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The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
The Daily Reminder
ropAY's ANNIVERSARIES

isos-Henry Hudson, In the ship
Half Moon" entered Delaware Bay,
l7sS-dsn. John stark. who won
ning,on. born al Londonderry. n II
Died at Manchester. n. IL. May 8.
i7Is-JohAnn wolfsang Won oo.-
the. who is ranked among the world .
greatest poets, born at Frsnkfort-on-
the Main Died at weimsr. March
isis-rreaty signed between Al
giers and England, by which Chris
all slaves OF whatever nation. to be
delivered up.
lSsO-First election OF state on
GERS In Missouri
Albany, y. Y. was lnAusurated.
lssS-Fresident Johnson. accom-
panied by Gen. Grant. Admiral Far
TasuI t. and nS,,n,I members s q his cabinet
tend the unveiling OF the stephen A
Douglas monument
ls;o--rwo German armies num-
bering 22o, men. were marching on
Iss,-British under Gen. Grsham,
defeated Araei Psshs At battle OF
kassassin.
issi-Tirst reunion OF survivors OF
The Black Hawk war OF 1882 held st
Lena Ill
lsss-The house OF representatives
voted 20 repeal the silver purchasing
clause of tho sherman act. rejecting
all free-coinage amendments
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY N THE
WAR
six German aeroplanes defeated In
attempt 20 raid Paris
Ambassador Won Bernstorn PROM
ised full satisfaction for sinking ot
Arabic.
Italians destroyed Austrian artiI-
lsry and seized larE. quantities OF
munitions In the Tyrol
Mr. Bafour gave total casualties
from zeppelin raids Up 20 date as 80
civilians KILLED and a3o wounded.
roD,Y's BIRTHDsys
Senator Francis @ Newlsnd. OF
Eressional committee 10 Investigate
the railroad situation. born at Nat-
chez hiss.. So years ago today
Commander Orton =, Jackson. feet
born IN Pennsylvania - years ago
today
Charles s whitman. the present
governor of New York. born at Nor
wich, Conn IS years ago today
Bellsmy Storer. former American
Ambassador % Austria Hungary. born
In Cincinnati 80 years ago today.
sidney Drew. who enjoys wide
! horn in New York 50 years ago today
James T Lloyd. representative In
congress 81 tho First Missouri dis
trict. born at Canton, Mo, 50 years
/ ago today.
pr Elmer r Brown. chancellor ot
/ New York university. and former L
/ : commissioner ~ ehucation Born
In Chautauqua county. y Y, SIS year
| George ~ PAsk.rt. outr.issr o, tn.
/ Philadelphia National league baseball
team. born In Cleveland. O.. - years
agC today.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
DO You Know That

-Four per cent of the inhabitants
OF certain sections Of the south have
malaria?
The United states public health
service has trapped 6l5.744 rodents
in New Orleans IN the last rs
months7
The careless sneezer is the great
grip spreader?
Open air is the best spring tonicg
Typhoid fever is a disease pecu
liar 10 man.
Measles kills over 1000 American
children annually
There has not been a single case
of yellow fever In the United states
since i905?-United States Public
Health Service.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
How Pennington Fares Dry

For 'he benefit OK those eho
might DO anxious 20 know hoU
rarming'on IL farms under the no
saloon plan. We x.u sag ae have
about recovered from tha effects Of
- years saloon domination The
last bOotiegger has gorp out ~ bus
mess. ard the Old snaks have
settled down 20 living pretty decent
Ives. Our city cop hasnt seen a
drunk 'or 90 long he is actually get
ing lonesome There .s not a boot.
logger who e. willing 20 run The risk
~ getting caught, and you couldn't
Eet drink of old rya ln Fsrmington
Y you'd been swaI'Owed by a boa
constructor Business "a good and
money is plentiful. and farm lands
have advanced from SIS 20 $50 an
acre since the town went dry" first
iogr years ago We lost few old
soaGs who thought they couldn't
get along without their drinks. but
Ne have gained a lot os good farm
srs who have bought farms near
Fsrm!ngton and moved here, Just
because they wanted 20 get their
boys IN = country where there were
no saloons Several families have
moved 70 Pennington and are living
here nov. and spending their money
with our merchants. Just because We
nave no saloons. -- Pennington
MINI Tribune.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
The Old Gardener Says

II Ia not advisable 10 use ar
senate OF lead on wellgrown cab
bages in the homo garden. Helle-
bore II fresh, is just as fatal TO
the cabbage worm and is safer to
use because II soon loses Its poi
sonous properties Tobacco dust
or soap suds may be used in
emergencies, and hot water at a
temperature OF 100 sprayed into
the heads will kill the worms
without hurting tho cabbages.
The common white butterflies
seen flying about the garden all
summer are responsible for the
cabbage worm.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
The Engineer
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

The man of the future will be the en-
gineer.
He is the man who can Do things; and
is better than the man who Owns
things.
The Millionaire Is temporary, pass
ing. makeshift product of civilization.
He is merely holding things together un-
I'll the people get sense enough to do
their own owning.
Some days little boys will read that
the world once had millionaires and huge
private wealth units. just as they will
one day read and wonder that men once
had kings.
But the official who will forever be
indispensable is the engineer.
The time will come when the President
of the United States will be chosen as
the man who has the greatest talent and
skill in organizing public works. There
will be no more politics in his selection
than there is now in choosing the master
mechanic of railway or factory.
When a nation goes to war nowadays,
that is, when it becomes necessary TO
exert it's supreme collective strength, no
body dreams of electing the most popu-
lar politician or the cleverest speech
maker to lead the armies. II is the man
who can get the last ounce of efficiency
out of men and metal that is wanted.
Some day the nation will realize that
it Is continually in a crisis, and that in
peace as in war we need the highest
order Of efficiency and organization.
We need the Engineer TO arrange the
transportation Of people and goods from
place to place, without waste, without
competition. without graft, looking only
to the public good.
We need the Engineer to get meat,
bread. and milk from farm to citizen,
without the present inefficient tangle Of
trusts and middlemen working at cross
purposes.
We need the Engineer TO turn the profit
of public enterprise toward building good
roads and bridges, instead of enriching q
few shrewd manipulators.
We need the Engineer to manage a
city as economically and smoothly as II
it were a manufacturing plant.
We need the Engineer TO organize the
farmers so that all can work together
for each and their products marketed
without being preyed upon at every step
Of the way from farm TO household.
Wealth can be taken away from us.
But the power to Do things cannot be
taken away.
The Millionaires could go and not be
missed. The Engineers we cannot spare.
What availeth all thy wealth ?" said
the ancient philosopher. He that hath
better iron than thou will come and take
away thy gold"
Says II. L. CAN'T:
"The man who knows what TO do and
how to do it is pre-eminently the engi-
neer. The new world which is being
ushered in by the great struggle now
taking place is one in which the engineer
is destined to be the supreme power, for
Lit is becoming clear that, in future, the
man who owns things will not be as inn
portant factor in the world rs the man
who can do things.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28

on The lefter folded Inside may bs
seen lts use saves The time aVd
expense formerly necesssry n al.
dressing an envelope
Vow The question las been raised
~ 10 whether tfrse "gindow en-
velopes" cause Nyo strain among
those who must read md deliver
thousands OF 'oer1
An appeal recently wa made by
the New YORK Letter Carriers asso-
citation ~ 'he Sew York COMMITTEES
for the Prevention o' blindness for
an opinion concerning the possible
harmful ,'fe.f- rrrr tie eyes of
letter carriers " t1is class 0f mall
matter.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28

a 'af y i'sftH
used ~ usirnas
firms
They AVE a
vide . covered
R''h a transparent
glazeT paper
through hich The
name and address
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
From Another Point OF VleD
We Don't Know But We Are All Children,
Crying For IL
By C. T. s.

C. r S-The lady who Is the presiding
genius at our house wishes 10 know II n will
tend 10 terminate the war since tho Russians
have captured Mush and the Turks have
taken Kastoria Kindly advise
Comes a rapping at the ssnctum door.
One who desires to prove TO US, prob
ably, that the war is responsible for this
slightly cooler weather.
But statistics tend TO prove that hot
summer like this one goes somewhat
against the grain.
Two having been killed and eight In
iured in the Kalamazoo auto races every
body went home satisfied, we presume,
that he got his moneys worth.
Otherwise it would have been declared
fake.
Wonder il Mr. Hughes has noticed that
a man down in Texas. who, also, conduct
ed campaign Of criticism against Presi-
dent Wilson, was defeated by $4,000
votes.
at won't be long now" observes
Phyllis, before the summer campers will
have returned to the steam heat and out.
door life will be spoken of only in past
tents"
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
The Keep Well Column
EYEsTRkIN.

You have probably seen the so
ailed window envelopes" which
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
r. r. COURTESY.

Woman; Whats the train stopping for
Conductor: Nothing special We were tab
Ing on some train robbers"--Pusk
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28

II Is your view, perhaps, now that YOU
have read what the Socialist candidate
thinks about the conditions that strike
you as being so satisfactory. that some
BODY is always taking the JOY out Of
life.
That. too, is probably what the owner
OF the halter-pulling horse thought. when
man who had given the subject Of
horses and their ailments a lot Of STUDY.
happened along and gave the farmer who
was at the point Of buying the horse a
valuable tip.
The horse trader was able to see the
connection. between a bandaged thumb
and cheap horse.
The farmer, who hadn't given horses
anywhere near like attention. never no
ticed the bandaged thumb
Perhaps the Socialist goes a little deep
er into this matter Of government and
prosperity than the rest Of US do.
Anyhow. We have printed the Socialist
side now.
You viii find some food for thought in
it, and THINKING Is the one thing that
is going to bring the perfect day in gov
ernment if the perfect day ever arrives.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28

Popular watering place-ths fe
cooler.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-28
BE A GOOD LISTENER
~ X. AOolN6ToN Bruce

Rls. o: p.r.0aal, " PsycAoosy and rar.n,sooar etc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
N. Y. Railways Men Won't
Strike, Saws ShOntS

T. ?. Shonts, president, and Frank
Hedley, ce-president and general
manager OF the New York Railways
Company. issued the following state
ment yesterday:
eve have nothing to do with any
dispute between any other street rail-
road company and its employees. The
present strike was started in Yonkers,
Mount Vernon and Now Rochelle.
There have been no difficulties or mat
ters of difference between our lines
and our men. Nevertheless. the
striking Westchester County men have
come into The Bronx and have threat
ened TO call out the workers on all the
Manhattan lines.
"All day long to-day small coteries
of men have been trying to persuade
our employees TO leave their cars. Mass
meetings are being held constantly,
made Up principally Of strikers from
Westchester County. At these meet
ings volunteers are called for to 90
out and pull New York Railways men
OFF their jobs.
"The propaganda Of the foreign
labor union, which is now seeking
20 interfere with the comfort and
convenience of New York, involves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
STRIKERS ACCUSED
OF SOAPING TRACKS
Six Caught by Detectives at
2O7th Street Hill.

What the police allege was a delib-
crate attempt by strikers to wreck cars
on the Kingsbridge and 2O7th Street
crosstown lines, by soaping the rails
to hurl the cars down steep grade and
from the tracks as they reached a
sharp curve at the bottom, was fooled
last evening by detectives Of Lieuten-
ant Firms strike squad. Six men were
arrested at 207th Street and Fordham
Road. accused of putting soap on the
car tracks.
The detectives were riding on Ford
ham Road in an automobile, looking
for strike trouble, when they saw the
six men at work on the tracks. They
declare they saw one man, who gave
his name later as Edward Flanagan,
of 1892 Webster Avenue. The. Bronx,
putting soap on the rails. while the
others assisted him. The detectives
seized the men and rushed them 10 Po-
lice Headquarters, where Flanagan was
charged with felonious assault and vio-
lation Of Section 1891 of the Penal
Code, while the others were charged
with "acting in concert"
Flanagan is a striking motorman.
The other men said they were Joseph
Petrosino. Of 752 East 2l5th Street;
Daniel Doherty, of III Wyatt Street;
Thomas Oliver, of 2501 Hoffman Street.;
Peter Vaccaro, of 3548 Holland Avenue,
and Frank Lagaldo, Of 2505 Hoffman
Street. All are striking motormen or
conductors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
WHAT STRIKING CARMEN DEMAND
AND TRACTION COMPANIES REFUSE
The Mems Side:

"The men insist that they shall have the right TO
organize without interference from the company or its
officials and be allowed the right to take up grievances
and working conditions with officers of the company
through committees of their choosing
This right they will insist upon and will not arb
trate Properly it is not matter for arbitration.
"The men want an increase in wages of five cents an
hour making the rate for 6rsyear men 81 cents an
hour; for all others, 33 cents
This the matter of better working conditions ana
anything else except the right to organize they are WILL
ing to arbtrate at any time Properly these are mat
tiers for arbitration
WILLIAM b. FITZGERALD, National Organizer IN
Charge of the Strike
The Companys Side:
New York has the best and fastest transportation
system of any city in the world. 1t cannot continue TO
have such system if every order issued by the man
agemen for the good of the service must be censored
by a grievance committee created by outside labor agi-
ators before is obeyed We not in this thing yet
We may be- But we will continue to give the public the
service it is getting if supply our men with due
protection from intimidation
FRANK HEDLEY. General Manager PETERBOROUGH
Rapid Transit Company and New York Rail
ways Company.
There is no prospect Of settlement as far as we
are concerned We have just begun to fight Our sched-
ules were regulated by Mr. Mahon yesterday but not
TODAY And tomorrow the service will be better. NO
labor organization is going to conduct this road
Edwin A. MAHER General Manager Third Avenue
Railway System.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
Talks to 1000 Strikers.

After issuing this statement, Fitz-
gerald went TO the Lyceum, Eighty
sixth Street and Third Avenue, in
and about which 1000 strikers were
crowded.
"The green cars are going 10 be
the next 70 be hit" he told the men,
"and we are not going to wait min
ute. We can't lose this strike except
through you. They cannot get men TO
run the cars. II is the opportunity for
streetcar men to come into their own.
This organization is growing all along
the line Your organization is practi-
cally complete now.
They are sending kilograms TO you
men, begging you TO come back TO work.
Isn't that significant of your chance 10
win? Any proposition looking toward
a settlement will first be submitted TO
you"
Fitzgerald said that 200 men in the
employ OF the New York Railways Com
pany had been enrolled in the union.
Fitzgerald next went 20 the CONT
mental Hotel, where ne found reports of
progress on other lines awaiting him,
as well as several other labor men Of
prominence, including William d. Ma
hon, international president OF the
streetcar mems union. During the
afternoon ne had many callers, includ-
ing Hugh Frayne, OF the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. who said it was pos
sible Samuel Gompers might come 20
New York 10 take a hand in the strug-
gle; Timothy Healy. international pres
ident Of the stationary firemen; Mathew
J. Higgins. who had men from the West
Farms division OF the Third Avenue
working with subway and az" en-
ployes; p. J. Rooney and John T. Nc
Grath, members of the executive COM
mittee of the international, and Louis
Fridiger, counsel TO the union.
Tells Of Plans for Organizing.
/, was after this meeting that Mr..
Fitzgerald refused TO discuss the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01

anxious TO be unionized. just as the
men OF the green cars are. These sent
committees to the leaders asking TO
be taken in.
Brooklyn is in the same condition.
In that borough the company, by So
called betterment work, has sought 10
make the men more satisfied than
they otherwise might be and as in New
York every precaution has been taken
10 keep out agitators and men known
to have union tendencies. On the
surface this has been successful. IN
dcrneath is seething dissatisfaction.
"Organizing there is progressing
easily and nicely, and | might say al
most openly, as il is in New York here.
For once the company cannot break
things up by discharging men"
The strike in fact did reach Brook
lyn yesterday through the tying up
Of the North River Railroad which
operates a line from the Desbrosses
street ferry over the Williamsburg
bridge into Brooklyn. These men went
out with the employees of the Grand
Street, Dry Dock, Bridge and Belt
lines. They we're addressed at noon
by William d. Mahon, Fitzgerald,
ana Olnef OF lNe union lcabSts.
To an appreciate extent the war in
Europe is in a measure responsible for
the street railway troubles. it being the
direct cause of the shortage of labor
20 which Organizer Fitzgerald referred
in his address TO the strikers.
Shortage in Labor Supply.
For new employees the lnterborough
and the Manhattan and The Bronx sur
face limos have recruited from the
ranks of young Irish immigrants. The
war has shut off this source Of supply
through the British ban on Irish immi-
grafton, while opportunity TO make
more money in ammunition factories
and in other industries doomed by the
war has shortened the floating supply
OF labor as well as taken many from
the ranks of transportation workers.
In Brooklyn conditions are similar
to those that have affected the Manhat-
tan lines.
In addition to this the unprecedented
demand for unskilled and semi-skilled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
BARRIERS OF CITY
KEEN FOR STRIKE
Demand Twelve Hour Day and
Pay Increase.

A boom for the safety razor bust.
ness in greater New York is in pros.
pect. Unless the unexpected happens
busy Manhattanites will soon be sersp.
ing their own chins, while Bronx
dwellers will have to get up half an
hour earlier in order to draw their lii.
tie hoes through their hirsute har-
vests. And all the while 10000 profess
sional razor wielders will be idle IN tho
five boroughs.
A vote on whether the Journeymsn
BARRIERS Union will call a general
strike throughout the city is now beng
taken and the result will be announced
in two weeks. According 70 Rubin
Guskin, business agent OF the union, the
vote probably will be in favor Of 8
strike.
The BARRIERS demand a twelve-hour
day. from a. m. 10 S p. m, an IN
crease in wages of 81 a week and rec
IGNITION of their union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01

domination Of the New York trans
portation system by labor union
with interests in various parts OF inc
United States, with main oihceS III an, en'
other state, and with no responsibility
whatever to this community;
"There is no question whatever OF
tho nurpose of this union, without con
sultation with authority from our own
employees, to call strike on the INES
Of the New York railways, win a
hone tina; through threats and lntimI-
dation our men may be induced 10
stav away from their work.
1.-THE leaders Of this foreign union
have boasted in meetings to-day thaI
with very few ndherents they could
intimidate our employees and put our
surface lines out Of business.
ave submit that any such action
would be an attack not only upon our
mon who have manifested their desire
IN continue al work, and our company
hut also upon the people of New forH'
"Our policy is 20 do for our men
everything that the financial condition
of the company will permit. Our mei,
themselves know that we are disposeu
10 share with them the increased pros
neritv of the company. We have IN
creased wages twice this year. Dur
ing the past several years we nave
made other increases, as well as con
stantly adjusted working conditions 80
as TO make them more favorable.
ave have conducted an exhaustive
canvass of our men, and with a single
execution. every man seen has assured
MS Of his purpose and desire to con-
tinue at work. We know that our men
are loyal and that they want to stand
bv us We propose TO stand by them
1--WE are confident that the CITY au-
tboritics Of New York will afford pas
sengets on our cars and the employees
who man them adequate protection
RELYING on that confidence, we pro.
nose TO give service TO the people OIL
~, NorJ Citvp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
rnBNATIoSAL wLEKLY

port that he had decided on strike
on the New York Railways effective
last night or that he intended to do so.
There is really nothing TO say, ne
declared, except that we are organiL-
ing You know the conditions on the
Third Avenue. As for the other sys-
tens, we are organizing them; that IS
all Whether or not strike Will pc
called on all or any depends upon the
manner in which the men are treated
after they are organized. 1t is up TO
the companies.
eve intend to organize every car
line, H. subway or surface. In add
ton to The Bronx and Manhattan there
are Brooklyn, Queens and Staten ISL
and. There are also the Hudson tubes
and the lines in Jersey. 1t is not
question of striking now. 1t is ques-
ton of organizing.
$50 far as the Third Avenue road is
concerned we stand where we have al
ways stood. We won't arbitrate the
question of the right of the men TO or
garize That is something that cannot
be srbitrated. But granted that right
we will arbitrate anything ard every
thing else that may come up"
He gave his hearers TO understand,
indirectly, that it would be at least
twenty-four hours, and perhaps longer,
before the strike is allowed to spread.
Others who had talked with Fitzger-
aid and Mshon were of the opinion that
two or three days would elapse before
any other group was ordered to cease
work.
Has Been at Work Four Years.
"Fitzgerald has been working on a
well laid plan OF action" said one Of
these. "For several years, at least
four, and have heard, since the strike
on the subway, he has been devotlng
much of his spare time to missionary
work in New York. In consequence
he had n skeleton organization cover
ing the city and knew pretty well
where to reach for men when 1t should
be decided TO defy the companies and
their SOY systems, which made slower
organization almost impossible.
at was not his idea or that Of Mahon
or any of the other big men in the
international to start anything here
IN New York at this time. The Yonk-
ers trouble, however, developed so
rapidly that II became clear the
psychological moment so long waited
had arrived. IL was in fact here be-
fore some of US realized it and the
Third Avenue had begun to be in
volved. There you have the whole
story :,
This time the situation developed
so rapidly as TO fool the secret service
men of the Third Avenue, just as it has
fooled the men on that kind of work
in the other companies. The various
division superintendent were undou6t-
edly telling what they thought was the
truth when they said their men would
stick. They were led into this belief
by reports Of the spies to them and the
fact that for years past men who talked
unionism or were known to have at
tended union meetings, even those that
were informal, were discharged when
the fact became known.
"The truth is that the men were