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$? &rMv --h fiswjwt" I I CnUrr letMrf Clan Matter Oetefcer II. IMS. at the fast Offlea at CMeafe, IHtnela, airfir Aat af March 3rd, 1879 INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL IN NONE.' Enters aa isesaJ Claaa Mattar Oetefeer II, IM, at Ma Paat Offlee at CMeafe, IIHaete, wie'sr Aat af Mare 3reYlt7t W' TWENTIETH YEAR, NO. 30 CHICAGO, 8ATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1909.-TWELVE PAOE8. ;r"ofiS?Jf WHOLE NUMBER 1,025 nKr "-?4f JifJ. - rti Ijiraiui : taolr y;i. .b-? j ? i l I. ) ii B f. K i JUDGE MACK'S RUDOWITZ REWARD. It Appears that the Political Refugee League Took the Emigrant's Case in Hand. They Held Big Meetings and Man aged to Collect a Tidy Little Sum. But, According to . a Story Published by the Inter Ocean on May 25th, The Socialists Who Got Up the Meeting Get Kothing and Rudowitz Got S35. "Upllfttrs" dot Ntarly Everything that Was Oolng and Evidently Mad Good Uh of It. The following article appeared la tba Chicago Iattr Ocean ot Tuesday, Mar 25, 1009: "With tli discovery yeiterday that Christian Rudowlu, the political refugee, la again walking the atraata ot Chicago searching (or work there came to light the Interesting lnatde hlatory of how the funds raised to carry on the fight agataat the Lithuanian's ex tradition to the land ot the Csar were pent. It la a curious story ot bow a fund ot approximately 1700, which came In nickels and dimes from the rank and file ot the Socialists and anarchists ot the country, was spent largely In rig ging up the spot light that was played for several weeks with such daultng effect upon the leaders ot the gentle uplift. As a pathetic minor note there Is also the story ot the Chicago Dally Socialist and how It has been set llqunderlng around in the rough and heartless breakers ot financial dlstreas largely because ot the bills that have been saddled onto It as a result of ex ploiting the uplltters in connection with the Rudowlts affair. Raa.wlts Got Oalr From the records of the Political Refugees' League it became known yes terday that all Rudowlts has ever re ceived In actual money at the hands ot the upllfters and, settlement hpuss workers, who shook the atmosphere ot the whole country recently with their oratorical efforts In his behalf, was 135. The rest of the $700 which was raised lor the so called "defense fund" was largely eaten up In maklug steno graphic reports of the speeches ot Rabbi Hlrsch, Walter L. Fisher, Qrahara Tay lor, Jenkln Lloyd Jones, Judge Julian W. Mack, Raymond Robins and others who participated in the series ot "pro test meetings" that were held at the time the fight was being made against .sending the refugee back to Russia. These stenographlcally reported and neatly typewritten speeches were 'dis patched with quick, business-like promptness to the newspapers, thus avoiding all danger ot anything Inter cepting the limelight which was beat ing upon the high brow leaders ot the movement, Hl.lorr of the Cave. The story aa it was told Is ll'e this: The defense of Rudowlts was begun by the Pouren defense conference of New York, which called In Clarence S, 'Darrow as attorney, . Later the work of defending the refugee before United States Commis sioner Foote was authorised by the Political Refugee League, a Socialise organisation founded for the purpose. Meetings were held In many halls and theaters. Among these was a meeting In the Colonial Theater on December 17, another In the International The ater and one In the Seventh Regiment Armory. With the exception of the first meeting the Socialists paid the hall rent. The meeting In the Colonial Is the bone of contention which started tba factional fight between the upllfters and the Socialists. According to the statements of the Socialists and of a representative of tha upllfters yester day this meeting was not held under the auspices ot the Political Refugee League, although the bills were sent to It for payment The meeting is said to have been held by the' cltlsens' committee organ ised by Judge Julian W. Mack and others at Hull House February 3 for the purpose. Before the meeting the city was covered with advertising and a "battery ot court reporters engaged to take verbatim reports ot the speeches ot the upllfters and rush them out to the papers. Bills were Incurred for printing also. When these were sent to the Polit ical Refugee League for payment a storm of protest arose, but was Anally quieted by Dr. Miriam Yampolskl, an anarchist, who moved that one giving Judge Julias W. Mack a check for 178 be paid. In all the publicity expense ot the Colonial meeting Is said to have run up to $176. Seelall.ta Womt Bill.. During the time that Judge Mack was preparing his speech he was sup plied with advance proofs of the review of the case by Dean Wlgmore, of North western University law school. The proofs were supplied by the Dally So cialist at his request. The expense was borne by the Dally Socialist. Clarence S. Darrow caused many protests by sending th- bill for nta stenographer's services to the Refugees' League for settlement. Mr. Darrow's stenographer Is Mlas Isabel McLean, who Is a Socialist. She wu the only one connected with the case to reduce her bill materially. She lopped off nearly f 200. Judge Jullon W. Mack received two or more checks from Miss Jane Ad dams while she was treasurer ot the league. One was tor f 75 and the other for 9-10. Emery S. Walker, an attorney, who claims to have dragged the uplift Into the affair, presented a bill for about $75 as stenographer's expenses. In this bill the stenographers charged not only for their work but for the time they were there. Charles Cheney Hyde, expert In In ternational law, received a check or two. One ot them was for $33. During the excitement over the case the organisation ot the Political Ref ugees' League was changed' tlfree times. At the time the case started these were the officers ot the league; Patrick I. Rlordan, president; Gus tavo T. Fraenckel, secretary, and J. O. Bentall, treasurer, all of whom are Socialists. In December the organization chang ed, Just before the Colonial Theater meeting, to include these officers: Phillip Angsten, president; Miss Isa bel McLean, vice president; Raymond Robins, secretary, and Miss Jane Ad dams treasurer. Miss Addams signed the checks for stenographic and other service. As soon as Rudowlts was freed from, (Continued on page 2.) v , , y ' Tha following article on Judge Made and hla court methods,appeared In tho Chicago Dally News ot Monday, April 26, 1909: "Light was ahed to-day by Investiga tors for tha Dally Newa on the meth ods ot the suppression ot divorce cases. The Investigation was prompted by a 'quiet' divorce granted.by Judge Julian W. Mack, to Mrs. Ashbell Newell, wife ot the superintendent ot tha Mexican Central Railway, last Tuesday. It disclosed perfect 'team .work' on the part ot tha persons Interested liukecp lng the curious ears of the public from listening to any ot tho queer Inci dents of the former Chicago clubman's reputed experiences. with certain seno ritss.ln the City of Mexico. "Indiscretions with these women were charged by Mrs. Newell, who hurried to Chicago from Pass Chris tian. Miss., and after, seventeen min utes ot court appearance, returned to the balmy, climate with a divorce de cree In her traveling bag. "The Investigators learned that while 'no understanding existed be tween .Judge Mack and Attorney Fred erick Herman Gade, Mrs. Newell's brother-in-law, to try the suit arhen the' courtroom was devoid ot prying eyes ot the sensational-seeking public, Mr. Oade had personally approached the chief clerk of the Circuit Court and asked to have the case suppressed, because 'Judge Mack had said so.' While Attorney, Gade declared he had had 'no previous appointment'. as to when the case was to be heard, he ad mitted that he was unusually 'for tunate' In having the case tried In open court when.no reporters hap pened, to be present. "Circuit Court Clerk Bldwlll dented that the flies In the case had been suppressed by him. "Judge Mack, Attorney Gade and Circuit Clerk Bldwlll were Interro gated on variousiphases ot the divorce proceedings brought out by the Newell case. Judge Mack replied as follows: "Q. 'Do your court rules provide for divorce hearings, during the noon hour?' A. 'This divorce hearing "was held a few. minutes after 12 o'clock, and not after the adjournment ot court. The statement that It was held after the noon adjournment is false, because court does not adjourn until 12:30 p. m. It IMrue that I came out ot chambers where I had been hear ing a case, which, I had Just conclud ed.' "Q. 'Are you aware that 'the Cir cuit Court Clerk's office is notorious for such things as the secret Newell divorce .affair?' A. 'No. "Q. 'Do you deem It In consonance with the American Idea of, a free and open court that such a bearing should be allowed?' A. 'A hearing during the regular, qpurt hours, when the. pub llo can be present, Is all right. Hear- Ingstoutslde of court hours are not.' . "Attorney Gade replied as follows: "Q.'Do you regard being a party to such an unusual divorce hearing thoroughly ethical, from a legal stand point? A. 'In this particular case.yes.' DEFEAT IS CERTAIN MACK'S "QUIET'' RECORD The Chicago Daily News Makes Inquiry Into It with Somewhat Startling la -VaMatf iiesuiis. Rich Divorcees Find Separations Can Be Had with Neatness and Dispatch. The Vulgar Press and the More Vulgar Public Are Consulted. The Court Gierke Huih Hatters Up 80 that Marriages May Be Rent Asnnder Without Publicity, and Ont Case If Quoted Squelched 'Because Judge Mack Saye So." "Q. 'How much did ;you pay, It anything, to the Circuit Court Clerk's office to have the Newell divorce files suppressed?' A. 'Absolutely nothing.' "Q. 'Did you have any private ap pointment with Judge Mack after the noon-hour hearing?' A. 'No, I want to .Judge Mack'a courtroom at 10 a. m., m., to Inquire what tho condition ot his calendar was that forenoon. I was told the Judge was hearing a case tn chambers, and that he would probably be through by 12 o'clock. At that time I came In and happened. to find tho Judge disengaged and ha most obligingly agreed to hear, the case, It It were a short matter, as I Informed him. We began presenting the. testi mony and we were simply fortunate that no reporters were present. Ot course, Mrs. Newell Is my sister-in-law and I acted tor her. and sought to save her as much publicity In an un pleasant affair as I, could. She had never been In court In her life and waa glad to Je aaved tha embarrass ment ot a crowded courtroom.' "'Attorney Gade came down here and asked .me to suppress thla suit; he declared that Judge Mack had said wa could suppress It.'.sald Louis Hutt, chief clerk for the Circuit Court 'I told Mr. Gade we could not suppress the suit that It .was not our prac tice.' , "The files proving the team work of the lawyers In the case tell the following tale: , "Mrs. Newell's bill filed, at 11:13 a. m. "Newell's answer filed at 11:18 a. m. "Mrs. Newell's replication filed. at 11:19 a. m. "The (divorce hearing, according to the best Information obtainable, was started at 12:05 p. m., and ended at 12:22 p. m.,.80 that less than an hour elapsed before the caseipassed through the ordinary slow and cumbersome course of court machinery. "It was learned that frequently cases are. suppressed In the offices ot the clerks ot the courts, and that Judges occasionally hear cases outside of court hours. To these methods ot eluding publicity were added some ot the tricks ot divorce lawyers who.mts spell their clients' .names 'and af ter a divorce Is granted file an amend ed bill giving the correction." , Voters should fink themselves this question: Why did his brother judges on thu Circuit Ifenclt refuse to re appoint Judge Mnck to tho Juyeullo Court? There was a reason for this, ns there Is for everything. Ask and you will And out. Every Settlement worker, over' suffragette talks loudly about Judge Mack and the Juvenile Court. Why was he taken out of It? We hope that enough voters will And out tho truth about thla matter, to satisfy themselves that the other Judges did right. Judge Mack represents Jane Ad dams aud a lot of settlement, workers. Does tho Democratic party want a nmu of that kind on the bench? The Somewhat Not Democratic party calls Itself the party of the worklngman, the business man and the liberal-minded man, regard leas of race or religion. And yet It nominates J. W. Mack for Judge. JudM Mnck. the Settlement work ers' choice, who Is running on the Democratic ticket for re-election, was at one time professor of law In North western University at Evnnston. This Is the university that prosecutes aa loons and breweries and distilleries for daring to exist within four miles of It. And Professor Mack, of Evanston's dryest spot, expects the votes of the United Societies and liberal-minded people generally. Tho professor, we hope, will be fooled in this expecta tion. Voters should ask themselves this question: Why did his brother Judges on the Circuit bench refuse to re appoint Judge Mack to the Juvenile Court? There was a reason for this, as there is for everything. Ask and you will And out. Every Settlement worker, every suffragette talks loudly nbout Judge Mack and tho Juvenile Court. Why was he taken out of It? We hope that enough voters will find out the truth about thla matter, to satisfy themselves that the otbor Judges did right. Mack won the 111 will ot union labor In Chicago by a sweeping Injunction Issued by him the day after the Demo cratic primaries. President John Fltzpatrlck ot the Chicago Federation ot Labor and Sec retary Nockels of the same organiza tion were quoted by the Tribune and Record-Herald as saying that Judge Mack "showed duplicity" by postpon ing the granting of the Injunction until the day following the primaries. This injunction has caused indigna tion among labor men everywhere. By it the Associated Building Trades, Its officers and members, are restrained from Interfering with the business ot sixteen members ot tho Chicago Man tel and Tile Dealers' Association by the terms of an Injunction Issued by Judge Mack. The order of the court was one ot the most sweeping ot Its kind over Is sued against a labor organization in Chicago. It sets forth that the labor organization shall not maintain pick ets or spies at or near the premises ot the complainants and that they shall not by threat or otherwise seek to Intimidate persons employed by or employing the complainants. It prevents the union from organis ing a boycott against the complainants and from causing a sympathetic strike In any other labor organization. Why did the Democratic Judges who are running on the same ticket with him now, vote to remove Judge Mack from the Juvenile Court? We know, but let the Judges tell the tacts. The "Settlement Workers" are all for Judge Mack's re-election. POLICE INJANGER. Every Anarchist Who Comes to the United States Has His Stack of Bombs. They Know the "Upllfters" of Chicago Would Rather Help Anarchists than Honest Laboring Men. A Fund Was Raised to Defend Averbuch, the Anarchist Who Invaded Chief Shippy's Home. An Able Article in the Ghicaf o Daily News Handles the Matter Without OloTes. Of Course, It Was Purs Philanthropy on tho Part of the "Upllftsrs' Ltafus." Tho following article appeared In the Chicago Daily News ot Saturday, May 8, 1909: , "A translation of what purports to be a copy ot a latter written In Russian by Lazarus Averbuch the morning be fore he went to the home ot Chief Snippy, March 2, 1908, containing the phrase "In an hour from now I am going to revenge myself on Shlppy" was given out to-day by Assistant Chief ot Police Schuettler. The action In making public the document with the Intention of settling for all time the motives ot the young man In visit ing the chief's home followed the ex clusive publication tn the Dally News yesterday ot Chief Shippy's declaration for the first time that a Judge and other persons of Influence In Chicago raised a fund to pay lawyers In an en deavor to show that he was not Justi fied In slaying Averbuch. The letter ot Averbuch was written to the editor of a Russian anarchist publication. R.arlat. Docaataat, la fall. The editor reprlnU It In full, pref acing the document with an explana tion of his close personal acquaintance with Averbuch, whom he calls "Jere-t mlah" Instead of "Lazarus," aa he was known here. The editor Indignantly refutes any assertion that Averbuch was not an anarchist. The article Intended to clear up the point which caused the private inves tigation ot the shooting, to which the Dally News called attention yesterday, was printed In Buntal. which is Rus sian for the Rioter, the title of the paper. Under Its title Is the explana tion In Russian "The official organ ot the Russian anarchist-communists." Two quotatons from Bakunln, a Rus sian anarchist, who died several years ago "Spirit ot Destruction, Spirit ot Insurrection" also adorn the title page. It was in the January number ot this year that the Averbuch article ap peared. Though the magazine cir culates In Russia and among the an archists ot that nationality, It Is not printed there, so strict Is the surveil lance ot the secret police. It Is sup posed to be printed In Switzerland, near the French border. Its editor's name also la concealed, except to mem bers ot the society, so It is asserted. Translation o the Article. A translation ot the Russian article as made by Detective Make Mills ot Assistant Chief Schuettler's office and as given out by the police authorities to-day Is as follows: "NEWS FROM CHICAGO. "JEREMIAH AVERBUCH. "In the anarchistic press appears an article that Averbuch, who was killed by the chief ot Chicago police, Shlppy, was not an anarchist, but an unem ployed who asked for alms, "I will not go Into the worthiness of that article, I take It that my duty Is to announce that Averbuch was an anarchist and to prove the above I print below the letter sent by him to me. If I should Judge a man not only by the acts that he has already done, but also by what he was golug to do, then I hope our press would have to change tha attitude as to tha person ality of our comrade. Kaw Averha.k Parsaaallr. "I have known Averbuch personally; have known him in Russia when he took a band In the socialist reform movement; saw him abroad looking where he could to use his revolution ary energy. I talked with him at that time; he did not Ilka theories, waa not very well posted on topical questions, but for that hla hot temperament showed tn his road ahead. "At that time he did not consider himself an anarchist, but after getting acquainted with the beauties ot the American liberty and after giving her the full value he approached anarch lam, and after becoming an anarchist he wanted work and action at once. He tried his beat to go to Russia, but what happened? At that time be changed bis mind." Vara Workers War Clakfcaa. "In Chicago and Philadelphia at that time," the article continues, "the hun gry worklngmen were clubbed by the organisation of the Chicago chief ot police, Shlppy, and Averbuch decided to revenge himself. "Here Is the verbatim of what he wrote a few hours before the attack: "'My Dear Friend When you re ceive this postal I will surely be either on the gibbet or In Jail, as an hour from now, on mytown risk, I am go ing to rovenge myself on the man who was the cause ot shedding blood from the hungry worklngmen here and In Philadelphia. Shlppy gave the first signal to the clubbing and he was not punished. When I saw all of that I came to the conclusion that for such offenses anarchists do not keep sllonce, and I decided to give tho signal. All ot thorn who acted like Shlppy will suffer the same consequence. Wonltl Nut Act TkouKhlleil-. " 'Dear, do not think that I am go ing to lose my head without thoughts; 1 am going to my death to benefit In thu future, believing In your principle, "Spirit of destruction Is tho spirit ot Insurrection." Qood-by, I am happy because I believe In mysolf. Not be ing In the power to pay tho debt to the nation which gavo me my edu cation, I give them all I possess. Good by for over and over. Yours, " 'JEREMIAH.' "P. 8. I think this nnte-mortom let ter does not need any comment. "A-FA." Detective net Paper la Huaala. Tho copy ot Buntal came Into pos session ot the police while Detective Mills was In Russia recently. It Is u magazine devoted to the cause ot Rus sian anarchy and Socialism and makes an effort to reprint the pictures ot tho "heroes" who are killed In the cause. Averbuch's likeness Is not reproduc ed, but pictures ot a man and a woman adorn the front page. Existence ot the translation ot the article In Buntal was not known outside ot the pollco department until this morning. In connection with the bringing to light for the first tlmo ot this docu ment Attorney Clarence S. Darrow ex- L r I . t Kh VA. ''rf i. L!ii.r'.'.: fshl