The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-31
Berger's Record
In Congress

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now i'll Chicago" continued Lough.
I'm that city he recently made a
Speech showing hat Justice in tho
zone is Il joke. He stated that all
Fanama Judges arc told What to do
with the prisoners before their trials
begin.
Since leaving Panama, Judge Col
Inns must have been consci once strick-
en- because he wrote to Panama an
pealinS for my pardon. But it was
Collins who gave Inc a year in Il
filthy pcnitcntiary."
Asked as to the conditions in the
Panam pc%nitcntiary, Tough said:
there are about $50 men in the
prlsCrl. Most of them are negroes and
l. Spaniards. AS a rule they are
filthy and diseased and was only
to associate with them but
we lived twenty to Il room.
Inc prisoners are cruelty treated
ana many OF them are beaten until
their backs are Il mess of stripns.
.ach prisoner has to Wear ball and
chains weighing about - pounds. The
me are employed on the public high
ways building and repairing roads"
J'hI = lIS Hlln
month in the penitcntiary when word
CAME from Washington that he had
been pardoned by the President. Ber-
ger submitted Il strong statement re-
SaruinS LouSh'S case 10 TAFT las,
June.
FROM Washington Tough is going
TO Kentucky where his family lives,
He does not intend to return 10 Pana-
ma.
Malkoff, the re%volutionist
who took part in the capture of the
Russian hatIlcsiiip Potemkin. has at
least been admitted into this country.
Inc order came from Washington that
he De allowed to enter after Berger.
had made Il strong appeal in his bc-
nan before Secretary Nagel of the
department of Commerce and Labor.
The Ellis Island authorities refused
to adult Alalkotf aud were about TO
dcport him when the New York So
clalists interccdcd in his behalf. They
secured counsel and notified Berger to
use ms influence here. The Socialist
Representative first secured a STAY OF
II deportation ordered and later at his
rprcst the Washington authorities re-
fcrSed the order OF the Ellis Island
officials.
. "a 'iSttlb.
AS Il result of the publicity given
in the Socialist and labor press taking
TINS news service. the attempted water
power grab in Alabama has beer modi.
ned by the House. No Northern cap
l'allSt paper published Il single line
regarding this steal before its final
passage.
The original bill backed by the Ala
Daina Observation-Disclosures MAJORITY
Leader Undcrwood-proposed that
the Government grant the Birmiur.
ham Water. Light and Power Com.
pany a period of fifty years all power
rights resulting from the building of ;
dam on the Black Warrior River. TIL,
company was to pay the Government
only 81 per horsepower per year.
As amended the grant is for twenty.
fly" years. This reduction was bit.
fcrlE fought by the Democrats. who
always pose as advocates OF the con
servation Of natural resources. Blu,
otherwise the bill is practically tn.
same as il WAS when first reported b,
n committee.
ne building of the dam Will cos
the Government nearly three million
dollars and will benefit no one eyccpt
ing tho birmingham corporation. l
Is admitted h a the Improvement O
the river will only result in 30 mile
of 6-Gobt slack water.
RAILWAY FAKE STATISTICS.
The railroad companies OF the coun
try maintain a fake Bureau of Eco
Monies in this city. This bureau i
masqu"radinS as an official govern
m"nt bureau and to date has boo.
very successful in circulating misir
formation which is of gent heaet
20 the railroads.
In fact a prominent Socialist pane
recently published a story basct O.
one OF its bulletins. This bullet
claimed that the wages OF the raj