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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
WILL MEDIATE DISPUTES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June RE-
- cert strikes and lockouts in the build
ing industry have resulted III the
Building Trades Council and the
Building Trades Employers ,associa-
tion creating board of Cancellation
OF seven men from each organization 4
ITO settle industrial disputes. Where a
3dispute arises the arbitration COM
!mittee3 in the RESPECTIVE trades will
.'act and if unable to agree the matter
will be referrd to the board Of con-
ciliation. No strike or lockout shall
bo inausurated until :he board has
attempted an adjustment Jurisdic-
tional disputes shcll be acted on by
tho board without reference IT, Il a,lc
arbitration committees.
While the present plan is vet in its
infancy hoh sides are hopeful that un-
der it strikes and lockouts will be
miniimiZcd
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
HIRAM JOHNSON
CROSS EXAMINES
California Senator Grills Street
Railway Officials In District
Of Columbia Strike.

WASHINGTON, June 7-Sen. john
son of California is leading the cross
examination of the officers of the
Washington Railway e. Electric Co.,
in the senate investigation Of the To-
cal car strike, which was due to the
company's demand that the men sign
the slavish individual contract which
was invented to break the street rail-
way union in New York. Johnson has
this cantract secretly six months be-
fore the agreement with its employees
was to expire. The company lost
$163,000 in the first month of the
strike.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
NEW commission
fDR:F|xINC WAGES
Federal Labor Department Wants
Board to Regulate Wages
and Hours.

partment of labor is anxious to have
a bill passed creating a commission of
industrial adjustment with sweeping
powers to fix wages and hours Of en-
ployes in interstate transportation
and to eliminate strikes and lockouts
The commission, to consist of nine
members appointed by the president,
will have power to intervene in labor
disputes and establish equitable
rights. The commission is to begin
worIx>July I.
There will be no compulsory arbi-
tration or curtailment of the rights of
the workers to strike. The govern
ment is only to be given a chance to
adjust before the strike shall be
called
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
TENANT FARMING IS
R0BB|NC THE SOIL
So Says Kansas City Correspon-
dent of New York
Paper.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE New
York Evening Posts correspondent at
Kansas City telegraphs his paper the
following with regard to the threat
ened food shortage:
'The increasing amount of tenant
farming, which has become notable
feature Of western land owning, is al
so against the largest possible pro-
duct1on on the fields. The tenants are
accomplishing less and robbing the
soil more than would owner-farmers
with natural result of deterioration" d"
These tenants could become farm
owners if the land they cultivate were
not held at exhorbitant prices based
on its value as a speculation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
Employers Meet Unionists.

SEATTLE, WASH, June 1.-The re-
cent meeting of trade unionists ard
representatives Of the State Erploy-
ers' association is indicative Of chang
ed viewpoints by the latter. tt.
meeting was called by the employers
and on motion of President Brown If
the International Shingle Teavers'
union a committee, consisting of thre 9
from each side, was appointed to a.
range a program and consider SUBJ
jects to be discussed at future meet
ings, when it is hoped working un-
derstanding rlay be reached.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
FEDERAL employees
ORGANIZE BIG
NATIONAL UNION

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Presi-
dent Gompers has issued a call to
the 40 unions of federal employees
AFFILIATED with the A. F. of L.. to
elect representatives, to n eOnven-~
ttOn which will be held In A. f. of
l.. building, Sept. II, for the pur-
pose of organizing national
union. The basis Of representa-
ton i'm the convention will be one
delegate from each local union
with a membership Of 100 or less;
twO/delegates from unions of from
100 to 2SO; above go to 500. three
delegates, above 500 to 1000, four
delegates and above 1000. five
delegates.
The A. F. of l.. has conducted a
campaign of organization among
federal employees and these union
lists. now numbering 800. will be
merged into a national body, char
tered by the A. F.. Of l..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09


:. The All-Westcrn committee of SEN
ators that has been grilling the OFF,
;cers Of the Washington Railway &
'Electric Co., here, for the past month,
ljn the investigation of the street car
Strike, has shown up clearly two
Things: That the pig-headed presi-
+ lent Of the concern, one Clarence p.
,,(<ing, decided to follow up the success
9of the big corporations in New York
't|ity in breaking the Amalgamated
: Association Of Street and Electric
Railway Employees there, by the same
| method used in New York-the indi-
vidual contract. And that in break
ing the strike of the 400 men who
went out twelve weeks ago he has
made the stockholders Of the COM
parry lose about $225, 900, and they
=, are still losing more than 20 per cent
Of their former average receipts, due
to the boycott placed on the lines.
This man King has shown a hos
tility and stubbornnss equal to that of
young Rockefeller, with none of
Rockcfeller's sanctimonious hypo-
crisy. Sen. Johnson Of California has
had many a sharp run-in with him,
= During the hearing. and has indicated
that the committee will probably
recommend municipal ownership as
the best method of booting King out
Of the community
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
WILL NOT CONSTRUCT
WOODEN FOOD SHIPS
Goethals Says Steel Ships Will Be
Bigger, Safer and More
Durable.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Adver-
tlsements issued some weeks ago for
the enlistment of $4,000 skilled
workers to build wooden ships may
have been sent out too soon. At any
rate. Gen. Goethals is protesting
against the orders given him by the
United States Shipping Board to build
ships of green timber for the imme-
date carrying of food to Europe. He
wants to build steel ships, which will
be bigger and safer and far more dur
able. 1t seems that the lumber peo-
pie are very anxious to sell timber
tc the Shipping Board, by the wood
en-ship route. A lot of contracts
have been let for the construction of
9th wooden and steel ships. but
there is now little apparent likell-
hood that the Board will stick to its
first plan of putting nearly 1000
wooden ships on the Alta ntic
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09

NEW RUSSlA'S FALL
SEEN IN VODKA PLOT

PETROGRAD. June 8.-The in
crease i'm the Illicit sale of vodka
and the general wave of intOxi-
cation is the subject of an appeal
by the Executive Committee of
the Council of WOrkmen's and Sol.
diers' Delegates. 1t sayss
"FOrmerly the emperor encOur-
aged drunkenness, since it helped
to support the imperial throne. Now
the Black Hundred is trying to in
tOxicate the country, because 1T
civil war and the return of the
monarchy. Massacres will follow
the appearance Of vodka, and the
work of the revolution will be
drowned i'm blood by the enemies
of the people. Let it disappear for
ever, with the old regime."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
ABOLISH WALLETS
AND FLUNKlES,
URGES GOMPERS

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Samuel
GOmper~, president of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, said:
"One of the first steps in organ
1zatiOn for efficient production is
to abolish the flunkics and the
Wallets. Too many who might give
productive service are engaged in
useless labor that might better be
dispenedcd with.
'lnstead of flunkies, valets and
servitOrs to do for able-bOdied
persons what they ought to do for
j. Themselves. let us have a nation
every one of whom shall he inle-
pendent. self-respectinE persons
engaged In productive work."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
CITY EMPLOYEES GAIN

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 7.--Both
branches of the legislature have passed
the Burke bill which requires second
class cities to add $3.50 to the wages Of
all employees received 1880 or less.
Provision is made for employees to
take court action where city authori-
ties refuse to obey the law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
STATE UNI0NIsTs CONFER

ANNISTON. Ala, June 7.--Clost r
aftiliation with farmers and the rail-
road brotherl:oods was agreed to by
the state. federation of laboc at it's
convention in this city. A modified
single tax for the state of Alabama
was favored.
President Earganier and Secretary
Treasurer Bowen were re elected and
Tuscaloosa was chosen as the next
convention city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09

all over the country that could be
mobilized into an agency for relieving
the situation. The government could
quickly acquire all of these fast
freight lines, and merge them into a
single operating agency under the
control Of an administrative director
such as General George. w. Goethals,
or some one trained in transportation
on the Panama canal. A division of
transportation could be created: or
the system could be turned over as a
division of the postoffice, to be
operated as is the parcel post. In
some countries in Europe there are
no limits to the size of parcels or the
freight that can be shipped by parcel
post.
A "Flyine Squadron"
mo revolutionary change is in
volved In such a. transfer, or any great
administrative organization. The
central office could act like the
weather bureau. It could collect re-
ports from all over the country as
to the transportation needs of diff
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
STRIKE STOPPED
BY INTERVENTION
Conciliators From Federal Labor
Departemnt Step In And
Settle Difficulties.
WASHINGTON. June 7,

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Suspen-
sion of work on government SUBJ
marine chasers under construction at
Camden On. J.) private shipyard
has been averted through interven-
ton by several conciliators of the
labor department, it was announced
today. The men struck for higher
wages on May IS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
BOILER MAKERS ADVANCE

BALTIMORE, June 1.-Afterr an
a1l-week conference with Baltimore
and Ohio railroad officials organized
boiler makers have raised wages IL
cents an hour
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
ELECTRICAL WORKERS GAIN

PHILADELF IA, Ju--e 7.-Elec-
trical Workers union No. SO has
raised wages IA per cent after a.
series Of negotiations with employers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-09
OUR REPUBLIC

The Republic that labor is eager to
defend and sacrifice for Is a Republic
that belongs to the people and that
offers the opportunities that befit a
free and Intelligent population.
SAMUEL GOMPERS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

According to the report of the Sec
 retary of the Interior for 1916, sev-
 enty schools were maintained by the government during the year in Alas ka. with a total enrolment of ap-
 proximately $500 students. In the service 102 teachers, six physicians
 and seven nurses were employed. As a result of the new appropriation for
 medical relief new hospital was es-
 tablished at Juneau, and smaller hos
 pitals were maintained at Nulato,
 Kotzebue, and Kanadanak. Reports
 from the reindeer stations, which are
 supervised by the Bureau of Educa- tion show a total of 7023 reindeer distributed among 76 herds. The to-
 tai income of the natives from the reindeer industry during the fiscal year, exclusive of meats and hides consumed at home were SS1 ,937 The Department, in it's report, emphasizes
 the value of the development of this cooperative industry among the na- ltives.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

reports, although such reports usually originate with them. They are al- most always caused by the fact that said scandal monger "has it in" for his victim and has no other way of getting revenge for some imagined wrong done him. The professional
 scandal monger usually shields him
 self by starting the story in whis-
 Der. "I wouldn't tell this to anyone | in the world but you," is his com ment.
 i The pity of it all is that the party talked about is usually the last to tear about it. He goes his way to- tally unaware that he is being talk ed about or slandered. His friends aid in this, for while they usually take up his defense, if such is needed, they bend their efforts to keep him from learning that he is being talked about for fear he will either worry over it or get himself into deeper trouble.
 The reason for such a condition of things, socially speaking, has long been sought for. Many people, in fact, the clean-minded people, never give the scandals a second considera- tion after they hear of them, but the logicians, also clean-minded, seek for the cause. They have found, as near ly as can be ascertained, that close association, coupled with the fact that everybody in the North knows every body else's business, is the chief reas- on, although just here it might be stated that people here talk about others because they have but little else in the way of subject matter On which to converse.
 But it could all be remedied by the passage of law which would keep slanderous tongues from ~ag- ging SO freely and so frequently when there is no reason for slanderous talk, a law which would provide for the prosecution of anyone who islanders, either by implication or by outspoken statement.-Fairban Citizen.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
TEMPERAMENT.
Just What It Is From the Cynical Mans
 Point of View.

Just What It 10 From the Cynical Mans
 Point of View.
 In a woman temperament is the vol tune of irritability she is allowed to show; in a man it represents the pro- portion of the feminine in his cOnstruc- ton.
 Temperament is always feminine When q married woman throws plates at her husband and tears up the car pet she has within her the makings of a great artist; all she needs is tech nilue. a press agent and a divorce: hitherto her energies have been misdi- rected.
 Temperament Is the difference be- tween character and genius--that is, 1t marks the point where character leaves off and genius begins. When there is enough temperament and 1t is proper ly directed, genirs results: when not, you secure board at a lunatic asylum.
 Temperament is the nth power Of selfishness. the supreme anarchist Of the mind. When you begin to feel bombs going off inside of you and they are counting the dead and you see Il kind faced pOsterity looming in the distance, then prepare for every emer gency; send for an alienist and re porter For when the next bulletin i> mcgaphoned you may be either mem Der or the father superior of new cult.-Life.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
\ ISLANDER LAW.

As time rolls along and more people come to Alaska the usual quota of scandal mongers being included, as ii enough did not exist here already, i; becomes more apparent than ever that Alaska needs a islander" law. Not a law dealing in criminal libel we already have that under United States laws, but law which will com pei a man or woman, no matter who, to prove derogatory statements they may make concerning other people or else suffer the consequences at the hands of the law.
 This is the kind of law. that We would suggest to the members of the legislature which convenes in March, as the only means of stopping the h. cessant tongue wagging on the part of scandal mongers; people who make it a habit of talking about somebody else when nine times out of ten they do not know anything about whereof they speak We would include this statement relative to people the names of whom merely implied, as we'll as those regarding people who are boldly named in connection with slanderous talk.
 Professional scandal mongers. oi which breed there are many. are not the only ones who spread slanderous
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Cooked Eqgs.

Eggshells. says the New York Med ical Journal, are porous and do not prevent infection of the egg contents; therefore raw egg white from eggs which have not received immediate re- frigeration may well cause diarrhea.
 Cooked egg white. when exposed to boiling temperature C212 degrees F.) or to the action of acids, becomes leathery in consistence and difficult of digestion. Sterile egg white exposed to a tempera- ture below 1SO degrees F. becomes jelly like and by most individuals is as easf- ly digested as raw sterile egg white. which itself is innOcuOus.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
RUSH OF THE NIGHTHAWK.
N Sounds Like the Booming of Wats.
 Over . Creek Dam.

Over . Creek Dam.
 If you happen to be where night pa wks are found, some time during the nesting season in May or June, you may hear a strange. booming sound like the rush of water over creek dam. You will seek vainly for it's cause until you see a nighthawk, with firmly set wings, diving earthward from the sky
 It is a reckless performance, and you may suppose that the birds object is suicide, but when within few feet of the ground he will change his course and soar suddenly heavenward. At this moment you will hear the loud. humming noise, similar to that when the creek dam breaks its bonds, as the air passes through the birds stiffened wing Quills.
 The nighthawk. or bullbat. as he is sometimes called. is confused with the whippoorwill, and little is known gen. orally of his real character. He is a bird of the sky, passing the day perched mOtiOnless on limb in wooded regions or on the ground in the treeless tracts or even on housetops when he happens to make his home fin the city.
 Probably he will not change his perch during the day, but at nightfall he will spread his wings and soar out in his search for insect food.-Phila delphia North American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Gives Salary to City

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. f3.--- Mayor Benjamin Bosse, Democrat. announced today that he would be candidate for renomination, and said that he would give his salary this year, amounting to $3,6O0, to the city. He already has given his salary for three years back to the city.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
What Rimes With Babe?

A common English word for which there is only one rime is "babe. and it was Swinburne who used |; with exquisite appropriateness in "A Rime:"
 Babe. if rime he none
 For that sweet small word
 Babe, the sweetest one
 Ever heard,
 Right it is and meet
 Rime should keep not true
 Time with such sweet
 Thing as you.
 Love alone with yearning
 Heart for astrolabe.
 Takes the suns height, burning
 Ger the babe. "Silence" is another word beloved cf poets that has no rime. Mrs. Brown- ing went to the very limits of her passion for assonance when she rimed it with "islands!'
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
MOTOR TRUCKS REPLACE
 CIRCUS HORSES IN PARADE

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The para les of at least one circus next year will see the gaudy wagons and cages of beasts on automobile chassis instead of being drawn by horses, it Was stated here today. A big eastern amusement company is saidto have ordered 100 motor trucks for the purpose.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

IF it is no harm for Southern darkey to steal it certainly should not be considered an unpardonable crime for a Mexican to riot when ordered to take bath.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
An Elaborate System.

You're managing to wake up earlier these mornings"
 "Yes. I've just bought parrot"
 "Instead of an alarm clOck?"
 "I already had an alarm clock, but l got so I didn't pay any attention to it. Now I hang thRl parrots cage in my room and put the alarm clock under it. When the alarm goes off it startles the parrot, and what. that bird says would wake anybody up" American Boy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

| WHEN a man marries girl purely 1 for the sake of her ivory complexion
 lie shouldn't be disappointed to dis
 cover that she has a head to match.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Fresh candy at the Emporium.
Valentines, three for five cents ard upward, at the Emporium. If
Boom This Spring

-buHuIHS Doom AHiS ''pi "s
 Prove your faith in the future ot aldez, by buying residence proper ty. We have houses, cabins. and choice lots for sale, all within d few minutes walk from the heart of the city. Alaska Inv, Co. 2t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Valdez Miner. $3.00 per year.

WANTED:-Mill mans job as a foreman; excellent references from San Francisco Mint, and Seattle, Val deg and Seward assayers. Expert amalgamator on copper and silver plates. Inquire at Prospector. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
For Sale.

Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 15 mos
 old, weight 103 lbs. {; price f. o. b. Val deg $75.00. Address, Box 232,
 Douglas, Alaska. k3-1-l7
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1917
THE LOST COM MA.

 n R ESSRS. EDITORS AND PRINT IN FRS, men who really ought MI to know, ! V x Give, oh, give us back the comma
 of the happy long ago! Comma that divides the sentence so that he who runs may read, Bidding suns of sense shine sweetly through the clouds that would mis- lead
 Never did we love the comma, as we love it now 'tis gone, Letting sentence after sentence, blind and aimless, wander on, While we struggle through the darkness. fitting words to this or that, Only finding, as we muddle, more and more to wonder at. Till we see that one small comma. like q bright October moon, Could clear all in one brief instant. would the printer grant the boon. Oh, I know full we'll you hate 1t, but. please, cruel printer man, Give us back the dear old comma, and as quickly as you can!
 Kate Upson Clark.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

Location notices. both quartz and placer, for sale at the Prospector of flee.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

FOR RENT-Good cabins, $500 and up. Alaska Inv. Co. 2:
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Ow Drug Store.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Saving Money.

Saving Money. You are foolish to spend $5, 900 send ing your son to finishing school. He will never take any polish. He's a blockheed."
 "In other words. you think might as well buy fifty cent bottle of fur niture polish" - Louisville Coulter Journal
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

In every Iino or manufactured ar ticles there is usually one maker who sets the standard of excellence. The RexalI Products set such standard for the United States in Drugs, Per fumes. Toilet Articles and in fact, for every article which they manufacture. The OWL DRUG CO, exclusive agent fir Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

fhy secret is thy prisoner. If thon let it go thou art a prisoner to 1t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13

new stock of Al Fruit Tablets Candy Kitchen. Il
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Class Versus Glass.

Class versus Glass. "Well, there is one thing to be prout. of-we have no class prejudices in this country" "H'm! I guess you were never around when three or four sOphomOrcs got hold of freshman. YOrl; Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-13
Women DueIists.

A celebrated duel took place in 1SS between Countess de POlignac and Mime de Neale.