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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
Only Soap Box Lacking
When Congressman Heard
Berger "Explanationing'

Washington, D. c., July 24.-(Spe-
cial.)-A soap box and the taking Of
collection were the only two fea-
lures of Socialist street corner meet
ing necessary to set off the scene at
the House when Victor L. Berger, of
Wisconsin, made an address on So
cialism.
Following a powerful criticism of
the capitalist system. its political
parties and an exposition of Socialism,
Berger permitted questions to be ask
ed. They were fired at him in such
numbers and confusion that Speaker
Champ Clark, chairman of the meet
ing, yelled at the representatives.,
lone at time. please. The gentle
man from Wisconsin will answer one
after the other-not all at once"
The questions were of the same
kind asked by the man at the street
corner meeting. For instance: Are
you going to take over all industries"
How will you do it?" rs not
grocery man q member of the york
ing CLASP"
To all these questions Berger an
swered with the same consideration
and painstaking usually exercised by
the Socialist soap-boxers.
Representative Anderson, of Ohio,
tried to get Berger to give the Demo-
cratic party credit for the passage Of
the eight-hour law Berger replied
that it was first passed by the Repub-
licans in 1868. Anderson then declar-
ed that Republican attorney general
crippled that law by ruling.
How do we know that a Democratic
attorney gepesal will not also cripple
this new law by ruling?" came back
Berger. amid applause from the Re-
publican side and galleries.
Galleries Crowded.
Despite rain storm, the galleries
were filled by persons who came to
hear the Socialist member More
Congressman than Usual were present
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
MILLIONAIRE HOBO FLukEs

The so-called "hobo convention" an
nually pictured and described in the
press dispatches is all James Eads
How and nothing else. How is a soft
handed parlor anarchist with an in
dependent fortune at his call in St.
Louis. He is a relative OF the James
Eads How, who built the Eads bridge
across the Mississippi, at st. Louis,
and though he wears an overall shirt
and organizes hobo conventions that
make a loud noise in the press dis
patches. How has never himself
known what it is to knock on back
door and explain 10 the lady of the
house that he wants something to
eat if she will be SO good as to get
him any bread and butter laying
around the place.
How is splendid theoretical hobo
Once a year he sends out word to
dozen hoboes whom he is constantly
& in touch with and who constitute the
I"executive board" officers, rank ane
file, total membership and fighting
force of the travelling order Of thu
unemployed. Besides this dozen o
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
Woman Candidate
Against Tamnany

New York, July 25.-(Special)-Mrs.
Marie B. Macdonald, 965 Stebbins ave-
nue., the Bronx, one of the women who
rescued the American flag at the IN
ion Square meeting in May, is can
Olda'e for congress in the Fourteenth
district on the Socialist ticket.
She said that she would prefer to
run in her home district, but was de-
'ermined to make just as hard a tght
IN Charles F. Murphy's stronghold.
Mrs. Macdonald is the wife of Frank
Macdonald, editor of the Call, So,
clalist newspaper.
l Shall address meetings three
nights week from cart tails" she
said yesterday. Later l shall hold
MONDAY meetings in factories ano
shops have no fear that If l an
elected shall not be allowed to serve
They would not dare to proven
NE a; this stage of woman's rights
agitation. Neither do I fear the!
won't print my name on the ofilcia
Oailots. If 1 do not receive fai
snow there will be the biggest fumpu
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
ONE DAYS HEAVY KILLING.

A pitched battle between 1000 fur-
nara men and q force of deputy sher-
IFS at the New Jersey Zinc company
Palmerton, N. J., on July g. resulted
in four of the workers getting their
bodies punctured with bullets. Being
inst common ordinary workingmen'
the matter escapes any wide notice.
At De Ridder, La, on the same day
three striking lumber workmen were
killed, seven were dangerously hurt
and forty-one others wounded, accord
ing to the official report OF snerln
Reid. These also being just common
ordinary workingmen, the matter mas
attracted but slight attention.
bread is dear, human life cheap
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
Striking Glass Worker Points How
Machines Drive Men Out of Mills

Indianapolis, July 25.-(special.)-
To-day there is a machine that is
making bottles, better bottles than
can ever be made by hand, and turn
inf them out at a labor expense that
amounts practically to nothing. We
have been a prosperous labor organ
ization, though always small Today
we number about 5000. We never have
had more than 10000. But we can't
fight this new thing"
So declared Harry Jenkins, mem
Der of the Glass Workers union and a
striker at the Paramount glass works,
speaking before the Central Labor
union here. In short speech, i'm
pressive for it's straight direction, he
said:
when the linotype came to the
printer and when a great many other
trades introduced mechanical devices,
it did not hurt the workmen. The
printers merely had to learn a certain
branch of their work over, had merely
to learn the keyboard and mechanism
of the linotype. The linotype made
more work 1t boosted he wage scale
away above what it had been for old
time compositors.
"But the glass blowers have met a
different kind of mechanism. 1t
doesn't take any one to run it. This
machine that we are facing does all
the work itself You just turn a but
ton on an electric wire and it works
from Monday morning to Saturday
night without stopping for rest or
even for drink.
1--WE can't make any real fight
against it. We can't go to the brew
ers and says, we don't drink your
beer because wyou don't use union
made bottles We can't refuse bot
tied goods of any kind because the
bottles aren't union made. We CAM
| fight the electric current tnat runs
this machine
'.The machinery itself is unior
made. You see there isn't a thing w
can do against this great octopus, ane
true conception of an octopus it is
that it gradually and certainly con
Stunning our trade.
"Better bottles than can possibl!
be made by hand, better bottles ant
more of them are turned out by THU
device. 1t runs all the time withou
error and with practically no expense
The machinery will wear indefinitely
Some day our trade will vanish be
fore this hopeless competition. al
we can do is to live as long as W
can. then return to dust as all OF u
must keep up our fight, at least.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
From Faro Game To
Senatorial Game Is
Route ofNevada Sport

Ida, New, July 25.-(special.)-
Gambler George Wengfeld.
Mining Wizard George Wengield. /
Senator George Wengfeld.
Out of the muck of the lower world
into the muck of the upper world.
Flight of fancy? Not on your life!
Years ago when the lure of gold
cast it's filmy net over the whole west
ern hemisphere and drew the lovers
of chance to- the shivering sands of
Nevada, he came to Tonopah. Nevada
was not then the mecca for the mis-
mated ultra-rich. It was the mecca
of the gold hunters. Men of spirit,
men who hungered for riches, men
who worked hard and got little, pio-
neers who know not fear and sought
the gaming table for relaxation-they
were there in the days when the cheap
gambler came and opened his den and
spread out his marked cards and put
I'D his crooked faro layout.
Then came the big Goldfield strike
80 miles away. The dessert was
thrice afame with the tales of gold
fabulous tales of enormous wealth.
The gambler sought his safe. There
he found huge blocks of Mohawk
stock-stock in the new. Goldfield
mine-stock which he had taken
|
from tired and discouraged miners
over the green covering of his gaming
tables-stock that they had played
with and lost when their money was
gone.
He became a mining wizard-or
ganizer of Goldfield Consolidated
millionaire. Out of the muck of the
underworld, into the glare and dizzi
ness Of high fnance-over the gambl
ing table.
And now it is almost certain tina
he will be appointed successor to thu
late Senator Nixon. What doe
George Wengield know about eco
monies? Oh, a piffle for your eco
nomics! He knows that the worl'
worships gold!
Gambler George Wengfeld; Finan
cier George Wengfield; Senator Georg
Wengfeld!
Shut up, you in the overalls! VIVA
are you kicking about?
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25

philosophical hoboeA few parlor
anarchists and brownstone front So
cialists attend the annual conven-
tom when they have time.
James Eads How's association Of
the unemployed is the most sissy, fur
tive, indirect nt-know-whe
going-but-we're-on-our way organiza-
ton in tn western hemisphere. It is
joke. Its actions from year to year
are handled in such a way by the press
as to create the impression that there
is no real unemployed problem.
The unions of migratory workers
being organized on the Pacific coast
had better promise to the mthan the
talkfest fraternity held together by
the. St Louis millionaire, with "the
voice of saint"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
Imperial Management
Tries Hard To Provoke
Trouble From Unionists

r,;oue and eade are trying hard
nrovoke trouble with the locked
cookers of the Imperial glass
S Sor Special police have been
sootod clothed in authority and a
Sadao and st loned at the railroad
..ossing wher the scabs are taken
into the building
uoade on last Tuesday, on Belmont
\ ,,roOt in front of the Adams express
seca endeavorea to provoke trouble
~;,h I'D Powers, one of the union men.
10 stopped and sneered and asked,
.wbv don't you follow me, Powers?'
10 was unable ahowever, to provoke
povers and finally gave up the at
tempt.
That the men are putting forth
.rorv effort 10 conduct this strike In
noaceful and lawful manner is
nroved daily, but it was proved con-
o,usively at the carnival, when union
nocters prevented sympathizers from
attacking scab packers who were ag-
gravating in the extreme. The scabs,
evidently coached by persons higher
nm" do their best to provoke the I'M
inn men and their sympathizers to
oneu resentment. They sheer and
make aggravating remarks.
All of which shows the desperation
to which the management has been
driven.
Stockholders Decide.
# was stated at the Belmont AS
sembly meeting Sunday that the meet
iDg of the board of directors OF the
imperial company, of which mention
was made in the last issue, had de-
clared that Wicke must run the plant
at profit, or resign, and his place
would be filled by some one who could.
Wickes failure as a manager is al
ready known from his inability to
compete with other factories unless he
can manage to get his labor more
cbeaply than his competitors. He is
at present in Atlantic City, trying to
beat down the Flints in their demands.
Charles Burkett's job is much less
dignifed than hat of spittoon cleaner
about he place. He is the lckspittle
who is always to be found at one or
the other occupation-either following
Meade around like whipped cur, or
escorting scabs to their roosting place.
Several more scabs were brought in
last week, but there was no packers
among them.
Two Come Out.
Two of the boys who have been
working in the packing room came out
last week the Mcconnell boys. They
explained that Wicke and Meade had
made them believe the situation was
entirely different, but they caught
them in so many lies that they lost
confidence in them and began to
think that all their statements might
be lies. Eventually they discovered
the truth that the union men were
right, and were honorable and hones'
in their contention land with a splen
did display Of manhood, the McConne
boys came out.
Will Take it UP.
The boys feel that the time has
now come for the supporting organiza
tons to lake a hand, and accordingl!
the Belmont and Ohio. Valley Trades
Assemblies. the Ohio State Federation
Of Labor. the West Virginia Fedora
ton, and the A. F. of l.. will sool
participate.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
workers?

this town ever saw. both from the
women,s organizations and Socialists
and all fair minded persons.
.r am a MARKHAM Socialism, or
,nodox If you can. call a Socialist one
hit Won can't because he is progress
s;ve If am sent to congress l snall
s 80. for whatever benefits humanity.
WON'T tell what Socialist government
,,,. :" "a like. Real constructive work
takes long time.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25

One policeman shot in the lung, an
other knocked senseless with black
lack is a part of the New York rec
ord for violence in the strike of the
seamen and fremen on the Atlantic
coast Several strikers have been
shot own by the police. The sailors
have been, furious in retaliation.
Secretary Vidal, fremen's union
has placed the total number of mel
out at $4,000. The steamship com
panies of course, say business il
normal" the old parroted phrase o
business during labor trouble.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
w. J. Burns Called a Criminal
and Jury-Fixer On Big Proof

st. Louis, Mo-, July 25.-(Special)
william J. Burns is worse Grim
inal than any he ever 'bagged.' He
taints every, prosecution with which
he has been connected with the sus
picion of being job"
The above quoted words, which may
be untrue and libelous, were written
by Editor William Marion Reedy, of
the st. Louis Mirror, at the close OF
a discussion citing the statement by
Attorney General Wickersham recon-
mending a pardon for Willard N
Jones. Oregon. Jones was given four
months in Jail and fined $4,000 fol
taking part in land frauds, according
to "evidence" collected by Burns
The statement of Wickersham makes
out a bad case against Burns as a
jury fixer. Burns picked out set
of Jurors who would convict" asserts
Reedy. The department of justice
has Burns report on prospective jur-
ors. Every man on the list who would
not vote to convict was marked by
Burns with two initials, indicative O..
that mans immediate canine ances
try"
1.-THE fixing of jury to convict, by
| To hn
Reedy. Zones was pardoned. Bul
nothing was done to Burns. He is
still at large and active in various
ways, getting other people into the
penitentiaries, where, if there be any
thing in the Wickersham report
Burns himself should be at this very
hour. as man guilty of a crime
much worse than murder"
am wondering whether Burns S
going to be caught and branded in the
end as was that other faker, Brough
ton Brandenberg, who sprang into ma
.tional attention like flashing rocket
and then came down a stick in the
mud.
4 Brandenberg made charges agains
American Federation of Labor Off
Gals SO rotten rank that at the time
, even the Socialists, to man, votef
, for the election of Gompers to th'
presidency of the A. F. of L. Bran
denberg also filed the magazines ant
the. anti-Socialist periodicals will
| fantastic insults aimed at the labo
) movement, fake reports about Social
list morals, and other slush eagerl.
seized by the anti-labor and anti7So
Icialist press.
: "A while after Brandenberg wa
t found guilty of some crime or Other
| have forgotten what classification
t What l do recall clearly is that he GO
t a prison sentence 1.-TWO years ago.
i Is Burns travelling the same route
Does Burns belong in the sam
class as ordinary private detectives
e OF private detectives, Burns sail
S NINETY per cent of them, as class
are the worst lot of blackmailin
r scoundrels that live outside of pr
>, sons" Where does Burns belong?
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25

The Steel trust is sending out a CT :.
cular practically promising that It
vii, abolish the seven-day labor and
The - hour day. Is this the first
move forced by the rising sentiment
for organization among the mill
workers?
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
1874 i

NOBLE SENATORS.
Lorimer has been kicked on
of the United States Senate.
Great is thes Se~ate. Noble
are the purists who occupy its ,
seats.
Lorimer has beelI kicked out. I
The Senate absolutely will
not stand for any one around
who is not foxy enough to play :
the game without getting ,
caught.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25

'sThirty minutes for lunch instead
of twenty" was one of the demands
of the National Tube company en-
ployes of Pittsburgh. who walked out,
1000 in number. Not only is it hard
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25

to get bread nowadays, it is also
hard to get time enough to eat our
bread, SO hot is the pace in the mills.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25
AUCTION

the undersigned offer for sale
at Washington, D. c.,
The following to-wit:
One Elephant, 40 years old.
One set of injunctionsM and 1
high cost of living, old enough )
to wean. Sired by Gold-Bugs !
and damned by everybody. I
One Republican Platform,
good as new, only been used fo-
campaign purposes. "a large
number of Democratic planks
in it,
One Big Stick, somewhat
worn.
One Republican Machine gone
busted"
One Financial System with
, clearing house checks, soap
wrappers" and a little cash.
A large quantity of Old Din
ner pals (not fulD Granpa
Hats, Coon skins, Teddy Bears,
Taft Smiles and other things
too numerous to mention.
Also a lot of Democratic and
other junk of the parties.
This sale will positively take
place, as the Socialists take
/ charge in 1912.
Joe Cannon,
Auctioneer.
! Col. Rockefeller, Morgan
ana Vanderbilt, G. o. P. Man
ayers.
! Roosevelt, the Bloody, Clerk.
a = a = 4 = . a a. : a =
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-25

CONTINUED ON PAGE ,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-25
RYEGATE

Esdon Nelson from Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, James Nelson from the Ag-
ricultural school at Randolph, Mar
garet Nelson from Brattleboro, Phil
Up Nelson from St. Johnsbury are
at nome for the holiday season.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Collins and
daughter, Ruth Of Greensboro are to
be the guests of M. n. Gibson and
family on Christmas day.
Effie and Dora Nelson went to
Barre Tuesday TO spend their Christ
mas vacation with their grandpar-
EMS, Mr.. and Mrs. William Good
fellow.
Anda Nolan went to st. Johns
bury, Friday.
William Gibson of Dartmouth and
Robert Gibson of the st. Johnsbury
Academy are at home for the
Christmas vacation.
Mrs. j. A. McKirahan and Miss
Olive Nolan, teachers of the be-
ginners and primary classes in the
Sunday school, gave a Santa Claus
party for their pupils in the vestry
of the United Presbyterian church on
Monday afternoon.
Miss Grace Nolan, teacher In
the st. Johnsbury Academy, came
home the last of the week for the
winter recess.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-25
HICKEY CONVICTED
IN SECOND DEGREE
Court Regrets That Justice Has
Not Been Done

Buffalo, Dec. 23.-The jury in the
case of J. Frank Hickey, on trial for
the murder of Joseph Josephs, the
7-year-old Lackawanna boy, returned
a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree. The jury had been deliberat-
ing for twenty-four hours. The YER
dict carries with it a sentence of life
Imprisonment.
Judge Brown, in discharging the
jury, said: TT is extremely to be re-
GREETED that justice could not be done
the defendant. The public and the
court do not feel satisfied with this
result. For those of you who have
earnestly endeavored to procure diff
ferent result the court desires to ex-
tend to you it's sincere thanks for
your efforts to render justice"
Hickey was well pleased with the
outcome.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-25
McINDOE FALLS
Local Basket Ball Team Won a Vic
tory at Peacha1n-Personals

Local Basket Ball Team Won a Vic
tory az Peachaln-Personals
The McIndoes basket ball team
went 10 Feaeham saturday evening
TO play against The Feacham team
Inc score was "a 10 3 in favor Of
McIndoes.
Mss Bertha Bedell has gone tc
Dumnlerston to spend Christmas al
Mr.. Browns.
q. Dlck Van Dyke came home
Friday from the u. V. M. at Bur.
lington for the Christmas vacation
w. H. Gilchrist returned Friday
from Boston where he has spent
a few weeks with his daughter, Mrs
". H. Boswell.
Mr.. and MIS-. P. B. Van Dyke spen-
last week in Boston.
1he Academy closed Friday for
two weeks vacation. Prof. l.. c.
Hunt has gone to his home at Esse1
Junction for the vacation; Miss
Margaret Tubbs to her home at Lew,
iston, Me.
The district schools closed Friday
for weeks vacation. Miss Margaret
spend the week at her home.
4
H, was the guest of her aunt, Mrs
M. ID. Hunt, the first of last week
Miss vera Mills of Wells River
was the guest of Mrs. C. B. Duncan
last tuesday and Wednesday.
Miss Lucy Buham and Miss Nellie
Manchester were guests of Mrs. Roy
Howard at ST. Johnsbury Saturda
John Mcclellan of Albany, was 9
guest at R. A. KendalPs, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. u Is. Duncan anC
son, Charles, were guests of Miss
Vera Mills at Wells River, Sunday.
Masters night was observed al
the grange last Tuesday evening
The master, M. d. Hunt, furnished
Inc supper and the. Nonpareil or
chestra furnished music during the
evening.
Nelson Crane is home from
Moody's school at Mortified, Mass.
for the holidays and Alric Crane
from Middlebury.
Miss A.. N. Carr was in Nashua
N. H., last week to attend the New
Hampshire state grange as delegate
from the North Monroe grange.
Percy Van Dyke is home from
Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass.
for the Christmas vacation.
Harold Gregg of North Carolina
is spending the holidays with hi
schoolmate, Percy IAN Dyke.
The Ladies' Aid society of NORTH
Monroe, N. H., presented the drama
"Punkin Ridge" at the Academy
Hall, Friday evening. Refreshments
were served by the senior class o.
the Academy. Mrs. C. B. EdgertoI
and Alexander GilGhrist furnished
music for a promenade.
Julia Smith and Madeline Cham
berlin were guests of Mrs. A. E
Carter at Barnet over Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-25
Operated On
With 5 Zones
Country Is Mapped Out With
$500 Units --GOVeTRm3nt
Sells Guides Cheaply.

bered units printed on it shows that
New York city is in unit Ill, which,
Of course. is in the first zone. Each To-
rality makes its own first zone. so it
was necessary for the postoftice de-
partment to have printed separate
maps for each locality. Suppose you
are in unit III in the first zone and
you want to send a package to Buffalo,
which is approximately in unit 1,162.
which is in the second zone. You take
the package to the postotfice. and the
pOstofice clerk will place it on the
newly constructed scales. first desig
mating on the scales that the package
is to go TO the second zone. When it
is weighed the scale will give exactly
the amount necessary to carry the
package to it's destination.
The first zone of fifty miles includes
what is called the local zone. The
maximum charge for the local zone is
3 cents for the first pound and / cent
for each additional pound.
After that there is a graduated in
crease. the second zone having a ra-
dius of $50 miles. the third 800 miles,
ETC.. until the eighth zone. which in
cludes every town over 1900 miles.
Separate provision is made for all
packages that weigh four ounces or
less. Like the present system of fourth
class matter. there will be a fat rate
Of a cent an ounce. If a package
weighs over four ounces it goes under
the pound rate.
Every postmaster and postofice clerk
handling parcel post has a map and
guidebook which holds the key to the
numbered units on the map If you
want to send a package to Buffalo his
guidebook will show him which unit
Buffalo is in. and then the map will