Semi-weekly herald., 1915-11-29

The women usually are not offiliat-
ed with regular trade unions, whose
domain they have invaded. but in this
case their charges coincide with the
allegations of the laboring men. The
English working women, like the men
persist in their efforts to get hear
ing when the life OF the nation is at
stake, they say, because altho they
declare themselves patriotic they can
not permit their patriotism to be ex-
plotted.
I While the manufacturer grows rich
out of the government war contracts,
the working women insist their
wages remain unincreased while the
cost Of living is constantly ascend
ing. The men charged this too; and
TIE women add chat their employers
are taking advantage of their inexperi-
ence to sweat them.
One advantage the women have is
that government boards were APP
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 26.-
Charged with completely in the Fay
bomb conspiracy and other pro-Ger
man activities, C. C. Crowley has
been arrested here.
Officials declared that they had
evidence that ne travelled thruout the
country arranging for the placing of
bombs in munition factories and on
ships.
Crowley was formerly head of the
secret service of the Southern Pacific
railroad
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. &C.
Henry Ford, the noted auto manufac-
turer, today stated that he had sign
ed statements from high officials of
both the allies and the Teutons that
they are ready for peace.
pointed to investigate conditions un-
der which they might be called upon
10 work. These boards have respond
ed to the cry for help and are. after
inyestigataion lending the weight of
their a th3r'sy to the protests.
The complaints center largely in the
Manchester district where thousands
IF women are employed and hundreds
are being added weekly. II was
found that many factories are Install
ing machinery for the women, but
are not paying them mems wages, nor
nearly so much.
The wages were found to vary from
a maximum of about IS for 4S-hourI
week down to $3.50 for 1-hourl
week. Despite the minimum wage
of seven cents an hour fixed, many
concerns paid less.
The women demand factory can
lecns so the women night workers
uay have hot meal. A demand isl
also made for a shift schedule that
aill not permit woman to work more
lhan eight hours day.
Another protest was against heavy
work being given TO the women One
young girl handled an 1S-pound shel
every minute thruout the day. Other
sirls were found working on rough
aast shells Weighing % pounds.
The report of the governments com
mitlee was that women could not be
employed on heavy physical work of
his nature for the period Of hours
now required unless they they were
paid sufficiently to permit OF proper
God and nourshment.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26.-The foot
ball season of 1915, which was Off
-iaily intellea this week, will go down
N gridiron history as the most wierd
ever foisted on a gaspmg public. Small
colleges from time immemorial, the
lawful meat of the Big Ones in the
collegiate world, turned with ven
seanee that makes the well known
worm look like the Rock OF Gibral-
ter.
With the exception of Cornell and
Ettsburg, now the acknowledged peers
Of the eastern division, not an east
orn team went through the season with
clean record. Starting with the
Yale defeat by Virginia on October
2, the season was one long drawn
out and unexpected upset.
W. and }. followed the southerners
and took a slap at the Blue, which
had been licked by Syracuse and tied
by Trinity, took a parting kick at
the bewildered bulldog.
Cornell loped into Cambridge and
went out with the scalp of Percy
Haughton-the first time a Harvard
team had been defeated IN three years
Princeton with the best Tiger eleven
o. decade, was defeated four times
by the Yale aggregation.
The Army and Navy passed into
he second division of football insti-
titions by being licked by numerous
small colleges. Lafayette came along
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