The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1924, Page 1

oe Tb THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. I. No. 333. 20,000 43 Li LONG LIVE LENINISM, CRY NEW YORKERS Greatest Revolutionary Meeting Overfiows Garden By NORMAN SMITH. (Sta Correspondent of The Daily Worker) NEW YORK.—The greatest revolutionary demonstration in the history of New York took place here, at Madison Square Garden, when 15,000 workers pledged themselves to carry on the work of Nicolai Lenin, in whose honor they had gath- ered. Ten thousand men and wom- en were turned away from the doors, full. to overflowing an hour before the meeting began. Police reserves on the job said they had never seen anything like it in all their experience. The overflow crowd was gathered up by WoWrkers Party ushers and as- sembled in Central Opera House which was hastily engaged. Solemnity Gives Way to Cheers Inside. the mighty Garden, the masses filled every available bit of space in the at arena and in the galleries which rise tier after tier along the walls, by the strains of the Russian funeral march played by the Russian Sym- phony Orchestra, but before 6 meeting was over their enthusiasm oe Lenin’ pcaee niveroamas wee ae ef an ley were cheering the eal of | me Logan AL Bode — carry on ‘thi for Wo! revolu- Fi ‘which Lenin had dedicated Proletarian Unity, Says Radiogram The message from the executive of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re- uublies was read by Chairman Ben- Jamin ~Gitlow in an interval in the speaking program: “We have lost in Lenin the cap- tain of our vessel,” began the Moscow radiogram. “That loss is irreplaceable, — use in all the world there never was such lumi- nous pains. stuch-mighty effort, “such inflexible will as that of Lenin who our government arely. thru its worst dange: Henceforth his work is set on the right road. “Hundreds of thousands of com- rades of Vladimir Ilyitch, firmly support the mighty banner. Al- ready it is transfiguring ‘the whole world. Proletariat of all lands unite! “Comrades and brothers raise her our red flag. Know no hesitation in the struggle for lib- arty, proletariat. never can “Proletariat of all lands unite!” Calls to Battle, Not Mourn Gitlow, as he opened the meeting, was quick to change the emotional tone from the solemn one of mourn- ine to the fervency of struggle and jumph. Begining with the announcement that 10,000 people had been unable to find room in the overfi he declared that was proof positive that Lenin was not only the leader of the Russian masses but of the masses thruout the world. “Lenin was head of our interna- Intionary movement,” continued -Gitlow,. ‘yet the move- ment instead of heing weakened, has taken on new life and ever greater on page 2.) Degrading Housing Endanger ‘Health of Children arena | ™' Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. For Oil / IDENTIFICATION R.FORE L.Fore LMOoLE & Attorney-General Harry M. ALI AS R.MIDOLE ——— Long List of New Sensations Is . Promised in Oil Probe Renewal « (Special to The Worker) WASHINGTON.—New video, indicating huge expendi- tures by oil interests to influence government officials, is claimed | by a senate investigator. avis . More names today were about to be involved in the ever widening whirlpool of oil that threatens the men high in both major parties. So far is the new evidence extending that pressure is being brought upon the Senate Investigating Committee to “ease up” in its relentless inquiry before scoweeomenia tots sl JUDGE DECLARES COOLIDGE CAN'T HALT GRAFT QUIZ 1.—Announcement that Wil- Amazing Revelations as liam G. McAdoo, a democratic president candidate, former Secretary of the Navy Daniels, and George Creel, Chairman of the Bureau of Public Information pigs 8 the war, would appear Fri- day, if possible, to explain the con- nection of their names in the in- quiry. Thieves Quarrel 2.—Becision of the Progressive f eels group to oppose the selection of At-| “If charges of misconduct in ‘lee Pomerene and Silas Strawn as special presidential counsel to bring court action. connection with the operation of the United States Veterans" Bureau are bey Sache SE Rag teal acid Be ge a ald de Secretary n self cannot si ou ti soon as the Seriate reconvenes to-| Your: deliberations." With orrow, 4.—Summoning of John T. Ki: time of the investigation hi f the Veterans tor a head pepeteiis ere o! ui opened the special grand jury Sherlocko—Hawkshaw—Deadeye—Slewf oot, etc. Communicate with Chairman Walsh, Oil Probing Committee, United States Senate,“ Washington, D. C. ; 0 TOILERS IN NEW YORK ivesLost as Lake Floods WANTED! and War Graft! Daugherty STATES ATTORNEY CROWE BACKED BY OPEN SHOPPERS political lives of Landis Award Ri Praise Their Lackey Robert Crowe, States Attorney, tool 6f the open shi rs of Chicago and professional Iris! triot, is a candidate for re-sleation. He is backed by the executive committee of the Employers’ Association of Chicago as crooked an aggregatton of exploiters as ever hoisted the ban- ner of legalized burglary over their executive desks, gi rs Darling of Landis’ Ring. * Mr. Crowe is the darling of the Landis’ award ring of this city, chief among his supporters being T. E. Donnelly, chairman of ‘the commit- tee to enforce the Landis’ award, James A. Patten, the dealer in imagi- nary wheat and Erza Warner of Sprague, Warner and Company. The prosecutor was entertained a supported, it is your duty to indict,|few days ago at the Union League Club. The president of the Illinois Bell Telephone company, was chair- this}man_and in glowing terms he eulo- judge George A. Carpenter| sized Crowe as a man who rendered great service to the business ele- »}ments of Chicago in fighting the un- campaign of Bureau, under the administra of jions in the building trades and pros- in manation expenditures Col. Charles R. Treen base, ecuting’ labor leaders, ~ money to } government In instructing the jury,’ Judge} The employing class of Chicago policy, Carpenter said that “this is the most |and Illinois have used their judges to The next step in the scandal will| important case which has been pre-|S00d sarestnee in the big fights be adoption of a resolution in the sented to a grand in 100 years,” |against labor for the past two years Senate continuing the; “If you* find that any officials of|partitularly. All capitalist judges power at Wao oD cockputios. the Vi ’ Bureau received any|Serve the class that pays their cam- money outside their salaries, they|Paign bills and them for of- C ms are eared te pamela eer ecuse, ee eipertance ‘ondition . them,” ju ig the judiciary | e | s , SOT HOA oe hard, te secure that Tontce ti very vn he La of yng got hes te Apne a ’ > a 0 and Working Class Grown-Ups tinct Seiecans trospitais. tho| battle they can defeat them by bring. > a Ceanaee: fake: tan: boars ion | ing arm of the nt_ into th ts insti poe ap sceibation of the|action on their side by of the The degrading housing conditions and the high rents have ne fan py Pes: left a shamefully indellible imprint on the development of the children, their, education, the home life, the health, and the general standard of living of the working class families. N These miserable conditions are no immediate sign of even th towards a calamity. tion, Crim, is the out- ‘With exceptions of extreme rarity no constructive measures to alleviate the acute situation have been What we have had go far sara a flood | attempts] Militant: labor, by the very governmental eae ¥ 1 grand jury foveetige: by Msg Assistant At-| The labor fakers, instead of call- ing on the workers to A of a senate committee in-| strik: id pli e faintest . The c tavotviag. ‘Workas,, | Tonnes Ae ee * n n director, and others, was anearthed.lon’ the ‘capitalist teket ‘Tits ae Gate,| _Bvery new DAILY WORKER reader|John 1: Waller af the Chieuse fa to , yf ee Soe oineeee of, Laser nee Renton thle 1 largely a put individual labor fakers and t DAILY LE Minnes THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, (IN MEMORIAL ota Mine ov PANICKY OIL CROOKS TRY TOHALT QUIZ Say Teapot “Probe is Merely Aiding Radicals (Special te The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON.—While the Tea- pot Dome investigation halts for the} funeral of Woodrow Wilson frantic efforts are being made by powerful interests and individuals involved by the disclosures to prevent’ further probing. The fact that both demo- crats and republicans are now known to be threatened by addition- al and sensational evidence has given new hope to the “hush” brigade. ‘The argument is used that no good purpose can be served by adding) to the public unrest caused by the disclosures. “The respect for our government is being shaken and a continuation would simply play into the hands of the radicals who have already made great capital out of this unfortunate affair,” said one ex- newspaperman who is known to be on the payroll of the oil interests as_a publicity man. If the efforts of the lobbyists to suspend the hearings is unsuccess- ful, when the committee resumes its session on Friday, Washing.on is due for the most sensational deyelop- ments of the scandal. Four well-known senators, William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the igh former ~ia- ; -— . nf tional repwlican committeeman and manager of General Wooq’s cam- paign; Carl K. Biggerman of the Chase National Bank, ex-Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, George Creel, publicity man for the Wilson administration, and Samuel Ungerleider, who ran a brokerage office in the Willard Hotel, will all be called before the committee. A publie statement issued by Sen- ator Norris, which is taken here as the reply of the investigating com- mittee to the “hush” brigade, has thrown additional consternation into the ranks of senators and congress- men known to be friendly to the oil interests. The Nebraska senator urges that the officers of the New York Stock Exchange be subpoenaed and forced to produce the books showing the number of shares dealt in from day to day. If these books do not show the names of the offi- cials who bought or sold the stocks in question Senator Norris suggests that the Washington stock brokers be likewise subpoenaed and made to divulge the names of their: clients. The testimony of John T. King is expected to show that the Asso- ciation for the Protection of Amer- ican Rights in Mexico was a Do- heny organization, with King as its , which by the payments of large sums to government officials influenced the government’s policy. King is to be usked whether offi- ciais and former officials of the government were on the payroll ot the association, Meanwhile, Coolidge is wrestling with the knotty problems raised by s admission that he knew nothing of the California naval oil reserve leases. The retention or the resignation of Denby is said to have split the cabinet. The friends of William McAdoo are to hold a conference here today to determine whether in the light of his admitted connection with the Doheny affair, after his resignation from the Wilson cabinet, he shall stay in the presidentia) race. Poincare Gets Vote of Confidence from Chamber of Deputies PARIS, Feb, 6—Chamber of dep- uties today gave Premier Poincare vote of confidence, indicating it will acaapt the decrees he has asked, giving his government practically ictatorial power to effect fiscal economies, The vote was 327 to 240. Fast Milk Service KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. truck, carr, 1,500 gallons of milk, was fourteen hours making a mile trip, which Usually takes forty min- utes. The milk was frozen on ar- rival. Drifts fifteen feet high were encountered, Joie the “I want to make THE WORKER grow” club. 6—A PACIFIST OF 1916 BURIED AS THE WAR DRUMS BEAT Mob Forces Germans To Lower Flag (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON. — The unknown soldier will not have to lie thru eternity side by side with the war| maker who ‘sent him to his death. The government’s invitation to en- tomb Woodrow Wilson side by side | with the anonymous casualty of his great war was rejected and the late president was interred on the other side of the Potomac River. Woodrow Wilson’s body was low- ered into a vault in Bethlehem Chapel in the uncompleted Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, where dignitaries of the Episcopal Church are sleeping. He was buried shortly after noon, while government offices closed in Washington; the New York Stock Exchange and the Chi- eago Board of Trade were shut down for the afternoon and millions of workers thruout the country were ordered to stop their industrial ac- tivities for one minute—during the lunch hour period—in homage to the dust that was returning to dust. Threats Lower German Flag Flags were half masted on all the embassies in Washington. The German diplomatic corps yielded to the threats of a mob of “hundred percenters” that gathered in front of the embassy and to the. attacks & American newspapers, and the German against. dropped the of nloepants gov- ernment, which had forbidden hom- age to their nation’s enemy. At the last moment came word that the huge form of Chief Justice Taft wou'd not be seen among the honorary pallbearers. The only sur- viving ex-president was assailed with indigestion and unable to go thru with his duties in the services. Deep regret was felt by Wilson’s friends, because of the bond of sym- pathy that was known to exist be- tween the two men, in spite of party lines. Taft, a conservative repyb- lican, was placed in the highest ju- dician post in the nation by Wilson because of his policies, and Wilson is said never to have breathed a word of regret against the Chief Justice’s adjudication of the issues that came before him. Senator Lodge was also excluded by illness, Atmosphere of War! It was a private funeral, with only a selected list of several hun- dred persons admitted to the inner sanctuary, but all the atmosphere of war hovered over the occasion, The very bible which Bishop Free- man used was redolent of militar- ism. It was a khaki covered vol- ume sent him from France by one of his “buddies,” as the late presi- dent catled the warriors. Altho the multimillionaires com- posed the cortege of honorary pall- bearers, the actual carriers of the late president’s body were soldiers, sailors and marines, chosen from the troops Wilson was lord over during wartime. Following closely behind the body on the way to the hearse came the honorary pallbearers themselves — (Continued on Page 3) RRR 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 Price 3 Cents Illinois. 43 MINERS “DROWNED IN ~ HUGE FLOOD Powder Blast Blows Bottom | Dut of Adjoining Lake (Special to The Daily Worker) BRAINERD, Minn., Feb. 6. —aA powder blast blew the bot- tom out of a lake and let it flow into the Milford mine, causing the death of 43 miners, officials believed today. Working in the 165 foot level of the shaft mine, the men had only brief warning of the on- coming flood. Matt Kangas, one who es- caped, said a sudden rush of wind blew off his cap and blew out his miner’s lamp. Then he heard a sickening rush of water and muck that sounded like a battery of “a hundred flivvers,” Kanmas said. 3 replaced my cap, and as the suction stopped re-lit my lamp,” he said. The Lake Is Coming In. “Young Frank Hvratin rushed by and shouted: ‘The lake is coming In. “Another gust Fa air blew out my ° a. the ladders ‘came slimy, oozing muck. “On the ladder ahead of me were Emil Keino, Jack Ravanich, Mike Rusovich and young Hvratin. Ahead Be en was & yyeeal man. ringing up the rear was Ga: Hosford.” 5 eax Hope of Rescue Abandoned. All hope for the rescue of any of the 43 men buried in the Milford mine near here was abandoned to- day. Trapped far down in the workings ‘when a nearby lake emptied its water into the pit, only six of the 49 workers escaped death. The survivors reached the top in a skip which started its ascent just before the water started into the mine. Thirty Days to Empty Mine, Pumping equipment, manned by a score of’ rescue workers, started work during the night to pump the water from the pit. It will take 30 days, officials estimated, before the mine is emptied. The mine, operated by the White Marsh Mining company, was a shaft working. Nearby was a small lake, whose bottom was within a few feet of one of the deep horizontal tunnels. When the lake’s bottom gave way, the water rushed in upon the workers, filling the mine before they had an opportunity to escape, Within a few minutes the water filled the pit to its mouth.” The disaster occurred at 3:30 yes- terday afternoon, just as the miners were about to go off duty. When word of the cave-in reached Crosby, ail work in the little mining town was halted as its inhabitants hur- ried to the scene to assist in the (Continued on page 3) ChicagoSub Campaign StartsFeb. 10, Meeting of All Participants Tonight Tonight, at the Russian Technical School, 1902 W. 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The knowledge that the welfare of the labor movement depends tremen- dously on the DAILY WORKER cir- culation is becoming more and nrore evident, Where there is a large group of DAILY WORKER readers, there is a strong militant labor move- ment, has been evidenced by the showing made by progressives at the United Mine ‘orkers’ convention where 500 papers were sold and near- Chicago, wil: @:pend on the response all over the country are watchi with keen interest the outcome of the Chicago drive with a view of putting into practice everywhere the plans worked out in Chicago. What value successful activities in one locality have in stimulating activities in another district is already shown by the -fact that the Chicago campaign itself is profiting from the example and experiences of the Detroit Boost Our Press campaign which is being waged so successfully at the present time, Tonight at the Russian Technical ly all the delegates were reading THE DAILY WORKER every day. 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