i
TO BE SOLVED
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS ARE
CHANGING WITH K A LEI DO- ..
SCOPE RAPIDITY.
DEMAND IN MUNITION PLANTS.
Well-Organized Network of Employ
ment Offices Will Find Sufficiency
of Mage-Earners to Meet Exigen
cies of Situation.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
Industrial conditions are changing
with kaleidoscopic rapidity. Especial
ly in the great manufacturing states
pressure particularly for skilled arti
sans and laborers is acute. In other
states a considerable surplus of idle
men, principally due to the slackening
of seasonal trades and to a general
slow up in building exists. Notably
emergent is the demand from large
munitions factories, while the call
from shipyards potentially for per
haps 400,000 workers, accounting for
probable turnover, is now rapidly
growing, although yet not large.
Transportation companies, now fair
ly well manned in operating depart
ment.-. face a serious shortage in
» \ maintenance of way personnel.
Probably a well-organized network
of employment offices, if speed: . im
provise.! and intelligently condi:. ted,
can for the ensuing three or four
months find a suffb iency of wage
earners, made idle through industrial
changes, to supply the demands of
huso; ss fm- augmented personnel,
iiw ■ ually, however, transfers must
e ; ystematica! 1 y promoted from non
essential and less essential to servi
ces of immediate national import
ance. Tin department of labor is now
engaged in expanding its employment
service in preparation for this neces
sary transfer.
Work in the Northwest.
The work of expanding th’s service
!■-.. already commenced in the Paci
fic northwest. The department of la
bor has sent F. A. Silcox to .Seattle,
accompanied by James 1.. Hughes, an
experienced officer of the department,
detailed in the present instance as an
!
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El Sitka Hoi Springs j
These springs are live in
:>•■)■ and one of the old land
t ■ ■Alaska. The Russians
had a hospital there in 184J.
win-re the\ sent patients with
. a.---.- of ‘he skin and ccnsti
.a.i'U’.al blood disorders.
' he temperatur * averages
1 decrees Fahrenheit at the
rnpr. The baths are effica
cus for rheumatism, stomach
d 1:v r troubles, kidney and
i '■••ddev di-eases, and for const i
. lonal disorders.
■; iirre springs are in charge
: '' 1 > F. L. Goddard. The
room, hoard, and
1 G . S:l a d:.y md up. Cabins,
?’.dd ;r r month and up, includ
furnishings. except bed
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NORTH POLE
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HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR
FURS.
advisor for the shipping board, to
open district headquarters, with the
assistance of Commissioner of Immi
gration White, for the northwestern
section, especially with reference to
shipbuilding needs. Negotiations
I were immediately opened with em
| ployers and wage earners of the ship
| yards, and satisfactory arrangements
j made to obtain and distribute enough
competent workers for the important
I yards at Seattle, Portland, Raymond
j and other points, some forty ship
j yards in all.
It is estimated that from 5,000 to
G,090 workers are needed and that
soon fully 20,000 will be required for
shipyards. A very large number of
additional workers—perhaps 20,000—
are necessary for cutting spruce and
other timber, for operating sawmills
and transportation of the finished tim
ber to market. While the Seattle of
fice and its branches are being estab
i iished, other offices will be set up at
certain interior points. Offices al
ready established by state and muni
cipal authorities have, with most en
couraging patriotic unanimity, agreed
to place their resources at the dispos
al of the federal program.
It is apprehended that the demand
shortly will outrun the supply of skil
led workers in many shipyard occupa
tions, who may now be seeking em
ployment and therefore can be reach-\
od through such offices. To obtain ;
men having necessary skill, but now '
employed in other industries, the j
United States pubic service reserve, a j
division of the department’s employ- j
m-'nt service, is coincidentally being ,
■ nded throughout the northwest. J
Division of Women’s Work.
While the employment service and i
•> public service reserve are thus
1) big expanded in the northwest, the
division of women’s work is being
, ; spared to care for women seeking
■’.ployment in industry, as men are
shifted from accustomed work to
imw occupations or transferred to mil
itary lines.
The hoys’ working reserve has es
t iblished itself. Over 150,000 boys
c mod the confidence of their em
! .yer- on American farms during the
post season. They proved it possible
■ make a useful farmer’s helper out
f a green city boy. It is expected
bit perhaps a half-million' boys be-'
ween the ages of 1G and 21 will be
placed cn farms during the coming
on, through this national agency.
I
•-'0 ORIENTALS WERE MUR
DERED ijv maxi mi lists.
PLACE IS NORTH OF HARBIN.
Another Rc-nort I- to Effect That Fa
fahtics Numbered Only Seven—
Whether Civilians or Soldiers Is
Not Stated.
TOKIO. Japan, March 1G.—A Tokio
newspaper reports the murder of 1501
Japanese by Russian Bolsheviki, or
Maximilist, troops, 500 miles north |
of Harbin.
Another report states that only
three Japanese were killed and that
even were wounded.
i
Whether the Japanese were soldiers :
■ r civilians is not stated in any of the j
dispatches.
CASUALTIES ON BOTH SrTDES
ARE REPORTED TO HAVE
NUMBERED 20,000.
LONDON, March 16.—Field bat
tles between natives of Turkestan and
Russian Bolsheviki, or Maximilist
troops are reported to have taken
place. It is declared that more than
2n,^00 casualties have occurred on
both sides.
OUR DAILY SPECIAL.
Silence Can Get the Best of Any
Argument.
ALL BUT TWO HOLLAND SHIPS
ARE WATCHED TO PREVENT
THEIR ESCAPE.
TO BE TAKEN OVER MONDAY.
—
Two Exceptions Are Going to Take
Cargoes to Entente Nations and j
Were Given Their Clearance Papers j
Some Time Ago.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
The United States is holding all but
two Dutch ships now in American
ports in order to prevent their escape,
pending their probable requisitioning
by the United States government
Monday.
No bunker licenses for coal will be
issued to any of the seized ships until
the government takes them over.
The two Dutch ships which are:
free to sail are taking cargoes to en- j
tente ports and were granted clear
ance some time ago.
BERLIN GOVERNMENT IS DE
GLARED TO BE WILLING TO
GIVE UP ALSACE LORRAINE.
PROPOSALS ARE UNDERGROUND
English Statesman Declares That
Terms Are Not Acceptable to En
tente Allies and This View Is Ac
cepted by Neutral Diplomats.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 16.—
Diplomats of neutral nations in Wash
ington city believe that underground
peace feelers have been coming from
Germany for some time.
It is said that Germany is willing to
surrender A1 suce-Lorraine if permit
led to retain her hold on the Russian
Baltic provinces and on the mineral
belts in other sections of Russia.
It is inferred that Germany possibly j
may make a new peace oiler putting!
the terms at the expense of Russia.
Diplomats coincide with the view j
expressed by Lord Cecil in London
that no such peace proposals would lie
considered.
General von Hindenburg's an
nouncement that the German offensive
would continue because of the unres
ponsive attitude of the entente na
tions toward Germany’s peace inten
tions have strengthened the views of
diplomats here that the entente na
tions wiil not consider pe. ee at the '
present time.
CREW OF VESSEL WANT TO BE
TREATED ON EQUAL TERMS
WITH OFFICERS.
SEATTLE, March 16.—American
soldiers are guarding the Russian
ship Toula which is loading cargo
here. The collector of customs at Se
attle took charge of the vessel when
the crew refused to work and had per-!
mitted the tires under the boilers to
go out.
The cause of the walkout is the al
leged refusal of the ship’s officers to
treat ,_the members of the crew as j
their equals. Ten of the sailors were
placed in the detention station.
OH!
“Is it the force of habit that makes
your patrolmen go to sleep on their
beats?’ we asked the chief of police,
in the small town.
“No,” replied the chief. “It is the
habit of the force.”
OUR DAILY SPECIAL.
The People Who Live in the Glass
Houses Throw Most of the Stones.
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
DISCUSSES SUBJECT IN LET
TER TO SENATE.
OBLIGATIONS ARE RECIPROCAL.
Army Regulations Endeavor to Strike
True Balance and Discipline Need
Not I)o Violence to Democratic
Ideals of Country.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
Social relations of officers and men
are discussed in a letter written by
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
in answer to a communication sent
him by the United States senate in
quiring in regard to social distinctions
in the army. The secretary’s letter
follows:
“I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of a resolution in the senate
of the United States under date of
December 11, 1917, directing me to
inform the United States senate
“what, if any, rules or regulations
there are of the wav department
which prevent officers from having
intercourse with privates and mingl
ing with them in social intercourse,
or which tend to caste distinction be
tween enlisted men and commissioned
officers when they are off duty.’
Quotes Army Regulations.
“In response thereto 1 submit for
the information of the senate of the
United Stales the following para
graph of army regulations in regard
to the relationship between officers
and enlisted men as the only rule or
regulation now existing relative to
tins matter:
“‘.superiors are forbidden to injure
those under their authority by tyran
nical or capricious conduct or by abus
ive language. While maintaining dis
cipline and the thorough and prompt
performance of military duty, ail offi
cers, in dealing with enlisted men,
will bear in mind the absolute neces
sity of so treating them as to preserve
their self-respect. Officers will keep
in as close touch as possible with the i
men under their command, will strive ;
to build up such relations of confi
dence and sympathy as will insure the
free approach of their men to them
for counsel and assistance. This re
lationship may be gained and main
tained without relaxation of the bonds '■
of discipline, and with great benefit!
to the service as a whole.’
u> MriKe irue naiance.
“In this paragraph will be seen an
endeavor to arrive at a true balance 1
in the proper relationship between of
ficers and enlisted men; on the one
hand, to encourage an exchange of
confidence and co-operation between'
the officer and the soldier, and, on ^
the other, to avoid personal intima- |
ries between an officer and any par- j
titular soldier or soldiers, which
might have a tendancy to lead to fa
voritism or the suspicion of favorit
ism in assignments for duties, or
cause discontent on the part of those
not selected for special intimacy by
the officer in uestion. All officers are
expected to so exercise their judgment
under this regulation as at all times
to enjoy the sympathy, confidence and
respect of the soldiers, and it has al
ways been a part of the instructions
given young officers by their superi
ors to exert themselves to promote
this relationship.
No Social Distinction.
“Distinctions of rank in the army
are solely in the interest of military
discipline. They imply no social dis
tinction; indeed, in a country like
ours, the advantage of education and
culture will very frequently be found
in favor of the soldier; and yet it is
necessary that the soldier should ac
quire by continuous and unvarying
practice the habit of instant obedience
to his superior. This is as true of
officers as it is of men. In the emer
gency of battle, when every condition
tends to distract men’s attention and
peril is on every side, safety for a
command freuently lies only in its or
ganized and coordinated activity, and
this can proceed from one inspiration
n :he instant, unquestioning
npliance by all tvith the voice ot
thority.
No Time to l)ebate.
“There is no time to debate; no op
portunity to consider; the men must
have acquired their rule of action—at
ention and obedience to command.
This habit can not be created in emer
gencies and orgotten under other cir
cumstances, but must result from
practice, which tolerates no exceptions
either of persons or occasions. The
relationship between officers and men,
therefore, must be so arranged as to
lead to this indispensable result; but!
this is entirely consistent with re
spect, sympathy, and mutual consid
eration, and the best officers are those
who have most completely won the
affection of their men. Military an
nals are filled wtih splendid stories
of men imperiling their lives outside
of the necessities of military action in
order to save the life of a beloved
captain.
Cordial Relationship.
“The war department, therefore,
has endeavored and is endeavoring
by every means w’ithin its power to
impress upon officers the military
value of this cordial relationship—to
have them understand that as is the
officer so is the command; that their j
spirit and their actions constitute the
example upon which the spirited ac
tions of the men are molded. While
here and there instances undoubtedly
occur of thoughtless and inconsider
ate conduct on the part of officers and
of unreasoning complaint on the part
of the men who have failed to under
stand the just obligations of this dis
ciplinary relationship, 1 am still per
suaded that in the great army we now’'
have in the field and in training there
is a growing realization that it is both
possible and useful to be faithful to :
military discipline and at the same {
time to the democratic ideals of our i
country.”
El) AND ARE FORCED TO
GO INTO TEUTON PORT.
BIG STEAMSHIP ALSO TAKEN. I
Report Is Published in Shipping Ga
zette at Goteborg, Sweden, an.'
Seizure Is Said to Have Been Made
Off Skaw.
LONDON, March Id—The Gnte
borg- shipping Gazette reports that a
large number of Swedish trawlers and
that one of the largest steamships o:
Goteburg, Sweden, were captured by a ;
German submarine oft’ Skaw am.,
forced to go to Germany.
THE YOUTHFUL BED SLAT.
All save men and women of deci-1
dediy mature years would, if asked
how old was the use of slats in beds,
reply that it was as ancient as beck
themselves. The older folks would re
call the four-post couches with the
rope meshes that supported the ticks,
and would answer that slats mu&
have come in about a century ago.
They would together only furnish ad
ditional proof of the additional short
ness of the public memory. Because,
be it known, the inventor of these sum
ports just recently died in this city at
the age of seventy-three years, says
Cincinnati Enquirer. It was only
about forty years ago that he design
ed the bed that rendered useless the
old cords and permitted the use of the
now almost universal pad or box mat
tress. Corded beds are now as abso
lute as the saber-foothed tiger or the
pterodactyl. Couches of this variety,
venerable with years, still exist as
show pieces, but their owners have
surreptitiously substitued slats and
supports for the ropes and pegs. In
short, they are shams. There are
other familiar utilites just as young—
toothbrushes, for example. The grand
fathers who slept on the cords never
dreamed of a detachable linen collar,
nor the grandmothers of “fiber silk”
stockings made of cotton chemically
treated.
WHEAT FEED
RESALES ARE ELIMINATED AND
ONLY ONE TURNOVER FROM
MILL TO RETAILER.
ADVANCE MUST BE REASONABL
Agreement Effected After Two Days’
Conference in Washington Between
Representatives of Industry and
Government Officials.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
Eliminating resales of wheat., mill
feed within the trade and fixing rea
sonable limits of profits for brokers,
commission men and jobbers in this
commodity resulted from a two-day
conference in Washington between
representatives of the industry and
the United States food administration.
It was upon the advice of the leading
men of the trade that these new rales
and regulations were made in order
that the fair and honest dealer may
be protected against the operations
of a few unscrupulous manipulators.
Brokerage Fees Eliminated.
Under the new regulations brokers
in wheat mill feed may not change
more than 25 cents per ton broker
age. Commission agents, making
sale, delivery, and collection may not
•charge mere than 50 cents per ton
commission, and wholesalers or job
bers shall not charge more than a rea
sonable advance over the average bulk
price at mill (plus brokerage, commis
sion, or inspection fees actually paid,
freight, and costs of sacks) of this
stock, on hand or under contract, but
not at that time contracted to be sold.
The advance allowed wholesalers or
jobbers must r.ot exceed the follow
ing:
Shipment from mill or in transit,
payment cash, demand draft, or sight;
-draft, $1 per ton.
Shipment from mill or in transit,
sale on arrival, draft terms, if '• .50
per ton.
Sale ex-jobbers warehouse, payment
cash, sight draft, or demand draft,
$2.50 per ton.
Sale ex-jobber warehouse, upon ar
rival, draft terms, per ton.
In making sales on credit not to ex
ceed $1 per ton max be added to the
margin which could be charged if sold
on arrival dra*t terms.
One I'rofit on Sales.
In order that wheat mill feed may
go from the miller to the retailer in
a« direct a line as possible, but one
profit on sales within the trade is per
mitted. This limits the profit to one
dealer, or if sold by several dealers,
the total profit shall not exceed the
original single profit. In this manner
the profits ox unnecessary hampers
are eliminated.
HARD QUERY TO ANSWER.
No Distinction Between National
Monument and National Bark.
WASHINGTON, I). C., March 14.—
The often-asked question as to the
difference between a national park
and a national movement is now hard
er than ever to answer. Before the
cf the national park service
act, a well-defined distinction was
recognized by common consent, based
upon the idea that the monument was
merely conserved with no idea of de
velopment, while the national park
was created with the purpose of de
velopment. In the absence of formal
definition, the new act, which several
times mentions both kinds of reserva
tions without any distinction what
ever, must be held to abolish previous
unwritten conceptions and ^establish
the authority for the future.
What is left, then, of the distinction
is the fact that the monuments are
generally smaller and generally of
less importance than the parks. But
on the other hand, there is one monu
ment larger than all but the largest
parks, and ther are several parks as
small as many of the smallest mon
uments. Furthermore, the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, which is a
national monument, is at least equal
in importance to any national park
and of more importance than many.