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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON IN THE
COUNTY OF SNOHOMiSH.

In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of Flora
M. Bartlett, Deceased.
No. 1886
Order Fixing Time to Hear Final Ac-
count and to Show Cause Why Dis
tribution Should Not be Made.
Geo. H, Bartlett executor of the
estate of Flora M. Bartlett, deceased,
having filed in this Court his final
account and petition setting forth
that said estate is now in condition
to be closed and is ready for dtstribu-
ton of the residue thereof among the
persons entitled by law thereto, and
it appearing to the court that said
petition sets forth facts sufficient to
authorize a distribution of the residue
of said estate:
IT IS THEREFORE, ORDERED by
the Court that all persons interested
in the estate of the said Flora M
Bartlett, deceased, be and appear be
fore the said Superior Court of Sno-
hOmish County, State Of Washington,
at the Court Room of the Probate
Department Of said Court, on the 28th
day of February, 1916, at the hour of
$3.50 o'clock AM, of said day, then
and there to show cause, if any they
have, why said final account should
not be allowed and an order Of distri-
button be made of the residue of said
estate among the heirs and persons
in said petition mentioned, according
to law.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That
a. copy of this order be posted in
three Of thn most Dublic n1aonc in
Snohomish County for a period of
four weeks prior to said hearing, and
published once a week for four CON
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW

A new method of treatment New
to everybody. l am the only doctor
in the United States giving this meth
cd Of treatment successfully 1t costs
you nothing to consult me in my Of
flee | will convince that | never
failed to cure rheumatism, stiff Joints,
nervousness, paralysis, stomach kid
ney, liver troubles and obesity My
charges are reasonable Special
prices for poor people DR.. Feldman,
drugless therapy Late manager of
the Seattle Institute Office and pri-
vate sanitorium, lady attendant, 1928
Lombard avenue, Everett Washing
ton. Phone 1125X.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
LET THE NATION
OWN THE TRUSTS
By OSCAR AMERINGER

Trust control having failed, return
ing to competition and to the happy
days of Jackson and Jefferson being
an impossibility, what other solution
Is there, then, for the trust question?
Socialists say the trust is a good
thing and bad thing. 1t Is a good
thing for all the fellows on the inside
and n bad thing for all the people on
the outside. If we should ask Rookie
Teller what he thinks of the trust, he
would tell us candidly that it is the
best money making machine he ever
tumbled into, but the people who buy
the products of that money machine
hold an entirely different opinion.
A trust Is like an automobile. To
chase down the pike and to see some
old farmer climb barbed wire fence
behind pair of runaway mules is
funny to the fellow on the inside of the
automobile Running ahead of the
buggies and carriages, and giving the
people the dust of the road and the
stink of the gasoline is highly amusing
mobile. Chasing through the streets
Of city at the rate of thirty miles
an hour, blowing the honk, bonk,
which means for us common people to
jump, jump. is the funniest thing that
ever happened-to the fellow on the
inside of the automobile.
But the old gentleman who climbed
h.,L .nI III, t..
bob tailed mules; the people who swal-
lowed the dust of the road and inhaled
the stink Of the gasoline, and all those
who do the jump jump, when they
hear the honk, honk, join in one grand
and glorious chorus. saying, D-n the
automobile. That machine should be
busted. Those people ought to be sent
to the penitentiary. why don't you
shoot them, JmT etc.
And yet every mothers son and
every fathers daughter, just as soon
as he or she gets on the inside of an
automobile, acts just exactly as the
people have acted who were In there
before.
SO we see that the only way we ever
can become reconciled to the auto
mobile is by getting on the inside Of it.
And since we find that all the people
on the inside of the trust are well
pleased with the trust, the only remedy
and the only way we will ever become
reconclled to the trust is by all Of US
getting on the inside of the trust. And
that is the proposition made by the
Socialists
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
ARE YOU A CRIMINAL?
BY John M. Work


In George Cram Cooks novel, "The
Chasm," certain revolutionist re-
proaches the heroine with maintain
ing and profiting by the established
order
She protests that she does nothing
to maintain the established order
and the apt reply comes back:
ITO do nothing is to maintain the
established order"
Truer word was never spoken.
"To do nothing is to maintain the
established order"
The active opponent of Socialism is
not its only enemy.
He who believes in Socialism, but
does no active work towards secur-
ing it, is also an enemy of Socialism.
By his Indifference, he helps to
maintain the existing order.
Poverty, destitution,. overwork, lack
of work. starvation, child labor, pros
titution, strikes, lockouts, injunctions,
military oppression, insanity, suicide,
crime drunkenness, graft, preyentable
accidents to life and limb adultera-
ton, disease premature death, mental
and moral stagnation-all these flour
ish because of his Indifference.
He is a criminal, guilty of all these
villainous crimes.
Are you hustling Socialist?
Or, are you a criminal?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
Are You One?
CONTINUED from Page IL

(Contlnued from rage IL
prosecuted you? At their command
you have toiled and handed over to
them the product of your toll Are
you willing also, at their command,
to die for them fighting their fight
and against yourself and your best
interests?
ON WHOSE SlDE2
What class do you belong to, the
class that rules or the class that is
ruled? the class that works or the
class that squanders? Use your eyes.
Use your ears. Read the signs of the
times. Are you one of the fleecers
or one of the fleeCed? You examined
yourself. Are you still in doubt as to
what side you are on? If so, study
yourself again and yet again until
the last remnant of doubt has been
removed Doubt is detrimental in
your case. Doubt means INDIGESTION
indecision, weakness and weakness, de-
feat. Chase away your doubt. Let
firmness, founded upon truth, take its
place, Truth is the gist of knowl-
edge. Seek after truth
Something was said about resist
ance on the part of the toiling mil
lions who are robbed and fleeced by
that class of useless idlers who rule
the earth today. Permit me to say
that resistance has already ceased
being a mere probability and has en-
tered the realm of stern, memorable
reality. 1t means Fighter many
unto death-and you belong in that
fight. There are two sides. In each
there is place for you. You may
have your choice. 1t Is for you and
for you alone to decide on which side
you shall be found when the crucial
hour has come
Are you in doubt?
implore you and beseech you to
open your eyes that you may see; to
open your ears that you may hear.
Watch, listen, and think until the last
Pickering flame Of doubt has been
wiped away. Then, but never until
then, join the army or the navy or
the militia-if you like.
] told you before that | would not
attempt to restrain YOU unless | could
do so by appealing to your common
sense. You remember what was said
about the boxing gloves of the ruling
class? Well what about it? Keep
in mind also that a short time. ago
you were ready to denounce as fool
the man who sprang up and fought
for the very one who had robbed him
and abused him. What shall | call
you?
GEORGE p. THOMPSON.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS

Wiegand, the WellknOwn newspaper
correspondent, writing from the Aus
troItalan front gives the following
pen-picture of the actual joys of the
battlefield "Officers from the west
ern front say that the wounded who
lay in the Argonne woods and else
where made the battlefield resound
all night long with cries for Mother
"They particularly observed that
the Germans and French did the same
This is especially true of the new
troops, and in the earlier part of the
war Officers here told me that it
was heartrending to hear the pitiable
cries after charges, and especially at
night those of the Italian soldiers cry
ing Mamma, mia often mixed with
the sobs of the dying, lower and low
er, as unconsciousness approached" -
This is war shorn of its glory and
glamOr, and bubble reputation
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
MOTION BY TACOMA TO
PUBLISH STATE PAPER

A motion has been made by Local
Tacoma No. l to make the Party
Builder an official weekly state paper.
The matter was brought up at the re-
cent meeting of the State Executive
Committee for endorsement, but the
committee decided not to endorse it
as the motion was not made in good
faith.
Comrade James Sutton has since
taken it upon himself to address a
circular letter to every local asking
their support on the motion.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
SEATTLE NEWS

Northwest Worker:
Marx Local of Seattle votes unani-
mously for amalgamation with the So
cialist Labor Party, and dominates as
follows:
For President-Arthur lie Sueur.
For Vice-President- Kate Richards
OHare
For National Executive Committee
Adam Barth, Louis B. Boudin, Dan
Hogan, Arthur lie sueur, Kate Sad
Ter
For National Executive Secretary
l.. e. Katterfeld.
LALI4A ROGERS,
Secretary.
1888 Lakeside Ave, Seattle.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
Goebel Explains
The Northwest Worker,

The Northwest Worker,
Everett, Wash.
Comrades:
In your issue of Jan, Goth, which
has just reached me on the road, you
print letter or resolution adopted
by Local No. /, Portland, Oregon. |
take It for granted you will be fair
enough to print this reply:
In this article Comrade Siedel and
myself are denounced for voting No
on the endorsement of the thinner
valid conference and the suggestion
made we are nationaists. Whether
| am reelected or defeated for the
~ II. c. is immaterial to me | nei.
Their seek It, nor will run away from
its responsibilities. However, | can
not but regret that branch One did
not first ask me for my reason for
voting No on the motion referred to.
The reason was simply that on a
previous motion relating to q peace
manifesto issued by certain of the
German comrades, the national com.
mittee had reversed the ~ Il. c. and
virtually ruled the N. IL. c. had no
authority to speak for the party on
such matters. That ruling having
been made, as member of the N.
+. c. bowed to it and voted No.
If it will be of any particular inter
est to the comrades, ! will say the
only division | recognize is along the
class lines. To me there are but two
kinds of people, viz: the exploited
and the exploiters.
| will say further that had | been
in the German reichstag | would NOT
have voted for the war credits, be-
cause what | conceive to be my duty
as Socialist would have prevented
me.
But while that is true, yet I refuse
to join in the chorus of noisy denun-
citation aimed at the German com
rades, or of the French or any other
nationality for that matter The work
ing class of the world, or of any ma
tionality can learn only by its own
mistakes, and not by the advice of
some outside Moses. And already
there are indications that the Ger
man movement is swinging steadily
to the position of the minority not
because of what we think or say, but
because evolving circumstances are
compelling them to see there can be
no identity of interests between mas
ter and subject and that the only
hope of the working class is to stick
to its task, letting the masters do
their own dirty work, whether in
parliament or in the trenches.
Let me say to the comrades that if
you consider that the work of the
American N. e. C. is to settle the
problems of the comrades abroad,
that is your right, but for myself
feel our first task should be to bend
all our energies to an aggressive cam
paign of education and organization
at home, so that in our time of test
ing the Socialist Party of America
shall be found standing four square
If we can do this we shall have rem
dered the working class of the world
a greater service than by all the ad-
vice or criticism we can give the
comrades abroad. Let's quit resolut-
ing and go to work to do our part to
make the international a reality in
stead of a text.
Fraternally yours,
GEO. II. GOEBEL.
l.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
ONE OF LINCOLN OBSERVA
TIONS

The ant who has toiled and drag
ged a crumb to his nest will furiously
defend the fruit of his labor against
whatsoever robber will assail him.
Every man has a right to the fruit of
his labor. So plain is this that the
most dumb and stupid slave that ever
toiled for a master does constantly
know that he is wronged. For, al
though volume upon volume is writ
ten to prove it is a good thing for a
man to have a master, we never hear
Of a man who wishes to take the good
of it by selecting a master for him
self.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
A ROYAL TIME

A gay and giddy Emperor assumes
royal bum, and kicks his royal
neighbor's dog, and this is royal fun.
The royal neighbor calls to arms his
royal grenadiers, and starts a royal
war that lasts for seven years, The
royal bankers buy the bonds due forty
years from date, for everybody knows
the common herd will pay the freight.
Exchange.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10

One hunrded members of the East
Side branch of the Y.MC,A. of New
York City have enrolled in a company
for military training This is the first
step in a plan initiated by this branch
to have the more than 100000 Y. M.
.C. A. members throughout the coun-
try formed into an army reserve, The
general plan for the reserve has been
passed upon by Major General Leon
ard A. Wood
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10
WHAT EVERY SOCIALIST
KNOWS
(Fron Life)

That a capitalist can't help it.
That multi-mllionaires are impos-
sible without paupers
That trust is better for those on
the inside than those outside.
That he comes about as near get.
ting what he votes for as the major
ity of people.
That the worst things that are said
about him are true to a greater ex-
tent of Republicans and Democrats.
That prevailing methods make pau
pers faster than charity can relieve
them.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-10

Furnished Room to Rent-Large,
well lighted and furnished in private
house. Address 2619 Wetmore Ave
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

Smith Redman, a grocer sets out that
her husband was injured in his store
when the explosion caused canned
goods and other merchandise to fall
upon him and he died later. For
herself and children she asks 100000
damages.
"B NJ. Walker, a freight hostler,
was working in the freight depot 100
feet from the spot where the illfated
car was standing. He alleges that
he was thrown through the walls Of
the building and received injuries
which incapacitated him for the time.
He suffered injuries for which he
asks $1,000 judgment but in addition
he wants exemplary damages in the
sum of $4,000. Walker is the only
one of the three whose suits were
filed yesterday who has included this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19
CLAIMS
FOR DAMAGES
IN j. 8. COURT
ECHO OF GREAT EXPLOSION AT
ARDMORE LAST SEPTEMBER -
THREE CASES WHICH FAILED
OF ARBITRATION.

The Muskogee Phoenix of recent
date carried the following story of
the explosion which shook Ardmore
last September:
The city of Ardmore's committee
of one hundred couldn't arbitrate all
the grievances of citizens against the
Santa Fe railroad which is held re-
sponsible for the explosion of Sep
tember y when fortyfour persons
lost their lives, hundreds were injured
and property was damaged to the eX-
tent of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
" Both sides to the controversy
which followed were prompted by the
principles of humanity alone in max
ing atonement, so far as possible for
the calamity, and in determining
what the recompense might be. For
the first time in the annals of rail
road history a railroad elected to
give the people the choice of deter
mining what just recompense might
be. For the first time in the annals
of railroad history a railroad elected
TO give the people the choice of de-
termining what was just and what
were the best methods of making
amends for the harm done.
Let us submit the whole matter
to your substantial citizens the Of
ficials of the railroad said, and let
citizens who have been injured pre-
sent their grievances to them. We
will rely en- their sense Of justice to
give a square deal all around
"The best citizens of Ardmore sat
in judgment upon the cases as they
were brought to their attention. Dam
ages great and small had been sus-
tanned. One man had lost his home
in the fire that followed the terrific
gasoline explosion. A woman's hus-
band had been killed. A boy had
suffered injuries which will cripple
him for life. 1t was judicial pro-
ceeding conducted under the laws of
humanity and commercialism played
no part in the hearings. 1t had been
lost in the sorrow and desolation that
followed the calamity.
$50 these citizen judges rendered
their verdicts. The railroad agreed
to abide by the judgments of the
citizens and those who had been in
iured accepted their verdicts as final
all except a few. Those are the
ones whose cases crept into court.
yesterday three of these bills
found their way into the United
States district court here, where
they were taken by the railroad com
pany from the district court of Carter
county. The aggregate damages
sought are $4,000.
81. n. Whitfield, one of the plain
tiffs, was walking along the street
when the explosion showered him
with bricks, he alleges in his bill
He is permanently disabled and asks
damages in the sum of 100000.
Mrs. Leora Redman, widow of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

The Eclectic "Sanatory Method"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

children. California by statute pro-
vides that deserters and other mis-
demeanants shall be worked by the
counties upon the roads and a sum
not exceeding $3.50 per day be paid
to their dependents for the work.
Miss Beatrice Mccall of the wom-
ans protective bureau of Oakland has
reported to the national committee on
prisons that Los Angeles and Sacra-
mento counties are enforcing this
provision and employing their prison
ers in road work. The bureau is
endeavoring to have the statute en-
forced in Oakland county.
The movement to work county pris-
oners on public roads is also gain
ing ground in Louisiana.
New orleans passed an ordinance
in 1907 providing for such work. 9th
er counties have leased their prison
ers under the lease system abolished
as far as state prisoners are con-
cerned by the constitution of the
state. w. o. Hart, president of the
Louisiana prison reform association,
has informed the national committee
on prisons that the association is in
PRODUCING a bill into the next session
of the legislature to abolish the lease
system even for county prisoners, and
extend the New Orleans system to
other counties.
Kalamazoo county, Michigan, rid
ded the county of tramps by estab-
fishing road camps for county prison
ers. Salem county, New Jersey,
found the road camp a means Of
overcoming crowded conditions in the
Jail. Georgia finds road work a sue
cessful means of employing practi-
cally all her county prisoners.
The movement for road work for
short-term prisoners given impetus by
the national committee on prisons. is
extending from county to county.
Soon the old idleness and degradation
of the county Jail will have given
place to health work on the roads,
with wages which will keep many
family off the charity list
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19
The Way Ii Goes.

"a man lives three lives-youth.
manhood and age" philosophically
stated Professor Pate. Youth is the
rising sun of life, when he thinks OF
what heck of feller he is going to
be: manhood is the sun at full me-
ridian, when he is satisfied that he is
indeed heck of feller; age is the
setting sun, when he says around and
brags about what a heck of feller he
used to be."-Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19
Vox Populi.

The moral standard of the people,
acting somehow, is always there,
whether it be high or low. At its
highest, however, it does not approach
the noblest motives of the individual,
for it is a communal conscience, not an
individual conscience. 1t is never
more than the highest common denom-
inator of goodness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

bumped up, with cork-screwed faces
gouging, picking, drilling out theiI
corns, making packages Of their toes
with plasters, bandages, tape and con
traptions-and the "holler" in their
corns goes on forever! Don't you dc
it. Use "Gets-It," it's marvellous, sim
pie, never fails. Apply it in seconds
Nothing to stick to the stocking, hurt
or irritate the toe. Pain stops. Corn
comes "clean off," quick. It's one OF
the gems of the world. Try it-you'I
kick-from joy. For corns, calluses
warts, bunions.
"Gets-It' is sold everywhere, 25C
a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence
G. Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

The Kaiser seems to be in search
of somebody who can show him the
way to peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

Don't walk when you can ride for
5 cents. Take the Cloer "Jitney."
17tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19
''COrnS All Gone!
Let's ALL kick!''
Every Corn Vanishes by Using Won
derfuI, Simple "Gets-lt" Never
Fails. Applied in 2 Seconds.

Isn't it wonderful what difference
just a little "Gets-It" makes on corns
and calluses? It's always night some
where in the world, with many folks
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-19

matter of exemplary damages in hi
petition"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-06-07
SIX MILLION ROSES IN
PORTLAND FESTIVAL

Portland, Ore., June 7.-Portland
today pays homage to Rose, Queen OF
Flowers. The tenth annual Rose
Festival has begun.
More than 10000 boys and girls
from the public schools of Portland
will present the pageant of Human
Roses" today.
The festival center where more
than $4,000 square feet is filled to
overfowing with roses and other
seasonable flowers is the greatest
spectacle of the kind every presented
in the United States.
In the center of this vast display
is huge rose bowl, where more than
$1,000 flowers are massed to form a
floral and electrical fountain, the first
of the kind ever built.
June is rose time in Portland and
millions of flowers are in bloom in
all parts of the city. The floral par
ade tomorrow will place on review
more than 100000 roses.
Fully 10000 automobiles will be
| in the parade.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-06-07
I07 PERSONS DEAD
IN BIG TORNADO

Kansas City, Mo-, June 1.-The
death list in the storm-swept section
of Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois
grew hourly last night as belated re-
turns were received from communi-
ties which suffered in a series of tor
nadoes Monday night. The death of
1O7 persons has been reported, a
number of other persons were un-
accounted for and believed dead, and
several hundred had been injured and
some will die. Accurate estimates Of
property damage were not available,
but all figures ventured by property
owners in the stricken communities
ran into the hundreds of thousands.
In complete tabulation showed the
following deaths:
Arkansas, 81.
Missouri, 80 (possibly more).
Mississippi, Is.
Illinois, 1.
Tennessee, 4, with score missing
with the overturning of the Missis-
sippi river packet Elenore.