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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18
INCONSISTENT CHASE

o, yes. The strikers set fire to the
Eudlow tent colony. They wanted to
burn their wives and children to
death.
Likewise they were possessed of
enough courage to run almots fifty
yards in the open, facing a >downpour
of bullets, to set fire to sheet iron
building, isolated from the tents and
incapable of catching fire from the
outside.
This is what Gen. Chase. Maj. Ham
rock, Lieut.. Linderfelt and his group
of hell-hounds would lead the thinking
people of this country to believe, and
such are the tales they are telling at
the court-martial inquiry in Golden.
They do not stop to consider how
inconsistent their stores are and
sound to persons possessed with an
ordinary amount Of gray matter. Gov.
Ammons tried the same trick of de-
ception and trickery with President
Wilson a few days ago and got ''call
down" for his trouble.
We wish the whole world could
catch glimpse of the old tent colony
of Ludlow, and could have known the
wind conditions on the evening and
night of April 20.
Picture, If you can, sheet iron
building, standing of in one corner
away from the tents and other inflam.
able material, catching fire or a strik.
er knocking in the door and setting
fire to it from the inside.
A glance at the tent Of John R
Lawson, the only one left standing
is proof cdNaclusive that the gunner
went about with gasoline and torch
and set fire to the tents one by one
Lawson's tent, standing in the center
Of the colony, was not touched by
fire, but it was hacked with knives
and hatchets. Surely the gunner have
not sufficient nerve to tell the world
I that the strikers did the damage?
Chase, Linderfelt, Hammock and
other gunner must think that this
state and nation is made up Of q bic
bunch Of boobs Trinidad Ere Press.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18
Law and Order" League The Latest

| the liking of the coal baron, and SO
in the past he has not been a lusty
supporter of the law and order he now
cries for. Had he been an earnest
disciple of his present creed he would
not have ordered his hirelings to shoot
down men, women and children, to
burn the lowly homes of workers who
were struggling for their rights, to
orphan infants, scatter families and
lay waste the states fairest counties.
Had he been an upright supporter
| of the things he now Speciously cries
for there would. not even have been
a strikeain the first place, for the very
law and order he demands should
give to the striking miners everything
they ask. r,
The coal baron knows very well
that he cannot go before the people
in his true garb. He cannot appear
before the voters with the smoke of
burned Ludlow sclinging to his gar
ments with the blood Of innocent
babes on his hands and his face dis
torted by the passions out Of which
have come disaster, death, starvation,
and disease.
4 This wolf must put in the clothing
of the sheep. He must distract minds
from the, real Issue, submerge. his
evil identity, work for converts among
the unsuspecting, play hypocrite,
whine and lie and beg and plead-not
as the repudiated, convicted. con-
demned coal baron, but as the pure
and spotless, Their ighteoAs pleader for
a law and order which he would over
throw tomorrow If he had it in his
power.
People are. not to be misled by such
trickery, such cheap political legerde.
main, such humorous attempt at dis.
lguising the black into the white.
There may havepbeen a day when the
campaign orator with raucous voice
and extensive vocabulary swayed the
people as he would. Nowadays voters
do not get their politics from the
stump speaker who might bo bought
with corporationugold. They take their
ideas from the newspapers, from the
news Of the country and the world
from the actual conditions at hand
and never from campaigners who seek
to lead astray and becloud and mud
die.
The operator, has few papers that
Il Will sing MS praises and shout his
slogan, no matter what it may be
But these papers are known to the
people. They are recognized as the
kept papers Of the state, as the drabs
of journalism. xhe typographical dis
graces and repFoaches of an honest
craft. These sheets will have NO
weight with thesipeople, who will vote
intelligently and who are not likely
to fall victim to the political seduc.
ton planned by the local baron.
John D. Rockefeller, notorious tax
dodger, known hirer of gunner, open
flou'er Of the% people, corporation
tricEster, grabber Of the Other mans
dollars, starver of babes, tramper on
human rightel This man a shouter
for law and order? Well, If he is, then
in the name Of all that's absurd, ridi.
culnus, unreasonable and foolish, what
next p Trinidad Free Press.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

The Colorado coal barons are out
win enau little idea. Have you
heard Of it! NO? Then here it is:
This rail- they will conduct a cam
paign for supremacy at The state house
unoer the appropriated banner OF
Law and Order"
Now that really is good scheme,
just as the Colorado coal baron is
really good schemer. In 1acL, the
plan is worthy OF cleaner hands than
me coal baron can show.
No one will doubt that the coal dig
sing corporations OF This stale are
sadly in need OF controlling the legls-
lature and the state Otlces. With The
exception OF one or two places, they
nave certainly been in the govern
mental saddle Tor the past two years,
and they know that ii they continue
heir assaults on Colorado working
men and the latter's righLs they must
likewise continue their regime on
capitol hill, Denver.
Wherefore, in casting about for a
campaign slogan-one that stands a
| chance of sharing the .unwary-the
,oal baron hits on the high-sounding
cry, claw and Order
But, the exigencies of the coal
zaron's Case aside, it is hard to re-
train from admiring his monumental
kgall, colossal egotism and abundant
but absurd political chicanery.
The desire for genuine law and or
der is as far from the coal baron's
| neart as his soul is from the pearIy
Gates. He wants no law but the law
81 loot, the law Of injustice, the law
| OF outrage, the law of mine-mule-ab ove
zimmerman.
He seeks no order except that to
defraud, to impoverish, to hold in
bondage, to stulify, to abuse and rob.
An, yes; occasionally he seeks an or
| der from a governor governor tool
Calling out the states militia to do
h1s hldding, wink at the statutes and
conn1ves at ordinance breaking. This
may explain why, needing the COVER
nor on his side, the coal baron has
embarked on his ridiculous law and
order campaign. F1,'s-1'.s--,'.
Now, it would be laughable, If II
were not SO damnable-this crusade
OF these men, who obey no laws. for a
reign of their so-called law and order.
Suppose, good people, that all the
righteous laws had been enforced
during the last few years. Where
would the operator be?
He would have had to close his
company stores; establish system Of
more frequent paydays which would
/ keep the employees out of the shylock's
clutches; put in and maintain humane
safety appliances in his mines; re:
frain from importing strike breakers;
cease to arm thugs and DULLES as nee
essary guards at his properties to
intimidate honest worhngmen; give
his employees the right to organize;
stop buying and bribing legislators,
office holders and lobbyists; raise the
man above the animal in his mines:
and hast. but to him by no means
least, pay his just share Of the public
taxes.
one of these things have been to
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

the selection of some men from the
stewards department and the en-
gineers' department to. be certified"
as capable of handling fife boats. And
that, is just whae is being done now,
under another name.
The Empress of Ireland had as
many boats as the London Convention
provides; she had as good crew as
that convention provides; indeed, a
better crew, because her crew could
understand the language of the off
GERS, whereas the London Convention
would permit her to carry a crew that
could not, and provides that orders
may be transmitted through interpre-
tiers,
There was nothing about the En-
press of Ireland that could have justi-
fed her being held up and refused a
clearance if the Convention had been
in force. There is nothing in. the
terms of the Convention to justify any
man familiar with ships to make the
statement that she could have been
prevented from clearing had it been
in force.
The great loss of life attending the
sinking of this vessel proves that the
London Convention does not improve
safety at sea. There must be better
manning Of these ships, both. as to
skill and number of deck crew, and
that the Convention does not provide
for. ~
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18
SeamemE Expose "Safety=at-Sea" Shams

I number Of people which the boats
could have saved.
The shipowners then put on more
boats as an advertisement, and the
pressure Of public 0pinoin in England
compelled the adoption Of a law thai
provided boats for all On ocean yes
sels. But no more nor any better
men were furnished.
The result up to the present, as far
as this country is concerned, was a
slight increase In the number of boats
to be carried, and to Offset that a per
mission to carry more than double the
ordinary number Of passengers. if the
vessel kept within fivem lies of shore
The VolturnO was burned, 1876 peo-
pie lost. She had boats for all. but
she did not have the men to manage
the boats. That lifeboats could he
managed at that time was positively
proven by the fact that in the night
the Russian steamship Car. with one
boat, the same crew working all the
time, and In the dark, saved more per-
sons than any other steamer that was
present there.
Then the Monroe was sunk In col
1ision with the Nantucket, and any
honest analysis Of the testimony taken
proves beyond doubt that the loss Of
life resulted from the undermining
of the vessel and an organization Of
her crew that takes no account of
danger to human life and is based
solely upon getting the vessel from ]
port to port with the smallest possible
crew.
Now the Emnreaa ~ fral.nS vat, e,
eoilisicn with 4 fbAight steamer n the
st. Lawrence River, two or three miles
p shore. ehe shin y less than ]
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18
ny Andrew Furuseth, President In
ternationaI Seamen's Union Of
America.)

How many more dead bodies must
be floating around before the ship.
owners and their defenders shall be
compelled to quit misleading the pub.
lie and the legislative branches of
the different governments with refer
ence to safety of life at sea?
The Slocum was burned with about
1000 persons lost. Men with no axes
to grind, serving on the coroner's
jury, said that the cause was an in
efficient and insufficient. crew. The
public and our Congress was led off
from the fact and were temporarily
satisfied with life preservers.
The Valencia, with about 40 peo-
pie, was lost, and one of the commits
sioners appointed by President Roose.
welt urged the passage of laws that
would compel vessels to carry more
real seamen. Nothing was done.
The Norge was lost with $50 people.
Investigations were held and recon-
mendations made, to be @sidetracked
and forgotten through the Influence of
the sihpownerS, except that q large Inn
provement was made In me-saving an
pliances, which Norway, under the In
fluence Of foreign governments, after;
wards had to reduce. -
The Titanic was lost with 1,517 peo-
pie after the public had been inveigled
into believing that she was unsink-
able. Sc hdid not have boats enough
to IKE care Of more than 0nethird Of
The people on board, and the crew she
had was 50 inefficient that they could
Dnly take care Of tWothir1s g the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

When you say ''He is a stron char
acter" l want to know something as
to the character of his strength.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

Speaking OF segregation, the mas
tiers voluntarily segregate themselves
from the workers they have robbed.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

The United States governments
definition of an income is eight times
as much as you are getting, Henry,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

Economic necessity may lead toward
Utopia, but it breeds thieves on the
way.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-18

Every breadline is proof OF the fail
ure of capitalism.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
MORE AND BETTER. OATS
Crop Depends Upon Water Supply
af 5 Breed Up Best Variety In
x Ss Each Neiahborhood.

National Crop improvement Servics.1
Success with the oat crop centers
largely about one thing: the water
supply. It takes more water per
pound to produce q crop Of oats than
any Of our other farm crops. Land
of high fertility is not so necessary
for every farmer knows that in good
oat year, relatively poor land often
PRODUCES enormous crops Of oats, but
plenty of moisture is absolutely nee.
essary. IT. :
q IN order to get all of the forces
working together of course only the
best seed should be used-the strong
growing seed which has the power to
make the most out Of good or bad
conditions. Oats should be thorough.
~ famed in order to take out the
light, chaffy or untitled grains. Oats
should be tested for termination In
order to be absolutely sure that the
seed is Of high vitality. Oats should
be- treated with formaldehyde in or.
Ger to destroy the smut spores. Smut
or ordinary black-head ruins every
year. from one to twenty per cent OF
the crop. All of this loss can be
avoided.
Ir order to, as nearly, as possible,
insure the moisture supply. instead Of
the usual slip-shod method of sowing
oats upon the ground with a broad.
cast seeder, then discing or cultivat.
ing them in. the land should be double
d!sced, narrowed and the oats drilled
Ia. ..., ~ --
This thorough cultivation at the
time when the soil Is full of water.
breaks the surface and prevents evap-
grafton such that the plants are able
to use a great proportion Of the wa.
ter which is stored in the subsoil.
A pure strain Of oats is rare in any
community. Farmers clubs SHOULD
unite upon the best kind. and Ill
grow it. Oats will not run out II
carefully selected each year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
COMMUNITY PROBLEMS
How to Conquer One Difficulty After
Another by Getting Together.

National Crop Improvement Service.1
Community Seed" is the next step
forward in crop improvement In
Iowa. One Of the greatest h1ndrances
to further crop improvement in this
state and in other states for that mat
ter is the fact that there is no stan
dard or authorized variety of anycrop
which is accepted and grown gener-
ally by farmers In one locality or
neighborhood. It seems to be habit
among farmers for each one to grow
a different variety Of each Of the sew.
eral standard crops. II Jones grown
white corn, his neighbor Smith will
generally grow yellow or some other
variety and there are often several
types of varieties of oats or barley
grown in the same neighborhood.
Thus there is no general market
type and often the varieties become
mixed and cross-bred, which is es-
pecially true Of, corn, and this de-
stroys the purity Of the seed, making
it less valuable for markets or for
planting. Il. i% ~ .. r..
b "The present condition is unsatis-
factory and should be changed. In
fact, there is no, reasonable excuse
for, the present condition. 1nvesti'
cation has shown that certain types
or Varieties are often superior for
growing in q certain section Of the
country and, these varieties may be
readily determined and should be
generally grown to the exclusion OF
inferior types.-W. J. Kennedy, Elk
tension Dept, Iowa Agricultural Col
lege. =. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06

g. Owing to the failure Of tho Dat and
Corn crop in drought sections. there
is On unusual demand for the best W
riety of each adapted to the soil and
climate according to the recommends
lions OF tho Agronomy Department Of
the State Agricultural College.
IF YOU HAVE SEED FOR GALE
report to your county seed committee
State per cent of termination, name
of variety, days to mature. and IN
oats, wheat and barley weight Poi
bushel.
IF YOU NEED SEED, GET TO
oETHER AND ALL GROW THE
SAME BEST TYPE AND KEEP "
PURE. Act with your county sssd
committee.
SEED CORN IN BAD CONDITION.
The government laboratory at Deca'
tur reports moisture as high as d.
per cent and 52.6 per cent rotten keE.
nels taken from cribs. Every oal
must be tested to insure . good stand
for 1914.
OATS, BARLEY AND WHEAT must
also be tested for germination.
Join the seed committee. The gu
perintendent OF. county schools has
been requested to act as chairman fol
testing all seeds for every farmer In
the county by pupils In public schools
Call up for particulars and offer your
services, Get sample Of Rag Doll and
Blotting Paper testers with full in4or
nation from Crop improvement Con.
mittee, Council of Grain Exchanges,
Room L, Board Of Trade. Chicago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
LENOX COLLEGE.

Miss Minnie Deshaw, IA, has a
position for the coming year as as
sistant principal in the public
schools at Farley. r
Mr.. and Mrs. Schoen Of Adrain,
Michigan, were visiting last week at
the home of c. B. Mexican in Mon
ticello, when their little five year old
son was taken with acute tonsilitis
and died after three days illness.
Mrs. Schoen was a Lenox student
some = years ago as were also
her parents. She is a daughter of DR..
J. w. Mexican, missionary in Siam:
The Clayonians took in $50 at
their play Friday evening. 1t was a
fine entertainment as all of these
college plays are.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bush, form
er Lenox students, have gone to Dali
las, Texas, to make their home. Mr..
Bush has employment with the rail-
road company.
Miss Elizabeth Hendee made a
trip to Manchester Saturday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
HISTORIC FORCES At WORK IN
81. MEXICO.

To have recognized Huerta and Civ
en- him moral support, would have
been to deny all the proper tenden-
cies of the age in which we live. The
civil war must have come in any case,
for the people of Mexico would not
have submitted to a government of
tyranny established through treachery
and assassination. TO balance the
personal character of the bandit Villa
against that of the soldier Huerta,
was not to arrive at any conclusions
worth the attention of the student Of
politics and history. Villa came to
the forefront because he happened to
be fighting man who had identified
himself with AN irrepressible revolu-
tion. This revolution means the
breakup of am old regime. What
ever the results may be as regards
the issues Of war, there can he no
return to the kind Of government in
Mexico that formerly maintained Or
der and that Huerta would have tried
| to perpetuate. AS result Of this
conflict there must be the clear be-
ginning of a system that will develop
the peon into citizen. Mexico
needs reconstruction. Those Ameri-
can military and civilian experts
who have accomplish he'd spleudid pol
ice, sanitary, educational, and other
reforms in Porto Rico, Cuba, Pana-
ma, and the Philippines, could rem
der assistance of almost inconceiv-
able value to our Mexican neighbors
if they should be set at work to d.
rect the reconstruction of Mexican
Life and government. Perhaps a
peaceable way may some day be OPP
ened for the performance of this de-
sirable service. But the time has
not yet arrived, ugh4intervention
may hasten It s73F rom &sFhe Progress
of the World, e in tn 5American Re-
view of Reviews for Nav
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06

beulah, Wisconsin, on account of the
illness of his mother.
ce. G.. r. Nelson sold his auto to Per-
~ Wheeless and has bought a new
jackson.
w. F. Garvin and w. V. Keith
have finished their road contract in
Clayton county and returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. D. Holcomb OF
Redfield, South Dakota, and Mrs. E.
! N. Howard of Monticello visited sew
eral days last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Morgan.
There was a ball game last Satur-
day between Hopkinton and Earlville'
Hopkinton won to 1.
Rev. G. J. Chalice attended the
rural life conference at Fayette last
week.
The Embroidery club was enter
tanned at the home Of Mrs. w. r..
Reeve on Thursday.
The members of the Presbyterian
congregation were delightfully."- enter
tanned at the manse last Wednesday
by DR.. Ensign and wife. A large
number were present and enjoyed
tn evening with ANUS ements suited
to both the younger and older ones.
Little Misses Catharine Parkhill
and Huberta Livingston contributed
| to the entertainment with singing
and readings. Frappe and waters
were served in the dining room by
Misses Mary Thing, Esther Nord-
man, Jean Kirkwood, Addie Deshaw,
Eva Mills, Gertrude Reed, Florence
Hill and Gladys MaroH. The sing
ing Of 1.-THE Sweet Bye and Bye,
closed the pleasant evening.
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs Hutchinson of
IEdgewood. She resided here, when
| a girl, her maiden name being Miss
tGertie Hatcher, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hatcher, former residents
Of Hopkinton.
Dr.. W.. H. Ensign will be in Volga
this week to take part in the install
lation Of the pastor Of the Presbyter-
ian church Of that place.
Miss Stirton of Monticello attend
ed church here Sunday.
The Women Workers of the Pres
byterian church meet Wednesday OF
this week with Mrs. Jeffries. Re.
ports will be given by the delegates
who attended Presbytery at indie
pendence.
The Mayor and council have got
down to work the past week. Those
who have complained of non-en.
forcement of laws cannot complain
as offenders have been looked after
as fast as complaints came in
A rain heavier than has been seen
for years visited this place Sunday
afternoon. Gardens were badly
washed out and all roads were run
ming rivers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
I$1E|4{11]]590;lI]

ence of SO bushels per acre in favor
Of field selection before frost. It
happens that the average yield of
corn for this. section of the. country is
close to so bushels to the acre, and
it is interesting to note that of those
selecting from the crib in the spring,
II per cent fell into the class yielding
less than the average, and only %
per cent fell into the class above the
average. On the othaf hand, Of those
selecting from the standing corn be-
fore FROST Ga per cent are above the
average, and only sc per cent below
the average. e5
The table also shows that SO IL
per cent of the farms make some kind
of selection of their seed corn, some
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
HoPkINTON.

Miss Lueua LeClere spent last
week in Monticello.
w. E. Doan has been in North Da-
kota looking after his land there.
DR.. Hands was here the latter part
of last week.
Miss Mae Dunlap is at home from
Manchester, where she has been for
several. weeks.
+ James Littlefield and family have
moved into the Beitz house in the
eastern part of town.
C. p. Joseph has moved into the
Woodward house vacated by James
Littlefield.
Miss Marshall went to Manchester
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Ellen Lux visited several days
In Manchester dast week. o.
w. s. Beels, editor Of the Lead
er, left Thursday evening for Glen
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
Man Outf1iea the Birds,

Compared with an aeroplane ascent
Of $4,000 feet, the common birds are
mere groundlings, for generally they
fly at no greater height than 800 feet.
When migrating. however they mount
higher, though even then the wild
goose (the loftiest Of them) seldom
reaches 1000 feet. The highest flier
in the world is the great condor, which
sometimes rises five miles.