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The evening world., 1919-10-17
|. v. v. RED CARD" CAMPAIGN
FOR CONQUEST OF EARTH IS .
DIRECTED FROM NEW YORK.

in the order named. until by the
spring OF last year they controlled
labor in Seattle
March 3 last they succeeded in pass
ing a resolution in the Central Labor
Council of Seattle recognizing the
right OF delegates on the floor to carry
the red 1. w. W. cards. This was the
Grst big open test, but it proved to
Gompers and every one else that the
radicals had gained control and that
they meant to keep IT..
WHEN REDS CAPTURED ORGAN
lied LABOR IN WASHINGTON.
Then, to cap the climax, the Central
Labor Council-previously an out and
out \. f. OF L. orgauzation-passed q
resolution providing for financial as
sistance 20 n score Of |. W. W. unions
facing criminal anarchy charges.
Then. to show Seattle and ole Hansen,
hc Mayor, now lovely everything was.
they held a monster mass meeting
with the A. +. of L. and I. w. W.
leaders and organizers speaking from
the same open air platform. There
was no doubt then that the Reds
had captured organized labor in the
state of Washington.
As they did in Seattle, So have they
done elsewhere since that time, but
not with all the force of their effort
at Seattle. The movement was di-
rccted from New York and Is now
being managed from here with all the
secrecy of closed meetings ard doors.
But It Is known that L. V. Chumley
is the General in charge Of the head
quarters in New York city.
The headquarters here, since the one
in Chicago was raided. maintains bu-
reaus for recruiting members, attack
| ing capital, protecting members, agi-
! tators and organizers, spreading prop
aganda and maintaining al all times
sufficient cash reserves for all pur-
poses-of the movement.
/ Italians, Firms, Germans, Slavs,
| Croatians. Bulgarians, negroes and
/ Swedes have their own branches.
] TslCn - cOHlpltlt III ltStll anu luc
government is from local to city fed
| Grafton, to district, to State fedora
] ton and to representation in the
/ main bodys convention, which this
year was held in Detroit
Let "a man be arrested for distribut-
/ ing the revolutionary literature of the
! organization and he will find bail
almost Instantly A well organized
legal department cares for the inter-
ests OF The prisoner in court and II
he is sent TO serve prison sentence
he will receive comforts in jail and
his family will be cared for until his
release.
Succeeding stories will detail how
the l. w. W. works in the various
activities OF its social service, how IL
Furnishes men who withdraw from 1t
and cares for those who get into
trouble for advancing the idea of the
zone Big Union" The names and
addresses of members will be printed
and the actual activities of the indi-
.. .. yidnalg Onf
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RELEASE OF MORE FOOD
CONSIDERED BY CABINET
Secretary Daniels Would Surrender
Sugar Supply If He Can
Get More.

WASHINGTON, oct. t7.-Relcasc or
additional supplies Of food held by the
Government, particularly sugar. was
discussed to-day at a meeting OF the
Cabinet Committee on the high cost OF
living. but no decision was reached
Other steps IN tho Governments cam
paign 10 combat high prices were dis
cussed Coordination Of all means OF
production and distribution was agreed
upon
Secretary Daniels. said he and Attor-
ucy General Palmer and Secretary
Baker would meet soon TO discuss
whether the military departments had
any surplus food which could bo released
TO the public, Mr., Daniels said he had
SUFFICIENT sugar for the navy for six
months but wanted to know before he
released any, whether he would be able
10 obtain supplies when he went into
the market again,
The evening world., 1919-10-17
Ten-Cent Fare and UnScram-
bling of System Expected to
Cause More Confusion.

In addition to paying ten-cont fares
in Brooklyn under the reorganization
or rather disorganization-o the
system, residents Of that borough are
about to suffer more acutely from the
"aIl out take car-ahcad" nuisance
than ever before,
This was made clear to-day when
the plans were. made public under
which the twenty-six lines divorced
from the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company are to operate.
The plan in many instances is To
run cars only TO the limits OF the
lines as defined in the old franchises,
abolIshing Through" service. Pas
scnlcrs will then be required 10 get
out, enter another car--if II is there
pay "a new fare, and continue THEN
Journey. Under this system officials
~ the various lines say Il would he
legal for them 10 charge Is or 20 cents
for rides that now cost a nickel. But
they said the maximum actually Ia
he charged will be 10 cents.
Two-cent transfers are abolished
entirely. But in some few cases
there will still be free transfers
These vii! be so rare, however, thai
practically the whole population vii
have to pay 10 cents for ride Of any
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HERE is HOW NEW SYSTEM
WILL WORK.

Here is ar example Of the way the
new system will strike simultaneous
ly at the purse and tho comfort OF
the passenger: You wish TO go 10
Jamalca and you board a Fulton
Street ear, which un1er the old sys-
tenn would take you straight through.
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FIRST RED CAMPAIGN WAS IN
WESTERN CANADA.

While this was in progress a test
Of the zone Big Union" idea was made
in Canada, to eliminate the American
Federation of Labor from influence
there. Resolutions denouncing the
stand OF Gompers and his cOnserva-
tive methods were adopted. The "One
Big Union" idea was actually created
under the direction OF w. A. Pritchard
OF Vancouver, /. J. John OF Winnipeg,
Joseph knight of Edmonton, V. r.
Rldgeley OF Vancouver and Joseph
Mnyler Of Cumberland. Tons of lit
eraturc were dumped into Canada and
convention was held with 242 off,
cal delegates from Alberta, Saskatch-
evan, Manitoba and Western Ontario.
Il went over in big style, and when the
test had been made the l. w, w, lead
ers prepared for the test in the State
OF Washington, with Seattle as head
quarters for the movement.
They bored from within" and be-
fore any one knew what was doing
there were more than 1000 |, w. W.
members holding cards In the Seattle
unions. They made their first attack
through the Laundry Drivers Union,
then vent 20 the painters. longshore-
man. iropmoulders and boilermakors
The evening world., 1919-10-17

This is the platform of the |. w. W.
written back in 1904 by Daniel de
Lem and adopted AT the Chicago Con
vention. lt was on the basis of this
platform that Haywood, Dchs and
the other big leaders set out to wrest
from capital all control of the Nation.
The first step in the plan was TO
gather and train men and women
rs organizers and tit them to recruit
members who would carry the banner
into every industrial centre OF the
country. Each was drilled with the
idea that the country could be swept
into social revolution by the organi-
zation Of zone Big Union." and the
/. w. W. determined to be that one
instrument for seizing all industry.
The evening world., 1919-10-17

CHICAGO, oct. l7.-Thomas Fitz-
gerald. confessed slayer OF sly-yeaT-
old Janet Wilkinson, was hanged TO-
day at the Cook County jail and pro-
nouneed dead at 9.26 A. N.
The evening world., 1919-10-17
NUsirirn assembly RatiheI "a. Ger
- ncnce Treaty.

VIENNA. oct, 1.-THE Austrian Ma
tional kss5Bb,, to-day Eat.aea Tho
Peace Treaty Of 81. Germaln.
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AN ARMY OF 5000 TRAINED
EDUCATORS" SET TO WORK.

Beginning in a modest way, the
work OF education proceeded until
more than 5000 men and women had
been trained in the ways Of those
who carry the "Red Card" Then,
after years Of work, with a perfect
organization they decided to fight for
control this year.
Picking out the shipbullding yards
on the Pacific Coast, the |. w. w.
leaders sent hundreds of organizers
intu the field late last summer TO be-
come established for the time when
the big assault would be made against
industry through organized labor
tSelf
These men had been instructed on
Aug. IL, 1917, for the first time to
carry two union cards-the Red card
of the |. w. w, and the regulation
card Of the unions affiliated with the
American Federation OF Labor. More
than 1000 men drifted into Seattle
and became members of the old, con-
servative unions. As soon as they
were on the rolls with a voice and
vote in the bodies they pulled the
wires and arranged the program 80
that they elected the officers instead
Of the men who had maintained the
unions for years,
II was a question of time only
. and skilful labor politics-until the
old-timers whose leader Gompers has
been, were shelved, and the radicals
put in full control to call strikes, re-
duce production or practice sabotage
as the leaders decided. Control was
gained simply because OF the love OF
the average American worker for
wife, family and home. The agita-
tors-radicals all-went to the union
meetings and opened them on sched-
uled time. While the conservative
was at home with wife and babes the
plotters were in the union meetings
and putting through whatever mo-
tons they desired for the purposes
They elected their own officers and
when the time came, dictated all the
nollcies toward radicalism.
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ycontlnued on Fourteenth PaseJ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
YOUTH HAS MUSICAL GENIUS
Willy Fer~ero 10 Sears oA, asgs
American Born, he capasS
Leader Of Orchestra

Willy Ferrero, ID. WHO leads 100
piece orchestras In se,ec~eos Of Was-
ner, Beethoven, Rosrim, >S-teg am
others, Is an American and vas born
in Portland Ne. The child has az
traCted the attention Of Europe since
ne was 4 years old, but it was only
recently that his American birth WIS
revealed by his parents, who are
Italians
The lad was taken to ITALY whittier
his parents were returning to take up
their residence In their old home IN
Turin When Willy was he began
his musical career, leading an orches-
"a IN the Folies Bergere IN Paris. A
year later he appeared in the CostanEa
theater Rome, where for the first time
he led an orchestra Of 100 pieces
The child took his orchestra before
Emperor Nicholas in 1918 and con,
Quoted two concerts for the monarch.
In the same year his orchestra was
filling an engagement Ia London. and
he was commanded to appear befos'
Queer Alexandra at Marlborough
house. He appeared before Pope BS.-
edict XIV in 1916 In April. 1915, jus
before Italy's declaratie1 Of war, WIZ
was presented with the gold medal bg
the Italian minister OF education ana
he had made successful appearan :
in the Augusteum, where he had con
Quoted an orchestra and chorus aggrA
eating 500 participants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
ENGLISH GENTLEMEN
DISCOVERED SECRET
FOUND OUT HOW TO BEAT HIGH
COST OF LIVING AND PROVED
1T TO ALL COuNTRYSIpE.

There were no War Savings Stamns
Or Treasury Savings Certificates IN tho
7avs of Samuel Johnson tho lannon's
PHILOSOPHER hnt the most e4Tac+iva
weapon against urofteers and fine hjch
cost of living was known and ON
oloved as effectively then 9s now
Boswell in HE life Of Johnson c711e
attention to tha succassfu1 -narnar
n which Mr. peragrin T,anr1or mas
erred the art If living IN tho efrb-
.eerth century Mr. T,angdon saaros
20 have becn wonder even h +la
frugal countryside where he uvel Ac-
?or1trg to Boswell ta had IN 90nui+v
If 200 pounds 4 wear (abou+ ri nno)
and while that sun1 ~. .hah'v nycead
ed an equal amount rod7y in nprcb7 :
ing power. this X what he was shla
20 do with II.
lie supported himself his sister
(who paid $40 wear FIR lar h9ardl
and his niece, The servants" sazs
The biographnr "vara two maids md
TWO man IN livery. the auuurt9rres 10
MS table were. 1eat and hanHe-,-a
as FREQUENTLY entertained ce--03- st
iinner and then his table was II
served with as MANY dishes as we're
usual at the tables Of other gentlemen
IF the neighborhood. His own an
pearance as to clothes was generally
neat and plain. He had always a
oost-chaise and kept three horses"
Mr. Langdon's nephew. in writing to
DR.. Johnson. gave awav the secret
formula hv which all this was madn
possible He declared that Mr. Lang
ion was able to do so much with SO
little because he paid for everything
Is soon as he had ii except alone what
were current expenses such as rent
,or his house and servants wages. md
these he paid at the stated time WIN
ihe utmost exactness. He save no
tice to the tradespeopIo Of the aa#-h-
BORING towns that they should n- .on-
ger have his custom if .ev H.. any
Of his servants have ANYTHING without
paving for it. Thus he pu, ou- Dc Ma
power to commit those im-rule1c,s
to which those are liable that dafer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
.Hf HIS SECOND BEST BED"7
Hriter Feels Called On TO Criticize
Shakespeare for Provision Made
in His Will

We are indebted to an English pub
ication for a copy of the last Win and
>stament Of the late William Shake
%peare. In the course Of this docui-
Aent we observe the following sen
'ence:
Il gyvc onto my wief my second best
bed With the furniture"
We have no desire to find fault with
The successful poet and dr#mntist Of
Stratford for this apparent discrtmina-
ticn against the Widow Shakespeare.
"! At disposition he made Of his first
best bed is matter that is not re-
Yealed by the copy Of the Viii Of tN2
versatile author whose last teStnmput
IS reported in the columns Of our uie,,
london contemporary. However ""
don't think Mr.. s. showed inst IL
right spirit in gyveing orto his H.lgf T..
second best bed. O, Wy did he No..
1--WE onto her his first lid or his tra
notro or his pUnche bola with the @j
butterflies. or his faNorytte wi--e y
his safetie razure or fountain peunp. CT
hicycle-anything, in fact but his sec
ond best bed?
No doubt Mr.. Shakespeare had gone
to bed with his boots on many a Satur-
day night in that very second best bed,
and yet hallowed az it was by such
memories. one cannot but feel that the
widow was treated unfairly. Perhaps
Wits folks influenced him. AS a CO.
writer we have only the highest regard
and esteem for him. But we don't
think he acted right about friend wief
Thrift Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
SIGNATURES to reaty.

Signatures on treaties have become
easy to arrange now that the system
If alphabetical order is followed, but
formerly the fight for precedence was
q cause Of grievous difficulty. The or
der in which names appeared on treat
los used TO be determined by the stat
us Of the realms concerned. But this
device involves such interminable dis
rlltes that other systems We're suggest
9;,, and as long ago as IT'S, at the sig
nature of the Quadruple alliance, each
power signed the first copy which was
to remain in its own possession. At
Aix-laC hapelle, In 174S, the contract
ing parties each signed one copy for
each of the others. Finally, the pres
emf plan of alphabetical order (ac-
cordng to the French alphabeD was
adopted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
SEES SIGNS IN EVERYTHING
Average Serbian superst;tious to :
Degree That to Westerners Seems
Almost lncomprehensibe.

The daily life of the Serbian is said
TO be full of superstition. He is su-
perStitiouS about the manner in which
he rises in the morning, about what
first meets his sight, how he dresses
and washes and whom he meets-of
what food he eats and the time anG
manncr of serving throughout the Ell
ire day. Attention is also paid TO
whether the cocks crow in time,
whether dogs bark much. if frogs
roak or the wind blows. Again, spc~
nj notice is taken Of the kind OF rain
at fails, thunder, how stars shine, =
ne moon has a halo, if it shines
trough a cloud. etc, etc.
The Evil Eye" is alone accountable
or disease and death. The Serbian
believes that for each malady that
flesh is heir to God has given rem
tdy. He believes that for each pain
there is n healing herb. He believes
IN witchcs-heautiful young maiden
who come forth from the dew and arc
Nourished in a mysterious mountain
They meet in the branches Of tree.
and are most dangerous ut supper
time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
Queer Nest.

'Sunfsh venture close to the shore
to lay their eggs and guard them" says
Or. T. T. BigeIow In Boys Life. This
is strange fact. They begin in the
southern part Of our country In April,
and may be found farther north in
the summer preparing a circular nest
n the sand by removing all the t"igs.
plants and debris from q sunny spot
about as large as ones head Then
by swaYing her body the female re-
moves the sand and gravel to a depth
If from three to four inches Exactly
how is this digging done? Is some of
The sand and gravel taken In the fish's
mouth? 1t is interesting to note what
coy places these nests occupy. Such
spots are sometimes like miniature
houses as the aquatic plants are so
close together 1T the top that one may
we'll imagine them to form windows
for sun parlors. When the young are
Matched the sunfish like the bullhead,
guards the nest against all intruders'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
DECLARES SHE LOST
BIG sum IN OIL DEAL
Woman Who Took Risk Hoping t
Get Large Profit IS Now Suing to
Recover Five Thousand
Dollars

Suit was filed in a western court 4
few days ago by woman, who alleges
she lost $4,000 in fraudulent oil stock
transaction. She would have had nc
trouble if she had invested in Unite
States securities that the governmen;
is now urging its citizens to buy.
the woman wanted 5000 shares Il
AZ oil concern that promised good re
turns 4 man. She alleges, said h
could obtain tn stock for 50 a share
She gave $4,000 in cash and her note
fer the balance. and then learned that
the stock cost only 81 a share.
There is absolutely no chance fc,
fraud il the purchase of the United
States Treasury Savings Certificates
,iIat may now BE obtained through the
Federal Reserve Pank or the govern
monal authorized agency These nc--
certificates are issued IN danomina-
tons Of 500 or $1,000 and the buyers
take no chance
or course Uncle Sam does not prom
tse any fabulous interest. But he does
7romtso splendid return. THO gov
ernn7 1T pays 80 per Z nj, and VIII,
TX exempt'ons are recHoned, the N
yestments just about stacks up w.-
the SO or 6 per ceny Investments Il,
fered in substantial commercial er
terprise.
But the beauty Of an investment
with Uncle Sam IS that ones princi
pal is absolutely secure, and the in
terest md principal are certain to B;
forthcoming on the promised day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
Old Printer a Wonder.

There was Old Limerick, an old
man since first known, and the boys
used to say he was not only born an
old man but was fighting when he
first saw the light He would work
until 4 few dollars were due him. and
on this would raise enough to get
drunk, and when drunk he was worse
than a coUpen full of wildcats. He
MIS- in bad with the police of every
city in the South. and at that time
there wasn't a policeman In this coun-
ty who had not at some time or other
been scratched or bitten by him,
Crippled though he was he was a
match for a squad, and 1t was never
until he was beaten TO pulp that he
could be put into a black maria.
And vet this man who wore his
shirts and socks until they dropped
from him. and who never bathed for
years at time. and whose every 9th
er word was an oath, could discuss
theology with a bishop, or politics with
Bob Toombs.-Macon Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
BE YOUR OWN CREDITOR.

Benjamin Franklin. the pioneer O!
American thrift said:
The borrower is slave to the lend
err. and the debtor to the creditor :.
you would know the value of money
try to borrow some"
Be your own creditor. so regulate
your expenditures that the first
charge against your income will be
savings Put aside a certain proper
tion of your money for necessary
| spending in the future.
Your savings are safeguard
against want in old age, and agains;
the rainy day. They form fund for
that golden opportunity that may be
on the way
Your savings are safe and readily
available if invested in War Savings
Stamps. guaranteed by the govern
ment and earning per cent interest
compounded quarterly.
Make start with Thrift Stamps
costing IS cents each
| Your w. S. S. at maturity will give
you bank account.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
All Wear the Sombrero.

A man going about from door to
door with wood on his back to sell
would be a distinct novelty in our
country, but not so in Mexico. Sell
ers of wood with the wood on their
backs are not uncommon In Mexico
and the dress of these men could not
be more nondescript than it Is. 1t is
made up Of odds and ends of wear
ing apparel and. like the Indian, the
Mexican is apt to be seen wearing
blanket when it Is warm enough to go
without shoes, and no matter what
his occupation. he would be seen wear
ing the wide sombrero which is the
unchanging and distinctive feature OF
Mexican dress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05

Mussel culture in France-where n
Is carried on more extensively than
anywhere else, originated so far back
as 1S5 when an Irish ship was
wrecked near La Rochelle
One of the rescued sailors, James
Walton, being hard put to it for liv-
ing, conceived the plan of setting nets
on poles for the capture of sea-fowl at
night. the muddy shores of the bay be-
ing frequented by these birds In large
numbers.
Before long he noticed that myriads
of young mussels became attached to
the stakes, and that, being above the
level of the mud these grew rapidly.
Thereupon he interlaced branches Of
trees between the stakes, thus forming
kind of wicker-work. which also
BECAME coated with mussels.
Walton's example was followed by
some Of the natives Of La Rochelle,
and an industry was started which has
now dourished for close on 800 years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
Beverage of Pine BaIsan1,

The threatened emptiness Of 1.-The
cup that cheers. but not inebriates, :"
reminds correspondent that Cowper
was less original than many readers
suppose in framing that line.
Long before his time. Bishop Berk-
eley applied the same encomium to a
drink made of pine balsam, In these
terms:
THE luminous spirit lodged and de-
tanned In the native balsam Of pines
and frs Is of nature so mild and be-
nigD and proportional to the human
constitution as to warm without heat
Ing, to cheer but not inehriate, and to
produce calm and steady JOY like the
effect of good news, without that sink.
ing Of spirits which Is a subsequent
effect on all fermented cordials."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-05
Arlinoton,

Arlington, for long the home Of the
ilustrious southern soldier. Robert f.
Lee, Is q historic home that creates
a sense of intimacy with history, but
in less degree due. no doubt, to the
fact that only the shell of that beauti-
full example of Greek architecture re-
mains today, the residence having lost
much of its "home" atmosphere
through being denuded of furniture and
partially closed. But who can traverse
its halls or stand in its high vaulted
rooms without rereading in clearer
memory the story of the great men
and women who once lived beneath its
roof? 1t Is linked up with Mount Yer
non by family ownership, having been
the home of John Parke Gusts, the
son of Martha Washington and the
father-in-law of the noble Lee.