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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF DULUTH, TO Be VOTED UPON AT THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELEC TON, APRIL 6. 1915.

days after the publication of said
notice, penalty of ten (10) per
cent will be added to such assess
ment. Within said thirty (3O)
days after the publication of said
notice, upon application in writin g
to the Council by any owner of real
estate against which the assessment
is made, when such assessment ex-
ceeds fifteen dollars, (s15.0o) for
each four thousand (4,OOO) square
feet of property benefited by the
Improvement. and upon payment to
the treasurer of twenty-five (25) per
cent OF such assessment. and when
the remaining portion Of such assess
ment does not exceed the assessed
valuation of such real estate, and
when the applicant valves all de-
lenses and questions as to the legality
OF such assessment, whether such de-
lenses be interposed in proceedings
by the State for collection of general
taxes, or otherwise, the Council may
by resolution, extend the time for pay
Ing the remaining portion of such
assessment into not exceeding three
lnstallments payable in one, two and
three years from the first day of
October next following the date of
the passage of such resolution. In
case such assessment is made between
October first and December thirty
first, and the applicant is granted an
extension of the time within which
to pay the same, the first installment
Of such extended assessment shall be
due and payeb BILE on the first day of
october next thereafter. Each of
said lnstallments of extended assess
ment shall bear interest at the rate
OF seven per cent e @o) per annum
from the date the original assessm emit
would be payable without penalty
such 1nstallments of extended assess
ments, together with the accrued in
terest thereon to the first Monday in
January following, shall be considered
to be delinquent under the next Sec
ton Of this charter when they shall
seVeral1y become due and payable,
put not before. Any such INSTALL
ment Of extended assessments may
be paid at any time prior to it's ma
turity, with. interest to date Of pay
ment only. The ownership of any
property upon which application for
extension of assessment is made here
UNDER. shall be determined according
to the records in the office of the
Register of Deeds or, Registrar OF
Titles Of st. Louis County,
l.. w., Mar. 6, 10, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 1915
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20
ENGLISH WAGE RATES
SHOW LOW SCALE

BIRMINGHAM, England, March
19.-An agreement has been reached
between the Federation of Engineer
ing and Allied Trades Societies, in
volving over. a dozen unions, and
their employers for an advance of "a
cents a week on all time rates, with
S per cent increases on piece work.
The employers organization states
that the new rates for week Of. SO
hours. is as follows: =.
Filters, 1913; turner's, 1913; pat
tern makers, $10.22; millwrights,
1913 to 1922; toolmakers,. 1913
to $10.22; toolsmiths, $7.79 to
1878; Smiths, 1913 to 1922;
smiths strikers, . $3.50 to $7.O6;
planers. $7:o6 to 1913; g. borers,
$8.03 to .$9.73;; slotters, $3.50 to
1915; shapers, 1881 to 1913; mil
lers, $6.0s to 1897; 1aborers, 1854.
the saloon"
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[ATHERS' STRIKE
BECOMES LARGER
49,
Painters Join in Contest and
Many Other Building Trades
May Follow Suit.

CHICAGO. March 10.-Last week
the Lathers' union went on strike be-
cause 33 large contractors refused to
sign a new agreement presented by
the union embracing a wage increase
OF rs cents a day to the scale, MAX.
ing 1t Sc. The contractors did not,
however, refuse to sign the agreement
because OF the raise in wages but be-
cause it was not the uniform agree
ment adopted by the Building Trades
Council and the Construction EN-
ployers' association, to the latter Of
which the refusing contractors be-
long. T.
Many of the building trades unions
are in revolt against the uniform
agreement, and the Lathers' union
was recently expelled from the
Building Trades Council because the
union declined to accept and abide
by it. Now other unions have Joined
in the strike, and the outlook is that
it will become widespread and intense
in it's activity.
1t is admitted by officers of the
employers organization that walk
~~so Al SAA0 poAAAIAAS 4AOuSIIy are OC.
curing In several parts of the city,
These, it was reported, were partly
in sympathy with the fathers and
partly the initial steps on the part
Of the painters union to enforce the
new agreement which the painters
insist shall be signed in place of the
"open shop contract approved by
the Building Trades Council and the
Construction Employers association.
Business agents Of the painters dis
trict council representing all of the
locals in the industry held a meeting
at 315 West Madison street to map
out their campaign and to- appoint
representatives to confer with other
unions which have rebelled against
the uniform agreement to which the
Building Trades Council ordered them
to submit for a. period of three years
from May i.
At the same time, business agents
of the machinists' unions were called
in the day at LOG North Lasalle street
to vote on the sympathetic strike
question. An official announcement
was made as follows:
Union ,machinists will support the
locked out lathers' union. Our men,
bers will not work on buildings with
non-union lathers."
Glaciers, wood workers ana one
faction of the hosting engineers are
contemplating similar action, it is
said. .
~ Business Agent Albert Alex Of the
Lathers' union declared that the con-
tractors organization has been able
to muster only enough non-unton
fathers to man one job. That is SIX
flat building under construction at
Grenshaw and South Spaulding ave-
nues. Lathing work went on there
under police protection, while pickets
Of the union patrolled the vicinity. In
other jobs: the employing lathers
themselves resumed their, efforts to
finish the work the unionists had
Abandoned. - ssze. = - z.<';*@ ( :
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CARPENTER SICK
WORK PICKING UP

Oscar Hanson member # the
carpenters local living at .Forty-third
avenue West and Fourth street has
been reported sick. Mr.. Hanson has
been i'll the, greater part of the win
ter due it is said from the effects of
anti-toNn injections that were adj
ministered during a slight attack of
diptheria. -
Carpenters work about the city is
reported to be picking up and it is
hoped that the building trades will
soon be on a normal basis The Pros
poets for a good year in building seem
particularly favorable at this time
which holds out the promise, of q
fairly prosperoua5:ear for the carpen-
tiers. - "%'.
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I wORKERs COOPERATE.

, r PANAMA, Ill, March 10. = CO.
operative store has been established
by workers at this place. Vice Pres
ident Alton Of the State Federation
Of Labor addressed q mass meeting
on the subject recently and assisted
these unionists in getting their store
started. -3. t:..& 10 sss s:s.f .,5 Rib
~ LINCOLN, I'LL. March l9. -Presi-.
dent Walker OF the State federation
Of labor talked cooperation to y
large meeting Of workers held In this
city mporar ganixat ion has
been effected and ! the new store Will
be ready tor bustn 60 ~ =, slh ort time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20
FARMER NEARER HOME

Mr.. Smith went into a meat mar
ket last: Saturday and purchased q
6-pound chicken. He was CHARGED
1920, paying the. farmers price, col
lector's due, express charge, COM
mission merchants fee and butchers
profit, z..r j. +, n
Mr.. Smith could have purchased
a better fowl, much cheaper with
only, a little extra work, If he had
written to a nearby farmer and had
a chicken sent by parcel post. He
would have saved all the profits Of
the middleman.!@ u e@2 -ss: =. 81 Il szzsz.
Any number Of Duluth people are
taking advantage " Of the 5farm-to--
table plan offered through the
med ums ot parcel post.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20
BUTCHER AND BERGER
TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO

w. j.. butcher and L. F. Berger
have been chosen by the Musicians
local to represent it at the national
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Musicians which is to be held
in May at San Francisco.
F. R. Lacrosse has been reported
sick. Mr.. LaBrosse has been ill for
several weeks but nothing serious has
developed. 1t is hoped that he will
soon be able to get about and tend
to his regular duties.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20
PROHIBITION.

Condemning the high prices that
food spectators have. foisted on
America since the beginning of the
war, Thomas w. Lawson said:
Russia, thanks to the war. has
prohibited the sale of vodka. France.
thanks to the war, has prohibited
the sale of absinthe. And the Unit
ed States, going all these other ma
tons one better, has, thanks to the
war, made everything prohibitive..'''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20
A SPICY RETORT.

from PUCK - I.
i Nov, wouldn't you like to walk
with your husband. to the polls and
cast in your vote with his?" asked
the city lady of Mrs. Bean. =
Mrs. Bean shook her head as she
said YEARLY: y For the lands sake:
If there's anything a man can do by
himself, let him do it," =. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20

needs bread with his shoes on. He
needs bread with his shirt on. He
needs bread with his pants on; and
unless some Of the delinquent sub
scribers of this banner of freedom pay
up before long, he will need bread
without thing on-and old North
Dakota isn't any Garden, of Eden in
the winter time, MISUNDERSTANDING.
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ALWAYS THE. SAME.

she was all the rage when; he mar
ried her." -. - y
''And she has lost no chance to
storm at him ever since" - r
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= SOME (K)NEEDS.
- An editor of northern North Da-
kota newspaper makes the following
comment: The editor Of this paper
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&I|6H M ZC1L6He<0
e MRA95ZkG
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI
A MATTER OF GRAVTTATION.
Copyright
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.
A MATTER OF GRAVITATION.
If you don't get life it will get you
This fable of women. beref and what sravated
toward each of their respective attitudes toward
life.
Two women were left bereft.
Copyright. lH5.)

When The First Woman the
who had provided
her with congn ompanonhp her with panic
The future doomed before her impossible thing and
through
in her and for spell refused herself o friends
At first people commended her grief fitting thing
but when the months by The First
take life and a
fabric wisdom
lives touched hers vitality
One told plainly
that would be quite her do something for herself
for the children who depended her.
looked in
his words and the mumung something
atoms
Which in no explained the
The First hus-
advice his business had always help to
she laid
She
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HOUSE.
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
MIDSUMMER REFURNISHING.

Just about this time Of the summer,
or at any rate a little later than this.
the frocks and hats and shoes that look
ed so fresh when they were bought or
made, begin to need refurbishing. Often
We become discouraged. and decide that
for the rest of the summer we cannot
look smart and fresh: We must be con-
tent with a certain worn and faded char
acteristic that haunts our wardrobe.
A little time and trouble will put the
summer-worn wardrobe into good condi-
ito n lain.
To begin with. get plenty of the right
sort Of agents for restoring its fresh
ness. The whitener that comes for shoes
is not expensive. and II yours is soiled.
buy a fresh box or can of 1t. Before
cleaning any shoes with 1t, rub them
clean with a damp cloth, with soap. II
necessary. Then dry them thoroughly
on shoe trees. and give them a good
coat of the whitener. II the bows are
ragged or soiled. replace them with new
ones. that can be made from stiff. twill
led ribbon. or that can be bought for 10
cents q pair.
This same whitener can be rubbed on
soiled white straw of the dead white
variety. Shabby black straw hats should
be cleaned with a damp cloth. then dried,
and then treated to a coat of liquid shoe
backing. Flowers on hats should be
brushed. pinched into shape with the nm
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for her sprightly manners and her good
looks: and her first adventure in self
support was as spy for the English
King Charles ii, who sent her to Ant.
wcrp. She used all her feminine charms
In order to gain the information abe
wished and laid bare an important plan
of naval action by making one of the
commanders fall In love with her and
forcing his secret In moment Of In
Later she became engaRed
to Dutchman named Van der Aalbert
and would have married him but for
his untimely death.
Back in England she turned to liter.
AZURE as a means of self-support She
became the George Sand Of her DAY. In
order to succeed as a writer she felt
that she must be Intimate. even famil.
lar. with the writer's Of the day and IN
order to make her writings succesufuI
she did not hesitate In making them -
coarse and vulgar a. the other within,
in vogue at the time. There y IIffie
among her plays or romances that vouN
be worth reading at the present tinoN
Aphra Behn was Interesting Chiefly - n.
pioneer professional woman writer. ~
was long remembered at the Ensdlah
court ~ tifs introducsr Of mIIk punch
q tcsr1rgAk ula3
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beating
her thought Travelled the of their together while
pabe
Persistent grief apped The First Womans while she
refused hand help herself all the while blamed
God and refused be omod until the end her health broke her
comfortable
God had given into her keeping warped
When The Woman the close
loved and who had always shielded her l
had blank wall
friends in of
But day she forth quietly examined
affairs OF her husband them somewhat involved When they
Strengthened she gathered about her the children God
theirs things but smiled
The Woman denied herself
the her protected
wherever found them ravelng bave them
would endure
At The Second Woman shrank from the world
little by little off She
feeling herself portion of and when
which providing
hood womanhood gladly happiness
had
gotten preference to letting it get her
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leQeR0lFl
EYE EXERCISE

them clean by daily washing and 70
strengthen the vision by looking out
You will soon be convinced that i'm
provement can be effected along these
lines
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Will They Solve the Problem!

Many inquiries are coming to this
country every day from women IN
the war zone concerning the wages OF
dome sites and their conditions OF err
plov-,ent. And the women of Amer
erica are soon to be confronted with
the problem of providing employment
for the enormous number of women
from the war zone who will surely
flock to our ports. Six million lives
was the toll of the first year OF the
war and these lives were all those
of men. Six million women are, as
result, thrown on their own RESPONSE
biiity.
Authorities on the servant problem
say that the tide of women sure to
come from Europe ought to do much
to solve the servant problem. With
in the last fifteen years the percent
age of women employed in domestic
service had dropped from thirty-two
to thirty-nine of the total number OF
women gainfully employed. That 7
Der cent falling off indicates, not that
there has been a decrease in the de-
mand for women domestics, but that
American girls have chosen to work
in the factories and that many a place
available for -domestics has gone beg
\ging. Mayhap some OF these Euro-
pean refugees will come to our res
cue, and come thankfully.
What a delightful piece of bencvo-
n1ace is that of Sonora lturbe, the
BeanNful wife of the Mexican COM
mande.. 1t was discovered quite by
accident when our government OH
Gals rounded up one of her agents
charged with smuggling diamonds
into this country. 1t all came out that
ehese agents were simply negotiating
he sale of the diamonds of Sonora
kurbe so that she might finance an
phan asylum at Caliacan where 400
bthcrless and fatherless children
BEND entirely on the beautiful lady's
unity for their support and COM
It.
Mile. Helene Dutrieu, an unothcIal
mber OF the French aviation corps.
has been doing big things as a
var scout, IS not suff-"eist. In fact
she laughs at the idea OF votes for
women.
81 think that woman has all she
can do. and all she should do, ii she
is a home maker and good mother.
Apd the French husband thinks so,
toe. As for voting. that would be an
Impossible situation in France. The
French women are too emotional and
cxcitsblc.'
Yet Mile Dutricu does not stay at
home. Far from it, She does not con-
fnc her energies to the old-time con-
vcntional feminine sphere. And one
wonders whether the act OF voting
would be more OF d tax on feminine
emotions and excitabilities than scout
ing the clouds for hostile acroplanes.
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July l0-Afra Rehn.

The first woman who turned to litera-
ture as a means Of self-support was
Afra Behn. who was born July 10, 1910
Her name Is some times also spelled Aph-
rs. Aphara or Ayfara- OF Aphra's early
life little can be known with accuracy,
owing to her lifelong tendency TO embel-
lish the truth with fact She was born
of humble parents named johnson
and seems to have been taken to the
West Indies by family by whom she
was adopted. On her return to Eng
land. when still In her teens. she was
married to q Dutchman named Behn,
who. however. died in les leaving her
4 penniless widow.
appears to have been very much admired
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HOROSCOPE.
.rhc stars incline. but do not compel
SatuI day. July IL, 1918.

SATURDAY. July IL. 1918.
cording to astrciogy. While Jupiter and
Uranus are adverse. Neptune, N=nus and
Me- curry arc in UenGtic ASPECT.
Bankers and brokers should be eau
tious under this rule A severe slump
I'm stocks will aftec: thu markets in a
few days, the seers de 'la-e.
Lawyers and all litigation are subject
TO ar unlucky sway. Sensational legal
entanglemcnts will bring SCANDAL to per-
sons OF prominence. It is prophcsied.
Wooden merchants have a sinister
omen betokening loss. probably in for
eisn orders or from shipwrecks.
1t is not fortunate rule for philan-
thropic or charitable organizations.
Criticism of managers and financial
matters will cause lack of public con-
fidence.
Suffering. illness and poverty in crowd
ed cities will prevail during the last
weeks OF summer. Again the need of
extraordinary precautions to safeguard
health is emphasized 10y those who read
the stars.
A sign read as threatening calamity to
the city of New York has been men,
toned from time to time by foreign as
uOtOseTS- VIII COI-a ION tHt
sea or will be due to the STA. It is rrcg-
nost:cated.
The stars give warming of internal
troubles I'm the United States Race dill
rculties will menace the country, 1t is
again prognosticated.
Mexico has come under a planetary
sway said to be prophetic Of better times
with q, ruler who will estsD'ish peace
Diplomatic negotiations with the United
States will be successfully carried on
and cessation of the war will be
brought about shortly. astrologcrs Ie-
clare.
Large orders for aircrat: will he given
by the United States army, il the mes
sage from Uranus is reao aright
Persons VIII .se birthdate - should ~
care u IN their attitude toward friends
of opposite sex. They have the auGurv
Of a busy year that bring. many anxi-
ettcr
Children born on this day probably
will be great favorites. Both boys and
girls may be inclined TO spend money
rccxiessly. Thee subjects IL Cancer
often have great artistic talent.
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gers, and then touched up with water

gers, and then touched up with water
color paints II they are badly faded.
Taffeta skirts or frocks can be dipped
In gasoline and aired until the next day.
then pressed. II the skirts are worn
about the bottom turn a new hem. put
on a facing. or else cut the hem open at
the bottom turn under both raw edges,
together, and hem the inside one neat
~ on the outside one.
Chiffon that is badly wrinkled should
be held over big pan or tub of boiling
water. The steam should be allowed to
penetrate every wrinkle. and then the
frock or blouse should be hung on a
hanger to dry. When 1t Is dry the wrin-
kles will be gone.
Many spots can be removed with
French chalk. This should be thickly
rubbed on the spots, and left there for
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The princess frock. with the long
wasted front panel and a normal line
across the sides, Is introduced in an
early fall model which promises con-
siderable vogue later on.
The gown is made Of dark blue
serge Of q very fine vale. generally
denominated French serge. The grace
full curve from hip to front Is empha-
sized by head trimming. which also
appears across the back. Down the
front there are embroideries Of red
and black silk interspersed with bead
ed decorations.
BY the way Of contrast. black satin
10 used for the long. sleeyeA and these
repeat the trimming Of the front The
wide collar across the back 10 also Of
satin. supplemented by one Of organ
die. orgAndis cuffs are slipped on the
under side Of the naring wrist ana
serve not only to embelltsh the sleeve.
but TO protect the hands from contact
with tie wool faerie
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Salt Rising Bread.

Manassas Va.
r. F. D., No. 3.
Miss Mary Marshall.
Washington. D. C.
Dear Miss MARSHALL: In reply to letter
in the Woman's Herald Of July s, signed
P. A. I. H., I would say that We can
furnish the old-fashioned salt-rising
bread by parcel post, for 10 cents a loaf
and postage. We are in the fifty-mile
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zone near Manassas, Va, and can mail
bread baked this morning at noon. p.
A. I. H. receiving 1t In first mail tomor-
row a. m. Samples mailed upon request.
We would like to work up a mail order
business in this line. and will be glad to
hear from p. A. I. H.
Yours truly,
MRS s. c. SMART,
Manassas, Va.
R. F. D., No. J.
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twenty-four or forty-eight hours. then
thoroughly brushed on.
If a muslin frock or blouse is so badly
faded that 1t Is an unattractive color.
boil it in water strong with washing soda
until 1t Is pure white. Then have 1t
nicely laundered
Copyright, fNa)
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One-seven-hundredth part Of a grain
Of radium win thoroughly fertilizs q ton
OF soil. and cause grain to grow with
great rapidity. Where this experiment
has been tried 1t has been noticed that
al the leaves become very dark Rad
lines and carrots raised in this soil grow
% six times their usual weight
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You will soon be convinced that i'm
provement can be effected along these
lines.
Answers to Correspondents.
Miss Cocroft will endeavor to an
swer all questions relating to her de-
partment as promptly as possible. A
it will not be practicable to print an
answer to every inquiry. a stamped
envelope should accompany each let
ter. All letters should be addressed to
Miss Susanna Cocroft. care Of this pa
per.
Anonymous asks me to please pub
lish a good cure for Kidding an old
servant of insects Something strong.
please"
You did not tell me whether the
parasites are on her body or in the
hair. For body lice. steam, bake or
wash the clothes in gasoline. Do this
very thoroughly once a week: two
weeks should be sufficient time to rid
herself. Have her battle daily and use
head lice. there are several things that
are good. A simple remedy Is kerosene.
Saturate the hair and do not attempt
to wash il off: let the oil evaporate:
repeat until all the nits are killed
This will take many treatments as
the nits are not easily killed. A 2
per cent carbolic acid solution Is also
effective.
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After remaining practically unused In
the belfry of the Phoenix hall In Fair
haven for seventy years the bell which
was placed there in 1872 Is to be moved
to a schoolhouse in North Fairhaven.
and there used for both the school and
the fire alarm system. It was the first
bell in the town, and was made by
Paul Revere.