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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
SAYS DUTCH WERE PRo-AtLY.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Jaeob Theo-
dore Cremer. newly appointed min
lister from the Netherlands to the
United States, declares that millions
OF the common people OF Holland have
always been strongly proally. He
added that Holland would never be-
come a republic within the life Of the
generation, because of the love Of the
Dutch people for Queen. Wilhelmlna
and the historic House Of Orange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
MONEYS DEATH WOULD
WEAKEN U. S. At PEACE
MEETING, SAYS SINCLAIR

PAxABENA. CAL Nov. 2e.-Upton
Sinclair. writer and socialist leader.
has wired Governor Stevens in behalf
Of Thomas Mooney as follows:
.'Tf you permit Mooney to die you
accomplish two results. First, you
greatly weaken the influence of VIII
son with labor and Socialist forces
abroad upon which he must depend
for the support OF his program OF in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
SENTIMENT HERE AGAINST
SINKING GERMAN FLEETS

Many protests from Washington,
among officials and others today, when
dispatches arrived saying that con-
sideration IL being given to the plan
of sinking all the German ships sur.
rendered to the allies, TO avoid 1rlc-
ton over division OF the spells.
1t was pointed out here that the
German feet could be used as a nu-
cleus to a great international naval
poli"e force, and that sinking OF the
ships would be a wanton waste with
out precedent in history
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
SWISS TO ATTEND YANK
WOUNDED IN GERMANY

Alfred Ney. a Swiss. has been des-
ignated by the Red Cross to, go into
Germany to take charge. of sick and
wounded American prisoners who
cannot be moved at this time. A
central hospital, with American at
tendants. II possible. will be main
tanned.
The Red Cross has been active all
along the western border since pris-
oners began coming back. and has
seen to IT that the men had plenty of
food and cigarettes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26

In battling for the life OF Thomas
J. Mooney, organised labor stands in
the position Of sacrificing much for
the sake of a man who. personally.
is very unpopular in its circles.
Mooney had been agitating in the
cause of labor many years before
his arrest for the murder of ten per
sons who died after a bomb exploded
In the midst OF the preparedness pa
rade in SAP Francisco.
The tight for and against unionism
on the coast Is bitter to an extent
unreslized by those seeking a peace
able solution Of the conflict between
capital and labor. Mooney had made
himself persona non grata to both the
employers and workers. He advo-
Gated dynamite as the chief|means of
the solution OF the problem and was
considered a trouble-maker.
During the preparedness parade in
1916 q bomb was thrown. killing ten
marchers and spectators. Charles NJ.
Fickert, then district attorney for
San Francisco, and one of organized
labor's bitterest enemies, Immediate
ly had Mooney. his wife, and several
other well-known labor leaders in
dicted. charged with the crime.
Denomination In PetrOgrad.
Then began the greatest legal bat
tie ever fought between capital and
labor. The fight was little known
outside of the Pacific coast until after
the Russian revolution, when news Of
several demonstrations in Petrograd
reached officials in Washington. In
the Russian capital parades were
formed. demanding the release of one
Num-" who. they claimed, was a
Russian Illegally sentenced to death
in this country.
The expense of the defense in the
case probably totaled $1,000.0O0, all OF
which was contributed to by workers
throughout the world. -
During the trial accusations upon
accusations were hurled by both
sides. On the Pacific coast labor con-
sidered the Mooney battle to be a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26

cialIsts adopted resolutions urging
labor generally, throughout the Unit
ed States to protest vigorously
against the forthcoming execution OF
Thomas Mooney. Other resolutions
applauded the successes of German
and Russian socialists in their revo-
luton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
CAR. SCALE FoR GREAT LAKES

Capt A. Z. Scale Il said to Be-
slated for head Of the Great Lakes
Training Station. He would succeed
Captain Nonatt. who Il to be a.
signed to command the U. s. $. Ms
sissippl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
FocH AT PEACE TABLE.

PARIS. Nov. pa demand that
Marshal Foeh be given a pla9e at
the peace conference round tabe was
voiced by general Cherils in the Echo
de Paris today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
CAPITAL LABOR
DEFERS ACTION
ON STRIKE FOR
MONEYS LIFE

Washington labor Is not disposed
to stop its war work to join the pro-
posed general strike in protest
against the execution Of Thomas ].
Mooney. The work Of the Govern
INIT is paramount, according to labor
leaders here, and they can see moth
ing to be gained BY hindering the
Governments reconstruction pro-
gram
The request Of the Central Labor
Union Of San Francisco that the
union men Of Washington walk out
was. discussed at1the regular meet
ing Of the local body last night
Action Deferred.
Action was deferred for 4 week.
All admitted, however. that the gov
ernor of California should be per-
suaded to grant Mooney q reprieve,
with the understanding that he be
tried again on another indictment.
Under the existing law in California.
q retrisl on the Indictment on which
he was convicted is impossible.
- o1OeA' Oh inc mAcninists IN
ion, askec that action on the strike
be deferred until q committee may
report the best means by which
Mooney might be aided.
Mr.. Brock opposed passive action.
He called Mooney q sincere and
ardent friend of labor and said that
\ mere passive resolution to the gov
ernor of California would be useless.
These resolutions, he said, had not
and would not change the attitude Of
the State officials in whose hands the
fate Of Mooney rests.
T.,. s.-,,, u..
Aenry Noioa' OF the Opholsterers
Union, thought strike would be I'M
wise in washington, where war
netjvft3es are conferred exeent =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
ADVERTISEMENT
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
Demonstrations in PetroErad.

ternational Justice. Second. you make
almost impossible q peaceful issue
of the pending struggle between labor
and capital in America"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25

ings would represent 30 or 400
per cent. instead of II per cent, as in
the present case.
And yet, on the same volume Of
business, with the same general re-
suits. the net earnings would remain
just as they are. The risk of loss
would be the same. There would be
the same need for skillful manage
ment in order hat the slender mar
gin of profit on business transacted,
of 2 or 3 or 4 per cent, might not,
by a little carelessness here and a
little extravaganza there, be changed
into a net loss of an equal percentage,
which, in turn. would impair or de-
stroy the value of the capital stock.
An interesting feature of the report
is the statement by Mr.. Armour that,
based on his own experience, he csti-
mated that the live stock growers of
the United States received $1.OO0,-
100000 more for their product in
1917 than they did in 1916. That
seems like an immense sum, but
when VIC compare the prices of stock
of all kinds with the prices of the
former year and then estimate the
immense volume of business done in
the country it becomes easy to credit
the statement. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
PRO-CERMANS APPROVE

1t would not be true to say that all who approve of
the holding of such meetings as are held by many Of
the Socialist leaders of the Nonpartisan cague are pro-
Germans. \ great many good citizens are misicd into
the belief that such meetings serve a useful purpose.
Townleys, the Bowens, and others of their class, there
is not a r~ro-German in the community who does not
heartily approve. Does that mean anything?
To the good citizens who are inclined to look with
tolerance, if no, with approval, on meetings held under
such auspices. We suggest a careful examination of the
situation, and a study of the reasons why those who are
known to pc either actively or passively disloyal are so
greatly interested just now in defending that freedom
of speech which is an unknown thing in the land which
over.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
A LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOW

1t is generally accepted among the democratic ma
tons that there shall be a league of nations after the
war and that that league be based on the principles
which have been set forth in many able state papers,
notably in the addresses of President Wilson and Pre-
mier Lloyd George. 1t is accepted that the league will
include all the civilized nations which will pledge them
selves i'll good faith, and and in a binding manner, to
cultivate the ideals of peace and democracy, and which
will insist that all international disputes shall be settled
in such a manner that the world shall never again be
plunged into war. There is a question as to wnctner
I or not Germany shall be admitted to that league. But
the answer to that question depends on the Germans
themselves. If the German people fail SO to organize
their government that it shall be responsive to their
will, if they remain content with the autocratic system
which they have, or, failing to be content, if they neg
1ect to assert themselves as free men and insist on the
right of men to govern themselves, then Germany must
remain an outlaw nation, with the world perpetually on
guard against her. But if the German people do insist
on a government which will truly represent them, and
which will command the respect and confidence of the
world, then Germany will be welcomed with open arms
into the family of nations, and those who are now
draining themselves of their men and their substance
to overcome the malignant force of German autocracy
will exert themselves to the utmost to rehabilitate her.
All Of this is to come after the war. 1t cannot we'll
be completed before the war ends. The first and most
pressing business of the world is to whip Germany.
: But wars are waged 10y political means as we'll as by
the use Of armies in the field. Germany has made full
use of the political element for her own sinister pur-
poses. Witness the condition to which Russia ha. heen
reduced: the narrow escape that Italy has had from ut
ter annihilation: the influence OF German propaSa nda
in France; and the outcroprinss of The same pcrnicious
IS influence in our own country.
While Germany has been cxerting political infu-
ence for the undoins of the world. is it not possible that
the constructive influence of real craftsmanship NAV be
used to build where the influence of Germany has been
to destroy, and that without undertaking that which
Is inpracticable now, steps may be taken by the United
States and her associates in the war which will con-
vince all peoples that there is a real bond Of union
among the democracies of the Garth, a principle that
holds them together in a perpetual alliance for peace
and the freedom of all peoples? Is it not possible that
for the better enlightenment of our neighbors as = our
purposes we may go further now than We have vet zone
Stnward the realization of the ideal of a world united
for peace, freedom and progress?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
A WAR OF PEOPLE

1t has been said that this is a war Of science, and
the statement contains truth. 1t has been described as
a chemists war. and an engineers war, and a dnanciers'
war. and a war of food. and of shipping, and a war of
air power. There is scarcely an important line of hu-
man activity which has not at one time or another been
described as the dominant thing in the war. All these
statements contain truth. But not one Of them is the
whole truth. This war in a measure heretofore un-
known, is a war of people. 1t is a war in which every
human energy must be directed to a single end. 1t in
wolves not alone armies, but entire populations, and ev-
cry influence which tends to divide a people tends to
impair the efficiency of that people in the war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
Cut OFF Coal To Curb /
The Non-War Plants
(By J.. Harper Leech-)

Washington. Jan. a5.-I!nc,e Saw
mas found a way to curb "non-war.
industries. o""a
he'll stop their coal.
Inc fuel administrations power IN
unit or curtail fuel supplies-it has
peen decided for the present at ,east
presents the most convenient means
tials and luxurics.
The term mon war;" by tho u,r :.
onlclaly favored by the fuel admin
%ts.ratloh' which d~eprccates the classi-
hcatlon of industries as .cssent;sI,
and "non-essential" on the rronnd
degree. >o"'idi IN some
me plan now adopted and being
pus ,nto force is to curtail the fuel
nuhp.y ol ABOUT 100 industries not
primarily needed for war nmrnosas
AT the same time the ~nrodunnt;,pp :.
ergles Of these industries will he ~
senea. mus releasing capital. Ia hor
transportation facilities and h,,-;nr
power Tor other urposes "N'7
All industries in war work nuh,;c
utiiltles, n domestic consume rs a,e
70 get their maximum reouircments
II .ney can be supplied from the
The general execution of ~. .,.-
is under the supervision ~ pida
Moves. head of the Conservation 40.
partrnent OF the fuel ADMINISTRATOR
committees representing Tho 1oo
IarEer non-war industries are con,ins
~ wdSninston on the invitation of
me 1uel administration and ARA nr;nr
eoiuh.A.S agreements for curtailment
OF production. In many cascs /
enipioses arc represented
- voiuhtary agreement is reached.
al lue III hn .
the minority to abide by the i@;n,;tas
,,ons agreed upon by tho maioritV IF
me INDUSTRY. To date no snch $50
has been issued. "-A oruer
Usually the plan Of curtailment 10 ,
limitation of working hours or da,,s
o.ner economies are put into effect
where possible, and some of these ~.
crease production. !"
rms is the work of the commerc,a,
itionai defense. Manufactured ara
asked TO eliminate unnecessary ,n..
patterns, STYLES or sizes. ''As'
AN instance of this sort of limita.
Won Is the agreement of p,ow Mann
iacturers to make no more "iar,-
named. plows. or of collar go.
70 eliminate quarter-sizes. In ths
..o'nins trades an effort to standards
ne S.o1ns n styles is being made,
~ .;es n.edoy gwen rise to talk
on clvllan uniforms for the neriod -
the war. In the shoe trade The Nun y.
per OF styles is to be reduced greatly
Carded. " "se's ais
These big industries to be c,rt.,,.a
oS cutting Of the fuel supply:
furniture. glassware, vail rar.r
ooxes and card board, beer al
drinks, candy. sporting goods %r,fnts
and yarnish. leather goods. artis,ni.i
ice. shoes. pottery, musica, ,nst,,,'
rents, cotton. spinning n wea~nr
The first industry cont-
box board and card boar - rs
turing, In which the dn,ints aaatac.
forbids use Of coal from = a =, tsauon
day to the same hour on Mas,sa..
saving 100000 tons Of coal a Veal.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
WILL YOU HELP

The following practical suggestions for shippers and consignecs arc
issued in a ncat lcafct by the Bcach-Nut Packing company If Canajo-
harie. y. V:
Just is the mighty ocean is but an aggregate of millions of drops
of waters 20 the present freight congestion is in d great measure due to
thoughtlcssness or tn part of the consignor and consgnee. In the
past IN ieeWay between the maximum carrying capacity o liz rail-
roads the actual tonnage has been, sufficient to take care Oft this
nut not so today The railroads are taxed to their utmost to o the
present tonnage. We must help by eliminating wastcful methods of
We believe that if VIC will all follow the suggestions given below
this serious condition will be greatly relieved:
ing u wants.
Second-Watch stock carefully. Cover all requirements at time.
This will materially reduce the number Of shipments to be handled.
Third-Can at freight house at once when notified of arrival of
goods.
Fourth-Goods received in damaged condition should be receiptcd
for a. such and claim filed at once.
Fnth-Unpack Immediately % detect concealed beakase, pufcraee
O. damage. If found. file claim 1t nee.
SXth-Makc a practice Of testing the weight If shipments received.
sthins clerks make errors: besides. another way to detect plferage is
,Scvcnth-Cnoad al cars promptly az soon a placed and notify
road at once when empty.
Eighth-Use only the strongest containers and mark them plainlv
See hat the 81 shows same destination and consignee rs package
Ninth--See HI shipments arc delivered o the railroad carly.
rcnth-Start loading a nee when notified car is placed.
Why not make a New Years resolution to do or prt in helnjn-
o relieve thisc congestion? We have made ours.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
STOCK AND BUSINESS VOLUME.

The annual statement Of the Armour Packing COM
pany presents some interesting figures. In connection
with such statements we arc usually interested first in
the question Of profits. Did the concern make . r lose
money, and how much either way?
The statement shows that the years business mas
yielded a net profit Of $2l. 800. 900. in round numbers.
That represents a profit of Il per cent on the CAPITA!
stock of the company.
1t looks like a very comfortable net revenue. But
there are other factors to be considered. The 800. ooo.-
600 of the capitalization does not represent the amount
of capital invested. There is an additional capital in
On the basis of invested capital, therefore, the company
has made earnings Of a little over "A per cent.
But there is still another feature. and by no mean
an unimportant one. In order to earn sc1, 600, 900 the
company did a business Of s57s. 900. 900. The COMPANY.
therefore, made a profit of a little less than 4 per cent
on its total volume Of business. That does not look so
long. The tatement by the head of 1.-THE firm says that
on its business in meat and meat products there was
made a net profit of 221 per cent.
The manner in which these profits vary when COM
on stock is not always a safe thing to use as a measure Of
reasonableness of the profits made by any company. big
or little. For intance. it is conceivable that a bu.iness
as large as that OF the Armour Com pany, in some differ
emit line, Of course, might be carried on with a capital
one-tenth as great, OF that even a million dollars of capt.
tai might suffice instead of the hundred millions in
vested in Armour stock. In that case the same net earn.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD
\ WOODCCTTER CUT IF

Taking white oak as fairly typical
of the hard woods and white pine for
the soft woods. the figures below will
show approximately the, OF
cord wood that may be cut from trees
of different sizes. The figures will
vary considerably with the extent at
which the tops and branches are util-
lied and on the taper of the tree
trunks. With forcst-grown trees,
utilizing the branches and top to
about Two inches, these amounts may
be expected:
White Oak.
Ten inches in diameter, so feet
nigh. one-siXth to o~ne-Seventh of a
cord; Is inches in diameter, so fee,
high, about two-fifths of a cord; "a
inches in diameter. 20 feet high, one
and one-fifth cords.
White Pine.
Ten inches in diameter, so feet high.
one-eighth of a cord; is inches in
diameter, so feet high, one-third of a
cord; "a inches in diameter, 20 fee,
high, seven-eighths of a cord.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
$ nerves.-Bluc Earth County

that gets on the farmers nerves.-Bluc Earth County
Enterprise.
He doesn't get $2.46 a bushel from people who
know how to buy. The price on the produce exchange
is $l.75 to 81 for 100 pounds. A hushel weighs SO
pounds. The food commissioners bulletin on fair
prices to consumers places the amount they ought TO
pay at : to 2 1-o cents a pound. That is to say prices
to the consumer, delivered by the pound, should not ex-
coed 81 to $3.50 a hundred or $1.e0 to $3.50 a bushcl,
That leaves IS to So cents a bushcl for delivery by the
pound at the consumers back door which door is some
times UP three flights of stairs in an apartment house.
frazzIed because he docs not get that margin for that
service he might try it a while and see what cfec, 1t
would have on those nerves.
1t is this sort of careless utterance. Of which the
Blue Earth County Enterprise is no more guilty than
a lot of other papers. that mislcads the farmer and
makes him a Nonpartisan Lacquer and impervious to rea-
son. The fact of the matter is that the farmer is get
ting bigger prices for what he produces these days than
almost any other producer, and the fellow who is wise
enough to keep busy while this condition lasts and raises
everything he can produce will prove hiBself to have
been very much cutter than the one who nurses a crouch
on false premises and throws his money into the hopper
of a political machine run for the benefit of the in
ntor.-Minneapolis Journal.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-25
PAN GERMANS SAY KAISER HIMSELF HAS KICKED
FIRST STONE FROM UNDER KAlSERlSM; SAY
THEY PREFER DEFEAT TO 'PLEBlAN MOB RUIZ"
LIMITATIONS
TO JAPAN,

INVITATIONS
TO JAPAN.
In addition to the articles which, &C
cuse Japan of refusing help to the al
lies. events in Russia have led to
fresh discussions of future relations
between Germany n Japan.
Herr Geore 1rmer. formerly Ger
man consul general at Sydney. whO is
regarded as an expert on the far east.
about the Japanese to the Taeglichc
Rundschau. He says that the Japan
csc "in their whole character and i'll
their waiting, treacherouS policy are
extremely like cats" After a good
deal of insolent abuse. Herr Irmer in
dicates that Germany may be willing
to consider any suitable proposals
sufficient humility. He writes:
The news of the Russian ~catastro-
phe Immediately brought our incur
able optimists to the top. One would
think hat VIC had had enough of that
disgraceful spectacle of the ovations
which were paid to the japanese i'll
the streets of Berlin in August, 1914.
Undoubtedly, the Japanese will
want after the war to have Germany's
enormous power as a support in the
threatening days of the American
storm. 1t is possible that sooner or
later The hour will come when new
ties will he created between Japan
and Germany.
But at present we are still a lo2g
way from that. After such experiences
i'll the war, we really ought to have
learned to abandon our habit of run
ming after other peoples. We should
he absolute fools if we let ourselves
be guided, as regards Japan, by any
other consideration than the impera-
tive of u interests.
IF the Japanese want to beg us
for fine weather. let them pay us their
state visit: they will find the door
open at all times for their reception.
But japan must not forget that the
value of her new friendship will de-
pend considerably upon this step be-
ing taken soon-best of all in ~associa-
ton with her Russian ally.
Japan must know nat it is not
only in Tokyo that people understand
how to exploit in their own interests
AN CARNIVAL"
FROM LONDON.
The Osnabruecker NolkszeitunE cv-
en- goes so far as to declare that peace
is now only a matter of a few weeks.
as England has already "practically'
given in. The authority for this state
nlent seems unlmpcdcnaDlc:
1T is not from u personal con
viction that we make the statements
which follow. They are based on most
reliable data which we have obtained
from q, highly intelligent and even
well-known parsonage. who has lately
arrived in Germany from England.
One thing can be stated with alb
solute certainty. In the smashing Of
Germany in which everybody still he
lieved a veal ago., when Kaiser Will
helm mad his peace offer, not a soul
has now a scrap of faith. In England
it is universally admitted hat they