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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
"OLD GLORY" TO FLY
ON PACIFIC OCEAN

San Francisco.-NicePr President Ros-
setter, of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company has returned from New York
and quietly announces that his company
will again enter the Pacific serv-
ice and that the boats will fly the United
States flag.
A few months ago this company was
driven out Of misunderstanding to op-
poncnts Of the seamen's law. Printers 5
ink was used without stint and congress
was deluged with resolutions that this
iniquitous legislation be promptly repeal
ed
The Seamen's union, however, didn't
stampede. Ditto congress.
Friends Of the law pointed out that
Pacific Mail hauled down the flag be-
cause it sold its four largest vessels to
the international Mercantile Marine
company, combination of ship com
panies along the Atlantic seaboard, at
unheard OF prices, Later the marine
company sold two of these vessels to
Japanese parties. Pacific Mail sold a
fifth vessel to China.
Instead of making frank statement
why Pacific Mail hauled down the flag,
this corporation, together with every
other advocate of cheap labor, blamcc
| the scamcn's law. OF course, a certain
class of editors cried here too" EX
citablc citizens became affected, cham
| bcrs Of commerce resolved and prospect
seemed bright for annulling the act, i
the seamen and their friends would jus
keep quiet about that profitable sale b,
Pacific Mail
When the facts became gcncrall
known the ants campaign looked lik
an exploded fire cracker and now Mr.
Rosscttcr tells the public everything i
arranged for re-establishing the flag il
the Oriental trade.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
Interstate Commerce Commission
Is In No Shape to Handle Wage Disputes. They Are
NouU Ouerburdened With Other Duties Railroad
Managers Should Settle All Their Disputes
With Their Employees.

prospect of being forced to yield to the
brothcrhoods, are demanding hasty and
ill-considered legislation, the first eff
feet of which would be to give them an
advantage in their dispute with their
employees.
The Commission only has authority
over rates, etc, on interstate trafhC and
has no control over matters that are
wholly within a State.
If authority is conferred on the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission by Con-
gress, to fix or exercise any control over
wages, it would only apply to employees
whose runs are from one State to an
other.
lnasmuch as the bulk of trainmen
work totally within State, it would
result in the worst muddle possible. A
few employees having their wages fixed
by the u. S. and the rest of them stand
ing just where they are now.
The claim made by the railroads that
as the Interstate Commerce Commission
has authority over freight rates, it
should also have authority over rates
Of pay, is a clever and seemingly plaus-
ible argument, put forward to secure
public sympathy.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has diaVdyS taken cognizancc OF wages or
labor costs in passing upon freight rates.
One of the leading arguments OF the
railroads in making application for au-
thority to advance their freight rates
has been that outlays for employees have
increased and as a consequence that they
should be permitted to charge more Tor
their services
Elaborate statistical exhibits have in
all general rate cases been presented by
the railroads to the Commission, which
set forth in great detail how many more
dollars are paid out in wages and sal
aries as compared with former years,
As a consequence, the Interstate Com
mercc Commission has always passed on
the question of the relation of wages to
freight and passenger rates, and to total
operating costs.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
CONTRACT SIGNED
BY CHAUFFEURS
Zumstcin TaXicab Company Agrees
To Demands For Better CODdi-
tiOns and Closed Shop.

Carriage Drivers and Chauffeurs'
Union. Local 1913. and the Zumstcin
r-,.;,.,I, Co,,,,o,,,. 10 Roc, c;,.., s,,oo,
''>'' az ''''P.'"y' 80 ''''' ''''>''' '',.N'
nave entered INTO ohe-year working
agreement. Drivers of the company
who are members of the union, last
Tuosd,,, ,,,or,,;r,, ,roso,,od =, ,ronosod
TT,
contract Ill Wh'ch tley demanded better
working conditions and closed shop.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
DRAFTS WAGE DEMAND.

East Liverpool, Ohio, July 2O-Secrc-
tary John T. Wood OF the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters, is
drafting the demands for wage in
crcases submitted at the recent Atlantic
City convention by the Sanitary Ware
Workers, to be forwarded to the manu-
facturcrs 1t a conference in September.
Helpers in pottery at Salineyille near
here, went on strike today, closing the
planf, when demand for a wage increase
was refused
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22

Cleveland, Ohio, July 21.-The fol-
lowing statement was issued today by
the Transportation Brothcrhoods
The proposition of the railroads to
refer the demands of the railway broth
erhoods for an eight-hour day to the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
nothing but a proposition to gain time
for the railroads and to waste time for
the men
The Interstate Commerce Commission
is not now equipped to undertake this
task. In order to undertake it the In
terstate Commerce Commission Act
would have to be radically amended by
Congress. Such an amendment would
require at least a month for passage,
and upon its passage several months
would be required before the Commits
sion could actually begin the work, thus
imposed upon il.
Whatever may be the dcsirability of
empowering the Interstate Commerce
Commission to handle wage disputes,
this is not the time to do it. The Com
mission is overburdencd with duties. A
bill has been pending before Congress,
urgently advocated by the railroads
themselves, Gaining LOT an increase III
the membership of the Commission in
order to enable it to handle cases al
ready on its docket.
A resolution is now pending in the
House, after having been passed by the
Senate, calling for an investigation by
a joint committee Of Congress into the
need for railroad legislation, particu-
larly into the need for legislation affect
ing the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. This resolution was introduced at
the request of the railroads and for the
express purpose of heading off any rail
road legislation till a comprehensive sur
vcy of the entire situation should have
been made Representatives of the rail
roads have urged this resolution for
these reasons.
Yet now the railroads, forgetting
these arguments and frightened at the
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
NURSES ORGANIZE.

Massillon, Ohio July 2O.-The organ
ization by Is nurses and other employees
Of the Massillon State Hospital for the
Insane of a union under the direction
of American Federation Of Labor or
ganizers and the application to the Fed
Grafton for a charter, the first of its
kind on record, was announced today
following q secret meeting here last
night. The union expects to enroll all
of the 500 employees of the big institu-
ton which houses nearly 1000 patients,
One of the principal objects it was
said will be to reduce working hours.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
WILL NOT BUILD POTTERY.

Atlantic City, n, 1.-The convention
of the National brotherhood of Opera
tive PotterS made short work OF reso-
luton which provided that sufficient
funds be taken from the defense fund
to build pottery, same to be located in
that part OF the country offering the best
inducements in the way OF bonus, fuel
and freight rates"
One delegate said: "'rhc organization
has trouble enough of its own without
going out of its way to borrow more
trouble"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
LONGSHOREMEN RETURN
To Work Pending Settlement of
Strike on Coast.

San Francisco, July 20.-Four thou
san San Francisco union longshoremen,
who struck June / for higher wages
and a closed shop, returned to work to-
day under the old wage scale and with
out closed-shop agreement, pending
negotiations with their employers, Long
shoremen in Seattle, San Pedro and
others Pacific coast towns, excepting
San Diego and Portland, are still hold
ing out for their original demands.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-19

week, hurt while taking tests for
promotion.
Clara MeckIenberg, 1920 N. Craw-
ford aV., refused to appear against
Ed Wallace, $50 N. 5th av Had ac-
cUsed him of taking liberties with
her.
Hynan MosIofsky, 1926 S. Her.
mitage av., arrested. Failed to put
revenue stamps on cigarets he made.
Chas. Renka gave self up. Want
ed for murder of John Guris, 1740
w. 63d, whom he accused of intima-
cies with wife.
Jacob Smith, IA, 1874 N. Kedzie
av., ran away. Got tired in S. Chi
cagO and gave self up.
Four soldiers of III. NATL guard,
Battery D, arrested Irving Kosch in
Blackstone hotel when he failed to
keep pledge to join company.
Rudolph StrehIe, 10 years head
waiter in POmpeiian room in Con-
gress hotel, dead.
Harrison st. police informed that
Mrs. D. Bingham, Plymouth hotel,
left three rings worth $3.50 in wash
room of KaiserhOf hotel.
Robert Egan chased two highway
men into arms of policeman when |
they held him up.
Ben Bargenson, IL, errand boy,
1922 N. Campbell av., hit by car.
DR.. Thomas Douglass, Lake Forest
alderman, interviewed with police |
force for four men arrested for gam
bling. They were fined. He was ar
rested.
Fl. Benjamin, near Indianapolis,
to be base of central states military
camp.
Police looking for Esther Beck, |
Lake Forest, stenographer who has
been missing since Saturday.
Caesar Seppi, 81, internally injured
at Grand and Chicago avs. by Mrs.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-19
NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

Mrs. TiIIie Turner, 65, 2521 War
rem aV., dead. Overcome by gas Sun
day.
Alfred Miller, 537 Rush, arrested.
Pittsburgh police say he stole plat
mum from landlady.
Coroner's jury, unable to name
murderer of Michael Vaiana, 1925
LarTabee. Was shot.
Frank MARSHA and Frank Moran
do arrested in Gary on a white slave
charge,
10000 in deposits paid out of Lo-
gan Square Trust & Savings bank by
run founded on rumor. Most of the
money put back.
Edison Keith, engineer, composer,
milliner and lawyer, to leave Chi
cago for Florida home. Lived here
"a years.
Anna Nell, 49, asked police to send
her to BrideweH. Can't find work.
Will repeat request to Judge this
morning.
Carolyn Kister, Ohio girl who took
bichloride Of mercury after being at
tackled, slowly dying at Washington
Park hospital.
Mrs. Sarah Fork, O., 1922 Mich
igan aV., badly hurt by motorcycle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
IS BOOMING;;FACTS
 FULLY STATED

Glen c. Bartlett manager of the Hotel Gastineau, received a letter on the Admiral Watscn from a friend To- cated at AnchoraNe and giving much interesting informNion about that place and telling of the life and pros poets Of tue city lt also tells Of the farming ln that section and the Ice conditions in lhe Inlet
 Tho letter says in part. People outside tan, about our fortified har- bor, and 1t is tho truth but the ab- sence of wind here is the cause of the freeze up. If we had a stiff north wind once In while the bay would be kept free of ice The freah water from the rivers form slush ice on the surface of the water, and ice masses forming on the shore are welded to- gether and drift up and down the lbay for weeks at a time. A little wind would take this out and keep the har- bor clear.
 "The bay does not freeze solid, as most people think, but there is al- ways some part Of 1t which is free from ice, the masses drifting around with the tide. Al present the ice Is melting fast and the river currents have swept a passage clear through the middle of the mass
 Population of 5000
 we have a population Of 5000 now, according to the post office officials, and at the rate they are coming, ex- pect to have double that number by next fall.
 "The strike has had no general ef- feet on construction as in many plac- es the wages have been raised and the transportation of material up the river continues The railroad has been finished far enough now SO that farmers and miners are using 1t reg ularly. By leaving Anchorage on the morning train and walking from the end of the line one may arrive at Knik. distance of 60 miles by the trail, in time for dinner, or for lunch if you have dog team. The fare for passengers is @ cents per mile.
 Vegetables on Market
 '1t became a familiar sight last fall to see some farmers driving down the streets of the city with a wagon load of vegetables Many made good money last year and there will be lots Of farmers in this section this summer as they find it pays better 10 raise vegetables for the market than to work for wages.
 "One farmer last year produced two and a half tons of potatoes from one sack Of seed and another got eight ton on three-quarters of an acre Of ground, This is the supply point for many mines and for tho railroad and the farmers will find ready market for all they raise The merchants here will also benefit as it will create a greater demand for their goods
 Another tract of coal land has been struck some distance this side of the Natanuslza Field and two miles or the railroad route It is under stood here that tho Commission has given contracts to mine coal from the new tract for use during the construc- | lion of the road.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
+ ++4%+ D 2 2 . 2 6 > Personal Mention . @44%%~%%~4~4%%%~S .


 2. R. Stivers. customs officer at St. Michael. who has been assisting in the Juneau office for the past two mouths, left this morning for the south He will enjoy his annual vacation trip and will then return to his station at the mouth of the Yukon when naviga- tion opens.
 Howard Lanncau and bride. Of Spo- kane. who have been at the New Cain. and who same north to surprise Mrs. Janneau only to find that she had left for Lituya Bay. left for their home again this morning.
 Mrs. c. ". Bevis, mother of Dr. E. NJ. Bevis. and who has been visit ing with her son for some time left for the south this morning. She Is returning to her home.
 William Wilson. who has been em- ployed at Spatz Cafe for @ long time. left this morning for Prince Rupert. He is on Q vacation trip and expects to return soon.
 E. W. Smith. commercial man. is a recent arrival and is registered at the Gastineau.
 Jesse Jensen. special deputy mer. shai from Haines, arrived yesterday on the Georgia bringing Madelln Gib-
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
IreadWel
SUITS FILED IN THE
 COMMISSIONERS COURT

Three suits over money were filed this morning in the Commissioners court George Meyers, of Douglas brought suit against George Helias to recover $42, alleged due for rent of a cabin and good sold Meyers also brought suit against Mike velison for the value of goods sold amounting to $50.
 Peter Juus brought suit against Fer nando !. Nelson to recover S136 al- legged due for labor performed for the defendant by the plaintih.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11

son. prisoner. He is registered ai the Castineau.
 H. Frazer and Ed Shafer are re- cent arrivals at the Circle City rom nearby mining camps.
 Fred Fonzo. former deputy marshal at Slxagway. Is in the city and is reg istered at the Occidental.
 Gene Owens. the well known min ing man from Sumdum. is registered at the Occidental.
 V. Haggerty. a Haines hotel man IS in the city and is registered at the Occidental.
 Rev. l.. F. Pederson, pastor of the Methodist church at Skagway, is in the city for a brief visit.
 pr. Earl NJ. Bevis and family ex- pect to leave for the south on the Al aska- They will locate permanently at the Dalles, Oregon.
 Mrs. J. J. stocker. who has been south for the past two months is re- turning to Juneau on the Jefferson. Mrs. Stocker is wife of the proprietor of the Imperial Pool and Billiard hall.
 Mrs. Carl II. Slade left this morn. ing on the Al-Ki for the south for @ visit.
 NJ. D. Berry left for the south this morning on the Al-Ki to secure a new automobile for his livery service. He recently sold his old machine to M ?. Goodman. of the Alaskan hotel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
PRISONERS HAVE BAD
 HOUR IN THE COURT

The prisoners in the Federal jails who have been indicted by the grand jury were given Q bad hour in the dis trict court this morning. All were present except two who are out on ball who had not been notified to be there.
 Louis Mann and Fred Lindberg, who are jointly charged with stealing blan- kets and clothing from a warehouse in Juneau, and who plead guilty to the charge. were sentenced. Mann drew IS months at McNeil's Island prison and Llndberg two years, with three months of for confinement before trial. at the same place.
 David Bolt, Roy Cassidy and Le- mon Watson. all charged with steal ing whiskey from Tim Vogels sa- loon at Haines, were brought up and the first two plead guilty Watson plead not guilty They will be sem fenced Monday morning.
 Myron Smith, charged with stealing whiskey from a saloon at Haines; c. Chalmers. charged with giving liquor to natives, and William Prentiss, charged with attempting to bribe, will all plead on Monday morning
 John Peterson and Fred Anderson, charged with giving whiskey to Inc dians will plead on Monday morning.
 Ole Swanson and Lily Nelson, charged with a statutory crime, enter ed a plea Of guilty and will be sem tenced later.
 M l.. Palmblom charged with taking 200 feet Of water Dspe rom the beach
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
GRAND JURY RETURN
 THREE TRUE BILLS

This morning the grand jury re- turned three true bills and one not true bill. A true bill was found against George and Tom Hobson, of Killis- moo, charging them with giving whis- key to Indians. The ofiense occurred on September 21st. 1915.
 Frank R. Gregg was indicted for ar son. It is charged that on Feb 18th, 1916, he set fire to and burned the federal jail at Haines while priE- oner there
 George coussiman was ordered re- leased on a not true bill returned against him. He was arrested for drawing a knife on William Miller at Douglas on December 9th last
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
REeloNe FROM BOARD.

Gov. !. P. A. Strong today received the resignation of W. B. Kirk from the Territorial Pharmacy Board for Che Second Division. Mir. Kirk has re moved to Juneau and Is connected with the Butler, Mauro Drug Company here. The resignation has been ac cepied but the successor has not beer named.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
TAYLoR's CANDY SHOP
 HAS A NEW LOCATION

W. W. Taylor. maker of the "Fa- nous Taylor Made" candy. has re- moved his candy kitchen from the old quarters on Front street to the new building on Main street erected by Olts 6 Gilpatrick recently.
 The new quarters will be more CO., modious and handy. besides being ab- solutely clean and sanitary. They are well lights by several large win dows. The candy kettles are located in the rear room, while the cutting and hardening tables are in the front room in full view from the street.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
SHIPPING LICENSE ISSUED.

The Governors office today Issued Q shipping license to Isaac Smith, Of Cordova, for one brown bear skin, Mir. Smith says that the bear was killed out Of season. He was hunting birds with shot gun and the bear surprised him. He let fly with both barrels and struck the bear in the eye. The skin is being sent to the minor hospital at Seattle, where Smith was once a patient
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11

at young's Bay, entered Q plea of not glulty and the date for trial will be set later.
 Madeline Gibson of Hainos, charged with receiving stolen goods was arraigned and was given until Tuesday morning to secure the ser vices of a lawyer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
AL.KI LEAVES FOR SOUTH.

The steamer M-Ki. which has been unloading freight on the channel for the past two days, left for the south at 10 o'clock this morning. Among the passengers leaving were Mrs. C. Fl. slade. c. c. LaBelle, Miss Cole. Miss Jones, H. Fries, R. c. Rideneur. J. Tanlcol, G. Titano, Thomas Camp bell. II. P. Ashby. M. D. Berry, W. Becker, F. C.. Tiedmann, c. sldaald, Mrs. G. c. Collins and Mrs. c. Hall.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
FRONTIER CLUB MOVING.

The Frontier Club is busy moving tho goods and chattels of the organi- zation from the old quarters on &c., ward street to the large Maloney res idence which has just been leased.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
Bowling Last Nloht.

In the channel championship bowling tournament last night on the Elk al- leys the Juneau Elk team defeated the Treadwell team as follows:
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11
SOMETHING SURE COMING OFF WHEN
 APRIL 1 ARRIVES

Ting-a-ling; ting-a-ihgl
 Did you ever awake at an early hour and answer the phone7
 You answered iL Hello" you said.
 April Fool" was tho reply.
 We'll don't forget there will be one April first. when no one win get fooled. Attend the 4. B. dance on April first. Keep that date open The A. B.s intended to give the big dance March 17th but gave way to the Elks and the dance will be given April one.
 All the Bills will be there at tho dance. Don't miss it-
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11

The Empire is a producer of print ng that will escape tho waste basket.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11

sPEcIAL-Alaska eggs. 50 cents q dozen, at Goldstein's Emporium.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-11

Lel no Empire do your printine-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-07-19
, Sh! Here's a Secret;
; Uncle Sam Makes Nearly
, All of His Own Shirts

Uncle Sam never was accused of
being a Sissy" or an "old woman"
but-here's a secret-he makes nearly
all his own shirts, and not only that,
he's so economical that he makes
practically all the collars that he
wears.
The bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce, department of commerce,
has just completed a study Of the shirt
and collar industry, which reveals that
he American manufacturers have the
home market pretty much to them
selves, with very little foreign compe-
tition to fight.
The largest import of collars and
cuffs for any one year was $4,000 in
1913, while the total production of
these articles as far back as 1909 was
S17,200,000. The present output is
much greater, but Nc statistics are
available. The total value Of the
shirts produced in this country in 1909
was SS2,40O 900, compared with which
the imports are insignificant.
Separate collars for mems shirts
are said to have been first made about
1925 by the wife of a blacksmith in
Troy, N. Y. This woman did the fam.
lily washing and ironing and realized
that shirts with separate collars
would not have to be washed as often
as did shirts with collars attached.
She applied the idea not only by max.
ing separate collars for her husbands
shirts, but by making them also for
sale. This innovation attracted the at
tention Of Rev. Ebenezer Brown, a re
tired Methodist minister, who kept a
small dry goods store in Troy. With
the aid Of the female members Of his
OWN family, Rev. Brown, about 1929,
began offering String collars" for
sale and soon developed a profitable
new branch Of his business. The de-
mand for store" collars increased,
and during the thirties and forties
several companies were formed to
carry on the manufacture OF separate
collars, cuffs and shirt bosoms. The
collar and cuff industry has been cen
tered in Troy from the first. In 1909,
80.46 per cent of the collars and cuffs
manufactured in the whole country
was manufactured in that city.
The manufacture of shirts was
founded as a systematic industry in
1882 in New York. and in 1909 that
city manufactured 27.74 per cent Of
the total output Of the country. Troy
and Albany produced S.85 per cent
Philadelphia 1858 per cent. Baltimore
1853 per cent and st. Louis 4.07 pei
cent. New York state and Pennsyl
vania produced nor than half the
shirts made in the country.