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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
FREE SPEECH
FIGHT ON IN
PA. COLLEGE

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.-Free
speech is again an issue at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
N.tices sent by Dean william Nc
Clellan, Wharton school, to his fac
ulty, demanding an accounting from
every professor and assistant profess
or concerning their private activities,
are interpreted as renewal of the
fight to muzzle professors on public
questions.
A meeting of the Wharton school
faculty considered Dean McClellan's
notices but would make no public an
nouncement of any action decided on.
Takes Dean to Account.
Morris L. Cooke, former director of
public works, publicly took Dean Nc
Clellan to task in an address to the
City club, Cleveland. He declared Nc
lellan was the personal selection of
Provost Smith following the resigna-
ton of Dean McCrea after the Scott
Nearing fight for free speech.
Cooke then showed Mcclellan rep
resented the Philadelphia Electric
company in it's rate fight with the
city. AS a consulting engineer, Nc
Clellan testified that rates of the
company might be based on fair
valuation of $50,367,359. F. H. 3.
Paine, the part.ier Of Mcclellan, testi-
fled to valuation of $69.367,SO0.
But the rate case was settled on a
valuation of only s3O,000,00O. Di-
rector Coke then said:
''This may be said to measurably
fix the new deans school of economic
thought.
Faculty on Public Side.
''The Wharton school is the admin
| lstrative and business school of the
University Of Pennsylvania. The men,
bers of its faculty are distinctly pro-
gressive group and their individual
! and collective activity in public af-
talrs-always let it be understood or
the side of the public-has always
been understood to be matter oil
concern to the dominant group of the
board of trustees-spokesmen as they
are of big business and particular,
OF utility business. There is littl,
That is necessarily wrong in any O,
this But surely such group sof fact.
have social significance and are pro
per matters for public Liscussion."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18

These meetings were held with the
establishment of Pan-American
Federation in view. The executive
council recommended that labor men
throughout the country, with the CO.
operation of the labor press inform
the Mexican workers what Americans
have done through trade unionism
and recommends that the labor press
inform American workers of the Mex
leans struggle for liberty.
In reviewing the recent threatened
strike of the railroad brotherhoods,
the council reported that the railroad
chiefs were-fn constant consultations
with members of the council and
Samuel Gompers and that the prin-
ciple of arbitration was not rejected.
According to the report rendered
"They. took the position that the
eight-hour day was a principle rot
subject to arbitration. In this they
were in harmony with that demand
by all of the most ardent advocates
of arbitration, of conceding that there
are certain fundamental rights that
are not arbitraable or not justicable.'
The report of the council also went
on record as being opposed to a cen.
sorship of the movies.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
FIRED BECAUSE .
THEY UNIONIZED

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 16.-.
The bakery workers organized a
union with charter from the Bak-
ers' and Confectionery Workers In
ternational Union, and among those
composing the new body were some,
employees of the American Baking
company, which also operates bak-
cries in :he cities of Jacksonville,
Fla; Atlanta. Ca, and Chattanooga.
Tenn. There are no unions in the
three 7last-named cities. All employees
Of the American Baking company
were discharged as soon as the; man
agement was !. made aware OF their
ulllselnhsrshlp q tho . 5unloll. =, !;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
LONDON R. R. MEN
ON SABOTAGE STRIKE

LONDON, Nov. 6.-Railroad men
here have gone on a sabotage strike
and have effectively put at naught the
pernicious Defense Of the Realm Act.
which prohibits strikes in time of
war. The road affected is the Great
Western Railway.
Finding that they could not strike
without fear of punishment, the men
agreed to hold their jobs, draw their
pay and do as little work as possible.
There are. 1000 men in the employ Of
this company and the London Daily
Mail estimates that the men are not
doing SO per cent of their normal
amount of work.
The Great Western Railway has put
an embargo on all perishable freight.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
COCHRAN TO DEFEND
OPEN SHOP VICTIMS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. H.
Bourke Cochran, New York attorney
and former congressman, will de-
fend without charge the five persons
indicted here for the murder of 10 in
the Preparedness day bomb explo-
sion. 1t was said Cochran agreed to
head the defense at the request of a
society woman after he had reviewed
the transscrip of the trial and con-
viction of Warren K. Billings, who
was sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
Ab[|%i{R!}lICCAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
CONVENTION OPENS AT BAL TIM0RE
EXECUTIVE BOARD REVIEWS
WORK AND URGES REFORMS

BALTIMORE, Md Nov 17The American Federation Labor
Convention opened here Monday with the reports Of
routine business occupying the attention of delegates for the
few days.
The of the executive council the important The
council recommended the Gary school system for ADOPTION reiterated
of 1906 ealing for political action for labor legislation
nciation of the Canadian emieux act for the settling Of labor
disputes and dencaton Of the rapidly increasing activity of the
judiciary usurpng the legislation powers
large part Of the councils devoted to the Mex
caAmean relations regarding workers. The report reiterated
Of last year San Francisco and reported number of
held Mexican labor
Of the Federation Representing
lean workers c. Loveia Bazar Pages N Morones
Gonzao Garca Edmundo E. Martinez
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
THE PIED PIPER.

GLENARM. ILL.,, Nov. H.
William r.. Simpson wins the
medal in the ''what to do with
your ,flivver'' contest. william
attached a rubber hose to the ex-
hallst and stuck the other end
down n rat hole in his barn.
THEN he tore up the floor and
brought out ~ asphyxiated rats:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
NO MORE "CROWLER."

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17.-Another
institution soon will feel the
sting. of war;. The sale; of beer
In pals is, doomed. Local brew
~ers say the increase in the cost
OF raw materials used in brew
ing have increased to such an ex-
tent that the "nicke1 shooter"
must pass away. d; Il ss 90 49, Ii
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18

Where labor controls it is, of
course, a different story. That is the
purpose of unionism; and it was to
gain an organization and some con-
troll over the job, the biggest thing in
workers life, that the Mesaba
Range Iron Miners struck this sum-
mer. 1t is clear to anyone having the
slightest idea of industrial conditions,
trat there must be intolerable things
confronting them when near twenty
thousand men of various races, un-
organized and distributed over large
territory; go out on spontaneous
. strike. To organize quietly during
times of comparative industrial peace,
is impossible in a district controlled
by the steel trust; whose stool-pigeons
and sluggers saw that no worker
who breathed a word of unionism,
could work or live on the Mesaba
Range. The contract system gave to
grating foremen a mems to deny the
right to work to all but those paying
them private graft; the whole Range
being but a modern industrial feudal-
I'm.
There are hundreds Of affidavits.
investigated and proven true by off,
ci2ls, showing how men were forced
through fear of losing their jobs to
buy lottery tickets, etc., from mine
captains, to pay them rebates from
wages offered and supposedly re-
ceived and give to their bosses a GER
tain sum each month; besides pres
ents-boxes Of cigars, whiskey, etc., to
secure the right to work. There are
also affidavits, many of them, show
ing that thee captains forced their
lust upon the women Of miners whose
jobs they controlled. Such was the
right to work under steel trust rule.
It will in fact be decided at this
trial. whether an organizer must be
responsible for every act done in a
strike zone; whether done by a
striker or by a gunman; which means
to labor as a whole, whether it has
any real right to organize without
having the organizer choked by the
hang-man's moose. For nearly thirty
years the Chicago Haymarket Deci-
sion has been used against any labor
leader the bosses wished to "get' in
labor wars. Last year .ohn Lawson
of the U. NJ. w. Of A. was convicted
In Colorado under this outrageous
precedent; and in order to end this
living danger to all organized labor
the pest alLOfnleS ODtalna Die are
going to endeavor at this trial to kill
the force of this precedent for all
time 1t means a great deal to labor
does this fight; which though dis
tant on the map, perhaps. from some
sections; is none the less their fight
In some cases where the strikers
are charged with minor offenses
some of whom are now on trial; the
writer has seen the most questidha bic
testimony, apparent frame-ups, being
given fly the state which is backed by
the pitiless powers of the steel trust
and it is apparent that kere in the
small city Of Virginia, Minnesota, the
coming month will see the beginning
1 of the most important legal battle
- waged in the cause of labor durinf
this decade.
Next week the writer will expost
the most amazing methods nv which
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
IRON WORKERS WIN.

HAMILTON, Ont, Nov. 16.-The
strike Of the structural iron workers
at the Hamilton Bridge Works has
been satisfactorily settled. A nine
hour day was involved and the COM
pany after considerable negotiation
granted the demand. The men have
been out since the first of Septem-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
PRESSMEN'S NEW SCALE.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. H.
After long negotiations Web Press
mems union has signed the following
Increased wage agreement with news
papers in this city: Foremen, $50 a
week; day journeymen, $22.5O for 4S
hours; night journeymen, $27 for AZ
hours; apprentice on fly starting, 50 a
week, with an increase of 81 weekly
every six months.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
VOLUNTARY
INCREASE in PAY

FAIRMONT, w: Va, Nov. 16.-Ten
thousand bituminous coal miners in |
this region were today officially noti-
fled that their wages had been ad-
>vanced 10 per cent, the increase to
become operative at once s 49, Z s .szs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
CIGAR MAKERS WIN

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Nov. &c.
Following the adoption and enforce
ment of the new wage scale, all men,
bers of the Cigar Makers union were
given an increase by the manufac-
turers, no difficulty being encount-
cred in securing it. 1t is the first
advance in wages for several years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
STEEL WORKERS WIN
THREE DAYS. STRIKE

JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. H.
The "strike and win" slogan with
which 500 employees of the Crucible
Steel company walked out prevailed
against the corporations efforts to
break the strike. In three days they
returned to work, having gained their
demand for 10 per cent more wages
and the removal of an Objectionable
foreman.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
RANGE TRIALS TO DECIDE
MEMS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
By HARRISON GEORGE.

Investigator The Labor World
The coming trials of the workers arrested for murder during
the Mesaba Range strike will decide question Of import
ance to labor.
The question is this organizer responsible for the acts Of
strikers fanatcs during the OF
strike?
In other words the right organize without having
the organizer choked by the hangman's
For nearly years the Chicago Hymarket decision has been
against leaders the employers wanted to g in labor
the United Mine Workers of America
convicted under this outrageous precedent
The right work supposed to be inaienabe and natural
right man. upon recognition of the fac-tha
labor the basis Of life Yet find that PRACTICE this called
"rgt operative and the theory falls before facts actually
where organized labor does control
has the Fright work. at the terms of
the cmDover and whims of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
GUARDSMEN BACK
ON FAMILIAR JOB

ANDERSON, S. c., Nov. 1.-two
companies of guardsmen arrived here
today and are expected to protect Of
ficers in serving writs of ejectment
against five families of striking cotton
mill employees living in cottages
owned by mill company.
The mill workers struck when a de-
mand for ten per cent wage increase
was refused. t,:"* =. - : ->
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
ScAB SENTENCED

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Nov. 1e.-
Homer Waters, q colored strikebreak-
er, who on June 18, the first day of
the stevedores' strike on the water
front, shot and skilled Thomas Olson.
q, striking ntevedore, was sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary at
San Quentin by. Judge Parker. sitting
tor Judge Dunno,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
GET NINE-HOUR DAY.

ST. LOUIS, NO., Nov. 1.-THE
Brown Shoe company today notified
it's 5000 employees that, effective next
Monday, their work day would be
nine hours with the present ten-hour
pay.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
CARMEN TO ASK RAISE

DETROIT, Nov. 16.-Confronted
by cost of living which they say is
far beyond the wages hey receive,
motormen and conductors here have
determined to present new demands
for nav increases.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
GIVE VOLUNTARY RAISE

RACINE. Wis, Nov. 16.-A volun
tary increase in. wages amounting to
10 per cent for it's 500 employees was
granted by tho manager Of the Hart
man Trunk company here
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
TO THE ADVERT1S

"A labor paper of 1000 circulation is
4 better advertising medium than an
ordinary paper of $4,000 circulation"
h. Printers Ink, the highest authority on
advertising mediums.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
DEMOCRATS CLAIM CALIFORNIA

New York, Nov. 0. a telegram
received at Democratic headquarters
from o. K. Cushing Democratic
State chairman of California, stated
that the Republicans claimed south
ern California by 10000.
81 don't think the lead can exceed
17,5OO," said the telegram, "but even
conceding them Southern California
by 10000, we will carry the State by
10000.
New York, Nov. 9.-"lnforma-
ton received up to 4 a. m. today,
we are absolutely sure of California,
North Dakota and New Mexico" Ma
tional Democratic Chairman McCor-
mick declared today.
eve are making fight for Min
nesota," he added, "and are salts
fed it is ours"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
SHUTS GERMAN BANK

Yokohama, Nov. 9.-The 4oko-
homa branch of the Deutsch-Asla'
tische Bank has been closed by order
of the japanese Government and all
its business suspended. This shutting
up of the only German bank in Jap
an will seriously affect German
prisoners of war whose deposits form
ed the largest part of the business.
1t is estimated that deposits OF about
1000 German prisoners are locked up
until the official ban on the instltu-
ton is removed, which probably, will
not be until the closing of the war.
The total deposits by Germans are
estimated to be 100000 yen, OF
about 100000.
Japanese papers which led a cam
raicn last spring for more vigorous
measures against German residents
and German institutions in Japan
express satisfaction over the closing
Of the bank.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
WOULD WORK FOR PEACE
Germany is Ready to Join World
League Move After War.

Berlin, Nov. 10-Chancellor Won
Bethmann- Hollweg announced yes
terday that after the ending Of the
war Germany would cooperate in an
endeavor to find a practical means
for procuring a lasting peace by
means of an international league.
In an address, which was reply to
the speech of Earl Grey, the British
Foreign Secretary, made in the
House of Commons recently, the
Chancellor said:
Germany will honestly cooper
ate in examination of every endeav-
or to find a practical solution and
will collaborate for it's possible reali-
cation. This all the more if the war,
as we expect and trust, shall create
political conditions that do full just
ice to the free development of all
nations, of small as we'll as great
nations. Then the principle of JUS
tice and free development, not only
on the Continent, but also on the
seas, must be made valid. This, to
be sure Lord Grey did not mention.
The Chancellor pointed out that
Lord Grey's ideas in regard to in
ternational guarantees of peace seem
ed to possess a peculiar character
in that they took into consideration
only British wants. Neutrals, which,
during the war, had to accept in
silence British domination Of the
seas were to form union after the
war when, England hopes, she will
have conquered Germany, in order
to guarantee that the British plans
will prevail under the new condition.
The Chancellor said it was known
ON reliable authority that in 1915
Great Britain and France promised
TO Russia dictatorial domination of
Constantinople, the Bosphorus and
the west shore of the Dardanelles,
with the Hinterland, and that Asia
Minor should be divided among the
Entente Powers. These plans he con-
tinued probably were of interest for
neutrals, who were expected to guar
antee this order of things. The Brit
ish Government, he asserted, had
kept silent in regard to these plans,
in spite of questions asked in Par
Lament.
"Such policy of brute force" the
Chancellor added, "cannot be: the
basis of an efficient international
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916.

Elaa one for peace. These are the plans
Of our enemies for annexation, to
which mustsbe added Alsace and Lor-
raine; while 1: have never deslgna-
ted the annexation Of Belgium as our
intention whenpI spoke about the
aims of the war. -
oThe firstIcondition for the evolu-
ton of international relations by way
of arbitration and peaceful compro-
, mise of conflicting interests ought to
be that no more aggressive coall-
lions be formed" the Chancellor
continued. Germany is at all times
ready to enter a league of peace
which will restrain the perturbator
of peace.
"Iord Grey says that Germany,
with her first offer of Belgian and
French integrity, wanted to purchase
from England permission to
! take of the French colonies what
ever she pleased. Even to the most
insane person in Germany it never
occurred to assault France in order
TO rob her of her colonies. 1t was
not this which was Europe's DOOM
but the fact that the British Gov,
I
eminent favored French and Rus
sian plans of conquest, which could
not be obtained without European
war"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
AUCTION SALES
SAMUEL II. LUNT, Auctioneer
AUCTION SALE OF DESIRABLE
DWELLING ON NORTH PITT
CTPEET

Pursuant to the terms of a deed
of trust bearing date on October IA,
1915. and duly recorded among the
land records of the City Of Alexan-
dria, Virginia, in Deed Book NO: %,
page 500, given by Robert l.: Myers
and wife to the undersigned Trus-
tee, to, secure the payment of an m
dohtedness therein set forth, de-
fau.. ..aving been made in the pay
ment of said indebtedness, the IN.
dersigned Trustee, at the request OF
the legal holders of the note secured
by the said deed of trust, Will Of
fer for sale at public auction, on the
premises, at II o'clock noon, on
Tuesday, November ii, 1916, all
that lot of ground, with the improve
ments thereon, in the city Of AieXan-
dria, Virginia, bounded and descrb-
ed as follows, to-wit:-
Beginning at point on the east
side of Pitt Street 10 feet north
of King Street, and at the north line
of an alley 10 feet wide, and running
THENCE north on Pitt Street 20 feet
7 inches; thence east parallel with
King street 73 feet 6 inches; thence
south parallel with Pitt Street. %
feet T inches to said alley; and thence
west along said 10 feet alley Is
feet 6 inches to the beginning, with
the right OF way over said alley in
common with others entitled thereto
The above described property is
to be sold subject to the lien of .
deed of trust given to ecure the pay
mcnt of sixteen hundred dollars,
with interest at six per cent, which
is duly recorded among the land re,
cords of the City Of Alexandria, Vir'
ginia in Deed Book No. Ga, page
3GS.
Terms OF sale: CASH. Convcyanc
ing ut the cost of the purchaser.
252-15t. Gardner l.. Boothe,
Trustee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10
PLANS RECOUNT OF BALLOTS
Wickersham TO Lead Republican
Legal Battle.

New York, Nov. 10-Republicans
last night began marshalling their
forces for the great legal battle they
will wage for the Presidency.
George w. Wickersham, attorney
general of the United States in the
Taft Cabinet, was placed in charge
Of the legal forces. He has already
begun the collection Of evidence on
which to base contests in States
that went to Wilson by small plura-
lities.
Chairman Wilcox, has made this
announcement:
"No matter who wins, every vote
should be counted as cast. We shall
demand a recount in every State
where the result was so close that
ignorance or the mistake of election
officials might change it.
81 am glad to see the Democrats
are no longer making charges that
the Republicans are trying to buy
the election. I am sure the Demo
cratic managers now appreciate that
any such charges were mistake and
should never have been made.
eve shall bring no contest on
technicalities We shall undoubtedly
seek recount which will insure the
accuracy of the count in at least
four States-California, North Dako-
to. New Hampshire, and New Mexi-
co."
Chairman Wilcox and Mr.. Wicker
sham during the afternoon conferred
with Mr.. Hughes at the Hotel Astor.
After consideration of the mat
ter of possible necessity for contest
ing the vote in several States, Chair
man Mccormick said last night he
thought President Wilson's re-elec-
ton would be so conclusive that such
action would not be required.
"The President has won fairly and
squarely," he said, "and I see no
need now for contests. Of course,
the various State chairmen and their
organizations have been told to 60
ahead and take such action as they
deem necessary for safeguarding the
ballots, but no specific orders have
been given as to any State.
eve have got to be convinced OF
crooked work before we do anything.
Every county in safeguarded by a
committee of lawyers, acting under
the direction Of the national commit
tee. In New Hampshire these law
yers are already on the job.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-10

Exchange corridors and at 10 to
on the curb.
A dispatch from Berlin says Prince
Henry of Bavaria, nephew of King
Louis, is dead.
James Wickersham, independent
Republican, delegate to Congress
from Alaska for many years, appears
to have been defeated for reelection
by Charles Sulzer, Democrat, a
brother of former Governor William
Sulzer, of New York, according to
late dispatches. With all the towns
heard from. the Democratic tcrritor-
ial committee claims the election of
Sulzer by more than 400 plurality.
| Both the liquor men and the Prohlbl-
tionists of Alaska were amazed by
the large vote in favor Of the Pro-
hibition law, which was ratified Tues
day. 1t is said every town in Alaska
gave a majority for the bill.
Details Of the operations of en-
tente aerial squadrons in their raids
il southern Germany Thursday are
given in supplementary reports is
sued yesterday by the German war
office. The attacks are declared to
have been carried out by from 40 tt
so machines, but it is asserted that
no military damage was done. A to-
tai of seven persons killed and more
than a score injured was the extent
CT the casualties, says the statement