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NO. 3422. WEATHER: SNOW. WASHINGTON. D. C.. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1916. ONE CEN I- -- -- - - --
ALL LABOR F
UNDONE BI
PLAN, SA
Minority Report of H
Measure Attacks I
Hour N
FIXES MINIMUM,
Declares Rider Would Decrea
Machinery and Work I
Without Effectin
By JOSEP
The Herald prcents exclusive
Repre'entative J ames A. Gallivan,
the Borland rider to the legi-lativ
ctablih a mintimum workday of e
\Vashington. The present minimur
Representative Gallivan virtua
preparat,,ry ti the resumption in 1
the lcgislative bill. The report, pra
I ndoea All Labor Reform.
It involves legislation utterly
r t to all recent legislation of
-a- inil nation which recognizes the
Sminmg of hcuro of labor as a funds
ment i p.m iiple of human welfare.
If ;a ted t would result in a de
c . r ,fic.ncy in the administrative
tachiitnery of th- national government
ant -:i imany instances cause a disloca
tt n . work tantamount to utter de
moralization.
. It would work hardships upon
thousands of patriotic, unselfish, hard
working employes of the government
without accomplishing any good either
of economy or increased efficiency.
. I It involves new legislation on an
appropriation bill, contrary to the rules
of the House of Representatives.
' It involves legislation directly and
vitally affecting the economic and social
Ife of approximately 35,000 employes of
ilhe government. The proposal has been
the. subject of no investigation by a
-ompetent body and has been written
into the bill practically without conmd
eration or discussion of any kind Md
over 'be pr?" af the efiman
sibcommitee who wrote tne bill.
Section 6 is urged as another advahce
in the direction of limiting the hours of
labor. As a matter of fact it represents
the first step In a new direction-limiting
the hours of freedom. It places absolutely
To limit on the hours of labor beyond
that set by human endurance or the
calendar.
Contrary to Eight-hour Principle.
Th- proposal Involved-to require not
.ss than eight hours work a day of em
ployes in the government executive de
Partments-is unsound in conception and
'icious in operation and its enactment
would prove a legislative aid economic
boomerang form whic2h the entire country
woild suffer.
The proposed amendment to exIsting
law ii advanced as an application of
the eight-hour working day to the gov
ertnment departments. In fact, It is a
%i7,ous and open attack upon the principle
and practice of the eight-hour day. No
man who believes in the justice of an
eight-hour workday can conscientiously
support this proposal. It places no imit
upon the workday; it merely places a
limit upon the hours of freedom gov
ernment clerks shall be permitted. The
eight-hour law establishes a maximum
wrkday; this legislative proposal seeks
to establish a minimum work day.
Ex:sting law requires a seven-hour
workday for government clerks; exgri
ance has shown the averace workday
7s far in excess of the seven-hour mini
mum requirement. Existing law provides
no overtime compensation; Section 6 pro
Poses none. .\n essential feature of the
eight-hour law-or any law fixing a
miximum workday-is that labor in
excess of the maximum shall receite
extra compeneation.
It has heen urged that this proposai
s on al fours with previous legisla
ton, applying the eight-hour day to othcr
employes of tho government outside of
Washin;;ton. Nothing coutld be farther
from the truth. Far from eliminating
a di crimination in favor of government
clrke employrd in Wa shington. it creates
a discrimination in favor of government
eerks employed elsewhere. In 1911. Con
.:esas Incorporated in the postoffice ap
proepr~atlion hill at ei.;ht-hor miaximumi
r- tiremient (section. ; stat. .4,. It
' arried in section 311. Postal Laws and
I-;.,lations. is follows:
rI miii first and sconil clas' lost..
-fm es shall be required to work not
tore itian extht hours a dlay: psevidled
Cit Ithe ight hours of serv ice shall not
* t'-adt over a longer period than ten
c-onse.ntill e hours and the schedules o1
w'orking of the employcs shall be regu
lated accordingly.
2In case of emnet genc:y or If the needs
of the scrvice require, clerks in first and
second class postoffices can he required
to work in excess of eight hours a day
and for such additional services they
shall be paid extra in proporation to
their salaries as fixed by law.
As no compensation is provided In this
proposal for overtime. the effect of this
would he to force upon the governmetl
-lerk affected a workday varying from
eight to twenty-fouir hours. Titus the
l'nited States government woul~i be
CONTLUtED ON~ PAGE TWO.
EFORM
(BORLAND
YS GALLIVAN
ouse Committee Insists
Principle of Eight
Vorkday.
NOT MAXIMUM
se Efficiency of Government's
iardship on Thousands '
g Any Economy.
H P. ANNIN.
ly herewith the minority report of
of Massachusetts, dissenting from
appropriation bill, which seeks to
ight hours for government clerks in
ai requirement is seven hours.
liv concluded his report last night,
ie House today of consideration of
etically in full, follows:
MAIL THIEVES
GET $500,000
Four Registered Mail Pouches
on Washington-New York
Train Lost.
TWO BAGS FROM CAPITAL,
VALUED AT MILLION, SAFE
Shipment From Riggs Bank Reported
0. K.-Mysry Shrouds Manner
Theft Took Place.
SpecI t. nor Washiagte Ralw.
New York, Fe. .-Postoflce inspec
tors admitted tonight that an arrest
Is momentarily expecifb as the result
of the theft hems of four pouches com
tainig rgatLe msal of an estimated'
-M.,_ of or,.
In many respects the theft has proved
one of the most mysterious the postal
authorities have had to contend with in
many years. Committed early Saturday
morning, it was kept quiet until today.
pending a thorough investigation.
The essential details, as outlined by the
authorities, are as follows:
Baltimore and Ohio train No. 5:0 left
Washington Friday night at 8 o'clock.
arriving at Jersey City at 2:56 o'clock
Saturday morning.
On board were six registered mail
pouches in charge of J. H. McCall, of
Baltimore. Three pouches contained
Baltimore mail; three contained Wash
inston mail.
At Jersey City the registered mall was
placed and locked in a screened truck,
after being checked off, to be taken tol
Manhattan.
In checking out the six registered
pouches at the new postoffice the loss of
four of the pouches was discovered. They
dldippearcd while the truck was en
route from Jersey City.
The two most imrortant pouches, one
from the Riggs Bank, in Washington,
and the other from the Treasury Depart
men. were not taken. Unofficial sources
estimate that these two pouches contain
ed mail valued at $l,000,000.
AUTO DRIVER EXONERATED.
Coroner's Jury Relieven E. H. Mo
sker of Blame for Man's Death.
sirral ,0> Te; Washinztoa Herald.
Mount Rainier. Md., Feb. 23.-A coro
ner's jury tonight voted 9 to 3 to exon
erate Edgar If. Mosher of blame for the
death of Theodore Maske, who was killed
by an automobile driven tby Mosher on
tIhe Marlboro Pike early Sunday morning.
Maske died at Emergency Hospital.
Washington. Sunday evening.
The jury was out from 8 until 10:30
o'clock. It Is understood three votes
were taken. The first vote is reported to
have been 7 to 5 to hold Mosher for man
slaughter. The second is said to have
been 5 to 5. and the final vote 9 to . for,
acquittal. Justice of the Peace Robert
E. Joyce accepted the verdict and dis-!
charged the jury.
.Germany Makes Protest
Ieie. Swaitzerlandr, Feb. 2S.-It was
rtate-i htere this aftcrtnoon that Germany
has sent a strong protest to Portugal
concerning the action of the latter coun
try in seizing German steamers.
ishop: Killed by Robber.
Uicnai hio. Feb. 28.-The Rev.
Thotmas C. Carter, of Chattanooga.
Tenn. a biashopl of the United Brethren
Church, died today from injuries sus
tained when he was assaulted and robbed
eight days ago.
Lieutenant Governor Dies Suddenly.I
Riverside, Cal., Feb. 28.-Lieut. Gov.
John Eshelman suffered a hemorrhage
at the Southern Pacific Club. at Indlo,
today, death resulting Instantly.
Visit New Orleass, Nebile, Peasacee
During Mardi Gras. Low round-tripi
fares. Febr. 28 to Mar. 6. Through sleep
ing cars. Southern Rty., 705 11th at.
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FRENCH BEA
GERMAN(
ABOUT F
30,000 Wounded Sol
on Snow-clad S
Eighth Da
FIGHTING OVER
Tremendous Encircling Move
Hordes While the Kaiser an<
Battlefield-Enormo1
Speeiali Cable to The
Lianplon. Feb. 2-.-The el-i'hth
w~ ith. ut a deci-ive \ iet ry ft r lie
The tide of battle el bic all' I
toda, antl w a marked l %i-knt
ilia bloyc4,nthet.
Red Cro'. -urgeoni e1tiinated 1
if uth armies are din1 in the -
conlrade> dare not attempt their r
For milsc, around the battlct
while hundred, of bodie,. carriei
the Terrain. are beiing -wept i the
over.
NEW SUB WAR
ON TONIGHT
Teutons, Confident of Being
Within Law, Will Launch
Their Crusade.
BERLIN SAYS ATTACKS WILL
NOT BE MADE WITHOUT PROOF
No Further Action By U. S. Until
Appendices to Memorandum
Are Received.
The German goverument n otite the
I'nited States yesterday that its new
submarine campaign agaiTst eremy
nerchantnen Is lustfrird imIer m
national law and w:ll be Iaunchsd. as
planned, this midnicht
At the tame time offsiRia Of the
.4tate Department and the Ge7rran
Embassy said they were not appren
hensle of ne' suhma-nne 1iin. lit.!
wthile negotiations are pending
The German Ambassador told Sec-re
taiv Ianinsg that to passenger ves-el
will ie attacked unless the submarire
commander has positive proof that it
'is armed
Semi-official warnirc was oiven
laier from high admiristtration quar
Sr isat .\mermsans til take Paliage
nm rassenger veese'. armd fo:
de'f-nt :.t their peril.
Secreta.y Lnm-ing :ecrved tie 4ir
n olvunication wiithout enme'
1 annone sarcrrunrd that tls,
t-nitrl *States n ,I take no further .e
1:on until tie append:ees to th, ;et
n inmeiolandumr, aiting what 4r
miany c'orter-ds Is Proof of negal 's'
of :inanent by British mercin'mn.
reeied ftrom Berln
Appendices %etred.
In iS, connetion the trp< c r
Wahington 'esterday t hat these or
pi'ndices had heen seized by the -I I
ovsernmcrt fr m the stcamer
AmlIerdail and takcs fr-m1 th - u >5 r
* irtmei'.z i '.. sri n e rv
i.endoni i.mcinl e la eurvc.6 V
e - . lt thre admilted tiC -
not 1o hat ad herno of tie sp
iicse the' wre djispathe: fotm
Berin. by .mbamsdar Gerard
tifcials n minitted also I - t eizre of a
dip'omati pourhi. *erta a T ,
!ainin: the iort i t iph oto aphh Id,
of 'rititsh se r'l I d 0'd li! w l a
serious il st or 1) tu -en thi 1 nI
States and ;iint R itai. Thic refu.s
!c'mment until cfi : rep s s re aa
The onmmi::.tion f-on, r- -
ered to Serretar, Laninoz ho I ,t tie
announed submsime campagn I- r
coitrav-ne earlir ass.uranc-s C 'V1
Pr.ited States that nio unresisting hn
itll be sunk without warning
FOUR MORE SHIPS SUNK.
One oif V easels Hospital Craft--aone
Loss of life.
I .tndon Feb. 3.--F. ur more vessels
wtetc ittik t oria). They are t he South
ford, fozrme rly I the iinddad . brit ih
eve;the Italians hospital asi' Mare
lhiars; the Russian oteam.-hip Pe:h,-nga
and~ an univdenthied Osuelich ste-nm. -.
Enchl sinking ws acompanl d b' Itss
if lif . but in ino ca' wit the stcrirnw
as gi-at as mi tiihe ls of the P'. & 0
litter MtalIoja ertsrday.
Cotton~ Ship Afire.
bngloa.ddwt cotton and othter Siar
ruppilis for Rtuesia tire broke out ithia
afternoon on board the British steamni u
Furymn'hus at h'r dock in Broukhi n
The ft-r burned an hour.
Es ery Day--the Right Way
to Atgusa. Aike.. ColoNta. Aursa pca
Ie, Washtantam.t f p-m. js m husar-bAd_
T BACK
)FFENSIVE
DRT VERDUN
liers of Both Sides Lie
lopes at End of
y of Battle.
100-MILE FRONT
ment Launched By Teuton
I Crown Prince Survey Vast
is Losses Reported.
% ma'blstem Iter.
ha-tt \tcrdun ended
f i !earl\ I0 wl'iles
tad :t~cr attack.. each ill
r : anl tain( cir
d ceredn 5 en fl n renp
i-- Cc -trem hcxr-co
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ersmanf on Offiis.
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new d::ve ' : m agn
Un both piej p the -oa.7 S' mn
P. to S ;al.. . - r d hed
rl where tottt ,. u ,.rn the Terv h
madne their gT , ?mattb. Ib Te or,
haie blasted the 7 way 'o ai- fo,
gain o I . rs Tr, ,port f' r
car: . of Naat in - te -e.
ruch I ter i.nr Tt'ne ' I. e tak-g
mr-. than to Frnrch pr'snners &n-1
nm11m- r nn gun.
So me iti I br'14 e thst 1h, y , a
tacks i r n a a1e )- .d i *,&menia^a
rpu.h on the etile tront o norm thA
t0 mileP fror the q'M tp L:se
Terrige Attacks ILamaebeL
Abtout V t e Grna tg
:nun, hing terrl . r a * 7-- t- S.
Mill-i Saib-nt "1 *'lae. - h as T-.
Ihn ta te n "ic t e s' T
11:
tre rest for'- d e. e t r - r.1 U5
d ta reaD a ou
The tier-et .. e 1" i
arnu- .1 Te I im-*.non - ct of '
Freh,,- neiprnie
*t yrr-rt- -
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h 1 - a r
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tie-r. thr ; . C
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N transporta n i vN .
tVerun thre~ rma,
Urges Sabbath Observance.
beflort h lit aa e~ l'i sc' l' a '. r
lode,. n: k' -( me7 mbre7p < t he
ti 'ilatun,. of the Sa bbatL
Policeman Shot by Relative.
Son-ow', Pa. Feb 3-P n ira (I .
N, ir n0i shot to anthi b h
fath-, --aw. Frank 7 ;mIa. :, a fam'id
quiarrel tralat. tuida IId a nd i' hemg71
sUo.:t hI th iii
Billion Dollar Loan Approved.
PetrogradI. Feb. 2' -The finance c-omm1it
ti 7 of th Du;no. ruecided over by P'r.
lde- Ni0~1 a.ts pp--v-ed Ithe new war
loani for St .L'."'"a. T he luan it ll run
f-i 77 'en ear. P'7 ing ---~ eri cet.
$775 te New Oreamar, S25.M5 te Nebile
and Pen~a.ceta and Hetera.
Baltim1 :'0 C~ '7- : 7hio. t. uarv ':t to7
M~arch '7: ttalid u2,tl M.rch. 17 I tay
be exte't'ed t- Ap'I 7. AEtk agents [er
paricularas-.--Ad.