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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Schemes of Germany to Disrupt Organ
ized Labor Blocked by Gompers, Who
Warned All Trades---The Truth At Lest

Now Dumba, the Austrian Ambassa-
dor writes in the following letter:
New York, August 20, 1913.
My Yesterday evening Consul
General Won Muir received the inclosed
the locally known paper, Szabadsag,
after a previous conference with him
and i'll pursuance of his proposals to ar
range for strikes in the Bethlehem
Schwab Steel and Munitions War fac
tory, and also in the Middle West.
DIR. Archibald, who is well-known to
your lordship, leaves today at II o'clock
on board the Rotterdam for Berlin and
Vienna. | take this rare and safe op-
portunity to warmly recommend the pro-
posal to your lordshp's consideration.
1t is my impression that we can dis
organize and hold up for months if not
entirely prevent the manufacture of mu-
nitons in Bethlehem and the Middle
West, which in the opinion Of the Ger
man military attachc is of great i'm.
portance and amply outwcighs the ex-
penditure OF money involved
But even if strikes do not come off,
it is probable that we should cxtort un-
der the pressure of the crisis more fav-
orable conditions of labor for our poor,
downtrodden fellow countrymcn. In
Bethlehem these white slaves are now
working for twelve hours day and
seven day week. All weak persons
succumb and become consumptives.
So far as German workmcn are found
among the skilled hands, a means of
leaving will be provided for them.
Besides this, private German regis
try office has been established, which
provides employment for persons who
have voluntarily given up their places,
and is already working we'll They will
also join and the widest support is as
Surcd us.
! beg your eNcelcncy to be so good
as to inform me with reference to this
letter by wireless telegraphy, replying
whether you agree. DuMBA.
Ills ENccllenCy, Count Burian,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vienna.
What will American workmcn think
now, when they are working side by
side with foreign spies, who Join their
unions in order to cause strikes and
break up the union,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
GIVES BONUS BUT BARS UNIONS,

Springfield, Mass.-The Smith &
Wcsson Company, makers OF rifles, an
nounce the Inauguration OF bonus
system, beginning September /. All
employees will be paid per cent OF their
total earnings during each quarter for
the next year One OF the conditions
makes it impossible for worker to
ion labor union and receive the
bonus, as it provides that the worker
must notify the company il he intends
Joining such labor organization. II an
cmploye resigns or is discharged he is
disqualified from receiving the bonus.
The company does not deny that the
new scheme was installed for the pur-
pose oi "quicting discomfort" Trade
unionistS are comparing this 'conces-
sion with the gains organized work
crS secure without surrcndcring indi-
vdual rights.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
SCORE ORGANIZED CHARITY

Spokane.-Organized charity opposes
to hamstring this legislation, was the
charge made by Judge Henry Neil, of
Chicago, in a speech to churchmen in
this city Judge Neil is known as the
originator of mothers pension law He
said
''In New York, Illinois, Minnesota
and nearly all the other mothers pen
sion States said the speaker "organ
lied charity has induced the legisla
lures to prevent deserted mothers get
ting pensions on the plea that pensions
to such mothers would increase deser-
tions.
1T is well demonstrated fact that
charity gets most of its funds by ap-
peals based on the destitution and suf-
poor children were taken care of by the
mothers pension system, publicly adj
ministered there would be little suffer
ing left.
"Now. when mother and her chill
dren are deserted, organized charity
sends out begging letters telling of their
great distress and asking rich people to
send money to help relieve the distress,
deploring the fact that these mothers
can not get pension, when charity it
self went to the legislature and prevent
ed her getting pension.
Surely. charity does not claim that
it provides the same amount as the pen
sions, for then there would be no rea-
son for charity preventing the destitute
deserted mother and her children get
ting the pension, except to get the 75
per cent rake-off. | ask, why pauperize
the deserted mother? Will some ex-
pert please answer why?'
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
LIFE is MORE THAN TO LABOR

San Francisco.-In urging consdera-
ton OF an educational system that
means more than modest self-effacing
working people, the Evening Bulletin
says:
"Man lives as much to play, to think,
to meet and talk with others, to consid-
er the wise ways OF the little fishes and
the great stars, even to loaf, as he does
to work. II the world is to be increas-
ingly a great factory, and men are to
be bred solely for the uses OF that fac
tory, we had better pray for another ice
age to wipe us out and give creation a
new start
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
CAN'T EVADE LABOR'S INDICTMENT
G'yom the Industrial Relations Committee RepoyD

Orom the Industrial Relations Committee ReborD
There has been abundance
to
their workers organizing
That they
cessfully controlling and legislatures.
That exploited
ganzed workers.
That
o remedial industrial legislation
That
who
rcpretenhle in character.
conditions
That have exploited labor the expense labor
That the
speech and the right assembly.
That deliberately representatives
labor.
All these things find tend produce industrial with all its
and farreacling ills
There
thoroughly
order better exploitation
oppression
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
POLICEMAN KILLED STRIKER.

Jersey City, N. IA coroner's jury
has voted to hold Police Inspector
Cadv, OF Bayonne, responsible for the
death OF an 1S-year-old boy who was
shot during the recent strike OF Bay
onne oil workers. Physicians testified
that the bullet entered the back OF the
boys head and pierced the brain. Sew
eral Bayonne policemen testified that
imported gunner shot at the strikers,
resulting in the death OF two workers.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
MERCHANT MARINE INCREASES

Observation-Disclosures issued by the
Federal Department of Commerce do
not support the claim that the Ameri-
can flag is disappearing from the seas" ;"
1t is stated that 1863 ships, with a gross
tonnage Of 737 623 tons, were added to
United States registry during the past
fiscal year. and that this is three times
the gain made in any previous year.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
"DIVIDE" PROFITS.

Philadelphia.-T The Philadelphia and
Western Railway has voluntarily raised
the wages of its motormen and con-
ductors one cent an hour. The railway
company, it is stated. granted this ad-
vance when it was found that the gross
earnings Of the road for the month of
July had increased 10 per cent over July
of last year.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
DETECTIVES REGULATED.

Sacramento, Cal.-'The State law
regulating private detectives is now in
force, and hereafter the gum-shoe,
peep-hole, tin-star sleuth, employed by
any private agency, is a State official,
acting under license issued by the
State Board of Prison Directors. 1t is
intimated that this type of Hawkshaws
will have trouble securing licenses.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
FARMERS ASKED TO AFFILIATE

Emporia, Kans,-The State federation
of labor convention invited the Farmers
union to affiliate. Resolutions against
the conviction of Lawson were passed,
G. f. Blakely of this city was elected
president, and George Hamlin of Leav-
cnworth, secretary-treasurer, The con-
vention favored congress printing cop
les of the report OF the commission on
industrial relations for free distribu-
ton.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
ON EIGHT-HOUR BASIS.

Toledo, Ohio-The Toledo Machine
and Tool company has signed an eight
hour agreement with the Machinists' un
ion. The new scale calls for a minimum
wage of 40 cents an hour for machinists
and Is cents an hour for die makers.
About 400 men are affected
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
TRANSFERS. STRIKE ENDS.

St. Louis.-The teamsters' strike has
been settled. Several hundred work
ers were involved and much feeling de
veloped because OF the employers re-
fusal to increase wages and improve
working conditions.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
EIGHT HOURS FOR OIL
WORKERS.

Port Arthur, Texas.-The Gulf Re
ining company has accepted the eight
hour principle and hereafter all work will
be done on the shorter work day plan.
About / 800 employees are affected. Many
OF them formerly labored twelve hours
a day.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
DELAWARE MACHINISTS
STRIKE.

Wilmington, Del-About 300 ma
chinists went on strike last week for an
eight-hour day and an increase in wages.
Recognition of the union is also de
mandcd.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11

The birch grows farther north than
any other tree. Next comes the Siber-
ian larch and then the fir.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
The Mosquito Hawk.

The head of the mosquito hawk will
continue eating its victim when separated
from the thoraX.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Brittle Bones.

There is more lime in the bones of
the aged than in those OF the Young :;
hence old bones are the more brittle.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11

What race may reasonably be expect
ed to be the last on earth? The Finnish
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
The Bean Blossom.

The dark spot in the center of a bean
blossom is the nearest approach to natur-
al black in any flower.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
RAT-HOLE DIPLOMACY.

Last March il excited some comment
that the German Government raised
about S2j,OOO,0OO in this country by
selling war bonds and short-tcrm treas
ury notes. What for? 1t could not be
safely sent to Germany nor could il be
used to finance the export Of war ma
terials to that country. The question
seems to have been answered by the
New York Worlds" clamorous cxpos-
urc of what is probably the clumsiest and
dirtiest propaganda ever undertaken i'm
the United States The details given are
only confirmation of what has been gen.
orally thought. German agents were in
the market to establish or purchase
newspapers; to furnish "boier-plate"
and other news stuff, moving picture
ilms, lectures, etc; to get control of
certain chemicals and other elements
essential III the making Of war goods: to
promote strikes, forge passports, mis-
use wireless stations, and so ON, buster
than horseiiies in August. Catchpcnny
Journalists who beloved about the
American press being bought bv British
gold were asking a German "superprivv
councillor to remit through their law
yer, as he would be exempt from in
qWry. Those who justified sinking the
Lusltania because she was an ammuni-
ton snip were buying up an ammunition
factory IN Bridgeport, Conn Under the
pre,cNt OF telling us the German side
oi 1t, these rascally agents have con-
Quoted campaign Of profitable lying.
he kalscr's emissarics have made his
bad cause worse No one knows to what
extent Gcrmany's official representatives
are implicated That will be asccrtaincd
and proper diplomatic action taken.
What stands out now is that the cause
of the German people has again been
betrayed by Germans"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11

Before the New York World began to
publish the facts about the big corrup-
ton fund that Germany and Austria
was using i'll this country to break up
organized labor, Samuel Gompers was
travelling over the country warning un-
ionists to look out for the very thing
that came to pass. Sam is on the job
all the time and this only adds another
debt that organized labor owes him.
Golfers Weekly calls Germany's work
.Rathole Diplomacy' and saws
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Fills Up Time.

What a blessed thing is sleep" said
the tired laborer.
YES" assented the society man who
overheard him 81 don't think ] could
kill eight hours additional per day
Louisville Courier Journal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03
5000 SUNDAY SCHOOL
PUPILS TO MARCH AND
PICNICN ROXBOROUGH
T W e I've Organizations,
Each With Band, in Goth
Yearly Outing - Mana
yunk Pageant to Show
Historical Characters.

More than 5000 Sunday school children
will march in a parade on Monday morn
| ing, at the celebration of Roxborough s
Goth annual Fourth OF July Sunday school
picnic. The parade will start from Lp-
ceum and Manayunk avenues, at 7:45
o'clock. Twelve bands and 12 Sunday
schools will be in line.
An historical parade with four floats
depicting famous scenes OF history and
100 famous characters will mark the
Manayunk celebration.
The Roxborough parade will march
through the main streets until the in
dividual Sunday schools drop out OF line
to go to their picnic grounds The young
est child in the line will be Clara Adams
less than one year old. the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. RRwlins Adams, OF
Lyceum and Flemming avenues. Little
Jane Hays and Howard Hays, children OF
Mrs. Robert r. Hays, 344 Green lane, will
also be in line.
The parade will be led by Hiram L.
wynne, as chief marshal. with the fol-
lowing aides: William Robinson, Jr.;
John Moore, Frank Carlisle, Frank
Wager, George Bhly William Hoedt,
Harry Beale, Edward Harp, George
Katzenbach Louis Rebel. Horace Nc
Fadden and George Blumenauer
The following Sunday schools will be
In line: The Lexington Presbyterian, with
the Conshohocken Band; the Galilee Bap-
tist, with the Keystone Band: the Fourth
Reformed. with the Manayunk Military
Band the Roxborough Baptist. with the
Falls Military Band; the Central Metho-
dist, with Kesters Band; the Grace
Lutheran, with the Wawatnm Band; the
Bethany Lutheran. with the Adams Band;
the Ebenezer Methodist, with the 29th
Street Methodist Band the Epiphany
Lutheran and the Taimage Memorial Re-
formed.
The Galilee Baptist Sunday school will
hold a picnic in Bernard's Woods, Rox-
borough. The Bethany Lutheran will
hold its outing in Fighters Woods, on the
wissahickon, while the Talmage Me-
mortal Reformed will have it's fun in
Fairmount Park near the Walnut lane
bridge The other Sunday schools will
march In a body to Gorgas Woods, Rox
borough. No speeches or red tape cere-
mony will mark any Of the picnlcs
The Sunday schools will return at dusk
to watch a wonderful display OF fireworks
on the Roxborough baseball grounds. The
exhibition, which is provided by the city,
will be in charge of c. A. Rudolph.
Separate parades and plcnlcs will be
held oy the Sunday schools of Manayunk.
One of the largest parades will be held !
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03
Paris Whisperings

"The very wide skirt is not seen /.
the streets. although all the new mods1
which are being copied are SHOWING
wider. II not actually wide. skirts.p az.
a woman who returned from Par.
recently. THE army coat is very mer1
to the fore. and the small hat, vim
great. big. squashed pansies around Il |,
now so common that no one will buyt
any more.
white hats trimmed with whit Ne
let's de Parma, entire toques Of vae
with knot OF velvet sticking UP in iiss,
or at the side are also to be seen, bgs
nothing Is quite 80 Parlsian as the nan
blue straw tooue trimmed with fine stfas
roses In the same color, but in a dIfer.
ent kind of straw, and very aspirirp
feather fantasy, following the line OF Il.
toque. Fine wells are worn with all Kind
of hats, but some women have adopts
the lace veil with a pattern, which mahs
the face underneath 1t a negligible quai
tityn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03
BARONET TORADPOHNT
BREEZE IN AEROPLANE
Bombs Will Be Dropped in
Demonstration of Use of
Cloudmen in War.

Philadelphia will be raided by air to-
day. The event promises TO be full of
thrills. Bombs will be dropped, guns will
be fired, and the raid will culminate in a
spectacular attack OF an aeroplane on o
fort.
Philadelphians will have a chance to
witness many of the battlefield uses OF
the aeroplane, when Lieutenant Baronet
Won Figyelmessy ascends In one of the
latest Curtlss models at the Point Breeze
Park motordrome this afternoon. The
program is being arranged by Wilbur
Keys. a widely known Curtiss flyer who
says II will take place rain, shine or
cyclone" He says the baronet's exhi.
biuons are never delayed on account OF
bad weather.
Point Breeze will present a realistic
picture of war. Besides the spectacular
feature of aerial warfare" a sham bat
tie will be given by the I'd Regiment Ma
tional Guard Of Pennsylvania, which will
be encamped at the park. Baronet Won
Figyelmessy's exhibition Is slated for
s.so o'clock. Another flight is planned for
Monday.
To the bone of Baronet Won Figyl-
messy's knee a steel plate is fastened by
screws. The operation was performed
after the nobleman crashed into a tree
At the Port Royal Fair grounds some time
ago to avoid running into a crowd OF
several thousand persons. This, he ex-
planned, he was forced to do because the
crowd had surged upon the field and did
not leave sufficient landing space
The Aero Club OF America. with its
affiliated clubs in many cities. has an
nounced a national aeropane competi-
tion which will start tomorrow and last
until Columbus Day, October r. In an
effort TO make Philadelphia one OF the
stopping places for aviators who will fly
across the continent in one of the compe-
htion events. Rear Admiral Benson has
approved a recommendation that the
League Island site be the official station
OF Americas new flying squadron.
The purpose OF the competition is to
assist the Army and Navy Departments
IN developing aviation corps for National
Guard and Naval Militia, and 20 demon
strate the practieability Of carrying mail
by aeropiane TO hundreds OF isolated
places. Many prizes. large and small,
VIII be awarded in a long list OF events
The Aero Club OF Pennsylvania will
celebrate the establishment of lis base
at League Island this afternoon with the
dedication OF its hangar there plot
800 by 1000 feet has been assigned to the
club BY Secretary Daniels Govern |
ment tug will take aboard members OF the |
club, who Will review the Naval Militia
Exhibitions by fiying boats WIN be a |
feature OF the program
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03

by the st. John the Baptist Catholic
Church. More than 1900 children Of all
ages will march in the parade, which will
start from Rector and Cresson streets at
1880 o'clock.
Four floats will be In the parade, which
is to be led by the st. John the Baptist
Band. The marshal of the parade will
be Edward P. Fahay. The floats will be
"a Maid Of Erin and the Provinces"
with Miss Anna Maken as the maid
Fair Queen and Her Attendants" with
Miss Mabel zinn as the queen; the Land
ing of Columbus" with Arthur McKer-
man as Columbus, and Innocence" with
Miss Irene De Swan as the principal
character More than 100 other historic
characters, such as William Penn, Joan
of Arc Napoleon and George Washing
ton. will also be represented.
The parade will march through the
main streets of Manayunk to Fighters
woods, where the picnic will be held.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03
Today's Marriage Licenses

Herman g, Rosenbaum. Washington, D. c. and
Anna Cohen, 2il4 s. Mildred ID
Amos sh9ftS, goo Hutton a., and Alberta pa
william j.. Bradshaw, NorrisioHn. Pa ana
..i kaitnl2n a tehey x2as w Somerset 81
Az1lrod. 1910 n. "a 81
David splysk, 1912 ga st.. and Gussis
tha Rolls, 1918 Cabot 81
James =. Mhalcn 1854 Farrlah A ans Mo-,
g. Mepeviii, $3.50 d. Fhiiip 81
Edwin q cam, ~ Memphis a. ana jennie
Ora1io kadico. Ifs s. Bancroft Al ana I.,ur.a
Warren. 7lf 8. Bancroft 81
Aa5 81 ala
Cherries LhuFfa. Faahods Waaa ana anata
Muise. feaoe4yi Aaas-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03
Babel

In Babylon they builded
A tower toward the sky;
But 1t was not completed
There is n reason why.
There was a walking delegate.
And he began to walk,
And the working men stopped to listen
And then they stopped to talk.
That heaven soaring tower
Has crumbled quite away
And there is not a trace of II
Remaining to this day.
Now gone ls mighty Babylon,
With Nineveh and Tyre.
And the reason you may ascertain
If rightly you inquire.
What? Yes, I gave the reason
For the failure and the fall
In stanza one; however,
That ID by no means all,
For through the cities crumble
And empires men forget
We are the tower builders
And we are talking yet!
Syracuse Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03

right out there in the yard few days"
father advised. Maybe those timid little
rabbits will get used to seeing 1t. and
then they won't be afraid OF it," So Ned
left the box there and paid no attention
10 It.
After it had stood there a couple of
weeks II got a tribe weatherbeaten and
very comfortable looking las though II
had always been there). and a very in
teresting family decided to move in Who
do you suppose they were2 You'd never
guess.
Beesl Yes. a nice, big. healthy family
of bees. And this Is how IL happened:
One morning bright and early a queen
bee and her followers were driven out OF
the old home hive by the Jealous old
queen OF the family. HummlnR and
seolding. they fared forth into the world
to hnd themselves a home which should
be bigger and better than the one they
had Just left
First they found a hole IN a tree-a
nice pig. roomy hole. plenty big for
swarm OF bees.
why not stop and live hereq'' asked
one OF the queens devoted followers.
This Looks to me like a very nice
place"
The queen stopped and Inspected IL
carefully and while she did SO the other
D@s9 Aunae1 puAily around and hoped
shs would like the new place. But she
didn't mo- indeed, that viii not 90 for
me, she exclaimed haughtily. Il want
a diHerent place. ] want a place thai h
better than We had before. This Il 10
further" HHAt
So they Travelled along
Pretty soon they found a hole In a los
the very same hole where Tommy Tittls'
Mouse and his little mate lived, ana thsv
nearly frightened POOR Tommy ~
asatn, 100 Sthoush, OF course, thai
go es'Aes % tne storyl. But though
izL s-s splendid hole and quite 81
enough, 100. ihe particular queen F.i.i5