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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20
WILL SUBMIT
" ALL DISPUTES
TO ARB|TRAT|0N
Minnesota Employers and Labor
-. Effect Agreement; Status
Quo Recognized.

ST: PAUL, Mimi, April 1s.-An
agreement between organized labor
and employers of labor in Minnesota
to submit all disputes to the state
board of arbitration and to be gov
erned by it's decisions was made pub
lie late Tuesday in an order adopted
by the State Public Safety commits
sion. q
The order of the Public Safety COM
n1lsiOn follows recommendation
submitted by the board of arbitration
composed of Raymond F. Schroeder
of st. Paul. representing organized
labor, and Robert F. Pack of Mime
apolis, representing employers of
labor who during the last week have
held many conferences with Cover
nor Burnquist.
The provisions of the agreement
concerning the arbitration of disputes
and the order Of the Safety commits
sion follow:
l. That employer and employe must
recognize that now and for the period
OF the war continuous, efficient pro-
duction can alone equip and sustai in
our military forces; that every dispute
production, furthers the ends and op-
crates to the advantage of the public
enemy.
2. That employees shall not ask for
been recognized before the war.
Lockouts Barred.
3. That employers, by lockout or
by other means, shall not try to break
up. union which had been recognized
before the war.
agree in good faith to maintain the
existing status, in every place Of en-
ployment, of a union, non union or
open shop.
5. That employers and employees
agree that differences with respect
to wages or hours of labor shall be
referred to the state board of arbitra-
for Of SaSs1 e. gestcn gnfc tss s Of
the laws of Minnesota.
g. That during the period Of the
war there shall be neither strike nor
lockout under any. circumstances.
Work During Arbitration.
In the event of an arbitration. pend.
shall be continued, uninterrupted by
either party: and
Whereas, The state board of arbi-
Of Public Safety that the recommenda-
tions contained in said petition be
given. the force and effect of an order
or said commissions;
1t is hereby ordered. That the afore-
said paragraphs, numbered to 6. in
elusive, and the same are hereby given
/ the force and effect of orders of this
commission during the war, and that
the members Of the state board Of ar
authority to summon witnesses, and
examine the same under oath as pro-
vided> in Chapter 26. Section 8. Para
graph 4. and that the decision of said
! board shall be binding. on the parties
to said dispute, and pending the de-
| rksion of the board, work shall be con-
! tlnued uninterrupted by either parties
= as in said petitioned requested.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20

debate-mOst OF 1t devoted to attacks
on the attitude of Eorganized labor
during the war, andi to demand that
labor either stay continually at work,
regardless of grievances, or put on
the khaki
Thomas of Colorado, King of Utah,
Sterling of South Dakota, Underwood
of Alabama, Williams of Mississippi,
Calder and Wadsworth of New York,
Fall of New Mexico, Myers of Mon
tana-these were among the senators
who 'assailed the organized workers
Of the country for having struck for
higher wages and better conditions in
the war INDUSTRIES: Hollis Of New
Hampshire, assisted, to some extent
by Pittman of Nevada, tried to hold
the defensive line for labor, but the
massed drive of the anti i-strike forces,
Republican and Democrat, could not
be stopped. Jones' Of Washington
had first suggested that organized la
Dor had not asked for any such ex-
emption as contained in Section g.
Overnight. he thought better of his
position. Knox of Pennsylvania
claimed that the right to strike was
not endangered, even after the Sec
ton was thrown out, but other SEN
ate lawyers said that almost any re-
dictionary judge would hold that the
language of the Sabotage bill would
forbid strikes in any war industry.
Cummins' Vote a Surprise:
The most painful 81 surprise to organ
! lied labor was in the vote of Senator
Cummins. Next day. he said, in de-
bate: There is but one alternative
if we deprive the 1aboring man Of
the right to strike. THAT alternative
is the settlement, final and conclusive,
by the government, Tof the dispute.
I have believed that IN peaceful times
it was far better to permit the strike
than to assume this additional func-
ton up on the paru Of the govern
ment. I believe, however, that in this
time, when the energies Of all the
people of the United States are i'm
peratively demanded dn. order to car
ry on successfully the war in which
we are engaged, we must give up for
the time being the right to strike:
but I am not in favor. of surrender
ing that right through legislation un-
less something else is substituted for
: it,"
He said that he would have pro-
posed, had he had the chance on the
day of the vote, that the. bill be
amended to provide for a government
tribunal to definitely decide Industrial
disputes during the war -sand that
during the war there should be no
cessation of work
Powers Not Absolute.
OF course. the National War Labor
board, headed by Frank P. Walsh
and William Howard Taft, has al
ready been created by the president
to determine all industrial disputes
during, the war, but it has not the
leagl authority to forbid any stoppage
of work. 1t cannot legally enforce
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20
LABOR RELYING
R|El,DSh|P
PRESIDENT
To Prevent Passage Of Anti.
Strike Law; Forced Labor
Would Conscript Wealth.

WASHINGTON, April 1s.-At
the offices Of the American Feder-
alton of Labor the opinion is held
that President Wilson will stand
by his friendship with organized
labor, even though congress may
run amuck. Through all the a..
tacks on Secretaries Baker and
Daniels, and upon Chairman Cree,
! Of the Committee on Public Infor-
nation, who have each been as.
sailed chiefly because they We're
pro-labor and anti-reac:ionary in
their ideas and influence, the prasi-
dent has ignored the critics. If an
anti-strike bill is passed, he may
veto it. More likely, he will take
steps to prevent its passage.
Mention of labor conscription plans
! on the part of the anti-labor element
at the capital calls to mind the
best idea advanced by one of the
| labor group in the house. He sug-
gests that if congress is to seriously
consider the conscription of men to
work, during the war, he wants to
see the measure provide for general
registration of all adults, men and
women, of all ages, and for empower
! ing the draft boards. under the mill
tary draft scheme, to decide whether
each personfs doing useful work, and
enough Of it, and to assign them to
| other jobs where they are not doing
enough. This, he believes, would be
popular with the wage workers who
are already doing their share in the
nations task, and it would teach
few experience lessons to the So
| called ''better classes whose time is
not particularly we'll invested.
Conscript Wealth Alse!~
:: In the manifesto issued on March
II, 1917, by. the American Fedora
tion of Labor conference Of heads Of
| affiliated International unions, con-
scription-~ of--wealth. was demanded
! Whenever men should be conscripted
| for war. The anti-labor senator's
now claim that the war taxes are
conscription Of wealth, and that the
laws permitting the president to
commander certain classes of prop
erty, notably shipyards and ships, are
conscription Of wealth. The result
| is some confusion of the issue or
wealth conscription.
! There could be no confusion of
mind as to the seriousness Of a gen
| eral registration and reassignment of
all the human labor-power and hu-
| man talent in this country. A lot of
people would do q great deal more
| work, and have a great deal less
| work done to take care of their per-
sonal wants.
But compulsory labor would be the
| opposite of liberty. And the chances
| are that the same element of "best
! people," whose educational advan-
tages have put them in command in
| industry and in the army, would
under this plan have supreme con-
troll Of the armies of labor in Amer
| lea.
President Wilson and the National
! War labor board are the best safe
| guard of industrial democracy while
| the war is on.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20
Increase During
March in Cases .
Of mple!nsation
State Labor Department Makes
2s5 Adjustments; Laws
Scope Is Broadened.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 18.-The
volume Of work done by the deput-
les of the State Department of La.
bor, in adjusting compensation
cases during the month of March
showed a considerable increase
The number of cases handled was
265 as compared with 269 in the
previous month. OF these 131 were
new cases and 154 old cases. Since
the decision Of the supreme court
that the compensation law was ex-
ira territorial and applied to cases
occurring in other states If the en-
ployer and employe were Minnesota
residents and the contract of hire
had been made in Minnesota, a
number of similar cases have come
up for adjustment. There have
also been number of freezing
cases which occurred last winter
and which were settled under the
compensation law because of the
broad decision Of the supreme court
in a ruling hahded down last fall.
In fatal cases the Department of
Labor, has several times recently
found that Ambulance chasers"
had offered their services to- the
survivors and secured contracts for
legal services before the family
could be advised that the deputies
of the Department were authorized
to represent them without &harge.
To meet this situation an immedi-
ate investigation of all fatal cases
has been. ordered with a view to
promptly acquainting dependents
of their rights under the compen-
sation law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20
REGISTRATION Of .SH|PYARD
. WORKERS EXCEEDS QUOTA

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-
Through its Public Service Reserve
the United States T.. employment
service has Z registered approxi-
mately 100000 mechanics to meet
future needs: Of. the :shipyards or
calls for men of especial. trades,
the department of labor announces.
This number exceeds the goal of
a quarter of a million which was
set at the start of the drive q
month ago and all states are con-
tinuing enrollments.
The Federal Employment -Serv-
ice states that this sererve will be
drawn upon gradually, since large
numbers of men are not in imme-
diate demand by the yards and
the unemployed workers applying
at branch offices of the employ
ment service will first be used. As
ship construction progresses, how
ever, the reserve will be called
upon to furnish men in increasing
numbers,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20
PACKERS employees GET
SIX MILLIONS BACK PAY

CHICAGO, April 1S.-Millions of
dollars back pay granted in Judge
Alschuler's arbitration award was
turned over to packing house workers
throughout the nation Monday. More
that 100000 employees will receive up
wards of $6,000,o00, it is estimated,
individual amounts ranging from
$50 to $100. Meantime packing houses
are preparing to install the basic g.
hour workday May 5, as ordered by
the arbitrator. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20

is to be pruned for the benefit of the
stockholders and the public.
Another big factor toward unifioa-
tion of the system is.the recognition
by the government Of the four bro
therhoods of train operatives in all
wage and labor disputes. and the pro-
viding of boards for the readjus+ment
of all differences. This means alb
solute solidarity between the govern
ment and 1900, 900 railroad employees.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20
GET 4s-HOUR WEEK,

BOSTON, April 1s. Organized
raincoat makers have secured a 49,
hour week and q minimum wage OF
$31 during this period.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20

Everyone can't shoulder" rifle or
do trench duty in Francc-but all can
aid our soldiers by assuring them the
solid support of the "folks back
holne." Buy Liberty bonds.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-20

The government is spending billions
'of. dollars to defeat the kaiser. The
war will be prolonged unless suffi-
cient funds are available. Did you pur-
chase "a Liberty bond yet? :.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
Moline to Vote Again.

Local option is to be given another
round in Moline in the spring. The
vote is to be asked by the vets. 1t is
predicted that no matter the outcome
the verdict will be close. The vets
base their hopes Of victory largely
on the argument that thousands Of
dollars of Moline money is being spent
weekly in Rock Island and East Mo-
line On the Other hand, the drys
hold to the position that the better
element Of citizens are satisfied that
their neighbors should have the cash
in. return for the annoyance they must
put up with at the hands Of the out
side patronage. The vets announce
also that their campaign will not be
directed by the same people that con-
Quoted the previous election, intimat-
ing that managers whose word will
carry greater conviction with the vot-
er will be at the helm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
MacGowan Sustained.

Charles J. MACEDONIAN received neat
compliment from the Tri-City Fed
Grafton of Labor by his reelection for
a third term to the presidency Of that
body against a pacificist campaign Of
opposition to him conducted within the
ranks Of the membership. For weeks
there had been quietly engineered
a movement to defeat Mr.. MACEDONIAN
because Of his pronounced war views,
the pacifist element having a strong
hold in the organization Mr.. Mac
Gowan from the outset has taken the
stand that labor's place was behind
the nation in time Of crisis, and he
has been preaching that sentiment at
every opportunity. He has made II
plain that organized labor had no
connection with the Industrial Work
ers or with so-called Americans who
were aiding the enemy through their
criticisms of the entrance Of the Unit
ed States into the European struggle
His return to the presidency of the
federation is pretty sound proof that
organized labor in this section is sup
porting the war and should not be held
responsible for the actions Of the
crowd that attempted to prevent his
retention as head Of the federation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
The Day in Davenport

honor of the occasion, when the bridal
couple of half a century had around
them their son and daughter. John
Both and Mrs James Mackin, both Of
Davenport, their eight grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Marriage Licenses Skate,
Moline, and Waite Miller, Fairfield,
Iowa; Carl Fred Dove, Davenport, and
Hazel Kindheart, Davenport.
%
Urge Use of Honey-Increased pro-
duction of honey IN the United States
this year is among the steps being
taken by the federal government in
an effort to relieve the sugar short
age, according to E. w. Atkins, special
field agent for the department Of agri-
culture, and F. E. Miller, state apiar-
list, who addressed Scott county bee
keepers yesterday afternoon in the
county agents Office.
Obituary Record-Henry Muncher
Fisher died at the home Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Schumacher, Thirty
first and Gaines street. Thursday aft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

rested on Nov. % last. and charged
with cashing worthless checks on
number OF west end grocerymen. The
state succeeded In bringing into the
case the fact that Cohen had been
convicted and served . sentence in the
state penitentiary at Jefferson City.
Mo-. for felony. This was denied by
the defendant.
o
Has Unique Recerd--A half century
Of continuous service In the same pub
lie Office is record Of which probably
very few can boast. At the annual
meeting OF assessors OF Scott county.
held in Davenport yesterday. It was!
mentioned that Henry Schneider Of.
Walcott. was probably In office longer
than any other person in the county,
and possibly in the state,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

Davenport Boys I'm France-Frank
Hart, Battery A, Sixth field artillery
and John Kelly, Battery B, Sixth field
artillery, are two Davenport boys now
with Pershing's forces in France.
They helped to fire the first shot for
Liberty" as they term 1t in letters
to their home folks. Both boys en-
listed the first of last May and were
sent at once to the training camp at
Douglas, Ariz. The first of July they
sailed for France. In their letters
home they state they are we'll and
happy and only wish more Of their
comrades from the states were with
them to help lick the kaiser. They
send greetings and best wishes to all
their friends here. At the time Of en-
listment Mr.. Hart resided at 184S
West Fourth street and Mr.. Kelly at
1924 West Fourth. Both are members
Of St. Mary's parish.
Celebrate Anniversary - Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Both of GIG Dittmer street,
yesterday celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary, and there was
quiet gathering of the family in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
Leslie D. Puterbaugh.

Leslie D. Puterbaugh, director Of
the state department of public works
and buildings, who died yesterday
at Springfield. was one of the widely
known lawyers of the state, having
been admitted to the bar in Peoria in
1880. He had served on the probate
and district benches, but was defeated
in the race for the supreme court in
1918. He was vice president Of the
Illinois Bar association and the author
Of "Puterbaugh's Common Law Plead
ing and Practice" He was appointed
to the state position he was filling
at the time of his death by Governor
LnWdan =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
Greater Use of River.

Plans have been drawn for "a
barges and three tow boats to be built
by the federal government for opera
ton on the Mississippi river. River
transportation is to be developed un-
der direction Of the government ship
ping board. 1t looks as IL the old Mis-
sissippi were coming back. perhaps
not to the extensive use to which it
was put in the earlier days, but at
least to be restored to a degree of
availability that will make it a val
liable aid in relieving transported lon
congestion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

eminent at 81 per year and then use
MS position to pull in extensive con-
tracts at exorbitant figures. By such
q method it wouldn't take him long to
get real salary in addition to a
fair profit for his products. The United
States is big and rich enough to pay
those who serve 1t. Then it would be
in better position to demand strict
accountings in connection with all OF
the services performed. There is a
vast difference between a paid en-
ploye and volunteer. McKellar's bill
ought to be adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

Senator Mcclellan struck what will
likely prove q popular note when he
introduced q bill in congress yester-
day to make IT unlawful for men to
act on supplies committees of the ma
tional defense council without ade-
quate compensation for their services
and TO prohibit members and employees
OF such committees having anything
10 do with contracts let by firms in
which they are interested. II could
hardly be called patriotic sacrifice
for q manufacturer to serve mis- gov
-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05


+ Purlns.
Scientifically trained physicians,
who know something about metabo-
lism and its importance in disease.
find it necessary in the successful
management Of many conditions like
naturalization, govt, Bright's dis
ease, that tired feeling, run down con-
dition, nervousness, ETC., to determine
the nitrogen balance" That is to
say, they estimate accurately the rela-
tive proportion Of nitrogen containing
foods ingested, taken into the system,
by the patient on a certain diet. and
then compare this with the tota!
amount of nitrogen compounds elm
mated from the body. In health def
mite balance is maintained. In disease
the balance is frequently upset, and
needs careful adjustment.
Purins are nitrogen-containing food
elements derived from cells or their
nuclei. Some foods are rich in purins
some foods are poor in purins and
some foods contain no purins at all
Purins, of course, are wholesome and
essential in the diet of a normal indi.
vidual. Still, a great deal OF Illness
Is due to excessive purin intake, or IN
other words, to faulty nitrogen
balance
containing foods are but one
source of that notorious but, moi
wholly pathological compound called
uric acid. An individual On a strictly
purin-free diet still eliminates uric
acid; it is present in the urine (not az
uric acid but as a compound OF uric
acid) and in the blood. Uric acid IL
a normal substance in blood and II
urine. Part of 1t is derived from thu
natural wear and tear of life, the util
tzation of tissue cells as fuel, for in
stance for muscular work.
In a healthy adult Of average sta
sure the normal amount OF uric acit
eliminated in the urine when q purin
free diet it taken is between five ant
twelve grains daily (0:3 to O.6 grams)
Under the same conditions the norma
amount OF uric acid in the blood i.
between one and two milligrams fOl
each 100 cubic centimeters. Withou
rigid control Of the patients diet fol
three days preceding the tests. tn,
sests are worthless.
Purin.free Foods.
!. Bread, oatmeal. rice, sage. tap
ioca. bananas. pineapples. peaches
grapes. pears. plums. cranberries
oranges, apricots, huckleberries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

Weddings increased more than ten
per cent in New York in 1917 But II
has been found there was a consider
able slump when it was announced
that marriage itself was not a ground
for exemption from military duty. II
appears there are a lot of would be
slackers in New York, despite that
city has long boosted OF holding the
lead in patriotism and in the earlier
DAYS Of the war often taking the west
10 task for its alleged indifference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

Testimony at Washington shows
that one shipbuilding company made
a profit Of more than a million dol
lars on a contract with the govern
ment. 1t was shown that the margin
was more than it justly should have
been. If the men who comprise the
company are patriots they will return
to the government the money that they
are not entitled to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

The federal court at Kansas City
has ruled that the government may
send drafted men for military service
wherever needed. 1t would be a fine
state of affairs if each soldier should
be permitted to elect where he should
be assigned. One imagines that many
would go to Cuba in winter and to
the Thousand Islands In summer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
: Saturday, January 5, 1918.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

The first group OF Yankee air pilots
has reached France. BY next spring
the Germans will be made to under
stand that the entrance OF the United
States into the war is something be-
sides q bluff. Keep your eye on the
, American aviator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

Austrian soldiers captured by the
French in Italy cursed the German
officers by whom they had been COM
manded. This is further evidence that
the Austrians are weary of the strug-
gle and are being forced to hold on
by their dominating ally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

Count Luxburg is now declared to
be insane. 1t is said he has been &C.
centric for decade. Nobody but a
crazy man would have attempted to
put over the raw deals that he did
while serving as German envoy to
Argentine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05

China has $4,000 men behind the
fighting lines of the allies. Inasmuch
as We haven't seen any of their names
in the casualty lists, the presumption
is that the majority of them are en-
gagged as cooks and laundrymen.