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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

If it takes five months to learn
of the British success at Ypres, how
long will it take to find out that
peace has been declared?
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

The Mayors are discussing public
ownership. Some cities could, with
profit, apply it to the Mayors them
selves.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

Philadelphia municipal hospital
reports that the fox trot soothes
the insane. We suspected this long
ago.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

A certain Portland daily newspa-
per front page headline says:
'Bumpas Hellhole Erupts.' What
else could you expect?
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
KNOW THYSELF.

nT1NOW myself" says the phi
IN losopher, and his words
mass unheeded hy. One
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

r14E stories set afloat in Petro-
grad to the effect that Austria
Hungary is seeking a separate
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
Guggenheims Are Forced to Glue Ub Lands

United States District Attorney H. B. Tedrow the
Guggenhem dsgoge large share of their illegal
holdings Colorado acquired from the government
settlers In the federal district this week
$I27ooS Tedrow by the American Smelling Refining
the lands the Guggenheims
the the
company the the state
Some OF the lands recovered by the
Smelling Refining company have
American Fuel The will accordingly
The signed by United
who reviewed the
will probably affect thousands lands lille
galy held by the Colorado Fuel Iron and other
The settlement the
government being at ST 100000 The
corporation forced give up 7 of rich coal
vicinity Aguiar Cokedae Las Apmas
county In the final compromise the permitted
refining retain
located big plant of the company The company
paid this land at the regular government price
thing for the welfare of the
District Attorney Tedrow has yet accomplished
The smelling denied participation any coal land
frauds any knowledge OF such frauds finally made the set
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
Hou Chase Continues to Hold State Job

Forty officers and former officers the guard
deeply chagned the odum brought the by
Adjuant General John Chase demand for
martial proceedings against the eprobate head of the state militia
having refused the general from office
this method will be is said OF forcing Chase
of the national guard.
The charges spulate grounds courtmartial
ardce preudca OF the organization
nuous drunkenness while on duty in southern coal strike misuse
of the funds the military department larceny bae mistrea
OF prisoners and possibly murder The officers
the charges that the proof will be conclusive that
hand picked courtmartial bring forth other verdict
than that OF guilty.
One or more charges against nearly every one
Chase favored ngdknee both the head
quarters line both probationary infantry reg
ments and perhaps one or two organizations They will when
wealth
hardly afford the demand that will accompany them for
t investigation unless in his desire to retain eneva Chase
head the guard upon orders OF the Colorado Fuel
company he decides to reject them and to defy the officers making
them.
The officers bringing the charges will do for the purpose
clearing the situation by the most drastic means and before the
completed will confer with special
of the Chember OF Commerce the directors
order their
the national guard to begin the
adjutant general being
Auditor Harry Mulnx who has
will make thoro audit OF all military books
neither the stop
charged that military board has secretly
which funds available
eate this charge well as others that have been made or that
NAV preferred others who have
been endeavong evidence against the board Off
of the national guard.
the Colorado university because his nsence
accorded the working people this has been
Colorado League
purchase
violators
has refused permit Brewster the books kept military
headquarters in the capitol building Under Chase orders
OF Carlson Chase Company expendng military funds
being guarded behind closed doors
Evidence being collected show that Chase supplied
head OF horses the national guard from his
military Then bought back
after the strike for nominal 1t the purpose Attorney
lay before District
insist prosecutions in the
There belief that General Chase
and the c. F. & l. officials if he
public all the dirty business whereby Ammons
coal during the strike It's
will polute the for many years o come.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
A PURCHASED CONVICTION
By REV. DANIEL S. MecoRkLE

Editors Note-The Rev Daniel S.
McConkle, whose article, especially writ
ten for The Bulletin, appears here, is
pastor of Presbyterian church at Sun
rise. Wyo., an iron-mining camp con-
trolled by the Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany. His testimony before the indus
trial committion at Washington few
months ago created sensation, as he
revealed how the Rockefellers sought to
regulate the religious affairs of their en-
ployes.)
How Colorado has been misled by the
coal operators faction is a story all
should read. When the machinery OF
government is turned over into the
hands OF relentless enemies of labor. the
result to be expected is indicated by the
Lawson chapter of the larger story OF
Colorado's shame.
John Lawson, international board
member of the coal miners union. is an
innocent man. The severest tests have
shown him honest and ineorruptible.
There burns in his bosom passion for
justice. born of love for his fellow men
Among the coal miners, who know his
lifelong struggle for their safety and ad-
vancement. his name is spoken reverent-
ly. Yet in spite OF his innocence. in
humanity, John lawson has been ordered
to prison for life. The coal operators OF
Colorado have hushed his voice behind
prison walls. Unless an aroused public
sentiment eompels justice they have
hnshed il forever.
Revenge and fear. two most powerful
motives among wrong doers, have led on
the coal operators OF Colorado to com
init this terrible crime. Revenge be-
cause Lawson's honesty and firmncss in
behalf OF the rightful demands OF his
fellow miners made their efforts to
break the recent strike prodigiously eN-
pensive. Fear. lest Lawson at some fu-
ture time again might be spokesman for
the cheated and outraged miners OF Colo
RADIO.
There never has been the remotest
notion that Lawson was guilty OF any
crime His upright character has caused
him - be hated. The coal OPERATOR
are seeking his destruction because they
cannot make him their tool During the
recent strike, they thought to induce
him TO betray the striking miners into
accepting the form of a fair settlement
without the substance Their effort.
failed. No hribe, however princcly. no
art OF corrupt persuasion, however sub
tie could make Lawson a partner to
their crimes.
When a grand jury selected by friends
OF the coal operators found an indict-
ment charging Lawson with murder.
merely because he was II leader in the
strike. their malice seemed to have
achieved its largest possible satisfaction.
Altho the eorrupting influence OF their
money had been freely used. it had not
been able to provide them with a judge
villainous enough to convict man 40
conspicuopsly innocent as John Lawson.
But these coal operators were deter
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
WHAT ARE MEN WORTH
By PROFESSOR SCOTT NEARING

What are men WORTH By what -ys-
tenn or device shall their value be meas
ured:
There are "A number OF things that
cannot spell worth. Ancestry and worth
are certainly not synonymous. History
has proved that point. Neither are fam
lily names, snobbery, self satisfaction,
idleness. fine clothing, extravagaDt
homes, liberal education, endless culture.
worth synonyms. No one of these social
assets is. in any sense of the word,
worth. They are the result OF wealth
Many OF them grow upon property in
come. but even the most stalwart up
holder OF property and privileges would
hardly describe them as worth"
There are perhaps two measures of
worth-one ethical, the other economic.
Worth, ethcally measured, appears In
terms of virtue, justness. honor, truth.
humanity Worth. economically meas
ured. appears in the form of the services
which man renders to his fellows. The
present concern is with the economic
aspect of worth.
What economic acts shall be classcd a.
worthy! Is il possible to measure the
distribution of income in terms OF hui
man deserts >
Perhaps il is impossible to follow Rus
kin 20 the conclusion that there is no
wealth but life" and that only those
things have value which avail toward
life. Ruskin's concept of value related
to the valiant" or worthy" 1f thi.
idea were accepted. the worth of II man
would be determined by the extent OF
his contribution toward life. Those who
contributed toward the lives OF their
fellows would be worthy" Those who
made no such contribution would be
worthless.
Those who cannot agree with Ruskin
will be willing to admit that man or
a woman is worth to the world as much
as he or she renders in services-no more
and no less Services may be great or
small, but unless one serves, he is worth
nothing in the economic sense.
Test out that definition for n moment
The man who lays bricks and erects a
house performs n service. He is worth
certain return. The woman who sorts
clothes in laundry, the boy who sbovels
coal into mine cars, the man who directs
a locomotive, the artist who draws sweet
music from the violin or covers canvas
with the magic color, the barber. the
lawyer. the real estate agent. and the
analytical chemist. all render service
| They expcnd energy in doing something
which their fellow men wish to have
| done The owner of land performs nc
service. He does not make the land II
he were to die, the land would be NJ
useful as il now s-no more and no less
| The holder of hundred New York Cen
| tral bonds performs no service. Tho
rolling stock, roadbeds, terminals. and or.
ganization of the road are wholly indie
pendent of him He may sell his shares
| give them to his infant son. or transfe,
them to library. The road operates
none the less effectively. The most that
can be said is that II he abstained from
consumption and put his money in tho
form of railroad capital. he served so
cicty At one time in economic devel
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
WHERE THEY DISAGREED.

newspaper man was on the witnssS
stand and the attorney was trying TO
find out something about him.
where did You work last ~ he l.krd.
ON the Milwaukc. Sentinel
why did you leavc7'
The editor and | disagreed on ma
tional political question"
Where did you work ncNtl"
"On the New Orleans Item"
why did you leavcf"
The editor and ! disagreed on nn-
tional political question:
This was the reply in every instance,
and the Judge took hand.
What was this national political
question he asked. upon which You
never could agree with your chiefsY"
Prohibition. Ladies Home Journal
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
In a Class by Itself

Inclosing price OF a years subscription
to The Bulletin. Allan Gray formerly a
member OF Denver Typographical Union,
writes from St Louis, Mo-. ns follows:
81 consider The Denver Labor Bulletin
one of the ncwsiest and ncatest labor
papers | have ever seen. II is clean,
well edited. well printed. made up In an
attractive manner and has n fetching
typographical appearance. In fact it IL
in n class by itself in the vast field OF
labor papers. ! like its optimistic tone
and true, straight trades union policy,
and trust from now on ] shall be one OF
your regular readers for some time to
come"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14

mined to get Lawson out of their path,
and they found way.
one OF the darkest conspiracies in the
history of these United States is that
entered into by the coal operators OF
Colorado in order to get rid of Lawson.
Some of its inner workings We're recent
ly brought to light by the industrial re-
lat'Ons commission. The conviction OF
Lawson, a conviction which shocked every
lover of justice who knew the facts, has
ceased to be a mystery. The methods
pursued by the coal operators to con-
Wet an innocent man are now a matter
of record
Except for the lavish expenditure of
money which their unjust fortunes made
possible, the coal operators could never
have interfered with the freedom of an
innocent man like Lawson Unable to
buy Judge vile enough to do their bid
ding, they proceeded to make Judge all
their own. Toward this end, the special
judicial district in which Lawson was to
be tried was created purposely for the
attack on him by a Legislature which
the money of the coal operators had
elected. This same group of creatures
OF the operators money then appointed a
Judge with jurisdiction to try the case.
One Tillyer, who had the unsavory rec
ord of attorney for the Colorado Fuel 4
Iron company, was selected as the like
liest tool. The sweet taste OF the checks
of King Coal were known to him already.
and il was understood that his appoint
ment rs Judge merely meant a service
more acceptable to his masters. A jury
also was needed. Again the money of
the coal operators helped. Attorneys in
the pay of the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron
company openly participated in selecting
thirty-three of the men who made up
the panel from which the jury to try
Lawson was selected. before public pro
test compelled them to resort to secrecy.
\ commercial traveller who had boasted
OF special favors granted him in the
company stores of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company was made foreman of the
jury.
From start to finish nothing that
money could buy towards the conyic-
ton of Lawson WAS omitted The coal
operators already had expended millions
Of dollars to break the coal strike. The
honesty OF Lawson and his genius for
leadership made him a source OF terror.
Were lawson TO win at SOME future
time. they would no longer be- able to
violate the laws Of their state with i'm
punity. An end might b. put to graft
aud eNtnTtlon. The very foundation OF
their fortunes was threatened, since they
might be forced to pay damages to the
widows and orphans of the men slaugh-
tered needlessly in their mines II was
cheaper. they thought, to destroy Law
son.
Judas was hired to betray Jesus. and
the court that tried Jesus held its se..
sions at night in violation of Jewish law.
Judas got thirty pieces of silver. but
history does not tell what the corrupt
judges received. What did it cost TO
convict John Lawsoni
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
The Formers Idle Wife
By JAMES MONTAGUE

In a government report it is said:
''The farmers wife is now SO occupied
with social affairs that she has lost the
art of making butter and jam and doing
the work OF the farm that her grand
mother did This results in great
economic loss to the country"
The farmers wife in the early days got
up at halfpast two.
And shined the plows and MIXED the
cows. and put the prunes to stew.
And breakfast for the hands she set
upon the stroke of four,
And then she'd bake her bread and cake
and scrub the kitchen floor
But nowadays the farmers wife has
time to call her own;
Good gracious." says the government,
how idle she has grown."
The farmers wife in days gone by,
brought up the calves and lambs,
And sacked the oats and fed the shoats
and smoked the hickory hams;
And when she'd cooked three great big
meals she cheerfully arose,
And with her churn sat down to earn
the money for her clothes.
But now she often visits round and gos
sips, like as not,
My goodness" says the government,
''how worthless she has got!''
The farmers wife some years ago was
wholly free from nerves;
Twelve hours day she'd slave away
at putting up preserves.
Six children dangling at her skirts. a
seventh on her arm,
Shed gamcly set herself to get the
mortgage off the farm.
But now she sometimes takes rest,
like city women do,
Great heavens." cries the government,
what is she coming tor
The farmers wife departed from this
vale OF toll 1nd tears
For happier climes in those old times.
when under thirty years.
The farmer got another mate. he's some
how always found
The ideal wife who toiled thru life and
rested underground.
But now sometimes her years adj mp
their full allotted sum,
Great Scott" eNclaims the government,
how shiftless she's become
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
THIS EVER HAPPEN TO YoU7

A peculiar accident is reported from
Abbotsford. Fred Wedeking. young
man of that place. slipped and fell ON
II bowling alley, striking the side Of his
head against the corne= OF an electric
piano No one saw the accident. 1ut a
few seconds later some one noticed that
one Of his ears were gone. II was the
first he had heard about IT, but sure
enough ON making an investigation. be
found hc WAS minus on ear. The Loot
member was found living on tia iloor
nca. the piano and with IL. owner. wa.
taken to DR.. .lohuson'- office. where II
was put back ON and ID b. now growing
on again Rice Lake Wis., Chronic
type
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14

opment, when capital was scarce that
contention may have been sound Today
however the owner of capital j. paid. not
Tor his services, but for his prop.rty y
ownership. The recipients of property
income need render no service, and manv
VINO receive property incomes have never
rendered an iota Of service to society.
Ihe ineome-yielding property owners.
who are themselves performing no sery.
ice for society. comment in thes. terms
upon the man who carries, and the
woman who spins thread-"Thcy receive
all that they are WORTH
The matter may be more clearly stated
IN number of contrasts. II a man.
GIVING the best cf his energy and the
best oi his life for 10 hours n day 200
DAYS a wear. is worth $500. how much is
u man worth who has been living 10,
10 years on the income from his father.
estate II woman standing all day
bcilnh counter in department store
- worth $3.50 year. how much il the
woman worth who has lived all of her
life on the earnings OF her father and
her husband, and who now, in pursuit ~
her own luxurious tnstc- comes To buy
laces from the girl who is worth $3.50
ycar; The ordinary processes of logic
do not leave to the son OF his father
and the wife of her husband. very
broad economic basis OF existence. Their
worth is already in algcbraic form-a
minus quantity equal to the sum of what I
they have consumed during their lives.
They arc an economic burden. and every
dav that they live throws them deeper
INTO the debt of the society which sup
ports them.
Iat 81 do at 90
will convince the reader that when /,
man says of the ballast .shiftcr-.,JIc
gets $40 week because he is not in a
position to demand more The criterion
for income sharing is power" and not
worth The open sesame to propert V
income is power over property. A man
who is worthless and even vicious NAV
hold land md draw from IL. or he may
hold capital and secure interest on il
lie derives his income from his power
the power ot property ownership.
Those who depend upon property in.
/ come for their existence would do well
TO ponder the difference. Power IL not
worth. II is less secure. more ephemeral
and it will bear more careful guarding
The recipients of property income arc
| the beneficisries of power. Behind them
they have constitutions, laws, customs
! beliefs. PHILOSOPHERS. practices. and con
ventionaltes that are ages old. They
draw upon the resources of system oi
social organization that has been cvolv
ing with the evolution of civilization
Their economic advantage is the direct
outcome of the repressive coercive acti.
vitics of vested interests all thru IN,
ages. They constitute one generation /,
their lineal descent and exploiters-
monarchs. landlords. slavc-owncrs. con;.
talists. and all of those who have devised
means of living at the expense of Tho
toll of their fellows. Those who receiv,
incomes from property rights hold thel,
titles and draw their incomes out of tbc
struggles which the properties class hay,
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
WHEN SHERIDAN LAUGHED.

General Phil Sheridan was n, one time
asked at what littl. incident he hal
laughed the most.
Well he said. Il do not know but
! always laugh when I think of the
Irishman and the army mule. I was rid.
ing down the line one day, when ! saw
an Irishman mounted ON a mule. which
was kicking its legs rather freely. TlS,
mule finally got one oi its hoof- esugi,H
in the stirrup. when. in the excitement.
the Irishman remarked: Well. II you're
goin' TO git on. m git off. The Amer
lean Boy.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
MULTUM IN PARVO.

II is seldom that so much truth il
compressed into small a space in
the subjoined paragraph from the Caro-
lima Square Deal:
"One-third of the fools in the country
think they can beat a lawyer cNpound-
ing the laws. One-half think they can
beat the doctor healing the sick. Two
thirds Of them think they pat the min
lister in the hole eNpounding the gospel
and all of them think they can beat the
editor running a paper
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14

The average salary of all government
workers in Washington is 81 .l35 a year,
according to statistics presented " the
House Club Bulletin by W. |. Swanson.
secretary OF the clubs committee on co
operation. The report shows nearly
10000 government workers in Washing
ton on May last, drawing an annual
compensation OF over S4l .OOO,OuD The
highest paid government workers are
those employed in the White House. and
the lowest are the state. war and navy
building employees.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14

A report from Bieathitt comfy. Ken
tucky tells of the usua, election riot
last week. Two Republican leaders fell
dead. while one Democratic bcligerent
received flesh wound in the Shooting
scrape. 1t would appear that one rea-
son Kentucky remains in the Democrat
ic fold is because the gun tOters of that
party are the better marksmcn. or hold
Il steadier aim while under the influ-
ence of mountain dew"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14

Inventive genius OF the Germans b. a
prime factor in tire remarkable progress
they are making in war as they did in
commerce and industry. Details OF a
new process developed by German chem
lists for the ntai.lItiCm Uf wood pull -
"A substitute for cotton in the manutac-
ture of explosives are given publicity by
the London Chronicle. Wood is ground,
cooked changed into liquid form. then
carefully cleansed by the new process
and rolled into sheets. Then it's ready
for the process OF nitrification which
converts it into "A high explosive.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
YOU KNOW.

The bride was telephoning 10 her
mother. Il wish you'd come over and
see me this afternoon" she said. I'm
awfully lonesome. John has gone on an
outing with the men from his office"
What sort of an onting'" askel her
mother. "ls il a basket picnics'
Moo" replied her daughter A near
as ! could make ont they're CARVING
most Of the provisions in bottles
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
GETTING AT 1T.

"Mr-. o'Rooney. why do never -ee
Patrick at church now"
Mrs. oRooncy shook her head sadly
Is II socialism
''War>e than iho,. your rivoseue''."
Is II atheismf'
-War-e. your reverence"
What j. IL. them
rheumatism
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
THE RUNAWAY BOY.

When the telephone bell jngled mer-
rily in the officers room at the central
police station, says a Philadelphia paper.
a feminine voice replied to a policeman's
"Hello,"
as dis der poleese stationt'
"Yes. madam"
"vell. ] want you to find my poy
jake and sen him home
What has Jake donet''
'Nuddings. But he won't stay home
at nights, He just runs round and runs
round And sometimes he don't get home
till nearly ten O'Clock"
How old is Jakief'
He vuz thirty-two his last birthday
Madam" gently replied the officer,
you had better let jake alone. He
probably has got n girl
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
PRIMITIVE.

"Jiggcrs il always brnggirg about bis
camp ia the morutains'
"Nes, know. He invited iue uo there
last year. He's got nerve TO call that
shack OF his camp. Why, he hasn't even
got electric lights in the place"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14

ii you are not helping the world to
advance then you are contributing to-
ward the elements that hold IL back
and drag it down. You can not be neu-
trail in this respect You must either be
a help or hindrance, either lit up or
pull down. There is no middle ground,
no standing still. 1t is either forward
or backward.