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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04

A car drives up, the speakers are getting out
A murmur runs through the children, 'sEliza-
beth Gurley Flynn" When the children here
have grand children her name will still be
beloved name among the textile workers of
New Jersey. The children who meet here
every night to cheer the speakers, and espe-
cially to wait for Albert Weisbord, set up
shout. The crowd opens to let the speakers
through. Women put beautiful bouquets of
flowers, zenias and dahlias, into their hands
On the platform are the leaders the waiting
people know and trust They have been with
them all the long months of the strike. Al
fred Wagenknecht, relief director; Robert
Dunn of the Civil Liberties; Elizabeth Gurley
Flynn. Rank and file leaders from the Botany
Mills, from the Forstmann & HUFFMAN Mills,
are talking to the crowd They catch the
mood of the calm, assured thousands, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04

just as Cney are ABOUT TO
change leadership. Separate
them from the leaders they
love and trust on the pretext
of settlement and don't give
Them a settlement. That ought
to break the workers spirit,
especially workers who have
been on strike seven months.
So the bosses thought.
The crowd going toward
Belmont Park does not look
as if it's morale had been
shaken. Thousands on thou
sands of people are there and
more are coming. They stand
quiet behind the high palings
that shut the Park from the
street. The tall trees spire
above them. Dark trees form
a background for the thou
sands of strikers families
II L
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
THE NEXT STEP

Very soon this city must, if it redeems itself,
change its form of government and rid itself of its
present control from Washington
From the lips of the mayor of this city
the shameful confession that he had taken money
from secret organization, travelled to Washington
for purpose of which he was ignorant, and there
discussed his appointments with goblin wizard
or some other super officer who has no interest in
this city except in it's domination.
When the mayor of this city made that state
under OATH he surely warned the people of this
city to the sort of government it has.
He made it ridiculous. He made it absurd in
national fame
Is there any reason why any mayor OF Indian
apolis should take orders from nonresident of this
city as to his appointments, unless he had given
oath to those persons to obey their will and not the
wishes Of the voters who gave him power?
By his own declaration the mayor confesses that
this city is vassa state of an invisible empire,
eudal state in which the people have lost control of
their government.
The remedy may be the overthrow of partisan
control and the establishment Of city manager form
government under which the people will rule them
selves.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
LET'S HAVE MORE OF THEM

Save in the case of California, where State ref
erendum abolished the State dry enforcement act,
Tuesdays direct vote the prohibition issue can
have only moral effect. This moral effect is sufi-
cently clear 1t is that the country Is steadily In
olining toward the view that reconsideration OF
prohibition is due
This newspaper would like to see such refer
enda In many more States before effort is made
to act upon the question nationally. The where
by the Eighteenth amendment was adopted was hasty
and i'll considered. 1t taken under stress of war
emotion. 1t would not be well to undertake ma
tona vote on the subject again until the people have
thought the question out thoroughly and decided
what they want
AS shown by Tuesdays referenda the people in
a number of States ready to say that what they
do not want s the present attempt to enforce abso-
lutte prohibition. That, however, is only what they
do not want There hasn't yet been sufficient think
ing on the subject Of what they do want.
These referenda stimulate thinking on that sub
tect We should have of them
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
PENNSYLVANIA'S MISFORTUNE

splendid showing made by William B.
Wilson in his campaign against William S. Ware, the
Doodle candidate for the United States Senate from
Pennsylvania. Wilson beaten by two things:
The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh political machines.
He apparently defeated Ware in the rest of the State
The result is Pennsylvania's misfortune Ware,
OF course will be thrown out of the Senate but that
doesn't that Wilson will take his place. In
stead, some one appointed by the Republican Gov
ernor-eect will receive the Office. And this Gov
ernoreect received his nomination at the hands Of
political pool which spent for him and It's senatorial
candidate in the primaries money than
was spent for Ware.
William B. Wilson comes out of the fray with
great credit to himself. Too bad that the can
not be said of his State.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
HELPS
IN VICTORY
OF G.. O. p.
Directs Republicans to Polls,
but Sends Democrats
Elsewhere,

John Bankett, Negro politician,
questions the Improvement In poll
tics that was predicted with the ad-
vent of woman suffrage, after wit
Messing the election on Tuesday, He
brought the following story to Re
publican headquarters,
In one of the Negro precincts a
church was the polling place, The
morning was cold and the church
door was shut. Although there was
ample activity inside, the exterior
was deserted. A Negro girl, just
turned 81, according to Bankett,
came and cast her first vote for the
G, o, p, and then took up a posi-
ton outside the church, She wanted
her party to win and was going to
see that they did,
Whenever any friend came along,
whom she knew was going to vote
right" which, In her opinion, meant
Republican, she ushered them to the
closed church door with joyful vel
coming, But then a Democrat would
come along, and, seeing the girl, in
quire where the poll was located.
well, sub. - the girl would reply,
"They was agoin' to vote in this
here church, but looks to me like
its deserted; maybe they moved off
somewhere else"
With this sad assurance, the be-
lieving Democrat would move off up
the street and the v,Sllne lady would
stand chuckling with delight.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04

primitive wildness and woolliness is no more over
here
People across the seas have listened and smiled
politely, most of them not believing one word of It.
If they confessed honestly their big dsappoint-
ment when they finally did America it would be
the absence of all these imagined bits of savage
drama in the new world
1t is very probable that even the English booded
Queen Marie rather expected some savagery over
here,
North Dakota doubtless reasoned so when it
called together its Indians from the reservations to
adopt the Queen into the Sioux tribe with gor-
geous ceremony of war dancing about the Queen as
she knelt buffalo rug. North Dakota and the
Indians did especially gracious thing for the
queen
We wager it will be outstanding impression
of America which the Queen will talk about when
she goes home.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
YOUNG ACTOR
STATES HIS VIEWS.

William a. Powell, who plays the
part Of young Abraham Levy. in
Anne Nichols comedy, "Abie's Irish
Rose" at the Murat next week, is Of
the opinion that one can get an un-
usual schooling in the drama while
acting in some types of plays.
Mr., Powell refers TO his own ex-
perience in stage work, and in refer
have said that for a thorough train
ing there is nothing 10 equal a long
engagement OF dramatic stock.
This is quite true. What success
have attained can be truly attri-
buted 10 my earlier stock experiences.
Whom one ia constantly called
upon 10 play parts that require
an entirely different type, It ma
turally follows that he will be pre-
pared TO fill a role that might be al.
loted to him at some future time.
There have been plays wherein
an actor has gained some additional
Schooling because OF the fact that
there We're some characters in the
play quite different than those with
which he was familiar. As an in
stance 1 can cite 'Abie's Irish Rose.
This play has four Jewish char
acters, each a different type; the
Rabbi, Solomon. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cohen. My part Of Able, son OF
Solomon, is purely that OF an Amer
iean.Jewish Juvenile.
Then we have the Irish priest
and Patrick Murphy, father Of
Rosie. Each character. whether
they be Irish or Jewish, are the
direct opposite OF the other. In oil
there are eight different contrasts,
although five representing one race.
and three. another.
Since becoming a member OF the
Able cast. feel that my value as
an actor has been greatly enhanced
by a study of the various types in
this great play" he stated.
Indianapolis theaters today offer;
THE Big Parade" at English g;
Royal Peacock Orchestra at Keith's;
Norma and her mystery violin at
the Lyric: new bill at the Palace;
Take II From Me-" at the Circle:
The Midnight sun" NJ the Colonial;
Stella Dallas" at the Ohio; THE
Ace OF Cads," at the Apollo; new
show at the Isis; Partners Again. 3"
40 the Uptown. and burlesque at tho
Mutual.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
Buffalo SLAUGHTER

Considering how scarce buffaioes
have become, and how much lovers
Of wild life have had TO say about it.
it seems pathetic that herd of $50
one Of the few renaining-should
have TO be shot down for lack of
buyers, yet that is the tragedy about
10 be enacted on Antelope Island in
Great Salt Lake.
The grazing lease Of A. Fl. Leonard
will soon expire. and when 1t does, all
the buffaloes left alive on the island
viii revert to their owners. Because
he cannot get anything out OF them,
except through hide, horns and meat.
Mr.. Leonard has ordered all of them
killed, save forty,
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04

Ali OF the questions after the first
are concerned with geography. The
correct answers to theae questions
appear on page IL;
1. Who is shown in tho accom-
panying pioture7
2. Where is the Cape Gf Good
Hope2
8, What body Of water separates
Sweden and Russia?
1, What two large bodies Of water
are Joined by the Strait of Gibral-
tart
5. What State separates Lake
Michigan and Lake Huron,
O, Which OF the United States is
tho most EASTERN
7. Does Alaska extend farther
north than Iceland?
s. How many British colonies are
there I'm Australian
8, In what country is the city of
Bangkok
10, On what continent is Guate-
mala2
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
BURGLARS LIKE
DOGSAND MUSIC
One Thief, Probably Under
weight, Steals Yeast.

Some unusual robbers were at
work late Wednesday. police reports
today show. Among them were a
dog fancier. a burglar with musical
taste and n thief who apparently
Is trying 70 gain weight by eating
yeast.
Jack Hagel. 1113 Bellefontaine ST..
said while ~he was at work, someone
stole his saxophone and trumpet,
valued at $500, from his home. Miss
Faye Sharp, 500 Rerkley Rd., re-
ported that her $1,000 German police
dog was taken from her auto at Ohio
and Delaware SITS,
Theft of ten pounds Of yeast from
his wagon at COL Ketuclxy Ave, was
reported by John Monte. driver for
Schnull q Co. Two diamond rings
valued at 800 were taken from her
home, according 10 Maggie Freigie,
S0S w. McCarty st.
A thief also took $50 worth Of
dishes from a church at Thirty
Fourth ST. and Arlington Ave.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
Is Italy so Quiet2

Italy is quiet and contented. we
are told. yet some 1000 persons
were arrested during Mussolinis re-
cent swing around the country, not
because they had done anything, but
just as a matter OF precaution.
Either the Duce is less popular
than his followers pretend. or they
are going to unnecessary lengths for
his protection. He says he is not
afraid, but wears a mail shirt
You just can't reconcilc the con-
ficting actions and reports. Ono
day 1t seems as though George r.
Babbit himself would feel at home in
Italy, while the next finds every
body pointing out plots and calling
not only for wholesale imprisonment
of the populace. but for raids into
foreign countries.
1t is the rumbling Of a political
volcano. or press agent stuff?
Six persons have tried to as
sassinate Mussolinl within the last
four years. One was a woman and
the last a child OF Is.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
BR VANS DAUGHTER
LAUDS GIRL TODA Y
Re- Creation of Commoner of DID, She Has No Fear for
Modern Ideals
Modern Ideals.

felt that suited my mind and muscles
best.
There is no danger for the Amer
lean girl in freedom. There is danger
in denial Of it"
Girlhood fingers in the grand
motherhood OF Mrs. owen. Her gray
Bryan eyes are alight with the keen
est enthusiasm. Her hair is shingled
her gown is Of the latest mode.
She is an eager lover Of liter
ature music. art. No other woman
lecturer OF today commands as high
fees.
Vigor of thought marks this
daughter Of Bryan. just as 1t marked
her famous parent.
No Illusion About Politics
1t is splendid" for women 10 be
in politics, but she has no visions of
women monopolizing the White
House, the Supreme Court. the halls
of Congress.
An end Of war may come some
day, but not in the day of people
now living or their children. The
economic wrong of war is the lesson
the world is beginning to learn. That
lesson has a far more potent appeal
than considerations of human suffer
ing and sorrow.
Cries of alarm over the "alien ele-
ment" in Americas population are
uncalled for. The melting pot" still
melts and fuses it's human ingredi-
ents.
The accumulation of wealth. It's
m urge rooted In human nature,
and not to be denied. AS for the
LANDED aristocracy" IN America Of
which some folks complain, weren't
George Washington and Thomas JEFF
ferson landed aristocrats2 II people
OF v&alth tend to schedule them
selves, to seek space and privacy,
that's Just human natures urge
again.
So thinl,e the daughter of William
J. Bryan, In whose personality and
intellectual range the "Commoner"
Of Bld seems to live anew
Save. perhaps, that by the alchemy
Of rebirth the sterness of his views
on the ways and thoughts Of men
has been mellowed somewhat, and
idealism has given way ma degree
to the practical tangible.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
i raCW
Donahey's Victory in Ohio
Greater Than Al
Smiths,
By M. e. Tracy

The election makes three men
available as presidential candidates
for the Democratic party: Governor
Smith of New York, Governor Ritoh.
ie OF Maryland and Governor Dona-
hey OF Ohio.
All three have been weighed in
the local balance and not found
wanting, but Donahey's victory ap-
pears to be more Of a personal trt-
umph than that of either Smith or
Ritchie.
In New York and Maryland the
drift was generally Democratic,
Republican Senator, up for re-elec-
ton, losing out in each.
Donahey won by a handsome ma
jority in spite Of the fact that Ohio
went against his party.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
Frontier DAYS

The back woods and back alleys
are not very far apart. 1t requires
no psychologist TO see q similarity
between bad men Of the slums and
the frontier. So far as human nature
goes, the apaches Of Paris are
wonderfully like the red brethren for
whom they were named. The bandi-
try OF present-day Chicago IS a pretty
faithful reflection Of what took place
on the plains and in the mining
camps fifty years ago.
There comes a time when the city
grows too big to be human. when
its crowds become a Wilderness of
solitude, when people feel the pinch
and injustice Of isolation despite a
sea of faces all around them and
when the old urge that each look
out for himself rises to take COM
mand.
So 1t is that we hear the crack Of
pistol and the rattle of machine gun
where bright lights shine. and where
people are supposed to conduct them
selves in a standardized, convention
al way.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
The Monarchs of Melody Open 3 Day
Engagement of Syncopation at Palace

Monarchs of Melody open their
kingdom of music. comedy. songs
and dances at the Palace Theatre to-
day for the last half Of the week.
These five rulers in the land OF
make-believe have four of their
number in the guise of jazz orches-
ira and the other starred as a singer
and a dancer who deals with her own
original creations.
The four men in the musical
group give specialties as well as en-
semble numbers.
1.-THE Romance" is a musical com
edy that oenters its attentions
around the affairs OF two young
couples, The saying goes that the
whole world loves lover, but in this
sketch the world also laughs at him.
William Carle. known as a singer,
has the leading role.
While the Prince of Wales was
touring the night clubs Of New York
City. in his company was Marie
Stoddard, one Of vaudeville's fun
AAAN9k 1OAAA|NAANAAAANHs AhAGo AoAOhhelA "a ~
on the bill with a series of imper-
Dsonauons she has taken from that
tour Of night clubs. She gives the
soubrette and the strutting mezzo-
soprano among her several sketches.
Bill includes Besser and Balfour in
Foolish Moments"
Catherine Sinclair is billed as the
Strong Woman" and In her athlet-
10 potpourri features tumbHng. bal
ancing, and somersault tricks.
THE Midnight Kiss with Richard
Walling and Janet Gaynor, two of
the youngest featured lovers on the
screen, is the photoplay based on
the stage hit Pigs" Pathe News. a
comedy, and Topics of the Day are
the short reels.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
SINCLAIR DELAY SEEN
Supreme Court Cannot Act on Case
for Month.
BB United Press

bU tFttth tiffoh
WASHINGTON. Nov. s.--Decision
of the United States Supreme Court
on the Harry r. Sinclair Mammoth
Oil Company petition for review
of the Governments circuit court
victory in the Teapot Dome naval
oil reserve case cannot be made for
a month. it was said today.
The petition, just filed, will be pre-
sented formally to the court Nov. %.
Action on its conceivably might be
delayed for several months, pending
the courts decision of similar ques-
tiops in the Elk Hills case.
The Sinclair Company charges the
st. Louis Circuit Court of Appeals
unlawfuly went beyond the findings
of fact of the Cheyenne Wyo.) Fed
eral District Court in ordering the
Teapot leases annulled on grounds
of fraud. The district court found
no fraud.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
The Peace Treaty

"Scareface" Capone and his rivals
sign peace treaty, just as
though the law had no concern with
their evil antics, and Just as though
Chicago could get no peace unless
they agreed to It among themselves,
The underworld Of Canton organ
ICES to liberate prisoners who are
held in connection with the murder
of Don r. Mellett.
A break for liberty by desperadoes
confined in the tombs startles New
York, with 200 detectives and police
men shooting 1t down and with three
dead and three wounded to prove the
grimness of'the affray.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
About Prohibition

Prohibition, especially on Ma
t1onwide scale, is commonly re-
garded as the work OF women.
Those opposed to it never tire of
blaming woman suffrage and wom-
ans activities in politics for their
trouble,S
Leaye it to the men, they say, and
we would soon be rid of the Volstead
act, if not the Eighteenth Amend
ment. >.
All Of which sounds rather funny
when you realize that OF the four
women just elected TO Congress.
three are against prohibition.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
Old Stuff, VadaSz

Vadasz, the Hungarian artist, who
is coming over to find and paint the
most beautiful woman in America,
says that no woman can really be
beautiful until she has been hurt by
a disastrous love affair.
The theory is old
Otto Goldschmidt exclaimed when
he first heard Jenny Lind, IF I
could marry that girl and break her
heart, then she could sing" and that
is what he did.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 4.--No
danger signals need be hoisted along
the paths which the modern Ameri-
can girl" is treading; no mourning
need be worn for supposed death or
decay of all the Jstanch old Ameri-
can ideas and ideals.
The ideas and ideals are as
staunch as ever, and the modern
American girl. with all her short
skirts, her rouge and lipsticks, her
cigaret-smoking, will amount to more
than her mother or grandmother did.
It's a grandmother of the lineage
Of William jennings Brayn, who
says so; one who has Bryan's voice,
Bryan's eyes, Bryans intellect-with
perhaps bit more Of liberalism than
the "Commoner" had.
This grandmother is Bryan's
daughter, Ruth Bryan owen.
GrandmOthcrhOOd? Delightful!
Isn't IT delightful?" she laughs
when her andmotherhood-at Al
is mentioned. Her granddaughter
Ruth Bryan Meeker-is just 2 years
old, the daughter of Mrs. owens
daughter, Mrs. William =. Meeker,
who is %.
Fresh from her first venture into
politics--a losing race for Congress
Mrs. Owen is on a lecture tour.
Her fathers bent for Chautauqua
and lyceum appearances is part of
her Bryan heritage.
It's from her contact with America
at large in the course Of her lectur-
ing experience that Mrs. OWENS con-
fidence in the soundness of every
day American thought and ambitions
has been gained.
I'VE hear much OF unrest" she
observes. But hunt for il and you
will find an overwhelming amount of
equilibrium and basic permanence in
American life.
Lease of all should we worry
about the American girl I glory in
her. She is splendid. Criticisms of
her are so trivial! 1 can't see how
the trivalities can be remembered
when out OF their freedom there has
come such fine. full decency. such
honesty, such vitality.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
THE WEST SHOWS. MARIE

The wild and woolly" West knows its corn and
turnips q
Queen Marie Of Roumania was feted there as
she has been in other spot her transcontnenta
trip
She had taste of that phase of America which
ali hrsttme visitors. royal otherwise expect of
America.
We have patiently explained to the world that
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
KNOW YOUR STATE

INDIANA voters impose a poll tax on all
males between the ages of 21 and So Entran-
chised females have thus far escaped poll tax as
Sessment
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
First Of AII-Freedom

II grew up with an appreciation
OF freedom for girlhood. My mother
believed in II at a time when 1t was
anathema to many. While was a
baby, she was studying law. She did
an almost unheard of thing for
those days when she won her degree.
when was old enough TO begin
dreaming Of a. career, I remember
she told me to be a blacksmith If I
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04

Can you give the title OF the poem
In which the following Occurs?:
Love Is as strong as death: jeaI-
Ousy is as cruel as the grave?"
It is found in the Song of Solo,
mon, in the Bible Chapter s Verse 6.
Does cream weigh more than
milk?
No. Milk containing three per
cent butter fat weighs S.62 pounds
per gallon; four percent butter fat,
S.61 pounds per gallon: five percent
butter fat, $50 pounds per gallon.
Single 20 percent cream weighs
S.4s pounds per gallonl while 40
percent whipping cream weighs S.3S
pounds per gallon.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04

What percentage of the population
Of the United States are negrOsP
According TO the 1920 census the
nercentage is 90 percent.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-04
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Please give the measurements Of
a major league baseball diamOnd9 :
From homo plate to the pitchers
box is 60 feet 9 inches; from first
base to third base (diagonally) 1877
feet S% inches; from pitchers box
TO third base SO feet 11-16 inches:
from home plate to second base
(diagonally) l27 feet 3% inches; dis
tance between bases, i.e. from homo
to first. first to second. etc. 90 feet.