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-i. I TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 25, 1919. Hbun? PAGE 0 Combined Telegraphic Nttn Service of aU paper. Associated Press, United Press. International New and Pacific Ntvs Service I ZJ International Machinists Move to Settle Dispute Submarine Polar Trips Predicted By Stefansson INDUSTRIAL 1HUMAH FLY TO is wToi III EVIOENGE OF CITY HALL Here Over 44-Hour Week PXANZ PROTEST AGAINST TONGUE TANGLING TITLES The unpretentious little lssi-quah.

ferryboat that piles along the San Pablo bay shore, baa started, without knowing It, a revolution in high United States naval circles. Congressman Fred A. Britten sighted the craft on its way to Mare Island yesterday, tried to pronounce Its name, failed on three attempts, and linally gave It up. The failure but served to emphasize his previously aroused ire against speech-defying names for vessels. He declared on the flVEBWE" 1KS.F, mm LABOR'S VIEIV Developments in Labor Situation 17" iviiecuim Vsrious projects that were abandoned Jutk Williams, the Human Fly, so tillrl L.

SAX FRAXCISCO. March 23. Miss Frances Marion, native born Callfor- The prediction of Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping- in this city and elsewhere In California as a result of the war disturbance-are iuL lie CUIIIOS upi nian, and the first American woman to CSHOP TANGLE SlMfUPBf I LWUER III 11 cross the Rhine Into Germany, arrive. being; revived with tho coming of yesteraay at tne St.

Francis. She tells un: Kiocs oi iau ounaings much like the well known suction-footed lly, Is to give an exhibition of his daring, life-risking stunt in Oakland under the auspices of The THIU L'NK. will scale the City Hall story of her historic adventure so: spring, according to reports, and business activity is Increasing accordlnjly. Several local plants arc lnreafng capacity and new factorial wilt erected wanted to be at Coblenz when the looys got mere. So I set out on I had an officer's uniform and I here this season.

Capital is lookln to American men helped me every BulldifiK at :30 p. m. on Saturday March rain or shine, irsinir ii spot that he intended, when Congress reopened, taking steps to stop such nomenclature. "The naming of most of our ships with unpronounceable names is as ridiculous as it will be confusing in the future." he declared. "I intend to offer a resolution in the House when Congress convenes to change many of these Indian names that have been selected." The congressman's committee has to do only with the United States navy, so the Isslquah and other non-naval craft need have no fear.

ill Oakkinri where as I went along. A general I "-ie piace i or investment. lug but iiis hands and feet to help I Roard, that shipbuilding would continue unabated in the West despite the end of the war, "if the old Pacific Coast spirit! of doing things in a big way and doing them well still prevails," drew from Congressman Fred A. Britten of Chicago before his departure with the naval affairs committee last evening, the comment that the-whole coast situation hinged upon the attitude of labor. Congressman Britten, in the course of his naval base investigations, wired Hurley for data on the probability of shipbuilding continuing here with its former fervor.

The reply he received offered to take me in his motor the a.s part of the way. In the isolated German villages the people came out and threw stones at us. nim, in- win from the sidewalk to the top of the tallest building in Oakland, the most thrilling feat in the city's history: Williams will cllml here for the benefit of the Klks' Salvation Army Fund and a collection will be luknn 'Coblenz was occupied by a small Associated Pre? sp.il from Washington today quotes Secretary Berrcs of the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of body of military police and there was talk of riots and revolutions In other parts of Geunany, so we weer not alto I1TI frolll Ihn r.f-,o.-rl according to leading business met, and Industrial development in this community is expected to be very rapid for several years. Manufacturing in California has shown a phenomenal growth during the last decade, according to figures col-lected by xperts. In this development, Oakland has figured largely, local business men say.

Greater strides along that line are expected, and It would not hurprise those who are watching Industrial progress if within a few vears this I ItV 4. Betty at Bay" Well William Ilannon and Robert Fechner, members of the general executive board of thy International Association of Machinist, will confer this week with representatives of the shipbuilding and outside shop interests in an effort" to arrive at an amicable adjustment of the 44-48-hour working week dispute. Local labor leaders have no confirmation of recurring reports, purporting to emanate from the conference of shipbuilders, shipworkers and officials in Washington, I). to the effect that the'. Macy award is to remain in force until October 1.

Officials of the Oakland Boilermakers' Union announce the receipt of despatches from Washington stating that J. II. Powers, representing the local union, has been seated as a member of the employers' and employees' conference gether safeT The officer in command was not pleased- at the responsibility of having me there, but I stayed three weeks. "According to Miss Marion the party with which she set fort!) to the enemy Played at Ye Liberty "Retry at Ray" received an enthusiastic reception at Ye Liberty Play- tutiition, and the net proceods will be tunn over fo the Elks' committee to go to the Salvation Army drive. CI-IMUKI) 55 STOHIKS Williams is the "Original Human Fly" and is the man who, on 11, climbed the Woblwoeth build tabor, as stating that no wage in-Hrc8 will lie proMded in the new working ajrecment IwiriR drawn at the conference there of shipbuilders and ship workers.

This would apparently mean that ttie wage provisions of the present Macy agreement, which expires on; Starch 81. are to prevail in the neS-Schedule. The message inakes no mention of' the 44-hour working week dispute which has disrupted the shipbuilding i industry of the Pacific coast. Mes- i country went to take several truck I noure last night, when Auda Due ap- loads oads of supplies to American prisoners Peared in the role, eft in hospitals when the Germans re-! at Of lif aa iH lu i tired. As they neared the -cll Uie ,0) ie manufacturing centers of the ra.

rifle coast. battle- i Kllnnr. In Awakened to realization th grounds the rough roads stalled the I "Hetty at Ray" Is play for fhe machines. When the officers the i kiddies that the grown-ups eiijoy. Auda danger they wented to send the Call- I 1)110 was choice for the leading ing In New York City, which Is lifiy-livc stories and over seven hundred feet in height.

Jt took the daring young man just two hours and forty-live minutes to make the climb. Williams Is one of the most unusual men who has ever been seen tiffi rele and the sul'nort was cood. Kxcel commercial possibilities of this, community, business men are getting solidly behind the Chamber of Commerce hi ns eitorts to advance th best in- in Oakland. Possessing a pair of Ji XwWi eresis of Oakland. Tllor" lu wiA fornla girl back, but her determination to-reach Coblenz before the troops won them over.

Miss Marlon leaves this week for New York, where she will write a series of newspaper articles, finish a book and play she has under way. She is the fiancee of Fred Thompson, commander of athletes with the A. K. F. dent work was done by Hugh Metcalfe, Marion Dupre, Marta Golden and the others in the cast "Betty at Ray" will be af Ye Liberty for the rest of the week.

It will be followed on next Sunday afternoon by "Not With My Money," a farce comedy. The production will be the first in stock in this city. The next road attraction scheduler! from Hurley was as follows: Your telegram requesting Information as to the future 'possibilities of shipbuilding on the Pacific Coast received. The United States Shipping Roard put forth every effort during the war to assist in the development of shipbuilding on the Pacific Coast, as wo recognized the climatic advantages Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay, Portland, Seattle and the other cities had over other sections of the country. "There is no question about great work the Pacific Coast yards did to help win the war, and now that the war Is over It is my hope that the building of ships will be successfully continued.

The government has been most liberal In spending millions of dollars for labor and material and the expansion of shipyards to meet war needs. I believe the people of the Pacific Coast are desirous of continuing this great Industry pn sound business lines. "The shipbuilders must recognize the fact, however, that. -to he successful they will hare to know thei true costs of producing a ship and make future bids on flat prices per deadweight ton the most wonderful hands and feet known to modern times, this man can hold a raw potato in his hand and squeeze it to a pulp in his long wiry fingers. He can catch a baseball as easily with his foot as some i I VILHJAliMlR STKrANSSOV.

aages from other sources, however, late that the conferees are at deadlock on the subject, due to the "radi-Sal position taken by certain pad fir Coast delegates. 1 The announcement is said to have followed a long executive session of Pacific Coast delegates with otllcials Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, Including Direc tor General Piez and I. C. Marshall, heading the industrial relations group of the corpora-flon. i Piez pointed out that efforts were being made to adjust shipbuilding fontracts with a view of lowering the costs.

It was said that he did not) more unined effort on the part of local citizens to work whole-heartedly for the upbuilding of the city. In discussing tbe situation' a local business man said today. ''Optimism has taken firm hold of Oakland and there is every reason that the citizens of this community should feel confides. about the future. To Arctic Wanderings Likened to Know-Tramp in Truckee for agreement calls for a conciliatory and escape the Polar seas pack and for Ye Liberty Is "The Geisha," to be followed by "The Man Who tme Rack" 4 he William A.

Brady offering now playing in San Francisco. hoard to settle labor disputes and people can with their hands. The, slightest indentation furnishes him plenty of hand hold for climbing. His fingers, which have been constantly developed during eight years of going up and down the sides of also for provisions regarding work Itegion Ing conditions. They also Insist that members of the loeiil unions, as well "The V.irtU lJ Retired Minister Dies at Age of 93 SAN JOSE, March 25.

Rev. George as international officers, fihall be members of the board. -Yeliminary conferences between the berg ice, which seldom draws over j0 feet. "The popular supposition that the Northland is a solid sheet of ice is wrong," he said. "It is In fragments which an under-sea boat could dive under, avoiding the danger it holds for surface vessels, and would have the added advantage of coming up in still water." At this point the North Pole dis my mina We have never been so exceptionally favored.

Crops all over the state give promise of a bountiful harvest, business in nearly every line is good, there Is plenty of money available to launch new Industries and to build needed homes, capitalists who are looking rv.r a place of safe Investment are inquiring about Oakland, and our hotels and apartment houses are filled to capacity with prospective O. Water, an aged retired minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, aged S3, died at a hospital here aftec an Ill- peak of lowering wages, but delegates were certain that wage reductions were not coemplated. The labor delegates said their page requests were largely for an qoaltzatiofK of rates prevailing at various potfits along the coast. The conference seemingly accepted Jhe declaration that no wage increase as to be had, but the delegates in- covery of Dr. Cook was introduced, npsj, 0f two Wecks.

Death was due to San P'rancisco' bay district representatives of the 1'nited States Shipping Hoard and William Ilannon, a member of the general executive board of the Machinists' International, Were held yesterday afternoon Immediately following the arrival of Ilannon from Seattle. Today and tomorrow ilannon wll meet with representatives of government, the shipbuilders, thetJron Trades'. marine," "Modern Captain Nautilus bio thsJSe of a we l-trained muslciari. I and under-sea boat at huh of world." They are small, like those of the fair) These newspaper headlines are pre-sex, yet possessing the strength "fj dieted within the next five years by steel, as the writer discovered while Vilhjamnr Stefansson Arctic explorer Interviewing Williams at the Hotel extraordinary and author of a series of Oakland. Having heard of that articles now running in the Sunday wonderful grip, the reporter asked TRIUI'NK.

to see it demonstrated. First Wil-i Ranked with Perrv, Xansen. Fhackel-llams shook hands, and the grip of ton and the late Captain Scott as the those lingers felt like steel bands. I greatest of modern adventurers In the Then, breaking off the lid of his mystery land of the bleak Polar gions, cigar box, he held this between his; the famous skandla discoverer of the thumb and forefinger in much the, RIond F.so.uimo' shows few marks of same position ono would hold althe hardships he has experienced. hop workers In an effort to straiehi.n listed that a new award should stlpu wte wonhing conditions.

Their plan Council, and 1he -shipyard" and outside out the tangle which has followed the deadlock of employers and employees over the working week without any labor or material guarantees. If the old Pacific Coast spirit of doing things in a bir way, and doing them well, still prevails, there will be no question but that ships will be produced on the Pacific Coast better and cheaper than in any other section of this country, or any other country In the world. Ton know I have a warm spot for tie Pacific Coast, and I know that you' will have a dellghtfnj. trip." Dr. R.

(5. Anderson Dentist. Highest quality dentistrv. Lowest prices. Cor.

12th and Oakland. Advertisement. bringing tnis comment with a broad smile from the veteran explorer, as he pointed a spot on his map. "1 was here, 89 degrees 34 minutes north, 101 degrees 2 west, and found a large island which was S00 feet high at one point. Cook said there was clear water here.

"The spot I hope to reach Is harder fo attain than the North Pole. It Is a million square miles which lies 300 miles south of the Pole in the Rehring Strait. Though there. It Is still 250 miles from discovery." old age. Water has no relatives here, but it Is believed that he has nephews and nieces in Ohio.

He served a number of pastorates In California, Including churches In Antloch, Yuba City, Williams, Kl Dorado, Folsom, Nord, Klamath and Enterprise. Last all he celebrated his 93d birthday anniversary by preaching at the Willow Glen church. The' funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock from the Centella church. Hurial will be in the conference cemetery at Pacific Grove. cigarette.

Slowly he began to press "About 3U," would be your guess; All of these conferences are In measure preliminary to the A GREAT SPECIAL here from Washington tomorrow night of Robert Fechner, also a member until the piece of wood split in two actually Stefansson has crowded a under the strain. century of thrilling years Into his life A great deal of doubt is expressed span and vigorously protests against as to whether or not Williams will be fhe theory that a Xorth ole trip is one able to climb to the top of the hardship. The mystery surrounding Hall and many are of the opinion I the correct. Kuglish pronunciation of his that It cannot be accomplished. ItlH'Ki'i name was also solved; It is, or certain that It offers difficulties in 1 sounds, in his careful enunciation as the climbing line that are seldom en-1 "Valuinar." the general executive board ot the Machinists' Internafional.

to take up with ilannon the measures necessary for an amicable adjustment of the difficulty. Fechner comes as tbe tiersoonl ren- kat countered. However, Williams savsl 11 luncheon yesterday in Stef resentativo of William II. Johnson, 0YAL CHOli (8 AMOSKEAG rv president, and the otber officers of the that he will make It all right, although he admits that he has climbed The Salvation Army DESERVES Jiour support C1VE! "In Oakland id the ROYAL for SHOES" international Assoclii DWof Machinists. VrVashingtonUjy Thirteenth much easier buildings.

ffannon comes ttfTcWMk'nces direct ansson honor given In the St. Francis by the consul generals of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, with President Hcnjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California presiding as toast-master, a select assemblage of San BluoCIIAMBRAY from slmlUuiWerences wlh shipyard mb lu- Promptly nrL-r. i 3i I 0 p. m. an Saturday.

March wnrk.ru In 1 1... i ml runner will return to Washington -nrt some, except in case or Francisco bay notables had sn Arctic WtfRK SHIRTS down pouring rain, when it will be i i i. mi: niirr nai tonal onicers or Kea exploring trip likened to long tne machinists' organization within a few days, whereas Ilannon will prftb- postponed till the weather abates enough to" permit the crowd to gather. A longer postponement is ably remain beer until the controversy is definitely settled. Impossible, as WIHIapis, like the, Positively Worth M.00 AT End-o'theMonth Specials in Women's and Children Shoes vaudeville aclor, is booked consecu- Doth men will confer Wednesday nlKht tlvely, and cannot stay over Sunday.

and Thursday mornine with PRICED LOWER Ruckley, business agent of the Oakland Machinists' Union, and with represen snow tramp at Truckee. "Vu cannot have the choice fruits of rallforiiia, perhaps," StefBnsson said, "hut tlicre is food In plenty. Hal, bear, caribou, fish and musk-ox are In abundance. Some timcR we ate It raw, 1 admit; but if raw oysters, why not raw seal blubber? A sled, six dogs, a half sled load of essentials which include a rille and a dozen pounds of cartridges will suffice for one's upkeep an entire year, keeping him in the best of physical and mental condition, too." Submarines will find their greatest usefulness in the waters of We Arctic, according to Stefansson, because they i THAN YOU HAVE BOUGHT THEM All Sires From 11 to 17 tatives of the other Kastbay machinists' Soothe Your Itchind Skin SINCE BEFORE THE WAR unions, ana tnese consultations will be followed by a general conference in San Francisco Thursday afternoon of the International's representatives and the POUBLl; I A Beautiful PumPs S3 executive committees of the Oakland, San Francisco, Vallcjo, San Jose and Altrlrtlbi- fln Tal-nm-S. Marysvllle Machinists' Union.

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Women'sBlack Kid Boots with grey cloth tops SpecUl end JI '85 fHMAjtALjam Tr" i A STEIN COMPANY o' the month price, pair I PAIR PAIR o. oc mi. orren iraamg stamps rrrt ut tvnry rurcha.it IT PAYS TO SAYDISTINCTLYaI IfIRIS CARTERS These very pretty boots have a beautiful high Spanish arch. Black kid vamps with grey I Li Ik ALL of splendid quality hite Reign--Lin English port model lare oxfords ad boots; vhite rubber Goodyear etitcbed soleg and robber heels. All sizes in this special end tbe month offering at $23.

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Smith's Orchestra Children's Shoes End-o'-the-Month Specials Misses'-Children's End the month special prices on these English SAVE MONEY AVOID PAH1 10 Yean' Gaarante with all Work tl-K CKOWN8 et ot TeeUi 4.0t boM riLL-acs 1.00lbUr ruiinga to DB. F. Ii. STOW BOSTON DENTAL CO ut wASHCvoroa smsxi 0Va Wwh Ba ta utet a to a. ak Lace Boots Bys' Shoes' I'ohltlon on a Vinrola Position on a CoJombla The Attai hnwni on Don't Remove THE PRICE IS $1.50 CDTC but you can jct it hEEL have to chinot tha S-oohlr.

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