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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01
SHOULD COMPULSORY MILL
TARY DRILL AT OUR STATE
UNIVERSITY BE ABOLISHED

yersity course ] know what educa
tion means. 1t means poise, the
power of mental concentration. self
command. / know it because ! am
one Of the great mass who is strug-
Cling through life without a college
education and shall never cease to
regret its loss Men and women who
are students of affairs bewail the
eyerincreasing army of American
youth who face life with only the
rudimonts of an education. The leg
islatures fee law is directly respon-
sible or will be, for a condition which
ought not to exist.
Causes Discomfort
Proponents of the compulsory drill
argue that it tends to teach the adoI-
escent mind discipline Protesting
students claim that the students chafe
at what they term the staggering
airs Of their fellow students who are
cadet officers and are constantly in
a harrassed and discontented frame of
mind
Proponents of the compulsory drill
claim the drill acts as a physical re
storatiye for bodies wearied by indoor
confinement during the study and
recitation period. Opponents argue
that three hours drill weekly at a
deadly monotonous manual of arms,
is a mighty poor substitute for ath-
letic exercises in which alert mind is
attuned to an alert body
Now we come down to the feature
which ninety-nine out of a hundred
proponents of compulsory drill will
emphasize before you have talked five
minutes to them. Military prepared
ness" That's the bugabOo.
The presses of this nation groan
and creak beneath the weight of pom
derous editorial and news expression
upon the military unpreparedness
of the United States. Some of it is
honest, borne of the fear engendered
by the European holocaust Much of
it is bunk, pure bunk, to distract the
minds of the American people from
the ugly industrial facts brought out
by the federal commission on indus
trial relations. Remember, too, that
We are learning the war munitions"
game from its practical business side
and it is highly remunerative A com
posite frame of mind is being brought
about which runs to military ideas
Don't you see, then, that the ideas CO.
relate, viz military preparedness and
compulsory military training 1t is
rather hard to sift the sincere from
the insincere The one wants mill
tary training for purely patriotic
reasons The other wants it for SIS
reasons But both, the sincere and
the insincere, lay great stress upon
the popular phrase for purposes Of
defense only" Therein lines the all
lurpment and also the menace.
Must We Train Soldiers?
Is it safe to say to the American
Continued on PAGE 4
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01
FIFTEEN CITIES REPORT
STARVING CHILDREN

In fifteen cities of the United States
medical examination has brought
out the fact that of S547,9O9 school
children examined, no femer than 29-
019 or iCJween and 6 per cent, are
not nly underfed, but are suffering
in health from the results of under
feeding. Speaking plainly these chill
dren do not have enough to eat. Us
ing still shorter and uglie9 word, ,"
they are starving for starvation does
not always imply death in our pres
ent use of English. One may slowly
starye all his life until death would
lie a relies for himself and a benefit
to the community. AS a remedy for
what the authors call this menace Of
malnutrition, feeding in school at
the public expense is favored by Ed
ward F. Brown. executive secretary
of the New York School Lunch Com
mittee In a booklet issued by the
Ne" oIh IieallH department lI9I2i
on Health Aspects OF School
Lunches, Mr. Brown says
The school-luneh service supplies
the need for food where the home has
failed TO make such provision The
mothers who work out by day fre-
quentIy make practice OF giving the
chiId a few pennies to spend for
lunch but which as matter OF fact,
the enid usually spends for candies
fruits ana other ttblts. The push
cart ana DasRetNenderS OF candies.
cakes FRUITS ana similar toods nave
from ume lmmemoriaI INFESTED school
helSHOorhoo"s' SeII'hS wares "II'en
nave oeeh exposed 10 MIN ana alF''
ana oI'eh dangerously auu'lera'ed. ON
'A' Eas' SIue' III was noJ uncommon
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01
RAISE OF PAY ENDS STRIKE

A 10 per cent increase in wages
granted to 200 employees of the Gras
seni Chemical CO. Elizabeth, n. j.
ended a strike two hours after it had
been declared
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01

Don't forget that you are to reserve
Monday evening, Oct. nth, for the
Molders dance, at Fraternal Hall. A
splendid Olympic heater will be given
away. Tickets soc. Ladies admitted
free
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01

Z he gist of the social question in
a nutshell is: Shall the productive
forces be managed by the producers
or left to the control of agents of the
credit system who have an eye to
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01
,vALSH'S PROPHESY

"Tne year nineteen hundred and fif-
teen will show the dawn of an indus
trial democracy, in which all men and
women shall be absolutely free"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01
the unearned increment?

No man under the economic power
of another is a free agent. Every
man who works should have a com.
pellng voice in fixing his wages,
hours of labor and conditions under
which he works. There is no free
dom of contract as long as one man
has the arbitrary power of discharge
over another man.
Collective bargaining is a scheme
whereby well-fed persons can not
drive hard bargains with hungry per
sons.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01

If Sweden joins Germany this ought
to make Minneapolis and Milwaukee
quite friendly - Pittsburg Gazette
Times
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01

WnlCn appear ODJeCJlOudbI' may dIlcl
all produce the best results
Dr. Suzzallo listened carefully tC
the committees protest and talked in
terestingly upon the different phases
of the question. The committee was
assured that when the time came or
ganized labor would be given full op
portunity to lay its cas- before the
faculty.
Now, what is it all ahout2
I know that ones personal convic-
tions are apt to color any article writ
ten Most of us feel strongly upon
matters of public intereat and are apt
to stretch a point in an attempt to
drive home our personal convictions
to the public consciousness. 1t is the
hardest thing in the world to write
dispassiOnately upon question in
which we have a deep personal inter
est. So do not be surprised if my
feelings run away with my pen in
this article, though l shall try to
stick close to the groundwork of facts
as | tried to verify them
Legislative Trickery
In 1909 the Legislature passed as a
rider to the university appropriations,
a compulsory drill feature for the
first and second year classes. So
many hours drill had to be taken
weekly under the direction of an Of
ficer of the United States army. The
uniforms had to be purchased by the
individual Students The cadets are
not subject to call for military duty
by the state But there is maintained
upon the campus a company of the
natiO"al guard known as Company f.
This is composed of students and Of
course enlistment is voluntary But
1t is claimed by students that many
of them cannot afford to buy their
uniforms. 1t is conservatively esti-
mated that better than 50 per cent of
the students are wholly or in part
upon their own efforts to
go through the U. 1t is claimed that
many students enlisted in Company
f from economic reasons. The cost
of the uniforms meant hard sacrifice
to them and by joining the national
guard company that cost was entirely
eliminated The national guard is
subject to military duty at the call
of the state.
The last Legislature among the rest
of it's sins, passed a university fee
law. 1t now costs the U freshmen
$50 in fees to go through the first
year His uniform costs him SIS
more totaling nearly $50 Fifty dol
lars may not mean very much to the
members OF the 1915 legislature but
it is a real tragedy to me student who
is digging his education out of the
solid rock with his finger nails Can
you not see many more enlstments
in Company f from economic reasons?
| wish every yOune man and young
woman in this state e0ulu take a uni
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01

have been criticized for lacking
what is called judicial poise. | hope
we have seen the last commission
dealing with labor that approaches
it's work with judicial poise." 1t is
a splendid mask behind which truth
may be hidden.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01

Every i'll in the industrial system
will find its base in special privilege
given by the people. Privilege takes
away the common heritage and the
right to make our own living.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-10-01
SOME WALSH EPIGRAMS

No living man ever had the right
to the labor of another man
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24
CHAPTER 1853.

An Act to propose an amendment to
Article III, Of the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland, by adding a new Sec
ton, TO be known as Section 60, and ,
provide for the submission of sa
Amendment to the qualified voters of
this state for adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland (three-fifths
Of all the Members of each of the two
houses concurrins); That the following
new Section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Article
III, title, Legislative Department of
the Constitution of the State of Mary
land the same to be inserted after Sec
ti5n 80 and to be known as Section 81:
and if adopted by the legally qualified
voters thereof. as herein provided. said
Section shall become a part of Article
III of the Constitution of Maryland.
Section 60. The General Assembly of
Maryland shall have the power to p-o-
vide by suitable general enactment (a)
for the suspension of sentence by the
Court in criminal cases; CD for any form
of the indet rminate sentence in crimi-
nal cases, and (c) for the release upon
parole in whatever manner the General
Assembly may prescribe of convicts inn
prisoned under sentence for crimes.
Section 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the said
foregoing Section, hereby proposed as
amendment to the Constitution shall at
the next ensuing general election. to be
held on Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, 1915
be submitted 10 the legal and qualiie
voters of Maryland for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article IA of the Constitu-
ton of this State, and at the said cleo
ton the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the Constitution shall be by bal
lot and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment and
Against the Constitutional Amend
ment." as now provided by law, and i'm
mediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of thu
vote for and against said proposed
amendment as directed by said Article
II of the Constitution.
Approved April 10th, 1914
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or more registered voters of the city or
county in which said voters so signing
are registered, and one affidavit may
apply to or cover any number of sigma
lures to such petition. TIL, false signing
of any name, or the signing of any fic-
titious name to said petition shall be
forgery, and the making of any false af-
fidavit in connection with said petition
shall be perjury.
Section 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforesaid Article hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall be
at the next General Election for Mem
bers of the General Assembly held In
this State. submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof, for their adoD-
ton or rejection in pursuance of the di-
rections contained in Article XVI of the
Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitute
shall be by ballot and upon each ballot
shall be printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment and
Against the Constitutional Amend
ment," as now provided by law, and i'm
mediately after said election due return
shall be made to the Governor of tn =
vote for and against said proposed
amendment as directed by the said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution.
Approved April 9Th, 1914.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24
ARTICLE XVI. THE REFERENDUM

Section ! ta). The people reserve to
themselves cover known as The Refer
erdum. by p.tition to have submitted t.
the registered voters of the State. to
approve or reject at the polls. any Act
or part of any Act of the General AS
sembly If approved by the Governor. or
if passed by the General Assembly ov
the veto of the Governor;
(b) The provisions of this Article shall
be self-eXecuting; provided that add
t!onal legislation in furtherance thereof
and not in conflict Herewith may BE- en-
acted
Section ,. No law enacted by the G n
eral Assembly shall take effect until the
first day of June next after the ssh IN
at which it may be passed, unless it
contain Section declaring such law an
emergency law and necessary for the i'm
mediate preservation of the public health
or safety, and passed upon a yea and
nay vote supported by three-ffths of al
the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly; pro-
vided, however, that said period of sus-
pension may be extended as provided in
Section tb) hereof. If before said first
day of June there shall have been filed
with the Secretary of the Stat a p t.
ton to refer to a vote of the people any
law or part of a law capable of ref r.
endum, as in this Article provided. the
of State To such vote. and shall not b.
come a law or take effect until thirty
days after Its approval by a majority of
the electors voting thereon at the next
ensuing election held throughout -"
State for Members Of the House of Rep
resentatiVes If the United States. An
emergency law shah remain in fore
notwithstanding slch petition but shall
stand rancnl,d thirty days after havn
been rejected BY . majority of the quIl'-
fled cleo .urs voting thereon. y ovid ii
however, that no measure creating or
nhOiShine any office, or changing the
salary. term or duty of any officer. or
granting am franchise or special priVi-
lCSe, or creating any vested right or f."
terest. shall be enacted as an emergeuc
law. No law making any appropJ iatip'
Tor Maintaining the State Government
or for M! tIining or aiding any publ
institute ;. cot exceeding the next pre-
vious ann: uoriation for the same pur-
pose. shah be subject to rejection o
repeal under this section. The increas
in any such appropriation for maintain
Ing or aiding any public institution laH
DuY take eject as in the cas-, OF h
laws, and sLch increase or any part
thereof specified in the petition, may h
referred to a vote of the people upon Pc
tition.
Section (a). The referendum petition
against any Act or part of an Act pass d
by the General Assembly. shat be sun
cient If signed by ten thousand quail ed
voters OF the State of Maryland, OF whom
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24
CHAPTER 673.

An Act to amend the Constitution OF
Maryland by adding thereto a new Ar
ticlc to be entitled, Article XVI pro
viding for The Referendum" and to
provide for the submission of said mend
mcnt to the qualified voters of the State
for adoption OF rejection.
Section !. Be 1t enacted by the Cen
eral Ass mhly of Maryland (three-ffths
of all the Members elected to each of the
two Houses concurrng), That the fol-
lowing new ana additional Article. to be
known as Article XVI, title The Ref
crcndum,' be. and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stituton of Maryland, ana if adopted b.
the legal ana qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, it shall stand as part
and as a new and additional Article of
said Constitution, to be known and enti-
tied as aforesaid.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24
CHAPTER 4l6.

An Act 10 propose an amendment to
the Constitution of this State by adding
a new Article thereto to follow imme-
diately after Article NJ and to be known
as Article NI-A. ana to provide for tn
submission OF said amendment to the
qualified voters of this state for adoption
or rejection.
Section l. BE 1t enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, Uhree-ffths
of all Members of each OF the two
Houses Concurring) That the following
Article to follow Immediately after Arti-
Gle N ana 10 be known as Article XI-A,
be and the same is hereby proposed AZ
an amendment to the Constitution OF
this STATE. which Article if adopted by
The qualified voters of this Sta,e. as
herein provided, shah thereby by such
adoption b" lnd become a part Of the
Constitution OF this State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24
ARTICLE x1-A. LOCAL LEGISLATION

AN II LIZ -Nl-EN III NJ i4fs'rlSl.A i'm
Section /. on demand of the Mayor of
Baltimore and city Council Of the City
of Baltimore. or on petition barring the
signature Of not less than o. par cent
of the registered voters of said city or
any county crowded. however that in
any case 10000 signatures shall be sum
Gent to complete a petitionD. the Boar
of Election Supervisors Of said city or
county shall provide at the next general
or Congr. ssional election. occurring al
ter such demand or the filing of such
petition. for the election Of chart +
board of eleven registered voters of said
city or five REGISTERED voters in any swc1
counties. Nominations tor members for
said charter board may be mad not less
than forty days prior to said election b.
the Mayor of Baltimore and CITY Conn
Gil of the City of Baltimore or the Coun-
ty Commissioners of such county. or not
less than twenty days prior to id e. g.
ton by petition bearing tn. 81 n u -
written in their own hanGwr.;i". tlnd
not by their mark) of not less than r.
cent of the registered voters o. tn = q
city of Baltimore or said cO-'u'..' pro-
vided that in any case two ,r.I-
signatures of registered voter. 81 u
sufficient to complete any sue H. IN T.
ing petition. and If not more thul -.v y
registered voters of the Cit of = t.
more or not more than fva r. -tg a
voters in m" such county ~. sa 80
mated their names shah not be printed
on the BALI: bIt SAID eleven T.. -" q
voters in tn" CITY Of Baltimore ar fv.
in such Co.atv Shall cousti'ut ...l
charter h0arl from and aftc~ ~ i Pei.
of said election. At said election the
ballot shah contain the names of said
nominees in Alphabetical order without
any indication of the source of their
nomination and shall also be so arrang-
ed as to permit the voter TO vote for ar
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24

NOW, THEREFORE, l, PHILLIPS
LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND. in
pursuance of the direction conta ned in
Section /, of Article II OF the ConslitU-
ton of the state of Maryland, u }
HEREBY ORDER And DIRECT tina,
copy of each Of said above rscit d
Acts of the General Assembly of Mary
land of 1911 he published in at least two
newspapers in each of the counties Of
the State and in three newspapers pub
lished in the City of Baltimore, one Of
which newspapers published in said cit
of Baltimore to be published in the G r
man language, once a week for at as
three months next preceding the election
to be held in said State of MARYLAND on
the TUESDAY next after the first Mond y
in November, 1915, and at which election
the said proposed amendments and add e
tions to the Constitution Of Maryland
shall be submitted, in form and manner
prescribed by the General Assembly to
the legal and qualified voter .. the
State for their adoption or r lection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE.
DONE IT the City of Annapolis. or
this 2oth day of July, in the year o
our Lord. one thousand nine hundr d
and fifteen.
PHILLIPS LEE GoLDsBORoUGII
By the Governor:
ROBERT p. GRAHAM
Secretary of State.
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shall be submitted to the voters of said
city or county at the next general or
Congressional election after the report
of said charter to said Mayor of Balti-
more or President of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners; and If a majority of
the votes cast for and against the adop-
ton of said charter shall be in favor of
such adoption, the said charter from and
after the thirtieth day from the date of
such election shall become the law of
said city or county, subject only to the
Constitution and Public General Laws of
this State and any Public Local Laws
inconsistent with the provisions of said
charter and former charter of said the
City of Baltimore or county shall be
thereby repealed.
Section 2. The General Assembly at It's
first session after the adoption of this
amendment shall, by Public General
Law, provide a grant of express powers
for such county or counties as may
thereafter form a charter under the pro-
visions of this Article. Such express
powers granted to the counties and the
powers heretofore granted to the City Of
Baltimore, as set forth in Article 4. Sec
ton 6. Public Local Laws of Maryland.
shall not be enlarged or extended by
any charter formed under the provisions
of this Article, but such powers may be
extended, modified, amended or repealed
by the General Assembly.
Section 2 Every charter so formed
shall provide for an elective legislative
bodv in which shall he vested the law
making Dower of said CITY or county.
Such Legislative hodv in tho Citv of Ral-
timore shall he known as the civ Coun-
ciI of the CIV of Raltimore and in anv
county shall be known as the County
Council of the county. The chief execu-
tive officer if such charter shall nrovide
for the election of such executive Off
Ger or the Drasidinp officer of said legis-
latiye boIy If such charter shall not
provi1e for the election of n chief ex
ecutive officer shall he known in the
CITY of Baltimore as Navor of RaIti-
more and in any county as the presi
dent of tho Countv Council of tha conn
~. and an references in the Constitu
ton and laws of this state IN the NIavor
of Raltimor. and CITY Council of The
City of Baltimore or to the County Conn
missioners of the COMMITTEES shall he com
mo- ,d 80, Co,nni, nt - ~ %
p,I,i,,nra ia 70 30 p,gt1,,,. "a
C'o,,rt,, r,gI',,,il b,,,ai, ra,'t,i', co.,
,..ban,,.a, .,[b s,r',,. ~ -, ~ ~
rs,sn,,t,la rron, an5 nft,r ,,,,
zion nf - ,b.,,,,ar ~, tbo 80, - paI,i
,,,nra ~. ar,, ,(,,,nt, nf 49, So
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-12
MRS. MAGEE IS
 STILL FAITHFUL
 TO THE PHILLIPS

the Phillies' park while Boston was there to play the last series. F It was Mrs Sherwood Magee. wife of the Braves centre fielder and former sluggtng left fielder of the PhiIlfes It was the first time tha4 Mrs MaEse ever saw a1er husband in any uniform other than that of the QuakerM
 .T feel almost ready ito cry 'N said Mrs. Magee before the game. She had shifted her seat to al place back of the Phil1ies bench. q just cam not root against the PIilhes, and yet I don,t want to sec Macs team beaten. It's queer feeling, but d4dn t lose my love for the Philadelph1a club when Mac changed his uniform.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-12
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1s31-Jem Ward became champion If England by defeating Simon Byrne in 3S ounds at Wil1eyoutt. Ward. known as "eThe Black Dia1non1." and Rwne. an Ir1shnan who was called by his admirers 'eThe Emerald Gem, g were the best bruisers of their day. They had been previously matched to do EattIe for the champion, but Ward fell into the hands of gamblers 2 nd was unducetl to agree to sell the fight. At the last minute he got gelid ex- trenities and refused to fgnt. This fair put Jem on the black list of sport for some time. but eventually he was forgiven, and Byrne, wl.o had in the r,eanttme claimed the ch..r1- pionshfp, consented to meet The Black 3DIaIo.nd. The Irishman fought like a derueE. nut Jern was his m a.ster, and in the 5srd round Byrne's seconds tossed up the sponge. Ward offered to defend his honors against any man in Eng and, but there were no chal- Iengers, and he soon retired from the ring and rs.linquished the champion ship.