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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

The case Of the twenty members
of the Communist Labor Party at
Chicago, accused of sedition under
the state sedition law, will be heard
before the State Supreme Court
August 1st. The appeal to the higher
court was decided upon after Judge
Hebel had reagirmed the original
sentences which varied from one to
five year sentences and fines Of
$1,000. Each Of the accused have
been admitted to his former bail.
Paris, March 1a--When the prose-
cution was unable to prove its con-
tention that they had plotted to over
throw the French Government in
connection with the May day strike
Of last year, the court, before whom
they had been on trial since Feb
ruary 8, today--on the 50th ami
versary of the Paris Communicate
quilted the 10 Communist leaders
charged with the plot.
Prominent among the freed men
are Pierre Monatte, Souvarine, Loriot
and CASTOR Monmousseau, all Of
whom have been severely grilled
since their Incarceration last May
in the governments effort to estab-
lish a chain connecting the French
Communists with an alleged Moscow
intention to set up Immediately d
proletarian dictatorship in France
prelude to which, according to the
French official contention, would be
series Of strikes for the purpose
of paralyzing the country. The other
defendants were Jacques Sigrand
Henri Bott, Marius Hanoi, Alexandra
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
BETWEEN BOSSES and WORKERS.

bitrarily reducing wages about "a
iper cent.
All but two of the Western WASH
ington commercial mines are idle.
Owners Of the Roslyn-C Cascade and
Bellingham mines, having refused to
sign the operators agreement to cut
wages, are still working and are
paying the miners scale.
That the operators, in attempting
to cut wages, are breaking faith with
the government is. claimed by the
miners, who state that the report
of the Coal Commissions hearing
shows that W. M. Barnum, president
of the Pacific Coal Company, in
formed the commission the operators
would abide by the decision.
Milwaukee.Th industry and
labor in eondst;ss.xj III = j s..sas. !.
than in many cities in the United
States, was the assertion here Of
w. L. Vail, vice-president Of the
Trust Company of Mexico and
member of the goodwill committee
of Mexico business men, now on
tour of the United States to re-
establish trade relations.
Altoona, Pa.-Efforts of the Penn
sylvania Railroad to disrupt the
shipments union in this city have
failed, declared H. 0. Kelly, editor
of the Labor News. A Mutual Bene-
fit Association has been used by
the company officials to ALLEVIATE.
workers from the unions, but so far
with little success, as only the super
visory forces, few clerks and here
and there a shopman have been in
duced to join.
The international Association Of
Machinists, which has for months
been conducting nationwide agita-
tion for the restoration Of American
trade with Russia, was greatly pleas
ed upon receipt of the Soviet trade Of
fer. It's officers declared that Amer
lean and European labor had been
a unit in demanding that
trade with Russia be resumed, and
they felt that the United States
could not afford to wait until Brit
ish manufacturers had, taken the
cream of the Russian orders before
clearing the road to competition
which would revive business in this
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Lebourg, Emile Giraud, manager of
the newspaper Soviet, and Louis
'Rabilloud. manager Of the newspaper
Willierhs 49, fter a trial
lasting 46 days The 16 defendants
arrested in connection with the death
of Albert C. SFelts, member of the
Baldwin -Felts Detective Agency, last
May, at Mattewan, have been found
not guilty. They are being held,
however on six other indictments
charging them with having been i'm
plicated in the death of six other
private detectives.
The announcements Of the acquittal
was received with enthusiasm by the
miners and their womenfolk, who
had congregated outside the Mingo
County Circuit Court, where the trial
was held.
Everett, Wash. Pat Cantwell, con-
victed of criminal syndicalism in
Superior Court here and sentenced
to serve from Ia to 1S months in
the state penitentiary and to pay
a fine Of $500, will appeal the case
to the Supreme Court.
Judge Ralph G. Bell, in sentencing
Cantwell, said, in substance, that the
defendant could NOT be convicted on
the preamble Of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, neither could he
he convicted on the things found on
him nor the things he> did. He de-
clared it was the organization he
belonged to that was on trial and
that he was convicted because he was
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

London, March 16.-A summons
to its 100000 members has been
issued by the International Trans
port Workers Federation 70 meet at
Geneva on April 18. Many subjects
are listed for discussion in the reso-
lutions on the agenda.
One, in the name of the executive,
for instance, congratulates the work
ers of those unions that prevented
the transport of munitions to Poland
and those intended for the blockade
of Hungary and declares that "the
most effective weapon against mill
tarism and imperialism in every coun-
try is the organized strength Of the
trade union movement"
Milwaukee.-The minimum wage
for women and children has been
Increased from ~ CENTS an hour 10
27- and the working hours for the
week set at 4S by the Wisconsin
Industrial Commission.
The manufacturers vigorously re-
sisted the proposed raise and even
wanted no minimum. The commits
sioners supported the labor repre-
sentatives in their claim that the cost
Of living was going up.
San Francisco. o.-Seventy five de-
legates, representing as many labor
unions, at a meeting here endorsed
the American Labor Alliance for
Trade Relations with Russia, which
was established here last February
to foster the movement for trade
with the eastern republic.
Detroit.-Fixture Hangers Union
No. 154, Electrical Workers, have
signed an agreement with ample EN-.
ploying contractors for 44-hour
week at $l.Oo an hour.
Vancouver.-Electric railway and
other public utility companies have
refused to accept the award of a
government conciliation board there
by forcing union electrical workers
in Vancouver and Victoria to call a
strike.
Seattle, Wash. = Approximately
230O miners, half Of them heads Of
families, are on strike in Western
Washington coal mines as the result |
~ the action NJ mine owners i'm ar |
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
RATHER CARELE ESSs WITH HIS MATCHES!


delegate of the Industrial Work.
ers of the World.
Minneapolis.--A petition for am
nesty for Eugene v. Debs, bearing
5000 names of citizens Of Minnesota
has, been assembled within seven
days by Mrs. Grace Keller former
nelghbor Of the jailed Socialist leader
in Terre Haute, Ind. By the time
the list is sent to President Harding
it is expected it will be signed by
$4,000 persons.
Rockford, Ill.-On the motion of
the attorney for the state, William
johnson, to nolle PROSE- the indict-
ments against eight alleged Com
munists made III the Circuit Court
here, the last of the Communist
cases here was wiped from the
court slate.
Those whose indictments were mol
lie pressed are Carl G. Lind, Alfred
Nelson, Mrs. Alice Beale Parsons,
Emil G. Peterson, William Roman
sky, Joseph Raskevich, William
Steintorf and Oscar Wehlstrom.
Olympia, Wash.-Conviction of
Frank Hestings and Ella Matson here
under the criminal syndicalism act
was upheld by the Washington Su-
preme Court. Hestings claimed he
had torn up his I. W. W. card be-
fore his arrest and therefore was
not a member.
Vienna.-Bela Paulik, political COM
missar for the movie theaters in
Hungary during the Bella Kun regi-
me in 1919, has been found guilty
Of agitation" and sentenced to serve
two years in Jail, says report just
received from Budapest. The Horthy
court acquitted Paulik Of having
caused riots and violations Of per-
sonal liberty.
Milwaukee.-With the deportation
of two alleged Milwaukee radicals,
victims of the January, 1920, fred"
raids, it is thought that Federal
Judge Ferdinand Gieger will hand
down a decision in the cases Of at
least 30 more in few days. The
two who were deported are Rus
SLAMS and former members Of the
Communist party,
Three more alleged radicals taken
during the raids Of 1920 in Racine
also were deported. All are Russians
and former members Of the Com
munist party.
Washington, March 21.-Convic-
tions Of 40 /. W. W. who were round
ed up in northern California on
charges Of violating the Espionage
and the Selective Service acts were
sustained by the Supreme Court to-
day. when II declined to review the
cases. t
The trial Of these L. w. W. was
held at Sacramento, Cal
y
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Seattle, Wash. - Approximately
290O miners, half of them heads Of
families, are on strike in Western
Washington coal mines as the result
Of the action Of mine owners in ar
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
STONE RAPS
LABOR BOARD
In STATEMENT
Asks Why U. S. Should
Rule Against
Labor.
BIG FOUR TO MEET
Hold War Council in
Chicago Prior to
Conference.

CLEVELAND, Oct. ia confer
ence of leaders of the "big four"
railroad brotherhoods, scheduled for
this morning, was postponed until
afternoon owing to the failure Of T.
C. Cashen, head OF the switchmen's s
union, to arrive in the city. 1t was
stated that L. E. Sheppard, president
of the Order of Railroad Conductors,
would not come on for the meeting,
but that the real war council of
the union leaders would be held in
Chicago tomorrow prior to their
meeting with the railway labor
board.
Il note by the papers" said Warren S
Stone, head Of the Brotherhood Of En-
gineers, in a statement, that the railway
labor board IS going to assert its au-
thority. IL is strange that II should be
discovered only when labor is trying TO
better its condition and Is fling a pro-
test against further wage reductions, and
then, and not until then, the United States
Railway Labor Board has full authority.
In the case of the Missouri & North
Arkansas in February. the Atlanta. Biz
mingham & Atlantic In March. the Penn
sylyania. the Erie aud numerous other
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19

One hundred sixty seven automobile
drivers have been arrested on the charge
of speeding since Oct. /, but no case
has attracted the attention equal to that
of Mrs r. Fairbanks, whose address ap-
pears on the matrOn's slate as Forty
Second street and Sherman drive. The
arrest was made Monday afternoon and
the case was called in city court Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Fairbanks was not in court. She
was represented by Russell Ryan of the
law firm of Ryan. Ruckelshaus & Ryan.
Motorcycle Policeman Marriott testified
that Mrs. Fairbanks was driving her
automobile at thirty five miles an hour
from Thirty Second street to Thirty
Eighth street, on Fall Creek boulevard
''Yes, Your Honor" admitted Mr.. Ryan,
my client was driving a little faster
than the speed limit"
How about $40 and costs?H asked
Judge Walter Pritchard.
"Oh Judge that is a little heavy" sug-
gested Mr.. Ryan.
At that instant the arresting officer
pushed his way to the brass rail in
front OF the judges bench. The traffic
was not heavy at the time of the arrest,
he said.
Are there any cross streets intersecting
at the place where you followed and re-
corded the speed Of Mrs. Fairbanks's
car ?" asked the court.
NO" answered the policeman.
'Did the speed of the automobile at
that place endanger life and limbl" ques-
toned the court.
MAY FINE YOUR
CLIENT 81? ASKS JUDGE.
"No," answered the policeman.
''Then the defendant Is really entitled
to a discharge" said Judge Pritchard.
But I doubt my right to dismiss the
case with the defendant not In court
Would 81 and costs be alright
Yes" smiled attorney Ryan, and the
court marked that finding on the affi-
davit.
why did you go to the front for her -
asked one motorcycle policeman of the
arresting officer as that man stepped
back from in front Of the judges bench.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
Nation Ready
With Autos in
Case of Strike
Methods Used in England to
Be ADOPTED to Haul Food
and Passengers.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19-The Nations
fleet of ten million motor cars is being
prepared for mobilization to transport
food in event Of q general railroad strike.
Lists of all trucks and passenger ears
In the country are being prepared for
National, Sslte and civic authorities so
emergency.
THE Government would be empowered
to seize all vehicles in time Of dire neces-
sity." F. w. Fem, secretary at the Ma
honal Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
said
"If all the railroad workers of the
United States go out on a general strike
we are making preparations to help the
Government take over all auto trucks,
and even passenger cars. There are l.
100000 trucks available for service. They
can haul food to the cities and transport
passengers on short hauls. There are
100000 passenger cars.
I'VE look to the airplanes for speedy
passenger service over long distances
This. will break any railroad tie up.
1t did IN England, where there was not
half the organization In the motor trade
that there is here today.
I'VE believe that If the strike is called
and il the trucks OF the Nation are uti-
lized--as they must be-they VIII sup
plant the railroads in many parts Of the
country.
Trucks can transport freight over
short distances at cheaper rates and as
sure speedier delivery than trains
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19

President Declares College
Student Living Too Fast

WILLIAMSBURG Va. Oct 19.-The
college student Of America is living too
fast. There Is not enough of ''plain liv-
ing and high thinking" among his kind.
This was the warning sounded today by
President Harding who spoke here at the
Inauguration of DR.. J. A. c. Chandler
as president OF William and Mary Col
lege.
President Harding came here from
Yorktown where earlier in the day he
delivered an address at the celebration
Of the one hundred and forty-third ami
versary Of the surrender of Lord Corn
wallis.
The President also made a plea for
more and better teachers in the colleges
and for greater generosity in fixing their
salaries He said the country was fac
Ing an educational crisis" and added
AZ would lift up a Macedonian call in
behalf of our schools and colleges to men
and women who feel the urge to public
usefulness"
The president said he was not sure
that the young people are living up to the
full estimate Of an education's worth and
continued:
81 doubt If there is as much of plain
living and high thinking in academic
shades as there was once or might well
be now. Among the men l have known
who worked their way through college,
the uItimatum valuations of their careers
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
TELL LPROGRAM
FOR MEETING OF
LEGION ATK. G..
Big Parade Will Be Held
Nov. l, Second Day Of
Convention.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct. 19-The pro-
gram for the third annual convention
OF the American Legion. TO be held in
this city Oct 81, Nov. 1. ., was announced
today
The first day Of the convention will
be taken up with the consideration Of
reports OF national officers and commit
tees.
Among the distinguished guests to ad-
dress the convention on this day will
he Gen. Arnando Diaz, commander IN
chief Of the Italian forces; Lieut.. Cen.
Baron Jacques. commander OF the Iron
Division OF the Belgian army; MAJ Gen.
John 10 Jeune, United States Marine
corps; Admiral Earl Beatty of England
and Admiral Coontz OF the United States
Navy.
On the morning OF the second day re
ceptions will be rendered to Marshal
Ferdinand Foch Of France and Gen. John
j. Pershing.
In the afternoon the legion parade viii
be held while in the evening dinner
viii be given to the distinguished guests
of the officers Of the legion.
Unfinished and new business and the
election OF officers will be the chief mat
ters before the delegates on the final day
Of the convention.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19

roads that could be mentioned. the rail-
road officials simply have houted the su-
thority Of the labor board and have told
1t very plainly and forcibly they would
not recognize them and abide by It's
decisions and now at this late date they
commence TO talk about asserting au-
thority when labor IS interested.
IF the press reports are to be believed,
the Administration made a statement that
It now proposes to find out whether or
not the United States railway labor board
is a useless public body. why has the
Administration not taken this position
long ago? The violation on the part OF
the railroads has been repeatedly brought
to the attention OF the Administration
and no action was taken"
Stones statement was in reply to a
telegram received from A. Il. Duncan of
Atlantic City, who declared he repre-
sented -four companies with aggrega te
resources OF about S25. 900 900 and annual
business volume Of S75, ,00O, 600"
In the telegram Duncan declared he
strongly supported the railroad execu-
tives proposed plan Of further wage and
rate reductions, regardless of the outcome
of the threatened strike" and added that
IAN actual nation wide strike is more TO
be desired than everlastingly fear Of such
q strike"
Call your strike" the telegram ended
"and see how quickly railway employees
Continued on Page Eleven.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
TO CERTIFY Is
IN SCHOOL VOTE
Bert S. Gadd's Name on List
of Candidates for Com
missioner.

Robert H. Bryson, city controller, was
ready this afternoon to certify names of
fifteen candidates for school commission
er to the city board OF election commits
stoners. The name of Bert S. Gadd, can
oidate whose petition for inclusion on the
ballot has been questioned by the anti
better schools faction. is on the list which
Mr.. Bryson said he would certify.
For the term beginning Jan 1, 192,
Mr.. Bryson will certify Charles L. Barry.
George w. Beaman, Onas w. Brooks,
Clarence E. Crippin, Adolph G. Emhardt,
DR.. Marie Haslep. Edward C. Kriel, Os-
car W. L4angston Julia Belle Tutewiler
and Fred I. Willis. For the term begin
ming Jan. 1, 1924, those certified will be
Bert s. Gadd, Frank A. Holmes, Fred
Bates Johnson, Albert Smith and Charles
X. Yoke.
DR.. Holmes and Mr.. Johnson were ad-
mitted to membership and Endorsed as
candidates By the Ex- Service Voters
League at the regular meeting Tuesday
evening. DR.. Holmes served in the world
war IN the dental corps in France Mr.
ohnsOn served on the Mexican border
and reached the rank Of major in the in
fantry. He was assigned to duty in the
Adjutant Generals office in Washington
during the world war.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
Sanitary Board
DereLict in Duty,
Declares Report

Residents of the district north of Ma
pie road and east of GuIIfOrd avenue are
undecided as to whether to rejoice over
the recent announcement of Lucius b,
Swift OF the sanitary board that the win
ter schedule of collecting ashes would
be placed In effect soon or whether to
register "a protest.
Garbage In this neighborhood has not
been collected since n week ago last
Thursday. Three weeks have elapsed
since ashes were collected and there arc
baskets of trash In the alleys that were
put out at the beginning of the Fire
Prevention cleanup.
Sunday morning an irste citizen buried
a dead cat which he'd graced the corner
of GuilfOrd avenue and FOrtieth street
for five days previously.
Several days ago the driver of a city
wagon carefully upset a basket of cans.
bottles, etc, sorted out the bottles and
carried them away, leaving the tin cans
In the alley
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
PROHI WORKER
GETS BROTHER
OFF WITH FINE
Chicago Woman Makes Strong
Plea in Blind Tiger
Case.

Mrs. Agnes Willmuth. Chicago pro-
hibition worker, appeared in city court
today and pleaded with Judge Walter
Pritchard to be lenient with her brother,
Mickey Neville. who was charged with
operating blind tiger. Neville ten days
ago was arrested in company with VIII
liam Grogan, in an Illinois street hotel.
the police and Federal officers finding
sixteen quarts Of bonded whisky In their
room.
No lawyer could have made n better
plea In defense of client than did the
plainly but neatly dressed little woman,
who described in a conversation with
Judge Walter Pritchard the conditions
In Chicago, where she decla red il was al
most impossible to convict a person ar
rested on the charge of violating the pro-
hibition laws.
Almost every cafe and coffee shop in
Chicago is place where liquor can be
purchased" declared Mrs. Willmuth. ITO
obtain a conviction 1t is necessary to
arrest the owner while In the act of max
Ing sale; to prove the buyer has paid
money for the liquor, and to produce the
liquor in court"
In answer to q question as TO whether
police protection was given these places
Mrs. Willmuth said: ''They get protec-
tion some place, but l do not know
where Then she promised that her
brother would return to Chicago and that
If he again visited indianapolis he would
come as desirable citizen"
Il am convinced these men had this
whisky for the purpose of SALE" declared
Judge Pritchard, but your argument
is good and your promise that your
brother will not bring liquor to this city
again, causes me to dismiss him with a
fine only. l will find both Of these de-
PENDANTS guilty and fine them $50 and
costs each"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-19
Speeders, With Lawyers in
Court, Fined 81; Those With
No Lawyers PenaliZed $40

"They are heavy" explained the police
man and then was stopped by reporter
who asked where does Mrs. Fairbanks
live, what license number was on her
car. and what name does the letter 'R'
stand for2"
"She lives at Allisonville pike and
Forty Second street." he said. II did
not record the license number, and /
don't know her first name"
OTHERS DRAW
FINES OF $40.
The finding Of the court in the Fair
banks speed case was decidedly lighter
than 1t was In other speed cases tried.
II. +. Huey. the next person tried, was
in court to answer the charge OF speed
ing. He was fined $40 and costs. L. D.
Behrendt, a motorcycle policeman, testi-
fed he was racing on Union street and
was driving at the rate Of thirty seven
miless an hour Behrendt admitted he
was violating the speed limit, but wanted
to know why the policeman did not ar
rest the man who drove the automob obile
with which he was racing. No explana-
ton was made of the failure to arrest
the other speed law violator aud Beh
rendt was fined $l5 and costs.
H +. Barker. the testimony of the po-
lice showed. was driving over Fall Creek
boulevard at the same speed as did Mrs
Fairbanks, thirty five miles an hour He
was in court without a lawyer. Barker
was found guilty OF speeding and was
fined $40 and costs. He was arrested at
about the same time Monday as was Mrs.
Fairbanks, but the arrest was made by
different police officer, who described
the condition Of traffic as medium"
The only speed law violator who es-
capped with the came fine as did Mrs
Fairbanks was Joseph Bossen, who was
driving at thirty-tw miles an hour.
Judge Pritchard fined him $40 and costs,
but changed the fine to 81 and costs when
a Ia Syer explained to the court that Bos-
sen was hurrying home because OF sick
ness at his home and that Bossen had
been out Of employment for some time
and that such heavy fine would work a
hardship on him.