A • ■'■• *X 7 At XAa C A - X-y M4f^fiAi;HAX^74-i" A*e*x^k-Z$X -gr\ - v^ v y.j; - * yx ,A$m$^sA^x^^ xx^^.^x^ :py^.^^t^yys^ry.7e^'yya: x^yyX^.y^*\X-\ X -A' ';-«•? Industrial Unity is .Strength.. '$* y '0 xxr-M^ Vv .The Official Orgamof District No. 18, U.- M. W. of A. M I486 Political Unity is Victory. THE NANAIMO TODAY 'Miners' Counsel Id- Arrested j The latest 'development of the^ Island'situatioa goes to provve:what.we' have always asserted, that the capitalist will attack each and all-In his attempt to defeat,the' worker,'and the arrests of'counsel for the defence'of miners*on a miserable" trumped up charge of picketing is only another instance of the attempts of 'Bowser and '' the coal operators to defeat the' union miners at'any price. Nothing is "loo debasing,* mean, or contemptable" for ,this hypocritical bunch of law and or- ,der gentry.- We -cut the following ,from The! Vancouver Sun: ;''.;'-'The. latest bombshell, in the Nanaimo situation came with sensational '-suddenness "yesterday" evening with .'the'arrest, of "Mr. Israel I. Rubinowitz, a- prominent Vancouver lawyer, magistrate for Richmond, and Rhodes scholar,' by special constables in- .Nanaimo ,on a charge of watching, following besetting and intimidating workmen. ■ - "Mr. Rubinowitz was (recently retained by the" miners' defense committee "to,handle their case.s*arising out-of ■ the recent strike riots and^went'to sNaiialmp .yesterday to. acquaint him- ,'self with''local conditions. He, was walking through fthe streets of the Coal City this .'afternoon,' under -the fguldance of two men, when nrreked by half a dozen special constables and , thrown into prison, after being refused-bail. . > ■ '-' , , ...;.■, ^ -"-Thek first news'of ,thV, arrest was • quickly, followed, by a.telegram from -the accused to Tke*Sun,'Which reads —"ooyf ullu WS ;■"•■,*■ .-. - , ^ ,'■'" "'Having been retained, by the' . miners' .defense committee, I was • passing through the public-streets' under J;he guidance of two men In order to acquaint myself with the ', locality.of the riots. .'To my pro- ''} - found alilfeoment'il washifresl'e'd. by ." six'special"constables, publicly in- - " suited, humiliated and''subjected,.'to - ' grosBcsVlndlgnities. it appears that ., I am charged with watching, following, ■ besetting and intimidating ; workmen, I never saw nor spoke to r any worlmien, and the charge is ■' false,. ..malicious and preposterous, ■The magistrate refuses mo bail, and I am nojyln jail liko a criminal.' "Wr. Rubinowitz ls a CormervtitUv, ois have given as a practical'proof of their recognition, that an Injury to one is the concern, of all. • y ; iMr. Lowney will.visit sbme bf the camps in East Kootenay and explain the importance of aid being given to the men, women and children of Calumet. . He will' be accompanied by J. W. Bennett..-The latter individual will make a tour through District 6 W. F. of <M., soliciting.' subscriptions and speaking on behalf of those who have been so tyrannically' treated by the copper magnates of the Eastern States. , . • TOM MANN SPEAKS OUT TRADES CONGRESS A OF CANADA " • * i___ 0 Montreal Delegates Discuss Island Strike & Resent Employment of MilWa-Crothers Scored \ WINDSOR, ' Ont.,- Sept." 22.—Tom Mann, the English labor,,- , r, left the speakers' platform in the Windsor Athletic Club in disgust last night, as. John IL ' Mason, president of the Trades and Labor,Council, sang "God Save the King." Slason's song followed a revolutionary speech by l.yvn, in ,which he ' characterized laws as the work of-"dirty" governments, derided Uie church; belittled the King of Britain and defied the Canadian police to arrest him for his inflaniruatory utterances,' Mann was invited to speal? .to working men'of Windson by the unions ef the city. Ha was especially bitter towards politicians , and' governments, who, he declared, were controlled by the capitalistic class. - ."What about. King George?" asked a voice. • •, ^.' ;■',■■■ > , "Your pebple'-over here," replied Mann, "place too much importance in King George.' He-is not-of as much importance..as the president of the United States,, .the Czar of Russia, or the Emperor -.of Germany. lie has nothing'to do'with ruling the country. "The capitalists rule these nations, and there'is.no. reasoh for it. The workingmep have more power if they wanted" to; exert it,' than all these politicians. ' Give us.' a two weeks' strike on^ the. railroads, with all employees joining solidly«ln the strike, and the'1 King's army- could not Jbuijd "a^aTifoardT"^ y /j* •_ 7', - " It was immediately, after this utterance'that Chairman Mason mounted the, platform' and attempted to mako a more ,,conservative * appeal to^ the audience and mollify some of the utterance's of th'e'speaker of the even- itieXX -'-"x* .— •;■; "■ , It was' during the singing of the national anthem that Mann left'tho stage. ■ c MONTREAL, Que., Sept. 22.—Some three hundred and twenty delegates from the various trade unions and la- ,oor organizations in Canada assembled here today for their twenty-ninth annual" convention. - They were welcomed by.the mayor of the city and Commissioner Ainey and the secretary-treasurer .of the Montreal Trades and Labor Council, J. T. Poster. ."For the first time in the history of the convention there was an official fraternal delegate from Great Britain present, in the person of Will Thorpe,'' a" member of the British house'of commons and a prominent/labor^ader in Great Britain. ■ jt' "\ '/' The opening session was-'devoted'tpj addresses of ■.welcome."-' ,{i , ,*\< VETERAN LAKE8SAIL0R FALLS,HEIR TO FORTUNE Charles Rowe Accidentally Finds That $50,000 Fortune Awaits Him in London, Ont. - "NANAIMO, Sept. 23,—Mr. Israel •I. Rubinowitz, rotnined by tho miners to represent them in the riot chnrges, was arrostod near No. ,1 mino todiy, togother. with two other men who wore showing him around Nanaimo. One of these' Is Mr." W, A. Moore, a prominent Socialist. ■ ■ ^According to tho story told'by the police, tho only Information obtainable, Mr; Itnblnowltz and his companions are hold on a.charge of picketing. Tho pollco declare that tho group was ■ wntchlng tlio workmen, ns thoy camo from tho mino, and that tho men wero nsked thoir names by the chief of tho special constnblos on duty in tho vicinity, Tlio acousod would give the interrogator no Information wliatovcr, and thoy woro Immediately arrested and tnken to tho pollco station, ."Mr. Rubinowitz mado an application for ball, which was rofusod, and will roipaln In Jail until tomorrow, when tlio ciibo will como up nt tho morning session." DULUTH, Minn., .Sept. 25.—Sailing and down the lakes on freighters, callousing his. hands wltlThard labor ln the bunkers and on the docks, while a fortune of $50,000 awaited him In Lon- don, Ontarin, Is the q,\poi'ienco of Charles Howe, for thirty years a lako seaman, well known to longshoremen. The fortune, known as tho Rispln ostate, was loft him by a rolatlvo, John Rlspln, at one time a Bailor. ■Rowe, working on tho kkes, happened to pick up an old London no,ws- paper and noticed tho advertisement of tho administrators. - Ho leaves today to olalm tho legacy/ MONTREAL,", Sept. -.,24.—T.he three hundred "and fifty delegates of the Trades aiid Labor.'Gbngress of Canada at', the Auditorium''hall-this morning got through^ more , business in just over an hour. than',, ttiey had accomplished ib.* the" previous " two days They dealt'with resolutions from the different unions affecting'a variety of subjects, 'and"without .exception endorsed them all. They'also listened to a .brief address from President-W. J. Klrby, of - the International 'Brother-' hood of Carpenters and Joiners, ,^'ho told them < tha t their opportunities for, worlc in Canada "were.unlimited. "You have scarcely started," he said^'and «!£iXSy_Jj§§n-pace^vitlLiy-our^countr-v-! "yovu'are going to have'one, of-the greatest organizations in the'"-world. You'".of the east do not ^realize, the possibilities'• of Canada's • great-, west, and you cannot put in too much time, monejr or work in the district." •, ..A.sjjecJ5i,U9QIi:im^^e ^'a*3 appointed to deaV*wuh all -matters affecting-the immigration laws. • - '. Telegram Sent ■The followiug .telegram was dispatched to George Pettlgrew, who is ] In jail at Nanaimo in. connection with the Vancouver Island coal strike: "The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. ,ln convention assembled'- in the city of -Montreal extonds the1 sincere regret bf 345 delegates representing 80,000 wage'workei'B directly and 135,000 indirectly, one fraternal delegate from the British Trades Union Congress representing 3,2150,000 wage workers of the United Kingdom, nnd ono fraternal delegate from ths American Federation of Labor representing 2,040,000 wage workers of tho United States, because of your imprisonment In the. jail at Nanaimo, B, C. as a defender of tho rights of tho working clasH prevents your attan:! Jt was., resolved to hear addresses*^ from the fraternal delegates tomorrow morning and elect the officers on-Friday afternoon. , T. W. Crothers,Is Attacked by Leader . Both the Canadian senate and the minister of labor, Hon..T. W, Crothers, came in forf a share, of criticism at the hands of speakers,' the latter being |Topenly moused of Working in the interests'of employers as against those of the laboring -men. v '•The attack on the minister of labor was, the result-of pn outline- of the British , Columbia; miners strike, brought up in the,morning session by J., W.-Wilkinson, bf Vancouver, representing the,'American Federation of- Labor..-.'It,again;came up in the af- FIVE HUNDRED MEN JOIN THE UNION CITY POLICE CAR 8TEALING AT GOAL CREEK Ing this convention ns ix duly elaciod delegate. ■ '*'* ■ ' " STRIKE SITUATION IN MICHIGAN J, W. Gannett Starts Campnlan Pro. paganda J. C. Lownoy, a mombor of thn Distriot lOxoontlvo of tho Wostorn Foci oration of Miners wichod Fornlo on Thursday morning, having Just como away from tho strlko that Ih in pro- grass In (ha Michigan coppor region. Tho situation In that oantorn stato Is ono of,ffmv!ty* an tho wholo powers of tho coppor barons nnd thoir nllton aro arrayed against tho workors in , ^tliolr BtrilRirlft for hnttnr rvmillMnn* Ono of tho foaturos that stands out (itiitiiy U Um Bpioniiid atutudo taken by tho women who not only stand shoulder to shoulder with Ihelr men folks, sympntliotlonlly sponklng, but aro also ont and About onrly In tha This flRht, although far away ftco^ graphically, Is qulto clone at hand from' an economic, viewpoint and nono rocognlzo this moro roadlly tlwn tho , wago workors of Quito, Mont. -Thoy not only havo donated largo sums of monoy hy official nmiArtsmont, but voluntarily aireoii to *lv« ono shift's vtrkos each month nx Inns' t\'n thin Btrlko continues. J. If. Walker, president of llllnnlt U. M. W. of A., is ac- tlvely «nta«ed In aiding the copptr mino workers In thoir efforts to l«aa«n thoir mlsory and ponury. Ono hundred thousand dollars <• the Moslblo sub* ncrfptfon that tlw coal uilu«» of IM»- ' Maglfltrato Bums had boforo lilm on Thursilny- last a serious charRo of car stealing an'd the Individual convicted, I ono Nick Rvanuk, found that ho had a I flno and cost account of ovor $00 Imposed, or tho option of 30 days, Tho I facts of tho cauo nro as follows: Accusod was met by n digger, John ■ Qoachor, coming from his placo and tho lattor onqnlrod whothor Rvanulc was "coming out." Upon receiving tho tiBsuranoo thnt ho wiib (lonelier wont ahead, but ns acctiBod did not follow, bocamo suspicious and votiirnod hy a clroiimvoiitiiroiiB route to IiIh- placo and thoro noticed ncounoil tnmpnrlng with a car loft ln his (Gnaohor's) placo. Calling a driver namotl Doimall Mltcholl, ho told him his suspicions nnd upon Inspection It waH found that tho chocks on oars had boon tnnipornd with, Information was laid with pit boRS and chockwolghman, and accuser! was arrostod and sontoncod as stntot1 above. , Whon tliBuo miserable pllforors real Ico that stoallng ono car may monr paying a ftno equal to 00, It may not as a dotorront. To antral tn thi-lr •senso ot manhood or justice Is abmird ;u:il itlivu uiuii ui uticli uitiiUUi U'tigOiV orncy nro found who will tako tbo ver) eilstonce from n brother worker then wo know of no ponnlty too sovoro to Inflict. "Wo also tender our best wlshos for your triumph over the powers against which the United Mine Workers of America aro fighting, and express tho hope that hoth you and your' Im- pt'lBoned comrades will ho allowed that freedom which tho doapotlc ruling olaaa has temporarily and forcibly talion from you. "(Signed. j, 0. Watnru, prosldont; P, M. Draper, secretary; 'Fred Bancroft, v(c(> proBldent," Against Armed Men Tho congress rosolvod to uso lis powor to ffot oiiactod a bill which will mako It unlawful for Individuals, corporations or associations to employ nrmod mon on their promises for nny purpose. I Touching on tho -mnttflr of pickets nnd pollco attitude toward thorn, the dologatoa roRotvod to bring prosaurn to bonr on tnuiilclpalltlos to glvo as fair a monsuro'of protection to tho piokots as thoy do to iho otluir old- sons and that thoir actions bo of a peaceful Instead of a wiirllho nnturo, 'ternoon, in" the slurfte of a resolution At the,conclusion of the reading or'tne resolution'"irwa's ssid that there was one point in- connec ;ion with it so important that'it-w-as unfortunate tbat the minister of labof was not present. Mr. CrothersMt'.Was said, had made the trip to" Vancouver Island during the strike and "on'the vray back had made certain statenUnt's to the press which had been at" variance with the truth. ' A- x' \ R. H. Ri'gg/ of'Wjinnipeg, reviewed Mr. Wilkinson's ' statement of - the morning session, concerning how. 61 miners had been brought*, from Durham, England,^, by the-Canadian Colliers;-Hmitedr'thrWg!r7tn^-agency~of the .Cosmopolitan employment bureau, We had heard in .Winnipeg that there, was, something wrong, on Vancouver Island and he took ,lhe. miners to the. immigration officer; in' his city, who, however, could do; nothing. He had then advised th'e'ininefs to continue to Vancouver, where, they would-at least be taken caro of.by the United Mine Workers, - X ' * Rlgg Denounces Act Then the Hon. Mr, Crothers hnd com6 out to look Into the situation, On his way back he had stopped in Winnipeg. Mr. Rlgg had called on him' in his hotol, and was Introduced by' the minister of 'labor to some -friends as "the individual who had laid hold of those miners and inculcated In them tho spirit of .dlscontont, thereby causing thorn to become a charge on tho community.",' , . "That," ■ shouted Mr. Rlgg, "la the type of man you have for minister of labor, who-'nt first Impressed the unloiifl ns being a fair-mined pevson in IiIb dealings. But hore we have him with tho nvn'slc off, not .concerned with tho actions of men who brought those minors to Canada under.false pretences, but concerned with ridiculing tho man .who la making efforts to havo tho country kept as doan as possible of his work." ■W.' R. Trotter, wostorn Canada' or- ganlsser, reported a tottil ot f,?A 'local unions In western Canada, of which •IB0 wero affiliated with tho union and 71 wero not, CHARLESTON, W. Va., Sept. 25.— Organizer S. O. Johnson, of the United Mine Workors,of America, returned to Charleston ' last night from Logan county, where he organized Dobra and Spruce Bend, two of the four mines on the Little Coal river;1 the employees at which had not theretofore been affiliated with the miners' union. This leaves only Blair ,and Thomas yet un-, organized, and it is the belief that theso, mines will have been organized by the end of anbther month. Thia organization at Dobra and Spruce Bend affects, directly'or indirectly, over 150 men, the greater number of whom are men of families, employed at the two places! ' Both places have solid organizations. After the formation of the union at Dobra a body of miners, 100 to 150 in number, marched to Spruce Bend, held a meeting and called on their fellow workers to come into the union. The response Avas immediate and unanimous, and at the. close of the meeting- the new organization was feady^for business. - . -o Colored Preacher Helped It had long been thought impossible to organize Dobra, ana some resistance was,expected at Spruce Bend. JUie^orJv.,h_o_wev^r,-was-aeeompIi3hed without serious handicap, aiid Organ-' izer Johnson is receiving much*congratulation. He says he was materially aided by Rev. J. W^Garland, a'col- ored minister, who urged the negroes employed in the mines to band themselves together with their fello.w,. employees of the white-face for mutual well-being. He followed Johnson .with an address at the Spruce Bend meeting. The city bastile aud police force have been very busy during tbe past week and there were 31 beuoith the shelter of Its paternal roof ou the HSrd. The charges this week have been both many and varied. Tony Polcush, charged under the Vagrancy Act, paid $5.00 and costs. J. Pota'chi and -Mike PIcarra were fined $4.00 or four days for discharging fire arms within the city limits. John and .Martin Kosick, charged with being drunk and disorderly, were fined $10.00 pd,costs. ArthurcRose, for being drunk aud disorderly, paid ?C.OO and $2.00 for damage done. ' James Markham was charged under the railway act and fined $7.00 or 15. days. Diga Singh, charged, with being drunk and disorderly, was let off on payment of costs and $3.00 for repairs to shoes. Eugene Piola, charged with .being drunk and disorderly, had the option of $12.00 or twenty days. Fine paid. .J. L. Handley, charged with indecency and' drunk and disorderly, paid $10.00 and costs or fifteen days on the first charge,' and $7.00 and costs on the second charge. The magistrate recommended that he be depo'rted. J. T. Bone, charged under section 229 of the Amended o Criminal Code, was fined $30.00 and costs or forty days- and also recommended for deportation. George Eddy, under same section of act, which refers to "frequenting," was fined $25.00 and. costs or thirty days. ■Fred Cox, against whom a similar charge was preferred, was also fined $25.00 or,, thirty days. John Higham paid $5,00 and costs with the option of twenty days, and II. Simpson suffered asi'milar penalty for being drunk and disorderly. Fred Jones, charged, under secdon l^oUi^hrlminal^oderfobstrufttiTig-j police in execution of their-duty) paid $10,00 and costs. . ' - , S. COLORADO MINERS QUIT WORK DENVER, Sept. 23.—The coal miners' strike in Colorado, called by the United Mine Workers of America to secure recognition of the union, wage and other concessions, became effective at 8 o'clock this morning. Except in a' few small mines,- the tie-up was more or less complete, and was accomplished without disorder: Of the,10,- 000 to 12,000 men usually employed.- reports placed the number idle at between 7,000 and 9,000. How many of tliese had previously left the various camps could not be' determined.'.. United Mine Workers officials ex-, press gratification and- predicted that the tie-up would be completely night. Some of the large operators said that their private reports showed as high! as 55 per cent, of men at work In some mines. They express the belief ■ that many of the men would be at work in a few days. The chief points at issue are: Recognition of the union, checkweigh- men chosen by the miners,,wage scaic based on tonnage rates, eight-hour day for all classes of labor, pay -for dead work, aud abolition of the guard sys-, tern. MOSES BARITZ DELIVERS POWERFUL, LECTURE THE HAWAIIAN SERENADERS AT THE GRAND NOTICE S. P. OF C. Moses Barltz will, speak at the Grand Theatre on Sunday evening at 7.30. Tho subject will be "The French Revolution." Comrades! thero will bo a special business meeting held ■ at tho new headquarters on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All mombors nro'requeatod to attend, TO CORRESPONDENTS ACCIDENTS AT-COAL CREEK We regret that several Items of correspondence have been unavoidably held over owing to late arrival, Correspondents are asked, whenever possible, to forward all communications not later than Thursday. •A spoclnl train wiib roqulsltlonod to convoy nn Italian Inboror omployod In tho timber yard to hospital. We un- .lorstnnil the unfortnnato follow wna riding a trip of' tlmbor and tho car slipped hack and lm stnyod with /It, Whon found undor Iho debris, ho wns sufforlng from broken ltnoo nop nnd briilBos to tho head nnd body. Johnny Shlvlt?!, driver In 1 East Minn, was kicked In thn Bolnr ploxun on Mondny afternoon hy a horso, which put the wind nut of his Halls for Homo tlmo, Frank Zllmnn hnd his foot crushed by a fall of coal on Monday. BRO. LA8SALLE BENEFIT Tho following ia a list of returns from salo of tickets In connection with above: ' Socrotnry IlillcreBt Local $10,00 Socrotnry Tloavor MIiiob Local, 15.00 Socrotnry Tabor Locnl fi.lfi Secretary Colomnn Local fi.OO Secretary Diamond City Local. R.OO Secretary Carbondnlo Locnl .. 5^00 Caaamlrs LnsBiillo 100,00 Secretary Mlchol Local 10.H0 Hncolvod to dato $151,05 Drawing will tako place in Fernlo on October 20th In tho IbIb Tli antra nnd rosiilt will bo publlHhod In Lodger of Hiitno wook. . The management of the- Grand inform us that they have secured this troupe who will-present "A Night in Hawaii" on Monday and Tuesday. The performance will start in timo to permit Coal Creek people to catch tho 10 train. We append a cutting from the Calgary News-Telegram: "By fnr the best bill that has been at the Empire in a long time opened nt that theatre Monday afternoon, The headllncr would bo hard to surpass as an attraction, either artistically or from a scenic .standpoint,' This act was Allskoy's Hawaiian Soroimders, presenting "A Night In Hawaii." The weird and yet vory plotting music was well rocolved by tho capacity audi- once, whilo the dancing of the fomnlo mombors of tho troup was a very enchanting feature. Tho1 vocal and Instrumental renditions of thn male members could hardly bo Improved upon, and tlio scenery—espoclnlly at tlio last—was really romarkablo. Hog- ular patrons of tho Eniplro would do woll to tn Ita In this week's show, if for no other reason than to seo this net. Mr. Moses Barltz, -.of Manchester, England, delivered a most interesting' lecture on Sunday -evening"' entitled . ^Xha_survlyal-of-th«--fktest5u-ff-Wclr- was forcibly and ably- presented". Ho1 "" called' attention to'*the world-wide ' struggles that "are taking place, showing most conclusively that the-battles being fought between, Labor and Cap-" ital are class; struggle's,- and that in order to jreach.anaiiidergtaiidljis it was necosfcary* that -Individuals ^noai'd'^dfo5'" their own thinking. Space "forbids us to give as long a report as we would like,' but on Sunday next hi» subject' will be "The French Revolution," viewed from a.. working class standpoint. All interested are cordially Invited to attend and If any questions are to be asked, either dealing with the immediate subject of the discourse or any kindred toplQ, thoy will be willingly and courteously answered. Ono pleasing fcaturo of last Sundny'sunoctlng was a three- pleco orchestra, which prontiy added to the evening's entertainment. Do not miss next Sunday's mooting, as Rarity, has a powerful grasp of the subject that hn has undertaken to speak about. CHANGES IN THE CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY'S STAFF AT COLEMAN DIED .Huptombor 18, JCIIsa Eastwood, nK-wl \i'months and 18 days, .Funornl Sept. 19 from Fornlo Annex, Rov, Porloy officiating. JWffiBRIBIBIHIfl^^ HUSIglUSIBiegBj^^ Last Day to Get on Voters' List-Oct 6th At a rocont meeting of tho Wostorn Canadian Co-oporntlvo Trading Company, Limited, Mr. J. IF. L. WIllcockB was appointed gcnoral mnnnger of tlm compuiiy'H dopni'timmUil Htore nt Coin- man. 'Mr. Willcocks, who for Iho pant twonty-Hlx yenrs has boen connected with tlm co-oporntlvo movonmnt In vnrlous parts of thn Old Country and Ib a inomhnr of tbo fa-oponitlvo fine- rotnrlPH' AsHonlntlon of England, was until H'cnntly gfincrnl manager and nnorotnry of tho Pnlgnton Co-oporntlvo ■Ror-loty, Dnvon,, Kii«lar,d, ono of tho Inmost co-opnrntlvo sooIoMoh Iu tho WoHt of England, Mr. W, Ho^ra han hoi>n promoted to llm ponltlon nf man- ngnr of tho grocery department, In the place of M, F, C\ flronn, who has recently loft to tn Ico up a position In Knuliiiid. MIhh .1. Onrbiitt, nf Cnlgary, Will In tho futuri' take elm rue of tint dry goods dnpartmonl. Mr. ('. V. I'aek- mini, V„ It. 8, A., of Calgary, will eon- tlnue to look iiffor thn ootiip,iiiy'n financial affairs until tlm eompletlnn nf tho nt-organlsatlon of thn company undor Min CO-OnernKfr1 Aot-rnol-rMn-n l .-• roctmlly passed by thn Albortn Pnrlln- (i *»'.»(. THE O. C. FEDERATIONIST FIERCE FIGHTING IN DUBLIN STREETS 20,000 Men Now on Strike or Locked Out In City—Crowd of Ten Thousand Marches 8treets Until They Are Fought by the Police. *%v GUNMEN SHOOT UP OFFICIAL , OP CHICAQO PAINTERS' UNION OHIOAQO, Sept. SB.—Dashing up to tho hondqunrtors of thO Falntora and Decorators' District Council No. 14 In an automobile, four unidontlflod wen today kicked open tho door nnd began flidiK ^vulval'* ul litiorgo Cameron, business agent of tbe union. Four bullets entered Cameron's body and he it dying at thn Iroquois Hospital. Tha quartet of gunmen fled down a || fire escst-e, entered their motor and ( disappeared. ^ Revision Nov. 17th, 1913 The New Act specifies that the List of pet sons claiming to vote shall be suspended, from and after the first Monday in ApUl and October of each year, and Court oj Revision held on the third Monday of May and November oj each year. P. J. BURNS, Registrar Tho llvn wlrn of thr mbor movoment --has Increased Its »Uo to uIrM pages. This Is n good Indication or tho vitality of tho lnbor movoment wost, whilo Its columns luck none of that vivacity and originality thnt has eharnctorlzed this publication, from Ils birth. Tho wnrlror, by nupportlng tUU i.uU'.r a- j tion. Is maintaining and retaining tho !mo«t prtuwfn? rnMium of cxpaa-Ioti : known to civlljiatlon—tho press—and j a paper through which ho can roly on obtaining a correct oxpro**!on of tabor conditions at the coast. We wish the 'Tod." wtiry succesK and trust that ils reader* will recognize thst they can help ih p*tHur cou*»l(Ur»V)ly by reciprocity with those tiling Its advertising columns. JMJflLIN, Sopt, 22,—Dublin's streotK woro again the seono flundny of n flfiht botwoon tlm pollco and strlkors. Many bauds woru broken. Thirty-five civilian** ami bcvch of tliu pollco aro now lu tho hospital* oh tho mult of Um ciiKURcuiu-iitH, and many othora woro treated for minor Injuries Tlio number of mhn In Dublin, olthor on Htrlko or lockuil out, Is about 20,. 000. Thoy hnvo many supporters nnd aro In wlvnpco splrltH. Iii tho flKhtlnti Huuilny, thu poll™ usoil thoir, oliihs ft'ooly, and tlm rioters rctallntnd'wjtb linuloa and other weapons no -fiercely tli.it. nm.) of Um mounted for<;o wan Idioclu'd from IiIh homo nud Hovornly Injured mnl '(several fool policemen wero rnrrlod off on stretchers People Stono Officers Many Htrlko parade* woro Imlil, thu jeering workmen and their allien i un re lil uk through varlouii pnrtx of tlm city. Liberty Hull was converted Into a strlko hnndintarters. Streot enrx nont nold. Jh>!»i,i'vofl charged ono of ;.'.i' ,„,,,.*.'..-> n.'i.-.i tnupiv Hum (au mdu Hlreetn be^un lo stoin; lh'.1 nfflrci'ri. Several were Injured in thin sVlrmltb. Tho crowd, whioh now numbered 10,000, mndo Us way through tho Mreef until It v, i >■,,.» i... *., i form In l'rino'fon street. Tho police twice etinrged with their batons and finally succeeded In disposing tho rl- o'nrs. Shipload of Food for Dublin Strikers 1/iNboN, Sept, i!t,"-Tho parliamentary commltteo of the Tirades Union CohMi'iiri vuled today to tonri a shipload of provisions to Dublin for thn relief of th-e strlkors thorp, many of whom, with their wives and children, are on tho verge of starvation. Tho committee pledged t;5,*W> for this object and Issued nn nnP**) tn +hf trades societies to enable it to support tho Dublin strikers its long as necessary. t.-iyii^rAy: '■v-J-O-.V '!?-:.s'rt. vwa ;-, 1 ■N--1V,.*V-.'.*i'*,;.W^*- *-* .->'*. ."' ■'' .-''TtiiSiAri-?-' \.* ii&yf'iXS-y,-'*;; V ;"h.V. , •» ,' "- , ■ S-"".1? Jr"S."-"'"t":-'''":-2'* .•*Si>«<i?r^»SJvSvB-^S53W^^^^^!^^ff fy\*-!:?-\.''*T. -' • - :-■-."-?>'. *■-■: v7V^i\^"sS*\^'V'?'"j*.'';r:y i*>:~i\ S~<: '. ' :''v>r* .' - *,'. •'""' - - -"" .-.Nl'X. ""''■•" i-fV '" -""-,' ' 1 '." -*.' V • r-vv«' > '" ^ ■ -it- - *' \" > v, 1 PAGE TWO THE DISTRIOT LEDGER; FJSRNh!,fB;aC.;SEPTOMBER 27,4913 * 'AXj- ■•fiXX* VA- 5 J-V.-V - a X'f-' i f\ . * r 'i ft a.V- ' 4" * 5c fe' V? fy-yx E- -'. ' if"-' ••'• •-U 5 ' V 4,;•--.. "■I- t?,'- >j *» 35> ; ' k* «: 4 ■?' '■ -1 ft" ■J t, i,- -'fl ',•&>- *r V 1 fe 1 V I -' ■ft: $ *' . i ii IK tt I' it: «• *&:•• 'yr *"?y- if A' -J.'., '■# ' 3*0.9 •hi-*-., Srf.- !-fe¥ '"• -« ft ■* ■ Ir .ty ■I jr'. K*- - si- * I) ' I ■Si"; P P fe* ft)' $ iU * p, .ty* I t in Belgium •.Whenever the stuuent of economy attempts to enumerate some of the wasteful processes of modern civilization, he will invariably be dubbed by ■the shallow-minded as a kickor or dismal pessimist. The consequent loss of employment ("work," the opposition call it) to the worker and the economy effected in production will be used as arguments , (?) . why such wastes should not be discontinued. If'the individual will think for just ten seconds—no longer will be required—he will immediately recognize tha't waste is the'jresult of ignorance, and any reason for the continuance of such methods is purely hypothetical—or just bluff. ; With the introduction of steam the inventors found themselves up against much the same arguments as the student of economy finds himself today. Those opposed to steam traction even argued that the village cobbler would ■ disappear as a result of people not wearing out so many boots; that cows at pasture would be disturbed and milk affected, Indeed no argument was too extreme dr ludicrous to dissuade the public from travelling by train. Now, there is no need to dwell ' upon tho change of conditions and opinions, remember, conditions change opinions—tho latter do not, as a rule, affect the former, but just the reverse, for which we may be thankful. We will admit that since the first day of residence in this part, of Canada the -tremendous wastefulness of the, coking process here has appalled us. Reformers will prate about waste by the worker in drink and other excesses, but seldom or never will this well-intentioned individual get beyond this in his analysis.-. There is no attempt to individualize or accuse any particular coal company, for the waste that is going on hourly in Fernie is happening in hundreds of other mining camps. To "estimate the amount of waste occasioned by the presentbeehive method of coking would require a' mathematician of no little ability and even then his estimate would be ' largely supposition.' Can the reader, realize that we have enough energy, distributing itself in the atmosphere day after day, to' heat ■this town (or a town twice,or three times its size), to light every home and supply every industry with power? <No, this is not exaggeration. Here are a few questions for the steam fitters of the town to answer^ How many houses and hotels could.be ■ supplied with heat and hot water were' _an _eiglit-inch pipe ,..(with' sufficient pressure behind) run through the coke ovens of the coal company? What complicated machinery would, ,be required? and what'would the, cost of upkeep be? ' ' '' Admitted there may be many technical 'and mechanical difficulties to such a propositib'p, what would be the saving effected? ,The domestic hot water system, which Is the bugbear and droad of every housewife with approaching winter, could be dispensed with; heaters would not be needed; dirt and dust would he avoided, In . fact, we' have possibilities and advan- ■ tapes -here which -excel even those prairie towns with thehvboasted unlimited supply of natural gas. ' 'Now, whnt wo have suggested ia not Impossible, neither Is It impracticable. Som'othlng along these lines has been introduced In Pacific Coast towns, the bent from municipal Incinerators being utilized.' ' . The article glvon below, which Is clipped from Tho Coal and Coko Operator nnd Fuel Magazine,.will b6 found particularly Instructive and interesting to thqso who have followed tho byproduct method of coking, and in splto of opinion to the contrary, we maintain thnt the wastefulness orten attributed to tho worker is tho meanest gnnt whon compared to tho tremendous waste of tho boohlvo coking process and tho capitalist system generally,—Ed. By Baron Evence Coppee, Brussels Abstract of n paper road boforo the Iron and Stool Institute, Ilrussols, Itnlglum, Soptombor, 1013, Slncn tho volatile mattor and coking powor of coals decreases uh the depth of working InnrensoH, our enko-makors hnvo boon compelled (liirlnj? thn tn Rt fiO years constantly to Improve thoir .methods of manufucturo ln ordor to bo ublo to deal HiiccosHfnlly with conlH of docronslng coking quality. Tho situation, however, will bo considerably changed for tho hotter ln tho nonr fo- KM-B.UK MRS. A. SAICH, of Cannington Manor, Saik., Writes:—"My brother iuf* | fered severely from eczema, 1 The sores were very exten* ?-.. ..ii , . ft . ; i, . . Vf -Mf.W bM,».iU tit.* *WW«*..ft out ail tlie fire, and qulcVly save him ease. Within three weeks of commencing with [Zam-Buk treatment, every I tntf Inil hren eured " Thii U but ens of the many letters we sre con-ttamly receiving : from people who hsre proved ths healing:power* ofZsm-uuk. Fer I tetrmi, pilci, soref, burns, cuts and sll skin troubles there li nothing like this wonderful bshn. Ko itux dii-uue should be considered incurable until Zees-Bob has bf en tried. ;' All Dr.gstilt, SOt. pm But. /-VaMSslstflMst. ture, owing to the recent-discovery of new coal fields in the provinces of Llmbourg and Hainaut, which are proved to be rich in gas and coking coals of good qualfty. Until"about the middle ofthe last century coke was made in Belgium in beehive ovens. It was at this period that Semet, of Charleroli, and Evence N. Coppee, my father, introduced the first ovens which" were heated at the side and underneath by the gas evolved from the coal during coking. They were the pioneers of this type of oven, which marked an important era in the manufacture of coke. This method of heating was first of all applied 'to the beehive oven, and later to retort ovens which were arranged for mechanically discharging the coke. Smet's oven with horizontal flues, and the Coppee oven with vertical flues, were the prototypes of all the present types of modern by-product retort ovens, and were shortly followed by others, among which I may mention the IDulalt oven at Charleroi, thc Rex- roth oven at Saarbruck, and the Creu- sot oven at Creusbt. °In 1865 Appolt designed a vertical type of oven which was also, especially arranged for cok- Ing'coals'of low« agglutinative power, but it did not meet with much success. An early attempt to recover by-products from' cokfl oven gas seems to have been made at Newcastle-upon- Tyne about the year 1763; however, the credit for the first real solution of the problem an anything like a practical basis must be given to Carves, who erected a plant in France In 1367. He encountered many difficulties with his original.oven, and it was not until about 1882 that-poking with by-product recovery can be said to have been firmly established. About thia time Eemet-Solvay also introduced his byproduct oven. Later on modifications were from time .to time introduced into the design of the Coppee retort oven in order to render it suitable to meet the. new conditions which had come into existence, without, however, abandonment of the distinctive characteristics which had been responsible for-the successful results hitherto attained. These successive modificatlons'led up to the present type of Coppee waste- heat, by-produet oven . About 85 per cent, of all the recovery ovens working and under construction in' Belgium are of either the Coppee or Semet-Solvay type. At the present time we have, tonly about 100 non-recovery ovens in use, representing about thcee per cent, of our total coke production, all of T\.'Vlir>h_liri11 .cnfm.lia.T'flnl a/j*fi*r!_KT,_V»i-_r*iwji=I_ -" "'vU—it iii-uji/u Kf yj-s. W|J< VV.-L*- Uj — WJ *"£/! \J duct ovens. In England by-product recovery has not made as much progress, and I think that there may be two chief reasons' for this:— 1. The first recovery ovens erected were by no means as perfect as they are now, and produced a coke which was undoubtedly inferior to bee-hive coke, thus prejudicing ironmasters against the "pa"tent"~ ovens. 2, On account of difficulties In connection with refractory materials the early constructors had several unfortunate experiences, resulting In defective working of tho ovens. In spite of the fact that moat of the English bricks are capable of resisting high temperatures equally as woll as Continental bricks, they have the great disadvantage of contracting at high temperatures, thoreby causing cracks and dislocations in the structure of tho ovens. Tho result Is that all the leading constructors„ are now using Belgian or German fire-bricks for those parts of their ovens which, nro ln direct contnet with tho hot gns- oh. English fire-brick, makers havo not soon thoir way clour to manufac. turo bricks which will pass tho strln- gent tests imposed upon them, or whoro tho quality of tho brlcks*aeomn tb bo satisfactory their high price ls prohibitive, English'bricks oxpnnd and contrnct rapidly, and aro not suited for by-product coko-ovon construction, Inasmuch as the contraction would,sot up cracks and dislocations In tho ovon structuro, thus allowing direct communication botwoon the coking cham. bor and tho heating fluoB, with coime- quont loss of gas and by-products, Wlthvtho development of tlio gns on- Klho, for which n good deal of credit must,bo given to tho HoIkIiiii firm of John Cocltorlll, a marked stimulus was given to tho rogonoratlvo ovon which would furnish a rich surplus gas suitable for uso In gas engines, With tho Improvements which woro mado In ro- genemtlvo ovons It wns found that by pro-boating tlm rilr required for tho combustion only nbout -10 to 00 por conl. of tho gas evolved during tho dis- filiation was nooossary for heating tho ovens, mid consequently 00 to 40 per cent, of the gas might bo usnd for other purpoHCH, I should llko to tako this opportunity of corroding an or- ror often mndo when comparing wastn- boat ond rogonoratlvo ovens. One fro- , qimntly roads or hoars this question j spoken of as If thoro woro n gain Iu I onorgy by using n rogonoratlvo ovon Instead of a waste-boat ovon; ns a ,,,..11,,. ,. f f„ a I ,*,*. ■*,, - .1 IV. ' - ' ■ '* - --■•• .** i * '•' - •-, - fune tn which th" irn« 1* put. Vrrm n glvon -quantity of conl tho thermal on- j orgy evolved In tho hot burnt gases of waste-heat ovons |s greater than that | ovolvod In the llvu gns from regenerative ovons. nocnueratlvo ovens- gen- t-trtiO n'|it.-,iih*iUrt, l.uiu-1 mi. a ni^fit-r Uilli- poraturo than waste-hont ovens; and as tho volumo of brick work Is larger t In tho former caso tho loss of heat by radiation Is higher In regenorntlve i ovons thnn In waste-heat ovenB. If we apply the surplus thcrmnl energy to raUiug Htwirn In -t-.trVi m»n the effect of this will be thnt while waste- Ucut uvww will iH'Oduui floin 0.;,", lo I ton of steam per ton of coal coked, re- aenerntlve ovens coking the name quality of coal will only produco from 0.6 to 0.7 ton of steam per ton of coal coked. It la not economical to put down regenerative ovena for raising stesm ex- c*|H In special eases where the boilers cannot be near the ovens, when the use of hot gases from waste-heat ovens would be uneconomical owing to heavy loss of heat by radiation and conduction. If we use the surp-lus gas from regenerative.ovens in a gas engine the situation becomes -completely reversed. Although the thermal energy con-, tained in the burnt gases from waste- heat ovens is greater than the-energy contained in the live gas from regenerative ovens, yet the power-produced by consuming the live gas in. a gas engine is considerably more than tbe- power produced from boilers heated by the.hot gas, of waste-heat ovens, because a gas engine has a higher efficiency than the combination of a boiler and steam" engine. I have prepared diagrams which indicate as nearly as possible the ultimate, distribution of the whole of the thermal energy contained in the gases evolved from Waste-heat and regenerative ovens respectively. It is in -this quostionof power production that the regenerative ovon has such a great advantage over the waste-heat oven. ', ■ In the Coppee regenerative oven the side wall contains 30 vertical flues, divided into five groups of six. During each period of reversal three flues in each group serve hs combustion flues, while the hot burnt gases pass down the remaining three flues, whence they are conducted under the, sole of the oven. When the reversal takes place "the gases traverse each combustion chamber in the opposite direction, the' flues which previously served as combustion flues now serving to carry away the burnt gases arid vice versa. ~ The burnt gases pass from the sole flue into one or other of two regen-er-1 ators' which pass under the whole length .of the batterV of ovens. Thus, during successive periods of half an hour each regenerator serves alternately to extract the heat from the gases produced by combustion, and to' pre-heat the" air to a temperature of between 1,000 and 1,100 degrees, Cent. The operation of reversal is simply effected by a single movement of the reversing valve and of "the cocks admitting .the gas to the combustion flues in the side wall. In order to obtain a'uniform temperature alorig the whole of the side wall the ideal arrangement would be that each rising flue should alternate with a descending flue; but in practice no difficulty is found in maintaining, this uniform temperature by reversing three flues" at-a time. On the other hand, in certain types of ovens gas' is reversed in one half of each side wall at a time— the flues of one half of'the side wall— J-_e.,_about_15_Jlu'es—Delng-used^flB. trouble and delay ..and, at the lowest possible expense; .If the miner dies his family is certain to get the death benefit without vquibble or evasion. The State attends to everything. - 'Under the( law the Public Service Commission fixes a ratp/of assessment on employers not to exceed fl for"each $100 on the pay., roll. The employer pays 90 per cent., apl the employee 10 per centof this assessment. In case of injury .the- employee receives half pay,, but not more than $8 or less than $4 a week while unable to work,, and not more than $150 for medical, nurse and hospital services. If he is killed the State pays his funeral expenses, to not exceed $75, out of the fund. In addition his widow gets a pension of $20 a month until she dies or marries again, and each child gets $5 a month, until it attains the age at which it can be lawfully-employed. If there is no widow nor child under age other dependents may receive not more than '$20 a month for six years. Benefits are made exempt from all claims' of creditors and from any attachment or execution. ' , ' . The fohowlng from the current bulletin Issued by the State insurance department indicates the value of the law: Prom the, numerous cases that have recently been submitted by policy holders to this department we are led to the conclusion that some _of the health and accident companies doing business In West Virginia are not making satisfactory settlements. They are not only taking improper advantage of' technicalities^ but are falling to settle when they have not even the excuse of legitimate doubt, or otherwise. technical THE STRIKERS SUBMIT THEIR CASE district; the ^unprovoked shootlnig bf a,'striker from' behind'-by .the1 militia." We started.out to prove that there had heen a regular line of conduct participated iii.by the thugs and militia that could have but one,of-two-ends in view, either to intlmldata'meri into going back to work .without any re-' dress of grievances, or driving them to the commission of acts of violence. - Brutal "as their conduct -.'has been, it has neither-broken our ranks-nor driven ~us" to .overt acts. ."-From the outrages and'insults, from the„brutal, attacks that have been .made upon us by thugs and the, militia, we.appeal to the calm thought and.deliberate' judgment bf the citizens'of our-state, and the workers of the'entire country. .We will state briefly for your bene: fit, what our demands are, and believe that you will see that not simply a part of them, but all should be conceded. •" First—A minimum wage of not les3 than threo dollars per day for all underground workers." .Second—An increase. of thirty-five cents per day for all surface workers.' Third—The eight-hour day for underground workers, which is already obtained in every other copper producing section of North America. Fourth—The .employment of two men on all machines. •Fifth—The recognition of the union, giving to the workers the same right to speak through their representatives that the stockholders nave. •We appeal to the toilers of the country to come to our assistance, morally and .financially in maintaining the rights of labor against the despotic actions of, the state and county govern- ments^ and the brutality, of corporations, grown drunk and -arrogant with power- (From the Miners' Bulletin) Citizens of Michigan,' Workers of America. .We have presented a part of the evidence in our case. We set out to prove by- undisputed evidence the murder of strikers by the thug's, outrages upon strikers, by 1 both soldiers and thugs,'outrages and insults to women, and brutality generally on the part of-the soldiers in the copper NEW 2EALANDER, HERE, PRAISES I.C. S. FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE On Way to San Francisco Garnet B. •' Holmes -Stops 'Off'--In * Scranton to' Seethe Schools'to Which He Owes So Much.'- v'.' - "" " Garnet B.'.Holmes', of 'Wellington, New Zealand, i njan^blgin the'world of',electrical engineering, is in,Scran- ton. In an interview he told ah iri; terestlng story of himself and' sajd that the International Correspondence Schools should be.credited-with,his' success! .'. '■ , ■ '. 'y ■ y He Was a locomotive engineer when he first heard of the I. C. S.^He was interested iA electricity and he took the I.- 'C. S. course in electrical engin-1 eering. He soon got Into business foi- himself and was a- success. Leaving his home in New Zealand he went to London, where he again set up in business and placed on tlie, market a new' trolley wheel. It was a big Improvement on the old wheel and it was not long before his patent was adopted by practically every trolley line ln England, '- ', ■ Some weeks ago he came to this country £o try and Interest American capital in nnother of his inventions— a carbon remover. The remover is looked upon-as the greatest thing of its kina ever patented. It can be used in removing the carbon from cylinders of machines-without taking the motor apart and in this way saves a big expenditure in time, and ■ money. Mr. WORLD'S COAL PRODUCTION The world's annual production of coal and petroleum amounts, Mr, Churchill states iii'.a printed reply, to about f,250,000,000 metric .tons, of which coal represents 96 per cent, and petroleum 4 per cent. Holmes has al^ady interested ionsii.-''<, erabl'e. NeV Y*w*k and Cleveland cap-".v- Ital in th*. pat^t.-*- N ' ' - '■ '*; *\ A-s Win Gallon Foster., -y'% Mr. Holmes Mends to call on President T. J," Foster.vbf the I.' C. S., today. . He wants to' pay a vi&it-to the institution which haS made him the successful man'he is. He is very much,inter-- - ested ,in-.the" psw agricultural ."-course „- the I. C.-.S. is 0°on to put out, ■ ''Hesays.'" his father is 6-°^ of the commissioners of. agriculture '*t New' Zealand and-he expects that-^e cbmiuissJonerg win ll investigate' th® new' I,' C. S, course with a" view to Hutting it into the agri- , cultural collets in -New..- Zealand. \* ,x Mr. Holmes Will'remain in'the city . for a 1'ew,,dayKand will then begin, a t tour of San fr-ancisco' by automobile., He will-spend somp'tline on the -Pacific coast and WU1 then go on to New Zealand to vl8lt his bid home.—The Scranton Tfmf-s. ' ■*_ •' •. ~ DAMAGES Ct-AIMEO FOR ' ALLIED CAR SHORTAGE . Attorneys for the B, & B. Coal Company, Peoria, Ul., have filed a" suit ' against the- I'Uuois Central Railway Company in Which, damages to the,. amounrof $3°.000 are claimed. 'The1 suit grew out of tbe aile&d failure of the railroad company to supply carp to the plaintiff at' the Barclay min*?s. The progress of the case will be' watched with great'interest,'1'br it may estab-'- lish a precept of interest to coal shippers. *, - , , „ -.I"** The Percentage of Exploitation combustion flues, while those of the other half lead away the burnt gases. This arrangement is. certainly less arrangement is certainly less' suitable than the one that I have just described, as it results in a less regular heating of the oven, necessitating a greater consumption of gas, and diminishing the percentar/ of gas which may be available for power production. ' Owing to the greater regularity of heating a regenerative oven will coke about 5 Sir cent, more coal In a given tlmo than a waste-heat oven of the samo size. Jn the Solvay recuperative oven the cold air circulates in the regenerator in an opposite direction to the hot gases, which give up their heat to the air'by conduction through'a thin wall. This recuporatlve Bystem is thus continuous. In the Solvay recuperative oven the burnt gases, on leaving tho solo flue, pass through the recuperator In a double, horizontal circuit; The horizontal flues are formed of specially ehapod bricks having small vertical passages, in which the -air is heated by conduction. . Tho air ascenas through tho recuperator in an opposite direction to tho hot gnsos, and roaches the gas humors by vortical chimneys managed at both onds of the pio- droit of tho ovons. Boforo using tho surplus gns from regonerntlvo ovonB for powor production In gas engines a certain amount of chemical purification ls necessary, Tlio porcontago of sulphur contnlnod In tho gas ovolvod from tho ovens In fairly hlph; and although a lnrgo-proportion of this Is removed during tho process of recovering tho by-product tho nmount of sulphur contnlnod In tlio so-callod "clean" gas Is too high for tho gas to bn usod In engines with- out further purification. Tho purification Is carried out by passing tho gns through a hnttory of oxldo purlflors; but It Is not necessary to enrry thn elimination of sulphur to tho samo extent nH ln Rns Intended for lighting purposes. From certain ronent observations which havo boon mado with roBpecl, tn'thn Offect of sulphur on tho cylinders of gns,engines It would appear lhat the corroslvo effect Is duo moro to condensation In tho cylinder, produced by variation In tho lond, thari to tho prosonco of Bulphiir.—Tho Coal nnd Coko Oporator, (To be continued.) COAL COMPANIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT '*", ££,' ■&fr'.*.^ng*J^30&ty'T*EgHM t?*tllVf^S49{l9t*t.-99n4mri99'9949»4)9m~9iiKm9**.' W't.<-»4---«*^*-M------»*4<M-^---^.-0-|^^ , Wont Vl-pr,!nln1'- T^iilill*^ Otivvlftt* e*.«. mission report* that 302 eonl mlnlnir companies, enploylng tt'iM-i men, or moro than three-fourths of tho conl mine employees In the Stato, with monthly pay rolls aggregating $3,20.1,- nos, havo filed notico of thoir Inton'tlon -Ul l,*l,\; rt\it A..*«*|t,Vi *J* tifC «U. l.lUli.l A compensation law enacted «t tlio last session of tho legislature. This law wns framed with the Idea of affording workmen In all Industries reliable life nnd necident Insurance at the lowest possible cost. The fact that tho coal operator* worked hard for thia Uv, and that they have been prompt to put lu provisions* lato effect, Judicata! a practical Interest la the wolfare of their employees. Any miner employed by a company that has taken advantage al the law who la injured after October I may now be sure that he and his family wltt be provided lor, Th* titate wilt eollaet tb* money and turn tt over td the beneficiary with tbe least possible , ^-*;-f¥.-l(ll*W*""- By JohriM. Work , The discussion which has been going on in regard.to the rate of .exploitation Is a very wholesome one. ■ It ought to result in .fewer,"statements being made in our press and from our .T\ln^,nrYTrt_wh!M,_*nQn_K-a_e,!*nn,aea&il1t*,_Q-**<_ J..UV.V. .*& ,. ,lluu-VUU-|fv,-VUvUUUHLUII*, «.M~ sailed- by the enemy. The problem-is not a simple one. On the contrary,"it is very intricate and complex. The solution' cannot he reached by mere subtraction of one fjgure, from another. To tako the amount for which the manufactured products are sold, and- deduct the amount of wages paid to the factory workers, and set down the balance as the amount of exploitation, is to reach an utterly illogical conclusion—a conclusion which cannot be sustained for a moment. , There are several factors' which this nulvo method of reasoning do not take into consideration—factors on. the enemy's side of the question and factors on our side. Let us take the enemy's side first. The legitimate cost of raw material Should bo deducted, Tho legitimate cost of superintendence should be doducted. Salaries are often padded. And froquontly salaries aro paid to persons who do not perform any needed function, But, in bo fnr as salaries aro really earned by actual necossary service ln tho industrial process, they should be deducted. Tho cost of new factory buildings and tho installation of now mnchlnery, If necessary and bona fide, should bo deducted,, -FiU'thormore, tho amount of exploitation Is not to bo taeroly spread ovor the factory workors. It ls to bo spread over all tho useful workers. Tako tho railroad workers, tho teamsters, tho school toaehers, and many others that could bo mentioned. They do not work In the factories. They do not produce any tangible product which can bo weighed or monBured. Novorlholess, thoy aro necessary to tho social process, Thoir pay nocassarlly and legitimately comoB out of tho total pro. duct of socloty. So do tho othor legitimate expenses connected with their occupations. The question cannot bo properly approached from tho standpoint of ono lono group,of workors. They cannot bo dlvnrcod from tho rest. All legitimate Industries of society nro Interested. Thn wliolo social procosB must bo taken Into consideration. flo much for tho enemy's sido, Now lot's take a look at our own. Having taken all tho useful workers Into consideration, Instead of moroly thoso working In tho factories, tho vriluo of tho product should bo figured at tho retail prloel'not tho wholesale price. This will add many billions of tlnltnrR to It Only n fraction of tho total amount of exploitation takes place in tho pay envelope, Tf all the exploitation took place In tho pay. envelope, It would bo noces- nary for us to instantly nult kicking ,i , i"t * t.i 1.t>~1, «-~*ft f*9 1li» WS«V'«-k Utheib* **-U»lv M*^1* k*»rf>** '■.»-■"* "• ■" Ing. We would have no Iklck coming on these matters at all. -But, tho fact Is that a vast amount of tho exploitation takes placo In these other ways. Tho averago worker who baa a family pay* aomftwhero in the nflffbhor- hood of one-third of bis wages as rent for an nllccod home. If ho got It at cost, a be should, it would probably cost bim ebeot one- third or one-fourth of what be pays, Maybe even less than tbat Tbls Is one of the big forma of exploitation. lb»i», when he bey* too*., fcWAUU*. etc., be Is again morelleasly evplolted. If he got these at coat, ae be abould, he would get them for a fraction of what he-pays. This ;is another big form of exploitation. " Taking all these things into consideration, it is evident.that the worker -iff-vni»juii,\,u-Vul-ui.—***UO'**W— UL.—Ul^-r«jUC" of his labor, " - f >• But it is also evident that itis an Impossibility to arrive accurately at the definite percentage' of exploitation. The estimate made by the Socialist Campaign Book is probably as good as can be made: It expressly states that it is only approximate, and it should be so quoted. , The best way to prove that there Is vast exploitation is to point out the capitalists who do nothing socially useful, but who nevertheless possess great wealth, Point out the fact that, they have princely mansions, summer homes, automobiles, yachts, gorgeous clothes, Jewels, etc., etc. Point out the fact that they indulge in elaborate and costly social functions, that they go globe trotting whenever they feel like it, ete. These things'show at once that they possess great wealth. •■ • Yet they perform no useful social function. Whoro, then, do they get this wonlth? - '■■Whore, could thoy get It ultimately oxcopt from the useful? This provos(-,wlthout the possibility of successful donlnl, that the percentage of exploitation Is largo, Tho precise figure Is rolatlvely un- Important. v Again, We Bhould novor loso sight of the fact thnt the workers nro not only exploited out ot most of tho v*aluo of thoir labor, but thoy aro also deprived , of most of tho opportunity to produce, Slnco capitalism has passed the period of its usefulness, it Ib prodigiously wasteful. Uy Its vory nature It does not and can not utilize tho elements of productivity which would Immaiisoly In- ero&so tho total product of socloty. Also, by Hb vory nnturo, It prtvonts millions of men and women from en* gaging In productive Industry. It com- po)n them to expend thoir onorgy In socially useless labor, Socialism, of course, will bo the comploto remorty for this. tly tho Introduction of rational system In tho IndustrloB, floclnllsm will not only prevent oxploltatlbn, but It will nnnble the peoplo as a wholo to yciduco vastly moro thnn thoy do now, and at the snmo time have far shorter work daya. Tho facts are all against capitalism. Tho truth Is amply sufficient to kill It, No exaggerations aro necessary or desirable. They can only Injure us, ,*V U.i-,uii*4-u,tu ttmttl *Ji *but4.«U>l*k IA it*l- rewsTy rvr fl.».",\TrMi\ Tt cnn only Injure us. Capitalism Is damned already. All wo need do In tbls matter it to point out tho incontrovertible /acts. Cemetery Notice Persons .wishing their lots in- Cemetery kept in good condition for the season, at ^ reasonable charge, can make arrangements wit& the undersigned. , - ' THOMSON & MORRISON Funeral Directors' Stephen T. Humble Dealer in Hardware, Stoves & Ranges Fancy Goods and Stationery BELLEVUE - . ' Alberta ^]ahn^Ar^McDuf^aH^' FIRE INSURANCE . Special Representative l '-. ) a " Sun Life Assurance Co. of.O^aJa , . AiiCijt ' • Singer Sewing Machine $2.00 pei month ■ ^ Phone 120 BLAIRMORE- Box 22 THE Bellevue Hotel COMMERCIAL HOUSE a**>>M>>aB>--*^aa>a_>>>aia'--->'>MB>>M^/l«H>a.^ff'->^nM *.* Best Accommodation In the'; P*e»,— Up-to-Dote — Every Convenlefice,-- Excellent Cuisine. . SUITABLE FOR LADIE8 AND' QgNTLEMBN ' 0. A. CALLAN, Prop. BEIA.EVUE, Alto. $100 Reward, $100 The readon of this paper will b* p]»t««(l ia l«arn that thoro Is at l*Mt one dr«nd*Ml iHariMo that »r.lt>nffii na* b««n abta to cur* In all H« ■(**-*«. and tlmt Is Catarrh. Hall'a Catarrh Cura la the only poaltlve cura nnw known to tha medical rratamlty. Catarrh b-tlnr a C4n«tttutl4nal dliwaa*, r«"iulv«« a civ.v- ttitutlonal trtatm«nt. Hall's CMarrh Cura la taken Internally, actio* directly np-rtn thn* Mo*.! «n<l miinn-w* AiirfVte- ee or tbe iyi«m, thereby deetroylnif tha foundation bf tha dlseaee, and glv In* tha patient atraneth by bulMlna up the ennetltutlen and aaelettftjr nature la dolnv tta work. The proprietor! hay* en much faith In Ita cure tlve power* that tbey otter One Hundred foliar* far any ea«« thai ll fait* t« cure. ~ fer Mat -af (eetimonlale. AMnmn; f. .1. -tfl.fi, ontrt. riYnjtnr # <v>,, r-ir RftM by all nntmriaia. Vie. Takti mil's Family nits for consti pation T A Snap Two Acres iii WEST FERNIE fr» «3) $soo«oo or $ i <nnn YCsi**!* Me Ae Ka.sttxet* i Real Estate and Insurance Fertile* - B* CU & Sat; .-■9^49^^ i*_*99 -|r .. ^ |n ^*.'^li*.-:s-':.'<\X\.*:■''.;, ■:*••■•■ •'SAi'-,- -. >•.- -., :-\i\'___7 S'iAs^x^Axx^^:i'''A'- ?'.•■ ^»J'";"^.^»*-'&S£y"^ ~; SS'-'\-'*g,->:'i.f,-y.'-. . , . *?■ - -•'•■*•"■„."•'". ' -•'■' - •'• s A?-*". • y^p^A-AA r\':' \"> -.- - '■'A,«-. ,. v",.' 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C : &ocal Agents Order* taken tttrou*bout th* Pom THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. 0., SEFFEMBER^i 1913 PAGE THREE "i ' l< ¥.* J-"-*- <!fc,"ri ,I» preparation for the special" convention of District No. 15, many meet ings were held throughout the District; A mass meeting of the Fremont County miners was held September 12th at Rockvale, Colorado;' International Vice President Hayes was'the principal speaker of the-evening,, the miners from all camps; led by their bands, marching to the to^n hall at Rockvale; each' member of the band tene'e .throughout his entire speech, ancl at the close of the meeting the applause continued until every miner present was exhausted. After the meeting a parade was led by the Welsen- burg band, followed by twelve hundred and fifty miners in the streets of Walsenburg, At 6.30 o'clock in the even- ing; Vice President Hayes and National Organizers .left Walsenburg for Trinidad, where Mother Jones ad- S h!f «lCaP 1nd lamPl and they dressed a-meeting under the auspices S? or6 = ^Sl™?^*' °? »* **"" ™" - ^r A, neared the town hall where Vice President Hayes was stationed, the band' played: "All Hail to our Chief." When the members, pf the local unions outside of Rockville arrived at the town hall, it was impossible for all, to be accommodated with even'standing room, and-the meeting was adjourned from the hall to meet on the streets of Rockvale. A number of transfer wagons served as band stand and plat- form for the-speakers. Fully fifteen hundred miners. and their families were in attendance; the meeting opened wlth'Brother Thomas Scott singing, the "Colorado Strike Song,'/ President McLennan and the writer spoke a few minutes and were followed by Vice President -Hayes, who spoke for one I hour. His remarks were well recelv- ed, and, Judging from the way the miners applauded his declaration that the United Mine Workers would not cease campaign agitation in District No. 15 until every mine "worker was a''member ofN the organization, demonstrated that the miners bf Fremont County are very much alive to the need of the organization if the miners would receive justice at the hands of the coal operators. ' , " " 0 On Sunday, September 14th, a mass meeting of the miners of El Paso County,was held, at which the work of completing the organization in that county was' successfully carried out by International Board Member Paul J. Paulson, Dan O'Leary and Louis Tikes; assisted by the officers of the local union. On Sunday morning a large meeting was held on the prairie near Ludlow; the. meeting.was attended by. miners from every camp within'the radius ot ten miles; for two and one half hours miners'stood in the hot sun, vigorously applauding every, assertion made by the speakers pertaining to the determination of the national union to organize this district. Board Member John R."-Lawson and Adolph Germer were the principal speakers at this meeting; about.a dozen Baldwin-Felts jdete.ctiyes_w_ere,In,at_tendance-as-wel! as a stenographer who recorded all the speeches, presumably for the purpose of taking extracts therefrom for publication .with the Intention of,making it appear that the advice given the miners was anything but proper.'., •At two o'clock Sunday„afternoon a monstrous mass meeting was "held in Walsenburg. President McLennan and Vice President Hayes addressed . the meeting, speaking for one hour and forty-flvo minutes, and the audience burst forth in applause at every sen- sembly. ■ This meeting was held in the West Opera House, Hundreds were turned away owing to the lack of seating capacity in that large theatre. Vice President Hayes spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes, then gave way to Mother Jones', who, in her able and eloquent manner, held the audience Bpell bound for,, two hours, after wliich Jthe choir of striking miners from the northern fields of Colorado, w;ho had been brought to Trinidad for the purpose, entertained the audience ttith several songs, among which were "The Colorado Strike Song," "When the Strike is Over the Thugs Will Leave the State," "Stick to Your Union." - On Monday morning the special convention of District No. 15 convened. At 10.00 o'clock the delegates formed .a parade and, led by a band, marched through the business streets of Trinidad. Immediately following the band was the choir of striking miners from the northern coal fields, and between selections by the band, they sang appropriate songs along t'he line of march to the convention hall, , When the credential committee's report was read, It showed two hundred and forty-two delegates from the mines of southern Colorado. To these were added the National and District Organizers and Officers, making a total of two hundred and, eighty-aeven delegates. The choir opened and closed all sessions of the convention with appropriate songs, and much credit is due Mr, Sidney Davis, leader, for his splendid services. The first day's session was taken up with -the. credential committee's report, and the appointing of committees, after, which.delegates from all mines in the State made known their grievances to the convention.. This continued until 3.30 o'clock on the second day of the convention, at the close of which the following telegram and reply were read: -, "Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 10th, 1913. "Ther officials, delegates and resolution committee of the convention of the_TJnited^Mine_VVorkers,-Trinidadr Colo. - ' ; -.-.." "Fully realizing the effect a coal strike would have In throwing out of employment-thousands of other union men employed In so many other trades depending entirely on the use of coal for existence and,,realizing the widespread suffering that would certainly follow a coal strike, we appeal to the good judgment of the officials and del- egates to consider also the welfare of the general public which would suffer Immeasurably by a strike in the coal industry and we are joined by the daily and weekly newspapers in southern Colorado which reflect the gener- arsentlment of tha people ln urgently askings that you deliberate your actions carefully and conscientiously aure of the justification of your plans if you expect the support and co-operation of the press and public, and that a strike not be called but tbat the provisions of the new mining law be given an opportunity to bring desired results in behalf of the coal miners, which the ■provisions of this law certainly guarantee and for which we respectfully ask your earnest consideration, pledging our aid for its enforcement. ■ " "THE PUEBLO STAR JOURNAL.'.' Trinidad, Cola, Sept. 16th, 1913. "Pueblo Star Journal, , "Pueblo, Colo. "Your telegram received. Replying, wish to say we have been trying to prevent a coal strike for the past several years, The coal operators have Ignored all our invitations to settle our differences peacefully in a joint conference. -Our people have been exploited and enslaved for years. We now demand justice, and we can never secure It without the;union. When the operators refuse to meet us there is no way to settle our grievances peacefully, which we would like to do. "We suggest you appeal to the operators as well as the miners. The operators can avert a strike If they want to. We have tried without success. It is time for the press to protest against the brutal tyranny and oppression existing in Colorado coal mines. "E. L. OOYLE, "Secretary District 15, U. M. W. of A." Mother Jones then addressed the convention. Her every utterance was greeted with hearty and long applause. When she had finished it was easily to be seen pictured on the face of every delegate an absolute determination to go forth with the battle for the recognition of the union at any and all cost. - National -Board Member Lawson, as chairman of the scale' and policy committee, read the committee's report, which was adopted unanimously amid cheers and cries of "STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!" . - The demands are: A scale of wages based on that of District No. 22, recognition of the union, ten per cent, increase of tonnage rates and scale of coke oven workers,'eight,hour day for ah employees, pay for dead work, right to employ checkweighman, right to trade at other than company stores and to choose boarding place, a voice Art-i hp_f.mn1nvm*aTif-nf-o.i1on( r.*.J_n*.>ll*i*.ii. abolition of tbe guard system. "" The date set for the strike is Tues- day, September 23rd. Unless all demands have been granted by that day, or a-joint convention .had, every miner in the State of Colorado will'- lay down his tools. The convention then adjourned amid song and cheers, every delegate an- nounclng himself a committee of one to work diligently on behalf of .the organization until victory Is assured. E. L. DOYLE. PSEUDO PATRIOTISM Doubtless, the Chinamen, the'Japs, the men Imported from the dives of the cities in the United States, must have answered to the patriotic rallying cry of the Vancouver Island subsidized press, "Canada,for the Canadians; we want no Foreign Unions." In the meantime, the Canadian working class, the njen who have made their homes on the Island, whose well-being makes for the permanent prosperity of every useful citizen there, have by bitter experiences discovered the need of organization; have found, to their cost, that merely local organizations were only too easily defeated by the international oper- ators; and, from necessity, have made ufc their minds that if they would save themselves from being brought down to the standard of living of the Orientals they must ally themselves with an organization jgreat enough to cope with the thoroughly organized employers. The International Union did not come into existence inrough the plans of any Individual or group of labor officials. A. F. of L. * Convention Call Washington, D. C, Sept. 10. To AH Affiliated Unions—Greeting: You. are hereby ' notified that, In pursuance to tho constitution of tho American Federation of Labor, the Tlilrty-Tliird Annual Convontlon of tho Amorlcan Federation of Lnbor will be held at Eagles' Hall for nt another hall which the oxocutlvo council may later select), beginning at 10 o'clock Monday morning, Novombor 10, 1913, and will contlnuo In sosRlon from day to day until tho business of tho convention has been completed. * Representation Hoprosontatlon in tho convention will bo on tho following buBls: From national or International unions, (or loss than 4,000 mombors, ono dolo. gnto; 4,(il)0 or moro, two dologatos; 8,000 or moro, throo delegates; 10,000 or more, four doIegainH; 32,000 or moro, flvo dologntos; 04,000 or moro, six dolosntoH! 128,000 or moro, seven dclogntpg, and bo on; nml from cen. trnl bodlflB and Stato fodorntloiiH, nnd from locnl trado unions not having n national or International union, und from foilonil labor unlono, ono delo- -K.ltO. Orgrmlzntloiifl to bo ontltlod to ro- pr«ft<<ntntinn rntmt hnvo obtnlnod n ofr- tlflciitK of affiliation (chnrtnr) nt li-ust one month prior to tlm ronvnntlnn; Mild no II-.THOH will lu* xtscnvnliptl tin a (IoIpriiIo who Ih not n monilinr In khoiI Bf.indlnf? of tho orginlsmllojl lie la filpnt-Ml to roprcnont. Only honn fido wnno workorn, who nro nol imtmliiTH of, or ollKllilo Io memlini'iililti In oilier triulii iiiiIoiih, urn moro offoctuully than over, a better duy ln the lives arid homos of the tollers, to derend and mnlntain by ovory honorable moans In our powor tho right to organize for our common defense and advancement, for tho exorcise of our normal -iuul constitutional activities to protoct and promote tho rights and interests of tho workors; and to assort nt any risk tho freedom of Bpooch and of tho press and tho oqunl rights boforo wio law of oyory worker With ovory other citizen, Theso nnd other great questions of equal Importance will, of nocesBlty, occupy tho attention ot tho Soattlo convontlon. Therefore tho Importance of our movo'mont, tho duty of tho hour and for tho future, demand that ovory organization ontltlod to representation shall send Its full quota of dologatOH to tlio Seattle convontlon, November '10, 1013. Do not allow favoritism to Influence you In 'HoloctlnK your delegates. Ho fully represented. ■Ho roproBPiitod by your ablest, lioHt, most pxporliMiPoil und faithful mom- hiM'H. „ Credential! f'rodohtlnltt in clti|ilU<nte urn for- wnrdoil to nil nfflllntod unions, The (ii'Ijrlnnl crodcritlalH nni»t in* rIvpii to tlio dol-pffiite-flpct and tlio duplicate forwarded to thn Aninrlnun Fodrrn- Hun of Lnbor. Kuloftofr (1 Strpot NorthwpBt. Washington, n. (', Grievances Uiulu' llm law no «rloviiuciin cjin In* rmir.MojT.1 by (ln» convent Ion which plan: Single, $1,00 to $2.00 per day; double, $U0 to $3.00 per day. Rerkcl Hotel—European plan: Single., $1.00 to ?2,r»0 per day; double. ¥1.30 to J3.0O per day. King Hotel—European plan: Single, ¥1.00 to ¥U0; double, ¥1.30 to ¥2.00 per dny. Arlington Hotel—European plan: Single, 73 cents to ¥2.00 per day; double, $1.30 to ¥3,00 por day. Diller Hotel—European plan: Sin- glo, 73 cents to ¥2.00 per day; double, ¥1.30 to $3.00 per day, American Hotel—European plan: Single, ¥1.00 per dny; double, $1.30 to ¥2.00 por dny. - Wlngflold Hotel—European plun: Single, ¥1.00 peri day; double, 11.30 |>or day. i Uheln Hotel—European plan: Single, 73 conts to ¥1.30 per dny; doublo, ¥1.00 to ¥2,00 per day. Radon Ilotol—European plnn: Sin- «]», 11.00 to ¥2.00 per day; doublo, ¥1.50 to fS.GO per dny. ' Rltz Hotol—Europnnn plnn: Single, ¥1.00 to ¥1.30 por day; doublo, ¥1.50 to ¥2.00 por day. IteHorvatlons in any of tlio nbovo hotels Bhould bo mndo by addressing Mr. ChnH. W, Doyle, of tlio'eommlttoo on arrangements, Labor Tomplo, Seat- tlo, Wash. Headquarters of oxocutlvo council will bo nt Now Richmond Hotol. nr nt some otlior hotol which tho nxoeii. live council may later (loBlgiiittii. Df'IPiMtoH Hhould notify ('., \\', noyjp In u il vn ii cu of thu tlmo of thoir arrival lu Heuttlo, mtd over which road t)icy will travel, If li.-vrc l*e any fiinlmr Information regnrdliiB tlio convention, or this ar- Like every Institution of any magnitude, it ls the result of evolution; It is the conscious attempt of the group to adjust itself to changed and changing environments. In the early days or the coal industry, when the miheB were owned by men in comparatively modest circumstances; who generally managed the one or two workings,, they owned; came In touch, personally, with each and all of their employees; most of them old miners, who understood the wants of their men, a local informal organization of the employees of each mine could protect themselves from any unfair exactions on the part of any individual employer. The ownership of nearly all the mines, in this and every land, has passed from the Individual to the great corporation. Stocks, and bonds, representing shares in ownership of such corporations are bought and sold on all the stock exchanges In every civilized country. , Stocks representing shares of ownership in mines In Canada or the United States are bought by Investors In every land. In other instances, a group of moneyed men in the United States own practically all the shares in a Canadian mine, or group of mines; German or Italian financiers control sufficient shares to dominate mines in the United States. Great corporations in every land own or .control the mines in several different countries. In short, ownership in all the great industries has become International. And, of course, it follows that all personal relations between the own- -ers-arid-the-workerTh^vgTreenelimin ated. A hired manager, .working under directors selected by the stockholders, is placed in charge, and the tenure of his position,depends on the percentage of profits he Is able to maintain. The local organizations of the work ers could not cope with,these great, In- ternatlonally owned corporations. The international labor union i3 the natural result; the Impotence of local organizations against great aggregations of capital naturally suggested, affiliations with the workers In the same Industry who had to meet like conditions. We can not Imagine what tho "Pseu- do Patriots" of Canada, who are crying out against the International Union, hopo to gain by degrading their fellow countrymen to the level of the Orientals, or forcing them from thoir homes on tho Island to make room for the Chinaman, tho Jap or Hindoo. The only reward we can think they hopo to reap is a temporary pecuniary reward; the present favors of tho com- pnnles -'which hope to profit hy tho elimination of all organisation among tho workors. Tho appoal'to patriotism Is rldlcul- oiia, considering tho fact thai it Is thn Cnnadinn whom thoy would oust or do- grade, to tho vast profit of a corporation whoso only Interest. In their vicinity Is denuding It of.tho natural ro- sourcoH. leaving behind ns llttlo remuneration ns thoy possibly'can; tlio individual owners of tho stock or tho corporation wcattorcd ovor the earth, most of them knowing llttlo of, nnd caring less for, the section of tho country from which thoir dividends nro dorlfod. power to cope with it in all. That, our government is yet to. acquire, and its acquisition stands first among. our political needs. The Democracy of the future must stand firm on the cornerstones of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall. As the slave owners of yore cunningly confused their special privilege' with "States' right," ,so do their,modern exemplars confuse their special privileges with property rights. While the man whose heart bleeds for an outraged humanity denounces "capitalism," the smug monopolist and exploiter prates of the heritage of civilization and the sacred rights of private property. What wonder that the voters stand confused: Never was nation more ln need of courageous and far-seeing statesmen: Men who know the truth and hesitate not to speak and write it. Men who can recognizo ■ the abuse of govern- ' mental powers to gratify private greed, and fearlessly expose it." Men who can trace the relation between the plutocrat who gets without earn- ing that which the toiling masses earn without getting. Verily the supreme test of democracy is at hand.—Christopher Gallup in The Public. ^ "Let us talk about why we who-produce nothing are rich, while those who produce everything are poor," said the Gentleman. "It isn't true," said the Statistician. "Nor new," said the Historian. "Nor pleasant," said the Lady. "Nor profitable," said the Clergyman. . , "Nor nothing," said the Politician. "It may foster discontent," said the President, "and alienate-pahem—support from our institution. Let u_s discuss a subject agreeable to us alP-eh? —The Drink Evil Among the Lower Classes.'" — The (Scotland) Border Counties Young Liberal. PROPERTY RIGHTS VER8U8 8PIZCIAL PRIVILEGE Fifty yotirs ngo LIiIh nation wiib on- gngod In n mighty struggle to preserve tho Integrity or Its government, Kor dncadoR previously, n paltry minority of »lavo holdorn hnd hold a groat nn- Hon nt buy. thwarting the will of millions of votnrHi Convinced ut length that, their "peculiar liiRtltiitlon" wns no Inngnr Beoiirv, thoy deliberately preelpltntPd one of the blnnillont con- fllriH In lilhtory. The fiiiiduiiieiitnl Ih- Htio of chattel shivery waH cleverly confiiHeil wilh "Slates' HHiK" nml nn- thlnl(li?K men thereby driven In flijht Mij.poRedly l(i ilcfeusn of ihelr homes, ruiiKeiiiciiiH .'or the cunvonlonro of i in .r i , , llm d..|e«0tPH, It will be communion*.| n,rt ' ,llfJ" sllrvlvi"1 ''""l H,',v"r>' w-'« oil In i\ Inter eiu-ulur, or through the! American rnderutlotilHl, iiliolliilieij," not, however, liy tlffr.i"t»r« men" tin <'(.'nMf*-(l M Ip-i-i two wpekn previous to the convention nnd their nntues forwarded to, thn secretary of Hit, Amerlciin Federation of Lnbor Immediately after their election. Di'h'Kdli'H ,'ii-c net -cntlMc.l to yi'sttt* ill Ulli ('Mivt'lilMill ll'illtrtrt me lav nt their orgnnlftttlnns hns been kept in full to Boptsmhor .10, nm. It Is. of rours-o, entirely unnecex- sary here to pnumnrnto the Imminent important -subjects with which our forthcoming convention will roneern llw»if, but, ihe remirnler h not nt nil amlt* that every effort, rntint lm m-ide to lnii.eioi un* I miii nnd meuna inr the orgunlxatlon nf tho yut ttnorsan- lw»d worker*, to itrlvc to bring aIivi* eligible im delegates from federal l.v1l,;" Itttsn decided by n previous con- . i,» ... ' I, **, r.t ,,i.. 4KKtun.m:ii- 'lt\Mne nf !'..> c-npullvf. (-'ei'vll "i ■• will nnv grlevnnrn bo pnimld-nrnd where ihe parties theroto lmvo not il.i-iii.ii:hii.-. iiidVHjiiiil) hull! conference .md utti'iupied to mljiiHt tho diimo. Railroad Halt* i nn iii -i i.iii-n ni' ciiiiii) hccurn from the rallrondM nro ttio ' regular All- Veir Tourist fares, In ronncctlon wiih which tlckj'tn hour return limit "f nine month from ds»o of mile, the following fares fwhlch do not Include rnst of Rleeper) applying toHeattl .Mnt rii'nn fflTt-t en pr.ituirtinnatft fcitilf) hclnn: au. I HAM'L (iOMl'KltS. 1'nrnlilnni. AtleHt—I'MIANK MOUHIHOV. Heerelnry. i i .r»tii(.-.> i f, ..., ,*.,,, i .. , H.\* | |t'|4, .Tollff M'"'. ') .'; il VJ" (« Pres.' ■ .I.YiliP<i MVf.-rnK'li '!nl \'trt> l»re«. F) A, Haven. MM Vice Prea, Wm. D. I Milter, r.ih Vice I'rea, li.-' T," V ,'■ -■'!■ -• i"'l, V1„-. T- ■■ John It. Alpine, Till Vice Pre*. ' H. H. Perlurn, Vth Vice Preo. ,tnhn 11. Lonnmi, Trcn.-urer. Kxcrutlve (V-iinrll A. l-\ of 1„ PerrctarlpR will jtli-.-ne re.nl this call nt first meeting of their orgniil- *'t»lnn l.ntiar nru) refn.-'ii pren nfc.i-»n irem lue points uumt.il, <,0liv- iinlerly I pro-ens of Kovcrnmeiit, Inil |»y the 1 edict of n mllllriry clilel'lnin, enferfeil with blood nnd Iron, How About Your Housework? Noted doctors have said tWat housework is the' -best form of physical exercise for women—(for It not only DEVELOPS but BEAUTIFIES. The healthy woman ENJOYS her houseiwork—she takes pleasure In keeping things spick and span—and It costs her practically no effort to do so—because alle is HEAX.THY.. Are you healthy? Do you find your housework pleasant and invigorating? Or do you dread it ibecause you. don't* feel "just right"? That "don't feel ' .1 Hftt 1-1 «hf U=ilimHn I trtn -ma w_ M/YT! fra— worth seeing a doctor about—Jbut It 1s a .pretty certain indication that you are suffering from Indigestion, Con- stipatlon, Biliousness or Dyspepsia. Next time you don't (feel "just right" just try 15 drops of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. You'll get relief— quickly. England has TESTED and PROVEN, for over 40 years, its -worth. There It Is recognized as, a standard remedy. It is •almost ipurely hetibal—'Nature's own remedy for disordered stomach. Price $1.00. Trial size 50c. ' You can get Mother Seigel"s Cura- live Syrup at ,-•-.■,■ THE McLEAN DRUG & BOOK CO. FERNIE, ti. C. KING'S HOTEL Bar Knpplie.il with tho be«t Winos, Liquors mul CigavH DININO ROOM IN CONNECTION W. MILLS, Prip ShilohXM \t tmXtf ntnUt Ur Ct«tM •■*-* c«u*t f*MM» «wtt »» fm!t wnd tfe*t "9 mncfer '..«-i.*..i '»•-• ...>.<-•• im,nt« inr-ir.-h.viM T,,j, Wf.r)( ,,„,,,, ,>. v;!,;,,., |5)tf.ni;i. iho I n.t... HiM«! Chip**,, fiOA; 8..;„on8, taf.Mni nt thP rili,,ri, Mine ' -..!.. V'-i: Memphl*. IMftr.Vew Or- %V.rt»m of Am.*... .■ .l.<-r>lcd fr.r l..<" IVlMKV'1- v.nnla railroad to »tlm->il.tti*. the orgnnl- vi;r,». |i:-2: IHHoth, $&0; Ht. IM.,!, $?(0: j an lili^y'Vuk'^;.^ Miiiiie.il>.>,*-.-**. |.e>; Omaha, fJO; St. iAf?ii. V^'. K*nM» r.'A-ft ffli; iioiu- ton, II10; Ran Antonio, fit A. Hotel TtiXH Stitf Richmond Hotel—Kiiropean gallon spirit. rrf(ar.'iti«ii. l„rn mronis flno up tu'.xt IIavvIv [., :i',i'.'.:f' ,t fa M territory whore the organimi ion hut ft fallowing. nnr"*ni» ff thi* <>."(->■ Vt*' I'm "v • lime In hlmnrv, privite nwnerxliln o* • lm deilrable portlonH nl the eiirthV fciirf.ici! Ih in,iciii,iii> <i• inc<»*t• •- lie* frontier no litiurer nii't-i"* u«\ltmi mnl orijjoi'liinl. v in Lli.' .uiilil'l'im n.-iiri ili»- '..11 . r. I it'll ,t f ,1 nt , I 1. V 11 I , ,|- l\l- Ml'- forth lm miii*it make lerm-* with llie powers thnr lie, or net his h.'ck lo the wnll and flulit. I»rle«>« nil. .| li!i-'i !-i d«y have l.anlly yet heRun to ri ;.<. A Rrent nation, emloweil with Tn.'ii'mnl «iiffr;i>;e, eoinpiilrory eilnciitleii, mil i. | ,IW|t'i,J .', iu.l iiiU'llill U)l III Tilt III-', , 1- proanlntc under nmnnmlr lieml.i,:i>. ( Tlu: ;,ta"i; I.i ;.-.L L,i' ,i ^v.mi,il I'.ii,. ,. ((evolution. Chattel *l,iver,v wan ene frirm n *!»ecial prhlfine. TitU'ix In tlm-\ utut. by a Kovcrnment iffertlvity res.hi'.. ' nlv« to tho will t*t t'te elentornte. r>-,; ' problem inluht have b'^n selved with-1 out Woo*ri*he<t. Hut the power tn' poacafulty cope with upeclnl nrlvllew in ono form, would h.ue me.irit the f.22 RIFLE Rifles T OHUtgUHS Ammunition Only High Grade kept in stock Satisfaction Guaranteed, J. D. QUAIL Hardware Furnltiir* Fernie, B. C. mmm "■!■ MM y-U S--J. §:frV t-a .4] V3 H Ji- i il * : i I. ',' -,-- - s- ,'"-}*■-.'-.-^v.? -.-^r-'',*- -**-y .,^Z * i.i.'i^^ '-Z '-Jl'.' [--j.-, -, ^'"'r*!*^1 J1! iV,'-*'i-* ' '--'"i""' ",-- ~'_t'"^V'.'-"'"]''.''■"".'""'"''' '" .' . ' . ". '''j'i'i ""imgi^^P^B ■a:Wka:\':{:?U^ PAGE FOUR THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B: C, SEPTEMBER 27,1013 V'- i-'*,' 11 Published every Saturday morning at its office Pellat Avenue, Fernie, B. C... Subscription $1.00 per year in advance. .An excellent advertising, medium. Largest circulation in the District. • Advertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities for the execution of. all kinds of book, job and color work. "Mail orders receive special attention Address all communications to the District Ledger. F. H. NEWNHAM Editor-Manager Telephone No. 48 Post Office Box No. 380 <UNION|&y)L»BEL'. ~^^^^X WASTE IN CONNECTION WITH COKE MANUFACTURE WASTE (n). The act of squandering; the dissipation of property through wantonness, ambition, extravagance, luxury or neglect: It is but meet and just, tliat our remarks should be prefaced by tliis AVebsterian definition of tlie word, and when the reader lias perused our remarks (if patience permit, we will add) he may possibly be inclined to supplement this definition by ''and a desire to secure immediate profits." It should be understood, however, tbat "while we may draw comparisons from local conditions, this is merely done for convenience and this company is only, one of many offenders. All over this continent the waste to Which we allude is going on hour after hour'; day after day; week after week. Waste among the working classes is a favorite theme with those who, for material reason's, see fit to, oppose the worker. ' Some even go so far as to assert that" what they are pleased to term the thriftlessness of the Avorkers, is responsible for poverty. The brainy bone-heads nevefstop to analyze what thrift is and how it could affect the capitalist and worker did the latter attempt to practise it to the extent they''advocate. Neither do they'ever notice, how far tho wastes of- capitalism affect the worker. - , - s ' 9 \ . In another column we deal-with this question, but its importance is such that' it will bear reiteration. " "~ " • -, u When men have occasion to ask-for-an increase in wages the first question to be considered byj,he employer is how much can we afford to give and t still make a profit? Can \v;e raise the selling price of our production and grant the worker's de- • mands? Now, understand, the capitalist is controlled by the system to thc same extent as you are. lie must, if he would remain in business, eliminate all charitable inclinations; if he cannot sweat an extra dollar out of you directly he must get it indirectly. The. condition of the labor market may lie such that he is compelled to grant your demands, but sooner or later the competition for jobs among the workers will compel him to take advantage of these conditions. Now, granted this to be the rule or the absoluto facts of our present system, there is another side and that is the wastefulness consequent upon such a system. The shareholders in the various companies want an immediate return of capital and insist on this as a condition for investing. The coal companies have a market for coke and they erect tho cheapest plant for making same—thc beehive oven. This "cheapness" is very questionable, although the companies may use the argument ancl insist that coke inndi! by this process is better adapted to their purpose. Tliis is a point on which wo may not agree. We do not intend lo make this article heavy with scientific notes and slatistit'.s culled from au encyclopaedia, but will mako uso ol! just a, few to illustrate and demonstrate our contentions. Tho bechivo process will coke 05 per cont. ol! conl. Tlio Belgium or by-product process will coke 75 per cent, of the'coal. A saving ol! .10 per cont. The total vnlno of by-products obtained from the iiiiuuiraclurt' ol" coko in tlio United Stales in 1910 amounted to $8,470,557, or a litlle more tbim one- third of Lliu valuo of coko prodncuil—^24,71^,010. The total amount of coko produced in tho Slates was valued at $00,742,701. Thus it will bo seen that about ono-fourtli wiih produced by lliu rotort pro- •cons. Ono of the most valuable by-prodnctH and ono with which most of our readers are luiqiiniulod, was 27,002,858,cubic foot of gas, valued at *:i,017,« 008; «C,303,2H gallons of lur, valued at i}il,5!)!>.45;?; 70,247,51.') pounds of ammonium Aulphato, valued nt $1,841,002; 20,220,421 pounds of anhydrous am- monia, valued ut $1,725,200, and 4,051,282 gallons of liquor valued at $205,808. In addition to these there are recoverable1 a quantity of light and secondary, oil which, together with coke breezes, may be conservatively estimated at $400,000. The value of recoverable but wasted contents of coal' made into, coke in beehive ovens would, at the prices obtained in 1910, have been about $40,000,000. Nowr the reader must' remember that, these byproducts are not recoverable when once they are distributed in the atmosphere in the shape of volatile matter, although a portion of them may'remain in the coke, but in such form as to be of no commercial value. It does not require a mathematician to discover that in, this part of thc country millions of dollar.-' have gone up, and are going up, in smoke, pollut-. ing the atmosphere and distributing .themselves be- yoncj, any possible means-of recovery.. The worker who spends his money foolishly and is accused of waste may, to use a capitalist argument, be distributing wealth and creating trade, but the loss of by-products and heat energy to which we refer is an absolute and total loss to civilization. We are open to learn how any of these valuable by-products, once dispersed in the atmosphere, can be recovered. , Quito recently the business men of this town discovered that they were uot receiving quite asjarge a share of the mine workers' pay roll,as they thought they were justly entitled to and it was dis covered that they were not receiving as large real estate men large sums were leaving'the--town to pay for real estate of very questionable worth. No mention, however, have we ever seen or heard by, the business men of this town of the tremendous loss that is going on right in'their midst. The Board of Trade of Fernie would do well to take up this matter with the same .energy-which they displayed when attacking real estate, men, and such would benefit, not only those who have been foolish enough lo risk their money on worthless real estate, but would considerably enhance the value of our town as an industrial centre and benefit every- citizen of Fernie. , The Dousal or suction gas plant and engine is riot exploited very largely in this western country, but in the older and more settled countries this has been found to be one of the cheapest motive, powers yet discovered. With coal at. 24s. per ton it has been found that a 12 h.p. engine can be.run for 12 hours at a-cost of one shilling or 24 cents. Compare this with the price of electricity charged in this town and the tremendous energy that is being wantonly wasted and the reader does not require any further explanation of why dividends are so scarce and the money market so tight. "This is mentioned merely to give the -.reader an idea of the amount of gas being waste'd annually by the coal companies;-" " , "Of course, the cry "lack of capital" will be raised by the coal companies, and while they are content to abuse a bounteous nature by-wantonly wasting its most valuable assets, so long will they experience difficulty in reaping the, full benefit of labor and capital. We might write columns commenting on this subject and enumerating the many valuable by-products and thc uses to wliich they might be put, but let it suffice that we have here all the heat we require for the rigors of the winter and sufficient energy to drive all our machinery and light our town at a cost so insignificant that, for industrial purposes, this city has advantages far and away beyond those of prairie cities with their boosted natural gas supplies. We,are printing notes this week from the coal camp of Pocahontas, Alberta. This field has not yet beon organized by tho U. M. W. of A,, but we understand that it is tho intention of tho International Union, in"eonjiinction with tho District, to start organizing this part of the country in tho near futuro. The Ledger is only too anxious to publish for tho benefit o'f its readers items of interest to tbo labor world and tho workers of thc District. It is tho duty of every local to soo that; these items of news aro forwarded overy week nnd if tho oldor established camps—tho road or hns only to poriiBO our Cnmp nows to discovor that thero arc many—would follow thc oxnmplo of this young nnd thriving cnmp, wo should indood be pleased. In another column lX will bo found tlint wo have a column from tho ■Recording Socrolnvy of Glnd- Hlono Local, in which somo of tho grievnnecs nffnoting tho mon nro enunioratod. Now, wo understnud tho object of tho Ledger is to air these grinvnnuoN. which in many cases aro not known to Iho manngo- mont, nnd wo shnll bo pleased lo insort any mat torn having a bearing upon conditions nt tho mines. Wo foci Hiiro Hint our corrospondonlH pohrohb sufficient tno.t ai)d discernment not to forward any mat- tor that tlioy mny uonsidor inimical to tho interest of the organization, This pnper is horo to espouse tho causo of lnbor, howovor, and whothor wo inako friends or enemies the workers have spent too nur.' hnrd-enrnod dollnr-s to unerlfico tlio principles »f labor by pandering to any pcr-sonnl or private interest. snennTAnv of wf«tp.rn FUEL COMPANV IN CONTEMPT Hntlior than surrender tlio hooka of tho Wnirtorti Fuel Company1 to Judge t. ii. .*> it.,, v.,w„*1 qt-ifr.ii T>Wl*M .4., It.****,, *-.-■ *•-» - '*-..'-* , ' Court, nt San Francisco, Cal., David C. NorcrosH, secretary of the company,; Kavo hlmsolf ap to the TInttort States marshal, Judgo Doollng hold him In contompt of court, and sentenced him to Jnll HiiUl the books be produced, but later released him on -fit.000 bond ponding htihean 'corpus proceeding. Norcross wan undor a $2,000 flno for it tlmlhr offense. N'orcroMi, tho proBldonl, directors and omployoos of tho company am undor indictment for conspiracy to dts- fcnud thc Bovc^nmint of lumilrodn of thousand* of dollars in customs und drawbacks on'Imported final. Tb-« Hnnlsllst mayor nf fWiminetnity, Dr. Onorfro Tl. Limn, niid tbo other Socialist officials nro bolng opposed for ro-nloctlon by tx comblnn of U*>p\ibl|. cans, Democrats and I'ronroHHlvoH. Thi* tbrno portion nrn Tint llinrmiftily 1 unltod except on two candidates. One of thoso Is tho candidate for mayor to oppose T)r. Lunn. Tho other Ih tbo eandldatn for assessor, who happens to bo tho prosont Democratic Incunir bent of that offlco nnd who has blocked nn attempt by llit* Horlnllnt nns-ftsn- or» to equitably assess, am far as exist- IrtK lawn permit, vacant lots nnd Wr corporation property. The. combine sooms to havo got together and concentrated Ita strength on Ihe points where Schenectady's privileged Inter- **h's would mont llko to havo concentration. Fundamental democrat* of Sclie.ncctady wilt make no mlaUto ta reelecting Msyor Lunn and his party MIOoUtM, 'mm^^i liOST—llofr*, Monday nn 4 p,m. trnln, Conl Crook, M, V. & M. trnok; black nnd brown halt-bred dnobshund; an- Hwera to name of "Teddy," Person giving information to h, Morton, Conl Croalr, or pollco, which will iMitlt 10 U^l»VfJ, Vim in,*, ItsttatUti-J, 70 1HI1W.PWCIKW lltf——-WW III "I ■■■■Ml— * ■ ■■ III III FOR SAMiJ—8 roomed houso on Mc- 1 -Phorson Avonuo; onsy terms, Apply to Wm. Wlnstnnloy, P. 0. llox 4RR, Fnrnlo, P. C. 71 TAXIDERMY '-Weittawtriw^ ...^^^^W^-.^.^^^J.y^ s?m.iimuxft&-jpv* a *9}**mmm*4,* For flrsMsss Taxidermy work, mounting anything from a snake to an Alet>hantr call or wrlto C. RECCE P, 6. Bex 0 Weut Fernlo witurtwiiwlsAiiM-tanftitsrSir 111 if ♦ GLADSTONE.LOCAL NOTE8- ♦ ^ • By the' Recording Secretary ♦ ■There Is a public who do not come under the influence of the Board of- rrade—trado unionists—who 'have a large measure of sympathy with the miners • It ls our intention to keep these, people well informed of the conditions that continually grieve and beset the mine1 workers in their struggles for a livelihood. Each week notes will appear in the Ledger, giving publicity to the grievances and complaints -that affect,the, members of Gladstone Local in particular.and,District 18 in general. The wash house'' question again came up for discussion, ahd to say the •least tliis is a question of paramount importance to the miners at Coa*] Creek. The wash house does not Involve any expense upon the company, for"every man (who is lucky enough to obtain a locker) pays one dollar pdr month, which, I believe, covers all expenses, together with caretaker's wages, caretaker and the necessary repairs, with quite a -little surplus to bo paid as Interest on the original outlay. From the' standpoint of hygiene, it Is not by any means within thc conception that 'Moses had of that important science. With tho ever-increasing number of men employed at the mines, no provision has been made' to cope with it, consequently men crowd the lockers, making it dangerous, inconvenient and disagreeable in the extreme to all'concerned. Again, the hot water supply is inadequate, this being especially so for the morning shift. It Is a common occurrence to see five or six men ,waiting,Impatlently around a tap that simply trickles Its contents into the pan. Jhe management has not provided an extension to the wash house as the funds for such an undertaking are exhausted.' The winter is coming, and we ,do not anticipate its rigors will counteract the disadvantages complained of: " The supplying of house coal came up for discussion. Many of the members present complained that the coal supplied was dirty and of a very inferior nature. (Hear, hear!) The distinction between' run of .mine and screened coal was only on paper, as per agreement. ^(The appreciation is in trying to bunrit.—Ed.) Much pf the coal supplied was simply- a load of dust, and one of the members said if a high wind had been blowing when he received his coal (?) it would have vanished. 'What strange irony of fate, that the one --who delves for this precious . rock, geologically speaking, should receive for his pains a load of dirt for which he is unduly punished at the mines for indiscriminate- loading! We can tolerate this condition of things in the summer and allow the "co"ai"comp"any'to~carrr'ouirthe-~agree: ment" according to'their interpretation, but the long, cold, white winter compels us to do something. Had we possessed a cyalic key, would we not cauise some changes? A committee .have ' been ' appointed . to interview Manager Wilson, who may not know the true condition of things. This is the kiddles' question, for they are the most sensitive to the severity of the Canadian winter. Miners' Certificates of Competency As a large number of our 'fellow workmen speak a foreign tongue, it gives to the careful and intelligent individual an uneasiness of mind as to whether his-foreign-speaking brethren aro sufficiently conversant with the dangers pertaining to their avocation'. Tho act reads: "No certificate of competency shall be granted to any cial miner who does not satisfy the majority of the Board of Examiners that "ne is sufficiently conversant ■ with tbe English language, and with t>.o provisions of tho act relating to coal mining nnd rules and regulations .made thereunder, to rondor his employment as such safo, and also that ho has boon employed In a coal mine for at least twolvo months previous to.tbo dato of bis application for such certificate, and has sufficient knowledge of conl mining to rondor him compotont to perform tho dutlos apportonont to IiIh employment." To you, my follow men who speak a -langungo that is not English (Welshmen and Lanes Included) got to know a smattering knowlodgp, at loaat, of tho maEtors' language I! will provo conducive to our "mutual woll bolng, Wo nro asked to draw tho attention of all mombors of tho Sick and Accldont Fund to notify tho Secretary,do- during UienmolvoB ablo to return lo work. This fund has boon n boon lo many a family fllnco Its establishment, and ribuso of samo will bo a calamity. Watch for tho dato ot tho noxt gon- oral mooting and bo In nttondnnco. You dlnkoy boys, do not drlvo (how dlnklflfl 'Ut such an oxccsalvo bpooiI whllBt mon nro travelling to nnd from tho inlnos. Whon tho road Ib char yon can drlvo to your honrt's content. Classified Ads.-Genf a Word WANTIM)—Mnglnoor with n. C. tlrflt class pnporfl; must bo thoroughly ' compotont, rollablo nnd Hobor; good wngoB. Apply, glvlng'roforoncas, to llox 117fi Fornlo, IJ, 0. 72 A HOUbtt A.ViJ LOT (uv Btifoi Lml i, Block SO, Annex Extension. Apply flco, Davcy or O, W, Goodwin, nello- vuo, Alta. : 70 WOULD ANY P10HBON who witness- od tho pollco assaulting Albert Davies closo to T, Burns and Co.'s storo on Wodnosday-night nt 12 o'clock pienso Inform Albert Davl-js, Fornlo Annox. '70 SALE Oil EXOIIANOB (part cash)— 100 acrPH homcutpftrtwl, f-fmcod, situ- nttfd 4 miles from O,' T. P. town (Threo Hills, Alta.), 8 tnllos from C. P. II. town (Acmo), about 65 miles north oast of Calgnrjr, on O. T. P.; splendid wheat or mixed farming land; SO acres under cultivation-; tllntrlct une of LUu beat ta AlbcrU. For particulars apply H. A., nox 380, Pernio, li, C, ' 7B News ofcitie District Camps ., .• . ". - (Coniinueii'fromPage5)f' "\, . ...-..-..;.•*/. hospital with typhoid fever., ■ Pleased to see you, about again, -John. Mike Rusbu8ki, is' building a fine home for himself on 12th Street N. L. Leigh Is'the" contractor.' . " W. -Brown,'blacksmith. for a good' many years.at No. 3, has quit,",and opened up a place of his own on 19th Street North. Wish you every success, Bill. ' - - - W. Balderstone, late secretary, of the Co-operative, is having a sale of his household effects, owing to accepting a position at Medicine Hat. The money stringency and want of work are having very marked effect on Lethbridge. During the last 10 weeks thej;e have been from two to three sales ot household furniture and people who we thought were settled for good. The much-talked-of subway at'! 13th Street crossing, does not seem to be materializing this year, -and it looks as if the C. P. R. freight sheds, now about- completed on 13th Street, will not be., used until the sub- Way, Is put in, as traffic there- would be so congested as to be dangerous to the public. i . The Btreet, railway employees held a smoking concert in the Labor Hall on Saturday evening. The chair was occupied.by Alderman McNabb, who gave them1 the benefit of his wide and varied experience, of the benefits to be derived from being a member of a craft organization, and all the members took an interest therein. If the other unions of the city would only take the lesson of goodfellowship and energy-displayed by this new organization, unionism would have a different standing ln"Lethbrldge today. As the old' proverb goes, when things are at their worst, they are bound to take a turn, it is to be hoped that the members of the different unions will endeavor to make a rally before it is too late.' ,, • . ■ The quarterly meeting of the North Lethbrld-sre Co-operative Society was held;in the (Miners' Hall Friday evening, September 19th. -The representation-of shareholders was not as numerous as they might have been, but those present were very enthusiastic. .The' speech of Mr. Trawern at the formation of a retail merchants' union held recently was thoroughly gone into ."and-, brought forth many bright ideas as to avoiding the many obstacles this gentleman intends putting in the wav of the Co-operative movement spreading in Canada. If the workers i required- an Incentive tq look to their own welfare, his "remarks ' certainly gave them an eye opener. The recommendation of the Board of Man- 'agement to pay on all members' pur chases for the past quarter ^he rate of eight per cent was accepted. After paying this amount .'there is a-fair: sum placed to the reserve fund, which speaks volumes for the management. I trust that all the subscribers to your valuable paper'in this vicinity, seeing this, will take,a tumble and become member's at first available opportunity.' : r.7. V ♦ . ■ ♦ COLEMAN NOTES The Coleman I. O. O. F. Lodge held a social aud dance in their- lodge rooms -in the Eagle Block on Tuesday evening. A number,of visitors from Blairmore were present and a . good time is reported. J. A.- Hornby, of Calgary, • was in town during the latter "part - of the week, adjusting Insurance claims in connection with the losses caused by fire in" West Coleman. W. White, whoso house was burnt, had a loss of $500.00 -and had taken out insurance a week or two previous to the date of the fire. Damage to ■ fhe° extent of about $50.00 had been done'to the residence of Jas, Antrabus. / ,' Rod McLeod, of Bellevue, was a Coleman visitor during Alondayfand*^,' Tuesday." 'C. Hill, a Flnlander working ln No. 83 of Carbondale mine, was seriously injured by a fall of rock on Tuesday. He -was hurriedly, taken' to the hospital where it was found he had re- celved - a fractured leg. and severe bruises. The Injured man Is a recent arrival from Europe and ls progressing as well as circumstances will permit. " ' " ; . ' W. B. Powell, superintendent of the (government Mine , Rescue Car, paid Coleman a visit Monday: , ■ ' . ■ 1W;' M;' Mitchell, principal cof Coleman Public School is experiencing great difficulty In finding accommo-. datlon for all the new puplls,who wish to attend school. Some three^hundred and twenty are now enrolled and numbers of others below school age have been turned) away. > ,The car shortage, which has been affecting -other mining towns in the Pass during the past two .weeks, ,-has not .touched' Coleman as, yet to any, great-extent. The McGillivray Creek Co. lost one day last week pnly. The McGillivray Creek Co. continue to expand their business and make ad- ditions totbeif plant.. A little more than a week ago a new\boiler was Installed" at the mine and on Monday a- large, shipment of new mine~~cars were unloaded^" which will beVpui to" use, at once'.v -: ;\\; '-;:'\-'> syy ■•_ ' Tbe CoiperaHve',': Store'' reports, trade :aa .good,'-since"-beginning to do business on a- cash basis. ;,The new System will -probably take a little'time to adjust itself, b\it the directors are convinced of its"advKntag£ to, aii. -"- - .Stanley Pizer,has severed his connection with-.the W. It.- Ouimmette store and left-on Wednesday morning for Detroit and Windsor." Mr.1 Pizer's, sudden leaving ,was'In response to a telegram bearing ,a~ request,from Mrs..' Pizer, who Is seriously'ill In the-East, Their many friends will, be-sorry to hear this news, and will hope Mr. and Mrs. iPizer may, return to Coleman. ■Toners. Stothers, formerly,- of the Bank,of Commerce staff herei, but for the past severai'months. a resident of Calgary, is spending a vacation with friends in town. , Tlie Coleman Mercantile^ Co. announce another big sate and hope to be completely out of business in forty-five days. * Joe <lrafton, of JBellevue, was a Coleman visitor on Monday. Charles H. Watson and Mrs, Watson, of Toronto, are guests at' the Coleman1 Hotel. ■ . • - « •-' ". v/ s 'I. Miss -M.' McLean and Miss M. Murray, of the Salvation, Array staff,- Fernie, visited Coleman Tuesday. MINE BLASTING MA Watteyne, In a discussion on a paper read at the Congress of Applied Chemistry at Washington; U. S., relative to explosives, in coal mines,- recently gave some interesting details as to the different ways of firing charges: In Belgium the charges are limited in correspondence with the ex- - plosive character of the,gas or-dust prevailing in the workings, and since this system has been in operation, now some years, no accident has occurred. If exterior tamping, or rather superposition of several pound of Incombustible dust over", the mouth of the hole is employed, the security of blasting would'be greatly augmented, especially in the dreaded case of windy or blown-out shots. ^ ■ labor Trouble in. Liverpool .LONDON, Sept. 25.—In consequence of-the labor troubles at Liverpool the Canadian express has transferred its „ staff to Bris'toi. "All outward traffic.1 has,been shippedJlrom;that port and Canadian''Importers, -therefore, Mil? experience no delay" in receiving their "■ goods. , -J": -, -, ' •;" ;, ISIS THEATRE BEST ALWAYS PICTURES CHANGED DAILY, A FEATURE EVERY DAY, FEATURES FOR WEEK SEPT. 27th SPECIAL—Saturday Evening and Matinee The Kins Can do no Wrong 3 Reel "Rex." , ' - ' ' The Commander of the Army of a'mythical kingdom, staunch In his loyalty to his king, amsures^his wife rather than his monarch, when the latter lures her away, the sorely-tried father poisons her. When the Prince abducts his daughter, Monday, Sept. 29 In Love and War 2 Reel 101 Bison Military Drama Tuesday, 8ept. 30 The, Faith Healer 2 Reel "Eclair" Drama SPECIAL—Saturday, Oct. 4 In The King's Service 3 Reels, Depicting the life of English sailors and soldiers on land and Sea. GET OUR WEEKLY BULLETIN AND KEEP UP-TO-DATE ON THE BEST IN MOVING PICTURE8 This is the Piano Oh January 31, We Give Away Value $400 vtfSJ-i -to-ie^^^ ■ ' y..... ,i.»**«¥*i"-.*o^-'«(*t^ - W^TTl""1 --■"- -JuaIKWxlKli- "?- ' "* ' 2. Niimo of Contontant'wlll not bo published,, 3. tivory Contestant Ib orodltod with 2,000 Votos to start with. 4. Kvory Contestant gets ti numbor. 5. Standing of Contestants' numbers published wookly. 6. All Votos mutt bo brought In tor rocordlug on WpflnmiiTny. RULES OP CONTEST 8. WHAT SEEMED TO US TO BE A QUESTION IS NOW A GRATIFYING SUCCESS. IT PAYS TO BE LIBERAL WITH OUR TRADE. , Slnco wo first announced thnt we should glvo sway this beautiful Upton Parlor Grand Piano to somo ono of our customers on Jan. ill, 'our buslnoBu has shown a Big Increase In tvery department, Of tOUl'HO tllO Ull 11 »tlIII VIllllOB which we are offering havo holpod- to mako thin Increase nnd wo shall con* tlnuo along thoso linos. You will find our stockn comploto In all llnon ro- gnriio&H bf tho heavy dally demand,- - OR ftURR AND ARK FOR YOUR PIANO VOTE8 WITH EVERY PURCHASE, D. 10. 11. 12. Tio Votos In iwcicapa with* Contestant's numbed and the amount on top slip only. Color ot Votos Will chanko snd must bo recorded wookly. Votos nro transforrable only beforo rocordlng, Contostant having tho largest numbor ot Votos on Jan. 31 wins tho Piano, on J an, 31 wins the Piano. Candidates not bringing In personal votes will bo -drnppnd. N.E. SUDDABY, Drug & Book Store "The Roxall Store" FERNIE, B. C. Stationery, 8portlnur Ooodt, Kodaks, Typewriter 8uppllot, Office Fixture*, Wall PApert, Fancy Good* -¥**-**-^#h»**t»Wfc*B u '•" "" ' • - ■ ,-.,..,'--. .. j, J \ <*-*.,?•.td'^ zT\\i,2,'&*t$'9i *.\ ^$m&?Kz&?ti$m?.^ wv "yiAhS*! i* ^itJ-jAV-t i-^ ^..,- .a,V< THE DISTRICT IJSD6EE,;^ERi^;,B. C.3 SEPTEMBER 27, 1913 " '-'•'- r '. •■".•v'- !'.--..",". " *.< ■ ,''-;fir',, PAGE FIVE \gJ-.5;--- i-j. ;- *';', v 1 "■. S^^m ■ ■Minn a :•'.% i \?i< ,.,*-j: . :s,t, -*y:x 1 r :ffi#ft»*!^ .w„^^MM,MYYT^T,TYyYtTTTTT '*■-. X 7 7 «.,;.V' ^*>:-aT*'- •:V V*N '4- COAL,CREEK NOTES * /♦" **, "- • .-> n\ \X'.'- ■ v y'S -~-f i*, j - ^ ----" * -i, j -**V-*--f *► '♦'*♦ ♦'♦.♦.♦,«►, ♦ ♦: - The entertainment' in the Methodist . [. Church on'Monday night-was an.un- ;•""„' qualified success.- The 'house was ''•', crowded, every available seat being 'taken. Supt. Shanks filled the. chair "iV with'great acceptance. .The choir did their part well, although some of the -members were unavoidably absent. Of . special interest were the solo by Mr. . .Tonka aind the hymn on' "Galilee" composed by the Rev. Mr. Philp while . sailing over the sea known by that name. The pilgrimage through Palestine by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Philp, *was received with much enthusiasm: The program of the evening was "so full that he gave only half of the journey. The curios and paintings added great- , jy to the word pictures of the speaker. Rev. Mr. Perley, "of. Fernie, who also opened tbe exercises,.moved a Vote of appreciation for the speaker and chairman, which 'was seconded by Rev." ".- Cecil Hianrion, and Mr. .Philp was requested to continue his story at an early date. The receipts amounted to twenty-six dollars, The Young Peoples Union-, of tbe 1 Methodist Church. have decided to , .'Miold.a social evening once a month. They, have" also undertaken the work *.of brightening up the Inside'bf the, Church and have'already announced an entertainment for. the evening of Thanksgiving Day. - ,"' . Next Sunday will be Rally Day at - the--Methodist, Sunday School. Ad- .' dresses -will be given by the superintendent-,and pastor. Everybody inter-, ested isi invited and mothers are re- , quested to bring the members of the cradle roll. At night the pastor's subject will be "The Mode! Mother." .' • The'vicinity, of Coal Creek depot -* presented an animated appearance on 1 Saturday ^morning, the occasion being ' the excursion to Blairmore run under '' tlie" auspices ofthe Football Club. Ths '. crowd, numbering close on 200 people," , left by the, 7.45 train. ■ On arrival .it Fernie the crowd, rushed to the pay . ' box .at the coke ovens, and "In their ' anxiety to receive the envelopes they Somewhat retarded the system of paying out .The staff of pay clerks, dc- •• serve.credit for the manner ln which they'dealt with the,crowd under the *. circumstances. ' On receiving the pay - . envelopes a rush was made' for the _\ : <J. JEVR. depot, where the* special tlcteL "^^TeTs l8Sued~bFth.e;,Fbotball Clubliad to ' ; -".be exchanged for the piece of r,paste- T)oard .which entitled them to a seat - ' in the train. ' The C. 'P.,R. put on spe- • cial coaches and a mqv$ .was made , from Fernie about 9.30. On arrival at Blairmore .the crowd began, toi seek Tiecessaries for the inner man, " Arrangements had been made with the proprietor of the Blairmore Hotel to cater for the-needs-of the Football Club'and credit is due to the manage- 'ricnt for facilities offered. After lunch the partles;Indulgecl in drives, etc., the . livery barn .thereby reaping a rich harvest. . The game of football -between Coal Creek nnd Coleman was In' the bands of J; Wilson, of Fernie, who called the boys to line about 4 o'clock p.m. Of tbe game itself It must be admitted 'that tho two clubs wero evenly matched and the result, no score, represented tho game. Tho spectators of either club indulging in good humored chaff. Tho gamo ended with ^either side scoring, and wo wero ourprlsod to loarn that no arrangemont had been made to play oxtrn time ln tho event of a draw. This caused a lot of com- mont and tbo exeoutlvo sat Immediately after tbo game and- decided (how?) to havo tho'roplny on Wednesday at Blalrmoro, ' Coal Creok woro not agrooablo and havo petitioned tho oxocutlvo on tho point Ab this caso must como up noxt-League mooting, wo rofraln from comment, Tho return Journey wna mado from Blalrmoro a llttlo beforo 7 o'clock, ovorybody voting having hnd a good tlmo. J. ShnrploB wns In nialrmoro on Sat- ■unlay representing Coal Creole In tho •' League mooting, The nnofltlnn bolng asked up hPi;o Is, Why was 'Blalrmoro nllowod to bo represented at tho Loiikuo mooting? Seeing thoy withdrew from tlio Longuo by tho fact of thoir not fulfilling thoir Longuo engagements. Tho .mines woro lillo on Saturday last, pay'day, Quito a numbor, of tho gontlor box took in tho Blalrmoro excursion, Johnny Walkor nnd Johnny Ilowar woro vory noticeable during tho trip to Blalrmoro. Tho Rtorlc wan book on nivorM.lo Avomio on Mondny morning during tho woo sma' hours, eventually resting nt tho houso of Mr, and Mrs. fl. Schramm, leaving a daughter. Bob In now wearing tho miillo thnt won't como off. W. T. Bonnott doslros to thank all thoso who kindly contributed to tho appeal on his bohalf. Wo wish you bottor health In your now Bphoro, 1311- ty, uoou.jucK to you. Vn: J]«t> up lm- Ihe Citilmu Cup coui- petition lo bo played bore on Saturday between Conl Creole and tho winner Mlchol v. Hosmer Is w» follows: Conl, Banns; backs, MoLotchlo, McFegan! hnlf backs, flwpnnnv. Mnrniln«r Wbvt*»" forwards, Partridge Booth. Qnrvlo, Jolnson and Johnston^. Reserve'*, Armntrong, Harper, Yntos, Klok-oft, 4 o'clock. Wo notice that an old Umor In tlio person of Vlo Allan ts pandering to the demands of tho public from be bind tho countor In the Fornle Co-operative, You make a dandy lnlosman, Vir. "v. ' ' ' , I i '■ ' ill ' * were present .-and listened very attentively to "an instructive lecture. , U^r. .Frank Leithauser and 'Miss K. Gresa'ck were married at Fernie Tuesday by.Father Donnelly. Mr. J. Me- halclk and Miss A. Valasik ^,ere in attendance as best man and bridesmaid. AU their Hosmer friends join in congratulations. ' "„ \' " •Hosmer ahd Michel tried .further conclusions ln the Crahan Cup,., the game resulting in a tie, 1 each. Hosmer are evidently in bad witblhe ungracious duchess of fortune, so will graciously' retire for the season and live in hopes of better luck next.year. . 'Mesdames Parkin and Brown arrived back in town from a sojourn in Calgary. Harry is all smiles as a. consequence. . A dance, took place In the Queen's Hotel dining room Monday night and was fairly well attended. ■Now, John,, get busy and get your executive together. We want the Athletic Club putting ih shape for the winter. -The football season is over and there's lots to do. , A black bear, behind B Level, gave a party of our biggame hunters a pretty good chase in the small hours of Sunday morning. Bruin succeeded in preserving his hide, John Bernasdo and Pete Salvador were, lucky enough to, bring home a mountain goat as evidence of their hunting ability. , -- Mr. A, Wellington is talcing in Nel- Bon. fair and incidentally- visiting his timber- claims,,etc., in the Lockhart Creek vicinity. ' -^ ' -.;~ G. H. Marlatt has moved. Into the premises of A.-McL.,Fletcher on Main Street. A lot bf, renovating has been done to same, giving, it quite a classy appearance. . ..." An ingenious theft of another man's statement from the wash house resulted in the culprit appearing before Judge Browni .who committed the accused for trial at the. next sessions. ' Pay night ;was noticeable for the weird antics of several of our respected townsmen. We've , heard of the song, "Hang out the front door key, .love," but'"Hanging out your Sunday shoes" Is a.new,one. (So?). ■A petition respecting the Island strike is in the hands of the local secretary., ilt's to be hoped all union men make it their business to sign it. And don't foTgetftbe voters' list..All .who'are eligible should make it their business to. get .registered.' •The ;ladles "of the';Presbyterian Church JgaveitheiE-usual. inon th!>v tea on Thursday in' the Methodist Church. ■ Nominations for secretary-treasurer took place at the-last regular meeting. Two ■ names 'were placed. before the meeting,, the "vote favoring A, J. Car- teri -;-' ' - .'., mented on the manner in which they strive to\make those entertainments a- success by supplying refreshments. We sincerely hope to see a. continuance of those pleasant functions. „' ♦ ♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *+.'**. *. '*;:' " ♦ ♦ -A FRANK NOTES , ♦ :Mr. J. Miller moved into his' house near the Church on Wednesday last. ■Mrs. "J. J. Thomas left' last month for Pocahontas, where she will spend a few months with Mr. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Blais left on Monday morning for Nelson, where they will take in the fair. It has been gazetted that Fred Allot, of Frank, is appointed to the Board of Examiners for this' district under the new 'Mines Act. Louis Herman has had his house moved from the hack end to the front of his lot. He took the opportunity of getting it done^when the mines were not working The reward for the laborers was given that night in the form of a treat ;at Emile Dypolt's home. Louis is now building an addition" to ,-his house.'. . .The people of town are sorry to hear that Frank Wejr is temporarily under the weather.- ' Born, on Sunday, September 21, to Mr. and 'Mrs, Joliy, a son. The death occurred on Sunday last, at Frank, of Mrs. Geo. -Thomas. Mr. Thomas, who works on the railroad, only .moved here during the summer, but in the short time his wife had made many friends.,,. They had not been very long, married and this, added to the fact that not more than a score years had passed over her life, adds to the sadness as. well as'the loss sustained: .For the last few weeks she had been sinking slowly, and up to the last was .cheerful and happy. Only a few weeks ago her mother, who was out from Scotland on a holiday, left for her native larid. On Tuesday morning-a short servlce'was held at the house by Rev. W. T. Young, after which the remains were carried to the station to meet the 8.20 train. Burial took place at Cranbrook, B. C, that afternoon. BEAVER MINES the last few mouths, spent the week end'at his'home here. He took in the pictures at.the new hall, and the general opinion of all who have seen him was • that he is looking exceedingly good. Apparently baching agrees with Dave, so Mrs: Lamond must look to her laurels. " ' „ -Mr.-Donald Ross| Townsite, baker, etc.; spent, a few days hunting at Table Mountain last week and brought home a fine large goat. Good luck.to you, Donald, for you're a genuine huntsman.' ', It is marvellous what'the thirst for animal blood .wljl cause Bome would-be huntsmen to do in the hunting season. ., Last Saturday a native of this town, and a man who, apart from his hunting proclivities, is in every other respect a good citizen and a very useful member of society, found himself in possession, bf a shooting iron and betook himself in search of game. He did not travel far before he came across a pair of pet rabbits belonging to a workman In the village. Now, whether he mistook the bunnies for grizzlies or mountain goats Is best known to himself, but, as a rule, when a thirst for'blood takes possession of the brain, ,the imagination befcomes morbid and the victim is apt to suffer from delusions. Most of us have read how Don Quixote, when in a similar state of mind," mistook a flock of sheep for a regiment of soldiers, and slaughtered half of thein before he realized his mistake, and, later on, how he came a cropper whilst trying to tilt his lance through a .windmill, which he .mistook for a giant. But, be that as it may, our local Don gave each of the rabbits the full contents of his murderous weapon. No doubt the feelings of the owner can be more readily imagined than described when he found. his, pets sacrificed to appease the sanguinary cravings of a hunting >ug- . '*. , v).: At present the mine is working regular, but less than half the number of, men are employed now than were at work a month or two ago. The whistle engineer changed his tune and this week, instead'of-three' whistles forno work, he gave us one long whistle at 6, a,m. each morning. We have very few unemployed about the camp at present. .'Most of the single men pulled out;and tbe management transferred several others -to Kipp for the1'time' being. Amongst others sent,to Kipp was Jim Lough- .'ran,—blacksmiths *—■' ■■ —~- Bro. Jas. Burke; Neutral Scrutineer, Bro. F. Beal. Mr. Charlie Hunt,' of Fernie, is visiting in camp,- the guest of Mr. John ■Christie. Mrs. A -Burcey was a Fernie visitor this week end. She will.be returning the latter part of the week. "Quite a big crowd of the Bellevue people took in the final of the Mutz Cup at Blairmore on Saturday. • .The mines have been idle three days this week; shortage of cars is the cause. Saturday, was pay day at the-Bellevue mines and things are quite brisk, •Mr. Robert Evans met with a nasty accident on Sunday while coming home with a horse.' It appears the animal backed and the rope he was holding the horse with caught his thumb and took it off at the first joint Mr. Geo. Noble and Mr. John Christie were Blairmore visitors Monday night. 'Master Robert Davidson left camp on Monday for a visit in Fernie. "He Intends returning again in a few days. Miss Annie Bridge left camp . on Monday for a visit' to Fernie. ' The officers of the local corps of the Salvation Army, Fernie,' are in camp in the interest of the annual harvest festival. They are the guests of Mrs. G. W.-Cousens. The Bellevue Band gave the usual open-air concert tb a large audience on1 Sunday. KIPP NEWS A very pleasing entertainment took piaco In the local Club Rooms here on Saturday last, when, a farewell dance was given in honor of Mr, and Mrs. Moorehouse on the eve of their departure for the East. -Mr. and Mrs. Moorehouse havo beon residents of tills place for some years back, but havo loft for their former home In Sprlnghlll, N. S. During their stay hero thoy mado many frlonds, and have been highly respected and esteemed by all with whom thoy came ln touch, Tho danco proved to bo n very' Bntlsfactory affair, some forty couples attending and dancing. Enlivened by some fine songs, the hours seemed to pass too soon. A, Bhort address was given by Mrs. MoorehouBC touching on tho ploasant yearB alio spout In tho locality, and rogrots.at having to Bay farewell to so many Btnunch frlonds, All prosont responded by wishing Mr. nnd Mra, Mooro- houso many -joys and lmppluoss in their Eastern homo, The mine has been working rather unsteady horo for tho past couple of weeks owing to a Bhortago of enrs. Many of the minors nro meditating a doparturo for now flolds, It Is to bo hoped thut this stato of affairs will bo ot hut short duration. Say, 'whnt l» tho matter with tho Athlotlc Club hero. Havo thoy biuI- donly taken cold feet nnd doeldod to abandon their project of completing thoir now football grounds? It Is a pity to hnvo this knocked on thc hnnd aftor so many pleasant nvonlngs spent "Bwnylng ln tho troo tops." Brother, Bill wnn heard tn romnrk that tho HtionoR enacted thoso ovonlngs brought bnck a far-away inflection of formor years. Of course, wo must Infer from thoHo - remarks that Bill's momory dntos bnok lo a vory primitive stage 'Bays, seriously, get busy und comploto tho grounds. Thoro is a rumor curront to tho of- foct that Prof. Morrison, lato of the "Crow's Nest Pnss,'!i Intends holding a sarloa ot dancing lessons In Pocahontas. Wo hopo this to bo truo, as thoro nro many ot tho rasldnnt young i»o> h mui girls uoslrous of receiving ■Ijii'lj'UtlJwj Ui Ihu.^tlitixj iutnii.iuiii.il art, Here's hoping for tx speedy re- hoarsnl or tho fantastlo hool and too. Tho wook nnd dnneoi, which nro a routine nffnlr just now In Pocahontas, aro considered bv all tn hn tbo irront. est boon Imaginable for assisting hoth yoi;ng and old In spending a pleasant ovonlng nnd forgetting tho otherwlso dull monotony of the wook. Tho ladles of tho town nm to be highly compll- The send off given'last week end to our, late timekeeper, Mr. Cecil Durham, was.a great success considering that be had to leave bore for Kipp'a week sooner than expected. Wheti fi clergyman "gets an appointment in' a parish or district .where the salary Is much larger than w'aat'he lias former- ly been receiving; he generally tells his friends and congregation that he got a "call from God," but if he,is forced to leave and remove to a parish whoro the salary Js much less, he' then talks of it us making a sacrlflye for the glory of God. ' Now, whether Cecil received a "call," or ls making the sacrifice I am yet unable to say, but tho boys certainly spent a very enjoyable evening in bidding him au revolr .and expressing regret nt bis doparturo. Mr. J. Lougbran, local secretary, occupied the chair and concluded a very humorous speech by wishing him-God speed. A musical selection on the accordion by W. Brown opened the harmony, then a song—"Mary of Argylo,"—by Harry Drowj recitation, .Tub, Crawford; and a violin boIo by Joo Smith. Songs were also ably rendered by tho following; Dave Thompson, Ell Nolson, Alex Crawford, Tom Broadhurst, L, Evans, Bob Stonhouae, A, Morris, Dan Craig, Alex Thompson, J. McDonald, and two Bongs ln Slavonian by Joo Kobasck; rocltatloiiB by Ed Joyco, W. Brofon and tho chairman brought a vory pleasant evening to a oloso, Tho star of tho evening, howavor, was Tom' BrondhurRt, nnd his rendering of n song composed by hlmsolf on tho Into mlnem' strlko ln District 18 shows that Tom Ib not only n vocalist, hut a poet of no mean utility. Tho program bolng a scratch ono, great difficulty was experienced In getting turns' In the onrly pnrt of tho ovonlng, but boforo tho six kogs of "Alberta's Prldo" woro hnlf empty almost tho wholo audience woro trnnn- formed Into artists by "Inspiring bold John Barleycorn," Several of tho boyH did not turn ont to work next morning, and those thnt did apponroil a bit shaky, which romlndod thn writer of an old lady lu Ireland who Indulged rather frooly whon celebrating fit. Pntrlck'B Dny, nnd noxt morning, whilo squonzlng hor bond with lior hnnds, «ho ki\pt oxclnlmlng, "Holy Bt, Patrick, nee what I'm suffering fnr you." fllnco tho commencement of the prosont month mnny Important nhnng- os hnvo taken plnco In connection with our local 481, From tho tlmo tho CORBIN NOTES , A- big smoker ■ was given, in Corbin Club Hall on Saturday,' the 20th September. Jim Revero and Romeo Parucci left camp on 15th September, tor a trip to tbe old country. ' - » " Jim Hill and Jack' Johnson arrived back in camp after f.our days' hunting around Seven Mile Camp in the Flathead district. •Mr. and Mrs, Nicolas, from Town- site, 'left on Sunday night to visit their friends in Pincher Creek, • Mr. Corbin, president of Spokane -International Railway, was in cnmp in his private car on September 21 and 22. . Tho now Catholic Church Ib complete rind 8orvlce was hold on Sunday, 21st September, by Father Molssnar. The now Flathead Hotel will be open ou October lst, Everybody welcome. Jim Barnes took position ns conductor on No, S. Joe *Mntt Ib flromnn on scrapor outfit on Big Showing. You aro doing fine, Joe, Mr. R, B. McKeown wns In camp on Monday, 22nd Soptombor, on biiBlnoss. Tony Smith will show his motion pictures onco a wook In futuro, Good for, you, Tony. Billy Porter, forninn of townslto, wns visiting Mlchol on Monday, tho 22nd, (let ready for lilg bnskot Boclnl noxt Saturday. There bo Bomo good basket for you, boys, BELLEVUE NOTES Mru, Robert Evans, who Iiiih boon upending a fow days In Calgary, ro- turned lo ramp on Thursday. Thn long drawn out mho of Mltcholl vs. Goodwin for posROsslon of thn Ash- down Itnncli wits (looldnd lu favor of Mr, MUchnll thiH weak. Mrs, Samuel Hliono, who hns boon In Calgary on buslnnss for a fow dayw, rotiirnc'il to anmp on Thursdny. Air. Edwnnl Copnlnnrt was n nialrmoro visitor on Saturday. Mr. K, W. ChrlHtlo Is assisting Mr. ■ The mines here were Idle on Saturday for want of box; cars. An idle day looks good once in a while to a good many of the boys, but they prefer the day after pay instead of the day before, by the looks of the number that lay-off on tbe following day. At the last Sunday meeting of the Local Union the following were nom: inated to run as candidates in the "District election: John E. Smith, President; Wm. Graham, Vice President; Dave Rees,'International Board Member; " Joseph Wilson, Sub District Board Member. There being no nomination for District Secretary-Treasur- "er^hiB^vas~i-efrov^_f6Fl>tHe"r"irocaIir Quite a number of men may, be seen these days around the mines asking for Mr. Boss. They -all have labor power for sale and any job' will do as long as they get one, but they ha.ve a different story to, ten wnen they, see their statements, and quite a number hit the trail without much warning, leaving their statements with a friend to pay for the sardines and onions and let the rest go Johnny, tbe Joy Rider, may be seen every, time opportunity affords Inspecting every car that happens to stnnd around Coalhurst.- Perhaps he is looking for something new in nutos. Nothing like knowing it all, Johnny. The new Invention attached to the dumper ln tho tipple is working fine this week. Mat says he can handle all the coal that they con send up and then rest quite a bit. Tho difficulty seems to bo the sending up part of It. Tho Minors' Hall will soon bo wearing Ub new suit of pnlnt and by all np- penmncos It needs It After tho paint It should bo banked up or some new comers will bo getting cold feet whon receiving tbo obligation, 'The flgurohoads who aro busy thoso days around tho street corners counting up tho checkwolghmnn's salary would do well to attend ix fow moot- Ings of the Local Union. Thoy might secure a job on tbo Brnki commlttoo, Thoy could certainly do uo hurt, and perhaps do morb good. Figures might not run so high If fncts woro combined with thorn, ns thoy did last pny day whon thoy showed how tbo representative In tho llpplo hnnloil In about two hundrod bucks for ills two weeks' work. Get right after It, boys. Another tlmo koopor bus boon hired on this week. TTo looks like going right nftor getting thlngB fixed np; noods It nlrlght, Ilowovor, ho hns got Homo proposition ahead of him. Btlck to It, kid; you're doing flue, When you nro not Hiiro of a man being out, look on the dock'bonrd and If ho Is thoro glvo him a shift; ho must bo working nlrlght. . The miners at the Eureka mine have organized, hut so far tbe company has refused to meet a committee of .the men. Some miners who were talking union at Rock Springs have been discharged. <(Big Karl is on the ground and is doing good work among the men. Jack Bastien has returned to town to take charge of Superior mines, which began operations last week. ■The White Ash collieries also opened up last week. The Taber Transit Company is about to collapse for want of capital. This company made a lot of noise about a right of way a couple of months back and now the ratepayers have granted it they have no money to build the road. A few of those land sharks can certainly make noise when they have a few lots to dispose of among outsiders. Tommy Causey is thinking of quitting the hotel and going back to the mine. It's pretty bard to teach an old dog new tricks, Tommy. , The president and chairman of the board of directors of the Canada West Coal Co. were in -town last week inspecting the property. In regard to the proposed brick plant, they claimed that it would be in operation by spring, and that the machinery was already- ordered. •Now that the0 Taber gas well has been a failure, the Western Canada Natural Gas Co. are looking for a gas franchise from the town. The financial meeting of the Lethbridge district , of the ■ Methodist Church was held in Taber last week with several visiting clergy men. in. attendance. On Tuesday night several addresses were given on different subjects,, and Dr. Baines, warden of Lethbridge provincial goal, gave an interesting'address on the methods of handling prisoners. The town is having the new street lamps installed this'week. Nomination of District'Officers"took place at the regular meeting on Sunday/' The following were the nominees: For President, John Smith; Vice President,-W.-, Graham; Secretary-Treasurer; A.-J. Carter; International Board-.Member,' T. G. Harries; Sub District Board Member, Alex McRoberts; Neutral:Scrutineer, A. Bateman. ' ■ • The new electric -machine, which -has-been-in-operatibfrm'few-daysrhas" been broken, and will be idle for a week or ten days: So far it has not been much bf a' success, but probably under expert handling it will -do what is claimed for it. ' ." Alex McRoberts has started on a machine again after two years as a loader. The management of the "mine wishes us to correct a statement that appeared in the Taber notes two weeks ago to the effect tliat no loaders were being hired owing to the shortage,, of places. ' The real reason was a shortage of machine men to mine the places. Good progress is being mado with tho erection of the now hospital, which is expected to be ready for occupation shortly. The four yoar old son of Jim Greon was taken to the Lethbridge hospital last week and went under an opera tion. The trouble was aa abscess inthe leg. -The child is doing as well as can be expected. 'The local Socialist party of Canada will hold a meeting on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Miners'-1 Hall. AH persons Interested in the discussion . of economic questions are requested to attend. : LETHBRIDGE NOTES The mines are again running full time, both at « and 3, although the men coming in daily don't seem to be settling for tho winter yet and tho roving craze has apparently got hold of a good many of our old timers.,Several of them have pulled out for Taber and quite a few have gone to Kipp, including our old friend Walter Vere. His presence will, be .missed at the meetings of Local 576, of which he was n regular attender, and at times his quaint and dry remarks were very amusing.,. .What is our loss is ,tbeir gain. ■ - Mlnot Galloway met with rathsr a serious accident on Monday of this week whilst at work in No. 6 Mine. A stone, 4 feet long, 6 feet broad and' 4 inches thick fell oqis him, fracturing two ribs and injuring him otherwise internally. He was taken to Gait hospital. John Jackules is at home now convalescent after being, five weeks in A. I. BLAIS Grocer Wo carry a full line of ' Red Feather & Tartan Canned Goods Prices Right Satisfaction guaranteed or money back Phone 103 :*: Frank, Alta. TABER NOTE8 ♦ I" IVII V"t |*JV|*i *V*#f • •»•■»• VHW 9,9,99.99* »«<' 1 locnl wns r-nnrtrnnlrnil, ovor 1» wnntbo IWilwnnl Cnnolntid In wnvlni" bin hnnnn !f F. M. THOMPSON CO. "Thc Quality Store" 4> HOSMER NOTES ♦ ♦ - ♦ + + + *♦♦*♦*- + ♦+,+ + Mora* HnrUx, ot ManehuBter, ISng., was tito ipedker nt ft Social Itt leetbro TtiMdAy evftnlns. Abnnl. fifty per«on> ♦ Anyono knowing tbe whoro- ♦ ♦ about* ot William Lindsay, ♦ 4k late of Pocahonta*, laat hoard ♦ ♦ of In Vletorln, Jl. C, ovor n ♦ ♦ your aro, p1««bb communlrato ♦ ♦ with hit brother, I>*Tld Lind- ♦ ♦ •ay, Ja»p*r Park, Popabftnfuii, ♦ ♦ Alta., Canada, ♦ ♦■ ♦ ngo, all our mooting* woro hold In the •t'louoer liall. uwmK to onr IuiuIb bo- Ins rather low, however,, thc proprietors of tho Hull, Mows. Torpy h ■nhmoron, woro nwkod to reduce tlio Mnt, but n» thoy dirt not Bnn'tliolr wny M-An-r If* /-mm-Mi* -j,'l*l» ll... * 999.14 ,-*- . » 1 tbo proprietor* of tbo now ball quoted a prlco satisfactory, an agreement was drawn np and In futuro nil local meet- In kb will bo hold In tho now ball., A fortnight ago our vice presldont, Mllly Mnnroo, left the camp on account of Blnrlf frnrl(» nnd his ptotv* wns fllM by Dave Thompson, Last wook our rneordlwr Borr-Mnry. Jno. MoPhfmon, left on hi* own and Ernest TVoaflhtir»t was alerted 'to fill lha offlco. Last Saturday our pr-Mldcnt, Jim ttaTron, and htrf two sons left hero for their homo fn Tndlnnn, Jim wan a good pr-fsldcmt anil Ms placo Iu tho local wil? t.-ikrt nom* filling. The new pvca- Idflnt will ba elected n«xt Sunday. Onvo Lamond, a former resld<mt, who bas been working at Ikllavue for .Mrs, Job. Atkinson Is ngnln conflnod tu Uiu Iiouhi with a aovero UIiiohb, I lor »l>eedy recovery la hoped tor. It I* understood that In thc nrjtr future wo nro going to lmvo a now Iiob- pltnl. Thn prrmind linn already been „*~*l,r.,* «M .... * H. -, -,*>•-.. ., . ' , >.'*> - . -.•• - v.....9 .■»*.*** -.a..-hh-X.I, way. It will bo rlRht uiMo-date. Tho llev. Irwin Ib' leaving camp on a tour or tbo Lothbrldgo dlBtrlct In tho Intorcflts or tbo 8. B. and IS. L. Convention, which moots In High Illver on September 30. The points bo will vbiit inelwfo T.ihf-r, CoaWalo.'Iron Springs, Lothbrldgo, Albion Ridge, JVirnni nnd Cnrmnnr;ny. Thn regular Trit.itllng of Local 4,11 wiih held on Sunday nnd I there Was a bi-K < ro»d In nU-L-ndanc*. Tho nomln* ntlons for thn district offices were dis- cusuod and tho following ar* the nominations: For Presldant, Uro, John K. QultU; VLu ritiWjut, Uro. H. Him ft; Secretary-Treasurer, Uro. tl. Hyslop; International Hoard Mombor, tiro. n. Rees; Sub District Hoard M#mb«r, Tnbur'H fifth annual full fair wiib hold on Friday nud wiib n big hiiciuihu, Thorn wna n liirut« nttendnnco and tbo exhibits were of high pIuhb. Wo wei") glnd to hoo our old friend, Hob McAllister, tnklng n prlzo for Bhonf grnlr. ix-t.*) tn lil.ihlliti << njici i.lllj 01 miltlflK Hnl Plfi- 'i-br-.'it fnr '.i-iil -'ind u. !.,) I, doing well. Dnn Frnzor, tbn acrondhnud storo mnn, hnd thn nilK'ortunn to have nis lino houflo destroyed by flro lnat Saturday nljtht. One of the children throw down n writ eh nnd "lUKbt flro to somo curtnln», when the pnrints were away. The nenrest neighbor, W. Itatoman, trlod to put It out, but It had too linnrh. headway nntl by tlm tlmo tho flro brigade rencbod tbo } «c«me tho house was a maiti of flames. Tbe firemen hnd to atreieh eighteen hundred feet of hoxe to reaeh »hn building. Tho family b*l nil tbeir clothing nnd only a little furnlturr was saved. The Insurnnre hail run out a f*w days so that everyihlmr wm a total lost. Tha -eommHt-ee In Hmr« «f »h» band ara rnnvnaslnir the mine thia week with a suhscrlp'.ton Us*. Tlie bnslnast men In lown are a I no being n[iproachod, «o fnr Mie commute.' have been very c4<-<«*ifn! Groceries and Dry Goods Clotiung, Crockery, Boots, Shoes, Fruit and Vegetables THE RIGHT GOODS, THE RIGHT PRICE, THE RIGHT TREATMENT EACH AND EVERY TIME I Phone 25 Victoria St. Blairmore, Alta. *, -'".'■''-^"■-H*^ . -- Vt',"'-"'*'-;-"-.-.-^- - - ' '.*. - ' %*v.j- ■t_i- "■■ '■.■- ■■ "v~xAx-yyf^yx ■■ xx AA'^xx^^y^yii^^^^^ ■*■ ii'-a .- "iV.-^ ■-* PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER, tEBJm,-JJAC., .SEPTEMBER 27; I81T Vn Vl" r-> vi ! i '.'&• SYNOPSIS OF COAL SIIIVINO REGULATIONS COAL, mining; rights of the Dominion, ln Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the North West Territories and in a portion of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one /cars at an annual rental of 11 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres wli be leased to one applicant. , • ■. Application for a lease must be made By the ^applicant in person to the Akent or Sub-Agent of the district ln wlleb tht rights applied for are situated. . In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections,. and ln unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Bach aplication must be accompanied fey a fee of 95 which will be refunded if tae rights applied for are not available, but set otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the nine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined an dpay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least •nee a year. The lease will Include the coal nil-sing rights only, but tlie lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre. For full Information application mould be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent ot Dominion Lands. TN ^N Cory 1 Deputy Minister of the Interior. . N.B—Unauthorised publication of this advertisement will not be said fnr. -OR. JOHN BARBER, DENTIST Office: Above Bleasdell's Drug Store Phone 121 Residence: 21 Victoria Avenue FERNIE - * • . B. C. ALEXANDER MACNEIL Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. Offices: Eckstein Building, •Fernie, B.C. F. C Law© ' Alex. I. Fisher LA WE A FI8HER ATTORNEYS , Fernie, B. C. Southern HOTEL ,' BELLEVUE, ALBERTA Every conyeDiencc and attention Meals that taste like mother used to cook Best in the Pass Job. Grafton, Proprietor By W. E. Hardenburg Under Two Flags When you can own your own home? We have for sale Lots in town and Lots in subdivision in Coleman at all prices. We can suit your income, Call and see us. Realty Co. AOENT8 TOR Fire Insurance and Oliver Typewriters In a preceding article, attention has been called to the fact that the ownership of all but the southern portion of the great territory of the Putumayo was in dispute between Peru and Colombia, with Ecuador also claiming a share. It has also heen shown how, by one means or another, the Arana Company had succeeded In obtaining possession of the principal Colombian establishments In "The Devil's Paradise," which had previously been under the jurisdiction of Colombia.' By 1907, all the Colombian posts had been absorbed by the Peruvian Arana Company, except three small posts oa the Caraparana, known as La Union; La Reserva and El Dorado. And for reasons that will be outlined later in this article, wherever the Arana Com-, pany extended its Inhuman domain, there waved the flag of Peru. Public opinion in Colombia became aroused at this,steady and ominous advance of the' flag of the rival Republic tn the disputed territory. To add, to this patriotic resentment, reports of the atrocities practiced by the Peruvian firm upon the helpless Indians began to filter through." Although Colombia was at a serious disadvantage, owing to the difficulty of access.to the Putumayo region from the north, nevertheless the situation began to take on a most serious and threatening aspect. As was, to be expected, Arana was not slow to perceive" the danger lo himself and his gang of a possible Colombian occupation of "The Devil's Paradise." The tenor of the statement of the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs, quoted in the first of this series of articles, sufficed to indicate to him what consideration he and his gang of cutthroats might expect if Colombia once regained possession ef the scene of tfye atrocities. So, with the shrewdness of a Morgan or a Rockefeller, Jalio C. Arana went to London and proceeded to transform his' butcher business into an English limited 'liability company, capitalized at a million pounds and bearing the name of the Peruvian Amazon Company. A few Englishmen subscribed for shares in the company and three of thein lent their names to the board of directors, probably in total ignorance of the real character of the business they were backing. But Arana and his brother- in-law, Abel Alarco, retained control of most of the shares and continued to manage the business between them as before. , —Thu8-wa3-the_eriminar',syndi€at**F"-df Arana and his relatives insured against any, possible, contingency. For if the Colombians should take forcible possession of "The Devil's Paradise," there was the British flag, backed up by all the forces of "the empire upon which'the sun never sets," warning them not to interfere in the slightest degree with the vested Interests of a powerful British company. And on the other hand, Arana and his gang, although a British company, nevertheless held under the protection of Peru. So long as 'Arana took possession of the disputed territory in the name of that Republic, he well knew that the government In Lima would never In- .terfere with his "patriotic" labors, merely a succor n few thousand Indian "animals." There wns but one step to take—a small one, too—nnd tlio Peruvian Amnzon Compnny would then bo In the exact position Arana desired. This step was tb eliminate tho Colombian firms of Ordonez & Martinez, Serrano nnd Gonzalez, owners of Ln Union, La Reserva* nnd El Dorado respectively, and to annex their estates. These meif had loiig been n thorn In llie side of Arana, not only because thoy offered a refuga to the Indians, who, horrified und holplesH, fled from the hnuntB of tho assassins,, bul nlso ibocaiiBo their holdings, nltliough smnll, woro rich nnd 'profitable. Moreover, It must lmvo boon oxtromoly annoying to an Individ- unl of Arnna's tompornmont to observo tlio wnstoful nnd oxtrnvngunt methods thoso firms omployod—I. «v tliolr failure to exploit, Uio Indians so thoroughly nnd brutally tin Arana was doing, In n previous iirtleln wo hnvo shown tho tromondous Influonco of tho Armin gnng with tho nuthorltloR of Ifmitoa, It should now bo oxplulnod thut Hourly tho wholo or trntiB-Andlno Porn Is lii- uludod within tho llmltfi of tlm Depart*, ment of Loreto, the cnpltnl of which Is IqultOB. The oxocutlvo of this vast territory Ih known uh tho Profoct, nnd owing to tho grunt dlxtnncn of I<mltos from Limn nnd tho difficulty of com- immlciitlon. ho Iiiih vory wide powors, lii'iliidlng tlio jibHoIute control of tho military and fluvlnl forces within tlio Department. Undor thoso circumstances Arann ndoptod a Hhrewd rout-He. If IiIh t\i*n* porndoos murdered tho Colombians, llie Colombian government would undoubtedly, when It boenmo nwnro of tho murder of lm rltfxniiB. demnnd from tlio I'oruvlun Kovornmonl tbe punlBlinient. of the murderers, nnd thero would be, nt lenst, n certain as he needed more men, he began to enter into relations with some Indians of 'the Sabuas tribe. He finally succeeded in getting some fifty of these unfortunates, who are murdered and tortured shamelessly by the employees of Arana, to accompany him.- "Learning of this fact, Loayza, the agent of the Arana Company, in order to promote the interests of his-masters, sent a message to the head office In Iquitos stating that a large-force of Colombians under the command ,of two generals was descending the Upper Caqueta; declaring that they, were going to take possession of El Encanto and La Chorrera; He also added that this force, of some 300 or 400 men, was bringing a cannon. "Naturally, the chief of the Arana Company communicated this intelligence to the political authority, for> it is only in this way tliat we can explain the Prefect's action in sending there the eighty-five soldiers of the Loreto garrison that we had here, not even leaving enough to mount guard. "As soon as those soldiers entered pie Putumayo, Zumaeta (a brother-in- law of Arana) embarked with fourteen men from the Yubinet to capture the Colombian, Martinez, -who had dealings with Indians who, the Arana gang cynically said, belonged" to them. By means of a deception, he captured 'Martinez and seven men, all of whom were taken to El Encanto. "In this" state of affairs, the Colombians of La Union were, notified to send all their rubber down to El Encanto at once or the Liberal (a company launch) would go up and bring it, down by force. As is logical, this an*' gered the Colombians and they replied that they could and would defend themselves against the aggressions of the company. - "The departure of the pirates of Arana was notdelayed; Loayza armed his men, embarked in the Liberal ana in company with the government forces (on the government gun-boat Iquitos), on the afternoon of January 11th, set out for La Union, which they reached the next morning. As soon as the Colombians saw the Liberal they began to take up their positions. Their leader, Prieto, held in one hand the flag of his country, while he and Ordonez told the assaulting party not to land. • "As a consequence of the assault, the tiring began. ...'.. This fire lasted about ten minutes, when the La Union people retired from, the field, and the crews of- the assaulting vessels disembarked. And it was here that the most savage and repugnant part of this act of-piracy took place. - "Five corpses and two wounded_men_ t* p,,**M,,lI ,,.,.». t. ,1 1 IP VOU DON'T Rsctlve Thc Ledger don't blame ue. Watch the date of the expiration of your subscription whleh le printed on tht aamo label containing your ad- dftu. nothing worn*. Tint If ho nniiM In dum tho publlo forcoH of tbo Ilopnrtnient of Loruto to do thin dirty work for him, tho deed would then partake of the churiictor of u frontier dispute, iiiHloitd of n crlmo committed by one private i.iUrntiuai AftAitnu la van m-(, Ami, lur- thor, It would bo loss expensive to tho compnny nnd fuifer for tin company'fl proimrty nnd gun-men, This scheme, apparently with tho full co-opnrntlon of the Prefect, was duly carried out early In 1908. flat- d;uu k.u not ilfceWi-.d, l.OAt-vrr, and In tbo mnt Issues of Ln Pel pa laid bare thc <*tulrc plot and tin ramification*, ns uii] bo neen from tlio following extracts: "Gabriel Martlncx. ih« Colombian Pollco Inspector, wna encamped upon tho banks of the Yubinet, n stream that enters tho Upper Putumayo, with eomo forty Colombian catieheros, and, lay stretched out on the ground: one of these, was Prieto, who had been wounded by a bullet in the right leg and was crawling towards the forest. Behind* this man came a negro, an ex-sergeaiit of the garrison, and he, in the presence and with the approval of all tbe rest, shot Prieto twice in the head t-nd then stepped up to the other man and killed him also. "The dead were robbed of everything they had on them, and Loayza searched eagerly among Ordonez' pa- pers for his correspondence, All this,, as well as the 23,000 kilos of rubber, wns taken aboard. Meanwhile the employees of Arana were searching the forest for the unhappy women of the fugitive Colombians, and, as soon as they wero discovered, these fiends, nfter satisfying their bestial appetites, conducted them to tho Liberal." > 'ihis nccounts^for Ordonez & Martinez nnd Illustrates how their ostate dime Into tho hands of the Peruvian Amazon Compnny. The following extract from n Brnzllinn paper, O Jornnl do Commerclo, shows tho fato thut bo-, fell Sorrnno and Gonznloz about six weeks later: "Wo havo just boon Informed by the Colombian Consul that a horrible hec- tacomb has occurred at a place called La Reserva, sltimted upon the left bunk ot the RIvor Caraparana, n tributary ot tho Putumayo. "Zumnota nnd Flares,""employees of the Peruvian Amazon Company,' ac- eompnnlod by thoir followers, mado a rnld on La RoBorva, whero thoy captured Serrano, tho owner of tho ostato, with'' hia employees. All thoso men woro put In chnliiB nnd then murdered mont barbaroiiflly, their eorpsoB, horribly mutilated, bolng thrown into tho rlvor, Previous to this oporntlon, thoy had boon obliged to rovonl whoro tliey hnd put tliolr monoy. "Sorrana'B house nnd oil It contnlnod wns burned to tho ground. David Sorrnno hnd boon OBtnbllBhod Micro olglit yonrH und hnd domostlcntod a tribe of IndlmiH culled tho Ynbuynnos, who nro todny enslaved by tho syndl- ente, "Not HiitlHl'lod with MioHo murders, they committed nnother, of|iinl)y horrible and ntrocloiis, lldofonso Qonxnloz, nn Intrepid Colombian,' hnd resided ■eighteen year* en tho Cnrnparann and, during thlB tlmo, lind cleared up n flmnll CHtuto; iih this mn ii wns ono of the chlof obBtnclon to tho usurpntlon of tho deputed territory, lie wua warned lo withdraw, "floiimloz obeyed and Hlnrtod to embark downstream In tx cnn<>n, but on >..<. ...*,,, juiuituu tl Uitii-.i.UKu Uiul It'll- ed bim tn tbe jrrmwrt morlnlly 'Vfuud ed: Btlll not content, tbo Poruvlnns finfshnd htm with a club and throw his body Into tho rlvor. A wretch named Olnnotn, a chlof of a loctlon or the Arana Company, superintended this crime.'" Arnnn bad Again triumphed. The throo Colombian ost-ptos, La Union, Ln Itoaorva and HI Dorado, which ha had coveted eo long, nt last paused Into bla hands. And no mattor what happened, ho waa info, for In tho first plnee, the Peruvian Amnzon Company wae a British concern, and In the second pIhcu, tb» P-miivluu Guvtiriimunt iUelf having participated In tlie murder of the Colombian*, had virtually aaaumed the responsibility for these cold-blooded crimen. nut Arana waa detUned to meet with an unploaaant aurprlae. Involved In tho eerlee of tragte frniHn thnt rul- minated-in'the'murder of the Colombians,; were' the write of this and his friend and companion, Mr. .W. B. Perkins, whoin this "way observed enough of the methods of the Arariai syndicate tclead them to believe that they merited, further investigation. " Leaving Colombia, we had descended the Putumayo in a-canoe, and, after a pleasant 'and "interesting journey of about two months, had, on January 1, 1908,- reached La Union, the post of Ordonez & Martinez. A few days later, we arrived at La Reserva, where we were hospitably received by Serrano. Perkins stopped here, while I, accompanied by some Colombian, friends! pushed on to El Dorado. During our stay here, we saw the Liberal and the Iquitos ascending the river, en- route as we learned afterwards, to commit the horrors of La Union, so well described by Saldana above. Two days later, while ascending the river to La Reserva, we met with the two pirate vessels returning from this sanguinary scene. We were fired on and captured by the detachment of Peruvian soldiers on board the Iquitos. Later we were transferred to the Liberal, where we found Perkins also a prisonef. He had been captured at La Reserva, where the "patriots" broke into and burglarized the house, Serrano and his ■men having fled to the forest at their approach. , ' We were then taken to Ei Encanto, where we were detained for several days awaiting the disposition that Loayza should make of us... At last, having, succeeded in impressing this individual with the idea that it would be inexpedient to "remove" us, we were told that we might proceed to Iquitos. As our baggage, however, remained at' La, Reserva and we did not care to leave it at the mercy of the cut-throats of the company, it was decided that Perkins should stop at El Encanto until it was recovered, while I went on to Iquitos. While not witnessing any actual atrocities during'my involuntary stay at El Encanto, I observed numerous indications that led me to believe that they were of frequent occurrence. Thus tbe unfortunate Indians,' who loaded and unloaded the vessels that stopped at the port were so weak and scarred and , debilitated that they could, could, in many cases, hardly walk. It was a pitiful sight to see them,'practically naked, their bones almost protruding through their skins, and "all branded with the infamous "marpa de, Arana" ("the , mark of Arana"—the scars on their backs from floggings) staggering up the steep hill, carrying upon their doubled backs' enormous weights k of merchandise. Still more pitiful was it to see the sick and dying lie about the house and iu the adjoining forest, unable to move and without anyone to; aid , them in their agony. This belief on my part was still further strengthened by the narrative of Perkins, who subsequently rejoined me at Iquitos, without having been able to recover the baggage. Perkins thus describes some of the scenes he witnessed: '.'One morning, while a company of soldiers was-lined up in the yard for Inspection, a party started from the house to a camp in the woods, carrying provisions on the backs,of Indian porters. All of these Indians were in a state of starvation, and one poor devil was too weak to .carry his load, about seventy pounds.' After falling down repeatedly, he was told to fall no moro; and ad he began staggering and looked as If he wore going to fall, one of the Peruvians shot him in the back, and he died. "Indians wero frequently tlod to stakes driven ln tho ground and whip- pod on their naked bodies until the flosh was a quivering Jelly-like iiiubb, and then turned loose. In a fow days, if tho Indian was not nlrondy dond, ho was generally shot, bocuuso tho mng- Bots In his bnck, together with. 1Mb stench and tho Improbability of his further usefulness, made him 'an undesirable" Thoso facts Induced mo, during my stay of some slxtoon months In Iquitos, to investigate still further tho conditions iu tho Putumayo. At tho ond of thnt period, having obtained Buffl- ciont data, I wont .to England, In nn ondeavor to nrouao public opinion thero. they felt, justified' in" rendering "a\er- diet of acquittal.* In View-of theI pre*, ent situation, we-would like to ask these. same; gentlemen' if > they" should be empaneled upon the'jury which will try this case, just how far they would consider thlsviolation of the law, even granting that it be technical, as criminal, or whether they could find something extenuating in it? * " To our'-mind/'the New York Call hit the nail on the head In commenting on this case, the editor evidently having in.mind the intent of Mr.BIanck to escape punishment by., evasion,- when it said: , - '- '..>- ' _ "He could, for instance^ leave his factory doors swinging ; open' freoly, and, instead, chain his employees by the leg to'the'machines or to ring-bolts in "the floor, if the Jaw does not ex-" pressly prohibit that, which we do not believe it does. Or he might devise some ingenlpus ball and chain or leg- iron attachment which would impede their locomotion downstairs and at the same time create ^enough noise to prevent their slipping out unobserved." > The' average daily newspaper usually avails itself of any opportunity to work up a sensational story during a labor trouble, and,usually the story, if there should happen to be violence of any kind, is biased toward the employees, yet we have failed to see any great prominence given this unlawful act which Jeopardized many lives, although less than three years ago this same firm was morally responsible for 147 deaths. As we have before stated on many occaslons,.it is our belief that the public will line up solidly behind the work- ers if 'they institute a nation-wide strike against all employers who insist upon.their working in factories where their lives are -menaced by insufficient fire protection, as It is our belief that regardless of the many existing laws upon this matter, drastic action by the workers, themselves is the only.manner in which their safety during working hours can be secured. —The Garment Workers. • , . ,•-. V **. * *■-,•, 5 ■'-> jj \ *• - i. _ im-..*, ■"' ..* ■■*) -J-* ; ^ - 4 ,"-„- *.x''~t -T—--. v? -- .i ' ^ .' .'jk ;-<v j v i \ ' rj v\.- \ y /.vv j-$csV -.V - »,a Vil'': - 'v^ ''V--*--' --'v^-fe.^: -T -. "^ '' ^iti^i^A^rtaM^q '9 ;V LABOR CONDITIONS IN OLD COUNTRY FIND' \. PARALLEL HERE THE SAME TRIANGLE COMPANY Loss thnn throo yonrs ago In the factory of the Trlnnglo WulBt Com- puny 147 IIvob woro IobI bocniiHO sufficient methods of oscapo from tiro nnd looked doora had not boon provided, yot ono dny last weolt Mr, Mnx lllnnck of this firm wiih hold for tho Soptombor torm of special soBalons for hnvlng tbo door» of tlio factory obnln- cd during working hours, Whon arraigned on UiIh chargo, do- splto tho fact that tbo Inepoctor making tho chnrgo nworo to tho truthful* neBs of his Btntomont In tfio complaint, Mr iBInnck enlmly plonded not guilty, presumably upon tho ground that tho fneterv tnw fnehMn \\,t* "innMWr." ,,f doors during tho tlmo nmplovnnn nre working, but no mention le mndo of chains, Truo, tho dlfferonco In phraseology may furnish a loophole of oicnpo for thoHo noblo examples of pmmifnctur- i-m wno nro nlw/iys willing to "tnko n chnnco," ospoclnlly when tho other follow hna AiBumod all of tho danger Incident! to working In a building where bin or her ogrein la handicap- T>od by chains Inatead of locks, but except for a ffno splitting of hairs wo full to note any dlfferew.o to tho poor devil who cnn not get out of a burning building, between chains and locks Somo of tho jurora who acquitted the member* of thia firm on tho ehnrge of m/wml-nighter aa a roanlt of tbo ln«t fire ploadftd attenuating elr* enmataneca »«d maintained that while the firm might bur* Immw n^fflltnit it waa not criminally so, conaequently Things are "moving some" in the Old Country. There Is the Inevitable discontent, due to the expansion of capitalism. The workers in Liverpool are again at outs with the master classVrefusing to load or unload boajs for or from the port of Dublin. The reason is not far to seek, as the workers Hhere (in Dublin) are out on strike. ' ' All oyer the British Isles, the same symtoms are in evidence. Strikes over the price that'is to be paid to men- who are compelled to sell themselves in order- to get a measly existence. The discontent Is not limited to any given^ or particular area; it is the same_alr o ver~tfie~countrv. In fact the situation is so ominous that the government haye had to send gunboats up to Leith in order to strike terror into the hearts of the workers. Even in face of the death dealing instruments, It has not cowed the workers-. It has again illustrated the ever patent fact that as long as the political power is in the hands of the masters they' will always send soldiers and sailors to shoot down the workers In event ot the latter becoming too much of a menace to the capitalist class, ■Surely, when one gets down to think over this matter, there is a similarity of conditions, In England-and on Vancouver'Island. If anything tho condition on the Island is worse, because there, Instead of tha soldiers being "paid!' for their foul work (as they are In England) they are-a debased set of slaves who.havo to compete with one another in ordor to keep their Jobs. Yet even that has not opened tliolr eyes to tho situation. The time is not far distant,' when thoy themselves may go out on strike, for £he same reason that has caused the minors to do so on Vancouver Island. Hero aro mon not sufficiently In touch with prosont day conditions, to go and answer a call to "duty" which is nothi Ing else thnn nn ondoavor to shoot down men, who have the mawllneBB to combat conditions that thoy maintain aro not ab thoy should bo, Curaiid with that "patriotism" worthy of tho scoundrels /who Invoke It, thoso mllltln mon go vo give n dose of tbo mod'lclno they will got'-themselves whon thoy too try to put a stop to tbe hldeousiios'fl of their Blnvory. But' Intelligence will ' soon mako them boo another aBpeot of tho caBo. Thrown, an thoy will bo, into tho army of tho unemployed, whon no mnstor cnn grind profit out of thorn, thon, nml thon, alono, will en Ugh ton- mont como to thorn, Perhaps, nt that tlmo will romorso sot lu and thoy mny bocomo worthy of our consideration, Until tho workors understand tlio roa* hoii for nrmlos, huvIqb, pollco nnd othor kinds of nnlmnlB, wo will ho a llttlo nouror to a docont Byatom of BoeJoty. An army Ib usod to protoot tho property of tbo capitalist class; a navy Is used to protect tho cbmmerco of tho merchant class. In all this, w-horo do tho working class como In? Havo thoy ANY Intor- eat .In defending the proporty ot tliolr opprooftors? Cortninly not. Thoy uro paid tor their work boforo anything Js sold, Tho working class ia iuuuuu Ul4iuni_ luo> RHl pillU, ,\ol nftrr. ' Tf, tben. Ibis !.: llu. i'mv, »'}Jai Is tho uso of bothering nbout bow the capitalists dlvldo ud tbo proceo"» of tho robbory? What tho working class must do Is to stop tho robbory. M TUTTTT7 'jAn6^h,&r :Gi§^-^ike Liverpool, as B-efore/-Will Be Storm Centres-Other,, Big Centres Are Al- ready ..Involved and!Tie-up la Ex- pected on Northwestern, . LONDON,. Sept.- 25-^The country is again threatened.with a'great raHwajr strike and Liverpool, as before, will be the storm centre; „ Tbe trouble began with the refusal df the Liverpool dockers to handle freight if rom-Dublin, where the transport workers are, on strike. Men to the. number of 3.500 employed in the freight yards of the various railways,-went out Tuesday afternoon and were jbined later by 4,000 from Birmingham. • That a compilete freight tie-up,is expected on the Northwestern ■ lines Is indicated, by a .warning Issued" by the Cunard officials to homeward bound Americans to carry, all .their baggage with them on the boat trains*; The Liverpool.■workers.struck„with- out the sanction of the railway union and lack of support may, prevent a national strike on the railways, but as other, big centres are involved' the outlook is bad; - ; -; , „ >r) Transport Employees Out The (labor upheaval in. various parts of the country gave no sign of abate- nfent Tuesday, though no strike has been declared. The more 'serious position Js that created by tbe order Issued by -Messrs. -Billing,, one of the members of Omnibus Tube combine, that no employee, shall wear^pn his uniform tbe button which Is the badge of the Transport Workers' trade'union. Incidentally, the aforesaid'uniform has to be provided by the' wearer himself. This dispute. over . a . button which, it is clear, has been fomented by the employers, seems to be.-leading to a strike -which-, will affect the whole of Londbn. The drivers' union retaliated on the company's order by adopting a resolution calling out all the employees of the transport combine, which includes practically all the motor bus lines and tube railways, unless .all drivers discharged for wearing the button are immediately reinstated and the union recognized. The men who coal ships' havinb joined the ranks of the' Manchester ship canal dockers, already on strike, the whole of the canal, traffic is threatened, with stoppage. - A Hopeful Feature The only hopeful feature is the appointment of a committee of strikers to negotiate with the companies."', At■•■■. Dublin the deadlock continues. Vast'crowds gathered in the Btreets tonight, but there was only one riot, jdijchIresulted„In_the^smashing^of-the- windows of street - cars. More than 10,000 men are on strike in, Dublin. ,' . The bus drivers' union adopted a resolution tonight calling ;out" the employees - of' the transport combine which includes practically all the' motor bus lines and tube railways, unless drivers discharged for wearing the union badge are immediately reinstated and the union recognised. ' Condition Is Very Serious : - LONDON, Sept.,. 17.—England is threatened with - the . most serious-"- strike of- union 'labor in its history, according to union leaders here*tod&yi;— The trouble began with the lockout of ■ ' large numbers of workmen last week- ! in Dublin,,in consequence of a strike of transport workers because of. tbe-}". employment ot-non-unioh laborers.- ■ Rum'Mings ,;of discontent have Bince been beard .throughout the entire'la-- ^: bor community df the British Isles/,; but .thus far eruptions,, have occurred , only in the larger cities. n.' ' ''- Sympathetic Strikes; > - -* The sympathetic strike of the Liver- - pool dockers and of railroitf workers there and at Birmingham, has already stopped the threfe'great tfunk railways serving the mjdland counties of England, and the 'Manchester ship canal company also. Is contending with a strike of dock laborers for 'better wages. 0 ■ * • " At - Liverpool, seven.. of the great freight depots were Idle this morning < and others are likely soon to be closed 0 for want of traffic. In Ireland, too,* attempts have failed to settle the Dublin troubles, which have caused the ' developments in l Liverpool and Birmingham. Markets May Close' Doors - The difficulty of getting provisions into the 'Irish capital has become so great that it is believed the markets will have to close their doors." London has been only indirectly affected by the strike on the railroads in the midlands. The, metropolis is more directly interested In the threatened strike of motor omnibus drivers because the employers refuse to allow employees to wear union badges." The bien held a meeting today and passed a resolution in favor of a strike which would be in favor ot a strike which „•'- would tie up all the motor omnibuses and tube lines In Londom ' . Labor members bf /parliament de-. clare that the trouble in Dublin and elsewhere, has been .caused by the determination of the employers to challenge the rights of labor- to organize. WOUNDED BEAR 15 ATTACKS RANCHERS ''„' Six Hundred Pound Specimen is Klll- - ed at Robert Quinn'g Place at Harrop , Robert Quinn, of Harrop. was a -vis- itor^to Nelson bn Saturday and stated that a big black bear, weighing over 600 lbs., was killed" on his ranch last Thursday evening, .The Bkin, which, is a beauty, is in-the hands of Hugh _T)r-ia4_.fr.*j*_/.,intn-nr_.-A-n^_ —-..-.■— A. ^. ,_ *-.w«3-.vI- -WW* ,u^-auu-uiUUUUUK;—oEUlu had been in the neighborhood for seven or eight days and among his many depredations had killed three pigs and caused considerable damages to the ranches. 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The Leading Commercial Hotel of the City Rates $2.50 per day With Pri****** P**\, *« M Firo Proof Sample _J After a two month** cnmpalgn announcement I* made by officers of tho tJnltod Mino Workers of tho Pittsburgh district that overy mino in tho More*Nllu tier coal flolds Is organised. This Is thn first orgnnliatlon of nny account that tbo mino workors havo hud In the Mercer-TUUler field since IDiift, whon their union was destroyed through tho disastrous strlko of that year. Tho miners hsvo th« right to employ n chadrwelghinaii. tho cheek- off nnd full recognition of tho union Is glten. The agreement adds t,700 miners t« the ttrtfHttifitttnti fn THaMct Vty. 8, v C r? rvnnrs Insurance, Real Estate and Loans Money to Loan on first class Business and Residential property **s*faS^ ■^rcr^ri. ^■^^JiZmtZ^mH*^ ^^^n^ws^c??.^ r«-»twimr«Hiii#Hi«s r ><»«>ttti -iiMlMfeiWfS- " l*>-i!>Hhl& ttOkt tt . ■s tm^m'H-twpttiimkm imttWMmmtfv*** ;a,,4K3a'A.fe..-. 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W. of A. rinniti in Convenzione speciale a Trinidad *delibera:, rpno ad unanimita di proclamare. lb sciopero martedi 23 corr. se le Compagnie, non accoglieranno le domande dei' minatori., , " Le quali domande sono: AX.'. iRiconoscimento deU'Unione. ,-•2.. iDieci per cento d'aumento dl paga .sia pei giornalieri" che pei cot- timisti, sia pei minatori • che per gl'- Impiegati ai-forni del coke'. 3. Otto ore di lavoro per quelli che lavorano -nell'lnterno o nello" ambitd delle.miniere o dei fornl del coke. 4. Pagamento di tutto 11 cosl detto "dead work" lavoro morto. ' 5. Un pesatore a tutte le miniere eletto dai minatori. C II diritto di acquistare merce In qualunque negozio, di scegliere la propria casa dl penslone ed il proprio dot- tore. ' • f 7. Stretta ' o^servanza delle leggi mlnerarie.. , - - 8. tAbolizione del corpo dei birrl delle compagnie. Denver, Colo. 0.' MARCOLINSA. AVVISO Large Airy Rooms & Good Board r Ai Minatori ed ai Lavoratori miner- arl dentro ed intorno le miniere car- bonifere del Colorado,' Utah, New Mexico e Sud Wyoming, Salute: Siete notificati che tutti voi, delle miniere sopra menzionate, siete rich- iesti di deporre 1 vostri strumenti di lavoro il giorno'9 NOVEMBRE 1013 e lasclare il lavoro fino a quando le Compagnie minerarle, per le quali voi avete fino ad ora lavorato, acconsen- tiranno di add! venire ad una confer- enza di rappresenlanti di ambo .le parti. Le .vostre domande saranno per otto ore al giorno ed il yenti per cento dl aumento di mercede per tonnellata e.lavoro a giornata, miglion condizioni per ]a .-.vehtilazi-pne del le miniere e tutto quanto-appartiene alia salvezza della vita e delle membra. ,- Nel far questo voi siete garantitf dall'qrdine , del, Consiglio , Esecutivo Nazion'ale, U. ^\. W. of A., mediante il presidente John .Mitchell,, cbc vi gar- antisce il suo a in to. " Ricordatevi che questo e diiretto tanto agli unionisti quanto al uoh unionisti. Non do'vete aver tl morere fate quanto vi si dice. B state fatto ogni sforzo ragionevole per indurre gli operatori ad addi venire ad una conferenza, ma ess si son positiyamenterifiutati e percbe? Per- che desiderano"tenere in mano la ver- ga del comando. Comprenderete facil- mente che' s.' rorganizzione .e disfatta e cacciata fuori dai campi significhera per voi. la .continuazione de'.ia schiav- itu. peggiore anzi dl prima. Come ^sete attualmenle situati voi nulla potete dire riguardo lo condizioni1 sotto oui lavorate, voi siete cos- trettl a lavorare percepen do- solo quanto i vostri. padroni credono com veniente di darvl, ' Voi potete- chiaramente vedere quanto ivostl* compagni dl mestie re hanno fatto in loro vantaggia nell-Est, ed oggi essi sono uniti e liberi ch-ecchja possano dire al contrario i' vostri no- mici. Per, coloro -phe potranno essere prlvaU della* casa in cui abltano e del lavoro noi siamo pronti a fornirli dl lovoro e dei mezzi dl trasporto fino a miniere organizzate, dove tutti lavorano sotto un cielo libero, ma se vol sarete compatte nel Iasciare i vostri post! di lavoro ben poca neces'slta vl sara di muo vere da questi'campi. Compagni , lavoratori, ■ ricordatevi che ora e il tempo di agire, mentre I vostri compagni dimestlere stan per venire alia vostra riscossa con tutti. 1 mezzi dl aluto e di difesa. , l Fraternamente Vostri, JOHN MITCHELL, Presidente. "• T. L. LEWIS, Vice Presidente, ' W. B. WILSON, Seg. Tesoriere. Per WM. HOWELLS, Presidente del, Distretto. SERIOUS FIRE AT PACKER NO. 5 SHENANDOAH, Pa., Sept. 25.—A serious fire is raging in the Holmes vein of Packer No. 5, Lehigh Valley Coal Company colliery, near Glrard- ville, and- fire fighting crews from all the company's; collieries are on ,the -scene combating it in relay shifts. The. fire is on the .shaft level, one hundred feet west of the No. 1 sectional tunnel. It started at 4.30, o'clock yesterday afternoon but knowledge ot- it was so closely guarded by ithe officials that many were not aware of- It until this morning. The Holmes vein is being robbed and as the pillars are being takenout the work is very hazardous. It is believed tbat a (body of gas became ignited from one of the shots firedand tbat it started tbe fire. - The flames spread' to an old breast which caused tbe officials much apprehension. It is spreading rapidly and notwithstanding all means known to, mining little headway is being made. iTlie' first aid corps, General Manager F. >M. Chase, Mining Superintendent Thomas Thomas of Wilkes-Barre, Division Superintendent T. J. Hefner, Mine Inspector James, O'Donnell, Kdward Williams, a former superintended iB. S. Daddow, division clerk, and H. J. Weiler, Cirard Estate Inspector, are on the scene of the firo. 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Baldness and the loss of hair Is ab- • solutely, unnecessary and very unbecoming. '' ALL DISEASES OF TIIE IIAUt fade away like dew under my scientific' treatment, and I posltlcly have tho only system o£ treatment bo far known to sclonce that is positively and .permanently curing diseases of the hair ahd promoting new growth. The hair'can bo fully restored , to Us natural thickness and vitality on all heads that stl}l show fine hair or fuzz to prove the roots are not dead, * I HAVE A PERFECT SYSTEM of treatment for out of the city people who cannot come to me for personal treatment .(WRITE TO-DAY) for question blank and full' particulars. Enclose stamp 'and mention this paper. 'My prices and terms are reasonable. My cures are positive and permanent. "Consult the Best and Profit by 25 Years Practical Experience." „ Prof. Geo. A. Garlow *, , i The World's Most Scientific Hair and.Scalp Specialist ROOM 1, WELDON BLOCK, WINNIPEG, MAN. Ross & Mackay i!» Coal Output of GreatBritainin 1912 COLEMAN - *. ,- • •" I, Liquor Co. Wholesale5Dealers in Wine$ Liq UOi'S Cigars Mail Orders receive prompt attention x Nowhere In the Pmo oan bo found In such a display of Meats Wa hava tha beat monay can buy of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Poultry, Butter, Boat, Piah, "Imperator Hami •nd Bacon" l.ard,, Saueagea, Walnera and Bauer Kraut. PHONE OR CALL Calgary Cattle Go, Phona 6tf THE FERNIE LUMBER GO. A. McDougall, Mgi Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber Send us your orders Livery, Feed and Sale Stables First elaaa Horaet for Sale. Buyi Horaea on Commlalon George Barton Phone 78 A "Ledger" adv. Is an Investment. List of Locals District 18 Ht*. limns 6ec. and P. 0. Addreu 20 Bankhead ..,..,...P. Wboitloy, Hankhond, Alta. 481 Itaavcr Creek J. Lougttraa, Denver Creek, via Pinch er, Alta. 431 Dollovue .,' Jumoe Burke, Box,80, Bollovuo, Alta. 91QH BIMrmoro W, L. Evana, Blalnuore, Alta. 212 r;».u**U....... '.", K,, utmfcft, i'&sMiurg, Alia. 3327 Carbondale.' J, Mitchell, Carbondalo, Coleman, Alt*. 1387 Canmore., ,.. .N, I). Thachuk, Canmore, Alta. 3633 Coloman ..J. Johnstone, Coleman, Alta. 3877 Corbin,, J. Jonea, Corbin, B. 0. 1136 Chinook Mlnea ...Jaa. Home, Chinook, via Diamond City, Alta. S178 Diamond City .J. EL Thornhlll, Diamond City, Lothbrldgo. 9.1T4 fttrnfo Thou. Uphill, Fernie, D. C, 1868 Frank..., ..,,, Evan Monan, Frank, Alta. 3497 Hoim^r ,,,., W, Daldoratouc, noaiu«r, B. C, ICr.l HlUcreat Jaa. Gorton. Hlllcrest, Alt*. 674 lethbridge L. Moore, 1781 8Uth Avian*, N, Lethbridge. 1189 Lethbridge CoDleriM..Frank Barringhau, Coalhnrat, AJU. 1828,.Ma»U Le*( ,T. 0. Harriet, Paaiburg. Alt*. 3334 Michel..... H. Slmar. Michel, n. C. 14 Monareh Mlnea , W«. Kyad, Rlcan P. 0„ Tabar, Alt*. 3393 rUMtvus T. 0* tUrvlM, Vaaaburg, Alta. t Ittt Royal VUw...., (kw. Jordan. Royal ColIlerfM, Lethbridge, Alto. 101 Taber ** A. Pattenoa, Tabar, Alu. •' The "total number of persons employed in and about* all coal mines in Gj-eat Britain in 1912 was 1,117,148, of ^*twnuJJ}89,rft9ft^v:orked_at„thet4,265-- mines operated under the" Coal -Mines Act, ,and 28,058 at the 645 mines under the Metalliferous Mines Act. ' '' I' -, n , r\ ■Compared with 1911 there is an increase of 21,877 persons at the mines under the Coal Mines Act, and a de« crease of 967'persons at the mines'under the Metalliferous Mines Act, Of the 1,089,090 persons working at the mines under the Coal Mines Act 878,759, or 80.7 per cent., were employed below ground. Of the 210,331 sUr- faco workera 6,48$, or 3,08 per cent, were females. There Is an Increase of 207 females as compared with 1911. The number of persons under 16 years employed below ground In these mines was 50,447, or G.74 per cent.,of the underground workers; the total number of surface and undqrground workers undor 10 years was 71,043, or 6.52 per cent, of all worfcera. At tho mines under the Metalliferous Mines Act, 10,120 porsons, ot 50.0 per cent., worked' bolow ground, and of tho 11,332 surfaco workers 176, or 1,55 per cent, wore females. Tho total output of mlnernls' nt mines operated undor the Goal Mines Act was 273,192,001 tons, of which 200,-. 398,258 wero conl, 2,287,719 fire-clay, 6,744,258 lron-stono, 2,184,826 oll-sliale and 576,620 sundry minerals. . Adding 17,700 toiiB from opon quar- rloB, tho total output of conl wns 200,- 410,338 tons, a docroaso of 11,475,501 tons on that of tho previous year. The output of coal from mines op- prated undor tho Conl Minos Act wns 260,398,578 tons In 1012 ns compared with 271,878,121 tons In 1911. Tlio falling off ln production Ih, however, somewhat loss than the figure's Indicate In .previous yonrs somo ownors havo boon returning the gross weight sont out of the pit, Including dirt; this yoar tho not output of conl has boon returned, Tho actual falling off, therefore, of output, Including tlio small quantities obtained from qunrrloa, la 9,207,772 tons. Tlio decrease In output of conl Is accounted for' by tho strlko of coal minors from March 1 to April 10, nnd la leas than might havo boon anticipated; but before the strike collieries ln moat of tho districts were worked to capacity. The output In 1012 and tho docreaae or Incroaso In tho eight inspection districts as compared with tho previous year was; Decrenso •output orlncrcnaa N'cn'atulJi-- 23,ii2,S!/!i —i'.i'JMftt Scotland 40.032.103 -~1.08fl.97O York and North Midland 65.168.886 —1,816,584 Maneheater and ii Ireland' 10,«M 4*1 — ii« w Liverpool and North Wales . 16,930,777 -'• 463,11:2 South Wolea ... 60,367,023 plug67,190 Midland' and Southern ..... 26,336,210 — 647,348 cidents, while the number of deaths is the same. At quarries operated under Quarries Act there were HlJatal accideats,- which resulted in.'75" deaths. Com- As Result of "Miracle," Kansas City Beggar Goes to Jail * - KANSAS CITY,' Mo„ Sept. 25.—His eyes staring fixedly .beforehim, M. J. McCarty, a beggar, limped his way uncertainly along the street here today with a large "deaf, dumb and blind" sign swinging -from.his neck. . J. W. West gave 'McCarty a dime after reading a, heart-touching story printed on a card handed him by McCarty. As the' beggar- passed into the street from, the Electric Company's store, a very pretty young woman stepped up to him and, gave him a dime. West saw the; young woman approach the beggar and he also saw that she had on a slit skirt of the most extreme style. Then he saw,, too, that the "bllnd"man saw what he saw. Apparently he had regained his sight at the approach of tbe slit, skirt and what it only half concealed. • He even look- ad back over Jxip shoulder as the young woman proceded down the street. "Ura-m-m; me for that!" West heard him say, proving that he was not dumb. i ;MoCarty was arrested. He ' admitted he was "playing off" and was "sent, up" for 100 days..-. _ - > ROYAL HOTEL FERNIE Bar Unexcelled All White Kelp pared with-1911 there is a decrease of 25 in number of accidents, and 24 in the number of deaths. The total number of non-fatal accidents during the year, which disabled for more than seven days was 150,217 at mines under the iCoal Alines Act, by which'150,652 persons were'injured; at mines under the .Metalliferous Mines Act 1,641, by which 1,650 persons were Injured; at quarries under the Quarries Act, 4,597, by which 4,620 persons were injured. Compared with 1911, there is a decrease of 15,964 in numbersof persons injured at mines under, the Coal Mines Act, nnd 569. nt ■ quarries under the Quarries Act. Tho non-fatal accidents reported to tho Inspectors during tho year were, ln mines under €oul Mines Act was 5,078, a decrease of 432 as compared with 1911; under the -Motnlliferous Mines Act, 210, a decrease pf seven as compared with 1011 j ln quarries under tho Quarries, Act, 1,025, a decreoso of 115 us compared with 1911. ' . The death rato among underground workers at mines under the Coal Mines Act wns 1.25 por 1,000 persons employed ns against 1.29 in 1911; the doath rate of the surface workers was 0.83 per 1,000 employed as against 0.73 In tho provlous yoar. The doath rate of the underground and surfaco workers as a wliolo waB 1,17 us against 1.19 In 1011, At. mines operated under tho Motal- llforons MlnoB Act the doath rato among underground workers was 2.33 por 1,000 persons omployod, and of sur. face workera 0.35 per 1,000. Tlio corresponding figures for 11111 wore 2.00 and 0,61 roRpectlvoIy. Tho denth rate of underground and .surfaco workora ns a wholo was 1,53, whilo that of 1911 was 1,48. At tlio quarries tho doath rate from accldontB of workors Inslilo tlio pltH or excavations was 1.1 por 1,000, and of porsons employed nt factories and workshops outsldo tho quarries, but connoctod with thorn, 0,66 por 1,000, Tho corresponding figures for 1911 woro 1.50 nnd 0.58 respectively, Tho death rato of tho Insldo and outside workors na a wliolo wna 0.4 In 1912 ns nan inst 1.19 In tho previous yonr, Although thoro ih an IncroaRO In numbor ot denth* from accidents at min oh undor tho Coal Minos Act nH compared with the provloua yoar the dnntli rntoa'per 1,000 parsons omployod bolow ground, and for surface and mn^ttt-nirt, ,.„,» r;;>.1 l;-.1t ;.; w ^ \vni,a[, n-n rrenrrt Hnd thorn boon no strlko tho number of fatal accldont* would have been greater, and tho death rates alio, aa thoy would havo been calculated on the same number of person* emplnvrd us aro given )n the tables, no allow, tinco having been mndo on account of the atrlke In the roturm regarding persona employed.—Tho Coal and Coke Operator. AMAZING EVIDENCE IN THEFT OF PEARLS Everything Up-to-date .Call in and see us once JOHN PODBIELANCIK, Prop. Total 268.884,137 -0.Sft7.77* •Uh dirt At the miner operated under the Coal Mine* Act there were 1,W»1 tep- •rate fatal accidents, causing 1,376 death*. Compared with 1911 there It a decreaae of 61 In number of accident* and an increaae of 11 In number or 4«atfca. Of tbe 1,316 persona killed 71 wer# und*!" tg y*nr» of net, at agalnat 78 ln tbt preceding year. 'At the mine* under tba Mctalllfor- {ou* Mine* Act tbert were 46 fatal ac- The Miners' Herald la a new paper Juat alerted at Montgomery, Fayette rnuntv, W. V*, whlrti Hfiitttm to be the organ of ihe United Mine Worker* of tbe State. It i* a newsy, well-printed aheet. ShiUtk Gun •t/M-xiv «r«M eoo-awa, cumc« coisb. NAM THE TMaoaV JIM l<MW«. ft MJ»W Five Men Accused of "Steal ing Neck lace Worth $585,000 LONDON, Sept. 15.—Amazing evidence, more resembling fiction than fact, waB given today at, the, Bow street police court in the hearing of the charge against five omen named Lockett, Grlzzarda, Silverman, Gut- wlrth and '.McCarty, of stealing and receiving the $585,000 pearl necklace, the property of 'Max Meyer, which was taken*from the mails July 15 or. 16 between London and, Paris, Tho statement by tho treasury counsel, Ronald Muir, bore out a story published by the Paris Matin last week. Whether the pearls were stolen hi France or England is not yet clear. In Antwerp, one of tlio prisoners, Gutwirth, met a relative of his wife named Drnndstatter, and in the course of a conversation asked lilm If he could Introduce a purchaser for Meyer's necklace. ' Reward of $5,000 Drnndstatter, remembering ■ tho reward of $5,000 offered for the recovery of the pearls, consulted with his cousin named QiindBtoin, nnd the two entcrod into negotiations by letter with Gutwirth, who returned to London, Meotlngs took plnco with Gutwirth, Grlzznrdfi and Sllvorninii in London tea shops and hotels. At ono toa shop, three of tho pearls wero pnssod In u mutch box by one of tlio prlsonors protending to *bo n stranger to his accomplice sitting nt tho next table. In tho monntlmn nrnnilRtnttor hnd com- munlcatod with AlossrH. Prlco & Gibbs, tho underwriters' ngonts, and nt tliolr suggestion a third pursou wiih introduce^, to tho throo prlsonors and nnmod ns tho prlnclpnl In the proposed purchase, Parisian Purchase* Two This wnB Mr, Spnnlor, of Pnrlp, who Bimcoodod In purchasing two of tho Htolcn pearls, actually saw tho wholo of tho missing nockluco nl n tnoutlng at tho First Avamio Hotel In Ilolboni. Anothor mooting w«r arranged for tho purchase of the whole of tlio nocklnce at which tho pollco arrested Gutwirth, (Irl/i'-nrdH nnd Silverman, but whon thoy wero searched, It was found thnt thn upcklnco wns not In their poKHctisloi). Throughout tlio negotiations the couiiBOl said, the prisoners acted with tho graatnRt cnutlon to gunnl ngaltiHt bolng surprised by tho pollco, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN INDIA Some very interesting d.ita ou the co-operative solution of India hns boon gathered by the International wu1v.au mi i.rtimi, iii ii ii0,uftfc .tie lor but one provlnco, Madras, and are ns follows; "The flr«t co-operatives wore started In 1905, when there were 25 organised, with a total mciwbornhlp of 2733. Theae have grown In the seven year* following until in i'iii U>'-r« w«rB HA co-operative* with a membership of CO ICC. Tlila upU duvt'Iiipmuitt Is largely due to the fact that the co-operative societies laid thrmielve* out eipeclally for money-lending which for the Impecunious Indian* means such a lot Tbe fo-njwrstlvp aocietlts at first loaned money to their members, but they ar* no*' fn«vtnra(rtng their Member* to tlve without borrow* Ing. Thia ln Itself I* working a grrat benefit to tbt people. , We Are Ready to Scratch off your bill any item of lumber not found just as we represented. There Is no hocus pocus in This Lumber Business When you want spruce we do not send you hemlock. When you buy first-class lumber we don't slip in a lot of culls. Those who buy once from us always come again. - Those who have not yet made our acquaintance are taking chances they wouldn't encounter if they bought their lumber here. Advertise in the Ledger; and get Results. KENNEDY & MANGAN * — Dealers In — Lumber,.,- Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors. SPECIALTIES—Mouldings, Turnings, Brackets, and Detail Work OFFICE AND YARD—McPherson ave. Opposite G. N. Depot. P.O. Box 22, Phone 23, A. C. LIPHARDT JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN FERNIE B.C. Imperial Bank of Ganada HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO Capital Authorized .. $10,000,000 Capital Paid Up 6,925,000 Reserve and Undlvld- Toti| A**et* 72,000,000 ed Profits 9,100,000 D. R. WILKIE, President HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vlce-Pres. - BRANCHES lil BRITISH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fernie, Gold en, Kamloops, Michel, Nelson,,. Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victor!*, SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit. FERNIE BRANCH A. M. OWEN, Manafler THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., L1..1)., D.C.L., I>r«a14*fiit ALEXANDER LAlHh JOHN Mill) General Mannjrr Aaalitnnt General Manager CAPITAL, $15,000,000 REST, $12,500,000 BANKING BY MAIL Accounts may bc opened at every branch of Thc Canadian Bank of Commerce to bc operated by mall, and will receive the same careful attention as is given to all other departments of thc Bank's business. Monev may be deposited or withdrawn in this way as satisfactorily as by a personal visit to thc Bank. M L. A. », DACK, Manag*r. FERNir BRANCH tymmttM.i nr. it CMMfllLN »**■■*»#•» *■ M Ti-lt? (MMk, 4MV irmitinmit cj rr /» Homedank»Canada A depomt of e«« dollar i* auflkient to open a Mvtng* account with the Horns Rank. Thern are many hundred* of prosperous saving* account* in Ui» Ham« Dank lhat started from an orif ina] deposit of Me dotlar. Pall *tamf--ountt Intercut allowed. .,, ■ ■HSNCHtt IN I VHUIN I \J OiaiauMinus* iftANCHM AND CONNECTIONS 7HHOUOHOUT CANADA J. T. MACDONALD, Manager Victoria avi., -t. ... pernio b, a ■ J ■Nfllf ■P*"P *,«:-' • X ' . ' I I .11 ' ""I' '"i1"!1 ""I"1 ".'_,..-''•* '."'■'■"'*'"■ T**X"* i- ■•' .«-.'. .:. *■&&-, ■* i '**■■* ' ■m^y a 5 fi ' ', - • ig'-'f- '4 Ay- . ft? s ■ - ■? ; PAGE* EIGHT \ - THE DISTOIO!r t^gfeWnfflSR^ 0 Specials in our Dry Goods Dept: OUR DRY GOODS SECTION IS READY TO FILL YOUR EVERY DEMAND FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER ./ Ready with a stock nearly twice the size shown in previous seasons. Ready with merchandise that is of excellent quality and the same exclusive style as is being shown in the large stores of the largest cities. , New Fall Dress Goods and Suitings up to $3.50 per vard. New Silks 25c to $1.50. • New Velvets and Velveteens. New Cloakings. New Towels and' Towelings. New Neckwear for Fall. " , . Extra Values in New Kid Gloves. New Ribbons for Fall. New Trimmings and Laces. Exceptional Values in Bed Spreads. Sheets and Pillow Cases at saving prices. The largest stock of Blankets in the Crow at less prices. WEEK END SPECIAL 35c quality, 30-in. striped Flannelette, in Bluea, Greys and Pinks, all the good, neat stripes ahd extra weight. "Week End Special, per yard 12-%c. SPECIAL SALE $1.50 FRENCH GLACE KID GLOVES, ,90c PER PAIR . Gloves made from the- finest grade of French Lamb Skins, finished with Paris points, dome or button fastenings and stitched backs. There arc mostly all shades in all sizes. Every pair worth $1.;j0. Buy your size for we decline to exchange sale Gloves. Saturday Special,' per pair 90c. STUNNING NOVELTIES IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING.DRESSES Special attention has been paid this season to the selection of Afternoon and Evening "Dresses. We , are showing the same' pxclusive styles that are shown in the most exclusive houses of our largest cities. There are no two Dresses alike and the materials embrace Crepe do Chene, S atins, Silks and Laces. AVe have all the new shades and colorings at prices from $20.00 to $50.00. MORE TRIMMED HATS AT $5.00 Another lot of 100 Hats just received by express for Saturday. The styles are altogether different from any previous shipment au'd we believe better values. A Trites-Wood Hat at a--five dollar bill has the same style as any millinery store hat al $10.00. Visit our millinery parlors and inspect these Eats at each $5.00. - ' "The Leader" LION BRAND This - week "endwill be devoted to the,boys.""; Special pricesVon':>"'v-" Boys' Suits and.odd Pants- will be offered. ^ . ' - ": " ' ' '■"" \ . ,*", i y 9 ' , ^ •■ \ 9 " * • jBoys\ Tweed Suits\ ■ :. xx''y x^ . In- dark colors; made with' pleated Norfolk. Coat and ,plain K'mek^ ■ • •-. i ers, in sizes 24,-25,-26 and; 27 ehest'measure. Will.be on sale (Satrir-.'.''' " • day only) at $2.50 each. ; - '.'•''.■• , -.,-:'.-. ' * ?7 • *: ANOTHER MONEY SAVER IN BOYS' SUITS * ;'...'-' V;' Heavy Tweed Suits "with plain Pants, made for ages 6 years ti 'A7 10 years. The greatest bargain seen in Fernie at $3.00 each', any size. - X This Specialwillbe on for Saturday Only '. " " v. Boys' Plain Pants* AVe have secured' 100 pairs Boy's Heavy Tweed Pants, These -f • - Pants aremadeto stand hard wear, all sizes in stock from 2.yeaw to irht- Alexander" 35 years. Special Saturday at 75c pair. ■. LION BRAND ^ Men's and Boys' Sweaters If you need a Sweater see us." We handle the Monarch; Harvey, Knit-to-Fit, and Stanfield lines.' Oui* Sweater values will save you money. We carry all styles and colors in" Coats, V-necks and roll collar Sweaters. - ' ,...-■* ,, . -. Coats priced for Saturday selling at $1.75, $2.50, $3.00, and up to $10,00 each. < \ - V-neck Sweaters from $1.50 up to $3.50 each. , ' , . Roll-collar Sweaters, $1.50 up to $5.00 each. Boys'Coat Sweaters, in all colors and sizes, priced from $1.25 to $2.75. •' , . '"' ■■;"_. . ■ ,.,- Boys'V-neck Sweaters at $1.00 to $1.75. . ' '■ '" Bbys' Roll-neck Sweaters, 75c to$1.50. '' ,"■' '. Children's Sweaters'in'the famous Dr. Jaeger make, also .other- English makes, in cashmere, made,with close neck-buttoned on^shoul-,, der! Sizes 2 years to 12 years. Priced at 75c to $2.00., ' . Men's Heavy Wool Underwear Men's All Wool Ribbed Underwear, extra heavy weight, in cream only/all sizes 34 to 44, will be on sale Saturday only at $1.75 per suit. MEN'S COMBINATION UNDERWEAR J ,'. ' Ask to see our new style"'Combination Underwear for men with' drop seat. This line is the, last word in Underwear manufacture. The new drop seat feature will double'the life of the gai*ment. "Ask to see them; On sale Saturday'at $3.00 per suit. ,^-x-x xttxx ?mxsK&- '." .w?T.,v . ..- y..-,,:-, .,*■■**•■ ASi.,,X4',?A)'7SAA7Q£?.-.-& mmamm •Aa " - Stewarts;Liquid-Blue:lyy.";'/.y.i;.'.'-.. ^2^6*^25,",; Quaker Oats .■;..\.'. i.'S.iiT. packetf'with china*';3E$- .Cowan's,Coeba ,..,?;.■;;f.-;■;. -,;... l lb. tins'.'^W^, St? Charles Evaporated Milk \.;..''".-.. 'per.tin';/,iONo\ Canada First Evaporated Mille ..... .-pe'r;tin'i/.i0 '.'- Snider's Catsup .....:.'...\-r.'..:.,.'....-.- pints'\ .XMH,\ ■A ."^Silver LabelFlavoring Extract, 2 oz. .. 3 fori 55 f ' ; Seeded Raisins, 12 oz. xX'.^'..,, .'."'2'packets: -.15.^ ■- Clover,Leaf Salmon.;: -."..,;,';-]"...;.'.. „-, 2 tins,- -.45,'•' Arrow'Brand Salmon '......;';.X-. 2,tins ,.45/-, Shift's Lard*;."^.'.'.'..' '.'.. > 51b:(pails .','.80? Virgin^Olive Oil-..:.', .*; • half .gailon 'tin 1.25 '■" Heinz Baked Be'ans/jmediiim size .'.... 2 for .35 \ Siam-Rice ....-,. ..•:/...'; .-.y. -.'"......'-.,' 4 lias;: .25, : Swift's Wliite Laundry Soap ;;.\ .*), 6 for r .25 . White Swan Laundry, Soap .'.-.',".. V.'.. 12 for \ .45, A Toilet Soaps,'assorted:.-, 5. ,\.."..;.; per-box- .25 ^ Pear.'s Unsceri'ted Toilet Soap' .:..■„ -.-.-. 3 bars,; .35 Assorted Toilet Soap ;.'..'.«...:,.,•;.',.'. 6;for"'.25'' Lyle's English Syrup ' "; per tin. .20-' Pride of Canada Maple Syrup ... quart bottle ,45' - Tetley's' Brown Sunflower Tea ...:. 3'lb'. tin .75 , . Holbrook's Man af at Peas per packet .10 New Pack Sweet Wrinkle Peas ..' 2 tins .25, B. C. Onions ... .V. V. ,10 lbs.' .25 Sweed Turnips ..: I". ,,. 18 lbs., .25 ' Snowball Washing Machines .' 8.00 Royal Canadian Clothes Wringer .-... ,4.00 ~ Glass Washboards ...,........:.] .40 Mrs. Pott V Sad Irons A... ...... per set 1.35 Copper Bottom'Wash Boilers ..'..;.■. '..,.-.. 2.25 -,'. Boots and Shoes i ■* i , • '■t * Are your- feet shod in the right way for the wet weather? Don't wait for the rain to come before ' you%uy your Fall Shoes.. .. ' • ' ' Our.Men's Fall.Shoes are the best we have evsi' ", stocked.' TniineBox Calf, Veloiir and Gun M-plal our,$5.0p;line"3"are extra value. * j ' - ' "Just fec'eived-;a few_'good lines of,AVoincn's Gun -• 1 iletal Shoes in button and lace to,sell'at $3.50. All sizes 3 to 8. '-'",-''' Also a'-Women's Dongola Lace Shoe to sell at- $3.50; This is an extra :f ull-.fitter for people with ^vide feet. -" '- • -, ' ' , , ■ . -, BOYS' AND GIRLS'WORSTED HOSE 3 Pairs for $1.00 . ' -A- ' .- A ribbed Hose made for service of-fine,' combed, ■ strong Worsted Yarn. There are all sizes from 5 - to 10. 'Saturday Special, 3 pairs for $.00. '; ,-* «•' Money Saving Prices, The Store of ;. Quality " BRANCHES AT.FERNIE, MICHEL, NATALAND COAL CREEK ; t -■ ,'' : -.-. ,"■ SAA ! J 11 •I A -•' 'I ■AS'il Wm. Dlclcen has the contract for taking out old boiler at City Jail and replacing with new. Tho regular meeting oC the Ladles' Guild of Christ Church will meet at the home'ef Mrs. J. It. McDonald on Wednesday afternoon at 3.30. The funeral of the infant daughter* of 'Mr. Eastwood, Fernlo Annex, took place last Saturday, Sept. 20, evening. D. M. Perley conducted tho service. Several enthusiastic followers of the groat gnme got over anxious about their pay last Saturday morning and as a result a brplcen 'vindow delayod matters. Too much rn,?li, boys, no- member, tho bank tol'ers nre just as anxious as you to get through. ■ A. NacNeil has purchased the Bank of Hamilton Building and -will shortly be installed therein. On Monday the Aggressive Lcn-auo of tho Methodist CliurcTi will havo n Boclnl ovonlng. A short program will bo followed by refreshments and there will be a sulo of candy, nnd ldtolicn utensils, A general good time Ib ex- poctod and a cordial Invitation is ox- tended to all. Tnxldnrmy Is nn nrt that, like painting, roqulroB a direct knowledge of im- turo to correctly express. Mr. Roc-op, who can glvo his patrons tho honoflt of yonrs of patient study nnd experience, announces that ho' la prepared to copo with nil bimlnoBB that may happen along, The Ladles' Aid of thn BaptlKt Church uro holding u sale of homo cookery anil afternoon tea on Sntur- dny. 27th Sopt., In tlio llnll at tho roar of thn Baptist Church, to commence nt 3 o'clock. Thoro will b<» n pork nnd boun siippi-r Trom 5 o'clock until 7 p.m. Harvest Thanksgiving HorvlcnH will bo hold In tho TlnptfHf Cliuuh on Htinilny, Ort. nth. Hpnclnl HormoiiH and iinthoniK. $5.00 GOING BEGGING We have in,, Pernio, or Coal Creek, a gentleman, whose conscience is disturbed by the possession of $5.00 which isn't his. Tho .editor has been asked to pay this money over to tho Blairmore gentleman who can accurately describe tho gentleman from this end of the Pass with whom he had a wager for $5 that Blairmore would lift the tinware. Ono at a timo, please. LOYALTY TO KING VS FATHER LOVE Commander's Anxiety to Save Daughter from Princely Wiles Brings Tragedy / THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG Several parties havo adjourned to the hills In quest of big game and It looks ns though benrs will be chasing load around the hills If a few of the doughty ones get "a bend" on them, B. Ferguson, T. Martin and another woro a party who wont out to th» Plat- head on Wednesday to "got thoir llm- It" In gamo or gophers. Coroner II. Wilkes wns called out to hold an Inquest on tlio body of Tom P. Clark, Al Corhln, B. C. Deceased, who wan qulto a young mnn, waB at- tnfihod to a snrvoy party In tho Plat- liond country and was klllod while foiling n troo. Tbo romfllnfl wero shipped from Corbin to SardJs, B. C, wlioro tho young man's father Is minister of tho Church of Englnnd. Charlos ra. Wobh accompanied tho remains. Messrs. Thomson & Morrison, undor- tnkors, undertook arrangomonts for shipping body. In one of the small European kingdoms there dwells a man'who is dominated by and Imbued with..tho idea that the King can do no wrong. It Is firmly Implanted In his sub-conscious self by generations of usage by tbe loyalty which gives kings tho divine right, and which ibuso and misfortune do not weaken. , Tho man is a trusted and faithful commander in the King's armji and ho IiUb a young wlfo and baby girl. The monarch sees tho wife and takes her away from his subject and Clio man boob but tho wrong in his helpmate and not In his King. Seo this plcturo at tho Isis Saturday night, NEW COAL MINE NEAR CALGARY TO OPEN Wo nre plcaficd to see that tho club In connection with tho .Miners' Union Ih now imdnr nr»w ninnngntw-nf. and tho wants of tho mnn nro now -Tnt-ored for In ftv-ory mBpoct. Tho placo has boon thoroughly rciiovnJnd nnd all kinds of refreshments nre now provided ut n minimum cost and It only requires tlm support, of ItH momhors <o mako It « howling success Tournn- t.tt.1,,^ 1.1*9 ,,i fiit,ltt.*.il*l tO* .-,111.-44 ..A fUJM other fnTrie-i, >itiTi.V'rYmp yirtre* nre to hn given nwny. Anyonn deslroiu of competing aro requeued to glvo In tliolr namo* n» soon as posnlble, Tho Mayor nnd City Council hold a mooting on Wednesday night to boo what could ho dono to provldo suitable Rite for Mr Franklin, who wlshn» to add to tho Industries of Pernio with a packing plnnt Thia mattor hns beon occupying tlio attention or tho civic niilhorltlflB for some time, but thoy hnvo not heen ablo to como to nny nrrnngomontH. However, It Is bollovod the matter vlll bo fixed up tliU woek (ind, und thnt Mr, Franklin will, bo lo< rnted on the flovemment block north of tho town. CHARLIE LUCCA VERSUS CURLIE HUME SECURE YOUR PRESERVING FRUIT Tlio patron* of tho Co-operative Society aro usked to do their shopping early on Saturday, tin the «torn will be cloiod nil day Monday for the quarterly Mock-taking which will, of coume, throw two dny*' tm»|ne«H into one, The utore la today unloading a «hlp- incut of Hih I'iii-Mwt ukitiuiK-iii prune* *nd peache*. Saturday will, thoro- fore, be a buiy day. This will be the tttt chance to mciiiw rood cound fruit for proierflrift. Prices will be right and quality of the atotl fUnd»rd—the beeL Lwea linn Hiicceeded nl lust In securing a match and tho management ,«»«"•"; ua uitu ut tins tiiuai*- uuiun ever v,'ltTie««ed In Ferule nn OHolur tlio 1st nt the flmnd Thontre, Luccn Is matched ngnlnHt Curlle Hume, who clnlniH tho lightweight championship of Iroland Tho bout will bo fought undor *tralght Marquis of QueeiiAbury rules with l'liree-mlnuto rounds, catch wolghta. Jnck I^iwo is managing nnd tho fight will bo under tho auspices of tbo Fernlo Athletic Association, Thero will be two good preliminaries and the main bout will bo staged nt 8.30. Luccn, who hns a reputation for dethroning chnmplons. |ti known back Bast an the Kalian Bearcat fighter nnd all who havo aeen him scrap ngreo that he ean pnt up a whirlwind of a fight. Hume has Also earned a rood reputation tn the old country and there is no doubt that this bont will surpass the last, good as that km aclc- nowledirsd to be. Company Planning for Panama Canal Trade to Begin Shipping Locally '' During October—Has Large Holdings of Pine Coal Lands—Has Been Anothor Important coal mino In the vicinity of Cnlgary will begin putting Its product on Uio market by tho first of October. It Is tho property of tho Cuninori} Navigation Coal Company on which dovolopmont work hn» boon In progroBB Hlnco tho early pnrt of tho year., CoiiHiiItlng Knglnoor W. IT, Wain and Clonoriil Mntingor H,*M, nurd, who aro In thn city, nro enthusiastic over tho showing that luin been mndo alnco development Htnrted. Tho company holdn 8,000 ncron of eonl Innd under lenso, pnrt of which Ih on tho KuniinnnlilH nnd tho rest ln tho near "vicinity of Cnnmoro. A spur truck had been eomplotoil from Cnnmoro to tlio mine, nbout threo miles, and with favorable conditiona continuing, tho mino will bo In slinpo to start .whipping by tito first ot tho month. During tho Honson tho compnny hns siiiilc a Bluift on oach of two uonmB*. 300 foot and han proven ton othor nl',1 (llli, 4 1IU MCUIIIN lU III) WuritU'li Hi the fiiihT'l are v\. nnd '-I'vei. tii.1 ♦hick, respectively nnd the others proven run from Blx to twolvo foot In thickness, In addition to tho deveolpmont work done, tho compnny -has built office*, threo rofildencoB for officials, slooplng nnd onttng accommodations for tho men and twelve miners' cottnges, Tho conl cm. the property is bf sem]- anthracite varloty, a vory high grado steaming and domestic fuel. The ultl- mnte object ot the compnny is to ship the bulk of tho product to tho coast for use at marine fuel, for whioh It Is tho expectation, there will bo a very large market as soon aa the Panama renal Is in operation. Tho mino is only ahout 00 miles from Calvary and for some time at least It !• expect*) the coal will nnd ti mitrknt. In thl* city. -" •On Saturday noon, Sept. 20th, in the parsonage of the Central -Methodist Church, Calgary, the marriage of Miss Elsie Foulston, "of " Kalgoolie, West Australia, to 'Mr. William Allen, Coleman,, Alta., Rev. S. E. Marshall officiating. Jlr. and Mrs. Allen will.reside at Coleman. ?,. SOCIALISTS WILL SECURE.PEACE Convention in Germany ,Well Attend- / ed—General Strike to be Debated Today JENA, Germany, Sept. 10.—Tho National Socialist convention began its sessions hero todny with' aa unusually largo attendance Frederick Ebert of Berlin and Dr. Louis Wilhelm Bock of Gotha, members of tho chamber of deputies, woro elected chairmen. Del- ogirtcs from England, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Portu-* g'al addreased tho convontlon, brJng. lug greetings, James Kolr Hardie, Socialist nnd1 Independent Labor member of the houso of commons, "In bohalf of tho English social democracy and 2,000,000 trado unionists," said that tho English laboring classes woro trying to croato tx unltod Socialist party to fight militarism by all tho moans at' Its command. If the Btatosmon did not Bocuro ponco for Europe, ho doolarod, then tho International social democracy would do so, Thero will probably bo ix discussion tomorrow on tho quostlon of ix genornl strike, A number of patltlons luvvo boon prosontoil. COMMUNICATED J. W, BENNETT DI8PROVE8 < "BULLETIN" CRITICISM Wo havo rooolvod tho following from ,1, W, llonnott, nnd liiHort Bamo without comment, this gentleman being too woll known among roHldontH of thn Pass lo lined any recommendation or oulogy from us nnent his business methods: Fornlo, D. C„ Sept. 18, 3013. Fornlo, Board of Trade, Fornlo, 11. O. Dear Siru.—In ono of your bulletins erroneous BtatomontB wero mndo re- tfitittltf. iJUIItlYllu HUU1I1VUIOI), ^HlOVItll, P.n-k Thl!! imnnrly k .wl "uaa Ei tevnn," but Is wholly within tho city limits, tho mllo olrclo pnsulng through the centre theroof. Tho assumption, ns por bulletin, that the pooplo of Es- tevnn do not think much about, Belln- vuo is born of Ignorance of facts as tho nsRossmont niytlcc, which can ho produced,* places tho value of the lots from $150 (Inside) to $225 for cornors, Tho gmtultoua advico preferred that they who have bought might try to dispose of Bollovuo lots In Eitovnn III eiiunlly applicable to Ferule, Hosmor or any other town as residents cannot buy all of tho proporty In their own locality. The effect of youir bulletin "knock" han been most Injurious to my business and If there bo honesty of purpose in your oft-reltemted statements that If fn ihfl "wfM-enttfni-y" yon nrt. but to.stop,,then'you should sliow the same zeal and give the same publicity in correcting your adverse criticism as you did' in promulgating it. 'I have recentfy'relurned' from Este- van and as an evidence of the activity there may mention that' I waa compels ed to occupy a cot in the bath room of the largest of the six hotels. Arrived there_ on , Friday-,evening and the. following day walked leisurely to the northern-boundary of thev Bellevue subdivision In ]5 minutes from the hotel. ■ iThe theory about the"population ln relation to area ia not borne out In the case of Estevan,' firstly, because tho southern arc o'f the circle Ib broken by a deep* depression which militates against tho town's oxpnnslon ,in that direction, secondly, on the north sido of tho .railroad track there ls a wide stretch of unoccupied spaco bo- yond which there Is a qulto ft settlement of dwellings of tho cheaper stamp with tho exception of a flno two storey brick schoolhouso A portion of tho vacant space referred to la plottod out by tho C. P. n. and was'put on tho market Inst July. Tho N. E. and S, E. corners are 000 yards from and parallel to tho N. W, and S, W. cornors of Bolloviio subdivision, the lowest prices asked are $800 and $000 a lot, For further particulars write Job. Duff, Oenoral TownBlto Agent, Dopt. N. n„ enro of C. P, ll„ Calgary, Alta. On Sunday, walking In an easterly direction along Sixth St.'gaw agricultural accoBsorlos covering two blocks! tho I. II, C„ tho J. r. Caso nnd tho Humoly Co.. lmvo their distributing pointB horo, Passed five grhln olovat- ors, noted tho stto ot the C. N. station whoso grading outfit is now at work within tlio city limits. TIiIb station, whon built, will" ho loss thnn ton mlnutoH' wnlk from Oollovuo sub- division. ViHltotJ tho Eatovan Coal and -Brick Co.'b plant und was Informed by tho Biiporlntondont that tho'output of brlolc this yonr from Kstovun will nmount to 18 millions, night nt tho khibh roots thoro Is n poor quality of lignite coal, beneath * which Ib a Btrntum of clay, next a wldo acnm of oxcollont llgnlto eonl overlaying a flno deposit of pressed day brick. Professor Darling, who Is In charge of thn Provincial Co.'s GnB Producing Btntlon, claims that ho will bo ablo to pwdtteo lc pnwor ita t'he ri"' w\*eH''' Ii within easy access and tho quantltv ultimate (government figures) at nine billion tons. Tho wator Is of a purity equalling B, O.'s, a famous liquid, a rarity in prnlrlo town* and an asset of Incalculable Vitlllli-), • Tho trond of development Is towards Bellovue subdivision with every Justifiable expectation that it will bo- como n working class residential district 'Five elevators are required to han- dlo this year's crop; tho quality is Al. Any community possessing tho tiatur- al resources that Kstovan doos must advance, Coal, clily, comMit,, natural fstlll in the incipient stage) and producer gas, excellent water, magnificent faming country nil around, rail* road expansion and developments markedly noHcMhto. Accidentally met Mr. • Harry - Fife, Slocan City, for over 20 years a resident of B. C, who was on a tour ot personal Investigation > of the various subdivision properties in different prairie towns that he has'bougkt, who voluntarily stated after visiting Bellevue that he was thoroughly well pleased with, his purchase thore and onty koped that others would show up as well, then he would go back home feeling that his moneys were Judiciously Invested. I Intend to attend, if permissible, tho next meeting of your board and go Into moro details than tho present opportunity affords, Am sending copy ot this communication to, tho press, both local and outside, with the request that'they publish, as I know' by experience that your strictures upon Bellovue subdivision are ill-founded henne, for tho protection of ray own good namo Intend to do all I can to offsot tho Injury already accomplished, ' • Hoping that you will glvo this communication the attention that it merits. ' I am, dour sirs, Yours truly, (Signed) J. W. BENNETT. CRIES EYES DRYIN FOUR YEAR& NEW, YORK,- Sept: ■ 25.—Mrs!'Matil-' da Pape's' husband^kdolphus," was'so- ■ cruel to.her that she 'cried for four years, "and flnall^ried hor eyes. dry; so she says, - In. a^iuit .for' separation,' filed in the supreme' court Wednesday afternoon. At-iurgeo'n,' wko_ removed, her tear ducts s<|J she could stop crying, told her .'tha, excessive" weeping had mado ^IhlB,Operation necessary, she chnrges, ad',JJng that her .kus^ band'B alleged cruelty brought on the- oxcesslve'we&plng. ' *.ii KING GEORGE ftOON 8*ETTL?gt8 8MALL STRIKE LONDON, Soflt. 2G.~Klng'George, has Just sottlofi an .incipient strike- among the gamekoopora of his Sand- ,rlnghnra estate. ,It la'nn old custom" to glvo thorn thn entire first day's bag, which amount* to about' $300. This yonr officials -arranged to Boll the wholo shoot to tho London dealers, Tho under-koeporB, comprising 2T picked mon, thereupon threatened to resign in a body, although tho shooting Ib still four weeltB 'off, Tho king, henrjng of .thoir grievance, promptly yleldod to, their domands, Grand Theatre Monday & Tuesday Sept. 29th and 30th Aliskey's Hawaiin Serenaders present ffrf Pj A Night H i n ri awai 00 Prompt at 8.30 Prices from $1.00 to 28 cents v - tl.:^,. WriWMt^W*f*^*AiM«S*i#*,«!^*^ft- 1-9,- - ,. !(,v.., ,•*,- ■ wm. ^-iSi.^*.^, .*^*W.tWW,^ , "WraEF™-*!**--,- . ■' *, ' ' ; St?.'»- --t' ff-1 PAGE TWO With The Miners : in Great Britain Death in Mines. It'1 is gratifying' to learn from the general report on mines and quarries for 1911, Part 1 of which has been issued as a Blue Book, that thore has been a decrease in 'the coal miners death rate. But it must not-be thought that coal mines arc innocent of danger, for in regard"to returns of non-fatal accidents for more than seven days tho position is not so satisfactory. The total of such mishaps was ' 166,153 at mines under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, by which 10,010 persons were injured; at minps under the ..Metalliferous Mines "Act, 1,730, by which 1,7-1-1 persons were injured; sit quarries under the Quarries Act,' 5,107 by'which 5,1 S9 persons were injured. "'Compared wilh 1910" says Mr, Redmayne, mine inspector, "there is an' increase of 7,57-1 of thc number of persons injured at mines under tho Coal Mines Act, of 14S at mines undor .Metalllf-erous Mines Act, and of 14 under-the Quarries Act. Strike of Miners at Durham Two thousand mon and boys aro idle at Ileworth Colliery,' iiear Gateshead, in consequence'of an allegation that at the last pay day twenty-one miners had received less than the minimum prescribed under Sir Robert Ro- mer's-award. The question of "abnormal places" 'entered, largely into the dispute. o '' If Labor Were Stronger ' The quarterly report of the National Amalgamated'Union of Labor states that from a numerical point of view it is excellent, but from a financial point of view it is anything but satisfactory, owing .to the financial assistance being given to members thrown oat of work by the coal strike. . It was a matter 'for regret, adds the report, that, the miners had not got more for their pains. , Had the Labor Party been twice, as strong the miners' minimum, would not today have 'been, the unsatisfactory figure which some neutral chairmen have fixed. ,. Coal Conciliation Board 'A meeting of the Coal Conciliation Board for the,'federated districts was held in London. Lord Coleridge, in- - dependent chairman, presided. The application-of the miners for a ■ five per cent increase in- wages was discussed and laid over for further consideration. ' v" -Strike of'Scottish Miners , Between 1300 and 1400 "miners are on strike against the lying* .time and the bi-monthly pay-day, with the result that the mines of the Edinburgh Collieries, Ltd., at Wallyford and Car- bery are shut down. Labor Unrest " Tho miners at Cannock Chase have petitioned tho district beard for a consideration of a number of cases where thoy havo been defrauded out of tho minimum by several employers on the ground that thoy were inefficient, a statement which tho minors' district ngont denlos. The construction or certain rules in tho award under the minimum wago act is alno in dispute. Between 12,000 and 13,000 mon would be affected in any dispute. unions stop in between worker and employer and compol workers to strike against their will. In the coal fields of South Wales,the employers are federated -together.. Cambrian Colleries' had a dispute with thoirinen. A Conciliation Board failed to agree. Mr. Thomas, manager, offered to refer the mailer to an impartial arbitrator, but the general body of . owners was against ihis, and so the men were forced to strike. Says the writer, "It must bo remembered that in Somli Wales, when a strlko or lockout .takes place, tho owners of a miiie are entitled to receive a subsidy from the owners' fighting fund." ,'Tho ownors are certainly conscious-of the interests of their class being, antagonistic to the hit crests of the working class. - The writer lays the, blame of the strike In Kngland upon the minority of owners who persistently refused to recognize the need of workers getting sufficient wages lo live on. lie says, "1 cannot too strongly "press the point that the responsibility ofthe strike in the English area rests mainly on the owners of this class. Thoy have persistently refused to pay men a fair day's wago for a fair clay's work." He .points , out that the , unres am on THE; DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, K Os, SEPTEMBER 28, 1912", Dallas- level some of th^ ^j^ ,it appears, broke' thorough l'tato 0id wo*fc. ings:;" Suddenly there w^s atreiaend. ous rush of water.- ^-.T^ UumdatIon was so strong^thatUhose.wo-in^ .- the immediate, vicinity ^ere swepti0ff their feet and ."we're sooh Up\^ ^ necks in water. ..,,.- . ' For some time these ^ wer~e'en. gaged in a, terrible fight fer\Ufe-down in the black depts, but fortunately they all-succeeded tracing lhe ^ anfl were thus able to give th*e alam to their comrades working ^ othei, parts' of Uiemine.-" News of \he aff.lh. hafl spread throughout the district, aiid an anxious crowd waiting at th# p,t ^ was' relieved when the. ^Oo men who had been working belo\\. kmade tlleir appearance on tlio surfa«\0_ For'some time itwa^ feared ^ forty men who were -en6ag€d in thp 5ft, seam had-been cut off) but t]|j managed,to, get out"'aft;er wadin'g a long wajn through the riiuvky rlver ; u is believed that the recet;t heay- ^ disturbed some of the old . acciim- ulation-of water, seeing tbat tho work. ings penetrate under the Aberdare side' of the .Merthyr mountain; 0]1 the crest of which the level is sit^ated BRITISH. TRADE UNIQN, FIGURES the mincrjs The'British Trade Unl6n Congv'€Sa which opened ils 45th anMu'al,meetl on September 2nd was ^ recor(] 0*e The membership'ofthe uhio- ffm ; .nu. iu*. ,u,.,-«Bj., j thjs year"toUlS- 1.9C>GnR--nJnot is clue to the reduc- j ]iG(i2il331ast y<jal. an -^ff' «»»* tion of earnings of the men because of ; ?)0Q m ^he record me£!l the Eight Hours Dill (the, employers J,n ^ W then,lhe ca£^ *?• cutting the pay m proportion to Iho mRda , ^ numb • ^,» wa. shortened hours), refusal of some of bei„g counted ag . m_ ^hundreds the owners to remedy the grievance of jgl3Section of tUo unions ^SLV™- abnoraml places workingmen getting 'rcreases are'reported, but ZSr" but a few .pennies a' day because the in"Ule -^ laboroPB> g*^exfjj Places they a re "given to work produce ,ms ^ douWcd Us n e°t.qp *hch l.ttlo.coal for much labor; bad manage- now 14M33) a»ainst 78.000 J vlr ,«' ment of mines, incerased cost .of liv- T,io weavorg \ave «Veai «?■ ing, ancl the rise in house rent. He numb by-60|000, uxe'£ i,i,„ i" pomts out that four .men are killed !„ „„ _ " ^ l^s and five hundred injured daily in the | . ,.., .. ' thP , laihvaJr s?.»- mines of Great.Britain. ^The profits j ^% ^ „^ccllaneous from mining are $75,000,000 per year, |eP8 by ^ ■ The ^al^ Ja°st are among the miners, wl,pse numJe^ ancl he adds, "I do not think it an ex-" aggeration to say "that 95 per, cent of the owners have no technical knowledge whatever of the'management of mines." If this is so, are not the owners but useless drags upon - the coal, industry of Great Britain? The struggle of the miners has but begun, says the writer! This is true, and the struggle will not cease until the working class* become also the owning class. ,: ' „ • ;= • COAL MINING AT DEPTH ■ Colliery Dispute At Gatoshcad. recently 318 howors RotllioiiRh Colliery wero summoned by tho company, who collected $1.25 diun- ugOH from each man for* broach of contract, tho allegation being tlint thc men Iuul not earned n minimum wago and Blopped pit woylc.,, Mnny mon marched u> the court hciulod by n bund iuul drummers, Homo cbargtm were wlthdrii\vn,oth«r» adjourned, and tlio bulk of tliu mon ordered to pay $1.11!.' to include diuuiigo nnd coals, tin1 pnjniciu to cMuiil over two iluyri, At u meeting :it f'nrdlff of n sub- fonimltloc, appointed by the South Wiles district Hoard, tho following points wi.'i'c raised by thu miners' rep- roHfiitnllvcs: (I) Tho workman's right to glvo verbal notice when bo cannot work owing lo clrciiniHlnncoH ovor which ho hns no control; (2) iho right to be glvon notice of nn nl- lt-god offenso doprlvlng thorn of the right to tho minimum; CI) tho right in hnvo modlcnl examination conduct- nd In tho predencp of his own doctor; ft) tho right to be pnid thn minimum into and nllownnccH previously paid, pending nny decision in tlm caRO of n (llH)into between the workmen nnd the mnnng-nmont, An agreement, wns ,ir- rived nt on Homo of the points nnd tho •f'H-nul-*■•.■. ."n" I *-..! ft? rllttt,'** ..'^.»i t*i.P(it*9r.,l for n month At a rocont mooting of the North. umberlund Mlnnm' Council, ix number of alleged vlolntlonn of tho Minos (8- I!hour) Act woro Investigated, nnd tho ttiMnn'trtn r(iarilnHf*l* it'tH iiAnrtltt,]' "That wo Ingtltuto logal action ngulnKt nny colliery owner guilty of violating tho terms of the Mlnea (8-hour) Act, and ro-nuost all branch secretaries lo send particulars of cases where thoy be)lovo the act lint Iwen violated." Replying to the toast 'of,„the British Institution of Mining Engineers at the annual dinner of. that society', Presi- dent.W. B. Garforth said that the two great difficulties the coal miner had now to face were those of superincumbent .weight and increased temperature. ' In the past, fears had been expressed that it would.be Impossible to work'at, greater depth than 1,500 feet, but coal was now being w.on in several instances at' depths exceeding''3,000 feet.' The principal i;emedy'in combating superincumbent;1 weight had been the adoption Of a system of long- wall working witli rapid development of the faces, so,that the conl was exposed to the weight for a -very short tlmo and places could bo closod rapidly, Weight- was Nature's lovpr, nnd might be used In wnys not, anticipated some few years ago. Inverting to tho question of temperature at dopth, he said men wero' working today In temponUiire3 of ovor ,1)0 degrees, but If nd vantage wns taken of scientific •tnowlodgo this lomperaturo might ho roducod. Thus hy the'employment" bf apparatus" somewhat* ou tho principle of Green's oconomlsior and circulating fluid nlr might bio' considerably cooled to admit of the mining of coal at much greater dopths than thoso regarded by the Royal Commission ns considering the limit. COAL PRICE INQUIRY ON WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. — Secretary Naglo, of tho (k'piirtinoiit. of com- moron iuul lnbor, hns designated Commissioner Xelll of tho bureau of labor to InvoBtlgnlo und report how much tlio cost of conl bus boon lncroiiHcd to tho general consumer slnco tho Kotllo- innnt with the minors In the luilhr.i- clio flcliln, to which iho resolution of liifpilry wns specially directed. u was stntud boforo llm liousn commit- Ice that hnd Uio resolution of ln<|iilry under consideration that the nnthrn- cite operators advanced the price of ronl 25 contH por ion ul retail. It. is expected Unit Conimlspioner Will will nscertnln for whnt ronson nnd by what mount) tho coat wns iiiIhoi]. Anoihor lino of inquiry will ho to determine bow much nnd In whnt particulars iho conl mlnorB woro benefit led hy the n- grooment. iln support of tho rosolu- firm of Inf-mlri' II .vr,M tiin.t,r 1 M.«i n . 1 ' ■ -' ..... »**,.. ,..(, minor did not rot nonvly nil tho In- cronse being paid by Iho general consumer. Commissioner Nolll haa already mndo a preliminary mirvey nf tho field, nnd It Is npprohondnd that bureau will begin work immediately to gather the doilred dotnllR, ire only 100 larger than last yeai. and the cotton operatives, wll0 on,y g]iow an increase of 600. The marvellous growth 0f the trade unions of Great Britain as. Bho^n by the returns, of-the British Trade Uni_ on ^Congress, is emphasl2ed ,b gome figures obtained from' i\iQ Board°.ol Trade. The most renHrl-able int. in the figures..is-.that H*j incr^ases of membersliip- of trade * uliiona" Is " ' largely among unskilled laborers''- the last twelve months* H,e 1*t*.'c^-- so In increase of membership" )Jas been 233 .per cent, the previous f t ^ crease .being in 1907, wl>eU| fiowey» it was out 13.9 per cent, and in ! 906, when the' advance.was i\t th"0-rate of 10 per. cent. Tho figures of u B d of Trade ;for 3911, b^t ■ thoee tor the present year are lll«»ly to ghow ■ still further advance, as those fop h' last month on which uhcmployn-ent returns are based- show ,t j" , crease on ' those of ^ . ■' month .The most string lnoroaM n.tho Board of Trade Il8urM , . Ihe sonmen's. organlznllo,, w,)lch ■' j throe''and ,a half times «iH',arso UB ,( was a year ago. Canw, clock and r!^rsldo.wkcrs.'8hownlllm!1,fi!lfioof 187 per cent, while Ren*ral ]llbor , orgnaliailpnH have n^Pl/ (]ou,)]e(1 their numberB. DulldteI.8. 1|lb0 return an increnso of 55 l|0r 0C]] wnymon an Increase of "O.ii per cont, and.trnmwoymon of 77 *)liv (,on1 The only trade union, ^ ,;g ' decronso aro tlio minora Qf r ,.,, lands, and that Is only „. tvi^ ; I per cent, and those of Sou(ll Wn, whoro,tho docronso ls lg.-l -nCr"cent The mining unions gono*;..^, , . ' cro'nsod their numbers by »-, , ■ ' the Lancashire and Cl.e^^ mln I increase of «1.7 per cent 1)oh];2v rospoiiHlblo lor the lmp^Voinhonti » on wcaverH lmvo improv«rt (hojl. ^. Hon by 27,2 por cent, n«„ wo k ' , ioxtllo nr.nl.ng, dyalng ^^ by 2,'l,(i jier cent. FLOODED MINE THE DRITI8H COAL BTHIKE Thero Is nn instructive article on the liritlcb coal strike 'n the Quarterly llevlew of July, 1011 W« have all heard about tho tyranny of trade union*. It it *ald that trado 300 Welihwen Fight for Their Lives In the Water.---Excltlnu 8csnei.<— Anxious Crowds Walt for News at the Pit Head. Llwycaod (Jolllcry, Aberdare, wa» flooded, and 300 minora had an exciting experience. Whilst carrying ou thoir umnl cutting operations in the WORKMEN'S COMPgN8AT|0N .A rapid olmniro In piihllo flPnl|m<l|ll as tako,, plnco concorul,,,, 11u( U(lvla< blllty ol workmou'H 00„,1)cnHn||on »WHH.i.cn .he flrH.rm)nllll(;miiitloii oAmorcni. Mining C0„ ■ I'lttslmrgh mifiHlnii, In i!i|,n ,,,. . clplcs then advocated ,lv; ..J ; KoiiDmlly ncceptod, viz,; T, . , , IndiiHtry should iuMrt.,,,,,,,,,^ n0°'> own flccldents, nnd (Inn „ , . of industrial accidents Hl,nil^^ ™ ror, whothor tlio omplow ."" ' negllgo.it or otl.onvlHe, ' hn" ,,fl0" Tho Ainorlciin Mlnli, Cl0:.„m. commltteo having ,.harK/ ™ Joct „„K propareil „ bill ZZlt Stale on„c n,o„t prov|,llhR ^ [°, sossment of onn-tenth of „„„ ton on conl product on, u ,lyi „„., .' afundtobeadmlnlstorej^^!:!!: for the benefit of thoif ,n1nrm,' „;„ (ho yltiki-oiidai.tn ol those i,innii i„ „„„i mining acc.donts. w£ ofS should be made for tho " " oLl? i» legislation Hl.nllar to ihoTTSSlS whether such WtoU^\™?t moiii general, covering t, ... . oil lines, or whether tho a*™*""J'™ ou. molhod of omployj ,r°,ir ti ln« to tin m ll.Z*'" tn,.. nmw™„, tmm?"""""!"„ "' :rfz^'\rs^^' Mli^ln* Congress in -Novttmb0f Mine Unionsind Wages ■" ' -*." ■ .'■ * Mn Montana the copper ? min ers re-J ceiye .better, wages than''any."other miners in'the United' States. ' Noi" in- Montana -is there any mail employed in a smelter for less than $3 for eight hoursMvbrk," except in- the-one smel- ter 'controHed-.by -ihe" smelter -trust, The wages in Montana mines imve always been fairly, repmuerative ''since the time of 3,'larcus Daily, a miner in his early days, and always 'the champion-, of fair wages for' his ,'nVen.' 'In Colorado- smelter men'receive. §1.75"n day;- The -Guggenheim' interests, which, control the, snielt'er .trusts, are bitter enemies of organized labor. -The Amalgamated, Copper Company,. organized ;by Standard Oil' capitalists, has been just, as compared with' other large employers, in tho treatment'and wages of its employes. Tho Standard Oil Company has the same reputation, •In the long run such a policy .pays. Employes are enabled-'tb" rear'families, and .thus become ' attached to their communities and to their beet traditions. .'yThe average'wage in cooper and iron mines in Michigan is about'$65 a month. ' In Minnesota— where the iron mines are owned by the steel-trust—and in Wisconsin-the wages are practically .the same as in Michigan. A>-Yet living Is,as .high', in Michigan,;;Wisconsin' ancl Minnesota as jn Montana, excepting perhaps' in the matter of rents;* and-tlie difference, considering' the housing of miners, is not great. As- a rule, where union labor obtains the' compensation is fairer and conditions more tolerable' for the jn^i'i. A union lately organized in the-Flat River district'of Missouri, ,where wages were about, the same as in Michigan, has,,secured-an advance,of'25.cents a.flajv ' The' average wage of-the' zinc miners in' Joplin,. Mq„ is from $65 to $70 a month. Three years .ago the Homestake miiie in South Dakota,, principally owned by the mother ■ of William' < Randolph Jlearst, '• adopted a' blacklist system. Each miner was compelled, on 'penalty of discharge, to agree1 to. discontinue membership i'n^his union and to refuse to join any labor organization during the term of his future employment with, the Homestake ..company. The local \inion had existed "for thirty years. It owned -property' worth $150,000.-; Two thousand of the twenty-five hundred employes refused the conditions. They left their homes, which many.'of them > owned, and-the service, of • a ? corporation,' in which half of .'them, had toiled for'over a score of -years, to seek employment elsewhere, -No man could show'great- er devotion' tb a principle. There was no oilier dispute between.the mentand the-companyfrtIitir^tlie^M-iHonT~or membership in' their unipri^and' that question, was -forced by.-.the' company. Thirty, years- of association,' during wliich time the1 Homestake Company had recognizstl the--union, had , attached the .men,to .their organization and, its associations. Theso they, were compelled, with -their home associations' to relinquish.. This story may, bo compared, with the treatment which Mr. Hearst has been handing to the employes-of; his Chicago newspaper.—Collier's Weekly. • ■ SCOTCH LABOR PARTY Alleged to be Planning Attack on Of- ' flclal Liberals' TRY A "LEDGER" \*,ANT ADyT( The result In Midlothian gives'some point to an article which appeared recently In The Standard, alleging n' Llberal-Lnhor .feud, in Scotland. It Is palmed that at the' last general olectlon, that of December, J910, tho Labor Party, In ordor not to endanger tho Pnrllamcntnry bill, ran very fow enndldntea in Scotland, and rlskod only two triangular contests. According to Tho Standnrd, thoro 1ms boon a loiig-slnndlng quarrol' in' Scotland be- twoon tho Liberals'nnd tho Labor poo- plo, resulting from tho refusal of (ho Llbornls to pounton'tmco Labor candidates, although profoflslng' tho most friendly feelings towards tho Labor Pnrly'hnd tho principles of Lnbor re- proR-nntalion, Pinna National Committee Al lliu present timo tho Lnbor party nro overhauling thoir "mnohinory In Scotland Vor,v thoroughly, Among other things thoy nro ongngod In drafting 11 Ncliomo for tlio formation of a National comin It ten or coiiHultliigicoun. *•■*, which Ih lo do'voto llsolf flpoclnlly to tlio work of tho Labor party In Scot- land, and lo supervising tho local or- KiuilKiitluiiH In i.ll the Scottish coimtllu. (HII'lllH, Tlio .Sti.iiilard Bt-Uoa thnt ut tho next IK'UphiI election tho Labor party will ntiack im iciiHt ton Scotllfdi conBll- tiinnclc?. two llnlinliii and eight LllmralH. Tlio Unionist soats aro the t'liinlacliic division of OliiHgow and >nili Ayrshire, tho Llbornls having lost,ilu( lutior at n Wy^ilootion. Tho Liberals kciiIk aro: North Abordonn, Lidtli UiiiuliH, (lovftii, N.W.;Lanark. Hhlrn, V\V Vn-nnrVnhlvn nnd ^\,\ Liinnrkulilre, Al th« Inst election tlio Lnhor party ran flvo crmdldntoH. Ono of thoso op. posed a Unionist nnd 0110 a Liberal BnceoHsfuliy in BtrnlBlit contosti, Of tho remaining threo contests two wor* triangular ono In which tlio Conservative candidates got In through reviving n minority of tho votes cast, nnd the third was at Dundoo wlioro WhiMton Churchill nnd n Lnbor mom- Imr captured tho two loata, tho Ml* Tal mm ijai,or jmrtijjg 0ttCv, putting ono condldato in tho field. children are at work."; Children';who should be ,at;,school,developing themselves intellectually for.,f'utur*e citizen- .'ship and'out in -the open air romping and playing" to develop themselves phy; sically aa-(future-producers. - U„ «■ '■ . There are', today, "as ^result of unemployment, millions of\tramps in the United States; men'and'womeiisuffer-, ing with'the last-, stages of the great white plague, perhaps breathing,,their" last in filthy tenements,*'" too poor to afford the necessary nutriment or .medicine. On the other hand, the owning class vacate 'their mahsiors .id spend their summers abroad," and perchance to" find titles1 for,their insipid li'eiresses. ■ ■ " • , -•■ ■'•.".■ There are today-hi" the United s'tates men, women and children, overworked' and unemployed," paupers,, and r"poor prostitutes and Jioboes, convicts' and criminals, maimed and crippled, ■ suffering aijd. dying', tragic victims'for which the capitalist, system is directly responsible. Yet iirthe eyes of-thousands pf so-*talled intelligent, people, all this misery sinks' into insignificance compared with the great issue before the American people as to which of the two individuals'who are .fighting tooth and -claw for the .presidential nomination shall' receive"the plum.— The .Bridgeman's'Magazine. , ■ TRADE UNION-BANK' ''>.,..-'. " , • "' , IN ENGLAND, In connection with the proposal for a trade'union bank on co-operative lines, it is reported that'a scheme has now been prepared and all the neces-. sary formalities nave" been gone thro\ previous to the "registration of,-tho! concern under' the Companies and Banking Acts!, A managing director and secretary'have been appointed. It is proposed. tbat the bank shall-be run entirely on co-operative lines, and its, chief 'business will be' to accumulate .the .reserve funds' of the trade union, movement, amounting to between $30,000,000 and $35,000,000 with, an annual turnover, of about ?25,000,- 000. The ,bank will be conducted on the.same lines as an ordinary bank, save that it's profits will be distributed amongst tlie trade unions' wliich hold the: stock and-are customers "of the" concern.; - its chief, aim' wiH^he to provide- at very short notice the necessary funds to enable trade uni- pns= to-.carry, on strikes, as it hai been found that the ordinary banks are in' the habit of placing, obstacles in the way, of; the trade unions desiring^ to realize their-assets speedily when in- volved'in disputes.'" '" A '■ . '■' *A. -, KNOCKS OUT 8-HOUR CLAUSE While the naval, appropriation bill was .under consideration in the-Senate, Senator Perkins.of California submitted an." amendment, to strike out the .provision "that, the-coal shall be mine'd'.by labor that is employed at not exceeding eight hours'per day," which was inserted and passed by the House. .. This refers to coal; purehas" ed by the government to operate its vessels.' ■- The Senate concurred In the amendment , of Senator Perkins and the provision was struck out." It h?- THE STANDARD ARTICLE • SOLD EVERYWHERE mil-ill ,TP'i|lllllllllllilli"llll»illllHij |i|li||llll llillili hi I'lii'-ftju •" ..i*- *■ ""'i, 1 * f, spftening itwaterj ""■'' H-illC^ l|„M|MI|f|l|IIIV| mg paint mmmssssk drains and for There nro today In tho'Unltod Stfttcft mllllon» of men who aro welting In vnln for nny kind of work lu order to oi»rn thoir dully brdu honeatly, nnd jet, wlilie those men, are out,of employment, upproxluuvUily -2,000,000 E.W.GILLETT COMPANV LIMITED TORONTOtONT. was ■- assertedfjjy-,,-,Senators' Perkins' arid Lodge that' it. would be impossible", for;-the,- Na;yy,-I)epartment".to' get'.*'%- hour",,coal'ffor a^",considerable length of -timer- :j Another,: objection was" that? coal was mined-'arid-paid J for by" the' ton.'-. The bill now,goes.to'a conference committee.-. ,'Whether'tlie ,oppo-. n-ents . of'"the ' 8-hour^ clause ■ can ■ sustain their' position-before the "conference committee is-a matter.of conjecture,' for undoubtedly it' is possible to procure imniense ..quantities ~. of • coal that is mined byp laborers'"employed eight hours per' day,: : * "®. ■ ■ il. -■-■ ■"- .1-;- ' -;.: b- PACIFIC PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION •f Westminster, B. C. OCT, 1 - 5, 112 Fare from Fernie .- -. -'.; to Westminster and return '':.-$24.35"-..:',";■: Going dates Sept. 28th - Oct 3rd ■ Return limit" Oct. 8th, 1912 > Further information and tickets . from any C. P. R. Ticket Agent" R.G. McNEILLIE,-" ., •'. " District Passenger Agent,,. .' . ' ", Calgary,* Alta. THE FERNIE LUMBER CO, ; A. McDougall, Mgr- 1 '^' • ■ ' - • '. \ ' ",- i r~ . 'r . Manufacturers of and Deal- r , ^ >, - ■* / ,,ers in all kinds of Rough . 0',': ;and Dressed Lumber •'• Send us your orders i> R 0 ¥ k L HO T E L FERNIE Bar Unexcelled All Whito Help ■ Everything: Up-to-date Call in. and see us once JOHN P0DBIELAN0IK, Prop. KING'S HOTEL Oar Hiipplicil with the 1 host Willed, '■' Llqiioi'H mill (%iivh OININO nOOV IN OONNfco'riON W. MILLS, Prop TT-TF r AM Am A'V' "Dyivxr OF COMMERCE 8IU EDMUND WAUCKR, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L, Prttldtnt ALEXANDIJR LAIRD JOHN A1IID . "* 9 ' -<! - JDISEASES0MN A.'rJ%'<A ,,.' ■ystSs a-ir-. n - A- '-■, p •-■! a- ** |."]r,' •1^ a rf ;*.■-.. 3 . " A -J " RED « I'T positively cure three-fourths 6f*§ tail the cases thnt are absolutely iu-4 ' ■ Scumble by any methods otlier than* \ Jthoso r.employ. I do not .c-ave Avhofi ,5-'- |lias,treatcd you or how, long or bvl ' Jwhat me«ius-,lie lias treated.you,j ' Ithd.probahility.is .that I .can cure! |you, ancl"I will bo'able-to speak! 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Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : F.H Newnham |
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Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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