The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-05-21
SWEET MARIE" oASTz

'BWEEr MARIE uANIA
stltutlonnl right OF free speech
Threats of murder aud OF assasslna.
tIon are frequently made In speeches
The anarchists have never had fuller
sweep In their scope OF murdcrons On
denvor In any country or In any city
thnn they are now being given In New
York.
That Alexander Bcrkmnn and Emma
Goldman. the king aud queen OF nn'
nrchy In this country. count on wo'
man TO turn the trick Of rcprisal is
plain. sweet Marie" Gantz. "A follow.
ar OF the anarchists. openly dcclnr'
cd. with multitude OF vicious ndJec'
tivcs. that she would XIII John -,
Rockefeller. Jr.. aud went no fur ns to
seek the young millionaire In his own
office and attack him. She II the head
OF the dying squadron OF anarchy
known M the Red Angels" The po'
lice consider her dangerous. She never
ceases 10 Talk.
Officers are anxious 20 use their
heavy clubs. They know what II In 10
Ntfll Win NV soNhktoh w
them have heard OF tho Iaymarket
riots In Chicago, In March. 1908. In
New York. the iIaymarket reprisals
came near being reproduced when
Sellg Sllverstein threw "A bomb Into
the police ranks. The bomb was poor
ly made. aud Il exploded In his own
hand, killing him and wounding the
people about him. lie had card In
his pocket. n card with the signature
Of Alexander Berkman. vouching for
him as an anarchist
The cops are not at all In sympathy
with the policy OF watchful waiting
Moreover. they are puzzled by this
new turn OF anarchistic strategy-the
employment OF women In the game OF
murder.
Marie Gantz Is only private I'm the
ranks. but she hopes 10 become cor
poral soon. II she succeeds she VIII
outrank Emma Goldman herself, That
is her ambition, and her llfe's story
verides the statement, Marie studied
anarchy under Emma Goldman she
was the most eager OF the students OF
the red queen. She is young, bit in
clined to fat. lazy physically and some
what frowsy, for the ladies of Emmas
school do not take much time about
their toilet she is twenty-three years
of age aud was born in Austria, the
most nriStocratic country in the world
perhaps she says that she is sales
woman. ana she has sold goods, be-
ginning with sausages 10 delicatessen
dealers aud ending with the selling OF
Mother Earth and other magazines that
fy in the face OF established law and
order.
sweet Marie" is an ironic alias, The
cops gave her the name because OF her
foul tongue She uses profanity as an
expert No longshoreman could give
Marie points In anathema Curses rip
Pile from her lips
The cause OF this unprecedented up
heaval is attributed TO the tragedies re
sulting from the mine strike In Colora'
do. when thirty lives were lost In bat
ties between strikers and guards.
Protests are being made against John
ID. Rockefeller. Jr's, assertion that
the mine owners would not recognize
the unions The young man has been
bounded since he appeared before a
congressional investigating committee
and made statements to which the an
archists objected.
One OF the features OF the demon
strations was the daily appearance OF
"mourners" In front OF his offices. each
wearing Grape band around his or
her arm 'in memory of the brave min
ers who died In the coaltlelds willis
standing up for their rights" they said.