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IT. lows A,EzHIcAxs WERE LUCK.
~ oETrHo 30 PLAYERS
N DRAW.
8Sdg Wes Second with Eleven and
Wn1n9 oox Next with Ten-Ameri-
ea1 League Got Majority.

CINCINNATI. o.. sept l5-Onc hun
dred ana eight minor league players
were elevated TO the major leagues via
the draft route her" to-day, when tho
American League obtained - players 10y
draft. while the National League annex
Cd i minors at the drawing. which MAS
maze before the National Baseball COM
mission. The -. Louis American Lea
gue club was by far the luckieSt in the
drsw. obtaining thirty players. more
than one-fOurth Of the total number oh
tained by all major league teams. the
Cincinnati team was second. with -:
ths chicago American came next. with
American and tho Boston Nationals had
each. Brooklyn obtained :. Boston
Americans .. New York Nationals g..
chicago Nationals Z. Philadelphia Nat
,onals 3, Cleveland and Pittsburgh and
New York Americans got each. while
washington and tho -. Louie Nationals
obtained / each.
Little business other than that OF
the drafting wac taken up by the Nat
ional Commission during tho day. but "A
resolution by President Ebhets. OF the
brooklyu club 81 the National League.
was submitted. II aims to revise the
drafting rules 30 as To- give these teams
who ARE lowest IN the league race the
chance To obtain first call on the play
follows.
Drafting Rules.
There shall be sixteen draft teiect-
ions numbered from one TO sixteen,
which shall be awarded 20 the six
teen major league clubs.
The National league and the AIneri-
can league shall determine by LOT
which league shall have the odd num-
bered selections and which the eyenei
numbered.
The league securing tho odd num-
pers shall award selection one to their
eighth place club number three to the
seventh place club and go on up TO the
leading club which snail receive select.
Son Fifteen
The league securing the even NUN
bers shall award selection two 10 their
eighth place club. number four to the
seventh pluce club and so on up to tho
leading club Of their league which shall
receive selection sixteen.
The sixteen major league clubs rem
resented b. Officials OF their respective
clubs. at the drafting meeting, shall AZ
their numbers are announced IN mum
ericI order have the right to max. 4
1ree selection OF one player from any
ininoC leagu" club subject 10 draft: tho
restrictions r"latIv" 10 tho number ~
players subject to selection from :
National Association club TO remain In
5orce precisely as now provided for A.
'She National agreement
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-16

Two base hits; Russell. Henry. Three
base hit. Morgan. Sac-ifre hi. Nf,iar
sacrifice nies: Bodie. Weaver StcI.,
.Ases Collins. Lord -. Moelier. Double
Ilhyr. collins 10 Chase. Iienr, 10 Nj
i'r'ds bssc on balls: Russell. 2: shaw
Struek out; Russell . Groom. I.
shaw. c. Cmpires: Eyans and EE.n
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Two base hits: PheIan. leach. Merkle
SAFER. Home run. Safer. SarTifcs htt:
Fletcher. Sacrifice files. Burns. shafer.
Doubl" PLAY: TesrcAu. poyl- 20 Merkla.
base on balls: Sith. STIR. b: oct. Te,-
reau. :; Smith. !: Lavender. L Empires
KLEIN ADD Orth.
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Two base hts Wake. lewis. Rehg
lewis. Hshg sa~r.hce Ttts s.rf,'.,
oiIu. stolen bases Shofton. 4psaksr
.t'. Double pisv psnff afrf rovtngfnr,
fat@ On bale WFiir ~ 81 struck on
liiI1erra.H
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"" taae hits: McQuiIIan. MILF
gilnr. lifr Homo run Simon. snrrI'
fir0 hits Miller Nararvff.e 49,.
raFes buLau. COMEDY. guinn u.g. ~
- .F orr Quinn. q. off Maguliis,
" ioF ON - quinn bv N..yuffa-
NJ To- pres iit ron gr1 IffrIrr
NarorN a..
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aEfIrNfIF. eorf D. .. ..
.rf..r.sd 'N4t au .g....r s. 4.
f'" principal points ~ .-. fr.-,.,-
- lpn fH r"prHed a. me sfff-r b..
&c F.-si@h an Bulgarian PEI % de,s-
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BIG LEAGUE TEAMS SECURE
MANY NEW PLAYERS BY DRAFT

The Bellaire boys are out TO win this
year and IL IL certain that their chances
we're never better.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-16

AhAbe. Sacrifice h!t: TlKey. Sa.rriffco
tiyi Becker stolen bases: Mngee. ,;roh
Base on bails: or Ri1ey, =; orr Al.xSn.
GER !. OFF Rowan. J. struck out: NV
Eihey. q liy Alexander. 4. BY Rovar. 2.
Empires. Eason ana Brennan.
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OFFICIAL STANDING

fIif'fG" Sept. 1t--OTi.l.I ftandirr
'.~ NI'f su iragrr ives Announced
fpfiaN % frI1N-s
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NOT TO RESIGN
James n. Beans Denies Rur1or That
Ne Would Withdraw A. CHAIR.
man o. Republican Con
aresslonat Com r1lttee.

Hon James ". Beans. chairman nj
the Republican executive committee 81
thr FIRST Congressional District ON.
pla'ical'y denied 'he report published
% another paper 60 The effect that be
intends 20 resigu the Clairmansaip
TIE Story had Mr. Beans contempIat.
O. o.'n .u..f 'us.ne Na .ef WHftrr.r
.ohh Mckee lifaI. Gibson ra.tN1e
ltIt f1 .f"ar trI Dre..v fttee
NHf..H rs .tfff
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N..re vvn .tf ea
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%ew York ooooooo :oolDs
Chicago o o 90 0Ooe 1901 o-S
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Bellingham.

Our hall was filled last Sunday when
Bruce Rogers, of the State Lyceum,
delivered his lecture on "The Right OF
Power" The program committee had
been rather doubtful about getting a
crowd, as it was the first meeting IN
the new hall, and a change in meet
ing places always causes more or less
confusion. Local members, however,
had been faithful in distributing the
window cards and handbills supplied
by the state office, and also the city
papers printed brief notices concern
ing the lecturer and his subject. Com
rade Rogers expressed himself as well
satisfied with the good-sized audience,
and in turn | can say that the crowd
was pleased with his lecture. No
body left the hall during the meet
ing, an indication of deep interest, and
il may be mentioned that among the
interested ones were some of the
Young women students from the State
Normal school, "The Right of Power"
is the first of the State Lyceum lee
lures, and if the other five are just as
good then certainly no local in the
state can afford to miss them. The
subiect-matter of the lecture is wholly
educational in it's aims, dealing with
the fundamentals of the socialist
movement and leaving non-essentials
to be discussed and disposed of by the
various branches of the socialist or
ganization. Comrade Rogers catches
the main idea-to give an unanswer-
able argument in favor of socialism.
He certainly does that, and he is con-
vincing, too. There was also a meet
ing in South Bellingham in the even
ing
Woman's day will be observed by
the Second Ward local next Sunday
at 2:30 p. m. Comrade Mrs. e. Wall
ner is in charge of the program, and
women are especially invited to at
tend this meeting and bring the chill
dren and babies. me meeting Is lreo
and there will be no collection. Re-
member, the local now meets in Odd
Fellows hall on Commercial street
The Bellingham date for the first
lecture of the National Lyceum is Fri
day, March 81. f. w Perrin begins
the course with "The Socialist Chal-
Ienge" It will require hard work on
the part of the two locals here to
make good on this course of lectures,
but we can do this if all comrades get
out and hustle. Not many tickets
have been sold up to date, and for
that reason we must make our work
count during the next month.
w. II. WAYNICK.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
The credit Of a Socialist city.

This is a little story of a sale Of
bonds made on Tuesday, Jan. Z, by the
city Of Schenectady. Tt shows how
Schenectady's credit stands in New
York banking circles.
Nine bids were received for 100000
in school and sewer bonds. Rhoades
and company were the highest bid
ders. Harris, Forbes and company,
the second highest, made hard fight
to get the award, but were 1896 shy
ON the bid.
Their eagerness to get the bid was
such that they tried in all ways pos
sible to induce Comptroller Meyers to
give the award to them. Meyers
thought the city could use 1896 as well
as Harris, Forbes and company, and
he gave the bid to Rhoades and COM
pany.
January 21 there was delivered to
the city of Schenectady $403,68O,
loaned by banking house to a social
list city in which it has confidence
enough to lend money to any extent.
Incidentally, it may be said that the
banking house representatives are go
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

the Stars and Stripes, that he wanted
the grand old flag displayed in the
convention hall, and that he would
not and the convention should not
meet in any further sessions until
this was done. Well, the convention
decided that it was not in session to
discuss, elect committees upon, vote
money for, our grand flag. The con-
vention was in session to give every
minute of it's time to the Socialist
party of Washington in an effort to
strengthen our hold upon the throat
of the capitalist system. And so that
man Fenlason was simply ignored, his
vociferous demand over looked, and
the convention proceeded with its
business. The result of it all was
that the papers of the state, the lying
capitalist papers, told the people that
the Socialist convention had refused
10 hug the Flag.
The mill workers strike at Grays
Harbor occurred shortly after. There
Fenlason was found on the side Or
the workers? Guess again. He was
parading the streets of Hoqulam'
Aberdeen and Raymond with and part
of the police, thugs, gun men, murder
ers, clubbing the strikers and their
wives into submission. The Hoqu1am
local of our party expelled him from
membership, after he had invaded
local meeting with several dozen thugs
in order to intimidate the local mem
bership.
This all happened at the last con-
yention. You ask why we recall these
facts?
There was man who never mad
seen nor had a boil. He got boil.
He went to doctor and the doctor
told him it was a boil After which
this man could tell boil when he
saw one.
There may be few more boils on
the Socialist party. They may come
to a head at the coming state conven-
ton. Remember the Flag!
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
THE NEWS COLUMNS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH"

The purpose of the Common
wealth" IS to provide propaganda ma
terial, and also to give the local news
of the Socialist party. The office
staff can supply the propaganda part
of our paper without difficulty, but
we would like to draw the attention
of comrades all over the state of
Washington to the fact that unless
they supply tho Commonwealth with
their news items we are unable to
pass these on to others who are so
eager to know how the cause is pro-
crossing in other localities besides
their own.
For instance, Comrade Elbe, of Mt.
Vernon, writes as follows:
81 notice that the paper does not
carry the news and notes column any
more, the little bits of news sent in
by the different locals was always
interesting. Have you dropped them
out or have the comrades quit sending
them in? Some of us can't afford
to have a daily socialist paper and
therefore we get only grain of the
labor news"
We would suggest that many locals
would find 1t possible to appoint some
comrade to write up a paragraph of
news items at regular intervals.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

contact with actual life, had learned
that it not merely existed. but was
the most important force In modern
civilization the one live cause worth
fighting for in the world today I
knew that my ignorance was no acct
dent, but a part of the instructive
tendency of capitalism to keep the
discovery Of exploitation from the
masses Of the people" It Is to over
come that tendency In our colleges
that the /. S. S. exists
That this society really does fill an
important and vital need in the life
of our colleges, has been proved by
the extraordinary rate of its growth.
In the first year we had three or four
chapters, with two or three dozen
members, and we spent two or three
hundred dollars upon our work. Last
year we had thirty-eight undergradu-
ate chapters with $50 members, and
spent $4,000 At the outset of this
present year we have sixty college
chapters, and our work has assumed
such proportions that seven or eight
thousand dollars will be needed-Up'
ton Sinclair
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
REMEMBER THE FLAG?
By A. WAeENKNEcHT

It happened at last years state CON
vention. All of Saturday was given
to hard work on the part Of the dele
gates, for organizing a convention de-
mands close attention. Comes Sun
day morning, and the convention is no
more than called to order, when an
individual by the name of Fenlason,
a mill owner from the Grays Harbor
district, and a delegate from one OF
the Grays Harbor locals, jumps out OF
his seat as if some one had played
the tack joke on him, and with an
Indian yell loud enough to be heard
in the editorial sanctums Of the Sc
attic P.I and Times, demanded to
know where the flag was. After look
ing into his case minute, II was
found out that he was referring 20
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
TEACHERS ATTENTION!

To Socialist Teachers and School Of
ficials:
Dear Comrade: The demand for
Socialist teachers in our public
schools and colleges has increased so
rapidly that Teachers Employment
bureau has been established in the
national office under the direction of
the woman's department
The purpose of this bureau is to
place Socialist teachers in those COM
munities where Socialists have con-
troll of the school system, in order
that we may take advantage of every
opportunity to eliminate aVarice. mill
tarism, race hatred and blind subser
vience from our curriculum and instill
in the hearts of the coming genera
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

ton a spirit of social consciousness.
In order to render the best possible
service to Socialist educators and
school officials it is necessary that
our list of teachers and positions for
teachers be prepared several months
in advance of the regular school cleo
ton of 1894.
We appreciate any information and
suggestions which will aid us in our
work and will send personal COM
munications to all names sent us by
persons interested in this department
Address: Teachers Bureau, care OF
Winnie L. Branstetter, national office
Socialist party, Chicago.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

The intercollegiate Socialist party,
has been formed to promite an intel
ligent interest in socialism among col
lege men and women. The or
ganizer, Harry w. Daidler, will be
glad to secure the names of any who
are interested in the society, particu-
Iarly those in a position to organize
graduate and undergraduate chapters.
The address of the society is Room
1910, 105 w. 10th street, New York
City.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Montclair, N. J.-Helen Keller, the
famous blind and deaf girl, delivered
a socialist lecture here last week be-
fore an audience of 1000 people.
London.-Su ffragets raided the west
end district, known as Clubland. The
women threw pieces of lead and hard,
fine clay balls through the windows
of the Carlton, the Reform and other
political and society clubs in Pail Mall.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Now. my dear old dummy, you who
feared politics I'm the school viii tell
You something. This new thing In the
school world means that all your idols
arc going to smash Your whipping
post. your nervous driving, your
Thanksgiving programs. your swords.
your guns. your battloships. your poll
tics. and your pltiful egotism ere all
going by The board A new industrial
educational world is shaping itself and
has been shaping itself right under
your nose for years. A new kind of
teacher Is abroad in the land. He is
the child Of the REVOLUTION. Tyr
ants the world over hate him.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Blaine, Wash, Feb. II, 1918.

Blaine, Wash, Feb. II, 1913.
Bruce Rogers, of the State Lyceum
Course delivered a lecture on "The
Right of Power" at the Foresters' hall
on February 10. The crowd in attend
ance was good considering the bad
weather. The crowd expressed their
of Comrade Bruce Rog-
ers' address by liberal collection and
literature purchase.
Yours in the revolution,
PETER A. VAIL.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
sNoHoMIsH COUNTY

1t is announced by our county secre-
tary, Frank Cort, that a local will be
organized on Saturday, February p,
at the Grange hall, one mile east of
Getchel. A petition containing eleven
names asking for a charter has been
received by him. There has never
been a socialist speaker in this dis
trict. Walter E. Cady, of Pleasant
Hill local win act as organizer assist
ed by Comrade Cort. This will be
four locals organized in the county
since the first of the year.
This looks like it is growingl!
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Colfax. Wash. Feb. 8, 1913.

Commonwealth Pub. Co., Everett, Wn.
Gentlemen: | wish to continue my
subscription for the Commonwealth
for another year, enclosed you Will
find the money In the future we in
tend to supply our students with the
Commonwealth as we think it touches
the right spot, we value your paper
very highly and we look forward to
it's coming every week as a welcome
visitor. We cast a little over 600
votes in this county last fall, it was
a class conscious vote, / am going to
try to make others class conscious by
using the Commonwealth as a me-
dunn; your paper is published in our
own state and therefore is more in
teresting to our people than an out
side paper would be, and l shall en-
deavor to impress upon the minds OF
our comrades the necessity and i'm
portance of large circulation of the
Commonwealth in this county.
We are all in good spirits and con-
stantly on the alert for victims and l
am in hopes that Whitman county
will be one of the banner counties of
the state in 1914
Wishing the Commonwealth I'M
bounded success I remain yours for
the cause,
jill. ST. LAWRENCE,
ColfaX, Wash.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

London.-A recent dispatch says
that the Hon. William Montague Arm
strong, the son and heir Of Lord Arm
strong, of the famous Elswick works
at Newcastle, has been converted to
svndicalism. His "nibs" favors the
use of the political weapon for rem
edying social evils, but his lordship
says the only alternative is general
strike. if constitutional means fail.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
THE INTER COLLEGIATE So
OIALIsT SOCIETY

When the intercollegiate Socialist
society was organized. seven years
ago, the following statement was
made by enc of it's founders: Il
spent nine years as a student in Am
erloan colleges and universities, and
when | came out, l hardly knew that
socialism, as a modern, revolutionary,
political force existed When, from
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Fourth Ward Local, Spokane, holds
business and propaganda MEETINGS the
second and fourth Fridays of each
month in the Anderson school build
ing. We use socialist song books and
have the music. too Have been dis
tributing literature, bearing notices OF
the meetings. On alternate Fridays
we meet al one Of the comrades
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Chicago.-out of 200 girl students in
the Chicago university 200 contracted
ptomaine poisoning at a so-called pure
food dinner prepared under the direc-
tion Of the head of the university's de-
partment Of household economics.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Denmark-After a long and bitter
fight the revised constitution Of Dem
mark. which had the support Of the
socialists, finally passed the lower
house. Trouble is expected, however,
in the upper house, where the con-
servatives are in control.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

districts is one place where it is worth
while to have socialist officials, and
the opportunity is ours for the asking
in three-fourths of the school districts
of Washington.-Bruce Rogers.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Local Dayton has adopted the fol-

Local Dayton has adopted the fol-
lowing reso ktion;
Whereas 4ge is ---sight on in
the Socialist psTty in Seattle and 9TH
err coast cities over the executive COM
mittee and the state secretary, and,
whereas, we do not know the tails
therefore be it resolved,
That Local Dayton does not care
to take sides in the controversy.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Russia.-Thousand of Jewish shop
keepers in Warsaw are fearing ruin as
the result of the boycott declared
against all Jewish merchants of War
saw. The election of M. Jagliello, a
Jew, to the duma is the cause of the
Poles displeasure.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
THE NEW FREEDOM.

Wilson has put forward book signed by himself
by William Bayard Hale entitled The New Freedom
Doe Wilson the warpath the tocSn has sounded the president
and challenges the trusts to mortal combat A
corng book Woodrow going make small nncemeat OF
dissolve them into their constituent parts and bring
emancipation tothe workers2 No, to the SMALL BUSINESS
MANI
fine paper, but Doc Wilson has mighty long
before the handful of who
banking, iron and steel coal oil railroad express sugar
tobacco of other interests 1t would be well for Wood
mind what he against before he boastuly
claims what he is going to do.
present these control the forces that Wilson
overpowr them with 1t will interest to watch
the process by which he endeavor wes this from the
Interests and o them with it.
No Mr. Presdenteect have not much confidence in your
Freedom We tell better way and that IS to set
emancpate THE WORKERS. only the small business
you clear the profit SYSTEM lock- stock and bar
the big business but the whole horrible outfit with
prostitutes and tenement districts and child slavery and
sweating dens, and dividend mongers and liberines
Freedom will be farce unless the limit and
workers possession of the tools that they When
shall control the and police the
and legislature well the railroads and facoresthen
big business that rail against and whom
with beanhooe methods will be aside
by avalanche the oncomng weight of the working class
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
LOCAL COMMENT

homes for parliamentary drill, under
leadership of Comrade Laura M.
House.--A. 70. House, Spokane, Wash.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

1 want to say right here that social
lists everywhere should get into the
school board elections with venge-
ance. The administration of school
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Comments on Worlds Class Struggle
fRy Carl uIonska. J

Tho Railway Workers and the Build
ing Trades Workers of Great Britain
will federBte
Norway victory of the social
lists and radicals in the recent national
election in Norway has forced the con-
servative Norwegian cabinet to resign.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
LIvERMoKE E.EcTURE DATES

LIvERMoKE LECTURE DATES
The Livermore Illustrated Lecture dates follows
Friday, February 21-Trafton Local.
Saturday, February 22-Lakewood Local
Sunday, February 23-Arlington Local.
Saturday, March 1-Maltby Local.
Thursday March 20-Pleasant Hill Local.
Friday, March 21-Marysville Local.
Saturday, March 22-Kellogg Marsh Local.