The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 23, 1924, Page 1

Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia THE DAILY WORKER “3 RAISES THE STANDARD q FOR A WORKERS’ AND ‘ FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the PostOffice at Ghicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subs Ss: BY Mail, $6.0 . ; : Publishe ily except Sunde VOL. I. No. 320. Chicago: By Mail. $8.00: by Cartier $10.00 per year, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1924 «ms. PUBLISHING CO.. 1640 N. H eT eT Ee TT i Ne a a eR ee RET LTT SPOTS AT o ° @ ° e og ° ° e ° ° 6 o 1s ' . ° , ¢ i @ ” @ c+) Great Masses of Workers Over World in Mourning (SPECIAL TO THE DAILY WORKER FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) MOSCOW.—Nicolaj Lenin, Premier of the Russian Soviet Government, who had been ill for many months, is dead. The man who led the Russian revolution that overthrew the long established order of the czars, passed away at a moment when his party is beginning.to reap the fruits of his labors. Ill for many months, the Bolshevik leader died while others carried on the Soviet government he founded... It was known that he had suffered a form of paralysis and that famous specialists had come from far lands to treat him. ALIBI ARCHIE 3 THE SOVIET STAR OF HOPE QUITS PALS . IN OIL STEA All Grooks But Archie, Says ' Only a fortnight ago, it was reported to Rus- sia at large that Lenin was getting well. He had { been out hunting rabbits on Christmas day—the Christmas of the “capitalistic” countries he scorned—and again on New Year’s day. His early return to participation in Russian affairs even was rumored. No one from the outside world was permittedl to see Lenin. He was kept closely guarded, while Roosevelt Scion others carried on the affairs of the government sd aaa nea Mae and the country that had followed his lead awaited his return, WASHINGTON, D. C.— Today came word of his death—many times rumored ané Archie Roosevelt, son of theffas often denied. te president and brother of Tom Sntahitar lati iustlndno cin: sil tlhe apeaiach aiiia-ak sistant Becrsiary ot es. ern times, minutes.to. seven Monday nicht, went of the Union Petro at a little town called Gorky, not f am Company—a Sinclair con. cern—until yesterday, and ac cording to his own admissions, director of innumerable sub- sidiary Sinclair concerns, ap- peared before the Senate com- mittee investigating the con- nection of Senator Fall with the Teapot dome grab and told an astounding story of pay- ment of mysterious large sums by his superiors to Fall repre- sentatives; of hurried flight by Sinclair and Colonel Zevely, WAGE SCALE BIG PROBLEM OF MINERS Indianapolis Convention Hears Officers Report By JOHN FITZGERALD (Staff Correspondent of The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—The wenty-ninth consecutive and sth bientialcouventioror ine United Mine Workers of Amer- ica opened here today with 1,800 delegates in attendance, with * unemployment throwing its threatening shadow over the bituminous coai fields. The question of unemploy- ment and the matter of a new wage-scale and the length lof the contract period will probably occupy most of the time of the convention, altho the struggle for the adoption of The funeral will be held on Satu. Jay. On that day the body of Lenin will be interred in the, remlin Hall, beside that of Svertleff, one of his fellow leaders lin the great upheaval of Russia. i The death of Lenin came as a blow to his millions of fol- lowers. Despite his two years absence from the Kremlin, he was! first in the hearts of the Russians who rose behind him and overthrew the Romanoff dynasty. Murray, but the latter two officials vigorously denounced the radical element in the organization, Phil Murray, early in his report, NWaunched into an attack against the Progressive Miners Internutional (Committee and singled out the sees tary of that educational organizae (Continued on page 3.) Doctors’ and Official Statement Tell How Lenin Passed Away fi (By Our Staff Correspondent) MOSCOW.—The official bulletin issued by the phy- sicians said: “Nicolai Lenin’s condition took an unexpected turn for the worse on January 21. “By 5:30 P. M. he was breathing with great difficulty. “He became unconscious and his respiration was ac- tompanied by convulsive movements of the body. “At 6:30 P. M. Lenin died of paralytic symptoms of the respiratory organs.” The official announcement said: “There was not the slightest sign to indicate the pos~ sibilities of death lately. “Lenin’s condition had’ improved immensely and prospects were most hopeful. “Suddenly in the evening, he took a turn for the worse and a few hours later died. They had always looked forward to his return. Some few, who knew the worst, may have given up hope, but not the great his private attorney; of hur-§majority of Russia. ried and secret conferences As this country’s commercialg a with one G. F. Wahlberg andfrelations with other nationsim J ~ordance with Lenin’s last! The report of President John Is his brother Theodore resulting’ proved, the talk was always 0! sims pe { Lewis was purely formal, making Ft +. ‘ sas j ‘ Ps ife Arden’ ‘01 ‘ist Si o in his decision to testify. P ‘when Lenin gets back tof |. Wit wife, Krupakaye, has beer! Arkansas miners led by Alex Howat He gave the impression of afwork. known as an ardent Commanist, Sho jor the revocation of the charter of badly scared young man who, now renin is dead, of an ill-Mvas a convict in Siberia when she — 26, be Scotia, ; mily name} * arried the man destined, in a way, reen and Lewis were evident ag Regetige bgt p0 coe “nd — scree ope. to succeed the Czar of all the Rus. : if i chosen to draw the fre.of the pred financiers for confidence-creating! a ra * eRe Ba the Nicolai Weise. Seat sein aa 5 Nm ressive miners spokesmen when the purposes wished to clear a ae ware wheal . iad os se d fought#eremier, who ushered in the dictato; all blame ae Reyprge bgt Trot: ate he-dreamed o 4 hip of the proletariat nearly six meenias A 9 es a ever bared ingtOr, take its place among thefyears ago, had been in failing health Washington circles. nations of the world; a state aera bai baal : Archie Roosevelt testifies that Hnot yet recognized by many Micah eenintas oleae ee lle. G. Dp Waniers, ucive rere yovernments, but standing ongfailed to save the life of our Com- that $6006 had been paid to the Mts own feet. Fitohe. of ponsipes toe reams cost NIN’S LEGACY TO THE WORKERS OF THE WORLD foreman of Fall’s ranch at Three At half past one this after- troke Elle at i ago. LENIN 3 yen Mp are Mr genar iw oon, the physicians who hadi Lenin was forced to live away from f i c det a he Roosevelt but gave attended Lenin in his last ill-{ithe Kremlin, erstwhile citadel of them) Lenin, born April 10, 1870, at%the overthrow of his own son, Alex- an ‘and more damaging testi- Bnoss, issued a bulletin describ-gc“"™, Whence he had directed thegSimbirsk, on the Volga, was the songander ag ce Sind ere ee fnauclal teemeattions between’ Fall Ping the Soviet chieftain’s death. “tenin when ho"we sn; saw tha! * schoolmaster of noble blood whog become the Minister-President of the financial tra ions between F; His condition had greatly[fcorpse of his older brother, Aleka began to train his son at an early ‘downfall of Nicholas IL. “$25,000. in Lberty, bonds and ii:mproved, they said. Suddenly, Bier, swing trom the Czar's gibbett-—fese. He attended the “gymnasium Student of Karl Marx ‘“ inclair ff. sa rexecuted because he participated in a| (high school) of his native village, le at school, Lenin became anf approxiamtely $70,000 in Sinclair Hon Monday, it took a turn fo F Whi school, n Consolidated stock had been vs plot to take the ruler’s life, Themthe master of which was Fedor Ker- ‘ardent student and admirer of Karl the worse. boy also saw the Cossacks supp: msky, Little did the school-master. yar the German Socialist. 4 Lenin died within a fewfhis people with the rule of the whipBthink that the quiet young son of the/tho he identified himself with’ the hours. nd sword. anov family would some day lead Russian evolutionary movement at an early age, he prepared for in- Pte gad gg Mas “gee: AS AROSE 0S GA i OS AE ™ fellactaal: leadership efid,.'s0: far he fi is known, never took part in ter- ause. W k P H l d rorism plots. Aciont to pay freltht chargen ff, The body will be brought to Orkers Farty to ELold Joris costes tom ie vst Sinclair fe now in acy and ao wotlk Bobecday. will lie| L ° M e l M ° ism. The copare Communist eT Archie secured team n e '. m ing the University o: =~ the dlp ulet saad ata ; In death, Lenin is to be made enin e oria eetings wai ag where he ri law, q! P ublished a treatise on arxism Sinclair's name off the pi accessible to all those who fol. Lenin Memorial meetings will be held all over the United grurlished a Davalopment’ of Capi: list, he told the committee. forell'owed him and who could not States Sunday, Feb. 3 by districts, sub-districts and branches of the ff talism,” which established him as ank i ~ oye sp ee oe with him in his illness. Workers Party of America, * BRauthority of the subjéct. his New York office and secreted in | An official statement issued National, district and local officials are already busy preparing Workers Mourn His Death home, oy the Russian government said arrangements for what will undoubtedly be monster demonstrations An official announcemcent de- has pcre pe ray here for that the SovietGovernment will for sympathy on the part of American workers for the workers and were about t0 take pisec in Oe Tex gcontinue to carry out the willl|' peasants of Russia for the great love they have catered, “The assembled All-Russian Soviet! Congress and the Unions of the (Continued on page 2.) pondent Is On the Job! y to Day. Subscription Blank on Page Five, _ (Continued on page 3.) of the workers and peasants, in| The Miners’ Convention Is Now On! Our Corres Be Sure to Subscribe for the Daily Worker. It W Enable Y ou to Follow this History-Making Gathering from | ‘ Papen carats Py aise