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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11

will represent the railroad owners
and they will be selected from list
of six furnished by the railroad op-
orators, and the last three will be Sc
lected to represent the public. Now,
when any troubel comes up and the
railroad employees and the operators
are unable to adjust their troubles
as to wages, working conditions and
the various things that cause such
disputes, this board has power to
call in witnesses, examine all papers,
books, ETC., and give fair hearing
to both sides. Then they can
make what is called a finding, re-
port, Just as courts do in similar
cases. No report of the board can
be final or binding unless at least
one member of the three represent
ing the public agrees to the report.
But after the report is made there is
no power to enforce it, except public
opinion. The most extreme penal
ty the board can apply is that of Civ
ing the report publicity so that ev-
eryone in the country will know the
facts. So, as l see it, children there
certainly can be no harm in letting
the public know the facts in these
disputes. The public is the first to
be interested. The public is, of
course, you and / and all of us. II
there is a railroad strike and we
can't get food, we suffer. If be-
cause of disputes the trains don't
run on time; there are not enough
men to run them and all the hun
bred and one things that can arise,
the public suffers. The labor lead
ers have objected, as / told you, to
the public having represe ntatives on
this labor board. That is not a
fair way to look at it, The public
should be considered first.
Another reason why 1 am glad
this bill has become a law is this;
although the actual fighting of war
with Germany stopped when the ar
mistice was signed, November 18th,
1918, we are still technically at
war. want to see real peace just
as soon as possible. A peace that
will place the United States in the
same secure position it held with the
rest of the world before the war.
That means a peace without any
| league of nations which would make
our constitution a scrap of paper.
The bill which placed the railroads
under government ownership was
passed as a drastic war measure.
There are many Of those laws which
give the president power which he
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
BILL TO HELP
GENERAL PUBLIC
UNCLE TED TELLS CHILDREN
NEW RAILROAD BILL WILL
HELP THE PEOPLE

''Kiddies," said Uncle Ted after
they had coaxed him to tell them an
other story, you remember that
about a month before last Christmas
told you about the Cummins rail-
road bill"
ooh, / remember" said Jack.
mot Long before that you told us
about the Plumb plan and how the
railroad men wanted the people to
buy the railroads and then run them
their own way"
Eyes, Jack, you have a good
memory, so am going back and ex-
plain what the original Cummins
bill said. Since that time there
was another railroad bill written by
a member of the house of representa-
tives, called the Esch bill These
two bills were put together and, af-
ter a lot of discussing of the vari-
Gus things in them, an agreement
was reached and the combined bill
was passed The result has been
that at 1901 o'clock on the morn
ing of March /, the railroads passed
from the control of the government
and were turned back to their Vari-
Gus owners, as they were before the
war. WndL 1 want 10 tell yOu Ho",
are some of the things which those
who voted for this bill believe to be
right and which / too believe to be
right.
eve should all be very happy that
the railroads are back in the hands
of their owners. For more than
two years these roads were all run
by the government under the direc-
ton OF what was known as the rail-
road administration. That expert
ence has had one good effect, even
though It has been very, very ex-
pensive. 1t has shown that govern
ment ownership or control OF the
railroads is a bad thing and will not
work. Mr.. Gompers, president OF
the American Federation Of Labor
and other labor leaders maze an an
nouncment through the papers Jus,
before congress voted on sne piil
that those members who didn. vole
the way they wanted would be ,%@
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11

feated for reelection. That is,
they didn't want this bill passed.
But that didn't worry the majority
of the members of congress who vot-
ed for the bill because they believed
that the welfare of their districts,
their states and the country could
best be served by the railroads I'M
der private ownership"
"Our teacher said today that the
government owes the railroads a lot
of money" said Ruth.
Eyes, Ruth continued Uncle Ted
Director General Hines, of the rail-
road administration has said that
the government owes the various
railroads 1886, 100000, which will
have to be paid this year out of the
United States treasury. This fig
ure shows us that during the two
years or more that the government
has run the roads, the people have
been taxed $1,SS6, 100000 for the
use of the railroad administration.
The poor management by the gov
eminent and the waste and ,extrav-
agance during this time makes 1t all
the harder to bear this huge expen-
diture."
1.-THE labor men say that this bill
is unfair to them" said Jack. us
that true?"
mo, Jack, l don't think 1t is. /
know l couldn't agree with any bill
that was not fair for the railroad
men. Some of my best friends and
some of the finest men l know are
working for the railroads. I don't
like to disagree with them but I
can't see a thing in this law that is
unfair TO them. . One of the things
they Oh iect to is the fact that the
pubnfs is represented on the labor
boaR1(9hich is created by this law.
The g6arfs of the law which refer to
labot are quite plain and fair, to
me. Mt authorizes railroads and
their employees to create adjust
ment boards where they can settle
disputes and disagreements. A
labor board is created with nine
members to be appointed by the
president and confirmed, as are 9TH
er appointments by the senate, each
member to receive salary Of $10,-
100000 a year"
How will these men be select
ed?" asked Jack.
Three of the members will repre-
sent lobar. These three are to be
selected from list of six furnished
by the labor organizations. Three
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
GRAHAM e. GRAHAM.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

State OF Iowa, Audubon County. IS:
The above and FOREGOING original
notice having been this day present
ed 10 me and the same having been
examined by me the same is hereby
approved at Audubon. Iowa, this
9th day of March. 1920. and II is or
dered that said original notice be
published for four consecutive weeks
in the Audubon Republican. a news
parar NJ general circulation. printed
and published ut Audubon. Iowa.
Dated this 9Th dav of March, 1920.
(SFALl IOHN HORNING.
Clerk of the District Court in and
for Audubon County, Iowa. 11-4t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
EsTRAY NOTICE

Taken up by E. r. and G. H.
Somers OF Douglas township, Audu-
bon county, Iowa, on the 9th day Of
May, 1919, one 2-year-old heifer
with horns, left ear split, color red;
one 2-year-old heifer with horns,
both ears split, color.
Notices posted before G. s. White,
justice of the peace in Leroy town
ship, Audubon county, Iowa.
w. ]. HAMILTON,
County Auditor,
,10-3t Audubon County, Iowa.
Dated this LIST day of March, 1920.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
ACREAGE For RENT

For rent, acres in Bradleyville;
has 6 room house, good barn and
other outbuildings. Phone 19A2,
or see George Heuerman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
GREEN BAY LUMBER CO.
LLOYD GRAHAM, Manager
FOR SALE OR RENT

Have for sale or rent house with
four acres Of ground inside corpora
ton. Can give possession April
first Enquire at this office.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
For SALE

Good horses at all times. Can be
seen at DR.. Rogers barn. F. o.
Nikiason. 7-tf
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
For SALE

Some registered Angus bulls and
heifers; good individuals. Phone
3OA31, Marshall Davis. Gray, Ia. 7tf
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11

Fine program Crescent
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-11
MRS. GEORGE b. SCOTT

"hhtos oDoINOh ID. cSoLL
Conservatory Education
Instructor of Piano and Voice
Special attention given to
technique, voice building and
tone placement.
Phone 221-W or see me at
residence three blocks east Of
school house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08

B. D. Grogan has returned from
Minneapolis where he transacted
legal business.
George Mertesdorf of Vernon Cent
er transacted business in|the city to-
day.
p. r. Hammer Of Pemberton was a
business visitor in the city today.
]. G.. Jenson Of st. James was a
business caller in the city this morn
ing.
Mrs Lelend Normal of Lake. Crystal
did shopping In the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Walle Of Madelia
were guests in the city today
Dan and Louis Murphy Of 4Guckaen
were among the out OF town callers
in the city today.
Emmett Compton of Morristown
spent the day in the city.
Mrs. Ralph Leslie and Mrs. Charles
Stagman of Waseca were shoppers in
the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. C.. Cain autoed
down from Minneapolis yesterday and
are guests of friends and relatives in
the city today. They are driving
through to st. Louis, Mo-, where Mr..
Cain will begin work of contracting
for sales for merchandise sales com
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. SLIDER, Edna Sill
Der, Harold SLIDER, Oiivv ne.-.
Agnes Lendt motofed to St. Paul this
morning to attend the Carus0 concert.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08
SAVING IS VERY SMALL,
Fruit Shipped BY City Of Chicago Fail.
to Cut Price.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
Chicago, October 6.-The second
boat load of fruit, purchased by the
city from Michigan growers. for sale
to consumers at actual cost plus ship
ping charges, was expected to arrive
here today.
Deputy Commissioner of Public
Works Burkhardt, who sponsored the
plan, said many consignments were
received from purchases on the boat,
which was locked at Municipal Pier
yesterday Housewives said that aft.
er they had spent car fare to the pier
the fruit was little, If any cheaper
than it was at their own corner GRO
Gerry.
Russell J. Poole, secretary of the
council of the H. G. OF L., visited the
pier and ordered some. reductions.
Grapes were selling for thirty six
cents per basket. and he ordered them
sold at thirty-four. Pears were re-
duced from $1.85 to $1.30 a bushel
and Jonathan apples from $500 to
$1.60 a bushel.
The housewives said that the grapes
which cost thirty six cents a basket,
actually cost them fifty two cents as
sixteen cents had to be added for car
fare.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08
FIGHT FOREST BLAZES
Wisconsin Northwoods Are Scene OF
Dangerous Fires.
Associated Press DISPATCH

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Prentice, Wis, October 6.-Forest
fires are again raging in practically
ali the southern heart of Price coun =
ty consisting of the towns Of Wor-
cester, Hackett, Harmony, Catawba
Olgema, Hill, and Prentice. The
largest tracts Of timber to be de-
stroyed thus far is that owned
by Peterson and Dahlberg OF
Ogema. The camp buildings was
saved by backfire being resorted
to. The loss in timber will run well
into the thousands. Many private
holdings of timber has been complete
ly destroyed. Several farmers through
out the vicinity have lost all of their
ummer crops besides cattle. build
ings, etc, some barely escaping with
their lives.
Yesterday afternoon calls for help
came from Hill and Worcester, where
the worst fires are now burning. All
the men that could be spared from
Prentice and Ogema rushed to the
aid of the people in these localities.
Prentice is now out of danger unless
the wind turns driving the fire in the
direction of the mill and lumber
ards. Ogema is still in danger but If
the wind stays low the fires in that
icinity will be under control By
another twenty four hours.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08
CHILD LABOR
SINCE WAR MANY ENTERED
FOR FACTORY WORK
Record For Cities In State For
Past Year Are Made
Known
Associated Press Dispatch

st. Paul, Mimi, October 6.-Chilt
labor in Minnesota has materially
increased during the past five years
and reports compiled by the state
department of labor and industries
mada public today, show that 1,6la
children are employed in various in
dustries Of the state this year, com
pared with $50 employed five years
ago.
This increase, according to F. E
Hoffman, assistant commissioner OF
labor, is due to the high wages PAID
in the inc strial field and a general
shortge caused in some instances by
the drafting to war OF thousands OF
Minnesota's workers and the lack OF
readjustment of the Industrial world
Many parents have curtailed the
higher education of their children
and entered them upon commercial
fields to take advantage of the high
wage paid, Mr.. Hoffman said.
have not attained the age of sixteen
The children employed in each case
years and have been issued certifl :
Gates on their assumption of the role
of wage Garner by the various super
intendents of schools in the state.
Factory work apparently Is the
most remunerative, Mr.. Hoffman said
as reports show that during the past
year 800 boys and girls entered this
field of endeavor. The work of run
ming errands is next in line with 243
boys and girls entered in this parti-
cular field of activity
r,r Increase With Wages.
That the increase Of child labor ad
vanced simultaneously with the wage
increase Is apparent, Mr.. Hoffman
said, by the table Of comparison COM
piled by labor and industry officials
In 1915 the number of certificates OF
employed issued was $50 ;; in the fol-
lowing year 638 were issued, and In
1917, 845; while In the three succeed
ing years the number exceeded the
one thousand mark. In 1913 the num-
Der of certificates issued increased
more than 200 over the number Is
sued in the previous year., while In
1919, 1884 certificates were issued
during the fiscal year ending June
80 the number to date reads 1913.
Farm work apparently did not appeal
to the boys Of Minnesota as there
was a marked decrease in this activity
shown over the previous year. In
1919, twelve permits were issued to
boys desiring this form of work, com
pared with six issued the last year.
A total number of eighteen certf !,
Gates for house work were issued
and of this number one of. them was
given to a boy, the seventeen being
Employment certificates issued for
the two years in various districts and
of the state include:
Table of CifiAS
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LAST OF BUFFALO HERDI|
SOLE SURVIVORS FOUND IN
THE NORTHLAND
Animals Range Along the Mac
kenzie River Basin In Ed
mondton, Canada
TAssociated Press Dispatch. I

Edmonton, Alta, October Cone
thousands miles to the northward
from Edmonton, the last herds OF
bison on the North American CONT
nent have been discovered roaming
in the country in the Mackenzie riv-
er basin. F. H. Kitto. exploring en-
gineer of the natural resources intel
ligence branch, department Of inter
ior, Ottawa, made the discovery. The
herd he saw consisted of more than
1000 animals and he heard reports
Of another herd equally as large
farther north.
The herd seen by Mr.. Kitto, who
spent five months in the north re
gion, roams in a strip of country
bounded by the Slave river On the
east, and Peace river on the south,
the Cariboo mountains on the west
and the Great Slave lake OH the
north.
Travels With Horses.
Mr.. Kitto entered the country with
saddle and pack horses and with one
Indian guide from Fort Smith. The
land in this district Is lightly wooded
its many sand ridges being covered
with jack pine. In some places there
are excellent park lands, we'll grown
with grass and wooed with poplar.
While the buffalo were rather diff
ficult to approach, Mr.. Kitto was able
to get within one hundred feet OF
them at TIRES ard was about to take
some snap shots. He describes the
animals as being about the same size
as the old prairie bison, but darker
in color. He estimated that the herd
consisted of more than a fhousand
and the animals are on the increase
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08
AID. FOR THE SCHOOLS.
Blue Earth County Will Receive
$21,021 From The State.

Blue Earth county will receive
$21,021 as its October apportionment
for schools, out of total Of $1,871,-
ell. 60, which was authorized by the
state board Of education at its meet
ing in the offices of ]. M. Mcconnell,
commissioner of education, st. Paul.
Other counties viii share as fol-
lows: Hennepin s274,S14; Ramsey.
S142,094; st. Louis, $184 1897;
Stearns, 1887; Winona, $21,781
There were, 445, 598 pupils entitled
to share in thes appropriation, and the
rate for each pupil was $4.20, the
largest in the history of the state.
Mr.. Mcconnell said. This is the first
payment Of state money to schools
this fall and will be followed shortly
by the distribution of the special
state aid to all cl4sses Of schools,
which will amount to approximately
S3,200,000.
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HELD TO JURY

Men Charged With Robbina Clothing
Store At Mountain Lake.
The men who were held at Window
for the robbery OF two clothing stores
at Mountain Lake about a week ago
were arraigned before Justice of the
Peace L. G. Churchill at Window on
Monday and were bound over to
await the action Of the grand jury at
the November term of the district
court. The defendants were repre-
sented by Attorney Borst of Window,
and County Attorney Finstead app
peared for the state, The bonds Of
the defendants have been placed al
$4,000 each, but as yet have not been
furnished.
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FLIGHTS FROM PANAMA
Lieutenant Charles B. Austin vii
Make New Attempt.

Lieutenant Charles B. Austin Will
Make New Attempt.
Panama, October 5;-Lieutenant
Chares B.>Austin, a United State ar
my aviator, intends to leave at sn
o'clock tomorrow morning for flight
to Washington. II weather conditions
are favorable, ne will make the trip
by the way of Jamica and Cuba, and
from there will head for the United
States capital. He will use remod-
eled army machine and will carry no
mechanic, pilot or wireless apparatus.
Two hydro airplanes will leave
about the same time for Kingston,
Jamica, with Lieutenant Commander
Herbster, Lieutenant WenZ, Lieuten-
ant Connar and Ensign Lucas on
board. Eight submarine chasers have
been lined up across the Caribbean
Sea to facilitate the flight Of the ma
val planes, which has no connection
with Austin's voyage.
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Table of Cite,

Of the number Of certificates issued
during the past two years, the greater
number were received by boys. More
than 500 certificates were issued to
boys during 1919, compared with 1913
issued to girls. In 1920. more than
900 we're issued to boys compared
with 631 to girls. OF the number Of
employment certificates issued dur.
ing the past two years, 436 permitted
the children to work latter school
hours" and on Saturdays"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08
YOUNG LADIES ACTIVE
Those At Rochester Organize Repub

Those At Rochester Organize Repub-
ican Club; Select Captains.
9 Rochester, October 6.-Organiza-
ton plans for the Young Ladies
Harding club of Rochester were conn
pleted last night at meeting of the
officers of the club. The city has
been divided into ten districts, each
district having captain. The cap
the executive committee which works
in conjunction with the officers. The
organization Is one Of the most com
plete units ever launched in Roch-
ester Following are the officers
President, Katherine Peteler; vice
president, Isabel Farr; secretary
Alma Bratager; treasurer, Katherine
Kilbourne.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08

Among those from St. Clair who
called on friends in this city yester-
day were: Albert Fitzloff, Charles
Block, Paul Manage and Fred VIM
gen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08
TEACHERS IN SESSION
ST. Cloud Is Mecca For Educator:
OF Northern Minnesota.

! ST. Cloud, October 6.-The Mime
sofa Educational Association, central
division, will tomorrow meet in ST.
Cloud in the twenty fourth ann:lal
convention. Teachers from all points
in Minnesota will be present and sew
eral nationally known educators are
on the program for addresses. The
meeting will last three days.
With the Northern Minnesota Meth
odist Conference at present in ses
sion, and the fall festival of the B.
p. o. e. due to start tonight, St
Cloud streets are thronged with Wis
itors.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08

Attorney J. q. Haycraft of Fairmont
pent yesterday afternoon in this city
as tho guest OF friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-08

cry successful one, and gave perfect
abstraction to both the consigSor and
purchaser.
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posed to surrendering our sovereignty as
the states surrendered theirs, or to per-
advise where. when OF upon which side
our boys shall draw the sword.
Where is this marked difference be-
tween the League Of Nations. which the
treaty seeks to create. and the union oil
states, which the constitution did create
The league will have no army, no navy
will possess no authority to conscript
soldiers. or raise revenue 1t will simp-
ly designate the member nations that
are to participate in the preservation OF
Of its burden. Most Of the world Is
bankrupt. and In few could an army be
raised without inspiring a resolution.
am unalterably opposed to a point In
ternational enterprise, for joint benefits
under joint control. when we only are
able to meet our financial obligations
and are numerically strong enough tic
enforce our commands. ".
What 10 a contract7
A contract between landowners. con-
tanning the obligation: ito respect ano
preserve as against external aggression
the territorial integrity" OF their res
pective holdings would constitute a guar
anty against trespass by each other oil
by strangers. or course. no one could be
compelled to use physical force to expe
a trespasser, but he could be- compelled
to pay damages. President Wilson Jus
titles this Article x by quoting the Con-
stitution, which lodges with congress the
responsibility Of declaring war but
doubt II he can call to his assistance q
single reputable lawyer. who will take
any other position that in case of invas-
ion of the territory OF any member OF
the league, the United States will either
have to fight or nay the damages.
Had paragraph X been in existence and
the world court, now soon to be estab-
lishedt been in operation prior to the
inva sion of Belsfum, unquestionably,
think, VIC would be financially liable t.
Belgrade for any loss she sustained be.
cause of our neglect or refusal to com
ply with the terms of cur contract h