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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-11
STAVKA ~OCELARSKYCH
DELNfKU.

Narodni vybor svazu ocelar
skych delniku telegrafoval wee
ia do Clevelandu, re stavka
vSech uniovych delnikd V anne
rickych zelezarnach Dude "a
hajena %. zari. Clevelandske
ocelarny zamestnavaif asi o.
600 dotcenych d6lnik1 a 2
tech 10000 jist6 %. srpna Wy
jde ma stavku. Tolik totiz oce-
laf3kych delnik1 zde hlasi Sc
k uni, kdezto ash 10000 lidi
neni jest6 zelezarnach zor-
ganisovano. Mimo uniovych o.
celafu budou stavkovati cetni
kovafi, kotlari, vykladaci, sle-
vaci, elektrikove a podobni re-
meslnici V zelezarske industrii
pnsobici. Budou stavkovat re
sympatle vuci ocelarum, take
cely dotceny prdmysl stavkou
Dude zasazen. Bliziclm Sc straj
KEN budou zasazeny ,prede-
vsim McKinneyovi ~tovarny, ia
koz i mistni zavody ocelarske
no trustu. Unie vyjednavaly 8
ocelarskymi magnaty delsi cas-
a kdyz tito zvyseni mzdy stale
odkladali, den strajku koneC-
ne byl ustanoven. Podobne
stavky vypuknou v Youngstoy
nu, Canton, Warren, Column.
bus / V jinych ohajskych me-
stech.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-11
CLANEK " PLAIN DEALE-
RI o SLOVACiCH.

DneSni Plain Dealer sezna-
mule americkou veTejnost S ma
rodem slovenskym a objasnuja
pom6r k Mad'arGm, ktefi do
ciziny i donna slime agituji, ia
ka kfivda Sc Uhram stala osvo
boZenim Slovaku. Dobfe infor
movany autor plSe, za NADIA
ri re vsech Jim V porobu da-
nych narodu Slovaky nejvice
potlacovali, neuvad6jic ami il
mi obydlene kraje ma map6.
tOdpirali Jim vsechna prava VII
bee u daleko v6tSi mire nez-li
iChorvatum a jinym Jihoslova-
ldm V jiznich Uhrach.
Ones Slovaci donna i V Anne
rice stavi Sc prot mad'arske a
gitaci a hledi vSemozn6 napra-
viii co doba mad'arske poroby
zavinila. Zasluhuji 81 toho "a
voji statecnost ma Sibiri, kde
bojovali pc boku svych cas-
<ych pobratimcu a pisatel uji-
ituje slovensky narod sympati
1mi Ameriky, kterych "a po-
'ledni sve ciny pine zaslouzi
DneSnl uvaha Plain Dealeru
est cinem zasluznym a must
ne kazdy pokus seznamiti eli
1inu S naSimi snahami co naj-
yfeleji vitati. Dlouho nebylo o
las niceho psano a jest nejvyS
i cas-, abychom Sc sv6tu ko-
lecn6 ukazali.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-11
EEEHUuEKuuuuuEu
Al
do Ceske Svobodomyslne
Skoly ma Broadway

N.
Sc kona V sobotu dine 13. "a
ii 1919 cd 2 do A nod. cd
poledne. Rodice ditek jsou
zadany, ably ditky sve v cas-
k zapisu pfivedli a je poslali
do skoly V Besidkach c. N.
Sine V ned6li1 zafi, kteryz
10 den pravidelne vyucovani
Zapocne.
Zahajeni Detskych Best
lex Dude tez IA. zafi odpo-
edne.
vYBoR.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-11
MSSl It'll IWSS]
MA DIVA
TY.

Republikansky radni p. FIR
SoJka re se3tnacte wardy, tax
to hodnostar ma radnici Sc o
svedciysi, Dude NIT tentokratt
diva rep. protikandidaty, X
Winklera a JOS. Mosku. Par
SoJka byl okr. vykonnym w.
borem republikanG indorsovar
/ letos, brzy vSak ma to vysky-
Ii Sc oba Zda vyjmenovani ce
kanci, cimz harmonic mezi re
publikany 16. wardy Dude Una
enc poruSena, pakli totiz OBJ
novi cekanci V cas- ne%ustoupi
Kandidatem demokrata V 16
warde letos jest John F. Curr,
tedy nikoli krajan.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-11
IWSSl IWSSI IWSSI
D AMER


Mistni anglicky list oznamr
je, re ceskoslovenska republi-
ka vysle brzy do Soustati zvla.
stni komisi, ktera Dude STUDIO.
vat amer. telegraph a system
telefonicky. L Ceskosloven.
skych zemi prijedou zvlaSt Cd
bornici poStovni a rozumi sc
samo sebou, re komise ia i do
Clevelandu zavita. O priiezdu
dotcene Geskoslovenske komi-
Sc referoval prvni Scientific A
merican, jemuz zprava ia d.
fedni cestou z Prahy byla DO
slana.
WSSl It'll lWSSl
We PROSPECT
slozeno k rukam p. K. Bern
reitera.
Pi. Anna Dittrich $500
Sbor Palma Vitezstvi.
els. ia, S. P. J.. $500
Sbor Dcery Slavic, els.
GA, S. P. J. 500
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-11

Hrunek Dude hrati a "a vse-
chino Sc Dude $500 platiti.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14

than there was an uproar, due to
the activities of u few young men,
who Immediately engaged in heck
ling, both prohibitionists and anti
prohibitionists pleading for order.
Outside the building there were
potent signs of pending trouble. A
great crowd of students had gath
cred. and after Mr.. Johnson began
to speak hundreds of the students.
who evidently were organized, broke
down the iron gates of the entrance
to the hall, brushed aside the police.
charged down the aisles and seized
Johnson and Mckenzie. These two
they pelted with bags of flour. They
hoisted them into a wagon and pro-
ceeded to Kings College nearby.
where both were invited to state
their case for prohibition to the
students, but were not allowed to
proceed because of the howls.
Marched on n Plank
The rioters then discarded Nc
Kenzie and mounted Johnson on u
plank. This q stalwart group
mounted on their shoulders and
marched through the Strand, Covent
Garden, Leicester Square,, Picadilly
Circus and Oxford Circus to Port
land street where the police inter
vened and effected n rescue.
AS the procession passed through
the streets. with banners adorned
with black cats, pictures of beer
stems and other decorations. there
were frequent cries of We've got
Pussyfoot!" but Londoners, accua-
toned to students marches recently.
did not really believe that it was
Johnson, and the march did not
cause as much excitement in the
streets as might be expected.
Some of the prohibition campaign
ers, mostly Americans, declared to
The Associated Press that they did
not believe the police had made a
sincere effort to break up the crowds.
and contended that they could have
rescued Mr.. Johnson much sooner If
they had so desired.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14

by the police, who. during the early
part of the march simply kept the
crowd moving. He was taken to
Bow Street Station, where his in
jurfes were dressed and he was then
able to go home.
The occasion of the attack was q
meeting in Essex Hall, just off the
Strand, at which a debate had been
arranged under the auspices of the
Overseas Club and Patriotic League
between Mr.. Johnson and r. Mitchell
Banks, a lawyer. on 'the how and
the why of American prohibition" !"
Trouble Brcws early
The chairman of the meeting was
f. A. Mckenzie. He, too, was seized
by the crowd, but was soon released.
The meeting had no sooner opened
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
MARCHED ON A PLANK
THROUGH LONDON STREETS
American AntSaoon League Organizer Seized From the
Speakers Platform by Medical Students and
Mauled Until Rescued by Police

London, Nov. 14.-William e.
Johnson, an American prohibition
worker and Anti-Saloon League or
ganizer, familiarly known here and
elsewhere as "Pussyfoot," was
dragged from a platform from which
he was speaking yesterday, severely
beaten and paraded through two
miles of crowded West End streets
on a plank.
His assailants for the most part
were medical students, and against
them at times he put up a strenuous
fight, receiving a badly damaged
eye and other injuries, so that
finally, owing to his weakened physi-
cal condition, he was obliged to sub
NIT to the indignity.
Eventually Johnson was rescued
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
Miners Slow in
Returning to Work

Johnstown, Pa, Nov. IA Of
ficers of District No. 2, United Mine
Workers. meeting at Clearfield yes
terday. sent out telegrams to al of
the local unions asking them to meet
and act Immediately upon receipt of
notice from the National officers re-
scinding the strike order. One new
reason for the tardiness of miners in
returning to work, aside from the
fact that they have not had time
to meet, was emphatically stated at
the Clearfield meeting. AS put by
Secretary Gilbert, it is that some
operators had begun to collect 81 a
day penalty from the striking miners
or held up their pay entirely. under
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14

n construction of the Garfield agree
ment fixing a fine for unauthorized
strikes. The operators of the field,
Secretary Gilbert said. had ordered
refunds of the fines collected.
The district officers believe there
will be quick action at Washington,
In opening the way for negotiation
of a wage scale.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
Approved Shooting of
Armistice Paraders;
German Gets Year

Paterson, N. j., Nov. IA. Ex-
preston of approval at the shooting
of ex-service men in the Armistice
Day parade in Centralia, Wash, yes
terday brought William Bidzenger, a
German, a sentence of one year in
the Passaic county Jail. His plea,
when arraigned. that he did not in
tend his remarks to be taken seri-
ously availed him nothing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
NOVEMBER IA, 1919.

vest erday without interference by
the. Federal auth horities.
The sales were made by two
Louisville distillers from their tax
paid floor stocks under the protec-
ton of temporary injunction is
sued by Federal Judge Walter Evans
but In the face of Government
warning that If the Supreme Court
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14

finds wartime prohibition consd-
tutional prosecutions were possible.
Pennsylvania liquor interests ap-
peared interested, messages from
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia an
nouncing intention of bringing
similar suits in Federal courts.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
Whisky Is Openly
Sold at Louisville

Louisville, KY. Nov. 14.-For the
first time since July 1. when war
time prohibition went into effect.
whisky openly was sold in Louisville
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14

Use McNeirs Cold Tablets. -
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10
JOHN MITCHELL,
LABOR HEAD, DIES
Former Chief of Miners
Union Succumbs Sud-
denly in New York.

New York. Sept s.-John Mitchell,
one OF Americas foremost labor lead
ers. died suddenly late today at the
Post Graduate Hospital He was op-
Grated upon last Tuesday for gall
stones and up to a very slort time
before his death, he was reported to
be improving.
Mr.. Mitchell had been unconscious
for several hours before his death.
His wife son and daughter were at
his bedside wien the end came.
Governor Alfred T.. Smith, who had
been a colse friend OF Mr.. Mitchell
for many years, called at the hos
pital few minutes before his death
70 inquire about his condition.
joan Mitchell. labor leader, author
and lecturer. was born at Braidwood.
Ills, February 4. 1870 At the age Of
ten he had to leave school and go 70
work. but he continued his education
by studying at night. Later he stud
led law for year and then took up
the study Of economies He married
katherine O'Rourke Of Spring VAL
ley, Ills, on June !. 1891.
Mr.. Mitchell came into greatest
prominence as president OF the
United Mine Workers OF America He
directed two strikes Of the mine
workers in 1900 and 1902 At the time
Of his death he was chairman Of the
New York State Industrial Commits
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

together. The lessons of life he
learned at her knee have guided
him. / recall, as II 1t were yester.
the day my mother made the first
American flag ever flung to the
breezes of Laclede- John and / sat
beside her as she made it With
each stitch she explained to us what
the flag stood for; what each star
meant, what each stripe meant
Then, too. John owes much to his
father. remember distinctly-as
clearly as I recall the fiag-observ-
ance Of the first Memorial Day in
Laclede. Our father was sponsor for
the observance. He got most of the
children together. You know many
of the townspeople frowned upon our
Memorial Day. But he did not care.
With John and ! on either side OF
him, one OF US by each hand, the
other children following behind, all
carrying flowers, he led us out to the
cemetery where our soldier dead were
buried. He told US why we went;
why we should honor the memory OF
these soldiers and why we should pay
reverence to them He told US why
they had died-to preserve the Union.
Then. at his direction, we laid our
flowers on the graves.
Those recollections, so clear to
me today, must be as clear today to
John. They must be guideposts in
his life"
Mrs. Butler ceased speaking and
Warren. a trifie restless, slipped from
her arms. He ran TO a table near
which we were sitting and caught
up a photograph in his hands. He
brought 1t to me.
Todny's General as n Daddy.
See" he exclaimed "A picture of
my daddy"
1t was, an unusually fine picture OF
the general. taken only a few weeks
before in Paris. And. written just
below the picture in the generals
hand, were the words:
With love to my son. Warren. from
Papa"
Warren waited while I read. then
spoke up again
7 get a letter from daddy every
week." the child said
He writes and tells me what he is
doing. I write him. too"
A moment more and the child had
left the room-gone to play, perhaps
at soldiers even as his father had
played at soldiers more than half a
century ago. never knowing that in
later life he was to become one of
the greatest soldiers history knows.
the first American general to lead an
army Of Americans on foreign soil in
the greatest war of history.
His father over again" Mrs But
Ter remarked as the boy departed
And he is his father over again
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1919, by The Wheeler Syn
dicate. Inc)
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10
CHAPTER II CContinued).

A year later. when he was four
years old, the generals life may be
said to have started. Then 1t was.
at four years old. that the boy who
at four years Old. that the boy. now
John J. Pershing, general in the great
est war of the worlds history, re-
cetved his first taste OF war. He
heard shots ring out, smelled pow
der. He saw two men meet their
end. And he saw it all and never
flinched. He stood his ground then,
at four, in Laclede, even as he
stood it in France, where he fought
to crush the Hun and win victory
for civilization and restore Alsace-
French
NIr. Lomax- the banker. tells of
the generals first taste Of war
in a bUshwhacker raid on Laclede-
Nr Lomax is an old man now.
seventy-Seven years of age But like
all LacIede people in the eighties
or close to the eighties, he seems
younger. Even his hair. snow white
does not make him seem old. And
as he tells Of the raid, relieving it
as he becomes interested in his
narrative, he is young again His
eyes sparkle. The dignity of the
banker is laid aside He is a boy
He told me the story sitting in
the parlor Of his home On the wall
close to him was a picture Of the
Psrshing family and more than once
the old banker paused, his glance
straying to that picture. It seemed
as il he were asking the pictured
image of his old employer to cor
robOrate the story.
1864" Mr.. Lomax began. 7 think
II was Saturday. I was working
for Mr.. PershinC, Sr.. a clerk IN his
store. John was playing about, uow
running into the store now out Sud
denly a shout rang out
The bushwhackers are eorntngr
the voice called.
"A moment later eighteen or
twenty men armed with revorvers
and shotguns galloped into town.
There were many persons on the
street-thats what makes me think
1t was a Saturday. They had cnme
IN to buy their provisions. There
was intense excitement People
rushed hither and thither. Little
John-he was a bit excited. But he
was not afraid. No. He stood his
iEround like little man.
ne raiders were Captain HOltz-
claws command
4 stepped back into the store
after I had seen them and told Mr.
Pershing. He walked back to where
there were some guns. The guns
had been loaded. but. oddly, that
very morning we had discharged
them to avoid having loaded guns
about where John so often played.
Just then some of the BUSH
whaCkers entered the store.
And by the way" the banker in
terjected, I should have told you
that Mr. Pershing was postmaster.
He was appointed by President Lin
coin Well in our store we had
safe The people of the town used
it as a general safe deposit At the
time the bushwhackers came into
the store there was between $1,000
and $4,000 in the safe
Mr.. PershinG locked the safe and
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

away never to return Men went
away and did return-returned to tell
stories of the war. PEI.
So 1t. was only natural that the war
should play a vital part In the lives
OF the children of that day as our
war today is playing a vital part in
the lives of our children. The war
entered into the playtime of Laciede's
children. Popular heroes of the war
became their heroes and in their play
they emulated their heroes.
Who was Johns hero?
Grant.
And. in later years, a cadet at West
Point John was to see his hero alive
and he was to honor him dead.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

part of his life. Sitting in her home
at 174S street. in Lincoln. Neb..
her brothers only, surviving child
snuggled up against her. she re-
counted IL. And the presence of the
child. all left to the. general of the
Preside tragedy, which took from
him his three other children and his
wife. just in the Maytime of her
life, made the story the more i'm
pressive. For Warren, only 9, looks
today. Mrs. Butler told me, just as
his father looked in the days of
which she spoke.
Il was born June 10, 1884" said
Mrs. Butler. and my earliest mem
ories go back TO John. AS / see
him, boy again. he was very much
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10
Wisconsin Congressman
Would Increase Bonus

All members Of the Wisconsin
delegation yesterday introduced in
Congress q bin granting each serv-
ice man an additional bonus Of $50
for each months service.
similar law was recently en-
zCted in Wisconsin. t is estimated
hat it would mean an additional
expenditure Of s1.4OO.OOO.OOO.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

5 this boy. his son, is today" And
Mrs. Butler reached up a hand to
stroke the blond head nestled en-
her shoulder
Il recall him as boy-all boy. He
played hard and he studied hard
He was good and he was bad-not
very bad He was mischievous as
all boys who are real boys are mis-
chievous. What stands out most
ci"arly Is our mothers wonderful
tenderness towards him. She was a
remarkable woman. John owes
much to her.
'All through her life she was his
sweetheart. They were sweethearts
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

The Washington Hernld sent
n special representative out
through the West and south, to
the birthplace of Gen. Perish
ing, the scenes of his early life,
the town where he taught
school, the cities where live to-
day his most intimate friends
and relatives, and then over to
West Point, where he ntted
himself for his chosen career,
and to Washington. where
many of Pershing's associates
are now to be found-his quest
being to find all the authentic
facts and get together all
the descriptive anecdotes that
would place on permanent rec
ord the brilliant career of this
most eminent man of America
today. The result was highly
successful
Each day q complete chapter
will be given exclusively In The
Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

Meantime John was learning why
the civil war was fought He was
learning what the civil war meant.
He learned these things at his
mothers knee. She explained to him
why his father had left home; why
il was so many other boys fathers
had left home; why it was some of
them never returned.
Sister Tells of Pershing'. Boyhood.
The generals sister. Mrs D. N.
Butler. born May Elizabeth Per-
shinC. but known to Laclede folks
As 'Eessie," the third child OF the
PershinEs. told me much of this
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10
CITY Club Talks BERN.

The City Club will inaugurate itI
series OF fall and winter wednesday
luncheon talks at 1890 o'clock to-
day at its temporary home on Far
ragut Square. The talk will star
about 1 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-10

sion He was widely known as a lee
turer on trade unionism and had also
written several books and pamphlets
on labor subjects.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-01-25
GERMANS ANXIOUS TO
COME TO AMERlC A

Washington, Jan. 24.-Thousands of
Germans who fought against America
aI2 anX Dusly awaiting for the peace
treaty to be signed to emigrate .
this country, the house immigration
committee was told yesterday by Rep
resentative Johnson of South Dak3.
t., a lieutenant in the infantry over,
seas during the war. speaking in 10.
vor Of leg slaticn stopping immigra
ton during the reconstruction period
Mr.. Johnson said he spoke with num
erous German prisoners and that in
evitably they stated they intended tC
come to America as soon as the war
was over, not takin into considera.
tbn the fact that they might not be
wantec.
"They did not want to return t.
their country and they realized that
England, France or Italy would not
tolerate them" M Johnson said.
"Tho question is, shall this coun
try tolerate them? American soldiers
in FranNa a1n unanimously of tax
opinion th7t it should not"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-01-25

NATIONAL GUARD
Grief OF MILITARY BUREAU ASKS
REGULAR ARMY EQUIPMENT
BE GIVEN ORGANIZATIONS.

Warrington, Jan. 24.-Brig Ge2. Jno
" Heavy acting chief of the militia
bureau, recommended to the house
N Hitary affairs committee yesterd Y
that rider be included in the array
appropriation bill authorizing the See.
rotary Ct War to turn over to the IA
ti0n&l Guard from the surplus supplies
OF the regular army equipment valued
Il 35,00CO00.
General 'FIeavey, said the general
staff was in favor Of transferring tle
supplies, but was without authority.
Gen. Heavey urged that the Nation.
a Guard he maintained in the s7mc
form as it was before the Unitn1
States entered the war and that tlla
increases in its strength authorized
by the act Of June 3, 1916 be carried
9ut
THE value to the country during
the war of the Nat nnal Gu9rdsmen
cannot r. over-estimated." he said
"At the time men were needed. moet
the National Guard provided force
.os $4,000 men and 1913 Officers
They have done magnificent work
comparing most favorably with the
forces of any other nation. The Of
ficiency of the offers w2s proven
l'y the act that the entire numt7'
only 352 were discharged for inef
ficiency
"The militia bureau strongly adv1
Gates universal military tra ming. br'
believes il should he carried ort ~
connection with the National Guar4
Tho act of Jure 3 1916, provide
for sixteen divsions of toto
| strength of 400, SG4 me1. Cen Heoro-
ie1id hut hecaur,e of the war the term
of the act were not carried out
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-01-25
WAR WORK FUND
GEORGIADiD WELL
WOMEN OF THIS STATE DID EX.
CELLENT WORK IN SECuR-
ING CT PLEDGES.

Georgia has collected $732, ,3l3.46, or
47 per cent Of its united war work
fund, toward which $l,6S5, ,430.87 was
pledged by the state during the Nov.
omber 1918, campaign, result ng il
national toyel-suoaciiDtion 'ol .$20eit
1855.
VIII r McCord, sJaje director of
ccl.eotilus, received word from local
departmental. heu quar- rs inst the
..ayen st2t2s OF the Southeast are lead
ing many ether sections of tn United
States New York head quarters an.
ncunces through Director john r
Mott that thus Iar something loss than
Is per cent of The national fund has
bsen paid into the treasury Tor the
continued war wslfare Work OF the
Y. NJ. c. A, \. ". C.. A, National
Catholic War council, Jewish Welfare
beard, the Salvation Army, War Camp
Community serv lie and American Lii
hraTy association.
Georgia stands fifth i1f order of
percentage OF funds collected, Missis-
s1ppi leading the Southeastern group
with Y II per cent South Carolina
and Alabama have over 80 per cent in
hand. Other states III order Of st1nd-
ing are: Flor jla, fourth: Tennessee.
sixth, and South Carolina, seventh.
The Southeastern Department had
ncarl- so per cent CT its fund Of So
7391S874 collected early in January