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The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
The Button of Red.

BY Henry NJ. Tichenor, Rip Saw Poet.
"The devil sat in his birthstone room
in a cozy corner of hell, and grinned
at the way he'd ran the earth since
Adam and Eve both fell. He owned
the rulers and owned the courts; he
owned the churches and schools; he
owned the scribes and he owned the
press and all the rest of the tools. He
had stoned the prophets and killed
the Christ and buried the truths they
told, and had finished instead a phoney
faith and a god that was built of gold.
He had collared every old thing in
sight, from who-laid- the-chunk to the
throne, and was bossing the job in his
devilish style and bossing it all alone.
It's a cinch I have the devil quoth,
as he scratched himself on the chin,
when a gust of sulphur blue on his tail
and a scared looking imp stepped in.
What's the matter now? the devil
croaked as he swatted a monster bat.
Your majesty, look at that!' and the
imp handed over a button of red. The
devil gazed on the crimson badge and
the hands that were clasped on it, and
he knew in a jiffy what it meant and
it threw him into a fit! Turn every
demon loose!' he shrieked Fight
this at any damned cost! To earth,
We fiends! If the socialists win, we're
gone and HE'LL is lost!'"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
NO. 9 BUYS STOCK
Tacoma, Wash, April II, 1913.

Tacoma, Wash, April II, 1913.
Editor Commonwealth:
Tacoma Local No. not long ago
was called dead" But it resurrected
again with new blood in its veins, with
new tissues, soon to come to the fore
front with renewed energy fitted to
work for the cause.
A unanimous vote to arrange a so
cial affair, directed and managed by
its men comrades, to raise funds for a
share of the Commonwealth was the
chief feature of the last meeting.
The social is promising to be of a
unique character, and preparations
are under way to make it a striking
event in socialist circles. Watch 'em!
And then let's have a big turnout.
There will be somethin' dom!
MAY NEWHOUSER.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
STATE CONVENTION ECHOES.

Continued from Page One)
2. The deserters say that ring
rule" exists in the regular party and
that nothing can be done but to or
ganize a new party. If ring rule"
does exist it is the rule of the ma
iority of the membership. The mem
bership has the power to decide what
the party laws shall be and who the
party officers shall be. And when the
party membership has spoken it must
be obeyed. If that is ring rule
well, a rose by any other name would
smell just as sweet.
8. The deserters say that the party
is ruled by "pork chop" socialists,
meaning thereby that those who are
employed by the party for wages are
running the party to their own ends.
they intend to disrupt the party within
three months to such an extent that it
will not be able to pay anyone wages
for services. Again, we state, the
rank and file can vote not. to pay for
services, or it can vote the present
servants out of office The real cause
for this threat and falsehood is the
failure on the part of a few deserters
to secure jobs from the state executive
committee.
They wish to scare you by saying
that we are against the law. That is
one reason why we are socialists; in
fact, the main reason. We are against
capitalism and all laws it makes to
perpetuate itself in power. Debs says
he has no respect for capitalist prop
erty laws. Nor has any true socialist.
We are a party in direct opposition
to all capitalist laws and we intend to
overthrow them as soon as we get the
power So if you will reason a bit,
this scare will not work you.
5. The deserters say that we be-
lieve in violence; that we are anarch-
lists We dare them to point to an act
of the convention or of the party men,
bership which will prove this lie. And
they say many more things, but what's
the use. If you will think but little
bit, and not swallow the bait whole,
you will be able to see through their
misrepresentation.
A Funny Party.
Who is the new" party? First,
locals expelled in Seattle for violat-
ing the state constitution in placing
an opposition ticket to the regular
party ticket i'm the field in King coun-
ty; second, a local in Tacoma expelled
by the state convention by a vote of
112 to 10 for trying to negate our
red card dues paying organizations
third, members Of a Be1lingham local
that refused TO eypel one of it's mem
beers for advising others to vote for
capitalist judges, fourth, a local in
Pierce county. also expelled by a ref
eroudum of the state committee by a
vote of 40 TO II. because it refused
no try one of its members for advising
others to- vote for Bob Hodge instead
of our candidate for governor: fifth.
those who have tried to secure jobs
from the state executive committee
bur whom the committee did not hire
because they favored compromise and
fusion tactics. sixth. =. J. Brown and
hfs political socialist. a person and a
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
IN OHIO.

Continued from Page One)
ing and three members of the o. n.
G. were present,
Mayor Craver read aloud an affi-
davit by Flowers, accusing Edward s..
Smith of "unlawfully and wilfully re-
sisting and opposing an officer, or a
person appointed to assist an officer"
Craver finished the paper and looked
at Ed
Ed remarked drily: 81 heard you"
ooh, did you" said the mayor, Il
thought perhaps you didn't"
Silence for a short space.
well, what have you got to say,
Mr.. Smith," asker Crayer
81 plead not guilty" replied Ed.
did you hear that?"
Eyes. I did, youu get yours, Mr..
smith"
This was before the hearing of any
testimony.
Bunting, city solicitor, asked that
the soldiers be sworn i'm.
Ed said. 'I object, I demand a jury
trial ] can't get fair hearing in this
court"
GO ahead" said Bunting Have
you got a lawyer. Mr. smith?'
"I don't need a lawyer, ] object 10
the whole proceedings. I demand a
jury trial.
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Bm - i. - - Ie W.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
sTANWOoD

Comado Kate Sadlor gave an inter
cstiug lecture here on the evening Of
April to an audience of about 55
people, more than we had at the last
lecture. Comrade Sadler spoke for
over two hours and the crowd was in
terested to the last minute of the
speech, which was well received The
collection was one of the largest ever
taken here, being close to IS.
ARTHUR RI. HANSEN.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
PROTESTS

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to convict civilians when we have a
civil court; also we condemn the
action of the authorities in allowing
illegal and armed guards to endanger
the lives of the miners under the pre-
tense of protecting the coal barons'
property.
Resolved, That copy of this mo-
ton be sent to President Woodrow
Wilson and also to the governor of
West Virginia.
]. T. LYONS,
Chairman.
w. j. FORTSON,
Secretary.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
sHINGLE WEAVERs AND LOG
GERS PROTEST.

Machias, Wash, April 10, 1913,
o. K. Mill Co:
Local No 5, I. U. S. w, S. w. & W.
believing that the time has come to
call a halt to the slave drivers and
coal pirates of West Virginia, where
as the strike of the coal miners is the
outcome of starvation wages in which
so many thousands are involved.
whose rights according to the consti-
tuition are totally ignored, we the shin
gle weavers, saw mill workers and
woodsmen i'm regular meeting as
sembled express our uttermost indig-
nation against such Internal conditions
and ask You. AIR. President as the
chief commander of the army to give
your attention TO this horror striking
affair, to- bring about a justifable So
IutOn i'm this matter and 10 see that
martial Law be AT once suspended from
the strike territory of West Virginia
PERL REDMOND.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18

paper That have circulated moro Sian
drr slime mud l.s n this stato about
the socialist party than the whole ae-
erueaHon of capitalist sheets, seventh.
those so.callcd socialists who believe
i'm getting into political office quick.
no matter how. An they are after is
office. They are selfappointed lead
ers and believe they can lead the work
ers out of the capitalist wilderness
even though these workers may be en-
tirely ignorant of socialism land last,
all the unsuspectng and unthinking
comrades whom all the foregoing have
been able to mislead If you wish to
know how many have been misled look
up the state secretary's report upon
deserving locals in the state bulletin,
this issue. No, there are not many.
About half dozen locals. Yet even
this is too many.
Can't Fool Many,
Yes, it is but tempest in a teapot.
That lot of fusionists, habitual Of
fice-seekers and self-appointed leaders
should be able to fool very many is
impossible. That they have fooled as
many as they did is too bad. Their
threat to disrupt the party is real
comedy. They fail to consider how
large the party in this state is. They
try to mislead comrades by stating
that the membership in this stae fell
from $500 in 1912 to but $500 in Feb
ruary of this year. With such half
truths they want you to believe that
the party is breaking up. The $500
they name are the number of members
reported in good standing from but
two-thirds of the locals in the state.
The $500 average for 1912 means that
we sold on an average of $500 stamps
per month in 1912. The membership
in good standing never comes up to
the stamp sales. In the month of Feb
ruary this year the state office sold
$3.50 dues stamps. Beware of these
falsehoods At least be fair enough
to write the state office and inquire
before believing.
Arise, Ye Slave, and at 1t.
And now let's get down to cases.
We have spent enough time upon this
little farce. Most of us have talked
about it, thought about it, and some of
us have undoubtedly wondered if the
world was not really coming to an end,
judging by the amount of noise the
deserters made. 1t is time to cease
paying attention to the "outs" and
give all the time to the Gins" and
those we would like to have in. From
this minute let us quit worrying about
the past and build for the future.
There are so many things still to do.
Let no tempest in a teapot divert us.
There are many real storms ahead
which we will have to weather. The
state office received a letter from
Comrade E. L. Carr of Kelso local
the other day The letter read: 81
here give you the names of two social
lists that live in Kalama. Please write
them a line and get them to join the
party; also send me the name of the
secretary of the Elma local. I want
to write him of a socialist in Elma
that ought to join the local" These
few lines tell a story upon the great
question of organization which we all
should learn and forever remember.
Just suppose we were all as busy as
Comrade Carr? Then at it, Arm
yourself with application cards for the
new and with a little jolt for those
comrades who just forget to pay dues.
At it, comrade.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
Veteran Sends Appeal.

Waclaw Sieroszewski, Paris. France
one of the most noted Polish authors
of the day, and one of the pioneer So
cial-Democrats, has issued a call to
all Poles of America to aid their
brethren of Europe in fighting the
Russian bureaucracy. Sieroszewski
was sent to Siberia for his political
beliefs in 1873.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
Chicago.

The Hungarian Socialist Federation
of Chicago has started daily So
cialist Hungarian paper called
"Elore."
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
NOTICE !

The successive seventh convention
of the Lithuanian Socialist Federation
of America will be held in Philadel-
phia, Pa, beginning May 81, 1913
$500 a. M, at New Academy Hall,
523-25 South Fourth street. Yours for
the revolution,
]. VINCENT STILLSON,
National Secretary.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-18
BILL FINLIN

EEH-. ..I..
Forwarded TO the president of rla
United States
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23
His RIGHT COWARY Enough Seek DEAII

sane senses could the natural attachment
of soul and body, then there will be fewer suicides.
Any one who speaks of suicide, who conemplates it
even as jest that dangerous frontier of lunacy
that requires medical aid No matter who you are how
strong your boosted will power how jestingly you
speak of dumping of the window taking poison"
or blowing out your brans' you insane enough
even by the use of such expressions to be attended
by a specialist mental diseases. No truly sound
minded man jest about their own des-
truction and in his right senses be brave
enough cowardly enough to torment his family or
his thoughts with the promise threat of sui.
cide or pretended attempt.
Whenever any one thus speaks, those in hearing
should not conceal the supposedly dsgraceful words,
but should let the persons friends know of his symp.
toms of insanity, that they may take steps to have
him properly cared for.
There is doubt that every suicide that has taken
place in the United States in the last fifty years has
been done by people not in their right make
this sweeping statement without fear of challenge by
those qualified to speak. Usually suicides alleged
to be the results of i'll spent life; to loss of this
worlds goods dishonor and disgrace to meanchoa;
to depressed spirits; to incurabe disease and
similar motives. Yet every of these things comes
to millions of persons who do not commit suicide, but
whose healthy, common make them understand
how storms be weathered and how life can be
lived with in spite of everything.
Those "sensit We souls" and high strung" with
such souls of honor" such pride that the publicity
what has driven suicide" always insane.
The this fact is generally known the will
suicide epidemic be checked.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

the was slower after taking alcohol than
before it.
Professor Kraepen set dozen clerks to work
a number of compound addition sums Each
man had a stOp-watch, which he started when
he began work and stopped when he had finished
thus recording the time taken Then he was
given a glass of wine, and started to work an
equal number of similar sums Out of the first
dozen tried, eleven were slower than before and
the other man, though slightly faster got all
his sums wrong The experiment was repeated
again and again, with different sets of clerks
but the results were invariably against the use
of alcohol The remarkable feature of it all was
that every clerk was certain he was working
faster after the wine than before and was
astounded to find that the watch was against him.
SO impressed was the professor that he tried the
experiment on himself, and suffered the same de-
cepton az to doing better and faster work after
taking alcohol than before. This explains why
many people persist in drinking liquor to help
them in their work-they genuinely link it
helps them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23
The Care False Teeth Should Get

to different parts of the mouth and they can
be thoroughly removed only by removing the
mouthpiece.
While you sleep your mouthpiece should
be kept in tumber of sterilized water.
Neglect to do this means the risk Of serious
trouble to your mouth. After every meal
the mouth should be thoroughly cleansed
with a tooth brush, using powdered chalk
and soap or some other reliable dentifrice
Every set of false teeth should be cleansed
occasionally with pure alcohol or with luke
warm water, in which a little soda has been
dissolved. Very cold or very warm water
should not be used, for fear of bending the
mouthpiece out of shape.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

THE common theory that small quantity
of alcohol at the right time and place and
in moderation is really helpful and serves
o bring out some latent power of the body is
lot sustained by the following experiments:
The late DR.. Ridge made some experiments at
hospital on group of ten people comprising
medical students. porters and nurses. He put
up ut the end of a corridor a row of letters, and
got each member of the group to walk slowly
from the other end until the letters could be
read, of course changing the order of the letters
in each case. A mark made on the floor
to show the spot where the reading was done,
and the persons initials placed beside it. Then
he supplied them with beer in quantities rang
ing from half-a-pint to as little as 0ne-siTtecnh
of a pint On repeating the test, not one of the
group could now read the letters at the spot
where they formerly stood; all had to go nearer.
In no case was there an Improvement.
Professor Kraepelin, of Heidelberg University,
in the course of his famous experiments discov-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23
Science to Give the Weak.Minded NEW BRAINS

TV HAT the feeble minded may be given more gray
matter, that is literally supplied with more
brains until they are normal is within range of
possibility according to discoveries set forth at the
Congress of Medicine in Paris when the method called
"organotherapy" was discussed.
Only in recent years Dr. Brown-Sequard met with
medicines made from similar organs That is for
trouble with the thyroid gland extract made from
the thyroid gland of the sheep made and the treat
ment fairly successful.
For this this treatment is called "organo
therapy," building up doctoring organ with
extracts from similar But all this is by
means new In fact, it practised two thousand
years Of course, in those days such medical prac
tise was extremely crude and it may have been done
under superstition but the fact remains this method
was in use and it is we'll to give those ancient
practitioners the benefit of the doubt and say they used
logic in their reasoning.
At the recent Congress of Medicine held in Paris
widely known Roumanan ply sican Dr. Iscovesco gave
an address in which he not only referred this prac
use of two thousand years ago, but outlined the won
ders that had resulted from the revival of this
method. Great strides have been made in it, it
seems since DR.. Brown-Sequard had the temerity to
attempt it not long ago.
Two thousand years ago." explained the doctor, ito
patients suffering from affection of any particular
organ given the organ of animal to eat
Thus consumptves ordered to sheep lungs,
while for dyspeptcs was prescribed diet in which the
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

usual normal inclination to live weakening and
abnormal disncnation to resist the dsintegraton Of
the body
The inevitable deaths that must follow vast num-
Der of accidents and diseases readily understood
They usually fall to the lot of persons unwilling to de-
part this life and their for the most part
understandable. Even or less acquiescence or
camness upon the approach of death the part of i'll
or dying individuals is in no way comparable to sui
eide.
In the latter however, the victim seems freely to
choose to do exactly what is repugnant to normally
built men, perform act which seems to have
excuse is found in the of murder deaths
by accident disease.
What then be the cause Of the immense and ever
increasing number Of suicides? Certainly it cannot be
the craving for future life for religions hold that
sefdestruction is sin and therefore must if there
future state, be duly punished. Thus moral motive
is ruled OUT the impulses which actuate the Spartans
Sioux Indians Shnto Japanese, the Turks and other
selfsacrifcing fanatics are eliminated
Since all living creatures, including the human race,
are slaves to their physiological nature the
PLANTATION suicide must be sought in condition
that emancipates this slavery. Yet suicide is
a greater slave to abnormal impulse than those who
are not bent upon self-murder True enough he is
wanting in the driving force that supplies motive for
murder the circumstances of accident and disease
work weaker resistance to overcome, in order to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

cred that on an average man who had taken
a fluid ounce of alcohol equal to one pint of
beer) had half an hour afterward to go to a dis
lance of 20 feet to read letters that he had pre-
viously read at 80 feet He also records that the
effect on the nerves of quarter-pint half-pint
of beer lasted from four to five hours after
drinking.
Professor Kraepelin made his long series of
experiments with the idea of proving that mod
crate dose of alcohol helped a man to do better
work, his testimony is all the more remark
able when he records the fact that he proved
just the opposite. One of his experiments was
as follows: He put man at some distance
from screen, from behind which cOlOred flag
suddenly erected. The raising of the flag
started a stOp-watch, and the man had to press
a button which, by means of electricity, stopped
the watch, and so recorded how long he took to
perceive the flag, decide its color and press the
right button for that color He then was allowed
glass of Wine which might be considered equal
to 4 half-pnt of beer, and short time after
ward the experiment was repeated, with the re-
suit that in every one of the many cases tested
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23
Why Food Should Be Seasoned

@ERTAIN kinds of food have little or no
l value as nutrition, and yet they are
very important and even necessary
to existence.
Chief among such foods are the condiments
salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar, spices and
the like. These have 1avors which suggest
pleasures in eating and therefore excite
the excretion of the digestive juices. If one
ate pork and boiled potatoes always, eating
would be tiresome affair, without any rel
ish, and the monotony of such a sameness
of food would fail to excite the subsequent
digestion.
Indeed, the human body Graves salt and
cannot get along for any length of time with
out it. While the exact value of salt in the
human body is not known, a certain amount
of it must always be provided
The wild tribes of Africa, when away from
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

salt deposits, consider it their most valuable
possession, and will go any lengths to pro-
cure it, In the old Roman civilization the
salt cellar had a most dignifed place on the
table; and when one dined with his neigh
Dor and ate his SALT this was symbolic Of
undying friendship. 1t is we'll known that
animals go great distances to salt ticks"
for their supplies of this very necessary
condment; their bodies crave it and they
must have it, even though they put them
selves in danger from the sportsman
1t is said that hunger is a good sauce; but
the condiments are by no means to be ne
elected, if food is to be relshed The vari-
Gus fiavoring seeds and leaves, truffles mush.
rooms and the like, even if they have no food
value, render food more palatable Every
housewife should get acquainted with va.
riety of them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

What these Chinese hens could do if fed and cared
for scientifically can only be guessed. The Chinese
understand very little about the poultry business and
give their hens and attention. They are left
to forage for themselves and suitable houses
provided to protect them from the temperature which
frequently falls to and occasionally to ten
twenty degrees below. One Chinese farmer living
Autueng has begun giving his hens scientific attention
and they producing eggs which weigh in all cases
nearly four and quite frequently tre over that
amount.
has been suggested that the size of American eggs
might be greatly improved by the introduction and
careful breeding of some of these Chinese fowls.
Foreigners in China object to the flavor of the eggs
found there but this trouble is undoubtedly due solely
to the fact that the hens given any care and
have to eat whatever they find.