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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22
AUSTRALIAN COAL
MINERS VICTORY
FAR REACHING
(By Francis Ahern)

SYDNEY, New South Wales--I
have told, in a former dispatch, how
the miners, after five weeks strike
in Australia got the enforcing Of the
Eight-llours Bank to Bank system
for which they have been fighting
FOR nearly thirty years. Every time
they put up fight for this conces-
sion in past years they were defeat
ed, owing to the fact that they were
sectionally organized and were real
ly fighting among themselves. But
1t is significant that the first real
test of strength they put forth I'M
der Big Unionsm should be asso-
ciated with such sterling victory
The enforcement of the eight hours
Bank to Bank system was a great
victory in itself, but the other day
saw the remainder of their claims
settled-the rate of pay. In this
they receive a substantial victory al
so; no less than Is to 20 per cent in
crease in wages all around. This is
of course matter to be explained,
as the increase in wages carries with
1t new system of payment.
Under the old system of payment
for coal got in Australia the miner
was paid a standard hewing rate,
with supposed cents increase for
every "a cents increase in the selling
price of coal per ton. 1t was consid-
cred the fairest system of payment,
and it was hard to see how the min
er could be robbed of his just pay
ment. And yet he was systematical-
ly robbed all along the line by the
coal owners. When the price of coal
was fixed at the pits mouth the
miner knew just how much he was
entitled to and he saw that he got it..
But 1t was not long before the coal
nine owners evolved the brilliant idea
of becoming coal mine owner, ship
per and seller all in one. In other
words, they controlled the coal from
the time it left the coal seam till it
was sold to the consumers in the
cities.
The reason for this was plain. So
long as the price of coal was fixed
at the mouth of the pit, the miner
could get his share of the increase.
But when the coal owner under the
new system wanted a couple of shil-
llngs extra for his coal and did not
want to pay the miner his share of
the 48 cents Chat is, 16 cents) he
put the extra charge on the freight,
| out of which the miner got nothing.
And when he inflated freights to the
highest point he could add another
half dollar to his coal price by way
OF handling" charges, out of which
the miner also got nothing. For the
purpose of payment to the men. he
still declared the selling price of
coal at the old rate at the mine
mouth-the increases were for Freight
and handling only, so he argued to
the men.
This was the great argument that
the miners used at the Coal Tribunal
which sat to hear their case, and so
strong was their case that it brought
about a new system of payment. The
price was fixed at the old rate, with
an added Is, and in some cases 20
per cent, which is to prevail for three
years. And whether the price of
coal rises or falls the miners are on
this standard wage all the time.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22

WESTFIELD, Mass. - Westfeld
labor unionists are considering put
ting up labor ticket for the spring
election, March IL, when town Of
iicers will be chosen.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22

BUFFALO, N. Y,-As a result of
vigorous protests made to the Y. NJ
g. A, against sending job hunters to
the d. II, Stoll plant, where the ma
chlnists are on strike, the Y. M. C.
A. was persuaded not to send any
more men to the plant. The men
came from the Y. M. C. A. employ
ment bureau. They were persuaded
by the pickets not to enter the struck
shop.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22

BOSTON, Mass.-Men active in
backing the Young Health Insurance
bill have formed State Health In
surance Committee to promote the
study of health insurance. DR.. David
l.. Edsal, of the Harvard Medical
School, is chairman.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22

MUSCATINE, Iowa,-The Common
Council has voted for the establish
ment and operation of municipal
coal yard. The ordinance was intro
duced by Joseph Miller, Socialist AL
derman.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22

Leather Goods, Trunks and Repair
ing at Everett Trunk Factory, 2815
Rockefeller.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
CENSORED MOVIES AGAIN.
Local Board Issues List Of Films That
are Recommended as Suitable for
Young and Old Alike.

The committee of the parent-teacher
associat ons of the city, by its chair
man, Mrs. Dan o. Head, has submitted
new list of films which they as well
as the National Committee for Better
Films and the National Board of Re
view recommend as being especially
fine. The committee wishes to call the
attention of the public to these pic
lures and to urge the patronage of all
people interested in better films when
ever the picsl es are released at any
Of the local theatres. Some cf the films
listed here have already been shown in
Kenosha and have proved without ex-
ception to be of real worth.
TIL list is as follows:
g In Again, Out Again.; "a Ro-
nance Of the Redwoods Il; HLittle Miss
Fortune ~ "a Jewell in Pawn 4;
The Man Who Took Chance =;
."The Book Agent; "A Royal Ro-
nance 4; The Gentle Intruder =;
Adventures of Buffalo Bill; e1skin-
ME- Bubble; "The Hidden Chill
dren Gods Law and Man IS =;
1.-THE Call of Her People,; "The
Lonesome Chap 81; "The Valentine
Girl; "Heart's Desire'; S1The Girl
at Home";; ''The Primrose Ring";
" Her Official Fathers 4; The Matri-
maniac =; The Desert Man, sPad-
dy O'Hara Y; Cheerful Givers'' !;
Womanhood" y; Intrigueo; Rose
of the South 4; "The Captain of the
Grey Horse Troop; con Dangerous
Ground; "The Star Spangled Ban
ner'' three-reel Edison Conquest !,
picture, approved by the federal gov
eminent as Of great value in stimulat-
ing patriotic feeling, is to be released
through X. E. S. E. on June 10th. The
story by Mary Raymond shipman An
drews deals with marine corp life and
is wholesome and fine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
SURPRISE WITH WEDDING.
Kenosha Couple Married at High Noon
Today at Presbyterian Church
in Milwaukee.

Miss Louise May Hopf and Harry
Hartung tstole a march, on their
many friends when they quietly jour
neyed to Milwaukee this morning and
were married at high noon at the First
Presbyterian Church there by the Rev
Paul Jenkins. The nuptials were ex-
pected in the near future but no defn-
tie date had been announced After
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Hartung
motored to the Dells, from which they
will return to Kenosha. Both members
of the couple are prominent among the
younger people of the city, all Of whom
wish them happiness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14

Many Kenosha churches, gave over
their regular morning services Sunday
to the celebration of Children S Day;
prominent among them the Park Ave
nue. M. e., the Congregational Church
and the st. George Is, where the cere-
n ony Of Corps Christi was held. The
churches were all decorated with flow.
ers and blossoms, redolent with the
breath of summer, with here and there
a flag to inspire patriotic sentiment.
The audiences were large at all Of the
services as many turned out to do
honor to the children.
At the Congregational Church, pro-
gram filed with music and recitations
was give by the children, the feature
OF which was a pageant representing
the different peoples that come to
America Each was presented with a
Bible and flag, typifying the part of
the church in making Christian Ameri-
cans out Of the immigrants. After the
program, Bibles were presented to the
thirteen children of the seven year old
class, who had completed the work pre-
scribed for them and eighty certificates
Of promotion with honor were granted
to the children of the school.
The inretesting ceremony of Corpus
Christi, was given at the st. George
Catholic Church and hundreds of chill
dren took part in the sacred pageant.
A score of little girls all dressed in
white scattered flowers at the front of
the procession and were followed by
the altar boys preceding the priest
with the sacred emblem Of this cere-
mony. The pageant was in years past
an OUTDOOR event but in recent years
has been held in the beautiful way
used yesterday all within the church.
The parishioners crowded the large
church yesterday to once more view
the sacred procession.
Among the other churches that ceIe-
brated Children $ Day, the Park Ave
rue M E. Church mingled patriotism
in their religious program as one of the
features of the morning was an exer-
else in which the primary children ft-
tingly told why they loved their flag.
At the close Of the program, in which
many children took part, Rev. Taylor
presented the Bibles to the Boosters
and baptized twenty children as fit
ting conclusion to the services.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
ENTERS ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE
Christian @. Willenls Of This City Com
plotas Course Of Training and Will
BE Assigned to Shin.

Christian G. Willems, who formerly
lived at 7OS Lindermann street, has
successfully completed his training at
the Great Lakes Training camp and will
soon be assigned to one branch of the
naval service. Young Willems, the
officials report, is very enthusiastic
about the navy and is making good in
every respect, He writes that the
Framing Station is crowded with re-
fruits but in spite of that everything is
running like clockwork and training
station life is in ev"rv way satisfactory.
Willems will shortly be ASSIGNED to
one Of the battleships destroyers or
submarines Of the United States service
and his friends, while they may not
know the exact location of his ship,
may communicate with him by address,
ing him at the U. S. Navy Publicity
Bureau, New York This change for
Willems is in the v,av of promotion
and indicates that he has already pass
cd successfully the first stage in the
course of honor mapped out for the
'jackies Of the United States navy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
THOUSANDS AT BAND CONCERT.
Throngs Of People Entertained by the
Concert of the Kenosha Community
Band Sunday Afternoon.

Probably two thousand people listen
ed and were entertained by the con-
cert, given by the Kenosha Community
Band on Sunday afternoon in Library
Park. 1t was cosmopolitan crowd
but the program was so varied with
classical, popular and patriotic numbers
that some part Of it could not have
failed to appeal to every one of the
hundreds there Commentator was
heard on all sides of the splendid way
in which Professor Amendola directed
tie musi iians and Of the spirit which
had prompted the members of the band
to give free concert The manage
ment of the band announces that this
is only one of the concerts which the
Land has planned for the coming sea-
son, all Of which will be eagerly antici-
pated BY Kenosha people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
Ho,O Not to Cooperate
With the Enemy
By Geo. A. Ade,


Just now you are asking: What
can I do to help my country2"
Denouneing the Kaiser and applaud
ing each advance made by General
Haig, and standing up when the orches-
ira plays "The Star Spangled Ban
ner,'' are all very regular and laud-
able performances-which do not worry
the enemy in the least.
If You are really seeking an answer
to the question, ''what can do to
helpg"-here is very safe and sim
pie way out of your uncertainty: Do
the things which the enemy is hoping
that you will not do.
If you and your neighors
Fail to increase our food productions;
fail to conserve the war-making re-
sources; fail to inject fighting strength
into our new army; fail to dig up dol
lars and put them where they will do
the most good, you will win the smil-
ing approval of every Prussian auto
crat who longs to see the United States
wiped off he map.
But, if you are going to checkmate
German efficiency with American
efficiency and help settle the war as it
should be settled, find out what linden
berg and Wilhelm want you TO do and
then fool them. Napoleon once said
that the three essentials of the
prosecution of successful warfare were
money, money and money.
Subscribe for the Liberty Loan.
The bonds will always be as good as
old wheat, so take as many as you
can get.
The most effective shell that can be
dropped into Potsdam just now will be
a terse bulletin reading as follows:
ffThe American war loan has been
over subscribed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
$3.50 TICKETS FOR HEROIC FRANCE
Allies in Action Nets Nealy $4,000
to Which Joseph Rhode Adds
Personal Gift of S4O.63.

The report of Mrs. 2. G.. Simmons to
the A. F. F. W. committee on the sale
of tickets for Heroic France' or
I" Our Allies in Action,' the thrilling
picture that was brought here for the
benefit Of the organization shows that
two thousand five hundred and fifty
tickets were sold by the members of
the organization for the three DAYS
performance. The agreement with the
management Of the Rhode Theatre had
been that the organization should take
twenty-five per cent of the receipts for
the tickets they sold which brought a
net profit from the pictures of $159.37.
In making the settlement Joseph
Rhode gave a personal gift of $40.63
to the A. F. f. W. which brought the
profits of the exhibition and Gift to a
total of two hundred dollars. The com
mittee feels very grateful to Mr.. Rhode
both for his gift and his consideration
and kindness in the use of the theatre
and his thus making possible the addi-
ton of money, which will enable the
committee to purchase many things
now necessary for the continuance of
their work. There has been nothing
but favorable comment on the picture
which the A. F. f. W brought to Ke-
nosha; if there had been no opportunity
to help this worthy cause, everyone who
saw the film, would still feel grateful
that the organization had been able to
show a picture so realistically depict
ing the life at the front.
There is now every reason for the
women of Kenosha to continue to help
in the work of the A. T. F. W. The
headquarters have been changed from
the Chamber of Commerce building to
the Guild Hall of the st. Matthew s
Church and sewing will be resumed on
Tuesday morning. The money has been
supplied for the immediate continu-
anee of this work of mercy, so neces-
sary to save the lives of the wounded
French, nglish and American soldiers
and Kenosha women should continue to
offer without stint their services.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14

The suggestion that the governor
may veto the Baxter bill to provide
funds for extension Of the work of the
fight against the "White Plague"
comes as distinct disappointment to
the hundreds of loyal men and women
who have been engaged in this great
battle. We must not forget home hu-
mainly in our enthusiasm to serve the
nations of the world Tuberculosis has
claimed move victims in the United
States than all of its wars. The fight
against it must go on even if it re-
quires private and public sacrifice. 1t
is to be hoped that the governor will
see fit to give his immediate approval
to this bill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
More Marines
For Kenoshd School
Ten Members of the Marine Corps Come
to Kenosha Today to Study.
Trucks and Truck Driving.

Kenosha s school for members of the
Carine Corps had another detachment
for instruction late this afternoon when
ten members of the Corps under the
command of Corporal Kenneth S.
McAuliff of Key West arrived in Ke-
nosha and took up quarters at the Kirar
hotel. They will be instructed at the
plant of the Nash Motors Company and
will probably remain in Kenosha for
the next six weeks or two months. The
detachment was made up Of Corporal
Kenneth S. McAuliff; Privates Willie
NJ. Towles, Delbert G. Rodeheaver, Ed
ward johnson from the Marine Corps
navy yard at Washington; John w.
Hurt, Porthmouth; Arthur S. Ives and
Davis w. Richardson, Philadelphia;
Robert L. Inska, Winthrop, Nd, and
John w. Petrie and Edward Robertson
Of Radio, Va. Quartermaster Sergeant
Edward G. Boyce of Chicago came to
make arrangements for the housing of
the members of the party.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
Urge High School
Boys for Farm Work
Spend Your Vacation Helping Pro-
duce Food for the Nation is
Plea of Agricultural Agent.


"Spend your summer vacation help
ing raising food to feed yourself and
the nation was the plea which Agri-
cultural Agent Griffith Richards made
to the boys of the KenosRa High school
in an address before the school this
morning. "Boys can be patriotic as
well as men" declared Mr.. Richards.
f" And you boys who are being educated
at the expense of the state should be
among the first to do something to aid
in a great national crisis. Instead of
spending the vacation loafing get to
work on some farm in the county and
help raise peas, beans, corn and onions.
You will find that the exercise of farm
work is just as good for you as the
exercise on the tennis court or fishing
at some lake and you will have the con-
sciousness that you have done some
thing" The movement to organize
high school boys for farm work got
away to a flying start today and it is
expected that it will be followed up
with considerable vigor during the
next few days. There are probably
hundred and fifty boys in the various
high schools in Kenosha and every one
of them could aid materially in MAX
ing the farms of Kenosha county
more productive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
MATERIALS RUSHED TO FRONT.
Four Boxes Filled with Thousands of
Articles Sent by Red Cross via
Brooklyn to the Front.
Donations to Red Cross:

donations to he'd Gross:
Friendship Bible Glass of Park
Avenue M. E. Church. .....$ 1000
Friend (second gift) ......... 500
Mrs. Fred Schroeder. ....... 100
Mrs. NJ. B. Ketcham. ........ 500
Total Saturday .........$ 24.00
Previously acknowledged. ~. 2797.63
Total to date. $2S21.63
Thirty -three dozens sheets, twenty
four dozen pillow cases, forty-six dozen
towels, forty-eight pairs Of pajamas
and numerous other articles were boxed
up Saturday and sent from the Keno
sha branch of the Red Cross to the
Bush Terminal at Brooklyn, where they
will be despatched Immediately to the
front Anyone that has an idea that
the women who sew in the Red Cross
rooms lose any time should have seen
the array Of materials that have been
completed during the short time that
the WORK has been in operation here.
Every article is useful too and in the
best sanitary condition and up to the
exact measurements prescribed by the
national organization. Among the
numerous articles were six warm
scarfs, which no doubt will gladden. the
hearts of the sailors who will receive
them. They are knitted from heavy
gray wool and in the past nave proved
of great value to the tars One of
them was knitted by the Madame L.
K. Theirs Of Milwaukee, who although
she is 100 years old, persists in a re-
fusal to be a tslacker' and to her
credit let it be said that there is not
a stitch missing.
The large box, designated contain
ing linen, was filed with the following:
SO dozen sheets, "a dozen pillow eases,
80 dozen hand towels, II dozen bath
towels, and 9 dozen wash cloths. The
boxes Of clothing contained 48 pairs of
pajamas, "A surgical, shirts, "a bath
robes, so pairs of socks, "a pairs of
ward slippers for convalescents, 5 doz-
en- bed shoes Still the organization
has left a nucleous for the next order
to be sent to the front and there is no
reason for women to think that their
work is done because one order has
,been despatched.
With the coming Of SUMNER" said
Mrs. p 0. Theirs, this morning, II am
afraid that the women of Kenosha will
consider it too warm for them to work
in the Red Cross sewing room. Let
them remember that the soldiers are
fighting and dying in the trenches for
them summer and winter alike and
there should be no lessening Of servi-
ces with the coming of summer"
The Red Cross rooms in the Public
Service building are open for work
every week day except Wednesday,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
TOTAL BIDS OVER $4,000
Amount Demanded for Contractors Is
Forty Thousand Dollars More Than
Money Provided by Bond Issues
ALI of Work May Go over Year.

Hopes for extensive permanent road
bUilding in Kenosha county during the
present year went a gimmering again
on Saturday afternoon when the
county highway commission opened the
bids for the construction of the con-
crete roads planned for the town of
Pleasant Prairie and Somers. The
total cost Of the roads under the bids
presented amount to more than $4,000
nd the cotal money available from
bond sales and money raised by tax
levies in the towns does not exceed
100000. There is 40 way of provid-
ing the extra money and members Of
the commission may elect to lay over
the work until another year and
permit the money raised by bond
issues to draw interest
The price demanded for the construc-
tion work was far above the estimate
Of the engineers. The work in Pleas
ant Prairie where $120000 had been
provided BY bond issue, will amount to
more than $4,000 and the average
cost per mile would be in excess of
$4,000 John Dmrow Of Waukegan,
was the low bidder for the contract for
the Improvement OF the Sheridan Road
and his bid counting with it the cost
Of the cement which the county has al
ready contracted, would be $50 .315.74
or an average Of $l5,45o a mile. On
the Milwaukee Road the low bid was
offered by Christ Petersen and the total
of his contract plus the cost Of the ce-
ment would be $85,937 or a total Of
$l7lS5 a mile. George r. Wade, with
bid Of $29,377.50 was the low bidder
on the Wilmot Road, putting the aver
age cost per mile on this road at
$4,000. The same contractor had the
low bid for the mile Of work Oil the
Somers Road and the cost of it under
the bid would be $16,889 40 But four
bids were received for the work and the
other bid was presented by the
Miner Construction Company Of Mil
waukee This company was high on
each piece of work
CT do not think that there is any
way that the county can continue with
this work under the bids received, ~
said County Clerk Jones. 81 do not
believe that it would be wise to go on
with the work under such prices.
There Us no provision to pay for such
prices in road building and it might be
hard to find a way to allow the county
hoard to make an appropriation which
would meet this unanticipated adj
vance. Members Of the commission
will forward the bids to the state high
way commission, but we feel certain
that the commission will not give it's
sanction to the going on with the work
under these prices. =
The men who had been interested in
the Sheridan Road completion will un-
doubtedly be disappointed Every plan
had been made to complete this work
this year, but the bids that have been
received appear to make the carrying
out Of the plan an impossibility
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14

The government is expecting a lot
of Kenosha in suggesting gifts of
$4,000 for the Red Cross work. We
want to be humane and considerable of
the big task that is being laid upon
the world even to the point of bank
ruptcy, but the suggestion that Keno
sha give $4,000 for this movement is
asking a lot Of money. A fifty per
cent performance would be an excel
lent showing for Kenosha.