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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
WIFE OPENS NEW
BATTLE TO SAVE
SCOTTFROMROPE
This Time She Is Throwing
Charges of Bribe-COurt
Ordeal Starts Today.
Bp United Press

BD United Press
CHICAGO, H., May 24.-Mrs.
Catherine Scott, today was again
fighting for the life OF her husband
Russell Scott, convicted slayer Of
Joseph Maurer.
simultaneously with the arrival Of
Scott in Chicago from the Chester
asylum--where he has been confined
ever since a last minute reprieve
and sanity trial saved him from the
gallows-Mrs. Scott started the fight
she has carried on for four years.
This time she is throwing charges
of bride about in order TO save Scott
from hanging.
Russell could have escaped from
the Chester asylum if he had paid
$4,000 bride TO one Of the state Of
ficials." Mrs. Scott said.
But we didn't have the money
therefore he is back in the Cook
County JAIL" the woman said.
Scott will be taken before Judge
William V. Brothers, acting chief
justice Of the Criminal Court, Tues
day. A report OF an alienists' com
mission which examined the slayer
last week will he heard--a report
which brands Scott as sane-and
then Judge Brothers viii decide
whether to set the date for the
hangag or whether 20 order another
jury trial TO decide whether Scott
is still insane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
Puzzle, a Day

One of the mail slogan posters in n
Nashville branch postal station was
damaged by the wind. The head
clerk started to make another one.
He had just cut out all the necessary
letters and placed all the consonants
in tn eproper order when the noon
whistle blew. So he left the uncom-
pleted poster on his desk. If you
were called upon to do so, could you
complete the poster?
Last puzzle answer:
The fewest number OF cigarets the
captain Of the Irene could have had
in his glass jar was 1863. This guam.
tity when divided by gives Sc and
left over. When it is divided by It
gives "a and left over. When di-
vided by 1t gives 81 and left over.
And when it is divided by 6 it gives
rs and l left over. The method Of
solving a problem of this type is to
find the smallest number which will
contain 3, I. and evenly and add
to that amount.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Franklin Lumber Company, Ford
touring, at 325 L. New York St.
T. G.. Robbins, 1875 n. Meridian
St, Jewett, found at 10 Muskingum
st.
Anna Mccormick, us ~ Pine ST..
Ford, found at West and Ohio St.
F. r. Cassidy. $50 ". Thirty
First ST, Ford, found at New York
and East SITS.
Willi"m Ferguson. Beech Grove.
Ind, chevrolet, found at Michigan
st. and Capitol Ave.
Alvin Prindell. 1872 Garfield Pl.,
Overland. found at Garfield Park.
Clyde Smith. 1906 Kenwood Ave.
Ford. found at Ohio and Illinois SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
TWO INCENDIARY FIRES
Fireman Helps Fight Blaze at Own
Home.

Fire officials today investigated
the cause late Sunday of two fires
said to be Of incendiary origin.
Sheed of NJ. Curl, 23l w -Four.
teenth ST., and garage Of A. Johns.
1918 ~ Senate Ave, were damaged
by fire thought TO have been the
work OF a pyromaniac. Total dam.
age was $115.
Sparks started a fire causing
$1,000 damage to the home of ]. G..
lIardesty, SAP S. Central Court, sun.
day. AS he was cutting the hair of
one Of his children a neighbor told
Edward Snyder. 40S E. st. Clair St,
city flremen, that his home was on
fire. After taking his children TO
safety, Snyder helped fight the
blaze. Damage was estimated at
$1,100.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
TRIES TO TAKE LIFE
PatrOlman Discovers Man Hanging
From Door Sill

Patrolman Seibert Sunday night
heard the means of Frank Razor,
739 n. Ketcham ST., and ran to the
home. He found Razor with a rope
around the neck, hanging from a
door sill. Seibert cut the rope.
Friends told police recent domes
tic trouble was the probable cause
Of the suicide attempt. Razor was
treated and left at his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
MAN. 80. FOUND DEAD

Thomas Duckum, so. of 800 y.
Webster Ave, was found dead today
in q small shack in the rear Of the
home. When he failed to appear for
breakfast his wife found him dead.
The coroner Investigated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
60 TO GIVE RECITAL
Musical Program VIII BE Presented
Jointly at Church

Piano and dramatic art pupils Of
Mrs. Dorothy Fulkerson Bornkamp,
assisted by violin students Of Mrs.
Christine Wagner Roush, will give
a recital at 7:45 p. m Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings at First Lu-
theran Church, Oakland Ave. and r.
Tenth st. About sixty will partici.
pate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
THREE SUDDEN DEATHS
Coroner Starts Investigation Into
Causes of Fatalities.

Coroner Paul F.. Robinson today
was investigating three sudden
deaths late Saturday and Sunday.
Joseph Allen, so, of 114S Bates St,
died in an auto en- route to city
hospital after a heart attack. Mrs
Margaret Higgins, 70, Of 7O7 E. New
York ST., died Sunday from heart
disease. Virgil Hinton Jr., Today
old, son Of Mrs. Evelyn Hinton,
Negro, 920 f.. Fifteenth St, was
found dead in bed Saturday. The
baby had a cold 1t was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
OFFICER HEARD GLASS

Wilbur Goodrich, Negro. 80. Of
607 Darnell St, is held today on a
vagrancy charge under high bond
after State Policeman Charles
Bridges said Goodrich attempted 10
enter the drug store Of Charles
Jones. 1902 y. Seuate Ave. by
breaking a window. Bridges said he
heard the glass break.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
WANT NO PROBE
ON WORLD COURT
PROPAGANDA PLOT
Fear Exposure of Big
Morgan Brides

! WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-The resolu
ton of Senator James A. Reed of Mis-
souri,, proposing a senatorial investi
CATION into foreign propaganda" in
the United States and into the abil
ity Of European debtor nations to pay
their obligations to this country, was
defeated in the senate this afternoon
after tempestuous debate.
The vote was 81 to 1e, with more
than score of senators absent. The
world court gang fears exposure OF
the heavy brides alleged to have EN-.
anated from the House OF Morgan.
The roll call in part follows: For
republicans Borah, Idaho; Brook
hart, Iowa; Aowell. Nebraska; LaFol-
lette, Wisconsin; Frazier. North Da-
kota; McMaster. South Dakota: Nor
ris, Nebraska, and Schall, Minnesota.
Democrats: Reed. Missouri. and
Wheeler OF Montana.
Against: Capper, Kansas; Cum.
Minis, Iowa; Curtis, Kansas; Deneen,
Illinois; Lenroot, Wisconsin: Nc.
Kinley. Illinois; Robinson, Indiana;
Watson, Indiana and Williams, Mis-
souri,
Democrats: Kendrick, wyoming;
Fdng. Utah and Walsh. Montana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08


The conference board for which
elections are now. on consists of
bosses and workers" representatives.
In the pork department one of the
rawest deals that was ever pulled off
in conference board election is being
pulled off now. A subcommittee Of
two bosses and two workers" (more
correctly stoolpigeons) was appointed
by the board to nominate four candi-
dates. After nominating four candi-
dates, ballots were passed out to all
the workers in the pork department.
killing, trimming. cutting, offal and
cooler rooms-to vote for their
choice"
No Choice.
The workers have little choice. All
they can do is vote for two of the
hand-picked candidates who are moth
ing more than stoolpigeons. If the
workers don't vote they are threaten
ed with being fired. This election Of
the conference board is certainly wax
ing up the workers in the yards"
here and | heard many of the work
ers say, "The hell with such a board
They never did anything worth while
for us at any time All they do is
plan how to make us work harder
and help old man Armour improve
his damned property"
Some Of the workers when asked
what they thought of the elections
and which of the men was their
choice, laughed and said: Christ,
where in hell did you come from?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08

meat packing industry.
Armour & company, fearing that
this move on their part might result
in a strike on the part of the workers
in the meat packing industry and the
formation of an industrial union have
left this matter to the conference
board to put over"
Conference Board Acts.
The conference board at the Armour
and company plant in Chicago, at one
of its meetings during the past month
took up the matter of lengthening the
work-week of the workers from Sd
hours to so hours and also the ques-
ton of allowing the packers to exploit
their hired workers more than TO-
hours per day.
To Make sixty-Hour Week.
The workers in the Armour plant at
present must work 81 hours per week
before they receive time and a half
for overtime. The company plans to
extend the period for which straight
time will be paid to sixty hours. I'm
der an agreement which exists in the
plant, the company cannot make the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
SHANGHAI LABOR COUNCIL TELLS
ITS SIDE OF BRUTALITY OF THE
FOREIGN LMPERIALIST RAIDERS

MONDAY The DAILY WORKER published CHASTITY boasts Of an
mpeals butcher who took of Chinese fr
ne unjusted shooting the in the International se
ueeht at Shanghai Readers will writer the a
u himself upon murdous raids quarters and how no
soried in breaking Chinese
oess some may think that Larrythe Of
drew the picture print the Council OF 1on.
Oh shanghai telling their side business how the pr
raiders broke into the Labor Councils premises some union
ISIS until their lives despared for the Labor concn
chairman undoubtedly subject some special torre ba,o
numbering him. The Labor Council writes as follows;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08

men work more than ten hours in
one day.
Tho the company says that It is
living up to the 1O-hour day clause
it has been the experience of those on
the killing floors, where the exploita-
ton Of the workers is more severe and
pronounced than in the other depart.
ments, that after they have worked
ten hours that the boss usually sends
thru 200 or 300 more hogs and the
men must kill and dress these hogs
and get them into the coolers before
they are allowed to leave the floor.
In this way every day, at least from
ten minutes to half an hour is lost by
the men and they are not able to col
lect any pay for this time. This is
continued over weeks and years and
it means greater profits for the pack
ers.
Bosses Put Plan Over.
At the conference board meeting
which discussed the question OF
lengthening the period for which
CONTINUED on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
Atlantic Shipping
Tied Up in Coastal
Region by Big Fogs

NEW YORK, Jan. s.-An impene.
trable fog extending fully 200 miles
to sea completely demoralized trans
Atlantic and coastwise shipping to-
day. From Nantucket Light to the
Delaware Capcs, the cloak OF grey
moisture enveloped the area. playing
havoc with shipping schedules.
Four liners, carrying $500 passen-
gers, were overdue at quarantine this
morning. The Cunarder Berengaria,
due yesterday with 1000 persons
aboard, Is not expected until late
today or tomorrow. Other liners not
yet reported include the Kroonland,
lroquois and City of Chattanooga.
Minor collisions between tugs and
barges were numerous. This is the
fifth day OF fog.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
SEEK TO SEND
NORTH LOEB
TO PRISON
Three Year Old Case
Opens in Indiana
tsp.eIaI to nae paIIy workerl


CROWN POINT, Ind, Jan. 6-The
trial against NORTH J. Loeb, business
manager Of The DAILY WORKER.
started here this morning after Judge
Smith over-ruIed the motion by de-
Tense Attorney Bachraeh to quash the
indictment.
The case of Peter Omelian who was
arrested with Loeb will come up
following the case against the we'll
known manager OF The DAILY
WORKER. Observers are indignant
over the revival OF this case. plainly
one of capitalist persecution, which
has run nearly three years since the
"offense"-a May Day speech at Gary,
Indiana, in 1923.
Loeb and Omelian were arrested
after speaking on May LIST, 1928, and
charged with a violation of the Indiana
criminal anarchy" law. But so fiimsy
was the evidence and so plain was II
a mere case Of ignoramus police per-
secution, that the whole thing was let
run without trial for nearly three
years. Now II is suddenly revived, for
what reason remains to be seen.
The trial proceeded Wednesday
morning with the picking OF a jury,
those selected at the time OF this dis
patch being almost wholly farmers.
The prosecutor whose name is Grades
is the ordinary type OF small town
lawyer seeking to make record. The
case is not expected to last very long.
The International Labor Defense is
supporting the defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08

We are not a bit interested In the
damned board. AS far as our choice
is concerned, we're not in the game.
These guys are on the ballot and all
that we do is go thru the motions Of
voting. The company, thru this board,
will take care Of the fellows they
want on that committee"
Every Department Reached.
Copies Of The DAILY WORKER
have reached every department in the
yards" Discussion has started
among the workers as to the articles
in The DAILY WORKER and the
workers express great satisfaction
with the fight that The DAILY
WORKER is putting up for them.
Yesterday morning as a number
Of the workers were going thru the
47th st. and Racine Ave. gate and
one Of The DAILY WORKER flying
squad" was handing him a copy Of
the Daily, one Of the workers de-
clared: I'VE can't bring this paper
into the yards They told us we
couldn't do 1t, but we should worry!
This copy goes in" as he took a copy
The DAILY WORKER.
Eager to Get Daily.
AT the Ashland Ave. gate many Of
the workers. who were in the yards"
during the strike OF 1920, showed an
eargerness to get copy of The
DAILY WORKER and would stop to
say few words, expressing their
satisfaction with the campaign. "This
CONTINUED on page %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
THE DAILY WORKER WANTS YOUR
story PACKING HOUSE WORKER!

Packing house workerI How conditions
that work inn How you do they pay
your How treated by boss What sanitary
dions In department. your WORKER
wants YoO-who work In the preparing produoso
tell story to the other
When you kick In two other
workers. you only reach few When
DAILY WORKER at least 10000 about
IT, The DAILY WORKER weapon your hands
USE TT Send arrange bundle and
you cannot distribute yoursefas might your Jcb-aet
someone else to down out In Chicago
Omaha and number Of other special groups or
aanized to do this.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
BOARD helps THE
ARMOUR CO. Bring BACK Y and
14-HOUR DAY and 6O-HOUU WEEK

Not satisfied with the profits that it is making, Armour
Company packers planning to engthen the 5hou
week 60hour week and to make away with the 1ohour day
with the aid of the conference board This powerful member Of
the Big Four planning to force its workers to work n
and IA hours per day.
This the part of Armour Company will be
followed by the other packers They will all attempt
their workers the conditions that prevailed he yards
fore the unions the the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
COOLIDGE now
FACES BREAK
IN own RANKS
Khan Enters the World
Court Fight
Especial to The Daily Worker)
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. = The
senate today ordered an investisa-
tion Of the MelIon-owned aluminium
company Of America.
Without record vote, the senate
passed two resolutions by Senator
Walsh, democrat of Montana, order
Ing the inquiry by the senate Judic-
larry committee.
WASHINGTON, jain. 6-For the
first time since the world court fiqhi
opened in tn senate three weeks auo
the determined little group Of irrecon.
eilables, piIoted by esnator Borah Of
Idaho, and Senator Reed Of Missouri,
felt today they were making real
progress in turning the tide of sena.
torial opinion against American ad.
hesion.
While the debate can be said to
have little more than started, the ir.
reconcilables have won at least one
unexpected convert. Senator Fernald,
republican, of Maine, a consistent ad-
supporter, and hitherto
listed in all polls as a court vote, has
informed his colleagues he will not
only vote against American adhesion
on the Harding-Hughes terms, but
also speak against 1t. A number of
others are said to be wavering.
Discord Developing.
VIVA tbs considered, however, as
more significant than the present
arithmetic concerning votes, is the
growing signs Of discord between the
principal republican and democratic
supporters of the court.
When the issue came to the senate
floor, the leading republican and DEM
ocratic friends of the court tacitly
agreed to bury their partisan differ
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
MARCHING MINERS Of
INDIANA FIELDS WIN
BATTLE ON OPEN SHOP
tspeeIaI to The oaIy worker,

Especial to The Daily Worker)
EVANSVILLE, nd, Jan. 6.-Harry
Cartwright, official of the United
Mine Workers of America, announc-
ed today operators in the southern
Indiana coal fields consented to
meet union representatives.
More than 1900 miners are march
ing thru the coal fields in this Sec
ton persuadIng non-unlon workers
to drop their tools and join the
union and have met with success at
every place visited, Cartwright said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
100000 WORKERS GET
CANNED BY LEAGUE or
NATIONS IN AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Jan. O. Unemployment
in Austria continues to increase.
There are now $4,000 without jobs.
The representative of the league Of
nations, who is reforming Aus
trials finances, has dismissed 1oo,oo
employees. The banks are prepar-
ing for further reductions in the
number of employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
Soviet Rail Unions
Encourage Workers
to Invent Devices

MOSCOW, Jan. 6.-The central COM
mittee of the railroad workers has de-
cided to reward all workers who in
vent devices that effect savings in
cost Of railroad operation by giving
them sum equivalent to 80 per cent
of the annual savings effected by the
device.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08

smash the organization!" once inside
the building they smashed the furni.
ture, and attacking some trade union
workers on the first floor, wounded
eight OF their number.
They then made search for the
chairman OF the council, Comrade Ii
Continued on page %
~gY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
Germany to Apply for
Admittance to League
Especial to The DAILY Worker,

GENEVA, Jan. Germany will
make formal application for member
ship in the league of nations at the
end Of this week, it was reported to-
day. 1t is expected that the league
secretariat will summon an extra
ordinary session of the league assemb-
ly for March to receive Germany as a
member.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
CHICAGO STOCKYARDS WORKERS
HAIL DAILY WORKER EXPOSE OF
ARMOUR'S CONFERENCE BOARD

The flying squad" distributing Chicago
soard hand early
5000 containing what the
conference board yards
Elections Tor new conference board
and the article just the wondering
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
NOVA SCOTIA MINERS, JOBLESS
AND STARVING, RAID FOOD SHOPS

HALIFAX NJ ST. JAM 5Moe
and starving almost all Of
and New Aberdeen
empyns shelves and cellars had
peatedly begged for government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08

Watch the. Saturday Magazine
Section for ne,o features every
oeek. This is good issue to give
to your feIIoao tC0rker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08

NoPuVI"I 10 TIC DHIIy Workerl
SHANGHAI, China. (By Mail. AT
six o'clock In the evening of August
22, a group OF some fifty to sixty hoo.
ligans, armed with knives. revolvers
and iron bars. broke into the premises
Of the Council Of Labor Unions, shout
Ing xiii the union leaders and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-08
RICH FARMERS
RIOT ON GALS
front PORCH
Threaten Inquiries to
Force Aid


WASHINGTON, D. c., January S.
Promptly on schedule as forecasted by
political weather observers, the storm
against Coolidge swept up out of the
west and struck the national capital
with full force after the holiday re-
cess. It is row between sections Of
the bouraeoisie but takes on consider
able Importance as revealing the mass
basis of agrarian discomfort existing
among the western farmers.
Protest Meetings
Protest meetings by Iowa farmers
and farm district bankers are being
held against the ruinously low (to the
farmers) price of corn. The admins
tration is getting the blame for this
sort of prosperity" which has caused
a great many bank failures and set
he farm population to vocal protest.
Senator Capper, who is a represent
alive of the higher class capitalistic
farmers has broken with Coolidge,
doubtless realizing the way the wind
is blowing from the west. Senator
King, also, who is hardly an agent of
the poor and downtrodden, but who
speaks upon occasion for the wealthy
farm owners, has attacked the admin
istration.
Capper and King and all the tribe
of agricultural dissidents are making
an attack on the tariff policy of the
Coolidge administration Sen. Frazier
proposes an inquiry into the high
profits of big tariff-protected indus
tries, such as aluminium and textiles.
BY thus hitting at Melons pet trust
in aluminium and Calls campaign man
ager, William Butler-who owns great
chunks Of textile trust stock the west
ern agricultural agitators are trying
to sandbag the administration into
granting what they have demanded
and Cal has refused-an export cor
poration of the government which will
set prices and handle surplus product
in such way as to hold up agricul-
tural prices somewhere near the level
of commodities produced by tariff
protected, monopolized industry and
thus take the edge off the scissors"
which are cutting deeply into agrarian
economy.
Troublesome Scissors.
The mechanization of production in
agriculture, which. has not kept pace
with that in industry generally-and
the differential in prices as against
the agricultural industry, is sought to
be overcome in its effect, rather than
in its cause, by forcing the govern
ment to create a condition of mono
poly which would raise the price of
agricultural products on the domestic
markets up to the level of those pro-
duced by highly mechanical and con
centrated industry, closing the "scis-
sors" by government decree and with
government aid-but leaving the gov
eminent in the light of practically sub
sidizing agriculture.
The poorer farmers, the renters and
working farmers still
follow the medicine men of their more
wealthy and politically influential
leaders, but in the long run they must
find out that the progressive crisis in
agriculture can never be solved within
the capitalist system, but swept aside
by revolution in which the poor
farmers and farm wage workers must
march alongside the wage workers of
the big industries.