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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
OSGOOD GIVES CARD
AND DANCING PARTY

c. V. Osgood, manager of the Tea
room at McCabe's store, last evening
entertained the Mattresses employed
at the lunch room and their friends.
A dancing and card party was given
Ia Thielke's hall, about seyepty-fve
being present. A luncheon was served
during the evening and fye-piece or
chestra provided music for the dane
ing. The affair is given annually by
the manager complimentary to the
employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
Funeral Of Charles Moses.

Funeral services for the late
Charles Moses. 240912 Seventh avenue.
were held at o'clock this afternoon
at the First Baptist church. Rev j.
C. Granger oficiated. Interment was
in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
Funeral of Eugene L. knight.

Funeral services for the late Eu
gene L. Knight, 520 Twenty-ffth
street win be held tomorrow at the
Knox undertaking establishment In
terment will be in Chippiannock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
John Holland,

John Holland, aged II, died at
G O'Clock this morning at his residence
in Carbon Cliff, where he has made
his home a number Of years. The fu-
neral services will be held Sunday
afternoon IN the home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28

Washington, Dec 2S-At least one
Of The 4texicans who killed Lee Sharp
and Clarence Sellers near Piedras
Negras recently, mas been shot and
killed by Mexican government troops,
the American eonsul at Piedras Ne
gras reported today TO the state de-
partment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
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Funeral services for the late Miss
Henrietta Isabel HolsappIe of lie
Claire, Iowa who died in Chicago
Wednesday, will be held at , o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the LeClaire
Presbyterian church with burial in
the cemetery in that place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
FIRE SCARE EAST END.

The fire department was called at
Z o'clock noon TO 4215 Sixth avenue.
but found no fire there. A chimney
was burning out and the family be-
came alarmed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28

Special Saturday sale OF coats for
girls from to IA at reductions OF one
third to one-half at the NJ 4 X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
ACCEPTS AS MEnIAT0R.

Bloomington, H., Dec 2S.-John B.
Lennon, for n years treasurer OF the
American Federation Of Labor, today
accepted appointment as mediator for
the department Of labor which was
rendered yesterday by Secretary VIII
son. Mr., Lemons headquarters will
be Bloomington as he has been as
signed the states of Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri. His
work will deal mainly with the con-
tinued production Of war materials OF
all kinds by preventing by negotia-
tons and mediation the stoppage OF
! industry where war supplies are being
produced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
FIVE BELOW TONIGHT
PREDICTED FOR CITY

The weather bureau today fore
casted the lowest temperature tonight
as FIVE degrees below zero. Continued
cold and partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday is also predicted, The low
est temperature last night was zero.
The thermometer registered near zero
the greater part Of the today
Special Saturday sale of coats for
girls from . to IA at reductions Of one
third to one-haTf at the H. e. X
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28

All the news all the time-The Argua.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28

Lieutenant Edward w. Carlson is
spending the holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Carlson, 1914
Fourteenth and one-half street, await
ing orders which win place him In
active army service, probably in the
east. He was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant at the second Fort
Sheridan training school He was
formerly a timekeeper at the Roc9
Island Pillow company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
LYNCH LAW AND HOME
RULE

The ruling class is setting some
examples these days it will shrink
from facing in the day Of reckoning.
And the day of reckoning for wrongs
done is sure to come II never
fails.
Everything that Poes contrary to
its wishes is charged to pro-Ger-
mans and l. W. WIS. This is very
convenient but hardly conclusive.
Are these persons in authority so
blind that they cannot see that their
persecution is recruiting the ranks
Of the |. w. w. ten times as fast
as they are temporarily decimated?
Down in Oklahoma the other day,
at Tulsa, the headquarters of the
/. W. W. were raided and all who
were found there were taken out by
a mob, stripped and, whipped until
their backs streamed with blood,
then hot tar was applied to them,
and feathers, and they were ordered
to leave and never return. Think
of such hideous barbarity in a So
called civilized community! Only the
vilest of towards and degenerates
could be guilty of such infamy.
Have care, gentlemen The
dragons teeth you are sowing will
bring forth their bloody harvest in
due time, when you will find your
selves the victims of your dastardly
crimes.
Hundreds of innocent men and
women are being jailed without
cause, meetings are being broken
up, and speakers assaulted. Mob
rule is the order and the crimes
committed under it's sway, if not
condoned outright, are reproved with
such mildness as to imply acquies-
cence.
Can it be possible that the capt.
talist class have set themselves de-
liberately to teaching the working
class the efficacy of lynch law
and mob rule?
Are not the workers told over
and over again in every brush with
their exploiters that they must re-
spect law and order? And are they
not shot down without mercy the
moment they resort to mob vio-
lence?
Is it not a poor rule that fails
to work both ways? And has mob
violence virtue and efficacy only
when practiced by capitalists, bust
ness and professional men, with the
working class for it's victims?
There is widespread mob violence
in the land today, but it is practical
ly all on the side of the capitalist
class and directed against the work.
ing class and their efforts to main
tain their rights and better the con-
dition of themselves and families.
If the capitalists persist in mob
violence, they and their. system will
perish in a whirlwind of it!-Eu-.
gene Debs in the Social Revolution.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
GOOD AND BAD

Nothing is wholly good nor wholly
bad. Good" and dad" are terms
capable of only immediate applica-
ton. Things that are good today
may be bad tomorrow land vice ver-
sa. Things are good or bad as
they affect mans welfare. A rain
in June is good; rain in harvest
is bad. A rotting carcass is a
sweet SAVIOR in the nostrils of a
hungry jackal, but an abomination
in the nostrils of a man. War is
honorable and holy to the "cultivat-
ed" senses of autocratic kings, aristo-
cratic oligarchies and profitmongers,
but to its victims it is more horrible
than the imaginary hell of Chris
tendon. Which leads me to the
point | want to impress upon you.
Your morality, dear reader, is not of
your making. 1t was prepared in
advance of your birth and was given
to you with your mothers milk.
You grew on it; and that morality is
what is known as a master and
slave morality" Under this morality
whatever adds to the profit and
pleasure of the master is good;
whatever substracts from his profit
and pleasure is bad. Hence the So
cialist program is "devilish, dia-
bolical and anarchic" because it
promises to detract from the profit
of the master and add to the well
fare of the slave, while the capital
list program is heavenly, divine and
holy because it supports the master
in idleness. AS long as your NOR
ais can be controlled by the master
class just that long Will you be
good" under capitalism. 7 admit
that Socialism is bad" but only
for the master class, it is good"
for the working class. "Good' is
good only as it enhances your per
sonal well being If capitalism con-
tributes TO your welfare then for
you IT is good If it keeps you in
poverty, slavery and misery IL is
bad. Do your own thinking on
moral questions. BE your own Judge
Of good" and bad"
+. c. HUTTON.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
AFTER SOCIALISM WHAT?

The shell of the old, long drawn
out era of Barbarism is breaking
and the faint grey dawn of a new
Civilization, beginning with Cooper
alton and ending with Christianity,
is sending it's effulgent rays into
the uttermost corners of the earth.
The great world war is ending the
epoch of Capitalism in the same
manner as the Napoleonic wars in
Europe ended Feudalism. With the
end of the Barbaric era, Capitalism
will be ended forever as a system
among men, wars will cease, poverty
will be abolished, crimes greatly
lessened; opportunity for all will be
established and mankind will enter,
under Socialism, into that peaceful
and divine journey which will soon
end into the summit of the weary
march upwards through the ages
to the epoch of Christianity. After
Socialism is established, the time
will be comparatively short until
the epoch of Christianity will be the
next order under which a majority
of mankdin will live. The process
Of advancement is greatly accelerat-
ed as the race gets older and wiser
The earlier epochs We're marked by
great lapses of time, savagery and
semi-savagery occupying hundreds of
thousands of years. Anthropologists
claim it took sixty thousand years
for the earlier type of primeval
man to get out of the trees, while
Capitalism, the last stage of the
Barbaric era, will probably last APP
proximately one hundred and fifty
years. When full Socialism comes
and the heartless and debasing COM
petitive system of industry is COM
pletely abolished and mems minds
and bodies are released from fear
and bondage, the advancement will
be more rapid. Probably only a
few generations will mark the epoch
of Socialism until a majority at
least of the human race will be liv-
inb under the Christian dispensation
the law of human conduct as de-
fined by Christ
I'VE build the ladder by which
We rise, from the lowly earth to
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
FRANCES WILLARD
ON SOCIALISM

Frances h. willard is recognized
as one of the greatest women this
country has produced. Her entire
lifetime was spent in the advocacy
of reforms, particularly temperance.
The state of New York has honored
her memory by putting statute Of
her in Statuary Hall at the United
States Capitol in Washington, ID. G..
Miss Wizards statue is the only
statue of woman found in that
famous hall. This is what Frances
T.. Willard thought about Socialism.
1t is from her address at the ma
tonal convention of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union at Buff
falo in 1897:
Look about you; the products of
labor are on every hand; you could
not for moment maintain we'll
ordered life without them; every OBJ
iect in your room has in it, for
discerning eyes, the mark of ingen-
ous tools and the pressure of la
boris hands. But is it not the
cruelest injustice for the wealthy,
whose lives are surrounded and en-
bellished by labor's work, to have a
uper-abundance of the money which
represents the aggregate of labor in
any country, while the laborer him
self is kept so steady at work that
he has no time to acquire the edu-
cation and refinements of life that
would make him and his family
agreeable companions to the rich
and cultured?
The reason why ! am Socialist
comes in just here.
would take, not by force, but by
the slow process of lawful acquisi-
ton through better legislation, as
the outcome of wiser ballot in the
hands of men and women, the en-
tire plant that we call civilization,
all that has been achieved on this
continent in the four hundred years
since Columbus wendell his way
hither, and make it the common
property of all the people, requir-
ing all to work enough with their
hands to give them the finest ply
steal development, but not to be-
come burdensome in any case, and
permitting all to share alike the adj
vantages of education and refine
ment. believe this to be per-
fectly practical, indeed, that any 9TH
err method is simply relic of bar
barism.
| believe that competition is DOOM
ed. The trust, whose single OBJ
ject is to abolish competition, has
proved that we are better without
than with it, and the moment cor
porations control the supply of any
product, they combine. What the
Socialist desires is that the corpora
ton of humanity should control all
production. Beloved comrades, this
is the frietionless way; it is the
higher way; it eliminates the motives
for a selfish life; it enacts into our
everyday living the ethics of Christ's
gospel. Nothing else will do it;
nothing else can bring the glad day
of universal brotherhood
Oh, that l were young again, and
it would have my life; it is Gods
way out of the wilderness and into
the promised land. 1t is the very
marrow of Christ's gospel. 1t is
Christianity applied.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
WASH. NOTES
BY Emil Herman, State Secretasy,
Box 737, Everett, Wash.
KATTERFE FL .,l LECTURE DATES


Monday, December ~, Trinidad
Tuesday, December Is, ColocIm.
Wednesday, December 10, With
row
Thursday, December 20, Entiat.
Friday, December n, Oroville.
Saturday u p. M, December p,
Republic.
Sunday e p. mD, December %,
Malo.
Comrade Katterfeld organized a
local with seven members at Ever
son on the 4th instant This was
the first unorganized point at which
he lectured, we hope he keeps up the
ratio. We will still accept a few
applications for lecture from points
in South Eastern and South Western
Washington, and in Pierce, King and
Snohomish Counties.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

like judged by their actions If
but those by the er
seemingly indicate that he friendly with this class
their Along this line it is foregone
the columns
papers feel friendly toward this class and desire
WILL therefore, read the advertisements in
who the merchants who feel
friendly tovar you and appreciate your patronage.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Socialism will make marriage a
matter of the head and heart, in
stead Of bread and butter as it is
too often nowadays
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Socialism is an economic move
ment. 1t concerns your bread and
butter, not your way Of worship or
your taste in ties.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Myers photos show the charm Of
your personality get your Xmas or
der IN now.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Bargreen's Golden Drip Coffee. In
perial Tea Co. lA07 Hewitt Avenue.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
TALLY OF NATIONAL
REFERENDUMS

National Referendum "F" 1917
Resolutions on labor organizations
and their relation to the Socialist
Party. Adopted by st. Louis Con-
vention, April, 1917, and submitted
for endorsement of membership.
Aberdeen No. 2 (Fin.) 10 yes; Ana
cortes, 6 yes; Boyds, 4 yes; Breida-
blick, yes; Bryant, 18 yes; Curlew,
7 yes; East Stanwood, IA yes; Echo
Valley, II yes; Freeland, 8 yes; Ho-
GUAM No. 1, 8 yes; Kelso West, 9
yes; Liberty Bay, 6 yes; Lower
Matches, IL yes; Mt Vernon, yes;
Oaksdale, 7 yes; Orting, yes; Pear
son No. 2 (Fin.), IL yes; Pleasant,
9 yes; Roslyn No. 2 (Fin.) 2 yes;
8 no; Seattle (Estho), II yes; Sc
attic No. (Fin.), % yes, l no;
Silverdale, 5 yes; South Bend, A
yes; Spokane, II yes; Sumas, yes;
Suomela, 8 yes; Stevenson, 2 yes, 7
no; Tacoma No. 4, 35 yes; Tacoma,
German, yes; Yacolt, yes and
MA. LIS rs yes, 1 no. Total 800
yes, II no. Locals Lynden and Ho
GUAM No 2 (Fin.) voted but did
not state number of votes cast for
or against.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
A . GALL FOR HELP
Seattle, WASH, Dec. 4, III
n ,oo,,, Il - II o,,,ooa,,

SeaCUle, WdSn., Dec. 4, IJl I.
Dear Comrade Hermann:
Your letter at hand. | can in
form you that Mr.. Foster has al
ready been paid $4,000 The com
mittee elected by Scandinavian Soil
darity local say they are not having
an easy time trying to raise the re-
naming $4,000 We have given
three dances but lost money and had
to give up Some Comrades here
will not give a cent, because Foster,
they claim, promised to defend us
free of charge. On the other hand
we had to promise him his fee or
be deserted. He is holding Peter
son and me responsible and we must
paw. solidarity" will hold meet
ing next Sunday, and some action
will then be taken. Twill let you
know. l presume you know Of our
dismissal.
Yours for justice and freedom,
OLAF BERILD.
Comrades Olaf Berild and f. Pet
erson were arrested early last sum-
mer on a charge Of Conspiracy and
Sedition" and spent several months
in the Pierce County Jail awaiting
trial-having failed to secure the
100000 bond necessary for their
release. They were brought to trial
in September and the jury disagreed.
Recently they were again hailed into
court and the charge against them
dismissed. You will notice that
they were deceived by their lawyer,
he first promised to defend them
free of charge, but after he got
them where they could not afford
to dismiss him demanded $4,000
for services and they were compelled
to agree to pay or be deserted. The
Comrades had no other alternative,
they will have to pay. They are
workingmen and can i'll afford it..
They were and are fighting in the
class struggle. Their fight is our
fight-we must not desert them.
Give a hand, let's help them raise the
other $4,000 Send contributions
for this purpose to the Socialist
Party of Washington, Box 637, Ey-
erett, Wash, and we will forward.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Comrade Arthur H. Hansen, Route
No. 2, Box 6, East Stanwood will
fill the vacancy on the SEC. caused
by the resignation of Comrade Carl
Ulonska. Marius Hansome of Out
look was the first alternate but de-
clined to serve because it inter-
fered with his work of teaching
school, Nicholas Schmidt Of Seattle
was the next in line but did not
reply to our communications nor
attended the SEC. meeting on De-
cember I'd, as requested. To legal
ly proceed with the preparation of
the petition to initiate the Eight
Hour Day measure required full
committee, so after failing to reach
Comrade Schmidt over the telephone
we notified Comrade Hansen to
fill the vacancy and he has ac-
copied.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

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National Referendum &c" 1917 for
the election on International Dele
gates to serve at all International
Socialist Conference held during the
war, Victor L. Berger 1877, L. B.
Boudin Is, Morris Hilquit 800, Geo.
R. kirkpatrick 306, Algernon Lee 9,
James H. Maurer 81, Walter Thos.
Mills 80, Patrick S. Maggie II, Scott
Nearing 1919, Kate Richards O'Hare
214, Irwin st. John Tucker 10 and
John NJ Work 20. Thirty-one locals
and forty-seven MAILS voted
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Bellingham-Ka tterfeld was o. x.
here, and more.-R. w. Thompson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-15
New Church There Was
Dedicated With Program
SPEAKERS FROM AWAY
Interesting Meeting of the Red
Cross Society; News Notes
Of Village
Especial to Free Press.
Mnnd,S,So nSilv


Mapleton, June 1.-THE Baptist
Church society of this place has been
hostess during the past week to the
Minnesota Valley Baptist association
which began Wednesday evening by
very fine address given by G. M.
Palmer of Mankato. The ladies served
supper at 6 p. M, in the new dining
room. The climax of the meetings
came Sunday when the church was
formally dedicated. During the day
$42.5O was pledged to cover the debt.
The society is practically out of debt.
The improvements cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The dedication
sermon was preached by DR.. Myron
Haynes of Minneapolis and DR.. E.
Kellan of Chicago also spoke to a
large and appreciatiye audience.
The Red Cross society held very
interesting meeting in the assembly
room at the high school building Sat-
urday afternoon. Twenty Eight new
members were added to their mem
bership, making it little over one
hundred strong with more to follow.
Plans for work were completed and
committees named, as follows: Pur-
chasing committee, Miss Norton, Mrs.
T. c. Busse; knitting, Mrs. w. j.
Libby; sewing, Mrs. P. H. O'Connor,
Mrs. Earl Alderman. The sewing will
be done on Tuesday and Friday aft
ernoons beginning on June 10, prob
ably in the sewing room in the public
school building, which is fully
equipped for such work. Several have
already begun the knitting and more
will follow rapidly. Everything seems
to point to a successful summer for
the organization Miss Jessie Mcqueen
who is taking her vacation after a
strenuous year in the domestic science
department at the State University,
gave theE1adies the Benefit of her ex-
perience in the class which made one
hundred pajamas for the Red Gross in
one week; also plans worked out there
for the conservation of wheat in our
food bys substituting corn meal and
rice, recipes for which may be OBJ
tanned free from the state agricul-
tural departmentE =
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-15
Judson

The Literary society held it's last
meeting of the season last Friday
evening. The meetings will be post
poned until the fall when we will
have more leisure to prepare fol
them.
The Memorial day services were
held at the Woodman hall in the
village of Cambria. The committee
had arranged to hold the services in
grove nearby, but as the weather
was unfavorable, it was thought best
to change the arrangements. Lawyer
Harry Johnson of Mankato delivered
the Grafton of the day in a very pleas
ing manner and it was well received
by the audience. The Cambria band
was present and rendered several Sc
lections. This band was recently
organized and did very well consid
ering the short time they have spent
in training. ae.as
George Carlson, teacher at district
No. IL. closed the term about two
weeks ago, and returned to his home
at MAYNARD, Mimi. The young people
of this place held party in his
honor at the residence of James
Thomas, Monday night.
Last Saturday evening the Senior
class of the Lake Crystal high school
gave a home talent play at the nall
in Gambia. The characters were
well represented and the program was
entertaining throughout.
Rev. Griffiths of Horeb churcn
preached the annual sermon to the
K. P. society last Sunday.
Ella Jones and her sister, Edna
returned from an extended visit TO
California. They went TO California
in December, 1915.
Henry Mathews and Miss Ella
Jones were married by the Rev. b.
w. Griffiths last Mondady evening
,The wedding occurred at the resi-
|dence of the brides brother, Mr.. J.
ID. Jones at Cambria, Minnesota, IN
the presence of a few of the nearest
relatives. Both the bride ana the
groom have been residents of this
community since childhood and are
highly esteemed by their many friends
in this place. The groom is farmer
and they will reside on a farm In
this. community. May their life DE
filled with joy and prosperity.
Mrs. Evan d. Price who has been
visiting at California returned home
a short time ago.
Edwin Lewis, JOS. D. Price, ). y.
Jones and Everett Harris purchased
new automobiles this spring.
A parcel shower was given IN non
or of Miss Ella Jones by Mrs. ID. w.
Harris at Cambria. There were many
present and good time is reported.
Mrs. q. M. Roberts and Mrs. 8. l..
Harris of Mankato were present al
the shower on Miss Ella Jones. MISS
Libbie Price. Mrs. Will Price and
Miss Mary Hewitt were also present
fom Lake Crystal.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Jones OF Lake
Crystal were in Cambria attending
the wedding of their daughter, Ella.