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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1917-05-23
RuRlaHos Steauns.

Die lHabdtigteit oes ruiiifdsu 9se'
res in Oieiem 5ruRabr errest ous all.
gemems Seoauern ieinsr 8uHossee.
nOiien. Do Die beitimmss 4aii9t CD,
lDaItet, eaB peuu an ber Sttfypnt
ebenfaas eins trdftiss OffsniiDs siHss'
trstsn mare, bic beutiaen Ysrbiinbc.
ten in oieier feurigen Ginttsi5uns bss
itImmt uHtersssangeu pdren. lRan
rroitet ii3 aber bamit, pab ba bic
Orbnuns in &uBlano nieber terge,
iteIt lei. bic ruiiii9eu Sesre ii4 an Der
nd4ften eroBeu OffeniTps bstbeiIisen
DsroeH, oa bic neue Rsgierunq ii4
gegsn einsu Souonirieosn sr.lGrt
babe.
Sn Oieier anii4t 1T bic Gbli9s gers
tennuns uno Gerbsbuns Der zbatias
4eH Ipabraunebmen, bic Der Sa9s Der
Iaiirten i9On 70 piel eei4aDst bet.
in eriter Reibe Diro ben ruiIii6en
5eeren cine geoeutuns teigemsilsH,
oie nit ben Geiitunssn ui3t I'M @ins
tians itebt. Ddbrsrb ber aansen
Oaaer oes arieges, nit Qusnabms
oieies Sabres, aIio 1914, '15 uno 'le,
baben bic Ruiieu iebr trdftise Sffsus
linen sefI9rt unb Sipar gu glei6er .3cit
NIT iebr trdftigen aRsriFfsn an Der
2Be1tfrout uuo bic beutiden 0erbuns
beten baben ii9 ni9t nur bebquptet,l
iOnberH aud srObs Siss. errunsen,
pte in Rumdnien. IS perben bcms
'ldd fdlf6e 9offnuneen sripedt, ipennI
man iagt, bag RuBlanbs Bieoereins
trttt in ben arsg bic RieberIagt bes
Jeinbes iiber alien 3iDeifel Der6iirgs.
@6enio unri4ig If Die &Hgobs, tot
RuBIanos gerbIeiben in Der Gnlsnts
est geii4ert iet. Subon itebt ni@ts
Il bem grosramm. 9ieies lumtet, |
'aB bic Regieruns tetuen Separatfris. |
zen i9IieBeH tperbe, Deun bic 9ers
ylnbeten ii4 3u einem Srieber obne
sroberuHgen uRb ariesseatf4dOigung
eriieben unb man partet a6, Delde
lntiport barauf aus ben 9duptftGbtsa
er 4llTrrten erfolgen pirb. Dtnn
England unb Jrantrei6 srtldren, bab
e auf ben Ssbin9ungen beiteben, ipsls
y tie benz prdiibenten DiIfon untsrs
rsitet boben, als iie bic babe
'eritiIdeIlfng bon Oeuti9Iano unb Die
Ouige 3eritadsIung BON Sefterrei6
no Der Siirtei Oerldngten, hann pirS
tublaHo einen Separntfrieben fblis>
en- uuo omar neil ieBt in geters5ura |
ne Regierung am Rubsr 1T, Die Gus |
|rInsIp cine Groberunsspolitit mib. Z
Illtgt, oa eins folde bas NertSsi5sn
ss 3drtsmus mar unb bas ruFifhe
'olt gu 2Gits unb Spfertbisren Der I
srrfdenben &laife ssma9t bat. Ser. +
FL neil bic ifsisen Ra4tbqber, bic {
l6t Dom Groberuuesiaumel bef.Ten
nd, ertdnRt bdbeu, ba bbas ruiTif6e {
oil ni9t 10 Idnge fparten lam bis B
e Werbinbeteu i'm Stanbe fnb, ibr q
rOkrnngs prssramm bur37r. r
BEN. Wir glauben aber, bos {
'6 elm anberer Srunb porIRct. Der a
e!F3frauaOjf&e PIaa su sinem q
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1917-05-23

Sm 8 ten ladt man, 5aB
Galiforuieu uber a4sebn gerfaIs
lungs 4nenoements abitimmeu ptro.
Den Rem gorter 8urgern Dirb tsine
SeIegenbeIt geboten, 10 piel polttiI4e
4rbett gu Oerriaten. Die 8erfaiIura
bIeibt uHDerGnnert, neil oas i'm scSul
tereiie Der 5iHaR3s9l1iftotratie liea.,
Die Den Staat bebsrri4t. Sn Galis
fOrnien 1T man ni4t 10 geoulbig Mne
bat oas Reat er5pungen, fol6s &ens
oerungsu an Der gerfafun9 Dor3unele
men, ais Das 9emeiuno6l ae6ietet.
Aber oieie oieIeu 4enberHnaen pdreu
nIdt notbta lDenn man Die Di6!iaIie
REFORM Oornebmeu tpiiroe, Dag mon
bas Re6t Der 5ribunaIe, ii6er oie
BerfdIiungsmGbigteit DON 9eissen an
enti6eiben, aufAebt. SotDeit es ben
8uno angebt, 1T eine ginri6turg am
YIdBe, Our9 DeI6e bic Staten oers
hinbert peroeu, in bic toniTitutiorenen
SefugHllIe Der BunOesregieruno eins
5ugreifn unb umgetebrt 2eBtere in
bic SefugHiiie Der Stqats zReaieruns
gen, absr fir bic inneren 4naeleoene
bslten beg Stuatss ionte, pie ir o!s !
len elropdif4sn 2Gnbern, bic lcoislo.
ttps &orperi9oft iber bic RpntHutior
na3en, mas betonntIi6 in Der 1siTe
ge'nisbt. bag ale @eiese, bic ooosoen
lautsHoen 8eitimmunssn Der 9srfoT. !
tung oufbeben. Gs DGre ioo1s qnoe-
brof, otefs @inri9tuno aud auf Eie
gunbess Organization au iibsrtraoen.
Die Srage iibsr bic 9ompsteu, ber
StaoteH gegeHiiber bem gunbe unb
lmgetebrt tonHte (sbenfulls nad6 alb
inberuns Der gerfdifung) einem tee /
'onberem 9eri4tsbof iibsrtraeen rer.
ben Odmtt ndue bic R6alid1tsit ces
Jsben, bic genaltsn bes 9olfss aus
IuoebHen. Die jeBt gIsi6 g2un iinS,
OeiI Der aOnsrsb OffsHbar ui9t oas 4
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n5tbiss 9aiidsrut bsfist. nm ii4 5sssn
ben qrdiibentsn 81 bebaupien. 9iels
GeieBe unb gefdIiiHs, bic eesen ale
Uernunft unb Gerehtigtsii iinD, f5nn,
ten bsrnisoen perben, tpsaR eie eiiz
i9sibunesn bes apnsrsies unb tss
prGiiOeHtsH elmer ReOiiiOn bur4 Sas
9olt unterIGqen.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1917-05-23

Die 4bftat. 9rpan sinc
Stsuer Don sebn prOSent fir ieins
einuabmsu aus isiHsH RsosH aui3usrs
IeseH, mare iHiOferu uneers3t, ais
grpan tsine S4ulO an ariegr tragt,
iOnperu aass aufsebOtcn bat, Nh '9H
su perbuteu. BenH bic 3eit gttOms
men iein pirD, Oa bic 8eItsel9tdts
pisoer ibres 2lmtss DaIten lam, fptro
iis grpan einsu 4laB uHter ben Jlan'
nsn anpsiieu, bic ibre friebIt4s Dee
finuuug Our9 bic &9ut erpieitH ba'
ben.
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Die Orgaus, Ds!ae un'ers
srOBtapItuItftiiaen aIGiisH pertteten,
sutrpidelu 2tuii9tsn ubsr cie arissss
jteusrn anD bic ariegsdHIeibe, Dsl4s
in oRisr @eiIe lautsH: Genn man
bic Stsuern aui bic srObsn Yermogsn
su bod unieBt, oGnu ,onnen bic ges
iiBer OerisIbsn tsiue Bombs nsbmen.
9ie 4nii4t Iduft ourauf htns
aus, Oab 2isienigen, bic ni6ts babeH,
ale Steuern tr0gen uno pds 9erWos
gen, Oas iie ui4t beIiBsn, in SOROs an
legsn iOIen. Die anIeibs Don jlpsi
MiqiurOen bate ihpn IGngit ge3ei41st
isiu iOasn rDenu Die SsiiBer GROCER
9erm6esn ibrs pfIi9t getban bdtisn.
Dag iie bus Ht4t tbuu, lit cine
S6dnDe.
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Sus 9eisB ,peI4es bic RE-
giitrdtur alter mdnHlidsH psrIoneI
i'm Q&sr DON q biz 30 Sabreu Dors
iareibt, nimnt BON Der Restitriruns
bios SpIoateH aus, bic i6pn ia
0isHft itsbeH. iORit Rismano. Dayaus
1T Ra4 Dem jurtitii4en prtnSip, boB
psnn ausnabmen angefii6rt perbsE,
teins uHoereH ausnubmen sefoIssrt
perben tDnnen gu idIiebeH, haB
ii6 aud ausIGnber Sur Reais
itratur meIoeH mIHcn. IS 1T bas
aud aug Dem JrosebOgeH gu foIssrE,
ipeI6er 4ustunft oerIangt, ob Oerie>
nise. Der iif CUR Rsgiitraiar sinftelt.
eiR 4usIanber oosr elm Snldnoer III.
@DrtIia beibt es: rQqe mdnniitbn
perioneH i'm Glar DON q bis 80
SubreH, beiOe eingsi4lofsn, un!erIise
gen Der Re9iitratur in GemGbbsit nit
ben pom prGitoeTrten gu peraHIaftn,
ben 8ori6riften." Ons f6Iiebt Pie
RiemaRo aus, aubsr BEN i'm S6rieen
erDdbRten SIuiIen. Semno6 miiTsn
ale. aud bic Deutf9er, bic teins gire
ger iiHb uHo fOgor iol4e, bic bios ouf
geiu6 bierbertamsn unb pom S.isee
on Der Ridtebr nu6 ber Seimatb Dsrs
binoert purbeu, ii6 sur Regiftratrr
meloen.
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Die Wtsui DEN, bic ben N:scT
in 5syas Ipu9teH, iiub senau 10 be-
ftialii6, pie oteIer es mar.
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Die Srsntp.rfiirSuus i'm
Wsiten.

parsasIsn SDif4eu Gr.ieuiFeH i'm
arisse 1870 unb isBt. - Rsrtipiirs
bige 3eitunsstriiitsn I'M aQiirtsn
uHO Heutralen Eager.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21

army of agriculture, to plow and har-
row and plant and cultivate and har-
vest the crops this year, If the great
food shortage is to be met.
Actual compulsion of enlistment Of
farmhands for this work Is being
considered. Men will not volunteer
to work the land unless they are well
paid, and trade union standards have
in past years made the long hours
and low pay Of the average farm hand
look mighty unattractive. So Secre-
tary of Agriculture Houston has come
out with a. proposal that 100000
boys between the ages Of Is and -,
and men who for reason of being
past military age or for physical dis
ability are not to enter the armed
forces, shall be enlisted for equally
indispensable service In the produc-
tion of food, supplies and munitions" ="
While Houston does not say def
nitely that these boys and men should
be conscripted, that is what he finally
means. | =. -. ss
Probably this agricultural conscrip-
ton would be less obje jectionable to the
average trade union man than would
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21

is military conscription.
Hearings are being started by the
senate committee on agriculture on
the whole subject of food shortage
and how it shall be met. The wage
earners of the towns and cities are
not as yet taking part in the food
agitation, but the farmers, the dealers
and the shippers are very much
wrought up by the danger. So is
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, and so is J. Ogden Armour,
head Of the beef trust, and so is
doc" Wiley, national food expert.
Herbert Hoover, named by the Council
of National Defense as chairman of
its food commission, is expected to
ask congress, when he returns from
England, to mobolize a farming force
throughout the country and to culti-
vate all unused agricultural lands.
Now the farmers are complaining
that farm labor is scarce. Millions
of acres of good land are untitled be-
cause the farm labor il lacking. Men
have gone to the factories. 4. Now they
will be going to the army or navy.
The government must provide an
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mines reduced the price of copper +.

mines reduced the price of copper for
government use to II cents, or one
half the present market price, was
because these managers became aware
that federal authorities were prepar-
ing to set their own price on copper
and that the 17-cent mark was made
in the hope that prices would not be
placed below that figure.
Under the army reorganization act,
passed last year the president is given
unlimited authority to take immediate
possession of any concern whose man
agement refuses to give precedence to
United States orders for military sup
plies in time of war or when war is
imminent.
Seizure is also provided in the event
Of failure to refuse to furnish arms,
ammunition, or parts of ammunition,
or other supplies or equipment, "at a
reasonable price as determined by the
secretary Of war;"
Under this law "confiscation," ''run-
ming our own business and other
shibboleths of business men are dis
carded as terms of other ages. Viola
ton of this statute is declared felony
and the responsible heads Of the Of
Tending individual. firm, company, as
sociation or corporation shall, upon
conviction, be imprisoned not more
than three years and fined not exceed
ing $4,000.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21
CAPITALIST PRESS
M|SQu0TES C0MPERS

WASHINGTON, April 19.-At the
opening meeting of the new commit
tee on the conservation of health and
welfare of workers-formed as a SUBJ
committee Of the advisory commits
sion to the council of national de-
fense-Samuel Gompers unreservedly
repudiated the announcement widely
carried in the capitalist press that he
had endorsed the Chamberlain bill
for compulsory training and service.
The president Of the American
Federation of Labor seemed consid-
erably incensed at the INSCRIPTIONS
attempt which had been made to
commit him to the Endorsement of
conscription.
II have issued no such statement" ,"
he insisted. my position on this
question is fully covered by the labor
declaration Of March IL and I have
nothing to add or to take away from
it,
That declaration, as is we'll known,
pledged the labor movement of
America "in peace or in war, in
stress or in storm, to stand unre-
servedly by the standards of liberty
and the safety and preservation of
the institutions and ideals Of our re-
public"
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principle. 1t now maintains that
what has been the directing basic
principle in industrial organization
and service must be the initial basic
principle in the military. The declar-
alton (of March 12) unanimously
adopted by the representatives of the
entire organized labor movement of
the United States is based upon this
adherence to this voluntary principle.
In War as in Peace.
1T has been the hope of the men
and women of labor that if this re-
public should inevitably be drawn in
to active participation in the present
world conflict, that free institutions
and ideals are effective and sufficient
in war as we'll as in peace. =
We declare that at no time have vul-
untary institutions been given a really
effective and conclusive test. Until
such test shall have been given
lhere is no good reason for abandon
ing the principle which was born of
the spirit Of 1776 and which has en-
abled us to establish the ideals and
the traditions that have given this
republic meaning as g. country-free.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21

DEFENSE ATTACKING
LIES AND FALSEHOODS
Many Witnesses Testify in Trial
Of Thomas H. Tracy at
Seattle.

SEATTLE, WASH, April 19.-Dur-
ing last week the defense, in the case
of Thomas H. Tracy, one Of the 73
men charged with murder of a depu-
ty on Nov. In Everett, has been
bringing it's big guns to bear upon the
edifice of lies and falsity which the
prosecution had erected. The cover
ing has been torn away from Everett
and the city has been exposed in all
its native reek.
Louis Skaroff, a young Russian boy,
gave his testimony which the defense
announced was intended to impeach
the evidence Of Mayor Merrill. Skar-
off was in Everett on Bloody Sum-
day, Nov. 5. He had the courage to
get up on the street corner, after
the massacre at the dock, and begin
to speak. OF course, he was immedi-
ately arrested. Following is his ac-
count, under examination, of the
treatment he received in Jail:
ION Monday evening following my
tank, asleep, when the jailer called
for me. Somebody woke me and told
me to put on my clothes as the mayor
"dAlSu ~ Spedh 10 me.
Il was taken into a room in the
JAIL" continued Skaroff, "where there
was an iron bed. It appeared to be
an officers restroom. There were
three men in there: the night officer,
a man who posed as an immigration
officer and Mayor Merrill. They sat
me in chair and started asking ques-
tions. Then they talked some more;
and then the night officer began to
beat me up. When he got tired, the
mayor started in on me. He beat me
terribly and then threw me on the
floor and walked on me. They then
put my fingers under the leg of the
bed and the mayor and another
jumped on the bed. Then they took
me back to the cell and on the way
knocked me down four times"
No Arms ON the Verona.
Nicholas Conaieff, a Russian who
was on board the Verona, has given
his testimony. He was submitted to
tremendous grilling by the prosecu-
ton but his story was absolutely un-
shaken. Conaieff was himself
wounded twice in the slaughter. He
stated that he saw a boy on the boat
become terror-stricken and leap into
the water. The boy was never
seen again. He also claimed
that, according to sound, the first
shot came from the same direction
as the voice which told them not to
land. It was Sheriff McRae who told
them not to land! Conafeff was be-
hind a bunch on the forward deck
and therefore could not see. He
maintained that he had seen no arms
or ammunition whatever on the boat.
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efficient and capable of meeting any
condition or emergency"
This plea against conscription is
typical of most of the efforts of the
labor movement thus far in this war.
Labor is fighting for free expression,
for the safeguarding of democracy in
the United States against the lawless-
ness of martial rule.
Probably the most Important move
in this direction made by Gompers,
as the result of conferences with vari-
Gus other leaders, has been the send
ing OF messages to the British and
French premiers, asking that two
prominent trade union leaders from
each country be sent as part of the
commission from those countries to
the United States to plan Americas
share in the war.
Lloyd George cabled back to Comp
ers: Delighted to comply with your
request. Two labor leaders sand rep
resentatives of welfare department of
Ministry and Munitions will leave for
America as soon as possible."
Etfs. New Coarltion. !
s, This opens new chance for the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21
FEDERAL STATUTE
-
CHECKS PROF|TEERS
President Has Unlimited Author.
ity to Take Possession of
Any Concern.

NEW YORK, April 1s.-In Wall
street it is agreed that the day for
unbridled war profits is gone and that
the Washington administration has
concluded that if some people must
contribute their lives, othes people
must at least be checked in an exploi-
tation heretofore associated with war.
While many business concerns are
placing their plants at the disposal of
the government, it is not generally
known that recent legislation empow-
ers the president Of the United States
to seize these plants any time he be-
lieves excessive charges are insisted
upon or whenever the management of
any plant does not give the govern
ment preference in the filling of
orders during war or when war is i'm
minent.
It is whispered in financial circles
that the reason managers of copper
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21
BY Special Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, April 19.--Militarv
conscriptiOn, which has met with pro-
test from every section of the country
from the day it was suggested by
president Wilson in his war message
to congress, is in conflict with the
whole spirit of the organized labor
movement. This was the message
that President Gompers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor gave to the
house committee on military affairs
recently. If conscription is defeated
or considerably delayed, pending a
through try-out of voluntary enlist
ments in a force organized for the
periods of the war only, the labor
movement can claim credit for this
result. Chances for and against COM
! pulsory war-service were pretty nearly
even when the labor interest was
heard from.
The organized labor movement has
always been fundamentally opposed
- TO compulsion." Gompers said. 1T
has maintained that institutions and
relations of free people can and
should be based upon the voluntary
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21
BUILDING LOCKOUT
IN CLEVELAND ENDS

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 19.-The
Building Trades Council has ratified
an agreement that ends a months
lockout in this city.
The lockout was inaugurated about
a month ago when annual agreements
expired. The unionists refused to ac-
cept this portion of an agreement the
builders urged:
There shall be no restriction in the
delievry or use Of any material, except
when prison made"
After 1900 workers were forced
on the streets, the Objectionable Sec
ton was amended as follows:
This section shall not be construed
affecting present agreements in any
trade"
John A. Moffett, mediator, repre-
senting the federal department Of la
Dor, assisted in the settlement negotia-
tiOnS
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military conscription, as it would tend
to bring down the price of food. But
there IL q strong feeling in labor head
quarters and among labor members
OF congress that there are property
rights that should oe suspended, in
this campaign against famine, before
the civil rights Of the people are set
aside. =: :
Publicity Chairman.
Grant Hamilton has been named as
chairman of the publicity subcommlt-
tee of the labor welfare committee
headed by Samuel Gompers in the
advisory organization of tho Council
Of National Defense. This publicity
subcommittee will try to protect free
dom Of speech and Of press and Of
assemblage for the wage-earners dur
ing the war, as one Of the essential
elements of the welfare Of labor. It
lis going to turn its attention to the
hysterical spy-hunters and the howl
ers against any criticism Of official
acts. This is q big job. even though
theswhule Of tho labor movement il
back. Of its demands that the idea OF
gagS1Ag the workers 30 dropped.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21

American labor movement. Even
though the two British labor leaders
be of the most conservative type, they
will come with a desire to help the
American Federation of Labor and
the railroad brotherhoods to defend
industrial democracy. They will be
able to give expert advice on the de-
gree to which restrictive legislation
in England has. injured trade union
ism during tho war. They will also
form the first unit in what must soon
become All-Entente council of labor
officially connected with directing the
policies of the Entente allies, and
officially capable of intervening their
influence for peace when the labor
movements of the several nations are
ready for peace. It makes absolutely
sure the assembling of an inter-
national advisory congress Of labor at
the time Of the assembling of the
peace congress of the nations when
the war is done.
Must Provide Help. ,..s. +.
Agricultural conscription is q good
deal more likely to be popular in this
country during the present year than
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-21
IMPORTANT LABOR
MEASURE PASSED so FAR
Compensation for Industrial Accident. Increased From 50
to 60 Per Cent Waiting Period Reduced
From Two to One Week.

ST. PAUL. Mnn April 19-The important bill affectne
labor which has been acted favoraby by the
just closed the increasing compensation
accidents from so cent passed the
senate Monday afternoon Second only this
ducng the waiting period" from two weeks to week.
Labor representatives the house the
lobe worked increasingly raise the compensation so per
cent OF the wages 66 and obtain amendments we'll
But from the time state insurance defeated
and the eed all their batteries against the
labor amendments to the compensation law.
sent out by the Minnesota association
and seldom day passed that the members approached
either or by letter the of those opposed
to increasing the compensation to injured workmen
When the bill reducing the waiting period from weeks to
one week passed the house. the employers
started to play the senate for all they were WORTH