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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
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Notice Of Expiratiss.l Of RedenPtle8:
County Of st. Louis, State of Min
70 John l.. Gleason: III }.5 !" 7 z. II al
sts@$ You are hereby notified that the fol-
uated in the County Of st. Louis. and
State OF Minnesota, known and de-
scribed as follows t t.. M,. TIE North
f fyass NEH sa SKI q seft's
North. Range Seventeen GID West OF
the Fourth Principal Meridian, and the
Northwest one-Quarter OF the North
s ssst as s}xtg
Ave 1(65) North. Range Seventeen C17)
West, Of the Fourth Principal Merfd-
ian, according to the Government sur
vey. thereof. are now assessed 'ss'!'' In Your
s. You are further notified that at 4 tax
udgment sale held on the 9th day Of
May, Az b. 1910. each of the said par
and no one bidding upon said ofrer an
amount for either arce. equal to- that
for which the parcel was subject to be
sold, to-wit. the sum Of Twelve and
09.1OO Dollars, each OF said parcels was
duly bid IN for the State OF Minnesota.
Tor said sum Of Twelve 81 and S.s os-l 90
Dollars S &S * ~ 331, s5
q That thereaf ter and on the Il til day
said parcels OF land having then. been
redeemed from said sale, and both OF
them having; then become the absolute
property Of the State OF b Minnesota,
were each sold and conveyed at public
sale by the Count n Auditor Of said
County pursuant Il. to- the order and
direction Of the State Auditor Of the
State lot Mime ota.g and IN accordance
With sles . provisions OF the statute In
sum lot Seventh I'VE and as 100 Dollars
duly paid to the Cs:our tss IRE insure al
lid coun S. sss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
LIKENs TAX SYSTEM
TO HIGHWAY ROBBERY

That taxes on personal property.
like all taxes on labor products, are
morally the same as highway robbery,
is something that has been proven too
often to need repetition. In that
reason alone any person who declines
to pay them can find justification, al
though the same prudence that would
impel one to submit to highway
! man usually prevents resistance to
the governments equally predatory
demand. 49,.
But Chicago has one citizen who il
zen is woman, Mrs. Belle Squire.
She has in addition to the reasons
given for non-payment. the plea that
until four months ago she was denied
the right to vote. So she has, since
1911. refused to pay tax on her per-
sonal property unjustly claimed by
the state of Illinois. To the latest
demand on her rmade by the tax
collector, she has replied as follows:
CAS- loyal patriot OF this land Of
ours, called by courtesy free l was
constrained to use the money in the
movement organized TO make my citi-
zenship effective,s:the citizenship
promised to every sfrseborn person in
the United States.''she said. III
my landlord has 1itt.paid over to you
his proper share Tor all those COM
mon benefits for s&.;ashich he duly
charges me, and yon5Ate still short Of
funds surely I shoulfsflot be held re-
sponsible for his Shortcomings.
fact that1ll1notiiss : agll Eo me suffrage
since the tax was ls1fed, mas no bear
ing on the case. : ! Moreover. I
decline to feel grateful TO you for, a
victory here that has been fairly won
by ourselves at great COST -
IT there: is anything wrong with
Mrs. Squirrels logic, OF; with the justice
Of her position, what is. It,? She de-
serves credit for the bold stand she
takes against injustice.
OF course the state has the power
to forcibly rob, her OF 4 the money
she rightfully refuses TO pay. And Of
course there are short-sighted ones
who hold that, because legislators
have through ignorance or worse, put
an unjust law on the statute books,
therefore Mrs. Squire should be COM
PEELED to submit. But thinking per-
sons. those who hold that no act Of
the legislature can make a wrong into
right, will endorse her position and
wish her success. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08

heard before this Court. at the Probate
Court Rooms In the Court House In
Duluth, In said County. on Monday. the
LIST day Of December, 1913. at ten
O'clock A.. N, and all persons inter-
ested in said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited. and required at
said time and place to show cause. IL
any there be, why said petition should
not be- granted. ~ s.5sEss
Ordered further. that this order bs
served by publication In The Labor
World according to law. and that q
copy of this order be served on the
County Treasurer Of st. Louis County
not less than ten days prior to said
day Of hearing. .a.,a ~ 81 SIS
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, October 80.
1913. - u, 5s5s5
BY the Court,
n #.a--~ S. w. 6GILPIN,
Xxi 55y5o h Judge Of Probate.
ty. Minn.)
Attest: 1sa
A. r. MORTON. ...5. !; go EEK.
Clerk of Probate. SfFis
T., w, Nov. S-16-22. 1913.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
PARCEL POST CHANGE
~. SOUGHT BY BURLESoN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-To de-
termine whether: or not it should ac.
quiesce in a change in the parcel post
regulations. so that books would be
admitted to the mails as parcel post
matter, the Interstate Commerce
Commission has ordered an tnvesti-
cation. =. ~ ''@>5<!' ~
i The Postmaster General has asked
the commission to consent to the pro-
posed change, but it was decided first
to make an investigation. The COM
mission announced that it will receive
objections to the proposed change up
until October 20. at which time the
matter will stand submitted for .deci-
sion. w ; - ...,',,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
PLANS PENSION FOR
ALL PERSONS OVER 60

WASHINGTON, ov. g. Repre-
sentative Lafferty of Oregon has in
troduced q bill providing pensions
for all persons in the United States
vino have reached the age Of so
Years and who have been citizens for
at least 16 years, amounting to Sc a
week.
The measure ASKS that an appro-
priat,en of $1,000,000 be provided for
it's first year of operation, and places
tht: task of putting the new law into
effec.. upon the Secretary of the In
terror.
The INV is so framed that it would
enable all persons to have incomes Of
IS a week, while persons having an
income of less than Sc a week would
rec GIVE an amount sufficient to bring
the amount up to- that figure.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
BRITISH DELEGATES tx .:
TO ARRIVE SATURDAY

ii WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.--rhe two
fraternal delegates from the British
Trades Congress- to the Seattle Con.
svention Of the American Fed Grafton
OF Labor. Mr.. Gwynne and Mr.. Gree
nall accompanied by Mrs. Gwynne,
are due to reach New York BY the
Carmania on October IS. s; .s> ...} !.
The party will come to Washington
and q leave TO. n Seattle with the on I
.cials5o the Anne fican Fed eratio n, n
Labor bout Nov Inb
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
POWDER KING GAINS
A CORNER ON RADIUM
.3..k.s.s..s..s..s..s..t.s....+.a2...s

According O current, report, Alfred
Du Pont, powder king, has gained
control of 80 per cent Of the world
Known supply Of the raw ore from.
which radium is made -
Radium is the wonder worker Of
the elements. Scientists say it gives
off powerful rays of energy in the
form Of light without measurable
loss of its own volume. Some call it
the original source Of life; It is
found in the raw ore known as pitch
blende-thus far, 10 tons Of pitch
blende, put through 1000 successive
crystallizations. by distilation, have
been required to produce one gram
of radium. but that small bit is the
most prercious substance known-it
is quoted at $4,000.
Doctors ascribe to radium wonder
full healing properties. 1t has been
heralded as cure for cancer. Cures
for cancer seldom cure, and we COM
mon folks may well await more posi-
tive information before tossing up
our hats and hurra hing., Moreover, it
is habit OF some scientists to let
their imagtnationsteplay when a new
cure-all comes along. Hence the
keen demand among doctors for radi-
UNI for purposes Of experiment may
not measure Its final value after the
novelty shall have. worn Off. :
Those who have. studied it most
say its energy Will remain urim-
paired for $500 years-a guess, Of
course because radium wasn't dis
covered until Nine. Curie brought It
to the public knowledge III 1898.
The world has been secured for
sources 81 its supply. Recently the
sharps decided that Colorado's pitch
blende mines offered the best chanc
for the radium developers, where
upon Bro. Du Pont, so the story goes,
quietly reached forth and took them
in. ISL s.@ " 81 ss,i u VI
The radiun Ia those Colorado
mines wasn't put there by Alfred Du
Pont; and if he corners It and makes
q pile out Of IT II will be because the
rest OF us were mapping. i55
These treasures of nj allure ought ia
be owned and md & IA a evelo for an
the folks.
aA = Nv I'll
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08

Sannons In Application fer Registra.
ton Of Land.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
District Court. Eleventh judicial Dis.
In the matter Of the application Of
Stanislasse Desjardin to register the
title to the following described real
sMinnesota, namely: The North Thirty
800 acres Of the East three-quarters
OF the Esst = Half Of +, the Northsest
1sS5 North & Range 1 f1fte snsni4 Vest West
of the Fourth (4thJ Principal Meridian.
according to the United States Govern
tment survey. thereof. S*33. IS y
Stanislasse Desjardin, 81
Michael Gaborian. Jennie S. Putnam.
formerly known rs Jennie IS.
3 and All other persons OF parties un..
e known. claiming any right. title. es-s
tate, lien. or interest In. the real estate
described IN the appllc e herein
The State OF Minnesota to the above
8s named Defendants: e.
gu are hereby summoned and re-
CURED nn,,sa to answer ths. application g the
application IN the once Of the clerk
Of ct said court. in said county. within
this summons upon You. exclusive OF
\ the day OF such service. and, IL you
fall to answer the said applicAt ton,
within the time aforesaid, the applicant
court Tor the relief demanded therein.
Vitness.t SP. Johnson. clerk OF raid
court. and the seal thereof. ut Duluth.
sin.said county this 9Th day OF Soyem-
, 11's'ss u JOHNSON. CLERK
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-08
FOREIGNERS FIGHT
.. LAFOLLETTE'S BILL
Continued Prom Page. 1.

provided it is seaworthy: all that the
bill provides is that the vessel shall
carry sufficient number of boats In
accommodate the total number of
passengers and crew. The Capacity
OF ifeboats now in use run from 80
to 70 passengers. Any less than
two able seamen to a boat is down !.
right criminal.
Must Garry Skilled Men.
There is not a boat on tho lakes
that would be required, under the bill
as passed by the senate, to carry
more than 10 men more than they
now carry, provided they make the
readjustments In crew which they
could easily make. Many of them
would not have to carry any more
men than they now carry, the only
difference would be that they would
have to carry skilled men instead Of
unskilled men, and that il the real
objection that they have to this legis-
lation.' ~.....= :.
Few American Seamen. -.
'The only Americans left in the
merchant marine are those who have
such love for the sea that they would
not be driven from it; they would not
give it up; they could not see entire
" disappear that which had been an
ancient and honorable Calling said
Sen. La Toilette when the seamen'a
bill was under discussion in the SEN
ate. @. IT. i -, z r + +: Il,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
A DARING BASE RUNNER.
One of the Desperate and Winning
Chances Mike Kelly Took.

One of the Desperate and Winning
Chances Mike Kelly Took.
Hugh S Fullerton, the baseball writ
story about Nike Kelly, the ia
nous player OF Boston and Chicago. a
generation ago, as follows:
Il believe the most desperate and
brilliant bit of base running | ever
witnessed and the climax of taking
chances was by Kelly The score was
a tie late in the game. Runners were
on second and third bases, one out,
and the opposing infeld was drawn
in to cut off the runner from the plate
Kelly was the man on second. As
the ball was pitched Kelly was on a
run at top speed toward third. The
ball was hit sharply to the shortstop,
who scooped it perfectly and threw
home The runner going from third
slid desperately toward the plate.
where the catcher was waiting Kelly
had rounded third base at top speed
and was coming up the path behind
the other runner, screeching Look out
for Kelr at the top Of his voice.
"As the runner from third slid be
hind the plate, trying tc get past the
catcher, he was tagged out, but before
the catcher could touch him and dive
back to protect the plate Kelly slid in
front of the rubber, lodged under the
catcher and scored the winning run"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
FLIMSY GOLD LEAF.
IL Would Take 10000 Sheets to Make
Pile anNInch Hiuh.

Pile an Inch High.
Gold beating is one of the oldest
trades in Birmingham The work is
done entirely by hand The leaf is
hammered ont in small home work
shops from twerty-four carat gold, but
is first sent to the rolling mills. whence
1t is returned IN long. thin ribbons
thousandth part of an inch in thick
ness. Then it is ready for the beater
The ribbon is generally cut off into
small ia inch squares, weighing
about six grains.
The thin square is placed in the cen
ter of vegetable parchment pad. con-
sisting of 100 sheets on top and the
same number beneath. This is beaten
with fourteen pound hammer, and
the gold, when considerably reduced in
thickness, is placed between leaves of
goldbeater's skin-skin prepared from
thin but tough membrane found in
the large Intestine of the OK.
Eight hundred pieces of the ham,
tered leaf are arranged over each
sher between leaves of the skin. the
whole bein" placed between parch-
ment bands and beaten for couple Of
hours with a seven pound hammer.
Then the 800 pieces are cut up into
1920 pieces and again beaten. When
the work is done the leaf is 10000
part of an inch in thickness and al
most as light as air.-London Ideas.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
OF Course.

A New York dramatic writer tells of
an actress OF great popularity who Is
just beginning 10 be obSesSed with the
notion that the public holds her to be
older than she really is
The writer WAS assigned to inter-
view this player He wished TO obtain
her views with reference TO the state
OF the drama. topic whereon the act
ress did not seem particularly anxious
to descant.
lit does not seem TO me- gently sug-
gested the interviewer with smile,
that am really ascertaining your
opinion. You ought to be frank. since
your eyes are gray and
Prematurely so. my dear boy, pre-
maturely so." the actress hastened to
assure him Judge
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31

ct handkercbiefs and one silk handker-
chief. This same rat, which was a
model of industry and thrift, had car
ried away and stored near its nest a
pound and half of sugar. pudding,
a stalk of celery. beet. carrots. tur-
nips AVID potatoes.
In the lest dozen years over 5,00O,-
900 hCman beings have died of plague
In India alone. The India plague COM
mission, after careful inquiry. found
that bubonic plague In man is entirely
dependent on the disease in the rat!
Marvellous in its destructiveness is
the common house mouse. closely re
lated to the rat. and. like it. imported
from Europe. The field mouse, too, is
highly destructive. the most destruc-
tive to agriculture of all the rodents
Farm and Fireside.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31

representing $4,000 railroad en-
ployes. will meet at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, about October Is to
plan a general move for higher
wages and improved working cpn-
ditions. The unions TO be repre-
sented are the Brotherhood OF Loc
omotive Engineers, Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen, Brotherhood
Of Railway Trsinmen. and the Or
der of Railway Conductors. The
meeting here will be preliminary to
action by each separate organ "a
ton.
Three thousand FIVE hundred
longshoremen, cotton screwmen
and draymen settled their differ
ences and called off .he s'rike
which or ppled the Galveston water
front for several days. TIL prin-
cipal issue, that negro cotton screw
men become unionized, was settled
by the proposition that they affiliate
with the International Longshore
mems Union under separate char
ter. At Texas city where the long
shoremen struck in sympathy with
the Galveston men, work was also
resumed
A reduction in the force AT the
navy yard in Washington, D. c.,
brought forth an appeal to the
Navy Department to allot suffi-
cient amount of work to the yard
which would preclude any further
reductions in the pres mt force In
consequence thereof the Navy De-
partment has issued orders for the
manufacture of numerous supplies
needed by the Navy Department
and which can be manufactured at
that yard. This will temporarily,
at least, forestall any further de-
pleton of the force.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
Settle Dispute.

Washington. Oct, 31.-The set
tlement Of the dispute between the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad and its engineers and
fremen over the rules of service
recently prom, ulgated has been an
nounced by the railroad. The
management stated that following
several conferences between a com
mittee representing the engineers
and 6remen and one represen' ative
of the management rules were
agreed to which will be issued at
once. This schedule, the state
ment adds, embraces all the prin
ciples for which the management
contended, as we'll as all the safe
guards against possible mislnter-
probation for which the men con
tended.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
GETTING OUT OF THE WOODS.
If You Get Lost Don't Lose Your Head,
but Follow These Rules.


A contributor To the Wumans Home
Compa Mon tells rs follows how you
may tnd your way out OF the woods II
you get lost:
IF you discover that you are lost in
the woods sit down and think calmly
back over the road you have travelled
trying to decide where the camp should
lie. Then, If you have your compass
and ii seems TO agree with your judg-
ment. stick faithfully to that direc-
ton. Even ii you are wrong in your
decision it is better to keep on In one
direction. because you may fall in with
some stream and can follow it to a
human habitation
IF you have no compass the sun is
an excellent guide during the day
Should the sky be overcast, place the
point Of your knife blade on the end
Of your thumb. turn slowly until the
full shadow OF the blade obscures the
nail, and you have discovered where
| the sun is.
ITO prevent getting into the circle
| habit break off branches OF the bushes
you pass. Start fire II your match
safe is with you-as it should be. Re-
| member that fire piled up with damp
wood makes a dense smoke and quick
ly attracts attention Two fires going
at once. one little removed from the
other. constitute a well known signal
OF distress among woodsmen The fir
ing of three shots I'm SucceSSion--tWo at
first, then a pause. then the third shot
| lis another recognized signal If you
| happen TO have gun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
WORLD OF LABOR

Ar eight hour day for all State
employees is proposed by Califor
MAS Civil Service Commission,
according to ar announcement
made by Charles w Reed, presi.
dent of the Commission. The COM
mission has asked Attorney Gen
eral Webb if there is any State law
prohibiting the adoption and en-
forcement Of such rule
California State Labor Commits
sioner John P. McLauglin is con-
Quoting an inspection Of Labor
camps througout California, in or
der to ascertain their sanitary con
dition and make improvements
where required. Com missioner Nc
Laughlin is also arranging to have
the braupheo of the State Labor
Bureau make daily reports to the
main office in San Francisco.
Senator Myers of Montana has
presented to the Senate resolutions
adopted at mass meeting of citi-
zens IN Butte, Montana, calling
upon the Congress of the United
States to institute Congressional
investigation in order that the true
facts, as they exist, in the Copper
Mining District of the State of
Michigan may be made public. Ii
is further asked that upon the re-
suits of this investigation be based
remedial legislation.
An investigation of wages and
living conditions of women and
girls employed in Minnesota is be-
ing made by the Minimum Wage
Commission. Circular letters nave
been sent on to all female wage
workers in the State, containing
twenty three questions. These
questions, of course, relate to the
general subject of wages, hours,
living expenses, etc. Upon the re
plies will be dete rmined rec0mmen-
dations for bettermeDt Of the con-
ditions Of the working women and
girls of the State.
Officers of four labor unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
An interesting Exhibit.

If two great shops could stand side
by side on the main street of the world
and all the vices could be put in the
show window Of one of them and all
the virtues il the show window of the
other and all the people could go by all
day, all night. and see the windowful
of virtues as they were and the Win
dowful of vices as they were all the
world would be good in the morning
Gerald Stanley Lees rCrowds.'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
DUBLIN'S LABOR LEADER.
James Larkin Got His Union Training
In the United States.

In the United States.
The strike Of the Dublin transport
workers has been conducted on the
plan in vogue in this country. The
master mind Of the carmen's side Of
the controversy, James Larkin. is a
picturesque character who imbibed his
union principles while working in steel
mills in the United States. When he
began his work of organizing transport
labor in Ireland he found practically
virgin field for his efforts Larkin
is not even an Irishman, having be-
gun his career at the Liverpool docks.
He believes In continental and Ameri-
can methods of conducting strikes and
has no sympathy with the Nationalist
aspira tions which are so dear to the
hearts of many of his followers.
He had little patience with the slow
and conservative methods introduced
into Ireland by men who had obtained
their labor union training in England.
so he soon broke from these leaders
and proceeded to organize the trans
port workers of Dublin on the basis of
similar organizations in the United
States His efforts met with bitter op-
position from the employers.
The leader of the capitalists in the
Dublin fight, William NJ Murphy. was
formerly Nationalist member of par
lament for Dublin and is man of ex-
tensive financial interests. He resist
ed the strike with uncompromising
vigor, and the other capitalists of Dub
lin joined him to man He believes
In fighting fire with fire. and his far
vorite weapon is lockout of every
iaborer believed to have connection
with the Transport Workers union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-31
She Had Money.

And why" she asked. do you
think the world Is better now that 1t
was twenty five years ago?"
Because you We're not in it them"
he replied
"Ah, | am afraid you wish to hatter
me. i am nearly twenty eight
rs it possible? Well, in way I'm
glad of it."
why ~
''You see, I'm thirty-seyen. and |
don't believe that any man ought TO
be more than eight or nine years older
than his wife,
"Oh. Horace! How romantic you
are! | wonder If any other man ever
adopted such a lovely way to let a
girl know that he cared for her."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.