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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05

The best values that have been
shown in shopping bags within the
memory of the oldest shopper are to
be found in the leather goods depart
ments just now. These bags are shown
in many shapes, (most of them prac-
ticaD and in medium sizes. Pin seal
and morocco are the most popular
leather, although there are other va
rieties to choose from. Black con-
tinues to be the favorite color, with
tans and browns next in importance,
and a few dark blues, green's, puppies
and reds for those who wish a bag
to match a suit or some dress acces-
sorry in color.
Four bags of pin seal are shown
here in black. Two of them are sup
piled with very complete fittings. They
are soft, and the leather in three OF
them is gathered on to the frame, so
that they are more roomy than their
size would indicate.
The bag at the upper Ieft-hand cor
ner is to be recommended to the tour
list. 1t contains good sized fiat hand
mirror fastened to the frame by bit
of strong ribbon, and a small coin
purse. In little pockets made in the
lining there are a small face powder
box with tiny puff, a scent bottle, a
case with nail file, and a tube which
may carry a days supply of cleansing
cream. Even this ample fitting is ex
ceeded in some bags that carry card
case and very small pair of scissors
besides.
The bag shown at the lower right
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
TEUTONS TORPEDO
AMERICAN SHIP;
THREE MEN Perish
Captain OF Texas Oil Boat Dies
Of Shock.
VESSEL IS T0WED TO PORT
Steamer GuIfIight Attacked by Ger
mans While on Way to Rouen-
other Graft Sent to Bottom
by Kaiser's Raiders.

London, May 3.-The American oil
steamer Galfiight was torpedOed in the
English channel Saturday by Ger
nan submarine. Her captain died of
heart disease from the shock and two
members of her crew of SO were
drowned.
The GuIfight, a 3,2O2-ton ship,
owned by the Gulf Refining company
of Texas, was bound from Port Arthur,
Tex, to Rouen with cargo of naphtha
when she was attacked off Bishop
lighthouse, in the Sicily islands.
The vessel, although badly damaged.
stayed afloat and was towed to shore
by steam drifters and beached. The
rescued members of the crew were
landed by a patrol boat at Sicily.
Allied Ships Sunk.
The French steamer Europe also
was tOrpedoed by a submarine and
sunk off the Scilly islands. The sub
marine ordered the crew to take to
the boats and then fired several shells
fntO the steamer. The ship did not
sink from the effect of these, so the
submarine launched a torpedo which
sent her to the bottom.
The crew of the Europe was picked
up by a fishing smack and landed at
Newiyn, Cornwall. The Europe was
bound from Barry to St. Lazaire with
Coal
The British steamer Fulgent was
Sunk off Skelling Rocks, southwest of
County Kerry, Ireland. in the dark
early Saturday morning, also by a
German submarine. The master was
shot and killed and his body taken
into one Of the boats. Later the boat
was picked up by a trawler and its
occupants landed at Kilrush. 1t is
Feared the remainder of the crew,
who occupied a second boat which
has not been found, has been lost.
The Fulgent was of 1,2O2 tons, owned
by J. Westoll of Sunderland.
Greek Ship Seized.
The Greek steamer Fotis, from Gal
Weston and Norfolk for Rotterdam,
has been taken into Blyth, England,
BY British prize crew. 1t is alleged
chat she carried a cargo of contraband
believed to be destined for Germany.
4 Copenhagen dispatch says the
Swedish minister at Berlin has re-
POrted by telegraph the release of nine
golfers held by Germany. Only two
Swedish Golfers now remain in Ger
tnan ports.
Fourth U. S. Ship Destroyed.
The Gulfight is the fourth Amer
1can steamer destroyed either by mines
OF submarines in the sea war zone
since February Is and the fifth Amer
scan vessel sunk in all, the William P.
Frye having been sunk in the South
Atlantic by the German raider Prinz
Eitel Friedrich.
Left u. S. April 10.
Pittsburgh, Pa, May 3.-The oil
tanker Gulfiight belonged to the Gulf
Refining company of this city. She
left Port Arthur, Tex, on April 10
with upward Of $4,000 barrels of gaso-
tine and was due to arrive at Rouen
Sunday. She was built at Camden. N.
j., in August, 1914. Officers of the
company here state that her crew at
she time she sailed from Port Arthur
Numbered at least thirty-fve men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
sues Stevenson Estate.

San Francisco, May "a suit to re-
cover aIimony of 500 month award
ed to Mrs. Katherine Osbourne, di-
vorced wife of Lloyd OsbOurne. was
died against Mrs Isabel Strong Field,
administrative of the estate of Mrs.
Eannie Van de Crit Stevenson. widow
Of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
Too Many Hiqhballs.

Speaking Of tennis, when man
goes on a racket he is apt to get into
the court. Then there's the deuce TO
pay, the net result sometimes being
that he has to serve term for his
fault.-Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
Missing Wealth.

Z 3.-The Montauk
IN Saturday for the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
His Exercise.

Your husband pores over his books
too much" He loves to. read. But
he should exercise" "Oh, he exer-
cises. The doctor told him the same
thing. So now he has taken up golf
by mail. louisville Courier Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
Lightning Danger.

The chances OF being struck by
are four times greater in
the country than in the city.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
DENVER ELKs LEAD IN CHARITY
Pueblo Herd Ranks Fifth Among All
Big Lodges in America.

The charity of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks is clothed in
secrecy so far the general public is
concerned. But to the grand lodge each
year the minor lodges report the amount
they have distributed during the year
for the aid of the needy. In this re-
spect the Denver lodge leads all the
lodges in the country according to the
report Of the secretary for the past
year.
Denver lodge distributed S9.677 so dur
ing the year. New Orleans lodge comes
next with Ss.9ss92, while the New York
lodge is next. Then fifth on the list,
leading Chicago, st. Louis, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and in fact all the big
cities of the country comes Pueblo.
which contributed $5,966.72.
The report shows that San Francisco
gave only S2.754.76 to charity during the
year The total number of Elk lodges
is l,3ls, with membership of 4d2,65s
and net assets of $25,5l5, 1891 The
amount distributed in charity in 1914
was 1926, 5,833l4.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
HAWKINS AND CLARK ARE :
GRANTED NEW TRIAL JUDGE
NO DATE SET FOR HEARING CASES
AGAINST MINERS ATTORNEYS.
Third District Concede Right OF
Having Unbiased Tribunal

Motions OF attorneys representing the
United Mine Workers Of America and
John X. Lawson, international board
member, convicted Of murder and await
ing action OF the supreme court on APP
PlicatIon for new trial, requesting an
outside judge be called in to preside at
the trials of the attorneys charged by
the attorney general of the state with
subornation of perjury in connection
with the affidavit of one Grover Hall.
member Of the Lawson jury. were grant
ed in the district court at Trinidad last
Friday by the two Judges of the Third
judicial district A. W. McHendrie and
CRANKY Ilillyer. The motion of the
union attorneys were addressed to both
judges.
The motion claimed that the judges of
the Third district entertain prejudice
growing out OF and resulting from the
Colorado coal strike. Judge McHendrie
viii call in judge outside the district
to preside at the trials. dates Of which
have not Teen fixed.
The informations filed by Attorney
General Fred farrnr against Horace n.
Hawkins and Fred w. Clark. attorneys.
Tor the miners. has raised a storm of
indignant protest among righteous pco-
pie all over the state. IL Is accepted
~ a piece Of spite work on part OF
Governor Carlson aud Attorney General
Farrnr
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
WACESARE HIGHER
in Al CITIES OF U. S.
Many Trades Show Reduction
of Working Hours
Department Of Labor Makes Public the
Result Of Inquiry Into Union Scales
and Hours Of Labor in 93 Trades

The department of labor has made
public the result of an inquiry into the
union scale of wages and hours of labor
for ninety-three OF the principal trades
in forty one of the lading cities of the
country, prevailing in May, 1914. The
trades include those of the brewing and
beer bottling, building, freight handling,
granite and stone, metal, millwork and
printing.
The average weekly rate OF wages for
all cities taken collectively was higher
ON May /, 1914, than on May /, 1913,
for seventy-five OF the trades reported,
in seventeen trades there was no change
and in only one trade was it lower.
In the more important trades the in
creases were: Beer bottlers, per cent;
bricklayers, per cent; carpenters,
per cent; plumbers and gas filters,
per cent; sheet metal workers, 3 per
cent; structural iron workers, per cent
freight handlers, per cent; painters, 4
per cent; compositors book and jobl,
? per cent.
Considering rates OF wages per hour
as distinguished from rates per week,
seventy eight trades showed an increase,
fifteen no change and for none was the
rate lower.
The highest scales per hour in May,
1914, in few of the principal trades
We're: Bricklayers, s7.5 cents in Dallas
and San Francisco; carpenters, 60 cents
IN Chicago; Painters, 20 cents in Chi
cago; plumbers and gas filters, rs cents
in Chicago, Dallas, Portland, st. Louis,
Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seat
tie; sheet metal workers, 6S.S cents in
Chicago and San Francisco; structural
iron workers, 20 cents in Cleveland;
freight handlers, GO.6 cents in New Or
leans: linotype operators Hebrew, book
and job). 1873 cents in New York; com
positors English, newspaper, day work,
75 cents in Seattle.
In fifteen trades there was a reduc-
ton in hours of labor between May,
1913, and May, 1914; seventy seven re-
ported no change, and one reported an
increase.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02

spector had passed creditable examin-
alton before the civil service commits
sion; that he had conducted his office in
splendid manner, and that, so l was
informed, there had not been a single
boiler explosion in the state since his
advent into the office.
In view of the foregoing, 1 respect
fully request that you withdraw my
name as an applicant for this appoint
ment. Were l to accept appointment to
this office, under the circumstances that
exist, should be looked upon with con-
tempt, and rightly SO, by all working
men, whether organized or not
Il could rightly be accused of depriv-
ing an efficient man of his position
without just cause, and of obtaining the
position for myself thru political pull
However, / am frank to say that had
there been an honest vacancy in this
office, ! should willingly have submitted
to any necessary examination by the
civil service commission in the event
that you had rendered me the appoint
ment.
Ignores Worthy Applicants.
Several of my associates in the Colo
rado Progressive league have made ap-
plication to you for appointment to
state positions, and, tho the league has
faithfully kept every one of its written
engagements with the political organiza-
ton OF which you are now the titular
head, those applicants have been most
coldly and successfully ignored.
"This treatment take to be further
reason for my asking for the withdraw.
al of my application from your consider
alton. To request favorable considera.
tion of my application at this time
would make my appointment appear to
have been made at the expense of my
friends; position that is assuredly CON
trary to my every desire.
"Yours respectfully.
JOHN b. STEPHEN"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
CLAIM INDEMNITY FOR POISON

A claim for death indemnity under
the Colorado workmen's compensation
law was presented to the state indus
trial commission this week by relatives
of +. A. Fisher, an employe of the
Crystal River Mining. Milling and Power
company who recently died of blood
poisoning contracted by scratching fin
ger with wire. Fisher was employed
in pulling weeds out of a ditch at Mar
BILE. Colo, with other workmen and
thought little of the scratch until pol
soning developed few days later. He
leaves wife, son and daughter.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
W. D. MAHoN AGAIN PRESIDENT
Biennial Convention of Street Car En-
ployes Held in Rochester, N. Y.

Nearly 400 delegates, representing
1000 organized street car conductors
and motormen. were present at the four
tecnth biennial convention of the Anal
gamated Street and Electric Railway
Employees OF America in Rochester, n. y.
last week. Many subjects OF interest to
the craft were considered, and IL was
pronounced the best meeting OF the
order ever held. w. ID. Mahon. for %
years head OF the organization, was re-
elected president by unanimous vote.
The vice presidents chosen are as fol-
lows:
First vice prcsident-Jobn j. Thorpe.
Second vice president-Wm. +. Welch.
Third vice presidcnt-Gcorgc Keenan,.
Fourth vice president-Ben Commons.
Fifth vice president-P. J. 0'Brien.
Sixth vice prcsident-W. :. McCena-
than.
Seventh vice president-B. Bowbeer.
Eighth vice president-Joseph Gibbons.
Ninth vice president-fred $. Hoover.
Tenth vice president-G. A. Dean.
Board members - Fred Fay, X. l.
Reeves, Ed. McMorrow. Magnus Sinclair,
william B. Fitzgerald. T. j. shea. Joseph
Colgan. John II. Reardon. Allen ". Burt,
Rein Orr.
Providence, Il. J. was chosen as the
next convention city, defeating Cleve-
land.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
Party Leader Raps Carlson for
Violating the Ciuil Service Lau
John Stephen, Former Republican Candidate for Governor
Refuses to Be Party to Scheme of Carlson to Set
Aside LaW to Be Gagged BY State Job

John B. Stephen, former state sena-
tor and candidate for governor on the
Republican ticket four years ago, has
written a caustic open letter to Governor
Carlson. refusiong TO be considered for
an appointive position, or be made a
party to violation OF the state civil
service law. Stephen is railway
brotherhood man and has always dis
agreed with the policy of Wandering
George In his letter, Stephen plainly
states that he does not propose to be
gagged. The letter is as follows:
Last November, at the earnest solicit
tation of friends. | was induced to file
with you my application for state boiler
inspector. | did so in the belief not
only that the state boiler inspector was
the head of a department, but also that
the several heads OF department OF the
state government We're exempt from the
provisions of the civil service law.
Friend of Civil Service.
In due season received your letter
in which you acknowledged the receipt
OF my application, and in which you
were kind enough to state that you
were giving the matter of my appoint
ment serious consideration. About this
time. also, my attention was called to
an item appearing in Colorado City
newspaper to the effect that you had
decided upon my appointment.
Upon investigation, then, the status
of the office of state boiler inspector, I
found that this office, while that OF a
head of department, did come within
the provisions of the civil service law; /;
that this law had been enacted by the
express mandate of our people, and that
this office. consequently, was removed
from the list of appointments availabl,
to each new state administration.
Not Seeking Political Pull"
Il found, further. that the present in
cumbent of the office of state boiler in
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
CANADIAN LABOR CONGRESS >
bF0R SIX-HOUR W0RKDAY
TOTAL EXCLUSION OF oRIENTALS
is ALSO DEMANDED.
Dominion Government to Be Petitioned
for Reforms in Industrial Pursuits
Thru Action of Labor Meet

To petition the Dominion government
to enlist discharged soldiers for five
years farm duty after the war, and TO
ask the provincial governments for a
six-hour day were two of the most i'm
portant of about score of resolutions
adopted by the Dominion Trades and
Labor Congress, which held it's annual
convention in Vancouver, B. c., last
week. They were recommendations OF
the commission on unemployment. Re.
duction of the proposed working day
from eight to six hours was the only
particular in which the committees
report. as originally presented, was
amended.
1--WE are unable to do anything to
ameliorate conditions OF unemployment
to any extent under the present system
of wealth distribution" said Delegate
Kenny. chairman of the committee.
The congress indorsed other recon-
mendations which urged the abolition
of government bonusing of organiza-
tions bringing in immigrants. the total
exclusion of further Oriental immigra
ton, the abolition of private labor
agencies. the establishment of an "in.
ternational' illiteracy test for immi-
grants and the appointment of federal
and imperial commissioners to consider
employment and immigration problems.
!. c. Waters of Ottawa was reelected
president for the fifth time. p NJ
Draper of Ottawa was elected secretary.
+. Bancroft of Toronto was elected
fraternal delegate to the American Fed.
GRAFTON of Labor congress in San Fran
cisco
The congress next year will meet at
Toronto.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
SONG OF THE SHIRT TO BE
GIVEN WITH LOUD CHORUS
NEW YORK WORKERS PLAN GREAT
ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN.
Poor Conditions of Employment Have
Been Suffered For Many Years;
Strong Union Undertaken.

The fact that the Majority OF shirt
manufacturers in New York city send
their product out to contractors to be
made and many of them maintain fac
tories in small country towns has oper-
ated very distinctly against thoro or
ganization of the workers in this branch
OF the mems clothing industry, says the
Garment Worker. -
This situation has made it possible
for the employers to maintain very poor
conditions OF employment for many
years, despite the fact that from time
to time unions have been formed among
the shirt makers, and that at all times
the cutters have maintained an organi-
zation.
1t is alleged that at the present time
the conditions of the workers are worse
than at any time in the history Of the
trade, as a large majority of the women
workers cannot earn more than $3.50 to
81 per week, while the average male re-
ceives from 81 to 50 for his working
week of more than sixty hours.
While conditions in the cutting rooms
are not quite so bad as in the operating
rooms still each year the boy is dis
placing the man in ever increasing num-
bers, so much so that if radical action
is not taken at an early date, it will not
be long before the conditions in the cut
ting rooms will be on par with those
which now obtain in the operating
rooms.
1t is with this information at hand
that Shirt Cutters Union No. 22l U. G.
w. of A., instructed its executive board
at meeting on September IA. to out
line plan for an organizing campaign,
which will not cease until every man
engaged in the cutting branch win be
in the organization.
That the shirt makers are also alive
to the seriousness OF the situation is
evidenced by their engagement of Max
Pine, former general organizer Of the
u. G w. OF A, to aid them in securing
an organization of such permanent
character as will be of great help to
them in removing many of the bad con-
ditions they now complain or. such as
excessively long hours OF labor poor
wages, unsantary workshops and sub
contracting.
From every point of view there is
every indication of an aggressive cam
paign Of organization being conducted by
the workers in all branches of the shirt
industry, which will result in the estab-
lishment of strong and powerful uniops.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
SUCCESSFUL CLERKS CONVENTION

The convention of National Federation
Of Post Office Clerks which has just
concluded its work in San Francisco was
the most successful ever convened. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent Arthur l.. Honeywell, Davenport,
Iowa; first vice president, Maurice NJ.
Simon. Philadelphia. Pa; second vice
president @. T.. Hyatt, Minneapolis,
Mimi; third vice president. Luther S.
Butler. Columbus. Ga, and secretary
treasurer, Thomas f. Flahcrty, San
Francisco. Cal. With the exception OF
the last named all nre new officers.
Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after dinner smoke. Union madc.-Adv.
The lonclest man in the world is he
who lives for himself alone.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
SNAKE SWALLOWS GLASS EGG

From Baltimore comes story that
snakes, which in the past have toasted
generously on real eggs in the chicken
coop of McGill Belt, who has farm
near Sugar Loaf mountain, have lately
taken to stealing his glass eggs. The
last snake to steal a glass egg entered
thru a knothole, but could not depart
by the same route because the egg made
his body too large. The snake was cap
tured, cut open and the egg taken out
and placed back in the nest.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
MINERS EXPRESS
THANKS TO WALSH
international Executive Board
Adopts Testimonial
On Behalf Of 500, ,O00Coal Dieeers, Chair
man Of u. S. Industrial Commissions
Shown Mark Of Appreciation

At the recent meeting in indianapolis
of the United Mine Workers of America
interna tional executive board with all
members present except John r. Law
son, detained in Trinidad Jail, the follow
ing testimonial of appreciation was
adopted and forwarded to Frank p.
Walsh, at his home in Kansas City:
Whereas, Frank p. Walsh, chairman
of the United States commission on in
dustrial relations, has performed the
functions of this important office in such
a maner as to reveal in clear and com
prehensive form the causes of indus.
trial unrest in America, and
Whereas, We feel Mr. Walsh has con-
Quoted an investigation that will be pro-
ductive of great good to the cause of
labor thruout the United States and as
a result of his fearless exposure of the
corruption existing in high places, that
legislation will be enacted by congress
that will protect the men and women of
labor from the encroachments of organ
lied greed, and
"Whereas, Mr.. Walsh has developed
fully the causes OF the historic Colorado
coal strike, which will without doubt
make for better condition in the min
ing camps of Colorado, and
'Whereas. Mr.. Walsh has been judi
ciously attacked by certain subsidized
newspapers which are unwilling to grasp
his fearless exposure of the un-American
policies pursued by many of the coun-
try's greatest capitalists and have cir
culated countless false statements con,
cerning this splendid and uncorruptible
champion of the working people; there
fore, be it
Resolved, BY the International Exc
cutive Board of the United Mine Work
ers of America, representing approx
mately 100000 coal miners, That we
commend Mr.. Walsh for the work he has
performed and that we also commend
President Wilson for selecting man
of this high type and character to of
ficiate as chairman of this important
commission, and we further recommend
that copy of this resolution be sent to
Mr.. Frank P. Walsh and Woodrow VII
son. president of the United States, and
that copy of this resolution be Irb-
lished in our official organ, and given
TO the press of the country.
John P. WHITE, President,
FRANK J. HAYES,
"WM. GREEN, Recording Sec'y
Committee.
"By order of the international execu-
tive board"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
MEN REFUSE TO BE SPEEDED UP

One hundred Gamers employees at the
Hunters Point plant of the Standard Oil
company, New York, refused to speed up
at the demand Of the superintendent. A
strike resulted, throwing out of work
600 other men employed in the stilling
and boxing departments. 1t was de-
manded that the men do as much work
in hours as had been done previous
to the reduction in o. After remaining
idle two days compromise was reached
and they returned to work
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
YALE STUDENT sTRIKE-BREAKERs

Soon after strike was declared
against the American Chain company at
Bridgeport, Conn, number of Yale
students were secured to take the places
OF those who were demanding shorter
hours and better wages. They recently
left the chain works and returned to the
college. The strike is still on and the
leaving OF the students has badly Grip
pied the company.