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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

If it we're possible for US, this
morning to call back from their
graves those who were killed in in
dustrial accidents in Pennsylvania
during the years Of 1928 and 1924
and line them up with those who were
injured during the same time, we
would have a spectacle that would
bring home forcibly the need for real
action tending to reduce industrial
accidents in this State.
It is very easy to state that Penn
sylvania had 2OO,435 reported acci-
dents in 1928 and 177,5S9 during the
year 1924, making 377,974 accidents
with a total Of 4,621 fatalities in the
two years. But to get the real under
standing of what this total means we
must form in our minds a picture OF
the real size of this vast group wher
assembled in one procession.
If these poor unfortunates could al
be brought together, lined up in row:
four abreast the rows being placeS
six feet apart, we would have q pro
cession over lot miles long, 50 long i
would extend west from the city Od
Altoona through JOhnstown, Green's
burg and to the city Of Pittsburgh.
This vast group, starting 20 marel
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
B. & 0. PLAN SUCCEEDS
ON CANADIAN RAILWAYS

MONTREAL, Cam, June 25.-The
Baltimore & Ohio plan, which aims at
greater cooperation between employ
es in railway shops and the manage
ment, is being applied with success
in the Canadian National Railway
shops at Moncton, New Brunswick,
according to r. J. Talon, president Of
Division 4, Railway Employees De-
partment Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, representing all rail-
way shopmen in Canada.
The Moncton experiment has al
ready demonstrated that giving the
employees a greater share in shop
management leads directly to more
efficient working, and elimination Of
waste, said Mr.. Talon.
What is important, the manage
ment does not absorb all the benefits
of the savings effected, but shares
such benefits with the employees on a
principle which is working fairly
satisfactorily. The Canadian Ma
tional will apply the plan in it's shops
at London, Stratford, Winnipeg and
Leeside.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
DEATH CONES TO
engineers HEAD
WARREN S. STONE
By International Labor New Service

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 25.--
Warren s. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
afid one of the outstanding labor ex-
ecutives Of 6he nation, died here Jufs
Is at the age Of IS. Acute Bright's
disease was the cause Of his, death.
The funeral services here June IS
brought together railroad executives,
labor leaders and well known men
and women from all walks of life.
The body of the Engineers leader
lay in state in the auditorium of the
Brotherhood Of Engineers Building
for four hours on the day Of the fu-
neral, while thousands fled past the
coffin. Burial was in Lakeview
Cemetery, Cleveland.
Meeting here on the 17th, the adj
visory board of the Engineers select
ed William B. PREMIER, first vice pres
dent and treasurer, to succeed Mr..
Stone. L. G.. Grifing succeeds Mr..
Premier as first vice president. A
Johnston, Chicago, assistant grand
chief, succeeds Mr.. Grihing as grand
chief engineer. Mr.. Johnston's posi-
tion was not filed.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

By International Labor News Service
WASHINGTON, d. c. June U.s.
William G. flushing, United States
representative of the organized work.
ers in the Panama Canal Zone, has
been reelected after one Of the most
interesting campaigns ever held in the
Zone.
Being United States representative
of the Canal Zone employees is not an
easy position, as the employees have
many grievances, which are added to
by the unsympathetic attitude of
many Of the soldiers who administer
the Zone under the direction of the
Secretary of War. Some Of the sol
diers pay little attention to the hui
man equation in making their deci-
sions, fact that adds to the diff
culties of Mr.. Hushing's job. Mr..
flushing thrives on difficulties, how
ever, and has compelled the admin
istration to respect the rights of the
Canal Zone workers. He is q logical
reasoner and it Is difficult for those
with whom he pleads for humane con-
ditions in the Zone to combat what
he says.
Mr.. flushing is permanently in
Washington in the interest of the
Zone employees, representing them in
negotiations looking toward improve
ment Of wages and working eondi-
Gions.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

past any given point, and marching
at the rate of 25 rows, or 100 persons,
to the minute, would consume about 63
hours in passing any given point
First place in the line we could give
to those who would represent the
dead. Those poor fellows would make
a line one and one-third miles long
and it would take over as minutes for
them to pass any given point.
Then would come az men with both
eyes out and 1924 with one eye out
Next we would have ten persons rep
.resenting those who had lost both
legs and 2l0 persons who had lost
one leg. Following these would come
six men who had been unluekly
enough to lose both feet and 212 who
had lost one foot.
Coming along next we find one man
with both arms of and $50 with one
arm of. Then eight with both hands
off and 521 with one hand OFF.
Although no record Of fingers lost
was kept until March 20, 1923, be-
ginning at that time and continuing
to the end Of 1924, we would have
1,74e persons who had lost fingers
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
CITY DEBTS PER CAPITA
HAVE MADE BIG JUMP

~ AMNefMAAAunAA AADNN AN@"4 0ehtA$~
WASHINGTON, b. c., June 49,
Like city expenses the debts of Amer
ican cities show steady increase.
According to the results of a sur
vey by the United States Census
Bureau, the average Indebtedness Of
cities of a population Of $4,000 or
more averaged in 1928 $103.s4 for
each inhabitant. IN 1928 the aver
age debt Of the same cities was $60.2e
per capita.
The figures given are for net in
debtedness; that is, the funded and
floating debt less sinking fund assets.
In 1913 the per capita debt of cities
of $4,000 or more population was
$69.2s. Each new survey taken by
the Census Bureau since that time has
shown an increase, although new bor-
rowing was at a minimum between
1917 and 1919 when cities refrained
from floating bandy to make way for
the national war lsans. Between 1913
and 1922, however, there was an in
crease from $81.1s per capita to $97.-
81 per capita.
City bonds are tax exempt from
State as well as federal taxation. The
growth in city indebtedness, there
fore, has served TO increase the
amount of tax-exempt securities out
standing. The Increase in these 50.
curities present taxation problsni
to the treasury and to Congress fol
which no solution has been found az
yet.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
MINE BUREAU CHIEF QUITS

WASHINGTON, June 26.-Dr. H.
Foster Balm, director of the United
States bureau Of mines, has resigned
He has accepted the position of Sec
retary Of the American institute OF
mining and metallurgical engineering
This organization has a membership
Of 5000. It's activities include steel
copper, coal and the petroleum in
dustries. J.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
PAINTER PLACED UNFAIR
BY CENTRAL council

The Central. Labor Council Friday
evening coneurred in the following
request Of TIE Building Trades Coun-
ell:
To the Central Labor Council
This is to inform your body that IL.
@. Hanson, : non-union painter work
ing about town has been placed on the
unfair list By the Painters Union No.
526, and their action has been en-
dorsed By the Building Trades Coun-
ell il.--Fraternally, e. MacLafferty,
Secretary. =
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
FREE TEXT BOOKS WIN

ATLANTA, June 25.--A city coun-
ell committee rejected a proposal that
the state legislature repeal that pOr-
ton Of this city's charter which pro-
vides for free school books. Last year
the cost was 100000, and group Of
penny -pinching taxpayers urged that
this money should be saved.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
ILLINOIS PASSES ANTEINJUNCTI0N BILL;
LABOR PRESS BIG FACTOR IN VICTORY
BY JOSEPH A. WISE

Staff Correspondent international Labor News Service
CHICAGO 25The enactment of the CuthbertsonSod
injunction limitation bill by the Illinois General Assem-
bly, another victory for the American labor particularly
reference those labor papers which allied with nterna
tonal Labor News Service.
This statement detraet from the spen-
did services rendered by the many staunch friends of the bill
and outside of the Legislature to ignore the capable leader
ship of the officers of the Illinois State Federation of Labor
Organized labor of Illinois had been fighting put
of this character for but had uniformly failed to get
anywhere with the General Assembly
ended Previously the bill had either of the
both branches the Legislature this
after being twice defeated in the House during the
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
nEATHs IN COAL MINES

WASHINGTON, June 25.-During
the first four months Of the present
year 7S7 employees were killed by ae-
cidents at coal mines, according to the
United States bureau of mines. Dur
ing April there were 142 men killed.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

father in cultiyating the farm. He
obtained what education he could in
tie %omewhat inadequate schools Of
llis locality and supplemented his
schdhl instruction with wide reading.
In mis- eighteenth year he had saved
enough money to enable him to spend
afew months in Western College,
tie best educational institution in
that part of Iowa.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
OHIO WoRKERs TO CONVENE

STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, June rs.
Officers of the Ohio state fedora
ton Of labor have selected this city
for the next annual convention, which
will convene Monday, August 10.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
DELEGATES ELECTED BY
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL

Delegates to the State Federation
convention to be held here in July
were elected at the last meeting Of
the Aberdeen Central LABOR Council.
Mrs. Maude King and Andrew VIM
berg secured the coveted honors, with
L. E. Garfield and Smith of Monte
sano as alternates.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
Born on Iowa Farm

Warren Sanford Stone was born on
a farm near Ainsworth, Iowa, Febru-
ary 1, 1860. He was strong boy and
with his FIVE brothers he aided his
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
What Labor Should Do
For Safety Movement

Synopsis address by David Williams vice president of the Inter-
Mhnss member the Industrial Board
Wide Safety Conference Harrisburg Pa May 22 1926
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

The big determining factor in this
result was the sledge-hammer blows
Of International Labor News Service,
delivered through labor papers scat
tered all over the North American
Continent. The white light of pub
licity thus thrown on the great battle
being waged in this State generated
a public opinion that forced the hands
of the political leaders and caused
the bill to be enacted into law.
A good way to illustrate the stu
alton and the final result is to say
that the previous battles over a meas
ure of this kind. were fought with
small arms only by organized labor,
while the heavy ratillery was all on
the side Of capital
Labor Press Artillery
In the warfare just ended interna-
tional Labor News Service and the
labor press Of America composed the
artillery of labor and succeeded in
laying down a fire that blasted away
the opposition. The infantry-the
rank and file of organized labor, un-
der the command of their able officers
then went in and mopped up the
enemy.
John H. Walker and Victor A.
Olander, president and secretary
treasurer, respectively, of the Illinois
State Federation Of Labor, were the
nommanding generals in the great
fight. They both join in asking In
ternational Labor News Service to
convey the thanks of the Illinois State
Federation of Labor to the labor press
of America for the help given, and in
vite the members of organized labor
in other States to join with the trade
unionists of Illinois in rejoicing over
the great victory.
"Jack" Walker and "Vic" Oiander,
one coal miner and the other a sail
or, are both men of powerful ply
sique, each two-fisted fighter of the
first order. Walker loves nothing
better than good fight. Battle" is
his middle name. Olander loves
shindy, too, and goes into one like
Viking. He is of Viking ancestry mad
master of strategy.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
PROMISES :.
BIG CELEBRATION
! FOR JULY FOURTH

Y
The Splash, held this year in Ho-
quiam on the Fourth Of July, gives
every indication Of being the usual
popular celebration. Hoquiam cit
izens are reported as solidly behind
the movement to make it one Of the
greatest held on the Hafbor. = 50
A sum Of 5000 win be avsilable
for parade prizes, fireworks and other
features. An attractive patriotic
program, to be held immediately fol-
lowing the parade, viii have Judge
William D. Aslrren, justice Of the
state supreme court, Is the orator Of
the day. The program viii be held
in front of the Elks Club, Judge Ask
rem speaking from the balcony.
Floats in Parade
Providing the subscriptions are
satisfactory, prizes Of 500, $50 and
$25 will be offered for the best floats
entered in the parade, while prizes
viii also be given to the fraternaI
organization having the largest rep
resentation in the procession and for
the best decorated coaster or cicycle.
Howard Oakland is IN charge Of Tea
ture displays n the parade and those
wishing to enter for the character
prize are asked to communicate with
Mr.. Oakland.
Mrs. M. B. FrnaIxlin and Miss Alice
Channer viii direct the part the boys
and girls Of the city win take in the
parade. Each boy and girl in the
line of march viii carry an American
flag, and following the parade, those
youngsters participating '=sF:ll be treat
ed to an ice cream cone. A hand
some silk flag win be presented to
the school making the best showing
in the parade. Camp Fire Girls and
Boy Scouts are to be invited to off,
cially take part in the march.
Frank Arthaud, chairman Of the
parade committee, Is urging indus
tries and commercial establishments
to enter floats in the parade and his
committee viii assist in outlining
plans. Mr.. Arthaud can be reached
by Phone II.
The streets of the city will be
beautifully decorated during Splash
Week, Chairman Frank w. McEach-
ron having entered into contract fcr
the decorations and for display OF
gaily colored lights throughout the
business district.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
CARPENTERs WINNING

BALTIMORE, June 25.--Carpen-
ters in this city are winning their
strike for a S1.10 wage rate.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26
Glenn Met Waterloo

The captain general Of The forces
Of Mammon in this fight was John M.
Glenn, chief lobbyist Of the Illinois
Manufacturers Association. A Chi
cago trade unionist, having in mind
that Senator Andrew s. Cuthbertson
of Bunker Hill was labor's general
issimo in the State Senate and in
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

Continued on Page six)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-06-26

Official Organ Of TIE Aber-
deen Central Labor Council
Hnauiam Trades and Labor
Council and the Washin Ten
State Federation q Labor.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
SWEET RuT MODERN

Anti-climax is the soul of humor,
says the Ottawa Herald. Witness
the following, which, like most
good things, must be credited sim
ply to Exchange"
cit was a wonderful wedding
The girl was as sweet as any girl
who walked up the aisle on her
fathers arm, her lips slightly tilted
at the corners with a happy smile,
she was picture of modern beauty.
Her gosamer viel floated around her
Iair blonde head like halo. She
was as nearly an angel as girls
get to be in this world. At the al
tar, as she passed from her father,
the man she had always loved. to
the other man, to whom she would
devote the rest of her life, her
dainty slipper touched a potted lily
resting on the floor and turned it
over Smiling again, she tlvned
to the dear old pastor, waiting st
the chancel, and said That was a
hell of a place to put a lily"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
So Deaths
ARE REPORTED

Sixty eight fatalities, with fires,
automobiles, shootings, pre- mature
explosions of fireworks, lightning
and the collapse of a building vieing
in spreading death, were reported
by authorities and telegraph dis
patches Sunday night as the human
toll of Fourth Of July activities
over the double holiday.
Three deaths were reported in
Wisconsin Sunday An Oshkosh
man was killed and his wife pro-
badly fatally injured when their
automobile was wrecked by train.
A Cambria man was killed when
he was struck by an automobile
driven by his son, and Milwaukee
youth drowned in the Milwaukee
river at Thiensville.
Thirty five persons were killed
when the Pickwick clug at Boston
collapsed during a night before the
Fourth dancing party. Seven met
death in an apartment house fire
at Saranac Lake, n. Y. Three
deaths in Milwaukee were caused
by traffic accidents and a like
number of fatalities in Chicago
were caused from fireworks and a
shooting. A resident of Kansas City
and a Detroit man were victims
of motor crashes, while at Fort
Wayne, Ind. child of died from
burns caused by fireworks. Two
bathers were drowned at Oshkosh
and many other deaths from various
causes were reported over the ma
ton.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
James E. Day

James Ernest Day was born in
Richland Center, Wis, June goth,
1881, and departed this life July
8, 1925, at the age Of Al years
and 13 days. He leaves his par
ents, one sister, Mrs. Ada Davis,
Of Baraboo, and two brothers, Levi
Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and John of
Walton, Wis; also two step bro
theirs, Ernest Small, of Wonewoc
and Lester d. Small of ElrOy and
host of relatives and friends to
mourn her loss.
The funeral was held at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan r. Day, $40 Eleventh street,
monday afternoon at 1870, con-
Quoted by the Rev. E. o. Coontz.
Mrs. Charles Rooney and Rev.
Coontz sang the two hymns and
Mrs. Ellis Keepers acted as the
Organist.
The bearers were nephews OF
the deceased: Floyd Everett, BAIL
and Harvey Davis and Bernhard
and Clifford Day.
Burial was in the Fairfield ceme-
terry.
Those from out of town present
we're: Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Day of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mrs. H. w.
Remission of Oilwein, Iowa; Ray
mond Stiles of Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
J. w. Day and family of Walton;
MI. and Mrs. Lester Small and
family of Elroy; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Small of Wonewoc; Mr..
and Mrs. E. Frazier and family of
Adams; and Mr.. and Mrs. BAIL
Davis and family of Chicago.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
OBITUARY
Sylvester &. King

Sylvester E. King, so, passed
away in the Town of Sumpter,
where he had spent the past five
weeks at the home of his adopted
daughter, Mrs Lyman o. Kinds
chi, Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. King had resided for many
years at lis Sixth avenue but on
account of their poor health they
had lately gone to reside at the
Kindschi home.
Mr.. King was born on lSauk
Prairie, January II, 1845, and had
spent all of his life in Sank Coun-
ty. The Kings were early settlers
in the Town of Sumpter, which
originally was called 'Kingstown'
The parents of Sylvester King
were Eli and Clarinda (Eaton)
King The grandfather, Hosea King,
settled on Sank Prairie in 1912
and when he founded small hotel
a community sprung up around it,
the name of the hamlet being
Kings Corners in his honoh. The
name is still applied to the COM
munity.
Sylvester Kings boyhood and
youth were spent on the home
stead farm, where he acquired a
full knowledge of agriculture along
with his schooling in an old log
schoolhouse and later at the old
Baraboo Institute, under the in
structiOn of Professor Hobert. He
was for years a, successful farmer
and at the time of his retirement
in 1912 he had accumulated 30
acres. He served as township
treasurer for five years, as a mem
Der of the school board for fifteen
years, and as justice of the peace
for five years.
His marriage to Salome Burdick
took place on March "a, 1869. One
child was born to them, Bessie,
born in 1871, who became the wife
of Marvin Wilson of Sank Prai-
RE and who died in 1900, leaving
one son Ivan.
Besides his wife, Mr.. King leaves
one sister, Mrs. Grant Pobjoy, of
Sumpter.
Funeral services on Friday morn
ing at ten thirty at the Sumpter
church.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
LAST article
OF GILLETTE
ON ". S. Stone

Senator Robert M. LaFolletto
who, as editor of LaFOllette' S
Magazine, stood out prominently
as author of trumpet blast edit
orial comment on national events,
wrote his last article for his pub
LEGATION shortly before his death.
The comment touched on the de-
mise of Warren Stone, president of
the brotherhood of locomotive
engineers, whose death came less
than two weeks prior to that of
LaFollette.
Excerpts from the editorial, a
Biographical resume of Stones life
might easily serve for an epitath
for the senator The article follows
in part:
"In the death of Warren Stone,
America has lost one Of her great
men, democracy one it's truest
champions. No grave can claim
the great constructive work of his
life or rob those who knew and
loved him of the inspiration of his
character. Nature endowed him
with great intellect, stout heart,
and incorruptible honesty. He liv-
ed and died braVely.
Acceptance of a principle was
no passive thing with Warren
Stone. To him it meant unremit-
ting labor until the principle was
advanced to fulfilment And with
the idealist he blended the prac-
tical common sense and tenacity
Of purpose to make his dreams
dreams realities.
"To every test this man rang
true; as spokesman for labor, citi-
zen and friend The rich and use
full life which won for him the love
of his contemporaries will enshrine
him in the memory of posterity as
a master builder of democracy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
(Rv the United Pressl
(By The United Press)
Hooded Clan
Chains Pair TO
Tree 10 Days

Dr. w. d. Mason, veterinary sur
geon, and Lawrence Bowman, who
have been the object of ten days
search by posses of more than $50
men since their mysterious dis
appearance on Signal mountain,
Chattanooga, Tenn, the night of
June %, were found handcuffed
and chained to a tree on Sunday
morning by Jim Thomas, noun
taineer, at 1920 o'clock.
Both men were alive but in a
serious condition, due to their long
exposure and insufficient nourish-
ment. They were brought to the
city in an ambulance.
Mason and Bowman, after being
sufficiently revived, stated that
they had been set upon the night
of their disappearance by five hood
ed men, carried off from DR.. Mas
on's car, and chained to a tree.
Each night they were blindfolded
and removed to another place, they
stated.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-09
Mrs. Maria Danes

The funeral of Mrs. Maria Danes
was held at the home of her sister
Mrs. AL Ringing, Ash street, at
eight thirty on Tuesday morning.
The Rev. c. A. Wilson of Trinity
Episcopal church officiated.
Pallbearers were Louis Werlich,
Fred and Charles Gollmar, c. M.
Dubois, Oscar Gust, and H. L.
Halsted.
The remains were taken to Mazo
mamie by automobile, accompanied
by relatives and friends, and from
there the body was taken by rail-
road to Marquette, Iowa, the old
home of the deceased, for burial.