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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25

ton and speculation. 1t demands the col.
lective possession, control or manage
ment OF land to whatever extent NAV be
necessary to attain that end. 1t is not
opposed to the occupation and posses.
sion of land by those using it in a Use
full and bona-fidc manner without ex.
ploitation.
8. The collective ownership OF all in.
dustries which are organized on Il ma
tional scale and in which competition has
virtually ceased to exist.
4. The extension of the public domain
to include mines, quarrics, oil wells,
forests and water power.
5. The scientific rcforcsting of tim.
Der lands and the reclamation OF swamp
land. The land so reforcstcd or reclaimed
the public domain.
6. The absolute freedom of press,
speech and assemblagc.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
&. 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 rest
period of not less than day and
half each week.
(e) By securing a more effective in
spcction of workshops and factories
(d) By forhidding the employment Of
children under sixteen years Of age.
(e) BY forbidding the interstate
transportation of the products OF child
labor, of convict labor and Of all unin-
spected factories.
(f) By abolishing official charity and
substituting in it's place compulsory in
surance against Unemployment. illness,
accidents, invalidism, old age and death.
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
s. The extension of inheritance taxes.
graduated in proportion To the amount
of the bequcst and to the ncarness OF
kin.
.. A-graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men and women, and we ficdc" our
selves to engage in an active campaign IN
that direction.
II. The initiative and referendum
proportional representation, and the
right of recall.
II. The abolition of the senate.
ID. The abolition of the POKER
usurpcd by the supreme court OF the
United States to pass upon u" con
stitutionality of legislation enacted BY
congress. National laws to be repealed
or abrogated only by an act OF congress
or by referendum of the whole people
IA. The abolition OF the yet" power
of the president.
Is. That the constitution be made
amendable by majority vote.
1G. The enactment of further measures
for general education and for the con-
servation of health. The bureau OF ecu
cation to be made a department Inc
creation of n department OF public h"aI'n.
IL The separation OF the present
bureau of labor from the department OF
commerce and labor, and the c-tahh7h-
ment of n department OF Labor.
IS. That all judges he elected by .Iie
people for short terms, and that 'he
power to issue injunction- should u
surbed by immediate Legislation.
10. The free administration OF lusIiTs
Such measures of relief "a -" may u
able to force from capitalism are but
of the workers I" seize ,.Is
whole powers of government. IN ort ~.
that they may herepy lay hold OF l..s
whole system of industry, anu 'HD-
come into their rightful inheritance
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25
Comrades !

The Executive Committee of the
socialist Party of Kanawha has just
recently been organized and as we are
entering into campaign it is necessary
TO nave funds to enable US to get speak
ers and place our propaganda in the
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25
PROGRAM.

AS measures calculated to strengthen
the working class in its fight for the
realization of this ultimate aim, and to
increase its power of resistance against
capitalist oppression, we advocate and
pledge ourselves and our elected officers
to the following program:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25
What 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 the 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 SO 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
tluence reaches over wider circles of life.
The owners of such machinery become
the dominant class.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25

Socialism and unionisn go hand in
hand and mean freedom for the workers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25

their homes to the mill and factory. 1t
snatches their children from the play
grounds and schools, and grinds their
slender bodies and uniformed minds into
cold dollars. 1t wantonly disfigures,
mains and kills hundreds of thousands
of workingmen annually in mines, on
railroads and in. factories. It drives
millions of workers into the ranks OF
the unemployed and forces large num-
bers of them into beggary, vagrancy and
all forms of crime and vice
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE COR
RUPTED.

To maintain their rule over their fell
low men, the capitalists must keep in
their pay all organs of the public powers,
public mind and public conscience.
They control the dominating parties
and, through them, the elected public
officials. They select our executives,
bribe our legislatures and corrupt our
courts of justice. They own and censor
the press. They sway our educational in
situations. They own the nation politi-
cally and intellectually, just they
own it industrially.
The struggle between wage workers
and capitalists grows ever fiercer, and
has become the only vital issue before
the American people. The wage work
ing class, therefore, has the most vital
and direct interest in abolishing the
capitalist system. But in abolishing
the present system, the workmen will
free not only their own class, but also
all other classes of modern society:
The small farmer, who is today exploit
ed by large capital more indirectly but
not less effectively than is the wage
laborer; the small manufacturer and
trader, who is engaged in desperate
and losing struggle for economic indie
pendence in the face of the all-conquer-
ing power of concentrated capital; and
even the capitalist himself, who is the
slave of his wealth, rather than it's
master. The struggle of the working
class against the capitalist class, while
it is class struggle, is thus at the same
time struggle for the abolition of all
classes and class privileges.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-25
MUST CONQUER THE POLITICAL
POWER.

The private ownership of the land
and means of production used for eX-
ploitation, is the rock upon which class
rule is built; political government is its
indispensable instrument. The wage
workers cannot be freed from exploita-
ton without conquering the political ad-
ministration for private ownership of
the land and the means of production
used for exploitation.
The basis for such transformation is
rapidly developing within the very
bosom of present capitalist society. The
factory system, with its immense ma
chinery and minute division of labor,
is rapidly destroying all vestiges of in
dividual production in manufacture.
Modern production is already very
largely collective and social process,
while the great trusts and monopolies
which have sprung up in recent years
have had the effect of organizing the
work and management of some of our
main industries OH a national scale, and
fitting them for national use and opera
ton.
AN END TO CLASS RULE.
In the struggle for freedom the in
terests of the workers of all nations are
identical. The struggle is not only
the world and will be carried to ulti-
mate victory by the united workers of
the world.
To unite the workers of the nation
and their allies and sympathizers of all
other classes to this end, is the mission
of the Socialist. In this battle for free
dom the Socialist movement does not
strive to substitute working class rule
for capitalist rule, but by working class
victory to free all humanity from class
rule and to realize the international
brotherhood of man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
NOW POURING IN.
Delegates to Christian Church
Convention Here.
Hundreds OF Them Already Have
Been Registered.
WILL TAX THE CITY.
Entertainment Committee Saws
May Need More Rooms.
Opening Meeting at the Audi
tOrium Tonight.

Delegates to the New Century con-
Vention Of the Christian church have
been pouring into the city all day, and
it is expected that the big Auditorium
will be Jammed on the occasion of the
first regular convention session this ev-
ening.
Members Of the National Association
of Church musicians will give a sacred
concert at $50 o'clock which will be
followed at 7:30 by a devotional service
led by A. E. Dubber of Greeley, Col.
AT 7:45 the speaking begins, the first
address being one of welcome by J. W.
Going on the part of the citizens of
Topeka and the local committee. Judge
]. N. Haymaker of Wichita will then
give an address of welcome in behalf
of the $4,000 disciples of Kansas.
A half dozen missionaries hailing
from all parts of the globe will give
the Christians present a world wide
view of evangelical enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

cent of the membership which has
found this arrangement unsatisfac-
tory in places. The church mem
bership has grown tremendously with
ing the last few years. At present it
is the largest Protestant denomination
in Missouri and is almost as strong in
Kansas, Iowa, Illinois. Nebraska, Ken
lucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia,
Oklahoma and Texas.
In the national convention at Pitts
burg year ago. a committee of seven,
of which Allen B. Philput of Indian
apOlis, Ind, was chairman, was ap-
pointed to arrange some plans of uni
fication for the three missionary ac-
tivities of the church. This COM
mittee, it is understood, has practi-
cally agreed upon a report and a few
weeks ago Philput announced that the
committee would recommend at the
Topeka convention "a general conven-
ton of the churches of Christ to which
various missionary organizations shall
report and to which they shall be re-
sponsible. This general convention
shall be a delegate body, giving it not
only moral, but legal sanction and
enabling it to supervise properly all
the missionary and philanthropic in
terests of the church.
Cry From Conservative Element.
Immediately following this an
nouncement, a great cry went up from
the conservative element of the church
from all parts of the country.
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a disgrace to Topeka. The police should
look into the matter.
The basement corridor of the state
house looks like one great bazaar.
Various church organizations have
booths, for the purpose of displaying
religious literature, and equipment for
the church and Sunday school. In the
center of this bazaar is the Kansas
booth, the chief attraction of which
is a sun flower five feet in diameter
which was carried to the last Inter
national convention of the Christian
church by the delegation which work
ed for the 1910 convention for To-
peka. This booth is fitted with the
facilities of a bureau of information
Among the organizations when
have established booths are: The
Christian Publishing company, The
Christian Standard, The Christian
Woman's Board of Missions, McLaln
college, KY, Brotherhood of Christian
church, the Christian church in Ari-
zona, The Christian university, The
Cotner university of Lincoln, Neb.,
and the Foreign Missionary society on
the first floor.
Rev. f. w. Emerson Here.
The Rev. F. w. Emerson, known as
the Fighting Parson,' who was pas
tor of the First Christian church for
nearly three years, resigning in Feb
ruary, 1902, is in the city for the con-
vention. Mr.. Emerson is now general
secretary for the Christian Mission
ary society of Southern California.
with headquarters at Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY.
Trial of Dr. Crippen and the lie Neve
Woman for Murder.

London, Oct. lit is probable the
trial of DR.. HaWIey H. Crippen and
Ethel Clare LIE Neve for the murder
of the formers wife, Belle Crippen
known by the stage name of Belle Ell
more, will open on Monday.
In presenting the case to the jury
today. the recorder said he consid-
cred it doubtful that Miss LIE Neve
knew at the time that a murder had
been committed but recommended
that true bill charging her with be-
ing an accessory after the fact be
brought against her. A bill in line
with this and accusing Crippen as the
principal undoubtedly will be re-
turned. One of Crippen's lawyers is
Alfred Tobin, unionist member of par
Lament for Preston.
Frederick Edwin Smith, a leading
conservative member of parliament
for Walton division for Liverpool, will
assist in the defense of Miss LIE Neve.
The body unearthed in the cellar
of the home of DR.. Crippen and de-
clared by the coroner's jury to be
that of the doctors wife, was buried
today at Finchley by the Music Hall
Ladies guild. On the lid of the cas-
ket a plate bore the simple inscrip-
tion, Cora Crippen, died 1910, aged
"a years."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
OREGON WANTS 1T
Portland Trying Hard For Next
Christian Church Convention.
Western States Uniting to Help
the Oregon City.

Portland, Oregon, and extreme western
towns are organizing to fight for the Ma
tional Convention of Christian Churches
in 1911.
At a secret meeting held in the state
house late yesterday afternoon an or
ganization was completed and opposition
of other western towns was wiped out
This afternoon the first public move was
made to take the convention to Port
land.
Denver came here Monday with a large
delegation and expected to ask for the
convention If conditions were favorable.
Des RIoines, which was a strong factoz,
in the fight year ago, will not make
the race this year. Both Denver and Des
Moines will throw their support to the
Portland crowd. This will be backed by
almost the solid Missouri Valley delega-
tions and delegates from points further
west.
Last year Boston contended for the con-
vention. 1t is probable that they will ask
for the convention next year in case they
are represented here At noon none of
the extreme eastern delegates and regis
tered at the state house.
Figuring a small delegation from the
east this year. there appears to be moth
ing in front of the Portland movement.
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.'I was here in the days when Carrie
Nation was fighting for the enforce
ment of law" said Mr.. Emerson.
About 1901 number of us were
arrested for destroying a cold storage
plant on the North side. and it was
J. w. Going who saved me from go
ing to jail by vouching for my ap-
pearance in court for the trial:
''The improvement in Topeka is
marked. Especially is it noticeable in
the amount of building that has been
and is being done. ] was delighted
with the improvements which have re-
Gently been made at the First Chris
tian church. It is now a most at
tractive and beautiful place of -wor-
/ ship.
~ expect to take part in the con-
ventfon conferences, but not on the
regular program
Sees Big Change in Topeka.
A. L. Studevant, formerly of To-
peka blew in this morning from
New Mexico. 'I should say there has
been big change in Topeka" he re-
marked, "but I was not altogether sur
prised, as have been reading of the
advances which have been made in
building enterprises and other in the
State Journal.
Il was in Topeka ten months ago
and one would hardly think that there
could be such a change in that short
period of time. I don't suppose the
people of the town notice it much.
81 am in the undertaking business
in Clovis, n. NJ, on the Belin cutoff
of the Santa Fe. This is town with
population of 1000. Three years
ago there wasn't a building to be seen
where the town now stands. The
growth has been remarka BILE.
''The Santa Fe has a payroll of
$150.0O0. The town is a division point
and the Santa Fe has established large
shops in the place"
A. Mclean, at the head of the For
eign Christian Missionary society. with
headquarters at Cincinnati, who has
been a visitor in Topeka a number of
times also remarked upon the inn
provements which have been made in
the city within the last two or three
years. ''You have a beautiful city
here" he said.
Cost of the Badges.
Several complaints have been lod dged
in respect to the charging of dollar
for a convention badge and a program.
This seems like a holdup," remarked
one man.
"A dollar is too much to pay for a
19-cent badge" another man protested.
II hope that the delegates will under
stand why it is necessary to ask them
to pay a dollar" said Rev. Charles A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
DOESN'T WANT BRYAN.
Iowa Town Cancels Date Because He
Is a BoIter.

Council Bluffs. Ia, Oct. 11.-A spe-
cial to the Nonpariel from Red Oak.
Iowa, says:
At the request of the local Demo-
cratic campaign committee. the state
central committee has notified w. j.
Bryan that his speaking date in Red
Oak has been Cancelled. The commit
tee gives as it's reason that Mr.. Bryan
has "bolted the head of the Nebraska
Democratic ticket. his apparent incon-
sistency on the liquor question and re-
ported intention to attack Congress-
man Walter 1. Smith in the Ninth dis
trict.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
ORDER IS BINDING.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses
Appeal of Railroads.

Guthrie. Oct. 1.-THE state supreme
court today dismissed the appeal of
the Oklahoma railroads from the order
of the state corporation commission re-
quiring reports on the physical valua-
ton of the railroads.
The court held that the order was
binding and the state constitution al
lows no appeal in. orders of that kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
MOORE RE- E-ARRESTED.
Released From Federal Prison VIII Be
Taken to Canada.

Leavenworth. Kan, Oct. n.-Robert
w. Moore of Helena, Mont, was taken
in charge by United States Immigra-
ton Inspector Patrick just as he was
released from the federal prison here
today.
Moore will be deported He served
a term in prison here for importing a
woman from Canada for immoral pur-
poses. He will start for Leftwicn,
Can.,. tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
THIS is A WARM DAY.
Mercury Passes the Eighty Mark This
Afternoon.

Another fine day today with the
mercury reaching 80 degrees. That is
three degrees higher than yesterday
and the warmest day since the second
of the month. No rain or disturbance
of the atmosphere is in sight and the
forecast of the weather bureau is for
generally fair and clear weather to-
night and Wednesday,. The wind is
blowing seven miles an hour from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

Before the national mass convention
of Christian churches in Topeka ad-
Journs, it must solve these problems.
1t must go on record for or against l
further unity of the church. The policy
outlined by the committee of seven
must be adopted or defeated. There is
no alternative.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
National Convention of Disciple;
on Eve of Disagreement.
Result May Be Forming OF an
Administrative Body.
A CRISIS IMPENDING.
Heated Controversy Among Del
egates Over Movement.
Scriptural Authority for Action
the MOOted Question.

VIII the national convention OF
Christian churches vote for delegate
convention?
VIII the action of these conventions
become binding upon the individual
churches?
Will the Christian churches as a
united body accept r. a. Longs gilt
of a S13O,OOO publishing plant?
Will the Topeka convention vote to
unity the three missionary bodies of
the church?
Will such action lead toward church
ecclesiasticism?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11

Weather indications.
Chicago, Oct. 11--Forecast for Kansas
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday.
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Nine ELEPHANTS
AMUCK IN CITY
Stampede From Circus n
DdaVIlle, III.
HUNTED IN AUTOMOBILES
Huge Animals injured Several Persons
and Damaged 100 Homes and Push.
ed Over Small Buildings.

Danville. ILL.,. April 2S.-Several per
cons were injured and much property
was damaged by nine elephants that
stampeded just after they had been
unloaded from car after several
hours ride from Chicago.
A large bull elephant made a break
for liberty. bowling over the keeper
and escaping. The animal was followed
by seven other bulls, which ran bel
lowing through the streets and across
fields Later. while the entire force OF
trainers and keepers was engaged In
the unusual sport of hunting elephants
In automobiles. female elephant also
made her escape.
For several hours the elephants
were at large. hunted by all attaches
of the circus. all the city policemen
and the more yenturesome citizens
The elephants at first moved In a
bunch. then separated. They stopped
for nothing except brick and stone
buildings. Such small frame struc
lures. coal sheds. fences and trees as
came In their path were pushed over
trodden down, uprooted and thrown to
one side.
At the home OF William Miller three
elephants found insufficient room Il
pass between the summer kitchen and
The house. so they pushed the kitchen
aside. frightening the persons therein
from the table. but injuring no one.
At the home of Joseph PEBBLES. af
ter overturning shed and killing a
horse. one of the animals attacked
PEBBLES and hurled him against the
side of his house PEBBLES Is In a crit
cal condition.
Barney O'Neal. a llveryman. was
thrown from his wagon by the ele
plants as they dashed down side
street in front OF his team.
r. Krabbe. one OF the keepers. Will,
assisting in stabling three of the bulls
after their capture. was hurled against
the side OF a barn and injured. Sew
eral other persons we're slightly in
jured. mostly because Of horses beins
frightened by the pachyderms OF
through their own fright during the
stampede.
More than 100 homes we're damaged
TO some extent by the elephants. hui
the total loss will probably not exceed
$4,000.
Several truck gardens and orchards
were partly ruined in the outskirts OF
the city. while many shade trees were
broken or uprooted
One elephant was still AT large north
Of Danville. and force of attendants
with trusty elephants. spent many
hours 10 effect its capture.