@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "5dc750e6-4570-4a6e-8f61-2c8d865f226e"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-07-26"@en, "1919-05-23"@en ; dcterms: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."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/disledfer/items/1.0309056/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ T m -n k 11 #-■ OWNED, CONTROLLED, PUBLISHED BY DISTRICT 18, U.M.W.of A. VOLUME 1 NO. 41 FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MAY 23, 1919 Printed By Union Ubor WESTERN WORKERS 10 HELP WINNIPEG The Winnipeg strike has boen a sur. prise only to those who are blinded to the faot that economic conditions are forcing solidarity among the workers. It is estimated that thirty thousand workera laid down their tools to show their support of the metal workers in wbat were considered fair demands. * Of the'progress of the strike we have little news further than the fact that there is no disorder And the tie up is complete. K is true that therei has been an endeavor to create a panic and that "indignant citizens" attempted to raid the Labor Temple but were stop, ped by the police. Winnipeg has reason to be proud of her police force— they have written a new page in the history of the emancipation of the workers. There Ib much talk of sending in military force and to this the workers do not object. It will be when the powers that be attempt to make scabs out of soldiers that trouble will occur. The soldiers of today will not scab. When a man becomes a scab he ceases to be anything else but a scab and there is no soldier or no policeman today possessed of even average' Intel, ligence who would allow himself to be taken from the duties he ls supposed to perform for the purpose of scabbing on the workers. Two cabinet ministers from Ottawa are at Winnipeg and on Monday Sir Robert Borden is to be in his seat in the house and it is understood that ho will give his attention to, "labor prob. "loms." . Calgary is voting on a sympathetic, gtrikp—in„ gunnnrt—Af-^Ktanipefr-and olnlfiE DISTRICT DirectorofCoalOperationsand Minister of Labor Refuse To Grant Investigation And Tools Will Be Downed As An Evidence of Fact That The Workers Realize That An Injury To One Is The Concern of All FIRE BOSSES EXPECTED TO STAND WITH THEIR FELLOW WORKERS AND END STRIKE QUICKLY present indications are that city will be tied up on .Monday. A vote is also being taken in Edmonton, Lethbridge and other cities. British Columbia Federation of Labor Sends Strong Telegram To Minister Robertson-Are Ready To hei^L tn "Only Way Possible" Commissioner Makes Public Statement The solidarity of the workers of District 18 is to be put to the ^est. The men are to cease work at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon as a protest against the refusal of Commissioner Armstrong and the government to grant an investigation into the reduction of wages that has come to a number of the workers in this District by reason of the changes made following the coming into force of the eight-hour law in British Columbia. The case ofthe men has been plainly stated. It is true that a< comparatively small number of the workers are affected by the reduction but the time has come when the Commissioner and the minister of Labor must be made to recognize that District 18 workers have by a,ninety-eight per cent, vote announced their adherence to the principle that an injury to one is th&.-Concem_oLitll^-JIh^-cii of wlthdrawini; from tlio internatlonulH and also on their wlliingia>a.s to support a general, strike for the xlx.hour day. has called a convention "to meet at Calgary on .Inno 1th to receive a report of tho vrt'« nml proec-cil with tho -nrganizn. tint t*i tbo OSV. IMt] i SUtS, The opposition of a number of craft titii-iti* ami tic; Sack of the tuci-Ksary machinery has made it n somewhat ilillicntt Job t« eojaplem the *otc within the Hm« foi by the ronvf niton: the return* t<> hand, however, tshow un overwhelming vote in favor of forming ONK UIO IWtOX find jtu almost canal ly ttrong vote In expression of twin® willlni; to have a jrcncrnl strike called for the rlx.bour «loy. Somo voted HRt»iil>t till* lllt>».« tu UIO ItliiiUMt-ti 'nko* thut St wotiW ttw-.ii'. reducttou lc x-.-.*■%''«. ilii« iMU4» ni r-. puM-uut«»ii ;.'f it**- invention on J«»h- ittt will tin ono delegate tor ft* r thousand members or \\enn; over five thntt«anit, two i!i«S(-p«tc» Putrlet I* *IH i'tivo two delegates. missioner shows ho reason why an investigation should he refused and in no other light can Order No. 124 be looked upon than as -'art application of compulsory arbitration. We give the fullest publicity to a document forwarded to us by Assistant Commissioner Harrison.. At great length and with a list of wages and rates he sets forth a summary of events leading up to the present trouble but the document i3 more noteworthy for what it docs not contain than for what it says. Following the document written by Mr. Harrison came an offer from the Director of Coal Operations to take up the matter of th- men formerly on ten and eleven hour shifts as a grievance and have the same enquired into by his assistants PROVIDED TKE DISTRICT OFFICERS AGREED TO BIND THE DISTRIOT TO ABIDE BY THE DECISION RENDERED. This was refused and by virtue of ar. almost unanimous vote authorising a general strike the men have been ordered to cease work at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Mny 24, in accordance with the instructions of the policy com- mittee, Tbere should be no hesitancy in every man ceasing work. A vital issue is at stake. No amount of camouflage or figures can hide the issue or cover vp the injustice of Order 124, which would prove but an entering wedge for further reductions which would be absolutely intolerable in face of the fact that thc cost of living gives indication of continuing ita upward trend. At no period in the history of the District has there been greater solidarity among tho wcrkens.. The time was when the fire-boases felt called upon to stay at work even when all their fellow workers were on attike. That duv has fcoiie by. it would not be MU-pming to st.c even the pit bosses refuse to scab nnd office workers refuse lo take a part against those whose activities have been beneficial for all workors in every sphere of the industry. The shame of being a sc sb 'r, too black to be considered by any man whoie living dupeiult n^on thej tale of htwin rnerfy In thc past agreements have stipulated thut Sn the case of a stnk; i "essential" labor could continue to bc employed. Ccadiiioas lutv; changed. While strikes are to be deplored it becomes necessary when they are forced upon the workers to wake them as ihort and as Joti tive as possible and tht man wbo through a mistaken leaie cf ditty or moral cowardice v.ould stcy at any work which would help prolong a itrikf mu»t expect to ever aft^r bold the contempt of Ida fellow men. Why should there be any quibbling? Why docs the gowrnmett? 2nd the director of coal operations ref«*e &n investigation a* a skal for? Do they hope thereby to came a distention among the workers? Duti.ci lh jleKerwas submittecTby the President and Secretary^ District Eighteen requesting the extension of the present agreement until the signing of peace. After a prolonged discussion, it was mutually agreed that the,agreement would be extended upon the lines outlined in the communication-from, the officers of the Union and during negotiations iVjr a new-agreement which would be commenced as soon as possible after the convention to he held in Indianapolis on the 19th of. March. After full consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the rates of wages for ontside work in District Eighteen shall be adjusted upon the following basis: (1). That the present rates as outlined in the Tentative Agreement for an eight-hour work day shall remain as at present, (2). That the present rates covering a nine-hour work day shall be made to apply to an eight-hour work day. (3). That the present rates covering ten and eleven hour work days shall be adjusted on the basis of nine-hours pay for eight hours work. Order Number One Hundred and Twenty-Three is hereby cancelled and Order Number One Hundred and Sixteen is hereby amended to the foregoing effect. This Order shall not establish a precedent. By virtue, of the authority vested in me by order of the Committee of the Privy Council, passed under the provisions of the War Measures Act of Canada, 1914, I hereby direct that the foregoing rates and conditions shall be in force and effect from the 1st day of April. 1919, where mines in Eastern British Columbia are under my. jurisdiction, and from the Kith of April for all mines in the Province of Alberta.'**■' Appended below will be found a .schedule of the wages as adjusted under said order. Those employees in Alberta who formerly worked ten and eleven hours will receive an hours'extr^t pay if they work the same period under the new schedule. In British Columbia owing to the compulsory eight .hour.law a few employees while receiving a slight reduction in tlieir daily wages are receiving an increase in their hourly rate. This is only a temporary arrangement until the new agreement, is negotiated, ln Alberta no employee will receive a reduction in wages, provided he works the same hours as heretofore, but will receive an increase provided he works iim <»i»h to ibmik tho pHiple ol Vorni* tor th# tihen! war la ( which thc} non-itfd m ttt« «,t> m' ;!;.• War Measures AH of Camilla. 1914. I In-reov din-.-t thai tie- forgoing rates ami conditions slut!! be in turee ami effect, until further notice." tV-m ?::•• r-tuni <-f the \\::A-r\\ d-!-;:*■.•!. - iV :-. !-l^-.ap.*!- :!•*•; folloM'ill!.' b'Mer Was si'llt 1i^ti-i<-» %'«*=, 1". I. M. W. <»f A. d.-ac! tn meet tl1- repr«'*.:i-iui»iiv»"i iif the WVsl.vn Cuat * >].«r.a)l ■■! *." As*...* *i,,-1 tion on Wedm-sdny, Ajiril '.»ili. 191!', for the pui-pnso t»f inking lur an ; cxteieioii uf the a^roeaietiJ. ms milium.! by ibe let'-) nalb-ied Policy." A eonferen.'c w,m iHtangcd bit ween represetilaliveH of the men | am! the Coal OpeinltifH „u the Itih'of April, which wn- i>ie-- i l.y Ml*. \\V. IJ. \\Yil.si.ii, 1'ie,aba! of lh.- \\Ve,t,rn ''.al op«r 1 soeiftijoil. The ii'ilel* I'rolO tie Sei-reidiy ul' ihsltiil IC«giil whi.lt President Christo|i|ti't ,*- ev|dau)i>il tiict tli ALBKHTA AND HKMT1SU COH'.MBIA t'i. •upalmn But turn Man Slate I'ii 1-: -rs (buys''. Slate pickers (tm-n ■ i.'in- oi!,.)". ''. men i , . . Car oilers fboy.s'i , . ilitV-* i any l»ll|i-| •■ii-r*. •.mil 11 Aw>tr J. w. mbim, im Axe. Mtnermn' ft. P. W. 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C, MAY 23,1919 How The Russian Bolshevik Agent Does Business In New York City (From The Uterary Digest) The alleged Government of Kussiau which at the moment of writing is making spasmodic attempts to admin, ister affairs in that hectic and un. happy country under the ostensible supervision of the tinn of Trotzky and the names of these Americans public.i "A certain part of the mail," said Mre Nuorteva, "contains all kinds of propositions and offers of inventions, .schemes of new forms of alternation. ;il credit, and other suggestions. The characteristic thing about these pro- FOOD WILL MAKE HUNS SIGN. Lenine, has not as yet been recoguiz. I positions is that most of the persons ed by ihat astute old party, yourj in question do not want any monetary Uncle tjamuel. Tliat dosen't prevent, said llrm, .however, from keeping a representative on these shores in tne*, person of one Martens, whose front name, with attached initials, is given as Lud wig iS. A. K. This Martens person holds forth in an elaborately furnished suite of offices in the World Tower Building, New York City, where he directs the affairs of the Bolshevik Government on this side of the At. iantic. Ludwig C. A. K. dosen't call himself as ambassador, alUio he puts on all the airs of an otiicial of that brand with several little added frills, peculiarly Bolshevistic no doubt. Among other things, he will see no newspaper men, leaving these pestifl erous persons entirely to subordin. ates. He gives the impression of a man whose entire time is taken up with all kinds of matters of ponderous importance, and therefore has no time to fritter away on the often facetious and always irreverent representatives of the press. The experiences of the Tribune man in the principal lair of (Bolshevism in America are thus set out: He entered a door labeled "Russian Soviet Bureau," and was met by a young Russian, who demanded to know w*hat his business was. "I should like to see Mr. iMartens," said the reporter. j "You must see Mr. Nuorteva flrst," said the young Russian. The reporter thereupon asked to see Mr. Nuorteva, who, he learned, is the oliicial spokesman of the bureau, and, while waiting, took a quick survey of the reception-room, which is newly iitted up with massive office furniture such as is found in any prosperous ex. parter's offices. , After several further requests and several whispered conferences, the reporter was led by Mr. Nuorteva's sec. rotary, a young lady with tortoiseshell glasses, through several offices, in which men and women, apparently stenographers, could be observed busily at work, to his office. Mr. Nuorteva was affability itself —anfl-*m3/]A-t'hci_rAnnrtPr very welcome remuneration. Mr. Nuorteva said that all suggestions that may prove valuable are being filed, and in time a technical de. partment will be"established by the bureau to investigate their worth. The reporter was eagur to learn whether Mr. Martens received any one nd was told that "during the day there are many conferences with American business people who are interested in establishing relations with Russia." Then >Mr. Martens appears at meet, lugs arranged "by American Socialist mul Russian comrades to greet him," and he is through. That is Mr. Martens' work for a day. "Have you any branches," asked the reporter, "in other sections of the country?" "We have no branches," replied Mr. Nuorteva, "throughout the country,, We expect in the near future to get possession of the consulates in various cities and we have communicated with tlve Soviet Government about the ap. pointment of new consuls." "Have you any agents," he was asked, "in this country?" "The Soviet Government," answered Mr. Nuorteva firmly, "has no other or. ganization and no other employees in the United States except those who are in this office—absolutely none." "What progress have you made," questioned the reporter, "in establish, ing relations with American business?" "Contracts have been placed already," said Mr. Nuorteva, "with some provision in the contract that the firms for clothing and shoes with the amount will be paid as soon as the manufactured product in question will get an export license for Petrograd or some other Baltic port. We are in touch with about one hundred firms discussing the placing of similar con. tracts. We have .had conferences with groups ot bankers, discussing the details of possible trade relations with Russia and the est.ablishm.ent of Russian credits in this country." Mr. Nuorteva refused to make the names of these people public without their Ho is a Finn, about forty-live years old, with a good.natured face, and wears glasses, through which sharp eyes beam humorously. The reporter explained his mission to iMr. Nuorteva, bul was told very kindly that Mr. Martens does uot see newspaper men, and that this task had been delegated to Mr. Nuorteva. who would tell the reporter, if he wished, what Mr. Martens does, According to Mr, Nuorievn, tho smmii reaches iho office nt nine o'clock sharp ready to begin the day's work. Awaiting him In a lnrnio stack of lot ters, wl-'eh. t.oget-hor v. ith liis assistant-, he ei-■'.-"•i.ins among lhe various depart. ue . ■ . ,vli>]i nre the diplomat!e, the einiuiierefal. the stntisttcnl, tho rnll- reiel, mid the iejf.nl. Mr. Nuorteva also nmd l!iiit n considerable part of the mail contnins ap. plle:i'ie.:e for po'-it'on-. with lh" hur. "enu, w'.iieli b-,11 al>.x\\t twenty.live ji-'r- kons in >t;i employ. ''Amuse' Shone who hiito been look- .).■•.' riesl Mr. Xiiiiilev;), vera! forni'-r oWeinls of Ve (,-i,| t'***Hl*,! r.'KlllH >. It I :ki"! ll *--illl-'le Olll- Ol' New York—Hoover's slogan about food winning the war, can be altered to "Food Will Make. *. Germany Sign l:p!" Vernon Kplloggs^ys. He has just eiiierged froni th-e defeated central i2iupires; He 'made a survey for the American food adtfriritstration, for which, during the war, he distributed food in .Belgium and northern France, under Hoover. ' "The food we are placing in the |-hands" of the German government is its greatest source of power in staving off Bolshevism," Kellogg said up. on landing here. "There is being .-seni new 370,000 tons of foodstuff?, to Germany each month, including 300,(100 tons cereals and 70,000 tons fat. It is not a bit more than she re-quires. • "When 1 left Germany there was talk of the delegates not signing the peace treaty, but I believe they will have to sign." "Hunger, lack of employment and dissatisfaction with tho government, are what promote Bolshevism in Ger. many," Kellogg says. Among statements and conclusions of his report aro these: Although the public does not see the armistice as military defeat, Ger. many connot resist the allies now. The Ebert government is a compromise, with chaos as a result, for it em. braces the most able and level-beaded men in Germany. Germany needs economic help to tul. fill peace conditions. Any fear of giv. ing her a lift is idle, because Germany can't compete with other nations in business for years. German labor won't work. Demoralized leaders refuse to turn a hand, considering themselves the state's wards. Best informed social scientists and labor leaders think the war has hurt German industrial character, and tbat the German will not pitch in like the thrifty and industrious fellow he was. Germany can't regain trade position by dumping any surplus on the world with peace. That would require vast overproduction, and Germany is put to it to restock her own shelves. "The only method by which Ger. many could be pulled out of her present position," Kellogg declares, "would be for her workmen to work longer hours at lower wage than the workmen of competing nations* to ac. cept lower standards of life than they possessed before the war, and to as. sure a degree of industrial slavery entirely out of harmony with industrial conditions elsewhere in the world. "This the German workmen shows not the slightest disposition to under, take." The peace conference has acceded to Keliogg's idea to send Germany -fit),- of the World LOGGERS and CARtPWORKERS THIS MEANS YOU JOIN THE B. C. LOGGERS ONION 61 CORDOVA ST. W., VANCOUVER, B. C. DOITNQW ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION FOR ALL OAMP WORKERS Loggers of the Interior Country Take Notice The Loggers of the Coast Districts have formed an organization known as the B. C. Loggers' Union, industrial in its scope, comprising all workers in the lumber industry, and construction camps, affiliated with the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and the B. C. Federation of Labor. We invite all Loggers in the interior to join hands with us in a united effort to better our conditions, which can only be done in this manner. Organizers are now on the road and will pay you a visit in the near future. So get ready! ' , . Por further information communicate with E. Winch, secretary-treasurer, 61 Cordova St. W. VANCOUVER, B. C. PHONE SEYMOUR 7856 | NORTHERN HOTEL ( I ■': INVITES i"OUR PATRONAGE a ■ - ' ' ,. ■ ■ 1 Alberta readers of .The District Ledger will find it ta their j advantage when visiting Fernie to stop at the Northern. They • will find it cosy and home-like. "■■*». HIGH CLASS CAFE ALWAYS OPEN License No. 10-1770 High Class Day and Night Cafe in Connection European and American Rates. See Us for Special Rates Phone 29 Private Booths MONUMENTS Kootenay Granite and Monumental Co., Ltd. P. O. Box 865 Nelson, B. C. the The only Monumental Works in Kootenays L. H. PUTNAM Barrister, Etc. BLAIRMORE. ALBERTA NOTICE Nugget Jewelry Miners are hereby notified to stay away from Greenhill Mine. Blairmore, Alta., until further notice. Many miners on the spare link. rod Mcdonald, Secretary 2163, Blairmore, Alta. im: "liav Hi* ■* In * |.i-i.|i )•': !v '> ,■■■ l..i- ■' '•■•',ff\\-- silKiU1! I'nij, l'.i":ri:" l.'MtHtii".'!''.', v.Is.i •■' iii rlrftv* i.f vour railroad (li-. jiiirimti,!.'" f;..lo-il tlie v:*piirv r. "W:. -rt't h- It. ;<'t of t|)i. K.-n-'n-'ty ::i'\\ imi tn Hiii t-innUry','' i.'t i ,i V..r !':'"!'•'"''(>!■ I ...i--,- U>*n*i■*!-, nrtii.'' r<'|'li*.(| Mi" ,, •'!!■■ ' ;.r,v- ( ','. f'-r III'- >t.iv. V II tlno* wboii ii Mi* permission. Nuorteva exprest appreciation of thc i fl'orts made by American Socialists'in (he defense of the Russian Soviet Gov. ornnient, tlio denying that these people had any organic connection with the Russians, The assistance they had ren. doml the Itnlsheviki, he said, had heen (lie result of \\vori< dono hy them as in. dividuais. The reporter then suRgesl- od that, he had come specifically to aoo Mr. i.Martons. He was told, how. ever, that that important personage wiild rereive no visitors until after 'Ss.'.ti p.m. The Tribune man looking propprly sorrowful upon receiving this Information, the affable Finland, er nfter a few moment!!' consideration decided prhclously that he might make an exceplion In this case and perinil Die bumble scribe to see the e.rent num. Tiie »{-count continues: ile went Into an Inner, ollice and (nine out short lv followed hy n middle- r.i/*d man of about forty.four year,-: of turn, ' l.i-t me illtrodiK i- 'his !■*• ll"'.'nine f"nm The Tribune," said ^ir. S'uoi-fevii to Mv Martens: "lie wants to :■■. e >-.'i-ii-Mier yen have ]<,nu' hair" Mf \\-|- |.|,..|.- v|io Innlfv- inorf ll?;o t* IN in ih-i\\ i\\ Uii- Ian, and who Is of m ■iiviar.-iitlv rotli-in; nature, murmured l'i.- nil -.v-*',!!-.' in i'tu-H/.h, u'mrnly m-- • "■nt'-d, "What ha .<• yon daniil to ■><> lb" aui "i b> c'.l' th« IvMilfi.f-' vou have eonfcrre'i >••'*!»." lb" r<-]-n"er :isl:!-d, "tins l! b, en oii<- of -.vi)!|'U"i' •* -. ta meet v|th yon. or Ins It. been an n't Mode ef condescen. •i'.n'.'" "Mlihwv !,..;v,t*<-) Imth." hi- :i'i».\\v.T w* 'jnsi-My. "')*. ...on . • ;• <■•."• Mr. Marti tiuu-TOns^tToOa^FrTinJTiTii. ■utjnira'ny pays, he says, and with the allies shares expense of feeding undernour. ished children, a special endeavor. -o- MORE POCKET-P1CKINC FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 'Twenty-three (23) acres of Fruit Land,. hi Creston district; Bernard Shaw described the modern j pursuit of foreign markets thus: i "First we teach the savages to wearj wants: then we pick their pockets." - E\\a r since Lord I'nlmerston made j his famous statement that "the ilai? follows the investor" capitalist govern.; to "control" undeveloped countries,; mints have sjient most of tlieir time and energy in protect ins and safe, guarding the business vein ures of tie ir "IcadliiK t-ltizeHs." .luseph (.'ham.. berlai:: snmniarixed lhe whole matter j !'n « sp. ech In fen- Parliament fl^-*'--!" "All fhe gn-al ollbes of State; aro occupied wiili ooinmerehit afi'airs. Tlm Forei!.Mi Oflice and the Colonial ■h!i*!ly enuaai'd in llnditu; i-i and in defendlm; old War oillre and the Admiral'. i>io--.t!y {icetipied In pri-para. i i'..f ill*.- ilel"iiKi> nl' itiov-i- in-u'lO'ls ' prii-Hi-tioii ot our coin, Ito; rS,< ot AeTifaM"" > -s**.i "iilii'i-ly i oni. vii.-il v* i! : loanch' •** 'fi bnlii'.iri. not too much to sa\\' . lhe ••:•. • ! • I of ;:\\t half mile from Eriesou Station; a clear title. Will exchange for a house, or good auto*. For further ■information apply OSCAR NORTH Bellevue. Altn. 8YNOP8I8 OF LAND ACT AMENDMENT rre-emptlom now confined to »urr«y«4 tends only. Records will be granted ooyerlng only land suitable for agrtoultural purpocM and which Is non-timber land. Partnership pre-emptions abolished, but parties of not more than Xour may arrange (or adjacent pre-emptions, wltk joint residence, but each making necessary improvements on respective claims. Pre-emptors must occupy claims for five years and make improvements to value of $10 per acre, Including dearie* ' and eultivation of at least 5 acres, before receiving Crown Grant. Whero pre-emptor in occupation not 1-f.ss than 3 years, and has made_pcopor- C°me in and see the most beautiful display of Solid Gold Nugget Jewelry at the Fernie Optical Parlors this week. FERNIE OPTICAL PARLORS Ollice nr*. p.--iv marl ,-:*i:i.s. Til III' lii For Sale—A Magnet Separator; nearly new; cost $100.00; will sell for $7.1.00.—<}. Parnell, Flagstone, B. C Apr25-ii Piano Tuning—if your piano needs. inning neiul a note tu Hox 4d8, Femle < and I will call aud do the work for you at a reasonable cost, L. O. Sherman. For Sale Cheap.—A twelve sent IVrris Wheel nnd Onrmi; iti'llm.olas;; ivinli'ion: a nood inonev maker lur this Kiinini. r. Apply lo •-'. Trono, lilalr, Ii.un , AlliertM. lis *li''> ii.* lii- Tlie ;ir-- Al.bl'l. ... ., I lc;.; ,,vit a >enr »«o. y,„» (i.ii!u,.riut, ;.i >:•.'• Invar" Vi' ' l';lve I if' ocvi-tnl ' 'i-'ii .>'nn... I'l.tu .'.mf-ri'.u. * -.V") am "'■' v:*»l"n.-il !»(,*.. ,i.* ....... .' "They have or*• upl.-d |i'i*ltionj. uf im pi.r'aiir'. with thi- .Vne-ri'-an flnverti :.. ..,.,;:! ::'•.•* "f,v r tl- He "• ■■'■r**-',i- -In , ji"v <• IJIIM'SIV whieh W e.in ina-ke U*e llli. ipi'.-s»|ritl, "hot ♦! iif" .Mr, Xunr!>H;t di'illti'-d I" in tbe !-'«»\\|<-i 1,'in.lsi." i|..r In Iiiih ennni! ■ I -hnl! t» t In. 1,.* *,: t . ,,i,l'),.- ivii - .. i . ., v In lime"'" (•■illi-1 ainliai*.'i.i«iprt-<'«iiatlve OPERATING AT A LOM i'lirm-r Sn r<-"»r, ol fhe iivaur), Wr,, *■' \\*f(-\\tti».>. ■■*;.(•'»kltr.- nl :> div.. iter kIvhi hy the < hlle and Northern '..... A ...Ki-l'leii, Vn »():• -Willi-in Kl. 111*1'.' i«l «,(ilSiln(fi''irui»K."~-fN. V* Tun*-«».; \\\\ or'U'S*,' families «>|M-r;»'e rt-«iil:irl)'i -■* n «•-,-*< *,,;,,.,,ll,,^ *.; ., f.-,*.*r.r*,( !{„,., * '(>oft «,«ik»o,*iW) jwojde are ilvjnir In povini In Ihe 1'nitwl ««»te» mhiwi ptM'** «U«» ttevomi *i|ii««*tii(ii shall Ih-Mt* fUroilll** He • #'|l.«lr|br..l ;" \\*ftV ftttf-h |iroI»o»tiil l« met at onto, by nn Ittiit-fRant rty td "i»aii|»»'ri»ra." \\\\">.,et different* in f»rfBr(p1#» doo* Mf Me. Aden hnd in hi* ptatotml i*> .><>. r-4 u fin*»*t*ri'tn1 *eiit»i**<«*» ftt H loin* trnd'-f forMTnncnt *wrti»My? It thnt not ll%*»*irfti> brvfitift-x {inta*- Irtnl pampttiium^ H tbnt* te •■»! t«w»*f*»tm«*nJ »»U.-ul> to Im told ftfulnst ojieratler.^ ntrrf< b**n tt totmbt Pm **li to two. *>id*t tbm »•>■»*.u.Mt. nt »*.»'..*.»'..*1.1..». *'. famfltfl* nf mini«m ot watbert m tt# Kfif#»l e">'- * r-'i'-*ir tV.nn tf ■ «iK***i-V*». I«f o*Or rrmwtmtrtnl wntww* intt* the or-wplof!^ fii W» of Sow'h Am*rf«» WHY NOT MEXICO? :"'il lur j tin*!-'*.* M.i In.!- ': 'h. , l ,ui j:n ! Thrri-i'ife. ll I t' ii! i i>n-,iii'*r< ! pi'Miicnl iuteresl.:. nnd that thf.nov. I i-t (Hll.'tll deviorv-s ivoy.l 'he noptilnr HI1* pii>\\;,' li' li dot a 'lie me.v, in lie vu-:ot. cur trade iuul to wtile il on i'linn -'.uni'l'itlnii " -lanaii. Il:t>:. I'nitue, Ureal Hrltitlti ' „.■'. \\i. V :.',;•', ',*•' \\< ■ . ;'•■'.' ;*■ v >-. IparliiK to "eeiaiuer" foi'e'H'ii miirhetH: ' in "fnn»rar nndi'veimieil eotintrieH,. h«nd to "evploit" virpln H'-xonroi-s.; j There is no "liy mir have." i rn- |mk>i>||n.; | Milted. Armle-s are orusinlj'.eil «nd ! inav|e« are ninnnvd lo Itaek the •••in. {niereial and limuiiial Inti-retitn. (1* j?, | | frem ea h nf the great capit-nUm iiiiin-i ilrlih are faallvlnn forth lo H(wt*e.-' • FERNIS LODGE. KNIGHTS OP PYTHIAS, NO. .il Will meel regularly k*\\ every Tuemtav even | inn nt S oVInpk \\ ittiUnK uiutuWru cordially w*l«»m» Ail'rtil Jiiiker, K. IJ. )=». w. IVniiin'tldii, ('. C. TlonaTe improvements, he mayrbecaus* of 111-health or other cause, be granted Intermediate certificate of improvement »nd transfer his claim. Records without permanent residence may be IsHued provided applicant ma.\\et Improvements to extent of $S0O per annum and records same each year. Failure to make improvements or record same will operate as' forfeiture. Title aan not be obtained on these claims la less than 5 years, with Improvements of tio per acre, including 5 acres cleared nnd cultivated, and residence of at least 2 years. Pre-emptor holding Crown Grant may record another pre-emption, tf he re- ?utres land In conjunction with hte arm, without actual occupation, provided statutory improvements made and resirt,vu;o maintained on Crown granted land. Itw.urveyed arean, not exceeding 20 fceniM, may bv lensed as homenltes; title to be obtained after fulfilling reel- denil;il and Improvement conditions. For KMizinif and industrial purposes. nr-as exi-eeillnft 640 acreB may be leaned by ««ne peivon or company. PHE.EMPTORS' FREE GRANTS ACT. rim M.-op-B of thiH Aot Is enlarged to ini-luile all nurnoiiH joining and serving .v tt is lii: Majesty's forces. The time wiiliin \\s Is it'll the hi-ii-H or devitieea of a .;.*(.,;.,-ill iire-i'imiior may apply for tl'le .>'.i!i>r tlii,-*; Act Ik extended from ne ,.e*i' from ths death of such person, a- fi.ni.,i:y, until one year after the ei'i.i'Uiwi.m (if the present, war, ThU in■*,.„ of the land. If divisible. i " ■ .'vniiiitH lili-ettdv made will -. * * . i. ..:<>ii to iln- nul* price of is*-. ii*ii„',i*. nireei. Two or more perwom i. . .. ,w Mi< h Atiieeiiientu may group ":•.*: Kitei ■ : - :i*,il ajtnly for a propor- . *."■••■ jeiiitiy. if It Id not ;• , ,, ..I..*., tu divide tho land *..■»■ ..i ia .!■■ iniiHeatlon for a propor- * . ,* in. .tui-nt, iiii aliiiimiiit of Und ..)'..!. vn'.,;.' neleeted from available ,.- li.:*«;,- Iii the locality may be '.'li.* t, ntlotmeiits nr« eondltionai . , ... ** it ■■{ all i»\\.-N due the "■' ti- any tiiunk'lpallty. The ■•*, '■• >■< in r; en.i to whom lhe nur. ■i *i'.in Uo- Ciiwa bm agreed to .it ,ti*i. i>i,,*,.,*;i.d. Tho doeliiioii of 1.-n•■.I ..i 1.111111" in roKiiect to tha 1 ii * • .' -i nr....iir»)onfifft allottnenf ■ ie- mot i„r iimKing nnpiica- *. ' > iin. iiiiniiiieritH I* limited to •■I \\».i>. 191!* Any ai'plica- ,•:<* ,' !l.'*v rl-lll. will "ll.t »-« i ", i... rt, ,.9,i iiifittment* apply to , ., .:,ni« nf iim crown »oid ,... .,., * ii-i, ■••'■ >:eiv to any Provtn- , * - ■ • * .*■•■,, .it tin'i' invited FRANK WADDINGTOM AUCTIONEER Phones 770-400 S. 0. E. Building, Tenth Street a LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, ■r*vm.tmmwamftm**m*w -■.■mJm30* t th-mwlvr-* of ih«« fi'tv ttn!tpiirn|ir'.tt "t! ! mrtit'i-* of iln» i > I'urls Conf»'r"iHi< U tlisii Anorliii I* to.-j-,, -j-jj,. ni-itrht I.*-*i««-r■ In- d-h'-'l :n t-iH»■ manootur-. tni-rl w,. iipi.-r-linn! tbnt i.or hroih- »•*•* \\l«'it!i!> Th<« I^r*«5*n*» -ruvi-iinnt. nr.jninl trii-inl«*•-*fh«- TyjMm of *t'«l««r>'-•■• i-*.j.ioii li. tio« iViici- « on!, r. ini-, lint.|*ili n«»t i'**H i>» tii,* **JH» th*- it. tt. t'„ *.,,„.- ,.,', »»-.-•- nt *...,•«,-,.,,* |,-i*r«t »ii„».i»'•* h"ti tht- *i»ry f»xi*!fsiii< .of iho Tvimi* thii »ff winliffi «•! »h.- 1+mttom. *me- »«««»*«"«'-, "V.*,..1*1; "''"<;*" «»' »-•';;« Mnl, ihoin* Una at,- mxiii-tt t*» join Uivi,,^ U'iiffiii* ih>. liftliin of MfVUil iJiwUji), t.:*M ;y*t-::r 'st *yt'-:'r V<*" ". ',.,)* snj-gai fin*!, Mr. T>|w», that I don't hnrt yonr \\tot'lii\\r* hv rn«»nfl«THin* what pr«h«Wy * *i ,, *■. i t,.,» rit.,*.. - ,*i., -tf. ** *tt tint* *l»*i I »t»nt I* n«wpt*l»J*> to PT* Kr rent, or »ft iwr f+ni. «f (h» w«rti*r», I «*n"t PrntinWv »!i<>v (nmrinn t»f>»«nn th- bm* nee* m to t>u*rk ihlii r*>iil form j ■',<'! «»*A«ii;«i.'!;*.>». iti-ttt ll|--.i VA!4I#V !, Why not' lor iwinK »r«» ihf ■ or»"ii *.tU .St'* Held* iit llu* mudem capital. n, \\,"\\Y"' '\"""7" :"•"'"" I a. Jp m»ntmniiw «r ttaitng my opin-. thoy hiipiit'ii to lhe in a fount ry n*it«.,*,Ml#ri».,,„, |„ mikea. imktmi*. *>ic.,i with miit-era) tl*»i»o*it*. h* m»ii«" .H*jihi»« ih« majority «f ih« worker* ha* *ult to ni'lKfcti'jrinr ante* ihat eox-oi \\hnd he miy )** uscn-wsl f«w lh» aland l 'h iv •'.'•i''t.U" f' 'h< 'h '.'t|**'.<- tf-'f--it bo f.iHn** Wo tool ono1id*M.'' whir-t, 'i^' anWm nt Vb* MIM nn. \\ •»•*•'*••'.»••■« » be b*dp****at thnmli , .,,., ,,, .. ,, ,r ,t,,,r ...'**•' -t«ftii»"f of ntwolM *h»t mmt - '" •'■'•*■" "• '',r •'' " "' ' ' ir*th«-r -f-mit* ha*„ »»i»i Oo**n *iii|»i««il («• in- .-tin tn'it.dfU-tM'ioaUiiix nr mn t,n ,t m ihe mm* wuv, Rtery time |i»*> . !ii*tk* in thp m«rom» of «h'- \\**.t"♦'. *-t*de*vttt*d to nhtain Stt«H*f», thit «*rtnf**f*iif*, *-hv not* mm «*nm« rrf tl J.'r Tti« amid tm amotm lh«» Uottint ta tbt 4lr«ctlo» of Mfilro* apfrtt* of tin* O, It. I', In c*wH*iit«w, | -xo ***»u'.| riiiffiiii Mr, T>po that It !»;. - - -o-~- imi r;«i)i lirain* thnt li teuultm-l ?o, • » ..,,, * ,,,» tf,f,*9.* -f» fr f. tbo will in*- I»iaa4«t 8tr**«t*—M»- **-i*,te**-* a* fjif4*»m •;pfe»t, a»l to *»trik**; ml for? moro *1t*-**lif* Dr. W. H. Pickering Dentist Bark of Hamilton Bldg Oppoilte Suddaby'* Drug Store Phone 188 Painting ItlTERlOR AMD KXTBRiOK by Uied»y wklmio* tint St. Wm. Robson Poultry Waited Tenders Fnr ibo \\\\\\,,,\\i* ..f •!)<• luiiiln-r, <•'-• . i-"i'.),-|i|j.'.l ii; tt;.- lurid- ilia's (if QlUM'IIM Hotol. HosliH'f, ll. (". Tho liiiiltlitiK!* aro I.iruri* and - >liH|»»ii ntnl* at from I2.no to |3.«o ver niuim Hiillnfartloii Kuaranioiii C GILUETT Bex 501, Ftrnlt, B. C 1 ***emmn r»iv*#rtiiTM mrxrve i l't»iliKr«i-U, litml to lay. I trat ami • xiroiiii lu;.. tir*i iini mh^U pati«i{..| ■ dr.»f„ nt',r«i»'l and third tmekettd: mrjl | nnd cock; bnt and tptclal uUllty ptn | Ut Perntt Fowltry Show. Km*. •!••" nt*r mMint. ttntk t-'.aa* let flulntt i -miujpb ptmm *»lmiH »iiani imt* lui, i »nnt. t P. tTRIKT, Hand Avttlut, i Wttt Ftrnlt. B. C. ZM TTqtiv Dsrico Communicate At Once With NORTH AMERICAN COLLIERIES, LTD., 809 McLeod Building, Edmonton, Alta, (3: :B mi* l r»f!»ntit fir ww«ft «tance» or In tn'lnit err av»"aMe on ri-nv t#«-*.■» \\-/, e**h+*tr\\ wntb. W Dttfr,t»r. PeDatt Ate. Femle. n't«.»l meana t« eerwt* fo*. if,*,* ..hnihf ttn«* ho«« It't- It nr not* ttV BB\\Wt> MkhtUB C ,7AMT!i WHITlWOttil Teacher ot PUbo tad Orf»B Theory*. Harmony, roanterpotnt Tmr7*p^*:?f^rT f*rxmpttoilttm, ■tir<»hf*twiti«m PtOtl COMB RHO0I ISLAND ItlM i ToftnkljiiT atraln. At Ptralt ahow' ifin b*.*t mat* ufipntid j,rt1t*t Prat f>»:'i j anrl Item dlnjilar oKgt. Two ^l^tan f and live dollar* per fifteen. ; ALIX, AtTKtN. Bt* '.«? ' Wttt Parol*, 9. C. » , t jitw-eie »v»mh ttwtt l#ttMMn>t a»rt $ Bam t Roc**. It f,0 pnt nmMm ttfsivy wiliti-r lawn Two Huff 1 " •■■ ham coelitrtla for «at* —Jo* Ttraer. Hand Av*, W*at Ftratt ■■ »-i*itwt3li*rfS^i**#t''^i 0oU Agsut far tlw Vmh fur | Lethbridge Brewery Products Ikwt WbolftBte l*ri-*<*i to »H# Trnttc GST OUE PRICES OM ALL TEMPERANCE DRINK*! Tflft-Nflteh Vtiom l*m\\ tor Hottl*«« B. WOE, "Tbt Bottle Ktuj" TV Mhtrt* ffotH rtlnlrmoff, Mltrrln *■* Kl TT.: T!T%g1>tgg£ "^-"MiKW^ej-f »T*»V* -mtl*t'i*^*^**''i,t*MMiltO!l9m <" ■***»»• -:»?«wwf?r/I^y^»«*''*"^)^'''"' **a * •* • — < *»••****. vtf^7-<*rt^ THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FER NIE, B. C, MAY 23, 1919 PAGE THREE The This is the story of an incident in th'e. attempt to overthrow Bol-[ but often for days'at a time there has been on one to give'them even i done all tliat we could do. "We have just learned that there are thirty shevismin Russia, by massacre. It is the story of the deliberate ami bread. /Were it not for the kindness of th'e poor villagers who, 'with'j additional cases of typhus in thc hospital' and heaven knows how inhuman killing of men and women and children by the Czecho- tears running down their cheeks, men and women alike, give them] many on the train. AVe-have brought* buckets and brooms'for- tlie Slovak and Kolehak monarchist forces in Siberia. It was first'made known in this country by a brief and unrevealing dispateii. which appeared in the New York Times. The whole dreadful truth has now come io light, and the Death Train of Siberia stands revealed in its sinister magnitude as one of the most horrible outrages upon humanity, not merely of this war, but ill all human history... The facts are these: In the "fall of 1<)18, the Bolsheviki took the city, of Samara. It was captured from them a little later by the Czecho-Slovaks, who proceeded to throw into prison hundreds of.Ked Guards, and others suspected of Bolsheviki sympathies. The city was soon re-taken by the Bolsheviki. And when tlio CVx'cho-Sl-pvak forces evacuated the city, they loaded these imprisoned Red Guards and Bolsheviki sympathizers, together with aii the other people then in the city prisons, on a train. Fifty car-loads of herded humanity, packed as closely as if they were already the corpses they were intended nnd destind to become. That was in September. . . h\\)v six weeks the prisoners on that train did not see the light of day, except "when the doors of tlie car were opened to throw out the dead. This assertion may seem incredible; but it needs to be amended only by the exception of a carload of women prisoners, who were expressly kept for* the uses of the officers of tho convoy. . . Tlie rest left the train only as corpses—and in that six weeks eight hundred starved and frozen and pestilence-stricken bodies were thrown from the train to rot. It had become, the Death Train, known all over Siberia, as it must become known all over the world, as a symbol of the blind hatred and fiendish vengeance oi* the enemies ol Bolshevism. After six weeks, it was halted at Nikolsk by some American Red Cross workers, who defied the authorities, held the train against orders for six days, and rescued from this perambulating inferno sonic two hundred victims. Ami then the train resumed its dreadful progress back ami forth across Siberia.' This Death Train, it should be remembered, is an incident in the rule of terror exercised in.Siberia by the Czecho-Slovak and Kolehak forceS, with whom the American, British. French and Japanese forces were, and are, co-operating. It is through the correspondence'of these'American Red Cross workers in Siberia that the whole story has reached America at last, AVe quote below some portions of the diary of Sir. Rudolph Bukely, formerly an American banker in Honolulu, now with the American Red Cross iu Siberia. If is the record of a six-day interruption of this prolonged massacre. . . We have omitted certain portions of his story which deal with the heroic cfiorts of the Red Cross men to relieve tiie suffering of the, victims, and we have emphasized some "passages IrTheavy type; otherwise the narrative stands as he wrote it night by night after long days of unimaginable d^eps of horror, It is an extraordinary and utterly convincing story of a horrible thing which we believe the world will not soon forget, "It is the eighteenth day of November, 1918. I am at Nikolsk- Ussurisk in Siberia. In the past two days I have seen enough misery to till a lifetime. . . '"I have read many times of thc Black Hole of Calcutta. I have been told of Russian prisoners returning from German prison camps wreeked by starvation and tuberculosis. Only four week3 ago, as a four-minute man, I was preaching the doctrine of 'hate.' To-day, I humbly ask forgiveness for my thoughts of hate, aud pray from the depths of sty'soul that I may be allowed to play my part, though n small out*, in trying to improve the conditions of men, whatever their nationality, so tbat perhaps some day this world may emerge into' the great Brotherhood, and that such things as I have seen may be come impossible. . "I have seen, through the windows of box car* whose dimensions were twenty-four feet by ten, forty animals who once were bitmap men, women, and children; faces glared at me wliich I could not re- cognize as those of human bein&s. They were like beasts' faces, of a species unknown to roan. Stark madness and terror stored from their eyes, and over all the unmistakable sign of death. . . "Thin 'train of death,' for by that uittiio all Eastern Siberia now knows it. left Samara approximately nix weeks ago. XJeu of tlm Hiissiitn railroad nemce are Ktotioned as far west as Manchuria Station, some twelve hundred miles west of here, through lhe train must have passed at least three weeks ago. Since then il ha* passed tlirr-tigh llail.tr. TiMkar, Harbin, MoolimV, going on and on likt, a thing acoumnl. through a l,ir..l where its stricken paxsoiigerK fuum! little food ami less pity, . , "... It. left Samara. . . iu charg** of mhiic Uuvdiii-. officers, ll had on board lit lh.lt time tweiitv-ntie ll nnd red pi-'vmii •(•-• of nil sorts, Tliey were apparently civil pri.soners. Some were Bel- *llevik. other* llfld been Ivh-iKed i'nmi *'>" M'!-*'.'! ,'i* S;il>i U' '**. WU what little they ean afford, they would be absolutely, without nourishment. "I have talked with a woman doctor (a prisoner on the train) who was doing Red Cross work with the Red Guards. She would have done the same work for any one. A highly educjiteu. i :i * ;' "tua! woman, forty years old. She has ben on this train for weeks. I have talked to a girl under eighteen years of age, beautiful, refined, .intellectual. She was formerly a typist and bookkeeper in the mayor's office at Samara. She has been on this train for weeks, and unless the Red Cross comes to her aid she will die on this train. All the clothing she has on is a filthy blouse and skirt, a sort of petticoat, a pair of stockings and shoes. No eoat, in this fierce winter weather. "1 have talked to a man who bas not the brains left to know the difference between a Red Guard and one.of any other color. His. wife quarreled with another woman, who evidently lodged complaint. That night he was arrested in his home, accused of being a Red Guard. He has been in the box-car for live weeks, lie will die within forty-eight hours. , . . I have seen theni die, and the following morning' I have seen their bodies dragged out of the cars like so much rubbish. The living are indifferent, for they know that their turn will conic next. ... While the prattle about liberty, justice ami humanity goes on, . .. .our hands are bound by 'diplomacy.' . . . . We are holding the train. That is the main thing Jt should have begun going back toward Samara last night, but it has not gone audi do not think that the Russian train oi'iiiciais will dare to send it out with us on tlie spot all the, time, opening' the cars ourselves, talking to the prisoners, giving them what help of hope we can. and taking- photographs every day. AVe are doing all this without authority, and in the face of'this horror we don't care who'cares. "It is impossible to tell in print the story of the unfortunate women who have been imprisoned here under these awful conditions. They are treated better than the men. Vou all know why. "Two more days have now gone by. Since we arrived a cooking car has been put on. the train, with a large iron kettle, and yesterday the guards claini to have given the prisoners a little soup. One kettle for thirteen hundred and twenty-five people, and' soup passed' through a window a foot by a foot and a half, by nicans'~of an old rusty can ! .... . . ■-". Yesterday one of the women was taken out of one of the cars by a Russian officer. He will return her when the train pulls out. ... In this-car is also an emaciated creature that was once a man. He was a journalist. -His wife is in the same' car. She has a very few days to live. When the men stand they till the entire ear. On the two rows of planks built along the sides, the dead and the living sleep as best they may. We were told by the ■guards this monTmiHirfrh'jrtftpi^^ meifliiiZniied during" the night and the bodies had been removed. As we walked past the train a man hailed us from one of the ears, and the guards were told that there were dead inside. We insisted on the door being opened and this is what we saw: "Lying right across the threshold was the body of a boy not over eighteen or nineteen years old. No eoat, merely a thin shirt, in such tatters that his whole chest and arms were exposed, for trousers a piece of jute bag pinned around him, and no shoes or stockings. What agony that boy must have suffered iu the Siberian cold before he died of ill tli, starvation, and exposure! And yet 'diplomacy' prevents us from taking charge and giving aid. But we are holding the train! "AVe climbed into the ear and found two other dead lying on the second tier of bunks amongst the living. Nearly every man in that ear was sunken-eyed, and half clad. Tliey were meked by terrible'coughing. They had tho stamp of death on them. If aid does not come quickly they will die. We looked into a few cars only, but at one window we saw a little girl perhaps eleven years old. Her father, ahe said, bad been mobilized into the Red Guard. Bo now father, mother, and child are on that train and will dio there. . . . "It is tlie 22ml of November, This morning we got up at seven o'clock and left for the hospital where we hud an appointment with Dr. Seletuiietf, the military chief. When we arrived we found every, (hing iu a terrihlp comiit ion --more than four hundred patients with cars, which wij,l help a little. "Later I came down from Nikolsk in a box-car with three American soldiers. It was bitterly cold. AVe have no stove, but by alternately crouching together and then'-'at times wrestling and mauling each other around we managed to keep fairly warm. We iinally reached Vladivostok at about'-nine forty-live. 1 am hoping that* 1 may be allowed to go out in Siberia with Dr. Rosett ancl hunt for other death trains. AVe may not have accomplished much, but wc af least saved a couple of hundred lives-for a time . . . . ."' $ * -* * * if any doubting readers still hesitate to believe thai ties have been committed by the .■reactionary forces { United States government has been lending its aid in Siberia, we refer them fo the official organ of the Red Cross, the Red Cross Magazine for April, in wliich appears tin- full account fro.m which we 1 Scott Hearing's Weekly Letter On ■ U---S."-'" Conditions sum ,-itroci- whieh the • a ',•'- quoted the ejo-erpts printed above There the whole story is 1 )ld. with photographs; and yefnVit the whole story, for it is slated in nu editorial note that "propriety has demanded, the exclusion of uup-h that is unprintable" it) Air. itukely's damning record of the facts as sent* io Red Cross headquarters. Recognition of Invasion A Summary of the Wee'*, Written Principally for Workers in foreign Lands Xew Vork—-May Day has mme -uut ■Wi.e. Two niea were' kill-Mi; ;i \\\\.\\y crowns were cracked; many neejilo were arrested, nnd the American workers arc- a great deal wiser than lliey were on April Jioth. This is the lirst time in ru-eni years that lhe workers'of the I'nited Stales have attempted a May Day demon- si rat ion on Huropean lines. A one. day strike; meetings'; jmnule.s: tno distribution of literature—tins was the program. Its execution was made pos. sible by the decision of ihe authorities ia i-ome cases and in many other eases, by the actions of uniformed sol. dk-rs and sailors who raided meetings; broke up parades; smashed furniture and boat up citizens in the must approved military style. Methods variml-—resiilis were tho .~;i!iie. In Hast on. Mass.. the i>:i':uie From a note of Maxim Litvinoff to President Wilson, December j was attarf-teii »>y soldiers an.l sailors m uniform. In Cleveland soldiers and 24,1918. j sailers combined in 'an attack which ,., ,, " was iHiii>d bv, tho police, in t!-e la'ter .,. . . I city tlei soldiers and sailoris in i-nldi- Ihe chief aim of ine Soviets is to secure lor tlie toning majority j iUnvio hr,,aking w lhe Sol.j;lii„ „ar, of Kussian people economic liberty without which political liberty is jade, wrecked the Socialist headquar. of no avail to them. For ci**£ ™ZlTZZ of % adhering*to ihe abolition of capital 'punishment which abolition liati iaiors in New York, where no parades been part of their program. It wa.s only when their adversaries, the j »*■•': re 'tir.dertalicn because of th»> hnd minority of the,Kussian people, took to termriistie acts ajrahisl-popu- X™^** ™«ded various Socialist ." , , ., , . i i „, , i e f -■ mceiinfis. including a house warming lur members ot the'Government and invoked the heip ot foreign |p.trty jn the new o))ipe ftf fhe SocJa]_ troops. Ihat tbe laboring masses were driven to acts of exasperation ; ist daily. The Xew York Call. Some of and gave vent to their wrath and bitter feelings against* tbeir for- the raids were peaceful, others were .. .,,..,. ... ,. • . , ■■. , , ,.,, accompanied by the beatiue o^ of met- oppressors. For Allied mvas.on of Russian iernton not, onl> unoffc;dJn|r c,t,ron8. , In tlu.\\,atI oL compelled the Soviets,agai^l tbeir own will to militarize tbe country j|(,es a meeting „f men, women and anew and to divert their energies and resources so necessary'- to the J children was in progress. The sol. , .- i. i, ' -, „,.i,,,,lt,+ ^,i ht- X'niM'—ifivc nf \\\\"„* ! diers and sailors entered tbe build- economic reconstruction of^ssin,^1'"^1 j^011V^Mj_°^1! jing. broke on the meetlmr -nnd beat nn ^^4i*^eiwtfr-Oi-4Tttr-eotittti.$ pbttt m>™ cttfr-trti... imvj vitui—s-tniitva. oi j a num*5er 0f the men with clubs. A de- foodstuifs and raw material'exposing the population to most terrible | monstration in Madison Souaro tiar. privation bordering on starvation. |^n; *f<>™«<\\ ^ «»* ev^JnR as a ■ *, . -, , • . . .1 11 1 if .„.,... ,..1,; 1. te''....rtc-iil'.. Protest against the imprisonment of I wish to emphasize that the so-called red terror, which is grossly Thoums f Moo!iey> was flHac,(f)(, „y exaggerated and misrepresented abroad, was not the cause but Die a inoj, 0( i>00o R0j*jjers im<\\ 8ailons. direct outcome and result of allied intervention n"lle l>o»w.'..l» this instance, were „,. ,, . , , . , , *,,,,* ,! thoroughly prepared and Riircr-eded In , The Kussian workers and peasants are determined to deleud j boat,nK back the unlform{Ml men af(CP their dearly won power and liberties against invaders with all tlieja n 11 tuber of severe skirmishes in means tlieir vast couni ry puts at their, disposal...... 1 ■**,cl1 lhe I)0,ic<1 "^ thelr 0,ub8 rrec- I understand that tl.e question of relations with liussiu is now jh'\\.mwrMl, amsts werp ,„„,,„_ of engaging the attention of Allied Htatesinen. 1 venlure then tu sub- j civilian*. So fur a« is known none ot mit to you, Mr. President, that thi'i'o are now only two courses open jthe -soldiers or .sailors who organUe-1 to tlu'in. One is continued open or disguised intervention on UiH,hp nttn<*" on Soda,ist a"'1 ™"««» ,.,. , , ... , .. ,. ! paraden and meetiiiKs was held by tho present or on a still larger scale, which means prolongation of war, police. further einbitternient of the Russian masses, intensification nf inter-1 The soldier mobs wero woll organlr.- nal strife, unexampled bloodshed and perhaps total exteriuinatiot. \\*d and led. Their plain* were laid Iti uf the Kussian bourgeoise bv the exasperated masses. Iim.) devasfa-i",Ivfl,,/'(' '" *°m,\\ f,aK»,s ",»c«" dl- ... , . , ., , . , .. . I reded or accompanied the RoldleM. In tion oi the country and in case ol the i)iterventj.m..sts alter u lo»Kiotherc»wK ibelcadcwhlp waioiitnut. .struggle obtaining their ond, a white terror eclipsing the atrocities Md to privates of the Finniush white gunrdists. inevitable introduction uf military ; X« effort wan made nt concealment. dictatorship iUid restoration of monarchy, lending to inierininable iTfl" »°W»"n« »«' N'<'w Vork went , . , , . , 1 ■ ' ,, • 1 , H-Jotmh the KireniM in rcKUiar ordor, revolutions and upheavals and paralysing the economic deveiupmiii! jwllll fl *m\\,,r .„ tht, hfl(u| of tht, pro. of the country for long decades. i-i.-Mon The nnmi'i of the rlnglend- The other alternative, which 1 trust mnv eoiumcinl it.-:-!f to vmi ,,r* w"r" mh]i«]m* ,,"v* **?• ,n n" °r I- 11 .„ .• 1 » • ,. 1 ■ . "., ... * ""' t'!'f'«'r". yi't th. police hnvo left is impartially to weigh and investigate into the one sided a •< usai •. ,,„,„ bi„1IO|oMi.h. itgiunst Soviet Russia, to come to an understanding wiib ii;. s«u > May i>ay taught the Aiii««rican work. , , ,., .,,,.,,- iiovfriinient. to withdraw the fonign li-oniis from ltu-.*i;m t<-rritor. «ts more ihan »»»• lesHon. First, they only three doctor* and tluee nurses, two patients nn uiei iiuiniri . , _ . ,, . .. , , ,, . ' . . , . , * t i,...r,,,..i .1,11 iii„.«i. u .i„,,i in t*,. .**'., , . , , , .. , , ,,,,.-' I'ttM to raise the economic blockade, soothing therein th<' ,-\\<-tt.-d n is ! rn ' "•" 11!"m '" \""",' "« ib* lie nigtt, nnd the doctor had 1 is'-overei ii'itry ill lie ivuig li. , ... . . . n , . . , ' i i'mln.-d Suites. The dutv conatlttttcd * - , .. e -,*** ' . i' t • * v * r mons of the mn-sseH, to helji Ihissin to regain her own sources of sup- .,,,», r,,i,, ■„ ri., ...,,. ,,, A,.AA, be HufTeritig from diseases ot different kinds, including two .rases of . m mmA .„ * „« i,». fa„i,„;'„i „-„;, 1 ♦ 1 -, , . , .. .-u»'' r,,»^- '«"•> •"*'•'«•">. r»' vni'iety of -aiwew. iiie|ildiii<.' Ivpbuv ''un rcii:-iiip.*| f'iv wrel.s v.ithtiu. 'li! Mull 1-1'. <> iirhi'r.i li'.-irnc'i furifi.'r, that in i «iii>-.i s!-*»i*-:;, *h<"nr;st io miUortn •». :,'■ HO ,1*. ll!;,fl*..* I ,*••„,,, (,*. if „.' i„ the course of the lighting Il.e Czechs occupied Sanmra, tbey simplyj'^"'"^ »iii..e„za, ;h,.I ordinary s.arvat., cleaned out the whole jail, papl ' «!>.• "*".. Imv. M.nt then, out west, Bciwcen that day an.l tl.e dnv before y. dcrduyl w«»» ,""'"i- »',thrt,,t UmM WJ,,,'r' i'n'1 \"""'>''"'" vV,ll!""! ,,"•',', • • , ,. 1 11 • 1 ,i , ;.. v;i, ,1 1, ; ,i,* 1 .... 1, 1 r 'Accordintr to the tei H'-'V.-l.s:.d.' 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'i :.■■> - *. *-,-•,'- -.d.lLi-^ft tU tl:., s..*,. .'•«>• hom «ac!i car. l.s h»»ve «'-" -* *''•' r«'j»ubriy a» 'he iViXvrt'Ul tttAU-mi-. aJ<»«itt 'iho nmto,' "Kovj^ber £3*--T». •"-*->' -*-i $«-s*-'..- (»r \\7 !.* *■-,■;« n< ': U '' i 1*11 .,* i,..,,„ 5 tii'Vy: 'U,7n of .1 uo ,x. ■* :!,.:*J :,J.. ■ '.-■• .'*€ 1 ho ■ ,»%,% tt*** 'I*-*.',^. -J- -.*"■ ■ -, -p.**. *.r-«w. ,,„. .- .-^..^j^-aw..- - PAGE POUR THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, MAY 23, 1919 Hangs ^wJu^^jfgdycr. uJi 'zmgiaf'ix^sz:' Owned, controlled and Published by District 18, United Mine Workers of America. Subscrip- Advertising rates on application, tion price $1.25 a year inadvarice. Thoroughly equipped for high- class job printing of every description. Phone No. 9 P. 0. Box 380 ed, it looks stranger still to see attitude now adopted. the LABOR SOLIDARITY AT COAST T::o absence of the editor of this paper for a ,wee!i has somewhat dis. arranged the make-up and has led to the holding back of several interesting features which will appear in the next is-sue. The past week has been somewhat of a holiday for a great many of the editors of papers in British Columbia who gathered at Vancouver to attend the gathering of the B. O. Press As. sociation. Tlie Press Association gathering was not the only event of in. terest at the coast from the viewpoint of The District Ledger. Much as we appreciated the words of wisdom we heard from brother editors we were more moved by the evidences we saw and heard of the increasing solidarity of the wage workers at the coast. We saw many turned away from four great labor meetings*—real labor meetings. We heard thousands cheer and re.cheer far more revolutionary utterances than this conserva. .Uve journal ever prints. We became convinced that the great awakening is nearer at hand than ever the most optimistic of xh in District 18 have dared hope for. Not one word did we hear uttered in favor of law-breaking, or sabotage, or anarchy, or any of those dread things about which so many big newspapers are muttering. On every hand there were appeals for the workers to increase their stock of intelligence and to realize that the world was theirs as soon as they learned how to act together for the over, throw of a system of profiteering which has outlived its usefulness. Later we will write more about it, but now the time has arrived to put the issue to press. iu this issue. This perhaps will give to the workers a. real clue to the in. truest now being displayed. The employers are realizing that the workers are getting next to the skin game that lite; been played on them all down ^through th-e ages. They are realizing The last and by no means the latest of the new forms of this latest mani. Testation of the employers interests in rhe workers' welfare, is the solicitude my Mie welfare of the workers ex. pressed in the letter sent out by the Employers Association of B. U.,' and HOW IT IS PROPOSED TO END BOL. SHEVISM Despite Handicap of Famine and Economic Upheaval BolshevikUn- fested Land Lives (Vancouver Sun Special Cable) London, May 19.—The military cor. respondent of the Morning Post is of the opinion that the Allies and assoc. .... , , ialed powers may still easily suppress which-is reproduced m another column {tho Bolshevist power in Russia. , He says: "It is one of the apparent anom alies of the recent situation that European Russia, which has suffered more than almost any other beligerent coun. try during the war, has lost contact with the outside world, is a prey to famine, has a currency utterly debas. lhat the working class attitude to.! od, and is surrounded by enemies, wards*their slavery is no longer sub. missive, and as it is only through the enslavement of the workers that pro. fits can be gathered,' theyi thg employers, are concerned in what the workers are gaining in the way of knowledge of their class position, lt is this that is worrying the employers, not the welfare of the workers, but the welfare of the employing class, which depends on the submission of the slaves to the rule of capital. The petty humbug that is now being displayed by the employers, however, will not fool the workers. It is too late In "the day. The workers know that, only by a change in the system can the needs and requirements of the workers be met, and that there is no identity of interests between capital and labor. That only by the elimin. ation of class distinctions, which are brought about by the class ownership of the means of which production, can the class war be ended. It is too bad that the employers should be so foolish as to spend money on this kind ot stuff, in view of the fact that they could much better spend it on safe. still manages to exist under the Bol. slievist tyranny, and not only to exist but also to display on all fronts a considerable and a growing military power. We must: trace the causes of this state of affairs in the first place to the great natural resources of the country, to the large population in the second, and, thirdly, to the political efficiency of the .Bolshevist system, which, whatever its faults, and however certin the economic ruin which it must entail, certainly has succeed, ed, in a manner which must not be un. der.estimated, in establishing a semblance of internal discipline and an appearance of external strength. Soviet on Warpath So long as Bolshevist armies, now aggregating half a million on the frontiers of Soviet Russia, and as many behind, remain more or less unbeaten, and the troops of the so.called Extra, ordinary Commission, composed of non^Russian elements, dominate, as they do, the interior, there is no great chance of the Bolshevist political sit. nation remaining anything but strong guarding Oie slave when he is at The resources of Soviet Russia are be- work, and that it is an impossibility td save the slaves from their coming freedom, and the ruling class from get. ting down to work, which is so laudable a thing for the workers, and so undignified for any member of the ruling class. Can it be that our old friend ■Makovski is breaking out in a new role, and is hiding his light under a bushel, a bushel of pamphlets, and advice?—B. C, Federationist. -O- THEY BE,GIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW KIND THEY ARE. ing devoted to war, and while the Allies and associate powers are rapid. ly reducing armies and pretending that there is peace, Soviet Russia has been steadily accumulating strength and preparing for war. From the old and the new divisions there have been gradually constituted 12 Itussian armies, each of from three to eleven divisions, numbering in all 500,000 men in the field, while behind j are the garrisons and the reserves of ! approximately equal numbers. There | are something like 2,000 guns of all calibres, about double as many ma. chine gns, while Sestrorietsk, Tula and Tambo.ff continue to turn out rifles, and there is no immediate lack of small-arnv ammunition and shells. One group of five armies, 125,000 Lord Robert Cecil, English conser. vative aristocrat, undorstjinds what British labor wants. Unlike most of his class, he has waked up to tne in. ner realities of the industrial revolu.! fitrbng. faces Koltchak in the east; the tion. Lord Robert tn a letter to tho : <*h arm>'> wlth Bome 60-000 men' ls London Times says, "Even where, as opposed to tho Allies, in the north. W-a-smalWorce-la-aUsEksstanT p-nrcn it is really interesting iu these days of storm and stress to see the effort s that are being put forth by the employing class to protect the workers a-Ralnst pernicious propaganda. The methodH adopted are varied and many, and must cost conniderablc money. There has been brought to our notice this week a fow of those nehemes to save the workers from tlieir own mil- pudity. Of courso, tliey must be stupid or they would not need tho kind, l.v Kollciiude of their masters, to pro. vent thein swallowing without con. Kiderallonall that is told theni, and the ,f employers knowing that thev arc Keir-reB')act otiipltl, do not intend that they shall * Thc wor!ur ,lare »ot surrender be led uway by any false ilocirincH, or ■ T'*M '" th" ,,mtro1 of h'» »wn by turoslm* concocted In the nu.iils ol tiilre prophetH, mieii ub are to dnv in the labor movement. is very~orrortne case, Tne~BiarpioyBrrj are excellent, where they take. great' nml the mass'Of the western south, trouble to meet the wants and desires western and southern groups, number- of their employes, where thev pay t"P over 300,000 men, occupy the vast far as the workers are concerned, but it can apply to others. If there is one outstanding feature in all the history of the struggles of labor, it is this, that the workers themselves are ifever the first to break the peace, but, that this has always been due to irrigation stirred up by the misrepresentations, lies, and slanders of the bourgeois press and ito the activities of the paid provoctuers and thugs of the employ, ing class. It is for the employing class and their friends to pay heed to. tho terms of tliat resolution of the returned soldiers. The possession of a battery of machine guns and uniformed men in your pay is no criterion that you stand for the interests of law and order or in 'the interest of a decent.or. ganizafion of life. According to reports that reach us here on the Pacific Coast ihe strike is well supported and organized, and' labor is out almost 100 per cent. That in itself bespeaks organization, discip. line and control, and is tho best guarantee for the preservation of law and order. Organized labor will see to that. The pretentious anxiety of the press over the situation is mere cam. .•milage, covering up its real desires, that something untoward may happen which will afford excuse for armed in. terventlon. We remember when a big strike was on in.Great Britain, some time before tho war,'that ail the editorial scribes in this country were saying that a strong man was needed at the head of affairs in the old country. And, whisper it not in Gath, the then German Kmpercr, Potsdami Bill, as the irre. veront used to call him, was suggested as the man with many considerations as to his superior qualifications over ix certain other. person, his cousin, to wit, and there was much speculative discussion as to his chances of succeeding to the British throne. That was a good example of the way the fundamentally ignorant bour. SHOCKING AFFAIRS IN ENpLAND. Millions Exist With Oniy a Room Apiece for Habitation London—Terrible statistics were given by J. C. Davison, M. P., a for. nier sanitary inspector, in his speech in the House of Commons on the Housing .Bill recently. There were 3,500,000 people .in -England, he'said, who live in less than half a room apiece and 23,000,000 who live hi a tenement of from one to five rooms. Over 500,000 more houses were reqiiir. ed merely to allow for the provision in England of one room per head. These conditions were reflected in the rates of infantile mortality, which, Mr. i)avi- son reminded the House, were as high as 160 per thousand for miners, and 160 to 250 per thousand for unskilled laborers, while the doctors it was only 40, and for the middle classes generally only 77 per thousand. Not 400,000 new houses were required as had been stated by those responsible for the bill, but a million, if the pre. sent insanity houses were to be re. placed. DireetopyofU.M.W.ofA. i DISTRICT 18 Headquarters, 316 Beveridge Building, Calgary, Alta. President, P. M. Christophers, Vice-President, Alex MoFegan, Blairmore, Alta. Brak, Alta. Secretary-Treasurer, Ed. Browne ' International Board Member, R. Livett District Board Members Frank Brindley, Fernie; B.C., Sub. Dist. No. 1 John Brooks, Bellevue, Alta. Sub. Dist. No,2 Chas. Peacock, Lethbridge, Alta., Sub.- Dist. No. '3 Frank Wheatley, Bankhead, Sub. Dist. No. 4 John Kent, Wayne, Alta., Sub. Dist. No. 5 David Fraser, Brule, Alta., Sub. Dist. No. 6 A. Benson, Sub. Dist. No. 7 Steve Begalli, District Organizer District Solicitor, H. Ostlund, Lethbridge, Alta. STRIKES NINE.FOOT COAL. SEAM OF iCoal of very excellent quality was struck last week on the (Mutz property in the west end. A gang of men un. der the superintendence of Mr. C. Chestnut have been working^ tunnel for the past month or so and on reaching a point about two hundred feet from the surface a seam nine feet in thickness was uncovered. The coal has been tested and found to be of very high grade. Arrangements are now being made for the laying of a spur-line from the geoisie imagines you can solve all soc., c p R _ and R traffl(J cr08Blng will be ial problems-either import a "strong" opened up just east of the twin brld man or deport a so-called agitator. It is so easy—a solution like that, it hard. ly costs any thought or—profits. The working class, however, are beginning to see that there is only one way to solve the problems of today and that is fot society itself to own and control its own means of life and so abolish the -wages system of exploitation. j We earnestly caution the general public against the "kept" press. The members of working class organizations need no warning, the past re. eord of this tool of the masters of society is graven too deep in inefface. able lines, within our memories.— Vancouver Red Flag. ges. The mouth or the mine is about three hundred yards from the C. P. R. Crows' Nest line, and the vein ex. tends over an area of about two or two and a half miles.Blairmore Enter, prise. ' —— o ONE BIG UNION MAN TALKED AT TRAIL William Potter, of Fernie, Explains Objects of the O. B^U.—Num. erous Questions Asked A TASTE OF ANARCHY (Trail News) j Last night a meeting was held over ; the store of the Trail Mercantile com- ! pany, the object of which was to ex- ! plain the new proposed One Big Anarchy is sometimes defined absence of organized control. The j ^°- 18, United j Union, the speaker being William Pot as i ter, of Fernie, a member of District Mine Workers of them good wages for moderate hours f™nt *ro>n Petrograd to the Gulf of I definition perfectly fits a situation des- j America—a coal miners' organization The workers nt Anyox are rowiv- Irv "t fr.-Mi."iit l!)t«.rvril-. p unjihl..t.s which an- iloi-iiRiH-d to miw tbo wori;- •'Tri'from many nnd varied forms of noitritifi-!. In une of the aiorcnien. tit nod pnniphirtii, appears (liis p-is Hit)?*''* '■ Whnt K In ini* .'iihori-ui'ii jn»( n<,*,-, I-i tt',' MT-fklV," Cl,' t'i**' Ul.U-- it:.', 1.1!.- run)illl! til" <'V I'll i|)i- *-:^!,,m, 'J'),,, ' " '' >"■• ':'-' "I'l -"1 ' .Olll L'llilf r.,Hl,*i;i| hw* com-, .nu xtri>< r|v |n fuwir nf v,.\\. ••rin'.' -li r'n!!;n-.,-. >*• I,pcho.Slovak troops But the dltTer. not a mere commodity to be bousht t,i,co is not very appreciable, and the and Hold in the market. He hns a right m|]|lnry effort now required from tho to be consulted as to its disposal, and j Allied and associated powers so to in- ennnot glvo to another uncontrolled . (,,,„P fhp ba!nm>e that decisive victory power over it without Injury to his ■ m.,v a(t0„d tbv nntl.Bolshevist forces lii a comparatively Blight ono. A ronpte of hundred thousand mon or Icrs, thrown in -almost anywhere, com. binod with odixmalc assistance of n mainly toclmica! kind to the antl, itolshoviitt fort-es, Hhould radically . allor the situation, and it is probable Mini with ibo t'olltipno of iln armltv, '*r>VVi.n'i"m It'u-lf would rapidly co!- h',|is<> too. The pm: Mention and milll-catlon of t'n-.--'" \\< oot nt nrc>«rnt ii H-i'i-loun mill- ':•!•}• propo-vion. The pfb'-r* hnv<-> only to b'« glvon to Marshal Foch tu *("!, and I>'vi'on will !h« walt^i Win it :*i \\:-\\-:> tvlf '.\\--.e men iv.nl n-sr hia ac. t'nns. Stic!) a surrender means slav, ery, no matter what the material sur. i-oundlngH of the wluvp may be, The esiHte H.vKteni ju Industrial life musi go Tho Mionor Its -boneflclarieg r^iilic.e (hi* »li*> better it will lie for all nMii"criH'd.—-Scott Xraring, It Was Ever Thus cribed in the last number of the (The chair was taken by Peter *B. Bo. Monthly Labor Review of the United,\\ lam, formerly secretary of Trail Union States Department of Labor. Thej No, IOH, International Mine, Mill and article In question is entitled "Lalior (Smelter Workers. The meeting was Turnover in tho San Francisco Uay' orderly and there was a good attend; Hegion," i ance of workingmen and business Fourteen establishments witli 14,-: men, ,ti8!i full time employes ou the pay.! Mr.-Potter explained the object of roll, hired during the year :)2,tS'.i his visit, which was to secure me,n people. An agricultural implement; bers for tho One (Big Union, stitlnn pli.nt with ovor 2.000 full time em. among various things, that the O. H. ployeH, hired about an equal number \\\\ wrf) working for a slx*our day during tho year. But an iron and - wi(h a wage of one dollar per hour. He stt. I plant with tiOK lull time employe* ha(lnot h(,m pr£wnt nt th<,>,wj)rv | hired 2.901 persons during the year, mmm,oni now raorp or ,esR tnmoW) Address Fernie, li. C. Michel, B. C. Corbin, B. C. Coleman, Alta. Carbondale, via Coleman Blairmore,'. Alta." Prank, Alta. Bellevue, Alta. Hillcrest, Alta. Lethbridge, Alta. Federal Mine, Lethbridge Coalhurst, Alta. Commerce, Diamond City, Alta. Taber, Alta. > Bankhead, Alta Canmore, Alta. Nordegg, Alta. Wayne, Alta. IVivinheller, Alta. , Rosedale, Alta. Aerial, Alta. Drumheller, Alta. Drumheller, Alta. Monarch-Mine, Alta. Yellowhead, Coalspur, Alta. Lovett, Alta. Oliphant Munson, via Coalspur Diamond City, Alta. Mountain Park, Alta. Mile 22, Coalspur, Alta. Pocahontas, Altn. . Brule, Alta. Humberstone Mine, 0 Secretary Harry Martin Henry Beard J. Glover John Johnston Dan Rogers Rod McDonald BVan Morgan John Brooks Frank Lote Charles Peacock Matt Petras Percy Spencer Albert Zak Alex. McRoberts Frank Wheatley N. Di Thachuk James Bewsher John Kent John'O'Sullivan S. McNiven I. Radocy ■V. Parker, J. K. Adams Robert Parry J. P. Morris K. Lund Joseph Ormond 3760 4096 ,4084 .41.18 4119 Evansburgh, Alta. Cardiff, Alta. K. McGillivray W. C. Stephens L. A. Williams Mack Stigler Box 488, Edmonton Ed. Eastham Will J, Keen W. J. Bourquc \\ Twin City Mines,; 9710-$5th Ave,, Strathcona Robul Jones Sturgeon Mine, Namao, Edmonton D. A. Thomas „ Dawson Miiie, Edmonton, Box 792 Thomas Coxon | KtTtrerBOTHr^r 4121 ~~CIover Bar, StraTlicona 4184 Coal City, Taber 27 Regal Collieries, Taber William Durham 0. H. Davis !SJ IjMBISIllSISlSKlISIS*®!^^ *.!(>'ti,..* t.* 'ifilCll <-T" I. ill -,'H ■th-* «»i* IM. it V^ l>'> *,)*. !)*\\or t,( r«':<>"!i, It'll thn«t- ! mi! thr (kiM'-i! to ei-»ri'*!i|i-r r>-;t»imnM>< <-ii::.:>f-. tloniH. An li>hta:<-f <• of iM« wj-i «h'vi\\-|- '((■!!• , t'ir*..ji|i-s»t-t;» i1«*|<-—riti- ivl-li*".! -•-* -*o al •tf^j.Mt th" tnntlmi. hut h" v ;»*« /■■ii' >i i »-il* of n .-h:il>(<-. tfi i-'-.|,re ••• hlniwlf il.uahi*! lh. propim.'i! Vow ih,-..,- nr>. -ir-in^,- -1,'itt.tn ■ Itl- |!l Lift- ot ito- ',.><»* lbs' l« Irt-il'-K * .i**t li" !'•(• i*i«'-***r*-{i i.rr,-*ln-'i1t*,i*. ■ *>i ff mj .it ih. !''< -" r .,,1,1 ••*,■*■ u .rl;. **. tf,'.',. m 'Miffi- ■-'f-t In thi* f»-*;mj>hlf-t Inv-."-*. ,(,,*,•„ ll."., <>., ,,, l,,,l| », 9 ,*9, , t,,,i,*-i? tUttt nt ftf,- t-t!5».!*-»*i<'f* f(, th* tl n i or!!.* . i»y* U !*-*! .* it-**, :*; ful f il-; . liliifw iti;«i «,'-«' >*■■:■.( x*r*'Aih*'d h% liH-in li. r. i.f <:*r,: "td/- ! t.i in'h' r jipinpN*," t*«.(j'*-,<*., ii thi* From (in. d.'iitti-- nf i!;.i UiroM of prlnioval d«>« Mprun-K ilit» I'onmlfHs »i.-,i<|<''« <>f ■■•ar*h'-' or.'-Mi-oti. ..(H-h ilf-vour. ito; that which iiitUllcs iho ImpuN" to ptv»i»rvi. Ufi>. Tli<( mriif?i?lii» tit livt» brinij'* prr-st,tiri' m h<>;.r moro nml more upon thread<« of »»i«» »ttriictur>> Ih-.t ',*•',I.. I,, ii.,. , i ,,.,,! .,,,,.*,. ,,r liv,,-,*. . '•I'-tv-i. The rinilnr ford In not tn mo. if'ti. the Imni. of prrf^ctlnn tiirnw h(»r<» nd turns !ht»r<*, the ivory tii*l*-> o* iiionsierr'* wets thr patuc nt nil corn. >*[*', th»* r-otlSi-n s«n 'heir vetioti'i. nnd (he »|lmv, *nl»tl<, m>rl»*tl« of f;irnl u.r;» threnit-ti to .!r.\\oiir To t'llinli t> tr»-•*' or *r*>*-t»<|t» in ,t rnve nt formerly In ::io fit'-e of niirh a growlhR mt'itimt. n-rtn i!!*<-f»ser«"l i' '" h'-- o-O'len^, T'i ■ II ihf* leaderst nro In lh*> HiUUm-lHt ;•;!,.*. h:** *to:ni',ijl>.to!5. "'i'l v.'b"n. '-* tl-"" iii-rlor 111're I** V.'i' only n» P^l ••«. u.-i.i j,, ;,*it tk'»-:> lii:<»iii hoKtnit.v, nnd an explosive plant with l,7i>5 cm. ployen hired 5,4011 porsons durinu tho I your. Of the total number of persona jwho loft Jobs, 1,820 wero illsclnirftcil: i".7n were bid off: l.llfii ontorcd th<> i mlHtitry nervier and 15.702 tjftit. The j article-poos Into further detntl with i rernrd to th- number of \\v«h«I'iit ii produet at the Jowost co, t nnd itMdliim it for tln» hltfltesl prli-f, T!u« nt which n resolution hud heni on. dorsed syrnpathhiiiK with tho hol:,ti.». vlkl of Hu*siiit nnd atated h«» would not Imve voted for that resolution had lie lK'i»n there, He hcdk'VPd th«1 the Unie hnd nnno when tho workiusineii ■diottld ro over the hen-',;; of the'i*x-i-ml of tlio returned foldierrt who w*t>ro Invited nuked nup'i. i!rt'i« n«id it," 1** !vcr on tn-i plHtform. bm did not givi* mat)} i'irr.iKht on' nml out repli**1* to ittK*< -ronwrnMl in the irons, inue a short talk, n*kim If I'otter np. •■.■tjibit-h ti-'**i'l»!ts.'*»l|' fur<- .. 'Hit* oi i.;-. «i*r t*y i« (vol to errtdir -o iv i pr'swiT;" foTt* io.i1».'lii - In 4 > ■■■• ortll etonp* bo »!f» "I, , !- fi.fi"i-ivi -lv i id- u*!i.r:»' •! 'ii'ni »trllr**»«. Ttil* Hr,»* of ni'snrtt-nl i* MCf-'ifci l,U,tr. 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C, MAY 23, 181$ PA/3E FIVE V( (Continued from page one) Seek Baak Men 4.08 . 9 Dirt Bank Men 4.08 9 Stablema. ..' 4.0S ** 9 Fiaisher After Boss Car Loa.der4.08*' 9 , Ali'etker Labour .. 4.0S 9 4.03 • 8 4.08 8 4.08 8 4.08 ! 8 4.08 8 Statement of Kates of Wages for Outside Labour Showing Compari sea of Those Under Previous Arrangement and as Adjusted by Oi#er No. 124 ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA Bee Hive Coke Ovens Gseupatio*— Old Rate Rate under Order No. 124 Rate per day. Hours. Rate per day. Hours. Steam Lecemotive Engineer..$5.11 9 ,$5.11 8 Motom'aa .4.85 9 <%.85 8 h&vrfmefn V. 4.08 .9 4.08 8 Plaaterore • : 4.0& 9 4.08 8 Carters mi Cleaners ........ 4.08 9 4.08 s 8 All Otker Labor 4.08 9 ■ 4.08' 8 PROVINCE OF ALBERTA (ONLY) OUTSIDE LABOR Occupation— Old Rate. Hours."Rate under Order No. 124. Hours, Faa Men $4.59 Water Tender ...... 4.94 Wiper.■.,-..."..■..;..'.. 4.58 Fan Firemen ........ 5.11 Breaker Oiler ... 11 11 11 11 4.58 10 BRIQUETTING PLANT Engineer * ....." Bri^uetter ". Briquetters' Helper Tar Melter ....... Laborers 5.65 5.78 5.11 4.58 4.58 11 11 11 11 11 $5.04 5.44 5.04 5.62 5.03 6.24 6.39 5.62 5.03 5.03 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 lar „way of administering a cure to patients. Tortillage is a new word, de. rived from the word "torpero," and it is said that an electric needle with the zip of a torpedo is used on all "shell-shock" suspects. Britain adopts a more humane attitude. It has been the experience that the strongest of men become the victims of shelLshock, and not the weaklings or highly nervous soldiers, and in consequence they woo a soldier back to normal health by rest. tn too many sad instances the hith. erto strong manly man emerges from the convalescent camps a nerve.wrecked prematurely old man. He may become a tottering weakling with a pecu. liar personal mania, or as is too often the case, he is the victim of periodical hallucinations. Major Jack Hathaway has been ordered home for a complete rest. After three years in that living hell his mind is unhinged and he is a victim of his own nerves. Arrived at his home city with a number of other soldiers, he expects his wife and children to greet him. iBy reason or his moving from place to place during the past two months he has received no mail from his wife or word of his loved ones. With no one to greet him upon arrival, he imagines the worst, and he doubts the fidelity of his wife. o—: *— RAY'S PHOTOPLAY "THE CLAWS OF THE HUN," HAS FINE THEME Paramount Program m Perfect Projection Grand Concert Orchestra Where Everybody Goes The Coolest Place • In Town Direction Harry M, Eccles To-day and To-morrow G. W. Griffith "THE GREAT LOVE" Program for Week, Comm 26 This, we believe, is the largest and most elaborate program ever shown in the city PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (&NLY) Lessons to Mothers Taught by "Th: Claws of the Hun" OUTSIDE LABOR Occupation-™ Old Kate. Hours. Rate under Order No. 124. Hours Fata Mea .......... .$4.59 ,11 Water Tender ......... 4.94 11 Wiper 4.58 11 Pan Fireman 5,11 11 Breaker Oiler ...'...... 4.58 10 Washer or Tipple Oilei4.58 10 $3.92 4.21 4.131/:; 4.34 4.21 4.21 Soviet In Vladivostoek We reprint, a few extracts from an article in an American periodical by "M. K. "llejays: J* In San Francisco, _I _talkcd__witb—JL "RussiansJnToFwho had been iu Vladivostok -within the month and 1 put down in my note hook some of the things lie said. He said that an American general whose name lie thought was Johnson told him that 98 per cent, of the people in Vladivostok were pro-Soviet, and that if the Allied armies withdrew at 8 a.m. the Bolsheviki government would he In power at 8.01 a.m. If we started in to fight this thing we would have to fight every house. In one of the restaurants he asked a peasant girl who was waiting on the table what ahe thought of life under the Allied occupation. She looked a little fur- tively around the restaurant before she answered that under the Soviet she had worked 0 or 7 hours, and received ten roubles more than she now received.' Now slie works from 12 noou until 2 a.m. and after thut she has to walk home, arriving about 4 a.m, Further he stated that the Soviet* are still meeting in Vladivostok and all through* Siberia, altho the delegates are continually arrested uud put iu prison hut they come up again, like waves from the sea. They do not --nil themselves a Soviet but the Bureau of Professional Unions of Vladivostok. IU* said that there wen' about two thousand ('/echo-Slovaks in jail in .Siberia for refusing to litfiit the. Bolsheviks. This surclv wives the lii1 to tho jutk** Mnries thnt the Russians nre not in favor of the Bolsheviki. . Monday and Tuesday, May 26 and 27 Jack Pickford in 'HUCK and TOM' or the adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Mrs. Pickford, who always keeps in close touch with the work of her famous children, said: "The role of Tom Sawyer is one that i believe fits Jack as no other could for all his life-even until recently, for when travelling: or awaitjng his turn before the camera, Jack has had a habit of reading 'Tom Sawyer.' The episode of the cat and the painkiller he has already worked out once at our home in Toronto when he administered Sloan's liniment to Mary's pet cat." In the beginning of Amterica's great stand for democracy when she entered the world struggle girded for the fray, the problem came to many and many a mother's son—the question of enlistment. Some accepted it with that spirit of sacrifice that makes heroes, other rebelled openly, still others accepted, but not graciously, tho duty patriotism enforced upon them. Uerman propaganda in the begin, ning inspired many arguments against enlistment and conscription. Today it works through innocent channels and prompts some parents to deplore the sending of our boys across the seas. But Its day is done—the spirit of the people of America has come into its own and every day sees grander sac. rlfices, more Immolation. —This-1s-th"e-piot-i5r""Tii«~Cmws or the Hun," in which Charles Ray will be seen at the Grand theatre Friday and Saturday, May 30th and 31st. It is a story by Ella Stuart CarBon and the scenario was written by R. Cecil Smith. The production was made un. der the supervision of Thos. H. Ince, with Victor Schertzinger as director. ' Mr. Ray has a part that, Is exceptionally Interesting, because it presents the mental conflict of a youtn torn between love of his mother ancl duty to his country. The production 13 excellent and will mnrk a new stej> upward In the escreon career of Mr. lino's youthful star. Mr. Ray's »up, port Is in every respect wholly mh*. quale. TORONTO MAN MAY PURCHASg LUMBER COMPANY Colonel Peuchen Prospective Buyer for Fernie Lumber Company—Gained Notoriety »• Titanic Paiaen*§er and Thursday, May 28 and 29 Cecil B. Demille presents his most elaborate and spectacular workmanship in the mov- ing pictures-eight reels 'Joan the Woman' WITH Jeraldine Farrar and Wallace Reid and 21 other moving picture stars This is one ofthe most elaborate pictures that this master producer has produced. also Paramount Mack Sennett Comedy ■ 1 mi ■**■■* %J* u» in thl*-* I tuuiw*;* *.< eontrol of tbo will lxwer !■*, li** most potent iintidote 8h<"ll.*ln><'i» gimli Shocked" i» Bei«« Shown otj,H „ ,„„,iauv -whix-h enfcebleM the ReBsnt with Author Snterpretln-a uity thi!. wonk looking over tin- ji!;«(u»*»ion irom (,..., f)»ar» uso. Ho nino repr<>«eiit(« oht* r of April TM<1 t-jieli lire h p.r#erm«nc«. Tho author.actp7hai.c,5pcd at o,«o into thef^rT^iVa^of ho st«« o ^^^^^ own wmit.&s, a truo eoncoption ofthe character ho nortrays V/iH bo thuu obtained. inwpr«» mm ON THE SAME PROGRAM The Calgary G,W.V.A. Wlotion Pictures of ($2,000 Bonus Scheme* Serf.:! Ji.,- A(ii«*rt«n. the author ot tb" .'it*-villi little ' ulttumatle tt-tn. ^boimbeikittl" i* t* ruturneit l-'»t. Sur/ M*'i|Jn*r, und wrote hi* little* nn%. utpboo mixh ike Intention of prweat. li,»' it In x*a,l*i\\tiU: but U'foro lt« bad an opimlmUy ot doinu thl*. his »!Ut vt.K *it«uh».l np for th<» pr-cnettt mo<1*» 'md nt*Ylnu« to thnt hc!4 » ponisn!* nion Sn tho Mui»«n'n (Iwn of Toront« ! He *R«ln< »i conmltifrhblp notoriety for men. Tom- wlio hiue boen under con.! (nj irl.v in en«tern Cnnfida ifr.MtnH ahetl-tlre t-.eei»«!i> vklh'i-i ol thi- J ''..jonel IN-ifh* n ttho hss Imd a iiol. .Ii«»4 -•hMl.rtock.- Uriven hither ] »1'1*' nmwi Mre,?r '» th« 8"*11 VVHr ,i!«l thither to cover for houri at a ■time; hurled. r«?»urr«»«*r(l ami re.bttr- ted, »mall wonder thut many or our Ullant lad* hit-mo tx* ravlnn mod. jhlmwlr «pon th« manion of tho ntnn. \\ Ine of the Tltanle, upon which ill ff.tpd vf»«nel he wnn n pas-senger, O-, ot pr»>n*ru:itt«ti. and it ha* m-Mle a \\ Then U *>»*- aiitidote, Hoilt •'*««**• account of tils nhlllty n* a vachttnin dr.«»t h*t tutftttiot »howti. Her«( ,\\t* \\ tut tt""., runtd p,iimr;il Hrencss, f.*»r,|,^ Atin fv«tu,»»o,,j >„ |flitc eh'trw* ef li, ttm, M, |»»k.tc4»am^ until a*«i»t*f. n< bf ivx*r-d thetn In fofe the <:»mtr», umt's brain. Inm-aa * t-re rccor*Ie<3, ,,„w arrived and th^ t»*rt> wna /»**. Thi* t* 'he fir.-t I'-ftaa-ltAii i-ltiit.uil;)., v.hertai a «»hiier iiuueluva h>; u Wind. *.,|1,(t ri,„n h(i, arrfva| a| v,,,v Vortt t«t!».? r»U':>**ot1. the Imperial Film t'tm- and »« thl* rwafd he I* a puaalw to j,,, |,j,(,r,|„rt.„ ,V|tj, r preneiit nrmta all vldlnt* cf **»h#ti-*ho*U" a* Wbat tt al«ai.t*«ti? tBwrit ftotti j mallwt»f*ra. pf*^rrtnir to n^om ■ *fc#ri Pr* in on* t*t th* mmt di*1r«*in,» nce-piica! attltndp* frtneo hn» a *iml. Standing of City Football League PLIYB) VOI DRAW! LOST FOOTS 0. W V. A. MICHEL C0ALC1EEI FniUA TtABSTWS P A. A. C 8 4 4 4 3 3 I 0 J 0 0 0 1 1 & 0 0 0 a 3 3 4 6 0 5 I % 0 ,.!«tm*. (><«f-' i»«* ' U.-»-n lnop«rallv«' for aomo yoar* pent tm mrr-fr-it'i of ttt** "miw ♦>-..»■*' <» *,, ' co Into UqoUlatlM* Amibp an **-*xt*, pcflodl of llnanclal atr*aa. and! al. < i thoagh It comprta»* »**r«|rt» j You've got to go some io be a REAL. I.PmN'TKR.-.Willv compliments to The Civil war is civil war. It writes its own laws, lt is like this:! ^deration Rulletin. Either the proletariat governs or capital, rules. There, is no other alternative. There are some who are not pleased with our dictatorship. I say to thein, "Go to Siberia and see if the dictatorship is I better tliLvre, We will willingly place transportation at your disposal." The idea of annihilating Capitalism without civil war is Utopian. Gems From Lenin Envelopes You undoubtedly know that the number.of millionaires in Norway, 100 has been multiplied by ten during tlie war. Do you believe that the;Printed Norwegian millionaires, just because of arguments, will capitulate;'_____ without the blow of the sword? , $1.00 Postpaid No letter should 1«> children are suffering from hunger and cold because they have no means of assistance except from the workingmen's organizations, which are in existence illegally. However, the need is very great, and the Russian organizations can be of little assistance with their meager means. Furthermore, very many factories are closed, and the workers ai'e unemployed. "In this needy hour, when a .part of the Russian workingmen and peasants are strangled between the cries of international capitalists, while tlie part on the other side of the Urals (in European Russia) is bleeding to death from the uneven struggle with the enemies on all sides, in this hour we are turning to you with the following demands: "Protest against the organized killing of your brothers. "Demand the withdrawal of American and Allied troops from Russia. "Answer the call of tens of thousands imprisoned, and still the cries of orphans, children and families, witli brotherly help. Lighten their sufferings. "With comradely regards, representative of the Red Cross for Russian Workingmen and tlie Central Committee of Labor Unions, City, Vladivostok." SEATTLK UNION RECORD. Or niavbe vou can tell me why ten or twelve million people were > ,„ ,., . , ,, ... ■ "'jj- lliorotu-ni-rtdilress U* the W ar until victory," was written on Ker- j ,„„ ,,,;„„„ w<> ».;„„„;„,; IS the *on oni' huiubiHl good envelopes and mailed without sender and yonc !uldr»>a« ■killeI'"H'S f«"' ''"wr quantities or**' send them to you postpaid. Cash With The Order bourgeoisie. proportionately lower. Russia says to the workers and to .the right-minded people of the whole world; "Come with us toward the new life, whose creation we work for without sparing ourselves and without sparing anybody or anything! Erring and suffering in the great joy of labor and in the burning) hope of progress, we leave to the honest judgment of history all our deeds, .Oorae with us to the battle against the ancient order, to work for new forms of life! Forth to life's froedom and beauty!"—Maxim Oorky. Envelopes 100 Printed $1.00 Postpaid ®lj* lioimt £tb$& PRINTI The District Ledger has one of the finest equipments in the Canadian West for the production of high class printing. We are prepared to supply on short notice, at reasonable prices, business stationery of every Uloguoo, booklet::, poster::, invitation*, ryr^r^mme^ circulars, labels, lav*, carets and anything else that is printable. We have a fine selection cr paper > ?.\\v] envelopes and will be pleased to submit samples and prices 1 » 1 * 1 Klllu. UUUJVO. .^tx jn^^^^Hii^^^^wnm^^mA ^^^_^m~^~ y-**n ky "" Ih ''>> iM .**\\ ? 1 '- j**--**, ,*.*p JmL. W'm^'-pP J>* ... u*m pt « v P. Q. 2$ ***.«>» M, 33© Ptioxic NOo 9 THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B.C., MAY 23, 1S13 PAGE SEVEN y^* y I MICHEL NOTES The.'footbaH game between Michel and the Feruie Teamsters resulted in four uothing in favor of Michel. It was the best game that has been play. ed in Michel* this season; The lady boosters of the Teamsters club are to be complimented. Several of the -Michel players were so uncomfortable under the fire of those same boosters that they could not play at all. This may account for the score. We believe it did. When ar6 the drivers going to enjoy the ship ride. It is now a month ago since Manager Wilson promised to get tho stables fixed on the hill so that the drlvtr.-: dispute would be settled and such arrangement: would also adjust the trouble with the barnmen. The ■ei>d of April is now gone by, and still no adjustment. We are wondering if it is worth while accepting promises as a means of settling our many grievances. Another grand reception dance was lield in the Kootenay hotel to cele- 1>rate the home.coming of J. Declare ■and P. Matulssa. The music was ad. milted to be good and we hope to see the Fernie orchestra coming along of. tener. In addition to the fine attendance by the Michelites there were quite ■a number who journeyed down from Fernie. Mrs. T. Guest and family arrived in town on Sunday last after having enjoyed a fine voyage from the Old Coun. try. Tom is not half as CTanky uow as he used to be, It is very pleasing to again see the old faces of the past, •which will have a tendency to lighten np this much darkened burg ln the .future. • The voting which took place here on the question of accepting or reject. Infc Order No. 124 was almost, unani. mous in rejecting the order. The figures were 295 to reject and 28 to accept. Spoiled ballots, 2. It Is very ■gratifying to notice the solidarity •sho^'n by the workers at this stage of the game, when bacon Is selling at SSc;. per pound, because if the work- ers stay together there may yet be a chance to get an increase all round ™ limirwtii einiuiy usTB'uuy^TltllW Jff this smoked hog. in promoting, the great game of base, ball, and we are sure to see some very exciting games in the near future. We trust that the dance and supper held in the Trites.Wood Hall, Natal, will prove a success, as it is necessary to secure a little fund to make a success, ful season. —. o Z— '♦' ■ .'"'.♦ 0> GLADSTONE LOCAL NOTES «► ♦' * ' ' " ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦» ♦♦♦♦ ♦-**♦♦ » -Gladstone Local Union: on Friday last took their vote p-jjinst Order No. 124, the following being the result: Against the Order ............... 365 For t....107 Spoilt 5 Although we show 167 against we do not think it is hardly correct. The bal. lot could have been worded a whole lot plainer than it was. The easier the better. Watch out you dwellers in the An. uex. She's coming! The Coal company has got lots of old cabling up at the mines. We would advise that you get some and fasten on to your property. (Half the road against McDou- gall's has started on its trip to the coast. miners are in no way vindictive were willing to let the matter go as she looked, but half the" truth forces those who are interested to tell tbe other truth. Join the ONE BIG UNION, John. What might have terminated in a very serious motor accident occurred last Sunday morning at Cocato. W Hines and his family were on a iishing trip and when opposite the school at that place, large dog ran in front of the car, with the result that while Mr. Hines endeavored to spare the canine's life he placed himself in jeopardy, his car overturning and his removal to the hospital being necessary. Mr. Hines had a foot badly crushed and his wife was slightly cut about the face, but the five children who were with them, fortunately escaped with very slight injuries. Th'e car was somewhat damaged. We would suggest, Mr. Editor, that meetings be held in town for ladies, gentlemen and children oJ both sexes, for the purpose of teaching the different class of biology, physiology, sexology, for it is oniy by education the genus homo, the super animal, what he is, and what he is not, that you can hope to eradicate this terrible disease from the human family, which if not quelled must in the end wipe the whole of the human race from this planet. o r~- ."' The baseballers are now getting, busy '^. small fire occurred at the north eaid of the city near Dave Gash's resid. ence about 9.20 a.m. Wednesday morn, ing. Not much damage was done. The origin of the fire is not stated. The fire brigade answered the call prompt. iy- , ' We fall to see what (Bro. Wallace of the6 Free Press means in connection with some one calling out: "Look at that bunch, of I. W. iW.'s." If he ■wishes io inref that the words were not used, he Is wrong and the only course for us to do Is to bring the person up who made the remark. The -Brule miners came out on May 2nd for the enforcement of*the agreement they are laboring under and which has been repeatedly and flagrantly broken by the company. Only a short time ago the men were out three days over a dispute on lagging in counter entries. The agreement provides 30 cents per yard for the work, which the company saw fit not to pay. lt was argued by Tom Davis, the superintendent, that we did not savey tbe agreement, but alas, these damned foreigners must have learned to read fately, for it was found that they understood thc agreement better than j (00t of coal Davis, for the case was settled in their favor. At present we have the same grievance up again, with the excep. tion that it is over rooms and angles. The agreement provides for thirty and!not go up in angles, but when asked! if- he would pay for those gone up al.' ready, he sighs and says: "No boys, j we can't." Does not that assimilate | •A boy who admits that ' he has been' naughty but won't, be good? Another grievance is over the cubic measurement which has been gradually installed in Brule mines, and which hns already robbed the miners here of thousands of dollars. The agreement does not mention cubic measure at all, , All rates are based upon ton. nage, This grievance is really the' piost contentious one and may prove to be of vital interest to miners wno slave under the same conditions. From time to time men have kicked and claimed that they did not get the right measurement The committee has on several occasions been in the mine measuring places themselves, but still the men could not get the tonnage which they were accustomed to on similar work, when coal was weighed. The -company operated the mines, so that it became almost impossible tp have any coal weighed. Why, will be seen before I am through. (Martin Wall claims that it was a move to get him out of the weigh- box. True, they tried that too, but their real and main object was dollars and cents, But .Brule mines got an inspiration .which came not from the Lord, Frank Hayes, or Dave Rees. It came from Joe Swindle and was promptly put into execution by the president—not of the U. S. A.—but ot Brule Miners' Union. Poor president got a bawling out from the whisler for bringing up such rot. Here now is the result of the inspiration: The committee was sent to the mine to care, fully cut out and weigh a solid cubic Result: 104 pounds one cubic foot. One cubic yard 104x27- 2808 pounds. Companies weight one cubic yard, 2240 pounds. Men robbed on every cubic yard 568 pounds. Rates are 73c. and 85c. per ton. Loss to men 18c. on 73c. rate; 2lc on 85c. rate per cubic yard. This is what Brule min- cents per yard on these places, too,, that Is for lagging over the customary ;*ers got for giving the boss a little rope amount, to keep timber from swing, ing. Two or three prices will accomplish this and any logging in excess of this amount is supposed to be paid the aforementioned rate. Superintendent Davis explains that he w.ont pay unless lagging is done "skin tight," as he calls it, but the agreement does not mention skintight. I may mention at first until finally that rope is al. most cHoking them. But it is never too late. And old Tom, our beloved superintendent, claims: "You boys are looking for trouble." Can anyone blame them. Armstrong wires: "Understand men are out, contrary to law and agreement." Of course the slave is always doing things contrary to law, here that a miner could not think; of i because laws are not made for him, logging a piece of skintight for 30 jbut against him. cents a yard, because it takes him | ~ ~T "° from two hours upward to four to do' so and would net him 60 cents. So it is easily seen what was meant by Inserting 30 cents per yard into the agreement. The next grievance is over excessive timber and angles. The limit of dimensions on angle timbering is set at eight inches. Anything MANSIONS FINEST, HOVELS WORST. (Hy Richard Spillane, in the Vancouver Sun). The United States Is the richest na. tion of the earth, yet in many cities York liibTo are 102,000 structures olii- cially classified as tenements and in which more than 4,000,000 of thc (l.OdO.oOO inhabitants dwell. Many of these buildings are unspeakably loul. iMany of the dwellers are naturally careless and slovenly, but little or no oi'iort is made to lift them from their soualor. lt is the same in factory towns and mining toWns. To a decided degree owners of the dwellings and the municipal authorities are responsible. Th.3 bulk of nearly all cities' tene. ment population is foreign born. These people see in their Squalid surround, ings here little better than they had abroad. They find few persons with appreciation or understanding of their troubles. They are unable to rectify what is wrong, so they charge it all against the rich and the powerful. Their employer Is to them the representative of this • body that opposes them and when food prices rise and rents rise and everything else advan. ces and their wives drill into their ears night after night how much this costs and that costs, their only recourse as they see it is to make the boss pay more to them. America has the finest mansions aud the worst hovels of any prosperous country of the world. The genius of tho architect and the skill of tho builder are utilized in creating the wonderful structures we have tn towering piles as temples of business. There is nothing on earth to compare with them. But the tenements of the cities, the shacks of mill towns, they are a disgrace to civilization. What they cost in reduced production through the dissatisfaction of labor expressed in indifferent work or in strike or agitation for strike or through ill .health and death of children, never can be measured. Strikes rarely root in cleanly places. Bolshevism, never. DOCTOR WANTED The position of Doctor in Michel, B.C. is open for Tenders. Doctors ap. plying will state the amount per man per month. The mines employ 520 men, with about 50 others who will sign up. Doctor to furnish Hospital and equip same, also residence ad. joining. Every requisite to be fur. nished by the doctor. Tenders to be in to Secretary H. Beard, Michel, not later than May 28th, 3919. Contract can be secured for two or three years. Families of employees to come under contract. — 40.2t* & Our Gentle Methods of Dentistry-—20 per cent Off Regular Fixed Prices 1 HEBE are still many persons who have an absolute dread of the dental chair and on account of this they have permitted their teeth to fall into a terrible and dangerous state of neglect. They know their teeth should be attended to but their dread holds them back. We address ourselves to all such and say "Come take your seat in our offices today. Observe the ease and comfort of patients in the chair. Take confidence from their attitude, then you will believe us when we say" DENTISTRY AS WE PRACTICE IT IS A GENTLE ART DRS. BRUNER, RICHARDS & NELSON Lethbridge Office: The Ott Block Calgary Office: 115a 8th Avenue East Edmonton Office: 3 Crista!! Block COAL MINE FOR SALE A cotnHry coal mine in good location; seam 3 ft. 10 inches; good dry roof and dry mine; newly developed; also storage bin to hold sixty tons, and blacksmith shop with all necessary equipment. For particulars apply to GEO. WM. HALLIDAY Box 185 DELIA, ALBERTA STAY AWAY FROM BRULE «sm*rdjng-^e-—th^^heHbnli-rn^ is neraea agreement, is considered special ■tlm. j like cattle in pens, and thoso whose ber, to be paid 25c for each additional; business it should be to ameliorate inch. Old Tom agrees that timber ot, these conditions do not view them with bigger size than eight Indies should • sympathy or understanding. In Xew SECOND HAND STORE Fernie, B&y "Under new management. The best prices paid for all kinds of second hand furniture, stoves, etc. Rawsoh & Meek, Prop. Men should stay away from Brule owing to lack of sleeping accommodation, hotel and bunk hmisps ltAinN ito- !*.il'^'i /*!,,,., i;ii; ,,u, \\Y,.)i*il! •.. jii-j lii,. < »iii Tv tlii- S\\ I'Mii. ju r Inil I I.-. Outing Apparel for Men And Boys Who Want Comfort and Service Our Outing Suits made of Khaki and Grey Drill will appeal to the most particular men. They are well tailored in norfoll: stylu very ^mari aud durable. Boys Khaki Shirts and Pants to match is the correct thing to put on your boy for hot weather wear. 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The TRITES-WOOD Co, Ltd. am* a _ « ***m » -*-->.. •••*.. _ .__ _ w Branches at Fernie, Michel, Natal and Coal Creek ?AQE EIGHT THE DI8TJHCT lEDGEft, FERNIE, B.C, MAY 23,1819 \\tf' it* It'1 t w NEW RECORDS Results secured during the past year re-affirm the position of the Sun Life of Canada as the largart life assurance organisation of the Dominion. Fair-dealing and progressive business methods have given it leadership in annual New Business, Total Business in Force, Assets, Surplus' Earnings, Net Surplus, Total Income, Premium Income and Payments to Policyholders. M. A. KASTNER AGENT FERNIE NEWS Room and Board.—A real home. Ap. ply 10 Howland avenue or phone 135 Canaries for Sale.—$7.50 a pair. Apply over McLean's Drug Store or write Box 174.—Mra. J. Turner. Cradle Roll on Wednesday.—Tbe United Church Cradle Roll which had to be postponed last month will be held next Wednesday afternoon. o ° Lumberman In Town.—A. K. L*ltch, president of the East Kootenay Lumber company, at Jaffray, accompanied by Mrs. Leltch and children, is In the city this week on "business connected with the lumber industry. Trouble Man Here.—J. Rush Adam, son, superintendent of construction and "trouble" man of the Kootenay Telephone Lines, Limited, is in the city on business connected with his fins. FOR SALE.—Frame House, 10 rooms, plastered, stone foundation, basement, concrete block house, 5 rooms, plastered, full basement, and Lot 2, Block 70, Lindsay Ave Annex: $1,600.00. Terms, not the price of one house. F. Minton, Box 982, City. Agents Wanted.—Beer, .Wines, Whiskey, Absinthe, Apple Cider with. out apples,—easily made in your own hqme. Over 250 recipes used by the leading rectifiers of Europe. Now on sale in book form. Agents wanted in every town. Recipes and full instructions, $1.00. If not satisfied your mon. ey refunded. Western Distributors, 515 McLean Bldg., Calgary, Alta. For Sale or Rent.—Property known as the W. Jackson property, Dalton avenue. This place will be sold cheap. Address .Box 380, ledger office. 41 TO RENiT.—Small house with eloc- trie light and water. Apply .12 Howland avenue. Price $10.00 per month. ■ -41.4t» The Mooney Strike.—The result of the Mooney General -Strike vote, taken by Star Mine Local, No. 3576, at Aerial. Alta., on May, 12th, resulted ais follows: In favor of a general strike on July 40; against, 0. Locating an Air Line.—A guy down at the coast is to make an air flight through the Crow's Nest Pass as soon as the Crow's Nest Pass Automobile Association can have a man go up and stake out a clear route.—Blairmore Enterprise. A Great Week*—The big program for next week at the Grand theatre appears on another page. Sucb a collection of high.class productions of the picture world has never before been presented to a Fernie audience and there should be bumper houses at each performance as an expression of appreciation. Enquiry to Begin Shortly.—Last week Minister of Mines Sloan wrote to A. S. Wells, secretary of the B, C. Federation of Labor, informing him that the enquiry into the Coal Creek disaster, recently promised by his department, would be commenced shortly nnd steps were being taken to arrange the personnel of the commla. slon. G. W. V. A. Ball.—The local branch of the G. W. V. A. will hold their first annual ball on the evening of the 23rd in Victoria hall. A large number of outside people will be in attendance and everything te in readiness for the big event, Special music has been pro. vided for. ,, * ' "The Son of Tarzan."—Our new ser. ial which was to have been commenced this week is unavoidably delayed. The plates for the story left Toronto nearly two weeks ago and we are of the opinion that they are in one of the many cars which are having diiticnlty in rolling past Winnipeg. Dance on June 10th.~The ladies of j,. .- theF. A. A. C. Club will hold a social1 O. B. U. Contributions—The follow. Jiall. This being the first attempt on | in« are contributions to help in the dance on June 10th in Hawthorne's I work of the ONE BIG UNION, ac. part ot tMa oXiib tn hnM -a ee*d*t II knowledgmeht of which is made by Sunday Night's Meeting.—We have a verbatim report of the meeting in the Isis theater on ' Sunday evening last which is too lengthy to be put in type in time for this issue but which will be published next week. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and The Cranbrook Case.—The Camp in order to discover some way of combating the appalling conditions revealed in iFernie a committee of seven was. appointed": Mrs. A. Cummings, Edward Hesketh, G. G. Henderson, Dr. Garner. R. S. Phillips, Mrs. William Marshall, Mrs. Robert Muthie. A re. solution was also passed that an appeal should be made for an order-in. council that all venereal diseases ba reported and that persons infected should be penalized for concealment. K. of P. Will Hear Report.---Paniol Alton hasc returned from Vancouver Worker/the jpurnal of the B. C. Log. giirs' Union, says in its last issue: "The Cranbrook matter is still sub judice, but it looks as ifr a general settlement with the self.constituted "Champions of Law and Order" throughout the province were .in sight for they find that they have, this time, shot over the mark. function, more than the usual interest j Secretary Mldgley: 11. Zinda, Strome. where he attended the annual 'meeting is attached to its significance. Special | Alta., $1.00; L. Grass!, Canmore, Alta., 0r the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias iHuckaiwio.-r'i JyXmtcuntgbtu,- Kids, Don't Fail to See This Monday and Tuesday, at the Grand Fernie Sporting Notes LAST FRIDAY'S GAME BETWEEN THE F. A. A. C's AND HULA HULAS The first league contest game In the Fernie Baseball League was played Friday evening on the new grounds, dedicated by the Old Timers ana tut F. A. A. C. clubs in an exhibition game played Wednesday evening, but, owing to rain the game had to be called at tho end ot th'e sixth inning, with a tally of 9—C in favor of the victors in Wednesday's game. Kastner umpired, aud the K. A, A. C's went to the bat. The first inning was barren of results for tite.'batters niid'thie Hula Hulas took their flrat tw nt. batting Dufour's offers, which were a choice selection, he having high balls, low balls, spit balls and moth bklls. The Hulas scored the lirst run of the gaine.'*- Kobertson, the pitcher for the Hula Hula boys proved a steady pitcher, not too easy for the F A, A. .C's,'and .'was FERNIE CITY BASEBALL LEA.GUE SCHEDULE May1'16th—Hulas vs. F. A. A. C's. May 21st—Hulas vs. Old Timers. May 23rd.—Old Timers vs. F. A. A. C's. music and a whale qf a time is pro. I ?,O0: Mrs- Ella Janelko, Nordegg. Al- mIsefl jberta. $1.00; Harry Pawluk, Alta., „i$i.oo. '-...' Will Open Office in Cranbrook.— The B. C. Loggers' Union have mado Death of Only Child.—The three Cranbrook the central point for their ! *«t"»U»s ;>)., An alarm nf fir" v.'n-*; mrm-il iv. fr un■ nwl v;"" tfnown hero :iwl throiiphmit number ill Tnrinlay 'forcjioon which'the Phnh, hns received the appoint. ratified lb* (ire lirk'wtf :i Inn-* nn. *' Ini*: til. of ,'l\\\\of of police nf Vorn h:\\y'i*'^" ,,K' Ylurf nf Clilct WoUiby, who KUiuir, i h;'.s rt>,si«n«-;l. <"hii-f lloardma:i' will and bfTorc tlm flrcim-it could rvivh it,|i"MHiH' tht- dntlin of his now oflice on Ihf- little bui!i!i»g w;i< pn.-ltj null -kw \\tlo ft rut of .lnn«\\ nnd Kx.Chlef WVIeby led. but proinnt act ion r-nved ». ltiiu>;<>' will leave Komi" for Newark. N, ,».. mar Uy from d.uuu'o. Tliero wnn no ; wheni ht- g«»en to join a broiher In l»u»i- itmiiraiktc on -Ov*. stahlnand ilu> dam- *' *M n*Kt! will aimumt tu tibout *I.'ih.h*,.■*, *■,'■ catch !*'.-- fir- wn-.--m t*<;r't,r-* is h*ft the. Hl(jh Water,—Tho Klk river i» on tin .-»*.-i«iy ri"o. On th" VHb Hi" wntor -tootl iii 1 fM5t. (Iisht ln«hen at the Ilro hall; tut* 'Ati.'Ujr he- cr.'.vj.it i-.u rnmlicr Coinimny's k«urp. At] tluoURli llf --lir*- • if!iii»; it 'iimpod •■.*»• lit p, Ht, It Iimi rott-t-hfd tho live f ovor Iho tt>!> im»«. tmt ni-H'iT. inr he fitut m«rk. At clssht n.tn. on thn 2f»i*u j got thoro j!i!*t tli • -.am.., \\"«» wimior' it -'ow! «j f|if» uh foot mark, nml hi I ,U*o mtiki-8' (foot t-'"' ruefi'lif ' "'- In''*i.>*; ' tiw fi in It iv;»>>. *ix feet tWO InohO-H at Iho 1«l! protiml.--. IiT tn- h;»« „mh 'in thi» '.M<«t It ht»il roarhod six f«t-t and practice us -thai ot ■T«"-i|,r.' jonr-iiv nine luelios. YtHlordaj1, lho22nd.lt ho will ki-ip m«;I! tiintsil up \\» t»ii*, ii limbed to »ev<>ii foot two Inthe* and three trays ran dnwn 1'iHatt nvetme wins *till risftiE at x a, ,«», Tho oan! Jimmio MoXirh'>!-ii wni oron-iinif tho ; l;«lf of tho fiilM-work nn tho wont »pa« utros-l tu tH:t u, ***,. uM -.-%•. *r.',
  • Jlrs; base on ball.-?, j ORPHEUM THE HOME OF GOOD PICTURES Saturday Matinee 2.80. Saturday Wights First Show at 7 Friday and Saturday, Hay 23 and 24 , EXTRA SPECIAL EXTRA SPECIAL FLORENCE REED in the great sensational photo-drama based on the play which ran for one solid year on Broadway "To-Day" ■tjf George Broadhurst and Abraham Schomer Replete with sensational scenes, thrilling situations and tense moments, the picture is the kind that causes the spectator to grip his seat and bold his ^breath with expectancy. RUTH ROLAND in the 14th chapter of "Hands Up" »uDo Husbands Deceive" one reel comedy SJ SPECIAL NOTICE Owing to the length of-our program Friday and Saturday the first show will start at at seven a'clock both nights, second sho# at 9;15 o'clock REGULAR PRICES REGULAR PRICES Monday, May 26, One Day Only EDITH ROBERTS in "A Taste of Life" A whimsical farce that will chase away the gloom "The Womanln Tite Wet>"->chapter 4 One Reel Comedy Tuesday Only, May 27 GLADYS LESLIE in t "Wild Primrose" The story of a girl who worked miricales with the magic lamp of love Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature Wednesday and Thursday, May 28 and 29 DOROTHY PHILLIPS in the society sensation "TheTalk of The Town" Do you ever gossip? Do you ever talk about others? Do jour neighbors talk about you? A direct wallop at parents who bring their children up to be prudes in the belief that it is for their benefit to be sweetly ignorant of the mysteries of life. A Dorothy Phillips Special Attraction At Regular Prices 1 Bmffljumi^nfflimnHflijfcv Mrs. E. Todd LADIES' FURNISHER Fernie British Columbia Seasonable Millinery, in the Latest Styles from thc ers. ',",'"■ y .- .* This schedule Is subject to change as it is expected another team will en. ter the running, when ten games each will be played. FERNIE TO HAVE TWO GAMES OF FOOTBALL TOMORROW c The 24 tb is going to ba a regular football day. The Kernlea and .Michel teams play at 'iMQ o'clock and Coa! Creek and the (!. W. V. A. at six o'clock. The first game should prove a real good one. as Fernlea has sign. ed on a few new players since their last gamo with Coal Creek and e>;pect to make Michel travel at high speed to liold top place in lhe le?guo, Fernlea played Coal Creek to a draw laat g-iim. one all, and with a better llne.up now j hhould make good on the 2-!th. I The game with the U. \\V. V. A. and Coal Creek is called for"4."0, will mue bo a humdinger, for fhx» ahrapnol j . , . „ , , , dodgers nro out to win and keen even i Tbo V, A. A. P.s Kcored three runs In j , , „, , , , „ , , -. , j <|... first H-nlf of the sixth, and when!*"" *"**** for ,irst *MP' aUhou"h | lhe Uula.lluluK went out in ono, two. j <'««»» i;r»»«»«* '•'" wmmg down vsitli «| three order. Umpire Kastner ealted the! strong team and the boys from across \\ 1',1'Mio on nccount of rain. jth'.- pond wilt have to (ravel at topi The nonr* by limit)!;* .-upe-fd lo ninke good. The football! boj»t are ai-klng everybody to turn wnii sutd tuHtnt for the l>o>» of Kern!*' its I helii the good old game along come ftn'! boost for the sbr;»tisei' One bast hit**: P. A. A. C'». ",; Hula ';de(i'. !,e :i boo»ti»r. MICKtL SPQPTim NOTF* Itsms of Inttreit to the Sport in j Frntornlty t« nnd Aroond > Michel ! 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