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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
EAST JAMAICA.

Bert Sage has moved his family back
to WardsborO.
J. H. Peck of Bennington is visiting
his son and family.
A goodly number attended the Brat
tleboro fair this week.
Our school was not in session Wednes-
day on account of the Valley fair.
Mrs. Fife Wilson and son Of Chester
spent few days recently with her aunt,
Mrs. A. r. Allen.
Chickering Brothers of New Hamp-
shire bought and drove about so cows
from here last week.
Leon Grout and Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Peck and daughter attended little
Emma Lackey's funeral in Wardsboro
Sunday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29

A South African tribe has law that
any person who addresses a public as
sembly shall stand on one leg while
spea king. 1t encourages brevity. The
unpleasant thing about it is that il
will be so hard to get American legisla
lures to pass a law requiring that all
their members do the same.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
WEST DOVER.

Ola Boyle is working for f. ]. Grout
Leon Hescock is working for +. J,
Grout.
Bert Davis has gone to New York on
viist.
Several from here attended the Val
ley fair in Bratteboro.
Murrv Harris is driving stage for
Bert Davis while he is away.
Mrs. Leon Heseock finished work for
Mrs. W. l.. Cutting last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis of Dover
Center are working for Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Shippy.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29

Box-like bedsteads still may be found
in the rural parts of Scotland. In medi-
aeval times beds were surrounded by sides
of boards, with strong posts at the, four
corners. The sides contained sliding doors,
which could be fastened inside. When
men retired to rest they took a weapon
with them. If attacked in the night they
were aroused by crashing in of their
wooden defence. When the law became
strong enough to protect human life the
sides of the bedsteads gradually were dis
pensed with, but the four posts remained.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29

guests Of Clarence aud Helen Lewis over
Sunday
Mrs. N. T.. Attridge returns today 70
her home in Highland, \. y, after my
ing spent the past two months WIN , leu,
tives in this place, Gardner aud M'l'e's
Falls
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
A Poor Cure.

Mayor Speer of Denver, at recent
temperance banquet, was discussing a
drink cure of little efficacy.
''When / think of this cure,' he
said. 81 recall poor old woman with a
red nose who entered a magistrate s of
fee and said:
"'I'd like to take the pledge, if you
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to all who so kindly assisted us
during the sickness and at the time OF
the death and funeral of our darling
baby. Also for the words of sympa.
thy and the many flowers. Nav YOU ali
be equally remembered in your time of
sorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lackey,
Miss Edith Lackey.
Adv 90
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
The ONLY
UNIONIST
In North Carolina Legisla-
ture makes good

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The incl
dents occurring in the lives of active
trades unionists contain both pathos and
heroism. T.. r. Pace, a machinist, resid
ing at Raleigh, n. c., was elected to the
lower house of the Legislature last fall.
He stood alone the only and first un-
ionist member of that body. But he had
initiative, courage and persistence. He
introduced several bills and succeeded
in getting three of them enacted into
law.
One law allows the transportation
companies to issue free transportation
to widows or minor children of pen
stoned, furloughed, superanuated, dis
abled or deceased employees.
Another relating to factory owners
providing medical and surgical appli-
ances in factories. 1t is provided that
all factories in the state shall be equip.
ped with certain medical accessories as
first aid to injured or i'll employees.
Also law was enacted providing foi
the ten-hour day (maximum) in all fac
tories after January l. 1912.
This initial labor legislation viii un
doubtedly spur the unionists of Norti
Carolina to seek to increase their mum
Der of members in the next session.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
SWAMPED
BY REPLIES
Bob LaFollete gets l7,OOO
repliesfrompoStalclerks.
HichcOck'S ears ought
to tingle

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-Although
but a short time has elapsed since Sena
tor La Toilette sent out his letter of in
quiry to the railway mail clerks, an
eral hundred day. The senator's offer
to assist them if furnished the informa
tion necessary has struck a responsive
chord The matter affects these clerks
right to organize.
If answers continue to arrive at the
present rate very large per cent of
these employees will emphasize the opin
ion heretofore held that if given an op-
portunity 90 per cent of them would
seek membership in the American Fed
Grafton of Labor The government off
cials are beginning to realize now that
they have attempted a difficult task in
their effort to deprive workmen the
right to associate themselves together
for the purpose of improving their con
ditions.
Pathetic letters have been constantly
coming into headquarters of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor reciting acts of
intimidation, coercion and other forms
of tyranny ON the part of superintend-
ents and other officials of the railway
mail service. Many men have been laid
off, victimized and otherwise mistreated.
Definite action will be inaugurated
within short time to get the whole
matter before the extra session of con
gress.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
PRESIDENT
OBDURATE
Still inveighing against re-
call of Judges provision
in Arizona Constitution

WASHINGTON, April 2l-The presi-
dent is still vigorously opposing the sec
tion of the Arizona constitution which
provides for the recall of judges. From
statements emanating from the White
House it is CLEANED that he can reconcile
himself to all other enactments in the
organic law of the new state save the
one mentioned. But even though this
at the present time seems to be an in
surmountable objection to ratification,
yet the president may be unwilling to
disapprove it solely because of the in
corporation of this provision.
President Taft has held several con-
ferences with Attorney General Wicker
sham and other members of the cabinet
on this question. To Chairman Flood
of the house committee on territories
and Representative Houston of Tennes-
see he has outlined scheme to eliminate
the clause. The proposition was that
the constitution pending before congress
be adopted, and that later the people of
Arizona. under the constitutional power.
propose an amendment to the constitu-
tion permitting the recall to apply to
all officers now mentioned except the
judges.
Prominent Arizonians now in Wash
ington state that the people of the ter
ritory while anxious to be granted state
hood would, if the recall of judges pro-
vision were again submitted to vote,
retain it by an overwhelming majority.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

in CABINET
If Congressman Sulzer's
bill creating department
of labor runs gauntlet of
Congress

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-Congress-
man Sulzer has introduced his bill in
the house to create department of
labor with the secretary a cabinet mem
Der. The following excerpts from the
bill give a general idea of its character
and scope:
"* That there is hereby Gre
tied and established an executive de-
partment of government to be called the
department of labor, with secretary of
labor, who shall be the head thereof and
member of the cabinet, to be appointed
by the president, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate.
THAT there shall be in said depart
ment three assistant secretaries, to be
appointed by the president, by and with
the advice and consent of the senate, to-
wit:
"a first secretary whose duty it shall
be to supervise all matters relating to
idboi NhSaScu III hldhuldSNulli liiS anu
transportation industries.
"A second secretary whose duties shall
be to supervise all matters relating to
labor employed in mining and agrieul-
tural industries,
"A third secretary whose duties shall
be to supervise all matters relating to
labor engaged in building and the mer-
camille industries.
"That there shall be branch of this
department to be known as the bureau
of fisheries, under the direction of a
commissioner of fisheries, who shall
have charge of all matters relating to
labor engaged in the fishing industry
"That the secretary of the department
of labor shall have the power to ap-
point boards of arbitration and eoneili-
alton in labor disputes whenever in his
Judgment the interests of industrial
peace may reqnire it to be done"
Numerous additional provisions are
Incorporation to facilitate the opera.
tion of the department.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
WITH VAN VALLEY
BoTTLING. WORKS NOT SETTLED

Somebody, with an evident purpose,
is circulating the report that the trouble
between the Van Valley Bottling works
and the Brewery Workers union has been
settled and the firm is now fair. This
is untrue At the time we go to press
the brewery workers themselves are au-
thority for this statement. The brewery
workers union sets the scale for EN-
ployes in the bottling works and holds
jurisdiction over the plant. The drivers
for this plant had their wages reduced
five dollars a week below the scale set
by the brewery workers union and q
conference between the union represen-
tatives and the firm proved futile. The
strikes and boycott committee of the
Trades Council was also unable to effect
settlement and the council concurred
finally in the action of the brewery
workers in placing the bottling works
unfair. The only concession made since
by the firm has been to raise the drivers
two dollars week but they are still
receiving three dollars a week less than
the union scale and the bottling works
has NOT been taken from the unfair
list, any reports circulating at this
writing notwithstanding.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
RAILWAYS
ARE ACTIVE
Again attempt to amend
important section of Ok
lahoma'S constitution by
use of initiative

WASHINGTON, April 2l.--Last year
the railways of the new state of Okla
homa initiated a petition to amend sec
tion g. article 0, of the constitution.
The initiated petition provided for the
practical effacement of all foundation
for railway legislation and the entire
elimination of all legislation that had
been enacted regarding contributory neg
ligence, employers liability and fellow
servant abrogation. If the railways had
been successful in substituting their
amendment every statute then in force
relating to public service corporations,
together with all remedial labor legisla-
tion, would have become null and void.
The State Federation of Oklahoma i'm
mediately upon the initiation of the pc
tition, realizing the danger of the amend
ment, commenced an active campaign
against it. The American Federation of
Labor, also appreciating the value Of
this section to the working people of
the state, materially assisted in present
ing the claims of labor before the peo-
pie. When the amendment came to q
vote it was defeated by $4,000 majority.
But the railways, ever persistent, have
again initiated a petition to amend the
same section, and the election viii be
held April 25. There is some change iIi
the present amendment, which expressly
provides that certain sections shall be
Continued on Page Four.l
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
LABOR COMMITTEE
NOW COMPLETE

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The as
signment of republican members to the
various committees of the house of rep
resentatives has been completed, and it
is now possibl to make public the per-
sonnel of all standing committees. The
labor committee, in which the labor
movement is intensely interested, is
composed of the following representa-
tives:
William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania,
coal miner, democrat, chairman.
Walter L. Hensley of Missouri, demo
crat.
James P. Maher of New York, halter.
democrat.
Arthur B. Rouse of Kentucky, demo-
crat.
David l. Lewis of Maryland, coal
miner, democrat.
William Schley Howard of Georgia,
democrat
Frank Buchanan of Illinois, iron work
err, democrat.
Finly H. Gray of Indiana, democrat.
John j. Gardner of New Jersey, re-
publican.
Edward B. Vreeland of New York, re-
publican.
f. H. Madison of Kansas, republican.
Willis C. Hawley of Oregon, republi
can.
John NJ. C. Smith of Michigan, repub-
lican.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

The Iron Molders of Arkon, Ohio,
have won strike against the Wise
Furnace company and the Twentieth
Century company for an increase in
wages.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-ln accord,
o,oe with resolution No. 40 adopted at
the st Louis convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, the interna
t;onal Union of Flour and Cereal Mil
EMPLOYEES has ceased to exist. All ioea'
unions which were formerly attached to
The international will be furnished Amer
;can Federation of Labor charters tre'
of all cost. Central bodies, where these
unions are affiliated, are urged to advise
local unions to at once affiliate them
selves direct.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
EVERETT ELKS
MINSTREL SHOW
MONDAY AND TUESDAY

Everett Lodge Of Elks will give
minstrel show Monday and Tuesday,
April "a and %, which promises to excel
anything in the show line ever produced
by the lodge.
The S. A. Grubs Minstrel Syndicate
of Chicago has been secured to drill the
talent aud stage the show and this is
certainly fortunate for the theater-goers
of Everett for their stage settings and
costumes surpass those of any profes-
sional show ever seen in Everett.
Among the prominent local artists
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

and near artists who will take the solo
Swalwell, Frank Westlake, Joe st. Peter
S. NJ. McCallum, Herb Robinson, Harry
Emoree, Fred Engleman, Jay Carpenter
Harry Dorman, w. w. Blain, Everett
Hove, Oscar lie Gros, w. L. fremont,
Nels Weborg w. II. Mallon, Clayton
Williams, Sandy Thompson and chorus
of fifty.
Besides the big first part there will
be four specialties, including the big
afterpiece, "Ebonyville EIks' Reception. -
The whole show will without doubt be
the biggest home talent hit the city has
ever seen and should be seen to be ap-
preciated.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

1t is said that a union made broom
cannot be obtained in the city. Ask
your grocer why.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21
ORGANIZED LABOR CHAMPIONS
WORTHY CAUSE.

That the school children of Washing
ton may receive special information
concerning the prevention of tuber
culosis, organized labor in this state is
raising a fund for the Washington As
sociation for the Prevention and Relief
of Tuberculosis to expend for this pur
pose.
The work will be done in connection
with the general Tuberculosis Day
movement, with the cooperation ot
teachers and county superintendent
many of whom have already assured
the association of their hearty support
April 22th has been set as the time fol
concerted effort in the schools.
Leaflets especially designed for chill
dren above the fourth grade will bt
distributed, and the teachers in many
instances are planning to give short
talks on the subject.
To emphasize the simplicity of means
in preventing and eXterminating this
disease, cash prize will be Offered
through each county superintendent CO.
operating in the movement, to the child
writing the best essay about "Tuber.
culosis and It's Prevention" Those pa.
pers winning county prize will be sub.
mitted to the association to compare
for the state prize.
For details concerning this movement
consult your school principal, or county
superintendent or write to the Wash
ington Association for the Prevention
and Relief of tuberculosis, 915 Cobb
building, Seattle, Washington.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-"overlap-
ping" is the term used in foreign eoun-
tries to designate what is termed here
jurisdiction The Tramway Employees
union in Sydney has recently endeavored
to make effective its claim to the work
claimed by the Electrical Trade union
and a vigorous protest has been filed by
the latter organization.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-04-21

Holyoke, Mass, tailors, with the as
sistanee of Oragnizer Tazelaar Of the
American Federation of Labor and Or
ganizer Pascale of the tailors, have Sc
cured a substantial increase in wages
and bettered conditions after -four
days strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-22

tific investigators of the phenomena
of sleep. who dreamed that he was
living in Paris during the Terror and
had been put on the prescribed list.
After many exciting adventures he
was captured, tried and sentenced to
execution. He saw himself dragged
through the streets amid clamoring
multitude and forced to mount the
scaffold and bare his neck to the fatal
blow. In that instant as the guillo-
tine knife descended he awoke to find
that a piece Of the cornice of his bed
had fallen and struck him on the neck.
Testifying even more impressively to
the twofold action Of the dream proc
ess and to its rapidity Is dream ex-
perience Of my own. In this dream
/ was walking alone at night along
country road 1t was lined on both
sides by trees which, as / learned
from a man who presently Joined me.
were laden with fruit. l picked some
pears and ate them as we walked and
talked. The road seemed to overlook
a broad valley in which / saw a soil
tary light My companion told me that
it was in his home and invited me to
pass the night with him. After a tir
ing walk we reached the house,
small two room cabin. He retired into
the inner room and went to bed in
the outer. 1 had not been long asleep
when. in my dreams, was awakened
by the noise of somebody running, and
the thought instantly flashed into my
mind that my host was making off
with my money. ! leaped up shout
ing, "Stop. stopr'
Then / vertically awoke and as I did
so distinctly heard on the pavement
below my window the sound of hur-
ried footballs and voice crying ex-
citedly. stop. stopr' AT once it was
clear that these two words. penetrat-
ing to my sleeping consciousness. had
provided the necessary stimulus to set
up a dream process which, in the frac-
ton of a second. had interpreted them
as best it could and had presented the
results of its Interpretation in the form
of a curious little narrative of noctur
nal adventure.
Dreams may be produced by the
use of artificial irritants. One sleeper.
whose nose was lightly tickled with a
feather. had horrible dream Of a
mask of pitch being alternately ap-
piled to and drawn violently from his
face. Another. at whose feet hot
water bag was placed. dreamed that
he was walking over hot lava. In a
second experiment of the same sort
the accidental slipping Of the cover
from the hot water bag led to an elab-
crate dream of capture and torture by
Rocky mountain bandits who insisted
that the dreamer knew how to convert
copper into gold and held his naked
feet In fire in order to compel him to
communicate his valuable secret. SINH
| larry the application of slight degre
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-22

or Mason and sIiden was a fdregone
Apprehensions that cable
gram could quiet In day ran their
course for weeks under the old system
of ocean mail dispatches.
The Thirty congress opened
very quietly under the circumstances
The Hon. Galusha A. Grow was the
speaker of the house. In the senate
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, was
by all odds the greatest figure. Many
of the giants of the senate had gone
out at the close of the last congress
to join the Confederacy. Sumner had
engaged in many a word battle with
them over the slave question. He was
a great debater and a man of power
His deliberations on the Mason-ShdeH
case had great influence in the final
solution of the problem involved by
this violation Of the rights of neutrals.
Sumner was an abolitionist. Just
at this period the slave question was
uppermost because the friends Of ne
gro freedom wished The government
to declare itself. 1t was held by the
abolitionists that the negroes who were
found in southern territory which was
captured by Federal armies should be
ser free.
The question Of the nation finances
very naturally came up as soon as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-22
England Aroused.

The British nation lost no time Il
making preparations for war with It's
old antagonist. There was a large and
powerful party which was anxious TO
have Great Britain play into the hands
OF the Southern Confederacy. The Of
hcers OF the administration were In
clincd TO go slow, but the agitation
among the people forced their hands.
After the first steamer had sailed for
New York with letters OF special ad-
Eice TO Lord Lyons In Washington a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-22

W. H. bEHAhIs BA4tIObN . HA-lAAEAAhI ON
STATE. WHO HANDLED THE MASON AND
sLIDELB CASE
Trent reached Southampton Nov. 20.
und the news was Immediately carried
70 London by Reuter- telegram.
The London Times printed the first
news Of the Trent affair the morning
of the 9th OF November. with all due
reserve" The news set England in an
uproar, which was increased when the
truth was confirmed I'm the Times OF
the 2Sth. At the head OF column ar
ticle on the subject the editor said it
was almost impossible TO discuss the
matter with proper restraint. Every
day added to the excitement People
talked Of nothing else. 1t has been
compared to the feeling OF this coun-
try when Sumter was fired upon. Nat
urally the navy was looked to. The
Times said the United States had only
half a dozen real warshlps: that the
boasted victories OF the American navy
in 1912 amounted to nothing. However.
England in this crisis looked hopefully
10 France for aid in the event of war
with the United States.
The excitement in the public mind at
this aggression on an unarmed vessel
being very great, a British cabinet
council discussed the question on the
2sth. and on the 30th Earl Russell
wrote TO Lord Lyons, the British min
lister at Washington. that intelligence
Of n very grave nature had reached her
majesty's government" After descrlb-
ing the nature Of the outrage the for
elgn secretary instructed Lord Lyons
that "her majesty's government trusts
that when this matter shall have been
brought under the consideration OF the
government Of the United States that
government will of its own accord
offer to the British government such
redress as alone would satisfy the
British nation-namely, the libernti ton
OF the four gentlemen tthe secretaries
OF the commissioners were included in
the arrests) and their delivery to your
lordship. in order that they may agnin
be placed under British protection.
with a suitable apology for the aggres-
sion which has been committed" An
other dispatch instructed Lord Lyons
that in the event OF the United States
asking for delay. "in order that this
grave and painful matter should be de-
lfberately considered. you will consent
20 n delay not exceeding seven days.
II ut the end OF that time no answer
is given or IL any other answer is
given except that OF compliance with
the demands Of her majesty's govern
mept your lordship is to leave Wash
ington with all the members OF your
legation and TO repair Immediately to
London" RESPONSIVENESS and advice
were also sent TO the American gov
eminent by the courts CT France, Aus
tria and Prussia.