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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22

John G.. Gerlich returned Saturday
from Iowa and Southern Minnesota
points, where he attended several
hog sales.
DR.. Ira Bishop of Mapleton was a
business caller in the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bolvig of
Minneapolis are in the city spending
vacation with the formers parents,
Rev. and Mrs. L. c.. Bolvig.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Shove of Mime
apolis arrived Saturday for visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hamley. The
ladies are sisters. Mr.. Shove expects
to leave soon for Camp Dodge. Ia,
having been selected for the national
army.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
DORA IS MANKATO GIRL
Rumor That She Had Been
Driven From Home BY
Her Mother
From Wednesdays Daily.

Stories are afioat to the effect that
the young woman who few days
ago almost destroyed her child at
Sibley park, and who has been at the
Emmanuel hospital with the child ever
since, is a Mankato girl. Quite a
number of people say that they know
her, it is reported, and some, it is
understood, have even visited her at
the hospital. Her name, it is said, is
not Dora Hill. An entirely different
name is given 1t is said that this girl
for a time worked at local factory.
1t is reported that her mother turned
her out of doors and that her sister
or sister in-law also Stunned her,
driving her to desperation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
ONCE LIVED IN MANkATO
E. A. Whitcomb, Who Died At
Albert Lea, Early This
Morning

E. A. Whitcomb, former resident
of iMankato, who has made his home
in Albert Lea for the past eight years,
died at the hospital there about one
o'clock this morning, death being
caused by cancer and rheumatism. He
was an uncle of Harry E. Terwilliger
of this city. Mr.. Whitcomb had
served for some time as engineer in
the Central high school at Albert Lea.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
CASE IN DISTRICT COURT
The Action of Charley Mitchell
Against the National Fire
Insurance Company
From Tuesdays Daily.

from tuesdays DaIIy.
This morning the district court was
still engaged in the trial of the suit
of Charles Mitchell against the Ma
tional Fire Insurance company of
Conn. The question to be
determined is whether $1,000 in
surance policy should rightly be in
on April last or on April r., the time
for which it was dated. This makes all
the difference whether the policy was
in force or not, at the time when the
fire occurred at the Mitchell restau-
rant on April 9. 1t is contendeG by the
plaintiff that the policy was ordered
to begin on the 4th. The company
maintains that it was ordered to be-
gin on the 18th, when it was actually
dated, at the time when an old policy
in the same amount expired.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
Blizzard Swept Minnesota.
limited Press Dispatch.1

UNITED Press Dispatch.
st. Paul, Mimi, February 19.-The
blizzard that struck the Dakotas last
night reached Eastern Minnesota to-
day and will probably be in Northern
Illinois tomorrow. 1t is reported to
be growing more severe, yet it has
not yet materially interfered with
railroad traffic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22

ruary % at the school house. The
proceeds to go to the Red Cross or
the Junior which they are seriously
thinking of organizing. This school
recently furnished clippings for two
pillows which the Mapleton branch
called for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
Chamberlain Operated On

UNITED Press Dispatch.1
WASHINGTON, February Ex-senator
Chamberlain of Oregon was today
operated upon for appendicitis. He
was taken, i'll yesterday. a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22
Soldiers Injured in Fire.

IASSOclated Press Dispatch.
Camp Dodge, February 19.-Eight
soldiers of U company ordnance corps
were seriously injured when fire
destroyed the barracks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22

Mrs. George Krouss of Medo, who
spent the past week visiting her sis.
ter, Mrs. Matte Dane, returned today
to her home in Medo.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-22

G. w. Champlin of Lake Crystal
was a business caller in the city to-
day.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
COME, BURLESON,
FOLLOW McADOO

Declaring that they have been
locked out for five months and de-
spite promises of the Secretary of
Labor that they would be reinstated
should they call off the general strike
for which orders were issued and
then Cancelled, J. f. Rohan, Inter
national Vice-P President of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union, Tues
day sent telegram from Seattle to
F. j. Konenkamp demanding that he
issue an ultimatum to Postmaster
General Burleson setting a date on
which the locked-out telegraphers
should be reinstated if the depart
ment wished to avoid a strike. Mr..
Rohan states in his message that
the telegraphers have waited pa
tiently for five months expecting the
Department of Labor and the War
Adjustment Board to make good the
Presidents promise that the right
of employees to organize in trade
unions was renewed and affirmed,
and that they now consider it neces-
sary to take some action that will
yiven them the rights promised in
the proclamation.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
What California Is Doing

From statement of Paul Schar-
renberg, Secretary of the California
State Federation of Labor is taken
the following relating to the forma-
ton of the California Union of Pro-
ducers and Consumers:
Thoughts along these lines have
actuated the organized farmers and
the organized wage-workers in Cali
fornia to get together, first unoffi-
cially and informally, and more re-
Gently, at their respective conven-
tions, in formal and official fashion,
to determine upon what issues and
problems there can be real co-opera-
ton. Here is the declaration of
principles which the California Farm
er-Labor Alliance approved on JAN
uary 10Th of this year:
Principles of Alliance
"No. l. The California division of
the Farmers Educational and Co.
operative Union of America, the Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor and
the Pacific Cooperative League, Inc,
of California recognizing the mutual
character of their interests and
realizing the need for closer and
more intimate association hereby
form an alliance for mutual aid and
support.
"No. 2. The name of this alliance
shall be the California Union Of Pro-
ducers and Consumers.
mo. 8. Believing that the general
aims and objects of each party are
common to all three parties it is
desired to bring the united support
of the three bodies to the work of
each one insofar as mutual interest
and united opinion warrant.
"No. 4. 1t is understood that no
public action in the name of the
California Union of Producers and
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
JOHN J. PERSHING

Today the people of many cities
and towns in the United States are
celebrating the birthday of General
John j. Pershing, commander of the
American armies in France. Gen.
Pershing is a native of Missouri, is
graduate of West Point Military
academy and has spent his life in the
military service of the United
States. He is a quiet, unobtrusive,
democratic gentleman who does things
in an efficient soldierly way with
out making a show of it. Pershing
is a military genius, loved and obey
ed by his soldiers, honored and re-
spected by his fellow citizens. Long
live Pershing.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13

at being able to visit his old friends
and said that when the war is over
he would return to their midst and
work and live with them as of yore
He delivered a short address upon
the war activities in the Capital
of the world" saying that is what
Washington city is today.
He spoke of the chaotic condition
of the governmental policy of hand
ling the labor question at the be-
ginning of the war and told his
hearers how order was restored and
the coordination of labor policies
was affected in the several govern
ment departments. There was formed
the War Labor Policies Board with
representatives from the several de-
pan tments having to do with labor
policies.
Then came the appointment of the
War Industries Board clothed with
power to enforce it's edicts. And
lastly the National War Labor Board,
with x-Presdent Taft and Mr..
Frank Walsh as chairmen-a con-
ciliation board which has made so
many unanimous decisions in labor
conflicts that it has become the
wonder of the nation. Our readers
are aware that this board is formed
of five labor representatives, five
anti-union employers and two chair
men, one appointed by each group.
These boards have in hand all la
bor matters affecting industries di-
rectly and indirectly connected with
the prosecution of the war.
He spoke eloquently of the bear
ing of our armies in France and
urged labor to "keep the home fires
burning" in order that our boys
who are fighting our battles may
not fight in vain.
Bro. Marsh left yesterday morn
ng on his return to Washington by
way Of California.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13

Consumers shall be taken except
when the three component parts of
the union shall have agreed upon
such action. This is not intended
to prevent any one of the three or
ganizations from acting in its own
behalf on any subject.
"No. S. II is proposed by the
California Union of Producers and
Consumers to bring joint action to
bear on pressing Legislative changes;
to further public ownership of all
public utilities including transporta-
tien and communica tion; to free the
land and society from privilege and
monopoly and to provide practical
plan of cooperation for the equit-
able distribution of food and other
necessities of life"
When this newly formed "Union
of Producers and Consumers" had
thus defined the principles which
are to govern its future activity
steps were at once taken to draft
Joint political and economic plat
form relating to state issues.
After a number of meetings twelve
planks were finally unanimously
adopted on May 25th. This plat
form will be published in a later
issue of the Labor Journal)
1t should be understood that there
has been no intention to put up can
lidates during the present campaign,
nor has there been any desire to
copy the methods of established po-
litical parties. The aim has been to
make a statewide campaign for the
principles contained in the platform
presented herewith, and one phase
of this campaign has already been
carried out All candidates for
the coming legislature have been
supplied with a copy of the plat
form and have been requested to
give their views upon the twelve
olanks contained therein.
Foundation of Farmer-LabOr Alliance
Trade unionists throughout -
state can materially help ir this
work by impressing upon the diff
ferent candidates the fact that his
own constituents are interested in
the farmer-labor program.
Fred Millard, "a farmer) of Los
Gatos is the president of the new
alliance. Daniel C. Murphy, "a
worker) of San Francisco, is the
secretary. Any inquiry sent to the
latter at the Underwood Bldg, San
Francisco, upon any phase of this
great progressive movement will re-
ceive prompt attention.
So far as can be judged from per-
sonal expressions, letters and news
paper comment the new movement is
decidedly popular.
Throughout the state, central labor
councils and local unions have unani-
mously approved the platform.
Of course, the future of the Cali
fornia farmer-labor alliance will de-
pend entirely upon the interest and
activity of the rank and file-the
really useful two thirds of Cali
fornia's citizenship.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
HOTEL MEN KICK
ON THE MINIMUM
WAGE FOR WOMEN
And Want to Re-establish a Seven
Day Instead of A Six-Day-
Week

OLYMPIA, Sept. lO.-That a fight
against the $500 minimum weekly
wage for women during the war, rec
commended by the war emergency
conference and adopted today by the
Industrial Welfare Commission, will
be waged by hotel men was indicated
at the hearing held by the commits
sion today when F. C. Marmaduke
of Seattle; Louis M. Davenport, and
Attorney Witherspoon, of Spokane
entered formal protest.
Hotel Men May Appeal to Courts
Witherspoon served notice that the
hotel men regard the new minimum
wage as applying for seven-day
week and will act accordingly. The
commission informed him that the
wage was based on siX-day week,
which would be adhered to in en-
forcing the ruling establishing the
new scale. Witherspoon intimated
that Legal proceedings may be in
stituted, and it is expected that if
the hotel men block the new min
imum wage, special conference for
the hotel industry will be called to
fix a hotel minimum wage for wo-
men. The new rulings go into effect
November 10. The Welfare Com
mission adopted the six-day week as
basis for the minimum wage four
years ago.
The Commission adopted all the
recommendation of the conference
with the exception of the resolution
to prohibit women from working In
certain factories, garages and mills
between the hours of o'clock in the
evening and o'clock in the morn
ing. This ruling was postponed to
Give time to investigate the effect
of such a measure on war work.
The Robinson Manufacturing Com
pany at Everett asked the commits
sion to consider this point, stating
that the company is engaged on war
contracts, with women employed at
night. The Everett Pulp & Paper
Company also urged that this rec
ommendation of the conference be
investigated.
Equal Pay for Equal Work
The commission adopted, besides
the 1920 minimum wage, the rec
ommendation to prohibit women from
working as bellhops, on section crews
and on certain work in mills and fac
tories, or underground or in occu-
pations the Commission may decide
are injurious to women.
The Commission adopted the rec
concentrations requiring employers
to post in advance time schedules for
part-time work, prohibiting the en-
ployment of women for shift OF
more than six hours without rest
period of fifteen minutes, requiring
equal pay for equal work with men
employed at the same occupations
and ordering the establishment OF
higher standards or conditions OF
work and sanitation.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
CALIFORNIA MAKING AN EFFORT
TO ELIMINATE THE MIDDLE MAN
Comparison the Methods of Relief Sought in Two States
From Profiteerng in Food and Other Necessities.

In Washington Organized Labor
and the organized farmers presented
petition to the voters of this state
initiating a measure which would eff
fectually rid consumers of the ex-
tortion and graft practiced by mid
die men if adopted an the general
election, but it did not receive a
sufficient number of signatures to
! entitle it to place upon the bal
lot.
Following is the measure which the
organized industrial workers and
farmers sought to initiate:
"An act concerning counties, cities,
towns, townships and port districts;
authorizing them to buy, sell, deal
in or market food, fuel and other
commodities, to create and maintain
by taxation a fund for such pur-
poses, to own and operate grain
mills, ice, gas and electric plants,
terminal railways, water transfers
and other freight transportation sys-
tens, and to fix prices and rates
for their products and services; au-
thorizing such municipalities, except
ing port districts, to own and oper
ate telephone and telegraph systems;
comforting the power of eminent do
main and authorizing the assessment
If property, and the issuance of
bonds for such purposes"
The consumers know they are be-
ing robbed by middle men and a
few of them had nerve enough to
seek permanent relief from this nom
essential bunch of distributors-men
who pocket enormous profits on food
and other products without doing
anything to increase their value.
But the consumers-a vast ma
iority of the people inhabiting the
state-were too apathetic to even
take the trouble of signing their
names to a petition initiating a law
70 abolish this class of extOrtioners.
Clifford Pinchot, representing the
federal board of farm organizations,
n addressing recent convention of
the American Federation of Labor,
said:
"What power is there in this coun-
try that can stand against the just
demands of the men and women who
produce the raw material and the
men and women who make up the
finished product? One-third of all
the people of the United States are
farmers; at least one-third are wage
earners. One-t third and one-third
make two-thirds of the people of the
United "+stes. Banded together is
there any power under heaven that
can stand against the just demands
which this two-t thirds unite upon? ?"
This utterance of Pinchot's shows
the majority they have the power to
right their wrongs and also shows
that that majority has made no eff
fort to use that power in protecting
themselves from extortion.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
WHAT YOUR SUB
SCRIPTION MEANS

When you subscribe to Liberty
Loan you subscribe to the sentiment
that the world must be made safe
for democracy and subscribe to the
fund that is to make the world safe
for democracy.
You subscribe to the belief that
innocent women and children on un-
armed ships shall not be sent to the
bottom of the sea; that women and
children and old men shall not be
ravished and tortured and murdered
under the plea of military necessity;
that nurses shall not be shot for
deeds of mercy, nor hospital ships
be sunk without warning, or hospitals
and unfortified cities be bombed or
cannonaded with long-range guns.
You subscribe to the doctrine that
small nations have the same rights
as great and powerful ones; that
might is not right, and that Ger
many shall not force upon the world
the dominion of her military mas
ters.
You subscribe, when you subscribe
to a Liberty Loan, to the belief that
America entered this war for a just
and noble cause; that our soldiers in
France and our sailors on the sea are
fighting for right and justice.
And you subscribe to the Ameri-
can sentiment that they must and
shall be powerful, efficient and VIC
torious.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13

free collective bargaining insures.
It does not wish to have industrial
autocrats in this country who can
say, Kaiser-like, to their employees,
what you wish does not concern
me. | do not will it."
With your aggressive assistance |
believe the process of democratiza-
ton will continue until there will
remain not one wage-earner in the
country deprived of full voice in de-
termining the conditions of his job
and consequently of his life.
(Signed) FRANK P. WALSH.
Washington, D. c., Sept. I'd, 1918.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
SHIP KEEL LAID
IN TEN SECONDS

The national wooden ship keel lay
ing record was broken Tuesday morn
ing at the Grays Harbor Motor
Company's shipyard, in Aberdeen,
ten seconds being the official time.
The previous best time for placing
n wooden keel was eleven seconds.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13

The Carpenters reported Ialf
meeting with three limitations and
he admission of three by card.
The Painters had rousing meet
ing and listened to three visitors
from Seattle who spoke on the fed
GRAFTON of the metal trades.
The Stage Employees received a
committee from the Managers AS
sociation who asked a reduction of
scale. The union did not comply
with the request.
The Timberworkers discussed the
per capita tax feature to the dues
amendment to the constitution but
did not instruct their delegates on
the question.
The Railway Clerks reported fif-
teen new members.
The Piledrivers reported a good
meeting. They unanimously ap-
proved the 10 cents per capita prop
osition. Their delegate made good
report of the Northwest Conference
of B. B. & S. |. w. recently held in
Portland The next conference will
be held in Everett
Delegate Francois announced the
full membership of the Community
Labor Board. They are E. M. Metz
ger, George Bergstrom and E. A.
Francois.
The Council discussed the quail
fications of candidates before the
primaries but made no Endorsements
The Council adjourned.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-09-13
Thursday, Sept. 5, 1918.

The Council was called to order
in adjourned meeting by President
Vingen at 8 p. m. Delegate Gold
thorpe was called to the Vice-Presi-
dents chair and Delegate Ruby ap-
pointed Sergeant-at-Arms.
The Sumner Iron Works inves-
tigating committee reported and was
given another week to make its final
report.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-11

Free Prescription Can BE Filled Al
Any Drug store And Given Secretly
H J. Brown, 4 Cleveland man was
for many years a confirmed drunkard-
His friends and relatives despaired OF
ever redeeming him. His sister sought
the best medical men in Europe in the
hope that she might find something
which would cure him. Finally she
was recommended to an eminent
chemist, who gave her a private for
mula (tbe same as appears below and
told her how to use it She had IL
filled at the drug store and gave Il
to him secretly. The results were
startling. In a few weeks he was COM
pletely cured That was over eight
years ago and he has not touched a
drop since. He now occupies a posi-
ton OF trust and is enthusiastic in his
efforts to help others overcome the
liquor habit He feels that he can best
do this by making public the same
formula which cured him. Here is the
prescription: Go to any firstclass drug
store and get Prepared Tescum Pow
ders- Drop one powder twice a DAY IN
coffee, tea or any liquid It Is harm
less, tasteless, odorless and cannot be
detected. You can use IL without the
knowledge OF anyone A lady who re-
Gently tried Il on her husband reports:
Ny husband was on a spree when
got the powders and he usually stays
drunk from three to four weeks at a
time After putting the powder in his
cotfee for four days he sobered I'D and
has not taken a drink since ana saws
he is through with Il forever. He also
complained that whisky did not taste