davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23
IMPROVEMENT IN LABOR
 LEGISLATION POINTED OUT

Lato@ legislation widely extended
 Laws passed protecting women and children and pr5s;ding workmen's compensation.
 War has done much 70 advance the standard of labor in the United States and gains through legislation have teen greatly aided by presidential oiders under authority of congress according to the summary labor isws enacted in 1918. issued by the American Association for labor leg;s l:.ion. The summary shows what has been accomplished by the department of labor and by the various state governments.
 Protective labor legislation, won through long years of effort has prov e1 a sound basis upon which 10 main te;n and increase the efficiency and sustained ftnesk Of industrial wor kr~s" says Dr John R. Andrews. SC cretary of the association. "Recogniz ing this. the federal government and the states have almost unanimously insisted upon upho!d:ng. enforcing ard extending labor laws
 Virginia is the latest recruit in the workmen's compensation camp. mas ing fl states and territories now hav iag this form Of social insurance in ad insurance ac.. the most important so 6;iion 10 the model act of the federal government for its million civilian em p.oyees and sshe soldiers and sailors cial insurance measure adopted oy any country.
 Official commission in eight states have continued their investigation oi univer:hl health insurance. The Su preme courts adverse child labor deci s.on wcs I temporary setback bur the individual states continue to throw p.3-eetioa around he employment ot EG!ElESA- S-NE4& Al S-r -NA v Yc-k. have this year regulated wc men's hours and conditions ot work ead have improved safety and heallt 'fss2aris
 "0s ta~ reaching nat:on2, inloo-- i' the r7ssage hy congress ot the law --oy;ding for ire rehabilitation anc -eoduca.:cn ot crippled soldiers ant Sosmen e-i -hei- restoration 70 ss, sv~,a:nfng industrial pursuits. Fo lowing his lpad Massachusetts ha' p-oviasd tc- similar rehabilitation 0 q -z0,ei victiz,s Q: industrial injuries
 Three .s-a,es passed. bills furthe re-s-;c-i1g employment ot ch;ldrel New Jersey and Virginia modified rc-Eine hours for children. Mar. .a-d -afses from 72 D II yczrs th' minimum 7ge a, which children ra, ee employed during vacation or ma, work ;n canning of packing estab3is'
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23

blank proposals, specifications and particulars address as above indicated FOR SALE:-Hoase-fu furniture. plano gear17ft. boat, Caban overheard motor. Lights. Life preservers. troll ing gear and ss wincHester rife. Apply to W. A. Ross
 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP :. Notice ia hereby given. that the partnership heretofore of ePs&ela q erower ef the Parlsian.. Cloak. and Suit Shop at ketchikan, Alaska, has been by mutual consent this day diss olved. Mir. Brewer retiring from the The business will be conducted un firm.
 CT the management of Mir h. Bps tein. who assumes all obligations and to whom all bills due the business are
 payable
 ] 0. Brewer. A>..
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23
IMITATION

Is the sincerest form of flattery. that is why it pleases us to hear that other iaunories claim to do work just like ours. 1t is a tribute to the excellence ol our iauoeriny which we fully ap preclate. But why not have the oriEl you won't. nave to- say they are .A4 perfect as ours. The work will Q. ours and the real thing.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23
STAR OF POLAND TOTAL LOSS

The well known Bristol Bay salmon ship Star of Po.gnd, Of the Alaska Packers Asspc;ation. is 2 total floss. according D. 2 dispatch recently re. ceived b. the company from the Orient and the arrival Of members Of the crew=ae -Eonolu.u oa tneir var wisa+ss ho1l- has been reported. The Star cf Poland. which was ia the service q he Shipping BoaEd, was EsPorted. ag-ound on the Japanese cear in, September. She was bulk in Bath.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23
TO HALlsuT FISHERMEN

Information cs importance to halibus fishermen operating in South western Alaska. We can furnish any amount Of fresh bait at all times Ohm Fish X Packing Company. Cor doya. Alaska.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MANUEL DIAZ. deceased.
II. Epstein.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mon. day. the 30th day of December. 1915 at ? o'clock. p. m. of said day. and at the court room of the United States Commissioner at Ketchikan. Alaska have seen appointed as the time and place for proving the will of Manuel P. D;az. deceased. and for hearing the application of Mary F. Diaz for ths issuance to her of letters testamen 'tary thereon.
 Witness my hand and the seal oi said court this 11th day of Novemoel 1918.
 Wm. T. Mahoney.
 Probate Judge
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23

Me. in 1901, and was one of the X. r. As largest vessels. having a length ot ssa.2 feet and a net tonnage of a.9S7 tons. Pacific Fisherman.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-23

FOR SALE: i2 year old horse. 1ooo weight fe- s2oo. Fine animal mule
 year cid. sGo weight, sound and
 gentle fer SIPS. 30 pigs. months old
 w.iah 90 lbs. each for s2o. each. for
 the above see the Granby Go. in the
 Tonsass building. St.
 FOR SALE Schooner 50 it. long .17 1t beam.6 1.a ft. draft. : l.e depth
 os hold. capacit- under dack 1S,0o0
 silver salmon. on. deck 2.0oo D h. p.
 Heavy duty , c.sl!niess UnioG engine,
 Burns 3 gallons ! stillasn D.: hour. 5Na raFcns fuel Gnk Speed < ard half per hour. Pr'o- si.0oo Apply 70 s. I. Johnson West Sea't.e Boat House. Seattle. Wash
 SEALED PFlrosALS marked Proposals for power tender and ino.ossi in an 1n.4'3)e addressed .Bureau cs Fisheries, Room 1217. l. (. smith Building. Seattle. Washing -1-2" w;ll be rec=;sel until . o'clock ,. e.,. December 2, 191S, and then
 apsnea for fhe construction of a gas power t1a3e- 10 tae Bureaus repre- sentative at Seattle, Wa II h.lgton. ol q Is p1aca Q; construction Fn'
Evening star., 1918-02-03
The Basis of InternationaIism.
From the Chicago New.

From the Chicago News.
For some thousands of years the col.
lectiyists and individualists have been
warning about the relative merit of.
two forms of social organization that
are both demonstrably wrong. By
calling attention to the others obvious
mistakes each party has contrived to
put up more or less impressive ap.
pearance Of distinterestedness.
At last, however. the socialist is be.
ginning to realize that if the individual
cannot be trusted neither is an aggre-
cation of individuals to be trusted, and
the lndividualist is coming to see that
II a group can go astray unit of the
group is quite as likely to go astray
The result of this profound realiza-
ton of the human imperfection
promises to be epochal
The collectivist and the individualist
understanding that the number of per-
sons entertaining an opinion has moth
ing whatever to do with the validity of
that opinion. may resolve to give up
guessing altogether and cooperate on
the broad common ground of prin-
ciples about which there can be no dis.
pute.
Evening star., 1918-02-03
AT THE SIDE

week to the few American buyers that
have crossed the ocean, and the sketches
of the. new gowns. as they have been
outlined in Paris, do not lead one to
suppose that there is any shifting of
fashion over there from severe.
straight silhouette to a Dolly Warden
kind of thing that is utterly unbecom-
ing to the American woman and has
nothing in common with her stern ac-
tivities in war time
Over there, Bulloz. who has had a
dominating influence on clothes for
three years, has thrown his cap over
toire. This is a fashion that the Ameri-
the windmill and gonein for the direc-
can woman wears in manner peculiar
~ suitable to her figure and person
ality.
Paquin. Cheruit and several of the
other big houses show leaning to-
ward the fourteenth-century Italian
efforts in dress. .
Sleeves fit the arm at the top and
branch out into wide cuffs or flares
that are lined with brilliant, striped
silks. and the elongated decolletage
that shows the neck only as far as the
collarbone is quite severe. edged with
an outstanding ruche of white tulle or
organdr.
Chains of brilliant quartz or carved.
opaque stones drop over the plain. tight
blouses in the early Italian fashion.
Sleeves are sometimes latticed. as they
were in the days when Ghirlandaio
Evening star., 1918-02-03

kennedy. Bart. Soldiers of Labour. F3o7e-
K3S2s.
Lintier. Paul Ny 10 F3o79- -L651m.E
M13a3b
McCluns Mrs. y. L. The Next OF Kin. F3079-
M1355n.
MERCER, D. F. F. J.. Cardinal. The Voice of
Belgium. F3n19- MESSY.
M815c.
Nobbs. Gilbert On the Right of the British
Line. F3079- M6i2o.
Nyrop. kristoffer. Is War Civilization
T3019-N99Ti.E.
Passelecq. Fernand. Unemployment in Bel
Sinm During the German Occupation. F3079-
P26Su.
Peat II. r. Private Peat F30T9- -P3osp
Pollard. H. b. c. The Story of Ypres. F3079-
PTf3s
Roosevelt. Theodore President Of United
States. The Foes of Our Own Household. F3073-
Rs77f.
SHUTS. j. c. Wartime Speeches. Eso7s-
SmSSw.
Stevenson. W. Y. At the Front in a FIivver
F307G Sfi35.
Swinton. E. D.. and Percy. A. l. p. Year
Ago F3G1S-Sw6Gy.
Towne. {. H.. ed. Tie Ealfour Visit. F3O79-
T6a3.
L. s. Committee on Public Information. Ma.
tional Service Handbook. F;}o79- rn3On. Ref.
L. s. President. 19t3-Wlson. The President s
Flag Day Address. F3o79-Uns5p. Ref.
A War of Liberation. F3oT9-Wl9s.
Watson. R. Il. Germany and the United
States. 1915. F3079- -W335s.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

painted the lovely Giovanna Tornibuoni
on the canvas which Is now owned by
]. Pierpont Morgan.
March will decide the issue between
the two fashions. America is evidently
striving to produce silhouette of her
own. and she is trying it out at the
southern resorts. 1t consists of a
straight, narrow skirt and a short eton
jacket or a drapery of material that
suggests such a jacket She is Destroy
ing all severity Of line by adding ruch-
ings. pleated ribbons and various kinds
of ornamentation that break the sur
face and do not sharply outline it,
There Is patriotic effort made by
the American dressmakers to bring in
such fabrics as are produced by our
cotton mills. tstt'
I have long advocated the use OF the
gayly colored calicoes of the south
which have been worn by the negroes
for generations. and the use Of the ban
danna handkerchief for trimming. 1t is
quite possible that the northern part
OF the country has never quite realized
the beauty of the cheap fabrics that
are turned out in bales by the southern
mills.
Calico has never come into its own in
this country. although Paul Poiret ad-
mired it more than any other national
fabric that we offer. There is an effort
being made to introduce it at the
Florida resorts this spring, and 1t may
come about that we shall see it in a
Evening star., 1918-02-03

| ing officer is a red-taped mutt hurts
quite badly as getting said bayonet
among his vitals because his COM
| mander is traitor.
| In war incompetency is treason. in
| effect. II not in aninus.
| One of the most tragic factors of war
| is the man too small for his job.
1t was a splendid spectacle for the
| 600 to ride into the jaws of DEATH"
but that some one had blundered" kill.
ed them just the same.
The greatest ally of the enemy among
US is General Stupidity.
I do not want by any slightest word
! to hinder Uncle Sam. He has a hard
| task. an unexampled. tremendous task.
and to ask that the men he employs be
always free from error is unreason-
a BILE.
! I saw a splendid body of business
| men at the Rotary Club the other day
| pledge unquestioning loyalty to ths
| fuel ukase of the government, although
nine-tenths of them believed il was
a mistake. So viii we all obey them in
| authority. We could not very We'll ask
| our soldiers to give upquestiouiug
| selves howled when our own OK is
gored.
/ But just the same. we have n right
to insist that these men to whom we
blindly intrust our lives. our fortunef
| and our sacred honor shall give us the
most expert, the most wise leadership.
| If our boys are TO die, let it be by -
bullets of the enemy and not by pntI
monia caused by having no warm clotis
ing. If our business is to be ruined. lS
| the boches ruin it; why ruin it our
selves?
Upon Mr.. Wilson and his appointees
| rests a fearsome responsibility. We
cannot ask that they make no mis-
takes. But we have right to demand
that such officials be chosen and put in
authority as do not specialize in mis-
takes.
What the country needs most. what is
our main defense and hope of victory.
is not labor, not capital, not troops-it
is brains. What we need is efficiency.
resourcefulness. the ability to get
things done, to carry the message to
Garcia.
This country is fecund in men of
ability. To leave them standing idle,
willing but passed by. while second
raters decide the destinies of hundred
million people and the spending OF
$40, 900 900, 900 is-what?
The men with the rifles in this war
have made mighty good. The failures
have been with the men at the top.
They have not measured up. What or
the German boneheads who sent thou
saudsi after thousand in mass forma-
tion to perish in the attacks on Yer
dun? What of the French politicians
who turned Nivelle,s victory into de-
feat, of the British statesmen who
managed the GallipoH campaign of the
Russian high mightfnesses that sent
troops into action armed only with
clubs, and of Italians who exposed their
line 10 the onslaught of the Teuton
masses? .-
And what of the Americans who
but let us hope we shall not have to
complete this sentence
Evening star., 1918-02-03

dations of the country, lies at the root
of this matter. And as long as this
or undiverted. SO long will prices of
food continue to soar. This change is
based upon conditions whose logical
effect is TO discourage production itself.
supply Of the world. The point Of Mr..
Howe's discussion here is to set out.
clearly and fully. the scope and char
acter of the grand conspiracy whose
unmolested activities are tending TO
produce this calamitous result He
shows that between the farmer. who
produces the food. on the one hand.
and the householder. who consumes 1t.
on the other hand. there is an organ
ized banditti manipulating food ex.
changes, banks. railroads. boards OF
trade-the entire collecting and dis
tributing system of the country. And
disastrous nicely. The bank crowds
the farmer for his loan at exactly the
right moment to exact an acceptance OF
the low price set by the food exchanges,
and the railroads DO thelr pi. oy Iav1r-
ing the across continent maui whereby
thousands of producers near to points
of heavy CONSUMPTION are croWued out
OF business. leaving trail OF apan-
doned or neglected farms. What one
gets out of this exciting story is that
the biggest business In the Worid-that
of the food supply-is left unorganlzed,
unintegrated unregulated. BY CONTRAST
=.
mark and Australia and Germany are
doing TO encourage agriculture. 10 rfs-
ulate food prices, to restore prope,
balance between the production ano
purchase of foodstuffs. he SHOWS 100 100
how helpless the producers IN TINS
country have been. and how he'piess
they will continue TO be. under the
present haphaZard plan of simon-p pure
ment, so well documented in its facts
and so genuinely and sanely jealous ioi
reform in this direction. ls worm the
serious and thorough study OF every
intelligent reader.
PIONEERING WHERE THE WORLD
IsO OLD. BY Alice Tisdale. 1llustra-
tions from photographs. New York
Henry Holt & Co.
Leaves from Manchurian note
book points to the exact place where
| the pioneering" recorded here took
place And this is the captivating
! story of two real vaga gabonds-husband
and wife-who in that far region had
all manner Of fresh and exciting sides
of life turned toward them all the
hours of each long day. While the
personal experiences of this vagrant
| pair stand at the top of ones interest
/ here, there is besides, a goodly body
| of characteristic facts pertaining tc
| the country itself that places the little
book clearly in the class devoted tt
substantial information about, Man
| churia. And the strange facts Of thi:
far country are brought directly to one
! through the absorbing personality o,
the writer who sets down the adven
| lures of the two while they are piping
hot, right off the griddle, so to speak
An adventure with brigands. as exam
ple is not left to cool-but, the brig
ands gone. the first business appear!
to be to get the whole matter dowr
where ii will keep with all OF its thrills
warm upon 1t. And so 1t is with th,
less exciting happenings of this pio
neer iourney-these. are caught wifi
the goods and bundled. all together
into the story. A more effective metho'
Evening star., 1918-02-03

newspaper cartoons. supplies the pic
lures and the legends attached to them
while Mr.. Adams furnishes such ex-
pianatory texts as the circumstances
book provides one with an admirable
opportunity to see himself go by. When
one does go by. you know. he thinks
he is putting up certain appearance,
when the fact is that he does not look
that way at all This book is intended
to correct these little hallucinations
that people cherish about themselves
Introducing Mr.. Hill. Mr. Adams says
like the mission Of George Ade. ito
make the world safe from hypocrisy
And SO the pictures unfold the many
make-believes that one instinctively
provided with protective coloring.
1t is the business of this terrifyingly
sincere pair. upon this occasion. to
strip mankind and send 1t out into the
and admirable artistry and clever ex-
posure The only reconcilement that
lies in this public undressing is that
nobody Is exempt from the sin Of wear
ing the habiliments of q more or less
innocent hypocrisy.
THE TREASURE OF THE LAND. How
Alice Won Her Way. BY Garrard
Farmer" etc. Illustrated New
York: Harper & Bros, Publishers
This lovable story Of country life de-
scribes with f1ctional charm the literal
work which this government is doing
for the betterment of the boy and. girl
on the farm. When the new teacher
goes to board with the Warrens she
finds the house falling to decay; its
master listless under the drugs of a
quack remedy" his wife hopeless in
her struggles to keep things going and
their young daughter rebelliousIy bent
on trying life in the town. The reader
cleaning up the old mahogany furni-
ture in her room, and the surprise of
Mrs. Warren and Alice at sight of what
soap and water. some bright chintz and
a lot Of wild flowers will do. The con-
vincing of Farmer Warren that his
remedy is an exposed fraud and his con-
member of the community make an
other cheerful factor in the story, not
counting the joy Of Mother Warren at
sight of the redemption of the old home
loveliness of her girlhood. The big in
terest Of the book. however, lies In the
gradual realization by Alice that the
country Is happy place to live in, pro-
vided there is work to do that will
bring individual freedom and prosper
ity to any girl who will give herself to
the task. The tomato canning club
arouses her enthusiasm, just as the corn
club teaches the boy how to be a sue
cessful farmer. and revives in his father
the ambition to work his place along
the same plan as thdt given by the gov
fernment In its education of the women
and children of the country. Benson
Knipe adds a number of pretty Illus
tFations.
Evening star., 1918-02-03
INCO MPETENCY,
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright, 1851
Copyright. 1851

Incompetency is as disastrous as
cowardice or treason.
OF course. it is not SO wicked. but 1t
does just as much damage.
And. there is no time when its work
is as deadly as in war time.
For in war efficiency Is essential. We
have to make good. When the general
gets muddled and issues the wrong or
ders, it isn't TOO bad, but never mind.
Willie, try again; it is death and ruin.
And for the private to get bayonet
stuck into him because his commando
Evening star., 1918-02-03

~ HEsE recoliections cover, ap-
proximately. the second half
of the last century and the
beginning of the present one.
This period comedies with
that Of England's most consistent eff
forts toward Hberalizing the political
and social development Of the country.
Moreover. for the greater part of this
period viscount Morley was himself a
powerful influence in this general liber-
alizing movement. These two volumes
of renliniscence, therefore. bring under
the writer's personal consideration the
main lines Of English political activity
for the past fifty years and more. More
than this. the outlook which they give
to the reader upon English politics is
peculiarly open and informing one.
And. again, TO this frank summary of
public affairs are added innumerable
intimate portraits of the considerable
EEglishmen who have contributed sub
stantially to the progress of their coun-
try. Going back to his student and
journalistic days. Mr.. Morley sketches
pictures of oxford life. and. in passing
permits the reader coveted intimate
glmpses of many a man distinguished
in letters or science or politics. COM
municable recollections that. in a sea-
soned and mellowed atmosphere. set the
reader face to face with host of emf
nent Englishmen summoned from every
aspect of English life. And not all Eng1
..9hmen either-for here one opens one
of the volumes at the comment on the
kaiser's visit to England in 1907. ''Su-
perfcial-hurried = impetuous = badly
balanced-these are few of the de-
scriptive epithets. One impression
and in my eyes it is a golden impress
sion-he appears to have left in the
mind of everybody, namely, that he
You may laugh at this in view of the
fine, brand-new naval program which
the Germans have launched at mo-
ment supremely inconvenient to his
estimate in the light OF subsequent
events. However. when it comes to the
Englishman himself. the appraisals OF
these recollections are peculiarly pene-
trating and sustained. The whole is an
inspired and illuminating comment on
events that have had and are still hav-
ing a potent influence on English life
and on civilization generally. The lit
plainly that which lifts its substance
into a delightful field Of individua!
charm.
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. By
Frederic G. Howe. Phi d. IL ID.
author of "Socialized Germany
etc. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons.
The high cost of llving-says Mr.
Howe-is not a war product. The lif,
in food prices has. undoubtedly. beer
emphasized and accelerated by the fac,
Ssof war. But the fundamental cause o1
this advance in. living cost was in full
operation before the war and will con
tinue 10 advance prices beyond thi
limits OF the conflict. An economic
cause-a change in the economic foun
Evening star., 1918-02-03
Too Much Rivalry.
Louisville courier.JournaI

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
How is your wife making out with
those onions she is raising in . fiower-
pot?"
They're dropping. Stirring the soil
with a hairpin was all very well. but
don't think perfume from an atomizer
is the sort Of irrigation they need"