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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19

migrants became Americanized He
answers that this opposition was merely
local and political; that it had not the
nationwide economic background OF to-
day because of trustiiied industry; that
western European immigrants were
among the first to resist social tyranny ;
that they developed American ideals ;
that they could not be used to reduce
living standards.
He is told that southern and eastern
European immigrants will likewise be-
come citizens. He answers that govern
that the sole result OF their temporary
stay is increased trust dividends and
decreased wage scales which affect our
social life.
The Burnett immigration bill is pend
ing in the House of Representatives and
will undoubtedly be voted on within the
the Senate.
1t is the duty OF every trade unionist
to take an active part i'll this defense
of things we strive to hold.
Every member of organized labor
should Immediately write their respec-
tive congressman and senators to vote
for the Burnett immigration bill.
Explain the purposes OF this legislation
to others, that every right-t thinking citi-
zen may be enlisted in the fight.
If your representatives in Washing
ton have voted for previous mmigra
ton bills, strengthen their hands against
the devious methods OF cheap labor ad-
vocates.
Write today to your congressman and
senators.
ii the bill is vetoed by the President
urge them to pass the bill over the
veto.
Let every trade unionist demand that
the Burnett immigration bill become a
law.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19
CHILD LABOR BILL PASSED
House Records Big Vote In Favor
of Measure.
BILL NOW GOES TO THE SENATE
Will Stop Interstate Transportation
of Child Labor PrOducts-LOng
Fight of Trade Unions Against
This Evil Proving Successful.

Washington.-By vote of 331 to 46
the House passed the Keatng- Owen
Child Labor bill, and this measure now
goes to the Senate.
The act debars from interstate COM
merce the shipment OF products made
in whole or in part by children under
fourteen years in workshops and fac
tories, and under sixteen years in mines
and quarries.
Practically all opposition came from
tions. Their arguments were mainly on
two oints-unconstitution and in
reference with the individual. Con-
gresham Aiken, of South Carolina, pre-
sented the latter sentiment as follows ::
81 can not lose sight of the fact that
any interference with the right of a
parent to put his child to work at such
age as he may deem wise. if that labor
lily, is in measure subversivc of the
no Federal agents going through our
mills and mill villages telling our people
when their children shall 90 to work
and when they shall not, and telling our
men and women how many hours they
Ildy WOlk pei idN anu HOW Illdlll hot
And why apply the provisions OF Fed
eral act to children of mill operatives? !?
Why not the children of lawyers, farm
ers, merchants or other professions or
callings? | can readily conceive of the
employees i'll manufacturing plants feel
ing righteous indignation at this effort
of the Federal Government to supervise
their private affairs
This line of reasoning had little effect
on the members of the House. The claim
that the act was unconstitutional was
answered in this manner by Congress
man Garland, member of the labor
group:
81 have listened to the discussions of
this question as to the constitutionality
of this bill We find that there are a
number of men OF eminence in the law
have been quoted as saying this bill is
unconstitutional. find there is another
large number who say it is not unconsti-
tutional | am not lawyer. As there
seems to be division of opinion as to
its constitutionaity, then, if we are
going to err, let us err on the side of
humanity Let us pass the bill And if
some court declares it unconstitutional,
let it do so; but let us not stand here in
an attitude of fear as to what the court
will do and refuse to do the thing that
ought to be done"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19
AGENCIES SCENT DANGER.

Boston. - Legislation providing that
the supervision of State employment
agencies be taken from the Bureau Of
Statistics and given to the State Board
OF Labor and Industries was favored by
trade-union representatives and opposed
by private agencies before a committee
of the State Legislature. Charles +. Get
tamy, director OF the bureau, joined with
the unionists, who, together with State
officials, told of the abuse of the fee
system by these private agencies. Rep
resentatives of the latter charged that
this legislation, while seemingly 100 per
cent was part of organized labor's
scheme to put them out of business
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19

voice in the shaping of their country's
affairs.
They are acquiring pronounced view
on what american ideals" mean. They
are voicng this sentiment in their trade
union conventions, their railroad brother
hood meetings and their farmers asso-
Citations.
To them, life is real 1t is a battle
for equal opportunity, for freedom, for
the things that make home. Their
circumstances compel them to declare
"self-preservation is the first law of ma
ture." That's why they ask for re-
striction of illiterate immigrants. They
can't live as Americans and compete with
those brought to our shores in shiploads
by dividend-seeking vessel owners and
agents of trusts.
They will not be swerved or denied
by presidential vetoes or the patriotic
appeals of men who profit by cheap
labor, who defend its continuance, and
who ignore its evils.
When the cheap labor advocate de-
claims on america, haven of the worlds
oppressed" the worker knows the rca-
son therefor.
He knows that if cheap labor advo-
Gates were really patriotic. industrial
conditions would make defamation un-
necessary.
The worker knows why ship owners,
trust barons and other wage reducers
are so alert to wrongs in other lands,
and SO blind to injustices in their own.
He knows that every man who would
sing freedoms song has been driven out
of the trustiied industries that working
conditions in these industries are a re-
proach to our national life; that this
is possible through ignorance that
tons.
He is told that workers in other years
have opposed Immigration, but these i'm
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19
Cheap Labor and Dividends
Must Not be an American Ideal
Order to AUoid Such Riots Occurred Youngstown Demand
That Your Congressman Votes For the Burnett B-H
ployers of Cheap Labor From Importing the Worlds terae
Compete With American Workmen.

The Burnett immigration bill is pend
ing in the House of Representatives and
will undoubtedly be voted on within the
next fortnight in the house and later
in the senate
This measure has been vetoed by
Presidents Cleveland, Taft, and Wilson,
During the last congress change of
four votes in the house would have
passed the bill over the Presidential
veto.
These repeated resorts to the veto
power to check a popular will, are most
significant. They emphasize free peo-
pies determination to have their ex-
preston written into law.
Defeat by the veto process is but a
postponement of ideals that will ulti-
mately triumph.
Arrayed on the Burnett immigration
bill are two deep-rooted convictions that
permit of no truce, armistice or har-
mony.
Shall cheap labor and dividends come
first, or shall American standards, free.
dom and liberty be the primary thought
in Our economic and social life?
interviewer in this question are num-
erous secondary issues created by artful
pleaders and manufactured by cunning
brain.
But behind and above all. looms this
one question: Shall employers of cheap
labor have open ports for the worlds il
lterates to compete with workers
possessing higher standards?
This question can only be answered
eyes" or mo"
No bell-wether of coal baron. steel
magnate or ship owner can successfully
inject other matters that only confuse
and becloud.
The workers of our country are the
nations life-blood. With this immemo-
rial truism comes the additional fact
that these workers are demanding a
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19
"SPEEDING UP" CHECKED.

Milwaukee-About one hundred en-
poyes of the Cutler Hammer Company,
who suspended work because Of shop
conditions, have adjusted their differ
enccs with the management. The COM
pany agrees that the so-called efficiency
expert will cease his "speeding-up' tao
tics, and the workers agree to accept any
ideas tending to improve their methods
of doing work
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-19
FLINTS STANDING FIRM.

Charleston, w. Va.-The strike forced
on the Flint Glass Workers Union, last
June, by the Dunbar Flint Glass Com
pany, is still effective. The company at
tempted to reduce wages 10 per cent
and inaugurate non-unon conditions
The plant is being operated in hap
hazard manner by imported strike
breakers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
New Hampshire Slow.

The Brattleboro (Vt) Reformer,
which seeks information as to the lack
of men for the New Hampshire Ma
tional Guard, can find one reason for
it in the number of Granite State boys
who are in Texas with the Norwich
university and Bellows Falls details of
the Vermont Acknowledgement On
H. Monitor.
We have heard that poor excuse
was better than none, and the above
statement is in this class. The Nor
wich university boys are not at the
border, but in camp near Fort Ethar
Allen, and a majority Of them are Yer
monters. The membership of Com
pany Il contains only small percent
age of men from New Hampshire. The
plain fact is-and the Monitor knows
it--that the New Hampshire Nationa
Guard, when called upon for field ser
vice, made very humiliating showini
| as compared with the other New Eng
land states.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14

by said Court for said creditors to pre-.
sent their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at SALISBURY this 9TH day of
July, \. D., 1916.
farand II. Randall,
William Whipple.
q Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
PELLAGRA FOUND IN JERSEY
Doctors Say There's No Danger o
Disease Spreading.

Paterson, n. j., July 12.-Suffering
IRON pellagra in an advanced stage,
Mrs. Isabelle Hillas was taken to st.
Joseph hospital her today from her
home in Boonton. News of the case,
coming on top of the excitement over
infantile paralysis, disturbed the
health authorities.
Physicians at the hospital, however
said there was no danger of a spread
of the disease which is not contagious
So far as known, it is the first case OF
pellagra ever discovered in this sec
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
AUSTRALIA TO STUDY U. S.
Commonwealth Sending commission
to Gather Data.

Melbourne via London, July Ia
The Government of the Common
wealth of Australia has decided to APP
point a commission to go to the United
States to investigate methods of manu-
facture and production and conditions
of employment.
To make Australia Independent OF
outside sources for cables and metal
ropes it is proposed to establish GOV
ernment cable works.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Tok
Briefly for Busy Readers

Harold Tudor of Stamford is in
town for few days.
Misses Margaret and Mary Riley have
returned from New York.
There is new wall under construc-
ton along the Eastern side of the vii
lage yard cemetery.
Miss Margaret Lawrie, is seriously ill
of pneumonia at her home on Silver
street and Mrs. Margaret Gay is car
ing for her.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
spend some time.

Mrs. Frederick Seymour and daught-
err. Elsie were week end guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Erwin Roberts.
MIR. Anderson, who has been visiting
his family at Glen Farm, returned to
New York Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Brigham of the
West Road spent Thursday afternoon
at Mr. and Mrs. John Daltons.
Messers Eugene Lowell and Pinto
who have been spending several days
at Glen Farm, have returned to New
| York.
a shower was given to Mr., and Mrs
Silas Streotcr Saturday evening nj
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
DORSET HOLLOW

Mrs. O'Nel of Milwaukee, Wis, Is
spending several weeks ut Glen Farm
Frank Kelley and l.. ]. Mccoy of Ben
nington spent Sunday at William kel.
ley's.
Mrs. l.. ]. Mccoy and two children
are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
VIM Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. j. l.. Moon left for
New York Sunday where they Will
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estates Of Jane S. Taft and John P.
TafS,


The undersigned, having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of Bennington,
Commissioners, to receive. examine,
and adjust the claims and demands OF
all persons against the estates of Jane
S. Taft and John Z. Taft, late OF
SALISBURY In said District, deceased
SALISBURY In said District, deceased
and all claims exhibited in Offset there
to, hereby give notice that we viii
meet for the purpose aforesaid, ut the
Town Clerks Office In the Town o
SALISBURY In said District, on the 2Otl
day of October next from | o'clock j
NJ. until 3 o'clock z. NJ, on said da!
! and that six months from the 10Th dt
of June 4, d., 1916, is the time Unite
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
SALISBURY

Mrs. Flora Barney recently spent a
few DAYS In Pittsiield Mass visiting
her sister, Mrs Myrtle Straight.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Montgomery
are entertaining their sister, Hope and
her husband from Racine Wisconsin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14
Cuts Are Dangerous /,

Cuts or wounds. sores or bruises are
likely to become infected quickly. 1t
is therefore, very important for you
to Immediately apply Minard's lini-
ment the remarkably pure, creamy
antiseptic for 1t kills germs instantly
and makes wounds heal rapidly. .
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-14

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Rob
erts. Refreshments were served ana
all were said to have had pleasant
time. The couple received many
pretty and useful gifts.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
To Save Shad Fisheries

Secretary Redfield, of the Depart
ment of Commerce, has received from
Governor Stuart, of Virginia, notifica-
ton of the passage OF an act by the
Virginia legislature requiring that half
of the Potomac River be left open to
permit shad to get to their spawning
grounds and that no fish nets be per-
mitted in the part of the river thus to
be left unobstructed
Secretary Redfeld indicated that he
believed this action will go long way
toward saving the said fisheries of the
Potomac River and its tributaries from
extinction. So serious had the fish
netting problem become on the lower
river and Chesapeake Bay that fish
could not get to their spawning grounds
in the river AND the Department of
Commerce was thinking seriously of
closing down the fish hatchery at
Bryan's Point, Md, near Marshall
Hall.
The gravity of this situation was
called to the attention of the Virginia
authorities by Secretary Redfield in a
communication last month and the law
just passed by the Virginia Legislature
is believed to have been enacted as a
result of that letter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
SUBMARINE CONTROVERSY AT
ACUTE STAGE.

The accumulation of circum-
stantial evidence indicating that
Germany has engaged upon a
campaign of submarine warfare
which has no regard for the
rights of American citizens
travelling on merchant ships Of
belligerent nationality, the adj
ministration considers, has Great
ed one of the most serious situa-
tons which has confronted the
United States since the begin
ming of the war in Europe.
Every agency open to the State
Department is being employed
in an effort to gather an unim-
peachable array of facts regard
ing the explosion which damag-
ed the British channel steamer
Sussex, the sinking of the
British ships Manchester, En-
gineer. Englishman, Eagle Point
and the Dutch steamer Tubantia
and the alleged firing of a tor
pedo at the French passenger
ship Patria. All of these ships
carried American citizens and
all apparently were attacked in
violation of Germany's recently
renewed assurances to the
United States.
The next step of the United
States is said authoritatively to
have been determined upon.
Unless Germany, in reply to the
inquiries made by the United
States through Ambassador
Gerard, makes some statement,
to cause the State Department
to change it's present intentions,
tits understood that all the re-
cent aggravating incidents will
be combined into one general
formidable Indictment, which
will bring the entire subject to
a clear-cut issue.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
upon the State Roads Commission to
fill in all the main gaps of the system

upon the State Roads Commission to
fill in all the main gaps of the system
before building through any Incorporate
ed towns in any county. For this rea-
son we could not build through Upper
Marlboro until certain that we would
have balance available in Prince
Georges County for that purpose.
This we could not tell last year until
the working season was over. resign
ed as Chairman of the Commission on
March 1st, and am now waiting for the
Governor to accept my resignation.
AS a new Chairman and a new Com
mission will doubtless be appointed III
the near future, and as this is the Will
ter season, it is not likely that any con-
tracts will be awarded until the new
Commission comes in. Under these
circums tances, do not see how l can
do anything officially at this time TO
help your people, and the only thing
for you to do is to present your claims
to the new Commission when it is ap-
pointed.
Regretting that l cannot give you
more satisfactory reply, but feeling
sure that your town will be built
through, as 1t is an extremely import
ant link on the road from Washington
to Annapolis and to Calvert County,
believe me,
Very truly yours,
Signed-O. E. Weller,
Chairman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
Oppose Issuing School Bonds.

Board of School Commissioners
of Prince Georges county
Upper Marlboro, Maryland. }
WHEREAS it has come to our atten-
ton that bill has been introduced in
the the Senate at Annapolis, Md, to
authorize the County School Commiss-
toner's of Prince Georges County to pur
chase lot for public school near River
dale and to issue bonds for $4,000. CO..
AND WHEREAS, we the Board of
County School Commissioners, and the
County Commissioners, are aware OF
the financial conditions now existing,
also in view of thefact that this Coun-
ty now has new and complete High
School at Hyattsville, Md, which will
afford ample accommodations for the
school children of Riverdale.
AND WHEREAS both the Board of
County School Commissioners, and the
County Commissioners, have gone on
record as opposed to any issue of school
bonds by the Legislature for building
new schools.
Now therefore, be it resolved, that
we, the undersigned, trust that said
bill will be reported unfavorably.
Signed
Geo. P. McCeney,
Virgil M. Lawrence,
E. S. Burroughs, Supt.
Board of School commissioners.
H. Morton Bowen,
L. b. Middleton,
J. j. Suit,
Geo. A. Guide,
John Nj. Bowie,
County Commissioners.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
l.. G. SASSCER, Solicitor for
Complainant
ORDER OF L OBLIGATION
vs..
HERE SMITH, Defendant
Ia the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
NJ. 411f Equity

M. 4jlp I-quitt
TIME object of this suit is tn prO.'u, e
1 = divorce Vinculo maLrImnnil 10y
the Complainant from the Defendant
The bill states in SAB ltancc that The
Complainant married lhe defendant N
the lwerntirth dav OF JANUARY, 1910;
that while the conduct nt the tUmrl tiu-
ant toward the Defendant has d ways
been kind, affectinnatc and above re-
proach, the Defendant, without any
Just cause or Excuse, abandoned and
deserted the Compl ,intnt IN the 20ih
d " If January 1910 aud that such ban
donment and leseI1lon has continue un
initftnptetlv for more than four years;
j. DELHI rate and final. and the separa-
ton al he parties is beyond any
reasonable expectation Of reconciliation;
that no children were ,rn as Il result
of this MAJ riage. that the Complainant
has been resident of Prince Georges
County, in the Stale of Maryland, for
/ he neriod of 6 yeas last past, aud that
the Defendant is a nonresident of the
State, and is a resident of the District
of Columbia.
1t is thereupon this 23rd day of March
1916, by the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County in equity, ORDERED
that the Complainant, by causing Il
copy If this order to he inserted in any
new paper published in Prince Georges
County. State of Maryland, once in
each of four successive weeks before
the 2lst day of April, 1916, give notice
to the said Defen dan1, Hebe Smith, Of the
object aud substance of the bill OF nm
plant filed in said cause, warning her
to appear in this court in person or by
solicitor. on or before the 18th day Of
May, next, TO show cause, it any she has
why decree should not be passed as
prayed.
S. d. HALL, Clelk
Circuit Court Tor Prince GeoIg e's
County, Md
True Copy -Test:
S. ID. HALL. Clerk. Mar "a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31

Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew of
the former president of Mexico,
has landed on Mexican soil at the
head of revolutionary .expedi-
ton which promises to be an i'm
portant coun tie revolution
against the Carranza govern
ment.
The Diaz expedition landed
last week at a point on the Gulf
Of Mexico coast line, near the
boundary line between the states
of Tabasco and Campeche. Pri-
vate information of the most def
mite and unilnpeachable charac-
ter has reached Washington that
the landing of the expedition had
been successfully accomplished
at the point named.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
Friday, March 81, 1916
MAINE DEMOCRATS FOR WILSON

The administration of Presi-
dent Wilson, especially as it re-
lated to the methods of dealing
with the situation in Mexico and
in Europe, was commended in
the platform adopted by the
Democrats of Maine at their
State convention Wednesday.
I'VE indorse his leadership
and fdemand his reelection, "
the platform stated, because he
is the safest, the wisest, the
most humane and the most clear
headed statesman now on the
stage of the world
There was prolonged applause
when United States Senator
Charles F. Johnson, as Temporary
chairman. defended the foreign
policy of the Administration.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-31
ELECTION OF TREASURER

Mr.. Wilkinson's bill proposing
an amendment to the Constitu-
ton by which the comptroller
will be elected every four years,
instead of two years, and also by
which the state treasurer will be
elected by the people instead of
by the General Assembly, has
passed the House and was sent
to the Senate.
1t is stated that Mr.. Robert
w. Wells. of Hyattsville, is a
candidate for Congress. If this
is true the Democrats will have
a three-cornered fight, this year.
Former Congressman F. O.
Smith and Mr.. Jackson H. Raj
ston. of Hyattsville, having en-
tered the race some time ago.