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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1018.
NO. 2490.
REPUBLICANS GETTING READY
In Justice to the
Ernst Brothers
We desire to announce for the benefit of those
whom it may concern, as well as others it may not.
That yesterday=evening the Industrial Worker received
a telegram from Mr. Joseph Ernst which emphatically
stated that his Brother Phil, is not, and has never been
interned on suspicion of being a pro=German. He says
any rumors to the contrary are absolutely false.
HAYS REPUBLICAN
NAT'L COMTEEMAN
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 13.—William
. Hays of Indiana was finally elected
chairman of the Republican Nation
al Committee. Tho fight between
Hays and Adams of Iowa reached
tho most bitter climax of the Repub
lican party in its whole history.
After a deadlock lasting more than
three days, Adams of Iowa withdrew
with the proviso that the power of
Geo. Perkins, former financial back
er of the Progressive party and now
very powerful In the Republican
party, should be curbed. Politicians
6ay this is a great victory for Perk
ins for he now has practically the
whole say in the naming of the
next candidate for President on the
Republican ticket and that there is
no doubt in the world but that he
will name Theodore Roosevelt.
WASHHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 13—
The Fuel Addministraton todoy
announced that hereafter all heat
less Mondays in the East are Abol
ished. Under the original order
there were six more Mondays to be
heatless.
The Department announces that
this action is to he taken owing to
the g-er-.tly increased supply short
age and to the relaxing of the car
shortage and states conditions thru
out the coal fields are improving.
MOB OF COCKROACHS
ORDER RESPECTABLE
CITIZENS LEAVE TOWN
STANTON, 111. Fel). 13—This town
■was shaken to its foundation lust night j
when a mob, styling themselves, "Sons
of Liberty” drove John Metzen. a Chi
cago Attorney and Feverine Obardan,
out of town. These two men had the
nerve to tell the people that they should
not stand for being exploited by the
capitalistic parasites and they were im
mediately charged with being pro
German.
These self styled “patriots” fearing
for the profits which the Federal gov
ernment is fast investigating, warned
the two defenseless men not to return
on pain of being severely beat up. The
police of the city made absolutely no
attempt to queM the mob the paid lack
eys of plutocrats. War breeds intol
erance and brutality and some of the
American officleis are becoming what
La Follette called, "blood brothers of
the most debased exponents of Prus
sian brutality.”
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., .next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen's. ,
WHAT W. i. ROWE IS DOING
WITH 24 MEN & 18 HORSES
By the first of May over three
thousand tons of rairoad metal; lo
comotives and other rolling stock
will be piled up at the mouth of
Bonanza for shipment to the out
side.
The work of tearing up the Solo
mon Ttiver railroad is going on a
pace under the personal supervision
of W. J. Rowe, and according to
advices received from the Casade
paga yesterday, over five miles of
rails have been taken up and piled
for hauling. Twenty-four men and
eighteen head of horses are at pres
ent engaged on the job and many
more will be employeed as the work
progresses.
Much delay is caused by the fact
that the contract calls for the draw
ing of all spikes. This will give one
an idea of the shortage of material
on the outside, as the time involved
in doing this work is considerable,
largly due to climatic conditions.
A trail has been broken from the
mouth of Ruby creek leading up
the Casaddepaga river and crossing
into the Solomon watershed over
the divide at the head of Butte
creek. All of the metal is being
slid into the river bed and haul
down to the mouth of Solomon Riv
er. Owing to the extraordinary mild
nature of the weather at present,
the work is proceeding rapidly.
W. J. Rowe is assured of having all
the material at the shipping point
within the time specified in the
contract.
Property holders and operators
in the Casa section regret the de
molition of the road which has been
ot material benefit to them during
past years. The freight rates into
the Casa andd upper Solomon sec
tions will be considerably increased
when horse transportation is again
resorted to.
Anything In tne live or Job work
at the Industrial Worker Office
Satisfaction assured.
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WOMEN SHOVEL COAL
MANY MEN ARE IDLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—President
Stone of the Brotherhood of Engineers
today before the Railway Wage Com
mission said he could not help but see
red every time be went into the railway
yards these days and saw women shov
eling and piling coal', wiping and coup
ling engines and doing all the work
formerly done by men. Such display
of igreed by the railroads was surely
disgusting to railroad men and a dis
grace to any nation which wwild toler
ate such avariciousness. Women doing
the work of mien for about half pay
and thousands of men going around
looking for jobs. "This is conservation
of labor with a vim.”
Stone declared that when the de
partment, asked for the names of fifty
engineers, to assist with the supplies
for trench work in Prance his Brother
hood supplied four hundred names. He
stated that the railroads were violat
ing the sixteen hour Law and that since
the government has taken over the
control of the railroads that many of
the men are eoanipellt'd to work as much
as thirty hours. The companies aro
doing everything ixussible in an under
hand way to make the government ow
nership of railroads unpopular and
since they cannot rely on the men to
help them voluntarily they are going
to try’ to create as much dissotisfaetion
among the men as possible.
Reasonable prices, and first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
"•ompanv.
ITALIAN PREMIER
EULOGIZES U.S.
ENTRANCE IN WAR
ROME, Feb. IS—Premier Orlando
today in his address before the Italian
Parliament said that the reply of Von
ertling and Czernin of the Central
powers showed plainly that they had
no intention of accepting the peace
terms at the allies, e warned the Ital
ian people thnt they are now facing
a very grave crisis and they must
further conserve the resources of the
country and bend all energies toward
attaining complete victory. He said
that the Inter allied war council found
no possible solution of the peace ques
tion in answer of the Central Empires
and that all had agreed to a more
vigorous prosecution of the war. He
told the parliament that America’s en
trance into the war was a Godsend to
Italy for just as soon as the Great
Republic sot into action in earnest all
hope by the Central Emipnres for vic
tory would be over. On mention of
[the name of America the Parliament
[rose to its feet and cheered Ions and
loudly for the American people.
AGREEMENT WITH EXCHANGES HOLD
DOWN DUTTER EGG PRICES
WASHHINTON, D. C. Feb.13—
AH speculation in butter anil eggs
J has ben eliminated, it was announc
ed today by the national food ad
ministration, through an agreement
1 \ th the butter and egg exchanges
' .hrcughout the countr:\
' liese products will be permitted
to flow in as direct a course as
possible from the producer to the
: consumer.
A set of rules governing transac
tions on the exchanges has been
adopted to be operative for the dur
ation of the war, according to the.
terms of the agreement. The agree
ment and the rules are expected to
prevent all fictitious profits in the
handling of butter and eggs and all
trading in the future. The coop
eration of every exchange, from
coast to coast, is assured.
The rules of the exchanges pro
vide that no goods bought on ‘call’
can be offered for resale in the same
section; that all goods sold on
‘call’ must bo of the grade offered
and actual deliveries must be made.
It is provided that a request for'
any grade or qquantity may be made
when the goods are on a ‘call’ if no
price is specified, but bids for a
grade or a quantity not offered are
prohibited. This is to prevent the
boosting of prices by fictitious bid
ing.
No purchase may be made on
the ‘call’, it is provided, except by
persons actually engaged in the dis
tribution of goods, so eliminating the
brokers. The goods must be pur
chased for actual distribution in the
course of business, and only in such
amounts as are nccesary to enable
the purchaser to carry on his trade
resularly. |
Besides these regulations, all
transactions must conform to the
rules of the food administration
governing the handling of, or deal
ing inany food comodity.
FICKERT TRYING TO
SIDE-STEP FRAMEUP
I
SAN' FANCIKCO, Feb. 13—The em
inent District Attorney, Mr. Fickret,
§tates that one of the principal wit
nesses for the Shite, against Thos
Mooney ai}d Billings was lost on the
Tuseania. This witness, John Crawley
by name swore he saw Billings on the
scene of the preparedness day bomb
explosion but his evidence w^is torn to
pieces by Bourke Cochran who "Showed
very clearly in the cross examination,
that Crowley's story was part of the
frame up.
The trial of Isreal Weinberg, another
defendant in this world famous frame
up, has been set for Feb. 25th.
TO HOTHER.
To the one who loves us when fortune’s bright,
But more when the sky’s overcast;
Whose heart reveals, yet more conceals,
Our mother! first and last.
TO YOU.
Here’s to the girl that’s good and sweet,
Here’s to the girl thats true,
Here’s to the girl that rules my heart—
In other words, here’s to you.