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THE LUTHER REGISTER
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Goose That Laid the Golden Egg Outclassed Here
I A CHOSSE. WIS. Here Ik the FKK-layinff record of n Ihrec-j cur-old White
L Hook hen owned by Cus Rhoden, u former nonr West Snlem. On May 3
she laid four eggs; May 4, three; May B, four; May 0, five; May 7, six ; May
S, four; May 0, three. She laid no
more eggs until May 20,' when she
started on a new series with live and
then the record ran: May 21. none;
May 22, six; May 27. nine; Muy 28,
eleven; Muy 20, ten; May 30. four-
teen: May 31, fourteen; June 1, one;
June 2, sixteen; June 3, eleven; June
4, one.
Now this hen had plck«*d out n
nest in u manger In the burn to which
no other hen had icca— tod aba re-
fused to lay any other place. She would wait for Mr. lyuaU-s to come home
and unlock the barn at noon so she could sneak Into her chosen refuge and
carry on her tuaglc unmolested. When her wonderful performances were
reported neighbors were skeptical and when the reports were carried to
GIVEN ADVANCE
Wage Increase Conditional on
Settlement of Factional
Labor Disputes.
I. W. W. LOCALS ARE IGNORED
WAGE INCREASE IS GENERAL
MARTIN BOMBER FLYING OVER WASHINGTON
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Agreement Affects Twenty Thousand
Men, and It Is Believed All the
Mine* Will Soon Resume
Normal Operations.
On the proviso lhat the labor or-
ganizations will settle hII factional In- I week workers,
hor disputes, without Involving the
employing companies, the mining com-
panies operating In Butte, Mont., of-
fered their employees a new wage
scale, which carries with It n wage ad-
vance of $1 per day. Miners will re-
ceive $5.75. engineers $7. general
tradesmen $6.50, und laborers $5.
Practfcally All Members of Interna,
tional Ladies* Garment Workers
Share in Advance Granted.
The new trade agreement affecting
wages, recently signed between the
New York Dress and Waist Manufac-
turers’ association and the Interna-
tional Ladles' Garment Workers' union
nffeotH ntore than 25,000 workers.
Wage Increases have been granted to
all workers. Pieceworkers are to be
paid an Increase of 10 per cent over
I the prices which were in force on
April 0. 1010. All workers, except
cleaners, drapers, dress pressers and
! cutters are to receive an Increase of
J $4.50 a week, while cleaners will get
SI.00 more, and drapers, pressers and
j cutters, except those skilled, are to re-
ceive an Increase of $2 n week. In-
I creases are also grunted to nil other
OTHER LABOR NEWS
The proposed lockout on the docks
at Havre, France, became operative
July 31, 3,500 dock workers being af-
fected.
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expert poultrymen In distant cities t ey, 00»rc ** ‘ * , ‘V . _ The agreement affects nearly 20.000 ! The strike of dock workers at Llver-
Benson of LaCrosso was appointed to go to the Rhodes farm und make obaer
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vatlons. . . .
He remained two days and wutched the hen closely. On the recood (lay
he saw her with his own eyes lay thirteen eggs in four hours out of a total
of sixteen laid by her during the day. He went before the county Judge and
made affidavit to the fuct nnd It Is on record for any doubting Thomas to see.
Mr. Rhodes also made affidavit that he wutched the hen while she laid throe
or four eggs at a sitting.
The eggs laid by this ben are not freak eggs In any way.
A number of them were set und found fertile.
Not Assembled According to the Orthodox Method
r* HICAGO.—The anatomical tribulations of H. W. Matthias are something
L enormous. Back In the seventies Mr Matthias was not assembled accord-
ing to orthodox plan. No one know exactly Just what the matter was. The
unblth Ooodnow, wt _
Matthias dwelt amid his progeny,
looked him over nt several dollars per
Inspection and shook their heads.
Then It occurred to some one that
he might have appendicitis. So he
came to Chicago Heights, where a
medic explored In the usual vicinity of
the “worm" and drew forth an alleged
appendix. Mr. Matthias felt no better.
“Try Doctor Waterman up at the
Hotel Sherman,** iug|p*c . \
the tic friend after several years hud
passed. “They tell me he’s considerable anatomical sleuth."
Matthias packed his grip, kissed his wife and children, and locomotlved to
Chicago. There Doctor Waterman gave him the professional stare und felt
him over. Then hi* applied au inquiring ear upon the left sector of his chest
“Your heart’s stopped," he gasped, reaching for the pulmotor. “No, It
hasn’t, either. Hen* It Is, over on your right side.”
An X-ray examination followed, with the discovery that the liver was also
on the wrong side and the colon piled up In a knot on the right. Moreover,
his spleen was out of place and his lungs transposed
The patient was taken to the American hospital. 850 Irving Park boulevard,
and Dr. Max Thorek made the second trip In search of that elusive appendix.
He found It this time, way over on the left side of Mr. Matthias’ person.
“What did they get on that first operation when they thought they had
your appendix?" the patient was asked.
“Money." he groaned.
men of Butte,
condtt, and Is made with the recog-
nized labor organizations nfflllated
with the American Federation of La-
bor.
In the negotiations the two Butte I.
W. W. locals were Ignored, as well as
the recently formed “One Pig Union."
It Is believed that the Increased wage
scale will result In many miners who
have left Butte this summer returning
to the city, and that the mines which
have been operating about 35 per cent
can soon resume normal operations.
Great Fals nnd Ann- pool, Kngland. has been settled. The
strikers regard the settlement as great-
ly In their favor.
The long-threatened strike of lignite
miners in the mining district near
Leipzig, Germany, started. The men
struck for an Increase In wages.
Saginaw (Mich.) street car service
was tied up by a renewal of the strike
foi pay Increases from 34 to 36 cents
an hour to 40, 43. 45 and 47 cents.
Coneillntor Fred L. Felck reported
to the department of labor that the S.
H. Hill Casket company of Chicago
had granted a 15 per cent Increase to
Us employees, thereby terminating n
strike.
International Brotherhood of Boil- ’
erraakers and Shipbuilders nnd Help-
ers of America at a meeting at Su-
perior. Wls., voted against a strike
which was to have gone Into effect
July 31.
Increases In wages for city laborers
nnd pay for teams was granted by the
city of Tiffin. O. The scale was In-
creased from 30 to 40 cents an hour
for lnborers and 50 to 70 cents an
hour for teams.
Telegraph workmen and mechanics
employed by the Berlin (Germany)
postal and telegraph administration
View tnkpn from another airplane showing the Martin bomber which has started on u trip around the United
States, passing the Washington monument.
CLEARING AN AERIAL MAIL FIELD WITH DYNAMITE
GENERAL LABOR NOTES
All work at the port of Brest.
France, ceased, the employers having
declared a lockout because of the de-
mands of the dockers’ union.
Three thousand members of the
Boot and Shoe Workers’ unions of St.
Louis have been granted a 44-hour
week with the same pay as for the 50-
hour week now in force, by their em-
ployers.
Upon the lines of the Pennsylvania
railroad east and west of Pittsburgh
there are employed 33.000 men of for-
eign birth, chiefly Italians, and of
this number 25.700 «re employed east j
Seattle Woman “Hoboes” to New York on a Wager
a? KW YORK.—Mm. J. M. Franklin of Seattle hoboed her way here from that
IN city In 28 days at a coat of $23 on a wager of $2,000. She and Mt*s Eva
Wllcott bet they could get to New York for one-third of the railroad fare
Miss Wllcott quit at Ogden. Utah.
"I have woo the wager fairly and
squarely—and I ahali give thv money
to the American Red Cross." said Mrs.
Franklin. “I agreed that 1 would not
ri«W on any trains; that I would not
ask for a ride on any vehicle, nor
would 1 accept any proffered ride un-
til 1 had been tnrtted twice, and that
I would not accept food or lodgings
for which I did not work or pay. Also
i had to report to the chamber of com-
merce In every city through which 1
passed. Altogether I walked but 432 mllea. i don’t think there is any make
of automobile that 1 have not had a ride In. I rode in hay wagons, in limou-
sines, in flivvers, trucks, milk wagons, one-home shays, and motorcycle*. And
every blessed Tift* 1 had waa accepted after the second invitation
“In places where a dear, motherly tool would refuse payment for a night’a
lodging. I paid tny way by chopping wood or washing dishes or milking cows,
or doing any odd chores about the house ”
Mrs. Franklin’s khaki uniform of breeches, blouse, and Jacket and her high
tan boots show the strain of the Journey considerably more than she does.
She Is twenty-eight years old and wears her hair bobbed. "I couldn't bother
fusstug with it,” she explained. “AU I carrted was my 18-pound camping out-
fit and a change of linen.”
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of Pittsburgh.
During the year ended September
30. 1918. 122 fatal accidents occurred
In coal mines In Nova Scotia. The av-
erage of 12.823 workmen were em-
ployed In the 23 coal mines for which
the figures are given.
Ohio coal mines are operating from
65 to 70 per cent full time, as com-
pared with 45 per cent three months
ago, when thousands of miners were
Idle, according to officials of the Unit-
ed Mine Workers of Ohio.
Of the 139.588 workers employed
In the over 1.500 establishments in
Tennessee 21.4 per cent are women.
Since the signing of the armistice un-
employment has been Increasing
among English women at an alarming
rate.
A car filled with strikers will be
placed at the head of all railway trains
passing over Portuguese railroads to
guarantee their safe passage. Action
to that effect was taken by the minls-
charge of 200 of their colleagues for
participating In a recent strike.
Illinois post office clerks asked con-
gress to raise their wages, with a min-
imum of $1,800 a year instead of $1.-
000, and n maximum of $2,400 Instead
of $1,500. They also ask limitation
of overtime work as far as possible.
Approximately 300 employees of the
Louisville Horae Telephone company,
members of the International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers. Including
girl operators, voted July 28 to call
off a strike that has continued since
July 1.
Six hundred and fifty employees of
the Gary (Ind.) Screw and Bolt works
went on strike. It Is said a majority
refused to go to work because four
machinists in the plant were dis-
charged.
The strike of employees of the Des
Moines (la.) street car company was
averted when the men’s wages were
increased from 47 to 00 cents an hour.
At Newark, N. J.. a small army of men is busily engaged in clearing Heller field which, when completed, will be
the first United States aerial mail landing field in the country. Our photograph shows the moment of detonation of a
charge of dynamite beneath a mighty tree stump, which is torn from the grounds, roots and all.
SIMON LAKE’S NEW SALVAGING SUBMARINE has met 20 presidents
ter of war after, section of track was , Thev h>() demanded Bn luorMse of 85
torn up by strikers near the station
OSTON. MASS.—Mis* Gertrude Harish. Simmons college girl, is being sued
for $10,000 !n the Suffolk superior court for alleged breach of promise by
Leonard A. Swartbe. draughtsman tn the signal corps. Northeastern depart-
ment. Swartha says he saved the girl
at Poroa, about twenty miles north
of Oporto.
Operations In the sliver mines of Co-
balt. Ont.. were suspended as the re- j
suit of a strike by virtually all miners j
employed In the district. The walkout j
followed refusal of mine managers to I
consent to adjustment by a board of
conciliation of the demands of the
men for increased wages, shorter j
hours and Improved working condi- j
tions.
Operations In the silver mines of Co-
balt. Ont., were suspended as the re-
sult of a strike by virtually all min- j
ers employed in the district. The j
__ walkout followed refusal of mine man-
... . . ■ _. . ,, ~ . r r. . 0 j ager* to conwnt to adjustment by n
Jilted bv the Girl He Saved From Firing Squad f- «rd of conciliation of the demand*
* _ ** of the men for Increased wages, short-
jj OSTON. MASS.—Miss Gertruue tiftnsa. summons couege gin, is oemg auea *p hours am* l™ProT*d working cot.
b for $10,000 in the Suffolk .nperlor court for alleged breach of premier by ^ of (h, (V|>1
Coke company In the Kansas field were ;
Idle when the strike order Issued by the 1
board of district No. 14. United Mine ‘
Workers of America, in conjunction j
with a similar order by the Missouri I
district officials, was put Into effect. 1
About 1.400 men were Involved, j
The miners say they have been unable I
to settle numerous grievances with the j
company.
Old age pensions, stock partner- j
ships, and life insurance, together with I
an increase in wages and a reduction
In working hours, all of which benefits j
to employees will begin on August 1 :
of this year, were announced by offl- i
cers of the Studebaker corporation at
South Bend. Ind. Some of the 6.000
roen and women will benefit under the
grant, which Is said to be one of the :
greatest steps In behalf of the work-
ers taken by any American corpora- |
__ tion.
A co-operative movement by striking
“Hard-Boiled” Smith's Wife Also Says He's Cruel nH,hini‘,s 1,;a,nd- ni,. *nrt
J uvl approved hy the Central Labor Union.
has for Its object the buying of food-
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from imminent death at the hands of
a Russian firing squad, paid her p«a-
wage to the United States and loaned
her $1,700 to pay her living expenses
mud tuition at Simmons college, only
to have her Jilt him for a handsomer
tnnn. He wants the $1,709 back and
also $10,000 for a broken heart.
The plaintiff says they met in Rus-
sia about a year ago. The girl bad
:rouble with the authorities
because of her political views and
wras sentenced to be shot. Swarthe. falling in love at first sight, rescued her.
hid her nnd with her catne to America.
During the escape he asserts they planned to be married, but decided to
delay the ceremony until they saved some money. This decision made. Swartbe
claims he loaned Miss Harish $1,700 and she began her studies at Simmons
college.
He called on her at intervals, but at length noted that her attitude toward
him was different from what It had been during the dismal Journey across the
Atlantic. He asserts that she became enamored of another man
O \X DIEGO. CAI..- Mrs Marguerite Michel Smith has filed In the superior
0 court a petttlou asking for a divorce from Lieut. F. II. Smith, who was
give* the sobriquet of “Hard-Boiled" by the men of the American army. She
alleged brutal treatment. Smith's ca-
reer as commander of prison camp No.
2 In France recently came in for
congressional investigation.
Mrs. Smith said Smith waa first
called “Hard Boded" Smith by his
men while be waa autioued at Camp
Kearny. She added be seemingly took
pride In the sobriquet.
Mrs Smith waa a San Diego girl
at the time of her marriage to Lieu-
tenant Smith on March 16, 1918. At
that time Smith was a lieutenant in
stuffs by ali union men there from Chi
cage wholesale houses. The unionists
charge that too high prices are asked
in Rockford.
All the employees of the Siemens-
Schuckert company, one of the largest
electrical firms In Germany, went on
strike. The strikers number 30,000.
cents. If It Is found the company can-
not meet the increase the city council
will be asked to allow the company to
increase Its fares.
Several hundred Boston policemen
have expressed themselves In favor
ot affiliation with the American Fed-
eration of Labor. The chief reason for
their action, it was said, is that they
have had great difficulty In getting a
salary of $1,000 a year, whereas Chi-
cago policemen who are associated with
organized labor are about to receive
salaries of $2,000 a year.
Work In all departments of the Bos-
ton navy yard was suspended while
the mechanics Joined In a parade and
mass meetlnc to protest aeainst the
announcement that the working force
of 8.000 must be reduced by at least
1,900. to square with the cut In naval
appropriations made by congress. It
was said that the walkout was vir-
tually complete.
Demands for wages of $1 an hour
for oilers, firemen, boiler washers and
maintenance men. and $125 a month
for coal passers at the Chicago city wa-
terworks were made by James B. Con-
roy, business acent of the -Internation-
al Union of Stationary Firemen and
Oilers at a conference with Water
Commissioner Edward E. Wall and
Charles Hertensteln. president of the
efficiency board.
Chief of Mines Button of Harris-
burg. Pa., was informed by the attor-
ney general that questions relative to
establishment of barrier pillars in min-
ing operations are not tb be de-
termined by the attorney general, but
by the mine experts, who constitute
the proper tribunal under the law. and
that the mine Inspector in charge of
the district must arrange a meeting
and hold hearings.
J. Hochman. president of Ix>cal No.
100 of the International Ladies' Gar-
ment Workers' union announced that
the Chicago manufacturers had grant-
ed an Increase In wages and better
conditions, and a proposed strike had
beeu called off.
A settlement of the strike of the
Ha«kell-Rarker Car company’s plant,
at Michigan City, Ind.. has been ef-
fected by Wed L Felck. mediator for
the United States department of labor.
This new salvaging submarine, designed by Simon Lake, permitting men
without divers’ costumes to walk on the bottom of the ocean, was put to a
severe test in New York harbor over the wreck of a government bout sunk
during the war. At the right is a photograph of Mr. I^ike.
BIDDING THE YEOMEN (F) FAREWELL
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When President Wilson shook hands
the other day with Mrs. H. W. Somers,
wife of General Somers of Civil war
fame, he was Uie twentieth chief ex-
ecutive of the United States to whom
she had been introduced. Mrs. Somers
made her debut at the White House
on the arm of Daniel Webster when
Wiflinm Harrison was president. The
aged lady declares that since that time
I ?he has attended ninny of the social
! functions given by presidents and that
| she was intimately acquainted with
I many of the executives. Washington
i lias been her home for 90 years. De-
I spite her advanced age she Is very
j active and in the stormiest or hottest
' weather can be seen among her word*
—the poor.
The Slemens-Sebuckert men struck be- | The eight-hour day, time and one-half
cause of the discharge of 10.000 of
their fellow workers at two other
plants of the company in Siemstradt.
Postmaster William R Csrlile. upon
the request of a congressional com-
mission. has begun preparation of sta-
tittles on the cost of living and local
the One Hundred and Itfty-elghth infantry, an Arlaona National Guard organ- tabor conditions to support his request
Uation, which was imrt of the Fortieth division. He had done recruiting duty
for (he regiment before it was sent to Camp Kearny.
Mrs. Smith said soon after her marriage she beard Smith was harsh with
his men and that some of them sent her word of their troubles with
She said she pleaded with Smith to bo leas sever*, but “be
to bis attitude."
for an Increase In pay for the 9,000 j
employee* of the Chicago office.
The peace committee of the French
chamber of deputle* heard Foreign
pay for overtime and an Increase in
wages approximating 15 per cent were
granted the men.
Because of a lack of funds with
which to pay them, employees of the
navy yards over the country will be
dismissed in large numbers this fiscal
year. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
announced that the present combined
This photograph shows the yeomen <
States navy being mastered out on the gro
strains of Jazs. reviewed by Secretary
moments interspersed with wit and sorro
its setting. They will be retained for clerb
assuming civil status.
) and raannettes ot me Lrated
nds of the White House. To the
iels and naval officers, and with
the farewell was picturesque la
il service in the navy department.
Heard at Loogwood.
“So Blank, our old hard bitter,
doesn't play any more. Is he recon-
i died to married life?"
“I guess so. The other morning I
, saw him sifting ashes through his
old tennis racket."
On the Beach.
“This seashore resort reminds to®
j of Sunday morning.”
“So quiet, eh?"
“Not that. The belles are peeling,
don’t you know."—Boston Transcript.
POSTSCRIPTS
For the
hack
►mfort of the occupants of
Canada's crop of maple sugar and
•Irup will likely be this season 3.000.-
force of 85.000 would be cut to 00.000 qqq pounds below the average.
Some Romance Needed.
If life has never led you down the
ts of automobiles wind shields ; paths of romance, go in search of IL
patented, formed of wings j Find It In books—lose yourself In ro-
med to delight Minister Ptehon on international la-
bor. He explained that Germany.
or 63.000 before next July 1.
Establishing $12.50 as the minimum
weekly wage for woman worker* in
mantle plays. For, you need romance.
Let it lift you out of the workaday
Greet Britain. France. Italy and Ger-
many. It Is estimated, have accumu-
lated d*bts ranging from 30 to more
It Is reported here that Smith, serving a sentence of a year and a half ta without forming part of the society
the disciplinary barracks. Castle William. Governor's island, for ilFtr
of pri-toners under his charge it the Cfeelles farm prison camp near Perth M
pp the verge of a nervous breakdown.
II* U in constant dread of attack by kis fallow
candy factories, the Massachusetts mia- tJjan p*p cent of their national
lraum wage commission announced
of nadous. could enter Into the con-
ference of labor provided for In the
peace treaty on the demand of the
conference
i that this amount had been agreed upon
wealth.
ilany ingenious substitutes sre he-
nf £t9** That can be adjusted In
desired position.
Lond u shipping clerks have formed world and refresh you.
a clerk’s union to protect the interests _
of shipping clerks as to hours, coodl-
, tions. salary, etc.
I Minimum wages affecting 12 Indus-
tries employing approximately 400
Cattallo a Hybrid.
The cattallo Is an animal one par-
ent of which Is the buffalo and ths
other the cow. The hybrids have been
as the least on which a self-supporting ,nf ^^pioyed 1» England for the win- ; women tare recently been fixed by the raised In considerable numbers on a
woman could meet the cost of living
and maintain herself in health
dow glass which has been broken in
the last four years. ___
Manitoba
board.
(Canada) minimum wage
cattle rf**-**
Texaa
tn the Panhandle of
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