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CHAPTER xIx-continued.

Mugridge had heard the Kanaka's
warning cry and was screaming mad
ly. | could see q black fin cutting
the water and making for him with
greater swiftness than he was being
pulled aboard. It was an even toss
whether the shark or we would get
him, and 1t was matter of moments.
When Mugridge was directly beneath
us, the stern descended the slope OF
passing wave, thus giving the advan-
tage to the shark. Wolf Larsen threw
his strength into one tremendous jerk.
The cockney's body left the water;
SO did part of the sharks. He drew
up his legs. and the man-eater seemed
no more than barely to touch one foot,
sinking back into the water with
splash. But at the moment OF con-
tact Thomas Mugridge cried out.
Then he came In like fresh-caught
fish on a line, clearing the rail gen.
erously and striking the deck in
heap. on hands and knees, and rolling
over.
But a fountain of blood was gush-
ing forth. The right foot was miss
ing, amputated neatly at the ankle,
I looked instantly to Maud Brewster.
Her face was white, her eyes dilated
with horror. She was gazing, not at
Thomas Mugridge, but at Wolf Larsen.
And he was aware of it, for he said.
with one of his short laughs:
"Man-play, Miss Brewster. Some
what rougher. / warrant, than what
you have been used to, but still-man.
play. The shark was not in the reck
oning. It"
But at this juncture, Mugridge. who
had lifted his head and ascertained
the extent of his loss, floundered ovei
on the deck and buried his teeth in
Wolf Larsen's leg. Wolf Larsen
stopped, coolly, to the cockney, and
pressed with thumb and finger at the
rear of the jaws and below the ears
The jaws opened with reluctance. anc
Wolf Larsen stepped free.
l. AS was saying" he went on. al
though nothing unwonted had hap
pened, 1.-THE shark was not in thu
reckoning. 1t was-ahem-shall w
say Providence?"
We walked to the break of the poor
where she turned and faced me.
glanced around to see that no one wa
within hearing distance.
What is it," asked gently; bu
the expression of determination on he
face did not relax.
81 can readily understand" she b
gan, that this mornings affair wa
largely an accident; but have bee
talking with Mr.. Haskins. He tell
me that the day we were rescued, eve
while / was in the cabin, two me
were drowned. deliberately drowned
murdered"
There was q query in her voice. ar
she faced me accusingly, as though
were guilty of the deed. or at least
party to it.
The information is quite correct
! answered. The two men were mu
dered."
And you permitted it," she erie
81 was unable to prevent it, is
better way of phrasing It," l reptile
still gently.
But you tried to prevent it?" The
was an emphasis on the tried" al
q pleading little note In her voice.
"Oh, but you didn't" she hurri
on, divining my answer. But wi
didn't your"
shrugged my shoulders. "Y,
must remember. Miss Brewster. tn
you are a new inhabitant of this lit
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March s. 1915.

Germans were checked at Reims.
German armies in north split up
by Russian advances.
Turks abandoned campaign
against Egypt.
Allied fleet bombarded Smyrna.
Germans sunk French ammuni-
ton ship at Ostend.
Zeppelin raid over Calais failed.
Zeppelin L-8 wrecked near Tirie-
mont.
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March 4, 1915.

Hard fighting in the Vosses.
In MeIancourt woods Germans
sprayed French with burning oil
and chemicals.
Russians checked Austrian drive
in Bukowina.
German submarine U-9 sunk by
British destroyers.
Allies began landing at seddul
Bahr, DardanelIes.
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March 6, 1915.

Russians attacked in center OF
eastern line and gained In North
Poland.
Austrians gave ground In East
Galicia.
British warships battered OAR
daneIles forts, destroying one.
Asia Minor ports shelIed by al
lies, Smyrna forts being silenced.
Allies landing party on OAR
daneIles suffered severely.
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What a wonderful old v
would be IL the men who ~
know it all could only prove
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Just Between Friends

Old Lsdy-"Stop fighting at once
Don't you know that you should for.
give your enemies?" Boyle amt
me enemy. l never seen him before.
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Any man who itches 10,
have to do a lot OF scra'''
he gets there.
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Question of When.

"A wise man may change his mind"
my boy" replied Senator Sorghum,
"the greatest of all wisdom consists In
knowing when to change your mind"
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A man is sometimes his own
enemy, but he is more likely to b
own best friend.
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Throw Off Colds sno
When You feel a cold CONT ~
TIVE BROMO QUlNlNB. ssf
Colds and Grip. Only Ons hoI. ~
n w. GROVES signature on
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In peace times the army of Amer.
lean tourists in London numbers
100000.
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And many a dear f.
mistake of marrying
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March 1, 1915.

Two German corps defeated al
Przasnysz.
ossowetz bombarded by Ger
mans.
Turkish forces under essao
Pasha massed on Asiatle side OF
Dardanelles.
Norweoian steamer rammed OF
English coast.
Premier Asquith announced al
lies would cut of Germany from
all trade with rest of the world.
Hambure-American line officials
in New York indicted for consPr'
ing against U. s.
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If all flesh is grass tneD
be new moan hay.
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THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Feb. 20, 1915,

Feb. %, 1915.
Germans advanced west OF the
vosoes, forcing French back tour
miles.
French took many German
trenches in Champagne.
Russians continued successful at
tack along whole western front.
Turks evacuated Sinai peninsula
German embassy at Washington
denied SteaIer's stories.
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darken your ugly. grilIiTr ~
using la Creole" Haif u
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ards of work, wages and conduct in
American industries and commerce.
Foreign standards of wages do not
permit American standards of life.
Foreign labor has driven American
workers out of many trades, callings,
and communities, and the influence
of these lower standards has per-
meated widely.
For years the organized labor
movement has called attention to
these vicious tendencies which effect
not only the workers but the whole
nation, for national unity is weak
ened when the nation is honeycombed
with foreign groups" living a fore
ign life.
For America First.
The labor movement has urged the
adoption of a national policy that
would enable us to select as future
citizens Of our country those who can
be assimilated and made truly Ameri-
can. The American Federation of
Labor has urged a literacy test, which
shall be applied to all immigrants.
Our nation has accepted as a funda-
mental principal that education en-
ables the girl or boy to attain better
development and to have better con-
troll over their own personal ability
and powers. It has been our ma
tional purpose to eliminate from our
country all illiteracy. 1t is, there
fore, in accord with this general plan
that we should establish the same re-
quirements for foreign-born persons
who desire to come and live in our
country. It has been urged that this
is not perfect standard. OF course
no standard is perfect but the literacy
test is the most effective and practi-
cal. It has been claimed that our
greatest criminals are often educated
persons. These are, however, only
conspicuous failures of education to
achieve its desired ideal. Educated
criminality is not the fault of educa-
tion, but is the inherent fault or de.
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America has not yet become a.
nation. 1t is still a conglo1morated
mass of various and diverse ethnic
groups. Hordes of immigrants have
crowded into our ports, and have, for
the most part, settled in the nearest
industrial center. In some cases
they have in masses moved further
inland to industrial centers where the
nature of the work required compara-
lively little skill. In many OF these
cases, the coming of the immigrants
was due to the activities Of managers
of industries, who arranged to Sc
cure the financial advantages by en-
ploying foreign workers who still re-
tanned the standards and prejudices
of other countries. -
They Do Not Americanize.
So we find in many indus
trial centers sections that are
known as "Little Hungary" Little
Italy," etc. The inhabitants of these:
little nations transplant to American
soil the institutions and the standards
Of their fatherlands. They gain
nothing by coming. These comm,1n-
tiles speak a foreign language, read
foreign papers, dress in accordance
with foreign customs and bring up
their families in accord with. foreign
standards. There is practically no
sustained effort on the part OF
society or the nation to assimilate
these foreign groups and to make
of them Americans. Nor is this con-
dition confined only to the poorer
immigrants. There are foreign COM
munities in the resident districts Of
the large cities. These remain even
more exclusively foreign because their
wealth enables them to have foreign
schools and foreign instruction for
their children. Thus the foreign
group and alien influence beconde
rooted in the life of the community.
The workers of America have felt
most keenly the pernicious results of
the establishment Of foreign stand
s. Is e q. - :
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MAN N'S[AB0R SHALL"
NOT Be COMMODITY
Samuel Gompers Urges Minnesota
Unions To Seek Passage t
of Law.
WOULD HAVE CLAYTON
LAW APPLY IN STATE
D lunch From Indictment of
Steel officials By Ohio
Grand Jury.

Duluth labor unions received this
week from Samuel Gompers, Presi-
dent of the A. F. of L., copy of
proposed bill to be introduced in the
Minnesota Legislature to define the
difference between the voluntary or
ganization Of the workers and COM
binations, corporations and trusts
The proposed bill also provides for
the regulation and limitation of the
issuance Of injunctions in labor diff
ference.
The bill declares that it shall be
unlawful for Workingmen and women
to organize themselves into or carry
on labor unions for the purpose of
lessening the hours Of labor or in
! creasing the wages or bettering the
conditions of the members of such
organizations; or carrying out their
legitimate purposes as freely as they
could If acting singly.
No More Injunctions.
NO restraining order or injunction
shall be granted by any of this state,
or any judge thereof in any case in
volving a growing out of a dispute
concerning terms or conditions of en-
ployment, unless necessary to prevent
lrreparable injury to property or to
a property right of the party making
the application, for which injury
there is no adequate remedy at law,
| and such property or property right
must be described with particularly
| in the application, which must be in
| writing and sworn to by the applicant
! or by his agent or attorney.
No restraining order or inju1lc-
ton shall prohibit any person or
| persons, whether singly or in con-
cert, from terminating any relation
| of employment or from ceasing to
perform any work or labor; or from
! recommending, advising or persuad-
! ing others so to do; or from attending
! at any place where any person or
persons may lawfully be, for the .pur.
pose of obtaining or communicating
! information, or from persuading any
such person to work or to abstain
from working; or from ceasing to
! patronize any party to such dispute;
or from recommending, advising, or
persuading others to 90; or from pay
ing or giving to, or withholding from,
| oily pSAoo1 CA6d5Ou Ill ouCli u1SpuLS,
| any strike benefits or other moneys
or things of value; or from as
sembling in lawful manner, and for
| lawful purposes; or from doing any
| act or thing which might lawfully be
! done in the absence of such dispute
by single individual; nor shall any
of the acts specified in this section be
| considered or held to be illegal or un-
lawful in any court Of this state.
'That the labor of a human being
is not a commodity or article OF COM
; merce, and the right to enter into
the relation of employer and en-
plOyee, or to change that relation; or
to assume and create new relation
for employer and employee, or to
change that relation; or to assume
and create new relation for en-
ployer and employee; or to perform
and carry on business with any per-
son in any place; or to do work and
labor as an employee, shall be held
| and construed to be personal, and
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that they are seeking admission to
the United States to avoid religious
persecution in the country of their
last permanent residence, whether
such persecution De evidenced by
overt acts or by laws or by govern
mental regulations that discriminate
against the alien or the race to which
he belongs because of his religious
faith. Provided, that nothing in this
act shall exclude, if otherwise admis-
nit the commission, or who teach
and advocate the commission, of an
offence purely political
The proposed legislation does not
represent radical change in the
policy of our nation. 1t is an extern
sion of our educational policy, and is
in harmony with the conviction that
has been growing recently that We,
as a nation, must leave our haphaz-
ard methods of development behind,
and inaugurate a definite sustained
national policy that shall promote our
best development, and shall coordin-
ate and organize all Of the resources
of our country and plan for their best
utilization.
Steamship Companies Active.
Opposition to the literacy test and
to any proposition to restrict immi-
grafton has come from steamship
companies, steel corporations, coal
operators and other employers
whose financial interests were associ-
ated with maintenance of large num-
bers of workers forced by their help
lessness to work for low wages. The
activities of these interests have been
given a COAX. of respectability by
many who.: for sentimental reasons,
were unwilling to endorse any form
of restriction immigration. But the
selfish interest or, sentiment that is
contrary to, the fundamental princi-
pies of national welfare can not frus-
trate efforts to promote the best in
|sterests Of our nations
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feet in the nature or the physical
makeup of the individual. If it is
urged that education tends to GRIMM
ality it would seem the wisest course
to remain in Ignorance, a fallacy so
patent that its mere statement carries
with its own reputation. Education
can not remedy all the faults Of
human nature, but it is the greatest
instrumentality for human develop
ment and betterment.
Self Preservation First.
1t has been urged against the liter
acy test that this standard would
make many suffer because they had
been denied opportunities. That may
be true, but it is equally true that our
nation can not work out all of the
problems of all other nations. We
can not undertake to educate all Of
those to whom other countries deny
educational opportunities. Each ma
ton must undertake and solve its own
educational problems. The adoption
of the literacy test by our own coun-
try would have a. tendency to force
nations to establish more general ed
ucational opportunities for all of
their people. It is only a half truth
to say that the literacy test would
close the gates of opportunity to
illiterate foreigners. AS a matter of
fact there is very little real oppor-
tunity for these people in our indus
trial ccnters. Usually they are
brought over here either by steam
ship and railroad companies and other
greedy corporations, by employers, or
as result of collision between these
groups. They have been brought over
hee for the purpose of exploitation,
and until they develop powers of re-
sistance and determination to secure
things for themselves they have little
opportunity here. These same quail
ties would secure for them within
their own countries many of the ad-
vantages that later come to them
here. 81:
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The section of the Burnett 1mmi-
grafton bill which establishes the lit
eracy test provides for no unfair re-
quirements. It says:
"All aliens over 16 years of age,
not read the English language, or
some other language or dialect, in
Guiding Hebrew or Yiddish; Pro-
vided, that any admissible alien, or
any alien heretofore or hereafter
legally admitted, or any citizen of the
United States, may bring in or end
for his father or grandfather over IS
years of age, his wife, his mother, his
grandmother, or his unmarried or
widowed daughter, if otherwise ad-
missible, whether such relative can
read or not, and such relative shall be
permitted to enter. For that purpose
of ascertaining whether aliens can
read, the immigrant inspectors shall
be furnished with slips of uniform
size, prepared under the direction of
the Secretary of Labor, each contain
ing not less than 80 nor more than 40
words in ordinary use, printed in
plainly legible type in some one of
the various languages or dialects of
immigrants. Each alien may desig-
nate the particular language or dia-
lect in which he desires the examina-
ton to be made, and shall be re-
quired to read the words printed on
the slip in such language or dialect"
Still q "Hayen of Refuge"
An attempt was made to create the
impression that the literacy test will
close America as q haven of refu: to
political refugees and those perse-
cuted because Of religious faith. That
this is wholly unwarranted in fact is
evident from the following portion Of
the proposed act:
That the following classes of per-
sons shall be exempt from the opera
ton Of the illiteracy test, to wit All
aliens who shall prove to the salts
faction, Of the proper immigration
l3ofacer or to tho Secretary OF Labor,
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SAMUEL C0NPE& GIVES GOOD REASONS FOR IMMIGRATION RESIRICI0

AS a people we have barely begun
to appreciate the value of those quail
ties which make for real progress,
the necessity to insist and presist in
formulating sound policies to re-
dound to the interests of the people
Of our nation. Indeed, for years we
have delayed in even formulating
national policy that would protect us
against such elements and conditions
which act as a barrier to the devel-
opment of American character and
national unity. We have excused this
delay on the ground that we were a
young nation; that we had vast public
lands and national resources that
must be developed, and that we could
afford to open our doors to a practi-
cally unrestricted immigration in
order to increase our population.
Conditions Have Changed:
But conditions have changed. We
are no longer a young nation. We
have wasted much of our national
heritage and the frontier has practi-
cally disappeared. Recent events that
have tested national institutions and
mems faith to the uttermost, proved
cOncluSlVely tnat we cannot hope to
be the ideal which America repre-
sents, we cannot maintain a place of
influence in the affairs of the world.
if we do not plan to carry out those
purposes. Haphazard development
may do well enough for the ordinary
activities from day to day but will not
endure the teste of a great crisis or
the slower tests of time.
To achieve the best there is for our
nation, and for our citizens generally,
we cannot escape the duty devolving
upon, us of thinking out a. national
policy that will develop out of the
many peoples within our boundaries
homogeneous nation bound to-
gether by common ideals, common
customs, common language and a
common culture;
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PROTECTED TRUSTS
WANT CHEAP LABOR
Biz Interests Demand Unlimited
Supply From Worlds
Markets.
DESTROYS , pxzscrcAN
WAC stste eeo:,.tcs; y s $
Why Terrific Fight Is Made -
Them Against immigration
Bill,

The Burnett immigration bill, with
the literacy test, which passed the
house two weeks ago by a vote of sos
to 81, is now before the senate and
will be desperately fought in the up
per house.
While the bill was in the house an
effort was made by Representative
SABBATH to strike out the literacy test
This was defeated on roll call vote,
2S4 to 107. Every member of the
Minnesota delegation, excepting Rep
resentative Smith of Minneapolis,
voted for the literacy test and against
Congressman Sabath's motion to
strike it out. On the final roll call
Mr.. Smith voted for the bill.
Party lines were not drawn on the
measure. Such Democratic leaders as
SABBATH of Illinois and Gallivan Of
Massachusetts worked with such
standpat congressman as Mann and
Cannon of Illinois in opposition to
the literacy test. Even Congressman
London, the lone Socialist in the
house, voted against the bill and de-
voted one-half of his speech to an
arraignment of the trade union move
ment in tone that sounded like a
spokesman for the National Associa-
tion Of Manufacturers.
/ Position Clearly Stated.
! frank Morrison, secretary of the A.
F. of L., before the house committee
on immigration, stated the position
of organized labor clearly. He de-
clared that high tariff against cheap
labor products is insisted upon by
American trusts, but these trusts are
! the chief opponents of immigration
restriction intended to protect Amer
ican workers. He held that Amer
ican manhood cannot compete with
the living standards of Eastern Eu-
! rope and Asia and that 1T is unwise
! to expect them to resist the tidal
waves Of the Slav and oriental on
slaught," he further. said: u.,.- ..~
'"The proposition to prohibit i1nmi-
grafton to the United States Of able
bodied men and women because they
cannot read has a sympathetic view
point, where individuals are consid-
cred; but, Notwithstanding such a
viewpoint, the American Federation
Of Labor, which represents the organ
lied workers of the country, and
which is the only method or organ
ization or agnecy which can with any
justification or reason represent the
unorganized workers, has repeatedly
declared by resolutions in conven-
tions that the literacy test is the
most practical means of restricting
the present immigration of cheap
labor whose competition is so ruin
Gus to the workers already here,
whether native or foreign"
Few Farm IabOrers.
"A great real has been said and
published in an endeavor to create
the impression that it is necessary
to induce immigration to come to
this country for the purpose Of secur-
ing agricultural workers. There is
no question, in my mind, but that
such agitation has for it's purpose the
enticing of immigrants to our country
TO supply the United States steel cor
poration, the great manufacturing
concerns, coal companies, packing
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