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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03

Last week when the Associated
Press carried reports that the conser-
vative elements Of the United States
Industrial Commission had "squelch-
ed" Walsh and the other members of
the committee that wanted report
with teeth" it began to look as tho
the people were to be cheated. 1t
was reported that Expert Investigator
Basil M. Manley had prepared a re-
port that was said to fairly bristle
with unpleasant facts, but that the eli
nancial" members of the commission,
led by Mrs. Hartman, had successful
Ily prevented its publication.
But those of us who have watched
Walsh should have known that he
would have found a way out of the
difficulty and that he and his militant
hackers would have their way. Then
came the announcement that the Man
ley report was the one that was or
dered printed and will form the re-
port of the commission to Congress.
This has been accomplished only aft
er one of the hardest fought battles
that has marked the sessions Of any
congressional committee.
Through it all Chairman Frank
Walsh has been the one dominant fig
ure; the one rock that the opponents
have crashed against with their waves
of criticism and through it all he has
stood staunch and firm. The success
of Walsh in forcing the acceptance of
the Manley report by the commission
is a clear-cut defeat of the Rockefeller
influences that have striven to have
the report contain only a gittering
mass of generalities
The Manley report declares the fol-
lowing to be the condition of labor
and industry in America:
One-third of the millions of work
ingmen in the country are poverty
stricken.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03

fBy {. p. Marsh, President Washing
ton State Federation of Labor
Some of the strangest chapters in
American history are being written in
the state of Colorado. The unbeliev-
able greed of the Standard Oil inter
ests the absolute domination of the
civil and military authorities by %
Broadway the heroic struggle OF
those miners to achieve a measure
of industrial freedom, form a drama
the like of which America never saw
before. We thought when the rifles
of John DIS hirelings flashed at Lud-
low and defenseless women and chill
dred died. that the last infamous
chapter had been written. Terrible
as was that measure it still pales be
side the travesty on justice which con-
demned to a living death, John X.
Lawson. | make this statement ad-
visedly In theory democracy rests
upon the foundation of obedience to
law. HAT Tie potSolOho VI i'iSii Aii'SJ
be restrained, that the strong shall
not prey upon the weak, that the hum
blest citizen may feel the protecting
arm of law thrown around him, we
have built up through the centuries a
judicial system When those who have
sworn to uphold the law, to deal JUS
tice, deliberately tTample all the prin-
ciples underlying legal procedure I'M
der foot. what greater crime against
human rights and human liberty can
be committed?
There is no escaping the indictment
brought before the bar of public opln-
ion against Standard Oil as a result
of the Lawson trial Frank P. Walsh,
chairman of the Industrial Relations
Commission, than whom no ADLER,
more fearless tribune of the cause of
humanity has appeared in public life
during the memory of this generation,
probed ito the core of the Colorado
situation and fixed the blame for the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03
Founders of
Labor Ddv

According TO Terence v POWderly.
for many years head of the Knights
Of Labor Labor Day had no father "
There has been a friendly controversy
in labor circles as to who was its
founder
The man who named the day was
Robert Price 4 coal miner" said Mr.
Powderly This occurred in New
York City Sept 5, 1882 The general
assembly Of the knights of Labor was
meeting in New York. Matthew Nc.
CURE. secretary of the Central Labor
union Of New York, invited the gen
eral assembly 70 review a parade OF
vorkingmen. AS general master work
man or head Of The organization,
placed the invitation befor. the gen
eral assembly and it was unanimous
ly accepted
we went to the reviewing stand.
Bob Price, one Of the workers of the
Knights of Labor. sat near me He
was a big fellow standing six feet
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03
Let Labor Day be Day of
Protest Against Lawson Sentence
Unjust Court Decision Far Reaching and Must Be Revers

The organized labor movement of
America seeks to vindicate the prin
ciples of law, the principles that guar
antee the right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of justice, and that vindication
must come through a reversal of the
sentence of life Imprisonment upon
John r. Lawson.
Throughout the United States next
Labor Day it will be a day of protest
against the shameful part played by
Standard Oil interests in the annals of
legal procedure. Through the active
work of the United Mine Workers,
the organization primarily concerned
in the Colorado situation, Lawson
protest speeches" have been arranged
for in many cities. Organized labor
proposes to lay bare the whole hideous
conspiracy on that occasion and let
the American people look upon the
structure that has been buifued under
their noses. John r. Lawson is the
medium through which labor speaks
to America. Lawson is big enough,
self-sacrificing enough to take his
medicine calmly-and it is an awful
thing to be forever shut away from
Gods sunlight, to look no more upon
the flowers and the green swar1, never
to clasp again the hands of loved ones
or look into the eyes of those who we
called comrades-if through that sacri-
flee he could bring one step nearer
the day when his people should be
free men and women.
Lawson must not be called upon to
make that sacrifice. In this case JUS
tice and right can be indicated only
by decision from the higher courts
giving Lawson back to his family, to
his organization and to society.
On this coming Labor Day, when
we turn our thoughts to the great
problems of life which so vitality af-
feet labor, let us not fail to voice our
protest against industrial wrong as
typified by the Lawson case. Labor
must and will be heard.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03
EMPLOYMENT PLAN URGED

PHILADELPHIA.-A conference
in this city organized labor, aid So
cieties and the state department of
labor and industry joined hands in
recommending a state bureau of EN-
ployment. An official of the Fedora
ton of Italian Societies said such
bureau would prevent exploitation. 1T
is nothing uncommon for contractor
to force a man to wait five days for
one days pay" he said 81 have known
poor Italians to make three or four
trips to Germantown from the ltal-
ian colony to collect wages for few
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03
PROCLAMATION! EVERY
MAN TO HIS OWN
COUNTRY"

This is a very interesting subject
at this time, and will continue to grow
as the war goes on.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03

and Canada met in annual convention
at Columbus, Ohio, December SIP,
1886. and there joined forces with
what was called the Trade Union
Conference" and american Fedora
ton of Labor" became the official title
Of the organization. At this session
the legislative committee, in its re-
port to the convention, said:
At the fourth session Of the FEEDER
alton a resolution was adopted making
the first Monday in September of each
year Labors national holiday, and
recommending its observance by wage
workers generally throughout the
country This met with a response
0nat exceeded the most sanguine eX-
pectauous In our great manufacture
ing and distributing ceuters thou
sands of workingman marched in pro
cession and participated IN the fes-
Invites of the picnic grounds, where
the most skilled mechanics and work
ers in professions and )aborars united
To- common celebration. exchanging
friendly fralernal greetings while lis
t-oi1s to the champions oil Labor
discussing the economic au1 political
questions a. the day The Eood eff
fecrs of this are so well understood
that SIC reclm~eud its more general
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03

hours work"
Prof. Willis, of the University of
Pennsylvania, said:
big business today is represented
by superintendent and foremen, who,
as a rule. are the most inhuman insti-
tutions in our American life. AS a
result, we have thousands of men
shifting from one job to another,
which means economic loss and much
human suffering"
President Maurer, of the state fed
Grafton of labor supported this claim,
declaring that employers vest too
much authority with subordipates.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03
LABOR
By Berton Braley

BY Berton BTdiey
Out of chaos, out of murk
arose and did my work;
While the ages changed and sped,
was toiling for my bread.
Underneath my sturdy blows
Forests fell and cities rose.
And the hard, reluctant soil
BIossomed richly from my toll.
Palaces and temples grand
Wrought | with my cunning hand.
Rich indeed was my reward
Stunted soul and body SCARED
With the marks of scourge and rod,
u, the tiller of the sod,
From the cradle to the grave
Shambled through the world-a slave.
Crushed and trampled, beaten, cursed
Serving best, but served the worst,
Starved and cheated, gouged ant
spoiled,
Still | builded, still I toied
UndernOurished, underpaid,
In the world myself had made.
Up from slavery | rise,
Dreams and wonder in my eyes.
After brutal ages past
Coming to my own at last.
I was slave-but I am free!
| was blind-but I can see.
I, the builder, l, the maker,
l, the calm traditiOn-breaker,
Slave and serf and clod no longer,
Know my strength - and who is
stronger?
| am done with ancient frauds,
Ancient lies and ancient gods
All that sham is oyerthrown,
shall take and keep my own.
Unimp FASHIONED, unafraid,
Master of the world I've made
La Follette's Weekly
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03

whole rotten mess at the door of %
Broadway
No matter what the type of man
who defies the right Of organized CAPT
tai to enslave tine toilers, be he ultra
radical or ultra conservative, that man
is marked to BE- broken and crushed,
his power to rouse and unite his fell
lows ended. No man who knows John
r. Lawson could call him radical"
not in the sense that he would take
the life of any man, harm a hair of
his head. Lawson fought a system,
not individuals Dealing daily with
men whose primal instinct was to
strike out an injustice with the only
force they knew anything about, physi-
cal, his counsel always to his people
was to refrain from physical violence
of any sort. In the blacklist days of
Ludlow he sought constantly to re-
strain his people from violence, ap-
pealing with all his powerful personal
ity that reason and patience should
guide him. He believed that the law
of physical force reacted in the end
upon those who invoked it.
LAWSON'S REAL CRIME G?
Standard Oil never tried Lawson
for murder, that was subterfuge;
Lawson was tried upon the charge
that he led an organized resistance
against the tyranny of great finan-
cial institution, a resistance that
threatened a continuation of unholy
profits. Let us get that clearly in our
minds and each succeeding scene of
the great Colorado drama stands out
in bold relief before US.
The organized labor movement of
Colorado and of the nation has taken
up the case of John r. Lawson and
has appealed it to the court of last re-
sort in this country the conscience
and the brain and the love of liberty
of the American people. The legisla-
ture and the courts of Colorado in this
travesty on justice went through the
pretended forms of legal procedure.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-09-03

Mitarism Tin 1910 the United States time of peace
equivalent of throwing all the bonds stocks mortgages and
buildings and all property of ALL kinds belong
University the twenty days
From Krkpatrick epoch making book "War What For?D
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

Drawing paper for sale here.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
VILLA FORCES
AGAIN DEFEATED
Carranza Troops Pushing North.
ward Under Generals lturbe,
Flores and Gales.

On Board U. S. S. Colorado, Quay
mas, Mex, April 25 (by radio to San
Diego, CAL, April 26).-The Villa
forces have been badly defeated in
southern Sonora, evacuating the
town of Navajoa after having lost
and retaken it before their final de-
feat, and losing many pieces of ar
tillery, machine guns and ammuni-
ton. They have retreated north
forty kilometers to Fundacion sta
ton, $50 kilometers south of Quay
mas. Orders were received by the
Southern Pacific railroad at the
town Of Empalme, on the outskirts
of Guaymas, early yesterday to dis
patch every available car to Funda.
cion for wounded The latter arrived
at Guaymas last night.
The Carranza forces arc pushing
northward under Generals Iturbe
and Flores, while General Gales is
working northeast toward Hermosil-
10 and is reported as being now at
Ures.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
THE CLUB CALENDAR.

There will be no meeting of the
Why club this week.
The Thursday Card club will meet
with Mrs. Louis Frank Thursday af.
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Wednesday Bridge club will
meet with Mrs. R. w. Pote. for one
O'Clock luncheon, on Wednesday af.
ternoon.
The members of the Fortnightly
club will be guests of Mrs. B. o. Du.
bois, at one o'clock luncheon, on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Leonard Mason will be hos
tess to the One O'clock Auction
Bridge club on Wednesday after
noon at a 1 o'clock luncheon.
The Wednesday club will meet
with Mrs. B. A. Wilson on Wednes-
day afternoon for one o'clock lunch
con. Miss Call will be leader of the
lesson which will follow.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
A Fair Question.

Times-hepublican: Judge Ken
nedy, in the course of his plea be-
fore the court in the matter of the
Sioux City police chief under trial
accused of conspiracy with the un-
derworld of that city, made a diver
sion from the criminal under trial to
pay attention to the attorneys who
seek and accept the pay OF law vio-
lators and that undercurrent Of
crime and quasi crime that runs
through the streets and alleys Of ev-
cry city. He spoke very plainly in
condemnation of the lawyers, who
he says are officers of the courts and
sworn to uphold the laws but whose
services are blatantly on sale to
those who desire to evade or violate
the laws.
1t is question to be fairly rails
ed: Where does the privilege of the
attorneys end and where does his
duty as a citizen and as an "officer of
the courts" begin? Is he good cit
izen who knowingly defends those
who make business of law violation
and in that defense loses sight of all
except the assumption that his duty
is to clear his client however black
his guilt or how heinous his crime?
Is the lawyer who specializes in
clients from the brothels and the
blind pigs and welcomes the fees of
law violators of greater or lesser de-
gree a good citizen, a credit to his
community or a present danger to
law and order and the peace of the
law abiding and descent? II is a fair
question. 1t hasn't been dragged in
to discussion. Judge Kennedy puts
it from the ranks of the legal profess
sion.
1t is worth thinking over by the
laity as we'll as by the bar. Where
does the duty of the citizen begin?
Where does the privilege Of the at
torney end?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Stop Alien Immigrants.

Seattle, WASH, April 26.-Fou1
additional immigration inspectors
are stationed along the Washington.
British Columbia frontier, it became
known yesterday, to check the rush
of aliens into this country following
the abandonment of the bread line
maintained for many months in Van
couver. In the past week more than
100 aliens were captured after they
had crossed the border. They were
returned to Canada.
Owing to the war, railroad build
ing and other work that usually
takes thousands of men into the
woods of British Colombia in spring
is suspended.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
WEBSTER CITY MERCANTILE COMPANY
PERSONAL BRIEFS.
(From Mondays Iaily.)

Mrs. F. R. Mason and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse w. Mason left Saturday
for Liscombe, called by the serious
illness of the latter's grandmother,
who is suffering with ailments Incl
dent to her advanced years. They
made the trip overland with Mrs.
Jesse Mason's cousin, Frank Black of
Liscombe, who had been in this sec
|tion of Iowa on business.
Miss Florence Lowrie, stenog-
rapher for the Hanson & Tyler Auto
Co. in Fort Dodge, spent the week
end here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George E. Lowrie.
Misses Meta Nicholson and
Mary Kearns and Harold Mabbott
attended a dancing party ct the col
lege in Ames Saturday evening,
guests of Miss Irene Mabbott.
Mrs. w. H. Bahrenfus went to
Tama Saturday for weeks visit
with her parents and other relatives.
Her daughter, Miss Mae Bahrenfus,
who has been visiting in Tama for
several weeks, will probably spend
the summer there.
Miss Olive Parker spent Sunday
visiting her brother, Leslie Parker
and family, in Alden.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Pringle went
to Hayfield, Iowa, this forenoon for
couple of weeks visit with the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. W.
Pringle, who recently moved from
this city to Hayfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. K. Dick and
family of Rockwell visited at the G..
A. Dick home yesterday. They made
the trip in their car, returning last
evening.
Mrs. M. j. Crane of Williams is
here visiting her daughter, Mrs. j..
E. Parker and family.
Mrs. M. R. England, who has
been visiting her father, E. L. Chase
of the Helvetia restaurant, went to
her new home in Fort Dodge today.
Mr.. and Mrs. England recently came
here from their former home in
southern Oregon and have been
an extended visit with Mr..
Chase. Mr.. E. recently accepted a
position as pharmacist in the
Hines drug store in Fort Dodge.
w. c. Burleson is a business
caller in Des Moines today.
Mrs. Harry B., Pray, recently
appointed stenographer to Claim
Agent Copp of the Illinois Central
railroad, was called to Iowa Falls
this afternoon to report claim
against the company at that point.
Mrs. G. T. Chamberlin and
Miss Margaret, have re-
turned home after spending several
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
# JUR|ES FA|L
GUN REMAINS
FOR women
Lawyer Makes Sensational Plea In
$4,000 Kiss Damage
Suit. .s
THE JURY UNABLE TO AGREE.
Case Involves Iowans and Attorneys
Indulge in a Bitter Con-
troversy at Close.
THE JURY UNABLE TO AGREE

Council Bluffs, Ia, April 26.-Af-
ter twenty hours deliberation the
jury in the $4,000 kiss suit brought
against AL Clark of Council Bluffs
by Mrs. Edith Hicks of Omaha has
disagreed and will probably be dis
charged when court opens today.
John O. Yeiser, Mrs. Hicks attor-
ney, in his plea to the jury said:
"The question whether a woman's
wrongs shall be settled in a law suit
or by a gun is involved in this case.
If juries refuse to compensate wom-
en- for damages of the kind suffered
by Mrs. Hicks, no other remedy re-
mains but the gun. If this jury fails
to bring a substantial verdict for
Mrs. Hicks I shall never bring a
case like this again." Yeiser claimed
that permanent injury to a woman's
feelings should require as large COM
pensation as severe physical injury.
The closing of this case, which has
been rather dramatic from the start,
was sensational in the extreme. The
attorneys for both parties made SER
ious charges against each other. Mr..
Cornell, for the defendant, said in
his argument to the jury: "This is
one of chain of schemes to force
money from old Mr.. Clark. Mrs.
Hicks brought her first suit in Coun-
Gil Bluffs, expecting Mr.. Clark to
make a straight break for Yeiser's
office to straighten the matter up
with money. The second case was
brought in Council Bluffs by Lyle
Hicks, her husband, but still Clark
wouldn't come across. Then this,
suit was brought"
Judge Leslie, in instructing the
jury, said: "The mere laying of
hands upon Mrs. Hicks in an insult
ing or insolent manner on the part
of Mr.. Clark would constitute legal
assault upon her." He told the jury
Mrs. Hicks could not recover dam
ages unless the alleged kiss was TAX
en- against her will. The law, he
said, forbids a verdict for damages
for the purpose of Furnishing Mr..
Clark and allows only compensation
for damages actually suffered by her.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

weeks in Illinois. They attended the
wedding of their niece and cousin,
Miss Mary Frances Curtis in Chi
cago recently, and since that time
have been visiting among relatives
and old friends in Galena.
Mrs. Arthur Treanor and two
little sons went to Iowa Falls this
noon for a visit with the formers
mother, Mrs. Emma Johnson.
Miss Goldia Campbell and Ted
Breitenkamp spent Sunday in Iowa
Falls at the home of the latter's
brother, Carl Breitenkamp and fam
lily.
w. G.. Plumb of Ell Paso, Hill
nois, is visiting at the w. ]. Hubach-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
New Quake in Italy.

Avezzano, Italy, April ga
strong earthquake shock occurred at
4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
lasted several seconds. 1t was pre-
coded and accompanied by deep
rumblings. Great alarm was caused
among the people who have not yet
recovered from the recent disastrous
earthquake in this section.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

Williams Enterprises: Chas. A.
Bratnober, manager of the French
dry cleaning establishment, has Sc
cured the services of Oscar Lillegard
of Webster City. Mr.. Lillegard has
been at the head of the Wardrobe
in Webster City for the past three
years and is an expert cleaner OF
much experience.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
School Celebrates.

The Pleasant Wood school, whose
teacher is Miss Mildred Horsley of
this city, celebrated the last day of
the term Friday afternoon at the
school house two miles north of
town. A large crowd, which includ-
ed the pupils, their relatives and
friends and several young people
from town, attended the picnic din
exciting ball game between the
school boys and neighboring men in
the afternoon. The visiting team"
proved their baseball ability over
the school boys by carrying off the
winning score. 70
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

The invitations are out for the
wedding of Miss Grace Lee and Mr..
R. j. Mullins, which will be held at
the Catholic church at O'Clock on
Wednesday morning, May 5th. Fol-
lowing the ceremony a reception will
be held at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Lee, on
Boone street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

F. A. Boysen. Dentist. gecond &C.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
20 FAINT AS SUM-
DAY PAINTS future
Nine Thousand Frenziedly Applaud
Vitriolic 01atory for Men Only.

Paterson, N. j., April 26.-Nine
thousand suffocating men, their
shirts wetted like wet rags, applaud
ed frenziedly as Billy Sunday preach
ed a characteristic sermon on siz-
cling hell for men only. Over TWEEN
ty tainted as the result of the evan
gelist's invective.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

The watering trough and drink
ing fountain on The Wilson corner
is being repaired. 1t will be painted
green to harmonic with the hy-
drants about town.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

Ter home on west Water street.
Fred Birdsall Of Iowa Falls
spent Sunday in this city at the
home of his mother, Mrs. J. H. Bird
sail.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

The Methodist ladies will hold an
exchange at the Palace market Sat-
urday, May 1st, beginning at 10
o'clock. 4