Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1909 — DOUBTS SAFETY OF REPUBLIC [ARTICLE]

DOUBTS SAFETY OF REPUBLIC

Labor Leader Given Three Months’ Sentence For Insulting Magistrate. Rouen, France, May 7. —M. Marek, treasurer of the general federation of labor, who was arrested on a charge Of insulting a magistrate, was sen fenced to imprisonment for three months. As he heard the decision of the Court he cried : “This may save your republic, but I doubt It.” Merchants Prepare For Strike. Lyons, France, May 7. —The Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants’ associations here have combined in the organization of an emergency postal service in anticipation of a strike in Paris.