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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
STAGE STARS AWAKE;
UNIONISM FAVORED

| New York, March 22--Failure to Sc
cure an equitable contract between
| theatrical managers and themselves
has resulted in the unanimous adop-
ton OF a resolution by tie Actors
Equity association, last week, th.t the
question of joining with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor be submitted
at the annual meeting of the associa-
ton, to be held next May. Nearly soc
actors and ACTRESSES attended the
meeting, which was presided over by
its president, Francis Wilson. Before
the vote was taken Wilton Lackeye
Digby Bell and other actors spoke il
favor of the plan. President Wilson
said:
Our members, having suffered for
years under various injustices, or from
various injustices, felt, of course, that
our demands were equitable, and the
managers felt that they were equit-
able. They not only felt that they
were equitable but knew they were.
But they also said, equitable as they
may be, let us see you come on and
get them They even dared us TO
come and get them, and up to the
present time we have been afraid to
take the dare.
"Are we any less important as a
profession, as a people. than the stage
mechanics? They took the dare, and
they now have equitable contracts
Are\we any less important than the
musicians? Are we not more arts
tic? Are we not more hysterical than
musicians? Yet these temperamental
and historical musicians, from the
snare drummer up to Paderewski took
the dare and they now have equitable
contracts.
! II am not discouraged. have great
4 confidence in theNfact that the actor
will not stand forever under the in
sulting declaration Of the manager Of
being the chief business boob of the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23

universe, blind to his own lnIel ests
ana 70 MS own ulgnlLy. we must NOV
III Lnls mater. LlsLenlng TO LIE lo4c-
u Caution, we have DELAY eu, anu &c
.dyed, ana aelayed until notnlns Id
ueen accomplished toward our e4u4.
dule uemanuS.@
similar meetings were held on tne
same DAY IN oLuer sections vi tne
country. Vaudeville actors ana d.
tresses are organized in the Whll,
haIs' Actors union and are affiliate.
to the Amencan. t'ederatlon OF LaDu.
Chicago, March 22-About 200 az
tors ana actresses, members OF tins
Actors Equity association, discusseo
joining with the American FeoeraIlol
of LABOR at a meeting lat week
Among the prominent stage folks pres
ent were Jonn Drew ana blancne ring
1t was agreed that tinal acuon snoulc
not be taken until all members OF the
association could vote on the question
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
UNIONISTS CALL
ON PRESIDENT


Washington, March 22N-lPresident
Gompers, Vice President O'Connell
Treasurer Lennon and Secretary Nor
rison of the American Federation Oh
Labor urged President Wilson, last
Monday, to put a stop to the COMPETE
ton Of enlisted musicians OF the gov
eminent with civilian musicians. 1t
was shown that. the government fur
nishes uniforms and instruments to
these enlisted men and pays them
good salaries, and that they then enter
into competition with civilian musi
clans, who walk the streets while the
government musicians play in hotels
and elsewhere at a rate lower than
the private citizens can afford.
The unionists also asked the Presi
dent to favor the iSmith1Hughes bill
for industrial education and vocational
training.
President Wilson was presented
copies OF a resolution passed by the
A. F.. of l.. convention against Nship
subsidies, which take public moneys
for the purpose of promoting private
gain. The resolution favors the crea7
ton of an American merchant marine
to be manned by American seamen
under conditions that will make them
an effective naval reserve.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23

/ average family in its own home is
carrying a tax load that should be
carried by the Spectator and the
downtown land hog.
mat system OIL taxation has done
more to stop realty investment in this
Town than any otner ten things, but TO
date we have met but one real estate
man VINO was pig enough and honest
enough and who mad foresight enough
to realize this simple truth.
This situation applies to every city
in the West. II apples to some cities
more than it does here, but every
where this side OF the Canadian line
our tar system is discouraging indus
try, putting the load on the business
man, the producer, the worker, the
home owner, and letting the specula
tor, the big estates, the gamblers in
downtown sites escape, not only their
due share OF the tax load, but escape
with billions OF unearned increment
| that has come TO them through the
industry of others.
The neeoru is the only daily paper
in Southern California that has homes,
ty enough anu sense en- ough to openly
favor lanuslte taxation system.
/. 'i.lWenty ) ears from now every pa.
per fw4l4 lavor 1t. In the interim you
WORKERS anu business men are paying
a heavy penalty every day because you
will NO. Lace the truth and act.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
II HAPPENS IN LOS ANGELES
AND ELSEWHERE.

! The following from the Los Angeles
Record, describes conditions in prac-
tically every city of the United States.
The only part of it that won't fit every
city is the next to the last paragraph.
Los Angeles is more fortunate than
many other places in that it has a
daily paper like the Record, with
honesty enough and sense enough to
openly favor a land-site taxation sys-
tenn:
Some time when we have an after
noon off we are going up to the
assessors Office and take a look at the
tax rolls of this town. We are going
to see what some idle downtown prop
erty is assessed at. Then We are go
ing to probe into the assessment on
the average home on single lot in
the suburbs. Then we are going to
get some honest appraiser and have
him make a report, giving the selling
value of these two bits of property. :
Without having any accurate data,
still we Surmise that we will discover
a marked difference between the as
SCISSORS valuation of the downtown
site and the selling price. There will
also be some difference between the
assessors valuation of the home place
and the market price, but there won't
be nearly so much difference
And that is the final answer to
why taxes are high in this town and
why~ft is so increasingly difficult for
the worker to own his home.
Under the present tax system, -
Spectator, the land hog, the down
town investor" who holds his site out
of use, pays but fraction of what he
should pay because his land is
greatly under-valued.
THE home owner pays mighty near
up to the full value Of his property
and is fined for his industry in build
ing a bungalow, while the Spectator
is encouraged to keep his land out of
use by low tax.
Recently long legal jawing match
over street opening was settled.
The land hog that stood in the way
of the opening received $3.50 900 and
more for the land taken by the new
street and received an added value of
100000 on the land left by the i'm
provement. That entire property was
assessed at less than 100000.
That sort of taxation means that
the business men of this town are in
the grip of the landlords. It means
high rents, and in many cases it has
meant bankruptcy.
That sort Of taxation means high
house rent and 1t means that the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
LONGSHOREMEN
\ MAKE GAINS

Baltimore, March 22-For the frs,
timeNi in the history of their organiza
lion the Longshoremen's union has
signed y contracts with the principal
snip OWNERS at this port. Wages are
increased and working conditions i'm
proved. About $500 longsforemen are
benefited.
The International Longshoremens
association is conducting an organic.
ed campaign along the Atlantic sea
board, and officials say their member
ship has been Increased from 5000 to
5000 as a result. They predict that
l9,oO0 members willN be enrolled in
New York city alone by July /.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
TO Be ENLARGED
TWO STORIES,

Washington, Marcn 70. - Samuel
Gompers, rank MORRISON, and James
OlConnel, trustees OF the A. #. OF j..
office building, nave arranged that the
building snall De seven stories in
height, instead OF tive STORIES, as pro-
yloed under the original plans ana
contracts. The building was 10 have
7peen hye stories and basement, viii
provision TOR two additional stories
some time in the future. The trustees
nave, decided, however, that the buuu-
ing could be more advantageously con
slructed by making it the full seven
stories at this time.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
Hold Makers liable.

Albany, N. Y, MARCH 22lThrough a
decision of the court of appeals a
manufacturer is held liable for de-
fects in an article causing injury to
a purchaser, even though the purchase
is made through an Intermediary. The
decision, which was rendered in the
case of Donald C. Macpherson against
the Buick Motor company, is said to
establish a new principle in law.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-03-23
Pass Anti Injunction Bill.

Trenton, N. j., March 2e.-The state
assembly has passed an anti-injunction
bill by vote of IS to ~. A similar
bill was approved by the last assem-
bly,, but failed of passage in the SEN
ate.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-09

AWAITING OFFERS

FNNHFNl ! INV VI EENS
Tony Dolce is the proud possesor
Of a brand new kitchen cabinet, and
it's dandy, too. Surely the next
thing in order will be a wife,-LUsk,
WyO., Herald.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04

Der garl5e Slan mar 1n8tpeitel-
baff iebr gelbidt entiporfen uno es
1T ou6 3atia6e, oaB Die @nglonoer
uno Die Guiien ouBeroroentlif Der
1tarft fino. Srotoern lit Der grfolg
Der Sffeniipe bisber Elm lebr geteil=
ter gemeien. Gs tit natiirli6 I'M
nloelif, iett idon nit Seltimntbeit
porous5uleben, mel6en 8erlauf Die,
5e getpegl1ng nebnten miro, ober bis
ieet itebt es nift 10 aus, als menn
iie ibren .3mef, 9eutI6lano uno
feline Gerbiinoeten 81 perrl6ten
uno at einem unporteilbaften Srie=
ben at 5lpingen, errei6e1 lperoe. Sn
@ali5ien lit ia o~leroings oaS ruff
Ihe Seer in Die 9ufopina uno oas
iiioli6e @ali5ien eingeorungen, aber
iiberan ionit an Ser Oitfront balten
9e1ttIhe unb SeIterrei6er tapfer
9tano. Siioli6 BON Ser Somme
mubten Die 0euti6en aaeroings III
re SteQungen 5uriifnebmen moro
lif) BON Dem Slulie ober bielten lie
oie Mngriffe aus uno tpenn Die @eg=
ger feline meiteren @rfolge errln=
gen permooen, 10 meroen lie nit
6ieIen @rfolgen Die 6ront Ser 9eut-
I6en iiderlid nidt erifiittern nno
gum allgemeinen Hiif5ng 5fpingen.
gs lit Neientanb inn Stonoe, beu=
te {don 0aS @nbe oieIer Sffenlipen
porotslagen.< @6er, mie es iebt
ftebt, 10 fonnen mir Sreunoe Der
Deuti6en ale Soffnung baben, OoB
oie 9euti6en unb ibre G%erbiinoeten
olt6 bieie i6nereariiis ilberiteben
mer0e11.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04
Die bemtige Sage.

@dbreno Die Offeniipe IIoIif
bon Der somnle nod erfoglreif bon
oen Sron5oien bltr6gefibrt miro,
baben Ole @neldnoer auf Der gtorp-
ieite feline ,Sorti9ritte gemadt. Yin
Ser Sltfront lit oas 8ororin9en Der
Gulien iest iiberall gum aufbalten
oebradt, nl6 BET &olomea. get Su5f
iino Die 9eutIden uno Seiterrei6er
unaefdbr flint Meilen porgeorln=
def1.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04
G,iites Iusieben @ubl6efinSen

0iemono fam ii6 pobIbefinoen.
ODER Elm autes gusieben boben.
fpenn er an @eritopfung Ieioet. Be
freit @u6 ourd cine @ebonolnn9
nit Or. Sings Stem 2ife Sins.
gee6rnt cine ober 8pei GiIen belltf
gbeno uno moreen friib ieio Sbr
tpobl uno munter. 25c lei Gpctbe'
fern.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04
2ehrer aeindt,

Ser 0euti6 unb GneIiid unterrif-
ten fam, miro fir Die Green Sill
S6ule geiudt. 9 Monote Inter
ri6t. 4ppIifarten m6gen iid tpen-
Sen on: Srit Gompel, 9enrb Stabl
uno Il6ert Seimer, Gruitees, @uI.
hprnp Spro8
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04
3u p~erfaufen uber an pertauifcn.

102 older Sdnar8lano : Sarn. 80
Gder in auItnr. y NeiIe bon Der
Gtabt; Saus bon Z 3immern, 9utes
Gheunenaebduoe, Rinomiible II. rei6lih
mites 8diier, aud gutes 2entersS aiis.
@enbet glG brett an ben giaentiimer:
g. 9. Smit6, Gratuforh, Seyas.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04
@eneihe Seinen Naflbar

Semeibe 9einen @ad)bar nidt,
neil er froblid lit, uno 0l biit ber-
5ogt, neil er ladt, Dabreno Oh
leuf5It. Gr lit pabrideinlid ni1t
molbabenoer, als gu, aber Iein Slut
lit rein uno fraftia, tp6breno 9ei-
mes fraftIos uno unrein 1T, feline
2eber orbeitet, mGbrenb Define nnta'
tig lit.
Sorni's @lpenfrduter fam Dir
sur guten @eiunobeit berbelfen. Sc
lit nift in @potbefen 8u BADEN. 60
falogenten Iiefern es, ooer man
i6reibe an: Or. Geter Sabrrep &
Cons Co.. 1875 60. Sopne Nbe.,
Chicago, 81.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04

yne Sprten ppn 9ruf : arbeiten,
mie Slider, c5pIbers", grisfbusen nns
Spnnerts, Gartcn, .Gtrcnlare. Ginlahnns
een mim., In Seutih unb Gnsliih, nett
ansaefibrt. @iIfpn e Ghwes.
n, a n I, Irimtins Co., 206 Hobarrp Str.
Gel. Grpdett 1924.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-07-04
Giienbabn aaBrpIan.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-05

more important figure in foreign
trade after the war than it was at
any time before the war was declared,
and that every ship that can be built
will be needed. They also cite the
fact that repairs alone will be very
important item Doubtless the attitude
of the government toward ship build
ing will have a large influence and
some encouragement is to be found in
the fact that the administration ship
ping bill has been so amended as to
provide that the government will go
out of the business of owning and
operating ships five years after the
war ends. A very interesting sugges-
ton bearing on this subject has been
made by President George ]. Baldwin,
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.,
who expresses the belief that with the
coming of peace there will be gen.
eral rise in labor costs in Great Brit
ain which will tend to equalize the
cost of production in the two countries
and that, if the American ship build
ers adopt the British policy of greater
specialization in the industry, they
should be able to meet the keen for
eign competition which will develop.
while" says Mr.. Baldwin, "the first
cost of the American built ships has
been greater than that of the British
tramp, yet on account of our better
construction and design, the actual
operating charges, excluding wages.
have been less, although not sufficient
to equalize the wage difference" All!
There's the rub-the operating
charges. The real question is
what will congress do about the navi-
CATION laws which have such an i'm
portant effect on wages?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-05

derstand your friends should extend
congratulations"
so you have heard that rumor,"
he replied shortly. We'll, there isn't
a word of truth in it. Ordinarily do
not take the trouble to deny it, but
l want you to know"
And why me7' she asked lightly.
You have older friends who have a
prior claim, although 1 doubt If they
would feel more interest"
He hesitated long before replying.
This is not the time or place 1 would
choose to tell you,' he answered at
last, turning his back fully upon the
passing crowd, but Mrs. Grundy is a
persistent old lady and makes a great
deal of trouble. Ever since 1 landed
that rumor has followed me. I sup
pose it was the natural consequence
of the enforced intimacy of life on
shipboard. 1t did not occur to me it
would reach you"
It do not live entirely out of the
world even if my home is in the
depths of the country the girl said
with a laugh.
''Of course not But 1 want to tell
you what Mrs. Grundy cannot know
1 was safeguarded by the vision of
yellow gown, with a bunch of snap
dragons in her arms-a little country
girl living near Charlottesville.
But I have already detained you
too long, yet I could not let you go
NitHoul lHlS explanation, Silgnt though
it is. l could not let you credit the
foolish gossip. When may see you ?
cannot wait long to finish this talk,
now that it is begun. 1 must know
where stand with you.'' Then he
laughed. Il had meant to do the usual
thing in candy, flowers, the theater,
but you have forced my hand. You
don't know all you have missed" he
finished whimsically.
The girl leaned forward, eyes shin
ing, lips parted. do you really mean
me, DIR. Marshall?" Then more slow
| ly, Il had thought Mary"
Think of what have told you-of
nothing else.'' he replied somewhat
| peremptorily II did care for Mary,
but for twelve months have remem-
bered her sister. There has been no
other. Where are you staying?''
Il am in town for the night only ]
came for the opera and am with Mary
at the AlbermarIe. Perhaps"
| "Perhaps?"
| Her color deepened. You might go
with us. Mary has a box and tomor-
row"
"Yes?"
you might motor home with me
The country is very beautiful just
now. "-(Copyright. 1916, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-05
IaleaHs
,cs.hadrsAias.s S Is
Miss Chameleon Is Good Detective.

Miss Chameleon Is Good Detective
Chippy Chipmonk thought Miss
Chameleon would never stop laughing
after he asked her to tell him who
stole his nuts. But she finally did
She sobered up ard politely asked
him why he hadn't looked for them.
"I have looked fer them," replied
Chippy, but I cannot find them. I've
asked wise Mr.. Owl and he doesn't
know where they are; I've asked the
tree toad and he knows nothing but
the rain that's coming; and now I'm
asking you. Please tell me where my
nuts are
I'm that hole right behind you,"
said Miss Chameleon.
''Wnat?" exclaimed Chippy.
I'm that hole right behind you,"
repeated Miss Chameleon.
Il mean my nuts that 1 had hidden
in my own pantry hole" explained
Chippy.
ITO be sure. to be sure" replied
Miss Chameleon; chose are the ones
1 am talking about"
Chippy could hardly believe his
ears. Gould it be possible that this
tiny little creature that he could
hardly see (she looked so much like
the ferns under which she was) knew
moro about his nuts than wise Mr.
Owl or noisy Mr.. Tree Toad? Surely
not! But he would look and see just
He turned around and looked at the
hole in the tree where she pointed her
tail and there, hidden behind some
carefully placed twigs, were his nuts
his very own nutsi He could hard
ly believe his eyes.
'H-how d-d-did you know" he
gasped-
''Humph!" replied Miss Chameleon
"Humph is all very WELL" retorted
Chippy, who was getting over his sur
prise enough to find his voice; but
how did you know so much more than
the others?"
That's easy" said Miss Chameleon,
indifferently. 81 notice things"
Il should say you do" agreed
Chippy: 'but what was there to no.
tice?"
Il notice the twigs; I notice the
tracks on the bark; notice every
thing. And I keep track of Willy
Wood-rat."
willy Wood-rat," exclaimed Chip
by. Has he come here?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-05
BOOM IN sHIPBUmDING.

Numerous announcements made re-
Gently about the building of new ship
yards and additions to old plants
naturally give rise to the question
is not this expansion proceeding at
too rapid a rate? asks the Iron Trade
Review, and it continues: Certainly
the ship building capacity of the coun-
try is being enlarged at a rate which
no one would have thought possible
even year ago and in some quarters
grave fears are expressed as to the
calamities that may come upon
those who are responsible for this
great expansion. The question is one
which, like many others, is so closely
connected with the war and what may
come after it that it is hazardous to
make any definite prediction. Those
who believe that this country is justi-
fled in the rapid increase of ship
building capacity are firm in the be-
lief that the country will be a much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-05

When any one expressed wonder,
before the Austrian drive began re-
Gently why the Italians were not max
ing more progress with their cam
paign in the Tyro1, the explanations
came promptly from Rome that the
soldiers of Italy were making haste
surely as well as slowly. They were
establishing their battle lines and such
positions as they occupied in an i'm
pregnable manner, in a way that
would preclude the possibility of the
Austrians and Germans making any
successful advances against them.
And vet, the Austrian offensive against
the Italian forces has already resulted
IN casualties to the latter to the tune
of $4,000 men and also the loss of
zoe pieces of artillery. However, Italy
has been of considerable service to the
Entente alliance, even if she hasn't
done much successful. fighting. Her
activities have demanded the atten-
ton of a big force of Austrians that
would have come in handy for the
Central Powers in the other fighting
zones had not Italy entered the war.