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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28
Free Insurance For Railroad Men

The board Of directors Of the Tn
ion Pacific, AZ special meeting held
recentIy, approved, effective January
/ !, 1917, plan that has been long I'M
der consideration whereby every en-
lploye Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company Oregon Short Line Rail-
road Company. and Oregon-W flashing
ton Railroad and Navigation Com
Ipany, who has been. or shall Be one
year in the service, and whose COM
penaation does not exceed $4,000
per annum, regardless Of age or con-
dition Of health, and without any dis
examination, shall be provided at the
expense Of the company and free Of
cost to the enploye, the following IN
surance so long as be remains in the
service, subject to the definite reguIa-
tions to be issued, viz:
First. life insurance to the amount
of one years full wages with mirai-
mum Of $500. .00sand maximum of ST.
100000 the benefits Of this insurance
TO include those retired after January
4, 1917. upon pension. S
Second, accident insurance cover-
ing total disabilits resulting from IN
juries in the performance OF the en-
ployes occupation, consisting Of half
pay during disability with minimum
Of $500 per week, and q naximrm
period of two years, and for certain
permanent injuries resulting from
such oceupationaI accidents, such as
loss Of leg or arm, the half pay in-
demnitys to continue IN any event for
periods definitely fixed, the .naxiniun
indemnity for any accident to be ST.
$1,000.
Third, sickness insurance covering
both illness Of at least one weeks
duration and also injuries resulting
from accidents not occurring in the
Of the duties Of the em-
ployes occupation, consisting Of half
pay while the "employe is disabled
and confined afhome with minimum
Of $500 per week, and maximum
period Of fifty two weeks and with an
additional indemnity Of half wages for
a further period OF 81 weeks If 1t ap-
pears that the employe has become
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28
Idaho Needs Direct Legislation
(By Marcus Day.


Idaho can use the instrument Of di-
rect legislation to do much in the way
Of aiding internal development that
could not under any condition be ex-
pected Of legislatures. The people as
a whole are much more stable ia their
demands than are their representa-
tives. Where legislature is elected
every two years and meets only once
before il either goes before the peo-
pie for reelection or, as is usuaIly
the case, is superseded by many new
nominees, there is 3 switch back and
fourth from representation which Is
progressive to that which Is reaction
airy. according to the various changes
in national politics. Under the legis-
lative system the element OF national
issues often injects itself into state
affairs to the disadvantage Of rational
discussion. Many bad state Iegisla-
tures ride into office on the wave Of
some popular idol for the presidency
There is no way TO nationally settle >
public problem except by conccntra-
ton upon II. Under the initiative.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28

totally and permanently disabled for
life, subject TO 4 maximum disbursr-
ment Of $z,s00.00 on account Of any
one illness or any one accident. All
the foregoing insurance and benefits
will be paid IN monthly installments.
| THE life insurance win Be payable
10 benificiaries designated BY the en-
lpIoyes. The plan eontemplates an
arrangement with a responsible in
surance company 10 issue life and ac-
Icident policies called for BY this plan,
until and unless the railroad compan-
les shall hereafter conclude to issue
certificates Of insurance themselves
70 their employees. Circulars giving
full particulars with forms for names,
age, beneficiaries, etc, will Be issued
for the information Of ali employees.
as soon as the necessary details can
be worked out, but in the meantime,
the insurance will become effective
January 1917, whether the individual
policies can be issued BY that date or
not, and the life insurace viii Be pay
able to legal representatives, If death
should occur before the beneficiaries
are designated by the employees.
While the power to amend or annul
entirely the insurance plan is neces-
sariIy reserved BY the board Of d.
rectors, since it is new departure,
yet we are confident in the opinion
that it will never be necessary to dis
continue Il.
The object which the directors ex-
pect and hope to accomplish by this
insurance IS to afford employees Of the
Union Pacific System the satisfaction
Of knowing that. SO long as they are in !
the service, some financial provision,
although comparatively small in some
cases, has been made for them and
their families against the misfortune
of death. injury and illness. It is
measure prompted BY good will to-
ward the employees and their families
whose welfare is borne constantly in
mind. and whose cooperation in es-
tabiishing the success Of these prop
critics is greatly appreciated"
(Signed) r S. Lovett,
Chairman Executive Committee
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28
Chairman Executive Committee

referendum and recall this concentra-
tion and discussion is positive. The
friends Of measure and its oppo-
nents give their views with much less
Of partisan bias and the merits Of any
measure can be set forth with less
befnddIement.
There Is nothing in the above state
ment Of its merits which overdraws
its advantages and the proof can be
commanded BY any one interested, If
he viii secure copy Of the laws of
any state having the & Z and then
compare them with any adjoining
states best efforts under the decad-
ent Legislative system.
Il IS IN fact the open sesame to pro-
gress and the enemy u every form Of
political and business reaction. Big
Business is more directly hostile to It
than anything Of state nature and
our very worst newspapers are the
most lnnd-apol1en IN denunciation and
spite Of this fact plutocracy has fail
ed to nnaeas it ID any state where il
has been established.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28

refused, the Council in full session
passed resolution instructing their
secretary to ascertain the prices "a
FIVE HUNDRED RIFLES AND
TEN THOUSAND ROUNDS on
AMMuNITIONi This was i orettv
strong hint from the organized work
ing men Of Everett that they wanted
no hired Commercial Club thugs IN
their cityl
The Press Gang on the JOB
The interests in Everett which are
trying to put the "a boys behind ne
bars for life on trumped-up murder
charge, are playing the old, old game
to iniame local prejudice against the
prisoners. It appears as though fhe
local capitalist papers Of Everett have
instructed the news service to send
them all the anti-labor dope they can
rake up, out Of the journalistic garbage
heaps. Stories Of strikes, from the
bosses point Of view, stories Of wick
ed labor men and terrible Industrial
Workers are beginning to fill the coli
umns of the Everett Herald. All this
is obviously done at the behest of the
powers that are determined to irnpris-
on these workingmen, not because
they have violated any particular part
OF the penal ode--which IS not true
but because they have had the cour-
age and manhood to insist that La
bor's voice be heard. Hence fI1is
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28

International Union Of America Sends Greetings
to the President
(F'rom Committee On Industrial Re IatiOns.)


fresult is to make an ship owners o4 aII
nati0ns pay the same GOOD wages and
maintain the same rood conditions for
health and safety Oh the vessels. This
equalization relieves the american
ship owners of competit;on az fnr-
leigh low wages and Of fugitive slave
laws far seanaen and az unsafe yes
sols.'
CondensinR the benefits Of the law
Secretary Hanson,s renort asserted !:
rThe change has been not alone ~
improved safety. in the ssvoriSine con-
EDITIONS and 70 some extent II the
wunes Of the men. fsut itl,e mrlas,le l;fs
Ion mlsip sbnartl iilas been si;runrovnsI and
instead OF the old spirit III bitterness
and hatred. inevitable under the slave
flaws that held the men. there Il An air
Of freedom and growing recoputio,,
of rights aud RESPONSIBILITIES al tl,e
part Of everybody connected win the
ship II Is certain that after he Sea-
men's Act has been n operation am
Eother year or two. that not even the
ship owners win want q ,enea, =
Instead. we will find thaf all other
, maritime nations win follow the leadl
set bv the United Statesp
The internationalism of the con-
vention was strongly emphasized III
the presence and, act;ve narkic;nat;s,,l
IN It Of delegates from Creat Br;t;ar
and from Japan. Delepates 4 suzuIt;
Of the latter country. and T Hanser
Of Great Britian and ireland Il veil
as Richard McChee Men,her of ps.li-
ment. and Harry Cosl;ng who HAD
been delegates from Great Rr;t;an y
the convention of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor totd ~ the esforta
NOT onIv for the;r respective conn
tries but of III the fere;on .ro,,ptr;es
to have similar seauen's laws enactea ]
there. a special bulletin and a. at-
tempt 10 value the message II these
foreign delegates "a the sea,,er ana j, ]
the trade union. uuovey,,eut Il o.neraI
will BE- ;ssued aaonssl,v ~ can,n,;ttee
Relations
Al showing what the snerchant sa;l-
ors of Europe thouolt of tbe Arev;car
seamenss Act the visiting deieostes
told of he annronr;at;o,, 1,v ~ ,,n;,,
az Great Brit;ap e,f more tbsn ezon s
beln the Ar.r;,s, J,.s.s,,st;a,,ss' s,
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28

Free Speech Prisoners IN Washington City Are
AHaigned on Murder Charge


The arraignment Of the "a men
charged with murder BY the Prose
cHtion Of Snohomish County. Wash
took place on Wednesday, Dec. 2Otb
All morning was taken up in the read
ing Of the information. These men
were passengers on the verona On
Sunday Nov sth, Bloody Sunday. al
| It is more often termed-and were
part Of number Of working men be-
longing to the Industrial Workers Of
the World, the Longshoremen. the
Seamen and other organizations, who
were going from Seattle to Everett IN
order to hold an afternoon street
meeting to maintain their constitu-
tioual rights Of Free Speech.
The men were met at the dock by.
2 Sheriff and an armed body of naesn-
bers Of the Commerciai Club and 9TH
ers and were not allowed to land. al-I
though every man had regularly paid
his passage. A voIley was poured in
70 the hapless boat from the high
power rifles Of the posse and, at the
same time, similar rain Of lead came
from pier and a tagrboat on the 9TH
er side Of the steamer This murder
Gus eross-fire killed at least 1--WE of the
workers and wounded over thirty.
The cross-tire probably did more
harm than that, for. passing over the
low bows Of the boat, 1t brought de-
struction to some Of the Sheriff's
posse, according to some beholders.
Two deputies were killed in this af-
fray and now "a worlsingmen are IN
jail charged with their murderi The
slayers Of the fve workers, however,
are still al large and proudly walk the
streets Of Everett helping in every
way the raiIroading Of those victims
they did not succeed in killing.
The men entered no plea. Time for
plea was continued until the 10Th.
On this day they will plead Not Gull
ty." unless attorneys decide to move
to quash the Indictment or present de-
murrers.
Tax Payers and Trades Council
Kicking
The various towns of Snohomish
County are being plastered with pos
tiers calling the citizens attention to
the enormous amount Of public mon
ey being expended on the mainte-
nance Of gunner in Everett and on
the prosecution of the "A men charg-
ed with murder. The general feel
ing Of the taxpayers is that, as they
have but little sympathy with the
Commercial Club, they don't see why
they should be called upon 10 finance
their scheme Of private revenge. One
would think the Lumber interests
would have enough to pay their thugs
without making the farmers Of sno-
honaish County foot the bill The
Trades Council Of Everett was 50 an
gered 1t the repeated insults 70 work
ingnen by the imported gunmen in
Everett, that, after several requests to
the Sheriff for their removal had been
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-12-28

At last, in America, Jack Is ever
inch sailor, and no oalonger a chatte
slave. The Twentieth Annual Con
rention Of the international Seamen
Union of America, which has ins,
closed an historical session in New
York City. relebrated this fact b.
sending to President Wilson, as IL
first official act. fhe following tele-
gram of congratulation:
The international Seanaen,s Lrnion
Of America, in twentieth annual con-
nention assembled, sends best wishes
and heaftiest congratulations upan
yourFeelertion.
For The first time in history the
aeamen Of America are now meeting
as freemen With your good self al
the helm for four years more we feel
confident Of our ability to demon
strate TO all America that the Sea-
mems Act. 10 which you affixed your
signature. stands first for human
freedom, second for greater safety of
life at sea. and last but not least for
equality Of opportunity for the Ameri-
can ship and the American ship owner.
Andrew Furuaeth. K
President Wilson's answering letter
Of thanks and best wishes was read
70 convention OF forty-five delegates
representing l0O per cent more aunion
seamenfhan there were insfhes service
of American ships one year ago and
before the new law went into effect.
The prophecy of Andrew Fnruseth,
president of the union, Able Seaman,
and survival OF the old Vikings, is
coming trues The American Sailor
i going back to the sea and he Is GO
ing back . free man"
just what that means, in Its many
ways, 10 the United States and to the,
internationalism of the Seven Seas
was briefly indicated in stakemnnta
made to the committee on Industrial
Relations BY Paul Scharrenberg, edi-
tor Of the Coast Seamen's Journal Of
San Francisco and deIegate TO the
convention, and was set forth in the
eepnrt of T. A. Hanson. international
Secretary OF the Seamen.
Everybody connected with the sea
trades has been benefited immensely
already" said Mr.. Seharranberg, sex
cept the American investor in foreign
ships. whose interest was to drive
American ships and sailors from the
seas and to keep all sailors in every
world port slaves. subject to be run
down and captured and turned over to
slave chains If they dared TO exercise
The right Of every free man and quit
their jobs. These same investors in
foreign ships. and members Of the
International Shipping trust. have been
the same ones, by the way. who have
talked 90 loudly about the American
flag. and yet have hired 0rieutaIs at
indeuent wages to the practical ex-
clusion Of the American seamen.
The American flag Is being festor-
"a 20 The nea. along with the Ameriean
sall0s, By she soaanen's Act. just con-
slider one side advantage which this
means The merchantman sailor is
the recruit for the nations navy. OF
the IaD.O10 Of more union sailors IN
the British merchant fleets. more than
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
NAVY URGES
20, 700 MEN
Daniels Asks Congress to Pave
Way for Increase from
$4,000 to $4,000.
REQUEST FOLLOWS ACUTE
TURN IN MEXICAN AFFAIRS

In view OF the threatening Mexican sit
uation, the Navy Department has asked
Congress to increase the enlisted strength
Of the navy from $4,000 to 74,7Oo and to
authorize the President to raise this num-
Der to 5000, II he deems It necessary. The
action was taken following a confer
ence at the White House between Presi-
dent Wilson. Secretary Of the Navy Dan
tels. Senator Tillman, chairman of the
Senate Naval Committee, and Senator
Swanson. Secretary Daniels later sent
the following letter to Senator Tillman
Owing to the immediate and unex-
pected need for enlisted men to keep in
commission and to place in commission
ships which are ordinarily kept in re-
serve with reduced crews and to fully man
all such ships, l recommend that there
be incorporated in the pending naval ap-
preparation bill a provision establishing
the enlisted strength Of the navy as "a
oo0 men. and authorizing the President
to increase the number to $1,000 when in
his Judgment it may become necessary
to place the country in a complete state
of preparedness.
The President and Secretary Daniels
in their conference with Senators TILL
man and Swanson also urged the addition
Of at least one, II not two, super-dread- :
noughts to the building program Of the
navy.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
Russians Pursue
Austrian Forces
Semi-Ohcial Reports State
Gen. Flanzer's Army Has
Been Cut.
By tn. International New. seryte.o

CBy the international News Service. }
London, June E0.-Important sue
cesses against the Teutonic armies
on the north of the Austro- Hungarian
front are reported in todays Russian
war o1fice announcement. These
claims are denied in the official state
ment from Berlin. which asserts that
the Russians have been thrown back
at several points northwest of Lutzk.
where the offensive is directed to-
ward KoveL
Meanwhile the Russians are undis-
putably in hot pursuit of the Aus
trian army, which It forced out of
Czernowitz- Petrograd is in possess
sion Of semi-official reports that Gen.
Planners army has been cut in two
and is in full flight. one arm toward
the Roumanian frontier and the other
in the direction OF the Carpathians.
The stitfest resistance to the Rus
sian push" is being encountered in
the sector of which Brody forms an
important center and in volhynfa
along and TO the west of styr. Ber-
lin claims the collapse with severe
losses Of the Russian assaults on Won
Lindingen's army.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
IRISH REBELLION STILL
ACTIVE, CIPHER STATES
By the International News serviee.)

(By the international News Service }
New York. June 20.-what is be-
lieved in this city to be a renewal of
the rebellion in Ireland is described
in cipher dispatches received late to-
day from Dublin. One message COM
ing to an Irish leader of this city
from friends in Ireland says:
"A number Of riots are taking place
between the Sim Feiners, the Irish
volunteers. citizens, republican army,
and the British forces. A great many
arrests have been made and a large
number of Sim Feiners and members
of the populace have been wounded
and removed to hospitals during the
past forty-eight hours.
"A number of the County Cavan rev.
olutionists have been arrested and de-
ported to English detention camps to
await trial Martial law is still being
enforced and with increased severity, &"
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
District Guardsmen March
To Militia Camp at Radio
Shortly After Noon Today

Formal announcement was made by
Brig. Gen. William E. Harvey last
night that the District Guardsmen will
march to camp at Radio. Va, at l
o'clock this afternoon.
In view of Gen. Funston's request
yesterday that $4,000 Guardsmen be
rushed to the border immediately, the
men may be on their way to Mexico
before the end of the week
The members of the different units
of the militia will meet at Twelfth
street and New York avenue north
west, after assembling at their respec-
tive armories. Headed by their band,
but coatless. carrying fifty-pound kits
slung over their shoulders, and with
trench-digging implements hanging
from their belts. they will march out
New York avenue to Fifteenth street.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
is
VOTED GUILTY
District Attorney Held in
Contempt of House, Bal
lot Being 2S0 to s..
MUST APPEAR BEFORE BAR
OF LOWER HOUSE TO REPLY

BY vote of 80 to IS. the House yes
terday adjudged District Attorney H.
Snowden Marshall. Of the Southern Dis
trict Of New York, guilty of contempt
of the House of Representatives and
adopted the report of its select committee
directing that Mr.. Marshall be summoned
before the bar of the lower body to
answer the charge of having violated its
privileges.
Speaker Clark will issue a warrant to-
day for service upon Mr. Marshall by
the sergeant-at-arms of the House. The
resolution adopted yesterday provides
that Mr. Marshall, when arraigned at
the bar of the House, shall have the
privilege Of making a statement in person
or by counsel If Mr.. Marshall does not
desire to enter a further defense, the
resolution provides that "the House shall
thereupon proceed to take order in the
matter"
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
SAYS HUSBAND
POISONED HER
Forced to Drink Drugged
Wine at Revolver's Point,
Nurse Charges.
QUARREL OVER WIFE'S SON
BY A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE
Mrs. Maurice Carpenter Declares
Spouse Also Fired Shot at Her
But Missed.

Mrs. Maurice Carpenter. a trained
nurse, IS years old. of I'LL Ninth street
northwest, is lying on bed at Emergency
Hospital this morning suffering from
what she claims is an enforced dose OF
morphine and atrophine. She declares
her husband put the poison in a bottle
Of wine, and then forced her to drink
a glass Of It at the point Of revolver
Carpenter, an employe Of the Giesboro
Point steel plant, was arrested last night
at his house by Policeman Thomas Quin-
Ian. OF the Second precinct. to be held
for investigation. He was intoxicated. the
police say. The police say he wanted to
know what his wife was doing in the
hospital.
Mrs. Carpenter has a 1o-year-old son
by former marriage. and 1t is said that
the couple had quarreled over the boy. A
note found in the womans clothing at the
hospital was turned over to the police.
This is TO certify that I intend to kill
either my wife or the stepchnd that has
been wished on me-" It read. and was
signed Maurice Carpenter"
She says her husband gave her this note
poisoned wine.
When Mrs. Carpenter had been brought
back to consciousness at the hospital
last night she told the police that her
husband came home yesterday under
the influence Of liquor. She said she
begged him not to go out again. but he
refused to listen. Later. she says. he
returned with bottle Of wine. which he
put in a closet
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
according to the woman Carpenter
brought the bottle in the dining room
and poured out a glass which he COM
manded her to drink. When she told him
she didn't want It, she says he drew a
.3s caliber revolver and pointed It at her
| Drink it," she says he commanded
''or I'll blow your brains out"
! The woman obeyed. A few minutes
later she felt herself growing i'll. BY her
son she sent word to neighbors. who sum-
moned an ambulance.
7 Mrs. Carpenter says she kept the drugs
she was forced to take in a medicine
cabinet. Some of the wine still remains
in the bottle. which is in the possession
Of the police, and will be tested today
Monday morning, the wife charges. he
fred a shot at her as a result of some
words over her child. The bullet she
said had lodged in the wall Of her bed
room. The police found It there when
they went to investigate the case last
night. Carpenter. the police say. admits
/ firing the shot, but says he merely did
| It to frighten his wife.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-21
B. KELLOGG WINS
PRIMARY IN MINNESOTA
(By the Sun News ServfceD

st. Paul, MINI, June N.-Frank B.
Kellogg's victory in the Republican con-
test for United States Senator is the out
standing result today Of Minnesota's 1916
Statewide primary election. The St
Paul. attorney romped into the nomina-
ton with a big lead over 4. o. Eberhardt,
his nearest competitor
Other leading features of the primary
were: Governor J. A. Burnquist's over
whelmins victory for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination; the close and
uncertain three-cornered race for the
Democratic nomination for governor: de-
feat Of Representative George R. Smith,
the only Minnesota Congressman to lose
in the primaries. and Senator Moses Z.
Clapp's poor showing even in districts
where he was expected TO receive an in
dorsement for his vote on the Gore reso-
luttonA