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Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28
PRIVATE
SERVICE MIGHT
PROVE HARMFUL
Former Employment Director Gen.
eraI UphOlds National System
and Gives Warming.

Nathan A. Smyth, former assist
ant district attorney of New York
and recently resigned as assistant
director general of the United
States employment service, today
told the senate and house commit
tees on labor that unless the gov
ernment continues in the public
employment service the placement
and transfer of workers will be
handled on a national scale by a
large combination Of private inter-
ests.
II know of men," he said, who
feel that the organization of a ma
tiOn-wide private fee charging en-
ployment agency would be a good
business investment, giving a pos
sible profit of 81 or 50 on the
placement of each of million
workers. A national organization
recruiting lal or and sending il
where needed would be utilized by
employers, particularly large en-
plCyers who must look to various
sections to get labor, and a large
private employment agency with an
Interstate system could monopolize
the employment field"
Mr.. Snyth. who served during
the war a. one of the executives of
the federal employment service,
testified as to the need for a ma
tional public employment service at
the third day Of the Joint hearing BY
the senate and house committees on
labor on the Kenyon-Nolan bills for
permanent national employment
system.
Prefacing his statement with the
remark that he was a lawyer and
had never been identified with labor
unionism, Mr.. Smyth said: 81 have
had ample opportunity during the
past IS months to observe the Unit
er States employment service ana
want to say that any statement that
there has been any effort on the
pari Of those directing the depart
ment of labor to use the United
States employment service in any
ether than a neutral way and to
promote unionism is not correct"
Answers Charges.
Referring to charges of tnef-
During the war we were asked
by employers for largo numbers of
men. We tried to get them but
everyone familiar with the labor
situation during the war Knows
that frequently the kind of men
wanted could not be obtained. The
service could not create them and
it sent what men were available. 1t
seems 10 me to be unfair for certain
employers now to say that the ser
vice was inefficient because their
specifications were not filled.
Besides the private fee charging
agencies" Mr.. Smyth said, "there
are two or three groups Of employ
eTs opposing a national employ
Inent service because they do not
want a neutral service. They want
TO dominate the employment situa-
tion themselves and don't want any
other control. They want to main
tain their own employment
agencies. keeping their own records
OF employees and It often happens
that workers may be unfairly treat
ed or "blacklisted" through these
agencies. The feeling of these en-
ployers is natural but / do not in
sRy degree have sympathy with
their attitude and theory.
"The United States employment
service also is being charged with
extravaganza, but l think there is a
sufiCie3t answer to this charge in
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28

the fact that the service has placed
more than 4,500, 900 persons at q
cost of S1.40 per person, and in ar
irving at this figure all costs, in
Guiding the cost of organizing ana
office equipment is included, al
Though under ordinary corporate
financing such cost is not included
IN the operating cost. The average
salary paid by the employment SER
vice furthermore is about 81 200. It
must be remembered that the ser
viee had to be built suddenly and
there were few persons who had
had experience in public employ
ment work on large scale. Mis-
takes were made and no one con-
nected With the service will pre-
tend that = has been the last word
in efficiency, but the experience of
the last IS months is now showing
and really efficient organization
is now in operation If we had
national employment service when
we entered the war, we could have
gotten on a war industrial footing
much quicker"
In answer to a question by Sen
ator Kenyon, Mr.. Smyth said that
the 100000 reported for the ser
vice for next year in the sundry
civil bill by the house appropr1a-
tions committee would cause the
dropping of all it's placement or
gan!Zation in the states at the end
of next week. "The service would
have to take it's organization from
the rehabilitation camps and
abroad for placing soldiers" ne
said. Soldiers placements would
have to be undertaken by voluntary
agencies. Only 13 of the states
have anything that might be called
public employment. systems, while
two or three more have but an Of
fee and about 81 900 for operation
Ten thousand soldiers cards are
being received by the employment
service, one-third of them asking
for employment.
Mr.. Smyth/ said in answer to a
question that there are at least
$500 private fee charging agencies
in the country and estimated that
at least fifteen or twenty millions
annually is taken by them in fees.
The agencies in New York state
alone, he said, took in $6,000,U0
last year. The fee agency, he said,
makes no effort toward industrial
efficiency in placing the right man
in the right job and keep down
labor turnover.
Compares Cost
AS a comparison, Mr.. Smyth said
the Chicago office of the United
States employment service mad
placed 5,096 women at a cost to
the government of less than $4,000.
Had they been placed through pri-
vate agencies, the cost to the wom-
en- would have been SAT 900 he said.
The same office placed 1929
boys of legal working age at cost
of less than $500, whereas the fee
charging agencies, he said, would
have collected about $26, 900.
The first job to which a boy or
girl of 16 is sent may determine his
or her whole future career and
usefulness to the nation, he said,
and there is a great field in prop
erly placing boys and girls in ac-
cor1ance with their inherent quail
fcations and bents for a national
service
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28
SUDDEN CHANGE
in WEATHER IS
CAUSE OF FIRE
Cool Atmosphere Coming in Con-
tact With Boiler Heat Gre
ates Combustion.

A sudden change to cool weather
is believed to have been the cause
of an explosion in the boiler room
of the Peterson Furniture company,
Twenty-fifth street and Fifth ave-
nue., last evening.
The explosion occurred in an ad-
dition to the furniture building, in
which the boiler is located. 1t did
not happen directly in the boiler,
but is supposed to have been caus-
ed by the temperature conditions
prevailing in the room. Chief
Schmidt said:
THE boiler room is a very hot
place and is practically unbearable
on account of the heat Yesterday
the sudden cool weather created a
contrast of atmosphere in the room
and outside and as a result of
the contact of the heat stored up
in the room with the cool air, spon-
taneous combustion took place"
q Firemen Arrive.
Companies<1 and 2 of the Rock
Island fire department were called
to the fire about 4:30 o'clock and
succeeded in extinguishing the
flames before the fire could spread
to the big building.
Only light damage was done to
the room and fortunately no one
was injured in the accident.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28

and means of bringing the Jewish
situation to the attention of every
citizen of Illinois will be consi--
cred. 1t is anticipated that a pub
lie appeal for funds will be made
throughout the state in the early
fall in order that tie relief money
and supplies which are now being
distributed throughout large sec
tions of Europe may continue to go
forward
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28
FREAK CHICK" Is
FIRST OF SEASON

Here is a description of the latest
freak chicken reported this season:
-Four legs. black, head resembling
an owl, wings like buzzard's.
But, unlike most peculiar chick
ems, this one is not reported from
anyone who happens to be passing
on Thirty-eighth street road. 1t
belongs to Mrs. Sallie Lannoo and
was Matched yesterday.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28
A SUMMER TONIC Drink

HOrsf0rd's Acid Phosphate
Healthful and most agreeable to
taste. Refreshcs and invigorate5.
Use it in place of lemons.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Bids will be received up to 8 a.
N. July Z, 1919, for constructing az
S-inch sewer on Eighteenth avenue
from Twenty-eighth to Twenty
ninth street.
H. NJ SCHRIVER,
Mayor.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-06-28

All the news all the I:me-The
Argus.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
MISSIONARY FINED AS
RESULT OF ACCIDENT

SEOUL. Korea. July 10. Rev.
Eugene Bell. Of sheIbyville, Ken
lucky. has appealed from the iudg-
ment OF the local court whereby he
was fined the equivalent of $25 for
criminal carelessness in accidentally
causing the death OF his wife and a
friend in an automobile accident
The judgment stipulated that in de
fault OF payment Mr.. Bell must
serve 10 days Imprisonment.
IL Is understood that the friends
Of Mr. Bell. who is engaged in mis-
sionary work, urged him to fight the
case.
The accident occurred March IS
At an unguarded grade crossing
when the Seoul express ran down
the automobile which Mr. Bell was
driving. Mrs. Bell and Rev. Paul s.
Crane. OF Yazoo City. Mississippi.
were instantly killed and the Rev.
Robert Knox OF Galveston. Texas. a
third passenger, was injured, final
II losing an eye as a result
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
Doctor Tells Hou TO Detect
Harmful Effects Of Tobacco
Try These SIMPLE TESTS

New York: Doctor Common. formerly Of
johns Hopkins hospital. says: Many
men who smoke, chew or snuf incessant-
~ and who are seemingly healthy are
suffering from progressive organic all
ments Thousands Of them would never
have been afflicted had II not been for
the use OF tobacco. and thousands would
soon get well II they would only stop
the use OF tobacco. The chief habit
forming principle Of tobacco Is nicotine.
deadly poison which. when absorbed
by the system, slowly affects the
nerves, membranes, tissues and vital or
gans of the body. The harmful effect OF
tobacco varies and depends on circum-
stances. One GIN be afflicted with gen
eral debility, others with catarrh Of the
throat, Indigestion, constipation, extreme
nervousness, sleeplessness, loss of mem
DRY, lack OF will power. mental cOnfu-
sion, etc Others may suffer from heart
disease, bronchial trouble hardening OF
the arteries, tuberculosis. blindness or
even cancer or the common affliction
known as tobacco heart II you use to-
baccO in any form you can easily detect
the harmful effects by, making the fol-
lowing simple tests. Read aloud one full
page from a book. II, I'm the course OF
reading, your voice becomes muffled,
hOarse and indistinct, and you must fire.
quently clear your throat, the chances
are that your throat is affected by ca
tarrh and IL may be the beginning Of
more serious trouble. Next. in the
morning before taking your usual smoke,
walk up three flights of stairs at reg
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
PRESENT OF THE u. S.
DEDICATED IN TOXIC

TOXIC. July 19-The six new
buildings OF 81. PauTs college at
Ikebukuro near Toxic. erected by
the Episcopal church OF the United
States were dedicated the other day.
The Rev. Charles Reifsnider is
president OF the college. The most
notable men OF Japan attended the
ceremonies and delivered speeches.
The plan Of the campus is after
that OF oxford university and prom
Uses % have the same beauty Of out
line and setting OF the famous old
English seat Of learning Morris
hall the main building is so called
in memory OF Rev. Arthur Morris,
who spent many years of his life
IN Japan in mission work Most OF
the money for the erection OF this
building came from his estate in
the United States.
Mather Hail. the library and ad-
ministration building. is named for
Samuel Mather. OF Cleveland o..
who gave the money for the cree
tion OF the building.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20

ular pace, then stop. II you find that
you are out Of breath your heart beat
is forced, trembling or irregular. you
ganic heart trouble. II you feel that
you must smoke, chew or snuff 10 quiet
your nerves, you are a slave TO the to-
baccO habit, and are positively poison
ing yourself with the deadly drug, nicO-
tine In either case you have just two
alternatives-keep on with the self
poisoning process irrespective Of the
danger and suffer the consequences. or
give up the habit and escape the dan
gers. You can overcome the craving and
stop the habit in a very short time by
using the following inexpensive formula.
Go 10 any drug store and ask for Nico-
tOl tablets. take one tablet after each
meal, and in a comparatively snort time
you will have no desire for tobacco, the
craving will have left you. With the
nicotine poison out OF your system your
general health will quickly improve.
Note-When asked about NicotOl tab
let's, one Of our leading druggists said
1T is truly a wonderful remedy for the
tobacco habit; away ahead Of anything
we have ever sold before. We are author
lied by the manufacturers 10 refund the
money 10 every dissatisfied customer.
and we would not permit the use Of our
name unless the remedy possessed un
usual merit" NicOtol tablets are sold I'm
this city under an irOn-clad money back
guarantee by all up-to-date druggists.
including Central Drug Co. aud otto G.
Bastian.-Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
SOLDIERS
IN VICTORY DAY
PEACE PARADE
Nineteen Thousand Troops
March in EngIand'S Big
Demonstration.

LONDON. July 1s-Great Britain
-or the part OF Great Britain that
could be packed into London
sounded cheer upon cheer today as
1900 allied troops. representing II
nations passed IN brilliant procession
IN commemoration OF peace. Flags
and pennants gave the city a festive
attire and millions literally choked
the streets. as a composite regiment
OF $500 Americans under the com
nuand OF Gen. Pershing started TO
lead the parade at 10 o'clock down
Buckingham palace I'd. Besides
the dOughboys there were 500
French and Italian troops, 400 Bel
gians and detachmy- s. from Serbia
Rumania. Portugal. Japan. Poland.
CZecho-Slovakia. Greece. China and
Siam
Field Marshal Haig led the Brit
ish forces. followed by the colonial
troops. General disappointment was
voiced when II was learned the
picturesque troops would be MISS
ing Due TO an influenza outbreak
France. King George promised he
would review them later
Sailors in Line.
After the soldiers came 5000 sail
ors and marines and a thousand
merchant sailors, led by Admiral
Beatty
Six hundred Wrens. ". A A. C's
and w r. a. F's. marching II
abreast formed evidence Of the strik-
ing part the British women have
played in making victory possible.
The procession took three hours
70 pass one point along the six and
a half mile route.
The supreme moment came when
the allied veterans. swinging into
the broad space before Buckingham
palace went past King George,
greeted him with snappy salute and
passed on toward Hyde Park, where
the parade ended.
Plan other Features.
Apart from the mornings parade
many other novel features combined
20 make the day a memorable one
in British history. Open air gala
celebrations were held in the parks.
The league Of arts had arranged
for huge choirs. clad in multi
colored robes. tabards and cowls to
render national songs and hymns in
all the open places. Included in
these choruses was a choir OF 10.
600 voices which was 10 sing in Hyde
Park under direction OF TT. Charles
Harriss. Santa Barbara. Calf
The days festivity was TO Gull
inmate officially a Q o'clock tonight
with a fireworks display in Hyde
Park
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
(By Clarence True Wilson,


The organized brewers are in dan
ger. When the handwriting against
them appeared on the wall OF civili-
zation they did not take it as a
warning but organized Z resist the
inevitable, They threatened the
president in war times; they organ
lied pro-German treason while our
patriots were giving their lives or
their sons; they tried TO procure uni
versal strikes Of the laboring men.
When the constitutional amendment
outlawed them they boldly pro-
claimed that they had two billions
OF dollars TO prevent its going into
effect They bought the portion Of
the press which was for sale and at
torneys BY wholesale and now these
outlawed criminals boldly come to
Washington and blatantly announce
that they are TO define the terms Of
the prohibition law.
Every state in the union but the
three little ones that couldn't break
away from the brewers stronghold.
has ratified the amendment. Now
the outlaws tell congress how TO de-
fine the law so as not 10 hurt the IL
quor trade. Every speaker, writer or
leader for a generation or two has
defined intoxicating liquor as aIco-
hole and used the term alcoholic
and Intoxicating" as interchange
able. But now the brewers have
discovered the amendment does not
prohibit beer that is 2.75 percent al
coholic and expects congress TO take
the definition from them. "A definition
that would leave the liquor traffic
intact, would keep as many brewer
les. open and give us as many sa-
looms. would keep the organized liq-
uOr power III politics and with fag
more money, as men would drina
twice as much beer 20 get the same
J kick
You brewers are not good losers
You have the German hide as wei
as conscience. If you get a bite
taste IN your mouth. be carefully
your gall bursting forth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
HOOSier Corn In
Good Condition
Declares Expert

MUNCIE, Ind, July 1s.-Barring
severe drouth or freeze, eastern
Indiana corn should yield a go per
cent. crop or AZ bushels an acre. ]
F. Treasure, Delaware county ag-
recultural agent, said today. Dam
age from insect pests has oeep
small.
Mr.. Treasure has just completed
a tour of six counties. Although
about 10 days late. the corn -
humping itself and much is now
in tassel. he said. Delaware county
should have a yield OF $500 900
bushels from $1,000 acres. Mr..
Treasure estimates. Wheat is not
averaging more than 16 bushels an
acre and little OF it is grading bet
ter than No 8. grain dealers say.
Recent rains came too late TO bene-
mt potatoes and berries.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
Bre7Cery Gall About to Burst
as Fond Hopes Take Flight

page SIS Of the statistical abstract.
gives the per capita consumption OF
distilled spirits and beer in 1914 and
their respective alcoholic contents
as follows:
Gallons Gallons of
Used. Alcohol.
Distilled spirits liz O.5S4
Malt liquors .....20.5l O.s2O
II will be seen from this that the
per capita consumption OF alcohol
by beer drinkers in 1914 was 40 per-
cent greater than that by whisky
drinkers.
Nor must it be thought that the
less concentration OF alcohol in beer
makes that beverage less dangerous.
During a recent court trial in Chi
cago a medical witness was asked:
Does the rate or degree OF oxi-
dation depend upon he concentra-
ton Of alcohol" He answered:
Not at all on the concentration"
To the further question. Would the
stimulant and narcotic action Of IS
drops OF alcohol be greater or less
if given in 20 percent or - percent
dilution ?" 1T would be indistin-
guishable." he answered. Just as the
narcotic and stimulant effect Of the
same dose of alcohol is indistin-
guishable whether il is given in the
form of whisky or in the form OF
! beer"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
BEER DRINkEK GETS MORE
ALCOHOL THAN WHISKY
DRINkER

The belief that beer should not
come under the condemnation so
frequently melted out to whisky is
traceable 10 the common impression
that beer drinkers consume much
less alcohol than whisky drinkers.
But those who believe this overlook
the fact that the man who drinks
percent beer usually takes 10 times
as much as a man who takes 40 per-
cent whisky The United States In
ternal revenue commissioner, on
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
TO GO WEST.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Sec'y
Daniels said Saturday he expects to
leave Washington for the Pacific
coast about Aug. l, arriving in San
Diego Aug. 70 meet the Pacific
fleet which is due there the morn
ing of Aug. 7.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
REPORT SHORTAGE OF
SUGAR AT EVANSVILLE

EVANSVILLE Ind. July Ia
In the midst OF the canning season
Evansville. Saturday has sugar
shortage. GrOcers IN most instances
have restricted sales 10 five pounds
10 "a customer and have raised the
price
IneQul distribution and over
Worsed rehueries were given as the
reasons for the shortage
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20

Photographic supplies az schn-
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
RICH DENOUNCES
 PLUA7B PLAN IN
 CAPITOL SPEECH
Appears Before House Com, mittee and Says It Must
 Be Buried.

Washingon, Sept. 12-The Plumb plan for tripartite control of the rail- roads under government ownership must be buried beyond all hope" if it is not to be made a 'rallying point" for the standardization of all industry, Edgar J. Rich, transporta- ton counsel for the associated indus tries of Massachusetts declared today before House Interstate Commerce Committee considering legislation for final disposition of the railroads.
 MT Rich, who also spoke for the Manufacturers Association of p states and the Massachusetts Cham Der of Commerce, said the Plumb plan, like Bolshevism, was a ''perver- sion'' of the principle of socialism in that it would benefit only one class and deny the socialistic theory of the general public good" The railroads under the plan, he said. would be operated flor the benefit of the workers" while the public would as sume all risk of loss
 The greatest defect of the plan, he declared, is that the two-thirds rep resentation given the workers and railroad officers on the proposed wage fixing board would enable the workers to "dominate'' the board and fix their own wages regardless of rev enues, with the public to stand any resultant losses.
 "The author of the plan," said MT. Rich, "claims there would be an in centive for efficient operation because every worker would be entitled to a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
PREMIER GIVEN
 WILSON BIBLE
 GIFT OF SOCIETY

New York, Sept. 12.---The specially bound copy of tho bible prepared by the American Bible Society and sent to the peace conference by President Wilson, was ''very cordially acCepted' by Premier CIemenceau. president of the conference, according to a mes sage from President Wilson to Gen eraI Secretary Mann of the society, made public here today
 Tho society sent also to the confer ence a memorandum urging that re- iigiOus freedom for all the nations of the world be provided for in the peace treaties. Particular attention" was paid to this subject, the president said His message, sent through Sec reta-y Tumulty, follows:
 '''The president asks me to say that he did present tho bible and it was very cordially accepted by the presi- dent of the peace conference, MT. Clenenccau. Every effort was made by the peace conference to secure complete religious freedom through out the world. Particular attention was paid to tho matter in the treaties formulated with the new countries where reIegioUs minOrities were par uCularly protected and also in the provisions for territories which were to be put under mandate
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
NO ENORMOUS GRAIN SURPLUS
 IN UKRAINE

Paris. Thursday, Sept. 11.---Advices from American Red Cross investigators at Poltava, Southern Russia, received d in Paris today state that reports of an enormous grain surplus in Ukraine and southern Russia, which have dis turbe5 American wheat growers with visions of tumbling market, may be dismissed as grOundless.
 Investigators who have just arrived at Poltava after a tour of the country recently liberated by General Deni- kline from the Bolsheviki state that early threshings promise a crop from 10 to % per cent above normal, this being due to the spurring influence of the Germans, who directed their en- orgies last fall to having every avail able foot in Ukraine put into winter wheat Even this bumper crop, how ever, will fall short of the domestic demand, and 1t is declared that not a bushel of it will ever enter into com petition with wheat from the United States. Russia and the countries bor- dering on the Black Sea will need the enntire 1919 crop.