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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-02-10
Annual Report Of the Condition
OF THE
Annapolis Savings Institution

OF ANNAPOLIS
IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
At the close of business, December 3lst,
1912, in conformity with Section
SO of the Banking Law.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-14
TROUT FOR HIM

A patient young angler was dill
gently plying his rod and line.
do you know" howled the irate
owner, appearing on the scene, that
you are fishing in forbidden water?
Yes, sir, preserved water. And per-
haps you will allow me to inform you
that have been to considerable ex-
pense in well stocking it with fish, -
"Ah, yes" exclaimed the angler,
languidly. "And with what fish, may
l ask, have you so literally replen-
ished the stream?"
with roach, sir, my favorite fish"
"Ah, well, then, in that case"
blandly observed the youth, there's
no need for you to worry further, for
1 am fishing for trout"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-14
AND HE MEANT so WELL


; f@ "0h, thank you," exclaimed the
8 dear old lady, as a laborer surrender
ed his seat to her in a crowded car;
thank you very much"
"That's orl right, num-" was the
rejoinder.
And the old lady sat down, smiling
sweetly at her horny-handed knight.
He, for his part, returned this salute
fl4by what he thought was a polite and
gracious nod Then:
Il "Wot I SEE is" he added, "a man
4 never ort to let a woman stand.
That's wot SEE. Some men never
get up unless she's pretty, but to me,
mum, looks don't make no difference.
u woman's a woman, even if she
b'ain't beauty. That's wot sez."
-O-O-.
EtheI--Jack Huggard told me a
long story last night. Kitty-Is he
an interesting story teller? Ethel
should say so! He held his audi
ence from start to finish.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-14
SHE USED TO

Mrs. Tremendous Blank advertised
for maid and got a lot Of answers.
From the crowd of applicants she
chose one. And ere long there was
trouble in the family. The maid hal
been employed elsewhere, and she
knew the difference.
One day the lady became acrimoni-
GUS: do you call yourself ladyis
maid?"
81 used to, ma'am," replied the
servant, before worked for you"
"Young man, we need brains in
our business" 81 know you do.
That is why I'm looking for a job
here"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
MA|VY:1'RUsT MADE
CIGARS A B SOLD HERE:
f. G. Hall Sends New Year Greet
ings to Workingmen and
Pleads for Loyalty.

E. c.. Hall, president of the Mime
sofa State Federation of Labor. who
is also secretary-treasurer of the
Northwestern Blue Label league, is
out with his annual greeting to the
workingmen of Minnesota and the
Dakotas Mr.. Hall, in behalf of the
Cigarmakers' unions Of the three
states thanks the unions i. for their
patronage z9fa ,tt ths !l l Rs.s .tEIa1
the past ytsar.
Mr.. Hall says: The past year has
been good to US in. many ways Our
members have been steadily employed
and several unions are enjoying in
creased membership as the result of
demands for the union label How
eevr, there have also been apparent
increases in the sale of trust-made
goods, and We therefore ask you for
continued cooperation and support
Every union man and friend Of
labor can help by not only calling
for union-made cigars, but by urging
their mercha nts to carry a larger sup
ply. There are no better cigars man.
ufactured than those produced in this
territory, and by purchasing home
made cigars you keep money at home
that is now sent East.
Let your New Year resolution be
I Will smoke only homemade cigars.
and particularly those bearing the
union label Of the Cigarmakers' In
ternational union.'"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27

Every Building Tradesman Forced
to Lay Down Tools-Meet
Issue Squarely.

The threatened lockout of the
building trades at Fargo has taken
place. The contractors chose this
time of the year for the con test, as
work is slack and they will be put to
less convenience now than later. The
Fargo unions are meeting the issue
squarely and are putting up deter
mined resistance.
Every building workman at Fargo
was served with a notice to the effect
that employers would after December
Is operate on the so-called "open
Shop basis, giving employment to
union and non union men alike, with
compensation in proportion to the
skill exercised and labor performed. ="
This form of notice has familiar
ear marks to Duluth workingmen. It
was given with full measure to local
building tradesmen in 1907, but work.
men were alone to suffer. Few local
contractors have made any money at
their business since. 1t was a sorrv
experience to both workmen and en-
ployers. The Fargo contractors will
find to their sorrow that no matter
how the issue shall be determined out
there they will lose.
The several unions have opened CO.
operative shops and are competing
with the contractors for Jobs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
FALSEF|R|E ALARM
r., : ...rsS- ."-I- - -
:.cOsTsMANYL|VESj
..~ i =. ~
William or Lunatic Responsible for
Horrible Disaster in the
Copper Country. .
DID HE WEAR BUTTON = :.
OF CITIZENS ALLIANCE?
Three Witnesses Say Man Who
Shouted Fire" Wore One.
Time for Congress to Act.

CALUMET, Dec. 26.-(Special to
The Labor World. 1.-The most appall-
ing disaster in the history of Michigan
occurred Christmas eve at the Italian
hall in Calumet where hundreds of
men, women and children had gath
cred to witness Christmas exercises
for the strikers children.
The program which was quite
lengthy had just begun when a
strange man ascended the stairway,
yelled ''fire" and quickly made his
escape to the street. -
Several persons who stood near the
, entrance where this man appeared,
state that NE had his cap pulled down
over his eyes, and that pinned to the
lapel of his coat was "Citfzens' AL
lance" button.
At the cry of fire the great crowd
rose as one and made mad rush
for the exit in the front of the build
Ing. In the rush down the stairway
many fell and being unable to regain
their feet we're trampled to death,
their bodies acting as stumbling
blocks for others who followed, un-
I'll the hallway was entirely blocked
by the dead and dying.
Fire Alarm Sounded.
The fire alafm was soon sounded
and those responding were forced to
gain, entrance to the hall by ladders
at. the front windows. Firemen en-
tered the building in this manner and
stopped the panic stricken crowd from
further croWding into the hallway up
-cn the dead bodies of their friends in
"a frantic effort to escape.
The bodies in the hallway were so
tightly packed that they could not be
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
MOTHER. Jones GAME;
WOULD D !! DIE DII|E|: I FOR [ !. men \ 4
Angel of the Mining Camps" De.
fies General Chase of Col
orado Militia.

DENVER, Dec. 25.-Defying Gen.
! eral Chase to arrest her, declaring
she was eager to die for the cause
Of Colorado's $4,000 striking miners.
Mother Jones, the aged ''ange1 Of
the mining camps" was Thursday
preparing to leave for Trinidad. ,
She expects a call from union Off
cials to come to the strike zone in 4
few days.
"And it can't come too soon," said
the white haired old woman today. =.
Doesn't Know Better.
''Cnase will throw me in jail I
would bet on that. He'll do it be-
because he doesn't know that persecu-
ton always helps instead Of hinders
any battle. !
And let him do it. Let him have
his men, men disgracing their uni
forms, shoot me. :-
I'm prepared for that, too. wish
they would. It would mean a wave
Of feeling over this country that
would crush Chase and everybody like
him. It would mean certain victory,
and it would mean the end Of state
troops serving men with dollars"
And the old woman threw back her
head and chuckled at vision which
saw only the miners victory-which
forgot the price which she had just
offered to pay for it. ...' = Is
But I don't expect they'll shoot
me- she smiled. Il guess even Chase
knows better than that.
just Jail.
They'll throw me IN jail, and be-
fore they get ME out they'll wish
they'd never done it. 1t was the same
in West Virginia. They threw me in
and then they didn't know how to get
me OUT
And what do you think of the
prospects of the strike? What do you
think are the mems chances for VIC
tory? Will they win?''
The aged leader smiled, almost con-,
temptuously. @
will they win? Sure, sure, sure
and she clapped her hands in enthusi-
asm. 'It's the old fight for Justice.
And it always wins. All that is nee
essary is a real highland that's what
this one is.'' ...'- -,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
WISCONSIN, D|VERTS
s500'OOO TO LABOR
Commissioner Of Labor Beck to
Tell How State Has Helped
Injured Workmen.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 25.-How
Wisconsin has diverted 100000 a.
year from Wall street and put it into
the hands Of injured workmen and
their families as compensation for
time lost through Industrial acci-
dents, and how this plan can be
worked in other states, will be told
next week in Washington, a. the an.
nual conventions of the American AS
ISOLATION for Labor Legislation, the
American Economics association and
ether national meetings. A large
number Of men from Wisconsin viii
have part in the discussions
Among the topics to be taken up
Will be rural credits, the landlord and
tenant problem, betterment OF the
common schools, public health meas
ures, continuation schools and until
cation Of state labor bureaus.
Industrial Commissioner ]. D. Beck.
wisconsin will take part in DISCUS
sions on the prevention OF Industrial
ac2{aents. administration Of factory
insreotfon; laws and perfecting Of
! factory q tory legislation through commits
SLOT OCderS.ff,534
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
FIRM SELLS LABOR;
DODGE STRUST LAW
st. Paul Combine Attempts to
Crawl From Under States
Antitrust Law.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec: 25.-Is labor
a commodity? That is the. question
on which the st. Paul branch of the
Dry Cleaners association, claims ex-
emption from prosecution for VIOLA
tion of the antitrust law. ...'
The members of the association
claim that since they are only selling
labor for the purpose of cleaning
goods, therefore they are not subject
to law which forbids the fixing of
prices for commodities. !, :.
T. County Attorney r. D. O'Brien, says
the United States court Of appeals has
already. decided that under certain
conditions labor may be q commodity.
s There is no denial Of the fact that
the assoctat ton exists for the purpose
Of fixing prices 5ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
LEWIS STILL AFTER
BIG WIRE COMBINE.
Representative Would Have Gov.
ernment Take Over Tele-
graphs and Telephones. ::
PARCEL POST FATHER
SAYS RATES ARE HIGH
Tells Congress Americans Are
Obliged to Pay Highest
Rates in the World. !;

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Govern-
ment ownership of the telephone and
telegraph business is sought in
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Lewis.
He asked that the postoffice COM
mittee present to congress a bill
1, 1915, the country's telephone net
work and continue the operation.
thereafter by the government of the
ness over these lines.
be exempted.
Lewis presented statistics bearing
on the operation of the telegraphS
under government auspices in other
countries. He contended that govern-
ment ownership would result in lower,
charges for telegraph service and
otherwise bestow benefits on the pull
lie. Lewis declared that postal rates
in the United States ARE among the
lowest in the world" while the rates
for kilograms "are among the high
est. and the long distance communica-
ton from four to six times the rates
prevailing elsewhere
Has Studied Service.
Representative Lewis in his address
said:
Investigation discloses that our
telegraphic rates are the highest
among twenty countries, running
from 25 cents to 81, while in other
countries they average about II cents,
or cent word. The result is that
we rank ninth as telegraph users,
with one and one-tenth kilograms per
person to our credit per annun, while
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27

PERKINS STRONG ON
PUBLIC. OWNERSHIP
Trust Defender Says Government
Should Own Wire Systems
or Regulate Them.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-George W
Perkins, does not believe that the
new system of trust-busting by com.
mon consent as applied to the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph cont
pany will be a success. In an inter-
view, he says:
IF there is any business that can
not and should not be adjusted tc
competition, that cannot be efficiently
conducted along competitive lines, it
is the telephone business.
We might just as we'll try to con-
duct the postal business on COM
petitive basis. Any one who has been
in a town in which there is more than
one telephone company knows how
inefficient. unsatisfactory and costly
the telephone service of that town is.
II cannot believe that Mr.. Wilson's
proposition Of establishing competi-
ton in the telephone business is eco
nomically and fundamentally sound.
If that is going to be done we are
embarked on 4 thoroughly reactionary
program.
'The telephone business of the
country must be carried on in one of
two ways-either through government
ownership, as is the postal business,
or by a great telephone system under
direct supervision and regulation as
to rates by the federal government.
POSTMASTER General Burleson. in
his report of last Tuesday, recon-
?nended congress to take over the
telephone and telegraph lines, to unite
and operate them, because they are
,nonopolistic in nature. Mr.. Burleson
ic ri oh
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
PHONE GIRLS, WAGES
T00L0W.. SAYS BOYLE
State Senator Wants to Know
What Has Become of Mini
mum Wage Law.

What has become of the minimum
wage law passed by the last legis-
lature?" asked Senator James Boyle
at meeting of the Stirrup club last
Saturday. II was informed by tele-
phone operator in one of the mining
towns that her wages were but SIG
month. That is a shame" said
Senator Boyle.
-. Mr.. Boyle was a guest Of the Stir
~rup clstb. and after ~1lun eheen, gave q.
short but eloquent. speech in which
he touched on labor legislation. land
taxation and other: social problems
He paid, his respects to employers
who pay their women workers less
than a living wage, and he did It in
no uncertain language.
Senator Boyle introduced the mini
mum wage bill in the last legislature
and secured it's passage. He is now
interested in having the commission
carry out the letter and spirit of the
law. He believes that the commission
should direct it's attention to wage
conditions of telephone operators in
the state, and particularly to those
employed in country exchanges, who,
he declares, are working at a miser-
ably low wage.
When asked whether or not he
would be a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for congress against
Mr.. Miller, Senator Boyle said: "I
am just feeling around, and I want to
assure you that have had very good
encouragement. The outside coun-
ties are most friendly, and If I find
the people Of Duluth as encouraging,
I will enter the race
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
SHIP OWNERS FIGHT
TO k||keQ]!OD BILL
=
Business and Prok en- Men
Urged, to Write Congo = y
On seamen' S Bill l:<&se D
LABOR UNIONS ASKED z
TO LINE UP SOLIDLY
Hunger for Profits Prompts Big
Shipping Interests Against
/ Safety Measure.

The big shipping interests of the
kill the principal safety clause in the
Seamen's bill. Every business and
professional man In all Of the lake
cities this week received a letter urg-
ing him to write to members of con-
gress against the measure. Their
whole cry is that the bill will kill
profits.
It is the same old scare to frighten
timid men. The Wall street bankers
said that every large bank in the
country would close it's doors the day
after the currency bill was passed, but
they are still doing business at the
same old stand. Now the shipping in
tsrests declare they will be forced to
pull off their passenger steamers if
they are compelled by the Seamen' s
bill to fully mann their ships. 1t is the
threatening attitude of business
throughout the years, but their scares
do not frighten any more. The Sea-
mems bill will become law in spite of
all the opposition that is being ar
rayed against it.
Labor Must Help.
Every labor union along the chain
of lakes and all in Minnesota are be-
ing asked to write to the members Of
> congress to vote for the bill as it
passed the senate. If they do this it
will make it easier for congressman
to vote right on the measure. The
committee of the house is now con-
Quoting public hearings on the bill.
The objections of shipowners and their
lawyers and representations to the
measure rests primarily on dollars
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
ALIENS FLOCK into !.
COUNTRY IN HORDES
October immigration Shows
Slight Falling Off, But
Italy Still Leads.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-The i'm
migration for the month Of October
was 2'lO7 less than for the month of
September. Again does the Couthern
Italian lead the foreign immigration
invasion army, with 27,057.
Following this large number comes
the Polish, with 1924 admitted,
Closely following this comes the He
brews, with 1926; Germans. $500:
Crotians and Slovenians, 6,464; Eng
lish, 6,123; Irish, 5,535: Northern
Italians, 5,097: Russians, 4,749; Scan
dinavians, 1929; Ruthenians 3,511:
the balance being scattered between
twenty-eight nationalities.
The total immigration for the
month was 134,14o. This is an in
crease Of 25,840 over the same month
last year. Classified according to oc-
cupations given by the immigrants
themselves there were included in the
October list 1924 farm laborers; 3d.
739 laborers, and 1907 servants.
Classified according to trades de-
clared by the immigrants there were
2,572 tailors, 1852 shoemakers $50
miners, 376 weavers and spinners,
nearly all Of the other known trades
being represented by small numbers.
The destinations of these immi-
grant aliens, in large part, were as
follows: New York, 97,792; Pennsyl-
vania, %, 2,488; Illinois, 1856; Massa-
chusetts. S.74s; Ohio, s,233: New Jer-
sey. 6,702; Michigan, 4,933; with the
balance being scattered to the vari-
GUS states In the union.
There were debarred during the
month 1890, the largest number for
any one particular cause being the
likelihood Of becoming public charges.
During the month under consider
alton there departed from American
ports em1grant aliens to the num-
Der of 26.998. The total number Of
immigrants admitted to the ports of
the United States from July to Octo-
Der, 1913, inclusive, reached 534S11
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
Your Money Will Help ii More Ways Than
One to Assist Copper JMiners-7hey Need it


The hearts of ALL of friends and of foes, go out
to the striking miners of Michigan whose homes
are this: day shrouded in over the loss Of
! ~ loved ones through the mad rush that was
made from that hall in Red Jacket on Christmas
eve, when the false cry of fire" was shouted
from the doorway by villain fool.
1t was awful thing to do; none but
scoundrel or lunatc, under any circum stances,
would give false alarm of fire in hall crowded
with women and children. If it was scoundrel
who did it let hope that he will be captured
and sent to jail. If the other hand it was a
lunatic let US pray that he will be safely
lodged in an asylum before he causes further loss
of life.
The Associated Press reporter at Calumet as
usual. was on the job for the miner owners. His
stories OF the awful disaster highly colored
in favor of the companies and against President
Meyer of the Western Federation of Miners, who
he said attributed the murder" to the gunner
of the companies. Mr. Meyers telegram to Sec
retary of Labor Wilson gave the lie to the Asso-
ciated Press report, although 9 message to Duluth
from Calumet declares that three persons who saw
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27

the man declare he wore a Citizens alliance
button.
The story that Mr.. Meyer refused help from
the outside is also proved to be untrue. The
miners welcome help from all friends but they
refuse to accept relief from the in the Cop
Sper Country who one week ago branded the strik-
ing miners and their leaders as a band of out
laws and undesirable citizens.
+ The families of the miners are in need of
assistance, and every friend of labor. in this
munity is urged to help them. The Labor World
will receive funds for this purpose. We will see
that they sent direct to representatives of the
miners who are authorized to receive money for
their relief.
Do not pay any attention to press reports from
Calumet to the effect that the Citizens Alliance
will provide for the relief of the miners whose
homes stricken. This organization has
reason for sending out such news. The miners
need assistance now they have needed it all along
but more so now than before. Let every friend
of labor in Duluth and st. Louis county answer
the call. Send all contributions to The Labor
World
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
LABOR LEGISLATION
PASSED DURING 1918
Year Just Closing Was Banner
Year for Passage Of Helpful
Social Legislation.
COMPENSATION AND
ACCIDENT LAWS LEAD
Commission Form of Factory In
spection in Six States-Un-
employment Bills.

All of the labor laws passed by
congress and by state legislatures dur
ing 1913 are described in a compre-
hensive and timely bulletin just is
sued by the American Association for
Labor Legislation.
"Of special significance in the la Dor
legislation of this year." says the Sec
retary, DR.. John B. Andrews, "are
laws in five states. California, Massa-
chusetts, New York, Ohio and Penn
sylvania, extending the commission
form of factory law administration
as adopted in Wisconsin two years
ago.
Eight states, California, Colorado,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, WASH
ington, Wisconsin and Utah, have this
Year followed the example of Massa-
chusetts in passing minimum wage
laws. More stringent laws requiring
the notification of Industrial acci-
dents and diseases, and the enact
ment Of Workingmen's compensation
measures by seven additional states,
Connecticut, Iowa. Minnesota, Ne
braska, Oregon, Texas and West Vir-
ginia, are also of first Importance.
"Of more than ordinary signi-
ficance, too, in state legislation, are
laws providing for one day Of rest in
seven, and laws for the prevention OF
lead poisoning and other occupational
diseases. Federal labor legislation is
noticeably increasing in volume, and
congress this Year remodeled the law
for conciliation in railway disputes
and also created the department OF
labor
Several hundred labor bills were
introduced this year in congress alone
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-27
MICHIGAN COPPER
MINERS WORKING IN
DULUTH ADVERTlS-
ing THEIR STRIKE

This is a photo of a
banner that can be seen
carried any day through
the streets of Duluth. The
men behind the banner
are striking miners who
have been sent here to
urge working men to keep
away from Michigan and
Colorado during the
strikes which are being
conducted in those states.
The Michigan strike is
being waged by the West
ern Federation of Miners,
but they manifest a true
spirit of brotherhood by
assisting the United Mine
Workers who are conduct
ing the Colorado strike.
Duluth workingmen are
urged to keep away from
both states. {. .ssz ! ...sss,,, z....