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Probable Socialist Party Nominee for President Sees WAX
Anead-Beheves Germany, Animated By . Tremendous d
Ambition for World Power viii Attack United states
DON'T CARE WHO MAKES THE ARGUAENTA
+ JUST SO LONG AS NATION Is GIVEN GUNS
Paclflsts and Shocks His Followers BY Declaring o1
Mita1ism-Fears Democracy Will be Destroyed Unless
.> r. .Americao Awakens to Meet the War Lord, 8

Charles Edward Russell issued, q
call for Americans to arm themselves
and prepare TOR death grapple with
Germany at the close of the present
war in Europe in an address delivered
at Philadelphia last Sunday.
4. Russell drew a vivid word picture
of Germany reaching out to dominate
the world. IAN empire animated by a
tremendous ambition for world
power bo und by no treaties, keeping
no faith, no morals except the moral
of conQuests, =: clashing with the
United States over the Monroe Doc
:trine in South America, with the in
evitablev resQlt-war." "%~t's- - 49,
= He arose to assheight Of, irnpas-
stoned .oratory in :, his, plea. for pre-
paredness. Them, suddenly stopping,
he advanced to the front nofssthe plat
FORM, as If challenging hts audience,
and said: .. -. - - >-,. =. .c...
And I don't. care who makes the
armament. No man ~has,.written more
or talked more about armament,
kings. graft in, the manufacture Of
munitions or denounced frauds and
the trusts, :. l. don't cccare if Charles
Schwab or Andy Carnegie: or anybody
else makes the profit, Say to you,
you have. got to have the tools. You
have got to havewguns, ships, fort
resses. Let the /: government make
them. Let it make~a all it can. But
get it, get it, get it!'' ..,,-.-..-.
X He Flags Pacifists.
= Russell =flayed.14 14the-..sspacifists un-
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Limit less P0SSIBIII ZEE, FOR PUBLIC Use
&: TO WHICH old ARMORY MAY Be PUT

!. The shrineys are mighty fine bunch Of fellows
with the ks they take the cake whole hearted jo-
ity and for performing Godke deeds among men they
are surpassed BY We like the shriners and: we
wish them we'll; -"
80 If The Labor World favored selling the Armory
property we would be pleased to it into the
hands of the shriners it goes without saying they
would make good use Of it, ..-s r .
But the commissioners should not dispose of this
property not unless trade be made for other
erty equally good. -~~r>j !
In Chicago the city is paying millions of dollars to-
acquire property for public away
ago for song! " :
The city fathers other days had mo- vision. They
did not dream that the city would want play grounds
public amusement halls, gynasunas anything Of the
sort city hail, jail, workhouse and public IL
brary they thought would suffice, they turned to
private parties most of the public property tina,
them when the big city laid out. Now the people
of Chicago regret the taken by their city officials
when the city was scarcely larger than Duluth. -
No amount Of pressure should Influence commits
soner to vote to sell the peoples property such the
Armory for $50000 for price, unless the money
be secured therefrom put back into other property
Do not worry how the Armory can be used, It may
be an exceedingly costly garage, blacksmith shop
sorehouse for city property 1t may tfle out OF
the for public convenience to be used by the
and light department If i is not expedient to the
big building for any of the above purposes there
other to which it may be put. ~.
How would it do for community center public
forum? It would make splendid public gymnasium
It would be excellent place for pubic moving picture
shows to be run in connection with the public play
ground work. The old boys, those who do not feel at
home in places might mention, need recreation
as well the young ones. -.
An occasional municipal ball would not hurt, not
unless such event would seriously affect
u1oa
However, they managed to take the frigidy out Of
every city where they have been tried outMlwaukee
and Rochester, for instance 49,.
Then there the migratory worker who travels about
from lumber camp to mine, and from railroad work
the harvest fields who has place In the city
tas lae head 81 BELOW SAes
possible, Without the grass would grow
in streets. There is endless chain them going
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n and out of the city We think Of them only az tran
sients, and then we stop thinking about them. ~ !,
Wouldn't room in the armory be dandy club room
for the migratory worker? In such roonn properly
supervised he could read and lounge smoke and play
games, just like any other mortal And we should do
this much for him just to show how appreciate his
labor i'm harvesting the building the railroads.
mining the iron and getting out logs for lumber
doing the work that makes it possible for Duluth
such Important commercial center. ~ w.. -
the Lake Carriers association doing for the
the migratory workers of the lakes-the city
and should do larger scale for the lumber jacks
miners, the farm hands and railroad construction
rkers visit to the lake carriers headquarters will
conYince observing OF the virtue of an
lnstituton. .-' y 7.,' '"l
use for the shriners, but it will make much better
club house for all the people, and particularly class
m men who practically homeless during their brief
Btay in the city. 49, -
z. By no means should the armory property be dis
posed of to private parties. It is the only available
meeting hall in the city for general purposes. The
militia boys should be inconvenienced their drill
nights changed from time time in the armory to-
accommodate others who may desire the of build
Ing for dances meetings. Keep the old building
these purposes. -: :s
Municipal activities should consist something more
building sidewalks, Streets sewers providing
public health and maintaining public safety And
"StA~Ao SHO"Au u0'SAOR uO"A
and cuts collecting wages small amounts due
hoTers from reckless employers maintaining public odg
house and work FARMS and conducting play grounds
and social neighborhoed eenters. - - r.,
The tendency in American cities these days is to
quire property and not to dispose Of it. The majority
of commissioners to- be congratulated
they have already preventing the passage
Of the property from the city private parties
+ If they should finally change their and
clude would be- we'll to dispose Of the property
they should not do without first giving the people
right pass on the proposition through the medium Of
The eferendum No Of citizens desireto be put
70 the painful necessity having to circulate petitions
therefor =: astt$*#sf - - = -. rssEtss~ ~ ss~
is not believed will be necessary
sibttes for public use to which the old afmors can
be putt ~ ~ : T*~= =t~s: = " ,~..:>~.r
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During the convention Of the
American Federation of Labor, Vic
tot Berger, former Socialist congress-
mai and editor Of the Milwaukee
Loader, attacked, in his paper, Sam
uel Gompers, president Of the Amer
loan Federation of Labor, by declar-
ing that Mr.. Gompers was a traitor
to the working class for advising GER
tain unions not to be influenced by
agents of foreign governments in
calling strikes for shorter hours of
labor or higher wages in plants where
labor was employed in manufacture
ing munitions of war.
Mr.. Gompers went to Milwaukee
last Sunday at the invitation of sew
eral trade unionists and he gave the
workingmen of Milwaukee a view Of
Mr.. Taft's personal friend, Mr.. Ber-
ger, that they had heretofore paid
little attention to. Mr.. Gompers was
accompanied by Ernest Bevin and
Charles G. Ammon, fraternal dele
gates from Great Britain to the con-
vention of the American Federation
of Labor. The Socialists did not like
the idea of Mr.. Gompers coming to
Milwaukee and they were conspicu-
Gus at the meeting by their absence.
Enemies Within Ranks.
Mr.. Gompers devoted large por-
ton of his time to a discussion Of the
practical philosophy of the trade
union movement. He related the
early struggles of labor to lift itself
from a condition of serfdom. He told
of the achievements of the trade
unions in America, and declared that
much more would have been secured
were it not for the obstacles set in
the way by men who pretended to be
friends Of labor. He put it as fol-
lows:
THE only obstacle in the way of
the toilers getting justice and the re-
ward to which they are entitled for
the service they are giving to society,
are the workers themselves. We need
have no apprehension of the hostility
Of employers Or. corporations i We
'"ereessas united 70 etsci1sS IT Is
disunity, lack Of loyalty, lack OF de-
votlon, lack of corporation, suspi-
cion, doubt, separation, division, ces-
sation-all that sort; fighting each
other instead of standing shoulder to
shoulder and making common cause
for practical results-all these form
the obstacle. While have no doubt,
I have my day dreams for the time.
II build castles in the air. But I
prefer to stand with my fellow, work
ers in the movement that is going to
make today better day than yester-
day, tomorrow better tomorrow,
and the day after better than the day
before-each better day than the
day which has gone before.
Mr.. Gompers discussed recent laws
passed by Congress for the benefit of
Labor. Referring to the Seamen's
bill, he said:
Recent Laws to Benefit Labor.
"You know the struggle we have
made to secure the enactment of q
law by which the seamen of America
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TWO GIANT TRADE
MERGERS PLANNED
Dry Goods and Sugar Companies
May Consolidate Into $780, !
...:, =, 600. 900 Firms. s... :....s j

NEW YORK, Dec. s-Plans for
two mergers, each involving. $50,ooo,-
600 are under discussion in New York.
They provide for the consolidation
of the United Drygoods companies,
and the Associated Merchants COM
pany, to be known as the Associated
Drygoods company, and for. the COM
bination of a group of Cuban sugar
properties, to take advantage of the
embargoes on European sugar.
The drygoods combine, plans for
which are only tentative as yet, still
are to be presented to the executive
committee of the two :companis.
Cornelius N. Bliss is said to be slated
for the presidency.
J. and w. Seligman, New York
bankers, are heavily interested in the
Cuban merger, and Manuel Rionda,
Cuban sugar producer, also is inter-
ested. The interests already have
obtained options on Cuban lands, val
ued at $s5,000,O00. |''S
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President American Federation of Labor Visits Milwaukee
! Tells People How Former Socialist Congressman f
Voted on Three Important Labor Bills = !!
BERGER SAID GOMPERS WAS TRAITOR, AND
GRAND OLD MAN EXPOSES TAFT'S FRIEND
Advises Workers Beware of False Friends Loyalty
and Devotion and w ms Against Suspicion, Doubt :
and Separation ~ ,,~.hting One Another.

Mag s]etl ,toc 7om and a guarantee
fS,rfssatn Of Seen aftmSnt ct tent edntt; of the
tuition Of the Un.> / States. 1t may
be news to some of you that the su-
preme court of the United States de-
cided that the thirteenth amendment
to the constitution, which prohibited
compulsory labor of any of the people
Of the United States, had no applica-
ton to seamen. From the time Of
the galley slave until recent days, the
sailor was tied to his ship, and each
country where the sailor went the
government of that country hunted
the sailor and brought him back
forcibly to the ship to work against
his will or go to Jail. For years we
have struggled to remedy this; and
finally, through. the instrumentality
of organized labor, the Seamen's
union, the American Federation OF
Labor and the aid of that magnificent
representative of Wisconsin in the
senate Of the United States, Senator,
Robert M. LaFollette, finally, on
March IA, 1915, there was enacted
into law the right of every seaman to
own himself and to leave his vessel
when that vessel was in safe harbor.
For the first time, since prior to the
galley slave, the seamen's right Of
ownership to himself was established
by law. And let me say, too, that
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merclfully. William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie and Jane Addamx
were the victims OF his invective. h
called the Ford peace trip a .;jitney
expedition, :" and, in reply to g. auesy,
ton, said he would rather sit in the
sun and bake mud pies than 70
abroad with him." rt.Es...-~ ,.. 81 S -5
II have opposed militarism IN
times gone by" he said. .But say:
to you that il my country faced the
tate OF Belgium or Alsace-Lorraine, i
would go out and fight first. Somo
people say they prefer the Germans
to the Japanese, Well, I can't agree
with them. There are plenty OF
steamships, and I,wish them q. pleas
ant voyage. J.. From the dawn Of my
early consciousness democracy has
been for me q religion. T am NOT
willing to- see democracy extinct In
the world. :. = ~: - ~ 81
The way events are now trendinr
the United States stands to be In
vo1ved injWar. The American people
Will not suffer invasion without rising
In, their might and they will not
stand many more insults. They will
demand the tools of. battle, and it
they do not get them. they will fight
with 81 bare hands, and their slaughter
VIII be upon the. heads of the paci-
IaStS.t 's1'=@. 80 - '-st : eE'.s 80: >ls5F
Wants Democratic Army. 555f
The Swiss military system has
given them more democracy than
there is in. the. United states. we
need mot fear a military autocracy.
The American people viii not consent
to be ruled that way. As long as our
country rests: on its present constitu-
tional basis there is no reason for
fear" : - . : = = & {. - IS
! I'm for preparedness If you won't
abolish the cause of war The facts
are, we are facing war. T. didn't make
this a3reversionarysage I have talked
against war until 4 war blua IN the
face: But talking peace pIatitudaas
FDn't save sus frs1n ilayasfon ana We
must Recognises that haRes Kond
back to the first century and mot nv.
ing, In the. twentieth. So arm. arm.
If you do. not want to become q PROV
ince Of Germany. IS $3s.s Es
! In answer to q question as to what
would happen II the allies won. Rus-
sell: said: szsse :ss :. yss -. ..
If the allies win there Is a, chance:
for some kind OF idealism and higher
thought. England and France hats
all this business and have suffered %
terribly that IL they win their doni-
nance in settling and making terms
will give them an opportunity TO de-
wise some means to prevent a recur-
renee. OF the war, and then there will
he some; chance efnra the 5renawa1 1yf
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and enjoy the blessings Of liberty. He
did escape, and, accompanied by his
young wife, set sail for the United
States. After three months at sea he
landed in Quebec A baby was born
on the boat between Quebec and
Montreal. Thus when he reached Og-
densburg, N. y. he had a. wife,. an
infant daughter and the equivalent of
rs cents in American money. r.s
-" 1T was: Fortunate L. told. y my
early in the morning = because he
found work before night and q place
to take his family. Soon he moved to
Carbondale, Penn, where, by the
way, was born, and became a useful
citizen. He performed his duties
faithfully, as pump tender at the
mines; was respected by his employ
ers, who often took dinner at our
house,: stood well among his neigh.
bors, as a kind and honest man, and
never grew weary Of telling about the
love he had for America and the
Stars and Stripes. : ..= OF. = : IS
/. Powderly Taught His Son. s i. y n. n.
Father he said, was my second
teacher. i. From him 1 learned many
things truthfulness, 1 for one thing,
and steadiness OF purpose: for an
other, I'll 60 no further, I said to
my caller, except to state that be-
h gan my life as q bread-earner at .13
years Of age. Yes,,,sI concluded, i
think I am an educated man. !.
E IT could have told him, also, that /
did not make much headway at
school because OF poor eyesight and
deafness in one ear. The deafness
was caused by. scarlet fever. One
morning, four or 4 Ave years ago. i
awoke with my nearing restored. The
man, possib BY, might have been inter
ested in knowing that my first job
was as a section hand on a railroad.
/ "A shovel and pick were my tools.
though, !, as I said, was but j 8 years
old s ,
Coal cars came down from the
mines ~ gravity ana \ soon became
q switch tender. Next Z became AGAR
Einspecto hen IS 70 seventeen y
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shopmen, 49, 900 OF whom were en-
gagged, occurred in March, 1886. had
nothing to do with it in the beginning.
The men voted it.. Martin Irons man.
aged 1t and was described as an ig-
norant, ruffian man, whereas he
was moderate, honest, intelligent and
sensible. s..t .~.>
"A, caller, when I was the United
States Commissioner General Of I'M
migration. asked my law clerk one
day If Mr.. Powderly is a, man of any
education happened to hear him,
though was in the next room. After
he sat down. at the; side Of my desk
I said: T am a graduate Of the Big
University the mighty institutions of
learning whose recitation rooms are
out Of doors in the open. - rs =
my mother,'I said, was my first
instructor. She taught me how to
wash dishes, scrub the floors, keep
the flies off the table when we had
company to dinner, spade the garden,
and grow onions, tomatoes, radishes,
cabbages. potatoes and roses. She was
reading, thinking and working wom-
an! Such was my mother. :E i
Wouldn't Pass His F,atl1er. Now. !
But my fathsr, said,, couldn't
get past me now, the Commits
sioner of Immigration, and he. an Inn
migrant from Ireland. would send
him back on. the ship that brought
him over. His was . sad case,' ]. said.
+ Although he was six feet and two
inches in stature and built, in proper
ton, he could neither read nor write.
Besides, he had only an English shil-
ling in his pocket. Worse, still, I
said. he broke jail and came to
America. Married but a few months,
he went forth one day and shot a
hal hare on q rich MAJ y estate. He was
arrested on three charges. First, for
having gun: second, for trespassing
on 1! aa11other's mans property, and
third, ,d for poaching His punishment
was to be three months In. jail.
{t5 - !" Before lie va ia ken away he
told my mother. ready that he
meant M ito escap 4 and 20 tos America.
where poor na j. mi Ihbt own u gun
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i y. WASHINGTON, = Dec There
will be no, delay in. delivery Of steel
for: hattleships Nos: 4s and a.. if the
government undertakes :. their con-
struction in navy, yards. E. -, -:
Bids from =, IT steel = companies,
opened recently. at the navy depart
ment, all offered to begin delivery
within six months and complete it
within two years. Prices show an
apparent increase of from 80 to 40
per cent over material purchased for
the hattleship californiatzover a year
ago. ~ M n 20; -1.*- ~, -. - Ss y: =
( Private bidders ..for the two ships
Indicated there would Sesdelay in de-
liveries Of steel ana conditioned their
proposals fon thisse.eiircunsstance. All
private bids were rsjectedas exceeding
the $7,s0o,ooo Limits cost fixed by
Congress. Ali navy yeards' estimates
were well below that :1gnre. s.s 81 /.
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TERENCE v MWDERIY RENEEN Tells OF EARLY LABOR BATTLES

THE men came together that night.
What do you think?' they asked.
"'I seldom think out loud,,' I an
sWered. Let me hear from the TEL
lows sitting against the wall, the men,
who are always present ON such occa-
sions as this, but never say anything
so heard the troubles, not from:
the officers Of the union, but from
the silent workers in the ranks. The
shop committee said, near the close
of the meeting, is ali right, with the
exception of Sheridan. He should
not go along because he is too hot
tempered and rhetorical -
I thought so,' Sheridan grow1ed.
You have got it in for me because I
am Irish e."
Shut up quietly answered, i
am guilty of being an Irishman my
self in the second degree
sheridan was taken off the COM
mittee and his, place was filled by a.
Greek named Mcguire. We met Mr..
Brown the following morning and in
side Of 20 minutes. the foundation
was laid for a. settlement. Brown
was not exceptional in the violence
with which he began our negotiations.
All employers in those pioneer days
were bitter toward organized labor.
Organized First Miners Union. y
Changes, too, have =. occurred
among workinSmen. John Siney, q
tall, rawboned SIrishman, brought the
miners together an. this country for
the first time..ssf One hundred and nine
coal diggers were burned TO death at
Avondale in Pennsylvania. i heard
Siney say, as he stood, back against a
huge rock: This tragedy happened
because there is only one opening. in
the mine Every mine should have
two openings II beg Of you to see that
the law Of the State. is changed It
was changed and largely through the
influence Of this honest; courageous.
kind and sensible man. s4.:s5 s,4;., is.
but John SSiney was abused and
suspected by, those to whom he con-!
secrated his life. He died a pauper
from e p tub ~ osis, and q fine monu.5
,ment was raised over his grave, which
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was, something of a mockery. T
thought. He asked for bread and
after he was dead they gave him a
stone. -
"One October day, when the sun
was going down in the west, I visited
John Siney's grave in the little Gem
etery at st. Clair, near Pottsyille. BY
and by I heard voices and, looking
into the street, saw seven miners 90
ing home from their work Who was
John Siney?' asked them through
the pickets Of the fence, but they were
foreigners and couldn't understand.
other foreigners passed, nor could
they understand,
Then came three Irishmen, faces
black, shirts open at the neck, lamps
in their hats. Whose grave is tha>?'
I inquired pointing toward the monu-
ment. ~
Giant you,1 read?' o. sawed. off
chap. inquired. That's: the grave OF
John, |.siney.'
But |who was John siney?
why, he was the miners best
friend:'.:% :. - -
q. You must have. thought a great
deal OF him.'I said. L ~
~ - d,
Thought .Powderly Had Died.
I'VE do, now that he is dead. But.
God forgive us, we abused him when
he was alive and let him die In want.
That Is the way many Of us. treat our
friends. i. We denounced .Powderly
worse than we denounced Siney. but
since his death. we have changed our
opinions, ..5. .,,:s.55. s, & 81 ,.',..s,
But didn't you tell the man OF
Lis Smistake?' q friend asked me.
when he heard the story .. ..y.,' :.
".3fo,'* = answered. That little
Il lIrishinan is praisingE and praying Tor
me daily. II he knew / were alive.
ne he y would y be cpssing me tas hard as
ever II ~ \, 4. jl5't$ = Z - .
i. You may be surprised to learn
that e never took part while General
J! Master Work knnan Of the ( Knights o.
La borgi II but three big strikes, and I
/ called y A oneSof them In the first place.
The southWes Western strike Is 1T was
1 official AIMED off railroaders ana