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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-11-29
November 20, 1918.

the same time the deli GIFTED victim
of sweet, strange thrill at being in
a place where Hebrew, far from be-
ing a tongue too sacred to be
spoken, was the living flesh and
reality of everyday life
And then once more up the line,
by route march, till we reached
place in a back area where we cele-
brated the Sabbath service. But as
war knows no Sabbath, some shells
fell during the service. The padre
went on unperturbed. The congre-
cation stood fast, and the shells
must at the last minute have become
converted to the observance Of the
Shabbas, for they did no practical
work, simply exploding, one after
the other, in noisy futility.
And then, after a few days rest,
not merely up to the line, but into
it, and for our spell of weeks we
held the line Our patrols went out
night after night. A few encounters
were experienced with the Turks.
But though Our own side suffered
no losses, we have reason to hope
that the enemy had cause to appre-
ciate, for the first time, the feeling
of Jewish bullets from Jewish rifles
and Jewish Lewis guns.
But I must insist on telling a
story we'll indicative of Our Jewish
sang froid. After firing out on pa
troll several magazines from the
Lewis gun at the enemy, the men,
with the economic instinct of the
race, stopped to pick up their empty
cartridges. incidentally, prophetic
curse upon the mosquitoes, and an
equally vehement blessing upon the
mosquito nets issued to all the SOL
diers by the Government in those
spots particularly infested by these
imps of disease. It was, Of course,
the devil Bee1zebub who invented
malaria.
"Self- Consumption in Palestine"
But while the Regiment was in
the line, recruiting was in full
swing in the chief Jewish centers Of
Palestine. I personally witnessed
some of the scenes in Jafa. Not
here a case of CONSUMPTION. Not
here a case of able-bodied men pay
ing adroit lawyers to argue them
out of the army. Not even of case
of the Derby scheme, where men
o.1-o 80, ~ 1;x,ac ,pd cervicec DOct
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-11-29
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

themselves into a "Battalion of
Death" in order that thereby they
might benefit the life of the people.
The Palestinian recruits are now
being trained. What degree Of train
ing they have reached am forbid
den to state. But from personal OBJ
servation I feel justified, in fact COM
PEELED to pay some tribute, however
inadequate, to the military zeal and
energy of the men. And now back
once more to Camp, where we had
the honor of entertaining the other
night in Our Mess many ladies and
gentlemen from the American Zion
ist Medical Mission. The evening
terminated in a concert given by the
men Though I must not forget that
most successful Yiddish song given
on the spur of the moment by Sis
ter Edman of the Mission). And
after the concert had concluded it
was instructive to watch how some
of those Jewish soldiers (who
though they wear Canadian buttons
have at any rate passed a certain
portion of their lives not forsooth
in the land of the Chosen People,
but in that country which claims
to be the private property Of the
Deity c1amored round the sisters Of
the mission to receive news and
messages from their Transatlantic
relatives.
can Education in Things Jewish"
And every minute the Jewish
Regiment grows in multiplicity and
interest. Recruiting has started
both in Cairo and Alexandria, Day
after day the patches arrive, and the
harassed but happy officer to whom
they are assigned has to welcome,
feed, and equip at short notice,
crowd of his kinsfo1k talking fas-
cinating babel Of Hebrew, Arabic,
= Spanish, French, Italian, and mod
ern Greek.
AS an instance of the success of
the recruiting campaign, may men
ton that Jacques Calling, the editor
of La Bourse Egyptienne, we'll
known as an extremely militant
Zionist, has joined the unit, and it is
hoped and anticipated that the good
example will spread among all
classes, high and low, rich and poor,
of local Jewry.
To be in the Regiment as at pres
ont corcti+1+ed &c an ed11catiOn in
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
DULUTH W0RkINCMEN ASK
''T0M'' MONEYS FREEDOM
Declare Condemned Man Was Convicted on Per-
jured Evidence and Demand He Be Granted
New Trial Without Delay.
the masses of the people stand behind

the masses of the people stand behind
him.
He urged his hearers to get behind
the President in a practical way.
Keep in the front ranks" he said.
Don't lose control of affairs now, for
when the war is over it will be more
important to write into a peace treaty
the ideals for which we are contending
and for which the best blood on earth
is being shed.''
After: the speaking. the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
by rising vote
whereas, Thomas J.. Mooney has
been convicted of guilt in connection
with the San Francisco bomb out
rage during the preparedness parade
on July %, 1916, and is now incar-
cerated under sentence of death in
San Quentin penitentiary, and
Whereas, The character of the ma
jority of the principal witnesses was
such as to create justification fer
the belief that the accused was con-
victed under circumstances which
make it mandatory that he should
be given new and fair trial in order
that jury, the composition of which
is above suspicion, may pass upon the
evidence submitted by witnesses whose
character warrant credence in their
testimony and around whom there
hangs no cloud of past vicious de-
pravity and subornation of perjury.
This is essential, as the records of the
trial, as given the public, have been
such as to leave no doubt whatever
as to the unreliability of the testi-
mony offered by those considered the
states most important witnesses upon
whose testimony Mooney wa convicted
committed perjury, therefore, be it
Resolved, by this mass protest
meeting of the laboring men of Du-
luth, Mimi, assembled on this 2Sth
day of July, 1918, that in the name
of justice President Wilson be urgent
ly requested to take necessary steps
in order that a new trial be granted
Thomas J. Mooney, failing that to
abolish precedents and use the armed
forces of the country as a means Of
preventing his judicial murder when
it becomes evident that justice cannot
be gotten through the courts of Cali
fornia. It is our we'll considered and
deep-seated conviction that unless this
is done, there must remain in the
minds of the people in general the
belief that in spite of our boosted
love for justice and democracy there
are interests so powerful as can de-
feat their ends whenever it is neces-
sary for their own personal gain.
Resolved, That we sincerely ap-
prove the report of the Presidential
commission that Investigated the trial
and that we believe as false and vici-
Gus, the affidavits made and given
out to the press recently by District
Attorney. Fickert. =
Resolved, That in view of the evil
dence at hand, we are certain and
stand convinced of the absolute in
nocence of Thomas J. Mooney and
that his conviction is foul blot on
the democratic institutions of Amer
ica"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
SURE NDERS TO
NATIONAL plan
Minnesota Public Safety Com
mission Yields to j. s. Pro-
gram For Settling Disputes.

News comes from st. Paul that the
public safety commission of Minnesota
and the United States war labor poll
cies board have gotten together on
the method to be employed in this
state for adjusting industrial disputes.
The Minnesota State Federation of
Labor, at the recent annual conven-
ton held at Virginia, declared it's OPP
position to the plan laid down by the
public safety. commission and re-
@quested that the, federal plan be
adopted in it's stead.
Following the action of the fedora
ton, representatives of the govern
ment were sent to st. Paul from
Washington for the purpose of. con-
sulting with Governor Burnquist and
members of the public safety COM
mission and they were directed to
endeavor to, reconcile the state order
with the federal plan.
The safety commission came across
and now union labor will be per-
mitted to perform its usual activities
without interference by state officials.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03

Duluth workingmen, at a largely
attended meeting held at Owls hall
last Sunday evening, Joined in the
nationwide protest against the pro-
posed legal murder of Thomas J.
Mooney at San Francisco. A. G. Cat
lin of Duluth Typographical union
served as chairman and speeches were
made by w. E. Towne of Duluth and
Arthur LIE Sueur of st. Paul.
Mr.. Towne reviewed the history of
the Mooney case, pointing out that all
other persons charged with being par
Elephants in the alleged conspiracy had
: been acquitted by juries, including
Mrs. Mooney, wife of the condemned
man. He revealed the fact that since
Mooney was tried it has been conclu-
sively proven and admitted by the at
torney general of the state that two
OF the witnesses against him were self
confessed perjurers and had been so
found in other cases where they
eemed to have served as professional
witnesses.
U. S. Board Report.
The speaker also recited the fact
that a. special commission appointed
by President Wilson, after a careful
review of the case, had recommended
that Mooney be given new trial.
They expressed the opinion that he
was the victim of bitter anti-union
labor antipathy, and his conviction
was secured by an organized opposi-
ton to union labor on the Pacific
coast to satisfy it's enmity against or
ganized labor.
Mr.. Towne showed how aspirants
for political office, principally District
Attorney Fiechert, who prosecuted the
case against Mooney, was using the
case as stepping stone to the gov
ernor's office in the state of Cali
fornia, and that the present governor
was afraid to take. action to save
Mooney lest he would lose the support
of the organized anti-union crowd.
The speaker urged that labor through
out the country resort to every right
full means to save the life of this
innocent man, whose only crime is
that he is a member of organized
labor.
Tribute To Wilson.
Arthur LIE Sueur, who was present
Nv IAA0 AAACVLAAI6, W DIS 1l1V4Lcu 70 ADDRESS
the assemblage. Mr.. lie Sueur is a
lawyer Of note and he. reviewed the
legal aspect of the Mooney case, and
pointed out the Importance of elect
ing to the courts men of integrity who
possessed the human viewpoint on all
questions. He diverted from the main
theme to: pay q glowing tribute to
the high purpose and aims of 'PreSi-
dent Wilson during this trying world
conflict.
Mr., LIE sueur discussed at some
length the philosophy of autocracy
and democracy, stating that there
never was time in the history of our
country. when the under dog was
given such, a; square-deal as today.
This situation is due almost entirely
to the fact that a man of Woodrow
Wilson'S ideals occupies the first DO
stion in the world and it's continuance
will depend all together on how we'll
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03

that 20 states had already given
woman the ballot. She said that the
government had been run pretty we'll
in the past under the direction of tho
men considering they have not had
the help Of the women.
Mrs. Moller maintained that respon-
sibility Of government would make
woman more Interested in all the af-
fairs of state. She pointed out that
the induction of women into new in
dustries due to the war made it neces-
sary for woman to be given the ballot
so that she could help to maintain
the standards OF labor achieved by
trade uniQnism.
She was given hearty reception
by the delegates when she concluded
her speech.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
LABOR DAY celebration \
BUSINESS DISPOSED OF

Printing of the Superior Labor day
program was discussed at meeting
IF the Labor day committee of the
Federated Trades Assembly in the Of
flee of J. B. Campbell Tuesday eve
ming. The committee expects that the
program will have more pages and
will contain more advertising than
that of last year. The matter of the
parade and athletic events for Labor
day have not yet been touched on by
the committee, but the members ex-
:pect to- take these up at their meeting
next week.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
CL0QUET Mill WORKERS
INSTALL new OFFICERS

The Cloquet Timber. Workers union
has installed the following officers:
President, George Sanders: vice presi-
dent, Adolph Proff; secretary, George
Hunter; guide, Chas. Skinner; guard,
WILDER Lee; trustees, Albert Deslets,
Del Moran and John McCluski.
The union is enjoying great growth.
More than $50 new, members were
admitted in July and the total men,
bership now exceeds 900.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
SUFFRACE:WoMAN
MAKES. BIG HIT:
Mrs. Mo|Ier Delivers Brilliant
Speech Before Trades As
senlb|y Delegates.

Mrs. Charles F. Moller of Minne-
apolis, secretary of the Minnesota
branch of the National Woman's par
ty, made a decided hit at the Trades
Assembly meeting when she urged the
passage Of the woman suffrage reso-
luton.
She discussed the philosophy of
woman suffrage and related what
other countries had done to give
woman the right to vote. In England,
Russia and Mexico women have equal
rights with men. The president of
Mexico issued decree giving women
the ballot.
The best answer to the criticism Of
fered against suffrage, she held, was
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
ARE We STACKING ON
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS:

Union labor men are buying Thrift
stamps in goodly numbers, but there
is much room for improvement. None
of us is giving enough, compared with
what our boys lover there" are giving.
Take the Butchers union, with a.
membership of so. Its sale for five
months amounts to only $61.25. One
or two members are buying big, but
the larger number are stacking.
This article is not criticism; it is
just a reminder that we are not doing
enough. What is true of the Butchers
CARNATIONS. Boost the sale of War
Stamps: It is your duty to buy them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
WANTS STORES IN WEST
END TO CLOSE EARu|E|

w. ]. butcher, A. G. Catlin, F
Munkeby, w. E. Hammond and Get
r. Thorn, comprise committee ap
pointed by President VIM. Murnia
of the Federated Trades Assembly t
assist the Retail Clerks union in ii
campaign against West End mer
chants who refuse to close thej
stores at p. m. Saturdays.
The committee will visit all me1
chants in the West End and urg
them to get in line. Most of the1
have agreed to close, but there ar
one or two doubtful stores that wi
require the attention of the com
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
MINNEAPOLIS Union
LABOR TEAM BACKS Up

Duluth union labor baseball fans at
the Virginia convention challenged St.
Paul and Minneapolis union labor
teams to a game at Duluth. The Twin
City bunch have backed up.
At the Virginia convention games
were pulled off from day to day by
teams composed of delegates from
each of the cities, A game was sched-
uled to take place between the st.
Paul and Minneapolis delegates upon
their return home. The winners prom
ised to come to Duluth and try it out
with the Duluth delegates. The Min
neapolis delegates won, and now they
are backing up on their promise.
Their sportsmanship is now question:
ed and Manager Hammond of the
Duluth team promises to put them
in the "outlaw'' class.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
LABOR ENDORSES
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Trades Assembly GrInds Out
Considerable Business and
Plans Labor Day.

The Trades Assembly passed
through a marvellous amount of rou-
tine business last Friday evening. A
strong resolution was adopted in favor
of woman's suffrage following a ring
ing appeal to the delegates by Mrs.
Charles Moller of Minneapolis, state
secretary Of the National Woman's
party.
A Labor day committee consisting
of w. J. butcher, W.. E. Schaeffer,
w. E. Hammond, John E. Jensen and
A. G. Catlin was appointed. This COM
mittee will cooperate with commit
tee to be appointed by the Union
Labor Pavilion association.
The secretary was directed to write
to every union in Duluth and request
it to participate in the. Labor Day
parade. The Labor Day committee met
after the session Of the assembly and
voted to promote Thrift Stamp drive
during the Labor day parade. Every
union will carry a service flag in the
parade with a star for each member
in the militay service.
A striking feature in the report
from unions was that of the Brewery
Workers union, whose delegates re-
ported trade to be good.
Five New Delegates.
William Sutherland and Arthur L.
May were admitted as delegates from
the Sheet Metal Workers union. r.
H. Otterson, Ed Anderson and Ed
Adams were seated from the Metal
Trades council.
John Manning of Washington, sec
rotary Of the A. F. of L. department
of Label Trades, submitted an appeal
to the assembly requesting that every
article Of clothing worn on Labor day
bear the union label.
An appeal was received from the
Metal Polish International union re-
citing the history of strike of the
manufacturers of non-union band in
struments at Elkhart, Indiana, and
requesting financial support to con-
tinue the same. The assembly donated
$500.
Mayor Magney sent in a communi-
cation in reply to resolutions of the
Trades Assembly submitted to the
city commission with reference to the
alleged poor car service to Riverside,
Morgan Park and New Duluth.
Magney Writes Letter.
Mr.. Magney called attention to the
fact that the Duluth Street Railway
company was unable to have an order
readily filled for cars, but that a rep
resentative of the Emergency Fleet
corpora ton was in the city recently
and agreed to place a priority order
for machinery and cars for Duluth.
The machinery is needed for the SUBJ
station at Ninety-fourth avenue. The
mayor deplored the fact that the COM
mission. was powerless to require the
street railway company under it's
franchise to at all times meet the de-
mands Of the public.
An appeal from the Seattle Mooney
defense committee calling a general
strike for Aug !, the strike to con-
tinue until Mooney walks out of prison
a free man, was referred to the local
unions
Juls J. Anderson reported from the
delegation the proceedings of the
State Federation of Labor convention
held at Virginia., declaring it to be
the greatest labor convention ever
held in Minnesota.
Style-Plus clothing is unfair to
union labor, according to COMMUNE
cation received. from the Garment
Workers union. These clothes are sold
in Duluth by. the Oak Hall Clothing
company.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
PLUMBERS Union has II .
STARS IN SERVICE. FLAG

Duluth Plumbers and Steam, Fit
ters' union, with a membership of
100, has furnished II of it's men,
bership to the United States army.
Five of the boys left last week for
South Carolina. They are Ben Hanson
and Elmer Carlson, steamfitters; Con-
rad Lofald, Emil Norland and Fred
Lind, plumbers.
The union will carry a service flag
in the Labor day parade in honor of
it's fighting heroes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
Retail CLERKS ADMIT
= 200 WOMEN MEMBERS

New members of the retail clerks
association were initiated at meeting
in the. Y. N. G. A. Wednesday night.
About 200 of the dry goods clerks, a
majority of whom are women, Joined
the retail clerks Organization which
formerly had membership Of men
only. The grand officers of the clerks
association have permitted them to
take in as members the dry goods
clerks, who, have applied for admis-
sion. The charter will be open. for 80
days. ...s. ! H.. .s?..y4 -. FL 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03

Thrift Stamp Ball Tonight.
Every loyal workman should attend
the Thrift Stamp ball tonight at the
auditorium. Admittance may be gain
ed by purchasing four Thrift stamps.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
Towne to, Scranton.

; w. E-.Towne. delegates to the I. T..
u convention. representing the Du-
luth Typographical union, leaves to-
day for Scranton. Pa, to attend. the
convention, which opens Monday
Mrs. ToWnt4willssa accompany him. !.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
FACTORY GIRLS At new
UlM. WILL ORGANIZE

It is reported by Jean E. Spielman,
secretary; of the Minneapolis, Mimi,
Trades Union league, that he will
shortly organize the branch factory of
the Johnson company at St. Peter.
Recently through the efforts of
Organizer Gordon and Secretary Spiel
man charter was granted to the
employees of the Johnson company in
New Ulm. +.e54
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-03
Lake Carriers in Bad

The Lake Carriers association is in
bad with. the United States shipping
board. Its representatives refused to
sit with the government and a COM
mittee OF the Seamens' union for the
purpose of heading off a. marine
strike. The vesselmen came across.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE oRTo. LEI
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
"BLACK FRIDAYS" IN
WORLD OF FINANCE
Days Marked Some of Great
est Panics in
History

Several of the greatest financial panics
of the past have commenced on Friday.
and this has given rise TO one of the
pet superstitions of the stock Exchange
and bourses throughout the world-that
the sixth day Of the week is fraught
with III omen for those who undertake
financial operations on that day
The original Black Friday" occurred
l12 years ago, December G. 1745. in
London. on that day the tidings
reached the metropolis that the Pre-
tender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, had
reached Derby with his forces. Lon.
doners Immediately made preparations
to fly from the city, and a wild panic
prevailed. 1t was on that occasion
that the Bank of England was be-
sieged by an army of depositors. and
had its closest call in all its long his
tory The citizens were anxious to
take their money with them on their
fight, and the depositors almost
stormed the great institution in their
eagcrness TO obtain their money In
that crisis the bank escaped bank
ruptcy only by the expedients Of plac-
ing dummies" in the line to impede
the progress of genuine depositors,
and by paying the latter in small coin
only, which made the carrying away
of large sums very difficult and
hazardous task