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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-06-11
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-06-11
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-06-11

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N.N.A.-6.11-26
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

A bunch of good-for-nothings that
is what they are. They don't care to
work. Money, money, give them
that is what they want. Cooking at
her non-ringed fingers.) If you girls
would let down one nickel on the
garment We could take in another
order. Quietly to herself). One
nickel less on each garment would
make so much and so much ON the
whole" With this additional profit
she might be able to furnish with
jewels the remaining unequipped fin
gers without encroaching on the usual
profits.
Mrs. S. continuing her calcula-
tion): IF they would work one hour
more besides the eight hours per day,
in the course of few months / could
get that pretty necklace, too, that l.
saw at As. Cooking at another
garment) II could squeeze down
another dime here, why in a very
short while l would be able to move
to Riverside Drive where all the bet
ter class people live and would not
have to remain among the 'kikes.'"
Mrs. S., in her imagination, saw her
self among those people for whom a
fiunky in uniform opens the hall door.
1T is true / will have to learn the
English language when moving up
the Drive. but what of it?"
Then she would get the girls &C
customed to work the entire day Sat
urday instead Of merely half day.
Thus she surely would be soon in a
position to buy "swell" car, not
Ford, but a Studebaker, and have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

Look at all the money you are los
ing, and what do you say, can we take
in another order? You know that we
don't care, but it is for you girls, we
want you to have steady work and
plenty of it."
The girl who was in hurry to 90
to the meeting in stern tone Of EN-
phatic determination retorted: mo!
Neither will we let down the nickel
nor will we work overtime. Eight
hours a day are more than sufficient
to work"
Mrs. s. lofty bosom began to
heaVe in rapid majesty. She was on
the verge Of a nervous breakdown.
Her substantial body pumped down
ON chair. With both hands she
clutched at her throbbing temples,
believing to her husband in a hoarse
voice, I'VE win have to break their
stiffness"
Looking down at her hands and no
ticing those orphaned, diamondless
fingers, she began to yell at the top
of her voice. . TO ,ns
IF you don't like to work get out
of here and let others make a living!
Plenty of people are starving"
In her excitement. her miniature
eyes burning like the fires Of Hell.
her greasy face flashing in flaming
crimson red, reminded one of a roast
ing pig. "ohl How l hate those
Hikes They wouldn't let me live"
She cried out aloud. Large tears
rolled down her face, the tears Of
emotional release.
Yes, If were only painter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
By Pauline Schulnan

chauffeur of her own.
DUT the girls could hardly wait that
II 5 o'clock bell. With a sigh of
relief they arose from their seats and
tried to straighten their backs.
All Of them were anxious to be out
as soon as possible. One was hurry
ing away to a meeting, another to en-
Joy the thrills of a serial picture she
was following in the movies; a third
girl, about thirty-five years of age,
who had been ceaselessly chattering
all day long, manifested a complex
due to the suppression of the sex urge
and was in a greater haste than the
others. This time she was deter
mined to speak to him-to the drug
gist whom she met recently. "He
says that he likes me but cannot
marry me. should live with him
like that but IL after a short
while he should leave me, and If /
should meet someone else who would
be willing to marry me-would he do
so IL he discovered was no longer a
virgin"
The struggle within her left it's
marks on her thin, pale face and ner-
vous eyes. Her tall and slender fig
ure personified one who tried to COM
bat the natural law.
II / were an artist l should paint
a symbolic picture of a narrowed
mind fnvoluntarily brt firmly impris-
oning her body in a sitting cell.
MRS s. was enraged when the girls
A'A were about to leave. why are
you rushing, girls? What is the mat
ter? Can't you work another hour?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
If [ Were an Artist

IF l could draw, the first thing !
would portray would be the shop
In which l have been working re-
Gently. The shop in itself is the aver
age dingy factory with windows that
have not been cleaned for the longest
time, and which In all other respects
differs very little from the average
shop. But the exception was that
here not only was the employer rul-
ing over his workers, but his wife,
Mrs. S., was also a very determined
queen"
This Mrs. s. is the first figure that
I'd like to paint If were an artist.
She is one of the very short and
stout women who while walking re-
sembles a large barrel rolling about.
Her tiny eyes were hidden away in
her fleshy cheeks. Her short, thick
neck terminates in a sizeable hunk
of fat in the nape, while her short
waist drew the eyes at once to her
rounded shoulders. Her lofty bosom
.contrasted with her short piano-like
legs. Her full arms and large hands
formed themselves into little pillows.
Heavy diamond rings pressed deep
into the flesh Of almost every finger.
On the whole she presents a specta-
Gle fit for an exhibition.
This Mrs. s. criticized severely the
girls at the machine for being lazy.
the girls, who reminded one OF a bou-
quet o; flowers, fading because of
lack Of sunshine and fresh air. Mrs
s. approaching the girls shrieking in
a voice as shrill as a policemen's whis-
tie the following sentiments:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
The Outside Agitator By Mary Heaton vor.

orange to make him strong. l want
my children to get it better than /
get it. That's what we strike for.
When they cut US ten per cent we got
to strike" For $3.50 is nine-tenths
of what Mrs. Roubish used to get.
They locked her one-tenth. "That
means an awful lot when you got
eight kids she explains. ITS bad
enough you should be left alone tc
bring them up. My little girl she had
to go to school. Her papa was dead
and somehow got to make money
for them. 1 worked at night.
worked long time on the night shift.
Now she's fourteen and she can stay
home. l work daytimes l tell you
work daytimes is good after you work
night shifts and got kids too" She
explains this TRANQUILITY with sweep
ing gestures, a woman sure of her
strength.
A few of the eight came in. They
had red cheeks and blue eyes. Their
hair was pale gold. They were what
is known as the pure Nordic type and
they were whales for their age. Their
eyes swept questioning around the
room. Their hands explored the
empty bread box. She threw at
them:
"All right, all right. By and by I'll
get you something. You run out now
and play. Right off I'm going to the
store. You go and play in the yard!"
There was tiny yard in front and
one behind. But yet the yard and
house was just as clean as a pin, no
confusion, no litter, nice things, plain
things, clean paper on the shelves,
glasses that shine. Not an extra
thing, but order and cleanliness, Civ
ing a sense Of peace that amounted
to luxury. Did you ever try to keep
things spick and span when there
were eight children from two to four
teen? How did she do it? She moved
calm and majestic with the agitator
always on her arm. Someone said:
You're lucky to have a house."
Il got to have a house." she an
s"ered and she laughed. what do
you think they say when go to try
and hire a place when 4 say I've got
eight kids. They say, jesse, beat it.,p'
no you have many cases like this?"
- the relief worker was asked.
"Oh, this amt nothing" he an
swered. This is fine case. These
folks aren't poor. There's nothing the
matter here, only there amt no eats.
This here is the best case 1 got yet.
But they're for the same thing.
They're striking for their kids" At |
his the agitatOr smiled wisely again.
From authentic sources it appears
hat he has numberless confederates. /
The strikers children are linked in a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
(From the Textile Strike Bulletin,
Passaic, N. J.)

kTTOm bnc tcNtHc StFtke buietlng
Passaic, NJ. J.)
THERE is an outside agitator at the
L the bottom of the Passaic strike.
His name is John Roubish and he has
been agitating for two years.
He's been agitating ever since he's
been born. He is two years old. If
you don't believe he caused the strike
you ask his mother. Mrs. Roubish.
She stands there with him on her
arm, wide woman, a thick woman,
whale of a woman, just a grand
woman. in fact. She has to be like
that because she has eleven children.
This outside agitator, John Roubish,
is the youngest. There's a girl of
fourteen who is the Oldest of the
eight children at home.
Sure" she says, 81 got to support
all these kids. 1 got to support them
all alone. My mans been dead for
two years. Yes and I've got to pay
$26.50 a month to the building loan.
What do l make? l make $3.50.
Seventeen fifty" she proclaimed in a
deep, loud voice with a gesture to the
universe. "ain't enough for nine peo-
pie to live on" In real wages Mrs.
Roubish is making $1155. She lives
in very nice house. It is the result
Of twenty-three years hard work.
Twenty-three years ago as a bride of
sixteen she came to this country For
twenty-one years Roubish worked
hard. In this time she had eleven
children. They managed to buy their
house. He died. God knows how she
manages to keep this house, but she
does, this strong, powerful woman.
She is bound to keep it. She has a
fine cook stove. 1t is grey enamel
and nickel. There is only one thing
the matter with that cook stove.
There isn't one thing in that house to
cook on it. Nor there wasn't before
the relief workers got there. She
stated it as a fact.
"A woman alone with eight kids.
she don't get credit long. First they
gave me something, now they only
give me mean looks.
I'd. go out on the picket line.
Sure I'm on the picket line every day
from five o'clock. l got to win my
strike. You look at my baby. You
see how strong he is; he's a big fe5- |
low" The agitator looked calmly at
us with large blue eyes. He smiled |
in a secret way to himself. He was
an entirely serene person. IL want to |
keep my baby like this. The nurse.
she comes, she says, You want your
baby strong, you give him orange
juice, milk, fresh vegetables 1 do |
Ike what she says. If / wasn't to eat
nothing but bread I'd get for him an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

monster conspiracy stirring parents for years
bosses They've been agitatng past.
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
Photo by International NswsFeei
PEACHES HIDES
RIFFS CAUSE
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
abouts of his girl-bride of six
months, Frances Peaches .
Heenan Browning, and he
wishes to God" he did, he
declared in an exclusive inter
view today.
eff I don't reach her today
/ will start a search" he as
serted, almost desperately.
He said he didn't believe
peaches" was at the home
Of a friend in New Jersey, as
reported.
Seeking New Home
Mr.. Browning's secretary made
the announcement that there had
been no separation in the ordi.
nary understanding Of the term.
He said that Mr.. Browning explain.
ed that while he was living in the
city and his youthful wife had re-
turned to the home OF her mother
Mrs. Catherine Heenan, this was
only a temporary arrangement and
would continue only. until he found
a suitable home for the winter in
New York.
Browning and his bride were to
gether Saturday, it was learned
and appeared to be in a happy
mood. Sunday Peaches" returned
| to her mother.
Up until Sunday the cinderella
Man" and his bride had maintained
a large suite at Kew Gardens
Long Island, but this has beer
given up.
IT know it's big news" Brown
ing's secretary told reporters. "fol
this is the first time they have
been separated since their marriage
There was no quarrel. They mere
ly agreed that Mrs. Browning
should go to her mothers fol
awhile"
Browning is ST and his bride Is
Their marriage last April attracted
nationwide interest.
The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children tried to pre-
vent the marriage but was power
less.
Browning, at local hotel looked
careworn and agitated.
II don't want to talk about this. u
he said. "All / will say is l am
going to be true to Peaches
1 am going to be true to myself,
also"
There had been no quarrel, he
said.
Peaches was seemingly as
radiant as ever when located at the
home of friends in New jersey.
Her mother was with her.
Asked why she and her middle.
aged husband had separated
| Peaches" said:
''Mr. Browning will have to an
swer that" and she added cryptic
ally: land it will be for him TO say
| how long.T
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
Four Of Hall Case Witnesses
Facing Perjury Charges

ends Of the case and in determining
to what extent, IL any, officials
were corrupted four years ago, to
shield those responsible for the
murders. There Is a possibility
OF Simpson asking for several in
dictments on charges of being ac-
cessories after the fact, 1t Is re-
ported.
New developments, it was said,
will ernanate from the story Of
Harry DickmaIl, former state
trooper, who left New Jersey sud
denly after investigating the case
four years ago. Persons interested
in covering up his story actually
bounded" trooper Diclxman into
accepting money to leave the state,
Inspector John w. Underwood de-
clared today.
hickman did not try to shake
down the Defendants" Inspector
Underwood said, according to his
affidavit. He was actually hound
ed and offered brides to keep quiet.
So tar, every step We have taken
to check up on Dickman's story
The Washington times., 1926-10-05

One fast.ball specialist stopped
the Yankees then; another in the
person of Flint Rhem was due to
attempt the same thing this after
noon He won't have to be as good
as Alexander to get away with the
business, for perfection seldom is a
necessity. Rhem merely has to
pitch one of his typical games to
take the play away from the Yanks
and stake the1 Cards to the lead in
the series.
However, there is nothing to pre-,
vent Dutch Ruether from operating
along similar lines for New York.
This left.handed specimen faced
the precedent established by Herh
Pennock in the opening game ON
Saturday, Herbert having demon.
strated that a left-hander with =
slow curve, and the will to win can
stop the Cardinals. He probably
won't find 1t necessary to be as
good as Pennock was, either.
AS a matter of fact, the series
figured to become looser and more
uncertain as it proceeded to its
natural conclusion.
Neither club has been able 10
hit the size of its lunch check IL
date and that sort of thing isn't
being done through an entire series,
st. Louis, perforce, has figured
which club is going to, do the hit
ting. AS the situation was viewed
here today, the Cards will hit the
ball and the Yanks will hit the mat.
The Washington times., 1926-10-05

with sirens shrieking and wash
boilers Gathering from the rear
axle, had reduced his introspection
to a minimum.
st. Louis apparently always had
known what ii would do IL it got
a world series. 1t couldn't have
thought up all these tricks be.
tween the time the Cardinals
clinched the National League pen
nant and their triumphant return
to town.
What I am attempting to say is
that there was nothing inpromptu
about this celebration; the town
knew what 1t wanted to do and did
it.
But gifted as it is, It will have
to pull sort of civic rabbit out OF
the hat this afternoon when the
whole State OF Missouri will con
verge at least in spirit. on Sports.
mans Park with the general idea
on sitting itself down in not a
great deal more than $4,000 chairs.
Odds on Cards
OF course. they can't see how
the Cards can go wrong and. In
consequence. the odds were on the
local club at 6 to 5. The shift
in sentiment was due not only to
the fact that the Cards were back
home, but also to the manner in
which Alexander whipsawed the
Yanks with his fast ball at the
Yankee stadium Sunday.
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
81 MEN DIE IN
NINE BLAST
By InternationaI News Service


ROCKWOOD, Tenn, Oct. 5.-The
danger of another gas explosion
doomed today as rescue workers
slowly penetrated their way into
the workings of the Roane Iron
Company's coal mine here, seeking
to recover the bodies of % miners.
All hope for recovery alive OF the
men. trapped by gas explosion
yesterday has been abandoned
The gas fumes issued forth in
great valves and leaders OF rescue
operations expressed fear that the
coal has caught fire and that there
was q possibility of another ex-
plosion at any moment.
Four bodies have been recovered,
was located but could not ne
brought to the surface because Of
the deadly fumes. The bodies re-
covered are: Harry Lingo, head
blown off; George Riddle. Hector
Smith and Will Elliott, jr.; the body
Of the fifth miner was believed to
be G.. c.. Stephens.
The number of men trapped by
the blast has been definitely estab-
lished at 81.
-Four were rescued last night, and
four bodies were recovered. leaving
total OF 20 still in the mine.
T. Z. Cash, of the Federal Blu
reau of Mines in Birmingham, Ala.
has arrived here with a crew CT
IL men in a special Pullman and
The Washington times., 1926-10-05

shows that he has told the truth.
investigators were in New York
yesterday, it was said checking up
hotel and apartment registers to
prove Dickmafi's statement that sshe
lived like king" after he had been
paid to get out OF New Jersey and
keep secret what he had learned.
Miss Charlotte southwick, Of New
Brunswick, who was secretary to
the late Prosecutor Azaria Beck
man when he had charge Of the
HaIl-Mills investigation four years
ago, said today that she remember
ed that once man in the garb of q
tramp came into the office and walt
ed an hour to see the prosecutor.
She said that later she learned the
man was not a tramp, but that he
had State troopers badge.
Meantime confederation from a
new source OF the story of Dickman
that he received $500 to forsake
his lone hand investigation Of the
murders Of 1922, was believed with
in the grasp Of the prosecution to-
day.
The Washington times., 1926-10-05

SOMERVILLE, N. j., Oct.
5.-The State has completed
| its investigation Of the murder
of the Rev. Edward w. Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills and
now is concentrating its eff
forts to bring to account per
sons alleged to have INSTRUCTED
justice by withholding informa-
ton concerning the murders.
Would Indict Four
Senator Alexander Simpson,
special prosecutor, will ask for the
Indictment of at least four per-
sons on charges of obstructing
justice and perjury when the
grand jury convenes Friday, It
has been learned.
The time between today and the
first trial, November 3, will be
spent in gathering together loose
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
CARDS NOW
OFFERING
ODDS
CONTINUED from First Page.l

Continued from First Page.)
Keyed high in the upper oc-
taves of a civic emotionalism
such as Paris knew on the
night of the armistice, the
banks of the Big Muddy were
a riotous revel today as st.
Louis awoke to greet the day
of all days. To the rest of the
country, the occasion was
merely the third game of the
1926 world series between the
Yankees and Cardinals, but to
st. Louis it was the day on
which the world began and the
past became as nothing.
Reward for Lean Years
The alms-seeker stood by in
mute entreaty, glad of a crumb
from the rich mans table. st.
Louis never was so humble as
that, though it starved for want
of the nourishment that comes
unasked to the town that harbors
a pennant winner. 1t neither
asked nor granted favors and to-
day it had the reward that be-
longs to any town that has
fought the good fight and that
has kept the faith.
A Vague Memory
Yes. st. Louis was to have its
worlds series at last. and the years
of adversely were only a vague. IN
pleasant memory hardly worthy of
any mans regret in this, the big
moment Of the towns history.
Indeed. it was not altogether un-
likely that, as the merry citizens
Ieaped lightly from crag to crag,
uttering strange piercing suonds,
any one deemed 1t either necessary
or expedient to think OF the days
Of the great famine, when the hour
of the big feast was at hand. 1t
was doubtful. in fact. whether any
normal citizen took the trouble to
think at all.
Too Loud to Think
Certainly the men at the whee;
Of those careening motor cars,
racing up and down the highways
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
SIXTH RACE
81 Furlongs
MlIe and FurIongs

has taken charge of rescue work.
Several hundred people are group.
ed about the mouth Of the mine.
All operations in the mine have
been abandoned. The mine itself IS
a small one. and its output is used
exclusively in the smelling OF iron
by the Roane Iron Company.
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
RED-HEAD
IN SHOOTING
Continued from First Page

Continued from First Page.)
Cemetery, last night about Ill
o clock. johnson, who is a
patient at Emergency Hospital,
has a bullet wound in his right
leg. He claims he was alone
and was shot by two men from
behind a clump of bushes, as
he passed on a motorcycle.
RED Head" Sought
His mother, who was at his bed
side this morning. declared in the
presence Of Johnson's wife that
he was with a "red-head girI' and
offered to pay Times reporter
to find her.
Harry Chamblin, friend of john
sons, who was with him earlier
in the evening, declared that the
latter was with his wife. The
wounded mans wife says she was
at home all evening, her state
ll1ent being borne out by John
sons mother. who claims that her
daughter-in-law never goes out at
night.
Six Shots Fired
The shooting occurred on the
Government reservation, near the
south wall Of Arlington Cemetery.
Friends Of Johnson this morning
took Times reporter to what they
claimed was the exact spot, about
thirty yards from the main road.
Johnson AYERS he was on the main
road.
The wounded man claims that at
least six shots were fired, one
puncturing q front tire, another
breaking the headlight. Three shots
evidently went wild.
Johnson says the men were evi.
IDENTIFY poor marksmen as they were
only about 20 feet from him when
they opened fire. after calling to
him to halt. He is not sure as to
whether both men fired.
The patient says that he stood
holding his wounded leg about fif-
ten minutes, and was brought TO
the hospital by three men and
three women. At first he said they
were friends of his and later that
he did not know them. He claims
that tho men who shot him took
flight through the woods.
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
Tunney Writes Life
For Times Readers

Gene Tunney, worlds heavy
weight champion, has writ
ten an Accordingly interesting
story Of his life. How he
studied Jack Dempsey with
the view OF winning the world
title, how he worked with
this end In view Ia only q
part Of the most interesting
contribution to sports pages
In many q year. This feature,
for Washington Times read
ers exclusively. will start on
Thursday in The Washington
Times. Don't miss one install.
menu
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
What Are They Worth to You?


Michael l0e members the board holding auction sale OF seats for the
gidin
this historical struggle the territory Of the e East
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
LAUREL ENTRIES

FIRST RACE-Two-year-o maiden
colts and seedlings; $1,000; az fhrlongs.