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The Glenwood post., 1916-08-05
cool drinks. Sometimes It's Just Z
gathering place for memories.

COOl uxlnA0s 6Ou1Cl4uC6 ~ Joos =
gathering place for memories.
There was time when we whites
stood fifteen to one over the blacks on
this island. Now the tables are turned.
A chap that only takes drink every
time he sees a white man would have
to go to mass meeting to get drunk.
Lately they've been sending out
scientific commissions from England
to sit like coroners on this mound In
the sea. They say they're going to
bring the corpse back to life. I've been
offered big price for this old place
but I'm not selling"
Gerry looked at the Barbadianf
rather shabby clothes. "Why don't
you sell If you don't want to work thu
place? It's worth money. know
enough to tell you that"
The Barbadian rested one hand high
on the thick trunk of a wistaria. A
slow smile drew the corners Of hii
mouth. Worth money!" he echoed
my boy, not every man kills the thing
that he loves best. This is my home
You read those dates written in dust
anu oL4ll yOu kuOukal uy AOlu0 Wdl
dead. But is isn't dead. haven't
killed the thing that love best. You
can get cash, comfort and cool drinks
almost anywhere, but have remem
bered that memories travel only beat
en- paths"
Even as Gerry picked his way bach
to the waiting cab he felt Red Hill
reaching out for him, drawing him
And during the long, slow drive to thu
quay he learned that he had passed thu
crossroads that had given so long Q
pause to his troubled soul. The Bar
badian had opened his eyes. Doubt
left him. There was but one road-tha
road back-and 1t was open. He wrota
his cable to Alix with nrm hand.
The freighter reached quarantine
after quiet voyage twelve houri
ahead Of time and Just at sundown
A tug hurried down the bay to tel
them their berth was not ready. Thl
freighter was forced to anchor at TN
mouth of the narrows. Gerry watched
the lights spring out from the shadowJ
shores. They beckoned him to familiar
scenes. Staten Island had been to hil
boyhood an undiscovered land and the
scene of his first wanderings. Bay.
shore he knew through constant pass
ing by. In the sky beyond 1t, hung the
glow of the summer city, here and
there pierced with the brighter flame
Of some grotesque monstrosity.
Up the bay the dark waters forked
into two bands that lost themselves In
a sea and sky of twinkling lights. Ha
could just determine the sweeping arch
Of Brooklyn bridge and the presence Of
more than one new Tower of Babel
that broke the ever-changing skyline
Of bis native city and made him feel
by that much, forgotten and an allen.
But from all the myriad lesser light
his eyes turned gratefully to the high.
held torch Of Liberty. Beneath 1t, the
familiar, tilted diadem, the shadowy
folds draping the outstanding pose,
the strength and steadfastness and the
titanic grandeur Of the statue, carried
their message to him as never beforS.
1t became to him what its creator had
conceived, an emblem, and the myriad
little waves Of the bay. rushing to Ains
themselves at the feet of the goddess,
became multitude. eager for attain.
ment ready for sacrifice.
Ito be Continued)
The Glenwood post., 1916-08-05

fully carved escritoire in rosewood; q
sideboard, round table and chairs of
mahogany that was almost as dull
and black as ebony. Over all lay
coat of dust.
The Barbadian walked to the round
table and with his finger wrote in the
dust, then he sat down in a worn and
comfortable chair. a companion to
Gerry's. He fell into SO deep a reverie
that Gerry thought he was asleep.
Gerry got up and walked around the
room. His eye fell on the table. He
saw what the Barbadian had written;
simply the date Of the day. But above
the freshly written date showed an.
other, filmed over with dust, and above
that another almost obliterated. Gerry
leaned over the table. He could see
that q long succession Of dates had
been written into the thick-laid dust.
Beginning with the fresh numerals
staring up at him they reached back
and back through the years till they
faded away into q dim past.
Gerry tiptosd out on to the veranda.
Before him was ruined lawn; In it,
center q cracked. dry, marble fountain.
on to one side was q giant plans trss.
From one of it, limbs hung two fraysd
ropes. Against Its trunk leaned .
weather.beatsn swlnS.boafd. Under
the ropes. wisp Of path still showed,
beaten hard in bysons day by ths
fest Of childrea. Beyond b the lawn
stretched wide ihummocky cane fields.
They were abandoned save for Httie
patches Of cane here and there,
punched up against little hen-coop
houses. leaf 81S@
"Got q home, boyf" t'
Gerry turned and found the Barba.
dian standing beside him. "A home!"
he answered, his thoughts flying to
Red Hill, ~ should think have and
It's IL" Gerry caught himself but
not in time. i-.
The Barbadian nodded slowly. II
know" he said, you were going to say
it's live one. Well, as to that, don't
you make mistake. This home IL
alive .too-just exactly as alive az I
am, for I'm the last Of the Barbados
Malcolms. rf,l .trt h..
Home" be went ON, "lsn't alto.
Eether q matter Of cash comfort and
The Glenwood post., 1916-08-05

For Sale or Trade-Furniture in .
F-room apartment house in San Diego,
California. House well located. Will
trade for good Garfield county prop
erty. A bargain at $500. Inquire st
this Office.
The Glenwood post., 1916-08-05

For any itching skin trouble, piles,
eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch, seald
head, herpes, seabies, Doan : Ointment
10 highly recommended. Soc box at
all stoees.
The Glenwood post., 1916-08-05

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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13

ter the first attack of the Germans had failed. I got to see 'em run, Kysh' he said. and peeked over. A bit of shell caught him right across the head and tore 1t off to the mouth. He fell against me and laid him down. When got out of the hospital went down to see his mother and sister. His mother hadn't heard from him for a long time, and asked me where he was. Well, l had to tell her. Rotten, chi
 oOh, they were n fine bunch of sol. diers and gentlemen, from old Micly Welsh.' who'd seen service in Egypt in 's2 to Perry. Mickey was resting in @ little scooped.out hole at the bot. tom of e trench and he looked up at me.
 @'corporal,' he said we thought we'd seen war. What muckers we are. When I get out of this I'm go- ing to lead Q quiet life.' and he got up and got bullet through his eye took the eye clean out"
 Pretty fine kicks he observed, and lighted another cigarette. Well, gues I'll eat some more eggs. Can't have any solids, but how'd like a steak. ehl"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13

low face. The interview was at Lon don.
 Nerves Gone. " Know.
 I'm sorry I can't tell you more Of this" he apologized q never was much of a spieler at best, and now I'm rotten. Nerves gone. y know can't eat. can't sleep"
 Yet Corporal Kysh was seasoned soldier. when he took the Kings shil- lme in Quebec and donned the British uniform. He was Sergeant William Kysh of the Twenty-ninth United States Volunteers in the Spanish-Am- erican war. and Corporal Kysh of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders of Ashanti. Besides he has been purser on passenger steamships running to Europe and the Far East. He was born in England but was a naturalized American. as were so many of the men who died at Ypres-or before Ypres was reached.
 "Pr'ncess Pats Own" left Quebec EEINtUNrE It. 4HATf NAA NHt-AN NAAN NNNa al George. under convoy. They were part of that great first contingent. which has given such @ magnificent account of itself on the west front. The regiment was made up of veter- ans only: men who had seen service in South Africa. Egypt and the Sou dan. From the far-flung heights and valleys of the world they gathered under the ensign of Great Britain
 After three weeks at Salisbury Plains the regiment was assigned to the Elghtieth brigade. making up part of the Twenty-seventh Division, com posed otherwise of British regulars just back from service in India The transfer followed the review by the King and Lord Kitchener. The Brit ish field marshal. they say, as he passed down the ranks and saw the service ribbons on the coats Of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13

Pats Own" said. softly:
 New know where all my old fight CTS are"
 Into the Trenches At Once.
 The first week in December saw the regiment off to the front There was march from Winchester to Southampton. and then the troops em- parked on board the Cardinganshire for Havre. Havre was reached in the darkness, and after one nights stop the regiment marched to Bleir.nghen behind the firing line All day long they dug reserve trenches. And then that night the word came to relieve Dickelbusch. All these points are within radius of 20 miles of Ypres- where the fiercest fighting on the western front was progressing.
 Twenty miles the reg ment march. ed. arriving at Dicklebusch at night, footsore and weary. This was on De cember s. and hardly had they mess ed when the command came to occupy the trenches. The French. who had been holding them needed relief
 So into the trenches the men crept crawling along flat on their stomachs, when the star shells from the Ger man lines made the Heavens red; ris. ing and scooting when welcome dark ness came again. For seventy-twc hours they crouched in the trenches of Dicklebusch under a rain of shell and shrapnel fire. This was their baptism of fire.
 Bully beef and hard tack and jam and cheese. with a scooper of rum each night" said Kysh. My word. it was toughl
 "We came up under rain of whizz. bangs'-they're star shells-machine gun fire and hand grenades. We lost three men occupying the trenches and inc fellows they were. They were Dwyer. of Huntington. l.. l.. and Meyers. of Indianapolis-fine boys and Captain Newton. Dwyer l liked especially: always with a laugh or a punt. no matter what happened. And he went out before he'd seen a trench
 Well, we left the trenches after 72 hours and marched back to West Out CT. where we rested for 4S hours; then back Into hell again. For this time that was where we went-into trench C-lO. on Hill 60. You've heard of Hill 60? Just a little sneaking mound, but it was worth something to both sides,
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13
The Story of the Gallant
 Princess Patricias; How
 They Were Exterminated


This .s the story Of the beginning and the end of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry-"the finest fighting force the world has ever seen. It beg'ns on a bright. brisk day O year ago last September in Quebec. when the regiment, with ey- cry man wearing a previous service ribbon. swung on board a transport amid a babel of sound and riotous coiors.
 It ends In a crescent shaped trench at Ypres. on the Sth day of last May. amid a green vapor of strange poison end gray surge of German Infantry. with bayonets fixed. waiting over the broken sand bags ramparts. There the men of Pats Own" wrote their names into history and disbanded at the command of the greatest of all commanders-Death.
 or 1.l26 men who stood proudly on review before King George and Lord Kitchener at Salisbury Plains as they eLENA" UlAM AAa 4ANtor NNlt s" NAN alive. and of those sS few will stand in rev'ew again. for those who do not bear wounds are shattered in health and nerves. There's still regiment of Princess Pats Own" in the tren- ches on the west front. But In place of the sturdy men garnered from the marts of the world are fresh-faced. just from the scholastic hall of Nc Gnl University, In Canada. They're upholding the traditions-so newly made-of the men who went out be- fore them
 Corporal William B. Kysh. of "Prin- cess Pats Own-that regiment which went to the front a little more than Q year ago-told the story of .ts be- gining and it's end.He told 1t in jerky snatches between quick intakes of cig- arette smoke. while a hand. scaly and maimed by shrapnel. stroked his vel
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13
An Interesting Statement by Ono of
 tho Big Men In tho Drug 5usiness

of Houston, Texas. says:
 If you have muddy complexion and dull eyes, you arc constIpated. Six glasses of water daily and one or two Rexan Orderies at night will correct this condition and make you fit as a addle.' llexall OrderlIes in my opinion. are the best laxative to be had. and can be taken by men. women or children We have the exclusive selling rights for this great laxative. Trial size, 10 cents VIM. BRITT, Juneau and Skagway
 ELMER E. SMITH, Douglas
 THE REXALI STORES
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13

jured underneath tried to creep out. A whole battalion of them were put out of the way before they drew back and formed for another charge behind cover of their trenches.
 And th's time we saw poison gas for the first time. It was the second assault, about o'clock in the morn- ing. We could see that something was coming off, and then suddenly there spouted up thick green cloud that hid everything in front of us. The fellows under the German p.les wrig- gled harder than ever, and everybody in our trenches asked: Well. what's coming off, anyhowT The wind was wrong for them. and the Germans went back and there was quiet until 10 o'clock.
 "Ths time the gas Came in. It roll ed along the ground like O moving wall about eight feet high. Behind 1t, we knew the Germans were coming. but we couldn't SC them. so we let fire through the cloud The gas had holes blown in it and the force of the bullets swayed 1t a bit, but before we knew it the gas was rolling Tn the trenches
 End of Princess Pate Own.
 q heard men cursing at one end of the trench, where the gas struck first lust as @ shell buried me, and then got the gas myself got 1t light, for I was half buried. but the fellows all about me screamed and rolled up. as they were burned. cursing and pray ing. IL caught you by the throat and burned its way into your lungs. crept back on my stomach. for had bit of shrapnel in my leg, just as saw the Germans dropping over the sand bags. The fellows who could stand knifed them with bayonets or bit and fought them. I saw four of my pals-bright fellows they were lying almost over each other, all of them with gas in them.
 "'Oh, Christ Kysh,' ono of 'em call ed, get me a drlnk-get me-'and a German drove a bayonet through his throat and lungs before he could fin- ish it. And then the same German knired the other three boys.
 That was the end of Princess Pats Own. Long before the Germe1s came the last time there weren't 16 men of the 16 platoons of the regiment who could defend themselves. I fred ITO -ounds myself, and my rifle was so hot couldn't hold her. crept back and somebody put me on a maltese cot and got me to Dicklebusch. I spent six months in hospital at Beechburry Park
 And Corporal Kysh still moving the hand that was raked with shrapnel over his yellow face, lighted another cigarette
 "There's lots l could tell" he said after a minute.
 How Slim Perry Died.
 And then he told the story of how "Slim" Perry died Slim" was the younger son of well-known English 'amlly, who had lived several years Tn New York. At the start of the war he hurried up to Quebec and enlisted.
 He was a side kick of mine." he said Finest lad ever. He was al- ways out for the eats when the bully beef palled He could pick up chi cken or fresh meat any old day. We were side by side at Ypres. and he had just turned to me and grinned, af-
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-13
aNerves Gone. M Know.

low face. The interview was at Lon
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-18
LABOR is NOT A COMMODITY

Albany, n. Y.-State Senator Wagner
wants the Legislature to enact the Clay
ton law declaration that the labor Of
human being is not a commodity or ar
ticle Of commerce" He has introduced
an amendment to the antitrust laws to
this effect Senator Wagner sees the
difference between labor power and a
commodity, so continually urged by the
American Federation OF Labor, and
which was finally accepted by Congress
In explaining the bill, Senator Wagner
said
The bill which | introduced provides
that the labor OF human being shall not
be deemed to be commodity or article
OF commerce. a proper regard for the
rights Of labor demands its passage Its
purpose is to revest in the workingman
rights and privileges which are guar
anteed to him by every declaration of
rights from the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence down to the present hour 1t
was never the intention of Legislatures
or Congress, in my opinion to take away
these rights; but by Judicial construc-
ton and the evolution of industrial
theories it has been held that Our anti
trust laws prohibit the laborer from ef-
fective and combined action in the COM
mon interest of labor. Where the law
provides that monopolies in the COM
modties OF life are illegal. it has been
enormously assumed that labor is a COM
modify, and. therefore, that combinations
for the purpose OF controlling labor are
illegal. My amendment corrects this as
sumption. Under it the workingman is
given the right to combine with his fel-
lows for the common protection OF all
and to control the labor market in such
way as to secure justice and liveli-
hood. The bill is in the opposite direc-
ton to that economic theory which holds
that human beings are chattels and that
the labor of human being is an article
of commerce in the same class with mer-
chandse The bill recognizes the diff
ference between the products OF man
and man himself-the producer The
bill distinguishes humanity from market
able commodities, and asserts that
class of legislation which refers to cattle
and merchandise can not in the twen-
tieth century be made to apply to men
and women. Congress has already rec
ognized the principle embodied in my
bill in the enactment of the Clayton
law"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-18
FOUR MEN CONTROL
ANTI-UNION SCHEME

Washington.-"Four men control the
National Council for Industrial De-
fense,' said Senator Kenyon in his
speech favoring the Keating Owen Child
Labor bill
The Council is an off-shoot of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers, and
its attorney, James Emery, recently ap-
peared before the Senate Committee
in opposition to the bill. Senator Ken
yon made extensive reference to the
Congressional investigation that resulted
in an expose Of legislative methods Of
the dscredtcd National Association Of
Manufacturers, which, Senator Ken
yon declared, has a good deal of nerve
to come into the committee rooms of
Congress and fight legislation, in view
of past legislative history.
"The lobbyist investigation conducted
by Congress clearly shows" continued
the Senator, that the three men who
were engaged in managing this associa-
ton were Mr.. Schwedtman, Col. Mulhall.
and Mr.. Emery, and that Mr.. Kirby gave
his acquiescence to many things. Wheth-
er he knew the details or not may be said
to be question. My conclusion after
reading this evidence. was that the Ma
tional Council for Industrial Defense
was. in fact, these four men. and that
the members were composed, for the
most part. from good institutions that
had been induced to join upon the be-
lief that they were simply to be kept
advised of certain legislative proceed
ings.
THE method employed by these four
gentlemen was to send out alleged in
formation to all members and ask them
to lombard Congress with letters and
kilograms of remonstrance. An eXami-
nation of the statements they did send
out in many cases shows, in the first
place that they stated only one side of
propositions that in many instances
they misstated the facts. and in many in
stances msstated the law"
Senator Kenyon also stated that when
Attorney Emery appeared before the
Senate Committee in opposition to the
keating- g-Owen bill. he Emery insisted
that he spoke for 1000 manufacturers.
But when pinned down in the evil
dence." said Senator Kenyon, "it was
apparent that he represented twenty-siX
directors. and it never had been sub
mitted to this general association. But
Senators who are receiving the pamphlet
now being sent out against this bill
signed by Mr.. Emery, counsel of the
| National Council for Industrial De-
fense, and Mr.. Kirby, as chairman. had
better take up the investigation of the
lobby and find out the relationship OF
this gentleman to what has gone on in
| the past"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-18
WAGES OF WOMEN ARE LOW.

Washington.-ln Bulletin No. 175. is
sued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor, it is shown that
in practically all industries large pro-
portion of the women wage earners were
paid wages that in many cases were in
adequate to supply reasonable standard
of living. In the cotton. glass, silk and
mems ready-to-wear clothing industries
about two-thirds of the women workers
sixteen years of age and over receive
less than So in a representative week.
In another group of twenty-three indus
tries. of the $4,000 women eighteen years
of age and over, II per cent receive less
than SO in a representative week.
In four industries, of the 5000 fami-
lies investigated, from 50 to 9s per cent
had girls sixteen years of age and over
at work, That this employment was a
matter of economic necessity is indicated
by the fact that from 27 to 43 per cent
of the total family income was contrib
uted by girls in this age group, and that
approximately 80 per cent of all the
earnings were contributed to the family
The report shows that the employment
of children was both extensive and seri-
Gus, although it is declared that public
sentiment against their exploitation is
making itself felt effectively"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-18

cinnati machinists strike. He explained
various methods which he said are be-
ing used by the Metal Trades Associa-
ton to defeat the strikers and repeated
charges of unfair treatment from CITY
officials and Police Department.
Mr.. Corley said unless the men were
granted the conditions they are asking
the employers would see the beginning
OF more serious machinists' strike in
the spring.
Mr. O'Connell made plea for organi-
zation among the laboring men so they
would be in a position to demand short
er hours and more pay.
Mr.. O'Connell declared shorter hours
mean more pay. He said women who
are doing the same work as men should
receive the same pay.
Resolutions were adopted extending
congratulations to the machinists on the
way they have been conducting their
campaign for a shorter work dav. and
calling upon organized labor to utilize
the inspiration secured at this meeting
to recommend to all trades unionists
working longer than an eight-hour day
to use this meeting as a stepping stone
to the road of progress and shorter
hours. to the end that Cincinnati may
soon enjoy the distinction of being an
eight-hour city in all trades and occu-
pations"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-03-18
VIOLATE LAW by STRIKING.

Leadville. Colo.-Practically all of the
GOO striking smeltermen employed by the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany have returned to work or left the
district. These workers are unorpan-
lied and unable to speak the English
language and they suspended work with
out complying with law passed by the
last legislature which makes it a misde
meanor to strike before giving the State
industrial commission 80 days notice.
lle strike was caused by increased
work being demanded, compelled to Sc
cure employment through an agent who
charges excessive fees, forced to patron
age one store and because pay checks
are "shaved'' by a company favorite.
When the strike started the entire ma
cl1inery of the State was put i'm motion
to enforce a law that denies men the
right to quit their employment when con-
dlt1ons are onerous. Attorney General
farrar announced that while all the
strikers would not be arrested, because
OF insufficient jail accommodations, the
leaders would be charged with law viola
ton Governor Carlson publicly decar-
ed that every force would be brought to
bear against the strikers, and Chairman
Mclaughlin of the State industrial COM
mission announced "The whole power
and authority of the State of Colorado
will stand back of and support the au-
thorities of Lake county and punish anv
and all crimes against the State
The strike has awakened Colorado
trade unionists to the power of this
law and also to the fact that they can
not quit their employment for any or
no reason, as they have always be-
lieved