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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-20
CHURCH AND LODGE WORKERS INVITED
TO A CALL At THE V|RG|N|AN OFFICE
No Member of Any Organization in City of Richmond Should
Permit This Opportunity to Pass As Over 10000 Mer-
Chandise Will Be Distributed Free

The friends OF many churches and
lodges have sent in the names OF their
favorite organizations and have in this
manner paved the way for their
favored church or lodge to secure one
OF the magnificent awards offered in
The Richmond virginian's Prise Dis
tribution. However. 1t 10 quite certain
that number OF the most popular
and deserving churches in the city
have been overlooked by their lead
Ing and active supporters.
Tho manager Of the Great Prize
Distribution hopes that no church.
lodge or other organization will fail
to register their name in time to share
in tho profits OF what il the most
liberal campaign ever inausurated in
this city.
The Richmond virginian has or
ganized and perfected a system that
will place orders Tor thousands OF dol
lars worth Of goods. in the hands
Of oficers and trustees Of churches.
schools and lodges. thereby helping
them to clear their organisations of
Indebtedness, and In many cases, place
hundreds OF dollars in their treasur-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-20
AMERICANS PLAYING LIONS PART IN FIGHTINC MAKE HUNS
PAY FRIGHTFUL TOLL IN BLOOD INSTEAD OF CAPTIVES;
SCISSORS STANDS in COMPLETE CONTROL OF OUR TROOPS
Fuel Administration Again Orders
Lightless Nights---Begins July "A

Ightless n again, beginning July "a
in
ware nd
Tuesha In any
No on
mtted irons O 3
be
In
in
illumination
crab art OF coming months
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-20
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND GERMANS ARE
BAGGED AND ESQ GUNS ARE TAKEN;
HAVE LITTLE TIME FOR PRISONERS
Enemy Menace Has Been Averted From
Paris; Rheims Is Virtually Relieved,
and Initiative Is .Wrested From Lud-
endorff AS Tide of Battle Turns III
Our Favor.

Paris July 19-Fochs great counterfeit is hanrnernR
forward The speed has sackened for the Germans are throw
ing every pound of available flesh into its path but
gress the second day steady relentless Not foot q
gained ground has been yielded any where
Seventeen thousand prisoners had when the
Office issued its night communque Steady streams Of mora
captives coming in s@
indicative the allied success is the number II
guns taken $50 shows the extent of the surprise and
than that shows the terrific toll dead the Germans must have
paid In the fighting that has been raging tbs
twenty mile front between the rivers yesto
day the attackers have had little time for making prsoners
Ordinarily at least ten times the number Of prisoners Gq
with such staggering total of captured Yesterday ~
today therefore, of German killing such
not occurred since Verdun.
Again the Americans did the lions the days pus
So important their part that tonight General Pershng ~
sued the first American official report record his troops
ngs In battle OF this magnitude It shows that the Ao
concentrated today swinging their center and right
ward Scissors their left stands in undsputed
session of the heights dominating the CITY, pivot
In the center the Americans have pressed forward
miles beyond the Vaux Castillo Vers Heon Noroy ouo
line, east of Villers Cotterets. @1
On their right they passed the village Torcy (norhxss
fought before this battle began Further norhwestward %
have captured the plateau north Of BONES and the heights
north Of Gourchamps
north and east of Sossonshe itself ahae to-
twelve hoursis being steadily rolled up northeast Hut
with their main lines of communication either n
the Germans cannot keep up this mile withdrawal
Within the next twelve hours they must either check t.
Franco American drive definitely the greatest re
since the Marine battle of 1914 &C.,
Where the Franco American troops contented themselves
with defending yesterdays gains against the
counter assaults they sashed bloody through a
Ieuton masses and not the slightest breach made u
lines. Again and again. especially in scissors
that is the vital sector for the princes
serves in dense feldgray again and again
scattered rows of Teutons reaed back their deciatd
and defeated. @4
triple object already has been served great counter
push the German menace has been averted from Paris Rh
is virtually relieved and most important of all the initiative
has been wrested from Ludendor this front at least
the Bavarta
and
Foch Bavari
prisoners verea taken.
world" described Clemens "
Of
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.U-D0AT BELIEVED
RESPONSIBLE FOR
LOSS OF CRUISER
1,l67 Officers and Men
Are Saved From San
Diego and None Lost
NO ONE is INJURED
Military Aviator Given
Credit for Rescuing of
Hundreds of Lives.
Saw Submarine.
NO ONE is INJURED

Washington. July 90 tSatur-
day).-A total of LIST officers
and men are known to have been
saved from the arInored cruiser
San Diego. which was sunk of
Fire Island. n. T., yesterday.
There were no casualties and none
was injured, according to latest
adyiccs TO the navy department.
The following announcement
was made by the department at
f2:45 this morning:
The navy department early
this morning received Information
that two steamships which arc
proceeding TO port have aboard
1855 officers and men OF the T..
y. 5. San Diego. These arc in ad-
dition to the one Officer and thirty
men previously reported landed.
The men are said to he I'm good
condition. and so far as known,
none was injured"
A military aviator IL given
credit for tho saving OF hundreds
Of lives. From the afr he noticed
the foundcrtng OF the vessel. dine,
according 10 nm unolsac4Al report,
~ an American mine broken from
its base. and new TO 4 nearby
town. He rushed TO 4 telephone
and called every life saving sta
ton within reach, aakfng that
vessels everywhere be sent to the
rescue. Then he shot into the air
with his machine. flying from
point to point. spreading the news
of the disaster.
According to statements by sur
yfyors who were landed on Fire
Island, the San Diego was struck
by n torpedo on the portside OF
the ship about noon. The cx-
ploSton blew up the boilers and
the wireless was put out of COM
mission. A moment later the
powder magazine exploded,
The survivors declared the
most misunderstanding prevail
cd on board. and many of the
men who were dressing up to go
ashore In New York. went TO the
battle stations with machine-lke
precision.
II was impossible to. man the
portsidc guns. a. the ship had
listed too heavily. but the gun
crews on the starboard side at
once began firing high explosive
shells.
The San Diego hoated for fif-
teen minutes. Many Of the gun
crew members were forced to dive
through the open gun ports into
the sea.
Some Of the scaYncn said they
were sure they saw a submarine,
and several asserted they saw a
shell hit II. But officers doubted
these stories.
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION

(From the Milwaukee Leader.)
In the Spanish war, it was en-
balmed beef that the packers palmed
off on the government.
Now it is charged that they have
been trying to palm off beef that is
unfit for human consumption"
The packers have come in for a
good deal of fulsome praise on &C
count of their semi reinforced raise of
wages after an investigation that
brought out shameful conditions, and
on account of their apparently ange-
lie patriotism.
When men make huge profits out
Of the war, we always have sneak
ing doubt as to whether they are
sprouting wings or not
Twenty-six carloads of beef have
been condemned. Those particular
carloads, it is to be presumed, neither
our boys at the front nor our people
at home will be called upon to eat.
But what about the many more car
loads which they will be called upon
to eat? Are they very much better?
Are theyju good enough to get across
the line? II men will try to work off &c
carloads that are not fit for consump-
ton, will they not try to work off
many times that number of carloads
that are either not fit for consump-
ton or on the ragged edge of unfit
ness? Will they not put forth an in
ferior product as regular thing, be-
cause they can make more money by
so doing? Is it possible for the gov
eminent to have an inspector at every
turn to see that they do not put any
thing over? Is that an efficient
method of doing business? Is it not
true that we have for years been US
ing inferior meat because the pack
ers can make more money by selling
p us inferior meat than by selling us
good meat?
The moral, upon which all this
throws the spot light, is that the gov
eminent should take over the packing
houses.
Do not stop with condemning 20
carloads of beef.
Condemn the packing establish
ments-buy them-take, them over,
completely and permanently - and
run them for the public benefit.
lucy are Ao" run loi Iue OeH0A1I
of the private owners. Their present
object is-not to turn out good meat
for the soldiers and the people-but
to- turn out good money for the priv
ate owners of the packing houses.
That is the regular motive of priv
ate concerns. The packers are simply
following out the customary usages of
private ownership.
When we want things done for the
benefit of the public, the public must
do them itself.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
LET BURNQUIST EXPLAIN.

The federal war labor board,
headed by ex-President Taft and
Frank Walsh is calling upon Cover
nor Burnquist to explain the recent
drastic and one-sided labor regula-
tions issued by the Minnesota Public
Safety commission and thus given the
force of law. They are not only a
subtle thrust at organized labor but
are at variance with the principles
and policies governing industrial re-
lations drawn up by the federal war
labor board and approved by Presi~
dent Wilson.
The State Federation of Labor Of
ficials declare that advantage was
taken Of a merely tentative state
ment to force these state regulations
and it demands that the federal regu-
lations shall be given preference. The
governor has not yet furnished the
Washington administration with a
satisfactory explanation of the COM
missions actions in the street car
strike in the Twin Cities, and he will
probably find it even more difficult
to explain this latest move contrary
to it's internal war policies.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
PROFITEERS SHOULD PAY MORE,

The substance of President Will
sons last message to congress was
his advocacy of higher taxes on war
profits and swollen incomes. prof
lteering,' said the president. that
caa not be got at by restraints of
conscience and love OF country, can
be got at by taxation.''
The war should be paid for as much
as possible by existing revenues,
which should come as much as posi-
bic from profits made out, of the
war. England for some time has
been taking 80 per cent of all large
incomes, yet this country is unable
TO take more than 81 per cent be-
cause Of the undue power over legis-
lation welded by big business.
The advantages of paying for the
war as we go are obvious. The evil
effects Of saddling gigantic inter-
est-bearing debt on the country are
almost beyond calculation, but it's
worst feature is that the paying of
this enormous interest each year does
not decrease the debt and every at
tempt to decrease the debt in the fu-
ture will require a great sacrifice in
addition to the payment Of heavy in
terest. This interest will constitute
a tremendous, long-standing drain,
and will largely come out OF the DOC
kets of the common people and 70
into the pockets of wealthy creditors.
The only sensible and just course 10
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
ECONOMIC CHANGES.

Ohio State Journal: We are get
ting so far along with our food, trans
portation, fuel regulations that after
the war we will be able to prevent
high prices and extortions. There will
be laws that will keep down profits to
a living rate. A man will then not be
able to charge what he things he can
get, but he will charge a per cent
profit that will be fixed by law. That
will be such a restraint that the final
consumer will pay a. definite per cent
to the original producer, thus de-
stroying all the devious ways of spec
ulation. The fact of the matter is
that the wealth of the future will not
be made on speculations upon a prod
uct along the whole line of trade.
That is what we are getting ready
for. That will be one of the first
achievements Of democracy. Men are
not fighting for the liberty of making
fortune by cornering a product or
in any way getting it by sleight of
hand. They are fighting for the lib
erty OF paying only what thing Is
worth and of claiming an honest
profit for their toll. This may seem
altogether Utopian, but it will finally
appear the only logic Of the awful war
and the payment for the fearful loss
of life. There will have to come out
OF this war something we never looked
for before.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
100000 WORDS A DAY.

An expert accountant for the New
York World has made careful COM
putation of the number of words
spoken in the House and Senate dur
ing the month Of March. For that
period 1871 pages, or s942 columns,
of the Congressional Record were
printed with the purpose of preserving
the utterances, weighty. wearisome,
or irrelevant, Of members of the
House and Senate on the floor. In
words the output was 3,121,4 or an
average of over 100000 for every day
in the month. including Sundays holi-
days and adjournments for recovery
from exhaustion. At that, Congress,
is in session usually only a few hours
a day, and limited number Of Sena-
tors and Representatives make it their
duty to keep up the interminable dis
cussions that delay the public bust
ness. This orgy of oratory runs on
endlessly through the seasons. It is
a continuous performance. When
Senators and Representatives are not
talking, the Government Printing Of
flee is reproducing their speeches for
circulation at the governments ex-
pense.-Ex.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08

l0-per- cent profit contracts for the
Hog Island and Bristol, Pa, ship
building yards.
The whole system of letting con-
tracts on a "cost plus basis is
wrong. BY making the profits of the
contracting company larger in pro-
portion as the cost of producing the
ships increases, these contracts en-
courage extravagant spending of
money on the part of the contractors.
The higher the cost, the bigger the
profit-that is the principle behind
the operation of these contracts. It
is a wrong principle. Any private
business concern which tried to con-
duct it's business along :he same lines
would speedily become bankrupt.
An excellent example of the opera
ton of this principle is furnished by.
the Hog Island shipbuilding scandal.
Everything at Hog Island seems to
have been done in the same way. Ex-
travagant salaries and big wages were
paid many officials and employees,
tors do not seem to have participated
in the general prosperity. Enormous
prices were also paid for materials.
With no limit to the cost Of building
the ships, the contracting company
did not feel called up on to practice
any economy whatever. =
Nor did this extravagant system Of
letting contracts produce the desired
results in the way of completed ships
The Hog Island company was way be-
hind schedule until it was reorgan-
iZed..
There is no reason to believe that
system which has been such la
mentable failure thus far will operate
any better in the future. The govern
ment should let its contracts for the
building of ships at flat prices, just as
any private business concern would.
This would encourage economy, eff
cheney and speed in carrying out the
contracts in place of extravaganza,
inefficiency and delay, as the ''cost
plus system does:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
MORE FOUL METHODS.

The Minnesota Leader: AS the
Leader goes to press this week word
is received that all public halls in
Duluth have been closed to Charles
A. Lindbergh, candidate of the farm
ers and labor unions for the Republi-
can nomination for governor. The
gang press reports that, even had Mr..
Lindbergh been able to obtain hall,
1.-The Knights of Liberty would have
attended to him." Halls refused, and
a threat of violence is the answer Of
the powers that be of Duluth to the
organized farmers and labor unions.
On the other hand, Duluth halls are
open to Governor Burnquist, Mr.. Lind
bergh's opponent for the Republican
nomination for governor at the June
II primaries. Burnquist will go
there and make a loyalty speech be-
fore the primaries and the expenses
of this campaign stunt of the COVER
nor's will be paid by the state public
safety commission out Of public
funds.
Does Burnquist and the political
gang expect to win by these tactics
Do they think Duluth people do not
resent foul play of this kind in poll
tical campaign? Can it be possible
that such methods will carry an cleo
ton in Minnesota, in this land Of the
free? Express your feeling about
these kind Of methods when you vote
June II.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
PROFITEERING.

Tacoma Labor Advocate: One of
the most vicious manifestations of
pro-Germanism in this country is
profiteering. So rotten has this prac-
tice become that the president has Just
asked congress to put an end to some
of the worst features of it, by a SUPER
tax on war profits and excess incomes.
That this proposal of the president
will meet with universal approval,
goes without saying. The people of
this nation are not so spineless that
they will sit idly by while thieves loot
the national treasury in an hour Of
gravest peril. It is time to recognize
that this class is Willingness, even
anxious to have our boys drain their
veins on the battlefields of France,
provided it can be made source Of
revenue to them. He'll is too good for
these fellows. More strength to Will
son in his pro American' campaign
against the sinister enemies of this
republic, who place profits about pa
triotism.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY
STANDARDIZING WAGES.

Baltimore Star: This is an age Of
standardization. Ships are, built &C
cording to fixed standard; automo-
biles are built on the same plan: sub
marine chasers are built to pattern
and, like the automobiles, can be ship
ped, knocked down, and assembled
wherever needed. Even the war is
being standardized as far as it is pos
sible to do so. All the implements of
warfare are made according TO GER
tain specifications so that American
ammunition can be used in French or
British guns and vice versa. The lat
est step is the standardization Of
wages, something which is being
sought by the United States and scnae-
thing which is bound to 60 away with
the "stealing' of workme.1 from one
plant by another which offers higher
pay. Such a plan would not work at
all in ordinary business.
Local industrial conditions require
local handling and what would be suf-
ticient wages for a man in Milwaukee,
for instance, would not suffice for a
worker in another section where rents
are higher; food costs more and other
Items OF nouSehOld upkeep are most
costly. But in semi-governmental
work, such as the building of ships
and where housing is carried out on
one basis, the equalization of the
wage scale could we'll be put into ef-
feet. There is no fear that Uncle
Sam will pay his royal workers less
through such a scheme; in truth, such
ia plan would operate as the greatest
Igood for the greatest number
At present wages for skilled labor in
manufacturing plants turning out
munitions of war ranges from IS
cents to as high as 80 cents an hour.
For unskilled labor the price per hour
in some sections is 20 cents an hour
as compared to 40 cents few hun
dred miles away. Obviously, with such
conditions prevailing, the nanufac-
turer who can pay the highest wage
|gets the pick of the labor market.
This hampers general production,
though facilitating increased output in
isolated cases. To remedy such con-
ditions is what the government very
reasonably hopes to effect through it's
standardized wage plan.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08

Here is an impartial question:
About a year ago C. A. Lindbergh
wrote book, why We Are at War"
Thousands of copies were circulated
through the mails, and governmental
officials at NO time questioned its
right of circulation. Now opponents
of Lindbergh's candidacy for COVER
nor charge that the contents of the
book are seditious and disloyal. Are
there two standards of gauging 10y
alty-one set by the Federal govern
ment and the other by the press and
petty politicians?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
THE WRONG SYSTEM

(From Minneapolis Weekly Mirror)
Charles M. Schwab, the new pro-
duction director of the Emergency
Fleet corporation, has cancelled the
"cost plus contract of the Subma-
rine Boat company Of Newark, N. j.,
for the construction of $50 steel ships
of 5000 tons each for the government.
Instead he has substituted contracts
on the basis Of flat price of $780,
900 for each ship. It is reported that
the change was made because the
Submarine Boat company was far be-
hind schedule in building ships. For
some reason, however, Mr.. Schwab
has seen fit to continue the cost plus
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
After the Allied Silk Trading

After the Allied Silk Trading cor
poration had made a contract with
the government ordnance department
to manufacture 100000 yards of
cartridge cloth, for which it was to
receive commission of IN per cent,
the company found that a commission
of per cent would provide reason
able profit. 1t then voluntarily cut
the commission, thereby saving about
100000 for the government. Just
think what contrast this is when
compared with the Hog Island
scandal!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08

The United States supreme court
this week declared unconstitutional
the law passed in 1916 prohibiting
the interstate shipment of products
of factories which employ children
under 16 years of age. The decision
was dissented to by four justices, but
nevertheless this very important and
much needed legislation will be rem
dered useless and imperative. The
greatest democracy in the world is
burdened with a tribunal which
would have been in it's glory in the
sixteenth century,