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Evening star., 1924-08-16
8-HOUR-DAY SHIFT
SATISFIES INDUSTRY
Steel Manufacturers Say
Shorter Time Has Not
Lowered Production.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. August 16-Abolition
OF the 12-hour working day in the
major steel mills. which was undertaken
one year ago today, had resulted in a
decided Improvement in social conditions
while not appreciably affecting produc-
tion, and the seven-day labor week is
no more prevalent than before the
change. according to the Iron Age which
yesterday made public the results of a
survey for which the presidents of the
subsidiary companies of the United
States Steel Corporation and Of inde-
pendent concerns furnished informal ton
Men employed on continuous work in
blast furnaces. excepting those of the
United States Steel Corporation, work
seven days a week. but are allowed a
day off if they want it, according to the
steel publication.
In Youngstown District.
In the Youngstown. Ohio. district, &C
cording to independent companies, the
12-hour day has been almost wholly
eliminated but in the blast furnace and
coke department the seven-day week
prevails with eight hours and the privi-
lege of one day off week.
independents in the Pittsburgh dis
trict have made some progress to-
ward reducing working hours, but
some companies have been inclined to
yield in cases where employees wanted
to work Il hours a day to increase
their earnings.
Pays Higher Wages.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
road Company is the only company
in the South that has abolished the
7-day week and 12-hour day" said
James a. Farrell. president of the
United States Steel Corporation. "W e
also pay from 10 to 25 per cent more
wages than other manufacturers In
that district
William u. Palmer, president Of the
American Steel and Wire Company of
Cleveland, said that his company had
no 7-day week and no 12-hour jobs.
and that what was bothering it's en-
ployes was that they could not get
more than three or four days of work
a week.
Homer u. Williams. president of the
Carnegie Steel Company, and r. j.
Burlington, president of the Illinois
Steel Company, said their plants also
had abolished the 7-day week and
the l2-hour day excepting in emer-
gencies. beginning year ago. Mr..
Williams said his company increased
its force by 5000 men. or l9 per cent.
August Ziesing. president of the
American Bridge Company of New
York; w. 3. Schiller, president OF the
National Tube Company Of Pitts
burgh; f. W. Pargny. president Of the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany of Pittsburgh. and George O.
Crawford. president of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad Company OF
Birmingham. told of making the same
change in their works.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
BENEFACTREss STRICKEN
Florida Woman Taken Ill on Cat
skill Motor Tour.

ALBANY, \. Y, August 16.-Mrs.
Charles D. Haines of Altamonte
Springs, Fla, is seriously i'll In nos
pital here, to which she was rushed
in an ambulance from East Winonam'
N Y when she was suddenly stricken
while motoring through the Catskills
with her husband, Charles D. Haines,
former congressman and well known
benefactor.
At the hospital it was said Mrs
Haines was suffering from acute in
digestion and other complications.
Physicians said it would be several
weeks before she would be aele 10
leave the hospital. Mr.. and Mrs.
Haines recently founded the Florida
National Newspaper Mems Home with
donations amounting to over $1,0oo,-
900.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
MAY DECLINE TO RUN.
Republican Nominee in Texas
Wants Views of Creager.

COLORADO SPRINGS. August 1S-
t u. Lee of Houston, Tex, nominated
for Governor of Texas by the Repub-
lican convention at Fort Worth Wednes-
day, will decline the nomination II his
views are in conflict with those of the
party organization, Mr.. Lee telegraphed
r. B. Creager of San Antonio. Repub-
lican national committeeman for Texas
Creager is reported to have called a
meeting for leaders Of the party At
Houston August 26. following publica-
tion of telegram sent former Gov
James Ferguson, congratulating the lat
ters wife. Mrs. Miriam f'erguso!l, up,,.l
her success in the recent Democratic
primary election and upon her stand in
opposition to the Ku Klux klan.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
TWO BAPTIST SESSIONS.
Several States Represented a
Ketocton Gathering.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Iispatcn 10 i ne Stdr
LURAY, Va. August 16.-The
Ketocton Regular Baptist Associa-
ton met today with the Thornton
Gap Church. near Sperryville, Kappa
hammock County, 16 miles east of
Luray. Elders Casey Of Estill Springs.
Tenn: j. NJ Ashworth of Union, w
Va: Leonard Oxiey of Huntington.
w. Va. and a number of others are
prese-t.
Today the ketocton Primitive Bap-
tist Church began its one hundred
and fifty-eighth session with the
Waterlick Church in Warren County,
25 miles north of Luray. This is the
second oldest association Of this de-
nomination in the United States. the
kehubee Association of North Caro-
lima being one year older. Among
the distinguished ministers Of this
denomination, Georgia, Alabama.
North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and
Illinois will be represented.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
FEAR FELT FOR SAFETY
OF EXPLORER IN BRAZIL
DR.. Alexander Rice and Wife in
Country Where New Revolu-
tion Is Rumored.
" the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 16.-Because
of rumors of a fresh revolutionary
outbreak in the State of Amazonas.
Brazil, and the censorship maintained
by the Brazilian government some
anxiety is felt by friends for the
safety of DR.. Alexander Hamilton
Rice. American explorer, and his wife,
the former Mrs. George D. Widener
Dr. Rice is Leading a party which
planned to survey the region where
the Orinoco River has it's source and
word was received here that the party
intended leaving Para on July Is for
Manaos, situated in the heart of the
territory where the latest revolt Is
rumored to be under way.
George D. Widener. son of Mrs
Rice. has asked the State Department
at Washington to inquire whether the
party has arrived at Manaos.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
DIVORCES MILLIONAIRE.
Wife of E. r. Thomas Secures De
cree in Florida.

NEW YORK, August 16.-Edward
r. Thomas, millionaire sportsman and
publisher was secretly divorced by
his second wife. the former Elizabeth
r. Finley at Palm Beach, Fla, two
months ago, it was learned here to-
day. She had sued for separation
O year ago.
! Mr.. Thomas. who now is in Europe.
was reported to have settled 100000
on Mrs. Thomas, who now Is at Bar
Harbor, Me. They were married IN
1912 at Newport, Il. l., on the same
day that the first Mrs. Thomas,
formerly Linda Lee of Louisville, KY,
obtained her final divorce decree here.
Mr.. Thomas had been forbidden to
remarry in this State during the
lifetime of his first wife.
Evening star., 1924-08-16

each for being smuggled into the
United States. The Pillar, the police
say, had been cleared for Bluefields.
Nicaragua, by Wifredo Macon,
Cuban merchant, who acts. as Nicara-
guam consul here, but it was found
the steamship did not carry enough
water and food for such a trip, and
suspicion was aroused.
The aliens have been sent to the
local immigration station.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
MAN KILLED IN DUEL.

NEW ORLEANS, August 16.-Walter
Adams, of Gretna, La, was killed, and
Adam Smith, former local -pugilist,
is believed to have been fatally
wounded in pistol duel they fought
here last night.
Smith told the police the shooting
resulted from an argument he and
Adams engaged in over money mat
ters. Police declare both men were
rum runners.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
SUES STEPSON-HUSBAND.
Virginia Woman Did Not Know
Marriage Was Illegal.
Special Dispatch to The Sta

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, August 10
A decree granting an absolute divorce
to Mrs. Mary Ware from John Ware
was entered today in city court The
bill set forth that the plaintiff is the
stepmother of the defendant, and that
when they were married in Septem-
ber, 1919, a year or two after the
death of Wares father, they did not
know it was unlawful in Virginia for
a man to marry his stepmother.
1t was on this ground alone that
the divorce was granted and the mar
riage annulled. The defendant some
time ago decided a house and lot here
to Mrs. Ware.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
KILLED WIFE AND MAN.
Kentuckian Admits Firing Shots
in Mountain Retreat.

PINEVILLE. KY. August 1s.-
Turner Literal is In Jail here op
charges Of staying his wife and his erst-
while friend. John Burchett. whom he
alleges he found in his home, IS miles
back in the mountains from here
Literal when brought to Jail here
declared that both he and Burchett
used revolvers. in the course of which
the latter was shot three times and
Mrs. Literal once.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
NINE STRIKE CONTINUES.
Peace Negotiations in Calgary, Al.
berta. Fail.

CALGARY, Alberta, August 16.-Ef-
forts to settle the strike of coal min
ers in District No. IS, United Mine
Workers of America, by James Muir
dock, Canadian minister of labor,
have been ineffective, he announced
yesterday.
Mr. Murdoch said the scale commit
tee of the miners had rejected his pro-
posal for one-eighth reduction of
the wage scale that existed on March
81, approved by officials of the West
ern Canada Coal Operators Associa-
tion.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
Arrested for Sticker on Auto,

BERKELEY, Calf, August 10
Fred de Merit was arrested here for
having "stickers" on the Windshield
of his automobile. This Is the first
arrest under a new Berkeley ordi-
nance which holds that "stickers" OBJ
struct the view of the driver 1t is
said that no other city in the State
has this provision in its traffic laws.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
MAY ARBITRATE STRIKE.
Silk Workers Committee Has Pro-
posal From Commissioner.

PATERSON. N. j., August ia
committee representing the 5000
striking silk workers had under con-
sideration last night the proposal
made by United States Commissioner
of Cancellation John A. Mof1itt for the
formation of an arbitration board to
include three representatives of the
workers and as many silk manufac-
turers. the chairman to be named by
Mr.. Moffitt.
Adolph Lessig, strike leader. said
decision could not be reached within
"a hours, but promised prompt con-
sideration.
Severity breeds fear. but roughness
breeds hate
Evening star., 1924-08-16
French Honor U. S. Author.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 16.-
John Trotwood Moore, author. poet,
historian and director of the Tennes-
see State Libraries. has been elected
to life membership in the Academic
Latino des Sciences, Arts ct Meters.
Of Paris. France. it was announced
here.
Evening star., 1924-08-16
OWNER AND CAPTAIN
OF SHIP HELD IN PLOT
Accused by Havana Port Police of
Planning to Smuggle 81 Aliens
Into United States.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, August 16.-Jose Lo-
sada, as owner, and Jose Urruchu, as
captain. Of the small Nicaraguan
steamship Pillar, were held in $500
bond each yesterday on charges by
the Havana port police that the Pillar
attempted to leave last night with 27
aliens. who. 1t is said, were to be
smuggled into Florida.
The aliens, for the most part Ital-
ians and Poles, claim, according to the
police, that they were to pay 5000
Evening star., 1924-08-16
TICER!!
None BetteY!!!
Twenty Years Ago Today

ONE OF THE oldest Of automobile manufacturers
dominant factor in gigantic industry-was formed But
today is more than milestone than just ami
marks the final attainment of GOAL the successful
completion of Of evenhu years devoted definite
aim and single poicy-"keepng ah" Down through the
integrity and honesty Of purpose have been FORE
most in this compans plans and practices Just twenty years
today its manufacturing patforn" drawn up and
now, then, the precepts guide its destiny.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Crosier ana
son Clayton of CrooksIoa, Mimi,
have returned to their nome after
a several days visit here with MT
aid Mrs Thomas Burton. While
in this vicinity, thew attended the
funeral of Mrs. ]. D. Leigh.
After spending Friday night IN
Baraboo, o. D. Brandenburg and
granddaughter, Catherine Branden-
burg, have returned to their homes
in Madison. The granddaughter
has spent eight weeks in a girls
camp near Rhinelander. There
were 10 girls. from all the, states
of the mfddle-west and they had an
enjoyable summer on the bank of
a, small lake, a trifie smaller than
Devils lake. The girls were
taught to swim, to care for their
own clothing and beds, as well as
should know. They drove from
Rhinelander to Baraboo on Friday,
coming by Necedah, the girlhood
home of Mrs. o. D. Brandenburg.
Near Rhinelander they noticed
several fields of corn which were
partly ruined by frost.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
BarQbOO Men
Are PenSioned

The last issue of the North Wes-
tern Railway System magazine con-
tains mention of the pensioning of
three men of particular interest to
Baraboo people.
Eugene r. Allen, BIB. Foreman
on the Madison Division, was pen
stoned June 1st, at the age of 68,
after AZ years and / month service
in the BIB. Department. He was
born at Fulton, Rock County, Wis.
He started work in 1881 as carpen-
ter in the crew under H. P. Nor
reH,. on bridge building between La
Vale and Wonewoc, and in 1882
was transferred to crew handled
by pensioned Supervisor of Bridges
and Building, William H. Mulcahy
on rebuilding and filing of trestle
over the Catfish at Madison. Pro-
NOTED to Foreman in Charge of
crew in 1885, his first work was the
of stock yards at West
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
Old Diary Owned BY Reedsbmg Man
Records Weather of 1916; Claim
Snow Prevailed in July and August

for warm ;weather to come. 1t
was also very dry with very little
precipitation for the entire sum-
mef.
All during June, July and Aug
ust the wind blew from the north
in ice-laden blasts and mdthers
were kept busy knitting socks and
mittens Of double thickness. On
June II there was a heavy fall
Of snow. A Vermont farmer sent
a flock of sheep to pasture on
that date. The next morning the
thermometer registered below the
freezing. point. Ats o'clock the
owner. of the sheep started out to
look for them, but an hour after
he left his home a terrible snow
storm came UP, completely obj
terating his tracks and all land
marks. He became hopelessly lost
in the binding snow; night came
on and he had not been heard
from.
Sheep Lost in Mid-June Blizzard
A searching party of neighbOrs
secured the country for three days
before they found the helpless man
lying in a hollow, covered with
snow, both feet and hands badly
frozen. Nearly all the sheep were
lost in the storm.
A farmer near Tewsberry, VT"
owned Iarged field of corn. He
built fires around this to keep the
frost away Nearly every night
he and his men took turns tending
these and watching that the corn
did not freeze. He was rewarded
for his tireless labor by raising the
only crop of corn in that part Of
THE country.
RiVers Icebound on July q
July came in with ice and snow
and on July ice as thick as a
window pane formed on -. ers and
lakes throughout the New Eng
land states.
To the usrprise Of everyone Aug
ust proved to be the worst month
Of ALL Almost every green thing in
the city and country, not only in
the United States but in Europe
as well, was blasted by frost.
Snow fell 80 miles from Lon
don on Aug. 80 and newspapers
received from England stated that
1916 would go down in history IA
the year without q summer. Very
little corn ripened in England.
There was great privation and
thousands Of persons would have
persisted had 1t not been for an
abundance Of fish and game
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04

1t is a common but serious ques-
tion nowadays among ,he farm
ers as to whether or rot, it is pos
sible to make the farm pay a bet
ter profit There is a prevailing
opinion that the more there is pro
duced, the lower will be the prices,
hence, why attempt to help the
farmer by building up the soil for
higher production?
But there is a moro logical " ay
of looking at this soil Improvement
problem. The prosperity of the
farmer is not based merely on the
price that he gets for his milk nor
on the total amount of money that
he takes in during the year The
farmer has got TO reckon with the
cost of producing his products, For
instance, does he produce his milk
at the lowest possible cost per
hundred pounds or does he waste
labor and expense in way that
he could avoid? Is it not good
economy to have fewer high pro
ducing COWS than more poor pro
ducing animals? Is it not also
true that if farmer raises all of
his own feed, he issaving for him
self a profit that would so to some
one else when buying feed? Sup
rose a farmer is buying feed now
because he cannot raise enough for
his own use. Would it not be good
economy for him to increase the
per acre yield of his land so as to
do away with the buying expense
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
Prosperity Of Farmer Is Not
Based Merely on What He Gets
For Produce, Cost Figures In

by raising more feed? Moreover,
every good farmer believes that it
is more profitable to milk high pro-
ducing COWS than it is to milk low
producers. 1t is just as true that
high producing land is more profit
able than low producing land be-
cause it also more economical
This last June, the Wisconsin FIX,
pertinent Station published a bull
Ietin written by P. E. McNall en-
titled, "Why some Farmers Pay.
1t is filled with facts and figures,
showing that even during these
recent years, of price depressions,
there are farms that are paying.
In this bulletin are found such
statements as these: Increased
Production Per Cow Means Less
Feed and Labor Per Hundred
Pounds of Milk" and Farm Incom-
es Increase With Better Crop
Yields. These statements point
unquestionably to the value of high
producing units whether they be
cows, land, or what not. They
show that prosperous farming in
the coming years will be in the
hands of those farmers who have
every COW and every acre produc-
ing every pound that good farming
methods can make them produce.
Ask for this bulletin at the Col
lege of Agriculture and find out
why some farms pay even now
Max Edwards, soil survey.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04

Erratic weather conditions pre-
vailing this season recall in
measure, the historic year without
summer. For more than a CEN
fury the record of 1916 has been
uhequaled
From the pages OF an old diary
begun in 1910, and now the proper
ty Of B. e. Walters OF Reedsburg,
is taken the unbeatable weather
report. The. record in the book
was kept unbroken from 1910
to 1910, and so far as official rec
ords go back, it's entries are veri-
fled by those of the United States
weather bureau.
January Mild, Sprinelike
The month of January, 1916.
was so mild that throughout the
northern part Of the United States
people allowed their fires to go
out and used fuel for cooking only.
There iwere but few }cold dayr
all through this month, warm
springlike weather prevailing the
greater portion of the time. Fen
ruary and March also were warm
though the former was colder than
January March came in like the
proverbiQl lion and made its exit
like a spring sheep. April came
in warm and balmy with a tinge
OF spring in the air but as the
days grew longer the air became
colder and by the first Of May
the temperature was much like
that of winter Snow and ice
prevailed throughout the latter
part of the month and buds were
frozen. Ice half an inch thick coat
ed ponds and streams, corn was
frozen in the ground, and fields
we're planted again and again I'M
til farmers gave up because of
the lateneSs OF the season.
BY the end of May trees in
this latitude are usually in full leaf
and flowers and birds are plenti-
full When the end Of May came in
1916, however, everything green
had been killed throughout the
northern portions Of the United
States.
Americas Coolest June
June was the coolest month Of
roses ever experienced in America
Ice and frosts were as common
as buttercups in ordinary years
Snow 10 inches deep fell in Yer
mont; a three inch fall occurred
in New York and a seven inch fall
was reported in Maine. There
were only a few moderately warm
days, and everyone waited in vain
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04

lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Den
mis- and daghter were Labor Day
guests of Mrs. Mary Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Douglas of
Madison called at the Kennedy
home Sunday.
On Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Starner and daughters Beatrice
and Marjorie and grandparent Mrs.
May Graves of Baraboo we're guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Dudley.
Miss Fola Kirchstein was a
gest of her brother Gustave and
wife in Lodi Friday.
Birthday Party
Miss Hazel Warne was given a
birthday party at her home in West
Merrimack on Wednesday evening
in honor of her 18th birthday an
niversary.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Petra and
daughter Alzema were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Dudley
Ladies Aid birthday party and
sale occurred on the Goedecke
lawn on Wednesday and Saturday.
Miss Esther Bayles was guest
of her sister Mrs. Will Wilson in
Lodi last week.
Miss Ruth Davis of Madison was
a recent guest at the G. E. Promo
home.
William Kennedy of Chippewa
Falls called at the home of his
Uncle, D. Kennedy Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Simonds of
Beloit spent from Saturday to
Sunday at the E. A. Hyland home.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
BQrtz House
Is Bought By
Louis " erich

Some time ago, the August
Bartz residence at 314 Fifth street
was purchased by the congregation
of ST. Johns Lutheran church with
the purpose of using the site for a
church school, 1t is necessary to
move the house and a public sale
was held to dispose of the building
on Saturday afternoon.
The property went to Louis
Werlich for the sum of $3.50. Mr..
Werlich plans to move the house to
one of several lots he has in view.
Bidding at the sale was spirited,
Mrs. G. L. Roser and Mr. Werlich
bidding back and forth for some
time.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
The North Freedom
School Opens Soon

The school at North Freedom
opens with the following teachers :;
Principal Oscar Melby, Eau Claire,
English, Miss Carroll, Altoona. Do
nestle Science, Mrs. Otto Seybold,
Richland Center Grades and S,
Miss Margery Caflisch, Baraboo.,
) and 6, Miss Grace Gilbertson,
Spring Green, 8 and 4, Miss Gay
mold Carroll, Reedsburg, l and 2
Miss Lydia Lawrenz, Excelsior.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
KEY TO THE MYSTERY

After floating in the Atlantic
ocean for AZ years, a sealed bottle
has been washed up on the Amer
lean coast. We, understand tdat the
country is being ransacked for a
corkscrew.- London Humorist
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
Certain Confirmation.

Casey CATER Riley has fallen five
stories) Are yez dead, Pat?"
Riley-"Oi am"
Casey-"S hure. yer such liar
Oh don't know whittier to behave
yez or not"
Riley-''S hure, thot proves ON
dead. Ye wudn't dare call me a
liar if Oh wur aloive! New York
World.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04
Reedsburg Pastor
Take New Charges

The Rev. and Mrs. A. Schneider
and daughter, Lydia, left Reeds
burg for Belgrade, Mimi, where
the Reverend Schneider has receiv-
ed a call to preach in the German
Lutheran church of that place. He
has been pastor of the church in
Westfield for the past eight years.