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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
SOCIETY DEGRADING,
GIRL TELLS COURT
Mollie Stimer Explains Theory
of Anarchy at Trial of
BOlsheviki.
GIVES MARRIAGE VIEWS
Judge Admits Helplessness in
Checking Witness-Case
Goes to Jury To-day.

The theory Of anarchy was explained
to a jury yesterday in the Federal Dis
trict Court by eighteen-year-old Mollie
Stimer, diminutive immigrant from the
Russian Pale and a sweItshop worker.
Speaking clearly in English the girl
definitely announced her Indifference to
the laws Of the United States and the
Conventions of society.
Judge Henry D. Clayton. who IL pre-
siding at the trial OF the girl and Ave
male leaders OF the New York Bolshe-
wiki charged with circulating seditious
literature. had much difficulty in re-
straining her. She was eager to make
speeches and anxious to attack police
men who, the defence charges, beat the
men after their arrest.
Frequently the girl refused to answer
questions categorically. Assistant United
states Attorney s. L. Miller asked once
that she be adjudged in contempt:
What can I do asked Judge Clay
ton. she already Is In jail"
None OF the defendants obtained bail
after the arrests on August %.
Girl Il. quick to Reply.
Inc XIII SdIu t1ht laws alt "
cause the organization OF society is rot
ten. Mr.. Miller asked her IL she would
wish to have a burglar who robbed her
punished. She answered that people
steal because they are In need.
do YOU believe in laws protecting
health and morality asked the court.
81 do not believe the laws do protect
health and morality" she answered.
DO you believe In the laws OF mar
riage.'
when a girl marries nowadays 1t is
because she wants 10 get rid OF the fac
tory and wants home, not because OF
love-
Judge Clayton asked, the girl II she
believed in polygamy.
That has nothing TO do With the
case" she answered.
There was a quickly suppressed laugh
from the crowded court room. The Judge
had often used the sentence in re-
strictlng the witness. The court ex-
planned that the question was part OF
the examination OF applicants for citi-
zenship.
Refuses to Take the Oath.
The girl admitted that she distributed
circulars attacking the Governments in
PREVENTION in Russia. She refused TO
take the oath on becoming witness.
She has been In this country Ave years.
Jacob Abrahams another defendant.
said he believed In natural laws but not
human laws. He was not clear in ex-
planning his theory of natural laws. He
belonged to a bookbinders' union, he
said and obeyed its laws. He has uni
formly made s27 week at his trade
here. He was paid sc5 a month In Rus
STA. He printed pamphlets. which the
Government charges violated the es-
pionage law. in printing shop he re-
Gently established at 1882 Madison ave-
nue..
Samuel Lipman, a defendant, declared
policemen pulled him by the hair around
a room at Police Headquarters after
he was arrested.
In rebuttal several members OF the
military intelligence bureau OF the Po-
lice Department testified that the men
were not beaten. Sergeant Maher was
particularly emphatic in asserting there
was no brutality.
The taking Of testimony ended yes
terday. The case will go to the jury to-
day.
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The Holland America liner N,rIN W
sterdam, from Rotterdam, "gr.'e1 a. ~
Atlantic port yesterday with 500 PASS
gers. nearly all Dutch residents III '''
East Indies on their way th'h"r n' wa"
of Pacific ports Tn" liner Vas 'e'. a.
Quarantine and may I've released Wv
morning
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
MINIATURE ALMANAC

MINIATURE ALMANAC
United States Coast and GeodeTic Survey
Standard Time
sun risee......:l5 A NJ sun sets sSpN
Moon sets-....ii 81 A
HIGH WATER THIS DAY
Sandy Hook II :of AN Gov Island. . 5. Az
He'll Gatc.....1:;5 p "
LOW WATER THIS DAY.
Sandy Hook AS An Gov island s.,iAN
He'll Gate.....s:e0 AN
Note-The foregoing table has been to--es.
TO conform to the new "artificinl time"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23

jackson In her last Illness. II was
signed George" in the fathers hand
writing, and the son had scrawled
Jack" 1t read in part:
Now that mama has gone we feel
that we cannot live without her. Please
see that all OF US will be buried in one
grave"
The request will be fulfilled at the
Kensico Cemetery to-day.
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Lieut.. Baldwin's Funeral Tonight.

Funeral services will be held tonight
for First Lieut. Harry b. Baldwin, Jr..
Of the 105th Infantry. L. s. A.. who died
Or Monday OF pneumonia, Lieut.. Bald
win lived at 90 Decatur street, Brooklyn.
and was the son of Lieut.. Col. Harry
Beam Baldwin OF the old Forty seventh
Nifo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
Capt. Cohen to he buried friday.

Capt. Emil J. Cohen. 81 years OF age
who died Of influenza at Camp Sheridan
Montgomery. Ala. will be buried on Fri
day from the home OF his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis J. Cohen of lss Rutland
road brooklyn. Besides his parents
Capt. Cohen leaves two brothers. Benja-
min L. and Alvin H.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
Grip Spreads in Argentina.

BUESos ArREs, Oct. 22.-The infiu-
enza epidemic, which has seriously ham
pered business and other activities, con-
tinues to spread. The Government to-
day ordered all schools closed until fur
Their notice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
SLAMS KING WEARS
AMERICAN CARRIERS
DAILY PAPER

that's a starter for our "N''
seas trade. IT the garter pea
he may buy a belt t. hold up nv,
ROYAL Boomers. Attcr w VIE
this war made in Amrr''H VIZ.
win the trade. Won. We mus
make things well to keep H.
That holds good for home h''
A we'll made. good ii,'"rG s'I
makes for loyalty AT homo. 90
miration and advertiser ~,
abroad. I believe tins ana l..,
the principle in my Cl"th"' W.
you will find vel! tallnr' 81,
and overcoats. sc2. So =
$40 to $45. make therr.'r'>
saving OF IS to s. TO ,"h. t.
VINCENT. 52t-526 SIN N'''
near 3fst st.
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Highest temperature, 81 AT IN
Lowest temperature -. at \ "
Average temperature, 30.
Observation yesterday by the United Sac
weather Bureau stations showing atut,
pherc conditions IN the various cities:
Tey,,parosnre
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
DEATHS.

Total deaths Tuesday. SEQ. Total deaths
Monday. 662. Increase, 3i7 deaths.
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Local WEATHER RECORDS

The temperature In this city ,ss.s.d,
as recorded by the officiai thrrmompta,
shown In the annexed tahls
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
JUDGE PERRY RULES INSURANCE PAY
CANNOT BE WITHHELD FROM CLAIMANTS
Private Companies Must Pay Compensation Once When Awards
by Industrial Commission; Inpor-
tant Ruling Which Will Protect Workers Against
Long Litigation in the Courts.

In the District court Thursday
Judge Perry rendered an opinion of
much Importance to workers of the
state coming under the Colorado COM
pensation act. The judge held that
an insurance claim sustained by the
state industrial commission must be
paid Immediately, and shall not be
stayed by the commencement of liti-
cation. The decision, reviewing sew
eral points and covering fifteen type
written pages, was rendered in sus-
tanning n demurrer to the supplement
tai complaint brought by the indus
trial commission, defendant, in a
cause instituted by the Leyden Coal
Co. and the Employers Mutual Insur-
ance Co.
This action arose out of an award
made by the industrial commission for
insurance to be paid to Thomas Pier,
an employe who was injured as the
result of falling coal in one of the
coal company's mines at Leyden, Colo,
in january, 1916.
History of the Case.
This award was made in favor of
the claimant on June 6, 1917, and the
Employers Mutual Insurance Com
pany, which protected the mine, in
the same year filed a petition for a
hearing on the finding.
The petition was denied, and in Oc-
tober the case came to trial, the court
sustaining the finding of the original
award by the industrial commission.
In November a motion for a new trial
was denied. Meantime the claimant
and the industrial commission filed
the general demurrer to the supple
mental complaint, which was argued
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
GREETINGS FROM THE BRITISH LABOR
MISSION NOW VISITING IN AMERICA

visiting United the invitation of President
Gompes the American Federation of Labor and with full
the and the British
We result fully understand and
the spirit of American people gather inspiration
their whole them impress
sons of what actually happening Europe Some of have
right battle We have which towns
villages have been devastated by Germans We know of the
sacrifices that making and
American unonists
democracy America generally will be of value only
to ourselves but the democracy of France.
all unless between
shall neither achieve full
victory shall those victory that democracy
anticipates
CHARLES DUNCAN, M. p,
General Secretary of the Workers Union
w. A. APPLETON,
Secretary of the General Federated Trade Union.
JOSHUA BUTTERWORTH,
Representing Associated Shipwrights Society.
WILLIAM NOISES,
Secretary to the Party.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
HOAGE ON THE JOB
CONTINUED from Page one)


the American Bank & Trust Co. build
ing, Seventeenth and Lawrence streets.
Hoage is a former president of the
Trades and Labor Assembly and for
many years was secretary of the
Union Label League. He is one of the
best known, most active and popular
men in the local labor movement and
there is every reason to believe that
he will more than make good in this
new position. His election came with
out opposition, all delegates at the
assembly meeting agreeing that he
was the proper man to fill this impor-
tant position.
Four delegates from the newly Or
ganized Drug Clerks Union, affiliated
with the International Retail Clerks
Protective Association, presented Gre
dentials and were seated This is the
first time the drug clerks of Denver
have ever had labor organization
and the appearance of the delegates
Tuesday night brought forth consid-
cradle applause.
Upon request of the Window and
House Cleaners Union, the Denver and
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
Colorado Workers Demand Justice From
Heads of National Labor Officials

Colorado labor has suffered much in the past at the hands OF
euted and sentenced to life BY serVe NE
against labor committed during the past year by those
and and the rank and file stand methods
conduct themselves and towards the public This line OF
has been denied the rank and he by the
dpaved and debased labor crooks that has ever
they reign of terror and
to deprive loyal labor men and % women &c OF the ght & tine
advancing industrial social and economic interests
Of he United Mine WORKERS of America
trial Justice before we can have industrial peace
Hayes who this year came to Colorado in in and thru
which deprived the union coal miners of this state exercising their
Hayes international policy commit
responsible for James Moran OF Iowa and Warren NJ f.
Lehman the Judas scariot reelection Pres
n ohn R LAWSON and Ed l. Doyle two
teqe e hooue gIaa uesssppng officials Of the u
Nor did this of conn their crooked tactics to
Federation of Labor by of debauchery and
August they packed the State Federation
of Labor and with the Of M the sd snd
dcdt of long and honorable standing in the labor
for time successful with few of their candidates They
each @ by paying per eapa tax on @ sheets who
and by using dead seals of detunct
in order make the returns bear sembanee of legality
being exposed Bulletin from week week has driven home
the truth and made plain the facts in this OF
frauduent votes the State which
elected President the candidate by Moran Pppn
McLennan Lawson made of the state and
This plenty
officers and members of miners
called hear this evidence
purge of fraud This done head
quarters the printed in this issue of The Bull
before thought possible in
organized labor under the banner of the American Fed
of ITSELF
methods against official representatives of the
of America particularly President Frank
prime nsgato of all that has been done
deprive the coal dgger of their rights autonomy
and eovenmen right guaranteed by their international con-
Organized demanding that frauds be
of the United Mine Workers
this the will be made issue
of Labor the hope that
economic justice the miners
of organized labor in Colorado
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23

Lincoln taught. first to your conscience
and to the cause of liberty. II they
had signed this pledge they would
have had to insist that our revolu-
tionary forefathers were wrong. Did
not these patriots object to entire ODE
dience to Constituted authorities 2" II
the teachers had signed the second
part of the pledge they would have
had TO deny their admiration of the
great men who believed in the aboli-
tion of slavery. Did these men not OBJ
ject to some of the decisions Of the
Constituted authorities ?" The kind
of obedience promised in the pledge
puts the entire school system in the
hands Of a certain group who can use
the schools as machine for promul-
eating their doctrines and theirs alone
No other opinions may even be men
toned
What is an American? Every prof
itcer in this war is insisting that he is
400 per cent. American" and that his
employees who ask for n living wage
must be "Pro-German." Those words
are easily thrown about. But labor
should be too intelligent to be deceived
so easily. The hope of the future of
the world depends on the intelligence
of labor 1t must listen to Emerson
and "bc not hindered by the name of
goodness, but explore whether it be
goodness" Labor must fight to see
that 400 per cent. Americanism" is
not used as camouhage for the worst
sort of Prussianism.
The two teachers are American,
truly American. And If the Prussian
system of running the schools goes on,
every teacher and pupil will be too
terrorized to stand up for any cause
whatever, no matter how just. When
Big Business dictates every word
spoken in the public schools, Labor
may feel safe and at rcst-as safe as
one feels in the grave. The "order
and quiet of the schools will be per-
feet. The same may be said of the
cemetery.
If we can allow bought and terror
lied school, what will become of the
Liberty and Democracy that we are
fighting for abroad? When the boys
come home from the trenches shall it
be to find that we have stood by like
towards while proiiteering Business
with Prussian efficiency has stabbed
all Liberty to the heart?
These teachers have given up their
positions rather than teach Prusian-
ism to the future citizens of our re-
public.
Yours for the good fight for Democ-
racy at home as well as abroad,
A SUBSCRIBER.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
The Open Forum
In Defense Of Two Teachers Dismissed
by the School Board.
To the Editor of The Labor Bulletin
and Friends of Labor:

To the Editor of The Labor Bulletin
and Friends of Labor:
| am sure that The Labor Bulletin
does not wish to make statements that
are untrue or to take an attitude that
is unfair The two teachers dismissed
from East Side High school were not
even charged with disloyalty. They
were dismissed for striking out the
word obedience"
They are loyal Americans of old
American ancestry and intensely
American convictions. They signed the
loyalty pledge. 1t was because they
pledge that they could not sign the
second part, obedience to constituted
authorities. They were too loyal to
American traditions and American
ideals to be able to promise to teach
unquestioning obedience. If they had
believed in the worst ideals of the
Prussian government, they could have
signed that card, easily and gladly.
Obedience is the foundation of gov
ernment. But there are two kinds of
bedience-autocratic obedience (such
as Prussia had taught almost perfect
ly) and democratic obedience, the obe-
dience which free people may honor
ably give.
were willing to do things which are
almost unbelievable. What was the
matter with them? They were born
human beings. How could they bring
themselves to this? ? The answer is
simple. They were taught absolute
obedience, autocratic obedience, the
obedience of slave, of machine not
the obedience worthy of citizens of a
free country. They learned the lesson
well, "Obey, no matter what a maniac
may command. Obey!" Are you go
ing to admire that sort of obedience
1t is filling the earth with agony to-
day.
This sort of obedience means that
you must not resist gunner sent out
by the Constituted authorities" and
you must never go out on a strike.
That is not perfect obedience. 1t was
not so many years ago that belonging
to labor union was entirely against
the law.
The difference between these two
kinds of obedience, the difference be-
tween democracy and autocracy is the
thing that we have told the whole
world that we are fighting n great
war for. Shall we, like towards, be-
tray the cause at home?
These two women are supporting
the obedience that Washington and
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23

proper recognition ana DenentS tnere-
from. Morrissey would make a con-
gresham who would reflect credit
upon this district, a respect that has
Washington, for many years past.
THE REV. DR.. CHARLES L.
Mead was given a wonderful farewell
reception at Trinity Methodist church
before his departure for France as a
field agent for the Y. M. c. A. DIR.
Mead is a most remarkable man and
his patriotic addresses in Colorado
since the United States entered the
war have given him an international
reputation. His stirring eloquence is
sure to hearten our boys at the front
in France, as his mission will carry
him to every part of the American
fighting front. Last Sunday, the day
preceding his departure, more than
four thousand friends attended the
services at Trinity church and both
morning and evening the great audi
torium was crowded to the doors, many
standing in the aisles and others find
ing seats upon the pulpit platform.
Hundreds of others were turned away,
unable to gain admission. A most
wonderful and deserved tribute to a
man who breaches patriotism and hu-
manity in such convincing eloquence
as to demand his services with our
army. Upon arrival in Washington
this week, DR.. Mead held conference
with President Wilson and Secretary
of War Baker, after which he went
to New York to go aboard ship sail
ing for France.
CLARENCE j. MOORHOUSE OF
the State Labor Department has re-
ceived a letter from James A. Conkle,
formerly well known in the Denver
labor movement, which contains infor-
nation that will be of interest to many
of his former friends here. 81 sup
pose that in the three years and a
half l have been away from Denver
there have been a large number of
changes" writes COnkle. Il came
here for the health of my wife, and
since coming have not been in the best
of health myself, so have done little
corresponding. Have lost about thir-
ty-five pounds. l am operating ma
chine on the Morning Tribune and in
cidentally am chairman of the chapel.
/ took an examination recently for
employment manager and passed with
an ST. Examinations were held in
San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento
and Los Angeles, and out of all the
people that contested l was No. IL
on the list. Those who beat me were
men out of the employment Offices.
But l have chance at that. l am
now contesting for the superintend-
ency of the Los Angeles Office, which
pays S175. Have taken the written
and will soon be called for the oral ex-
animation. 1t would be of value to me
if l knew when the legislation estab-
fishing the Colorado offices was passed
and when the bureau was established.
l would like you to send it to me. The
labor movement here is in bad shape,
probably the worst in the country; but
from the prosperous look of The Den
yer Labor Bulletin 1 should judge the
movement there is in good shape"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
Make the Meat Packers SerUe Democracy

Frank attorney employees giving the pack
the public much information
in hearings being held Chicago before Federal Judge Samuel
Alschuler acting arbitrator the Nothing
since Upton Sncars Jungle Book has brought out the slave
methods of the packers
The hearings disclosed that thousands of workers the
packing miserable herded together
like Most of these employees foreign
until recently had the protest thru
Now seeing light and by have
conditions of labor and housing
packing for the welfare of those
almost beyond belief show
make the world
much be done along this line right here
al home, particularly in the packing industry.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23

Ndiiiot -
The opinion handed down .ustains
the industrial commission in its origi-
nal finding and asserts that the money
due to Thomas Pier cannot be fur
ther held up by litigation The
clauses covering this point read as
follows:
"Scction "a and sections So TO S.. in
relation 70 penalties, clearly express
a legislative will that an order award
ing compensation shall become effect
i've at once and shall not be stayed
by the commencement or the depend
ency of an action brought for the
purpose Of reviewing the order
"lf the law did not contain the sec
tions last mentioned, the court would
hold that it was evident from the
whole tenor of the wv that the finding
and award should become operative
Immediately and should remain opcr-
ative continually"
Clears Away the Clouds.
Judge Perry's decision will no doubt
clear away many of the clouds which
have surrounded acts of private insur-
ance companies operating under the
compensation act and will force such
private companies to pay compensa-
tion which they have been cndeavor-
ing to avoid thru repeated litigation
Thomas Pier, the claimant, was rep
resented by Wayne c. Williams. for
mcr member of the industrial com
mission, assisted by Attorneys Swei-
CERT and Roach of the attorney gen
erals office.
Attorney Leroy McWhinney repre-
sented the insurance company, which
sought to avoid payment Of compen-
sation.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23
Houu the Old Order of Things Is Changing

of national railroads exploding
all policies of moguls who collapsed
when crucial transportation test of McAdoo the
big things big respecter of plutocratc pre-
negatives few days he denied private car to Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt public be damned family which travel from
palace Sparanburg c. This special privilege
spite that Mrs Vanderbilt offered to
visit her
husband Colonel Vanderbilt stationed
The general would be useless OF fuel
power haul the New York asocrat in private
McAdoo and his democratic drec-
of national railroads.