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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22

lated, and l am further concerned
with the power OF the National Legis-
lature to assert its right TO intervene
in such a case"
He then told the committee who
Mcnamara had been forcibly taken
away from his office. denied coun-
sci and i'm the dark OF the night
hurried out of the city in an auto
mobile filled with private detectives
The seizure OF McNamara's private
papers and the ransacking OF the of
flee were also denounced by the Soc
ialist member OF Congress.
In support of his charges, Berger
quoted number of decisions perth
nent to the case. one of these was
the dissenting opinion OF Justice Nc
Kenna in the case OF Meyer Haywood
and Pettibone. Berger urged an in
vestigation so that Congress may en-
act stringent laws to prevent a re-
petition OF the Indiana outrage.
President Gompers. who was in New
York at the time OF the hearing. said
in his letter that the President Of the
United States would give more con-
sideration to a fugitive from justice
wanted by foreign potantate than
was given to Mcnamara by the Indi-
ana officials.
The arrest OF Mcnamara, he said.
was a high-handed outrage repugnant
to our common conception OF human
Justice. He urged the adoption OF the
Berger resolution.
The story of the kidnapping and
looting of the Ironworkers' office al
Indianapolis was told by an eye-wit-
ness.-President Ryan. He said that
the executive board OF the union was
forcibly detained in the office fol-
nearly three hours.
That the detectives stole st22 from
the safe which they blew up early
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
VICTORY FOR THE WORKERS


Job Hartman won a victory for the
workers Monday morning when the
cases against IS striking structural
iron workers were dismissed in Judge
Chambers department OF the city
court.
The men were charged with conspir-
ing to break the Infamous picket
ing ordinance which was placed ON
the books at the instigation OF the
Merchants and Manufacturer AS.
sociation in hope of breaking the
strike of the several thousand brew
cry workers and the metal trade un.
ions Of Los Angeles. There have been
over 400 arrests under the ordinance
and only four convictions Two score
Of workers are awaiting trial now on
the charge Of picketing. Many Of
these are brewery workers who have
won their strike and gone back 10
work. Prosecutions under the anti
picket law continue and a small mes
senger boy is awaiting trial ON a
, charge OF violating the ordinance.
At the recent Socialist city con-
vention resolutions were adopted con-
demning the so-called Good Govern
ment administration for persecution
OF workers under the Infamous Law.
The Socialists pledged their moral ana
financial support to the strikers and
! the prosecuted workers.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
BAKERS GET BETTER HOURS.

Los Angeles bakers are winning
their battle for shorter hours. on
May demand was made for a re-
duction of hours of labor. A nine
hour day was the stand taken by the
men and nearly every bakery OF M
portance has signed the agreement.
Baking Company and one other large
establishment. Socialists of Los An
geles and vicinity are exerting every
effort TO assist the strikers, and their
work among the grocers is hourly
having a good effect in bringing the
employers to time.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
DEFENCE WINS FIRST sKIRMIsu

Clarence Darrow and Job Hartman
chief council for the defense Of the
Mcnamara brotheres. had little diff
Guilty in winning their first skirmish
with the prosecution when the hearing
was given on the defence's request for
more time to prepare a plea.
District Attorney John d. Freder-
icks interposed a number of object
ions to the request for more time to
plead but he made no impression and
the date for the pleading was set for
July 5.
At thai time Darrow and Hartman
will ask that the indictment all be
quashed. Strong representation will
require several days to go over the
request An investigation OF the
makeup OF the grand jury that return
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
tBy National Socialist Press }

tBy National Socialist Press,)
Los Angeles. Cal, June 10 "A death
I trap as bad as the old Times building
trap as bad as the old Times building
is the verdict of thefire inspectors
who Investigated the auxiliary wher
the machinery is in operation for
publishing the Los Angeles Times.
Ninety men working in the COM
posing rom, crowded into close quart
ers. the gas and fumes from the metal
pots making the atmosphere almost
unbearable; windows heavily barred
and two Of the three doors locked
and blockaded, he loss of life in case
of another gas explosion. would
amount to nearly every person con-
! fined in the old fire trap" The
above is the utterance OF a man who
inspected the old ramshackle building
where ii. G. Otis is sweating his en-.
ployes in San Fernando street.
Another Times shop where portion
OF the mechanical work is done, at
Broadway, near First street, Fire
Chief Eley found only one exit $50
| feet from the street Bars were across
the only window. Gas pipes were cx.
posed and tables and stock prevented
to the windows were ordered cut away
and the doors in the San Fernando
street rookery ordered unlocked. The
owner OF he Times was censured by
the fire chief for conducting death
1 traps.
Otis also secretly owns the Los
\ Angeles Herald. The ownership has
been denied thousand times but thai
has been part OF the hypocricy tha
has been practised on the public. Tn,
Herald is run as a Democratic-Goot
Government newspaper; the Times ia
Republican reactionary No matter
then, who has been elected to office
Otis has virtually owned and operated
the city and county government. Tho
value of this was demonstrated by his
ability after the gas explosion had
destroyed the Times, To- select a coron-
crs jury, a grand jury and the munici
pal investigating committee
The Herald plant is another otis
death trap and has long been so recog-
nized by the men employed there.
The composing pant is within few
feet of the Broadway plant of the
Times.
This is the sort OF places maintained
by the man who is exerting every
effort to convince the public that un-
ion labor men blew up his plant with
! dynamite. Armed thugs surround
the Times plant and every pretense
is maintained to bolster up the theory
that labor unions are dangerous in
stitutions.
Witnesses by the score are being
unearthed by the defense. and no mat
ter how strong the frameup, or the
character oft he confessions" there
will be little difficulty in showing that
dynamite was not used in the destruct-
ion OF the Times. Nearly all evidence
showing the presence OF a dangerous
amount of gas in the building just
previous to the explosion was care.
fully kept from the investigating
committee and from the public.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22

colts. which have been declared
by the United States Supmreme
Court TO be illegal. But illegal or not
hope labor will continue To use them
to resist the forcing down OF the
standard Of the bulk OF our population
to a Chinese level. For we have been
coming down continually.
Pointing out the fact slaves because
OF their property value were given
good care by their masters prior to
the abolition OF chattle slavery, Berger
said:
The case is entirely different with
the white workingman. the SO. called
free workingman. When the white
man is sick or when he dies the en-
ployer usually loses nothing.
And the high tariff, or tariff for
revenue only, or free trade-fike "the
flowers that bloom in the Spring
have nothing to do with the case.
The fact is that the capitalist, the
average employer to-day, is more con-
cerned about a valuable horse-about
fine dog-about "A good automobile
than he is about his employe or about
his employees family"
Showing that the keen competition
In the ranks of labor often destroys
the workers home, converts him into
a tramp, and sends his wife and child
rem to the factory, the Socialist Re-
preventative declared:
Women and children do not GO
into the factory for the fun of IT,
they are brought there by dire neces-
sity-by competition. In the cotton
factories of the South. where my dem
ocratic free-trade friends come from,
the women and children compose two
thirds of the working force "
Berger here traced the industrial
development from the simple hand
tool owned by each worker to the
modern machine owned by the eapi-
talist and with which he exploits many
workers. He said:
"All the advantage of all the new
inventions. machines and improve
ments now goes mainly to the small
class of capitalists. while on the other
hand. these new inventions, machines,
improvements and labor devices dis
place human labor and steadily in.
crease the army OF unemployed, who
starved and frantic, are ever ready to
take the places of those who have
work, thereby still further depressing
the labor market .a.--. -
THE average OF wages, the certain
ty Of employment. the social privileges
and the independence OF the wage
earning and agricultural population,
when compared with the increase OF
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
SOMETHING DOING
IN LOS ANGELES
Class War in California is in
Full Swing Labor
Victories.

ed the indictments is one of the plans
Of the defense. Some startling dis
closures are expected as to the affli-
ations, sympathies and interests Of
some OF the Jurors
Clarence DarTow will go to Indian
apolis and take up investigation Of
the case at that end. Job Hartman
will have fuli charge of the case in
Los Angeles.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
CARPENTERS WIN THEIR STRIKE

over thousand carpenters went
on strike in Los Angeles May l, de-
manding 81 a day, the minimum scale
The strike has proven successful an1
all except about 15O men have return.
ed to work at the increased schedule,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22
EIGHT HOUR LAW RESULTS.

Thousands of toiling men and wo-
men are enjoying the benefits of the
reduced time of labor under the eight
hours-for- law which went in
effect May 20. Only labor-haters
and merciless eIploiters OF women are
obJecting. Southern California Hot2l
mems Association has fund. fiiched
from the women under a wage reduct-
ion, TO fight the bill.
H. G. Otis, publisher OF the Times,
has discharged eight women employees.
They were among the "heroines of the
fire. and had been promised life time
employment for their fidelity. The
foremen OF the department where
they were employed arranged a satis-
factory schedule for the women under
the law but Otis rejected il declaring
they could not earn their salaries un-
loss they worked ~ hours. He ordered
their immediate discharge.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22

HONEST MAN.
(By National Socialist Press. }

(By National Socialist Press.)
Washington, ID. C, June 10-Detect-
lev w. ]. Burns, Roosevelts honest
man. was proven to be a deliberate
liar by Attorney Leo Rappaport. nf
the Structural Ironworkers' Union, at
the hearing on Representative Ber-
gers resolution for a Congressional
probe OF the Mcnamara kidnapping
case. held before the House Commit
tee on Rules.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22


Rappaport submitted a certified
copy OF the requisition papers which
showed that Assistant District Attor-
ney Ford, OF Los Angeles. swore that
Mcnamara was under arrest at Indi.
annapolis, April 15. Ford's affidavit
contained a telegram from Burns, in
which the detective stated that he had
Mcnamara under arrest at that date.
The undisputed fast is that McNa-
mara was not arrested until Apdil 22,
one week later.
Rappaport said Burns lied in that
telegram. and Ford perjured himself
in that affidavit. which was the basis
basis for the requisition papers issued
by the Governor OF California.
Representative Berger, author of
the resolution, President Ryan and
Attorney Rappaport OF the Ironwork-
ers union addressed the committee,
A Letter from President Gompers OF
the American Federation OF Labor was
read by Chairman Henry OF the COM
mittee.
In opening the hearing, Berger
said that he did not want the COM
mittee to consider the guilt or limo.
cence of Mcnamara. The courts are
to settle that question. he said.
II am primarily concerned, said
Berger. with a series OF fragrant and
outrageous breaches OF the Jaw b,
civil officials in which a citizens con.
stitutional safeguards have been viio.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22

+. Ira Bender. A. B. Maple and Bert
II. Connors have been indicted on a
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-06-22

THE average OF wages. the certain
ty of employment, the social privileges
and the independence OF the wage
earning and agricultural population,
when compared with the increase Of
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Continued on Fourth Page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21
To Advertise South

q understand that one of the widest campaigns to advertise the south ever conceived will engage the attention of many railroad presidents next week." said a local railroad man.
 '"rhe plan is to hold a meeting of all the presidents of the southern railways to map out plans in connection with well known publisher. These plans will be gone over thoroughly and then placed into motion. As far as can be learned, the railroads will all chip in and pay for a great newspaper campaign This ap- propriation will then be followed by the publication of a magazine boosting the south. This monthly will sbe on the order of the western magazines, which are en- gagged in boosting the western country.
 "rhe indications point to great deal of good publicity for the south. As mat ter of course Birmingham cannot escape coming in for goodly share of the prom thence 10 be given this section. The cam paign will be one of the efforts used to stop the depopulation of this country in favor of the west and also to bring new settlers into this rich and rapidly growing country I hope to see great good spring from it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21
THE NGAME OF sILENcEy

From the Article on Maria Montessori,
 an Educational Wonder Worker" in the
 May McCIure's.
 One of Maria Montessori's most curious and valuable discoveries is the educative value of silence.
 The children, when the game of silence Is to be played, choose their seats. The teacher then goes quietly from one win dow to another, drawing the shutters to- gether, until twilight reigns in the room. Some of the little ones always cover their faces with their hands. Others continue to wriggle and to move in their places until the whole room is nearly dark, and the teacher has retired to an open door way leading into the vestibue. Then. like a coop full of young chickens going to rest, even the most uneasy ones grad ually quiet down and become expectant and serious. to await the ever-renewed mystery. When perfect silence has stolen over the assembly, so perfect that the ticking of a miniature clock in the room can be distinctly heard. the teacher calls a name, in faint whisper: "Govanni. :" Giovanni rises as quietly as he can from his little chair, and tiptoes out of the room into the vestibule. Woe to him if his small shoes creak! He must feel him. self the object of some very black looks, for every one is trying to hear the name 'Lucia," which is being murmured by the teacher. Lucia is more quiet in her movements than Giovanni. Giuseppe the teacher next softly calls, and funny little boy silently joins the others in the hall. She continues to call in mys- terious whisper, until dozen bambini have stolen out noiselessly and solemnly. Then the game is over. Nothing that savers of prolonged mental tax is permit ted to be continued for any length of time in the houses of childhood. Those who have remained in their places will get the chance to show how stealthily they can leave the room the next time the game l of silence is played.
 | When the game is ended the shutters 1 are opened and the school room again flooded with sunshine. The little tongues begin to wag again. But this game has calmed all excessive excitablity and re- stored placidity and tranquility Some times they ask for 1t twice in the day When one considers that the children ol these schools belong to the most noise loving nation in Europe, the success .ol 1 this game is greater triumph than the ! reading and writing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21
7 For MT. Taft in 1912

Following the action of the repub- lican state executive committee in North Carolina the republican state committee of South Carolina has warmly indorsed Mir. Taft, pledging him the delegates from that state next year. The action in the Caro- 4linas reasonably presages similar ac- tion throughout the rest of the mo- party states. If MT. Taft goes into the republican national convention backed by the solid vote of the south ern states he will assuredly be renom- mated.
 It is very plain that the President has strengthened himself since he made the Winona speech. The Cana dian reciprocity agreement is popular and some of the measures that he urged in the last Congress have pleased the country. One of those measures greatly fortified and en- larged the powers of the interstate 2 commerce commission, and this has brought the President not few SUD- porters. Altogether he stands better i. than he did one year ago, and there is small reason for thinking that a second nomination will be denied him. A second nomination is almost un- written law. At present no candidate appears against him, unless it be Sen ator LaFollette, who is an insurgent of the most pronounced type. The Wisconsin senator is we'll regarded. . He is honest and he is man who invariably stands by his convistions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21

the proposition, making the thirty second state, and. one house of the Florida legislature has voted in a like manner, and no doubt Florida will soon become the thirty-third ratify- ing state. Two more states are need ed. The New York senate voted af- firmatively by good majority on Wednesday, and the presumption is that the lower house, being demo- cratic, will vote in accordance with the pledges of the party made at its last convention. That would make thirty-four ratifying states, and eith- CT New Jersey or Massachusetts may put the proposition into the constitu- tion as Amendement Sixteen. If so, none of the questions raised about changes in state action will apply to the income tax issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21
TOILETS OF SOME ANIMALS


 The cat carries her clothes brush in her mouth for with her rough tongue she cleanses her glossy coat as boy brushes of his clothes. She lcls one of her front paws and rubs it over her face, and she is ready for her breakfast. &
 Foxes, dogs and wolves do not use their mouths when they need to wash and brush. but scratch themselves with their hind paws and are as fresh as ever.
 The COW, with her long, rough tongue. combs her coat of hair until 1t Is clean and curly The horse more than any other animal depends on his owner to keep his coat in proper condition. but often he will roll on the green grass or rub himself down against tree or fence.
 Field mice comb their hair with their hind legs, and the fur seal in similar manner spends as much time as woman in making herself look smart.
 Although the elephant appears to be thick skinned and calous, he takes great care of his skin. He often gives himself a shower bath by drawing water into his long trunk and blowing 1t on the differ ent parts of his body. After the bath he sometimes rolls himself in a toilet prepa- ration of dust to keep off the flies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21
Tennessee's Legislature Muddle

A majority of the members of the Tennessee legislature are on the spot awaiting the return of the 34 mem bers who are refugeeing in this city. A quorum in each house cannot be obtained without the presence of the 34, or some part of them, and an ad- journment sine die cannot, it is claimed, be voted without the adop- tion of concurrent resolution by a quorum of each house. The majority in Nashville defy the 34 in Birming- ham to do their worst under such cir cumstances. Both the home body and the refugees are deadlocked, and the key has been thrown away, and no one is apparently trying to recov- CT it.
 Brute force in legislation is one thing and popular referendum an other. The latter is the better of the two, and the sooner the refugees ne- gotiate an appeal to the people on the questions involved in their struggle the better it will be for them. The people do not take kindly, as rule to the tactics adopted by the refugees A better plan should be devised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21
NEW CONFIDENCE GAME

From the New York Evening Post.
 A POUGHKEEPSIE man tells the
 "A following story of new type of confidence game on a railroad train
 1.-TWO young members of the sophomore class at vassar college entered the draw ing room car next to the dining car of tho Western Express, 15 minutes before the scheduled time of departure. Having thought it unnecessary to secure seats iD the car in advance, they took temporary possession of chairs from which they ex- pected at any moment to be politely dis lodged by claimants duly provided with the required tickets, and the uncertainty of their occupancy was doubtless apparent to observers. In a chair not far away sat an elderly gentleman. He was regarding with manifest patriarchar benevolence and interest the young vassarians, when young man entered
 Presently the youth turned, and,. strid- ing directly across the car, addressed the young women hurriedly and softly: Par don me- he said Is not one of you Miss Sherwood?'
 Answered with shake of the head and a decided no, the questioner recrossed the aisle to where the elderly gentleman still sat. The conversation between them was renewed. but had lasted only few mo- ments when the young man once more started down the aisle As he passed close to where the girls were still seated. they noticed that in his hand was substantial looking roll of bills.
 "A moment later the train was in mo- tion, and the young women went into the dining car. The distinguished looking eld- erly gentleman made his appearance at the doorway of the dining car. His gaze, after sweeping the occupants of the sev-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-21

but few believe that he can defeat MT.
 Taft in the national convention.
 Mr. Taft's reelection is another
 problem altogether. The democratic wave has been well maintained in the spring elections. No signs of re- action are discernable, and if Messrs. Clark and Underwood round out a successful session in the interest of consumers and a lower cost of living no republican can be elected Presi- dent in 1912. The work of the pres ent session, together with that of next winter, promise to seal the fate of the republican party in the coming presidential term. MT. Taft will, however, secure renomination, and no doubt strong effort will be made to carry Ohio, his native state, and elect him. It cannot, however, be done if the democrats succeed in re- vising the tariff in the interest of ultimate consumers. To switch that plan of taxation from the enrichment of few to the benefit of the many is a big task, but it will be accom- plished-in the House. The republi- can Senate and the President will be judged by their actions on the bills passed by the House.