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PEACE COUNCIL SUPRESSED!
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CHICAGO, Sept. I.—The Peo
ple's Peace council's conference
was broken up by the police at 1
o'clock this afternoon.
Deputy Supt. of Police West
"brook, followed by two dozen po
licemen, marched down the aisl?
to the platform of the west side
auditorium and declared that
"acting on orders of Gov. Lowden,
rrAiK othe
Greetings, do you hintinc
tlvely walk » Utile strnightcr
V when you see one of those
f erect army officers?
After a few lessons in running
an automobile, we respectfully of
fer these hints to persons who may
be thinking of trying the same:
1. Take off your emergency
brake before starting.
2. On entering the garage stop
before you come to the far wall.
Anil that, remind- ii- that
Miincnlicii- we read that the
ltev. K. 1.c.-lie Pidgcon, presi
dent of the International
Rotary, says Hint Henry Ford
is a greater evangelist than
Billy Sunday MMMMS lie has
shaken the devil out of vastly
more people.
Another cheer for Rachel Roe!
That girl is hard to beat.
She makes piano mußic with
Her hands and not her feet.
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Go Into the wood business,
too, Mayor.
An excellent way to get rid of
moths Is suggested by a Ruston
friend. impale them on a No. 8
fishhook and drop them lightly on
' a trout brook.
If Nii I. Romanoff Is as fond
of shovelling; snow ax report
eel he ran linvc a perfectly
_. lovely time in Sllierla.
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I am requested to tell you to dis
perse."
They dispersed.
Seymour Stedman, general
counsel of the socialist party, act
ing as temporary chairman, was
in the chair when Westbrook en
tered.
As Westbrook was making his
statement, dispersing the meeting,
Stedman interrupted with "just a
minute, please, I'd like to make a
motion to adjourn."
"You'll do nothing," shouted
Westbrook.
"But—"
"Another word out of you and
you'll lie under arrest."
Stedman subsided and tlie dele
gates filed out of the hall.
Before the meeting was stopped,
Stedman was made permanent
chairman and l.ouis P. Lochner
permanent secretary.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. I.—
They came—they read the morn
ing papers—-they went.
"The People's council will meet
in Washington to determine their
constitutional rights," said Louis
P. Lochner, executive secretary of
the council, on board the train
carrying them from Minneapolis
to Chicago.
Lochner attempted to hide from
reporters by locking himself in a
compartment.
Morning papers carried big
headline of Gov. Phillip's warn
ing that the council should not
WOMEN GIVEN
RAISE IN WAGE
(Special (o The Times.)
OLYMPIA, Sept. 1. —Increases
amounting to thousands of dollars
were given women workers by the
action of tlie Industrial welfare
commission on minimum wage
schedules yesterday. Nearly every
industry in Hie state except the
lumber and shipbuilding trades
will be more or less affected, ac
cording to C. H. Younger, labor
commissioner. Apprentice women
will receive a 33 1-3 per cent In
crease. Plants In which the ap
prenticeship period is now six
months will have it shortened to
three months.
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TACOMA, WASHINGTON. BATURDAY^SEPTKMBEH 1. i;mt
meet in Wisconsin.
Tlie "peacers" appeared nerv
ous and disturbed even tho the
train stopped here but a short
time.
There, in the meantime, Robert
Howe, secretary of the Cook Coun
ty Socialist league, as spokesman
for 70 members of the council
gathered at the Fort Uearborn
hotel, announced, "The peace con
ference of the People's Peace
council will lie held m Chicago
'immediately.' "
Lochner and other delegates
from Minneapolis on their arrival
left at once for the west side audi
torium to participate in the meet
ing.
MAY STRIKE
AT SUMNER
Following the organization at
Sumner Friday night of a union
of workers at the Flelschman
Yeast Co.'s plant, representatives
of union labor visited the yeast
company Saturday afternoon with
demands which may cause a
strike unless they are complied
with.
Dick Webster, secretary of the
local bakers' union, and Fred
Smart, secretary of the engi
neers, acted as spokesmen.
They went with two requests,
recognition of the yeastmakers'
union and reinstatement of two
men and two girls discharged last
week, union men say, because
they organized a local.
Between .10 and 40 men and
women of the yeast plant met in
a hall at Sumner Friday night
and joined the Yeastmakers'
union. Seven engineers in the
plant had already become union
ized. Secretary Joseph Lyons of
the Central Labor council assist
ed in organizing the new union.
SEABORIfcOMPANY
LAUNCHES VESSEL
The fifth ship built by the Sea
born yards will be launched at
,r> o'clock Saturday afternoon. It
will be named the Betsy Ross,
and Miss Ross, daughter of a
well known Seattle shipping
man, will christen the schooner.
A steamer for the Emergency
Shipping corporation Is now on
the ways.
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.
POPE HINTS AT EARLY PEACE
Second Note
To Be Sent;
Kaiser May
Be Ditched.
REFORM IN
GERMANY?
I I ullril I'icm* LrHNfil vvirc)
ItOMK, 50... I—lope llcn
mkttt is stil hopeful that pence
limy riinii', pelhit|>* soon, on
i'irsidcni Wilson's mm terms
— (I. inori al..a! inn of tier
niHiiy,
Bmpbasll was laiil today on the
fact that di'spite '.he unfavorable
reply from America, Popa Bene
dict does not propose to abandon
his attempts to restore peace.
When all the helligcrents shall
have replied, the Holy father pro
poses another attempt. The eec
ond note probably will set forth
the pouts of unanimity in pea. -o
aims developed in all the replj
notes and will discuss tlie points of
variance.
An exclave epitome of the Vati
can's view of the president's note,
as niven the I'nited Press, today
contained this significant expres
sion of optimism,
Tho initial disappointment of
llie \iuericau reply has been dis
sipated In part, the i'nited Press
was informed, by careful weighing
of the president's words.
Sees Common <•'iciiiml.
The pope now seen the note as
holding promise nnd not as a cold,
absolute rejection.
He is hopeful that President
Wilson's attitude "e\entiialy, per
haps soon, will cause tlie creation
of a German chancellory respon
slide to the people." said one of
the I'nited Press' informants.
It can be stated on the highest
authority that the pope has been
cheered by some features of tlie
president's note. The Holy Fath
er believes that the president's
persistent and insistent distinction
drawn between the German people
and the German government and
what certain Vatican officials call
his "fixed genius of direction," is
changing the whole philosophy of
the allied war.
The just Christian peace, which
Pope Benedict proposed in his ap
peal was regarded as entirely har
monious with the American presi
dent's pnl'cles. Those policies, as
Ithe Vatican saw them today, were
in the aula:
Austria Pleased.
No punitive damages.
No dismemberment of empires.
No exclusive economic leagues.
No Implied, direct or Indirect
restrictions as to the seas.
As bearing with special signifi
cance on the pope's reported view
that democratization of Germany
might yet come shout, officials to
day recalled the I'nited Press' ex
clusive information of two days
ago reporting that not only Em
peror Karl of Austria, but Kaiser
Wilhelm himself had written tlie
pope indicating a pledge to the
widest democratization.
In Rome diplomatic circles to
day, the view was expressed that
the American note by Its specific
strictures against dismemberment
of nations, ha ddestroyed the prob
ability of a declaration of war
against America by Austria or at
least had postponed such a step
for some time.
Verification
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. —Pope
Benedict will launch formal "feel
ers" to further the ends of peace,
according to confidential advices
received at diplomatic quarters
today.
"Us Too"
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LONDON, Sept. 1. —England's
reply to Pope Benedict will prob
ably be mere affirmation of Presi
dent Wilson's note, according to
the view today, following Lord
Robert Cecil's enthusiastic eulogy
of the American position. All
Fine Business!
•J Good work, Mnycr Fawcett!
II Your plan for the city to sell
coal is the best idea that has come
out ot the city hull in many a day.
•| The government has fixed a
maximum pi ice that the mine own
ers can charge at the mine.
*J The wholesalers and retailers
are showing no disposition as yet
to make a corresponding reduction
in the cost as laid down in oui base
monts.
€fl They probably will be forced to
do it as soon as Dictator Garfield
REJECT
UNIONS'
APPEAL
Bequests of the Building Trades
council of Tacoma that city oHl
clals declare a closed shop in con
struction of the new street railwa>
viaduct over the Milwaukee
switch yards at llth street, were
turned down at the city hall Fri
day afternoon.
T. Meredith Parsons, secretary
of the council, with two other la
bor representatives, made the re
quest in Commissioner Atkins'
private office, witli other officials
present.
"We told the gentlemen that,
the city absolutely could not de
clare a closed shop in any of its
industries," declared Atkins Sat
urday.
"We must give our own citizens
employment, and select the per
sons whom we feci best fitted for
the work. The request for a closed
shop was unreasonable and we re
fused it."
The city has already started
construction on the viaduct, and
is hiring pile-driver workmen, car
penters and structural workmen.
All work in connection with .
construction of the new tideflnts!
car line will lie done by da\ labor,!
under supervision of city offic'als.
CARPENTERS ASKED
TO GATHER AT 9:30
All union carpenters are notified
by L. Rlchter, secretary, to meet
at 9:30 a. m. Monday at the new
! hall, 923 Commerce street, to
I form for the parade.
other allies were expected to tnke
the same course.
That the allies were not con
sulted prior to the dispatch of
President Wilson's reply to the
pope's peace appeal, was definite
ly stated today by Cecil,
Dishonorable
ii niird feaa. i...*--e wire.)
BERLIN, Sept. 1. —"It would
he dishonorable to refuse the de
mand of President Wilson that the
people of Germany guarantee the
peace treaty," the Vorwearts as
serts today.
Verboten
(Inllrd Mrr.. I.rnanl Wire.)
AMSTERDAM, Sept. I.—'Presi
dent Wilson's reiterated distinc
tion between the German govern
ment and the German people
caused most irritation in German
editorial comment today, on the
reply to the Vatican.
Dispatches here quoted the Ber
lin Tageblatt as remarking In this
connection:
"President Wilson speaks of the
democratization of Germany,
which we also desire. But Inter
nal questions are forbidden terri
tory for foreigners."
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can get around to attend to them.
ij But the winter may be half ovei
by that time.
ij So let the city do it now.
% It is a simple matter.
tj Buy trainloads of the coal, haul
it to a central depot in Tacoma and
distribute it by auto truck to who
ever wants it, and DO IT AT
ACTUAL COST.
% A whole lot of duplication of ef
fort will be eliminated and at least
two middlemen's profits saved the
consumer.
Fatally Hurt
In Auto Smash
11. K. Marker, 4542 Smith M
St., was perhaps fatally hurt Fri
day When the automobile lie ni
driving left (be road and turned
over, near Siiiiiuer. His 4-yeur
old boy also was hurt. Other
Members of the family were un
injured. Barker is a longshore
man, and was driving to Ortingi
to visit relatives.
ARMY'S
SHELLS
FAULTY
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 1.1
—One third of the riHe ammuni-i
Hon supplied to Gen. Pershing's
expedition proved faulty, it was
learned officialy today.
When originally tested at. the
Frankford arsenal, Philadelphia,'
where it was made, the lot was
good. Deterioration afterward
rendered the cartridges useless.
The. defectiveness was due to
use of impine domestic potesli
lorlde, as the supply of Ger
man potash has been exhausted.
The new quality was found to
contain by-products which react
ed to form an acid and prevent
explosion.
As soon ii" this difficulty was
noticed the department obtained
chemically pine potassium cbol
ate and has hud no further trou
ble since.
TODAY'S CLEARINGS
Clearings $ IM.SM.M
Balances 44,953.44
Transactions 1,118,688.41
A Tragic Problem to Face
(Special to The Times.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 1.
"The problem American women
will have to face and fight at the
close of the war is the Black
Plague—the social disease which
inevitably follows in war's wake,"
is the declaration of Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, president of the
National American Woman Suf
frage Association and Internation
al Council of Women.
"A conspiracy of silence ha.i
been keeping this fact from wom
en, but .they are learning the
truth.
"The women of Australia have
learned It —Australia, clean and
free from disease before the war.
"News from Germany is cen
sored, but I know, personally, that
German women have had meet
ings to deal with this greatest of
all war's tragedies.
"The soldier's leisure time when
he Is not in training or trenches,
the separation from women, and
war's general abnormal conditions
are responsible.
"We cannot help these abnor
mal conditions, for we cannot fol
low our sons and brothers to
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WASHINGTON, 11. P., Sept. 1.
Wealth conscription forces lost
their first big battle in the sen
ale today. An amendment by
Senator Johnson, California, to
llie revenue bill, providing an tit.
per cent tax on war profits, was
defeated, 17 to 62.
The fight, however, had only
begun. The determined group Is,
seeking to make the rich pay
their fair dues in the war. There
still remain amendments scaling;
down to ,'n per cent of war prof-l
its to be fought, for by Johnson.
Those voting for the big prof
its tax were:
Asliurst, Borah, Brady, Gorc,|
(ironna, Hollls, Husting, Johnson,
j Calif.; Johnson, South Dakota;
Jones, Washington; Kenyon, Kir
i by, l.aFollette, MrNary, Norrls,
i Thompson and Vardaman.
In a scathing attack on the sen
ate finance committee. Senator
I Johnson declared plana of com
puting war profits "will put a
premium on the. ability of great
i corporations to hoodwink and ex
ploit the government.''
HOI SE (JETS RILL
(Pelted frees lammat Wttm.t
WASHINGTON, D. ('.. Sept. I.
Majority Leader Kitchen pre
sented to the house today the
$11,538,945,460 war bond reve
nue measure —greatest In the
world's history—with a unanl-,
mous bi-partisan report for its
immediate passage. Funds fronij
the bill will go toward loans to (
the allies and financing this na-.
tion's expenditures in the war.
France. So we will have to wait
until they return, and provide the
remedy.
"The first step wll have to
be n compulsory physical ex
amination and certificate of
health as a requisite for a
marriage license. We will
have to Insist on treatment
for venereal diseases and try
to stamp them out .lust as we
try to stamp out tu'ierculosls.
"This will ra^Be a new problem
—the problem of immorality —
Illegal unions will be formed if a
marriage is prohibited when a
health certificate cannot be oh-1
ta'ned. But these clandestine re
lations cannot continue Indefinite
ly, and they will prove a less evil
than legalized marriage of the un
healthy, which can be nothing but
disastrous.
"Women are directly responsi
ble for cleaning up districts in the
vicinity of training camps.
"If these efforts fail, the women
of America will do as the women
of Great Britain have done. They
wlll form a patrol to keep the
prostitute from the training
camp."
105 Members
of Force To
Step Out On
Sept. 12.
PUTS CITY
IN BAD FIX
Kvciy city fireman In llie
Tiieomii file (l.'piirlimnl—Kin
iiicii ol all ranks from Ikihc
iii hi to captains—l. ii.l. i.d
their formal resignation lo
t'oliiinissioi.er Pel tit Sulur
■ l.'i morning, effective Sept.
IS.
i'be resignations filled
Neveial sheets of paper. unit
simply iiiinoiiiKe<| Mial the
men wuild gull llieir place*
one week from next Weiliic*!
<lny.
Karli sheet i«ire ilm> wal
of ll:e Tacoma I iithkh'h
union No. 15,(1111, affiliated
with Hie American IVilrra
tion of l.alnii.
At the same time that the ree
igiialloii was laid on Pettit's desk
the city council convened for
I what was to have been a Joint
I I ession with heads of the fire
'department union. Not one of
I the firemen appeared in Hie coun
cil room, however.
Members of the fire depart
. it'cut explained afterwards that
they hud nothing to discuss with
j Ihe city council.
■' They had made a simple re
quest for n two platoon system In
the fire depurlment, they said,
11 With the warning that they would
j resign on Sept. I if the request
were not granted.
I City in I'ib mmii
I No surprise was expressed when
'Commissioner Pettit announced
jthat his ent're fire department
had quit.
"Well, let them quit," said the
mayor. "Kvery man has a right
to quit his Job If he wants to.
"The long hours of the fire de
partment are terrible, there's no
jdouht about that. But we're up
against a situation that has no ap
parent, solution.
"There Isn't any law which de
mands that the city must furnish
fire protection. And there is a
law which prevents us from going
over a 1 .Vnilll levy. So what are
we to do about it?"
Call For Applicants.
After the eoiinc'l session, Com
missioner Petti) sell word to Sec
retary Dudley Kshelman of tho
civil service board that he would
call immediately for an examina
tion of applicants for the fire de
partment.
"I do not believe that anyone
will apply for Ihe positions of the
i men who have resigned," explain
ed Pettit.
"But the law provides that we
I must have civil service men if they
can be obtained."
If no one does apply the city
will endeavor to hire men at ran
dom to assume charge of tho fire
department. Tlitn Is also expected
to he difficult, because the depart
ment Is almost completely motor
ized, and only skilled men are ca
pable of handling the powerful
machines.
24-llour Job.
Any men hired to fill the places
of the firemen who quit will be
asked to work 24-hour shifts.
The res'gned firemen automati
cally lose all their standing In the
civil service ratings, and their
rights to any peuslon benefits.
Every member of the city coun
cil expressed utter dismay over the
fire department situation Satur
day.
Mayor Fawcett produced figures
I from City Controller Shoemaker
showing that if the city's expenses
continue during the remainder of
the year at the same proportion to
the first seven months, there will
be exactly $1.53 left in the general
fund on Jan. 1.
With no available money
to meet the demands of the
firemen, and no chance to
increase the debt limit except
men declared that they were
by totti ot the people, council
facing one of the most per*
plexlng and serious problems
in the life of the city.