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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07

Washington, D. C.-To the public
that pays every dollar of the railroad
bill land forty-five cents of every dol
lar paid for transportation is for
wages) the leaders of the four
brotherhoods of railway employees,
who are demanding increased pay,
say: "All the railroads have to do
to meet our demands for higher
wages is to shorten their trains, move
freight more rapidly, and escape the
penalty of overtime wages"
The fallacy of this statement, which
is the last-ditch argument used in
support of the demand for increased
wages, is well shown in the following
editorial which appeared in the
Washington, D. C. Times Of April 49,,
under the heading "a Mad Freight
Train Idea"
Everybody in the ranks of the
general public will agree with the
railway managers that the campaign
which the railway workers are wag-
ing, particularly in the west, for short
er trains, while at the same time de-
handing higher pay and fewer hours
of work, is of all possible claims the
most preposterous. Indeed, in econom-
les it is an ideal little short of mad.
THE railroads have spent hun
dreds of millions of dollars lowering
grades eliminating sharn curves.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07
BEST PAID men
ARE NOW ASKING
FOR HIGHER PAY
Government Officials Fail To Find Any
Justice IN Demands Of Train Ser
vice Employees.
BY Judson c. WeIiVer in The Wash
ington Times.

Administrative and legislative au-
thorities in Washington are taking
distinctly different views of the pres
ent effort of railway trainmen to
compel an advancement in their
wages, from any that has been taken
on former occasions.
1t is very apparent that the case
for the employees seeking higher
wages is viewed with less amiability
than ordinarily. In legislative cir
cles there has recently been serious
talk of legislation to prohibit strikes
by employees of interstate carriers,
and to provide a procedure for COM
pulsory arbitration.
The impression has gained a good
deal of ground, that certain favored
classes of employees have for long
time been systematically aggregating
to themselves most of the increases
in wages.
Highest Paid Class Of Men
On behalf of the enginemen and
trainmen who are making the de-
mand for a large wage increase, it is
urged that the higher cost of living
iustifes their demand. Yet these
men, the engineers, firemen, conduc-
tors and brakemen, are the highest
paid classes OF railroad labor. The
question being ssked why an engineer
getting an average wage in 1913 of
$500, should require an increase,
while trackmen, who were getting
$1.58 per day, should be left out?
Again, the average wage of conduc-
tors in 1913 Is shown by the statistics
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to have been $4.39 per day. At
the same time, telegraph operators
and dispatchers were getting an aver
age wage of 1882 per day.
II the increased cost of living for
the $4.39 conductor necessitates a
large increase in his compensation.
where does the $3.50 dispatcher come
In?
No demand is being urged on be-
half OF the operators and dispatchers,
and some of the railroads have lately
been intimating vigorously that If a
big additional burden must be laid
on their labor funds they would like
to give the benefit to the poorer paid
classes Of employees.
The truth Of the whole business is
<iaAk- "A q vhnls- tina railroad en-
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07
From Kansas.

Lawrence, May Is. 1916.
Editor News
AS | am a reader of your paper
and enjoy reading home letters
and letters from other States, l
will write a few lines to the
News, as l have a number of
relatives and friends back in
Kentucky that may hear from
me through the News, that 1
haven't time to write too.
l left Kentucky June 25, 1914.
/ got to Lawrence the 18th at
II o'clock Friday night. Well,
| will tell you something about
Lawrence. 1t is a nice town of
5000 population. The Kansas
University is located here, and
also graded school, high school
and business college. There is a
government Indian school in
South Lawrence.
The Bowersack Mills and Pow.
ers Co., owns and operates a
large roller mill, grain elevator,
paper mill and a large ice plant.
The Missouri Vally Bridge Co.,
is building new traffic bridge
across the Kansas river and the
old bridge is being repaired by
the Interurban Street car Co., to
cross the river into the main
town. This street car line runs
from Kansas City to Lawrence.
There is also two railroads, The
Union Pacific and Santa Fe run
ming through Lawrence. Well,
there is quite a bit of dairying,
grazing and hay making in this
part of Kansas. The principal
crops are wheat, oats, corn and
potatoes. Hogs and cattle are a
good price.
l cultivated 35 acres in corn
last year for the man l am worif
ing for, from which / husked g.
600 bushels of corn.
We are cultivating 80 acres in
corn this year. Corn is I'D and
looks well. The wheat crop isn't
very good year and was not very
good last year. Oats are look
ing well.
Well / will close for this time
as my letter is getting real
lengthy. If this escapes the
waste basket, I viii write again.
Uriah S. Antle.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07
WAGONS! WAGONSI

This line has advanced 20 per cent or say Ten Dol.
lars Wagon. We will sell you the best and lightest
running Wagon made at no advance at all. Buy now.
We cannot control the whole thing always.
They say that Fruit Jars will be out of reach tops
cost now, more than Jars did last year. We can
make prices within the reach of all. Buy now. We
can't control the whole thing all summer. Special
prices to merchants, Now.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07

plOy0S VI InS SOuAIAJ orc nv 'OAJ
highly paid as compared to other peo-
pie. A few classes of railroad men
are paid very high wages. The most
fortunate of all these classes are the
engineers, firemen, conductors and
brakemen.
Rate Rising Rapidly
Not only are these four classes paid
much more literally than other en-
pioyes, but the figures show that
their rate of wages has been rising
more rapidly than that of any other
classes.
In 1914 the Interstate Commerce
Commissions report showed the num-
Der of railroad employees for the en-
tire country to be 1,710,296. Out Of
this number there were 62,021 en-
gineers, 64,959 firemen, 4S,201 con-
ductors, and 136,SO9 other trainmen;
a total of 1890, or just about one
sixth of the entire number.
At that same date, the number of
trackmefi, exclusive Of forernen, was
3S7,451 That is, the number of COM
mon laborers on the section was
greater than the entire roll Of en-
gineers, fremen, conductors, and
brakemen. Yet this huge army of
trackmen was working for an aver
age wage Of $1.5S per day. while en-
gineers were getting $500, fremen
were getting $2.1S, conductors were
getting $4.39, and other trainmen
were getting 1904. These figures are
the commissions averages for the en-
tire country.
Condition 5ettered
Largely because they are the best
organized classes or railway workers
and have been tnremitting in their
demands for better wages, these four
classes have succeeded in lettering
their condition rapidly and regularly,
at the expense Of the other classes,
which are not so highly organized.
The trainmen, whenever they insist
on a wage increase, have, on their
side, the tremendously potent argu-
ment that IL they don't get what they
ask, they can walk out and tie I'D the
whole railroad system. No other
class of employees could do this, be-
cause no other is so instantly indis-
pensable.
How effectively the four favored
classes have used their power is
shown by the cold figures. In the
ten years from 1903 to 1912, inclusive,
the salaries of general officers in
creased an average of II per cent.
In that same ten-year period the
salaries of engineers increased "a
per cent.
During those same ten years the
wages Of general office clerks increas-
ed Is per cent, while the wages of
fremen increased 80 per cent.
During those same ten years the
wages Of telegraph operators and dis.
patchers increased Il per cent, while
those Of trainmen other than conduc.
tsrs increased So per cent.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07

1t is calculated that if a
general tie-up and paralysis Of
all freight traffic should result
from the demand of the freight
trainmen for an increase Of 25
per cent in their wages, a large
number of the poorer people Of
New York City would face star
walton within three days; in
other words, these people have
available supplies Of food for
not more than two days ahead.
Other large cities would face
like conditions. Milk supplies
would be cut of, and babies de-
pendent on the daily milk Jar I
for sustenanee would be left
to perish. The distress would
reach all classes everywhere.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-07

ployes of the Country are not very
highly paid as compared to other peo-
pie. A few classes of railroad men
are paid very high wages. The most
fortunate of all these classes are the
engineers, firemen, conductors and
hrakemen
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-02


to destroy it.
Oddly, the scent of tuberoses still
persisted, although there were no
tUberOses or any other flowers in the
room. And Horizons mind wandered
back to the days when, young, am
bilious lad, he planned with his
sweetheart the career which had aft
erward become his.
81 don't like your going into that
profession, 1.-THE girl had said. "They
say such dreadful things about Wall
street men,"
"But there are honest men,, said
Horton. you see, dearest, it pays
to be honest, even in Wall street"
and 1 know you could never do
anything dishonorable or 1 should
not love you as do" said Doris.
That was when she picked the
tuberOse and handed it to him.
We'll, he had fought the fight, at
first quite squarely, then not so
squarely. He had done what most
men had to do-he had compromised
with life. But until the scheme for
the pool was preached Horton had
never tried to plumber the public.
He would have declined, and had
at first declined tO-Participate in the
scheme. But the essence was this:
He was one of the few men who I'M
derstood what was behind Mendips.
He knew the public confidence was
justified. But he knew that the COM
liz oo,,I5 dooFrOTy fboF oOnAdouoo
and reap in the money of the small
investor.
And if he had fought the combine
he would have been bankTUpted,
and to no purpose. However, he had
to come in or oppose the deal; there
was no alternative.
He sat there, thinking hard. He
had never been so tempted. To back
out now meant but one thing-to re-.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-02

irritably. 'You can't do better than
you're doing here"
Il know it, not in service, sir, but
I'm going into the livery business and
I'm going to get married
well, 1 congratulate you, Hagan,"
said Horton, little ungraciously.
Thank you, sir"
''You must have saved up mint
of money, though. How did you do
it, Hagan?"
why, sir, it was that tip you gave
me once about Oil Preferred. That
netted me a thousand, and l saved
up another thousand. And now I've
got the two thousand in Mendip Con-
solidated, as you advised me, and I
will have enough when it's doubled
to start in in little way"
Horton almost jumped in his chair.
He watched Hagan pouring out his
tea and his brain was whiTling. It
was true he had advised his servant
to buy Mendip Consolidated, but that
was before the pool was started to
wreck one OF the SoldeSt stocks on
the market. Now Hagan would be
one of the sufferers.
1t was awkward, because Horton
was attached to Hagan, in way,
yet he knew that if he gave the tip
to Hagan it would fly with amazing
swiftness through the town. And
then he wanted Hagan's two thou
sand. Had he a moral right not to
take Hagan's two thousand when his
partners were in the deal with him?
'Hagan," he said, as the man was
about to retire, "have you told any
body else about Mendips?"
"WeIl, yes, sir" answered Hagan. |
81 told my young lady and she's put
ting $500 into it. You see, sir, we
know that your word is as good as
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
Road Imnrovement Asked.

State House.-Senator Harrison in
troduced a joint resolution and Senator
Zihlman a bill looking to road improve
ments in the State. The resolution
recommends the completion of the i'm
proved highway from Berlin to the
southern terminus of Delaware. The
General Assembly appropriated in 1912
$4,000 for this purpose, the road to be
built after the Delaware authorities
had completed their road to the State
line. This has now been done and
survey is ordered of the road on the
Maryland side as soon as weather con-
ditions permit on the line of the du
Pont Boulevard.
The Zihlman bill authorizes the
County Commissioners of Allegany to
issue bonds for s22,5OO, $4,000 of the
amount being payable May 1, 1917, and
$12,5O0 May 1, 1913, the money to be
spent for permanent road work under
the Shoemaker Law. 1t is to be used
in constructing road from the end
of the present State aid road, to the
eastward of the village of Pekin, to
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania
Railroad, crossing the village of Bar
ton, and on the Williams road from
the city limits of Cumberland one-half
mile eastward.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
DECLARE DEATH
TO AMERICANS
Slogan Adopted by Convention
of Mexican Bandits.
REBEL CHIEFS ENTER PACT
The Agreement Was Entered Into BY
Representatives Of Villa, zapata,
Argumedo, Higinio AgulIar
and CediIIo Brothers.

Washington.-Death to Americans
in Mexico and destruction of their
property, as well as war to a finish
against CarranZa, was determined
upon, at formal convention of Mexi-
can revolutionary leaders held in No
vember at ranch near Cordoba.
Present and joining in the agreement
are said to have been representatives
OF Villa, Zapata, Argumedo, Higinio
Aguilar, the Cedillo brothers and many
lesser chieftains.
Meager reports of this gathering
came to the State Department long
ago, but they were not made public,
and few people in Washington knew
that there was a general conspiracy
against Americans, or even that the
various rebel factions in the field in
Mexico had effected any kind of an
agreement for concerted activities
against the de facto government
The recent massacre at Santa Ysa-
bel, attributed to bandits led by Villa
officers, is believed to have been
perpetrated in accordance with the
rebel convention order. Officials
think the long period elapsed after the
Cordoba meeting before the murders
because of the time required by the
various delegates to make reports to
their commanders, and the fact that
news of the conventions. decision had
to be carried to subordinate military
commanders by courier. Cordoba is
on the railroad between Vera Cruz and
Mexico City, and some. 1000 miles
from Santa Ysabel
The Carranza authorities have been
fully advised concerning the move
ments of the rebels, and have been
depended upon by the Washington
government to take every possible
to prevent the threats
against Americans from being carried
out. They are believed to have the
situation fairly well in hand now, al
though the chiefs whose delegates met
at Cordoba still are in the field, operat-
ng more or less openly
Advices to the State Department
rom Ell PasO told of the reported cap
.ure near Chihuahua of 18 bandits al
eyed to have taken part in the Santa
Ysabel murders. No confirmation of
he report that Villa himself had been
AIKEN was received and officials of
1Uth the department and The The MAexi- MAexii- |
,an Embassy abandoned hope that this
vas true.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

By Speaker Laird - Petition of
George F. Ray and others of Mont
gomery county that question of state
wide prohibition be voted on in the
state.
Resolution of the Federated Metho-
dist Men of Maryland favoring passage
of referendum prohibition act.
BY Delegate Dobson-That the visi-
tors benches, removed from the
lobbies of the State House, be replaced.
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr Linthicnm-To abolish all
exemptions from taxation of tools, ma
chinery, etc., of manufacturing con-
Germs in Anne Arundel county.
By Mr.. Linthicum-To exempt from
taxation tools and machinery of manu-
featuring concerns in any county upon
request of the County Commissioners or
Baltimore on request of the Mayor and
City Council.
By Delegate Atwell-To declare con-
sent of legislature to the sale to Trim
ity Methodist Episcopal Church South,
of Annapolis, of a lot of ground in
Anne Arundel county.
By Delegate Fox-Providing for elec-
tion of clerk to county commissioners
of Garrett county
By Delegate Hayden-TO pay Gar
rett county school commissioners a
sum of money out of state school taxes.
BY Delegate Byrne-To exempt Dor
chester county from taxes On mort
cages.
By Delegate Long-To repeal act re-
Quiring taxation on dogs in Howard
county.
By Delegate Metzerott (by reQuest)
TO require one member of Public
Service Commission to be an engineer. |
BY Delegate Vanhorn-To require
railroads operated by steam to equip |
two locomotives with automatic stop
ping and cab-signaling devices.
By Delegate Prinz-To repeal pro-
vision of criminal code providing for |
arrest of one who would escape pay
ment for furniture bought on install !
ment plan.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
SENATE OF MARYLAND.

An order was offered by Senator
Holmead for the state printer to fur
nish 200 copies of the rules OF the
Senate. Committee on Finance
The following bills were introduced:
BY Senator Ogden-To extend the
baltimore city limits within Baltimore
county and providing for stock issue
of $4,000, 900 to be used to make i'm
provements in the territory to be an
nexed. Judiciary Proceedings.
By Senator Allen-Legalizing the
Code of Public Laws Of Baltimore
County, compiled by T. Scott Offutt,
and to have same printed. Judiciary
Proceedings.
By Senator Shepherd-Authorizing
the use of numbered marbles or balls
instead of written ballots to select
jurors in First Judicial Circuit. Ju-
dietary Proceedings.
By President Campbell-Sanctioning
bequest of 5000 to associated profes-
sors of Loyola College, 800 to Little
Sisters of the Poor, 500 to st. Vincent
De Paul Society from Olivia Andrews.
Judicial Proceedings.
By Same-Sanctioning bequests Of
$10O to associated professors of Loyola
College and 800 to Little Sisters of
the Poor from Peter J. Gersting.
Judicial Proceedings.
By Same -Sanctioning beQuests of
residue of estate of Margaret J. Griffin
to St Raphael's Institution of Provi-
dence Judicial Proceedings.
By Same-Sanctioning bequest of
81, 800 to Sisters of Bon Secour from
Henry Johnson Key. Judicial Proceed
ngs.
A letter enclosing resolutions from
the Associated Methodist Associations
Of Baltimore advocating prohibition
was read and referred to the Temper
ance Committee.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
FACTS OF INTEREST

Canada has 1.415,O00 men liable for
military service, of whom rs per cent
are physically fit.
An electrical process is being tried
in Russia for the manufacture of gold
leaf. heretofore made only by hand.
Russia plans the longest railroad
tunnel in the worlds miles-to save
an 815-mile detour.
Extra seats carried over the run
ming boards of new automobile slide
out of sight like drawers when not in
use.
When a man brathes he uses his
muscular strength to draw in the air,
and it is afterward forced out auto
matically. With insects, as a German
investigator has just discovered. this
process is Just reversed.
1t is an insult in France to call any.
one "a melon"
In India the lowest classes wear
as shoes fat block with large Knob.
which slips between the first and sec.
ond toes. They are so skilled in wear
ing these that they are able to keep
them on and walk or run with great
speed.
Colorado Indians hold the ancient
cliff dwellings in great reverence, say
ing that the little people" inhabit
them. The red men predict that these
beings will destroy the government
telephone lines now being built into
Mesa Verde Park.
The swinging semaphore on the rail-
roads is being displaced and electric
lights indicating the semaphore posi-.
tions are being used instead. The lat.
ter are more plainly visible
More than 100000 tons of ore
year are expected to be exported from
iron mines in Algeria by French cap.
italists who have obtained concessions
after more than ten years of effort.
High temperature and the rapid
passage of a current of air through If
feature a California inventors evan
Grafton device with which he claims
to preserve food perfectly for long
periods.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
PREPAREDNESSB|LL
IN STATE SENATE.
Campbell Measure First in Any
General Assembly.
FOR INQUIRY BY COMMISSION
Proposes Investigation To Consider
Means Of Providing Military Edu-
cation and Creating Mary
land Military Reserve.

State House.-Senator Campbell in
troduced bill which looks to pre-
paredness in the event of Maryland
being called upon to furnish troops fol
defense. 1t is the first move made IN
the General Assembly in this direction
and is in keeping with the policy now
being formulated by Congress.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of special board or commits
sion to report upon the practicability
Of providing military education and OF
creating military reserve. The COM
mission would consist Of nine persons,
including the adjutant general and two
officers of the militia, three members
of veteran organizations and three
others at large. They would be ap-
pointed by the Governor within two
weeks after the passage of the act.
Following are the questions to be
considered.
The practicability of providing mill
tary education for boys between the
ages of IA and Fl years, for the pur-
pose of securing a proper military
training and discipline for the youths
Of this State and improving their
physical, normal and mental qualities,
and for providing for the State an
adequate basis for a citizen soldiery.
The practicability for providing
military training for youths in the pub
lie schools.
The advisability of requiring of all
male persons owing allegiance to the
State of Maryland and physically fit
for military service, or of certain
classes or categories of such persons
a limited period of such service
through enrolment in the organized
militia forces of this State.
The practicability of creating mill
tary service in this State, including:
The keeping of records by the State
authorities of all ex-enlisted soldiers,
sailors and marines, who were or may
be engaged in the military or naval
service of the United States, having
been discharged therefrom and who
reside in Maryland, and of all honor
ably discharged members of the mill
tia, with their names and addresses,
and such other information as may be
obtainable by the Adjutant General.
Provisions for limited periods of
training for such men as non-commis |
stoned or commissioned officers in the
militia of this State.
Organization of said military reserve !
and methods by which it might be |
mustered as active militia in case of |
need.
The cost to the State of any plan !
recommended by the board or commits !
sion.
The board or commission would be
to consider any related mat
ter whether or not the same is par
ticularly mentioned in the act; it !
would serve without pay and report
to the General Assembly, if possible,
with such recommendations for legis-
lation as it might deem advisable with
In 80 days after its appointment.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
Word Sent To London.

London.-Sir John Roper Parking
ton, Consul-General in London for
Montenegro, received official conf1rma-
ton of the report that King Nicholas
of Montenegro and his sons would re-
main at the head of their. troops, de-
termined to fight to the last. Queen
Milena and two of her daughters, the
dispatch adds, have reached Italy on
their way to France
A dispatch from San Giovanni di
Medua, Albania, says that the Monte
negrin Government has been installed
at Scutari.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-29
CARTRIDGES THROWN IN FIRE.
Two OF Skating Party Injured Near
Dover, Del.

Middletown, Del.-By the explosion
of cartridges, which were thrown into
a fire built by the side of small lake
near Dover for skating party, two
persons were severely injured. Miss
Ida Goldey was burned about the
eyes so severely that she may lose her
sight Leon Hurd was struck in the
right leg by a missile and badly
wounded.