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The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
PACKERS STRIKE
 SEEMS CERTAINTY
Tfsza Nen Will Vote to Quit Work Is fEzznreded- Negroes to Remain Race Trouble Threatened
 As a Result.

C%jcaqo. March 14.--Twenty-fivt qsauxgsnd workers in Chicago stock vausax and packing plants today stood xar swo hours in an open prairie spot m drizzling rain to listen to the ex- uuszrsaing of their cause by their unior exrE1atives.
 zf was a strike demonstration.
 Al every mention of walkout the ssrvuaas cheered and howled their ap- urrswzl. At every mention of their .exnplnyes the traditional "boos" and eeat-ezslls could be heard for blocks
 eM those present fully 20 per cent were women workers. Ten per cent mnrw negroes The remainder came fruu the great experimentation of a=zcks and nationalities which form SExe community known as "back O the ya1xfs-s They were unanimous in sen sinssrf--they stood ready to work or zfrHsR at the behest of their leaders.
 f the tone of that meeting IS any grsEsrlon of things to come, the sssaAse referendum which will be pre- seneed to the workers for balloting Weenesday night will be overwhelm- inwfv adopted.
 Negroes Hold Meeting.
 Gsanfrasted with this great crowd rs rAople was another meeting on Sie Southside. There the American unaEad Welfare Union" held forth on iks announced anti-strike doctrine The wexkers listened to the harangues of VI E. Parker, negro editor. A stench hxznsb exploded in the midst of the snRgz1ng.
 Ef vas powerful agent and worked sAli@ntiy, but 1t lost out. The ushers fhERw up the windows, opened the dszxMT ana the meeting proceeded. 'SgxBE of tlae white reporters were un- aiAs ID srsud the stench and fled to 'zhe open Wir, but the negro attendants xtuek right on the job and the stench bnssab died an inglorious death.
 May Be Race Trouble.
 Settlements were issued tonight by an spokesman for the negroes that ensy would accept the proposed wage { zzxa and continue at work. If they sszbn and the white unions 20 out. Chi { azysu probably will see a repitition of ' ttsr deadly race riots, altho the police { arK taking extraordinary precautions ku prevent such an outbreak.
 Ene workers denomination followed a gigantic parade thru the back O Enc yards" district. The strike refer enzAufn vote will be announced Friday Aaxzt. Secrntary Treasurer Lane said today
 Meanwhile the packers side of the question was also presented. Tn a stztanlent issued by Armour & Co.,, the union claim that the packers are atfsanusting to establish 10-hour day wzs1s shatiytienied.
 The whistle an the Armour plants VIII continue to blow at the end of slxhf hours work each day." the state nssexzs declared. "Any assertion that v~N are attempting to establish a To- hour day Is wrong The guarantee of extra pay for overtime after 54 hours au any one week makes this impossi- hie.
 The butcher workmen in this in- tk1zxtry are entitled to AS hours wage carvings per week, and the adjust fnr.xH sn the hours of labor is to en- abls them to get 1t. The average wzu-king time in the killing gangs in , tsE past year has been 42 hours. kFns1er the new arrangement. worker wiM be able to earn substantial in- fsxsssezfa r
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Sidney Winston, who is in Uncle 1zm's service at Camp Pike, arrived horne in Mena Saturday morning for q ten day's visit with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. A. S. Winston. The young soldier is attached to the medical de- pzkxfment.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
CITIES PEACEFUL
 UNDER ALLIES
Germans Go About Work in Utter Disregard of Occupying Troops Vienna Press Joins Germany in
 Denouncing Military Control.

Dusseldorf, March 9.-Altho 1000 French, British and Belgian soldiers were today occupying Duesseldorff Luisburg and Ruhrort, the people of those cities were proceeding about their usual affairs in apparent utter indifference to the presence of the allied forces.
 There were no signs today of any immediate labor movement by Ger man workmen as an outcome of the occupation, the effort of agitators to bring on the threatened general strike having failed. This attitude of the workmen is attributed by the leaders to the poverty which would not adimt their existence without their daily wage. However, in the Es- sen district a menacing situation is feared
 Allied troops to the number of 5000 with four tanks and three river f1ot- illas, are stationed here, but are not in evidence except for double sen- tnels at street corners, with machine guns.
 Alongside the order of the French general of occupation, which was posted in public place, was the pro- clamation by President Ebert calling the people to bear up peaceably under the entente's slavery"
 General Maucher, commanding the French troops in Dusseldorf, visited the burgomaster today and told him General De Gouette had no objection to the meeting of the Rhine provincial landtag called for Sunday, provided no speeches were made with regard to the occupation.
 The police on duty were reduced to the smallest number consistent with the preservation of order, altho the burgomaster had urged that the force be retained at it's former strength.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Newspapers in China are sold two and three times over. Papers of the previous days issue are redistfibuted among the lower class population. They are then distributed again by being sent out to the villages and country districts where they are sold at fraction of the original cost.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Berlin. March 9-Protests voiced before the supreme allied council in London by Dr. Walter Simons, foreign minister and head of the German del- egation at the reparations conference. were emphatically endorsed by Chan cellor Fehrenbach. who spoke before the reichstag yesterday. After an- nouncing that negotiations at London had been broken off and that the German delegation was returning to Berlin, the chancellor said:
 "This violation of the law and ius- tice cannot be defended on any iuri- dicial grounds. It assumes doubly pernicious aspects when directed against people from whom the last defense had been taken. The events ot the past week have convinced the government the methods pursued bv the allies cannot possibly accomplish the rehabilitation of Europe, nor bring about liquidation of the war"
 Vienna, March s-Sympathy with Germany in the developments which followed the breaking up of the ne gotiations between the German dele gatlon and the allied supreme council m London were expressed by news papers here.
 The German attitude is generally praised and longe excerpts from the Berlin newspapers are printed here.
 The Neueu Freie Presse calls the allied action war in the midst of peace" while the Mittagspost main Lains the advance Of allied forces on Germans cities will serve to knit the German people so closely that they will rise above all strifee
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

A former soldier now living in Wall colt, North Dakota, recently received a notice from the War Department, addressed to his family, citing him for bravery ''in giving his life on the bat tlefelds of France" His efforts to correct War Department notice to his family that he had been killed in ac- ton in 1918 have thus far been futile.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Silk substitute has been manufac- tured from the web of a spider native to the island of Madagascar It is claimed the product is far superior in many respects to anything that has ever been devised from real silk
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

The cocoanut palm supplies all the needs of the natives of the South Seas. The leaves of the tree when young are eaten, when old woven into clothes, baskets, bedding, paper, hats and thatch Spears, arrows, brooms, torches and paddles are made of the ribs of the older leaves while the flowers yield wine, sgar and vinegar. The fruit yields food, oil, mating and cord.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Isinglass is made of the dried swim ming bladder of several varieties of fish. The best quality of isinglass comes from bladders that are dried in the rays of the sun. The final operation consists of rolling the pre- pared bladder between two polished iron rollers.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

In northern Siberia most of the food sold in shops is frozen. Meat is hacked with axes and milk is sold in long sticks. The cold is so intense at times that no children are to be seen in the streets.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

The natives of the West Indies have named the hurricane warning flag which is displayed by the weather bureau, "the devils handkerchief. !" The hurricanes are named after the saints of the church, and mar riage dates, birth dates and death dates are reckoned from them.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Cement is being used as a substi- tute for lead in joining cast-iron water pipes.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

To protect themselves and their homes against robbers the women of four Pittsburg suburbs have organ ized q pistol club" A former major of the United States army gave the women their first lesson in the use of firearms.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

Unless there were airplanes to To- cate the vessels, one enemy warship, riding the waves beyond sight of the skyscrapers in New York City, could hurl tons of poison gas into Manhat- tan within an hour and the metropolis would be at its mercy, according to the commander of the Third Naval District.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17

The stems and leaves of the burn ing tree" of India are covered with fine hairs similar to those of the net tie, but of more virulent nature When touched the sensation felt is of being burned with hot iron, the pain lasting several days and extending over the entire body.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
ASK EXTENSION CITY
AND R. f. D. ROUTES
Petitions for Fourth City Hall Mail
Carrier and Five Mile Extension
on Rural Route No. 2 Are
Filed

Petitions for fourth city mail
carrier and an extension of rural
route No. have been signed by mail
patrons in the districts affected and
have been forwarded, together with
The endorsement of Postmaster Ira
&. Allen, to the postal authorities
with indications that the petitions
will be granted in the near future
The fourth city carrier would make
1t possible, through a reimbursement
OF routes, to provide free delivery
to practically all of the city territory
which is not now served, including
the newly paved districts on Metho-
dist hill, Michigan avenue, Monroe
street, College Park addition and
Star Route extension. The three city
carriers now employed are over
burdened with work and an extern
sion of the city service without the
addition of fourth carrier would
be impossible. By a re-routing of
the city four carriers could handle
the entire city very efficiently, it is
believed.
The petition for an extension of
rural route No. is signed by the
farmers in the Sherman Brannon dis
trict, west of Pullman. who ask for
five mile extension along the new
ly improved Evansville highway,
thence past the Tabor LaFollette and
Clay Martin places
The local postoffice is showing a
steady increase in receipts with in
dications that the office may advance
to the first class within the next few
years. The receipts of the office for
the first eight months of the present
calendar year are $4,000 above those
of the corresponding eight months of
last year, and will likely exceed $780,
600 for the entire 12-month period,
as against $26,S00 last year. An
increase of only 5000 over last year
would raise the salary of the post
master to $4,000. To be included in
the first class the receipts must reach
100000 annually, but with the steady
increase in students at the State Col
lege, together with the normal
growth of the city, this mark is be-
lieyed to be only few years away,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
|. A. WAGNER FINED
ON BAD CHECK CHARGE
At Conclusion of Trial Rearrested ON
Another Charge-Bolan Bound
Over to Superior Court

On a charge Of issuing no fund"
checks payable to the Palace hotel,
l.. A. Wagner was found guilty in
Justice Willi&m Porters court Tues
day and assessed fine OF $25 and
costs, total of approximately $65.
Wagner is alleged to have passed
two checks, totaling $16.05, which
were returned to Landlord A. II.
Dawson marked mo funds" He
was given 80 days by Mr. Dawson
to make good the amount and at the
expiration of that time the warrant
for his arrest was issued. Wagner
was represented at the trial by At
torney Lewis of Spokane, who stat
ed that the case might be taken to
the superior court on appeal. APP
peal bonds were placed at $50.
Immediately upon the conclusion
of the trial Wagner was arrested a
second time on authority of a war
rant charging obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, it being charged
that he sold a county right to sell
patented smut cleaning machine
to a Colfax man without authority,
accepting 800 for the alleged
right.
J. L. Bolan, who was arrested in
Oregon on a charge of passing
forged check in the amount of $40
at the j. C. Penney store here,
waived preliminary hearing in JUS
tiee Porter's court and was bound
over to the superior court for trial,
his bond being placed at $500. He
was taken to Colfax Tuesday even
ing. Bolan is alleged TO have signed
the name of Ida KamerFer, for whom
he had worked, to the check.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
SNOWFALL
IN PULLNIAN'S HISTORY

One of the earliest snowfalls in
the memory of Pullman pioneers oc-
CURED Sunday, when snow flurries
continue for several hours. Over
an inch OF snow remained on the
ground in protected spots until Mon
day morning. Further east, in the
Cotton and Uniontown district, the
fall Is said TO have been much heavi-
er, while from a point three miles
west of Pullman toward Colfax there
was no fall of snow. although rain
fall was general throughout the en-
tire western part of the county. The
heavy precipitation will be of much
benefit locally and will place the
soil in excellent condition for fall
planting. A few farmers were caught
with small acreages of grain still
unthreshed but the harvest in gen
eral is practically completed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
BOOSTER CLUB FOR
PIONEER HEIGHTS

The Pioneer Heights Booster club
is the name proposed for an organi-
cation of citizens residing or owning
property in the district formerly
known as Methodist hill. A meeting
was held Wednesday evening at the
city hall at which the club was or
ganlzed and it was decided to i'm
mediately take up the question of
tree planting on all the newly paved
streets. A committee was appoint
ed, with l.. O. Dana as chairman TO
decide upon the best varieties of
trees to plant.
This committee will report at a
meeting to be held at the city hall
Wednesday evening, September %.
All residents of or persons owning
property in the Pioneer Heights i'm
proyement district are urged TO at
tend this meeting and help to formu-
late plans for the development of
this section of the city.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
ENGINEER UNIT FOR
COLLEGE R. 0. 7. c.
establishment of New Unit at w. =
Z. Authorized by War Department
Lieutenant TwitcheII As
signed Here

The establishment of an engineer
unit of the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps at the State College is au-
thorlzed in an order received by
president e. o. Holland from the
secretary of war. The order means
the broadening of the r. O. T. c.
field at the State College. which at
the present time is confined to an
infantry unit of eight companies and
a military band, and will make it
possible for engineering students of
the college to follow their chosen
profession in their military work.
All of the engineering students Of
the State College, between $50 and
500 of them, are eligible to the en-
gineer unit and may go into their
major line, whether it be electrical,
mechanical or civil. Students who
have completed the regular military
requirements will be permitted to
continue the work in the engineer
unit if they desire. A minimum of
80 is required to establish the unit.
Coincident with the authorization
of the engineer unit comes notice of
the appointment by the war depart
ment of First Lieutenant Heath
Twitchell, Fourth Engineers, Camp
Lewis as assistant professor of mil
itary science and tactics at the State
College. Lieutenant Twitchell is de-
tailed to the position in orders signed
by John j. Pershing, general of
armies, chief of staff, and is instruct
ed to report in person to Captain w.
T. Scott, professor of military science
and tactics and commandant of ca
diets at the college.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
SUPREME GOURTFFINDS
FOR PULLMAN LAWYERS
Superior Court Reversed in interest
ing Case Which Involved Pay
ment of Attorney Fees

An interesting legal battle came
week when a decision was handed
down which reversed the judgment
of the Whitman county superior
court in the suit brought by heirs
of Patrick Drain, deceased, to com
pei the estate to pay Neill & Sanger,
Pullman attorneys, a reasonable fee
for enriching the estate to the ex-
tent of $4,000. The supreme court
in its findings holds that the at
torneys, who enriched the estate to
the amount mentioned through in
stituting proceedings against Will
promissory notes, are entitled to just
compensation from the estate. al
though the heirs who employed them
were not mentioned in the will.
William Wilson and DR.. e. Mcguire,
executors Of the last will of Patrick
Drain, obtained a dismissal Of the
case in the lower court, Judge Nc
Croskey holding that the attorneys
had no legal right to recover from
the estate because the heirs had en-
ployed them and therefore should
stand the expense.
The case was an interesting one
because of it's many complications
and the legal points at issue. Upon
the death of Mr.. Drain, pioneer
resident of this community, William
Wilson applied for letters of admin
istration, stating that deceased had
left no will The only heirs were a
sister and nephews and nieces in
Ireland. Three months before he
died Mr.. Drain had sold to William
Wilson 265 acres of farm land, TAX
ing notes for $4,000 in payment.
Wilson claimed that prior to his
death Mr.. Drain had given him the
notes, but there were no witnesses
to the transaction. Neill & Sanger
were then employed by the heirs in
ireland to force the $4,000 and in
terest into the assets of the estate,
which they did through stipulation.
Afterwards will was found in
which $1,000 was bequeathed TO each
of two Of the heirs, practically all
of the balance of the estate being be-
queathed to charitable purposes.
Finding themselves thus cut off
from the bulk OF the estate the heirs,
again through Neill & Sanger, in
stituted proceedings TO require the
estate, which had been enriched by
the services Of the lawyers, to pay
the attorney fees Upon the decision
for the respondents in the superior
court the case was carried on appeal
TO the supreme court, where a re-
versal was obtained The executors
of the estate, Wilson and Mcguire,
were represented by Attorneys Dow
e Dow OF Pullman and Hanna, Mil
Ter & Hanna of Colfax.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
PRIZES ARE OFFERED
FOR BEST LOCIL SONGS
Chamber of Commerce Offers $40
and So Prizes for Best Songs
Boosting Pullman and
W. 5. c.

First prize of $40 and second prize
Of s. are offered by the chamber Of
commerce for the best songs boost
ing Pullman, the State College and
the surrounding country. The con-
test is part of the program for the
organization of a chamber of COM
merce chorus and the songs selected
by the prize committee will be sung
at the weekly sessions of the organ
ization and at other public meetings.
The terms of the contest, as set
forth by the chorus committee, are
as follows:
Contest open to any resident Of
Pullman or surrounding country,
Contest closes September 27, 1921.
Words must fit music of some well
known song that all can sing.
The chamber reserves the right TO
use any or all songs submitted.
The awards will be made by COM
mittee including Dean Herbert Kim
brough, Dean G. w Laidlaw and the
secretary of the chamber of com
merce.
Typewrite your offerings If posi-
BILE, If not please write in ink and
on one side of the paper only.
Address all manuscripts to Z. W.
Thorpe, Sec, Pullman chamber Of
commerce.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
PULLMAN BANKS IN
PROSPEROUS CONDITION

\ steady gain in the condition of
the two Pullman banks is indicated
by the reports of the First National
bank and the Pullman State bank,
prepared in response to the call of
the comptroller of the currency. The
total deposits of the two banks are
$l,42l.633, or approximately 500
900 greater than two months ago,
when the previous call was made.
The aggregate resources of the two
banks are $2,052,341. The full
statements are published elsewhere
in this issue.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
COUNTY PYTHIANS PLAN
BIG TIME THIS WINTER

Delegates from all the K. of P.
lodges In Whitman county will meet
at Colfax next Wednesday evening
to perfect plans for the big Era E.
Clark class" initiation, which will be
held in Pullman late in November
or early in December. A delegation
of seven members from the Colfax
lodge visited the Pullman lodge
Monday evening to boost the plan.
The plan of holding the big celebra-
ton and initiation was conceived by
Evening Star lodge in honor of
Grand Prelate Ira e. Clark, for
mer member of the local organiza-
ton. It is expected that the event
Will bring fully 500 Pythians to the
city The initiation viii likely be
held in the college gymnasium.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-16
BIG CELEBRATION
ON ARMISTICE DAY

Maynard-Price post, American
Legion, this week started the ball
rolling toward the big county eel
ebration which will be held in Pull
man on Armistice day, November Il.
All of the Legion posts of the county
will participate in the celebration,
which is expected to attract hun
dreds of visitors aside from service
men. Details of the program will
be arranged within the next week by
committees from the local post.