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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
BACK OF STRIKE Is BROKEN
At Alkali Plants Near Detroit When
Strikers Resume Work.

Detroit, Mich.-Opcratons were re-
sumed at Plants Nos. / and of the
Michigan Alkali Company, at Wy
andottc and Ford Village, suburbs OF
Detroit. Several hundred employees
have been on strike for higher wages
and shorter hours A riot occurred
near the plant Saturday night, during
which one man was killed and about a
dozen persons were wounded.
Notices we're posted today at both
plants, stating that all old employees
could return to work, but that the wage
scale would not be changed at present.
"A central employment bureau will be
arranged, and bureau will be formed
to receive and adjust all complaints" "
tn" notices said
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
ACTIVE ~ MONTREAL.

Montreal, Quebcc-At no time in the
history OF this city have the organized
workers been more actively engaged in
lettering working conditions. The
unions Of journcymen tailors and gar
ment workers are demanding that wages
be increased. The present rates are be-
low almost every other Canadian city.
The longshoremcn's Unions have
signed a new agreement with the ship
ping companies. while many of the
metal and building trades unions are
being assisted by international organi-
izers in their demand for improvements,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13

Youngstown, o., May 1o.-Edward
Holman, of Erie, Pa, a New York
Central Railroad detective, was locked
up today on charge OF murder, it be-
ing alleged that he shot ond killed Peter
Muzio, 40 years old, whose body was
found near the tracks early today.
Hoffman arrived in the city last even
ing and started to work near the Trus-
sed Concrete Steel Company, where a
strike is in progress. According to his
story he engaged in scuffle with
Muzio, when he attempted to search
him to see il he had any firearms, and
his revolver was discharged accident
ally. 1t is claimed Hoffman was never
sworn in as a special officer. Muzio
was employed at the Trussed Concrete
Steel Company, but was on strike, and
was on his way home when he was
shot
Fred {. Croxton, chief mediator of the
State Industrial Commission, and his
deputy, George f. Miles. arrived to-
night from Columbus to assist in ending
the local strike, in which about 5000
men are affected. Governor Frank B.
Willis sent the mediator to this city
on request of Mayor Carroll Thornton.
Because OF persistent efforts Of labor
leaders to force employees of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
to wal k out the Mayor believes the stu
alton is serious.
More men reported for work at the
Trusscd Concrete Steel Company plant
to-day, and President Julius Kahn
stated the plant is working about so per
cent. The situation at the other plants
affected by the strike remained about
the same. The Republic Rubber Com
pany, it is expected, will reopen next
week, as many Of the employees are
eager to get back.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
DETECTIVE is ACCUSED
OF MURDER

At Youngstown, After Killing of
Peter MuZiO, Striker - Hoffman
Claims His Gun Was Discharged
Accidcntally-Statc Mediator Crox-
ton Arrives To Attempt To Bring
About End of Industrial Trouble.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
WINNIPEG FACTORIES IN LINE

Winnipeg, Manitoba. - Representa-
tives of the Garment Workers Union
have secured signed contracts with every
shirt and overall factory in this city.
The agreements provide for better work.
ing conditions.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
OHIO STRIKE ENDS.

Xenia, O.-The six hundred cordage
and twine workers have won their strike
for higher wages. The increases average
about per cent and mean an additional
$4,000 annually to these workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Consider the Dandelion.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
It is astonishing to most of US to
learn, from an authoritative source,
that our annual supply of dandelion
roots comes chiefly from Germany,
Austria and France. If the war has
caused a serious shortage we have
heard no complaint from persons af-
ficted with the mania for dande-
lionless lawn. By the way, who start
ed the notion that this highly dec
oratiye yellow Powered plant should
be banished where the owner makes
pretext of a well kept lawn?
Well. dandelfons were made before
lawns, and, luckily, they persist in
with early greens" and the roots
with something renowned incidentally
as good for the liver" But why should
our truck gardeners stand idly by while
the makers of drugs import tons of
dandelion roots every year from
Europe?
For the same reason, very likely. that
American sugar beet growers buy-or
did, before the war-their seed from
thrifty and enterprising German and
French farmers. For the same reason
that we have been sending good
money to Europe for many anothe,
necessity that we might have pro-
duced ourselves without waiting for d
world war to cut off the supply.
Just what the reason is 1t might be
hard to say. Probably a part of 1t is
something we overlook when we boast
of our national characteristics-shee
laZiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Tennis an Ancient Game.


Tennis is as old as the hills, basical-
ly. though 1t has undergone many
changes for the better. It was played
by the Greeks and Romans under the
names Of "sphairisis' and ''pila." As
"paume" 1t Is mentioned In the Arthu-
rian romances and in the earlier rec
ords of the dark ages. In the NJ
teenth century 1t enjoyed great favor
in France. and in England from the
sixteenth century to the present time.
AZ II seems to be more or less mixed
up with about every sort Of race, II
may be called truly American. especial
ly as we have poured II into our melt
ing pot to boil and simmer and have
seasoned II TO our liking. But ~ an
adopted pastime we can hardly call It
our national game, A. national seems
to imply homegrown or native. Yet
we have developed tennis. speedsd It
up. perfected it, Americanized 1t 10
successfully that the game az we play
1t today typines the restleSsness. en-
erEy and seempetitiou Of our national
spirit,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Sheridan's Centenary.

FROM LONDON ESefymdu-
The centenary Of the death Of that
brilliant Irish genius, Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. who died July I. 1916. has
been chronicled. He was the greatest
play producer of his time The
Rivais'' was staged in IT'S. when he
was twenty-four years old: The School
for Scandal in 1777, and The Critic
in 1879. After that he was Sheridan.
the statesman and orator. Poor Dick
Sheridan died a destitute bankrupt
topper. and then came the mockery Of
a ma gnificent funeral and of his burial
in the Abbey at the side of Garrick.
Like that other dear. dramatic Dick
Of Dublin, Sir Richard Steele, we love
him almost more for his faults than for
his virtues. The vices we would frown
on in an EngiishmAn we often smile at
i'm an Irishman- The virtues we would
Ia;1d in an Englishman we often over
look in an Irtahman- We Great Britons
rarely know when to take the Irish
s-rfousIy. We can and do laugh loud
md long with Shertdan-and, egad.
wed be fools IL we didn't. We can and
49,. sometimes laugh benevolently at
Sh-ridan-and we are usually wrong
IN 90 doing because clipping, dueling.
borrowing, drinking. gaming and fast
living generally are no laughing mat
;ere Charles Surface is an entertain
fng and engaging rogue. and a para
yon no doubt, compared with brother
Joseph. but Charles is no seenlly model
for the twentieth century, whatever
the cynical eighteenth may have con-
sidered him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Snakes Make Nice Pets.

Letter in New York Times.
In recent issue OF the New York
Times. under the heading. Tenants
See Snakes" appears an account of
the serving of a summons on a Mrs. A.
Ringle to appear in the Eorkville court
or to bring her husband there on the
charge of a Mr.. Irving Cohen. a ten
ant of the same premises on East SD
street, that the Ringies harbored
| snakes in their fat and carelessly per-
| mitted them to escape to the stair
ways. Is there any law that forbids
citizens to keep serpents II they
fancy them. any more than birds or
goldfish? The courage of the accuser.
if he really did grab a shovel and
beat the snake black and blue and
then cut him up with razor" sug-
gests that his valor would be more
useful in Mexico with Pershing than
pent up in Yorkville.
The whole story Is a sad reflection
upon our boosted education, which. as
far as reptiles are concerned. remains
at very low level. To those who
know reptiles the knowledge is COM
mon that of all wild creatures serpents
of most species are more quickly
tanned and accustomed to proximity of
human beings than any creature.
whether it wears scales. fur. fms or
feathers. The average serpent is the
most gentle and timid animal alive.
Cohen said he understood that Mrs.
Ringle's husband bought the snakes to
train them and sell them as trick per-
formers. SO the story reads. If Mr..
Ringle can train a snake to do any
thing he is the first who has succeed
ed. Not knowing the facts, l can safe
ly assume chat no venomous reptiles
were harbored by the Ringles, or large
constructing serpents. and. SO far as
any species that they are likely to
have are concerned, they have proba-
bly, as much legal right TO keep, care
for and study or amuse themselves
with these animals as they have to
harbor a canary bird.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Wealth From Waste.
From Farming Business.

Efficiency of any industry or business
may largely be measured by the ex-
tent to which by-products are utilized.
That word by-products means thing
which Is obtained in the process of
manufacturing something else. For in
stance, manure is a byproduct obtain
ed in the production of milk or beef,
and the efficiency of farm business
may be measured pretty accurately by
the way in which this by-product is
utilized.
If often happens that whether a bust
ness renders a profit or a loss depends
upon the extent to which by-products
are saved and put to use. 1t is claimed
that many meat-packing businesses
would not pay a profit to their owners
if ii were not for the money made out
Of the by-products. Many of US know
farmers who have lost money because
they failed to use the manure in the
most effective manner possible.
Many important manufactured prod
ucts which We find common in the
stores and homes today were one time
let go to waste as unutfilzed by
products of some factory or business.
Gasoline was only a few years ago a
by-product which was burden on the
hands Of the refiners of kerosene, who
dumped II into the streams until pre-
vented by law from doing So And now
we learn that thing which was once
a nuisance as well as wasted by
product may go further than anything
else toward the solution of our prob
lem Of where to get potash without de-
pending on other nations for it. as We
have depended upon Germany in the
past.
The dust occurring in cement mills
and blast furnaces has been found to
be rich in potash of quality which
makes 1t available as fertilizer. And
now some of the more progressive
willis q re saving their dust and making
money out of it, And because of the
value of this dust it will now pay to
use certain grades of raw materials in
the manufacture of cement and iron
which formerly cost more to handle
than the product was worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
U. S.-NiCARAGUAN TREATY
THREATENS COMPL icATION
Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras
Assert Their Rights Are 1nfringed
and Claim Indemnities.

International complications are likely
to arise as . consequence Of the oppo-
sition of Costa Rica, Honduras and
Salvador to the treaty between the
United States and Nicaragua. by which
this government agrees to pay Mica
ragua $4,000 for perpetual rights to
the Nicaraguan canal route and
ninety-nine-year right to naval base
on Fonseca bay.
Salvador fronts on Fonseca bay and
contends that q United States naval sta
ton there would menace her freedom
of ingress and egress. Costa Rfca and
Honduras also claim that their inter
ests are infringed by the terms of the
treaty with Nicaragua Each of the
three governments claims an indemnity
approximating that allowed Nicaragua
The Central American court Of justice
recently allowed claims of Salvador and
Costa RIGA for reparation from Mica
ragua for invasion of their rights by
the treaty with the United States.
At the State Department 1t Is said
that no attention would be paid to the
courts decisions. The United States, 1t
was declared. was not party to the
convention establishing the court, in
which only the five Central American
republics are represented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Uncle Sans Chemists.
From the wan Street Journal.


Despite the monumental work of such
government experts as DIR. Rittmann,
the discoverer of a new gasoline proc
esq; DR.. Harvey Wiley OF pure food
fame, and the whole corps engaged in
fertilizer experiments, public opinion
will not give credit for any good thing
to Uncle Sans chemists. After making
a low cost record for producing smoke
less powder at Pickatinny arsenal and
producing "dannite"-our famous Sc
cret high explosive 'D'"-the workers
in explosives have succeeded in produc-
ing a fiashless powder. The great heat
developed in smokeless powder detona-
lions causes flying particles to become
incandescent, producing fash. but
this new explosive produces only a
pear-shaped iridescent flow at the muz-
Gle, invisible at two miles. At night. a
mask as high as q mounted man tech-
nically known as mounted defilade")
, will conceal the glow; the ''defilade'
! required at night for our present ex-
plosive is not exactly known, but ar
til1ery officers have been known to de-
clare pessimistically. that a mile would
be none too high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16

us are very much inclined to find fault
with society, and lay all our failure to
succeed at it's door. Society is not a
concrete fact. 1t Is simply an absrac-
ton invented to represent humanity in
the aggregate. Nature has been very
niggardly in her gifts to many of us
and where this is so no amount of
effort. no matter how continuously 1t
is applied, can lead to large success.
Those who find fault with society as
the cause of their failure are wrong.
Given a fair amount Of taIent-that is,
brains-and untiring application, and
success will be achieved ninety-nine
times out of every hundred. This may
be proved by reference to any walk in
life to which human beings apply
themselves to reach success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Summer Skating.

Prom the Popular Science Monthly.
CLASSY surfaces OF salt and chemical
substances have been devised by
scientists to take the place of ice. and
thus make skating a summer sport.
Some years ago . German patented a
process In which thick pasteboard
plates are immersed in very hot lin
seed oil and varnish. mixed with glue.
After becoming thoroughly permeated
with this mixture they are subjected
TO powerful pressure. which squeezes
out the excess of oil and gives them
great strength. When dry the plates
are immersed IN hot parsffin and again
put under pressure. To one side of each
plate a layer Of parchment is applied
the other side is coated with gypsum and
tar The plates. with the parchmen,
sides up. are then fitted together on
the floor and united by cement. The
finished surface of the rink ia coated
with a material consisting of one part
Of giycerin. two parts Of wax and three
parts Of oil. An unusually smooth floor
IS thus formed. but ordinary skates
cannot be used. since their sharp edges
would soon cut up the surface beyond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Canada's Parliament Building.

From the Springfield Republican.
American admirers OF the parliament
building at Ottawa. who heard with
pleasure that the original walls were
to be retained in the new structure, will
be astonished to learn that the old
walls have been entirely razed, and that
the Peconstructfon will cost $4,000, 900
more in consequence. The architects
will be obliged to preserve the main
features of the old design. as there are
other buildings In the group Of which
the main parliament building was the
center. Whether or not the new de-
remains to be seen. As 70 the reason
for destroying what was left of the
old building. 1t Is said that its con-
Hack Of hrepFoof quaIities made It's re-
tentiou VnAestrable,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Hens in London.

From the London Chronicle
Lord Selbornes advice to household
ers in urban areas to produce their own
eggs in war time is hardly needed in
the suburbs of London near and far.
This year the economic policy of feed
ing few good layers in the garden
is being extensively adopted. The hen
run, however. without chanticleer is
unpopular. Profits are increased when
the mother bird is allowed the joy and
pride of maternity by Matching a brood
of valuable chickens. The disturbance
to neighbors accruing from chanti-
cleer's salute to the rising sun is mini
mized by daylight's saving. which
throws the risers back nearer to the
dawn. 1t is only a sleepless Carlyle
who sets the police upon chanticleer.
and the Carlyles are rare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
THE BILL1oNAIRE.
Princes of India Poor Men in Conn
parison With Rockefeller.

Prom the Louisville Courier-Journal.
IT 1t is true that John D. Rockefeller's
private fortune. exclusive of endow-
ments and other fixed benefactions. is
a billion, the word millionaire" has for
the first time in the history of the
world perhaps actual illustration and
application. 1t has beer used as a term
of exaggeration. Murtimillionaires have
become fairly numerous and million
aires quite common in the United
States. Millionaires in Europe-mean-
ing men who possess the equivalent of
a million American dollars-are much
less numerous than they are in Ameri-
ca, but still are not rare in higher
financial circles. and there are few
multimillionaires, among them some OF
the crowned heads Notable among the
rich monarchS is the Gar Of Russia
Wealth in Asia struts and SplurgeS
more than it does elsewhere. An In
dian prince with the revenues of a rich
Pittsburgher who is not widely known
in his own city and is unknown else
midst of which John D. Rockefeller
would he appalled,. but it doubtless is
true that even the Maharaiah of Baroda
is quite poor man compared with Mr..
Rockefeller. 1t is true. of course, that
the Nizanl Of Hyderabad. who is men
TONED often by writers upon eastern
affairs as a monarch who lives in the
style to which the oriental rulers of
ancient times were accustomed, and
who has 700 wives, is of the financial
middle class as compared with our
modest and, of course, homogeneous, oil
king Many lesser princes of India,
whose private stables contain hun
dreds Of horses and carriages as well
as elephants for formal occasions and
automobiles for practical purposes,
would be staggered by view of the
figures showing what the Rockefeller
income il.
The average man cannot imagine the
sensation of being a Millionaire. To the
average man, including the average
owner of a steam yacht. one of the
problems of life is how to live as he
likes without feeling financial strain.
The Millionaire, who can divert from
his own Golfers vast sums of money to
be devoted to the public good, and yet
cannot feel the slightest loss of reve-
nue. II a being almost unimaginAble
He may be no happier than the owner
of a whitewashed cabin and a hcun'
dawg- But he IL in a situation less
easily understood by the popular mind
Mr.. Rockefeller 10 the first American
Millionaire. It does not follow that
there will not be another. America is
unique as producer of great personal
fortunes The gorgeous east no longer
showers barbaric gold upon the chosen
few in the measure that 1t is showered
upon those in America who have excep-
tional ability as moneymakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
ACCUSED BY HIS WIFE
Of KILLING DAUGHTER
Montgomery County Farm Hand the
Alleged Murderer of
Baby.

Special Correspon6Ance Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. September 16.-
Charged with numbering his own child,
a baby girl not more than year DID,
Douglass Shipley. twenty-three years
old. farm hand of the vicinity Of
Unity, this county. was committed to
Jail here yesterday afternoon.
A preliminary hearing was given the
accused man this afternoon at 1870
o'clock in the police court here. The
excited over the affair and the commu-
nifty is aroused.
The mans accuser is his wife. She
charges that he struck the baby repeat
eddy and finally grabbed the child by the
throat and checked her into insensibil-
| ity. Numerous bruises on the baby 8
face and throat show the cruelty to
which it was subjected.
A post-mortem examination last night
| by DR.. c. A. Mannar showed clots of
blood all over the child's head, and one
clot as big as quarter on the child's
brain.
Immediately upon learning of the
| tragedy, States Attorney Bowie and
Sheriff Gather went to Unity and.
after an investigation, decided an in
quest unnecessary.
According to States Attorney Bowie,
Mrs. Shipley, in a statement~to him to-
day. said her husband committed the al
legged crime to spite her. She said that
when he came home he was suspicious
that some one else had been there in his
absence. She denied this. She said that
her husband then said that he would
keep the child awake If he had to stay
awake all night himself to do it.
She testified that as the child dozed
on he struck 1t at various times. About
daybreak. she said. after the infant
| finally dozed. the father choked it and
| it cried. He choked it second time,
Mrs. Shipley asserted, and it cried
again. A third time Shipley choked the
| child, the wife told the states attorney.
and then the infant began to get black
in the face and couldn't cry. She ran
| out of the house in her bare feet
through a cornfield. she said, to get
help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Wife Summons Help

Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff
Mareen Darby, who lives near Redland,
received a telephone message from Mrs
Shipley that her husband was killing
their baby. Having no telephone in her
home. Mrs. Shipley had run in her bare
feet half q, mile or more to the home
of Artemus Griffith. Being afraid to re-
turn to her home alone because her hus-
band had threatened to kill her if she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
Ideas Plus Industry.

From the Los AnGeIes Times.
Some self-conceived philosopher has
said that genius is nothing but an in
finite capacity for untiring application
II would seem that this attempt to de-
fine genius would apply more appro'
nriately to talent. 1t Is also an OBJ
yious fact that many people, thought
full otherwise, use language loosely
We would think the remark quoted
above a case in point
There Is no doubt that talent, te
make itself effective, requires unttrfne
effort and unlimited application Giver
talent and application. success is sure
to follow in any mans career. Many OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK. September 16--The
market for sugar futures was quieter
this morning. but the undertone was
steady and prices were little higher
on covering for over the week end.
Closing quotations were l lower on No
yember and unchanged to points
higher on other positions. Sales. 1850
tons. September. $40; December. 4.23;
March, 500: May, 39s.
Raw and refined sugar holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16

whats your idea Of an honest
MANI"
IAN honest man." replied Mr.. Kimp.
els one who likes the same music in
private that he says he likes when his
wife is giving a musical evening"
Philadelphia Record.