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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
City Hall Notes

Today is cleanup and shave.up day
at the fire department. Colonel, the
Somnus Hound, and Lady, the Auto
Hound, were cleaned and clipped to.
day. "Whitehorse" the fire depart
ment cat came in for a good scrubbing
and words cannot express the great
Joy with which the aforesaid cat took
to the washing. 1t did not scratch too
much. The clean up at the fire de,
partment is the unusual annual pro.
cedure before the preparations for Fire
week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
KID LEWIS QUICKLY
SECURES FREEDOM

Kid Lewis, colored, who was ar
rested by the city police last Saturday
night at North Fairmont with "a
pints of whiskey and who was thrown
into the county jail, is again on the
streets, having been bonded out by
Charley Powell, white.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
Slayer Of Keet Baby
Was Arrested Today
fRx Associated Press)

HUTCHINSON, Kansas, June 49,
The arrest of Dick Carter of Spring
rants charging first degree murder
has been issued in connection with the
disappearance and death of Baby Lloyd
Keet, was announced b ypolice today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19

Another Ambulance Force Lands
PARIS, June 1s.-An American am
spIance detachment Of $50 persons has
,FFiyed at a French. port. w. K. Van
defbile OF New York, crossed on the
same liner
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
St. Lawrence River Town Burns

MONTREAL, June 19.-Fire today
caused a property loss of $250,OOO at
Sorel, a town on the st, Lawrence
river. Virtually the entire water front
was destroyed. There was no loss OF
life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19

Auto owners who can read print
too fine to be read may call at the
city clerks office and receive Form
s" which tells Of the new auto law
and its many funny sides. Persons
interested will be presented with cop.
ies so as acquaint themselves with the
peculiarities of the state roads com.
mission.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
MISSION in PITTSBURGH,

ITALIAN MISSION IN PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, June 19.-More than
$4,000 persons welcomed the Italian
war mission headed by Enrico Arlotta,
minister Of transportation in the Ital.
ian cabinet, to Pittsburgh today. The
special train bearing the mission ar.
rived at eelven o'clock from Chicago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
TMGA-RED CROSS.
contributions
S,21.0 AT NOON
Workers Feel Sure the Goal
Will be Reach
some GIVE EAGERLY.
Those Who Understand I'M
portance Of Campaign
Willing Contributors.
SOME GIVE EAGERLY.
Dinner For
The Teams at
$50 Tonight

AN members of teams working
in the Y. M. G. AIRED Cross Cam
palgn are urgently requested to be
present at the dinner at $3.50 to-
night
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-19
zee WEATHEER

Probably fair tonight and Wed.
neSday,
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18
ARTICLE IV.-Term of Office
'FC UT rrI' VT'' ''I"TT'
ARTICLE N.-Otiicers

The officers of the council shall con
sist of Il president, vice president and
secretary treasurer. elected by ballot
for one year or until successors are
duly elected at the regular annual
meeting. The duties shall he those
usually assigned to such officers.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL

stevens county has had an agricul-
tural agent but a few months, A. r.
iahner coming this spring and quiet
ly taking up the organization of a
work which has been long needed.
Getting acquainted with the coun-
ty, with the people. with the problems
of the farmers. and with the possibili
ties of the country, have not been an
easy job. nor a speedy undertaking.
Yet the county agriculturist has now
set on foot a project which should ac-
complish this year what other COM
munities have attained only after
many years endeavor.
county agricultural council is
planned to secure the cooperation and
advice of all farmers organizations of
the county. Most plans for the ad-
vancement OF agricultural interests
have heretofore failed to secure the
viewpoint and the actual assistance
of the farmer Mr.. Hahner Is taking
the step in the correct way-and go
ing first to the farmer.
He has asked that a representative
or delegate be elected by each farmers
organization in the county, and these
delegates meet about the time of the
stevens County Livestock show In Col
Vile to form the plan for the council
and he has prepared a provisional set
of bylaws which he has asked the
farmers to consider. that they may
bring to the meeting definite ideas
which can be adopted
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18

The Examiner this week had call
for Is copies of the July II issue. cor
tanning the 4th of July address of Rev.
Grover C. F'lannery No copies are
left of this issue, all having been quick
ly sold. Any one having any of this
issue, and desiring them to do some
good. should leave at the Examiner Of
flee.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18

tomary subdivisions, gallons, quarts,
pints or tluid ounces, and shall eX-
press the volume of the liquid at GS
degrees fahrenheit GO degrees O.; and
statements of dry measure shall be in
terms Of the United States standard
bushel of 2,l5O.42 cubic inches and it's
customary subdivisions in bushels
pecks, quarts. or pints, or, in the Use
of articles, in barrels, in terms if the
United States standard barrel and it's
lawful subdivisions, third, half, or
three quarters barrel, as fixed by the
act of March 4, 1915.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18
WHEN WE TRADE OUR BLUE
TICKETS FOR GUNS

- ,Chauncey st. clair, Colyille)
When this greatest of nations,
With stern reservations
Could see of nosway to escape;
With one great proclamation
We told all the nation
To throw off the yoke of red tape.
We must clean out the Turk,
And there's no man must shirk,
We must wipe out the Germans and
Huns.
And the days drawing near
When wen go without fear
When we trade our blue tickets for
guns
Well shed many a tear
For the loved ones so dear
As we have for the ones gone before.
And there's no telling when
AS they're calling for men
Your number'll be laid at your door.
There will he sad good-byes.
There'H be tear-stained eyes,
AS loved mothers give parting to sons.
Oh. mothers be brave
For the boys that you gave.
When We trade our blue tickets for
guns.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18

"Ka-mi- akin, the last hero of the
Yakimas," by the late Hon. y. !.
Splawn, which is just off the press. Will
fill IA unique place in the photography
of the Pacific northwest. It is the
story of the settlement of oregon,
Washington and Idaho from the red
mans point of view and of the develop
ment of central Washington by one
who took active part in it at every step.
without any desire or intention of
writing a history, Mr. Splawn was most
anxious to record, before the data was
lost. the Indian side of their war period
and negotiations with the whites. The
only available sources of information
on Washington history were from the
documents of white officials and army
officers. These took frequently an un-
sympathetic attitude and did not al
ways present, what Mr. Splawn firmly
believed existed, real Indian side to
all the problems. 1t was merely to
give the Indian version that he wrote.
He took elaborate pains to. ascertain
whether his facts were right. lie be-
lieved they were.
The Indian argument finished, like
all pioneers, Mr.. Splawn falls into
"reminiscences and they are reminisc-
ences bearing closely on the develop
ment Of several states. Old timers and
newcomers alike will be interested II
the accounts of cattle drives through
the Yakima, Wenatchee and Okanogan
countries inhabited but by only half
dozen scattered white settlers, or less,
into the British Columbia mines, or
through the Priest Rapids country to
Idaho and Montana
Mr.. Splawn died last March, Just af-
ter the manuscript had been sent to
the printer. His widow in Yakima Is
now issuing the book.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18

Detailed statistics carried through
the life history of thousands of indi
Vidual cases show that the earning
capacity of the average man is in
creased decidedly by college educa-
tion. The increase is so great as to
make the four years of time and the
necessary money spent on II college
education the most profitable as we'll
as the safest of Investments.
The United States Bureau of l;du-
cation had an exhibit at the Panama
Pacific Exposition FROM which we take
the following figures. These figures
show what "A boy or girl Joses by not
finishing high school. The loss is even
greater where one fails to get col
lege education.
Uneducated laborers earn on the
average of $500 per year for forty
years, a total of $4,000.
High school graduates earn on the
average $1,000 per year for forty years
total of 100000
This education required ~ years of
schooling of $50 days each, a total of
2,1GO days in school. If 216O days in
school add S20,000 to the income for
life. then each day at school adds
$9.O2.
The child who stays out of school to
earn less than 50 IA day is losing money
not making money.
High school graduates earn on an
average of $1,000 per year,
College graduates earn on an aver
age Of $4,000 per year. The earning
capacity is supposed to extend over a
period of 40 years. This would make
a college education have "A value If
$4,000. This means that ii is worth
$4,000 a year for each of the four
years that you spend in college Does
it pay?
And yet In the face Of these facts
there are great numbers of young men
and women who want to quit school
at ten dollar a week job.
The gain from college education
is still greater when Z comes to the
matter of large achievement and. ris
ing to leadership. Only about one in
a hundred secures "a full college edu
cation and yet that one per cent Of the
whole people furnishes ninety per cent
of the leadership in church and stnte.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18
SUGGESTIVE CONSTITUTION AMI
BYLAWS FOR COUNTY AGRI-
CULTURAL COUNCIL.

ARTICLE Name
The name of this organization shall
he the stevens County Agricultural
Council
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-08-18

(Chauncey st. Clair, Colvllle)
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
FORGING AHEAD

Dear Comrade:
We now have One Hundred and
Thirteen in our Socialist local here,
beside SiXty-fve members in our
Scandinavian branch and as l told
you before | was going to organize a
colored local which | perfected last
week. | organized them with forty
two members to start with. There
are over 300 colored voters in the
City Of Pocatello, and it looks to me
as though the Socialist party is go
ing to win hands down this spring
as we have the colored branch with
US together with all the Crafts
Unions.
Yours for the REVOLUTION.
j. A. STANDBY,
Chairman of City Campaign Com.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

In a letter written on April nth,
and which has just been received,
Delegate Herman says:
81 am pleased to be able to def
initcly state that Socialists are in
control of this convention aud that
we will take correct and revolu-
tonary Socialist position ON War
and Mlitarism. Yesterday
morning we sent telegram of pro-
test against the suppression of free
speech and peaceable assemblages.
And last night we passed a resolu-
ton against on-partsanship."
Owing to a very inopportune in
terruption at the moment they were
being enveloped to send to the
"Worker" some of the "Notcs" were
left out last week Among these
was an account of the Skagit County
Mass Convention which was held at
Sedro-Woolley on Sunday, April LIST
Those present showed themselves in
telligont and progressive, with Il
strong determination to remain true
to the fundamental principles Of
Revolutionary Socialism. BY invita-
ton the State Secretary was there
and addressed the Convention.
From Local Camas has been re
rCi,oI tho rallovrip,,.
Dear Comrade Herman:
viii you kindly send me list of
the secretaries of this county, to-
gether with their addresses?
Local Camas last night decided to
try to effect county organization
and we want to get in touch with all
the locals in the county.
We hope when the organization is
perfected to get an organizer in the
field and to secure enough members
in the various communities to have
at least twenty live locals. With a
year and a half to work, we believe
that we can put up an interesting
fight in the next county campaign
with a good chance of electing at
least part Of our ticket.
Yours,
KELLEY LOE.
State Secretary's reply is below:
Dear Comrade Loe
l take pleasure in complying with
your request and am herewith en-.
closing list of Clark County local.
and their secretaries and addresses
You, Comrades of Camas, certainly
have the right spirit and | wish you
success in your efforts. Skagit
County Socialists met in convention
April 1st, and will take the same
action which you contemplate taking
With best wishes for all Comrades
am,
Yours for the Revolution.
EMIL HERMAN,
State Secretary
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
nv i /. ENGDAnLl

ST IOIrs. MO. H. greatest
iosls and il, r,,,,est Test. That is
Ybo, ,onfr,,t4 III. American So
eiolist y,,,. ,,., IA it. emergency
co,,o,ii,, ,ssouhl,h rs the war
clouds o,ov thicker and biact.cr and
lhr. demand for conservation follows
ouic, ON tho declaration of state
of wan. with Germany.
Every ono Of The two hundred dele
gates making up this convention
came 10 that conclusion soon after
reachino thn city. This feeling be
came more pronounced as the work
Of This sivtb national Socialist Party
convention pot nndcr way.
Party win Weather Storm
There was no doubt in the minds
Of anv of tbe Delegates that the
marty would successfully accomplish
its great task and pass thru the
toet with tbo HIGHEST posgible credit
ia itself
EARLY Indications were that a
unitod doc;siyo and determined nosi-
tion ON tbo Question of war would be
t,l,on hv tho convention.
This hoco,,o worry evident rs Nor
rio TIuIopit or Now York chosen 30
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
SOCIALIST PARTY FACING SERIOUS
TEST IN ST. LOUIS CONVENTION

the IIohon2ollcrns in Germany and
lapsburgs in Austria.
"Every man and woman at his
or her post" he concluded. We must
"fsaniZt u strong, militant front to
the predatory interests OF the country
This convention will make or unmake
the Socialist movement in The I'm
tied Statcs," and as he finished
every delegate resolved to do his best
to MAKE the Socialist movement in
America bigger and stronger the
pride and hope Of the entire Inter
national Socialist movement.
Hillquit's address came after Ma
tiona Secretary Adolph Germer had
called the national convention to or
der in the Planters Hotel here and
read the convention call Hillquit
was nominated for chairman by Vic
tor l.. Berger, of Wisconsin, and IN
animously elected.
Perfect Organization.
The convention then proceeded with
the work of organization. George F..
Rocwer, of Massachusetts, was made
secretary, and Miss Elizabeth Gold
stein, of Massachusetts, and A. Wa
genknecht, of Ohio, the two assistant
secretaries. Duncan Mcdonald, of IL
linois, was made vice-chairman.
There was little work for the creden-
tails committee, the two contests in
the Michigan and South Dakota dele
cations being settled without much
difficulty.
Some spirited debate developed
over the adoption of the rules to gov
ern the work Of the convention, es-
pccially over the proposed rule in
creasing the strength Of the proposed
committee on war and miltarism
Convention Committees
Members 70 the various commit
tees chosen by the Emergency Ma
tiona Socialist Convention were as
| follows:
CONSTITUTIONAL aley, Mime
sofa Kennedy, Illinois; Solomon, N.
Y; Mills, California; Williams, Cali
fornia; Katterfeld, Washington; Nc
Crillis, Iowa; Goebel, New Jersey;
Gaylord, Wisconsin.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., N. Y;
Prevey, Ohio; Pierce, D. c.; Clifford
Ohio; Zimmerman, Indiana; Wilson
Pa; Maurer, Washington; Gregory
Tenn; Oder, Oklahoma.
PLATFORM:-Oncal Mass; Mil
lard, Kentucky; Barnard, Ohio; Stan
wood, Oklahoma; Lore, N. Y; Thorn
as, Washington; Cameron King, Cali
fornia; Patterson, Ohio; Murray King
Montana.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, H.
linois; MCGEE, Colorado Wagon
knecht, Ohio Comfy, Idaho; Willis
Georgia; Henry, Indiana; Houchin
Oklahoma; Mahoney, N. Y; Caldwell
Rhode Island.
WAYS AND MEANS:-Myers, Pa
futile, Oklahoma; Meisner, Montana
Sugar, Michigan; House, Washington
Fenner, Massachusetts,; Baker, Ohio
Holland, Illinois; Beloof, Kansa.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

@. Being a reader of the NV. w
| would like to ask this question: Can
a child who has been put into a chill
dren's home and later legally adopted
by party does it become legal heir
to the property of its foster parents
and if so, can it still claim an heir
ship to property owned by it's real
parents? Can it claim heirship to
both?-W. G. N.
A, The adopted child can inherit
from both its foster parents and its
real parents.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
$500 COOLIES HERE ON
WAY TO ENTENTE ARMIES

SEATTLE, Wash,-The first ship
ment of Chinese coolies, numbering
$500 men standing over six feet
tall and in wonderful physical trim,
arrived today on the Canadian Pa
cific liner Empress of Russia. They
will be used as laborers by the en-
tent armies in France, to take the
place of the French working men.
They all wore uniforms.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

LIMA, Peru,-The workmen's com
pensation law of this country has
been greatly changed, and, workers
say been made much more effective
by recent amendments.
Provisions are made for the pay
ment Of compensation from the first
day of the accident. Physicians now
are required, under pain of fine or
loss of office, to attend victims of
accidents. Native laborers, one pro
vision requires, must be paid in
money and cannot be copelled to
live in industrial centers against their
will.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
FREE LEGAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE
NORTHWEST WORKER
Address all questions to Attorney
Peter HUSKY, 215 Stokes Bldg,
Everett, Wash.

Editors Note: Free legal advice on
any subject is given in this column to
Northwest Worker subscribers. Are
not fifty-two copies of this paper and
a legal adviser for year worth $1.00?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

@. VIII you please state in your
paper, if there is any chance for a
man to buy, or in any way obtain, a
piece of unsurveyed land here in the
United States.-A. L. c. ...... --.... .-....
A. There is no chance to buy or
otherwise obtain any unsuveyed land
in the u. S. A.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
HARRISBURT-Tbe PennsvIva01-iIa1

HARRISBURGI,-The Pennsylvania
Supreme Court has ruled that a jury
can award more damages than is
asked. A woman was struck by a
trolley car in Pittsburg and sued for
$4,000. The jury thought this was
not enough and gave her a verdict
for $4,000, whereupon the Judge who
presided at the trial permitted the
woman's statement to be amended SO
as OF claim from $4,000 to 100000"
for her injuries. The street car com
pany appealed on the ground that the
court should not have permitted this
amendment,
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

HARRISBURG, Pa.-Safety de-
vices and saftey first instructions
IN Philadelphia factories have reduc-
ed fatal accidents so per cent. in
January Of this year, as compared
with the same month last wear
FACTORY inspectors have ordered the
installation of 10000 guards and
10000 other safety appliances. It is
stated that the pressure of the COM
pensation law has done marvellous
things in safeguarding the workers.
IN 1911, before the compensation law
was passed, only AIS safety APP
pIlanees were installed. Last wear
there We're nearly 100000.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19
WASH. NOTES
STATE OFFICE

STATE OFFICE
Room ga Commerce Bldg.
y. q. Box i9l. Everett, Wash.
All Communications, relating to the
Socialist movement, membership, etc,
w,.. receive prompt attention.
EMIL HERMAN,
State Secretary.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

1dklIna
Comrade Stallard writes that he
has just received a wire to the eff
feet that COmrade Debs is seriously
i'll, and may never be out again He
is arranging for Kate O'Hara to fill
the Debs dates. The news of Debs'
illness will be received with con-
Germ and sorrow by all who have
ever heard him speak or have read
any Of his writings, and | am sure
all will join with me in hoping he
may soon make complete recovery.
The story Of the first days pro
ceedlngs at the Emergency Conyen-
ton as printed in the current issue
Of the American Socialist, leaves
much to be desired. Still there is =
FAR chance Of satisfactory achieve
ment to follow. Let US hope that the
so-called "key-note address" bv Hill
quit proves not to have been the
"key-note" after all. The glaring
Inconsistencies Of IIilquit's utter
ances are certainly a poor founda-
ton upon which to build success
ful Socialist Convention. At anv
rate the report shows that Washing
ton has no cause to be ashamed Of
Delegate Katterfeld as regards his
position upon the war question.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

Don let another day go BY without
ordering a Csc combination of books
from this office. Better do it now.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

Bargreen's Golden Drip Coffee. In
perial Tea CO., 1A07 Hewitt Avenue.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-19

Northwest Worker, 3 months, 25c.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-22
O-OOO0oovO0O-CrO-OOO7

No, Gentle Reader - We are
not telling much this week about
the big Archuleta Floersheim Law
Suit at Vegas. We are trying
to forget all those long, weary,
useless days that some 60 Roy
people spent loafing around that
otherwise nice little town, To
forget the economic waste Of
time and talent and the many
other disagreeable things connect
ed with the whole affair.
Next week, when we can
think and write more calmly we
shall attempt to write down the
impressions we received from
our long stay there but not.
now Not Nowl
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-22
Infant Dies

The little son of Mr.. and Mrs
George Cochrane, of Mills, aged
5 IL months, died Friday, after
illness covering all its earthly
span, at the DR.. Self, Hospital
in Roy. All that was possible
was done to fan its tiny flame in
to life but in vain. Funeral ser
vices were held at the M. Il.
Church in Mills, Sunday, con
Quoted by Rev. Hearn. Inter
ment at Mills cemetery. Many
sympathising friends were pres
ent at the obsequies.
CARD OF THANKS
We are deeply grateful for the
sympathy and kindness shown US
in our bereavement in the illness
and death Of our baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cochrane
and Family.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-22

The Chilli Dinner given by
Mrs. F. A. Roy, President of the
Local. Red Cross, assisted by other
ladies of the society, at the Com
munity Hall was a decided sue
cess. The ladies feared the ab-
sence of some sixty people from
town would prevent their having
a crowd but they sold out before
train time SO they would have
been in still worse if all had been
home. They cleared over 500. 90
on the venture and were ready to
start the Membership Drive
Monday morning.