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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
Social Center Pageant.

Four thousand people recently par
ticipated in an enthusiastic dedication
Of the public sc%hoolhouse as the real
community CAPITOL Of Sank City.
Wis. AS a part of a social center pa
geant the people took the ballot box
from the town hall to the public school
to celebrate the use Of the schoolhouse
as a polling place. In the town hall
the ballot box stood between the iron
barred jail door and the fire truck. In
the schoolhouse it was placed between
the pictures Of Washington and Lin
coin. 80 ~.
A multitude Of painted Indians. pic
turesque French. Yankee and German
settlers and townsfolk joined in the
triumphal, procession which carried the
ballot box through the dusty streets
singing Markham's Brotherhood"
The crest and browning of all good.
Life's hnal star. II brotherhood.
To this event the mighty ages ran.
Make way for brotherhood! Make way
for man:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
M.etino Of Civic Association.


The tenth annual convention of the
American Civic association will be held
at Washington on Dec. 2. 3 and 4. 1t
will be a most important meeting from
which will go out inspiration to all
parts of America for advance effort for
the achievement Of beautiful and help
full community life and for the preser
walton Of national scenic wonders. such
as Niagara. falls and the national parks.
This years convention of the Amer
ican Civic association will be an an
niversary occasion and distinguished
by the presence Of many Ut its charter
members. who at st. Louis in June.
1904, effected q consolidation Of the
American Park and Outdoor Art assO
ciation and the American League For
Civic Improvement under the name OF
the American Civic association.
The program for the December con
vention will relate Importantly to city
and town planning, to city and county
parks, to neighborhood improvement.
to the abatement of billboard and
smoke n%uisances and. in a large nation
al way. to Niagara fails preservation
and to the proposed creation by con
yress of a national parks service.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
WITH OPEN DOORS.
American Federation Of Labor Has No
Secrets to Hide.

American Federation Of Labor Has No
Secrets to Hide.
In responding to the speeches Of vel
come at the opening Of the American
Federation Of Labor convention Presl-
dent Gompers said:
ours is a great, rough struggle, as
is ever a mass movement for a humani-
tartan purpose and for justice. We do
not meet-the fact of our numbers for
bids the thought that we could meet
behind closed doors. with two or three
or four determining great problems for
the people. We must meet in large
numbers. and the very fact that our
numbers are large precludes the posi-
bility of u hiding anything we do or
undertake to do.
%"Incidental to the %ennobling purposes
and the great achievements in the in
terests Of the people there may be
some degree of roughness. but in all
the struggles of humanity. from step
to step in the advance movement, there
has always been a degree of roughness:
but. thank God, humanity forgets the
roughness incidental to the struggle
for the great achievements in the in
terests of humanity. So we may rest
content upon the understanding that
the time will come when the work Of
our movement and our men and our
women will be understood, and when
best understood will be all the more
highly appreciated"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
LABOR IN CONGRESS.
Membership Increased az a Result Of
the Recent Elections.

Membership Increased az a Result Of
the Recent Elections.
Unofficial reports to A. F. of L. head
quarters indicate that the Labor group
Of the Sixty-third congress is not only
reelected. with the exception Of Rob-
ert E. Lee, Blacksmiths' union, Penn
sylvania, but additional gains are made
in the election Of Mahlon M. Garland.
Iron. Steel and Tin Workers union.
Pennsylvania; Carl q. Van Dyke.
Brotherhood of Railway Postal Clerks.
Minnesota, and John G. Cooper, Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers. Ohio.
1t is quite probable that when official
returns are published this number will
be increased and the incoming .
gress will have a larger and still more
effective group insisting OF legislation
for the workers.
Another feature is the reelection of
a large number of congressman who.
although not members Of trade unions,
have in the past been friendly and
helpful in securing labor legislation
There have also been elected for the
first time a large number of congress
mel who have declared themselves as
favorable to the demand Of labor for
statutes in the interest of justice and
humanity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
THROWN INTO JAIL.
What Happened to a Worker Who Ad-
vortised For q Job.

What Happened to q Worker Who Ad-
vsrtised For . Job. .
An unemployed machinist Of st.
Louis. despairing Of finding work by
any other means, paraded the streets
carrying a sandwich sign as follows:
Chief Young wants 300 more policemen
to stop increasing crimes.
What shall l do?
No work, no money, four motherless
children to feed.
Shall ! steal. commit highway robbery
or kill myself and children?
One thousand are in the same position
in this city today.
Enormous luxury: enormous poverty.
What shall ! do?
He was advertising himself, the only
commodity he had to sell. Other ad-
vertisements were being carried around
the city in the same manner. but Or
ganized society's answer to his was to
throw him into Jail. He blocked traf-
&c by causing a crowd to collect.
New York city had an epidemic Of
failing seekers after work in c
ventional fashion last winter. That
treatment didn't solve the problem.
The authorities now are aware that
the unemployment problem will be
more acute this winter than last-so
acute that all the charity and relief
reasonably to be counted on will not
meet the need. Enormous luxury;
enormous poverty"-and what most Of
the poor ask is a chance to work for
wages sufficient to enable them to
keep on living in the way to which
they are accustomed. failing insistent
applicants for work and relieving"
meeker ones will not wash society's
slate clean.-New York Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
Want. Farm For convict..

Governor Major Of Missouri plans
to suggest to the legislature. which
will convene in January, the purchase
by the state of u tract near the peni.
Tertiary for a convict farm. where pro
duce may be raised for consumption
at the penitentiary. The Legislature
will be confronted with the problem
of finding employment for u large NUN
Der Of idle convicts. A clothing firm
will withdraw from the p%enitentiary in
February. and this will throw out Of
employment 1000 c%onvicts. each of
whom earned IS cents a day for the
state. All the existing contracts save
one will expire June l, 1915. and will
not be renewed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
eiaasst Book on Parade.

"Ponderous tones are VIGOROUSLY
uninteresting. but perhaps the biggest
book in the world went them one bet
ter by having nothing in it. 1t was
the blank book. eight feet long. six
feet wide and two feet thick. carried
in the union labor parade in Philadel-
phia to welcome the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor convention by the
local Bookbinders' union. There were
plenty of lines and plenty of paper in
it, but. save for the plate of the union
label ON the binding. not a word in
side or out. The binding was made Of
the best cloth with leather trimmings.
and the paper was Of the standard
blank book quality.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
Arkan.a. Restrict. Child Labor.

Two initiative acts and three consti-
tutional amendments voted on at a re-
zen election in Arkansas have been
adopted. Among these acts that gov
erning the employment Of child labor
has attracted general interest.
This act provides that a child to work
in any occupation must have attended
school four years and be more than
fourteen years Of age and that chill
dren under sixteen cannot be employ
ed in any hazardous occupation. The
state board of health Is authorized un-
der the act to rule on the hazards of
various lines of work. Children less
than sixteen years old i limited to
eight hours work a day. while for
those between sixteen and eighteen
nine hours work a day is the limit.
Children under sixteen are barred from
professional theatrical performances.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
LABOR. BRIEFS.

| .a.- t.LHL L
Tennessee limits the work of women
to ffty-fOur hours weekly.
Electric railways in the United
States employ 2S2.461 persons.
The liquor business annually pays
out 600 in wages in New York
state.
There are 100000 men engaged in
the metal and machinery industry in
this country.
Louisville Iron holders union had
on exhibition at the Kentucky state
fair ii splendid display Of their own
handiw0rk..
California labor unions favor the pro-
i,,osed constitutional amendment pro-
viding for the establishment OF q mini
mum wage for women and minors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25

NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
MEETS IN BAL TlMORE.
A Conference Devoted to Good City
Government.

The recent annual meeting of the Ma
tiOnui Municipal league held at Balti.
more was attended by hundreds OF
men and women experts In civic at.
fairs. and a number of interesting pa.
pers were read. Among those who
read papers were Clinton Rogers Wood
ruff. secretary OF the league. who in
his annual review spoke Of the present
phases Of the municipal situation. and
Hon. William Dudley Foulke. presi,
dent Of the league. who presented u
paper on Evolution In Charter Max.
ing" which dealt particularly with
the leagues efforts in behalf Of charter
reform. in connection with which 1t
has had q great influence In the past
fifteen years. DR. Clyde l.. King.
chairman of the leagues committee on
the relation Of the city to its food sup.
ply. presented a report DR.. King has
been studying the problem eve since
the protest vas voiced against the in,
creasing cost of foodstu1s. Miss Flor
ence Kelley. who has made q peculiar
place for herself in America as n of
the most effective workers In the
cause Of improvement of industrial
conditions. made an address on 1.-The
Children of Our Cities" and Mrs.
Charles A. Beard spoke on "Woman's
Work For the city" Miss Jane Ad-
dams presented an address upon $50
ciRl Activities Of the City"
President A. Lawrence Lowell of
Harvard gave an address entitled "Ad-
ministrative Experts In Municipal Gov
eInment." and Mayor John PurrOy
Mitchell of New York addressed the
league upon Unemployment as a City
Problem" 1.-The Commission Manager
Plan of Government In the Light of
Experience was the subject Of an ad
dress delivered by Henry NJ. Waite.
city manager of Dayton. o In con
nection with this meeting there was a
conference of civic secretaries. who
discussed the best methods of prOmot.
ing their work. !.
The National Municipal league is a
recognized factor making for civic
progress. Its objects are to multiply
the numbers. harmonic the methods
and combine the forces Of those who
are interested in good municipal gov
eminent: to promote the thorough In.
vestigation and discussion of the con-
ditions and details of municipal ad-
ministration and of the methods for Sc
Letting and appointing officials In
American cities and of constitutions.
laws and ordinances relating to such
subjects; to furnish data for public In
formation and discussion by the pub
lication Of the proceedings of the meet
ings. reports of committees and other
papers. books and periodicals bearing
upon the subjects of municipal govern
ment and municipal affairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
To union;ze Women Workers.

Hidden away among the mass Of sta
tistics which covered the years opera
tions Of the American Federation Of
Labor was a significant paragraph. 1t
showed that during the last year
1,467. 500 members Of organized labor
contributed each l cent for organiza.
ton of women. And with this money
defraying expenses eighteen organ
izers are in the field. They are bring.
ing into union labOr's ranks school,
teachers. textile workers. f~urriers,
stenographers. candy makers, nurses,
trained and domestic. and their as
sistants.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
wan Hire Union Teachers.

Only members Of the Bakers union.
local No. 2. will be engaged as instruc-
tors in the practical bakers school In
Lane Technical high school. Chicago.
Pupils desiring to take the course are
registering at union headquarters. This
is an example of the general movement
to engage union men and ONE to
teach trades in schools. which Is rap
idly gaining favor throughout the coun-
try.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
Fast Work on Accident Cases.

FdeI VV'N y" VSSso9"e O"sS"
The New York compensation com
mission seems finally to have caught
up with its back work and is handling
the claims now almost us fast us pre-
scented. Chairman Robert E. Bowling
said that 5000 claims have been dis.
posed of monthly. and. as the number
to be handled yearly has been estimat-
ed at $1,000. he felt safe in saying that
the commission would finish at least
eyen.. 49, !. 80.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
Tax on eimboard..

Denver. Colo. has passed an ordi.
mance that will tax every billboard.
electric and wall sign In the city.
Moreover, no billboard or sign is to be
allowed within 300 feet M any park.
nor shall they be placed along boule-
wards or Pathways. Approximately
$1,000 will be received annually by the
city from this tax levy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
WHAT LABOR WANTS.
What does labor want? 1t
wants the earth and the fullness

What does labor want? It
wants the earth and the fullness
thereof. There is nothing too
precious. there is nothing too
beautiful. too lofty. too ennobling.
unless 1t is within the scope and
comprehension Of. labor's aspira-
lions and wants.
We want more schoolhouses
and less jails;. more books and
less arsenals; more learning and
less vice; more constant work
and less crime; more leisure and
less greed; more justice and less
revenge-in fact, more Of the op-
portunities to cultivate our bet.
: ter natures. to make manhood
more noble. womanho0d more
beautiful and childhood more
happy and briaht.-Samuel Com
pers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
THE BLAZING YuLE LOG.
Il Holds Precedence Over the Christ
mas Tree In England.

Il Holds Precedence Over the Christ
mas Tree In England.
The Christmas tree was rarely seen
in England until made popular by the
German husband Of Queen Victoria.
and. while it is universal there at the
present time. It IS the Yule log and the
mistletoe that hold the center Of at
traction. Long before England became
a Christian country the Yule log VA
burned in honor Of a pagan deity at
the winter soistice. aud the infectious
spirit of cheer and good will which
prevailed ut that time survived wher
Christianity spread abroad. =
The festivities In England begin with
the lighting Of the Yule log on Christ
mas eve. In many parts Of the coun.
try the whole family. including serv.
ants. gather about the hearth and
"beguile the long evening. with rural
games. legendary jokes and oft told
Christmas tales" One Of the oldest
customs observed in England ts the
singing Of Christmas carols from house
tn house by Christmas carolers. Some
Of the carols sung today are at least
900 years old.
s
Christmas Belle.
heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old. famf110e carols play
And. wild ed sweet.
The wordk Hopeat
OF peace on earth. good will to meni
-Longfellow,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
TRADE UNION STRENGTH.

More Than Fourteen Million Workers
Are Organized.
Commissioners Lynch Of the New
York department Of labor reports that
there are in the world 14.113,G11 trade
union members. an increase Of 1,1OO,-
COZ in a year. The larger member
ships are:
Great Britain and ......... $685.. 769
Germany ~3,2l3.oS6
Cnlted STATES. 1,VV4' lVA
france A'V1I,vol
Italy 81, 667
Austria 532, $40
The biggest American unions are
connected with transportation. G67,845.
Next come building and stone work
ing, 543. AGO. and mines and quarries.
1913 0
American unions raised in 1913 $14.-
1929. Nearly $9,OOO.OO 0 were ex-
pended in death benefits; only $780,
600 for strikes. The $1,355.OO0 used
for sick benefits seems relatively small.
hut not all unions make such allow
ances. The typographical union paid
$242.650 in old age pensions.
Names unfamiliar here occur In for
eign classifcation-Czech unions in
Austria. rival Socialist and Christian
unions in Belgium and Germany.
Hirsch- Duncker unions in the latter
country. In Holland the Christian
unions are even divided into Protes-
tant and Catholic.
British unions spend $19.OOO.OOO a
year-one-third for strikes-and have
100000 in accumulated funds.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
Christmas Sermon In Words
Of One Syllable.

An innovation in sermons vas the
one delivered by the Rev. A. smyths
Palmer, M. A. D. D., vicar Of Holy Trim
ity church, Wanstead, England, on the
birth Of Christ. This sermon 10 en-
tireiy in words Of one syllable.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25

J speaks the mlnu OF 80
who tells US and would hav
us know what God thinks, to
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-13
LONG NECK.

Mrs. o. a. Amend and son, Lawrence.
of Brooklyn, n. Y, who have been
spending few weeks with relatives in
this vicinity. has returned to her home
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. s. A.
Warrington, who is going to spend the
winter with friends and relatives.
The people of this vicinity were greatly
shocked to hear of the death of Howard
Warrington, of near Bridgeville, son of
r. J. Warrington.
A. J. Hart and Alfred Lingo, called
on Edward Lingo, of Piney Neck, who
is very sick at this writing.
There will be service at Trinity Chapel
Sunday, Nov. p, Sunday school at 30
D O'clock, and preaching at 2.3O.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-13

by his head. Convinced that someone
behind a bridge had shot at him. he put
on all speed and rushed his automobile
TO his home. upon his arrival he reported
MS attack to his friends, and all got
ready to hunt back along the road for
MS assallant when it was found that
! the shot had come from a blown ont
/ TIRE, which some inquisitive one found
on the rear of the machine before the
hunt Tor the man with a gun was
started. 1t was some time before
Cnandler could be convinced that his
imaglnatian had played him false.
Knocked down by an automobile along
crowded street. the little daughter of
John Rogers had her foot badly mashed
at Georgetown on Return Day,
oscar b; King, a Georgetown mer-
enant was bad y cut about the face and
head when a runaway horse threw him
out Of the wagon.
Judge H. c. Conrad of Georgetown. /
gave reception to the newly appointed /
Judge I. B. Heisel at his home last
week.
While passing TulPs Schoolhouse.
George Mitchell was knocked out of his
carriage by brick thrown by a school
boy. The boy could not be identified
W. c. PeltOn, the new agricultural
agent for Sussex county has opened up
at Georgetown and secured
an automobile to use in visiting the
farmers of the county.
The little daughter of Alfred Rogers
If Ioar, fell from a chair last week and
broke her collar bone.
Augustus Wharton, colored boy was
lut in the Jail at Georgetown SATURDAY.
harged with attempting to wreck the
passenger train between Georgetown
nd Rehoboth Beach. The boy con-
essed to putting a rail on the track to
ee a smash up.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-13
GLENDALE

r.o interesting debate held at No. {
lnolbouse two weeks ago. and which
S.oo,,' .o much pleasure, has started anew
;nterest of Ellendale's orators, who
y aiwavs ready to exploit their ability
v so-s ne lime light of popular favor.
sis,s ~et no date has been set, or sides
~ but these subjects have been
lAsnnsed-The du POnt Road, Women
&,sge and Shall Our New Legislature
ss.sn;f s.l-S;f The Liquor Question to the Peo-
wv or Shall They Indorse Re Submis-
They are all subjects which will
..,;t of great discussion and much
XIV and we perdict that before they
si y al thrashed out there will be many
N words spoken.
~, Arkadia Lloyd met with a serious
4 nainful accident last week, while
r..bting from a carriage at the home
JIrs Il. F. Williams, the horse started
.tiie This aged lady had her foot on the
.ssol and she was thrown violently to
" ground. where her forehead struck I
N Vas cut and split from ear to ear.
~ was picked up unconscious and car
ssS into the house, and DR.. Samson took
INV stitches to close the wound. She
.,,s6orted to be improving slowly. Her
i,ngbter. Mrs. Mary Gray, of Philadel-
IA is at her bedside rendering all pos
ibe assistance.
William Benson, a hard working and
,,osDerous young farmer of near No. 6
.6oobOuse, met with a similar accident I
gAi.b proved quite as serious. While
rosding potatoes at his large barn he q
~ standing on the wheel, when the t
IAN started and he was thrown, strik-
a. the back of his head on the barn sill,
r3 badly cutting the scalp across the l
~ of the brain. He lay unconscious
h two hours, before his perilous condi- n
IN was discovered. A doctor was C
lied and the wound closed. Heis slowly t
1proying now.
Ms Thomas Baker has gone to Cam f
n. New Jersey, to be treated and un- a
mo an operation for an internal af- r,
ehOn. After consulting specialists in
,IimOre, she was advised to go to a h.
spital. h
Real cold weather is with US, after a tc
lnderfuly warm fall, and this is hard
tender hands at husking time &C
An account of the HolOWeen celebra-
o in Glendale, which was a great re
dit to the one last year, was ommit- vi
from our letter last week, while the
10y mummers, who had 1.-The time of ST.
ii lives" on the streets that night, ito
erve mention. 1t was a big night on
Glendale. but it seemed everything ru
turned around, and when one went re.
lug fair maiden. she was found ex
be a man dressed up, while all the Co
S we're masquarading as men. While fe,
allies and by-ways were piled up Tr
J wagons and carriages, there was lar
aw suit, as occurred last year, over
fling Ofense. Everyone was happy at
out for a gay time, as it should be liot
lOOween. PAUL PRY. on
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-13
DAMS CROSS : ROADS

~ N. g. s. Thomas and wife were en-
-usl ',. at Clarence Parker's on last
,.- .-a Morris and daughter, Helen, of
,u1oo9' were Sunday visitors of John
n a. and Mrs. Thomas Porter gave their
sa Sl'e5 Elizabeth Porter, a party on
ss1sssaay evening, in honor other 18th
ay' large number of guests were
nv, s5-, and Miss Porter received many
4 ,Ilne @ and useful presents. Alta late
\ |e guests were invited to the dining
,l. lMnere the table was loaded with
s,,.ali ,a,lis $ to eat. All report a fine time.
4, aoe oS adams was the guest OF his
N, VI. vi saturday and Sunday
sRoan51 an1 Mrs VIM. Robinson, of Chest
n, sous, were guests of Miss Elizabeth
l.' On Sunday.
,,i, n and Mrs. W. I. Hubbard and
S,sl cos entertained friends from Easton
! N s..,len nelen Lyden, of Smithville, and
49, s'Suer Adams were Sunday visitors
grandmother, Mrs. D. c. Adams.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-13
ST. JOHNSTOWN.

Many of the ST. Johnstown people at
tended the wedding of Roland Wiley
and Miss Sallie Elliott, of Douflin Hit.
ON Saturday evening. Nov 7.
Mrs. Ellen Hatfield is very sick at this
writing.
Thomas Marshall, of Seaford, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs William Carlisle
on Saturday and Sunday last.
H. {. Lord is very sick at his daugh-
s, Mrs. NJ. w. Newton also, Thomas
Wiley is critically i'll.
Miss Nora Passwaters, Of Ellendale. is
spending some time with her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Wiley. WHITE WING.