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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
DAUGHERTY ON TRIAL
FOR CONSPIRACY DEAL

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Harry M.
Daugherty, former attorney general,
viii 50 on trial September Z in Fed
eral Judge Mack's court to defend
himself against charges Of conspiracy
IN connection with the $1,000. 900
American Metals Company scandal.
The company, now an American con-
eern, was owned largely by German
citizens, who resided in Germany.
When the United tSates entered the
war the property was seized because
It was owned by alien enemies. After
the war II was turned over 70 a Swiss
corporation that VISA '.blind." It was
charged, for the original owners.
The Daugherty indictment alleges
that wl9n The property vas turasa
over TO the Swiss corporation IN Nsl
York, one Of the German owners gave
John T. King, Republican leader Of
Connecticut, who has since died, 3ssl.-
90 in Liberty bonds. It Is also
charged that the transfer Of those
bonds was made in the presence Of
Thomas w. Miller. former alien prop
erty custodian, who Is also under in
dictment, and Jesse Smith, Daugher-
ty's confidential adviser, who later
committed suicide in the ''little Green
house" in K street, Washington.
The Daugherty Indictment alleges
that the Liberty bonds was an unIaw-
ful commission for putting through
the claim Of the Swiss company for
the German property, and that this
conspiracy prevented the Federal gov
ernment from receiving an unbiased
Judgment Of Daugherty as attorney
general.
The case has no reference to the
legality Of the Swiss transfer, and only
relates to the methods employed to
obtain the signatures Of the attorney
general and the alien property Gus
todian.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
COUNCIL NOTES

The Central Council met in regular
session Friday evening with Presi-
dent Breckinreed in the chair.
v. A. Mccormick was duly obligated
and seated as q delegate in the COun-
ell.
During the course Of a brief talk
regarding certain candidates seeking
nomination for various offices this
fall, President Breckinreed stated he
did not believe It advisable for the
Council to endorse anyone. No action
was taken by the Council on this sub
ject.
Delegate Mead reported that he had
been successful in having the A. F. Of
L. building on the Fair Grounds at
Elma moved to a more suitable loca-
tion. and that he and Brothers Howard
and Rerhis would place it on its foun-
datiOn on Saturday afternoon.
Delegates Mead and Frazier were
reappointed on the grievance COM
mite and delegates Edwards, Land
berg and Rehris on the arbitration
committee.
Delegate Mead offered a plan for
enlarging the A. F. Of L. building
in the Pair Grounds. This plan was
accepted by the Council and the COM
mitteo instructed 70 proceed At once
to carry out the plan.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
AUTO DEALERS ARE
ALARMED By DRIVE
FOR ORGANIZATION

Testimony as to the effectiveness
Of the organising campaign being con
dueted BY 1ha International Associa-
ton Of Machihistz II the automotive
industry has come from ; source that
cannot Be questioned from the EN-
pIoyers themselves.
That the employers are alarmed At
the program being made Is attested
by feverish movement to try 70 eoun-
teraet the campaign Of tie workmen.
This campaign By the Maehinists il
nationwide and has been particularly
intensive n Pacific Coast cities i re-
cent months
In Seattle the Washington Auto
motive Trades Association issued =
warning bulletin to dealeEs and offer
ed to aid them n resisting ozsaniza=
ten. The bulletin, issued from the
Office # 3. e. Hardness. managing
secretary of the dealers association,
Is as follows:
eDo not pass this over lightly. Read
this bulletin and give + your atten-
ton.
ar. c. T. Grow, national organ
izer; Mr. LoeWs. national recording
secretary; Mr. Thorpe, local organ
izer for the mechanics Of tie A. F. Of
l.. begin work in Seattle today.
ALet as stop this move 1t the start.
n not ner,.,ll. estberinos n your shop.
II your shop Is 30 arranged that you
esr AZ - a6n,k allow stranpers or
sn-torsars = 90 into Il Check Ov-
= vour shop EMPLOYEES: the ones you
hava taEan on reeenfIv should be
cheel.ed m FOR orvanizers.
ssWfIl Won advise this office Of any
orrsnIzation work Won may come in
contact WITH
ssOrranized mechanics viii reach
into bus and truck transportation.
'Watch your shop.
Mr. Hardness was slightly confused
ii the official titles of the Machinist
rspressntatives. but 4 = quite evi-
dent that he was thoroughly alarmed
af the prosspct Of orranIzation. With
tke bulletin he sent copy Of aeletter
received from the National association
written in the same vein as HARNESS.
bulletin.
n the National association letter.
the writer stated that organization
was not being prosecuted as vigorous
| II on the Pacific Coast, but Hardness
warned the Washington dealers that
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
WOULD ARM CONsTABLEs
WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITY

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-COl.
Ned n. Green, prohibition admins
TRAITOR for the district, has been sus-
pended BY treasury officials at WASH
ineton for irregularities in cOnnec-
ton with his Office.
Colonel Green came into prominence
recently as the author Of 8 plan to
arm al federal and state officials with
prohibition enforcement power.
The proposal was accepted by the
government. but Il aroused such bitter
opposition-o the ground that it was
q violation Of states riehts-that it
was not enforced.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

JUDGE RINLETTER UrHoLDs
! A.. 3. of Is CONT ENTI0N.

1QUWH H4N AaAt4 Az-1e -
- a.. r. Of - CONTENTION.
Sitting Is = court o. equity. Com
mon Pleas Judge Thomas D. Finletter
refussd IA enjoin the Philadelphia
sssqi- Centennial from operating On
Sundays.
The plaintiffs claimed that the ex-
position management was violating >
criminal law.
ssThis is q court Of equity sad
Judge FinIstter slf ths lav Is being
violated It Is mp to the police officials
70 enforce It. and 4 The Law needs
strengthening that Is q matter Tor the
state legislature"
The courts position i unaseailable-
Il aceoras with the purposes and limi-
tations af equity courts that have been
clearly defined for hundreds of years.
From IS inception, nearly halt cen-
turv. ago, the American Federation
Of Labor has urged ths position thAt
Judge Finletter holds that equity can
not apply IN criminal eases. q where
the plaintiff has other remedies =
law.
Tiaes without number organized la-
bor has insisted that 4 workers vIo-
late law that il : matter Tor police
officials and not for the equity judge
and his star chamber methods.
But workers opponents refuse 70
discuss the issue from the standpoint
Of principle.
Employers and their judicial agents
know the application Of criminal law
IN times Of industrial disputes does
not serve tk6ir purpose + Is too slow
Strikes can not be smashed quickly
when workers are assumed 70 be lnno-
cent until proven guilty i every
other person, even though he has
long and mean criminal record.
To accord strikers their Constitn-
tfonal guarantees, as Judge Finletter
insists the exposition management is
entitled to, is not . strike-breaklng
device. The injunction serves that
purpose.
Under the labor injuctions the Juqge
orders sweeping arrests and eompels
the accused to prove "a his aatizfac-
ton whv they should not be fined or
JAILED. This reveraes the theory Of
American jurispradencethst the
state, and not the accused, must prove
guilt.
ssBut ie the workers violate no Jaw
INV should they object 70 the injnnc-
s;or ~ defenders Of this writ ask with
N air Of simplicity and Innocence.
They wen know that workers are
enioinsd from doing acts that are leg
Il Il no strike exists. To serve his
purpose the INDUCTION judge calls these
aets s.violation Of the lav," But they
could not stand tbs test 4 WORKERS
,~sra accorded Constitutional rights.
THE labor injunction i 50 glarinsly
mist that It's defenders make no ser
ious attempt to defend It. They con-
fuse the issue BY shouting that work.
era seek license to violate tpe law
Il is the injunction judge who pFae-
4iees anarchy. He ignores the con-
atitntionaI guarantees that al men
are equal before the law.
His claim that property Is endan8-
cred in strike times is no defense.
The law provides for the protsetlon
81 property. To harm property = 2
violation Of criminal law. THIS can
he punished IN criminal courtas as
Judge Finlettsr points out.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

Conservation is the keynote Of the
annual Sportsmen's Exhibit being held
in Seattle this week. The Washing
ton Forest Fire Association. The
Washington State Federation Of W0-
mems Clubs, the Camp Fire Girls and
other agencies are featuring @Save
the Tree in their attractive booths.
These daintily arranged exhibits are
drawing pleased attention Of the thou
sands Of visitors. The programs Of
addresses and other entertainment at
the show are 50 arranged as 70 fea-
turs the batfla against the sver-prss-
ent IRE menace.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
HIGHER WAGES SOUGHT

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio. Aug. -
Wage increases Of 10 per cent for
warehouse men and 81 per day for
kiln men win Be asked BY the Nation
al Brotherhood 81 Operative Potters at
their conference with the United
States Potters' Association. The next
meeting VIII be held in Atlantic City
in the near future.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
VIM UNION SHOP

SAN FRANCISCO, Ane. B-Tha
Ornamental PIasterers Union has ad-
iustsd : long dispute with employers.
Thess unionists viii Be given prefer
snce IN employment and have now
practically 3 union shop.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

Let those who discuss the present
countrywide tendency to ignore law
note the practice Of judges who sit as
courts Of equity in strike times.
Let them study how the injunction
judge Is q factor in undermining q
judicial structure that il essential to
q seh-governing people.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

Many pictures Of all the leading
communist faces have been printed
and almost everyone knows what they
look like, so there's no reason to 60
to Russia to see them.
OF course. If a delegation Of Ameri-
can trade unionists should show up in
Moscow some Of the dear commissars
might put on q clean shirt for the
event, but even going to Moscow to
see q c0mmissar in a clean shirt isn't
50 much OF an attraction. There are
lots OF clean shirts right ct honne
There was s0me kalk abeat Il being
necessary for someone to &c to Russia
Who wonld be 20 absolutely amazine
Is . piees Of observing machinery that
he could come back and tell the Amer
ican labor movement just hat,is4gos
ing on in Russia. There also is still
some talk u the discovery Of perpet-
ual motion.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

state Senator w. v. Fuller, Of Dali
las, Oregon, known as "the father Of
the new Oregon Forestry Code" and
George +. Griffith, Public Relations
specialist, United States Forest Ser
vice, have just concluded q two
months tour of the Northwest. They
have been delivering an illustrated lee
tures s'The Lure Of the Forest Trail, /"
and doing missionary work in the in-
terests Of tree conservation.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06
Labor Queries

onestions and Answers On La-
bor= What It Has Dsne; Where
Il Stands On Problems Of tie Day;
It's Ain and PFosrams Whs's Who
IN Tie Rhnkz Of the Organized
Toilera. etc.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

A silent tongue is greater protec-
tion than - esapty gun
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

Q.-How did the word Boycott" or
iginate7
A.-The word Is derived from the
name Of Capt. Boycott. an Irish land
lord whose tenants refused TO deal
with him in any way.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

Q.-Who is Etehelbert Stewart7
Ale is commissioner Of the Blu
reau Of Labor Statistics, United States
Of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

Q.-What Is the oldest Of the rail-
road workers hrotherhoods
A.-The Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers, organized in 1858.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06

o.-Are there any statistics on the
number Of workers permanently out
Of employment IN the United SttaesI
A.-There are no authentic figures.
According to q report Of the Russell
Sage Foundation after : five-year
study, from 10 to 12 per cent Of the
workers in the United tSates are con-
tinuously out Of work, when good and
bad years are averaged
Q.-When did the American Fedora
tion Of Labor begin to work for the
eight-hour day7
A.-Agitation for the eight-hOur
day began with the first convention,
in 1881. which declared: Grasp one
idea, viz, less hours and better pay"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-08-06


TIE roster of Who's going TO Rus
sic today never looks the same in any
two consecutive weeks. One week 3
great many seem desirous Of going.
But week by week the list becomes
weaker and weaker and now nobody
knows who's really going to Russia.
The dictatorship Of the proletariat
offers 70 provide good board and lode-
ing for tourists who viii see only
what they are supposed to see and
listen to nothing that ought not be
repeated. But when : person Is liv-
ing wen enough at home and doesn't
have to 60 into exile for any known
reason, lots Of persons ask why should
they take q chance on promise like
that2
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
Mr.. Carter Speaks Plainly.
Interest Paid on EIks' Funds

have this money properly invested or
to. be distributed for deposit among
the worthy banking institutions ope-
rated by our own people. There are
only two obstacles in the way.
''One of these is the Grand Secre-
tary and the other is the Grand Treas
urer, both of whom have blocked
every effort to put any of this money
in colored banks"
Ever since L have been Grand
Treasurer, I have never selected a
permanent depository of the funds
w.t.out submitting the name of the
bank or trust company and any in
formation / had as to its condition
first to the Grand Exalted Ruler and
the Grand Secretary for their ap-
proval. This is also a matter of
record both in the minutes of the
Grand Lodge and in the CORE.
spondence between these officers and
myself.
For more than three years after
/ was elected, every dollar of the
Orders funds was deposited in two
Negro Banks. When the funds be-
gan to grow so rapidly, and the
information having come So me thai
kicks were being madeN about al
the money being in Negro Banks
it was decided, after the usual ex
! change of views among the above
named officers, to open an account
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF
VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY AND
COLLEGE.

The Thirty y-eighth Annual Com
mencement Exercises of Virginia
Theological Seminary and College
will be observed beginning with
Friday. May 2Sth and continuing
through Tuesday, June 1st. Friday
will be observed as Glass Day, the
exercises beginning at 2:30 O'Clock,
followed in the evening by reception
to the Faculty and Seniors by Presi-
dent r. C.. Woods.
The Baccalaureate Services will
be observed Sunday May 30th, at
$3.50. DR.. David f. Over, pastor of
the Union Baptist Church, Baltimore
will be the speaker.
Monday evening, May 31st, the
closing exercises of the Academy and
normal departments will be held
when Mr.. G. c. Spaulding, of Dur.
ham, N. c., president of North Caro-
lima Mutual Insurance Company
will address the graduates.
Commencement exercises of the
College and Seminary Department!
will take place Tuesday, June 1, a
1880. The graduates will be ad
dressed by DR.. G. III. Wesley, heaC
of Department of History, Howart
University
Eighty-six persons will graduate
from all departments, twenty o.
them will receive degrees.
These exercises will mark tn
close of very successful year fo
the institution.
The Alumni Reunion will be he'll
in the afternoon of June /, 1926.
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
GREEN GETS Is YEARS

The jury brought in a verdict last
Friday aftrnoon about six O'Clock,
finding Robert III. Green, Jr! guilty
OF murder in the second degree and
exing his punishment at 10 years in.
tie penitentiary.
The case of Robert II. Green, Jr.,
charged with the murder of his wife
vas called in the Hastings Court of
this city, Friday morning at about
/ O'Clock. A large number of wit
nesses had been summoned for the
prosecution For the defense, the
accused took the stand and was fol.
lowed by character witnesses.
Attorney Gordon Amber repre-
seGted Green T e story as told in
these columns were again related
Coroner Whitfield told OF the knife
wound severing the jugular vein and
tie wind-pine Judge w Kirk Mat
f ews presided. He is strict jurist
During the proceedings one of = :
white Jurors in answer to questions
" His Honor apparently aroused
his displeasure and he not only or
dered him from the courtroom. but
directed that he never appear there
II the same capacity,
It vas J p M when a re cess was
AIKEN Unit! 2 P. M
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
HARRY PACE MISSTATES FACTS
AS TO ELKS' FUNDS.

In the issue of the "Afro-Ameri-
can" of May %, 1925, Harry Pace,
in his anxiety to again be Grand
Secretary of the l. B. P. o. Elks of
the World, makes the following
statements:
'The Order of Elks has around
100000 in cash, $4,000 of which is
on deposit in two white banks in
Richmond, Va. One of these banks
pays no interest whatever ON a ST.
900 deposit they have had for nearly
ten years, while another pays two per
cent on S34, 100000 that has been with
them for long time"
This statement is substantially re-
peated Iii the pittsburgh Courier"
"The Amsterd dam News" "The Savan-
nah Tribune" and perhaps other
papers and is absolutely untrue, and
made for the apparent purpose of
misleading the brotherhood, hoping
thereby to make votes for himself.
AS Grand Treasurer of the Elks,
j have never put dollar of their
funds in a single bank which did not
pay interest, the lowest rate paid by
any of them being per cent, and
challenge him to disprove this state
ment.
With regard to the statement nc
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29

makes that the Order has had de-
post of $4,000 for nearly 10 years
without interest, wish TO ernphatical-
ly deny this statement. When / was
elected Grand Treasurer in 1918, only
$1,S33.50 was turned over to me. At
the end cf the session of 1918 Qess
than years ago) the total worth of
the Grand Lodge was $12,216.71. Not
until 1922 Qess than four years ago)
has the Grand Lodge had as much as
100000 in any one bank. Now
ask, in view of these facts. was it
possible to have had $4,000 90 on
deposit for ten years in any bank
without interest? Another evidence
of PAGES reckless disregard for the
truth.
Harry Pace has assumed to be a
kind of historian of the Order, and
it was only necessary for him to refer
to the minutes of each session of the
Grand Lodge since / have been Grand
Treasurer for verification of this
statement and to see that, accom-
panying each of my reports is state
ment showing every bank in which
the Orders funds have been deposite
and the amount of interest paid by
each.
Another Glaring Misrepresentation.
Pace further says:
II have sought for many years to
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29

Pentecostal services and feast at
City Home will long be remembered
by hundreds of persons that wit
messed this occasion. The great i'm
preston was the welcome address
by Mr.. Thomas b. Morton, superin-
tendent. Singing of the Pilgrim
Travellers and the sermon by Rev.
T. M. Allen, of Ashland, Va. 1t
indeed was healing to the sick and
sight to the blind, and great joy to
the hearts of all that heard him
speak. We indeed thank our many
friends for their presence and their
charitable gifts. Our prayers to
God will add to you a hundred fold
in your life. God bless you and keep
you from falling. Amen. The feast
consisted of ham, apples, oranges,
bananas, ice cream and cake, all in
abundance. The committee of six
teen persons tried to see that all of
the inmates of the home were
served. We will say more about it
when we return. Rev. F. w
! Quarles and Rev. w. II. Liggins will
soon go on short mission trip
Charitable Union.
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
on XII STEP-FATHER r. ~:. ss." ~s..


in "a strong white trust company.
In the meantime, three colored banks
We're also added as repositories. No
other white bank was added as a
depository until February, 1922, and
then only after two of our colored
repositories had failed. The funds
are now deposited in three white,
and FIVE colored banks.
The statement just made by me
with reference to banks is of itself
o sufficient refutatioa of this addi
t;onal misrepresentation of Harry
Pace. will add, however, that,
without recognizing the right he
takes unto himself to dictate how
the funds of the Grand Lodge should
either be invested or deposited, as
is indicated by the sentence:
81 have sought for many years to
have this money properly invested" )"
l would like to call his attention
to the plain provision of our law,
which permits no investment of its
funds by the Grand Treasurer, or
any other officer, but plainly requires
(page 10 of Constitution and By
Laws) that:
"The Grand Treasurer shall
deposit the same Gall funds) in the
bank to the credit of the Grand
Lodge"
1t is true that Pace wrote me on
the subject of adopting the Wage
Earners' Savings Bank of Savannah
as depository, but the credit fol
bringing this bank to my attention
is due to DR.. Clayborne, and not to
Harry Pace, although the latter
claims it.
AT the time the Wage Farmers
Bank was requesting a deposiG l wa.
flooded with applications from mum
erous colored banks all over the
country for deposits; and while il
was my personal inclination to ac
cede to their requests | felt that il
was my duty to the Order to throw
every reasonable safeguard around
its funds for their protection. II
must be borne in mind, too, that
these applications followed the fail
ures of several banks in which the
Order had lost funds, which, how.
ever, were made good by my per
sonal check at Newark. /, there
Continued on pag" ~
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He may have been drinking that
morning This ended he testimony,
THE GOOD SAMARITAN GRAND
LODGE TO MEET NEXT MONTH

The Good. Samaritans State Grand
Lodge. No of Virginia will con
vene it's saith annual session,
June s, 8 and 20th. 1926 in Peters
burg, in The First Ebenezer Baptist
Church, corner Gil and Halifax Sts.
J w. THOMPSON. Sec Mgr
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29

L annual Spring Meeting of the
Y p U, Council at Trinity Bap-
tist Church last Sunday night. Miss
NJ Kate Doy'e, presided, The dis
cussion on the Councils activities
was led by Mr. William A. Spurlock
Fine musical and literary numbers
were rendered by the various B. Y.
p. US Mr.. Walter G. Daniel is
corresponding secretary.
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29

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Mrs Eliza White, of North Fifth
Street is extremely ill at this writing
Miss Frances Lewis left the city
Tuesday for Rocky Mount, N. G. to
attend, the school closing exercises
there She returned today (Satur-
day. accompanied by her sister Miss
Lillian Mae, who is a teacher in the
old North State.
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
THE DEATH BLOWS

"He said that Willie had cut him
He did not know where. He had
been cut somewhere. never saw
the knife. No, he was not drunk
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29

FOR RENT-6 NICE 2( 0M3, $50 :
Broos road. Rent Cheap
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29
TENT FOR SALE

A large canvas tent suitable for
holding religious or pubic meetings.
Call Boulevard 3738
Richmond planet., 1926-05-29

Miss Florine Ball is still very sick,
but slightly improved at this time