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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
Carl Person Marked For Death
By The Illinois Central Railroad

streets Of Clinton and bea thin al
most to Inconsistencies, whereupon
the labor editor shot and killed the
giant strike breaker.
comerford Moves for Change of Venue
Attorney Frank Comerford made a
motion for change of venue to take
the trial from Clinton where feeling
is so strong against Person that
lynching has been proposed. Since
the strike of the $4,000 union shop
men on the Illinois Central and Harri-
man Lines on Sept. 80, 1911, Person
had remained in Clinton after all of
the strikers had been driven out. In
his expose Of the conditions on the
Illinois Central and his denunciation
In The7Strike Bulletin, of the tactics
employed by the road, he aroused the
hatred Of the entire community.
In support OF the motion for a
change of venue, Comerford put a
corp of notaries public at work. can
vassfng every inch Of the 500 square
miles of Dewitt county to secure aft
daVtts Of prejudice. AS a result of
this costly but necessary move, SIP
affdavits were filed. They were sign
ed by citizens of the county who ad-
mitted that the feeling against Person
and organized Labor was SO strong in
the county it would be impossible to
secure an unprecedented jury.
Prosecution 476, Defense sig.
1T is now UP to Judge Cochran to
decide whether the change of venue
will be granted. The defense has pro-
duced 512 af1davits to show that it
ought to be granted. The prosecution,
"ked by the Illinois Central, has
filed ATS afidavits to show that the
chance for a fair trial before an unpre-
JUDGED jury should be denied. This
IS the way the murder trial in which
| Carl Persons life is at stake, rests at
the present time.
Judge Cochran was to have given
his decision Monday, June Doth, but
for the fourth time since the beginning
Of the Illinois CentraPs determined
effort to hang Person. death has STEP
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FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD
(By Ralph korngIod.) :.

There are those who maintain that
under Socialism woman will withdraw
from active participation in industry
and will, as of yore, confine her activi-
ties to the home.
Tehre are some who even make the
statement that under Socialism Wo-
men will not be permitted to work in
industry.
If this were Sc then indeed, Social
ism would have but little to offer wo-
mankind. 1t would be narorwin, in
stead of widening to her sphere.
Nothing of the kind will, however,
take place.
WOMEN HAVE ENTERED INDUS
LIFE TO STAY. f
No doubt their position in present
day industrial society is often harmful
and degrading, but the harm and deg
relation are not necessary part of
industry.
Capitalism, not industry, is respon-
sib1e for these.
Z believe it more than probable that
women will continue to enter the
trades. and professions in greater and
greater lumber, and that Socialism
will give an unusually strong impetus
to .Woman's industrial activity.
If the present evolution of home
activities continues, as no doubt it
will, there will soon not be enough
labor in the ordinary home to keep
an able bodied woman busy.
Consequently there will be but two
alternatives for women-to become
,ither industrial workers or social
parasites.
Even today the kindergarten, the
'ublic school, steam heat, steam laun-
dries, vacuum cleaners, etc., leave the
average woman of the well-to-do mid
die class with altogether too much
time on her hands for bridge-Whist
and gossip. r
There is every evidence that the
kitchen range, the "altar Of the home"
is next in line for disappearance.
This may sound revolutionary to
some, but so would the prediction Of
the disappearance of the spinning
wheel have sounded to our grand
mothers.
1t should not be forgotten that IN
der Socialism all the most modern de-
vices for simplifying an altogether
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ped in causing further delay. The
postponement was caused by teh death
OF Circuit Judge Johns, one of the
judges, before whom Person was to
have been tried. 1t was Judge Johns
baliff the hearing of Persons habeas
corpus petition in Chicago, on which
the fighting editor was, released on
i12, 900 bonds, after being held in Jail
five months.
Death Plays Stellar Role.
The otner deaths which seem to
have occurred with ominous regularity
on the side of the prosecution, was
that Of Attorney Lemon, counsel for
the Illinois Central in the Injunction
cases agaist the strikers, exJudge
lngham, prominent as a witness for
the Illinois Central, and Judge Phil
brick another one of the judges of
the district. Judge Cochran is now
the only judge remaining in the dis
trict to act on the case. He has agreed
to hear arguments on the change of
venue motion on Tuesday.
In the mean time effort is being
made by the Person Defense League
of Chicago and the Railway Employees
Department of the American Fedora
ton of Labor to raise funds to CON
tinue the fight for Persons life. In
addition to the trumped up murder
charge for which the penalty is death,
Person faces another trial in the fed
eral courts on an Indictment charging
him with "using the mails to circulate
matter rejecting injurious1y on the
conduct of the Illinois Central" This
Indictment carries a maximum penalty
# 20 years in a federal prison and
PA 900 fine The is urgent need of
funds to defray the expenses of both
trials, so that Person can be returned
to his place of effectiveness sin the
ranks of the workers.
Donations to the fund are being re-
ceived by the Person Defense League
# Chicago, 1855 West Washington
street, Chicago, Ill, and John Scott,
treasurer of the Railway Employees
Department, American Federation Of
Labor, 3O1 Sawyer Building, st. Louis.
Mo-
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
DENOUNCED AND ousrED.

At the recent national convention of
the Chiefs of Police held at Grand
Rapids, Mich, resolutions were pres
ented and adopted by unanimous vote
whereby William J. Burns was ex-
PEELED from that organization.
According to reports, some strong
widely self-advertised sleuth and his
methods. These were anything but
complimentary. Yet, nothing NEW
was advanced by any of the police
chiefs who know Burns. THERE
COULD NOT BE. ~
The wonderful Burns, proclaimed
by his press agents as ''the man
who never sleeps has been so thor
oughly exposed from coast to coast
that even the Government Some time
ago had to condemn and repudiate
this once much-heralded secret service
prosecutor. 4
i The lever wide-awake great detec.
tiveN built his reputation by sending
innodent men to prison and by shield.
ing the guilty.
Boosting of superhuman intuition
and extraordinary psychic knowledge
his Sherlock Holmes career fails to
reveal when Burns ever apprehended
or found a victim except when some
informer came and told him where he
could plan and stage sensational
play. His testimony on the witness
stand is of the customary gossip var
iety, pompously administered.
F. 1t has been said that Burns was orr
ginally a tailor, but that he found the
sleuth business more profitable than
the old honorable trade. Be that as
it may, Burns has proved good
poser. Tightly corsetted and fault
lessly dressed, he may serve as an
elegant fashion plate for any first
class tailoring establishment.
nile the action of the police chiefs
at Grand Rapids was not wholly IN
expected, yet it was rather rude
treatment of a member who can lay
claim to the title of being the Beau
Brummel fthe organization. i
Ousted and spruned by the men
who preside over the thief-catching de-
partnfents of the big cities. of the
United States, the once voluble great
AM detective Burns remains silent.
This in itself is most extraordinary.
4 reputation built on lies and
Grickery has been shattered.
1t was the final blow-the last kick
when Burns was classified as a
"scab" and ostracized by the police
heads of the country.
Burns does not ened to worry. Why
should he? His national detective
agency is subsidized by the Money
Trust and is busy furnishing murder
ers, thugs and strikebreakers for the
Mining Trust and other industrial
monopolies. He ha sbeen-the plant
tool of the interests ever since he left
the tailor shop, and wherever there
are strikes, lockouts and industrial
trouble, Burns men will be found
prowling for their prey in the future
as in the past Organized Labor.
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How did you find that piece of
steak, sir?'' asked the smiling waiter
in anticipation of a liberal tip.
81 really don It know" said the large
man, gazing at his plate; Il just. hap
pened to move that little piece of
potato and the steak was under ii"
What kind of mea thave you this
morning?" asked the husband of the
butcher.
1.-THE best steak we have ever had,
sir" replied the butcher. sfHere you
are, sir; as smooth as velvet, and as
tender as a woman's heart
The husband looked up and said:
.'sI'll take sausage"
why on earth don't men settle
down after they marry?' complained
Mrs. Gabb. Es.-~
Because their wives won't quit
stirring them up" retorted Mr.. Gabb.
Professor produces sound
waves?
STUDENT don't know, sir.
'4Well, here | speak to you for fifteen
minutes, and that which proceeds
from my mouth produces sound waves.
Now, what is it?''
Hot air!"
Edith-I'm very fond Of Jack, but
papa will never hear of my marrying
him.
EthelLNo, dear, he never will. Jack
has proposed to me.
.Ts that Ella's husband?" \
Eyes"
He must be easily suited" 1
easily suited! Say, that fellow
would take a round trip in street
car just for the ride!" l.
*When Miss vikings married ole
Moneybags she gave her age as TWEEN
lty-five. 1 feel sure she is older thar
that" .
"oh, 1 suppose she allowed one-thirt
off for cash." :.
Willie-Paw, where are all the talk
ing machines made?
Paw-They are not made, my son
They are born.
Maw-You go to bed, Willie.
ibid you follow the thread of he,
discourse?"
t'No; soon saw that she JUS
wanted to string me-"
Il pride myself on my sunny dis
position"
f'You do, eh?''
fsYes." :
swell, don It flatter yourself tia
every cir lyou beam upon gets a Goa
of tan"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
SMALL CHANCE, INDEED!

Crossing the Atlantic with Mark
Twain several years ago." said w.
C. T. U. woman, 81 asked his opinion
of the prohibition law. His reply was
very characteristic, very humorous:
"T am a friend of temperance and
want it to succeed he said, but ]
don't think prohibition is practical.
The Germans, your see, prevent it.
Look at them. I am sorry to learn
that they have just invented a method
of making brandy out of sawdust.
Now, what chance will prohibition
have when a man can take a ripsaw
and go out and get drunk with fence
rail? What is the good of prohibition
if man is able to make brandy
mashes out of the shingles of his roof,
or if he can get delirium tremens by
linking the legs off the kitchen
chairs"
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slRx lloyd Gibbons.l

CI;nton;. III, July 9.-(SpeciaL lin
an EFFORT to force Carl Person, the la.
nor editor, to trial for his life, in De.
Wit county where prejudice and the
;nflnence of the Illinois Central rail
royd would hang him, States Attorney
Williams has filed 476 afidavits in
which the existence of any prejudice
against Person is stoutly denied.
10 stone is being left unturned in
the man-hunt for the machinist-news-
naDar ma whose fearless campaign OF
publieity~against the Illinois Central
and Hartman Lines, has cost the
roads milliapS~of dollars and has
hrought the editor in the shadow of
the gallows and the federal prison.
Strike Breakers Eligible to Jury
Service.
The aff1davits were signed by Illi-
noiss Central strike breakers of which
the road has imported more than 400
TO its Clinton shops and kept them
here until they are eligible for jury
service, Labor haters and subservient
merchants, either fearful of or cater
ing to the favor of the big corpora
ton, contributed their share of the
death warrants" while the remainder
was supplied by farmers whose minds
have been turned against Person by
the kept press" of the county. These
papers which exist on the favor of the
illinois Central told their readers that
Person was not an American citizen,
that he was an anarchist and a "trou
ble-making agitator' and that for the
good of the community, he should be
hanged
It was one of the 400 strike breakers
that Person was forced to kill in de-
tense of his life Tony Musser, an ex-
chief Of police, of Clinton, who stood
six feet, two inches in heighth and
weighed 315 pounds, lured the young
labor editor from his Office with a
decoy telephone message. Person
stands five feet, five inches in heighth
and weighs 1929 lbs. Musser sprang
upon Person from ambush on the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09

HOTEL MECCA
f4Sg and 81 Market Street.
Newly Remodeled, Strict Attention
Paid TO Guests, Everything up-te-date.
RoeRas 80 and 75c, Including Bath.
Meals Oorv0d day and night otaa
HARRY 4 PARkDl0R
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
PLAN OF TURKISH GOVERNMENT
dispatch from Constantinople.)

I
With view to raising the moral
standard of the Turkish people, and to
break the opium habit, the govern
ment has decided to break from that
part of the Mohammedan faith which
demands prohibition of the manufac-
ture and consumption of alcoholic
beverages, and to induce several Aus
TRAN and German brewers to establish
plants in the Ottoman empire, are Of
fering concessions. Turkey is at pres
emit the only prohibition country in the
world, and probably the poorest, while
its people are race of cigarette
fiends.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09

eliminating house work will be at the
command of every woman.
The home under Socialism will
cease to be WORKSHOP, place of
drudgery, and will become the gather
ing place for the members of the fam
lily after the days labors are perform
ed.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
WHAT GLADSTONE THOUGHT

In Morley5s Life of Gladstone, that
grand old man of England is Quilted as
saying: GLOW can I, who drink good
wine and bitter beer every day of my
life in comfortable room and among
friends, cody stand up and advise
hard working fellow-creatures to. take
the pledge?" (Vol. H., p. 1922
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
GOOD SALESMAN WANTED
To Sell Our Fruit Treea

Best terms known to the Nurs-
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cash weekly good money made
selling our excellent stock. Salts
faction guaranteed. The chance
Of Q lifetime for busters, none
other need appl.
Cedar Hill Nursery and Orchard
c., Box r, Winchester, Tenn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-25
AustHdns Explain ReDerses
Suffered in Serbian Fights

Nish, servia, Aug. 24.-servia has
issued reply to the official communi-
cation on the Austro-Servian situation
issue at Vienna. After repeating the
many points of the Austrian notes,
the Servian communication says:
''1n order to put matters in their
proper light. the official press bureau
has been authorized by the highest
authorities to issue the following:
1.-The Servian army captured from
the enemy in the engagement on the
Drina. spoils which up to the present
include the following items: Four
thousand five hundred prisoners, fifty
three guns eight howitzers, ia cais-
sons. three field ambulances and a
medical column with supplies, fourteen
field kitchens, fifteen ammunition pro-
vision and telegraph wagons, railroad
trains, quantities Of equipment, sever
al strong boxes, etc.
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Germans Claim Another Big
Vict01p ODer the Ffenchn1en

of Longwy, has defeated and forced
back the French army. The other
army, under the Bavarian crown
priNce, Rupprecht, which, as already
reported, won a victory in Lorraine IN
pursuing the defeated enemy, has
reached a line from Luneville to Bla
mont and continues today. The Ger
man guns since Saturday evening have
been laundering at Namur.
"Very soon some new Zeppelins will
be ready for work on the Belgian
coast and the English channel"
Three Day Attack.
London, Aug. PA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Basel, Switzerland
dated Aug. 22, says the Germans for
the last three days have been en-
deavoring to force the French out OF
their entrenchments around Mul
hansen.
The fierce attack Of the Germans
was several times repulsed, the cor.
respondent continues. A continuous
procession of wounded Germans ie
proof Of the bloodshed caused by the
French artillery on the hills around
Altkirch.
A night attack was visible from
Basel One could see the explosions
Of the howitzers from the mountain
occupied by the French. Searchlights
in Baden picked up the position of the
enemy.
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New York, Aug. 24.-The following
unsigned dispatch has been received:
Berlin (no date), wireless to Say
vile, L. l., Aug. 23.-The third French
army has been defeated. This Is highly
important strategically as well as be-
cause of it's moral effect. The cam
paign seems to be the product OF the
much discussed French policy to
anticipate an advance into Belgium by
attempting to crush the center OF the
German positions in Lorraine, which
they were led to believe weak.
GAS a result of the French failure
it is held probable that they will re-
new their defensive position. German
experts are confident that the frontier
forts like those at Liege will speedily
succumb to the heavy artillery"
Claim Alsace Victory.
Washington. D. c., Aug. 24.-The
German embassy yesterday issued the
following:
"The French attempt to invade up.
per Alsace has been frustrated by the
defenders In Lorraine the French
are retiring from the frontier. The
German people find the Havas French
news reports about so-called big
French progress most amusing and
just as false as some announced IN
1870.
"The army north Of Metz, under the
crown prince, advancing on both sides
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Authoritative Statement on
European Struggle Given
Out By Ambassador
SAYS FATHERLAND
WILL WIN OUT YET
Americans Advised to Look
Carefully at Dispatches
From Allied Forces

New York, Aug. 24.-Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador to
the United States, returned to his post
today on the steamer Noordam and
gave out one of the most authoritative
interviews yet expressed here on Ger
many's attitude toward the war. Ger
many was bound to win in the end,
he said. She was fighting because her
cause was just. He predicted that
Americans would come to regard the
conflict in this light. Italy, he believ-
ed, would not permit herself to take
sides against Germany.
MY wife Is with the Red Cross at
Munich" said the ambassador, "and
my son is with the .emperor's guard.
All my secretaries have gone to the
front, and regret that was not able
to see active service myself.
From the emperor to the lowest
unskilled workingman in the father
land, Germany Is united to defend her
self against the frivilous and unwar-
ranted attack Of jealous powers. The
German people will fight to q finish
and will be victorious In the end.
Cut on. the Truth7
"At tho oHLreak OF the war" he
continued. "the English cut the cable
to this neutral country for the sole
purpose Of preventing the truth from
coming here. There was no excuse
for that act, except the desire to de-
ceive the people of the United States
as to the true conditions of the war.
But believe Americans will prove
themselves fair enough to weigh care
fully all the news that comes from
English and French sources.
"The calling of the Japanese into
the fray shows one thing above all
else. It shows that England does not
feel very safe. The Japanese will
doubtless take Kiao Chau--sheer weight
Of numbers assures that. But by the
end Of the war japan will have the su-
premacy of the .Pacific-a thing she
has striven for during many years.
Japan took advantage Of the situation
to strike this blow for the sole pur-
pose of acquiring this supremacy.
Thinks Liege Taken.
When the true story of the assault
on Liege is told, Americans will have
q far different opinion than that gain
ed from the colored accounts from
Belgium, French and English sources.
As matter Of fact, the troops under
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FORTS At L|EGE
STILL HOLD OUT
German Invaders Trying in
Vain to Make Belgian
Defenders Give Up
GREATLY HINDERS
ADVANCE OF ARMY

Paris. Aug. 24.-The Petit Journal
publishes the following details Of the
fighting around Liege, obtained by it
from Belgian officer:
German troops rushed on the
barbed wire defenses before the forts
OF Liege in the darkness Of night. A
very strong current OF electricity was
being maintained In these wires and
as result the first ranks OF the Ger
mans were electrocuted.
"Unchecked, the assailants followed
enmasse but they were blinded by the
glare Of powerful arclights. They
hesitated and started to retire. At that
moment heavy fire OF rifles and artil-
lery was concentrated on the mass Of
German troops and they were cut to
pieces. The mass Of bodies formed a
mound in some places many feet high.
To drown out the groans Of the wound
ed, the German bugles sounded mar
tial airs, and the troops still alive
united In cheering.
Near one fort two columns OF Ger
mans, blinded by the glare of Belgian
searchlights attacked each other. This
incident was seen from the fort. When
one side seemed to have the better Of
the struggle" the Belgian officer goes
on to say, "our artillery fred into both
sides alike, thus making the struggle
more even"
Forts Hinder Advance.
London, Aug. 24.-In dispatch
from Rotterdam, the correspondent OF
tho Daily Telegraph says that after
many days of quiet, sounds Of the
vigorous bombardment of Liege
reached the frontier near Maestricht
on Sunday. They were heard for
hours and indicated that the Germans
are making tremendous effort to
clear this long standing danger from
their line OF supply and that to this
end they had brought their heaviest
Howitzers into action.
Fugitives report, the correspondent
continues, that the Liege forts have
caused great inconvenience to the
Germans, by destroying their pantoon
bridges over the Meuse. The Daily
Main publishes a dispatch from Ant
werp saying that a Belgian who sue
ceeded in getting to Liege and back re-
ports that the Germans have built
eight pontoon bridges across the Meuse
between Liege and the Dutch
frontier.