The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 13, 1924, Page 2

Page Two BUSINESS MEN WOULD PAY LOT FOR THIS BOOK Thackeray’s ‘The Snob’ Brought Only $1,650 By NORMAN SMYTH NEW YORK, Feb. 12. — “The Snob,” written by William M. Thack- eray, the famous English novelist, brought $1,650 at a sale of first editions held here, There is a first edition, consisting of one volume, that quite a few prominent Chicago business men who would willingly give ten times $1,650 for it. It is a small innocent-looking memo- randum book that was found in the apartment of Louise Lawson. You can buy this beok for a fling amount. Not this one, but exactly like it. This particylar one is not for sale, It contains the names of rich Chicagoans who made frequent “business” trips to this city. Louise Lawson knew life “and she also knew her admirers. She knew how unstable these “leading” citizens are and so-she did not depend upon one—not Louise. Millionaires vied with each other to phy her attention. And Louise kept their names and telephone numbers in her little book. The Transcript Inactive. The “Boston Transcript” has not made any attempt, as yet, to se- eure the contents of the book, And it is hardly likely that they would dare to print them if they could. They printed the minutes of the Michigan convention—but not the contents of this book. How are our “leading” citizens of Chicago, whose names are in this hook, going to put across another foul lie like the one on the nationalization of women, if it becomes known that they had re- spectable homes in Chicago and “love nests” in New York? “I am sorry that Louise is dead,” said the slim young waitress who serves us our morning “coffee an’,” but I don’t blame her for the life she led, Last week a guy gave her an ermine cape that cost $1,500. I’ve gotta work nearly eighteen months for that and by the time I have fin- ished a sixty year old iceman will look like Rudolph Valentino to me.” ** * tri- one Don’t Want to Lose Votes. NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Congress- “man H. LaGuardia warns the gov- ernment that if it persists in push- ing thru its proposed alien legisla- tion that it will mean the loss of over a half million votes in this city at the next election. The. Republican delegation are united in their opposition to the Johnson Bill, which contains the vi- cious proposals of Secretary Davis. The steering committee of the Re- : party in congress is endeay- oring to meet the wishes of the Republican congressmen from this State, ss Women Protest Gas Execution. NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Declaring their opposition to capital punish- ment the Women’s Peace Union wired Governor Scrugham of Nevada pro- testing against the execution of Gee Jon, a Chinese worker, who was re- cently executed. “We expressly pro- test against this experiment being tried upon a defenseless Chinese,” the telegram qead. a e * The Haves and Have Nots. NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—As the metropolitan press was announcing that William Rockefeller had died, leavi, over eight million dollars, Fred Werner, 30 years old, was picked up on Broadway in an un- conscious condition. He was found to be suffering from complete ex- haustion, due to his being without food for over six days. Building Trades in _ N. Y. Sign up with the Employers’ Trust NEW YORK, Feb, 12.—Practically all the unions in the building trades here have signed an agreement with the Building Trades Employers As- sociation. Only two unions are still negotiating for a settlement, these Ing the composition roofers, and the waterproofers, who are asking for an advance of 50 cents a/day, to $9.50, and the stonecutters, who have been offered $10.50 from Jan. 1, but who insist that this wage be made retroactive from Dec. 1, 1923. The steamfitters have’ signed to work for $10.50 a day from Jan. 1 to Dee. 31, 1925; the housesmiths’ rates were increased to $10.50 from Feb. 1. The duration of the agree- ment with the structural ironwork- ers is indefinite, while that with the finishers and ornamental bronze workers runs into Dec. 31, 1925. The elevator constructors have signed for $10.50 a day up to Dec. “81, 1925, dating from Jan, 1. All of these trades received an increase of 50 cents a day. Workers! The Parasite Profiteers. Expect to Make Good Business Out of the Next World Conflict By FREDERICK KUH. (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—On the eve of the death of Wood- row Wilson, once hailed as the apostle of peace, a group of American heavy industrialists and high military officers fore- international armaments race. The guests, assembled under the auspices of the Army Ordnance Association, included Elbert H. Gary, Col. James L. Walsh, chief, New York ord- nance district; Gen. J. J. Carty, vice-president, American ee hone and Telegaph Co., and Dwight ie F. Davis, assistant secretary of war, laa evanee ramen eee, Gey. and You may believe the assurances of | unteer or register in the next draft, these gentlemen that tha next war! you ean be fairly certain of not re- ing four times as much ag their pre- decessors, while carrying three times as far. gathered at the groaning feast boards of a New York City hotel) to rejoice that the United States has the inside track in the| is not going to be any little semi- pro affair as the last one. In their remarks delivered at this festive dinner, the speakers left no doubt that the coming unpleasantness would be a good business propostion, | Inventions for destruction, which! were considered epochal until 1918, | are now antiquated, Colonel Walsh announced, with ill-concealed pride, that his own department has per- fected a 75 milimeter cannon which can carry twice as far as the most powerful French cannon in the world war. Aerial bombs are now con- structed in this country, which de- stroy whole towns and, urn striking | their mark, rip open craters 150 feet | wide and 50 feet deep. These har-| bingers of democracy contain ca pounds of explosives. “Tanks which hitherto could move only at the rate of 12 miles an hour will hereafter tear across land and water and up 45 | degree grades at 30 miles an hour. | The latest American model of ma-| chine guns shoot projectiles weigh- turning disappointed. Of not re- turning in fact. For the delight of its illustrious guests, the Ordnance Association exhibited a few of the modern war machines in the banquet hall. Obviously, to whet the din- ers’ appetite. The quests generally agreed that they enjoyed a pleasant evening. message of cordial greeting from President Coolidge ‘was read amid happy applause. of each new contraption of death and destruction brought cheerful smiles and approval and encouragement. |The hard-faced men who got rich out of the last war were in accord that the next session would afford them incomparably greater prosperity. The concensus of the diners was the Bok and Levermore and similar | pessimists need not be taken too seriously; for the prospects are, in- deed, rosy. The conversation at the banquet table showed unreserved con- fidence in the government at Wash- ington, F.-L. P. Iss (Continued from page 1.) they are subjected to by the capi- talists exploiters is thru organiz- ing their political power in a farmer-laber party and fighting their own political battles thru such a party. Therefore, be it, Resolved, That this Conference declares itself in favor of the or- ganization of a Farmer-Labor Par- ty and independent political action by the industrial workers and farmers, and be it further Resolved, That this Conference endorses the convention called for May 80th in the Twin Cities to nominate a Farmer-Labor candi- date for ‘president and yice-presi- dent and adopt a national program, which convention is called by the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota, the Federated Farmer-Labor Party, the Farmer-Labor Parties of Wash- ington, Montana, South Dakota, the Progressive Party of Idaho and the Committee of 48, and urges each organization represented in this Conference to send delegates to the May 30th Convention. He had hardly finished reading when Chairman Johnston declared the resolution out of order because “it is contrary to principles of this confer- ence.” Delegate Cramer, of Minne- apolis, thereupon moved as an amend- ment, “That the convention shall nominate a candidate for president and vice-president on a Farmer- Labor Party.” One of the railroad delegates was quickly on the floor to move to table the amendment and this was carried, cutting Cramer off from debate, The first section of the call was there- upon adopted. The next section pro- vided for the date of ‘the conven- tion and delegate Cramer was again on his feet with the amendment “that the convention be held Th St. Paul on May 30th.” Y Another railroad delegate quickly moved to table the amendment, at- tempting to cut off Cramer again. This was too raw and the chairman was forced to hold the motion in abeyance while Cramer spoke. Cramer said, “The workers and farmers of the Northwest are thru with the old parties. They have called their con- vention for may 30th to nominate on a Farmer-Labor Party ticket. They are suspicious of this conference. They have no faith in it. If you don’t want a dual movement and two parties you should change the date to May 80th when the farmers and workers have already determined to ‘hold their convention.” Cramer's speech made a strong im- pression but the machine quickly railroaded thru the motion to table his amendment. Another fight was precipitated when Cramer amended the report to provide for representation in the Cleveland convention from _ local unions. Delegates Sullivan and Strong! Big Battle Raged Over the ue at St. Louis of Canonsburg ably supported his amendment, but the effort to give the rank and file some voice in the Cleve- land affair was lost in the same man- ner as other amendments offered.| The Second Battle. Another struggle was precipitated when Delegate Mahoney of St. Paul offered a motion adding to the call that all other organizations joining in the call should be given two rep- resentatives on the national commit- tee. Supporting his motion Ma- honey said, “The workers and farm- ers of the Northwest are for imme- diate action, They have called their convention for May 30th, They look upon this organization with because of its hesitation and vacilla- tion in the past, or as John Fitzpat- rick called it ‘A dual organization to the A. F. of L.’ If you want to unite them and have one movement you must give them representation on the arrangements’ committee.” Ob- jection was raised to the fact that the vagueness of the motion would leave in any one who would come. Delegate Sullivan immediately moved the following amendment to clarify the proposal: “That in addi- tion to the nationa&committee elected by this convention each of the or- ganizations which participated in the November 15th conference at St. Paul and who authorized the call for the May 30th Farmer-Labor convention shall be invited to send a represen- tative into the national committee with the same rights as members elected by this convention provided the organizations in question endorse the call for the convention issued by this conference.” Sullivan made a powerful speech in support of his amendment. Hillquit proposed that the representatives shou'd be subject to the approval of the national com- mittee. Delegate Starkey of St. Paul declared, “The representation must be made definite. The workers and farmers out our way or skeptical of this conference. They have trimmed too often. ‘They will te Mahoney that this conference hag stolen his thunder if he comes back with such vague proposition.” Delegate McGowan moved that the whole matter go back to the organi- zation committee for a recomenda- tion and this motion carried just be- fore the noon recess. At the opening of the session a bitter contfoversy between Delegate Ryan, of the New York Railroad Union, and Hillquit, of the Socialist Party, was aired, be- cause as Hillquit complaiged, “We were compelled to cool our heel: s on me for two hours at Wreck at Davenport, In. DAVENPORT, Ia., Feb. 12.—Five persons are in a local hospital suf- fering from injuries received when a Milwaukee freight train and a Bur- lington passenger train collided in the yards here early today. Shafir Leading Chicago Sub Campaign in the campaign to of the North West Side Russian be reported because of the fact that ail pies 18 eS z records concerning branch member-|weeks, who thouit she was “the secure 1000 new subscribers by March 10, and incidentally to deter- ¢ who among the Chicago live bd is the best and most success- booster for THE DAILY WORK- to Comrade J, Shafir of the en Side English Breath. Shafir scored 21 points by securing five new fabeeriptions and goes into the lead for the time being. Other live wires are hot on his trail however, and make it necessary for others, for the Remington type- beg Shafir has shown a speed which | ten fi as te oe Heed Banch holds dewn second place at this writing with a score of ten points. Following close are seven or eight comrades whose scores run from six to nine points. Scores are computed from ,total number of months in the subscrip- tions turned in, one point being credited for every month’s subscrip- tion, a one year’s sub counting 12 points, a six month’s sub counting 6, etc. Branches are credited for the jcampaign by the number of points ‘scored in proportion to the number of members in the branch. The standing of the branches cannot yet £ ely eset: ship records are not at hand, Those who a! into the contest should register at once at the office of THE DAILY WORKER or at the City Workers Party office, 166 W. Washington St., Room 807. At the rate in which the drive has commenced, anyone who wants to have an equal opportunity to win one of the prizes is advisod | : to register at once so as to ha 4 of the time yet remaining to the campaign in which to secure the sub- The announcement suspicion: expecting to enter CERMAN Dim ES Reports that the refusal of, the German ambassador to half masbthe flag at the G n embassy on ac- count of the ath of Wilson will seriously interfere with collections for German relief were branded as “nonsense” by Rose Karsner, na- tional secretary of the KEriends of Soviet Russia and ‘Workers’ Germany yesterday. Dispatches from Wash- ington have quoted various bankers and big business men as saying that the action of the German ambagsador will kill all chances of floating a loan for Germany and all possibility of collecting for German relief in this country. “The Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany will tot pay any attention to the talk of the American bankers who are willing te use any excuse to stop German relief, They will continue to send all the aid they can to their German brothers. Ambassador’s Act Natural. “The workers of this} country can well understand the motives that led the German ath ot Wie refuse to mourn the death of Wiljon, That his refusal to mourn will siriously inter- fere with collecting foy the relief of the starving German} workers and their children is the/sheerest non- sense, The bankers afd others who hope that this inciden? will interfere with German relief lave not them- selves been helping the German workers and their chifren. They are afraid of the spirit i when American w German relief, see it killed,” the s ment said. “The bankers knoy that the work- ers of Germany whore starving to- day are the very serman workers who were opposed @ the war and were forced into it gainst their will. The bankers who mle fortunes out of the war welcom@it. The Hohen- zollerns were closerfo them than the workers who f the war that willing to work are starving they That forces the for almost nothin; German workers ley were hungry When they are eek. starving. When they were rebellior starving they ar “The workers soup and their spirit of 1 of 15,000 meals are served in hese soup kitchens daily. That is mnoying to the bank- ers. When know that these soup kitchens ar kept going by the workers in ever country they be- come really angy.” “We want thi American workers to show how min they think of the best efforts of te American bank- ers, so we ask tem to send a con- tribution for an relief to the Friends of Sovie Russia and Work- ers’ Germany, 32S, Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111.” © New Fire Pa. Feb. 12—A the laundry at the ry, scene of riot- hich caused two every available prison, called out ag a pre- small fire today Western Penite: ing yesterday broug! any keep alive the |; ie, it was said at The fire, caused iby, coeenes wires, was extinguished out much damge. There was no he 1,100 prisoners, in Country. The Western ‘Iennsylvania Peni- tentiary, where th revolt of prison- ers occurred, is yobably the worst prison in the courry. Years ago it be built in Center ‘ounty; as a result was decided to dandon the use of this prison and a prison farm to no repairs were Mle in the prison, which went fromjhd to worse. When the prison farm was completed it was found that the number of prison- ers in Pennsylvami had increased so that it was impPoxible to abandon the use of the Wetern Penitentiary. Nothing has been done to improve conditions that hi been growing worse for years. There have. been several revolts of }risoners here dur- ing the last several years, After each revolt the prison authorities have “put on the crews” instead of trying to improve conditions, There are three political Cayce e: in the Western !onitentiary, were all convicte of violati the state criminal syndi ——— Mrs, Ralph is, bride of a few only one” now of five or six. ‘ay police are loo! ‘ng for her husbod, Ralph Marks, on charges of negict, Bigamy also nay be charged. : is she is only Mystery into the murder Lincoln and her wp, with the ar- i, 21, son of the boy’s father is for the crime, vain woman, already under Observe Great Cer for Mummie. emony in Hunt s in Egypt’s Tombs LUXOR, Feb. {2.—The huge stone slab which forms the lid of the sarcophagus of the emperor Tut-Ankh-Amen was lifted this afternoon, Only a small group of scien Carter and officials of the Egy but it-was understood the body of the dead pharaoh was found as had been expected. Disappointed archeologists gathered gloomily around king Tut's tomb, as officials announced that only Director Howard Carter and his staff and 9 small group of enlaces. id witness removal of i » sinc Mig ing Tut-Ankh-Amen’s This removal was without cere- mony and its sole purpose, officials said, will be to ascertain the con- _— tists headed by director Howard ptian government were present, dition of the mummy and contents of the tomb. If the preliminary observation indicates a “good find” ceremonies will be conducted later, at which the Egyptologists and arch- aelogists, who have gathered here from many places, will be admitted, The lid of the coffin, a huge stone affair of great weight, was lifted a few inches yesterday, with block and tackle, as a test of the appa- ratus. The coffin is supposed to contain three mummy cases, with the actual remains of the long-dead Pharaoh enclosed within the last one, All-Race Negro Assembly 3 Faces Big Issues Today z (Continued from Page 1) visions. This is all the mo: essary for the Negro be race is composed of farmer and la- borer in larger proportion than any other race. Resolution Assails Strike-Breaking. Employers are fiercely assailed in another resolution, for trying to stir up race prejudice by attempting to use whites against Negroes and Negroes against whites, during strikes, Other resolutions denouncing high rent discriminations against Negroes, white juries for Negroes, Jim Crow- ism in the army and navy, denial of liberty to the colored peoples of America’s West: Indian possessions, may go thru without any opposition. It is those resolutions which plan for aggressive action of the Negroes as workers against the tyranny of white capitalists that will show the temper of the congress—as a group organ- izing for effective resistance against oppression, or not. The K. K. K. Terror. The terror society that masks it- self under the cabalistic letters, “K. K. K,,” is a vital issue for the dele- gates from the southern states where this terror rides by night. There are southern delegates who | jy, say that if they speak their mind about the order they will face ‘the lash and tar and feather pot and very likely the rope when they re- turn home. But the hatred which they all feel towards the hooded or- der that the white capitalists are using is evident. Klan Murdered His Father. One case where the Ku Klux Klan took a hand in heightening the high Negro death Fate was told by Dr. A. Wilberforce babe ger of ee cago, who addressed delega' on the health issue yesterday morn- ing. Denying the fiction that the Negro was congenitally weak or short lived, he declared: “My father, born a sfave, lived un- til he was 76—when he was killed by the Ku Klux Klan.” Negro mortality from disease is high, however, said the speaker. In- surance statistics give the death rate of babies under one year as 50 ‘per cent. But this is not because of the | 4: inherent qualities of the individual or the Race but because of the condi- tions under which Negroes are forced to lixe, he declared, Lovett Fort-Whiteman, taking the floor, showed thatthe negro death rate is high because they are the poorest paid industrial workers and have to pay the highest rents. The death rate is not a matter of race, he asserted, but of living condi-, tions. As the wages go down the death rate goes up, therefore to lower the Negro death rate his industrial conditions must be improved. Fort-Whiteman, Labor Committee- man, Fort-Whiteman is a member of the Labor Commission appointed by Dean Kelly Miller which will make rec- ommendations for action to the con- vention, Mr. Eugene Jones is chair- tinue to function until the next con- vention, M.r Eugene Jones is chair- man of the commission, and associa- ted with them are Messrs, T. Arnold Hill, Morris Lewis, J.“H. Jones, and Perry Park. Another delegate from the. Workers Party, besides Fort- Whiteman, will probably be appoint- ed, Dean Kelly Miller feeling the need of additional labor representa- tion on this important commission. The congress, made up as it is largely of men and women from the professional closses, is making use of the proletarian elements from the Workers Organizations Represented. Participating organizations include The Workers Party, the National Baptist Convention, Inc.; National Baptist Convention, Unine.; G. U. 0. of Odd Fellows; A. E, Church; A, M. E, Z. Church; C. M. E. Church; Associated Negro Press; American Woodmen; National Negro Press As- sociation; I. B. P. O. E. of the World; Woodmen of Union; Associa- tion of College Presidents; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; National Association of egro 4{usicians; Young Men’s Christian Association; Lott Carey Convention; National Grand Lodge of the United Brothers of Friend- ship; Sisters of the Mysterious Ten of the World; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Equal Rights league; Afri- can Blood Brotherhood; International Uplift League; Friends of Negro Freedom; onal Race Congress; National Association of Railway Me- chanics; National Medical Associa- tion; Supreme Circle of Benevolence; American Negro Academy; National Brotherhood Workers of America; National University of Music; the Knights of Pythias of North Amer- ica, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia; Ancient Egyp- tian Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine; Deacons Club of Prince Hall Masons; Colored Actors’ Union; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; National Negro. Business League; Ancient United Knights and Daughters of National Negro Funeral Directors; Methodist Episcopal Church; Grand United Order Sons and Daughters of Peace; Chi Delta Mu Fraternity; National Urban League; Delta Sigma Theta Soror- ity; Grand United Order of Loco- motive Firemen of America; Nation- al Association of Colored Women; National Alliance of Postal Em- loyees; Royal Circle of Friends; National Convention of Congrega- tional Workers Among Colored Peo- le; Committee for Advancement of ‘olored Catholics; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; Association of Colored Railway Trainmen; American Federa- tion of Negro Students; Knights of Pythias, Eastern and Western Hemi- spheres. frica; Coal Miners Demand Grand Jury for Herrin Klan Leader (Continued from Page 1) no official authority possessed by Young. “I do not Pi that Young occupies any official part in the gov- ernment of Williamson county, and we have determined on one thin, thet is, that no government sha’ prevail that is solely by consent of an individual.” Troops patrolled the streets and searched aoa looking men for guns, disarming them. “Tomato Can” Deputies, The tin stars carved with pocket knives out of tin cans, that served his deputies as badges of authority for the three days he controlled the town, have disap) No Martial Law. Herrin has military law, but not “martial law” in the legal sense, Governor Len Small refused to pro- claim absolute military control after Adjutant General Black had recommended it. Young’s “authority” during the three mowns in which he “cleaned up” the county, has been the six shooter, altho he claimed to have back of it federal deputization to | vill carry out the liquor raids in which he and the Ku Klux Klansmen who hired him, have arrested approxi- mately 1, men, Federal nts aided him in many of the wfibleanie raids, Young a Killer. Young is credited with havi HM ftom ‘12/0 27 men in hi ae nue agent Justice deserter- ) ‘ hunter during the war, and federal prohibition agent since, He lost his job as dry agent a year ago after he was tried for murder of a raid victim in Madison. Young was hired by the Klan six months ago, ostensibly to clean up bootleggers in Williamson county. Actually he has been warring pace foreign-born miners snd anti- elements. The “dictator” jumped into the Herrin fights Friday night as soon as he heard of the killing here of Caesar Cagle, Herrin an, klan leader, and Young’s first raid- lieutenant. dashed in an auto- mobile to warrants for Mayor A. C. Anderson, Sheriff Galligan and a dozen of the sheriff's deputies, served them after shooting up the Herrin hospital, and took over the police power of the town under the nose of the first com. panies of troops. For the $5,000 salary the klan has paid him so far, Young has 500 cases charging violation of the Vol- stead Act come before the March term of tne federal court at Dan- le. Big Price for Firpo. NEW YORK, Feb, 12.—Lew Ray- mond, New York matchmaker, an- nounced last night that Luis Firpo had accepted his offer of $250,000 in cash and 25 per cent of the motion picture rights to meet Harry Wills, negro heavyweight. — For Recognition of Soviet Russia! Herrin and swore out | of; Wednesday, February 13, 1924 ie GERMAN MARK SUFFERS NEW French, British Money in Sympathetic Tumble The German mark, which is no longer useful even as a vaudeville joke, revived sufficiently to take an- other dive into the abyss inte which it has been rapidly sinking after Woddrow Wilson’ th last week. Some finaneial obser are of the opinion that the demise of the for- mer American president merely co- incided with the further downward progress of the niark while there are others who attribute its relapse— if the death wiggle can be termed éuch—to the rumors tloating around Berlin that Hell and Maria Dawes, the Chicago banking and obreenity expert, is not having pleasant sail- ing in the German capital and is threatening to quit, This is more likely to be the cause of the mark's new Meat of financial depravity than any feeling of indig- nation on the part of the American Legion over the refusal of the Ger- man embassy in Washington to honor the memory of Germany's most bitter enemy. Figures mean very little to the average person in relation to the mark, One American dollar can buy so many of them that a good sized forest must be turned into pulp whenever a citizen of the United States asks for the change of a one dollar bill in paper marks, Until the last flurry it took 4,348,- 000,000,000 to exchange for a dollar, After Dawes cursed for a quarter of an hour the mark dropped to five trillions. Fear is expressed that Mr, Dawes may deliver a speech which may necessitate the calling in of Arthur Conan Doyle or some one who is on speaking terms with the spirit world, The mark is becoming a metaphysical problem, The mark, however, is not the only currency to hit the toboggan. The French franc, Belgian franc, the British pound and even the Italian lire moved downward in harmony. The French franc, formerly worth 20 cents in American money, is now worth only 4% cents and the Brit- ish pound is down to $4.29. The Italian lire slid 1% points and the Belgian franc tumbled 1043 points. The Soviet chevronetz on the con- trary is going up and quoted on the New York exchange above the British pound sterling, General Dawes has threatened to abandon his work on the reparations commission. Hope was expressed that the American bankers would grant a generous loan to the German ieegetens in return for a first. mort- gage on the economic life of Gor-~— many, but evidently there is a hitch somewhere and the American money lords will not “save” that country unless the wealth producing ma- chinery is handed over to them. The capitalists are caught in the revolving awheels of evolution and cannot save themselves. A revolu- tion that will sweep them from power is tne only salvation for the world which has outgrown the cap- italist system. That is the explana- tion of the falling currency, INDIAN TROOPS WIN DECISIVE MEXICAN BATTLE Backbone of Fascisti Broken at Octlan (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Feb, 12.—“We broke the backbone of the counter- revolution at Octlan,” General Obre gon wired here today from the front. “The fascists lost 3,000 in casual- ties in the 11 hours fighting there and en have been forced to evacuate - Biecalalesey in addition to Vera rug,” With a graphic description of the Octlan battle, Obsegon described it \ 7 as a “stren' combat unprecedent- ed in my eh nh It stands alone in Mexican apt Picyias Describing the battle itself, Obre- gon wired: “The enemy had built modern en- 'trenchments, sereey camouflaged, ‘and it was only with the greatest dif- ficulty that our aeroplane scouts fer- reted out their positions. “In spite of this, r a heavy bom ent, our loyal Indian troops, for whom I have oa ae greatest praise, crossed the river under a terrific fire from ma- ine guns and rifles. “For 11 hours the battle raged, The enemy lost 3,000 casualties to per- hups 350 on our side, altho it is im- possible yet to make accurate esti- 8. “The final splitti of Fascisti activity will come met tae than a few days more,. This re end counter-revolutions in Mexico.” ee Scarlet SPRING: cases 0) were reported to Stat ment of Publ Health lest weal, Of this number 165 were in Cook County, scarlet fever te Flora Finch Lowly Extra, NEW YO) Feb, 12,—Flora Finch, once greatest screen ienne in is i} Fever at Sprin, *. eee aD GFIELD, ti Tee tz—A \ FAINTING FIT ** > a