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'as employed by Mr. Germer; my duties were that of making out orders, pening the mail and attending to the inventory. Orders were made out when he mail was received in the morning. We would take the order and make iplicate copies, the cash orders on pink, blue and green sheets and the charge rders on yellow, brown and white sheets. The orders received were for literaire, some of the orders called for pamphlets entitled "The Price We Pay nd "Why We Fight" To the cash orders we filed the pink sheet and turned he green and blue sheets over to the shipping clerk who filled the order, hecked and stamped it, and then he would return those slips to me, the blue geet would be sent to the consignee stamped Paid, the green sheet would be led. The system in charge accounts we used brown and yellow sheets which ere turned over to the shipping clerk. They were sent to the shipping room nd when shipments were made the slips were returned to me.

(Whereupon the witness was referred to what purported to be Invoice No. 381 found in Book entitled Campaign Department, Accounts Receivable, bearig date July 31, 1917; identified by the witness as prepared by herself the voice called for delivery of 500 copies of "The Price We Pay ".) They were delivered to Mr. Schiller according to the charge ticket).

Mr. Fleming: Q What was the practice when the sales were made to the ounty Office of the Socialist Party?

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(Objection by counsel for defendants; objection overruled; exception). The Witness: A. Some one from the County Office would come up and get he literature. (Continuing) A memorandum was turned over to me. 'ould be placed in a desk drawer and charge would be made out at the end of the month.

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The memorandum shows these copies were delivered to Mr. Schiller. After the charge ticket was made out the memoranda left by the repreentative that came up from the County Office would be destroyed. (Witness was referred to what purported to be Order No. 8080, bearing date uly 31, 1917. Invoice to American Socialist, Chicago Edition, 803 West Madison treet, 1000 copies "Why You Should Fight". Witness identified document as aving been prepared by her and testified :)

Copies were delivered to Mr. Schiller according to the charge ticket. (Thereupon witness was referred to Invoice No. 8048 dated July 25, 1917, dentified by her as having been made by her, showing the sale for 3000 war rograms under date of July 25, to E. Weurthrick, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, harge $4.50. Witness further identified Order 7997, testifying that invoice nd sale was made to J. C. Kellogg, Norfolk, Virginia, under date of July 17, 917. for 1000 copies of "The Price We Pay" at $1.50, shipment made by xpress, on July 18th, 1917. Witness identified Invoice No. 7984 as made by erself under date of July 12, 1917, shipment on July 14, 1917, for 1000 copies f"The Price We Pay" sent to Adolph Hoymeister, St. Louis, Missouri, and urther witness identified Invoice No. 7939, made by herself charged on June 30, 1917 for one combination account book, one war poster, 100 membership cards to the German Socialist Federation. Whereupon witness identified Invoice No. 7915, bearing date June 29, 1917, testifying: nvoice was made out By myself on June 29, 1917, for 161 war posters, 8 tape easures, 10 constitutions, 1 Why I am a Socialist, charged to the American Socialist Department.)

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(Whereupon witness identified Order No. 8033 as made by herself for the ale of 1000 July Organization leaflets under date July 23, 1917, to Clyde J. Wright, Peru, Illinois, 75 cents. The July organization leaflet was Why You hould Fight ".)

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Thereupon documents referred to were offered and received in evidence as overnment's Exhibits 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122 and 123, inclusive, and he same are in words and figures as follows, to wit:)

To the admission of said exhibits numbers 116 to 123 both inclusive the defendants jointly and severally entered an objection upon the ground that said exhibits were respectively incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent as to each of the defendants. Which objection was overruled by the court and the defendants were each allowed an exception.

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