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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1919-12-13
RECENT DEATHS


Mrs Anna Jane DeCoursey Warner
died on Decembc. 5th, at her home
at st. Augustine. Funeral services
We're held at the st. Augustine Epis-
copa Church on Tuesday, Dec. 9. In
terment in adjoining cemetery.
She is survived by these children
Mrs. Minnie Nansant, of Wilmington,
Del. Mrs Eifie LcFevre, of Church
town; Joseph DeCourcey. Of st. Au-
gustinc.
Lawrence Beers.
Law cnce Beers, aged "a years. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Beers, of
Childs. Md, died suddenly December
nh, 1919.
The funeral will bc held Monday,
December l5-meet at house $3.50 a.
m, services at church of the lmmacu
late Conception, E.kton, Md, at 10 4.
m. Relatives. friends, Knights of
Columbus. O. " Red Men are in
vted to attend without further notice.
Mr.. Beers is survived by his par
cnts, one brother (John) and two sis
tcrs MARY and Margaret).
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In The Churches


Divine Worship, with sermons by
the Pastor tomorrow, Sunday, at II
a m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school
and Pastors Bible class at - noon
Young Peoples Meeting at 6:45 p. m
A cordial invitation to all our ser
vices to all
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Tuesday, January s, 1920

all those valuable lots, fronting 81 feet on
West High street. in Elkton, with an average
depth Of 800 feet, and which was conveyed
tu e. " Baker and SONS 10y two deeds the
one from ". +. Warhurtou and wife dated
February ith 1907 and recorded in Libcr
j G. W. No. T. foil" $50. one Of the Land
Record Books of said county. and the other
from Henry l.. Arthur. dated March 2Sth
1914, and recorded in Libcr {. X. No. s. folio
III. another Of said Record Books.
The improvements consist of a large
Warehouse, Process Room. Pealing-
Room. Stock Room. DoIIer House. all
under one roof; Office Building with
Fairbanks Scales, capacity / tons.
MACHINERY Consisting or > upright 10
horse power Boilers one 2O-horsc power En-
kline ! lS-horse power Engine. tboth steam
20 feet Endless Chain Cooker. exhaust boxes,
. Packing Tables, Sanitary Scaldcr. Pcclinr
Fables. Shaftuv Pulley and Belts sufficient
TO run an ur-t"-datc Canncry capacity 1000
eases q day.
The property Is -rlcndidIy located with
avaabl" Railroad Siding.
TERMS or SALE $500 in cash on the day
of sale, balance in easy terms to suit pur--
chaser. Fun Terms annuun~cG on day Of sale
Contemplating purchasers may inspect prop
"rty ON application u the undersigned
ROBERT c THACKERY,
Attorney for Owners.
l&irr-it' p. II Garrett auct.
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Cigarette Cases

Asa the snuff box Of old in many ways the
valued possession of our grandfather so with the man
of today is the cigarette
These must be in proper proportion the right size
from most costly metal, of correct design, have
provided ample line Of cases in l4kt gold, plain pol
shed and engine turned For those desiring something
less elegant have the Sterling with 14kt gold
stripes and for those wishing cr1y article of utility
have the all Sterling case less in price of course but
well built ard of sufficient weight to be entirely ser
viceable.
If engraving is required on the case you intend to pur
chase leave the order so that we can give the de-
signing of the marking more careful consideration.
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Administrators Sale
OF
Household Goods.

The undersigned. as Administrator of Annie
II. DonncIly deceased. will sell at public sale
on the premises at her late home in Elk Neck.
ON the road leading to Plum Creek, about
miles south of Elkton
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ENrs. of Lewis a. Todd, deceased.
Test: Rufus d. Rowland Register. l5nov-5
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

x RALPH I BROWN.
i2d,c
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
STRIKE MEASURE DEAD

Olympia, Wash.-The state senate
has killed the Myers bill, which pro-
vided that before strike could be
called, the workers should hold an
election under control of public cleo
tion officials, and 80 days notice be
given. The author of the bill said it
would take the labor unions out OF
the control of radical leaders," Trade
unionists showed these senators that
when a man is given responsibility
by a union he becomes more cautious,
as do men in every other activity.
The lawmakers saw a great light and
for the first time realized that work
ing men are no different from other
classe. The bill was defeated by a
vote Of az to II.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28

Employment will do it. Constructive
employment, lasting and valuable TO
the community, is the only thing
worth while. The greatest of these
is the farms for soldiers" proposed
by the department of the interior.
That will solve the problem for
many thousands and will be a start
in movement that eventually viii
so:ve the food problem, the unemploy-
ment problem and-what MOI. do we
ask now?
Of course it should have been start
ed before-BUT 1T WASN'T. Con
gross was blind, deaf and dumb
especially dumb.
low that the move has started on
a practical basis labor should back it
solidiy. 1t is sound and constructive
and VIII be effective as for as IT goes.
Make it go farther Sure, that's
our job, We are not afraid OF the
"uture.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Stop Playing Politics
FORCE is NOT A REMEDY FOR
SOCIAL UNREST
The Forced Settlement of Strikes by
Power of Arms Does Not Insure
Domestic Tranquility But
Begets DissentiOn

Chicago.-Matthew Woll, president
of the International Photo Engravers'
union and editor of the American
Photo Engraver, gives this advice to
lawmakers:
eyes, We may deport few hundred
or thousand foreign agitators from
our land. We may enact further re-
pressive Legislation and then recline
in the happy thought that all dis
turbers of the peace are forever re-
strained and disposed of. We may
even force the settlement of strikes
by the power of arms and the in
junctive writ of the courts. But that
will not quiet the unrest or assure
domestic tranquility. Indeed, repres-
sion only begets a more turbulent
and more dangerous manifestation
of unrest and ultimately leads to a
condition where reason is swept aside
by passions of violent temper. Rus
sian autocrats have tried that method
and they are reaping their full reward
today. German rulers have also tried
the iron rule and Germany today is
paying the price.
Gust as every evil act is bound to
reap it's deserving punishment sooner
or later and every virtuous act to
receive its just reward, so a dilatory
and evasive congress will share the
consequences of it's failure to rise to
the demands of the present time.
eff we are to bridge this period of
readjustment safely and in an order
ly and peaceful way, if we are to
continue enjoying domestic tranquil
ity and if our good people in the
United States congress hope to con-
tinue in their enjoyment of the COM
forts and emoluments of public office,
then stop playing politics and enact
the much needed legislation which
will put our people to work at health
full hours of toll, and at wages COM
mensurate with our American stan
dard of living"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
THE UNION LABEL AS AN EDU.
CATIONAL FORCE

The declaration of the Committee
on Education of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor that Educated man
hooi and womanhood are the Ma
tons greatest asset, both in peace
and war;" is a fundamental upon
which all can agree.
If the education of the children re-
suits in such a great asset to the Ma
tion, it is self-evident that the appli-
cation of the same principle to the
trade union movement would be ad-
vantageous to every worker.
One of the great agencies through
which the workers can be educated is
the union label, that potent but silent
messenger of industrial peace and So
cial betterment which should guide
them in the utilization of their pur-
chasing power just as the beacon light
aids the mariner to avoid the dangers
of the sea.
The union label, representing as it
does, the best possible working con-
ditions, makes direct appeal to all
fair-minded people to discriminate
against the exploiter of women and
children and the man convicted of
crime, by refusing to purchase COM
modities upon which this emblem Of
fair labor does not appear. BY carry
ing this principle little farther and
dealing only with stores where union
cards are displaye or buttons worn
by the clerks indic2ting membership
in labor union, immeasurable bene-
fits are bound to result.
By cooperation of this character
the billion or more of dollars spent
by trades unionists each year could
be made so powerful an influence for
good that it would be amazing, and
the educational value of such CO.
operation would be so beneficial and
permanent that it would not be con-
fined to the workers but would extend
to all branches of society.
The union label has been of ines
timable value to trade unionists in
securing improved working and living
conditions, and if the workers would
practice what they preach" by con-
tinuous and persistent demand for
union-made goods, these benefits
could be increased and continued In,
definitely,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
niOnLabOriS United
EMPLOYERS ARE TOLD WAGE
INCREASE is DUE
To Avoid Social Unrest Labor Must
Get Bigger Share Says English
Leading Liberal Newspaper
in a Recent Issue

London, England-Reynold's News
paper, one of England's leading hber-
al publications, continues to warn
employers that they must appreciate
new viewpoints of labor if social un-
rest is to be minimized.
"We cannot repeat too often" says
this newspaper in a leading editorial,
chat all the various sections of or
ganized labor are united on the broad
principle that the workers are to have
much bigger share of the things
produced by the industry of the coun-
try. Sometimes that is admitted by
employers-it was, for instance, in
the house of commons the other day.
But what is not so clearly grasped is
that not only is labor to get bigger
share, but capital is to get a less
share. A fourth standard child knows
enough arithmetic for that, but it
seems too much for many so-called
men of business. Further, if the
working people of this country are to
increase the production of this coun-
try-and it is necessary that it should
be increased if life is to be more worth
living-then they want to get the in
crease for themselves, or, at any rate,
the vast bulk of it. Now the question
We would ask is this: Are the employ
ers going into the conference ready
to agree on these fundamental princl-
pies? If they hope to escape them in
a cloud of words, then any triumph
Of dialctics they might have will be
short lived. These principles, we as
sert without fear or contradiction, are
held by almost the whole of organized
labor; the only difference is as to the
means to be used to turn them into
facts. 1t may not be very pleasant
for the employing class to have TO
admit these things. But unless and
until they do admit them, the chance
of a peace by negotiation that will
be permanent is remote indeed"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
SOLDIERS, HEROES, BEGGARS
OR FARMERS?

About the most shameful sight in
many large American cities today is
soldiers with overseas, service and
wound stripes peddling cheap little
"Welcome Home" pennants from door
to door.
In New York this is but one species
of begging which impoverished heroes
have been compelled to resort. Sell
ing newspapers on the street corners,
peddling from push-carts and shoul-
der-slung trays is common sight.
The city of New York stages well
coming spectacle costing several hun
dred thousands of dollars-and gen.
erously instructs the police to refrain
from arresting wounded soldiers for
peddling shoe-strings withou: Sc
curing licenses.
The remedy? There are many.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Nolan Bomb Charges
Dismissed by Court

San Franciso-All charges against
Edward D. Nolan, one of the defend
ants in the preparedness day bomb
cases, have been dismissed and his
bail bonds have been returned. He
was charged with making the bomb
that destroyed the lives of 10 per-
sons and injured 40 others on July
22, 1916. At the time of the eXplo-
sion he was in attendance at the Bal
timOre convention of the international
Association of Machinists. On his re-
turn to this city he was arrested on
eight murder charges. Subsequently
two other persons died as result of
the explosion, but no new indictments
were brought against him.
Nolan was never brought to trial,
but was held in Jail for nine months
before he was released on bail. The
police acknowledged they had no
evidence to justify trial.
Nolan is the first of the five de-
PENDANTS to be cleared of all con-
nection with the bomb explosion.
| Warren K. Billings was tried first
and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Thomas ]. Mooney was sentenced
to be hanged, but was later COM
muted to life Imprisonment. Mrs.
Mooney and Israel Weinberg were
acquitted on their first trials, and
are now out on bail pending trial
on other indictments.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
AMERICA STILL EXISTS

Madison, Wis.-America still exists
and no public official can take any
action that is not renewable by the
courts, declared M. B. Ilbrich, deputy
state attorney general, before the
state supreme court in discussing the
claim of Postmaster General Burleson
that he has the sole power to set tele-
phone rates.
"Constructed, as we suppose they
must be constructed" said the attor-
ney, "these allegations constitute the
bald statement that the postmaster
general possesses arbitrary powers in
the conduct of this telephone busi-
ness. But this is still America, a VIC
torious America, not a conquered
America. The time has not yet come
when the claim to sheer autocracy
does not invoke the challenges:
Whence comes the charter of your
authority? This is no children's
game, no comic opera, in which the
postmaster general may cross his
fingers and cry: You can't stop me.
l am exercising war power Nor does
that incantation, the conjury of that
phrase, cause the protecting mantle
of the constitution to lift and soar
away in the clouds like the magic
carpet in the fairy tale. War power
and peace power of the president,
We submit, outside of military law or
military government or martial law,
are one and the same thing"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Food Costs Jump 83
Per Cent in 5 Years

Boston-The price of food has in
creased 83 per cent from 1913 to No
vember, last year, reports the national
industrial conference board in a
pamphlet entitled "War Time Changes
in the Cost of Living" The board
represents a score of manufacturers
associations.
The board states that during the
war clothing has increased II per cent
and woolens 100 per cent. In cottOns
percale showed the most striking av-
erage increase, 264.4 per cent. Over
alls at rs cents in 1914 averaged $2.14
in November, 1918, and mems shoes
that sold for $3.50 in 1914 cost SIS and
Sc in November, 1918.
In 1914 the cost of mans budget
would be $58.70, and in 1918 this in
creased to $111.70, or 90.3 per cent.
In 1914 the cost of the woman's
budget would be $58.15, and in 1918
this cost increased to $109.40, or 1871
per cent.
The advances in the cost Of various
items in the family budget were:
Food, 83 per cent; shelter, 20 per
cent; clothing, SO per cent; fuel, heat
and light, SIS per cent; sundries, 55
per cent. The average increase for
all items is $50 per cent.
While workers will insist that these
estimates are too low, the figures in
dicate the reduced purchasing power
of a dollar since the beginning Of
the war.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Printers Raise Wages

Clinton, Ia.-Typographical union
No. 334 has signed a two-year agree
ment with newspaper and commercial
shops in this city. Rates are advanced
$4 week until March IL, 1920, when
an additional dollar a week will be
paid until the expiration of the con-
tract.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Iron MOlders Win

Akron, o. Striking iron molders
have secured a wage agreement with
the Taplin- Clerkin-Rice company and
it is believed that other concerns will
accept the new rates.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28

Washington. - Col. Raymond Rob-
bins, formerly in charge of the Ame-
rican Red Cross organization in Rus
sia, has brought the truth about the
Russian working mems and peasants
government directly before the Sen
ate judiciary subcommittee, which is
supposed to be investigating the eX-
tent of Bolshevik agitation in this
country. Senator Overman of North
Carolina, chairman of the sub-com-
mittee, who repeatedly declared that
he would not permit Robbins or other
"Bolsheviki" sympathizers to "get
any advertising" by appearing as
witnesses, was compelled to back
down from that position.
Raymond Robbins, coal miner,
Klondyker, preacher, social settlement
worker, leader Of the "Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement" of a few
years back, and one of the most en-
thusiastic of the founders Of the late
Bull Moose party, is known to the
whole labor movement of this coun-
try. Hundreds of thousands of union
men have been swayed by his elo-
quence. He is the forceful, magnetic,
Warm-hearted, hard-hitting, outdoor
"sky-pilot," with the gift of photo
graphing on his mind not only your
words and your plans but your spirit
and your power to fight for your pro-
gram. Before the inquisitors from
the Senate he was at one moment
that anti-Socialist Robbins, the next
moment the fiery idealist Trotsky,
and a moment later the cool, word
weighing Lenine, the man for whose
ability and power Robbins had come
to have complete respect.
When old Senator Nelson of Min
nesota, whose memory proved to be
badly impaired, tried to insinuate that
Col. Robbins was a Bolshevik parti-
san, the latter fatly denied the charge,
but in his turn warned the committee
that "You cannot overcome the work
ers' demands for justice and a better
life with bayonets; you can only meet
those demands with cooperation in
securing for all the people a better
life"
Robbins answer to Lenine and to
Russia's revolutionary government
was a promise that revolution would
be unnecessary in America. Lenine
told Robbins, in January, 1918, before
the Brest-Litovsk treaty was made,
that even tho the soviet government
might finally be crushed out, by the
bayonets of the capitalist powers, yet
Soviet Russia would live long enough
to destroy the autocratic governments
of Bulgaria, of Austria-Hungary, and
of Germany, in turn, and thereby to
stop the war. Robbins testified that
the prophecy came true-that Soviets
did lead to the collapse of Bulgaria;
that Bolshevik propaganda did force
the collapse of Austria-Hungary, ana
that the smouldering revolution in
Germany was famed to flame by these
these events and the war ended. He
agreed with Lenine that there was
a poor chance that any European
power would satisfy the unrest of its
workers, and would so avoid the up
heaval which Lenine declared would
sweep the world.
America is not like them," SAID
Robbins to Lenine. "There are bao
spots in our American industrial life,
true. There is poverty and Industrial
autocracy and special privilege, true.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Foundry Workers Unite

Michigan City, Ind.-Foundry work
ers have organized and are affiliated
with the bona fde trade union move
ment. There was such large re-
sponse to the call that the hall was
not large enough to accommodate
those present.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Agree to Union Shop

Wallingford, Conn. = The w. A.
Ives company has signed union-shop
agreement with the Machinists' union.
1t is claimed that this is the only
hardware manufacturing concern in
this state that is operating on the
uni0n-shop basis.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Photo Engravers Gain

Washington-The national war la
Dor board has ruled that the Publish
ers' association of New York city shall
raise wages of its organized photo
engravers Sc a week, to be effective
as of November 20, 1918.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Textile Workers Win

York, Pa. - Textile workers en-
ployed by the Derry corporation have
won three-weeks' strike. The pr1n-
ciple of collective bargaining is ack-
nowledged and better working condi-
tions are assured.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Paving Cutters Advance

Ottawa, Can.-At a conference in
this city an agreement was signed
which raises wage rates 25 per cent
for day work and 20 per cent on all
kinds of paving blocks cut by the
piece.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
CoIored Teamsters Unite

Hannibal, Mo.-Colored teamsters
in this city have organized local and
affiliated with the Brotherhood of
Teamsters.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Winning Eight Hours

Cincinnati - Officers of the Metal
Fo'ishers' International union report
eight-hour successes in many local
lies. The Rathbone-Sard company,
stove manufacturers of Aurora, III
has changed from nine to eight hours
and increased wages; the Favorlte
Stove and Range company, Piqua o.,
has adopted the eight-hour system
as have several large shops in Belle
Vile, ILL.,, and the Cutter & Proctor
Stove company, Peoria, Ill.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Electricians Win

Atlanta, Ga. - Electrical Workers
union No. "a has won two and one
half years strike against the Georgia
Railway and Power company, caused
by the discharge of union officials.
The company now recognizes the
union and will hereafter treat with
the workers representatives
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
LABOR'S PROGRESS
Advances Made and Better Conditions
Secured All Over the Country
Get A. Hour Week

st. Louis, Mo.-All shops in this
city under jurisdiction of the United
Garment Workers have accepted the
44-hour week.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Switchmen Unite

Buffalo - Officers of the Switch
mems Union of North America report
that new lodges have been organized
at Billings, Mont; Lansing, Mich, and
Warren, Ohio.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Retail Clerks Gain

Portland, Ore.-Retail Clerks union
has secured the signature of nearly
100 store proprietors to new agree
ment.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Builders Raise Wages

Kansas City, Mo. - Bricklayers,
stone masons and building laborers in
this city have secured wage increases.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
Stove MOunters Gain

Kokomo, Ind - Organized stove
mounters have raised wages 20 per
cent and secured the eight-hour day.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28
WAGE INCREASES
Gains in Wages Made by Organized
Labor Throughout the Nation
Plasterers Gain

Kansas City, Mo.-Organized plas-
terers have raised wages from ST to
So day.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28

Chicago-The Arnold -Schwinn cem-
p&ny has signed a new agreement
with Metal Polishers' union No. g..
Rates are advanced 25 per cent in the
bicycle shop and II per cent on motor
cycle work,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28

Indianapolis - An eight-hour da
and a 22 per cent wage increase ha
been secured by the Stove Mountel!
uL ;on.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-03-28

Detroit, Mich.-Offcers of the Stove
Mounters' International union report
a large number of localities where
wages have been increased and the
eight day established. =.