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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26

official Wounded by Seattle Cop Dies
Seattle, Wash. = Isaac Hamburger
SO, secretary to Judge Cushman of the
United States district court at Ia
coma, died in a hospital here from an
injury suffered last week when he
was struck by bullet fired by Patrol
man Short at suspected thief whom
he was pursuing
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26
FOOD PRICES STILL RISE;
HIGHEST IN WASHINGTON
By international Labor News
Service.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct.
25.-Twenty Of the fifty-four
cities from which the bureau of
labor statistics Of the Depart
ment Of Labor has received re-
ports experienced increases rang
ing from l to per cent in the
prices Of foods during the month
ended September Is. By a sort
OF irony of fate Washington, Of
cial home Of Attorney General
Daugherty, who promised to
bring down the cost of living,
records an advance Of l per cent
for the month, making the in
crease in a year z per cent.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26
LABOR DEPARTMENT
REPORTS GAIN IN
FATAL ACCIDENTS
INCREASE or FIFTY.sIx PER-
CENT Is SHOWN BY DEPART
MENT OF LABOR AND IN
DUsTRIEs RECORDS
Falling Materials Cause 0reatsst Per
Cent Of Accidents Reported
In state

The state Department of Labor and
Industries paid out s2,27S,92s on in
dustrial insurance claims In the fiscal
year ending June 80, and with the
present activity in industry payments
for this year, It is estimated will ex-
ceed that amount by 20 per cent The
past fiscal year showed q large In
crease in industrial insurance claims
over 1921, when payments amounted
to 81, ,S1s,S 1926, but 1t fell below the 1920
figure of s2,659,907.
Premiums paid by employers aver
aged about ~ per cent OF the total
payrolls, the annual report of the de-
partment indicates.
There were 34,7OO claims handled
during the past fiscal year, compared
with 22, 400 claims in the fiscacl year
ending June 80. 1922. Total perma-
nent disability cases totaled 33 for
the past year, as compared with 26
claims for the previous year. There
were 1912 nonfatal final settlements
made in 1923 and 9O4S such claims in
1922.
Fatal accidents In the industries of
the state coming under the Industrial
insurance act totaled 408 in the past
fiscal year, or in increase of 56 per
cent over the previous year, when 261
workmen we're killed. The increase in
fatalities is said to come through re-
newed activities in numbering and log
ging. The logging industry has been
proven the most hazardous industry
In the state for the workmen en-
ployed. During the fiscal year 2IS
men in this industry were killed, OF So
per cent Of the total. The logging
industry pays high insurance, the pre-
miums totalling "a per cent of the to-
tai payrolls.
Accident Causes
Failing materials caused over 10
per cent of the injuries annually in
Industry, the departments compila-
tion OF statistics covering a number
Of years shows. More than 16 per
cent of the injuries are from falls re-
ceived by the workmen themselves.
About 23 per cent Of the compensable
accidents occur in jobs connected
with the operation of machinery,
while n per cent are connected with
non-mechanical occupations.
Medical aid payments made by the
department last year totalled 81 500,
compared with 12,515 in the previous
year. There were 218 pensions grant
ed to widows. The cost Of medical
aid payments in the past fiscal year
amounted to $5O5,37O, compared with
$S25,6S1 70 rthe previous year.
The average cost per claim was re-
duced from $26,O2 I'M 1922 to $3.50
In 1923
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26
FEDERATION AGAIN
INDORSES ROCHDALE
COOPERATIVE PLAN
COOPERATIVE LIFE INSURANCE
WOULD SAVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR LABOR
Forty Million People in United States
Now Hold Policies with PrI-
Vate Companies

The American Federation of Labor
convention reaffirmed it's support Of
the Rochdale cooperative system fol
the distribution OF commodities and
services without commercial profit
and placed special emphasis on the
insurance business as one of the most
practical and urgent fields for the ap-
plioation of the cooperative principle.
The Rochdale system is recognized
to be the most effective method for
the workers to protect their wages
against the perpetual raids of pro-
fiteering middlemen.
mo one can successfully dispute
the fact that something is radically
wrong with our system Of distribu-
tion," declared the Federation.
Il great many cases 1t costs more
to sell manufactured products and
agricultural produce than it does to
produce them.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26

Stroup's remedy for this sad state
Of affairs (unionism) is mechanical
ization."
Mr. Stroup explains his scheme in
what he calls survey of the cause
and growth Of unionism, prepared for
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers. He gravely
asserts that unionism is an unnatural
condition" which can only be checked
in the mining industry by a thorough
mechanicalization of the mines. He
adds:
Start In Mines.
'The first steps in checking the
spread Of unionism in the coal mines
and in restoring the industry to a
sound position, on labor at least, will
be to abolish the contract system, to
mechanicalize the mines thoroughly,
to standardize every operation down
to the minutest detail 50 that no re-
sponsibility of any kind will fall on
the worker.
Such artificial handicaps as the
checn-off Of union dues and certifica-
CONTINUED on Page Three,)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26
Improve Methods

ut is stated that out of every dol
lar spent for agricultural products
the farmer receives only Is cents and
the other 80 cents goes to transporta-
tion, holding and selling corporations,
and speculating profiteers.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26

Official Organ Of tie Abor.
dsen Central Labor Council,
Hoquiam Trades and Labor
oounon and the Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-26
Start In Mines.

CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12
RECORD BUDGET
FOR RAILROADS
Will Spend $1,54o,000,000 for
Equipment to Handle Traffic
in 1923.

New York.-The American Railway
association approved the expenditure
by its members Of $3.50, 100000 for
equipment, the biggest aggregate
railroad budget ever recorded. then
issued nation wide appeal for coop
Grafton in helping the roads through
the heaviest transportation era in his.
tory.
Basing estimates on the unprece-
denied tonnage hauled in recent
months, the associations exports
forecast the smashing OF all records
in 1928 with at least thirteen weeks
when car loadings will exceed 1,O0O..
600 a week and an estimated high
mark of 1,0S0,000 cars predicted for
the week Of next October 20, at the
height of the fall crop movement.
They also have speeded up shop
repairs, reconstruction and main
tenance Of way departments to the
point where they promise by fall to
reduce the transportation Of railroad
coal and supplies to the minimum and
to have a high percentage Of rolling
stock available for their customers.
Public assistance to help early ship
ping and storing of all freights, in
Guiding coal, ore and construction ma
terials, that usually interfere with the
fall movement Of crops, was asked by
the conference
They ask that shippers conserve
space and help keep cars moving;
that dealers and consumers get their
coal into bins early; that the bulk
of ore and coal shipments on the
Great Lakes be completed early in
the summer; that road and construc-
ton work be gotten under way as
soon as possible.
On their part, the roads will try
to have an extraordinary number Of
good order locomotives and cars
available in the fall; to have all coal
intended for railroad use in storage
by September /; to restrict the trans
portation of railroad supplies to the
minimum during the fall rush, and
to help keep every car moving.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

Secretary Mellon urges that Congress
cut surtax rates on incomes as re-
suit OF big March collections.
Americans file claims for more than
$1,000, 100000 against Germans Tor
damages done in world war.
Many candidates in embryo for Hard
ing's place ready to launch booms
il situation warrants.
Senator Jones of Washington assails
blocs and calls on all Republicans
in Congress to unite.
Commission expected to report to
Preside Harding that sugar price
fluctuations are without regard &c
import tariff.
President Hardnu's plan for U. S
entry into world court will win in
senate, poll shows.
Close friends of President Harding de
clare he has no intention Of lend
ing support to open shop idea.
American intervention in Cuba feared
as result Of cabinet crisis.
Bituminous coal operators accuse
union leaders Of murder policy anc
miners blame employers.
President Harding expected TO ap
prove sending feet of SO nava
subehasers after rum fleet off At
lantie coast as part Of an aqgres
sive prohibition campaign.
Panama canal tolls receipts nearly
100000 for March.
Secretary Weeks defies paelfists ana
refuses TO curb army speakers or
preparedness.
Republican leaders hold Democratic
victories in Chicago and Detroit are
no menace TO Republican ouccess il
1924.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, says
organized labor is ready and willing
TO fight to the limit if Harding ad
ministration should declare in favor
OF open shop as political issue IL
the nexL election.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12

cut saw, 1 handsaw, 1 spring seat,
10-gallon churn, l cider mill, 1 iron
kettle, 1 40-gallon copper kettle,
large meat tub, l washing machine,
l cutting box, 1 milk can, l lot of
rakes, forks, shovels, mattocks, log
chains, spreaders and grabs, 6 doz.
fruit jars, lot butter jars, lot milk
crooks, barrel pure cider vinegar,
l lot of hay and oats straw, 25 bu. of
buckwheat, some oats and corn, l
lot of fine seed potatoes, beds with
bedding, l Sterling organ, set solid
oak bottom chairs, 8 rocking chairs, 1
safe, 2 heating stoves, 400 it. poplar
lumber, 3 2-gal. jars of lard and some
meat, and lot of other things too
numerous to mention.
TERMS OF SALE-AIl sums of So
and under, cash on day of sale; all
sums over S. a credit of six months
will be given on note with approved
security. JONAS WEITZELL
J. L. burst, Auctioneer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12
PUBLIC SALE
OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY
TUESDAY, APRIL "a, 1928,

at the hour of 900 o'clock A. NJ, at
the farm of William Colmer, about 7
miles north Of Swanton, on the Mea-
dow Mountain road, will sell the fol-
lowing personal property:
One IL year old bay horse, l 8 year
old Durham COW, l 9 year old Durham
COW to be fresh; 2 Durham yearling
steers, % head of sheep, 80 chickens,
/ spring wagon, l top buggy, l pair
bobsleds, l Mccormick moving ma
chine, l hay rake, l kerosene engine,
2 1-2 horse power, as good as new; l
harrow, / level land pillow, 1 shovel
plow, / double set work harness, l sin
gle set buggy harness, l grain cradle,
2 moving scythes, l hand saw, cross
cut saw, 30-gal copper kettle, iron
kettle, l washing machine, l wringer,
! tub, lot chains, spreaders and grabs,
lot jars and milk crooks, some wheat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12

and buckwheat, lot fine seed potatoes,
Is gallons apple butter, 20-gal, jar,
l 7-gal. churn, l side saddle, sausage
grinder, 8 beds, 3 bed springs, 1 mat
tress, some bedding, dressers, l Sim
ger sewing machine, toilet set, l Es-
tey organ, l couch, parlor suite,
leather rocker, A rocking chairs, 6
chairs, l stand, Brussels rugs, lot of
carpets, linoleum, l chiffonier, 2 heat
ing stoves, French range, l clock, l
cupboard, 2 tables, telephone, some
fruit jars and fruit, cooking utensils
and lot of other things too numer-
Gus to mention.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums I'M
der $40 cash; sums OF $40 and over a
credit of four months will be given,
purchaser to execute note with ap-
proved security and bearing interest.
BESSIE S. PRITTS, Adm'x,
Of William Colmer, deceased.
j. l.. burst, Auctioneer. Tit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the prop
erty owners bordering on Third street
from its junction with the State road
at Crook street to ,Ie paving at cor
ner of Third and Alder streets; also
to the property owners along Oak
street from the corner of Fourth
street to the junction of said Oak
street with the State road at Eighth
street, that owing to rebuilding of
said streets as soon as the weather
permits by the State Roads Commits
sion, all property owners who desire
water or sewer taps should immedi
ately make application and install
the same.
BY order,
MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF
OAKLAND.
Cat A. G. ROSS, Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12
PU BLIC S ALE
OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY

l will offer for sale at my farm at
Fairview, 5 miles east of Jennings
and miles west of Bond, on
TUESDAY, APRIL II, 1928,
Beginning at 900 o'clock A. NJ, the
following property:
One IA year old horse, l 7 year old
horse, year old mare, 2 cows, 2
sheep, l hog, 8 dozen chickens, farm
wagon, light spring wagon, 1 mar
ket wagon, l runabout, l top buggy,
/ cast shod sled, log sled, 1 Walter
A. Wood moving machine, l hay
rake, 1 Oliver chilled pillow, 1 SYRIA
cuse hillside pillow, 2 shovel plows, 2
spring tooth harrows, l cultivator, l
American harrow, l double set plow
harness, l double set wagon harness,
l single set buggy harness, l double
set buggy harness, l mans saddle, /
wind mill, grindstone, grain era
dies, 2 moving scythes, l stepladder,
2 canthooks, l heavy crobar, 1 cross
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12

FOR SALE-CASH BARGAIN. 80
volt Western Electric Lighting Plant
with pulley and storage batteries
complete. Demonstration and details
upon application. J. GORDON MEA-
LY, Oakland, Observation-Disclosures
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12

FOR SALE-CASH BARGAIN, 80
volt Western Electric Lighting Plant
with pulley and storage battereies
complete. Demonstration and details
upon application. J. GORDON MEA-
LY, Oakland, Md-Advertisement3tf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-04-12

Nix. Nelson Tomasson, of Chicago,
is here for the summer and is occu-
plying his summer home near town.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-27
EDITORS
TODEFEND
RIGHTS
Casper S. Yost Applauded for
Opening Speech Of
Convention.

Casper 8. Yost, editor of the st.
Louis Globe Democrat and presi-
dent of the American Society Of
Newspaper Editors, today called
upon fifty of his conferees, gath
cred in convention at the Willard
to defend their profession against
unjust criticism, maintain its rights
under legislative or administrative
threats and attack and to estab-
lish, for once and all, just what
rights the press of the nation has
the Constitution guaranteeing free.
dom of speech.
Calls for Solidarity.
1t was call for solidarity and
an esprit de corps which he de-
clared at present sadly lacking"
that Yost issued in his opening
remarks. 1t was received with
prolonged applause by the group
Of men IN whose hands rest the
editorial destinies Of many OF the
most powerful journals in the
United States.
In the matter of defining the
limits q the first amendment
surety, the president recommended
that a special committee be formed
to make Ian extensive and intensive
study of the nature and rights of
the press" Such a body in all proba-
biIity will be selected and begin func-
tioning before the convention takes
its final adjournment tomorrow.
Reports Presented.
J Yost's address was the outstand.
ing feature of the opening session,
the rest of the time being occupied
by routine reports and discussion Of
business matters which have devel-
oped since the organization meeting
in New York last year.
More than 200 editors and pub
fishers from every section of the
country are enrolled in the society,
and at least half of these will have
reached Washington by tomorrow,
when series of speeches will be
made by nationally known newspa-
per heads.
Yost recited the various clauses
in the preamble to the organiza-
tionFs constitution and dwelt upon
each.
The time has come, he declared.
when the profession should develop
a consciousness like that which
exists in such fields as medicine
and law.
Would Broaden Horizons.
1--WE have been, as a rule, too
deeply absorbed in our individual
tasks and obligations" he said, ito
pay much attention to our profes-
sion as a whole, or to permit much
contact with our kind. 1t will Ger
tainly do us no harm to emerge
from our professional seclusion now
and then. and mingle with our fel.
lows, to find out who and what we
arc and to broaden ourselves and
our horizons by the contact"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-27
We DEAD TWENTY HURT NEW YORK TENENEN FIRE

Journalism is badly in need of q
larger literature. Yost continued.
Journalism is almost boolless, :"
he asserted. THE knowledge and
experience OF editors OF the past
is not accessible to us save in q
few instances. That we have no
body of technical literature as
other professions have is due to the
fact that we have been so concen-
trated OH individual effort that we
have given little thought to the
profession as something larger than
ourselves" He recommended at
this point the annual publication
of proceedings OF the convention.
Discusses Attacks on Press.
On the subject of attacks on the
press, he said:
"General attacks upon the integ.
rity of Journalism as a whole re.
fleet in some measure upon every
newspaper and every newspaper
man. In two ways this society may
counteract the influence of such an.
tagonisn: First. by collective ex-
preston. in some form, to show the
untruth that lies in them, where
they are in fact untruthful; and,
second. by collective effort to estab-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-27

GREATEST ACHE vEliENT + ne HISTORY
Or BASE Ball and JOURNALISTS
. DAYS Oa6hlnoIon Uimgs
ALWAYS FIRST But FIRST RIGHT
S NOW On SALE II THESE GROUNDS WITH 4 FILL pkGk
q PlCTuREssndh ACTIVITIES Of ToDAYs CANE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-27

noise. she ran from the apartment
of her parents on the top floor
through the smoke to the second
floor. There she hesitated and then
turned back. As she was attired
only in flimsy garment in which
she had been sleeping, 1t was be.
lieved that she wished to get more
clothing and to save her wedding
dress for the marriage next month.
She was trapped and burned to
death.
Ten-year-old Morris Mendelbaum
either fell or jumped from the fourth
floor and was killed by the fall.
Harry Vogel, who lives nearby,
was awakened by the flames shining
in his eyes. Dressed only In his
3. V. DIS he dashed from his home
and ran into the burning tenement
house to arouse the residents. He
had awakened the people on the
first and second floors when the
flames compelled him to retreat.
Without taking time to put OH cloth
ing or shoes, he worked with the
firemen and police aiding in rescues.
After an investigation, Fire Chief
Kenlon said he believed the fire
started in a locker under the stair
way. One locker was used by the
janitor and contained broom, nops
and other cleaning utensils, while
the other was used by tenants. 1t
is believed that someone tossed a
lighted cigarette in one of the lock-
ers and that it set rubbish on fire.
the blaze being famed by the stair
way draught.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-27

in the United States, If the coun.
try's businesses are considered as a
whole.
1t is realized nevertheless that
there may be some swollen spots;
and the warning can be emphatical-
~ given out that the Federal Re.
serve Board is watching all such
spots with the greatest vigilence.
Policy Of Board.
1t is not to be supposed, how
ever, that the board is eager to
rush into action and TO raise the
discount rate and to repeat the 50.
called "deflation' policy of 1920.
Reports and rumors to that effect
are erroneous. The boards present
manifest policy may safely be
described as follows:
The board is watchfully hoping
that American business will check
it's own temptations through its
own awakened realization of, the
dangerousness of yielding to them.
credit expert said today:
Tell your readers to join the
Citizens Permanent Prosperity Club.
1t Is a state of mind. Everybody.
should join it; and everybody. when
Joining, should take a solemn
pledge. This pledge is that he will
obey all the rules and regulations
set forth by the learned leaders of
practical thought who have con.
tributed their wisdom to such docu.
ments as the Hoover report on bust.
ness cycles of prosperity and of de-
preston.
I'm time Of prosperity the rules
require that you should watch your
step and avoid letting credit go be.
yond the true prospect of produc-
ton. and avoid letting production
go beyond the true prospect of con
sumption Never before has the
country shown such a. widespread
appreciation of the pitfalls of pros,
perity If everybody will continue
that appreciation and will keep one
eye on the pitfalls. he is likely to
be able to see prosperity with the
other for a long while yet
Our motto should be: Forget the
idea business boom and take on
the idea permanent prosperity
Copyright. 1923. by Washington
Press Service
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-27

the smoke, picked her up and car
ried her safely to the street. Aside
from fright she was not hurt.
The cause Of. the fire was not
determined
The tenement housed twenty
families, or about 100 persons in
ALL As the blaze apparently origt.
mated at the stairway, theory was
advanced that it may have been in
cendfary in origin.
Saw Flames Leaping.
Michael Kaufman, an employe
of the hall of records, discovered
the fire. He had worked late and
had just reached his home at So
East One Hundred and Ninth street
when he saw a flash of light in
the windows of the two upper floors
of the tenement at No. SO. A sec.
ond later, flames leaped simulta-
neously from windows on the two
top floors. Kaufman rushed to
the nearest telephone, turned in an
alarm and then ran to the burning
tenement house to give aid.
About the same time, Policemen
John Malone and James .Corcoran.
of East One Hundred and Twenty
fourth street station. saw the
flames and they ran to fire boxes
and turned in alarms. The police.
men dashed into the house, but
could get no higher than the sec
ond floor on account of the wall of
flames across the stairway. They
found Anna Solomon, a seventy five
year-old cripple. and carried her to
the street.
Youth Saves Family.
Isador Yankowitz, aged eighteen.
who lived on the fourth floor with
his mother, two brothers and a sis
ter, was awakened by shouts in the
street and the crackle of flames.
Isador grabbed his four-yeAr old
brother, Sidney. and ordered his
seventeen-year- old brother to help
his sister. The family were making
their way down the fire escape when
a shoe, thrown out of window by
some frightened person. hit Mrs.
YankQwitz on the head. She
thought the building was falling and
nearly collapsed opposite a window
from which flames started to squirt
a moment later.
Nathan Mandeibauuap whose wife
and children met death, had Just
oouEHt n raj III anu pldHneo To uIOHe
to 1t the end of this month. He
completed the negotiations yester-
day and the family were already
making preparations for their de.
parture.
David Braunsteiq, whose wife was
killed, was taken to the hospital in
dying condition. Their nineteen
year.old son was slightly burned
Miss Bertha Kuxis is believed to
have been victim of her raodestv
and a romantic desire to save her
wedding gown. Aroused by the