pramalic Celebration WINNIPEG WINS
POWER PLANT
Snappy Story of Long Struggle and Splen~
did Victory of People Over Financial
(By John D. Barry.)
hile Miss Alice Paul was i right to be wrong, which he us-
iking in jail,” said Miss Maude | ually is.”
er, of San Francisco, at the Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmong rad
meeting in Washington recent- | her paper reciting the sufferings of
the Natfjonal Woman's Party |the picketers in jail and pridon so
eighty-dix ‘thousand dollars |dramatically that it seemed less like
vised, ‘‘she received a visi; one ja reading than an impassioned spon-
¢ at nine o’clock, an hour after ' taneous speech.
ne when all the prisoners were, The most dramatic scene of the af-
ed to be in bed, from a gen- ternoon came when the picketers
known to be closely associa- who had been in prison, about eighty
ith the Administration. If he | marched slowly down the aisles with
been closely associated with their ‘banners, young women and old
ministration he couldn’t have | women, short women and tall wo-
hto prison. The attorneys of | em all with fine serious faces, the
Paul had been forbidden to see | most interesting being Mrs. Nolan,
yen during visiting hours. Al-/Ssvenivhiee years: old, ‘who had
h it was understood that nome | cone up from Florida to work for
women should be visited in the cause.
without their consent Miss Miss Lucy Burns, ‘the red-haired
was nog consulted and she was young agitator from: New York who
uch astonished to ske the man | | had been manacled: to the bars of her
ng at her bedside. He stayed lcell on “the nigh of terror’ in Oc-
‘0 hours, talking over the sit- coquan prison, and Miss Alice Paul,
. He asked Miss Paul how jong the recognized leader, the (mspiration
1d the other picketers would of the picketing, ‘who had recently
he Administration before they come back from jai} after a five
picketing again. She said (it | weeks’ hunger strike, with about
depend on the attitude the Ad- | three weeks of forcible feeding, a
ration and Congress seemed to ! delica te, shy little creature, with big
ing toward the Federal Amend- | black eyes.
He said the Prohibition bill | i'hose who like plenty®of action in
be brought up and passed and | their drama would have been de-
that was ouy of the way the lighted with the scene managed by
xe bill would be taken up. He | Mrs. Thomas M. Hepburn, of Hart-
if we would be content to Lae ford, Connecticut, who presided in a
hrough one House this session | way that might have been envied by
ait til! the next session for it | that genius among presiding officers,
s the other House. Miss Pajul | Champ Clark. She explained the
that if the hill did not go | need that the organization had of
h this session the Woman's | money to carry on its work to the
wonld not he satisfied. Then success that seemed imminent, a
an said the President would called for pledges. Soon they were
ention Suffrage in his message coming so fast that two or ‘three
opening of Congress but would | speakers would be heard at the same
it known to the leaders of Con- | time, eager to make thellr offerings.
tha; he wanted it passed and Five thousand dollars, three thous-
see that it passed. Ile also |and dollars, five hundred dollars, fif-
nat the agitation of the picket-|teea thousand dollars, five dollars,
treatment as political offend- | the amounts would keep varying and
hs very embarrassing for the | with them there would be brief
that i¢ miight encourage other | speeches, offering the pledges in be-
bk of offenders in war time to | {half of this state or this person in
ir the same kind of treatment.” | onor of some friend of suffrage or
sensational announcement | of ireedom. living or dead. Mrs.
hly one of several sensations Howard Gould, just returned from a
Barked an extraordinary after- long motor trp through the south
When Dudley Field Malone with Miss Maude Younger, to let the
forward to make his address people know what the picketers had
od Wwe \ iting for lene he ae been enduring in jail,
1 othe ny cause yA thousand dollars in honor of
btermined effort of live hun- Dudley Field Malone whom she cele-
beople outside to get into an brated as a politician because he was
un already overcrowded. v0 different from other politicians.
five hundred people. were | He will be a remarkable character if
hat mollifiel when one of the he is no; spoiled for the rest of his
rilliant of the speakers among lite by that incident.
keters went out to make D So many people were eager to give
in the frosty air and to have | money that Mrs. Hepburn, as evening
isfdctilon of seeing President | approached. was obliged, with reluc-
dash past the crowd in a |tance only too evident, to stop the
| proffers.
ne made a very eloquent | By this time the audience was ex-
He said many clever and | hausted. But Miss Maude Younger
ing things. He was most ef- | performed the feat of reviving inter-
when he pointed out that pic- | est hy her story of her tour with Mrs.
as a method of agitation had | Gould where the two ladies encount-
immensely the victory for | ered and overcame a multitude of
y» in New York by appealing | obstacles thrown in their way by
ympathies of the workers who those who fried to make them appear
and so desperately had clung seditious, finally making everyone
“ting in their own fights. In- | sit up by her story of Miss Paul's
ly he made a reference to ! visitor in the jail. It was this storyy
troversy involving Sam Gom- that formed the chief topic of com-
er the organizing of postal ment as the audience passed out.
ses. “I have even the toler-| Would the Administration really
concede Post Master Burleson | support the Federal Amendment?
BUREAD THE TRUTH. MARY AND THE LANDLORD.
reat objective of the Social- | Mary kept a little shop
0 ‘break through the mental! To help her on life’s way;
of prejudice in the average Her honest toil found fit reward,
i enlighten his ignorance. All And it began to pay.
5 understand full well that
rage man doesn’t benefit in
test from the present system. asked, :
contrary; it is only too evi . And Mary was imprudent;
it he suffers greatly from (i. Of: conse, she TeYen essed: he Was
his nose pressed perpetually 47 econonie student:
indstone in an effort to make | But Mary’s landlord’s eagle eye
and shuts him out from the| yas watching how things went,
s of life. It denies him op- And when the 15th May came round
Vv, and gnakes his hope a! He doubled Mary's rent.
He is merely one of the]
asses that slave for the rich | The imposition staggered her,
, the earth. Without the Put what could Mary do?
of Socialism, hil children | Subsistence bare is the
emned to the same joyless, | share,
Lopeless existence. Ali above is the landlord’s due.
be Socialist shows him this | still
of joy and freedom and op- |
| for him and, if no% for him |
* his children. He shows |
the present system,
m along with the majority |
nd for the enrichment of: a { Still Mary voted for a tax
t a necessary system. He “On all that life required;
the possibility of a world | Her landlord now is very rich,
orkers, without master and But Mary has expired.
slave. He shows him the —The Liberator.
which his interests and
is children lie,
“How’s biz?” the landlord often
tenant’s
Mary struggled as before,
Impreving as she went;
t-But, step by step, with
trade,
"the landlord raised the rent.
increased
that op-
and rou from capitalism. Social-
ses Who benefit
come when men know the
at this system, with its
ana c¢
he good of
rose in her |
OF freed HSS he teambed—to Hodge
{ Interest on Funded Debt
| be done by municipalities when con- |
stitutional restrictions do not pre-|
| velit: them from. taking over and,
operating profitable public utilities.
They also indieate of course; how the
Pirates. ,
(By GEORGE A. BRIGGS, Elkhart,
for which we pay so much.
high-voltage jolt which, whether wel- |
come or not, we rightly deserve.
whined
rates.
licity. They begged.
wheedled for higher
‘the higher costs of labor and ma-
terials. I
Reid scoffed
ing current at a cost of much less
me this seemed incredible.
His Britannic Majesty's American |
possessions, where this is being writ-
ten, correborative detail has accumu-
lated rapidly. At the Royal Alexan-!
dra Hotel in Winnipeg I met an old-
time friend from Nebraska. He owns
and operates an electric light plant |
in the Republican River Valley.
Part of his power comes from the!
waters of the Republican River. The |
remainder he gets from big, oil- burn- |
ing Diesel engines. |
This man told me that including
all overhead expense, depreeiation, |
interest, etc., he produces current at!
less than one-half cent per kilowatt
hour.
*1f this be true,” thought I, “It is
no wonder that the owners of light- |
ing plants have grown so rich. But’
what beautiful nerve they have to |
ask for yet higher rates.’
i didn’t say much to my friend,
ut. fmy.face revealed
incredulity. “A little later “When ‘we |
took a motor trip about this beauti-
ful Canadian city, he had his rer,
venge. Everywhere almost we sow
billboards en which were advertise-
ments soliciting the people of Winni- |
peg ‘““To patronize the electric plant |
you own; buy current from the city |
at cue cent per kilowatt hour.”
My friend was kind. He didn’t rub
it in —much. So he talked of other |
things and of other days.
‘This morning, however, I made a |
bee line for the city hall to get the|
facts... Jere they are. They were
given me by Magnus Peterson, Sec-
retary of the Board of Control of the
City of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The city owns a municipal electric | |
plant, but it is not a municipal mon- |
oplv. A private company competes; |
For lighting only, the city charges
three cents per kilowatt hour. For
cooking, heating and for domestic
power, the rate is one cent. Users
of domestic power get their lighting |
current also for one cent.
Users of commercial power pay on
a gliding scale running from one cent
down to eight-tenths of a cent per
kilowatt: hour. From this rate on
yearly contract there fs a discount
of ten per cent. On a contract for |
three years the discount is fifteen |
per cent; while on a five year con- |
tract the discount is twenty per cent. |
Un long time contracts then the
consumer gets commercal power for |
sixty-four one-hundredths of one |
cent per kilowatt hour. Near where
I live I know of no such rates. What |
do you pay?
ALL THIS SERVICE IS REN-
DERED AT A PROFIT, TOO. Last
year the municipal company had |
more than thirty-four thousand cus- |
tomers. The maximum load was
twenty-six thousand horse power. |
Earnings totaled $971,839.79. This
amount exceeded all charges includ- |
ing simking fund, depreciation, |
operating, maintenance and general
expense, by the sum of $78,684.72, |
This was the net profit after all de-|
ductions were made, among which |
were:
Depreciation. ......... $264,254.52 |
310,253.84 |
These bare facts show what may |
eleetric
current. in
yeing soaked.
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Here are some facts from Canada | courts object to the public manage-
and elsewhere that throw light on the | ment of unprofitable public utilities
high cost of lighting; also on the low like the police and fire departments.
cost of making the electric current | | It is quite clear, however, to capita-
When | | lists
the cost of production is compared | | that profitable public utilities should
with the selling price, then we get a (be privately owned.
[spots we Americans are now. strug-
The first eye-opening humch came glins against oppressive monopolies;
to. me some weeks ago in a conversa- anc now she freed herself, even as we
tion with Hugh Reid in Chicago. At hope to free ourselves, iis a story full
the time of our conversation the of interest.
Electric Light Magnates of Indiana |fromn Mr. Peterson.
were conducting a campaign of pub- of it.
and the United Grain-Growers, gave me
They another part.
made a plausible case based upon out of every man I met,
was almost convinced. personalties: in the privately owned.
He said that the Chi- conmpany that competes with the mu- to distribute power.
cago Drainage Canal folks are mak- nicipal plant, are those of Sir Wil-|now in force, went into effect im-
lian McKenzie and: Sir Donald Mann.
than one cent per kilowatt hour. To These kmightly titles sound strange | liam and Sir Donald do?
| to American ears.
Yesterday and today however, in are logical.
| functions are ©
ips. the truth or|
| with the bank that was the financial
most | ”
The city aed for more
time. The bank thought the time
might be extended if the city would
give up lits visionary and impractic-
the loan.
light, heat and power.
Here is where a fatal lack of |
financial team-work played into the |
hands of the city. It seems that sev- |
eral of the directors of another bank, |
Indi%na, in Christian Socialist.) weve not fiiendly to that interloping |
i rai'road, the Canadian Northern. It |
5 was poaching on the preserves of the
Canadian Pacific.
Naturally enough, then these di-
and to most supreme courts Sir Donald Mann.
Montreal, in spite of the panic,
How Winnipeg struggled, as ip |pgy off the Bank of Commerce and
thus the municipal enterprise was
saved.
built a- power plant on the Winnipeg
River some seventy-seven miles from
the city. It brings the current to
the city over a right-of-way that is
ond hundred feet wide. The plant
| was completed in the autumn of 1911
|at a cost below the engineer's esti-
llere is the story. The dom'inating | mate.
Early in 1912 the city commenced
The low rates,
I didn’t get all of it
He knew part
Robert L. Scott, Secretary of
The rest just oozed
mediately.
Did they
Nevertheless they | go into bankruptcy? They did not.
Up here in Canada, | The y promptly met the prices asked
don’y you see, win a man grabs ai | by the city.
franchise, and, out’ of the tribute-| Before doing: so however they
levying power it gives him, hogs. a! made one last effort to ‘protect thelr
fortune, then the people want some | interests.” During the same year,
way permanently to. identify him sometime in the autumn, Sanford
wita his deeds. Soy frequently, they! Evans, Mayor of Winnipeg, being
have him knighted and tack a Sir then in the last year of his reign,
ontc his mame, ~ chanced to cross the Atlantic Ocean
Sir William andi Donald earned: | homeward bound on the same steam-
their titles. Their company, the 9" W ith Sir William McKenzie. His
Winnipeg Hlectric: Railway Company, | | Worship returned to Winnipeg all
originally charged & uniform rate of | |aglow with a proposal that the city
TWENTY CENTS per kilowatt hour. | purchase the Winnipeg Electric from
|The thrifty knights: claimed that a) the two Orphan Knights. “Consoli-
| lower rate meant bankruptcy. The |date the plants and overhead,” was
civizens suspected, however, what we | | the mayoral slogan.
(at home are beginning to suspect, | Sir William and Sir Donald lived
naaely, that privately: owned: public up tc their titles in: their megotia-
ted: and managed thons with the leity. They asked
{with a minimum. of efficiency and |twenty- ~-two million for their plant.
| maximum af gall ‘Dollars, I mean, of course. This mod-
The first: step
alsity of this sus the bonds: dimounting to seven mil-
2 1016s blians.af. dellars at par; andfithe eom-
whe, by 1 means’ ‘ot
tax payers voted ,250, 000.00 for | of aollars at two hundred and fifty
the creation of a municipal jivara, delle per share; the par value be-
Elsctric Power Plant, one hundred dollars per share.
‘hen the jockeying bela: In 1916! Pre nerve of this proposal will be
the company reducell its rate one | evident when I tell you that from
half. This was done evidently, to the criginal sale of the bonds came
| discourage the people from proceed- | {all the money that was invested in
ling further. The people of Winnis | the plant. The common stock was
peg however, didn’t even hesitate. | given without charge chiefly to Sir
|Thoy went right ahead with their | | William and Sir Donald and to other
| plans. | “useful” persons. But because of
When the panje of 1907 broke, the 'B® exorbitani rates charged, the
city owed the Bank of Commerce company for years paid twelve per
several millions of dollars. Then Sir joent per annum on all this water-
William and Sir Donald played their !035ed capitalization. Figuring mon-
trump card. These knightly souls | ley ut five per cent then, this com-
{not only dominated the local utilities | (mon stock that was wholly water,
| situation, but they also dominated | | was worth almost $250.00 per share.
‘the Canadian Northern® Railway, -- Cr due manipulation ft sold for
Through their ramifying financial in- | that on the open market. It was
terosts too, they had great influence considered a gilt-edged investment. :
The people of Winnipeg thought
backer of the Canadian Northern. | it was a guilt-edged investment. But
This bank, gentle reader, was none WhY try to fix the blame? It is the
other than the same Bank of Com- | apotbeosis of futility to do so. The
merce to which the city of Winnipeg | Sit1ation didn’t arise because Sfr
owed several millions of dollars. | William and Sir Donald were bad
Pretty soft for Sir William and and unscrupulous. Quife the con-
Sir Donald—what? The bank called | rary. They had certain ideals. Like
TRE Sey
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what! _
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loaned the city enough money to |
And what did Sir Wil- |:
wards demonstrat | est demand was for the city to buy
4 efor ndum, the mon stock amounting to six millions |
ot 300 re “vps
| THE COMMERCIAL’S UP-T O-DATE BUSINESS
GUIDE AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
able project of supplying itself With | These Business and Professional Men Contribute to the Sup-
port of The Commercial; Commercial Readers Contribute
to the Support of These Business: and Professional Men. §
List under this heading your: busi- |,
the Bank of Montreal, are also diree- | ness: naime; location, telephone num- |
tors of the Canadian Pacific Railway. | ber and a brief general description of 'MARKLETON STORE CO., General
Among them is Sir Thomas Shaugh- {goods carried in stock, or of profes- |
nessy, now Lord Shaughnessy. These | sional services available to the pub-
directors, and their bank therefore lic.
No single ad listed to contain
more than seven printed lines. The
cost is ‘50 cents per month.
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MEYERSDALE, PA.
rectors, and their bank were not |R. REICH & SON, 130 Centre St.,!
friendly to Sir William McKenzie and |
So, the bank of |
Furniture, Carpets,
Stoves, Pianos’ & Musical Goods; |
Undertaking: a Speciaity; all |
Wall: Paper,
phones. |
W. B. COOK & SON, Fire, Automo-
bile, Compensation, and Plate |
Glass Insurance.
W. A. Clark, Funeral Director;
Business Conducted at. the -Szme |
Cills; Both Phones. |
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GARRETT, PA.
WILLIAM MARTIN, Shoe: and Har-
aess Repairing; Shoe Shine. |
SIDNEY BURK & SON, First Nation-
a} Bahk Bldg.’ Up-to-date Shaving
Parlor.
THE ANGEMA LABORATORY, Man- |
ufacturers of Medicines, Toilet Ar-|
ticles, Extracts, Soap, etc., Main of-.
fice Pittsburgh, Pa.
BEAL’S RESTAURANT, Short Or-|
ders; Cigars and Tobacco; Grocer-
ies; Ice Cream; and Justice of the
Peace. .. Economy Phone.
W. H. CLEMENS, Notary Public; Ice!
Cream, Soda Water, Confection-
ery, etc. Economy Phone. |
W, E. JUDY, General Merchahdise
and Country Produce: Economy
phone.
Tailor Made Suits a Specialty; full |
line of Dry Goods and Notions.
Next Door to Postoffice.
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HOOVERSVILLE, PA.
C. A. LOHR & SON, News Agency;
daily papers, late magazines; Can-
dy, Cigars, and Soft Drinks.
HARRY ISAACSON, Water street at
corner Bridge; Clothing, Shoes,
Gents’ Furnishings. County phono.
HT Ni Teh
JOHNN E. HAMILTON, Main St,
Drugs, Soda Water, Cigars. County
phone.
J. C. DULL, Water St., Shots, Gents’
Furnishings; Bicycle Supplies.
FE. W. MENSER, Plumbing, Heating,
Tinning. County phone. |
W. BE. DOYLE, Main St., Barbering,
Shampooing, Massage.
HOOUERSMILLE GARAGE, P. M.|
Boyer, Prop., Successors of Autos. |
Both phones. |
E. Ax MALSBERRY, W.
WALK KISTLER, Shoes, Hats and’
MARKLETON, PA.
Merchandise and Country Produce.
Economy Phone.
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ROCKWOOD, PA.
| ROCKWOOD HARDWARE CO. W.-
Main St., General Hardware and
full line of Mining Tools. Econ-
omy phone. d
(J. J. KARR, Farmers’ and Mer-
chants’ Bank Bldg. Tonsorial Ar-
tist.
Main St.,
Jewelry and: Watches; B: & O.
Watch Inspector.
The city went steadily ahead. It | WILLIAM C. PRICE, Successor to | FRITZ MACHINE SHOP, All Kinds
of Repair Work; Pipe #nd Pipefit-
tings. Economy phone.
"lace; Prompt Attention Given All | THE HOME MADE BREAD MAN, J.
1. Snyder. County Rhone No. 26;
Economy phone No. 15.
| 7. ED. MILLER; W. Main St., Fruft
and’ Groceries. Economy phone
No. 87.
PETE MANCUSO,; W. Main St., Mer-
chant Tailor; Cleaning, Pressing,
Repairing; Work Guaranteed.
| PHOTOPLAY THEATRE, Geo. Rid-
enour, Prop.,, W. Main St., First
Class Pictures; Change daily.
MEYERS’ HARDWARE & MEYERS’
VARIETY STORE, N. F. Meyers,
Prop., Miller Bldg,, General Hard-
ware, full line of Variety Goods.
Economy phone.
MILLER & WOLF, Successors to
John D. Locke, Miller Block,
Clothing, Shoes and Hats for Men.
MILLERS HOTEL: AND RESTAUR-
ANT, Rooms, Meals, Short Orders;
Tobacco and Cigars; full line of
troceries. First Clals Accomoda~
tions. 3 .e
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SOMERSET, PA.
ot
W. CURTIS TRUXAL, Attorney-at-
Eaw; prompt attention given to all
legal business. :
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WINDBER, PA.
HEED. i 9
Horseshoer. i Shonen.
GEORGE. RUDOLI’H, 1321 Midway,
Custom: Tailor. Local phone..
TORQUATO BROS., 1317 Midway,
General Contractors. Bell plione
| No. 107-8. uw + EE BB
S06, BRICKER, 1320 Graham Ave:
Clothing,
ings;
Shoes; Gents’ Furnish-
| C. DB. NUPP, 1214 Grabam:Av., News-
papers, late Magazines;
Cigars and Tobaeco.
Candies,
the rest: of us.they tried to realize]
their ideals with the least effort.
"They had personal vision, and the
!deal of personal economic salvation. |
What they had dome in pursuit of!
those ideals was to capitalize the ig-
norance of their fellow citizens. They
cannot be blamed for capitalizing
whatever the law permits to be capi-
talized. Neither can the people be
blamed for their ignorance. So
don’t you see, no one was to biame.
The people finally awoke to the high
cost of ignorance. Then they punc-
tured the honest graft of Sir William
McKenzie and Sir Donald Mann. Af-
ter all, isn’t ignorance, and not sin
the curse of Adam?
Put to get back to Winnipeg. The
dity might have bought the plant at
the enormous price asked. Much
pressure was brought upon the coun-
cil to make the deal go through
Fortunately there is g legal provision
whereby the council cannot make a
capital investthemt that mortgages
the assets of the city, without a ref-
erendum. The referendum: never
was taken. Mayor Evans’ proposal
never reached that stage. That is
one beauty of the referendum, The
fact that it can be used often heads
off crooked deals.
In this case Winnipeg was favored
by almost miraculously having two
un-kept newspapers. These journals |
slammed and the people damned. |
Public Opinion said ‘“let’s wait until
1927 when the McKenzie-Mann fran-
chise expires. We can take over the
property then at a physical wvalua-
tion.” The mayor's proposal was
turned down.
Sir William. and Sir Donald have
fallen upon evil days.
{
forced to sell current at one cent per |
kilowatt hour. They alse own the]
street railway system.
i owns it.
the car earning
had better say
The
that their company
jitneys came and cut
a cool half million
dollars per
I'o meet this
(not heard a shot nor
Or, perhaps I!ar:
|eight rides for a quarter at certain
| hours of the day.
Always you can
‘get six for a quarter or twenty-five
rides: for: a: dollar.
In spite of these reductions in: the
rates of boih of their utilities, the
water in the Winnipeg Electric Rail-
way utilities lis: valuable water. Al-
though the entire issue of common
stock represents no- value; neverthe-
less that stock now sells for almost
fifty dollars: per: share. It is worth
that. TIts'earnings justify the price.
Thus in Winnipeg, as well as in
Nebraska, and: in other parts of this
land of the free, it is being demon-
trated beyond doubt that there is
ample profit in hydrg-electric plants
at cne cent per kilowatt hour; and
that with an electric plant, where
the power comes from oil or coal, a
slightly higher rate will yield a
handsome profit. :
WHAT SHERMAN DID SAY.
General Sherman’s often quoted
and at present time most significant
statement regarding war, is: not
kioown by man in its entirety: Here
is what the famous general did say,
and it is-a classic:
“I confess without shame that I
am tired and sick of war. Its glery
is all moonshine. Even success, the
most brilliant, is over dead and man-
| gled bodies, the anguish gnd. lamen-
tation of distant families appealing
tome for missing sons, husbands and
fathers. It is only those who have
heard the
shrieks and groans of the wounded
land lacerated, that cry aloud for
| more
Their mis- desolation.
fortunes did not end when they were | ing Club News.
blocd; more vengeance; more
War is hell!”’—Advertis-
Organized workers in New York
spporting pending legislation
which would limerease wages of cify
laborers to $3 a day. ’
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