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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
BIG INCREASE IN
RATES AND FARES
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT BOOST
ON RAILROAD SHIPMENTS
EFFECTIVE JUNE rs.
TICKETS WILL COST MORE
Upward Revision Made To Car For
the Higher Cost Of Supplies and
Ralss In Wages For The
Employees.

Washlngton.-To meet wage IN
creases affecting nearly 100000
men. Just announced. and higher
costs OF coal and other supplies thi.
year. Director-General McAdoo o.
dered railroad freight rates In the
United States raised rs per cent and
passenger fares increased TO 3 cents
a mile from the present basis oil
about ~ cents.
II 10 estimated that the program
will bring between 1s00.oOo,o 900 and
100000. 900, more revenues to the
railroads within the next year II rep
resents BY far the biggest rate In
crease In the history Of railroads
The new freight charges which
cover both class and commodity rates
become effective June Is and the pas
senser increase 10 effective June 10.
Issued under authority granted b,
the railroad act to President Wilsos
acting through the director.senera'
the order wipes out all interstate low
or rates effective on either freight oil
passenger traffic.
Travellers In standard sleeping ant
parlof sars are required to pay 81
cents . mile In addition 10 Pullman
fares and In tourist sleeping carr ~
cents. Pullman rates remain thu
same.
Accommodation and other suburocf
rates on railroads are increased II
per cent Fares on electric A>erur
ban hnes are not affected.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
HIN ATTEMPT TO
RETAKE CANT|GNY
CONTINUOUS WAVES HoHIsS
AGAINST AMERlcANs-huNs
STRIKE STONE WALL.
MANY GERMANS ARE KILLED
THREE Attempted Hun Raids IN lo'
raIns are Repulsed by American
ARTILLERY Fire and Infantry
Action.

Washington. Complete repulse OF
further enemy attacks upon the new
American positions near Cantigny 10
announced in General Pershings conn
munloue. Issued at the war department.
Fighting continues active around Cah'
.igny and In Lorraine.
The Americans evidently have been
subiected 10 almost continuous AZ
tacks since they stOrlned their way
into Cantigny. In every case the en-
emy's waves have been broken against
the stone wall resistance OF the Amer
leans
This latest German assault appears
TO have been the heaviest the Teu'ohs
have yet essayed in their attempt 10
eyict the overseas men from the Wiz
lage OF Cantisny
The dispatch follows:
The enemy has been again com
pletely repused by artillery fire ana
infantry action In attack against our
new positions near Can,irny. Artii-
lery fighting continues active there
and in Lorraine. where 1, includes the
use Of gAs shells.
section BIN Lorraine the enemy
va again very active against our
troops There again was considerable
Smelling with gAs. but the results OBJ
tanned were very small.
PROT ected By an artillery barragc .
raiding party OF about 20 men attempt
ed 10 surround one OF our advanced
posts. The ai,cmp, Vas complete
failure. the enemy losing 10 dead and
four wounded OF these some were
killed In bayonet fighting In thn
case also our casualties were very
light
During the night two other attacks
on our lines were prevented by our
barrase and machine sun fire. the en-.
envy failing TO penetrate our wire
-Ileuts. FISHER. Curtis. Buford and
NcIAnAhan. flying at 1000 metrrv. on
pstro, duty. encountered hostile plancs
IN the region OF ST Mihiel In tho
fighting Witch ensued one OF the hos
tile planes broke into flames and fell.
Credit for bringing down airplano
y given to Lieut. Rckenbacher and
Lieut. iismbleton.
An English aviator returning from
a bombing expedition. was wounded In
the arm lie was chased by two enemy
machines Lieut. Campbell drove tho
hostile airplanes OF. enabling the Ems.
lish aviator TO return to his airdromo
safely
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
DRIVE WEDGE INTO ALLIES
VIA Important Ground In me chemin
dee Dsmss ReSlon-6lvlpo
Alliss Setback.

Londm.-The reports from the bat,
tiefieids OF France. both official and
unofficial. show that the allies have
again suffered q setback. whereby
they have lost all ground In the Che
mis-des.D Danes region 80 gailantly won
BY tho French IN the great struggle
frou April 10 October. 1917.
The enemy has driven q wedge into
the siAed line on front Of some 20
misee. and n last reports the tremen
dem battle Was stu continuing about
rismes, which 10 the centsr Of impor
hat allied communications. French
reserves, however. were arriving "a
contest further enemy advances.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
Red Cross Total Vast Sum.

washington.--With many eleventh.
hour subscriptions yet to be tabulated
the great outpouring Of American dol
lars TO the second war fund OF the
Red Cross totaled $4,000 600. an
oversubscription OF s%<,oOo.ooO In the
weeks campaign which has Just end.
"a. Officials have made predictions
that the total might approach $780,.
900. 900.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
At DISPOSAL OF HoLLANn
German Ships May Replace Tws Dutch
Shlps SUNK

Amsterdam-Two German ships will
sail in the near future from the Dutch
East indies to Holland as Belgian re.
lief ships, according to q Rotterdam
telegram to the NIeuwe Rotterdam.
sche Courant. The German vessels,
the dispatch says. have been placed
at the disposal Of Holland by the
German government to replace two
OF the six Dutch ships which were tor.
pedood on Feb. 20, 1917.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
Wool Brlnoa 5000.

lincoln. Neb.-Two pounds OF wool
donated by President Wilson from the
clip from sheep fed on the White
Hosse lawn, brought 5000 when auc.
toned BY Gov. Keith Neville for the
benefit OF the Red Gross. The bid
was made by o, q. Slams. OF wahoo.
Neb. on behalf OF the citizens Of his
county.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
Bio Savings VIII Result.

Washington. Saving Of millions Of
doiiar and better service to millions
OF people Of the United States was
predicted a. a result Of the merging
under a private corporation with u
capital OF more than sSO,Oo0.Oo0 Of the
four leading express companies Of tho
eountry---the Southern. Adams, Amer
lean and wells-Fargo. Announcement
Of the merger was made by Director.
General Of Railroads McAdoo. who
formulated the agreement The com.
bination becomes effective July l.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
BAD MONTH FOR SUBMARINES.
Allies Are Rapidly Overcoming the
Submarine Menace.

Paris.-As proof that the allies arc
rapidly overcoming the submarine
menace Georges Leagues. the minis
ter Of marine, informed the army and
navy war committees Of the senate
that Great Britain and the United
States alone had constructed In April
10000 tons more shipping than was
sunk by the enemy. The minister de-
clared also that means employed TO
rid the seas OF submarines had become
increasingly effective since January
with decisive results.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
Twen,y.sn Killed In Air Raid.

Amsterdam,-The Rotterdam Mas.
bode reports that an entente allied air
raid has been carried out over Llege.
The Longdoz railway station was de-
suoysd and rs persons were killed.
The Long'ioz railway station ia the
junction point for lines running to
Manu- and MaestrIcht.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
wsshos, Causes Los. O, 1hr,. Iva.

Amarillo, Te1.-Three lives ar.
known to have been los, and much
property damage done In portions of
the Panhandle region OF Texas A n
result Of heavy rains and wind storms
which swept this part OF the country.
according to reports received here.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
10 INSANE MEN PEResA
Hospital Ward Burns In South csre
Iina-vletins Rsa Back In Fire

TInh-VTetIms HsH pssN " W.
Columbia. s. C.-Sixtsen white
male patients az the South Carolina
hospital for the insane perissoA In .
fire which destroyed . oaeStory
frame structure On the hospital
grounds here. Fifteen were burned
TO death In the building. having run
back In the burning structure after
they had been rescued. The other
man was rescued from the building
second time. bat nst until after he
had received injuries from which 10
died a few hours later.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
Made An Honorary memb.r

Washington Honorary membership
In the Military Order OF Foreign War
Of the United States was conferred
on President Wilson by a committee
of the New York commandcry,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13
Austrian Aviator Ia klllrA

Psr'e-lieut Kiss, reputed to 10
the lesdiag Austrian aviator. ha, been
KILLED In an aerial battle, according
TO . dispatch from Berne.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13

More than 100000 members Of
American fighting forces nre now In.
sured by the United States govern.
ment.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13

The Swiss federal government has
BY decree fixed the maximum price ut
which farmers may sell cnttle for
slaughter rs well rs the prices at
which vnrious qualities Of butchers
meat may be retalled. Farmers may
demand no more than 23 cents per
pound for frstclnss fat beef cattle.
The price applies TO cattle sold on the
farm. II sold In city or other dis.
TINT market cost Of transportation
may be added.
With the exception OF Srldn md
fllst cuts. retailers may nsk no more
than 40 cents per pound for beef.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-06-13

Prior 10 the wur the treasury pre-
pared approximately 10000 checks
annually for the payment Of interest
on registered bonds Of all loans, the
Issue Of these 10000 checks being
distributed through the year. In the
May payment Of interest on registered
bonds Of the second Liberty loan more
than twice that number Of checks
were prepared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

ME l. W. W., after conducting its
propaganda openly for twelve
years, is preparing to go under
cover. Now that each Of the 100000
@smDers it claims is threatened with
ave years in Jail and $4,000 fine un-
ees the King Walsh law, which has just
passed the Senate and the House, the
wnoie organization is making prepare
''ons Tor grand disappearing act,
sompared to which the conjurcr's feat
!" making an elephant vanish is a
mere parlor trick.
The I. ". w. will vanish, say the
ue0olies. just as the elephant van
.aes. But does anybody suppose the
ssspAAnt ceases to exist? Certainly
vt Well. then, says the Wobbly--
sW your own conclusions.
The day after President Wilson
xns the King Walsh bill no "fellow
osker will admit membership in the
=. ". You will not find q single
" sr1ack or housemasd who will be
~ elaleysl IS to sdvocate Sabotage"
Sss !. n y, pefsnce Bulletin Of April
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

been built up; how they have pois-
oned the minds and the hearts of thou
sands of refugees from other lands who
otherwise might have become self-re-
speeding, liberty-loving American cit-
zens. For this purpose the organiza-
ton has a staff of writer's and speak
ers in foreign languages who repay
the hospitality of the land that has
welcomed them to its shores by pour
ing the poison Of /. w. W. propa-
ganda into the cars and minds of ig-
norant immigrants before they have
had an opportunity to know what
American citizenship means"
Though faced with the prospect Of
legal extinction, the Wobblies refuse to
give up their dream, which is vignetted
like radiant cloud over the heads of
them all-the dream of society DOM
mated by unskilied farm labcrers, red
necked lumberjacks and wielders of the
pick and the shovel. They will tell you
that such society is actually in ex-
i"eSA~~ ia AS~SSie eo-uoy dHO ID uSCOIH-
ing daily more secure with the revivi-
flying processes of peace. They feel
close kinship with the Russian Boil
sheviki and intensely proud because
their Russian "fellow workers" have in
dorsed the preamble of their own or
ganization.
In spite of prosecution and legisla-
ton the /. ". w. will not cease to exist,
they all agree with perfect unanimity,
though they may change their name,
their platform, their officers and, of
course, that rich and pungent vocabu-
larry which distinguishes their organ
ization from all other labor associa.
tons in America.
1.-THE reason why the I. w. w. can
never be destroyed" says an editorial
in recent issue of "The Industrial
Worker" "is because it is a product of
industrial conditions. The !. w. w,
might conceivably be broken up tenn
porarily as an organization; it can
never be broken up as an idea and an
ideal. The producers are bound to form
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

The King bill imposes
me ard Imprisonment for any activity
which gives aid to an "unlawful organ.
1zation" under the terms of the act
and an unlawful organization" is de-
fined as follows:
Any association one of whose pur
poses or professed purposes is te
bring about any governmental, social
industrial or economic change within
the United States by the use, without
authority of law, of force, violence or
physical injury to person or property
or by threats of such injury. or which
teaches, advocates, advises or defends
the use, without authority of law, OF
force, violence or physical injury to
person or property, or threats of such
injury, to accomplish such change or
for any other purpose, and which dur
ing any war in which the United States
is engaged shall. by any means, prose-
cute or pursue such purposes OF pro-
fessed purposes, or shall so teach, ad-
vocate, advise or Defend
Now the new w. l. W., or whatever
it becomes, will certainly not "teach
advocate, advise or defend" anything
of the sort. 1t may advocate com
mon sense" but there is nothing repre-
hensible in using common sense, is
there?
Some of the members, however, don't
care for this idea. They want to
emulate the Nihilists of Russia and
hold their meetings secretly; use pass
words and generally have an under
ground society They like to imagine
that their position is similar to that
of the early Christians. and their
fancy clothes every agent of the De-
partment of Justice or other officer Of
the law in the habiliments of Roman
soldier, seeking an opportunity to
throw them to the lions. They Insist
that passing laws against them only
serves to teach them revolutionary
technique" like that existing in the
late Russian empire. And the "revolu-
tionsry technique" 4hey are confident,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
W. w PREPARES CAMOUFLAGE DODGE ANTESEDITION 1

80 prepared the membership Tor this
when it said: "The membership will
find it to their advantage to forget and
drop the word (sabotage). The wore
itself is not worth it. 1t may rise
again in the future in it's true mean
ing. If so the future will take care Of
itself"
All this, the Wobblies intimate, may
be accomplished by the mere writing OF
q "Woodrow Wilson" on a sheet of
parchment. But, of course, on the
morning the nation discovers that the
|. w. w. has vanished it might also dis
! cover that new organization, say the
"W. l. W." had come into existence.
This organization would be legal, oh,
strictly legal. Violence? Why, no
member Of the w. I. w. would dream of
such a thing. Sabotage? He simply
wouldn't know what you meant. And
how, pray, can the government prose-
cute an organization that has just
entered upon its existence, processing
complete innocence and with hands as
clean Of sin as those Of newborn
babe?
This is what one gathers from con-
versatlons with the 113 I. w. w. mem
bers now on trial before Judge Lands
IN Chicago for "seditious conspiracy" in
obstructing the United States govern
ment in the prosecution of the war.
But the Wobblies, having stricken
Sabotage" from their vocabulary, have
another code word, already in process
of circulation among the membership.
This is Common sense" If a pecyish
lumberjack in the Northern woods saws
log shorter than the standard length
or disconnected housemaid deliber-
atcly break the best china in the
pantry, neither of them NOWADAYS
would admit that it was an act Of
sabotage. They would call it Common
sense" This is one of Big Bill Hav.
woods ideas. A whole smoke scrsen Of
code words, it is understood. ia in proc.
ess Of manufacture against the d.v
when !. w. W. membership become "a
illegal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

new fighting units as fast as the old
ones are broken. and in each new for
nation there is much In the way Of
efficiency learned from past expert
ence."
Vladimir Losseif, the indicted editor
OF the Russian language newspaper
published in Chicago by the /. ". W., is
hopeful that the Wobblies will be
forced into outlawry.
If we become an underground or
ganization," he said, "we1l be all the
stronger" 1t is Losseif's theory that
the unskilled workers Of the country
could be brought more quickly TO the
Wobbly way of thinking if the govern
ment seeks to suppress the l. W. w.
But whatever the favored technique.
tho parting shot Of all these dcspised
and rejected in the industrial world.
while they are making their prepara-
lions to disappear, is this:
"You can't legislate an idea oas ef
existence"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

Here we witnessed the effect of
the tragedy Of war. There was
scarcely a woman who was not
dressed in black, in mourning TO-.
some member Of the household. who
had fallen in the titanic battles on
the adjacent Western front And
in the marching columns of French
soldiery, passing frequently through
the streets, were men with gray
boards and whitened hair and mere
boys, a testimony of the drain upon
the man power Of the nation.
But greatest of all. and most in
spring. was the indomitable spirit
of this land, exemplified in the ex-
preston Of these sons of France as
they stepped out in the rhythm Of
march to entrain. Young and old
said they were in the war to its end
and to conquer.
We found also the victims of the
Antilles, the first American trans
port to be torpedoed and struck
down while homeward bound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Moonlight Game
OF Hide and Seek

From the activities of the CONT
mental coast we steamed through
fresh sown fields of mines to sec
ond base, where our destroyers have
routed the Huns from a favorite
field of their endeavor.
We had timed our run to start
and end in the hours Of darkness.
But moonlight made a spectacular
game of hide and seek, with the
speed of reciprocating American en-
gines pitted against the Diesels of
the Huns. Throughout the run the
crew stood at battle stations, and on
schedule time the trip was COM
pleted without mishap.
Although the air was filled with
wireless warnings, we had managed
to clear all danger. although one
submarine was reported sighted, and
when the mist of the second morn
ing rose it revealed the rolling hills
and still green countryside about
our destroyer base.
A trawler, later that morning,
engaged in battle probably the
same undersea craft we had
sighted. The U-boat submerged
after hot gun fight. A little later,
as The trawler lay by listening on
her hydrophone, her officers heard
the sound of hammering on the
ocean bed near by, and surmised
that Fritz was making repairs. AS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
New Form of
Sleight of Hand

Though the disappearing act" i:
new in l. w. W. history, "transforma
ton acts" have been frequent and have
been executed with much skill. Instead
Of making your elephant vanish, yor
change it, before the astonished eyes
of the audience, into a gazelle. The
venomous serpent at mere word and
wave from the chief prestdigitator, Bill
Haywood, becomes a twittering robin
The devourer becomes the prey. The
prosecutor becomes the prosecuted
The thieves and murderers of Holy
Writ become the martyrs Of the Gaia
combs.
At one time the I. W. W. are threat
ening the whole social structure with
their desperate acts. A few weeks later
they are stretching forth their palms in
protest against the cruel persecution by
the government against themselves, the
weak and defcnceless members of So
ciety.
In the words of Special Assistant At
torney General Frank Nebeker, OF Utah.
spoken few days ago in the govern
ment's statement Of its case at the
trial:
"rhc evidence will show that al.
though these defendants are charlatans
of the first water they are also skilful
poseurs; they are lightning change art
ists--now they are roaring lions, now
they are lambs; again they imagine
that they are homeric gods in the ele-
mental conflict between labor and cap
ital; again they are meek and non-re-
sistant martyrs, waiting patiently to be
inundated on the altar prepared f>r
them by the Department of Justice"
Just now it pleascs them to appear as
"meek and non-resistant martyrs"
They are seeking the aid Of the Social
list party. the members of which they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

citizenship in this land of ours, thew
were all of the time planning the sub
version and overthrow of its institu-
tions. The rich heritage handed down
to us by the fathers has been cast
aside by them as if it were vermin
infested rag; they have maligned the
officers of the law, defed the courts,
openly opposed the enforcement Of the
criminal statutes, abused and insulted
our soldiers and reviled the flag"
Calls Them
Debauchers of Labor
Mr.. Nebeker also pictured the I. W.
W. leaders Us living on the fat of the
land at the expense of the rank and
file of the organization. he said:
1.-THE evidence will show that the I.
W. W. pretends to be labor organiza-
ton; that, under that guise. it has at
tracted into its membership a consid-
cradle number Of persons who actually
perform work out in the lumber camps,
in the mines and on the farms. The
fact will appear, however, that the or
ganization is being run in the exclus-
i've interest Of very small number of
persons, such as Haywood and the
other defendants, who haven't done an
honest days work within the memory
Of the oldest inhabitant. They are. in
fact, the exploiters and debauchers of
honest workingmen; they sit in swivel
chairs in comfortable Offices or travel
about on the railroads as professional
mischief makers at the expense of the
misguided and deluded members who
support them.
"These men have fastened themselves
like leeches to the body of labor and
are sapping its vitality. II they should
be successful in their malign enter
prise they would deprive the honest
workingmen of this country of every
vestige of nobility. of all semblance of
honesty, OF ell pretence of integrity
and manliness-and this in the name
Of labor!
"You will, see from the evidence how
the membership Of the organization has