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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
is THERE A SHORTAGE OF
LABOR?
Intern. Iron Molders' JournaD.

The individuals and corporations
who are advocating the conscription
of labor for the production of war
materials are basing the necessity
for their demand upon an alleged
shortage of labor. The farms have
been depleated they assert, therefore,
Chinese and Japanese must be brought
in to take the place Of the American
farm hands who have joined the
colors. The workmen in the mills
and factories have enlisted, therefore
women must be drafted into indus
try to replace the men, ships must
be built, munitions manufactured, the
nation must develop it's highest eff
cheney for production, the surplus of
labor has already been exhausted and
in addition there is great demand
for labor, therefore there must be
conscription of labor, women must
be introduced in the industry to do
work formerly performed by men,
and Orientals must be brought in to
do not only farm work, but to enter
the shops, factories and mines.
The newspaper items which have
appeared throughout the country for
the last few months bear evidence
of widespread effort on the part
of some forces to create belief in
the public mind that there is such
scarcity of labor that the nations
welfare is being menaced, and to
develop public opinion which would
support that element among the en-
ployers who are desirous of having
labor conscripted so that their own
arbitrary methods in determining
terms of employment and conditions
of labor could have full swing.
Realizing that the oft repeated
statement that there was shortage
of labor would in time convince the
public that this was true, steps were
taken by the officials of several states
and by the American Federation of
Labor to discover whether any short
age of labor exists. 1t was found
! that not only was there no shortage,
but that there are hundreds of thou
sands of men available for industry,
the only localities where there was
shortage being two or three muni-
tion manufacturing centers where,
owing to insufficient housing, workers
to man the plants were in demand
Not only is there no shortage of
labor, but in addition the statistics
already gathered furnish ample evi-
dence that there will be no shortage
of labor, the problem for the present
and for sometime in the future being
wholly that Of providing sufficient
houses in the neighborhood where
large umbers of men are required.
The dollar patriots who see in the
war an opportunity of replacing men
by women and of destroying the
trade-union organization of their en-
ployes must not, and will not, be per-
mitted to carry out their feudalistic
program.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

and that the service rendered is all
that could be demanded"
During the two years 1888 patients
were admitted and 14O2 were dis
charged. There were a total Of 80
deaths in the hospital and total of
1923 operations.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
HE BEAT 1T

Said he, "Your rug is on the line
And ! will gladly beat it
If you will hand me out a lunch
And give me time to eat it."
So when his hunger was appeased
He quickly left his seat,
And he did exactly as he said,
He beat it-down the street.
-Pittsburg Press.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

cause of unionism, and harmony and
good fellowship prevail. Labor is
united as never before, and all join
in the noble object of keeping Newark
where she now stands and rightfully
belongs, the best organized city in
proportion to population, in the great
state of Ohio.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
Newark Trades &
Labor Assembly

The regular meeting of the Trades
and Labor Assembly was called to
order at $3.50 a. M, Sunday, by Pres.
w. M. Morgan. A large number of
delegates were present and a great
amount of important business was
disposed of.
The Legislative Committee reported
the result of their visit to Columbus
in the matter of coal shortage, which
was we'll received and the committee
complimented on the success they had
achieved.
Under the head of good and well
fare many good suggestions were
made which will be successfully car
ried out and will result in great bene-
fit to the movement in general. De-
tails will appear in later reports of
Assembly proceedings.
John Bush, associate editor of the
Newark Leader, was appointed men,
ber of the censor board.
Delegates from newly formed
unions were present and presented
credentials as follows: Federal Labor
Union, Hotel and Restaurant En-
ployes and Boilermakers. The new
Representatives were welcomed and
duly accepted and given seats in the
Assembly.
The following letters from Bro. j.
E. STREET, of the Naval Training Base
Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va, were
read:
Newark Trades & Labor Assembly:
Dear Sirs and Brothers:
Received your most welcome letter
and wish to thank you very sincerely
for my punishment for deserting, as
"Rosey" said, had. Things here are
as good as could be expected under
the circumstances, we have many sick
boys in the hospital and all have
plenty of work, so we don't get much
chance to wish we were home. / for
one am not sorry that / enlisted, and
intend to see this thing through if
it is the last thing do on this earth.
l don't think any of us will get to
go home until spring, and when it
gets around to me / am going to take
furlough so I can come to a meet
ing. We can only get five days and
three days travelling time during war
times. 1t seems that I have not been
to a meeting for year.
You fellows should see some of the
ships come in here with their war
paint on-they would fool you all
right; some look like they are coming
at you and in reality they are going
at right angles. haven't noticed
any union tobacco here in Norfolk,
and not union cigar or cigarette,
or any union clotehs.
Well, guess this is enough, so
will close. Thanking you again, am
respectfully yours j. E. Streit.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
Dec. 10th, 1917.

Dec. 10th, 1917.
Dear Sirs and Brothers.:
I did think that I would be able to
come home for New Years, but I
don't think so now-it is funny how
easy person can change his mind
down here. | read in the paper were
j. J. Callan has joined the navy and
also lot more from Newark. / hope
they will all be back sometime safely.
/ also read about the sad fate of the
brother of Bro. Leedy which / was
very sorry to read.
hope we will be able to get at
them and settle in full for that and
all the rest of their brutal deeds. l
don't know of anything else now, ex-
cept that / have jumped from 157 to
1914 pounds, that isn't so bad for
the time have been here. Wishing
you all very Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year, l am
Your Fraternally,
j. E. STREET.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Continued on page 2, col. p
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
RUSSIA IS CAUSE
OF DEEP ANXIETY
Washington Waits On Result Of
Conference With Almost As
Deep Interest As Petrograd
ASSOCIATED Press By U. 8. Naval Com
n munication Servicel ~ p.

WASHINGTON, August 24--Russia 3
critical internal situation which is be-
ing aggravated by the new Teutonic
drive against Riga, is threatening the
capital of the new republic and Is
watched with the gravest concern by
officials here. The outcome Of the
forthcoming extraordinary council that
Is TO be held at Moscow is awaited with
an interest here that IN almost as keen
AZ TINT which Russia itself must feel.
DeN,atches from Petrograd yesterday
- ~ <SssaeNspapers were fun. Of specl-
CfatlonS ;is TO What the c8nfereRce 0f
the natl0nal cohneil at. Moscow will
|achieve.E Premier Kefensky called the
council tpgether for discussion of the
situations Russia now finds herself in,
and will endeayor to bring about co
operative action to endsthe condition Of
near-anarchy among the civilian po-
pulation and the serious disa Election Of
the. troops at the frontAB
1t is said that the provisional gov
ernment's cabinet is backed by the
Soeialistic element, who will endeavor
to bring into line the diseontented bust
ressmen and the general people.
The convention will also struggle with
the constitutionalists, Democrats, sym
pathizers of dismissed generals in an en-
deavor to get unity of action, and
bring the war to successful issue.
With few exceptions, Premier Ker-
ensky is being exempted from the at
tacks which are being launched against
the cabinet members.
One of the principal points to be
discussed, and which is sure to bring
hot argument, is the contention of Mos
cow that the seat of government should
be removed to that city from PetrOgrad,
which they regard as the center Of bad
influences.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
PERU IS READY TO
FIN ALLY BREAK
ONSUBMARINEISSUE
Situation So Strained With Ger
many That South American
Country Prepares To Be Sew
enteenth To Align For Demo-
CraCy g."
ASSOCIATED Press by U. s. Naval Com,
munication Service)

WASHINGTON August 24-Peru is
ready now to break definitely with
Germany over the submarine issue,
making the seventeenth power TO align
itself on the side of civilization and
against the barbarous use of war weap-
onS against unarmed neutrals pursuing
their lawful business. ~ -
This was made plain Yesterday In the
text of the message sent by President
Pardo to the Peruvian congress, this
text having been received here from
the American minister ait Lima.
1t is intimated that already Peruvian
waters are to be open TO the naval
ships Of the United States, regardless
Of the International rules, resperting the
warshipS Of a belligerent in heutra
ports. +. aF'r
The message was sent to the Peru
Wan congress some days ago, bat wa,
only made public at Lima YESTERDAY
notification of the release Of the tex,
being cabled to Secretary Lansing h>
American Minister McMilRn. T.
The publication yesterday OF tn,
German reply to the government o,
the Argentine is thought to havr in
duced the Perpyian government !,
make it plain to the Peruvians ,nn
Germany 5 flouting of international r:,v
is not to be further tolerated. Ia sr
plying to the claims of the tArg"utiu,
for an apology for the sinking of N
Argentine steamer by German sub
marine, indemnity for the loss q
the ship and members of its crew
and pledge that there woul,
b" no repetition of the attack up,,
any ship dying the flag Of the Argru
tine, Germany stated that there rouI,
b" no concession to the Argentine O
any nature aud no guarantees that th
ships of the South American Republir
woud be allowed immunity in the Eu
Iuprun war zones.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
JAPANESE MISSION
WHITE HOUSE GUESTS
Party Is Entertained BY Presi-
dent At State Dinner-lShii
Suddenly Recalled
ASSOCIATED Pross By U. 8. Naval Com.
r.. IT, (eoIAIsS uonsounm

n
WASHINGTON, August 24-Last
night viseqpnt Ishii and the other
members of the japanese mission were
the guests of President Wilson at n
state dinner in the. White House.
President Woodrow Wilson yester'
day morning formally welcomed the
Japanese war commissioners at the
White House. %....:.
Visoount 1shii replied on behalf of
the mission to the President : warm
greetings Secretary of State Lansing
was present at the interview.
Army and navy members of the dele
cation called on Secretary of War
Baker and Secretary Of Navy Daniels.
Ishii Must Return
NiscOunt lshii has been suddenly re
called to Japan to work in cooperation
with other Japanese officials for the re.
lief of Peking.
In statement today, the japanese
commissioner said that "the task OF
restoring confidence and goodwill
among the nations of the earth draws
US closer TO each other. Common ef
rOrts FOR an enduring peace must be
based on the Independence of the small
est, weakest states. -
President Wilson. assured the PnvOVs
of a closer fellowship in the common
sacrifices now being made by both
Japan and the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
CONTROL OF PRICE
OF COAL ISAT HAND
President Names Fuel Admins
TRAITOR and Prepares To Curb
Profits Of Operators
ASSOCIATED Press by U. s. Naval Com.
munication Service)

WASHINGTON, August "A - The
government control of the coal industry
of the nation, under the law creating
the Council of National Defense, be
came almost completed last night whe"
President Wilson named H. A. Garfield
president of Williams College, as fuel
administrator and fixed the prices for
anthracite at the pits mouth to be
charged to jobbers, setting limit on
the profits of the operators.
The next step TO be taken will be tc
make regulations regarding the distri
button of the outputs of both the au
thracite and bituminous. mines and tC
fix the retail prices at which coal OF
any kind may be sold. -,
Professor Garfield, besides havin-
been lecturer on economies at Prince
ton, is a trained lawyer, with number
of years Of practise to his credit. Hi'
choice is generally approved here.
A protest against the haste with
which the President is accused of act
ing in the matter of the price fXini
on coal has been filed from Denver
where sixty operators have held a con
ference aud taken joint action, Tn,
protest is based on the grounds tina
an investigation is now under way an,
that a complete schedule of the cost
of production will soon be available II
guide for the price fixing in the West
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
GERMAN COUNTERS NEAR
YPRES COME TO AN END
French Hold All Gains Along ver-
dun Front and Berlin Finally
Admits That Some Advantages
Have Been Gained BY Enemies
tAssociated Press By U. s. Naval Com
.aG. muication Service) tA

|T ONDON, August 24-Cana-
- dian prairie troops, from Ma
nitoba, yesterday smashed anoth-
er hole in the German defenses oi
Lens, storming and capturing
seven hundred yards Of trenches
and machine gun pits to depth
OF four hundred yards, consolidat-
ing their gains and making pos
sible further advance last night,
IN which the Canadians worked
their way stifI further towards the
center Of the city. The Mani
tobans' advapce was prepared for {
by avigorops bombing of the Gef-
plan sshelteFs bs tEsast ,uQy4ars.
the bombs killing the greater
number Of the Germans holding
that section OF the line
GERMAN COUNTERS END
Last night, also, the German
counters against the British on
the Ypres front came to an end,
after large numbers of Bavarians
had been killed in the persistent
effort to retrieve the losses Of the
battle which had ragged for two
days without ceasing. The Ger
man efforts have been fruitless
and costly. The British are now
busily preparing their new front
for a continuation of their drive,
which has now attained such a
depth that it is seriously threaten
ing the hold of the Germans upon
the greater part of Belgium.
Particularly is this true of the
success which has crowned the
Anglo-French operations on the
immediate south Of Dixmude,
which is gradually being cut off
from the general German line to
the south. The fail Of Dixmude
would open the way to an extern
sIve danking movement which, if
successful, would force the aban-
donment Of the Belgian coast and
the loss to Germany OF the sub
marine bases.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes.
day. on this front the French and Brit.
ish have taken twenty-five thousand
prisoners, with many guns and trench
weapons.
, French Hold Gains
On the Yerdun front the French are
holding all their recent gains, without
any further attacks upon them bv the
German infantry, The German artillery
is shelling the new front in desultory
fashion. t..fH. m + E-I7- 80
1t was announced by the French war
ONCE yesterday that, with the cxeeD.
tion of Hill 3O4 the French are mas
' tiers of all Verdun which was held by
them prior to the beginning of the
crown princes great offensive almost
!. two years ago. ..,.,
The number of prisoners taken IA
=. the last several days fighting is of
o fcially given as 1859. while "a can
y non and 200 machine guns were cap
e tured by the victorious poims. -
o The French have gained all thei
!. objectives in this sector, and miIitar,
r experts say that If the offensive i
Q to be continued new preparations b,
!. artillery will be necessary. The las
fortified point, excepting Hill 304, wa
:, taken Yesterday in a night attack, H.
t Berlin Makes Admission -
}. Berlin yesterday admitted that th
French had gained some. of the Ger
a mau advanced positions at Yerdun, bu
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
ITALIAN DETECTIVES
ARE ALL IN CLOSE SIGHT
Progress Has Been Extensive
and Has Not Come To End and
Whole Of lstria Is Likely To
Pass From Austrian Control
(Associated Press by o. 8. Naval Com
munication Service) . ".

NEW YORK. August "a -
IN Despite the most desperate
and extended counter attacks by
the Austrians along the lsonzo
front, the great Italian war ma
chine Is rolling on and at no point
along the entire thirty-seven-mile
front have the defenders OF
Trieste been able to bring General
Cadorna's forces to standstill.
Apparently, unless the Aus
trians are able to exert a greater
resistance than they have already
shown. the Italians will reach all
theft ubieciyes and will control
sthe. .aanaE lstEia by cutting the
railroad lines to 3Pola anda tlis
southern points Of Adriatic De-
tense. Already, according toIdes-
patches sent out from Rome last
night by the Exchange Telegraph
correspondent, the Austrians in
Trieste are hastily packing up
their valuables for conveyance to
Vienna, and other inland points,
in anticipation OF the fall of the
city to the advancing Italians.
Although the exact extent OF
the Italian gains are not as yet
known, the reports from both the
Italian and Austrian staffs indi-
cate that the Italian progress has
been extensive and that it has not
yet come to an end.
Reports from Rome yesterday
state that more than 10000 Aus
trian prisoners had been taken in
the last two days of the battle
which ragged from Tolmino to the
Adriatic, and the losses to the
Teuton armies during the same
time are computed by military
commanders to be at least double
that figure.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24

is c
great nmhe1s
o h exutan
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
SENATE CONFIRMS
Minister GARRETT
Diplomat Has Had Wide Expert
enCe and Entered Service In
Legation At The Hague
associated Press BY U. g. Naval Com
munication Service)

WASHINGTON, August 24-James
W. CARROTS nomination as minister
to the Netherlands and the Grand
Duchy Of Luxembourg, which was sent
to the senate some days ago, has been
confirmed. ..,
Mnistes Garrett, who succeeds Hen
ry Van Dyke, has had long expert
rnce in the diplomatic service. He
entered the service as secretary of the
legation at The Hague to which he now
returns as minister, later becoming
third secretary at the American EN-
haSsy at Berlin, He has served as first
secretary at Rome, as minister to Ven
ezuela, as special agent of the depart
mcnt of state at Paris and on numer
Gus missions of state, besides having
been Charge d 'affaires at both The
Hague aud at Berlin.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24

Ve' oentrifugAls N. Y. per ID. per ton
Price, Hawaiian basis. !. TAG $4,000
Last previous quota
ton. ..................s. T.40 S14S.O0
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
governor OF TEXAS
FACES|MPEACHMENT
Thirteen Charges Presented To
House Result In Recon-
Hiending Drafting Bill
(Associated Press BY q. 9. Naval Dom.
49,. munication Service) s.@

AUSTIN, Texas, August 2+-At.
tacks and charges against Governor
Ferguson that have been banded about
the capital and widely discussed by the
newspapers, throughout the State crys.
tallized lnsfi9syening when the house
of representatives, in committee of the
whole ioseonsider the charges, recon-.
mended that a. bill of inIpeac chment
against tia sexeedtive should be pre-.
sented to sheNstate senate. a IN
a. tzed 6nd went into eomnlittss, Of
the Whole 10 consider charges NAT had
been preferred ngainst G6vernors Fer
gusony "A has been holding daily ses-
sions aud going into the evidence of
the ease. Those charges were brought
by +. .. Fuller, speaker of the house,
following the indictmept by the grand
jury of the governor and other state
officials. He presented thirteen speci-
fic charges, among which were allega-
tions Of misappropriation Of public
funds, disregard of the banking laws,
undue interference with the affairs of
the state university and other acts
alleged not to have been in keeping
with the proper maintenance Of his of.
fee. s..s5.
Feeling ran high and a number of
legislative members resigned their
commissions in the national guard to
attend the session in his defense but
the evidence piled up too strongly for
his friends to prevent the action that
was finally taken. ga@..,..s !. ..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
CALIFORNIA PROFESSOR DIES
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munication Service)

SAN FRANCISCO, August 81 I'D
ward Booth, well known in the edu
cationul circles Of the country and in
structor of chemistry in the University
of California was stricken with apo
plexy yesterday and died last evening
He was sixty years of age aud is SUI
Niyed by u widow and daughter.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
MORE THAN BILLION
NEEDED FOR SHIPS
Shipping Board Submits Pro-
posaIs To McAdoo and Presi-
dents Approval Sought
(Associated Press by q. s. Naval Com
muication Servtce)

WASHINGTON, August 24-Esti,
mates calling for $l,l2s,OOO,oOO for the
completion of the government = 1917
ship building plans, thus more than
doubling original figures, were sent to
Secretary McAdoo by the shipping
hoard last evening. As soon as the
President has given his approval TO
the proposals of the board, congress
will be asked 10 appropriate the full
sum which the board says is needed.
Consideration of the War Revenue
Tax Bill continues in the senate.
Seventy.two million dollars was ten,
tatively added by the senate finance
committee to the revenues to he OBJ.
tanned by the war tax bill Individual
incomes would be made subject to the
surtaX.
La Follette's amendment to the war
revenue bin proposing TO raise $65s,,
$4,000 from individual incomes was
rejected.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
NO PLAN FOR PEACE
WAS PART OF MISSION
ASSOCIATED Press BY o. 8. Naval Com
munication Seryicel

WASHINGTON, August 23-Just re
turned from n diplomatic mission to
Rome, relating to economic conditions
obtaining in Italy since the entrance
Of that country in the great war, two
Japanese peers, Okuahi and Hawai-, to-
dNN in Il statement denied that their
mission had anything to do with peace
plau> or politics, as has been assert
rd 10y newspaper articles,
The two diplomats refused to dis
ru,S the results of their mission, but
,aI the United States was not rep
resented at the conference.
The Japanese delegates are at q
rA,hc Port, en- route to Japan.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
Of Pope
Debated Iii Senate
BY Oklahoma SoIon
Associated Pres. y o > NAVAL cennpnleatlon Service,

time since the receipt of the terms Of the peace
note Of Pope Benedict the general subject of
war and peace was discussed in the senate yes
terday. NThis discussion brought Senator Owen
of Oklahoma on the floor and he delivered the
first speech that has been delivered on the sub.
jeet OF the latest peace proposals.
In his speech, which held the attention OF
senator's and gallery from almost his first words
until he had CLOSED Senator Owen said that the
Pope, with the approval of Austria and ap-
parently the approval Of Germany, had pro.
posed simultaneous and reciprocal diminution
Of armaments" Seemed TO promise that Teu.
tonic autocrasy was coming to it's senses ~
We will help to bring them TO a eondi.
multiplying our war offers, and by coordnating