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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

The Duluth Herald is not sure
about the municipal ownership OF the
street railway system,-just now,
Was the Herald ever sure abou. pub
lie ownership at any time,-at home?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
HOW GOES THE MOVEMENT
FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP?
ANOTHER EGG LAID.

The postal department showed a
surplus of $1s.s79,7Ss for the year
ending June 80, 1918. That ends
another stock of arguments against
public ownership. One by one Uncle
Sam is knocking them out
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
Perhaps Mr.. Taft has

Perhaps Mr.. Taft has been asked
to become the grand mogul of base
ball because he has been the head of
the League to Enforce Peace, That's
the ksld Of a league baseball needs. /
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

1t takes a deal more skill and pa
thence to lay bricks than it does to
throw them, and Mr.. Union Man
don't you forget it when you hear q
workingman boasting of the I. w.
WIS twin brother, the Bolshevist
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

is being tried 1t is proving it's. worth.
The cost Of doing business is less
and the workingmen get square
deal which they did not get when the
claim agent of private company
stands between an injured man and
his compensation.
For example, see what has hap
pened in Ohio where they have a
state fund. In one year alone there
has been saving in administrative
cost of the enormous sum OF 49,
756,345,41. This large sum once
went into the pockets of the owners
of the insurance companies. It is
now being paid to injured workmen
and the dependents of deceased
workers. 1t is boon to both en-
ployers and employees. What is the
report from Ohio? Read it and be
CONVINCED of the value and virtue of
state insurance. Here it is:
"The carried premium of the
state insurance (employers) fund
for the year ended May Is, 1918, is
$9,442,125.28. The entire expense of
operating the Ohio state insurance
fund for the year ended May 5,1918,
has been $327,S06.04, which is 31z
per cent of the above earned pre-
MUM.
1.-THE vital economic significance
of this remarkable expense ratio Of
3H per cent is made clear when at
tention is called to the fact that the
liability insurance companies have
found it impossible to provide work.
mems compensation insurance to en-
ployers at an expense ratio to their
earned premium of less than 37h
per cent. AS shown under the Sum-
narration preceding, the applica-
ton of their rates to the payroll of
the subscribers to the Ohio state in
surance fund for the year ended
May IS, 1913 would have developed
an earned premium of $16,224,403.-
37-31h per cent of which is &c.
084,151.45. The Ohio state insur-
, ance plan has provided this insur-
ance at an expense of $327,8O6.04-
| thereby saving in this one year, in
administrative cast, the significant
sum of $5,756,345.41."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

WANTS MUNICIPAL CAR LINES.
Commissioner Leonard Funk of
Spokane. Washington. in a recent
communication to the city council,
recommends an investigation of the
railway situation in that city with
view to the possible public ownership
Of the two local street car lines.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
MISTAKEN IDENTITY,

Inspecting Officer-Where is your
other leather glove?
Rookie--I ct it, sir.
Inspecting Officer (astounded)-
Explain yourself.
Rookie-I had it in my mess kit,
and forgot to take it out this morning
before breakfast. We had flapjacks
and though it was on Of 'em until I
come to the buttons. Judge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

Now is the time for workingmen
to organize, if forf no other reason
than to save what they have.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
THEY'RE COMING UP.

Over thirty-five per cent of all the
electric Ii hting systems in the United
States are publicly owned There are
now 1851 municipal plants.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

1t may yet appear that "perfidious"
Prussia wasn't the only one with the
BOSS" bee under his helmet.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
HE SHOULD sNEEZE 1T.

HE SHOULD SNEEZE IT.
Johnny-Father, how do you spell
high?
Father-H-i-g-h; why do you wish
to know?
Johnny-'Cause I'm writing a COM
position on the highena.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

Eternal vigilance is the price of
all liberty" This includes industrial
liberty as we'll.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

The skip-stop has outworn it's USE
fitness. It's gone, let us hope, for
ever.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

And still we fail to hear any one
whooping from the housetops about
his income tax.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

Is there any chance of obtaining
an armistice from the profiteers?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
AT THE LYCEUM
THE GREAT RUBY
Big Suit saIe--The Big Duluth.

All $40 and $85 Suits reduced.
All $50 and $25 Suits reduced.
All $3.50 and $40 Suits reduced.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

SHE GOT ONE ANYWAY.
Foreman-That machie can do the
work of a dozen men.
Visitor-Gee whiz! My wife ought
to have married it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
BREWERS MOVE TO CHINA?

American brewers are talking about
moving to China. the only country
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
PROMINENT men
IN F|STIC FIGHT
vi. ]. McEniry and ElmOre Morgan
in Hand to Hand Encounter
Over United States Soldier.

Added to the history of affairs in
the Peoples Bank building in Mo-
lines, will be written in headlines
the Morgan-McEniry battle. The
fight took place yesterday after
noon. There was no blood shed.
the fistic engagement having stop
ped just before that point
NJ J. McEniry is assistant states
attorney. Gilmore Morgan is a
prominent real estate man in this
community. Crowds Witnessed the
hand-to-hand Scrap, which started
over an overseas soldier.
Walter Jap, who was wounded
in action and is now recovered,
entered Mr.. McEniry's Office yester-
day afternoon and asked the attOr-
ney if he would purchase a maya
zine from him. Well, here's what
the men have to say about it:
The soldier came in and asked
me to buy the magazine" said Mr.
McEniry. Il told him that l had
more than l could read now. Their
he said. Well, that knocks me out
of a dollar and half
After that it is said Mr. McEniry
told the soldier something.
He called him a beggar and a
lot OF other Names" SAID Mr.. Nor
gan. And he grabbed him by the
arm, assaulted him and forced him
out of the room. Jap came into
my room and had a hemorrhage
because of the treatment That's
what made me mad"
Il asked the soldier why he
didn't get some other means of
earning a living" said McEniry,
and l told him again that l didn't
want his magazine"
When Jap left McEniry's Office,
he walked across the hall to Mr..
Morgan's office A few minutes
later the real estate man rushed
into McEniry's room. A heated
talk followed and ended with a fis-
tic battle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
SPRING STREET
CLEANING HERE
Work of Clearing Refuse From Ave-
nucs and Parks is Now Well
Under Way.

twenty-five men are working on
the spring cleanup Of streets in Mo
line. under the supervision of Ed
Ericsson. commissioner of the street
department. Six men are cieaninl
the roadways and paths and are
raking the winters refuse at Pros
pect park and several we're detailed
to the Sylvan park, under the di-
rection of Fred Brandt, park super
intendent.
Repairing of walks and work on
the flower beds and shrubbery in
the parks will start soon Most Of
the work being done now is the re-
suit of last Saturday nights rain
storm. Seven teams are hauling
refuse away frob the streets of Mo
line, mostly caused by the storm,
The general annual spring clean
ing will follow the clearing away OF
the refuse accumulated last Sat
urday. 1t is believed that work on
the paved streets will be finished by
tomorrow night, as the men have
been working all week.
Commissioner Ericsson has plan
ned to use the ashes gather in al
leys to fill holes caused by the re-
cent storm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
GERMAN VIEW AT
VARIANCE STILL
WITH THE WORLD

Coblenz-Articles in the German
press and speeches and interviews
with German public men since the
armiStice went into effect show that
German point of view still is COM
pletely at variance with that of the
rest of the world, asserts one of the
political experts with the American
army of occupation
In recent article on the question
of German psychology, published in
the intelligence summary of the
Third army, the political expert who
is an officer of high authority, says:
THE German feels that first, and
foremost, his army was not only
unbeaten but had all the military
prestige of the war. Then he knew
that there was increasing scarcity
of VictualS at home and, feeling that
the allies were in mortal dread of
new drives by the German army
and would be only too glad to COM
promise, proposed an armistice.
Germany expected all the world
to supply her gladly with all her
needs and, as a mark Of good faith
and to encourage the allies, offered
to allow them to advance to the
Rhine. Now the Germans effect to
wonder why Germany is not COM
pletely supplied by the allies and
why the garrisons having been al
lowed to see the Rhine scenery, co
not withdraw.
"Of course, the more ignorant
classes might be expected to take
this attitude but when these ideas
appear in addresses by Count Won
Observation-Disclosures, by Schiede-
mann and by the Crown Prince the
result is more than puzzling. All
the people consider, apparently that
the armistice was an agreement for
mutual benefit and any idea that
the war was anything but a draw
with the prestige all on the German
side has not yet penetrated the Ger
man mind"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
Thief VISITS Y:
TAKES WATCHES
Association Authorities Seek Aid Of
Police to Capture DOrmftOry
Burglar.

After days of quiet investigation
the Moline Y. NJ. c. A. officials have
appealed to the Moline police au-
tnorities for aid in capturing thief
who has for the last few weeks TAX
en- valuable watches and articles
from the dormitory rooms.
The latest theft occurred We'd
nesday night All burglaries ap-
pear to be on the third floor. Vic
tins of the thief are:
Merit Liedtke, room 325-GoId
watch and combination gold and
platinum chain, valued at $3.50.
F.. B. Crum, Moline high school
instructor, room Military wrist
watch.
W. L. Jacobson, room 334-Watch
and chain.
A. ]. Rost, room 334 Watch and
chain.
1t is believed that the thief lives
at the local association home. About
one-third of the 100 men living at
the dormitory are men who come
and go and stay but a short time in
any one place. The Y officials are
working with the police to capture
the thief
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
CITY PRODUCTS
ON SHIP MOLINE
Steamer Moline to Garry Imple-
ments of PlOw Company to
Tunis, n. Africa.

The United States Steamship
Moline, recently named after the
Pillow Cti ybecause of tbs work in
the fourth Liberty loan drive, will
have as its cargo on it's first trip, a
consignment of Moline implements.
The ship will sail for Tunis, North
Africa the first week in April. Word
of Moline's honor was received from
theforeign trade department of
the Moline Plow company.
1T should be a proud day for
Moline" said one official of the
Moline Pillow company today, when
a ship honOring this city in name
because of it's record in the Liberty
loan drive, sails out into the world
with product that is distinctly Mo-
line
Other governments of the world
are also receiving large shipments
from the Moline company. The
cargo for Tunis is one of the many
shipped to all parts of the world.
The shipment is of implements to
the government of Tunis and con-
sists of several cars of plows, drills
and other machinery, to be used
mostly as samples in that country.
Since the embargo on implements
has been lifted the Moline pillow
has rapidly been making shipments
everywhere. There is now a con-
signment at the local company for
ten cars of tractors to be sent to
Norway, which will be on its way
in a few days. The design of the
tractor sent to Norway is different
from those that go forth to other
countries. The Norway type has the
kerosene carburetor, a, a demand
that the foreign markets make.
Among other cunntries benefit
ting by the Moline Pillow company
are Sweden, England and France.
,FranceGmuntir9 (ofmaneMuwsootcr
tracisionacrCsP. sciconEstPobyp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
PAVE FIFTEENTH
STREET ROAD
Improvement Board Plans Recon-
structiOn of Roadway Leading
to Heart Of City.

Repaving of the stretch of street
from Third to Twenty-sixth ave-
nues on Fifteenth street hill is the
plan of the Moline board of local
improvements. 1t is up to the new
administration to be elected April
Is to carry the work to compile
ton, but the present commission
promises to get the plans laid and
the work we'll under way to insure
its continuance.
Plans for Moline's most needed
paving job were made at a meet
ing of the Improvement board yes
terday, which ordered City Engi-
neer Payton to prepare the plans
and estimates preliminary to the
laying of the pavement.
The Fifteenth street highway
leads to the heart of Moline's bus
mess district. 1t is the roadway
of today. But today a stretch of
pavement can hardly be found that
is not full of holes. Much of the
asphalt is entirely worn away.
The pavement from Third to
Eighth avenues was built nearly
twenty-five years ago, and the as
phalt between Eighth and TWEEN
ty-fifth avenues was laid in 1902.
1t is estimated that the project
will cost approximately $4,000.
The improvement includes recon-
structiOn of street car tracks. The
tracks on the hill will be raised
from five to seven inches and dOu-
Bile tracks will be laid from Nine
teenth to Twenty-fifth avenues.
Paving of Fifteenth street hill
has been under consideration for
many years, but now that labor is
cheaper and more plentiful, and
with the hope that the cost of ma
terial will be lowered, the Moline
city commission believed this
spring the best time to start op-
erations. The work will also give
employment to the spring idlers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
SOY BEANS AS GREEN VEGETA-
RTES

Hahto soy beans, introduced
from Japan, are excellent for the
production of green beans similar
to lima and butter beans. About
lis days are required for the bean
to make sufficient growth for use
as a green vegetable Although the
HahtO bean is best adapted for
growing in the southern states, it
may also be successfully produced
as a green vegetable during favor
able seasons throughout the corn
belt, according to specialists of the
United States department of agri-
culture. Being a bush variety, it
also is adapted for forage produc-
ton. its yield of green feed or seed
being superior to many other var
ieties on the market. In a dry
form the Hahto bean cooks up
easier than other varieties and has
better flavor This bean is to be
grown extensively by boys and
girls gardening clubs in the
southern states during the coming
season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
JOSEPHSON TO
HEAD HIS WARD
Seventh Organizes Into Booster
Club-EndOrses A. II. Gus
tafsOn's Candidacy.


c. W. Josephson was named pres
ident of the East End Booster club
an organization formed by residents
of the Seventh ward of Moline, at
a meeting held in the offices OF the
Moline Welding company, Fifth
avenue and Forty-second street, last
evening. The club patterned after
that organized by the Sixth ward
last week, has as its purpose the
boosting of improvements in the
city and the Seventh ward in par
tIcular.
J. W. Powell was named vice
president and E. W. Freeman sec
rotary of the club. The Seventh
ward is the largest in the city and
its work will necessarily be great
er than that OF the other wards.
Following the business meeting
endorsement of the candidacy of
Arthur r. Gustafson for independ-
ent alderman of the Seventh ward,
was made Next Thursday evening
n mass meeting will be held in the
Union Congregational church to
prepare plans for the launching of
Mr. Gustafson's campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
FIFTY MILLIONS
OF GALLONS FOR
THE DRY PERIOD

National prohibition next July
will find only about $4,000 900 gal
Ions of liquor in bonded ware
houses, barred from disposition for
beverage purposes, if the present
demand for whisky continues dur
ing intervening months Officials
who have observed the effect OF
high taxes in the past believe, how
ever, that Withdrawals from BOND
will decrease under the new rev.
enue law, and that between 10000
900 and 100000 gallons will be
left in warehouses July I.
1t is conceded that it is impos
sible to foresee the effect of an
preaching prohibition on the de
mand for liquor TO be stored away
by consumers, and officials say a
big movement of buying even
under the increased tax, may dc
veIop and leave the quantity of
liquor left in bond smaller than
the advance estimates.
The estimates do not take into
consideration liquor which may be
stored in cellars or attics OF pros
pective consumers. Nor do they
include any stocks which whole
sale or retail dealers may not sell
before the prohibition wave catches
them. These are not measurable
by any official reports.
Revenue bureau officials calcu-
late that at present bonded ware
houses connected with distilleries
but under lock and key OF govern
ment agents, hold less than 10000
900 of the 200, 100000 gallons in
stock when manufacture ceased
Sept. 8, 1917, under the food CON
servation act. Withdrawals in Jan
uary and February have been less
than the 100000 or more gallons
in December, according to indica-
tions based on preliminary reports
from revenue agents.
On Jan. l, 112,000,000 gallons Of
distilled spirits were reported il
bond, including 100000 gallons
not available for beverage pur-
poses. About Is per cent of those
figures must be deducted as al
lowance for leakage and evapor-
alton from barrels. On Dec. /, the
latest date for which itemized fig
ures are available, the stock Of dis
titled spirits in bond was distrib-
uted as follows: Whisky, los SAG, 0G0
gallons; rum, SOC, 900; gin, 2.33S,-
600; alcohol. 100000; refined al
cohol or high Wines" 3,744 900 ;
and brandy. 2,316,000.
The normal rate of demand.
measured by withdrawal from
bond, has been between 100000
and 5000 900 gallons a month uu-
til last October, when Withdrawals
jumped to 35S,O0O. In November
they were 9,597,O00, and in Decem-
Der it is estimated they ran over
10000, 900 gallons, while in Jan
uary and February, indications are
that the demand probably was
nearer 100000 gallons. Most OF
this liquor was taxed when taken
out of the bonded warehouse at the
rate of $500 a gallon. Under the
new revenue act, the rate is
doubled amounting to s6.40. Con-
seQuently the increase amounts to
$500 a gallon or so cents a quart,
and the aggregate tax per quart is
SLIGO
By terms of the pending bill pro-
viding for enforcement of prOhi-
bition under the constitutional
amendment effective next Jan. &c
the president would be empowered
to appropriate for government pur-
poses, the stock of liquor left I'M
used in warehouses. The price 10
be paid for this would be deter
mined by agreement or by a spec
ial commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
ARREST OF DRUNK
ENDS IN CAPTURE
OF BOOZE SELLER

Felix Warren, colored, aged %
years, will face a charge of boot
Logging in the Moline court this
afternoon.
Warren rooms at 1918 Third
avenue, Moline. Frank Jones, an
other negro, was picked up for be-
ing intoxicated last evening, and
when arraigned in the police court
last night, he admitted that he
bought the liquor from Warren.
Mayor Clarence S. Trevor hap
pened at the police station then,
and ordered the negro to buy an
other bottle and return to the sta
ton. He did. The arrest of War
rem followed.
Jones will appear at the hearing
this afternoon as main witness.
George Brown, another negro
boot-legger, was sentenced to $50
days in the Moline city Jail the
first of this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
BOARD NEEDS 200
NAMES TO PLACE
PETITION ON FILE

The petition asking that a bond
issue be f1oated in East Moline to
meet the needs of building a public
school still lacks 200 signatures.
The East Moline board of educa-
ton adjourned it's meeting last
night until the complete number Ct
names is signed to the petition.
The board last evening granted
Miss Mile Beck, supervisor of mU-
sic in the schools, a weeks leave
of absence to attend the musical
convention of superintendent5
being held in st. Louis from March
81 to April IA.
Miss Florence Shonts of Rock Is
land was named Instructor of the
third grade in the John Deere build
ing to take the place of Mrs. Irene
Lehner, resigned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
URGES EQUIPMENT FOR MILK
ANALYSIS.

A letter has been sent by the
dairy division of the United States
department of agriculture TO 1900
health officers in cities having
over 5000 population urging the
city governments to supply the
health officers with proper labora-
tory equipment so they can ade-
quately guard the city milk supply.
A health department without a
laboratory equipment is as helpless
as a soldier without arms, says the
letter. A city government has no
right to hold its health department
responsible for the health of the
community unless 1t has provided
the department with the equipment
necessary to wage the fight against
disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
SALVATION ARMY
GIVES WELCOME
TO BOYS TONIGHT

A welcome home party for sol
diers will be given this evening in
the Salvation army citadel, Elev-
enth street and Fifth avenue, Mo-
line, by the Young Peoples legion
Of the army. All soldiers, sailors
and marines who have arrived from
training camps at home or from
service overseas are invited to at
tend. Their friends also will be
welcome, regardless of whether or
not they were in service. A pro-
gram of entertainment has been ar
ranged and coffee and doughnuts
will be served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
LOIS SEEFELDT
STRUCK BY CAR
Harley Burgeri OF Rock Island
Runs DOWa Moline GirI-In-
iurieS Appear Serious.

Lois Seefeldt 516 Twenty-fourth
street, Moline. was seriously in
iured when knocked down by a
taxi last evening near Fifth ave
nue. and Forty-third street Mo
line.
Harley Burgrrt of Rock Island.
driver OF the taNioab, took the girl
to DR. A T. Lc.pold's home and
later the victim was removed 10
the Moline city hospital Miss
Seefeldt is a telephone operator
employed at the Moline exchange
Her face and head were badly cut
and she received several other
bruises about the body.
Burgert reported the accident N
the Moline police and appears 70
be willing To take the blame and
bear the expenses for Miss Sec
feldt's care.