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VOMB. \IiA8KA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918.
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NO. 2498. .
15 DAY SUPPLY SUGAR RELEASED
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
KILLED, RESULT OF
AIR-RAID LONDON
LONDON, Feb. 17—The Huns again
made a raid on the City of London,
Oreenwich, Pilsbury, Kingston, South
end and many more of the small sur
roundings towns doing much damage
and causing the loss of many lives,
mostSy women and children. A con
certed attack was made by the enemy
planes to wreck Buckingham and St
James Palace and the famous British
Museum. Many bombs were dropped
over Buckingham Palace, the king's
residence, but missed completely: St
James’ Pajaoe and the British Museum
however, were not quiet so fortunate,
two bombs struck the extreme North
East corner of St James Palace but
no serious damage was done. The
West wing of the British Museum
was struck and caught fire but owing
to the heroic efforts of the firemen
the fire was qulskly extinguished. The
British Museum is about the greatest
institution of its kind in the world
It contains the worlds most famous
collections of Hgyptain, Assy rein,
Greek and Ramtan antiquities; also
the Klgin Marbles many priceless en
gravings, drawings and etchings, and
a library of more than 2,000,000 vol
itions. The Tswer Bridge was also
struck but no serious damage done.
All London railway stations as well
as the railway yards and supply depots
were damaged to a, great extern and
many of the employees were killed or
injured. Mostly all airdomes in and1
about London were slightly damaged
also alroplane factories, bridges, pow
der and shell plants In the surrounding
a
cities were wrecked or fired. The fact
that the attack was made under cover
of night and a heavy fog prevented our
batteries of ajxti-aircraft gims from
being very effective as the gunners
were unable to distinguish between
our fliers and those of the enemy. The
enema- were finally driven off by the
concentrated efforts of our gunners
and flyers with the loss to them of
three <4 their largest machines, which
were captured .two more ao badly
wrecked that they fell Into the sea
and six reported to have been damaged
but which were able to elude pursuit
in the fog. The people are demanding
that more precautions be taken by the
government for the protection of the**
living In the outlying districts an$
away from the capital.
RAILROAD COMPANY
PAYS STARVATION WAGES*
TO WOMEN WAGE SLAVES
POSTSV1LR Penn. Keb. 17—The ex
tent to which the employment of wo
men workers is being? carried by the
railroads, is shown by the fact; that
the number is large enough for the
women to form unions of their own.
The Pennslyvania Railway Co., has
been a pioneer in this respect and has
•vow thousands of women employed
in and around its shops and terminals
and also as section hands working on
road upkeep. The Lehigh Valley took
the hunch from the Pennslyvania and
hired women by the thousands, not so
much because erf the scarcity of labor
but because of the fact that, female
labor was much cheaper. The women
working for the Lehigh Co., received
the munificent sum of 11.80 per day.
The day to consist of as many hours
as the company saw fit. But women i
must eat, to live, as well as men, so ■
these women decided that in order
to have enough to eat; they must have i
he money to purchase foo<l in suffi
:ient quantities. So they formed a
anion of their own and requested that
.hey he given $2.00 per day and that
he day consist of nine hours.
The company claimed they were be
ng held up and ordered the slaves
jack to work, lvut the women struck
and they refuse to go back unless their
lomands are eompled with. We’ll all
Je Americans soon if the profiteers
ire allowed to have their own w; y.
WILSON SAYS WILLING
ADDRESS WORKERS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17—President
Wilson today stated that, if necessary
tie will go before the working men
personally and explain to them, that
he has at no time considered the sit
uation so critical, as to entertain for a
salnute, any proposal to confiscate la
IkQr. That the labor unrest through
pot the country was caused by the
profiteering, unstandandi nation of
wages and enforced idleness; the Pres
ident said, he believed, true, to a great
extent but that he hoped the newly
designed National Labor Policy would
soon eliminate all this. Rompers and
President Hutchinson, of the ship car
penters, expressed it as their opinion
that the new labor policy would end
all unrest, as alii labor will be on a
salary basis so idleness will not be
forced when material becomes short
for a time.
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GRAFTING COAL
DEALER PINCHED
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BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 17.—
With one coal dealer, who found it
impossible to supply coal orders
and paid for, is under arrest on an
ernen hundred charges and 36,000
tons of enlhracite destined for Bal
timore bold on a siding at East
Philadelphia, the coal famine here
asumed serious proportions today.
The police hare taken steps to
prevent trouble at several big yards
In the northeastern sections.
L. B. Willinger is the man under
arrest. He has been ordered by the
court to fill the orders ho accepted,
return the money ,or go to jail.
Baltimore and Ohio officials admit
ted today that 35,000 tons of coal
for Baltimore were on the Pennsyl
vania and Reading tracks at Pbila
t
delphia, but said that they cculd
only handle a small percentage of
the cars.
Congested conditions at the Balt
imore and Ohio terminals and the
current embargo are blamed.
FROM PARIS
AND SEATTLE
Paris, Feb. 17.—All the corn in
France will be requisitioned at an
early date. Mauripe Long, minister
of provisions, announced in the
Chamber of Deputies. All the
grinding mills will be put undar
government control, so that bread
may be supplied throughout France
at the same price. ,
■ SKATTLE, Feb. 17.—Captein Al
exander Allan arrived here today
from Hershel Island. He mashed
down to Chitina where he boarded
& train on the Copper River Rail
road. Capt. Allan reports that
Soffanson is wintering on Hershel
Island and expects to leave by the
way of Bartes Island in the spring
and go North over the Beaufort Sea,
returning about 100 doys later.
Bring your forfeiture notices to Uu
Industrial Worker
INVESTIGATING EGGS
AND SUGAR N. Y.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Enough
sugar for more than a week was
distributed yesterday among the de
lears in this city. This sugar that
had been bought for neutral count
ries, but held in this port by the
food embargo.
The order for the release of this
was made by Geo. M. Rolph two
weeks ago, but disagreements over
the price arose.
,The owners of the sugar had
paid an average of seven cents a
pound. They refused to accept
the government price of eight cents,
rhe cost price finally was agreed
upon.
Dealers will pay about seven
:ents for the sugar, accepting a
small profit. The amount distrib
uted is about 10,000 tons, or e
aough to supply all the domestic
»n inuatrlal nees of New York, un
der normal conitions for 10 days.
With the present sugar conserva
tion measuhes in operation, t is
ucpeeted th» sugar released will a
mount to a 16-day supply. There
remains in storage 16,750 tons of
neutral sugar which may be releas
ed next week.
Members of the Cuban sugar com
mittee at 111 Wall street. The dif
ference of one-quarter of a cent a
pound between the price set by the
sugar division of the United States
food administration and the price
of cents set by President Men
ocal for Cuban sugar f. o. b. Havana
was under consideration. No agree
ment was reached.
Dr. Henry Moscovitz, city com
missoner of markets, issued this
statement, designed to check a grow
ing salt panic in New York.
“I have been informed from reli
able sources there is a run on salt,
and salt is being sold at three and
in some places, four cents a pound.
There is plenty of salt available,
if consumers will buy in normal
quantities. Abnormal demand
would bring about a condition in
which hoarders and profiteers
thrive.”
P. Q. Foy, publisher of the Daily
New York Market report, told how
a. deficit of 20,000,000 pounds of
butter on February 1, 1917, has
been changed to a surplus of 2,015, .
000 pounds over amount in storage j
on February 1, 1918. Butter pric
es have fallen in the past week.
Foy also gave figures to show
that New York has millions of dozens
of eggs, more than can be used at
tho normal rate of consumption in
this city.
On February l6t in 58 warehouses
mostly in New York and vicinity
and Chicago.thcre were 2,$86,000
cases of storage eggs, thirty dozen j
to the case. On February 1st
there were 2,241,000 cases, an in
crease of 645,000 cases for this
year. In New York City alone, with
one storage warehouse not report
ing, there are 732,000 cases of eggs.
Eggs at wholesale were 33V& to 34
cents a dozen. Two chain store con
cerns are selling nine eggs for
25 cents retail, while others sell
seven for a quarter.
"Women have responded to the
appeal of the food adminic'.raton by
using nut margarine, oleomargar
ine and other butter substitutes, at
least for sooking,” said Mr. Foy.
On February 1st, 57 warehouses
contained 70,571,000 pounds of
butter, agat'ist 68,556,000 pounds
stored the same day last year, an
increase of 2,015,000 pounds since
lest November and 22,015,000
since last July.
Arthur Williams, Federal food
idministrator for New York City,
igain emphasised the need of guard
ng tho food supplies in New York,
jointing to the losses sustained in
l Brooklyn warehouse due to the
:ollapse of the floors. He said:
“The owners of food warehouses
»eem hesitant about asking for
guards. These places must he
itrongly guarded** for they are all
he units of the arsenals of the
lation, and the public roust help
n every way possible to prevent
lestructlon of their contents."
Mr. Wflliams, with R. D. Cooper,
Mbert Mannng and J. D. Miller of
.he Dairyman’s league, conferred
with Administrator Hoover in Wash
ngton yesterday. It is thought an
irrangement by which the price
>f milk can be adjusted in this
jity will result.
Cooper, who is president of the
eague, said that if the government
iecided to determne the merits of
ho farmer’s contention that the
price be raised, no further increas
es over those set for January will
ao considered by the dairyman un
:il the commission has reported its
findings.
Reasonable prices, and first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
InanuT.
EMERGENCY FLEET BOARD
GRANTS INCREASE IN WAGE
SHIPYARD EMPLOYEES
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 17.—
The Emergency Fleet Wage Board
today announced their findings in
the settlement of wages and con
ditions in fourteen shipyards and all
the men on strike in these yards
will return to work Monday. The
Board grants an increased wage on
♦»,« boat* of an eight hour day,
time and a half for all emergency
overtime, the abolition of the piece
work and bonus system and all
overtime which is not absolutelynec
cssary. The board will immediately
take under advisement, the cases
of the other yards and express it
as their opinion that work in all
yards will be running smoothly In
a very short time.
Since the Board has eliminated
all other points of contention affec
ing the other yards, the Carpent
ers and other workers, now on
strike, in the Baltimore District,
express their willingness to also re
Take Notice.
Basket-ball and Base-ball players. /
Practice games will commence
promptly at 7:45 P. M. in the Eagle
Hall, tomorrow evening. Prepara
tory for the Athletiquc Tornei
which will be staged in the Eagle
Hall on next Thursday Night.
they fully believe the Board will
also rule in their favor. Many of
:he leaders having exprcsed them
selves to the effect that they shall
turn to work Monday mornng as
give freely of thoir l?.bor to support
any plan of tho government but
that they will net stand for being
robbed for the profit of any cor
poration.
SERIOUS FIRE AT
CAMP, DEVINS; MASS.
Camp Devins, Ayer, Mass., Feb.
17.—Seventeen lost their lives and
850 were endangered in a blaze
that threatened the hosptel at Ayer
(Mass.) encampment.
Fire start'ed' in the army base
hospital hero early today, jeopard
izing the lives of 850 soldier par
tients. Bythe prompt action on the
part of the recruits, the flames
were extinguished before they
could reach the main hospital
buildings. Seventeen patients in
one of the several structures form
ing the medical and surgical sec
ions of the national army camp were
burned to death by the sudden col
lapse of the building.
The guard .who first saw the
flames gavo the alarm after he
had tried single-handed to fight the
fire. The sound of tho shot a*
roused the camp, and In lees than
three seconds the buglers wore blow
ing the fire call. The camp turned
out to the man to fight the blaze.
General Hodges, the commanding
officer, arrived and took charge.
A call was sent to Ayer for aid, but
by the time the aparatus arrived
the flames had spread to the receiv
ing ward The blaze was soon under
control, however. Tho cause of the
fire has not yet been ascertained.
It was first ascribed to an explosion
of an oil stove. Oil stoves are used
in all camp buildings as tho steam
heating apparatus is not yet in op
eration.
General Hodges immediately in
stituted an investlgaton to find the
cause of tho blaze.