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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-03-06

Harbor police at Boston captured
$4,000 worth of alcohol which was
stored in lighter under a thin covering
of soft coal as the barge was towed into
dock Captain William T. Blake, CONF
mander of the tug, and his crew of seven
men were arrested.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-03-06

oask of beer delivered Thousands of
such containers have been seized, and
when cases had been adjudicated. the
courts have ordered the destruction of
the contents and sale of the containers.
The United States marshals conducted
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-03-06
POWER OF STATE COURT TO
ABATE LIQUOR NUISANCE UN-
DER VOLSTEAD ACT BEFORE
UNIT E D STATES SUPREME
COURT

The case of Exparte Brambin, 2l8
Pac. 500, in which the Supreme Court of
California sustained the right of a state
prosecuting attorney TO maintain an ac-
ton in equality in the name of the United
States in the state court to abate a liq-
uor nuisance under the Volstead Act will
shortly be considered by the Supreme
: Court Of the United States upon writ of
error. The case has been set for argu-
ment on March End and probably will be
reached during the early part of the
week. The California Supreme Court
had previously sustained the right of
state prosecuting attorney to bring such
an action in the case of Carse VS.. Marsh,
2l0 Pac. 2S7, the principal point decided
in the Brambini case being the proce-
dure to be followed, the California court
holding that while the cause of action
arose under the federal law the procedure
was governed by the state statute. Briefly
stated the facts we're:
On December Is, 1922 Arthur w. Hill,
the district attorney of Humboldt coun-
ty commenced an action in the Superior
Court of Humboldt county in the name
of the United States to enjoin A. Bram-
bini and Isadore Malta as defendants
from maintaining a liquor nuisance. Sum-
mons was issued and served. Defen-
dants appeared and filed demurrer
which was overruled. On January L.
1923, temporary writ of injunction was
issued and served upon the defendants.
Thereafter the defendants violated the in
junction and were cited to show cause
why they should not be punished for
such violation. After trial duly had de-
PENDANTS were convicted of contempt and
were sentenced to pay fine of one
thousand dollars and be imprisoned in
the county Jail for term of one year.
At the time this action was commenced
California had no state enforcement
code. On November 7, 1922, the people
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
NEWARK, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1925

War period by prohibition advocates
to have the Eighteenth Amendment
adopted Four million men of our ma
ton were at the front. Patriotic fer
vor was extremely high. The appeals
for conservation of labor, grain and
all our resources were responded to
with alacrity.
The Eighteenth Amendment is the
only "Thou shalt not" commandment
in our Constitution. The Constitution
does not forbid murder, rape, arson,
robbery, forgery or any of our major
crimes.
1t is generally known that far more
deaths are caused by excessive eat
ing than any other cause. 1t would
be considered ridiculous to attempt to
regulate the quantity or quality of
our food by law, yet, fanatical and
futile effort is made to regulate our
appetites by prescribing the kind of
a beverage we shall use to quench
our thirst or stimulate our fatigued
bodies and the appalling feature con-
nected with the vain effort is that the
fundamental principles upon which
our government was established are
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
State Aid Keeps
Home Together

Harrisburg, Pa.-The mothers as
sistance fund of this state has de-
creased the number of delinquency
cases in Pennsylvania courts. This
law was passed in 1918, and is intend
ed to assist needy mothers, whose
husbands are dead or insane, in sup
porting their children in their own
homes.
Reports from the 55 counties where
mothers assistance is given indicate
that the law is operating successfully
and that the fund is preventative
of disease, pauperism and delinquency.
The fund is now assisting $500
families, including 1866 children un-
der 16. The average monthly assist
ance per family is $3.50, which has
not been found to be sufficient in all
cases. 1t is estimated that there are
from $500 to 5000 families, includ-
ing those now being assisted, on the
waiting list and that state appro-
priation of $3,250,000 is required to
cover these needs. Friends of the
law declare that this appropriation
would be a good investment by the
state from the standpoint of economy,
education and health as we'll as hu-
manity and spiritual progress.
A pending bill calls for an appro-
priation of $1,750,000, which is the
same amount as the fund received two
years ago.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
Australia Will
Bar All Japs

New York-Reference to white
Australia, in a speech in this city by
DR.. Earle Page, treasurer of the COM
l1onwealth of Australia, recalled that
this section of the British empire de-
bars Japanese without protest by the
far-east nation.
DR.. Page pointed out that the pop
ulation in Australia is barely two per-
sons to the square mile of territory,
whereas in the United States it is 35.
"This sparse population has been
to some degree due to the high stand
;rd of selective immigration that has
been upheld" he said. "The result is
that SO per cent of the population is
either British born or of British ex-
traction. 1t is the aim of every party
in Australia to maintain a standard of
living as high as we possibly can, and
to make our economic conditions SO
that the general mass of people will
live under the best conditions poss-
ible. This ideal is behind the policy
white Australia which is held not
merely as a policy, but as tradition
by every one in Australia and every
party in Australia"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
Dirty Condition
Of n. Y. Schools

New York-New York schools men
ace children's and teachers health be-
cause of their unclean condition. They
are not properly cleaned because of
the low grade help attracted by the
low pay under the uncontrolled con-
tract system. These are conclusions
by the Teachers Union auxiliary af-
ter investigation.
Unclean and four smelling toilets
spreading odors through halls and
class rooms, dry sweeping with its
dust, accumulations of dust in the
corners of rooms, stairs, desks, etc.,
are among the conditions cited. But
since the custodian of each school en-
ploys his assistants for as little as he
can in order to have the most for
himelf out of the lump allotment, the
investigators conclude that little more
can be expected.
Men average S82.25 per month for
nearly IL hours per day. Women get
SCI sc per month for an average 9-10
hours per day. Custodians oppose
unionization of workers under them
although they have a sort of employ
ers' association for themselves.
The Teachers Union auxiliary rec
ommends Capitalization of the jani-
torial work under the bureau OF plans
operation, central hiring and firing,
standard 8-hour day, uniformity of
wages for men and women workers
alike, immediate extra assistance
when worker is i'll, increased inspec-
tion, and enforcement of rules requir-
ing oiled sawdust and abolition of
feather busters.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
SAFEST PLACE in THE NEXT
WAR WILL BE In THE ARMY

official capacity, the recent gigantic
military, naval and air maneuvers of
the Japanese forces. He is very ap-
prehensive of their significance and
in all public utterances since his re-
turn he has warned against the poss-
ibility of new war.
"The Commonwealth of Australia, y
he said, "has adopted the slogan
White Australia and maintains a
total exclusion against Japan. The
Japs do not mind exclusion so much
as they resent the slur on the color
ed races in this slogan of the Com
monwealth."
General MacBrien is one of Can
ada's most distinguished soldiers, ris-
ing from the ranks at the time of the
South African war to chief of the gen.
eral staff at the conclusion of the last
war. He is not prone to sensational
public utterances and his warnings
are viewed with grave alarm.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
Gun Men Escape
Cases Dropped

Wheeling, w. Va.-Murder charges
against T. R. Roberts and Frank
Wolfe, mill guards, for the death of
Elmer Cost, Yorkville steel worker,
have been stricken from the records
of the common pleas court of Jeffer-
son county. Judge Jay Paisley took
this action on recommendation of
Prosecuting Attorney Merryman.
Roberts was chief of the guards at
the strike of steel workers at the
Yorkville plant of the Wheeling steel
corporation. He and Wolfe were
charged with firing into a crowd of
strikers and killing Cost. Roberts
was found guilty of manslaughter,
but the court of appeals reversed the
verdict. Wolfe was never tried.
Prosecutor Merryman said the ex-
pense of another trial would be heavy,
and he Thought" it was impossible to
convict Roberts, after the higher
courts reversal.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
'LOOney Gas" Harms,
Says Yale Scientist

New York-Prof. Yandell Hender-
son of Yale university, expert on pois-
onous automobile gases, has attacked
the ruling by New Jersey officials
that the use of ethyl gasoline is not
injuries to the public.
The deaths of five workers and the
insanity of a score of others who
were poisoned by tetratethyl lead in
the manufacture of ethyl gasoline at
a Standard oil subsidiary at Bayway,
N. j., resulted in a verdict for the
company by union county grand
jury, at Elizabeth, N. j. State Off
cials then lifted the ban against this
gasoline. The plant at Bayway has
been closed since last fall, when sew
eral workers were placed in straight
Jackets because of violent insanity.
The United States bureau of mines
at Pittsburgh has dissented from the
claim that "looney gas" is dangerous,
and on this finding the New Jersey
grand jury acted.
"The experiments of the bureau of
mines do not apply to real conditions" !"
Prof. Henderson said. ~ am sorry
to hear that the New Jersey health
authorities have removed the ban on
the sale of loaded gasoline, the So
called ethyl gas. It is the almost
unanimous belief of scientific men
that the use of loaded gasoline has
not been proved to. be uninjurious to
the public"
Ethyl gas is supposed to eliminate
"knocks" in auto engines. Prof.
Henderson contends that automobiles
using this gas may throw poisonous
lead dust into the air through the ex-
haust. ...--.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
NIGHT SEARCH
WARRANT MUST SPECIFY
FORCIBLE ENTRY
Man Convicted of Manslaughter Gets
New Trial by Order of the
Ohio Supreme Court

Columbus, GA mans home can
not be forcibly entered at night for
the purpose of search for LIQUOR by
dry-raiding officers unless the war
rant specifically states that the search
may be made at night and by forcible
means, the state supreme court held
in affirming the court of appeals of
Harrison county in ordering a retrial
of Frank Marcenik who had been con-
victed of manslaughter in killing two
officers of New Athens, Belmont
county, while posse was attempting
to search his home.
Marcenik had been indicted for first
degree murder for killing John Dean,
deputy marshal of New Athens, but
the jury found him guilty of man
slaughter. Marcenik appealed to the
court of appeals which reversed and
remanded the case for new trial. The
state sought to have the supreme
court over-rule the court of appeals
and sustain Marceniks conviction, but
the supreme court said the court of
appeals was right, inasmuch as the
search warrant under which the Off
GERS We're attempting to search Mar
cenlk,s home did not specify that the
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torclble means which was used.
Marcenik, pleaded that he thought
the ralding party were burglars who
had come to rob inasmuch as his home
had been entered week previous by
persons posing as dry officers and
robbed him Of $780, The fatal raid
was conducted on the night of May
10, last year. When Marcenik would
not allow the officers to enter his
home, they battered down the door
with a post. Marcenik ran up stairs
and obtaining two revolvers began
shooting down stairs when he heard
his wife screaming that she was be-
ing robbed. Dean was killed by one
of the shots fired down the stairs.
Forest Sparrow, an alleged deputy
marshal of New Athens, was on the
outside of the house and Marcenik
shot him from an upstairs window,
killing him also.
Marcenik pleaded that the dry Off
GERS terrorized his family and that
ne acted in defense of his family, be-
lieving the raiders were robbers.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
COOPERATION A BIG FACTOR
ON BALTIMORE & OHIO LINES

is largely dependent on his will
ingless to solicit frankly the help
of all those who can possibly have
a bearing on his work. Particu-
larly is this true in the Baltimore
& Ohio family, in which, through
the development of the spirit of
friendlness between management
and men, there has grown an un-
usual willingness on the part of
the entire. personnel of the COM
pany to do everything possible, ON
duty and off, day and night, year
in and year out, looking to the
success of the whole organization.
"No one, l believe, can look at
the success which the Baltimore
& Ohio has had in the last two
years and not agree that coop
Grafton has been a very important
factor in that success. The ques-
ton in some quarters has been as
to just how we could best get the
full benefit of this cooperation
on the part of our employees"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13

Ottawa, Canada-"A new war ap-
pears on the horizon and with air
craft and the weapons of science the
picture is a terrible one to contem-
plate" said General J. H. MacBrien,
chief of the general staff of the Cana
dian defense forces, in an address
here recently.
He painted very sombre picture
of "the next war" and one that
should arouse all Christians to great
er efforts so that this will not ma
terialize.
"There will be no opposing lines in
the next war;" he said. "The entire
area of the nations involved will be
the battlefields and none can hope to
keep clear of the devastation and suf-
fering. The safest place will be in
the army"
General MacBrien has just returned
from Japan where he attended, in an
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
Vicious Prison
Labor System

Chattanooga, Tenn.-The evils of
the convict-contract system were ex-
planned by David Hanly, legislative
chairman of the Tennessee state fed
Grafton of labor, at meeting of trade
unionists in this city.
Under the piece-price system which
is in force in this state, the contrac-
tor pays the state an agreed price for
work done on each article by the con-
victs. The state furnishes the build
ing, light, heat, power and drayage,
feeds, clothes and houses the prison
ers and maintains guards and other
employees. The contractor supplies his
raw material The prison officials
are supposed to set the task, and con-
victs are whipped with big strap for
failure to perform this task.
"The piece-price system is practi-
cally only disguise for the contract
SYSTEM" Mr. Hanly said. ut has
from the contract system. Theoreti-
usually been adopted as a reform
cally, it leaves the prison manage
ment in the hands of the warden, but
the opportunity for graft is so great
that its theoretical advantages have
not been developed. 1t is considered
even more oppressive than contract
labor, and more serious competitor
with free labor"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13

Baltimore, Md.-General Manager
F.. w. Scheer of the Baltimore & Ohio
Eastern Lines is so we'll satisfied with
the cooperative shop plan that ne
wants to extend it to train service
and maintenance forces. He has an
article in the February issue OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Magazine in which
he says:
"The longer one stays in the
railroad service and the more
numerous his points of contact,
the more he realizes how depend
ent he is upon those working un-
der his supervision for the prop
er performance of the duties in
his charge. And the further along
he goes the more he is impressed
with the fact that it is to his ad-
vantage to be receptive to the
suggestions of his co-workers. In
deed, if he weighs the situation
carefully, he quickly sees that the
measure of support that he gets
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
HERE THEY ARE
BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS
ARE DISTRIBUTED
CommendatiOn and Criticism Handed
Out PrOmiscuOusly as Deemed
Just by Our Hired Man
FROM FRYING PAN INTO FIRE

FROM FRYING PAN INTO FIRE
Some fellows are wondering how
much they were benefited by the
new aspect of the dog question which
has been in effect for the past several
weeks.
When the cops went cunning for
strays, the dog had some show for
his white alley; perhaps he was safe
at home or else the eagle eyes OF the
gun squad failed to locate him, and
for the time being he was safe. II
he paid the extreme penalty, his own
er and his youthful friends lost him
forever, and the city paid all the costs
and expense.
Now under the new regime ii some
body demands your dogs life war
rant is sworn out, the animals own
er is haled into court, and if the judge
so decides his dog is declared public
menace and a nuisance and the ami
mails death warrant is issued, sign
ed and sealed And sometimes the
owner is sentenced to pay fine in ad-
dition to forfeiting the life of his dog.
An instance of this character oc-
Cured just the other day, when a
citizen was brought into court charg-
ed with harboring a dog which was
allowed to run at large, killing chick
ems and smaller animals. The man
was found guilty and fined 5000 and
costs. The fine was suspended pro-
vided the dog was killed, but the costs
had to be paid. The owner, not be-
longing to the capitalistic class, was
compelled to accept the latter alter
native
Under the old order of things it ap-
pears that the dog had at least a
gamblers chance, but now it is alleg-
ed it is a case of "heads, win; tails,
you lose" The dog gets it where the
chicken got the ak and the man loses
coming and going, his dog is gone and
CONTINUED on Page Fivel
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
violated in the zealots' efforts.
Law Enforcement

Considerable space in our public
press is devoted to Law Enforcement
and Law Observance" At present
this is the important point of the fa-
natics' appeal to the public. They
realize that prohibition laws are not
respected, enforced or observed and in
addition to their appeals to public
conscience, they urge the use of the
policeman's club, exhorbitant fines,
confiscation of property and prison
sentences, or any other drastic means
to force the people to submit to their
will
They entirely lose sight of the fact
that goodness emanates from within
the human form and cannot be forced
by torturous methods.
If you observe closely the purpose
of the present day advocates of claw
enforcement and law observance"
you will note about 999e of all this
propaganda applies to the Eighteenth
Amendment or the Volstead Act. They
act like people trying to view the
World through gimlet hole. We are
dominated by people of one law and
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
MR.. MERCHANT:

Has it ever occurred to you that
The Leader goes into the homes
of the best paid workmen of New
ark and Licking county? It is
carefully read by every adult mem
Der of the household.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13
MR.. WORKINGMAN:

The Leader is your paper. 1t
publishes matter pertaining to your
life and welfare. 1t wants your
support. Your cause would be
weak without a labor paper to
champion it. Support The Leader.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-03-13

CONTINUED on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-04
New York Solons
Fail to Pass the
48-Hour Law

ALBANY, N. Y, April 1.-THE New
York state legislature closed without
passing the 4S-hour bill for working
women in spite of both parties pledges
that such bill would be passed. The
republican majority, led by the AS
ISOLATED Industries, tried to substitute
a joker bill which would have per
mitted employers to work women
permanently 81 hours week. The
Industrial board under what Senator
Mastick, sponsor Of the 4s-hour bill,
called complicated and unavoidable
conditions" could reduce working
hours in certain Industries after
Investigations and hearings. The
Women's Trade Union League fought
for the passage Of the Mastick-Shonk
bill which would have limited working
women's hours in industry to As per
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-04
SAND HOGS IN
STRIKE threat
Win VICTORY
Limit Hours Under Air
Pressure Labor
Especial to II. Daily workerl

NEW YORK, April 2-The Com
pressed Air Workers Union, in which
the 1900 sand hogs Of New York are
organized, has won a signal legislative
victory in the passage and signing of
the NicolPhelp bill at Albany, radi-
cally limiting the hours under which
men may be worked at the higher air
pressures in the caissons and tunnels
beneath our sky-scrapers and rivers
and harbors. tn
Representatives Of the contractors
association fought the bill to the last
i ditch but legislators were aware Of
the unions declaration that not a
sand hog would go into the air in
the construction of the much adver-
tised Brooklyn to Staten Island tun-
mel unless hours were so shortened
that the men would be protected in
some degree against the terrible
bends or compressed air illness that
laid nearly nine hundred men out in
the New York to Jersey City tunnel
now nearing completion.
The 6-hour day, broken into two
shifts, begins at IS pounds pressure
above normal, under the new bill, in.
stead of at 81 pounds as in the former
regulations. The 4-hour day starts at
rs pounds instead of 80, which means
that large proportion of the men will
be on 4-hour basis as much of the
work is done between 26 and 30
pounds. Hours decrease with in
creasing air pressure until 48 pounds
is reached, when men will be allowed
to work only one hour a day:
The bill now signed goes into eff
feet July 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-04
Stone Abandons Plan
to Amalgamate the
Two Head End Unions

CLEVELAND.-Hope for amalgam-
alton of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers and the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men has been abandoned for the pres
emit by Pres. Warren S. Stone of the
Engineers, he declares in the April
issue of the Locomotive Engineers
Journal. Committees representing
both organizations to smooth out
merging of insurance, pensions and
other funds discovered "insurmount-
able difficulties The Firemen and En-
ginemen will consider the question
once more In their June conven-
ton. For several years both brother
hoods have negotiated wages and con-
ditions in common under the Chicago
joint agreement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-04
Gals Wall Street
Appointee on Job

WASHINGTON, April 2.--Rejection
at the next senate session OF Thos,
#. WOodlock, former editor of the
Wall Street Journal, as a member of
the interstate commerce commission
is apparently the response to the re.
cess appointment to Woodlock after
the senate twice failed to act on his
nomination. Woodlock's appointment
has apparently been urged by the
Morgan and Mellon interests in the
belief that the new commissioner
can accomplish great deal Of valu.
able work for them before the senate
shall throw him out.