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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
UNIONISM DEFENDED.

Detroit.-ln defending the union shop
at a public forum in this city, Judge
Jefferies said:
when last Sundays speaker announc-
ed that we had progressed under the
present system; that we had better wag-
es, shorter hours and old age pensions,
he was telling the truth, but | would
like to ask, who are we?
81 am convinced that all of this legis-
latlon has come through the pressure and
influence of the working man and with
out organized labor he could bring no
pressure to bear
The speaker also declared that labor
has a right to organize, but of what
use is organization unless it has weapons
with which it can sustain itself and do
something Is it merely to organize and
look at itself or pass remarks about the
weather? 1t must be equipped with some
kind of power if it is to be Of any use"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
OPPOSE COMPULSION.

Albany, n. Y.-Assemblyman Meyers
labor solution requires those employed
by any public service corporation to
sign an individual contract of employ
ment, and the employe quits his posi-
ton without the consent of the CORPORA
ton he is guilty of msdemeanor and
may be jailed for one year and subject
to fine of $500.
This echo of the last century was op-
posed at public legislative hearing by
trade unionists and railroad brotherhood
representatives One of the latter de-
clared:
This bill does not prevent strikes. 1t
makes them illegal and by doing so pro-
vides plenty of work for the State po-
lice you are about to create. You can
start building more jails and penten-
tiaries now, for American citizens will
exercise their rights and liberties guar
anteed them under the constitution and
will not submit to any such law"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
SECURE MANY LABOR LAWS.

Columbus, Ohio-Ohio trade union
lists secured the following social legisla-
ton at this session of the State legis-
lature:
Increased workmen's compensation in
case of death or total disability to $5,-
600; liability companies excluded from
doing business in this State; commission
to study and report on health insurance
and old-age pensions; women's 5O-hour
law; prohibiting, job selling by petty
bosses, which has reached scandalous
proportions; additional medical and hos
pital services in connection with the
workmen's compensation law; seats for
motormen and conductors abolishing
running boards on street cars; addition
al plumbing and steam fitting inspectors
examination of fire bosses at mines pen
alizing employers who intimidate work.
ers along political lines; joint resolution
calling for wage advance of 25 per
cent for hospital employees; standardz-
ing plastering.
The major demand Of the State fed
Grafton of labor-an anti-injunction bill
was defeated, but the unionists are de-
tern1ined to keep this issue in the fore
ground.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
ASSIST POWDER WORKERS.

Belleville, Ill-Ten locals affiliated to
the United Mine Workers have pro-
tested against the anti-union policy OF
the Bellevile plant of the Atlas Powder
Company. Powder workers organized
and asked for wage scale to replace
the bonus system, and the company
discharged three officers of the new
union, which it refused to recognize.
Then men suspended work January 13
last and the company has announced
that it will close its mill rather than deal
with employees as union men.
AT joint meeting of delegates repre-
scnting Miners Unions in this vicinity
it was voted to ask mine workers
throughout the country to take up with
the operators the attitude of this COM
Dany.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
INDORSES WAGE DEMANDS.

BOSTON, The bureau of statistics of
the State OF Massachusetts, in its thirty
sixth quarterly report, says:
Notwithstanding the large increases
in wages granted in many industries
OF which the more notable were those in
the textile industry, amounting to ap-
proximately 30 per cent during the year
(1ol6) in the leading. establishments,
and in the metal trades, where bonuses
and overtime payments have been excep-
tionally liberal-workman are still de-
manding further advances, claiming that
the increases in wages have not kept
pace with the initiation Of prices.
This claim is certainly not without
foundation"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
ANIMALS TRANSMIT ANTHRAX.

Washington, d. C.-In bulletin is
sued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Federal Department OF Labor, it is
stated that anthrax is primarily dis
ease OF animals, such as cattle and
sheep, but is is transmitted to man in a
number OF industrial pursuits, including
among its victims hide handlers and
other tannery employees, longshoremcn,
wool sorters, hair workers, brush
makers, farmers, ranchmen and veter-
inarians. The relative importance of this
disease is indicated by the fact that for
every five deaths. from lead poisoning
in the United States registration area,
there is one death from anthrax.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
UNION AGENTS
ARE ARRESTED
Exciting Scene at Ninth and Vine
Streets When Wagon is Stopped.

A warrant was issued Thursday for
the arrest of Fred Brandt. business agent
of the teamsters' union. He is charged
with obstructing an officer, the accusa-
ton growing out of an exciting Incl
dent at Ninth and Vine streets, late
Wednesday. At that time another union
agent, Phil A. Lohr, of the moving van
workers union, was arrested on charge
of disorderly conduct. Patrolman Shir-
ley Johnson charges that when he arrest
ed Brandt and Lohr, the former ran
away. The trouble developed when two
men stopped delivery wagon and or
dered the driver off his seat Attorney
Ihorndyke made protest to Safety
Director Friedlander that Patrolman
Johnson used undue force
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
WILLIS URGES
"DRY" NATION
Can. Win War "MOre Surely Sober
Than Drunk

Columbus, O-Former Gov. Frank B.
Willis is for a dry nation in case of the
expected declaration of war. Speaking
at the Ohio Associated Bible confer
ence at Lancaster, he said: an the
crisis which confronts the nation, we
need every ounce of our strength and
our clearest judgment to protect us from
foreign foes. We want the nation pre-
pared to whit can win more surely
sober than drunk. Let us trust in the
Lord and keep our powder and prepar-
edness-dry"
Previous to this declaration, Willis
roundly assailed the part the saloon in
terests have played in Ohio politics.
There. was a time when the fairy story
that these interests wanted to carry on
their business peacefully and lawfully
and keep out of politics was believed
Yet the wet interests demonstrated bv
their actions that they did not want to
get out of politics, but to get into poll
tics One election was won by red pos
tiers put up on cash registers in saloons
and on saloon walls. Either the saloons
will get out of politics and stay out or
they will get out of Ohio and stay out.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31

mas mad the best interest OF the people at
heart. His business methods have been
of that character which gave the masses
implicit confidence both in his work and
his service. A veteran in the art of dry
cleaning, with 25 years of practical ex-
perience, and a close student of modern
lied methods and their scientific appli-
cation to his business, he has been able
to solve many problems which keep
down the cost of operation, while still
maintaining the highest possible stand
ard of service.
AS a result his cleanery works are
equipped with the latest and best me-
chanical and helpful appliances which
science and inventive genius have pro-
duced. His working force is composed
OF individuals who have, under his tute-
lage, developed into experts, and he has
made it a point to effect an organization
among his employees which yields the
maximum of efficiency in every depart
ment
This has required years of patient eff
tort and no little experimentation but
his labors have been successful, and to-
day he is in a position to turn out work
and to give a service, of the highest
quality at a cost far below that of other
ways maintained that the plan of sup
porting chain of branches was both
unnecessary and Improbable. His claim
that by maintaining properly organ
lied system of collecting and delivering
wor k was the logical method of doing
big business has been convincingly prov
en- by his own remarkable success. From
little one-man shop he has seen his
httc 10
and yet there has never been time when
he could not take care of the increasing
volume of patronage which came to
and his organization properly balanced
in all departments.
This efficiency is really at the root of
his success and his popularity The low
cost of operation under his system has
made it possible for him to maintain a
schedule of prices that are highly profit
able to him and which the other big
cleaning establishments can not meet be-
cause their plan of maintaining chain
of branches throughout the city entails
an expense which absorbs reasonable
profits,
The cumulative result is that the peo-
pie have come to regard Mr.. Becker as
the friend of the masses. While the
cost of practically every other service
has advanced to keep pace with the gen
eral high cost of living, his prices have
remained unchanged. The people, es-
pecially those with lean purses, have
found that they can get work of the
highest quality and unexcelled service
at Becker's for less money than at any
other reliable establishment of the kind
and, quite naturally, he has built up an
enormous business.
AS a matter of fact the success of
Mr.. Becker presents useful object les
son to many business concerns whose
profits are absorbed by needless expendi-
tures for he has proven beyond all
question that the use of proper equip
ment an efficient system of operation
and the right kind of organization are
a safe and practicable means of keep
ing down the cost and earning profits
from a reasonable charge for service
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
ABANDONs FORCED INSURANCE.

Albany, n Y.-State Senator Mills
has abandoned his compulsory State
health insurance bill, which was opposed
by organized labor, and has introduced
another bill, which would create com
mission to investigate the question.
The original plan OF compulsory. in
surance for workingmen is supported by
the American Society for Labor Legis-
lation, which was recently charged by
Frank X. Sullivan, attorney for the
State Federation OF Labor, with having
secret plutocratic connections.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
BUILDING TRADES UNITE.

Columbus, Ohio.-For the first time in
the trade union history of this city the
Building Trades Council has a 100 per
cent organization, representing 1000
building craftsmen.
Many contractors have declared
against organized labor and they have
been answered by the carpenters, brick
layers, plasterers, stone cutters, stone
masons, plumbers and steam6tters Join
ing the council to make common cause.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
VAUDEVILLE ACTORS ENJOINED.

Chicago.-The notorious injunction
judge, Jesse Baldwin of the Cook Coun-
ty circuit court has issued an injunction
against striking members of the White
Rats Actors union who are enjoined
from picketing theaters. The order is
of the usual sweeping character issued
by this court and not only prohibits
picketing but the striking vaudeville ac-
tors are ordered to desist from "in any
way" interfering with the struck thea
ters.
These actors are affiliated to the A.
F. of L., and are attempting to secure
better working conditions and the abol-
ishment of excessive charges by booking
agencies.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
INSPECTION BILL KILLED.

Hartford, Conn.-Union plumbers OF
this State have lost their fight in the leg
islature for plumbing inspectors in
every town OF over 10000 population
The plumbers and many employers
urged this legislation in the interest OF
health, but lawyers representing the
Manufacturers Association declared il
was an attempt to 'unionize the plumb
ing industry" Under these conditions,
OF course, the health features were ig-
nored and the bill was killed.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
A LESSON IN EFFICIENCY
A Cincinnati Dry Cleaner Who Has
Set An Example Which Others
Might Follow With Good Results.

One of the most popular business men
in Greater Cincinnati is Mr. S. Becker,
who conducts dry cleaning and dye
ing establishment in that city. His
down town office is at 623 Vine street,
and his cleanery works at 22O6-1O Read
ing road, in the suburbs.
And the direct cause of Mr.. Becker's
popularity is form Of efficiency which
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
DEFEAT WOMEN SUFFRAGE.

Concord, n H-After an ail-day de-
bate the house, by vote of 2o5 to 152,
rejected 2 bill giving women the right to
vote for presidential electors in this
State A similar bill was killed in the
senate by vote of 16 to Z,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
PATTERN MAKERS WANT MORE

Boston.-lhe Pattern Makers union
has adopted new wage scale of 60 cents
an hour and a 44-hour week, to take
effect April l. About 400 pattern max
ers in this city and vicinity, are inter
ested
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09

this picnic,'' he said. IT have hand
led and managed and had to do with
a lot of different events, everything
from a Punch and Judy Show to a
three ring circus or state convention,
but the staging of this picnic under
the management of Fl. A. Bruner and
his various committees, takes first
place. There is question in the world
but what over twelve hundred people
viii attend the picnic tomorrow, and
everything is ready to give them the
biggest time of their lives. We regret
very much that the government saw
fit to reguisition our special train, but
that is what Sherman said war is.
However, we will make the best of it,
and I am satisfied that tomorrow will
be the greatest picnic Kenosha has
ever witnessed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
Social Happenings

of town. It's coming to him if he's
more of tight-wad than a patriot and
IN hoping that you'll have the cour-
age to give him his medicine. y
The speech in conjunction with those
which followed from Mr.. O'Brien, J..
A. Foster and DR.. Fletcher, made deep
impression on the audience. At the
suggestion Of Mr.. Foster, voiced in one
of the most clever speeches Of the
evening, the work of soliciting ten dol
lar contributions began and continued
until the Roll of Honor contained the
names of ten patriots and turned over
to the Salem auxiliary of the associa-
ton one hundred dollars in cold cash.
The campaign for membership was
equally successful. Following enthusi-
astic addresses by Lieutenant Singer,
R. L. Cundy and DR.. Helen Harbert, as
well as by various Salem people inter-
ested in the work, thitry-three sigma
lures we're obtained, raising the total
enrolment for Salem to sixty-two.
The meeting closed with "The Star
Spangled Banner enthusiastically
sung by the audience, led by County
Superintendent Cundy.
The success of the service was dne
in no small degree to the advance work
of the Salem branch of the Red Cross
Association established early in June.
The auxiliary had given wide publicity
to the meeting and the crowd was ali
evidence of their efficiency. AS an
added inducement for attendance ice
cream cones were sold after the speech
making and this little business increas-
ed somewhat the funds of the organi-
cation. The officers of the branch as
ISOLATION, which handled the Salem
gathering so successfully include: DR..
William fletcher, chairman; Mrs. ). A..
Foster, vice chairman; John Evans,
treasurer, and Mrs. Ada Stewart,
secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
SOLDIER sURRENDERs TO CUPID
Albert Larsen, Member of Co. NJ and
Miss olga Junker of Kenosha Surprise
Friends hv Wedding Announcement.

The soldiers of Company M may be
invulnerable to the fire of the Krupp
guns but as yet Cupid's darts still have
their telling effect as was illustrated
today at the barracks when the soldiers
learned that one of their number, Ar
tificer Albert Larsen, had surrendered
TO the god Of marriage and on Satur-
day, July 28th, had gone to Waukegan,
where he was married to Miss Olga Jun
ker, the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jun
ker, 796 Sheridan Road. The exact
details of the wedding have not been
made public but it is known that the
young people, without the knowledge of
their friends, eloped to the Illinois city
and were united in marriage at one of
the churches. Mrs. Larsen, when her
husband is called off to war, will con-
tinue to make her home with her par
ents on Sheridan Road.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
History of Civil War Shows
That Women of War Time
Met the Demands Placed
Upon Them.
PRESENT WAR IS SIMILAR

That history repeats itself'' even
in the case Of the greatest world war
and the work of women in it is evil
denced by the history of the Civil War
as recently set forth by the Wisconsin
State Historical Society, where it is
recorded how women of '61 took the
places of men in the industries of the
time just as today and in the near to-
morrow Wisconsin women will be call
ed on to do the work of the men who
have gone to fight in the trenches
The contemporary histories Of the war
relate how Paris AMI London are filed
with women conductors, women eleva-
tor operators and even in the munition
factories women have learned to take
places which were before thought
impossible for them.
The women of France and England
have challenged the admiration of the
world by their efficiency in industrial
positions hitherto occupied only by
men. During our Civil War, Wisconsin
witnessed a somewhat similar spectacle
though on smaller scale. A book
recently published by the State Histori-
cal Society shows that as clerks in dry
goods, shoe, and hat shops, as workers
in factories, especially in the wooden
ware, single, and match factories of
the Fox River Valley and as compost
tors in printing offices Wisconsin
women performed efficiently work form
erly done by men. In 1868 Milwaukee
Typographical Union No. % declared a
strike because of the use of female
compositors by the Milwaukee Sentinel.
That newspaper affirmed its purpose of
giving employment to women left de-
pendent by the war. The strike was
lost, and the number of women in
printing offices in the state steadily in
creased. Wages Of women were ex-
tremely low. In 1864 Milwaukee tailor
esses complained that the maximum
earnings for one woman could not be
more than $500 per week. ssMany of
us have made twelve pairs of lined
pants this winter for 1884, they as
serted. "A similar situation forced
organizations among Madison seam
stresses in the same year. In 1867
the Milwaukee Sentinel declared that
the wages of four thousand girls and
womn in Milwaukee shops and fac
tories averaged probably $500 week.
Since that time remarkable ad-
vance has been made by women in in
dustrial fields in the United States, and
there is already reason to believe that
in the great war our women will reveal
no less determination and resourceful-
ness than their sisters of England
and France.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles sauer, of. Salem
Ave-, Celebrate Twentieth Wedding
Anniversary with Racine Friends.

Fifty-six guests from Racine were
present at the party recently held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sauer of
Salem Avenue, in commemoration of
their twentieth wedding anniversary.
The affair was arranged at Racine by
friends Of the hosts and came as COM
plete surprise to the Kenosha princi-
pals. The afternoon and evening were
enjoyably spent in conversation and
dancing, with refreshments at convent
ent intervals. At a late hour the
guests lefts for Racine but only after
they had wished the bride and groom of
twenty years ago many happy returns
of the day. The guests from Racine
who planned and executed the pleasant
surprise on Mr.. and Mrs. Sauer includ-
ed. Mrs. George Kamm, Mr.. and Mrs
George Kamm and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Kamm and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Julius Kamm and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Zacharias and
children, Mr.. and Mrs Fred Krempke
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. George Gel
SCI and children, Mr.. and Mrs Exert,
Mrs. Kreiter and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. John Treuss, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Meier, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sauer and
children, Mr.. William Kamm, John Ko1-
lar, Miss Olivia Peterson and Elmer
Green.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
"woLF! WOLFF"
Company M Again Announces "Last
Dance of the Season. as Set for
Wednesday Night.

The story Of the shepherd boy whose
false cries of alarm finally brought him
to disaster was recalled today when the
members of Company NJ again an
nounced that probably the last dance
of the season was slated to take place
at the beach pavilion tonight. The
soldiers explained that the delay in or
ders had kept them thinking that they
would be called to camp and therefore
a definite early announcement of dances
was impossible. Be that as it may,
there is to be some dance tonight, with
good stirring music and a big crowd is
expected to help the boys raise money
for the mess fund.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
QUIET WEDDING soLEMN1zED.
Joseph e. Sullivan and Margaret E
Crawford Married by Justice Tur-
mock Tnis Morning.

A very quiet wedding was solemnized
this morning at the office of Justice
Charles E. Turnock when Margaret A.
Crawford became the bride of Joseph
L. Sullivan, neither one Of whom are
citizens of Kenosha. The bridegroom
is employed as an electrician in Brook
1yn, New York, and the bride was form
erly telephone operator in Milwaukee.
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan left for the east,
where they will make their new home in
Brooklyn, New York.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09

The destruction of the Lance cottage
at Twin Lakes in the fire of Sunday
night has been investigated. It is dis
covered that the fire did not start from
the kitchen of the cottage but from a
grass fire which was probably started
by some person passing near the cot
tage and throwing lighted cigar or
cigarette into the dry grass in front
of the cottage. The trail of burned
grass showed clearly just how the fire
had started.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09

The women of the Kenosha Country
Club have been invited to attend the
Red Cross luncheons which are be-
ing given by the wemen of the Mil
waukee Country Club during the state
golf tournament. All the profits from
the luncheons will be turned over to
the fund for aid of the Red Cross.
Many Kenosha women are expected to
go to attend the luncheons later in the
week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09

Judge and Mrs. George W. Taylor of
Durkee avenue and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Theleen of Deming street left this
morning on motor golf pilgrimage
They will make their first stop at the
stats golf tournament in Milwaukee
and then will go north and play over
the course at Fond du Lac, Sheboygan,
Appleton, Green Bay, Wausa and on
the return trip will drop off for round
on the links at Madison, Eau Claire,
Beloit and GAINESVILLE.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09

Mrs. L. " Hauser of Duluth, Mimi,
one time a school girl in Kenosha, is
here as the guest of the Rev. and Mrs.
O. W. Taylor of Park avenue. Mrs.
Hauser is daughter of the late Rev.
R. B. Pease, one of the earlier pastors
of Park Avenue Church. Her brother,
the Rev. Frank Pease now of Milwau-
kee, was also a former pastor of the
church.