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The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

ldlll aroma Ol SOOu LODdCCO. 1 WAS
thoroughly tired, but slept restless
ly, dreaming of two detectives with
Pittsburg warrants being held up by
Hotchkiss at the point of splint,
while Alison fastened their hands with
chain that was broken and much
too short. l was reused about dawn
by light rap at the door, and, open
ing it, l found Forbes, in a pair Of
| trousers and a pajama coat He was
as pleasant as most feshy people are
| when they have to get up at night,
and he said the telephone had been
ringing for an hour, and he didn't
know why somebody else in the blank
ety-blank house couldn't have heard
it. He wouldn't get to sleep until
noon.
AS he was palpably asleep on his
feet, l left him grumbling and went
to the telephone. 1t proved to be
Richey, who had found me by the
simple expedient of tracing Alison,
and he was jubilant.
You'll have to come back" he said.
Got railroad schedule there?"
81 don't sleep with one in my
pocket" l retroted, but if you'll hold
the line I'll call out the window to
Johnson. He's probably got one
Johnson l could hear the laugh
with which Mcknight comprehended
the situation. He was still chuckling
when l came back.
Train to Richmond at $50 a. m"
l said. What time is it now?"
-Four Listen, Lollie. We've got
him. Do you hear? Through the wom-
an at Baltimore. Then-the other
woman, the lady of the restaurant
he was obviously avoiding names
''she is playing our cards for us-No
i don't know why, and don't care.
But you be at the Incubator tonight
at eight o'clock. If you can't shake
Johnson. bring him, bless him"
To this day l believe the Sam For.
beses have not recovered from the
! surprise of my unexpected arrival, my
one appearance at dinner in Granger's
clothes. and the note on my dresser
which informed them the next morn
ing that l had folded my tents like the
Arabs and silently stolen away. For
at half after five Johnson and l, the
former as uninquisitive as ever, were
on our way through the dust to the
station, three miles away, and by four
that afternoon we were in Washing
ton. The journey had been unsvent-
full. Johnson relaxed under the in
fluence of my tobacco, and spoke at
some length on the latest improve
ments in gallows, dilating on the ab-
surdity of cutting out the former free
passes to see the affair II operation.
l remember, too, that he mentioned
the curious anomaly that permits a
man about to be hanged to eat a
hearty meal. did not enjoy my din
ner that night
Before we got into Washington l
had made an arrangement with John
son to surrender myself at two the
following afternoon. Also. had wired
to Alison, asking her If she would car
ry out the contract she had made. The
detective saw me home, and left me
there
Mrs. Klopton received me with dig
nified reserve. The very tone in which
she asked me when l would dine told
me that something was wrong.
"Now-what is it, Mrs. Klopton?"
demanded finally, when she had In
formed me. in patient and long -suf-
fering tone, that she felt worn out
and thought she needed a rest.
when 1 lived with Mr.. Justice
Springer" she began acidly. her mend
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Alison turned and called through
her hands. Coming in moment,
Sam" she said, and rose. 1T must be
very late: Sam is home. We would
better go back to the house"
Don't" l begged her. "Anchovies
and juleps and Sam will go on for
ever, and l have you such a little
time. l suppose I am only one of a
dozen or so, but-you are the only girl
in the world. You know l love you,
don't you dear?"
Sam was whistling an irritating
bird call, over and over. She pursed
her red lips and answered him in kind.
1t was more than l could endure.
Sam or no SAM l said firmly, Il
am going to kiss you!"
But Sans voice came strident
through the megaphone. BE good,
you two" he beloved, I've got the
binoculars!" And SO, under fire, we
walked sedately back to the house.
My pulses were throbbing-the little
swish of her dress beside me on the
grass was pain and ecstasy. had but
to put out my hand to touch her, and
| dared not.
Sam, armed with a megaphone and
field glasses, bent over the rail and
watched us with gleeful malignity.
Home early, aren't you?' Alison
called, when we reached the steps.
Led a club when my partner had
doubled no-trumps, and she tainted.
Damn the heart convention" he said
cheerfully The others are not here
yet"
Three hours later went up to bed.
l had not seen Alison alone again.
The noise was at it's height below, and
l glanced down into the garden, still
bright in the moonlight. Leaning
against tree, and staring Interested
ly into the billiard room, was John
son.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Spring Humors are duo to the i'm
pure. impoverished. devitalized condi-
ton Of the blood brought about by
the unhealthful modes Of living dur
ing the winter. too close confinement.
too little outdoor air and exercise. too
heavy diet. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
them and builds up the whole system.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
Work While
You Sleep

Millions of people have CAS-
CARETS do Health work for
them. If you have never tried
this great health maker-Get 1Oc
box-and you will never use any
other bouel medicine. M
CASCARETS 1oc a box for q weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes month.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
ALI Snakes Ara Killers.

But all snakes, great and small, are
killers. All of them eat creatures
which they slay None eat vegetable
food of any kind. Nor will they eat
animals which they find dead. That
is one reason, no doubt, why they have
always been summed and dreaded by
human beings.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
sYNopsia

e:sas::e - .sss..y l.ss note. .is' II: ::
sehR Ill more, mifiienaIrs, x LADY re-
guests Blakeiey to buy her Pullman
nGEst .,s He IEiVes her lower II and re-.
n lower 10 and retires in lower
He awakens in lower 7 and
ands his clothes and bag missing. The
man IN lower 10 IL found murdered. Cir
eNmstantfal evidence points to both
Blakeley and the man who stole his
clothes: Tho train is wrecked and Blake
ley Is rescued from a burning car by
gfrl in blue, His arm is broken. The girl
proves to be Alison West. his partners
sweetheart, Blakeiey returns home and
hnts he fa under surveillance. Moving
pictures of the train taken just before
the wreck reveal to Blakeley a man leap
tng from the train with his stolen grip.
Investigation proves that tho mans name
Is sulliyan. Mrs, Conway. the woman for
whom Blakeley bought Pullman ticket,
tries to make a bargain. with him for the
Eissins, Blakeley and an amateur de-
that Alison West had been there on a
visit and Sullivan had been attentive to
per. Sullivan 10 the husband Of daugh-
fer of the murdered man. Blakeley's
kouse 10 ransacked by the police. He
learns that the affair between Alison and
his partner IL of. Alison tells Blakeley
about the attention paid her by Sullivan
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Hoods sarsaparIlIa has no equal
for cleansing the blood and expelling
the humors that accumulate during
the winter. II effects its wonderful
cures because It combines the utmost
remedial values of more than twenty
different Ingredients. Insist on having
Hoods. 1t has no substitute.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
Proof of Devotion.

Before We were married." said Mr.
Meekton, II showed my affection for
Henrietta by serenading her." II sup
pose you neglect such attentions now"
Yes. show my affection now BY
respecting her desire that I shall not
try to sing"
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Read not to contradict and confute.
not to believe and take for granted.
not to find talk and discourse, but to
weigh and consider-Bacon.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

True friends visit us in prosperity
only when invited. but in adversely
they come without invitation-The-
ophrastus
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Thousands of Consumptives die every
year. Consumption result. from a neg
lected cold on the lungs. Hamlins Wizard
Oil will cure these colds. Just rub it into
the chest and draw out the Inflammation
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Life is stage play; 1t matters not
how long We act, SO long as we act
well-Bacon.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Constipation. indigestion. sick-headacht
and bilious conditions are overcome by
course Of Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT.
MINT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25

Cleanliness is next to godliness-
John Wesley.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
Hoods SarsapariIIa
All Spring Blood Diseases
and Ailments

Possesses medicinal merit Peculiar Itself and has
unequaled record Of Take this spring. in usual
liquid form or tablets known Sarsatabs.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-25
A Country School for Girls in New York City
Best Features Of Counfr

Fsau Of Country and City Life
outo School Park the Hudson River Full
Certificate admits College School Coach Meets
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29
FORWARD is TaIE WORD
(By John Works }

You all remember how General
Grant gradually drew his lines
about the enemy, terrifying here, en-
croaching there. strengthening ev-
erywhere, until, upon receiving from
the enemy a proposal regarding
terms of capitulation, he was In
position to fire back that bold re-
ply. NO terms except an uncon-
Gitional and immediate surrender
can be accepted. ! propose to move
Immediately upon your works.
Comrades of America. do you want
to get in position to demand the I'M
conditional and Immediate surrender
of the beleaguered remnant of the
hosts of capitalism?
If so, there is but one way to get
in that position. 1t IS the way that
was adopted by General Grant.
We must surround the enemy.
We must draw our lines ever
closer and closer.
We must fortify here.
We must encroach there.
We must strengthen everywhere.
In short, we must extend and per-
feet our organization. The secret
of success is summed up in the word
organization. Whenever we have
a million dependable dues paying
members, we will be in position to
demand and receive the uncondi-
tional and immediate surrender OF
the enemy. We will be able to elect
the president, the congreess, and
most of the state and local officials.
There is no other way whatsoever
An invincible organization is the
thing and tho only thing thnt Will
bring us victory.
We have made q mighty good
start. We have doubled our mem
bership in short period of time.
But we can accelerate the pace II
we try. There is all manner of raw
material for us to work on. 1t is
waiting for us. 1t is waiting for
us to come and mold it into form.
Shall we do it?
OF course we shall.
We can redouble our partiCipa-
ton in the political affairs of the
nation whenever we want 10. If We
have the energy and the enthusi-
assn and the self-sacrfice. we can
elect fine bunch of congressman
in 1912. If we have the necessary
amount of resolute vigor and bold
initiative. We can carry the coun-
try in a very few years and plant
our banner upon the national capl-
toll.
We will do that whenever we
have a half million clear-headed ana
| aggressive members. The quality is
just as necessary as the quantity
And we will begin to reap me
results long before We reach the
goal In fart have already De-
gun to reap them.
Never before would the eXpendl-
ture of time. energy, or money lo'
the cause bring such swift and sat
is factory returns as right now.
Forward is the word.
Let the whole line advance.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29
THIS Is YOUR BATTLE.
By Carl Sandberg.

by carl SandberS.
Take "a look backward just a mo.
ment.
You rene mber when the word
went flashing over the wires that
Milwaukee Socialists had captured q
majority in the city council and the
mayors Office, a surge of rousins
wave of new life went through the
very body of the whole Socialist
movement of America.
Agitation awoke. Hope took a
new hold. Brave old-timers smiled
and said. This is the Lexington OF
new revolution
Some practical field organizers fig
ured not that the Milwaukee victo-
ry was worth in propaganda value
over half million dollars. Some
others placed it at five million dol
lars.
OF course, such thing cant be
counted on any cash basis. But
We know we'll that the national par
~ and our various state parties
would have had to spend tremend-
uous sums to wake up the nation
in the particular way the Milwaukee
victory did.
In this way the Milwaukee vic
tory had cash value for the whole
Socialist organization.
We are living in a cash civiliza-
ton. Men fight and die and kill
each other for cash. Women sell
their bodies for cash. And children
work and waste and are put away
in premature graves for cash.
And just now the comrades of Mil
waukee are facing a question OF
cold. hard cash. We want and We
need a daily newspaper in Milwau-
iee.
This paper is needed now. For
attack and for defense To lead and
hit and hit HARD. And to fight back
and repel and give blow for blow
/, We need il and YOU need it to de-
fend the working class cause at this
end of the battle-line.
You must furnish funds-the cash
required by Il cash civiliZation---tC
start this daily paper in Milwaukee
Toward the 100000 that will be
need to begin. about $34 900 worth
of bonds have been sold. The bond:
| are 81 0-each and will be goot
investment. They will he issued
Dec. /. 1911. and will bear inter
est at the rate OF 4 per cent per year
The man in charge of this is II
w. Bistorious. Brisbane Hall, Mil
Milwaukee. Wis. Write to him to-
day. Subscribe for some bonds with
out delay.
Milwaukee, Wis.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29
JOIN THE PARTY.
vicinity. start one.

vicinity. start one.
Every one who is truly a Soct1'7t
ought to join the Socialist party. Get
in and help work. IF it is not eNa''E
what you think it ought to Ia. 81 u
and help make it right; for. 'hroH@"
the referendum. the rank and lie 't-
make it what they will. II l. ~
and file can directly control by meals
of the referendum. And I'll" m"-
people of the right sort like El".
self. who come into the party th~ O''
ter II will be-
To vote the Socialist ticket az
not make you a party member. l.
necessary to join a party local anu pa
dues If there is no local il !o1-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29

Here is Il significant news item
but news withheld by the capitalist
press:
when J. Stitt Wilson was elected
mayor of Berkeley. Cal. several
weeks ago, the organs of the inter
ests announced that it was an ACCT
dent. But couple of days ago an
other election was held in Berkeley.
which had adopted the commission
form of government. for two COM
miSsioners and two members of the
school board. Not a line appeared
in the eastern papers giving the re-
suit of the second election, proba bly,
for the reason that the Socialists
swept the city and secured all four
Offices by 800 to 900 majority over
the fusion Republican-Demicr
ticket Now the Socialists have COM
/, plete control of Berkeley
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29
CRepublished by Request from L.
Weeks Local E6ition.D

----
For years every man in Milwaukee
who knows his right hand from his
left has known that there was some
| thing crooked in the paving game.
All underst God thoroughly that there
We knew that the taxpayers We're he
ing hornswoggled.
No One Broke Through.
We knew there was a swindling
game on But no one was able to
come through and break it up.
One OF the reasons the Social-Dem-
ocrats We're elected TO office was be-
cause a lot of people wanted to know
The people OF the city wanted to
know more about the business of the
city.
a Big SwindIe stopped.
And one of the big, real achieve
ments o. the Sociai-Democrats is
their attac< on the enormous paving
swindie. The saving this year will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Those of you who read this
article all the way through will get
hold of the facts about one of the
smoothest big confidence games ever
pulled on on the people of Millwau-
kee.
Bids Opened This Week.
Over a hundred people We're pres
ent when the bids were opened in the
public works department office 80
a m. May "a. Three paving jobs We're
bid on. Two were on Greenfield ave-
nue.. One was on North avenue.
The lowest bid was by the Badger
CT -
square yard. The two bids next
lowest on other jobs We're by the R.
f. Conway company. They We're
S1.41 and SLAB per square yard.
These are the lowest bids ever
made in Milwaukee for work of this
kind. And the probabilities are that
there is no other city in America
that is getting as low prices on this
kind of work by contract.
The city will get better pavements
for sl.40 this year than it got for
$2.l4 last fall and S2.34 last spring.
Three Main Reasons.
Here are the three main reasons
why the city will get this work at a
.ower price:
l. No graft. No frame-.:? No
collision. The whole business car
ried on in plain sight for everybody.
Every contractor understanding that
| lie would get a fair and square deal
=. No ''closed specifications" The
contract conditions are such that
| open competition from all sides was
invited and secured
3. Changes in Specifications ef-
| fecting economies in the use OF ma.
/ terials and at the same time increaS.
ing durability of pavements.
, Maintenance guarantee abolish ed
and bonding company's graft abol-
iShcd.
Bids We're Frame-upS.
Now follows the evidence support
ing these VariouS points:
During the past. the bidding on
paving has been frame-up. The
job went to those contractors who
We're in league with the asphalt trust
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29
PARTIES WILL DISAPPEAR.


written n for The Columbus So
(cialist.)
When Socialism is established po-
litical parties, as we now know them,
will disappear. The referendum will
keep the popular veto power always
in our possession. The initiative will
give us the ability to vote directly
on all important measures; not
merely on men who promise us meas
ures. OF course, We will elect men
to carry out the measures on which
We have decided; and if they fail to
carry out the measures, we will car
ry out the men (out of office). We
viii have the right of recall Cor the
imperative mandate).
Direct legislation is becoming
popular now, even with old-party
politicians. But let us remember
that the agitation was begun by the
Socialists.
Direct legislation, administered by
our present capitalistic government,
will do the workers but little good.
II will clean out some governmental
cesspools, and have the decks some
what cleared for action when We ar
rive. But direct legislation is not
Socialism. 1t is only the govern
mental method of Socialism. 1t is
nearer approach to pure democ-
racy.
We may we'll congratulate our
selves when one of our Immediate
demands is seized upon by the capt.
talistic parties. They are bankrupt
for an issue. Their final doom has
been pronounced. They must steal
our thunder to prolong their lives.
But they can not handle our light
ming. 1t would kill them. In other
words, they can not declare for the
abolition of the profit system. 1t is
by that system that they live; from
it comes the campaign fund. And
when the capitalist system disap-
pears the capitalist parties will exit
by the same door.
Frederick Guy Strickland.
HORRORS! .I.ABOR SNUBBED \
KING.
Regina, Saskatchewan, June a.
THE most disloyal act ever known
in western Canada are the words
applied by leading citizens of Regi-
ma at the capital of the province of
Saska tchewan to the act of the Regi-
ma Trades and Labor Council in re-
fusing to take part in today's coro-
nation parade and festival.
The arrival of Borden, leader of
the opposition in parliament tonight
to speak against reciprocity and the
demands of the Western grain grow
ers. accentuates the feeling against
he Trades and Labor Council, who
in a letter to the Coronation Com
mittee said:
Dear Sir-With reference to
your invite in the public press for
labor men to take interest in the
coronation day proceedings, I have
been instructed to write you and
explain that it is the opinion of this
council that the coronation OF the
king is n matter which is of no con-
Germ to the working class, and that
We, as representatives of that class,
have no wish to parade in any affair
which We are Indifferent.
Yours sincerely,
Regina Trades and Labor Council.
L. LOCKS, Sec.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29

cor this year.
The one thing, knocking out
closed specifications and putting
open specifications in the place of
the closed, made an oren door for
all contractors 10 bid. This ham
mered the price of paving down and
down. The average price OF cost per
yard to the city before SupI. Mullen
came in 1910, was S2.3i. After Mul-
len came, and the useless, senseless
''binder course" was eliminated, the
cost per yard TO the city fell TO $2.li-
AT this time Mullen was just begin
ming his all-winter job OF breaking
the closed specifications.
$:5l ,S03.64 Saved
And when the bids were opened
May - under the new specifications,
a full 20 cents per square yard was
knocked of thu. lowest previous
price. From the average OF SILL,
the price toboggnnned and tumbled
down and down to an average of
SLIP. This is the nearest to ar nal
cost prices that street work has ever
been done for Milwaukee.
Therefore, the case stands as fol-
lows: Before the Social-Dennocrats
got en- the job, il cost :Ire people and
the taxpayers of the city 93 cents
more Al yard for paving than il does
today. On the 50.G61 yards of paw
ing let May ~, The cost would have
been S139,62O..S under the old way.
Under the new way, it is SS4, .2..II.
The exact amount saved to the peo-
pie and the taxpayers on these three
jobs alone is S5I. S93.84.
Buy Million Dollar Parks Now
At this same rate on all the paving
Jobs over the ely, Milwaukee could
easily make the payments on five
million dollar parks every year.
From now on the man who opens
his mouth and yells "extravagance"
mt the Social-Democratic administra-
ton not only lays himself open as a
liar and fool. He announces him
self as thorough defender of
crooks, grafters and boodlers.
A Tried Pavement
The pavement provided for in the
new specifications is one which has
been tested in scores of other cities
Snpt. Mullen has personally investi-
gated 1t in other cities and endorses
1t completely. 1t is more commonly
known as the stone mixture asphalt
pavement Pittsburg mas laid over
million yards of it. Chicago and
Rochester have laid it and with sue
cess. University of Wisconsin en-
sineering professors recommended If
and paving experts in Chicago nm
qnalifedly endorse this tyne of pave
ment.
An ENperr Inspector
Lester Kirschbraum, of the Chic-a-
go Paving laboratory, perhaDs the
foremost recognized paving expert
ana authority in the United States
believes enthusiastically In the gen.
eral all-round. service qualities of
the pavement to be laid in Milwa,,-
kee.
Mr.. kirchbraum has been enraped
Tor inspection work. He will visit
Milwaukee personally at least one
aay week while the pavements are
peins lald. And he will be sent
samples of all materials that are
being used on the Jobs and these
samples will be tested by the most
modern scientific processes.
Coed Work Assured
In addition there will be insnec-
tors at the plants where the aspho1t
IS being mixed as well as inspectors
where the asphalt is laid. Instead of
pad careless work there will be good
careful work. Pavement will he laid
TO wear. to last, to be of use.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-29
South Charleston Socialist
Killed In Kansas

Comrade Ed PIERCE of South
Charleston was killed in Kansas last
Saturday. The body was identified
by the Socialist membership card in
his pocket. The Socialist secretary
in Kansas at once took charge of the
remains and wired the officials of