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THE LABOR ADVOCATE-
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Uncle Sam's Eagle Eye
s On German Agents
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Round-Up To Follow Declaration of War. Hope They
Don't Overlook the Bunch in Cincinnati.
Washington. In the event of hostili
ties with Germany there will be a sud
den round-up of German spies and
agents in this country of surprising mag
nitude, according Jo an official of the
Department of Justice, who frankly
stated the department is endeavoring
to conceal every scrap of specific in
formation it possesses touching on any
phase of neutrality.
The Bureau of Investigation of the
Secret Service corps has been carrying
on a cry quiet but extensive inquiry
for several months. That it has been
effective has been exhibited in the few
instances in which German agents have
been charged with unneutral acts'.
It is strong!) intimated the .department
has enough information catalogued so
that overnight most of the German
agents in the United States could be
scized qr placed under effective survcl
lance if such a course were advisable or
necessary.
KKKKltaMIUM OX SUFKKAGK.
Albany, N. Y. The State Senate has
voted, .19 to 7, in favor of submitting
the question of u Omen's suffrage to the
electorate next November. In 1915 the
people defeated this proposal, 7.12,770
to .i-H,I57.
2'AIXTKltK WANT JIOKK.
tfariuctlc, Wis. Organized painters
hae prepared a new wage scale which
increases rates from 40 cents to WiY2
cents an hour. These .unionists are con
fident of success, as they arc strongly
organized.
OIM'OSK I'OnCK "MUOOIXG."
S.icra'nicnto, Cal. The Senate Judici
ary Committee favors a bill that would
prevent police departments from photo
graphing or taking any physical Records
of any person arrested unless convicted,
Stroheim's Dollar Store
1113 Main Street
Visit our millinery depart
ment to get real values
HARRY C. HOPPE
Dealer In All Kinds of
Fresh and Smoked Meats and Sausage
CAME AND POULTRY IN SEASON
Slwe, 1 17 W. Court St. Siitb Si. MuUl Stall No. 24
Phon Canal 1410-X
SAVE MONEY
SUITS Jftgf $11.75
Oircr 100 Stilri la Pick From. We Outran
Ite the Fit or Return Your Money.
H. NEWBURGER
503 W. SIXTH ST.
rbt. Wut 2U.Y DINNER LUNCH
MICHAEL MERKEL
CAFE and SUMMER GARDEN
2J74 Sprl.i Cr.Tt A... CINCINNATI. O j
our cuano urn rmsiiio
Pk.M At 2MJ-X
Anth. Brueneman
UNION TAILOR
SUITS 915 and up
TROUSERS $3.50 AND UP
,,tfni'.',Vl.;f,'ct 103 Calhoun St.
BOB'S CAFE
ROBT. ZIMMER, Proprietor
STRICTLY UNION
S. W. Cor. 2nd and Vino
Phone Main 4644
All Good Things to Eat
Delicious Cream Waffles
115 W. 5th St.
Phone M.in 1354 OTTO KELM, Prop.
Tel., Cuul 1745-R
Strictly UbIm Goods
FRANK (GARDNER
CAFE
Pavilioa and Belredere Sis., ML ADAMS
In the few instances in which the de
partment hau been asked what course it
was pursuingwith respect to certain sus
pected individuals, the inquiries have
been met with a blank refusal to discuss
the subject. To this has been added the
statement that, as a matter of public
policy, discussion by officials was regard
ed as unwise.
It is the manifest intention of the de
partment to reveal nothing in spy cases
until each incident reaches the Stage of
public prosecution.
A considerable increase in the corps
at the disposal of the department for
secret investigation has been made and
is being continued. Mitch of the work
that is being done is centered in officials
of the Bureau of Investigation, who
have not communicated what they arc
doing, even to other officials of the de
partment for fear of an inadvertent
"leak."
INJUNCTION JUDGE
TALKS OF FREEDOM
Chattanooga, 1'cnn Juuge Garvin
has modified Ins injunction against strik
ing electrical workers by excluding J.
Cohen, president of the Central Labor
Union and editor of the. Labor World
after the court was shown that Cohen
had nothing to do with the strike. The
trade unionist is not fooled by the
court's claim that it stands for the free
dom of the press.
"Such nu injunction a that granted
by Judge Garvin is a most degrading use
of the agencies of justice, and it is a dis
ease, according to some of the greatest
minds of this uatiwu, that threatens to
destroy all confidence in our institutions
of justice," he says.
Judge uarvin stated that he could
not niU77lc the press and dissolved the
injunction against the editor of the La
bor World. But the injunction against
the electricians still stands, preventing
them Irom dojng anything that might he
construed as interference with the busi
ness of the Terrell-Hedges Company.
We bclicvethey have a lawful right to
carry on this strike to a successful con
clusion. They will iolate no law. how
ever, and if necessary fight in the courts
for the rights of labor as they see it,
and as it lias been established by the
higher courts of the land. We deem it
the duty of organi7cd labor to suimort
the efforts of the striking electrical
workers for improvements of their con
ditions, and fear of a temporary injunc
tion should not deter them. All lawful
means in their bauds will be employed
to the end that justice under the law is
guaranteed the strikers,
If this is contempt of court, if it is
a 'lawless' act, if it interferes with the
business of the Terrell-Hedges Com
pany, or if it violates m any particular
the injunction of the chancery court, it
results froti) the issuance of an outrage
ous order and not from any inherent
prejudice we may have against consti
tuted authority,"
CITV FIUKMKK UNIONIZHI).
St. Paul, Minn, Every city fireman,
except the chiefs, lias joined the City
Firemen's Protective Union, affiliated
to the A. F. of L. The first move of
the new organisation was to start an
agitation for the two-platoon system.
East Liverpool, O. Municipal fire
men have organized Federal Labor
Union No. 1S430, chartered by the A. F.
of L. The new organization has elected
delegates to the Trades and Labor
Council.
IHMIKllV (JIIUiH KAISK WAGKS.
Chicago, III, Organized bindery girls
in this city have negotiated a wage
agreement that makes their rates .$10 to
$IS a week.
HOTEL METR0P0LE
CINCINNATI, OHIO
UNDER PERSONAL DIRECTION OP GEO. W. MARTIN
"A Home For the Man
Rates per Day, with Tub Bath or Shower, $1.50 and up
Rubber Boots Repaired
Guaranteed Waterproof
Tires Repaired and Vulcanized, New and Used Tires for Sale.
BUCKEYE TIRE CO., 129 East 9th Street
Ct "W WW'lWT'rVT
.J. rifcJNIN,
Branch Bakery and Lunch Room
oil lock street
THE NEW GERMANY
Can the Old Uottlo Ite Miule To Hold
Now,' Wl'noV-
What will Germany be like" after the
war? In the conflicts of men, as in the
convulsions of nature, the ancient land
marks may be one): "more visible Vvhen
all is oyer, bnt so trahsfbrme'd that
recognition is difficult. How will the
new Germany differ from the old? The
question is unanswerable for the prcs-1
cut. Yet there may be a partial answer
to, it in the speech of the German Chan
cellor befoic the; Prussian DieU He vyas
speaking to 'an audience1 less receptive
to liberal ideas than any that would
hae gathered in the Imperial Reichs
tag. That makes what he said the more
significant. Prussia is the soul of Ger-,
many at war. Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-weg
now tells the Prussians that Ger
many at peace must have a new soul.
"Equal rights and participation by all
in the work of the state" such a con
ception of government must dominate
the empire if it is to survive in a world
increasingly devoted to democratic
principles. "The most gigantic tasks
that ever confronted a nation" will have
to be accomplished. The Chancellor is
under no illusions as to the nature of
the burden. "Woe to the statesman,"
he cries, "who docs not recognize the
signs of the times and who, after this
catastrophe, the like of which the world
has never seen, believes that he can take
up his work at the same point at which
it was interrupted I"
No doubt, Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-wcg
would be glad to believe thatjPrus
sian militarism has shot its bolt. Even
in peace Germany has not had constitu
tional government in the modern sense,
for no government that is not responsi
ble to the elected representatives of the
people deserves to be so characterised
Moreover, the Reichstag itself is far
from being a truly representative body.
Its members are elected by universal
suffrage, to be sure, but inequality of
representation gives disproportionate
weight to the rural districts at the ex
pense of the centers of population. Thus
the Socialists have never had the num
ber of members to which their votes
entitled them. Prussia is overwhelm
ingly superior to the other states, with
2.10 members out of :i!i7, Bavaria haying
only 48 and Saxony 2.1. Gcrmanyis in
somewhat tlie same position in this re
spect as England was before the re
form bill of 18112. This fact has been
a potent clement in the remarkable
growth of Socialism, which the Em
peror frequently denounced as a menace
in the days before the war. A new Ger
many will have to give due weight to
the Socialistic ideal, which is indeed no
small part of her present governmental
ideal; one might call it the socialism of
efficiency. But Germany at war has
been controlled, not by her people or
her government, but by her military
heads. The Cancellor knows this as
well as anybody, for his authority has
suffered by it. And when the Socialists
went into the conflict as patriotically as
the Junkers, they threw away, for the
time at least, their democratizing influ
ence. Can the old bottle hold the new wine?
Will Germany renew herself by reform
or by rcolution? The Chancellor evi
dently believes that revolution can be
averted only by reform. It would be
idle to predict what the attitude of the
German people toward the Hohenzol
lern dynasty will be after the war. They
have been in a sense democratic even
under imperialism; but they have never
been republican. Not once since 1848
has the Throne seemed to be in danger;
and then the danger proved not to be
serious.- They have inclined to the prin
ciple laid down by Charles I of England
that it is not the concern of the peo
ple to govern, but only to be governed
well. Nor have they shown the same
instinct for parliamentary rule as the
English and Americans, or cveni the
French and Italians. In ordinary times
such national characteristics change
slowly. War is another matter. A vic
tory, perhaps a peace without victory,
might leave Germany with her present
government liberalized. A defeat might
provoke an outburst before which the
whole frame of things would totter.
Some change is inevitable. Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
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CHAS. THORBURN
PHONE, CANAL 1229-Y
THORBURN & TRUNNELL
Composition Roof Contractors
Barrett Specification Roofs
Our Specialty
Let Us Figure With You on Repairing
ana Painting Your Roofs
"Union All the Way Through"
For TIN, SLATE AND TILE ROOFING, SHEET METAL WORK OF ALL
KINDS, AND WARM AIR FURNACES AND JOBBING
See The Kruckemeyer Roofing' & Furnace Co.
HARRY F. KRUCKEMEYER, Pre.. 1416-1418 PLUM STREET
Long Distance Connections
"EVERYTHING
ASBESTOS SUPPLY & MANUFACTURING CO.
E. C. WULFECK, Jr., Manager
PIPE AND BOILER COVERINGS
ASBESTOS MATERIAL
FERD. DOEPKE Hardware
2906 Vine Street Phone, Avon 1622
Roofing and Sheet Metal. General Repair Work. Furnace' and Stove Repair!.
TELEPHONE,
CANAL 103
JOHN
Office and Shop, 222 E. Twelfth St.,
Sherman Applegate
BRICKLAYER ,
CONTRAC1 OR
BUILDER
LOTS FOR SALE
Houses Built to Suit Owner
Satisfied Customers Are My Best
Advertisement
STRICTLY UNION LABOR USED
CHEVIOT, -- OHIO
Let Us Place You in a Home of Your Own
Varlout Location
Popular Priett and Eatlmtt of Ttrm
HAYWARD $ DETZEL
' QUALITY HOME BUILDERS "
rhonet M.H30 & w. 2335 309 Mercantile Library Bldg.
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JOHN F. GOULD Sic'f.
The United States Varnish Co.
MANUFACTURERS FINEST VARNISHES
2816-2618 Colerain Ave.
Phonm Witt 359 CINCINNATI, O.
INGALLS STONE GO.
CONTRACTORS
ERECTING STONE AND STEEL
ON NEW COURT HOUSE
LINDEMANN HARDWARE &
ROOFING CO. 2626viNEraSTREifT
Manufacturers niul Dealers in llanlnare, Stoves,
Tin, Copper and Hollow Ware. Galanized Iron
Work, faints and Glass, Gas Supplies. Hoofing
and Vuriiacc'Worki
rhoncs Avon U'M and 4100-V
FAVOR VOTN-ANYWHKUK KIMj.
Sacramento, Cal. A State Assembly
Committee has recommended the pas
sage of a bill that would permit absent
voters to cast ballots at a general pr
primary election. It will be necessary
to change the State constitution. The
amendment would make it possible for
a registered voter, wherever, within the
State, he-may be on election day, to go
to the nearest polling place with an
identification card of some kind and
register his vote.
Established 1834 Tel. Main 2432
THE J. B. SCHRODER CO.
Manufacturers of
High-Grade Builders' Hardware
133 EAST FIFTH ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO
IfWI YN
CARPENTER
Formerly with P. J. Heiiter
R..f nelnSi-L Dayton, Ky.
wall paper, paints and decorations
Paper Hangni tod DecortliBt Speoallr.
p,pir ciunnf-, Window Shidti ud Room HnUmf.
Estimates Cheerfully Given
DURBIN E. TRUNNELI.
1421 Walnut Street
Phone, Main 1316
IN ASBESTOS"
111 W. Third St., Cincinnati, 0.
ROLFES
CARPENTER
and BUILDER
belw. Main and Sycamore, Cincinnati, 0.
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57- SSTc
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PEDRETTI & SON
Fresco Artists and Decorators
Tinting and Painting
10 West Ninth St. CINCINNATI. O.
Ttltphonm Canal 254 '
J. D. HASEUEIES Eitablllhid 1182 FHED. STREICHER
J.D.HASEMEIER&CO.
House, Sign and Decorative
PAINTERS
1611 John St. (belw. Libert? and Oliver)
Phone West 3800 riNCINNATl O.
Edward McClure
CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER
niONES: .,,
, MadisonulleasO Madisonwlle 002-1.
(Office! 0203 Roe Street ,
Standard Marble Works
John ,M. Mueller, Jr., Prop.
Importer, Producer and Worker In Marble and
Onyx lor Interior and Exterior ot
Buildings and Church Work
Marble Tile and Marble Mosaic Floors. Ceramic
and Encaustic Tile and Terrazzo Floors
Fstiroates Cheerfully furnished to all parts of the
United Stales and Canada.
S1IOK WOItKKItS KTKIKK.
DuhUh, Iinn. Kmplojcs of the
Northern Shoe cpmpany organized and
were then forced on strike because sev
eral of their associates were discharged.
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