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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12

and | would feel
very weak and
miserable. | re-
mem bered how
my mother had
found relie I
from pain by us
ing Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Veg.
Q t a b lie Com
pound and | de
lded TO try IL.
md thanks to
the Compound.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
Carp May Win War
for the Kaiser. Says
University Professor

n tho word OF Professor Trevor
Kincaid. head OF the University Of
washington zoology department. Is
tS1c. the kaiser Is trying to win
tie war with one OF his subjects.
namely the German carp. This
type OF fish has proven a resource
full food supply for the German
empire since the importation OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
ROSE ON WOOD DECAY

Prof. Robert Il. Rose of the Uni
verslty of Washington chemistry
department is the author of an ar
ticle on Chemistry of Wood De.
cay" which appeared In the Jour,
nal of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry for the month OF March.
The article Ia the first OF series
to be published by Doctor Rose.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
FAIR IS SUCCESS

The opening night Of the Congre.
CATION BIkur Cholum's bazaar was a
grand success. with every concely'
able concession to attract the eye
and tempt the pocketbook The 20
llcing OF the fair Is being handled
by the Menorah society. composed
OF 4. OF w students Professor
Wagner's orchestra produced step.
py' music.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12

BREMERTON, March 12.-Ths
keel OF the o.. the submarine for
which the navy yard has the con-
tract. will be laid In about 4
month. Work has been held up
while part OF the machinery.
needed for conveying the keel
plates TO the ways. arrives from
the East.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12

and Japan have already been bound
together by German Influence.
This is the exact situation.
From It there is no possible way
out except that the United States
shall take It's place with the other
demoeracies and bear It's part IN
the work OF preserving IN the world
the democratic principle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12

food 10 Germany was stopped by
the allies.
The fish have been hatched in
the inland canals OF the emrlre.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
NO DECISION YET
IN 8-H0UR CASE

WASHINGTON. March Ia
The supreme court decision In
the Aoamson eiphthour law
case again failed to maserialixe
today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
GERMAN SUBS
|. ON WAY TO U. S.,
IT IS REPORTED

NEWCASTLE, Ind. March ~.
With 20 bodies already reeov.
cred. search continued today for
further dead In tho wake OF tho
cyclone which swept down on
this city late yesterday. destroy.
Ing 500 homes and causing prop
erty damage OF more than
million dollars.
Manufacturing plants were
closed, while the workmen aid
ed three companies OF militia
and 100 special policemen In
keeping guard and cleaning up
the debris stre~n over a district
two and a half miles wide and
IS miles long.
The cyclone swept the resi-.
denee district and on into
prosperous farming country.
Fifty doctors and nursea are car.
ing for tho wounded In improviscd
hospitals. Fifty are seriously in.
Iured and 100 or more slightly hurt.
Branch emergency hospitals have
been established at the Elks' home
and at a fire station.
Martial Law Eslsts
Martial law exists in the strick.
en- district. No one Is permitted 10
pass thru except on permit from
the mayor or militia officers, Sew
crai reports OF footing were receiv.
ed. but no one has been held by the
police or militia.
Women and children in the hun
dreds OF homeless families we're
taken care OF by those more for.
tunntc. while the men gathered
around little campfires on street
corners. watching what was left of
their property and waiting for the
break OF day 20 renew their hunt
for the dead.
At hospitals citizens aided the
nurses In caring for the injured.
Ruth Day. is. who lost her three
Flittlc sisters and brother, and was
injured herself. sat beside the bed
aide OF her mothor during the long
night. hoping 20 save the one other
member OF the family a'ill alive.
The mother has little chance for re.
covcry.
No Heat During Night
Greatest suffering was reported
during the night. IL was sold and
no fires were allowed in the houses
on account OF danger OF starting a
conflagration. Lights were out and
no water was procurabie. as the
mains had burst
Relief poured into the city from
every quarter today. Many cities
offered aid
4 relief committee was formed.
which today sent out IN appeal for
cash donations Hundreds OF fam.
lilies. who lost practically every.
thing. will need money 10 get back
on their feet again. they stated.
Mayor Loses All
J. febb Watkins. mayor. lost ov.
Ierythlng but his clothes.
The loss will BIO exceptionally
heavy. because few places carried
cyclone insurance
Tho storm broke without warning
and was over like q flash. lasting
from 20 seconds 10 minute. ac-
eording to various estimates. II
was typical Kansas twister, with
a long. funnelshaped cloud. which
swept down from the northeast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
M. A. COTTSTEIN FURNITURE co.

TO terms. the latter struck at $50
q. m.
The strike affects 16 Of the capt.
tails most important traction ar.
teries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
BOTH MOTHER
And DAUGHTER
Relieved From Pain and
Suffering by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn. n. Y.-"For three or
four years ! suffered great deal
OF pain periodically. so / would have
TO lie down. My back would ache
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
PROOF OF kAisER's SCHEME
TO EXTEND GERMAN
INFLUENCE OVER WORLD

This Is the meat OF the kais-
er'a secret Instructions Ia Ger.
man diplomatic agents setting
forth tho plan TO dominate tho
world. II Is part of an authentic
document unearthed by the
French secret service:
we must stir up trouble In
the north OF Africa ani IN Rus.
ella. II 10 means OF keeping
the forces OF tho enemy en-.
gagged. Rlslnps provoked
In time OF war by political
agents need 10 be carefully pre-
pared and by material means.
rhey must have controlling
head TO be found among the In.
fuentlal leaders. religious or pc.
lltlcai. Neither ridleu.
lous shrleklnga for revenge oy
French ehauvlnists, nor the
Englishmsn's crashing OF teeth,
nor the wild gestures OF the
slavs will turn US from our aim
OF protecting and extending
Deutsehtu all the world over"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
BEACON HILL NOW
HAS JITNEY LINE

There weren't so many Beacon
hill people walking today.
Fifteen iltney busses were put on
the run TO help solve the transpor.
ta,ion problem involved by the col
lapse OF the Dearborn St bridge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05

cases, and so has laid a foundation for
a big development of state legislation
restricting the hours of labor in in
dustry.
To Safeguard Workers,
Now Frankfurter has taken Hold of
the legal problem arising in tho pro-
lection of the wage-earners Of the
United States, during this war, from
the invasion of their rights which will
constantly be made by the military
caste. Conscription brings horde Of
unfit, as well as fit, men into power
in the army. These unfit specimens
Of authority have no use for labor.
They will constantly be trying to bull
doze the workers in the munition
plants, the shipyards and the supply
factories, unless they are carefully
held in check by the labor commit
tee and by outside organizations. To
watch these matters is one part Of
Frankfurter's job. -. .,..-.
In this connection it may as well
be stated again that the American
Federation Of Labor. is absolutely op.
posed.4 to, any lengthening Of hours,
except with punitive rates for over
time. during tthe war Anything less
y 10
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
MIEEikkG&]1A \II0NAL MAY DAY PEACEFULLY OBSERVED
RAILROADS WRECKED
BY HIGH F||VANC|ERS
Downfall Is Caused By "Breach
Of Trust By Corporate
Officials

WASHINGTON May 3.-Men in
high places are charged by the inter-
state commerce commission with
wrecking the Pere Marquette and the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
railroads. The first named property
almost covers the state of Michigan
and the latter road runs from Toledo
to Cincinnati, a distance Of 200 miles.
In report just issued the commits
sion declares that the financial down.
fall of these roads was caused by a
"breach Of trust by corporate off,
cials, often for personal gain"
''That downfall with it's deplorable
consequences" the report reads, "can
be traced only to betrayal within and
not to compulsion without. Neither
rivalry nor rate level nor regulation,
nor all combined, can be found on
this record to have contributed in any
appreciable degree to the DISASTER"
The commissions report is a
lengthy one, and the following is a
sample of this scorching indictment:
mot only this, but the high off,
cials Of such institutions while acting
ostensibly as directors of the rail-
roads, have, in fact, been little more
than tools and dummies for the pro-
moters. The trustees Of other peoples
money seem to have had little COM
junction about violations of their
trusts, for the benefit of the promot-
ers and at their demand.
''To the extent that these >flotations
(securities) ultimately lodged in the
hands Of innocent investors, whether
here or abroad, the public was deeply
wronged. Whatever control or regu-
lation was had of the properties and
operations of the two roads was not
sufficient to keep them in operation
to satisfactorily serve the population
dependent upon them."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05

would retard and curb democracy and
deny the people power. He is a rep
resentative of that artistocratic class
which thinks things can be done for
the people better than they can do
for themselves, but he fails to recog-
nize that although autocracy may
produce efficiency it does not develop
men and women.
His record upon legislation favor
able to the interests of the people is
almost uniformly in opposition. Dur
ing the time when Senator Root was
in the senate as chairman Of the sub
committee Of the senate judiciary
committee, he wa; in position to
exercise a tremendous power over
legislative proceedings in the inter-
est of the wage-earners-them masses
of the people.
/ There was referred to that COM
mittee legislation for the purpose of
securing for the wage-earners rights
necessary to their protection and for
the exercise of such activities as were
fnseparable from their protection and
increased well-being-the rights ex-
ercised by every. other citizen of the
country. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
PROTESTS AGAINST SELECTION OF ROOT ON THE RUSSIAN COMMISSION

to the people the power of initiative,
referendum and recall; it refused to
protect the public's ownership of
waterpower and forest lands; it
wound up by adopting a corporation
document that was buried at the polls
under an adverse majority of half
million votes.
In an editorial. in The American
Federationist for December, 1915. en-
titled "Mr. Roots Government Re-
jected," Mr.. Gompers gives the best
of reasons why Root should not be
showed upon the Russian people
when they are trying to establish a
peoples government.
Among other things this editorial
says:
Deceptive Document.
"The document was calculated to
deceive the average layman. Powers
were centralized and left without
safeguards that would prevent their
perversion. Opportunity was created
for the practical domination of the
military over the civil power.
"Mr. Root wrote into this proposed
constitution his ideals Of representa-.
tive institutions-concepts which
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
OPERATORS GRANT
BIG CONCESSIONS
Pennsylvania Miners Given WAGE
Increases Ranging from
20 to 80 Per Cent,

PHILADELPHIA May 3.-Conces-
sions which will mean an increase of
more than $26,00O,000 a year in
wages were granted last Monday to
the $4,000 mine workers Of the bit
luminous fields Of central Pennsyl-
vania by a committee of operators.
who had been in conference with rep
resentatives of the men for more
than a week.
In addition to an advance in wages
for all classes Of labor ranging be-
tween 20 and 80 per cent, the greatest
single increase ever given miners in
this district, the operators agreed to
collect the miners union dues without
charge and pay the money, with a
detailed statement, to the local union.
The men had asked 1913 Der
cent advance, and with this exception
virtually all their demands were met.
The agreement is effective April 16.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
ANT|5UN|0N|STS ARE
HIT IN CALIFORNIA
State Legislature Very 1nconsid.
crate of Measures Supported
By Them.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 81
Trade union opponents-who insist on
being known as "open shop" advo-
cates-have received some hard
bumps at the hands of the California
legislature. The ants are headed by
President Roster of the San Francisco
chamber Of commerce, which recently
started a million-dollar campaign in
favor of Flaw and order" This ele-
ment favored the Goetting bill, pro-
viding for compulsory mediation in
strikes on public utilities" Legisla-
tors were not tricked by the contra
dictory term Compulsory mediation" )"
and the scheme received only 16 votes
in the assembly, where Al votes is
necessary to pass.
The Ballard bill, outlawing the Sec
ondary boycott and the sympathetic
strike, was another piece Of legislative
wisdom, according to President KOS
ter, but it received only two votes in
the senate judiciary committee.
The Rominger bill, which would
prohibit unions from passing appren-
tice regulations, received eight votes
in the senate, where 21 votes is neces-
sary to pass.
And to add to the woes Of anti
unionists, the senate has passed an
anti-injunction bill favored by organ
lied labor and drawn along the lines
of the Clayton law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
STRIKE Of CHICAGO
BAKERS IS ENDED
Details Will Be Disclosed After
Ratification By Union Men,
bership.

CHICAGO, May 3.-The strike of
the bakers, which has been in prog
ress since Saturday, and which af-
fected more than 100 shops, was set
tied Wednesday night after a con-
ference of representatives Of men and
employees in the office Of United
States District Attorney Charles F.
Clyne.
Mr.. Clyne told them it were better
for them to come to an agreement be-
tween themselves since there was g.
possibility that the government might
take cognizance of the situation in
case it becomes more acute.
Mr.. Clyne. in announcing that an
agreement to end the strike had been
reached, said details would be given
after a committee of the union bak-
ers had presented them to the union
membership for ratification.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
STRIKE |SST|LL
ON At RICE LAKE
G. w. Swanson Says Men Are
Standing Firmly For Their
Demands.

The strike Of the men employed in
the mill Of the Rice Lake Lumber
company is still on, according to c.
w. Swanson Of Superior: state orga-
nizer for the American Federation Of
Labor, who has returned from Rice
Lake. Mr.. Swanson has been organiz-
ing the mill employees and assisting in
their strike. He will return to Rice
Lake soon.
"The men are striking for a mini
mum scale Of 1925 per day." said, Mr..
Swanson. "Al the other firms in Rice
Lake are paying the scale and are
fair to organized labor.
1.-THE largest demonstration in the
history of Rice Lake occurred last
Saturday evening when the strikers
held a monster parade. A meeting
was held afterwards at the Armory
which was packed to the doors. y Be-
sides myself, the men were addressed
by James A. Campbell, business agent
for the Superior building trades, and
Lieut.. ]. p. Clemens, who is at Rice
Lake. The meeting was presided
over by Fred Haisler, president of the
federal labor union"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
(By Special Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, May 3.-An-
nouncement from the White House
that Elihu Root has been made chair
rhan of the American high commits
9ion to Russia has created a sort of
stupefied amazement in labor circles
(in Washington. Nobody can UNDER
stand why the man who above all
others has been identified with at
temps to shut political refugees-and
particularly refugees from the tyranny
of the czar-out Of the United States,
should be sent to tell revolutionary
Russia of our good will, and to advise
her in writing democratic constitu-
ion. ::
Two years ago the state Of New
York elected delegates to a constitu
}tional convention. Mr.. Gompers was
a candidate, but was defeated. Mr..
Root opposed his candidacy. Root
became president Of the convention
and dominated its proceedings.
This convention laughed or sneered
at the suggestions of humane provi-
sions made by labor spokesmen; it
turned down the proposals Of giving
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05

political refugee-says, comes the
selection Of this anti-labor fanatic to
speak for America to the great labor
republic which is just getting upon its
feet. Protest is coming from all sides.
Root may be compelled to decide that
ill-health keeps him at home
Young Lawyer to Assist.
In the organization of the labor
committee, Of which Samuel Gompers
is chairman, and which comprises one
of the seven main committees doing
the actual work of the Council of Ma
tiona1 Defense, there has been en-
listed one of the keenest-witted and
devoted young lawyers in the coun-
try. He is Felix Frankfurter, a pro-
fessor in Harvard law school, and
successor to Justice Louis D. Brandeis
as defender Of labor legislation be-
fore the supreme court Of the United
States. He is former pupil Of Bran
deis, and when the latter went. upon
the bench Frankfurter took up the
Oregon minimum wage law for
women, and the Oregon general ten
hour law for men, and re-argued
them before the court. He won both
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
JEWISH PRESS IS
WARMED PX: GOMPERS
Must Not Be Permitted to Dom.
mate Labor Movement in
America.

NEW YORK, May 3.-Working
men everywhere must unite to estab-
lish permanent peace in the world
and factional strife among them will
not be tolerated. Samuel Gompers
president Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, declared at the ma
tional convention of the National Hat
and Capmakers Union of America,
held here Tuesday.
He said the Jewish press Of this
country must not be permitted to
dominate the labor movement, and he
warned his hearers that unless they
quickly settle the differences between
themselves, their charter in the AM
erican Federation of Labor will be
withdrawn.
Il believe in free speech, free press
and free assemblage," said he, "but
it is not within the province of one
publication to dominate the work and
progress of the American trade union
movement.
"Some Of you may still be subjects
Of another country, but the fact is
that you are in America and your
future children and children's chill.
dren will fight for American ideals.
Il resent the idea of the Jewish
press dominating the American labor
movement. The conscience of the
American labor movement is fa1
above any press devoted to any par
ticular nationality or religion.
"You must cement the bonds OF
unionism. The work of the American
labor movement Is portentious and
transcendent."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
Upheld Property Rights.


Senator Root used all the author
ity of his office to prevent considera-
tion or action upon that legislation.
He turned a. deaf ear to all the ap-
peals made by the wage-earners. He
refused to move from his adherence
to legalistlo principles and his con-
cepts Of tho Injunction and the use Of
the Injunction. He staunchly upheld
rights associated with the ownership
of property and was unable to UNDER
stand the rights that belonged to
human beings, and he carried these
concepts over to the convention. ..
AT the election of November 2, the
people Of the state of New York by
nearly half a million majority de-
feated Mr.. Roots proposed constitu-
ton. Indeed, it was not an election
it was a. revolution. It was a mani
festation of an indignant revolt
against tthe attempt of subtle master
minds to enmesh the people in a maze
Of intricacies, designed as first step
in their enslavement by vested inter-
ests and special privilege" !. -.>s f.. -.
Now, like calamity as Repre-
sentative London-himself q Russian
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05

Senator Buckler stood by labor in
the recent session of the Minnesota
legislature. Two years ago he voted
for the semi-monthly payday bill, the
only measure of benefit to labor that
passed during the session of 1915.
This year Senator Buckler voted for
the anti-injunction bill, opposed COM
pulsory military training in the high
schools, supported state insurance for
industrial accidents, the amendments
to the workmen's compensation law,
and was one of the authors of the alb
sent voters law which enfranchises
$4,000 travelling statesmen and rail-
road men in Minnesota. The "gentle-
man from Polk" could always be de-
pended upon to stand by labor when
his vote was needed. Senator Buckler
was elected to the legislature in 1914.
His home is in Crookston.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05

Resolution.
"Resolved, That this mass meet
Ing, held under the auspices Of the
St. Louis County Suffrage associa-
tlon, urge upon Congressman Miller
that the United States in champion
Ing democracy and rights of nations
should also champion the rights of
Its own citizens, it's unenfranchised
women and as a direct means to that
end should use his Influence to has
ten the passage of a Federal amend
ment granting votes to women.'
Mrs. Andreas Ueland, president of
the Minnesota Woman Suffrage asso-
citation made the following report on
the 1917 legislative lobby:
President Reports.
"The National Woman Suffrare
association advised that states~whieh
had constitutions which are as diff
cult to amend as ours in Minnesota
should try to pass presidential suf-
frage bills instead of constitutional
amendments.
I'm the last session Of the N1inne-
sofa legislature our whole force was
put upon the presidential bill.
I'VE had sufficient strength in the
house to pass it but the vote came
first in the senate. where the bill was
defeated 81 to 34''
! Mrs. Ueland called attention to the
fact that two senators from the citv
of Duluth voted against the presi-
Dental bill. Continuing, she said:
In the campaign for presidential
suffrage this year bills have been
passed in North Dakota. Ohio, Michi-
gan, Nebraska, Rhode Island and In
DIANA
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-05
JUDGE ASKS NEW
TRIAL FOR MOONEY

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, May g.
Judge F. A. Griffin, who presided at
the trial Of Thomas J. Mooney. con-
victed in superior court of murder in
connection with a bomb explosion
here July last, costing 10 lives, has
written U. S. Webb, attorney general
of, California, requesting that Webb
co,nfess error in the case and ask the
state supreme court to grant Mooney
q new trial. Mooney was sentenced to
Heath. Police court hearings of
fcharges of attempted subornation of
perjury against Frank C. Oxman, a
cattle dealer of Oregon, principal wit
ness against Mooney, have been in
progress.
Judge Griffith took this action in
view of the doubt he said had been
cast upon thte reliability of Oxman's
Testimony.