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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-05

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-05
Concern in Paris.

ly punished.
Concern in Paris.
Paris. April 5.-The situation in the
Archangel region has been forcibly
brought to the attention of the peace
conference by the publication in Paris
of the British statement that the troops
in Murmansk and Archangel districts
were in danger of determination unless
they were speedily reinforced.
Brig. Gen. W. p. Richardson, U. S.
A., is on his way to take command of
the American forces in north Russia,
and is expected to reach Murmansk
with 200 soldiers in a few days. There
is apparently no change. however, in
the avowed intention to take the Amer
ican troops out of the region at the
earliest possible date.
Asmsrsd Train Ready.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss and other Am
erican representatives here, while ad-
hitting the gravity of the situation,
are inclined to believe that the troops
at distant outposts can retreat. If nec-
essary. before an advance by the boil
Eshevilki, as arrnoredy trains are avail
able for all the Americans In the region
south Of 1Archangel and Murmansk.
Relief Of Archangei from the sea
probably will not be possible before the
end of May because of the ice, but the
forces in the city are we'll equipped
with artillery and ammunition.
There is no direct com :nunicat' on
at present, by either land or sea. be-
tween MurmaMsk and Archangei. Mur-
mansk however can be reliey ed imme-
diately from the sea.
The feeling in American circles here
is that the British statement possibly
overempasizes the gravity of the stu
alton, because of the desire to send
large reinforcements and. perhaps. be-
cause there may be an announcement
soon Of the allied policy toward the
bo;sheyiki.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-05

Manchuria, tried to board the same
special train in spite Of the platform
guard.
General Graves, commander of the
American forces in Siberia, has tel
egraphed to Colon Romanovsky, ev-
pressing his regret. He stated that an
investigation had been ordered and
that the guilty persons Will be severe
ly punished.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
QUICK RESULTS

Sioux City, Iowa.-The employees of
the Philip Bernard company, manu-
facturers of farmers supplies, deter
mined to form a union, realizing that
they would be better able to take care
of their interests by so doing. AS
soon as the management of the firm
learned that such action had been
taken, notice was posted forbidding
and disappearing it, and the manager
called on all those who had partici-
pated to sever their membership.
That order was resented and strike
followed. A meeting of the stock
holders was hurriedly called and the
purpose of the union was made clear
to them. They disapproved the action
of the manager and the new union
was recognized, but not before all the
employees of the company had joined.
Disputed points having been amicably
adjusted all returned to work.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Printers Get Increases

st. Louis, Mo. - Negotiations be-
tween representatives of Typograph-
icaI union No. and the Publishers
association resulted in an increase of
8 per cent. becoming effective Jan. I.
The new scale provides $35 week for
night workers who formerly received
$32.4O, and $3.50 for day men who
formerly got $29.10. The old schedule
was under contract which expires
in 1922. About 400 men are affected.
An increase from $23 to $27.30 a
week has been offered to job printers
by the Ben Franklin club, an organ
ization of boss job printers. The offer
has been taken under advisement by a
special committee of the job printers,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Currency Initiation
Brings High Prices

Richmond, Va. - High prices will
prevail until the expansion of cur
rency and credit resulting from the
buying of war securities on credit has
been eliminated and until the volume
of credit and currency has been re-
duced to an equality with the needs
of industry and trade, said A. C. Mil
Ter, member of the federal reserve
board, at the annual convention of the
American Economic association.
Tested by price levels in the leading
markets, gold has lost about one-half
its purchasing power since the begin
ming Of the war in 1914, said Mr.. Mil
Ter. Gold as a standard of exchange
has fallen in its purchasing power, he
said, because it has shared the fate
of paper currency from rising prices,
which, on wholesale basis, are up
about 10 per cent in the countries
where the gold standard still obtains.
"Gold will not recover it's lost pur-
chasing power until prices Decline"
Mr.. Miller said Financial credit
and business relationships which have
been thrown into confusion by reason
of the rise in prices will not be
straightentd out until the price sit
uation is rectifed. But the price sit
uation will not be rectified until the
expansion of our currency and credit
attributable to the buying of war Sc
curities on credit has been eliminated
and the volume of credit and currency
has once more been brought back to
a normal economic volume-that is to
say, a volume corresponding to the
production and exchange of goods at
normal values"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Opponent Accepts
Unions Wage Scale

Philadelphia.-The nOn-uniOn rapid
transit company has entered into
bargaining scheme with its employees
which provides that wages shall be
equal to the average of those paid
motormen, conductors and other en-
ployes in Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo
and Cleveland.
The humorous feature of the agree
ment is that these four cities are 100
per cent organized by the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees. The company re-
fuses to recognize the bona fide union
but accepts standards that trade
unionists establish.
Arbitration proceedings along the
line of John D. Rockefeller's union"
are provided and a system of insur-
ance and sick benefits are worked out.
Each employe is insured for $1,000
and is paid $3.50 day for 100 days
in a year for illness after the first
eight days. The employe pays $12
year for these benefits and the COM
pany pays $4,000 year which aver
ages about $12 each for the 10000
employees.
A pension of $40 a month is guaran-
teed to all employees who have reached
the age of IS and who have been in
the company's employ 25 years.
There is not much danger, however,
of men losing this pension because of
strikes for the organized street car
men in the four cities named above
will take all the chances in setting
wage rates and the rapid transit
promises to abide by the victories or
defeats of these workers.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Probable Adjustment.

Schenectady, N. Y.-An effort is
being made to secure an adjustment
of the strike of 10000 workers at the
plant here of the General Electric
company. The men have been out in
sympathy with workers at the Erie
plant of the same company since Dec.
10. A conference has been arranged
between the general manager and
representatives of the strikers.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
COntentment is StagnatiOn of Progress

wise, to be vigilant, lest around the
peace table there are purloined from
us, right under our very noses, many
of the liberties and the freedom Of
our people.
"The treaty made by the United
States with any other country or
group of countries, that treaty being
ratified by the senate of the United
States, becomes the supreme law Of
the land, and any law upon the statute
books that is in conflict with the terms
of that treaty becomes imperative and
ineffective and NIL We don't want to
have made in vain all the sacrifice of
our boys. We don't want to have
that flesh of our flesh and blood of
our blood, given, and all the treasure
given, and all the sacrifice made, in
vain, and to have to make the fight
all over ag6in for the American peo-
pie in their homes. While our boys
were fighting and our men and women
were working here to maintain free
dom and democracy abroad, we ought
to be alert now to see to it that we
are not going to lose our liberty and
democracy at home.
81 am impressed particularly with
the appeal to the conscience, to the
judgment to the ideals, to the Amer
icanisn of our people for united ac-
ton. You cannot get freedom, nOT
practice freedom, on empty stomachs
The hungry men may engage IN a
riot, may engage in a revolt, but then
course is never of a constructive char
acter. Hungry stomachs do not make
reasoning brains. 1t is necessary to
maintain the standards of life Of the
American working people that they
may have sound bodies, and the Op-
portunity for reasonable thinking,
with aspirations of such a character
they will build up the institutions OF
this republic. Enlightened discomfort,
the higher and better aspirations of
the masses of the people furnish the
greatest impetus to progress and
civilization. The discomfort Of hungry
people leads to nowhere except chaos,
confusion and reaction.
During the early months of the
war, a phrase was applied to the in
dustrial conditions then in the course
of development. 1t was this: Our
ing this period, don't rock the boat. 3"
l want to apply that same phrase to
the present situation. There are too
many circumstances and conditions of
turbulent waves of an unruly sea to
attempt to rock the boat now. "
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10

New York. At a reconstruction
conference called to consider indus
trial relations and kindred subjects
now prominently in the public mind,
attended by representative of various
large interests as we'll as men who
are students of social and economic
problems, President Samuel Gompers,
American Federation of Labor, gave
notice to the following thoughts upon
the grave dangers confronting the
American people:
TO get the men to respond to the
call to arms in defense of our repub-
lie and our institutions required much
effort, but it was not difficult Of ac-
complishment. To persuade our civil
ian population to do service behind
and for the men at the fighting front,
was difficult, but not so difficult, as
are the problems before us today.
81 am not one who believes that the
wisest and best condition Of the peo-
pie is what is generally understood by
contentment. Contentment, in my
way of thinking, is stagnation. A
healthy discomfort is the awakening
of the aspiration for better things. 1t
is essential today that the people of
our country shall be alert to all that
is transpiring and all that is imped-
ing. Thus far we have lived our lives
alone and worked out our own des-
tinies along the line of the policies we
believed to be the best for US. To-
day, after either winning the war or
helping to win the war, we are to have
our representatives around a table
where a treaty of peace is to be
formulated.
"The representatives of no one gov
ernment can have the controlling
voice. Optimist as l am, l never fail
to look upon the other side of the
shield. Hoping for the best always,
and striving as best | can to accom-
plish the right, or to help accomplish
the right, l know the game played by
the opponents of right. The demo-
cratic legislation erected by the con-
gress of the United States, by the
several states of our union, by our
municipalities, granting greater free
dom of thought and action of volun-
tary character, the understanding of
what here we mean by sovereignty
Of citizenship and Of the man and
of the woman, conception not held
by any other country on the face of
the globe-I appealed to the Ameri-
can people, without regard to their
station in life, to see to it, to super
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
ROOSEVELT DEAD
EX-President Found Dead in His Room
by Mrs. Roosevelt

New York.-Col. Theodore Roose-
welt, ex-president of the United States
died early Monday morning at his
home at Oyster Bay.
Death is believed to have been due
to rheumatism which affected his
heart.
The colonel suffered a severe attack
of rheumatism and sciatica on New
Years day but none believed that his
illness would likely prove fatal.
The former president sat up most
of Sunday and retired at II o'clock,
about A a. M, Mrs. Roosevelt, who
was the only member of the family at
Oyster Bay, went to her husbands
room and found that he had died
during the night.
Early in November the Colonel was
taken to Roosevelt hospital in this
city for the treatment of rheumatism
and sciatica.
On the day before Christmas When
Colonel Roosevelt left the hospital to
spend the holiday in Oyster Bay. He
was in slight pain at intervals but ap-
parently was far from being seriously
i'll.
One of the things that is believed
to have contributed more than any
other to the Colonel's breakdown was
the death last fall of his son, Lieut..
Quentin Roosevelt, the aviator in ac-
tion in France. Proud of his heroic
sons achievements Colonel Roosevelt
bore up under the sorrow of his death
with a fortitude that was in keeping
with his spirit in public life.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon at Christ Episcopal
church, and interment was made in
Young's Memorial cemetery, Oyster
Bay, in plot selected by the colonel
and his wife shortly after he left the
White House.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Wage Increase Granted

Washington-The award of the UNI
pire of the war labor board in the case
of Molders' union No. 81 VS.. iron
foundry owners of Elizabeth, N. j.,
which was jointly submitted for ad-
judication as to hours of labor, wages,
and rates of pay for overtime, and
was referred to in the joint submis-
sion as a "wage dispute" is as fol-
lows "The minimum rate of wages
to be paid members of the above
named local union shall be $5.75 per
day of eight hours. Eight hours shall
constitute days work. Overtime in
excess of eight hours shall be paid
for at the rate of $1.44 per hour.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Be Ever WatChfuI
LABOR'S ONWARD MARCH MUST
NOT BE HALTED
Great Concessions are Gained During
the War in Regard to Wages
and Conditions

Cincinnati, O.-"Labor has gained
great concessions during the war. No
one doubts this, but there is an incli-
nation to attribute too much achieve
ment to conditions brought about by
the war;" says the Chronicle.
"It is true that organized labor has
been alert to it's rights and to its in
terests; that it has taken advantage
of situations to see that the workers
received wages somewhat commensu-
rate with their extraordinary efforts
toward greater outut for the emer-
gencies arising from war necessities.
at is also true that vigorous op-
position was entered at every point
where employers sought to break down
the safeguards which the workers had
been able to build up during years of
struggle.
"The enviable position of the organ
lied workers of America as regards
wages, hours, safety appliances and
sanitary surroundings is not the re-
suit of a sudden upward wash on a
wave of widespread war prosperity.
whatever the measure of success
achieved, it has been the result of a
background of long years of struggle
on the part of organized labor.
at has been pointed out that reac-
tionairies are at work trying to under
mine the position of labor. This they
shall not do.
"This is the hour for labor to stand
firm to it's position of unwavering 10y
atty to the country, loyal and patri-
otic during the days of reconstruction
the same as it stood during the war.
1t is the hour to stand firm for the
retention of it's dearly-bought measure
of industrial freedom.
"There shall be no backward step.
Labor is still alert and it will brook
no encroachment upon its freedom.
"Notice Of this has already been
served on the few employers who have
thought to seize upon the days of de-
mobilization and what they hoped
would be an overfull labor market as
the occasion to reduce wages and pos
sibly increase hours of labor.
"This march of our progress will be
onward and onward, never ceasing.
"This is the hour for organizing, for
planning constructive campaigns for
the advancement of the cause of those
who toll.
eve who have remained at home
owe it to our returning heroes that
conditions shall be improved when
they go back to their employment"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
URGE NEW MOONEY TRIAL
Executive Council of New York City
A. F. of L. Demands Justice

New York.-At meeting Of the
A. f. of L. executive council in this
city the following resolution was
adopted:
Having before US the letter of Mr..
E. N. Nockels, secretary of the Chi
cago federation of labor, under date
Of December 22, 1918, with reference
to a labor convention or congress at
Chicago, January IA, 1919, to deal
with the Mooney case, the executive
council declares: That the American
Federation of Labor in convention has
dealt forcibly and thoroughly with
the subject matter, urging a new trial
for Mooney, and that in accordance
with that action the executive council
has faithfully carried out the instruc-
tions of the convention and will con-
tinue to the full extent Of its ability
to urge and insist upon a new and fair
trial for Mooney; and that the labor
movement therefore being properly
recorded with reference to the same
the executive council has no authority
to deal with the subject in any other
way than it is doing as per the action
of the convention. Also that as far
as general or sympathetic strikes are
concerned, all parties are reminded
that the authority for ordering strikes
rests absolutely and entirely with the
international unions, whose rules gov
erning the same must be respected.
There is not vested in the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor or any body or group, other
than the international unions, the
authority to call strikes, general or
local..
"That the Chicago federation of la
Dor be advised as per above"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Increase for r. r. Workers

Washington. = An increase of 13
cents an hour for all telegraphers,
telephone operators, agents, agent
telegraphers, towermen, levermen,
tower and train directors, block oper-
ators and staffmeA effective as of
October /, 1918, has been ordered by
Director General of Railroads McAdoo
on all railroads under federal control.
The new order also provides time and
half pay for overtime, an eight-hour
day and elimination of vacations with
pay.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Motion Players Unite

Los Angeles, Cal.-Motion Picture
Players union No. 1877 has just
been organized here, being the first
union of motion picture players organ
lied in the country. 1t has charter
from the American Federation Of
Labor.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Out ON Strike

Tacoma, Wash.-All the city cleo
tricians, linemen and station workers
are out on a general strike, demand
ing higher wages. The strikers are
asking that the new day rate be fixed
at $7.20, j
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
WAGE INCREASES
Gains in Wages Made by Organized
Labor Throughout the Nation
Get Wage Increase

st. Louis -Mo.-Furniture Drivers
union No. ISL opened its agreement in
October to readjust it's wage scale.
Negotiations were successfully term
mated and the result follows: The
chauffeurs' scale was increased from
$21.5O to $24 per week. The drivers
were increased from $3.50 to $22.
The helpers who had been getting SIG
now get $20.50, while the autotruck
drivers got an increase from SIT to
S21 per week.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Leather Council Formed

San Francisco.-A Leather Trades
council has been organized, composed
of tanners, trunk, bag and suitcase
workers, shoe repairers, glove work
ers and saddlery workers to take up
the problems concerning the leather
trades.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Recommend 8-HOur Day

Newcastle, England.-As result
of a conference between represent
atives of men and employers in the
iron and steel trade, the employers
have agreed to recommend to their
associates the concession of an eight
hour day.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Unions Federate

Salt Lake, Utah-The railroad shop
employees here have perfected fed
Grafton including the following crafts:
Boilermakers, machinists, blacksmiths,
electrical workers, sheet metal work
ers and carmen.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Want 81 Increase

Augusta, Ga.-The union plumbers
have presented a demand to the
master plumbers which calls for Sc
per day, an increase of 81 over the
old scale,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Office Help Uniting

Seattle, Wash.-A sweeping cam
paign of organization is now in full
force among the bookkeepers, steno-
graphers and office clerks in the ship
yards and the various office buildings
of the city. Office Employees union,
No. 16,304 has already secured 451
members.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
Organize New Union

Omaha, Neb.-The colored men en-
ployed in the different freight houses
in the city formed Freight Handlers
and Checkers union No. 1876, Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
TextiIers Form Union

New Glasgo, Nova Scotia. - Local
union No. 1884 of the United Textile
Workers has been formed with an
initial membership of $50. The need
of such action has been apparent for
some time past and the agitation that
was started few weeks since brought
the result indicated.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
New Pnlishers' Union

Michigan City, Ind.-Metal Polish
ers' union No. 120 has been organized
here which includes a large per cent
age of the workers in the polishing
industry.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10
LABOR'S PROGRESS
Advances Made and Better Conditions
Secured All Over the Country
Firemen Organize

North Platte, Neb. - Stationary
fremen have organized with charter
from the International Brotherhood
of Stationary Firemen.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-01-10

Do your part in making the Union
Label a power.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-19
Victory Loan Is
Clean Up Loan

Well, Our Boys are back--part of
them. There are over a million yet
in France, Belgium, England and
watching on the Rhine. We've got
to bring them home, too. And we'll
have to pay for what they eat.
The first Liberty loan brought
them together and put them in uni
form. .....,.
The second Joan gave them their
guns and equipment.
The third loan piled up the am
munition and fighting stuff.
The fourth loan busted the Hin
denburg line.
The Victory loan cleans up the
job and Efings- them back home.
Uncle Sam never started anything
yet he couldn't finish.
It's good to see the Victory loan
is only four and half billion; it's
better still to find it four and three
quarters per cent.
April 21st to May 10th. Why take
the full three weeks?
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-19
Houses For Workers
In Public Parks
(By United Press.)

DUNDEE, Scotland, April 49,
Municipal houses for workers have
been established in public parks here.
The houses, which are of wood and
are portable, were made in kalama-
zoo, Mich, and were sold to the Dun
dee city council through newspaper
advertisement by the American Red
Cross, who found them white ele-
plants" 1t had been intended to
use them as auxiliary hospitals.
The houses are fifty feet by twen-
ty and were bought by the city coun-
ell when new factories caused an in
fux of workers who overcrcwded
Dundee.
Each house is divided into five sep
arate houses of two rooms, the size
of the miniature house being ten feet
by twenty. Each worker is charged
$1,25 per week. All are rented.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-19

Williams, W. A. Susong, Hight
Gouchenour, H. R. Snapp, c. H. Bew-