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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
WIRE STRIKE
is: POSTPONED
Te|egraphers' President Re:
Vokes Order at Request Of
Secretary Wilson.

CHICAGO, July 1.-The strike Of
telegraphers employed by the Western
Union Telegraph company, set for s
o'clock Monday morning did not take
place. the. order for a strike having
been revoked. by s. J. Konenkamp,
president Of: the Commercial Teleg-.
raphefs' union after a long conference
with Secretary Of Labor Wilson in
Washington.
Secretary Wilson asked the head of
the Photographers union not to allow
interference with the transmission Of
messages of vital consequence in the
prosecution Of the war;" and Mr..
Konenkamp announced that the strike
had, been indefinitely postponed.
THE strike will not take place for
the. present." said Mr.. Konenkamp.
1T is deferred and I hope never will
be called. We believe we shall OBJ
tain justice tnrough The agency of the
government,ssand in this belief, not
wishing to erlbarrass the government
in the war, we are willing to wait a
reasonable time for an. adjustment"
The strike cali was issued after. the
Western Union declined to accept de-
cisions of the national war labor board
Of complaints Of en1ployes Of the COM
pany that they, had been discharged
because Of their affiliation with the
1IniOn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
SUSPENDERs FOR SMALL BOY

For baby boys first two-piece
suits you can save making many but
tonholes and sewing on many but
tons. Make two straps, wide enough
to prevent cutting into the shoulders
and long enough to reach from the
front Of the trousers over the shout
ders down to the back of the
trousers.
Cross them in the back to prevent
slipping down over the arms. Next
take fixtures. from a wornout pair
of elastics or from the supporters of
a soiled pair of corsets and fasten
to the ends of the two straps.
You now have a pair Of suspenders
(which can easily be changed to any
suit. If the material of the trousers
;is~thin,, make a heavy stitching at
band to hold fasteners.
BREAKS LAND.
! The Deep Creek branch of the
American Red Cross, Marmarth, N. D.,
has undertaken to break so acres Of
nonresident land and plant flax, the
entire proceeds Of the yield to go to
the local organization: ~~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
PROFITS
MADE IN 1917
WEREEN0RM0US
According to Data Furnished
Senate By the Treasury
Department.

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Excess
profits as high as 2,1S3 per cent were
made by some business concerns in
1917, according to a treasury depart
ment report submitted to the senate.
The report is a partial answer to
the Borah resolution asking data on
profiteering.
The 2,1S3 per cent example was
that of a food dealer.
The report listed the percentage of
excess in 1917 profits over those for
1916 together with changes in CAPT.
tai and other statistics relating to the
business. but gave no names.
Next to the food dealer who made
2,1S3 per cent, came a liquor man
with a capital stock Of $4,000, who
had an excess profit of 1920 per cent
Another liquor man with 100000
capital made 1852 per cent.
A cold storage concern, capitalized
at $4,000, exceeded it's 1916 profits
by 472 per cent. Another capitalized
at $4,000 made 81 per cent.
Huge Profit in Meat.
In the dairying business, excess
profits ranged from nothing to 1872
per cent banking, nothing to 81 per
cent; contracting, nothing to 500 per
cent; clothing manufacturers up to
191 per cent; chemicals as high as
377 per cent. A flour miller with 500
900 capital showed an excess profit of
236.24 per cent: In 1916 he made
$4,000 profits and in 1917 he made
s260,000. Another, capitalized at $25-
600, made $4,000 in 1916 and in 1917
raised it to $4,000, an excess of
437.67 per cent on his capital.
A 100000 meat packer made 1870
per cent while a $4,000 concern
made 204 per cent.
On $4,000 capital, soft coal
mining concern made 504 per cent ex-
cess. A 100000 concern showed an
increase of 1915 per cent, having
made S171,00 in 1915, and $4,000
in 1917. A retail coal concern showed
80 per cent on $1,250,OO0 capital,
making $1S5,OOO in 1915 and $685.
900 in 1917.
Further Data Soon.
. Department stores ranged from
nothing to 331.69 for one with small
capital. Several with capital as high
as 100000 showed no excess profits.
Paper manufacturers ran from none
to 176 per cent.
On $4,000 capital a concern in the
retail clothing trade made 181 per
cent, jumping profits from $4,000 in
1916 to $4,000 in 1917.
Electrical machine makers ran
from no excess to 81 per cent; ma
chine tool manufacturers from none
TO 7S8 per cent; dry goods concerns
up to 1T per cent.
These figures are to be supple.
mented by further data as soon as
it is prepared. A list of names of all
firms making more than 16 per cen1
in 1917 is to be submitted. No at.
tempt was made to take typical exam.
Piles from these concerns.
The report is the second section OF
roundup of profiteering evidence
for the use of congress in framing the
war tax bill.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
NEED OF HEALTH
|NSURANCESH0WN
By Survey Made Among Well
Paid Employees Of Ford
Motor Company.

DETROIT, Mich, July 11.-That
health insurance is pressing need
not only for the lesser paid workers
and their families but even for the
more prosperous wage earners, under
present conditions, is disclosed by a
recent survey of sickness in Highland
park, a suburb Of Detroit
In this town of $4,000, whose in
dustrial life centers in the Ford
Motor company plant, the average
wage is unusually high. The ma
jority Of it's citizens own their homes.
Yet in this model town. a house-to-
house canvass by the Detroit Home
Nursing association shows that dur
ing 1917 one family out of every four
had to face the problem of acute
illness. " About one-fifth Of the ILL
nesses were those of wage earning
men, usually the main support Of
their families. These breadwinners
lost on the average IS days from
work and $221.50 in wages through
their i'll health, in addition to their
extra expenses. for doctor, medicines
and the like.
Fully 80 per cent Of the sick per-
sons failed to receive adequate care.
Hospital facilities and proper nursing
care, it was found, were conspicuous
by their absence. Only about 10 per
cent of the sick people went to a
hospital. Perhaps 10 per cent had
trained nursing and another 10 per
cent a "practicar' nurse. Less than
half of the maternity cases visited re-
ceived "adequate'' care.
While other Investigations have re-
vealed the severity of avoidable suf-
fering and restitution caused by sick
ness among wage earners receiving
less than 500 a month, the Highland
Park survey finds that the excessive
drain upon the family earnings and
the lack of proper medical treatment
in sickness indicates the need of
health insurance among comparative
ly well-to-do workers as WE'LL. Uni
Versal workmen's health insurance as
proposed in America will provide at
small cost to the insured not only cash
benefits to tide over loss of earnings,
but also adequate medical, hospital
and nursing care, maternity benefits
and a. financial incentive to disease
prevention.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
DAYTON Street CAR LINES
TIED UP FOR SIX DAYS

DAYTON, Ohio, July 11.--For six
days the entire railway system Of the
city was completely tied up by one
Of the most peaceful strikes ever
known in the city's experience. The
men had demanded more pay and the
recognition of their union. The Off
Gals of the company had refused to
meet the men or consider their de-
mands. Finally Governor Cox ten
dered his services and advice in an
effort to bring the: warning factions
together. The result of the confer
ence was that he drew up an agree
ment which proved acceptable to both
parties. It provided that the disputed
points should be submitted to the war
labor board, and that it's findings
should be accepted and govern in the
future. AS soon as the announcement
was made the strikers returned to
their cars and the regular traffic was
resumed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
WILL ASK AUTHORITY TO
ISSUE MORE LIBERTY BONDS

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Addi-
tional authorization for Liberty bond
issues will be asked soon Of congress
by the treasury to provide for the
fourth Liberty loan, which will be
for at least $6,000,0oO,000.
Only $4,000, 100000 of authorized
bonds remain unissued and the treas.
ury probably will ask congress to pro-
vide for $4,000, 100000 more, to per-
NIT an even larger issue than $4,000
100000 If this should be found neces-
sary.
Other bond bills will be sought in
the session opening in December to
provide for the remainder of the fis-
cal year. If expenditures for the fis-
cal year starting next Monday amount
to $24,000,000,0o0 as estimated by the
treasury, and congress enacts a reve-
nue. measure to raise $S,o00,000,o0o,
the SIG, 100000, difference will be
provided by bond issues.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
EACH INDIVIDUAL MUST DO HIS BIT
BY JOHN MITCHELL,
Chairman of the New York State Industrial Commission

The work that to lin
small too small to be measured on the battle front but it only
big JOB can be done Take the building Of ships
ping in fortnight, but $4,000 big
million
before him
These things
Fr-Do his speeding of
Second Help labor and
have lover there
Thdrd-Hep
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
NECKWEAR is ACTIVE.

In the dress accessories field the de-
mand for certain items is we'll sus-
tanned. Women's neckwear, for ex-
ample, is in excellent request The
favor shown to ruffled collars and
fichus with cuffs to match is extended
to ruffling by the yard. Organizes
and nets are also selling freely.
Made wells with chiffon borders
lead in the yelling branch. These are
called for chiefly in navy blue. Plain
chiffon and georgette wells are being
taken for wear on sailors and turbans.
In yardage veilings the principal call
" for allover effects in chenille dots.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
THAT TOUL WEATHER.

There are places in the world
where the weather has been better
the last few weeks than in the
American sector northwest Of Toul,
but the prevailing dampness never
even furnished the American sense
of humor.
The colonel Of a. regiment, making
a night tour Of the trenches, was
challenged by a sentry who had been
standing at his post for two hours
in a driving rain. .
who's there?" said the sentry.
"Friend!" replied his colonel.
WELCOME to our mist" said the
sentry. And the most serious thing
the colonel did was to laugh.-Stars
and Stripes, France.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
WATrERs.END STRIKE.

CINCINNATI July 1.-The strike
Of the Cooks and Walters union,
which has been on since April /, has
been brought to an. end, the strikers
being: granted an increase in wages
with one day off each week, which
was practically all that was demanded
by the men when they went out. =:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
STRIKE CALLED OFF.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1.-THE
strike Of the street car men has been
called off by the union after a con-
ference with the officials of the Rail-
way, Light and Power company, fol-
lowing a conference with a repre-
sentative of the war labor board. 1t
had been on for a week.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08

cart) appeared, the sergeant would
arise from his "death bed" and steal
food while the backs Of the nurses
were turned. After while the doc
tors listened to his urgent request for
Irregular meals" and cancelled the or
der that he was to have liquid diet
pending his stay in the hospital. Ser
geant Kelly Is still at the hospital,
where he is now working as hospital
orderly. He is eating as much as they
will give him and whenever possible
sneaking extras" which he hides be-
meath his pillow.
Rittow and the other men In ward
23S have developed real appetites
from watching him eat and listening
to his jokes. They know as well as
does the sergeant that any chance ac-
cident may dislodge the bit of shrap-
mel that lies beneath his>heart. but az
long as he can shake his fist ut death
and laugh at his troubles, they laugh
with him., He spins yarns by the hour
of his experiences In the Philippines,
on the Mexican border and In France.
where he has served II months now.
And when he runs out Of breath, Rit-
tow catches the ball and tells his story
Of service as "liaison" messenger be-
tween French and American troops
who took Fere- en- Tardenois.
Took Wrong Turn.
He trained at Camp Mills with an
other group of men from New YORK
city, coming to France last OCTOBER
His company was sent to several ar
ferent fronts In France, and by odu
coincidence every time that they were
relieved the company which replaced
them suffered heavy casualties from
attacks, raids or bombardments. FINAL
" came the day when they were re-
called from the Champagne front ana
sent in to support the division that hau
pressed on beyond Chateau Thlerry ~
the early days of the July offensive!
The day he was wounded he had gone
back and forth for IL hours between
French and American field headquar'
ters, carrying important messages. lie
had just started Off on announcer tr'p
when a chance turn to the right IN
stead of to the left, as he had been
gong, put him in the path of flying
shrapnel that wounded him In the ief'
thigh and below the knee.
"Oh, the legs all right" he sing
out cheerfully. "But / sure woul,
have been gone If 1t hadn't been fo
| the sergeant there. / couldn't make
myself eat when they brought me her'
nerves, the doctor said. Then
used to watch the sergeant sneakin'
out of bed when he was supposed t
be dying and swiping food from tn
! JOY cart. 1t tickled me so to watcl
him that I began to get hungry-an'
now I'm getting fat"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
Perfect Red Gross
Star on Yank'S Back

fore patrol OF Boche prisoners.
guarded by an American sergeant,
came by and found him lying there,
He was carried into field hospital
and later sent into Hospital No. l.
The leg wounds are healing rapidly,
but the right forearm Is stiil partially
paralyzed.
But what's an arm as long as I'm
getting plenty to eat says Corporal
He'll. "There were three days during
the fighting up at the front when
missed out on rations and another "a
hours that ] was lying out on the field.
Guess ! never will get enough to make
up for missing all those meals. But
they do sure treat. us fine here. Plen-
~ Of good food, a good looking nurse
and Red Cross chaplain that comes
around every day with cigarettes"
"All right for you to talk" grum-
bles Webb La POinte of Sheboygan.
Wis, from another bed, "but what do
you think about me? Laid up here like
an invalid and I've never gotten Il
crack Mt Boche." N
(La Pointe is I'm n machine gun com
phHy of one of the divisions that dis
tlnguished itself in the fighting nea-
Compeigne. He had just started over
the top early one morning carrying the
tripod of gun when II 'soup wagon"
came along and knocked him down.
He was hit in the knee and elbow and
now he Is in the hospital grumblinG,
not because he Is done up in yards of
bandages and painful apparatus that
holds his injured leg straight, but be-
cause 1t will be some time before he
gets back front again for n "crack at
II Boche."
David Rittow Of New. York city Is
another convalescent of No. l who en-
joys the food and the Red Cros,
cigarettes. He had several days or
timed rations when he was brought
in from the field and was losing his
strength because he refused to eat
In the bed next him was q sergeant Of
the regular army who had beer
brought In to die because piece O
shrapnel had lodged so close beneath
his heart that an operation to remove
1t was impossible.
Steals Food From "Joy Cart"
The sergeant, rejoicing In the nam
! of Kelly and coming from the town o
st. Joseph, Mich, refused to accept tn
verdict that he must die and dine ~
liquid rations. Whenever the "jo,
wagon Gas the boys call the foo,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
Travelled In Fathers Cab.

When Reuben w. Milton of Joplin,
Mo-, decided to enlist in the marines he
was driven to Kansas City by his ia
Their. He did not go by auto or car
riage, but In the cab of the engine that
his father has driven for years over
the Missouri Pacific. Reuben had re-
ceived his transportation from Uncle
Sam over the Frisco line. but at the re-
quest of the elder Milton II was
changed. II want to carry my boy
on the first lap Of his journey to Der.
Him." said the father.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
Try Lambs Wool.

One Of the unpleasant aftermaths
OF swimming is the uncomfortable and
oftentimes dangerous presence of wa
ter IN the ears. To prevent this. this
simple precaution may be used: Rub a
little cocoa butter on a piece of lambs
wool and put In each ear. The lambs
wool is not absorbent, keeps out all
water, and yet ut the same time is so
constructed that one can hear plainly
through It. Never use cotton. ms that
holds the water and Is worse than
Hothing.-Good Housekeeping.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
Titled Persons Yield to Yanks

wealthy Of Europe, but now conducted
by the American Y. M. G. A. for our
soldiers, a TALL distinguished man in
civilian garb wistfully watched the
doughboys caroming the ivory balls.
lie would have liked to play little
billiards himself, but the doughboys
from overseas had priority and he was
only count. He was allowed the use
OF the casino, but only insofar as it
did not interfere with the soldiers
entertainment.
over on the dance floor a well-dress-
ed man and woman tried to participate
In the merry maze where two hundred
Yankees were jostling one another
cheerfully in an effort not to miss their
chance to dance with the thirty attrac-
tive girls wearing the Y. M. G. A. uni
form. The couple not In uniform were
told tactfully but firmly that the dane.
ing floor was reserved for those in the
uniform Of the A. e. f., although the
civilian dancers were known to be a
prince and his consort.
Passing through the swinging doors
marked Bar" one finds more bright
faced American girls serving lemon
ade, hot chocolate, cakes and cookies
to the throng of enlisted men who line
the rail. Here, too, the titled and dis
tinguished men In "cits" are denied
service.
Soak the Dukes.
The movies In the big hall are free
to all and well attended. In the ca
sino's big theater vaudeville is pur-
veyed ut two scales of prices. In the
front row recently a duke sat next to
an American sergeant. The duke paid
ten francs for his seat, the sergeant
paid two francs. 1t was five times as
advantageous to be an American SOL
der as to be a duke. The Y. NJ. G. A.
arranged that.
At the Hotel de l'Europe the boni4
face Daddy" Leder, who has wei
coined royalty In other years, recently
assigned three Yankee doughboys to
the room once used by Queen VIC
toria. He had turned away titled
Englishman and his lady who doubt
less would have given much for the
queens room, or any room. But the
first gentlemen of Europe have to give
way to the first gentlemen of America.
The ~" arranged that. And the Yam
kee boys have proven themselves gen.
tlemen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
the torch on the statue of liberty, then
victory comes and not until then.
Woman's Part In War.

the torch on the statue Of liberty, then
victory comes and not until then.
Woman's Part In War.
The greatest factor In overcoming
the German state of mind is woman,
who for the first time in war has
recognized place outside of hospital
work. The Women's Association Of
America has taken the initiative In
stopping German propaganda by re-
fusing to listen to 1t. The members
Of this organization. of which Flor
ence King, the Chicago attorney, Is
the president, and Mrs. Howard Gould,
secretary, have started an endless
chain looking to this end. Our quar-
rel Is directly with the German people,
make no mistake about that, for we
are fighting a system that must be
abolished. Therefore this war Is not
a question of men primarily. 1t Is not
question Of food primarily. 1t is
not question of ships primarilys 1t
Is the question of state of mind
That state Of mind must be burned
clean with the caustic Of civilization
and If you doubt the, bigness Of that
job let me quote the plans Germany
has for you. You will find this plan In
book called "Krieg" written by Klaus
Wagner. The whole story is told in
this paragraph:
Not only North America, but the whole
| of America must become a bulwark of
Germanic Kultur. perhaps the strongest
| fortress of the Germanic race. That Is
every ones hope who has freed himself
from his own local European pride and
who places the race feeling above the
| love for home.
call your attention to that last
line: che who places the race feeling
above his love for home" What is
your answer to Doctor Wagner's pre-
| scription. The answer Is best made
by DR.. John McRae. a physician killed
ut the front, who never wrote q line
of verse until he saw the slaughter in
Flanders and then penned these Won
derful lines:
In Flanders Fields the peoples blow
| Between the Crosses, row on row.
| That mark our place: and in the sky
| The larks still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead Short days ago
We lived felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved. and now we lie
In Flanders Fields
| Take up our quarrel with the foei
To you from falling hands we throw
| The torch: be yours to hold II high.
/ 81
We shall not sleep. though peoples grow
In Flanders Fields.
There is the answer and IL you do
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
willy Colonel Moss.

Col. James A. Moss. the author
of Moss manual and several other
best sellers, gets credit for one in sec
ton 4, article 419. He says: "when
two soldiers get into a row a good
plan is. to set them at work scrubbing
the barracks windows, one on the out
side and one on the inside, making
them clean the same pane at the same
time. They are thus constantly look
ing into each others face and before
the second window Is cleaned they viii
probably be laughing at enchAother."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
Princes Have to Get off Dancing
Floor Reserved for Our :,
Soldiers.
FAMOUS CASINO RESERVED
AK Is Rest and Recreation Center for
American Expeditionary Forces
and American Soldiers Come
First There.
BY WALTER KELLOGG TOWERS.

Aix-les- Bains, France. - Princes,
dukes, counts anl other titled person
ages have to yield place to the Ameri-
can soldier in the famous casino OF
AK. Even a king seeking accommoda-
tons there would be discarded in IA
yor of an American "ace." mo preju-
dice against the nobility exists. Any
duke, or count can have certain accom-
that is, If any remain after
the American soldiers have been serv-
on As for the dancing floor and soft
drink "bar," none but Yankees need
apply. AK was designated as the rest
and recreation center for the American
expcdltionary force and there Is no
qualification on the priority of that
organization.
Counts Don't Count.
In the billiard room of the million
dollar casino, formerly famous gam
bling place and haunt of the titled
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08
M0UNTAINEER LEARNS
OF WAR, GLAD TO GO

Unlontown, Pa.-"Hell, are
we into the WARP" asked Jacob
Harris after moment of sur
prise. "You don't have to force
me to go. My place is mt the
front using the old shooting
iron. I'm d glad / came to
town." Harris. a mountaineer,
was making his first visit to the
city In four years when the po-
lice learned that he had nc. reg
istration card. Harris was In
Quoted into service Mt once.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-11-08

f TEN million war garden
ers will set their minds
resolutely to refusing to
listen to German propa-
ganda or vicious knocks
against our government
the most powerful arm Of
the German war machine
will be paralyZed. That