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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
BADGER SENATE
RAPS La TOILETTE
.2%g,s+'Sa'.:
FOR WAR STAND
Loyaists Heap Denunciations
Upon Senator While Huge
Crowd Listens.

MADISON, Wis, Feb. 28.-After
what probably was the most bitter
denunciation ever heaped on an Amer
ccnsin legislature late Monday night
voted, % to 7, to condemn Senator
La Toilette in a loyalty resolution.
The scene, as the all-day assault
against the Wisconsin senior senator
came to close, was dramatic Never
before had the senate chamber, the
lobbies and the galleries been so
crowded. Spectators were everywhere,
even crowding onto the speakers ros-
trum.
The adoption of the Wilcox amend
ment to the Republican harmony
caucus loyalty pledge was urged in
speeches by Senators Witter, Ben
nett, Hanson, Burke and Wilcox.
There was no defense from the La
Toilette supporters. -:
An Outraged People.
"He has brought down upon his sill
YER hair the universal condemnation
of an outraged people," declared Sen
ator Wilcox.
Senator Burke advocated the "thun-
ders of silence" treatment for La Fol-
lette.
$50 soon as we cease to mention the
name of the man who is under dis
cussion here, just so soon shall he
sink into oblivion, declared Burke
mo one will aspire to be his success
sor.'
Frequently did the word TRAITOR
burst forth from the speakers.
|,s =FFhe &. loyalty resolution, already
passed by the assembly, goes back
there now carrying the Wilcox amend.
ment. A fight even more sensational
| than that staged in the senate is ex
| pected.
The matter will not get before thu
! lower house, however, until Thursda,
night, adjournment until that tim'
having been taken late Monday. Th'
senate will continue in daily session.
to clean up it's calendar.
The special session probably will
continue until Saturday night
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02

spirit will win the war. Let us have
that faith.
Glory the Sole Compensation.
There is no compensation for the
tragedies of war, except the illumi-
nation and glory that comes to a peo-
pie out Of sacrifice.
I'VE have. committed ourselves to
the consummation of victory Out Of
the los, 100000 American people there
are 100,000,000 who would willingly
die before they would stop. the war
until liberty has been achieved for
the world.
II thought the young people Of
America were so given up to pleas
ure and sports that they had lost the
stuff of which their forefathers lwere
made. 1t is a great compensation in
all the tragedy to find America today
is the same America it was in '76 and
'e3. - ., >. ~~>,
"And though there has come a
shadow over some homes in America
there isn't a home where that
shadow hasn't with it sorrowful
pride. There is not a. man in Amer
lea who doesn't feel the spiritual ele-
vation-something. new that has taken
him out Of himself and made him
forget the things that he thought were
worth while when he sees the million
and a half-aN Of them young men,
with careers before them; some of
them giving up fortunes: some Of
them leaving widowed mothers: all
of them making the supreme sacri-
| flee. = q. 8 y IS 8 j. p =. !, f4s'
For what? That the world might
be free. So long have we been accus-
toned to a free country, to liberty,
| that it seemed commonplace to us.
In all our lives we had never heard
the word 'verboten.', But II this war
should terminate against us the word
'verboten' will, be the only word in
! all the Language that we will hear
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
new Y0RK'UNIoNS
TO PUSH. HEALTH
INSURANCE BILL
Labor Federation Drafts Meas.
ure And Has It introduced
In Legislature.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-"Health in.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-"Health in
surance is going to come just as sure
as workmen's compensation came. To
us, as woge earners, there are two
courses open. Either we may hold
back blindly until bill is passed
which is disadvantageous and bur-
densome, or we may have a bill so
drafted as to protect and promote the
interests of organized labor"
This declaration is made in a COM
prehensive report on workmen's
health insurance, issued for general
distribution among interested unions,
by the committee on health of the
New York State Federation of Labor,
of which Commissioner James M.
Lynch of the state Industrial commits
sion is chairman.
The committees report sets forth
in detail the provisions Of the health
insurance bill adopted unanimously
by the 200 delegates at the special
state convention in Albany, Feb. 6. It
appears simultaneously with the in
PRODUCTION of the Federation's bill in
the legislature by Senator Courtlandt
Nicoll, who says: "The high per-
centage of physical disability dis
closed by the draft examinations is
call to prompt action in furnishing
health protection to those who most
need it," 49,.
n. Labor's Present Opportunity.
I'VE arc not going to sit idly by
much longer and see our citizens af-
flicted by. poverty due to Sickness"
says the report. Referring to the
present opportunity and duty of or
ganized labor, the. committee states:
ALREADY the casualty companies are
selling group insurance in plants, and
a man has to work there a certain
number of months in order to be en-
titled to benefit. If he leaves, he
loses his Tights. The detrimental ef-
feet of such a plan is obvious-it
tends to tie a man to his job: This
is the time for organized labor to push
health insurance through, otherwise
the casualty companies will have con-
troll of the situation to the extent that
we will not be able to control the
wage SCALE"
The Federation of Labor was in the
beginning inclined to oppose health
insurance legislation, but following
careful study during the past year,
and the favorable vote of local unions
throughout the state. on the report
and bill as finally accepted in revised
form by its own, special: committee,
the Federation has now unanimously
placed insurance-on its immediate leg
tslative program. H.. - s": n: s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
DISCLOSE PLOT
TO PRoFI1'EERIN
ARMY UNIFORMS
Federal Grand Jurors Indict
Eleven Men; Government
Loss Five Million. j

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-An alleged
countrywide plot, involving illegal
profiteering in army cloths at the ex-
pense of the government, was dis:
closed here with indictment by the
Federal grand jury of eleven men,
one a clerk in the quartermaster's de-
partrnent of the army, on charges of
fraud. Eight of the others indicted
are manufacturers of army uniforms.
Investigations which will extend to
other cities, Federal authorities here
believe, will show the government has
suffered to the extent of z$5,000,OO0,
but at the same time it was stated the
indictments would serve to terminate
further conspiring and save the gov
ernment from millions more in losses.
The profiteering is made possible,
the Federal investigators explained,
by the methods in which the cloth is
cut. From material the government
estimated would provide dozen uni
FORMS, the manufacturers would cut
ten or less, according to. the authori-
ties, and the excess cloth, known to
the trade as clippings: would be re-
sold, either to the government itself
or other manufacturers.
Some of the defendants, Lieut..
George d. Barnitz, New York police
force, said, represented. to the gov
ernment that their clippings amount
ed to, 3 per cent, whereas actually,
due to their method Of cloth cutting,
they amounted't to per cent the diff
ference representing the excess cloth
alleged to have been retained.
Clippings We're sold to manufactur-
ers in Chicago, st. Louis and Green
ville,I ILL.,, and large quantities of the
cloth have been recovered at those
places. The manufacturers purchased
innocently and will not be prosecuted.
Keep Large Remnants: a.
Abraham Pursch and Leon Levine,
two of those indicted, are known in
trade circles here as the largest army
cloth contractors in New York city.
Since the United States entered the
war it is said they. have made more
than 100000 garments for the gov
ernment They are charged with hav-
ing appropriated to their own use
remnants: of army cloth from 3 to
yards in length and worth from So
to $3.50 per yard, instead Of utilizing
these goods III making uniforms and
overcoats for American soldiers. !.
The extent Of the frauds charged
against those. under. indictment waa
not disclosed. According to Lieut..
Barnitz, one manufacturer not yet un-
der Indictment has made illegal profits
Of $780, 900 on q single, contract call
ling for 81. .o00, 900 worth Of uniforms.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02

really food, or. fuel, or money or
even ships-but the united spirit of
the American people, that will win
for the Stars and Stripes.
THE spirit of pessimism," he said,
"has no place in this united spirit. I
have no pessimistic view that labor
will not do it's part in this war;" he
said, coming to the burden of his
address.
you read of the strike of 10000
men and become alarmed. But you
forget that, while 10000 men are
striking, 100000 of others are
working-are doing work which the
pessimistic critic would never think
of doing. In the coolest days which
we have just experienced, tens Of
thousands of workmen were out in
the open, driving rivets for our ships,
while the critics were staying warm
in their homes and offices doing moth
ing. :5::Z...-.. - - 80.
Labor Can't BE Paid. 4 =
You can't do the work necessary at
O. banquet table criticising labor. I
personally Witnessed 10000 men at
work in the open, during the coldest
day of the recent spell, running the
risk of pneumonia and death, repair
ing ships that food might be sent to
our men in France. : Labor can't be
paid for this work in money. There
isn't enough money to pay for it. It
Is their sacrifice, and they are maxi
ing 1t willingly and nobly.
IF now and then men strike for
higher wages, let US not forget that
men Of capital have held up the gov
eminent for profiteering. But I thank
God that now 80 per cent of capital,
as we'll as 30 per cent of labor, is
standing loyal and true. !,
Labor IL 95 per cent good. The
way to make It 100sper cent is to have
faith and to work without criticism
Of the men who have done wonder
fully well. Faith and the American
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
TO LIMIT INJUNCTIONS.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 28.-A bill
to limit the injunction power of courts
in time of strikes is one of the ini-
tiatives measures filed with the Sec
retary of state by the joint legisla-
tive committee of the state fedora
ton Of labor, state grange, farmers
union and the direct legislation
league. The other measures are an
eight-hour. day for all labor, non
partisan bill and a. bill to permit
municipal corporations to go into the
produce marketing and distributing
business.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02

Uncovered ktOIleIluGSSs
In few directions the evidence
1ese agents discovered was not COM
lete. To fill out these gaps, the
ommission summoned the necessary
illnesses. Hearing of these wit
esses in Washington, in Boston, In
Philadelphia and in st. Paul has
rought to public view the rottenness
{ the trust in it's relation to the fl
ancial jugglery of the Chicago
tockyards company, the crushing of
1e independent rendering plants, the
ividing up of the buying Of cattle
nd hogs in each market, and the
icks played on cattle growers in
le stockyards. But these hearings
ave only touched very few points
the whole story. The rest of it is
ow being summed up by the COM
lission and will be the basis Of pro-
.cutions and of a report to congress.
- Under the Sherman antitrust law,
ae Clayton antitrust law and the
ederal Trade commission act, the
ackers' combination is shown by the
cen illegal. Before the case is COM
leted the commission will have es-
ablished the grounds for wholesale
riminal prosecutions.
People Demand Ownership.
Heney has been getting from so
,75 letters day, from farmers and
mall commission men and packing
ouse employees and plain wage-work-
rs who can no longer afford to buy
eefsteak. They are begging him to
% something to wipe out the beef
.ust. Many of them speak of the
anger of revolution" in this coun-
" if the meat industry does not go
ITO public hands very soon. They
ant the producer and the consumer
}. be brought together, through pub
{ ownership. Most of the writers
i've him some tip or direct informa-
on to aid the work he is doing.
What Heney and the Federal COM
hssion can do, when they finally get
i'll possession of the packers Sc
rets, is to show that the packers have
.ailed to buy and slaughter livestock,
nd pack and market meats and vege-
,bles, and handle the hides, leather,
..rtilizer and other -side-lines of the
rsiness, in an economical way.
They can show that the packers
ave been more extortionate and more
,asteful than the railroad compan-
g, and that the service which must
performed by the meat industry
uring the war is just as necessary as
ae moving of trains
Unions In Accord.
1.-THE employees in the packing plants
ontrolled by the big packers are
trongly in favor of government own
rship and operation Of that indus
~" said Edward Nockels, secretary
the Chicago Federation of Labor
-hile in Washington at the head OF
delegation of the workers in the
!hicago plants. 'They belive that
he benefits of the industry should
20 the producers and: the consum.
rs of the goods. They are going tt
eep working for that program. Sc
ar as organized labor in the stock.
ards is concerned, it wants the con.
-itions improved now, and not aftel
he war. We are going to bring thi.
uestion up at the next convention
the American Federation of Labor
fhich will meet at St., Paul, in June
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
SHIP YARDS UNIONIZED

TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 28.-The
ship building companies of Barbara
brothers and George P. Wright COM
pany have reached an agreement with
organized labor in this city. The Ia
coma Ship Building company refused
to accept the invitation of govern
ment officials that attempts be made
to adjust differences.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-02
STOVE MOUNTERS GAIN.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 2s.-Officers
of the Stove Mounters' International
union report substantial gains by
practically every local. These gains
range from 10 to 64 per cent, and in
many cases include shorter hours and
improved working conditions.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02
South Paris Light Heat and
Power Company.
ANNUAL MEETING.

Notice l. hereby given that tho annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the
South Paris Light. Heat and Power
Company for the election Of Officers for
the ensuing year and the transaction Of
any other business that may legally como
before said meeting, will Be held ct the
ONCE OF the Clerk Of said Company In
South Paris, on Friday. April IL, 1918,
ut I 80 O'Clock r. NJ
GEORGE n. ATWOOD, Clerk.
South Paris, Maine, March 20, 1918.
1915
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02
State of Maine.

COUNTY OF OXfORD, 90.
To the Honorable Justice Of the Supreme judi
cial Court next 10 b holden within and for the
said County Of Oxford on the second Tuesday
Of May, A. d. 1913. ct Rumford Falls, In the
town Of Rumford within said County.
RESPECTFULLY REPREsINTs Elvs B. Side
linger Of Norway In said County that che
was lawfully married to Rufus n. Sidelinger
then of Norway Aforesaid but now of parts m
known, on the twenty eighth day Of April, A. d.
1915 at Norway aforesaid by Rev. Z. J. Bruce;
that she has always conducted herself toward
the aaid Rufus N. Sifelineer - Q true and faith
full wife, but he, unmindful Of his marriage vows
and duty, at divers times has been guilty OF
cruel and abusive treatment toward said libel
ant, 10 the great injury Of her health and hap
piposs; that the residence Of said hbellee 10 IN
known 70 your hbellant and cannos be ascertain.
ed by reasonable diligence.
wherefore che prays that . divorce may be
granted to her from the bonds Of matrimony now
existing between her and said Rufus N. Side.
finger, and that she be allowed to resume her
maiden name, TO wit: Elva N. Bradbury.
Dated at Paris, Maine, this twenty third day
Of March A. d. 1918.
ELIZA B. sIDELINGER.
Subscribed and sworn to.
BEFORE me,
ALTON @. WHEELER,
Justice Of the Peace.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02

Beys q - AasbulEsl ~ nasn W6fk.
Maine boys and young men WIN bel
mobilised this year - they we're Iest
year for the purpose Of helping the
farmer. Assurances ID given q the once
OF tho Maine Division Of the United
States Boys Working Reserve that
farmers who want the help OF the boys
need not worry over the question Of get
ting II. Tho boys will be ready. They
will 20 to che farms whom wanted to cid
In raising and harvesting the big crops
that are needed to down the Kaiser and
hasten the day when the American boys
In the trenches In France will como
homo.
The work OF enlisting boys and young
men for wartime service on the farms 10
being done under the direction Of the
United States Department Of Labor.
The Boys' Working Reserve has boon
organized with divisions In practically
every state in the Union. In Maine,
Jefferson C. Smith of Waterville has
been appointed director. A. A. Heald
OF WaterviIle and o. A. Morton of Win
throp will act as assistant directors.
The state has given Office room in the
State House and the work is already
we'll under way.
Maine is asked to enlist ut least 1000
boys to 90 from tho villages and cities
to work on the farms. The Junior
Volunteers, the organization which did
the work In Maine last year, has been
incorporated In the national organize
ton. Farmers who employed Junior
Volunteers last year are already writing
to make arrangements for help from the
boys during the coming season. Let
ters of inquiry addressed to the Boys
Working Reserve, State House, Augusta,
Maine, will bring replies giving details
of the movement.
This year, as last, the boys will be
given preliminary training on the 7. n.
C. A. farm at Winthrop. No boy will
be accepted who does not weigh at least
l15 pounds and who is not deemed TO be
otherwise fitted for the work he will be
called upon to d.. With few exceptions,
the boys will be between the ages Of
16 and 81. Boys of IA and 10 may be
accepted but they must meet the require
ments as to weight and strength. Care
In the selection of the boys and the
training they will receive at the farm
will enable them to make themselves of
value from the flrst day they reach tie
farmers who employ them. Many OF
the 600 boys who were in the service last
year will re-enlist. They will be of
especial value to the farmers because OF
their experience.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02
Can You Boil q Potato ?

A quaint minister once said, "Girie 60
to school nowadays more than they used
to, but very few OF them know how to
boil q potato" The thought was start
ling to every woman present, and on
/ found q good many use.
full points to be learned on 20 simple .
subject.
First: Potatoes have Q much better
favor II cooked In an iron pot. Boil
them In the frying pan II you have no
other. A friend bad been served IN
dinner and said, "But you
know the potatoes had been cooked in
an old-fasbioned iron pot and tasted SO
good We did not want much else"
II pared, care should be taken to pare
40 thin a. possible, a. there il layer Of
fine starch near the skin which 10 often
wasted. The water should be at boiling
point when they are put In and just
enough water allowed to cook dry. How
veil remember when ! was ten and
proudly "heiping'' mother, would call
ont, "Ma, is Il time TO 'dreen' the pota-
toes?' There were oceans of good vege-
table water poured down kitchen sinks
in those days. We now know We poured
away much Of the favor, the soluble
salts, etc. 1t takes careful watching to
do this and avoid burning, but good
cooking 10 the most useful Of the fine
arts and will repay oil the attention
given to il.
When cooking potatoes in their "jaok-
ets," cut q small pairing right around
the tuber lengthwise and when half done
dash In q half cup Of cold water; this
helps to make them light and mealy.
Some kinds of potatoes break up aud
waste In boiling, In such case salt the
water and boil slowly, do not let them
become overdone.
Irish people know how really to enjoy
their potatoes. Your Irish workman
wants big plate full OF "praties" moi
quite done, We would say, with long
Jug of milk. These two foods he will
eat with the greatest relish and 60 bis
way quite satisfied.
A friend in Australia, who never cooks
flesh foods, served delicious "roast beei
gravy" here is her recipe:
Put . generous supply Of vegetable
fat in the pan, fry some slices of tomato
and onion, and remove them; add cup.
full Of vegetable water, salt to taste, and
thicken with Drowned -four.
The reason meat gravy Ia 50 "tasty'
10 the salts contained. These same salts
are found In vegetables.
Tie Japanese sauce or catsup made
from the black soy bean 10 excellent to
favor gravies, soups, etc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02
Apoles Baked on Too Of Stove.

At lunch at friends house the other
day my eye was captivsted ss We sat
down 10 the table by the attractive ap-
pesrance OF the baked apple at each
place. They were ~ red a. fresh apples,
perfect 10 roundpess, without the skin
being wrinkled bit, and standing in q
half dish of cream. colored sirupy juice.
They proved just % delightful to the
taste - to the eye, and l impulsively
inquired:
"How do You bake apples like thisP ?"
Ny hostess smiled and answered, 81
call them baked, but really they aren't
baked at oil, but cooked on top Of the
range. I choose the reddest, most per-
fectly shaped apples, core them and put
them 10 the bottom OF . kettle. Then
pour boiling water over them until it
stands about bali way mp on the apples.
I add enough sugar for sweetening, cover
the kettle and lot the apples cook slowly.
When about half done turn them the
other side up 10 the juice and sirup.
like this way much better than baking
In the oven, because they keep their
color and do not wrinkle. Also We think
they taste better"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02

An excellent deodorizsr 10 q little pan
OF Gloves which have been sprinkled
with few drops Of spirits OF lavender.
Put few drops of charcoal into the
bottom Of the pan. II charcoal 10 not
convenient some bits OF orange peel will
do, ~ they soon turn into charcoal.
Sprinkle the Gloves literally on these,
and whom wanted to perfume tho house
place on the stove until they begin TO
smoke. The fumes soon viii penetrate
the house, and the odor 10 much like
that OF the carnation. II will effectively
cover the odors of 1sh, cabbage, tnrnips
and the like.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02
STATE OF MAINE.

STATE OF MAINEs
COUNTY OF OXFORD, IS:
Supreme judicial Count, In vacation.l
Paris, Maine, March q, A. D. 1918.
UPON THE FOREGOING LIBEL, ORDERED,
That the Libelant give notice to the said
Rufus N. Sidelinger to appear before the Justice
Of our Supreme judicial Court to be
holden at Rumford, within and for the
County Of Oxford, on the second Tuesday Of
May. A. D; 1915, by gublishing an atsssted
weeks successfully In the Oxford Democrat.
q newspaper printed in Paris. in our County Of
least PRIOR to said second Tuesday of May.
1918, that he may there and then In our said
Court appear and show cause, II any he have,
why the prayer Of said Libelant should not be
GEORGE n. HANSON,
Justice of the Sup. Jud. Court.
A true copy Of the libel and order Of court
Attest: ERNEST j. RECORD, Clerk.
(SeaL)
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-02

"Tbe doctor says he will let mo know
In . week whether I am going to live or
not"
"And what does he expect you to do
In the meantime?'
"Hs told me to take . complete rest
and above oil not to worry about any.
thing"