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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-01
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
CANNOT BE TRICKED

New York, June 24.-The four Rail
road Brotherhoods of Engineers, Con-
ductors' Firemen and Trainmen demand
the right to fix their own wages and will
not delegate that power to the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
This was the feature of the confer
cnce between representatives of these
workers and railroad managers, last
( Thursday, when the latter, in refusing
the eipht-hour day and pay for overtime
demand of their freight service en-
ployes, suggested that the entire matter
be referred to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Coupled with this recon-
mendation, the managers suggested that
Congress be asked to give the commits
sion any additional powers found neces
Sary. Chairman GarretSon OF the en-
ployes said they did not accept the right
of the commission to fix wages, and in
dicated that there is difference between
the wage rate of an employe and the
freight rate of barbed wire or pig iron.
The railroad managers also favored
arbitration under the Federal law COM
monty known as the Newlands Act This
was declined by the workers, who called
attention to the fact that this law is only
intended where a tie-up of traffic is
threatened, and that as no such condition
exists they refused to recognize that
method of solving present differences
The employees indicated that they favor
continued conferences and are hopeful
that settlement may be reached through
conciliation and mediation. They are
not overlooking any move to strengthen
their lines, however, and have submitted
statement to their respective member
ships, in which strike power is asked.
The workers opposition to arbitration
as general proposition is based on the
failure to secure neutral arbitrators who
understand the technical side of railroad
ing and because the railroads have twist
ed decisions to their advantage. Chair
man GarrctSon of the workers made this
charge against the managers: "Arbitra-
tors with the best of intentions have
seen the language of their findings con-
strued in manner they did not intend"
Washington, June 24.-Several news
papers in the Middle West have declared
that President Gompcrs is not in sym
pathy with the efforts of freight train
employees to secure an eight-hour day,
These stories evidently emanate from
the same source, which ignores lengthy
editorial published in the American Fed
erationist, March issue, on this question,
in which President Gompers said:
1--WE repeat the hope already expressed
that the railroad mems demands may be
secured without the stoppage of worl;
even for a moment, but if strike can
not be avoided, they may count upon the
sincerest sympathy, cooperation and
support of the rank and file of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor in their strug-
gle for glorious triumph"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-01
LABORERS RAISE WAGES.

Building Laborers' union announce that
practically every contractor has signed
its new wage scale, which increases
wages cents an hour.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

alton at $2.455,966,S45 with less than
ten per cent of its public highways
lmpeoved; Texas with property as
sesSed for taxation at $9,744,265,S SAT
and less than eight per cont OF Inn
proved highways: Colorado with ST.
209, 659. 206 OF assessed values and
barely two per cent OF improved pub
lie roads: Nebraska with assessed
values OF $3.50 .001 and SO,SSS miles
OF publIr Dads and only threC-tcnths OF
one per cent of these roads in an Inn
proved condition.
II the people who lived in England
three or four hundred years ago could
come back from the land OF shades
and make trip to the United States,
they would find the going in great
regions Of this country precisely MS
II was when they fumcd and sworc
and swcatcd in the days Of Charles.
They would also hear much talk
among their descendants over hero
about how wonderful Ia the clviliza-
ton Of this age and how far the Unit
ed States has oNtstrippGd the rest OF
the world In progressive achievement.
And II the forefathers Of the colored
people who were brought over to this
land OF freedom 800 years ago could
make n visit to the United States lust
now-to Arkansas. for example. with
only three per cent OF It's public roads
"tmproVcd" they would not digCoy-
er much difference in this respect be-
tween tho trails and swamps Of their
own jungle land and tho so-callGd
highways of ono Of the progressive
commonwealth Of the richest nation
on cnrth.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15
What He Wrote about Enq.
lands Roads Describes
Conditions Here.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.-History Is
all the time repeating itself. and men
in the large do not learn very much
from experience. So-caIeld pure
democracy" is not new to this day and
time. There Is something among the
ancients to match the worst and the
best in this generation. The United
States is not the only allegedly "ciy-
ilized land" which has been cursed
with bad roads. England was as bad
off 800 years ago as this country, gem
orally speaking, is now. Writing OF
the conditions in England in 1856
Macaulay said 1.-THE chief cause
which made the fusion of the differ
ent elements of society so imperfect
was the extreme difficulty which our
ancestors found in passing from place
to place. In the seventeenth
century the inhabitants OF London
were for almost every practical pur-
pose, farther from Reading than they
now are from Edinburgh, and farther
from Edinburgh than they now are
from Vienna. 1t was by the high
ways that both travellers and goods
generally passed from place to place.
On the best lines of communication the
ruts were deep. the descents precipi-
tous and the way often such as 1t was
hardly possible to distinguish, in the
dusk. from the uninclosed heath and
fen which lay on both sides. 1t
happened, almost every day, that
coaches stuck fast. until a team OF
cattle could be procured from some
neighboring farm to tug them ont OF
the slough. In some parts OF
Kent and Sussex none but the strong
est horses could, in winter, get
through the bog. in which. at every
step, they sunk deep. The markets
were often inaccessible during several
months. The wheeled carriages
were. in this district, generally pulled
by oxen. When Prince George OF
Denmark visited the stately mansion
OF Petworth in wet weather, he was
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

CHARLESTON: Enrolment in the
West Virginia high schools has In
creased 131 per cent in the last five
years, according to report covering
that period completed by State Super
intendent NJ. p. Shnwkey. The num-
Der Of graduates from all public high
schools has increased from less than
500 to almost three times as many.
Those leaving high school for college
compare now with five years ago as
five to one and one-hRlf. Tho total
number of pupils enrolled in these
schools exceeds II 900.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15
Thin People Gained
Weight Quickly
BY Following this Simple sug.
gestion.

Thin men and women who would
like to increase their weight with 10
or 10 pounds Of healthy stay there
fat should try eating little sargol
with their meals for q while and
note results. Here is a good test
worth trying. First weigh yourself
and measure yourself. Then take
Snrgol-one tablet with every meal
for two weeks. Then weight and
measure again. 1t isn't question
OF how you look or feel or what your
friends say and think. The scales
and the tape measure will tell their
own stony, and many thin men and
women we believe can easily add
from Ave to eight pounds in the first
fourteen days by following this SIM
pie direction. And best of all, the
new flesh stays put.
Sargol does not of itself make fat,
but mixing with your food. 1t aims
to turn the fats. sugars and starches
OF what you have eaten, into rich.
ripe fat producing nourishment for
the tissues and blood-prepare 1t in
an easily assimilated form which the
blood can readily accept. Much OF
this nourishment now passes from
your body as waste. But Sargol
works to stop the waste and do Il
quickly and to make the fat produc-
ing contents Of the very same meals
you are eating now develop pounds
and pounds Of healthy flesh between
your skin and bones. sargol is safe,
pleasant, efficient and inexpensive.
Leading druggists in this vicinity sell
1t in largo boxes-forty tablets TO a
package-on a guarantee OF weight
Increase or money back as found In
each largo box.-Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15
west VIRGINIA BRIEFS

NEW MARTINsvILIE: Announce
ment is made by the Grant district
board OF education that three modern
school buildings to cost $4,000 each
will be erected at smithtield and Jack
sonburg as the result of the approval
by voters at special election of u
bond issue of $4,000 for school pur-
poses.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15
ASK FOR and GET
HORE. | GK'S
THE ORIGINAL
MATTED MILK
Chap substitutes cost YOU Same price
SPECIAL. COMMISSIONERS SALE orr
REAL, EgTATE

Notice Is given that. In pursuance OF n
decree Of thH Circuit Court OF Harrison
County, West Virginia. rendered on the
18th day Of February, lnlG In the chm.
WlcklifO NJ Conway, Executor. IL plain
tin. and Alice MRy Rogers and others nrF
defendants, the undersigned Special Com
missioner, who was appointed by said do.
crae TO make sale of the renl estate here.
tnHtfar mentioned, will. on
SATURDAY, THE IsT DAY OF APRIL,
1915,
at the hour Of one O'Clock in the afternoon
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15
u. IS fcct to n stake; thence s. 77M 10 as
feet Ia tina hauInnlnp

u. IS feet to stake; thence s. 77N 10 10
feet tn tho beginning.
TERMS of HALE .rlnC- third OF the
purchase money, Or Us much moro as the
purchaser may elect To pay, III cash on thB
dny OF sale: tile residue III two equal In.
Etnllments due respectively In one and
Two years inter thr date OF sale, each bear
Ing interest az six per cent from date,
for which tho purchaser shall give his two
notes and 20 secure tho payment Of which
Il vendors lien shall br reserved IN a deed
oi conveyance to tho purchaser.
W. NJ. CONAWAY,
Special Commissioner.
l. I. Wade COfrmnn. Clerk Of said Circuit
Court ON Harrison County, do certify that
w NJ. Conway, special commissioner, has
given bond nS required by tho above men.
toned decree NJ sale. Given under my
hand this lst day nf aEarrh. 1915
/. WADE COLEMAN.
Clerk. Circuit Court Of Harrison County,
West Virginia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

latest to Join the new Tygarts Valley
Tennis League, its application having
been acted upon fayorably by the lea
sue. The league now incluges Nor
gantown, Clarksburg, Kingwood, Graf
ton, Elkins, Philippl and Buckhannon.
1t is probable that Falrmont will be
the eighth club in the organization.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

holding OF loaded cars by the thous-
ands at the eastern seaports because
Of shortage Of steamships In which
TO load the coal shipped from West
Virginia. The meeting was attended
by the principal operators in southern
West Virginia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

CHARLESTON: Shortage OF coal
cars on the Virginian railroad and con-
Meeting lines was the principal topic OF
discussion here at meeting Of the
New River and Winding Gulf Coal
Operators Association. II was shown
that the cnuse OF the shortage Is the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

CHARLESTON: l.. Lommo. Boom
er merchant. has been turned over 10
the federal authorities charged with
having shipped into West Virginia
from New York. 200 gallons Of rum
and wine in barrels labeled as vinegar
and olives in brine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

BIJUEFGELD: The life Of Albert
Owens was saved in ST. Lnke's hospital
here by the sacrifice by hts father of
three pints OF his blood. Owens's leg
had been amputated and TRANSMISSION
was necessary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

WHEELING: Wheeling is to have
q new quarter million dollar iron and
steel manufacturing corporation in the
consolidation OF the ]. T.. Moss Iron
Works and the Architectural Iron and
Wire Works. The merger was APP
proved at meetings of stockholders.
Extensive improvements are to be
made to the plants.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

CHARLESTON: Measles has be-
come epidemic and has caused one
death in the thickly settled rural com
munity between Charleston and ST.
Adams, following an epidemic OF grip
which caused many deaths. II was
reported here that within n radius OF
100 yards near Spring Hill there are
thirty-two cases OF the disorder.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

NtARTINSBURG: Ernest Ferris,
ten-year-old son OF Joseph Ferris. Of
Round Top, was fatally injured when
ne fell beneath a moving Baltimore
and Ohio freight train he attempted
to board at Sir Johns Run. w. va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

FAIRMONT: Faithful work of
physicians could not save the life OF
Milfred Miller. three-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Miller, who fell
into a tub of boiling water in the
kitchen of his home while his mother
was washing clothes.
MoRGANTowN: This city is the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-15

The beauty of ireland is sham
rock. Try a box Of Huyler's famous
Shamrock Peppermint drops. Only
1Oc today. sturm and Wilson,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03
". II. II. Allison Not
Pleased With Wilson

Editor Morning Journals
have waited another day i'm order
10 know what further might be said
about the postscript and the hackstairs
gossip However, as a disturbing ell
cment u the campaign, they, with
many other unpleasant Incidents Of
the Same sort VIII have run their
course less than "a week hence. Per
sonaly have never put any reliance
lu the postscript matter, although
there might have been some back
stairs gossip. for the reason that
lh'tr was no occasion for the writing
OF the postscript Il was not neces-
-Ar}, Tor long before that date Kaiser
Wilhelm had sized up our president
lie took his measure soon after the
beginning Of the European war. and
time proves that he took the meas
lre accurately
Just how william learned that cit
ikens OF the United states, travelling
the high seas during the existence of
The war were to be protected on pa
per. only perhaps will never he
known. IL rs enough TO know that
ht got the information and he has
conducted his submarine warfare
since Then to suit his own purposes
Had there been dozen Lusitanias
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03
Win Scissors and Paste
WHEN BIRDS MIGRATE


In flying from Europe to Africa
/ birds cross the Mediterranean sea al
! q point whore the water Is SO shallow
/ that II is believed the two continents
were formerly connected there. Tho
/ land bridge. which il is thought form
1 erly guided the birds in their flight
( has disappeared, but The habit Of
crossing at this particular place stll
| remains
Though ] do not know of any cases
Of this Kind in America, we shall find
/ equally interesting facts concerning
She air lines OF our birds. For ex-
ample, how do YOU suppose the Uttlc
wheutear, no larger IMAM "a blue bird
formed the habit Of migrating from
Europe TO Greenland Probably ne
comes by way OF England and Ice
land, but at the best it IS a long Jour
uey ana seems 60 take the bird much
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03
THE TAXATION QUESTION,

The time is on for decision as Il
how you are going to vote next Tues.
day This is one Of the most import
ant elections ever held in the state. II
1t les involved much Of our future pro
gress.
The taxes of this state must be
made more equitable There have been
some improvements, but not enough.
There is one company, for example,
IN this state. that paid last year five
million dollars In dividends. but it's
taxes were little more than Is paid
by several private citizens in Albu-
Werque. although It's dividends were
probably nearly twenty times the to-
tai value OF the holdings OF any pri-
yate individual Of this city.
when the legislature meets. there
viii be imperative demands for more
money for practically every state in
stitutlon. There must be more
money for the Las Vegas normal, for
The silver city normal, for the Agri-
cultural college, for the University Of
New Mexico.
The hospital for the insane must
have more buildings ana bigger
fund il tho needs Of the
state are TO be served. In the present
only the most rigid
economy Is able to keep the institu-
ton going, and there is constant dan
ger Of one Of the buildings collupsing. !
rho reform school and the school for
the blind also require assistance.
There must be more money spent |
upon the roads and more for the pub /
lie schools.
Where Is II 10 come from ?
There is but one answer The bag .
corporations, now paying on about
hree per cent Of their value viii
ave to pay more into the Golfers OF
he state. II Is Just thHt they should
my more Had the Clark taxation
ill gone through, they would be pay
ng enough now 10 take care Of every
oed of the state The Rursum bin
vas drafted for their special benefit /
nd under its operations they rrc cs- II
aping, and will continue to escape II
Iolm o. Bursum is elected governor
( New Mexico
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03

effects the world around Massive al
are some OF the aspects Of the uni
verse, we who know what feeble vt
brations viii register themselves oil
earth's farthest side, recognize as
our fathers did not, how delicate is
the equilibrium Of forces and how a
cause comparatively small viii pro-
duce distant consequences.
II one volcano IN the southern ocean
produced atmospheric effects for
years and sent tides that washed every
oceanic shore the world around. 1t is
not impossible chat large effects may
flow from The enormous explosions Id
the European war The popular ex-
PLANTATION ascribng the peculiar
springs and summers Of 1915 and 1916
to The phenomena Of the war may be
right enough.
II feeble vibration set up at Ar
lneton Va, can De recorded at Homo
lulu, is 1t prcpostcrous that the storm
VI sound and motion caused by the |
explosions OF the most powerful /
.hcmiculs over an extended front |
pace and for an extended time should
Muse rains and unreasonable tenn
Jeraturcs in other continents?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03
WHAT RNrTLEs MAY 10.

ON every battle front Of the groa.
European war have come frequent re-.
ports OF Interference with military Oh.
orauons duo 10 the unprecedented,
heavy rains Such reports are now
coming from the somme. from Mace
donna, from Guucia
soldiers ever since the use OF gun
powder 20 decide battles have said
that the thunder OF u cannon ana the
rattle Of firearms caused rain clouds
Go gather General Grant mentions
this fact in mis- memoirs.
II a battle Of he old style account
ga for precipitation. what cam not he
credited 20 these new st}le battles. the
lines Of which reach five hundred or
thousand miles. the duration Of
which are measured by seasons. tho
det0uatiuns 81 which exceed many
fold. every hour of the twenty four.
the thuuders OF Waterloo and Gcttya-
burg comhuedg The disturbances
caused by these battles may easily ri.
val those Of hurricanes and typhoous
N"t until this war have artificial
forces ryalcd those Of nature The
powers unlooscd by the inferno az
Nerduu probably exceed those fluns
cut Ny any single volcano and com
pare with those set going BY the
smaller earthquakes
When Krakatoa. in the Sunday
straits blew its head off back in the
i busted the upper atmos-
phere for four years after producing
imperial sunsets and gorgeous nsht
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03

which had been so bad that would have
to lie down. | also used the Sanativo
Wash and it has done me a great deal If
good, and am not troubled with aweak.
ness any more. - Mrs. P. L. Brill
lzs9 Booth Street, Milwaukee. Wis.
Inc most successful remedy for NO
mans ills is Lydia f. Pinkham's Vago
taole compound. It has stood the test
l l,,', lorty years, which would be impos-
S'oIe II it did not have genuine merit,
for special advice, free. write
TO Lydia +. Pinkham NTed;nimo
Co. CONFIDENTIAL LYNN, Mas
our letter will be opened. read
ana ,', answered by a woman, and
"''d ~ strict confidence.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03
SILENCE rs 10 SUBMARINES.
tyNiupinhy p,la.,.stt


AlmosJ since the beginning Of the
war the British admiralty has adopt
ed policy of complete silence with
respect 20 operations against German
submarines These vessels simply
leave their home ports and do not
return. Whether they are reposing
permanently at the bottom of the
ocean or are securely tied TO some
British wharf Will remain untold until
peace shall come again.
By this method a double object is
secured. II causes e constant con
dition Of wearing anxiety among tho
Germans as 60 the fate Of the crews
and 1t prevents any hint from leaking
out as TO the methods by which sub
marines are sunk or captured So far
as this goes 30 Is AN TO the good.
But there is another side to the
matter Every time "a merchant shin
Is torpedoed the world hears about H.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-03
An HIsTomChL PARALLEL.

The national election is going to b,
exceedingly close. so far as may b,
Judged a' this time The electora
vote Of New Mexico may be decisive
Certainly the responsibility upon
the Now Mexico voter is quite as i'm.
portant as upon the individual voter
~ the great state Of New York--far
moro SO II we consider the fact that
only about 10000 New Mexico voters
viii elect United states senator this
Year while In New YORK state 10 elect
senator viii require more than 750.-
600 votes
Grave questions confront the coun-
Try The Marina incident. with the
loss Of six American lives, seems to
be on an ,ours with the Sussex trag-
edy though IT may not appear so
when all the facts are known.
But as the great European war
drags It's bloody length toward ex-
huustion, the belliRerents are sure to-
become more desperate and more
reckless Of consequences. We do not
want war with Germany, or any other
nation, " IL can be avoided. War
means waste Of property bloodshed
and death. But war can not be avoid
ed at times. but it should be avoided
when possible
President Wilson is in much tho
same sort of position that President I
Lincoln found himself near the close /
of his first administration ON the |
night OF June g. 1864. there was
notable meeting In Baltimore. The |
men we're nearly all OF prominence in
the various states from which they
came 10 that convention In il was
Tut one friend Of Abraham Lincoln.
An the other delegates were de-
nouneing Lincoln nercoy and de-
mandiug that some other man De
elected TO the presidency
senator James n Lane. OF Kansas, H
finally rose ia the meeting, ana this
Deg what ho said. Fl
4 am speaking individually 20 each h
man here 10 YOU. SIR, know in this
broad land, and can YOU nume 10 mo.
one man whom you could must. be-
fore God that De would nave done
better than Abraham Lincoln hasI
done ana 10 whom you would now he
moro willing 20 trust tho unforeseen
That unforeseen peril that pcrplcX-
a. lon %. al