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The labor standard., 1918-05-01
10000 PAINTERS
 SERVING COUNTRY
Wage Schedules for Connecticut Cities Announced at State Conference - The Conditions Favorable Throughout United States E

NEW HAVEN-At the meeting of the State Council of Painters, De- corators and Paperhangers on Sunday, April 21, waga scales were announced as follows: .t. |
 Bridgeport, advanced from $4 a day to $5. - 'ft
 New Haven, from $3.64 a day to $4.25; effective April 8.
 New Britain, from $4 to $4.40; eff fective April 1, with $5; effective April l., 1919.
 Waterbury, from $3.64 to $4.s0; eff fective April 15.
 Greenwich, S5.2O for painters, $5.50 for paperhangers; effective May 1.
 Naugatuck, same as Waterbury.
 Stamford, from $4 to $5; effective April 1. f -..-->.
 New London, from s3.28 to $4.5O.
 Norwich, from $3.28 to $4.
 Third Vice-President Cullen of Worcester, Mass, was present and told of the great advancement of the Painters Union all over the country. 10000 the Painters have 10000 members with the colors.
 Organizer James Melaven of Worcester was also present and ad-, dressed the delegates to the confer ence.
 It was announced that Organizer Gallagher of Philadelphia was in Washington looking after the paint ers' interests on government work. An appropriation of $2,000,000 has been made for painting cantonments.
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Rats Steal Elatiron.

Some plastering fell from the ceiling of the linen room at the Glenn house recently, says Pittsburgh Dispatch, and Harland Ray secured ladder. and climbed up to knock down the loose plaster remaining. He discovered a rats nest and in it were three ladies' silk stockings, two perfume bottles and a fiatirOn, besides numerous other things not mentioned in this inventory. How the rats got the iron there re- mains mystery.
The labor standard., 1918-05-01
Beauty or Ualinsss.

Speaking of the personal appear ance of Lincoln and other presidents, a Boston lady who has had the honor of an introduction to President Wilson. explains why she was disappointed in his looks. She says: "He isn't home ly enough to be handsome, and he isn't handsome enough to be attractive" A famous Parisienne once said that next to being the most beautiful woman in Paris, she would prefer to be known as the homeliest. She would then achieve distinction in either case.
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MOONEY COURT ORDER
 IS NOT CONSISTENT

Tn an editorial entitled 1.-The Case of Mooney,'' the Capital Times says:
 Laboring men all over the country, believing Mooney to have been convict : ed on perjured testimony, asked that the authorities give him another hearing The president appointed commission to investigate the facts and on it's re- port he wired the governor for elem ency for Mooney. Thereupon certain business interests protested that the action of the president was an 'lmper- thence and demanded that the law take it's course and Mooney pay the forfeit of his life. The haters- of organized workers have taken up the demand for Mooney's life, and local paper re-echoes the savage cry.
 What travesty on justice! What an example to set before the world! The courts of justice that do not hesi- tate to set aside verdict for damages against 8 corporation or cut down a verdict for damages because 1t seems too high can find no relief for a man who has been convicted upon what appears to have been perjured evidence. When the copper companies of Bisbee, Arizona, unlawfu1iy deported men guilt less of any offense, when these companies interfered with the draft by refusing to allow the men to return to their homes to enter the government service under the law, no word of protest ever fell from the system press. A report of special commission showed that the copper companies were guilty of a great outrage against the working popu- lation of Bisbee. But nothing has been done to punish these powerful offenders.
 '.'It were better for the country that the impression, only too we'll founded, that there is one course of justice for the laboring man and another for a wealthy employer be changed before if is too late :, "
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Demurrer to First Count of Amended Complaint"
United States of America

OnlCGQ SCaCoS or Amer1ca
 vS.
 International Silver Company
 United States District Court,
 District of Connecticut,
 November 30, 1917. The defendant demurs to the first count of the amended complaint in the above entitled action because the same is insufficient in law, and for reasons of special demurrer assigns the following:
 l.. Because no facts are stated from which it appears that the said George c. Pearson was contract laborer within the meaning of that term as used in "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens into the United States" approved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act ap- proved March 26, 1910
 2. Because it appears from "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens into the United States" ap- proved February 20, 1907, as amended hys.an act approved March 26, 1910, that contract laborer within the meaning of said acts, is one "who HAS DeeI llQuc0Q OF ssd SOlclIeQ to migrate to this country by offers or promises of employment, or in .conse- quence of agreements, oral, written, or printed, express or implied, to per form labor in this country of any kind, skilled or unskilled," and is not merely one who is "an ordinary un- skilled workman" as defined in para graph 2 of the first count of the amended complaint.
 3. Because it does not appear, and is not alleged, that the defendant had any knowledge that the said George c. Pearson was a contract laborer, within the meaning of the act, at the time when the defendant did the acts of which complaint is made in the first count of the amended complaint 4. Because no facts are stated from which it appears that the de- fsndant did prepay the transporta- tion, or in any way assist or encour- age the importation or migration of" the said George c. Pearson into the United States, within the meaning of those terms as used in "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens
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What She Wanted.

Mary had gone to one of her friends birthday parties. At the party choco- late and coconutt cakes were served. The lady that served the cake asked Mary what kind of cake she wanted. .aThe cake with the noodles on 1t" was her prompt reply.
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Unprepared.

Daughter (weeping bitterly do have pity. papa. and let Edward and me be happy" Papa (naturaIist, furiously, You think of mat rimony. when you don't even know how many ,vertebrae there are in the spinal column of lizard Christian Register.
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Early United States Currency.

In the early periods of the United States 1-cent pieces were copper, then for a comparatively short time of nickel, though the proportion which the copper and nickel coins formed of the total is very small, the entire number of copper 1-cent coins issued being 156,- 2s9,OOo; nickel, POO, ,772, 900; bronze, g. 446, I'll 900. '-
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Put in Eyerythlna.

There's the original pre-. scription. can't imagine how you made that mistake in. putting 1t upi-. Druggist must have mix ed your signature in with the other in- gredients."-Judge.
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Ashamed of It.

This bit of cynical wisdom occupies the most obscure nook in the Syracuse Herald: Don't think that every sad eyed woman has loved and lost. Per haps she loved and got him."-Bufralo News.
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Demurrer to Second Court of Amended Amended Complaint

Amended Amended COmpiaInC
 The defendant demurs to the second count of the amended complaint 1T the above entitled action because the same is insufficient in law, and for reasons of special demurrer assigns the following:
 1. Because no facts are stated from which it appears that the. said George c. Pearson, IT,, was con- tract laborer within the meaning of that term as used in "An Act to Regu- late the Migration of Aliens into the United States" approved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act March 26, 1910.
 2. Because it appears from "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens into the United States," ap- proved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act approved March 26,>1910, that contract laborer, within the meaning of said acts, is one "who has been induced or solicited to migrate to this country by offers or promises of employment, or in consequence of agreements, oral, written, or printed, express or implied, to perform labor in this country of any kind, skilled or unskilled," and is not merely one who is "an ordinary unskilled work man. as defined in paragraph ' of the second count of the amended complaint.
 3. Because it does not Appear, and is not alleged, that the defendant had any knowledge that the said George c. Pearson, Jr., was contract labor CT, within the meaning of the act, at the time when. the defendant did the acts of which complaint is made in the second count of the amended com plaint.
 4. Because no facts are stated from which it appears that the defendant did prepay. the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the irn- portation or migration of" the said George c. Pearson, Jr., into the United States, within the meaning of those. terms as used in "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens into the United States. approved Febru- ary 20, 1907, as amended by an act approved March 26, 1910.
 g.. Because it appears from the complaint that the acts done by the defendant were not contrary to the spirit of "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens into~the United States" approved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act approved March 26, 1910.
 6. Because. it appears from the sec ond count of the amended complaint that there was mo offer, solicitation, promise. or agreement made to or with the said George c. Pearson, Jr.
 Demurrer to Relief
 The defendant demurs to the relief sought in the amended complaint be- cause it appears from said amended complaint that if the defendant undertook Gin any way to assist or encourage the importation or migra- tion of" the said George c. Pearson and George c. Pearson, Jr., contrary to the provisions of teAn Act to Regu- late the Migration of Aliens into the United States," approved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act approved March 26, 1910, there was but one solicitation for both persons, and therefore even if the defendant had violated said acts, only one pen atty would be incurred.
 Wherefore the defendant prays Judgment.
 DEFENDANT,
 By Perkins, Wells & Scott,
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GENERAL LABOR NEWS

New wage schedules for civil em- ployees In navy yards on the Pacific coast were agreed upon by the navy department and union leaders. Sim liar agreements for South Atlantic coast and New England yards will be taken up. The new Pacific coast schedule will be practically the same as that approved by the shipping board for ship workerss It gives general raise of about 20 isslzlIi king the av- craze daily agefor the skilled trades from $5.6O to S5.so.
 Eight hundred employees of the American Car and Foundry company, at Trenton. N. J., ono of the concerns making airplanes for the government, who went out on strike. returned to work. A delegation representing the strikers met with the concerns repre- sentatives and effected settlement in which the employees receive 10 per cent wage increase based on an eight-hour day.
 A new universal plate mill, third unit Of a plant constructed within 8 year by the Mark Manufacturing com pany, Indiana Harbor, Ind, rolled it's first steel. It is the fourth plate mill opened in Lake county. The Mark company is engaged on government war orders.
 With the Utica, N. Y., military po- lice guarding the plant. the Savage Arms company's factories. which are making the Lewis machine guns and ammunition, were idle owing to a strike for higher wages of nearly A. GOO men.
 Announcement was made by the Westinghouse Air Brake company that the wages of it's employees at the Will merding and Swissvale plants have been increased 12h per cent, effective April 1. About 5000 persons are af- fected.
 In order to discourage shifting ship yard labor from one yard to another the shipbuilding labor adjustment board put into effect a standard wage scale for all yards on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 45-..
 England averted the threatened strike of 10000 tramway and bus em- ployees by an increase of s in the weekly wage over the figure that was paid before the war. 4
 The United States wage board, in- vestigating present-time living condi- tions, found a number of families ac- tually saving money on $500 incomes.
 The Anaconda Copper Mining com pany has created a labor department, where employees can. go to secure the adjustment of minor disputes.
 An increase of $2 to s a week has been secured by Cincinnati Ice Mems union. An additional g week will be paid on March next year.
 BOilerInakers in Altoona, Pa., have organized the first local of their craft on the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburgh.
 Allegany county (Maryland) Teach ers' association voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor.
 Subordinate typographical unions and individual members have taken $2, ,OOO, ,OOO worth of Liberty bonds. Passaic (N. J.) wool workers have granted third wage increase to work CTS amounting to $5OO,OOO year.
 During the past six years organized street car men in Chicago have re- ceived over $750.0 in benefits.
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Rich Iands in cuba.

The mountain regions of Cuba in- clude many ridges and valleys of ex-f tremely fertile land, nearly all un- touched. and existing practically as they did before the time of the Span fards.
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caIifornIa's Weeping Trees.

California has but two species of native trees that are normally of weeping habit. One is Quercus lobata, the valley oak, having its most south erly. range near Burbank. The other is Picca Breweraine, the weeping spruce, which is found inea few iso- lated mountainous sections in the northwest corner of the state.
The labor standard., 1918-05-01
Restores the Balance.

Each solitary kind of action that is done, the world over, is working brisk ly in its own sphere to restore the bal- ance between right and wrong.
The labor standard., 1918-05-01
Facts About Barcelona.

The province of Barcelona has an area of 2.966 square miles and 1,186.- O6S inhabitants. The city of Barce- Iona, the largest in Spain. has per manent population of SOO,O00.
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May Be Only Washing the Cans.
 Headline in New York paper: "Milk- Men. in Pool" Suspicious place for milkmen.-Boston Transcript.
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Recipe for Succeee

Recipe for Success. It is well for us to remember that nothing succeeds like success. and even if in the beginning we just make believe" it. really grows to be true. Try it.
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Daily Thouoht.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good they really are.- J. C.. and A. w. Hare. s...s- ~
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The Autonobilist.

The man in front drives like mad all day, and the ladies sit still and look at the scenery. Man at the wheel has no time for that. When they stop for the night, he's too tired for converse tion.-From the Atlantic
The labor standard., 1918-05-01
John Pau, Jones Was Scotch.

John Paul Jones was Scotch by birth and very enterprising person. Dur ing the Revolutionary war he com manded an American privateer and made successful attacks on British commerce. In 1779 the Dutch permit ted him to enter their ports with two British ships of war, which he had taken and which the local authorities f1atly refused to deliver up. He died at Paris in 1792, and his remains were brought to this country a few years ago for burial.
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into. the United States" approved February 20, 1917, as amended by an act approved March 26, 1910.
 5. Because it appears from the complaint that the acts done by the defendant were not contrary to the spirit of "An Act to Regulate the Migration of Aliens into the United States," approved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act approved March 26, 1910.
 Demurrer to Second Court of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
GERMAN PLANS FOR PEACE
Would Hold All Captured Territory
and Make Russia Pay War
Damages.

London.-Germany has thrown off
the mask and has begun to maneuver
against the evacuation of Russian ter.
ritory overrun by the AustroyGerman
armies.
During the latest stage of the nego.
tiations at Brest.Lktovsk the German
ENJOYS FASTENED an agreement for
the speedy resumption of commercial
relations.
At the same time conditional agree.
ments were reached on the following
additional points:
Liberation of war and civilian pris.
oners.
Resumption of diplomatic and con.
sular relations.
The return OF informed merchant
ships.
The payment OF war damages.
The question Of evacuation of occu.
pied territory was left open In view
of the disagreement upon the matter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
PRISONERS FATE UNKNOWN
Twelve Americans Captured, but Ger
mans Acknowledge Only Five
Others May Be Dead.

With the American Army in France
What is the fate Of seven MISSING
American soldiers of the ~ taken pris
oner by the Germans in their trench
raid of Nov. 8?
Thousands Of soldiers over the
American zone were left to draw their
own conclusions whether the Germans
had murdered seven helpless captives
The matter was called to every sol
dier's attention in an official division
bulletin circulated. The article sets
forth these facts:
In the November raid the enemy
took II prisoners.
Later an illustrated German paper
printed photographs Of the first Amer
lean prisoners. surrounded by a taunt
ing crowd in Berlin-and the photo
graph showed only five prisoners.
The bulletin makes no suggestions
as to the fate Of the missing seven
but few officials are hopeful that they
are yet alive.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
GERMAN WORKERS WAR SICK
Scores Of Socialists Arrested After .
Number Of Explosions in Mu-
milton Factories.

Observation-Disclosures workmen in
Germany are resorting to sabotage 10
force the kaiser to make peace. ac-
cording to information reaching here.
Following a series of disastrous eX.
plosions at several OF the important
munitions factories. scores Of indie
pendent Socialists employed in them
have been arrested. The military au.
thorities are taking extreme steps to
suppress all information concerning
the arrests and also the explosions.
They regard the situation as highly
critical, according to the news which
has leaked across the border.
One Of the significant features Of
the explosions has been the heavy
damage caused without loss of life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
RAIL LINES IN new RECORDS

Chicago.-Traffic on American rail-
roads passed the $4,000, 0O0, 900 mark
during the last year, for the first time
In history.
The gross receipts for the year are
placed at $4.1sS.227 1856. a gain Of $451..
905,43S over 1916. but. despite this in.
crease In business, there was a de.
crease Of $91. S76,153 In net. The net
income for 1917 was S1,022,741.9s
Operating expenses we're e2,s43.A6S..
40, an increase Of Sls7,o10.s0 Net
operating income per mile IL placed ut
$3.50. a return OF 6.s7 per cent on the
capital invested. In 1915 the net In.
come was 1929. q return Of 6.le per
cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
COMPERs CALLS TO LABOR
URGED TO 90 ITS SHARE IN WIN.
MING WAR.
Declares Workerf Part 10 Coequal
With That Of Soldiers and
Sailors.

Washington.-In a New Years
greeting to all organized labor, Samuel
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation of Labor, calls upon repre-.
sentatives and organizers to make
| plain to their fellows the issues in,
volved in the war and the obligation
that devolves upon all citizens. He
| also emphasizes the Importance OF see.
ing to it that the spirit and methods OF
democracy are maintained at home
while the country is fighting to estab
lish them in international relations.
WAR means victory for our cause
or danger to the very existence OF our
nation a Y the address. With our
nation at stake, individuals cannot In
terpose opposition to the war, q war
| declared by the will Of the nations
representatives. Under the exigencies
of war. opposition to the wal de-
clared by constituted authority be.
comes treason.
Continuous production Is an indis.
pensahle prerequisite to production OF
necessary war supplies. The govern.
ment, as well as the workers them
selves, is vitality interested in main
tanning such conditions that there
shall be no occasion for interruption
in production.
THE chief responsible agents Of the
| government have shown a desire to b.
fair and an understanding of the HUI
man elements involved in this prob
lem. The organized labor movement
has also shown an equally broad un
derstanding and grasp of the situa
ton"
Mr.. Gompers quotes at length from
the declaration adopted by labor's reg
resentatives, meeting here on Marcel
IL, and from the resolutions of tn
Buffalo convention Of the American
Federation of Labor, outlining the at
titude of organized labor toward wal
work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
SERUM USED FOR PNEUMONIA
Chicago Health Department Says the
Rosenow Treatment Has Sue.
ceeded In objects.

Chicago.--Use of the Rosenow bac.
term for treatment of pneumonia Is
meeting with unusual success here, &C.
cording to reports from the city health
department. Several apparently hope.
less s have responded quickly to
the treatment. according to Health
Commissioner Robertson. and In the
majority Of instances cures have been
obtained.
The bacterin was discovered by Dr..
E. G. Rosenow, formerly with q Chi.
cago hospital and now with the med.
ical department of the University Of
Minnesota.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
LIBERTY MOTOR PLANT FIRED
Spies Believed 20 - implicated In
DssaructloK Of Largest Con.
csrn Building Airpianea

Detroit.-What Ia believed to be a
plot by German spies to destroy the
@3,0O0.000 plant Of the Liberty Motor
CO. plant, which Il the largest concern
in the United States building aero
plane motors for the government, was
frustrated by employees Of the con.
earn.
Wcfkmen discovered one Of the
buildings In course Of construction In
flames and with the help Of the fire
department confined the blaze to a
limited distance. the loss being small.
This 10 the second attempt by Ger.
man plotterS To destroy the plant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
NEW LINEUP IN CONGRESS
independent Group With Six Votes
viii Have Balance Of Power
at Coming Session.

Neutrality-suspicious. close the politi-
cal balance in the house will be when
congress reconvenes Jan. 8 is shown
by this summary made by South Trim
BILE, clerk Of the house:
Total membership, 453: Democrats,
211; Republicans. 209; Independent
group, 6; vacancies. Q.
The vacancies are by resignation Of
Representatives Fitzgerald, Griffin and
Bruckner Of New York and Adamaon
Of Georgia; deaths OF Representatives
Bathrick Of Ohio and Martin Of NIL
nois and absences on army service Of
Representatives Johnson OF South Da-
hota, Laguardia Of New York and
Heintz Of Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10
ANTARCTIC RELIEF SHIP LOST
Nothing Hoard From the Aurora Since
II Left New Zealand Last June
Life Buoy Found.

London.-The Daily Mail says It Is
feared that the Antarctic relief ship
Aurora Of the S~hackelton expedition
has been lost with all hands while r.
turning to England. 1t Is understood
the vessel sailed from Wellington, N.
T.. In June with q crew Of about 20.
Nothing has been heard from 1t since.
Vessels sent to search found only a
life buoy marked Aurora and some
wreckage.