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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-04

At first she was proud of his success,
although it never ceased to hurt her
that she had no share in the work
which brought it, but when she voiced
the hurt to The Man he told her that
she was the very foundation of his
success, his inspiration, his incentive
and The Woman learned eventually to
be silent while she watched The Man
grow tagged and old and ugly as the
battle he fought took its toll Of his
strength.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
SAFEGUARDS PROTECT LIFE.

Olympia Wash, - State statistics
covering the twelve months ending Sep
tember 80, show the value OF accident
prevention work by factory inspectors
who insist upon the installation OF
guards on all dangerous machinery. OF
the 1SS fatal accidents upon which final
settlements were made under the in
dustria insurance act, only thirty were
attributed to mechanical causes, and OF
these seventeen were due to logging
railroad operations, leaving only thir-
teen deaths attributed to machinery i'll
shops or factories.
Rolling logs caused twenty-five
deaths, and falling trees killed twenty
four persons. These we're the most
frequent causes of fatal accidents re
ported during the year, while the total
number OF accidents has been reduced
to 1862 and fatalities to 2l5,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30

sent the letter is mystery, because it
was signed, Only An Agitator.' There
is a spirit displayed in this gift that is
truly admirable. No notoriety is sought,
no praise desired and no thanks wanted
other than the salts faction that comes to
a soul conscious OF having done good.
Conjure up in your mind picture of a
lonely prospector out in the mountains
of Nevada, living on bread and bacon,
yet with heart that beats in genuine
sympathy for unfortunates in distant
city, and you will probably have a proto-
type of the nugget-sending aeitator.
Blessed, indeed, would the world be
were we all like him. The nugget has
been turned over to the Laundry Work
ers' Union"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
OPPOSES ILLEGAL STRIKES

Springfield, III. - In circular
nois district, President harrington de
nounces the tendency in certain sections
of the State to start unauthorized
strikes in violation of an agreement
with employers The union official
calls attention to the constitutional
penalties for such action, and makes
these declarations:
"Such action never has won single
permanent concession for the Illinois
Miners Union, while it has brought dis I,
credit to the organization, made its ex7
pansion unnecessarily difficult, and has
caused positive injury to the thousands
OF men who have confidence in the or
ganization and who respect its policies
and laws. Therefore, kindly but firmly
warn those who do not seem to have
that confidence and respect that the
practice OF shutting down mines in vio-
lation OF the agreement must be stopped
otherwise the penalty will be applied.
ITO plead for and accept clemency
for the offenders would mean that the
operator would, some time, expect
clemency in return, and | do not pro-
pose to plead with the operator to show
cemency to men who wifully disre-
gard our policies and laws, and thereby
compromise myself in way that will
not allow me to lncompromisingly de-
mand of the operator everything that
the Joint agreement gives to our
members"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
SHOULD BAR ILLITERATES.

Vancouver, British Columbia Moth
ing to gain from illiterates,' is the cap
ton of an editorial in the British Col
umbia Federationist on the need for
every worker being able to read and
write in some language or tongue. The
paper says:
Men who are not able to read and
write in some language or tongue, are
minus the two most important mediums
through which the aspirations of organ
lied labor can be impaired to them.
1T sounds very plausible to say that
despite their shortcomings in the matter
of lteracy, they still know how to put
their cross in the right space on a ballot
form. But to do that they must be told
what to do, and any man who has to be
told such thing does not commend
himself to us as quantity which those
who are trying to secure working class
representation in legislative bodies can
rely upon for much intelligent support.
Illiteracy is ignorance of the most fun
damental kind, and we can not see that
it has single feature from which or
ganized labor can expect any permanent
good results. Literacy is knowledge
knowledge is only power when those
who have it know how to use it to give
them power.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
PREDICTS SUPERNIEN.

Chicago. = According to Lawrence
WELLER, Director OF the New York
Committee on the Prevention OF Tuber-
culosis, the Race OF Supermen, Healthy,
Vigorous. and OF Aspiring Mental Pow
ers, is actually on the way.
1T is question OF education, OF eX-
peling ignorant and vicious customs,
OF teaching wholesome living" said Mr.
WELLER. The work done among in
iants, especially, has been encouraging,
and finer, stronger stock is on the
way with each new generation, The
immense progress which has been made
against tuberculosis forecasts the day
when the race will be free oi the white
plague.'
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
GOVERNMENT LAND OPENED.

Washington, - The Government has
opened for settlement 10000 acres IN
the former Fort Berthold reservations
North Dakota. The applicants, with the
exception OF war veterans, must register
in person at either Mnot, Bismarck, or
Plaza. North Dakota.
The lands north and east OF the Mis-
souri, River, in Mountrail and Mclean
Counties, have been appraised at $3.50
to SIS per acre. They contain coal,
which will he reserved for the Fort
Berthold Indians.
The drawing commences November
!. 1915. and the entries, not exceeding
16O-acrc tracts. will be allowed COM
mencng May 1, 1916.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
Archbishop Clues Views
On Traffic in Liquor
Prelate Says Respectable Saloon Is Not NusanceTo
Drink Inoxicants Moderately Not Wrong, He States
Clues Position in Letter the Ohio Temperance Union

Columbus, under date of October. Is,
1915. Archbishop Moeller says:
| beg to acknowledge your letter of
the thirteenth. am pleased to hear that
the Ohio Temperance Union is making
progress. Up to the present | have not
been able to convince myself that pro-
hibition should be enforced by law. To
drink intoXicants with moderation is not
wrong, nor is respectable saloon pub
lie nuisance. The liquor business, it is
true, needs Improvement. Abuses exist
and ought to be eliminated | feel that
if rigid laws are made, compelling deal
ers in liquor to do away with all that is
improper in the traffic, the business will
be respectable. Moreover, there is also
this consideration A law should be made
for the general good of the community.
There is very small minority of per-
sons addicted to the drink habit Is it
equitable for. the sins of the few to place
a burden on the vast majority? There
are evils in the community far greater
than the liquor traffic. believe more
good will be done if efforts were bent
to eliminate these worse ils-the brothel,
indecent plays, nasty and suggestive pos
tiers, etc. Temperance should be prac-
tised by every self-respecting citizen.
am convinced that if all were to practice
this virtue, prohibition would receive its
death blow.
Sincerely yours,
HENRY MoELLER,
Archbishop of Cincinnati.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
MINIMUM WAGE INVESTIGATION.

Olympia, Wash.-State Labor Com
missioner Olson is conducting a mini
mum wage investigation to determine
the effect, in as many individual cases
as possible, OF the minimum-wage rul-
ings effecting saleswomen, office work
ers, telephone operators, chamber
maids and laundry and factory. workers,
Investigators will inquire into changes
in wage rates, hours OF work and
whether any employees have lost their
positions because OF the minimum wage
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Clothes On Sale at the Dunlap
Clothes Shop, 1923 Vine Street.

CHICAGO, ILL.
Messrs. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Chi
cago ILL.,:
Gentlemen-It gives me pleasure to
testify to the intelligence and the eff
cheney of your cooperation in the work
of the Board of Arbitration and to the
liberality and genuineness of your re-
sponse to our suggestions and appeals
in all periods of stress and strain.
AS chairman of the board, | am glad
to state that we have been able to count
with absolute certainty on your sincere
and ungrudging support in every effort
to make success of this great expert
ment in industrial peace in which we
have been engaged.
have been impressed again and again
with your breadth of vision, your fine
ness of insight, your warmth of SYM
pathy, which has led you to go to un-
expected lengths, sometimes far beyond
the letter of the agreement to promote
the success of our industrial scheme and
further the interests of our organized
workers.
And the result, | am glad to say, is
one of the finest examples the world
can show of the successful operation of
collective bargaining; with preferen-
tial union on one side, your labor de-
partment on the other, and the Trade
Board and Board of Arbitration as
mediating bodies. So distinguished has
been this success that the Federal In
dustrial Commission and the United
States Department of Labor have wisely
made it the subject of official investiga-
ton, and it is widely quoted by students
Of no labor of bn
most remarkable and promising indus
trial experiments of our time.
For any part | may have had in it
feel signally honored and am proud
to have been associated with you and
the splendid body of garment workers
and trades unionists whose conjoned
efforts have brought about this crafty
ing result.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) J. +. WILLIAMS.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
Salt and Henlth.

Few persons understand the thera-
peutic value of salt. A little salt in
ones drinking water is good medicine.
Salt applications to the skin are Won
derfully soothing and wholesome There
is nothing better as a wash for the
throat and the nasal passages to prevent
or to cure catarrhal troubles than solu-
ton of common salt in plain water
the cheapest remedy one can find; NAM.
persons give their eyes a daily bath OF
cold salt water with satisfactory results.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
FEW FREIGHT CARS IDLE.

Philadelphia. = "Fast-expanding in
dustrial activity and continued heavy
export trade have brought car short
age within near range OF possibility,
says the North American.
Last April there were $4,000 idle
freight cars in the United States. The
American Railway Association reports
that on October l there were only u.s.
O00 cars not currently needed.
when it is realized that there are
about 26OO,O0O freight cars on the va
rious railroads it becomes apparent that
the present surplus equal to only per
cent, is very small margin.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
Forgotten Bellies.

Old folks tell us that their grand
mothers outfits as debutantes often con-
sisted of two cotton prints for morning
wear. wooden afternoon dress. with
the addition of bonnet and pelisse for
visiting, and one or two white musllns
for evening parties, ribbons and natural
flowers of different colorS giving va
riety to the costume. Buoyant young
bellies from the best country families
spent gay winters in Washington con-
tent with such an outit.-New York
Telegram
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
GIRLS WIN STRIKE.

Elizabeth, N. ia branch OF the
American Tobacco Company has in
creased the wages OF its girl workers
cent per 100 cigars-after the girls con
Quoted a most successful strike. The
increase means an additional 81 week
to these workers, whose pay is yet
miserably low.
Machinists employed by the Watson
Sullivan Company have returned to
work after a four weeks strike. Wages
are increased cents an hour.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
REAL CHARITY.

San Francisco.-The Labor Clarion
columns:
Last week the editor of this journal
received registered letter from Nevada
containing gold nugget found in Cop
per Greek Canyon, and simple note
saying Give this to some jeweler to
mount; then rattle it off for the benefit
of the two laundry girls who lost their
hands by being caught in mangles. Who
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
RESULTS OF MOTHERS
PENSIONS.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-County Judge
Zwck says the mothers pension law,
in force in this State, has "Opened my
eyes to a wonderful amount OF misery
and descriptude' because OF the large
number OF women who can not be aided
by the law which provides that widow
must have a continuous two years resi-
dence in a county before making appll-
cation or her husband must be either
dead or in prison or asylum
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30

With the salary and the tips and the
other emoluments you ought to do pretty
WE'LL said the boss to Rastus, the new
porter.
It's de salary an de tips what inter
ests me- replied Rastus. "Ah don't
think Aid cath much TO any molu-
ments till aftuh Ahm daid. springfield
Union.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
JOHN ID. OFFERS NOTHING NEW

San Observation-Disclosures new
plan itsnt new" says Editor Barry of
the Star. 1T is merely an old plan of
coercion under a new name, with the
Rockefeller halo around the name"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30

That there are greater evils than the
liquor traffic, and that it is not equitable
to punish many for the sins of the few,
is the sentiment expressed by Archbishop
Henry Moeller, in letter to Harry Pro-
basco of the Ohio Temperance Union, at
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
ALABAMA PRINTERS UNITE.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-Printers OF this city
have formed union, chartered by the
international Typographical Union. All
newspapers and job printing offices have
agreed to recognize the new organiza-
tiOn.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
a Reminder.

Il almost wish we hadn't named our
boy William. Everybody calls him Bill,
and | Just hate that name.
ives, | suppose it is rather ANNOYING
to be reminded of your debts. New
York World.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
MEAT CUTTERS ORGANIZE.

Springfield, Mass.-Meat cutters are
perfecting their organization preparatory
to presenting demands for a reduction
OF working hours.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-10-30
To the Voters of Ohio:

Prohibition speakers have been using this company
target for their attacks by making lying statements
concerning the sobrety of the workmen employed in
Cincinnati factories For instance the charge that
built factory at Huntington, West Virginia.
sober labor The other charge is that shut down
entire plants Cincinnati after the last election and that
we have been closed down sine.
Both of these statements malicious lies the
is libel and sander ployees and the other is
calculated to damage by alleging bad faith with
workmen; besdes these speakers vfy the fair of
Cincinnati. Our factories have been completely
shut down, and today running full capacity,
poyng $50 and in Cincinnati and 800
and at Huntington, West Virginia. The sobriety
of employees in Cincinnati is equal to the best in
any city in the United States Our object in locating
plant at Huntington the inducemen of low cost of
natural gas; fuel being the principal factor in the pro-
ducton of glass. On general principles opposed
to prohibition regardless of the fact that the larg
producers of liquor bottles in the United States.
THE CHARLES BOLDT COMPANY,
October 2S 1915. CHARLES BOLDT, President.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
END OF THE EARTH.
The Latest Figuring Puts 1t Only Two
Million Years Away.

The Latest Figuring Puts It Only TIVE
Million Years Away.
Scientists tell us that life on the
earth began about 100000 years ago
1t has generally been accepted that
life will last for $4,000, OOG years.
Ninety-tve million years is a fairly
long time. None of us who are alive
today need worry about what will take
place 95,O00,00O years hence. Even the
most altruistic can scarcely be inspired
by love for an inconceivably remote
pOsterity.
But the French savants are alto
gether disturbing. Here comes one, NJ.
Verronet, who says that the earth will
permanently freeze within the next
100000 years and that life will van
,ish. This is bringing the tragedy near
er home. We would glady accept the
older reckoning.
Ferronet places mankind of today
about midway between the beginning
and the end He computes that in the
future life will exist as long as It has
already existed. He specifies only one
forty eighth as long a life as those
who have studied in the past.
There is only one consolation to be
derived from the Yerronet reckoning.
As far as the influence Of today is con
cerned 100000 years is as good as
100000. In either event those who
are comfortably laDoring today cannot
expect TO be lovingly remembered
when the cataclysm of ice makes the
earth barren wilderness.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
PETER WEKRLEY RETURNED

Peter Wehrley arrived home Sun
day noon from San Francisco, where
he had been taking in the Fair and
looking after some matters of bust
ness. In this trip Mr.. Wehrley had
very nearly circled the entire United
States, having gone from Wausau to
the Atlantic seaboard and from there
to Miami, Florida, thence back to
California by way of New Orleans,
and home by the Northern route, but
in all that trip he saw no country
that bore equal evidence of a univers-
al prosperity to that of Central Wis.
consin. He is more firmly convinced
than ever before that this part of the
state, and especially Marathon county,
offers more and better, inducements
to the ordinary individual than any
place through which he travelled.
The people here are apparently more
prosperous, are better clothed and
live in better houses than any place
he has seen, and especiallyis this true
of those engaged in agriculture. He
says that the so-called cut-over lands
In Marathon county which are being
sold at $40 to $50 an acre are virtually
being given away by comparison with
prices asked elsewhere He has shown
lands at 5000 to $500 an acre in the
west for which he would not trade
on an even basis Marathon county
lands, and his advice is not to travel
West, but to stay right here in Mara
thOn county and take advantage of
the opportunities still to be found
here.
Conditions in the West are very
bad, especially in the labor field. as
there are thousands and thousands of
men out of employment, men who
cannot even earn their board there
and who have nor the means to get
back East. The streets of San Fran
cisco are lined with unemployed and
1t is impossible to walk block with
out being hailed by some of these I'M
fortunates for the price of a cup OF
coffee or something to eat.
California may be all right for the
rich, but for those of small capital or
dependent upon their own exertions
iG does not offer much inducements.
Taken all in all, Wisconsin is the best
state in the TTninn and tboca u,bo
have been longing to go West, but
havy been prevented because they
could not sell their property here, can
consider themselves lucky.
While in California, Mr.. Wehrley
met the Robert Kickbusch and
Charles Wegner party, Ed. Single and
a number of others from Wausau and |
reports them all well.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
al AcsY- DUcEY- m
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Wednesday, April 18th.
Handy Quotation Marks.

Judge Bodkin's book of "reminiscences
contains a description of one of the
editors under whom he served, John
b. Gallagher, who is said never to
have read a book in his life. 1t was
be. says the Dublin General Advertis.
er, who revised the reporters copy
and mercilessly mutilated the manu-
script.
He had one curious delusion. He
fancted that inverted commas were a
protection against a libel action, and,
stranger still, an excuse for any eccen-
tricities of style. On one occasion Mr..
Bodkin in describing a theatrical per-
Torrance wrote that it was exquisite
ly amusing" "Old G." cooked his
head critically on one side 81 don't
like that word 'exqUtsitely,'" he said.
"All right, sir" answered, "Fn strike
1t out"
mo. no; it's a good enough word,
but it's little unusual there. Tel yon
what, wen quote it"
Quote 1t from whatT' l asked in
Gmazement "Oh, it does not matter.
Just simply quote it" Next morning
the Freenan's Journal duly reported
that the performance was exquisite
~ amusing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
Washing DaX In Sicily.

The Sicilians have the reputation OF
not washing themselves overfrequent.
~, but IL they are remiss in this re-
spect they more than make up for IL
by washing their washing,
In fact, being a perennial occupation
among the women. The songs of the
women folk as they scrub the clothes
OF their husbands and children outside
the doors OF their homes. If living In
a city, or In some brook or running
stream. If living In the country. are a
noticeable feature OF lower class ST.
Gillian life.
The long spikes on the prickly pear
leaves and aloe plants make splendid
natural pegs on which to dry the
clothes, and In ali the rural districts
you win see them thus utilized. but If
they do not happen TO be sufficiently
handy the clothes are often stretched
out upon the mountain side TO dry.
The occupation and recrea ion OF most
Of the poorer women may be summed
up Ii three woodworking and gos-
sip.-Wide World Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
interplanetary Gases.

According to the Scientific American,
some Of the striking changes that take
place In certain comets in their pas
sage through space may be explained
by their encountering stray masses of
gas. If it is true that such masses of
gas exist, comets would be more than
likely to encounter them. for the incli-
nations and the extents of their orbits
make them especially good explorers.
The planets move IN a narrow zone
very near the plane of the ecliptic.
whereas the inclina ton of the comet
airy orbits is sometimes considerable;
for the periodic comets it varies from
to 162 degrees Consequently comets
attain regions OF the solar system that
no other bodies penetrate. These gas
eous masses, II indeed they exist, are
Of varying chemical composition and
may be considered as fragments of the
initial nebula that escaped the combEe-
ton from which the members Of TIE
solar system arose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
Death hN Eraezino.

II Is not clearly understood how Sc
we're cold causes death. remarks the
JournaI of the American Medical As
ISOLATION. A variety OF causes have
been assumed to be at work-accumu.
lation OF carDonic acid. paralysis of the
vasomotor centers, loss or heat, accu-
mutation or blood in the heart. anemia
OF The brain. destruction of red cor
puscies-all of which tends to show
that we really do not know anything
definite as 10 the precise cause
The signs OF death caused hy expos
IRE TO cold are also poorly understood
This Is especially unfortunate IN view
OF the fact that In all northern coun
tries cases OF death from freezing FIRE.
qnently present themselves for investi-
CATION.