The Commonwealth. [volume], January 19, 1912, Page 3, Image 3

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FVkli rj 19 1912
he City Grocery
St.iplr and Fancy Gio.crfcs, Flour, KrrJ, l'loliiir, Etc.
Both Phones in 3410-u Everett Av*nu«
JOHNSON A LILJatItBIM
j J. C. SOVDE j
* Pearler in t
5 DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND NOTIONS J
} 3110 Evcr«tt Avenue, Coi Summit Ind. 470, Sunset IMIH J
* »
I Home Shoe Store
Owned in Everett 1612 Hewitt
—.—,—i—|—._—._—,—
Open B*»— Ifl I'ntil 8:00 o'clock
Lock and Key Work a Specialty
Quick Repair Shop
2918 BROADWAY
Thones—Sun. 173t, Ind. 1015
Satisfaction Guaranteed
We Sharpen Safety Razor Blades
Better Than New
We grind Knives, Axes, Scis
sors, Carpenter Tools, etc. Saw
Filing. ycles Sold and Re
paired. New Bicycles from
$•.20.50 up. at $5.00 down and
$5.00 per month. Secondhand
Bicycles Bought and Sold.
I .awn Mowers Sharpened and Re
paired.
♦■ • ■ - ~<'
Ever ett at Weiser's?
Weiser's
Grill
': A Good Place to Eat
Weiser's at Everett
LONDON CAFE
Best Meals in the City 20c and Up
UNION HOUSE
Private Boxes for Ladies
2013 Hewitt Aye.
—~ " " [
Broadway Market j
C. Hausmann & Son, Props.
Fresh and Salt Meats and Poultry ;
of All Kinds
We Give Green Trading Stamps
Both Phones 34 \\
2018 Hewitt Cor. Broadway
PACKER & CO.
2935 Colby Aye.,
Hll Home-Made Candy and Ice Cream
freßh every day. Special kinds to
order.
•<£*S-*<s>sSX!—' " * '
jWATTEIRS'i
I Confectionery |
% Now located one door <f
f south of the Acme i
I theater, just opposite $
j£ the Rose. «•>
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<S*Sxj ♦
I Greenberg's I
¥ Comrades, We Have Moved to %
I 2008 Hewitt Aye. I
*■ Coroner's Office
JOHN r. JERREAD
Undertaker and Erabalruer
State License No. 1
Phone Main ty Everttt, Wn.
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A J. MOHN •
1418 Hewitt Aye. «
Repairing snd adjusting of 1
j >■■'•-- ti.e-y kep (■•■.■ my ,
specialty. '
Standard (|il has or have"raUt<d prices.
— Ch.iiuge News.
News and Notes
LOCAL—SOCIALIST.
Fifth Ward.
Corarado Sturdza presided at Sunday's
meeting. Three members were admitted
and five applications received. Com
raden .1. T. lia/ani ,m.l C. Lindberg wore
elected member* of the state committee.
li was oa motion decided to move for
a transfei of the socialist convention for
1912 from Oklahoma iiy to Indian
apolis. and Rooder, Wagcnlrnecht and
Undberg were elected a committee to
communicate with locals throughout the
oountrj with reference to ihis motion.
Phe reasons for requesting the transfer
are that Oklahoma City does not offer
the convention facilities nor the oppor
(unities for propaganda which ■ larger
and more central city would afford. Also
the cost of attending a convention here
will be heavy when the country h a
whole is considered. Further it ii dc
lirable that attention I"1 directed to the
large opportunity for defeat of the popu
lar will which inheres in the preferential
ballot system. The literature committee
was directed to use a part of the funds
available in securing books for a library.
i A motion waa carried that the national
executive committee be notified that
their ruling in a recent session that time
on national referendum* be counted from
date of first publication in the weekly
bulletin, is not in accord with the pro
visions of the national constitution.
Fourth Ward.
At the meeting of the Fourth Ward
local, Sunday, January 14, Comrade
Carr waa in the chair. Comrade llougan
was elected a- state committeeman and
Mi-... George Fj'e was elected as Common
wealth booster. Comrade Whartenly of
Prosser, Wash., was a visitor at the
meeting, and made a short talk. The
i ting closed with an interesting dis
cussion on party tactics. Comrade J. T.
Hazard spoke briefly upon the "Middle
man Lnder the Present System."
Editor Absent.
For several weeks to come, the editor
will be absent on the Lyceum Lecture
course and the Commonwealth will be
in charge of Joseph T. Hazard, as acting
editor dud manager. The work will be
new t< our comrade and local socialists
are ask^d to spare his time from com
mittee work as much as possible. There
are but ftw idle moments in the Com
monwealth office and comrades are
j asked to remember that if the time of
1 the workers ia absorbed in visiting,
j either the paper will suffer or the work
! ers will have to work long after hours
to complete their tasks. Fraternally
' yours,
! ANNA A. MALBT,
i
I Notice from Comrade Emmett A. Miller.
Comrades —I have opened up my shoe
shop on Riverside in rear of Bank of
Commerce, corner Hewitt and Tine Sts.,
first door to rear on Pine. Please re
| member this when you have any work
to be done in my line. Kmmett A. Miller.
Third Ward.
Regular business meeting of the Third
I Ward Local called to order Sunday,
January 14, at 7:30 p. m. Comrade Joe
Ostant called to the chair. One new
member admitted to membership. Rou
tine business disposed of In regular way.
Proposal of Comrade Dr. Cowles to ar
! range for a "Hard 'rimes Fair" favor
ably received and i unittee appointed
to investigate the practicability of this
plan. A comrade offered to place the
necessary costumes at disposal of Third
Ward local free of charge. Hard times
fair committee. Comrades W. E. Ander
son, Sharpless and Dr. Cowles. —W.
Sachs.
STATE—SOCIALIST.
Mount Vernon.
"Eugene Wood's lecture waa well re
ceived here by a very good audience, al
though it was awful weather and there
were two gospel shows on.—W. B. Kibe."
Snohomish County.
Snohomish county committee met at
3208 Broadway, Everett, on Sunday,
January 14. 'About tfiirty members
were in attendance, including some, visit
lors. Comrade J. M. Salter was in the
I chair. Finances for the county cam-
I paten were under discussion and it waa
I agreed that the executive committee
shall make arrangements for the canvass
of the county by Anna A. Maley, follow
! ing her return from the Lyceum Lecture
course. Her work will be to organize
and collect campaign funds. J. M. Salter
will also devote ->mc time to the county
| work at the co. lioi of his school term
, in \Uj
|Vn thousand eopU - of the distnbut
ing supplement of the Commonwealth
; M.-ie i.rd.ivd for use ill SnohomWi eoun-
Ity. 'Him supplement will be diutributed
in i-wi.v miriiui/cd town in the count]
Tim ttutu mil !•<■ sampled Ith the sup
; pl.in.tit nii'l an endeavor will I* made
It., have locals throughout the itate us*
[(lie limit |i>:>' ... onsinonwealth for
[propaganda purj««ie». Nx>k out for the
I ■ample.
State Committeemen and Members-st-
Larje.
Kxaminv niiriiilly this copy of tne
[Commonwealth it contalna socialist
news, ycner.il iu»# i" a nutshell, and
carefully selected propaganda matter.
\VK IWNXOT \I-M>i:n TO IIK WITH
OUT N«»i 1: siltsi Ull'lHiN. CAN
YOU \rn»i;i) m> in WITHOUT imi
< ommonw i:.\ 1. 111 " We neixl your
dollar, your Mipoit. When nemiii in
your own ml wen pi Inn, send one f"r your
nelghlior. And itn it ii"«
Orß.iniier Boddy's Report.
w , have ihi following from the north
,m purl of the »tnte: "lleuvy rains
have interfered to mne extent with
meet ing* on this trip, hut notwithstand
in.; lunl weathei it Is pleasing to note
the interest thai non-socialists are tak
ri./ in the meetings. Dwnalrins; of hope
In "I'liiio, i< reform" they (teem to be
coming out to see if tin re is anything
in "proletarian revolution." 'I ■l»i -• is
especially not ii e.ilile iinioni; farmers in
the iintrv districts, They inke h load
of produce to market ami brtnji home
such .i sniiiii fraction ol a load that has
passed through the 11 ii—t oy. ,1 machine,
they are ll.lt Ul:lll.\ lieginniiig to see
where the "divide n|i" comes in Many
ol them are carrying icil card* with
while stamps. p'inaiirial stress, closed
anipo, silent mills and the slimy tac
tics of capitalism are proving ({real
prop i'Mii>!:i for our can w>.'
North Yakima.
Roporl of a most nuroeiwful meeting
held by Comrade Rmma D. Cory comeß
from this point. Kighl new applicanta
signed at the meeting which was at'
I, n,l, ■ I by about 800. The local extends
thiink- for the good work done and hopes
for another lecture bj the same speaker.
Irene Smith Leaves Washington.
Comrade* of "Wanhington will regret
to learn thai Irene Smilh is iv '">-' up
her residence in the state and will here
after make her home in southern Cnli
forniii. Nhe has done staunch work for
the movement here, both in her recent
term ms organizer, and during the early
days when there was much new Hound
to break. We wish Comrade Smith suc
cess in her new field.
Freeland.
Secy. Hanson has sent, in $2.50 voted
liv his local for publication of name in
socialist directory. I.oeal Freeland nt
its last meeting passed resolutions of
fering to shale with the locals of the
county the expense of securing reports
of the county commissioner sessions al
Coupeville.
We Apologise.
Editor of the Commonwealth: In
your paper of January 5, you publish a
report from Comrade Henry T. Jones
that Reverend Hartley in Cbupeville dis
turbed the meeting by giving a false fire
alarm. Now as I waa at the meeting
and went to the fire myself, I think Com
rade Jones and your paper have done
Rev. Hartley a great injustice and as he
is a good socialist, I think you both owe
him an apology. Comrade Jones' lecture
did lots of good here, but his making
such a statement as that will hurt him
and the socialist cause both. Frater
nally yours, HENRY FAIR, Secy.
Wickersham.
"Comrade B. L. Boddy was with us
las! night and gave us a rousing talk;
in fact, the best socialist speech we
have ever had in this place. He is a
lean, logical and forceful speaker and
is doing a great work for the cause.
Yoiii- For the peaceful revolution, \V. F.
Royer."
4 Spokane.
To the state Committeemen, Socialist
Party of Washington:
Comrades —The following resolutions
were unanimously adopted with great
enthusiasm at a. meeting of Local Spo
kane Xo. 1, socialist party, held Sunday
evening, January 7, 1912:
Whereas, the charter of Local Spokane
Xo. 1. socialist party, has been revoked
by the state committee without author
ity under our constitution; and
Whereas, we. the members of Local
Spokane No. 1 took the stand which re
sulted in our unjust expulsion, because
we believed we were right, and we still
believe we are right; and
Whereas, the action of the state secre
tary, in handling the case of the local,
was and is autocratic, tyrannical and
unsocialistic; and
Whereas, a partial pardon is now of
fered by the state executive committee
to the members of this local; therefore
be it
Resolved, that the members of Local
Spokane No. l are socialists of the un
compromising Warren brand and reject
the unsolicited Taft-like pardon; and be
it also
Resolved, that we shall ask our com
rades of the coming state convention of
the ialist party to hear our case and
give us the justice to which we are en
titled, and decide the case with the best
interests of the socialist party in mind;
and be ii further
Resolved, that a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to each state committee
man in llii- state, and given to the press.
OSCAR A. NEIL,
R. B. MARTIN.
ii. T. TEKWILLIGER,
Committee.
Comrade John G. Wanhope, state or
ganizer, closed his engagement in Bpo
kane Sunday evening at Oliver hall with
his le.>ure "War, What For?" He has
made a host of friends and admirers
during his stay in Spokane and they in
sist that he is the beat speaker and or
ganizer that ever visited Spokane. We
will recommend him for the National
Lyceum course.
Tuesday evening. January 2, he or
ganized a' new local In First ward with
eleven charter members. This local ar
ranged a meeting Saturday evening,
January 6, at which Comrade Wanhope
debated with a prohibitionilt. He also
debated with the same man Wednesday
evening at the court house to a large
audience. We tried to induce nil old
partyite to defend his party but they
wen! to have more wisdom than courage
and refuse to monkey with the socialist
buz/, -aw
Commonwealth Directory.
Our request that locals pay at the
rate of #5 a year for publication of their
name in the socialist directory has met
With enroll! aging response. You will
notice that our published directory list
i, a considerable one. Judging from
some of the communications received, a
few locals arc under the impre-sion that
this directory has «>me connection with
the stats bulletin. Thil is not the case.
Ilir bulletin i* published once monthly
iv the Common wealth, but the directory
appear, in each issue. One way in which
you can help thfl Commonwealth is tO
THE COMMONWEALTH
make .< motion thai your loon I add i'-1
ii mi. 111 1111 li»t.
Sills* Hlltlv-SF.XI) TItK NKWH.
Seattle.
Dr. K. M. Brown and tlulet \i VV>II
both socialists, lili'il nomination petl
tii.n- \ f t.i.1.1 ic< candidates foi mayor.
Dr. Drown was I 11. ... II II .1 lll.liilllli'
tor im>\<>r In tli recall election and
polled more vote* in that campaign tlmn
any othei socialist ha. won. Well* ii a
former postnfflee iioplojre.
The inplalltta iimii.iini'i'il ten days ogo
tlint they w.'iiiil bold ■ convention aftei
the filings Inul been made «nd endorse
,i lint of candidate* for municipal offices.
i ii.. socialist program is to let ai niiiny
part) iih'ii as desire to do so file for the
office And then endorse I ticket which
the party will support. ijiyiil miaUst*
nre expected to withdraw if they fail to
ii'ii'i\ an endorsement!
The only other candidate who filed
yesterday ii ('■ ■'• Jacobs, 8011 Weal
Seventieth avenue, who is a candidate
foi councilman.—-Seattle Times,
Seattle.
I'liit I'm 111 of the socialist party of Se
at tie. Wash., spring of 1912:
The Hocialial party of Seattle reaf
firms Its allegiance to the principles of
International socialism as expressed in
utate nnd national platform*, and enters
municipal politics pledged to base the
acts i>i ii- elected representatives upon
these principles.
The aim and purpose of a municipal
government should be the administration
of public affairs in such manner ns to
secure the most economical and efficient
service to the community along all lines
of activity today recognized as public
functions which can best be performed
by the collectivity, with a view of rais
ing the status, and contributing to the
welfare, physical, mental nnd moral, of
the plain people, generally known as the
working class.
Such motives never actuate the poli
cies of the republican, democratic or the
-ii called "business' or "non-partisan" ad
ministration, since all such atv concerned
with serving the Interests of capital
rather than the welfare of the masses.
The ultimate aim of the socialist party
being to free all humanity from class
rule by abolishing involuntary exploita
tion, it advocates nnd stands pledged to
ndopt measures calculated to strengthen
the working class in its fight for the
realization of this ultimate end, by in
creasing the power of resistance against
capitalist oppression nnd exploitation.
With this purpose in view the socialist
party of the city of Seattle pledges it
self " and its candidates if elected to
carry out the following program:
'1. The owning nnd conducting by the
municipality, as far as possible all public
utilities, such as furnishing water, sub
ways, light, heat, communication, trans
portation, markets, wharves and all busi
ness dependent on public franchise. Such
publicly-owned utilities to be conducted
on the basis of economy and efficiency
commensurate with proper regard for
the welfare of the public servants em
ployed; also the extension of the col
lective ownership on the same basis into
any nnd all lines of service as fast as
can be done, always with a view of
thereby increasing the power of the
working class against capitalist oppres
sion and Exploitation.
2. The abolition of the city contract
system, and the substitution therefor of
the direct employment by the city, with
the eight-hour day, payment of the pre
vailing union rate of wages, and one-half
holiday In each week, exclusive of Sun
day. These conditions are to apply to
all employed by the city in any respect
whatsoever.
3. The establishment of a free em
ployment bureau for both sexes, and the
abolition of all private employment
agencies.
i. The establishment of a free muni
cipal hospital and free clinic.
5. The free use of all public build
ings for social, educational and political
meetings, when not otherwise used.
6. Weekly payment of all city em
plows, as a protection against loan
sharks.
7. The proper enforcement of law
and order, but in no wise to permit the
use of the police force for private ends
and to break strikes or in persecuting
any one coming within their power,
especially in obtaining incriminating
evidence by means of what is known as
the "third degree" or torture method.
8. The collecting of rent from all
persons who are now nnd have been for
years using city property.
NATIONAL—
New Revolutionary Monthly.
The first number of the Hay, a revo
lutionary monthly, printed in Kussian
and English at Detroit, Mich., has ap
peared. The Itay has issued a poster
announcing that China has proclaimed a
republic, and saying that Russia will be
next. The circular goes on to say that
if you don't believe it. subscribe to the
Hay and find out why it Is so. The
address of the new publication is 258
Fourth avenue. Subscription price is
50 cents a year.
Mother Jones on Strike Duty.
Mother Jones is undertaking an SX
tensive trip all through the country af
fected by the Harriimm strike. Need
less to say she is out fur the "boys" and
not for the bosses.
Socialist Women in Chicago.
The woman's agitation committee of
Cook county, Chicago, held Its first
meeting of the new year in the county
In u.li|iiiirt. last night.
The entertainment committee reported
the proceeds from the recent play an
$00.35; expenses, $47.75, leaving a bal
ance on hand for $42.60. When all tick
,i- an settled for, at least $45 will be
cleared. The ball committee reported
that the woman's agitation committee
group won the -i ond prize ■•! $25.
lin ii expenses were $I9.!I8, leaving «
balance of $8.08.
Get Names for Petitions.
Several ommitteea were elected to
louk after the circulation of thi suf
frage petitions. It wan decided to visit
the restaurants of the loop district on
Saturday, Jan. 20, thereby securing
many thuu«and» of names within a few
hours. Emma Pischell, Leonora lVaso
uinl Dorothy M lladsea were elected a
committee to tuke charge of this work.
There are ov«-r 4(K> nchooN in Chicago.
It was decided to we that every teacher
b«> a*ked to nign the petition. This
work was placed in the hand* of Matilda
llure\itz, Catherine Stokes. Kllt-n
Schmidt, Harriot Thon>p*->n, Mary
i.'iii and lima Israelson.
The following committees were elr>i
ed 1,, we thai the petition l« cln nlat<
in the loui in'"t hil being held
throughout Chicago 1
Dinah li-viht. Sarah Itrotip and
Esther KdeUon, I lie f.«-w is and tli. ward
meetings; Violet Dlxon, the Mangnsnrinn
meetings; Hone Hlsstnan and Mrs. L.
Schachtcr, the Rubinkam meetings;
Anna Epstein, the Eighteenth ward
lyceum meetlngsi Sanih Jacobstcln, the
Fifteenth ward lyceum meetings, and
Hiiby iin-ii. the Seventh ward lyceum
meet Ings.
Special Woman's Edition. ,
FoMphlne Oongei Kaneko, Alice Henry |
and Emma Pißchell were elected to ar
range for 11 special woman's edition ol
the Daily Socialist for woman's day,
February 25. It was decided to com- !
municate wfth Charlotte I'erkins Oilman ;
and try to secure her for the speaker for
thnt day.
Steps were taken toward securing a
wrnman organizer for Cook county.
The committee voted to have Mrs.
Martha S. Clarke give a course of lea
sons on parliamentary law. The lessons
will be free to all women and mnny girls
In the trade unions have expressed ■ de
sire 1.1 take the course.
Socialists Threaten to Expel McDevitt.
Charged with violating one of the
fundamental principles of the socialist
movement In not conferring with his
party committee before accepting an np
poiiilment ns election commissioner at
the hands of -,layor Rolph, William Mc-
Devitt appeared at the socialist central
committee meeting last night to defend
himself. I'xpulsion from the party is
the penalty threatened.
John Keller, secretary of Ixjcnl San
Francisco, brought the charges. lie set
forth in writing thnt C. W. Hogue had
been selected by a majority vote of the
local organization as the man to repre
lent the party on the election commis
sion. It was also decided, he said, that J
none but lloglie should be permitted to I
accept I he appoint
A communication from McDevitt to
Keller, dated the day of the appoint inriit .
was read. MeDevitt asked for nn in
dorsement of his acceptance and an early
opportunity to explain to the committee I
the circumstances under which he took
the office.
LOCAL—GENERAL.
Opie Read, January 25.
Ople Read, the well-known novelist,
will speak on Thursday, January 25, at
the high school auditorium. His will be
the third number on the Public School
Lyceum course.
Everett's City Treasury.
Jan. 13, 1912.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Conn
cil, Kverett, Washington.
fJontlemen—The city administration
which has just stepped out of office gave
out to the locnl press that a surplus of
some fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,
--000.00) was turned over to the new ad
ministration, giving the impression that
there was a surplus to that amount. %
We have reliable information to the
effect that the cash left available for
your use is nbout three hundred dollars
'($300.00), and that nbout $8,000.00 ot
unpaid debts in addition were saddled
upon you.
Yon, the present administration, will
be held responsible for the financial stat
us of the city during your term. Tn
view of these facts we offer the follow
ing resolution:
Be it resolved by the socialist party of
Kverett, as represented by their city
central committee, that the mayor nnd
city council be requested to issue an of
ficial statement to the public regarding
the financial conditions herein mentioned,
that the public may know the exact
truth and may be able to form their
conclusions therefrom.
Respectfully submitted,
—Socinlist Party of Everett, by City
Central Committee, J. T, Hazard,
hairman.
(A day or two following the adoption
of this resolution, a financial statement
appeared in the Everett Herald.)
Settlement Effected.
Satisfactory settlement has been ef
fected between the Kverett light com
pany and the unions of the city, who
have been at loggerheads for some time.
Teachers Organize.
About fifty of the principals of the
schools of the county met at the office
of the county superintendent last Satur
day, January 13, and completed the or
ganization of the Principals' club.
Supt. fleo. Lancaster of Arlington was
elected president, Supt. C. A. Nelson was
elected secretary-treasurer.
An executive council was elected con
sisting of the county superintendent, the
president, the secretary-treasurer, Supt.
c. I!. Frazier, Supt. J.'w. Coleman.
Five assistant secretaries were ap
pointed by the county superintendent,
consisting of the following: Miss licit ha
Ross, Mrs. R. A. Small. Mr. Sidney
Smith, Mr. \. C. Rhodes, Mr. A. K.
Anderson.
The next meeting of the club will be
called by the executive council.
"General Education."
A canvass of Everett in anticipation
of forming a university club, shows 200
men who can qualify. A population of
25,000 should mean 5,000 men. A pro
greasive western city shows four per
cent of men who have had opportunity
for higher education.
Everett's Treasury.
There is $295.29 in the Everet treas
ury available for operating expenses
High School Program.
The -.vi,. of Kverett high -■ b' nl will
present the following program on the
evening of January 19. The program
looks good and these yming people should
l«e encouraged by a larj attendance]
Vocal solo, Miss Henson; "One Niche the
High«-»t," Hattie Ki.ui/l "The
Jumping Frog," Osborne Ilileii; "'I '"'
(lovernor's Ijevee." Catherine Hastings;
piano ixiln, JesMe Williams; "Quo War
rantn," Fred Mich.l; "The Lost Word."
Helen Burkbolder; "The Swan Song."
Nettie Carlson; violin *'>!". Mildred
Thorn berg I Daniel O'Connell, Edward
I Hartley; selection from "The Merchant
of Venice," Ada Durr; piano splo, Mildred
Carr.
GENERAL.
Speed— For Whose Benefit?
Adding- machine and currency cuunt
of half our ntore this morning and \ ramped foe I
We are fnreed i<« continue m > ■ there i*. lota <>f good* in
(Mirwny. Watch our windows for the real raltws.
Bachelder & Corneil
BETTER CLOTHES 1711 HEWITT
ing contests will be held bj the local
chapter of the Imerioan Institute of
Hanking in its clubrooms in the ISallar
geon building, Wednesday evening, at *
o'clock. Thirty employes of Seattle
banks have entered for the adding ms
chine contest, in which the man making
the best time will win a prise ot
Second and third prices of $|m ard $6,
respectively, will also be awarded. Fif
teen men ' will try for the W 6 prise
which will be given to the man correctly
counting $6,000 in mixed currency, gold
and silver, in the shortest time.
Shingle Weavers' Convention.
Bedro Wooltey, -lan. 13. The inter
ii,iti.mill shingle weavers union closed a
tine., days' convention here this evening
with a banquet. Officers for the (inning
year arc I. <:. Brown of Raymond; pres
ident; 11. Call, of Belllngham, rice
president ; \V. 11. Reid, Even 11. -
I aiy t leasuivr. 'I lie next et iug will
be held In Portland. A resolution was
adopted making it compulsory for local
unions to affiliate with the state Feder
at ion of Labor and another resolution
that the international union extend its
jurisdiction to all workers in lumber and
other wood working industries. Promi
nent spoakeis at the meeting included
President C. K. Case of the State Fed
eration of Labor and Organiser C. O.
Young of the American Federation of
Labor.
Oscar 11. McGill, who is known as "In
dustrial Evangelist" in the state, reports
that lie was in attendance at the shingle
weavers' convention. On Friday a reso
lution was passed to the effect that in
asmuch as the interests of labor and
capital are diametrically opposed, any
member of the shingle weavers who joins
the Civic Federation, must forfeit his
membership in the union.
On Saturday a resolution was adopted
endorsing the principles of the socialist
party. To cadi of these resolutions there
was but one dissenting vote, and this
was cast by the delegate from district
No. 2. which includes Michigan and Wis
consin.
All speeches made at banquets and
elsewhere during the convention were
strongly socialistic, and the socialist
sentiment was heartily applauded.
The shingle weavers' union is the only
craft of the lumber manufacturing trade
organized. The lumber manufacturers
have fought the organization bitterly.
As Comrade Motlill listened to the simple
eloquence of the delegates, nearly every
man of whom carried a maimed hand or
arm in testimony of his calling, he was
reminded of that other wood worker of
long ago whose hands bore the nail scars
because hi' was of the people. Hut. as
Comrade Eugene Wood so splendidly put
it in his Everett address, labor, the
crucified son of Cod. is wresting its hands
from the cross of slavery, ignorance and
prejudice.
California Social Democrat, official or
gan of the socialist party of the state
■if California. Eight pages. Publisfted
weekly at 711 San Fernando Bldg., 4th
and Main St., Los Angeles. Price $1.00
per year.
White Slaver Granted New Trial.
Fred stone, the notorious white slaver,
convicted ill the superior court of What
com county on the charge of Inning de
livcrcd Delenia l.ecomle into the keep
ing of his wife for immoral purposes,
has been granted a new trial by the
state supreme court. The action of the
court will probably mean the man's it
leas... as tin mplaining witness Is -aid
to l.c dead. New trial was granted on
the ground of errors in test imonj
What's in a Name?
Supreme < 'ourt fast Ice Mder < tester,
in Mbaiiy count]. has sustained the
secretary of state in refusing t" file a
certificate of Incorporation >'"' a restau
rant In New York which the incorpora
tors proposed to call Hell eH her after a
Scandinavian town oi aftel the theo
logical home for the i generate. Ibe
tarj of state feared thai the pro
prietors of the restaurant would in their
advertisements advise persons looking
foi ,i meal ol (let uals to go to ii.ll and
<_'ct it.
, Exception to Hitchcock Ruling.
IV-i mast, i i eneral Hiti I -!- ha« filed
an answer to the suit of the Review ..t
Re 4 lews nmpan) for an Injunction
rent in;; disu i iminal lon in t ranspori ing
ih ithlv Revl
hi while other publications "f Its
weekly. go bj i«|
Hitch says tl
-houll have been m <<>•»<
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Boy Scouts Grown.
Chihuahua, Mexico, Jan. 6. —Twenty-
. five hundred minors in the Santa Eula
li,i disliiil itruok yesterday for nil 8
j hour day and a 25 per cent increase in
wages, harles M. Bchwab'i San Toy
; mine l« in this district and hi affected.
Mine owners emphatically refuse con
cessions and have asked for troops. Al
though mi disorder lias occurred, the
government has acceded to their re
quest and 700 troops were entrained for
the district.
\i the San Antonio cotton mills, in
the state of Puebla, 2,500 men went out
and troops are also being rushed to the
ene.
Votes for Women.
Washington, Jan. s.—Another mem
ber of the house today joined the ranks
of the women suffragists. Representa
tive Raker of California introduced ■
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution to give women the right
to vote.
Whose Government Is It?
'Washington, Jan. 5. —While the gen
eral public is led to believe that the
United States government is now en
gaged in a death conflict with the steel
trust, a paid agent of that merciless cor
poration is using the Smithsonian insti
tution to put the official -stamp of ap
proval upon the trust's so-called system
of protecting its workers against indus
trial accidents.
A report just issued by the Smithson
ian contains an article by David S. Byer,
chief inspector of the American Steel and
Wire company. l>\or attempts to put
the blame for accidents in mills on the
workers themselves. He says that they
are "callous to danger."
According to the government bureau
of labor conditions in the steel plants
are "shocking." This is the exact lan
guage used by Labor Commissioner Neil
in his report on the Bethlehem Steel
works.
From Literary Digest.
December 22.—Persia accepts all of
Russia's demands, including the dismis
sal of Mr. Shuster.
December 22.—A bill introduced into
tlie Russian duimi provides for a tariff
war on the 1 nited States.
December 23. —The Cuban sugar crop
is declared by exports to bo the biggest
on record.
December 24.—A Russian expedition
leaves Ispahan for Tabriz "to punish
Persia" for the attacks there on Russian
soldiers.
December 25. The United States
cruiser Monterey arrives at Shanghai,
raising the number of American war
ships at the Chinese port to eleven.
December 25. —General Reyes volun
tarily surrenders to Mexican troops, ad
milting the cause of a revolution in
Mexico to be hopeless.
December 26. —The Russian troops
massacre hundreds of natives at Resht;
the Russian consul assumes the govern
lllcllt of the town.
December 27. —England protests to the
Russian government against its butcher
ies in Persia, which are semi-officially
admitted in both countries to have oc
curred.
December 27. —A bill is introduced into
the diima providing for the total c\
elusion of American Jews from liussia.
Taft and Christian Science.
President Taft lias >igned an executive
order which will have th eeffeot of per
mitting Christian Scientists to practice
mental healing on the Isthmus of Pana
ma. Several months ago Mr. Taft is
sued an order regulating the practice of
medicine on the isthmus, which indirectly
prevented Christian Scientists from en
gaging in healing there. Secretary of
War Stimson had a new regulation draft
ed so as to avoid the objection of the
hristian Scientists. The new regulation
provides t li.it "nothing in this order thall
l.c construed to ohibil the praet ice of
the religious tenets of any church la the
i ministration of the sick or suffering by
mental or spiritual means without the
■ u»e "i any drug or material remedy,
; whether gratuitously or foi compensa
tion. provided that iueh taaitarj laws,
.I. lei rules and regulat as now in,
..I hereafter may be In force in the canal
zone, are complied with."
Ki.v-i Emigrant*.
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