Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 187, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 21, 1922 Page: 2 of 4
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IV PAGE TWO
OKLAHOMA LEADER
GRANGE PROTESTS ITEMS
"""" O.K FOR WATER
Old Guard In Senate Give But When They Carry Hootch
•Public Endorsement.' They Don't "Get By.
Federated Pr*«s.
WASHINGTON, March 20. -S«
H • P<ondcxter, author of be\i
j ntt-frtrike and anti-sedition bUlv
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.—Saloon
r bottle.-
ragid la-
Ion official*, they
g the seizure of
t water bottles
iiii
tion by prob
Senator* . ioet.-. Key* . announced folio'
Maid. Willis and McNary in pobltc .four
endorsement * of prow ' ag. t st fil"
l«.M?tbic coal or railroad strike*. sent
out by th« National Grange. All but
J'oindeiter are mem bore of 'be
ranjre, and all but McNary are relied
upon by tli- Old Ouard to vote "right" out id' bartender. Wbil
ery occasion. :nspe<tin^r tb* pla< • Magn
West Broadway last nirbl.
Probibltion agents entered th< sa-
loon and arrested Axel Berg, inside
bartender, and John Mclin. alleged
■ they were
Sjo-
Tbe antlrstnke circular is uigvvn . qUjst i!asbe«i from a re.
by S. .1 Lowell, master or the Na- dressed, and carryUi-
tional Grange, and its purpotu is in-' Asked what the content|
dicated by the opening sentence.
"The tinte. has now arrived when
it aeems pertinent that the grange
should express itself in no uncertain
terms In protest of a possible strike
of mine workers and railroad em-
ployes.'
There a curious similarity in the
general phrasing of this appeal with
rlie one on tho sanio topic and for the
Mime purpose issued a week earlier
by the industrial and business rela
tions committee of the General Fed-
l£"pu£ jb«n "d . check-up would
lie." while not taking sides, will In-lberande today.
Hist thill, it 1)0 not inconvenienced by SJoqulit, Her* and Melln wrr
a Btoniuf 'if *°rk. | lodged In th. n'y jail.
From the Rank and File
Letters and Resolutions From Miners
r room half .
a suitcase !
■ of the suit-
case *ere. be answered that be was
a hot wafer bottle salesman and had
the suitcase filled with samples. t
KJoquiat attempted to escape but wa.«
knocked down and seized, according
U) the agents. Then they open*
the suitcase and found that the hot
water bottles had whisky in them
A. I.. Melahn. in charge of the fed
era I prohibition field force, declared
today that other inatance.s of saloon
proprietors hanging hot waiter hot
I ties In their display windows had
1 ROM IIKMAYILLK, UX.
Mr. William Green, international
Secretary-Treaaurer, U. M. W. of
A.:
Dear Sir and Brother:
Whereas, we believe that the pres-
ent dissension in our ranks 1* do-
ing us as mil- h harm as any other
couse that is being used against us,
and
Whoreas, we believe that tho pres-
ent dissension Is due to practically
no other cattao than the revoeation
of tho Kansas charter (District 14),
now therefore
lie It Resolved, That we demand
vL International President Lewis.
International Vice-President Murray.
International Secretary-Treasurer
Groon. iind the entire International
executive board, that the autonomy
or District It he restored, and that
President Howat, Vice-President
Dorchy and the executive board and
iill other officers of District 14, who
were deposed, be restored to office
in their former status, without can-
cellation or abridgement of any
riuhts or privileges, and that we fur-
ther demand:
That the Kansas miners, imme-
diately without the payment of ini-
tiation fee and without cancellation
i iielr former rights, be restored to
membership in the t'nited Mine
Workers Of America.
Respectfully submitted by rcaoiu
—By CLIFF STbKtiH I
POLLY AND HER PALS— At Least. Ashur Isn't Standing Still.
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should be removed only by the mem-
bership of the affected district.
Therefore, be It
Resolved. That we demand from
our present president. John L. Lewis.
and the National Executive Boarn
immediate reinstatement of the offi-
cers and members of District No. 14.
or that the present president. John
L. Lewis, resign himself so that
peace and harmony may be restored
In the rank and file of the United
Mine Workers of America.
FRED BODE.
GEO. ALEXANDER,
FRANK DUNCAN.
RICH. TURNER.
Committee. '
FKO.H DEWAR, OkLA. NEW YORK, March 20.-Although
We. the members of Local Union 8tvoral 8roups of A,nericans bavc
2287, l*. M. W. of A., in regular bc«- { managed to escape from the Spanish
sion assembled, endorse the follow- j foreign legion, in which they enlisted
ing resolution: J under the influence of rosy promises
Whereas, our International prnl- i bj,,the oonauUte hrrc. thore
dent and luternaUonal eiecutlvo I ' *ro m""> American, and Porto
taken in the history of tho U. M. W.
of A., therefore, be It
Resolved. That we demand that the
officers and members of District 14.
r. M. W. of A., be reinstated without
coat or initiation, and be it further
Resolved. That w*e demand that
.our international officers restore the
Sion committee of Lacal 4638. l 31, autonomy of District 14, 1. M W of
W. of A. Belleville. HI, a., and be It further
.-ID ROWLAND. Resolved. That We send a copy of
A (:. S< HOENEBL' K. this resolution to John L. Lewis and
KRED SAEGER, 'ine to the Oklahoma Leader
board In expelling offlcm «nd m.m-1 nK-aoa uniblo to ocure diJch rKe,
0er of Dl.trlct 14, I". M W of A ,rom *•"' ",,nD' ^oordinK to a let-
was the most autocratic action ever "celvcd here trom four Porto
—— — fight the
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"Yes, Howat will have to go to jail as soon as the man- i strikes in violation of the Kansas Industrial Court Law. You
date of the United States Supreme Court reaches the clerk of | see, at that time Allen was not willing to risk a test of the
the District Court in Crawford county, Kansas, where he was ] law. They went into District Court and got an injunction in
sentenced for contempt of court in refusing to recognize the an effort to enforce obedience to the law. For violating the
injunction requiring his presence before the Industrial Court injunction Howat was sentenced to serve one-year in jail and
and for violation of the injunction of Judge Curran ordering in affirming this sentence the Supreme Court held that a mat-
hiin to call no more strikes. It is impossible to say just when j ter for the states was involved."
this mandate will reach Pittsburg, I should say some time ] "How do our efforts against the Kansas Industrial Court
within the next ninety days," said Uedmond S. Brennan, chief Law differ from those of the national miners' organization?"
3Y LABOR -
Despite Protests.
Rlcans who enlisted
Moors.
"On account of tho bad treatment
rriv« n to the cltlxens of tho United
Htates who enlisted in th« foreign
legion of the Spanish army," the let-
ter says, "they made a protest to the
The a bo*
and order*
named pari
Internal
Committee,
resolution was adopted
sent to the following
JOE Bt'RKEY.
.MATH LORENS5,
committee.
counsel for Howat who came to Springfield Wednesday for a
conference with A. W. Kerr, chief counsel for the Illinois miners
and who has been associated in some of the legal contests of
the Kansas men.
"We are not surprised in the verdict of the court," said
Mr. Brennan. "The only sections passed upon are those which
provide for the creation, by the state legislature, of a commis-
Bovernment of the United statew. and i s'on, mis-named 'court* in this instance, to investigate wages,!
in reply an order came to discharge hours and conditions of labor in the industries of the state,
all United States citizens out of the r, . . n ... . ,
armv Contempt Proceedings Started.
'■( ompiying with the order, some "When this commission came to Pittsburg, Kansas, to |
them are still In service, and officers
don't want to give them license to
leave."
ml President Lewis. In-
ternational Vice-President Murray.
International Secretary tireen. Ale*
Howat, August Dorchy. Ellis Searles.
Editor Miners' Journal, Pittsburg
(Kan.> Chronicle, Prank Farrin^ton
Oklahoma Leader, Illinois Miner, ex-
'cutlve board, and Belleville Labor
Review.
I ROM I \ YI0RY11 I.K, ILL.
Ixxal Union 2513 of the U. M. >V.
of A., in its full body assembled. hu
..doptcd the following rr^oluUon:
Whereas. Thero has been a gros
.injustice done to thf officer* and
laimbtrx of District No. 14 and that
in past proceedings the district af«
ferted had the only right to remove
its officers for cither neglect of duty,
misdemeanor, or whatever they
micht be < liarged with, and
Whereas, That tho past proceed-
ings of tho U. M. W. of A shows
planly that even the present presi-
dent of the U. SL W. of A., John L.
l.«ewis. said that district officers
TOD AY'S EVENTS
'o appear and give testimony. He refused. Next came an in-
I junction from the Crawford County District Court to compel
I his appearance. He again refused and contempt proceedings
in the Distr
"Well, in the first place," said Mr. Brennan, smiling, "the
national organization did nothing against this measure, which
has the effect of making null and void all voluntary agreements
between employer and employe, until within the last few
months. The men in Kansas made their fight alone, except
for the generous help accorded them by the Illinois miners.
"The action now brought by Mr. Clarkson, attorney for
the national organization, has not even been passed upon by
the lowest court. It is a procedure which we discussed in the
earliest days of the fight and which, in our opinion, would then
have put us, and not Governor Allen, on the defensive.
How The National Stood.
"The position of the national organization was really that
so long as the law was on the statute books of the state, it
should be obeyed and that the men should content themselves
with working for its repeal. The latter proposition is ex-
difficWin.rs^so largely , the
found guilty and sentenced to remain in jail until he agreed
to testify. We appealed to the Supreme Court and the result
was the verdict handed down Monday.
By this decision the Supreme Court has simply held that
Spring Is here!
This is the Persian New Year.
the of St
«-tao founded the first religious onit i j the Kansas legislature had the right to create this board or
more so because of the continuous propaganda carried on by
papers like the Kansas City Star and Governor Allen's own
paper, the Wichita Beacon.
"Howat and the miners ot' Kansas contended that the law
was so oppressive, so unconstitutional, if you please, that they
wast sm i.ii, i osvKxrios. i
Editor l.i'.ider: l^cal t'nlon 3977.'
Panama. Okla.. demands that If John
WHkfuftO! toura the district la do-
fenae of hla good character and
n:ime, in reply to Alex Howat and
Mr. Amerlnger, that he finance the 1
campaign personally and not with] In weat.
the money of tho organization, as we The people of Mexico today
' brate the annlveraary of the hlrth or I ... . • , , ,, , , ., -
liejiito Juarez, often referred t<> a? purposes ol investigation, would be heralded tar and wide as a
the Washington of Mexico. recognition and acceptance or the Kansas Industrial Court Law
The United states orain Growers,! itself. And his single aim was to prove that this law didn't "And I have no hesitancy in saying that, in my opinion,
inc . which in twelve months has ex- j WOrk. had Howat meekly bowed before this law we would today have
"The really vicious sections of the law, those prohibiting 1 similar laws in twenty other states and in all probability a. fed-
picketing and striking, are set out very clearly for review in a eral law. Allen had gone up and down the country talking
court foi purposes of investigation. But Howat's position was sjmply could not obey it without sacrificing their principles as
' that to recognize even this court or commission, sitting for mpn and as members of their union
leem It would he far more approprl- brate the annlveraary of the hlrth of|„llrBnMa 1,„ h r„lH H fa- «r>A „ men ana HS memDcls 01 tnelr umon'
Stopped Spread of Plan.
sto to feed and clothe the hungry
anil naked women and children of the
ntriklng brothers In Texas Instead of
throwing It uway in what he terms
a mud-slinging campaign.
Resolution.
Resolved, IJy local Union .1077. U.
M. W. of A.. Panama, Oklahoma, that
First Organization in America
of Its Kind.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20.—
For the first time in the history of
American labor, an organization of
workers hat, entered the investment
field and formed a finance corpora-
tion to mobilize tho savings of its
members and invest thcrn for their
mutual welfare and profit. Tho se-
curities commission of the state of
Ohio has Ju«t approved the formation
of the Brotherhood Holding com-
pany, capitalized at $J,000,000. the
charter for which has already been
granted by the state officials.
The company has been organized
as an auxiliary to the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers' Co-opera-
tive National Bank, enabling tho
brotherhood to aid its members in
the building of homes, financc the
construction of labor temples, pro-
mote co-operative and other produc-
tive enterprises, and invest the sur-
plus savings of its members in com-
mercial activities outside of the or-
ganization.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, is acting president of the
now finance corporation, and Wil-
liam B. Prenter, grand socretary-
troasurer of tho brotherhood, fills
a similar offico in the holding com-
pany. Control of the common stock
will be held in trust for the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers, us in
the case of the B. of L. E. building
and the B. of L. E. Co-operative Na-
tional Bank.
tended its activities throughout tin
west, opens Its first annual conven-
tion in Chicago today.
A special election
we demand the immediate resigns-1 for the Tenth district
I tUL^by*th:^ ^nK^^|^o&Jkfinitely setting forth the constitutionality or un
If necessary, and to elect u new ad- live llenry I). Flood.
ministration for district 21. (let busy The relay team of the University1
brother lorn!*. of Pennsylvania Is to sail for L.on-1
UK At, union \o. M77, • don today to ensagn in competition "The other case on which the opinion of Monday was based
r. m. « of a with the iithietes of Oxford and ram- js jj,e one jn which we.appealed from Howat's conviction for
L, L^ 1 calling a strike in violation of an injunction issued by Judge
Curran in the District Court ordering him to call no more
ha.< been < ailed i case which will probably come before the United States Su-
' premc Court this fall. Undoubtedly at that time we will get
,.n opinion definitely setting
i constitutionality of the law.
Allen Wouldn't Risk Test Then.
Tststeto a matter of
tobacco qualify
We «tate it u our honett
belief that the tohacoo* turd
is Chertertield are of finer
quality (in J hence of bettrr
ta te) than in any other
cigarette at the price.
Ugptt & Mjfts Ttbmcn Ct
to big audiences and legislatures about his law. The only blot
was the stories in the papers, which kept appearing, that due
to Howat the law in Kansas was not solving all labor troubles,
was not preventing strikes.
"No, we are not surprised about this opinion and you may
depend upon it that our appeals to the Supreme Court will soon
determine whether or not this law shall stand. It is fortunate
for the workers that there are still a few men like Howat who
are willing to sacrifice themselves that the fight for liberty
may be carried on."—The Illinois Miner.
Mrs. Margaret Finley, 76 years old,
has been appointd Road Commission-
er for Rahn township. Pennsylvania.
Pershing's Nephew Is
Now "Dry" Officer.
CIGARETTES
o f Turkish and Domestic tobacco*—blended
'JH
DEBATE OVER
SUNDAY EGGS
• NEW YORK, March 21.—Should
the eggs laid on Sunday by the busy
j barnyard fowl be considered a break-
1 ing of the Sabbath?
This in the question that agitatfed
' Rome of tho delegates to the North-
ern Baptist convention in session in
■ this city when asked to make an ap-
J peal to the membership to give to
foreign missions the proceeds from
j all eggs the hens lay on Sunday.
! It is declared that Iowa women
have made the suggestion and agree
| to raise <75.000 through this method.
One delegate suggested that in-
stead of contributing eggs laid on
Sunday, that Monday be substituted
instead.
Work, Postal Chief,
Smiles at Work.
James F. Pershing. Jr., nephew of
General Pershing, has accepted ap-
pointment as assistant to Ralph A.
Day, prohibition enforcement direc-
tor for the state of New York. Per-
shing served in the army during the
world war. He is a republican and
has been in business with his brother
hh a stock and bond broker in New
York C ity,
RELIES ON WIVES TO
GAIN HIS ACQUITTAL
IN TRIAL FOR BIGAMY
INDIANAPOLIS, March 31 —R«ly-
ing upon the testimony of his thir-
teen wives to prove that he is inno-
ient of the charges of being a big-
i ..mist in intent. Isaiah Moore de-
clared that he has sent a letter to
I the thirteen to appear in his defense
when the case comes to trial.
1 .Moore says that some of the un-
| lucky number will be able to show
1 hat the plight in which he finds
himself is due to nervousness which
j produced an "Irresponsible condi-
i ion" and that he was not guilty of
intended wrong.
Besides being charged with big-
amy, Moore has a case of embezzle-
ment and larceny filed against iiim.
Dr. Hubert Work, first assistant
postmaster-general, in President
Harding's cabinet, who succeeded
Will H. Hays as postmaster-general,
smiles broadly at his work. Here
Is the first photograph taken of the
new postal chief following his tak-
ing over the office March 4. "Dr.
Work began his career as a practic-
ing physician at Pueblo. Colo., and
served as a major in the medical
corps pf the army during the war.
EXPLAINS SPREE;
GETS LIGHT FINE
MINNEAPOLIS, March 21.—Alfred
j W. Collier, arraigned in municipal
I court this morning on tho charge of
j drunkenness, told such a pitiful tale
that ho was let ofT with a fine of $5.
i These are somo of his explana-
tions:
Visited his mother-in-law, where
he took a "few drinks."
Returned home and told his wife
opiniou of mother-in-law.
Wife fired numerous shots just
over his head with revolver.
Wife hacked legs with hatchet.
As proof be exhlbted his shins to
the judge, displaying "back marks."
"Five dollars and costs." said the
judge, visibly moved by the harrow -1
ing tule.
Mrs. Jessie F. Beeghly, of Abilene,
is the new probate judge of Dickin-
son county. Kansas.
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