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THE LABOR ADVOCATE
Building Contracts, Contractors ana
Sub - Contractors
Residence Alterations in country
home at Loveland, O. Owner, George
Sawjcr; architect, Clias. K. Strong, St.
Paul Hidg., Cincinnati, 0. Contract
awarded to Win. Miller & Son.
Oil Station Oil Station No. o, to be
built at McLean avenue and Barnard
street. Owner, the Moore Oil Co.; archi
tects, Samuel llannaford & Sons, Hul
bcrt Mock, Cincinnati, O. Contracts
awarded as follows: Kxcavation,' con
crete and cement work, Chas. V. Mac
sclierjt Co.; brick and cut stone work,
I'latt it Dickinson; carpenter work, the
M. Marcus lluilding Co.; rooGng and
sheet metal work, Edw. 1 Anspach;
tile, the Martina Mosaic and Tile Co,;
painting, Uertling liros. ; plumbing, Thos.
Canary; electric work, Al Becker &
Son.
lilectric Wiring Electric wiring in
residence to be built on Maker place,
Hast Walnut Hiljs. Owner, W. Y. Cart
wright ; architects, Tictig it Lee, Fourth
National Bank Building, Cincinnati, O.
Contract awarded to W. Ci. Renter.
Residence Two brick and stucco resi
dences to be built at Red way avenue and
Winding Way. Owner, W. A. R. Bruehl,
Sr, and W. A. R. Bruehl, Jr.; archi
tects, C. C. & K. A. Weber, Citizens'
Bank Building, Cincinnati, O. Contracts
awarded as follows : Tile and marble
work, T. J I. Winston Co.; haidware
iloors, Herbert it Glesscn ; roofing, R. L.
Brown ; concrete and cement work, the
Hilling Artificial Stone Co.; excavation
and masonry, Kred Schmidt & Co.; biick
work, J. L. McDeimot; cut stone, the
Cincinnati Composite Stone Co.; stairs,
Borchcrding it Co.; painting and glazing,
A J Miller; plastering, A. W. Hay it
Son, plumbing, II. I'riuU; electric work,
Fischer Bros. Co.; iron work, If. Ley
& to.
Lighting Fixtures Fixtiucs for In
firmary Building, at Lebanon, Warren
County, O. Owners, the County Com
missioners; aichitects, Weber, Werner
& Adkins, Mercantile Library Building,
Cincinnati, O. Contract awarded to the
People's Gas Fixture Co., and for haul
ware for same building to Fischer Bros.
Co
II W. Cordes, owner, builder and
architect, to build a UJj-story frame
dwelling on east side of F.ast Hill ave
nue, north of I'ogue avenue. Cost,
$ro,M!0.
II L l'acboud Co., owner and builder,
to build a iiji-story brick dwelling at
a inn Orcculawn avenue. Cost, $:i,7fi().
Same, to build a !i4story frame resi
dence at .'MM Fvaustou avenue. Cost,
92,Utm.
Same, to build a L'JJ-Mnry frame resi
lience at XIKI Kvanston aenuc. Cost,
Albert Berold, owner, to build a frame
dwelling on northwest coiner of Dixon
and Sturgis avenues. W. C. Lobitz,
builder; C. E. Menefee, aichitect. Cost,
$.r.,(00
C Ci llaynes, owner, IM 11 Beeclunont
avenue, to build a frame store at the
above address. I!. K. Hart, contractor
and architect. Cost, $ I, '-Mill.
Carl Jalmigau, owner ami builder, :t1 15
Markbreit avenue, to build two IJJ
story frame dwellings on eas,t side of
Tel. M. 3I5S Dr. C. E. M.rtin, Mgr.
ALBANY
DENTISTS
134 West Fourth Street Cincina.ti, 0.
Mich's Jewelry Store
Diamonds, Watches
930-32 W. Liberty St.
Whynot
Cigars
"ALWAYS
GOOD"
WM. O. IIUSS
Annt
V1NC ANIJ CALHOUN
STKEIiiS
ALHAMBRA
CINCINNATI'S
"HOUSE OF QUALITY"
Showinq the Cream of Amuriciin
Feature Productions
Trr TIi.
Comiarrd Phon Canal 13SS-X
SPECHT BROS.
r'UNIONSHOES
1 xi Kisivclj Men', Women 'n
and C IjiMrcn'a I inc Shoes at
rfn on.itjlc Junes UrcwctV
I inun Itouli n )cciah
1700 VINE ST rpp &mi Si . CnciHili
I'honc Canal 3L32
Ken Phone Avon 352-Y
LOUIS E. ROTH
FLORIST
Cut Flower and Floral Designs
S. W. Cor. 15th and Vine Street
rra and b
Ferdinand avenue, north of I'axton road.
Cost, $1,000 each.
Chas. Boldt Co., owner, to build a
brick paper mill building on west side of
Eastern avenue, near iMcClurc avenue.
Fcrro Construction Co., builder; J. L.
'Carey, architect. Cost, IJXl.OOO.
C. II. Clingman, 2M2 Fcldman ave
nue, owner, to build a lj-story brick
dwelling at Carmalcr place, between
Wakefield and Mound. Owner is con
tractor. Cost, $:i,soo.
Cecelia Reiscrt, KJOO Sherman avenue,
owner, to build a U'i-klory frame dwell
ing on cast side of Baker avenue, be
tween Sherman and corporation line.
C. W. Henry & Son, contractors. Cost,
$:i,()oo.
George J. Hare, 181)2 Courtland ave
nue, owner, to build a 2-story frame
dwelling on Bell street, between Wcyer
and Hopkins. Ralph AL llaie, contract
or; Ellison, architect. Cost, $2,700.
Fred W. Klein, 2107 Kim avenue, own
er, to build a ljj-slory brick dwelling at
1020 liurwood avenue, between Williams
and Sbaninoor. Fred W. Klein, Jr., con
tractor. Cost, $:i,0(K).
Same owner, to build a lj-story
frame dwelling at 1022 Burwood avenue.
Same contractor. Cost, $:i,0()0.
II. 11. Kessling, Forest and Williams
avenues, owner, to build an addition to
grocery at southeast comer of Forest
and Williams. John Hatt, contractor
Cost, $1,700.
A. Ci. Kapcr, f."12 Montgomery road,
I'leasant Ridge, lo build a 1-story frame
dwelling at liaker avenue, between Sher
man and North corporation. Owner is
contractor: Atwood. Munce, architect.
Cost, $2,000.
Isaac Walker, liccch and Highland
avenues, owner, to build a J -story frame
lunch room and store at southwest cor
ner of liccch and Highland. Owner is
contractor. Cost, $1,000.
licit Mcshbowsky, I UP.) Waverly ave
nue, owner, to build at IJJ-story brick
dwelling on Clencav avenue, about ISO
feet west of Main. Owner is contractor
Cost, $2,.r.()0.
LOW WAGES BREED DISEASE
Chicago, 111. The recent experiment
by the Health Department on feeding
people for less than II) cents a day
brings this comment from the Union
Leader, official paper of Chicago's or
ganized street car men:
"Did. you notice any hodcarriers,
street car men, or husky growing child
ren among Dr. Robertson's diet sriuad?
Ceitainly nut; all of them follow light
occupations and do not hum up physi
cal fuel like a worker at hard labor, or
i healthy, growing child who is racing
ind romping in the open and can do jus
tice to three square meals a day.
"Yet the diet squad averaged :il cents
a day tor each lor loon.
"Now, none of the male members of
the diet squad was breaking pig iron or
carrying pianos up two or three llights
of stairs, and certainly none of its wom
en members was working m a munition
factory ten hours a day.
"Notwithstanding these favorable
conditions, under scientilic supervision.
the cost for food for each member of
llie diet squad was 111 cents a day.
"Applied to the average family this
figures if I.. "..I a day, or $1 )..- a week, and
$."(l.".7.'i a year. And for food only.
"I lien the question arises, can the
average housewife buy food as cheaply
as the purchasing agent of the diet
squad? Has the average housewife the
necessary money to buy in like quaitti
lies? We think not.
"However, figuring a yearly food cost
basis of $."(m.7.", the average worker
should have a wage upwards of $.' a day
the year round to meet household ex
penses and he and rear his family in a
maimer consistent with Aiueiicau needs
" moiig our iinoi gauicd woikeis
thousands ;uc icceiviug a wage of less
than i'i a da.
"How do they manage to exist in
these high cost limes on such a wage'
'fake a look at their 'home' surround
ings for the answer. Figure out what
the future of a country must be where
such povert and neglect of human wel
fare is permuted to exist.
"If $."(:( 7.1 a year is the dead line for
food cost in Chicago, below which a fam
ily of live can not be sufficiently fed,
then the only ginranlee of a properly
ted citizenship is to estahhsh a wage
I hat will meet it.
"General Gnrgas, in his successful
campaign against disease in the Canal
Zone, found the key to the situation by
doubling the wages. I le has been advo
cating this remedy throughout the coun
try ever since, yet none of the health de
partment heads of our big cities seem
to have grasped the significance of Gen
eral Gnrgas' discovery.
"The fertile source of disease, pov
erty and crime is an inadequate wage "
"HAISKS" (JIVKN TO 1, OOO.
Chester, S. C. Four thousand cm
ploes at the Springs Cotton Mills have
been given a Ml per cent increase in
wages Three of the mills are at Lan
caster, two at Ft Mill and one at Ker
shaw, S C
IS THERE
IJTIHH.lt A I'll ICICH (.MIX.
Denver, Colo Organized litho
graphers employed in this and Mtr
roundiug cities have raised wanes 10
per cent through conference with their
employers. The agreement (includes
many departments that have heretofore
not been reeognicd m wane contracts
COXCOKO CMK JIKX KAIKIOI).
Concord, N. II. The Street Car
Men's Union has raised wages from
!j:i-34 to -"' cents, instead of L':i 'to 2(1
cents an hour, as formerly. New men
will start at the lower rale and will be
increased for five years, when the maxi
mum will be reached.
itAitmoits HAIKU M(Ji:S.
Hillings, Mont. After a short strike
the llarhers' Union has raised wages
from $18 to .:,; a week and reduced the
working day from id to hours. After
!) days wages will be increased to
$:.MUi(), and after another !M) days this
rate will be raised to $28.
A feature of the agreement is the
abandonment of the old percentage sys
tem, which provides that employes shall
be paid a certain amount after they take
in, during the day or week, a stipulated
sum. The new contract abolishes this
system and Millings barbers are now on
the same basis as other workers.
14-M0NTHS' JTTRIKE ENDED
Wilkes-llarrc, Pa. Street Car Men's
Union No. Mil has compromised its
strike which started October II, lid. I.
Under the agreement liio strikers return
to oik immediately and no arc placed
on the waiting list. The company prom
ises to icinstate the remainder of the
:i2l just ;s fast as possible. Beginning
January I first-) ear men will be paid 'J I
cents an hour, second-) car men 'MYi
cents an hour, and third-) ear men !JS
cents an hour.
This sti ike was the culmination of a
series ol elloits to raise wages. A pie-
vious strike, staited m April ol last
yeai, lesiiltcd in both sides agreeing to
aibitrate. In ; majority awaid the
boaid leconunended a sliding scale. The
men's repiesentative contended that his
colleagues exceeded their authority and
refusid to sign the award. Later, the
neutral member of the board accepted
this iew point and asked the compam
to le-open the case. This was refused
and the men suspended work October
II. I!)l.r.
The stiike was hotly contested and was
marked by much bitterness. State
troops, known as "Cossacks," were in
Wilkes-liarie and icpeate'dlv dubbed
strikers and sunpathicrs, and suits call
ing for .$:.'0(),()(!0 damages were filed
against the unionists because of picket
ing and alleged violation of contract,
'flic company employed bundieds of
special guards anil private detectives and
the losses to all parties concerned mount
into the millions.
The strikers were given loyal support
hv tins coiumiuiuy ami ucspi a lair
service by the company, aided by its hun
dreds (if strike-breakers, praeticallv
cverv one in I.uerne County patronized
the jitneys.
lOICIIT-IIOUt HOW IS KATAIi.
Cumberland, Md Clarence Wolf is
dt'ad at Irona, a small mining town west
of Oakland, Mil, ;s the result of an
argument over the Adamson eight-hour
law, and Tobias Miller, 50 years old, is
in jail, charged with murder
ANY HOPE?
Donnoll in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
CHICKEN AND PORK CHOPS
Will lie On the Hill (')!' Faro lor (lie
llodciiiiicis Xct FrieJny Xlnht.
The Hodcarriers' Local No. 127 held
their election December 22, I!) Mi, and
elected the following officers : M. Hag
gard, president; Harris llaygood, vice
president ; Phil E. Smith, recording sec
ictary; II W, Sanders, financial secre
tary; J W Schearers, treasurer; Ed.
Situs, John Croakes and John White,
l'liil Smith,
Secretary Hodcarriers' District Council.
I trustees; James Price, chaplain; Henry
Mil, scrgeant-at-arms; and Sandy
Mitchell, guard.
The local will give its annual banquet
next Eiiday, January 1L', when fried
chicken, pork chops and sweet potatoes
will be served in abundance.
Phil E. Smith, the recording secretary,
was re-elected for the ninth time. lie
is also a delegate to the lluildiug Trades
Council.
uro. smitu lias lieen nineteen years
a member of organized labor and a
haid woikcr in the interest of unionism.
He has put his best efforts forward in
the interest of the Hodcarriers and has
been a factor in helping his organization
to get to the front in all matters relating
to reduction of hours and increase of
lay.
CAN'T ICNI) CO.MI'KNSATION UAW.
I laiiishurg, Pa. 'I he state compensa
tion boaid has ruled that compensation
agreements in cases where there are per
manent injuries may be suspended but
not terminated.
Jonathan Clouser, of Middletown, sus
tained an injury that made nccessar) the
amputation of a thumb at the first joint
of the left band and the index finger at
the second joint of the same baud.
Clouser's employer was insured in the
state fund and asked for an order ter
minating the compensation benefits on
the ground that Clouser's hand had
healed and that he had found eniplo)
ment at higher wages than he received
before he was hurt. The board declined
the request for the reason that the em
ploye may not be so fortunate later. The
benefits are suspended, hoccr, but if
during the period of BOO weeks during
which compensation is paid for disability
Clouser's injury should prove a handicap
he can ask the board to reinstate the
benefits.
That Depends.
"It always gives a man confidence,"
remarked the popular candidate proud
ly, "to know that a vast body of people
arc behind him."
"Not if they arc coming too fast,"
murmured the bores-thief judiciously.
Widow.
Defective Eyesight
If your ejes arc in any
way defective, let me
restore them to the
normal. Examinatior
without the use of drugs.
J. RORB
OPTOMETRIST
1 5 West Sixth St. ""'ET.affillosr"
BUY YOUR UNION GOODS OF
MAX H. G0LDH0FF
Hatter and Gents' Furnisher
1425-27 Vine Street
Union Made Shirts Union Made Hats, $1.45 and $1.90
Wear Siebler Clothes
MADE TO MEASURE
$15.00
SIEBLER TAILORING CO.
Fifth and Elm Streets
Save Your Combings
Wc make them up into switches, transformations,
puffs, etc. All work guaranteed.
BENZINGER'S HAIR STORE
formerly HAMBROCK'S
Phone C. 1304-X 1527 VINE, Below Liberty
Mail orders given prompt and careful attention.
Write for information.
Good Things
To Eat
28 Opera Place
A Full Line of Gents Furnishing Goods
with the Union Label
Henry Guthardt
1531 Vine St. Cincinnati, O.
GEO. C. SIEFKE
TAILOR
506 MAIN STREET
Phone Cana! 285 CINCINNATI
All Kinds of Cakes and Confections forParties,
Weddings, Balls, Etc., a Specialty
The Union Bakery
A . WOLF, Proprietor
Baker of Bread, Rolls and Cake
1553 CENTRAL AVE.
Phone West 3670-L CINCINNATI, O.
Fit-Rite Merchant
Tailoring Co.
407 E. Filth St., one door east of Broadway
Suits to Order from $15.00 up
Whv not be good to your feet and treat them
to a pair of our shoes
Robert Brinkman
DEALER IN
FINE FOOTWEAR
24 Fifteenth St., near Race Phone C. I362-X
Gel "Neil" lo Real Values and'WEtR BRIHKMAN'S SHOES
Walnut Hills Dairy Co.
Producers of Absolutely Pure Milk and Cream
Also
BUTTER, BUTTERMILK
and COTTAGE CHEESE
2363 ST. JAMES AVENUE
I Phone Woodburn 5003 and our Salesman will Call
Telephone Canal 3993 -Y
NIEHAUS The Tailor
UNION MADE
I Dry Cleaning, Djeing, Repairing and
j Pressing done at short notice.
N W. Cor. 13th and Spring Sis. Cincinnati, Ohio
W.J. NIEHAUS
W.J.GROTHAUS
Niehaus Floral Shop
Flowers for the Occasion
Phone Canal 5650
Res. Phone Avon 2G11-R
12 E. Twelfth St. Cincinnati, O.