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The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear santa cls.nni Pieasa brzn
me a pair o. skates. a blue felt hai
navy serge NorfoIk saiit. a pa1r a
tan button Nhoaa I am a uffis hrs
eiFht years old. I am In the thii,
grade ! ~ 10 be a. smart a. I caF
hring me some marbles. a ball ha
and mitt Thafs al By-bya Mar
Ion LARarron Pnyna
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear santa Claus; hnwe he~r
Fccd, 30 please bring me ball. bat
bat shoes and suit. and bring me
wagon, some marbles and plenty a
fruit and hra crackers Rememhe'
mo'her and daddy. By-bye. oeorE,
RoberzA LyonA
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear santa Claus Please bring
me a dnl and rarriare and n bicycle
and sufna Fruits Dear santa. don
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear Santa Clausi Pisass brtnn
me some marbles, hail and bait mitt
and pair of skates. and a nsw suit
and oap ! am not asking for much
this time, bat don't forge, 10 bring me
plenty a fireworks and hring my little
aunt some ribbon Tor her hair. By.
hye. Arthur Lyons
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear Santa Claus am a ntuN
bny -four years old want a sun.
bicycle. some A d G biocka. q ilGtls
stable with horses and cows "a n a
moving picture machine. a dou hahy.
some nuta and candy. Prom your
little boy. Bruce Mocloakau. tie w.
Intendencsa 81
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear santa Claus Please bgann
me doll and carriage and a pretty
little rcd hat and plenty of fruit |
am afraid ~ nre~orls. I want SONS
n blocks and q horn. Prom your
little friend. Marie Kelley.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear santa Claus. am q boz. SIX
years %. 60 90 school and can read
and count ! want you 90 hrinE me =
ultIe automobile. a little violin. q hugle
some toys and some ere works some
nuts ard some candy Don't forget my
rftle sister ana my little cousin. Bud
les Franklin. Rlauutatown. Flaa
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear. santa Claus write YOU
feN dnaa and tell you what Z want
rlu't aak for very much thia year
Trfnr me bicycle hud Indian suit.
FIn and some frait and Fireworks
Hersaln. aa ever ygur little friend.
Arenln hforFan. Mofino. F1a.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-17

Dear santa Ciauas am htue
soy avs yearn old. Please nring ne
Htta nuto. e train. httle hre TUCK
vaHon. a trunk. some fire waoNern
and hu my ntocaing fun of 5000
fhlrna % eat BrinE ne a sTeet caf'
a utus triand. Deiphins Garrett
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
AGAINST INSURANCE plan

Olympia, Wash, Dec. 26--An attack
was recently made by the big bust
ness interests of this state to shape
the policy of the industrial insurance
commission. The annual report of
the commission was in preparation
and certain portions had been agreed
to by majority of the commission,
Some of the big business interests do
not take kindly to the present law,
and are fearful that the recommends
tons to be made by the commission
will be adopted in the light of the in
Evestigations which the commission has
made. ,fforts were made to have one
member of the commission deposed,
with the view of having some one ap-
pointed who will be partisan to the big
business interests. The law in this
state has proven a boon to those who
have suffered Industrial accidents, and
the present law Is considered to be one
of the best ever adopted in any state,
and advices are to theTeffect that, not
Withstanddng the efforts Of "big bust.
ness the personnel of the Industrial
insurance commission will remain the
same
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
III. Davies Has Not
Been Made Organizer

Denying the report that T.. ]. Davies
has been appointed an organizer for
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, Robert Ed
wards, National Trustee, makes the
following statement: ~+-.
T. J. DAVIES. y
For the benefit of Majority readers
will state that T. ]. Davies was form
erly of Martins Ferry, O., and before
the 1909 strike of the A. A. of l. S.
and T W., against the American
and Tin Plate Co., took a. very promin-
ent part in conducting the affairs of
the Welsh church of that city, but his
manner OF rlinning matters were such
that the members of he little congrega-
ton had their eyes on him long before
he decided on that step which made
him a puppet in the hands of tie steel
corporation, and in tie estimation of
his countrymen, thing little above
the beass of the field.
When he sold himself, body and
soul, and became scab and strike
breaker, very few people IN Martins
Ferry were surprised in truth, they
expected it as a matter of fact, and
could not see how he could do other
wise when the proper time arrived
We all know that a certain per cent
of human beings are Judasis and Bene=
dict Arnold, and it needs only the
moment for those beings
to manifest themselves and be seen
as they are in reality. This moment
arrived when the strike of 1909 was
declared, and among the first to offer
themselves to the oppressors OF hui
mainly and the strifless. Of liberty was
this T. ]. Davies.
While men were fighting for their
liberty and honor, and battering down
the walls of oppression as they did
during the strike Of 1909-1910, those
things. of the T. J. Davies type were
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Molders Out at Erie

Erie, Pa, Dec, 26.-Molders and core
makers employed at the Erie Engine
Company~are on strike. sixty mem be-
ing involved. The trouble Is stated
to, have been precipitated by the ac-
ton of the men in authority, in dis
charging employees who were known to
belong to the Molders' Union. The
men declared that these discharges
have been made at irregular periods
during the last few weeks, and it was
to protect the members Of the union
that the strike was called. A commit
tee endeavored to secure an amicable
adjustment of the grievance and at
the same time put in a demand for
$3.50 for a nine-hour day. The de-
mands were refused, and the strike
was called. The International Mold
ers' Union was fully informed, so it is
stated and sanctioned the action of
the men in striking.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Unions Still Call
Locke's Stores Unfair

That the Labor movement of this
vicinity still regards the Locke shoe
stores as unfair was made quite plain
at the meeting of the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly Sunday
AT the end of an enlightening discus
sion the delegates were all instructed
Ito take the word back to their unions
and have th9l locals begin to take &C
All the daily papers of the city, af-
ter hearing their masters voice,
printed stereetyped editorials con-
demnng the Clerks union and the
Trades Assembly, but this seems only
to have fired the unionists with a de-
sire to win their cause of right. They
know that the business interests con-
troll the dailies absolutely, and they
expect nothing but opposition on the
part of the dailies to every effort for
the common good, if that effort tends
to slightly diminish the private profit
that rules the daily papers.
Five Dollars Fine.
West Wheeling Mine Workers have
placed a fine of SIS upon any member
lgoing in the Locke stores.
The Moundsville Trades Assembly
has passed resolution calling for a
fine of from 25 cents to S. upon any
. member who patronizes any unfair
The wheeling Real Clerks an
nounee that their committee is busy,
and that the work of enlightenment
will be kept up until every man, wom-
and and child in his valley knows
that the Locke stores are unfair"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Mother Jones Will Speak
At Protest Meeting Here
Meeting Called To Pro
testAgainst Treatment
Of Striking Miners.

Mother" Jones Will speak at the
Victoria theatre next Sunday after.
noon at 2:30 o'clock. The occasion
will be a mass meeting held to give
the citizens of this community a
chance to protest against the inhuman
conditions inflicted by the coal arons
of this state ubon the coal miners,
and the high handed and arbitrary
manner in which the governor, the
militia and the courts have lent them
selves to crush the poor miners who
are striking against the brutal mine
guard system and the whole frfghtful
exploitation that is in force in West
Virginia.
The meeting is one of series be-
ing addressed by Mother" Jones in
the large .centers of the country, the
object being to arouse public senti-
ment to the point where it will de-
mand congressional Investigation of
the conditions prevailing in, the min
ing districts of this state.
John Brown, who appeared before
the Ohio Valley Assembly Sunday
and asked that body to assist in ar
ranging for the meeting stated that
they had no hope of remedial legisla-
ton from the present legislature, but
had centered all hopes il congress
sional investigation that would bare
to public gaze the frightfnl state of
affairs in this state.
Harold w. Houston, attorney for the
Mine Workers, will also speak. 1t
was first announced that Brown
would be one of the speakers, but he
will be in Boston on that day. The
Trades Assembly appointed to assist
in the arrangements consists of
Harry P. Corcoran, E. J. Weekley and
L. M. Greer.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26

ington, members of the small real
estate and insurance ring which has
been able to dominate affairs in the
District of Columbia because the cit1-
zens of the District are denied the
ordinary rights of American citizens
the right of suffrage.
The investigation is directed largely
at George W. Ingham, insurance com
missioner of the District of Columbia,
who o. ks the affairs Of the two fire
insurance companies over the protest
of the board of commissioners OF the
District of Columbia.
Ingham is nephew OF Senator
Gallinger, of New Hampshire, who is
chairman of the senate committee on
the District Of Columbia.
Our Own G. Wesley.
The names of Judge George W. At
kinson. of the United States Court of
Claims and Judge Ashley K. Gould,
of the Supreme Court Of the District
of Columbia appear in the promotion
literature of the First National Fire
Insurance Company; and they will
probably be brought into the investiga-
tion. Eldridge E. Jordan, just appoint
ed vice chairman of the Wilson inau-
g1ral committee, is, one OF the pro
moters of the First National Fire In
surance Company. Another promoter
of this company is RobeSt N: Harper
notorious for being the first man con.
victed for violation of the pure food
law as a manufacturer of a fake head
ache cure, and who was strong can
didate for chairman Of the Wilson in.
augural committee
The three original promoters of the
insurance companies under fire at
tempted a similar operation in SYRIA
cuse, N. T., but were closed out by
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Startling Disclosures Expected From Fire Insurance
Probe By Congress In District OF Columbia

the state commissioner of insurance
as being purely a stock selling con
Germ. They sought the shelter of the
easier insurance regulations of the
District of Columbia. Although their
headquarters have been maintained in
Washington they have sold no stock
of the two companies within the Dis
trict- of Columbia, but their sales
throughout the states are said to have
been enormous. Recently the surplus
of the. companies became so bulky
that they were invested in one of the
newest fireproof Office buildings just
completed in Washington, which they
bought in for $1,500,000. Immediately
thereafter-to be exact, in nine days
they listed this property in their as
sets at a valuation Of $2,000,000. The
commissioner Of the District of Column
bia questioned this procedure and ask
ed Ingham to investigate. Ingham did
SO and put his official o. K. on the
transaction, whereupon the commits
sioner sappealed to the district COM
mittee of the House of Representa-
tives for an Independent investigation.
Instead of doing the expected, and
embarrassing the insurance com
panies, who swing powerful influ-
ence in Congress, Chairman Johnson
of the District committee, who at
present is on the outs with the pow
ers\ that be in Washington, picked as
radical a group to do the investigating
as he could find in his committee, in
GLIDING Berger, the Socialist, and
Henry George, whose criticisms Of the
real estate assessments in the District
of Columbia have put him in the bad
books of the capitalists.
The investigation promises to be a
hummer
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Candidate For
Hero Medal

The friends of William Krebs,: of
North Wheeling. insist that he is en-
titled to hero medal for saving the
life of Philip Counheim, 222O Market
street, last Tuesday evening. Mr.
Counheim was. leaving the Center Mar
ket, through the east side entrance,
which is directly opposite his home,
and fell headlong over a projecting
wagon tongue, which. contrary to a
city ordinance, was left projecting.
His head fell upon the car track, i'm
mediately in front of an approaching
car. Krebs, who was across the street.
saw the accident and leaped to the
rescue, pulling Counheim from the
track just as the car shot past. Coun-
helm Is deeply grateful to Krebs, and
insists that he saved his life at the
risk of his own.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
CAR MEN ELECT OFFICERS

At a meeting Of the local 1O3 Anal,
gamated Association of Electrical
Railway Employees held at the Trades
and Labor hall in Wheeling early Sun
day morning the business for the
year was wound up and officers for
the ensuing year elected as follows:
President, w. G. Ferguson; vice
president, G.. E. Bartelbaugh; record
ing secretary, T. "A. Swain; financial
secretary, William Hess; treasurer,
Charles Sonnefelt; executive board
Ford Moore AND J. T.. Moore; Pan
Handle executive board, o. L. Nc
Coy; Moundsville division, E. E. Car
Isle and Sam Wilson; Elm Grove di-
vision, William, F%Gates and o. NJ
Smith; city railway division, F. L.
Johnston and T. r.. Padden.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Duffy Favors Plan OF
Non-Contributory and
Compulsory Compensation

ician l do not think is wise.
Under section 4, headed "Compen-
sation," subsection in my opinion is
a very bad provision and should find
no place in any compensation law.
This section Provides that if the
amount in the fund should be foun1
insufficient to pay the stipulated rate
O compensation any certain year that
the compensation shall be reduced
proportionately SO as to be kept with
in the limits of the amount available
for expenditure. Instead of having
a provision of this kind, l think that
it should be made mandatory that the
compensation shall be paid in any
and every case of injury or death
and then make it the duty OF the
Board to see to it that the amount OF
money to meet this obligation in each
and every case shall be provided by
properly conducting the insurance
iund. This is the principle upon
which the Ohio law is conducted and
can not see where any other prin-
ciple gives guarantee that the work.
ers are going to get specHleo
amount of compensation.
Under Section 5, headed Claims
subsection provides that no allow
ance for medical attendance or funer.
al expenses or no compensation shall
be paid if the injury to the claimant
shall have resulted from his own
criminal negligence or wilful actt OF
if he was intoxicated at the time, Of
the accident. / think that the term
criminal negligence" should be elm
mated, It is such broad and lnoefl
mite term that it could be used to deny
compensation in many cases where
the marty would really be entitled &c
it. think that the purpose OF THIS
section could be accomplished as Ia
as it. is Just to. go along that line Ds
the term F..wilful act or If he was IN
toxicated at the time OF the accldenI
The proposed law taken as whole
Is not as bad as some proposed IN ON
err states, but ] think it would be wei
for those back of it from lapol
Standpoint to be on the alert >ano
watch these. particular points Wner
the matter comes up before the legls
lature. A..
not seem to provide for is for proper
actuaries, etc, to. work out the II
snrance feature in what we mlgn
cali a competent, scientific way.
With hndest regards and nopins
that This may help you IN formlnt
your opinion of the proposed law.
am, ..,,,v vonrs.
n. j. DUFFY,
chairman
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
NO|dGrS Get Five
Per Cent Increase


Wheeling district union molders EN-.
ployed in stove foundries are congra.
tulating themselves upon a wage in
crease of 5 per cent about to befall
them.
This Increase was decided upon at
the joint conference held recently in
Chicago between representatives OF
-the4 international Molders' Union and
National Founders Defense Associa-
ton, and while the two local stove
foundries do not belong to the latter
organization, it is understood that they
will follow the decision.
The Spence-Baggs company at Mar.
tins Ferry and the Ohio Valley Foun.
dry at Bellaire, are the local concerns,
and they employ about 40 of the 100
members Of the local Onion.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Trust Aboishes
Three Week Pays

The Steel Trust has abolished the
"three-weeks pay"
Up to the present, there have been
four times in every year when three
weeks interval elapsed between pays
for the Steel Trust employees. The
hardship worked by this system upon
the underpaid employees of the giant
corporation caused a public condemna-
ton which has finally resulted in the
abolation. of the rule.
The only reason why the Trust
worked the system was that it per-
mitted the retention in bank of the
pay roll money for an extra week four
times year, and brought some inter
est at the expense fthe workers.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Label League

The Union Label League of Wheel
ing and vicinity is issuing member
ship cards for the coming year. They
are identical with the cards now in
use, the only change in the new ones
beingthe figures 1913" instead of
1872"
Secretary Ninness of the League
says that prospects are excellent for
the new year, and states that he
looks for a large increasein member
ship and large increase in the
amount of union labeled goods sold
here.
The cards pledge member to buy
only labeled goods SO far as possible.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26
Goebel Asks Prohibs To
Come Clean In West
Virginia Mine Stock

George H. Goebel, of New Jersey,
has sent the following letter to the
editor of the national organ Of the
Prohibition Party:
Editor Clean Politics,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Dear Sir:
l receive from you from time to
time appeals for aid of your paper
and the Prohibition, cause, which it
advocates. suggest you cut my
name off the list to whom you send
such appeals, as it will save you
postage that brings no return.
+ l am a Socialist. / was for many
years one of the most active and best
known members of the Prohibition
Party in this country, delegate to its
national conventions, speaker for it
in many states, National Secretary
of the Junior Prohibition Leagues,
etc. This being the case l have al
ways respected and understood the
Prohibitionists, and been disposed
now and then ito help them to a hear
ing, futile as l am convinced is their
method of reaching the evils of intern
perance.
1t was this that made me originally
take your paper, and thatt1etter made
me respond to your request to renew
for three years. And for so doing
had the pleasure CD of reading in
your paper that the Socialist Party
was a liquor party, followed by other
statements of worse nature. Then,
for good measure, suppose, you add
ed the cowardly trick, in speaking of
the shooting of Roosevelt, of saying
that the Associated Press spoke of
Schrank as Socialist, thus avoiding
personal responsibility for the state
ment, but nevertheless allowing your
readers to get the thought that a So
cialist had done the shooting, and ins
directly that the Socialist Party stood
for murder. Nor have !, in reading
your paper, been able to find where
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-26

T. J. Duffy, member Of the State
Liability Board Of Awards of Ohio, in
control of the operation Of the Work
mems Compensation law of that
state, is definitely opposed to several
provisions in the proposed Work
mems Compensation law for West
Virginia drawn by DR.. p. B. Rey-
nolds of the West Virginia UniVers-
ity, and which, it is understood, Will
be presented to the coming session OF
the legislature with the approval Oh
Governor Glasscock. -,
Mr.. Duffy's attitude, which Will
have great weight, in view OF his act
i've experience in carrying out the
Ohio law, came to light through an
interview given Majority man by
Everett E. Tharp, of Bellaire, Execu-
tive Board member of the Glass Bottle
Blowers and district organizer OIL tne
American Federation of Labor.
= Mr.. Tharp, having a keen interest
in the West VirgiRia law, in behan OF
Labor, wrote Mr. Duffy for his opln-
ion. The following letter was re-
ceived.
The Letter.
Mr.. E. Tharp, !
4267 Noble Street,
Bellaire, Ohio.
My dear Mr.. Tharp:-
l received yours Of December IL,
enclosing clipping containing draft OF
proposed workmen's compensation
law for West Virginia.
have marked with an x those por-
tons of it that am going to make
comments upon.
First, l would say that the reason
given as to why there should be con
tribution on the part of the workers
as we'll as the employers has not been
borne out in my experience on this
Board. In saying this. of course ]
understand that conditions are per
haps such that compromise may
have to be made for the present Wnere.
by the workers will pay a portion OF
the premium of cost. This, however
conflicts with the principle upon
which such laws are supposed to De
based, namely, that the cost OF ldus,
4 trial accidents shall be charged up
as part of the cost of production.
l do not approve OF that section
which provides that one of the mem
bers of the Board shall be compe
tent physician. l do not believe thai
there should be any such qualification
| believe that the Board should have
authority to employ physician or
number of them if experience demon
srates the necessity or advisaDility
81 doing SO. but to lay It down IN inc
Jaw as one fthe conditions that 9
member Of the Board must be phys