The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-03-23
PUTTING A CRIMP
mi LAW BREAKING
Example OF Drastic Punishment That
VIII Impress the Wrong DOer
With the Evil OF His Ways.

Elles Maxi, who conducts a shoe re-
parlng shop on Central avenue. was
arrested Monday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Weldon when he appeared ON
MAIN street in an Intoxicated condl-
ton. Prior to and leading up to his
arrest Maxi created quite a sensation.
He walked into the home Of O. r.
Clalker and picking up an infant
child OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. l.. Long, only
few months old, started up the
street with the youngster. The mother
followed, as she states for the purpose
OF finding an officer, and in front OF
F.'V. Covert's store She appealed to
Mr.. Covert and his clerk. Mr.. Pitman.
to secure the child. After some protest
Maxi turned the infant over to Mr.,
Covert. 1t was at this stage Of the pro-
ceedings that Deputy Sheriff Weldon,
wlo happened to be in town, observed
the condition Of Maxi and placed him
under arrest. Taking MAXI to the town
lookup the prisoner showed fight ON
Vancouver street and the officer had
to gently subdue him. When he was at
last placed in Jail he suddenly turned
upon Weldon and struck him a vicious
blow on the side Of the head. The Of
ficer responded In kind and Mr.. MAXI
lost all interest in subsequent pro-
ceedings.
Officer Weldon got In touch vita
Prosecuting Attorney O'Connor and
Sheriff Wilson, and those officials ar
rived in town at noon Tuesday. A
charge Of having liquor in his uoses-
sion was filed against Maxi and he
had hearing before Judge J. w. Car
rel, who, after hearing the evidence
fined MAXI $3.50 and sentenced him to
the county Jail for 60 days. The pris-
oner was taken to Okanogan the same
afternoon where he will serve his sen.
tence, and having two other charges
hanging over him his Incarceration
may continue indefinitely. As a sus.
picion prevails that Maxi Is not ex-
actly balanced his actions will be
watched and he may later be examine
ed for insanity.
In connection with his arrest Il may
be added that Maxi is an l. w. w. and
a membership card was found upon
/ his person. Maxi is of foreign birth
and is said to be native of Lapland.
He mas claimed to the immigration Of
ficer that he had taken out his first
papers, but little Is known Of his anti
cedents or where he came from before
| landing in Oroville. According to the
!. w. w. membership card MAXI was
initiated by w. Bacon, G. 266, in
Union No. 47O Oroville branch, July
IS, 1922 and signed by John Grady, fl
nancial secretary. That the public may
know just what the Industrial Work.
ers of the World stand for as an Or
| ganization we give in full the "pre-
amble" as it appears in the front pages
of tne membership card:
THE working class and the employ
! ing class have nothing in common.
There can be no peace so long as
hunger and want are found among
millions of the working people and
the few, who make up the employing
| class, have all the good things Of life.
| Between these two classes q strug-
| gle must go on until the workers OF
the world organize as a class, take
| possession of the earth and the mach
inery of production, and abolish the
wage system.
I'VE find that the centering OF the
| management of industries into fewer
and fewer hands makes the trade
| unions unable to cope with the ever
| growing power of the employing class.
| The trade unions foster state Of af-
fairs which allows one set Of workers
| to be pitted against another set OF
workers in the same industry, thereby
helping to defeat one another In wage
| wars. Moreover, the trade unions aid
the employing class to mislead the
workers into the belief that the work.
ing class have interests in common
with their employers.
"These conditions can be changed
and the interest of the working class
upheld only by an organization form
ed in such way that all It's members
in any one industry, or all industries,
il necessary, cease work whenever
strike or lockout is on in anv depart
ment thereof, thus making an injury
to one an injury to all.
Instead Of the conservative motto:
"a fair days wages for fair days
work." we must inscribe on our BAN
ner the revolutionary watchword:
"Abolution of the wage system"
1T is the historic mission OF tho
working class to do away with capital
ism. The army of production must be
organized not only for the everyday
struggle with capitalists. but also to
carry on production when capitalism
shall have been overthrown. BY Or
ganizing industrially we are forming
the structure of the new society with
In the shell of the old"