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The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
GERMANY CAN GAIN NOTHING
BY WAR, SAYS BERGER.

gested in forty -four years. To-day they
prefer French government to Yunker
government
The kaiser cannot get any German
territory unless he gets it from his
ally, Austria, country which he is
now trying to defend. or from Holland
or Switzerland, which are neutral ma
tons.
And 1t is a fallacy to believe that
Germany, or for that matter England
or Russia. can win any trade by win
ming the war.
In small states like Sweden. Holland.
Belgium or Switzerland. that have no
militarism and no great navies. eco
nomic and trade conditions are Just as
good as in Russia. Germany. England
and Austria. that have great armies
and navies.
Nor do colonies add anything worth
Twniie TO the tradeof a ririon
Great Britrin that has the most
colonies on earth. does twice as much
trade with foreign countries as with
its colonies.
The foreign trade of most great
countries is mainly with nations over
which they exercise no political con
troll
The enormous extension Of German
trade in countries like Russia. the
United States and South America owes
nothing to Gernany's military power
Now, why should not Germany he
willing to make peace:
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
EUGENE v. DEBs

A prairie ploughboy (meaning mel.
Because his love is deep for thee.
Sends thee his greetings hence;
Accepts the gauntlet's fighting chance,
And of it's ploughshare builds a lance
To WELD in thy defense.
The child with golden spoon and bowl
Is trained to have no proper soul
For children robed in rags,
Fen though beneath those fIuttering
shreds
A heart of love it's glory spreads,
Like sunlight on the crags
Not since the dawn of History's light
Hath ever lived a worthier knight
Than one who champions these;
Thy generous heart befriends the poor,
Would see the Toiler's Right secure,
His worthy soul at ease.
The men who ride on golden wheels
May chide thee-chide the man who
feels
Feels for his fellow man;
Thou shalt do and dare for thine,
Thy glorious mission is divine,
Thy life refutes their ban.
Edwin Oliver Ropp.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
WASHINGTON SOCIALIST WILL
CELEBRATE ITS FIFTH BIRTHDAY

Next, we ask each individual read
err who is interested in the upbuilding
of the paper, to get single sub, IL 1t
be for no more than 10 or 25 cents.
On February 4th we will issue an
anniversary number. Let our slogan
from now until then be, leach ONE
GET ONE" Use the special blank
printed elsewhere in this issue, for
this purpose, and be sure to have 1t
in before February 4th, as we want to
make report in that edition as to
the outcome of this plan.
Now. comrades. it is up to you to
say whether or not this report will be
a creditable one. Let us be enthu-
siastic, and show our appreciation of
this plucky little paper, that is enter
ing the New Year so hopefully, by
each one doing his utmost toward
building up the Socialist press. Let
us make the anniversary new mile
stone on the road to the cooperative
commonwealth.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
To the Readers of The Washington
Socialist.

To the Readers of The Washington
Socialist:
In few weeks this paper will enter
the fifth year of its existence. As
most of its readers know. 1t was orr
ginally the Commonwealth; force of
circumstances compelling the chang
ing of the name about a year ago. But
there is the same spirit back of 1t
that brought it into being on February
4, 1911. The experiences through
which it has passed since then would
make interesting reading for any one.
1t seems fitting, that we should cele-
brate our fifth birthday in some APP
propriate manner. Local Everett No,
/ will give basket social in honor Of
the occasion, and various locals
throughout the county and state have
suggested giving dance, basket-so-
cial. or other entertainment, the pro-
ceeds to be used in the purchase of
sub. cards,-to be sold when convent
ent.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
THE FIRST 81. w. w."
From the French Of VICTOR HUGO

wat From the French Of VICTOR HUGO
man--was he Greek, Jew, Chinese, Turk, Persian?
In member OF the party Of order, truthful
Striking 81 ihi4 this this cha aria shameless Anarchist
Besides, the laws there to be executed
They eternal truths must be made
TO prevail even at the price Of the scaOd
Love: progress empty words that mistrust
He ridicued our ancient venerable worship
This man was of those who nothing holy
In hm with Ts ss snsncous doctrine
He went about picking all the places
tatterdemalions having neither money nor ci
Hs He sd os this rabbe his
Me cared @ no hnsnf se eS be
He pretended to heal the sick wounded
The imposor if please raised the graves
o o ~ns int Ts a Qualities
atf b at and 0T b ms town
Contumely and hate among e. the citizens?
G Gs g1n h aehe sw anS min the s0
One cripple another plaster over his eye,
h ssrapng his with old piece broken
WI when h this ugg I passed with such
This crying ,sEss d declaim nhsa
lie droye out Of the EN- and brua
SHOP hs hss %R hs
IF e hs es ys w s received part of their profit
He Be,, went about peorating shaking family,
The people followed him. leaving their fields falow
1t dangerous He tackled the rich
he faWned the poor, that here below
Men are equal and brothers, not
Any great or little neither masters
That the fruit of the for the priests
He tore them to pieces he basphemed That
In the street! He related all horrible things
TO the first cloakess beggars that came
An end had to be made Of it, explicit
He crucified" l
These words spoken with a gentle air
struck me. said to him. But who you?n
He replied; Indeed
am called Elijah, and scribe temple"
And of whom do speak?" demanded He rened.
why, OF that vagabond who Jesus Christ"
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
SANGUINARY RAILROADS

Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest
every state in the union and nearly
every populous community in the ma
ton were represented in the list of
heroes that fell ON that field.
But last year, as in every year, in
round numbers, twice as many people
were killed nthe railroads, and four
times as many injured as fell in that
sanguinary battle. These figures are
startling, and it would be we'll if by
thus being startled the state and the
nation could be led to do something
more than has been done to reduce
this frightful slaughter
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
CRIMES COSTING CHICAGO
$10,000,000 EACH YEAR

CHICAGO.--Crime costs Chicago
not less than $40 100000 a year. This
estimate was given by Alderman
Charles e. Merriam.
This sum includes the salaries and
expenses of the police, judges, private
patrolmen and various institutions
provided for housing criminals in Gus
tody," he said.
More than 100000 persons were ar.
rested last year OF this number ap-
proximately two-thirds were dis
charged. The greater part of those
convicted go to the house of correc-
ton. OF the number convicted more
than one-half were 'repeaters.'"
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
THE STORM CLOUD IN THE
FAR EAST
WILL AMERICA REMAIN NEUTRAL
BY EDWIN f. BOWERS. NJ. D.

By EDWIN F. BOWERS, M. d.
So long as profits accrue to Ameri-
can capitalists by the preservation OF
Strict neutrality, the United States
will be involved in the present world
mania only to the extent of the inno-
cent bystander. When profits" are
threatened, however, diplomacy" will
pave the way for interference" This
will spell war for America.
The cloud, no larger than a mans
hand, already is looming on the east
ern horizon. The conquest of the
German Pacific territory by the
Japanese will threaten the integrity"
of our insular possessions. Sooner or
later we will protest" which signi-
flies in the language of diplomacy that
the shoulder adorned with the conspi-
cuous chip will be turned to the Japs
Secure in the conviction of their mari
time prowess, they will promptly
knock it off
war" on our hands, "war in defense
of the flag" or of civilization" All
the blatant and high-sounding sop that
has tickled the ears of the fighters for
centuries will be fed ad nauseam to
the patriots" And these patriots will
provide blood and brains as lubricants
wherewith to grease the golden chute
of profits.
Japan, in coming to the assistance
of her ally, England, in this crisis is
justly entitled by all the rules of the
game to battle-help from this source.
That they will get it is foregone con-
clusion.
We have been told that the Euro
pean nations are at war because of a
social system" which has created
military bureaucracies. But the cause
which operates universally-the chief
head and front of the offense-is the
profit system"
We in the United States have no
bureaucracy. Yet when profits were
threatened in Mexico, it required little
persuasion for Mr.. Wilson to send our
warships to Vera Cruz on the flimsy
pretext of an Insult" offered by a
drunken debauchee, an ignorant half
breed, from whom an insult should
have been considered a compliment.
If Japan menaces our profitable ex-
ploitations and prospects in the Far
East, why may we not expect serv-
iceable old neutrality to be laid on
the top shelf, to be brought back to
the front page only when the action
which threatens our profits be prop
erly adjusted"
Will America remain neutral? Yes
just as long as it continues profitable.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Poland is suffering even worse than
Belgium in the present war When
the Russians retreated from the city
of Lodz they took everything that was
of value to them away, leaving the
population of 100000 destitute. The
Germans now occupy the city, which
is almost in ruins and every factory
is closed and 100000 people thrown
out of work. Men, women and chill
dren are shivering and starving in the
streets and girls by the hundreds Of
fer their virtue for food and shelter.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Where the women have not the bal
lot about 20 per cent of the population
ought to vote. Where the women are
enfranchised the vote ought to be
about 80 per cent of the population.
1t will be seen from the above figures
how ridiculous are the claims of the
democratic party, dominant in the
south, to represent real democracy.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

The British government has sup
pressed the following papers for being
anti-militarist: The Dublin Leader,
Irish Freedom, Sim Fein, Ireland,
The Irish Worker, the Glasgow For
ward, the Manchester Labor Leader
and the Hudderfield Worker. The
government also threatens to confis-
cate the plants of publishers who
print anti-militarist articles.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Fl. M. Fitzgerald, the well known
orator of Canada, has been arrested in
Vancouver, B c., on a charge of sedi-
ton. He has elected for trial by jury
which will take place in the spring
assizes. Great interest is being
manifested in the case and the Social
list representatives in the legislature
are preparing to wage great fight in
his defense.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

George WE'LL, Socialist deputy for
Metz, Alsace-Loraine, in the German
Reichstag, joined the French army at
the outbreak of the war.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

IF you are too poor to eat meat,
eat cotton-seed meal" is the advice
Of Or. Traps, government chemist for
Texas.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

They say the Colonel has finally be-
come reconciled to being regarded
merely as an ex-president.-Cin
Times-Star.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

A man should allow himself to grow,
to bud, to blossom and to bear fruit,
and not be satisfied with the rotten
apples under the tree,-Robert G. In
gersoll.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
Political Versus Industrial Action

parently the government feared to
charge him with high treason for vot.
ing against the war credits and find
this the easiest way to get rid of him
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Liberty is the air of the soul, the
sunshine of life. Without it, the world
is a prison, and the universe an in
finite ngeon-Robert G. Ingersoll.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

The Socialists CO of France have
just issued manifesto expressing
their confidence in the government
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

In Vancouver, B. c., every Socialist
speaker must get permit from the
city council before he can speak on a
public platform.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

We love our Przemysl, but oh, you
Przsansyz !-Columbia State.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

ut takes a hundred men to make an
encampment but one woman can
make a home. Robert G. Ingersoll.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Positive, Moose; comparative, Bull
Moose; superlative, Vamoose
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
Next Saturday Nights
Entertainment To
Be a Hummer

Comrade Heller has fine
program for the Minstrels next
Saturday. He is introducing the
8 Bellies in a .tuney dancing
number.
But the big laugh is in the
funny sketch, FHONEY
FHONE. This rapid fire sketch
will introduce the entire com
pany in one big laugh provoking
medley of nonsense.
Baby Retta, the little come
dian, will be with us again, and
the vaudeville end of the show
will be full of good hits and
smiles.
Don't forget, 15c is the price
for adults and 10c for children
and one big time is GUARAN-
TEED.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Progressives in Wisconsin are join
ing the Social-Democratic party. One
local took in 33 new members at one
business meeting.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
FAKE DEMOCRACY

The Rip-Saw, of st. Louis, has been
figuring on Acknowledgement in the
south, with this result:
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

David Starr Jordan thinks famine
will end the war in another year
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

Alexandra Kolloniag, well known
Russian woman Socialist, has been ar
rested in Stockholm, Sweden, for
writing anti-military articles for the
official paper of the Young Socialist
party.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

3575 prosecutions
for one mdemeanors ordinances according
banch or these cases 4438 disposed
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07
PARTY NEWS IN BRIEF
By II. w. WATTS.

BY ii. w. WATTS.
The Italian Socialists are now at
odds on the question of neutrality.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-07

A French Socialist paper states that
Karl Liebknecht has been ordered to
join his regiment at the front APP
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-27

by a. m. tomorrow. 1t is believed
he wants to get stories of strike
breakers being beaten in order to
Offset the gigantic list of brutalities
the police have committed upon frailr
bodies of women strikers The coun-
Gil investigating committee did not
find single instance of a strike
breaker having been molested by
strikers.
While Schuett1er was at Des-
PLANES station Sidney Hillman, presi-
dent of striking garment workers,
came into the room. eff you don't
get out in hurry will kick you out, }"
Schuettler shouted at him.
The police department is paid by
the city. An impression has gained
that police think they are paid by and
beholden to employers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Casper L. Redfield will lecture on
''Heredity" at Washington PIX. debat- .
ing room, Apollo hall, 522 E. 47th St,
Thursday, Oct. %, p. m.
Clarence barrow will lecture on
Thomas Paine" in De Luxe theater, !
f141 Wilson av., Sunday, Oct. 81, IL
a. M, for benefit of Chi. Society Of
Rationalism.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-27
STRIKER IS DEAD-TWo ARE IN
JURED-GUN FIGHT

ON%SSSSSNN
of mob that excitement creates;
pool of blood in a sink in the side
walk; man lying face in pool, dead.
The first murder of the garment
workers strike was done last night.
Sam1 Kapper, 35, 2147 Crystal pl.,
deaf and dumb striking tailor, was
killed. Three were wounded: SamI
Siegel, %, Ills S. Loomis ST., shot
below right ear; VIM. Whelen, 40, /
2124 w. Harrison ST., innocent by
stander, bullet in breast; unidentified
man.
With smoking gun in his hand,
Tony Panichi, strikebreaker, Scotch
Wooden Mills, was arrested. He adj
mitted firing one shot. Many wit
nesses say they saw or heard him
fire at least five shots.
Panichi and his wife, with perhaps
two others, were walking on Halsted
near Harrison. Trouble started. Wit
nesses say Panichi's wife handed him
a gun and he began shooting. PAM
chi's wife told police she did hand
husband a gun. 4
First Deputy Schuettler is trying
to alibi the police department by
blaming, first, city council for ruling
against hired sluggers, and then the
strikers, whom he intimates are liars.
Schuettler is so confident of the
untruthfulness of testimony present
ed to the council committee which in
vestigated the strike that he has or
dered his department to visit garment
factories and homes of strikebreak-
ers in an endeavor to rake UP some
testimony of strikebreakers being
mistreated by strikers.
Schuettler issued this general or
der:
ITO commanding officers: You
will canvass each garment factory
and ascertain the employees who have
been assaulted; also those who have |
been threatened Won will verify |
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-11
Pleasant Hill Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Richards Wis.
tied Sunday with relatives neal
Webster City.
w. J. Terrell and family spent
Sunday at the Austin Kesler home in
Saratoga.
Several from this vicinity attend.
ed church at Saratoga Sunday after.
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Adams, I. c.
Kemmer and family, Carl Adams and
family, Roy Adams and family and
Misses Hattie and Mabel Adams
spent Sunday at the Ed Beaver home
near Webster City.
The frost done considerable dam
age to the gardens Saturday night.
There will be preaching at the
school house Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock conducted by Rev. Arthur
Bottom.
May 10.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-11

have been visiting at the L. S. Cliff
ton home, went to Duncombe today
for visit with the formers sister.
They will return here within short
time for a visit among other rela-
tives.
Mrs. Fred L. Spencer and Miss
Nellie Taylor of Alden are visiting
between trains with Mrs. w. H. Cook
today. The ladies are on their way
home from Ames where they attend
ed the May festival. az
DR.. and Mrs. Jarmin of Blairs-
burg spent yesterday at the A. F.
Bartlett home. ~"
Mrs. Charles Treanor and chill
dren of Iowa Falls are visiting at
the P. H. Treanor home.
Mrs. G. L. Pringle returned to-
day from a several weeks visit with
relatives in Forest City and resumed
her duties as stenographer in the
Whitman & Hampton Office.
Master Walter Swisher, son of
Ernest Swisher of Hampton, former
ly OF this city, is spending several
days here with the w. D. Stevens
family and also with Hilmer Chris
topherson. D.. .>
Z Mrs. C.. w. Black went to Cen
terville this morning for two weeks
visit with her parents.
H. L. Hampton left today for
Mason City AMI Charles City on a
short business visit. ~, .
Ralph L. Cox, who is spending
his time with the Zitterell & Sulli-
van paving force in Emmetsburg,
was home for week end visit with
his family.
Mrs. " Spainhower of Dun
combe is visiting at the J. e. Clark
home on Bank street and also among
other friends.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-11
PERSONAL BRIEFS.

Mrs. T. B. Kearns went to Ma
son City yesterday to spend several
days with the George Christensen
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rietz OF
Lowell, Ohio, who have been max
ing a brief visit with the VIM.
Blankenbuehler and l.. A. Lehnhard
families, left this forenoon for a WIS.,
it at different places in the western
states, but their final destination is
California and the expositions. Mrs.
Lehnhard accompanied them to Fort
Dodge, where she spent the day.
Mrs. Geo. F. Tucker left today
for Somers to attend district con-
vention of the Methodist Women's
Foreign Missionary society.
Mrs. NJ. E. Fisher, who has
been visiting Mrs. Frances Kimball
went to Fort Dodge today where she
will visit friends. Mrs. Fisher will
return to this city before going to
her home in Storm Lake.
Mrs. n. S. Hutchinson and
three children left today for Rock
well City, to spend couple of
weeks among friends. They will
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-11
(From Mondays Iaily.)

Col. N. P. Hyatt went to Eagle
Grove today to inspect the militia
company at that place. This is one
of the two new companies which
come under Col. Hyatt's command
as a result of the recent change in
regiments.
Mrs. E. F. Posegate has return.
ed to her home in Ames after a few
days visit with her brother, Ed Nc.
Farlane and family.
Mrs. Mary Rodney, mother OF
Mrs. Arch Foster, left Saturday for
independence where she will spend
the summer visiting among rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Boylan,
son Kenneth and daughter Marie, of
Eldora, spent Sunday in this city
visiting relatives and friends.
E. C. Bone, travelling auditor
for the Northwestern railroad, left
this morning for Omaha after an ov-
err Sunday visit with relatives in
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Dodge and
two children of Iowa Falls spent
Sunday in this city at the Henry
Teget, home.
MIR. and Mrs. H. o. Cutler and
two children spent the week end at
the home of Mrs. Cutters parents in
Humboldt.
Mrs. S. D. Ordway of Fl Dodge
spent Sunday in the city at the home
of her sister, Mrs. w. J. Zitterell.
s. B. Alldredge of Des Moines
is visiting for a few days at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Hugh Moore
and family, just north of the city.
p. J. Keough came home Satur-
day from a two weeks business stay
in Gait.
Mrs. c. w. Marvel and Mrs. M.
Bolger are spending the day in Fort
Dodge.
Mrs. Russell Stafford of Blairs-
burg is spending the day at the /.
B. Stafford home.
Mrs. Byron Clifton and little
son of Newkirk, Oklahoma, who