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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 4081
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHING.
TON, IN AND FOR SNO-
HOMISH COUNTY

hOMISn COUNI1.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF BARBARA A. BERG
TOLD, DECEASED.
By order of the above mentioned
Court made the 9th day of February
1918, notice is hereby given to the
creditors of and to all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased
or against the estate of the said
deceased to serve said claims with
necessary vouchers on the undersign-
ed William A. Bergtold, admins
traitor of said estate or on James w.
Reynolds, the attorney of record for
the said estate at 301-3 Burke Build
ing in the City of Seattle in King
County, Washington, and to file the
said claims with proof of service of
the same as aforesaid with the
Clerk of the above named Court
within six months from and after
the date of the first publication of
this notice or the same will be barred
Date of first publication, February
Is, 1918.
WILLIAM A. BERGTOLD
Administrator of the said estate.
JAMES W. REYNOLDS,
Attorney for the said estate,
301-3 Burke Bldg, Seattle Wash.
Last publication, March 8, 1918.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01
SQUEEZE THE WATER
OUT OF FARM LAND
Contributed

Uncle Sam is enlisting two million
boys between IS and q for service
on the farms.
The labor of these boys will be as
big a contribution to the winning of
the war as the work of several divis-
ions of soldiers. God speed them!
Work in the open will make bet
ter men of them. The knowledge
that they are saving the world from
famine will teach them the joy of
service.
Why not keep those boys on the
soil? This country needs, not two
million emergency farm hands, but
two-four - ten million additional
farmers-men who own their own
farms and their own souls.
Can these boys stay on the land
Not unless they are willing to be-
come migratory underpaid casual
laborers or farm tenants, living from
hand to mouth. Farm lands are
OUT Oh tne reach OF all save the
wealthy. They are held for specula-
ton. Their market price is far above
the sum on which one of these boys
could earn interest, even after he
had become an expert farmer. Near
ly half the farming land of the
country is held out of use in this
way.
Why not squeeze the water out of
these land values and throw the
land open to our boys by taxing
land values and exempting all i'm
provements from taxation? That
would help not only the boys, but
the struggling farmers already on
the land, whose taxes increase in
proportion as they make the land
productive and serviceable.
The Government has two obvious
duties to these two million young
sters: Destroy land monopoly; and
destroy the transportation, storage,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01
THE bon TON"
WAFFLE HOUSE
HAS NEW DRESS

The popular eating house of the
above name, under the proprietor
ship of w. G. McCowen, has been
renovated, reprinted and undergone
alterations greatly improving it's
appearance and rendering it more
comfortable and convenient. The
place looks twice as large now, and
in fact the Encouragement makes
room for many more guests at one
sitting. With the incoming spring
Mac will be found there with the
goods. Drop in and see the folks.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01
lBY Frank +. Wolfe.l

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Feb. Is. - The
commercial telegraphers of America
have asserted their rights. They
have challenged the telegraph monop-
oily and an ultimatum has been sent
in the form of a circular to all
locals of the Commercial Telegraph
ers Union of America announcing
April 2Sth as Organization day."
That means the gauntlet is thrown
down to the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies.
1--WE shall organize openly on that
day and if the telegraph companies
attempt to discharge any one who
joins the union at that time, in
augurate a general strike without
delay. If ever a strike can be won
it can be won this year, so we are
going to make our fight for free
DOM" said President S. J. Konen-
kamp.
eve are in deadly earnest about
this and nothing shall swerve us.
The Commercial Photographers of the
United States have the right to or
ganize and it is up to us now to
assert that right.
"The telegraph companies have
made no secret of their intention to
prevent US from exercising this right
as long as they can, but as stated
by President Carlton of the Western
Union, they will change that policy
whenever we have the power to
make them change.
There is but one way in which to
meet this situation. We have de-
telmined to organize openly in de-
fiance of any telegraph official who
dare deny us our rights as Ameri-
cans. We have enough faith in the
moral courage and red blood of the
telegraphers of the country who be-
lieve they can free themselves. We
know our members are going about
the work of organizing in a manner
that will mean victory"
Mr. Koenkamp would make no
other statement than that this was
the plan that had been decided upon
and would be carried out The sys-
TEN of spoilers and persecution has
driven the commercial telegraphers
to secret organizing. They have
been bounded, they say, at all
points where they have organization,
but despite this persecution the union
has shown a remarkably steady
growth. Their victory over the Great
Northwestern Telegraph Company in
Canada and their recent agreement
with the United Press has given
them greater power and prestige
than ever before.
No group of workers in the United
States has shown more loyalty than
the members of the Commercial
Telegrapers Union. They have
pointed out the injustice of the
stand taken by the telegraph monop-
oily and refer to the recent utter
ances of Secretary of Labor Wilson
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01

and marketing monopolies that suck
the vitality out of agriculture for
the benefit of the few who own our
railroads, grain elevators, cold stor-
age warehouses, and banks. The
first can be accomplished by the tax
alton of land values; the second, by
public ownership of transportation,
storage and marketing facilities.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01

c. A. Stone, of Stone & Webster,
president, and Frank A. Vanderbilt,
New York banker, chairman of the
board of directors. 1t is shown
that these men know nothing of ship
building, no more than do these
other men of the board of directors:
j. Ogden Armour, meat packer;
VIM. E. Cory, steel magnate; Theo-
dore N. Vail, telephone magnate,
and Otto II. Kahn and James A.
Stillman, bankers.
In discussing the Hog Island situa-
ton in the House, Congressman Alex
ander, Chairman of the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
said:
81 would be reluctant to say that
the American international Corpora
ton, which is the child of the Ma
tional City Bank New York City,,
and of the subsidiary corporation di-
rectly engaged in building the plant
at Hog Island, did not intend to carry
out its contract in good faith and
safeguard in every possible way
the interests of the government. But
they have failed signally failed,
thus far to do so. But great waste
is in evidence everywhere and the
manner in which the governments
funds have been squandered is pub
lie scandal"
Poor food is one of the causes for
labor dissatisfaction at Hog Island,
according to Rear Admiral Bowles,
who charges that workers suffer
poisoning in a mild form and are
charged 80 cents for meal that
cost II cents. The ship building
corporation is making a profit at
the rate of $1,S00,000 on this item
alone.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22.-The Public
Ledger quotes w. Hunter Hayes,
formerly Sanitary Inspector at Hog
Island, that the feeding of workmen
at this ship building plant showed
either "the rankest mismanagement
or the lowest, meanest form Of
graft"
The American International ship
building corporation was to receive
profits, approximately $4,000, 900, "for
possessing the know how of ship
yards and ship construction" and
the government furnished the money.
If you will read again the familiar
names of the officers of this cor
Grafton you may or may not be as
founded at the gall of this band of
shameless swindlers. If you know
of the grating work of some of the
corporations with which this gang
is connected you will not be aston
ished at ALL
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01

Films developed, 1Oc a roll; prints
from Sc up. Julien Studio.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-01

The workers who strike in protest
against their wrongs may be defeat
ed, but the public protest registered
in the demand for the union label is
invincible.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
UNITED CHURCH.

Dr. Edward D, Eaton, of Cam bridge, Mass, and who has accepted the call of the Cleveland Park church of Washington, D, C., Is to occupy the United church pulpit again Sunday morning. Dr. Eaton who is ex-pres- ident of Beloit College, Wisconsin, and who this past winter has repre- sented the Congregational churches on the Hoover Food Commission, is to take up his work with the Cleve- land Park church on October 1.
 For the music Sunday morning, Mrs. Elmer Beardsley, Director and Organist, has arranged the following Organ Prelude, Meditation" E. d'Ev- ry. Anthem, Hear Us, o Father" 7" Owen. Ofertory, "One by One" Scott. Organ Postlude, "Toccato," E. d'Evry.
 During the remainder of the sum- Der, the Senior and Intermediate De- partments of the Christian Endeavor, will be suspended. The other de- partments of the church has been giv- en over to hte Red Cross Auxiliary with the unusual feature of having the men as well as the women participate in the making of the surgical dress 1 ings, etc. The men, with the slogan Fight or Work" are progressing rap idly, and more recruits are wanted
 Dr. William Horace Day, pastor o1 the church, is just concluding a week of lectures and addresses at the Y. W c. A. Conference at Blue Ridge, No Carolina. This coming week he leave. for the White Mountains, where his headquarters will be Hotel Lookoff Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
PARK STREET CHURCH.

Rev. Gerald H. Beard will preach at Park Street Congregational church tomorrow morning. He will take for his subject "As the Dawning Light" This will be the last service pr. Beard takes charge of until after vacation.
 Mayor Hylan, of New York city, in his proclamation last week, said: The thrilling news of the signal suc- cess of our troops, has stirred the heart of every American. Every citizen should go to his church and offer thanksgiving and a prayer for the continued success of the Allied armies in the cause so sacred to the civilized world.'
 Whatever one may think of the mayor of New York, every American citizen will agree that this summons is fitting at this time for the people of Bridgeport no less than for tAe people of New York city,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
THE PEOPLES CHURCH.

The recent Red Cross lawn festival netted s200, besides a genial social time. Every patriotic appeal has been heartily responded to throughout the year. The Red Cross auxiliary, with Mrs E. K. iPnney as director, keeps on Tuesday evenings and all day Fridays regardless of tempera- ture. So indeed 6o all the stated ser vices Worthy cIergymen will fill the pulpit Sabbath mornings, including Rev. Edward Dawson, of Passaic, N, J., who comes for his twelfth consec- utive season. These brethren will also address the Sunday school at 9:45 a. m- in place of the usual class study Supt. Harrington will be in charge, having returned from his months va cation. Devotional and missionary services on Wednesday evenings will be regularly enjoyed; also Sunday mornings at 9:30, and evenings at 6:3O by the Endeavorers. All these privi- leges are of course open to the pub lie, and delightful feature of them Is the number of neighbors and stran- gers tha drop in. Church conditions, Judging from the last quarterly report of the treasurer, are most excellent Tomorrow the pastor will preach at
 Il o'clock on some Scripture turns of | the possesive pronoun, Your and then take his family to the hill-coun- | try for the five weks' rest so kindly
 granted him. Meantime the commit
 tee on summer arrangements are FL
 ders c. A. Emery, H. S. Voorhees, and
 E. J. Banks, and the Boy Scouts un-
 der Theodore Gebhardt will stand guard.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27

to discourage any movements fremg community to community or state toa state by any either service.
 This labor program has the ap- proval of all producing departments of the government. through the War Labor Policies Board.
 It must be understood that farm labor will be protected, for the indhs- trial program distinctly includes spe- citl efforts to keep the farmer supplied; with labor.
 The requirement. that unskilled fla- bor must me recruited through the sole agency of the U. 8. Employment Service does not at present applys in the following five cases:
 i. Labor which Is not directly or indirectly solicited.
 2. Labor for the railroads. 3. Farm labor-to be recruited in accordance with existing arrangement with Department of Agriculture 1. Labor for non-war work. 5. Labor for establishmentsI wh ose maximum force does not exceed 100. When the survey of labor require- ments has been made and theeaggre- gate demand for unskilled laboE4n war l work is found, each state willFbe as signed a quota. representing the com mon labor to be drawn from xamong men engaged in nen-eesentiaf9in indus tries in that state.
 These state quotas will ineturn be distributed among localities. Within each locality. employers in non-war work. including those who are only partially in war work, will be asked | to distribute the local quotas rom time to time amongst themselves. Quotas by localities and individuals are to be accepted asareadily as they are for Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns This plan.of labor quotas is a protection for all communities.
 The object Is to keep any commun- ity from being drained~of labor, and tc use lobal supply, as far as possible, for local demand The situation, how. ever, is such that in certain cases some men may have to be transported over long distances.
 You will note from the, above out, line that this is probably the most drastic action that the. government has taken since puttingfthe National Army draft into effect. The absolute necessity for this program can be seen when 1t Is realized that in Pittsburgh, for instance, there are advertisements calling for men to go to Detroit; while in Detroit street cars there are posters asking men to go to Pitts burgh This same condition is appar- ent all over the United States and ir the consequent shifting of labor g great part of our war effort IS dis. sipated,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
LEAGUE
 POSSES HAT IN
 POLITICAL RING

New York, July 27-The League to Enforce Peace has tesse its hat in- to the political ring, although It's of- ficers take pains to state that the campaign IS absolutely non-partisan.
 The League has addressed letter te Democratic and Republican leaders in Connecticut, beginning with the National Committeeman an State Chairmen and including the mem bers of the State Executive Commit tee and the County Chairmen. This letter urges that the political con- ventiens held +bis summer and fall pay attention not only to winning the war and making the world safe, but to keeping the world safe by shackling German military espotism forever. It urges the insertion in every convention platform of a plank favoring the entrance of the United States into a League of Ma tiens to Safeguard the Fruits of Vic tefy."
 As war platform the League asks every convention In the state to adopt the following!
 ''We declare that 1t Is the supreme task of the civilized world te crush | the inselent attempt of German auto l cracy to substitute a military dicta- torship for self-government and the right of independent thought. The world must be made safe for democ- racy by the defeat of German nili- | tarism. We want nc peace without l Victory, and we demand victory so complete and conclusive that mili- tary ambition will be forever silenc- ed and a peace Fecured that will make an end of war. The world must be 1 kept safe by the cooperation of the | major force of mankind, and that force should be organized by a lea que of nations to keep the peace o1
 the world. And we favor the en-
 trance of the United States, after the
 war, into such a league of nation!
 as may be adequate to safeguard the
 peace that must be won by the join
 military forces of the Allied nations. In his letter to the Republican ant
 Democratic leaders Campaign Man
 ager Boyd says:
 Each of the two major politica parties at their last national conven
 lions adopted plank in their respec
 tive platforms favoring the participa
 ton or the Unlte States in 1nterna tionally organized machinery to pre-
 serve the future peace of the world in other words-a league of nation to enforce peace
 'The President of the Unlser States favors this idea, Ex-Presiden : Taft leads our organization In campaign to make the idea a real ity. Already sixteen State Legisla lures have adopted concurrent o , joint resolutions of approval
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
LABOR SHORTAGE BRINGS US. EMPL L0YMENT SERVICE
 CENTRALIzINC RECRUITING

On August 1 the supplying of war industries with common labor will be centralized in the U. s. Employment Sedvice of the Department of Labor, and all independent recruiting of com mon labor by manufacturers having a payroll of more than 100 men will be diverted to the U. s. Employment Ser vice. This Is in accordance with the decision of the War Labor Policies Board and approved by the President on June IT. '(The War Labor Poli- cies Board Is composed of represen- tatives of the War, Navy, and Agrt- cultural Departments, the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Cor poration, the War Industries Board, and the Food, Fuel, and Railroad Ad- ministratiens. It's chairman is Felix F'rankfurter, Assistant to the Secre- tary of Labor.)
 The above action was found neces- sary to overcome a perileus shortage of unskilled labor in war industries. alnst universal pactiee of labor steal St0S5AlAS dIlo pOdCAAAiSs
 While the restrictions against the private employment of labor only to common labor at the present time, these restrictions will, as soon as pos. sible, be extended to include skilled labor. In the meantime, recruiting of skilled labor for war production will be subject to federal regulations now being prepared.
 This drastic change in the nations labor program has been found neces- sary in order to protect the employer and the employed, to conserve the la- bor supply of the communities and to cut down unnecessary and expensive favor turnover (which, in some cases and to increase the production of es- sentfals.
 While non-essential industries will ibe drawn upon to supply the necessar! labor for war work, the withdrawal I will be conducted on an equitable basis in order to protect the individual em- ployer as much as possible.
 Under the operating methods adopt ed, the country has been divided into
 1S federal districts, each district 1T
 charge of a superintendent of the U
 S, Employment Service. The states within each district are in turn 1T
 charge of a state director, who ha:
 full control of the service within hi:
 state>
 In each community there Is belns
 formed a local community labol board, consisting of a representative
 of. the U. S. Employment Service,
 representative of employers and rep
 rresentative of the employed. Thi
 board will have Jurisdiction over re
 cruittng and distributing labor in it locality,
 A survey of the labor requirement. Is being made. and in order that eacl community may be fully protected rulings have been issued that no 1abo
 shall be transported out of any com munity by the U. S, Employment Ser vice without the approval of the stat director; nor shall any labor be re moved by the service from one stat
 to another without the approval o
 the U, S. Employment Service a |, Washington. Every effort will be mad
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
STAMFORD

The Weatogue Country club win hold a dinner dance tonight at their club rooms.
 Walter Lyons of East Broadway left this morning for few days visit with his people at Rye Beach, N. r. . George Bateman owner of the Bunch room at the Housatonic Ship building Go. Is having an addition of thirty feet added to his present building and when completed will have room enough to accommodate the hungry from the Ship Building Go.
 It has been reported around town that there will be a ship launching some time next month.
 Alfred Brill of East Broadway has accepted position with the Housa- tonic Ship Building Co.
 Stratford M. E. church-Rev. E. c. Carpenter, the pastor, will preach in the morning. In the evening the fourth of the Community services will be held on Academy Hill. Some very beautiful colored lantern slides have been obtained from Rev. MT. Rose of Newark, N. J., telling the beautiful story of Pollyanna, who made the best of things. Thousands of people have read this story with delight and benefit. These open air services have been we'll attended thus far The | service will begin with a song ser- | vice.
 Bethany church-corner Nichols and Wheeler Terrace, one block from Barnum avenue cars. Morning wor- ship at 9:45, followed by preaching
 service at 10:30 with preaching by the pastor. The Sunday school will meet at noon. The Young Peoples
 meeting will be held at 6:45, and
 the regular preaching service at | 7:So. All are cordially invited to 1 attend these services.