The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
KICK OUT |. W. W.
That Is J. H. CrawfOrd's Advice
to Labor Unions.
He Made Eloquent Address ut
Labor Day Celebration.
BISHOP WISE ALSO SPEAKER
Eminent Prelate Urged That
LabOrerS Save Humanity.
Celebration Here Greatest in
History of City.
BISHOP WISE ALSO SPEAKER

The time has come when every
working man in America must choose
between the American Federation of
Labor. whose principle is that of in
dustrial democracy, and The Industrial
Workers OF the World. whose princi- 1
pie is that OF labor autocracy, J. Fl. (
Crawford. state labor commissioner.
told the thousands OF men and women
at Gage park at the big Labor day
celebration. And then 1t is up to every
man to come out in the open and say
which side he is going to stick by,
Crawford said
In a voice that rang with sincerity,
In words that painted graphically. the
labor commissioner drove home to his
audience an understanding of the
grave peril that threatens every Amer
lean home today Crawford pointed
out that the world has had enough of
autocracy. whether it be of labor or of
crowned heads or militarIsm The
great war he said, WAS fought to
esta blish democracy, and unless the
principles of the American Federation
OF Labor are triumphant over the l. w
W.. the great war was fought in vain.
OF greater Importance than the cost
OF living; Of more vital concern than
the league Of nations, is the settlement
OF the labor problem. the commits
sioner declared He asserted that the
a. +. OF L. must purge its ranks of
radicals and cast out every wolf in
sheep's clothing, for under the guise
of the one big union" the l. w w.
"a spreading its seditious and revolu-
tionary propaganda into every COM
munity.
The A. F. Of l.. Crawford pointed
out. was loyal to the government dur
ing the great crisis having furnished
70 per cent of the men who licked the
nuns, while the 1. W. W. by their own
admission. sought to obstruct the oper-
ations OF the government.
Bishop Wise Speaker.
Bishop James Wise, of the Episco-
pal church. also addressed the union
men and women, pointing out that la
Dor holds the balance of power in the
country and that upon labor alone de-
ponds the questions of whether this
power shall be used selfishly or for
the uplift OF all humanity. As far as
the speakers voices carried, silent,
lively. apparently deeply interested in
the solution of the problem that now
confronts the nation.
Topeka awoke with somewhat of a
headache today-the result of the day
before, But what a day. Never be-
fore in the history of the city has or
Eanized labor observed such a holiday
Approximately $4,000 union men and \
their families were vitality concerned
in the celebration, and there was not a
hitch in the program from the time
the parade started until a Fatty
Arbuckle film closed the festivities
last night.
Pageant Big Success.
Probably the most interesting and
beautiful feature of the day was the
Mother Goose pageant in the evening.
Yin which more than 500 persons, old
f-and young, participated under the
direction OF Capt w. p. MacLean and
a corps of assistants. Children in all
the colors of the rainbow. representing
soldiers. fairies. water and land
nymphs and scouts, acted their parts
perfectly.
The play was taken from the Moth
er Goose rhymes and unfolded the
story of two children who fell asleep
in the woods. wishing they might real
~ see in life all the wonderful char
Rcters about whom they had been
reading. No sooner are they asleep
than their wishes come true.
The part of Jack-in-the-box was
taken by Miss Adele Foster, and Mrs.
willard H. Trefry took the part
were Mitchell Mcdaniel. Helen
Mathews. Catherine Smith, Ruby Cole
man. Juanita Armstrong and Helen
Thomas. Esther Thomas represented
the Moon girl. Catherine Montgomery
played tho part of the fairy princess,
with Helen Haggart, Nadine Buck.
Muriel Hobson, Louise Freeman and
Virginia Welty as her attendants.
The balance of the cast follows: The
Dish and Spoon, Everett Ellis and
John Smith; the cow that jumped over
the moon. Lewis Tew; Little Boy Blue.
Clarence Price; Miss Muffit. Frances
Hess: the spider. Florence Leachman:
the Rooster. Paul Spurlock; the Fat
Pig. Everett Ellis; the five little pig
Rtes. Kenneth Moore. Charles Rehkopf.
Marion Shaffer Pascal Doerr and
Warren Boast; Jack Sprat and his
wife. Phil Ray and Leon King; the
T1,T vtr
son. Howard Judkins; Queen OF
Hearts. Atha Hicks: Jack of Hearts.
James Mccoy; the old man with calf.
Ross Metske: Daffy Down Oily. Mon
rovia Strain; Mother Goose. Irene
johnson; Mary. Fay Hess; Little Red
Riding Hood. Ruth Halves; Nimble
Jack and Simple Simon. Jimmie
Pounds: Old King Cole. Henry Huff
and Scott Swartz; the three fiddlers,
Dwight Holds Raymond Gentry and
George Johnson: Tommy Of Banbury
Cross. Bobbie MaeI.ean; Old Mother
Hubbard. Janet Harding; Mistress
Mary Eivenor McElvane; the pretty
maids. Beulah Robinson. Frances
Larrance. Frances French. Vesta
Hicks. Elenor Pearson. Isabel Pearson.
Einia Wilson. Virginia Rehkopf.
Margaret Cowdrey. Marion Capps.
Virginia Grover, Violet Carnahan:
Little Bo-Peep. Vina Smith and
Katharine Fleisch: Peter. the pump
kin eater. and his wife. Lee Smith and
Hazel Hagar; the three men in the
hub. Paul Steinrauf. Don Daily and
Robert Priest; the king, John Blaken-
khip: Jack. the giant killer. Lester
FIinshaw: the giant. Leon King; the
ld-woman-w ho-lived-in-a -shoe. Mar
celia Tillmans; Jack and Jill, Paul
spurlock and Kathyrn Weir.
The Terrible Dragon.
Troop ?, Boy Scouts Of Amerlca-william
eemple Charles Lewis, Robert Blaine.
David Thomas, Frank Kenyon. Gardner
Gibson, Wendle johnson, Francis Real
Percy Harvey. Elmer Harritt. Edgar Rou.
ngeh Ralph Martin. Ferril Moore. Carl
yToicutt, :siliy Romig Houghtou Buck,
william Pierso:, ssarnett Jonnary, Edgar
Gardner James Bowen. Ford Nelson.