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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
ENGLISH INSULT KING JOHN D.

The other day British cruiser captured the John D. Rock
egeIeY. vessel lying the American flag immediately according
press Secretary Bryan into communication Nth the
government demanding the release Of the and
AyItu4ton this hostile act All this diplomatic cOnoon
the captured vessel Foreign nations
must be given understand that liberties be
the name John Rockefeller AS loyal subjects JOHN
this act of John has stood by and II
baSes ngratude not to stand by HIM We owe
ali that John He permits us 10 live here IN his cOUI
Try. lie permits breathe his and ask his sunshine
burn oil and coal and the bound
generosity Of his bursting heart he lets work for him. lie
than that He lets vote his tickets election
thereby vindicang title the American Voting King
should permit heather English to place their pagan feet
the deck bearing those sacred Words John D. Rookie
ee would deserve the wrath Of the Gods Bravo Bryan
You have vlndcaed the American nation in eIteSonan
style. Your matches diplomacy sheds added lustre the hon
oTed of your political patron sanhe Sage Of Monticello
On land and You loyal the who this nation
With that fine spirit of Indignation and patriotism adj
nsaOn sent bueOatS to Colorado TO that the miners Go
rob that John D. Rockefeller John must be looked after
Working people muc anyway. II the English insult
Rockefeller ship shoot hell out of them If the miners try to
duc Rockefeller dividends hand them the shrapne Blessed be
the Of Rockefeller Such Jeersonian Democracy in
action.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13

does not make produces traleren who through If.
play the game of skin It takes small brain to play that
Business life corr0des real manhood COmmercialSm calls for
heroes develops the traits OF the wolf and the Ck knight
hood finds place business life It belongs the heroic
that there Of vty and eroisn left in the world belongs
the working class 1t belongs to those who hold the throttle q
the punging engine Il belongs those who with pick and "
take life in hand and dU"n in the mine to BRING form
wealth. It belongs those who from the le|
who with Nucan power WELD the hammer and beat the moi
metal in shape. These the worth while These are
shoulders the world
Not the white-vele gentry of the timd trading classes That
why the Socialist movement lives and grows That's Why it lt
firm in the face of all opposition. represents rra mel not i"
cOmpOopS
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
goW MUCH WORKER GETS.
Wrttscl, Tor The Star by Esrl D..
THOMPSON.

With the terrific increase in the
cost .: living. the problem Of pror!d-
iny :or his family is becoming Serl-
ouS 3re Tor the wage-worker.
FIsw much { year should the ol'!:2
".-.. rogHing.nan have in order to sup
BIZ. himself and his family with Tho
ordinary necessities OF lifc?
\ .a.!nt,r o. Very carcf:!t. thorough
going students have been studying
:h.s problem Tor years.
Dr. john \. Ryan, L G.. !io:ic plic:t
u.d professor in the St. Paul sc.1:i:!-
ar, in his book, The Living Wage,
jpage 1907. after a careful invcstlga-
ton % 81! the elements involved, con-
cludcs that 1898 is the least amount
mat Z worker should have in order TO
provide his family with Z decent liv-
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OePauw University. has also inrcstI-
g.ttd this subject. Ii his The Stan
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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
UTAH SOCIALISTS
ELECT FOUR CANDIDATES.

The Socialists OF Myton county,
u:ah. nave elected four Of the candi-
dates on their county ticket. The ex-
trcmoiy close race between other can
d;la,cS MAJ require & recount TO deter
mine the winners. The following are
now declared elected: Grey, for coun
y attorney: Lindsay, county commits
sioner; Nelson, assessor, and Marsing
sheriff.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
THE STUPID MIDDLE CLASS.

If for the fact that the stupidity Of the American
middle class passh understanding might hope that the Pro-
gressves and other reforc elements would learn something
the election One Of these things that no real
political party be built out of middle class timber The Amer
lean middle class composed largely small business They
are small in brains intelligence morals and all that make
them avess cowardly hypocrca and d The market place
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
SONG OF THE WAGE SLAVE
"Strife''-Bv Carlton : 4. Talbot.

"Strlte'-BN Carton "A 1AootL.
When slaves are driven hard and long,
Like dumb and helpless cattle,
And otUtinleS rise IN sheer despair
10 tight their bIoodless battle.
The Wisest Journals IN the LAND
At once begin their pratt!e.
They cry Of SIN and anarchy,
From boruer unto border,
And send 4 call for martial Ia"
10 stop TINS wild ''dlsordei;;
They urge chat all the wicked men,
y no lead THIS 's+nSeless rlot
Shall in PRISON be confined,
And there, partorce kept quiet.
Fen though these slaves nave otter cause
TO better their conditions,
They must not spoil the sacred rights
Or heaven-sent partclans.
And so the Wlsest Journals say,
These anarchists we II scatter
And keep the slave where he belongs
In snoddy rag and latter
For God. 50 wise and mercltul.
has meant the every nation
Shall blessed pc. with slaves to Work,
Since he began creation.
When masters sent tnelr Wiling slaves.
Like dumb and driven cattle.
With gun and SWORD and cannon bail.
To fight their bloody battle.
The greatest journals OF the land
At once began their prattle.
They cry OF Kings and Heroes bold.
Who brook nc criticism;
They seek to rouse each worker lire
HIS christian patrotlSm
They speak OF carnage, ulUOd anG deatN.
OF heetS and flags a-tlylng;
Enunopratp in numbers large.
The hosts Of dead and dying.
They tell us that the food is scarce
And prices will be rising;
While each heroic butchers name
In glowing terms they're pral>lng.
Although the fight is over naught.
And no one knows the reason.
If We decry the state of things.
We're towards. foul with treason.
Some Stu rrIOrnCrS Gioan Ior peace
And preachers pray their tongues out:
But such as these could go right on
And shout their virtuouS lungs out
For warriors still, with mailed fists.
Their brothers threats are rendin&
While wives and mothers. left behind.
Meath want and grief are bending
Who are the iiends that started this?
Who are these agitatorS?
Who are the leading anarchists
These laW-and-0rder haterS?
They are the Kings and EmperorS,
Who scoi at arbitration,
And shake the world in their attempt
To crush each hostile nation.
Oh. journals wise. where now thy courts
With their judicial functions?
Why cannot We demand Of them
Their writS and wise injunctions?
Where are thy bulpens and thy pals?
Where now is law and order.
When crime and riot run amuck,
From border unto border?
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Rebels Return Arms Taken
From, American Visitors

Douglas, Ariz.-With a severe rep
rimand administered by Colonel A. M.
Guerrero, constitutionalist commander
along the Sonora border, to the cap
tain of the squad which deprived four
Arizona militia officers of their side
arms Wednesday, and the return of
the swords Saturday, the incident was
closed.
When Governors Hunt, of Arizona,
and Mcdonald, of New Mexico,
crossed the border Wednesday to visit
Aqua Prieta the border guards took
the side arms of the officers. 1t has
been customary here to lay aside
weapons when crossing the line.
In his defense of his action the cap
tam of the guard said the Aqua Prieta
military authorities had not been mott
led IN advance about the visit of the
governors and he thought the advance
u Arizona military and citizens was a
possible outcome of the Tampico incl
cent: When he saw IA automobiles
uled with men coming from Douglas,
WIN officers carrying swords, he be-
NeVed at first it was an attacking
party.
Inc captain apologized for the at
front ne said he had offered the two
governors and their aides.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Webb Liquor LauD Upheld
BIZ Kansas Supreme Court

Topeka = The Webb-Kenyon bill,
passed by congress, which gives the
states control over liquor shipments,
met the favor of the Kansas Supreme
court. AS a result of the decision
Kansas will take charge of all liquor
shipped into the state.
The case was that of St. Louis
company appealing from a decision of
the District court in Cherokee county.
The St. Louis company shipped car
load of beer to Corona, Kan. State
officials confscated it under the Webb
law and the company sought the return
of the beer or reimbursement.
s'Without this law no state has any
more control over liquor than it has
over the shipment of wheat and corn, "
said Justice R. A. Burch, who wrote
the opinion.
eve believe that the liquor traffic
can be made subject to the same regu-
lations as obscene literature and white
slavery, and that congress has suffi-
cient power to regulate the shipments
of liquor as it has to prohibit trans
portation of white slaves"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Bill Would Open Lands
to "StOck-Raisin0" Enfru

Washington, D. CA bill to pro-
vide for the opening to homestead en-
try Of "stock-raising lands" in the
public domain was reported to the
house. by the public lands committee.
1t was agreed on after conferences be-
tween the house and senate members
and officials of the Interior depart
ment.
The measure would authorize the
secretary to designate as subject to
entry in tracts of not more than GAO
acres lands, the surface of which is,
in his opinion, chiefly valuable for
grazing or raising crops and which, in
his opinion, do not contain merchant
able timber and are not susceptible of
irrigation from any known source of
water supply
Entrants in order to perfect title
would be required to make permanent
improvements on the land tending to
increase it's value for stock raising
purposes amounting to at least $1.25
an acre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24

found that there is a great variation
in the milk yield of cows receiving the
same amount of feed. The cost OF
production is usually inversely proper
tional to the amount of production.
abundant opportunity for improve.
ment exists here in the Northwest, If
we but avail ourselves of it. If proper
methods are used, Improvement can be
easily and quickly effected.
seThe breeding of cattle is an In
tegral part of the progressive dairy
mans business. The herd must be re-
plenished and the natural increase
cared for if continuous productlveness
is provided for. The usefulness OF the
average dairy cow does not cover q
period of more than eight years. For
various reasons animals are continual
" dropping out or being discarded.
Not fewer than 80, 900 cows are need
al to replace those that will finish
their profitable work in the herds OF
Oregon this year and furnish the nee
essary increase. 80, =.
saThese must be secured either by
purchasing outside the state OF Dy
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Northwest Regular Troops
Will Camp With Militia

San Francisco General Arthur Muir
ray, commanding general of the regu-
lar army and organized militia joint
maneuvers and joint camps in the
Western department, has issued the
following particulars for the summer
maneuver campaign:
For Washington, from July l to 10,
a joint camp near American Lake, to
be participated in by battalion of the
Fourteenth Infantry regulars from
Fort Lawton, Seattle, and the mobile
troops of the organized militia Of
Washington.
For Oregon, joint camp in a suit
able terrain now being selected, to be
participated in by the Twenty-First
Infantry regulars from Vancouver
Barracks, and the mobile troops of the
organized militia of Oregon. July 13
to % is the tentative date selected for
the Oregon camp.
For Idaho, a joint camp in the vicin-
ity of Portland, Or, in terrain to be
selected, to be participated in by the
Twenty-First Infantry regulars and
the mobile troops Of the organized
militia of the state of Idaho. July IA
to % is the tentative date.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Burnside Blonde

"The problem is not a difficult one
and improvement of both type and
producing ability can be easily effect
3D." says Professor Graves, head of
the college dairy department. "That
there is great need of improvement in
the producing power of the average
dairy herd of our state is very evident
Two facts of vital Importance to dairy
men have been revealed in the work
of experiment stations, cow testing
associations, and investigation by
creameries. These are, great varia-
ton in the producing ability of differ
ent individuals in the herd, and low
average yield per cow. These results
have shown the farmers the need of
awakening to more careful study and
investigation of the producing power
of their cows. 1t has been shown in
these Investigations that the best cow
sometimes yields two or three times as
much as the poorest. And if record
of food eaten is also kept, it will be
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Britain Extends Sympathy;
Delay Has Caused Crisis

London-Most of the London morn
ing papers in their editorial comment
on the Mexican situation, display SYM
pathy with President Wilson in the
difficulties which have arisen with
Mexico, while at the same time con-
tending that those difficulties were
largely brought about by his idealistic
policy.
Much curiosity is expressed over the
intentions of the United States be-
cause, although it is believed Huerta
will yield, it was pointed out that
should he prove obdurate the mere oc-
cupation of Tampico would not have
much practical effect, and that the
blockade of Vera Cruz would be the
only measure that would deal serious
blow to the Huerta regime.
The Daily Telegraph cannot believe
that President Wilson intends to put
into effect a resolute military inter-
vention, and sees no hope of putting
an end ito the anarchy which has re-
suited from the Wilson policy of moral
Intervention.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
PACIFIC FLEET
ORDERED SOUTH
Demonstration On West Coast
of Mexico As Precaution.
San Diego to Be Base of Operu.
tiOns-Huerta Would Arbi-
trate, But NOu Too Late.

Washington, D. CA naval demon
stration on the Pacific coast of Mexico
was decided on Thursday by the ad-
ministration. 1t was declared, how
ever, that while the Atlantic fleet
went primarily to obtain reparation
for the incidents at Tampico, the Pa
clflc fleet was ordered south chiefly as
precautionary measure should serious
emergencies ensue.
Rear Admiral Howard, on the Pa
cific coast, as we'll as Rear Admiral
Badger has been ordered subject to
further orders.
The additional ships ordered for SER
vice on the Mexican west coast will
bring the force of warships there up
to IL, with personnel of 5000 men,
including regiment of 900 marines.
The armored cruiser Pittsburg will
take marines to San Diego, which is
to be used as base, and will go into
reserve after manning the cruisers
Cleveland and Chattanooga.
The armored cruiser Maryland, the
cruisers Cleveland and Chattanooga,
the transport Buffalo and the Golfers
Jupiter and Saturn will increase the
force on the West coast to IL, with
five torpedo-boat destroyers and their
tender, the Iris, standing by for orders
at San Pedro, Cal.
The cruiser Denver is at Corinto,
Nicaragua, and available for Mexican
service. The six vessels already on
the West coast of Mexico are the ar
mored cruiser California and supply
ship Glacier, at Acapulco, and the
cruiser Raleigh and gunboat Annapolis
at Mazatlan, both points being held by
the federals, while the cruiser New
Orleans and gunboat Yorktown are at
Topolobampo, held by the constitution
alists.
1t was learned Thursday that Cen
eral Huerta, when apprised by Charge
O'Shaughnessy of the proposed demon
stration of the Atlantic fleet, declared
that the episode growing out of the
arrest of the American bluejackets at
Tampico was a fit subject for arbitra-
tion at The Hague and that he would
appoint a commission to investigate
the incident.
President Wilson, in an emphatic
reply through Charge O'Shaughnessy,
is understood to have told General
Huerta that the time for delay and
evasion had passed and that the Amer
lean government would temporize no
longer. Administration officials hold
that insults to the flag and questions Of
national honor are not subjects for
arbitration.
All information that reached Wash
ington from Mexico City tended to
show that General Huerta was uncon-
WINGED that the United States was in
earnest and thought the Washington
government was bluffing.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Need of Better Dairy
COlUs ShOlUn BIZ Tests

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Vaills-Most of the items of cost that
enter into the production of milk have
greatly increased in cost during the
last few years, but there has not been
corresponding increase in the price
OF milk and milk products. Since the
success of the dairymen is dependent
upon the relative cost of production
and price of dairy products it is evil
Gent that he must lower the cost of
production if he is to carry on his bus
mess with any profit. 1t is plain
That he cannot fix or materially alter
the price of dairy products. The cost
OF feed, labor, equipment and dairy
operation is also largely beyond his
power of extensive control. The solu-
tlon OF this embarrassing situation,
which is becoming acute, is to keep
better cows.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Mileage" Is Cast Out.

Washington, D. C. = The house
struck the time-honored mileage" al
,Owances for congressman out of the
.esislatlve appropriation bill Saturday
anu provided for actual expenses OF
T MI to and from Washington.
.lle senate has yet to agree to the pro-
pOsal: All the representatives from
; ;ue Northwest except Bryan, of Wash
f f,sVon' and French, of Idaho, voted in
, ,asor OF continuing, payment at the
s ,a'e OF 20 cents a mile, and both Bry-
sn and French supported 20-cent mile
age until SATURDAY..
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
Skeleton of Prehistoric
EIephant Is Unenrfhed

Los Angeles-With the exception of
few minor bones, the complete skele-
ton of an imperial elephant, the only
specimen in the world, has been taken
from asphalt beds of La Brea, and
when the bones are assembled, scraped
and polished, they will be ready for
mounting. The skeleton will be placed
in the Museum of History, Science and
Art at Exposition Park and will give
that institution a dignity among sci
entists attained by no other building
of its kind.
Frank S. Daggett,. director of the
museum, reported that the men in the
pit where the skeleton has been i'm
bedded for centuries beyond estimate
are taking out the last particles of
osseous matter.
''The animal in life was more than
16 feet long and IA feet high, and its
tusks were approximately Is feet
long," he said. ''The find is a won
derful one and the condition of the
bones is splendid. It is my belief
that the pit where the imperial ele-
plant was found is much older than
the pits from which the remains of the
saber-tooth tigers and the mastodon
were taken.
''That is not easy to determine, and
5000 years means nothing, geologically
speaking. / feel certain, however,
that the imperial elephant which we
now have belonged to the pleistocene
age, which was perhaps 20O,O years
ago."
Mr.. Daggett said nothing new had
been learned regarding the supposed
prehistoric human found at the fields.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24

neighbors wish to sell their best cattle.
Further, the time, expense and labor
involved in hunting stock are almost
prohibitive to busy farmer. Where
the standard of production is main
tanned by purchasing cows to keep up
the herd there is grave risk of intro
ducing tuberculosis or other contagious
diseases into the herd.
''Our easiest, quickest and most
satisfactory method of improving our
dairy herds is the use of meritorious
sire of one of the dairy breeds, the
careful selection and raising Of his
daughters from the best cows, and
systematic cooperative breeding.
''There is nothing that will pay the
dairyman better than to study his herd
carefully and take steps to start breed
ing operations with the definite object
in view of increasing the value of his
herd through wedding out the I'M
profitable cows and selecting carefully
the animals to be mated. In selection,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-24
FRIES TO KILL
MAYOR mitchell
,,,,ssin's Bullet Barely Misses
''' New York's Executive.
,tpput of "ExtrdUdgant Ex-
h''' Cultures" and Failure to
Get CITY job Is Reason.

r,n York-In an attempt to take
N ';fs Of Mayor John Purroy Mitch
t1S Michael P. Mahoney, an apparent
e. ..rrlasnonsible elderly man, who later
u 5I be was blacksmith out of work,
saw I ~ into a group of three men seated
1l'4 tbo MAYORS automobile, which
II Nd At the east side of City Hall
P' rba bullet from his revolver entered
- low of the corporation counsel,
I ro1k l. Polk, who was sitting next
!! '+ +be MAYOR in the tonneau of the au-
snbile With blood squirting from
t ?-l Mouth, Mr.. Polk was taken into
. .i,o rity hall and afterward to the New
,z hospital where it was said the
l',rd would not prove fatal.
Maboney shot at the mayor, he as
,or+p1 in the course of disjointed
element. because he felt aggrieved
~ the city executives "extravagant
aarnanditures" and because he was in
sansed at being turned back from the
Joor of the mayors room in the city
toT on two occasions this week when
he went to apply for municipal job.
Naboney fired only one shot at the
MAYOR and his party. Before he could
Ere second he was overcome by De-
tpctiye George Neun, who wrenched
tbo revolver out of Mahoney's hand.
The mayor sat in the middle of the
hack seat, with Mr.. Polk on his right
and George V. Mullan, the mayors
former law partner, on his left. The
mlet passed so close to Mayor Mitch
81 that the left side of his face was
scorched. Standing within few feet
Of Mahoney was Police Commissioner
Woods, who was waiting for the
chauffeur to get into the car.
Within 80 seconds after the shooting
the City Hall plaza and Park Row
we're flooded with a surging crowd
and police reserves were called out.
As soon as he had seen that Mr.. Polk
received medical attention Mayor
Mitchell went to the police station in
the basement of the city hall, where
Mahoney had been taken, and ques-
toned him.
"Why did you shoot at me?" he
asked Mahoney. The mayor seemed
as calm as if nothing had happened.
The prisoners answer was incoherent
and to the effect that he had nothing
to say. Covering before his ques-
TONERS, he seemed hardly to know
what he had done. He was slim and
gaunt wore a ragged fringe of white
beard and was clad in an ill-ftting
Slit.
1t was believed at the time that the
corporation counsel had lost most of
his lower teeth, but a later report said
that only one tooth had been knocked
out and the wound was not serious.