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' SUBMARINE BUILDING.
London, Feb. 7. (By Universal
Service.)- The British admiralty ac
cording to the Daily Express, fav
ors a universal prohibition of sub
marine construction and wants to
see all existing submersiblcs de
stroyed. FAMINE GROWING ,
WORSE IN NEAR EAST.
New York, Feb. 8. "Increasingly
acute" famine conditions in the
near esat were reported to the
American committee for relief In
that section in a cablegram received
today from Dr. V. W. Peet, its rep
resentative in Constantinople,
through Herbert Hoover, interna
tional food administrator.
The message said the plight of
Armenians and Syrians was "espe
cially distressing, because nearly
everything that is done for them
must be sheer charity, there being
no established governments to as
sume obligations for repayment."
BAKER FORECASTS
MORE DEADLY WEAPONS.
Boston, ieD. 6. secretary ot
War Baker warned a large audience
here tonight that "unless the league
of nations idea prevailed, scientists
would invent, for another war,
weapons of destruction beyond the
comprehension of those who fought
in the recent world conflict.'.'
He said he knew of an invention
that was being perfected which
would enable men to drop electric
ally controlled bombs containing
500 pounds of explosives upon un
protected cities 150 miles distant.
These implements, he said, would
kill thousands.
OIL STRIKE MAKES
INDIAN GIRL POPULAR.
Chicago;' Feb. 8. Efforts of a
number of persons to induce Miss
Martha Hope, a half-breed Indian,
18 years old, to leave Chicago, re
sulted today in States Attorney
Hoyne taking steps to protect her
from alleged designing individuals.
A fortune in the form of oil lands
lias fallen to the Indian girl and
as a consequence she has been sub
jected to annoyances from visitors
with all sorts of propositions, from
purchase of the land to matrimony.
Today H. B. Paris appeared with
papers, showing his appointment by
the circuit court of Muskogee coun
ty Okl., as guardian of the g.rl,
. according to the state attorney, and
when the official heard of this he
summoned the visitor to his office.
The land on which oil has been,
struck is near Eufaula, Okl., and is
producing 60 barrels of oil daily, it
is said, with prospects of even a
greater flow.
RECONSTRUCTS FACES 1 1 '
OF 75 WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
New York, Feb. 8. Mrs. May
nard Ladd, a Boston sculptor, who
has been serving with the Red
Cross overseas as a reconstructor
of faces for maimed soldiers ar
rived here today on the White Star
liner Baltic.
Mrs. Ladd said she had treated
75 French and five American sol
diers, taking a plaster cast of the
disfigured faces, filling in with
plaster the missing portions, and by
electrolysis reconstructing these
portions in copper.' Copper noses,
ears and chins, she said, can be
enameled so realistically and at
tached so 'skillfully as virtually to
defy detection.
EIGHT' KILLED
AND SCORE HURT
BY EXPLOSION
Building In . Plattsville, Wis.,
Wrecked When Flames
Come In Contact With
Gas or Gasoline.
Plattsville, Wis., Feb. 8. The
death tonight of Edward Ratzoll, 17
years old, increased the death list in
an explosion and fire which wreck
ed the three-story Realty building
today to eight Nearly a score of
persons were injured by flying de
bris, while falling walls accounted
tor the death of three firemen.
Among the dead is C. Raferty, own
er of the building.
It was reported a gas explosion
was responsible for the tragedy and
also that gasoline had started the
blaze. Citizens tonight were plan
ning to call for a thorough investiga
tion to ascertain the cause.
Firemen had been called to a triv
ial blaze before the explosion which
blew out the four walls of the Realty
building, also known as the Fore
hand block, containing stores, offices
and flats.
Most of the victims were killed
outright in the collapse of the build,
ing. Debris was thrown about the
streets and showered -upon sur
rounding. buildings, but the fire was
prevented from spreading. Some
were injured by flying bricks and
""Hjmbers. Among the seriously in
jured were: D. R. Vicke'rs, a youth,
who, it was said was probably fatal
ly hurt, and Harry Duckworth, a j
bystander when the explosion oc
curred. A 12-year-old son of New
ton Edwards also was reported ser- i
lously injured.
Fire Chief Frank Goodwell and
a sick woman in the building nar
rowly escaped death or injury.
Goodwell entered the building with
three firemen who were killed. The
woman, Mrs. Edwards, was carried
to safety by firemen.
" Verdict of $15,000 Awarded
Mrs. Magill for Her Injuries
St. Louis, Feb. 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Bertha Magill, wife of
, Robert Magill, manager of an ath
letic club in Omaha, was awarded a
verdict of $15,000 against the Boat
men's bank, owners of the Missouri
athletic club building, today by a
jury in Judge Landwehr's division of
the circuit court.
The verdict was for injuries suf
fered by Mrs. Magill in 3 fire.
Levies in Six Billion Bill De
clared Too Low in Debate
Preceding Its Pas
sage by House.
Washington, Feb. 8. The house
tonight concluded its work on the
record-breaking war revenue bill by
adopting, 310 to 11, after six hours'
discussion the conferees agreement
on the measure. It now goes to the
senate for final approval, which is
expected early next week.
The conference report, which
proposes to raise $6,000,000,000 in
taxes this yftir and more than
$4,000,000,000 annually until re
pealed, will be taken up by the sen
ate immediately atter disposal of
the woman suttrage resolution Mon
day or, if delayed, on Tuesday. Its
adoption by tne senate ana approv
al by President Wilson are regard
ed as assured.
Levies Declared Too Low.
During debate in the house to
day, democratic and republican
leaders joined m declaring the
bill's tax levies were too low, both
for this year and 1920, and, pre
dicted that higher taxe$ must be
provided by the next congress.
Opposition to the report was not
based, however, on its tax imposts;
but to minor amendments, particu
larly the child labor legislation. On
the' final roll call seven democrats
Blackburn, Aabama; Dies and Ray'
burn of Texas, and Humphreys, Sis
son, Stephens- and Venable, Missis
sippi voted with four republicans,
Dyer, Missouri; Langley Hnd Powers
ot Kentucky, and sells of lennessee
against the conference draft. A
motion of Representative Venable to
recommit the bill and strike out the
child labor section was defeated,
171 to 15. !
Besides the child labor provision,
several house members criticised as
a "pittance" the $60 pay bonus pro
vided for persons discharged from
military service.
Kitchin tor Higher Taxes.
Representative Kitchin, demo
cratic leader, made the principal ad
dress commending, the bill as a
whole, but declaring it should have
imposed higher taxes and that it
would not meet futurt requirements.
He expressed the belief that ex
penditures this year would - total
$20,000,000,000 and $10,000,000,000 in
1920, and that by the end of the
next fiscal year the bonds outstand
ing would aggregate $30,000,000,000.
He explained, however, that to en
act the bill and take $1,700,000,000
more than under existing law from
"profiteers" charged with conduct
ing propaganda against its passage
the house conferees were compelled
to give and take.
Whisky Runners May Use
Airplanes to
Now Pending
Airships Are Loophole m Law Providing That Bootleg
gers Cannot Use Boats or Cars for Conveying Liquor
Aim of Law Is to Make Bootlegging
Supercrime.
By J. H. KEARNES.
(Staff Correapondent.)
. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 8. Bootleerjrers have no riehts that
the legislature of the state of Nebraska is bound to respect,
and an effort is now being made by a well defined legal pro
gram to clothe the adventure and business of bootlegging
with all the aspects of supercrime.
Should the proposed legislation be successful, the crimes
of .murder, arson, sabotage, kidnaping and other felonies of
an unusual nature will become mere commonplaces, so far as
the degree of their turpitude is concerned, as compared with
the supercrime of running contraband liquor into the state.
Under the operation of Nebraska statutes, there are no
unusual precautions established against the crime of murder,
but it is the purpose of those seeking to prevent the crime
of bootlegging to surround it with every sinister Drecaution
j that the law can devise for the
Governor Maeks Recommendation.
Acting on the advice of Commis
sioner Ringer and other Omaha au
thorities who have been active in
chasing the elusive bootlegger to
his lair. Governor McKelvie rec
ommended to the judiciary commit
tee of the Nebraska senate the
drafting of certain laws which it is
felt will meet the situation. .
These laws provide that no boot
legger can legally use a boat for
the conveyance of his contraband
merchandise and if he has the tem
erity to violate the law the boat will
be subject to confiscation. It was
a sad lack of foresight on the part
of the authors of this measure that
they did not include aeroplanes in
the list of vehicles, for it is a mat
ter of common, knowledge among
Lloyd George Again
Expected to Take Up
Role of Conciliator
London, Feb. 8. Premier Lloyd
George reached London from
Paris tonight. To reporters who
asked how matters were going in
Paris, the premier replied tersely:
WelL"
Mr. Lloyd George- is now ex
pected to take up- his famous role
as conciliator in dealing with labor
troubles. Several newspapers ap
peal to him to produce in parlia
ment a comprehensive scheme for
uniform hours of work and a basis
of wages in the primary industries,
p.nd not undertake piecemeal set
tlements which might create trou
ble. Notwithstanding official state
ments that the strikers came to
an agreement with the Board of
Trade 'in the early morning hours,
London was without underground
trains today and there is no pros
pect of them Sunday.
The Associated Society of Lo
comotive Engineers, which is the
principal organization on strike,
made an agreement, but meenbers
of the National Union of Railway
Men, which opposed the strike, are
standing out. The explanation
the workmen give is the rivalry
between the two unions.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD
GIRL KILLED BY
SPEEDiGMO
Driver Booked for Investiga
tion Pending Inquest; Dewey
Benner Injured When Thrown
from Car Driven by Brother.
One person was killed, another in
jured and three automobiles were
wrecked in collisions Saturday af
ternoon in utnana.
Frankie. Milan, colored, 4-year-old
daughter of :G. C. Milan, 2424 Pat
rick avenue,. died. in. a hospital, two
hours atter she was run over by
an automobile driven by W. D. .Van
Sant, 3915 South Twenty-seventh
street. The accident "Recurred ;
Twenty-fourth and Patrick avenue.
Van bant, a commission broker,
was arrested and booked for inves
tigation pending an inquest over the
body of the little girl. -Dewey
Benner. 21, 2101 Miami
street, received severe injuries when
he was thrown out of an automobile
driven by his brother, Leon, which
ran into a northbound street car at
Twenty-fourth and Maple streets.
The injured man was taken to the
Swedish Mission' 'hospital.' 'Leon
Benner was arrested and booked at
the central police station for reckless
driving. The automobile turned
completely over and was badly dam
aged.
Two light automobiles driven by
William Monogue, 1022 Arbor street
and Daniel Tamisea,- 2301- North
Twenty-eighth street, respectively,
were wrecked in a collision at Eighth
and Hickory streets. Neither of the
drivers was injured. .No arrests for
speeding or' reckless . driving were
made.
Black Plague Spreading.
Warsaw, Feb. 8. Black plagueis
raging in Kiev, Kovel and among
Kuthenian soldiers.
Defeat Law
Before House
purpose of its discouragement.
the bootleggers of Omaha that an
airship is soon to be used for this
purpose by one of the magnates in
the business here. Such are the loop
holes of the law.
Again the law prohibits any boot
legger from carrying firearms. There
is a law to the effect already in op
eration and on the statute books
atid, it is just as consistent to legis
late against a yeggman carrying jim
mies, ."soup," cold chisels and other
implements of his trade, as to pro
hibit bootleggers from "toting a
gat."
. No bootlegger can give a fictitious
name without committing a ew
crime when he is arrested andlialed
before the bar of justice. Yet there
are bootleggers in the game in Oma-
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Hostilities Cease When Allied!
Council Takes Steps for
Protection of Young Re
public of Poland.
By Associated Press.
Copenhagen, Feb. 8. Negotia
tions between Polish and German
emissaries looking toward a cessa
tion of hostilities in German Poland
have resulted, according to advices
here, in an armistice, effective to
morrow. .
The reports- add that there has
been violent fighting at several
points in the last few days. The
roles are , said to be concentrating
special storming troops' for use in
oi.iesia. ,
Poles Advance in Silesia.
" Warsaw, Feb. , 8. Czecho-Slovak
troops, according to reports re
ceived here, continue to advance
through Silesia and now are along
the Vistula river, 30 miles from their
original starting point. It is said
that each time the Czechs halt they
ask for a new armistice.
In view of these reports, much
doubt is expressed whether the
arrangements 'made by the peace
conference in Paris regarding the
lescnen district, in dispute between
the Poles and the Czechs, will bear
any , fruit. - Polish leaders are much
concerned as to whether the Czches
will be able to maintain possession
of the territory which they have
taken.
Polish forces have occuoied Bialv-
stok, about 115 miles, northwest of
Warsaw and the danger from the
bolshevists is diminishing along the
Polish frontiers. '
The Czechs continue" ' their ad
vance in Galicia. , . .
Council Considers Hun Menace.
London. Feb. 8. (British Wire
less Service.) When the supreme
interallied war council met in Paris
today one of the questions which it
discussed was the gravity of the
relations between Germany and Po
land, according to dispatches from
Paris.
The military; danger with which
Germany menaces Poland, it is ielt,
may threaten France- later on. So
far, it is declared, the Germans have
turned a deaf ear to the injunctions
of Marshal Foch in regard to the
evacuation of territory claimed by
the Poles. The Germans are hold
ing an army in readiness to march
into Poland and.' concentrating
troops in the east.
. Will Enforce Terms.
The war council is resolved, ac
cording, to an Exchange Telegraph
company dispatch, to compel Ger
many to carry out the clauses of the
armistice and in the renewal of the
armistice on February 17 probably
will impose such .conditions ! that
from the point of view of demoboli
zation and disarmament all the
danger ' threatening Poland will be
removed. "
A dispatch from Paris says it is
declared in well informed French
quarters that in view of the German
attitude toward the Poles, the asso-
ciated powers-may think it advisable
to consider the question ot the oc
cupation, of the port of Danzig and
the railroad from- Danzig to 'Thorn
with allied and Polish forces.
At the meeting Friday Marshal
Foch and- General Wiygand were
present for France:; Admiral Sir
Rosslyn Wemyss for Great Britain,
General Bliss for the United States
and General Robilant for Italy.
HohenzoHem Plans
to Receive Reporters
at Some Future Date
Paris, Feb. 8. William Hohenzol-J
lern may issue a statement and see
correspondents at some future date,
but at present he cannot receive
newspapermen. Tliis is made clear
in a letter from Count von Bentinck.
the former ruler's host, to the Paris
correspondent of the Giornale
Italia of Rome, who had requested
an interview.
The count says that the former
emperor recently refused to see
American and British correspond
ents, as he wishes to live henceforth
as a private citizen. The letter con
cludes:
"For the moment.' the emoeror
said, 'it is fitting -to observe silence.
The day will come when I ought
to speak and shall.
Hftsri ities npaw wnon a oH i . w r2 i ' mni im&r
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL EXERCISES
Will Be Held at 3:30 o'clock This Afternoon in the Municipal Audi- '
torium, Which All Are Invited to Attend.
APPROPRIATE MUSIC AND ADDRESSES IN TRIBUTE TO THE
v ! FORMER PRESIDENT .
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Powers Entertaining Kaiser
in Holland Are Ready to Put
Him on Throne, Says Shaw
Believes Statesmen More
zollern to Berlin Than Tolerate Social-Democratic
Republic ; Emperor Not Prisoner in Hol
" . ' land, He Declares. . .
EY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
COPYRIGHTED 1918
London, Fb. 8. One may say that, so far, the whole
claim of the American political system to be superior to the
European system rests on the single fact that in America it
nas been possible on three crucial occasions in history for a
man of force to be placed at the head of affairs in the United
States, whereas in Europe, though such men exist, they are
hopelessly outside politics, and dace and nower are Hividprl
between the hereditary aristocrat (that is to say, the aristo-
nai, wuu ia uui necessarily an aristocrat &x a,U) and tne am
bitious demagogue who has energy and -histrionic instinct,
wjiuom exceptional intellect or
if the man came to the top minent in which-a handful nf minm-
America by'election fiuds himself at
the top in Europe by simple moral
gravitation, . then American repub
licanism has something -to say for
itself in spite of the lynching and 'of
tne child slaves in the Carolina
cotton mills.
Republicanism in Europe.
And Mr. Wilson's mission, I
take it, is America's mission: that
is, to .stand for republicanism in
Europe. The position of republic
anism changed greatly in Europe in
the last years of the war and even
in its last hours.
When the Tsardom fell, all, the
thrones rocked. When the ' Ho
henzollerns and Hapsbures fell. Eu-
J-rope changed from a continent in
which one important republic and a
few tolerated toy ones were strug
gling to maintain a not highly re
spected existence amid a host of
contemptuous kingdoms, menaced
by legitimist pretenders within and
hostile courts "without, to a conti-
Police Dragnet Fails
to Catch Two Negroes
Who Assailed Woman
Screams for help frightened two
negroes from robbing Mrs." C. F.
Nielson, 3320 Corby street, last night
near an alleyway at Twenty-seventh
and Hamilton streets.
The woman was on her way to her
mother's home, 2711 Caldwell street,
and upon passing a dark snot was
overpowered by a lone unmasked ne
gro who grasped her wrists and
sought to stifle her cries, while at
tempting to drag her into an alley
way. A second negro, who was standine
guard for pedestrians, stepped up to
the scuffling pair, and shouted to
his partner that some one was com
ing. Mrs. Nielson's first assailant
made a lunge at her purse before he
escaped from neighbors attracted by
her cries.
Police scoured the north end of
the city for several hours in an ef
fort to run down the assailants.
Mr. Jwelson was taken to the
home of her mother and given medi
cal attention. She suffered from a
nervous shock.
Disposed to Return Hohen-
BY STAR COMPANY
exceptional character.
royalties, mostly the poor relations
or tne deposed emperors, held on
timidly to a few outlying little
uirones, auigentiy, saving money
ior me- inevitable clay when they,
too. must pack up and face the
world as common citizens.
Britain a "Crowned Republic."
Ihe British throne alone held
Meaay, not witnout earnest pro
fessions that it was only a "crowned
republic" after all, and being able to
support mat plea by pointing to the
steady growth of all the worst
features of French and American
republicanism in its political life.
The change is so enormous -and
the circumstances of it so catastro
phic that Europe has not assimilated
it yet. Ihe exteremely easy opera'
tion of putting the clock back re
commends itself to a huge propor
tion ot the oeoole and of the eovern.
ing classes as more feasible, as well
as more congenial, than the very ar-
(Contlmwd on Page Two, Column Four.)
Kansas Bank Looted
and Robbers Take
Road to Nebraska
Lincoln, Feb. 8. Chief of Police
Johnston this evening received a
telegram from officials at Buhler,
Kan., a town in Reno county, saying
the bank at that placb . had been
robbed of from $50,000 to $75,000 of
liberty bonds and war savings
stamps, l ne telegram indicated the
robbery occurred some time Fridav
night and it was thought the rob
bers might be headed for Pebraska.
Thirteen Persons Washed
from Tender and Drowned
Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 8. Thir
teen persons were washed over
board and drowned late today from
the cannery tender Uwanta of the
Pacific fisheries company, 10 miles
south of here as the boat was mak
ing its way from the company's
plant on Eliza island. The tender
was carrying about 50 persons, near
ly alt from the EJiza island plant
Capt. R. O. Hemnes, master of the
Uwanta, was among those drowned.
BARON PROVES
'BUM ACTOR' AS
TELLSJF LOVES
De Orgler Appears Resplend
ant in All Accessories of
Nobility on Gayety Stage
But He Lacks Punch.
Baron de Orgler, who jumped in
to the' limelight and then onto the
burlesque stage as a result of his
nationwide search for his "dream
girl" the girl he found in Omaha
only to be spurned in his first ap
pearance at the Gayety yesterday
afternoon and last night did not
make the hit he was expected to.
In fact, the baron is a bum actor
as well at -air unsuccessful suitor.
Everyone in .the audience admitted
it everyone except the baron.
The audience took him as a joke
and -when presented by Frank L.
Wakefield, manager of "America's
Best," this week's play, it took some
time before the former Kansas City
elevator boy could begin with his
well-drilled talk.
Theatrical Days Numbered.
His talk, drilled to the point,
showing at every angle that it was
shaped and railed by theatrical ex-
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P5:ri5, piayea at me audience. Na
turally the patriotic stunt, like "this
great land of the free and the home
of the brave," the plea which, as
managers know only too well, al
ways pulls, had its due effect and
attracted some applause. As a whole,
the baron will be off the stage when
the end of the present engagement
is up.
As to the regular-bill-there were
good features enough for the
money without the lovesick "noble.
man. Agnes Behler and Frank L,
Wakefield, Broadway and Times
square sports, are out for a. regular
time and take in some of the side
issues of the (fay white way in old
New York. Thev start in a first-
class burlesque house, where pretty
i i. . r
guis ana cnarmanie singers, sucn
as Inez de Verdier, Al de Loraine.
Mile. Jiartolctti. Amies Beh er and
many other entertain them with
broadways latest song hits.'
Some Figure at That
From the burlesaue house thev
get to the peace conference where,
wnn jjave Marion presiding, they
listen to a more or less heated dis
cussion about "The Leak of Na
tions. A Fifth avenue modiste
shop, where expressmen are mis
taken for salesmen of ladies' gar
ments, concludes the first act.
1 he next number, not on the Dro-
gram, is earon ae Urgler, who is
formally introduced to the audience
by Frank W. Wakefield, the leading
man or me snow.
"Cherchez la femme," -or "easy
money, is the text his honor the
baron has chosen for his subiect.
In full dress suit, Djer Kiss per
fume, a lilac silk handkerchief in
his left cuff, the everlasting monocle
in his' eye andstop, look and listen
a red-white-red ribbon-across his
manly bosom, the. talk of the town
steps before his audience, a figure
combined of Mark Antony, Lohen
grin and Billy Hohenzollern.
Trouble, Trouble, Trouble.
He tells of his marriaees. one.
two, three and maybe the fourth
coming soon. "Oh, how I lufed
dat woman," cries this bon vivant,
referring to wife No. 1, an actress
somewhere m Austria, who had
to give up the baron, because Eur
opean aristocracy wouldn't stand
for her. Wife No. 2 was trouble.
and a lot of i(t, the baron said. Wife
rtO- 3 of New ork, more trouble.
Here suddenly the strum breaks
and the baron calls unon the dea.t
for material for his. ,13 minutes and
32 seconds speech. Nat C. Good
win, God bless him, has to suffer.
Business Assuming Normal
Phases as Authorities
Assure Protection to
Workers and Public.
, Seattle, Feb. 8. Faced by deser
tions in union ranks, coupled with
results brought about by Mayor
Ole Hanson's ultimatum that troops
would be used if necessary to re
store Seattle's business operations
to normal channels, the sympathetic
strike affecting 55,000 workers
seemed near its end tonight.
The general strike conference
committee continued in session to
night discussing whether to call off
the strike. In the meantime busi
ness fast began assuming usual
phases. Municipal street cars had
been operating all day.
Late in the day Superintendent
W. S. Richardson of the Puget
sound .traction, Light and Power
company, took out the first of the
company's cars, with a soldier and
special police officer on the rear
platform. Other cars followed.
Papers Resume Publication.
All papers except the Times, af
ternoon, and Post-Intelligencer,
morning, appeared during the day.
Tonight these two newspapers an
nounced they would publish regular
editions as usual on their own press
es, regardless of the strike situation.
Similar signs that the backbone
of the strike had been broken ap
peared in various ways, so that it
was believed by city officials that alt
workers, except possibly the 25,000
metal trajes men of the shipyards,
would be back at work Monday.
These men went out January 21,
asking for increased wages. The
sympathetic strike, affecting 110
unions out of a total of 130, reprc
sented in the city, was called lasl
Thursday morning.
Strike Declared Rebellion,
The general strike resulting, term
ed by Mayor Hanson -and a busi
ness committee as a "rebellion
against the government" in a state
ment issued today, is said to be the
first of its size in the United States.
It was followed by an attempt to
call a general strike in Tacoma and
by announcements from Everett,
Wash., and other points that a refer
endum endorsing the strike would
be taken.
Four causes for the strike's ex
pected failure were given by .city of-
nciais, wno expected tne strike to
fail. The first was the fact that
the city maintained operation of
light and gas utilities, many men re
fusing to strike.
The rationing scheme adopted by
the strikers of using 21 "soup
kitchens" to feed strikers and the
public dependent upon restaurants,
failed to function properly. Food
was slow in arriving and there was
little cutlery. .
.- Many strikers, first to feel the dis
comfort, were left hungry on Thurs
day. A third factor assigned was
the presence of regular army troops,
A final cause, said city officials, was
the evident lack of public sympathy
with the strikers' cause. .
Bakers Continued At Work.
Union bakers continued at work
today and grocery stores attempted
to make regular deliveries. One
union barber shop reopened and
the engineers' and janitors' union
is to consider returning to duties
in the public schools.
Ship caulkers at the Gray's Har
bor ship yards have voted to re
turn to work". They struck in sym
pathy with the metal trades work
ers. At Vancouver, B. C, the long
shoremen have voted not to handle
any freight diverted to Vancouver
from Seattle, . on account of the
strike.
O. S. Larson, representing the
war labor board at Tacoma .after
meeting with C. R. Barrett, secre
tary of the Metal Trades Council of
1 acoma. expressed the belief the
strike there would be settled within
a few hours.
Bans Privilege Sign..
Taxicabs bearinir the sicn "this rf
exempted by organized labor," fol
lowing hearses iiTfiineral procession,
were among the unique scenes pre
sented to Seattle residents yesterdaj
and today, as one result of the ort.
eral strike here. Wagons of a laun
dry company allowed to operate tc
supply hospitals with clean liner
and the city's garbage wagons also,
bore exemption signs. All such
signs were ordered removed by the
Mayor Ole Hanson today, whe
said:
We will operate all waeons and
trucks we need without signs."
i once and tire department men
t was said, were drivine an oil com.
pany's pasoline trucks 1o supply fire
and police stations with gasoline.
. Strike Sanction Refused.
Contributing causes to ineffertlv
ness of the general strike were civ.
en as including failure of several in
ternational unions to sanction strike
oi local oranches. Electrical work.-
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