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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1918-09-28

agement that he handled the office
of Sheriff for four years. His defeat
in the Mayors race in 1917 was not
because of lack of strength, many
voting against him unwillingly and
principally as rebuke to the jobbed
and bungled ticket that was at
tached to his candidacy through an
unfair primary. Mr.. Cronan emerged
from that race just as strong with
the people of this section as ever
and the great majority of our cit
liens wish him good luck and sue
cess in his new berth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-13
CHANGE OF VENUE IS
DENIED MRS. HIRSCH

ATLANTA, Ca, March 13.-Judge
Benjamin H. Hill has denied the appeal
for change of venue made by the de-
Tense in the case of alleged verbal
blackmail of Mayor Asa G. Gambler by
Mrs. H. H. Hirsch
Various afidavits were introduced
by counsel for both sides and counsel
for the defense argued for about thirty
minutes. The attorneys for the prose
cution made no argument, resting their
case upon the affidavits submitted as
evidence.
Judge Hill, while denying the motion
for change of venue, stated that he
would allow the defense the right of
voir dire in the selection of the jury
This gives the right of questioning
jurymen as to their state of mind be-
fore being sworn and, while not always
granted in misdemeanor trials, never
theless is allowable in the discretion
of the court.
The questions asked are the same
as in capital criminal trials, with the
exception that the fourth question
which relates to conscientious disap-
proyal of the death sentense, is not
used. The three questions asked are,
first, as to whether the juryman has
formed an opinion on the case due to
having witnessed the crime or hav'
ing heard evidence given under oath;
second, as to whether the juryman is
preiudiced, for or against, the prin
cipals in the case; and, third, as to
whether the juryman's mind is per
fectly impartial in the case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-13
'CLANSMAN" SUITS
AGAINST AMERICAS
PASTORS DISMISSED

Judge Emory Speer has dismissed
the damage suits of the Southern
Amusement company and Thomas
Dixon against w. E. Brown and others
Of Americas for want of prosecution.
The suits were filed in 1910. At the
time the Southern Amusement COM
pany was presenting Thomas Dixon's
novel, "Clansman,' in many cities or
the south Americas was one of the
places the play was to be presented.
Several preachers there, however, led
by the Rev. w. E. Brown and the Rev.
Lansing Burroughs, objected and the
mayor and city council passed reso-
luton forbidding the play to be shown
Son after the amusement company
eIld Dixon brought suits against Brown
and others for 100000 damage, claim
ing that the ministers ad influenced
the mayor and council to ban the
"Clansman
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-13
GOUGE OUT EYES
Of j. S. SOLDIERS
HORRIBLE TREATMENT INFLICT.
ED ON AMERICANS WHEN THEY
ARE TAKEN PRISONERS BY THE
GERMANS.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Stories of
German atrocities upon American
soldiers were told to a newspaper
reporter by patients in Army Hospital
No. 1, Columbia Oval, the Bronx, in
tour Of the institution which was
made by special permission of Co.
=. F. Duyal, commanding medical of
ficer, yesterday
Eighty-eight war-wracked sold .ers,
back from the muddy inferno of
France, are finding their way back to
health under American skies. They
are the first of the Pershing expedition
airy force to go through the iron
milf of war.
How the Germans "did i'm twelve
Americans last October was told by
Albert B. Dykes, attached to Di-
vision Sanitary Corps. He is suf-
fering from paralysis caused by an au,
tomobile accident in the confusion Of
an air raid. He said
Twelve infantryment went out on
a night patrol They failed to return
When their bodies were not visible
on no mans land next day every one
concluded that they had been taken
prisoner.
"They had been taken prisoner all
right. And they came back to us the
next night When dawn came, follow
ing the night after their disappear
ance, they were lying out in front of
our trenches.
Every man had his eyes gouged
out Their bodies were terribly mu-
tilated In several cases the hands
and legs were gone.
about this time I was assigned to
a dressing station just behind the
lines One night chap simply rid
died with bomb fragments came
through our hands. He had been
bombed by German officer in an
American uniform in his own trench.
"The Germans came over the top
at night, perhaps intending to mingle
with the men. This soldier saw the
imposter come over When he ac-
costed him, the German let fly with a
bomb. I wish you could have seen
the American afterward-you never
would have believed that he got well
iii spite of it.
CAS- for that German, he never got
back to his own lines. What the rest
OF our men did to him was shame.
He was shortly one of the deadest
Germans that this war has produced"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-13
Law
GOES INTO EFFECT

NEWARK, N. j., March 19.-New
Jerseys anti-loafing law went into eff
feet yesterday by proclamation OF
Gov. Edge. 1t affects every able-bodf-
ed male between the ages of eighteen
end fifty, swating the peripatetic pro-
letariat as we'll as the millionaire.
"Millionaires who flatter them
selves" says Gov. Edge, in effect,
that they can evade the law by sit
ting in the lap of luxury are going to
make great mistake. If you live IN
Jersey you've got to work"
Anyone who insists upon INDUCING
a prediction for judicious inactivity
will find himself face to face with a
penalty of 500 fine or three months
in Jail, or both And the governor
places a heavy emphasis on the "OP
BOTH
No one can hope to evade the law
by the elusive job" plea. A man who
can't locate work will have work To-
Gated for himself, and it will be the
sort of toll best suited to his talents,
When the members Of the Wander
ing Willie League emerge from their
side-door Pullmans next month they
will be met at the water tank outside
village by the "Idleness Squad" from
the sheriff's office. Soiled Murphy,
Sedentary Sam and Jersey Joe will 10
provided with overalls and led to the
orchards and truck farms, where they
may place themselves in harmonious
jcxtaposition to the relative and core
lative phenonomena underlying the
gentle are of shampoong the head of
lettuce and persuading the timid beet
to bloom.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-13
Kow's This 4?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
Ave years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hairs
Catarrh Medieine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expeiling the Pol
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will see
great improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once ard get r!i Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo Onios
Sold hr ell Druggists. sc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-13
JOHN
ROB|NS0N'S
10 BIG
SHOWS
Writes a Letter
Read what they say:

Fl. O. Jones Medicine Co.,
Americas, Ga.
Gentleman: We have used
and are using your Balsam of
Benzoin for cuts, sprains,
bruises, wire cuts, CALLED should
ers nd sores of various kinds
among our stock and we feel no
hesitancy in recommending it to
large horse and mule owners
and dealers
JOHN ROBINSON'S SHOWS,
By Claud Orion. Boss Hostler.
Large stock owners and deal
ers should not be without this
valuble remedy.
Equally good for man and
household purposes. Call for it
by name, JONES BALSAM OF
BENZOIN.
For sale by druggists and
dealers everywhere.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
7 AFT AND4WALSh
ARE SELECTED
To Represent the Public On
Board to Formulate Na-
tiona| Labor Policy.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.-The five
capitalists and five trade unicnists ap-
pointed by Secretary of Labor Will
son to formulate a national labor
policy, effective during the war, have
each selected a prominent citizen who
will guard the interests of the public.
The employers have named ex-
President TaN andsth unionists have
named Frank p. Walsh of Kansas
City, chairman of the United States
commission on industrial relations,
which recently passed s6ut 5of exist
ence by statutory limitation.
The trade union members of this
national labor policy commission are:
Presidents Hayes OF the m mine * work
ers: Hutchinson of the carpenters;
Johnston of the machinists; Rickert
Of the garment workers. and Victor
Olander, second vice president of the
seamen. President Johnston replaces
President Franklin Of the, brother
hood OF boiler makers; who resigned
to accept a position under w. s. Car
ter; president Of the brotherhood of
locomotive firenaen and enginemen,
who is associ6ted with Director Cen
eral Of Railroads McAdoo's wage
commission. The Brotherhood execu-
tive handles shop conditions.
. The employing members Of the ma
tional labor policy commission are:
L. A. Osborne and L.. F. Lores, New
York city: Charles F. Brooks, An
sonia, Conn; w. H. Van Dervoort,
East Moline. ILL.,, and c. Edwin Mich
ael, Roanoke, Va. ...,al.2. "a
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
PROPOSED PEACE |!
AIMS DISCUSSED
BY HENDERSON HI |
''...- ! ;.
British Labor Leader |! Declares
For Abolition Of Compulsory
Mi|itarySaIylce. 6.

LONDON, Mar. 1.-the campaign
for" the next sgeneralAss Aectionaaaaready
has~ begun. Arthur Henderson, for
mer member of the war council and
secretary of the labor party, ad-
dressed a. meeting Mpnday night in
Eastman, making strong appeal for
the abolition of secret diplomacy, for
peace by conciliation and a league of
nations. He said that before the war
began the people had entrusted for
eign affairs to statesmen and diplo-
matists and were paying dearly for
their neglect. 1t had to be recog-
nized that no greater disaster had
occurred during the war than the
fatal omission to do the utmost to
keep Premier Kerensky and his gov
ernment in power in Russia. The
people must be on their guard against
a repetition Of the same fatal policy
over a wider field.
It, is highly impro bable, Mr.. Hen
derson declared, that the war can be
ended by a decisive Prussian military
triumph. 1t night end by process
of exhaustion.
There remains, he said, a third al
ternative-a policy of conciliation
through the combined forces of labor
and Socialism to obtain a real peo-
pies peace. That did not mean a
surrender to the enemy, or a patched
up peace or peace at any price.
What the policy of conciliation
meant was the destruction of mill
tarism, not only in Germany, but
everywhere, he said.
Wants League of Nations.
Mr.. Henderson then recited the
well-known war aims of the labor
party, including a league Of nations.
He said that such league implied
the complete characterization of the
machinery of government in all coun-
tries, the suppression Of the greed Of
diplomacy and the publication Of
treaties, which must never contra
vene the stipulation Of the league Of
nations. It meant the concerted abo-
lition of compulsory military service
in all countries to be prepared for by
a common limitation of armaments
and also that they must abandon
every suggestion of an economic boy
colt or financial or commercial isola-
tion of Germany.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
FOR FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE
inter ALLIED CONFERENCE
Which !: Plans International Meeting Of Labor Rep
resentatives Of all Belligerents- Expect
ed to Receive Allied Labor Delegation.

WASHINGTON Mar. 7The whole movement at the
parting of the old indifference to what
the workers the rest of the world dongwha they
they what they struggle and done and
are willing to do all national boundary nes
unsafe for poverty and caste .>*' ; .
Says Paul u Kellogg in the Survey Last week. meeting in
London representatives Of labor groups England
France Italy, Belgium Portugal Roumna accepted
substance the aims put out by British labor December
projected an International conference to which
working classes all bgerens will be invited They
mined international labor conference
the official conference whenever held
each delegation the official peace And
they voted to send five delegates forthwith
of comforting with the of
the situation" .s-r~-':
Notice two things: The workers Of the allied
borne the bunt of the call another
labor conference and invite
They sending delegation the United war
situation with "the of
Last weeks New Republic in editorial Mr. Gompers
to American delegates to the labor
said: episodes connected with in the
have been distressing American liberals than the
Mr. Gompers toward the labor
Mr. Gompers did first charged directly
Arthur Henderson and Albert Thomas allowing
used the Germans message rejecting repre-
sentation American labor the conference implied
ton nasmuch the labor decided call conference which
included Germans it's leaders must at best Mr. opinion
earmarked the victims Of German Vaccinations. ~z
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
WOMEN r. =: :! !g;!.E!!'AVY !;!.!!'.A!! WORK IN
ALL KINDS { Or rs': WEATHER
Witness Tells Wage Commission of Employment of
Weaker Sex i'm Railroad Freight Yards Sec
tion Gangs, Shops and Roundhouses

WAsH1NGToN, Mar IA special of the railroad wage
ommison held Thursday hear Pauline Godmar
Associate Justice Brandes tell of the employment
oads She figures show that
numbers for heavy work. her conradctng
tances the testimony of railroad
Goldmak appeared of the
of New York and other organizations Her testimony will
included in the record until she has incorporated formal
Women first employed number by the railroads
Miss Godmark sad the of the railroad
hey put clerical positions expermentay
extended until they in the freight yards gangs
hops, and roundhouSs
While much of the work suitable them occupations
olive heavy physical strain and other
he advisabl employing section
all conditions weather without
hysical welfare
I order that there shall be wau labor
turnover she recommended 1T important standarze
or for which employed before their
me railroad employs division and another has
.5l7 workers.
Miss Goldmark declared lifting weights of
fifty pounds work drill operators She long
cupations filled by
"Are they used England the occupations
'ork asked Secretary Lane, chairman of the board.
They used England the operation of railway
and station other
-peraon of in sfips,' Miss Goldmark
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
CLAIMS
REFUTE Ed m PROBE ?
OF STocKYARDS
Shorter Day Will Not Reduce
Meat Production, Leaders
Tell Arbitrator.

CHICAGO, Mar 7.-Claims made
by the packers in the stockyards
labor controversy that their plants at
present have not the facilities for
going on an eight-hour day were de-
clared by union representatives late
Monday to be without foundation.
During the hearing last week John
E. O'Hern, general superintendent
for Armour & Co., and the superin-
tendents of the other four plants de-
clared that if they worked on a basis
of one eight-hour shift they could
not keep up the present rate of pro-
duction; that if they operated on two
elght-hOur shifts they would have no
place to put the meat butchered after
the first 10 hours. They claimed that
their loading facilities and their offal
rendering facilities were not capable
of handling the production of 16
hours.
UniOnists Deny Claims.
John Kennedy, vice president of
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen's union, who has
dealt with the packers on labor mat
ters for 20 years, denied each one of
the packers claims, as also did Deh-
mis- Lane, secretary of the union, and
Martin Murphy, president of the
StOckyards Labor council.
Kennedy said the packing houses
have plenty of cooler space, that all
they need to operate on two eight
hour shifts lis plenty Of live stock. He
said the loading facilities could be
made to answer if extra switch en-
gines and men were used, that the
rendering of additional offal could
be handled by the installation Of
additional tanks. Kennedy said the
killing gangs could increase their out
put with the help of additional men
and that the canning departments
could meet any demands made upon
them if given extra help.
Meat Supply Plentiful.
During an inspection Of the Kan
sas City plants: last week, Kennedy
said, he found the canning and load
ing departments running 25 per cent
below capacity, that the coolers were
only IS per cent filled, and that the
killing was far below normal.
''There is no. reason why they
should not go on an eight-hour day
immediately" Kennedy said. Re
ceipts of cattle for the next six
months will prevent them from run
ming full time, anyhow"
Kennedy said that every~time the
packers want to boost prices they
lead the people to believe there is a
shortage Of cattle.
1T has been shown at this hear
ing, however," he said, that there
are more cattle today than ever be-
fore, but we don't see the prices of
meat go down any,"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09

President sof Louisville .::and
Nashville Finally Answers
Questions On Funds.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 7.-An Off
cial record of how the Louisville and
Nashville railway spent thousands of
dollars in political activity and sup
porting newspapers in Southern states
between 1907 and 1914 has been made
public by the interstate commerce
commission.
The disclosures were based on an
affidavit filed by Milton H. Smith,
president of the road, answering
questions to which he had refused
replies during an interstate commerce
commission inquiry in May 1916. and
to obtain which the Commission OBJ
tained from the supreme court last
November an order requiring Smith
to give answers. This affidavit has
now been made public.
Admits Giving Funds.
In his deposition, made Feb. 4.
Smith concludes by answering the
question, us it the policy of the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad company
to make political campaign contribu-
tions?" asked by Mr.. Folk. The an
swer says:
1T is not; but in the past the COM
pany occasionally made campaign
contributions to defeat candidate
who was running on a platform of
antagonism and injury to this COM
pany.: In such cases the interests of
the~company seemed, in the Judgment
of its officers at that time, to, require
this as a matter of protection.
'These practices, however, while
customary and conventional with cor
porations generally in the past, are
contrary to the public opinion Of to-
day, and have been discontinued, by
our company" =,
o. $50, 900 In Alabama.
Smith explained that $4,000 was
spent for political campaign purposes
in Alabama in 1914, but none in that
state in 1912 or 1913. The expense
was charged to railroad operations
and great effort was made in the rec
ords to conceal the purpose of the
payments from employees and minor
officials.
In February, 1910, $20,715 was
spent in payment to political agents,
but Smith did not specify in what
state. On May 5,1so7, a>voucher for
$4,000 was issued in favor Of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, and Smith
declared in his affidavit this was for
the aid of a newspaper which was
advocating certain views upon public
questions in which the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company con-
Cured"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
T0DRAFT RICHES
AS WELL AS men
Congressman Has Bill for Reg.
iStration Of Wealth
for War.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.-The con-
scription of human beings for the war
was put through. by compelling every
serviceable man to register on given
day, with heavy penalties for at
tempted evasion. In the same way,
the conscription of wealth for the war
may be accomplished by a national
wealth registration day on which
everyone subject to federal income
tax shall appear before; the wealth
draft officials and register. This is
the plan of Representative William
Schley Howard of Georgia, who SAYS:
"While the first purpose of my bill
is to hit the income tax dodgers, the
registration it provides would be basis
for conscription of wealth in exactly
the same manner that we have draft
ed men. If the war lasts much longer
we must conscript wealth, for this is
the only fair way to distribute the
financial burden. Secretary McAdoo
has estimated that the registration
would increase the revenue $500, ,0o0,-
600 year. and the plan has the
hearty approval of the commissioner
Of internal revenue. 80 .ES.HAA&& Ii Z, = -
Every person subject to the income
tax must register, with penalties for
failure to- do so just as severe as
those imposed by the draft law, The
registration would not require the reg
istrant to state his income, but i'm
mediately after registration he would
be sent the income tax, blank. -.
THE government Is very severe with
the slackers and deserters from mill
tary service, and fail to see why we
should be more tender with the rich
who are slac cking. So far we have
held dollars more precious than lives .
sss. s.Z33Es va ..Iz.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09
lSKS CONGRESS-
FOR FUNDS FOR
LABOR PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Mar. 7.-Secretary
Labor Wilson has asked congress
r an appropriation of $2,041,S11 to
1t into operation the war labor ad-
.inistratiOn. This program Isl:
Means of furnishing an adequate
I'D sta BILE supply of labor to war in
1stries.
(a) A satisfactory system of labor
,changes. (b) A satisfactory method
I'D administration of training of
orkers. (c) An agency for deter
lining priorities of labor demand.
~ Agencies for dilution of skilled
Dor as and when needed.
- Machinery which will provide for
.e imrh and equitable adjust
.ent of disputes in. accordance with
:inciples to be agreed upon between
Dor and capitalists and without
oppage- of work. Such machinery
ould deal with demands concerning
ages, hours, shop conditions, etc.
Machinery for: safeguarding 4condi-
-ons of labor in the production of
ar essentials. This to include in
ustrial hygiene, safety, woman and
,ild labor, etc. al = 49,.
Machinery for safeguarding ,condi-
ons of labor, including housing,
ansportation, etc.
Fact-gathering body to assemble
Id present data collected through
-arious existing governmental agen-
es or by independent research, to
lrnish information necessary for
lvorable legislative action.
Public and educational division,
hich has the functions of develop
e sound public sentiment, securing
n exchange of information between
epartments of labor administration,
-ad promoting industrial plants To-
,11v %-. -. =,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-09

INDUSTRIAL. ACCIDENTS
DURING FEBRUARY SHOW
:: INCREASE IN InESfATE

--ST PAUL, A1inn:a,i. Mar. 7;-Al-
though February-is a short month,
the total number of Industrial ,acci-
dents in Minnesota was as high as
during the closing months OF last
year, 1897, apd the I number OF
serious accidents was SAT, more
than 100 greater thamain January.
This is disclosed BY ihe monthly
summary OF the state department
of labor. The number OF natal
accidents is ,also larger than in
January, 10, as compared with is.
Accidents to women show q de-
crease, IS as .againstS99.
The industries in which fatal
accidents occurred We're: Mining,
5; erecting, 2; chemicals and allied
products, 2; machinery and 1nstru-
ments, 2, and one each for food
products, garages, numbering, saw
mills, yards, metal products, cleo
trio railways and meat packing.
According to groups of industries
the total accidents were as follows:
Mining and quarrying, 233; manu-
featuring, 1874; construction, 248;
transportation and public utilities
(steam railroads excluded); 3O7;
trade, 2O7; service,=t SIS; miscella-
neOus, 8. q