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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25
The War I 0dng

The Austrian liHp ou Ire Isonr0
front has been broken at several
points by the Italians, il is aH-
Hounced officially by Rome.
The Italians, continuing their
furious assaults between E0IWiuu
aud the Adriatic are uoH pursuing
fhe retre8tiug 4ustri8us Hho are
defending tie difficult ground yard
By yard.
One of the most brilliant feat. OF
he Italians was the capture uI
Monte $autp. 3.2f5 feet high. This
peak. seven miles north OF a0Flzia.
dominates the broad plain beg0nu
that city. and occupancy of it ia
enabled the Austrlans Ia hold UP
the Italian advance re- fIe east
since their capture OF the city. The
brief official statement gives LITTLE
idea Of the struggle which attend.
ed the starming of the Austrian
stronghold on the noun ain f0H
but il doubtless will haze aH !Wa
portanf bearing ou tHe develop
mcnt of the italian campaign
Having gained their principal
affects on the Eerdun 'front.' f.'a
French are completing their Eia-
ferry hY local attacks 10 round ON.
and secure their new lines fTHII.
ing by the capture Of Hill #Hf Fez-
terdaF they advanced Es1 nigh. .n
Che north Of g.. Three fortified
works I'm the vicinity ~ Ee.m7=
court were et0rmC6.
Renewal Of fighting Ia The
Champagne may ne fareca aE
Che statement ia tbs arfo.1i
French report that violent F1.-.
Terry engagements are ~ progress
there. In Belgium also in Che ''
entity 81 BiEscHnote the bi@ guns
are heavily engaged,
No further infantry action ON
large scale are reported Pig 'Ha
British although they were sI"s
cessful I'm minor operation lasL
night 4 German trench west "f
Lens of local Importance and
post near Lom h8eTtggda we're '2Hs
fured with prisoners, Near hnaa..
northwest Of st, Quentin There
increasing activity with heavy are
tillery fighting under WgF.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25
MORE CLAIMS DENIED
BY EXEMPTION BOARD

Twenty claims Tor exemption
on grounds of dependency were de-
MED by the Moline exemption board
yesterday afternoon and 100 were all
lowed With the eousl5era @.
these 141 claims the ! ocal board
wound up its judicial work in gouaeC-
ton with The first 1880 men called
id The Moline district If VIII not DE
known definitely until this evening
the exact number of men available
for the mobilization. but If seems GER
tain that the number viii fail 100 he
low the quota Of AL plus 20 per cent
And it would not be surprising # tine
industrial claims allowed by fha dis
tr5ct board VIII bring the shortage
close to two hundred.
1T VIII be possible however. for tine
Moline district TO supply SO per cen.
of IFS Quota-I&2 meu-Sept j.. and
the second 30 per cent Sept IS. bu.
5t will be necessary To issue another
call iu order to complete the third s3
per cent and the additional 30 per
cent scheduled 10 entraiu for the mob
II5zation camp Oct g.
The next cali probably Will be is
sued about Sept To- The number of
claims for industrial exemptions will
NOT re Sd large as indicated ay THE
requests by the different factories and
railway companies for forms used in
fling such claims. Deere & co. got
50 forms bat viii ask exemptions for
only four. The Rock Island lines
wanted $50 blanks. but ITS claims for
exemption will not exceed zoe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25
EXEMPTION BOARD AT
GEEESEO VERY BUSY

Geneseo. Ill. Aug. 25-Tbe Henry
county exemption board sitting at
Cambridge. has completed its work
of passing on the $50 young men who
made mp the h-st cali in Henry coun-
rv for the new national army. IT was
deemed necessary 10 call second
500 and this increment now is being
examined. OF the first increment. 100.
or one man out of FIVE. were found
physically unfit for the military
The following named men from Gen
eseo were accented.
John Perry Hanna. Archie r. Vein
er- Allen Doane Martin. AEeI Sigfre8
Johnson Julius Robert Nix. Floyd H.
r. White Herbert Fred Ienzau berg.
Harold Robert Snow Harold Edwin
Wilson. CAMEL Bawcns. Francis Leo
Riley Cal Herbert IcDouaal Ernest
Samuel Miller. Arthur LLOYD BrunEer.
Carl Sizfrid Johnson. Harold William
HoiisTein. Emil Gust Erdman. James
Abraham Hall Carl O. Coils. Frank
George Collins. Burget Lewis Sheer.
BENJAMIN Arthur Frels. George C0rt-
landt Eautbeuberg. Elmer Gustav
EliDtz. LadisIs0 Gasca Hanna Ferry
ID. Clark Leon Frank
These we're exempted as having pc
sons dependent upon them for sup
port Bert + NeiswenGer. Aaron Ed
ward Rain, Edward CAMEL Var HoI-
derbeEe Henry Nelson. Clarence Mar
tin Settee. Walter Frederick Pobanz.
Charles Otto Newman. William John
Parsons. Fred William john Fetske.
John Gustav GoetZ Howard EIiakim-
Anderson. Raymond Dawes. Carl John
August Schroeder. William Edgar
Thomas clark Norman HiX0u. VII
liam Rudolph BeI0wskf John Aaron
Davis. Charles Nynke. Harry Wefmer.
Maurice Elou Holt. Arthur Phillip
Erdman. Clarence Frederick Wjndizch.
The following named were granted
exemption because they are aliens
HaraIabo Chanhakas, Gustav AlbIn
Carlson. Albert Ransom Lessee. Philip
Ray Pobanz
Simeon Duval Anderson and VIII
liam Chester Jacobsen. who were
called. did nCt report. both having
previously enlisted in the service An
derson has Joined an ambulance unit
and Jacobsen is in the navy.
Arrangements are being made for a
farewell day on Labor day fo- the
Geneseo Young men who vii! leave
early in Septembe- for the training
camp at Des MOines The Geneseo
Council Of Patriotic Service viii haze
charge of the event. ana Il is expected
to be one long to be Temem bered In
the history of this city. Henry Water
man. president, has appointed the fol
lowing committee on plans ]. II
0Bryan, Jerome Ernett, L. B Ras-
tede NJ E. White, John DePauw
Michael Riley a resident of CoIona
for many years, died IN ST Authony's
hospital. Rock Island Thursday morn
ing at the age of so years Mr.. Riley
was a native of Ireland and Fame 10
America when a young man. The
body was brought to Geueseo Friday
and funeral services were held this
morning at . o'clock from St MaIa-.
chy's church Rev Enos Ba mes on
ciatng Burial was in Oakwood
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline

clared. Ia eat as little butter as post
bile Mix. in some communities, shonid
be used as little as possible because 50
much Of it is being condensed and sent
abroad Our soldiers in the trenches
win use condensed milk. What Mrs
Bangs said Of milk however, does not
apply in this vicinity. as there are no
milk condansins plants here and prae-
tiesl1v no milk from this territory Is
shipped so condensed milk plants
Conservation of butter should be gen
eraI. however In many parts OF Eur
ope there are people who haven tas1-
eli butter for two years
can all the fruits and vegetables
possible. urged Mrs. Bangs. in order
that goods put mp in tin cans may be
released for shipment abroad Our
soldiers viii eat much of timed can
articles.
you wives and mothers who have
cooked for one two on three men and
who know mems appetites, can appre-
ciare what task the government has
undertaken IN cooking for l.0oe.oVo
men whose appattes have been stimH-
lated by life in the open air., said
Mrs Bangs.
There are two methods Of food con-
servation, she explained One IS by
the card system, which is compulsory,
and the other is the honor system.
which is in use in this country We
must depend upon the patriotism and
honor of the housewives of the United
States 30 save our food. They viii
find it nard To- change and stop serving
things they have given their families
for years but in war we must do
many things that are hard. Remem-
her when v1r make sacrifices. that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25
RYAN REPLIES 10 MAYOR.

AIderna0 ] r ryan o East Moline
takes issue with statement made by
DIT. q. r Johnson mayor. relative 10
city finances. in an interview given
out by the mayor Thursday Discuss
ing the mayors statement TODAY, Mr.
Ryan defended the action Of the coun-
ell in the method of handling the city,s
funds last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25

J0G0 o1e|e0500 vas Hue6 SO and
costs in East Moline police court
this morning on q disorderIy conduct
charge While under influence Of
liquor last evening he appropriated
suitcase belonging 10 Mert McGinnis
He was apprehended soon afterward.
and claimed the suitcase was his pop
erty. NcGinnis recovered his prop
erty and did not care TO prosecute
Stevenson on a larceny charge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-25
East Moline Society

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The labor world., 1917-11-10
DECLARE BRITISH SOLDIERS
NOW FIGHTING AT FRONT
James Lord, Delegate to British Trade Union Con-
gress, Says Workers Will Not Accept Old
Relations With the Employers =

WASHINGTON, Nov. s-Safely England, where
he attended the sessions of the British Trade Union
Labor conference, James Lord president Mining
Department of the A. of L. giving the
trade unonist business when they speak
democracy they have
well political democracy"
Lord found the British male ody organized the
rule joining the unions Of their were no
actonal divisions and organization outside the
bodehe Trade Union Trade
Unions The LATTER which began purely grouping
union deals with legislative
Union which affiliated with the Independent party
and the Cooperative Wholesale society," Federation
two bodies only two parts of machehe organized
labor movement of Great Britain.
He found that British labor living WE'LL average
forming great plans for the after the
abolish the that
Labor will that these lands produce
see that the railroads and other
shall stay there and probably will extend very rapidly
of which the
will be the employer
British soldiers back
the shops that when they through fighting continent they
The labor world., 1917-11-10
TROUBLE
IN COPPER FIELDS
Of Arizona By Creating Central
Conference Committee,
Says Lord.

WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-Momen-
tarily expecting word that the Bisbee
strike and terrorism due to the bru-
tality of the absentee copper barons
Of Arizona has been smoothed over by
the presidents special commission,
James Lord, as head of the Mining
Department Of the A. F. of L., gives
this bit of advice:
The miners and mine operators in
Arizona should not content them
selves with local conference commit
tees, but should also create a central
conference committee for the whole
state. Such a committee would be
bound to keep it's eye on all of the
factors in the industrial situation for
the entire field, and would be under
obligation to prevent the recurrence
of another industrial war such as that
of the present year. ..: ~.
Lord is hopeful that the men in the
Arizona mines will now make their
unionism 100 per cent, and will see
to it that every detail of organiza-
tion is developed, so that there shall
be no leaning upon the arm of the
government, but a confident SELF
reliance that will be steadied by di-
rect responsibility for everything
done.
The labor world., 1917-11-10
INDUSTRIAL =G0ECRMlgI0N
UNNECESSARY .AT This time
Department Of Labor will Enroll Volunteers For
Work in Shipyards- Sufficient Help Under
Union Conditions and Wages.

WASHINGTON Nov. Sit appears certain, Just that the
anabo fanatics who have been preaching industrial conpon
the work be disappointed for long time The De-
Labor by establishing United States Public
ready the machinery for voluntary enrolment of all
of the skilled mechanics and the other workers who ready will
into the shpyard, the munion pants
Lord Norhce talking of the need for Americas speeding
her Of spbuidng At the Scwabs
and Wilmington plants have been the Strikes The
Wilmington which the of the Mahns has been going
months about settled possibly the United States Shipping
Board, through its industrial disputes commission will the
River yard work again within few days. But days delay
and with day of delay reaonary calls for
ting the labor in uniform
Secretary Morrison of the A. of L. said today that he
formed that the hpyads in the West had sufficient help
where the employers refused the the
East there enough help available for all yard
which refused the current of In the
whole there than enough labor supply all of the
ments needs to date In of this satisfactory condition. he
that there would danger forced labor the
anywhere ee There would however, be nationwide
for enrolment for this sort of work under civilian conditions
This whole of of labor will along
other problems brought forward by the the Buffalo
ion this month";
The labor world., 1917-11-10
WOULD SPY ON
;: !: !: MEETING Of A.F.
3; 3: 0FL.AT BUFFALO
:'OeteCtiVe Burns Will Sell Con-
!; tidentia| Reports to En-
!, p|oyers for SIS.

:. WASHINGTON, Nov 8-The
William J. Burns detective agency has
just sent out to employers a. circular
letter and an alleged review Of the
labor situation, both Of them aimed
to induce employers to pay $25 for
"a set of confidential reports by two
delegates in Burns employ, on the
work of committees during the Buff
afalo convention. The latter suggests
that the two delegates that are
claimed by Burns to be his employees
will learn everything that is said and
done in all important committee
meetings, and in secret conferences.
Anyone who ever attended a con-
vention having a dozen big commit
ttees realizes how silly is this promise
Ito get the happenings in those COM
vmittees reported by two men. But
-SSthe offer is not to be compared to
the column-long review" of alleged
conditions in the American Federation
;of Labor which some ignoramus has
written up for Burns. 1t is an insult
to the Intelligent credulity of even a
southern employer.
President Gompers says that there
rs nothing new in this Burns propo-
-esitiOn: he presented evidence of a
similar scheme, two years ago, before
lthe Walsh commission. He thinks so
dittle of it that he spoke in New York
y'ecently from the same platform with
James NJ. Beck, chief counsel for the
Burns agency. Spying on labor is
ttaken for granted, even after all the
efforts put forth by organized labor
in this country in promotion Of the
governments war program.
The labor world., 1917-11-10
Minimum WAGE
SCALES FOR SHIP
WORKERS. 4 FIXED
Boards Decision on Pacific
Coast Case Guide for Ship
yards Of Country.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Nov. g.
Uniform minimum wage scales for
the Pacific coast shipbuilding yards,
a guide for all shipyards in the coun-
try were announced this week by the
United States shipbuilding labor ad-
justment board. The decision effects
an increase of from 10 to 80 per cent
over the old scale here, although it's
uniformity makes it lower in some To-
calities than the temporary scale
now in force.
The decision was first to be handed
down by the board. The scales are
based upon the increase in the cost
of living since the beginning of the
war, it was stated.
The board will urge the depart
ment of labor to extend the federal
employment service in California,
Oregon and Washington to supple
ment the trade unions unable to sup
ply skilled workmen. There is a
need for $4,000 skilled mechanics
more than employed now.
'The shipbuilding labor adjustment
board is a war board" the decision
states.
THE owners of the shipyards are,
during the war. merely agents of the
government employers and employees
their relation to each other. The
government is insistent that ships it
requires must be built and built
promptly. It is equally insistent that
standards of living must be pre-
served.
Craftsmen Meet.
Representatives of the craftsmen
| met in, secret conference discussing
the decision. The decision of the
board was reported unfavorable to
them.
"There won't be many ships built
Mcguire, union conferee represent.
ing the metal trades craftsmen of the
district. Il believe the entire ship
building crafts Of the Pacific coast
will appeal to Wilson against the de-
cision." -
Il do not believe the men will leave
their jobs. I believe organized labor
will be found patriotic enough to
hold its ranks to the work until the
President has ample time to review
its appeal and decide upon it.
Unions to Vote,
THE representatives OF labor here
will return to their respective homes
and the unions will vote upon the
new scale.
'The board found living costs had
increased 80 per cent. The men want
enough to meet this
The scale rates are retroactive. 60
ing back in the Puget Sound district
to Aug. l. They must be put into
effect on or before Monday. Nov T.,
the board ordered; that back pay
must be paid within two weeks from
that time. Rates OF wages, now being
paid In excess of the minimum rates
fixed are not to be altered. 81. +.
The labor world., 1917-11-10
TRUST BUSTING
IS 0bV|ATEDBY
US. CONTROL i |
Supreme Court iot Handing
Down Decisions During Time
Of War,
By ellison Gardner.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-The
United States supreme court does not
care to hand down any antitrust de-
cisions during wartime. The five
leading cases brought under the Sher-
man law have all been restored to the
calendar for reargument.
One of these, the government case
against the international Harvester
trust, has already been argued twice;
so the next time will be the third;
then the court will have to ponder
these arguments, which may postpone
the decision until Germany has been
defeated.
The leading cases for the supreme
court are this international Harvester
case, the United States Steel CORPORA
ton case, the persecution of the
United Shoe Machinery company and
the so-called anthracite cases against
the Lehigh Valley and Reading rail-
ways, brought to. sever the connec-
tions between the railroads and the
mining industry.
The government charges that con-
troll of both mines and transportation
enabled these railway companies to
monopolize the. coal supply and to
charge exorbitant prices.
The Shoe Machinery. company is
charged with monopolizing the shoe
manufacturing industry by its con-
troll Of patents on shoe machinery.
which is leased rather than sold to
those: who use. it.
The< suits against the Steel trust
are based on the familiar charge that
, the United States Steel corporation
is able to restrain trade by reason Of
it's control of ore beds, steamship
lines and railroads as we'll as the mills
which fabricate the. finished article:
For years. it is charged, the Steel cor
poration has fixed, the price and con-
trolled the market. :...
The supreme court probably feels
that wartime is no time to hand down
decisions in trust busting prosecu-
tlons. The war has radically changed
every condition touching these in
dustres. These trust busting cases
are as out Of date as stage coach be-
side railway train.
The government has assumed direct
control of the. coal industry all over
the country: so why. fuss about the
connection between the Reading and
Lehigh. Valley railroads and the
mines? The government is fixing the
price of steel by decree under special
war laws; so why attempt to restore
competition in the steel industry for
the purpose of regulating the price?
The government has used every incen-
tive to increase agricultural products
and is prepared to go into the market
and subsidize agricultural machinery
If necessary; so why fuss about prices
charged by the Harvester company?
In view of these facts, the United
States supreme court has asked the
solicitor general to re-argue the lead
!! ing trust cases.
The labor world., 1917-11-10

expect to come home and help to es-
tablish a new arrangement in indus
try at home. They do not propose
to go back to tho old relations be-
tween the employer and employed.
There must be real democracy in
England. They have not planned out
the definite program, but they are
sure of that much.
Army of Cripples. ;, r
England has an army of blind and
crippled soldiers, :: who are being
taught the hand crafts, such as toy
making and basketry. There are
many thousands, too, of the pitifully
helpless victims of shell-shock, whose
nerve-centers are destroyed or unre-
liable, and who must for the rest of
their lives remain public charge.
And there is the long, steadily in
creasing, heart-breaking list of the
workers who have died in the war.
Women are taking the places of
these men. Almost a million of them
have put on shop clothes, and are
doing the work and getting the pay
or very generally are getting the pay
that went to the men doing the
same work. These women say that
they will stay in industry, except as
marriage or more congenial work
takes them out. The democracy of
this war has done a great deal for
English women. They are human
enough to want to hold fast to what
good has come their way
Open Land to Cultivation.
When the men come back from
the war, and the women trade union
lists by the hundreds Of thousands
see their own livelihood threatened,
the British labor movement will. in
Mr.. Lords opinion, take steps to pro-
tect both the men and the women.
The opening up of the land to cult
vation will be one of these steps. En-
largement of the industries will be
another. Economic readjustment Of
every sort, but all Of them tending
toward industrial democracy, will fol-
low.
The labor world., 1917-11-10
DRAFTLAW Is
CONSTITUTIONAL
Court Of Appeals Says Power Of
Congress to Raise Army Is
Unconditional.

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-The consti-
tutionality of the draft law has been
upheld by the federal court of ap-
peals in the case of an Austrian sub
ject who sought to enjoin a local
draft board from holding him for
United States military service.
The court ruled:
''The purpose Of the conscription
act is to raise an army and the right
to raise it does not involve the exer-
else of an implied power, but one ex-
pressly granted. How can the courts
deny to congress a right which the
constitution in plain and distinct
terms confers upon it?
1.-THE constitution in comforting the
power upon congress has not pre-
scribed the mode in which the power
shall be exercised The power is
conferred fully, completely, and un-
conditionally. It is for congress to
determine the means by which the
army. be raised. IT is left to it's judg-
ment whether it shall be raised by
conscription. At the time the con-
stitution was adopted CONSUMPTION was
not an unknown mode of raising ar
mics, but had been resorted to by the
governments throughout the world. If
it had been intended that congress
should not have the power to raise
anything than volunteer army, the
grant of powe: would have been re-
stricted and not unconditional.
Transcription was resorted to by
both sides during the civil war, and
the validity of the draft laws was up-
held by the courts in the north and
south.''
The labor world., 1917-11-10
1000 FEDERAL employees
PROTEST "0PEN SHOP"

BOSTON, Mass. Nov. 8.--One
Thousand mechanics employed on
government construction work at the
havy yard and the federal appraisers
AtOres in this city, at the Marine hos
pita1 in Chelsea and the wateftown
Arsenal went on strike Wednesday.
Leaders said their action. was a
"p1otest against open shop" condi-
lions at the arsenal and at Squantum,
where strike has been in progress
several weeks on the immense plant
being erected as part of the naval
ohipbuilding program Guards of SOL
HERS and sailors have been placed
about the buildings on which work
vas suspended