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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20

that a meeting would be held at Owls
hall Sunday December Fl, for the:
purposes of launchingGa labor TEMPLE
association. The assembly was re-
-quested to elect two delegates. The
report was accepted and Delegate Nell
SON of the BlaclSsmiths' union and
Stevens of the Carpenters union
We're selected.
The executive board was instructed
to issue a public statement defining
the position of organized labor relative
to the organization4of unions of public
employees: $sThe assembly pledged its
1ull moral and financial support TO
any body of wage earners, privately or
publicly employed, who expressed
desire to organize into a trade union
under the American Federation of
Labor. 1t held that if the Citizens AL
lance intended to busy itself in COM
batting labor's rights to organization.
the assembly was fully prepared to
meet the issue.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20
SCHOOLS LOSING VALUE
DECLARES n, J.. GOVERNOR

TRENTON, n. j., Dec. 16-Express-
ing fear that 100000 New Jersey
school children may be victims of a
dem oraliZed and broken down educa-
tional system" due to underpaid
teachers, Governor Runyon has called
attention Of local boards of estimates
to "the gravity ofthe situation.''
New Jersey, he said, faces the I'M
nedite prospect of closing schools or
drawing into the teaching profession
a still larger number of those made
quately trained and those without
special PREPARATION for the work.
IF our children are to be taught
by incompetent teachers or are not
to be taught at all, the end of Ameri-
can democracy as we know it Is in
sight, the governor declared.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20
=
COAL MINERS BREAK
=. :. MEMBERSHIP RECORD

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. IS. - The
good standing membership of the
United Mine Workers was 524,646
for the month Of October. AS there
is. always certain per cent of mem
bership that is released from the
payment of dues becauseEof sickness,
lack of employment:or< other causes
recognized by the union, the United
Mine Workers Journal estimates. that
the. total membership for. October
was $4,000. Il r. Nr~~as,z / ~ .
mo other labor union in the world
ever has had SO large a membership
as that of the United Mine Workers
for.:0etober." says the miners jour-
nal The largest other. mem bership
was 428,781,. during August, 1918,
when there were approximately co.
600 organized miners in the military
service
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20
Silk Hosiery for Christmas
Best Values for Christmas.
SAYS CHILD LABOR IS ON
INCREASE IN new YORK

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Dec 1S.-Child
labor employment appears to be in
creasing, state factory inspector told
nearly 1000 delegates to the state in
dustrial congress, which held it's an
nua1 meeting in this city. The official
blamed INSCRIPTIONS employers, who
make a better profit on cheap labor.
Contributing factors is the 1axity of
courts in suspending sentence on men
convicted for violation of the child
labor law and lack of inspectors jur-
isdiction outside city limits.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20
BLAMES GOD. FOR.
Social |. ORDERS j ! | {
Senator Myers Believes. Lord
Didn't. Intend All Should
Have Equal Opportunity.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1S.-Work-
ers should be contented with their
lot because God has arranged social
orders, declared United States Sena-
tor Myers this week in one Of his
usual speeches. The lawmaker is
opposed to government employees
joining trade unions and he is an
ardent advocate of that brand of
"Americanism" that brings shouts
of applause from 100 per cent prof.
teers.
Although white paper is expensive
1t is believed that publicity of these
views of social issues by one of
Nlontana's national representatives
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20
LEATHER WORKERS GAIN.

CONCORD, N. H., DEG. .1S.-Tnc
newly organized Leather Workers
union has reduced the work week four
hours, or to a 50-hour week, have Sc
cured a 10 per cent wage increase,
time and one-halfy for overtime and
double time for Sundays and holidays.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-20

ALTON, ILL.,, Dec. lS.-Broom max.
ers have Increased. wages 81 per cent
and established thes|eight-hour day
The former work day was nine hours
The evening world., 1919-02-25
SOME OF THE FIGURES OF A
PROUD RECORD

During the entire period Of emhpr-
kation, from May, 1917, to November,
1918, the average number Of Amer
lean soldiers placed daily on French
soil was $500
In u single day the last day ur
August, l9lS-i6,2lI dOuEhboys were
shipped out Of the Port OF New York
rms ~ claimed rs a worlds record
Tor single days shlpmCnt Of troops.
The figures for the previous month.
July, are held nv the EmbdrkatIOn
Service to constitute another worlds
record in troop transportation, In
this month 26slli officers and men
were put aboard vessels and sent
overseas by the EmbarkatiOn Service.
This was the highest number
reached during the period Of the war.
The number" Of men shipped TO
France had steadily increased from
May, 1917. when the figures for the
month We're only ,543.
II required 936 sailngs to transport
a sufficient number OF troops to
France TO win the war. These sail
inGs were carried out by 3O7 vessels,
lOs Of them being naval. 1872 CONNER
cial and II Allied transports.
At the port Of cmbarkation in IIo-
boken it is declared that the worG
Of Htting these vessels out as trans
ports was done entirely by the army
instead uf by the navy, as has been
generally believed.
The Embarkation Service points
with pride to the work done by the
army IN building up a transport fleet
Major Gen. Shanks has served AZ
commanding officer of the port Of
cmharkatIon practically through the
war. The officers who have served
with him and with Brig. Gen. Me
Manus are men who have grown up
with the Embarkation Service, the
personnel having changed very little
since the declaration OF war.
Brig. Gen. McManus and col. John
Robertson are heads of the Troop
Movement Office OF the port Of en-
barkation, under them being sixteen
limo officers, several of whom are
West Point graduates.
The same efficiency that marked
the shipment of the A. T., r. overseas
is Chardcterizing its return. Three
hundred thousand doughboys have al
ready been landed from "ovcr there.
The smoothncss and rapidlty with
which the debarkatlon officers work
were demonstrated a few days ago
when the naval transport Ievlathau
dockcd in IOboken with $500 troops
and equipment
In less than three hours after this
giant liner tied up there wasn't a
doughboy or "A scrap of equipment IN
sight The entire outfit had been en-
trained and was on it's way 70 camp.
The evening world., 1919-02-25
PEOPLE OF THE U.S.TOPlY
S1,200,000,000 4 YEAR
FOR rs YEARS FOR WAR
Interest on Total Cost S765, ,ooo, 900,
to Be Raised by Taxes and
Repaid BondholdeS.

IT will cost the American people
about Ii.2O0, 900. 600 n year for
the next twenty-five years to
pay off the war debt. according
TO estimates Of the Treasury, based
on incomplete knowledge OF pre-
cisely what the final war debt
will be.
This calculation is made on the
assumption that the net war debt,
with deductions for loans TO the
Allies. will be in the neighborhood
Of $4,000. .O00. 900. Interest on this
amount at the rate Of 41-4 per
cent. would be i76j. 900, 900 year,
to be raised by taxes. and then re-
paid TO bondholders
In addition about Nl7 .0Oo. Oo0
would have to be provided every
year as a sinking fund to redeem
all bonds In twenty five Years.
This would require cumulative
sinking funb provision Of 2.s2 per
cent. Congress has not Vet author
iled establishment OF o. sinking
fund as recommended by Sccrc-
tAry GLASS.
Treasury officials assert that n
this authorization is given, bonds
might be bought up on the mar
ket each yenr. or called for re-
demption at the periods provided
IN terms under which they were
sold
The evening world., 1919-02-25
REDUCTIONS ALLOWED ON VALUATIONS OF
NEW YORK GAS COMPANIES THIS YEAR

sessments on previous reductions
settled out OF court.
The Evening World pointed out
that between 1910 and 1918 there were
settled Sl,3S9 9O2,323 of special fran
chise assessments without any court
review. The cases pending before
the Mayor at that time for more set
Elements out of court" show a re-
markable condition OF affairs that has
existed for some years, where such
settlements were 10 the profit tf
vested interests.
II was estimated then that in
three years such reductions have
aqqreu5ted approximately S1,500,-
100000. and at the tax rate OF
1I2 per cent. the city has lost
over $40 900, 900 without having
its day in court to decide whether
the amount named was eommen-
surate with the property holdings
OF the vested interests.
The companies have been allowed
to give one value for regular real es-
tate assessment and another value on
the same property for special fran
chise purposes. Companies always
present their own figures.
These franchise cases have become
exceedingly complicated by reason of
court decisions and technical rules, so
that every point raised on either side
is subject to controversy and con-
| trary claims.
The evening world., 1919-02-25
SOLDIER BACKS 0'LEARY.
Read publications of Accused hut
They Did Not stop Fighting.

stephen W. Johnson. who vas Prrsi-
dent OF the "i776 Association" Was on
the witness stand to-day at the trial OF
Jeremiah O'Leary. who Is char gcI with
violation Of the Espionage Act.
Under cross-eXamnation by District
Attorney Osborne he admitted that he
had spoken many times In favor Of the
Sim Fein movement, and that he had
written a letter asking German help for
the Irish rInd" 4 part Of this letter
said that the German cause was inti-
mately bound up with that of Ireland.
A soldier who fought at 81. Mihiel tcs-
titled In O'IPary's behalf lie said he
had read O'Leary's publications regu-
larry and they had not affected his desire
to fight for America,
The evening world., 1919-02-25
SH0EWORKERS STRIKE.
want Precipitate Action That May
End Old Troubles.

Fourteen thousand shoeworkers OF
Manhattan. Queens and Brooklyn fac
tories did not report for work to-day.
on the advice OF Local Boards Nos. /
and OF the Goodyear Operators Pro-
tectivc Union. according to the state
mont OF James +. Campbell. President
OF Local No. / in Brooklyn.
This action was aiken. said Mr..
Campbell. despite the fact that the EN-
ccutiye Board has not yet decided
whether a general strike will be called.
This will be the subject OF discussion
at a mass meeting OF the labor forces
at the Labor Lyceum In Brooklyn to-
night.
The reason for advising the people not
TO so TO work. it was said. was to bring
about discussion that might lead to a
settlement OF troubles
The evening world., 1919-02-25

they got no nearer the fighting front
than the gangwIy Of a transport.
THE work here had to be done by
somebody. | suppose" said capt.
King w. Smell, aide to Gen. Mona nus,
who is troop movement officer
otherwise the l,795,4ll officers, mon
and nurses shipped to France by the
Embarkation Service might be- still
waiting for transportation. But hell,
who wants to be interned in Hoboken
when the main show Is three or four
thousand miles away? II was like
standing outside the big tent and
punching tickets to a threc-ringel
circus. We worked like dogs and
never got chance to see the man
performance"
This attitude would probably be
found to be that of the 400 officers
and $4,000 enlisted men engaged IN
the Embarkation Service.
They are all glad to have been alb,
to do their bit, but most of them look
at their silver chcvrons and feel that
they've been cheated out OF some
! thing.
The evening world., 1919-02-25
CAMPBELL IN SPEAKER RACE.
Kansas Representative To Oppose
Mann and GIIIett.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25-Republican
members from Kansas to-day decided
to present the name OF Representative
Campbell of Kansas when the House
Republicans meet In conference Thurs
day night to nominate Speaker for
the next House.
Campbell will be the third candidate
for the Speakership. the other two he
ing Mann OF Illinois and Gillett OF
Massachusetts. His odhcrcnts are eS-
pected TO come largely from the West
ern members, who were counted upon -
support Gillett. but who are for Suffrage
and prohibition measures.
Gillett voted against these.
The evening world., 1919-02-25
TEACHERS PAY EXEMPT
FROM TAX ON INCOMES
Salaries Of Policemen, Firemen and
Other Public Employees Also
Spared.

WASHINGTON, Fob. 2j,-Thousand
Of public school teachers are exempt
teachers. according 10 an explanation to-
day by the Internal Revenue Bureau In
Qualification OF its recent announcement
that salaries OF all officers and em-
ployees Of state, county. city or other
municipal or local governments are not
taxable.
II was explained that this applies to
teachers. providing they receive pay
from a public source and not from a
private school, II also applies to police
men, flrcmen and other public en-
plOyecs.
The exemption was made In the tax
law, hut doubt over the precise mean
ing prompted the Interpretation from
the Revenue Bureau.
The evening world., 1919-02-25
PRATT FURNISHES
BAIL OF $4,000;
AUNT IS SECURITY
Search Continues in Connecti-
cut for Charles Coppola,
Missing Auto Owner.

Arthur William Pratt. charged vita
trying to sell the automobile OF
Charles Cpppola. the missin'g Nor
walk. Conn. chauffeur. and whoss
bail was raised this morning from
81 600 to 5000. was released in the
lorkvlle Court this afternoon. when
his aunt, Miss Josephine Campbell.
put up s4.Ooo IN Liberty Bonds and
$1,000 cash lie Will be arralgnsI [
again Thursday.
While pratt was detained pending
arrangements Tor giving the in
creased hail. and his counsel. John
the advlsability ot applying for n
writ OF habcas corpus. Randolph
Gerard. No. IL Chambers Street, at
torney for the Coppola family, made
the first direct assertion that a muir
dc had been committed.
Mr. Gerard said money was the
motive, and that the slayer, who
ever he may he. was led 10 believe
Coppola carried a large sum OF
money with him. Mr. Gerard SAID
also that he would produce two
witnesses who would swear they
saw Coppola's car in front OF one OF
the cottages on Pratt Island. near
Darien, Conn, at o'clock the after
noon Coppola disappeared. lie add
ed that other startling evidence had
been found ON pratt Island.
Assistant District Attorney Cnger.
with detectectives. went to Prats
Island this afternoon to conduct an
other inquiry.
Mr. Gerard said he expected to lso |
another party which would go at nucs
to Pratt Island to join IN the inquiry.
expecting TO hnd clues that would
lead to the discovery Of Coppola's s
body
Pratt appeared in court this morn
| Ing In company with his aunt. Moss
7 Campbell. who. with his smother. Mrs.
h. A. Pratt. conducts the Childrt O. =
| DaN Nursery at Nos. 264-266 West
, iOth Street. When he was called 20
/ the bar to answer to "a charge OF
grand larceny Assistant District At
/ torncy Unger said:
since this case was first called
certain facts have developed which
have led TO the suspicion that homi-
eide has been committed. Red stains
found on the car cushions which the
defendant IL alleged 20 have tried TO
sell, have been analyzed by the medi-
cal examiner for the District Attor-
ney. who has reported that there was
u probability they were made by
blood. ask that the bail be in
creased"
The evening world., 1919-02-25
By Sophie Irene Loeb.

ALBANY. Feb. 25.-Dcspite The
ever increasing burdeR of the in
dividual taxpayer, and the staggering
sum of the New York city debt,
which prior to the war was
larger than that OF the National Gov
eminent. just why the Consolidated
Gas Company and their associates
have had their special franchise taxes
cut heavily this year as against
that of last, is an interesting and inn
portant question.
For example, the assessment OF
the Consolidated Gas Company
has been reduced by the State
Tax Commission over S4,ooo,oo0.
Tho New Amsterdam Company
has a reduction Of over $1,000
900. and the Central Union nearly
$1,000. 900. and so on down the line
OF the smaller gas companies.
The only company which has
had any slight increase is tho
Standard Gas Light Company
about 100000.
This remarkable condition
raises the query Have these prop
critics decreased in value2 Or is
the use Of the streets less vaIu-
able than formerly7
Al tho same time the gas compa-
rs are seeking higher rates. 1t looks
though the gas consumers and
payer is caught coming and going.
{ only is he asked to pay more
money for his gas to the gas com
panies. but he Is called upon to pay
more taxes on account of the de-
Creases allowed these corporations
Tor their special franchises.
For years The Evening World has
pointed to the fact that the city has
been losing millions of dollars an
nually in the matter OF special fran
Chtse assessments, not only in the
levying of the assessment but in the
settlement of the same.
These decreases are due to three
general causes--court decisions, com
promises out of court and lowered
assessments by the state Board Oh
Tax Commissioners.
Thus, Now York City's tax rev.
enue from, use Of it's streets by
corporations has been less instead
OF more as the privileges grow
more valuable.
As a consequence. the very
utilities that are annually in
ereasna in value and earning
- capacity have been paying less
in assessments every year-the
money received by the city has
been growing less.
In the figures presented to-day
how the Tax Board arrived at thes'
reductions is of considerable IN
tcrest, in view OF the constantly in
Creasing business and the fact thai
competition Of these gas companies
is comparatively nil.
Much OF the trouble has been due
IN the cases being settled out oi
court. and the state Tax Board has
nersistcntly continued to base as
The evening world., 1919-02-25
Boys With Gold ChevronS
May Laugh, but Men of
Embarkation Service, In
sung and Undecorated, Per-
formed MarvelS and Earned
Right to Be Acclaimed War
Heroes.
on. oc'rc only silrcr-stripcrs,

on. rUc'rc only Silrcr-StripcrS,
And tre nerer fought al WiperS.
And uc ncrer heard the rodrinO ot .ho
guns;
wan a desk and phone and chair
We couldn't tcm the Croir de Guerre.
But ace shipped tico million men to
beat the Boche'
Songs Of the Sicirel chair,
The boys with the golden chevrons
give them the laugh-these oihcers
and men who 20 about sporting the
colorless silver stripes.
They think they're bunk heroes
rockng-chair soldiers, too proud TO
highland lot OF other things.
over in Hobokcn these silver strip
ers abound, most OF them officers and
practically all physically fit for ser
vice overseas All but a few OF them
wear three silver chevrons, denoting
year and half in service.
They are the men OF Uncle Sans
Embarkation Service, unsung, un-
chccrcd and undccorated.
W ltH lnt llltl VI lllt ~ t. + "'i'
winning undying glory at the Marne,
Chateau Thicrry, st. Mihicl and the
Argonne, these silver -chevroned sol
diers were interned on the Hobok,n
shores.
Instead OF kicking holes in the Hin
enburg line, they were homo manipu-
lating troop trains, ships and men,
often working twenty four hours a
day in order to keep unbroken the
khaki stream that flowed eastward to
the coast OF France.
The war record OF the Embarka-
tion Service is something one seldom
hears about. Tho names Of it's mem
bers seldom got into the papers they
never killed Germans. no brilliant
war medals dangled from their OBJ
scure bosoms-and they wore silver
Chcyrons.
Now what romance can one pos
slbly attach 10 a silver chevron?
Answer: None whatever.
However, the achievements Of this
invisible and unsung army are slowly
winning recognition and approval in
Washington.
The evening world., 1919-02-25
TROOPS
ASSIGNED TO EARLY
RETURN TO AMERICA
Ambulance and Hospital, Ma
chine Gun Units, Butchers
and Bakers Coming.

Ambulance companies. hospital
units and machine gun companies aro
the principal units added to the list
~ troops assigned TO early convoy
made public by the Despatch ofiice OF
the Port OF Embarkation to-day.
Bakery and butchery companies are
included, indicating that the Govern
m"nt ~ fast closing the camps in
England and France. while In the
following list 1t viii he noticed that
many OF the new additions are former
National Guard troops.
Air Scrvicc-Acro Squadrons. Nos
lS, IL, %, q, 30, ~, o., 1885, i39. I47,
10, l1G, 227. 2i7. 26I, 2G6, 1853 and 500.
Balloon Companies. Nos. H. AZ. a.. 6y,
80 and lO2
Field Artillery-62d Regiment: ISist.
1920. 1884 Regiments, 36th Division,
and lSith, l3jth, l36th Regiments,
37th Division.
Bakery Companies, Nos. 3Os, 3ll. S2S
and 34i
Butchery Companies. Nos 3lS. 1923
and 3SO
Engineers-5Gth Regiment. and
Companies \ B and G. lOjth Rcsi-
ment and lO5th Engineer Train (3Oth
Division); ll2th Regiment tS1tn Div
lsion).
lnfantry-ll7th to l2Oth Regiments
( Of the 3Oth Division; l45th 10 lISth
Regiments Of the 37th Division:
4 1881, l5ith, lo5th Regiments OF the
39th Division; 36lst (9lst Diyision)
and SGGth (92d DivisionJ.
Machine Gun BattaliOnS-ll
nam, lljth of the 3Oth Division;
l3ith, l35th, 136th OF the 37th Diyi-
zion; liOth ana li2d Of the 39th DIVE
sion, li3d, l4ith and l45th Of the
! iOth Division; l4Gth and l47th OF the
! list Division; 3O2d and 3O3d OF the
/ i6th Division; 33ith. 335th and
33Gth Of the S7th Division; 339th of
the 4th Division; 3i9th, S5Oth and
/ 35lst Of the 92d Division; 3iGth, 3I7th
/ ana Sihth OF the 9lst Division.
Laundry COmpanics-MObilr I.dua-
3 uIy Companies Nos. 81 and 32i.
/ Ambulance Companies Nos. II. lO5.
! loo, lO7, lOs, III, llS. llg, 100, li5,
lao, l47. las, 100. S6l. 1862. 1863 3G4 and
/ headquarters ambulance sections VI
! the q, 3Oth, 37th and 9lst Divisions.
/ Base HOspitals-NOs. 3, 6 Qncuid-
/ ing Unit %, Z, 10, -. 10, 90 %, -, 2.,
/ 3O 81 Oncluding Unit R), 30, q, 80,
, A., i3, a and As, Evacuation Hos
. pltals Nos, !, 25 ana 80.
Field Hospitals Nos. lO5 to lOs in
elusive, ~ to l2O inclusive, li5, lac,
B,
! 3G2, 1868, 3Gi and Headquarters Field
| Hospital Sections OF the 27th. SOlh
37th and 9lst Divisions.
Miscellaneous 1921 sanitary Tran,
| Mobile Hospital No. /, Mobile FI,ld
and Laboratory DctaChmcnts Of the
/ 9Th, 3Oth, 37th, i0tn and S7th DiH-
SONS. Sanitary Trains Nos. lO5, ll3
and $40. SANITARY Squads OF the 2itp.
/ 3Oth. ilst, 9lst and 92d Divisions.
/ Mobile Veterinary Sections of the
/ 27th. 37th 3Oth ana DIST Divisions.
} Ordnancy- Mobile Ordnance Repair
/ Shops Nos. 1902. l0j, ll2 and 3lG.
/ Photographic Sections Air ScrvIc"
/ nos. II. %.
Signal Corps-ll2th (37th Diyisi1u
and 3l6th (9lst Divislon) Field Sig
nal BlttalIons.
Tank Corps 3OGth. 3i5tn and 53lsr
Battauons. Th, 2l6th Rcpldgcm mt
md Salvage Battalion.
Ammunition Trains Nos. l0j. "ir
and 3l7.
supply Tn.ns Sos los Gou
plysiD0D and ZIG
Mortar Trench Batteries Nos. loi
lOs no WI .Ol,
train which stoppo4 at that city on it
way 10 New York
~ informed