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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
JUDGE RORDWELL TOOL OF OTIS
State Still Attempts to Pack The jury. Euen
Preacher Icons as Tool Against
the Defense.

der how far Darrow will carry things
and how near he can get to the
edge of Bordwell's temper.
Other attorneys for the defense be-
come angered at the manifestly un-
fair action of the district attorney
and his assistants and the treatment
defense receives at the hands Of the
court. On these occasions there are
outbursts which are alarming and
they always bring a sharp rebuke
from the judge.
There are at present three perma-
nent jurors in the box and they bid
fair to be the only ones for a week.
There are in the box as tentative
jurors: Alex Gribling, C. A. Heath,
Clark McLain, J. B. Sexton, Brewster
c. Kenyon, G. H. Elliott, William ].
Andre, Willett Bruner. OF these at
least five must be removed by per-
emptory challenge. This will reduce
the challenges of the defense to ten
and hasten the day when the chal-
lenges shall be exhausted and men
known to be biased will be admitted
to the jury box and the defense be
helpless to prevent it.
Then will the trial of ]. B. Nc
Namara begin with all of the ma
OIL Ine Ia" against him.
with a prosecutor completely in the
hands of private detective agency
working for big fee. provided the
union man on trial can be convicted
/ on the framed up evidence prepared
! The jury will, in all proba bility
be composed Of men over 65 years
of age. Most of them reactionaries
and ''sot" in their ways and opIn-
ions. Many younger men have been
supoenaed. but most of them
( proved to be propertyless men they
were not allowed to sit on the case.
{ The prosecutors are doing all they
can to get men of advanced years
and most of them for whom the dis
trlct attorney puts up the strongest
fight are over 20 years of age. These
men are in most instances retired
men who are playing at citrus grow
! ing or fancy ranching- Many OF
them are readers of the TIMES who
say they are in sympathy with that
newspapers policy OF batting labor
J IA sample of the type the prose.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23

Los Angeles, California, Nov a.
Clarence Darrow, chief attorney for
he Mcnamara defense, wants Rev.
Robert j. Burdette, the humorist
md preacher, cited to appear in
court and explain why he persist
antly keeps up a line of funeral
sermons over the graves of victims
of the Times fire and works in
dustriously to keep the public mind
infamed against the Mcnamara
brothers.
Judge Bordwell refuses to have
Burdette supoenaed and this bril-
liant employe of H. G.. Otis will con-
tinue his noble work of clamoring
for the lives of the kidnapped work
ers.
Burdette's sermon over fourteen
coffins. eight of them empty was an
atrocity second only to that of the
explosion due to the criminal neg
lect of the owner of the TIMES
building.
The preacher, who has long been
on the pay roll of the TIMES, was
formerly popular with all classes.
but has virtually been dropped from
the church and his popularity has
waned everywhere. He has preach
ed half a dozen sermons at various
points-mOstly at laying of corner
stones or dedication of monuments
These sermons are bitter TRADES
against organized labor and workers
in general.
These sermons are played up in
the Times and given widespread
circulation. This tends to keep fresh
in the minds of possible jurors the
, fa1sehoods of former days and tc
| Keen the public preiudiced against
the defendant in this case.
Darrow makes it a rule to FIND
out if the jurors are friends of the
| Burdette family. Mrs. Burdette, wife
| Of the preacher. is large stockh old
er in the TINES company and it is
notorious that Otis passed all the
/ losses of the FIRE to the stock holders
: This cuts down the income of the
I Furdettes who live on milliopaires
row in Pasadena amid great luxury
Darrow has FREQUENT clashes Will
the judge whom he almost openl,
/ charges with bias At some of th.
stormy sessions She spectators Won
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
MORE OHIO TOWNS REPORTF.D
CAPTURED BY THE SOCIALISTS

News of more Socialist victories
are constantly being received: the
following being the latest to be heard
from:
Constable elected at Sayre, Ohio
Socialists polled 221 votes.
Farm ersburg. Ind, elected a So
cialist marshall. Charles Wallace.
At Amsterdam, Ohio, the Social
lists elected James Turvey as mayor
A clean sweep of Midvalc. Mineral
City and Barnhill Ohio. was made
by the Socialists. who CAPTURED every
Office in the three towns.
In Bellaire. Ohio. a city of 5000
people. the Socialists came within
eightv-siX votes of electing their
ticket. They are planning to wipe
the old parties off the map at the
next election.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
(By National Socialist Press. )

(By National Socialist Press.)
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 15.-
Every banker in Los Angeles has
been assessed s1,oOO.0O by the cam.
paiSn committee of the so-called
good government organization. This
will add $4,000 to the already large
slush fund that Is being gathered
and spent to defeat Job Hartman
and his associates on the Socialist
ticket.
The fact that twenty eastern cities
have recently elected the Socialist
candidates for mayor and that the
rising tide of Socialism had swept
several hundred Socialists into Of
flee has greatly alarmed the fusion
lists who have been forced to COM
bine in the hope of defeating the
working class party.
Until the primary election there
was little alarm but when the i'm
mense vote of the workers
was rolled up cry of pain and
alarm Went up from the camp of
the old time corrupt politicians.
The efforts that are being made
to turn the tide away from the So
cialists would be comedy if it were
not for the fact that bribery and
corruption is running rampant in n
city that has been fairly clean.
In order to turn public opinion
from the big issue-the steal of the
lands and water in the San Fernando
Valley, the diversion of Owens River
Aqueduct waters to the lands owned
by H. G. Otis and E. T. Earl, the
publishers plunderbund'', the grab
OF S31,OO0.00O worth of water front
at San Pedro Harbor, and similar
deals, the good government" gang
Is dealing in 4 series of falsehoods
and MISREPRESENTATION of the policy
of the Socialists.
While this is going on the work
ers are distributing 100000 pieces
OF literature each week and making
60 precincts resound with cnthusi-
astlc hall meetings and hundreds OF
outdoor meetings each week
The Wednesday night meets are
held in Temple Auditorium which
accommodates $500 persons Large
overflow meetings are Invariably held
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
A CAMPAIGN
AGAINST FOGYISM
BY Ernest Untermann.

iSN olltSl
All old fogies oppose female suf-
frage on equal terms with men.
1t is not surprising that harden I'd
champions of aristocratic privilege
should oppose the political, economic
and social equality of women with
men.
But it seems ineXplicable at firstt
sight that even advanced labor un-
ionists and socialists should LOOK
with Indifference or disfavor upon
the efforts of their wives, sweet
hearts, mothers, sisters to secure
equality with men.
The fact is indisputablc, however
1t does persist and exist in our owr.
ranks.
A close examination reveals .
good many relics of old fogyisn
even in many minds that have ac
copied most of the economic and po
litical revolutions demanding expires
sion through the brains of MAJ
kind.
Every long established prejudice
J requires an extra effort for its re-
| moval, and most minds need help
and initiative from the outside for
that purpose.
This particular foGyism against
lequalltF OF women Is TAR more deep
| routed than any Prelhdlce created
| hereiy by the capitalist environ
nheht.
| II reaches pack INTO primitive So
cletS ana appeals 10 the most lna!-
vidualistic instinct of the male brute.
the lust lof DOMINION.
II prayed uselul junction, so
long as individualism was the ruling
prlnclple OF human evolution, but be
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
j. w. ARNOLD
CHARGES THE
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
With Sending Out Ii
belous and False
Statements
CHARLESTON CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE AS FIRST AID TO
THIEVES AND PERJURERS.

] charge Charleston Chamber of
Commerce with sending out LIBEL
Gus AND FALSE STATEMENTS, in
order that influential members OF
said Chamber of Commerce can
STEAL the plant of the Nenton Iror
and Steel works. l dare the Char
lesion Cham ber of Commerce to ap-
point an UNBIASED COMMITTEE
TO openly investigate said CHARGES.
CSiSned) James w. Arnold,
South Charleston, W. va
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
INDIANA VICTORIES.

State Secretary James Oneal re-
pc-ts victories in the last week s cleo
tions in Indiana, Staunton elected
the entire Socialist ticket Shelburn
elected a Socialist treasurer and two
trustees. Farmersburg elected a So
cialist marshal. Spencer elected 4
Socialist marshal. Normal City elect
cd a Socialist trustee .=.r.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23

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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23
Socialists Sweep 1G out of 1. Dis
trictS in Berlin

Berlin, Nov. 21.-An overwhelm-
ing victory was won by the Socialists
in the last election, on November g.
Out OF seventeen districts sixteen
Social-Democrats We're elected, and
but one Liberal.
The Socialist victories are fair
indication of what the German Social
lists will do to the ruling powers at
the general Reichstag elections Jan
uary IL.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23

st. Louis Labor aptly observes that
last election day was ''black Fri
day" for the capitalist parties. It
certainly was for capitalism in this
country.
When the church fails % do its
duty it becomes the prolific breeder
of iufidelity. a few old hypocrites
in the church are more dangerous TO
society than the fam e-tailed foxes
We're to the grain fields OF Philistia.
--EN-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23

CONTINUED ON PAGE Two.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01

Born in Detroit, educated in Detroit,
University OF Michigan and Harvard
Law School. Assistant ". =. Attorney
seven years. In active practice twenty
nve years, Endorsed by ninety per
cent OF his brother lawyers OF MI po-
iticni parties.
Hon. Don NJ Dickinson. former Post
leader of the Bar IN the United States.
publicly declares for Mr.. wilkins cleo
ton He says In the press
He Is possessed of rare Judi
cial mind He has made good 20
remarkable degree, and Is especial
~ fitted for the bench"
The Detroit Journal fRepublican).
under date of March 10. 1911. says edi-
torially
Mr.. wilkins began his public
legal career In the Office OF the
", 5. district attorney and has
won recognition as one of the most
brilliant OF Detroit's attorneys IN
general law practice"
The Detroit Michigan voIksbIatt in
an editorial article March %. 1911.
says:
Among the candidates for cir
cult judge, Charles T. Wilkins. one
OF the. most prominent attorneys OF
Detroit, Is a. man OF years of prac-
teal law experience. The fact that
Mr.. Wilkins held the position OF
Assistant United States District
Attorney for several years thor
oughly. qualities him for circuit
Judge"
Charles T. wilkins record as Asst
U. S. District Attorney in 1887. 'ss. so
and 80 was so notable as to demand
his re-appointment in 1894 for another
term.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01
B0YAJIAN'S FATE NOW
RESTS WITH THE JURY
CONTINUED from page l.,

stances are. and you can Judge from
all the evidence in the case-includ-
ing the transaction ITSELF and his con.
duct at the time-whether or not he
exhibited evidences which leave a
reasonable doubt In your minds or
the soundness OF his mind In that
transaction. Did he know what he
was doing-whether IL was right or
wrong? And II he did, then did he
have the power, TO resist the impulse
occasioned? You are not to draw the
tically mad and angry. very angry,
that he does not resist the impulse
that that is unsoundness OF mind.
I'm other words, gentlemen, pas
sion and insanity are very different
things; and whatever indulgence the
law may extend to persons under
provocation. II does not treat them
as freed from criminal responsibility.
Those who have not lost their reason
by mental unsoundness are bound to
control their tempers and restrain
their passions, and are liable to the
law II they do not. Where persons
allow their anger TO lead them so TAR
as TO make them reckless, the fact
that they have become at last too In
furlated to keep them from mischief.
is merely the result of not applying
restraint In season. There would be
no safety for society II people could
with impunity lash themselves into
fury and then do acts of violence.
Whether the homicide was or was
not excusable is question of fact
for you to determine. You must de-
termine this question according to the
law as | have given 1t TO you. II 1t
appears to you that the defendant was
of sound mind, the homicide was not
excusable, but felonious, The first
question you will have TO determine
is:
WAS the defendant sane, OF sound
mind. in the sense that | have ex-
planned legal sanity to you?
IF he was of sound mind, he Is
guilty OF felonious homicide in killing
Gostanian."
Attorney Ormond F. Hunt contin-
ued the arguments for the defense,
Saturday morning. The court room
was then crowded Neither the FAITH
er nor sister OF Gostanlan was pres
ent, Judge Connolly having orccred
that each be kept out because OF the
Interruptions made by them on Fri
day.
Mr. Hunt said that the keynote In
the case was divided into two parts,
one of which was that the prosecu-
ton had fallen flat, and the other that
the prosecution had failed to remove
all doubt as TO the defendants quit.
He declared that the prosecution mad
been Obliged to go outside OF the law
in It's hope TO get conviction. IL was
that the defense would set
up the unwritten law as a defense,
but 1t hadn't done so. The defense
stuck to the statutes.
The unwritten law, he explained.
existed before the law was written
by Moses, and was Just as sacred as
the present law. There was the IN
written law at the time Cain slew
Abel and II was then that God said
in His own voice, that 1.-The blood or
thy brother called to Me out or the
ground"
Mr.. Hunt then referred somewhat
derisively to the written law. intimat-
ing that IL was not az sacred as the
would make out In the
present case.
why" he said, "if the prosecutor
himself were to be prosecuted for
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01
Democratic Nominee for
CIRCUIT
JUDGE

Born on a farm in Michigan. 1861,
worked at carpenters trade and
aught school. Graduated from high
chool. Attended State Normal Col
ege, Ypsilanti. Twice County Com.
missioner OF Schools OF Livingston
,ounty. Graduated from law depart.
nent. Michigan University, 1891. En-
aged in general practice OF law, In
III courts. Candidate for Lieutenant.
Governor. 1908 and 1910. against his
wishes. for sake of party principles
md friends. Member of T. o. o. f.,
M. B. A. w. o. W., NJ.
". A. and Great Camp officer in Mod
I'm Maccabees.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01
VOTERS, ATTENTION I!
More MarfkndaIeESn1.

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EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE, DETROIT MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01
ATTENTION!
Counts Against MarfindaIeEsm.

The Public Schools of Detroit machine POh
is oneof o
n BoarM
of
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01

Even washable cotton and linen ma,
terials are beaded.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-01

often buelSlea are made of linen TO
match the belt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
Obituary OF Walter Williamson.

Walter Williamson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. III. Fl. Williamson was born in
Nora, Nebraska. February rs. 1890 and
passed away at his late home in Guthrie
county. Iowa. July 10, 1911, aged 81
years, months and q days When
seven years of age he came with his
parents to Audubon county, Iowa,
where he lived until year ago when
with his parents he moved to Guthrie
county, Iowa. A sorrowing father and
mother, two sisters and four brothers
as follows: Emma Gibson of Nora,
Nebraska, Gertie Williamson at home,
Homer Williamson of Peru, Indiana,
Joe Williamson of Manning, Iowa,
Harry Williamson of Audubon, Iowa,
and Earnest Williamson who lives at
home, with his parents; together with
many relatives and friends they mourn
their severe loss of kind, loving and
obedient son and brother. May he rest
in peace until the golden day shall
dawn. Funeral from the home last
Monday at 10 am, conducted by Rev.
]. H. Freedline. pastor First NJ. L.
church, Audubon. Iowa Burial in
Maple Grove cemetery at Audubon. %#s
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
RENFTLE SEES SUNRISE
FROM TOP OF Pixies PEAK
lie Climbed Up The Mountain Alone
By Moonlight A Distance OF
Nine Miles.

Denver. Colorado. July 10, 1911.
Mr.. A. G. Ross,
Audubon, Iowa.
Dear Friend:--As l have a little
time before / take my train for Greeley
where ! expect to stop on my way home
and take look at the country, will
write you short letter and tell you Of
the things that saw while here in
Colorado and on my trip so far. left
Omaha over the Burlington railroad at
4:10 pm. arriving at Denver the next
morning at 800 o'clock. On the trip
from Omaha to Lincoln the crops looked
good, this section of the country having
had some fine rain. The thrashing of
winter wheat was in progress, and they
tell me the yield is good, making from
twenty to thirty bushels to the acre.
As far as could see till night overlook
US the crops through Eastern Nebraska
have stood the dry weather as well as
they have here in Iowa.
When got to Denver went to the
Office of Denver Laramie Reality Com
pany, who own the lands that have
been advertising as the Lupton Meadows.
This land lies from twenty to twenty
five miles north of Denver and without
doubt is the richest irrigated land TO
to be found in the state. Their agent
Mr.. r. r. Blair took me out and show
ed me their lands. and must say that
it is fully as good or better than what
they advertise IL to be. The farmers
here were harvesting winter wheat,
and / think IL was the best wheat /
ever saw grow, their estimate being
that it will make 80 to 80 bushels to
the acre. That looked little big to
me but from the size of the heads IL
will surely make big yield. The
second crop of alfalfa is being cut, and
they say it will still make two more
crops The farmers are getting twelve
dollars a ton in the shock for 1t. / saw
fields that will cut two tons to the acre
in one cutting. That seems like going
some but never the less it is true. !
had always been told that in buying
irrigated land the important thing TO
know was that you had sufficient
amount of water TO turn on when you
need it. l find after careful investiga-
ton that these lands have an abundant
supply of water that goes with them.
The raising Of sugar beets here is
profitable and thousands of tons are
grown here every year. | also saw
what is supposed to be the largest
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20

Our best home rendered lard at 10
cents pound for short time. The
Park Meat Market. 26tf.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
A SPLENDID PROGRAM
FOR OUR CHAUTAUQUA
Beginning Next Monday And Con-
tinuing Seven Days. Fine
Lectures And Music.
The DAILY PROGRAM

The Audubon Chautauqua opens next
Monday at 2:30, and will close on Sun
day night. Seven days of lectures and
musical entertainments. The program
is good one. We think no better has
been offered. Among the lecturers of
national reputation are Bishop Mcintyre
of the Methodist church; Joseph w.
Folk, former governor of Missouri;
Thomas McClary, who is homely and
humorous; and William Edgar Cell,
the noted explorer of Africa. Then
Miss Belle Kearney will speak of the
odd Days in Dixie" telling about the
south before the war destroyed slavery:
Walter Mansell the dramatic orator will
tell about The Other Fellow" James
Francis O'Donnell will hold up The
Sign of the Cross" Hon. Arthur X.
Peck will present the tragic scenes by
words and pictures about ''The Storm
Heroes of our Coasts" Miss Eleanor
Miller will lecture on Types of Ameri-
can Fiction Garette will instruct and
amuse everybody with his trained ami.
mails and birds. On Sunday afternoon
DIR. Edwin Alonzo Blake will talk of
Air Castles and How to Build Them"
and in the evening DIR. Chas. l.. Sea
sholes will have Brains and the Bible,
for his subject.
While all the musical entertainments
are highly spoken of where they have
been given the one great musical feature
will be presented on Friday by Thaviu's
international Band which will appear
both morning and evening. The papers
say it is equally good if not better than
the one that was present last year. In
the evening it will be accompanied by
a Grand Opera Company, which will
give US Country Jakes'' taste of CITY
life. Besides these lectures and must
Gals the Scout Camps" in the morning
will interest and entertain the children
and the morning lectures by Miss
Eleanor Miller win instruct the older
people. Remember there are Seven
Big Days" Of the Chautauqua this
year. Tickets only $3.50. 1t is worth
that much just to have some place to
go. Then the big band alone will fur
nish an entertainment worth $3.50
Get your work out of the way and be
on hand ready for the first lecture Mon
day afternoon.
OF DIR. Cells lecture The Usage News
says that many thought it TO be the
best on the course notwithstanding they
had William Jennings Bryan. When
DIR. Cell had finished his lecture of two
hours, twenty of the business men got
together and guaranteed $i25 to have
him return for another lecture in
September.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
CARRY OPERA CHAIRS
A New Feature OF The Yankee
Robinson Shows.

No show touring the country today
has the character Of seats carried by
the Yankee Robinson Shows. The
grandstand, the latest achievement in
the seat line, is bound to meet with
great favor with the patrons of the
big show. The grandstand consists
of one thousand opera chairs, every
one of which is numbered. The re-
served seats are also numbered the
same as an opera house, and when you
purchase q grandstand or reserve seat
ticket, your ticket will have the
number, row and section printed there
on. No matter how late you come to
the circus your seat will be held for
you.
For the convenience of the patrons
of the theater, grandstand and reserve
seats will be placed on sale ON the
Of exhibition, so as to avoid
the rush at the ticket wagon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20

Score by Innings.

Merchants-3-1-0-2-S-1-O-O-1-16.
BARRIERS -2-1-O-0-O-5-2-1-1--12.