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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11

which she is receiving daily contribu-
lions of clothes, sewing materials,
soap and nails, pencils and states, and
paraff1n oil, which will be sent to the
island as belated Christmas present
It will be the first visit of Santa Claus
to Pitcairn.
Capt. Griffiths has promised to stop
off Pitcairn on his next voyage and
deliver the gifts.
| The island, mere speck in the vast
expanse Of the Pacific ocean, lies
about halfway between the western
extremity Of the Panama Canal and
New Zealand.
The island is a rocky promontory
rising from 1000 to 1000 feet above
the sea level. It is about two and a
half miles long and one mile wide. It
is well wooded and covered with lux
uriant tropical vegetation. The sides
are sheer rock cliffs and there is no
harbor or. anchorage for ships, though
a blight in the coast line is known as
Bounty Bay. The Port Hardy, though
nominally touching, did not anchor.
but merely clay to- off shore That
was sufficient invitation to a num-
Der Of the islanders, men, women and
|ch1ldren, to come aboard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11

Miss Emily Mccoy, the Pitcairn Is
lander who has been studying nursing
and elementary medicine in. this city
preparatory to going back to Pitcairn
as queen and caretaker Of the native
populations, is in New York today
making preparations to ship her sub
jects box OF clothes for Christmas
present.
Captain Grifiths, skipper Of the Port
Hardy, which plies between New York
and australia, has reached New York
with the informamt1on that his ship
was hailed in passing Pitcairn and
lithe Islanders, after making presents,
begged that he inform Miss Mccoy Of
their plight. !.
The people lack clothes, especially
the women who are beginning to
make over the mems castoffs. The
supply Of the latter is rapidly dwin-
ding.
Women's clothes, Miss MCCOY told a
reporter, have been made Of wood
pulp, pressed into light material. It
us scarcely possible, from Capt. Crit
fths' report, that the supply of wood
lOnst the island has run out.
Mss Mccoy is preparing a box, to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11
Hu7nyroH1c

New York, Dec. 117-Forty young
men selected as munitions experts ar
rived here today on the steamship
Orduna from Liverpool. They will be
assigned to various factories in the
United States and Canada where mu-
hitions for the entente governments
are being manufactured under con-
tract, and will pass on the output be-
fore it is delivered for shipment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11
SEMI-CHORUS OF
ORATORIO SOCIETY
REHEARSE TOMORROW

There will be a rehearsal for the
semi-ch orus Of the Bridgeport Oratorio
society tomorrow evening at the High
school auditorium. For the regular
chorus the rehearsals will be elimi-
mated until Jan. 2 at which time
regular rehearsals will be resumed.
The work which the society will pro-
duce at it's next concert is progress
ing finely and DR.. Mees anticipates
the browning achievement of the So
cietys career.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11

army chaplains are no longer used for
spiritual help alone. They must fight,
dig trenches and help in other ways If
too old to carry arms.
The field hospitals, even, contain no
men attendants. these all, having been
sent to fight. Women take charge of
every Austrian hospital. They are aid
ed by convalescents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11
HELD FOR SHOOTING.

New London, Dec. 11-William
at David Sparrow, on the street Tues
day night, two Of which took effect,
was bound over to the superior court
this morning under bond of $4,000 on
a charge of assault with intent to kill.
Sparrow is in hospital but is expect
ed to recover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11
POINTS OF INTEREST.

Great annual sale of reliable fur
scarfs and muffs in black narob1a
lynx, black fox, Hudson seal, eastern
mink, natural raccoon, natural skunk.
red fox and many other furs at E. H.
Dillon & Co.'S, 1,1O5 Main street
Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-11

Measures of the new British gov
eminent for the control of food sup
plies will be preceded by one for the
entire control OF the liquor trade. ac-
cord1nS to well Informed sources.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
NATION IS A DEBTOR TO WALSH
DECLARES HON. E. P. COSTICAN
MEET TO DISCUSS ARBITRATION
Railway Employees and Managers to
Open Conference in New York.

Proposals that questions involving
wages and hours OF work be submitted to
arbitration will be discussed at series
OF meetings beginning June at New
York city, was decided this week in Chi
cago at a meeting Of representatives of
the railroads and the four employees
brotherhoods.
The railroads side, it was announced.
Will be put forward by national con-
ference committee OF fifteen or twenty
Officials. Names OF representatives OF
both sides will be announced later.
Warren s. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers, as
spokesman for the brotherhood represen-
tatives. said they would be represented
by one man from each railroad system
totaling about 100.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
GRAND JUNCTION UNIONS
MAKING RAPID PROGRESS
CONTRACTORS WANT JOBS DONE
BY ORGANIZED LABOR.
Meetings of the Trades and Labor As
sembly Being Largely Attended
and Much Activity Shown.
Especial Correspondence.)

Grand Junction, Colo. May 3.-Therc
is great activity among the labor organ
izations of this city and meetings of the
Trades and Labor Assembly are being
well attended. Concerns which have
hitherto been unfair are making over
lures to have their places fair to union
labor. At the last meeting of the As
-cmbly the contractors for the new
Blackwell and Barton building on South
avenue sent u letter wanting to know
what action was necessary to have this
Job straightecnd out along union lines.
The probabilities are that the cSecu'
tive board OF the Assembly will be called
together TO take the matter up at once.
The brick work on the building is. 20 bc
started soon and this is rather tick
lish point in the history of this case.
The Hod Carriers Union is going TO
spend some money helping people who
have been fair to labor and have de
clared s. X. Vols the only fair cement
man in the city now and have placed an
advertisement in both papers for him,
paying for it themselves.
IL is good sign of the times when
employers come TO the unions with a
request that their work be done under
union conditions.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
Mine WORKERS WIN GREAT VICTORY
IN THE ANTHRACITE COAL DISTRICTS
Agreement Reached in Conference With Operators for Wage
Increase Eight-Hour Day and Recognition of Union;
Miners Meet Ratify the Contract

anthracite district and means solid or
gauization Tor the first time in the his.
tory of the industry.
Following the agreement reached in
conference between operators and the L.
NJ w. committees, convention was
called by the anthracite miners at Poots-
willie, Pa. where on Thursday it was
voted to accept the new contract. II
takes the place of the agreement which
expired March 81, and will bc retroactive
to that date.
In the Pittsburg district. where $4,000
bituminous miners quit work to enforce
the new agreement recently entered into
between operators and the union. cover
ing the central district, an understand
ing was had as to Interpretation of the
contract, and the men have returned to
work.
Thus the United Mine Workers have
put thru the entire program adopted az
the Indianapolis convention, and gained
for the miners increased pay which
amounts to many millions of dollars an
nually. The eight-hour day is univers-
ally established for the first time in the
organizations history.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06

Winning practically every demand
made for increased wages, recognition
of the union and better conditions OF la
Dor. an agreement was reached in New
York this week between the anthracite
coal opera tors and United Mine Work
ers. The wage increase will amount to
about 81, 100000 annually in the anthra-
cite fields. Only one point at issue, the
check off was absolutely refused by the
operators.
This is a great victory for the miners
and comes after series of conference
covering n period of nearly two months.
The agreement recognizes the United
Mine Workers of America, grants an
eight hour working day, and an average
increase of about l2h per cent for all
classes of workers in and about the
mines.
The agreement contains important con.
ccssions on the part of the operators,
cmbodying formal recognition of the
union. Tho miners demanded wage in.
crease Of 90 per cent, but it is not be.
lievcd they expected full compliance on
this point.
The new agreement affects approx
matcly l7500o miners employed in the
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
DENVER GERMAN EDITOR
DIES BY POISON ROUTE
WORRY OVER WAR AND FATE OF
RELATIVES THE CAUSE.
Takes Dose of Rat Poison, Then Writes
Note ESalting the Kaiser and Wish
ing Long Live Germany"

After writing a note eNtolling Kaiser
Wilhelm and praying success for the
German arms, Frederick Ruebesamen. sc
years old. telegraph editor of the Colo.
rado Herald, Denyer's German daily pa.
per. took dose of rat poison Sunday
night and crept into bed with his wife
to await death. Three hours later she
awoke to find her husband breathing
his last and he died in her arms
Altho Reubeslmen had been in poor
health for a number OF years, motive
for his act is believed by friends to be
directly traeeable to worry over the war
and his inability to hear from his broth
er. a general in the Germany army. For
several weeks he had been desponden,
over the European situation, and only
recently he attempted TO end his life by
shooting. He was placed in the city jail
and held for several DAYS.
Fear that his brother was dead proved
on his mind, and the absence of the let
ters convinced him that he had been
killed in battle.
Regret that he also could not die on
the battlefield was expressed by the edi-
tor in farewell note.
Deceased resided at 921 Navajo street
and was prominent in German social and
business circles OF the city.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
TOLL OF INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK
One Out Of Every Thirty-five Workers
Disabled Two Weeks in Each Year.

There are 100000 wage carners in
New York state who are subject to the
workmen's compensation law and one out
of every thirty-five of this number was
disabled for more than two weeks by an
industrial accident in the eighteen months
ending December 81. 1915, according to
report issued by W. ID. Archer, deputy
state industrial commissioner.
In the eighteen months there were re-
ported 337 800 industrial accidents, of
which 56,374 involved total disability
for over fortnight. carrying Herewith
an allowance of two-thirds of regular
wages. There We're l,2l4 deaths from
industrial accidents and 81 per cent OF
the victims had others depending on
them for support.
An analysis of the first 10000 claims
for benefits under the compensation law
shows that the average value of a death
award was S3.24O; average value of a
permanent disability. award, S520.3s;
average temporary total disability
award. $42.4l.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
Railroads Could SaUe Millions
By Stopping Their Extrauagances
Rebates Form of Fines and PUate Cars for Officials Gre
ate Waste of Reuenue That Would Ouercome
Amy Additional Cost of Eisht-F1our Day

confined to any particular section OF the
country or to any special group of rail
roads, The practices are quite general
among different railroads and in differ.
ent sections. In 1915 the fines imposed
upon the carriers amounted to 1924 600
the following railroads being convicted
by the courts: Central Railroad of New
Jyi sey, Chicago. Terre Haute & South
ea stern; Grand Trunk. Louisville 4 Nash.
VILE Michigan Central, Missouri, Kan
SIS 4 Texas and the Sierra Railway.
Fines Are a Subterfuge.
Commenting upon the unnecessary eN-
penses attending the infraction OF the
laws directly connected with interstate
commerce, the federal commission in its
report in ''the ) per cent case" rendered
last year, states that these expenses
should be avoided. This report says that
the railroads in official classification ter
ri;ory alone have paid since December l,
1909. in the aggregate Ssli,lS5 in forfeit
urcs and fines. the larger part OF which
represent penalties and for rebating. One
system alone has paid penalties aggre-
eating SS35.lS5. II this one source OF
dcplention of railway revenues were
dried up by a cessation OF the multi
tarious methods thru which favoritisnl
i shown certain shippers. il Is suggested
to railway officials who are opposing the
granting of an eight hour day to their
ire ght train employees. that there will
be- more revenue in the treasures OF tho
Continued on page o.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
BUTTE MINERS GET MORE PAY
Copper Companies Grant Increase of IS
Cents Per Day on May l.

Announcement was made in Butte,
Mont, this week by Officials of the Ana
conda Copper Mining company and other
mining companies operating in the Butte
district that, effective May /. the wages
of miners and smelter men at Butte.
Anaconda and Great Falls would be
raised 25 cents day. This makes the
minimum wage $3.50 per day.
The Anaconda company also gave no
tiee that wages of its salaried employees
which are $500 month or less would be
raised at the rate of 10 per cent. This
rate OF pay is to be effective as long
as copper it quoted at more than e5
cents pound.
About s5,o0o men are affected by the
increased wage. The advance amounts
to about $4,000 day for the miners
and smelter men in the three cities.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
GREAT WAGE INCREASE IN TOLEDO
Overland Auto Factory Pay Roll Now
Reaches So, 300, 900 Annually.

On and after May IL nearly IL 900 fac
tory employees OF the Willys-overland
company at Toledo. Ohio. will receive
more pay and work under a reduced
schedule of hours. The increases in
wages will range from ! to 10 per cent.
II Is the most sweeping wage increase
ever made in Toledo.
The shops Of the Overland also Will
be operated on an eight-Lour basis. the
present working time being fifty hours
pay for forty-eight hours work. All the
advances are voluntary OIL the part OF
the company.
This also means that the eompany's
pay roll for factory employees, now
about S25O.OO0 week, will be increased
to S275.GOO a week and that the en-
ployes will have about S25 900 added to
the contents of their pay envelopes each
week.
Ii also means an annual distribution cf
wages amounting in round numbers TO
sl4 300 600.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06

a. an industrial center IL my ambition.
want to establish work lines with pay
envelopes being handed out to satisfied
people. No well governed city need have
a bread line. Denver is being throttled
by vicious influences. None of these shall
control il ! am elected next Tuesday"
And this is why SO per cent of the
working people. those who think and
have concern for their own and their
fellow workers future welfare, are en-
Enthusiastically supporting and will vote
for the Speer amendment
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
Relating Still Practioed.

1t is commonly supposed that the
practice of rebating has been brought
to an end, but the records OF fines i'm
posed upon the railroads shows that this
unlawful practice has not yet been put
stop to. Not only do the railroads lose
revenue by granting rebates but the fines
which are imposed by the courts when
rebate cases are detected are very con-
siderable. II is reasonable to suppose
that only a small percentage of the
actual rcbating is discovered by the au-
thorities.
These cases of relating and unlawful
concessions and determinations are not
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
UPHOLD THE "roAN SHARK LAW

The constitutionality of the Colorado
"anti-loan shark" law was upheld by the
state supreme court in decision handed
down Monday, in an appeal taken from
the Denver district court by F. ]. Cav
anaugh. who was convicted of violating
the law. The three chief points attack
ing the statute made by Cavanaugh's
attorneys We're all overrulcd. These were
that the title of the law was defective;
that it was class legislation. and that
the license provision was unreasonable.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06

Organization is the fulcrum OF freedom
for the workers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
Especial Correspondenoe.)

Cleveland. Ohio, May 3.-n state
mcnt issued today by the Railroad Trans
portation brotherhood, attention WAS di
rected to the practice of railroads in
granting rebates to shippers, hauling pri-
vate cars, etc.
II the railroads are really sincere in
desiring TO conserve their revenue re-
cent report OF the interstate commerce
commission shows the roads how they
would save millions of dollars which
they lose thru practice of hauling private
cars and the granting of rebates.
This l. important in connection with
the highly exaggerated estimates which
the railways are handing out to the pub
lie a. to the cost to the carriers of the
adoption of the eight hour work day in
freight train service.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
rwINE WORKERS WIN A STRIKE

Approximately 500 ccrdage and twine
workers at Nenia, Ohio, who have been
on strike for week, returned to work
Monday as the result of wage increase
awarded them. The increase varies from
8 to l3 l-3 per cent.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15

If the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or 60 and help to
put out the fire? 1t is much the
same way with cough. A cough is
danger signal as much as fire hell
You should no more try to suppress it
than to stop fire bell when it is
ringing, but should cure the disease
that caus $ the coughing. This can
nearly always be done by taking
Chanberlain's Cough Remedy. Many
have used it with the most beneficial
results 1t is especially valuable for
the persistent cough that so often
follows bad cold or an attack of the
grip. Mrs. Thomas Beeching. Andews,
Ind, writes: "During the winter my
husband takes cold easily and coughs
and coughs. Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy is the best medicine for
breaking up these attacks and you
cannot get him to take any other. :"
Obtainable everywhere. Dec adv
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15

gratifying the longing for romance and
the desire for adventure.
Where there are two or more young
children Santa Claus plays Of all sorts
will occupy the pre-Christmas days.
The most popular and simplest one
Is that in which one child represents
the benefcent saint and the rest Of
stockings. The saint fills the stockings
and makes what other preparations
his imagination can compass. then usu-
ally becomes a child again and goes to
bed himself, not wishing to lie left out
Of the Christmas morning fun so soon
to follow.
All Christmas stories may be drama
tized. The story of Gretchen. who set
her shoe by the chimney and found
poor sparrow In the toe, will be acted
out with as many embellishments as
the story teller has been able to add.
There Is a story Of two children who
awoke to find Santa Claus in their
room. They accompany him to toyland
and back with many adventures on the
way. This lends itself well to play
also. Relieving the distress of a poor
family on Christmas morning is pref
ty play. The generous Samaritans go
laden with toys to the unhappy ones,
and play ends in a joyous dance.
While the dramatizing spirit is on
the children will not stop with Christ
mas tales, but will play Cinderella,
Goldilocks, Squire Nutkin and any 9th
er simple story which is familiar to
thpm
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15
+ our Ancient
Christmas
Carols

~NHE ancient Christmas carol
"HolI Night" is German in its
M origin and is considered by
many persons to be the most
beautiful of all Christmas carols. II
has sometimes been ascribed to Martin
Luther, but the consensus of expert
opinion is that it is much older than
his time and is one of the oldest of
German folk songs.
The carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gen
tlcmen," is English in its origin and
dates back 10 about the beginning Of
the seventeenth century, although the
author of the words and the composer
of the music are unknown. The fine
old melody sung to this poem pos
sesses all the best qualifications of a
sterling hymn tune and will probably
last as long as the verses with which
1t Is always associated.
Originally the old carol was sung In
polyphonic harmony with the melody
placed In the tenor as was the invari-
able custom of the seventeenth CEN
fury. Modern prescriptions of 1t,
however, have placed the melody In
the upper voice part instead of the
third voice part, as formerly This
carol, too, is one Of the most popular
and most beautiful in the entire range
of Christmas music.
The carol Draw Nigh, Emmanuel"
Is one Of the oldest pieces Of coherent
music In existence, and both the words
and music far antedate any of the
others. The music is an old French
melody, dated from the thirteenth CEN
fury, although, of course, it has been
harmonized to conform with more mod
ern standards.
There Is n most curious but beauti-
ful musical effect at the close of this
carol The words of Draw Nigh, I'm
manuel are about 100 years older
than the music, being taken from the
Mozarabic brevlary of the twelfth CEN
fury, and 1t is generally believed that
they were taken from the liturgy of
the early Christians at Toledo, Spain.
where the Mozarabic breviary was for.
mulaiCu
Another carol. THE First Noel" has
" traditional French melody and prob.
ably originated in Breton. although the
exact origin of this fine old song ia
somewhat i'm doubt.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15
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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15
Christmas
Cribs of the
Tyrol

THE Christmas cribs, showing the
first resting place of the infant
81 Christ which one sees occa-
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15
YOUR CALL TO MEALS.
Is 1t Hunger or Appetite?

Our food supply is governed largely
by our desires, and our food is the
one most important item IN our lives
hence we should know whether OF
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builds for health, appetite for disease.
Read THE HYGIENIST for Noyem
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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-12-15
CHRISTMAS PLAYS IN THE
HOME THEATER.

The dramatic instinct is strong in
most children and should be encourag-
cd. says Mrs. Blanche Cole Rosedale in
the New York Evening Sun. To the
young child its exercise serves to while
away many rainy hours; to the older
child 1t can be made source of inspi.
ration to noble deeds and means of