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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-30
GOVERNMENT DE-
MES RESPONSIBLE
ITY in MATTER OF
ALLEGED DETEC'-
TIVES ARRESTED
DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE HAD
NOTHING TO DO IN MATTER or
ATTEMPTED ARREST on
MlIIIONAiRE STACKER

Berlin. Jan. 99.--Carl Ncuf and
Frank thinner. the alleged American
detectives who attempted to kdnaD
Grover c Bergloll and Isaac Stecher,
at Eborbach, Baden on Tuesday night
and were arrested, We're taken TO
Mosbach today for n hearing before
the states attorney who Is conduct
ing the prosecution. The two men
who claimed to be connected with the
bureau OF criminal investigation in
Washington, did not carry credentials
for entering the unoccupied zone OF
Germany, as their passports have been
signed by neither the German. civil
authYitIes, nor the military pass bu-
reau In Coblenz. says the Frlnktort
Gazette.
Officers of the intelligency depart
mcnt Of the American forces at Cob
lcnz denied yesterday they hld sent
the two men In pursuit Of Berg-
doll and Stechcr and an Investigation
has been begun by them They claim
to have no information regarding Ne
incident, except accounts printed In
German newspapers.
Washington, Jan 2a-Dcparimcnt
OF justice officials denied today that
the alleged American detective, oharr-
ell with having attempted TO kidnap
Grover c Bergloll draft evader. lt
Er'baoA, Baden, were agents of the
bureau Of investigation. At present
officials declared, thc.c are no agents
Of the department ON duty In foreign
countries.
Discussing the possible cx'radition
Of Bcrgdcn, legal officials said that
there wis no treaty IN operation un-
der which the United states could
demand his return The only possible
method officials asserted, would he
a request that Germany hand over
a man who has refused 10 fight
against that country which would
be embarrassing FOR this govern
mont and hardly possible of the nc
uuiescencc by Germany. The state
department had given no considcra-
ton to the question. It was sid.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-30
The Opening Of Southeast Extension G Hewitt Is In Keeping
With Spirit of p3gfess Manifested By Ardmore Oil Men
PRESIDENTELECr sHGBTENS
VISIT TO FLORIDA OgN

Miami, F'a Jan 2'.--larry'ne
oul his determination to VOID pub
lc demonstrations during ms vaca-
ion voyage down the coast, Presl-
dent elect Harding cut his visit to
Miami today to short stop, de-
voted largely to golf
After a fishing expedition to the
grounds south of Miami, the presi'
dent.elect probably will make an
other visit to this city. II is I'M
lerstood, however, that his plans
for the return trip are indefinite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-30
Moonshincrs 10 In Pcnitcniiary

Muskoscc. Ola. Jan. gp.-loc Lcbo
and Jim Copeland OF McCuriain county
wcrr sentenced to rs months In the
federal pcnitentiary by Judge Eohert
T.. Williams ON n charge ot moonahin-
ing. The men were caught about siA
months age IN ono. of the biggest
liquor raids In late years In eastern
Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-30
cOR0 WOMAN FILES FOR
ALDERMAN IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. 29.-The first negro
woman to be a candidate for alder
man in the city council Of Chicago
is Mrs. Lulu NJ. Sims, whose petit
ton was one of the last to be filed
before the time limit expired yes
terday at the city clerks office.
She is IA candidate for Office Of
council members representing the
Fourth ward, on the West Side and
the old stronghold Of the late Roger
:. Sullivan, noted Democratic
'eader.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

indianapolis, Oct. 1.-The United
States government, through the fed
eral judiciary, has been called upon
to assist West Virginia coal owners
in their fight to maintain anti
union conditions and thug. govern
ment in that state.
A plea for an injunction against
the United Mine Workers has been
filed in the federal court at Hunting
ton, w. Va, and in Federal Judge
Anderson's' court in this city. In
both cases the coal owners ask that
the miners be enjoined from attempt
ing to unionize southern West Vir-
ginia.
The coal owners latest move
shows how far these anti-unionists
will 90 to wreck collective bargain
ing in this industry that their power
over employees may be continued.
They have failed to defeat the
West Virginia miners and these
workers, together with the entire
membership of the United Mine
Workers are more determined to
secure the right to Join a trade
union, and establish constitutional
government in that state.
The coal owners are awake to
this fighting spirit and they are
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
Help North Dakota

An election to recall Governor
Frazier, Attorney General Lemke
and Commissioner of Agriculture
Hagan, who compose the Industrial
commission of North Dakota, will
take place October 28th. This brings
the contest on sooner than expected
and finds the Nonpartisan League
organization in that state quite I'M
prepared for the campaign as far
as ready funds are concerned 1t is
therefore necessary to make strong
appeal for IMMEDIATE HELP to
all liberal-minded citizens.
The farmers of North Dakota are
standing just as courageously as
ever for the justice Of their cause,
but they have come to a point where
the raising of a campaign fund is
very difficult matter. AS in
every other state they are suffer-
ing as a result of the defIation in
the value of farm products, In
addition to this they have been
forced to stand the expenses Of
seven special campaigns in the past
five years in defense of their pro-
gram. In every one of these cam
paigns the farmers have defeated
the opposition and carried the day
for the industrial program. They are
still as strong for their industrial
program as ever and will vote al
most solidly against the recall but
they are broke.
1t is under such conditions that
the beleaguered and hard pressed
farmers of North Dakota ask the
people of other states to come to
their aid, in order to save their
state cooperative industrial under
takings from defeat and ruin. The
farmers Of North Dakota are not
asking aid for themselves-they are
asking you to help save their in
dustrial program for the good Of the
country and the human race.
Whatever opinions one may hold
as to state ownership, it must be
conceded that the North Dakota
banking, marketing, farm loan, in
surance and home building enter
prises have in them great POSSIBLE
ties for good The farmers of
North Dakota are entitled to a fair
chance to give them a trial, and it
is to the vital interest Of the en-
tire country that such a trial be
given.
Let every friend Of freedom send
at least a dollar to help the farm
ers in their campaign. Don't hes
itatei Remember the election is
October 28th, and the campaign is
now on. The time is periously short
Address your letters to Nonpartisan
League Headquarters, Box 919, Far
20, North Dakota.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
COAL OWNERS WANT GOVERNMENT
TO DESTROY THE MINERS UNION

now attempting to unload their
troubles on the broad shoulders OF
Uncle Sam.
No clearer illustration of the
power of the labor injunction can
be shown than this move by the coaI
owners who would change their anti
union tactics if these iniunctlons are
issued. Then, if the miners urge
trade unionism in southern West VIZ
ginia the coal owners and their sup
porters will howl: "An attack on
government" and calls will be made
to fill West Virginia with deputy
marshals and federal troops TO
uphold the law
The iniunctions would permit the
coal owners to cry: LET us estab-
lish law before we discuss causes
for the strike Every subsidized
newspaper will act on the hint and
wave the Stars and Stripes for the
coal owners. The latter will stand
aside while the government wrecks
the miners union and removes the
one protest against West Virginia
peOnage.
At the convention of the United
Mine Workers, now in session IN
this city, the unions officials were
instructed to contest the issuance
Of these injunctions.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
Roads Can't Victimize

Chicago, Sept. 24.-The United
States Labor Board has ruled
that a railroad can not discharge
an employee because he joins a labor
union and has ordered the Butler
County railroad, a 41-mile line in
southern Missouri, to reinstate two
employees and pay them for time
lost.
The decision is in opposition to
decisions by the United States
supreme court that a railroad can
discharge for any reason or no
reason.
The board has no power to en-
force its decree but insists that
Congress did not intend or expect
to limit the Labor Board according
to the strict legal rights of the
parties, because if it did the dis
putes never could be solved"
Attention is called to that portion
Of the Cummins-E sch law which
declares that the public interest
demands continuous and uninter-
rupted operation of the transporta-
ton lines.
at is plausible to assume" says
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY
Nothing But a Rich Mans Club

Seattle. Wash. Sep-- Sg.-cr~,..es.-
ing against the increased ---s.-
fees, which nave prevented zrg,e -t-z-
1000 students from Attending IL
University Of Washington TINS fs--
students held Z mass nesting u ~
campus, Wednesday night and sCo,.-
ed a resolution urging the STATE
legislature % undertake recgr-
sideration Of the present fee system.
I'VE cannot hope 10 recind the
present fee system, but we have no
guarantee that the present fees will
not be doubled at the next season"
declared Peter Odigard, principal
speaker IF that were done, prac-
tically all self-supporting and par
TALLY self-supporting men and wo-
men would be excluded from the
University. Our purpose is to carry
on a statewide publicity campaign
to let the people know that we
are not getting a square deal, to
appeal to their sense of fairness and
to prevent further increase in fees"
With 20 per cent of the men in
the University entirely self-sup-
porting and 40 per cent more earn
ing part of their way through, it
was pointed out that increased fees
were working a genuine hardship on
at least 90 per cent Of men students.
Gunner Berg, Lucille Greenwood.
Leslie Marchand, Sam Bassett and
Greta Charter were appointed to
carry on the publicity campaign. The
resolution will be brought before
the women's clubs of the state. 1t
reads in part:
1--WE the undersigned students of
the University of Washington
do hereby pledge our earnest and un-
divided support to the President,
the Board of Regents and the Alum
nj Association in an effort to induce
the state legislature to undertake
a reconsideration of the present fee
system with view towards lifting
the burden of increased fees which
now so uniustly operates as to pre-
vent many deserving students from
obtaining an education.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

wipe them off the industrial map
with but scant effort. Production
Of lumber has been and is now being
curtailed. 1t is reported that at
meeting held in the city of Spo-
kane, on September End, that out
Of the thirty mills represented all
but seven agreed to either close
down on November 1st, or to reduce
their output to the minimum, it IS
said that included in this group
are many of the Weyerhaeuser
plants.
The officers of the international
Union of Timberworkers have for
several months pointed out this sit
uation in the lumber industry that
is not only detrimental to the work
ers in the industry but one that IS
also extremely dangerous to the
welfare of the general public. Wages
in this industry have been reduced
times without number, some attempts
at the establishment of the To-
hour work day in the Northwest
have been successful. Il has been
claimed by the operators that the
public will not buy" In truth the
public cannot buy, and slashing wage
reductions have not helped TO put
the public in a position 70 buy, they
have served but one purpose, that
Of reducing the purchasing power
u all Low wages has made low
business squarely upon the should
=rs Of those IN control Of the basic
industries Of our country rests the
blame for the tad conditions that
exist - this time. and not among
The least q these are the large op-
=rz-1rs n The lumber industry.
The was-ar= &C war taok It's toll
n the -I-1l5er industry, new and
7oW=rt--L combinations have been
t3rn-ec, l-r-;er vii not 70 lower.
II VIII never again IL -1ea1, chose
VITO delay ,l1--clug u the 1Cpe that
-s VII ceeorle cheap ara wasting
.--e co : tCre that vii not IL
-=z-Z=c Under 1he present system q
- .-=rz-ars. Some i Tie ccerz-
..Es --=--s--T=z ara frank =raCE. -
ADMIT ---s- --.-=es'- --sT say -Ez1 II
WILL ~ -g1=-- II. .E=- L-.s,=
w1c rr91-.4 IL ---..=r. 80 Tsge
asi-ers. zr+ Dig --,4r -z,- III
ths distributing a-c .aE L =. -.t-
ara.T- Il Is 4E-,E s-g.s-. .s-.l..i.l,. ALI
detrimental - LIZ .,s.E- ----=.'-s.g-1 e
rc.- rn= workers ~. r-r ga-la'f
1y-ll. a. r..at -aog, a,c Liza gl,-
lc 1&s evat ahEa. tw H b-r-.a-.s
oe2- rhay az a-rrIs.- Z. It.E1 r1rae-
- a. -I,nas
EL2zC n 81
Zt=y--z-1cl-..l .,s..-,.ss -.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
Prices and Profits
Mount; Wages and
Farm Returns Drop

A current press dispatch states
that Roger Babson, B. C. Forbes,
and the other high priests Of Wall
Street economies make "a virtually
unanimous prediction that the cost
Of living will be higher this winter.
Economic experts in public and pri-
vate service see in a price rise a
sure indication that the country is
striding back to normal once more"
Figures just released by the u. S.
Bureau Of Labor Statistics show
that the cost Of food in Is principal
American cities has mounted from
l per cent to 8 per cent during the
past month, and that in general it
is from per cent to 81 per cent
higher than in 1913. The Govern
ment figures also show that this in
crease is not due TO the farmer,
who is today facing bankruptcy, but
that there is a bigger margin Of
profit today somewhere between
wholesaler and the consumer than
there was in 1879 This is CON
firmed by market quotations from
Omaha, the center Of the cattle-rais-
ing industry, showing prices for
Western cattle lower than at any
time since August, 1911, although
the packers price for medium and
prime beef is still on the rise. With
general farm prices barely above,
and in some cases actually below the
1913 level, the prices Of household
furnishings are $50 per cent higher
than in 1913, while lumber and build
ing materials protected by Lumber
man Fordney's tariff are POP Der
cent above pre-war prices.
While prices and profits are
mounting still higher, as "the coun-
try is striding back to normal once
more" the Wall Street Journal con-
graduates the stock market on "the
continued downward trend of wages"
Striding back to normal, with higher
prices and profits, while six million
men, with twenty-four million de-
pendent women and children-nearly
one-third Of our population face
winter Of unemployment and want.
of cold and hunger and deprivation.
The stupidity of such an economic
system would be a comedy were it
not for its tragic consequences.
One thing is certain: profit. greed.
rivalry, and enlightened self-inter-
est" have proved CHASTITY failures
as the foundation for a Just and
stable economic organization. The
civilization that builds upon the as
sumption that men are antagonistic
and not members Of one social body
is fundamentally anarchical Only as
men have learned to cooperate has
civilization increased and social
progress been achieved With CO.
operation there could be no increase
in prices without a corresponding
in crease in wages and compensation
to the producers, while all savings or
profits" are returned to those who
create them. This is not Utopian.
1t is the hardest kind of common
sense. It is being realized today by
thousands Of cooperative associa
tons throughout this country and
Europe. In a dozen countries Co
operative organization is already
breaking the shell of a decadent and
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
Minimum Wage Laws
In United States

The fixing of wage rates by act
Of law is a practice that is quite
general in a number of countries
where men as well as women come
within the scope of the laws. In
the United States, minimum wage
laws are found in twelve states, the
District of Columbia and Porto
Rico but they are applicable only
to women and minors. The U. S.
Department Of Labor through its
Bureau Of Labor Statistics has just
issued as Bulletin No. 285 an ac-
count of the minimum wage legis-
lation Of the United States, includ-
ing its legal construction and its
operation in the different iurisdic-
tions.
Rates are usually fixed by a
board or commission, though in
Arizona and Utah the law itself
names the rate. The industries
covered may be few or many, &C
cording to the terms Of the law
Wisconsin covers all employments
with a single order, while Califor-
MIA has nine and Massachusetts
fifteen orders applicable to as
many industries or classifications.
The entire history Of this legis-
lation has been marked by attacks
on its constitutionality, but the
supreme courts of five States have
upheld their laws as valid, with no
adverse decision by such court.
There still is evident a disposition
to regard the laws as interfering
with the freedom Of contract"
which Of course they do, as does
practically every labor law" nota-
bly, those fixing the hours of labor,
compensation Of workmen for in
iuries, etc, which have been fully
indicated in the courts. More
over, the survey by the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics and the reports of
administrative commissions indicate
a very general acceptance of the
law by employers, many of them
giving it a hearty approval, as to
both principles and results.
The economic effect of these laws
is said to be a general wage in
crease in favor of the persons af-
fected by them, though without any
apparent tendency for the minimum
fixed by legal process to become the
IldAlIluln VI EVEN IHe SIdIludTu
wage, although the laws have large
ly done away with wide variations
in wages paid for identical serv-
ices. The employment of younger
children is said to have been re-
strictetd in some cases,-a result
that is regarded as beneficial; in
view of the desirability of deferr-
ing employment in favor of school
attendance.
The first law of this type enact
ed in the United States was in
Massachusetts in 1912, eight other
States following in 1918. Cues
tons Of constitutionality caused a
check in legislation, from which
the movement has hardly recov-
cred, though three laws were en-
acted in 1919. The fact of the
current reorganization of industry
is an argument both for and
against action, employers feeling
that there is need Of free and
rapid adjustment to meet changing
conditions, while the proponents Of
this form Of regulation regard it
as necessary in an unusual degree
in order 10 steady conditions that
are in danger Of working undue
injury to the group Of workers for
whose benefit such laws are en-
acted.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
No. 5l77
NOTICE tn CREnITnDc


In the Superior Court of the State of Wash
ington for Snohomsh County
In the Matter of the Estate of Fred Rendle.
man. Deceased
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed administrator of the es.
tate of Fred Rendleman, deceased and has
qualified for same. All persons having claims
against said deceased or his estate are hereby
requested to serve the same properly yeri.
Iled on said administrator or upon f. C.
Daley and A. f. Daley, his attorneys for
record at the office of said attorneys. 2IC
Stokes Building, Everett, Snohomish Coun.
" washington, which office the undersigned
mas selected as his place of business in ali
matters connected with said estate, and file
said claims with the clerk of the above en-.
Titled court together with proof of such
service within six months after the date of
the first publication of this notice
ED RENDLEMAN, Administrator
A. G. Daley and f. C. DALEY.
Attorneys for Administrator
otfice and p. o. Address, Stokes BUILDING
Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.
lrst publication September 23, 1921.
Last publication
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
Closed Shop For Bar
(By The Federated Press

Cincinnati, o. - The union shop
conditions which have prevailed in
the legal industry for many years
are to be made even more strin-
gent. The union, the American Bar
Association, in session here, heard
with favor the report of commit
tee headed by Clarence N. Goodwin
Of Chicago, which recommended com
pulsory membership in the bar as
ISOLATION instead Of voluntary, as at
present, and asked the association to
assume the right to educate, admit
and disbar all would-be lawyers at
the discretion of the association.
Favorable action on the report is
Anticipated.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

We have a repair shop in connec-
ton with store and have an expert
repair man in charge of same. We
make a speciality of repairing motor
cycles, bicycles, typewriters, cash
registers, guns and revolvers. We also
do lock, safe and key work. Tele-
phone and we will call for your "work
and return same when repaired at
Arthur A. Baily's Sporting Goods and
Hardware Store. Both phones Is.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
Smoke BLUE RIBBON 50 Cigar
ROBEY-ROBEY COMPANY

28O2 Colby Ave-, Phone Main 2S9,
are distributors of the following
lines. of which they carry a full
stock in standard sizes and popular
over sizes of Burd Quick Seating
Piston Rings. Acme Pistons. semi.
finished or finished to your order;
Ford Piston, exact stock duplicate
in every detail. Guaranteed abso-
lutely accurate.
S.M.C. Brake Lining-A new de-
partment with them is a full stock
OF super quality wrist pins. They
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

discredit profit" regime.
If the Wall Street journal does
not like a cooperative system which
co-ordinates prices and rewards and
cuts out profits, we commend for
its thoughtful consideration the 9TH
er possible alternative, expressed by
the Chinese adage: when the poor
have nothing else to eat, they eat
the rich"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07
TIMBERWORKERS
BULLETIN

Published by Ray R. Canterbury,
President and Harry Call, Secretary
Treasurer of the International Union
Of Timberworkers.
Office, 207-8-9 Maynard Building,
Seattle, Washington.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

the board, "that the purpose of
Congress Tin passing the transpor-
tation act) was to provide as eff
fective means as possible to pre-
vent an interruption of traffic
growing out of disputes. But with
out regard to which view of the
purpose of this legislation is cor
rect. the board, nevertheless, feels
that it should decide all disputes
in a manner Just and reasonable to
the parties concerned"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

are made of the finest steel. correct
to absolute micrometer eXactness,
and are carried in standard and
oversizes for all cars and trucks.
See them for your wants in these
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-10-07

Smoke CHALLENGE 1Oc Cigar.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-12

Inns Shower, Elizabeth Atkinson, An
gle Bird, Elizabeth Bird, Edna Fair
brothers, Erma Gaskill, Edna Jeffer-
son, Nora Miller, Lillian Price, Luetta
Rider, Ruth Roger, Wilhellmina
Schoepflin, Frances Smith, Catherine
Van SICKLE, Jennie Van Syckle, Anna
Waddams. Enrolment, SO; Attend
ance for month, $500. Cordelia G.
Turner, teacher.
Grades 3 and A: James Bewley, Mar
vim DeHaven, Archie Hammell, John
jefferson, Wesley Smith, Kenneth
Concluded on page 81
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-12
ENTERTAINED LASS.

Mrs. H. E. Howell entertained her
Sunday shcool class Saturday evening.
As the children came masked there
was lots of fun finding who they Were,
but after all we're found out they I'M
masked and the evening was spent in
games, playing and singing. They all
went home after they had filled them
silves with the goodies of the season.