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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15
AN IMPORTANT
NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Social service necessary because of
war conditions and the reconstruc-
ton work that must be taken up in
every community at the close of the
war will be the principal subjects
stressed at the great forty-ffth Ma
tional Conference of Social Work to
be held in Kansas City May 1922.
The trend of the entire conference
will be along war service lines.
More than 1000 representative So
cial workers from every part of the
United States will attend the confer
ence. The speakers will include men
and women whom the government has
called to organize its army, navy and
industrial centers on the highest de-
gree of social welfare.
Such men as Raymond Robins, in
charge of Red Cross work in Russia;
Ernest P. Bicknell, Director General
of the Red Cross work in the United
States; Homer W. Folk, formerly
President of the New York State
charities and associations, now in
charge Of the department of civil af-
fairs of the Red Cross in France, will
have important places on the program,
C. C. Stillman and Fred r. johnson
who won national recognition by their
welfare work in Kansas City, will
speak on district work and training
camp activities respectively.
Practically the entire force of the
Playground and Recreation Associa-
ton of America, besides recreation
experts from the leading cities of the
country, have been enlisted to lead
the recreational activities of the SOL
diers and promote constructive social
reforms in towns and cities adjacent
to cantonments.
Among the great women speakers
will be Mrs. Florence Kelly, one of the
committee of three asked by the Gov
eminent to inspect factories where
soldiers uniforms were made and to
see that none are made in sweat-shops.
Maud Z. Minor, the only woman men,
Der of the New York State Probation
Commission, and Chairman of the
Committee on the Protection of Girls
of the War Department will be here
for a special session and several con-
ferences.
Housing conditions will be pre-
sented by Henry II. DeLoss, associate
director of the Public Service Reserve
of the United States employment ser
vice of the Department of Labor, this
problem being the first war labor
question taken up by the new advis-
DRY council of the Federal Bureau.
Prison labor, which is to be utilized
to increase production for the Gov
eminent and to make salvage from
the wastage of cities, will be pre-.
scented by E. Stage Within, who has
been commissioned by President Will
son to supervise this work. The pro
,, gressive people of the Middle Wes
, cannot afford to miss this great con
, ference and its helpful influence which
/ will color the social legislation of ev
i cry State in the Union for years tt
n come.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15
MORE FOOD is NEEDED,
SAYS SECRETARY HOUSTON

In spite of the large production in
many directions during 1917, the sit
uation is not satisfactory. The sup
ply of wheat in this nation and in the
world is-inadequate. Owing to short
crops in preceding years the reserves
of a number of important commodities
have been greatly reduced. Whether
the war continues or not the demands
of this country, because of the in
creasing population and of the needs
of Europe, will be great. They will
continue to be great for considera-
bic period, even after peace returns.
There will be an especially strong de-
mand made on this country for meats
and Notwithstanding Houston.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15

proceedings of law in courts of justice,
and see that no one modest him in
the peaceabIe enjoyment of the fruits
of his own efforts; believe in spite
of other things that the, real leaders
of the race are putting forth efforts
to aid their white brothers in the
furtherance of all good works for the
betterment of this country.
Thus let us never forget:
1.-THE future of the life to be,
We weave with colors all our own;
And in the field of destiny,
We reap as we have sown."
VIM. Brooks.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15
NOTHING ELSE LIKE 1T
IN HARRINGTON

There<has never been anything in
Pennington with the INSTANT &C
ton of simple buckthorn bark, gly-
cerine, ETC., as mixed in Adler-i-ka.
ONE SPOONFUL fushes the EN-
TIRE. bowel tract so completely it re-
lieves ANY CASE sour stomach, gas
or constipation and prevents appendi-
citis. = The INSTANT, pleasant &C.
ton of Adler-i-ka surprises both doc
tors and patients.-E. M. Laakmanr
Druggist.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.
YaAa Cas.ntv an

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
10 senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9th day Of December.
A. d. 1886. A. ". GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken In
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. TIC.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Fav-
Orite for Colds.

]. L. Easley, Macon, ILL.,, in speak
ing Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
says, During the past fifteen years it
has been my sisters favorite medi-
cine for colds on the lungs. myself
have taken it a number of times when
suffering with colda it always re-
lieved me promptly" Obtainable ev-
Ierywhere. tadv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15
ESTRAY NOTICE

Taken up, at my place at Leading
ton, Mo-, on Feb. 90, 2-year-old
black mare mule, with red nose. Own
er can have same by paying for keep
and expenses. CHAS. CHAZELLE,
Route 4, Box SO. Pennington, Mo. 9-3t
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15

Hindenburg is preparing for great
mass attack, the strategy being, per-
haps, to get as many Germans killed
as he can before the junkers have to
face the revolution.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-15

The Bolsheviki may prove them
selves better politicians than they are
fighters. 49,
The scarcity and the demand fol-
coal are both due to an unprecedented
neriod of cold weather.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
ASKS UNIONS help
IN TRIP. PROBLEM

time; and what its expenses are
after providing for an adequate
wage for the men. consistent with
present time conditions, before
any plan could be attempted to
solve the problem.
The value assigned the CON-
pany's property in 1918 by the
public service commission was
more than 100000, which the
city attorney said he believed to
be greatly in excess of its real
values, and believed further that
this inflated valuation was large
ly responsible for the seeming In
ability Of the company to oper-
ate on paying basis.
Raises Laugh
When Attorney Harmon ex-
planned, in answer to several
questions put to him by represen-
tatives of the various unions, that
there was no way under the law
whereby the street car company
could be forced to improve its
ways, except by procedure which
would be both expensive and its
outcome doubtful, w. T. Morris,
business agent of the shipyard Ia
borers and riggers' union, asked
why II was not possible to apply
the same methods to the street car
company as the military police ap-
piled recently In dealing with the
|. w. WIS here, and urged that
a body of representative citizens
go down there and clean 'em
out!"
In the laughter that followed,
Attorney Harmon reply was not
audible.
The Central Labor Council voted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

could at this time crystalline the
experience of the world in a con-
clusion concerning the length of
the work day that would be of
universal application. But this is
not possible now for many rea-
sons, not the least of which is an
insufficiency of data, touching so
many and such diverse employ
ments which call for such suffer-
ing and strain upon human nerve
and muscle"
Declaring that this, moreover,
is not the time to make expert
ments,' the commission adds,
that the one thing imperative is
volume and speed in railroad out
put. Our need as a nation and
the vital needs of those nations
with whom we are allied have
been imperiled by the shortcom-
ings of our transportation sys-
TEN. There is no one who wishes
to risk repetition of this con-
dition."
43 Per Cent Higher.
The increases proposed by the
commission are based on the
premise that the cost of living
since 1915 has increased AZ per
cent. shown by thorO study of
actual living conditions.
Roughly, it may be said that
the man who received $S5 a
month on Jan. 1, 1916, the
commission declares, now needs
40 per cent additional to his wage
to give the same living he had
then. Below that wage a larger
percentage must be allowed, be-
cause the opportunity for substi-
tuition and other methods of thrift
have declined almost to van
ishing point"
This being the basis of commits
sion computations, those getting
over $3.50 a month are to receive
no increases whatever-and there
is a strong hint that many non
essential officials" must be sac
rificed to the pressing demands
of war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

Continued From Page One.)
skirt as short as mine usually az
fects. They are heavy and made
for service.
These boots. however, have been
covered with the mud OF d :.
vastated towns, and they have
been sticky with the evil smelling
debris of the trenches. | have
oftel felt that they weighed ton
as YEARLY drew them out of
shell holes and ruts made by en-
emies guns and Our marching
men.
| am carrying a cane; a cane
given to me by a brave English ii
ficer under circumstances which
to me make il seem almost a wdr
decoration.
"Over there" no French or
English officer passes me without
saluting the Red Cross on the
front of my hat aud | take it as L
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
WILL
Give PAY RAISE

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., May
"a full dinner pail for all
is to be the governments
policy toward the national
railroad employees during the
war.
Formal announcement of the
railroad wage commissions report
advocating wage increases for all
railroad workers making less than
$3.50 a month in 1915, was fol-
lowed today by assurance that Dir
rector General McAdoo approves
the proposed increases-and pos
sibly may extend more.
Before acting on his commits
sion's report, he will confer with
representatives Of the employees
to determine whether the new
schedules, amounting to increases
of nearly $30O,O00,0O0 annually,
with $1O0,0OO,0OO back pay to
Jan. /, would work hardship on
any class of workers.
The policy of the government
toward its labor Is clearly set
forth in the digest of the report,
an excerpt from which declares:
''Organized and unOrga-
nized employees are to be
treated alike. Women and
men who perform equal serv-
ice are to be given equal pay
and differences in pay are
not to be predicted on color"
In reaching its conclusions, the
wage commission declined to ac-
cede to many requests made by
the employees. The contention of
the men that they wanted a short
er day and more overtime to en-
force it was met with the follow
ing from the commission's report:
Would Penalize U. s.
"At this time when urgent and
serious necessity compels sacri-
flee from all, to penalize the gov
eminent for working its men as
long as they have been in the
habit OF working under their pri-
vate employers, is to take ad-
vantage of the two-fold embar-
rassment of the government-its
need for the work and its ina
bility to call in outside men. The
commission does not believe the
railroad employees really want thus
to hamper the transportation IA
cilities of the country in its hour
Of need"
No Time for Experiments.
1t would be "a splendid thing. !"
says the commission, IF we
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
GOODBYE TO GERM AN
IN TACOMA SCHOOLS

still will have a choice of Latin,
Greek, French and Spanish in the
junior and senior years.
With an increase In salary of
$500 a year for the second and
third years, Geiger was reelected
for three years by the board.
The board concurred in the
recommendation of DR.. L. A. Lay
ton, city health officer, that an
oculist be employed for the
schools instead of the medical
adviser.
Plans for the new four-room
additions to the schools were
presented by H. II. Cove, school
architect. Each addition will
cost about $4,000, and the Wash
ington. Bryant, Franklin and
three other schools will get them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
HAIG DRIVES BACK
ENEMY IN PLACES

~'AS'Hh Nv llfASFsJ
Quilted Press Lss-ed wlre.,
LONDON, May 9.-British
troops, by a counter attack
last night, drove the Ger.
mans from portions of the
allied front between LaClytte
and VOrmezeele, which they
had occupied in the morning.
Field Marshal Haig reported
today,
I'VE drove the enemy last night
from the positions he gained yes
terday morning in the LaClytte-
Vormezeele section and re-estab-
lished the positions we originally
held" the statement said.
"A new German attack north of
KENNEL this morning pressed
back our line slightly at one
point.
Yesterdays attacks in Elan
ders was carried out by two Ger
man divisions $4,000 men) +.
They suffered heavy casualties.
Hostile raids were repulsed
last night in the neighborhood of
Lens and Merris. We took pris-
oners yesterday in the local fight
ing near Bucquoy midway be-
tween Arras and Albert).
THE enemy's artillery devel-
oped considerable activity last
night In the Albert sector"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

ing from Mexico City. Alvarado
has been reported assassinated.
But this report has never been
confirmed. and many thing he il
Just as much alive as Villa.
Esteban Cantu, who is friendly
to Americans. has another govern
ment of his own in Lower Cali
fornia, westernmost part of Mex
leo. These outlying state govern
ments are cut off from Mexico
City by the bandit-infested re-
gions where villa and Zapata
reign.
Disorder la Oil Fields
CarranZa has the largest terri
tory under his sway, but his rule
is the weakest OF the five.
The State of Tamaulipas, con-
tanning the oil fields that supply
much of the allied navies, are in
Carranza's territory, but are kept
in disorder by constant bandit
raids. and army lawlessness which
Carranza cannot control. Ger
mans keep this disorder going.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

advertisement of my husbands
business prosperity. II I were mar
ried.
I could with fashions full con-
sent and the approval of the world
take off or put on anything in the
way of clothes, If by so doing /
plainly showed that | was asking
the admiration of men purely be.
cause | was a woman.
have found, however, thai
when a woman puts on a dress
that is perfectly suitable for he:
work--it may be as quiet and con-
sentative as my Red Cross uni-
form, or it may be any other uni
form that the exigencies of this
war have brought to women
there will he men who will resent
il because Ii silently tells them
that the women who wear IL are Oh
business and not on them intent.
All this is called up and boiling
in my system, because a well
dressed man thus accosted me on
the street the other day. why,
hello, dearie. when did you come!
And you have brought your cane
with you, too"
| whirled on that reptilian
speeiman Of human misunder-
standing and said:
"Yes, I have brought my
cane from the battlcficlds OF
France, and IL il had not been
given me by q brave soldier
who was out there spilling his
red blood that such IA whisky
soaked slackers as you might
live, I'd break il over your
head ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

is meant, a tribute to the most e.
ficient. sympathetic and funda-
mental war relief the world has
ever known.
How Americans Behave.
II is only when | come home
that | find how my countrymen
the boosted, chivalrous Amel.-
can men-look upon a woman who
is supposedly dressing for some
thing besides alluring their tickle
fancy.
Until last November, when |
went abroad, | wore as up-to-date
feminine frills as my salary would
buy. In other words, | was al
ways supposed to be dressed, as
any woman should be, to please
some man.
I might be hoping to be compli-
mented by the admiring glances
of my sweetheart, if | were not
married, or | might be a walking
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

Continued From Page One.)
lumbus, New Mexico, caused Gen.
Pershing's expedition into Mexico
in 1916. His outbreaks are be-
lieved to be financed mostly by
German gold.
Emilano Zapata rules several
states in southern Mexico, at the
very gates of Mexico City.
His is workers republic in
which money has been abolished.
and everybody works two hours a
day. When Zapata's people run
short of anything they need,
Zapata attacks some neighboring
state and takes what he wants.
II it cannot be Obtained this
way. he buys 1t with state funds
in Guatemala.
AlvaradO and Cantu
Salvador Alvarado organized
socialist government in Yucatan,
easternmost part of Mexico, and
ruled that section with little boss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

Charging that the Tacoma Rail-
way & Power Co. has failed to give
the people of Tacoma adequate
and proper street car service, City
Attorney U. e. Harmon addressed
members of the Central Labor
Council Wednesday night urging
them to investigate the matter and
asked their cooperation in solving
what he branded as lone of the
most vital problems& before the
people of Tacoma today"
In an exhaustive and interest
ing address on the subject of the
street car situation here, Attorney
Harmon went into the history of
Ithe street car company since its
inception.
"The statements of the Tacoma
Railway & Power Co." said At
Attorney Harmon, 'discloses the
Pact that the company is unable to
EARN sufficient revenue to pay
Yeither a dividend on its stock or
the interest on its bonds, and yet
no steps have been taken to i'm
prove this situation"
Loss Is Larger
According to the company's re-
ports, he said, 1t had lost more in
1917 than 1t had In 1916, which
was probably explained by the
strike which was going on here
among its employees last year.
The city council has called up
on the street car company to sub
init a statement of its affairs for
the first three months of this year.
Attorney Harmon said that it
would be necessary to determine
what income the company is de-
irving from its operation at this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

Americans and Britons in the
oil fields have been deprived of
arms and are quite defenseless.
Battles between Carranza troops
and disaffected rebels are fire
quent.
Villa is operating a little fur
Their west, not far from the bor-
der.
Thirty old Z men, women and
children were killed by Villistas a
few days ago at Santa Cruz de
Rosales, only 40 miles from Chi
huahua City.
German agents tell Mexicans
that Villa drove the U. S. troops
out of their country. Most Mex
leans, illiterate and ignorant, can
readily believe this.
And German efforts to prey on
their credulity are ably directed
by wireless from Berlin--for there
is still wireless communication
between Germany and Mexico, and
this is one route by which Amer
lean news reaches Germany.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
The German language nc

The German language no
longer will he taught in Ia
coma schools.
Following a suggestion made in
The Times, the school board at its
meeting decided to discontinue
the study Of the Hun tongue, on
the recommendation of w. f. Gel
ger, city superintendent of
schools.
Geiger declared that only 13
students elected the study OF
German at the beginning of the
last semester, and that at the
present rate there wouldn't be a
class of 10 pupils in either school
next year.
Geiger was for putting the Ger
man teachers in positions where
they can be of use. The pupils
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
DAIRY TRUCK HITS
AUTO; BOTH HURT

A dairy auto truck driven by
Adolph Koher collided with an
Oakland car owned by c. E.. Tor
kelson, 1106 So. Pine, Wednes-
day afternoon as the latter was
driving north on Pacific near
18th.
Both cars were damaged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
Hun F Propaganda Is Stirring Up Mexico
LATEST MEXICAN
OUTBREAKS

Villa and his raiders kill
80 women and girls near
Chihuahua City.
Acting Governor Nafar-
cite Of Tamaulipas State as
sassinated by knife-thrust.
Disaffected ARA MA
troops near Tampico sur
rounded and killed by loyal
lists.
Carranzistas and Zapatis-
tas clash in Morelos State,
near Mexico City.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
Mass Divisions
For a New Blow

Continued From Page One)
direct command ofuyon Hutier who
in turn Is under the German
crown prince.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09
SOFT DRINK MEN
WILL FORM UNION

The soda fountain and soft
drink dispensers are to form a
union, was the statement made
Wednesday night to a Times re-
porter by Harley Johnson. inter-
national organizers of hotel and
restaurant employees International
alliance, with which the new union
will be affiliated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

in the form of a motion to take
the matter up at once among the
various unions without delay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

Map of Mexico showing the
sections in which the five
rulers rule. They are, left to
right, Esteban Cantu, Pancho
villa, VenusianO Carrange,
Emiliano Zapata, and Saliva.
dor AlvaradO, whose assas.
sinatiOn has been reported
but not confirmed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

The inaugurating meeting will
be held at p. IN. next Wednes-
day In the Central Labor Council
hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-09

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