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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31
.SHIP IS CAPTURED
BIMOHEGERMAN
Amazing Exploit Of a Stow.
away On Munition Car
rier.

.LEWEs, Del. March 81 Ernest
.schuler; a German held up the cap.
tan Of the British steamer Matoppo
hortly after the vessel had passed
Sandy Hook last night bound from
New York for V1adiyostok with q
cargo Of war material. Schiller, who
was a stowaway, put the wireless out
Of operation, locked the captain in
his room all night and searched his
papers and the ships safe. The man
is under arrest here having been land
ed this afternoon.
The Matoppo passed out of Sandy
Hook at 6 O'Clock last night. The al,
tack on the captain was made two
hours later. Schiller 1t is said had
been a stowaway on the Matoppo for
five days. When well out to sea he
made Ills appearance armed with two
revolvers. it is alleged, and forced
the captain into his cabin.
che man told the captain that he
had placed bombs in different parts
of the ship.
The crew of the Matoppo feared the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31
IsIEkNNN
TaEpA BhRA IN
AFrAr GeA @S.t-.

says one. Few of them Brought over
coats along. They thought Ell Paso
would be sunny and balmy. They'll
all buy overcoats before they venture
into Mexico.
There's a hint OF snow in the air.
All windows are lighted in the
higher part of town, inhabited by
Americans and Mexicans Of the we'll
TODD class, who fed from revolutions.
There is singing in some of the homes
along Montana st. Where there are
no lights you can bet the residents
have gone to the fashion show, or the
Country club, which perches on a
.clay.bank this side Of Fort Bliss and
commands an efficient view Of the UNI
vegetated Franklin hills.
Taxicabs fash past, toward the
roadhouses out Ysleta way. It's just
like any March night. up here where
the streets bunt the foothills.
Down where the big irrigation ditch
gurgles past Camp Cotton, sentries
stalk in silence up and down the bor-
der. Restless army mules kick the
sides Of their stalls, and soldiers,
Weakened. curse them.
Empty street cars at intervals cross.
the international bridge.
"A passing cloud is illuminated by.
the glow from the big smelter up the
river, and 100 feet from the guarded
smelter deputy sherifts and Ell Paso
policemen have just arrested II Mex
.icans-one of them Gen. Herrera's
brother-charged with plotting revolt
this side Of the border.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31

fellow can't get what he wants unless
they are taken care of; and there Is
a beautiful Iog-rol1ing contest on to
get a compromise measure fixed up. (.
Last summer the Mayor said, 1t Is
reported to me. That he could prepare
conclusive figures. for a bond issue
that would be satisfactory in 207min.
utes. Summer went. autumn came
and departed. winter came on and left,
spring Is here and nobody has seen
the figures but the Mayor; and pun.
sters say they don't believe he has
seen them.
The Mayor lives across the Monon-
galele and says there will be a new
bridge started there this summer, It
is reported to me, whether anything
else Is done in Fairmont or not. But
the Locust Avenue people told me to
not take the Mayors statement too
seriously, as Joe Miller's book does
not have all the latest humorous ex.
pressions. They said Locust Avenue
has been dieting on promises for cen:
turtles and before any bridges were
built there must be some improvements
out that way. And the people that
want a viaduct over Coal Run, they
talk In the same line.
OH understand that it don't make a
durn bit of difference to me whether
they fix Locust Avenue, or build a
viaduct for Coal Run, or put a new
bridge over the Monongahela- because
I am not going to be here very long.
I am Just giving you the facts in the
case as they are reported to me to
make you acquainted with one OF the
big problems OF Fairmont. But. on
the level. just between you and H,
Hick and not for publication, is not
that 90 minutes OF the Mayors the
longest short period Of time you ever
heard tell of?
Yours,
.HICK.
FPS S. Dare you ! do to give me an
assignment on the East Side before
the.new bridge is erected.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31

man and when the seaner love In
stint Of tie Delaware capes her
ic6nras n ehnuged aud she aeft Up
0assiRnaisf Tor Immediate agststaneesa and
5at the same time 8 boat load other
drew went over the 6tde 70 come
man threatenedggto blow up the ship
al tug boat and the steam pilot. boat
Philadelphia responded to the call. as
did also the coast guard crew station
ed at Cape Henlopen. Del. The pilot
boat picked up the ships crew who
told the story.
The Matoppoi is anchored In the har-
Dor at the breakwater. 1t is expected
a search will be made of the ship to
learn whether the, man did pant any
bombs as he said he did.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31

There's an alley there. but you might
have passed it. The gate Is only two
feet wide. There are IA little wooden
doors in as many little adobe huts.
built close together, without a window
In the row. A Chinaman regards US
curiously.
Soldiers in twos are walking through
these side streets.
-Four Mexican girls, who might BIO
Is or 2S, razor their customers In a
"lady barber shop"
Up in the Ell Paso & Southwestern
yards a trainload Of trucks has Just
pulled tn-motor trucks from Detroit.
for use in the Mexican desert behina
the army
Fifty civilian drivers pile u OIL q
tourist car. :.
"Br.r-r!i-it's cold down mere,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31
Many Seek Citizenship

CHARLESTON, W. Va. March al
A special term Of Circuit Court has
been called in Raleigh county to con-
slider the application Of a large number
Of foreigners who wish to become nat
uralized. Among the applicants are
natives OF England, Prussia, Italy, Rus.
STA, Sweden and hungary. This is the
first instance that court has been call
ed In special session in that county for
such a purpose. .
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31

p. S. Dare you l do to give me a n
assignment on the East Side before
the.new bridge is erected. !
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31
EVERYONE LIKES
THIS C0LDGURE
ARAPElsg GOLD COMPOUND" ENDS
A&coEDgoRiGRIPPE INA
FEW HOURS.

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stops nasty3discharge or nose running,
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soreness and stiffness.
DON'T staygstuffed.up! Quit blowing
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at any drug store. Il acts without
a~ssistanee. tastes nice andjScauSes no
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31
BY ICE STARMoNT.

SpeeiaI8 Correspondent on Mexican
8Bordef&for&T THE West vir9infan.
ell PAsO,, Texas, March 31.-Let's
taseFa walk tonight around Ell Paso,
to see what we can see
There's aI fashion show at the Paso
del Nortes with living models, fresh
= rom Broadway.
Theres THE Birth Of a Nation" at
the Texas Grand, where slow-spoken
southerners are cheering tho Ku Klux
Kan
Store windows fronting the Prado
simmer with silks such as you'd see
IN Marshall Field's-and before them
mace Soldiers In tours and skies,
khaki cloaks Tapping in a chill night
breeze; service rifles over h
shouIdersspolnting grtmly at the cold
northsstar!
Eimousines purr to a standstill be-
lore theaPaso del Norte, emitting
Epairsso feyenfng.gowned women, chat
ting gailys They stand silent on the
durbstonej till the soldiers pass. Then
theyFenter for the fashion show.
Farther south. on the one paved
street8that stabs the squalid Mexican
quarter garlsh red-and:green posters
III Spanish announce 1.-THE Serpent
sEAEh& Q lueuh phIh LS6tateAo
hate from behind a Mexican ticket
girI who ranks in nickels. They look
very much alike.
a photograph screams in Spanish
from aslittlei8x1S restaurant, equipped
with two a cigar counter, and
q yelIoW:haired. non-Mexican waitress.
IN O {cantina, a Mexican saloon,
brown poems talk in soft grunts, and
look atStheR pictures in rihald weeklies
pnblishedsin Madrid and Barcelona.
There are fewer people on the side
streets Lets walk this way.
"QuongS Sing. laundry, down the al
ley, reads anREnglish sign.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-31
on Inspection Tour

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March al
George W. Stevens, president and 9TH
er officials of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway company and several repre-
sentatiyes OF the G%uggenhetm inter-
ests will tomorrow make an inspection
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
IN MEMORIAM

Our beloved friend, comrade and
soldier in the revolution. Ole Ander-
son. died Feb. q at the Providence
hospital in Everett. Deceased was
born in Norway Sc years ago and
lived in the Puget Sound country for
about twenty years. The funeral
services were conducted from the r.
U. hall in Silvana. Thursday after
noon. March 2. Rev. August Peter
son of Seattle officiating.
In the presence of death we stand
still with solemn awe and as we gaze
upon the still features of the departed
our troubled spirit is prone to ask:
IF man die shall he live again." But
across the vast gulf which divides the
living from the dead. no voice of as
surance comes and as the generations
and the ages sweep by in their track
| less path over the illimitable desert
Of time, the mystery of life and death
alone remains. If when our dear
comrade passed the portals of death
a scene of unimaginable splendor
/ burst upon his vision or an infinite
void black and voiceless swallowed
| him up, this we do not know. But
one thing we do know: That if true
and noble heart lit with love great
enough to embrace all humanity, is
the key to eternal life, then our COM
trade is not dead. He lives in some
higher form of existence to which he
mounted by his great and abiding
faith in righteousness in this world.
He loved the beautiful in art, in mu.
sic, in literature, and his soul was
always ready to listen to those mys.
tic whisperings of the infinite which
comes only to the dreamer and the
idealist
Rest in peace beloved friend and
comrade. We thank you for the gold
en- hue of human love which you faith.
fully spread over life. We who are
left to tarry yet little while, will
carry on this fight until the curse OF
poverty, ignorance and darkness shall
be lifted from the world forever.
E. H. ERICKSON.
| Arlington Route
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
EVERETT ACTIVITIES

Preparations are under way for the
National Lyceum course. The mem
bership have been given tickets to
sell and by the enthusiasm manifest,
ed seems to insure a full house.
F. G. Crosby, official sign painter
of the local, is busy preparing a dozen
signs that will be paraded through the
streets advertising the meetings.
Professor Bowman got the goat" of
some of the Socialists at the Sunday
evening lecture. The Professor was
all right, but
The same old crowd attended the
study class last Sunday afternoon.
We want to see some new faces. Call
around next week.
w. w. Lefeaux of the Socialist
party of Canada, gave an interesting
lecture on Fighting Ignorance" last
Tuesday evening.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
THUS SAITH THE MILITARY
SOCIALIST

Comrade Henry l.. Slobodin has
been dscoursing for several months
through the pages of the Information
al Socialist Review. He has been
taken to task for his advocacy of uni
versal military training and makes
his comeback at his critics In the
March Review, winding up thusly:
Democracy is on the march. DE
mocracy of arms Is coming"
Wonder IL democracy In economic
social relations is coming? Why not
look and seek for that goal while we
are at It?
When the cowboys and bad men OF
old used to roam the woolley west
with their shooting irons, they had
democracy of arms" but democracy
in the cattle industry was not de
veloping because of It,
When our savage and barbarious
ancestors Of long ago all possessed
their little clubs and spears and bow
and arrow. they had democracy of
arms; but democracy in economic
relations was not the thing that was
then developing because of that.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
Democracy On The March

| understand that Comrade Slobo.
din Is scientific socialist OF the
Rand school Then let us suggest to
him that democracy in economic re.
lations is the king democracy that
will determine the nature Of the de.
mocracies in practically all the super.
structural social relations once II is
attained. Economic bedrock, its Jar.
rangement, development and orgahiza-
ton is the thing to consider first and
work into the superstructure from
the foundation.
Any so-called political democracy"
religious democracy" or military
democracy" Is but hollow sham so
long as we have not attained democ.
racy in economic relations.
Social development started with
democracy of arms" Where are our
military Socialists, anyway? March
ing backward? Would further sug.
gest that democracy in economic re-
latlons does not grow out of "democ-
racy of arms" IT NEVER HAS.
That is the point.
TO hell with military training. LET
US HAVE ECONOMIC TRAINING.
We do need 1t.
PROLETARIA BILL.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
Preacher Gets His
Comrade Eliza Lamkin Wants to
Know a Few Things

Lyman, Feb Is, 1916.
Dear Comrades:
Rev Marlett OF Everett gave what
was supposed to be a humorous lee
ture in the M. E. church here last
week. | suppose it would be very
amusing if told before an audience
raised in affluence; but to me 1t was
too pathetically near the reality, as
suspect it probably was to more
than few OF the others who heard
him.
He began by saying he was going
/ to tell of some of the funny things
that happened to him while riding
the circuit of missionary in Mis-
souri,. Then he went on to tell his
opinion of the state Of Missouri, say
ing a state that had produced such
statesmen as Missouri had had moth.
ing to be ashamed of.
He went on to describe living con.
ditions among the poor Of that state,
which ought to make "barbarous Mex.
ico' blush. He cited as proof that
the fault was shiftlessness an in.
stance Of being driven by q cloud
burst to seek shelter for himself and
pony at a farm house in the hills
where father, mother and six children
were living in log cabin of one room
which was windowless, two OF the
children being grown girls; this man
being the owner of three hundred
acres of land.
The next morning after the storm
had cleared sufficiently for him to
resume his journey, he went just a
few miles to where cousin of this
man lived with his family on one
hundred acres in splendid style, with
carpets on the floor and everything
heart could wish in the way of com
forts. He failed to say whether OF
not the hundred acres were of the
rich bottom land, which ! strongly
suspect they were. He told how
many years Of study it takes to make
a successful preacher, namely, eigh
years in the grade school, four in the
high school. four in college and three
years in a theological seminary.
What | want to ask you workers is
Are they worth the price? For it is
on your backs that the load is lait
of all this education of these mer
who preach your gospel! You tot
and work, many of you never ever
getting through the first grades, ant
iletting them have the privilege of al
this accumulated knowledge of the
past ages of toll Are they preaching
the things you want to hear? Or the
things a master-class wants you t
hear l? Wake up, my brothers and sis
tiers of the working-class, and tel
the reverends to cease teaching con
tentment to class that has too Ions
been content to give all the gooC
things to others, keeping the shack'
and cabins and all the meaner things
of life for themselves.
Yours for my class three hundred
and sixty-five days in the year,
ELIZA LAMKIN.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
HAD TO HUSTLE TO
BEAT SOCIALISTS

Northwest Worker.
Dear COmrade.-In Bryant school
district No. AZ the old partyites had
to do some hustling in order to pre-
vent another Socialist from being
elected. | am on the school board
now and when it was discovered that
another Socialist was running the
good people got frightened. Two big
men lost a lot of fat running to the
polls to beat the Socialist.
In Bryant school district No. 70 we
succeeded in getting two Socialists on
the school board. Comrade Mrs Nor.
gar for three years and Comrade Mrs,
Tuniga for one year.
Yours in revolt,
MIKE KRONHOLM
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
STEVENS COUNTY NEWS

Colville, Wn., 2-2S-16.
Local Colville was reported dead in
the last Party Builder, but there is a
very lively bunch of M. A. LIS. in Col
vile. They held three well-attended
meetings in February at which plans
for livening up organization and edu-
cation throughout the county were
discussed.
Plans are already made to open up
headquarters in the spring. The pro-
ject is to be supported by selling to-
bacco, cigars, literature, etc. Sub
scriptions will be taken for all kinds
of modern publications on commits
sion basis.
AS soon as practical an exchange
will be opened in connection with the
headquarters. Through the exchange
members will be aided in selling or
trading anything of value.
Com. Geo. H. DeGreif was chosen
treasurer, and John M. Powers was
chosen secretary of the headquarters
meeting, and for the present every
member living in Colyille will consti-
tute said committee.
We hope to have things we'll under
way by the time the county commit
| tee meets in April, at which time the
matter will be laid before it.
A few comrades have already
agreed to render financial support,
and if any others desire to do so,
| they can send their contributions to
Geo. H. DeGreif, Colville, Wash
JOHN NJ. POWERS.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
RESULTS OF ELECTION OF
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
Edmonds, Wn., March 9Th

Edmonds, Wn., March 9th.
Northwest Worker:
The following is the result of the
school election in which one Social
list was elected and polled the largest
vote:
One-year term-V. M. Sill (Social,
dst), 1892; Mrs. D. C. Campbell, 1909;
c. d. Everton, 283.
Three-year term - John Schmidt,
PSI; E. L. Turner, 24O; G. H. Bart
lett (SocialisD, 151; Mrs. H. H. Camp
bell, 81.
PRESS COM.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09

For a clean shave, visit the Ever
EFT Baths and Barber Shop at 1921
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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09

Notice to Members in Stevens County
The referendum for the nomination
of county political candidates will be
sent to the locals about April first.
Be sure to have your local report for
March, or it cannot participate in
making nominations.
JOHN NJ. POWERS,
County Secretary.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09
SAYS IT'S JUNK
March 5, 1916.


Editor Northwest Worker,
Everett, Wash.
Dear Comrade:
l notice in The Northwest Worker
that you have some free seeds to
give away and l must say that it is
quite surprising to think that The
Northwest Worker would accept and
help distribute such junk-for that is
about all it is. 1t matters little wheth-
er the seeds were sent out from the
Department of Agriculture or one OF
the congressman franked them out
the seeds are bought up from seeds
men and are old, out of date seeds
They are bought by contract from the
lowest bidder, and congress spends a
vast sum every year buying up such
seeds, a thing that does US no good
at all, and l think that we ought to
help discourage it instead of sane
tioning it.
Yours in revolt,
ARTHUR H. HANSEN.
East Stanwood Wash, R. 2, Box G.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-03-09

Thirty thousand manned French
soldieres are pleading for work, for
the opportunity to make themselves
useful in their disabled condition.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-29
Keeps Her Children
In Perfect Health
Dr.. CaIdweIPs Syrup Pepsin the
Family Laxative for Many
Years.

Mrs. Aug. Doellefeld OF Carlyle, H..
recently wrote to Dr. Caldwell, at Mon
tieello, IL, that she has used Dr.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin in her home for a
number of years, and would not be with
out It, as with 1t she has been able to
keep her four children in perfect health.
Dr.. CaldwelFs Syrup Pepsin is a com
bination of simple laxative herbs with
pepsin that acts on the bowels in an
easy, natural way, and regulates the ac-
ton Of this most important function
Nearly all the sickness to which children
are subject Is trsceable TO bowel mac
ton, and a mild, dependable laxative,
such as Dr. CaldwelFs Syrup Pepsin
should have a place in every family med
icine chest. It Is pleasant to the taste
and children ike II, and take 1t readily
while 1t is equally effective for adults
Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is sold Ii
drug stores everywhere Tor fifty cents
a bottle. To avoid limitations and inef-
fective substitutes be sure YOU get Dr.
Caldwen's Syrup Pepsin. See that fac
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-29
Apache In Convention
Challenges an Ardpahoe

Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Sept "a ses-
sion Of the Society Of American In
dams was enlivened here Thursday
when an Apache Indian challenged an
Arapahoe to fight. It came in a clash
over a resolution proposing abolition
Of the Indian bureau OF the depart
ment OF the interior.
Dr.. Carlos MOntezuma, an Apache. in
the course Of an impassioned speech
attacking the Indian bureau as ineffi-
Client, directed his remarks at Dr. Sher-
man Coolidge. of Colorado. an Arapa-
hoe Indian, president of the society and
a former member Of the federal bureau.
4 am an Apache" he shouted. "and
you are an Arapahoe- I can lick you
Ny tribe has licked your tribe before
I'm from Missouri shouted DR..
Coolidge, and the laughter that fol-
lowed broke the tension
DIT. Carlos Montezuma is a san Carlos
Apache. born near the headwaters OF
the salt river in Arizona When a
small child, during warfare days, he
was adopted by a white family and
given an education IN the east He is
now a practicing physician in Chicago
but devotes much Of his time to vel
fare york among the Indians