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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
THE STORY OF THE GUN CARRIAGE AND ITS INVENTORS SUDDEN RS

the position of chief of any staff, corps
or department the President may ap-
point to such vacancies, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
officers of the army at large not be-
low the rank of Colonel,
and who shall hold office for terms
is the next grade below that of
Lieutenant-couonel.
Appointment to the position OF
Chief Of Ordnance also made Capt.
Crozier a member of the board of
Ordnance and Fortifications, and his
appointment therefore was in direct
violation of an act approved February
1S, 1893. which contained the follow
ing:
Provided, That hereafter no person
shall be a member Of or: serve on said
board who has been or is in any
manner interested in any invention.
device or patent which, has been, con-
sidered Or may be considered by or
come before said board for test or
adoption. or who is connected with or
in the, employ of any manufacturer
who has or shall have contracts with
the Uniter States for any, ordnance
materials. -% =. !, -.
Earnest opposition was made be-
fore the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs to the confirmation OF Gen.
Crozier's. nominations p No reflection
was made on Gen. EroAer's personal
character or upon his efficiency. At
tention was directed to the fact that
he had been In partnership with the
Bethlehem company at was not
known then that at + that particular
time he was 3 party to the contract
with the Bethlehem company. which
he, did not terminate until p eight
months after his confirmatio ion) !, from
which concern, /, in comp etition with
others, he would be called upon, as
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
:DEBS DECLINES TO. :
RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Socialist Party Leader In Four
Campaigns Withdraws Name
From List.

TERRE HkUTE, Ind, Dec. 2.-Eu-
gene ". Debs, Socialist; candidate for
President of the United States in 1900,
1904, 1908 and 1912, in a; formal state
'naent today announced that he, had
declined the fifth nomination for the
Presidency from the hands of his
party. t. ~..
1T is,the first. time that ever have
had the opportunity to decline the
nomination" said Debs. Heretofore
I have always been nominated at con-
:ventions when was not in attend
ance. It is time the omination was
made by referendum, and I recently
received notice that had been nomi-
mated. I have mailed a letter today
to the national officers Of the So
cialist party announcing that 7 will
decline the nomination. r..
SDebs said he would make no state
ment as to- his reasons for not ac-
cepting the nomination.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04

makers or users except the govern
ment of the United States. (See S.
Doc. 3S7, 1st sess. 57th Cong)
The, two officers were paid 5000
cash by the Bethlehem company,
which concern further agreed to! pay
Capt. Crozier and Gen. Buff1nKton
royalties on all gun carriages sold to
foreign nations until the same should
amount to $4,000 or $4,000 in all.
The amount of the royalties was to
be as follows:
For each S-inch carriage, $1,000. j
For each 10-inch carriage, $1,500.
For each 12-inch carriage, $4,000.
Immediately after the contract was
entered into, am informed, the Beth
lehem company sent agents to Europe
to reap the harvest. Various Euro
pean nations according to my infor-
nation, tested the gun carriages, but
none would buy, not believing them
practical. Many American officers
had also expressed doubt as to the
practicability of the invention. Sena-
tor Derfield Proctor, of Vermont, ex-.
Secretary of War and then acting
chairman of the Military Affairs Com
mittee, gave the carriage much ad-
verse publicity in the Senate at the
time. (See Congressional Record, PIP.
5409-5414, ,pt. 6, vol. 35, 57th Cong) :
Capt. Crozier was still a party to
the. contract with the Bethlehem COM
pany, when, to the alnazement of army
circles, he was nominated In March,
1912, for the position Of Chief Of
Ordnance. ~ ~ IT
This advancement meant a jump
over the heads Of twenty-seven of
hcers and three grades, which was a
violation, OF at least the spirit ,of an
act approved February a.: 1901, :..An
act to increase the efficiency Of the
permanent military Adjustment. OF
the United states, which provided:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
SOME STARTLING =.
EXPOSURES MADE:
..
Young "Bat" Masterson Tells
Some Inside Secrets Of.
Detectives.
F. CROOKS AND
POLICE FALLING OUT
Sluggers and Police Work Hand
In Hand in Interest of Big
Corporations.
F. CROOKS AND
POLICE FALLING OUT

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-William A.
Guinea, attorney for the Alamga-
mated Garment Workers of Chicago,
took to States Attorney Hoyne the
sworn statement of David Roy Mas
tcrson, better known as bat" Mas
terson, chief of special police and
head Of sluggers for Lamm & Co.,
and four other garment shops where
strike is on.
Among allegations o. Masterson are
these:
The city policemen are paid cash
every day for the work they do in the
interest Of garment bosses.
That the city police and the special
police (sluggers) work hand in hand
and when the sluggers want to beat
up strikers the city police try to. be
conveniently absent.
That the slugging Of Deputy Cor
oner Hermann was a frame-up put
through by pickeled crew headed by
one Abe Katz.
That the throwing of beer bottles
through windows of strikebreakers'
homes has been done by wrecking
Z
tive agency.
That A. H. Lamm, clothing boss,
personally instructed sluggers how to
frame insults to girls. and women
pickets to drive them off.
That two city detectives, one
named Stoies, rent city police auto
mobile for $25 a day to Martin Isaacs
attorney for the garment bosses, and
this is "easy money that seems to
go somewhere higher up in the police
department.
That the beating of a striker, Wax
man, was by prearrangement, the
city police withdrawing while the
sluggers gave Waxman his trimmings.
Masterson is %, has had nine years
at the game OF strikebreaking, and is
telling his story. because. one of st}re
garment bosses held out money on
him and split It with city police. He
Is a nephew of "Bat" Masterson, the
noted sporting writer, crack shot and
western gunman. On September q
he went to work for the P. ]. Harding
Detective agency, was detailed to
Lamm & Co., 844 West Jackson
boulevard, in charge of 10 special po-
lice or sluggers at Lamm's Great
Western Tailoring Co., Great Central
Tailoring Co., Monarch Tailoring Co.,
and the United States Tailoring Co.,
all In the neighborhood of Lamm's.
On September 80 he was sworn in as
a special policeman Of the city of Chi
cago and given a star and permit to
carry a gun.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
BY CONGRESSMAN CLYDE II.
TAVENNER.

When the Army bill was before the
House on June 13, 1914, I called at
tention to the fact that Brig. Gen.
William Crozier, the present Chief of
Ordance, was formerly in partnership
with the. Bethlehem Iron company,
now the Bethlehem Steel company,
one Of the great firms composing the
war trust.
His remarkable promotion over
twenty-seven officers of greater age
and longer service, his clean jump
over three entire grades - Major
Iieutenant-Colonel and Colonel-to
his present position. in which he deter
mines the specifications, arranges the
terms of contracts, and makes the
purchases of powder, guns, sharpnel
and add other military SUPPLIES for the
Ordnance Department, furnishes an
excellent illustration of the rapid ad-
yancement possible to officers who
make themselves agreeable to and are
on friendly terms with the war trad
ers. rs >
81 While a captain In the army Gen.
Crozier perfected what is known as
the Burlington Crozier disappearing
gun carriage. The device was con-
structed In government gunshops by
government workmen at government
expense, hundreds of thousands Of
dollars being used to perfect the
carriage. = ;
When the device was perfected a.
patent was taken out on it by Capt.
Crozier' and Gen. Burlington - then
Chief Of Ordnance-in their own
names. The application for the pat
ont was made Eby Capt. Crozier and
Gen. Burlington at the suggestion Of
the Bethlehem company.
- In 1894 the two officers sold the
patent to the Bethlehem company,
giving them. the rights as against all
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
MAY Be COMPELLED
TO PAY FINE
Complaint Charges Milwaukee
Company With Violation
of Order.

~ MADISON, WIS, Dec: THE
complaint against T. M. E. r. & L.
company for violation of railroad
commission orders has been drawn in
the office of the attorney general and
probably will be filed in Dane county
circuit court within the next 48 hours.
The street railway is held ON a
number of counts and if an adverse
opinion is handed down on all Of
them the company will have to pay
more than $1,000,000 in fines.
The complaint covers more than
200 typewriter pages of matter and
will be one of the most voluminous
complaints ever filed in the circuit
court.
The work has been under supervi-
sions Of Deputy Attorney General WAL
ter Drew.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04

BALTIMORE, Dec. =. The:
state Industrial accident commission
has ruled that the Blaine Mining COM
pany, which carries its own insurance,
is guilty OF negligence, and must COM:
tpensate Kimmel Boulpart, miner,
for injuries received BECAUSE he car-s
ried large quantities .of powder into
the mine y ~ 58st
It was shown that the company was
aware of this practice but the man
agement offered in, defense that a;
notice had been posted. The fact
that the notice was written in English
and could not be read by only so.
per cent of the men, led the ce1n-
mission to rule against the company.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
CONGRESS
s. I. . NEXT |||:'| MONDAY 4 ! n
Measures Vital to Organized
" Workers to Be Considered .
=. by National Body:
LABOR WILL Be g--@.=. II.
UNUSUALLY Z ACTIVE IT e.
Labor's Representatives Will Be
United in Urging Demands
=. Of Workers. .5z .s 5

WASHINGTON, Dec 2.-The first
session of the sixty-forrth congress
convenes Monday, Dec. 6. Among the
list of legislative: .enactments the
American. Federation of Labor will
urge is the following: . : ,sst> s<
Immigration restriction. =.
Empowering states to regulate the !
admission Of goods manufactured by
cclvicts of other states.
Prohibiting importation. of goods
manufactured in whole or in part by.
convicts of foreign countries.
Preventing interstst tie transporta-
ton of goods in which the labor Of
children under certain ages is en-.
ployed.
Compensation act for District of
Columbia workers L c..'~'- -. = r. =, i :
Compensation act for federal en-
ployes extended and l;beralized.
Compensation for railroad employees,
engaged in interstate commerce.
i Amend the hours of service Grail.
road mems l6-hour) law, with s, 4
minimum penalty provision incorpor-
ated. T.: - - -. q 5-s s,s5 s.
Eight hours for interstate railroad
telegraphers. -. ~ s..
A liberal and comprehensive indus
trial education bill. n
Additional safety laws, and placing
the enforcement Of same under the
jurisdiction of the United States de-.
partment of labor. T. ~ -. ~. 2. s.
a Old age pensions and retirements
The above list of major demands
| does not include declarations by the.
A. F. of L. San Francisco convention.
Legislative representatives OF the
railroad brotherhoods have arrived in
the city and opened headquarters.
These officials, together with officials
Of the American Federation OF Labor:
will, as usual, act in unison on all
| questions of interest to the toilexs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04

Prior to 1913 the status the injured workman in
Minnesota was determined by the provisions Of the
tquated system which compelled him to look to the
courts for damages This involved the uncertainties
long drawn and bitterly contested law suit the result
of which was questionable advantage party
in interest the injured man. =. ~-.' :
This system encouraged the ambulance chaser and
personal injury attorneys The worker invariably was
without his attorney obliged to prosecute
the case contingent fee basis, the attorney taking
onethrd of the proceeds in of settlement out of
court onehaf of the amount Of the verdict in the
event the jury fit award damages. The liability
insurance company, always party to the suit reaped
a harvest No matter side obtained the verdict
the company in the last analysis, The
net result under that system injured
only about twenty-five cent of the the
employer paid out, while seventy-fve per cent
economic loss This latter went to the insurance
companies attorneys expert witnesses and towards the
payment of court costs.
Socetys Duty
1t is the duty of society to minister to the of
mental derelics; institutions maintained for the
of the insane and feebleinded. With the growth
Of population and the complex problems confronting
today socieys duty is different from what it was in
earlier times Today student of economic questions
would assert that society not bound to in work
of this nature, the Of physical wrecks.
With these facts in mind, let ask ourselves this
question: Does society also this duty to
the who injured in industry and in the develop
ment of the great natural resources of the state?
Should there any difference in the attitude of
ciey towards the who becomes insane the result
of phase of industrial SYSTEM and in its
attitude towards the who is injured in industry?
Both becomes dependents; both charges upon the
must depend charity starve -
1909 the legislature Minnesota interested itself
If the question compensation industrial accidents
and appointed committee to investigate every phase f
ttheadueson committees work finally resulted IN
the enactment Of the present workmens compensation
law by the legislature.
! Waste Under Old Law. g.
1t will be remembered that the fundamental objection
to the old liability law the incident ad-
mnistration only about twenty-five per of the
money paid by employers ultimately reaching the in
jured workman. The law enacted by the legislature Of
1913 aimed to eliminate the economic waste which
tanned under the old system It succeeded in elimnat-
ing the personal injury lawyer but the nonresident liza
by insurance company is still obstacle to the state
in the performance of it's function meeting the prob
lem of compensation for industrial accidents pres
prevents the workman from obtaining adequate
lief for injuries suffered while making contribution
to society. This element, namely, the liability insur-
company be eliminated justice is to be
done.
No theory of compensation is economically sound and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
INCREASES FOR TROLLEY MEN.

MILFORD, Mass, Dec. 2.-The Mil
ford & :Uxbridge street railway system
has raised wages Of it's trolley en-
ployes. New men will now receive 26
cents an hour for six months, ~ cents,
the next six months. 28 cents the Sec
ond year, and then a cent an hour in
crease until the maximum Of 80 cents
ds reashed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
G. & O. RAISES WAGES.

PITTSBURGH, Pa: Dec. PA. F.. Of
L.. Organizer Finn has notified Secre-
tary Frank Morrison that conferences
with the motive power department OF
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad has re.
suited in securing wage increases of 1
cent an hour for all shop la|borers on
that system. * :: :. :. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
UNIONIsTs AID, THE BLIND.

+ CHICAGO, Dec. 2-Through the ef-.
forts of the Broom Makers union state
authorities have raised the wages Of
blind: broom makers At the Illinois irA{
dustrial home. Under the new rates
brooms per day less and receive the
same wages they formerly did. 9s- IS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04
wAITREsSEs DEMAND MORE.

BOSTON, Dec. 2.-Waitresses' union
protests against wage scale that
forces them to depend on tips for an
will be made on employers. The union
will continue it's organizing campaign
that success may be assured.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04

= It Is not SO difficult i task, to plant
new truths as to root out old errors,
for there is this paradox In men: they
run after that which Is new, but are
prejudiced in favor Of that which is
old. T.. .',
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-01-17
8""'a' Uni" 91a1tl Wakar 4urkRr

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BEL binter licb berI6leifen unb pfiff
leile bor ii9 bin. mO0er ipiHen sic
mas, meine Serren9 Sd bob' me
groBortige 8ateriOee.T
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mir Dem DerfloHenen Gettingen bor bic
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nur fauer. Sie fonnten ben 6errn
ni6t, batten BLOB geleeentli6 NAL mas
bon ibm eebOrt, iie puBten beibe ni6t,
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pl0Blid nit iiberfielen.
n9ber Sic, Sblefslb, Sic baben bod
iider NAL ieiibt, 10 lang er nod Der
llrfrige mar, pie9"
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bon. nSeffingen, Der toIIe Settingen,
freilib, freili9, ~ mein Simmel, Der
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iter Site borgeritten. Rapitalsterl
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geiaet, er bat iibern Noropol parforce
geriiten - ober fonft mas gang @er=
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un0 Stanbesbeamter
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is es ne 2ebre bon ipesen 2iebesbeirat
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muB, LAB ih ben Suds iatteIn."
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ent1dieo Der irnge @rdf.
ngon. 2lIfo in Is Ulinuten, meine
6erren: llebrieens: ouf iie, Oie Jrau
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genfhirm. WluB ia Elm completes
lleberipsib iein."
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MD i6leGt."
nglee, meine Serren, ,faule WiBe biirz
fen Sie niht MAIDEN. Menn er BLOB
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ful6tbor. ga ~ nous berrons. Qluf
Mieoerieben, meine Serren.~
n9luf @ieoerieben. RongO."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-01-17
2. @apitel.

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BON Der &reisitobt entfernt, bi9t an
Der ruIIiI9en @ren8e.
3uerit fam man duf Der nit ObIz
bdumen bepflon5ten gbauRee an nett
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ger RittergutsbeIiBersio nit einigem
gleio ben 8oben fir fett un0 T6per,
inoeHen penig eeeignet fir &artOffelz
bou Noraus f9 Hango bon Qlltenz
tlingen, tpie er freiniitig ein9eitonb,
aber nidt bos eeringIie mo6te. Man
ue9ielte tilometerpeiie nit Srab unb
S6ritt ab. 9o es erit brei llbr mar
unO man Bis gum Diner np9 fdit bier
@5iunoen fret bate, paro in bem bib
fGen 2aubpolb, Der oie Sberf0riterei
usSninten imgab, cine ldnoere Strede
SGritt genommen. 9rduben auf ber
G6ou1ee mar bic Septemberonne nod
CANA erfledli9 ouf &Opf un6 giiiden
fiiblbor geipefen. 6ier unterm i9atz
tenben 9aub Der md6tieen @i6en err
bpIten ii9 Meni9 unb 3ier ra19 tpies
ber. 0ie 9Reiter befanoen ii9 nod ims
mer in fr0bli1er, fa1t iibermiitieer
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ficlen allmdbli9 oaerbono S9nurren
pieher elm, bic benz wtoIen Settingen"
5uaei6rieben ipurben; Hango ipuBte,
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reft mdbiees @ebd9tnis, 6olf S6lez
fel6 aus. Der mar ou9 6amdls i'm
&oiino nit babel geipelsn, uls es bos
Rencontre 5pifden Settingen uno
Dulein geIeBt botte.
rSie iDaren beioe entI9ieben f1on
porber eegen einanOer gerei3t," meinte
er, fonit ipdren iie fih iuesen elmer iolz
den 2uppolie nidt ernItli9 in bic
Soore eeroten."
rDie nar's benn9"
nSd, ipie's ansefdngen bate, bas
ipeiB ih beut ouh ni1t mebr. gs mar
beim 8ople @ini9enten. Mir Be-
adteten es gar nidt, benn es fielen
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ms ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS jebem foIgte
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ten Pdter mar bic 6orberung iiberz
brd1t."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-16
THE DOLLAR MARK"

At the Richmond tonight will he
shown a Brady feature presented by
The World Film Corporation and
featuring Robert Warwick. entitled
"The Dollar Mark
John Gresham. owner Of the Nelly
Davis Mines, is approached by a
scheming capitalist. Carson ,Baylis.
with his friend Martin. to sell the
mines under the pretenses that he
is taking a great risk due to govern
nent regulations. jun, knowing
the courts had decided in his favor,
rlatly refuses the offer, Bay]is, with
party, visits the Cobalt district to
iook over the ground. During the
visit one Of the party, Alice Chandler
while sketching, is cau2ft II a rcr-
'iiic storm. Jim offers the hospital
;tv Of his little hut During the
torn the dam breaks, tearing houses
from their foundations and ripping
.rces from their roots. Break
ing down a door. Jim with, Alice.
loat down the raging cataract until
reaching Il lrge tree. He chains him
;elr to raft ami tree. Martin, real
;zing the danger. goes to the rescue
1n horseback The party once safely
IN Iand, Jim2js again approached 70
sell. 2but still refuses. Several years
'atcr Martin has become a; friend and
partner in Jim's bank. which Bay!l:
attempts to bri rieak. :
The :ucws reaches Jim while at a
parity, Seeking a means to pct TO
New York, Alice's brother offers his
;acht. During the voyage BayllS
purchases the, yacht and forces the
captain 10 put to sea. Jim in desper-
alton ccmpclS Baylis 10 enter Il
hatch, which he closes or him. while
Martin at the point Of a revolver. dl-
rects the yacht. jim reaches New
York in time to save the bank and
claims Alice as his prize.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-16
HOLIDAY TOMORROW.
Anniversary of Peace Between the

Navor Fisher has received from
Governor Stuart copy Of his proc
lamation proclaiming tomorrow a
holiday in commemoration of the
Treaty of Ghcnt, when English
sneakine people shook hands and
sheathed their swords. One hun
dred years will have elapsed tomor-
row since Brittania and Uncle Sam
buried the hatchet, and although jim
goes have from time to time attempt
ed to disturb relations between Great
Britain and America their ties of
friendship have become stronger in
the years which have followed.
The proclamation was published in
the Gazette several days ago. The
Governor recommends that the occa-
sion be celebrated as a day Of thanks
giving and prayer throughout the
Old Dominion; also that at noon and
for five minutes thereafter all travel
cease and all labor, business, recrea-
ton and active employment shall he
These recommendations
will, in the main, be carried out. The
banks and schools will be closed for
the day.
There will be no meeting Of the
Board of Police Commissioners to-
night on account of the holi
lay. although that will DC the third
Wednesday night in the month.