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Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22
LABOR UNIONS NOW
FORMINCIN MEXICO
Rights of Workers Recognized
for First Time in History
Carranza Government Encourages the
Organization as Means Of Erasine
the Debasine Peonaee System

One OF the most notable features of
the revolution that has been going on in
Mexico for the past four years is the
recognition that has been voluntarily ac-
corded to trades unionists by the con-
stitutionalist government under Car
rama, says a correspondent in the Gal
weston Labor Dispatch. These organiza-
tions are now not only permitted, but
they are encouraged and working men
everywhere are stimulated to organize
for the betterment of their conditions.
for better wages. for shorter hours, for
freedom from unjust debt conditions. and
in many other directions.
Through all the long years and cen
tirie- during which the common people
have been the sport and the mainstay of
the wealthy classes, any attempt on
their part to organize in order to secure
some -mall portion of their rights has al
ways met with stern repression and
bloody reprisal. The mere-t attempt to
secure collective action in presenting
grievances or requests for better condi-
tions was treated conspiracy and
those engaged therein were punished
most harshly and cruelty.
Government Lends Assistance.
Space will not permit details on this
subject. but it j. enough TO say that
down TO the present time labor organiza-
tion-, Nere not tolerated.
NaW all this j. changed, and in all
tho territory controlled by the eonsti-
tutiounlists unions are being organized.
better wages are being demanded and
seru--i and in many other ways the
former harsh lot Of the toiler ha- been
amelortted
Nr, only are the working people or
GlHisng. but the government itself il
encouraging them by directing the aug
meutation OF wagc- In industries re-
quirius such action Thus. in the tcNtile
industries. one Of the most important in
constitutional territory. decree was is-
sued recently establishing an increase of
80 per cent in the wages Of all persons
working by the day and Of 90 per cent
faf all doing piece work.
Peonage Being Abolished.
The wages of the poems, or poorer la
boring men, have been increased in some
states fully one hundred per cent and in
all where the matter has been taken up
at least fifty per cent. The old store
system, by which poems were kept in n
state OF perpetual indebtedness TO their
employers. thereby making them slaves
IN ali but name. has been abolished.
While imprisonment or detention for debt
y no longer permitted.
The number of hours constituting n
legal days work has also been limited. n
.iay OF rest weekly has been prescribed
n -olutely. and in many other ways the
y.,id oppressive conditions have been
changed.
The recognition and encouragement Of
labor unions by the government j. long
strp ia advance in Mexico. ana is one of
the most notable Of the achievements Of
the revolution. all the more notable in
that 1t was not promised in any of the
platforms by the revolntionists at the
outset
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22

Keats them all s-B-ile SC cigar
union made in Denver.-Adv
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22

Tell 'em you saw it in The Bulletin.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22

Tell EN- YOU saw it in The Bulletin.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22

Beats them all La Belle SC cigar
union made in Denver.-Adv.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
NO WOMEN BUS DRIVERS.

London, April 29.-War work for
women has its official limitations,
since the Home Secretary refuses to
grant licenses to women who have sue
cessfully passed the examinations re-
quired Of drivers Of motor vehicles.
The reason the Home Secretary gave
to the applicants was the pubHc's al.
legged lack Of confidence in women
drivers.
Gould he not leave the public to
decide that% asked Miss Phipps, pres
ident of the National Federation of
Women Teachers, in an address before
that body in London the past week.
Miss Phipps aired other grievances
against the government in which she
had the sympathy Of the teachers. The
legislation closing the liquor houses
to women until 1880 a. m. and not to
the men was based on the lie, she said,
that most of the drinking was done by
soldiers wives. This she considered
a deadly insult to the women. Dis.
elimination in the matter Of wages OK.
listed in the factories furnishing NUM-
lions of war, she charged, as men
receive more pay than the women fol
equivalent work.
Instead Of putting children into the
harvest fields next summer, Miss
Phipps proposed that the stronger and
better nourished boys from Elton and
Harrow and other great schools be sci
at this work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29

the occasion and at night will be
ablaze with myriads Of electric lights
representing the flags of the Union
and the Confederacy.
From present indications, the social
side Of the reunion will set record
for brilliancy. II this Is the last re-
union it will be said that none com.
pared with 1t in its social features,
and none surpassed it in its exempli.
fication of the devotion of the South
to the "lost cause" devotion which
is shared by the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy, and the United Sons
of Confederate Veterans. Leading in
the many social functions which will
be included in the program will be
the fair maids and matrons of the
whole Southland, many of whom have
been appointed as sponsors or maids
of honor for the various departments
and divisions.
But among the old soldiers them
selves the reunion spirit is paramount
at such gatherings and no social pleas
ure the committee can provide will
exceed the enjoyment the veteran
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
APPEALS TO U. S. COURT.

Jackson, Miss, April 29.-The ILL
nois Central Railroad Company has
appealed the case of V. P. Messina 10
the supreme court of the United
States. The state supreme court re-
Gently affirmed a verdict for Sl2'ooo
in favor of Messina, Jackson young
man who was seriously mashed up
and injured in wreck near Durant d
year or more ago. The railroad CON
tended he was trespassing and steal
ing a ride, while Messina claimed ne
had nermission from the engineer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
NO TRACE OF CANKER.

Layman, Miss, April ga move Of
the greatest Importance to the fruit
tree farmers of Harrison county is
the recent visit of inspection of the
five collabrators of the United States
department Of agriculture. The OBJ.
ject is to find and assist in the eradi
cation of citrus canker, and white fly
and other destroyers of fruit trees
Their visit is timely and great good
will result. They reported no canker
in this part Of the county.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
LIVING ADVANCES IN LONDON.

London, April 29.-The cost Of liv-
ing continues to advance slowly in
London. Prices Of meat during the
last week Of March reached a point
higher than at any time in twenty.
five years. The wholesale prices Of
all grades of beef, mutton, pork, and
veal showed on the quotation board a
range Of one to fifteen per cent above
the high water mark of all records
since 1890. Not a butcher in London
is making profit today" declares one
of the trade journals.
In other lines the increases have
generally been more moderate. Glass
ware of all kinds has gone up ten per
cent. Window glass, which was made
almost exclusively in Belgium, has ad.
vanced a hundred per cent. Linen
sheeting Is ten per cent dearer, and
shoes are about fifteen per cent more
expensive. Butter and cheese show a
rise of four cent a pound; bread TWEEN
ty-five per cent; poultry twenty pei
cent.
Gas and electricity have gone VI
about ten per cent, and all the Londor
laundries will add ten per cent to the
total amount of each customers bill.
This is necessary, they assert, be
cause of increased prices Of coal 1O(
per cent?, soap (4O per cent? and la
Dor ESQ per cent?.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29

ragged at its height, the fire which
broke out spread through the wooden
ship, and within an hour she sank.
The river was about 20 feet out of
its banks at the point where the acct
dent occurred. The majority Of those
who jumped into the water were
drowned, but some managed to secure
pieces of lumber or driftwood to make
RATS. Others swan for miles in the
hope that some aid would reach them.
Some managed to reach the banks Of
| the river through the swift current,
where they hung to roots and branch
es. unable to lift themselves clear of
the water. Rescue boats from Mem
phis rescued these survivors, who
numbered less than 300. They were
taken to Cairo, Memphis and st. Louis
and many of them never regained
their normal health.
1t is a significant fact that out OF
fifteen women on board the vessel, not
one escaped to tell the story of that
awful night. They were members Of
the Christian Commission, which cor
responds with our Red Cross of today
and had been doing valiant service II
the war hospitals. One survivor TOLD
of the heroism of one of these women
who stood on deck cautioning the pan
ic-stricken men not to overload thu
> fimsy improvided RATS which wer'
made. She declined to take to a raft
declaring her weight would send thu
dozen occupants to death This hero
, inc went down with the boat, witt
her sister-nurses, and her name is un
/ known.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
.lNER LIVING COST
q IS BEING PLANNED
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUGGESTS A NATIONAL MAR
kETlNo COMMISSION.

Washington, D. c., April 29.-Two
plans for reducing the cost Of living
by a wider distribution Of scientific
principles to the food and market
questions are being considered by De-
partment Of Agriculture officials and
also by men outside of the depart
ment interested in the broader phases
OF the subject. Briefly, the ideas COM
prise the greater distribution Of cattle
on the farms of the south and the
creation of a national marketing COM
mission. The two plans have nothing
to do with each other, but happen to
be discussed together.
According to Assistant Secretary
vrooman of the Department Of Agri.
culture. the department is considering
. plan to place food animals on every
farm in the south as soon as the cat
tie tick has been eradicated. The tick
is q southern pest exclusively, and un-
less eradicated would prevent the
southern farmer from becoming cat
tie raiser. Onethird Of the pest has
been wiped out, and there seems to be
no reason why the remaining two
thirds cannot be wiped from the face
of the earth.
Possibilities Pointed Out.
The Importance of the south as a
possible cattle raising section is OF the
greatest possible value, and depart
ment officials are of the opinion that
1t will place the cost of beef where
1t was thirty or forty years ago. The
fact that southern farmers have be-
come painfully aware of the fact that
a one-crop section is a menace helps
the plan to make southern farms meat
raisers instead of exclusively cotton
producers.
The national commission on market
ing is proposed body of the broadest
scope to devise better distribution
of agricultural products, to investigate
warehouse conditions and to work out
the big national problems of food sup
ply and demand.
Although no definite plan of actor
has ben reached, several members o.
Congress and officials of the Depart
ment of Agriculture are co-operatint
in a movement looking toward the es
tablishment of such a commission
What is desired Immediately is den
mite information on which to base leg
islation at the next session of Con
gress.
Want President to Name Advisers.
The attention Of President Wilson
has been called to this question, Will
the hope that he will appoint an ad
visory board to study conditions ant
suggest legislation.
Although the President has mad
no announcement, it is known that n
is giving the subject serious consit
Grafton. The names of several agr
cultural authorities, such as those VIII
composed the Roosevelt country III
commission, have been suggested I
him as possible members of the boar
Informal conferences have been bel
by Secretary Houston of the Depar
ment of Agriculture and Assistar
Secretary vrooman with view
promoting the scheme. Among thos
who have been consulted are David Il
hin. founder of the International Inst
tute of Agriculture at Rome, and Re
resentatives Goodwin Of Arkanss
ond Kant NJ California.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29

soldiers of the "lost cause" the cit
liens Of Richmond, around which city
they fought for so many years. are
bending every energy to make the
approaching reunion an event to the
remembered.
The dates named for the annual
gathering are June 1, and 3, and
every preparation is being made look
ing to the comfort and pleasure Of the
thousands of visitors who will be here
on these days. Food in abundance
and healthful lodgings will be pro-
vided and the general executive COM
mittee, having in charge all arrange
ments, announces that no extortionate
fees will be exacted from visitors by
hotels and boarding houses.
President Wilson has signifed his
intention to be present on one day
Of the reunion If his official duties will
permit. Invitations likewise have
been accepted by the governors Of IF.
teen states of the South. Other guests
of the reunion will be the widows Of
famous Confederate leaders, among
them Mrs. J. e. B. Stuart, Mrs. Fitz-
hugh Lee, Mrs. George Pickett, Mrs.
A. P. Hill and Mrs. w. H. F. Lee.
Three notable events will be includ-
ed in the reunion program, in addi-
ton to the memorial exercises, busi-
mess sessions. parade and other fea'
=, lures which custom has prescribed for
the annual gathering Of the veterans.
These three events will be the unveil-
ing of tablet in Hollywood cemetery
to the women Of the Confederacy, the
opening to the public Of Confederate
Memorial Institute, or Battle Abbey,
and the laying Of the cornerstone OF
the Stonewall Jackson monument. II
is also expected that brass cannon
will be unveiled on Monument avenue
marking the location of Confederate
batteries which formed the inner for
LITIGATION of Richmond. 30
Each Of these events will be made
,, the occasion of interesting exercises
In addition to the many celebrated
Southern Commands that will taxi
part, the Richmond Light Infantr!
t Blues Battalion will have as it
t guests during the reunion, the Cover
( nor's Foot Guards of Hartford an,
: New Haven, and the Old Guard o
:, New York, three Of the Oldest an
n most famous military organizations O
d the North.
/, By virtue of his position, Major Gel
l. eral ]. Thompson Brown. commando
e of the Virginia division, U. G. ", wi
e be the chief marshal of the big parad
t, of the old guard in gray. Because
e the advanced age of great majorit
D. Of the marchers the route will be sho
h and along Monument avenue, the pri
T. cipal thoroughfare of the city. TIL
avenue will be lavishly decorated fl
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
COLUMBIA HOME BURNS.

Columbia, Miss, April 2s.-East'
view. the beautiful home Of Attorney
G. r. Foxworth, was completely de-
stroved bv fire at an early hour yes
terdav morning. Mr.. Foxworth and
Attorney A. L. Yates, who were asleep
IN the building, were awakened by
neighbors and barely escaped with
their lives. The total loss to MT FOX
,rorth ,s estimated al $4,000 and the
library CT Attorn.y Yates sail to have
h.or one of the most complete in the
state, valued at $3,5Oo.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.

Laurel, Miss, April 29.-While
there is less building going on in Lau-
rel at present than for many years
past, indications point to a renewal OF
building activity in the near future
and the continuance of city improve
ments, construction Of sidewalks and
street paving, will provide work for
all the unemployed and more.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
RICHMOND TO GREET
OLD C0NFEDERATES
rWtNrY.FIFTH ANNUAL REUNION
OF wEARERs OF THE GRAY
A MONTH HENCE,

Richmond, Va, April 29.--At this
time next month the old capital Of the
Confederacy will be alive with Confed.
crate veterans, sons Of Confederate
veterans, daughters Of the Confeder.
acy, memorial associations and dis
tinguished guests from all parts of the
country. The occasion will be the
silver jubilee or twenty-fifth annual
reunion Of the United Confederate
Veterans, together with the annual
meetings Of numerous affiliated organ
izations.
Realizing that, by the very force Of
nature, they will probably never agar
have the opportunity to entertain thu
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29
This

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29

Chodzinski. the famous Polish sculI
tor. whose statues adorn public place
in many of the worlds capitals, ana
who made the statue of Pulaski q
Washington, i now forced to SCI
wood to keep ffs family from starv1
ton, according to letter from TIL
sculptor to American friends.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29

will get from meeting again over caun1
fire reveries. Opportunities for q
veterans to mingle with each othc
will be afforded at the headQuarte1
of the various departments.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-29

A secret of the aorist is that how'
or plucked II ths morning continues
fresh twice - - as oio p.
later in the M = '"o 'DA
on 1t. Nh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
GERMAN AND MEXICAN
SITUATIONS CONSIDERED
President Wilson Receives Long Dis
patch Describing Conditions in
Southern Republic.

CORNISH, n. H.. July S-President
Wilson spent this forenoon in the Sc
clusion of his study at Harlakenden
House, considering the German and
Mexican situations. \ long dispatch
from the State Department reviewing
the food conditions in Mexico and con-
tanning information concerning the po-
ltical situation in the southern repub-
lie was gone over by the President.
While Mr.. Wilson is postponing ac-
ton on the Mexican question until his
return to the capital he is expecting
that something tending to clarity the
situation may come out of the infor-
nation brought to Washington by the
various Mexican leaders.
1t is known here that some of his
closest advisers on Mexican affairs
have urged that the Villa faction be
allowed to name provisional presi-
dent who viii be accorded recognition
by the tinted States.
The President has gained weight
since coming here. and today was in
apparently perfect physical condition.
The visit to the Cornish hills has also
benefited the members of his family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
DISTRICT SAILOR BOYS
ARE WORKING HARD
Plans Now Made to Hold Militia
Target Practice Tomorrow
Morning.
From a STAFF Correspondent.

! From a STAFF Correspondent.
| ABOARD L. S. S. kEARSARGE. GAR
! DINERS BAY, l.. L., July S.-Nearly a
week on the drink" has about taken the
, landlubber marks off the District jackies.
They have learned nearly everything
there is to know. and they are now get
ting the practical side of the theory.
Plenty of schools and drills are held in the
day for the men and in the day and night
for the officers.
A change in target practice plans may
make it imperative to forego the proposed
liberty trip to Newport. where it was
planned to give the men two days ashore.
Present plans provide for holding target
practice Friday and Saturday if the
weather permits, but if it gets foggy
as it was this morning when the ship
came into the bay there is likely to be
much delay. With this end in view a
tug with the target RATS in tow came out
from Brooklyn late yesterday and with
assistance from both of the battleships
anchored here-the Kearsarge and the
Reimbursement out to the target grounds
to lay off the range. The launch accom-
panyinG the tug went on strike and the
party had to return with no work accom-
plished. Unforeseen delay number one,
and there may be others
Regular officers familiar with wealth
or conditions around this bay realize
that the delays may make a late re-
turn of the militiamen necessary and
are seeking to help matters by having
the practice while the weather is good.
Boats returned to the range. which
is about four or five miles from the
ships anchorage. again today and
probab bly, will finish. if they do, pres
ent plans provide for beginning the
practice tomorrow morning. PrOba bly,
the Kentucky will fire first. as she has
four naval militia organizations aboard.
During practice the naval militia fir
ing will have to provide crews for
operating the ship in addition to man
ming the battery. This puts the re-
sponsibility for keeping on the range
directly on the militiamen. 1t has not
yet been determined that the necessity
of foregoing the trip to Newport will
give any more liberty at New York
w. j.. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
sANITARIUM TO OCCUPY SITE,
Old Emergency Hospital Building Is
Leased ty Treasury Department.

The old Emergency Hospital building
at the southeast corner of 18th street
and Ohio avenue has been leased by
the Treasury Department to the Capital
CITY Sanitarium, which expects to oc-
cupy the property as soon as 1t has
been entirely vacated by the Elmer
gency Hospital, which has moved INTO
its new home on New York avenue
near 18th street. The lease is for pc
riod of one month. On account of the
fact fhat the site eventually is to be
improved with d federal building the
hospital structure proba bly, will be lesed
only for a/month at a time.
Members of the medical staff and
nurses of Emergency Hospital last
night were given a demonstration by
DR.. Ellis Whitman of New York in the
Fernberg method of reducing dlsloca-
tions of the shoulders and hips. DR..
whitman studied under DR.. Fernberg
in Heidelberg University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
STEEL INDUSTRY ACTIVE.
Mills Getting Behind on Orders,
MOSTLY Domestic.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. July S.-The steel
industry is more active in this locality
than it has been any time since the au-
tumn of 1912. The mills. are getting be-
hind on orders and prices are becom-
ing firmer. Manufacturers assert that
little of the business is war orders, but
that the bulk of it is domestic, caused
by the absence of competition of Ger
man, Belgian and English steel. which
has been kept out of the American
market by the war.
The Carnegie Steel Company. the Ma
tional Tube Company and other mills
of the steel corporation are running
close to 100 per cent capacity, while
the Jones & Laughlin, Republic Cru
chile and other Independent mills are
not far behind. The expectations of OPP
timistic steel manufacturers have been
exceeded, according to one steel Of
fetal.