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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20

Total gold reserve 800. S17,17i915 90
Legal tender notes. silver
certificates and subsid-
larry coin ...... 1884 SIS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20

Total reserve .....
Five per cent redemption
fund against Federal re.
serve bank notes. de-.
Billa discounted ana houc n
Na'uiiticS-
With.u Ton DAYS
From eleven 10 lhirts d,y
From thlrtv-uuc ,n siSil
days
From siAty-ouc 90 uIr,i,
days
Over ninety days
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
WIND PLAYS HAVOC
 WITH TENTHOUSES
(From oatman Section Daily Miner.)

(From Oatman Section Daily Miner.)
 Considerable damage was done in Oatman Monday afternoon and even ing by high winds. Small buildings were unroofed and tenthouses torn to shreds. The greatest damage in a single instance was the partial un- roofing of the residence of Joe Sheffield in Mohawk addition. The entire roof of two rooms was carried away. It was lifted 100 feet in the air, circled around and finally landed a hundred yards distant in the back yard of the Thomas residence.
 The damage done in Mazona was estimated at several hundred dollars. Several tenthouses and small buildings were demolished. At time when the gale seemed to be in a playful mood, a tenthouse was literally picked up and set down again squarely on the top of another tenthouse. Both were badly demolished. There were sev- eral thrilling escapes by occupants of wrecked buildings, but no one was injured.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
CHANGES IN
 COUNT ARE
 NEGLIGIBLE

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.- Whether the highest vote for a Re publican elector in California was greater than the lowest vote for a Democratic elector was about the only question: of interest to California politicians tonight. If this should prove to be the case, the states dele gation in the electoral college may be split. The Republicans admittedly un- earthed nothing in the course of the day to indicate for or against such a prospect.
 Sidney M. Van Wyck, Jr., chairman of the Democratic campaign commit tee, worked all day bringing in reports from little counties in the mountains where the county clerks had finished their count and also succeeded in get ting one or two fair sized counties. His total for twenty counties showed that the total for the lowest Demo cratic elector in each county added 6,466 votes more than the totals for the highest Republican elector in the same counties. This count would show, when completed, the Wilson electoral vote at its lowest ebb, Mir. Van Wyck said. That is to say, if the lowest Democratic totals are finally ahead of the highest Republi- can totals a solid delegation in the electoral college is assured. If the highest Republican totals exceed the lowest Democratic totals this will not necessarily indicate that any RepubI- can elector wins because the lowest Democratic and the highest Republi can are not the same in all counties.
 Republicans and Democrats alike manifested surprise at rumors trace able in all cases to the east, that a considerable error had been found somewhere in the state in counting the votes.
 "The mistake, as reported, would have to be in San Francisco, Alameda or Los Angeles county" said MT. Van Wyck. "It is in none of them, and, so far as we have been able to learn, it does not exist. The final count will show no material change"
 Reports from Republican headquar- ters were similar.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
YALE BOWL SEATING
 CAPACITY INCREASED

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Nov. IA Five thousand additional seats are being erected at the Yale bowl, which will bring the total seating capacity up to 76,OOO for the Yale-Harvard football game here on November 25. The normal capacity of the arena is nearly 62,OOO.
 More than 5000 new seats were erected two weeks ago, and the latest addition now makes it certain that the classic will be witnessed by the great est crowd ever assembled at a boot ball game in America.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
ID
 FIGHT ADAMSON
 LAW IN COURTS

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-The in terrupted conference between repre- sentatives of the nations railways and their 100000 brotherhood employees, looking toward an adjustment of theIr newly formulated differences on the interpretation of the Adamson eight hour law, was not resumed here to- day. Instead of meeting, the railway manager announced their purpose of fighting the law to the end in the courts, while the brotherhood chiefs who remained in the city left for their homes, protesting to believe that they may safely rest their case with Presi- dent Wilson.
 Both sides admitted that they could not foretell the probable outcome of the new controversy. The railroad managers are certain they can es- tablish the unconstitutionality of the Adamson law, while the brotherhood leaders are equally sure that the law will be upheld by the courts and en- forced in letter and spirit.
 The attitude of the railways was summarized in statement issued by Elisha L. Lee at the close of an all- day meeting of the railroad represen- tatives. It reads:
 "We are all agreed to fight to the end. The means to be employed were fully discussed and the consensus of opinion was that it is necessary to file suits questioning the constitution ality of the law in every federal dis trict court in which the affected rail roads operate"
 Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, summarized the brotherhood's side of the case just before boarding train for Cleveland. The other chiefs left for their homes last night and this morning. Mir. Stone said:
 "The situation is closed insofar as we are concerned. We are not at all alarmed. We know what President Wilson intended we should have. We know the explanation he made to our 500 chairmen in the White House. We feel confident that if the present law does not give us the eight-hour day, the president will give us a law that will.
 "We can't understand the attitude of the railroad managers. They did not file their first suits until the day after election, believing that MT. Hughes had been elected. Personally, I believe, they are either whistling to keep up their courage or they are trying to scare the public into sym pathizing with them"
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
H. H. Watkins
WANTED

All to call at Knights of Pythias, Western Lodge No. 12, every Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall. Special invitation extended Vis- iting brothers.
 JOHN HAMILTON, c. c.
 H.F. WILLIAMS, K of R. & S.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
WILSON ID CHAT WITH MIKADO BY
 WIRELESS TODAY

NEW YORK, Nov. IA. - President Wilson and the emperor of Japan will exchange messages tomorrow upon the occasion of the inauguration of a trans-Pacific wireless service between the United States and Japan. it was announced by the Marconi Wireless Telegrap company of America here to- night.
 For the present, it was said. ser vice would be confined to San Fran cisco, Hawaii and Japan.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
AWAITING NORTH
 OF RIVER RETURNS
tFrom Wednesdays Daily Miner.l


 J. w. Prisk came over from Chloride yesterday to see how the vote on sheriff was lining up, but, owing to the failure of the election boards north of the river to report, nothing is known of actual results.
 Mir. Prisk says that on the face of the returns J. N. Cohenour>has a lead over him of 46 votes, but that north of the river and at Kechan's with bet ter than 120 votes, 90 per cent of which are Democratic, he stands a good show to overcome the lead.
 All the other candidates on the Democratic ticket have been elected by safe majorities.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
NEW ROAD FINISHED
(From Oatman Seetion Daily Miner

(From Oatman Section Daily Miner)
 Brand Boyd, proprietor of the Mo have Grill, has finished grading a road on the south side of his place of business. It is a big improvement and serves to greatly shorten the route between the Tom Reed mine and the main part of town. Two approaches have been added to the south end of the sidewalk which were also much needed.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
CRESCENT TUNNEL
 BEING CONTINUED
FToa oatpan Section Daily Miner)

(froIl Oatln8n Soction Dnlly mlner)
 Driving of the tunnel continues at the Crescent. It is expected that any round of shots may disclose the long sought orebody. The last 50 feet of work has disclosed many quartz stringers.
 Manager Peirce has expected to cut the vein for the past week, and is of the opinion that the angle of the vein is greater than at first thought. Sam pies taken from the stringers cut, as- say well.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
PROHIBITION VOTE IN
 STATE OF MISSOURI

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 14.-Official re- turns from all but IA of the counties of Missouri, compiled by the Post Dispatch, give the prohibition amend ment a majority of more than IA, 900 outside of St. Louis.
 The heavy adverse vote of St. Louis defeated the amendment in the state, according to returns already in by 500.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
MIDDLE GOLCONDA MINE
 CONTINUES TO SHIP ORE
fFrom Wednesdays Daily Miner.l

The Middle Golconda continues to ship ore to the smelter with great regularity. It is now in shape to make large monthly shipments, which will soon be augmented when the drift reaches the big vein opened in the level above.
 The management has driven cross cuts and drifts in record time and has opened up more ore in the same space of time than any other property in the district.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
WILSON CONGRATULATED
 BY GENERAL CARRANZA

LAREDO, Tex, Nov. 14.-General Carranza has sent President Wilson a of congratulation on his re- election, it was learned tonight. This is to be followed by letters of con graduation from the governors of every Mexican state under Carranza control, it was stated. Official con frmation was not obtainable.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
SUNNYSIDE DRIFTING
 ON SOO-FOOT LEVEL
(From Oatman Section Daily Miner.)

(From Oatman Section Daily Miner.)
 At the Sunnyside the new manage ment has development work well un- der way. Drifting is in progress on the 300 foot level of the old No. 1 shaft. The site of the new shaft has been decided upon but sinking has not It will, however, begin within the month. All surface build ings and equipment have been put in shape.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
COLE BROS CIRCUS
 HERE NEXT WEEK

Away from the old time methods of presenting tented amusement enter prises, is Cole Bros. World-Toured Show and Trained Animal Exhibition, which will give two performances, aft ernoon and night at Kingman Novem- Der 22.
 The Cole Bros. World-Toured Show travels in its own two all steel trains. As it's title denotes, animal features predominate, but do not by any means form all of the program; high class European novelties and horse, pony, dog and monkey acts are inter woven into the program with such va ried effects, that the onlooker is taken from one surprise to another with such wonderful rapidity that he hardly knows what to expect next, and it is in the arranging of the program so as to take advantage of these sur prises wherein lies the charm of Cole Bros. performance.
 A noticeable feature of the show is it's absolute freedom from anything suggestive that mars so many perfor- mances; its clean wholesome fun, the real comedy of the clowns, in bur lesquing important topics of the day, and grotesque impersonations of peo- pie prominent in the limelight, is real humor and greatly appreciated. Twen- ty funny clowns under the leadership of Happy Billy Reid, the master clown of the day, featur many absurd ly comic acts. "The Big Suffragettes Meeting" "A Baseball Number" 1" Comedy Policemen" Flying Ma chine and Automobile Number" "Rube and Old Lady Number" and dozens of other foolish and ludicrous comedy acts by clowns who are eminent in foolery.
 The Berne brothers, the strongest men in the world, direct from Europe, first time seen in America, keep the audience spellbound with their many varied feats of strength and wrestling. Professor John Ducander, the worlds greatest horse trainer, with his troupe of five educated performing white Arabian horses. Prof. F. J. Rogers, with his troupe of educated dogs and Shetland ponies, will be the delight of the children and interest ing to the grownups; 25 of these ponies present drills and difficult mill tary maneuvers with all precision and skill of trained soldiers. This is rec ognized as the best trained school of ponies seen with any tented organiza- tion. Charles Post and his trained trick mules. Herr Diffenbach's train ed bears are another European impor- tation. Herr Diffenbach comes highly recommended by the press of Europe and the performance of his huge Si- berian grizzly bears range from com edy to sensationalism.
 The above are only a few of the many acts interwoven in a program of undisputed excellence.
 The one show that is absolutely diff ferent from all others and is without doubt the highest class, most progres- sive and most pleasing tented exhibi- tion that will visit Kingman this sea- son. Free street parade at 10 o'clock am. A tremendous exhibition of splendor of scores of open dens, gilt tering tableaux, savage animals lead in leash, four brass bands, 40 clowns, scores of pretty women. The entire parade enriched by beautiful display of flashy costumes and trappings, al- together representing an immense for tune.
Mohave County miner., 1916-11-18
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

The undersigned company will pay a reward of $1O.OO for information that will lead to the arrest of any party or parties caught taking MOhave Daily Miners from the residences or places of business of it's subscribers. COUNTY MINER PUB LISTING COMPANY.
 By ]. B. SMITH, Secretary.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
Anti Union Claims Refuted,
High Cost of Living Can Be Met
President Perkins, of the Cigar Makers international
Union, Replies to Professor Laughlin of the
University of Chicago.

common sense, intelligent comparison
and analysis.
The trades union movement is not
responsible for the low wages paid to
non-union labor; it is not due to its
activities that the wages paid to this
class of labor does not advance with the
increase in the cost of living. 1t has al
ways contended that the tendency in the
average wage rate, compared with the
cost of living, due to a lack of organiza-
ton, is downward; gradually leading to
a state of semi-pauperism and degrade
ton. But, it has also contended that by
organization on trades union lines, this
tendency would be eliminated. That it
has not fully succeeded, is not due to the
principles underlying the trades union
movement; on the contrary it is due to
a lack of organization on a more extern
sve scale. \ correct analysis of the
value of the trades union movement in
this particular direction can be obtained
only by preparing a statistics of trades
union wages as compared with the cost
of living. All other methods are worth
less for fair and honest comparison.
Prof. Laughlin then concludes as fol
lows
After all the bad blood stirred up in
some twenty years the unions have &C
complishcd practically nothing toward
raising their power OF consumption. OBJ
viously something is very far wrong
with the principle on which they are
operating. They have climbed this hard,
uphill road for decades only to find no
passage through at the end. Economic
ally, the principle OF monopoly of labor
does not work in favor of the laborer.
Prof. Laughlin failed to mention a
single industry in which organized labor
has even scmblance of monopoly.
lie has failed to sustain his sweeping
charge with single fact. Generalities
without any basis are not convincing
neither are they of any value in any edtl-
cational sense Trades of this nature
only tend to intensity the general con-
fusion which predominates the public
mind.
"Organized labor has no monopoly
The majority of the workers are still
lnorganzed OF the female workers
engaged in the industries, approximatne
over seven millions, less than onc-half
of million are members of trades I'M
ion. This dispenses with the necessity
of any further elaboration. This single
fact is sufficient to annihilate the phan-
tom which emanatcd from the fertile
brain of professor of a great univer-
sity.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
THE LABOR ADVOCATE

Chicago.-President Perkins of the
Cigarmakers' International union refutes
the favorite anti-union arguments that
trade unionism is based on the princi-
pies of monopoly and that it is useless
for unions to raise wages, as these gains
are overcome by increased living costs.
Professor Laughlin of the economic
department of the University of Chi
cago is the latest to eXpound these fall
lacies, and he is answered, as follows, by
President Perkins in the current issue
of the Cigarmakers' Official Journal:
"'rhc professor robed in the academic
insignia, with a diploma dazzling before
his eyes, assumes sometimes an author
ity on economic questions based on sur
face indications. His conclusions are as
a rule unreliable biased and unworthy
of crcdencc. In surveying the activi-
ties of trades unions in relation to wages
and the cost of living, Prof. ]. Laurence
Laughlin in an article on the Monopoly
of Labor, published in one of the mag
azincs some time ago. displayed a de-
gree of ignorance which is somewhat
perplcXing to the man without a diplo-
ma.
"As a matter of cold fact, asks Prof.
Laughlin how has the workingman
Jared with this method of raising wages
in recent years? In the principal manu-
featuring and mechanical industries,
leaving ont salaried employees, in the ten
years from lS07-l9O7 (according to the
index number Of the Bureau of Labor
wages had risen from 09.2 to 1924 or
% per cent, while retail prices for food
had increased from 06.3 to 1206, or
25.j per cent. That is, the purchasing
power of wages fell % per cent during
that period of unusual expansion of bus
mess. In short, the whole effect of the
wage increase had been nullilicd by the
rise in the prices of food usually con-
sumcd i'll the family budget
1T is more than presumption, which
leads to the assertion of the futiity of
the trades union movement to over
come the increase in the cost of living
by higher wages and shorter hours. The
statistics published by the federal gov
crnmcnt make no distinction between the
earnings Of union labor and non-tlnon
labor. The earnings of women and chill
dren are also included in the total
Hence to draw hard ard fast line in
reference to the increase in wages as
compared with the cost of living, which
includes the organized and unorganized,
has no practical value whatsoever. 1t is
based on a line of reasoning devoid Of
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
DON'T BELIEVE 1T
Drys TO Fight Willis As Delegate To
National Convention, According
To Cincinnatian.

Columbus, O.-Anti- saloon workers in
Cincinnati and Hamilton County will op-
pose the selection of Governor Frank B..
Willis as Delegate to the Republican Ma
tional Convention, according to the state
ment made March by K, A. Mack, at
torncy for the Anti-Saloon League there.
Mack came here to attend funeral.
He said that Senator Harding and Will
liam Cooper Proctor would be supported,
but Willis would be fought as a prclmi-
nary to retiring him as a candidate for
the Govcrnorship.
Mack was one Of the original Willis
men in Cincinnati, but has parted com
pany with him. In his opinion, either
Harmon or Cox, if nominated by the
Democrats, would run like a house on
fire"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
BOOM IN SHIPBUILDING.

observation-disclosures to the federal
bureau of navigation show that many
American shipyards, crowded with work
as never before in their history, are
refusing all contracts calling for new
types of vessels and confining construc-
tion to those of types for which con-
struction plans already have been drawn.
The amount of tonnage under construc-
ton in American yards has doubled
within the last year. 1t has increased
nearly 50 per cent since the first of De-
cember, and yards are SO filled with
orders that many have work that will
keep them steadily employed until well
into 1917 Thirty-nine ships have been
completed since last July. The bureau
reports that the tendency is toward
larger vessels. OF the 23O ships re-
ported building, 16 are of more than
10000 tons, and 80 of between 1000 and
10000 tons. Department officials are in
vestgating the claim that structural steel
may be used in vessel construction. If
it proves successful, it is declared vessel
building will not only be cheapened, but
an immense advantage will be given to
American yards because structural steel
is produced in such large quantities in
the United States.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
BUILDING CONTRACTS
Will BE Placed in Cincinnati for
Several Large Jobs.

Contracts for work on the new Court
house and a Catholic church, in Will
mington, are to be placed in Cincinnati
by Francis Stewart, of Buffalo, N. Y,
President of the Western Building Com
pany.
When seen at the Hotel Emery, Mr..
Stewart said: "Contracts for the plas-
tcrng, rc-enforced concrete and, posi-
bly,, the painting will be awarded to Gin
cinnati concerns. We have awarded
some Of the contracts to neighboring
cities, but the majority will be awarded
here
I'VE have the contract for the Court
house at an approximate cost of 5000, 900
That combined with the new Jail, will
reach about $3iO.000. Ground will be
broken for that in few weeks.
The church will cost between $4,000
and $4,000 Wrecking on that building
has started
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
WORKMAN'S HALL
TO RE -OPEN

The cafe at Workman's Hall will be
opened Saturday, March H. under the
direction of popular Billy" Wulftangc,
who will handle all hrst-class union
made goods and furnishes another head
quarters for organized labor to meet
The halls upstairs are for rent, and
he would be pleased to hear from local
organizations who want better quarters.
There is no use of our recommending
Wulftangc to organized labor, as he has
been their friend for years, and will do
everything in his power to make them
feel at home at Workman's Hall.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
SHINGLE WEAVERS ACTIVE.

Seattle, Wash. - Sccrctary-Treasurer
Reid. of the International Shingle Weav-
erS' Union, reports general awakening
mills at Raymond, WASH, operated by
the Case Shingle Company, have re-
stored the union wage rate, after every
shingle worker joined the union. In
practically every shingle center these
workers are reorganizing or strengthen
ing their present organization. Secretary
Reid warns his fellow unionists to be-
ware OF slight concessions by the mill
owners in an effort to check the present
movement.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
BENEFIT OF BARRIERS UNION.

San Antonio, Texas.-Writing in the
Weekly Dispatch, J. ID. Ashley shows
gains made through trade unionsm by
local BARRIERS in the past sixteen years,
In 1900 the shops opened at six and
seven in the morning and closed at eight
and nine in the evening, midnight on
Saturdays, and open on Sundays They
have reduced these hours, raised wages
and abolished Sunday work. In addi-
ton, they have a death benefit of $500
and weekly sick benefit of so. On an
average of 81 a month, the total cost
for this during the sixteen years has
been S192.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
RENDIGS HOLDS LIFE CHEAP.

About George f. Rendg the bright young who
presidcs the Building Inspection Department. relieved the
secto of Roofs and Scaods the plea that his department
short of funds since which time four five
their lives and dozen have been injured
This
than during the that the has employed
spector
Repeated
Inspector, but every time Rcndgs knocked out
The life of timer ronwoker is nothing Renligs.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-11
LET'S PLAY ON THE LEVEL.

If the thing, why the lease of the Rapid
Transit before the bond issue?
would be better then would know what kind OF
to have before the
The capitalists the Rapid Transit Board would build
kind of factory arrangements
their personal Therefore,
would run business?
Let's play the level