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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23

--- WE WILL NOW HAVE - ---- -
a Felu Remarks
BY WALTER B. HILTON

POLICEMEN don't have enough to DO. Simply
having club with which to fracture the skull Of any
who fractures the peace not enough It may be plenty
from the policemans standpoint may keep him busy
for twelve long hours but not from the stand
point of the good of the public And surely does not
public 4
The duties Of policeman should include something
more than experiences with hickory. There great
many things that ought to be done and the policeman is
the logical one to do them. Polce duty ID the Army
everything calculated keep the camp decent and
healthful Why not broaden the scope Of city policemen
as to include some useful things?
We have sanitary conditions to look after, our
food to inspect licenses to collect and information to
give the public The police force is organized army
that could be made Immediately responsive to practically
all the needs Of the community Each officer could have
his little sphere Of responsibility, and he would grow
proud Of his achievements in his sphere He would
grow in his opinion in just the degree that his duties
broadened in scope, and he individual and
institution would grow in the opinion Of everybody else
With this arrangement policeman could be on duty
but eight hours day, on the three tour system.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23
Postal Banks, A Socialist Institution

to bill which is now in the Commit
tee on the Postofffces and Post Roads
OF the House of Representatives, !.
Washington, D. C. Write to your con-
gresham for copy of H. R. S472 and
write the committee thaot you are in
favor of H. R. 8472 This is our bill
There is no single piece of social
machinery that will bring quicker pro-
gres towards the cooperative corr
| monWealth than the government own
ership and operation of the financial
slstem. This is the prime reason why
I all Socialists should use the Potal
| Saving Banks and work for the ex-
tension of their field. ~
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23

and in grim Reliance of what we have been told is human
Inature''
The truth is that with advancing intelligence the in
stnct Of self preservation becomes the instinct Of
preservation Which is the thing only immeasure
Iably improved and refined It is simply cooperative
stead Of competitive. Down among the lowest forms Of
life them fighting, killing, eating another
then the degree of intelligence increases we see the
maternal instinct develop when mother will give her
life for her child Jacob Biz has given Illustration
Of the highest height Of unsesess that can be climbed
For greater love hath no man than this He gave
ibis life for his friendl'
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23
WHEN JACOB BIZ leaped before a

WHEN JACOB BIZ leaped before an onrushng
locomotive the other day and thus exchanged places with
little child whose life he saved by giving his own he
proved many things.
That he died hero in the highest sense is certain
There no bands buge calls, waving flags OF
cheering throngs smoke and Of battle to excite
lie all alone with his conscience when he saw the little
boy about to be crushed by the monster and his
science told him what to do And he brave enough
to do it.
among the working class always In every crises there
in overas who leaps into everlasting glory
and thus leaps and all the false and rotten
embans his memory in the amber Of races reverence
Every selfish instinct told Jacob Biz to stay
safely away from that engine All the instincts of self
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23
RESULT OF ORGANIZATION.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Oct. 18.-The
Street Car Employees. Union, young
Organization, has secured an agree
ment with the local traction company.
R. G. Stewart, editor of the laoor pa
per, The Tribune, says: Although the
union is but young in months, it has
been very fortunate in its negotiations.
While other organizations that are the
backbone of the labor movement have
had to wait for years and even de-
cade before securing any tangible
benefits, the members of Division 638
have had the satisfaction of having
secured ain agreement which provides
for substantial increase in the wage
scale and provisions for the adjust
ment of working conditions by means
|of joint conference between the pro-
per committees and the management
that will insure industrial peace. I'm
der the teTns of the agreement no en-
ploye will be discharged for petty rea-
sons or Disseminated against in any
manner His union card will insure
the right to appeal to the management
where his case will be presented by
his duly chosen representatives in the
union. Justice and not prejudice will
govern in all cases. "
DULUTH ON UPGRADE.
49,
Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 23.zPresident
Hall, of the Minnesota State Fedora
ton of Labor, has been devoting con
siderable time to this<city. Aa result
the local movement has taken on a
strong upward trend The State Fed
GRAFTON officials organized four unions,
and two others are in the process of
formation, while all of the unions in
the city report substantial increase
in membership. The local labor pa
per states that organizing work is in
such shape at the present time that
the local committee which have been
formed, will be enabled to carry it on
effectually in the fuNre.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23

THE COST OF LIVING.has been lowered almost 8
cents per month by the drop in the price Of sugar Of 80
cents per 100 pounds It will be increased next month
by so cents per month by the increase the price of milk
from to TO- cents per quart This leaves you ~ cents
off than before.
But don't blame the milkman. He has shown figures
enough to prove that he had to charge go Of
business He paying for everything needed in
his business And he is paying to the farmer for
the milk whoesat re milkman, at best is but mid
dleman. lie goes about among the dalrymen and
gathers up the milk Then he delivers it to the
of city The process of delivery has become
plicated than Of DID, and santary-and thus
expensive Had there been changes the prices he
had to pay the modern requirements for purity and but
ter fat would have made milk cost more
But he has had to pay for everything, including
the milk The farmer has had to charge the milkman
for the milk because he, too must pay for
everything he needs upon the farm Neither the milk
the farmer is free agent. Both but cogs in
industrial machine and their movements depend
tirey upon the power behind the Wheels
The power is Capitalism, which, interpreted, means
Trusts which in turn, means Private Ownership OF Pub
lie Industry Private ownership could not exist without
Private Profit To make this private profit secure
it is necessary to build the business larger and larger
until finally it is Trust Eventually there trusts in
everything. Today there trusts practically every
thing that the farmer and mlkman compelled to buy
They paying for these things simply because the
private owners Of the machine that makes these things
making larger profits than before And being but mid
demen they passing the cost to the Ultimate Con-
sumner, who is the Original Producer
So is but natural that the price Of milk should go
up It will be unnatural for almost anything to go down
il anything that is produced under Private Port
1t will be hard to show that the milk tariff has anything
to do with it, either.
Of course, public ownership Of the milk business
would help some With the city owning its milk service
we could have one wagon delivering upon one street
where there half dozen now and in this and other
ways could wipe out much useless cost of duplication
and of craftsmanship. But we would still be dependent
upon the farmer for the milk and he could by increase
lin his price, wipe out all saving So would have
to extend the ownership to include the Supply and
own dairies and our own farms and grow our OWL
hay and feed But then the railroads could raise the
trusts could raise the price Of and mix cans and
churns, and all the many things besides milk that
needed in the distribution of milk and it's products
So you see the case is we'll nigh hopeless if we stop
short anywhere in the march toward the public
ship of public industries.
But this ought to be enough to keep you from blam
ing the milkman or the farmer from praisng the
tariff.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-23

When your patrOLIze an advertise
DO you ever mention that you say tbs
30 tD the Na1oyttv/
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

socialist idea will be at least In
teresting and instructive as he
has the most ornate and dramatic
vocabulary in town.
Because Of his prominence in
holding up higher ideals for the
socialist movement and insisting
that white collar did not neces-
sarily indicate a black heart, the
I. w. w. element in the socialist
ranks ousted his entire local from
the party last spring, but Bone
and his followers Immediately or
ganized a new socialist party in
the state. and now have many
more adherents than the old or
ganization.
His speech at the What's
Wrong With the World" congress
and quiz in Tacoma next Tuesday
and Wednesday and the discus
sion following promises to be one
of the live parts of the program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

Homer Il. Bone, attorney, OF
the firm of Bone q Wright, il
conceded to be the most brilliant
man in Pierce county among the
younger attorneys. He grew up
in an atmosphere of reformation.
his father and mother both being
ardent prohibitionists and tenn
perance advocates. Young Bone
enlisted at an early age in the
fight, but the socialist propa-
ganda appealed to him, and the
failure OF the church to come up
10 it's professions on the liquor
question at the ballot box caused
Him to quit the prohibs for the
socialists, and he has for several
years now been the leading social
ist orator In the state.
r Bone may from his own ex-
periences have some interesting
ideas on why people do not go to
church, and his exposition of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

None of the letters are Of very
recent date, but Morris and
Agassiz have written to two
daughters, both OF whom we're
last living in Kent. England. The
letters of one OF the dauehtors
Mrs. Osborne Valance, wsre poef-
marked Faversham, Kent. whilx
another, Mrs. Percy Baldeon. -
sided in a place called 6ittin{
bourne.
The most recent letter found
in Finlay's effects is q childish
epistle from a grandchiId Twins
in Bideford. North Devon. Eng
land. Very few of the letters
convey any material information
about Finlay's family.
No reason is advanced for his
leaving England nor his failure u
return. Finlay was very roti-
cent and taciturn about thinrn
pertaining to himself, and a.
though he lived 10 years with Mr.
Morris, he never mentioned Enes
land nor his life there. This
period of bis existence he seonlei1
to prefer leaving shrouded IN
mystery. ia
He came to washington from
either Australia or New zea-
land 80 years ago, and It -
thought that he was probably =
remittance" man or . younger
son. He had one brother. but rs
died a good many years ago. Z
Finlay never made any attempt
to return to. the old country, AZ
though one of his old letters con-
tanned an offer from his brothor-
in-law, who was q colonel In the
British army, and had acquired
some gold mine concessions III
South Africa from the king, ask
ing him to cone to London and bo
secretary of the company. F1n-
lay evidently refused the offer.
While there Is not great deal
to work on, both Mr.. Morris and
the British consul feel cerfofn
that Finlay's family was OF such
prominence that 1t will be uiaf@
ter of small difficulty to get 81
touch with some Of his relatives
-. ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
LEST THE DEEP SECRET
SHALL REACH THE EARS
] OF THE DEAR PEOPLE

That is not q thing except that
the commissioners are trying to
dicker with Stone-Webster again.
instead Of building the line the
people told them to build.
OF course Stone-Webster will
not get the worst Of It In any
deal made.
Stoiie-Webster people are not In
business for their health.
But, hist! keep still, don't let
the people know what rights 1t is
proposed to bargain away that be-
long to them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

ITS no use talking we cant
get to a IL mill levy"
That was the verdict of Com.
missioner Owen Woods this MORN
ing after an all day session on
the budget yesterday. That was
his view of the case.
"It's no use talking we'll Just
have to cut out some of those au-
tomobiles; 1t will never do"
This was the expression of
Mayor Seymour as he burst into
Commissioner Freeland's office
this morning after evidently get
ting q few jolts on the way down
from citizen taxpayers.
Nothing was done on the bud
get today. The whole thing goes
over until Monday.
Yesterday, however. everything
In the way of new Improvement tt
was practically eliminated and
still the commission was away of
from the great desideratum-s
IL mill levy.
Then happy thought struck
LILO COIll IHleelOus
Nick Lawson estimates the
light plant would clear $103, 900
The city pays light bills to the
plant like the rest Of the people
Cut the rate paid by the city In
half and It would allow $43,00t
to stay In the city till. 1t was 8
great scheme. The people would
never know the difference. Ths
commission clutched al 1t like 9
drowning man at q straw.
But still the ~ mill levy wal
not in sight.
SO the council adjourned until
Monday when 1t will start at the
beginning again.
No suggestion has been made
by any commissioner yet to re-.
wise the payroll Of the city to re-
duce expenses. Probably no sue-
gestion Will be made on this un-
less it comes from the outside.
To get away from the tideflat
street railway which the people
voted for, the fishermen's har-
Dor and street and sewer improve
ments. the council tacitIy lef,
them for q bond issue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
WORKMAN DEAD.
OTHER DYING !.

Ludwig Mamlock, one OF the
men terribly burned Friday morn
ing when watts of creosote In the
Carbon Chemical company's plant
exploded. died at st. Joseph's hos
pital last evening. He remained
unconscious until the end. George
Scheele, the other work man, is In
q precarious condition today and
his death may come any minute,
according to hospital authorities.
The mems faces and hands were
burned SO horribly that great
pieces OF flesh were scared to the
hone.
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bands would not for their wives.
So / think it is matter which
should be settled by an act of con-
gress If it cannot be arranged any
other way
AS a final shot at interpreting
citizenship, Mrs. Gordon declar-
ed:
eff they give us equal rights
really, it should mean that my
husband by marrying me be-
came an American citizen. II
foreign women marries an Amer
ican man she can vote at once.
Why should not the same apply
to a foreign man?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
.BIG TIM,sr BODY FOUND.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13. -
Representative Timothy j. Sulli-
van is dead. His body, badly
mangled, was found beside the
railroad tracks at Pelham bay to-
day. Sullivan, known to thous-
ands Of friends as big Tim,''
disappeared from the home of
his brother August 81. 1t is be-
lieved that he was struck by a
train on the day of hia disap-
pearance.
The morgue was besieged by
men, women and children. Most
of them wept. "It amt him. /"
they were heard to say. big
Tim couldn't die. He was too
good. They've found some other
guy" The police held the crowd
in check, but the people fingered
throughout the afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

IhE lMNEDIhIE SON NSINOS-
TION OF A CAR LINE TO THE
TIDEFLATS.
For q municipality owned and.
operated car line on the tideflats.
That is what the men of the big
Milwaukee shops stand for and
that is what they are going ia
organize the tideflat workmen
5000 strong for next Monday.
Prosecutor Lorenzo Dow went
over to the Milwaukee shops at
noon today to talk to the men
about the tideflat line.
"The people do not realize how
many of you boys there are over
here and how necessary this car
line is," said Dow. "and the thing
for you to do is to organize and
get every man on the flats into
the Organization and then go
the city hall and let the officials
there know you want this line and
want 1t now"
II With no previous announce,
ment over 200 men rapidly gath
cred in the machine shop when
the word was passed down the
line that Dow was talking street
railway.
1--WE have waited for years for
Stone-Webster> to build this line
and personally believe the city
should do it and start a municipal
ownership line here. We will
never get anywhere in this city
with Stone-Webster for their line
Is managed from Seattle and the
control does not want any de-
velopment in Tacoma. But with
municipal ownership we can make
lit go and I believe make it pay
and IL Cleveland can make three
cent fare don't see why we cam
not in Tacoma"
"The city can force the +.
n. & p. to give transfers.
said Dow. "There are
thousand ways OF sI1fnning q
cat and no corporation can
stand against an aroused peo-
ple."
The sentiment of the men SEEM
ed almost universal for the mu-
nicipal line.
Dow is going back Monday
noon and the work of organizing
will then be taken up. 1t is ex-
pected when the organization is
completed the men will visit the
aI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13


mak
profit $103OO0
$4,000 OF THIS FOR THE CITY
BY CUTTING THE RATES PAYS
PEOPLE SHOULD RAISE ONE RIGHTEOUS oNNoUs
the
the
commission these things
wIln
ranl
Nveexp ure in and a
MONEY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
WHY?

o WHY? 9
o Mrs. Mackenzie Gordon, o
@ American born, who is not o
@ permitted to cast her ballot @
o because she Ia married to a Q
o foreigner, says: o
o If I were to divorce my .
o husband could vote. O
o 'If he were to die I could o
o vote. .
o my son. will be able to o
. vote when he becomes of o
o age. o
D why. because I am a o
o happy wife. must be denied o
o my rights OF citizenship" @
o . o o o o @ . o . y . D p .
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13. -
Right up to the highest court In
the land is to- go the appeal of
Mrs. Ethel Coope Gordon, wife of
Mackenzie Gordon, an English
man, that she be permitted her
inalienable rights of citizenship
as bestowed upon her by the male
electors of California.
The California splroue court
decided against Mrs. Gordon when
she brought suit to compel Reg
istrar zemansky to register her
as an American citizen.
1T is not merely my own citi-
zenship that Is involved" said
Mrs. Gordon. There are 4 .0O0,-
900 women in the equal suffrage
states, and many of these are
doubtless In the same predica-
ment as myself. / think 1t is a
matter which should be sifted
thoroughly and settled.
1T is," she said with q laugh.
"just another fight for suffrage
that | am making alone"
So in the Gordon household
there il Just one American citi-
zen. Mackenzie Gordon, 1r.. 5
months old, whose ballot Is wor-
ryine him not at all.
my mother said Mrs. Cor
don. "would have the same stand
ine have were It not tor the fact
that my father II dad. She 4 an
American and he was an English-
man. Because she is widow she
fof4oz while /. because my Scotch
hcs6e1d 4 alIve, Gan hRye no
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

Although he had lived In Tacoma years
regarded as bachelor examination the
OF Fnlay,
who died recently has revealed the married
evidently belonged
British Consul Agassiz ting The
The discoveries made N. Morris. foruuer
was looking through a UNI OF old letters
These revealed that Finay daughters one
OF whom the wife of French nobeman was
brother Lethbridge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

0 but
ame
which
Of
possible
o officials
taking $4,000 month municipal payroll The
his fellow
the hall salaries This is
not
AUTOMOBILE
ENOUGH
SEEMS THAT EV
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
RAILWAY CASHIER
WAS A MEMBER OF
ENGLISH NOBILITY

WASHINGTON FINLAY WHO DIED WEEK. WAS MEM
BIER OF PROMINENT ENGLISH FAMIIY-ENGIIsH CON.
SUI INVESTIGATES - DAUGHTER BARONESS / n
FRANCE--MYSTERY SURROUNDS FINLAYS LIFE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
MILL LEVY
IS SOUGHT BY
C|TYOFF|C|AlS

A BOND ISSUE TO RELIEVE
THE SITUATION ALSO
SOUGHT-A HERD OF AUTO
MOBILES MAY BE CHOPPED
OFF IN A FINAL EFFORT TO
COME DOWN TO A 12-MILL
LEVY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

THEY can boast as proudly as
they want to of their Chicago
jails, but believe us they have
nothing at all on our own little
Tacoma bastile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
CAPT. JOHN FITzGERALD tells

CAPT. JOHN FITZGERALD tells
one on jailer at police head
quarters some time ago who lec-
tured prisoners on prohibition.
Say" roared the jailer at
well-dressed citizen who was
brought in with a very un-
steady cargo, you're drunk"
"Oh, well (hic)," muttered
the prisoner, wobbling un-
steadily against the Jail blot
ter, "I'll (hic) get over this,
shee. But you're a (hic)
blamed fool, and you'll never
get over that"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
MILWAUKEE, SHOPMEN WANT CITY
OWNED CAR LINE TO TIDE FLATS
LORENZO DOW
TALKS To zoo
WORK|NGMEM

WORKERS TO Or
GANIZE 5000 STRONG MON
DAY TO MAKE DEMAND FOR
THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUC-
TION OF A CAR LINE TO THE
TIDEFLATS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

AMONG ONE of the most effect
i've ways to get lot of pub
licity is for man to air his
views on the X-ray skirt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

ALREADY the pessimists are de-
claring that Tacoma will suffer
a frigid winter to offset the
beautiful summer and fall.
Avaunt, you knockers!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

OVER EAST OF the mountains
they beg for irrigation water.
Up on the Cascade foothills the
farmers are hollering because
leakage from Tacoma's Green
river water system is inundat-
ing their farms. You can't
please 'em all all the time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

AMONG THE city improvements
that seem to have been care
lessly neglected mention are
set of new city commissioners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13
HES 1aE |
.H]B4Afa2I,&,s:5T

THIS DAY In Tacoma ID years
ago:
Three heavily armed Indians
we're observed prowling around
Pacific avenue today. Each one
carried loaded demijohn.
After mysterious absence of
three days, Hank Doolittle, the
champion lazy man, has turned
up. Hank caused his family
much anxiety by his disap-
pearance last Monday. 1t de-
velops he fell in the bay and
was so lazy that he made no
effort to get out until this
morning.
Narcissus Chifonier, who
runs the Elite restaurant,
makes the finest tripe stew in
the city. He brought us in
some this morning.
The o. u. Hamm Dramatic
Co. has Just closed an engage
ment at the opera house, having
played here three nights in
"Ten Nights in Barroom.
During the stay of the company
here the play was remarkably
we'll acted, both ON and off the
stage.
Miss Belinda Spriggins, spin
ster, is very much incensed at
the loss of her pet parrot,
which has disappeared. The
parrot could chew tobacco and
swear with rare fluency and
was as handy as man around
the house.
THE city improvements
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

Uncle Ted" announces winners for this
weeks prize essay contest on page {. my h
Teacher is the subject for the story. and "a
several OF Uncle Ted's Circle Joined the con-
test in their efforts to win the prize. Read e
announcement for next weeks contest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-13

BUDGETY, Budgety sat on wall,
Budgety, Budgety had big fall,
And all the Mayors horses,
And all the Mayors men,
CoulE't bulge Budgety up
again.