mm
I . ft -ft m
V1
Volume XLV gj Lenoir Topic, Ebged 1875 April t m9 lenqir, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1919
Priea, Fit Cents the Copy
No. 7
SME OF THE COIL
MINERS IS GALLED OFF
"We Are American!; We Can't Fight
the Government," Say Union
Leaden a the Ctrike Or- ,
der U Killed
The strike of the -coal miners has
been called off and an official an
nouncement to this effect was given
out Monday afternoon by union of
ficials. President John L. Lewis, head
of the United Mine Workers of
America, and his colleagues rescind
ed the strike order before the time
limit fixed by the court, and it is pre
sumed that the men will soon go
back to work.
"Gentlemen, we will comply with
the mandate of- the court. We do it
under protest. We are Americans.
We cannot fight our government
That is all." This was the statement
of President Lewis of the mine
workers announcing the decision.
The leaders early in the day Mon
day agreed to call off the strike and
later a message was received from
W. B. Wilson, secretary of the de
partment of agriculture, and Thomas
T. Brewster, chairman of the operat
ors' scale committee, b John L.
ers, inviting the miners' representa
tives into a conference.
Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the mine
workers, accepted the invitation of
Secretary Wilson to meet the bitu
minous operators -of the country in
Washington today (Friday) morning
at 11 o'clock and replied to Mr.
Brewster, who requested a meeting
of the central competitive scale com
mittee with the operators of the dis
trict in Washington Monday, the
17th, "to negotiate a contract to be
in force upon the termination of the
contract now in effect," that the min
ers had already accepted the invita
tion of Mr. Wilson.
The invitation of Secretary Wil
son was accepted, but the invitation
extended by Mr. Brewster was re
jected. In the Federal court at Indianap
olis last Saturday cancellation of
the strike order was ordered by Judge
A. B. Anderson. Violation of the
war-time Federal food and fuel con
trol act, as alleged by the attorney
general's department, was affirmed
by the court, who said that the strike
was not only illegal but that under
the circumstances it approached re
bellion. The court's order was so worded
that failure to cancel the strike call
or any affirmative word or action
tending to "aid and abet" the contin
uance of the strike, would make them
violators of the injunction and iiH
contempt of court.
Under the order the union heads
were to meet at Indianapolis Mon
day, draw up a cancellation order,
submit it to Judge Anderson's ap
proval, all by 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning and have notice of it on the
way to all local and district unions
by 6 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Attorneys for the union asked
postponement of a week, but Judge
Ames, representing the government,
objected. Then the government in
troduced five affidavits as evidence
that the .operation of the railroads
was being interfered with and that
contracts between employers and
miners had been broken. The de
fens eresponded with its motion for
dissolution of the restraining order
and arguments followed. .
A dispatch from Indianapolis
Wednesday says the United Mine
Workers of America, contrary to
previous announcement, have decided
to withhold their appeal on the rul
ing of the Federal court in injunc
tion proceedings which resulted in
the calling off fthe strike f cal min
the calling off of the strike of coal
miners Tuesday.
It has been generally believed that
regardless of developments in the sit
uation the miners would fight their
case in the courts to the last ditch,
and attorneys for the coal workers
announced that their appeal would
be filed within two or. three days.
However, Henry Warrum, chief coun
sel for the miners workers' organiza
tion, stated that the outcome of the
conference of miners' reoresenta-
-itives and: coal operators with Secre-
tary of Labor , Wilson in Washing
ton today woul ddetermine to a large
extent whether the case is carried
further. The miners' counsel have
30 days in which to file1 their appeal.
. The decision of the miners Is taken
to indicate that they have accepted
the government's assurance that the
miners was not an attack against the
right to strike, but was solely to pre
" vent violation of the law, in this case
. the Lever act., ' , .,.,
REVISED CASUALTY LIST NOW
SHOWS 293,089 AS TOTAL -
In hte midst of the celebration
Tuesday of the anniversary of the
signing of the armistice, the tragedy
of war again as emphasized by an
nounceemnt -of a . revised list of
American casualties, showing a total
.of 293,080. W ,
The list includes 34,625 killed in
action,' including 382' (lost at sea;
died of wounds, 13,955; -died of dis
ease, 23,692; died of accident and
other causes, 5,326;' wounded in ac
tion, 215,489; missing in action, 2. ;
, V According to the Watauga Demo
! crat Mr. W. C. Coffey of! Boone
mailed to Gov. Bickett last week a
head of cabbage cut from his garden
'weighing exactly 22 pounds. -
I. W. W.'S FIRE ON "AND KILL
NUMBER OF PARADERS
One of he boldest and most out
rageous acts of the L W. W. occurred
at Centralia, Wash., Tuesday when
paraders in the. armistice day cele
bration were fired upon and three
men were killed and six wounded, all
veterans of the European war.
The I. W. W. hall was nearby and
the soldeirs instinctively made a
charge on that building. Several
arrests have followed and the I. W.
W, are receiving rough treatment for
their murderous attempt on the cit
izenship. The whole city had turned out to
celebrate the anniversary of the sus
pension of hostilities and a large pa
rade was formed, headed by the city's
boys who had helped bring about the
glad day a year ago. Wearing the
uniforms that sheltered them in the
trenches in France and on the picket
lines of the German border, the ser
vice men weer the cynosure of the
hundreds of women and children who
lined the streets.'
As the column swung around the
corner at Tower avenue and Second
avenue, the band struck up a patri
otic march. Then bullets came into
the ranks from an unseen enemy.
Men fell to th peavement and the
tiny rivulets of blood showed the
spectators what had taken place, the
crack of the rifles of the assassins
having been drowned by the blare of
the band.
Tiny puffs of smoke from the roof
of a nearby building indicated
Whence the bullets had come, and the
nearness of the I. W. W. hall led to
the quick decision that the heroes
who had weathered the sanguinary
battlefields of Europe had been slain
from ambush by radicals who op
posed the American system' of gov
ernment. The marching , soldiers did not lin-
fer to await the order to fall out,
ut with seeming intuition rushed
into the nearby structure and sought
their way to the roofs. The snipers
had diappeared, 'but the service men
sought highways and byways for all
suspicious persons and then sent out
pioneers into the timbered country
around the city.
The I. W. W., it is charged, fired,
from roofs of buildings near their,
hall. After the shooting a mob ran
sacked the I. W. W. hall, tore down
the front of the building and threw
the furniture into the streets, where
it was burned. The hall itself was
not burned.
Following the shooting the out
raged soldiers an dcitizens raided the
I. W. W. meeting place and surround
ing buildings, seizing several mem
bers of the I. W. W. and a quantity
of arms and ammunition.
Immediately after the shooting a
crowd of spectators and marchers
seized a man they believed to be the
ringleader of the ly.W. W. They put
a rope around . his; neck, threw the
rop eover th ecrossbeam of a tele
phone pole and started to haul him
up. He was in the air only a brief
period before the chief of police pre
vailed upon theV.Wowd to let him
down. The man Was almost dead
when rescued.
One I. W. W. was taken from the
jail and hanged by the enraged citi
zens. A heavy guard1 has been
thrown around the jail to prevent
further hangings, v
VICTOR L. BERGER IS DENIED
A SEAT CONGRESS
Victor L. Berger M Milwaukee, so
cialist, was denied,, his seat in the
House Monday.ihy an overwhelming
vote, the House holding he was ineli
gible for membership because of his
open opposition to the war. The vote
to unseat Berger was 309 to 1, Rep
resentative Voigt, Republican, of
Wisconsin, being, the only member to
support th eWisconsin socialist, eith
er during the 'debate or on the roll
call.. 'f'.v;'."
After denying Ke seat to Berger
the House declared that the seat was
vacant, holdingthat, Joseph Carney,
Democrat who v contested Berger's
election, did not receive a plurality
in the election )ast year. Without a
record vote the . House also directed
Speaker Gillette to notify the Wis
consin governor-of the vacancy in
the State election so that a special
election may ;be called to choose a
new member. . Av ,
SUGAR TO BE SOLD CONSUMER
AT 18 K .CENTS POUND
A price of,18H cents per pound
is placed on New1 Orleans sugar whieh
is now available to the trade, accord?
ing to advices, deceived in Washing
ton by Senator Simmons from the su
gar division of the food administra
tion. Under the price fixed the rer
taile is allowed 1 cent per pound,
while, the wholesale merchant is per
mitted to receive , one-half cent per
pound. , The 'wholesaler purchases
the sugar froihthe .refiner at 17 cents
per pound, thus comprising the total
of 18 H cents, ,to the trade.- ; ,
$600,000,000 OF ROAD MONEY IS
. f . NOW AVAILABLE
More than $600,000,000 is avail
able in the United States for con
struction of hard" surface roads in
1920, according to a statement by the
department of agriculture This sum
is more than four tmies the amount
estimated for. J 9 19. .Expenditure of
the fund, the department announced,
is dependent , only on the ability
the railroads! toafurnish enough can
to transport .material The depart
ment will institute a national drive
to influence" purchase and etorage of
road building material during, the
winter months , and to overcome the
open-top car shortage. 1
MIOVEB
LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC
The News-Topic has moved office and plant to a new location
the Harshaw building on the corner of Mulberry and East
avenue. The old location on West Harper avenue was outgrown
and larger quarters were necessary. Moving has been a stren
uous job and ha scaused this week's paper to go to subscribers
late. However, everything is nearly straightened out now and
there should be no more delays.
In moving the News-Topic has a location much better adapted
to its work. All arrangements are better and the newspaper and
job printing work can be handled more satisfactorily. In moving,
the equipment from both the News and the old Topic plant have
been combined and placed in the new location. In addition to
combining these two plants new and up-to-date, machinery and
other equipment have been added.
The work of moving and putting up the presses, linotype and
other machinery has taken up all the time of the entire force
during the past week. This will account for the scarcity of local
an dcounty news in this issue. Next week things will be better,
is the sincere hope of all connected with the News-Topic organ
THINKS LEVER ACT SHOULD BE
EXTENDED SIX MONTHS
Attorney General Palmer tells the
House agriculture committee that ex
tension of the Lever food and fuel
control law for six months after' the
proclamation of peace is necessary to
protect the country from high prices.
"Unnatural economic conditions,"
the attorney general said, would be
taken "advantage of by unscrupulous
people" to make prices high unless
the powers granted under the act are
continued in force. These condi
tions, he said, prevailed throughout
the world.
"The conditions in the country im
mediately following peace make it
eevn more necessary that the law be
continued than the
LTB Sint
to the enactment
prevailed and led
of the original act," sai dthe attor
ney general.
"The act originally had for its pur
poses the increase of production, and
to protect the people from war-time
conditions that result in very high
prices. Since the armistice prices
have very largely increased, and un
less the government control is con
tinued over some. ' commodities the
after-war conditions may result in
higher prices than during the war
itself."
FIFTY-SEVEN FILED INCOME
TAX RETURNS IN CALDWELL
Fifty-seven persons in Lenoir .filed
income tax returns last year, accord
ing to a list jus tsent out from the
office, of J. W. Bailey, internal freve
nue collector. The list does not des
ignate those eligible to pay income
tax. It merely gives the. names of
those who filled out and sent in the
blanks. The list follows:
Jas. A. Boldin, T. H. Broyhill, J.
H. BealL Mrs. L. R. Bernhardt, A. A.
Blackwelder, Jas. G. Ballew, Jacob A.
Bush, Jr., M. la. Cornwell, r. rl. Lot- .
L. Cornwell, F. H. Cof-
ley, m. m. iounney, in. d. u.inr&,
Benjamin Castine, R. S. Crisp, Har
old Coffey, Lawrence H. Coffey, Wm.
S. Craddock, Walter S. Covington,
A. G. Foard, Julius C. Fletcher, J. C.
Guire, Rufus L. Gwyn, Mary M.
Gwyn, Vilgil D. Guire, Andy B. Good
man, C. H. Hopkins, Albert Houck,
G. W. F. Harper, G. F. Harper, F. R.
Hicks, Moses M. Harshaw, J. T. In
gram, Jr., St S. Jenrtings, A. G. Jor
nas, Benjamin Jacobbson, A. A.
Kent, Walter J. Lenoir, George E.
Moore, W. L.
Minish, O. L. Moore,
Joseph C. Moore, H. T. Newland, W. , the measure, particularly because of
C. Newland, J. L. Nelson, Edgar D. ! the labor provisions, was "ridicu
Pulliam. L. E. Rabb. Edward F. Reid, i lous." "Tb nuhlie h nn riinrBntP
n H W
jrumam, u Kaon, toward r . ueia,
Robert L. Steele, j. W. Self, J. C.
Seagle, B. L. Stone, Mark Squires,
David W. Turner, M. M. Teague,
Lawrence, Wakefield, F. C. White, T.
M. White! John H Beard, Valmead.
MANY GRIEVE OVER DEATH OF
MRS. TRIPLETT
Few deaths' in Lenoir have caused
the universal grief as that of Mrs.
Molton Triplett, who died Sunday af
ternoon of last week at the Richard
Baker hospital in Hickory. Mrs.
Triplett had been taken to the hos
pital several day prior to her death
for an operation and treatment. She
was thought to be getting along nice
ly until Sunday morning, when Mr.
Triplett was telephoned that compli
cations had set in and that the end
was nera. Mr. Triplett and .the en
itre family went to Hickory at once
and were at the bedside unti lthe end.
f Mrs.' Triplett was 46 years old.
She was a member of the First Bap
tist church and was greatly loved by
many friends.. Besides her husband
she is survived by, four children
two daughters, Misses Lucile and
Mildred, and two sons, James and
Woodrow. i One son, Thomas, died
less than a year ago from influneza.
The funeral services were conduct
ed front th ehmo eby her pastor, Rev.
J. .Hoyle of the First - Baptist
church; assisted by Rev. I. W. Thom
as.,!. Interment followed fit Belleview
cemetery, '
TO NEW QUARTERS
RAILROAD BILL IS TO BE ACTED
UPON SATURDAY
The railroad bill had right of way
in the. House Monday, with final vote
set for tomorrow (Saturday), under
an agreement reached by leaders.
Action on the bill will be followed
immediately by adjournment of a
special session of Congress, the
agreement provides, consideration of
the measure by the Senate going over
until the regular session beginning in
December.
Under the rule adopted Monday
night the House agreed to meet two
hours earlier than customary and to
begin night sessions immediately.
The House program was framed af
ter Representative Mondell of Wy-
t u i : i i i
I had een informed by Senator Lodge
Lv, q, ij.. iL-j a,.
viiav icimiv icnucia nuclei lu uloIUOtr
of the German peace treaty by the
end of the week.
In the formal report of the House
railroad bill, made Monday by Chair
man Esch of the interstate commerce
commitee, it was revealed that the
measure contained a mandate, to the
carriers to apply for general in
creases of rates within 60 days after
their return to private ownership.
Unless such applications for increases
are made to the interstate commerce
commission the bill will deny them
the guaranty, including continuance
by the government of their standard
return for six months and their priv
ilege of obtaining government loans.
Simultaneously with the report of
the House measure Senator Cum
mins, chairman of the Senate inter
state commerce committee, submitted
a report expressing his individual
views on the Senate plan of perma.
nent railroad legislation. Defendinir
the anti-strike provision of the Sen-
ate bill, eSnator Cummins declared
that "strikes of railway workers
must cease," and that the arbitration
boards created by the bill would
srive
justice to all," even assuring the un
ions that they can accomplish more
through the boards than by strikes.
Antt-tstrike legislation is not a
part of the. House measure, said
Chairman Esch in his report, declar
ing that the House committee de
cided that such provisions were "un
wise," and in lieu thereof adopted
plans for conciliation through volun
tary arbitration of disputes. His re
port provoked the first attack on the
House bill.
Renreaent&tivA "Rlentnn.
I Democrat, of Texas, complaining that
' il- - il I 1 i a
j ius." "The public has no guarantee
; 0r even promise against continued
tie-ups of government industreis,"
Representative Blanton asserted.
SENATE PLANS TO CHOKE
DOWN DEBATE ON TREATY
Summary action to choke down de
bate on the peace treaty was-decided
on by the treaty's iriend3 in the Sen
ate Wednesday to meet developments
regarded by many Senators as the
beginning of a filibuster against rati
fication. Two petitions to invoke the Sen
ate's cloture rule, which never here
tofore has been used, have been pro- I Refiners' distributing committee, in
posed to be submitted should, it be- tJe following telegram to Senator
come apparent that dilatory tactics Simmons, holds out hope, for sugar:
have bene adopted byHhe group ir-1 "Replying to your telegram, would
reconcilably opposed to the treaty. 881 that the allotments for North
The first proposal was drawn by the - Carolina are now being made and the
democrats, and the other was being entire State should be taken care of
formulated by the mild reservation V in the near future. The chief cause
group of Republicans. . .1 of the complaint results from the
Under the rule, which could be longshoremen's strike, tha tha$ tied
made effective beginning Saturday .up shipping in New York harbor for
by a two-thirds vote, no Senator "the last month and prevented refin
could speak more than one hour in ers from operating. Consequently all
all until a vote on ratification had invisible supplies in the country and
been reached. No specific time could stocks were reduced to a minimum."
be set under the provision fo such i , ' v I ',
a vote, but the. leaders predicted that ' Happiness,", says Uncle Eben, "is
it would force final actionif resorted e ability to forget about de ehower
to early next week. i i in admirm' de beauty of de rainbow."
; To further hasten-the treaty it was , . ' , 1 ," 1 ' '
tentatively agreed to hold night fces-j A sweet potato wss exhibited in
sions of the Senate beginning Thurs-, Gaffney, S. C, a few days that
day night and continuing until there
has Been a ratmcntion voto. ,
i GOV. BICKETT ISUUES A CALL
FOR THANKS
i Ffruitful harvests, prosperous in
dustries, the mighty triumph of spir
, itual forces, freedom from industrial
strife and racial bitterness these
. are the blessings for which North
Carolina should return thanks on the
i day set apart for Thanksgiving in the
'. iiation, according to Gov. Bickett,
who Wednesday issued his annual
, Thanksgiving day proclamation,
which follows:
"Our forefathers established the"
beautiful custom of setting apart one
day near the end of the harvest time
to return thanks to Almighty God for
the blessings of life.
"In this good yeear, 1919, how
mi'h have we for which to be grate
ful! "Our soldiers who on last Thanks
eiving day were far away in foreign
lands have safely crossed the seas,
and are at home again in happiness
and in peace.
"The Lord of the Harvest has been
good to us. Our fields have yielded
bountifully. Our industries have
thrived wonderfully. Prosperity
smiles on farm and factory, bank and
store. In every line of business en
deavor we are prospering beyond the
fondest dreams of our fathers.
"There has been also a mighty tri
umph of spiritual forces in our midst
for which we should be profoundly
grateful. The fruits of this victory
are seen in the great forward move
ments of all the churches; in the
finer educational advantages enjoyed
by all the children of the State; in
the growing demand for complete
economic and social justice in taxa
tion and all other matters; and in the
larger opportunities offered on every
hand to the average man and the
average woman.
"Surely in this day God has given
to men everywhere a bigger, broader
conception of Christian service than
they ever had before.
"North Carolina is singularly
blessed in that in this time of tur
moil she is almost entirely free from
industrial and racial bitterness and
strife. We should be deeply thank
ful for the spirit of friendship and
good will that prevails among us. Let
us pray for absolute justice for all,
by which alone this spirit may be
strengthened and maintained.
"Now, therefore, I, Thomas Wal
ter Bickett, Governor of North Caro
lina, in obedience to the custom es
tablished by our fathers and in ac
cordance with the proclamation of
the President of the United States, do
hereby proclaim Thursday, November
27th, a day of public Thanksgiving.
"Let this be a day of rest and re
joicing, observed by everybody. Let
us not forget the orphan, the poor
and the unfortunate. I earnestly
trust tha tall the people will assemble
in their places of worship and make
this a real Thanksgiving Day.
"Done at our City of Raleigh, this
the 12th day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen, and in the one
hundred and forty-fourth year of our
American independence."
TELEPHONE COMPANIES CAN
CONTINUE PRESENT RATES
In a decision last Friday the State
corporation commission! allows the
Bell Telephone Company and the
Asheville Telephone Company to
keep in effect the long-distance and
local rate allowed by the srovern-
nrent. The decision is applicable to
all other telephone companies in the
State.
! The order was made in response
; to a petition of the companies to be
allowed to retain their war-time
rates at the expiration of the four
months allowed by Congress when the
companies were turned back to the
private owners. This period would
expire Dec. 1. In ordering a reten
tion of war rates the commission re
quires that all local and long-distance
exchanges in the State make a com
plete financial statement on income
and expenses from July of this year
to Jan. 1, and quarterly thereafter.
Justification for the order is found
in the exhibits of the companies.
showing that during 1918 the Bell
masla ah it O 19 :
VillJT 4..4.U yCi tCUh Uli 1 U5 III-
vestment and with the exception of
April and July of this year this in-
come ran behind operating expenses.
The. order also says tha tno opposi
tion was offered when the petition
was heard Sept. 25. There has also
been a big increase in cost operation,
which should be taken care of if the
companies are to continue in busi
ness. The order says the commission
does not prevent a city or an indi
vidual, from bringing action asking
for decrease in rates at any time.
PROSPECTS FOR SUGAR NOW
SEEM TO BE GOOD
Chairman Lowry of the American
weighed 114 pounds.
It was of the
l or:o Kiean variety.
ft
COL. MERRIAM, ILLINOIS PIO
NEER, IS KILLED BY TRAIN
The following, taken from an Illi
nois paper,' will be of interest to Le
noir folks because of the fact that
Col. Merriam was the father of Mrs.
Wallace Conley, who formerly lived
here, Mr. Conley being the son of
Mrs. Josie Conley:
"Col. Jonathan Merriam, Illinois
pioneer, former political leader and
delegate from Tazewell county to the
State constitutional convention kt,
Springfield in 1870, was killed yes
terday by a Chicago & Northwestern
passenger train at Wheaton, where
he had made his home for many
years. Col. Merriam, who was 85
years old, had started to walk down
town about 4:30 in the afternoon. He
reached the railroad crossing at
Wheaton avenue as the train, north
bound, was approaching a few hun
dred feet away. He did not observe
it. Few persons witnessed the acci
dent. Death was instantaneous. The
body was hurled clear of the tracks.
It was taken to an undertaking estab
lishmne tin Wheaton.
"Col. Merriam was one of the few
remaining figures of the picturesque
days when the history f o Illinois and
the nation was in the making. Born
in Vermont Nov. 1, 1834, he traveled
while still an infant in a prairie
schooner to what was then America's
frontier.
"His father bought a farm in Taze
well county. It was there he grew
up. He wanted an education, so he
chopped wood, did chores in his spare
moments, and earned enough to pay
his way through college.
"When the civil war came he was
one of the. first volunteers. Enlisting
as a private, he climbed to a lienten
ant colonelcy, serving with Col. Ris
den Moore in the 117th Illinois in
fantry. "Soon after the war he began an
agitation for a revision of the State's
constitution, pointing out the many
defects of the existing constitution.
Other men followed his lead. In De
cember, lh69, the convention con
vened at Springfield. His work there
made so great an impression upon
the people that at the ensuing Re
publican convention to name candi
dates for congressmen Tazewell
county sent a solid delegation for
Merriam. Shelby M. Cullom, who
represented the district,, laughed at
the soldier's claims. But Merriam
received the nomination by a large
majority. A Democrat was elected.
"In 1873 President Grant appoint
ed Col. Merriam collecter of internal
revenue at Springfield. He held the
office until 1882, when he resigned
to enter the banking business at Pe
kin, 111. He remained there eleven
vears.
"From 1894 until 1898 he served
as member of the house of represent
atives in the State legislature. Pres
ident McKinley appointed him col
lector of internal revenue at Chicago
in 1898. He was reappointed by
President Rooseevlt in 1902. He re
signed in 1906 to retire from public
life."
"NO LET-UP UNTIL COUNTRY IS
RID OF EVERY RADICAL"
Deportation proceedings have been
intsituted in a number of cities to
rid the country of th eviolent radi
cal scaught in the nation-wide raids
which have been in progress since
last Friday, Attorney General Palmer
has announced.
Instructions have gone to all de
partment of justice agents, the attor
ney general said, to permit no delay
in instituting formal hearings, pre-
i liminary to actual deportations. As-
surances hav ebeen received from
I other government departments hav-
ing to do with deportation that action
would De taicen to expedite me cases.
In the meantime the clean-up of
the country will continue, Mr. Palmer
announcing that there must "no let
up." The total number actually held
on deportation warrants has reached
about 400, while from some cities in
which radical leaders were picked up
reports had not reached the depart
ment. Efforts of the department repre
sentatives, it was said, are benig di
rected more particularly at the union
of Russian workers. This organiza
tion, branded by the attorney gen
eral as the most dangerous anarch
istic group in the country, was said
to have wide ramifications, with tha
department agents still uncovering
new evidences of its activities.
Opinion at the department of jus
tic eas expressed seemed to be that
the Russian union perhaps was con
stituting itself a self-appointed lead
er of all organizations which are
preaching overthrow of the govern
ment. Literature seized was said to '
show that the organization accepts
support from almost any source so
long as it was working to defeat
authority and destroy private prop-
erty rights. Officials said they had 1
evidence showing that leaders of the
union had made overtures to other '
and lesser, groups of radicals to join
their organization, holding out prom-'
ises of rewards when state and so
ciety are overthrown. - ,
. Because they are regarded as the
most dangerous of all radical types
those arrested in the recent raids are
being held in $ 10,000 bail, officials
said. Peter Blanki and Adolph Schna
beL both former secretaries of the
union of Russian workers, have been
held in bail of $15,000.
About 4 per cent of children are
left-handed from birth.
A bolshevik report ' received
through German sources says that
630 of the 1,060 inmates of Kresty
pr'son in Pstrard have died of star-
1"
i