davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Compers Requests Him to
Announce If He Has
Obtained Corporations
Consent to Conference
Agreed to Take
Hand a Week Ago
President Replies, but
Contents of Answe err
Are Not Made Public

WASHINGTON Sept. 5.-Samuel
Gompers. president Of the American
Federation of Labor, to-day asked
President Wilson whether he had been
able to arrange the conference between
the United States Steel Corporation
and representatives Of the steel work
crs on or before September 9, as the
President promised to do at the White
House q week ago.
Mr.. Gompcrs informed the President
that on that date the presidents Of
twenty y-four international steel unions
would meet in Washington "to take
such action as they deem necessary"
1t was understood that a reply from
Mr.. Wilson reached Mr.. Gompers late
tonight, though ITS contents were not
made public.
The telegram to the President was
signed by Mr. Gompers and the ex-
ecutive committee representing the
steel workers.
, Labor LADDERS admitted that the pur-
pose Of their message to the Presi-
dent was to bring pressure to bear on
officials Of the Steel CORPORATION to
accede to Ny. Wilson's proposal for a
conference, as no announcement Of
progress from the President has been
interpreted TO moan his efforts thus
far have met with no success.
The telegram TO the President fol
lows:
'Ihe executive committee, represent
ing the various international unions in
the ron and steel industry, met to-day
to consider the awful situation which
exists III many o. the IRON and steel in
dustry centres. The coercion, the bru-
tallty employed 10 prevent men and
unions from meeting in halls engaged
upon private property and in the open
air, the thuggery of the corporations
cmissares, the Wholesale discharge Of
members os the union-havc brought
about such situation that il is cx-
ceedlngly difficult to withhold or re-
strain the indignation of the men and
the resistance that they declare it is
their purpose to prevent.
Fears Industrial Crisis
"The executive committee, relying
upon the case as presented to you last
week, and your earnest declaration to
endeavol to bring about conference
iOi IHS hOiIOl dDlc anu pcuCCIuI uQ1uSC-
ment OF the matters in controversy, have
thus far been enabled to prevail upon
the men not to engage in general
strike. We cannot now affirm how
much longer we shall be able to exert
that influence, but we urge you, even
in the great work in which you are en-
gagged, to give prompt attention to this
most vital of issues; for if the men
can no longer be restrained it is i'm
possible to foretcll what the future may
hold in store, for an industrial crisis
may ensue and frustrate the project
which you have worked out for peaceful
and honorable adjustment of industrial
affairs in our country.
"A meeting of all presidents of the
twenty-four international unions in the
steel industry has been called to take
place on Tuesday, September 8, in
Washington, D. c.. to take such action
as they may deem necessary. May we
not have your reply on or before that
time as to whether or not a conference
with the Steel Corporation is posi-
BILE ?"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Golf Links Makers Strike

GREENWICH, Conn, Sept. Be
tween sixty-five and seventy laborers
employed by the Ellington Contracting
Company in Rye in laying out the golf
links at the Biltmore Country Club in
Harrison, owned by John McE; Bowman
of New York, went on strike to-day
They were receiving 81 day and now
demand $3.50. Several policemen are
on duty at the club grounds.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

1.-THE MIRACLE MAN"
tho wonderful T-ARTCRAFT
Picture will move to the RIVOLI on Sunday.
,~-Advt
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Wilson Calls His Opponents "Quitters'
Says Amendments Would isolate Z. s
Actors StrikeSettled;
Houses Open at Once
Z. S.-British Pledge to
Guard Belgium, Reported

T ONDON, Sept. 5.-"The Evening
~ Standard" says it learns on the
highest authority that Belgium's Sc
curity in the future is to be guaran-
teed against German aggression by
Great Britain and the United States.
This is the first intimation that
such an alliance for the protection
of Belgium had been projected.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30

dreadful Of all calamities IL the Arneri-
canization of ali foreign born within
/ our borders and to rescue those fortu-
nate enough to be born in this country
from the slough of despond. to improve
their surroundings and give them
more hopeful and cheerful view of the
future. To impress upon the foreign
born the necessity of being good citi-
zens is one of the greatest objects Of
Community Service.
for earnest work in this direction and
there seems no questioning the state
ment that Community Service is the best
equipped organization to handle this
tremendous task. 1t has the machinery
and the leaders and it already has prov
ed it's worth in number of cities.
Neighborhood and community works
are not new in this country, but there
is a new promise OF force through ma
tional organization in the nation wide
plans of Community Service.
Roosevelt said that mo man could
be part American and part something
else" and truer words were never ut
tered. The citizens of this country
must be all Anne ricans or nothing. The
program of Community Service calls
for great movement to make thor
ough-going Americans of all of our
foreign born population. Americaniza-
ton is the common term but higher
and better citizenship are better words.
Through various methods Community
born the ideals that will counterfeit I'M
rest and place the disciple of unrest in
the background.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
NEED BIG MAN FOR PLACE.

57HE nations finances depend largely
upon the ability OF the man to
handle financial problems, who will sue
coed Secretary of the Treasury Glass.
appointment of senator from Virginia
to fill the unexpired term of the late
Senator Martin. While his term was
short Secretary Glass acquitted himself
creditably.
Complicated as have been the treas
ury problems during the last three or
four years. the time of stress is not over
by any means. The change of ma
tional financing from a war to a peace
basis, which is now in progress, is a
delicate process, and the safety of the
transition will depend much on the adj
ministration of the treasury depart
ment.
The name of Secretary Glass sue
cessor has not been announced, and 1t
will be well for the president to give
his most careful consideration to the
appointment and take the best advice
! obtainable concerning it. That q man
of the highest ability and broadcast
views is needed for the place is clearly
apparent. The greatest financier in the
country would be none too great for
it. What is not wanted-most en-
phatically not wanted-is a politician
who will conduct the affairs of his
office principally with a view to the
effect his administration will have on
the voters when they exercise their
right of suffrage on Nov. 2, 1920.
We are facing a period of the re-
adjustment of prices and taxes and on
the effecting CT this readjustment with
out serious disturbance of the substan-
tial position of the business of the
country the secretary of the treasury
will have a large Influence. Much is
expected of the president in tho ap-
pointment, and when it shall have been
made much will be expected of the ap-
pointee, and both the president and the
NEW secretary may well bear in mind
the dictum of President Hayes that 'he
| serves his party best who serves his
country best"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
HERE COMES THE

We do not aim to usurp the duties Of
the society writer, but we cannot re-
train from republishing the following
account of a fashionable upstate we'd
ding as reported in the local paper:
Then last of all came the radiant
btide on the arm of her father. She
was gowned in the infinite charms of
bridal white cleaning and quivering
from charmeuse under a veil of grace
full tulle. The soft satin was easily
draped into becoming skirt that
trailed on so satisfa Glory behind. The
cap to the bewitching veil was formed
Ey an ornament of tulle and pearls
making a band about the head.
During the service the gracious
glances of the bride could not disturb
the groom's most serious moments, and
now the days of friendship have lost
their dominion and joyous affection
holds absolute sway. Two hearts that
have floated on the soft-swaying pin
ion, kind Heaven has bound for eter-
raj day."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE
FLOUR

(Received by a Milling company
Dear Sir-What are We going to do
with the flour. There is full of bugs
in our flour and we did not believe the
people about it and SO l see this is
true. What shall We do with it, and
there some cause about ii, and we have
it in a good dry place, and L did not
think about it SO we do believe it, We
bad bought flour from Henrys and
kept it or months and 1t did not
turn into such things as that What
will we do with 1t sir, or send 1T back,
OF not come with it and look about 1t.
there was some reasing about 1t. it Is
some old flour you had. And answer
soon back. And 1t isn't only three
months We got 1t.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30

DESERVE NO CONSIDERATION.

THE automobile driver who will de-
liberately run past a street car
when 1T is receiving or discharging pas
sengers, deserves no consideration from
anyone, and should be arrested and
heavily fined. Yet he is about as ac-
tive in Boise as anywhere else; in
fact, more SO. The police department
should proceed to detail some Of its
officers to stop this persistent infraction
of the traffic laws. The public is
entitled to that protection.
The motorist who asserts that as a
skilled and responsible driver it is his
privilege to decide whether he can pass
a street car receiving or discharging
passengers without risk to them or
himself, may. in his own mind, have
a perfectly clear case. But the public
has decided that he Is not competent
to exercise his discretion, because to
extend the privilege to him would be
to extend it to all, and certainly mo-
florists in the mass have not shown
what is generally deemed to be a
proper and prudent regard for the
safety of street car passengers. Furth-
ermore, this assertion is a manifesto
ton of unwillingness to submit to
traffic discipline. and without traffic
discipline no one is reasonably safe.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
------------------
THE STAMP SCAlPER

6THE federal authorities are certainly
justified in raiding the war saving
stamp scalpers and bringing them to
the bar of justice. The practice is
not only illegal, but it is damaging to
the very spirit the government desires
to fan-legitimate thrift on the part
Of the people. These scalpers were
found to be heavy operators in Chi
cago and they are known to exist in
many other cities.
The government provides a sensible
and easy means of converting the GER
tificates into cash, and there should
be no change in this system. The pur-
chaser who can not wait the necessary
ten days in order to get his money can,
it is believed, always find some one
who is willing to advance money on
the rights of the purchaser The GER
tificates have a stated cash value, and
any transaction in which they change
hands for less than that value is un-
warranted and, as the government
shows, illegal. 1t is probable that in
some cases the owners of certificates
have been misled by the representa-
lions OF these brokers. Certainly the
cash value of the certificates recov-
cred in raids would indicate that the
brokers have operated on a scale hardly
Justified by the excuse that certificate
owners can not comply with the regu :
lations.
The disclosures made by the govern
ment In no way affect the stability of
the war stamps as an investment or as
= means OF saving money. They SIM
ply show thct INSCRIPTIONS brokers
have exploited the ignorance of imper-
ative need Of certificate owners with
= view to reaping a harvest. II any
thing. the safety and value Of the GER
tificats is emphasized. They are the
Droperty of the owner and not to be
traded in either by thieves or spurious
brokers. The government has done
wei to show beyond doubt that il
means to protect the certificate holder
to the full extent of the law.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30

above her machine. The young woman
worked her way from the cockpit Of
her plane to the tip Of the wing When
the second aviator came into range she
seized the rope ladder and made the
shift.
The Malays and Bataks Of Sumatra
have solved their labor problem in a
unique way. An important part Of
their food is the cocoanut and this
also forms an important part of their
commerce. They have trained mon
keys to pick nuts, in which they show
great dexterity. Carl d. La Rue of
Kisaran, Asahan, Sumatra, writes to
Science, saying that trained cocoanut
picking monkeys sell at from S. to $40
according to their skill. He adds that
they are very savage and will inflict
a serious bite whenever they get a
chance.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
CHANGES in RETAIL PRICES

m oNsUMERs in Idaho ought to get
lU1 some encouragement from the
latest compiled report of the bureau of
labor statistics OF the United States de-
paftment of labor. taken from retail
dealers in so cities, showing that the
retail cost of 23 staple food articles
decreased two-tenths of one per cent
in October as compared to September.
Not much, to be sure, but it should be
a sign that greater declines are to fol-
low.
The foods upon which this COMPARE
son is based are: Sirloin steak, round
steak. rib roast, chuck roast plate beef,
pork chops, bacon. ham, lard, hens,
flour, cornmeal, eggs, butter, milk, po-
tatoes, bread, sugar, cheese, rice, cof-
fee and tea.
Eighteen articles increased in Octo-
Der as follows: EGGS, IA per cent;
butter and raisins, per cent each;
rice. per cent salmon, sugar and
prunes, per cent each; oranges per
cent; fresh milk and bananas, per
cent each: canned milk, rolled oats,
cornflakes, macaroni, navy beans and
canned tomatoes, 1 per cent each.
Cream of wheat and tea increased less
than five-tenths of 1 per cent. Flour,
nut margs rine bread and baked beans
remained the same price as in Sep
TENDER
The twenty-one articles which de-
creased were: Potatoes. II per cent;
sirloin steak and cabbage, 8 per cent
each; lard. per cent: bacon, ham and
crisco, per cent each; pork chops.
per cent; round steak. chuck roast,
plate beef hens and onions, per cent
each; rib roast, lamb, cornmeal and
coffee. . per cent each; oleomargarine,
cheese, canned corn and peas. / per
cent each.
From October, 1918, to October, 1919,
the retail price OF food increased per
cent. In the year period the following
ten articles decreased in price: Navy
beans. Is per cent: plate beef, IL per
cent; chuck roast, IL per cent: sirloin
steak and bacon, 9 per cent each; round
steak and rib roast, per cent each
lamb, per cent; cornmeal, 3 per cent
and pork chops. 2 per cent. During
the year the following, articles in
creased in price: Prunes. So per cent
coffee. Sc per cent; onions, 40 per cent
raisins. S5 per cent; rice, "a per cent
salmon, 13 per cent; eggs, IL per cent
cheese. 10 per cent; flour, butter and
potatoes. per cent each; lard, per
cent; fresh milk, sugar and tea, per
cent each; hens and bread, per cent
each, and ham, l per cent.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
THE VOTERS VERDICT.
New York SUM.

(New YORK SUM.
The special election in the fifth con-
gress district of Oklahoma, in which
]. w. Harreld defeated Claude Weaver
on Saturday, was contest in which
party lines We're ignored and the sole
issue put to the voters was indorse-
ment or rejection of the peace treaty
and the interviewer covenant negotiat-
cd by Woodrow Wilson at Paris. x
x On this issue the electors of the
fifth Oklahoma district voted square
ly. and their verdict was the unquali-
fled rejection Of the treaty, interviewer
league Of nations and the whole pro-
gram of entangling foreign alliances.
Party allegiance, partisan appeals, the
traditions of the district, all went by
the board in a splendid outburst of
Americanism. The fifth district for
the first time since it's organizatio
chose a Republican for representative
in congress, and it chose him not be-
cause Of his party utilization but be-
cause he stood uncompromisingly for
pure Americanism unadulterated and
independent,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30

as can be imagined. Whatever gases
are present IN the blood In the forms of
excess carbonic gases, moisture and the
ike pass thence to the air. and the
blood in exchange receives from the air
it, cxygen. The automatic-liks inspira-
ton and expiration induce this ex-
change
Picture two huge beans and you will
see the kidneysA They measure nearly
4x1h inches and weigh about q third
Of a pound.
From the mouth Of the "bean" issues
a large artery. ve1n and rubber pipe
line called q ureter. This spreads in
sids the kidney a. q system Of tubes
into which nlters URIC acid. phosphates.
oxalates, water and other sver-present
waste products from foods. In general
dissolved In water. This u the kidney
MUD. which leaves The animal structure
two quarts a day.
Fruits, water, tea. coffee succulent
vegetables and liquids keep the kidneys
busy. Usually profuss persplration al
lows tho kidneys needed rest. Heavy
protein foods such ~ meats make them
work overtime.
ale 4 4 waste fluid discharged by the
liyer fabric into q network Of spaces In
the liver. Thsss finally empty like
springs and brooks Into tubes called bile
ducts.
The liver weighs ten Or twelve times
more than a kidnsy-about four pounds.
II Il Just below and beneath the dia-
phraxm and ribs on the right side.
The small sack or bladder which col.
iects the gall 10 the bile $40 or Gall
bladder.
10 keep At and avoid iii-health e he
liver. arteries, kidneys and heart put .
soft pedal on meats and Foods which
help 10 nil the liver and gall bladder.
overwork the kidneys and Allow the in-
testines to remain unemptied over twelve
hours at time.
Muscular effort IN work and play,
sound sleep and simple food will ada
years OF health to life Of youth and
usefulness.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
WEARY OF STRIKES.

The American people are very weary
of strikes melted by the radical ele-
ment or by arbitrary leadership;
strikes that breed strikes until indus
try runs down and production almost
ceases: strikes that hurt everybody.
including the labor union members
themselves; strikes that painful
ly add to the high cost of living. And
the American people are fast losing
patience with those protesting friends
of labor whose speech and behavior
encourage the lawless and seditious.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
THE PREcIPIcE.
New York SUM.

INeW YORK SUM.
Everybody can be sure that the Of
ficers of the steel unions, the officers
of other unions and the officers Of
Mr.. Gompers' Federation of Labor now
realize that they very badly mis-
judged what they were doing. They
now appreciate that they went too near
the edge of precipice. They now
know that IL they had stayed there
longer the American people would
have shot them clean over that edge.
1t will be just as well for the Ameri-
can people to keep them in that frame
Of mind
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
EQUAL LAWS.
(New York World).

Like too many of our laws, that
which was designed to protect the
people in wartime against food and
fuel scarcity and extortion contains
demagogic exemptions, but when it
comes to conspiracy to hold up the
fuel supply, coal miners are placed on
exactly the same level as coal opera
tors and dealers. The leaders of or
ganized labor should be the last Amer
leans to complain of equal laws.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
DEMOCRATIC RIVALS.
New York Tribune),

(NeW YORK IrlDune).
Says the Prince of Wales in his
friendly message to the American peo-
pie: your institutions, your ways Of
life, your aims are as democratic as
ours" X x With respect to
which country is the more democratic
it is perhaps profitless to venture an
opinion. Two stars may differ in
glory and yet both be good stars. In
the practice, IL not in the form, Of her
institutions Great Britain may deserve
the democratic palm, but as to ways
Of life, in the social moods of her peo-
pie, in the recognition of equality in
the contacts of private life. the matter
Is more dubious.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30


MRS. P o. Y. NJ OIL am sulPer-
ing with Eoitre. What can do fer III
A-There are various kinds of Roitre.
some require no treatment, but most
OF them require an operation which Is
the only cure. They are seldom in
heritsd. and their causes are not
known.
A. H. c. OWN you kindly adviss me
what to do for pinworms3
A-Injection Of An infusion Of Quaaess
into the rectum will kill them.
MRS. H. p. o-Can you tell mo IL
cause Of frequent swallowing?
A-Habit. excitement salvation. over.
active stomach or thyroid glands. excee-
sive emotions. large tonsiis, smoking a.
speakers throat may be the cause,
Dr.. HtrshberS sctU amssesr questions
for rsoders Of the popsv on medical
hvetesSo awd s0attofton ssbjScte tA~s ~.
81 several tstsrsst He coanee eyecurp
es1ersohs - prescstbe ~ eHer n1vjep
for tA6tvi6Usj oassA. WhsvV fAe swbjeo1
u get 81 eewsrol tNtsrsst Jsteers ssili -
oasDsrsd personally. U . seamped ea6
o6drsssed swceIope 10 sncloscd Address
ALL INQUIRIES to Dr.. Z. *. HjysAbeHa
- cavS " thts office.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
Secrets Of Health and Happiness
How Your Body Disposes Of
Waste, Even When You Fast
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
A. B.. NJ. A., M. D. Johns Hopkins University

\/oU may not pause to remember that your skin,
bones, flesh, blood and all living fabric wears and
tears and leaves poisonous waste every minute
This acculates waste clog and stagnate living
activities and must be cared away like ashes and refuse
at least once or twice day. even though you never
eat morsel.
The upshot Of life motion and heat is to form gases
cnkers. ashes and refuse which pass off up the CHM
ney Of the lungs out Of the water pipes Of the kidneys
or from the ntestnes nkers and decomposed waste
Ordinary life processes formed from the human
fabric carried away from the textiles in the blood
The lungs, Kidneys liver and skin do lot of this emi
The tlnest blood canals, the capilares are as thin
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
THE ARROGANT RADICALS.
New York Tribune).

The arrogance Of the radical element
now largely in control Of labor organ
ization is rapidly destroying public
confidence in the unions as agencies Of
economic betterment and progress. A
saner attitude must be adopted. Tho
public is reaching the point at which
1t is no longer willing to be exploited
by sraspipg minorities whether of la
Dor o~ OF capital or of midd!ernen.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30

We are now advised to refrain from
Handwriting because the practice is a
menace to health. Horrors! 1t will be
hard to make the knights of the Grip
and politicians believe that.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
HIS PLACE IN HISTORY.
New York Heraldl.

Hereafter when an American politi-
clan arises to cut the throat OF his own
party by attempting to drive from 1t
an element of voters which have con-
stituted it's backbone and main sup
port 1t will be said of him that he
pulled John Sharp Williams"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-30
SURGERY FOR soLsHEvIsM.

A distinguished American surgeon
says that doctors arc better fitted
than legislators or preachers to cure
Bolshevism. Can it be that they have
discovered a Bolshevist gland or
something which can be cut out?