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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28
RaZnO.
Centrala srbskih strokovnib

Centrala srbskih strokovnih
organizacij V Belgrade poroGa
NaSc gibamje Sc nj priSlo Y pravi
tir. kriza, povzroGena vsled vol
ne IN nJcnc posledice, prevladuje
Sc vcdno : maSc .javno zivljcmjc.
Ma velike zapreke naletimo DO.
vSod, kjcr hoGemo iznova oziveti
naSe organizacije. Demobilizacija
Je lie dclna, lie nekaj rezervistov
j. odpuStcnih. Ali oni, XII so jih
poSlali ma dopust, MISC odpuSGeni.
temvet so oproSteni le "a Scst te.
dn0v cd yojmc Sluzbe in 30 pre-.
tcku teh Sestih tednov bodo 20.
pet vpoklicani. Taxa demobiliza-
ciJa pa Seveda Silno ovira naSe
delo. Nojna je zbudila V liudstvu
veliko nevoliO, ali sedanje nego.
tove razmcre MISC ugodne IA We.
llkOpotezno delo in liudstvo .je
zclo maloduSno. NaSe casopisie
pa Sc sedaJ Siri po vseh krajih
pray moGno. Stevilo c~itatclicv
strankinih listov .je naraslo 30
vseh krajih cd 20 do 100 odstot-
kov. Zal. da je pablo Stevilo ella
nov nash strokovnih organizacij
od lcta 1912 "a polovico. Starr,
81 aivi clani, so seveda zopct Y or
ganizacijah. Lee strah, ola bodo
morali zopet Y vojaSnicc, zadr-
zuje uormalni razvoj nash st:o-
kovnih organizacij.
Skrajno Slabe zivljenskc raz-
mere so zbudile pr nckaterih
>trokah stare bojcvitost. V zad-
Myth dvoh mesccih Smo imcli tri
stavke in pet tarifnih giban.j.
PIG delavcev 81 .jc udclezilo tch
akcij. Gre "a ~zviSanje mczd od
10 do 80 odstotkov in "a Skraj-
Sanje casa "a poldrugo DO pol
trctjc urc. Razcn enega gibanja
80 delavci povsod zmagali.
3. decembra so zastavkali bel.
graJski tiskarski pomotniki. STAY
he 81 j. udelezilo 364 delavcev.
dclavk in mladostnih delavcev.
Zahtevali so povisanje tedenske
mezde "a odrasle delavce po .
franka ma teden.T iskarniSki pod
jetniki so pa hoteli tarifno DO
godbo pOslabSati, kar Sc jim pa
vsled %Solidarnosti delavcev nj DO.
Sretilo. Delavci so zmagali.
PRAY ugodno pa Sc je pricelo
razvijati gibanje med rudarji in
STEER. kakor je cudno - kot DO.
sledica Svobode V vojni. Nasi
rudarji so imeli Y vojni wee svo.
bode -kakor pref kot delavci in
drzavljani. Pred vojno so bill
vsi naSi organizatoriCni poizkusi
med rudarji brezuspeSni, ker lie
vlada izdatno podpirala rudniSko.
podjetnikc V njihovem strmelie.
nju proti organizacijam. Med
vojno so pa imcli naSi agitatorii
y voiaSki suknji pray mnogo II.
Speha med rudarji. Pri obleganiu
Odrina so govorili naSi rudarii
lie o Socializmu in 4 listki so ma.
pravljali glasovanjc "a in proti
socializmu. Toda skoraj vsi gla.
SOW so bill "a socializem. Sedai
pa vlada mad rudniki nekako IL.
jemno stanje. Wee kakor 10 or.
ganizacij jc re razdrla policiiska
sila, pobrala njihovo premozenie
zaupnike pa utaknila V jeGo
RudniSke druze vabijo sedaj Ma.
cedonce in jim obljubujejo mez-
de pc 3 do 5 frankov. Pri izpla.
cilu Jim pa dajcjo pc 2:2O do
$50 frankov. Mnogo laGnih Ma.
cedoncev bezi cato IL dezele. IN
francoske in belgijske rudniske
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28

Socialist, zbrani ma drzavnei
konvenciji V Baltimore, Md, so
sklenili. da n~apravijo obscene
agitatoritno delo "a jesenske vo.
litve. Sodr. Charles T.. Devlin-a
so nominirali "a "zvezinega" So.
natorJa ma socialistiGnem tiketu
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28
ADVERTISEMENT
AvStr. SIOVenSko
Boil. Pod. Drustvs
Inkorporirano u. fsbruva .
1908 ' drkavi Kaasas-
Ustanovljsno i6. ianuvarja
1881
Sedez: Frontenac, Hans.

Sedez: Frontenac, Hans.
GLAvNI URADNIKI:
Predsednik: MRATIN OBERZAN. Box ~. E. Mineral, Kans.
Podpreds.: JOHN GORSEK. Box 21l. w. Mineral, Kans.
Ia1nlk: JOHN CERNE, Box 4, Breezy Hill, Mulberry, Ksn..
BlagaJnk: FRANK STARCIC, Box 245, Mulberry. hsn-
DApishlKar; LOUIS BRENNAN, l.. Box 38, Froptenxc. Kas..
NADZORNIKl:
PONGRAC JURSE, Box POT Ridley. Hans.
MARTIN kOCMAN, Box 482, Frontenac, Kan.
ANTON HOFFMAN,, Frontenac. Hans
POROTNI ODBOR:
JOSH SNATO, X. 4, Woodward. Iowa.
FRANK STUCIN, Box226, Jenny Lind, Ark.
MALTA SETINA, Box %, Franklin. Kans.
Pomozni odbor:
FRANK SELAk, Box 81, Frontenac. Kans
JOHN MlKLAVC, Box 227, Frontenac, Kans.
spreJamna prstoJbina cd l6. do 40. leta znasa $3.50.
VS. doplsi 81 maj blagovolijo posiiati, 81. tajniku.
Use denarne posnjatve pa 81 bagsjniku
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28
Zeleznicarsko gibanje " Nizo-

NA6S
zemskl. O%rganizacija zelezni-
CAREY in cestnih zelezniGarjev
dObro mapreduje. Stevilo elanov
Je cd marca 1913 naraslo "a 100,
tako ola Steje organizacija sedaj
$500 tlanov. Skupno stevilo re
leznicarjev in cestnih zelezniGar.
Jev Nizozemske znaSa priblizno
$4,000, Xxi so pc veGini Indifferent.
nj. deloaaa pa organiziranih V
verskih organizaciiah. Mnogo
Jih jc organiziranih pc kategori-
jah. Takih organizacij je okoli
dvajset. S l. majem 1914 so
stopile V veljavo move zakonske
dOlo6bc' glede ma delovni cas-.
dclavni cas- "a stroll
no osobje je doloGen ma $50 ur V
% dnch (doslej pri vscm osobiu,
izvzemSi PRONE delavce, los ur
V II dneh) /; "a vlakospremno o.
sobje Sc delOvni cas- doloGa ma
povpretno IL ur ma dan i'm je pre-.
ratunan tudi "a IS dni. NajdaljSi
sluzbcn cas- V enem dnevu znasa
10 ur. PreraGunanje sluzbenega
casa ma Is dnevni podlagi Sc je
sprejelo ma zeljo uprav. Izmed
osobia vseh organizacij pa so pri.
haJale pritoabe $ TEN uspehom.
da j. minister zagotovil sklica-
ME ankctc, Xxi ina preskusiti no.
vo urcditev.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28

Tadej in Sc pc salonski priklonil.
"Naznanjava, da sva Sc naveli6a-
la vase tovarne in ponizno pro
silva "a papirje in zasluzek -"
Tadejev obraz je bill poln hinav.
Seine.
Oskrbnik in ravnatelj sta Sc
spogledala, pisarja sta zaSkrtala
5 peresi.
"odpovedujeta2" je dejal po-
6asi oskrbnik. "Zakaj:"
MolGala sva.
"Nimata vzroka! Ne bodita ne
umna. ne manjka wanna niGesar,
delo imata lahko in stalno, place
primerno; ostanita rajSil''
NE pritozujeva Sc, ampak
pojdeva, ker hoteva proc" go
voril je Tadej "a Oba.
"Ncumna stal .Jaz hi wanna ne
svetoval. Razumeta, V svetu je
ravno Sedanji cas- pregnano : pro-
lct~arijatom in tezko bodeta do
hila delo. PomiSlitc nekoliko,
goSpod pl. Spobijan,' Zadnji dive
htSedi je oskrbnik naglasil.
"NSceno! Date mama syoje in
midva greva!"
"Trdovratucza," je izpregovo
ril raynatelj. "Odpravite JUL
Oskrbnik je poiskal maine
kujizice. zapisal Y ME kratka
s%pritcvala o dclu, pridnosti
zvcstobi in odStevSi prispevek "a
bolnisko hlagajno, je naju izpla-
cal. Zahvalila sva Sc lcpo in sva
odSla. Prcglcdovala sva SpriGeva-
ia. .]az sem incl sapisano ...
j. delal oil do naSi tovar-
nj Y popolno zadovoljnost pred
stojniStva in se je odlikoval pc
pridnosti in zvestobi. V Tadejevi
knjizici NJ j. bralo: je
drlal od do ...v naSi tovar-
nj ..- Dobil sem torcj odliGno
priznanje. tovariS pa lc kratko,
nepriporocljivo belczko. Nato sva
Sla Sc IA ohGiuo i'm sva 81 dala H.
slime petatit Z obGinSkim peGa-
tom Zdaj y imela prcSkrbljeno
: IN takaia sva L. Sc trcnotka.
da pobegneva. Zvecer Sva sedela
Y kuhinji in v~eterjala; JAZZ sem
molcal. a mnogo je govoril Tadej.
GoSpodinjo j. zabaval izvrstno,
da so 81 j od smeha solzilc oci.
Ali ste - vedno bavili 5 sta
novalci!" jo je >melo v%praSal.
"Nedno. odkar mi je umrl MOI
in toga je r. petnajst let"
e dolgo je zc. dolgo; nekaj
ste Jill re preiskusili, gotovo tudi
nekaj slabih 1872"
Ne recon. ysake vrste so
Sc j. uamrdnila gospodi-
MIA.
Meui ic lilo silno zoprno, da jo.
izpraSuje take start in ~opozarjal
sem "a q otmL Nasmchnil Sc nj
j. pomilovalno in govoril dale.
Seveda, kjer L. tovarna. jc
Skupaj zmes vsega Sveta. Pridcjo
lopovi, >lcparji in clovek ne We,
koga Sprejmc y hiSo, posebnO, kcr
eovorijo vSi L namazanimi jeziki.
no IA n~apravijo dolga "a yes me-
sec ali Sc vec, tho p~ospravijo
>vOjc stvari in pobcgnejo. Skodo
trip navadno revcz, XII "a sprej-
me ma hrano. Taxi lopovi zaluzi-
jo - vrv,"
Tezko SEN ca posluSal in maj
rajSi hi bill povedal glasno in
jasno. da j. hinavec, ola Sc roga
gOspodinji in meni; razodel hi
njegov zloben namen, SAN sebe hi
ovadil brez strahu in brez sramu.
Odprl sem usta in mislil, da vpi-
jem. dasi nj bilo glasu IL NTH.
Tiha. karajoGa misel je bila. ne
mirn". nejasr2, ki So jc izgublia-
la Y dalji in Sc je svincenotelka
vracala nazaj mole n%aroGje,
grenka kot vest. Tadej Sc j. 81.
rovo nasmejal moji zmedenosti in
neusmiljeno pripovedoval dale.
"Nrv zasluzijo, kakor sem re-
KEEL, vragi! Zalibog, nj mogoGe do
Seci Min wrath 70 so ~; L; 90
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28

Lahko prideva z dezja pod kap.'
Exam, vprasujeSf" je izgovo-
ril porogljivo. "Mislis, da bodo
Gakali nate in te V kO6ijah prepe-
laval semterja. Hehel Povej mi,
81 Ii re kdaj barabilH Sc ne!
VidiS, barabila bova, hodila bova
il kraja V kraj, med potion Sc
bodeva prezivljala ma naJrazlit-
nejSe naGine - razumeS, i'll tako
prideva naprej. Kjer DO "a naju,
Sc lahko ustaviva. HOceS vedeti,
kan? Namenil sem ST ma StaJer-
sko, tam okrog Ljubnega je mno-
90 rudnikov in tovaren, Xxi Sc pri-
meroma dobro placujejo, boljse
vSaj kot tukaj.'
Ravno ii kraji so bill MOI cilj
in re dale casa sem 81 zelel tia.
Nendar nisem nikoli incl ma az
polago toliko denarja. da hi 81 bill
placal voznino. TistO malo place,
kar sem je dobival. sem tidal sc
tinoma "a hrano in Stanovanje;
preostalo sem porabil, sam ne VEN
kako. Clovek 81 privosci vessel We
Ger, she nekaj porch petenk, spi-
je par litrov VIVA III d~enarnica
postanc zopet jetitna; tako j.
oStalo vedno le pri zelji Svcti, Xxi
Jill je navajal Tadci, so Sc mi zdc-
Ii nekoliko prcdr2ni in dvomljivi.
"Ti 81 i|zvrstcn tlovek." 81 je
izrazil duhovito. TAX koSGek
zemlje, odtod ma Starjersko, je
vendar malcnkost, prehodil sem
re druge Grtc in Y zimi! Povrh
bOva imela Sc nckaj denarja
sabo."
"Denarja? Plaza, XII jo dobi-
va oh mesecu, DO vendar komaj
zadostovala "a hrano in stanova-
njei"
"Seveda. te bova ~plaGala,' je
dejal in Sc premetenO nasmejal.
"Lahko narediva druga6e :"
"Mislite torej 49,"
"Tako misliml" me je magic
prckinil. "Zahvaliva ST. V tovar-
nj eden, diva dni pred zadnjim,
dvigneva place in potem skrivaJ
pobegncva. Molcati morava seve
in ravnati previdno, da St ne
izdava."
Il grOzO sen "a poSluSal, kako
mi je ravnoduSno pripovedovaf
in razvijal drzne misli o begu.
MOjih ugovorov nj niti upOSteval,
in ko sem mu razlagal naukc in.
prcpovedi, HI Jill utita cerkev in
lrzava, So mi j. posmehoyal in
no imcnOval tepca.
"A &c naju zasacijo!." sen do
stavil.
"NajmanjSa skrb, Ako zahte-
vava pri ravnatcljStvu svoje pa
pirje. j. topopolnoma nckaj ma
vadnega in ne more vzbuditi nj
kakega Suma. Pojdcva, pa je.
Pred odhodom Sc JAZZ obrijem i'm
nihce me wee ne Spozha. ri STEER
ne moreS spremeniti OSliGja, ali
clOvck je podobcn Glovcku in
lahko 81 brez Skrbi."
"Ze radi %beracenja bodo naju
preganjali."
"Zatcgadelj zahtevava cd to-
varne spriGevalo Stirinajstdnev-
mega della, dava 81 ga potrditi cd
tukajSnega zupanstva in Sest me
secev lahko brez ovire barabiva
pc svetu. 5 takim spriGevalom
lahko berativa pri samih policijah
in sodnikih in nobeden vrag Sc
naju ne SINE dotakniti."
GoNoril je mehko i'll preprite-
calno. Cutil sem, da Sc me njego-
We medene besede oprijemljejo.
da me Nabi skriSno nagnjenje.
Primal mu vendar nisem in sled
njic Sc je razsrdi& mad menoj, "a
pretil mi je, da pojde sam, JAZZ
pa maj Ostanem, kjer mi drago.
Toda re drugi dan sen spoznaI,
kako tezko Sc loci. Zopet me Je
vabil seboj, pobijaI stare in "a.
vraGal mole move pomisleke, sill
kal mi je bodocnost lepo in rozno.
PA me opljuvaj. Ge Sc ne IL
polni yse do ~niSiceiv
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-07-28

Sljajni dokaz o koristi strokov-
NH organizacij dOprinaSa stati-
Stitno porocilo, katero .ie nedav-
no tega objavil statitni urad
Zdruzenih drzav. Kakor poroGilo
pravi, Sc je vsled delovan.ia stro-
kovnih organizacij Y 40 strokah
Y 30 najvaznejSih industrijalnih
krajih skrajSal delovni cas- in
poviSalO place. Poscbno oGitni so
uspehi pekovskih delavcev. nil
hoy poboljSek ma placi znaSa %
do Al odstotkov. delovni cas- pa
Sc jim Je skrajSal cd 6 do II cd
StotkOv. V primeri : povpreGni-
mi plaGami. z dine 10. maja 1907
so sc do Is. maja 1912 V slede6ih
strokah delavcem place povprcc-
no z~viSalc, in sicer: tiskarniSkim
pomoznim delavccm "a 22 IS. It's
karJem "a 81, delavcem Y cement
NH ~tOvarnah "a Il =. pomoznim
dclavccm cemctnih tovarnah
"a 1872, slikarjem IA IL IS. kle-
parJem "a 1919, inStalaterjem "a
13:l. imStalaterskim pomoznim
delavcem "a ISL. kOvaGem "a
1919, kotlarjem "a 16:5. kn.jigo-
vczom "a 16:S, formarjem "a
HI. pomoznim delavcem ma
stavbah "a II IS, zelezo konstruk-
cijskim delavcem "a In. stroll
nixon "a 9:S, zidarjcm "a SIS,
tesarjem "a IL Il, stavcem "a
II s odstotkov it'd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
HELD UP BY NEGRO
IN ATHENS STORE
Clerk in Hardware Store Covered With
Revolver - Several Fine
Weapons Stolen

Athens. January 26.-tspeclal.) .)-one Of
the most sensational 'holdups'' ever at
tempted in this place occurred last night
about o'clock, when Mr.. Lunmford a
clerk at c. o. Johnston & Co. hardware
store. ON the court square, went into the
store on his return from church to cut
off the lights, which had been turned on
by someone. Just as he turned off the
lights a flash-light was showed into his
face and at the same time an ugly looking
revolver, and he was ordered to drop to
his knees, which he did
The robber, negro, helped himself TO
several fine revolvers. from the show
case and then backed out of the door after
having stated that he felt that he ought
TO murder the young man. The negro
had broken in the store from the rear
breaking out a large window. lie made
his escape, though followed by a number
of men for two miles SOUTH
few nights previous to this negro
entered the work train entered the work
train ON the track a few blocks south of
the station and held up five or six negroes
getting what money they had and then
jumped off the train and escaped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
ADVERTISEMENT
Stag PILE MOVED
COKE OVENS ABA1ED
Officers Woodlawn Civic
League Thank Huddleston.
for Services

The Stag pile has been moved out Of
Second avenue.
The Sloss coke ovens have been shut
down and no longer befoul the air OF
the city.
This is the work of one man, Mr..
George Huddleston.
Mr.. Huddleston's attention was
brought forcibly to the conditions sur
rounding the Sloss city furnace while
he was an alderman of Birmingham, at
the time when the railroads and the
furnace company made their desperate
effort for the wholesale closing of pub
lie streets in that vicinity. He siren
ueusly opposed that project. fought 1T
I'm the city council. enjoined it in the
chancery court exposed it before COM
mittee of the legislature at Montgom-
cry. and, notwithstanding the powerful
interests concerned, forced bill
through the legislature authorizing the
vacation of the streets, he finally sue
ceeded in defeating the scheme before
the commissioners and forever put 1t to
sleep.
Hard Fight for Public
Being thus brought to face the peril
In which the public rested, Mr.. Huddle-
ston determined to take action which
would insure that the plot against the
streets could not be consumated at any
future time. He at once took steps to
cause the Stag pile to be removed. and
the coke oven nuisance to be abated.
He carried forward litigation in the
appeals to the state supreme court and
the taking of many hundreds of pages
of testimony. which occupied several
months of his time. He agitated in
public addresses and in the press, and
finally so aroused public sentiment that
many prominent citizens signed a Pc
tition which he presented to the COM
mission with the final results that the
furnace company was brought to time
and forced to admit the merits of the
suits which Mr.. Huddleston was press
Ing, and to agree to remove the Stag pile
and abandon the coke ovens by the first
of the present year.
Great Benefits Already Apparent
The furnace company has complied
with it's agreement, and the benefits
are at once apparent As soon as Sec
ond avenue has been improved across
the railroad tracks, new route to the
city will be opened up. Shutting down
the cGke ovens has cleared the air of
smoke and dust to marked extent and
has made travel to and from the ca It
end of the city much more agreeable.
1t is safe to say that the benefit to
the east end of the city is well nigh in
calculable, property values are rapidly
enhancing, and this end of the city,
which is one of its most desirable resi-
Dental sections, will quickly come into
its own. The conditions of smoke and
downtown section, affecting health, in
Jnring merchandise and damaging our
fine buildings, will be greatly bettered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
DIRECTORS Of THE
B.R. |. &P. CO. MEET
Executive Committee to Act
on Ford's Request for
Appropriations Today

At a meeting of the directors of the
Birmingham Railway. Light and Power
company held yesterday the annual ap-
propriations We're requested by President
Ford. and they were referred to the eX-
ecutive committee. 1t is expected that the
appropriations exceeding. it is believed,
50 Oo0,0 900 for the year, will be acted upon
at a meeting of that committee today.
George Bullock, president of the United
Gas and Electric company. who met with
the directors yesterday, said that he would
attend the meeting of the executive COM
mittee this afternoon, and that he ex-
pected the appropriations requested to
be acted upon favorably. 1t was not an
nounced what items are included In the
list of needs of the company. However,
it is stated that several extensions are in
cluded as we'll as the proposition of ex-
tending the gas system of this city owned
by the birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company. In addition, 1t is stated,
that the annual requirements for equip
ment, including the pay-as-you-enter cars
and other Improvements are included in
the list that is to be acted upon at the
meeting today.
Mr.. Bullock yesterday said that he was
very glad of the opportunity of meeting
the local directors. and that he was sure
everything here was harmonious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
OIL REF|NERS SAY
INCREASE IN RATES
WOULD Be FATAL
Hold Proposed Action Di-
rectly Beneficial to Stand
ard Oil CO.-Present
Comparative Rates

Washington. January 26.-Independ-
ent oil refiners of the territory east
of the Mississippi river and north of
the Ohio told the interstate commerce
commission today that they virtually
would be driven out of business If the
general per cent freight rate increase
demanded by the railroads were grant
ed. They said the freight tariffs. fig
ured on the basis of that increase and
suspended by the commission pending
hearings. would directly benefit the
Standard Oil company at the expense
of the Independents.
The first day of the commissions
hearings for shippers was given over
to the petroleum industry L. w. Boltz
of Cleveland. tariff manager of the Ma
tional Petroleum association. eompris-
ing about 40 Independents, presented
tables of comparative rates under the
present and proposed tariffs, contend
ing that they showed discrimination
against several cities where independ-
ent refineries We're located. Boltz said
he did nto charge that they were
framed for the benefit of the Standard
Oil company though that was the ef-
feet in many instances
1ohhSti loI Ntit IdliIoddS Called at
tention to evidence given at previous
hearings showing that the basis of the
schedule was the New York-Chicago
rate. increased per cent, and inter
mediate rates figured from that.
Two Independent refiners. r. c. Pew
of Toledo and T. w. Westgate of Titus
vile. and L. W. Gotwals. representing
Philadelphia refining company Joined
Roltz in maintaining that the proposed
Increase would more than wipe out the
narrow margin of profit in export oil
trade. They testified that the Stan
dard Oil company enjoyed advantages
from its pipe lines and other sources
which enabled 1t to control the mar
ket absolutely and that the price of
crude oil from the Pennsylvania fields
to independents had risen from S1.30
to s2.77 a barrel in the last 20 months
with no proportionate advance In sales
price.
Tomorrow the ice shippers of the
eastern territory will be heard and 9TH
er industries will occupy the commit
tees time day by day for many weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Few Nonenployed Really
Need Work, Says Governor

McLaughlin's report showed that there
We're 10000 to 5000 idle men in San
Francisco at the time of his investiga
ton, the first week in January, only
1900 or 1000 of whom were in need of as
sistance. Thousands were living off their
savings of last summer and autumn
In Los Angeles 1900 to 15.00o day la
borers were out of work, mostly Mexicans,
made idle by the rains. The coming of
better weather would remedy this condi-
ton.
The commissioner contends that Cali
fornia always will be the dumping ground
for workmen coming from other states to
escape the colder climates. He says that
any action by the state to support or
maintain those out of work would only
increase the problem for thousands
would flock to the state TO live in idle
ness
After receiving the report, Governor
johnson issued statement pledgfng the
aid of the state to alleviate distress. but
denouncing professional agitators'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
POLICE CHIEF SHOOTS
IN SELF DEFENSE
Lee Bratcher Shot and Perhaps FATAL
ly Wounded in Decatur While
Resisting Arrest

Decatur, january CO. CSpecal) lice
Bratcher was shot three times in the
legs and once in the chest by Chief OF
Police Whyte last night as the officer
was attempting to arrest Bratcher. The
shot in the chest Is regarded as quite seri-
Gus, although 1t Is thought that it viii
not prove fatal.
Chief Whyte. 1t Is said, was perfectly
justifiable I'm shooting as he acted in
self-defense. Chief Whyte was called to
arrest Bratcher. Thatcher was creating a
disturbance and frightening some ladies.
When Chief WhXte attempted to make
the arrest Brateher went at him with II
large pocket knife ard made a number of
unsuccessful attempts To stab and cut the
officer before the shots were fired. The
two men We're SO close together that
there was nothing To co but for the officer
to shoot to protect his own life.
Bratcher Is employed by lumber com
pany here The police say he has figured
in the police courts number of times
here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
NAVAL COMMITTEE
URGES ARM0R PLANT
Only Means For Getting
Competition on Battleship
ArmOr Contracts

Washington. January 26.-Construction
of government armor plant, step ad-
vocated by Secretary Daniels as the only
means of getting real competition on
contracts for battleship armor plate. was
recommended to the House committee on
naval affairs today by Rear Admiral
Strauss, chief of ordnance.
Admiral Strauss estimated the cost of
the heavier grades of armor at a govern
ment plant at s276 a ton, as compared
with more than $500 a ton under the
present private concern contracts with
the government. He said a plant that
would produce 5000 tons of armor a
year would cost the government s11.0o0,-
ooo one of 1o0oo tons capacity $500, 900.
and one of 5000 tons capacity s6.o0o,ooo.
Secretary Daniels is expected to out
line the administrations naval policies to
the committee later in the week.
Admiral George Dewey, as the head of
the general board of the navy, has been
invited by the committee to give his
views on the naval appropriation bill un-
der discussion. The general board $
views on the programme for the increase
for the navy conflict sharply with those
of the navy department
The general board recommended the
construction of four battleships. 16 de-
stroyers and s torpedo boats. a much
more extensive programme than that rec
ornmended by Secretary Daniels.
Admiral Dewey has been indisposed for
some time and if he is unable to appear
before the committee because of his
healtn Admiral Vreeland, the next rank
ing member of the general board. will
probably represent the body.