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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
Bank OF Morgan County SeCur-
ed For More Than $1,000.
MINGHlNI AND TRUMP
WIN IN DAMAGE SUIT
Jury Returned Verdict In Their
Favor Late Monday After
noon--Other Business of the
Circuit Court Today.

In tho eirepit Conrt this morning
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Kid,geil Indictment NolIcd
The indictment ,qaiuqt stanley Kid.
VII Wbe wa charged with boot.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
tey international News servIce.)

10y tNkcIHdhiOHdi ''SN'S 49, ''~-'f
Christiansburg Va, May S.-Fhat
Prof. Charles E. Vawter vino is en-
trial here for the killing Of Stockton
Heeth. jr.. the man with whom his
wife, Rachael Nawtor, swore on the
stand that she was ON intimate terms.
will know his fate by nightfall, was
the belief here today All the cyl
denoe is in. and attorneys for both
sides are summing up. The Judge
will likely read his instructions to the
jury before the END Of todays SEES
sion.
Attorney Roop began the summing
up argument for the prosecution. He
started out with an attack on the plea
OF self.defense, and then opened fire
on Rachael Vawter, the defense's star
witness. The "Vawter letter" came
next Roop ikened the frantic et-
forts of the defense's attorneys when
they scuttled around after doctors
who would say Vawter was crazy
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
FlEND KILLS GIRL
AFTER ATTACKING HER
(By International News servtce.l

10y international News Servtcel
Memphis Tenn. May S-TH Per
sons. a negso, who attacked pretty
l5-year-old AmoineHo Rappal dragged
Ler into a marsh and then chopped
her head of with an axe, is in the
county jail here under heavy guard.
The negro confessed aging he Kin.
81 tie girl because he had known her
fnr years aud feared She would tell
on him after She recovered conscious
aess The girl was en- her way to
Join the Pei Cross when attacked.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
Says That German Empire Is
Beginning to Crack.
ATTEMPT TO KILL KAISER
is REPORTED FROM PARIS
Three Revolver Shots Fired At
Him AS He Was Riding
Through Streets Of Berlin,
But Emperor Escapes.
fBy International News Service

Bcrne. swift. May That eri.
sis is near IN Germany is the KEY.
role in an article in the Gazette. of
Iucerne, says dispatch from thai
city today. The Gazette is accedit.
ed with having exeellea sources OF
Information. and tba article was
read with wide interest in diplomatic
CIRCLES here. Il is headed The Awak.
ening of Germany" ana saws in
nor.
"V-be soeveg is able 10 hear =,hrous
tho walls or see fbrougb Tho curtains
can discern ibat there Is mo- dopb9
i.af h. German empire is bezinnine
Ia crack Biz assures. perh4ns SIN
Invisible 10 tbe naked eve. are he.
nnina 10 form
The writer dvells upon fBo nfi-
,nao allowed he German eress in
discussing political reforms and peace
The conclusion ho draws Is fhat the
government has come to realize lie
p5vor Of the 6rezs. eseer4flV the
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
COMMENCE DECORATE
CITY NEXT MONDAY

The contract 10 decorate for the
approaching annual eonelaye Of Hcst
Virginia knights Fempiar has been
awarded TO EoY1c. OF Chambersburg,
ami work VII be started neXt Mon.
day While the Local knights VIII
have considerable decorating done. ii
is thought private citizens and bus.
ness houses viii cooperate ami make
tie old burg alive with colors on the
occasion OF the Templars visit.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
GERMANS SINK 1000, 900 TONS
OF SHIPPING IN ONE MONTH
SAID FER HUSBAND
TRIED TO KILL HER

Clad only in her night clothes and
in her bare feet, Mrs Constantine s
Diamond wife of a we'll known Cum
bertrand oonfectioner, rushed from her
home in that city AT an early hour
this morning crying for help. She
declared that her husband had at
tempted to cut her throat with IA
zor Her throat and arms were badly
bruised the result, she said of the
encounter with her husband
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
FIFTY PERSONS KILLED
IN JAPANESE EXPLOSION
(ey international News servieo.)

san Francisco, May 8.--Fifty per
sons wore killed and many injured In
an explosion il munitions sheds in
Osaka. japan. on Sunday. according to
private cabIegram received here to-
day Tho shock wrecked 1000 resi-.
denecs more than 80 warehouses and
several factories aud public buildings.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
Calls Vazvter A Comblocemf
Seller Of HIS WJes VjrtNe

when he wrote the letter, 10 the mid
night tide of Paul Revere lie then
attacked Nawter calling him a com
pIacent seller Of his wife's virtue.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
CITY HOSPITAL NOTES.

William Hess was admitted Mrs.
Sallie Mongan gave birth to a dau-
ghter and Mrs. Carrie Grand5taif to
son. Mrs. Jane Frazier was operat-
ed on. Drs. 7. x Oates ami II. G.
Tonkin are in Hancock on surgical
business.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08

Miss Aileen Fanrney has returned
from Frederick Ma, whore she Wis
tied Miss Naomi Vaegele. a student
at Heed College.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08

Just received carload Fancy White
Seed Cat
4 20 1p If L. t. MARTIN G SON.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
U-boatS Take Enormous Toll of
Allied Craft.
ENTENTE is CHEERFUL
OVER FUTURE PROSPECT
Believe That Effectiveness Of
Submarines Will Now De
cline - Naval Construction
Board Working On Problem.
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
Rac Garnet 55c yard.
5 3 1D # z. K. HALL,
NOTICE

Tho water rents for 1917 are due
and in my hands for collection. Same
can be paid at the City Collectors
office.
c. r. DAWSON,
ID If. City Collector,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-08
WEATHER

Showers tonight; probably fair and
warmer Wednesday.
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CONTINUED On Page Eight
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
CARS SMASHED
IN. .:S'P|R||lNGE:; ! E:lE:LD |
Illinois Troops Called Out to
Suppress Rioting Twenty
Arrests Made,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 6.-Four
street cars were demolished here Mon
day night when mob Of strike SYM
pathizers returning from the Labor
day celebration lin Bloomington at
tackled the cars in the main business
section, took the motormen and con-
ductors off and turned the cars loose.
Two turned loose from opposite direc-
tions crashed and blockaded one street,
and third sent into the heap hurled
one car partly on the sidewalk.
Troops from the Ninth regiment at
tempted to hold a mob of over a thou
sand persons in check before the court
house. Police made no effort to stop
them. More soldiers rushed to the
scene aided in driving the mob back a
block from the company buildings
Rain, which began falling, aided in
dispensing the crowd.
A fourth car was turned loose and
wrecked on a curve two blocks away
and two others allowed to come to-
gether in the north part of the city.
Twent! arrests have been made so far
by the sheriff's forces and by the SOL
diers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

related to each other through q thou
sand channels of intercommunication
that no democracy can be safe unless
all are safe.
So, forced by provocation such as
would long before have driven any
other great power on earth to arms,
America went to war with Germany.
Every intelligent American knows
these facts and appreciates the sit
nation. Every other person in Amer
lea would know it If there were not
some in America who are either neg
ligent, blind; perverse or corrupt. It
will be fair to put in some one of those
classifications' all Of those who are
by their actions, doing today the
things that it best serves Germany to
have them do. They may be honest
in their convictions. but they have
been either unfair or dishonest in
getting the information upon which
their convictions are based. And If
they have been dishonest, then their
convictions are nothing more than the
brand on the convict's back.
Would Divert Nation.
From these same people comes the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

be safe while German autocracy
exists. -, = II: ~
America must make the world safe
for democracy in order to enjoy dem-
ocracy for itself. It must. -
Freemen's War. =
That is why America cannot make
an inconclusive speace-and that also
is why this is not a "capitalist's''
war. That is why this is a freemen's
war-and that is why freemen who
prize their freedom are heart and
soul for the war; heart and soul for
the war to 3 finish that means the
achievement Of Americas aims in the
war-safety from the brutal aggres.
sions Of domineeflng, conscienceless
autocracy where men and women are
the pawns Of dynastic power, the
playthings of the war god.
No American worthy Of America
and freedoms heritage can do other
than serve America with q whole
heart and loyal soul in this glorious
contest against the ''last argument Of
kings'a,the last bloody scourge Of des-
potism. sis 81.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
PARAMOUNT PARK SCENE
OF PATRIOTIC GATHERING
Mayor Power and Postmaster McEwen Urge Loy-
atty to Government in Present Crisis
Sports, Band Concert and Dancing

One of the successful
the Head of the Lakes staged Paramount park last Monday
estimated that $4,000 people attended the festivities during the day.
to pay respect to the hosts Of labor.
With weather conditions favorable for outings there
family gatherings scattered throughout the beautiful
park and shortly after the well
VINO eagerly the contestants compete the
of sports and contests which began o'clock.
Flags and decorations grounds
spirit OF patriotism and loyalty to the abo ho
reflected by the military rendered by Hemers orchestra
which provided music during the
The loyalty and the wholheaed support labor
the of the and the
labor potential factor bringing the conflict
cessul the keynote the addresses
Victor L. Power of Hibbng and Postmaster William
held the closest attention of the large crowd for than
W. Ducher secretary of the Federated Trades Assembly,
sded and spoke briefly the necessity of labor presenting
and firm stand in the present crucial mes and urgently appealed
all worngmen organize accomplish their and aspirations
secure greater portion of industrial and social
After audatory introduction Mayor Power
and began by denying the statement that he
that he had been awarded
union OF He emphasized the which labor take
in the present world crisis, and in part:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

President Wilson put it that way
when America entered the war. No.
body has put it more concisely.
There might be much more said,
but it is all in that brief sentence
for all except the wilfully blind and
the mentally incompetent or crooked.
Nobody will contend that America
hopes for any material gain as the
result Of this war. America will not
exact for itself any indemnity. Amer
lea is not in the war for any selfish
purpose. That is plain to all. That
being the case, what is the answer
when a democracy goes to war
against an arrogant, brutal, criminal
blood-thirsty and predatory .autoc-
racy? What is the answer?
For Safety of Democracy.
If a democracy goes to war against
that kind Of an autocracy and does it
with no selfish end or material gain
in view, there remains but one thing
for which the democracy could have
gone to war. That is self defense
against autocracy. for the safety Of
democracy. ....~
And today nations are 30 closely
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

be a world disaster. It is not hard to
find out why this war is not "capi-
talists' war. In fact it is not hard
to find out everything about this war.
Glass of Agitators.
But there is still another class of
persons who profess to find it diff
cult or impossible to find answers to
these questions. In this class are the
professional agitators who go from
"cause" to "cause" seeking a payroll
upon which to fatten, a crib at which
to feed. In such a class there is GER
tain to be goodly number who are
vicious by nature and treacherous by
instinct.
All Of these types have flocked to-
gether, even as buzzards flock over a
battlefield. Men and women who will
be fighting each other tomorrow are a
unit today in propagating treason to
America and in aiding Germany in the
kaiser's attempt to perpetuate autoc-
racy.
The shortest, simplest statement of
why America is at war is this:
America is at war to make the
world safe for democracy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

incessant cry for immediate peace
peace on any terms or peace without
any ms--anything to call America
off from the noblest task upon which
a free nation ever embarked. America
has gone to war to protect democracy
from the plunderings of autocracy.
If autocracy remains the plum.
dering instinct of autocracy will re-
main. The character Of the Ger
man militarist autocracy' will not
change. A merica cannot have
achieved that for which she went to
war until German >autocracy ceases to
exist. The house of Hohenzollern
must come; down and stay down.
There can be no temporizing with
that situation.
If America were to withdraw from
the war today and il the German
autocracy were to, emerge from the
war intact, no honest and informed
person can fail to understand that
German armies, would be on American
shores at the first opportunity-and
that means just as soon as Germany
could get ready. America can never
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
WO DEVE& &s2MENTS STIR
CAPITAL ON LABOR DAY
ispute Between Peoples Council and American
Alliance and Arrogance of Western Mine
II Owners Occupy the Limelight.

WASHINGTON Sept 6:This Labor day found the national
chiefly by developments the divergence of
what the organized workers the United States should take
labor conferences abroad with regard of settlement of the
problems the fact of the and the
the of the West crush all organized labor
the mining regions.
writing Of labor from Washington just could
ne the dispute the Peoples Council and the Alliance
Labor and Democracy The national convention of the Peoples
uncl held Minneapolis, and which
ded large number of delegates from all of the trades the
hni and trades identified rada in their majority
mbershp Minnesota by
or Van Lear of Minneapolis district organizer of the International
ocaon of Macnt has been shorn of police by the
vernon who time took active suppressng strikes
,the Mesaba iron range
President of the A. of L. has become
thc Alliance for Labor and Democracy organized
inner Socialists New York trade oppose
of the PEOPLES
Governor Burnquists arbitrary of the Peoples Cu
convention in Minneapolis when the has offered c
of the of the rival Others
ianc equally disappointed that the Peoples Council has
crmnaed against when they wanted argue OUT basis
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
MRlCA CHALLENGES AUT0CRACY THERE CAN BE BUT ONE RESE

almost submerged by their emotions
Facts are viewed by them in the light
Of their sympathies. A man they like
always is good man; man they dis
like always is a bad man. It is not
hard to see why such persons say they
do not know why America is at war
and why they clamor for peace at any
price. They think Germany always is
right because they like Germany. They
may like Germany because they are
being paid by Germany to do so, or
they may like Germany because they
were born there.
Also there are those who are so Bit
terly opposed to the employing class
that they fail to see where an issue
ceases to become the sole concern Of
the employing class and becomes the
concern of all.
These persons cannot see any good
In this war because they cannot see
any good in anything done by those
who do not think as they think.
The questions are not hard to an
swer. It is not hard to find out why
America Is at war. It is not hard to
find out why peace at any price would
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
BRITISH TRADE
UNIONS MEET
Delegates Representing 3,000,-
600 Workers Holding Meet
ing at B|ackpoo|.

LONDON, Sept. 6.-The forty ninth
annual trade union congress opened at
Blackpool Monday with record at
tendance of nearly 700 delegates, rep
resenting more than 100000 workers.
John Hill, secretary of the boiler-mak-
ers' union, presided. Many prominent
labor leaders are in attendance, includ-
ing Arthur Henderson, former member
Of the war cabinet, who, however. is
present merely as "a fraternal dele
gate'' from the Parliamentary Labor
party. Two other fraternal delegates
are Americans, James Lord and John
Golden.
AS far as the general public is con-
cerned, chief interest in the congress
centers in the question of the Stock
holm conference.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
LABOR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
WILL OPPOSE .CoNSCR!PT|oN

VANCOUVER, B. c.. Sept. g.
Power to call a general strike as a
protest against conscription, was
vested in the executive committee of
the British Columbia Federation Of
Labor at a convention here Monday.
Fifty-five Of the delegates, repre-
senting nearly every class of organ
lied labor in the province, voted in
favor of the move; eight opposed.
AS a further protest the convention
decided to put candidates in the field
Of the federal elections, who, If elected
would work for the repeal of the law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
MEMBER OF Defense
COUNCIL REFUSES TO
GRANT s.H0UR DAY

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. g.
"Seems 1T would be a difficult
trick" says the Tacoma Daily
News, "for Everett G. Grigss,
president of the st. Paul and Ia
coma Lumber company, to consist
emily remain On the state council
of defense and at the same time
completely ignore the call Of his
country and the war department
to start his mill ON an efGht-hOur
day and produce some OF that lum-
ber which Uncle Sam so need. to
carry ON his part Of the big scrap
Tor democracy. The war depart.
ment appealed to the patriotism
of the lumber barons but they ap-
parently prefer to hold out for the
old-fashfoned. out-Of-date 1O-hour
day. allowing the plants to rust
and decay, caring never a rap how
desperately i'm need Of their pro-
duets the country may be. 1t is
truly n de1icnte position to occupy
member of the council of defense
and member Of a class that re-
fuses to help defend the country
In it's War!"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
MAINTENANCE
OF STANDARDS
|SDEM|ANDED D
At Convention Of New York State
Federation Of Labor; Urge
Democracy at Home.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Sept. g.
Tumultuous applause greeted the
declaration of several speakers at the
annual convention of the New York
State Federation of Labor that pro-
tective standards for labor must be
maintained during war times as a
prime essential of national effective
ness, and that democracy must be
safeguarded in the United States.
IF we are to gain ,our real measure
Of efficiency" said Governor Whit
man, 1--WE must not permit our people
who are engaged in industrial pur-
suits to become &pprehensive that the
standards erected for their protection
will be set aside.'
Samuel Gompers asserted that he
had been a lifelong pacifist but is sup
porting the government in this war
because ''the gauntlet had been
thrown down to democracy" and un-
less the challenge was accepted, auto
cracy would run rough-shod over the
peoples of the whole world. During
the war;" he said, II propose to see to
it as best I can that the standards of
the American workers do not deterior-
ate."
1--WE are in this war, and as red
blooded Americans we are in it to
win," said John B. Andrews, secre-
tary of the American Association for
Labor Legislation, speaking upon invi-
tation of the federation, "but it would
be costly mistake to break down any
of the hard-won projections for labor
While fighting to make the world safe
for democracy we must not sacrifice
democracy here at home"
John Mitchell, chairman of the New
York State Industrial commission, an
nounced the determination of the
commission to uphold protective labor
laws in war as well as in peace. Ma
tional strength depends upon the fit
ness of our industrial army" he said,
"quite as much as upon the fighting
forces"
Recent victories were reported in
many states in saving labor laws
against attempts to suspend them, and
1t was announced that this campaign,
temporarily successful, would be con-
tinued vigorously.