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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31

We publish this week the notice of
the annual joke perpetrated by the
republican organization Of Colorado,
the get-together Washington-Lincol
banquet at Denver.-The republicans
are actually in the majority in Colo
RADIO, but the democrats generally are
in charge and cast its electoral vote
After each licking the republicans
hold banquet and get together, pre-
sumably for sizing each other up so
they can see where best TO drive in
the knife at the next election. A large
portion Of the republicans are perfect
ly willing to hold the offices them
selves, but would rather see the demo-
Gratis in power than any other repub-
lican. Just so long as this spirit pre-
walls all get together banquets and
peace conferences are wasted. The
last real clean cut victory the repub-
licans won in Colorado was in 1888.
Since then they have never but once
elected the presidential electors and
that was in 1904, and only once did
they elect a full state ticket and that
was in 1894, when it was a three
cornered fight and the issue was
against populism.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31
II. s. NEWS NOTES
II. S. Visitors

II. S. Visitors
Lucille Friend and Mabel W:nstead,
graduates of L. U. II. S. and Beth
Carver Of Wiley high school visited
school last Monday.
English Teacher Arrives
Miss Ida NJ. Olien Of Clarksburg.
Mimi, arrived this week to take
charge Of the Freshmen. Sophomore
English work. Miss Olien fills the
vacancy caused by Miss Partridgc's
resignation.
Lecturer
the next number of the lecture
course will be Thursday night when
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, an cmin-
ent lecturer, VIII deliver one Of his
famous lectures. Mr. Hughes comes
highly recommended ard is enc of
the best lecturers in the U. S.
On College b. b. Team
Clyde Church is captain and center
of the William Jewel basket bail team.
On College Debating Team
Willard McGraw, a former gradu-
ate Of Lamar high school is ore of
the debaters on the William Jewell
debating team.
Senior Minstrel
At the last meeting of the Girls
club the senior girls entertained with
a negro minstrel. The latest songs
and jokes were used The program
was as follows:
Girls Club song Senior Girls
Solo, "Thcy Called it Dixieland"-
Gertrude Davis
Song 1.-THE World is Hungry for a Lit
tie Bit of Love.-........-.-......-..-S Seniors
Selection Coral McMillin
Reading --...-..-.-.-.-........ Lola Smith
Letter -.------...--..-..-.-..-..-.B eaula Eckles
Solo, "When the Southern Moon Is
Swinging Low" Ruby Hughes
Every Morn You Will Hear Them
Say Goodnight Again" Seniors
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31

trim the general public out of mill
lions. He says, however, he just
guessed that the president would write
the note and it was an accident that
he correctly explained its contents.
lie never talked to his partner, Mrs.
Wilson's brother, on the subject, and
that everybody is innocent. The pub
&C will of course be satisfied that
everything was honest in the deal,
and it just happened that they got the
worst of it. Wall street is satisfied
that it was all right and fair.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31

eral order from headquarters.
So, while ofTicialdom wrangles and
contradicts itself and exhibits general
incapacity, the memory of the great
Admiral goes unhonored by the gov
ernnient he served all his life, though
private citizens and state and munich
pal organizations vie with each other
in tributes to his memory. 1t is a
pretty commentary on the methods of
red tape and sealing wax and sorry
complication of our claim to be q
practical people.-New York Evening
Sun.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31
Rare Bargain in High Grade
Piano.

we have new, high grade piano
located at Lamar, which, for immed-
ate sale, no reasonable offer will be
declined. Liberal terms to a respons-
iole party. If you act quick you will
ma TINS an opportunity to purchase
a hne piano tremendously cheap. If in
terested write The Denver Music
company Denver, Colorado, at once
for particulars.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31
Supporting the President

The New York Times, vigorous sup
porter of the administration in the
campaign, devoted four editorial ar
ticles in a single issue this week to
deploring the battleship scandal, the
pork barrel hunger of democrats in
congress, the lapses of Secretary
Lansing and the failure Of the Ma
tional Guard system.-Boston Herald.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31
Death of Joseph W. Ball

Died-At his home on South Sew
enth street last Saturday night, Mr..
Joseph w. Ball after an illness of a
few days. Mr.. Ball was one of the
early residents of Prowers county.
coming here in 1887 and locating on
Wolf creek south of Granada. He
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31
The Flag Not Lowered for Dewey

The stumbling and fumbling over
the lowering of the flag to half mast
on Federal buildings throughout the
country in honor of Admiral Dewey
is one more illustration of the stu
pidity of bureaucratic rule. Appar-
emily no officer holding local RESPONSE
bility would take the risk" of order
ing the flag half masted without an
order from some one in Washington.
The Washington authorities lodged
blame by saying full power rested
with the local authorities. though adj
hitting at the same time that the gen
eral practice was to send out a gen
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31
Act 2 of Minstrel

ACT Oh Minstrel
Reading ....--....--....-.........--..M Miss Odell
Solo, "Mammy's Coal Black Rose
--.-.-..-.-...-.--.-.....--.---..- Gladys Beavers
Reading ...............-.-.......C Coral McMillin
Solo, Somewhere a Voice is Calling"
-.-.-----..--.--.---.--.--.---- Ruby Hughes
Reading ....-..........-......-.--..-.Lo Louise Syp
AT the Battle in Room Six
--.------.-----.-----..-----..------.Carolyn Hull
Solo .-...-..-.-..-................. Lillian Kane
Finale, Good Night Ladies'
.--.---...--..--.--.-...-...-...- Senior Girls
A short business meeting was then
held and a committee appointed for
the next meeting which will be given
by the Sophomore girls. Every one
decided that this was one of the best
programs given to the club.
Lillian and Ramona White left last
Friday for Wheeler, Wash, where
they will live in the future. Lillian
is one Of this years graduates and
Ramona was a freshman. The girls
will be missed very much not only
by their classmates but by the faculty
also.
Boys Club
The Boys club held very import
ant meeting on Wednesday evening to
make final arrangements for their
trip to Colorado Springs.
Junior Play
The juniors are very busy practic-
ing on their junior play. The name
Of the play is Strongheart and will be
given February 10 This is to be one
of the best programs given at the
high school and you must plan to
attend it.
Farmers Week
Next week is farmers week. The
morning will be devoted to the regu-
lar school work School will begin
earlier and dismiss at 1890.
Colorado Springs Conference
Mr.. Koonsman will take &c high
school boys from L. U. H. S. to Colo
RADIO Springs the last of this week
10 attend the Y. NJ. c. A. convention
to be held there on February ?, 8,
and 4th.
Fowler-Las Animas Debate
F. c. Hemphill and X. A. Shan
ner are going to Las Animas Friday
night for the Fowler-Las Animas de-
bate. Mr.. Shanner will act as chair
man and Mr.. Hemphill will act as one
Of the judges in this debate.
Next Monday evening the following
reels will be shown:
Seeing America First, and a Car
toon Of Reel Life.
The Martyrs of the Alamo, histori-
cal play by David W. GrifIiths, author
of the Birth of a Nation. This pic
lures such famous characters as Sam
Houston and David Crockett. Come
early and get a good seat.
Debate
La Junta, Rocky Ford and Lamar
shall arrange a triangular debate for
a near date. The question will be
selected later and date set.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-31

The Teak" inquiry has developed to
the point whore the partner of the
presidents brother-in-law admits he
furnished the tip to the Wall street
brokers whereby they were enabled to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17

be paid out. The price the consumer
will then pay would not be over half
as much, as a private company
would charge, which would, be- the
case with other things if they were
municipality owned. What we need
to look after is to be sure we have
good, honest, upright men at the
head of our city affairs. s. - T.
I would like to see the different
unions and churches take more in.5
terest in our civic affairs; then such
things as these or living conditions
could be made much better.
Some people would say. what will
those people that are in business now
do If change like that should be
made. = would say let them get out
and earn a living, and do some real
necessary work, which, would lighter
tho burden all@around; nobody would
need to, work. over eight hours q day
then. ~. a.siss. JOHNaGOODWIN.. Sc
81 81 ,.5* 5000. West First st.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17

'Disturbing the Peace" and the Or
pheum Travel Weekly complete the
bill for the week opening with the
Sunday matinee, Feb. 10.
Thee urrent weeks bill, headlined
by Lydia Barry and the Cansinos,
easily comes up to the standard Or
pheum trademark, 1.-The Best Of Vau-
deville"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
REFERENDUM TAKEN
ON WAR SENTIMENT
American Union Agains: Mill
tarism Would Have Pacific
Settlement.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-A nation
wide referendum on the war, covering
returns from 100000 men and women
voters from all the states, was
launched here recently by the Amer
lean Union Against Militarism in
strenuous effort to demonstrate to
congress that the people are in favor
of "a pacific settlement of the controv-
ersy with Germany.
! This referendum takes the form of
a postal card, with the return post
card attached. The latter, after be-
ing marked by the voter according to
his or. her convictions, is to be ad-
dressed and mailed to the voters rep
lean Union will have no means of
knowing the results which could only
be ascertained by checking up the
cards~received by the members of con-
gress. The Union processes, however,
not to be dapnted by any uncertainty
as to the probable result, taking the
position that the spread of the REFER
endum idea is in itself a. useful serv.
ice at this time. $3.50.
The executive committee of the
American Union against Militarism
includes d, number of men and wo-
men who during the campaign were
among the presidents most ardent
supporters. The committee is as fol-
lows: Lillian d: Wald, Amos Pinehot.
L. Wood. Crystal East
man, Charles T. Mailman, Jane Ad-
dams, "A. A. Berle, Herbert S. Bige-
low, Sophonisba P. Breckenridge,
Francis King Carey, William F. Coch-
ran, Max. Eastman, John Loyejoy Ell
lett, Mrs. GlendoWer Evans, iona
Gale, John Haynes Holmes, David
Starr Jordan: Paul U. Kellogg, Alice
Lewisohn, Owen R. Lovejoy, Fred
erick Lynch, John A. McSparran,
James H. Maurer, Henry r. Mussey,
Oswald Garrison Willard, James P.
warbasse and Stephen S. WISE.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
UNIVERSAL DRILL
BILL IS REPORTED
INTO j. s, SENATE.
Measure Requires All Males, 10
to 26, to Undergo Six
Months Training.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The sem
ate military committee last Saturday
reported the universal military train
ing bill, which requires all male citi-
zens between 10 and rs, physically
able, to undergo six months military
and naval training, beginning Jan. 1,
1918.
The bill, as submitted to the senate,
is said to be not unlike the measure
being prepared by group Of general
staff officers, which will be presented
to the president and afterward prob
ably be used by the house military
committee.
Three Classes Exempt.
Those exempt from service are
members OF permanent military and
naval forces Of the United States;
those physically unfit; persons on
whose earnings a. father, mother, sis
ter, brother, wife or child is wholly
dependent.
The bill provides that members of
religious sects whose orders forbid
members to bear arms shall be trained
in -combatant branches; persons
convicted of felonies are to be trained
in special units. .
: Credit phone month is stos be- given
any person who completed a course
of military or naval instruction ap-
proved by the secretary of war or
navy, credits to be applied to the
training period only.
Certificates are to be issued to those
exempted and those completing the
course. Employment of persons up to
rs without fese certificates is pro-
hibited.
At the time Of registering for train
ing applicants are permitted to state
in which branch of the service they
wish to be trained. In emergencies
the president can assign such pro-
portion Of recruits as he sees fit to
either branch.
Can Call Out Reserves.
The reserves are to be called out
by the president only In case Of a de-
fensive war or Imminent danger of g.
defensive war"
The reserves are not to be used in
case of strikes.
Regular army and navy officers are
to act as instructors.
The present pension laws shall ap-
ply to reserves.
Employers are prohibited from dis
charging or reducing the wages of en-
ployes in training camps.
The bill also provides that no in
toxicating liquors shall be sold to any
member of the military or naval
forces.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17

Nine. Jeanne Jomelli, dramatic So
prano of the Metropolitan Grand
Opera company, much to the delight
Of all concerned, has accepted a con-
tract calling for her appearance in
vaudeville and will open her Orpheum
tour in Duluth. Willard Mack, we'll
known In Duluth, has written another
success, "A Double Exposure" a ro-
nance Of a moving picture studio,
played by the we'll known actor, John
Webster, and an excellent company.
Another feature will be Billy Halli-
gan and Dema Sykes. They have a
brand new comedy skit called Some
where in jersey" Brent Hayes, known
as the Master of the BANJO" the
Miniatur Review, featuring game Of
baseball; John Higgins, the noted
English athlete; Bernard Riggs and
Myrtle Ryan in a. comedy entitled
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
Present Living Conditions

w hen a person builds house he
has plans drawn out the way it
would suit him BEST the handiest,
most comfortable, and most econ
omical when the house is finished.
We should also use more judgment
in getting our daily needs in an eco
nomical and systematic way and d.
minish profits as much as possible.
would have more money instead of
turning it over in profits to somebody
that does not deserve it. I, for one,
think the city should own it's public
utilities; after that it should handle
other things of our daily necessities.
which 1t could handle on a large
scale; distributing stations could be
placed around in different parts of
the: city-instead of so many stores.
Our mail Is distributed around to the
residences twice g. day. There should
be no reason why other things could
not be handled that way. We all use
the same kind If foodstuffs. wear
practically the same kind OF cloth
ing. and. so on. This would be u
living problem. >.',H
It seems to me that dealing under
this competitive or profit system the
tendency will always be to make the
prices as high as possible. The best
business principles seem to be to get
us much as possible in return for as
littls, as possible. It seems to- me as
long. as our necessities, are handled
that way our present living condi-
&tions will never be any better; in
stead Of that they will be worse. When
the men higher up have these princi
pies OF squeezing profits out of the
public the people will be Obliged to
use the same tactics with people they
are in touch with. It keeps the la
boring man guessing oftentimes how
to make ends meet. They do the
most productive and hardest work,
and they are paid the smallest wages
as a rule. You cannot call that JUS
tice. You can hardly blame men in
many cases then when they turn out
to be drunkards, criminals, etc. They
should not work over eight hours a
day and their leisure hours should be
spent in good, sanitary homes. and
good, constructive things should oc-
cupy their DIS. -,
We should have more men like
Henry Ford. who believes In. re. i,
ing his emoAoyes. fair andt.square.
I do not think his employees need to
mortgage their future. In. buyins
goods on time, a. dollar down and
dollar a: week, probably for tbs
rest Of their lives. -. -. -.
/ Our water: and: rlight:. department IL
cnnoina olnnx 44T .nroAS1, 1,x "a - ftn,. -
Il paid for, with no mora. interest to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
HOLD
ON EDUCATION IN
NEW: YORK IS: TOLD
William H.. Allen in Statement
Recites Strange Grip on
. Municipal Bureau.
. - * = =. - J. go
BY JULIAN PIERCE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-William
H. Allen, director Of the Institute for
Public Service, New York, in a state
ment to Senator Chamberlain in con-
nection with the proposed investiga-
ton of the. relation between the
Rockefeller foundation and the
United States bureau Of education,
makes the following sensational
charges:
That Rockefeller bought up the
bureau Of municipal research of New
York city for $4,000 a. year and
changed it's program FROM one Of edu-
eating men for public service into g.
program for advocating Rockefeller
anti-labor and anti-American ideas.
Forbid Union Label.
That the Rockefeller foundation
insists that charitable organizations
assisted by it shall not use the union
label on its printed matter.
That the Rockefeller foundation is
controlled by little group of Rookie
feller's personal employees generated
by Ivy Lee.
That Ivy Lees publicity work for
the Rockefeller foundation is not SUBJ
mitted to the general education board
for its approval
That Publicity Agent Ivy Lee de-
liberately falsifies the facts relative to
the amount of Rockefeller's contri-
buttons to educational work.
That Lees claim that Rockefeller
has given $119,000,000 for educa-
tional work is $1o9,ooo.oo0 ahead of
the truth.
Goes to Own School.
That to date Rockefeller has given
but $10,000.000 for educational work
$6,o0o,ooo of which has gone to
Rockefe1ler's personally owned COL
leges, like the Chicago university.
Zone important interference with
educational method by Rockefeller
and the general eduction board IS a
change Of the municipal research pro-
gram In New York and throughout
the country" asserts Mr.. Allen. Ger
tain public school men wanted to get
the scalp Of a municipal research d.
rector. They got a general education
board employe. He made a report
which contained q number Of charges
against the educational methods of
the New York bureau of municipal
research. These charges the bureaus
board declared and proved unsound,
untrue and biased
Buys Out the Bureau.
While the report was being read
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., telephoned
to ask two officers Of the bureau of
municipal research to meet him at
lunch. It was debated whether or not
to even go to see him. A lunch meet
Ing was held. Rockefeller offered
$4,000 a year for five years, and
later 100000 year, If the bureau Of
municipal research would discontinue
the educations:.. work.
Instead Of resenting the offer the
bureau Of municipal research skunk
away, and to this day has never had
any acknowledgment of its proof that
1t has been blackguarded by. the gen
eral education board. '.<>>','
1T accepted the money, and r.
whole program for citizen activity and
TOR educating men for public service
changed s5 b. .ss Il. ~ 2
II +. E-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
BARRIERS REDUCE HOURS.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 15.-Union
BARRIERS will work one hour less a day
as a result of an agreement with en-
ployers. Hereafter the work day will
be from 1880 a. m. to Z p. M, except
Saturdays, when the closing hour will
! 9 instead of 10. = 80
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
MONTREAL GARMENT
WORKERS STRIKE

MONTREAL, Ont. Feb. 1.-THE
tually paralyzed with the strike of
1000 operators demanding better
wages and shorter hours. Several
months ago 5000 others walked out
and have not returned, SO that with,
the exception of the employees of three
firms all of the men and women en-
ployed in the garment industry here
are idle,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
DOCK BUILDERS ORGANIZE

TOLEDO. Ohio, Reb.: 16.-Pile driv-
ers, dock, pier and: wharf builders
have organized ana are, chartered by
the Brotherhood Of Carpenters. .:5. \
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-17
Beat High Prices Next Fall

7uy now Half Price-The Big Duluth
$l5 Suits and Overcoats for $3.50.
$50 Suits and Overcoats for SO.
$25 Suits and Overcoats for $12.50
$50 Suits and Overcoats for SIS,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
JUST MAKE A FRESH START
1t Is Only Way to Remedy Mistakes
One Has Made as Past Cannot
Be Lived Over Again.

Now and then man pauses to take
account of stock. and looks back rue
fully over the course of his life to note
the many places where he made the
wrong turn or was showed off the track
by adverse circumstances. He says to
himself, believing what he says, that if
he could retrace his steps and take
fresh start, knowing what he knows
now. he would not make such q mess
of things again. He can put his finger
down on the very spot in the map of
his life where he went wrong. There
was a blurred place on the trail, where
there was no trace of the footprint of
any who passed that way and no mark
of the woodlands Ak upon tree. 1t
was for him alone to choose the way
to take, and in his haste and fever to
arrive he chose wrong, and has wan
dered ever since.
A man plays game, or runs race,
or conducts. business, or marries q
wife. or chooses q friend, or elects a
calling, or forms a habit-and by and
by the conviction is borne in upon him,
like a growth weighing on the brain,
that he was in error. Now it is too late
to retrieve, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. He must wear for the remainder
of his days the milestone due to the
wrong decision. What is he to do? He
Strangled his chance newborn. He eN-
changed his birthright for pottage. 1t
is of no avail to plead that he had bad
advisers, that he was misled, that he
was the tool of environment, that
base heredity rose up to claim him and
latent faint in the blood broke out
and wrought an irreparable mischief.
The past is there, and its legend is
by the brand of the iron that has en-
tered into his soul. Can he go back?
The years and the closed doors and the
finished chapters tell him no.
But the forward look and the futur-
ity provide him with q better way to
take. When Mrs. Peterkin, in the story
had spoiled her cup of coffee by put
ting salt in it and was trying to re-
deem the error by the neutralizing ac-
ton of all sorts of chemicals, the lady
from Philadelphia suggested that she
make a fresh cup. Seeing that you
can't go back, why not make fresh
start exactly where you are? Decision
has a miraculous way Of finding a
standpoint of rock in the middle of o
quicksand.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
Irish Flags.

Since sooner or later home rule will
be a fact in Ireland, the question of an
Irish flag is one which should be set
tied as rapidly as possible. A good
deal of thought has been given the sub
ject since the passing of the Home
Rule Act. Apparently the proposals
which have met with most approval
are a red st. Patrick's cross on white
ground, charged with four shamrocks
and a golden sunburst on a blue
ground" The latter was the banner
of Fionu MacCumball's Fenians. An
other design which has supporters con-
sists of three golden crowns on a blue
ground, part of the arms of Munster.
This was Ireland's national emblem
from the twelfth century until the
three were replaced by the harp, by
order of Henry VIII. Nobody has pro-
posed green as one of the colors green
first being used by the United Irish
men in 1893 as an "amalgamation" of
the orange of the North with the blue
of the South, blue being Irelands own
hera1dic color.-Christian Science
Monitor.