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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-12-19
new LABOR LAWS
Big GriSt of Protective Measures
Passed in 1918.
4 LONG STEP FORWARD.
MINIMUM Wage and Workmen's Com
pensatIon Legislation Enacted In
Several S+ates-One Day of Rest In
Seven Movement klakss Advance.

oeEefa' oFateS-Ohe Day OF Rest In
Seven Movement klakss Advance.
All Of The labor laws passed by con.
GresS and Ivy state legislatures during
1918 are described in i comprehensive
and timely bulletin lust issued from
lis New York headquarters hy the
Amrri'an ASS"ciitiru For Labor Leg
l>'alion. ''Ut Special Significance III
HE Labor legislation OF This Year." says
the secretary. Dr. Holm l.. Andrews
are laws in tive StItcS-Cal!f0rnia
Massachusetts. New Work. Ohio and
PennSyiyHliA-eXtendin@ tho commits
sion form OF factory taw adminiStra-
ton is adopted in Wisconsin Two years
ago Flight StateS-Caiifurni;i. Colo
RADIO. Minnesota. Nebraska. Oregon.
Washington. Wisconsin aud Utah
OF Massachusetts i'll passing minimum
wage laws. More stringent laws re-
curing tic notification Of Industrial
accidents HHl diseases and the enact
Connecticut, Iowa., Minnesota. NrbraS-
ka, Oregon. Texts ana West Virginia.
are also Of first Importance. OF more
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,,.0,nI..IoI :hr i.,w f,r ron,.iIiattnn in
ro;i,.,r L;.,utns and also crro,rd the
,,.o,rtmanr of labor" Several nln.
1rrI Ioh1r bills were introduced this
yaor IN congress alone, while the state
legislatures Ground uut their full share
If rho arun,I .riSt.
During the wear twelve states pass.
al now or SIr.u".ihpupd old laws re-
,ruirin- the rcI,nrriu. ct accidents on
r,iIways and in mites and factories
E0u: new states required phySi:ianS
- report tic most cuunlDn occupa.
riouHl Diseases and New York and
rnn,cc,i,Ir .rytrudrd their laws TO in.
,}ude brass ANA wood alcohol poison
ju- Laws recurring sanitation. dust
ana rumc removal aud washing faci!i,
tics In f,,torius wrrr v,i,lnly nInrtrd
nra three GREAT lead using states -
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Confidence impart> y w"llcrfAl IN
>nirn ton to its in','S"SSnr. -.luhn Mill OH
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-12-19
ORGANIZED LABOR.

: AS | look back over my forty
!. years Of experience as 4 trade
!. uniUniSt | can see many men
!. that never acquired prominence
!. in the trade union movement.
men that might have swAyed the
!. rod OF empire, who were crush
: cd hy the waySide by the puwer
: Of organized capital because
! they dared 10 protest against IN
|. lust aud unfair conditions.
! can see that crushing process
!. going on here and there in our
]. country today. and If The depart
!. mrnt Of labor can do anything 10
|: wipe ont that crushing process.
!. that process Of crushing rhe toll
!. rrs because they dare u protest.
: the DEPARTMENT Of labor will uti-
!. iZc everything in It's power 10
: prevent it.-Sccrctaly Of Labor
/. W. Is. Wilson.
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whOOp scared the birds Hence II can
hardly be considered startling or even
remarkable to find good games in full
blast upon the Rio Gfande- games
which may not be played with big
league skill but which are filled with
livellness and pepper, loud outcries
and troubles for the umpire
The second game Of the great Sc
ries between the Fourth cavalry and
the common citizens promised TO be
the warmest battle seen on the banks
OF the big river IN several moons.
While the cavalry had won the first
contest II to on heavier hitting,
the common citizens--war correspond
ents and camera artists in the main
had been reinforced the night before
the second tussle Two 1.-the, sinewy
youngsters had blown into camp. as
scrting that they had some small, un-
important business with the com
mander. As that official had tempo
rary business at San Antonio, the
boys had been made welcome and Civ
el quarters while awaiting his "eturn.
baseball. OF course, had been one of
the earliest topics OF conversation, and
the newcomers showed intense eager
ness TO break into the game AS any
one outside of army circles was eligi-
bic and the common citizens were
shorthanded, the new arrivals were
promptly drafted into service. Brock
EFT was detailed to guard centerfeld,
while Ramon SOlano was listed for
third base Botn Youngsters, while
wild to have at least one day of diver
sion were modest and diGident when
asked to play, and declared that they
didn't want to crowd any other feI-
lows off the team. 1t was explained,
however, that SanbOrn. the estimable
war correspondent of the New York
Whirl, had counted himself out with a
charley-horse, while Summers. Kodak
man Of the Chicago Blizzard. had been
stung by a scorpion--not seriously.
but SQuarely on the right wrist, dis.
abling him from further baseball do
ings. That left two vacancies, and
the appearance of the boys was a
blessing TO the common citizens ar
ray.
Brockett and Solano warmed up
| with real delight when the teams were
! summoned to the field They had
! found friends-a iovial crowd OF news
paper men and Photographic experts
| and the minor officers of the regi
! ment had likewise extended them a
warm welcome. The Polo Grounds
as the troopers proudly styled the ball
| yard. was somewhat humpy in places
| and rather diversified with cactus in
| others, but everybody concerned had
| seen far worse arenas for the game
! Grandstapd there was none, but long
! lines OF cracker-boXes, beer cases and
brush heaps afforded sitting room
while hundreds of the enthusiastic
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CHAPTER XIV.

There isn't much that can be said
about certain stretches along the Rio
Grande, except that they are undoubt-
edly those portions of Texas which
made a great general declare that II
he had that state and the Internal
regions at his disposal he'd live in
hell and rent out Texas. Mesquite and
prickly brush; jungles bisected here
and there with thorny trails; habita-
tions almost as scattered and as sell
dom visible as In the days when the
Comanche and the Lipan rode abroad
I'm the land-that Is the Rio Grande
border. 1t Is an ideal country for
smugglers. cattle-thieves and revolu-
tionists. lust as 1t was once the happy
hunting ground of the most pernicious
red men.
Still, It doesn't much matter what
the section Of the land may be. or
what the scenery may amount to. II
n ia In these United States-and
there is a patch of fairly level ground
a,soernable--thsre will be ball game
IN progress any pleasant afternoon.
and the crack OF the bat Will rouse
the echoes wasrs snes the Indian war
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ZHZe SPXDEP/ lar UWT El2P Z7>E
ZZRA1/ZZIH BUX-/DNfNNTE E2P ZXe 62UEA'

reported TO the captain or Company {.
Two was Mexicans, one a cheap fell
low that didn't amount to much, and
the other a vaquero, with new. high
heeled shoes, and a new black vel
veteen jacket His arm caught on
some thorns, sir, and here's bit OF
the goods. The third one was lit
tie man-at least. his feet were very
small-and he wore regular city
shoes That's all the trail tells, sir.
I suppose they had horses the other
side of this brush. and are long
ways from here by now"
Six troopers rode out. beating the
chaparral. but with little hope of over
taking the lasso-throwers. The tri-
umphant common citizens and the de-
feated cavalry returned to camp. ex-
changing much persiflage. and map,
ping out the preliminaries for the
third game of the series. Brockett
and Solano. assigned to comfortable
tent. started debate as to the iden'
tity OF their latest adversary.
THE fact that he was small man
leaving a small track" said Solano
seems to indicate that our Japanese
friend swan out OF the North river
Doesn't II look that way?
1T surely does" assented BrocAett
"Stiii the German baron may have 4
isv small uaa - his confedsratas
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English" said Solano, amiably. TAa
Mexican at once started a brief. but
energetic grafton in the CastilMn
tongue. and wound 1t up by pressing
soiled piece Of cardboard into Sc
lano's hand.
He says" interpreted Soano,
that he was a poor peon. very muJh
in debt; that he had saved little
money. and took gambling chance TO-
day by stalking 1t on tina ball game.
Says he got five to one for his money
He says that the catch YOU made
saved him; that he can now not only
pay off his debt. but that he will be
quite a rich man, for Mexico Just to
express his gratitude he also says that
his brother, Juan Torrejon. Is very
noted bad man on the Mexican side OF
the river. and that II we should ev.r
encounter Mr. Torrejon the card Ae
has just handed me will recommend
us quite highly to his good gracNs,
Very civilized Of the gentleman. isn1
IT."
You can never tell. That card mas
be more than useful yet Let's hurry
along to supper"
(TO BE CONrTNUED)
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"a pockets inside out. His assallants,

DlS pOChtiS luSluc Out. iiio
whoever they might have been, had
vanished into the chaparral and the
cracking of the underbrush gave evil
dence that they were rapidly widen
ing the distance between themselves
and the avenging cavalry.
What was it," who roped YOU?
Are you hurt" the players chorused.
as they picked up the rumpled but
uuinured centerfielder Brockett
freed from the tangling rope, shook
himself. made an effort to readjust his
torn clothing. and then sat down on
the grass rocking with laughter.
I'm not hurt" he explained, be-
tween spasms of merriment but
think somebody's feelings will lie In
ured Somebody is going to be badly
stung"
Your belt is gone" cried Solano
Yes. That's the best part OF 1t,
gurglcd Brockett. Half an hour be-
fore the game. not wishing TO be TOO
heavily weighted, | took my money,
nv packets of letters-everythlng OF
any value or any weight-and placed
them In the safe at headquarters. The
captain of Company + fixed 1t all up
FOR me That took two or three
pounds and lot of bulk off my waist
and gave me chance TO work more
freely. Whoever lassOed me wanted
that belt They jerked me in among
! these bushes, flung me on my race,
and went through me in less than five
/ seconds time. And they got the belt,
/ they got the belt, and ran away with
/ IT," Brockett again collapsed with
/ laughter
Didn't you see them at ell, my
/ boy?" questioned the chaplain.
NO. sir" Brockett replied They
ierked me In here so fast | had no
chance to turn. aud then laid me face
downward so that | couldn't see them.
They didn't even speak. but robbed
me and were gone before could even
roll over and look after them. 1t was
finely done-just the way the wild
west melodramaS used to have the
Mexican villain lasso the heroic cow
boy"
Didn't they get anything besides
the bet?" asked SolanO.
Yes, they did And again Brock
EFT was convulsed They got a nice
set of nonsensical messages and
TAXED ciphers that put in four hours
constructing on the train. | hope they
get rich with their plunder.'
IN old trooper, a veteran OF the
plains, had pushed short distance
into the chaparral while this cOnver
sation was going on.
There was three of EN-, sir" he
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SYNOPSIS.

Secret Se~vice Chief wilkins, puzzled
over the theft of the goveruments ciPneT.
calls 70 his aid Detective PlnN"eh. IH'S
think they have discovered new 'lp'''l'
when the office boy. BrOCkctt. tens tnC'l
It's the Diamond Cipher ana sidrJs Ioi
the ball park BTOckett ChGld Lon Ndu'
a Siamcse. Ramon SOlauO. cuban TO-
Eethcr with some twenty other youngsters
practice baseball. playing until dark. Pue
OF wilkins steuogrnphers Is seen 20 pa
paper 10 mysterious sldllP'r ~
outcome OF BrOCkrtts cphef, 'Ie l'''
player and SOlanO are enSaPrd w -,
ernmegt for mysterious mission. ~.
motto. mysterious Jap, calls on hI''N'' T.
Broek"tt falls into Yazlmotos s. uap
fight follows RroCkett coming out on
top. Messenger Mckanc coming 10 Wv
rescue. MrKane was bearer OF the ~
terious cipher. is also ban p'aF't. VOC
imotO returns 10 headquail r. anu
ports Go Baron Zolleru his tallure 10 %
tain the cipher. Miss lawson. the s,rm
9grapher. also reports 10 the baron
Brocketl aud Solauo have encounter wiz.
the baron in which the Iaiter comes J"e
second best Brockett and Solanp artNt
I'm Jersey civ. make appointment 10
meet MCGinuity. the Iron Man p'S'p@It
manager Brockett and SOlano alVlNt III
New York and run into a ChlncSe i'HH
war. rescued bv a white man. The place
OF refuge found to bc a trap. ma tneI
selves prisoners of IaZimoto. MY ~, W.
rescue Kelly turns $lO"o JaP g'J5m 49,
over 10 Brockett BroCkett ana Sulaho
have encounter with tough gang pul az.
protected by Kellys men on steep
Cleveland bound, the baron deteo'tu ~
act OF rihing Solano's berth' luI'p7 49, 49, to
train Al Detroit the messengers go 10
bah game. receive hcroglyphs In mYSte-
rious manner and depart for ChcaSo' "l-
riving i'm Chicago. the mesS'IE E''T ~, ,,,
rohbGd nv a otransom thief" the baron
again appears. The baron agrees to r,s., as
sist I'm recovering the stolen papers; thhe th,
messengers find the stolen papers .u ~"
,,oss.seion of = giant negro. After n
hcrce battle with negroes Brocketi ana ana
Solano wake mp IN jan. The mesSenEctiS tllrli5
and police visit the TendrrIo'n Ut SS'inI
OF the stolen property. Tho tllrI - I",.,," ,nrt
I'm "A "hop Joint" a fight follows, anu p's' ,',
OF The booty Is recovered Mys'e' ,ouS ~
" receiving another hi"r"GNp.g F,r
sage the messengers board a ti"'u ~ w..
the west and are later arrested nl 3t-,, "3-'a
Arkansas sheriff Brockett and N3,,m n,,,'
knock the sheriff and his drpuu'S ,,,inn min"
nnd take 10 the woods. The E,huinc
snerirr arrests Baron Iollern, anu '"'
bows resume their journey
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What She Meant.

so you think | smoke too much?"
he asked, just to keep up conversa-
ton that seemed to be languishing.
Not at all" she answered, not very
skillfully Concealing yaWn
You said you thought So
Pardon me- | don't think you are
smoking too much"
Didn't you say that I'd die if |
didn't cut it down."
"Yes-that's what | said"
1t took him a long time to get 1t.
and then he was quite angry
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CHAPTER xxIl.-(continuedD

"No. son. they don't look that way
and they amt" gurgled the deiigh'ed
NJ Morgan whats more, there
never was no man-eatin' dawgs used
ter chase nobody. not even hlsserS'
In the old slavery days, When hiS
ger run away, the thing TO 90 WAS luh
catch him but not tuh kill him. hlli
81 600 niger? Son that would De
nIrmb idiotic, wouldn't it? The hounds
was simply used tub foller him, 10
cate him, an make a racket tiil tue
hunters could come up an get the
man"
"In Cuba" put in Solano, the Span
,ards used real bloodhounds' ana
ferco ones too, to run down ana XIII
the Indians
We'll" assented Mr.. Morgan, that
would be plumb difrunt An mum Is
. diffrunt beast from a niger Your
nigeer was mighty valuable-you had
IN look out fer his hide. Your lnJuh
vao mighty dangerous, an better dead
than Twin. See the diffrunce' sonny
Tell me. whar did you pick up that
pepper trick?
cuban scheme" explained Solano
"In the Ten Years war, my tather
and his friends threw the Spaniards
off the trail dozen times that way.
Great idee," quoth Mr.. Morgan.
don't bear you boys the least ill-wlil
fer it-but somebody's got tuh make
good fer them dawgs, an | reckon I'LL
have tub be the German
The travellers were accustomed to
receiving notes by now and they were
hardly surprised when Brockett, as
the train moved out, received smali
white envelope from the hand OF the
friendly sheriff.
Game by mail this afternoon,
cried the sheriff as the station receded
into distance. Mote TO me with 1t
Note said to give II to you as the
train started Goodbye. boys, and
good luck go with you,"
And the note bore. in the same mys'
terious code, simply these directions:
"3BH Fin w w WP Pos PO TC +
2BH PB PO TIC TIC BA TIC Fin TO
SB TC w TO w TIC Fin ALB PO SH.
Hurry along and look out for
trouble" Brockett translated. I'D risk
something that there's plenty OF that
article still ahead OF us"
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ears opcn-all tell me thar no Jap
anese gentlemen have been seen is
this vicinity
Solano smiled. significantly. "Thn'
may Ie-but did it ever occur TO you
that the average Cbin2man looks very
much like the average Japanese? And
there are quite few Cinnamon along
the river. SO I'm told.
The boys looked out Of the tent and
gazed upon the dreary panorama OF
brush rock sand and turbid river
Then smitten with the pangs of eX'
cellent appettes and remembering an
invitation to the eating-place of t5e
war correspondents, they stepped over
the threshold. A MeXican-pooriy
clad. miserable OF appearance, intsr
cepted them
II beg pardon, senores."
Tell it in Spanish if YOU can't In
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M PET5SED N 6I2ZED AEIE
NT TG7Rl6NzR2 M22 GNZMfV5 H<zz,Zn

tance between the home plate and GEN.
terfield. AS Brockett disappeared be-
hind the mesquite. half dozen ball
players, with yell of surprise and
rage. dashed across the diamond. 1t
was less than half a minute before
they reached the point where the las
soed youngster had last been visible.
but all that they found was Brockstt
himself. still mixed up with the coils
OF lariat. his shirt halftorn OF. the
vaistbaRa e&~Aax trousers ripped ANA
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,,.,en. md .c.m,o Yrirly CAPABLE

citizens, and seemed Ynirly capable.
He stopped the cavalry hitless for
two innings, pop flies and strikeouts
quickly disposing OF the warriors. The
common citizens were equally help
less with the stick Brockett and So
lano, the newcomers, on whom the
common citizens We're counting for
material batting help failed in the
pinch on their first times up BrocE-
EFT raised a foul fly 70 the fat ser
geant, who was catching, and Soano
grounded TO a farrier who was play
ing short
In the third inning the troopers be
gan TO land on the moving-picture
man and two hits were followed by q
tumble on the part OF contractors
agent, who was covering second. With
the oases full. the moving picture man
put on the steam, struck out the chap
lain of the regiment-usually cork
ing good batter-and made the bugler
pop 10 the first baseman. The next
man up was the captain OF Company
&. a portly gentleman who had struck
out on his last previous appearance
He barely grazed the ball and raised
a tiny fly that hovered over third.
Solano settled with eager hands for
the catch. Just as the ball landed in
his glove the trooper who was coach,
ing at third beloved like foghorn:
The spider! Look out for the taran-
tula, boy-look out for the spider!"
With a startled yell SOlano sprang
nimbly backward The ball fell with
q chugging thud and rolled away. Two
runs crossed the platter, and the
whole regiment gave vent TO wild and
woolly howIs of glee. Solano, bright
crimson suffusing his olive counte-
nance. said never a word, but Brock
EFT. far out. shrieked at the absurdity
of the thing.
After this the tide OF battle ebbed
and flowed The common citizens be
gan to hit the distinguished marks
man who was pitching. and got back
those two runs in the fifth inning
They accumulated two more In the
sixth, thanks TO neat drive by
Brockett, and Solano got some meas
ure of revenge in the seventh when he
caught a liner and stepped on third
| before a runner could get back. The
| cavalry rallied in the eighth, but could
! push in only one man They turned
| into the ninth with the score to
| in favor of the common citizens, anC
| the audience roofing like wild men
The movingpicture man fed the
| first batsman high, fast ball, and II
| WhiZzed past first for two bases. \
! strikeout disposed of the next man
while the next drew four balls. The
! chaplain came up, tried to catch the
! infield mapping with bunt and was
| thrown out at first. leaving men OF
third and second, with two down
The bugler caught a slow. tantaliz
ing curve squarely on the trademark
and Ii scared out over center field
| Brockett ran back, back and kept or
travelling At the very edge Of mos
quite clump far behind his position be
| gathered In the ball and heard a tre
! mendous outburst of applause from
the assemhlage. He arched the bal
| back into the infield, started 10 wall
back to the bcnch--and then some
thing swished through the air, and {
loop settled round his shoulders. Tn,
lasso was pulled in with rapid hands
and Brockett vanished behind the
mesquite clump before he could ever
give a warning cry.
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bugs stood as close to the base lines
as they dared. Mexican ranchers.
Mexican poems. rurales on short fur
loughs, "lungers" who had sought that
region for their health. and soldiers by
the hundred-such was the assembly.
and II Is doubtful II any ball game
ever was played before q more up
roarious crowd.
A college man who was directing
things for a moving picture concern
went N ~ pitcher Tor the common
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Givinq Away the Secret.

Willing to have his neighbors think
he was a fine musician, Brown in
stalled a mechanical piano near
front window Of his home, where he
spent hours each day pedalling out
melodies. Your father is a great pi-
ano player, isn't he?' one Of the neigh
bors remarked to Browns boy Will
liam one afternoon. Yep" replied
William, but it makes his feet awfu,
sore"
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That would be possible. wouldnf "'

That would be possible. wouIdht Ky
The baron is still locked Hp @
Little Rock" objected Soano. he
would have considerable difficulty Ia
directing any operations from the csA
where we last saw him. ! cant see
anyone in this Dut the gentle jap
Can you?"
"Tt appears TO be some Of his play
full doings," eaid Brockett lie h"s
kopt himself we'll under cover Ihousa
The ofticers-who keep their eyes ana
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We're Done Our Share.

Woodby-Is there any money in
writing for the magazine?
Scriblins-Sure! the postal de-
partment is about half supported that
way.-Boston Transcript
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There are so many ways Of becoD
ing unpopular II ts-S-wen2ss- the 49,
eraGe man has ~ fS3ands q al
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CHAPTER XIV.

II doesn't take long for crowd OF
husky athletes to traverse the dis
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Are you first in anything in school.
Earlie?"
First out of the building when the
bell rings"
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E2yyIlgA 31l:sSNlEa sosz tSF WE'VE ESEs
EXCELLENT!

w. NJ U.. SIOUX FALLS. NO. 7-1e13