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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
MORE ABOUT WAR
Editor Northwest Worker:

Editor Northwest Worker;
have before me printed copies of
general orders posted up by the Ger
man commanders in French and Bel
ginu towns and villages. They are 50
despotio and severe; they cover such
a multitude of possible acts that |
am sure no Belgian or French civilian
even though imbued with the pure CD
non.resistant Socialism of Everett Lo-
cal No. / could have obeyed them all.
And the penalty for disobedience was,
in most instances, death
one rule insisted upon 1t that civil
ians shall take Off their hats or give
the military salute to n German Off
Ger or soldier.
Three windows in each Inhabited
house must be kept lighted all night.
| All doors must be left unlocked.
In cities 40 hostages will be taker
/ In each street and II any uprising ocf
ours In any street the 10 hostages Will
be shot" and the following sentence
Is added: "The safety of the hostages
depends on the population remaining
quiet In any circumstances
In the province of Luxemburg-a
province no larger than Snohomish
county-it is estimated that 1000 civil
ians. including many women and chill
dren, were shot.
1t is absurd to suppose that all these
thousand victims were Shippers I'm
doubtedly there were occasions when
the mstful Teuton soldiers taking adj
vantage of the unlocked doors so
kindly provided by the orders of their
commanders, made assaults upon WON
en- whose only defence and protection
were their husbands, fathers or broth
ers, and these civilians in such emer-
gencies may have failed to remain
quiet or show the proper respect for
the German uniform. During the civil
war in this country "snipers" were
shot when caught, but hostages were
never taken and assaults upon wom-
en- were punished with death by hang
ing
War at it's best is hell but the Ger
mans have made 1t still more hellish.
Fraternally,
H. s. CROSBY.
1929 w. Dawson ST.,
Seattle, Wn. Aug. "a, 1915.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
EDITOR TO UNTERMANN
Everett, Wn., Aug. 20, 1911:

Everett, Wn., Aug. 20, 1915.
Dear COmrade Untermann:
l would certainly be very glad to
save space for series of articles
along the lines you suggest. l know
shall myself learn much of interest
from them. More extensive knowl.
edge of the history of our great move
ment is one Of the crying needs of
our membership. However, you and |
may differ on questions of party tao
tics, I fully appreciate the very i'm
portant fact that your opinions are
based upon most comprehensive
knowledge of Socialist history and
philosophy, and I read your contribu-
lions certain of enlightenment, even
though still unable to see wherein my
own conclusions are adversely affect
ed by the facts you present
Awaiting your articles with pleas
urable anticipation, I remain CRATE
fully your comrade in the revolution,
MAYNARD SHIPLEY.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
You Can Do This

II you wish. reader, to take hand
In this campaign, you can organize
your locality. Get subscription
blank, for "War, What For?" and go
after your friends and neighbors, get
ting each one to advance what money
he can. 1t may be the price of one
copy, five copies, or hundred. the
understanding to be that the money
be refunded when the books are dis
posed of,
There are many ways in which this
can be done. Each contributor may
pledge himself to sell certain num-
Der. They may be sold on the streets.
They may be sold through the book
stores Perhaps friend is out Of EN-
ployment, and would take up the work
of canvassing. Perhaps the comrades
of your locality will district your
town, calling upon each resident.
There is a crying need for the book
at this time. Especially would it ap-
peal to women, mothers whose boys
may be called to the front at any mo-
ment. These and many other methods
might be used to spread the propa-
ganda contained in this remarkable
book.
We should never fail to avail our
selves of the assistance of persons OPP
posed to war, whether they are So
cialists or not. Many who do not I'M
derstand Socialism are opposed to war
Get any such to subscribe to fund
to carry the true meaning of what war
really is to the unthinking, youth of
the country. When they read this
book, their desire for the GLORY" Of
war will be forever dampened. They
will be perfectly willing to let the
Henry Dubbs do the fighting. We
have word from one comrade who
states that his copy of war, What
For?" has been read by thirty persons
Now, comrades, II each member of the
Socialist Party of the United States
udu q TeCOTu SUCH DIS lHdt, IL WOulu
be something to be proud Of
On page one you will find blank
which we ask each reader to fill out
and send to the Northwest Worker
This list of questions is being sent
out to the local secretaries in Washing
ton and the adjoining states, as fast
as they can be printed and mailed
We want your help. We want your
advice. We need organized effort.
What will you do to keep the boys of
the country from rushing to the front
to be ruthlessly slaughtered in the i'm
pending conflict? The situation is in
YOUR HANDS. WHAT WILL YOU
no?
ALL ORDERS FOR 100 OR MORE
TO BE SENT TO GEO. r. KIRK
PATRICK, 473 MADISON SQUARE
STATION, NEW YORK CITY.
ALL ORDERS FOR LESS THAN
ONE HUNDRED TO BE SENT TO
THE NORTHWEST WORKER, 1912
CALIFORNIA STREET, EVERETT,
WASH.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
TO EVERETT READERS

We want forty Socialists to go down
to the city hall and copy the names
of the voters in this city. Each one
of the forty will be given a precinct
and will copy the names of every voter
that is on the books in that precinct.
This will be a job that the women
comrades can do in the afternoons
There will be from 100 to 200 names
and addresses to copy. We want these
names in connection with the city
campaign.
All those wishing to help may call
at the office of The Northwest Worker
Monday afternoon at 2 pm. If not
able to come on that day call next
day.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
MY PLEDGE
uFrom "war. What For?"0

(From war, What For?'D
| refuse TO XIII your father, re-
fuse to slay your mothers son, |
refuse to plunge bayonot into the
breast of your sisters brother | re-
fuse TO slaughter your sweetheart 8
lover. | refuse to murder your wires
husband, refuse to butcher your lit
tie child's father. | refuse to wet the
earth with blood and blind kind eyes
with tears refuse to assassinate you
and then hide my stained fists In the
folds of any flag.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
THINK IT OVER
Continued from Page II

upper hand, and that mistakes might
be made In Vienna, or Berlin, or Paris,
which would lead to an outbreak of
war Concerning this point ! have
had some correspondence with Bebel
and we are of the opinion that, IL the
Russians start war against us, the
German Socialists will have to smash
to the utmost the Russians and their
allies, no matter who they are. II
Germany Is crushed, so should we be,
whereas in the most favorable case
the fight will be SO violent that Ger
many will be able to hold her own
only by revolutionary means, and so
it might be possible that we might be
compelled to take hold of the power
and to play at 1893. BEBEL has made
ated a great sensation in the French
press. shall try to explain this to
the French in their own language-a
difficult matter. But although
should consider 1t a great misfortune
IL war should break out and we should
be pushed into power prematurely,
nevertheless we should be prepared
for this emergency, and | am glad to
have BEBEL, the most capable Of
our men, on my side"
The differences among the German
Socialists at present do not at all con-
Germ the question whether or not they
should have taken part in this war
The question at issue among them Is
pre-eminently whether their Reich
stays representatives should have
voted Internationally for the war
loans, or should have made their vote
dependent upon certain conditions, or
should have withheld their vote alto
gether Also, owing to the fact that
the Socialist international never came
to any definite agreement about the
question, to what extent a defensive
war must necessarily be carried for
ward with the support of the Social
lists into the offensive stage, there is
now a good deal Of confusion about
this matter. But this is no particular
sin of the German Socialists alone. 1t
It due to certain unclarified errors
which always have lurked in the
minds OF all Socialists.
Perhaps it would be worth our while
to go little more extensively into
this matter l feel sure that you and
I, who have always been good friends
and have never had any reason to
doubt one another's sincerity, can de-
bate these questions in fairly imper-
sonal way. l have been in direct
touch with Germany all through the
war. I know what really happened
in the historical meeting of the Ger
man Socialist representatives that is
now SO holly discussed. / am also
very familiar with the history of the
Socialist International dealing with
war and militarism. But before 1 I'M
dertake to supply you with a regular
series Of articles for the NORTH
WEST WORKER, should like to
know definitely whether such articles
would be sufficiently welcome to you
to save space for them in several sue
cessive issues.
Fraternally,
ERNEST UNTERMANN.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
THE SOCIALIST" CROP

Six sacks of spuds have been re-
ceived from the following comrades in
Gold Bar district:
Rufus Wren, two sacks.
Gus Fleeder, two sacks.
Ely Richards, two sacks.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
SHALL 1T A BARGAIN BE?
BY Geo. n. Goebel.

Is this country defenceless? Say
nothing of the fact that our army costs
us ten thousand dollars yearly per
soldier, as compared with the one hun
dred dollars yearly cost of the Swiss
soldier, and admit 1t. Yes.
Shall we enlarge army and navy,
things that fly overhead and dive be-
meath? Shall we accumulate great
stores of munitions and supplies? Shall
it be that every man land perhaps ev-
cry woman) be enrolled on the Swiss
plan? Yes-for the sake of argument
YES
And having said yes, on what terms
shall we, the workers, out Of whose
blood must come the toll, agree in this
with the masters of the bread? -.
Here be the terms, o masters:
/. If, as you, the masters, tell us,
this cry for preparedness" does not
come from the makers Of munitions,
fat with profits, let it be agreed that
no longer shall shot or shell, or pow
der, gun or cannon, or aught that has
to do with war be manufactured by
other than the people themselves,
working union hours, under union
wages and conditions, in publicly
owned shops and mills, with all profit
and graft eliminated. What say you,
Schwab, and Gary, and Dupont, and
all your callous ilk? Shall it be bar
gain?
2. If it be in reality Jap, or a
German, or perchance John Bull we
are to fear, let it stand as a covenant
that neither regular troops, nor militia
shall under any circumstances what
soever be used in time of strike, or
lockout, nor against any save those
outside our borders, in the act Of cross
ing the border with intent to damage.
What say you, Mr.. Carnegie, of Home
stead immortal ill-fame? and you, Mr..
Rockefeller with your hands yet drip
ping with the blood of Ludlow women
and children? Shall it bargain be-?
3. If this preparation be for OUR
good, and not our harm; if these guns
are for foreign invader, and not for
home use, enter in the pact that every
citizen shall have not only use and
drill in high-powered rifle, but ALSO
that this rifle shall be kept, Swiss
plan, in the home Of the citizen, and
not in armory, or fort, or police sta
ton. What say you, big thieves and
little thieves, who rob us of the bulk
of our product, starve us to the rebel
lion point, and meanwhile, lest we do
just defense of our legal rights, stead
lily, in defiance of established constitu-
tional right to have and bear arms,
make it criminal offense for other
than legalized thugs to have arms in
their possession. What say you?
Shall it bargain be?
4. Cor finally, though first let it
be bound and agreed that we, the
workers, shall name from among us
foremen and superintendent, sheriff,
judge, governor and president, and all
that functions as government, whether
of locality or shop. What say you, in
dustrial bosses, who in countless times
past have broken your every contract
with us? and you, political Bosses who
with the industrial bosses to our hui
initiation and death? Shall it a bar
gain be?
These be the terms, oh masters, on
which we agree. If they be not &C
ceptable, go to He'll and do your own
fighting:
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

AS a possible solution of the prob
lem of unemployment a movement is
on foot in San Francisco to establish
six-hour workday for union carpen-
ters.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

It comes as something of a shock
to find Governors Brewer of Missis-
sippi, and Rye, of Tennessee, in the
ranks of aggressive prohibitionists-
Boston Herald.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

The settlement of the Chicago car
penters' strike was a victory for the
men. They received an increase to
TO cents an hour under a uniform
agreement to continue in force for
three years.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

Poland has been devastated by the
Car and the Kaiser in their contest
to decide who shall give freedom to
Poland.-New York Evening Post.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

The West can gain some idea of
the wildly radical character of the
New York Constitutional Convention
when it is told that Elihu Root is the
leader of the progressive element
New York World
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

1t takes a free and equal fraternal
and benevolent organization to dub it's
chief mogul a grand exalted ruler and
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
w. r. Snow

Sun. 5, Arlington e. p,m) Sun. 5,
Everett; Mon. 6, q.30 PM Edmonds;
Tue. 7, Kennydale. Cemrade Snow
then goes to Portland, Ore
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

Comrade Goebel has been engaged
for lecture in this city sometime in
the near future. He is one of the best
known speakers in the movement, be-
ing one of the early pioneer propa-
gandists.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

Be sure and attend the w. r. Snow
meeting in CITY PARK on Cakes
Ave. Sunday afternoon, Sept. 5.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02
LECTURES HELD NEXT WEEK
Carrie w. Allen

Sun. 5, Portland; Mon. 6, Vaacouver;
Tue. 7, Laurel; Wed 8, Trout Lake
This finishes Comrade Aliens tour of
the state.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

Barsreen's Golden Drip Coffee. I'M
perlaI Tea Co., 1907 Hewitt Avenue.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

Order a sack of spuds from The
Northwest Worker.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-02

DR.. Ross Earlywine, Dentist. EOS
American Bank Bldg Both Phones
T75.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
NEUTRAL WORLD IS
BACK OF AMERICA
Other Nations Not at War Stand
Behind United States in Pro-
test to Britain.
REPLY MADE PUBLIC TODAY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-While no for
NAL arrangement has been made as yet
for common action by all neutral coun-
tries in respect to oontraband and ship
ping during maritime warfare, II became
known tonight that the United States had
received the sympathetic support of prac-
t!cally all neutral nations in its negotla-
tons with Great Britain.
Recognizing the interest manifested by
the neutral governments In the initiative
taken by the United States. copies OF
the British reply to the American note
were ordered delivered by Secretary
Bryan to all the diplomatic representa-
tives In Washington.
The text of the British note will be
made public simultaneously in both
Washington and London tomorrow after
noon.
1t is known that the British note does
not finally dispose Of the questions raised
but is in the nature of a preliminary
argument. Just how far long drawn
out correspondence is foreshadowed Off
cials here refused to say. In authoritative
quarters II was stated. however. that an
other note. perhaps more vigorous than
its predecessor. would be sent 20 Great
Britain should the safeguards which Great
Britain itself has advised for American
commerce be disregarded by the British
fleet as the American government claims
has been done in the past.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
Change of Registry
Of Ships May Not Be
Recognized by Lion

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1O.-The status of
the former Hamburg-American steamer
Dacia, loading at Port Arthur, Tex, with
cotton for Bremen, Germany, is receiving
official attention here. 1t was learned to-
day, because OF an intimation from the
British government that this ship might
be regarded as subject to seizure as soon
as 1t passed the three-mile limit. The
questions involved are of great import
ance not only to Americans seeking to
purchase interned German merchant
ships, but also to the southern cotton in
terests now exerting every effort to find
means Of placing the staple in the Eu-
ropean markets.
Details of the British objection to the
cruise of the Dacia have not been made
public, but 1t is understood that the Brit
ish embassy has acquired information in
dicating that the sale of the ship by the
Hamburg-American company was not
bona fde. This fact. il established, would
be regarded as grounds for the objection
and consequently 1t would be unnecessary
for the British government to raise the
question of the right of the American
government to confer registry upon any
merchant ship belonging to belligerent
power after the outbreak of hostilities.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
Proposal Made to
Pipe Gas to Omaha

CHGY ENNE, Wyo,, Jan. 1O.-(Special)
Natural gas from the Little Buffalo
Basin and Oregon Basin fields, thirty
miles southeast OF Cody, wyo., may be
piped 300 miles to Denver, ninety miles
to Billings and GOO miles to OMAHA. ac-
cording to a statement today by State
Geologist l.. w. Trumbull, who has been
consulted relative to pipeline transpor-
tation OF the gas to the cities named and
intermediate points, including Cheyenne.
-Four wells in the two basins named
now are producing 65,OOO,OOo cubic feet OF
gas daily. The gas escapes under pres
sure OF 1000 pounds TO the square inch
and the value of the amount now wasted
daily exceeds 5000. The amount vast
ing each day, says State Geologist Trum-
bull is sufficient to supply Billings.
Cheyenne. Denver, Omaha and numerous
other cities.
Three companies have entered the
field" said Trumbull today. tine first
reached gas last August. OF three wells
In the fields, two are throwing 20.OO00OO
cubic feet OF gas daily. and the other
100000 cubic feet. The gas reservoir
lies under a rock pressure OF 1000 pounds
to the square inch | am led to believe
from geologic conditions that the depth
Of the gas lake is about 100 feet IT'S
proven area is five square miles
The three companies operating in the
Buffalo Basin field are. the Ohio oil
company STANDARD OiD. Midwest OIL
company and the Valentine syndicate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
Woman's Property
Goes to Mother of
Man Who Slew Her

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. lo-(Special.) }
One OF the concluding chapters OF the
case of J. Warren Jenkins, who muir
dered his wife that he might inherit her
estate, but who did not live to reap the
benefits OF his crime, being hanged for
the murder, was written on the steps
OF the court house here yesterday. when
eighty-nine shares OF the stock Of the
Leffingwell Mercantile company OF
Brighton, Colo, were sold at auction by
DIR. G. Y. Beard, administrator of Jen-
kins estate, The purchaser was A. l..
Leffingwell. step-father of the murdered
woman and president OF the Leffingwell
company. He secured the stock. which
was appraised at more than 5000. for
6,1oO two other bidders being discour-
aged by the fact that Leffingwell al
ready held a majority OF the company 5
stock.
The stock disposed OF by jenkins ad-
ministrator, constituted the greater por-
ton Of the motive for the murder OF
Mrs. Jenkins. Less than a year after
their wedding. and after she had executed
a will making him her sole heir nc
clubbed her to death I'm their home here.
The proceeds of the estate, less the
heavy expense OF Jenkins defense. now
pass to his aged mother. Mrs. Annie Jen-
hns. formerly OF Denver. but now a
resident OF Cheyenne.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
Pifty-Seven Ships
In Canal Procession

WASHINGTON. Jan. o.-Flfty-seven
naval vessels will make up the fleet
which will go to San Francisco BY way
ot the Panama canal next March. ac-
cording to announcement made today by
Secretary Daniels. There will be twenty
one battleships. headed by the dread
nought Wyoming. Admiral Fletcher's 5
flagship; twenty-three torpedo boat de-
stroyers and thirteen auxiliary boats. in
cluding colliers and supply vessels. At
Cristobal, on the Atlantic side OF the
eapal the fleet will be Joined by the
famous old Oregon and Dewey's flagship
at Manila, the Olympia, both Of which
are being fitted out for the cruise. the
former on the Pacific coast and the latter
at Charleston. S. C.
President Wilson will sail from Hamp-
ton Roads on the battleship New York
on March 8. 9 or 7, the exact date remain
ing to be fixed,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
Dernburg Says Fight
Of Germany is for
Freedom Of the Sea

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-The season In the
common property of all the world and
II its freedom is maintained it will mean
the cessation of war, asserted DIR. Bern
hard Dernburg, former colonial secretary
of the German empire, in an address
today before the Republican club. The
present struggle, he declared, was the
fight ION the one side for an absolute
dominion of the seven seas and on the
other for a free sea.
1.-THE English have time and again
asserted" he said, that Britannia must
rule the waves as q matter of safety.
The British doctrine leads further. OF
necessity to the claim that the British
empire begins at the three-mile limit of
all other territory-a claim that has no
foundation either in the law of nations in
the higher sense or in the feeling Of the
civilized world.
THE sea is free to all. Any domina-
tion exercised beyond that line Is a
breach and infringement upon the rights
of others. We must establish a free
sea to be piled on exclusively by the
merchant marine of all nations. Men of
war of any nation whatsoever must be
forbidden upon the high seas. When that
is done the world as it is divided now
viii come to a permanent peace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-11
Kaiser's Slogan, Eat
K-Bread,' Becoming a
Cry in United States

CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-Although the mere
threat of an attempt to obtain from con-
sress a war embargo on breadstuffs was
largely instrumental today in breaking
The price of wheat almost cents bushel
rs compared with top figures yesterday.
Chicago bakers, fighting a squeeze in the
flour market. took steps TO get relief
without waiting on legislation at WASH
ington.
The United States district attorneys
office here was consulted and the promise
Of federal inquiry as to flour and wheat
was obtained. Facts were presented
Shlch seemed to demand government no
tfce. The representative of the district
attorney said, however, that no evidence
of conspiracy to create artificial val
ues in wheat and flour had yet been dis
covered
AS a measure of relief, some Chica-
goans today ate K-bread and called II
good. IL generally used, the loaves-one-
third potatoes and two-thirds flour
would materially lower the living cost
At one of the leading hotels. K-bread, or
"kartoffel-brod," (Doteto bread, which
tho kaiser recently endorsed for every
household in Germany, was served.