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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-01
Guard burned by Kerosene.

Springer.-James F. Valdez, night
guard at the state reformatory. un-
wisely tried to do the housewifely
stunt of lighting the kitchen fire with
coal oil and is now carrying his head
in sling as a result.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-01
Leahx to Make Address.

Las Vegas.-Judge D. j. Leahy has
accepted an invitation to address the
graduating class OF the Las Vegas high
school at the annual commencement,
which will be held May 22.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-01
spaIn ErIendlx 10 ua.

Madrid. Spain.-The leading news
papers Of Spain have adopted a well.
balanced and even friendly attitude
toward the United States IN com
menting on the Mexican situation.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-01
Gas Line Being Built.

Clayton.-A gas line is being con
structed from Tulsa to this city. 1t
will go to Albuquerque.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-01

In the lighting in the center Of the
inner harbor. San Juan de Ulua. an
ancient stone fortress. few the Mexi-
can flag throughout the attack. The
commandant and 60 armed men and
800 workmen in the navy yard peered
from the embrasures at the Prairie.
Tying 500 yards away. and the other
ships Smelling the naval academy. In
the dungeons remained 500 prisoners,
Ne echoes Of the guns on the ships
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-09-12
A||I1|:S|UF / J
N ! Il FOR Or TROUBLE R ! |. |: !.
Congressional Union tor Women
Suffrage Give Senators Until
I ]: u :. Sept. Is to Line up.

= NEWPORT, r. T., Sept. l lit the
Democratic Congressman, who are
now opposing the present woman suf-
frage measures in congress, do not
act, favorably by September Is, the
frage will launch a campaign against
each one of the senators and repre-
'sentatives in their own districts.
"A definite plan to do this was made
at, the second business session of the
Advisory Council of the union neld
at Marble House, the. home of Mrs.
O. HI. p. Belmont. here Sunday. This
meeting was closed one and the
m embers%were pledged to secrecy I'M
til September Is, but it was given
out that there had been 5000 pledged
at the meeting for the campaign
fund, and at a mass meeting that was
held in the open on the grounds Of
HUI Toy cqttaEe tonight considerable
more was pledged. -
- At this time Mrs, Belmont presided
and: the speakers included Miss Alice
Paul. the national chairman, and
Mrs. Donald r. Hooker, of Baltimore,
chairman. of the finance committee.
The record of the present congress
on suffrage matters was discussed at
the meeting this. afternoon by Miss
Lucy Burns, of New York. Part or
CARNATIONS and plans for organizing
in the constituencies were also dis
cussed and these led UP to the formu-
lating Of plans to oppose those mem
bers of congress who are opposing
the suffrage measures. II
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-09-12
HAMMOND. STICKS St !.
mvvNkNUb BvvV %kfu q
TO WASHINGTON JOB
Expects to Open Campaign Sep
tember %. Congress to
Adjourn October /.
By CAPITAL SECRETARY:

No candidate for public favor
ever broke into public life under
more adverse circumstances than WI
S. Hammond, the choice Of the state
democracy for governor this year.
Pitted against man who for years
enjoyed the confidence of men high
in financial and social life, his candi-
Gacy for congressman in the Second
district was regarded in the light of
a joke. J. T. McCleary. his rival.
VAS looked upon as invincible. AS
the representative of a purely agricul-
tural district, Mr.. McC1earys insist
ent demand for the continuance of a
high protective tariff was regarded as
out of the ordinary and predatory
; wealth left no stone unturned in an
effort to continue his Washington
residence. He was called the Little
Schoolmaster and his services as a
speaker were in constant demand
whenever the old guard was under
fire. How Mr.. Hammond retired Mr.
McCleary to private life is now his
tory. Mr.. McCleary is now connected
with the United States Steel Corpora
, ton, one of his creations. That con-
! test between McCleary and Hammond
was another instance of where pre-
datory wealth interfered and got the
worst of it, and who knows but his
tory may repeat itself.
Still on Job.
Mr.. Hammond is still sticking to
the job in Washington, despite ur-
gent pleas. from his supporters for
him to come home and start his
speaking mpaign. From the pres
ent outlook Congress is likely to ad-
journ about October I, and the date
for Mr.. Hammond's keynote speech
has been tentatively set for Sept. %.
He hopes to be able to stay in the
| state from then until election, but
! unforeseen circumstances may force
him to return to Washington. In
the meantime he has Won much fay
orable comment by his attention to
duty, and his friends have increased
their efforts in his behalf, so that
in the long run he probably will
lose nothing by staying on the job.
! 1t is said that a general campaign
assessment was levied this week on
every man connected with the State
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sion. This seems to be carrying. out
the promise maze Dy .RallrOad CON-
missioner c. E. Elmquist at the re-
cent meeting of the Republican COM
mittee that the whole force of the
commission would work for the cleo
ton of the Republican ticket What
| these contributions mean in the way
, of revenue may be realized when it
: is known that nearly. 800 persons
are employed by this department
alone.
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SUPERIOR PASTOR
:. PLEADS FOR UNIONS
Continued From Page 1.

wise leadership is to frankly recoE-
nize and deal with the unions) is in
a position to get Justice for the work.
ing man. 49, .s:.5. 4,
':Unionism has done too much for
the workers to merit .indiscriminate
condemnation. 1t has shortened hours
and increased wages; it has improved
working conditions "a and & lifted in
homes; It has struggled against un-
sanitary conditions and the exploita-
ton Of children and women, it has
been a school of democracy to the
foreigner and the ignorant and an ex-
preston of brotherhood among work.
ers that has called forth many heroic
sacrifices. There have been unjust
strikes but most strikes have ben just.
Put the good of unionism over against
the evtl-and there is q vast balance
Of credit in@its favor. = 81 %> ..=1 r.
The Criterion or Unions. Il o-#..S
I'VE shold Judge unionism by three
thtngs--First, it's :idealism, second its
message; third. its achievements. IS
Its idealism is expressed in It's
pledge. Some, so-called. practical
people smile at :tdealism; yet, 81 dare
assert, that ideals are the ultimate VIC
tors, Labor unions have not lived
upS{@to their ideals, neither nave,
churches. Il Yet, the institutions that
have lived and blessed man have ever
drawn near lofty idealism. It lis
evident that labor leaders, as well as
Hundreds OF thousands OF unionists,
are striving manfully for the idealism
OF lnionism = n "a ts 8t&
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EDITOR RE-ARRESTED
ON EVE OF TRIAL
Continued from Pare I.

ambush. In self defense Person shot
and killed the Illinois Central. slugeer.
The prejudice against Person and
the labor hatred in De Witt county
was so intense that Attorney Conner
ford by a remarkable canvass of over:
800 square miles. in De Witt county
secured over 500 affidavits of preju-
dice on which the courts were forced
to grant change Of venue, thereby
taking the trail to an adjoining
county.
Bail Prohibitive.
The same prejudice has been taken
into consideration by the prosecutor
In arranging bail on the last charge so
that 1t will be impossible to get Per-
son out of Jail. The prosecutor de-
mands that the bonds in this case be
signed by property overs of De Witt
county. A large PERCENTAGE of the
property Is owned by the Illinois
Central. The remainder is under the
controls Of the corporation interests
which are far reaching and all pow
erful: No property owner Of De Witt
county dares. to sign Carl Persons
bond even If he wanted to.
This is the anarchy that is abroad
In De Witt county where people are
calling themselves Americans.
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Lloyd George Says England will
II Need Every Penny to Help
Fight Enemy = -.

LONDON, Sept. live want
every penny we can raise to help
fight the enemy" said David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the excheQuer,
replying to a deputation from the
municipalities which. wanted the aid
OF the treasury in securing loans at
cheap rates.
eve must come out triumphant in
this struggle continued the chancel-
lor, land as finance is going to play
an important part in it, we must hus-
band our resources. We do not want
a penny spent which is not absolutely
essential to relieve distress. In my
judgement, the last few hundred mill
lions may win this war.
The first hundred, millions our
enemies can stand as we'll as we can,
but the last they can not. And there
fore l think cash is going to count
much more than we imagine. ....:
'At the present moment we are
only at the beginning; we are fight
ing a tough enemy who is we'll pre-
pared for the fight and probably will
fight to the end before he will accept
the only conditions upon which we
can possibly make peace.
IF we are wise, that is where our
resources will come in, not merely OF
men, but Of cash. We have won with
silver bullet before
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-09-12
MUNICIPAL PLANT
VERY PROFITABLE
California City Realizes Hand.
some Profit From It's Own :.
Light Plant.

The city of Alameda, CAL, pur-
chased it's electric light plant from
private corporation in 1889, at which
time it was operated for street light
ing only, with a generating capacity
for $50 open style arc lamps, says A.
D. Goldsworthy in the American CITY,
In 1902 the city began to sell cleo
trio current for commercial purposes.
This business grew rapidly, and the
plant now serves about 5000 private
and commercial consumers with cur
rent for lights and power, and the re-
ceipts from this source amount to ap-
proximately 100000 a year.
All of the electric current distribut-
ed in the city of Alameda Is gener-
ated by a steam plant centrally To-
Gated within the ci.y limits, on the
bay shore. A new steel frame and
reinforced concrete freproof power
house was completed in October, 1913,
at O. cost Of about $4,000.
The installation Of new street
lighting system was completed during
the latter part of 1913. All the arc
lamps have been discarded and re-
placed with a system of electroliers
m ounted with 60-watt tungsten lamps.
There are 4,200 electroliers in SER
vice, and they are installed along
every street and avenue, including all
the residence sections.
The electroliers are placed $50
feet apart along the street, arranged
alternately, so that there is a light
every IS feet Each electrolier Is II
! feet high and is mounted with one
60watt tungsten lamp, with a ground
glass globe. j,
The lamp post was designed by the
superintendent Of the Alameda de-
partment Of electricity. -,
The municipal plant Is very pop
! ular in Alameda and enjoys the en-
thusiastic support Of almost every
citizen. 1t has been operated profit.
ably for the taxpayer and economi-
cally for the consumer. .
The present rate for, residence
lighting is seven cents per kilowatt
hour, minimum bill 80 cents per me-
ter per month. Current furnished
for street lighting purposes is charged
to the city of Alareeda at the rate
of ~ cents per kilowatt hour.
The finances Of the electric depart
ment are in a healthy condition. A
0"iAioAeAI SUN IS CO1ecteu IRON the
private consumers to pay the. total
cash cost Of operation provide for the
payment Of interest on outstanding
bonds, and their redemption, and 1
sum equivalent to the city lighting
bill is transferred from the electric
light fund to the general fund OF sthe
city each year, 50 that the city .coun.
Gil is not required to make any pro.
vision In the Il tax levy for s electric
4 light purposes 3s5 .5s. I
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NO SHORTAGE o. !. {:
FOOD SUPPLIES

The sudden upheaval of prices
since the opening of the European
war has aroused everybody. Enraged
citizens everywhere are asking why
there should be such a serious and
sudden forcing up OF prices. The
food lords say that it is because
of, shortage in the food supply. i.
Such an excuse is absolutely with
out foundation, as the following facts
will show. -,
The United States exports annually
50, 90, 900 bushels Of wheat. And this
year the crop is said to be greater
than ever. So there can be no short
age there. LAS matter of fact
there Is a surplus;
$50 barrels of flour and imports
none. Therefore there is no short
age of flour.
:. We export 63,5S3,4s3 bushels of
corn. No shortage there. We export
6,374,3SS pounds of butter and 49,
701,176 pounds Of cheese. No short
age there. :
Our cotton exports exceed our cot
ton imports by .s,707,sos bales. No
shortage there. ~ t-:S 9
But sugar! all, there's the shortage!
prices: 1t has advanced 40 per cent.
And the food lords say 1t is because of
the terrific demHnd and the lack of
supply, in other words. the 'sshort-
age again. But the facts are against
| them. They do not warrant the cry.
Facts Against Sugar Barons.
We consumed 100000 pounds
Of sugar in 1911. Thee billion seven
hundred million pounds of this, it is
true, we had to import from outside
of our own possessions. So, then, we
shall presumably want about $780,
100000 pounds this year. But Cuba
alone produces and exports 3,sO0,-
600, 900 pounds, and, on account OF
the danger due to the international
complications and the contraband OF
war, the most Of it will come to
America. And besides, there are sew
eral South American republics pro-
ducing vast quantities Of sugar. So
there is no real shortage there.
And as for the alleged shortage in
| meats, 1t is enough to say that in
1911 we had $13S,00o,0o0 worth more
than we could use. There is no like
lihood that the surplus has decreased
| to any such extent as. that.
So then the attempt Of the food
lords to justify their .holdup game on
the plea of g. shortage" falls to the
ground.
In this connection, two things
should be borne in mind: First, nc
nation producing foodstuffs will care
to ship it's products to any of the
varying nations, as such products
might be declared contraband of wal
and be liable to seizure by one or the
other Of the belligerents. Therefore
al nations now producing foodstufff
must look to America for a market
for their products.
I =. Second. America produces, within
it's own limits more than enough to
supply all its needs every year on all
important food; ecffs except sugar,
rice, tea, coffee and vegetables Blu,
in every case these can be amply
supplied by other countries not in.
volved in the war and who cannot
ship them elsewhere than to us.
So the Shortage" talk doesn't TO-
The sudden upheaval of prices il
another clear case. OF a deliberate
holdup of our people by the big guns
of plutocracy
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STATE =. Of MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
n Dis IT. %cf c99rt ,,.,..,x
the State Of Minnesota. to the Defend:
ant above, named: -
quired to answer the complaint 81 the
WIN SAID ccmpis!nf f has Se.n a'f, fsd
a ana Is now on file in the office of the
said complaint upon the subscriber at
bis offices in No. SO First National
county and state aforesaid, within thirty
900 days after the service Of said sum
mons upon you, exclusive of the day
time aforesaid, plaintiff will apply to
ths . court for the relief demanded' in
Dated June 20. 1914. ::
g. A: E: Finlayson, :
Ontce and Post Office Address, $40
First Eli National Bank Bldg, Duluth,
L. w: Sept. 12-1s-2s-ls14. -.., -.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
est. Louis-ss.
In Probate Court.
In the mdtter Of the estate of
-
Letters testamentary having been
granted to Andreas J.. Lindgren.
It .is. ordered that the time within
which, all creditors of the above named
decedent may present" claims against
her estate in this court: be, and the
same hereby is. limited to three months
after the date hereof; and that the
18TH day Of December 1914, at 10
O'clock a., M. in the Probate Court
Rooms at the Court House, at Duluth
is. fxed and appointed as the time and
Place an fGr hts 3art 9pGs the examina
claims a. shall Be presented With
the time aforesaid. IT.. III Z j., ~: !.
Let notice hereof be given. by, the
or1d q tnis order n The Labor
!. Dated. Duluth. MINI. Sept. 10th: 1914.
-,s = s<- Isl !. u #.zs w, GILPIN, }E
aseal Probate Court. Sc. Louis County
8 sept ala as- 1911 81 a: s 81.
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FAKE PROHIBITION
PETITIONS EXPOSED
Congressman Bartholdt of Mis-
souri, Discloses Deceit
of t'Dives.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Repre-
setative Bartholdt of st. Louis, in a
speech in the house few days ago.
strongly denounced fake prohi-
bition petition that was printed in
the Congressional Record of March
21, and credited to former Represen-
tative l.. c.. Dyer of st. Louis. The
petition purported to W have been
signed by 1858 citizens of st. Louis,
urging national prohibition. A heat
ed colloquy occurred between Mr..
Bartholdt and Representative Lloyd
during the formers speech.
Mr.. Bartholdt told the house that
the prohibition question was before
the people of Missouri in the 1910
election and, was showed under by
a majority of 21S,o00.v He said that
cast for prohibition ! and 1874, S66
against it.
Faxed Congresslnan.s Name.
I'm view Of the result of that
election" he said, II was interested
to know how 1858 citizens Of St.
Louis could have signed a petition
asking for national prohibition.
started an investigation. Mr.. Dyer
said he had no recollection of hav-
ing received such petition.
The clerk of the house wrote him
letter stating that the petition had
been Improperly credited to him and
had not come from st. Louis.
Was EN- Tabloided."
For long time I could not get
any trace of the petition. Finally it
was found. I was informed. that it
consisted of a single sheet of paper
on which was written: 1858 citi-
zens of St. Louis petition for national
prohibition made several at
tempts to see the paper, but have
never been able to do So"
Mr.. Bartholdt said he would not
make any charges and acquitted the
clerk of the house of any blame.
Continuing, he said: 1T certainly
looks to me as If this were a spuri-
Gus petition and that we have to deal
here with sort Of imposition upon
the house to manufacture prohibi-
ton sentiment.
On Trail Of "Paid Agents."
call attention to the peculiar char
ACIST OF IHeSS QotltlOuS WHICH are %.
ing daily filed in favor Of national
prohibition. They evidently all have
been printed on the same press. They
have been sent out by an organized
body Of men. by agents, who, ac-
cording- to their own testimony, are
| being paid for that kind of service,
| to all the clergymen. of the United
States, and these gentlemen take 1t
upon themselves to sign in behalf not
only Of themselves, but of the men,
bership of their congregations.
Deliver Congregations. -.
I'm other words, a clergyman
would certify that such and such a
church of 5000 or 1000 members
prays for the enactment Of national
prohibition. When you come to IN
vestigate and ask any Of these 5000
or 1000 church members you will
flnd that, they know nothing about
the petition and have not approved
Of it at all, as has been found in
the case of many churches in st.
Louis by investigation. -
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WOMEN ON PICKET
I'd 8 ..5; DUTY IN COL ADO
Continued from Page 1.

!
All the excited women talked at once,
and the soldiers used more, brute
force. The men Of the wives were
standing opp osfte, and 1t is a wonde,
to me, that the men had presence of
mind enough not to interfere. We
would have had blood shed perhaps
If 1t were not for the good behavior
of ur men. 1t was a tactless move
on the part of the federals and it
looked as If they were favoring the
mine owners. -. ,'&3 - :. :
The ,federals have allowed the
mines to be filled with scabs. Quietly,
and in small groups, they allow the
scabs to come in. - If a scab gives
a convincing story they allow them to
come in. Most Of the scabs learn
their stories before they come in.
The federal soldiers stand for the
same thing: as the militia did, namely
to protect private property and Ito
break the backbone of the strike.
The federal soldiers have done this
in p more sentlemanly way, which Is
perhaps more deadly. =" The fedeixls
they are not here, to help the strikers
or the mine owners any one with
a grain of common sense will see
where the federal soldiers stand, and
whose interests they represent.
A delegation o. women went to
Trinidad from Ludlow, to have an in
terv'ew. with Colonel Lockett. The
Colonel refused to see lis but we
had an interview with his spokesman
Major Rockwell and another major:
The gentleman advised, us not ia
go picketing. and if we did not fol-
low his advise, we would have to
take the consequences. The women
answered that they. had to take a
part in the strike, that their nus
bands fight was their fight, and that
side by side they would struggle with
the men.
The militia is being reorganized
under the direction of the federals
and Major Rockwell informed me
that they will be glad to be released
They have performed their duty by
allowing all the scabs into the mines
and now they are ready to 20, to
allow the militia to do more dirty
work. ~:
The strikers stand pat, and say they
w Ill 1CNO4 1ctuTu 20 WOTk, unIll Ene
strike Is settled. They are ready tc
4'emain out of the mines another
year if necessary.
While all the countries in Europe
are at each others throats civil war is
pending in the state of Colorado. We
must never lose sight of the main
issue.
The Socialists here are having a
hard fight to make ends meet. W.
nave no money and not many work.
ers, and we appeal to the Socialists OF
this country to aid this weak district
The Socialists are a pack of. unde.
slrables here. The laws have been ir
favor of mines owners and the mer
who tried to organize, had the choice
o. going down the canyon or leave
The reader will understand that il
the Unionists had such a hard strug.
gle for life, how the Socialists fare II
such community.
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SWEDISH UNIONS PAY
WEEKLY WAR BENEFITS

COPENHAGEN, Sept. Ito re-
lieve. the suffering Of the families Of
their members who have been called
to arms in mobilization, the FEEDER
ated. Trade Unions throughout the
country have decided to pay weekly
benefits. IL Similar action has been
taken by other radical and Socialist
organizations. This action has caused
great enthusiasm, aa there Is scarcely
q family that has not had it's bread
winner called away. i 5S555 s.s.s.... : u
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Greysolon Cigars are mild.
TRANSFERS WIN STRIKE

OTTAWA, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE
teamsters have won their strike
against the Contractors association
of this city. All strikers will return
to their former positions and the en-
ployers promise there will be no dis
crimi nation. A new agreement will
be entered into the first OF next April.
his strike at one time assumed Sc
rious aspects, asst involved practically
all of the building trades.
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LIVE UP TO CONTRACT.

BOSTON, Sept. ia. F. Of l..
Freight Handlers union No. 5572 has
notified officials of the Boston &
Maine railway that a strict compli-
ance:. with existing agreement, re-
garding conditions and work rules
IS necessary for the continuance Of
peace. -
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REVIEWS AGREEMENT

.s NEW y. DIRK. Sept. susp lender
Makers III ii On $500 has renewed
cont cts with gits eIn plovers ithott.,
any ncult The agreefnentS sex.s
|ipires in ugust o1s next ye1r