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did not reach him. He will be called to- morrow
 Commissioner OConnel read into the record a letter from Secretary of Labor
 Wilson denying a statement by Walter Drew of the National Erectors associa- ton, that the department of labor was
 used in the interest of the closed shop During his examination MT. Emery told the commission that much of the criticism directed at the courts regarding what he termed social legislation was due to the fact that cases involving social or indus trial matters were often inadeauately pre- sented
 "Sokfar as I can see there is no preva'- lent antagonsm in the courts toward social legislation he said. There is de- lay in courts keeping pace with human progress and necessarily so. The courts follow progressive thought
 MT. Emery asserted that every trade union as well as every employers or ganization should be made responsible for it's acts Injunctions, he thought, had served a very important purpose. "Injunctions generally are obeyed. de- spite lot of wild talk, he added. The great body or the WOfklnS peopit ol this l country are law-abiding, and there is no question about injunction having resulted 1 in tremendous conservation of life and | property"
 Cites Strike Cases | In this connection he cited two West | Virginia strike cases. One was the recent
 Cabin Creek coal strike in which the mili- tary was used and the other strike
 case in which an injunction was issued l Commissioner Weinstock referred to
 MT Darrow's characterization of J. R..
 McNamara as a martyr, viewed from his l standpoint, and asked MT. Emery if the
 assassins of Lincoln, Garfield and Mckin- 1 ley should not be cannonized on the l ground that each believed he was doing
 something for the common good Mr. Emery said he thought very few people
 ever regarded any of them martyrs,
 and added that he gathered from what
 MT. Darrow said that in placing dynamite | in labor disputes should follow the
 principle of safety first" l "McNamara' he added. received his 1 scale for every dynamite job he did. He
 received from $75 to $225 for every job, but suppose even martyr has his per- quisites"
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APHA TAU
 BANQUET THURSDAY

The annual banquet of the Birmingham alumni of the Alpha Tau Omega frater- nity will be held Thursday night at the Newspaper club. A fine programme has been arranged which will include ad- dresses by Forney Johnston, K. w. Bar rett and Judge w, D. Fort About 75 guests are expected to be present
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Suzzalo Heads College

Seattle, Wash, May 1s.-Henry suzzalo, professor of philosophy in the Teachers college of Columbia university, was elect ed president of the University of Wash- htgton today
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AMERICAN LIBERTY |SADELUS|ONS SAYS
 CLARENCE DARROW
Noted Labor Lawyer Testi- fies Before Industrial Relations Commission
 at Washington

Washington, May 1s.-Clarence S Dar- row. who defended the McNamara brothers in the Los Angeles dynamiting case, discussed industrial and social con ditions in America today before the in dustrial relations commission. He ex- pressed the hope that J. B. ,McNamara, serving life prison sentence, would be rardoned. and said the pardon ought to come soon.
 "MeNamara thought he was doing some- thing for common good when he blew up the Los Angeles Times,p said the lawyer. He risked his life because he believed in cause. and looking at it from his own standpoint, he was a martyr.
 Darrow told the commission thst the day soon was combing when hospitals would he substituted for prisons that punishment was barbarism, that blood shed was essential to progress and ai- ways had been, and that American lio- erty was theoretical delusion- The peo- pie of England he declared, had more lib- erty than those of America.
 James A Emery of the National Asso- citation of Manufacturers, followed Dar' row on the stand. He remarked that Mc- Namara received fees for his dynamite jobs and added that he supposed even a martyr had his peruuisites."
 Mr Emery said that if he were a la borer he would far rather be subject te the industrial laws of America. than those of Great Britain.
 Rockefeller to Testify
 John D. Rockefeller. Jr., who is to tes- tify with relation to the Colorado coa strike and correspondence developments since his appearance before the commis' sion in New York was in Washington to- day ready to appear, but the commission
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Judge Malone Dead

Memphis. May 1s.-Judge Walter Ma- lone, aged i9 iurist and author. widely known throughout tho south. was found dead In his room at local hotel today. His death, it is believed was due to apoplexy.
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the challenge for Thursday night but will arrange for some future night.
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LouiSNilie, May MA letter from President Wilson was made public here today reaffirming his position on the liquor question and simplifying two previous letters on the subject known as the shannon and Grogan letters, which were written when MT Wilson was governor of New Jersey.
 The shannon letter advocated local option as a means of settling liquor issues. It said that liquor issues in jected into state or national politics brought disruption and rendered con- structive legislation impossible.
 The Grogan letter has been con- strued in Kentucky to mean the writer favored statewide prohibition.
 In view of the widely divergent in- sers. W. B. Haldeman, editor of the Louisville Times, wrote the President reciting that:
 Statewide prohibition has been made an issue by the two candidates for the democratic gubernatorial nomi- nation in Kentucky and in that con nection the so-called Grogan letter is being used to imply that you approve of this principle in certain circum- stances which are declared to fit the present Kentucky political situation. On the other hand the so-called Shan ron letter is being used in an effort to lroxe that you stand for local self government as a principle for demo erats to observe.
 If you feel that the situation war
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Lucille spangler, the little daughter of
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The world IS a
 ring and Colo

rado IS its diamond; set in prongs of giant peaks, a. sparkle with snow on their crests and vivid with moun- tain verdure below. It IS the gem place for vacation ists, always.
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Football in Streets
ENoX AVENUE from Central r.

T ENOX AVENUE from Central Tah
north for a mile has become 4
favorte ground for football ,rac.
tice by public school pupils I'll, ave.
nue. is SO wide and level that it tf'urd,
excellent facilities for the study and
performance of all the tricks ana twists
OF the game. Nevertheless it is au I'D
sight, to see one of the great city 'hor.
ouShfares given over to such a pa. me-
The boys gather in groups Of t,n q
hfteen after school. They kick ami rui
and tackle in approved style, 10 rho ~
of scores Of onlookers on the curb Nov
and then an automobile comes spo'di
up out of Central Park and hont~ 10
approach so that the players may nave
a chance to get out of its way, R' ID,
man at the wheel is treated TO IL. sur
prise of his life.
The tangled up mass Of pulling and
hauling boys pay not the sliEh',-t a.
tention to anything so ordlnary ne az
automobile. The consequence IS ne
driver of the machine has TO slow dow
and steer cautiously to one side ~ or
der TO get by.
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girls and women are of a class that
has never known a sordid day.
Considering the enormous multi
tudes of wounded cared for and treated
here in Russia since the war began, the
organization has worked wonderfully
well. l have questioned many, many
wounded. Always one hears the same
story of complete satisfaction once the
hospitals have been reached.
One of the most fortunate aspects of
this pathetic side is that the modern
bullet makes comparatively few Grip
pies. The wounds that kill usually
stretch the victims dead on the battle
field and the bulk of the others do not
cripple their victims. Wounds made
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number Of the inhabitants were ques.
toned as to the behavior of the troops.
They stated that there was no COM
plant to be made even of the Cossacks.
These conversations for the most
part were in the presence of Russian
officers or officials, but the frankness
and evident lack of fear shown by the
population led the writer personally to
believe that the statements were true.
The next day we visited a number IF
the positions to the north. and We're
taken to the line Of trenches held by
the Austrians for nearly a week The
graves and shell torn terrain clearly
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the capacity of the Russian peasant to
absorb nervous shock. As one beautiful
nurse, who has given her whole life
since the war commenced to the care of
the wounded, said to me: What | am
ndering every day Is what on earth
has killed the men that we hear are
dead upon the battlefield, for every day
patients come to us with wounds that
one would certainly imagine would have
meant instant death.
Here for instance, is one" and she
led me to the bedside of a huge blue
eyed blond soldier with his head in
bandages. This man." she told me-
came in here two weeks ago and we
thought he would die any minute.
There was hole above his left eye
made by shrapnel ball. 1t was so
big that I could put two fingers into It
up to the second joint. The ball went
completely through his head and yes
terday we took it out of the back of
his neck. He will recover.
You see, he understands quite well
that we are talking about him" for the
big soldier had taken her hand and
gently kissed it as he gazed at her with
eyes as fun OF devotion as those OF
Newfoundland dog.
As we went from bed to bed, inspect
ing these CHASTITY wrecks that were
paying the price for the reimbursement
of the balance of power, every eye in
the room followed the figure of the
white clad nurse. who seemed to know
the case and history of each sad soldier.
After l left her / discovered that she
was one of Lem'berg's most prominent
social figures, though In her simple uni
form there was nothing to distinguish
her from her more humble sisters.
One Is much impressed as a matter
OF fact by the remarkable democracy
OF this sisterhood. On more than one
occasion ! have discovered that the hag-
gard, pale faced little woman or girl
that was moving quietly about the
wards, performing the most mental
tasks. was a countess or a princess,
known by name all over Russia. Here
in the hospitals there seems to be nei-
Their caste nor social distinctions, and
the common soldier seems to be receiv-
ing the same care and loving devotion
from the women of artistocratic Russia
as do their officers.
AS a matter of fact one hardly rec
ognizes the difference between the Off
GERS wards and those occupied by the
sOlultIy, except lndt OF. sees q rev
flowers and swords by the bedsides
Thousands upon thousands of Russia's
very best women are working night and
day to vindfcate the debt which the whole
country owes to the peasantry that are
paying with their lifes blood and their
mangled limbs the price of war.
We have seen them everywhere, and
almost always of the type that makes
womanhood an inspiration. On the
hospital trains from the front. living
in tiny cars with no comforts of civil
ization, they are working night and day
over the hideously wounded that come
each day in shoals from the trenches
with care lined faces and uniforms
stained with blood one sees them at 2
and in the morning working unre-
mittingly in the little station operat-
Ing rooms that oso finds al almost !
every important town. Many of these |
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100000 had passed through Lemberg
since the war started.
The Russians have, I believe, done
extremely well with their sick and
wounded and the record of deaths as
against total patients received is very
small. one hospital had lost forty
two patients out of $500 received, while
another counted eighteen deaths out of
over 400. The facts seem to be that the
men who do not actually die on the
field of battle and who have fairly
prompt treatment have an excellent
chance to recover entirely from their
injuries.
AS one sees the CHASTITY wounds in
the hospitals from which men are APP
parently recovering, one Is amazed at
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indicated the nature Of the conflict and
the stubborn resistance offered. The
failure here was the first important
break in the Austrian line and enabled
Brussilov to proceed with his thanking
movement which resulted in the Aus
TRAN retirement all along the line.
Four miles away was the town of Bots
zonce, where for the first time we OBJ
served the effect OF artillery fire on a
city.
The interesting feature of the bonn
bardment was that even from a range
of approximately five thousand metres
the Russian artillery had been able to
discriminate between churches and
other buildings. In the town We're two
big churches and one town hall, with
spire that made 1t resemble sacred
building. Not one of these was touched
by single shell. The spired building
itself stood in a desert of desolatiOn,
while not ten feet away an adjacent
building was literally levelled by the
shells of the Russian artillery. only the
heart of II, where there were stone and
brick buildings had been touched, and
practically all Of the outlying peasants
huts were untouched, with the few eX-
ceptions of the places where the fires
had spread.
OF the many other towns traversed |
noticed but one badly damaged and the
destruction there was that of the depot
and warehouse. This does not apply
to the towns on the Grodek- Rawa
Ruska battlefield, where there were
fighting and artillery duels between the
contending armies.
My own impression gathered from
this tour is that the Russians in Galica
have conducted as orderly and civilized
war as is possible. The same be-
lieve, is true of the Austrians. The
few tales of atrocities heard in the hos
pitfalls are vague, and, in fact, are SO
rare that even If true they cannot be
taken as typical.
1t must be stated, however that the
population here in general has not been
unfriendly to the Russians and in but
few cases has there been resistance
from the people themselves. My own
opinion is that the conduct of this army
has been due largely to the prohibition
Of the use of strong drink in any form
by the soldiers, plus the fact that the
Russian Government has made an eX-
traordinary effort to prove that their
methods of warfare are on a par with
the best in humanity and restraint.
Whether similar conduct could be en-
forced in country that was hostile
| with the population shooting at the
soldiery is another question. Taken by
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Eugene Zimm erman !,
London

\NE Jay ldSt winter q H1un q,
u American newspaper r. .. "a,
the foyer of the Save, IufoI IL
London looking em over. NJ ..i.p nj
Littleton, the New York law. io,n"I
the group and helped look IN o",.
Before long a portly, wei .roon,,.
elderly man who was abo,. d, No.
caught sight Of Littleton. 81. .,orS-'
and greeted the lawyer His f.... b~,gt.
'ened as he grasped his fricu.. hand
I'm so glad to see you. N...f.1r..
said. Wont you ask your friends
excuse you for few mlnur.. V..,
to talk to you"
He almost dragged Littlctu. from
chair in his eagerness and I.. ... r,,
yer through the grill room toward -.
bar.
Ten minutes later the tN.. .. Yrr,,
and the elderly man took an an. .. rs,,
leave of his lawyer friend
Boys" said Mr.. Littlc,u. .. r, ..
Joined the group Of ncw....r ma.
there is the most pathetic ,... gr,,
or or course you know that . Egror,
zimmerman. You have all see. h,,,
In London, where he come. ...s,,l
times during the year Thcr, WA,
with an income of 50 900 900 .,,r vb.
gets no pleasure out of it. H. J.,.,,.
know how. He admits he doesn't l.,.,
now.
While 'Beefy' was getting OIL. S...,,
he told me his troubles. 'Nau.u, .,
said, won't you come with M .. p,r.,
Tor few days? Do. now, there. a g,o1
fellow Why, man, I'm so tired oe eyary,
thing that / feel sometimes as = !
couldn't stand it a minute longer
Il told him / had to get back Z, NJ,
YORK next week and was sailing .-,no,.
row so / couldn't go TO Paris with him
Then what shall l do with my,efr
he said. For heavens sake, tell m. bo,
TO amuse myself! / stand it q long a,
can in Cincinnati or New York ,rI
theh l Jump on boat and come ove,
mere. a few days in London Is a-a,c,
ana then | run down to the U5,..,s o.,
see my daughter. one gets cr.yyb 4
Manchester's company very soon ,rd !
come back to London.
" 1 stand it as long as can ..t ,be,
make a run for Paris. Tw, d5y. sri
I'm back here buying a ticket for Nay
YORK, l can't seem to enjoy an,.1ln,
IKE other men. WHAT'S the matter win
me? Tell me wha: to do. How can
get little pleasure out of life9'
Il asked him if he liked yourr r,,t,
| knew he did. His eyes brighter and
he said: Martin, il l could hay. .wea
young girls and fresh, WHOLESOME ,oyr,
poys about me all the time I wog.d b.,
perfectly happy. I love TO hear hon
laugh, and it gives me the greatest p'eas.
ure TO listen to their chatter. Hl I
can't find them, Martin. Tell me wber
| can find them
y told him 10 give a series of I'M,
dinners to the children of the many Me.
people he knew. Have them bring ,be-
SoVernesses and tutors along. AND dom
forget this | said. About Q O'Clock Won
must get up from the table and say:
now young people, it's time for an Cd
Iellow like me to go to bed. Have al
the run you can and We'll meet ag8A
soon. Good night
He thanked me with tears in II -. eve,
for the suggestion. He's just eur, II
to see how soon he can have his drt
dinner And he has an income of g..
BOO, 600 a year"
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the Cossacks did them; in any event it
matters little, for nothing else was
touched. In every field were cows, in
every back yard pigs, chickens, and
innumerable geese. while the fields on
both sides Of the road traversed by the
cavalry were dotted with the stacks
of harvest not yet taken in but every
where untouched. In the journey from
Lemberg to Kalicz the same evidence OF
restraint on the part of the soldiery
was everywhere perfectly clear. A
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day in all these weeks that we have not
lived, breathed, and saturated ourselves
in the atmosphere Of the unfortunates
that come drifting back from the field
Of battle.
Lemberg itself is. I dare venture, the
biggest hospital base at this writing
that the world has ever seen. Here
alone are forty-two gigantic institu-
tons for the repair of unfortunates that
come daily in trainloads from the front.
The doctor in one of these huge insti-
tutions told me that counting both Rus
sian and Austrian, fifteen thousand had
been cared for III that ono building
alone, and estimated that far more than
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many Of their wounded in their hos
pitfalls. These We're taken over by the
Russians, and now one sees the Aus
TRAN surgeons and nurses working side
by side with their captors, and, we are
told, receiving the same pay as their
Russian associates of similar rank. The
streets are filled with captured Aus.
trlan Red Cross attendants, who walk
about among the Russian soldiers in
their blue Austrian uniforms abso-
lutely without molestation. SO much
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and large, the conquest OF
Galicia has been conducted
in an orderly and humane
manner, and the occupation
by the new government has
started with every sign OF
leniency toward the popu-
lation and tolerance toward
those that attend to their
business.
So much for the military
side. There is one other
subject, however. with which
/ feel that all Of us are able
to deal, and that is the
treatment of the wounded.
II any group Of gentlemen
have ever had an oppor-
tunity to inspect hospitals,
it is this very aggregation
of war correspondents that
have been making this tour.
There has hardly heen a
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Wonderful Work of Russian Red Cross Which Cpe
ates Forty-two Gigantic Institutions in Lemberg.
theBiggest Hospital Base World Has EverSee

by shrapnel cases and h.. .s',.
shells are, of course, an exc. ., n,
havoc these work in human ".. h. :.
terrible to describe.
tCOpDriOht, Golfers
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came three divisions of Cossack cavalry,
and behind them divisions and d.
visions OF the Russian infantry itself.
Here was a town filled with Jews and
first traversed by Cossacks Immediately
after having fought an action OF many
days duration. This place, one would
have imagined, would, il anywhere,
show signs of excuses. What we saw
was this A small group Of buildings
near the station destroyed by fire and
the ruined bridge. Both of these acts.
we were told, were done by the retiring
Austrians.
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for the situation in Lem
berg itself.
Leaving this central city
of Gallcia, we travelled by
special train down the val
ley to the Dniester to Ka-
licz, the point that formed
the extreme Russian left
during the battle that ex-
tended to Krasne and was
followed by the capture Of
Lemberg. At this quaint
little village, which is about
as far off the map of the
Europe foreigners know
as any place one could To-
cate, was a fine steel bridge
which the Austrians blew
up in their hurried flight to
the north and west. On
their heels came the Rus
slams with their pontoon
bridges. In the vanguard