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CHICAGO TYPOS REFUSE
(Continued from Page One.)
reiterated their assertion that the
men were quitting of their own voli
tion; that as union men they had a
right to do so, no one having the
power to tell anyone where he may
or may not work, and that no strike
had been declared by "Big Six."
The Typographical union's press
committee, hleaded by S. Oppenheim,
issued a statement yesterday in which
it declared the New York publishers
were beclouding the real issue, and
that the issue in reality was a ques
tion of wages and hours alone.
If the pressmen's unions now
locked out would withdraw their de
mands an end would automatically
come regardless of the locals' affilia
tion with their international, the
statement declared. The pressmen
workers were locked out by the
league on the ground that they were
"not in good standing" with their
international union.
Significant among yesterday's set
tlements was that of the Mergen
thaler Co. plant in Brooklyn, emnploy
ing about 2,000 workers. Henri
Rugowski, of 444 Pearl street, who
printed The Call before it moved into
The Call building, also settled. This
firm is recognized a.: one of the larg+
eat printing houses in New York.
Fifty Indepe'ndents Yield.
About 50 independent employers
signed up by last night, announced
the officers of the four locals and
"Fig Six."
To frighten the majority of the
350 independent printers of New
York into refusing to sign the men's
agrement, the league is now circulat
itg a story to the effect that the
elc trotypers will refuse to make
plIies for any firm conceding the
dem:ands, unionists said yesterday.
it was pointed out that it could
no,' be learned whether by "electro
tpo'rs" the rumor meant the etn
'ph],yers or the workers in that branch
oC the industry. The electrolypers
(1i workers) have been enjoying a
44 hour week and are now asking
for a wage increase thenlselves.
In answer to queries on this phase
of ihe situation all union officials
w it tout exception declared the rank
and file would surely not stand for
it -:nd that, if the plan were tried, it
n! old be a matter for the district
atr.,rney's office.
o N. Cann, president of Typo
g ,:ohllical union No. 16, 332 South La
S:.i street, Chicago, sent the reso
lu~non pledging help to Leon H.
It:se, president of "Big Six." It
w, adopted at the regular meeting
cf Chicago Typographical union No.
1t last Sunday. It follows:
"Moved, That the attention of all
:,emhers of the union, and particu
I.: dly all chapel chairmen and all em
plo ying printers, be and is hereby
directed to the following clause in
tlh present agreement between Chii
ca; o Typographical union No. 16 and
Fr:auklin Division of the Franklin
Typothetae:
''The following section of Inter
rational Typographical union laws is
hereby constituted a part of this
a,:;reement: Section 167. Subordi
nate unions, in making contracts or
wage agreements, shall insert, a
clause therein reserving to t'~' r
members the right to refuse to 0.e
cate all struck work from or destined
for unfair employers or publications.'
"In conformity with the foregoing
clause, notice is hereby given that,
in the event New York Typographical
union No. 6 becomes involved in any
strike or any lockout on Oct. 1 next,
the provisions of the above quoted
clause will be rigidly enforced on all
work coming from or destined for
New York city.
"Chairmen of chapels, members of
the union in general and officials of
the union are hereby further specif
ically ordered to use their utmost dil
is uce to discover all such work and
upon discovery thereof to stop the
som te immediately.
"That the officers of this union are
ft.r".her ordered to advise New York
T':tipographical union No. 6 that Chi
cr,;o Typographical union No. 16 un
c ov-ocally approves of the courage
on: stand of No. 6 on the -4.-hour
a'il five-night week, and that No. 16
ho its itself in readiness to back this
api'ioval with material finnucial aid
wig't ut stint and without limit.
-That, whenever in their opinion,
th, exigencies of the situation re-i
r.: e . it, the executive officers of lthi:;
ar e herch:: etpower'ed, with-i
e: ,nilth r acition by this union, tol
Si'u.1t to a referendu1tn vote a t)root
si,:°, , to increa:se the dues of Ihi:
tu ;o, to 10 per.cent, 7 ', per ccent oi
w., shall be contributed to Noiw
.:, 'Typograpial union No. 6 until
sua i; time as N.-v York sha ll haý
c.a ised its diffetrelices.
"Ithe event of any such propo.i
ti c ; ing submitted to a rcferendutu
wn:·. it shall be act.omipanied by a
si ;i' :!nt fromn New Yorkl Tyklp,
g ,: al untion No. 6 setting forth
it i t io , such , a .teteint to lit'
Si:l! -d by the officerls of No. 6 anld
o its seal."
e statement issued by "Big
Si:." yesterday follows:
The situation confronting the
pri ring trade unions arises from the
fa,, that the members of these unions
ti.: ,f the opinion that they are en
til t,, to as good pay and conditions
as ,hose enjoyed by other crafts of
ecq. a skill, and whose services to the
co umunity are of no greater value
"This opinion the employers are in
elposition to, and the injunction (it
Mr. Berry, president of the Inter
nlat onal Pressmen's union, and his
secession bugaboo are simply a part
of the employers' plan to confuse the
issuRe.
'The absurdity of the claim that
the controversy is due to the seces
sion of the pressroom employes from
their international union is evidenced
by the fact that, induced by the offi
cers of Typographical union No. 6.
both feeders and 'pressmen have of
fered to return to the fold of their
international, arid by the further fact
that the offer was rejected by Mr.
Perry, though as proof of sincerity
t'e feeders and pressmen reinforced
theti- offer by agreeing to furnish a
bond in a large sum to guarantee the
c h.?rvance of any contract into which
they might enter.
"For the employers' benefit, also,
No. 6 agreed to underwrite any con
trait entered into by the pressmen's
s~d feeders' unions. All these offers
wore rejected, and the matter, di
vested of the secession camouflage,
resolves itself into a struggle for bet
ter hours and wages.
"It should be remembered that the
printing trade unions met as a joint
body at the request of the employ
ers, held meetings of negotiations as
a joint body and the seceding unions
were actually offered an agreement.
the employers at the time being quite
aware of the international complica
tions and finding in them no cause
for lockout until their profits were
menaced.
"The employers allege that the de
mands of the printing trade unions
are excessive, but it should be re
membered that fealty to the contract
entered into by the various printing
trade unions has prevented them
from securing during the past foul
years wages and conditions which the
demands clearly entitled them to and
the present, demands will still leave
them in the rear of other progressive
trades.
"The demands of the various an
ions are not at all beyond the powers
of the emnployers to pay. The print
ing trade has enjoyed for the last
three years a greater degree of pros
perity than ever before fell to its lot.
"Huge profits have been made bt
our employers, nmany concerns hav-.
ing been compelled to pay excess
profit taxes, and the indignation the3
express at. our demands is mereli
simulated, a part of their propaganda
of becloud ing the issue to the end of
affording greater protection for theli
swollen( profits.
"it cannot be too strongly insisted
upon that the issue is one of waget
and hours and of wages and hour,
alone. If the pressmen's and feeders
unions were to withdraw their de.
mands for fair arbitration there i,
not the slightest doubt that an end
would automatically come to the
highly incendiary utterances of the
employers."
(Close J)owit Plants.
According to an annouiceement is
·ntd by the Periodical Publisher.
\.- :ociation of Almerica, every maga
:iae nrinting e.stablishment in Nee
orkl has been closed down.
Another effect of the printint
Iunation is that the Long Islant
.ihroad has had to postpone indefin
t, ly the date on which it plannet
,) introduce its winter schedule, ac
.;ding to an announcemlent b3
;,alph Peters, federal manager o:
the road. It is anounced that "thret
.y large publications already hav(
.u pl,,ted plaiis for permianent re
.'.tval and their printing machiner3
(,.d ],ttper supply now are beint
!ppedtl to Chicago,"
Scott and Iil-rry With Bosses.
The attitude of the International
.'iied Printing Trades associatiol.
,tis defined in a statement issue.
tonight by Mtars'den G. Scott, presi
dent of the International Typo
graphical union, in which he con
demns the leauership of certain Nec\
York locals, for "the industrial chao:
in the printing busitiess."
The strike entered into a uev
phase when direct charges wer(
made by George L. Berry, presiden
of the International Printing Press
men's and Assistants' union, that
the trouble originated with "bolshe.
gist leaders" who are committed to
a definite policy of revolution
',vlajor Berry further charged tha
these leaders have inaugurated i
"canlpaign of terrorism" and that
men loyal to the international unions
are being assaulted by scores.
Berry declared that the five in
ternattional printing trades unions
would stand uncompromisingly with
the fair employers of New York.
After a two-hour conference with
the employing printers here, Ieon
H. Rouse, president of "big six"
typographical union, and his col
l-eagues agreed, it was stated, to
again submit to their men the ques
tion )f arbitration.
According to a spokesman for the:
employers, Rouse said the men
would never go back to work until
they were granted a 44-hour week
Spokane, Oct. 11.--The printing
trades in Spokane are the latest tt
,is involved in an industrial upI
lheaval.
Ever since the first of August
here have been conferences between
1:.lilloy1'rs and employes in an en ll
(icav\or to arrive at. a wage agree
menllt.
l'rss'utin Walk Out.
Convinced that they were not go
nr, to colle to an amnicable settle
i eont, the pressnlen and press feed
Slad down their tools anld walkrie
"' the job in all the shops in town
'op, t t two or three, last W\edne...
; 1101. They had been receivin.
S-s than the city street sweeper:
itd in their proposal asked for I
for platen pres'smen, $6.50 for cyl
it" TlOrtl n a w cage deenlted vter
' ,! ito at :h~is timie.
The bookbindeors reached an agree
,i with tlh llllployers T'uosda?
:"1I ;:nd 1h y er titinehd on the jol
until in some of the shops they wert,
-d to im::l, work which hat
ri ted by non-untion press
w, i w i the bindery worker:
.a lked out.
()ompositors Talk Strike.
The conmpositors continued to
.ir an!d niegotilttod further, but oi
"urtl:ay aftrioon a special meet
'.g was called to consider the stabt
commlnittee's report. A strike vote
was taken, the calling out of the
oh:,',ltters to be left to Internlational
Organizer ainker, who is in the city
assisting the local.
Ths contending parties to th(
controversy cannot arrive at a sat
i-fiactory basis: for arbitration, to
whiclh the compositors have agreedt
it a basis can be established.
Bank of this printing trade con
'roversy lies the open shop crowd.
I. C. H. Reynolds in charge. One
or two of the larger printing estab
lishm-ints are bitten by tlhe open
shop bug, despite the fact that "rat"
printers are about the scarcest coin
nmodity in the country. One of the
largest printing establishments has
branch offices in Montana and on
the coast, in both of which sections
the prevailing wages are higher
than in Spokane.
Playing Both Ends.
This employer seeks to establish
a low-scale center here so he can
take work away from the printing
establishments on both sides at a
lower price and do it here at a
profit because of lower wages paid.
This employer is playing the other
members of the printing employers'
DEATH LIST REACHES
(Continued From Page One.)
New York, has taken the lead in the
lranslantinental air race, according
to reports received here. Smith
passed his nearest rival, Lieutenant
daynard, who is flying westwarn
and who was held up at Cheyenni
on ac, oullt of engine trouble. 0
Tie first leg of the transconti
nental flight is expected to end to
ney. live planes--three Easthound
and \ta, westlhound, are in a posi- th
lion to complete the ocean to ocean a
flight.
.utl. Maynard is replorted to have 31
regained the lead and is being fol- At
owed by C'aptain Drayton. The
hrr-e leading easthound flyers are
major Spatz, Captain Smith and
tientenant Kiel.
The fifth death in the race oc- i
,turred yesterday at Buffalo, when
,ieutenant McClure was thrown from
his machine in making a bad land
ng.
OFF FOIl IIBFFALO. tC
Cleveland, Oct. 11.----Lieutenant
(iel, one of the leading eabtsound
'lyers, got away to Buffalo at 9:17
his morning. Captain Smith was
forced to land at Warrensville, O.,i
iue to a rainstortm. In landing he
,mashedl the propeller and struts.
NOT I)ISQ'UALIiFIED.
i Special United Press Wire.)
Chicago, Oct. 1 l.----Stanley Knauss
representing the American Flying 3t
',rps, says that he believes that ii
Lieutenant Maynard wau not dis- a
tlalificd by flying 25 mninutes aftel
iundot n, because he had been re.
leased by the control station for the
flight.
THIIEE TIEDI FOIL LEAD.
(Special United Press Wire.)
Rock Island, Ill.. Oct. 11.--Threr
wontestants in the transcontinental
tir race, all I'rom San Francisco. t
.vere tied yesterday at 1 p. n. fort
he lead. They are Captain Smith
,ieutenant Kiel and Major Spatz t
Smith arrived ahead of his two comrn
cetitors, but was unable to leave due
o bal weather. The three spent
heir idle time, tuning up their ma
hinte, tightening wires and prepar
;ng for the final dash to New York
\11 of them have hopes of making
.t by tonight.
Captain Smith, leading the Sat
irancisco entries in the air derby,
was held here several hours yester
tlday on account of rain and wind
Smith arrived at 10:43 a. im. an(,
was anxious to get away, as he t
hoped to make New York this at
ornoon, but. the field officials re
used to release him as long as the
weather conditions were had. i
1,000 AFFILIATIED
(Continued from Page One.)
Wood has complete control and can
be trusted to treat all fairly.
ONE DEAD.
Youngstown, O., Oct. 11. .---- One
negro is dead and another is in the
hospital in a critical condition, and
several others were seriously itu
jured in a clash between the negroes
and the foreign horn steel workers at
Hlubblard.
12,000 STIi RIE.
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 1l.--Promptly
at 2 o'clock yesterday the big whistles
in the Pennsylvania railroad shops
in this district gave the signal and
aboaut 12.4000 men, practically all of
the employes, went on a strike.
All car cleaners and inspectors on
the Pennsylvania railroad in this
district quit work, thus holding up all
traffic.
.iNFILLEDI STEEL ORDERS.
New York, Oct. 11.- -Unfilled or
ders of the United States Steel cor
poration on Sept. 30 were 6,284,638
tons, according to the corporation'u
monthly statement issued yesterday.
This is an increase of 175.535 tons
compared with the orders on Aug.
30,.
London, Oct. 11.-King George
ratified the peace treaty last night,
Sompleting the British ratification.
A special messenger was dispatched
to Paris with the document.
STRIKE SNAP SHOTS
"AI," the supreme ruler of Brad
lock, D)u.uense and Homestead, ser
geant of the Pennsylvania state con
antalulary, receutly invaded union
headquarters at }Braddock and tore
down a bulletin sent out by the strike
.iommiittee from Pittsburgh, saying it
was "seditious."
Pennsylvania has a special sedition
law, 'bassed in June by the corpora
tion begislators, who were looking
'orwatrd to the steel strike. Calling
a state trooper a "cossack" is sedi
tious under that law.
A lhte trick of the company is the
issualnce of unsigned leaflets, asking
the strikers to demand strike bene
fits.
When Foster came back from
Washington, he looked none the
worse for his ordeal at the hands of
the intluisitors.
* *
Frank P. Walsh looked in on the;
situation when he came to Pitts
burgh in the party of President De
Valera of the Irish republic. He has
volunteerod his services to the na
tional st rie committee.
Assoc'ation of Spokanle against the
-workers in that industry. Many of
+he other shops would like to sign
up with their employes and re
time business. but these outside in
fluences have them "buffaloed."
O RKERS VS. CAPITALISTS
.I II . . .
SCOTT NEARING'S
Special Service Article
Counting No.s'.
With a population le:ss than half
that ofthe United States. Great Brit
:in re'eprts a trade ntionl member
ship 50 per cent greater. The United
;tates labor departmnle estimates
,hat "in all probability the actual
.cade .union membership of Great
3ritaiff is nearly six millions." This
tumber includes S900,000 miners.
;56.OQOO wprkers in machine shops
Lad foundries, 535,000 railway em
aloycs, 350.000 cotton mill workers,
:80,.00 builders and wood workers,
Ltd 170,000 'shipyard workers. "Gen
ýial labor" is credited with a total
inion membership of 970t.000. These
together with several less numerous
trade organizations constitute the'
bulk of the six million IBritish trade
unionists.
Membership is not always a test of -
strength. Nevertheless, there is a si
clear connection between the effec- hi
Liveness of the British labor move- ll
nent and the relatively larger num- st
her o: workers who have joined the M
•anks of British labor. When the di
abor unionis are able to report a rU
. .embership of 13 or 14 nmillions (in- ti
stead of something over four mil
lions, as at the present time) they ti
will be in a position of authority
nqual to that of their British com
:ades.
Our Coal. r,
The London Herald captioned the a,
Iritish coal commission report under A
the heading, "The Blood on the o:
.oal." Then followed the long recit- lr
1i of misery and suffering with which ni
:tndents of industrial affairs were it
already too familiar. Miners paid p
with their health and with their lives p
or the black diamonds upon which e
the welfare of British industry de- ll
pended, li
There is blood on American coal. o
The figures published by the United e
States bureau of mines for the calen- c
dar year 1918 show that 2,579
miners were killed---one death for h
:ach 266 thousand tons of coal.
The United States enjoys a natural
advantage which has been denied to
,Great Britain--an advantage in the
form of "white coal." Niagara Falls
lone is said to be capable of devel
oping 7,000,000 horse power. Other
falls scattered from the east coast to
the west and from Canada to the
gulf could be utilized to create addi
tional millions. Practically all of the i
manufacturing, transportation, heat
ing aid lighting which now depend
upon coal productioh that involves
2,100 deaths and 10,000 injuries a
year. could be supplied with natural
power, the production of which need
not involve the loss of a single life.
The total number of killings which
form the basis for the present bitter
attack on Mexico is officially stated
at less than one-third of the coal
mine fatalities of the past year. If
these deaths of American citizens in
Mexico are worth a war that will cost
billions of mnoney, millions of days'
work and thousands of lives, how
mnuch more worth while would it bh
for an enlightened, intelligent people t
to devote their energy and turn their
enthusiasm in the direction of keep
ing the home doorstep clean?
Onlookers will have a magnificent
basis lor judging the point of view
of the dominion class in American
life. Are they interested in pro
tecting profits or in protecting hu
man life? If profits is their object.
Mexico should be one of their goals.
If human life is their ideal there is
plenty of work at home.
Oh, For the Old Days! I
During these times of bitter indus
trial strife when the workers, no
longer accepting the authority of
their masters, demand an ever larger
share in the direction of industry, it
must be soothing to many plutocrats
to recall the good old days when
workers did what they were told,
without striking for shorter hours or
insisting upon the right of the labor
er to determine the conditions of his
own life.
Professor U. B. Phillips, in a re
cent book on "American Negro Slav
ery," discusses the "desirability" of
the various races of Africans. Some
of the tribesmen were fierce, resent.
ful and rebellious. Such were the
Coronlanteos, who were said to pos
sess a dignity, a fortitude, a courage
and a love of liberty that defied the
efforts of task-masters. They could
not be tamed. Therefore, slave buy
ers avoided them wherever possible.
In fact, tlhe Coromantees would not
sell if there were other slaves in the
market, On the contrary, "the jVhy
dabs, Nagoes and Pawpaws or the
Metal Tradesmen
of Butte
ATTENTION!
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO MEET
WITH YOUR RESPECTIVE U N I ONS
TOMORROW TO CONSIDER THE MAT
TER OF TAKING A REFERENDUM ON
A PROPOSITION SUB M ITTED BY
FEDERAL MEDIATOR HYWELL DA
VIES.
~81~8· 1! r
CASUALTIES ON THE .
VARIOUS FRONTS
WORKERIS.
Killed Wounded
Farrell . ..... : .. .... 4 11
Buffalo ........................ 1
Newcastle -..-............ 1
Pittsburgh ........ ...... 9 (1
ary ......----..----................-------.. 26
Youngstown, () ........ 1. .1
iasi Francisco ........ 1
Oakland .................. 18
CAPITAIASTS.
Killed. WV'nded.
None. None.
Note:-The wounded column t
contains only those seriously in
ured, sotme of whom will dlie.
['here are many hundreds suffer
ng front minor wounds.
Or
lave coast were generally the most 'e
ighly esteemed of all. They were h
st.y and industrious, cheerful ands"i
ubmissive. That punishment which
xcites the Koromantyn to rebel, and oa
!rives the Ebo negro to suicide, is
eceived by the Pawpaws as the chas- I
isement of legal authority and to ni
vhich it is their duty to submit pa- ai
iently." gs
What peace of mind would mas g
crs of American industrial life not of
te ab.e to enjoy if they could but H
-eplace the Irish, Russian, Polish 3e
NVelsh, Bavarian, Italian, Japanese. °t
tustrian and American born laborers
if these United States with twenty' 'hbi
nillion Pawpaws? Since the laws r
alke that impossible, how admirabl al
1 would be for the masters, if the .1
ubllic school teachers and news- w
tapers and editors, joining hands toa
,ith the movie operators, ministers. fc
octurers, and other shapers of pub
ic opinion, could make the children
if today into a generation of work- la
wre who were "lusty and industrious, al
cheerful and submissive." bi
Alas! those good old days seem to vi
lave gone-we hope forever. S,
SRIAL DATE TO BE SET I
FOR HEARING FRAUD CASESt
The trials of Charles H., Treacy, 1
John Vines and Jerry Crowley will 1r
be set next calendar day, a week ac
from today. They are the three gen- it
tlemen who were charged by Attor
ney General Ford with having tam
pered with the election returns at it
the last city election. 4
Treacy was city clerk under the b
Maloney administration, John Vines a
was a deputy and Jerry Crowley arp
clerik in the office.
Such remarkable alterations in the
Ially sheets were effected sometime t
between the closing of the booths If,
and the opening of the ballot boxes;
for the official count in the council t
chamber that some folks suspected a
the three custodians of the boxes c
had been guilty of an improper in- n
timacy with their contents.
At any rate, Attorney General l
Ford, after Attorney Jackson re-c
fused to act, filed informations c
against the three. They pleaded not
guilty and were released under i
$3.000 bond.
This morning, in Judge Lynch's 1
court, Attorney William Meyer t
moved to have the cases set for trial,
but County Attorney Rotering, in as
much as the charges were instituted
by Ford, asked for a week's time in
which to consult Ford and ascertain,
his desire in regard to a date for a
hearing. It was agreed that the trial
date shall be set next Saturday.
TEIliRRORIZED NEIGHBORiS.
As the result of complaints by c
residents of the 300 block on South
Daly street, a Greek, who was hooked
under the name of John Doe An
drews, was arrested this aftern:oon
by Police Captain Mike O'Donnell.
It was alleged by the neighbors that
Andrews was terrorizing the dis-t
trict oy firing a revolver at pedes
trians.
Blacksmiths, Attention!
There will be a special meeting
of Blacksmiths' Local No. 456, at1
I. O. O. F. hall, West Broadway, 21
p. m. Sunday, Oct. 12, 1919. Busi- 1
ness of importance. Adv. 1
E. A. DAVIS, Sec. I
Bulletin Phone No. Is 52an
SAY YOU SAW IT IN BULLETIN.
of
an
THE WEEK p
to
The Omaha Riot. m
or
A Victim of Autocracy. f
England Gets Lion's
Share. or
fi
A Reminder of William a
11
Tell.
French Soldiers Refuse 2
to Shoot Woman. t
Suicides in Siberia. w
ti
Beatrice, Neb., is not as close to n
Omaha geographically as is the con- '
lection between the recent riots in a
.hese two cities. Back of both is the
spineless governor who is so little
American that he would violate his o
oath of office for political advantage. K
Organized farmers had planned a
meeting in Beatrice and a silk-hat '
mob chased the speakers out with the n
aid of officers of the law. A dele
gation of farmers called upon the I
governor at Lincoln for prosecution 0
of the guilty and he refused to act. 1
He declared that the farmers them- t
selves could enforce the law by
oringing civil suits against the of- h
~'don's after they had found them, 0
,but that the state would do nothing. c
unus was violence given the encour
agement it needed for the dirty work C
at Omaha. Ordinary roughnecks i
ivere not slow in realizing that the I
law was suspended by failure to en- F
force it. c
___________
Two months ago a Louisiana vil
ege appointed a committee to offici- ti
te at a lynching, and Governor Bil- F
o, who was warned about it in ad
ance, refused to raise a hand.
carcely less spectacular has been
he failure of the Wilson administra
ion to track down offenders in any li
rime labeled pro-war or in violent a
etivity against organized farmers p
nid workers. Where the administra- C'
ion has been goaded into making a tl
tatement, it has done so in language 3
vhich really gives mild praise to the b
nobbers. Thus when Secretary Glass r
eferred to soldier riots in New York
ity he put the blame on those who 0
nade what special privilege calls c
'incendiary" speeches. a
On such men rests the responsibil
ty for the wave of mob violence
vhich is sweeping the country, for
>y non-enforcement they have virtu
mlly repealed the laws safeguarding
mublic order.
The first person killed by the steel
rust's private gunmen in their ef
ort to discredit the steel strikers by t
iiolence was Charles Mazurek, a re
urned soldier. He was shot when
L helpless crowd of men, women and c
:hildren, standing in a public place
.ear one of the steel mills in Buf
lalo, was fired on without warning.
On returning from France he went t
:o work in the steel mill and found i
:onditions such that he went out with t
the other strikers when they struck
for better conditions. He had fought t
eor democracy only to find that he
had to take employment under indus- t
trial autocracy when he returned.
If the ship of state were not so c
well painted with ideals and popular
phrases, we could see more of the I
holes in the old craft above and be-I
low the water line. One group of F
statesmen, for instance, is telling us t
that the treaty ought not to be rati
fled because of the wicked Shantung
clause; another group tells us it
should be because Shantung will soon
be returned to China.
All of these arguments are mere
paint to cover rotten planks. Japan
had to have Shantung as her share
because the peace congress divided
the whole defenseless world among
the assembled nations. It is a mighty
small share, too, considering what
the others got:
America took over 1,000,000 tons
of German shipping and time will
show that she got a free hand in
Mexico, Central America and South
America. France takes big slices of
Africa, Alsace-Lorraine, the Saar val
ley, and other parts of the Rhine val
ley. But England gets most of all.
Here are some of her gains:
Control of Egypt formally recog
nized.
Control of Persia formally recog
nized.
Protectorate over Afghanistan and
eastern Turkestan.
Control of western Siam.
Six hundred thousand square
miles in Africa outside of Egypt.
Most of Arabia and other parts of
the Turkish empire to the amount of
100,000 square miles.
Thibet put under British influence.
In China, England is given politi
cal as well as commercial control
over the provinces of Szechuen and
Swantung and the rich Yangtze val- I
ley-750,000 square miles and over t
200,000,000 people.
England, in fact, has gained terri
tory in Asia larger than the conti
nental area of the United States.
What tremendous piffle it is then for
our statesmen to rave about the little
which Japan or italy has taken.
Persons who as children used to
thrill with emotion when reading the
story of how William Tell refused to
bow to the tyrant Gessler's hat, was
outlawed, and later led Switzerland
to Independence, will be reminded of
the old times when they read the (
following order issued by the British
government. in India:
"Whereas, it has come to my notice -
that certain inhabitants of Lyallpur t
district are habitually exhibiting a]
lack of respect for gazetted European I
or civil and military officers of his c
majesty's service, thereby failing to
maintain the dignity of the govern- i
ment, I do hereby order that the in- I
habitants of the Lyallpur district i
shall accord the salutation to all
such officers whenever met. That
is to say. :persons riding on animals
or on or in wheeled conveyances, will
alight. persons carrying open and 6
raised umbrellas shall lower them, c
nd all persons shall salite or 'sa
Lam' with the.hand.
(Signed) . "C. A. HODGSON,.
"Area Officer, Lyallpur."
And liere is another item of intel
st for us in it. Suppose some Hin
n William Tell refuses to get down=97"
ff his beast of burden, is outlawed,
nd later leads his country to war
or independence. Will our sym
athies still be with Tell or will We,
s part of the league of nations, hep '
o .atch this enemy of "law and or
er'? The answer depends not so
inch on what article 10 means as
n whether America gets a rebirth
f the Tell spirit.
Some European papers are making
,uch of the shooting of Mlle. Lan
irde by a squad of French army of
icers. This woman, who is a gradu
Ie of the University of Paris, and at
me time a teacher in the superior
formal school at Serves, France, was
ound guilty of distributing "Bol
ihevist" literature among the Frebnch
roops at Odessa.
After she had been tried and sen
enced to death with speed, it was
ound that no platoon of soldiers
would carry out the sentence. So
;he officers hurried her away at
night and did themselves what the
soldiers, to a man, felt was unworthy
f a Frenchman.
Those who adhere in the doctrine
of "my country, right or wrong,"
which is the same as saying anything
is right which force makes possible,
would naturally be alarmed at such
mutiny in the ranks of the common
soldiers. A soldier's duty, as the
kaiser used to say, is to shoot his
own father if so ordered. But com
mon men are beginning to question
this doctrine of absolute obedience to
"superiors," and with it comes the
hope that the natural sense of right
of the common man will have a de
ciding voice in world affairs.
Probably every French soldier at
Odessa realized that he had no bus
iness there, that a war was being
made against an unoffending people.
France later had to withdraw be.
cause of this feeling. French officers
knew the same thing, but their mili
tary caste kept them from refusing
to fight in an unworthy cause, or
from refusing to take the life of a
French woman who felt it her su
preme duty to set her country right.
Siberia has cost 104 American
lives. One out of every five killed is
a suicide. What a reflection this ap
palling ratio of one to five is on the
conditions which our boys are facing
there! Think of what a healthy, vig
')rous young man will put up with
before he takes this course of last
resort!
Another indication is the fact that
many of them are committing small
crimes so as to be sentenced to prison
at home, and our government sends
these misused, homesick men to the
hell-hole of Alcatraz, the federal mil
itar'y prison in San Francisco bay.
The boys themselves are unable to
tell us what they are going through
because of the government censor
ship.
we also near or an American cor
oral being flogged by Cossacks, due
the strained feelings between the
merican army and the Cossack
hiefs whom we are supposed to be
iding to restore representative gov
rnment. News dispatches, however,
dmit that these chiefs are little
Lore than bandits, and one goes by
ie name of the Siberian Villa. This
icident throws light on why our
*oops are there.
Kolchak and the lesser bandits are
)ols of Japan in an effort to grab
oncessions. We are there to get
aese concessions for ourselves and
uropean nations, and not to hell)
ie Russian people. Kolchak, if suc
essful, would be a Siberian Diaz and
rould sell off concessions just as
iaz sold state property and became
lany times a millionaire. Thus we
ee why Japanese troops side with
he Cossacks over the flogging inci
ent.
;ERMANS START ZEPPELIN
LINE FROM BERLIN
(By United Press.)
Berlin, (By Mail).-Germany has
iaugurated a Zeppelin passenger
ane between Berlin and Friedrich
hafen on the Swiss border. This
in, representing a resumption of
he smaller scale Zeppelin of pre
iar days, has just had its first suc
essful fight in the direction: Fried
ichshafen-Berlin.
It is planned to run the Zeppelin,
Bodensee, every other day from
ere with the return trip on the odd
lays.
This air passenger vessel is
quipped to carry more than a score
f passengers, to say nothing of con
iderable baggage, mail, and some
reight.
The passenger's car resembles a
izeable trolley car, attached to the
orward part of the airship. It is
omfortably fitted with lounging
hairs, reading room, and other
omforlts.
Besides the Berl in-Freidrichshafen
oute, it is planned to have a con
tant air line between Prague ann
terlin with an intermediate station
t Prague.
INCE ACROSS MAY
END AIR ODEhY
(Special United Press Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 11.-It is un
ertain whether the transconti
ental air derby will end with one
rossing of the continent, or wheth
r the racers will start their return
rips, according to Colonel Arnold,
ir service director, western depart
ient. Flyers reaching San Fran
isco will be held here temporarily.
fajor General Menoher, director of
he air service for the army, who
rrives here today, will decine
rhether the race will be continued.
SPECIAL MEETING
Machinists, No. 88, 2 p. m. Sun
ay, Oct. 12, at K. P. hall. Business
f importance.--Aiv.

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