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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11
UNION MADE BANKS
AND UNION MADE
LIFE INSURANCE Co.

No one questions the solidity and
stability of Labor Banks, although
it is only about five years since Labor
began its work as an active partici-
pant in the financial life Of the
United States. The idea was criti-
cized by many unenlightened people
who felt that working men were
working men, employed to make
money for others, and could there
fore have no success in taking care of
money for themselves. That feeling
has now entirely disappeared, owing
to the success of the movement, and
it is an established fact that Labor
can make money, bank it, and manage
it in a sound and conservative way
in its own institutions.
Some people wonder why Labor
should want to depart from the prac-
tees of centuries, and manage its
own finances, but no explanation is
needed to those conversant with
Labor conditions. In the first place
the more avenues of activity which
are opened up to the workers, the
better entrenched they are in the life
of the country. This is on the old
theory of Nothing venture, nothing
gain" and the workers were willing
to put the old adage to a test. Ir
addition to this was the practical
question of financial control as dis
tinct from financial management
and as Labor produced SO much
wealth for others and its own wages
taken together amounted to such a
large figure, it seemed logical to
keep these earnings safely under con-
troll and not let them be Used and
controlled too largely by that great
force called Capital" No one ques-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11
LOCAL Transfers WILL
not SEND DELEGATE
TO SEATTLE CONVENTION

Believing the expenses Of delegates
could be put to better advantage n
the Organisation drive now under wav
here, Q. 2. Williams. secretary 81 The
teamsters, today announced that no
delegates win be sent to the national
convention Of teamsters at Seattle
next week.
The local win closely follow the re-
suits Of the convention and viii put
into practice any good suggestions
offered Mr.. Williams said. The local
feels that it would be impractical to
spend its funds in Seattle when the
money could be used to better ad-
vantage right here.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11
COTTON LABOR WAGE PER HOuR
1922 80 CTS. Io2l+ SO CTS.
1923 So lOZ5 80

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. ~.
The wage Of common labor SO far
this year has averaged 80 cents per
hour, taking the United States as :
whole. Last year at this time the
wage for common labor was IS cents.
The 1928 average was IS cents and
that Of 1922 80 cents.
In some sections wages of labor ol
this class is higher than in Others.
The top wage is above so cents in the
Pacific States and in New England
While in the South Atlantic and Gull
States the figure is around rs cents.
Several factors have contributed tc
the wage gain for common labor.
The restrictions on immigration nol
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

ings Of the workers can be computed.
The per capita earnings Of automo-
bile workers now are 1872 per cent
greater than at this time year ago.
The iron and steel per capita earnings
are 1928 per cent greater than last
year and hardware earnings are SO
per cent greater.
It should be remembered that wages
last year were not low. The industrial
pace had slackened somewhat in the
middle Of 1924, but the pause was not
sufficient to halt the general upward
wage trend.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

only have worked to lessen the supply
Of common labor BY barring it from
coming to This country. but it has
caused many laborers already here to
return to their native lands because
their families could not gain entrance
to the United States.
Along with this the demand for
common labor has increased. The rec
ord building operations cali for un-
skilled as well as skilled labor. Road
building also has gone forward at q
record pace and this activity calls for
men to do heavy work.
The figures for the wages Of com
mon labor are reported BY the U. S.
Commerce Department.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

Patr0nize Labor Press Advertisers
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

Banks) Labor has the power to con-
troll the capital of the world. A CO.
operative accumulation Of fifty cents
per month per man, if all the work
ers could be induced to do that, would
soon give Labor control Of the coun-
try"
No. Of the Labor Insurance Com
panies is ready to provide individual
insurance and group insurance to the
workers, and their families and
friepds. ~
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. TO-
With exception of a very few lines
the weekly earnings of industrial
workers now are greater than they
were a year ago. The increases in
earnings in many lines far overtop
the losses in a few.
The Department of Labor gets in
formation as to the size of the pay
rolls of representative establishments
in leading industrial lines. It also
learns the number of workers en-
ployed in these establishments. From
this information the per capita earn
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11
$1,000 LONDON SEAMEN+
ON STRIKE AS RESULT
OF SLASH IN WAGES
Especial Cable to Labor

LONDON, Sept. 10.-The unofficial
strike of the Seamen against the ac-
ceptance by Havelock Wilson's union
of a pound a month slash in wages
has already involved $1,000 in the
ports of London and is sweeping the
South African and Australian ports.
Nevertheless, most of the British
ports remain unaffected.
The Australian Federal Govern
ment which is reactionary, proposed
to deport the seamen's leaders, but
Lang, now labor premier of New
South Wales, declared he would not
cooperate in this attempt to coerce
the workers.
Window glass workers and manu-
facturers fail to agree on wage scale.
Patronize Labor Press Advertisers
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

Seven hundred striking weavers at
Pittsfield, Mass resume work after
submitting case to arbitrators.
Master and chief engineer charged
with negligence in explosion Of steam-
er Mackinac, which cost So lives.
Company manufacturing worsteds
at Pawtucket, R. l.. reduces wages 10
per cent.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11
JOHN L. LEWIS
President, United Mine Workers Of
America

mr.. Lewis is Of family Of Welsh
miners, born in Lucas, Iowa, Febru-
airy IL, 1880; worked in the mines as
a boy, got a good schooling, became
union secretary after leaving high
school and rose rapidly in the ranks
until elected president Of the mine
workers in 1920.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11
THOMAS KENNEDY

Secretary Treasurer, United Hzine
Workers Of AmeEica
Mr.. Kennedy was working in the
Panther Greek, Pa, mines when John
Mitchell sounded the clarion note that
freed the slaves Of anthracite in 1909.
He was the organizing genius Of Dis
trict 7, until recently named secre-
tary-treasurer of the big miners
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-09-11

Russian Soviet authorities to re-
store vodka "lxck.p says report from
Riga.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
St. Marks Lutheran Church, Oakland
1.-THE Friendly Church."

me TTItHuIy OHuTCn.
Rev. D. NJ. Funk, Pastor.
$3.50 a. M, Sunday school. Mr.. G.
j. Altstetter, superintendent.
10:45 a. M, worship. Subject:
with Christ in Proclaiming the
Kingdom of God"
GAS p m, Christian Endeavor.
1880 p. M, Worship and sermon.
Subject: "Jesus in His Trials"
Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p. M, special
Lenten meditations. Speak to your
friends about Christ. Bring someone
to Him. We cordially welcome you to
worship with US.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
WANTS THEM TO BE
MARRIED IN NATIVE STATE
West Virginia Legislator Seeks
to Stop Marriage of Her
Residents Outside

West Virginia legislators at the
capital on last Saturday discussed at
considerable length Senator E. Bun
ker Reynolds marriage bill which pro-
vides that marriage of West Virginia
residents performed in other states to
evade West Virginia laws can be de-
clared void by the courts of that
state.
Senator Reynolds declared that the
measure was needed because of the
number of marriages in other states
particularly Maryland, Of young girls
to older men who after returning to
West Virginia soon deserted their
wives. Some of the senators pointed
out that many runaway marriages
were happy ones, and when Senator
Baker proposed an amendment which
would make it possible to declare void
any marriage Of a person under 81
unless the parents consent was given
the whole question was referred to a
subcommittee of senators for further
study.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
Oakland High School Notes

The Oakland High School Declama-
ton Contest was held in the Assem-
bly, Hall on Monday, March %. The
contestants and their selections were
as follows:
Mary Faherty, Lost" by Service;
James Wilson, "The Character of
Napoleon" by Philips; Mary Ours,
Bobby Shaftoe,'' Anonymous; Wal
ton King, "The Coward" Empey;
Graydon Lewis, 'The Hope of Democ-
racy," Essington; Gladys Gender,
Madame X,"Anonymous; James Pol
lock, "The Cremation of Lone Nc
Geo." Service.
Miss Mary Ours was awarded first
place and second place was won by
Miss Gladys Gender. The contest was
spirited one and many excellent
selections were given. 1t was a diff
cult problem for the judges to decide
which of the speakers was best. Much
credit is due each individual partici-
pant for the manner in which they
rendered their selections and for the
time and labor spent in preparation.
Seldom is so much talent and speak
ing ability grouped in one program.
Miss Mary Ours, as Oakland's prin-
cipal contestant, and Miss Gladys
Gender, as alternate, will represent
Oakland High School in the county
wide Fraley Defamation Contest to
be held in Friendsville on the even
ing of Friday, April 3.
Oakland High School wishes to give
sincere thanks to the judges in the
defamation contest, who were Mr.. A.
L. Lee, Mrs. E. z. Tower, Miss May
Stewart, Mrs. Grover Stemple and
Mrs. Joseph E. Harmed.
The Oakland High School appreci-
ates the large number of visitors
present at the contest and wishes to
extend to all interested in school af-
fairs a cordial invitation to the o. H.
S. programs which are conducted on
Friday afternoon of each week.
GRAYDON LEWIS,
School Reporter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
FOUR MEN ARRESTED AT
SAVAGE MOUNTAIN STILL
FrOstburgers Said to Have Been
Caught Making Liquor in
Shack in Woods

Paul Atkinson, Robert Dennison,
Jack Paugh and Fred. Kemp, all of
Frostburg, were arrested Friday by
General Prohibition Agents D. NJ.
Jackley and J. H. Traux, and Deputy
Raymond Bittinger, on charges of
manufacturing and possessing intoxi-
eating liquor. They were taken to
Cumberland where they were held in
the police station for hearing before
U. S. Commissioner Thomas J. And
erson.
According to the officers the four
men were operating a fifty gallon
still in shack on Big Savage Noun
tain, about two miles beyond Frost
burg, in Garrett county, when they
were arrested. In addition to the
still four barrels of mash, six empty
barrels, buckets, tunnels and other
utensils used in connection with the
manufacture of liquor, were found in
the shack.
According to the officers liquor was
running from the still when it was
seized.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
PARISH HOUSE PLANNED
To Be Built on Lot Opposite the
Lutheran Church by St. Mat
thew's P. E. Vestry

The vestry of st. Matthew's Protes-
tant Episcopal church has purchased
the corner lot opposite the Lutheran
church on Second street and north of
the William-James Hotel, upon which
to erect large and commodious par
ish house.
The purchase of the lot and the
building of the structure is made pos
sible by the magnificent pledge of the
Ri. Rev. John Gardner Murray, D. D.,
Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland.
The hope of the vestry and the desire
of the Bishop is not only to build a
parish house for the church, but to
use it after its completion for a COM
munity house in which the civic meet
ings may be held and also private in
dividuals may secure its use for a
very nominal charge.
The plans for the proposed build
ing, according to Rev. A. J. Torrey,
rector of the church here, are now be-
ing prepared by Cumberland archi-
tect and contemplate main hall with
seating capacity Of three hundred;
modernly equipped kitchen facilities,
ladies room and smoking lounge
for the men. The plans for the first
floor of the building has already been
adopted by the vestry.
The house will be 40x63 feet and
will be erected upon the rear of the
lot, while the front of the lot will for
the present be used for lawn fetes
and outdoor meetings.
The removed of the church from its
present site where it has stood for up
wards of fifty years, has been aban-
doned, as it is thought the parish
house when completed will relieve the
congregation of the necessity of this
expense, as the proposed building can
be used for church services during
the rough and inclement weather.
The lot upon which the parish house
is to be built was purchased from Mr..
Stuart f. Hamill for $500 and the
building will cost in the neighborhood
of S15,000
The erection of this building will
meet long felt need of the entire
community and provide for the ex-
tension of parish activities. 1t is the
expressed hope of the members of the
church vestry and the rector that the
building may be completed and ready
for occupancy by the coming of fall.
The Bishops reason in fostering
the erection of this house is to use it
in the future for extension work of
the church in Garrett county and ad-
joining territory.
Later on when definite plans have
been completed it is the desire of The
Republican to print in these columns
picture of the proposed building
with more detailed plan of the pro-
posed activities of the church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
DISAPPEARANCE OF |. G.
KITzMILLER MYSTERIOUS
Whole Countryside Searched and
Crellin Dam Drained in Effort
to Find His Body.

Isaac Gibson Kitzmiller, aged
about seventy years, a farmer
residing in the Underwood Sec
ton of the county south of Crel-
lin, mysteriously disappeared on
last Saturday afternoon after a
visit to his daughter, Mrs. John
Forman, at Crellin, and no trace
of him has yet been found, not
withstanding the fact that the
entire countryside has been lit
orally combed by members of his
family, his neighbors and by the
public officials of the county.
Mr.. Kitzmiller has been a lifelong
resident of the county and has been
engaged as farmer, owning and OPP
Grating a productive farm in the I'm
derwood section, which is located be-
tween Gortner and Crellin.
On Saturday he left his home, TAX
ing with him a gun and going to Crel-
lin he gave the frearm to his grand
son John Forman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Forman of that place, la
ter returning and giving the boy his
watch stating that he "would not
need them any more"
Almost Immediately thereafter he
left Crellin and started toward his
home, which is the last seen of him.
His son, Mr.. Oscar Kitzmiller, with
whom he resided on the farm, noted
the absence of the father about five
o'clock and making inquiry learned
that he had been to Crellin, and fear
ing that something had befallen him
notified the neighbors who at once in
stituted search through the woods and
made inquiries at places where he
occasionally visited, but nothing def
mite could be learned. The hunt was
continued Sunday which was Joined
in by State Officer W. D. Casteel with
his bloodshound and by Sheriff Guy
Yutzy, and continued .all that day
Monday and tuesday, without avail
or a tract that gave any intelligent
clue to the whereabouts of the man,
The hunt was abandoned yesterday
morning following the draining of
the dam at Crellin and search of the
river bed, Mr.. Kitzmiller's family
fearing that he had either fallen into
the stream and drowned or had taken
his own life, remembering that about
fifteen years ago he had attempted
self-destruction by cutting his throat
with a razor, his life being saved by
the prompt action of DR.. limbaugh
who succeeded in closing the wounds
and staunching the flow Of blood after
almost superhuman efforts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
SELBYSPORT STORE AND
POSTOFFICE ROBBED
Money and Shoes Taken From
StOre-NOthing from Office

Last Friday night the postoffice at
Selbysport was entered by robbers
and after ransacking every corner of
the room in which the Office is locat-
ed, they left without taking anything
so far as can be learned.
The store of former County Com
missioner Walter NJ. Lowdermilk, also
at Selbysport, was entered the same
night, presumably by the same party
or parties, who secured six or eight
pairs of shoes and about twenty dol
lars in money, leaving behind them
no clue as to their identity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
KitZmiller C0mmends Work of
County Health Nurse.

The following letter, addressed to
the Board of County Commissioners
of Garrett county, is self-eXplanatory
and is printed herewith by request:
George D. Browning, President,
County Commissioners of Garrett Co.,
Oakland, Md,
the community of Kitzmiller, wish to
say few things in reference to the
work of Miss Beulah Wiedman, the
county nurse for Garrett county, dur
ing her stay here in January.
Miss Wiedman gave five weeks in
struction to a class of the Seniors and
Juniors in our high school on topics
which high school girls should know.
In addition she had classes for the
mothers and young girls of the COM
munity two nights per week and one
period during the day. She reached
many homes in our town and gave ad-
vice and help to folks who really
needed the aid.
The Parent-Teachers' Association
has demanded that their girls have a
course in home nursing. They have
received it this year and wish it to be
continued in future years.
We cannot speak too highly of Miss
Wiedman's work while here in Kitz-
miller. We feel that the county has
done good work in securing such an
efficient teacher, nurse and friend, and
feel that the money used for her SER
vcies has been well expended.
Respectfully,
E. C. RYALL,
Principal Kitzmiller High School.
ROBERT L. WILSON,
Cashier First National Bank.
GEORGE w. COLEMAN,
Manager Coffman-Fisher Store.
Kitznnillar Md EehruarN % 1925
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26

Rev. and Mrs. D. M. Funk and Mr..
and Mrs. John o. Thayer returned to
Oakland Tuesday afternoon from a
brief visit to Rev. Funk's parents at
Johnstown, Pa. The party was ac-
companied home by Rev. Funk's moth
err. who will remain as his guest until
after Easter.
On Tuesday evening, March 31st,
at 1880 o'clock a measuring social will
be held at the parish house of st.
Paul's M. E. church under the aus
pieces of the Ladies' Aid Society, to
which the public is most cordially in
.vited. The admission charge will be
bne penny for each inch you are tall.
Clarence E. Sell, aged 43, of Davis,
w. Va, met instant death while work.
ing in the mines at Ben Bush, West
Va, on last Saturday. He was alone
when a rock, estimated as weighing
a thousand pounds, gave way in the
roof directly over where Mr.. Sell was
working, and falling, crushed out his
life. He was son of the late Adam
Sell and formerly resided near Oak
land. His wife and two children sur
vive.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26

Mr.. Fred. J. Meuller and Mr.. Nor
man G. Steltz, both of Pittsburgh,
and representing respectively the
Mergenthaler Linotype Company and
the American Type Founders Com
pany, spent Monday and part of Tues
day in Oakland. Both received rather
substantial orders from The Republi-
can for additional equipment for the
mechanical department of the office.
They left here Tuesday afternoon for
Morgantown, W. Va.
Artie E. Fearer, formerly of Oak
land, who moved to Cumberland two
or three years ago, and arrested in
Baltimore last Tuesday by H. L. Blye,
of the National Detective Agency,
charged with wife desertion, has been
released from the Cumberland Jail
under bond. His wife, Mrs. Jessie
Fearer, withdrew the charge of de-
sertion. Fearer furnished bond for
the support of his family. He has
eight children. He left Cumberland in
December, 1924.
Messrs. Fred Peddicord and Joseph
limbaugh, who recently rented the
store room on Second street vacated
some time ago by the Oakland Hard
ware and Furniture Company, and
installed therein bowling alleys and
billiard tables, formally opened the
place on Tuesday evening at which
time the X. of P band furnished mu-
sic. The recreation center represents
the investment of considerable sum
of money, as everything connected
Herewith is of the highest quality in
point of workmanship and equipment.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Sincell, Of
Keyser, w. Va, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry W. Matheney, of Cumberland,
spent Sunday afternoon in Oakland
with relatives.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26

Mr.. W. F. King is making rapid
progress in the work of redecorating
the interior of the Maryland Theatre.
The color scheme adopted for dec
Grafton is cream and apple green with
a stipple effect and panelled with a
darker shade of green. The work is
expected to be completed within the
next two weeks and in the meantime
the alterations in the front and the
lobby of the theatre will also have
been completed.
Fire on last Friday morning at the
home of Mr.. C. w. Golf, on Center
street, opposite the Grammar school
building, created considerable excite
ment when the report was made that
the fire was in the school house. A
few minutes work on the part of the
firemen was sufficient to put the fire
out after slight damage had been done
the roof of one-story building at
tached to the house and used as a
kitchen and pantry.
Mrs. Mabel Sollars was in Cumber-
land last Saturday from which city
she was accompanied home by Mr..
Edward E. Sollars and his daughter,
Mrs. William L. Phillips, of Shaw
vile, Pa.
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