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The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08

Florence never opened her lips. She
stared ahead proudly. She would
show these scoundrels that she was
her fathers daughter. They piled
her with questions, but she pretended
not to hear.
well, pretty bird, we'll make you
speak when the time comes. We've
got you this trip where we want you.
There won't be any jumping over.
board this session, believe me. We've
wasted enough time. We've got you
and we're going to keep YOU"
Let her be-" said Vroon morosely.
We'll put all the questions we wish
when we're at our destination" And
he nodded significantly toward the
ships riding at anchor
Florence felt her heart sink In spite
Of her abundant courage. Were they
going to take her to sea again? She
had acquired horror of the sea, so
big, SO terrible. so strong. She had
had an experience with its sullen
power. They had gone about four
miles down when she looked back
longingly toward shore. Something
white seemed to be spinning over the
water far behind. At first she could
aor discern wnau 1t was. AS sne
watched it it grew and grew. 1t final
ty emerged from the illusion Of gi-
gantic bird into the actuality of an
everyday hydroplane. Her heart gave
q great bound. This flying machine
was coming directly toward the
launch; 1t did not deviate hairs
breadth from the line. Fortunately
the men were looking toward the huge
freighter a quarter of mile farther
on, and from their talk it was. evident
that that freighter was to be her pris-
on-bound for where? Nearer and
nearer came the hydroplane. Was 1t
for her?
It was impossible for the men not
to take notice of the barking Of the
engines at last.
"The things headed for u.s."
Vrocn stared under his palm. Ii
was not credible that pursuit had
taken place so quickly. To test yonder
man.bird he abruptly changed tha
course of the launch. The hydroplane
veered it's course to suit.
Florence heard her name called
family. One of the men drew his
revolver, but Vroon knocked it out
Of his hand.
There's the police boat, you fool!"
"Jump!" voice called to Florence
She flung herself into the water
without the slightest hesitation.
All this came about something after
this fashion. When Norton arrived at
the foot of Corey street a boatman
informed him that young woman Of
his description had gotten into a fast
motor boat and had gone down the
river.
WAS there any struggle?"
struggle? None that could see.
| She didn't make no fuss about 60.
| ing"
Have you a launch?"
"Yes. but the other boat has half
an hours start, and I'd never catch
her In thousand years. But there's
The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08

began.
For what?" the men asked.
For sending that paddle around .
few times"
Get into that seat, but don't touch
any of those levers one Of them
warned. Twenty is twenty, Jack, and
the boss is a sorehead today anyhow.
Give her shove for the fun of it."
It was dumfounded aviator who
saw his hydroplane skim the water
and a moment later sail into the air.
These swift moving days a reporter
IT tho first caliber Is supposed to be
able 10 run railroad engines, subma.
rines, flying machines, conduct q war;
able to shoot, walk, run, swim, fight,
think, 60 without food like python.
and live without water like q camel
Norton had flown many times in the
last four years. At the moment he
called out to Florence to jump he
dropped to the water with all the skill
Of an old timer and took her aboard.
And he could not use line Of this
exploit for his paper!
-
Jones heard the bell. It was the
agent from the Black Hundred. He
smiled jauntily.
We'll, old fox. we've cornered you
at last. haven't we: want that money.
or Hargreave's daughter takes another
sea voyage, and this time she will not
jump overheard. A million; and no
more nonsense"
"Give me fifteen minutes to decide"
begged Jones, hoping against hope.
Fifteen seconds!"
Then we can't do business. What!
Give you a million, knowing you all to
be pack of liars? Bring Miss Flor.
ence back and the money is yours. We
are tired of fighting" AS indeed
Jones really was. The strain had been
terrific for weekA
''The money first We don't lie anJ
better than you do. Fork over. You'll
have to trust US. We have no use
for the girl once we get the cash."
And you'll never touch a penny OF
it, you blackguard!" cried Norton
from the doorway.
The agent turned to behold the re.
porter and the girl. He did not stop
to ask questions, but bolted. He never
got beyond the door, however.
always the small fry" sighed
Jones. "And If I could have put my
The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08

Took Florence Aboard.
hands on the money I'd have given II
to him! All, girl, it doesn't do any
good to talk to you, does it?'
"But they told me he was dying!"
Jones shrugged.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08
The N|iAionDo Mystery
Illustrated from Scenes n the Photo Drama Of hte
Same Name ~ fhs Thonhouser Film Conoum,
BY HAROLD MAC

toopyrteha lolA By Harold xaoor.sh)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
NOTES OF LABOR.

Workmen's cooperative banks, oper-
ated by workmen, for the benefit Of
workmen only and to aid honest ven
lures of workmen, are in prospect
New Jersey accident board must de-
eide a unique case A Newark work
man killed at Natick, Mass, has chill
dren living In Italy. The liability com
pany claims children living abroad are
not dependents.
The mayor of st. Louis has signed
the union wage scale ordinance recent
ly passed by both branches of the mu-
nicipal assembly. The act provides
that all city employees shall be paid
the prevailing union wage rate.
That the present movement for the
uplift of the toiling masses originated
with Dickens is the belief of a promi
nent professor.
The Cuyahoga county (O.) carpen-
ters' district council Is fostering a
movement to urge congress to take a
stand against allowing the United
States to declare war at any time with
n3e first conducting a referendum vote
vi the people on the advisability OF
Ssseh move.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
OWNERSHIP OF MINES.
Relations of Employer and Worker
Grossest Kind of Feudalism,

Relations of Employer and Worker
Grossest Kind of Feudalism.
Congressman David j. Lewis of
Maryland in statement before the
federal commission on industrial rela-
tionS said:
"A man can no longer own q coal
mine as he owns his house and gar
den. Suppose a friend and | were to
find 10000 acres of coal lands in West
Virginia. We ought to exploit the
mines for the good of society. We
must take the miners out there and
build them houses. This gives us the
relation of landlord and tenant as well
as employer and employee Then we
may have to start commissary stores.
This gives us a third relation. And
then we may have to supply the doc
tor and perhaps even the saloon for
our miners
so if mine employees have trouble
with their employer the result to them
is disastrous. 1t affects all their rela-
tons to life at once. except toward
their wives and children. Not only
their work, but their homes and their
stores are gone, and it is inevitable
that when the employer tells the men
10 get out there should be trouble.
THE employer is not wholly to
blame, for society has told him that
the mine is his, just as his garden and
cottage are his. But his relations with
his employees are impossible in this
country. They are feudalism grosser
than English history has ever shown.
state we should either cease to have
private property or the republic itself
would perish"
Mr.. Lewis spoke Of the difficulty CON
gress had in proposing arbitration for
the Colorado trouble, because the coal
owners argued that there was nothing
to arbitrate, as they had the undeni-
able right to do what they pleased
with their own property.
'We must either modify this theory
W hlCSI Ipuult4Ouoy IG oSt1uy VI So
cialize the property itself. 1 presume
the country is not ready for this sec
ond alternative, and it might be worth
while asking whether the public utili-
ties commission might not be called
upon to determine the facts in labor
controversies, so that the voice of So
ciety as usual might speak, to settle
the controversy"
Congressman Lewis made strong
appeal to the commission on the ad-
visibility of the federal government
taking over the telegraph and tele-
phone services. He argued that it
could carry them on much more cheap
~ than the private concerns and quot
ed the success of the parcel post com
pared with the express companies.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05

- OW much longer are state gov
- ernments in this country go
Il ing to tolerate private wars
in industrial disputes? asks
the New York World.
How much longer are they going to
tolerate the private employment of
hired gun men to deal with labor trou-
bles?
What happened in Colorado has now
happened in a way in New Jersey and
with less excuse, for the Colorado
strikers We're not only armed, but they
were on the company's property. The
New Jersey strikers were apparently
not armed; they were not rioting, and
they were not on the property of their
former employers. The worst offense
they had committed was to flag a train
supposed to carry strike breakers and
then stand aside on being warned to
do So
For this offense they were attacked
by a private army of detectives and
deputies, and twoscore or more of men
were shot down, some Of them receiv-
ing fatal wounds. At one of the plants
the statement is made that "if there
has been any violence it is probably
due to business depression and the
consequent unemployment of work
ers." What this means we do not pre-
tend to know, but we know that there
is more anarchy behind it than there
is behind all the anarchist societies of
the country.
Government is a failure in a state
where this can happen-in a state
which permits an industrial quarrel to
reach the stage of bloodshed; in state
which permits private corporations to
arm detectives to do the police work
that the state itself was created to do;
in state which manifests no official
concern over a private war until it is
time to count the dead and wounded.
This is a mighty poor time for en-
ployers to shoot down strikers, what
ever may be the right or the wrong of
the original controversy. 1t is a
mighty poor time for states to surren-
der their police power and leave the
protection of property to private gun
men. New Jersey has seen the shame
full effects Of anarchy in Colorado. Has
she no concern for her own honor and
reputation?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
ROCKEFELLER FUND EVIL.
Creates Censorship Over Universities
to Stifle Thought.

Amos Pinchot in the course of a
speech in New York city made a Wig
orous attack on the Rockefeller founda-
ton.
The force" said Mr.. Pinchot, "of so
vast a sum as $100,0000O0 in the hands
of small group of gentlemen is Of
tremendous power and menace and is
one not only to affect our lives, but
those of our children and our chill
dren's children, for / believe this great
fund will be used to create a censor
ship over American universities to
stife thought and spreading of opinion
that might work for the disintegration
of the Rockefeller control of politics
and industry.
at is move by which the Rockefel,
Ter interests would also control thought
The independent economic thinker in
our own day viii find himself out of
the circle in the heavily endowed east
ern universities. He only has chance
for intellectual freedom and express
sion III the fresh water colleges of the
west. do not charge the Rockefellers
with conscious conspiracy or plot, but
basically | regard this foundation fund
as the most powerful effort made to
fight the democratic ideals of American
life"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05

1t, and after that | was never quite
sure which finger | had used last. |
couldn't lick off letter after using it,
for, while that would have made sue
cess certain, it would also have pro
voked too much curiosity. There was
curiosity enough without that To the
audience l seemed more interested in
my finger nails than was in my sub
ject. One or two persons asked me
afterward what was the matter with
my hands.
"It was now that the idea of pictures
occurred to me; then my troubles pass
ed away. In two minutes ] made six
pictures with a pen, and they did the
work of the eleven catch sentences,
and did 1t perfectly. threw the pic
lures away as soon as they were made,
for | was sure / could shut my eyes
and see them any time That was a
quarter of century ago. The lecture
vanished out of my head more than
twenty years ago but | could rewrite
it from the pictures. for they remain !"
-Harper's Magazine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
LABOR BRIEFS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The immigration bill as passed by
congress was favored by organized la
Dor.
A number of mines in the east Ohio
coal field have been opened on the
open shop basis. but reports to the
officers of the United Mine Workers
declared that comparatively few men
went to work.
Illness among workers involves an
annual loss of $780, 100000 in the Unit
ed States.
The total amount paid to injured EN-
ployees in the state of Texas during
the last fiscal year was $275,907.97.
Nearly every legislature in the Unit
ed States is facing this winter the prob
lem of improving its labor laws. The
outlook is hopeful in many states.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
RENE EMBERING DATES.
Mark Twain Had Good Scheme and
He Didn't Patent Ii.

Mark Twain Had Good Scheme and
He Didn't Patent It,
Oates are hard to remember because
they consist of figures. Figures are mo-
notonously unstriking in appearance.
and they don't take hold. They form
no picture, and SO they give the eye
no chance to help. Pictures are the
thing. Pictures can make dates stick.
They can make nearly anything stick,
particularly If you make the pictures
yourself. Indeed, that is the great
point-make the pictures yourself. I
know about this from experience. Phir-
ty years ago was delivering a memo
riZed lecture every night, and every
night had to help myself with page
of notes to keep from getting myself
mixed. The notes consisted Of begin
nings of sentences and were eleven In
number, and they ran something like
this:
In that region the weather.
SAT that time 1t was CUSTOM
"'But In California one never heard
brief divisions OF the lecture and pro-
fected me against skipping. But they
all looked about alike on the page.
They formed no picture. ! had them
by heart, but | could never with GER
tafnty remember the order of their sue
cession. Therefore / always had TO
keep these notes by me and to look at
them every little while. Once ] mis-
laid them. You will not be able to i'm
agine the terrors of that evening. /
now saw that | must invent some 9th
er protection. So / got ten Of the in
ttial letters by heart in their proper or
der--I, a. B, and so on-and I went on
the platform the next night with these
marked In Ink on my ten finger nails.
But it didn't answer kept track
OF the fingers. for awhile; then ] lost
T---Aess- 500. |-~s4- A1urH1El<9a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
C0WED THE BAD MEN.
A General Who Didn't Fear Rskine
Shot In His Back

Shot In His Back
General Franks. leader of many a
dashing charge in India, held a unique
position among his soldiers They
loved him for his courage but were
sometimes irritated by his strictness.
Yet in spite of this exacting severity
he was unexpectedly lenient when a
large occasion demanded it.
One day when the regiment was fir
ing blank" bullet whistled by him.
He did not stop the firing, but when
the number of rounds ordered had been
completed he rode up to the line and
said:
Boys, there's a bad shot in the
Tenth. He nearly shot my trumpeter.
and what should | have said to the
boys mother? ! don't want to know
the blackguard's name. The officers
will not examine the mems pouches"
This was on the eve OF a campaign,
and before action the senior major
came to him and said: Don't put your
self in front of the regiment tomorrow,
sir. You know there are always one
or two bad men in a regiment"
"Thank you, major" was the reply.
IT'S very kind of you. | might have
given you a STEP
When the Tenth was drawn up for
the final advance he put himself at its
head and called:
Boys, I'm tould ye name to shoot
me today. Take my advice and don't
shoot Tom Franks until the fighting's
done, for ye won't find better man to
lade yer
The regiment answered with cheer
and carried the Sikh batteries with the
bayonet rather than run the risk of
shooting the beloved old fire eater at
their head. Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
Ahsentea omnsrahin.

Roger W. Babson, statisticiau and
economist, in a recent statement said:
"The greatest handicap labor and cap
ital have today is absentee ownership.
The present unrest among workers
and the small return upon capital are
due to control in the hands Of small
groups-men who try to run big busi-
nesses from desks in twenty story Of
fee buildings. Strikes seldom come
against the man who has built up his
own business and lives in the town
where his success has been won"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
The capitaIistic System.

Samuel Untermyer, the noted New
York lawyer, testifying before the
United States commission on industrial
relations, among other things, said:
Notwithstanding its injustice and
many other shortcomings, believe in
the capitalistic system as our present
solution. Capitalism is more powerful,
more rampant, more despotic and less
controlled by law or public sentiment
here than In any other country, but
socialism is beautiful, iridescent
dream, which does not work out prac-
teal theory of government. OF ali the
blunders of capitalism the worst is its
disregard of the welfare of its indus
trial workers. If 1t were less obsessed
with It's own righteousness and sense
of security the growth of socialism
would soon come to an end"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05

CURSE OF POVERTY.

We cannot by any public or
private charity possibly carry
the load which we are building
up by our industrial system. The
; state will pay at compound In
terest and at pawnbrokers' rates
: the continued increase In the cost
/. of maintaining the dependent
unless there Is some legislative
action on the minimum wage.
1t is one of the curses of the
poor that they have to buy cheap
food, and this applies as well to
: merchandise. People don't take
care of things that are not val
: liable. The advance in efficiency
through higher wage would be
: tremendous, both on the side of
. the employer as well as the en-
: ployee. The objection of manu-
!. facturers and employers to the
: minimum wage is largely senti-
mental. Trade unions oppose
: the law because they fear the
. legislation would seriously curb
: the power and influence OF their
organizations. - Louis D. Bran
: deis.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
CAUSE OF UNREST.

Industrial unrest springs from
the desire of all men to better
themselves. from the feeling that
there is nothing before them but
the eternal, hopeless grind. The
right to more life than he is get
ting-our present unrest is the
expression of a desire for that.
The refusal of employers to
deal with their men is factor.
and any employer who does that
makes a terrible mistake. An
other is the opposition of corpo-
rations to remedial legislation.
To oppose it if good, and not
presented by people who know
nothing about it. has always
seemed to me due to unintelli-
gence, stupidity and greed.
M. Tarbell.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
Road Fiqhts Law.

The Burlington road objects to the
safety appliance act applying to its
switching trains in yards and is resist
ing in the United States supreme court
payment of a $500 fine. The company
claims the law was only intended to
apply to through trains and that It's
use on switching trains hampers trans
portation
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05

That fully % per cent of the acci-
dents to workmen are caused by in
sufficient lighting for men working at
night is the opinion of experts who
have made a study of the subject. 1t
is estimated that $250,O00,000 is the
average annual cost of injuries to
workmen in the United States alone
and that over 80 per cent of these ac-
cidents are preventable
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
More to Be Feared.

Don't you get tired of finding
fault?"
NO" replied the patient man of re
sponsibilities "I suppose people have
a right to discover faults. What | OBJ
ject to is the man who assumes that
faults exist and never troubles himself
to investigate. Washington Star
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
More Paw For Printers.

In Milwaukee pay for hand compost
tion has been increased from $21 10
So per week and for linotype operators
from S24 TO S25 per week. For night
workers the increase is from $23 tz
S2e for hand men and from 500 to -
IN machine operators.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
carpenters Aid unemploned.

Carpenters union No. 81. New York
city, has voted an assessment of %
cents a week on each member who is
working three or more days. to help
support the unemployed. Carpenters
union No. 300 had already taken steps
toward similar action. and other un-
ions probably win supplement their un-
employed benefit funds by this method
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
For Woman Suffrage.

The members OF Roilermakers' un-
ION local 5S5. Boston, have voted to
place the organization on record as
favoring woman suffrage and to send
an invitation to the Massachusetts
Woman Suffrage association to have
representative address the next meet
ing of the union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05

Bacon-They say that the president
of the bank who got away with lot
of the money began his career as jani-
tor of the institution. Egbert-Never
forgot his early training to clean out
the bank, evidently Yonkers States
man
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
Tailors Won't AmaInamata-

The Tailors' union of San Francisco
has decided against the amalgamation
of its international union with the Sc
ceding faction of the United Garment
Workers Union of America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
ANOTHER PRIVATE
WAR ON LABOR
Hired Guards Shoot Down Un-
armed Men In New Jersey.

- - OW much longer are state gov
ernments in this country go
D ing to tolerate private wars
In industrial diSnnteS2 asks
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-05
THE BEST WAY TO
HELP The NEEDY
Pay Workers Enough Money
to Help Themselves.

- RANK p. WALSH, chairman
n of the United States commits
sion on industrial relations, in
an address before the east side
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-16
LEGAL NOTICES


ORDINANCE NO. sss1.-AN oRDI-
NANCE appropriating $S.4s7.lt
from the several funds of the City
dtted and adjusted by the City Con-
troller. and declaring an emer-
gency.
WHEREAS. the City Controller.
by his report TO this Council Of
December 18th. 1918, reported
claims against the city OF Tacoma.
In the sum of s5,4S7.14 as having
been audited and adjusted by him,
NOW, THEREFORE,,
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section 1. That claims against
the City OF Tacoma. In the sum of
$5,4S7.14 audited and adjusted by
the City Controller, December 18th,
1915, be allowed and paid.
Sector 2. That to pay said
claims there be and Is hereby ap-
propriated from the several funds
OF the city of Tacoma, the follow
Ing sums, to-wit:--
From the Dock Dept. Fund 1910
From the Light Fund -. 2,27S.67
From the Water Fund 49,. 304. 46
Section 3. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take ef-
feet Immediately after publication.
Passed Dec. Is, 1915.
A. v. FAwCETT.
Mayor.
Attest: w. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
Dec. 16, 1915.