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id / gates ublican. “Sitener ait Phitpy! Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Thursday, March 13, 1924 CHINESE AGREE TO RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RULE Few, Final Demands Are Insisted On PEKIN, March 12.—The cabinet, in special session souey. agreed to grant de jure recognition to the gov- ernment of Russia providing M. Kar- akhan, head of the Russian delega- tion here, accepts the Chinese inter- pretation of the agreement re-estab- lishing diplomatic relations between the two nations. It is understood the agreement will be signed jointly as soon as Karakhan accepts the Chinese text of the document, the wording of which differs slightly from that of Russia, i The treaty provides that Russia shall evacuate and renounce her ex- tra-territorial rights and recognize Chinese sovereignty in Mongolia. Cal Coolidge’s Steam Rolier Is Hard at Work in Many States (Special to The Daily Worker) | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 12. —The republican party steam roller | is working at maximum speed, It looks as if the Coolidge machine will Sweep the New Hampshire presi- dential primaries, All reports re- ceived so far from this New England state indicate a walk over for Cool- idge. Colorado’s’ handpicked convention of fifteen delegates has been pledged to support Coolidge at the Cleveland convention. In addition to the district delegates the Republican Party convention in Kansas in which Congressman Tincher, one of the reputed leaders of the so-called farm bloc, was the dontinant figure, has also pledged the additional seven delegates at large that Kansas sends to the national republican convention. The Coolidge clique in the Republi- can Party has tucked away safely 177 delegates. The machine leaders are boasting that they will sweep Coolidge into the nomination on the first bal- lot. All they need is 555 votes to nominate Coolidge. They are sure of 800 at least. Of the 177 delegates so far lined up for Coolidge, 72 are from southern states and the Philippines. No one seriously considers these dele- representative even of the New and Startling Amazing Misuse of Justice In Evidence ‘Shows of Department the Michigan Case New and startling evidence of the sinister misuse of Attor- DAKOTA GOVERNOR Chicago Housing Conditions Put Even New York to Shame, Finds Investigator For Daily Worker RATTLES TEAPOT Those departments of the ney General Harry M. Daugherty’s “Department of Justice” membership. The lné crop are the result of patronage and the power of sppointment wielded by the White House. The twenty-seven delegates counted on by the Coolidge followers in Minnesota represent the reaction- ary followers of the Preus machine which was smashed in the last elec- tion when Magnus Johnson was sent to the senate. The 23 delegates com- ing from Kansas are looked upon as a gift to the Coolidge group in order to secure its support for the nomina- tion of Capper as vice-president on the Republican ticket. “4 Week” Truthful, Says Worker Who Saw Revolution To The DAILY WURKER:—Re- garding your request to send in opinions about “A Week,” I wish to say that to my opinion it is a real revolutionary story; full of interest for every worker, as it gives a con- erete idea of the struggles of the Russian comrades during those revo- lutionary days. Having lived thru that period in Russia myself, I can also add that the author gives us a correct inter- pretation of feelings, and a most truthful story. That far I can see from the chapters read. I am anx- i awaiting each new copy of the “ x” As for the “Teapot Special,” please reserve for me 25 copies, which I shall distribute among comrades who will read them and learn something. With comradely greetings, SAM MIZON, Houston, Texas. A Cabaret Dance. Announcement was made at the March 11, business meeting of the Northwest Side English branch of the Workers Party that a cabaret dance in conjunction with the Maple- wood branch of the Young Workers bi would be held on April 3, at 8:00 p. m. in the Workers Lyceum, 2738 Hirsch Blvd. The tickets will cost only 35 cents including war tax. Firemen Hurt In Blaze. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 12— Fr firemen were slightly hurt and hi of families. were driven from their homes here by a spectac- ular fire which early today destroyed oh elevators of the Philadel- railway here. And Still She Died. RT, Il., March 12.—Mrs. Eichstadt, 101 years old, who ix said never to have found it nec- to consult a physician yntil two before her death, died ‘at the home of a daughter, Mrs, Feldt, near Orangeville, Ill. Seek Missing in Storm. ASHINGTON, March 12—The today dispatched a cut- Line ing Vinca has just been made public by the Labor Defense Council. This latest exposure consists of a» series of letters’ written by Attorney General Daugherty, Assistant Attorney General John W. H. Crim and Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt in the fall of 1922. in connection with} the famous raid on the conven- ; tion of the Communist Party of America at Bridgman, Michi- gan. Department of Justice Liar. The letters conclusively prove: | (1) that Department of Justice offi- cials lied when they denied the pres- ence of federal operatives in carry- ing out the raid; (2) that, altho os-| tensibly an affair of the state of Michigan, the raid was planned and directed from the office of Super- Dick William J. Burns, in plain con- travention of the law; (3) that the whole thing was a result of Daugh- erty’s determination to “get” William Z. Foster, C. E. Ruthenberg and their associates and that when he found there was no federal statutes under which it could be done he re- sorted to the subterfuge of making it appear as tho the arrests were undertaken independently by the Michigan state authorities, Since there is no feaeral appro- priation for use in prosecuting state cases, any department funds which may have been diverted to this -pur- pose constitute a gross misuse of | vig Saag money. If the money id not come from the department treasury, where did it come from? Now that the precious oil of Tea- pot Dome has fairly inundated the precincts of the “Department of Jus- tice,” people are beginning to get an idea of the corruption and sub. servience to capital which character- ized its activities. Since the unearth- ing of the tell-tale McLean telegram, written in one of Burns’ own official codes, it is no longer possible even to pretend “innocence” on the part of Daugherty and Burns. The Labor Defense Council has “had the dope” on Daugherty and Burns for a long time. The correspondence referred to has been lying in its files, waiting for an opportune moment for pub- lication. An Important Letter. The most important letter of the series is one by Assistant Attorney General Crim, dated October 31, 1922. The American Civil Liberties Union had addressed a communication to the Department of Justice demanding to know by what right federal opera. tives had participated in the Michi- gan arrests. Crim’s extraordinary explanation, which follows, is the only detailed response that was ever received: “American Civil Liberties Union, 138 W. 13th St., New York, N. Y. “Gentlemen: “This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter to me under date of October 30, 1922, and to ‘say that I have made an investigation of the files of this department to deter- mine the precise interest of this department in the so-called Bridg- man matter. “I find that certain individuals attending that conference had been under investigation by this depart- ment for some.time with a view to prosecuting them for violating certain sections of the United States Penal Code. These offenses, I may say, with due regard to pro- tecting the interests of the United States, have nothing to do with any particular theory of govern- ment, or so-called radicalism. In keeping these particular individu- als under surveillance, representa- tives of this department came into possession of information which seemed to be a violation of the laws of the state of Michigan, turned it over to the state authori- ties, and assisted such authorities in identifying and arresting cer- tain individuals. Such laws of the state of Michigan, in contrast to the statutes I have referred to above, do involve particular theo- ries of, government, or so-called radicalism. Department Whitewash. “This department has not per- fected its investigation of the in- dividuals believed to have commit- ted the offenses against the United States. No formal charge has been made against the individuals under investigation by this depart- ment and while it is not proper for me to make public any details in this connection, I can assure you that the investigation this department is conducting, without the slightest doubt, falls within its duty and is provided for by the appropriation for this department. With this before you, I assume you are not concerned with the names of the particular representatives of this department who have been working on the government’s cases and co-operated with the officials of Michigan. “Respectfully, “JOHN W. H. CRIM, “Ags't. Att’y General,” The Labor Defense Council de- nounces this remarkable communica- tion as a cheap fraud and a lie de- signed solely to ‘ovide a much- needed excuse for the illegal partici- pation of federal stool-pigeons in the Michigan raid. The L. D. C. chars acterizes as a barefaced lie the in- ae explanation that “certain individuals attending the convention” were ever under investigation in connection with “certain sections of the United States Penal Code” hav- to do with any particu- government, or so-called radicalism.” The L, D. C. di that Crim lies when he pretends Saprenne tie eer s COT AT > L 16 LABO,’ FIGHTERS SEIZE) BY DEVER’S COPS ON PICKET LINE Here is the list ‘of pickets who were thrown into the S. Clark street station yesterday by the strikebreaking police of Mayor Dever and the bosses’ Crowe. Look them over carefully. They were arrested in Labor’s fight against the sweatshop system. Think of these persecuted but undaunted fighters for your class when you watch the strike settlement con- ference in the office of the Com- missioner of Public Welfare today and demand that no settlement be considered except such a_ settle- ment as will justify the fight of these 17 pickets and the many others arrested before them. Helen Tippy, of Hull House; Rose Printz, Sophie Young, Julia Broza, Marus Ardcaskas, Wil- liam. Anderson, Sam_ Asklars, Mollie Shankman, Libby Shank- man, Esther Moswesipy, Ida Silberstein, May Cohen, Esther Getelman, Anna Ficldman, Elsie Richards, May Bryan, _ They were bailed out by the union and will appear in S. Clark street court this morning where they will demand jury trials. es the Department of Justice merely turned over to the Michigan authori-~ ties information which it had come upon “accidentally.” Daugherty Ignores Letters. For all its falsifications, ‘nowever, | the letter pjainly admita not only that federal agents participated in the raid (which was, of course, | brought out in the testimony at the Foster and Ruthenberg trials them- selves) but that they actually initia- ted the whole proceedings. This letter from Crim, which lets the cat out of the bag completely, was received only after protracted preliminary correspondence with the Department of Justice, in the course of which the Washington officials re- sorted to every available trick of evasion. As early as August 24, 1922, the American Civil Liberties Bureau had directed the following inquiry to At- torney General Daugherty: * “We note the extensive reports of a raid on what is alleged to be a convention of the Communist Party of America held at a resort in the} state of Michigan, the raid being conducted by representatives of the bureau of investigation of the De- partment of Justice.... May we, therefore, ask on what ‘theory tne federal government has acted, under what authority and under whose di- rection?” Instead of answering, Daugherty dodged the whole issue. He merely declared that none of the persons arrested were charged with violation of any federal statute and that they had been “arrested by-the state au- thorities” under the state syndical- ism law of Michigan. The Civil Liberties Bureau imme- diately replied: “We think you mis- understood our inquiry which was directed not to the charges against the men, but to the presence of fed- eral officers in making the arrests. BEFORE FARMERS McMaster Is “Radical” During Campaign By JOHN HENRICKSON. (Special to The Daily Worker) FREDERICK, S. D., March 12.— Governor McMaster is campaigning the state of South Dakota for the U. (S. Senate under the guise of a radi- cal, Speaking here to a large audience he opened some of the secret closets of the republican party and dragged out such old skeletons as Ballinger, Taft and Guggenheim of the Alaska coal.,and timber scandal and the more up to date Newberry scandal. Rattles Teapot. He also discussed the present oil scandal and the tariff laws which are so oppressive to the agricultural west, and he hit the unfair freight rates. In speaking of the Federal Reserve Bank he‘ charged the officers have piled up enormous reserves and built extravagant buildings. He tried to impress his audience with the idea that he was out to fight predatory in- terests, particularly the Standard Oil Company. His object all thru his speech was to show how consistantly Senator Sterling had stood for the east instead of the west. McMaster (one time bankers, now governor) wants a new job and he’s out to get votes, and he thinks his temporary radicalism will help send him to the U. S. Senate. The farmers and workers of South Dakota have been misled long enough by politicians of the McMaster type, who do their campajzning on prom- ises which they forget when they get into office, and they realize that both the Republican and Democratic par- ties are controlled by special inter- ests which are their exploiters. So the governor’s chances of going to Washington via the Bolshevik route is hopeless, The farmers:and workers are unit- ing in an independent Farmer-Labor party based on fundamental princi- ples. — ‘ Animal Carnival In Music Was the Honey Bee’s Knees By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN Camille Saint Saens, humorist par excellence and master musician, oc- cupied the entire program of the children’s concert of the Chicago Symphony orchestra at Orchestra Hall, The main composition was his “Carnival of Animals,” a suite in fourteen movements. The French composer wrote this a long time ago, but refused to allow, its performance until after his death, He died in 1921, and only now are we beginning to hear it. The swan movement got out somehow, and has become a most popular cello solo, but beyond that it is all new music. The composition calls for two pianos, and they were played by Rosalind Kaplan and Howard Feiges, who look about 10 years old, and who play as tho they were some 20 years older. The best music in it is undoubtedly. the swan movement, with its smooth and graceful solo for the violincello, which Mr. Brueckner played. For humor the elephant movement takes first prize. The theme is that of the Dance of Sylphs from the Damnation of Faust. In the Berlioz opera it is a fairy dance, high up in the violins, while Saint Saens makes it describe the playful, coy, caresses of an elephant, down in the According to newspaper dispatches, the arrests were not made until or- ders were received from Washing- ton.” Agents Institute Proceedings. Daugherty thought it best to ig- nore this letter. And on September 19, Assistant Attorney General Wil- lebrandt warned the Burcay to mind its own business, Mr, Willebrandt wrote: “If the state authorities consider they had sufficient evidence upon which to arrest, it is no concern of this department or of an unofficial organization or-individual not retain- ed by them, as to how the state pro- cured the evidence,” But the Civil Liberties Bureau was determined to get at the truth and neither the lies of Daugherty nor the studied evasions of Mr. Wille- brandt could stop it. After a series of fresh rebuffs on the part of the so-called Department of Justice, the Bureau addressed Mrs, Willebrandt as follows: “We are merely inquiring whether operatives of the department partici- pated in the arrest and prosecution of certain individuals who were not “charged with violation of any fed- eral statutes.” You are of course aware that the appropriation grant- ed for the purpose of enforcing the statutes of the United States ana does not in any wise relate to the enforcement of the statutes of the several states. We receive with sur- prise your suggestion that it is not the right of any citizen to be in- formed ag to whether pr not officers of the federal government are acting outside of the scope of their func- tions authorized by law.” It was in response to this that the illuminating letter from Assistant Attorney General Crim was received. i ay ty Still red ne ‘dina: ‘0 in his campai for gates to the Democratic national convention, William G. McAdoo will come here on Sunday for a confer- rumbling basses. Another theme he burlesques in the tortoise movement. Here he takes the fast and furious gallop at the conclusion of Offen- back’s “Orpheus” overture, and turns it into the slow, crawling efforts of a tortoise. Miss. Kaplan and Mr. Feiges had their best chance in the movement called “Pianists.” The composer himself was a pianist, and knew whereof he wrote when he included them with the other animals, and placed them between stinging bees and fossils. And there are movements about kangaroos and goldfish, a cuckoo, horses of Tartary, lions and jackasses. Organized Labor Can’t Be Ignored in Immigration Issue (Special to The Daily Worker) ST, LOUIS, Mo. March 12.—Or- ganized labor had difficulty in get- ting any consideration from an anti- Johnson immigration bill conference called at the Jefferson Hotel by a group of orthodox Jews. The meet- ing was not limited to Jewish rep- resentatives, however. Other racial groups took part, When the executive committee an- nounced that Missouri senators would be invited to address a coming mass meeting a delegate from the Sewish branch of the Workers Party forced a vote on # resolution to compel the conference to invite speakers from | beasts the labor movement, This resolu- tion was lost by a 68 to 47 vote. A delegate from the Journeymen Tai. lors left in disgust then and the con- ference, becoming alarmed, agreed to the Workers Party Pas irorrg that T. R. Sullivem of the St. labor movement be extended the invita- tion to address the coming mass RUSS EMIGRES SNORT WITH RAGE city administration of Chicago concerned realize that they are unable to cope with the housing vestigators, As low as was the DAILY WORKER investi- gation in New York, the living conditions in Chicago are found to be in many phases, far lower. City Takes No Action. In one of the most scientific sur- veys of housing conditions ever made in) Chicago, Robert Todd, working for the Chicago Municipal Sani- tarium, found that few cities in America can show bedrooms as small as these in Chicago. “In many of these bedrooms,” he found, “The width is so scant that the window frames have been cut away to allow for the length of the bed. It is doubtful whether any city can show one-quarter of the number of small bedrooms that are to be found here in Chicago. The figures show the result of years of neglect of our housing conditions.” Some time ago the Department of Public Health summed up the hous- ing evils which have increased tre- mendously this year. “The principal housing evils,” says the Department of Health bulletin, “Are lot over- crowding, narrow courts and small yards, underground rooms, attic rooms, dark rooms and dark halls, in- sufficient toilet accomodations, room overcrowding, defective draining and plumbing, lack of proper mainte- nance, and general dilapidation of buildings. Unfortunately we have not hitherto had the force to do the necessary work of building inspec- tion. “A large number of people in cer- tain parts of our city are living in cellars and basements which were never intended for habitation, but have been converted into living rooms without approval of the authorities. There are many rooms which by rea- son of lack of light, are unfit for hu- man occupancy. Insufficient toilet accomodations consist in many cases of primitive privy vaults, which are a menace to the rising generation and a public nuisance. There are many yard closets which are inade- quate with regards to decency, and which are liable to spread contagion.” Low Standard General. Another lament for a more ade- quate force with which to mop up the matter from the running sores of our city which should never have been allowed to take hold of the social constitution, is contained in the latest report of the Department.of Health of Chicago. “The figures show ap- proximately 3,500 inspections per year per man on new buildings (alone). There is an element of danger to the efficiency of the serv- ice in thus increasing the load of each man for the reason that quality must be sacrificed in order to increase quantity.” The low standard at which the workers of the city are forced to exist is general thruout the city. Mr. Todd’s investigation, covering four city blocks in four separated sections of the city, shows that in block “A” 35 per cent of the homes are over- crowded, in block “B” 39 per cent are overcrowded, in block “C” 46 per cent are overcrowded and in block “D” 46 per cent are overcrowded. Laws Not Enforced. “The bedrooms,” the investigator found, “In a large proportion are far below the 80 square feet of floor e now required by city ordinance. The alley rooms of one block are above ten per cent of all the rooms on the block. Rear rooms that open onto a rear yard, range from 10 to 20 per cent of all the rooms ex- amined. Nineteen per cent are so dark that one must move slowly to avoid anything on the floor. In an additional 27 per cent it would be hard to work continuously.” “There is a constant strong ten- dency to compress the home because excessive profits come from crowd- ing,” concludes Mr, Todd, “the whole device aims at economies which are carried on without proper regard for the/preservation of home life.” Investigation by the Chicago School of Philanthropy and Civics of Chicago University show that in 13 blocks examined-in the stockyards district, there are 1,459 rooms under 80 square feet in area, the minimum size now prescribed by city ordinance; there are 935 rooms under eight and one-half feet high; the minimum height now prescribed by city oftli- nance; there are 372 rooms with win- dow area less than ten per cent of the floor area, the minimum now pre- scribed by ordinance for new homes; there are 81 rooms practically with- out any windows at all; there are 1,616 dark and gloomy rooms; there are 1,119 out of 1,616 apartments where families have no private toilet vacilities; there are 1,981 sleepin, rooms crowded beyond the lega' maximum prescribed by law. Unfit For Animals, The unspeakable manner in which the workers of this city are being forced to live in hovels unfit for problems for which they are supposedly accountable. The majority of the pedple in this city, the great masses of the workingmen and women, are living at a lower standard than the minimum standard of | decent living estimated by in- the standard of living found by gether in four small rooms. case was reported to the Department of Public Welfare of a family in the West side being forced to pay a rent inerease of from 60 to 125 dollars a month. An Obliging Landlord. Unless some definite action is taken by the tenants themiselves, the land- lords will continue to disregard the comfort and welfare of the workers. The United Charities reports a case as follows: ‘When calls came to the United Charities repeatedly asking for a County Doctor to be sent, it was evident that something must be effecting the health of the family. It was not until after several weeks of illness that Mrs, T—— told what the real trouble was. The landlord had shut off the water and the family was suffering because of this. Mrs. T had been ashamed to let any- ,}one know how she had been living. She reported that landlord’s action several times to the Board of Health, and the landlord was ordered to turn on the water, but within a short time he would again turn it off, The T- family was forced to move to better quarters, but another large family is occupying the same flat which the T- s left, and will probably suffer the same way.” In a house on North LaSalle street, formerly a mansion, the DAILY WORKER investigator found on one floor a man and wife, with their one child, living in a single bedroom; next door, was another family of three living in a single bedroom; across the hall were a man and wife living in one bedroom, and on the top floor a family of four were packed.into two small rofms. This section is con- sidered a high class housing district. Thousands of dollars are spent yearly by the wealthy of the city to breed race horses who are housed better than the workers in Chicago. Race horses are worth money. Contractor, 5 Days, Worker, 5 Years, On Same Charges WOODLAND, Calif., March 12.— A recent decision here throws a little light on the criminal syndicalism’ sit- uation in California. A local con- tractor was found guilty of introduc- ing the defendant in a bootlegging case to one of the jurors who was to try him, and of discussing the case with this juror. The contractor was convicted of jury tampering and re- ceived—a sentence of five days in the Yolo county jail, In Sacramento, the nearest big city |. to Woodland, Tom Connors, secretary California Branch General Defense Committee of the I. W. W., was sen- tenced to five years in San Quentin on the same charge—his offense hav- ing consisted of sending out from his office 20,000 circulars favoring repeal of the criminal syndicalism law, one of which by chance fell into the hands of a man who was on the venire for jurors in a criminal syndicalism case! Henry Gets Stray Dollars. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 12.— The local branch of the Ford Motor Co, has celebrated its first anniver- sary with the assembling of its 44,- 679th car. Nine hundred men are employed with a monthly payroll of $150,000. The majority of these cars are sold on the installment plan, which necessitates in many instances unpaid bills to the butcher, baker, and jlandlord. Henry is gathering all the stray dollars in the south in this city. Will Have To Investigate. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 12.— A local newspaper in speaking of the completion of the new jail in Gretna, a suburb, states that it is fitted up with all modern conveniences, such as electric lights, hot and cold running water, numerous baths, a reading room, clean sanitary mattresses, and the like. Another | AT BENITO'S ACT Driven Like Lice From Old Nick’s Embassy (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME; Italy, March 12th.—The Queen of Roumania is in Rome, So is the red flag of Soviet Russia and the most disgruntled gang of White Russian. pan-handlers, who ‘were swept out of the old Czar’s embassy by a group of Fascist scavengers sent there by Mussolini to fumigate the place and make it fit for communist possession, when he recognized the Soviet Republic. these emigres were on good terms with the Italian government and had the honor of being recognized as gentlemen even tho they had to be supported by handouts. “Hope springs eternal in the human breast” and the Italian breast was no excep- tion, so it was expected that some day the communists in Russia would be overthrown and executed and then Italy could\get her money batk. However, it did not happen that way and the counter-revolutionary vermin who have infested the Rus- sian embassy were cleaned out the other day. They are now grumbling against Mussolini and charging that he has betrayed them, which is un- doubtedly true, but that is Benito’s favorite sport and he is not worrying in the least. He likes nothing better than to write polite notes to Chicher- in saying how glad the great Italian people are to be on good terms with the noble Russians. The term “subversive” is only ap- plied here in Italy to parties that be- lieve in democracy or the parliamen- }tary system. Under this head come ; the clerical and socialist parties. The Communist and Maximalist parties which frankly stand for the dictator- ship of the proletariat are put in jail. At least they are not considered “subversive”? but only dangerous. Don Sturzo, a Sicilian priest, is in hard luck. Mussolini detests him and so does the Pope who is on very Lak terms with Mussolini. Cardinal O’Connel of Boston, U. S. A., who made a speech here the other day praising the Fascisti, is looked on with great favor by the government. He has considerable influence at the Vatican and is expected to impress the value of Fascism on the Ameri- ean capitalists when he returns to the United States. The Italian cardinals are not too well pleased with the Pepe’s inten- tion to distribute red hats in America with such reckless abandon, yet they must recognize facts, and one of the most salient is that money makes the papal mare go and it is rather searce.. in Europe just now. The Americans are entitled to a good wardrobe in return for their dough. Amalgamated Bank Sent $3,000,000 to Russia Last Year (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, March 12.—The Indus- trial and Commercial Bank received during the last year from the United States about $3,000,000 for friends and relatives of people residing in the U. S. The money was transmitted from the U. S. thru the Amalgamated Banks of New York and Chicago, The Industrial and Commercial Bank is conducting now a campaign to get aid from relatives and friends in the U. S. for Russian citizens who are in need. For this purpose all the ranches of the bank are accepting letters for free transmission to United Pigeons Bring Race News. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 12. “Shorty” Russick, winner of the Banff dog race last year, is leading the 10 teams in the Hudson Bay dog derby that left the Pas yestert day, according to notes brought in by carrier pigeons here today. Can't Fight Fires, ILLIOPOLIS, Mll., March 12.—In- adequate fire fighting apparatus was Which goes to show that | unable to cope with a blaze here last the average working stiff is better off |night and two business houses and a in jail than at liberty. Trachtenberg in Boston. BOSTON, March 12,—Alexander Trachtenberg speaks Friday evening, esse at 8 o'clock, at Paine Mem- orial residence were destroyed at an esti- mated lost of $15,000. Englewood ¥. W. L. Dances. . Englewood Branch, Young Work- ers. League, meets coming Thursday |, 9 Appleton street, on the | night, March 18, 1924 at Pros; International Communist Movement | Hall, 64th and Ashland, There il as he observed it during a 14-months be dancing and other entertainment. trip thru Europe. for the relief of Chicago’: investigation the DAILY national Nothing Ever Done! Fo a quarter of a century investigations have been carried on into Chicago’s terrible housing conditions. But nothing has been done to put into effect a program s workers. WORKER. Everybody invited, “Admission free. After the present will announce its Since the Bolshevik revolution,. meeting. The name of 80 if BS