MACHINATIONS
OF L W. W.’S
ARE EXPOSED
PHOENIX Ariz., April 18 (by Asso
dated Press).—Documents and al
leged revelations of a former secre
tary of the Industrial Workers of the
World branch were made public here
today by Sheriff John Montgomery ol
Maricopa county, in a campaign ol
publicity "to let the people of this
dty and county know I. W. W. condi
tions here and to impress on Wash
ington the necessity for protection.”
An alleged verbatim copy of state
ments by a former I. W. W. secretary
receipt for money and letters wen
among the papers published.
Sheriff Montgomery said his infor
mation had been presented to a com
mittee of citizens and this committet
had decided upon publicity as i
remedy. His secret investigation o
1. W. W. affairs, he added, had beer
prompted by a determination to pre
vent a recurrence of alleged incendar
ism in the Salt river valley.
Much of the matter given out, he as
serted, came from the Phoenix I. W
W. office which he described as head
quarters second in importance only t(
the main office at Chicago. He sai<
he had obtained records and paper!
_in T xxr XXT’ r>nnt»o f Inrio T1
Arizona, New Mexico, California
Texas, Colorado and Nevada.
A former secretary of the I. W. W.
according to a stenegropahic report o
answers said to have been made b;
him to Sheriff Montgomery’s ques
tions, is credited with the followin:
admissions:
That incendarism in the Salt rive
valley near Phoenix last summer wa
carried out by members of th
1. W. W.
That members of the organizatio:
still are carrying on the campaign o
the “torch.”
That a member of the I. W.
from California told him privatel;
some of the “Sacramento bunch” o
forty convicted there several month
ago, were guilty of the sabotag
charged against them.
That the secretary together wit:
other members of the 1. W. W. hai
held conferences on “labor matter
in common” in the Phoenix labo
temple.
The records of the Phoenix heac
quarters .of the organization in th
sheriff’s possession show a total o
$17,000 received in dues during hal
a year, mostly miners’ dues, those fo
other branches having been sent di
rectly to Chicago. A grand total o
nearly $109,000, is shown as thi
Phoenix office’s receipts from al
sources for less than a year. Of thi:
more than $80,000 is represented as
coming from the sale of literature
due stamps, six hour stamps anc
defense stamps for the prisoners
fund in this stae, New Mexico, Ne
vada, California, Colorado and Texas
United States government docu
ments, declared Sheriff Montgomery
wer not safe from I. W. W. hands anc
in proof of his assertion, he produces:
two orders to the United States
marshal for Arizona for raids on cer
tain premises in the city of Bisbee tc
seize seditious literature, prescribes:
budgets, etc. According to the inscrip
tions on the back of these, the seiz
ures were made, one being endorse!
by C. J. McParlane, who signed him
self “Special employe department o
justice United States.” One was datei
March 18 and the other March IE
1918. Sheriff Montgomery declarei
these documents belong properl
under lock and key in the Unite
States commisioner's office at Bisbee
An efficient system of bookkeepinf
with printed forms for every purpost
stamping the I. W. W. organizatioi
as one on strictly businesslike line
and not the intangible body it som<
times is suppoed to be, is shown i
its records now held by the Marlcop
county sheriff. Liberal use of th
mails for ordinary transmissioi
special delivery packages and regii
tered letters also are in evidenci
while there is abundanc of testimonj
said Sheriff Montgomery, that mone
was rushed to I. W. W. delegates b
wire when the occasion demanded.
In the verbatim statement whic
. Sheriff Montgomery asserted he ol
. tained from the former secretary, bi
fore a witness, the following question
and answers appear:
i Q.—There are still radicals in th
state, men who believe in force an
. torch?
A.—I could not point them ou
They don't stand very well in the o
. ganization. I knew at the time of fire
here in the valley that some of th
. boys were doing it, but I didn’t kno
, who.
I Q.—You were confident that some <
i the members of the I. W. W. were r
L sponsible for the fires?
A.—We were confident some of th
members were doing it, but we didn
know who. * * « Most of us are o
> posed to that, but I will tell you th
r truth, thp old 4uu are in me Diggei
. part of that. (He is reported to hai
r said previous that “400” was tl
designation of the agricultural dii
- sion o£ the I. W. W., the mining dl\
j sion being “800”).
, Q.—You have men in the organiz
tion doing the same thing yet?
i A.—Yes, but it is awfully hard
E find out a man like that until he hi
gone an awfully long ways. Some 1
the men are in Sacramento. The:
r was a fellow down here from ther
C who told me privately that some
3 the Sacramento bunch were guilty,
j Sheriff Montgomery stated he hi
been pursuing his investigation in
i I. W. W. affairs since the first of tl
1 year. He declared that if it were po
3 sible, he would prevent the outburs
r of incendiarism in the Salt river vt
ley which characterized former sux
- mers, and to this end he has conce
3 tiated on an I. W. W. inquiry.
f “I have laid my information befoi
£ a committee of business men,” sai
■ the sheriff, ‘and they have decide
- that some of the details of my inve
! tigation should be published in an e:
s deavor to let the people of this cit
l and county know I. W. W. conditior
i here and to impress on Washingto
the necessity of protection.”
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Some activity is being displayed o
Ophir creek in the Beaver country a<
cording to reports reaching Fai:
banks. A number of miners have gon
into the district in hopes of gettin
in on the newly reported pay. Fou
dog teams from Brooks arrived o
Ophir creek Thursday afternoon an
a full load of mining tools was note
on each sled.
Read the Dally Times for the lates
and most reliable world news.
NATIVE STATE
; MAY IMPORT
; RICETOJAPAN
i SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (by Ab
, sociated PresB).—"Sooner or later it
. would not surprise me to see Japan
! importing rice from California,” said
i Count Y. Ozaki, member of the Japan
, ese parliament: in connection with a
California industry which practically
[. did not exist six years ago. Count
Ozaki had just arrived from the
Orient on a visit to this country and
y Europe for the purpose of studying
y economic, politcal and other condi
tions.
! It only was in 1912 that California
produced a small crop of rice which
could be dignified as being a commer
s cial crop. The two following years
were failures. Prior to 1912 rice grow
e ing in the state was purely expert
4 mental. The first effort at rice cul
tivation was made in 1860 when 214,
L 000 pounds was raised.
Comparative figures showing the
3 growth of the industry during the six
e years of its existence are:
v 1912—1,200 acres; 3,000,000 pounds,
valued at $75,000.
If 1918 (estimated)—147,000 acres;
370.000. 0Q0 pounds; valued at $13,
056.000.
e The Japanese residents of Cali
’t fornia were the pioneer growers and
3. to them is given much of the credit
e for the success achieved in eultiva
lt tion. Of the varieties of rice growr
e practically ninety per cent is
e Japanese.
i_ The climatic conditions and neces
sary water supply is found in tht
highest state of feasibility in tht
j. northern section of the Sacramentc
valley. Ninety per cent of the states
o rice areas is located in the countries
lS of Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Yuba, Suttei
,£ and Yolo. Other sections of the state
.0 are taking up the industry whicli
e promise of increased production.
,£ The United States recently has be
come the largest rice producer in the
j Occidental world; total productior
0 having grown from 136,000,000 pounds
e in 1890, to over one billion pounds, ac
3_ cording to estimates of the currenl
_g year made by the agricultural de
j. partment.
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Paul Gohle, who for the pasUtWE
years has been engaged in the fishinf
business at Cape Panshaw, was taker
to Juneau recently to answer to £
charge of seduction and rape. H«
was indicted by the grand jury now
in session in Juneau for an incidenl
1 which friends of Gohle say happened
y
three years ago.
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HIGH CHARGES CAUSE
IDLENESS IN LANCASHIRE
LONDON, March 7 (by mail).—
Lancashire mills and looms are idle
while the world is clamoring for
cotton goods, says the Manchester
correspondent of the Daily Mail,
which adds that crowds of unem
who adds that crowds of unem
Manchester town hall. Mill-owners
have been criticised, but the real
trouble, the correspondent says, is
that customers cannot afford to pay
the prevailing high charges.
F. E. Stockton, president of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce,
says that from 6,000,000 to 7,000,000
pounds worth of yarn and cloth is
being held back, although badly need
ed in Holland, Denmark and Scandi
navia, and urges the removal of re
strictions on the export of manu
factured goods to neutral countries.
Unemployment in the country is
rapidly reaching a climax. '
Men are coming out of the army
and are said to be unable to get the
work which was promised them.
LITTLE"oSio*TOWN IS
BIRTHPLACE OF W. C. T. U.
HILLSBORO, Ohio, April 15 (by As
sociated Press). — This town, the
home of "Mother” Thompson, credit
ed with being the founder of the
Woman’s Christian TemperanceUnion,
is arranging for a big national cele
bration when America goes dry on
July 1. Leaders of various temper
ance societies will atend the celebra
tion.
Those planning the event claim
that Hillsboro is the birthplace of the
national prohibition movement. They
say tnat on Decemoer Z4. l»Yd, a num-1
ber of women joined forces and set
out to rid the district of its saloons.
The story of how these pioneers,
headed by “Mother” Thompson, sal
lied forth day after day and, kneeling
before the saloons, “prayed and sang
them out of existence,” is a matter of
history, the celebration managers
say.
Some of the members of “Mother”
Thompson's little band are still living
and will participate in the celebration. '
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CHATEAU OF KAISER
RESTORED TO FRENCH
STRASBURG, France, March 15
(by mail).—Former Emperor Will
iam's chateau of Hoh-Koenigsburg in
Alsace has been taken over by the
French authorites. It is recalled that
the city of Schlettstadt was forced to
give up this medieval castle to
William II, who restored it at a cost
of $1,750,000 and then made the
people of Alsace-Lorraine foot the
bill.
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