The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-07-01
BPEVTIES OF CITY STAT
AND NATION
STATE


The order that government en-
ployes on the Canal zone be required
to pay rent for their houses has been
revoked on order Of President VIII
son.
San Francisco's municipal street
railway has so far earned $4,000 in
profits to be applied to the 100000
bond issue voted in August, 1913, for
municipal railway purposes.
As a result of the visit to this coun-
try of the Chinese merchants COM
mission. movement is on foot to
establish a commercial museum in
China where American materials and
manufactured products can be exhib-
tied.
Governor John NJ Slaton of Geor-
gia on June p COMMITTED the sem
tence of Leo NJ. Frank to life impris-
onment. Frank was immediately re-
moved from the Atlanta Jail to the
state farm at Milledgeville.
appraisal NOhiJiClCu On june 10 OF
the personal estate of Mrs. Frank
Leslie indicates that the bequest en-
trusted to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
for the woman suffrage cause will be
no less than $1,300,000 The apprais-
al made is of the personal estate
only which amounts to $1.737,477.
A chain of American hospitals
spread over China, managed by
American surgeons, with view to
improving medical and hospital con-
ditions in the republic, is the ambit-
ion of the Rockefeller Foundation.
AS an initial step the Union Medical
college at Picking has been purchased
A bulletin from the Bureau of La
Dor statistics of the Department of
Labor shows railroad and agricultur-
al pursuits to be most hazardous,
each having about 1900 fatalities a
year. Coal mining contributes 1000,
building and construction 1900, gem
eral manufacturing 1900. But metal
mining has rate of 400 per 1000
fatalities, manufacturing has OBS.
The central labor organization of
France, Confederation General du
Travail. has officially approved of a
proposal from the American Fedora
ton of Labor for a world conference
of labor Representatives to be held at
the same place and at the same time
as a peace conference. The purpose
of this labor conference is to facili-
tate permanent peace by: First. the
suppression of secret treaties; second,
absolute respect for nationaIities;
third. the immediate limitation and
the eventual suppression of arna-
ments; and, fourth, obligatory arbi-
tration.
Governor Brumbauqh of Pennsyi-
vania vetoed on June 20 the bill to
repeal the full crew law. The repeal
er was passed by the legislature after
a long fight in which the railroads
had placed half-page advertisements
in papers throughout the state argu-
ing against the full crew law. Labor
organizations opposed repeal. Tn his
veto message the governor said that
members of the legislature had been
subjected to the pleadings of large
and persistent lobby" Since the
present law has been in operation the
governor said loss of life among pas
sengers had been substantially re-
duced. The extra man required by
the law, while not always engaged is
needed in emergency. and his pres
ence may save life or property. The
railroads, the governor said further,
deserve the same consideration that
is guaranteed to the humblest citi-
zens, and no more"
The Boise-Caldwell ball teams will
play at Caldwell on Sunday. July 4th
and at Boise on Monday, July 5th.