The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 19, 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 Price 3 Cents THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, WORKER. the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1924 «qe» Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinois. VOL. I. No. 343. , came apparent today. Doheny’s Democrats Endorse McAdoo; Teapot Scandal BRITISH DOCK | STRIKE HALTS U. S. MAILS Every Port In United Kingdom Is Tied Up (Special to The Daily Worker) PLYMOUTH, England, Feb. 18.—Five thousand bags of American mail were held up here today because of the national dock workers’ strike. Two thousand bags were landed from liners which ar- rived from the United States over the week end, but the striking dock workers refused to move the mail. Labor Cabinet Discusses Strike. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The labor cabinet met this afternoon to discuss the ‘nation-wide strike of 110,000 workers which has tied up shipping and paralyzed transportation at every port in the United Kingdom with the exception of London. It was understood the cabinet un- doubtedly would approve immediate intervention by premier Ramsay Mac- Donald. Strike Has Paralyzing Effect. The paralyzing effect of the strike, which started at noon Saturday after final negotiations between union lead- ers and employers to reach a com- promise of the men’s demand for a two shilling a day increase failed, be- Already there is a serious shortage of meat. in the cou ers, in apathy with the dock work- ers whovare holding up the unloading of beef ships by the strike, refused to handle cold storage stocks. The London newspapers reduced their size, because of a threatened shortage in print paper, Railwaymen Help Dockers. John Bromley, head of the Society of Enginemen and Firemen, the or- ganization which’ recently won its Mellon Juggled Well, I've Got the Barrel, Anywa THE OPTIMIST . oe ee RN is re Se Treasury Accounts To Defeat Bonus, Is Soldiers’ Charge (Special te The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Soldier bonus advocates in congress will confer this week with Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, and Representative Fairchild, New York, regarding a possible congressional . investigation of charges that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon misled President Hard- ing and is misleading President Coolidge concerning the con- dition of the treasury, in order strike, has ordered those members employed in and around the docks to assist the dockers in every way. In Liverpool, the warehousemen are out in sympathy with the dockers following the breaking off of their own wage negotiations. Dock rail- way workers in Liverpool also struck to defeat the bonus. Miller and Fairchild made their charges in speeches at American Legion meetings in iNew York. They charged: Miller and Fairchild made their charges in speeches at American Legion meetings in New York. They charged: That each time a bonus estimate was asked for, treasury officials made their cost higher. That figures were “juggled” so that Mr. Harding was led to believe there would be a treasury deficit whereas it turned out there was a and the shipments of food from the warehouses are stopped completely. Prices have begun to rise thruout Great Britain as the prospects of an early shortage of foodstuffs increases. There is said to be but a weeks supply of meat and homegrown vegetables but much doubt is expressed as to whether the strike will be over in that length of time. The dockets are affiliated with the transport workers in the largest union in the British labor movement. The union has nine members in parliament: with Ben Tillet as their leader. No move toward bringing the em- ployers and dockers together has been made as yet but Frank Hodges, now School Children Slain by Speeding Southern R. R. Train (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 18. — Two children were killed and two others injured near here today when a school bus was hit by a speeding Southern Railway passenger train. W. M. Harper, 16, was driving the bus. One of his sisters, Virginia Harper, 12, and Ruby Brown, 11, were killed. A heavy fog was blamed for the accident. $300,000,000 surplus. That by the same sort of juggling, Mr. Coolidge is being led to oppose granting of a bonus. When the charges were taken to Mellon, he said his denial of them could not be made too emphatic. civil head of the admiralty, has sug- gested that the dockers refer their demands to the council of the Trades Union Congress, Ben Tillet has made no answer to the suggestions yet. The dockers union is in a strategic position and unless the Labor Party —_———— government interferes they will un-| Hew many of your shop-mates read doubtedly win their demands of two |THE DAILY KER. Get one of shillings per day increase. them to subscribe today. By IURY LIBEDINSKY Published by THE DAILY WORK. ER thru special arrangement with B. W. Huebsch, Inc., of New York Many Die in Fires. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Feb. 18—Fires in Illinois cost 95 lives, 55 injuries and caused $4,462,332 damage, ac- cording to the monthly report of state fire marshal Gamber. Of the 95 deaths, 42 were victims of the fire and explosion at the Pekin plant of the Corn Products company. soft rise and fall of her voice and admired the joyful blue smile that lived in her eyes, a smile that did not harmonize with the severe ex- pression of her mouth. And now py, just as if some one had taken ‘a-dusteover from his soul. It had seemed that during these last months he had thought of nothing but work, that he had lived from ‘ity. Coyprighted, 1923, B, W.| day to day in its ceaseless rhythm, | and again he caught himself Setbous fg acon eed vy pr only "yee he understood that | watching the movement of her Re eae all that time she had been present | strong little hand, that replied so in the furthest corner of his mind. He had met her first at a meet- ing of the Party Committee; she had golden hair at wound into a ars surrounding her head with a gold aureole, and falling over her eyes and her severe, seri- ous forehead with its wrinkle in the middle, was in the Political De and that before the : (WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE) ~The Russian Communist Party is at with counter-revolution, Earlier Installments told of the party meeting in the City Circus and the economic crisis. The farmers must have seed grain, but seed grain waits on railroad trans- portation and railroad transporta- tion waits on fuel. If the Red Army is sent out for fuel and bandits and counter-revolutionists firmly to a handshake, the mechan- ical movement of her long fingers, in the light touch of which was to be divined so much delicacy hid- den from men. Catching himself, with slight annoyance, he ha thown off these ideas. But like this, rosy-cheeked, healthy, tall, carrying her gold- haired head on her well-knit be ie may seize the town. The party de- | had been a schoo! cides to take the risk.—(NOW GO | and had entered the Party in 1918. | hospital. And, swallowed up in a ON WITH THE STORY). She had retained from her teach- | feverish le with plots, ban- Las angie: ing the habit of speaking loudly, | ditism and typhus, he almost for- CHAPTER II, CONTINUED, clearly, with affectionately per- her, and, meeting her after HE horse flung uj the Spring ive, protective as illness, had not known her at aiud feces the ke ana poeple if she talking with her first. a Seay ngpe liter- bag sound seal fo aly see = = Bad ” ray gy her prvi gle Me in, r 4 derstan Tong ‘onthe was eareless and hep words, and only listened to the seemed naked and fragile. Her | & BAVARIA QUIT; OUST LANDTAG (Special to The Daily Worker) | BERLIN, Feb. 18—Dictator von! Kahr and General Lossow, heads of | government, resigned the Bavarian today. | The dictatorship powers held by the former were returned to the Bavarian | state cabinet. | Retirement of von Kahr lightens’ the Marx government’s ever-recut- rent problem of adjusting contro- versies with Bavaria, \ Von Kahr and General Lossow were| known as “putschists”—conspirators | against the republican government. They had become extremely unpop- ular in Munich because of a story that the former broke his word of honor in connection with the recently frust-, rated “beer cellar putsch,” a thing) unbearable from an officer or govern- ment head, Munich messages report that pee regeriiog dissolution of the| landtag, or Bavarian parliament, has | oid a majority in favor of dissolu- ion. Contrary to expectations, Colonel Seisser, head of the state police in Bavaria, who was supposed to be in the conspiracy with von Kahr. and!acter is untouched by any revelation | General Lossow, did not resign. eyes had grown larger and more transparent, and weariness after her severe illness remained in them for a long time. “a Ons . pace noticed, she went leop during some report or other, laying her pink shaven head on her arm, and then started up, a weary smile lighting her eyes. Sometimes, after the meetings, they talked of politics, of the life of the Party, of current work, and soon adopted the comradely “thou” RAIL WING OF 0.P.P. AIS MC ADO0'S Railway Union Leaders Give! Confidence Vote | William Gibbs McAdoo will| not withdraw as a candidate| for the democratic presidential | nomination, it was definitely | decided yesterday at a meet-| ing ef 200 democrats, includ- ing representatives of the six- teen standard railway unions, held in the Crystal Room of | the Great Northern Hotel. Incidentally, the resolution) of confidence in McAdoo, sub- mitted by representatives of the railway unions, is a clear indication that the Cleveland convention of the Conference for Progressive Political Ac- tion will, in the event of Mc- Adoo receiving the democratic nomination, be a mere ratifica- tion meeting, unless strife de- velops in the meantime. The resolution submitted and signed by the railway representatives is as follows: Chicago, Ill., Feb. 18, 1924. WHEREAS, the pr. ty of Mr. William G. McAdoo’s actions in connection with certain oil inter- availability as a candidate for Presi- dent of the United States is now under consideration, and WHEREAS, careful inquiry has failed to indicate that Mr. McAdoo has done anything improper or im- moral, THEREFORE, be it Resolved that as representatives of r assert our belief that ity as a candidate has not been impaired and that there is no valid reason why any fair mind- ed person should oppose Mr. Mc- Adoo’s nomination on account of the allegations made regarding his association as attorney for the Oil Company. REPRESENTING LA- BOR: Si ed: Timothy Shea, E. J. Thomas Clohessy, Frank M. Burns, J. A. Sylvester, J. A. Frank- lin, J. G\ Luhrsen, E. J. Manion, E. 5 zgerald, Martin F. Ryan, T. H. Fipsdale, L. S. Sheppard, A. O. Wharton, James J. Forester, B. M. Jewell, Timothy Healy. Walsh for McAdoo. A telegram from Senator Walsh of Montana, who has taken the leading part: in the oil exposures, endorsing McAdoo was largely instrumental in swinging the conference to the son- in-law of Woodrow Wilson whose con- nection with the Doheny oil interests almost ruined his political career. The Walsh telegram expressed com- plete confidence in McAdoo and dis- counted any bad effect his employ- ment as Doheny’s attorney, for a $250,000 fee, might have had. The telegram reads as follows: “I am committed to the candidacy of William G. McAdoo, whose char- (Continued on page 2) hurry of the railway station, as he helped her to carry her bundles of literature. He saw her now quite different from what she had been: she had browned and grown thin- ner; her hair had grown again; her movements seemed quicker and she laughed with a quiet happy lau Hurriedly replying to her questions, he told her of the cur- rent work of the Party Committee, of the general state of affairs in the district, of the project for get~ that joins the Communists of a | ting wood.... And, as they huge country in a single united | drove into the town along the family. But not only had there | road, silvery. and glistening with been no words of love between | snow and mud, Klimin caught him- them; there had been none of | self fecling that there was some- friendship mn, and indeed there | thing or other he had not told her, had been no to think of per- | the most important of all. sonal experiences—work was to feverish and left too little Teleure. In the crowd that pressed to- ther on the narrow station plat- Only, before her di , in the ‘orm, among the Red Army men ame me of eee ae eS CS were th their leg ab gee profo' - youth’ desire ces, an e peasants losing their whispered to Klimin to kiss her-| heads in the unaccustomed bustle lips. of the station, two other people She rarely smiled and her won ve it of the bustle and also met, and after they had greet- ed each other, one of them said: ,) “Look! The President of the || McAdoo’s name was withdrawn, WALSH BOOSTS THE MC ADOO CANDIDACY DESPITE OILY RECORD McAdoo was not involved in oil corruption, Senator Walsh, Mon- tana, chairman of the senato com- mittee investigating the oil leases, declared in a telegram to the Chi- cago conference. Walsh pledged his support to McAdoo’s presidential candidacy. “I am committed to the candi- dacy of William G. McAdoo,” Walsh's telegram, stated. “I should regard any effort to place another progressive candi- || date in the field as serving the in- terests of the Republican party. “I am most deeply appreciative that any citizen should deem me worthy of elevation to the pres- idency***** but I am unable to give countenance to any movement to that end.” Walsh has been suggested as a possible candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination in the event PARLEYS HALT AS BOSSES WRANGLE OVER PACT PERIOD Coal Wage Sessions Are Deadlocked (Special to The Daily Worker) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 18.— Miners and operators of the central competitive field, resumed the task today of- trying to reach agreement on a new contract. Operators during the week-end Vacation sought to compose their in- ternal differences over the question of a one or a three year agreement at the present wage scale. The miners’ delegates said they were simply marking time until the operators decided on the length of time of the agreement and then will cpen their fight for a four year con- tract. The session, which has been dead- logked for a week, showed no indica- tions of making any progress today. The mine workers are holding out defiantly for a four-year agreement in the bituminous fields. Operators opposed to the union program but willing to continue the present wage on a short term con- orces Navy Head Out DENBY QUITS: OIL GRAFT IS REAL REASON Pressure on President Gans Naval Head (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.— Secretary of the Navy Denby today resigned from the cabi- net. President Coolidge ac- cepted the resignation. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt also offered his resignation and the President will decide with- in a short time whether to ac- cept it. Friends Couldn't Help Him. Denby’s decision to quit came just as his friends were beginning a cam- paign here to “clear his name” from the criticism attaching to him on the oil leases. Two Detroit lawyers, Hal H. Smith and George L. Canfield, sought means of getting to the public what they called “the truth about Denby.” The two attorneys were sent here by Michigan friends of Denby. They said in a statement that Denby does not want his friends to interfere, but declared it was necessary that steps be taken to “give Edwin Denby some- how, somewhere, a fair hearing.” “Lost” Coolidge’s Confidence. Denby has quit, it was indi- cated on high authority, because he feels he has lost i idee. confidence and that he cannot there- fore remain as a member of the cabinet. Mr. Coolidge was in conference with Denby by telephone this morn- ing and later Theodore Clark, the president’s personal secretary, went to Denby’s office. Denby left his office a short time later. He said he had “absolutely nothing to say” but would issue a statement at four o’clock. It was stated by an official close to the situation that Denby’s decision was the result of his own “matured judg- ment” and not because of any sug- gestion from the White House. * Resignation Predicted. The DAILY WORKER on Satur- day told the imminence of Denby’s withdrawal from the cabinet, because of the withdrawal of the president’s tract basis appeared to be having in- ternal differences, operators’ ranks was in favor of at~ tempting to compromise with the miners on a three-year basis while the opposition would listen to noth- jing but a year to year agreemerf. The disagreement among the oper- ators gave the miners renewed confi- | dence and they were preparing to hold out indefinitely for their original demands. They were convinced that a settlement would be reached soon. Phil H. Penna, Indiana operator, declared today that 65,000,000 tons | of coal were mined as insurance | against a strike. } Reject Longer Workday. | »BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 18. — Switzerland today, by referendum, re- jected a proposal to increase the working hours in factories to fifty-| four weekly, The vote was 433,000) inst 316,000. Cheka . . . there, with a woman.” “And she?” “Of the Party. . . .” The one who replaid was a fat mouzhik with a big red beard, in the long sheepskin coat of a sledge driver, with a whip in his hands and a worn fur cap on his head, from beneath which drops of sweat rolled on his forehead, The other—well-built, in a short yellow fur coat tightly enclosing his strong body, and a black Red army helmet with a big red star. He had blue eyes and a handsome sensitive mouth. sleeve were sewn a star and two chevrons—but in his walk, his car- riage, in every turn of the head was the regular officer. He had just arrived and had a travellin, bag in his hand. His eyes look carefully and with enmity at Kli- min and Simkova, observing and marking their every movement, “Let’s get along quickly. . .. I have found a room in the house of some one here ... one of the Jews. But he helps us, gives One faction in the | On his | CE support of the projected polar flight (Continued on page 2.) SENATE COMMITTEE GETS NEW DOPE ON OFFICIALS’ SPECULATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—A sensational “confession” has pro- vided the senate oil investigators with new evidence relating to oil speculation, it was learned today. Committee members declined to reveal who made the confession and were carefully guarding de- tails of the new evidence. Several subpoenaes have been issued, how- ever, for “important witnesses” whose names are being withheld for the present. Reading “A WEEK” by Libedinsky--Here’s Third Installment money, and twice saved me and hid me. What sort of documents have you got?” “I am travelling from the Dis- trict Staff to be at the disposal of the local War Commissariat as a military specialist. . . . My name |... Repin, Boris, and in my serv- ice ‘record, two years of work in the Red Army. Officially thanked | therefore. . . .” They were already driving thru the streets and from time to time the red-haired one bent down from the driver's seat and talked to Repin: | “And we did not expect you. | . +. As soon as I heard that they had destroyed your organization, I thought—that’s the end, I shall not. see you again. ... Small military strength here now. . . . Scattered thru the villages and factories. . .. Now the peasantry are for us... . There is no seed in the villages. God’s help we'll give ing... .” (To Be Continued Wednesday)!