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The labor world., 1921-06-11
sATURDA LABOR WORLD -----JUNE II. .io211

Garner hasn 4 money with which to buy,
the merchant can't hope to sell, and
the community can't make progress.
AS wages go down, 50 does the volume
| Of sales by the merchant.
As wages 60 up, so does the volume
| Of sales by the merchant.
The experience of business men in
the past is convincing proof Of the
above statements.
Low wages mean impoverished work
ers, Impoverished merchants and an I'M
poverished community. This economic
law is immutable; from it there is no
escape.
A drive against the wages of the
worker is drive against the success
Of the merchant and business man as
we'll as the community in general. The
merchant and the business man and the
community cannot be prosperous unless
the wage-earner is prosperous, as these
have identical interests. This truth is
self-evident. It does not need to be
emphasized.
Apparently there are some employers
who have decreed that wages shall be
lowered, and that all agencies which
might tend to uphold wages shall be
destroyed. They have joined forces
with a nationwide conspiracy to
achieve their sinister purpose. Their
only motive is to safeguard profits. TO
them the workers are but means to
attain profits.
The men and women Of organized
labor are among the greatest factors in
moving city forward. They arc try
ing to keep wages at level where the
worker and his family can maintain an
American standard Of living. 1t is they
who are seeking to lift the worker
above draft animal. It is they who
are fighting for higher education. 1t
is they who are taking the children out
Of the factories and placing them in
the schools. 1t is they who have placed
what laws we have on the statute books
for the protection Of men, women and
children toilers
If the trade union movement is sue
ccssful in its undertakings, the wage
Garner, the merchant and the comnun.
ity are benefited, but the "wage cut
ters' will not have quite so large
profits.
Which Of the two plans outlined
should be called An1erican!''.
Which of the two plans will be the
greatest benefit to the nation!
Which Of the two plans will have the
sympathy and the support Of the wage
earners, the grocers, the coal dealers,
the business men, the merchants and
the community?
The labor world., 1921-06-11
LABOR DEPARTMENT IN DANGER

~~~~>" SA1A JAVA NA9r AN 03ANtGA.
The United States department Of
labor was created as a result Of trade
union agitation, and the same method
must be applied to save it from being
weakened or destroyed.
The law creating the department pro.
vldes that it's purpose shall be "to fos-
ter, promote and develop the welfare
Of the wage earners of the United
States, to improve their working con-
ditions and to advance their oppor-
tunities for prof table employment.
Three bills are now pending in con
gress that would create a department
Of public welfare and give this new
department many functions and powers
now exercised by the department Of
labor.
In the bill introduced by Senator
Kenyon the president is authorized to
transfer to the new department any
other function Of the department. of
labor that he believes comes under the
head Of health or social welfare.
Do you want the department Of labor
weakened or destroyed9
If not, write your senators and con-
gresham, letting them know your DO
sition.
The labor world., 1921-06-11
THE PSYCHOLOGY or ART.

In the hunldrum of a materiaistic ago
we seem to be in danger Of overlooking
and neglecting some Of the finer pos.
sibilities of life.
No thinking person will dispute the
fact that the struggle for existence is
the main consideration in the lives of
the great mass Of the people Of this
and every other country, but we be-
lieve that other than material interests
have significance for the majority Of
people, to greater or lesser extent.
We are strongly of the opinion that,
as far as is possible without losing
sight Of material fundamentals, the de-
velopment Of the spiritual side Of man Is
nature should be more greatly encour.
aged than it il.
Naturally the economic masters Of
the working class do not encourage the
development Of the workers. esthetic
taste, for if the toilers learn to properly
appreciate the beautiful in nature, in
art and in literature, they are going
to be less content with the present
conditions. '>-., 49,,
Tho development OF an appreciation
Of things beautiful is good labor props.
ganda, real as well a. Psychological.
The labor world., 1921-06-11
WHICH WAY ARE YOU HEADED;

WHICH WAY ARE YOU HEADED?
No young man has any idea of ending
up in the poorhouse.
All the old sports who suck away on
pauper's pipes can look back to the
day when they were filled with high
hopes-and foolish habits.
They made money and spent it as
fast, or faster, than they made it.
Now they are filled with remorse
and boiled potatoes.
Noisy faith in the theory that the
ravens that fed Elijah wouldn It turn
them down proved a delusion and a
snare.
All they have to show for the life
they have spent is the rheumatism and
so cents worth of white whiskers.
They saw no virtue in the word
thrift.
That was where they made their one
fatal blunder.
If everyone would apply tho same
zest to saving something Of their in
come and investing it wisely, that they
do in spending, the poorhousc, with it's
sorrows and disappointments, would
fade away.
True, most Of you who read these
lines, never will 60 to the poorhouse
1t is just as true however, that un-
less you make some systematic provi-
sion for the uncertainties Of the NOR
TOW, you are going to be unhappy.
Save, and save regularly, is a habit
certain to pay dividends in happiness
and contentment and comfort. Thrift
is safe thoroughfare and Regret is
net on it,.
There are many methods of saving
but none quite so satisfactory as put.
ting each week all the money you rea-
sonably can spare into treasury savings
stamps or certificates, yielding, when
held to maturity 4 per cent compounded
quarterly and backed by all the great
resources Of the United States of
America.
These securities are obtained at the
postoffice and should you need ready
cash at any time they will be redeemed
by the government for the full amount
paid for them, plus accrued interest.
Start today the government savings
way and the longer you keep at it the
better you will like it,
The labor world., 1921-06-11
sH1F.ooNTRoL AND LOYALTY.

The railroad workers are giving 4
remarkable exhibition Of disciplined
solidarity. For months they have beon
subjected by the railroad interests to q
barrage Of abuse and Misrepresentation,
but while their tenpers have been sorely
tried they have not lost their heads:
-Four hundred thousand Of them have
been deprived Of their jobs as part
Of the railroad managers scheme to
demoralize and disrupt trades union Or
ganizations. Those who have remained
at work have been daily threatened
with wage reductions.
Despite all this the morale of the
workers has not been shaken in the
slightest degree. There has been no i'll:
advised or Incorporate demonstration.
No one has attempted to Crock the
boat.'
Where strikes have been authorized
because railroad companies have braz.
enly refused to obey the law, every
worker has walked out and has re-.
manned out. Where strikes have not
been authorized, they have stuck to
their jobs, if permitted to do SO by the
management.
1t is impossible to defeat men who
display such self-control and loyalty to
their fellow workers.
We believe the great majority Of the
people fully appreciate this, and even
the Atterburys will be convinced before
the struggle has ended.
The labor world., 1921-06-11
PASS HAT TO GET FUNDS
TO FIGHT LABOR UNIONS

Making the south "open shop" ard
abolishlng union labor is the ambi-'
tious program Of the Southern Metfl
Trades association, with headquarters
at Atlanta, Ga.
It's secretary, ". E. Dunn jr., has
circularized large industries asking
for contributions. The cornmuuicA-
ton addressed to railroad presidents
says:
IA fund of at least $50, 900 to start
would be a small amount for the
railroads OF the south to subscribe
toward such movement, for opsr@
ating expenses, publicity, etc. Would
your company be willing to suoocrieei
say, $1,000 for such purpose ana utea
In view Of the fact that railroad
wage series largely, almost entirely,
govern the rates paid by others. every
employer Of labor in the south shoula
join this move and subscriber
In return for this investment" the
railroads are assured Of "the right
to run without dictation from !rre-
sponsible, outside labor agitators and
the abolishment of the union-labor4
ridden railway wage boards."
The labor world., 1921-06-11
TWO PLANE.

The worker, the merchant; the grocer,
tho coal dealer, the business 1.,An-.-in
fact, the entire cornmunity-shars COM
monty in, tho aahering brought on by
idleness and low wages. If the wage
The labor world., 1921-06-11

"Punishing workers'' would be
great sport, were it not for the cor
responding pafalysing effect upon the
cash register, ~ businesb men are lsatn.
Ing 70 their sorrow. .,,,.... v s1l6a
The labor world., 1921-06-11

The American workinsman ought
to cheer UP q lot now that Senator
Penreee announced that the exces1
profits tax will soon be Abolibhed. /.
The labor world., 1921-06-11


country "a per cent Of the agricultural
products, 40 per cont Of the IMMORAL
production and "a per cent of the man
ufactured goods, and we accomplish
these results with less than six per cent
Of the earth 5 popalation.''
In view Of this wonderful array Of
figures showing the productivity Of our
soil and Of our workers generally, MI.
Fetched tells us that there is some-
thing radically wrong with the work
man and his organization and says we
must have a change. We agree with
him that there should be change, but
not the kind Of change he wants. The
change we want is one that will permit
Labor to participate little more in
the wonderful wealth it helps to create.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
Modern BLuebeard, With
Dozen Wives to Credit,
Goes on Trial in France

VERSAILLES, Nov. 7.z-France's most
sensational murder trial since the
acquittal of the wife Of former Premier
Joseph Caillaux Of a murder charge In
1914, opened today when Henri Landru,
modern Bluebeard," was arraigned
charged with killing dozen wives and
fIancees for their money.
A tremendous crowd stormed the court
building, but was held back by a Gordon
of police that guarded the entrance. Ad
mission was by ticket only.
SEEMS AMUSED
AT PROCEEDINGS.
Landru was taken into the court
room by a secret passage. He was calm
case aroused.
Immediately after Judge Gilbert, pres
ident Of the AsSize Court, had mounted
the bench and took his seat, court was
called to order The full jury was sworn
in at l 80 o'clock and the prosecutor be-
gan reading the indictment.
The trial took on the appearance of
society event, with large numbers of
lmousines parked outside. They had
brought a crowd of richly gowned wom-
en- from Paris.
There were about four hundred persons
in the courtroom, including witnesses,
talesmen. newspaper men and spectators
One hundred and fifty witnesses had
teen summoned, Of which thirty were for
the defeuse. The indictment charged
Landru with the specific murder Of eleven
women.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
Washington NOU Fairly
OUerrun by Diplomats
and Others for Pdrley

Rome, Paree, and the Savoy Bar. They
will begin with toasting and words of
praise, and end in roasting and sad dis
mays.
The ubiquitous local committee" has
been at work. 1t had done its utmost to
mar the scenic charm Of Seventeenth
street. That stately parkway. hanked
on the east by the State War-Navy build
ing and on the west by the Corcoran Art
Gallery, the Red Cross shrine. Continental
Memorial Hall and the Pan American
building g-Government, Art, Patriotism
History. Unity-is being desecrated by
carpenters and electricians.
PARKWAY TO RESEMBLE
CARNIVAL MIDWAY
It is being converted into a sort Of
carnival midway, with atrocious piles OF
pine boards and cheescloth, caricatures Of
the impressive obelisk that constitutes 4
monument to the memory OF Washing
ton. They are to call It an Arch Of
Jeweis." In strict accord with the pre-
tentiOns of the bally hoo.
Sputterng gas jets are to take the place
Of soft street lights, and be known as
Roman torches. They-the ''Iocal COM
mittee"-woulI sell souvenir pennants Of
the unknown soldiers" funeral if they
dared. To them all things are events
only when translated into piratical hotel
charges.
The delegates from The Netherlands
rode up the avenue late Sunday. Sec
retary Hughes sat beside Jonkheer H. A
Van Karnebeek. the Dutch minister of
foreign affairs. Ahead of them clanked
troop of cavalry. with drawn swords
Continued on Page Three.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07

Landru, 50, with heavy features and
squat figure, shining bald pate and
oushy. black beard-in fact, the exact
antithesis Of the legendary Don Juan
will lie pictured by the prosecution as
having lured a verltable army Of wom-
IN, mostly wealthy widows ranging
In age from 20 to 60, for their fortunes.
Matrimonial advertisements are alleged
to have been the agency through which
he worked. He Is said to have induced
each Of his victims to convert her wealth
into cash.
Meeting her in Paris. he would pur-
chase two railway tickets to Gambais.
Records will be produced to show that
he always purchased only one return
ticket.
ALL HIS WIVES
HAVE DISAPPEARED.
Most of the women to whom the modern
"Bluebeard" is alleged to have been be-
throthed have disappeared. The evidence
against him is circumstantial. Three
pounds Of charred bones taken from
stove at the villa and alleged by experts
to be human, will be produced in court.
The prosecution also will introduce Ian
dru's notebook In which he is said to
have entered minute particulars regarding
his various fiancees.
The former Nine. Landru, in an inter.
view, declared she did not believe him
guilty of the charges against him and
pointed out that the stove in which the
alleged human bones were found was too
small TO admit q woman's body.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
DEFINITE PLAN
TOBE OFFERED
BY PRESIDENT
Harding to Pave Way
for Solution of
World Problems.
FATE IN FAR EAST
ex FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE.

BY FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Amer
ica's program for the Washington
conference is complete. Details re-
main to be perfected, methods of pro-
cedure finally formulated, and finish
ing touches applied, but our broad
strategic lines are drawn and ready
for the fray. The United States is
prepared to assert the leadership 1t
assumed when President Harding
convened the conference with respect
to both Of its cardinal branches--the
Far East and the limitation Of arma-
ments-the American delegation will
submit concrete propositions. The
United States hopes and believes
that its proposals viii be found d.
batable. They viii not be offered in
a dogmatic spirit. They are expected
to evoke counter-proposals and gen
orally to pave the way to construc-
tive results.
Specific points in the American program
for solving Far Eastern problems and
limiting armament will not be revealed
until the conference has settled down to
actual business sessions. But when Presi-
dent Harding has delivered his open ng
address to the conference on the morning
OF Saturday May l.. the world viii he
pretty thoroughly informed Of the hopes
and plans the United States cherishes.
ONE POINT IS LIKELY TO BE
STRESSED BY THE PRESIDENT WITH
SIGNIFICANT EMPHASIS IF THOSE
HOPES IRE DASHED IND THOSE
PLANS MISCAKRY, HISTORY WILL
HAVE No WARRANT FOR SAYING
AMERICA WAS TO BLAME. That. per
haps. is the keynote OF the United States
program for the conference.-the II must
not and will not fail because OF this
country.
The position assumed by the United
States since the inception Of the confer
ence-that Far Eastern problems are in
dssolubly linked with armament ques-
tions-remains unchanged. America holds
that consideration Of the cause Of the
ruinous rivalry In armaments logically
should precede discussion Of limitation.
and that therefore principles and poll
Continued on Page FIye)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
Employers Must
AH0LU Their Help
Time to Ballot!

Every employed person is entitled.
under the law, to time to vote and
any employer who violates this pro-
vision can be tried for a misdemeanOr
and can be fined not less than $50 and
no more than $500.
The statute reads as follows:
WORK LIMITED AND PROHIBITED
ON ELECTION DAY.
Sec. G926 B. s. 1914: NO person
entitled to vote at any general, ma
tiOnaI, State or county election shall
be employ ed upon the day on which
such election shall be held in any
manufacturing, mining, mechanical or
mercantile establishment, or any rail
road corporation in this State during
the period of four hours after the
opening of any election in the county
in which such person Is entitled to
vote, except as to works of necessity,
In which works of necessity
rtOd of four hours between the open
ing and closing of the polls on said
day; and any Circuit Court may en-
force the provision OF this section In
term time or in vacation by mandate,
or otherwise, upon application of any
voter, provided, however, that In Sny
such establishment or corporation the
employer or employees may agree ON
any four hours between the opening
and closing of the polls, that will be
most convenient. Every officer OF
any corporation, owner, superintend-
ent, overseer or foreman, who en-
ploys or permits TO be employed. any
person In violation of this section,
shall be guilty of misdemeanOr, and
6ned not less than $50 nor more than
$780,"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
.RALSTON AIDS.
SHANK FORCES.
.ARECONFIDEN'r
Democrats and Re-
publicans See Vic
tory Ahead.
FAIR DAY WANTED
Bad Weather Would
Cut Into North
Side Vote.

The hosts of Boyd M. Ralston and
Samuel Lewis Shank waited restless
ly in their trenches today for their
battle in the mo mans land" of the
polling places tomorrow. Captains,
lieutenants and sergeants carried or
ders, supplies and words of encour-
agement from the colonels up and
down the lines, which were tensely
expectant of a tremendous struggle.
Both Democrats and Republicans
were confident Of victory their lead
ers offering no advance 4'r.s for
use in case of defeat.
As usual politicians Of both parties had
their eye upon the weather man. While
the Democrats expressed no doubt that
they would win regardless they fervently
hoped that it would be a fair day. Re
publiCans were equally sure that climatic
conditions would not upset their calcula-
tions but down In their hearts there was
no denying the feeling that a bad day
would be a good one for them. Which
hopes were based upon the feeling of
democrats that they are going to win
victory with the aid Of Republicans In
the north side wards and of Republicans
that they will win with the aid Of Demo-
Gratis Of the south side, West Indianapolis
and Brightwood. 1t has become an axiom
Of indianapolis politics that voters of the
residential section march to the polls re-
gardlesS of rain, snow. hail or sunshine,
while those of the SO called high class
districts are not so enthusiastic on damp
days There was no denying that the big
question mark in the election hangs over
Iryington and the central section of the
north side.
These sections, however, did not ap-
pear to be those upon which the hottest
fighting would occur. There were GER
tain sections which the Republicans un-
dOubtedly viii not pay a great deal Of
attention TO, conceding that the anti
Shank sentiment is too strong for them
to waste time in attempting to outvote In
these spots, it appeared to be the Re-
publican plan to get out the known
Shank voters with the minimum OF effort
and throw most of the mobile strength
into districts where there seemed to be
good prospects Of taking away from the
Continued on Page Six.l
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
NATION TO UNITE IN OBSERVANCE
OF ARIISTICE DAY NEXT FRIDAY

Arlington Cemetery with all the glory
that BELTS the last sad rites of q
hero. President Harding and other
nOtables will be In tho funerOl pro-
cession. At Arlington the Unknown
Dead Will rest within n vault of mar
bic fit for king, vault adorned
with myriads of flowers and decked
with the honor medals of the nations
with which his own was associated in
the World War.
Reports to the War Department
indicate that in many cities Presl-
dent Harding's address at Arlington
will be read at ceremonies in honor
of the day. The War Department an
nOuneed that squadron OF airplanes
will fly out to SEA to meet the OIym-
pia. The ceremonies Will start here
at $3.50 O'Clock Friday morning
when the body of the Unknown Sol
dier, after lying in state in the rO-
tunda of the Capitol will be carried
out by eight heroes of the war and
placed on n caissOn. Headed by
President Harding and members of
his Cabinet, marching, the funeral
procession will move down Pennsyl-
vania Avenue to the White House
and to Arlington Cemetery.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-07
Roscoe ArbuckLe in Court
for MdnsLaUghter Trial;
Case Set Over One Week

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7.-Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle once more staged Il
court appearance here today. He was
present when the manslaughter charge
against him growing out of the death OF
Virginia Rappc, film actress, was called
before Superior Judge Harold Louder
back. The case went over one week.
In making the motion for the con-
tinhance, Gavin McNab, chief counsel for
the film comedian, declared the delay was
not OF the defenses seeking, but was by
agreement because of the two holidays
this week. Assistant District Attorney
Fitzgerald concurred in this and Judge
Louderhack postponed the offering Of the
trial.
ArbuckIe. who with his wife, Minta
Durfee Arbuckle, has been living quietly
for the last two weeks at a downtown
hotel, was on hand for the trial By
agreement, however, when the case was