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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
MINERS CHIEF PROTESTS.

New York.-Prcsiden White, OF the
United Mine Workers Union. has
issued a public statement in protest
against claims OF certain newspapers
that the miners wage demands mean
an additional tax OF $23,OOO,OOO on the
public
Il want to protest against the con-
'Stant repetition OF this statement" says
President White "The miners know it
is not true, and the object of repeatedly
publishing it can only be to attempt to
prejudice the public against the claims
of the men who are trying to better
their condition.
81 could cite facts at great length to
prove that the anthracite operators and
anthracite railroads are both earning
very large profits. The statement filed
by the operators with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, in their ca
pacity as owners OF anthracite railroads
in the anthracite rate case, decided
within the past year, asserts that the
mine operators are making very large
profits, and prove cOnclusively that
wages can be increased without inhict-
ing hardship on the coal-using public -
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
EFFICIENCY DEFINED.

Washington. - AT the anniversary
dinner OF the Federal Department Of
Labor, Secretary of Labor Wilson said ::
"Thc only limitation which the Amer
lean labor movement undertakes to
place upon the productive capacity is
that it must not be artihcialy compelled
or induced; that you must not make a
study OF man and mans energy for the
purpose of forcing him to do more than
he normally would; that you must not
SO construct compensation system that
man will be induced to do more than
he normally would do. If you take
either of these courses it can only exist
for a brief period OF time, and your
workers will come back to the normal
condition. But every step you take by
which the Drawn and the brain OF the
workers can produce more material
within a given length of time, with
proper surroundings, with safety, and
with these safeguards relative to limita-
tions which will enable a man to pro-
tcct himself against himself, then the
better the entire community will be
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
ARE WORKERS "UNGRATEFUL?'

Boston.--At the banquet OF the Bos-
ton Paper Trade Association two sides
of the social uplift question in industry
was presented Some OF the speakers
urged music in the factory and football
and baseball as amusements, with an
occasional banquet for foremen and
workers, which was declared to be a
good investment. Congressman Wins
low, of Worcester, however, was not
impressed with the effectiveness OF So
cial uplift. He said workers do not ap-
preciate the measures adopted 'in their
BEHALF and he wanted the efficiency
experts to tell him why it is that, with
all this uplift, the fellows who strike
first and stay out longest are working
in factories that treat them best"
Congressman Winslow protested against
manufacturers who happen to be enjoy
ing temporary prosperity paying scale
of wages above that which the average
manufacturer can afford.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
And the Persecution Continues
Ruling in Doty Case Dispeasing Prosecutor Campbell
Who Will Ask Opinion From Ohio Supreme Court
If Jury Charges By Judge Cosgraue Are Upheld, Shall
Murder Indictments May Be NoUed

County Prosecuting Attorney John "
Campbell left for Columbus last We'd
nesday night and appeared before the
Supreme Court Thursday to ask pcrmis-
sion to file a bill of exceptions in the
case OF Herbert Doty, charged with first
degree murder in connection with the
killing of James Shall, nonunion painter,
III Christ Hospital annex, December o
last, by Gabriel Sullivan, union painter
The jury which tried Doty failed to
agree and Prosecutor Campbell has an
nounced that a second trial will be or
dered as soon as possible. However.
there may be many points excepted to
in the charge given the jury by Judge
Cosgravc, who was presiding in Grim
lnal Division, and it is in an effort to
secure ruling upon these that Prosecu-
tor Campbell will ask Supreme Court to
allow him to file his bill.
While Supreme Court has a rule that
it ordinarily will not hear case until
II has been ended in the lower courts,
Prosecutor Campbell believes that he
will be able to show the Supreme Judges
that the present case is out of the or
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08

dinary. As matter OF fact, he will
present to the court that if the Judges
uphold Judge Cosgrave's charges the
only thing left for him to do is to nolle
the indictments against Herbert Doty,
Vincent Doty, Emory Teeters and Ed
ward Perry, the other men indicted with
Sullivan for the murder of Shall.
This declaration is made because
among the charges given by Judge Cos
grave was one which made it incumbent
upon the State to prove that Doty really
held the revolver and fired the shot
which killed Shall, while other charges
as to accessory and connivance were
such that the State feels it would be
useless to seek retral if they stand.
Prosecutor Campbell will show to
Court that an ordinary frst-degree MUIR
der trial costs approximately $1,000,
while the Doty trial cost at least 81 900
more than that amount, and as there
are three more accused men to be tried
under the same charges, he will ask that
the Court consider the matter of suf1i-
cient Importance to take up and deter
mine, though the case against Doty has
not been ended.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
SPEEDING AND SPOTTING.

Washington. - Spying on postofice
employees from secret overhead gal
leres and speeding tests unknown to
these workers is practiced by the Post
office Department, according to Secre-
tary Thomas Flaherty, OF the National
Federation OF Postoffice Clerks, who
appeared before the House Committee
on Labor in behalf of the Nolan bill,
which provides for So minimum wage
for Government employees.
Secretary Flaherty insisted that the
ordinary surveillance maintained by
other establishments could detect
wrongdoers, without maintaining the
present espionage system The union
ist produced correspondence to prove
that speed tests, unknown to the men,
are taken at their work. He called at
tention to the danger to health of the
postal workers because of nsanitary
surroundings and unclean mail equip
ment. He also stated that retirement
plan could be instituted at an actual
saving in money to the Government.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
DENVER MACHINISTS STRIKE.

Denver, Colo.-Union machinists en-
pIoycd III a score of contract shops are
on strike to enforce wage demands
The State Industrial Commission has
announced that the machinists ARE
within their rights in striking"
Under the law, the machinists were
compelled to present their grievances to
the commission thirty days prior to
striking. The machinists did so last
December. A few weeks ago the com
mission announced that the workers
demands were Just but these worker,
have been forced to suspend work tc
convince their employers, who have
been given over three months time tc
quietly arrange to combat the strike.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
BONUS SYSTEM DISCARDED

Washington, ID. C.-Thc recently
organized Street Car Mems Union
raised wages of motormen and conduct
ors employed by the two companies in
this city, after short strike. When the
men were unoraginzed the companies
maintained a bonus system.
These workers were diScOntcntcd
however, and began to agitatc. They
Scoifcd at bonus systems and objected
to low wages and long hours Alter
secretly uniting, strike was called and
the men secured wage increases and
eight hours continuous rest. The COM
pancS are dSmaycd at this exhibition
Of lngratltudc and announce that the
bonus systems will be discontinued
In reply the men have published the
following comparisons OF last year $
bonus and wage increases under union
conditions, which makes the companies
welfare plans look like the provcrbiaI
thirty cents :"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
NO WAGES FOR SUNDAY LABOR

Louisville Ky. -J Judge Charles r.
Ray has dismissed the petition of NJ. p
Fears, a minor, whose guardian sued
the S. S, Krcsgc Company for wages
for work performed on Sundays while
in the employ oi defendant company
The court held that the work per
formed by Fears was violation OF
the statute, and that the court will not
lend its aid to further any unlawful
practice, nor will it aid anyone to reap
the benefit OF an unlawful act" Fears
claimed he was compelled to work ten
Sundays.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
BAKERS ADVANCE.

Chicago Continued gains sums up
the reports OF organizers and officers
OF the Bakery and Confectionery Work
crs' International Union at their EX-
ccutive Board meeting in this city.
These workers have been confronted by
powerful combinations OF capital, which
have trusticd this industry in many
sections.
The union is now making greater ef-
tort than ever to thoroughly organize
this industry, and earnestly requests
the continued cooperation OF the en-
tire trade-union movement.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
SLEEP AS BASIS or HEALTH.

Philadelphia, Pa,-To emphasize the
need for at least eight hours sleep, Dr.
kruscn, director OF health and charities,
says:
"lf it were possible to enact an eight
hour sleeping law, to balance the labor
law of similar title, there would un-
doubtcdIy be great improvement in the
health, wclI-bcing and efficiency OF the
community. Cheating the body of its
natural period oi rest is like running a
machine on flat tire. Sleep is part
OF the daily necessities OF life. 1t is the
great rcstorcr and regcncrator oi phySi-
cal and mental strength"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
FACTORY FIRE-ESCApES.

Albany, n. N.-Thc State Industrial
Commission has adopted a rule which
require that all factory buildings from
three to five stories in height. in which
twenty-five or more persons are EN-.
ploycd above the second floor, shall
have iirc-proof enclosed stairways to side
exits from the sidewalks, except where
the contents are absolutely uon-com-
bu'tlbIc and there are automatic ,priuk-
Icrs ON each floor
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
'THINKLESS" MAN VALUELESS

Lexington, Ky,-In an address to the
local Federation oi Labor on the value
OF education, Dean Mackenzie OF the
Kentucky University said:
MAN means thing that thinks {;
man from his neck down isn't worth
ten cents a day."
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
HATTERS' RELIEF FUND.

Washington, ID. Cup to and in
cluding Wednesday, March 20, A. +. of
l.. Secretary Frank Morrison has re-
ceiYcd Sill, ,S21.30 for the benefit of the
Danbury hatters. This money repre-
scnts the pay OF one hours labor on
January 97 by the unionists contribut-
ING
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
STEEL EMPLOYEES WIN STRIKE

Chicago Several hundred steel work
crs' helpers, employed by the Western
Steel Car and Foundry company at
llegcwsch suspended work to enforce
wage increases from 20 cents an hour
to - cents After short conference
the company compromised on 10 cent
lnCrcaSC.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
STATE INSURANCE GROWS.

Harrisburg, Pa,-Thc State insur-
ancc fund is growing to such an extent
that larger quarters must be secured
Already more than 10000 policies have
been written by the fund, These cover
compensation liability OF employers in
every county.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
CITY FIREMEN UNITE.

Portsmouth, O.-City hrcmcn have
organized federal union and affiliated
with the Central Labor Union Unions
nt clgarmakcrs and horscshocrS have
also been organized
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
WANT TWO-PLATOON SYSTEM

Duluth, Mimi - Municipal hrcmcn
have secured nearly 5000 names to a
petition for two-platoon system ordi-
nance.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-04-08
LABORERS INCREASE WAGES.

Schenectady, n. Y.-Thc newy-or-
ganized Laborers' Union, affiliated to
the American Federation of Labor has
raised wages - cents a day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
Provides for Peace Strength
of 100000 Men-in
War 100000
ALL AMENDMENTS
QUICKLY REJECTED
Plan for Federal Volunteers and Fed
eralization of Militia Retained After
Close Fight-How Measure Compares
With Hay Bill Passed by House.

WASHINGTON, April 19--An army
reorganization bill that would produce
regular army and reserve military
forces in the United States aggregating
I 10000 men was passed by the senate
last night without a record vote. 1t
is a substitute for the Hay bill passed
by the house and the differences wilt
be worked out in conference. On the
eve of q joint session of the houses of
congress to hear message from
the President on grave international
issues. the senate hastened completion
of the bill amid scenes of excitement,
repeatedly rejecting all amendments
pending to reduce the proposed
strengthening of the army.
In the closing hours of debate the
senate adopted provisions for regular
standing army with a peace strength
of $4,000 men, as compared with l40.
600 in the Hay bill which passed the
house. and retained, after close fight,
the plan for a federal volunteer army
reserve force calculated to aggregate
POI 900 men, and fcderalized the ma
tional guard forces of the states at an
estimated strength of 100000 men. In
addition to this combined regular and
reserve force of 100000 men, an amend
ment was passed to create school and
college youths reserve corps in time
of war or threatened war which would
recruit a force of trained young men,
schooled by officers of the regular
army, the estimated strength of which
is anywhere from 200. 900 to 100000.
An amendment by Senator Reed of
Missouri to make the regular army 200,-
600 was rejected, IL to 81, after a brief
speech bv Senator Williams of Missis-
sippi, in which he referred to the sol
emnity of the occasion which would
confront congress today. The apparent.
~ grave developments of the few hours
preceding the passage of the bill alsa
probably served to save the voluntee,
army provision. Champions of the ma
tional guard fought it bitterly in the
committee of the whole and it was re
tanned by vote of "a to 30. Last night
Senator Lewis of Illinois again moved
to strike out the section. 1t was saved
this time by a vote of 80 to 81
Other important provisions of the
senate bill not in the house measure
include the following: Appropriation
of 100000 for construction Of gov
ernment plants for production of nj
trates to be used in manufacture OF
ammunition. Provision for vocational
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

education of enlisted men of the reg
ular army, compelling instruction
either in agriculture or the mechanical
arts; creation of a national guard sec
ton in the general staff of the army
and requiring all officers and enlisted
men of the national guard to subscribe
to an oath to support the United States
as well as the respective states; provi-
sion for federal pay of all national
guard officers above the rank of cap
tain.
The senate also agreed to an amend
ment reducing the proposed term of
enlistment in the regular army from
seven to five years, and the proposed
term with the colors from four to two,
thus giving each enlisted man three
years in the regular service.
Upon motion of Senator Thomas of
Colorado an amendment was adopted
making it a criminal offense for civ
ilians, with certain exceptions, TO wear
an army uniform or to refuse admission
to places of public entertainment to en-
listed men in uniform. Another amend.
ment adopted would require adiutant-
! generals of the national guard to be res
idents of the state or territory for
which appointed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

commonly stopped on the way to school
for the greetings, and sometimes the
candy, to be had at his door. Young
men knew him as one truly concerned
in their development and their ad-
vancement in matters educational or
commercial Neighbors found him
constantly considerate and thoughtful
He was always truly interested i'll the
affairs of this parish. To show grac-
ious and kindly spirit was clearly ever
uppermost III his mind, and to this end
he used all means at his command. So
in one way or another he won general
respect. He will be greatly missed,
particularly by those who could count
him truly as a friend.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
FREE GARDEN SEEDS
DEFEAT CRUSAD Err
House Had Lively Fight But Old Gus
tom Won a Victory Amid
Applause.

WASHINGTON, April ia small CO.
terie of representatives who undertook
crusade against the prerogative of the
house to distribute garden seeds to con-
stituents throughout the country met the
usual defeat yesterday at the hands of the
older members. They defended the an
cient custom for which an item of $3.50 900
is included in the agricultural appropria-
ton bill
Representative Walsh, who comes from
a non-agricultural section of Boston, led
the crusaders by moving to strike ont the
seed distribution item. The old guard.
which always stands in solid phalanx to
meet this annual attack, with Gambler OF
Mississippi Simms of Tennessee and Hefin
of Alabama in the forefront, met the cru
saders with broadsides of oratorical denun-
citation.
Mr.. Walsh declared that his constituents
Were more intent on his solving the serious
problems of state than on "the peddling
of free seeds Seeds did not make farm
ers, he added, any more than pink pills
make physicians.
Representative Hefin denounced the
course as the opinion of an inexperienced
member
when the gentleman from .AIassachu-
sets has been here as long as | have" he
said, he VIII think differently on this
subject
1t makes no difference how long 1
stay, retorted Mr. Walsh Il shall never
become seed peddler.'i
Representative Macarthur of Oregon in
terrpted t. I'd letter from constit-
uent
I received the seed you sent me, it
ran, Il will see how they grow ! will
vote for YOU on election day
Representative Gambler closed the de
bate on this momentous question" amid
the jeers and cheers of his colleagues He
declared that some Of the greatest states
men IN the world distributed garden seed
among them Thomas Jefferson and Ben
jamin Franklin.
The little packages Of garden seed he
added, are the connecting link between
the farmer and his government. Think Of
the radiant, glorious JOY depicted in the
faces Of the children who receive them
! They give new meaning TO the glorious
Stars and Stripes which stand for the
/ government the farmer knows
There was more, Of it. The orator from
the Tombigbee drew picture of vine clad
cottages, cheerful mothers and fathers and
! little red schoolhouses. Exhibiting a can
OF syrup made from Japanese cane he told
how a hourshing industry had grown from
a little package OF seed.
| The house cheered and clapped its hands
and when rising vote was taken the
small coterie of crusaders found themselves
! defeated by vote of almost four to one
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
nv n. HARRIS 81 co.
AuctioneerS
131 State Street, Boston, Mass.

Auction Sale of Unclaimed and Re
fused Freight, to be sold by order Of
the Boston & Maine Railroad on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, April oath, April
25th, April 26th, April 9th. April 28th
April 29th: each day at 10 a. N. sharp
at House %, Rutherford Ave, House
81, Warren Bridge, and House II, Ruth
erford Ave, Charlestown, Mass, in
conformity with Chapter % of the Re
vised Laws of Massachusetts,, Section
IS. for account of whom II may concern
to pay freight and storage charges: VIZ.
over 3 400 lots OF unclaimed freight and
merchandise consisting in part of
boots and shoes, dry goods, carpets, art
squares, rugs, leather, canned goods,
flour, soap, paint, fertilizer, liquors,
roofing and wrapping paper, hardware,
plumbers materials, machinery, brooms,
furniture, chair stock, bedding, quilts
/ blankets, junk, rope, castings, burlap,
farming implements, rags, barrels, and
boxes, contents unknown etc, etc.
\. b. All purchasers must be pre-
pared to make a deposit of not less
| than % per cent cash mot checks) and
all goods must be paid for and removed
within five days after sale is concluded
or deposit will be forfeited. Per order
N pInWEsI Era;oht fIa;r, Aoor,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
LEIGHTON BOYS SENTENCED.
One Sent to House of Corrections
tence of Other Suspended.

WOODSTOCK, April l9--Newel Leigh
ton, I9year-od son Of Charles Leighton
of Sharon, who was indicted on charge
of assault with attempt to murder Albert
Gibson OF Sharon and was found guilty of
simple assault, was sentenced yesterday
by Judge Slack to not less than two and
onehalf years nor more than three in the
house Of correction at Rutland.
Walter Leighton, aged 2l, who was in
dicted jointly with his brother, pleaded
guilty of simple assault and was given not
less than two nor more than three years in
the house of correction, but the sentence
was suspended and he was placed on pro
baton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

FOR SALE-One extra good anvlAss
mare, sound and kind; work horse,
sound and kind; l pair matched Nor
gan horses, good ones; l two-ton truck,
good as new, cost $4,000; l Oldsmobile,
5-passenger car, 4 doors, all in good
running order, cost $4,000 new; all
kinds of wagons, farming tools, barbed
wire and woven wire fencing and metal
fence posts, rubber and asbestos roof
ing. As l am going away with Duke
next month for an indefinite stay the
above must be sold at once. Telephone
1917. 39-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
Special Notices

PUPIL NURSES, male and female,
wanted at the Taunton State Hospital
Training School for Nurses. For par
ticulars address DIR. Arthur V. Goss,
Supt., Taunton State Hospital, Taun-
ton. Mass 32-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
WAS VALUED PARIsHIoNER.
Appreciation of Former Brattleboro
Man Who Died Recently.

Parish Lcaflet will interest many Brat
tleboro persons as Mr.. Hopkinson was
Brattleboro boy, graduate of the
high school in the class of 1856. 1t
was written for the leaflet by his rec
tor, Rev Thornton F. Turner, and
shows the lasting good accomplished
by the clean, wholesome life Of a per
son whose aim was to do unto others
as he would be done by:
In the death of Frederick T. Hop
kinson st. Peter IS has lost a valued pa
riShioner. His kindness and unselfsh
interest to those about him won for
him wide circle of friends. Children
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
game

FOR SALE-Few choice pit game
eggs. Bennington round mead. The .Alnd
that wins, $3.50 per setting. Good
hatch guaranteed. Fought two mains
this winter, won 16 fights out of Is. Eu-
gene Hathaway, No. Bennington, vt.
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