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Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

The official reports show that at
the end of 1912 there we're 521 trade
unions in Australia, with total mem
bership Of 1924, of whom 1880
were women. All the unions have
made large increases in their mem
berships the past few years.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29
RREwERY WORKERS STRIKE

Trinidad, Col, Aug 29.-Twenty-
four men, the force of the Pell Brew
ing and Ice company, struck at noon
today for union recognition and the
union scale. Efforts are being made
to induce the Schneider Brewery en-
ployes to walk out.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

Recruit outfieIder Stewart Of the
Cubs, looks like a real ball player.
He played with Springfield and was
one Of the stars Of the Central league
before he Joined Johnny Evers' crew.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29
Western Leaaue

Manager Stallings Of the Braves,
has 15-year-old son who, he expects,
will make a star big Lacquer. Young
stallings is pitching for an amateur
team in Atlanta, Ga.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

Timothy Healy of New York has
been reelected president of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Stationary
Firemen Of the United States and
Canada. It will be his eighth term in
the office.
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Western League

AT Wichita--Denver, 60; Wichita,
As.
At Sioux City Sioux City, 10; st.
Joseph, 5. p
At omahaLDes Moines, 12; Omaha,
e 8H ~
At Topeka-Topeka, 6-1; Lincoln,
5-S. n
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n. J, team

The New York Yankees are fast
getting together team Of youngsters.
Outside the pitching staff. Sweeney,
Cree and Hartzell are the only old
timers in the regular lineup.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

The Western Federation Of Miners
reports that it gained $s.244,50O in
wages for its members during the past
year.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

The Boston Nationals put one over
on several major league clubs when
they landed Luque and Padrone, the
two Cuban stars Of the Long Branch,
N. J., team.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

The number of women wage earn
ers in Germany is now larger than ii
any other European country
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

The British Medical association Is
seriously considering the adyisavility
Of organizing as a labor union.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

The annual convention of the Ma
tional Federation Of Postoffice Clerks
will begin its sessions in indianapolis
September 1.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

Nathan Jaffa, former secretary of
state of New Mexico, came in last
night from his home at Roswell for
few days business visit.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29
There are upward Of 5000 buildine
material teamsters in New York citv.


Many women suffer miserably fro.a
chronic constipation causing nervous.
ness, dizziness and sallow comnIsr rloS
They win find that chambes1sine
Tablets invariably bring teller. 1.iIsza
tablets are easy to take asd nIe sE'
IN effect. For sale by all aeaIsr
a7
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

,s With English golfers in all three
national championship tournaments
this autumn the play for amateur,
open and woman's titles takes an add
ed interest. According to the latest
reports Abe Mitchell will compete IN
both the amateur and open; Miss
Muriel Dodd, present woman cham.
pion of Great Britain, and Miss Raw
enscroft, 1912 champion in the wom-
ans titular tourney; Harry Vardon,
Wilfred Reid and Edward Ray in the
open. There is early evidence that
these title seeking golfers, aided by
the French trio, will attract unusual
attention to the competitions at Gar
den City, Brookline and Wilmington.
Large entry lists are predicted for
both the amateur and open. The en-
tire week, September 1-6, will be de-
voted to the amateur tournament. A
record entry is also expected for the
open competition and the play will in
all probability require four instead of
two days as originally planned. 1t is
believed that many of the United
States professionals will avail them
selves Of the opportunity to enter
with the idea Of watching the famous
foreign players in action, rather than
the hope of securing a place in the
final rounds.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29
There are s91. $50 government post
tions now under civil service regula-
tion in the United States.

A union Of telephone operators, com
posed exclusively Of women, has been.
organized in Shreveport, La.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

School teachers Of Copenhagen,
receive wages Of 1920 a year.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

Steam laundries in the United
States employ 1Os,4S4 persons.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

An interesting addition to the inter-
national contests Of the year should
develop in the coming American tour
of the famous Incognito Cricket club
of London. This organization of anna
teur cricketers holds unique position
in the cricket circles of England. Com
posed exclusively of gentlemen play
ers the club was formed in 1861 with
a membership originally fixed at 100,
raised to $50 in 1869, increased to IT'S
in 1871, and now limited to 300 mem
bers. There is a large waiting list
of applicants for membership, for the
Incognito club is a social as well as
cricket club The members do not
play for gate money, and are paying
their own expenses during the tour
of the United States and Canada.
The thirteen players who compose
the team are all cricketers Of approx
ed ability, being members of either
the leading school, university or
country club elevens Cambridge and
oxford universities are both well rep
resented, as are Elton, Harrow and
Rugby schools. Among those who will
stand before the wickets are Colonel
C, E. Greenway, b. P. Dobson, p. ].
Metcalfe, W. G. M. Sarel, c. L. Tudor,
G. V. Campbell, G. E. Hatfield, Hon.
H. G. H. Mulholland, Michael Falcon,
B. G. Won B. Yelle, G. R. R. Colman,
D. M. P. Whitcombe, Philip Collins.
The schedule as arranged at pres
ent calls for five matches, four to be
played in the east and one in Canada
The dates are as follows; September
5-6-S, Gentlemen of Philadelphia at
Haverford, Pa; Seteptember 9-1O, New
York Veterans at Livingston, n. Y;
September 21-1S-15, Gentlemen of Phil
adelphia at Mannheim Pa; September
1918, Toronto zingan at Toronto,
Ont; September 2O-22-23, Gentlemen
of Philadelphia at st. Martins, Pa.
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allowing but six hits. Minor league
history shows that this 2O-inning
scoreless game was duplicated by the
Cleburne and Fort Worth clubs of the
Texas league on July II, 1906, when,
as in the case of Jersey City and Tor
onto, the game was called on account
of darkness after the twentieth inning.
The chronicles of the days unusual
baseball features do not end with
these feats. August IL marked the
anniversary of Napoleon
Laioie's entry into big league base
ball. Tt was also Christy Mathewson's
thirty-third birthday and he celebrated
by being a material factor in the
Giants victory over the Brooklyn club
in an thinning game. The national
baseball commission took advantage
of the occasion to get into the lime
light with ruling to the effect that
a baseball player who owed another
money in the form. of a personal debt
could be suspended from organized
baseball until such time as he paid
the debt.
Although day late Pitcher Hedge
path of the Richmond club of the
Virginia league performed spectac-
ular twirling feat on August 10, when
he officiated in both games of
double header against Petersburg, al
lowing one hit, three bases on balls
and no runs. Hedgepath, who is slat-
ed for the washington Americans,
was opposed in the first game by
Pitcher Ayers, who until defeated by
Hedgepath, had a record Of 13 straight
victories. Ayers will also join the
Washington club this fall
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL
National League

National League
At Philadelphia-Ph Philadelphia. Z;
New York. 2.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn, 5; Boston,
1.
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TODAY'S BASEBALL
National LEAGUE

1o National League
Chicago at Pittsburg.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia
Brooklyn, Aug. 29.-Brooklyn-Bos-
ton game postponed, wet grounds;
two games tomorrow.
American League
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Washington at Boston
Philadelphia at New York,
New York, Aug. 29.-New York
Philadelphia game postponed, wet
grounds; two games tomorrow.
American Association
Milwaukee at Kansas City.
Minneapolis at ST. Paul.
Toledo at Indianapolis.
Louisville at Columbus.
st. Joseph at Omaha
Des Moines at Sioux City
Denver at Topeka.
Lincoln at Wichita.
Sioux City, Aug. 29.-First game,
Des Moines 2; Sioux City, 0.
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American League
At New York Philadelphia, 9; New
York, 3.
At Boston-Boston, /; Washington,
o.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

New York, Aug. 29.-New York
Philadelphia game postponed, wet
grounds; two games tomorrow.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

Brooklyn, Aug. 29.-Brooklyn-Bos-
ton game postponed, wet grounds;
two games tomorrow.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

American League
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York,
Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-29

Sioux City, Aug. 29.-First game,
Des Moines 2; Sioux City, o.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
WHY NOT ASK THEM IF THEY
BELIEVE IN THE MOSAIC
CODE?
Strikers Not Citizens.

(From the Philadelphia LEDGER
This is an Illuminating statement
from the Evening News of Newark,
N. j.: According to Assistant Prose
cutor Force, of Pasaic county, some
2 900 men who were participants in re-
cent strikes, and who for the most
part are members of the Industrial
Workers Of the World, are not en-
titled to citizenship in the United
States. They were arrested, and Mr..
Force says that point was made OF
asking them individually whether they
believed in the constitution of the
United States. They answered in the
negative" Slowly but surely the pub
lie is realizing what a disloyal, disor'
derby and iniquitous institution THIS
organization is. The more it is fought
and the sooner it is destroyed, the
better
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
10000 UNDERGROUND WORK
Frs IN NEW YORK CITY.

According to the best obtainable
statistics about 10000 persons in New
York City spend their entire working
hours beneath the surface of the earth.
These figures include $500 employees
of the two systems of subways now
In operation. They include 1000 men
who are employed digging the new
subways. This force will be more
than doubled in the near future. Also
included are the 1900 men, most OF
whom are working several hundred
feet below the street surface, driving
that wonderful aqueduct which Is TO
carry throughout the Island OF Man
haitian and over into Long Island the
waters that are being brought down by
siphon from the Catskill mountains
Then there are more than 10000 men
and women who are employed in more
private enterprises that take them
below the street surface
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
LIVING FOSSIL INSULTS Wo.
MAN VOTER.

Il have the distinction of being the
first woman in Wilson station TO
vote" said Mrs. Henry Norman, last
week, down in Old Kentucky the
classic land of chivalry
"1t's. not a distinction, IT'S a dis
grace. You ought to be ashamed of
yourself for trying TO wear breeches,"
was the retort of Rev. A. j. Lucas, a
minister of the neighborhood. The
minister limited some other things not
complimentary because Mrs. Norman
insisted that It was all right for wo-
men to vote.
Mrs. Norman caused his arrest and
the county judge fined the minister
S25 for expressing his opinion of wo.
mans suffrage in such strenuous
language.
1t is from just such living fossils
as the rev A. ]. Lucas, of Ken
lucky, sub, that Socialism meets with
so many crushing defeats. How long
o Lord; how long, before these gentle
ministerial souls wend their winged
way toward Vega or the Pole Star,
where We are assured there are many
mansions. and where women know
their places. Or do women have souls?
A few years ago this was denied by
gentlemen of the cloth. Selah!
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
ONE MINISTER s OPINION OF
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

In the course of a sermon delivered
Philadelphia, Rev. Knox-Little once
said
God made Himself to be born of
a woman to sanctify the virtue of en-
durance; loving submission is an at
tribute of a woman; men are logical,
but women, lacking this quality, have
an intricacy of thought. There are
those who think women can be taught
logic; this is a mistake. They can
never by any power of education ar
rive at the same mental status as that
enjoyed by men; but they have a
quickness of apprehension, which is
usually called leaping at conclusions,
that is astonishing. There, then, we
have distinctive traits of woman
namely endurance, loving submission,
and quickness of apprehension Wife
hood is the browning glory of woman.
In it she is bound for all time. To
her husband she owes the duty of
unqualified obedience. THERE is
NO CRIME WHICH A MAN CAN
COMMIT WHICH JUSTIFIES HIS
WIFE IN LEAVING HIM OR APPLY
ING THAT INDUSTRIOUS THING
DIVORCE. 1t is her duty to subject
herself to him always, and no crime
that he cslf- c0niAit can justify her
lack of obedience. If he be bad
or wicked man, she may gently re-
monstrate with him, BUT REFUSE
HIM NEVER. Let divorce be ana
thema; curse it; curse it! Think of
the blessedness of having children. l
am the father of many children and
there have been those who yentured
to pity me. Keep your pity for your
SELF | replied. They never cost me
bitter pang' In this matter let
woman exercise that endurance and
submission which, with intricacy of
thought, are her only characteristics. "
Madam, what do you think about it?
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.

In passing, it might be worth MOTTO
ing that Mr.. Alphonse G.. Koelble, the
German lawyer who is retained for
the defense of Father Hans Schmidt,
the murderer of Anna Aumuller, ac-
cording to the press reports, met
Schmidt some two years ago at meet
ings devoted to anti-Socialist propa-
ganda, and became acquainted with
him there. Koelble is a well-known
Catholic and anti-Socialist, and par
ticularly active in opposing Socialist
propaganda. GAS priest" says
Koelble, Father Schmidt was a deep
ly interested anti-Socialist."
1t is rather fortunate for the growth
of Socialism that Father Schmidts
future career has thus been nipped
in the bud He might have became a
famous Socialist killer instead of a
killer of women, and there is no tell
ing what disasters might not have
overwhelmed the Socialist movement
had Schmidt publicly opened his
moral batteries upon it and scourged
its advocates and opponents with
charges of free love-" Possibly he
did so before his congregation, like
most of his brethren, but these activi-
ties, of course, were little more than
drills and rehearsals, training stunts
for future public performances, in
which Socialism would have inevitably
been demolished in the sight OF all
men.
However, Socialism has escaped this
time, and we are naturally glad OF 1t.
It's rather tough, though, on Anna
Aumuller, to- have been made the
sacrificial victim that saved Socialism
from Father Schmidt.-The Call, New
York.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT
Waves. North and South.

Wages, North and South.
During the debate in the senate on
the cotton schedules Of the tariff bill
there was a colloquy between Senator
Lippitt, an authority on the operation
Of cotton mills, and Senator Smith, OF
South Carolina The southern sena-
tor had been ridiculing the talk about
the influence OF protection on wages,
and went on to say that the cotton
mills of New England were in fact
manned by underpaid foreigners who
were crowding Americans out of EN-
ployment.
Thereupon Senator Lippitt took up
the census figures, showing that the
wages paid in the cotton mills of
South Carolina averaged one-third
less than those paid in New England,
and further, that in New England child
labor was not employed, because for
hidden by law, while the southern
mills were full of children. To this
Senator Smith could find no further
answer than this:
81 will reply to the senator from
Rhode Isalnd that those we employ in
my section of the country are native
born, and whatever they get goes back
to an American for the work an Ameri-
can does, and we do not have to use
the pauper labor of Europe to replace
him."
They do not have to use the puaper
labor of Europe to replace the Ameri-
can-born child in the southern mills,
because that labor is better paid else
where. If the condition of the New
England factory operatives is that of
pauper labor, what is the condition Of
the American operatives in southern
mills, where the hours are 10 per cent
longer, the wages one-third less, and
no limitation is imposed upon the en-
ployment of children ?-Exchange
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
PUNISHMENT.

A crooked little man wrote n crooked
little play,
Aud he tried it on tho dog in a
crooked nttle town,
But q crooked little cop took
crooked little club
And beat the crooked playwright on
his crooked little crown.
Denver Republican.
A crooked little person made q
crooked little roar;
Said the crooked little play was 9
crooked little shame,
The crooked little public bought its
tickets by the score;
For that's the crooked way we play
the crooked little game.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITION
POSTPONED.

Owing to superabundance of live
issues" of local interest, our adver-
tised international news edition could
not be published this week. Nor can
we promise IL for next week. What
with organization affairs, the Airing
ton school fight, and the Seattle free
speech fight, all to be written up, be-
sides a certain amount OF miscel-
laneous items, our columns are far
too limited just now for any definite
promises to be made regarding spe-
cial issues.
The present over-production of ex-
cellent articles lying at hand, con-
tributed by Commonwealth readers,
emphasizes again the need of n six or
eight-page weekly to properly report
the important events of the week
that is, events of special Importance
to the working class.
The Commonwealth should be, and
could be, a veritable living repository
of all information that would be of
value to the workers in their struggle
for economic freedom. All we need
is the moral and financial support of
those whose interests We serve, and
the Commonwealth will take it's place
among the great educational and
fighting forces of the American So
cialist movement.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
SOCIALISM TASK.

The transformation of the crowd
into the people-profound taskl Is it
to this that the men called Socialists
have devoted themselves during the
past forty years? A certain hatred
of Socialism, very blind but very gen.
eral, has ragged for many years, and is
still raging very bitterly among the
influential classes. Let it not be for
gotten that true Socialism has for its
end the elevation of the masses to
civic dignity, and that, therefore, its
principal care is for moral and intel
lectual cultivation.-Victor Hugo.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
EVERETT HERALD breaches
DIRECT ACTION.

In this issue we quote an editorial
from the Everett Herald in which
that able CD apologist for capitalism
advises resort to force" should the
lawful owners of peach trees in the
Yakima and Wenatchee valleys dare
to exercise their constitutional right
to do what they please with their own
property. Verify the difference be-
tween capitalist methods and anarch-
list tactics Gas they understand an
archism), is very slight.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
Annlnst the Market sIumna.


We may have to send an armed
force to the Yakima and Wenatchee
valleys to intervene to prevent the de-
struotion of thousands of acres of
peach and pear trees, The soft fruit
season is just closing In those prolific
sections. The yield of peaches and
pears has been below normal in guam
tity and above in quality. Prospects
seemed excellent for n profitable mar
ket But as soon rs the crop was Of
fered the price slumped to a point that
left the orohadists on basis of work
ing for nothing and boarding them
selves. Some belligerently doleful
declarations are reported in the Yald-
ma and Wenatchee papers. Mr.. Con
rad Rose, for instance, head of big
producers organization in Wenatchee,
asserts that he will dig up all his peach
trees. The Yakima Republic dlscloses
n suspicion on the part of YalSimans
that some malevolent person or per-
sons deliberately wrecked the mar
ket. 1t says
"If the statements, freely made for
months past, that crop conditions this
year warranted the expectation of
good prices, were wrong and there is
actually an over supply of peaches,
the growers should know 1t. If there
is not an over supply, and under fav-
orahle conditions in the eastern and
coast markets, from % to 80 cents is
all the Yakima valley peach-growers
may expect to get for this fruit it is
time that the orchard owners, bust
ness men and prospective investors
should know it. If the low price Is
due to dishonesty, incom-
potency or manipulation, one or more
than one of these causes, it is high
time the truth be known and the blame
fixed. Likewise, if the low prices have
been occasioned by jealousy, a deter
to tear down, to rule or ruin,
all concerned are entitled to have this
pointed out. In this mat
ter not only the growers are concerned
but every business man and every citi
zen of the community"
Every citizen in the state is con-
cerned as well as residents of the
fruit sections. If conditions are such
that the best peaches and pears that
grow on trees cannot be delivered to
eager to have them and
yield fair profit to producers some
thing very wrong is responsible and
is responsible for the wrong.
In the present-day conception our eco
nomic interdependence we realize
that everybody is concerned, or at
least affected, by the prosperity or
of food producers. So we
of the Sound region, who would have
bought and consumed large share of
the east side peach and pear crop, are
defrauded of that opportunity by the
decentralization of the market. 1t is a
matter of Importance to the state to
have the orchard lands yield their
fullest production. We should there
fore protest, and even resort to force
if this should be necessary, to prevent
the fruit growers from destroying
trees in which we have this direct in
terest We should demand that be-
fore they yield to this petulent i'm
pulse they report to us the full facts
of the case and give us a chance to
aid in evolving legislative or admins
trative remedy-Everett Herald.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
CHILD LABOR AND lLLITERACY.

Child labor is the bulwark of the
illiterate vote. More than one in ten
of all the native white American vot-
ers in seven states cannot read their
ballots, according to the latest census
figures The National Child Labor
committee points out that ten years
ago nearly one-third of all the native
white American working boys under
16 were found in these seven states
that lead the country in illiteracy of
native whites.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
NOT TO BLAME.

When the murderous OFFICIALS III
charge OF the Harlem state convict
farm, Texas, tortured to death eight
convicts, by slow suffocation' the
courts declared that no crime had
been committed. OF course not Inc
eonvicts were only working men. How
could it be regarded as a crime TO
murder them?
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02
THROUGH STRUG-
GLE.

"For life is not as idle ore;
But dug from central gloom,
And heated hot with burning fears,
And dipp't in baths of kissing tears
And batter'd by the shock of doom
To shape and use."-Tennyson.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-02

Liberty which is the nurse of al
great wits. Give me the lib
erty to know, to utter and to argue
freely according to conscience, above
all liberties. Milton.