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ton and speculation. 1t demands the col.
lectivc possession, control or manage.
ment of land to whatever extent may be
necessary to attain that end. It is not
opposed to the occupation and posses.
sion of land by those using it in a uis.
full and bona fidc manner without ex.
ploitation.
8. The collective ownership OF all in.
dustries which are organized on , ma.
tional scale and i'll which competition has
virtually ceased to exist.
4. The extension of the public domain
to include mines, quarries, oil wells,
forests and water power.
S. The scientific reforesting of tim.
Der lands and the reclamation Of swamp
land. The land SO rcforested or reclaimed
to be permanently retained as u part Of
the public domain.
@. The absolute freedom Of preIs,
speech and assemblage.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
z. The improvement of the industrial
conditions of the workers:
(a) BY shortening the workday in
keeping with the increased productive.
ness of machinery.
OBJ By securing to every worker a res.
period of not less than n day and q
half each week.
(c) BY securing a more effective in.
spection of workshops and factories.
td) BY forbidding the employment Of
children under sixteen years of aye.
(e) By forbidding the interItat.
transportation of the products of child
labor, of convict labor and of all unin
spected factories.
81 By abolishing official charity and
substituting in it's place compulsory in
surance against unemployment, Illness
accidents, inyalidism, old age and death
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
8. The extension of inheritance tars
graduated in proportion to the amount
of the bequest and to the nearne's oil
kin.
0. A graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men and women, and we pledge our
selves to engage in an active campaign IN
that direction.
IL. The initiative and referendum
proportional representation, and the
right of recall.
IL. The abolition of the senate.
ID. The abolition of the power
usurped by the supreme court OF the
United States to pass upon the con-
stitutionality of legislation enacted b!
congress. National laws to be repealed
or abrogated only by an act Of congre"
or by referendum of the whole people
IA. The abolition of the veto power
of the president.
Is. That the constitution he made
amendable by majority vote.
1G. The enactment of further measures
for general education and fer the con
servation of health. Tho bureau OF edu-
cation to be made department /"
creation of a department of public health
II. The separation of the presen.
bureau of labor from the department Oh
commerce and labor, and the establish
ment of department of labor.
Is. That all judges be elected by Inc
people for short terms, and that 'ne
power to issue injunctions should Do
surbed by immediate legislation
10. The free administration OF justice
Such measures of relief as we may
able to force from capitalism are bu.
preparation OF the workers to seize tn'
whole powers of government, in oFa'l
that they may hereby lay hold OF 'h'
whole system of industry, and tnu'
come into their rightful inheritance
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strike could be brought about at once
II 1t We're not for the determination
OF this railroad to starve the mir ers
into submission and in this way Kill
the union
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THE MASSES IN SUBJECTION.


machine owners compare to all other
classes decreases, their power in the ma
ton and in the world increases. They
bring ever larger masses of working PEG
pie under their control, reducing them to
the point where muscle and brain are
their only productive property. Millions
of formerly self-employing workers thus
become the helpless wage slaves of the
industrial masters.
The more the economic power of the
ruling class grows, the less useful does
it become in the life ofs@nation. The
overwhelming bulk of the useful work
OF the nation falls upon the shoulders
of the classes that either have no other
productive property but their manual
and mental labor power the wage work
ers-or that have but little land and
little machinery outside of their labor
power-the small traders and small
farmers. The ruling minority is steadily
becoming useless and parasitic.
A bitter struggle over the division of
the products of labor is wuged between
the exploiting propertied class on the
one hand and the exploited, propertyless
class on the other. In this struggle the
wage working class cannot expect
adequate relief from any reform of the
present order from the dominant class
of society.
The wage workers are therefore
the most determined and irreconcilable
antagonists of the ruling class. They
are also the class which suffers most
from the curse of class rule. The fact
that small number of capitalists is
permitted to use all the country's re-
sources and social tools for their in
dividual profit, and to make the produc
ton of the necessaries of our lives the
object of their competitive private en-
terprise and speculat1ons, is at the bot
tom of all the social evils of our time.
MODERN INDUSTRY PAINLESS.
In spite of the organization of trusts,
pools and combinations, the capitalists
are powerless to regulate production for
social ends. Industries are largely con-
Quoted in painless manner. Through
periods of feverish activity the strength
and health of tho workers are merci-
lessly undermined, and during periods
of enforced idleness the workers are fire.
quently reduced to starvation.
The climax of this chaotic system of
production are the regularly recurring
industrial depressions and crises which
paralyze the nation every fifteen or
twenty years.
In its mad and reckless race for profits
the capitalist class is bound to exploit
the workers to the very limit of their
moral and mental welfare to it's own in
satiable greed. Capitalism keeps the
masses of workingmen in poverty,
restitution, physical exhaustion and
Ignorance. 1t drags their wives from
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
At Rules held in the Clerks office Of the Cir
day in September, 1910.
Cora B. McDougal
In Chancery.
E. l.. McDougal.
tain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony by
the plaintiff from the defendant And it appear.
ing by affidavit filed in this cause that tho said
defendant f. L. McDougal is nonresident of
this State. it is ordered that he do appear here
within one month after: the date OF the first
publication hereof and do what is. necessary to
protect his int erests.
A Copy Tcste:
Ira II. Mottesheard. Clerk.
James S. Parkins.
w. G..Barnhart.
Solicitors
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
To E. L McDougal Defendant:
Take notice. that Saturday, the LIST day of
October, 1910. between the hours of 8 O'Clock a.
m. and 6, o'clock p. m. at Philoah school house.
in Poca District. Putnam county. w. Va. shall
proceed to take the dispositions of myself and
others to be read in evidence in, my behalf in
that certain suit in chancery pending in the
Circuit Court of kanawha county. w. Va where
in am the plaintiff and you are defendant. And
if from any cause the taking of said dispositions
menced. if they be not completed on said day.
the taking of the same will be adjourned and
continued from day to day and from time to time
at the same place and between the same hours
until they are completed.
James S. Parkins.
VIM. G. Barnhart.
Solicitors.
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Do Socialists Stand For.
THIS TELLS YOU.

Human life depends upon food, cloth
ing and shelter. Only when these are as
sured are freedom, culture and higher
human development possible. To pro-
duce food, clothing and shelter, land and
machinery are needed. Land by itself
does not satisfy human needs. Human
labor gets raw materials and food out of
the soil by creating machinery and using
it upon the land. Whoever has control
of land and machinery has control of hui
man labor, anu with it of human life and
liberty.
Today the machinery and rne land
used for industrial purposes are owned
by rapidly decreasing minority. So
long as machinery is simply and easily
handled by one man, it does not make its
owners 80 powerful that they can
dominate the sources of life of others.
But when machinery becomes more and
more complex and expensive, and re-
quires for its effective operation the or
ganized effort of many workers, its in
tiuence reaches over wider circles of life.
The owners of such machinery become
the dominant class.
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deans Same Force.

the law. that never before has it been
otherwise
Means Same Force.
1T has therefore from custom become
unwritten law, which. after all these
wears. should have the same force and
effect as written II there has been any
one redeeming feature IN our existing
form OF government by commission II has
been found in this nOnpartisan idea Gen.
Johnston IS a Republican IN politics, as
am informed, Mr.. Rudolph is also Re-
publican, and was chosen as the Repu5-
Ican member Of the new board 70 sue
coed Commissioner MaCfaTland. Il the
board is 10 be continued as nOnpartisan
the successor OF Commissioner West
should have been a Democrat. This the
people OF the District, even the Repub-
Iicans. expected and desired. II is IN
fortunate that this time. however. Gus
tom has been thus cast aside. To de-
stroy the nOnpaTtisan idea IN the board
viii be not only undesirable. but unwei-
come 10 all who favor the present form OF
government in this District. whether they
are citizens here or elsewhere.
~ am absolutely opposed 20 such
change. and ! therefore deeply regret the
appointment Of Gen. Johnston for the
reasons stated. and while I have no desire
to say or do anything in the least IN
pleasant TO the general. vet am con-
strained 20 say that / do not think his
confirmation by the Senate would meet
with the approval OF the people OF this
District and for the reasons suggested
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For Tagging Appetites.

From the Cleveland Leader.
A delicious salad to be served with
mayonnaise is made Of big white cherries
filed with broken nut meats. The fruit
should be arranged on white lettuce
leaves.
A tablespoonful OF oranges peeled. di-
vided into sections and cut in pieces. and
q spoonful OF broken pecan meats ar
ranged on lettuce leaf with mayon-
naise make delicious salad
For a slightly salad. cut crisp lettuce
into shreds and arrange it as a border
around a fiat salad plate Among the
shreds scatter strips OF red pepper or the
canned Spanish sweet pepper In the
center pile chopped cabbage mixed with
strips OF olives or a mound Of any fruit
or vegetable mixture. Serve with French
dressing or mayonnaise.
For a late supper toast slices Of gra-
ham bread from which the crust has
been cut, spread with butter, cut each
slice in two and place on each piece an
snchOvy. Squeeze a few drops OF lemon
juice on it. sprinkle with cayenne, and
heat in the oven.
The white grapes for the table to-mor-
row may be easily frosted. Cut the
punches into convenient size for serving
and brush the grapes all over with white
OF egg and then sprinkle with granulated
sugar. Use them as the border with the
other fruit I'm the center Of the dish or
in the center with apples and oranges
around.
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GIRL CRUCIFIES HERSELF.
Possessed of Religious Mania, She
Suffers No Pain.

Rome Jan IA strange story comes
from Turin about the act of a servant
girl who became possessed Of a religious
mania The woman who employed the
girl found her cruciAed on a bed
After an investigation the employer dis
covered that the girl, after placing a
crown Of thorns on her head and infiict-
ing q severe wound on her chest, nailed
her feet and her left hand to the bed
boards and calmly spent the night suf-
fering fortunes such as Christ is said 10
have undergone.
When discovered tho girl was uncon-
scious from pain and loss of blood, and
was taken to a hospital in a dying con-
dition. She admitted that out OF love OF
Jesus Christ she had voluntarily cruel
fed herself, Her reason for this, she
said, was that she wished to share
Christ's sufferings.
The doctors declare that the girl IS
hysterical, and therefore insensibIe to
pain; but the common people regard the
case as miraculous.
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ishing
Probably a
Well asking him he happened
be bootblack
something think about
a a
other OF things
you operator perfectly question
wering III information
a e
all the big this told
forbidden anything
CALLING
busy" Shall ! call you? and two three others
greeting instances punished
to he CIR
a
as
interesting
No won't think Paul Pry all If about
o the world?
CAMERON.
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
FROM WOMANS
POINT OF VIEW

\ deal OF trouble comes OF a careless
signature to documents whose contents
are not thoroughly understood. Men err
in this direction. but the principal offend
ers are women. who usually lack the
nerve to defend themselves in cases
where the law shows the least bit of
interest few months ago a family
was left without home because the mas
culine head furnished on the instalment
plan, signing a document which allowed
his creditor to seize everything. even
when there was no more than dollar
due. provided that dollar was delayed
twenty-four hours IN reaching him.
There are firms which grow rich
through the folly of men and women who
cannot afford TO waste one penny. They
oIsr dazzling propositions and con-
tract which the signer never sees after
the ink is dry. There is no duplicate for
the person who pays the money, and no
receipts are offered-the debtor must he
sharp enough to ask for them or pay
the penalty. Buying on time has ad-
vantages II one deals with reliable per
sons. but is dangerous enough when there
is triekery behind 1t,
A signature is binding, and that is what
women do not always remember. A con-
tract worth the name is always dupli-
Gated so that each party can have pro-
lection. Forgery is a crime but it must
be proved before punishment is melted
out, and that Is the knowledge that
makes rascality common. It is a simple
matter TO change a figure or a word. but
a hard thing TO prove without copy
OF the original document.
Both men and women have signed
away their birthright in grossest ignor-
ance. for they did not take the trouble
to read the document either before or
after signing. Their only hope Of remedy
was in the law, and that they found
tedious and expensive. With all that was
the .idicule OF the world which accepts
no excuse for stupidity. There is a host
OF working women who are making life
easy for men and women who trade on
their credulity. I actually saw a smooth
tongued mllliner sell a hat TO a girl who
had spent but little time in this country.
and change the flowers before wrapping
and delivering the article
The chances are that the fraud was
never discovered. although sharp eyes
wolld have noted that the flowers were
not nav. The milliHer had evidently had
success in such dishonest acts. for she
kept large box of secondhand trim
mings behind the counter where she had
a woman ready to make any change she
desired. I wonder IL the majority OF us
are not being swindled quite as easily?
BETTY BRADEEN.
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Worlds News of Women.

The American College for Girls at Con-
stantinople has recently been given $780,
600 by Miss Helen Gould.
The majority OF women in France ars
wage earners in one capacity OF another
The average sum paid to dressmakers is
francs. or 60 cents. a day.
Mrs Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, better
known as Nelly Bly," the globe-girdler,
IL now the manager or the fronclad
Works. OF Brooklyn. a concern which
employs many hands.
Mrs Rosa Herman is president OF the
II. Herman Lumber and Furniture Com
pany. an American concern, which has
branch Offices in London, Hamburg. and
Natal Mrs. Herman lives in Stuyve-
SAINT square, New York
Mrs. William Salter has been elected
membe. Of the London county council.
She is the wife OF a physician who was
defeated a few days ago for Parliament.
Mrs. saIter made a house-to-house can
vass. and she credits her election TO the
support OF women. She was opposed by
two men and she topped their combined
vote. The chief plsnks IN her platform
were lower rents and lower taxes. two
things which appealed especially to the
women in the district she now will rep
resent in the council
Lady DufT-Gordon is a warm admirer
Of the American woman This member
OF the British nobility claims that all
American women can keep a secret. She
says that in America women are treated
on equal terms with men. They are
better educated than English women as
a rule. There is no country where wom-
an is treated with greater courtesy. The
result is seen in the independence Of
character and the self-rellance and de-
pendability Of the American woman"
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PHONE RIVAL IN CHICAGO.
System Will Enter the
Field at Once.

Chicago, Jan. 7-Chicago is to have a
big independent telephone system cover
ing the city. afrording long-distance lines
over the country and constituting a for
midable rival Of the Chicago Telephone
Company.
Such is the tenor OF an announcement
made to-day by the receivers OF the Chi
cago Subway Company. following a con-
ference IN which a tentative contract was
made for the immediate installation of a
minimum of 9O0OO telephones in the city
at a cost OF S2.50O,O00.
While this is the smallest equipment
that can comply with the terms Of the
telephone franchise held by the Illinois
Tunnel Company. a subsidiary to the Chi
cago Subway Company. it is predicted
confidently that the powers behind the
new undertaking will create system that
viii adequately cover the local neld
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3IRS
LADIES' YOKE SKIRT.
Paris Pattern No. 1853
All Seams Allowed.

Nearly every tailor effect skirt has q
yoke Of some kind this season. and
among the most novel is the one here
presented. the yoke portion OF which is
fitted by hip seams, and to 1t box plated
hounce and front and back panel cores
are attached. these being stitched fat for
a short distance from their upper edge.
The closing of the garment is invisibly
effected at the left side-back seam. The
design is adaptable TO serge. wolfe, cloth,
tweed or fancy camels-hair mixtures;
also, later in the year will prove effect
i've for linen, rajah. pongee, crash. duck
or Bingham. The pattern IL cut In f1Yo
sizes-22 to 30 inches waist measure. For
&c waist the Skirt requires SIS yards OF
material Sc inches wide. Width OF lower
edge is about AZ yards
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D. A. Il. prertaent Returns.

Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. president gen
eral of the D. A. r., returned from New
York yesterday She attended the Wash
ington wedd. ng day celebration, given
by the civic chapter. Of which Mrs. Dom
aid Mclean is the regent.
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PASTOR BLAMES GIRL.
Charged with Abduction, He Says
She Tempted Him.

She Tempted Him.
Ottawa. Kans., Jan. John NJ Stick
ney. the Williamsburg Kans) minister
on trial here charged with abducting SIX
teen-year-oId Lorena Sutherland, took the
witness stand to-day in his own behalf
He entered n general denial OF the charges
made by the Sutherland girl that he had
her affections,
Mrs. Suckney, wife of the defendant. and
who, though her husband is charged with
having deserted her 10 run away with
Miss Sutherland. completed all arrange
ments for his defense. testified to-day that
the Sutherland girl had at various times
called up Stickney on the phone and
otherwise forced her attentions upon him.
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Begins Serial Sermons.

Rev. Charles Wood. of the Church of
the Covenant, will preach tomorrow on
Suggestions in nature for daily life" as
the first of a series of four sermons. The
service will begin with d half hour =
musical service az 7:30 o'clock.
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The fashion for boomers for the small
girl is an increasingly popular one and
nowadays each frock is accompanied by
its neither garments made OF the same
material as the frock itself.
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Rev. DE-. Richards Dead.

New York, Jan. Rev. DR.. William R.
Richards. pastor Of the Brick Presby-
terrain Church since 1902. died to-day of
heart disease. at his home, a East Thirty
seventh street. DR.. Samuel W. Lambert
was called, but DR.. Richards died before
attendance reached him.
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MONTGOMERY CITIZEN DIES.
John walter Carroll Suecumbs a,
Age of SixtN-eiEht

age OF st&sy-eiEhts
Rockville. Nd. Jan. John Walter
Carroll. a prominent citizen of Mont
gomery County, died last night at his
home. near Potomac. aged sixty-eight
years. He had been iii long while, and
his death was not unexpected. Surviv-
ing him are a wife and two children.
The funeral will take place at II o'clock
Sunday morning from the Catholic
church at Potomac.
Mr. Carroll was for four years a county
for Montgomery County
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Cloth of gold slippers are in fashion
for all gowns trimmed with gold lace,
and some bronze slippers embroidered
with b'ads cost as much as the gowns.
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TRANSFER PATTERNS.

Upon receipt Of mis- pattern. ordered on coupon
below, place the rough glazed r'e Of the pattern
down on material TO be s;sI-yeJ, then press hot
fstiroD oa the back or smooth side Of the pattern
Be careful not 70 let pattern slipl
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MORNING CHIT-CHAT.

wonder If many people realize what an immense
amount of fun get out of life by finding out
what other peoples lives like
seems 10 me that like associates with like too
much
We apt to weaken ourselves by being too
constantly with our kind. and making the
effort TO hold converse with the other kinds.
The bootblack the shop girl the stenographer
the business the waitress the college student all
have different angles 1ife If all OF them would
try 10 get to each others angles occasionally they
would all be much broader minded and have much
think about.
don't mean by that that any include In
his friends every kind and condition of men,
What am trying 10 say is simply that you can get
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While you think of it. telephone your
Want Ad. TO The washington Herald.
and bIll win be sent you at cent word.
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FLAYS APPOINTMENT
Naming of Johnston UnwiSe,
Declares E. A. Newman.
CONTRARY TO SPIRIT OF LAW

Democratic National Committeeman
of District Declares that Two of
the Commissioners Must he Chosen
from Civil Life-BeIieve People DO
Not Want Military Government.
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NeGts- skirts are somewhat wider, but
the same straight silhoutte continues.
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Mules for wear in the bedroom have
the toes made of crochet.
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Sleeves are long and elaborate.
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the law. that never before has it been