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New-York tribune., 1920-12-01

present condition they would welcome
d reconclliation. His second wife, he
said, died recently. nv
Mr. Ihorndyke told the police that
nelore ne married the second time he
ilvcd life Of ease and comfort. He
took trips abroad with his daughters
ana made elaborate plans for Their
education. But his second marriage. he
SAID, angered his daughters, and thew
have stunned him ever since
The eldest daughter, Florence. he
sald. married Paul Williams, who was
IN the employ of the Havemeycr SUGAR
Refinery in Brooklyn The father has
searched for Florence without success
Ada, he said, who was the second
daughter, married George Williams. not
related to Florence's husband. Will
iams worked in glue factory in Brook
lyn at the time of his marriage, but all
trace OF him has been lost
Amy, said Mr.. Thorndykc, became
the bride of Gustave Bennett, then en-
ployed as an engineer on the Manhat-
tan elevated system, being in charge
of locomotive before electricity was
put into use.
And Pcarly-Pearly, the fourth
daughter-also married, but her father
never learned the name of her husband.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01

ployees this feature of profit sharing
cannot be met in is exactlrude. al
though believe it can be ACCOMPLISHED d
IN other ways.
Fair Deal for Capital
Capital also must be given fair
treatment
The public, in turn, has the right
TO exact efficient and economical serv-
Ice, and is to-day, believe, willing to
pay rates which will give capital a
tar return and the employee fair
wage. 1t demands. however, and. I re-
peat, has the right to demand, efficient
operation.
The foundation of efficient opera
ton is discipline. and anything that
undermines discipline must, in Justice
to the public, be eternally resisted by
railroad officers
Prior to Federal control approxi-
mately So per cent OF the railroad en-
ployees were unorganized and 35 per
cent organized.
conditions, discipline, etc. were han-
died by the individual railroads di.
rectly with their own employees.
The organizations, in attempting to
perpetuate these so called national
agreements, and further to form ma
tional boards of adjustment Tor all
railroads, are clearly endeavoring 70
bring about the naturalization of rail-
roads and the unifcation of all proper
ties in so far as wages. working con-
ditions, discipline, etc., of employees
are concerned, for all railroads in the
United States, regardless of conditions
on the individual railroads and ignor-
ing the rates and working conditions
of analogous employees of outside in
dustries at various local points"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Shop Is
Coal Of. Labor.
Says Atterbury
Declares Union Leaders
Aim at Naturalization
of Railroads and Control
of All Other Industries
Sees Countrywide Drive
Demands for Wage Boards
Called First Step in a
Carefully Planned Crusade
Special Dispatch TO The 7rib,.ne

ITtD1!NG
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-In a
statement to the National Industrial
Conference, General W. w. Atterburv.
vice e-president in charge of operations
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. declares
the naturalization of the roads and a
nationwide closed shop are the ulti
mate goal of the present labor lead
ers The statement gives a comprehen
sive analysis of the relationship be-
tween the road and its employees.
In speaking of labor organizations
Mr.. Atterbury declares the company
has not nterfered with it's men in the
matter Of organizations into which
they want to go, and has always recos-
nized the right Of any man to labor
upon whatever terms he and his en-
ployer agree, whether or not he be-
longs to q labor organization. Sympa-
thetc strikes have always been op-
posed by the road, he says, because
they interfere with one Of the com
pany's greatest responsibilities, the
continuity Of operation.
All Industry Menaced
On the question Of the nationwide
closed shop Mr.. Atterbury says: "The
railroads of the United States are face
to face with demands of leaders of the
organizations of their employees cal
culated to fastcn the closed shop not
only on the railroads but eventually
upon the industries of the whole coun-
try.
"Congress has said that the roads
and their men may establish boards of
labor adjustment for the settlement of
all controversies not involving wage
rates. Labor leaders declare that such
boards must be national in scope. If
this stood alone it would be serious
enough, but as first step in a series
of carefully planned campaigns for
labor union control and operation Of
the railroads and the other essential
industries and utilities it becomes a
matter of paramount Importance
My personal attitude toward those
who labor, as essentials in the equit-
able relationship between employer and
employee, is az follows: Steady en-
ployment; good wages; time for recre
alton; opportunity to elevate ones self
in ones employment; a voice in de-
termining the rules and regulations un-
der which one should work, and fair
division of any profits after a reason
able wage has been earned and a suf-
fcient amount paid to capital to at
trast it to an expanding business.
Unfortunately, with large industrial
comhinations-'so essential to modern
business life if we are to meet the
world mpetition-t Is difficult to al
locate to one efficient man his indivd-
ual share in the profits, although we
know that on the efficiency or lack of
it, OF the individuals taken collectively
depends the success or failure of the
business. This is particularly true OF
~ larger system.
so that in dealin. with railroad EN-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Senate to Keep.
Army Plan, but
Slash Overhead
Extensive Administrative
Economics To Be Worked
Out in New Appropriation
Bills, Wadsworth Says
Terminals To Be Leased
Costly Cantonments, Plants
and Storage Depots Will
Be Utilized for Profit
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Nov 30.-No change
lin the army reorganization or strength,
but sweeping economies in administra-
kion of the War Department and in
utilization OF the big properties ac-
cuired during the war is to be the
brogram of the Republicans at the
f\ssion of Congress opening Monday.
; This was announced to-day by Sena-
4r James w. Wadsworth jr.. of New
L{ork, chairman of the Committee on
De worked out in the army appropriation
bill and in riders which will be at
tached to other appropriation bills.
These will direct the War Department
10 do certain things, and in part will
transfer the control of certain definite
policies from the Administration end of
he government to the Congress.
While no announcement was made as
cooperation by Democratic members
ef the Military Committee or of Demo
Gratis in Congress generally, it is known
hat before making the announcement
enator Wadsworth had a long and
friendly conference with Senator
George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon.
ranking Democratic member of the
military Committee and chairman Of
she committee during the war
.. New York Terminal To Be Leased
Among the important things which
Congress will insist upon the War De-
,astment doing are the following:
Leasing or sale of the huge port
Terminals now owned by the govern
ent around New York, particularly on
Brooklyn and Jersey waterfronts,
Boston, Norfolk, Philadelphia and
rleston, S. c.
Easing or sale of the huge storage
ats scattered all over the country,
- Of the big ones being at Schcnec-
lady. N. Y.
Leasing or sale of the big powder
ants in Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
i easing or sale Of tho large mum
FIons plants now in idleness, which
Tere erected by the government during
he war, generally on land not owned
by the government.
Leasing of the sso,ooo,ooo power
plant constructed by the government
uring the war at Muscle Shoals, Ala.
extract nitrogen from the air.
Leasing or utilization of the Canton
nents not being used to more than
Pnetenth Of their capacity.
Reduction Of the general admins
frative expense of the War Depart
'nent, considered to be scandalously
high.
~ am strongly opposed" said SEN
k,or Wadsworth, "to any changes at
ne present session Of Congress in the
.rmy reorganization plan which we put
Borough at the last session. Most of
fs in Congress who worked on that
Nan, and most of the army. officers,
hink that it should have a trial before
is tinkered with any further. More
yer, if any attempts are made to cor
ct little things here and there the re-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
500 Clothing " orkers
Apply the Golden Rule
Agree to Stay Idle Month So
Unemployed i'm Other Fac
tories Nav Get Work

CINCINNATI, Nov 3O.-The FIVE hun
dred employees of the Nash Clothing
Manufacturing Company in this city
which is operated on the Golden Rule
basis, to-day at meeting decided to
voluntarily surrender their jobs for q
month, either January or February, in
order to give work to the unemployed
of other clothing factories.
They took that action after Arthur
Nash, former minister. and presidcn
of the company, had stated that cloth.
ing manufactures were closing in ali
parts Of the country, and that thou
sands are being thrown out Of employ
ment. A committee OF employees drew
up the resolution in which they offer to
make the sacrifice FOL others.
They also agreed that if it was neccs-
sary to reduce wages in order to bring
down the prices of clothing and stimu-
late business, those earning more
than SIS day would be the first TO con-
sent to Il reduction.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01

bia to-day directed mandamus to is
sue against Secretary Daniels of the
Navy Department to compel him to
permit officers Of the naval reserve who
have been injured in the line of duty
to appear before the Naval Retireme mt
Board in order that the right to re-
tirement might be determined accord
ing to naval regulations.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01
Ex-kaiserin Is Uncoaasciog;

DOORN, Holland, Nov 80 Cry The
Associated Pressl l.-Ex- Empress Au-
gusta Victoria of Germany, who is crit
ically i'll as a result of heart attack.
was reported at noon to-day to be in q
sinking condition. At that time she
was unconscious
New-York tribune., 1920-12-01

crease in the cost of coal to the com
panies.
The allowance for this purpose is
% o-loooths of cent per kilowatt hour
Tor each increase of 10 per cent above
or below the average cost OF coal in the
year 1916, when the present rate
seheouses were fixed. At that time the
average cost of coal was SO ton
Within the last year the companies
have paid from 81 to sl3 a ton for coal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
ARREST RADICALS
WHO CAUSE STRIKE
General Situation Improves Except
in New York Where Tie-up
Continues.
(By United Pressl

Improvement in the
general railroad strike situation was
reported from practically all sections
of the country today. The worst tie
up continued in New York district
where only small number of work
ers had returned. Passenger service
on all lines had been improved by the
use of volunteer train crews and yard
workers. In the west the strike was
reported as subsiding as the men
gradually returned to their jobs. Chi
cago dispatches said federal agents ar
rested radicals who were responsible
for starting the walkouts that became
nationwide. A committee Of the
Cleveland striking switchmen's associ-
alton was expected to go to Washing
ton shortly to confer with the new
railroad labor. The interstate COM
merce committee of the Senate was to
meet to confirm members of railroad
labor board chosen by President Will
son. Attorney General Palmer was
directing agents Of his department to
prevent further radical leaders from
calling meetings in their districts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
LAFOLLETTE MEN MAY CONTES.
Works Like Magic
Well Maybe So!

Can it be that the suggestion made
by the railroad commission when they
boosted the street railway fare to six
cents in Kenosha can be working on
the company?
Well, maybe so! The new rate has
been in operation but three days and
this morning new street car appeared
on the Elizabeth street line and along
with it an attempt-and good one too
to furnish seven-minute service for
the west side residents. The Elizabeth
cars now pass both at the corner of
Sheridan road and South street and at
the Brassville switch.
There was no announcement of the
company regarding the change and
the conductors declared that it was an
experiment but that they believed that
it would be permanent in the event
that the plan worked out we'll and
seemed to be an accommo dation, to the
public. At the present the cars are
not crossing the Main street bridge
because of the repair of the sewer on
Main street and two cars on the line
are assigned to caring for the traffic
on the north side.
It is said that the west side people
never grumbled single bit this morn
ing as they jingled their extra pennies
into the fare box.
And in the meantime they are hold
ing their breath lest the indication
that the Scent fare has brought prom
Use of Improvement may prove "too
good to be true"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
ATTORNEY BAKER
MAY ASK RECOUNT
Asks for Investigation of Defective
Ballots and viii Seek Facts from
Election Boards.

A movement to contest the election
of Republican delegates to represent
the First Wisconsin district in the ma
tional convention was indicated today
when Attorney Robert Verne Baker OF
Kenosha, defeated LaFollette district
delegate, appealed to the office OF the
county clerk for permission to exam
inc defective ballots returned in Keno
sha county. The permission was de-
MED on account of the fact that the
ballots returned are in sealed envei-
opes and it is held that they may be
opened only on an order of the court.
Mr.. Baker informed the deputy coun-
ty clerk that he would make an appeal
to the various election boards for the
information sought. The LaFollette
delegates in the First district were
defeated by very narrow margin and
already a recount of the ballots has
been demanded at Stoughton where a
number of ballots were not counted
because of the fact that some voters
marked the names Of five delegates.
Few Defective Ballots.
The reports made by the election
inspectors in this county indicated that
there were few defective ballots but
many ballots were counted as blanks
and it is possible that an investiga-
ton Of these ballots which are now
sealed up and in the keeping of the
county clerk might bring changes in
the result. If any considerable chang
es are shown; it is possible that the
contest of the district delegates might
be carried to the floor of the conven-
ton.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
PAYS THE STATE
OVER A MILLION
County Treasurer Com
pletes Settlement with
State Of Tax Fund.
BIGGEST CHECK YET
At Same Time Treasurer Turns
Over Money for Support
of the Schools.

County Treasurer James W. Blair
was making his final statement with
TIE state treasurer today and the total
amount which Kenosha county pays to
the state for the year is Sligo, 122.15.
1t is the biggest check which Kenosha
county ever sent to the state and it is
believed that it is the largest check
to be sent to the state treasurer from
any county outside of Milwaukee coun-
ty. The settlement includes the pay
ment of the state tax, the payment of
the states portion of the income tax,
and the sur taxes levied for soldiers
bonus, and the payment of the 20 tax
levied as special bonus for soldiers I'M
der the Wisconsin statute of 1919. 1t
is the first time in the history of Ke-
nosha county that the settlement with
the state came anywhere near the
million dollar mark.
Big Sum for Soldiers.
There were high lights in the settle
ment and here are some of them: For
the sur tax for soldiers bonus and the
educational bonus the county treasur-
er pays the state total Of $685., 4Q5.91.
AS the state portion of the normal in
come tax collected (10%o of the normal
tay) the state gets from this county
tho sum IF s62,315.59. For state taxes
the payment of the county is $89,809 so
and the two-mill tax for soldier bonus
under the 1919 law amounts to $751;
591.96. In addition to this the county
has paid the bills of the various state
institutions for care of dependents and
detectives, the total of this bill
amounting to something over $4,000
1t is believed that Kenosha county is
one of the first counties in the state
to provide for a final settlement. 1t is
known that the total from this county
is more than is paid from any other
county in the first district and it is
many times the amount paid by any
one of half the counties in the state.
Keeps Out School FUNDS.
In making the settlement, Treasurer
Blair has retained from the moneys
properly due TO the state the amounts
which are - be paid to the various
towns and the city as state aid for the
common schools and high schools. The
total of this for the year is consider
ably over the $4,000 mark and it has
been turned over to the officials of the
various towns to be applied to the
funds necessary for the operation of
the schools. The division of this fund
shows the following amounts to the
various towns: Brighton $958.50;
Bristol $1,295.75; Paris $1,263.8O;
Pleasant Prairie $2,279.1O; Randall
$97270; Salem $2,O55.45; Somers
$2,385.6O; Wheatland $912.95; city of
Kenosha $36,70345.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
SH! MORE TALK
OF NEW THEATRE
Secret Leaks Out There Is
More Than RunlOr in
New Theatre Talk.
Shl Don't tell a soul :

Sh! Don't tell soul -
But it is said on good authority that
there is a great deal more than dream
ing to the rumor that stock company
is being formed in Kenosha for the
erection of new up-to-date theatre
here. The men interested in the prop
osition do not care to let the public in
on their secret as yet and they are
insistent that they do not want any
newspaper skyscraper" built, but
It just leaked out that they have
taken some. steps towards organization
and the rumors tell story something
like the following:
Site to Cost 100000.
The plans of the company are to Sc
cure downtown site which is to, cost
in the neighborhood of 100000. They
have several locations in view and it
is declared that an option has beer
signed on one of these at meeting
held last Saturday afternoon but that
the organization is not ready to make
any announcement. It is also said
that the signing of the option does not
mean IudI tiE OGAACA 04ISo AAeNNC pC|4A
discarded but that the company want
ed to take time by the forelock and
have one site assured them.
Several Kenosha investors have been
approached regarding stock in the new
concern and an attorney has been Sc
cured to draw UP papers of incorpora-
ton. The amount that each of these
is investing, according to the rumor,
is shown by the report that not more
than half dozen will be needed to
subscribe the stock for the purchase
of the site.
And Then the Theatre.
The theatre that is being suggested
is to be up-to-date in every particular
and is to be large enough to make Ke-
nosha one Of the best theatrical cities
in southern Wisconsin. The most OPP
timistic of the stockholders, it is said,
do not plan on starting the work in
the near future but desire now to Sc
cure site so that they will be pre-
pared to continue their plans when
the proper time comes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15

tirely on quality merchandise and
fair dealing. Kenosha had the "Hos-
iery Works" way back in the old days,
when they called it the "Sock Foundry"
as one of its first worlds largest of it's
kind" industries. The company came to
Kenosha more than thirty years ago
from Rockford, under the firm name
of the Chicago Rockford Hosiery com
pany. It had been organized by men
who knew the value of an honest pro-
duct and this idea of manufacturing
was handed down through nearly two
generations of hosiery makers.
The company was incorporated in
1892, and it had capital stock Of
100000, and what was declared to be
the finest company of expert knitters
of hosiery ever brought to any city
in this county. Many Of these people
are still in the employ of the company,
and they have raised families of
knitters, and sons and daughters have
taken the places of fathers and moth
ers at the knitting machines in the
years in which the company has de-
veloped.
Takes "KenOsha" Name.
A good many years ago, the men
who owned the majority of the stock
of the company, insisted that it be
made more of a Kenosha company and
to this end the name of the company
was changed to the Chicago Kenosha
Hosiery company. The first officers
under the incorporation with this name
were James j. Hoyt, president; S. B.
Wilkins, Rockford, H., vice president;
Willis w. Cooper, secretary and treas
urer. Following the death of W w.
Cooper, G.. H. Curtis became the Sec
rotary Of the company, and E. L. Ship
pee was named treasurer.
The men who had been in charge of
the business of the company, were old,
conservative business men who made
it possible for the industry to grow
along conservative lines. It became
one of the greatest hosiery producing
plants of the country.
Aliens Buy Control.
In 1912, when the N. A. Aliens Sons
tannery was sold to the Central Leath-
er company, Charles Chester Allen and
Robert w. Allen, who had been active
with their father, the late Charles w.
Allen, in the management of the tam
merry, gave up leather for hosiery and
they took over the controlling stock
of the Chicago -Kenosha Hosiery COM
pany. These young men, with the idea
of greater production, set their minds
TO work with the view of m king Keno
sha the center of knit goods produce
ton. Associated with them, as
leader in the company, was Roger N.
KimbaII, who was made vice president
and general superintendent of the big
company.
Rapid development of the business
under the new management has made
the company one Of the largest of its
kind in the world. Each year has seen
remarkable increases in sales, togeth-
err with a corresponding increase IN
the tonnage of merchandise produced.
Outgrows Kenosha.
The company outgrew Kenosha years
ago. In the fall of 1916, with a view
of extending its business into the knit
goods field the COMPANY was reorgan-
Continued on page %
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
FIRST EMBARGO
LIFTED TODAY
Express Co. Gets Orders
Opening Wide Territory
for. Shipments.

The first embargo on freight ship
ments into and out of Kenosha was
lifted just after ten o'clock this morn
ing, bringing the first hope of the end
of the strike which has been paralyz-
ing industry in this section for the
past two weeks. The first lifting came
to the United States Railway Express
company in the way of an order open
ing for shipments vast territory COW
ering practically the entire country
with the exception of small portion
of New England and the East and a
small section of the central states. At
the same time the express company
received large number Of cars which
were held for many days in yards
about Chicago and other places. The
Chicago district was open to the NOV
ing of the express before noon today
and great mass Of the express went
forward while the agents were busy
routing cars to Southern states. The
entire West and Northwest was open
ed for shipments both in and out of
Kenosha by the order.
First Rift at Northwestern.
The first break in the tight embar-
go also came to the Northwestern Off
ces this morning with an order to ac-
cept shipments for Kansas City as
lines have been opened to the west out
of Chicago. It was declared that 9TH
er orders opening more territory for
shipments were expected to be re-
ceived during the day and it was de-
clared that the conditions we're much
improved and that the hope of normal
traffic was in sight just as soon as con-
gested conditions. could be eliminated.
A few more men were on shorter
time at the Kenosha factories today
but it was expected that the lifting of
emBargoes would rapidly bring more
settled and normal conditions to all of
the industries of the city. Cars of
raw material and coal came in on
Tuesday afternoon and general move
ment of freight was expected to be re-
sumed during the day.