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Putnam patriot., 1919-03-21
You Wouldn't Hire an Editor to Wash Your Dishes

Dishes
 Yet you will hire yourself out to do the work of a deliv- cry boy.
 And without payl
 And at the expense of your home, your leisure, your strength and your temper.
 Don't keep on doing this.
 Let Us do it for you.
 Your groceries will cost no more; they will be better groceries and your time and energy will be conserved.
 Our store is run to serve you as you should be served.
 We carry the best Grocer ies and Meats. We price them fairly and honestly. We give you the benefit ot forty years knowledge of good goods. When we say a thing is good you can depend upon it.
 One of the things We know is good is Ryzon Baking Pow der. It is thoroughly depend i able, and economical at 40c per pound. ". H. Mansfield & to. Putnam
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His questions were designed to show
that this method makes the companies
a collecting agency, keeping the unions
in funds which otherwise 1t would be
practically impossible for them TO get
because the men would be remiss about
paying regularly. Witness insisted that
1t was merely financial arrangement
between the companies and the unions.
But 1t Is a strong element in con-
Quoting a closed shop" suggested SEN
ator Phlpps.
There has been no issue of the closed
shop in connection with this strike" re-
piled Fitzpatrick, except as it was
preached by Judge Gary to confuse the
public. 1t fs not in our demands"
long discussion followed over the
meaning of open and closed shops Fitz-
patrick said these terms were used only
by the companies. I'VE call them nom
union and union shops" he said.S"we
regard a closed shop as one absolutely
closed to union men,"
Organizers for the A. F. of L. have
been trying for years, he said. to or
ganize the steel workers.
In reply to questions by Senator
Phipps. he said the letter requesting a
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YOUNGSTOWN WILL
VOTE ON RETURNING
Men in Other Mills of Carnegie
Steel Co. to Decide as to
Continuing Strike.
speotal psspntch 10 Tnn euN.


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Sept. 25.--Meet-
ings of semi-skllied and skilled workers
employed in the steel mills here have
been called for tomorrow and Saturday
to consider the advisabiity Of returning
to work Employees of the two plate
mills Of the Brier Hill Steel Company,
among the largest in the country, will
vote tomorrow on returning.
Arrangements are also being made to
call meetings of employees at the upper
and lower mills and the Ohio works Of
the Carnegie Steel Company to vote
whether they shall return or not. A
plea will be made, It is said, to the I'M
skilled workers. who. are foreigners for
the most part, to Join with the men IN
returning.
Little change occurred in the situ-
alton on the fourth day OF the strike.
Since Tuesday evening not a pound Of
steel has been produced in the Mahon-
ing Valley. All mill transportation has
ceased and the stoppage of industry has
been complete. Sales managers Of dis
trict companies are still accepting orders
in the belief that the men will return
to their posts within a short time.
Resolutions have been adopted by the
United Labor Congress of the Mahoning
Valley saying that organized labor here
is wholly in sympathy with the walkout.
The resolution deplored as un-American
the idea that the strike was "fostered
and developed solely by and in behalf of
the foreign born workers"
Fabricating plants which employ
about 10000 men In this vicinity began
feeling to-day the shortage of steel
and some. it is predicted, will be ex-
pected to close within a week or ten
days. Office workers ii, the steel COM
panies are likely to be affected next, as
with the stoppage of operations their
work has been largely curtailed.
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SNIPER Is KILLED
AT FARRELL PLANT
State Constabulary Fires on
Steel Men After They Re.
sist Arrest.

FARRELL, Pa, Sept rs. - Determ,r,
ton OF the local authorities TO ston -.
practice of shooting at the mills in mi.
place resulted to-day in the killing =,
man suspected OF being one OF N,
snipers by a member of the State po,,o.
on duty here. The man was Nick a.,
gan or Grata- He was employed IN a..
Sharon steel plant until the steel s,r,,.,
began. His brother-in-law was lnIprsS
by a bullet and another man was bad,.
battered by State policeman. '
Shipping at the American Steel A..
Wire plant has been INDUCED in e ~1s
since the strike started. 1t continual 4.
the forenoon to-day and employees !.
the company and State policemen locs,os
where the firing was coming from ~
means Of a surveyors transit. A sops1
Of four crack shots among the st,,.
troopers advanced toward the house an,
arrested a man who came running froT
the place. He resisted and was beat,
into submission, 1t Is alleged. WSr,
being led away, II is said, some ons IA
the house fired upon the troopers p,
ports differ as to what then occurred
One version had 1t that Grata came an,
with one hand behind him. as II abot
to draw a pistol Another was that h.
was shot while watching the trooper,
from around a corner of the hou,e
Several shots were fired, one kiln,
him and another hitting his brother.
in-law.
This afternoon strikers held a meetir,
over the Ohio State line about tbras
miles from Farrell. Mass meetings ara
Hoop Company in Sharon, where meet.
ing of 500 employees of the Sharon stesl
Hoop Company in Sharon, where meet
ings are permitted. at which Burgs,
Morgan OF Sharon spoke and advised
the unskilled workers to return to wort
so that the skilled men could resume
Union organizers advised the men
against violence.
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nation has come to our committee and
our organizers.''
I'm some communities is Il not true
that all property is\owned by the cor
porationT' asked Senator Walsh.
Corporations own All Property.
Yes, and in some cases the people
are now being threatened with eviction.
Officials, mill guards and gunner say
to the men: GO to jail or go to work
Our organizers will give you the names
Of people who have been threatened
with eviction, or to whom this threat
of going to work or going to jail has
been made. have no doubt that II
your committee will visit McKeesport
or any other steel centre there will be
perfect order and harmony while you
are there, but II the members would
go privately with our organizers you
would be able to learn things that
would open your eyes"
Senator Phipps questioned the witness
about the check of system by which
the companies in, some places through
arrangements with the unions deduct
the union dues from the pay of the men
and turn the money over to the unions.
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Fitzpatrick said no strike had been
ordered yet at Bethlehem. but he be-
lieved the men were now voting on It.
The strike was ordered against the steel
industry generally, the meH feeling that
If they could not get cor Iteration even
when the President of TIA United States
asked hearing for tnsm. they would
quit.
eve feel that we are making an effort
to sustain the President OF the United
States" declared the witness.
"The corporation organized an army
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To Report Strike Vote.

Witness In answer to questions agreed
10 furnish the committee with the num-
Der of union and non-union men in the
various plants who voted for and against
the strike Senator Jones suggested that
sthe figures might show that Judge Gary
WAS warranted In claiming that the
labor leaders did not really represent his
employees.
'sThe fact that about $4,000 men ar,
now striking shows that we did repre-
ssent them," replied the witness, "Judg,
Gary, however, would not concede tina {
we represented his employees and the
fonly way TO prove II was TO call the
strike and close the mills. The pro-
gramme Of terrorism was already on and
we had to tell the men that II they
wanted TO save themselves and their
cause they must leave the mills. We
have doubled our membership since the
strike began. We allowed the non-union
mon to vote az vel! rs the union men
on the question OF striking, using a
! separate box. The non-union men voted
just about 100 per cent. for the strike.
was Informed that only two voted
. against it,"
at Is charged that the strike is by
aliens and that Americans are not In
yolysd in it." suggested Senator Ken
yon.
THE bugaboo OF aliens has been
: raised. but only In the newspapers con
troled by the other SIDE" replied the
witness.
Mr.. Kenyon called attention TO the
, chArEes made In the House BY Repre-.
sem i've Cooper (ohio) that the. strike
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No A. II. of l.. Fund,

Then Senator Phipps inquired IL In
1909 the A. +. Of L. or the Amalgamated
Association OF Iron, Steel and Tin
workers. made large appropriation,
said to be about a million dollars, to
organize the iron and steel workers.
witness denied that any such appropria-
ton ever was made. but said EFFORTS
mad been constantly made to organize
the industry. There had been persistent
opposition by the companies to organiza-
ton and until now 1t had been limos.
sible. He declared that the companies
wanted to maintain the twelve hour
system because 1t prevented the men
developing any ambition to rebel against
their conditions of life.
You have referred earlier TO an an
preparation by the Steel Corporation TO
neutralize the efforts to unionize the
men, suggested Senator Phipps.
when was that appropriation made %
Il understand about eighteen years
ago We do not know the amount, but
We have felt the effects. 1t DESTROYED
our organization in the steel mills. The
A. F. of L. never ceased its efforts al
Organizing these men,"
Il have been informed, but have no
proof. that at the Niagara Falls meet
Ing in 1902 the American Federation
the American steel workers" said
Senator Phipps.
NO such appropriation was ever
made" replied the witness.
Union Fees Prorated.
The organizations cooperating In the
present strike have prorated the cost OF
organization, which is not to exceed. as
remember, $4,000 at the rate of So, OOC
month. We have not made any ap,
preparation of such funds as yet. The
twenty-four industrial unions will deter,
mine how much to appropriate"
Would international unions fix tn,
amounts appropriated for a strike in tn,
United StatesT' asked Senator Sterling
| Tho twenty-four internationals will
ask the assistance of other international
unions and expect to get It. Our or
ganization work began in Chicago anC
extended to Pittsburg"
| did local business interests oppos,
the unionization of the men In Pennsyl
vaniar' asked Senator Phipps.
mo. Local public officials controlled
by the steel corporation told the bust
ness men that they would be put ou
of business II they did not support tn,
policy OF the corporation. This infor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
bE:SSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, May 2.-(SpeciaL) )-When Company D parades in Birmingham and members of the company are being show
 cred with confetti and flowers, it would not be inappropriate to have sprinkling of rice for one of the star members of the company, as news has been received in. the city that Joe Burgin and Miss Helen Wilde were married in New York Tuesday, April 29 The announcement was made to relatives of Mr. Burgin Tuesday, April 29. The announcement Tuesday by a telegram from him which stated that q was married today" but knowing his inclination to jest they de- cided to have further confirmation before making the announcement public. A later message confirms the report and Mrs.
 Burgin will precede MT. Burgin to Bes- semer and will arrive early next week. It will be indeed a happy homecoming for him, for he will not only be sur rounded by relatives and friends, but will be met by the sweetheart of his child hood, who is now his bride. Mir. Burgin has made reputation for himself not only in the good fight he has made against the Germans, but in the matter of writing interesting letters from the war zone he has not been surpassed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
PHONE RATE RAISE
 DEFENSE BRIEF IS
 FILED YESTERDAY
Arguments in Proceedings Will Be Heard by U. s. Supreme Court Next
 Monday
By hssoolarco Press

Washington, May 2.-Increase of intra- state telephone toll rates by the Post master General was defended in a brief filed by. the government today in the supreme court in connection with pend ing appeals from South Dakota and Mas sachusetts courts. The state authorities in their appeals have contended the in crease was an undue interference with their police powers Arguments in the proceedings will be heard next Monday.
 The government in it's brief declares the suits instituted by the South Dakota and Massachusetts authorities to re- strain the Postmaster General from in creasing the rates were in reality brought against the United States without its consent and should be dismissed. The government also contends that in taking over control of the telephone systems of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
SUB CHASER BADLY
 DAMAGED BY FIRE
 FOLLOWING BLAST
By Associated Press

Charleston, $. C., May 2.-United States submarine chaser No. 5S was heavily dam aged here today by fire following an ex- plosion of gasoline aboard the vessel which resulted in injuries to 1S city fire men and the commanding officer of the chaser.
 The vessel was lowed across the Coop e. river and beached after the explosion and although most of the ammunition aboard was taken off, small explosions followed from time to time. The vessel continued to burn for hours.
 Reports tonight were that the, chaser was practically total loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03

migration commissioner on the west ern coast, was not acting under auy special orders from Washington in rounding up alien undesirables in San cities.
 If Mr. White is arresting large num- bers of aliens for deportation" MT. Caminetti said, The undoubtedly is do- ing so in line with his regular duties. He has made no report to this office regarding his activities, and it is no. necessary for him to do so.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03

the country the President placed them in the hands of the Postmaster General as his representative, under the broad power given him by the resolution to manage as he saw fit and they thus were in effect added to the postal serv- ice and became as much part of the means of conveying news or communica- tions as the mail"
 "The regulation of rates" the brief said. "as an exercise of power is the assertion of right to control a private business, affected with a public interest and sub ject to a public use, so to subject the private property to the public service upon the payment of just compensation. To this end, in order that the private right may not be asserted to eXtort undue compensation for use, the power is ex- CT cised to regulate the price for use 5ust as it might be to regulate the price for the property itself if the fee was being .taken."
 The government brief, prepared by Solicitor General King, >denies that any state police powers are impaired or af- fected by not submitting the rates fxed by the officers of the United States to state control, because not only the price regulations of the state do not affect rates made by the government itself, but the police power does not extend to such subject.
 When the public,' the brief adds, 'has acted and fixed the rate when the pub lie officer of the United States fixed.
 Tt seems clear that if Congress had intended to confer upon the states the power to regulate the rates at which the United States will furnish telephone serv- ice it would not have expressed that in- tention by a reservation to the states of their police regulations.
 When a private corporation leases, for however short a time, the property of another. such corporation it is certainly with the expectation of making enough from it's operations to pay the rental and even a profit to itself. It was therefore tc be supposed that the government would expect to charge in the operations of these properties sufficient rates to pay for the increasing expenses of opera ton and discharge the rental which it was to pay It would have been legiti- mate to have even contemplated some aditional sum to reimburse the govern ment for the time of public officers con- sumed in this york;
 The government contends that state public utility commissions were never au- thorized when created by the states nor since to deal with the rates of public util- ties operated by government agencies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
Postal Employes to
 Hold Convention for
 Discussing Salaries
Rx Assnciated Press

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 2.-Two hum
 dred postal employees from Alabama,
 Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi will
 hold convention here next Sunday for
 the purpose of discussing legislation for making the salaries paid during the war permanent.
 Chairman John A. Moon of tho com mittee on postoffices and post roads of the House of Representatives, has been invited to appear before the convention and express his views on the question or salaries for postal employees All branch es of the postal service will be repre- sented at the convention and other mat ters affecting the service will be con- si0ered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
ROUNDING UP REDS ON PACIFIC COAST
 F0RDEP0RTAT|ON
Radical Activities Result in General Roundup by the Commissioner of
 Immigration
By Associated P-ess

San Francisco, May 2.--Parties of al- legged alien revolutionists are being made up in San Francisco, Seattle and other coast points for deportation as result of the receipt of mailed bon bs and other radical activities at these points, Edward White commissioners of immigration. announced here today.
 The recent murder of Mrs. George D. Greenwood, Oakland society matron, by bomb and the receipt here of in fernal contrivances by District Alter ney c. M. Fickert and his assistant, Ed ward A. Cunha, have caused the iln- igration authorities to redouble their efforts to round up all alien undesir ableS, White said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03

day to the state derartnert. The stocks continued until yesterday
 The dispatches said that the property destruction was great and that the Amer
 ican legation building was damaged, but that no Americans were hlc:. The American charge at San Salva-
 dor has been instructed to express the
 sympathy of the American government
 and people to the Salvador government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
SPRING CARNIVAL

The spring carnival given under the auspices of the Athletic association last evening at Ensley High school was a. gala occasion. A short programme pre- ceded the carnival frolics The Dark town Follies.' a minstrel number, was given by 12 black faced comedians, with Fred Kyle as interlocutor. Interesting jokes and stunts were pulled off by them.
 Little Miss Enemy a playlet was presented with Miss Blanche Turner talk ing the leading part
 Booths of candy, popcorn and trinkets presided over by pretty girls furnished refreshments for the visitors Miss Val lie Young White directed the occasion and Ronald Edwards was business man. ager.
 Beginning last evening the Junior Bap- tist Young Peoples union will meet at the Ensley Baptist church each Friday instead of Sunday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
WEST LAKE PARK

It is estimated that over +o00 people
 were present at the opening of West
 Lake Thursday evening, the largest crowd ever gathered there on any occa-
 sion A constant stream of vehicles
 brought people from all over the district
 from early in the evening until a late
 hour. A great many people from Bes- semer attended the dance in the evening when the large pavilion was crowded throughout the evening. Many improve ments have been made in the popular re- sort, one of which is bus line that IS being operated between the city and the lake.
 Tickets that will admit relatives and close friends to Capitol park to see tse men in the 167th infantry the day they
 parade in Birmingham may be secured from J. A. Snider. Included in the plans of the executive committee is the op- pcrtunity to see the men in the regiment l in the park between the hours of F and o'clock, and these tickets are furnished all relatives and friends, who will call | for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
NEWS OF ENS[EY

Mrs. Charles Trump owens was hostess to the Friday Afternoon Bridge club yes- terday afternoon at her home at Hilltop. The prizes, imported sandal wood fans, were won by Mrs. Sam Wynne and Mrs. s s. Heide, who made the highest scores. The score cards were in woodland scenes. At the conclusion of the games ices were served.
 Spring flowers were attractively used n decorating the rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
FURNACES TO RESUME

Two furnaces will resume operation at
 Bessemer in the next few days, one or
 the furnaces at Woodward having been fired up Wednesday preparatory to re- suming operations. The Tennessee Coal,
 Iron and Railroad company will operate No furnace in addition to No. l. which is now in operation. No. will turn out ferro-manganese pig iron for the steel plant at Ensley. The resumption of
 the other furnaces of the companies will depend on the iron market, according to the statement of officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
72 Persons Killed in
 San Salvador Quake
By Associated Press

Washington, May 2.-Seventy-two per- sens were killed and more than 400 in jured in the earthquake at San Salva- dor April 2S, according to advices to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
EMRLEMS FOR TEAM

The emblems for the high school basket ball team that have been expected for some time have been received and were presented at the chapel exercises Friday morning The emblem is purple triangle upon which is appliqued the letter "B in white felt, the high school colors be- ing purple and white. Following the pre- sentation of emblems a short address was made by MT. J. w. Cambell, the coach of the team. In this address he praised the members of the team for their eff forts during the season and made fore cast of next season. Mr. C. C. Moseley, the principal, also made a short talk. Those who received the emblems were as follows: Ralph Merritt, captain: Frank English, manager; Fred Harrison, William Thomas, Young Vann, George Waller and Luther Smithson. The girls presenting the letters were Misses Mary Anchors. Margaret Golson, Jessie Laird, Marjorie Wood, Hattie May Bennett, Gladys Morgan and Aurey Green,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
GOLD MEDAL AWARDED

Miss Bessle Cayne, a pupil Of st. An thonys Catholic school, was recently awarded a gold medal for making a gen eral class average of 9S. during the pas session. Among others awarded medal: were: Gladys Mcclure, Katie Flynn Mary Cutler Mary English, Mary Me Garry, Margaret Brawley, Josephine Gil tino. Margaret Hinton, Helen Riordar and James Baskerville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03

American drug manufacturers at re- cent convention voted to use the profits from German patents to promote scien- life research,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03
NO SPECIAL ORDERS

Washington, May 2.-Anthony Cam
 linetti, commissioner of immigra ton, l said tonight that Edward White, ilr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03

The Baptists of Pratt City will hold their regular services ir the main audi torium next Sunday, but afterward until the building is completed services will be held in the basement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-03

The members of the Ensley High School band gave a joint concert at the
 Jefferson theatre last evening with the Central High band. The occasion is an
 annual affair.