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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
SUFFRAGE BILL
WILL NOT GET BY

WASHINGTON. ID. g. March az
suffrage leaders conceded tonight that
their onort 20 bring the Susan -. An
thony amendment before the House
probably Will be defeated again when
the Judiciary committee votes to-mor-
row on the proposal. OF the 81 COM
mitteemen. they were assured OF tho
support Of only nine
possibility that tho prohibition
amendment might bt maneuVcrsd into
shape so that the committee. would h..
required 10 vote on Al and the sunrag.
proposal also dismaycd the sufiragist
leaders.
pfncials said tonight that an effort
would De- made To enlist tn. aid of tbs
iresidsnt ia securing Congressional ac-
leave here April . for a canDpaien in ~.
west return 10 the capital. they will
report 10 the President on the results
MS support.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
DIVINITY OF CHRIST
SUBJECT OF LECTURE
DELIVERED LAST MIGHT AT NON
CATHOLIC MISSIoN BY fATH-
Eh STEINBRUENER-
Speaker Says II Christ BE Not God As
Wei as Man. He Becomes the
Grossest Deceiver the
world Ever Knew.

The second 81 the series u special
lectures being delivered in the closing
NO weeks mission al -. Jose ph's ca
thedral. chiefly FOR non-Cathoncs. Rev.
p n. stcinbrunner. or M. Cleveland
apostolat". vas tho speaker and his
topic was The Divinity 81 christ"
READING from the twenty -second chap
t.r or tho Gospel according 20 ST Mat
thew. he took Tor his tcNt the words OF
me savior spoken 90 the Scribes and
Iharisees, asking them the question.
is Hec"
~, In answering the question proposing
IN" subject fer our Considerut ion to-
night allow mo 60 repeat "a little story
which. although you have often heard
ON account of its charming sweetness
and simplicity. ", low, Co repeat aud
h"ar ~ told over and over again ".
learned ~ hN rote iu th, DAYS 81 our
youth. familinrized ourselves with 10 IN
cur teens, and IN our maturity Incor-
p"rated ~ a. our own until Do has be
come part and parcel Of our very being. q"
With thes. words Father Stcinbrun-
ner introduced his subject and delivered
beautiful discourse on the sublime
my stsEy OF the Incarnation and Divini-
Christ. God and Man"
After brief historical sketch - the
savior ne upon earth. His divinity
was conclusivcly proven from history
ana scripture atteSting the fulnlim.n t
"f prophecy in christ. and the greater
proofs as found la tho miracles lie
" Inukhi. Ih' speaker took tho position
That with Christ's divinity Christianity
or fall
With a. our entire social fabric. our
code or morality in principle and in
PRAGUE" must stand firm and mistaken
or tall forever 10 the ground For We
cannot roget the ire. as a post and
claim The iruit as blessing The di-
hlnii} ~ Christ b. the foundation rock
th' central doctrine 81 our Christian
iaith. To reject it means To cut ones
s'lt or from tho haven OF sufetv and
amt out into tho shorcleSs ocean ~
d"uht, INTO the perilou- sea Of d,strur-
tlcn. To accept "a Is to anchor safely
IN IN" harbor of Him who said I am
the way, tho truth ana the life
Again, ~ Christ be not God as we'll
~ man. tie becomes IN. grossesf de-
,'lNtr, IN" greatest impnStor tho world
has ever known and Christianity il
lis greatest fraud This cannot b.
Christ Is God. diviu. as well aS human
or th'r" is no God. for mo- God coulds
tolerate such an impoStor How teri
rihle. therefore. the destructive work OF
those who. denying tho Virgin birth ~
M" savior, would rob US 81 tho Christ
81 history ANA EiN' us q Christ OF fable.
win Peter. therefore let answer To our
question ever h' Thou art Christ the
Son 81 tho living God. a"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28

afternoon from thD HON, of his daugh-
tor Mr. Wilbur He-lop ON North
sf, William Saunders. who died al lis
Tate home in canton. Friday evening. af-
Tor AN Illness 81 several weeks The
services W,rn 90 charge 81 seN. Grosc.
pastor ~ fh. Canton " T. church TIN.
MHS"ns and Modern Muodmen OF which
D. was "a Iu' nb.r. attended iu "a BODY.
Lu--rm--- Ma- ID k-A-r-L-M --m.L.rA.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
DAY In CONGRESS
WASHINGTON Maven 9z
Senate.

senate
Republicans runforrrf al, ~
can situation
Debate on indian appropriation
hill vas resumed
senate army bill was reportef a.
snbalfuto for tio house bin
flnaure committee contfnued
repeal. NJ
IhoWsF rargarf sworn in a. rr,.
at.r from Indiana
TuenfHV.
bemnrrat.c senators held ~fgtt
''''A on iffc sugar repeal biz
Hruaet
net AZ ID a. ru
h.val ana military affairs com.
49,. hfld hearings on national
no11fe on me immigration srI
vac continued and n lr0ff10 ~
.iEe one che ufcr1cv test was
Representative CouIev intrornosr
It.1lufIon Tor Hn Invest cation 0f
me neFa print rauor sffurfIon
- onrre1 90 tI1 %. m. fo m a.
m.. Tuesday
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
Nearly coniplated.

Ih" new plant ~ the Ia Belle BOX
Company. which i- being .rarfad ON a..
'l'- Ui the on, destroyed b. IRE last
september. ls nearing completion Tho
II.nIHk D. under roof AZ dali that re-
mains Co. bc unUs Is 10. Ularing Of a
l"fl ~ the concrete floor and getting
ready Tor Tho installation OF the mas
,hluery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
MARTINS FERRY

A Martins Ferry sub-staJion for the
sale Of 5essemer Steel Document Boxes
for 4s cents and a single clipped eou-
pom has been established by The In
telliJencer at
soMMERS' CONFECTIONERY,
10 South Fifth st.
limited supply Of the Document
Boxes now on hand. First come first
served
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
BELLAlRE

Advertisements ana news
Items for The Daily lntelI-
gencer Will receive prompt at
tention If left at the City Book
Store or The Bellsire News
Agency.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-28
Missionary society Meeting.

!..5 force VIII come zap for final ,e-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
SWEAT SHOP SAPS
WORKERS VITALITY

The sweat shop saps the vitality Of
the humblest worker in the indus
tries;it deprives him Of fresh air and
sunlight; it is a breeding place Of
contagious disease. The white plague,
these dens of 1niquity.
The sweat shop reduces the worker
to a. condition of servitude, and robs
him of the last vestige of indepen-
dence.' It means long hours and low
wages, combined with poor sanitary
conditions; it is a species of wage
slavery based on industrial injustice.
The sweat shop robs childhood of
sunshine and the. playground; it re-
tards the mental and physical devel-
opmcnt of the children. It is a ma
tional disgrace and reproach on mo-
dern civilization.
The work in the sweat shop COM
mences early in the morning and ends
late in the evenings; there is no clos
ing hour. It is a perpetual grind en-
quilted in q helpless and hopeless in
dustrial abyss.
The trade union movement has an
imperative duty to perform. The
wage slaves totling in the sweat shops
of the country have to be rescued
from the inferno in which their spirits
are crushed, their health sacrificed.
The lowest paid and hardest pressed
workers in the social scale are entitled
to full consideration. It is of equal
Importance to the general welfare to
save. the sweat shop workers from
destruction and raise their wages as
it is to raise the wages Of the best
paid workers.
In the state of New York, where
the sweating system in the tenement
houses in growing constantly, the adj
verse decisions OF the courts in past
years have nullified legislation tend
gin to eliminate this growing evil
Nothing short Of a constitutional
amendment by the legislature and or
ganization seems to be- able to prevent
the continuation and extension of
these dens Of infamy and degrada-
.tion-Cigarmakers' Journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
LONE WORKMAN is
: HELPLESS SAPLING

As an individual the workman
is as helpless as sapling in a tenn
pest. He might say that he intends
to work for WHOM he pleases for as
many hours as he pleases and as
much as he pleases, and he may feel
that he has a moral right to do so,
but ha has not.
And then agin he should know. as
he will sooner or later, perhaps when
it is too late, that he must ask his
employer for leave to work for what
he chooses to pay, and for as many
hours as he desires.
Organized labor has been able,
through united action and collective
bargaining, to shorten tho workday,
raise wages, and in many ways i'm
prove the conditions of the worker;
it has prevented reductions in the
pay; it has secured better clothes, bet
ter food, more comforts and has made
the shop, factory and the mine a bet
ter place in which to work.
Organized labor has been the fight
ing force in state legislatures and in
congress, not only for labor, but for
all men; it has compelled the passage
Of laws to protect the health of the
workers; to taxi children from the
mill and the factory and place them
in school; to limit the hours of labor
for women and fix their wages above
a living wage; to prevent the loss of
lives and limbs, and to compel the
payment for Injuries to body or
health. 1t has done this and more,
more than we can enumerate here.
Every time organized labor achieves
a victory it not only raises the status
of the union man and his family, but
of the non,union man and his family
as well. And on the other hand,
when a non-union. man takes another
workers place and brushes the union,
it lowers the status Of all working
men, non-union and union, who share
the degradation of labor.-Ex
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
SETTLEMENT WORK;
Is NOT NECESSARY

In a reply to a query by a Wash
ington newspaper What is a salts
factory wage" A. F. of L. Secretary
Frank Morrison said:
"A satisfactory wage is something
more than a weapon to keep the wolf
from the door; a compensation which
make both ends meet without his rich
employers social settlement workers
coming to him and attempting to
teach him how to keep body and soul
together on what he receives. Such
settlement work is all right in its
place. But it has no place in the life
Of the workingman than in the life OF
any other man. Organized labor says
to the capitalist: Keep your social
workers. Give us an eight-hour day
and a satisfactory wage and your So
cial workers will not be necessary.
Give us proper wages, and we
will conduct our homes and our lives
in such way that we will not have
to be instructed as to how much ne
shall spend for rent, food, clothing.
doctors, amusements, magazines, and
penny newspapers
mo man wants to be dictated to as
to what he shall spend his money for,
the quantity and quality of what he
shall buy, or when he shall buy It:
what he shall read, or where he shall
CO.,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
DISEASE CONQUERED
BY LIVING WAGES

In a great address before the Con-
sumers' league, at Washington, Maj.
Gen. w. c. Gorgas, surgeon general
Of the United States army, said:
THE disappearance Of yellow fever
and malaria was due to special meas
ures of mosquito destruction. But
what later caused the marked de-
crease on all other diseases?
1--WE know that mosquito destruc-
ton could have had little effect on
these diseases. We found we had on
the isthmus another disease breeder,
worse by far than either the yellow
fever of malarial mosquito; namely,
poverty.
Our increase of wages tended to
alleviate this poverty, andI am salts
lied that it is to this measure the in
crease of wages yields greater part
of our success in general sanitation,
outside of malaria and yellow fever.
II wish this great sanitary measure
increase Of wages-could be uni
versally adopted. i am aware that it
is impossible to be done in the United
States by edict of the government, as
1t was done at Panama. But I be-
lieve it could be done even more ef-
fectual1y by other methods"
In an address last summer General
Gorgas said:
add to the labor Of mans wages
from 1925 to $3.50 a. day, and you
will lengthen the average American
thread of life by Is years at least.
'"rhe rich are over-eating. The
poor are undertaking. Both are
contributig to short lives. But where
ver-eating shortens the life of one
person in 100, under eating shortens
the life of 80. If we are to lengthen
the average life, you must pay at
tention to the poor man."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
THE DYING TENANT
BY Emma Arthur

The dreary toll no longer binds my
feet;
My never-ending labor now is done.
Alive I've lost forever and for aye
And what have to show as having
For forty years at silent break of day,
While croWed the cocks and leaflets
gently stirred,
I left my humble couch and silently
Prepared for daily tasks with field
or herd.
I owned no land, nor f1ocSs, nor resi-
dence,
My aching limbs, my calloused
hands was all.
I bartered life for living and was
giv'n
Shortened years-and now the hor-
rid pail.
Why was my life a forfeit to the greed
OF Landlord, merchant, holders Of
the soil:
Why did my STOPPING shoulders fur
Their bow
Beneath the curse of non-produc-
tive toll?
A life I've wasted, true, twas only
mine,
Bent low by proverty, and hunger
Want;
My grazing locks, my soul itself was
covered.
Before the wolf-that shrinking
creature gaunt
But death will now release me from
my chains;
How long have I awaited this dark
day!
How many wears been eager for the
voice
That calls me from my labors far
away.
But can my passing bring to fellow
The truth I overlooked?, That to
each one
God gives the same-six feet of
earth, no more,
AS his reward for work when it is
done.-
But those who own the earth may
we'll prepare
To contemplate the future and
agree
That men will not remain as did /
slaves,
But ORGANIZE and evermore be
free.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
TRADE UNIONS PAVE
EVERY REFORM PATH

In recent speech to the Detroit
Street Car Mems union, International
president Mahon, Of that organiza
ton, said:
"The trade union movement of the
entire world is doing all that is being
done to elevate, to better the condi-
tlons OF mankind. I say that without
rear OF successful contradiction.
When you ivestigate the betterment
of conditions you will find that it's
the trade union movement that is
doing it.
Some years ago I had the pleas
ure to investigate conditions in Eu-
rope. In Germany I found munich
pally owned roads and privately
owned roads, but when I talked with
trade union officials, and especially
those in our line Of work, they said it
mattered not wether on municipal or
private it was the trade union move
ment that improved conditions. Some
OF the municipality owned lines were
worse than the others. I found that
on the state owned roads of Germany
the men were absolutely morgan
lied except in certain cases. In the
armies of Germany are whole diyi-
sions and companies of men, engi-
neers and others, who would take
control in time of trouble.
In France I expected something
different. because France is a repub:
lie. In Paris found the only change
IN conditions came from organization
Of the unions and the continued ef-
forts of the trade unions of Paris
made better conditions.
I'm Switzerland, one of the Oldest
republics on earth, expected that
through political influence it would
bring about changes. In Basel a
splendid meeting was held and the
president Of the organization for the
country was there. In Basel is a.
municipality owned road. They work
IL hours by the laws of the cam
ton, but through their union they
made it 10 hours
In Germany, in France in Great
Britain, in America, the workers have
first established the hours and then
made the laws accordingly. The
trade unions have blazed the way.
TO the. trade unions we owe more
than to anything else.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
MORE UN1oN1sM AND
LESS LEGISLATION

The editor of western labor paper
recently said that President Gomperl
was one of the first to see the danger
Of depending on legislation for things
that organized labor should get by
it's own power. and that many expert
ences have shown his warnings were
we'll gounded.
There is a. lot of opportunity for re-
Election in this statement. The more
law makers are encouraged to inter
fere by making special laws, the more
complicated tho laws are apt to be-
come, the more liberty will be re
stricted, the more boards and com
missions there will be to support, ant
the less able wage earners will be tt
work out their own salvation in thei1
own way, through their own organi.
cations.
If wage earners are loyal to eacf
other, through their trade unions
they will not need to call upon thu
outsiders so. often for assistance
which is very often of doubtful ma
ture.-Oklahoma Federationist.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
JUSTICE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

JUSTICE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
1t would be cause for deep regret congress should
fall to pass the McGicuddy BILL which aims provide
Tor federal employees that elementary justice which
compensation laws of thrtyour states compel private
employers to grant their workers. The measure which
has just been favoraby reported by the house judiciary
committee has been before two congresses Each time
1t has been allowed to die in committee "Congres-
sional inertia the diagnosis of the American As
ISOLATION for Labor Legislation Federal Bureau
OF Labor Statistics, two agencies which urged the pas
sage of the measure.
Our present compensation law projects only one
fourth of our 100000 federal employees. and
ing to Labor Commissioner Neil, "the worst in the
world" At each session Of congress its inadequacy
Is shown by the Introduction of private bills
to obtain relief for employees injured in
service Which it does not Already 800 of these
me-wastfng measures have been introduced in the
present congress- The passage of the McGiicuddy bill
would do with all these. It makes provision for
all civilian employees injured in the government service
giving medical attention and twohrds wages during
total disability In Of death makes reasonable
provision for dependents in line with the laws of Cali
fornia, Kentucky Massachusetts, New York. Ohio and
Wisconsin, Commissioner Of Labor. Statistics Meeker
says that the cost of the proposed law be less than
that of the present inadequate measure Putting aside
all consideration OF expense, tho immediate payment of
reasonable compensation to injured government en-
ployes is an obligation which must be met.
Labors business will not be attended to unless #
is attended to by Labor.
Silence is golden except when a counterfeit,
Never put off till tomorrow the meanness you can
cut out today.
Worry gives the undertaken more business, than
work does.
There is a considerable difference between kicker
and knockers
Civilization is IN need Of syroscope stabllzer or
something Just as good. . :: La s ss.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27

What shall we do to those congress-
men who believe that the European
war cannot possibly slop over on. this
hemisphere? =:
Some difficulty has been feared in
getting dyes for printing American
money. Even if they were not OBJ
tainable, black and white currency
would soon become as popular as the
other kind.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
EIGHT HOURS A DAY

God speed the time when the worker
Shall serve but eight hours a day,
When the hands and minds that are
weary
May find a few minutes for play.
There are too many wage earners -
struggling
And toiling away in life's mart
With never a moment of pleasure
To tighten the care burdened heart
Let the millionaires cease in their
wrangle
For a more than eight hours a day;
Give the weary, the trampled, the
hampered :
More a chance in life's fray.
IF they'll all stand together like
brothers
THEY'LL share in Gods blessings I
say,
And their labor will bring them good
wages 20.
For eight hours work in a day. 49,,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
THE CANNY SCOT.

At Scottish watering place one
summer, Macpherson was found
stretched in contented mood on the
sands. putting his old pipe. -.
"Come on, Mac" said his COM
panion, who had just come from
town, lets 80 for q sail"
ma, na," replied MACPHERSON.
slowly shaking his head, II haze had
a guild dinner at the cost o three and
saxpence. an I'm tasin no risks. "
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27

Doubtless. the smash of tho CONT
mental army idea will assist to make
the issue clearer. between real pre-
paredness and the imitation thing with
which politicians would expect to
play their usual games. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
CANDY.

CANDY. 49,.
"A lawyer had a horse that always
stopped and refused to cross the mill
dam bridge leading out Of the city.
No whipping, no urging, would induce
him to cross without stopping. So he
advertised him:
'To be sold, for no other reason
than that the owner wants to go out
iof town."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27

America must make England un-
destand that it can ship non-contra-
band anywhere On earth without risk
OF capture. That Is one OF our sover-
eign rights. and must be enforced. 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27

Nobody wants a war, of course, but
anybody would chose fighting back
with a chace of winning in preference
of Winnigto being butchered in bed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27

q ~ Don't knock. Trade your hammer
TOR horn and, blow yourself. s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-05-27
LIMITING CHILD LABOR.

At this time of International conflict, when our
sympathies are swayed by the suengs our brothers
across the sea- it would not be surprising affairs
home were somewhat neglected. must think of new
problems and we forget what doing and what
We hoped to do We hear little the kind of reform
that has, somewhat unfortunately to be known
the human program" 1t is being predicted that be-
cause OF our necessary attention to defense shall
set back generation in this work. Fortunately there
are some signs to the contrary.
Some movements that have been started must
go on, IN spite of the everncreasing number of new
emergencies Most cheering is the significant report
from Washington, that the Democratic steering commit
tee is to push the national child BILL The import
ance OF this measure is that it fundamentally lust
Ihat everyone is entitled to ife liberty and the mr.
suit OF happiness all assert do we realize that
to children working long hours factories the pursuit
OF happiness is mockery? That they may at least
nave few more hours of freedom object of the
heatng-Owen bill. which provides that no children
under IA may be employed in factories mills or stores
and none between IA and 16 may be employed more
tnan eight hours day. at all during the night The
Dill may not be all that 1t should be- but least it is
big stride in the right direction And it treasures
that we have not entirely forgotten everything but de-
sruction.