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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26
REVOLT IS
RECOGNIZED
BY JEWETT'
Former Mayor Admits City
Is DiSpIeased With Rule
by DuvaII.
OPPOSED TO MANAGER
Ex-Chief Executive Talks to
Rotary Club.

'We are all agreed on where we
want TO go, but we have some hon
est difference of opinion as to how
We may get there" was the admis-
sion of former Mayor Charles Jewett
that the people are in revolt against
the present city administration, in
his attack upon the city manager
form of government before the Ro-
tary Club luncheon at the Claypool
today.
His defense OF the present form
of government did not include any
defense of Mayor Duvall and the
present administration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26

NNto 80 t+ASO AOOAAACAs
BH United Press
VICkSBURG, Miss, April 26.-A
warning that the Mississippi River
may reach the fif,y.eight foot mark
here, highest in its history, was is.
sued today by the Weather Bureau.
This warning caused relief organi-
cations to redouble their efforts to
remove inhabitants from threatened
areas in the delta districts.
plea to all inhabitants Of the
Mississippi towns Of Greenville, LIE.
land, Arcola, Hollandale, Rolling
Fork and intermediate points to
leave their homes Immediately was
made by Gen. Curtis Green of the
Mississippi National Guard. He
urged quick movement on the basis
of reports of flood conditions and the
health situation.
Two hu. dred gasoline boats and
several chartered steamers, under
tho direction of National Guardsmen,
were cruising through the area to.
day bringing away refugees. Near
ly 10000 refugees are in Vicksburg
or have passed through the city to
other points,
With death toll mounting, troops
began today to evacuate areas which
are certain to be flooded by the Mis-
sissippi.
Failure Of the inhabitants to CO.
operate with relief authorities has
constituted one of the greatest prob
lens of the organization which has
undertaken the work.
Lack Of enforced evacuation is
said by many workers to be the In.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26
Why He Objects

Condensing his reasons for oppo-
sition to the proposed change Jewett
said:
II am opposed to the city man.
ager plan for the following reasons:
1t is a radical departure from the
American conception of free govern
ment; it establishes an autocratic
dictatorship depriving the people Of
the right to choose their chief
executive; the law under which the
manager plan would operate, is in
sufficient, inaccurate, indefinite and
uncertain as a basis or constitution
upon which to establish a new form
Of government; the powers conferred
upon the seven commissioners is alb
solute, unbounded and wholly with
out checks or restraints; the man
ager plan is an experiment and not
a seasoned we'll established form Of
government for large cities; the
manager form fnsures no greater
efficiency than can be secured under
the present charter"
III support OL lilS dlldChg jewell
said that the city manager form
would change a democratic form Of
government TO one of autocracy
without safeguard for the citizen.
Says safety Lacking"
He denied that the experience of
other cities justified the change and
declared that the Indiana laws
providing for this change did not
provide the same degree of safety
as in Cleveland. Cincinnati and
Kansas City.
mo system of government runs
automatically. We should not take
advantage Of the unrest, impatience
and critical state of the public mind
at this time. Those who have not
the opportunity to study the prin-
ciples involved in a radical change
are led to believe that anything is
better than what we now have. We
should in all fairness TO the best in
terests of our city realize that this
campaign Is not directed against
one administration, but is directed
against the basic law under which
we can have good government at
the price of effort" was his final ap-
peal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26

Ppapers in widely separated parts of
the world also took occasion to con-
graduate the United Press Associa'
tions OH the anniversary.
Bicke1 Presides
Karl A.. Bickel, president Of the
United Press Associations, presided
at the banquet. In a brief speech
introducing the President, Bickel
traced the remarkable history of the
United Press, describing its growth
from the time 1t was founded by the
late e. w. Scripps until the pres
ent. 1t was founded, he said. ION
the principle of nonexclusive distri-
button to make the press of this Ma
ton forever free from any future
threat of monopoly in news. The
United Press has never deviated
from this principle"
The United Press operates in thir-
ty.seven foreign countries, using
100000 miles of telegraph wires in
the United States and Canada alone.
Bickel introduced Roy w. Howard,
chairman of the board of the
Scripps-Howard newspapers and
William w. Hawkins, general busi-
ness director of the same organiza-
ton, both Of whom are former presi-
dents of the United Press.
Twenty Years Old
Twenty years ago this month the
initial steps were taken in the organi-
zation of the United Press Associa-
tions, and you have been good
enough to gather with us here this
evening to give some passing rec
ognition to that event" said Bickel.
Twenty years are but a moment
!, in the worlds history. but no two de-
8cades of modern times have wit
messed so many events of vital con-
sequence and far.reaching effect as
the momentous years between 1907
and 1927. Indeed looking back
through the intervening years, from
the convulsion of the world war in
the west to the dawn of a new civil
ization in the Far East, 1907 seems
to belong to another era than our
own.
Enumerates Principles
80 the development Of the United
Press has come in time of unpre-
cedented schange, when to be young,
and therefore to have less to forget,
has not been a disadvantage. Sur
viving the stress and strain and the
attendant growing pains of business
childhood, the United Press is able
to greet you this evening because
it has sought always to learn from
events, to gain wisdom from its er-
rors, to welcome constructive criti-
cism and to be keenly alive to the
fact that to live is to be fallible-
to become infallible is to die.
Unprecedented Progress
"The story of American journalism
during the past twenty years has
been a story of development and
progress unrivaled by the press Of
any other nation. We take a frank
and, I trust, pardonable pride in
the part the United Press has played
In this.
"The vision Of the founder is at
testtd by the unprecedented expan-
sion of it's service throughout the
. world. Established as a business in
y stitution and operated upon the same
underlying principles that have
been the foundation of all of Amer
ica's greatest business structures,
the United Press has grown from
the handful of clients it served in
the spring 81 1907 until it is today's
Americas greatest World-Wtde dis
trtputoE os news ..la21asss1sak.AsAAsi4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26
WARNING Of
RECORD HIGH
WATER MARK
Weather Bureau Announces
Mississippi May Go to
Fifty-Eight Feet.
TROOPS COMPEL FLIGHT
Stubborn Residents Forced
to Quit Danger Zone.
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

MURPHYSBORO, ILL.,, April 26.
Break of n 150-fOot section In
the Mississippi levee at Cotton
wood Point today will inmdate
two towns and $4,000 acres of land
within thirty-six hours, according
to engineers estimates. GOrham,
eighteen miles of south of the
break, and Cora City, two miles
north, will both be affected. Land
in the big and little lake drainage
districts is also doomed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26
forecast

Fair tonight, Wednesday
partly cloudy with possibly
showers. Not much change In
temperature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26
Home Edition

The food horror grows.
Have you contributed to the
Red Cross Relief Fund.-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-26
President COolidge's speech in
full is printed on Page Three.

ppapers in widely separated parts of
the world also took occasion to con-
gratulate the United Press Associa'
tions OH the anniversary.
Rfnixo1 praSideS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
Made HecRiers Realize
They Were a Minority

Wendell Phillips, the abolitionst
orator, once had disagreeable ex-
perience while trying to lecture in
Boston. The majority of his audi
ence was hostile. There was yelling
and singing and this completely
drowned his voice. The newspaper
reporters were seated in a row Just
under the platform in the place
where the orchestra plays in an or
dinary theater. Phillips made no
further attempt to address the noisy
crowd, but bent over and seemed to
be speaking in low tone to the re-
porters. By and by the curiosity of
the audience was excited; it ceased
to clamor and tried to hear what
Phillips was saying to the reporters.
Phillips looked up and said quietly
"Go on, gentlemen, 90 on. | do
not need your ears. Through these
pencils l speak to thirty millions
of people"
After that, the persons in the
audience seemed to feel that they
were somewhat outnumbered by the
thirty millions and kept quiet
Kansas City Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
Paris Adds to Beauty

Paris has new garden. 1t is a
pleasant spot in the landscape,
writes the correspondent Of the
Christian Science Monitor. This
new garden has been made on the
eastern side Of the island in the
Seine on which stands Notre Dame.
Some old buildings have been
cleared away and the space has been
employed to put the Gothic lines
OF the cathedral in better view.
Yews and box trees have been
planted and at the entrance vener-
able stone pinnacles from ancient
editices have been erected. On the
central lawn are some old carved
stones. Ivy is being grown to form
a curtain over the stone parapet be-
tween the garden and the river.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
PICNIC committee
Predicts Largest Outing
Ever Held

Immediately after the regular
meeting of the central body last
Tuesday night, the picnic committee
was called to order and reports frem
the different committees was call
ed for.
Ed. Sims reported FOR the grounds
committee that everything has been
arranged satisfactorily between the
Hamilton Jockey Club and the COM
mittee to hold the two events on the
fair grounds.
Jack Scheaf reported that the
|amusements have been well taken care
of, and that Shoupe's band has been
engaged for the concert music.
The advertising committee reported
that they are going to get busy this
week. They further reported that
they could engage Sockey Trebel's
musical advertising car for two days
at a reasonable price. On motion the
committee was ordered to engage the
same. Large cards would also be
placed on the street cars some time
before the picnic
The fireworks committee reported
that a change in the display this year
has been made necessary on account
Of the many horses that will be housed
on the grounds Labor Day. Through
the change the A. L. Due Company
agrees to give the committee a dis
play that will be again as large as
last year. The set pieces will all be
different, and all who attend the La
Dor Day outing and wait for the fire
works will not be disappointed for
their wait
The concession committee reported
that they have received many inquir-
les for some Of the concessions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
BOSSES
Sensing Danger of Non Union Gar
ments To Industry

New York. - Cloak manufacturers
are alarmed at the results of their
low-grade mass production that is
swamping this market. These busi-
ness men now urge that quality be
the dominant factor. Present poll
cies have brought numberless petty
non-union shops into existence. These
are beyond the unions control and low
standards and unsanitary work con-
ditions are increasing.
"The non-union shop, the chief
source of cheap, poorly made up mer-
chandise in this market is a menace"
says Justice, official magazine of the
international Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union.
"The economy of pennies that job
bers and manufacturers sought to in
troduce is false economy. The sooner
this inferior, non-union production is
done away with the better for every
responsible factor in the industry.
To bring about uniformity of labor
terms in all shops and drive out self.
destroying competition, the union is
entering upon an organizing cam
paign. Every conservative element in
the industry should wish the union
success"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
STAY AWAY FROM
PONTIAC"
Advises Central Labor
Union

The following letter speaks for
itself:
To All Unions, Central Bodies and
Trade Councils:
Greetings:
The Board of Commerce of Pom
tiac, Mich, has raised a large sum
of money running into the tens of
thousands of dollars, to advertise
Pontiac. These advertisements were
to be printed in 16 of the leading
newspapers throughout the country.
These advertisements, together with
the stories printed in the Pontiac and
Detroit newspapers, telling about the
great prosperity Of Pontiac; its large
industries and its great growth.
These articles and advertisements
have been effective, as there now are
more than two wage earners for every
job with the result that both the resi-
dents of Pontiac and those who have
recently come here expecting to find
profitable employment, are suffering
as a result. There is some building
going on in and near the city, pro
NOTED by the real estate sharks that
they hope to sell to those lured here
by the stories and paid advertise
n,optc in tho pawcpa poce p,t RI
those of us who have lived here, we
find it difficult to secure employment.
The factories are running only part
time with much reduced number of
wage earners as large number have
been thrown out of employment by
the factories, and those working are
mostly working short time. The
wages paid in the shops and factories
are as low as AS cents per hour for
male help and in some cases female
help are doing mems work in the
shops and factories for 35 cents per
hour
The contractors are only paying rs
to 80 cents per hour for carpenters.
There are brick masons, carpenters,
plumbers and steam filters, electri-
clans, painters and BARRIERS unable to
find employment as well as thousands
of others looking for work in the
factories which is not to be had.
While work is hard to get, wages paid
are very low The cost of living is
very high Our advice is "Stay away
from Pontiac" as the army of un-
employed here is large, work is hard
to get, wages are very low-living
costs are high, and the only ones that
could possibly profit by more people
coming here are the employers and
real estate sharks.
Fraternally yours,
JACK GRAY, President.
HERBERT ENFIELD, Secy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
New Style Timepiece
Not Popular With All

"We will change your watch into
a twenty-four-hour watch in a few
minutes" is the wording of pos
ter outside a watchmaker's store in
the Friedrichstrasse station, writes
Berlin correspondent of the Chris
tan Science Monitor. The addition
OF an inner circle on the dial, show
ing the figures from thirteen to
tWenty-four for the hours from 1
P. m. until midnight, is necessary.
he AYERS, since the twenty-four-hour
clock has now been introduced by
the railways, post and telegraph,
street car and underground com
panies.
Now, also, the German army and
navy have adopted this clock, which.
1t is believed, will be of advantage.
since 1t will prevent the recurrence
Of errors In the naming of time in
military orders. 1t cannot be said.
however, that the public is very en-
thusiastic about the new clock. It
cannot accustom itself to saying 13
o'clock instead of l o'clock, or %
O'Clock instead of II o'clock in the
night.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
Ducks Feast ON Mice

Wild ducks from the Oregon
lakes have been feeding in the low
lands along the Columbia river,
Washington, reports Capper's
Weekly. Farmers discover the ducks
have been living on field mice which
have multiplied there at an amazing
rate in recent years. AS spring
hunting is not permitted in North
west states, the ducks may clean
up this field pest.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
JUBILEE CONVENTION
OPENED BY PRINTERS

Indianapolis. = With a record at
tendance of delegates and visitors,
the diamond jubilee convention of the
International Typographical Union
convened in this citp. Addresses were
made by President Green and Secre-
tary Frank Morrison of the A. f. of
L.; presidents of the printing press
men, bookbinders and stereotypers' in
ternationals and executives of other
internationals whose headquarters are
in this city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
Dream Failed to SaUe

When the father of Abbas Kan
did, condemned to death for the
murder of two, called on his son in
the Cairo prison, the boy asked that
he appeal to the court of Cassatu
against the sentence. He said that
he was sure of acquittal because the
night before in a dream he rode a
white horse and carried a black um-
brella which was broken to pieces.
AS the lad salready was dressed in
the red costume of those condemned
to death, it was too late for the
father to act.
NOT LIKELY NOTICED
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
FREE COMEDY FOR
LABOR DAY
OUTING
Many Acts Full of Fun and
Amusement Have Been
Booked

Comedy is without question the
dominating feature of the Williams
and Bernice big European Swiss act
that comes directly to the big Labor
Day outing, which occurs Monday, and
is entitled "Slips of Fun" This team
of entertainers is without doubt one
of the big feature acts of the engage
ment. Their many high calibre gyra-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19

When Morris Gordin rushed to the
Canadian border in frantic effort to
do the seemingly impossible, the Ca
madam authorities at the port which
he selected refused to allow him to
enter Canada. There was nothing left
for him to do except give up the effort.
That, in very brief form, is the case
Of Morris Gordin. He is subject. to
deportation to Russia. What saves
him for the time being is that the
United States Government is not de-
porting any aliens to Russia.
So Morris Gordin stays on in the
United States for the time being, a
man without a country, man who
loves country which will not have
him, except in this refugee sort of
manner
Meanwhile there are hundreds of
undesirable aliens within our gates
illegally, many of them criminals.
The case of Morris Gordin is but
one of the growing list that shows the
singular ability of governments to
play the fool and the migrate at times
when to be wise would be to be lust
and to be just would be to be wise.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
TRADES COUNCIL

Council met Tuesday night in regular
session. President Ed. Sims presided
and thirty-five delegates were present.
The credentials of Albert Habel, to
represent Molders' Union SO for an
unexpired term of Martin Michalski
were read, received and delegate seat
ed. The credentials of /. E. Buehl to
represent Brewery Workers for three
months were read, received and deie-
gate seated.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
A communication was read from
the Pontiac Central Labor Union of
Pontiac, Mich, and signed by the
president and secretary. The letter
states that the Board of Commerce of
that city has raised thousands of dol
lars to advertise Pontiac, and that
this advertising has caused numbers
of working men from other cities to
flock into that city. They ask that the
working men and women be not de-
ceived and to "stay away from Por-
tiac." The communication was re-
ceived and ordered published in the
Press.
A lengthy communication from the
Tobacco Workers International Un-
ion, of Louisville, KY, was read. The
letter headed "a Smokers Thought"
and appealing to the smokers to pur-
chase union made tobacco and cigar
cites. The same was received as read
A communication from the Reed
Kloop Co., the new Main street furn-
iture store, was read. The commun-
ication explained the Companys rea-
sons for keeping their store open aft
er other stores that have signed the
union contract have closed. Robert
Fitzgerald, secretary of the Central
Tabor Council of Middletown, attend
ed the meeting as a visitor and later
explained to the delegates, the friend
ly feeling of the Reed-Kloop Company
toward organized labor in that city.
The communication was received and
on motion referred to the Retail
clerks Union.
Molders' delegates reported the
Holland and Williamson furnaces CON
tinues to be unfair to their organiza-
ton and that fight against the furn-
aces was gaining headway.
Electrical Workers reported Wente
still unfair.
Metal Polishers report Winchester
Arms products unfair.
Stove Mounters' report the Estate
products still unfair to them.
The bakers again report the pro-
ducts of the Ward, Holland and Ma
tional products unfair. Also report
the Mt. Healthy bakery peddling nom
union bread in this city.
A communication was read from the
Central Labor Council of Butte, Mont,
in which they state that 1T has been
reported that the controversy of the
Mounters on strike at the Estate has
been in this city. The secretary stated
that he has answered thirty-one let
ters similar to this one in the past two
weeks. The same was received and
the secretary ordered to give all in
quiries correct information
Delegates of the BARRIERS, local that
Macs barber shop on the north side
on Main street, near F, has not signed
their agreement.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to visit the Frechtling dairy
reported that they visited the plant
and that union electrical workers and
painters would be employed by the
company.
Smoke a clean Standard sc cigar
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
Sells Horse by Pound

1t has become common to sell
bananas and eggs by the pound and
wood by the ton, but the other day
H. L. Peppmeyer, Topeka coal man,
extended the custom by selling a
team of horses for two and one-half
cents a pound, remarks Capper's
Weekly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-19
TheCherry
" Where with our
lT2e Little Hatehet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes flippantl-.
sometimes recklessly. +.

After his head had been cleared
of his illusions about the beauty of
Bvlshevism, one Morris Gordin, then
in Russia, bethought himself to come
back to the United States for two
reasons.
One was that he might escape from
the clutches of the sRed machine, of
which he~was no longer enamored.
The other was that he might render
service to American democracy and
thereby, insofar as possible, expiate
his sins against democracy by his erst-
while espousal of Communism.
SO Morris Gordin came back to
America to tell Americans about the
hatefulness of the Red regime in
Russia.
When Morris Gordin left Russia it
was not customary for Communists to
merely walk out, without permission
or reason.
SO this man left Russia under an
assumed name and with a forged
passport.
Morris Gordin came to America via
Canada. On the Canadian border he
was met by an American publisher
who wanted to print what the return
ing traveller had to relate This pub
Usher advised Gordin to enter under
his alias and with his forged pass
port.
This Morris Gordin did, afterward
writing with perfect candor about the
whole affair and published picture
of the passport. He relates that he
was under the impression that his en-
try in that manner had been arranged
and that the agents of our Govern
ment were his friends in that arrange
ment.
For some months Morris Gordin