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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-11-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mrs. J. s. Lutes Of Biwabik, was the.
guest of Mrs. Mary II. James yester-
day afternoon. r

Mrs. Thomas f. Jardine returns to-
morrow from a short visit with her
mother at Superior.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Kingston OF
Cedar street, are the parents OF a
daughter born Sunday.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-11-14
Mrs. n. Cunningham Of Cusson, was
the guest Of Virginia friends Wednes-
day.

City Attorney D. D. Morgan was
Duluth visitor on business Wednes-
day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-11-14

Miss Olga Strand entertained a
number of friends at the Helstrom
home last Friday evening.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15
Petty Thieves Enter and Steal Two
 Cans of Cream-an He had in the World, Weiss, by his Conduct, Shows
 Great Contempt for Workers Home.

you are crazy into the bargain, if that is not enough to drive one crazy, it is hard to say what would. It is said that there is another party at O1nees besides those who appeared against McLain, that has been busy circulating evil re- ports about him but this party works in the background
 Fro Weiss, who, besides being the hold CT of extensive productive private prop erty, is allowed to graze, not only in the Federal bread basket, but also in the Territorial, the theft of two cans of cream probably seems like a light mat ter, and more So when it is only a work CTS cabin that is entered.
 Let us see what the Compiled Laws of Alaska say about it. We quote:
 Sec. 2382. That when complaint is nlade,<to magistrate of the commission of crime he must examine the infor- mant under oath, and reduce his state ment to writing and cause the same to be subscribed by him, and also take the dispositions Of any witnesses that the in formant may produce in support thereof.
 Sec 2383. That thereupon. if tn C magistrate be satisfied that the crime of has been committed, and that there is probable cause to believe that the person charged has committed it, he must issue a warrant of arrest.
 The law does not say that the warrant should De issued immediately if the com plainant is rich and withheld if he is poor. Commissioner Weiss should be investigated.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

In slow drawling manner Frank Nc Lain of Olness, woodchopper and Christ ian Science student, on Wednesday, Nov. 12th, told before Commissioner Iohn Dillon at Fairbanks how his cabin had been broken into and two cans of cream all he had i'll the world, stolen, how lie had gone to Chatanika to swear out warrant for the guilty parties, how the commissioner had told him he would look into the matter, and, under the pretense of looking into the matter, fixed up with the assistance of those wlo have grudge against McLain. a warrant charging him with being in sane.
 McLair, according to his statement on the stand, was brought into Fair danks under the impression that he was going to sigltsthe warrant for tile app rehension of those who broke into his cabin, but instead of the warrant being produced for tiin to sign he was thrown into jail and told he was crazy.
 It is not every day that such things happen outside of the pages of story books, and the manner iii which some of the witnesses testified and tried to testify, along with what is known to outsiders gives it tie earlnarl1s of con spiracy.
 To be he-owner of only two cans of two cans of cream is bad enough, and to be robbed of them is certainly worse, but to be thrown ill jail and told that
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

Our local Democrats are rejoicing over their escape from tn predicament of their Nome brethern. They are careful not to mention the big Mogul who W a s the main spoke in the wheel that enable the Valdez convention pledges to be carried out i'll the Fourth division. The big Mogul was left out in the cold to shift for himself after, it is said, receiv- ing solemn pledge to allow him to share in the political spells providing he would get off the path himself and keep others off 50 that the hungry ones. could get to the honiny pot
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

make it as representative of all interests as possible But such is not the ca e in the present instance. The jury job is not one that the workingnan desires as the compensation is not sufficient to attract any workingman Yet it is very essential that they should take q part as jurors. And especially those wh 0 suffer from loss of wages should be schooled in the intricacies of the law and have some say i'll determining what it means. Laws for their benefit are very meagre at best. But when they sit as jurors they have some say in the en- forcement of that. law, however mad aquate that law may be- In the present Jury, the shovelstiff that works i'll the drift is very conspicuous by his absence, and that we are informed gives general satisfaction' to the Fairbanks attorneys. 
 The thing to be considered by the wage-ahve, at present, is not who made the laws, but to see that [theys are en- forced impartially against those " 10 have an interest in defeating, with the aid of their political henchnen, such laws as are on the statute books. Many of the makeshifts of laws that we have would do better service than they do at present if lthey were strictly enforc- ed. They have always been strictly en- forced against. the working class. Who are the ones entrusted with the enforc- ment? Not the working III Il but their masters.
 DAN McCABE.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

The working class will be alive to the opportunity which is presenting itself, and will have strong candidate but not of the o Connor stripe or any one that plays henchman for him under the guise of being labor's friend. It is time for the working class to wake up, if they don't tke phiHstincs of Gath will be up on them. Think of O'Connor pretending to represent the working class and fight ing the cause of democracy in the Val dez convention. He was put up, it is said, solely fer the purpose of breaking up the labor party in Alaska. He and his hencfmen tailed to deceive any one but themselses..
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

sidered, but if the grand jury cannot properly dispose of all the business upon its docket, it should do what it properly can and leave the responsibility with the court, to impanel an extra grand jury, or to discharge the prisoners awaiting action. The graud jury system properly conducted, stands between the people and unjust prosecutions and is the means to investigate fraud and official corruption.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

The Republicans are such an insiguif- icant quantity that they refuse to stand up and be counted since the only repres- entative they had in the Valdez Conven- ton could not stomach Gilmore and went over to Jennings. The G. 0. P. seems to have gone the way of Big Bill Taft, where none can see the pearly gates of Heaven but the Supreme Court and Bill.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

Old man McGowan can easily call himself the Democratic party of the Fourth Division. A glance at his vot e. as an independent D lem ocrat for the Territorial Legislature conveys the i'm pression that he can poll more votes running alone than if he had the Dem ocratic party behind, which they are in Alaska. Of course there are some demo- crats who will continue to vote for Wick as long as he lives whether he is a can didate or not, all the same Andrew Jack son.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15
DAN McCABE,
VAULT, ALASKA.

! On the method of drawing the Grand
 Jury which our correspondent takes
 excdption to, we quote from AMER l ICAN LAWe&AND PROCEDURE or
 what,is known as the common law "A grand jury is the grand inquest of the
 county (here e Judicial division, which should not only inquire into the general subject of crime, but should
 keep keen watch upon public instit- utions and public officials. As general
 rule, it should consist of representative
 men, selected from the county at large. Blackstone says, they should be picked from the county at large, some out of
 every. hundred (4 Bl Com 502. ). Gener- ally the grand jury is impaneled at the opening of q term of court, and is given few general instructions by the judge, as to their powers and duties after which they retire to their own room, and proceed in great degree independent o the court. The sessions of the grand. jury are secret. None other than themselves and the witness test firing should be present, except the prosecuting attorney, who by their con sent may be admitted. into the grand jury room to advise them as to the law or to examine witnesses. He should not express his opinion on the evidence, and he should always retire before. they discuss the evidence or take vote (Gitchel " People, 146 III. 175.). The practice o f prosecuting attorneys in entering a grand jury room without an invitation, and remaining there through out the deliberations and voting, is pernicious one. His presence, in itself, may have a preiudicial effect, and re- strict freedom of discussion among the jurors, Although. there may be some conflict of opinion, it is the better rule that any Indictment discussed or voted upon in his presence should be promptly quashed by the court.
 Of late years, proceedings before grand juries are coming to be regarded as matters of form. Indictments are of ten voted on -hearsay testimony, or up OH formal proof at the request of the public prosecutor. Accumulation of business is alleged as all excuse for the undue haste with which cases are con-
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

Van Bibber and his partner, Cox decid- ed to prospect some around Here. Bill .GGaher and his partner are living in cabin close by. The Episcopal Church has mission here, conducted by Miss Graves fer tile benefit of the poor Indian who, in this particular part, is a firm be- liever i1l the potlatch system, you to do the potlatchirg, Miss Graves las leen big help to the people who have been here this car G. HICKS.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15
BY TIE POLITICAL EDITOR

The elections n the states do not show up as well for the Wilson Admin istration as it hoped for. The Democrat party is certainly welcome to all the comfort it can derive from the results of the elections held on Nov 5th.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15
The Preamble Address
 And The Power And Weakness Of Trades Unions

will be sent to anyone OIL receipt of twenty five cents.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15
HICKS WRITES FROM
 TANANA CROSSING

Oct. 25, 1915
 We arrived here 24 days from Fairbanks after a fine trip the only drawback being shallow water
The Alaska socialist., 1913-11-15

The emancipation of the working class must be the class-conscious work of the working class. KARL MARX
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-01

ton, and what he had was buried
long ago in the deep, black mine.
He did not seem to think of the
STANCE fate that sat him down on the
narrow board after the circle of his
life was done. He thought no more
about it than do the rest of, US Of the
everlasting turning of the great
wheel to which all of us are strapped.
This is about all of Johns story.
It is really up-to-date. The other
morning he walked up the slope to
the great black mill. AS he went up
the hill, his wheeling could be heard
a hundred feet away. Every few rods
he stopped to rest In his right hand
he carried the everlasting dinner pail
In his mouth was a black briar pipe
Thank God, he could smoke. He
reached the breaker and started up
the steps. AS the first landing he
stopped to rest. The boys rushed
past, calling out Hello, Uncle
John?" At the second landing he
stopped again, and so on at each
landing to the top, Then he took
good long wait until ne got his breath
before he started down the ladder to
his sea. Slowly and deliberately he
sat down upon the rough, hard board.
Mechanically, he took his tobacco
pouch from his pocket, knocked the
ashes from his pipe; filed, it fun of
fresh tobacco, put it in his mouth,
struck a match upon the sheet iron
lining Of the chute, drew in his
wheezy breath and commenced to
smoke. Then he took his rheumatic
leg in his hand, raised his foot until
it rested on the right hand side of the
long chute; he raised his left foot to
the other side, bent over and looked
down at the iron trough and waited
for the coal to tumble down.
(THE END.)
--O--O- .,-. |
$500 A YEAR FOR MORPHINE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-01
$500 A YEAR FOR MORPHINE

$500 A YEAR FOR MORPHINE
GuIfport, Miss, Nov. THAT the
state has been spending from $500 to
$500 year buying morphine for IN
mates of the State Soldiers Home at
Beauvoir was learned by the legis-
lative committee investigating the af-
fairs of the institution. The authori-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-01

ties explained that the supplying Of
morphine was necessary to confirmed
users to ward of insanity.
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BETTER CLOTHING AT LOWER
PRICES A PROSPECT
Washington, Nov better cloth
ing and cheaper is a prospect as re-
suit of the new tariff law, wearing APP
parel being affected more than any
other commodity. Estimates prepar-
ed by the official statistician and
tariff expert of the Democratic
party, which will be used during the
forthcoming congressional campaign,
show the following reductions:
Present Est.
Articles Price Red'n.
All wool serge suit. .$27.00 1915
Worsted suit ......... 1890 4.5O
0vercoat ......... 21.6O $40
Shawl. ............ 500 $50
Shawl 400 1.80
SHAWL. ........... 5.OO .SO
Collars and cuffs, doz.. 2.10 .35
Linen cloth, yard. -. .25 .0S
Wooden cloth, yard -. 1.95 so
Blankets ......... 1.70 As
Flannels =. ......... l.4O .4O
Knit underwear ... 3.05 As,
Wilton carpet, SO. I'd. 1888 10
Brussels carpet, 50. yd. 2.54 sc
Tapestry Brus., SO. yd.. LA "a
Treble Ingram, SO. I'd, 1.60 40
Two-ply Ingram, SO. I'd. LA %.
Women's dress good,
50. yd. So. -. II SO
The ordinary family viii thus be
able to save under new law between
is and As per cent each year on cloth
ing. For the man who buys suits
costing from $3.50 to $1,000, little re-
tail saving will be possible. Neither
will tailor bills be any lower. But
u.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-01

First-There is one sign that
should be placed over every letter
box in the city. Second-What is
that? First-Post no bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06
Also Is in Direct Violation of
Treaty Agreement.
JAPANESE ARE RESENTFUu
Panama Exposition Plans Are
Being Held Up.
Public Sentiment May Prevent
Participation.

Toxic June 6.-The rejoinder of
Japan to the United States note on
the subject of the California alien land
ownership legislation reiterates that
the land bill passed by the California
legislature violates the spirit of the
Japanese-American treaty by discrimi-s
mating against a friendly power.
1t points out that even if the ques-
ton is an economic one it enters the
domain of international relations ana
therefore, became a political question:
The note says the California land Leg
islation violates article 1 of the Japa-
nese-American treaty of 1911, which
authorizes subjects or citizens of the
contracting parties to own or lease
houses, which are inseparable parts OF
real estate.
1t also declares that the new bill vio-
lates the fourteenth amendment to the
United States constitution requiring the
states to grant equal protection under
it's laws to all persons within it's juris-
diction.
Interest in the Japanese-American
land ownership controversy is unaba-
ted in Japan and continues to be the
paramount topic among all classes.
Several mass meetings of protest are
being arranged.
Tatsu Yamamoto, minister of agri-
culture and commerce, today declared
the Japanese government is desirous OF
participating in the Panama-Pacific ex-
position at San Francisco, but owing
to popular feeling on the California land
question, feels obliged to determine
public sentiment toward the exposition
before proceeding further.
The Japanese government has post
poned it's reply to Secretary of state
Bryan's proposed plan of international
arbitration which it is understood 13
nations are favorably considering.
The outline of Japan's latest note as
contained in the Toxic dispatches was
read to the cabinent at the regular
meeting today and sent back to Coun-
sellor John Bassett Moore, the govern
ment's foremost authority interna-
tional law. Diplomats agreed general
ly that the new point referred to by
President Wilson yesterday as opening
the field for new and interesting nego-
tiations,' was Japan's contention that
the anti-alien land law violated the
fourteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition. 1t was accepted that Japan re-
fers to that clause which declares that
no state shall deprive any person of
life, liberty or property without due
process of law, nor deny to any person
within its Jurisdiction the equal protec-
ton of the laws"
The contention that houses are in
separable parts of real estate also is a
new one, but was not regarded as SO
interesting as the contention of a vio-
lation of the fourteenth amendment.
Secretary Bryan, who has left for Pitts
burg to attend dinner tonight to
George w. Guthrie, the newly appoint
ed ambassador to Japan, will take up
the new phases of the situation with
the president when he returns.
Meanwhile Mr.. Moore will work on
the question. 1t may be two weeks OF
more before reply is made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06
SCORN MILITANTS
French Woman Says They
Seem InSensate.
Lady Aberdeen Condemns Act
at EPSON Race.

Paris, June 6.-Mme. Jules Seig-
fried, wife of a former French cabinet
minister and president of the French
National Association of Women, is
opposed to the tactics adopted by the
militant suffragettes. In an interview
published here today she refers to the
derby incident when Miss Emily Wild
ing Dawson threw herself in front of
the kings horse tin the name of free
dom for women
MANY of the delegates to the In
ternationa1 Congress of Women, now
in session in Paris, look upon such
manifestations with intense disapprov-
al" said Nine. Seigfried. "The mill
tant suffragettes are behaving as
though they are insensate. Their i'm
pudent and dangerous demonstrations
hurt the cause of womankind. There
are in England, as in France, great
numbers of femininsts who pursue
their aims without employing bolster
Gus expedients to attract attention.
Such practices as those adopted by
the militant suffragettes SAVIOR of char
latanism and turn our cause into ridi-
cule. They are our enemies"
Lady Aberdeen, president of the In
ternationa1 Council of Women, said:
1--WE condemn without mercy these
senseless acts. The aim of our efforts
is that men and women should be
equal. The realization of the ideas of
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst would pro-
woke a revolution of which women
would be the sole victin''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06
Surgeons Treat Sixty Civilians
and Ten Police.
DEATH OF STRIKER IS CAUSE
NOn-Striker Kills Assailant and
Rioting Begins.
Local Police Unable to Cope
Call ReinfOrcements.

Stettin, Germany, June "a battle
between police and strikeres in which
seventy persons were severely wounded
was fought last night in the suburb of
Frauendorf, as the sequel to the killing
of a striker by a non-striker.
The workers in a chicory factory,
went on strike some time ago Last
evening one of them mo1ested a man
who had continued at work and in the
fight which ensued the striker was
stabbed and killed. The strikers COM
rades later gathered in a great crowd
in front of the factory and demanded
that the nonstriker be handed over to
them. Their request was refused and
they threatened to demo1ish the fac
tory.
The local police were unable to cope
with the angry strikers and reinforce
ments were called for from Stettin.
Shortly afterward a body of 300 armed
police arrived in automobiles from
Stettin and a pitched battle followed
The police freely used their sabres and
revolvers. The strikers replied with
pistol shots, but were soon overcome
by the disciplined forces.
They We're finally dispersed, leaving
many of their number wounded on the
ground The casualties were in some
cases of a severe nature. Ten police
men and about sixty civilians were
treated by surgeons during the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-06
Santa Fe Does Not Cut It's
Maintenance Expenses.
WORKING men ON THE TRACKS
Customary Improvement Meth
Ods Are Continued.
Other Railroad Towns i'm Kan
sas Praying for July 1.

Topeka and Kansas have received
this year the benefits of millions of
dollars IN improvements and mainte-
nance spent by the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway that under ordi-
nary conditions with the average rail-
way, would not have been authorized.
With the end of the fiscal year ap-
proaching-June 30-it has been dis
covered in railway circles that the
Santa Fe has been one of the few roads
in the country that has not ordered a
slice in expenses in order to fatten the
fiscal year showing.
The railway fiscal year ends June
80. Prior to this time when railway
heads see that it will be necessary to
cut down improvements and mainte-
nance in order to make a financial
showing equal to the year before, a
general reduction is ordered.
Track work ceases. Improvements
are postponed or abandoned. Shops
are run short of help. Cars and other
equipment are allowed to pile up on
the rip-tracks and the strictest econ
omy is practiced from one end of the
line to the other.
Woe to the railway town just be-
fore the end of the fiscal year.
After the first of July Improvement
work picks up. Damaged cars are
rushed to the shops. More men are
hired, and longer hours are authorized.
Gangs of men are sent along the tracks
ballasting, renewing ties and strength
ening the road bed.
These are the conditions on the aver
age railroad.
This year the Santa Fe broke over
the lines of precedent.
Gangs have been busy along the
tracks The road bed has been placed
in excellent condition for the summer
and the heavy grain haul and western
HS1 T~,T oil dow fy-of fcr7
cars are standing in the yards for re-
pairs and the men are working ten
hours a day under full force-and
steam.
The road is receiving equipment
delivery of more than 5000 cars and
nearly 175 engines. This little batch of
additional wheelage cost the road more
than 100000 900.
In fact in the last ten years the
Santa Fe has : spent for equipment
by c. w. Kouns, general manager in
Topeka, $100000,000. In the last seven
years J. r. Koontz, general freight
agent, gives the figures in retail as
furnished by President Ripley:
766 LOGON olives.
S28 Passenger cars.
3S,473 Freight cars.
Cost, $79. .902, ,049.71.
At the end of the fiscal year in the
last report the Santa F'e has 2,081 loco
motives, 1,515 passenger cars and 63, S35
freight cars.
Scores of towns in Kansas along the
lines of other railways will breathe
sigh of relief when that fatal day, June
30 is past. The cut in maintenance
expenses has crippled the working
forces and consequently the towns, all
over the state.
July will be welcomed into Kansas
even as the rains of the last few days
have been received by cracking wheat
fields.