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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

There was the hint of longing on
Esther Halstead's face as Alicia fin
ished showing her through the dainty
little Goldcrest apartment. Not the
longing for freedom which seemed the
principal reason for Alica's delight;
not the pride for ownership the
younger girl had displayed, but the
thought of how perfectly it would
serve as a setting for the life she had
imagined with the man she loved, the
picturing of Felix Lynn occupying
special little hooks and corners of the
apartment-that was what brought
the tears all unconsciously to her
eyes.
And you will come to my reception
just a little housewarming tomor-
row afternoon, Esther?"
She started to shake her head in
dissent, smiling at the eagerness of
the girl to begin making the most of
her new.found liberty. But Alicia pratt
tied on before she had time to an
swer.
First I'm going to ask Felix Lynn
and
Esther's lips parted in a smile. She
could not forego the delight Of seeing
him again. True, she owed a great
deal to her ailing father. But she
owed debt to this other man as
well.
While Alicia darted to the phone,
intent upon carrying out her plan i'm
mediately it entered her head, Esther
thought it over. Was she doing right
Or wrong?
Felix is living on his yacht now"
Alicia poutingly announced as she re-
entered the room.
Esther smiled lightly as she took
her leave. Lacking responsibility
herself, it was charmingly delightful
to her In others. And it was SO be-
this freedom from restraint. She was
still laughing as she left the house
and came back to her own distressing
responsibilities.
So engrossed in fact, she did not
turn back and see Alicia slipping light
ly down the street in the opposite d.
rection. Even her innocent mind
would have suspected that the young
girl was about to do something which,
to put 1t mildly, might have been
termed indiscreet.
For Alicia Knights very back bris-
tied with defiance, her pretty chin was
uplifted and her eyes looked out bit
insolently upon pedestrians as though
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

N. 7. The Register Of that town
prints the following eulogy:
"'Old Nose was only q yellow cat
Old age bad crept slowly upon him,
yet he was still q remarkable animal,
and the remembrance of his traits
Of character win ever be fresh in the
memory Of the whole town. Never was
there Q public supper. an entertain
ment or gathering Of any kind that
Old Nose was not present. It mat.
tered not where or when It was held.
he would find his way into It seeming
ly by some unknown but powerful In
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
CAT HAS MANY M0URNERs
Citizens Of New York Town Regret
Demise of Feline Who Had Made
Himself Popular.

Often in our exchanges We fnd &C
counts OF remarkable dogs that have
been town characters in their day.
and whom everybody misses after
they have gone. but seldom do We 70
ceive notice OF cat that has at.
tanned the popularity of "Old Nose"
- died recently In Fair Haven.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

stinct He was . faithful attendant at
the Sunday services In the Methodist
Episcopal church. very seldom missing
a service. Nose had host Of friends.
and he was monarch Of all he surveyed
in the store where he belonged. Many
have been the friendly calls he has
made at the Register ONCE. and as
many have been the dainties set be-
fore him at each visit We shall miss
him. though only cat he was; we
shall remember him ~ among the
most faithful Of our friends; and his
animal intelligence win always be q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

John Halstead's hands trembled
as he shut his desk. Very slowly the
roll top unfolded, reluctantly shutting
out neat stacks Of papers and CORE
spondence, the paper-weight of anoth-
or period, the quill pens, the rusty
ink-wells. all the commonplace of
a mans work. Moisture gathered in
the kings eyes. Old friends they
were, friends with whom he had spent
his best 80 years. Together they had
fought and suffered, together they had
lost and won countless victories and
skirmishes. And now the separation
hour had come. Halstead was
through.
The old lion had finished with
victory. but one so bitterly fought he
realized another battle would mean
Inevitable defeat. The young whelps
of this Wall street jungle had grown
so formidable that when they fell
time in doubt. But he had won. But
at the price of a broken spirit and
body and a bitter regret. And so 1t
was in no pleasant mood that he ar
rived home.
He stepped softly into his home,
moving toward the library. He wanted
to be alone to compose himself, to re-
adjust himself to the conditions of an
altered existence. He did not wish
wife or daughter to see him in the
hour when he was forced to look
upon the borders of the end.
A note lay upon the desk and he
picked it up, absently glancing over
the brief writing. He turned the
sheet and, as his eye fell upon the
signature, a wild ferocious CLEAN
famed up within them. He reached
out and clutched the desk for sup
port. cIutched SO tightly the knuckles
cleaned a shiny blue-black. Master
ing himself with an effort he dis
patched a servant for his wife and
daughter. still standing in the same
position when they entered the room,
the note in his hands, such an express
sion of hatred and infexible determi-
nation upon his face as caused them
to halt abruptly, checking their affec-
tionate greetings.
You have answered this-man,
Esther" Straight to the point he
cut, his voice shaking trile with
the rage he masterfully held in check.
AS she did not answer, he slowly
crumpled the paper in the palm of
his hand, letting it drop to the floor.
The hurt expression in her eyes broke
bis control
Then you shall answer it-now.
Do you know that Felix Lynn Is the
man have Just beaten, that he tried
to ruin me, that he has worn out the
last atom Of my strength, that the
fght has forced me to retire? Felix
Lynn Is the man who has just failed
In his attempt to ruin this household.
And Felix Lynn is the man who has
the audacity to invite a member Of
this household to christen his new
yacht! Felix Lynn must be stran-
ger to this door. You will neither
speak to him nor have any communi-
cation with him. And you will give
him to understand that-NOW." Es-
Their rebelled at first, but at signifi-
cant gesture from her mother, wrote
the fateful note:
Felix dear: Father stumbled on
your note and raised such a storm
II will be Impossible for mother and
me to christen your yacht. We must
be 80 careful, you know. Why not ask
AlIca and her mother to go7
ESTHER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
"PIay Ball, Never Mind the Shells"

The German artillery were doing
their best to erase small town from
the map, says a war correspondent.
Every few minutes there would be
deafening crash and the remains
of house would soar skywards en-
veloped in cloud of smoke.
In a field in the outskirts of the
town some Canadian soldiers, relieved
from the trenches for a few days.
were INDUCING in their favorite game
of baseball. The pitcher had just
pitched the ball and the batsman had
hit an easy catch to one of the field
ers when huge she'll landed in the
adjoining field. The f1elder's attention
was fixed on the shell, which burst
with a deafening crash, and he missed
the catch.
For the love OF Nike" roared the
pitcher, IF you are goii & to play
baseball, play baseball, and quit watch
ing the Shells"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
DANGEROUS VARICOSE
Veins Can BE REDUCED

If you or any relative or friend 10
punches, the best advice that anyone
In this world can give Is to get pre-
scription that many physicians are now
prescribing.
two-ounce bottle Of Emerald Oil (fuu
strength) and apply night and morning
to the swollen, enlarged veins. Soon
smaller and the treatment should be
continued until the veins are of normal
size. So penetrating and powerful Is
Emerald Oil that it dfssolves goitre and
Wens and causes them to disappear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
Signs Of Spring.

Marbles are the same yesterday, To-
day and forever. Boys are the most
conservative individuals in the world.
They keep the same customs at their
games that they used many decades
ago. Il have already seen some very
noticeable signs Of spring In this town
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

The fellow who was an excellent shot
and could hit anything, the fellow
who continually cheated and had to
be watched. the fellow who could not
hit q barn. and the fellow who was
always in the hole and borrowing
When left the game l was thorough.
~ convinced of springs arrival"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

as no man ever paid TO woman be-
lcre, you-you-thief."
Before the poisonous hiss of her he
shrank away. But in the hallway he
covered his face with his hands that
he might shut out the picture focused
there OF the terrible expression in her
eyes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

the untold lengths to which she might
60, once started. Alicia laughed light
ly and closed the door behind her.
The launching was a success, and
after it was over handsome Felix
Lynn took Alicia home. The butler
met her at the door and handed out
this note:
Alicia: Your latest defiance Of
all feminine law has closed my home
to you. have placed one-half Of your
fathers fortune to your credit. Your
maid and trunks are at tho Goldcrest
apartments. Mother.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

bright memsry In our life. He pos
sessed q nature that might well be
patterned by many human being
He was kind, innocent, intelligent and
q friend to all"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
Every Little HELPS.

II you can't plant shade tree your
self. you can at least refrain from
hitching hungry horse to your neigi
bor's-Ft Wayne News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

An irresistible impulse Is one We
yearn to follow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

Theatrically speaking, the death
scene of the heroine is apt to be far
less realistic than her hair-dyeing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

To quickly cool burns and take the
fire out use Hanford's Balsam. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

love with HE! Why could not Esther
have some of the
A little laugh, q bit timid despite
its bravado, made him turn swiftly.
It was as though q Merlin had waved
his wand and materialized his
thoughts. He could not quite con-
ceal his pleasure at sight of Alica,
looking at him a little defiantly, a
little bashfully. as she stood just a
few feet away. He could not quite
cloak the insincerity OF his re-
proaches, allowed them to be snuffed
out completely as her fingers brushed
lightly against his own as side by
side they leaned against the taffrail.
A wisp of her hair was taken by
the roguish breeze and futtered
across his cheek. The perfume Of it
intoxicated him. And yet it was but
part Of the night. He reached out
his hand to put the vagrant lock in
place. His finger tips moved across
her cheek and the thrill was but an
other OF this wondrous nights myriad
phases. Her eyes sought his own,
bathed in the question. the wild, un-
harnessed wonder she read there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21

Doctor Breadner looked down at the
strn"0':- r ~ - 2 ~ndS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
By EDWN BLISS
FIFTH STORY.

= eign Strict Rerv
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
OPPOSE STATE BOARDS RULING

Worcester, Mass.-Unionists OF this
city resent the action OF the State Board
OF Cancellation and Arbitration in is
suing certificates OF normalty" to the
Norton Grinding Company and the Le-
land-Gifford Company, whose machin-
ist employees are on strike.
The State law provides that where a
strike exists the employer, when adver-
tlslng for workers, must state that
strike exists. The State board however.
has power to exempt an employer from
this provision when it is found, after an
investigation. that normal conditions
prevail in the plant.
The machinists have been striking for
better working conditions, and have
maintained pickets at both these places
The strikers insist that the boards GER
tficates were based solely on informa-
ton given by these concerns. 1t is
agreed that the plants have full COM
plement OF workers-such as they are.
and that when the claim OF normal con-
ditions is made it is based on outputs
during the recent dull times and not on
the capacity output which is possible to-
day II lncOmpetents and strikebreakers
were not employed.
Trade unionists declare that under
the boards order anti-union concerns
could defeat every strike that was ever
started in this State by simply loaning
their non-unionists for one month to
each plant involved so its output could
assume normal proportions. With
the exchanging OF these strikebreakers
the purposes oi the law would be de-
feated and the struck plants could use
the ''no-strike" statement OF State OF
fcials in their recruiting campaign for
more strikebreakers.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29

friends. She was not permitted to see
the body of her husband. She said that
Ewald did not tell her of any trouble
that he might become involved in during
the evening.
He kissed me and the baby good
bye only few minutes before | received
the telephone call that he had been
shot she said. "He never would have
harmed anybody unless he had been pro-
voked"
Ewald was member of the Bartend-
ers' Union.
John Young, the new president of the
United Trades and Labor Assembly,
said: 81 was aware, of course, of the
bitter feeling occasoned by my election,
but | had no idea that the meeting would
end the way it did. | regret exceedingly
that Ewald was shot, as he was not even
delegate to the assembly and was not
directly connected with the trouble
When seen at the Jail Campbell was
having a wound over his right eye, due
to the blow, bandaged. He said, 81 do
not attempt to say anything in my favor.
When ] saw Ewald and his gun in his
pocket | concluded it would be the best
thing in order to avoid bloodshed to take
the gun away from him. did not dream
that would have to use that gun to de-
fend myself. AS soon as Ewald found
out that the gun was taken from him he
attacked me-"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
SUNDAY CLOSING LAW UPHELD

Portland, Ore.-Federal Judge VOL
verton has sustained the Oregon Sunday
closing law and rules that a State has
the right to pass legislation of this char
acter not for the purpose of enforcing
religious observances, but to protect
persons from the physical and moral de-
basement that comes from uninterrupted
labor"
The court said: That the law is
sometimes called Sunday law does not
alter the question. and the Interpretation
must be had by consideration OF this
act itself Laws setting aside Sundays
as a day of rest are usually upheld by
the courts. 1t is within the polio power
of the State to suspend certain activities
on Sundays. Laws relating to Sunday
are enacted in the legal exercise of the
police power of the State
The court held that the question was a
State issue and not a Federal one, as the
fourteenth amendment to the Federal
constitution did not apply to legislation
intended to promote health peace and
morals unless the act was SO unreason-
able as to amount to coniiscation.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
WORKERS ARE A UNIT.

Toronto, Ontario. - The Industrial
Banner has this to say of the one-hour-
pay movement, on January 27 inaugu-
rated by the A. +. of l.. for the benefit
of despoiled Danbury hatters:
"'rhe facts of this case are so well
known that it is hardly necessary to re-
vert to them at the present time. Hap
PLY, owing to the splendid fight put up
by the A. f. of L. and the indignation
the iniquitous rendering of the courts
caused throughout the United States, the
act, which was originally never intended
to apply to labor unions, can not longer
be used against them in future cases.
1T is worthy cause, and it is hoped
that the response from Canadian union
lists will be both prompt and hearty.
Nothing more could serve to better DEM
onstrate the solidarity and oneness of
the American trade union movement
than loyal assistance from the member
ship in the Dominion of Canada
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
WHY MINERS ORGANIZE.

Pttston, Pain an address to miners
in this vicinity, John Mitchell asked this
question:
After lifetime spent in the coal re-
gions of the anthracite field, did you ever
hear single case where one man, in
dividually, was able to make an advan-
tageous agreement with the coal COM
pany?"
The speaker referred to the claim that
the new Pennsylvania workmen's COM
pensation law works automatic" 1T will
not operate ITSELF" he said. "To enjoy
its benefits, workers must do something
to make it effective" This was only pos
sible through organization, which secured
established wage rates that were later
the basis of compensation awards by the
State board
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
DRY PROPOSAL PUT TO DEATH
In KENTUCKY SENATE

Frankfort, Ky.-Statewide prohibition,
the bugbear of recent sessions of the
General Assembly, was put to sleep in
the Senate by a 20-to-14 vote on Tues
day, after several hours of rather tiring
debate.
The drys, after working overtime since
the convening of the Assembly, got the
measure reported before they gathered
enough strength to ride the measure
through the Senate.
After the bill had been brought out of
the orders of the day. motion was
made to bring the measure up for pas
sage Wednesday, February 2, but the op-
position by vote of 1s to Is, brought
the bill before the Senate for passage.
Then ensued bitter fight. The vote
was IA for and 20 against; therefore the
bill was lost
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
PLEAD FOR WOMEN WORKERS

Columbia, S. C.-In his message to the
General Assembly, Governor Manning
urged legislation in behalf of workers,
especially women in large industries and
also. women employed in other lines of
work. He said:
Women are sometimes cruelty op-
pressed, and have to work for greater
number of hours than flesh and blood
can stand. Sometimes they are required
to work as many as sixteen hours or
more, without opportunity for rest, and
with scant time for meals; and with
their work places at times in an unsani-
tary condition.
hese questions are of vital import
to the future of Our race, and we must
vitalize and put into active effect the laws
now on Our statute books, which apply to
these conditions. If the present laws are
insufficient, they should be SO amended
as to give the power and means to pro-
vide Tor their enforcement, so that these
conditions may be improved without
delay
Governor Manning also recommended
law raising the age limit of children
working in factories, mines and textile
establishments. He said that a large
number of school districts have placed
themselves under the compulsory school
attendance law, but this was not true in
mill districts because the minimum age
limit of the child labor law is IL years
and the school law maximum is II years.
The cid labor law, declared the chief
executive, prevents school districts in
mill sections from taking advantage of
the school legislation.
/ A workmen's compensation law is in
cluded in the recommendations.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
CONGRESS- TO RIGHT WRONG.

Washington.-In adding 100000 to
the appropriation for the pay of letter
carriers, and stating in explicit language
that hereafter there shall be no salary
distinction between the collection and
delivery carriers, the house committee
on postoffices and post roads has paved
the way for the restoration of the sal
aries of mail collectors who were re-
duced from loo to 81 900 when Post
master General Burleson decided to
establish lower grade of pay.
The committees action sustains the
position of officers of the A. f. of L..
who assisted the National Federation of
Postoffic Clerks in an agitation against
Postmaster General Burleson's rule In
a visit to the postoffice executive, the
trade unionists made this statement:
AT no time in the history of the old
est employees in the postal service has the
lines been drawn more tightly. Carriers
are overburdened with weighty parcels !;
clerks. under the two-divison plan, are
compelled to study twice as much at
home in learning distribution schemes.
From the lowest substitute to the highest
supervisory there is little, if any, slack.
This attempt of the department to drive
men beyond the limit of their endurance
and deprive thereby other men from an
opportunity of securing work, is not like
ly to aid in the restoration of prosperous
business conditions neither will it make
for qualified, loyal, capable corps of
postal workers"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
WISCONSIN UNIONIsTs ACTIVE

Milwaukee, Wis.-At its semi-annua
session the executive board OF the Wis
consin State Federation OF Labor ap-
propriated $4,000 for the purpose OF
placing organizers in the field for or
ganization and affiliation work. to be
carried on during the next five months
Label agitation circulars will also be
sent out These will urge trade union
lists to concentrate their energies to-
ward increasing the use OF union label
products. Local organizers are instruct
ed to call meetings OF the representa-
tves OF the label trade unions and or
ganize local label trades committee
Deputy organizers are instructed to
give this subjecl special attention in all
localities visited.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
NATIONAL EFFICIENCY.

San llliteracy spells in
efficiency and national nefficiency means
national insecurity" says the Weekly
Star, which declares that 'one of the
menaces to national efficiency is litter
acy.' and that the percentage of ilit-
eracy in the United States in 1910 among
persons over ten years of age was ~
per cent. This is a higher percentage
than exists in Great Britain, Denmark,
Holland, Germany, Sweden or Aus
tralia'
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
MAY ORGANIZE GLAZIERS.

A proposal to organize GLACIERS en-
Gently by Painters District Council No.
12, Brotherhood of Painters. Decorators
and Paper Hangers of America, to rep
resentatives of local concerns was dis
cussed yesterday at meeting of COM
mittees representing both sides. Thomas
H. Mugavin, secretary and treasurer of
the Ohio State Building Trades Council,
said last night that it looked as if set
tlement agreeable to both sides would be
reached in the near future.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
LONGSHOREMEN GAIN.

Baltimore. Md-A threatened strike
has resulted in wage increases and bet
longshoremen in this city.
Under the new agreement, both day
and night workers will receive increases
OF ~ and ~ cents an hour; time and
one-hali on legal holidays: double time
on Sundays. Christmas Day. New
Years and July T.
So-called ''shylockng' heretofore
prevalent among foremen, whereby
money was extorted from the men
under various pretenses, will be abol-
ished and offenders severely penalized
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
MEDIATION is OFFERED.

New Michael J. Reagan med-
ator for the State Department of Labor,
offered his services today in the juris-
dctional dispute between the Interna-
tional Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers' Union and the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners over dock workers
organizations in this city.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-29
LAND LAW WEAKENED.

Sacramento, Collaborating to de-
cision by Attorney General Webb, pa
rents of Japanese minors born in the
United States have right to buy and
hold land for their children. 1t is de-
clared that this rule will weaken the Cal
ifornia alien land law, as big purchasers
of California agricultural land may now
place their holdings in the names of
Japanese children.