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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-17
steel. WORKERS
HOURS REDUCED,
Eiqht Hours in Effect at Plant of
Republic Iron and Steel
Company.
SCALE REMAINS THE SAME
Employees Affected Are in the Open
Hearth partment-Other Mills
Said to Be Contemplating a
Similar Change.

Several hundred additional en-
ployees in the open hearth department
of the Republic Iron & Steel company,
Youngstown, Ohio, have asked for and
obtained an eight-hour day at the rate
of pay they are now receiving. The
employees are all at the blooming mill,
and consist of stripping crane and cox
mill heaters. 1t is said that similar ar
rangements have been made at the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube plants.
In the eight-hour day, as in other
matters affecting employment and
wages in the industry, the policy of the
steel corporation may be expected
largely to dominate the independents.
AS competitors for steel markets, they
will not be able to pay higher wage
rates, and as competitors for labor
supply they will not dare to be less
generous in wages than the. leading
steel makers.
Blast furnace operations are still 60
ing tower, rejecting in part the slump
experienced by the pig iron market
and partly the well known fact that
after continuous runs repairs are nee
esSary.
A canvass of the blast furnace
operations discloses that only thirty
six out of the fOrty-six stacks in the
Youngstown district are pouring iron,
against a peak of forty-three active
furnaces not more than six weeks ago.
The passing of hand pudding of
iron is predicted soon, with the opera
tion at an early date Of the mechanical
pudding plant of the American Pud-
died Iron company at Warren. Among
the large plants which, it is expected
will be ultimately affected are the fifty
single furnaces Of the Youngstown
Sheet & Tube company and the eighty
eight Of the A. M. Byers company at
Girard. The latter is the largest muck
mill In America.
Working to capacity, these units en-
ploy more than 500 puddlers and help
ers.
In recent years 1t has been difficult
to get an adequate supply of puddlers
as few young men are learning the
trade.
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Mrs. Baird made the following state
ment:
"We, who gave our sons, brothers
and husbands to battle for the enlight-
eminent of the world. are deeply inter-
ested In the Legion's efforts to com.
bat illlteracy and ignorance which
have been revealed as one Of our prln-
cipal sources Of national danger.
"The war draft tests, showing that
our men from twenty-one to thirty
years Of age were six per cent Hitter
ate and the subsequent discovery that
the United States stands eleventh
among the great nations in point Of
literacy have alarmed the good wom-
en- Of this country and they are eager
to remedy this deporable state Of
affairs"
Mrs. Baird also pointed out that 22.4
per cent Of those examined for the
draft were found to be physically unfit
and urged that the relatives Of vet
Grams assist the Legion In its program
to install Fairgrounds and to estab-
lish facilities for physical exercise
among school children.
Among the principal activities Of the
auxiliary women during American Ed
ucatlon week was a campaign urging
the importance of regular visits to the
schools
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She cried ont. you mean someone
might kill you;"
should that keep me from going
in?"
She hcsltatcd. He went on: "Would
YOU have me afraid TO do a thing that
ought to be done, Cora?'
"No," she said; Il would not"
"AIl right, then. That's nll Ind
To know now. The Young man Is com
Ing to SEQ me tonight. Cora. Probably
he's downstairs. I'll tell you all
can after I've talked with him"
II" went directly downstairs: rs he
passed through the han, the telephone
bell rang. Warden himself answered
il. kondo overheard Warlcns end Of
the conversation. Apparently the
other person wished 10 see Warden at
once. Warden finished. "All right: III
come and get you. Wait for me there"
Then he hung up
Turning to kondo, he ordered his
Cnr, konho transmitted the order nyd
brought Wardcn's coat and cap; then
Kondo opened the house door for him
nnd the door Of the limousine, which
had been Brought under the porte
corhrre. The chauffeur was Patrick
C"rb"y, young IrIShmnn who had
been in Wardcn's employ for more
than five years; his faIthfulness TO
Warden wnS never questioned Cor
boy drove to the place Warden had
directed. As they stopped, n young
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MACNIDER AS BUCK PRIVATE
Former National Commander Prom.
ises to Tell Buddies How II Feels
to Be Back In Ranks.

Hanford MacNlder, past national
commander Of the American Legion,
has promised to write an article In
the near future for his Iowa buddles
telling how 1t feels to be n buck private
In the Legion ranks again.
Reports that MacNlder might 10.
cate in the East after his term as
national commander expired were ab-
solutely without foundation" the Iowa
Legionnaire states. "He has returned
to his old job at Mason City, Iowa
and taken his place as buck In the
ranks of Clausen.Worden post. That
he will show up at Legion meetings
here and there over the state from
time to time Is certain. He will be
the same old Jack MacNider, for Iowa
Is his home and his heart Is here
with his gang.
"MacNlder may think he will con.
tinue to be buck, but the service he
has given this country is far too dis.
:inguished and he has impressed too
many people with his caliber to long
remain as a buck or private citizen.
There are too many big Jobs he can
do better than any other man for him
to long remain DOWN here with u OF.
dlnary mortals."
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"UNTIL | COME TO YOU AS

She caught at his hand NO; nor she cried "You must get
far you J0re they come! I'm going back to meet
and hod Mem She treW the into the rererSe backed and
turned and brought again The road lie beside her
again. putting out his hand she seized it, Her hands for instant
cung to it, his to hers
"lou must go--qHct" she urged; "but how am to know
uhat becomes Of youuher you areH Shall hear from you
shall erT yOuY
".No uiH be good news," he said, "until-"
Until uhdtY
"EnHi-" And again that untnown something whch thor
seemed 10 her-hdd checked his word and action to-
uai her mule him puSe but nothing could completely bar them
from ano'ter Until they catch and destroy
until come 10 you you hare nerer known yetr
What a situation! Here people, obviously in love
other The girl aiding the Yet the
virtually the estate Of her father who try.
complicated and battling which
them all For the suspected Of murderou attack the
gr blind father Moreover he apparently connected with
And finally he has taken midnight
the girls home in which relative has been shot to death
In addition the assumed and will tell who
he what his But the gwho a nice girl-know,
that the worthy and dares her
faith to the test
Love- action deep rhted the confounding of
the wieked-wha IA more il needed for . good story?
The authors William Malarg and Edwin Balmer those inter
esing Chicago brohnaw who separately and together have
the reading public.
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cHAPT u
The Express Is Held for a Personal q,

The Express Is Held for a Parsonage.
Bob c0nnery, special conductor for
the 'Onst division Of one OF the chief
tranScontInentals. was having late
breakfast on his day of at his little
cottage on the shore Of Puget sound.
when he was treated to the unusual
sight Of a large car stopping before
his door. The chauffeur hurried from
the car to the house with an envelope
in his hand. Connery. meeting him at
the door, opened the envelope and
found within an order in the hand.
writing Of the president of the rail
road and over his signature.
"Conncry:
NO ! being held at Seattle term.
nal until nine o'clock-wlIl run one
hour late. This is your authority to
Supersede the regular man as cOpduc
t"r-pr"pared TO go through to Chi
rago. You will facilitate every desire
an! obey, when possible, any request
even aS to running Of the train. which
may he made by passenger who will
identify himself by card from me.
"H. X. JARVIS"
Inc conductor, accustomed to take
charge of trains when princes, enyoys.
Presidents and great people Of any sort
took TO travel publicly or privately.
fingered the heavy cream. .culored note
paper upon which the order was writ
ten and looked mp at the chauffeur.
The order was surprising enough
even to COnnery. Some passenger of
extraordinary influence, obviously, was
to take the train; not only the hold
Ing Of the transcontinental for an
hour told this, but there was the fur
ther plain statement that the passen.
ger would be incOgnlto. Astonishing
also was the fact that the order was
written upon private notepaper.
There had been monogram at the
top OF the sheet, but 1t had been torn
of; that would not have been IL MFR.
Jarvis had sent the order from home,
Who could have had the president of
the road call upon him at half past
seven in the morning and have told
Mr. Jarvis to hold the Express for an
hour?
Connery was certain Of the dlstinc
tive characters of the presidents hand
handwriting. The enigma OF the or.
der, however, had piqued him so that
he pretended doubt.
where did you get thlsi" he chal.
lenged the chauffeur.
From Mr.. Jarvis"
"Of course; but wherer'
'You mean you want to know where
he wasT
Connery smiled quietly. II he him
-slF wsr trust to be Mop and
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| Corboy noticed that the curtains all
about had been pulled down; h.
touched the button and turned on the
light at the top Of the car. and then
he saw that Warden was dead; his
cap was Off, and the top Of his head
had been smashed by heavy blow.
The chauffeur drew back, gasping
Kondo. behind him on the steps, cried
out and ran into the house calling for
help. Two other servants and Mrs
Warden, who had remained nervously
In her room. ran down. The stranger
who had been waiting. now seen for
the first time by Mrs. Warden. came
out from the smoking room to help
them. He aided In taking the body
from the car and helped TO carry 1t
into the living room and lay II on a
couch he remained until 1t was Ger.
tain that Warden had been killed and
nothing could be done. When this
had been established and further con.
! firmed by the doctor who was called
Kondo and Mrs. Warden looked
around for the young man-but he
was no longer there.
The news OF the murder brought ex-
fras out upon the streets of Seattle,
Tacoma and Portland at ten O'Clock
that night. Seattle, stirred at once at
| the murder Of one of Its most prOm.
! nent citizens, stirred still further at
the new proof that Warden had been
power In business and finance; then,
as the second days dispatches from
the larger cities came In, It stirred a
third time at the realization-for 50
men saitl-that this was the second
time such murder had happened.
Warden had been what was called
among men OF business and finance
member OF the "LatrOn crowd; he
| had been close. at one time. to the
great western capitalist Matthew La
iron; the prOpertie, In which he had
made his wealth. and whose direction
and administration had brought him
| the respect and attention OF other men,
had been closely allied with or even
Included among those known as the
"LatrOn properties; and Latron, five
years before. had been murdered. La.
irons murderer had been a man who
called upon him by appointment, and
Wardcn's murderer. 1t appeared, had
been equally known to him. or at least
equally recommended. OF this as
much was made ms possible In the sug-
Eestlon that the same agency was be-
| hind the two.
The statements of KondO and Cor.
| boy We're verified; ii was even
learned at what spot Warden's mur.
dcrer had left the motor unobscrved
by CorbOy. Beyond this, no trace was
found of him, and the disappearance
Of the young man who had come to
Warden's house and waited there for
three quarters Of an hour to see him
was also complete.
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CHAPTER |
A Financier Dies.


Gabriel Wardcn-rnpltalISt railroad
director, owner Of mines and timber
lands nt twenty a CoWpunchcr, ut
forty y-cIght one Of the predominant
men of the Northwest coaSt-pnc"d
with quick, uneven steps the great
wiCkcr.furuishcd living room Of his
home lust above Seattle on Puget
sound Twic" within ten minutes h"
had used the trIrphuuc in tn" hall To
receive the same reply that the train
from Vancouver fer which he hnd in.
uuircd had come In and TINT the pas
scngcrs had left the station.
II was not lik" Gabriel Warden 10
show nrr, business Of any sort; Kundo,
the JupanrSr doormnn, who therefore
had found something strange in his
trIephpning watched him through the
purtirreS which shut OFF he living
S0m from the hall.
Warden turned suddenly and pressed
the bell to call servant Kondo
bIlltlitl lIlf lh'll llf I'iI' W. tll'l
Tint Wardrn's hand. which was still
holding the watch before him, was
shaking.
"A Young man who may, or may
not, give Il name will ask for me in
a few moments. He viii say he called
by nppoinlm"nt Take him at once
20 my smoking ROOM and | will see
MIN there. am going to Mrs. War
dcn's room now"
lie went up Nc stairs. Kondo no
tred stIIl ubscnrly holding his watch
In his hnud o. /
Warden controlled his ncrvousness
before entering his wifp's room. She
talRrd with him casually for n mo.
mcnt or SO hofor" sic even sent away
her maid. When they were alone. she
suddenly saw that h" had come to her
to discuss some serious subject.
"rorn." he snld when he had closed
the door after the maid Il want your
advice on n business question"
"a business question" She was
greatly surprised lie was one Of
those men who believe all business
matters should be kept from their
wives.
Il mean II came to me through some
urSs-disCOvcries"
And you cannot decide It for your
self"
81 had decided IT," He looked again
ut his watch Il had quite decided
II; hut now 1t may lead to some
result which have suddenly felt that
| haven't the right to decide entirely
for myself"
Warden's wife for the first time felt
alarmed.
"YOu mean It affects me directly ?"
He seized both her hands in his
and held her before him
"Corn." he said. what would you
have me do II you knew had found
out that young mana man who
four or nVe years ago, hAl as much TO
live for as any man mlght-had been
outraged In every right by men who
are my friends? Would you have me
fight the outfit for him? Or would
you have me-le down."
She stared at him with only pride
then; she was proud OF his strength,
Of his ability to fight, Of the power
she knew he possessed to force his
way against opposition. "Why, you
would fight theml"
you want me to fight themr'
"Of course"
"No matter what II costs?"
4 She realized then that what he was
facing was very grave.
Cora" he said, II didn't come to
ask your advice without putting this
to you. n go into this
light I shall he not only an opponent
% scr," II my present friends: shall
j" .' to them-something they
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fire prevention work at a post estab-
lished at Tower, MINI.
Cohen sent carrier pigeon to Vir.
ginia, Mimi. recently, where a mes
sage was attached to II to return to
st. Paul. Worn out, Its tail dropping
and Its big feathers singed. the pigeon
came back to st. Paul. The message
was gone. In place Of the little packet
was a severe scratch and wound. The
feathers were snged ana rufiled, indi.
eating 1t had encountered forest fires
In the northern part OF the state
Cohen estimated that the pigeon must
have gone two or three hundred miles
out of its course when the smoke OF
the forest fires confused its sense of
direction.
Cohen spent most Of his army sery-
Ice at Camp Forest, Ga.
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we'll and strong again by taking the Veg.
etable Compound. decided to see what
it would do for me, and before had
finished the fourth bottle was much
better, the weakness stopped and the
severe pains in my sides left me. !
am now much stronger and do my own
work and work in the factory besides.1 !
am still taking the Vegetable Compound
and give it allthepraise. Mrs. NELLIE
QUILLoN, ,l7Morris St., Muskegon, Mich.
Women should heed such warning
symptoms as bearing-down pains and
weakness, for they indicate some female
trouble, and persistent and faithful
use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will seldom fail to help.
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Of the American
L egion In st.
Paul, MINI.
A pigeon lover
since childhood,
Cohen has been
training the birds
since 1910. His
pupils have flown
successfully at
all distances up
to 1,40O miles. A
number Of pig
cons trained by
Cohen are now
nSSiSfinu fnroct
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members Of the
American Legion
Auxiliary assisted
the Legion in Its
American Educa-
ton week pro-
gram, December
3 to 0, inclusive.
Mrs. Baird Is
chairman of the
auxiliary's nation.
al AmerlcanlSlN
commission.
Appeals ing to
I he auXillaY's
nrn nnn
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HAARlEM OIL
Gsl1SiU39
3,050.U0
He Had Enouoh.


fo!ltical activity in smaI2 .25s.76 !.
town won for one of the yillopess. Il #.
me postmastership. Quite properly.
pohtlrally speaking, he ran both
thumbs In the plum pudding and
thought he was great boy. , But he
vas no bookkeeper. His accounts soon
got In what might be called mess
fihally he got word to prepare for
checking out He fused over the ac.
counts for hours and late into the
evening.
Come on out to supper" pleaded n
friend.
Supper" exclaimed tho tro,h,aa
one, Il don't want no supper I'm full
Of fgures!"
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man Of less than medium height
brOad-shOuldered, and wearing q
macintosh, came to the curb and
spoke to Warden. COrboy did not
hear the name, but Warden immed
ateIy asked the man into the car; he
directed Corboy to return home. The
chauffeur did this, but was Obliged on
the way to come to n complete stop
several times, as he met street-Cars or
other vehicles on intersecting streets
Almost Immediately after Warden
had left the house, the doorbell rang
and k0ndo answered It. A young man
with quiet and pleasant bearing In.
quired for Mr.. Warden and said he
came by appointment. Kondo uShered
him into the smoking room. where the
stranger waited. In about forty min
utes, Corboy drove the car under the
portecochere again and got down and
opened the door. There was no mo.
ton inside the limousine. The chauf.
feur looked In and saw Mr.. Warden
lying back quietly against the cush-
Ions In the back Of the seat; he was
81
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DOCTORS WANTED
TO OPERATE
Mrs. Quillon Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Saved Her from an Operation
Muskegon, Michigan AFTER doctor.
ing for eight or nine yearswith different

physicians WilLous
any relief at all, they
saidatlast that med
icine would not reach
my case and l should
have an operation. /
had heard of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound and
often saw it adver.
tised in different pa
pers where some
women had suffered
just as l did and got
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LEGION MAN TRAINS PIGEONS
Stuart Cohen Of St. Paul, Minn., an
Expert In Teaching the Feath-
cred Messengers.

Training homing pigeons Is the
hobby of Stuart W. Cohen, member
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Ofe
AMERICAN
@I.|:G|0N@
TO HELP COMBAT ILLITERACY
American Legion Auxiliary Called
Upon by National Chairman to Aid
in Educational Work.

Under the leadership Of Mrs. J. E.
Baird Of Lincoln, Neb.. thousands Of
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lhere are men who wouldn't dar.
to read the Declaration of Independ.
ence to their wives
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no M CnH~INuan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
MINERAL CITY LODGE |. 0. OF. GIVEN PICTURE

Mineral City Lodge, No. 74, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, was the scene of happy occasion at it's meeting Tuesday night when a handsomely framed portrait of Grand Master J. R. Matthews was presented to the lodge.
 There was double significance in the gift in that the lodge was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and the grand master was 50 years old. These facts were brought out by Past Grand W. E. Lewis, who made the presentation speech. The speech of acceptance for the lodge was made by W. W. Smith.
 Grand Master Matthews joined the Mineral City lodge some 23 years ago and has been a constant member during that period of time. He has filled all the stations of the sub- ordinate and many of the grand lodge. rising to the position of grand master.
 N. T. Overall, who presided over the meeting, shared with the grand master the honor of being the old est member of the lodge in point of mbmbership, he having joined the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
Announcements

The Woman's auxiliary of Trinity church will meet Monday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. E. E. Clark on Berkely avenue.
 The Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church will meet Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock with McAdory band in charge of the pro- gram. All members are urged to at tend
 The Woman's auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Circle No. in charge of the meet ing.
 Mrs George Houston will enter tain the members of the Southside Bridge club on Tuesday at her home at a bridge luncheon at 1 o'clock in honor of Miss Edith Williams, who is the guest of her sister, Mrs Gardner F. Goodwin.
 Among those attending the recital of Rachmaninoff at the Jefferson theatre Monday evening will be Mrs Annie Glenn Grove. who will chap eron a party of young musicians to the recital.
 Mrs. Charles Rodenberg will enter tain the members of the Wednesday Bridge club Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
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MOOSEHEART AND' |TS BEAUTIES |S
 SHOWN IN PICTURE.
Supreme Dictator Pierson Makes Address on Moose Activities at Open Meet
 ing of Lodge

Explaining in detail the aims and purposes of the order, the beauties of Mooseheart and the hopes of Moose haven, J. Willis Pierson of New Or leans, supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, made a ringing ad- dress at the open meeting held Fri day night by Birmingham lodge No. AT at the Moose hall on Twentieth street.
 There was a large crowd in at- tendance, including members of the order. their families and friends, and an interesting program, of which the outstanding features were the ad- dress of the supreme dictator and a showing of a motion picture film, de- picting numerous scenes in and about Mooseheart.
 Supreme Dictator Pierson Is mak- ing tour of the Moose lodges in the southern states and arrived in the city Friday morning. He was me- by reception committed and escorted to his hotel, where he held conference with the officers of the lodge regard ing it's affairs and the affairs of the order at large.
 At the close of the conference MT. Pierson was entertained at lunch by pr. H. A. Elkourie and later shown over the city.
 The program Friday night includ- ed a number of musical selections, which were we'll received. Much in- terest was taken in the showing of the film of Mooseheart, which is a home and vocational training school for 1.145 normal children of deceased members of the order. The picture showed the buildings and grounds, children at play and in the various vocational schools, where 25 of the most unusual crafts are taught
 The speaker of the evening was in troduced by Clark Williams, who re- ferred to MT. Pierson as one of the active leaders of the order and a Moose who had done things.
 In opening his address MT. Pierson paid tribute to James J. Davis, di- rector general of the Moose, to whom he attributed the remarkable growth of the order from 2zS members to over 550,000 in only 16 years. He stated Mooseheart was the goal set by MT. Davis when ho took charge of the order, and said that he had build ed better tha,. he even treamed of. The speaker told in detail how the children are trained and cared for in that great institution for childhood, whose slogan is "a hiL- school edu- cation and trace for every child"
 In accounting the work for the bet