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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
FEDERAL CHILD LABOR
LAW.W|LL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SEPT. |
ChI|dren's Bureau Of Department Of
Labor Responsible for Its
Enforcement.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3o.-Satur-
day. Sept. /, the new federal child
Iahor law takes effect. Hereafter no
child under II may be employed in
any factory, mill, workshop or can
merry in the United States whose prod
ucts are to Re shipped in interstate
commerce, and no child under 16 in
any mine or quarry. The working
day of children II and 5 years Of age
IN factories MAY not be longer than 8
hours and they may not be employed
between p. III. and q. m.
The enforcement Of the law has
been delegated by the secretary of
labor to the chldren's bureau of the
department OF labor and the head Of
the new child labor division of that
bureau is Miss Grace Abbott of Chi
Cago. Miss Abbott has been at work
for several weeks on the details Of
administra ton with a staff of tenn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01

The plan of Secretary Of the Treas
ury McAdoo for life and indemnity in
surance for the soldiers and sailors
of the United States, after discussions
by representative insurance men and
report on by advisory committees, has
been put in definite form and sub
mitted to President Wilson.
The presidents comment was as fol-
lows:
II have examined the enclosed
papers very carefully and take pleas
ure in returning them with my entire
approval"
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress along the lines suggested by the
secretary of = re,sury and approved
by the president.
In essentials it is proposed that the
government furnish at cost to the SOL
diers and sailors of the United States
life and indemnity insurance.
Features of Plan.
The main features of the secretary's
plan are that the government shall
bear all the cost of the administration
of the insurance plan and that no eX-
pense of any kind shall be charge
on the funds created by the payment
OF premiums by the soldiers and sail
ors. Relieved of overhead charges,
IS a year for every $1,000 insurance
will be an adequate charge, under the
plan, and this figure will put thu
maximum insurance of 100000 within
the reach of practically every private
soldier or sailor. Insurance in private
companies would cost many times this
sum for men actually engaged in war
fare.
After the war the insurance may be
converted into other forms. The in
surance is to be payable in install
ments, is non-assignable and free from
the claims of creditors o. the insured
or of the beneficiary, and is limited to
the wife. children and other specified
kindred.
If total disability results or disease is
contracted in the course of service,
the compensation is to be based on
percentage of pay, with minimum,
however. Of from $40 to SIS a month
according to the size of the family
Partial disability arc to be computed
on basis of percentages of total dis
ability.
Rehabilitated Injured Men.
Medical, surgical and hospital treat
ments, supplies and appliances are to
be given. Rehabilitation and re-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01

as it affects these things today, More
over, we should consider now the rec
ora already made by the Labor Move
can be done in the immediate future to
forward the aims and ideals toward
which the labor movement has been
striving.
ple-especially the American working
people-may be aroused to the need for
a clearer understanding of the effect
national labor movement, we issue this
call for a representative conference to
be b. held Id in the city Of MINNEAPOLIS.
ming on Sept. S. and lasting until ad-
journment may be determined upon by
the body.
We ask trade unions affiliated with
send representatives, and we ask those
American Socialists who have been
driven from their party by its treach-
with us in this conference. which will
be truly representative of the spirit
of democratic internationalism.
This conference should make plain
ana the "a dev te OF the
Germ itself with everything that will
make for the welfare Of our nation
the allied cause.
The Provisional Conference Commit
tee: Albert Abrahams. New York: JOS
f Edhm secrssTv NV Of New Yofk
w. ]. Client, Los Angeles; Charlotte
Perkins Gilman, Boston; James P.
Holland, president of State Federation
of Labor New York; William Kohn,
president C. F. u, New Yor k; John S.
Lewis, New York union printer; Robert
Maise1 secretary N. L. P. O., New York;
Mia Topper Maynard, Los Angeles; r.
A.. Maynard, Los Angeles: Charles Ed
ward Russell, Washington; John
spargo, Old Remington. VT: Rose Pas.
tor Stokes, New York: J. G.. Phelps
Stokes, New York; John B.. walker,
Chicago: Chester NJ. Wright, New York.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
Call For conference.

Call For Conference.
New York City, Aug. II, 1917.
To. the Organized Working PEOPLE of
A An'erGa and and Their III Forward Looking
the Foilo WE th Ha Undersigned Issue
Throughout the. world today the
Ereat human aspiration for interna-
tionalism.. democracy and human free
dim is being tested in the fires of the
:. Our own beloved republic has thrown
~ rs fWelght INTO the scales on the side
tional and international rela lions. Our
nation has entered the war without
taf1age of conquest or reward. i'm;
democracy that is in the very heart
and soul of the American people.
Whatever may have been the causes
clearly a contest between the ideals Of
liberty and democracy on the one hand,
and the brutal, iron heel of autocracy
Nothing has done more to bring the
war to that basis than the enlistment
Of our own great nation in the struggle
t 9n the IS sids of the allied democratic ma
fali OF our President, has conferred the
Ior achlevlng democracy everywhere:
all the oppressed peoples of the world
and the war must be carried to a sue
cessful conclusion in order that DEM
ocracy may prevail.
In our midst in this crucial hour are
many whose efforts are being directed
against victory for America and Amer
ica's cause Whatever may be the mo-
t1yes of these people, the effect of
what they do and say in Enthusiastically
antagonistic to the triumph of the
democratic principle of this war. and
just AS unmistaka bly, helpful to the
cause sof the autocratic rTeutonic alli-
ance
=: At present these efforts are being
directed largely. through so-called
represent the American labor move
ment and through a so-called peoples
council whose aims are in complete
accord with the present needs of the
German government.
1t is Of prime Importance that at
this juncture we, whose primary in
terest in this war is the success of
democracy and the welfare Of all
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
Want LABOR LAW CHANGED

BOSTON, Aug. 30.-Cigar Makers
union No. 81 is urging Massachusetts,
trade unionists to support an amend
ment to the state workmen's compen-
sation law which will include occupa-
tional diseases. The cigar makers call
attention to a recent decision by the
state supreme court which excludes oc-
cupational diseases. Much publicity is
necessary to offset the lobby of the
private insurance companies, it is
urged.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
LABOR TREATY Between
GOVERNMENT AND SHIP
BUILDING UNIONS SIGNED
CONTINUED From Page Onc.)

&CODt1Nuc0 From rage OHe.)
pated by some labor officials. 1t does
provide that all demands for better
wages. shorter hours, and improved
conditions shall be considered and all
circumstances arising since the exist
ing conditions we're fixed (such as the
rise in cost Of living. and the spread
of the eight-hour rule) shall be given
due weight. That means that any set
of crafts in any yard that fails to get
union conditions of wages and hours
established there will be to blame for
it's own lack Of force in presenting it's
case.
Macy to Head Board.
president of the National Civic Fedora
ton, to head this board. does not give
any indication just now as to the lean
ing of the board. The Civic Fedora
ton has never risked it's life in defense
Of organized labor, but it seems to be
much impressed, recently, by the
strength of the various parts Of the
labor movement. Macy will pretty
generally reflect the views of Presi-
of national importance as to wages in
the shipyards.
The government statement, given
out with the text of the treaty, says
that action was fastened by the fact
that strike vote had been taken at
fectins 100000 men in the shipyards
on the Pacific coast, and that since
Aug. II the stoppaee of work on $50
900 tons 1T steel and wooden ships had
been momentarily possible. Union Of
ficia1s had held off the strike, and they
still hope to have the men agree to put
their demands up to the new board
The New York shipyards strike, affect
ing $4,000 men. was admitted to be an
other good reason for the signing of
the compact. Admission of these facts
would seem to point to the willingness
of the government to consider early
adoption Of union standards of hours
and wages, so long as work is not
stopped through strikes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
AVERT SHIP YARD STRIKE

QUINCY. Mass, Aug. 30-The Fore
River ship building corporation has
averted general strike by ageeing to
pay prevailing rates, time and one half
for overtime and double time for Sum
day and holiday work. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
BREWERY WORKERS GAIN

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 30.-The
Pacific bottling works has signed the
wage contract of the Brewery Work.
ers' union, and every Tacoma concern
in this industry is now operated on a
union-shop basis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
10 TO 40 PER Cent GAIN

BOSTON, Aug. 30.-The Artificial
Stone Makers union, affiliated with
the A. F. of L., has raised rates from
10 to 40 per cent. This is the first
time a standard wage in this industry
has been secured in Boston.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01

Every time great man goes out
from the rear to; view the Russian
army, the bewhiskered troopers be-
come so overjoyed that they rush
right back to meet him half way,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
Wire MEN RAISE WAGES

BALTIMORE, Aug. Systematically
every. electrical contractor in this city
has accepted the new wage scale of
Electrical Workers union No. %. Be-
ginning Nov. l, wages will be IS day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-01
LOYALTY TO LABOR AND
DEMOCRACY IS MINNIE
>AP0LIS CONFERENCE ideal

Continued From Page Onc)
ment a part of it's regular work, thus
revealing it's true character.
The call for the conference is as fol-
lows:
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$780,: s:TS --.t>-:~. - -.
, 1917-09-13
RESTORE BELGIUM AND FRANCE
Kaiser Ready to Grant Freedom to Al
SAGE, Report at Washington.

Washington, Sept. 10.-What pur-
ported to be an outline of Germany's
peace terms has been circulated
among diplomats here within the
last two weeks, but has been regarded
by the entente embassies and most of
the neutrals as a "feeler." Briefly, the
so-called terms were as follows:
Restoration of Belgium and northern
France, to be paid for out of the sale
of Germany's colonies to Great Brit
ain. Alsace and Lorraine to be indie
pendent states. (High French Off
cials recently have stated anew the
determination of France to be salts
fled with nothing less han the recov-
cry OF her lost provinces.) Triest to
be a free port" Serbia and Rumania
to be restored, and Serbia to have a
port On the Adriatic. The Balkan
question and the status of Turkey to
be subjects for negotiation. Disarma-
ment and international police. Free
dom of the seas with Great Britain in
control of the English channel until
the projected tunnel is built between
Dover and Calais.
, 1917-09-13
Girl Drowned Where Brother Died.

scene of a real tragedy at a spot near
here. Miss Minnie McNinn lost her
life while bathing in the river in Ran
dolph. 1t is supposed that Miss Nc
MINI suffered from cramp and was
unable to help herself, since she is an
experienced bather. She is survived
by one sister living in Randolph,
Both mother and father died within
the past few years. AS a strange coin.
cidence 1t seems that a brother was
drowned while in bathing at the same
place ten years ago.
, 1917-09-13
WHERE HE LOST INTEREST
There Were Any Bones to Be Left
From His Sunday Joint.

Fer half an hour the working-class
audience had listened patiently to the
talented lady who was speaking to
them about economical and nourishing
cookery. She had talked about egg.
less buildings and BUTTERFLIES cakes,
and now said, with n smile:
81 will now tell you about a splendid
soup which can be made for next to
nothing. Take the bones left over
from your Sunday joint"
At that a man in the middle of the
hall rose to his feet with n disguised
look on his face, and said to his mate:
"'Ere, Bill, let's get out o. this"
whats wrOng?" asked the other, In
surprise. "DOn't you like soup?"
AYE, I like soup well enough" was
the grumbler's reply; but how many
bones does she think there are in q
half n pound o. liverT'-London Tit.
Bits.
, 1917-09-13

The resignation of the Ribot mir
istry was decided upon unanimously
after a cabinet meeting at Paris.
The war casualty list given out
Thursday at Ottawa, Can, contains
the name of G. H. Woods of Ouray,
Colo, as killed in action.
According to a telegram received at
Los Angeles, 200 Mexican soldiers
were drowned in the Gulf of Califor-
mia as a result of the sinking of a
Mexican government vessel.
An unconfirmed report was re-
ceived from Petrograd hat Gen.
Korniloff. commander-in-chief of the
Russian armies, may be made military
dictator of Russia until the present
crisis is passed.
The budget committee of the cham
Der of deputies at Paris has COM
menced an examination of the war
credits demanded for the final three
months of 1917. The total amounts
to II, 200, 1000 francs, the highest
since the war began.
FrUGtration o. ulots 20 assassinate
Sir Robert Borden. premier of Canada,
and Arthur Meighan, solicitor general,
and to dynamite the parliament build
ings at Ottawa was announced by the
police as having been effected by the
arrest of misconceptions agitators.
The minister of provisions at Paris
has announced that beginning on Sept.
10 he will assume control over the
prices of all potatoes and beans grown
in France and will determine for each
region raising these products the
prices which may be charged for
them.
conscientious DIRECTORS and citizens
OF alien birth are made men without
4 country by the new franchise bill
which is before the house of com
mon at Ottawa. While disfran-
chising these classes of men, the bill
gives the vote to 400. 900 mothers,
wives, widows, daughters and sisters
of Canadian soldiers in foreign serv-
ice.
Wearing their British trench he'll
NETS and looking very grim and war
like, the American troops passed in
review before President Poincare of
the French Republic. President Poin.
care, addressing the troops later, said
that he had Witnessed their demon,
stration with great emotion and felt
that events were ever bringing the
French and American peoples closer
and closer together.
, 1917-09-13
OPEN SHOSH0NE LANDS
FOR HOMESTEAD ENTRY, THURS.
DAY, SEPT. 20.
Tracts Contain About $4,000 Acres of
Land Near Frannie, From
Mantau to Deaver.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Powell, Wyo. Twelve thousand
acres of agricultural land on the Sho-
shone project in Wyoming will be
opened to homestead entry Sept. 20,
according to announcement of the
Washington office. The land lies
south of Frannie, extending to Mantau
and Deaver on the south and south
east, and is bisected by the main line
Of the Burlington-Billings to Denver
branch and by a branch line from
Frannie to Lowell.
Nearly one-fourth of the tract has
been irrigated by the government and
Is now in crop ready to be harvested.
The soils vary from sandy loan to
heavy clay loan and are similar in
character to those found on other
parts of the project which have been
IN profitable cultivation for several
years. Climate and soil are adapted
10 growing wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa,
sugar beets, potatoes and other hardy
vegetables.
Homeseekers should visit the prof.
ect before the date of opening in or.
leT 10 mSpec lHe IdTInS anu lie nee
sssary papers. The project manager
Of the Reclamation Service is at Pow
ell, Wyo.. where maps and blanks and
FULL information concerning the meth,
DDS of making entry may be obtained.
The homeseeker must qualify as a
citizen of the United States, must com.
ply with the homestead requirements,
and must contract with the govern
ment to repay in twenty years, with
put interest, the construction charge,
This charge has been fixed at ST. per
acre for the best improved land and
4 lesser charge for unimproved Class
A, B and G lands. The first install
ment of the construction charge is !
per cent, or $3.75 per acre, and is due
and payable at the time of filing.
, 1917-09-13

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besides working in my garden. Several
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ing Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Com
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Such warning symptoms as sense Of
sutfocation, hotfashe es; headaches sliS back
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness should be needed
by ~middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through the crisis.
, 1917-09-13
EXPOSURE OF SECRET NOTES
PUTS STOCKHOLM NEAR OPEN
STAND AS KAIsER's ALLY.
XTOFCODEMESSAGES
LANSING GIVES OUT TELEGRAMS
SHOWING NEUTRAL" HELPED
DUPE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - Secretary of State
Lansing exploded a diplomatic bomb
shell Saturday which may precipitate
Argentina into the wal on the side of
the United States and the entente al
lies and eventually bring Sweden in
on the side of Germany. Mr.. Lans-
ing made public three cablegrams
from Count LuXburg, German charge
d'affaires, at Buenos Aires, to the Ber-
lin foreign office, advising defiance of
Argentina and even urging repeatedly
the torpedoing of Argentine merchant
men without trace being left" a
phrase which is interpreted as a pro-
posal to murder the survivors of the
work of the German submarines.
In making public the kilograms in
eliminating German and Swedish gov
ernments Mr.. Lansing said:
THE Department of State has Sc
cured certain kilograms from Count
Luxburg, the German charge d'affaires
at Buenos Aires, to the foreign office
in Berlin which, l regret to say, were
dispatched from Buenos Aires by the
S"' lNSalIOll uo liSIL " ~
messages, addressed to the Stockholm
foreign office"
The secretary then gave out copies
OF the English translation of the Ger
man text of the messages sent by the
German envoy. The first one, show
ing that as early as May 10 last, Count
LuXburg was advising the murder of
seaman on Argentine ships, follows:
May 10, 1917.-No. 32.-This gov
eminent has now released German
n Austrian ships on which hitherto
a guard has been placed. In conse-
quence of the settlement of the Monte
(~Protegido) case there has been a
great change in public feeling. Gov
eminent will in future only clear Ar
gentine ships as far as Las Palmas. l
beg that the small steamers Oran and
Guazo, 31st January (meaning which
sailed 31st) 800 tons, which are now
nearing Bordeaux with a view to
change the flag, may be spared if pos
sible or else sunk without a trace be-
ing left Cspurlos versenktD-Lux-
burg"
Defiance of Argentina, should the
republic demand cessation of the
sinking of its merchantmen. was rec
commended by Luxburg in the second
c%ablegram forwarded to Stockholm by
the Swedish legation:
The murder of survivors of torpe-
doed Argentine ships was again urged
by Luxburg in the following cable
gram sent as an official Swedish com
munication and passed as such by
Argentina and the allied cable Gems
ors:
July 9, 1917.-No. 64.-Without
showing any tendency to make con.
cessions. postpone reply to Argentine
note until receipt of further reports.
A change of ministry is probable. AS
regards Argentine steamers, l recon-
mend either compelling them to turn
back, sinking them without leaving
any traces, or letting them through.
They are all quite small.-Luxburg."
, 1917-09-13
Assaults Passengers, Then Leaps.

Rock STRAIGHTFORWARD from ex
cessive drinking, Walter Morgan OF
Denver, assaulted several passengers
on westbound Union Pacific passenger
train No. II near Hallville, Wyor
broke the glass from one of the win.
dows, and leaped' from the speeding
train. He rolled down a steep EN-.
bankment, sustaining injuries which
necessitated treatment in the hospital
hare. He was en- route to Evanston,
Wyo.
, 1917-09-13
MINNESOTA DRUGGIST
PRAISES DR.. KILMER'S
SWAMP-ROO1

| believe you have a splendid, reliable
kidney, liver and bladder medicine in DR..
kilmer's Swamp-Root, and my customer,
who have taken it during the past thirty
six years have nothing but praise for what
it accomplished for them. On account Of
the splendid reputation which it enjoys in
the trade 1 nave no hesitancy in recon.
mending it for the troubles for which it il
intended.
Yours very truly,
j. G. SIEBEN, Druggist,
Sept. 81, 1916. Hastings, MINI.
, 1917-09-13
Finding Drowned Body Clears Mystery

Greybull.-The mystery of the disap.
pearance two months ago of their sew
en- and a half year old Sol was cleared
here when o. M. Beck, a section fore
man, identified the boy, whose body
had been discovered in some drift.
wood on the banks of Big Horn river,
only a short distance below the spot
where it is believed he fell in and
was drowned.
, 1917-09-13
Price of Crude Oil Increased.

Douglas.-An advance of 90 cent a
barrel, making the price $1.70 for Elk
Basin and Grass Creek oils, to take
effect Immediately, has been an.
nounced by the Ohio Oil Company
The market for crude oil in the Salt
Creek and Big Muddy fields in which
the quotations are based on Elk and
Grass Creek prices benefit proportion
atelY.
, 1917-09-13
Two Killed BY Cars.

Laramie.-Lee Willard, foreman fol-
a construction company at Rock River,
fell under a train and was ground to
pieces, eight cars passing over the
body. An unidentified man fell from
a train at Edison tunnel, west of Rock
River, earlier in the day, and his bod
was cut in two.
, 1917-09-13
Body Of Man Found on Track.

Thermopolis.-The chance remark
to a stranger that his name was JOIN
Mcdonald and that he lived in Denver
and had W children there is the only
clew to the identity of a man whose
body was found on the Burlington
tracks near the Fremont county line
The man had been run over and man
gled by a train.
, 1917-09-13
Husband Shoots; Wife Gets checI

Casper.-Because Roy Sherman OF
this place fired a revolver in the house
to brighten his wife into agreeing upon
q point in dispute between them, he
was obliged to pay a small fine and tc
turn over his entire pay check to his
wife.
, 1917-09-13

able Compound
s e during
Change of Life I
was in bed two
ear and had two
operations, but all
the doctors and OPP
erations did me no
good, and L would
have been in my
grave today had It
not beer for Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
, 1917-09-13
Two smothered in Jail Fire.

Green Riyer.-Frank Earl Ryan
aged &c, of Fort Dodge, Iowa. and
James johnson, 55, who said his home
was in Canada, were smothered to
death in a fire which destroyed the
city Jail here. The fire is believed to
have been caused by one of the men
smoking in bed.
, 1917-09-13
GERMANY PREPARES TERMS.
Slavs Halt and Plan Battle, and
French Gain on Bank of Meuse.

London, Sept. 1O.-Germany will
shortly be able to publish her peace
terms, according to DR.. Georg Mich
aelis, the German chancellor.
Both German and Russian reports
Indicate the Riga advance by the kai-
ser's forces has been halted. 1t is indi-
Gated the campaign for Petrograd will
not progress further now, but has
been ordered evacuated.
, 1917-09-13

New York.-President Wilson has
been awarded the humanitarian cults
gold medal for 1916, as the greatest
humanitarian of that year.