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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21
BrOtherhOcdS Join With Fed
GRAFTON at Washington.
FORESHADOWS Big FIGHT
of 100000 Men-Fear Renewal Of
ject In View.

Washington. Nov 2l-A significant
and far reaching alliance was con
tracted here between the railroad de
pGrtment of the American Federation
of Labor and the four train service
brotherhoods. whose nationwide strike
threat last August necessitated the
passage OF the now disputed Adamson
wage law.
This affliation joins in a common
cause approximately 100000 railroad
workers. little less than half the to-
tai number of all those who are EN-
pIoyed in the railroad industry
throughout the country.
Although no definite statement is
obtainabIe. no doubt is entertained IN
Washington that the object of the
alliance is two-fold to strengthen the
brotherhoods' demand for an eight
hour basic day and to aid in move
ment OF the other organized railway
workers for the same concessions.
New Alliance ominous.
Officials at the capital regard this
new alliance As exceedingly ominous
in the light of the controversy over
the Adamson law, which. IL is feared
in some quarters, may again bring the
country face to face with national
transportation strike.
The formation of the Brotherhood
Federation alliance was not the only
salient happening in the railroad labor
situation. I'm fact, things began tc
happen Immediately after the arrival
of of the four brotherhood presidents
William c. Lee of the trainmen. War
rem s. Stone of the engineers. w 5
Carter of the firemen and l.. T.. Shep
pard. acting for A. b. Garretson of the
conductors.
The four brotherhood presidents
held an extended meeting at the old
National hotel with their four legis
lative representatives to discuss theii
campaign in the coming session O
congress against what they consider
obnoxious proposals.
Announcement was made that the
-four chiefs would address the convea
ton of the American Federation of La
bor at Baltimore.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21
FOUR KILLED IN AUTO RACE
Les Angeles Driver swerves From
Course and Causes Fatalities.

Santa Monica, Cal. Nov. 21.-Four
persons were killed. one woman, and
three were injured In the seventh an
nual international prize automobile
road race here. The event was won
by Johnny Aitken, driving as relief
for Howard Wilcox.
Lewis Jackson, a Los Angeles
driver, on the thirteenth lap swerved
into one OF the palm trees lining the
course and caused his own death ana
that Of three others.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21
BUTTER PRICES WILL SOAR
President OF Board Blames War fol
Heavy Increase.

Chicago. Nov. 2l.-There IL every
reason TO believe the price of butter
will continue to rise, G. +. McNill,
president of the Chicago Butter and
Egg Board. declared.
Mr.. Mcneil asserted that the board
price probably will be 80 cents a
the orders continue to come I'm as
they are now.
War orders for butter itself and
for condensed milk and cheese are
partly responsible for the increased
demand. I see no indication of a di.
minished demand"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21
Two Killed In Explosion.

New York, Nov. 21.-Two men were
killed and many others injured, four
seriously. in an explosion on tug
boat tied up at the Brooklyn water.
front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21
Enemy Ministers Must Leave.

London. Nov. 21.-An Athens dis.
patch to the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany says the German, Austro-Hun-
garian, Bulgarian and Turkish minis
ters to Greece have been informed
by Vice Admiral Du Fournet, COM
mander of the allied feet, that they
must depart from Greece by Wednes-
day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

Berlin, Nov. 21.-According to the
central identification Office at Kiev,
Russia, says the Overseas News
agency, the number of Russian casual
ties since June 1, 1916, has reached
l00, ,621 officers and 2,027,S53 men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

Washington, Nov. 81. - Deposits In
postal saving banks continue to show
record breaking gains. The increase
for October was $4,700,000. or twice
that for October, 1915. In the four
months since July the deposits have
increased more than $17,O00.000, al.
most as much as for the entire year
ended June 80. 1915. On Oct 81 pos
tai savings depositors numbered $50.
900. and had Sl04,200.O00 to theis
seollt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-21

The systematic organization OF all
the philanthropie forces of the United
States to saise a fund of $1,000, ,00O. 900
under governmental supervision for
the relief of sufferers i'm all the war
ring nations of Europe was advocated
by Myron I Herrick. former ambas-
sador to France, in an address here
al the home of L. T. Stotesbury. Ills
audience included 200 men and women
whose combined wealth is said TO run
into the hundreds of millions.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-24

1NSdIu III YIN J N"o' AA>A ~ D.
ance was that she looked Jewish.
She had heard her friends in Nor
jamestown speak in sighting terms
of the Jews, although they always
added, "You aren't at all like the
Jews" This remark was great
consolation to Selma Her opinion
had been formed not through actual
contact, for she had met very few
Jewish people, but through prejudi
cial talk about the Jews.
She had met a few of Frieda's
friends, and she began to think
that there were some Jews who, like
herself, were nice and unlike Jews.
At the conclusion Of the summer
session, Selma decided that she
would take leave of absence from
her school and spend the whole
school year at college, She informed
her father of her plans and he was
satisfied.
Just before the close of the sum-
mer session, Frieda and Selma were
walking arm in arm on the campus
and talking about the approaching
examinations. Presently, Frieda
turned the conversation to the holi-
days.
IL don't suppose you have syna-
gogue in Normanstown,' she said
"Where do you spend the holidays ?"
"Holidays?" Selma did not know
anything about any Jewish holidays.
Selma had never been in syna-
gogue. Selma knew absolutely
nothing about Judaism. Selma did
not care much about Jews, except
perhaps Frieda's friends and Frieda,
who were SO unlike Jews. Frieda
did not express her establishment.
She made no reply, but changed the
conversation to other sub jects.
A few days later Frieda casually
remarked, 81 wish you would visit
me at my home for a couple of
weeks. You would still have over a
week to spend at your home before
you came back to school,"
Selma accepted the invitation
with delight. Frieda had spoken SO
much about her parents and her
brothers that Selma was anxious to
meet them. The first Friday night
spent at Frieda's home was a pleas
ing surprise to Selma. She liked
the Sabbath spirit that prevailed
over the household, the lighted can
dies, the whole family seated around
the table, the savory food prepared
for the Sabbath, the peacefulness
She asked questions about every
thing. Mr.. Kramer's explanations
Il Il 4~~
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-24

TRAITORS
A Story by Ethel Taurog.

Weiss looked at Mr.. Weiss. Mr..
Weiss answered with a shrug.
"You can't go to Sunday school,
said Mrs Weiss.
"Why can't | go?" whimpered
Selma. Everybody goes.
Don't bother me-" said her moth
er sternly.
Selma cried all day and refused to
eat The following Sunday morning
Selma rose early.
Mamma, you dress me. I'm go
ing to Sunday school, They're going
to have a party and ice cream and
candy and games and lots of things"
she announced.
"Didn't | tell you" began Mrs.
Weiss impatiently.
"Let the child co. Mr. Weiss in
terrupted 1T won't hurt her What
can a child like that understand?
Let the child have good time"
SO Selma went to the Methodist
Sunday school regularly after that.
Of course that involved the attend
ance of Mr.. and Mrs. Weiss to the
entertainments and parties given for
the parents. Presently they began
to drift into church themselves ev-
cry Sunday morning. There was
nothing to do. The few places of
amusement in Normanstown were
closed on Sunday.
"They don't always talk religion
Mr. Weiss explained to his wife
when she expressed her reluctance
to attend church. 1--WE can learn a
whole lot. It's like going to a lee
ture The minister is a college man
and he knows a whole lot"
Selma had been teaching for two
years when she suddenly evinced
longing to go to college during the
summer vacation. Selma was the
oldest child, and a favorite with her
father. She generally had her own
way. AS soon as school closed in
Normanstown, Selma left for col
lege.
In one of her classes was Frieda
Kramer, very bright, studious girl,
who was trying to make college in
three years. The two girls were i'm
mediately drawn to one another,
probably because they were so un-
like Frieda was very quiet, very
calm She had been brought up in
a strict Jewish home. She was vice
president of the Menorah Society at
college, and president of a small
Jewish literary club which met ev-
cry fortnight off the campus to dis
cuss Jewish problems
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-11-24
November "a, 1916.

Selma Weiss was born in the tiny
town of NOrmanstOWn. She had
attended the schools there, and upon
her graduation from the high schoo'
she was given a position as teacher
in the primary grades of the gram
mar school. Selma was one Of the
most popular girls of Normanstown.
She was president of the sewing club
which made garments for the heath
en- to be sent to missionaries in
Australia She sang in the Metho-
dist Church choir. She was a teach
er in the Methodist Sunday school,
and she could quote from the New
Testament almost as aptly as the
Methodist minister himself No
church social was complete without
Selma Weiss. If Selma Weiss had
been asked offhand to what religious
denomination she belonged, she
probably would have answered
promptly, Methodist" Upon furth-
er reflection it might have occurred
to her that she was Jewish, or per
haps that her parents were, or rath-
er her grandparents. For they were
Jewish, Selma, parents and grand
parents, depending upon what ones
conception of being Jewish happens
to be. Her parents had never
formally gone over to Christianity,
but they attended the Methodist
church regularly every Sunday
morning. They did this, however,
not from conviction, but rather for
the sake of convenience. Mr.. Weiss
was the owner of Normanstown'
only department store, and his
church-going increased the patron
age of his store and gave him a GER
tain prestige.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weiss had moved to
Normanstown soon after their mar
rage. Neither of them had ever
been religious, although the parents
of both had been very pious. At
first they did indeed make some
attempts to keep up their religion
Gradually they lapsed The Sab
bath went first, then some of the
holidays, last of all Rosh Hashana
and Yom Kippur. In the early days,
when Mr.. Weiss had a small store
with one room as a dwelling place
in back, they would lock up the
store for two days and go to near
by city to spend the holidays. AS
business prospered it became more
irksome to leave.
When Selma was five years old
70 70
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01
HARD LUCK" BETTY
IS IN AGAIN

Betty Benson left Chicago after
her pretty face had graced the news
papers day after day for some time
because she testified in the divorce
and alienation suit of Dr.. Arthur
Price that Charles Bosch, wallpaper
maker, had offered her $1,000 to
frame something on Price. Bosch
was the object of the alienation suit.
As soon as the court would let her
go she skipped out to California to
become a movie actress. Here she
met and married Joe Peppa, The pair
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01

piness- the vice and crime, OF
the world. You will see some of the
brutality of Phariseeism and much OF
the ignorance and cruelty of charity
and philanthropy.
It is a wonderful story of life-of
love, hate, vice, crime, adventure,
charity, justice, injustice, the indus
trial war, wealth, poverty with
thrills enough to last you week.
And withal it is a remarkably con-
Rincing picture editorial on the great
human art of minding your own
business and loving your fellow man.
If you have a single human emo
ton that isn't working, try "Intol-
erance" on it. It will do the work.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01
CORNELL TO TESTIFY
AGAINST LAMBERT

Mrs. Lillian Cornell named in the
100000 alienation suit filed against
the multi-miIlionaire steel magnate'
Col. John Lambert, by her husband,
Rodger Cornell, athletic advisor to
siIkstockings, told her story yester-
day. She is going to testify against
Lambert, she says.
Her tale concerned a warm friend
ship with Lambert in California. She
met him in a hotel where she was
staying with her husband. He visited
her often.
The people in the hotel began to
talk about her and Lambert and hard
feelings sprung up. Divorce and the
alienation suit came later.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01

WARM LITTLE SCRAP ON OVER
OUR STREET PAYMENTS
Chicago pavements are all right
only they cost the city more than
they are worth, somebody is swiping
graft out of them, and after the city
has paid high, the pavements run
down and wear out early like shoddy
instead of real goods.
This charge made by Prof. Ira o.
Baker of University of Illinois in a
report before the finance commit
tee was answered yesterday by Pres.
Mike Faherty of the board Of local
improvements. He says professors
don't know anything about paving,
anyway not enough to put 'em in a
class where anybody ought to listen
to 'em.
The Baker report says Faherty's
department approved 'skimped'
pavements the past year and paving
contractors pocketed $385,000 Of
cash that ought to have gone into
paVements.
'In only two tests out of 179 was
the percentage OF loss greater Jnan
that called for in specifications"
said the Baker report, "and in both
these cases the brick was accepted.
There has been no brick rejected this
wear from Jan. 1 to Sept. o."
Faherty, asking more money from
CITY council finance committee, says
all that's needed is honest men and
they can be had in Chicago if the
finance committee will let the i'm
provements board have enough
money to go out and hire honest
men.
ct doesn't take much technical
knowledge to be a paving inspector"
said Faherty. can old woman can do
the work. It is simply seeing that
the contractor puts in the amount of
materials required. I admit our in
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13
FOOD FOR POWDER

WASHINGTON "Thcrc are two
million boys in the United States be
tween the ages of 10 and II. If this
country should get into war with II
power of the first magnitude these
boys would be found on the firing line
of the battle front"
This beautiful picture was given to
the Senate today 10y Thomas W. Hard
wick, senator from the State of Geor-
gia, in speech ON preparedness.
Senator lIardwick addressed the
senate in support of his proposition
to raid the public schools in the in
terest of militarism.
Senator Hardwick pointed out that
boys of 10, l6, II and Is years make
the best fighters, provided they are
properly disciplined during those i'm
questionable years. There are, he
said, about 100000 of them in the
schools.
All the boys lack to be made capable
of efficient military SERVICE" Hard
wick explained is adequate military
training"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13
CEMENT AND
ARMOR PLATE

The cost Of cement for road build
ing seems to be worrying city and
county officials these days. These of
ticials have always stated that cap
ital is entitled TO profit ON its in
veStment," and that is just what the
cement manufacturers want.
Supply and demand determines the
price of cement, as it does all other
commodities, and cement being in
greater demand just now than at
other times, it necessarily means that
the price is up. OF course there can
be an understanding" between man
ufacturers as to what the price should
be and this is probably what the Off
Gals are up against.
Good roads is of special benefit to
the farmers of the state and it should
be one of the functions of govern
ment to see that they are obtained.
Previous to a few weeks ago, the
United States Steel Corporation was
asking the federal government $425 n
GAL SIXTEEN-N w WORKER
ton for armor plate. Preparedness
became an issue and bill was intro
duced into the senate authorizing the
construction Of an $ll, 100000 armor
plate plant. The Steel trust imme-
diately got busy and first threatened,
then cajofed, and finally offered to
sell armor plate to the government for
1895 ton, which was saving of $50
a ton. There was nothing doing, how
ever, and the bill was finally passed
and now the Steel Trust is offering ar
NOR plate to the government at ANY
old price" And therein lies a lesson
We are not going to advocate gov
eminent ownership of anything, be-
cause it will not solve the labor prob
lem and that is the mission of the So
cialist Party. But it will solve the
cement problem. And we believe that
if the Washington legislature was to
threaten to build cement plant that
the price of cement would take tum-
BILE.
The antics of the Steel Trust is GER
tainly black eye to the profit sys-
tenn of wealth production, and is
lesson that the Socialists can endeavor
to teach to the hard-headed, dividing
up, skinned, fleeced and bamboozled
followers of the grand and glorious de-
tenders of the Rights of Capital" the
Rep dem-bull-moose parties.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13
THAT COMPETITION BUNK
BY Bruce Calvert.

The fellow who hates socialism be-
cause it means to divide up" all the
property of the world and his idiot
half brother, the one who always asks
what incentive" there will be under
socialism and who will do the dirty
work." may think on this for awhile,
if they can think.
There are two kinds of competition,
destructive and constructive. Bust
ness is destructive competition. So
cialism will kill that kind deader than
a door-nail, and it ought to. But there
is a higher, constructive competition
that socialism will nourish. 1t is the
kind that prompts men to vie with
one another in saving drowning child
or dragging helpless women and chill
dren from a burning building; that
fills and sends loaded ships of grain
speeding across the seas to answer
the cries of the starving. That kind
Will never be lntertered with.
Then, again, every man is in con-
slant competition with himself. He
must continually surpass his own eff
forts. This is the artistic conscience
that urges every man on to do his
best, and to regard good work only as
an added vantage ground for still
better work. That's all the competi-
ton and all the incentive any right
minded man needs. Competition as
we now know it, is not the life, but
the death of trade, as we'll as of man
hood, decency and about every human
attribute. The sooner we're done with
it forever, the better for all
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13
SOCIALISM is THE ONLY
HOPE OF HUMANITY

The way to make people better is to
make better conditions for people. The
average man is as good as his econom-
ic opportunities will allow him to be.
1t is not the object of Socialism to
make people over, but to make over
the system under which they live.
There is not one in ten thousand bad
citizens, but has all "the makings" of
u good citizen. No given group of
men are naturally bad only so far as
their economic environment makes
them so. With rare exceptions, thief
is not born, but made-made so by SOC
iety as at present constituted. The
natural tendency of the units that
make up society is towards the Broth
erhood of Man, but its expression is
choked by the struggle for existance
under a system in which chance and
cunning plays the leading role. Only
under Socialism may men and women
attain their full natural growth, ply
sically, mentally and spiritually. Soc
iahsm is something more than the only
hope of the working class-it is the
only hope of civilization.-Appeal
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13
I'VE" RESIGN
WILL TOUR STATE IN
INTEREST OF PAPER

For several months past the man
agement of the Northwest Worker has
been planning to put speaker in the
field for the purpose of building up
the subscription list of the paper to
the highest possible point. After hav-
ing virtually completed arrangements
with two different speakers, in sue
eession, conditions arose in both in
stances which prevented them from
fulfilling their agreements. Still the
necessity for putting out speaker
remained, and after due consideration
the manager and the editor decided
that the latter should take the plat
form with his illustrated science and
Socialist propaganda lectures, in the
effort to reach people whose names
cannot be gotten by the ordinary meth
DDS.
Thus it came about that, last Fri
day, we asked the Board of Trustees
to meet in special session, so that the
editor could submit the plan mentioned
above and at the same time tender his
resignation, to take effect at once.
After thorough discussion, the Board
concurred in our plans, it being point
ed out that could not be responsible
for the editorial work while carrying
on the lecture work. All unfinished
business" was then and there turned
over to Comrade Watts, who was elect
ed editor, along with his duties as
business manager.
wish to take advantage of this OPP
portunity to thank the hundreds of
comrades who have aided me in my
work by their kindly words of encour-
agement and appreciation of my eff
forts to make the Northwest Worker a
paper worthy of our great movement.
With the cooperation of the Socialists
of this state, shall attempt to build
up the circulation of the Northwest
Worker to the five thousand mark!
Will you help?
MAYNARD SHIPLEY.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13

Comrade HUSKY is a candidate well
worth doing our best to elect. AL
though lawyer, he is one of those
men that can turn his hand to any
thing. He is in the movement for So
cialism and not for what Socialists will
do for him. He is ready any hour of
the day, or night, for that matter, to
help out in the pick and shovel work,
that is necessary for the making of
Socialists. He doesn't mind soiling
his hands, wearing out boot leather or
using up gasoline for Socialism. He
is a good student Of the science of So
cialism and a good man at his pro-
fession.
We hope to see Comrade HUSKY
elected to office this fall, for if any
Socialist is deserving of the "plums
of office" it is Comrade Peter HUSKY.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-13
NOW OPEN FOR
LECTURE DATES
ONE TO FOUR
LECTURES OFFERED

Comrade Maynard Shipley, having
resigned as editor of the Northwest
Worker, is now open for lecture dates
throughout the state. However, he
will be able to show his remarkable
series of pictures only in halls having
electric lights installed, his being an
electric stereopticon. He will give any
one or all of his series of four illus
trated lectures i'm the "From Nebula
to Man" series. These popular science
talks have created sensation wher-
ever given, and have been the means of
bringing the truths of Socialism home
to many persons not to be reached by
any of the ordinary methods of propa-
ganda. Only the last of the four lee
lures in the story of evolution is So
cialistic, and this fourth talk Is not ad-
vertised as a lecture on Socialism, but
as part of the evolution SERIES
which, in very truth, it is. For the
coming of Socialism is phase of eco
monte evolution. Locals not able to
arrange for more than one lecture can
secure the Socialist lecture, which will
be advertised under the title "The I'm
pending Crisis" 1t will be illustrated
by 100 of the most powerful pictures
ever exhibited in one lecture, consti-
tuting the most effective campaign
propaganda conceivable. YOU GET
THE AUDIENCE, Comrade Shipley
WILL DO THE REST!
For terms, dates, advertising mat
ter, etc, address Maynard Shipley,
1912 California street, Everett, Wash.