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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
WHY THE CHURCH EXISTS
(By the Rev. Charles Stelzle)


John Fiske, who was neither a
churchman nor a theologian but
one of the foremost scientific in
vestigators, of religion: "None can
deny that it is the largest and most
ubiquitous fact connected with the
existence of mankind upon the
earth"
Man is incurably religious and his
religion expresses itself in many
ways. This, in measure, accounts
for the variety of religious denom-
nations. But religion is life. 1t
is not manufactured by priests and
ministers; it is born in the hearts of
men. Life produces organisms. There
is no life anywhere without organiza-
ton. The inorganic is the lifeless.
Some men say: 81 believe in re-
ligion but 1 don't believe in the
church." You cannot have real re-
ligion without organization; not nee
essarily the form of organization
which we find in the church today,
but some kind of organization
must result from religion. True re-
ligion is a social force No man can
be religious alone There must be
relationship to God and to man. The
church is mans expression of his
religious life and instincts. 1t is
the organization which he has form
ed to permit him to serve best; for
true religion means service.
1t should never be forgotten, in
a discussion with regard to the
church, that mans greatest need is
spiritual and that the church is the
organization which has been created
to Salty this need. This, of itself,
justifies the existence of the church.
But the success of the church is
not indicated by it's great wealth,
its enormous membership, it's splen-
did form of worship; for, after all,
religion cannot be an end in itself.
The church, in order to make good,
must direct religion so that it will
be of social value. 1t is the bust
ness of the church to save not itself
but the world.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
LIEBKNECHT, THE
PROPHET

We Germans in Prussia have three
cardinal rights the right to be SOL
diers, to pay taxes, to keep our
tongues between our teeth
Poverty and misery, need and
starvation, are ruling in Germany.
Belgium, Poland and Serbia, whose
blood the vampires of imperialism is
sucking, resemble vast cemeteries.
The entire world, the much praised
European civilization, is falling into
ruin through the anarchy which has
been let loose by the world war.
"Those who profit from the war
DESIRE WAR WITH AMERICA.
Tomorrow, perhaps, they may order
us to aim weapons against new
groups of our brothers, against our
fellow workers in America. Con-
slider we'll the fact; as long as the
German people do not rise and en-
force their own will, the assassina-
ton of the people will continue. Let
thousands of voices shout: Down
with the shameless determination of
nations! Down with those who are
responsible for these crimes!'"
Karl Liebknecht at May Day
Peace demonstration in Berlin, May
l, 1916. From his book entitled
"Militarism," suppressed by the
kaiser
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
COPPER BARONS
BREAK THEIR WORD

The above is the caption over a
telegraphic message to Washington.
Any one must be very credulous to
believe that outfit would keep it's
word None of that breed of ami
mails ever keeps it's word unless it
is forced to do so. Following is
the telegram:
The Arizona Labor Journal says
the copper companies in the Globe
Miami district, with one exception,
have failed to live up to any part
of the agreement put into effect by
President Wilson's mediation COM
mission.
"There are hundreds of men idle
in the district. The Inspiration COM
pany, at the last checking, had in
it's employ 442 men, against about
1900 during normal times" says
this paper.
The so-called Loyalty" league is
again working with the copper bar
ons and it is impossible for miner
to secure employment unless he is a
member of that coppercontrolled or
ganization.
Applicants for work are first ask
ed: care you a member of the
Loyalty Leauge'" If not, the work
er is told to sign an application
blank. A known unionist is trans
ferred to Miami, if he lives in Globe.
and vice versa, in the hope that
transportation expenses will discour-
age him and cause him to quit his
employment.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

w. M. Terry and Kcenia Terry, his
wife, Plaintiffs,
VS..
Susan M. Brown and John Doe
Brown, her husband; Katherine
Murphy and the unknown heirs of
Katherine Murphy and Patrick
Murphy, her husband, adm the I'M
known heirs of Susan M. Brown
and John Doe Brown, her husband,
and all other parties or persons
known or unknown, and all other
heirs of any party named or re-
ferred to herein who claim any
right, title or interest, legal or
equitable in the real estate de-
scribed in the complaint. defend
ants.
The State of Washington to the
said Susan NJ. Brown and John Doe
Brown. her husband; Katherine Muir
ply and the unknown heirs Of Kath-
crime Murphy and Patrick Murphy
her husband, and the unknown heirs
of Susan M. Brown and John Doe
Brown, here husband, and all other
parties or persons known or I'M
known, and all other heirs of any
party named or referred to herein
who claim any right, title or inter
est, legal or equitable in the real
estate described IN the complaint:
You are hereby summoned to APP
pear within sixty days after the
date of the first publication of this
summons, to-wit, within sixty days
after the 7th day Of December, 1917,
and defend the above entitled action
in the above entitled court, and an
swer the complaint of the plaintiffs,
and serve a copy of your answer
upon the undersigned attorney for
plaintiffs, at his office below stated;
and in case of your failure so to
do, judgment will be rendered
against you according to the de-
mand of the complaint, which has
been filed with the clerk of said
court.
This action has been COMMENCED
by the plaintiffs against all defend
ants named or referred to in the
caption hereof for the purpose of
quoting the title and confirming
the possession of the plaintiffs in
and to the following described real
estate in Snohomish County, Wash
ington: Lots IS, 10, and 20 Of block
$50 Swalwells Second Addition to
Everett, according to plat filed in
the office of the County Auditor Of
Snohomish County, Washington. You
are referred to complaint on file.
Dated Deceber 8, 1917
VIM. SHELLER,
Plaintiffs attorney
P. o. Address, $50 Stokes Bldg,
Everett, Snohomish County, Wash
ington.
First publication Dec. Z, 1917
Last publication, January Is, 1918.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
LABOR TURNOVER" AMAZINGLY
WASTnflJL AND PERNJICI0lJS

and square holes for square ones.
Unemployment units men for
work. Uncertainty and insecurity
have the same tendency. The Ameri-
can employer, if he hopes to compete
successfully with the European en-
ployers after this war, cannot afford
to have any considerable body of
American workers subjected to these
discouragements."
But" | asked, with unemploy-
ment organized out of existence,
would not the employed workers have
their employers at their mercy?
Wouldn't they strike for more than
the industry could stand, knowing
that there were no unemployed to
take their places ?"
"The generals are always at the
mercy of the common soldiers" he
answered, "but there is no conflict
between them, because they have
common interest. 1t is only when
the common interest is obscured that
there is mutiny; and between CAPT
tai and labor, in America, this COM
mon interest has been obscured.
With low wages and long hours,
with unsafe and unsanitary shops,
with the likelihood of losing his job
at any moment, with no personal
contact with his employer and no
personal interest in his employers
profits, you cannot blame worker
for feeling antagonism. But let all
this be changed, as it is rapidly
being changed by the most far
sighted employers, and the workers
will know at once where their in
terest lie. If workers acquire stock
in the company for which they
work, if there is an actual profit
sharing partnership between them
and their employers, if they are
treated as partners and not as mere
equipment or raw material, they
can be depended upon to play
partners part. They will fight as
ever for their own interests; but
their interests will be the comany's
interests, just as their welfare will
be the company's welfare.
"This is the human factor in in
dustry, the most important factor
of all, but the factor which Ameri-
can industry has most neglected.
| Up to the outbreak of the war in
Europe we were excelling all coun-
tries in everything but that; but
their regard for human life and hu-
man psychology in industry often
gave them the advantage In Amer
lea human life was considered about
the cheapest commodity there was.
If man lost his life trying to
make your dangerous machinery
grind out dividends for you, and you
could prove that he forgot something
you told him to remember, it didn't
cost you a cent. That is, YOU
thought it didn't. Actually, it was
part of an enormous waste of
human life which cost us billions in
world trade"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
THERE ARE NO
SHORT CUTS

SYDNEY, New South Wales, Aus
tralia, Dec 28.--Because of the fair
ness of Justice Higgins, president OF
the commonwealth arbitration court,
and the antagonism of the New
South Wales government to organ
lied labor, some workers urge that
the state industrial laws be ignored
and that unions register under the
commonwealth act.
The Australian Worker does not
approve of this "short cut" plan.
The editor says:
Unfortunately the suggestion col
lides with the probability that any
such move would result in Justice
Higgins being jockeyed out of his
Job or in the arbitration laws being
so altered that he would be shorn of
his present powers"
TRY "RLUF RIBBON" Cigar. Sc,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
HENRY FORD MUST
DECLARE DIVIDEND

A Detroit telegram says the Ford
Motor Company has been ordered
to declare dividend of $19,275,3s5
as a result of a suit started by
stockholders.
1t has been suggested that Ford
now declare for a $1O-a-day wage,
and use up his future surplus, as
the court orders that hereafter the
Ford Motor Company shall not ac-
cumulate profits Sin excess of such
as may be reasonably required in
the conduct of the business"
If all the Courts would hand down
like decisions maybe buyers Of man
ufactured articles could get them at
something like q reasonable price.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

We have a repair shop in connec-
ton with store and have an expert
repair man in charge of same. We
make a speciality of repairing motor
cycles, bicycles, typewriters, cash
registers, guns and revoNers. We
also do lock, safe and key work. Tel
ephone and we will call for your
work and return same when repaired
at Arthur A. Baily's Sporting Goods
and Hardware Store. Both Phones 70
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES

BEAVER, Pa, Dec. 28.-Printing
employers in this valley are accept
ing the new wage scale. of Typo
graphical union No. $50. Wages are
increased 50 to $4 week and con-
tracts will continue for three years.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
WAGES STILL TOO LOW

BOSTON, Dec. 21.-The editor of
the Boston Globe says food prices
have scared without warrant and
that the cost of hare existence has
bee ome SO great as to cause real
suffering.
He makes this reference to So
called high wages:
Bound UP with the labor Difficult
ties of the country is the problem of
making even increased wages meet
the requirements of working mans
table,"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 28.-Organ-
lied printers, pressmen and book
binders have signed new contracts
with employers. Wage increase av-
erage 10 per cent.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within sixty days after the
date of the first publication Of this
summons, to-wit: Within sixty days
after the 23rd day of November,
1917, and defend the above entitled
action in the above entitled court,
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, and serve a copy of your
answer upon the undersigned attor-
ney for plaintiff, at his office below
stated; and in case Of your failure
so to do, judgment will be rendered
against you according to the demand
of the complaint, which has been
filed with the Clerk of said court.
The object of said action is that
the bonds of matrimony between
plaintiff and you be dissolved and
that plaintiff, Nellie j. Petersen,
be divorced from you, and that she
be awarded the care and custody of
your and her children, and that you
pay a reasonable sum into court
to defray the expenses of this ac-
ton, and for counsel fees, that you
pay her alimony and pay for the
care and support of said children.
GEO. w. LOUTTIT,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. o. Address: Room 225 Realty
Bldg, Corner Colby and Hewitt
Avenues, Everett, Washington,
u. S. A.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

The Trades Council meets at 8
p. IN every Wednesday evening.
Don't you forget il, Mr.. Delegate.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
No. 1924
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, in and for the
County of Snohomish.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04
No. 1888
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

Nellie J. Petersen, plaintiff,
VS..
William ]. Petersen, defendant.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

The State Of Washington to the
said William J. Petersen, defend
ant:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-01-04

Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, SC
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w. M. Terry and Kcenia Terry, hi
wife, Plaintiffs,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
CHANCE TO GET IN
TT. S. TANK SERVICE

Any man between the ages of 81
and 40, who desires to be in active
service in France with the United
States tank corps, and can qualify
as heavy auto truck driver or gaso-
line tractor driver, may have the
opportunity tomorrow at the Moline
Commercial club, when Lieutenant
Garland will have charge of en-
listments. Other branches of this
service will be open. There is
pressing need for the drivers. but
those assigned to other branches
are expected to be called for over
seas duty soon afterward A full
list of the 16 branches has been
printed in this paper. Different
kinds of machinists are especially
needed A few clerical positions
are also among the number.
Lieutenant Garland is in Des
Moines today in charge OF such en-
listments and tomorrow only will
be at Moline for this purpose, and
any one from Rock Island or lower
Rock Island county, who desires to
enlist in this service will have to
appear at the Moline Commercial
club at that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
CHEWS RAG ABOUT
KIDS; GETS FINED

And a little child shall lead
them"
And little child did lead him, but
it was to his neighbor's house, Gus
tat Oyerbaken'S and later into po-
lice court that Elmer Nelson, S24
Seventeent avenue, was lead by his
own little child.
The Nelson boy and the Over
baken lad played and fought to-
gether, that Nelson, Sr., went over
to see Mr.. Overbaken, last night.
The police had to be called.
He was drunk and disorderly
and chewed the rag about the kids
Mr.. Overbaken said. He spoke
Swedish at the rag-chewing party
and 1 couldn't understand him, but
my wife could. His kids always
make faces at me-
Whereupon Magistrate Gustafson
assessed d fine of one dollar, with
the usual costs attached, after he
spoke one of his pieces on neigh
borliness which have become noted
for their frequency of delivery in
police court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
PARADE WILL BE
HELD IN MOLINE
SATURDAY NIGHT

A parade will be held in Moline
Saturday night as a preliminary to
launching campaign for new
members for the Moline chapter or
the Red Cross.
Announcement was made today
that plans had been arranged for
the demonstration which will prob
ably start at $50 o'clock. John D.
Cady, chairman of the membership
committee, has the arrangements
in charge. L. R. Gaylord, Captain
r. S. Hosford and County Treas
urer f. J. CIendenin have been Sc
lected as marshals. The parade
Will form as follows:
Marshals.
Police squadron.
Mayor and city commissioners.
Health department.
Mothers of soldiers and sailors in
the army and navy.
Red Cross workers in three sec
tons representing those in the ban
dage room. the knitting room and
the garment room~
Woman's club.
Other wOmen's organizations
whose members prefer to march as
club units, rather than as Red Cross
workers.
Graham post, G. A r.
Mems fraternal organizations.
Boy Scouts.
Y. NJ c. A. I
Children, by schools.
Mothers of soldiers and sailors
will march.
-Ruy a Liberty Pond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
ROCK ISLANDERS
LEAP TO SAFETY
Three Jump From an Automobile
Just Few Seconds Before SiIvis
Shop Train Hits is.

Three Rock Island men jumped
from a moving automobile last
night at a railroad crossing in Mo-
line to avoid death.
Isaac Alexenberg, recently ar
rested by federal officials as a vio-
lator of the five-mile moral zone at
his restaurant at 2122 Third ave-
nue., Rock Island, was one of the
three. c. P. Taylor and S. A. Nor
ris, the latter negro, were the
other two who leaped TO safety.
The SiIvis. shop train was pro-
ceeding at a fairly high rate OF
speed, west, when the automobile
in which the Rock Islanders were
riding became stalled at the Twen-
ty-fifth street crossing. 1t is
thought that Taylor, driver of the
car, became excited and killed"
the engine. At any rate, the men
jumped from the car just in time.
The shop train struck the machine
and dragged 1t a block before huri-
ing the wreckage aside.
The Twenty-fift street crossing
is considered the most dangerous
in the city of Moline. as police rec
ords will show. The fagman had
warned Taylor of the approaching
7 train, but DR.. J. w. Seids had cross
ed with safety just before. 1t is
! thought that Tayler, when he re-
allied the train was so close, be-
came too excited to properly handle
| the car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
SOFT SNAPS ARE
NOT FOUND WITH
DOCTORS CORPS

There is no soft snap for sol
der in the United States medical
corps.
Surgeon J. F. Wharton, at pres
ent caring for the wounded in
France, brings this out plain in a
letter which has been received by
his sister, Miss Leota Wharton,
Spalding apartments, Moline. DR..
Wharton says:
II have yet to see the first case
of willful neglect or cruelty to any
man by a medical officer. Army
service calls on a medical officer
to do things that ia civil life would
be wholly wrong. A man is
brought in with his leg shot away
and he will soon die If not attend
ed to at once, land possibly any
how. At the same time one OF
more men are brought in who car
be quickly attended to and put
back on the line of duty.
I'm civil practice the worst III
jured would be given first atten-
ton. In military practice. in such
a case, the slightly wounded woul-
be taken care of first, for success:
of the battle depends on having ev-
cry man possible on the firing line
This may seem to be terribly praC
teal, butR such are the require
ments of war. 1t is better that c
few men; say ten or dozen are
made sick, even to the point o
dying, than that 5000 men be killed
and the battle lost"
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
MILW AUKEE GETS
ON HIS NERVES;
MOVES TO u. S. A.

Here's real, regular, front-line
United States OF America patriot.
He is Bill Horton, Nv. A. Hor-
ton on the hotel registers, who
travels out of Milwaukee for the
Mandel Engraving company. He
lives at 943 Newhan street, Mil
waukee, and is former Moline
man.
But
When he reached the Manufactur-
ers' hotel in Moline today, he did
not register as a Milwaukee resi-
dent. He chose Nebraska. And he
explains why without any hest
fancy:
A travelling salesman with whom
l sat in a railroad passenger car
on my last trip here asked me
where l was from and | told him
Milwaukee. Why in thunder don't
you move into the United States? p
he asked me. 1t was a jolt. In:
off of Milwaukee now. I'm from
Nebraska. A German battleship
can cruise up Lake Michigan and
blow up every house in the city of
Milwaukee. Just so they let 943
Newhal street alone, l wouldn t
care.
Not after Milwaukee gave Ber-
ger $4,000 votes the former Mo
line man concluded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
SAYS IT'S GREAT
SPORT SHOOTING
AT THE GERMANS

It's great sport shooting all
night If the Germans would only
keep their artillery quiet.
This is the impression gained Of
fighting in France by Emil Wei
vaert, marine corps, who claims TO
be the first Pillow city patriot in
the trenches. Charles Endrichs, he
said in a letter to his brother in
Moline, was in a troop that re-
lieved his comrades in the front
line. He says in the epistle;
I'VE weren't in the front line
trenches; we looked back at them.
We were about two hundred yard )
in front OF them, on outpost duty.
There were about sixty of us in a
small ruined village. Our orders
were to hold that position at all
costs. 1t was nice and quiet until
we got there, and then the boches
had to keep their heads down or
they would be pushing daisies by
this time. We sure poured lead
over where they were. We were
about eight hundred yards from
the German trenches.
Tile boches spoiled our dinner
for US one day. The cooks had a
pretty good fire going and 1t pro
duced a bit of smoke The frs
thing we knew something went
"zowie" and down came the chin
ney into the soup. We didn't have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
SELVIS SHOPS
DRIVE PUSHED
Liberty Loan Campaign Directed
Against Single Man, Only
one Refusing.

The most intensive Liberty loan
campaign yet launched in the Sill
Wis shops of the Rock Island lines,
was continued today but without re-
suits.
The drive was directed at and
ceutered upon one lone workman.
The reason is this: Silvis shops
employ 1,400 men. One thousand
three hundred ninety-nine have
bought Liberty bonds. The drive
IS being conducted with the one
''bondless" individual as the OBJ
jective. When he buys, Silvis
shops will he able to hang up the
100 per cent sign.
The subscriptions in the Silvis
shops today totaied STA, $50, &C
cordiug TO the records OF J. F.
Ryan, chairman Of the East Moline
district committee, 500 having
been added since yesterday.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-30
'DUCkINC SHELLS
EXCITING SPORT
Emil NelNaert, First Moline Ma
riHe To Fight in France, Writes
OF Novel Experiences.

interesting experiences iii tight
ing Huns are told in letter which
Emil Welvaert, first Moliner in the
United states marine corps to par
tIcipate IN actual trench WARFARE
IN 4 rance, has written to his broth
er Ray Nelvaert. Charles Hend-
ricks, another Pillow City lad, was
in the contingent which later re-
heyed the squad of which Well
Vaert was member.
Among other things he says:
Two days ago we sure made it hot
for the boches. Also they made it
not Tor US. They sent some 3-inch
shells at US, and We had to duck
when they started to come.
We weren't in the front line
trenches; we looked back at them.
We were about two hundred yards
in front of them, on outpost duty.
There were about sixty of us in a
small village. Our orders were to
hold that position at all costs. 1t
was nice and quiet until we got
there, and then the boches had to
keep their heads down or they
would be pushing daisies by this
time. We sure poured lead over
where they were. We were about
eight hundred yards from the Ger
man trenches.
The boches spoiled our dinner
for us one day. The cooks had a
pretty good fire going and it shot
up quite a bit of smoke. The first
thing we knew something went
zowie, and down came the chimney
into the soup. We didn't have any
warm food until that night. Our
artillery paid them back to II
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