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The Washington times., 1922-08-08
BY WARREN W. WHEATON.
international News Services.


Striking railway shopcrGftS
leaders today evinced keen dis
pleasure over President Hard
ing's latest peace efforts in the
strike controversy.
From several sources qualified
to speak union thoughts came
ready prediction Of rejection Of
the plan for ending the strike by
leaving the controversial ques-
ton Of seniority up to the Rail-
road Labor Board for final ad-
judication. ....
Means New Start.
In responsible labor circles here
II was freely stated that the Presi-
dents latest settlement demands
put the rail strike situation back
to the pre-negotiation stage.
labor leaders pointed Out that
under no circumstances could the
shopcrafts men be expected TO
on the all-important question Of
seniority from the Railroad Labor
Board. =.
With seniority rights denied Il sm.
the shopcrafts unions would be 6i
terly routed, the men would have
lost the strike, and the union would
be broken forever, they declared.
In labor circles the seniority sys-
tenn on the railroads was Compared
to the check-off system in the coal
mines, both declared vital to the
very life Of the rail and miners
unions. t..
A bitter bareback on the admin.
istration for its latest peace pro.
posai is anticipated. One method
or showing union displeasure IL
expected to be evolved at the meet.
ing Friday of the sixteen railroad
brotherhoods, preparations for which
were under way today.
- New TangIe Looms
From an authoritative source Il
was learned that the Friday meet
ing may be expected to further
complicate the already snarled
strike tangle.
Reports received here by Bert M,
Jewell, director OF the federated
shopcrafts striking forces; William
II. Johnston. international president
OF the machinists. and J. p,
Noonan, of the electrical workers,
from agents of three OF the ',Bla
-Four" brotherhoods. which are not
yet involved In the strike. led "a
the calling Of the brotherhood-
conference. H.
Jewell, It is understood, viii stay
IN Washington until tho Friday
meeting is held. s..s
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HUSBAND ELEcTRocUTEp
AIDING WIFE TO DRY HAIR

BUFFALO, Aug. s.--Turning on
the electric current In order that his
wife might operate fan TO dry her
hair, George II. Ash was electrocuted
when a short circuit resulted.
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Author Of "BubbIes" Dies.

WORCESTER. Mass. Aug. g.
author OF Bubbles" IN dead at mis-
bonn" Northboro. He. had been III
for months.
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|MOONSH|NERS
DRAW WEAPO PONS
ON D. c. WOMEN
Hikers, Lost in Virginia Noun
tains, Stumble Into Ex-
citing Adventure.

MACANIE, Va, Aug. g.
Unless you have accidentally
stumbled into q moonshiner's
camp in your rambles through
the mountain Businesses of the
Virginia Alleghenies and have
been held up at the point of ugly
looking rifles, guns and pistols
by desperate men, your summer
outing lacks the latest thrill.
That's what happened to a
party of young men and girls
spending their summer days at
Bryce's Hillside Cottages here, in
the wild and picturesque foot
hills of the Allegheny mountains.
Grateful Victims.
And a strange feature Of this
novel enterprise was the fact that
the ramblers were thankful for be-
ing held up: they had lost their
bearing in the deep forests and had
no idea which way to turn on their
way back to the hotel. -..
Led by Lieut.. Comdr. Lewis =.
IClephane, a seafaring man as well
as a well known landscape artist,
Miss Isabel Boniface. Miss Rosebud
Almand, Miss A. Bruce Looney and
Mrs Gordon Jones. all well known
In Washington society, sailed forth
on a tramp up the mountains.
They decided to follow no par
ticular trail, but to discover new
spots OF natural beauty Before
long they were In the depths OF
the underground, going in no par
| ticular direction, but following their
leader. As they climbed, they
| talked about all sorts of hair.rais-
ing experiences they had had on
previous trips. The time for dinner
arrived and the expedition decided
to retrace steps for home and din
ner, but they had lost their bear.
ings. They wandergd aimlessly and
/ II gradually dawned on them that
they were thoroughly lost.
Suddenly Miss Armand exclaimed
\ that she saw smoke.
Moonshine and Guns.
They went directly to the place
where the smoke was seen curling
through the pine branches and sud.
denly found themselves In the midst
| of unusual activities.
Barrels and a still and other para,
phernalia generally used in the max
ing Of moonshine, but not living
soul was seen. The small band ot
explorers were not to be left In
doubt very lond. however, as gruti
voice belonging to a rough rel
| whiskered face. peering through the
| underground, commanded them q
throw up your hands"
Another man with an ugly lookina
scar on his face came out from hid
ing and thrusting his pistol Into thS
face Of the now thoroughly fright
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.AvERSE TO
R IS K | \ c
ON
BOARD
Union offioiais Say tjnfayo
able Decision Would Mean
Collapse ci orgarilation.
Br internaffenal .Nera serrn

BY internaf1enai News servtce.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 8.-Com-
plying with the request Of Bert
NJ. Jewell, directing head Of the
shopcrafts strike, Warren 8.
Stone, grand chief of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers,
today issued q call for a meeting
Of the heads Of the sixteen stand
ard railway unions at Washing
ton on Friday.
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D. c. COAL MEN WILL IGNORE
PUBLIC UTILITIES RULES

In spirited battle today in the dugout of COL Charles
Keller in the District building the squad of four represen
atives of the local Coal Dealers Association came out
yictors over the Public Utilities Commission.
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Settlement of Strike
Delayed Another Week
BY New Developments
BY GEORGE n. HOLMES
Iutcrraslenai News service.

There will be no settlement rf
the crippling shepcrafts' strike TO
at least q week.
Next week the strike may be sd-
iusted-orA may spread from the
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SOUTHEAST.
RAID NJ A Y.
IN
AR RES I 5.
Charges of connivance to Be
Laid Against Physicians,
Dry Agents Promise.

Warrants charging several
prominent physicians Of northeast
Washington with conspiIing to
defeat the purposes of the Vol
stead law will be sworn out be-
fore United States Commissioner
George H. Macdonald this after
noon, according to an official of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Follows Store Raid.
The warrants will be asked for
as a result of the raid last night
on the drug store at 401 East Cap
itol street, conducted by DIR. Wal
lace Malone. when police Of the
second precinct and prohibition
agents seized one hundred and six.
ty-two pints of whisky and bar.
rel said to contain alcohol.
According to the prohibition
agents. a search of the records
kept by DR.. Malone revealed that
he had failed to keep a record Of
the amount of whisky he had sold
on prescription blanks.
The prohibition people say that
In looking over DIR. Malone's' files
they found a, number Of prescrip.
don blanks had been placed on
them within a few hours. 1t Is
charged that Malone secured the
additional blanks when he found
that his files were to be inspected
by officials of the Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue.
DIR. Malone today said that he
had not illegally sold whiskey,
claiming that he was a victim Of q
frame up"
II have consulted my lawyer"
said DIR. Malone, "and ! inentd to
fight this case to a finish. i have
been arrested for an offense j
never committed"
Find Discrepancies.
The names of the physicians who
IL was said will be arrested as a
result Of the search of, the records
in DIR. Malone's office were not
given out today. Officials of the
prohibition bureau said that the
names would not be given out until
arrests had been made.
1t is the custom of revenue Off
GERS to frequently visit drug stores
which dispense whiskey on physi-
clans prescriptions. The revenue
men learn the amount Of whiskey
drawn on permits and they check
up the bottles with the prescription
blanks on file. 1t is said that in
the case of DR.. Malone, the revenue
men failed to find on file sufficinet
blanks to tally with the nutnber of
bottles of yhiskey said to have been
sold by the druggist.
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Miss Edna, Stryker Slips Off to
Shore and Brings Back
Husband.

She kissed him and pas crying,
Ere she toent doioH TO the sea;
And now he's sadly stghtn0, =
mo tceddtao bells for me-"
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Showers. followed by
clearing and cooler, 20.
day; tomorrow fair, with
moderate temperature.
Temperature yesterday
Highest. s6; lowest, II.
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The Bolsheviki have SEN
fenced to death Benjamin, the
Petrograd metropolitan, and
another of the most important
in the hierarchy Of the Russian
Greek church. It's a mistake
in Judgment that Lenin, per-
haps. would not have made had
he been well and in charge.
To injure religion and it's in
fluence, let it alone. Persecu-
tion means growth. The blood
of martyrs is the seed of the
church. -
We are full of sympathy and
horror because civil war exists
IN Ireland, and in Italy. What
IS our own condition but civil
war, when labor and capital are
fighting, with the general pub
lie the victim of both sides?
Our modern civilization is
made up chiefly Of the work Of
engineers and chemists. Our
population Is made up Of work
era Of all kinds, farmers, me-
.chsnics, business men.
And oar Government is made
Hp of lawyers. Isn't there too
much lawyer In our national
system, perhapsi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-03
Old Faithful


viii the playground Of
He willy antt to see
United States and few
he world wi Old Faithful why7
Of S
the
1t
II $ II
school, neighborhood the
mostc clever
the andIe
IND He
he j famous
He something
eiar Faithful without
I Thought
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II II were possible 10 construct
a single telephone circuit brtween
the moon and the earth and all
the telephones in the United
States were connected 10 this line
they would be equivalent to near
Iy sixty telephones per mile Of
circuit for the entire distance be-
tween the two planets. From .
telephone standpoint the United
States IL by far the best devei-
oped country In the world. There
are nearly fourteen millions OF
telephones in the United States
or one telephone 10 every eight per-
sons. In 1900 there was only one
telephone to every 90 persons.
This increase helps us 10 realize
the influence the telephone has
OF the lives of Americans. IL is
hard to believe that grandfather
could not pick up the telephone
on his desk and talk across the
town or the country to someone
at distance. A telephone Is n
thing Of common property today
and a thing Of necessity. We
could hardly estimate Its value
unless we were suddenly deprived
Of IL.
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in the bond market Il was worth
xJ.5O. There has been an adj
vance In the bond market ever
since, and the trend OF stocks Is
upward now.
The United States Is the best
situated financially Of any country
In the world today. With our
gold standard. monetary values
are stable, while those Of many
foreign countries have become
alsrmlngly low.
Tho American people have
shown their faith In the economic
prosperity Of tomorrow by their
continued investments In sound
securities. They arc looking hope
fully 10 the accomplishment Of
world reconstruction.
That business depression has
been only a natural condition fol-
lowing n war Is recognized by the
people. Since they have accepted
II calmly. moved forward and
not become panic-stricken, tho
business outlook seems gratifying.
The recovery OF pre-war conditions
cannot be sudden, but that n
turn In that direction viii como
soon seems certain.
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AGeHer/E1om>
AVR1DGE .WANN

earl
nm Hichown dreaming Jay who ncver rniscd bale OF
hay he'd III around the barber shop and I'D raise bumper
crop II times good and would land nickel TO tons
friend
Said universe rich BY selling gum
a
was fixed he I'D show this globe nng or two
who IN
blamed thing
DONE they They stand all day and
block the
Steve who tcd his hands were stained his
clothes broke he lost his dough ana
yet he tale he pitched right In and worked anew
a o
life isnr what
simply can't help feel that hfc gave him
light he suffers not tho troubles that
Steve Samson
snr their CHEEKY
who
born and
then-give tho ghost
AvRTDGE MANN
Kay University Of Washington
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We have heard much Of the
femaIe flapper. We know now
that she wears short skirts, hobs
her hair. powders her nose, and
paints her checks. We know
that she Is an ultra-late model Of
The female species
A. yet, We have heard little Of
The male flspper--that male vamp
Who Kreases his hair, stands on
the street corner and. between
puffs of his cigaret. comments on
bis female counterpart going
down the street
The male fIapper will be found
every evening In one Of the pub
Nc dance halls or eating places
doing the latest things In gIides,
side steps and dips. His clothes
have a SPEEDY cut. He Is sleek
from head to foot. Who knows,
from his pink and white baby
complexion, but that he too In
dulges in q touch Of paint?
He murmurs softly In the ear
~ the female fIapper-merely
noise rippIes from the convoIu
lions OF a brain grown stagnant.
in the day. II his worldly wealth
permits him, he arises at noon,
IanguidIy eats his breakfast and
prepares for his afternoon the
dansanie. III he has 10 work for
. living he may be found in many
department. stores or offices doing
work that requires little respon-
siblIity. He always rushes down
late for work and goes thru the
days routine, yawning.
II anyone should ask him point
blank what his purpose In life il
be would probably blink. II
pressed for an answer he would
shake his head. The question
would be too deep for him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-03
Mexico
for Mexicons

Wherever . living Ia madc.
wherever . profit Is earned. to
that Land and TO THAI nation .
certain aiIcgiancs In ewcd
Americans do not look with kind
meas upon foreigners who oone 70
America. amass fortunes. and ~
turn with them to the lands Of
their birth. contributing nothing
10 iifs and Institutions Of America
That Il enc reason for obJeefion
70 ths presence Of Japanese In
AnrrieAA
Mexicans believe. and believe
rightly. that the natural 70
sources Of Mexico arc primarily
for the benefit Of Mcxieans. Over
this and over other matters there
has been . great deal Of con-
trsversy between the Mexican gov
ernment and the gcvtrnnrnt II
the United States.
Concerning property rights an
the international aspect of thoSs
rights there can he no consrc-
vrrsy. Concerning some Of tho
practices Of American Investors In
Mexico. however. there |. room
for Improvement
Tho native people who i've In .
land Of resources and who lack
initiative or the wealth &c develop
those resources are sim entitled
10 some share Of the prosperity
that comes with the development
~ those resources. Mexicans
have not had commensurate
share In the prosperity that has
come TO foreign industrial opera
tians In Mexico.
Where mining and oil properties
have been developed, .nly wages
sufficient TO satisfy native inicIIl
cence have been paid. Taxes have
been cyaded or have been paid
after protest
No contributions 10 flse cultural
institutions Of Mexico have been
made whereby The Ultimate corr
dition Of the Mexicans could DO
improved with lasting benefit
All that Is left when nese places
have been worked out IL q scar on
tire face Of the earth and few
deserted buildings and huts.
There arc no schools--nothing by
means Of which the vast amounts
OF treasure that were taken from
the ground could be indicated
M>xicans are r'LLt In taking
care that their lands are not In
Discriminatory laid open to the
rapacity OF foreign cxploiters and
corporations. They have n right
TO make sure that n these inter
ests gain access again Mexico will
be substantially and permanently
benefited by its own resources. 80.
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overhanEsnr smoke The rrrt of
this Guess too much
you dirt campfire cmecrs
wasn't
hundreds Of lives endan
rered
make Maybe
,hey1 &c, ron next time. hoping
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There has been n steady rise In
the bond market for the last year
and a half and the public appar.
emily IN able 10 absorb any guam
tity Of bigh-grade securities. ac-
cording TO recent statements Of
banking officials.
In June, 1920, n comparison
with 1916 prices showed that In
general commodities dollar was
worth less than forty cents. while
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Stories by the Way

II her hair had been bobbod n
could not have happened She
leaned back watching the final
Closeup" fade on the screen The
heavy. pear-shapcd man who sat
behind her. rose and started for the
aisle. She turned her head. The
lights went on Hanging on the
lower button Of his coat was her
switch.
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Nine


Nine cents q week for the sup
port Of the minister. for the do
vciopment Of the churches for
the salvation Of the nation Thirty
million Protestant church mcm
bers gan sut . pockes Of change
and pick cut . ccnfs for tho col
lection plate each Sunday morn
ing. Of. n the weather b fins o.
Sunday. tbey mail n In during Tho
week.
1T b . magnificent faith.s .
cynie once observed. which pats
. nickel In the collection basket
every week and expects . crown
Of glory In Kingdom Come
Neither ono loaf Of bread. nor
enc quart Of milk can be pur-
chased for 0 cents. Nine cents
won't buy coffee and doughnnis
1t a lunch stand. The nine cents
win scarcely buy . cheap cigar
for Dad and win not buy an Ice
cream bar for Johnny.
But . crnfs week Is enough 10
give TO the ministers They can
live well and save something on
that generous contribution Yes.
they can not
OF course. about 1850 . year Is
about tho lowest estimate that
various groups Of experts have
hit upon M the minimum on
which the American family can
now I've decentiy. and ssos =
year Is the average salary Of
Protestant Christian eiergymcn
this year, but there arc stiII tho
pound and 'sbarrer- parties to
keep the minister's family sup
piled with parishioners' cast-off
clothing.
Salvation Il free. But the church
can't be maintained without some
money 10 meet Its budget
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IL end Of tho school year -
rrnrsa<hing. Seniors In high
,ckoal and college are making
arrangements for commence
mont Part Of the commence
mop< exercises win be the usuA
orn1ssn. BY more or less stage
utruck students.
- casual observer win So
- : rswky school boy decisim-
-, IN the wrongs In the werid
- ehc methods Of riEhtinK them
u ~ observer be cynical ne
~ laugh Al the caiiowness 81
v~u6h ana think Of the painsui
numps In the road ahead
ne students have many joss
- e1ors for them. ANY idesiiss
- GENES In contact with the
roontIes Of life win suffer with
- INST painful contacts Read
1rramrns u ideals to III the 40
1~rafkus h hard on the person
M rs idsslA
- thnt b no reason WY 80
- shouId mot possess ideals
= = - reason why these iorais
6nuuaa ~ ~ sxprcasod 81 com
a.
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wireless dinner parties are the

wireless dinner parties are the
latest tad in London. No one Is
supposed 10 speak. Communion
ton Is by tapping messages IN dots
and dashes against crystal fum-
blcrs. Maple some such plan can
be toorkcd out for ofter-dinncr
speeches ~ IS doubtful " most Of
the speeches tcoald be any dofficr
than they are at present.
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Al she stepped onto the PIKE 81
drur store scales the pointer whiried
to 1877. Disappointed. she Ftspped
tack. Then. with n woman's In
tuition. abe took off her overcoat
folded II neatly oser her arm and
held ~ gracefully while she tried the
scales again for more favorable
verdict And she was but ono OF
tho steady linz Of whimsical human.
ity that reveals human nature every
day on Seattle scales. Women viii
invariably look around 20 see II they
are being watched before trusting
both feet 20 the scales. naid drug
clerk when questioned by a reporter
today. Men are less timid about IL.
but then tf~y don't weigh themselves
m often. he added The ''heavies
outnurnf@r the s1irhts- several
tmez Scales us~d by stores A. al.
vcrtininr attractions arv not uniform
In their indicafions. q recent test dis
cio.<d. A discrepancy OF four
pounds was noticed between two OF
them with iesser variations In
others 81 always walk down a
block 10 tfr next drug store" one
oorpui~nt woman was heard 10 say.
.a,eonups I weigh three pounds iess
th~re.- While coin scales appear 70
envo~ underssafnurnt the beam
.o.,e~ used In several groceries visit
ed run over the average By one or
two poundA
a unan Seattle bog has received
nany -iiekinEu~ for running away
from bona The other cAy be went
~urkinx- without permission and
vhcn he returned homo an hour or
"a later no saw By sns sxpronion
ON his mothers face uhat something
unpleasant lay IN store for htm
Thinking TO avert tho impending ca
,antrophe by an art Of kindiinesa. he
said. Mother. ~ there anything I
can do for your she replied. Yes
Just come here and bend over this
chair
I To the people who believe shaf
modern IDEAS arc eliminating the
demand for Bibles II might be inter
cntinE TO know that even tho sale OF
Main Street, during its greatest
popularity. did not equal the sale Of
Bibles for the year 1891 Tho BIble
In thu ono book which can be count
cd on by booksellers TO have CON
slant and unfaiiing demand Young
people buy more Bibles than older
persons. II was discovered. probably
because young people are moro en-
thunlRatic students and older per
sons either have Bibles OF earlier
times or are not interested The
variety Of Bibles In a large book
store In unusually large There are
Bibles Of bold face type for old peo-
pie and Bihies with maps and Illus
trations for studenss- There are
Bibles for tho pulpit coming 10 $50.
and New Tcstaments costing rs
cents Any edition from tho King
James 20 tho American edition may
DO obtained Occasionally there In
cali for the English edition OF
1850.
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when
boat pulled alongside sitting AFT Ts hot
and somewhat
hat slightly cooked his srad eyeB s'ro tho guide nne
tho Fairs climbed the Ths
rolling with
climbing q
probably n he
q m I n
Nov watch bet THAI fence 10 and They
walking CHIEF SEATTLE
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Feto toar pctcrdns parddsd Me-
mortal dov. Probably they thought
Of the tcdr song that said. "I'H put
mn uniform atoav and spend
the rest Of my ne In bed
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Fspe tons Of Evidence must be
considered bv the Jurors IN the trial
Of Len Small, Illinois 1orernor.
rho "a charged With conspiracy 10
defrdud the state IL tosH be a
trei0hfv trial.
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Dear Buddy pd you notice how many people uned ru the
been sitting home Swetering tho
wsndcrfui
Ia healthy
Hope % seq CHIEF SEATTLE
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DJcssed Is the ssan that scdl'teth
not N the courseI OF the nncodIy
aov sfondefh In the sroy Of sim
o<ys. nor stitch IN the seat OF the
sco4nfad. But hts delight Is the faD
81 the Lord: ard IN His idto doth he
sncdifafs day ard nighf<-Pscin
LII
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To Doctor Brown

II
Of cutting teach~rS The
the tooth,
pay the the teachers
You'd where
civ leaks out CHIEF SEATTLE
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To the Park Board

Gentlemen
who
crawling their
that all tho caferpfas
burned before they swarmng
sEArTr.E
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To the Cas-station Attendant

heipfufners
humor prevent oes o CHIEF sEATTLE