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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
ITALY STILL LEADS; -.
HEBREWSCOME NEXT
Startling Statistics On Number of
Southern Europeans Emmi-
grating to United States.

WASHINGTON, Nov. lathe rec
ord of Southern Italian Immigration
to this country is indeed marvellous.
While it is true that many of these
Southern Italians return to their ma
tive land after either short or long
periods in this country, yet number
less thousands remain here.
For many months the Southern
Italians have outstripped every other
race in point Of numbers landing at
American ports. The record of the
last ten years ended June 80, 1913,
of Southern italian immigration
shows that there have landed - at
American ports 1,824,293.
In order to show the full Italian
immigration there must be added
354,39S Northern Italians to the rec
ord of the last ten years, which
makes grand total Of Italian immi-
grafton during the period stated Of
1913, Southern italians in point Of
numbers outstripped all, other nation
aNties again, 1854 being admitted.
Hebrews Are Second,
Next in point Of numbers for Au-
gust comes the Hebrews, with 1909,
closely followed by the Polish, with
1867. Germans, 1890. : Crotians
and Slovenians,r STA; English, 5,221;
Russians, 5,086; Ruthenians, 4.438;
Northern Italians, 4,20S; Lithuanians,
3,oS1; Slovaks, 1911; Scandinavians,
1884; Magyars, 2,748; Irish, 2,545;
the balance being scattered between
"a other nationalities, usually re-
corded by the Bureau Of Immigration
While small number is listed under
"Other Peoples ~. H.
Designated according to occupa-
tons declared by those landing dur
Ing August, 80 1883 were farm labor
ers, 23,345 laborers, and 1857 as
servants. OF those declaring them
selves as skilled workers there were
5s,456 tailors, 1918 carpenters and
joiners; clerks and accountants.
1906 seamstresses and dressmakers,
2,247. Other trades are represented
by a much smaller numb !
New York Gets Most. sa
The distribution of these immi-
grants forms also another interesting
portion Of this story. New York be-
ing the recipient of the largest num-
Der, 7,476 having gone to that state,
while Pennsylvania received the Sec
!ond largest number, 20,664. Their,
comes illinois with 11,S24; Ohio,
1880; Massachusetts,. 1864; New sJer-
sey. 6,21S;;. Michigan, 5,950;G Connecti-
cut, 3.735;sthe remaining nurnbe be-
ing scattered t. the various states in
the union. III +: Ill n,
IL y The total inlni gr alton Tor 5s the
months var *, ~ .. sshout why an In;
crease over hes hmm - II Oh ofs % Au-,
gust M u
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
HUMANITY REJOICES
At BELLS VERDICT
Trial Is Proof that Russia Is Not
~ Civilized, But Half
~ Barbarian.
WORLDS DENUNCIATION
INFLUENCED THE VERDICT
From Every Corner Of the Globe
Protests We're Sent that
Trembled Russia.

The story of Mendel Bells is the
story of a Russian Jew whose cause
became the cause Of civilization. A
murder trial is not an event to startlc
the world. The prosecution set up
the theory that this murder had been
committed as a sacred rite OF the
church. Investigation satisfied unpre-
JUDGED minds that the charge was so
impossible that it would have been
absurd if it had not been horrible.
When it became known that convlc-
ton would be p provocation and an
occasion for the deliberate massacre
of Jews in Russia, the interest of civ
ilization grew to white heat. Not
Judaism alone, but Christendom, al
SO, has been filled with indignation.
The Russian pogrom, the uncon-
trolled massacre of Jews, has been a
greater blot on the civilization Of Eu-
rope than all the Moslem cruelty OF
the undefended Turk. The Bells
case apparently was a deliberate at
tempt not only to provoke, but to IN"
vite and perhaps unofficially to
sanction more murders.
World Was Not Dumb.
The world has not been dumb.
From every corner of Christendom
has come indignant denunoiation Of
a charge so silly and SO barbarous as
the charge of ritual murder. It was
an insult to Christianity that ma
ton calling itself Christian should
permit such a thing. 1t was proof
that Russia was not civilized, but half
barbarian.
Can there be much doubt that the
ringing denunciation Of the world in
fluenced the verdict In the Bells
case? A court in such a country can
not be supposed to be uninfluenced
by orders from authority. And the
rulers of Russia must have trembled
at the sentiment Of every other nation.
1t IS we'll for. Russia that Bells was
freed, but she has much yet to gain.
The least that can b. demanded OF
the empire If it would begin to set
itself right in the eyes of the world
is that no demonstration against
Jews shall be allowed to follow the
finding of the court and that Bells
life shall be as safe in Russia that
calls itself Christian as though he had
not been accused and were not a Jew
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
FLASH LIGHTS HURT
PHONE GIRLS EYES
Something of Nerve Wrecking
Work of Girls in Telephone
p Central Office.

There are in the United States
about $4,000 telephone girls, whose
average term Of service is three years
or isss. The working hours are about
eight per diem a1i the average rnuInber
Of calls Isl about 40 per hour, rum
ming, 'at the peak to 225 or moro.
The operator sits facing a switch
board which is covered with num-
Der having small signal light that
flashes on and off as the call is COM
pleted. When the person calling
raises his receiver, light flashes on
the switchboard at central" and this
light continues to burn until the op-
orator plugs the number and re-
ceives the call. She then plugs the
number called for and this light
burns until the called person raises
his receiver from the hook.
When the receivers are finally re-
placed on their hooks, both lights
moves the connecting plugs. To COM
plete one call means four flashes OF
light. As the average number of
:.~re during the rush hours, Their?
calls is 140 per hour, with 125 or
more during the rush hours. the op-
erators's eyes are exposed to from 500
to 1000 flashes Of light every hour,
resulting in fatigue to the eyes, to
say nothing Of the mental and ply
steal strain under which the oper-
ator constantly works. -.
The Bell. system. in 1911, spent
$720,953 for rest-rooms and lunch
rooms for the operators, and it. has
secured sufficient air space and good
illumination, yet, although only
young and healthy girls are selected,
the average length of service does not
exceed three years. .~. B., ~
The symptoms of eye-strain which
the girls develop are headache, dull
ness, indigestion, exhaustion, nerve
strain, insomnia, colds and so forth.
The two or three short years of
telephone work possible to the girls,
as we'll as nine-tentns of all their
suffering, is porbably due to the con-
slant near-range eyework, without
proper protection for the eyes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
LOBBY PROBE
AFTER CURRENCY BILL.

wAsTI1NGToN, Nov. Is Tho
Senate Lobby Investigating Commit.
tee will resume its hearings as. soon
as possible. The committee intends
to hear witnesses regarding the IL.
legged labor lobby and also witnesses
on the part the press has had In the.
lobby. 5es ~ EE US
Two y,,e,-,, ,A-.- e 5. 5'.s,- lobby COM
mittee, Senator's Reid and Nelson.
are members Of the Banking and Cur
1rency Committee which is now ems
gagged lin hearings on the currency
bill. 5F sss $3.50.
It IS intimated that the report Of
the Senate Lobby COMMITTEES Will not
be made to the Senate before the lat--,
ter part Of December or some time:
in January. s 5l. ss s. 39s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
WOMEN AND GIRLS.
ARRESTED At MINI
Eighteen Charged With Violation
Of Injunction at the Mohawk
Property. -

CALUMET, Mich. Nov. ia
Eighteen women and girls, strike
sympathizers, were arrested at the
Mohawk mine today, charged with
violation of the Injunction prohibiting
abuse or intimidation of workers.
They were cited to appear before Cir
cult Judge O'Brien on Nov. "a. ss.~
William Teddy prominent strike
leader, was arrested on suspicion Of
being connected with the dynamiting
OF a house In which mine guards
boarded at Centennial Heights, Tues
day morning. The investigation Of
attacks on mail trains carrying i'm
ported pc workmen. IS progressing
quietly Eleven arrests OF strikers
have already been made. The gunner
a. losing No opportunity to 5hasr.ass.
the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
BATTLE CREEK FIRM !:
ADOPTS UNION LABEL
Union Shop Adopted By Cereal
Company In Home City
of Arch Labor Halter.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Nov. Is.
agents of the Kellogg Toasted Corn
Flake company. Battle Creek, Mich.
representing every section Of the
United States, Monday, it was unani-
mously voted that the union label
should appear on every package of
the food made by the concern.
The question was discussed at
length by the agents and at the close
Of the discussion, and following the
vote the management announced that
it had decided some time ago to man.
ufacture its own cartons and that
each will bear the union label and
be made by union labor.
The company is one of the largest
cereal concerns in the country and
the action is significant, as more than
100000 Of packages are distributed
annually.
The action in thus indorsing the
union label is especially interesting
in view of the extreme antagonism
which exists against organized la
Dor by the Post company, which is
also located in Battle Creek.
Union Halter Post has made stren-
uous advertising campaigns against
organized labor through editorials in
the capitalist press throughout the
country. He has on one occasion en-
deavored to institute an organization
OF his own among his employees,
which last but short time.
The action of the Kellogg COM
pany will undoubtedly put a crimp
In Posts business. as organized la
Dor will come to the aid of the union
concern and patronize union made
products.
Post has made every endeavor to
make Battle Creek an open town, but
this move on the part of the KELLOGG
concern will kill Posts hobby
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
G0MPERSA HELM;
LAB0p! : SUP SAFE
Tried and True Trade of e, =
in Full Control Of A. F. o. {
Convention. *
SECRETARY OF LABOR
MAKES GREAT SPEECH
Labor Traitor Tazelaar Ousted.
Copper Mine Owners Are
Rightfully Rebuked.

The thirty-third annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
is in session at Seattle. President
Gompers and tried and true trade
unionists, who understand the real
philosophy of the labor movement,
are in full control of the convention.
1t is the greatest gathering Of work.
ingmen ever assembled in Am erica.
For the first time in history a men,
Der of the cabinet Of the president OF
the United States held a seat in the
convention. William 3. Wilson, Sec
rotary OF labor, coal miner, and form
er secretary Of the United Coas Min
ers union is the guest of organized
labor in the convention. On Wednee-
day he delivered powerful speech
which was received with round after
round of applause by the delegates.
Tazellaar Is Ousted.
Jacob Tabelaar, former organizer
at New York of the A. F. of L., and
the man mentioned by Col. Mulhall in
his testimony at Washington the
union labor man who was employed
senator) William Hughes Of New
Jersey, a union labor man, was ousted
from the convention.
The reports of officers were most
interesting. Secretary Morrlson's re-
port shows the Federation to be in ex-
cellent financial standing with paid
up membership Of 2,064,526, and in
crease Of more than a quarter of a
million during the year.
Mr.. Wilson, who addressed the
delegates as fellow unionists," said:
The department Of labor, as now or
gan'zed and directed, will be utilized
to cooperate with the great trade
union movement in it's effort to ele-
Confin.ad ~, f1nua
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toll of lives and ships is due wholly to
the greed and avarice of ship, own
erS. '~. .-., 49, G,.
And these are the men who are
flooding congress with letters and pc;
titions against the passage of the
Safety at Sea bill, which was recent
ly put through the senate by. Mr.. La
Toilette. With tears in their eyes they
declare if the bill becomes law they
will be forced out of business on ac-
count of the expense they will be
bound to contract in manning their
ships with full crews of able bodied
seamen. -.
!, We have had enough of their hy-
pocrisy. Safety comes first The
most wholesome thing that could hap
pen would be a congressional inquiry
into the manner of handling ships Of
the Great Lakes. The testimony Of
the captains, we verify believe, would
be the most startling ever given in an
Investigation. Why not demand one?
1t may be true that q few of the
ship wrecks were unavoidable. Acct
dents at sea will always happen, but
their consequences could be material
ly lessened If more regard were shown
for human safety. The modern
freighters on the Great Lakes are
built for profit and not for safety,
and hence lake sailing has become
more hazardous than ever before. Is
it not time to be on the square with
Safety First slogans? -. +.
Congress should lose no further
time In compelling steamship own
ers to comply with the reasonable de-
mands of the men who man t, r.
ships for lessening the hazard of their
occupation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
KANSAS | CITY OWNS
.PUBL||CL|CHT PLANT.
City Cuts Rates Right and Left.
People Like Public Owner
sip Best.
PLANT. s MONTHS OLD;
!. T.. SUCCESS IS ASSURED
What Kansas City Is Doing Du-
luth Can Do-Big Boost for
City Ownership. .s. }.

y! How a city took its street lighting
out Of the hands Of a private monop.
oily, put 1t under municipal control
and then began slashing prices right
and left to the consumer is the story
sas City, Kan. .. *
The franchise for the old lighting
company, known as the Consolidated
Light & Power company, expired
three years ago.
The clty's bills for street light
ing were then exceeding the income
to the street lighting fund by about
$4,000 per year, after levying all
that the statute would permit. -
The law for commission form OF
government was just going into ef-
feet and underline commission law
the city commissioners vacate their
offices If they occasion or continue
an expense for which there is no in
come. Negotiations had been car
ried on with the company for some
time looking to a renewal Of the
franchise, but it had refused to make
any reduction in rates.
Vote Bond Issues. q,
It might have been possible to Sc
cure reduction had It not been that
this lighting company and the one in
! Kansas City, Mo-, were the same and
this company realized that 1t could
not for any length Of time SUCCESS
fully maintain residence rate Of 10
cents a kilowatt hour in the Missouri
city while selling it at cents in Kan
| sas. -
After prolonged negotiations it
was found that lower, rates could not
be obtained from the old company,
whereupon the proposition Of q bond
issue Of $3b0,000 with which to- erect
a municipal plant was submitted to
the citizens and carried by q good ma
fJority. Later another issue OF $3o0,-
fOe0 wasrvoted, bringing the total Linz
tvestment up to- s$55O;o00. aa4s ~ IS,
The municipal lighting plant beEan
| operations eight months ago and has
been running continuously since. ~
Produces $1,000 Month.
In that time the plant has pro-
| duoed an income of about $1,000 per
month and the operating expenses do
not exceed $4,000. New customers are
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
EVEN PENNSYLVANIA
HELPS WOMAN LABOR
New Nine Hour Law Enacted By
Keystone State Becomes
Effective.
HARRISBURG,

HARRISBURG. Pa, Nov. ID
Pennsylvania new women's employ
ment law went into effect on Novem-
Der i, and the limit of hours Of en-
ployment for women and girls will be
"a per week, except in the home and
on the farm.
The new law prohibits the employ"
ment of women or girls for more thar.
six consecutive days and not more
than ten hours in any one uay One
of the features of the act is that As
minutes must be allowed for the mid
day meal and a rest period Of the
same length after continuous EN-.
ployment for six hours.
Night employment is limited to
telephone operators over IS years Of
age, and to women employed as man.
ayers, superintendent, clerks and
stenographers.
The Department of Labor ana In!
dustry Is charged with the enforce
ment of this law. The effect will be
to cause many changesinindustrial
and mercantile establishments.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
INDEPENDENT UNION
DISREGARDS CONTRACTS

EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Nov. 13.-
Claymakers employed in the general
ware potteries of East Liverpool and
Wellsville, Ohio, and Chester AMI
Newell, w. Va, have quit work, they
having been refused an advance in
wages. A number of plants are
closed, and if the strike is not settled
immediately all the potteries in the
district will be compelled to shut
down, effecting about 5000.
The Claymakers recently formed an
independent union and are not affin-
ated with the National Brotherhood
Ct Operative Potteries, whose Off
Gals recently signed tentative scala
for two years with the United States
Potters' association, 'e5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
WILL WILSON'S SIaEECH -
AWAKEN IIfE PUBLIC?

That was a fless speech
that Secretary Of Tabor, w. b.
Wilson made against the Cop
per Kings of Michigan at tho
convention of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. 1t was the
first time In history that a mem.
Der of. the cabinet4of the presi-
dent Of the UnitSd States adj
dressed q federation convention,
and the speech M1s made by a
man who is 40 .ySnrs a men,
Der OF organized labor.
Secretary Wilson Will probably
be severely criticised -. for his
speech. 1t Is SO unusual it has
shocked the tines servers! But
we are standing al the dawn of
a new era, and AR. Wilson is
marching forvsaIs with the
coming of Light May the
American workingden hold up
his hands. He WI need from
them all the supnprt they can
give. go, e
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
AWFUL TOLL or LIVES AND SHIPS
ON LAKES is LARGELY UNNECESSARY

The loss of life and the loss of
ships in Sundays storm were terrific.
The full toll may never be known.
This thing Is happening year after
year, and we are beginning to look at
it out of habit as If it is necessary to
make such a costly sacrifice of men
to maintain the commerce of the
Great Lakes.
But Is it necessary? Old time lake
captains declare the slaughter of
lives is largely unnecessary. They
say that the masters of the big ships
are mere figureheads. The real mar
liners are comfortably located in the
steamship offices, who are moved
neither by weather forecasts nor
leaking ships. It Is the safest thing
in the world to run a boat from an
office desk; that is for everybody but
the Sailors
The Steel Trust captains, it is said,
are authorized to use their own juds-
ment in leaving port. II advised by
the government weather bureau Of an
approaching storm the trust puts it
up to the captain as to whether or
not he should take the chance. This
seems fair, but it is not all. II he
does not make time with his ship the
trust officials want to know the rea-
son why. Very frequently one cap
tain leaves port in spite of the ad-
vice given by the weather bureau The
predicted storm fails to appear as is
often the case. No mishap occurs, and
the man who is cautious and remains
In port is reprimanded for delaying
the ship.
Other steamship lines on the ~~aat
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
A TOAST TO SUBSCRIBERS;
HOW TO. SAVE THE EDITOR

ITO save an editor from starva-
ton, take his paper and pay for
it promptly. To save him from
bankruptcy, advertise in his
paper literally. To save him
from dispatr, send him every item
of news you can get hold of.
To save him from prof d.nity,. write
your corresponds plainly on
one side Of the slloohs and send
1t in as soon as poaable. To
save him from mistakes, bury
him-dead people are the only
ones who never make mistakes"
BY Preachas 8 b. 4. B.
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HATTERs' NEW SCALE.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Nov. "a
union hatters announce that they
have just concluded an agreement
with their employers in this city. COW
.ering q wage scale and bill Of prices
for the ensuing year. The new scale
{ aries b. with II g moderate Increase
and md q few minor changes In Nv orking
conditions. al B1
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Lakes do not vestSauthority with the
captain. The worlds given from the
office. and the SHY must leave port
when orders are given, irrespective of
threatening weather. conditions. Sun
days storm was predicted "a hours
ahead of it's coming It did not strike
the western end offLake Superior, but
it was terrific at the.;yother end. The
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
PREssaIEN STILL FIGHTING.

PRESSNiEN STIIlIT FIGHI1NC.sas
II SAN FRANCISCO o. Cal. Nov. 1
The strike Of the Printing Pressmeis
and Feeders Is still on, though con-
sferences are IN progr ess looking to Us
b On strike feslE con
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-11-15
PPAPERCUTTERs ON sT RI

! PAPERCJTTERS ON STRIKE. A4si8
# CHICAGO on, Nov. ~ 8. TWO hundred
members sof the Blank Book For
wardeds and Paper Cutters. union!
by ~ printing firms. are
Al stri 81 "a iii1ag wages
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Continued on Page 3,
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-08-19
MUST SERVE SENTENCE
HALEY Bank Smasher Must Serve
Term In Pen.

Arthur B. Cults, formerly an en-
ployee of the Idaho State bank at Hal
ley, acting as cashier Of that institu-
tion up to the time of its failure, in
dicted, tried and convicted on the
charge of falsefying the books of the
Dank, Will have to continue to serve
the indeterminate sentence of from
six months to 10 years in the Idaho
state penitentiary for the supreme
court today denied his application for
re-hearing Of his case. Cults was
received at the states penal institu-
ton In this city on July and is at
the present time confined within it's
walls.
Numerous alleged errors were cited
by Cults in his appeal in the supreme
court. claiming that his rights In the
district court had been infringed on.
evidence had been introduced that was
not permissible, Instructions given
that should not have been, etc. He
appealed from the verdict OF guilty
rendered In the district court for
Blaine county to the supreme court
and that high tribunal refused to eef
aside the verdict or disturb the aent-
ence. Judge Carl A. Davis Of the
Third district court Of Ada county.
was called IN to sft on the cAae when
argument was heard in the supreme
court.-Cap1tal News.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-08-19
LATERAL DECISION
fAv0RS CITY
Canal Company Loses ia Dis.
trld Court.
WILL APPEAL TO THE SUPREME
COURT.
Judge Walters Supports Right Of City
to Pass an Ordinance Requiring that
Eighth Ave. Lateral be Covered

According to advices received from
Judge Walters by local attorneys, a
decision will be handed down soon in
the case Of the City of Twin Falls VS..
Geo. E. Harlan In favor of the plain
till, and filming the defendant the sum
OF one dollar. AS this is purely test
case, the fine carries with 1t no stigma
whatever. and in order to test its mer-
Its completely, the case will be car
ried on to the state supreme court.
The purpose Of the case is to deter
mine whether or not the city may by
ordinance compel the Twin Falls
Canal Co. to cover the open lateral on
Eighth avenue. Some time ago the
city passed an ordinance requiring
that all laterals or open bitches in
the city, above certain size, be COW
cred, and making it misdemeanor for
any person or corporation to operate
such ditch unless covered. Mr.. Har-
Ian was arrested and fined by the
municipal court, and the case was
then appealed to the district court,
where the jury was waived by agree
ment of both sides.