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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15
City Jail Seems Filled
With Innocent Persons
At Least That Is What Prisoners Tell
Justice and Chief

destination would sliksly h.
htsiiaroom. Each insisted that
he had committed no crime.
Two oolorea gentlemen occupied
adjoining cells ana iongod for thc
open. The younger one. who was
from Louisiana. had been given some
merchandise 20 sell for a friend For
making this sale be Sah 10 act a com
mission. In the meantime the police
got him. and he could not iocate the
owner Of the goods. The other one
had done nothing 81 an.
over IN a corner room were a ron
u Italy and a white man from Mon
tana- The Italian said he Was ae.
eunod u tr5inK 10 hold up q dulE
store. bot wasn't the man. lie was
greatly interested IN getting a shave.
and wanted the chief 10 send Up bis
razor.
The white man was a. a loss 20
know Why be was In jail, Hs had
done time IN Montana on a grand
larceny charge. but shat had all been
settled. lie had also taken hls baby
boy and skipped out from his wife.
because shs wouldn't stay sober and
behave herself Mayh1 he was IN
for kidnapping. but the boz was hia.
and they could not make that stick
The man was genuinely troubled
about the boz. lie had left him a.
a boarding house and was anxious
20 know what was happening 90 him.
The chief promised 70 find out and
let him know
II guess. he said. that had bsi.
ter give him TO some good family
Hes TOO nns a Kid 10 be rRlSed by
either my wife or me-
70 far we had not found a slngls
male person who thought he wa
guilty q the charge. or ought 10 b.
In jail. was on the point Of sug.
Ees;inK 20 the chief that he turn the
whole lot out. when we came across
a real criminal. who wasn't afraid
TO admit T..
He was a white boy. rs or II
years old. lie was nervous and
pretty well thot 20 pieces. when
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15

asked what he was In for he re.
Piled:
Il stole three shirts from the
place Shere I worked. had always
wanted shir; like that. but didn't
have the money. 20 I fell for Il be.
fora I realized what ! was doing"
one Of the shirts he meant 20 give
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15

10 a friend.
oh. yes: he would have 20 tell
his mother. There was no one else
70 help him out He wanted the
chief 20 phone her.
Being the only guilty man in tina
jail. am inclined 70 think the chief
win be interested In his case"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15

cried. "a sacrifice TO the new godl
The white man who has slain the
beast is a godr'
Then. AZ the natives shrank back.
her eyes fell on Smith. who covered
behind Clark.
shes looking at me-" gasped
Smith. Tho old witch has me
picked out for sacrifice 10 YOU"
True 10 his words the queen
singled him out and cried:
The old white man! II Ia
fitting that he die In honor Of
the great umbala-"
Tho natives set up cry. Clark
turned 20 his friend. Smith was
deathly pale. He clutchcd clark's
arm.
You are king" no whispered
hoarsely. Save mor'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15
No OCCUPANTS IN
TIIE kIDDIES' ROOM


And tho Indian maiden OF soms
20 summers. naid nhe wasn't 10
blame for being there. The police
had simply brought her IN when all
the time she wanted 10 remain out.
side. when asked how many times
shs had been there before. she said.
a. we'll an Fhe could remember. "a
lot Of times"
The third member Of tho party
was q woman approaching mid
die life She said hcr trouble
was the boote. This particular
time she had not been very
drunk. but her grown son had
thought otherwise. and had en-.
gagged n room for her.
She confessed 10 have spent many
days on many different occasions.
IN the city Jail But ,hla time she
resented being there. Hhe had fed
her son all winter while he was out
Of a Job. and she didn't think Il was
any way for him 20 repay her.
The next room visited was wy
interesting. n was the kiddiss Lost
and found department II Il a honey
place. and IA soparnts and apart from
the others. ~ II here weeping
mothers como 20 sc, the youngsters
they have lost. There were no oocn.
pants this day.
Not FAR away from the kiddlsu'
room Il the room for young girls
who wildly take n chance and get
caught In the police net. They are
no, mlxed with the ''hhrd.boiied"
This department wa also without
guests.
Af,er inspecting the tank" whore
the DRINKS arc KEEP, over night. and
passing by ~. "nop" room. whore
any down and out can ret n warm
led on the hare floor on a cold night.
We enter what might BE- called Hard
Luck Lane"
FIRST there IN the largo room where
thoas who arc doing time arc con.
fined. A sentence % 10 days or 30
days. or any other number os days
in jail. u hero served. II was well
filled with men. No women 20 20
this department.. They ran all the
way from first timers. who wore a
troubled air. to regular boardsrs. who
were more interested In trying 70 &c;
smoke than they were In moving
their board. Most OF them claimed 70
be entirely innocent. and could no;
see why they should be kept housed
up when they had Job waiting on
the outside.
This dope" cell was well filled with
nervous eager souls Ono old China.
man. who looked as II no would
sout,le a ship for the price OF n
shot" paced up and down and chat.
tered his troubles 10 the chief He
hadn't done anything. and ought 10
bs out. Ho had never smoked tho
pipe in his life. And a young white
man nearby sa, and wriggied and
stared. and evidently longed for only
one shot. But most Of them paced
the floor. and II questioned. declared
they hadn't done thing.
Two unfortunates, In separate
cells. were making lot OF noise,
and begging TO get out. II was
plain that their top stories werc
unfurnishcd. and that their final
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15

Got tho next InstalIment. Clnrk
Is In new tangIc, brought about by
tho native quecn.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-15

f'or a week or two have been
trying 10 ma out why 90 many
persons have 30 little respect fof the
law II occurred 20 mo yesterday 10
50 down 20 chief ssysfyns' board
ina house and ssa what the net
profits are 90 thoss who disregard
The laws and SGT caught az n.
The chief kindly Offered 10 show
me thru. and No went all over the
house. The entire top Moor % the
public safety building 10 devoted 10
restraining persons who have no
self restraint. and who believe In the
non.snforcemnt q the law. moro or
lrrs.
The place IL clean, and but for the
odor o. disinfecihnts, n free from the
usual tmellinssa common 90 prisons.
First Nc went into the ladlss'
room. There were only three In
there, Tho rather young one Envs
the chief a look that seemed 10 an.
ENsr his question. when he inquired
how she came 20 be there. She en-.
plhined that she hadn't done a thing.
Was living In the residential section
Of tho city. Somehow tho sailors
liked 90 hang around her place. and
the police had run her IN Just for
that She was 81 year. old. and had
boy whom shs had farmed out with
snnno ~ her kin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
LEOPOLD FIGHTS TALK OF UNIONISM

start in at $500 day, the same pay
being given for the fourteen hour
night shift as is paid for the ten-hour
day.
They work you hard as hell in the
paper manufacturing department"
one employee who cleans the screens,
confided to the DAILY WORKER.
1--WE have to change shifts every
week and that breaks down our
health. One week we are working
in the day time and the next week
at night. We consequently are al
ways in a restless, nervous state. We
have trouble getting sleep in the day
time. l make twenty dollars week,
and would move to Chicago if it were
not for unemployment there.
Paper Beating For Leopold.
81 work in the paper beating de-
partment," another man said to the
DAILY WORKER. "The rags, old pa
pers and stuff which starts the paper
thru the process OF being made into
card board, is thrown into the beat
er. This is a huge vat which grinds
the old rags and papers into pulp.
This department is unusually dirty
work, besides being almost unbear-
ably hot. Heat and terrible smells
are constantly being given on by the
watts which make us continually sick
to our stomachs. In spite of the dirty
and sickening work and the long
night shift, the pay is no more than
the pay Leopold gives in the box fac
tory.
"The chemicals which are put in to
color the paper stain our faces and
clothes and have bad effect on our
lungs. The air in the paper mill is
thick and stuffy. All the work is hot
and unhealthy and most OF it is
heavy work, such as trucking the
NAPIER"
Wherever Labor Is Cheap.
w. H. Beckwith, manager Of the
plant, is "out Of town" He has just
received confidential word about Eu-
ropean conditions in the paper indus
try and fastened away to a confer
ence. The Leopold factory has be-
come exceedingly interested in Eu-
ropean affairs recently, especially in
labor conditions and the paper bust.
ness in Sweden. II seems to be the
policy Of the mice" Nathan Leopold
to establish himself wherever labor
can be secured exceptionally cheap.
Beckwiths secretary told the DAI-
LY WORKER that one OF the largest
customers of the Leopold plant is the
Reliance Manufacturing company.
which is the prison trust, selling con-
vict made Black Beauty and Big
Yank shirts. Birds Of feather flock
together.
Eight Churches In Morris.
There are eight churches In town,
as Morris Processes to be exception
ally pious and religious, even II the
Chamber of Commerce Of Morris does
encourage scab concerns to come in
and exploit the younger generation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
BLOT OUT THE STAIN OF bob"

in Boston and Philadelphia have repu-
dated the action Of the General Ex-
ecutive Board. They have aligned
themselves in support of the only can
didates In this election who repres-
sent the class interests of the work
ers-the Workers Party candidates,
Foster and Gitlow.
We call upon the members and the
locals Of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers everywhere to follow this
lead and to repudiate the action of the
General Executive Board which at
tempts to make of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers the tail to the kite
Of the LaFollette movement.
Stand firm for class action and the
class struggle!
Central Executive Committee,
WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA,
WILLIAM z, FOSTER,
National Chairman.
c. E. RUTHENBERe,
Executive Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
MORGAN AGENTS
GOING THRU A
SITTING PROCESS

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-The Amer
lean diplomatic corps now known
officially as the foreign service-has
undergone so many rapid changes in
recent weeks and so many others ap-
pear to be impending that President
Coolidge is finding it necessary to
look around for some new ENJOYS for
Ambassador Rank.
On the presidents desk today was
the resignation, already accepted. of
Charles Beecher Warren as the Unit
ed States Ambassador to Mexico.
Japan Post Vacant.
Only few weeks ago, the president
likewise accepted the resignation OF
Cyrus F. Woods, ambassador to jap
an.
Even while Warren was at the
White House and his resignation was
simply a matter of putting the brief
words on paper. reliable reports reach
ed Washington from Paris that Ny
ron 7. Herrick, who first went to
France as the American ambassador
In the Taft administration and served
there in the days of the war, wanted
to get out Of the foreign service and
back to his home in Ohio.
Relations With MIkado Critical.
In the case Of Japan, whose an,bas-
sador to the United States ls now In
his own country on leave Of absence,
the State Department has not decided
whether to send out another ambassa-
dor to take up Woods duties.
Another important European post
which may be vacated, according to
reports in political circles, here, Is
that at Berlin, now occupied by Am
bassador Houghton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
CONTINUED from page ~

y
paign. In the state of Illinois the re-
port is current that the LaFollette
forces will support Governor Len
Len Small on the Republican ticket.
Are the members of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers who have
taken a stand for class party Of
workers and farmers, going to turn
back and become part of the LaFol-
lette movement which still has one
foot in the Republican Party and the
other in the Democratic Party?
For the Amalgamated to endorse
LaFollette and the LaFollette move
is to surrender the proud record Of
the membership Of the Amalgamated
for class conscious political action,
and take step away from the strug-
gle Of labor to establish it's own poll
tical power and to use that power
against the capitalists and the cap
italist system.
Regulating LaFollette.
The locals of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers have been in the
forefront of the Farmer-Labor move
ment. We do not believe that they
will now turn back. Already locals
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
RIVERVIEW-RAIN OR SHINE
AUGUST 10th-SUNDAY
PRESS PICNIC DAY
CONTINUED from page u

lieve he was in his right mind. The
trouble with him is, he's too smart"
Beckwith's secretary waxed elo-
quent when she talked against union
ism She talked as woman who was
superior to the unfortunate girls who,
while we were leisurely chatting,
were with quick mechanical motions
tending the heavy machines and for
fifteen dollars a week, amassing the
Leopold fortune. These poor girls
were from a different world-they
were nothing but workers.
There is not union in the place
and Leopold will not tolerate one"
said the secretary.
They Can "Get Out"
"He takes the position that If the
employees don't like the wages they
can get out and look for another job.
This union talk has given us too
much trouble already. Just last week
we fired two men in the caddie de-
partment because they stirred up
trouble and called a strike"
They came back 10 Work Win the
others, but insisted on their unionism
talk, and we're fired. The people Of
Morris don't criticise the conditions
here much. What could they do with
out the paper mill? It is the only
plant in town which is working
steadily. If it weren't for the Leo
pold factory, most Of the younger
people would have to leave town"
When asked what other labor trou-
BILE there had been besides the strike
in the caddie department, Beckwith's
assistant checked her tongue and re-
Piled, mot much more. The plant
is a pretty big one. and considering
the size of it, we don't have so many
kicks"
14-Hour Shift.
Those who work in the plant, how
ever, confide their unrest to the Dali
LY WORKER. The paper making
factory is working twenty-four hours
a day. The night shift starts at $3.50
in the evening and works thru I'M
I'll seven in the morning. The men
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
INDICT CARNEY
IN c. 0. P.PLOT
AGAINST RACE
Time Blow to Disrupt
Fight on Imperialism
BY ROBERT MINOR.

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-A re-
publican party attempt to dis
rupt the international conven-
ton of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association in
session at Liberty Hall here is
seen in the federal indictment
and threatened arrest of Presi-
dent Marcus Carney on an
income tax charge.
The indictment relates to an
affair more than two years old.
Convention Negroes charge 1t
was purposely held back and
timed to spring on the cCnven-
ton as the representatives Of
their race were considering
plans for a sweeping attack on
international Imperialism and
domestic oppression.
The indictment bears the earmarks
of a political conspiracy. Federal
District Attorney Mattuck, who han
dies the indictment, is the same pros
eeutor who obtained Garvey's convic-
ton year ago on charge of misuse
of the mails.
Mr.. Garvey received the indictment
news stoically while on the conven-
ton platform. commenting that it was
a political act by the republican party
thru Mattuck. The indictment
charges a false income tax return in
volving S493 and perjury IN connec-
ton with the same.
Earlier Garvey told the $500 dele
gates that the prejudice against the
Negro was not due to color but to his
lack of industrial development.
The Negro leader said: Establish
your Pennsylvania railroad system in
Africa and control billions there and
America and the whole world will
look up to you. Then there would be
no color line here in twenty-five or
fifty years.
Speaking of the enslavement Of
the Negroes and of the lynchings in
the Southern states, particularly
Georgia and Mississippi, President
Garvey warned the enemies Of Negro
rights to watch their steps in their
prosecutions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06

lobbyist and hard shell reactionary.
In Illinois it appears that the deal
with Small is practically consummated.
There are kinks to be iron,d out yet,
but from reports in circulation here,
Small will be supported by the La
Toilette forces for governor and the
latter will throw his support to the
La Toilette national ticket. In this
way it is quite possible the Illinois
electoral vote may go to Bob" The
charges of stealing state funds made
against Small, charges that appear
quite justified, do not cut any ice with
La Toilette who only wants to make
Washington habitable for himself
Rottenness in the state governments
can wait while the scavengers turn
the hose on the Capital.
The labor takers of Illinois had al
ready made bargain with Small and
the present arrangement will be salts
factory unless William Hale Thompson
upsets the apple cart. The Illinois
Federation of Labor will endorse Small
declared John L. Walker.
In raising funds the slogan will be
"A half-day's income for battling Bob
and the sub title ito buy an interest
in crusade of righteousness. Every
thing is for Bob" even the money.
The Illinois committee appointed to
decide who if any, shall be the candi-
dates for United States senator in
cludes Sam Levin of the needle trades,
William R. Snow, socialist, and Louis
]. Link, German-Americans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
FOREIGN DEBTS TO
U. S. MUST Be PAID
SAYS TEDDY BURTON

WILLIAMSBURG, Mass, Aug. 5.
Foreign debts owing to the Unit
ed States will not be cancelled and
there ls no desire on the part Of the
American people that they should
be cancelled.
This was the gist Of letter from
Theodore e. Burton, member Of the
United states Debt Funding Com
mission, read oday before members
Of the institute Of Politics In see
sion hero.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
RICH SLAYERS'
TRIAL PICNIC s,
OF PUBLICITY
Workers Pay Bills for
LOeb-LeopOId Play

The trial of the two million
aire sIayers, Loeb and Leopold,
is like satiricaI play. The
Judge, States Attorney Grove,
and the lawyers are pleased be-
cause they are getting the pub
icity of their careers. Those
allowed inside the courtroom as
spectators are tickled at the
distinction" Loeb and Leo
poId are pleased because they
are the center of the stage.
They seem to know they are
not going to be hung.
Those concerned with the
trial are making a social func-
ton out of it. Everybody is
.allowed to take plenty Of time,
and to talk as much as he
wants. When DR.. Healy, de-
Tense alienist, couldn't remem-
Der which defendant planned
the murder" Judge Caverly
allowed half hour recess for the
doctor to scan his notes and refresh
his memory. Why not? All the court
expenses are being paid for out of
the taxpayers money and the law
yers are well-paid by the Loeb and
Leopold families, who get their mon
ey from the labor of children and
underpaid workers.
c. S. Defense.
Members of the Loeb family have
hit upon novel way Of getting their
son out of danger Of the gaIlows.
Mrs. Loeb is a Christian Scientist"
a Southern newspaper woman told the
DAILY WORKER. "She has hired the
most eminent Science practitioners in
America, and they are sitting in the
court room now, holding the right
thot, that there is no evil and, in their
way, praying to their God to get
Dickie off,
Dr. William Healy testified that Ma
than Leopold, junior and Richard
Loeb were mot perverted, not in the
sense of the word usually implied, but
are childishly perverted" More whis-
pering sessions were held, with Clar-
ence barrow and the other defense at
torneys putting their heads up to DR..
Healy's ears to protect the public
morals.
Other Perverted Sons.
In spite of DR.. Healy's statement
that it is unusual for millionaire's
son to be mixed up with a murder
case, the reporters recalled numerous
instances of perverted sons of the
rich. Not only the case of Harry
Thaw, but of Walter Ward, who killed
a sailor last year in White Plains be-
cause the sailor threatened to expose
Wards perversion. Young Ward was
found not guilty on plea Of self-de-
Tense, and the capitalist papers with
held the facts because of the immense
amount of advertising that the Ward
Baking Company threatened to with
draw from the papers.
Nathan Leopold, father of one of the
murderers, sat in court, blinking down
into his vest. The DAILY WORKER
reporter recalled the employees of Leo
pold, who, while the trial was going
on. are working in Leopold's factory
at $15 week, piling up the money
to pay the expenses Of the trial of the
Childish perverts"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-06
Goose-Step College
Hears Discussion Of
Problems Of Russia
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY Dr. Boris A. Bakhneteff prepares his notes for
lecture before the Institute Of Politics Williams College,
Massachusetts, He will talk Russia and Its Problems"
Bakhmeteff is horoIy acceptable in Americas Goose
step colleges He is received with open arms. He is not
Bakhmeteff will be just as Welcome as other "Anti-so-
Wet like the renegade socialists, John Spargo
William English WaIIng and the Boshevik batter, Samuel
Compers
The New York Times will soIemny publish the discus
sons and Join in the hope that Soviet Rule in Russia may
yet be oVerthrown.
But the European will be very disquieting to the
enemies Of the Russian workers and peasants gathered
Very mpOite questions might be asked Dr. Bakhmeteff
as to what he thinks Of the French government kicking the
kerensky ambassador of the Russian embassy building
Bakhmeteff
Dr. Bakhmeteff to the United States as the Keren-
sky ambassador But before he arrived in Washington nearly
seven years ago. Kerens had been ovethown and Soviet
Rule had been established But the United States recognized
Dr. 6akhmeteff just the and helped him squande
millions OF dollars belonging to the Russian workers and
peasants held in the United States treasury Washington
But supporting Bakhmeteff, the ambassador without
country became even too raw proposition for the
Paris.
Yet spite of the fact that he has not been in Russia
for years. Rakhmeteff is duly qualified lecture
tore the Americas Goosestep" educators "Russias
Problems
That Soviet Rule in Russia intends staying right the
job shown by the fact that the Russian workers and
SAINTS refuse pay debts even to the so-caed
labor government OF j. Ramsay Macdonald, in Great
1t was with grand gesture that the Macdonald govern
ment when came into power, recognized the Russian
Soviet Government But recent have shown this
was merely gesture Macdonald will hard time ex-
planning to British workers why he insists that the Russian
Workers should pay the debts of the czarst regime
owing to British bankers and big industriasts Money loan
ed to the car money extended to the bloody of
Nicholas and his ancestors to keep the Russian workers
peasants in chains.
When Moscow rejects this insulting demand coming
from MacDonalds take labor government it merely tes-
titles the strength of Soviet Rule and it exposes
the sham government reared in London in the of
British oppressed
Bakhmeteff may soothe the jumping Of prost-
tute professors at the Williams College clinic pros
poets OF the world social revolution If Bakhmeteff couldn't
act as soothing syrup vital world problems he would
never have been called to Massachusetts, peaceful
retreats.
But Morgan Lamont Mellon and Hughes in Europe
putting up the battle of their lives in diplomatic conferences
because they know that Problems of Russia are The
Problems Of the World and that oppressed labor everywhere
Is moving forward to solve those problems tumphaty for
themselves in spite the Morgans the MacDonads and the
Williams College Institute of Politics.