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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21

Cullen, 30 E. Twelfth st. Telephone,
Canal 1860.
Vice e-President-Phil. Fischer.
Recording Secretary, Phil Gasdorf.
Amalgamated Glass Workers. No. o.
Meets 1st and Sd Fridays at ia E. Court st.
President, Geo. Rech.
Secretary. Harry James.
Asbestos Workers Union No. 8.
Meets every Tuesday at 1913 Vine st.
President. Chas. Cassidy.
Secretary, VIM. Cook, Ill Findlay st.
Business Agent. John L. Owens. ss74
Kemper lane. Phone, Canal 1854.
Bridge & Structural Iron Workers,
No. A..
1407 Walnut st.
President, James Mccullough
Business Agent, Thomas McEwen, 30 E.
Twelfth ST. Phone. Canal 1860.
Secretary. Bert Wagner.
Cement Workers No. 524.
Meets lst and I'd Tuesdays at Workmens
Hall. 1918 Walnut st.
Corresponding Secretary and Business Agent,
JOS Nolde. 20 East Twelfth st. Phone Canal
1850.
Composition and Asphalt Roofers,
No. ~.
Meets 1st and Sd Wednesdays at 1918 Vine.
Secretary, VIM. B. Jackson, 42s w. Sixth st.
Electrical Workers No. PIP.
Meets every Wednesday at 1913 Vine st.
President, !. II. Smith.
Recording Secretary, w. B. Slater. a6e6
Trevor pl., North Fairmounr.
Business Agent Jos. Cullen; Office - e.
Twelfth st. Phone. Canal 1860.
Fresco Painters Union No. 13.
Meets 1st and Sd Saturdays at 1899 Vine st.
President, Charles Marx.
Recording Secretary, John Mallos, 1908 Vine.
Financial Secretary, J. B. Schroeder.
Glaciers Union No. 3S7.
Meets every Tuesday at Central Turner Hail.
President, Oscar Sunker.
Secretary, Al Feldman. Central Turner Hail.
Hardwood Finishers' Union, sac.
| Meets lst and Sd Wednesdays AZ. Central
| Turner Hall. 1407 Walnut st.
President, Ben Bruins
Secretary. Fred ]. Dreyer, $3.50 Clifton ave.
Hodcarriers' District Council.
Meets LIST and Sd Fridays at 1s1 Walnut st.
| President, Robert Price.
Secretary. Philip Smith, TIT Hughes st.
Business Agent. w. T. Jackson. - E.
Twelfth st. Phone. Canal 1860.
Hodcarriers' and Building Laborers'
Union No. 119.
Meets every Tuesday at 1918 Walnut ST.
President, John w. Floyd.
Business Agent, w. w. Cordell, 20 E
Twelfth st. Phone. Canal 1850; Residenc,
Phone. North 1898.
Hodcarriers' Union No. 127.
Meets I'd and 4th Fridays at Harvey an,
Russell sts., Covington.
President, Martin Haggard
Secretary, Philip Smith. 1717 Hughes st.
Cincinnati.
Hosting and Portable Engineers
No. ia.
Meets every Wednesday at ia f. Court 81
Secretary, Roy Herbert. 420 Clark st. Phone
West 3656-L.
Business Agent, Roy Herbert. 20 E. Twelft
st. Phone, Canal 1850,
Lathers' Union No. At.
. Meets every Wednesday at workman's Hal
1913 Walnut st.
President, Charles Case.
/ Secretary. Harry Huber.
Business Agent. Edw. Lane, 20 E. Twclft
; st. Phone, Canal 1880.
Marble Workers Union No. 2S.
4 Meets ed and 4th Tuesdays at 1918 Walnu
President, Joseph Foster.
Secretary. A. ]. Streatch. TAI Richmond 9
Mosaic Granite-Terrazzo Layers an
Helpers Union No. 1884.
Meets I'D and 4th TUESDAYS at 1918 Walnu
President, Dante Bertoncin
Secretary, Carlo Rossi, 1241 Martin st.
: Business Agent. Dante Bertoncini, 9sl p
vilion st.
Brotherhood Of Painters, Paperhangers
and Decorators Of America.
( District Council.
. Meets every Mondav M Ratterman's Ha
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Held UP AT GUN POINT;
CHOKED and PUMMELED
Albert Bright Assaulted by Negroes,
Who Are Driven Off by Passers-By.

Held up at the point of a gun in the
hands Of a gigantic negro, and choked
and beaten about the face. by another
member of the gang, while still third
negro rihed the pockets of his trousers,
Albert w. Bright. a patent attorney, liv-
ing at 32s Fifth street southeast, was
saved from a severe beating and prob
able robbing only by the timely action of
three interns from Providence Hospital,
who were passing at the time.
The daring hold-up took place at the
northeast corner of the Senate Office
Building, First and c streets northeast,
at $50 o'clock last night. The young
physicians and Mr.. Bright chased the
negroes through Shotts Alley. but were
outdistanced.
According to the story told Detectives
Wise and Wright by Mr.. Bright, he was
on his way from his home to the Union
Station to take a train for Pittsburgh.
The car on which he was passenger
was blocked at East Capitol and First
streets, and he decided to walk the rest
of the distance to the station.
Mr.. Bright was not badly injured, ami
ne took the midnight train for Pitts
burgh. All that the highwaymen secured
from their victim was a pocket knife.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
BRAZIL PUTS U-BOAT
issue UP To Berlin
Ocean Blockade Neither Legal Nor Ef-
fective. Rio Officials Hold.
,ciaI to NJ M,.hinztnn H.rald

sIecial 10 The Washington Herald
Rio Janeiro. Feb. 10.-Foreign Minister
Lauro Muller, in replying to President
Wilson's suggestion that other neutral
nations take the same position as the
United States in respect to the German
submarine campaign, will inform Wash
ington that Brazil has declared to Ger
many that she does not recognize the sub
marine blockade as effective. according
to reliable reports
The note win further say that Brazil
leaves with Germany the responsibility
for all acts from which Brazil merchant
men may suffer in violation of interna-
tional law ~t'--s
The note is protest. the final para
graph reading:
The Brazilian government, In spite of
its sincere and keen desire to avoid any
disagreement with the nations at war,
believes u to be its duty to protest
against this blockade. consequently
to leave entirely with the imperial gov
ernment the responsibility v for al acts
which would involve Brazilian citizens
merchandise or ships and which are
proven to have been committed in disre-
gard Of the recognized principles of inter-
national law and of the conventions
signed by Brazil aud Germany"
The note holds that the submarine
blockade Is neither legal nor effective
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
GERMANS CAN'T STARVE
BRITAIN, SAYS EDITOR
Expects Wars End Within Three
Months by Allied Attacks.

tBy the IsternatioasI News Service
London. Feb. 1o.-The war will be de-
cided within the next three or four
months, according to Robert Donald. edi-
tor of the chronicle and one of the closest
students of war conditions in England.
Mr.. Donald does not minimize the dan
gers of Germany's submarine blockade but
holds that there is absolutely no chance
for Great Britain to be starved.
Discussing the situation today he said
THE war may not end but II will be
decided within the next three or four
months. This decision will be helped by
the allies piercing the western front. by
Russia driving the enemy back. by an
advance by Italy and the holding up OF
me enemy in the Balkans, to say MOTH
ing of decisive operations elsewhere.
Great Britain is blockaded but she will
never be starved and communication with
her allies will not be interrupted. Bread
and other food tickets will be introduced
unless the people ration themselves along
reasonable lines.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
HE TOLD HOW GERMANS
COULD INVADE AMERICA

Paris, Feb. 1o-French military writer's
are recalling the book written in Berlin
in 1901 by Hans Franz Won Edelshein,,
captain of the Second Uhlans Of the
Prussian Guard. describing a pro-
posed German invasion of the United
States.
Edelsheim wrote that Germany would
be able TO mobilize quickly and transport,
on board numerous German leviathans,
huge invading army. He admitted that
England also had sufficient number Of
transports to invade the United States,
but pointed out that because Canada is so
vulnerable. England would never dare
risk war with the United States
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
FIRE SWEEPS PLANT
Of MUNITHDN MAKERS
Union Switch and Signal Co.. Menac.d
by Dangerous Blaze.
tBy the International News Service.

tBy the International News Seryice.)
Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. l0,-Fire starting
late this afternoon spread rapidly at the
plant of the Union Switch and Signal
plant at Swissvale and 1t was believed
the entire plant might be destroyed.
All available fire-fighting apparatus, in
Guiding the companies own trained de-
partment, were on the scene.
This plant has been working on huge
munitions orders and has been under
heavy guard. The origin Of the nre is
unknown. .
The fire started in the shell-making de-
partment and spread with such rapidity
that half an hour after it was discovered.
the entire plant seemed doomed. Sew
eral thousand men are employed at the
plant but II is believed all reached safety.
The Union Switch and Signal Company
is one of the largest subsidiaries of the
Westinghouse Electric Company. 1t is
understood that their shell contracts have
amounted to several million dollars.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Must Flash Ticket
To Get Into Capitol

Policing of the Capitol will be
supplemented by restriction Of
those entering the building after
ONCE hours to persons bearing en-
pioyes' tickets or cards of admis-
sion to the press galleries. Ths
order goes into effect tomorrow.
The tickets were distributed yes
terday and in effect authorize men,
bers of the Capitol. force to stop
any Suspicious looking person and
demand that he display a ticket
Visitors will not be barred from
the Capitol during the hours when
It Is officially open unless there Is
a suspicion they mean mischief.
In addition to taking these extra
precautions. the Senate yesterday
passed q resolution offered by Sem
ator overman for the Committee
on Rules providing for fifty special
officers to police the Capitol. These
men win serve until March Is un-
less there Is an extra session of
Congress. They will be paid 50
day. An appropriation of $500 is
provided to meet the expenditure.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
ABANDON PLAN
TO ARM LINERS
Shipping Interests Place Traf-
fic Squarely Up to
Government.
BY 5. ID wEYER.

CInternational Newspaper syndicate.)
New York. Feb. love are help
less. It's up to the government"
Such, in substance. reads the ver-
dict sounding the death knell te
American passenger traffic to England
and France. while unrestricted U-boat
warfare keeps on. It was rendered
late this afternoon by p. A. s. Frank
lin. president of the American Line
who, In a formal statement given out
to the press, said:
The American Line decision means
that the st. Louis. which has been iy.
ing at her dock ''at the point of de-
parture" for ten days with fair
sized booking of passengers and 5000
sacks of United States mail. will stay
there, as also will the st. Paul, ready
for more than week to sail for Liver
pool. The third American liner, the
Philadelphia, now in Liverpool, also
will remain tied up.
1t means that the German submarine
blockade" has, in addition 70 tieine
up the bulk of cargo shipping, COM
pletely stopped American passenger
traffic. for bow to the German stipu-
lations the American Line will not
Prefer to Dock ships.
Rather than take orders from the Ber-
lin government to paint its vessels In a
certain prescribed way and to make only
one prescribed port, Falmouth, choosing
only one prescribed route. the company
decided to lay up its vessels, meanwhile
putting the issue of protection squareiy
up to the government
The eyes of all shipping men are d.
rected to. Washington. The consensus is
that now that the American Line has
definitely declined, by force of necessity,
to fling the defiance of American private
enterprise into the teeth of the U-boat
menace, the American government will
take 1t upon itself to find ways and means
for the exercise of the right of Ameri-
can passenger ships ito traverse all parts
of the high seas"
Mr.. Franklin's announcement came as
a bomb-shell to shipping circles. 1t had
been so consistently reported that plans
to arm the st. Louis were well under way
and that she would sail Wednesday. The
sudden abandonment of all efforts in that
direction caused a most profound stir
Early in the afternoon, the report was
current that the International Mercantile
Marine, the controlling corporation, had
virtually contracted for two finch guns
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
REVOLUTIONARY PLOT
DISCOVERED in CUBA
Army Officer Among Others Arrested,
Say Havana Reports.
(By the Interuatfona

(By the International News Service
Havana, Feb 1o.-A plot to overthrow
the Cuban government has been unearth-
ed, according to statement made today
by Aurelio Hevia, secretary of the In
terror.
1t is understood some arrests have been
made. Among those arrested, 1t was
said, was at least one army officer and
perhaps more.
The first intimation the public had of
the alleged anti-government conspiracy
came when Minister Hevla notified the
military and civil authorities he had re-
eeived news of the plot.
A searching investigation was at once
started by the military authorities and
the police. There has been considerable
political unrest In Cuba since the presi-
dental election In November.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
-FOUR SHIPS IN DAY
Tonnage Of Destroyed Vessels
Now Totals l64,0I5.

(By the Internatfsnal News Service
London, Feb. 1o-German U-boats to.
day. the tenth day Of unrestricted war.
fare in the barred zone. sent to the
bottom four vessels with an aggregate
tonnage of 1a,5s7. Three British ships
and one Norwegian were sunk. Two
lives are known to have been lost ID
the sinking of the latter.
Today's toll brings the total tonnage
destroyed by U-boats since February !
up to 1S4.ol5. Altogether seyenty-nins
ships have been reported sunk
The most serious British loss today
was tine steamship Manitoba Built only
last year she was one of the newest and
most modern steel cargo-carriers in the
British merchant marine. She hailed
from Glasgow and was owned by the
British-India Navigating Company.
A small boat containg three English
men and one American negro, members
Of the crew of the torpedoed Britiss;
steamer Dauntless. has been picked up
at sea by trawler, according to q
dispatch from Madrid. The occupants
had been without food for five days
and were taken to a hospital.
A wireless message picked up here to-
day stated that the U-boat which re-
Gently sank the Peruvian ship Lorton In
Spanish waters few the French nag.
The LuIlington, another British vessel.
Of 2.s1s tons, was sunk. Her crew was
saved.
The destruction of a Norwegian ship
the Solbakken-was reported by Lloyds
Two Of her crews were killed
The total tonnage of the Lullington,
Manitoba and Solbakken was 12,2so.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
DIRECTS PROBE
OF FOOD COST
President Orders Federal
Trade Commission and De-
partments to Act at Once.

President Wilson crday directed that
ia Federal INQUIRY be made at once into
the question of the nations food supply
and the high prices Of foodstuffs. The
Federal Trade Commission and the De-
partments Of Agriculture and Justice have
been instructed to conduct the probe.
An adequate supply of foodstuffs is
a matter Of concern to the nation at all
times; 1t Is of peculiar Importance at
present" the President declared In =
letter to Chairman Harris Of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
The President seeks to ASCERTAIN def
initely whether current high prices ara
due to manipulations of trusts or due
to economic causes Following fast upon
the Presidents order, officials charged
with handing the inquiry held hurried
conferences and laid plans for an I'm
mediate prosecution OF the work.
May Not Possess Power.
Many necessary facts are not avail
able the President stated, "and it is
questionable whether any single agency
CT the government at present possesses
the requisite power and equipment to Sc
cure the information needed to enable
both public and private instrumentalities
to render their fullest service to the peo-
pie.
TT is obvious that there will be no suf-
1cient incentive to enlarge production IL
there does not exist an unobstructed and
economical system of distribution. Un-
justifiable fluctuations In prices are not
merely demoralizing; they inevitably de-
ter adequate production.
1T has been alleged before committees
of the Congress and elsewhere that the
course of trade in important food prod
ucfs Is not free, but is restricted and
controlled by artificial and Illegal means.
II is of the highest public concern to as
certain the truth or falsity Of these allie
cations
mo business can be transacted effect
lively In an air OF suspicion. II the al
legations are well grounded. It is neces-
sary that the nature and extent of the
evils and abuses be accurately determined.
so that proper remedies. legislative or ad-
ministratiye may be applied. II they are
rot true. IL Is equally essential that the
public be Informed, so that unrest and
dissatisfaction may be allayed.
In any event, because of the grave
public interests which the food supply
affects, the efYicient performance of the
duties imposed upon agencies of the sov-
ernment requires that all the pertinent
oosTTsUED on PAGE -FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
BROTHER OF JOHN D.
ILL IN CHARITY HOSPITAL

Cleveland, Feb. 1o-Frank Rockefeller
IL In the Charity Hospital, following an
abdominal operation. His condition IL re-
ported good. He is seventy years old.
His critical illness brought no recon-
citation with his brother. John D. Rookie
feiier The two have been at odds for
nineteen years as the result of dis
agreement over business. Following is
the statement Issued just before the oper-
alton:
Frank Rockefeller has not sent for
his brother, John. and win not send for
him.'nor win he advise his brother of his
illness"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
THINK U-BOAT VICTIM
WAS FLEEING MURDERER
Richard Wallace. Slain in Eavestone
Wreck, Believed a Fugitive.

Fitzgerald, Ca, Feb. I0-LocaI au-
thorities feel certain Richard Wallace.
the American negro who was killed when
the British collier Eavestone was tor
pedoej, is the same Richard Wallace who
was under indictment for the murder of
an A, B. & A. call boy, nine years ago.
Wallace made his escape. 1t was re-
ported at the time that he went to
Boston and shipped as stoker on an
ocean liner. About three years ago, a
negro filling the description of Wallace
was arrested in Columbia, S. c., con-
victed and sentenced to hang
A local newspaper investigated the case,
and secured second trial 1t was proven
that the convicted man was Emanuel
Ford and he was given his liberty.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
ON VERGE OF war
Situation Ominous, Lansing
Tells Fellow Alumni.

Secretary of State Lansing last night
repeated his ominous warning that eve
are on the verge of war" made by hir,
on December p, the day after Presiden;
Wilson had sent his peace note to Ger
many. He was addressing the fourth an
nual banquet of the Amherst College
Alumni Association, OF which he is a
member, held in the banquet hall of the
New Willard
This Is q time OF anxiety for us all,
a time of heavy responsibility for some
of us. We are looking forward into the
uncertainties of the future and we are
striving 10 read what it holds in store
for US and for our country. We car
hardly close our eyes TO the fact that
we are standing near to the verge OF
the war which has for two and a halt
years wasted the great empires of Eu-
rope and brought untold woes to man.
kind.
"Ominous though the situation may
seem. there Is always the hope that OUT
country may be spared the terrible calam-
Eity Of being forced into the conflict. II
Is now. as IL has been from the begin,
ming. the wish and endeayor of this
government to remain at peace with al
the world IL It can do so with honor
A Time to Think.
II cannot discuss here the supreme
subject of American thought today, either
to review the past or to prophesy for the
future. In the existing uncertainties you
must realize that 1t would be unwise for
me to do so. 1t is not a time to speak;
II is time to think, to think earnestly
and deliberately. 1t is time for GOODNESS
and self-restraint rather than for sur
render to the natural impulses which are
aroused by great events affecting the
national honor. the national duty, and the
national welfare of our country.
IT shall not talk to you of these events,
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Hold Noiseless Banquet;
Make Speeches With Hands

Without the utterance of spoken
word, the Kappa Gamma Fraternity of
GaiIaudet College held its seventeenth
annual banquet in the red room of the
New Ebbitt last night. n.y.
Many speeches were made. but they
were all delivered by gestures the men
listening in mute approval.
Among those who spoke were Charles
c. Marshall. Henry Austin. DR.. Hall, Al
bert Hall and Messrs. Valiant, Seatou
and Farpel. The COMMITTEES on arrange
ment included H. J. Stegemerten, James
Sullivan. B. Schowe and c. Ozier
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
FIVE GREAT LINERS
STILL ON HIGH SEAS
Quintet Of Transatlantic Vessels
| Carry u. S. Citizens.

New York, Feb. 10.-The safe arrival
of the White Star liner Baltic at Liver
pool leaves five more big passenger ships
on the high seas. The liners, together
with their date of departure from New
York and their quotas of Americans, fol-
low:
8, carries Americans; Rochambeau,
French, sailed February 4. carries IS
Americans; Saxonia, Cunard, sailed jan
uary 30. carries I American: Cedric, White
star sailed February 8, carries Ameri-
cans; Dante Alighieri, Italian. sailed JAM
uary a. carries Americans.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Freddie Haskins Wins
Cabaret Bride at Last

Chicago, Feb. 10.-Fred Haskins. son Of
Robert c. Haslins, president of The In
ternational Harvester Company, is pre-
paret to face parental wrath today. A
marriage license was issued to Frank
Haskins and Josephine F. Gordon yester-
day. and today Miss Joy Gardner. cabaret
dancer, whose name off-stage is Joseph
Inc F. Gordon. is wearing a thin gold
band on the third finger of her left hand.
Last November private detectives in
the employe of young Haslins' mother.
went to Kansas City. where Miss Gardner
was dancing at hotel cabaret, and
brought him home.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
FIRE ON DREADNOUGHT;
SHIP Is NOW GUARDED
Blaze Discovered on Gun Deck of Bat.
tleship New Mexico.

the first gun deck of the super-Dresd-
nought New Mexico, under construction
at Brooklyn Navy Yard. resulted in q
heavy guard being placed around the
vessel today. The blaze was small and
was put out in ten minutes. 1t is sup
posed to have been started by the over
turning of a rivet-heating furnace
A more rigid system of identification
has been adopted for the 1000 employees
now engaged on rush work at the navy
yard. Each man has been photographed
and numbered.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Negro Snatches Purse;
Runs, But Gets Caught

A negro snatched a pocketbook from
the hand of Miss Lillian johnson as she
was about to enter the Brunswick apart
ment on r street.. near Fourteenth, about
1880 last night. and disappeared down an
alley
Miss Johnson screamed, whereupon the
attention of three young white men was
attracted, who, accompanied by Police
man A. w. Esser. followed the negro
down to New York avenue, where they
overlook him.
The pocketbook., containing s2s.37 ac-
cording to the police, was found in the
thief's pocket. The negro gave his name
as Jerry Simpson, Is. and his residence
as 2Ol6 L street northwest
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
MILITIAMEN ORDERED
LEAVE THE BORDER

San Antonio. Tex, Feb. 1o.-Orders
for th1 departure for home of National
Guard organizations now stationed on
the border were issued by the military
authorities here today as follows:
February IL, Troop A, South Caro-
lima Cavalry, Company A, Field Eagi-
neers, Field Hospital No. 1, and Ambu-
lance Company No. /. all stationed al
El Paso.
February IL. Sixth Pennsylvania In
fantry, from Ell Paso.
February IA. Fifth Maryland Infan-
try. from Eagle Pass.
February 20. Third Brigade Head
quarters, Eighth Infantry, and Com
psny G, Engineers, all of Pennsylvania
from FL Paso.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
PAPER AT HARRISBURG
ABSORBS COMPETITOR

Harrisburg, Pa. Feb. 1o.-The star, an
afternoon newspaper will make its last
appearance today. The plant has beer;
purchased by the Harrisburg Telegraph.
The Harrisburg fleld hereafter will be
covered by but one afternoon newspaper.
In an announcement today the Tele-
graph says the combining of the papers
was necessity 1.-THE outcome Of un-
precedented conditions in printing trades.
requiring economies of the most radica;
nature with which the rea6i1w puhliu q