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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-09-06
Universal Military Service in Line
With All the Nations Traditions

1t is often asserted, and yet more frequently
assumed, in the discussion Of current events that
compulsory military service is something new and
unheard of in the United States something more or
less at variance with the traditions Of our early national
life and with the practice and counsel Of our countrys
fathers This is not merely untrue it is precisely the
reverse of the truth.
Those who now advocate the enrolment as SOL
diers and sailors Of all our citizens fit to bear arms
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-09-06
Hoardng and Indiscriminate Parsimony
Long Way From Real Thrift
b. s. ". sTRAUS
Psidssl 4 Assiess Sse;say II ThsA

1T not the Of thrift the duty Of acquire millions
2oardng millions is svaric, not thrift"
This bit Of philosophy uttered time BY Andrew Carnegie
can vel Be applied American life the present time Lack Of proper
Understanding Of thrift has been responsible for great deal Of harm
Amerio ncmny.
This has bsen duo 70 isse economy but people rapidly getting
around to the viewpoint that boarding and ndisminate pmony
long way from real thrift
Vh III must learn to eliminate waste Thsrs great deal
between waste and sensible spending The most reprehn
Of course 1t the present time s in the matter Of
Think Houston has said that only single Of edible
esssy TO allowed 10 spoil 10 b thrown away in each Of
would Ver 100000 pounds Of msteri would b vssd
Che Lo,n "s.yt The rate Of $4,000 pounds Of food year.
This i a Mn. Of land and the thousaads Of psoph nse
k-o sacAce - at Of foodi
On tn. other hand ..y American home today 70 'd'ps
sy. IN ounce q s sos :. -, .quiss amount Of ''
fS lY Let every American HON, Az in
80 solution ' Of our food problem mi. '''
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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-09-06
Twenty three Carloads
ofSilk Reach East

Ogdensburg. N. Y. Sept. L.
Twsnty.t three carloads Of Chinese
elk. valued At about $l2. 600. 900.
passed through 0gdsnsburs TO-
day for New York. 81. &
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-09-06

and capturing md h0|dlhs ura,
redoubts. takpn one BY ONE ~
the enemy, This method ofy
fare 10 said to be rapidly sp
seding the trench system on the
Western front.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-09-06

opsaktN0 Aequolet1MeS.
Little Erne~-I' k46V that NJ
over them mamma. ASfssa 1saA6
10 me. ~. ~
Mothsr-yss. dixst. Sssa M
oses she ~. q yoay, -
Little Emest -She ~ ayA ~pss1
you dare to thrVw skooes at ~ eeos
again. 20 little vfreA r 4
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
THIS PAPER MILL SHUTS DOWN.

The Champion Coated Paper COM
pany of Hamilton, Ohio, has failed to
induce its striking paper makers to
return to work under old conditions
and President Thompson has an
nounced that the mill is closed down.
The strikers are demanding wage in
creases and abolition of the bonus sys-
TEN.
This company recently became in
volved in a controversy with the joint
printing committee of congress, at
Washington, because of excessive costs
which the company insisted for it's
product. Senator Fletcher, chairman
of the committee, made public the cor
respondence with this concern in which
the committee says:
"The committee gave consideration
to a report from the federal trade
commission that the cost of producing
such paper as was bid upon by the
Champion company, had increased less
than 1 cent pound, while the price
was jumped by your company more
than cents pound, or 100 per cent
over the preceding year.
"The committee is surprised that a
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
Trinidad Business Firms Desire Your Friendship

Trinidad is the county seat OF
Las Animas county, metropolis of
southern Colorado. As business
point and center of operation for
large coal and coke corporations.
it is the 'Pittsburg of the West"
but these mining interests are all
suburban and in no way affect the
pure air, clean atmosphere and
blue sky OF the charming Western
city, the Gateway of the Rock
les" At an altitude of $500 feet.
Trinidad has Carnegie library
OF more than 10000 volumes: a
SI25,ooo opera house and So5,ooo
postoffice building, five school
buildings and an academy and
normal school, while the churches
are well represented.
Trinidad is an important rail
roal center. The Santa Fe, Den
yer and Rio Grande and Colorado
& Southern each employ hun
dreds of men at roundhouses and
machine shops. This is the ter
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
STENOGRAPHERS ARE
NEEDED BY u. S. NOW

The United States government
needs, and needs badly, great numbers
of stenographers and typewriters,
both men and women, for service In
the departments at Washington, D. c.,
and the situation in federad offices
outside of Washington is scarcely less
urgent. The supply of qualified per-
sons on the commissions lists for this
class of work is not equal to the de-
mand, and the commission urges, as a
patriotic duty, that citizens with this
special knowledge apply for examina-
tion for the government service. At
present all who pass the examination
for the department service are certi-
fled for appointment. Examination
papers are rated without delay.
Examinations for the department
service in Washington, D. c., for both
men and women are held every Tues
day in 400 of the principal cities. Ex-
aminations for the field service (posi-
tions outside of Washington, D. c.
are held frequently.
! The usual entrance salary ranges
from 5000 to 81 200 year Advance
ment of capable employees is reason
ably rapid.
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth birthday on the date of the
examination.
Full information and application
blanks will be mailed to persons inter-
ested upon application to the United
States civil service commission, Wash
ington, D. c., or to the secretary of
the United States civil service board of
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

minus of the D. & R. G. The Colo
rado & Southern railroad is in
valuable in its opening up and
establishing of the wonderful new
coal properties and coke works Of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany at Segundo, Primero and
Torres. Elegant hotels, solid
banks, wide-awake newspapers
and activity in every line OF bust
ness fully prove the Importance
and stability of this wide-awake
city of II 900 population.
Has an electric street car line
connecting Sopris, Starkville,
Cokedale and other towns with
Trinidad.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

examiners at any of following named
cities: Post office, Boston, Mass;
Philadelphia, Pa; Atlanta, Ga; Gin
cinnati, Ohio; Chicago, ILL.,; st. Paul,
Mimi; Seattle, Wash; San Francisco,
Cal. Customhouse, New York, N. VI;
New Orleans, La; Honolulu, Hawaii.
Old customhouse, st. Louis, Mo-; or to
the chairman of the Porto Rican civil
service commission, San Juan, P. R.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
RECORD POTATO CROP.

DR.. Alonzo NJ. Taylor, the govern
ment food expert, expects record
breaking crop of potatoes.
"Unless great warehouses are
promptly built for storing potatoes in
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

such great centers of population as
Chicago, l fear that large part of
the enormous crop will be wasted" he
said.
"This is matter which might well
be considered by municipal authorities.
private storage warehouses l don't
think are at all adequate"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

company which some time ago offered
to place its entire product at the dis
posal of the government, in the event
of war, should seek to force the gov
ernment to pay excessive prices for
its product, now the war actually ex-
lists"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
RESTORE OLD WAGE RATES.

A vigorous organizing campaign by
Plumbers Union No. ITO of Victoria,
B. c., has resulted in the establish
ment of the 1914 wage scale-$5 for
an eight-hour day-dating from the
first of the month.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
LISTEN, MEN !

One big Pole last night said
he had lost his job in an alu-
minum factory, his wife and
two daughters had lost their
places and his SON had been
shot by a Negro.
81 killed seventeen last
night" he said, grinning as
he shifted an ak he was car
ryihg from one hand to the
other. "And | am going
to get a few more if |
get a chance"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
THE CAUSE AND
THE REMEDY

The present drift of Negroes from
the Southern to the Northern states,
in response to the acute demand for
labor, is raising political, social and
economic questions that lay bare the
tie that binds them to their more for
tunate brethren. The Cincinnati Post
describes conditions in that city that
can be duplicated in most of the large
Northern cities. Negro immigrants
are crowding tenements from cellar
to garret. In one ward 1,799 between
the ages of 81 and 81 registered, ex-
ceeding the number in the next most
thickly populated ward by more than
600. These men, the Post goes on
to say, will be voted en- bloc, and so
determine the city's mayor, it's judges
and other officers. The social prob
lem is still worse. Overcrowding pro-
duces death rate Of 675 from tuber.
(see Page 8. Col. 50
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
THE SHAME OF ILLINOIS
Brutality Unparalleled in the
East St. Louis, Illinois, Riots
militia a Joke.

German army for it's barbarity in Bel
GUM. But | do not believe that Mos
lem fanaticism or Prussian frightful-
ness could perpetrate murders of more
deliberate brutality than those which
| saw committed in daylight by CHI.
zens of the state of Abraham Lincoln.
1 saw man after man, with hands
raised, pleading for his life, surround
ed by groups of men-men who had
never seen him before and knew moth
ing about him except that he was
black-and saw them administer the
historic sentence of intolerance, death
by stoning. l saw one of these men,
almost dead fro ma savage shower OF
stones hanged with clothesline, and
when it broke, hanged with a rope
which held. Within a few PAGES of
the pole from which he was suspend
ed four other Negroes lay dead or dy-
ing, another having been removed,
dead, short time before. l saw the
pockets of two Of these Negroes
searched, without the finding of any
weapon.
saw one of these men, covered
with blood and half conscious, raise
himself on his elbow and look feebly
about, when young man, standing
directly behind him, lifted stone in
both hands and hurled 1t upon his
neck. This young man was much bet
ter dressed than most of the others.
He walked away unmolested.
saw Negro women. begging for
mercy and pleading that they had
harmed no one, set upon by white wo-
men of the baser sort, who laughed
and answered the coarse sallies of
men as they beat the Negro women's
faces and breasts with fists, stones
and sticks. / saw one of these furies
fling herself at a militiaman, who was
trying to protect Negro woman, and
wrestle with him for his bayonetted
gun, while other women attacked the
refuge.
What / saw in ninety minutes, be-
tween $3.50 o'clock and the lurid com
ing of darkness, was but one local
scene of the drama of death which
continued for hours. l am satisfied
that in spirit and method it typified
the whole.
The East st. Louis men took nc
chances, except the chance from stray
(See Page 8, Col. 81
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

The most horrible, blood curdl-
ing and wanton massacre of un-
armed and defenseless Negroes
ever recorded in this country
, Gland of the Free and Home of
the Brave) occurred last Monday
at East st. Louis, ILL.,, where 38
Negro men, women and children,
two of whom were less than three
years of age, were foully murder
ed, more than 1926 homes belong
ing to or occupied by them being
burned and a reign of terror in
stituted. Be it said to their credit
and altho unarmed the police and
militia having visited their homes
during the day and confiscated all
available weapons of defense they
succeeded, according to a reliable
report brought us by railroad
porter who witnessed the diff
Guilty in killing 21 of the mob in
addition to the four who had been
killed earlier in the day. That
such a thing could happen in the
face of Illinois that gave to the
world Lincoln, a Logan, and a
Sumner was beyond belief and re-
gardless of the various causes it
remains undenied that the police
and militia acted in a most
cowardly and criminal manner.
The Sun is unable to present any
more accurate or truthful account
than the following article taken
from the columns of a st. Louis
daily paper which it presents in
all its dreadfulness and horror to
its thousands of readers:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAIN
ST MILITIA MEMBERS
in EAST ST. LOUIS

Monday morning of this week three
prominent Colored men of East St.
Louis came to Springfield as a com
mittee to lay before Arjutant General
Dickerson, charges against three
members of the militia on dlty in that
city. The committee consisted of
Mrs. F. W. Wallace, editor of The
Star of Zion and a member of the
board of supervisors of st. Clair; S.
R. Wheat, a prominent real estate and
automobile agent, and Thomas Green,
deputy clerk of the East st. Louis
election commissioners. After an
hours conference with friends and
local Colored men at the Legion Of
flee. the committee proceeded to the
state house where they were cordially
received by Arjutant General Dickson
and laid before him the following com
plant and charge:
(See Page 8, Col. 4)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Negroes Refuse but Intend Stay East
Die Necessary for Their Homes and Rights American
Citizens Honest Days Work for Honest Days Pay
$ Q d - . q? ~ O! ~ O! No
in EAST ST. LOUIS.

Tell me- is this Belgium? What these wild alarms
This oOtmg, and this terror this sudden clash of arms?
Is this the Land of Freedom whose foes fight?
What these of anguish this screaming in the
night?
Stop Backman, and tell me- why do you stand at bay?
We in peace labor but It's said shall stay
We call this Our Country have pledged it loyalty;
We testing the honor of the great Democracy!
In the South labored yet we never got ahead
And of mobs and kangaroo courts, constantly
afraid.
Then the came and for labor did send out
call
And so We came to answer, the journey stalking ALL
We had heard that where OF Glory aof there men
free,
Ts the of those who carry battle the
so followed it Israel did of old the cloud of fire.
Dreaming how its promise would children's hearts
inspire.
But met by hoodlums Po White scullions of the
South
And their password lynch the niger sped along from
mouth to mouth.
And when them gathering with old time murder
We did each of determine like men, to fight and
die.
Oh, but it awful to behold our women beat
By the vile marauders like wild beasts upon street
And of us lay wounded in a culbert almost dead
When along there two roughneck and they shot him
in the head.
stood our ground right nob we fought and MANY fell
And all Blacks in spite of what the daily papers tell
Though had known oppression yet we dreamed of
Liberty,
And such dream brings courage and courage sets men
free"
Ts thus our homewar while great rumb ings from
aar,
Tell of the mighty struggle where the Nations are at war
But the Blacks of East ST. Louis and the Begans cros
Democracy"
Roscoe G. Jamison.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

The Sun belle
yes and fervent-
lyprays thatGod
will damn every
male Negro in
EastSt. Louis yet
ivingif that Pole
is not sought out
and brought to
justice.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
DEMAND PUNISH
MENT OF MOB
SOCIALIST LEADER WIRES PRES.
iDENT WILSON ABOUT "EAST
ST. LOUIS SAVAGES."

New York, July S.-"Swift and Sc
we're punishment" for the MODS which
wiped out the Negro section of East
st. Louis and burned their property
(See Page 5, Col. 81
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

Mr.. Smith Henderson of st. Louis.
Mo-, former Kansas City boy, is
visiting his brother and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Henderson, 141O
Mersinger avenue, this week and re-
newing acquaintances among old
! friends.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
SLAIN AS THEY BEGGED MERCY
Murderous East st. Louis Mobs En-
joyed the Butchery.

st. Louis, July S.-For an hour and
half last evening I saw the massacre
of helpless Negroes at Broadway and
Fourth street, in downtown East st,
Louis, where black skin was a death
warrant.
have read of st. Bartholomew
night. ! have heard stories of the lat
ter day crimes of the Turks In Ar
menia and have learned to loathe the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

the world. And single determined
officer in charge of the troops could
have stopped them in ten minutes
Thursdays Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

s = =
Youth of America, the. curse
of ages will rest upon you If
ever you surrender to foreign
ambition or domestic lawless-
ness the precious liberty for
for which your fathers bled.-
John Mitchell Mason.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

Superintendent Of the jackson County
Home for Aged and infirm Negroes,
the acknowledged leader of Negro
Democracy in jackson County and the
State, whose skilfuII and efficient ef-
forts backed up by the leading Negroes
of the State did much to secure for
President Allen reelection as Presi-
dent of Lincoln Institute. DR.. Smith
- quiet, highly cultured and unassum,
ing, but is power among those Demo-
Gratis who control the political affairs
of jackson County and the State.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

: = = = = = = . = = =
For to give up essential lib
erty to obtain a little temporary
safety is to- deserve neither lib
erty nor safety. - Benjamin
Franklin.
: So = s# = So = .
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
PITILESS MURDERERS

What sort of governor has Illinois,
and what sort of officers did he have
on duty in st. n his to permit the out
RIGGS there T. 'iuue for hours? We
read of sol -Ng over the heads
of the cr' Nhe torturing of
Negroes THE atrocities
commit Louis hold the
Unite N'2robrium o
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

CAPT. LEON II. JORDAN,
who is taking treatment and a much
needed rest in the state Sanitarium.
Capt. Jordan was Lieutenant in the
7 lmmunes in the Spanish-American
War, saw service with the 4eth Volun-
teer infantry in the Philippines, where
he was breVetted Captain for gallant
service and would have entered the
Training Camp for Colored Officers
this year had his health permitted.
The Sun hopes for his speedy recovery.
A**a* **%~%* *"*s
= Justice, equal and exact, to all
" men. of whatever state of per
suasion, religious or POLITICAL
Thomas Jefferson.
r. -
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-20
Dyeino.

The practice of dyeing is 81 ancient
that ii would be folly TO attr'upt 10 say
where or when II originated The
place or period of its genesis no one
can tell OF even guess As far back
AS history or tradition can take us we
find the dyeing vat Phocncia WAS
famous for its rich dyes, as WAS Egypt
also. Modern chemistry does not seem
70 add much to the efficacy of the art.
The colors of the most ancient times
Of which we have any knowledge We're
as fast" us any that can be made to-
day In fact, 1t is held by sone au-
thorities that the men of four or FIVE
thousand years ago possessed secrets
about dyeing that would be greatly
appreciated by us If we could get hold
of them.-New York American.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-20
1000 In Bonds Ordered Is
sued At Special Election
SECOND VOTE TAKEN
Earlier Election Failed To Produce
Two.Thirds Vote For Measure,
SO Proposition Was Framed
To Require Only A
Majority

Centerburg, March 19-It took"
the second time and Centerburg will
have new sewage disposal plant, a
majority of the voters registering
themselves in favor of the PROPOSE
ton at a special election held here
Saturday. The vote was 106 for the
plant and 6S against. A total vote of
ia was cast.
This is the second election held
here In connection with practically
the same improvement. At an earlier
election, the measure carried by a
majority vote, but the attorney gener-
al ruled later that two-thirds vote
was required.
In preparing the ordinance this
time, calling for an issuance of $1,000
in bonds, the wording was made such
that only a majority vote at the spec
ial election would be required
Advertisements for bids on the pro.
posed plant will appear as soon as
possible, as people are anxious to see
the contract let and work started
quickly.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-20
RESIDENCE BURNS
While Family Is Away and Origin of
Fire Ia Unknown

Lock, March ia two-story frame
dwelling belonging to Perry Case of
this place burned to the ground be-
tween and 8 o'clock Saturday even
ing. The loss is partially covered by
insurance. The house is located about
two miles west of this place.
The members of the family that
rents the home we're away when the
fire occurred and it was not known
that the house had burned until they
returned. No efforts were made to
extinguish the blaze, as 1t had gained
too much headway.
The cause of the fire is unknown
Mr. Case was unable to determine the
amount of damage done, as he had
not visited the site OF the fire.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-20
The Store That Saves You Money
Pitkin's Specials for Tuesday

Jewel Compound, try this high
grade shortening. II is claimed
by the manufacturers that 2-3 OF
pound of this shortening is
equal to pound of lard making
a great saving to you. Special
per lb. only. .............'. .ZVc
Fresh Pork Sausage, per lb. 18c
Frankfurts, highest grade, Id .2oc
Fancy Chuck Steak, per Id. .20c
Fancy Rib Steak, per b.. .22c
Oysters, Standard Brand, at. 40c
Bread; our bread production is in
creasing every day; the best
proof that the Mt. Vernon
housewife Is recognizing the ex-
ceptional value that we offer In
bread:
Rye-The old fashioned kind.
Cream-That delicious loaf.
Raisin Bread-Filled with meaty
raisins.
Crimp or sandwich bread.
Mother's-The real homemade
quality, each only, ......... DC
Apples, fancy Ben Davis, PIX. .55e
Fancy Rome Beauty, PIX. .65c
Lemons, fancy Sunkist, per half
dozen ............. ..'Oc
Raisins, fancy Gold Bar or Sunkist
large package, each only. .14c
Coffee-Tastwel 32c value steel
cut, per lb. only. y............2 .27c
Flour, Golden Sheaf, quality guar
anteed 241s lb. sack, only $3.50
Isabelle, 40 lb. sack only. $3.50