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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
MOONEY PROBABLY WILL. BE
FREED BY GOVERNOR,

President Wilson has suggested to
the governor of California that he
pardon Thomas ]. Mooney, convict
ed, by the testimony of perjurer, of
the San Francisco bomb outrage.
The California supreme court has
handed down a decision directing the
re-sentencing to death of Mooney for
the reason that nothing in the record
of the case indicated the fact that he
was convicted upon perjured testi-
mony.
AT mass meeting in New York
Bourke Cochran said of this travesty
on justice:
II say to you. and l think l speak
the language of moderation. that.
while there have been miscarriages
of justice under every political sys-
tenn, while there have been perver-
sions of justice. while innocent men
have been condemned not merely
through mistake, but through con-
spiracy, nevertheless l state deliber-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05

tely that this conviction of Thomas
Mooney is the most glazing perver-
sion of justice in the whole history
of Jurisprudence in America or in
England or in any other country in
the world.
Every other execution or convic-
ton has been attended at least by
circumstances which justified the
pretense that the judges were exc
cutting the law. Here the consti-
tuted authorities themselves agree in
declaring that a conviction involving
the life of human being has been
brought about by perjury, and the
supreme court of the state declares
that it cannot examine the record of
what occurred at the trial; that it
has no power to consider subsequent
disclosures, which show that that
record is a record of perjury and
crime.
According to their decision, the
court, created to defend the lives and
liberties of the people, announce
themselves powerless to meet and
overthrow a conspiracy between a
few wretches of the underworld and
some leaders, so-called, of the upper
world"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
UNIONS AND SECRETARIES.

American Federaticn-Frank Morri-
son. A. F. Of L. building, Washington,
State Federation-CharlesP Perry Tay-
Tor. p. O. Box 1886, Tacoma, Wash.
Olympia Trades Council-Fred Hud-
Label LeasuemMrs. e. r. Mohler.
Allied Printing Trades COuncil-F. L.
Satterlee, 315 East Fourth.
Observation-Disclosures Anderson.
Bookbinders-Al Galloway, 3l5 East
=, CC:rPenters and Joiners-c. A. Gloyd,
y gle C,srk T., A ~ e Mrs. Bernice
Cooks and walters e. c. Fields,
Flee Eisstrici.ns-claud Wolf. 1901 East
SIS Main.
Machinists-C. vanvlack. 354 Frank
Meat Cutters-S. L. Kaler
Musiclans-Elmer Jones.
crap P'f NJ Ks ssSrSdet: as nn Twelfth
Plumbers and Steamfltters &C. $.
Ziegler. Hancock street
Printing Pressmen-H. L. workman
Shipyard Lal'orers. Riggers and Fss-
misunderstanding. L. H; Gorham; imam
cial secretary. Geo. W Lish. Labor Hail.
Single Viewers - Morton Bissell,
care Olympia Single company
3 x sSS iss
ounce street; c. v. Ely, financial sec
agent. 7os East Fourth 49,
stage EmplOyes-Al Galloway" 80
steam Engineers-A. J. Stocks. Az
Tenth street.
Teamstsr. and C ,,!,;a NC
Typographical UniOn-Geo. L. Levy
Recorder building.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
LOCAL UNION MEETINGS.

Steam Engineers, Tuesday night
put four candidates over the hurdles
through their examination commit.
tee. Three of the candidates man.
aged to "get by" while the fourth
will try again after brushing up in
engineering lore. The union voted
to attend the Barker meeting at the
house chamber, Monday, April s.
Sheetmetal Workers held it's first
formal meeting in Labor Hall
Wednesday evening. The union will
affiliate with the Trades Council,
making No. 20 in Council affiliations.
Electrical Workers have decided to
transfer meetings to the Labor Hall.
The first meeting in the new location
will occur the evening Of April 10.
Transfers and Chauffeurs last
night heard report Of its dance
committee. The receipts were $50
net. Expenses Of the dance ran high.
due to a large orchestra and consid-
cradle advertising. while the admis-
sion tickets were low. SO cents. An
of the placing in service
of an automobile by the Mutual
was received with applause
Laborers, Riggers and Fasteners
considered many bills payable at its
meeting Monday night. This is the
of the second quarter of
the year and the remittances called
for by the District Council, the State
Federation, the Trades Council. SUBJ
scriptions to the Standard, and nu-
merous lesser items. gave the treas
ury a considerable jolt. However,
there are several dimes remaining
and then some, as the treasury is
to by 412 members at
this time. In the last month 46 can
didates were initiated. The union
will attend the Barker meeting in a
body.
The call of Spring constrained the
Typographical Union to suspend it's
regular monthly meeting Sunday
last. Much of the routine work of
this union is transacted in chapels.
Election of officers for the year &C.
ours at the next meeting. the last
Sunday in April.
Plumbers held short special
Sunday afternoon, the purpose being
to iron out some small difficulties
before they became over-ripe. At the
regular meeting. the preceding Fri
day, number of candidates were
initiated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
EMPLOYERS HIT By FEDERAL
AGENT.

After visiting chambers of COM
MERGE and other business groups in
Western cities. Roger w. Babson, the
Boston statistician, who is assisting
the United States employment serv-
ice, says he returns convinced of
these points:
The labor difficulty at present is
one of improper distribution rather
than of shortage. The complaints of
manufacturers. l found, have arisen
not so much from their difficulty in
obtaining labor but from the diff
Guilty in obtaining it at the prices
which the manufacturers desire to
pay. My principal difficulty was in
convincing manufacturers of the in
crease in the cost of living to wage
earners and in the reasonab leness of
advancing wages corresponding to
the advances in the price of mate
rails.
manufacturers who are not COM
planning about paying advances of
100 per cent or more for material are
strenuously Directing to paying a
fraction of this advance in wages.
81 started on my trip with the
idea of educating workers to the diff
iculty and needs of the present sit
uation. l returned with the idea
that employers, especially those in
some localities. need fully as much
missionary work as do the workers.
Employers cheerfully pay heavy
taxes, give beautifully to the Red
Cross and similar organizations. are
willing to work in Washington for
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
DEMOCRACY TEST OF CHARAC-
TER.

Senator Borah, in speech in the
United States senate, declared that
the present world war is life and
death struggle between two forces
contending for and against free gov
eminent and democratic institutions
"a conflict which cannot end until
one or the other absolutely fails.
"Shall men be governed by some
remorseless and soulless entity softly
called the state" he asked, ''or shall
the fundamentally of government
yield alone and at all times to the
wants and necessities, the hopes and
aspirations of the masses? That is
now the issue. Nothing should
longer conceal it. 1t is but another
and more stupendous phase of the
old struggle, ii struggle as ancient
and as inevitable as the thirst for
power and the love of liberty,
struggle in which men have fought
athon to Verdun.
THE policy of Frederick the Great,
which would make of all human
souls mere EGGS in vast military
machine, and the policies of George
Washington, which would make gov
eminent the expression and the in
strument Of popular power, are con-
tending for supremacy on the battle
fields of Europe. To lose sight of
this fact is to miss the supreme pur-
pose of the war Beside this issue all
other issues are trivial.
Democracy is the severest test Of
character which can be put upon a
people and must be earned and &C
CURED in the right school Of expe-
rience. 1t cannot be handed whole
and complete to any people though
every member of the community
were a Socrates. But what we have
determined in this crisis, as I under
stand. is that we will keep the road
Of democracy open. No one shall
close it,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
TRADES COUNCIL MINUTES.

T. H. Newell of Painters, Deco
rators and Paperhangers presented
credentials and Is now a member Of
the Trades Council.
A letter from the Union Label
Trades Department of the A. F. of l..
urging campaigns for the union label
and shop card was read.
John j. Manning, secretary of the
Union Label Department of the A.
r. of L. urged formation of War Saw
ings societies.
c. L. Baine, chairman of the Sec
ton on Labor Organizations, of the
National War Savings Committee.
asked that war savings committee
be kept in the field.
The Mutual Laundry Agency was
transferred to the Mutual Laundry
company.
Miss Wicke, president of Women's
Card and Label League, announced
a social session for third Thursday
in April.
Delegate Mohler called attention
to the law which provides for con-
vening at 8 O'Clock instead of 1880,
beginning with the first meeting nj
April.
improvements in the hall were or
dered, consisting of a supplemental
=
ditions to the pantry.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
DONATIONS COLLECTED AT THE
PAY COUNTER.

Discussing Thrift societies, and as
an illustration of the patriotic re-
spouse of the workers of Lewis
county, we were informed by
Thrift club organizer this week
that many workingmen had agreed
hiatt their subscriptions to Thrift
Stamps and Liberty Loan bonds be
collected by the employer from their
pay check.
lit was suggested that possibly
coercion figured in the ready accept
ance of the principle of the employer
constituting himself a collection bu-
reau for the several worthy causes,
that section of country being with
out union organization among the
workmen.
This question of coercion by en-
ployers it was found necessary in
Seattle to handl through the union
The Metal Trades Council last week
took emphatic action to stop the
practice Of forcing contributions
from employees.
Accounts of various delegates in
dicated clearly the extent to which
contributions to various excellent
causes had been wrung from the
pockets of workingmen who could i'll
afford them, in order that employing
companies might receive credit for
the generosity of their employees. In
one case 1t was reported that work.
man who had already Red Cross
membership for every member of his
family, was forced by the fear of dis
charge to take out another member
ship, and that in another institution
no less than 40 men we're discharged
who had refused to sign for contri-
buttons to another cause of recog-
nized merit. In these and all the
other instances mentioned by the
delegates, the contributions were de-
clared to be voluntary.
The council instructed the secre-
tary to give notice to all employers
that while they were perfectly will
ling that boxes should be installed at
the gates in which the workers could
deposit the money which they de-
sired to donate to any cause, the
practice Of making deductions from
pay checks and the circulation of Pc
titions in the yards and shops must
be discontinued. Notices to this
effect are to be posted In all the
yards.
Along this same line the Metal
Trades notified the employers that
where union representatives and
officers cannot go union men cannot
work, so long as the shipbuilding
program is not seriously hampered."
This action was determined upon
following knowledge that the ship
ping board had sent letters to ship
yard employers ruling that business
representatives and officers of labor
unions be excluded from the ship
yards except in case of labor trouble
in the yard, with the employers de-
termining the definition of 'labor
troubles"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05

81 a year, and permit their wives to
knit from morning to night; but
there is one thing which they will not
do-give up one-sixteenth of their
so-called inherited rights of the en-
ploying class Like the weakest
link in chain, this may be the weak
ness of our whole industrial struc-
ture."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05

to do so and. above all else, attend
the meetings as often as possible.
BY doing these things you will great
ly assist the organized labor move
ment For the man who simply pays
his dues, but never attends a meet
ing or helps in the work of the Or
ganization is not a union man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
LOGGERs BEGIN TO KICK.

Employees Of the logging camps
have started the pilgrimage to the
Labor Commissioners office, to file
protests against the regulations and
wages promulgated by Colonel
Disque. The Labor Commissioner.
Monday, told delegation of COM
plainants that the labor department
was without jurisdiction in the mat
ter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
YEARS HISTORY
OF S. l., R. & f.
BUSINESS AGENT OF LABORERS,
RIGGERS AND FASTENERS RE-
CALLS PROGRESS OF UNION.
BY GEO. w. LISH.

BY GEO. w. LISH.
Secretary and Business Agent Ship
yard Laborers, Riggers & Fasten-
ers.
The first anniversary of the insti-
tuition of the local union of Shipyard
Laborers occurred this month.
One year ago there was formed in
Olympia an organization, to be
known as the Shipyard Laborers'
Union, with a federal union charter
granted by the American Federation
of Labor.
The charter membership was So,
and the first official meeting was
held on March 81, 1917. Today the
number of members is 412.
The rank and file of the union was
made up Of men from all walks of
life-some were working in the ship
yards, others were seeking employ
ment therein; there were shingle-
weavers, loggers. miners. clerks,
travelling men and many others. and
under this federal charter banded
themselves together as one for the
legitimate purpose of lettering their
working conditions. shortening the
hours of labor and to secure living
wage, in order that they might live
in comfort and enjoy more Of the
fruits of their labor, giving to their
.children the birthright of every free
born American-a sufficient amount
'Of education to enable them to con-
'tinue this struggle of ours for indus
trial freedom.
At the time this organization was
formed, the wages paid men per-
forming the class of work claimed
Yby our organization ranged from
$3.50 to SO day, and, as everyone
will remember. the cost of living at
that time was high-potatoes at
$3.50 to 81 per hundred and meat
1T 80 cents to 40 cents a pound
such wages could hardly be consid-
cred living wage.
In July the organization, through
its committees, secured for the COM
mon laborer an increase of SO cents
a day and for all other classes of en-
ployes under its jurisdiction. a Is
per cent increase over the old scale.
August l we presented to the en-
ployers a wage scale and set of
Arox h,N
resentatiyes after weeks of thorough
study of all angles of the question.
taking into consideration increased
cost of foodstuffs, higher rentals, in
creased price of clothing. and in fact
the premium placed on all the ne
cessities of life. which made it i'm
possible for the workingman to
make both ends meet under the cur
rent scale of wages.
Employers refused to consider the
scale of wages proposed. although it
YVES much lower, in most items. than
is being paid at this time, so, on
August /, the entire working force
of both shipyards ceased work. The
men returned to work on August Sd,
with the understanding that the
yards here would pay the same scale
Of wages as was settled on by the
majority of the yards in the Puget
sound district. On and after August
1 large majority of the yards in
the district entered into agreements
with the different organizations
whereby substantial increases in
wages were received, yet the man
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-05
Monday Evening
APRIL S

The Relation of Labor to the War
will be the subject of his talk. An
invitation is extended to everyone.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27
WELL,DON'T Bel
People Notice It. Drive Them OFF
with DIR. Edwards
Olive Tablets

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much longer II you get q package of Dr..
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
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any sickness or pain after taking them.
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which ealomel does, and Just as effectively,
but their action is gentle and safe instead
Of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets Is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste"
3 bad breath a dull, hstless no good
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disposition or pimply face.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
a purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive OIL you win know them
by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
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complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for q week.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27
GERMANS BEGIN
Continued from page One)

to waste their strength in the present
onslaught. Already, therefore, a slight
reaction is appearing in Germany
against the promises of the Hohenzol-
lerns that the kaiser s human sacrifices
would win the war for those German
people that were left.
With the French army still fresh,
German socialists are beginning to see
that the battle now raging cannot be
decisive for Germany Soon, a reali
zation on the part of the American
army is yet to play in the struggle will
add more powerfully to the reaction.
There is no reason for pessimism in
the face in the manner in which the
fighting is now proceeding, At every
important point, the Germans are be-
ing held and there are increasing indi-
cations that the initiative is beginning
to pass to the British and French. The
allies line is now being strengthened
by fresh reinforeements, while Won
Hindenburg IS reserve lines are growing
fewer. The kaiser is losing his gamble
with death,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27

former Salem boy. left a
month ago for Ft Merit, New Jersey
Mr.. Simpson is in the 65th artillery,
and previous to enlisting, worked in
Portland. His parents have resided in
Salem the past five years.
Mrs. A. A. Nickel, chairman of the
committee of st. Joseph's auxiliary,
turned over to the Red Cross 1852 this
money being made at the candy booth
and selling chances on tthe sewing
machine. brussels rug and part of the
tickets on the auto tire. Mrs. Nickel
was ably assisted in the work by Mrs.
G. +. Schuneman, Mrs. A. E. Huckes-
tein, Miss Anna Mullen, Miss Gather
inc Deranleau and number of young
ladies of the Sacred Heart academy.
Hal ID. Patton had charge of the lot
terry and little Miss Pauline Marnech
drew the lucky numbers. The sewing
machine, donated by G. c. Will s music
store, went to Mrs. James Withycombe
wife of Governor Withycombe. The
brussels rug donated by E. L. Stiff and
son was won by John A. Darr, owner
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27

of the Cherry City Feed barn. The
auto tire, donated by Otto Wilson 8
garage was won by Mrs. f. M. Chit
tenden, 542 North Water street All
the above prize winners held the first
numbers drawn in the lottery and as
not any of the winners were present
in the armory at the drawing, they
were notified, as a complete record of
all chances sold was kept by the com
mittee in charge
Mrs. T. B. Kay and daughter, Miss
Marjorie Kay, spent yesterday shop
ping in Portland. Miss Kay is spending
the Easter vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. b. Kay, coming up
from Eugene, where she is attending
the University Of Oregon this winter.
Stephen Elmo Wright is visiting at
the home of his mother, Mrs. J. f.
Dunlap, 1871 North 4th street, coming
up last Friday from the Vancouver
hospital, where he has been i'll. MIR.
Wright is in the aviation corps and
has been in camp near Astoria.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Sutherland
spent the week end in Portland, re-
turning Monday evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sutherland were guests of the Phil
Metehans of the Imperial hotel, for
the birthday dinner celebration that
Phil Metchan Sr., and Phil Metchan,
Jr., are joint hosts for each year.
Mrs Connell Dyer and children,
with Mrs. Dyer's mother, Mrs. G.
NJ. Walker, are enjoying yis-
! at the coast, leaving last week for
!, eSpvrt. They plan to remain a month
Mrs Edna Bailey was called on a
a7aeial case to the Open Air sanitar-
ium, near Portland, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Scott spent
in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Young Of Coos
county, spent the week end in Salem,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fargo.
Word has been received that Kirk
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27

M. Pettlieur and M. Golfibovitch ro'
fuse to withdraw their designations. The
remainder of the government also is
split.
The Ukrainian sugar refiners have
informed the rada that acceptance of
the German demands will ruin the sugar
industry.
Germany s intention to transfer agri-
culturists to Germany is certain to ae-
celerate q revolt.
Russian military officials and dele
gates to the recent Rrest -Litovsk peace
conference declare German Officers
openly discussed the then forthcoming
west front offensive.
The Germans, they said, promised to
take Paris within two months and make
general German peace by Christmas.
Capture Odessa.
Moscow, March 26.-The Ukrainian
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27
AMERICAN TANKER
CONTINUED from page ons)


Apparently picking her own position,
she remained slightly on the vessel 8
port stern and fired from that position,
the forward guns shells still dropping
short.
Fight at Close Range.
s'The submarine then dreY, closer,
using both guns at tandem fire, the
shells aflling on both sides Of the
ship. Shrapnel was now being used
and some of the shells burst before
contact, scattering about the deck One
Of the shells burst against port bow.
"Shells fell in all directions on both
A shell burst close to the ships stern.
Fragments became embedded in the
wooden deck at the rear Of the gun
crew. A German shell burst alongside
of the starboard bow. The tremendous
concussion threw all the men on the
platform to the deck face forward.
''Both of the Paulsboro's guns now
had the range of the submarine and a
rapid fire was kept up. The submarine
had apparently dropped back and the
ships shells either fell on top of the
submarine or close to her bow.
"The submarine then ceased firing,
swung broadside to, and submerged or
sank, bow first, with the stern up at
an agile of about Is degrees. She dis
appeared in about 90 seconds 1t is
believed that the submarine was dam.
aged and in distress"
The Vacuum Oil company praised the
gun crew and the master of the ves-
sci, Frank w. Chapman, added his
praise for them, for Reiter and for
Conrad Johannson, who was at the
wheel.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-27

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