The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 7, 1929, Page 3

~ ILY Wi ORK ER, } DA Copyright, 1989, by Publishers Co., Ine. SILL FAYWOO @All rights reserved. Republica- n forbidden except by permission. ff Judge Landis; Arrival at Leavenworth Pen; Picking A Cell Mate for 20 Years Haywood has described in previous issues the years he spent : a boy and young man in the slave pens and labor markets of the etal mining region. He has told how he became leader of what as then the most militant union in America, the Western Federa- on of Miners, and carried out bitterly fought strikes, which often cluded plenty of shooting, He helped to form the I.W.W., and led during its most militant period. When the war came, he was ar- rsted and with about a hundred other 1.W.W. members was placed 1 trial in Chicago, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. A provoca- us bomb explosion barely missed him. In the last issue all the mntenced men were being held in Cook County jail, Chicago, to be ken to a federal penitentiary. Now read on. ese Le By WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD PART 104. This midday explosion happened on a bright September day, 1918, th many people going in and out of the busy building in which the tited States Marshal, the Department of Justice, and the United ates Secret Service were quartered. No arrests were made of any 2» who knew about the explosion. No cause was assigned for the ex- ysion. It caused one to wonder whether the conjecture of my prison nrades was not correct. Detectives went to the house where I lived, and arrested Minnie yman. They also arrested J. W. Wilson of the General Defense mmittee. Both of them were soon released. Enough to say, no bonds were granted for any of us. The Chicago st Office explosion is one of the ghastly mysteries of the world’s most minal, most imperialistic government. HE word was passed around that we were going to Leavenworth. I was then in a cell facing the back wall. I could hear the grating the keys, the slamming of the cell doors as the men were being “Good-by, good ken out. I could also hear other prisoners saying, 2k!” I was left until the last. I did not know anything about the place I was ‘ing to, but together with the others I was glad to leaving the gloomy, dank surroundings of the Cook ounty jail. Jim Rowan was just ahead of me, and when we ached the jailer’s office, Davies, the jailer and hang- an, put the handcuffs on Rowan and me. My blood most curdled when his fingers touched my wrist. thought of the many men whom he had hanged. is hands had put the rope around the necks of 58 en. As I was stepping into a patrol wagon a big, rly policeman standing near, said: “I would like to put a bullet rough that fellow.” I did not hear the remark myself, but one of e fellow workers told me on the train. The long procession of patrol wagons started for the LaSalle reet depot. We drove around to the baggage platform and were aded on a special train. William Bross Lloyd, who had been one of my bondsmen and who d just arrived on another train, shouted a farewell greeting. The ninety-five prisoners and numerous guards filed into the aches. Jerry Soper, the heaviest man in our coach, was released from his indeuffs to act as runner, St. John was handcuffed to my left cist. The guard who was in charge of our coach was going to chain m Rowan to the seat. That would have released my right wrist, but . John protested. He told the guard that in the event of a wreck man chained to the seat would have no chance at all. The guard replied: “If you can stand it that way, I can.” + 8 ® EN FLETCHER, to while away the time, held a mock court. His imitation of Judge Landis was laughable.. He sat on the back of the at looking solemn and spitting tobacco juice up the aisle. He had ken off his shoes, collar and tie, and his coat and vest as far as could get them off. He grabbed at his pants to keep them from ling down as the judge had done one day in the court. Judge indis was not a grave, black-robed individual such as judges are metimes pictured. During the hot summer of our trial he stripped »wn as far as decency would permit. Fletcher gave a good imita- om of the judge’s antics. He swore in the prisoners as a jury; lling the guards and detectives up to him he sentenced them without rther ado to be hanged and shot and imprisoned for life. After a night and a better part of a day’s run across the prairie, > got a.glimpse of the Leavenworth penitentiary in the distance. hen we arrived there, the train pulled in to a high brick-walled cor- lor. The big iron gate to the outside world was closed. When we got off and lined up, the handcuffs and shackles were ken from our wrists and thrown into a pile, which, when they were gathered together, would fill a wheelbarrow. We marched through the inside gate to the chapel. On our left *re the hospital and the cell houses which filled one side of a -acre square. The carpenter shop, boiler house and machine shop sre to the left. A brickyard was down in the right-hand corner, 30 the stone yard. In the chapel the Warden introduced to me the reporters of the insas City newspapers. I had little to say to them. The Warden tod us that “there we would be treated as individuals,” at “every man was in the first grade,” that “we should be careful save our good time.” With these few words we were turned over the guard and everything was taken from our pockets, and a list ade of each man’s valuables. Many of us dropped our cigarettes and tobacco on the floor, know- z that other prisoners would pick them up. Two by two, we went to the dining room, a large spacious hall th many windows and long aisles running through rows of little rrow tables. On the front of each there were three seats that rung down on a hinge. All prisoners sat facing ‘the music stand d kitchen. The dining hall looked attractive with the tables all rubbed clean, a white china cup and plate with knife and fork and o red tomatoes at each place. It was an unexpected touch of color. yee eae . LL of us were conducted to “B” cell house. As we passed “D” c@ll house, the prisoners could see us from the windows and sent up great cheer of welcome. I heard a voice sing out: “Hello, Bill!” 3 we entered “B” cell house, strains of the “International” rang t. A Socialist, who was a member of the band, had taken his strument to his cell and was greeting us with his flute. The first night I had a cell with Charles Ashleigh on the fifth r. We were tired, as we had had no sleep the previous night, and sre just going to get into bed when a man climbed over the railing front of our cell and asked us if we'd like a smoke. I could think nothing I would have liked better. He handed us some tobacco and zarette papers, saying: “I almost got shot getting up here.” I arned later that to be “shot” meant to be reported, which would ean he would have a “court call” in the morning, have to go before .e Deputy Warden and would be put into the Black Hole or lose some iys of his “good” time.» He divided up his tobacco as far as it would i The next morning, after a breakfast of oatmeal, bread, molasses d coffee, we were taken to the clothing room and theré measured cv shoes and clothes, and gave the size of our hats. We were asked rether we wanted to store, destroy, or give away the clothes that we yre when we came in, From there we went to the bath house, and 1en we stripped, our clothes were put in separate piles. After a ower bath, “Darky” Chase, a trusty, held out to each of us a big a of blue ointment, saying: “Take some of this, rub it under your ms, on your breast, between your legs.” It was an exterminator of 2 and:other vermin. We then went to the barber and, stretched out on a chair made of ards, got shaved while we were still naked. Then we got our ison clothes, rough cotton flannel underwear, a striped hickory shirt, da pair of blue overalls. We were also given two pairs of socks, o handkerchiefs, a winter suit of gray cloth, a coat with brass but- is, end a cap of the same kind of material. We were permitted to ie our own shoes. With our extra clothes on one arm, we went to > Deputy Warden's office. There we were to be assigned to our rk and cells. The Deputy Warden said to me: “Heywood, the cells dre small and BOOK indcuffed By the Hangman; Fletcher Takes fn + The heroic Berlin workers, led by the Communists, in a pitched battle several times defeated the “socialist” police on the barricades of Berlin, after the “socialist” repression of May Day celebrations by the workers. Photo above is an aerial view of Berlin, Air War Maneuvers to Show Use of Radio; 200 Planes to Participate Work Up Hysteria for Slaughter in China by Fake Atrocity Stories “fF” Page Three — — rn ~ POWERS & | ON YOUN Morgan Puts Press on Belgium OE § fs88 1ve ere in cor ce to the “compromise plan” para tions offered by Owen D. Young. inal action now depends on the de ision of the French de legatior n, which was Bank of The B ones be only gation who h titude towards clared that ‘they will give 1s po the French dele- ve not stated thei the plan, have tion aftereth J. P. Morgan is direct the work of ence, eems to the, situation is again difficult one for the American fi- WASHINGTO. May 6,—“Each In line with the general hysteria ally pulling strings. Morgan, year problems have been solved and being developed to prepare the With Lamont, Young and Parker, new difficulties overcome wines en- ground for intervention in China, a went into conference with the head countered,” the depa de- was released today the of the an delegation, Emile jclared yesterday in commenting ap- Department at Washington,|Franqui. They are bringing pres- provingly on new developments i the murder of three Amer- sure on the Belgians to accept the} aerial warfare. The military ° missionaries. “compromise offer,” thereby weak- vi referred to the use of ening the position of the French in| |radio in aircraft, which will be d jonstrated at the joint Air Corps khart, Amer sul general at Hankow, th to a dispatch received ican con- event they should refuse < The Amer eceptance, an delegation has indi- s who have been up till now | Cover — AERS OF THE W, [Wore ETE NOIA COMMUNIST SES SIMON Asmani, in Meerut Jail, Runs for Parliament LONDON, M nist Party ning S. The Commu- of Great Britain is run- present ‘in the at Me In- in the Spen Val- rkshire, against Sir * he chief of the Simon h went to India to under police and n and bring back more clever re- to exploit Indian ants. prison rent, nt governn The Simon commission was bey- ectted and denionstrated against in cvery city it stopped in. When Simon appeared in tne Anglo-Indian vernment’s legislature to lend en- |couragement by his presence to the passing of a bill practically outlaw- ing trade unions, an Inrian specta- |tor threw a bomb at hi | U. Padych, another Indian, wili actually conduct the campaign, |speaking for Asmani, who is charged with be active in the trade union wor nd strikes in India, The Com- munist Party has 24 candidates in the field. ground maneuvers of the army at git soldiers seized the three mis-/Cated that they might favor locating pen — Wright Field, neor Dayton, and at cionaries near ‘Chenki, China, The the proposed international bank in sombers Blen Walkival |Norton Field, Columbus, ‘between tiig wore marched to a deserted Brussels. This concession to the 3ombers Blow Up Riva May 15 and 26. Pr oa - {Belgians undoubtedly is given as ral *) < D ¥ mine pit and shot, their bodies being u y a Gang’s Dive: Part of | More than 200 planes will be used thrown into the pit. Servants who,2" added inducement for them to ae & ee So Machines include the pursuit type|were released and returned to Germans Accept Plan. ie ee ere acon urst Tn Sea ionee wan Pine 2 to the slower transport craft. Pro, it became known that the Ger- RahOK, eu he Sanne aah) 1g i “Con eve See CHICAGO, May 6.—A powerful : ‘i Z French, within a month or two of the founding of the Comintern. | ,owde Tikka, & cess of a sham battle will be broad- ys later the bodies were|mans had accepted the. plan with) With the 10th anniversary of the Comintern now being celebrated |POWder bomb lifted the Dells, a cast from a plane at Cincinnati on yecovered by some other mission-|reservations. The French use these] thrnout the world, and with the May Day celebrations hardly over, eae Delve uy aula RO mean May 18. aries who marched to the scene of |reservations as reason for delaying| this yeproduction is partic ularly appropriate at this time. ‘ 7 eulbegany izpny 118) counde vans, ia “The capabilities of radio in, air- the execution with 90 soldiers, That |their decision, The reservations, day, micnacine the Hives cr ny work- craft have long been known, but its the execution was not carried out|unknown until today, “leaked out” A men and causing $5,000 damages. practical use in warfare and its in- by wanton murderers is indicated in| through a member of the German [Uns successful \ttempt It is said to be the work of the estimable value in time of will be demonstrated th a grand scale,” the war statement concluded. Radio progress will also be dem- : aehedueae eat Power Trust nstrated on the arrival over Nev Ge * York of the army bombing 1 G rons in Pa. its non-stop flight from Day ew York and return, Radio will be used to announce tary problems and their ; they arise in the course of the trip. the release of the servants. Loc! hart reported that thé motive the execution is thus far stress HARRISBURG, Pa., Withe legislature er trust lic utilities in th ‘Dry’ Congressman on for unknown. State Legislature, (By Mail).— t a dissenting vote, the Penn- has given the complete control over s state, by ap- delegation. They are: 1. Germany asks that roads and industries be from the yoke of the Dawes Plan of reparations payments and that no bonds or debentures be iss ied | with such basic national indu as a pledge. its ask will that some| established—probably 2. Germany anannere o man government in a position of a ments are defaulted. . are Proving the Schantz bill. F ting Trial as Rum Runner firms cannot reach out into new | ss : 1 ae ok territories hout a certificate, Get Their Pound of Flesh. KEY WEST, Fla., May 6 (UP).— from the trust-controlled publie ser-| PARIS, May 6 (U.P).—Close study Trial of Congr M. Michaelson of Chicago on liquor law violation charges will begin tomor- row. The Illinois congressman was in- dicted at Jacksonville, Fla., last fall on charges of illegal transportation of liquor from Cuba. He voted loud- ly forall prohibition legislation. plants cannot expand commission’s approval. BROCKTON, M lution will be pr re: ‘Dedicate New Airport; Empire’s New Weapon JERSEY CITY, N. J., May 6.— Dedication ceremonies for the new ing to have U. without a permit, and for profit. Heflin addressed Ku Droyer’s Point Airport on Newark Bay, in Jersey Cty, the nearest meetings here on March 17 and 18. ‘anding field to lower Manhattan, it was after the March 18 meeting t an empty bottle was supposec led at the senator, and he h: are scheduled for Wednesday, by thi vice commission, and publicly owned without the Move to Try Heflin for KKK Sneech in Mass. | May 6. — A sented to the Brockton City Council tonight, seek- S. Senator Heflin of Alabama summoned before district court here on a charge of speaking Klux Klan © of the compromise—which being led the Young-Schacht compromise—shows that it comes within about $714,000,000 of the highest total sum the Allies actually expected to get as contained in the now perts’ conference April :13, The compromise plan provides for progressive annual payments over a $487,600,000. This would be fol- lowed by 20 more annual payments | averaging about $304,600,000. There would be one additional payment of | about $214,200,000. The total in the April’ 13 allied memorandum would be about 401,000. The total in the German offer of April 17 would be about fficials of Jersey City Airport, Inc. ! ; : : : Things thewitse of Gh eteine of vew |beet trying t0 get thecgenate to|#0282,000000. "Whe tofal in’ the aisporte around New Y to make condemn the bottle thrower ever Compromise plan would be about | Fee ae ae | aince.s $8,687,000,000, or some $714,000,000 | us, ection 8 Me imperial base lower than the allied demands. or ism's lates veapon. slain | JUDGE'S “UNWRITTEN LAW.” | + Se ROCKEFELLER CASH AMARILLO, , May 6.—The ‘¢ Mississippi Levee on CHICAGO, May “unwritten 1 which Verge of Another Break | RIDGEL A call for te) Tenn May 6 (UP).— 5C0 men with teams to 6.—The outhwest’s W Oil of Indiana today, de dacash allows some men to defend their dividend of 62 1-2 cent: hare on homes with guns, was advanced to- eapital stock to be paid June 16 to day by Judge R. H. Hamilton to stockholders of record at the close justify himself for killing John Wal- of business May 16. This is the first ton, 21-year-old University of Texas dividend since Stewart was driven out by Rockefeller. daughter. student who had married the jurist’s would be close quarters for two big men. men you would like for a cell mate?” I said: “Yes, I can pick out one.’ “Let me know his name as soon as you can.” Vladimir Lossieff was sitting just opposite me. he’d like to live with me for the next twenty years. He said: “That would be fine!” We were sitting in the corridor when I was den’s office, He said: ‘‘Have you got a cell mat I said: “Yes, Vladimir Lossie: “You will have cell No. 200 in * Is there any one of the small I asked him how called into the War- cell house.” oe In the next issue Haywood continues his story of life in ,the federal penitentiary, sabotage on the cement work, and an escape. You can get a copy of Bill Haywood’s Book free by sending in one new or renewal subscription to the Daily Worker. fight the Mississippi at a threat- ened point on here received today from Hick- man, Ky. The threatened break, where men have been working since early Sunday, is 12 miles south of Hie man. The dikes at crumbling rapidly, 50. that point are the Yeport said. A break there would flood the Reel | , Foot Lake territory and inundate 5,000 acres of cotton. INDICT OFFICIALS CHICAGO, May 6.—The p ter and former police off Chicago Heights, along with : 76 cthers, have been indicted by a fed- | eral grand jury as heads of a $36,- | 00,000 bootleg conspiracy. | carth. Balloon Race to Boost Militarism, Open Shop Rubber Company One by one, the twelve balloons which started Saturday tn the 1929 elimination race are dropping to The race is used in an attempt to boost the Wall Strect aviation service and also the open shop Goodyear Rubber Co. which cxploits many thousan ds of underpaid workers, removed through the proposed International | Bank—which will not place the Ger-| delinquent in case any future pay-| memorandum presented at the ex-|i period of 37 years, averaging about! the levee north of | VOTE CLOSE ON FAKE FARM BILL iTar iff Bill, W Whitewash for Mellon Ready WASHINGTON, May ; 6.—The possibility that the debenture plan Jof fake farm “relief,” opposed by! President Hoover, who thinks thc farm board stunt will fool the agr s sufficiently, might pass te by a one or two vote| voting Thursday. The line-up had been 47 to 45 |Hoover’s favor, and against the de- |benture or tariff bounty projec ned reliably that Senator | I. Walsh, democrat, of Massa- setts, had indicated he would pair with the absent Senator Shi stead, of Minnesota, who was sworn in at a Baltimore hospital Saturday. One Vote Doubtful. | This would prevent Walsh from | voting and make the line-up a tie, 46,to 46, but does not take into ac- count the absence of Senator Ken- drick, democrat, Wyoming, or the vote of Senator Broussard, demo- crat, v s listed as the only doubt- ful senator. If a tie should develop, Hoover |could expect to win, because it is reportet Vice-President Curtis would vote against the debenture plan. Curtis can vote only if the totals ow a tie. His friends say he Id be anxious to show his al- ce to Hoover by casting the la ding vote against the debenture plan, Secret Tariff Bill. | An 85,000-word tariff bill, sur- rounded by secrecy such as was never maintained before about a mater ‘of this importance will be brought up in the house tomorrow jabout neon by Chairman Hawley of jthe ways and means committee. | The measure is the result of com- | promises and a check imposed on the committee by President Hoover ”” About | for only a “limited revision. a third of the rates have been changed in the Fordney-MceCumber jact of 1922, the last tariff act. | | Whitewash, Mellon. The Steiwer report, saying Secre- tary of’ the Treasury Mellon is le- gally holding his office, was made the majority report of the senate judiciary committee today, when | Senator Stephens, democrat, of Mis- sissippi, voted for it by wire, The count now stands 9 to 7 in favor of the report, which will be presented the senate tomorrow. Mellon is holding ownership of various trusts, in flagrant disregard | of even the capitalist law, and has | given huge sums to some of them |trom the United States trensury un- jder the form of tax refunds, but as he is one of the rulers of the coun-! |try, and dominates the industrial |state of Pennsylvania, it is not ex- pected there will be much trouble for him in the senate. |Ford Blames Walker for City Speakeasies | Mayor James J. Walker, as “real head of the police department,” was blamed by Supreme Court Justice Ford for the “thousands of speak- 'easies, gambling resorts and houses | of ill fame” which will be denounced (by speakers at a meeting at Car- | negie Hall today. However, stricter “Jaw” enforcement was the only so- lution Ford could offer. NEW FRENCH CRUISER. BREST, France, (By Mail).—A new French armored cruiser, the Marechal Foch, has been launched here, in preparation for the coming | imperialist war, y 4 to Shoot Voldemaras, n offshoot of Al Ca- ion. The ireus “cireus gang,” pone’s organ Premier of Lithuania gang” was said to be “museling in” —_ on the beer business in that terri- KOVNO, Lithuania, May 6.—An unsuccessful attempt was made by _ Sam O’Hara, proprietor of the unidentified men who escaped to Dells was one of those indicted last assassinate Premier Augustinas Vol-| weck in a slot machine graft ex- demaras, as he entered the State! pose. Theatre last night. The premier’s|) The Capone gang is part of a aide de camp w led and two companions wounde shots. Three unidentified in was increased today as the | tally wounded. |senate entered an agreement to limit | of the party, Miss Jodinaite and |debates Wednesday, with a view to | Voldemaras’ ously injured. Although the bullets were strik- ing on all sides, the premier escaped but | injury. The Lithuania and Poland over the city of Vilna are believed a possible ex- planation of the attempted as sination. Polish fas quently resort to measures such as | these. | Long Live a Strong Alliance Between Workers on the Job and Workers Uniforms! Chicago city political machine, and earns immunity and prosecution of its rivals by corrupting elections and intimidating voters. in a volley of men fired on the premier and his companions as jthey entered the theatre. The aid . : : de camp, Major Gudinas, was mor-| baltimore Building Two other members Strikers Misled Into Returning to Work BALTIMORE, Md., (By Mail).— Over ) building workers on the municipal terminal building have been misled into returning to work a strike for higher wages. The als agreed to the appointmsyt of a commission to fix rates on municipal labor. foster son, were seri- sharp differences between ist patriots fre- ELECTRICIANS SOLD OUT. LAFAYETTE, Ind., (By Mail).— A strike of over 575 electricians |here was averted by union officials, when a wage of $1.05 an hour was | accepted, altho the electricians were demanding a wage of $1.10 an hour. and Peasants in Army LELELEEEE EE EEE EP EEE EPL EP EPP PP PEPE PPh | EEE EEE E EEE E EE ETE ELE EE EEE PEE EPP EPP PP Edd + + ... Spring ts here with its beauty Have Your Vacation NOW in Nitgedaiget The Workers Rest Home PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION PROLETARIAN ATMOSPHERE OPEN THE ENTIRE YEAR $17 A WEEK New York Central Railroad to Beacon CAMP NITGEDAIGET, New York Office: BEACON, N. Y. UNITED WORKERS COOP. Telephone: Beacon 862., Phone: Estabrook 1400. 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