The Meat Cutters union will hold
a special meeting this afternoon and
promise 10 vote 20 walk out.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
Don't Experiment With Catanh;
Il Often Leads to Dread ConSumpioI

comes more and more aggravated.
and finally reaches down into the
lungs. and every one recognizes the
alarming condition that results
when the lungs are affected. Thus
catarrh may be the forerunner Of,
that most dreaded and hopeless of,
all diseases. consumption.
No local treatment affords perma-'
nent relief Experience has taught,
that :. :. $. is the one re1nedyI
which attacks the disease at tts'
source. the blood. and produces SAT-.
isfactory results in even the worst
cases. Catarrh sufferers are urged
to give S $. s. thorough trial. II,
is sold by all druggists. You are in-l
vited TO write to tho Medical De-
partment for expert advice as to-
how TO treat your own case. Adj
dress Swift Specific Co. 436 Swift
Laboratory Atlanta Ga
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
FIGHT BURNETT BILL
TO BAR IMMIGRANTS

WASHINGTON. Jan. si.--warn.
ing that the cutting Off OF immigra.
ton may result in serious shortage
Of labor In this country. Represents
tives Siegcl and SABBATH today filed
n minority report urging defeat Of
the Burnett bin barring immigrants
for four years.
The report admits there may be
some unemployment AT present. but
points out that this condition is ''sea,
sonal" and will pass away when in
dustries have chance 20 readjust
themselves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
immigration Bill
Fight Is Now On

WASHfNGTON. Jan, 3i-The
battle 20 get the four year imnigra-
ton bill thru this session OF con-
gress was carried before the house
rules committee today by Represcn-
tativo Burnett. who asked for n spc-
cial rule providing for consideration
Of the bin in the house carly next
week.
Representatives SABBATH. Illinois,
and SieRel. New York. appeared be-
fore the rules committee. in opposi.
ton TO the measure,
Fate Of tho immigration bill de
ponds on the rules committees nc.
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
FRISCO STRIKE
IS POSTPONED

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. ai.-opin'
ion was general today that there
will be no hay District strike 81
ship workers The action OF the
Maritime Hay District council In
postponing the strike OF $500 car.
pcnters. it IL believed. viii allow
matters 10 cool and allow the war
labor board opportunity TO mediate
The postponement was ordered
following receipt Of a telegram from
W. l.. Hutchinson. International pres
ident. requesting p0stponemcnt until
the mems grievances IAN come DO.
fore the war labor board
The mon will hold a mass meeting
sunday TO determine policy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
10000 THREATEN SILK MILL
STRIKE

PATTERSON, y. j.. Jan. 3i.--Thc
war labor board will be asked by en-.
ployers and workers In silk mills
here to attempt arbitration Of differ.
ences. which IL is now expected. will
result in n strike Of 10000 men Mon
day morning.
The men are asking for n 4f-hour
week. at the Same pay they are now
receiving for a 50.hour week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
Three Killed; Is
Hurt in Blow-up

NYACk. n. Y. Jan. 3i--Three
persons are known to have been
killed and % injured in an AK.
plosion today In the plant OF the
Anilinc Products company here.
Several other persons are missing
The cause of the explosion is un.
known but 1t was stated that a
new chemical composition blew up.
Tho factory was destroyed Off.
Gals estimated the loss at $1,000, 900,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
You Will Never BE Cured by
Local Treatment With
Sprays and Douches

Catarrh is a condition OF the blood
and can not be cured by local appli-
cations OF sprays and douches: this
has been proven by the thousands
who have vainly rcsorted TO this
method OF treatment
Catarrh should not be neglected or
experimental with. The wrong
treatment is valuable time lost. dur.
ing which the disease is getting a
firmer hold upon its victim. and
making IL more difficult for even
the proper treatment TO accomplish
results.
Though Catarrh makes its first
appearance in the nostrils. throat
and air passages. the disease be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
Retailers Fail to
Reduce Prices as
Wholesalers Drop

CHICAGO. Jan. 31.--With almost
three months elapsed since the sign
ing OF the armistice. high food
prices today showed no inclination
TO follow the German lead In run.
ming up the white flag. Assaults
by big supplies. falling wholesale
markets and lack OF demand had
made no appreciate dent in the high
cost front.
wholesale prices continue falling.
Meats, the last TO show a decline.
were weaker In Wholesale markets
Retailers. however. refused TO
change their signs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
NO GUNS LEFT
IN SHOPS HERE

That every secondhand shop.
pawnshop and hardware store IN
Seattle had been practically strip
ped OF revolvers during the last
week. was rurnor that gained
ground Friday.
Who these purchasers are Is
not known. Chief OF Police J. r.
Warren refused to be drawn out
regarding the rumor. One version
is that the police have gathered
up all the guns. The other IA
that lawiess element has been
arming itself for trouble.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
REVOKE TACOMA.
CAR FARE RAISE.

TACOMA. Jan. 3i.-Angered by
the traction company's fight IN the
legislature to get thru bill taking
the power OF fare regulation away
from cities. the municipal commits
sion today agreed 10 revoke tho
present 7-cent fare agreement with
the Tacoma Railway & Power Co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
Says Bolsheviki
Won't Obey Truce

VLADfNOSrOK. Via Toxic. Jan.
20.--tDciayed- Gen. Horvath. man
ager OF the Chinese Eastern railway.
declared today. the proposed confer.
ence OF all Russian factions on the
Princes islands. Sea OF Marmora. is
impracticablc.
I'VE cannot trust the Bolsheviks
10 observe truce. we're one de
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
Portland Yard to
Finish Two Ships

PORTLAND, Jan, 3l.-Thc North'
west steel company today has or
dcrs to proceed with the construc
ton OF two OF the ten steel vessels
upon which work was recently or
dered suspended by the United
States shipping board.
The reason given II that condi
lions had changed 40 that the ships
can be built sooner than originally
expected.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
GLASGOW SHIP
MEN ARRESTED

GLASGOW. ian. aI.---sSveral per
sons were injured today In clashes
between striking ship workers and
the police. Batons were freely used
when the police charged into the
crowds The DISTURBANCES continued
until mounted policemen were called
and restored order. Many arrests
were made.
-Four thousand workers In the
West Lothian district northwest OF
Edinburgh went on strike today
for higher wages. a six-hourr day and
a five-day week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
91ST NOW 200
MILES OF PARIS
ny EDWARD VI. THIERRY

WITH THE DIST DIVISION EN-
ROUTE TO THE u. S. Jan. al
Scheduled 20 sail for America soon,
the 9ist division OF the United States
army has been moved from Belgium
To within 200 miles southwest OF
Paris. The 9ist is the wild West"
division from Camp Lewis. Wash.
composed Of men from the Pacific
Const ntatoa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
And They Both Sat
All Day Waiting
for Some Clothes

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. ai.--A
thief stole Alfred Johnson's only
suit
Johnson borrowed n soldiers
uniform. intending 10 go buy an
other outfit The military police
arrested Johnson for masquerade
lng IA soldier.
Johnson sat In jail all day In
his underwear.
The obliging soldier sat all day
In his underwear, waiting for
johnson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31

Mrs. Irene Miller takes this means
OF thanking those friends who were
kind enough 10 safeguard he r prop
erty during the recent fire and to
announce that she is now in posi-
ton TO relieve them Of the necessity
OF further responsibility and 10 re-
quest that those good people who
are holding some articles return
them. - Prescott (Ariz.l Journal
Miner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
PALACE HIP

The Five Yodcling Troubadours
headline the new show at the Palace
Hip with a singing. yodeling and
dancing novelty.
Robbins and Fulton present a
rube skit called at the Town
Pump"
Hyland. Grant and Hyland sing
and dance.
George Pork Chop Evers Is n
laugh.getting blackface comedian
and monologist.
The Mllano Duo present high.
class harp and violin offering. Har.
ley and Harley are equilibrlsts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
u. s. TO BUILD
20 WAR VESSELS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5i.--Thc
house naval committee today voted
unanimously 90 authorize the con.
struction 81 ten capital ships and ten
scout cruisers during the next three
years
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
PEOPLE STOCK UP
on FOOD SUPPLIES
IN CASE Of STRIKE

With Seattle union men piling
M an ever increasing vote In
favor OF y general waikout In
all industries, the strike situa-
ton In the city continued grave
Friday. President William short.
Of the State Federation Of Labor,
DECLARED that the industrial re-
iatious committee. composed OF
seven employers aud seven In
hor men. would continue IT, scs.
sious. but did MT wish to make
n statement public until some
conclusion had been arrived at.
our sessions are not being kept
secret from the Metal Trades coun
Gil" said Short. Two members OF
the strike conference committee. \
l.. Miller and ). l.. Body. are at
tending the conferences. Any de
eision we may arrive at win be sub
3eet 10 the approval OF the Metal
Trades council"
Short was called 90 Seattle from
the state capital. on the appeal OF
union leaders here.
Shipyard owners continue reticenl
concerning the situation. and refuse
to discuss any prospective moves on
their part.
Grocery end provision stores thru
out the city report an avalanche OF
grocery orders from citizens who ars
stocking up in fear of genera
strike.
With the menace OF light beins
shut off. candles are being sold by
tire thousands. and wholesale job
bers are placing new orders as fast
as the old ones are filled.
Robbers and hooters who may at
tempt TO work under cover OF dark
ness. should a general strike be calles
IN Seattle. will be shot down on sight
Mayor Ole Hanson declared Friday
in an informal conference with Lcof
Green. head OF the Electrical Work
ers' union. and ] ID. Ross. superin'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31

Dorothy Phillips. who will be seen
at the Liberty soon in The Heart
OF Humanity" says she's married
and is proud OF IL. She has small
daughter who is not a movie actress.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31

clared." he said. The division Of
the peace conferences Is impracticas,
BILE"
Official estimate today Of the
strength OF the Bolshevild armies on
various fronts was 2s0. 600, with re-
serves OF over l.000, 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31

OILY MriA. Jan. 81. - state
Labor Commissioner 4. ".
Younger. called before the house
at representative today. said lac
had been told by seattle labor
leaders that n the Si.i6 and the
N.6i men In the shipy ards could
get increases by the Macy board,
the Metal Trades council would
ASK the striking shipyard work.
-rs 10 go back Ia work.
Now. II there are any Of you men
here who can sway the Macy board.
IT'S time 20 gct busy" Younger said.
Dr. Suzzallo. president Of the uni.
vcrsity. jumped Go his feet, and. fac
ing Younger, said
~ believe We can bulge them at
Washington. n ! can get II In writ
ing that the low wage increases viii
stop this strike, we can settle. You
and must get TO seattle"
Younger had been called. with SUI.
KAiio. 20 discuss the immediate prob.
lem Of getting soldiers into Jobs an.
der the veterans commission plan
advocated by Suzznllo.
Seattle faces her greatest crisis p
Younger said. "The majority Of or
Rartzed labor iH loyal 20 the govern
meni. But some OF the men con
trolling them are foreign revolution
lists who do not vote. care nothing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-31
ASK UNIVERSAL
TRAINING THRU
UNITED. STATES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81
Universal military training Il
provided for la u bill introduced
today by Senator New. Indiana

today by Nrnstor New, INDIANA
The measure provides;
That all mon over rs shall be sub.
iect TO call for training.
That the training period shall not
be Longer than a year. and that
training shall be given In one con
tinuous period.
That following training. men no
trained shall become members OF the
national reserve. subject TO call In
case Of war
That training shah be given pref
erably In the 10Th year
THAT exemption may be granted
for dependency. in case congress-
does not provide an equivalent.
That a man exempted one year
must continue 20 register yearly un.
~ his 26th year
Youngest First
The president is empowered Ia d..
vide the country into training zones
OF areas. and registration and claasi.
fication boards are provided Tor. The
men of the reserves are 90 be claAsi.
fled by ages. and those OF the young
est class called first in case Of war.
In "A speech IN support Of the bill,
New declared that American people
win not endure any permanent mill
tary policy which smaeks OF miiitar.
ism For this reason. he said. the
500 900 standing army proposed by
Secretary Baker should not be au.
thorizcd
Universal training. New declared.
frees the country Of militarism.
1T provides" he said. the only
guarantee against maintenance OF a
regular army larger than the coun.
try needs or ~ willing 10 support
let us confront the facts We do
not know what obligations are being
prepared for US. but We do know we
have duties toward ourselves and 20.
ward poHterl,y. II may be wcli 20
make the world safe for democracy
Let us first make II safe for our.
selves"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

Women have been leaders "A the clean-
up and psint-up movement. which sin -
1919 has spread from town 10 town and
from city to city. Until now 7eo0 are MIRA
oered On the len=ethenkS list.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

their Jobs. Abe, It wouldn't be a bad
= thing for the government to check
IN the crown jewels on them. in case
of emergencies like revolutions or
having TO pay war indemnities.
Morris remarked, which 1 wouldn't
man people is figuring on raising
several million marks on the German
crown jewels towards paying the
first billion dollar instalment OF the
war indemnity, and when the govern
ment appraiser gets ahold of them,
he will turn in q report that they are
not even using that kind Of stuff in
decorating soda fountains even
The German Crown Jewels.
'Tn that case the German govern
ment will probably try to arrange
swop.- Abe said, trusting TO luck
that the allied governments having
agreed to take them crown jewels at
the value placed on them by the
value until they've changed hands,
Mawruss, in which event the Ger
man government viii claim that the
substitution took place after the al
lies received them and did the allies
think they could get away with any
thing as raw as that"
Even the Germans amt got such
a nerve" Norris commented
Amt theyT' Abe retorted- "Well
how about the counter-claim they are
now making for an indemnity OF S3.-
o4S,500,e e0. aus Eerechnent. Them
Germans has got the nerve to claim
anything that they think they've got
the slightest chance OF getting away
with, Mawruss, so they stick in this
indemnity which they say they ought
10 recover from the allies because the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

unlocked for things in the life OF men.
has brought to an end one OF the most
successful musical comedies OF tile
season at the very height OF its PROS
ing. Judge" at the Shu5ert theater.
was booked for 2 summer run, with
every prospect OF filling the house
throughout the vacation months and
later westward no. for a tour But a
few hours before its f4zd performance
notice was posted that the season Tslg
to close on he following Saturday
night and the production go to tae
storehouse, tending reorganization in
the fall 70 pick uD the time already
booked
The occasion for this unusual pro-
ceeding is the marriage Of Noiia
King. who shares honors with George
Hassen and her brother, Charles, in a
stellar capacity with the attraction
and who give the management
shock by elopings joining in marriage
Kenneth Dace Alexander one Of ths
wealthiest young men Of kentucky
Immediately following the ceremony
Miss King will depart on her honey
moon against which the please
threats and protests OF managers hstvs
been unavailing and rather than risk
dividing a triumvirzte OF entertainers
that the public has SO readily and IN
Enthusiastically. accepted, the manazs-
ment has bowed 10 the alternative Of
closing the attraction until the bride
is willing 10 return to work
Mrs. F1ske. a. Miss Nellie
Mrs. Minnie Naddern Fiske has i'd
ded iulmeasu-abiy 70 her follow NJ
among playgoers with her latest COM
edv. Mis- Nelly Of n Orleans" which
is now in its fifth month OF success at
Henry AIlller's theater. Mis- Nelly
Is different from any role that Mrs.
Fiske has ever played in her distin-
guished career This differences was
explained On thu opening nisshr
Of the new play on Broadway by Iflu-
renee Eyre. its youthful author
'aIrs- Fisl1e is at last playing her-
self" explained Eyre That's why
you can't resist her charm in ms
Nelly" The character OF Nelly la
ventry forces her to be more essi.n-
tally Mrs Fzske than she has ever
been in any role she has sssayed.
OF n truth. in playing this part.
Mrs Fiske cannot sink her own pt--
sonzlity as in Characterization like
Becky Sharpe. George sand or Mrs
Bump tead-EeiEh Because, as The
star herself confessed TO Ayre when
she first read his manuscript OF Mis-
Nelly this part is disgracefully ma
In this play Mrs Fiske comes for
the first time under the management
II Cohan & Harris. with particularly
happy results. For years George IL
-ohan has been Mrs Fiske's sinceTe
admirer and the success Of her first
play under his sponsorship is felicitotls.
harrison Grey Fislze directed the stag
nz % Mis- Nelly" and assembled
he distinguished cast which supports
Mrs. Fiske-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

The New York industrial commission
report shows that from 50 % SIS is the
wage OF the maximum number OF woruin
employed in four low wage industries IN
New York state.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
Dan Cupid Breaks Up Sue
cessful ShoW-Mrs. Fiske
In a New Success.

NEW YORK. June Ito my
IN grandnieces Agnes and Grace
Manning. bequeath $4,000. to be used
to further their studies in their
chosen career. but request that they
do not appear on the stage in tights
and that they at no time use the name
OF Manning for stage purposes. and
that they continue 10 reside at home
with their mother. Mary Agnes Man
ming until they marry"
Such was the veritable bombshell
hurled at two little girls in the chorus
Of Listen, Lester" John Corts musI-
cal comedy at the knickerbocker the
ater- A bornbshell. because OF its ab-
solute unexpectsdness. no less than
because OF its terms And so, like
Cinderella OF the glass slipper. these
two girls have had waved at them
a wand no less magic than that of the
fairy godmOther in the tale, and IT,
with Peter Pan, you were to ask them
II they believed in fairies, they would
answer you in breath that indeed
they do,
IN fact. they do nearly everything
in a breath, for they are twins. and
And in telling the tale OF their inner
itance they are equally at sea
4 Really @GOOd Fairy"
He was our mothers uncle. George
begins Grace. And we
hardly ever saw him and surely
thought he had forgotten US lonS
Yes Agnes takes up the tale. 1T
was when We were quite tiny young
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

, blockade which the ailies kept I'D
against Germany during the war
caused such a shortage in food that
l,OOO,000,o00 less German children
was born during that time"
Three thousand and forty eight
dollars and thirty cents is a pretty
nigh valuation to put on a German,
and new born German at that"
Morris commented. ''You'reNsure that
the S304S amt a mistake because so
cents sounds like the correct figures
70 me, Abe"
Tire Trouble Increases.
The birth reduction amt the only
item IN their bill. Mawruss." Abe con-
tinued- They also claim that the
blockade prevented the importing of
rubber. eamphor and quinine."
And suppose they claim that
tire trouble, moths and malaria in
creased something terrible" Morris
said. Well, they're going to have
Just as hard a time proving that
claim as senator Reed would that
Brazil is a nation Of colored people.
when did senator Reed say that.
Mawruss2- Abe asked
When he was arguing against the
league Of nations. in the senate the
other day." Morris replied. He said
that there were Is white nations in
the league and II eolored nations and
he reckoned Brazil in as one of the
colored nations, probably because he
confused the Brazil population with
the Brazil nuts which are sometimes
called nigger-toes. Abe. However,
Abe, he also included Cuba as
colored nation because he claimed
that 50 percent Of the population is
colored.'
But the president Of Cuba and the
gentlemen which is running the
Cuban government amt colored peo-
pie. Mawruss," Abe said.
That don't make no difference to
senator Reed. Abe" Morris declared.
ITO senator Reed, anything that's
found alive in a stable is a horse,
Abe; in fact coming from Missouri
as senator Reed does, considering the
size OF the colored population of that
state, senator Reed probably con-
siders himself a colored man, be-
cause senator Reed is perfectly
honest in his opinions. Abe
Argues Self Into a COIored Man.
when he argues that Cuba is a
colored nation, he believes it, so
therefore when he argues himself i'll