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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12
EMPLOYEES STRIKE
AT PEOPLES THEATRE

Owing to the fact that the Griffith
and Frazier Stock Co. notified the
stage employees that they intended
to reduce the number of men from
three to two, also to cut the salary
OF the individual employee, the men
walked out. The theatre is now de-
clared unfair to organized labor, by
Local 1870 of the Stage Employees and
moving Picture Operators.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12
LIKES POLITICAL ACTION
SAYS CLAYTON LAW RECORDS
NEW EPOCH

ST. LOUIS.-Writing in st. Louis
Labor, President Wharton, of the
Railroad Employees Department, A.
f. of L., discusses the Clayton act at
length and declares that 1--WE have
just cause to feel proud of the sue
cess attending the policy inaugurated
by the A. F. of l.. in 1906; one by one
we have witnessed the amelioration
of the causes of complaint Incorporate
ed in labor's bill of grievances"
President Wharton is optimistic on
labors success in securing this legis-
iation and believes that the United
States supreme court cannot, "by any
manner of reasoning" interpret the
labor sections of the Clayton law to
mean other than a guarantee of Ia
boris rights.
"If it should come to pass that the
courts should pervert and misinter-
pref this law" he says, "the next
great fight should be directed toward
securing an amendment to the consti.
tuition"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

Why pay $500 for pictures you can
buy at Juleen's Studio for $500?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12
CONFLICTING EVIDENCE

President Gompers tells us with
one breath that Industrial power on
ly can secure industrial justice" and
with the next that the Clayton Law
is the most important boon to labor
since the signing of the Magma Char
ia.
Which of the above statements does
Brother GOmpers believe himself?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

Patronize YOUR Advertisers |
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

We have a repair shop in connec-
ton with store and have an expert re-
pair man in charge of same. We
make specially of repairing motor
cycles, bicycles, typewriters, cash
registers, guns and revolvers. We
also do lock, safe and key work. Tele-
phone and we will call for your work
and return same when repaired at
Arthur A. Bailys Sporting Goods and
Hardware Store. Both Phones rs.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12
Pork and
Patriotism

something that many people believe
to be thoroughly vicious; an attempt
to fasten upon this country militar-
! ism that is as bad as that which we
say that we condemn Germany for.
That question is being threshed out,
and will continue to be threshed out
until one side or the other prevails.
But there is one point that inter
ests most people. We are told that
our" navy is inefficient; that it
would not last a minute with Brit
ish tugboat Richard Harding Davis
and other alarmists tell us how i'm
perfect that great" organization of
slaughter ships is.
That navy costs something like
$3.50, 100000 a year; each year the cost
is greater; each year some new mon
ster of enormous cost is launched.
If we spend on navy an amount
greater than that of any country on
earth except Great Britain, what is
the matter with our navy? Why will
it be such easy prey to the first gun
boat that comes over?
And the experts" tell us why. The
magazines that are trying to turn
America into an armed camp tell us
why. The people who used to be the
first to resent the Socialist accuse.
tions tell us why
IT is PORK!
Pork is the flesh of the swine. Pork
is also the food of the hungry politi-
clan, the man who has no principles
and ideals to speak of, and goes back
to his constituents with tale of the
postoffice building that he got for
them.
Everybody's Magazine is trying to
get us all excited over the glorious
possibilities of miltarism. This
months number has a horrendous tale
of the way money is thrown around
by Congress to make pie for INDECENT
congressman how millions are spent
upon navy yards that warships can't
get into; how there are docks on the
prairies of Illinois; how the mud at
the bottom of the drydocks is so think
that rowboat could not get into it.
This merely because congress thinks
that the proper ideal is to get things
for hungry constituents. This must
stop, say the preparationists angrily.
Very we'll, let it stop But why was
| it not found out before? Why is it
that when Socialist newspapers spoke
of that colossal graft that goes by the
name of the Public Buildings bill, and
i the Rivers and Harbors bill, no one
seemed to care boot in Gehenna
Capitalism did not care Efficiency
and economy were not an issue, Re-
publfcans and Democrats kept them
selves in good humor with this gentle
graft of $2O,0OO0OO to $5O,0OO,0O0 an
nually
But the moment that something be-
came involved that Capitalism cares
for-namely, a militarism that is de-
signed to protect their loot-that mo-
ment the pork, that was merely a
good joke before, becomes a terrible
crime, treason, blasphemy, Sabbath
breaking and murder.
1t is an interesting commentary up
on our form of government that ii
takes militarism to show up the crook
edness of our government-Th IN
" Call.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

There is nothing to be gained by
having the right arm abuse the left
when you are trying to climb a lad
der. The wage-earners need both
their industrial organization and their
own political organization. 1t is not
easy for any one to determine which
of the two arms is the most import
ant at this time. We venture to say
that Labor will not succeed in climb
ing to the top of the economic ladder
unless both the industrial and politi.
cal arms are well developed through
exercise, through persistent effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
Telepbeue TriIIinr

"I was interested in The Age Herald lobby this morning which dealt with the fact that the telephone operators seem to have a weakness for trilling the number three" said George Knox, Bir- mingham district manager of the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph cont pany.
 Contrary to the views there ex- pressed, the girls who operate the man. moth switchboards at the local offices of the Bell company do not trill the 'R'' in the word three through piquancy, an inclination to filrt- or to be smart. Each operator is instructed to do so and is carefully trained. practising the trill before she goes into service.
 This we do for the very simple req son that the words two three and ten are very often confused through the telephone receiver. The most mis- takes we found came in the operator s misunderstanding the words two and three when subscribers gave tele- phone numbers Therefore. we solved the problem very simply by instruct ing the operators to trill the R in three and thus clearly distinguish the words"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
INTERPRETATION OF LAWS

From the Ohio State Journal
 The courts are still concerned about the Sherman law. There seems to be a new decision every time a big case comes up. Isn't it strange that law depends upon its interpretat ation--that what one is re- auired to obey is so uncertain that it often takes a court several months or years to find out what the law means The Sherman law has been so construed that the casual reader of it is not aware of it's scope or meaning. There is always something about 1t that needs construc- ton. It does seem that a new law might be written. modified by the new light that has been shed upon it, and made so plain that misunderstanding would be impos- sibe
 One of the greatest duties of the lesis- lature is not to enact laws, but to make them so plain that court is not needed to construe them. So it is not so impor- tant what man who aspires to the leg islature knows or what he wants. as it is to be able to use such plain English as to state distinctly the purpose of a law and to make 1t so plain that an inter- pretation would mystify it. When a law needs to be construed it is better to refer that duty to the legislature. in or der that it may make new one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
A Source of Loss

From Chicago comes a press dis patch announcing that dining cars are proving to be a source of loss to the railroads. Such announcement is to be expected, for how could the poor railroads make any money serving dining ear meals at the absurdly low prices now in vogue?
 For instance, the dining car patron pays mere 45 for a dish of canned pork and beans-a dish in this case meaning at least half a can of beans Just what the railroads are required to pay for these beans is not a matter of record, because they buy at whole sale, of course, and wholesale prices are not generally public. It is known, however, that reail dealers charge as high as 10 cents can for beans.
 Then, consider coffee as another item. On some dining cars, coffee is served as low as 25 cents for a pot holding two cups. If the patron de- sires bread with his meal, he gets three big slices for 10 cents, and 20 cents will buy fairly good-sized dish of warmed over potatoes. Of course meats come a little higher, but most dining cars serve two slices of bacon for only 50 cents-only a quarter a slice-and beefsteak is only dollar or two, according to size.
 In short, the man who cannot make out a fairly good dining car meal on an expenditure of $1.50 to $2.50, counting in bread, butter, coffee, etc, must indeed be heavy eater.
 Just think of the low prices
 No wonder the dining cars are los ing money!
 And the cost of food supplies is only one item out of many, for be it remembered that dining car walters and cooks are high salaried men, and the transportation of meats and veg etables from one point to another en- tails enormous freight charges.
 Surely it is high time that relief of some kind be extended to the philan- thropic gentlemen who operate dining cars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
A Grand old Time

"The Birmingham contingent at the Alabama hotel mems convention, held last week at Gadsden, managed to have a great old time, notwithstanding the fact that prohibition had gone into ef- feet remarked F. B. Shireman, man. ager of the Hotel Tutwiler.
 "Gadsden is a live town-perhaps the livest of it's size in this section of the country-and the fellows from Bir- mingham sure made things hum. One of the most energetic and persistent of our delegation was my friend liar ny Burt, manager of the Hotel Flor ence He kept the ball rolling until the wee sma hours and burnt the candle at both ends. In fact, Harry was the life of the party. But when the time came for us to return home he was to say the least all in and no sooner had we caught the train for the return trip than he curled up on the seat for a long sleep. It was in this position that l took snap shot of the countenance of my es- teemed contemporary while dead to the world. I intend to preserve this as a memento of. our trip to Gadsden and the next time my friend proposes a good time this portrait of The Morn- ing After will be flashed on him much to his discontinue as prima facie .evi dence of the ill effects of leading a fast life."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
SENTIMENTAL SALVAGE
m Inc Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 The Emden is to be raised. Australian contractors have undertaken the work, and promise to complete it before Christ mas. The gallant cruiser will not be re- habilitated and added to the Australian navy. She will. merely be brought to Australia as a memento of the first achievement of Australia as sea power.
 It was the Australian cruiser Sydney that sunk the Emden after short fight off the Cocos islands. The famous Ger man boat had performed miracles and seemed to be phantom craft. She would appear from nowhere strike and vanish. Though even the enemies or Germany ad- nired the valor of the Emdens crew and their. remarkable craftiness, the de- struction was hailed with joy In every part of the British empire. and the Syd- ney achieved lasting fame.
 It is not remarkable that the Australian people desire to keep the Emden as a monument It will remind the Australians 1 of the future of the devotion and courage of their ancestors in the greatest of wars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
Two-Motor Aeroplanes

What a correspondent describes as "one of the great aeroplane develop ments of the war" is the standardiza- tion of the two-motor biplane in France. This improvement was brought about by the needs of war fare. It was found necessary to equip aeroplanes so they could be depended on to stay in the air while on recon naisance flights and bomb-dropping expeditions, despite damage inflicted by the fire of the enemy. By installing two motors the efficiency, of the aeroplane has been vastly increased in lifting power, in speed and in durabil- ity. It is said that biplanes with twin engines can travel 40 per cent faster than the ordinary machine, a distinct advantage in avoiding any fire directed at them.
 French manufacturers were former. ly building monoplanes in large num- bers, but the government has ceased giving orders for this type of craft and it's use has been abandoned fol military operations. It was soon found impracticable, while the excellent re suits achieved with aeroplanes has made them invaluable to the army The introduction of the two-motol type seems all that was needed to com plete their effectiveness, as the pilot can continue his flight, even if on, engine stops or is wrecked by shell
 Although prize was offered three years ago by a scientific journal ii America for an aeroplane with twt engines, the offer was withdraw when it was found that only one ma chine had been constructed. Burgess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
In the Grain Country

Business centers like St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines and Kansas City. with which I keep in close touch.
 are booming, their prosperity being based chiefly on grain, live stock and lumber,' said w w. Pitcher of Chicago. T used to think that Des Moines was slow going town, but I was there two weeks ago and found it one of the livest cities in the country. Of course, Chicago is busy, but the boom atmosphere is more noticeable in the cities of smaller class.
 'St. Louis where I spent three days
 last week, is prospering greatly. Early
 in the spring 1t looked dull when I was
 there, but it is now in the prosperity procession.
 Indications now point to record
 breaking business in the second half of
 the year In nearly all the western
 cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
As to End of War

Many men who have watched the European war with keen interest are of the opinion that hostilities will cease by the end of this year and l will venture guess that it will end before November said J. c. Santer of Philadelphia.
 Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, was quoted in San Francisco a few days ago as saying that in his opinion the end of the war would come suddenly and unexpectedly, intimating that it would be soon. I was glad to read his remarks for I had just been talking with a friend who was positive in the belief that the war would last at least two years longer.
 "When the war began 1 felt sure that the allies would win. I do not think that way now. It looks as if Ger many and Austria would come out vic- torious."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
SOMETHING SAVED.

What success did you have raising chickens?"
 "Very little. Some escaped thieves stole terious disease"
 That was tough luck"
 However, I beat the. jinx to the last one."
 How was that?"
 Before anything could happen to it I had it killed and put in pie.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
AN ILLIrERACY SCHOOL
From the Dothan News.

fOfD the DOlHan News.
 Down in Geneva county they have what they call an illiteracy school which Is one of the best things that we have heard of in sometime, and if the movement was made general throughout the state Ala
 bama would soon be ranking higher up
 in the literacy scale. They have night schools in the county. which are free to grown-ups. as well as children who can
 not read and write. the teachers being selected something after the manner of Sunday school teachers-in some cases a new one for each days work. The plan Is working like charm and if kept up for only a few more months will mean that there will be no excuse for a single person in Geneva county over school age not to be able to at least read and write. This much gained. the rest is up to his own industry, for anyone who can read oi write can further acquire fairly good
 education merely by application.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
From the Washington Star.


 wv HEN old residents of Washington W first heard the news of the ex-
 plosion in the Senate wing of the capitol. caused by the bomb placed by fanatic, instantly they leaped to the conclusion that it was but another gas explosion. But when they took second thought they remembered that for many years there has been no gas in that DOT tion of the capitol.
 Twice before, and each time when great political movements were stirring and the overt act of a crank might have been expected the capitol has been the scene of sensational explosions. In both in stances gas was found to be responsible The explosion of July ?. however, was the first time since the British troops burned the edifice, in 1874, that human agency operated to work material injury to the historic building
 The fanatic might be ranked as the American Guy Hawkes.. And possibly, as the result of his act, the ceremony of solemnly searching the cellars of the building immediately before the converting of Congress may be instituted in the capi- tol. just as in the English Parliament, in the hundreds of years that have pa ssed since Fawkes tried to blow up that build ing, the converting of each session of Par liament Is preceded by this imposing cere- mony.
 Here, however. there is likely to be more of a practical than a ceremonial search. The capitol police force will not be content to give the place a perfunctory "once over,' but will go hunting diligently and daily for hidden bombs. The war period has begotten an unusually large crop of cranks in Washington, and the capitol police force is on the alert.
 The first sensational explosion in the capitol came in the centennial year of 1876. During the spring and summer of that year the Senate sat for many days in secret session considering the matter of the impeachment of w. W. Belknap, Sec retary of War. charged with having ac- 1 cepted money for the appointment of an army pest trader in Dakota. One day, while the Senate was so sitting, Captain Cutler, then superintendent of the Senate document room, and one of his assistants went into a closet under the stairway which leads from the Senate restaurant to | the floor of the Senate chamber above. They were in search of some ancient docu- ments that had been stored there for years. At that time the whole building was lighted with gas.
 The assistant mounted stepladder to reach an upper shelf. Then he struck a match, there being no light in the eel lar. Leaky pipes had filled the upper part of the closet with gas and instantly there was a terrific explosion that shook l the entirely building
 So great was it that the assistant was blown through the door and across the broad corridor, his body spattering against 1 the stone wall on the opposite side A deep mark in the plaster marked the spot where he struck. He was killed instantly | The flame of the explosion burned the clothing and every hair off Captain Cut Ter and inflicted other severe injuries Crazed by the pain. he gathered himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
EXPLOSIONS IN CAPITOL

up from the floor where he was thrown and ran shrieking to window. through which he leaped. He ran for some min- utes in the plaza before he was caught and removed to a hospital. His burns were so deep that the hair never grew afterward on his face and head and for years his glazed scalp and lashless eyes made him a marked figure about the building. When the explosion occurred the first thought was that bomb had been ex- ploded From the Senate chamber poured. the excited and frightened senators. Nor| until after the fire department had sub-! dued the flames were the facts realized From time to time after that there were| minor explosions, none of them serious, in the recesses and almost forgotten| chambers in the lower parts of the capi1 tol, but the last and most sensational came Sunday, November 6. 1898. after theI close of the Spansh-American war andl when international feeling was still run-| ming high. Between 4:30 and 5 p. m. that day anl accumulation of gas in the crypt of the| supreme court exploded with terrific| noise. The crypt was wrecked and the| documents stored there set on fire. This| fire rapidly spread and threatened theI destruction of the entire building. The| entire fire fighting resources of the cityl were requisitioned to extinguish thel flames. The total damage was estimated | at $25.ooo.
 Among other freaks of this explosion was the tearing off of a heavy from door leading out of the crypt and throw ing it across the courtyard, over a low portion of the building, and on several hundred feet to the west terrace.
 | After that gas in the capitol was abol- ished. Also thorough survey was made of the building. in which, closets, cham- bers, old, walled-up stairways and other | architectural oddities were discovered, opened up, aired and made sanitary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16

From the Savannah News.
 A late number of the Washington Post gave an interesting account of the career of the Confederate cruiser. the Florida, during the war between the states.
 The Florida was commanded by John
 Newland Maffitt, Jr., who was born in Dublin Ireland but was brought to the United States in his childhood, and at the Naval academy from North Carolina He had risen to the rank of lieutenant when the war began. He at once resigned and was made first lieutenant in the Confed- crate navy, his first service In which was as commander of the Savannah, defending Hatteras and Port Royal. under Commo- dore Tattnall.
 During the second year of the war he was sent with cargo of cotton to Eng land, and while he was there the first vessel for the Confederate navy was com pleted under the contract of a shipbuld- ing firm there with the Confederacy' S naval agent, captain buloch, WHO was an uncle of Theodore Roosevelt Maffitt was put In command of the vessel, to which he gave the name which it made historic as a Confederate privateer.
 It was as much dreaded as the Alabama, but the yellow fever and other tropical diseases so shattered Maffitts health that he had to retire from service for rest wben at the end of a year from the date of her equipment, the Florida ran into Brest, France. for repairs. His only ser vice after that was as commander of the Albermarle for short time. He died at Wilmington, N. C., May 15, 1ss6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16

biplane, rebuilt and refitted by How ard Gill, who later lost his life in an aeroplane accident at Chicago
 The French have been notably suc- cessful in building aircraft, and what ever supremacy Americans had was soon lost, but the United States gov ernment, which now desires to perfect it's aviation corps, might profitably study the Voisin and Caudron two- motor aeroplanes which have been adopted in France.