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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
l|0LATEDE every
law IN ATTEMPT
TO CONVICT HIM
Claims Israel Weinberg, Who Is
Still in Jail Despite
ACquittaI.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-Con-
ined in jail and refused bail after
.cquittal on one charge in connection
with the preparedness day bomb out
age, Israel Weinberg writes to the
IAN Francisco Bulletin that from the
:ay of his arrest every law has been
'iolated to secure his conviction.
Il was arrested without a warrant,
ny house was searched without a
warrant, and don't know, even now,
What was taken from my house." he
lays.
II was put through the third de-
rec and was held incommunicado for
light days, and they would not even
ct my attorney see me.
II was indicted by the grand jury
without single witness testifying
gainst me. I am supposed to be IN
ocent until proven guilty, but I was
My innocent until I was arrested
nd charged with a crime. 1 was de-
.ounced as guilty as hell' before a
yllable of evidence was produced
gainst me.
Il was supposed to get my trial
'AI1hAAi w uoyo dlCSI lily
Jere returned, but I was Is months
n jail before I was put on trial, and
hen I had to protest in open court to
ct it; and now I am acquitted and
am even denied bail. A jury's az
Initial, the presumption of innocence
7hich the law gives to every man.
. nd being proven innocent does. not
ven raise the presumption of inno-
ence in my case, and it is now al
-eady two months since I was ac.
uitted, and I again demand my trial
nd can not get it,,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
Wire men PLAN $
NATIONAL STRIKE
7e|egraphers' Chief Says Action
Will Follow Discharge
Of UIdoAists.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Anticipating
discharge of members who will open
ly declare their union affiliations in
public meetings April %, the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union Of Amer
lea is planning for nationwide
strike shortly after that date.
President S. J. Konenkamp, in
making this admission recently, de-
olared that responsibility fer inter-
ference with war work by such a
strike must rest with the telegraph
companies.
''For years they have been dis
charging telegraphers who join the
union secretly" he said. 1T is far
more important to have Industrial
democracy at home than fight for
political freedom abroad. We have
no desire to strike, but no person in
the United States will deny that the
telegraphers have just the same
right to organize as any other group
Of free men and women"
The railroad telegraphers have
pledged the C. T. U. A. not to "scab''
in case the latter organization orders
a walkout, Konenkamp stated.
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IF AWARD IS uNF:AV0RABLE
ST0CkYARDS men WILL
ASK PUBLIC. OWNERSHIP


WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Once
more the stockyards and packing
plant employees have sent their rep
resentatives here t0 get action to-
ward settlement of their dispute
over wages and hofrs in the big
plants. Secretary Labor Wilson
has appointed a pew arbitrator,
Judge william Alseahuler, formerly
attorney for the Chicago Street
Railway Mems unipn. He is to
make his award byaFeb. %.
Ed. Nockels, secretary of the
Chicago FederatiOnS of Labor, who
was here with the delegation, ex-
pressed the opinion that since the
men and women in the plants are
now pretty fully organized, they
will either get a satisfactory settle
ment or they will become very ac-
tive for public ownership of the
packing industry. Indeed, he pre-
dicted that public ownership of the
industry would be brought up in
the St. Paul convention of the A.
F. of L., next June, by the Chicago
delegates. : :,.-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
BUSINESS MEN OF
PRESCOTT DON'T
LIKE HAYDEN BILL

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 14.-The
local chamber of commerce, if asked
to publicly state its position, would
undoubtedly ''deplore' the deporta-
tion of over 1000 workers from Bis
bee, the past summer.
Speaking privately, these business
men have different views, as is
shown by their opposition to Con-
gresham Hayden's bill that hereafter
deportation of workers be considered
a criminal offense.
This sentence from the Prescott
Courier, in reference to a meeting of
the chamber Of commerce, indicates
the sentiment Of men who would kill
the Hayden bill by gum shoe
methods:
1T was the sense of the meeting
that as many members as possible
write Congressman Hayden privately
expressing their views on this BILL"
AS side light on this incident it is
publicly, charged that the Prescott
chamber of commerce belongs to the
United Verde Copper company.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
UNION HEAD READY 70 -:
file PROOF THAT RAIL
CHIEFS BLOCK SERVICE

CLEVELAND, Feb. IA. Presi-
dent w. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of
in reply to certain rail-
road operating officials who chal-
lenged statements made by Mr.. Lee
to3the wage commission in Washing
ton last week, to the effect that the
government was not getting the loyal
support OF. certain railroad manage
ments, late Friday issued the follow
ing statement: ''We stand ready to
file with the director general of rail-
roads numerous statements OF en-
ployes In train, engine and yard
service to substantiate our expressed
belief to the commission that, certain
operating officials: We're .endeavoring
TO make government. operation a fail
are instead Of q success. ~: . 4.
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self to the public on these vital issues.
War Revenue PrOdS.

oOAA " I1lo puUl1C OII l1lcSc VIAL issues.
War Revenue Prods.
A sample of this QUESTIONABLE, on
the subject of war revenue and fl
nance, will inquire of the candidate
by what means he favors~ raising the
national reven1e. Does he favor tax
alton of incomes? To what extent?
Does he favor taxation of inheri-
tances? To what extent? Does he
favor taxation of profits, or war prof.
it's, and to what extent? Does he
favor paying part of the war debt by
any of these methods? How much?
Does he favor taxation of the un-
earned increment of land values?
How much? Does he favor the is
the cost of the war? How much?
Then, after disposing also of the
tariff question:, he will be asked
whether he favors paying any of the
war debt by conscripting a part Of
the fixed capital of the country. If
so, how much of it, and with what
exemptions?
Quiz On Reconstruction.
OF course the revenue question is
only trifle in comparison with the
question on reconstruction. For ex-
ample, shall the government protect
the workers against unemployment
after the war? How? Shall it seek
to. stimulate the development Of cs-
sential industries? Shall it go into
the development and operation of
water powers, oil, coal, iron, copper,
timber, and other industries either
on the public lands or elsewhere?
Shall it take control of prices and Of
wages in order to readjust the cost
OF decent living to. a normal r days
earnings? 81 1. .
Shall a national housing survey
and nationwide program of better
ment of housing for the workers be
undertaken? Shall the workers be
left to work out their own salvation
us to hours and wages and conditions,
or shall the government establish a
minimum % l1l1 standard. based on com
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mon experience and scientific study?
Sift UNIFORMED Out.

mon experience and scientific study?
Sift UNIFORMED Out.
The use of this QUESTIONABLE is
not, of course, to be limited to any
organization or group. It is prob
able that a. number of big organiza-
tions will use the series of questions,
when Haines has drafted them, as a
means of sitting out the ignorant and
the crooked from the informed and
the straight men who are running for
party nominations this summer.
The value of the plan He's in its
getting before the public and the
will have to meet big social issues in
the coming two years, and the United
States should pick out at least a few
men for it's national legislature who
know what those issues will be, and
who are ready to meet them lntelli-
gently. To the extent that this idea
is grasped, the old capitalist party
politicians are, going to find their
power dissolved, and the voters are
going to grope around for new
spokesmen who at least seem to real
ize what the: social needs are.
See Bogus Questionable.
It is probable that the reaction
aries will soon bring out an imitation
questionnaire, filled with superficial
questions and intended to lead public
attention far away from the social
problems. These will say nothing
about economic democracy; nothing
aho,1t social insurance. nothing a ho,1t
reconstruction plans; nothing about
public ownership and operation Of
the basic industries and utilities:
nothing about direct legislation Of
constitutional revision, or the best
means Of forever doing away with
nilitarism. .@ 3
But it is safe to predict now that
the Socialists and organized wage
workers and organized farmers ofthe
nation are going to use a Question
naire that does show where the
candidates line up on the real issues.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
HAS PENSION BILL FOR
GOVERNMENT employees

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Congress-
man Hayes, of California, has intro
duced retirement bill which would
allow any employe who has served the
government 30 years or more, and
who is 60 years or over, to retire and
draw an annuity Of rs per cent of
the average salary that employe re-
ceived during the last two years of
service. Any person who served the
government between 25 and 80 years,
and who attained the age Of 81 years,
would be allowed to retire and receive
20 per cent Of the average salary re-
celved during the last two years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
| 100000 WOMEN WORK
ON FARMS IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-7Accord-
ing to statement issued by the di-
vision on woman's war work Of the
committee on public information,
there are at present 100000 women
in the United States engaged in agri-
culture. OF this number 100000 are
under 20 years and 1,050,000 are ne
groes, large percentage of whom
are in southern cotton states. The first
lines of work in which women will
be likely to increase their farming ac-
tivities, the report says, is in vege-
table gardening, poultry raising, but
ter making, hog raising, and the cul-
tivation of crops Of fruit and vege-
tables and harvesting and picking.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
SENATOR SMO0I URGES 1885,.
COhSCRIPTION o. LABOR

WASHINGTON, r. Feb. @14:-Con-
cription of labor and enlistment Of
II ablebodied Americans for war
1ork were urged i'm the Senate last
'riday, when Senator Smoot, Utah,
pened a general discussion with. a.
peech on food conservation advocat-
ag a national, fast day once a month.
enator Jones, Washington, de-
Jared that there were too many
oafers in the country while farmers
'ere> clamoring for help and labor
hortage> existed everywhere r
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
ITO MTERR0CATE CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS
creary National Voters League Preparing
Political Problems and International Issues

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-1f mill
lions of men are in duty bound to an
swer long QUESTIONABLE for selec-
tive military service, why should not
a few thousand politicians, ambitious
to sit in congress, be made to answer
a questionable for selective legisla-
tive service or selective political serv-
ice?
That's the question raised by Lynn
Haines, editor of The Searchlight On
Congress and secretary of the Nation
al Voters league. He answers it in
the affirmative and is now drawing up
a series of questions which will be
sent to candidates for nomination
for the national house and senate.
These questions are divided into
three general classes-those dealing
with economic problems of the United
States, those dealing with the poll
tical structure of the government.
and those dealing with international
issues and programs.
Questions To Be Asked.
Economic problems are those con-
cerned with war debt and revenue,
labor standards and agricultural re-
construction after the war, transpor-
tation, other public utilities, basic in
dustries, public property, price regu-
lation, public banking.
Political questions deal with direct
legislation, proportional representa-
ton. democratic control of industry
constitutional changes, publicity
pamphlet, reorganization of congress
International questions concern
peace aims, disarmament plans
league of nations, freedom of the seas
self-determination of nationalities.
The QUESTIONABLE will not suggest
any answers; it will merely suggest
to the candidate the problems hi
must, face If elected, and will give the
voters a chance to see how far ant
how well he can or will commit MIN
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
PROMINENT Ia CROSSE
LABOR LEADER DIES

u LA CROSSE, Feb. 14.-John Rae,
81, labor organizer here for II years,
died here last Friday. He had been
i'll for two months with hardening Of
the arteries. s ss5s.t fs ~ :s5 5s4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
FAVOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE

17<2OH0
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 14.-Both
branches of the state legislature have
adopted a resolution requesting the
two United States senators from this
state to vote for the woman suffrage
amendment to- the federal constitu-
ton.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
CARPENTERS ADVANCE.

~1a1N1 14N IGHSS ADVANCE. ..SSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-rhe
carpenters new wage scale Of $e for
an eight-hour day is now effective.
Carpenters employed ii ship yards rs-
sceiYe $50 !; day
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-16
METAL WORKERS UNITE.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. H.
The metal working unions in the
Birmingham district have formed a.
metal trades council.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Following is the list of unclaimed
letters remaining in the post Office
at Martinsburg, w. Va, Dec. 8, 1918
Mr.. Arthur, Mr. j. w. Alder, Mr..
D. c. Beeler, Mr.. NJ Bishop, Harris
Bother, Miss Florence Bowers, Miss
Pearl V. Butts, Mrs. 3. r. Davis,
Miss Basil Dodson, Charles B. Folks,
Mr.. Grabill, Hon. Edwin M Gilkeson
Mr.. Grove, w T. Hess, j. K. Key
ton, Mr.. John ]. Lyke, Mr. Steward
Lundernond, Mr. G.. P Martin, John
Marklin, Mrs. W. S. Miller, Mrs. Ell
eanor Moler, Mrs. Anna Orr, Mr..
James d. Paine, Mrs. Harry Pear
lerr, Mr. R. R. Rittenour, Mrs. Tay-
lor Richard, Mr.. Maynard G. Stoner,
Mr. o. B. Symons, G. E. Tabler,
John Thompson, (2); Geo. S. Under.
hill, Mr.. j. M. Vansant, Miss Marie
Walters, Mr. Lester Wallis, Saml
Wilson. Foreign. Mr.. Domenico Ira
marrelli, Mr.. Antonio Monsini
j. Frank Thompson, Postmaster.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
AT CITY HOSPITAL

Under the experienced direction
Of the Ladies Auxiliary, the Junior
Auxiliary of the City Hospital has
prettily equipped the new sun par
lor on the second floor of that instl-
rution. The ceiling and walls have
been artistically decorated and the
room furnished with easy chairs OF
a wicker design, making it an ideal
place for convalescents and other
patients who wish to rest and enjoy
The invigorating sunlight.
The nurses home has also been
considerably improved by the Install
alton of a new system OF heating.
The building has also been beauti-
fled by new paper, painting, etc.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
CLARKSBURG BADLY
AFFECTED BY FLU

While citizens Of Clarksbrg are
holding mass meetings to devise
plans for coping with the influenza
situation there. Fairmont is pursu-
ing the even tenor of its way, but
even here the situation is bad, with
an average of so cases day being
reported to the health authorities
says the Times.
Throughout Northern West Virgin
ia the Influenza epidemic seems to
be at it's height. At Clarksburg Sun
day IS people md at Wheeling
Is. AT one uadc i,er's morgue in
Clarksburg Sunday at one time 80
bodies were Icing prepared for bur-
ial.
Conditions in .,uckhannon and in
philippi are &c, ious, with rigid
quarantine in both places. Parkers-
burg is atau normal with only one
new case beng reported Saturday,
while on the same day 6S cases were
reported in Wheeling.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

1t isn't age. it's careless living that
internal organs in good condition and
you will always be physically fit.
Watch the kidneys
The kidneys are the most over
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid ac-
cumuiates and crystallizes, look out!
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
the delicate urinary channels caus-
ing excruciating pain and set up ir-
ritatioms which may cause prema-
ture degeneration and often do turn
into deadly Esight's Disease.
One of the FIRST warnings of slug
gish kidney action is pain or stiff
ness in the small .of the back, high
colored or scanty urine. loss of appe-
title, Indigestion or rheumatism
DO not wait until4.the danger is up
on you. AT the first indication OF
trouble go after the cause at once
Go to your druggist Immediately Get
a trial box of GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules, imported direct
from the laboratories in Holland,
where they have been in use for over
two hundred years They will give
almost immediate relief. If for any
cause they should not your money
will be refunded. But be sure to get
GOLD MEDAL. None other is gen.
3uine. In sealed boxes, three sizes.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
DESERVING SOLDIERS
SENTENCED 20 YEARS
West Va. Men Had Been Con-
demned To Death.

George T. Walker and Thomas T.
found by court-martial guilty of de.
sertion and sentenced to be shot,
have had their sentences comnuted
to twenty years Imprisonment at
hard labor with dishonorable dis.
charge from the service and forfeit
of all pay and allowances due or to
become due. The men were members
of Company B, 18th Infantry and
were at Camp Shelby, Miss. 1t was
charged that each of them deserted
the service of the United States
about May 10 last. Barnes was ap
pretended at Morgantown, w. Va.
July and Walker was found at Char
lesion June IS. Each was tried be
fore a eourt-martial, found guilty and
sentenced to be shot to death. The
war department recommended the
communication of the sentence in each
case to Imprisonment for thirty years
together with dishonorable discharge
and the forfeiture of all pay and al
lowances due or become due. Presi
dent Wilson reduced the imprison.
ment to twenty years and approved
the sentence. They will be imprison
ed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
Famous Old Recipe
for Cough Syrup
Easily and cheapIy made ut homo,
but 1T beats them all for
quick results.

Thousands of housewives have found
that they can save 'two-thirds of the
money usually spent for cough prepare
tions, by using this well-known old recipe
for making cough syrup at home. 1t is
simple and cheap to make, but it really
has no equal for prompt results. II
takes right hold of a cough and gives
immediate relief, usually stopping an
ordinary cough in "a hours or less.
Get 21a ounces of Pinex from any
druggist, pour it into pint bottle, and
add plain graduated sugar syrup to
make full pint. If you prefer, use
clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup,
instead of sugar syrup. Either way,
it tastes good, keeps perfectly, and
lasts q family a long time.
It's truly astonishing how quickly it
acts. penetrating through every air pas
sage of the throat and lungs-loosens
and raises the phiegm, soothes and heals
the membranes, and gradually but surely
the annoying throat tickle and dreaded
cough disappear entirely. Nothing bet
ter for bronchitis, spasmodic Group,
whooping cough or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, known the world over for its
healing effect on the membranes
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for "2h ounces Of Pinex" with
full directions and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction or money promptly refunded.
The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind. 81
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
INCREASES FLEETS
NIGHT EFFICIENCY
Perfection Of Star Shell By the
United States Navy.

The fighting efficiency of the Amer
lean Navy at night will be increased
about % per cent by the perfection
of a tar shell operating at long range
under all conditions at sea. The now
shell, which is said to excel any PRO
duced by other nations, and the H.
tory of it's development is described in
a statement issued by the Navy De-
partment
The shell is said to be suitable for
firing from guns of from three 10 five
inch calibre and is fitted with para
chute attachment. The shell is filed
with Illuminating material guaranteed
to burn in spite of the eiTific rush
of air it meets when freed The value
of the shell lies, said the Navy De-
partment's statement, in illuminating
the naval units of the enemy will,
out disclosing the position of the
craft using the shell.
Experimental work to develop such
a shell was started by the Bureau of
Ordnance of the Navy Department in
1900. The war experience of the AL
lies, both on land and sea, and of the
American Navy were utilized in per-
fecting it.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
SYRUP OF FIGS
FOR CROSS, SICK
FEVERISH chill
If Little Stomach Is Sour, Liv-
er Torpid Or Bowels
Clogged.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Syrup of Figs" because
IN few hours all the, clogged-up
waste, sour bile and fermenting food
ae.--.'J moves out OF the bowels, and
you have a well, playful child again.
Children simply will not take the
iime from play to empty their bow
els, and they become tightly packed,
liver gets sluggish and stomach dis
ordered.
When cross, feverish, restless, see
if tongue is coated, then give this
delicious fruit laxative" Children
love it, and it can not cause injury
No difference what ails your little
one--if full of cold, or sort throat,
diarrhoea, stomach-ache, bad breath,
remember, gentle inside clean
sing" should always be the first
treatment given. Full directions for
babies, children of all ages and
srown-ups are printed on each bot
tie.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bottle of
California Syrup of Figs then
look carefully and see that it is
made by the california Fig Syrup
Company" We make no smaller size
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup. 1t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
KEYSER MAN, HERO,
HOME FROM FRANCE

Lieut.. Tolbert Wagner, of the
Fifth United States Marines, who
was wounded at Chateau Thierry
and has been in a hospital in New
York for several weeks, is at his
home in Keyser on furlough. A
piece of crushed bone was removed
from his right arm, and that member
is now practically useless. He ex-
lects to remain in the service for
the present. Lieutenant Wagner
was formerly a clerk in the Balti-
more and Ohio offices in Cumber-
land.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
WROTE HOME THREE
DAYS BEFORE DEATH

Councilman John Wolford, speak
ing of the news recently received of
the death of his brother, Private
Robert Wolford, Of pneumon ia in
France, states that they had receiv
ed a letter from him under date of
October %. In it Private Wolford
spoke of having been in action and
that he was then writing TO them I'M
der difficulties. He was secure in a
his back to use it in lue of a writing
desk. Three days later, according to
the departments telegram, he was
dead from lobar pneumonia.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-10
SHEN. JUNCTION BOY
IN CASUALTY LIST

In todays casualty list appears
name of Martin Snyder (Miss Polly
Ramsey Shenandoah Junction, died
CT disease, and Charles E. Darling
ton Miss Nettie Darlington) Win
chester, wounded severely.
Tho boy is cousin of Messrs
John Darlington, Of West King
ssreot, and Gold Darlington, of Win
Oh ste avenue.