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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

rendered in the public schools OF the
pike district this afternoon.
An entertainment will be held In the
Walnut Grove school house this even
ing. O,
knights of Pythias. Of Elm Grove VII.
distribute baskets among the needy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Cannot Eli Orders,

The Sunday Creek Coal company
which went into the hands uf Il receiver
yesterday. announced today that it is
unable " I'LL orders for $4,000 tons OF
coal which were contracted for last
Spring. The court has been asked I"
relieve the company OF This RESPONSE
b!lity. The coal can't be mined and de-
lirered 1t the prices current last spring.
it Is said. There are only TWO mines III
operation producing 6UU tons daily.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Shown Consideration.

State Auditor Honahuy as head OF the
state bureau of accounting has recidcd
not to make public aud findings against
direct officials until after Christmas
and has ordered tho head OF the bureau
to hold up all findings in order that 1t
may not mar the holiday of any Off
cials against whom findings have been
made,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
STICK FILES OATH
Commissioner-eleet Leaves Oath OF
Office For Record At Clerks
Office

County Commissioner-elect Henry
S. Steck yesterday filed his oath OF
office for record in the office OF Coun-
ty Clerk ]. H. Wells. This with the
oath OF Squire David Lutz, OF Rich
land district, are the only ones filed
for record so far.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Named on Contttee.

George 5. Long. Columbus, and j. Is.
Eibher. Ironton. were appointed mtin-
bers Of the state bar examination conf
mittec by the supreme court yesterday.
James j. Mcclure. Cleveland. IL chair
man and Frank Davis. Jr, Columbus,
secretary Of the cnmmittee.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
STRIKE SETTLED.

HATTIEsBURG. Miss. Dec. 21.-A
committee OF Hattiesbur9 business men
today settled the strike Of 500 employees
of the J. ]. Newman Lumber company
who quit work In the companys plants
here and at Sumrall.' Miss, two weeks
ago The award grants an increase IN
wages.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
A Daring Holdup.

tLEiNELAND-A revolver and q knife
drawn by Il negro who attacked Miss
kitman. 10 years old. today failed to in
tInitdate the girl as she struggled to es-
cape from his clutches. while A crowd
Of passcrS by attracted by her screams
stood back and daring IN interfere.
Slashing rho knife across his victims
face the negro pointed his revolver at
III. men who came running to her aid
and then. gradually backing away. dodg-
I'd around Il corner and escaped. He had
attempted to rob the girl. Several
stitches were taken in the knife wound
on her face.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

"a increase the pay for mining coal Ihe
state LEADERS say, however. that waeth-
e. III. Increase Is granted Or hot' lnt
riuerS will. not break Their pFesc"'
:,,rrrtnccr with the mine owners.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
School Term CloBed.

Tho fall term III III" West Liberty
State Normal school Will J." brought to
n successful CluSr this afternoon. The
week has been taken NJ with the final
examinations for tn" term and the ma
ority of the students have returned to
their homes to spend the holiday raca-
tinn. The winter term will open Janu-
arv 8
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Shit Adjusted.

F0STORIA-rhc kcaScy Pulley conf
paNy. a local concern. has settled salts
t;lctnriiy with Elizabeth Is .kcaSry, who
brought suit against them some time
ago for Sl.I4U tSlU0 per month"; for
wages as treasurer of the company,
which Miss kcasry claimed that they
failed 70 pay.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
RIVER NEWS

Melting snow IN the mountains in
the headwaterS OF the Ohio river has
caused a slight rIS: to b.. noticed at tn.
local wharf and last night Il stage Of
3 feet inches was registered. The
rise is not expected tp be large owing
10 the small amount of snow aud chang
ing weather conditions. Packets are
still tied up owing to the heavy flow OF
ice in the river Indications are that
they will hc ablo TO resume within tho
next few days.
What is claimed to have been q new
record in. navigation or the Ohio river
was made this week when the packet
Tell City OF the Ohio and kanawha
River Packet company. forced It's way
through an ice covered channel for go
miles. arriving only one day late in
Pittsburgh. Capt. Fred Hornbrook
general manager Of the company. who
WAS on the steamer. said tho ice was
encountered soon after the boat left the
kanawha river. From Pomeroy to Pitts
burgh the river was frozen over from
one TO Two inches thick and at some
places. according to members of the
crew. passengers left the boat and
walked ashore Capt. Hornbrouk said
this WAS the first lime in the history
OF Ohio river navigation that q boar
ever made trip up the river for that
distance when tho Strcaw was frozen
over.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
May Relocate Dam.

GALLlPOLIS. o.. Dec. 2l.--Coai and
towboat operators Of the kanawha river
and West Virginia mines have asked
the government to relocate Ohio river
lock and dam No. 25. Six miles above
here to three miles above this city Or
just below the mouth of the Kantiwha
river. The request was investigated to-
day by Colonel Lansing II. Beach OF the
corps of engineers Of the United States
Army In Gharss OF the Central Division
of the Ohio river.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
OUT-THE-P|KE
James W. Taylor.

The funcrnl services for the late
James W. Taylor. who died Wednesday
evening at his home in West Alexander
Y ri be held ut the place OF death Satur-
day afternoon 1T o'clock. Rev. II. A.
Riddle, pastor of the Presbyterlt!Im
i" in the West Alexander cemetery. Mr.:
Taylor was "a years of age and had
lived in West Alexander for the past ~
irhe following children survive: Mrs.
John Cheney. Of West Alexander; Mrs
George Blair. OF West AlcSander; AIRS
Bruce Gibson. of Claysvilie and BNard
Taylur, OF West Alexander.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
R,ehearinr Denied,

The Supreme Court today denied the
application for Il rehearing Of the case
OF Mayor Geo. Puchta against the city
of Cincinnati involving the rilidity Of
the issue Of SI,250.000 in bonds for
parks and Fairgrounds. authorized in
1915
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
1uomen TO Participate,

Women have been Invited 10 take part
in the parade To he given alter the IN
auguraiiVn Of Governor james NJ. ~ N
on January \. Woman suftragists are
greatly pleased over the invitation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Authorized Pay Stations
Musical Program.

un sunday evening Il musical program
Will he rendered in the First Christian
church. Elm Grove. by Tie choir. All 81
Tic selections Will he appropriate to the
season and will he in Keeping with
I christmas. y good attendance Is eX-
DnClGu.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

The Golden Iink Aihle class OF the
West Alexander Presbyterian church,
held "A meeting at the home of Mrs.
Mary Jane Gurby. OF West Alexander.
yesterday afternoon: The meeting was
in the nature of social affair which
wa: given In honor Of Mrs. Jessie Deeds.
who is about TO move TO Zollarvtlle, Pa.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Christmas Cantata.

\ Christmas c;Ir;;ttA VIII he presented
this evening in the Philadelphia Mctho-
DIST Episcopal church. 10y members OF
the Sunday school and church choir. AT
the close nt the program refreshments
will I've served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
rriadelphia vs.. Follansbee.

The Philadelphia district high school
basket hall team will open the season
this evening. whcn the pike. boys meet
the FnllanShrc unint"ttc on the casino
floor. at Wheeling park. y hard game
is rN,,rCtcd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

T1FF1N-John Reed, aged %. was &C
cidcntally shot in The thigh, and his
wedding which was To have taken place
today, was postponed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

FOSTORIA-A woman saw Henry Da-
Wis. aged -. q newSboy. drop his pen
Lies in & Salvation army basket, and
then bought the lad Il new suit
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

NEWARk-Ncwark' will vote March
| l3 on the question Of adopting the city
manager plan of government
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
River StntFeE.

PITTSBURGH Dec 2l.-Daris Island
Dam. 9 feet. rising: cloudy.
. Steubenville. 2 feet = Inches. falling:
cloudy.
Petersburg. feet inches. station
airy: cloudy.
Morgantown. feet inches rising;
cloudy.
OIL City. 2 feet. rising: rain.
Warren. l foot. stationary: cloudy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

FtFF1N-Thomas Cochran was Sc
verely injured when caught in press
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

BUCYRUS-SiXlccn boxes Of fruit and
cigars. etc. and So were sent 10 tho
BucyruS soldiers on the border.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
Entertainment This Evening.


An entertainment will be given this
evening in the Presbyterian church OF
West Alexander. by the members OF the
Sunday school class.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

Only One "BRoMo oU1N1NE"
TO get the genuine call for tull name
LAXATIVE BRCMO QIlNlNE. Look
,nr Signature of l.. W. GROVE. Cures
n Cold in One Day. Csc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22
American Guaranteed Paint
At Factory Price
Louis Paul, Leatherwood

General Business Transacted.
At the meeting of the Mount de Chan
tai volunteer fircmen held last night at
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

plank road. in portable parts. Ia be-
ing laid In the California deserts for
economy and convenience.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-22

on her face.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11
The Right to Work
An intolerable Decision by the
Supreme Court of
Massachusetts,.
BY SENATOR LAFOLLETTE, Sena-
tor from Wisconsin.

The supreme court of Massachusetts
recently decided in the case of John
Bogni ct al, vs.. Giovanni Perotti ct al.
that the right to work is property.
1t is as much property as the
more obvious forms of goods and mer-
chandse. stocks and bonds"
Thus the highest court of one of the
thirteen original states holds that labor
is property. The state that led in the
movement to write the principle OF
equality into the fundamental law Of
the land now makes denial OF the in
trinsic doctrine of the Declaration OF In
dependence.
The right to work is the right to
live" In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread"
Labor cannot be property unless men
are property 1t is the exercise of pow
er. The only way to possess labor is
to possess men. That means slavery
The struggle of the Christian world has
been to make men free and to keep them
free.
The doctrine that labor is property
was asserted as a dictum by the supreme
court of the United States in the hat.
ters' case. 1t was abhOrrent to the es-
sential ideals of American liberty. A
wave of protest swept the country.
There arose an insstent demand for the
enactment of statutes that should dis
tnguish human power from property,
work from chattels, merchandise and
commodities and that should define and
forever establish the status of labor on
the foundation rock of human freedom.
SO the congress of the United States
in cnacting the Clayton law specifically
declared that labor is not a commodity
or article of commerce; that to labor
or employ labor shall not be held to
be a property right, but personal right,
and so on.
This principle was made part OF the
statutory law of many states, including
Massachusetts. But the recent decision
of that court nullifies the principle and
holds the state unconstitutional. Does
any one fail to understand the effect OF
this decision-the supreme power lodged
in big business, the crushing blow dealt
labor?
Massachusetts is not the only state
concerned Other cases will be speedily
brought 10 test similar statutes enacted
in other states as well as section OF
the Clayton act. If the Massachusetts
decision that labor is property is fol-
lowed by the other states and by the
supreme court Of the United States it
means virtually slavery for the wage
carncrs.
The thought is intolerable. The de
cision will not stand. 1t must not be
come a precedent. The American people
will not submit to the yoke.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11

fighting, and his first the restoration
of land to the Indians.
His practical common sense told him
liberty was vain dream in Mexico ii
it rested on substratum OF ignorance
so he opened schools and met the oppo-
sitiOn of the clerical party. Mexico
abounds in monopolies. a few natives
monopolize the land, foreigners the min
erals and the oil. and the church, edu-
cation. He is trying to break the mon
opoly in schools He is revaluating
the land. 1t is only five years since
Lloyd George, against fierce opposition.
started to revalue the lands of England.
General Carranza is finding it no easy
task, to revalue the land in Mexico
The free municipality or the town
ship system he is seeking to establish
A bigger task than appears on the sur
face. for it will shift the political en-
phasis in Mexico from personalities to
parties and prin iPles, and educate the
people in co-operation.
In military affairs he Is making the
troops a federal force, when state troops
are eliminated the temptation OF the
state governors 10 use them for their
own political ambitions will be removed.
Mexico is paying the price OF despot-
Ism; pad government, devastation, hlgh
taxes and general impoverishment, has
followed the years when the country was
drained of its wealth, and its riches
given to foreigner
The lack of money and credit is n
legacy Carranza received from the old
regime, and it Will take time to adjust
the finances of Mexico.
As a country, it is as large as Great
Britain, France, Germany and Austria
Hungary combined. Sparcely populated
but possessing great resources, and its
financial salvation should come from
within its own borders.
Carranza has banked the fires of rev.
olution and he is trying to make Mexico
support the Mexicans.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11
$l6O, WAGE INCREASE
FOR RIO GRANDE SHOPMEN
NEW AGREEMENT APPLIES TO ALL
CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES.
Conference Committee Issues Letter to
All Men in Federation Telling Ex-
actly What Points Were Gained.

The total annual increase in wages for
shopmen employed on the Denver d Rio
Grande system under the new agree
ment reached this year amounts to the
snug sum of 100000. This is stated In
a circular letter issued by the confer
ence committee following the final ne
gotiations, an account of which appeared
in last weeks issue of The Bulletin.
Last February wages of shopmen were
raised one cent an hour and the agree
ment entered into last week adds lHa
cents per hour more, making a total OF
2h cents for all shopmen. In addition,
there has been general readjustment
of wages, which in some instances
amounted to as much as 7K cents an
hour
Under the new agreement the eight
hour day is established in all shop de.
partments.
The conference committee, which is
also the executive board of the Federat-
ed Shopmen on the ID. & r G. system,
is composed of the following members:
George s. Warden, Boilcrmakers; Will
liam j.. Meders, Machinists; ii. T..
Fretz, Blacksmiths; J. A. Bodine, Car
men; NJ. A. Abel, Sheet Metal Work
ers, and II. A. Hanks, Electricians.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11
Carranza, the Man and His Work
By GEORGE MCPHERSON HUNTER
(Mexican-American League)

There is no certainty about Villa
whether he is dead or alive, who can
say? He has been reported dead in SO
many places we might be pardoned for
assuming that, personally, he is a myth
Nenustiano Carranza is not a myth, he
Is in Mexico, the de facto head of that
nation.
In appearance, he is a tall, gray-haired
man, carrying easily his fiftynine years
When walking. he strides ahead as if he
had business on his mind. Seated at
his desk, he talks in quiet tones about
the revolution. and the remaking of
Mexico in a calm, matter-offact way.
There is nothing of the swashbuckler,
or the melodramatic hero about him, a
farmer a "ranchero" by taste and in
cliuatjon, a lawyer by profession, natur-
ally a student and an idcalist, compul-
sion and patriotism have made him
man OF action. He is moderately veal
thy, and has spent nearly a lifetime in
public service, so he is removed from the
charge OF being political adventurer.
Political offices are acid tests of mems
characters. Carranza has been tried by
his country in various offices. His ap.
premiership was served in municipal
and state government. Now he is the
first chief of Mexico. Fire is the last
test OF man.
Latin Americans are temperamental
volcanos. Carranza suggests a glacier,
in his advance. Slowly and irresistibly,
he has moved upwards. Perhaps by rea-
son of the ideas he represents and the
strength of his convictions, for even his
enemies have been impressed by his
character. Opponents like Alvarado,
Gonzales and Brigon have been won to
his support by his moderate policy and
constructive aims. Carranza wields the
big idea in preference to the big stick.
In the davs of the Diaz regime he
was a senator and as recently as Mad
eros ilI-starred reign, he was governor
of Coahuila.
Politically. he has always been an in
dependent permeated with socialistic
ideas American Republicans and Dem
ocrats may not agree with some OF his
political theories, and think they are
chimerical and utopian, but you can al
ways feel sure he is disinterested and
has the unity and the prosperity of
Mexico at heart. The present Mexican
chaos does not obscure his vision OF a
distant ideal Mexico
Carranza has the first requisite of a
natural leader; faith. He believes in his
country and its future.
The first chief of Mexico is an idealist
and some of his speeches have a Crom
wellian ring about them. They breathe
the same passion for justice. We are
not saving he is LatinAmerican
Cromwell, only that he has a reserl-
blance to him in speech and task
Cromwell had enemies and he slew
some of them. Carranza has them in
prison and he spares them. His elem
ency angers his friends and encourages
his enemies.
Kipling has some iingling lines in
which he depicts st. Peter asking
trembling petitioner at the celestial
gates
by the soul in your body
What have you done?
What has Carranza done?
His last act was the abolition of bull
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11
Collective Bargaining Removes
All Friction in Chicago Factory
Department of Labor Issues Interesting Bulletin Concerning
Working Agreements in the Clothing Industry
Plan Beneficial and Profitable

complete open shop; one provides for
preferential union ship; one for partial
recognition without preference. Radical
changes affecting the conditions of en-
ployment such as the institution of sys-
TENS of mediation for the adjudication
of disputes, official recognition OF the
union, reduction OF working hours, and
increase in wages were effected under
the provisions If those agreements.
The report includes an account OF the
strike of 1912 in the fur industry and
the resulting agreement, the general
strike and the agreement in the mems
clothing industry in Boston and Roches-
ter in 1913, and tabular analysis of
collective agreements in the mems cloth
ing industry as described in the report.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11

Collective agreements in the mems
clothing industry is the title of bulletin
los lust issued by the bureau OF labor
statistics. The study is presented in
two parts, part ! being confined largely
to formal account of the experience of
Hart. Schaffner & Marx and their $500
employees in developing a working
scheme of peaceful negotiation which
constitutes a complete system OF media
tion and arbitration thru which hundreds
OF differences have been settled, while
part 2 gives agreements of labor unions
with associations of manufacturers and
individual employers.
Between April /, 1912, and June / :,
1914, ,40l complaints arising between
the employees of Hart, Schaffner & Mari
and the company were adjusted. OF these
complaints. l,l7S, or 81 per cent, We're
adjusted thru mediation by deputies;
2O6, of l4.7 per cent, were referred by
the deputies to the trade board, which
is the original tribunal, for arbitration
and final adjustment by it; II, or IL
per cent, were referred for final adiudi-
cation to the board of arbitration or to
its chairman. Undtr the labor agree
ment OF the company every sort or
grievance has been remedied without
any interruption to the company's BUS
mess every sort of wage adjustment has
been made and wide differences of opin-
ion have been rccOnciled. These diff.r
ences OF opinion have arisen as regards
the exercise OF the company's right to
discharge union employees, and of its
right to employ union worlrnen; as
regards the distribution of work and the
maintenance of its roll of permanent
employees during slack seasons; and a
multitude of small questions Of policy.
Under these agreements a due process
of law has been substituted for the ar
bitrary and irresponsible rule OF the
foreman in the adjustment of all dit
ferences and with the institution of this
due process of law there has developed
among the workers a feeling of security
under the law in place Of feeling, for
merly prevalent among them, of uncer-
tainty, of fear, and of absolute helpless
ness. The plan has commended itself
both to the company and TO the en-
ployes as beneficial and profitable
The collective agreements described in
part of the report prescribe the con-
ditions of employment for approximate
ly 10000 workers in New York city and
elsewhere. Six of the agreements were
made with the United Garment Workers
! of America; four of them provide for
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11
1T "wAs WELL WORTH WHILE"
Dual Organizations Are Source of
Trouble Wherever They Exist.

The strike Of the Boilermakcrs against
the Shipfitters in San Francisco, a dual
organization. and its successful termina.
tion. has eliminated the last union of
that class in this city, and will result
in harmonizing trade union interests. 1t
WAS because of dual organizations that
the Boile-makers went on strike. 1t
was not until these dual organizations
agreed to get into their respective inter
national unions, affiliated to the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor, that the strike
was called off.
Dual labor unions, so-called, are a
source of trouble wherever they exist,
said John A. OConnell, secretary of the
san Francisco Labor Council, in discuss
ing the subject. "In eliminating the dual
unions from San Francisco we have
taken a step toward insuring industrial
peace in this city. Now every union in
San Francisco is affiliated to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, subject to the
rules and regulations Of the parent body,
which means unity and harmony. This
means much of benefit to the employers
as well as TO the labor movement OF
this CITY. While it took strike TO
bring about this happy condition of al
fairs. ! think the strike was well worth
while"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11

Beats them all La Belle &c cigar;
union made in Denver-Adv.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after dinner smoke Union made.-Adv