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Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21
ipeciaI By United r-ress Wire.

Special tD United r-sess Wire
Washington, Aug. 21:-Threaten-
ing as the German-American outlook
was, officials were still hopeful that
the Arabic affair would not lead to a
break. Explanations were looked
for from Berlin In short it was
stated the United States government
will be glad if Germany can show
that she did not mean to disregard
Americans rights when her sub
marine sent the Arabic to the bottom.
Even If 1t should appear that these
rights were transgressed, If 1t should
be shown that it was without inten-
tion on Germanys part and did not
involve too wholly reckless and in
difference to the rights in question,
1t was understood the administration
will not refuse to take the facts into
consideration
In high official quarters emphasis
was laid on the eagerness Germany
has displayed to gain American SYM
pathy The very fact that she had
resorted in her efforts to accom-
pIish this, to efforts that have been
criticised In this country, was point
ed to as an evidence of the sincerity
OF her wish to earn and retain Amer
lean good will
At the very time when the Kaiser
was spending $4,000, 900 weekly, as
charged for this purpose, the inten-
tional destruction of American lives
! at sea in defiance of President Will
sons last note to Berlin would In
volve so meaningless a eontr adietion
/ in policy that these officials believe
there must be some sort OF an ex-
lplanation back of the Arabic thcident.
The suggestion mostly advanced
was that Germany would declare:
That the Arabic was torpedoed
when still within its armed convoy
protection zone.
That the White Star liner tried to
ram the submarine.
That the merchantmen either tried
to escape in disregard OF warning
to heave to, for search, or at
least executed some maneuver which
fairly entitled the German COM
mander to believe an escape was be-
ing attempted.
Pessimists agree that none of these
contentious could be made good, but
| the optimistic element replied only
one side of the story had been told
and besides, even if the explanation
referred to could not be true, they
would eliminate the idea of delib-
erately unfriendly German act
against the United States.
If unofficial accounts of the sinking
| Of the Arabic are accurate there would
/ seem to be only one possibility of
avoiding a diplomatic break with Ger
many That possibility would consist
! in disavOwal by Germany of the act
of the submarine commander and
voluntary offer of reparation.
The record of Germany's increased
submarine operations in the last forty
eight hours has added to the fear of
officials here that the kaiser's govern
ment has decided to pursue its under
sea campaign in its own way, regard
less of the consequences with the Unit
ed States.
| Possible Avenue of Escape.
! In some newspaper accounts OF the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21
Women Battle in Court.

Recorder Pickersgill had his
hands full when he attempted to set
tie differences between two women
In the police court this morning.
Annie Slinjak. forty-three years old,
OF 433 Stedman place, was taken In
to custody upon complaint of Annie
Draczula, of 543 Sayre avenue. The
latter claimed that the accused had
hit her boy In the back with brick.
The women insisted on talking In
cessantly. The case was dismissed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21

ypecldf By United PrfSs y ir.-
Paris, Aug. 21:-An Italian air
squadron pursued a group of Aus
trian aviators along the Adriatic,
forced them to give battle and
brought down three of the Austrian
planes. according to Turin dispatch
to the Figaro today
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ZEPPELIN SHOT DOWN BY
RUSSIAN TROOPS At WILMA
.eial bg Unlted Press w.

Petrograd, Aug. 21:-A German
Zeppelin, heavily laden with bombs,
was shot down by anti-aircraft guns
by the Russian fortress as the air
craft was approaching wilma The
crew was arrested.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21
BUFFALO FIREMEN BATTLE z
BIG FIRES THIS MORNING

Special by United Press Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 21:-Buffalo
firemen battled two big fires today,
the combined loss In which will total
100000. While half the fire force
were fighting flames in the Robert
son-Cataract Electric Company's 8
plant and the Builders Exchange lot
in Court street, the other half was
battling blaze at the Globe Ele-
vator Company. Several persons
and three firemen were overcome by
smoke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21
Ford Auto is stolen.

Notice of the theft of a Ford
automobile from a street in Newark
was telephoned to the police here
last night The machine was describ-
ed as having natural wood rims and
bearing New Jersey license No
60,867.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21

We carry a complete line OF Ford
parts. Frank Van Syckle Garage
Co. Phone SOL.
11619-1l-21-S-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21

We carry the largest tire and tube
stock in New Jersey. our prices Will
surprise you. Frank Van Syckle
Garage Co. Phone SCI.
11529-I1-21-S-tf
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OVER 5000 PLANT WORKERS
HERE AND IN ROOSEVELT GET
RAISE Of ITO 2CENTS AN HOUR
PROF. PAUL KHRLICH, NOTED
GERMAN PHYSICIAN, DIES

Special By United Press Wire.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, Aug. 21:-
Professor Paul Khrlich, noted Ger
man physician and chemist, died sud
denly in his laboratory at Hamburg
yesterday.
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sonpenirs AL Perth Amhoy.

With new and ancient history.
What you have been looking, waiting
for to send friends. rs different
views 3 for cent. 38 Smith ST
Scandinavian American Co.
20639-S-21-1t*
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Possible Avenue of Escape.

In some newspaper accounts OF the
torpedoing of the Arabic it was said
she had been conveyed from Liverpool
down the Mersey by British torpedo
boats, which followed into the Irish
sea and St Georges channel. The
convoy, according to these dispatches,
CCentinued on Page A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21

New Studebaker cars to hire, seven
passenger, six cylinder. Frank Van
Syckle Garage Co. Phone o91.
1921 -11-21-S-tf"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21

It's time to look out when esa3.
ness viii not bear .ookinx into.
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WARSH|PS BATTLE
IN GULF OF RIGA
Russian Fleet, 0utnumbered,
Expected to Make Running
Fight in Gulf of Riga.
GERMANS TAKE SIX FORTS.

Within fifteen days since Aug. s,
when Warsaw fell, the Germans
have taken these six Russian forts:
Aug. 6.-Ivangorod-
Aug 7.-Serock.
Aug. 10.-I4omza.
Aug 14-Ostrolenka.
Aug. 1-Koyno.
Aug. 18.-Novo Georgievsk.
The fortresses of Ossowiecz and
Brest-Litovsk are still holding out.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21
Shows That Work is Brisk and
Workers Satisfied Effort to
Make Minimum Wage Scale
q Cents an Hour.

More than 5000 factory workers in
this city and Roosevelt are no recelv-
ing a cent more an hour, and in one
instance two cents more an hour than
they received previous to Wednesday.
Five of the largest manufactures in
the east, four of which are situated IN
this city, have granted the increases
voluntarily, it is declared. Work IS
generally brisk, and all of the workers
appear satisfied. The plants affected
are the Raritan Copper Works, with
nearly l 900 men, the American Smelt-
ing & Refining Company, with nearly
1900 employees, the Barber Asphalt
Paving Company, with more than
1000 workers, and the United States
Metal Refining Company at the Chrome
section of Roosevelt with approximate
ly 1000 employees
The general increase throughout
is at the rate of cent an hour to
men working on an hourly basis.
but at the same time it was endeav-
ored to make the minimum wage
scale for laborers twenty-one cents
an hour This move caused the
United States Metals Refining Com
pany at Chrome to jump two cents
an hour, inasmuch as 1t had been
paying nineteen cents as the mini
mum pay to laborers. The Increase
affected all men on an hourly basis
at the Barber Asphalt plant, wheth-
er laborers or not, but they were In
creased in pay from twenty to
twenty-one cents an hour.
Notice Posted Thursday.
Notice was posted Thursday at
the Raritan Copper Works plant,
which is the largest copper refinery
in the world, that there would be a
general increase in rate for men
working on an hourly basis from
twenty to twenty-one cents an hour,
and in addition to this there would
be q general increase of one cent an
hour to everybody In the plant ex-
basis. AS In all the other instances,
th- raise became effective on Wed
nesday, August Is, and is included
in the pay under which the men are
nnAW laboring. A raise Of one cent
kour was granted on May /, last
giant American Smelling &
Eenhing Company granted a similar
increase of from twenty to. twenty
one cents an hour, making the lat
ter the minimum hourly wage scale
for laborers at its local plant. The
average working day will consist of
nine hours. The raise is now in
effect, having started on Wednesday
The employees were notified on
Thursday.
There is a general increase at the
Barber plant of one cent an hour to
all working on an hourly basis.
Laborers have been earning twenty
cents an hour and their minimum
wage rate is now twenty-one cents
under the new arrangement.
Because of the fact that the Unit
ed States Metals Refining Company
at Chrome was paying nineteen
cents an hour as the minimum wage
rate for laborers, it became neces-
sary for this concern to grant in in
crease of two cents an hour when
it desired to meet the new minimum
rate of twenty-one cents an hour put
into effect there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-21

Scandinavia OF the Scandinavians.
New book of interest to all, es-
pecially young Scandinavian-Amer
cans. 3S Smith st.
Scandinavian-Amer erican Co.
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Call a Taxi-1451-W. Harrington.
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WEATHER-Rain to-
night and Sunday.
Moderate southeast
wind, increasing
Sunday.
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WHY WE NEED AN ARMY

Ex-President Taft is frank, to say
the least Speaking at Chicago, he
plainly told why a standing army is
wanted, as follows:
I'VE need an army for it's moral in
fluence, if for nothing else. In a ma
ton of 100000,000 there are liable to
be riots, mobs and instructions
which cannot be regulated except by
the presence of an army"
Like a true Bourbon, Mr.. Taft has
learned nothing, not even that with
economic wrongs removed there
would be no danger of riots, mobs, or
instructions. Not even that it is bet
ter to remove the cause of popular
discomfort than to suppress it with
armed force. Like true Bourbon
he has forgotten nothing. He remem.
bers that exercise of predatory pow.
er by privileged interests breeds dis.
order. Impervious to all suggestions
Of substituting justice for injustice,
Mr.. Taft innocently betrays the real
cause for which armies are every.
where maintained-S. d. in The
Public.
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Work in the Future
Thomas A. Edison

Not individualism, but social labor
will dominate the future; you can't
have individual machines and every
man working by himself. Industry
will constantly become more social
and interdependent. There will be
no manual labor in the factories of
the future. The men in them will be
merely superintendent watching the
machinery to see that it works right
The workday, l believe, will be eight
hours. Every man needs that much
work to keep him out of mischief to
keep him happy. But 1t will be work
with the brain, something that men
will be interested in and done in
wholesome, pleasant surroundings
Less and less man will be used as an
engine, or as a horse, and his brain
will be employed to benefit himself
and his fellows.
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CITY PAYS LOW WAGES

TOPEKA Kan.-Over one-half of
the 29S employees of this city are re-
ceiving either a bare living wage,
which allows them to lay up nothing
FOR emergencies, or they are getting
less than living wage, declares the
Topeka Daily Capital. One hundred
and twenty-three employees receive
less than SEATS month, (which is
$10.25 less than living wage"
The average wage, including all the
officials who receive salaries of 800
month or over, is $70.52, which is
s4.48 less than a living wage.
MANY Investigations have been
made of living conditions of labor
ers," says the Daily Capital, land they
have revealed that 5000 year is the
least a family can live comfortably
and protect itself against emergen-
cies That wage means SIS month"
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EVILS OF PRIVATE AGENC IES

VANCOUVER, b. C.-"Private en-
ployment agencies have not a single
good feature to justify their exist9
ence." says the British Columbia Fed
erationist Nor have the provincial
and federal governments single
good reason for allowing them to con.
tinue in operation Every argument
ever put forward in their favor is
an argument against them, insofar
as their usefulness from a working
class standpoint goes. They express
the very last word in the way of
graft and exploitation. At best they
are bad. At worst they are criminal
Their business is chiefly done with
the poorest class OF laboring men,
whom they make pay heavily for the
privilege of getting a job to keep
body and soul together"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12
Militarisrn
BY Marvin Sanford

The minds of men are appalled,,
their senses chilled. What we have
looked upon as civilization appears
but a mockery after all, as we view
the brutal Vaccinations of the rul-
ing class.
Capitalism, tottering, falls to war.
Without even the pretence that 1t
is for humanity's sake, the nations
contest and unless capitalism gives
way to system more in harmony
with the advance of science, will con-
tinue to bloodily contest until the last
man stands alone with the smoking
gun.
This is indeed serious day.
A flicker of finger and legions
of men are moved down and left to
rot on blood-soaked fields.
A toss of the hand and death and
destruction fall from the skies.
A dark, sinuous object glides thru
the waters. Confusion, horror, and
detah ensue.
The passion to destroy, unreason-
ably, is strong today.
The passion to STAY, to kill, blind
ly, is still strong.
Homes are razed.
Wives and children are scattered.
Crops are unharvested. Grain is
rotten and blood-drenched.
Wells are poisoned where "ene-
mics" drink.
This is WAR!
This is the death struggle Of Capt..
talism. The monster could not per.
ish without some such great upheaval
as this. Not since the old long under.
mined Empire Of Rome took a header
toward dissolution and reconstruction
has the world witnessed such spec
tacle of universal unrest, such trou
blesome days full of storm and por
tent of evil, irritation and discord.
Nations know PEACE no more.
Individuals are disconsolate and
hopeless.
The shrill notes of the storm hawk
of anarchy accentuate the spectacle
of despair.
The menace of the dissolution of in
telligent social relations, and the
bankruptcy of the moral sense, leaps
up hideously.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12
TWO PRINCIPLES

The first constituent element Of
Socialism may, therefore. be stated
to be a substitution of collective prop
erty In the great material instruments
OF production In the place Of private
property to such an extent that pub
lie property shall dominate the
worlds work. The second constitu.
ent element is private property In in.
come and private property in those
goods which are used for the sake of
enjoyment and not for the acquisition
of an income by rent or hire to others
Modern Socialism demands collec-
tive management of each industry,
and it demands that all the industries
should be associated together, in or
der thereby to secure perfect system,
harmony, and unity of effort.-The
New International Clycopedia.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

Other counties and other states are
stirring themselves to build paved
roads. Snohomish county must not
be relegated to the backwoods. This
have thoughtlessly charged, merely
to afford joy rides to automobile own.
ers. The age Of the automobile in
its various forms is here and here to
stay. Transportation by horse is now
almost replaced by machines just as
the OK team was replaced by horses.
The auto stage is destined to furnish
every farmer on a main highway the
equivalent of street car passing his
produce, merchandise, and passengers
by auto-driven vehicles is beyond all
reckoning. The sooner Snohomish
county gets into shape to take ad-
vantage of modern methods of doing
business the quicker it will inure to
the prosperity, comfort, happiness and
thrift of all communities and all
classes of people in the county
Even by beginning now it will take
perhaps five years to get the hard
roads. Why wait?
The bonding plan includes no "scen-
ic" roads, no ornamental highways,
no bridges, not one mile that does not
serve the everyday business, family
and school needs Of the populated sec
lions not mile that will not directly
enhance the growth and prosperity Of
the entire population Of the county.
The experience OF Snohomish coun.
ty has proved what other communi.
ties all over the United States have
found to DO true: that graveled and
macadam roads are Of very short life
under automobile use. A graveied
surface on well-traveled roads now
has to be rebuilt every two or three
years. Crawling is at the best @ very
temporary expedient.
Some citizens have the impression
that the Pacific Highway, being class
ed by the legislature as a public high.
way. would be eventually paved by
the state anyway, and that therefore
to pave 1t by county funds would be
needlessly doing the states work.
This is not so. The State Highway
Commission has recently announced
that the state will not do any paving
on any Of the public highways.
(Signed)
SNOHOMISH co. GOOD
ROADS ASSOCIATION.
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The Right to Work
BY Ambrose Bierce

What shall sturdy man do who
has not the price of a meal? Clearly,
he must 60 to work and earn it. But,
if none will give him work? Right
here we impose the death penalty for
his failure, We sentence him to
starvation.
He can escape this punishment in
no way that is lawful We have had
the foresight to see to that, by laws
against robbery, theft and mendican'
CIV. Mere vagrancy, too, is a crime;
if without visible means of support
a man may be sent to jail. II, like the
Son of Man, he hath not where to
lay his head" he will be safer from
the rest of use If he pack it about
with him, remaining awake or sleep
ing afoot. He might sleep in the park
or on a wharf or in some other un.
considered place. That would be no
great hardship to society, but it would
do him good, and we have provided
against it.
Laws against robbery and theft are
just and necessary; those against
begging are necessary and unjust.
What makes them unjust is that we
do not assure work to those able and
willing to work. To say to a penni-
less and hungry man, you may ask
for employment, but if it is refused
you shall not ask for bread'-that is
a monstrous and shameful tyranny.
There is only one way out of this
moral impasse. Since the state can.
not permit the individual to rob or
steal, and will not permit him to beg,
it should provide him with employ
ment; there is no other way to pre-
serve his life and his self-respect.
So plain is the duty of society to
the individual that it is no less than
astonishing that it could ever have
been overlooked or questioned when
pointed out.
The employment should not, OF
course, carry a wage that would
tempt the recipient to withdraw him.
self from private industries, but it
should be sufficient to keep the wolf
outside his door--to tide him over
the period of his sharpest need.
This is not an anarchistic proposal ::
no proposal can be that if it aims to
move an imperative compulsion to
lawlessness. If it is Socialistic, then
Socialism may claim the glory Of ad-
vocating an indisputable reform-the
adding to the Ten Thousand Com
mandments Numbered from the Pc,
litical Sinai one with a negative that
is not prohibitive, but benevolent, car
rying not a threat, but a promise
THOU SHALT NOT STARVE."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

IN JUSTICE COURT, IN EVERETT
PRECINCT, sNOHOMlsH COUNTY,
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
Fred Roberts, Plaintiff, vs., J. F.
Murray. Defendant.
Notice
To J. F. Murray. the Abovensmed
Defendant. Greeting:
In the name OF the State OF Wash
ington, you are hereby notified that
Fred Roberts has filed his complaint
against you In said Court which will
come on to be heard at my office In
saId Court on the Attn day OF Decem-
Der, 1915. at the hour Of o'clock am,
and unless you appear and answer.
the same will be taken as confessed.
and the demand Of the Plaintiff grant
ed. which demand Ia claim OF $500
that the Plaintiff alleges you owe
him for labor performed and services
rendered you at your request in get
ting out fir and cedar logs. That GER
tain moneys belonging to Defendant
has been garnished In the hands Of
Garner Single Co.
Complaint filed November 1. 1915.
NOAH SHAKESPEARE,
Justice Peace.
Date OF first publication Nov. s, 1915.
Date OF last publication, Nov. 10, 1915.
R J. FAUSSETT.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Stokes Bldg, Everett, Wash.
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PROSPERITY FOR THE FEW
$3.50 A YEAR FOR THE MANY

From a statistical report Of the U.
S. treasurer it may be seen that out
Of total of 1880, 100 families in the
United States only AZ out Of 1000
earn $1,000 or more per year. The
highest earning being 20 families out
of all which get $1O,OOO,OOO or more;
the other 95S out of 1000 get less
than $1,000, some as little as 5000
per year or an average of $3.50 for
IS $40 per cent. of people. The last
named embrace nearly all the useful
workers and the very ones who should
have the best chance in life. To
which class do you belong?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

Great Britain has great untouched
resources, and, judging from the OPP
position to conscription, a great many
Of them want to remain permanently
MISUNDERSTANDING Herald.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

Russia has put in an order for TO-
600 Pullman cars. At least we may
feel reasonably certain that the grand
dukes are going to the front, or some
where.-Grand Rapids Press.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

Vulgar opulence fills the streets
from wall to wall of the houses, and
all but the gutter to every
body whose sleeve is little worn
at the elbows.-John Weiss.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

I'VE give you work." say the CAPT
talists. We" the workers, might
say, give you the fruit of our work.
but we will not do it always. Some
day we will give you work"
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1t is in vain,

see, to argue 'gainst the grain,
Or, like the stars, incline men to
What they're averse themselves to
do;
For when disputes are wearied out,
IT'S interest still resolves the doubt
Buffers Hudibras.
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1t is impossible to give the soldier
a good education without making him
a deserter. His natural foe u the
government that drills him-Thoreau.
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"War is organized murder, pillage
and cruelty. l acknowledge ourselves
to be a bloodthirsty horde of bri-
gands. Gen Chinese" Gordon.
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The Label League will give card
party this evening in the Labor Tenn.
Pile. Come and bring your friends.
Refreshments will be served.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

If the COP. wants strictly up-to-
date ticket, what's the matter with
Cannon and Fort?-Columbia State.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-12

The fashion wears out more ap.
parel than the acknowledgements,
Much Ado About Nothing"
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Six interned Germans at Norfolk
have taken French leave. Where's
their patriotism columbia State.