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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-06

Paris, Nov. 6.-The newspapers an
nounce that King Constantine has
definitely accepted the resignation of
the Zaimis cabinet, says a Havas dis
patch from Athens.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
Consider Important Issues

Chicago-The Union Leader. Off
cial magazine of the Chicago Street
Car Mems union, urges these work
ers not to befog wage negotiations
with un-important things, which are
often used by employers to Confuse
the issue" The Union Leader gives
this solid advice;
To concentrate our efforts on
wages and hours of labor in the COM
ing contract negotiations is wise poll
icy. To confne ourselves solely to
the amendment of sections govern
ing wage and hour conditions is to
narrow the contest to the most vital
questions that affect our welfare.
The experience of the past teaches
us that days and weeks of time can
be wasted in the discussion of small
things, which can be regulated at 9TH
er times than contract periods, and
which only serve to confuse the issue
and divert our efforts from the con-
sideration of the big things which are
most important to us.
"The prevailing sentiment among
our members to concentrate on wages
and hours, with special emphasis on
the graded scale, shows marked inn
provement. We are not going to
waste energy on pee-wee stuff while
the material issues are shifted to the
background In other words, why
shoot at sparrows while elephants
are passing by?
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27

Washington-The federal bureau
of mines has issued primer on ex-
plosives for metal miners and quarry
men. The. bulletin is No. 80 and may
be obtained without cost by writing
to the director of the bureau of mines,
Washington. The publication contains
chapters on combustion and explo-
sion; blasting and mine explosives;
fuse, detonators, and electric deton-
ators; firing blasts by electricity; the
use of explosives in excavation work
quarrying, metal mining and tunnel
ing, drilling and blasting methods in
the New York rapid transit tunnel;
magazines and thaw houses; perrnis-
sible explosives, etc.
In urging the necessity for study
of this question, the bulletin, in its
introduction says;
In accidents resulting from the use
of explosives in metal mines and quar-
ries in the United States, more than
l30 men were killed and ESQ seriously
injured during the calendar year 1918
Moreover, an unknown number oi
miners suffered from the effects oil
breathing harmful fumes and gases
given off BY the burning of the in
complete explosion of some explo-
sive".
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
Ohio Miners Raffy The Scale

Wheeling, w. Va.-Amid cheers
and demonstrations unequalled in an
Ohio Valley labor gathering, the con-
vention of miners ratified the agree
ment made by their scale committee
and Eastern Ohio operators. Presi-
dent White. Secretary Treasurer
Green, and other officials urged ae-
.ceptanee of the agreement which
would end the thirteen months strike.
The question was carried with shout
as delegates and officers extended
fraternal greetings over the success
full ending of this long struggle, caus-
ed by an attempt to reduce wages.
The operators alleged that the Green
anti-screen lay compelled reduc-
tion. The men. however, won their
point and the union rate of AZ cents
a ton will prevail
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
SEVERAL THOUSANDS
OF HARVEST HANDS
WANTED


The Division of Information Of the
Bureau of migration, u. S. Depart
ment of Labor, has been advised bv
the Commissioner Of Labor. Oklaho-
ma City, Oklahoma, that:
10000 to 1900 men will be needed
this season for grain harvest; wages
will range from $500 to $500 per day
and board The Department is i'm
formed that the vast majority Of the
farmers of Oklahoma who want har-
vest hands, prefer English speaking
white men. For this reason persons
other than English speaking white
men who wish employment in the
harvest fields of Oklahoma, should
first communicate with Mr.. w. G.
Ashton, Commissioner of Labor. Ok
lahoma City, Oklahoma, to find out
whethes or not he can secure employ
ment for them.
1t will be necessary for all persons
desiring this harvest work to defray
their own expenses to and from the
place of employment.
Harvest will begin in the South
western part of Oklahoma about
June S; in the North Central coun-
ties about June 8, and in the. extreme
Northwestern part of Oklahoma
about June 18th.
Harvest hands proceeding to the
Southwestern part Of the State should
report to the State Labor Distributions
office in any of the following towns:
Wishita Falls, Texas; Clinton or
Frederick, Oklahoma. Those who de-
sire to proceed to the Northern or
Northwestern part of the State should
report to the State Labor Distribution
Office at Enid, Carmen, Alva, or
Woodward, Oklahoma. 1t is sug-
sgested that applicants report for spe~
ci6c directions to the State office in
the town nearest the point from which
they are travelling.
Mr. c. L. Green, General Inspector
| in charge Unemployment and Distri-
button Work, representing the United
States Department OF Labor, will be
stationed during the harvest season at
Room PIP, Post Office Building, Kan
sas City. Missouri Employers and
| persons seeking employment may OBJ
tain detailed information concerning
the harvest work by communicating
directly with him. The services of
Mr. Green and those of the offices
above referred to are FREE.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
LABOR DANGER

Seattle, Wash. The greatest danger
that the labor movement is now cal
led upon to face is unrestricted immi-
grafton, said Mrs. Theresa S. McMa-
hon, assistant professor of political
science, University of Wisconsin, in
a speech before unionists in this city.
She said the tides of immigrants
had completely changed the industrial
system in this country, and had also
crippled the political power of Ameri-
can trade unionists, despite the con-
tinued development of the best side
of the organized movement.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
The Mover Case Is Dismissed

Calumet, Mich. Lon motion Of Pros
ecutor Galbraith, of this county,
Judge O'Brien of Baraga county cir
cult court has dismissed the conspir-
acy cases against President Meyer
and 81 other union officials who were
indicted by the Houghton county
grand jury a year ago as the result
Of alleged acts of violence in connec-
tion with the copper strike. The cases
were transferred to Baraga county on
the plea of the unions attorneys that
the citizens of the mining country
were prejudiced against the strikers.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
Verdict For the Loss Of Arm

Pottsville, Pa.-The supreme court
sustains ScIluykill county courts YER
dict of $6,195 to George Case, a car
penter. against the Lehigl coal and
Navigation Co. The plaintiffs right
arm was crushed by heavy timber
falling on it, due. to the breaking Of
chain. The decision IS important,
because il tests law making COM
pany liable in case fof injury through
defective tools.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
PRAISE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Boston Vocational schools were
praised BY Mayor Curley at state
conference of these teachers. The
city executive said: "Any institution
that prepares boys and girls for good
citizenship and equips them with all
that is needed to increase their earn
ling capacity cannot De too highly
commended. Such Institutions lift
men and women to higher plane OF
living and solvemany of the problems
that confront the community"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
TEAMsTERs sTRIKE

Granite City, Members Of
.Teamsters union, No. 6l, are on
strike to enforce a new wage scale
which ranges from SIS to $l8 per
week. A ten hour day is asked for,
with time and one-half for overtime
and Sunday work The employers
have submitted counter proposition.
but have overlooked the number of
hours to be worked. They also fail
to mention anything regarding over
time.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
pAINTERs NEW WAGE RATE

Rochester, N. Y.-Mediators have
adjusted wage differences between
painters and their employers, the
workers returning to work after com
promising their demands. The new
rate viii run for three years, and is as
follows:
Painters, $3.87 IL per day for first
year and $4 for second and third;
swing scaffold work, $4 a day for 3
years; paperhangers, $4.l2 IL a day
for the FIRST year and $4.25 a day for
second and third year; woodfinishing
in interior shops, $3.10 day for one
year.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
LABOR NOT A cOMMoDTTY

Richmond, Tnd.-In DISCUSSING low
wages some contractors are alleged to
pay on city work, Councilman Rus
sci said: The old theory that labor
is a commodity. to be obtained in the
open market, no longer holds good.
Labor is not commodity"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
ELECTRICIANS STAND F1RM

Akron. o. Striking electricians are
standing firm IN their fight to better
working conditions. Several cou-
tractors have signed the new agree
anent, and il IS believed that others
will take similar action within
short time. as the absence Of strike
breakers is significant.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
WIRE MEN RAISE WAGES

MinneapoB Bis-Electrical Workers
union, No 2o2, has voted to call a
strike in the shops thar refuse to
grant wage increase of 8 IA cents
an hour. This is the FIRST increase
asked in nearly ten years and large
number of employers have accepted
the new rate.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
|pooR CARE FOR DETECTIVES

Baltimore-D Discussing the care of
feeble-ninded before the national
conference of charities and correction,
Secretary Butler. of Indiania, said
that the most conservative estimate
of the number of feeble-minded in
this country was. one in every 500 pop
ulation. This means 10000. About
one-tenth of this number, he said,
were receiving proper care.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
HoRsEsHoERs oRdANTzE

Holyoke, Mass ourneymen horse
shoers of this city have organized
and are already in the work of better
ing conditions. A Saturday half hol-
iday during the summer months is the
FIRST question. and it is believed the
employers will concede the request, as
their employers are now united.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
BARRIERS HAVE SHORTER
HOURS

Ottawa. Ontario The Barbefss
union has secured the passage of 4
city ordinance closing barber shops
at 10 o'clock Saturday nights preced-
ing holidays. The BARRIERS FIRST se-
cured the approval 81 a majority of
their employers. The Joint movement
puts stop to midnight labor.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
OHIO PLUMBERS 70 CONVENE

Hamilton. O-The local union Of
plumbers and gas filters is making ar
rangenents for the state. convention
Of workers in this craft to be held In
Hamilton, July 9 and 10 A large
attendance is assured because Of the
advance made BY these unionists dur
ing the past year,
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27

Some History ef the Warfare On This Great
Public Utility

devong much the discussion Of
public and importance and deserves the consd
of In the June number Is
exhaustive Chicago drainage canal from which quote
Introductory showing the kind Of warfare which
public owned utilities This subject
especial this time the people Of Boise attention
being question of the s establishment
Of power and light plant Herewith the Pearson article
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
ONTARIO BARRIERS no MEET

Hamilton, Ontario The first con-
vention Of Barbers unions in the
Province Of Ontario will be held in
this city May a. It is intended to
organize an Ontario BARRIERS central
body that the interests Of this craft
may be better protected.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
cry pAYs UNION scALE

Ottawa, Ill-This city has agreed
to pay the Building Laborers union
rate Of 81 l-2 cents per hour pend
ing negotiations between the union
and private contractors. The city
will thereafter recognize any price
agreed to.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP CLUB

The Executive Of Municipal Ownership club bd
meeting in the office Of Gustave Kroegr Mondy evening
engineering conit reported
and feasibility Of the installation Of light
decided to enlarge the membership
call issued for public meeting Friday evening
City hail. Committee Is doing much eS
celent work Of preliminary character
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
PETITION FOR HALE HOLIDAY 7

W0rCesfer, -Mass.--Ihe City Em-
Iployers union has passed a resolu-
tion asking city officials TO grant
them Saturday half holidays during
July and August without loss Of pay.
These workers say this rule prevails
LIn many Massaehuselts cities.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27
pLUMRERs ORGANIZE

Hannibal, Mis.-Plumbers of this
city have organized the laundry work.
ers, meat cutters and moving picture
operators
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27

The Gem Worker stands for
Munieipai Ownership 81 public
utilities end will malsc every eifcfk
to force this great issue 70 me
front II Boise, IS III line with the
mosk progressive tiought of the
dav Public utilities by their very
natnre should be nlonopolistic n
character and 4 private monopoly
Is sntcicrahle. A monopoly must
be owned and conducted by the
people as whole ii their govern
mental capacity just as the postal
business is conducted.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-27

The Gem Worker IA demonstrate
ms is hkness - survive and ii one
of the most prosperous weekly
publications in the State IF Idaho.
Il j. receiving splendid support
from the forces OF organized labor.
not alone in Boise but from the
unions Of every section. The fact
that It represents the labor organ
Izations Of the State gives Il !
high standing as an advertising
medium which up-to-date business
men are quick to recognize By.
patrcnizing Its advertising columns
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
5000 TONS OF MILK
Shipped Into Belgium BY Relief Commits
sion in London.

London. March 22.-The commission
for relief in Belgium has sent over 5000
tons OF condensed milk into Belgium and
no form of foodstuffs supplied TO the
Belgian people has brought forth such
warm expressions Of gratitude as the
supplies for the baby canteens.
The latest expression of this feeling Is
in the form of letter from Cardinal
MERCER TO Herbert Hoover. as follows;
Dear Monsieur le President, The com
mission which You conduct with as much
devotion as discretion has just forwarded
me. for those in need. the considerable
supply Of 3,2l0 cases OF condensed milk.
Your consignment arrived in the heart
of winter AT time when deprivation
makes itself felt more acutely than ever.
Kindly accept, aud transmit TO your fell
low workers as well as all those who
assist MS through our intermediary, the
expression Of my deep gratitude. and be
lieye dear Monsieur le president, in the
assurance OF my great esteem"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
INVESTIGATE DEATH
OF YOUNG WOMAN
Olive E. Shurtleff of Worcester, Mass,
Was First Reported to Have Died
of Heart Failure-She Died in
Massage Parlor.

Worcester, Mass, March 22-Aliss
Olive Il. ShurtIeff, Is, secretary of the
Sunday school and member OF the choir
Of the Lake View Congregational church,
died in massage parlor here Satur-
day OF blood poisoning resulting from
an illegal operation,
The girl, who is the daughter OF Henry
II. SmrtlefT Of 40 Coburn avenue, de-
partment manager in a local store, went
TO the massage rooms OF Mrs. Georgian
ina LaRoche at l7la Austin street at
about II o'clock yesterday morning and
asked for treatment for her chest, ae,
cording to the story told the police by
Mrs. LaRoche After she had been there
ten minutes, Mrs LaRoche said. the girl
asked for a glass OF water. When the
masseuse returned with il she found the
girl unconscious.
Mrs. LaRoche called Mrs Albert J..
Benson from the floor above and the
two women worked over the girl for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22

some time. but could not revive her.
Mrs. Benson called Traffic Officers Pat
rick J. Fogarty from Main and Aus
tin streets and telephoned for DIR. Ed
ward b. Simmons.
Fogarty found the girl stretched out
on table similar to an operating table
nude, except for her shoes and stockings.
He could detect no pulsation and called
the ambulance
Police Surgeon Joseph A. Smith adj
lninistered several hypodermic injections
but could find no signs Of life. lie then
ordered the body removed to the City
hospital morgue. Medical Examiner
Frederick II. Baker could find no out
ward indication OF the cause OF death,
but after a long examination announced
that Miss Shurtlef had been subjected
to an illegal operation and had died OF
blood poisoning
Mrs. LaRoche had told the police that
she did not know who the girl was, al
though she had treated her before, last
Thursday being the time Of the last
visit; but later she appeared at the
morgue with Miss Shurtlef's mother.
The police are investigating TO de-
termine who was responsible for the
girls condition and who performed the
operation.
Miss Shurtlef, the police say, has been
friendly with a young man whose name
Is not diyulged and il understood 70
have been contemplating marriage, al
though there had been no formal an
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
To Japan Against Proceed
ing in Her Policy
Against China
BRITISH AND. RUSSIANS.
NOT PARTICIPANTS
British Embassy at Wash
ington Makes Positive
Statement

Washington, March GA positive de-
NAL of reports from Pekin that the Rus
sian and British ambassadors at Toxic
had warned Japan against proceeding
with her demands upon China was issued
by the British embassy here Saturday.
The embassy also denied that the gov
ernments Of the United States and Great
Britain are in consultation on the sub
iect of the Japanese-Chinese negotia-
ton.
The British statement confirms what
has been the understanding of officials
of this government, who were greatly
surprised at the apparently trustworthy
report from PeSin that Great Britain
and Russia has acted jointly at Toxic.
The establishment Of the fact that this
report was false is regarded as highly
suggestive of the influence at work in
China in connection with the situation
created by the japanese demands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
To Aid Hoosick Falls, N. Y,
in Checking Great
Fire
LOSS IS ESTIMATED
AT $250,O00 AT LEAST
Three Large Brick Buildings
Were Destroyed Sat-
urday Night

Hoosick Falls, n. ", March 22.-Hoo-
sick Falls was visited by the worst fire
in its history Saturday night, and the
damage is variously estimated at from
$3.50, 5000 to 100000. The fire before it
was under control destroyed three large
brick buildings in the heart of the bust
ness section of the town, and it was not
until well toward midnight before the
spread of the flames was checked The
fire departments of North Adams, Ben
nington, VT, and Cambridge n. Y, sum
moned by telephone by the Hoosick Falls
department, assisted in fighting the fire.
The fire started about 1880 in the
evening in the basement of the Thorpe
drug store, which is located in the Thorpe
building. 1t soon spread to the Lurrie
and Gabardino buildings, which are near
by, and all three buildings were reduced
to ashes before midnight. In the Iurrie
building, which was four-story brick
structure, the Lurrie department store,
was located, and the entire stock of this
concern was destroyed.
There were several stores in the other
two buildings and nothing was saved
from any of them. No one was hurt.
about dozen members of the Knights of
Columbus, whose rooms were on the top
floor of the Thorpe building, were i'm
prisoned by the smoke, but were later
rescued by the firemen. The fire was
the cause of gdeat excitement, and sew
eral hundred people came to watch il by
rail automobile and trolley car.
Several families living in the upper
stories of the Thorpe block had narrow
escapes. The postofice, located in the
Thorpe block, burned early. Six stores,
the Office of Or. W. y. Putnam and the
residence of w. f. Owens also were soon
destroyed. Flying sparks from the
Thorpe block caught the Dougherty no.
tel. All the guests, it was thought, es-
capped. Hoosick Falls is 81 miles north
cast of Troy on the Boston and Maine
railroad.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
Senator Simmons Issues a
Statement in Opposition
to Fitzgerald's
WHO HAD DECLARED
SUM WAS 100000
Fitzgerald's Statement Had
Occasioned Consider
able Alarm

Washington, D. c., March 22.After a
conference with administration officials,
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
chairman of the Senate committee on
finance, issued statement Saturday
in which he asserted that the treasury
deficit at the end of the fiscal year, June
30, will be approximately S26,OOOOOO,
instead of Sl33,000000, as predicted by
Representative Fitzgerald of New York,
chairman OF the House committee on APP
preparations.
Mr. Simmons estimated the returns
from the corporation and income tax
laws at $76,000000, showing degree OF
optimism relative to the returns from
these sources not shared by Others in
authority. He further estimated that
the revenues in the remaining months
of the fiscal year would be about S59,-
100000 in excess of disbursements.
Mr.. Simmons figured that receipts for
the remainder OF the year would run
to about S266,000,0O0, and the disburse-
ments to about 1907 100000
Balancing this, estimated increase OF
$50. 900, 900, which includes an estimated
yield of $76,000,000 from the corporation
and income taxes and does not include
expenditures of about s23,00o,000 on ac-
count OF the Panama cana Chairman Sim
mons reached the conclusion that the de-
felt would not exceed S26,000,000.
His statement was issued as result
of the alarm that has been occasioned.
by the publication Of reports, that the
deficit now approximates sl06,oOO00O
and is bound TO attain still higher fig
IRE by the end of the year. Saturday
treasury statement shows that the net
balance in the general fund is below s4o,-
600 600.