The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 18, 1924, Page 3

Tuesday, March 18, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER Page’ etme aoe: amtemieddaemeeeedeemiamenmememmniaiemnianicemmmmmnmmnmnienremn mmenneniemenenmenrentetcimmnemmemsinmnameaeesememmmenentemnmmmeanamanaaeenaeamenentanamaaaemnemenmemeaemameeaemteentemmaaeemmememmamemaeeeel KANSAS MINER ASK AUTONOMY FOR NOVA SCOTIA Seek Reinstatement of Tom Myerscough ‘si Pata TOM TIPPETT. ‘orrespondent of Federated Press PITTSBURGH, Kans. Mar, TT A resolution was passed by the convention of District 14, United Mine Workers of America, in session here, demanding that the autonomy of District 26 (Nova Scotia) be im- mediately restored snd that an ele:- tion be held in which the deposed officers are permitted to stand for office so that the Canadian miners may select their own leaders. The vote was practically unanimous. Another resolution calling for the re-instatement of Thomas Myers- cough was passed after a lengthy debate, Myerscough was expelled in the Pittsburgh, Pa. field for affilia- tion with the United Mine Workers’ International Progressive, committee, This is an organization Within the miner's’ union termed dual by the international organization, Human Side Comes to Surface, The human side of the Kansas trouble was again revealed when a proposition was introduced to bring relief to those members of this dis- trict who lost their cards in the In- dustrial court strike and who have not yet been permitted to rejoin the union, Altho the expulsion was nearly two and one-half years ago many men are still outside of union ranks and are still unemployed. The union regulations are that men must first have employment in the industry before union membership can be had. It is this “joker” that is used to blacklist many of the sym- pathetic strikers—according to argu- ment on the floor. It is also charged that the provisional organization ¢o- operated with this blacklisting that has caused so much suffering and bitterness in Kansas. Restrict Officials’ Expenses. Many old men and others sick at the time of the trouble lost out in the local union charter revocations altho they took no part in the strike, Local unions were instructed to ac- cept these men without initiation fees and a special dispensation was asked for from the international un- ion to apply to all men who lost their membership in the trouble of threo years ago. 7-_* ¢# @ Pennsylvanian Miners Meet. By EVELYN PRESTON. (Staff Correspondent of Federated Press) _ ALTOON«, Pa., March t7—QOpen- ing sessions of the biennial conven- tion of District No, 2. United Mine Workers of America, meeting here were taken up with discussions and con of the conduct by the dis- trict officials of the long Somerset strike, Two hundred and tixty dele- | gates representing 40,000 miners in central Pennsylvania are attending the convention. _ District President John Brophy in his report reviewed the policy of the international since the strike of 1922 up thru the last agreement with the operators guaranteeing a three-year contract at the existing wage scale, He showed how the 17 months’ strike in Somerset county had to be finally called off, principally on ac- count of the dull state of the coal market, which enabled operators to be satisfied with a production equal to 30 per cent of normal, and made it difficult for men in the union | fields to'pay the assessment. That the Somerset strike was worth while, however, despite the }. hardships entailed, is seen in the fact that the Somerset operators have raised the wage rate, and that | a skeleton union organization con- tinues in the region, he said. | A significant feature of ews | report was the stress he laid on | workers’ education. At present there | are two members of District No. 2 at Brookwood Labor College on scholarships established by the dis- trict. A friend of labor gave $15,000 to District No. 2 in support of the Somerset strike on condition that the money be used ater on for workers’ «tucation, Brophy pro- poses to use this sum to establish workers’ classes in the district. Brophy emphasized the need of a labor party if legislation in the in- terests of the miners is to be passed in the state. All bills legalizing checkweighmen, establishing miners’ ’ examining boards, preventing evic- | tion without notice, and so on, failed to pass the Pennsylvania legislature. The report suggests that the execu- tive board be authorized to survey ‘the whole problem of unemployment to see how other industries and other countries meet tho problem, and to continue its work of encouraging consumers’ co-operation. He ‘ind ed the slelaanies Bet the eet ee ‘permanent 7a: ant y agent to make public the truth, about the a i ' bebe ye presented many briefs reveal wages and living conditions of the poles to the federal coal commis. on, Labor Party and Foreign Born Are Wilkes-Barre Issues ‘Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pa., March 17.— A resolution asking for a condemna- tion of the various anti-foreign born ills now pending in congress was introduced at the Wilkes-Barre Cen- tral Labor Union at its last meeting held Thursday, March 13. The reso- lution also calls for the formation of a political party of industrial and land workers, The discussion showed no opposition to the reslution. It was decided, however, to delay final action until the Executive Board has had an opportunity to secure the text of some of these bills, A large majority of workers in this region are foreign-born. The resolu- tion will finally be acted upon at. the next meeting of the Central Labor Union, PAINTERS STRIKE FOR WAGES AND SAFE SCAFFOLDS Detectives Ordered Out Of Union Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. LOUIS, March 17—The paint- ers of St. Louis, numbering 2,3(), are on strike today as a result of the contractors refusing to meet the terms submitted to them. The capi- talist press here is already lined up with the bosses. Stories appear in the press in advance‘ of the strike that disorder and violence are antici- pated if not already taking place. After holding several conferences with the bosses the best terms offered to the painters is $10 a day. Every- thing else to remain as it is. The union demands $12 a day with the five-day-week. Other demands insist on sanitary drop-cloths and rags. The bosses are now using drop-cloths and rags that have been in use for years and are filthy, endangering the health of the workers. The union also demands the right of its representatives to examine all scaffolds, ropes and other equipment as to their safety. They further de- mand the discontinuing of the prac- tice of having members haul the bosses’ tools to the job. In_ hiring painters, the bosses generally give preference to those who are willing to donate the use of their cars for the purpose. This results in gross discrimination against those painters not having automobiles, Last Sunday at a mass meeting the painters commitsee was instructed by unanimous vote to stand |pat for these demands. The bosses after Pro | learning the decision of the men in the mass meeting bégan using the usual dirty tricks by turning in fake police calls and having detectives come to the meeting. The workers voted unanimously to order the “dicks” out of the hall, and con- demned strongly the action of the police. The union is standing solid and it is generally believed that™ the con- tractors will begin to weaken as soon as they see that the strike is 100% effective, The men working for the city were given two weeks in which to either reach a settlement as based on the demands above or else quit work. This extension of time to the city employees was given to allow the Ak en to vote on the new budget .to meet the demands of the painters. Aid Homeless Children. MOSCOW, Mar: 17.—Newspapers all over Russian are conducting a campaign for the aid of the home- less children. There are thousands of homeless orphans, the remnants of the famine and civil war, in all the big cities of Russia. The many organizations which have Leen cre- ated for the purpose of aiding the orphans, are unable to cope with the situation for the lack of funds. Pub- lic appeals are being made, confer- ences called and meetings held. A new mass organization has been created, the Friends of the Children. It is counting already thousands of members. During the famine of 1921-22 the isportation of chidren from the Volga district saved 200,000 lives, according to official reports. About 90 per cent of those children have been returned to their homes. About 25,000 children are still to be re- turned. The children’s homes are overcrowded. ‘ BERLIN, March 17.—During the month of January the Russian Trade Mission has sold 314,286 tons of in for 28,273,171 gold rubles. Besides Germany, also Holland, Bel- gium, Denmark and other Scandi- nayian countries bought. Holland has the first place as a buyer of Russian bread from the Berlin mis- sion having. bought 177,155 tons out of the 314,236 tons, Don’t be a “Yes, But,” The supporter of Daily Worker. Send in your sub- scription at once. POST OFFICE WORKERS FARE ILL UNDER NEW Coolidge Backs Lame Duck’s Policy By LAURENCE TODD (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Preas) WASHINGTON, Mar. 17.—Harry New, lame duck postmaster general in the Harding-Coolidge cabinet, has been challenged by Senator Couzens of Michigan to defend the starvation wage for postoffice clerks which has become the first test of industrial policy of the Coolidge phase of the administration, Couzens is not radical; it was not long ago that he defended, in an in- terview, the idea of an anti-strike law covering the transportation industry. New has the backing of sident Coolidge in declaring that the@postal workers cannot be paid more money. New and Coolidge want the postal workers to take up their belts another hole or two, and advise their wives and children to eat less and to waste less money on clothing and frivolities. Some one has got to sacrifice, in view of the proposed reductions in the taxes on millionaires and why not let the postal workers’ families enjoy the sacrifice For the Rich. _ “I can conceive of no justifica- tion,” says Couzens, “for the position you have taken, when it is based sole- ly on the government or more pro- perly put, on the cost of the users of the postal service. You have put the cart before the horse. This addi- tional cost is estimated by you at from $123,000,000 to $150,000,000, Your contention seems to be that this money should be saved to the users of the service by deducting it from the just compensation of the employes. “There never was a more unsound as well as unwise policy than this, There is no justification for any serv- ice existing, that cannot pay its em- ployes more than a living wage. There is plently df evidence to sustain the conclusion that the existing wages are not even a living wage to say nothing of a wage that makes life worth living.” High Cost of Living. Government figures show that the cost of living, last December, was 73 per cent higher than in 1913. The increase in wages for postal clerks during the same period was only 64 per cent, yet the wage scale in 1918 was notoriously inadequate and the employes were desperately appealing to congress for a chance to live. “I do not believe,” says. Couzens, “that the users of this service want any subsidy such as they are, now getting taken from the pockets of the employes. Why should $123,000,000 to $150,000,000 be taken out of the pockets of these. employes and half of it or nearly half of it turned over to the publishers of magazines and periodicals? . . . . You know if this matter was taken to the country as it will have to be unless the congress and ‘administraion remedy the evil, that there will be no hesitancy on the part of the country in approving this modest increase for the empolyes.” “Keep Your Damn Mouth Shut,” Mayor Orders Preachers (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Mar. 17— “Keep your damn mouth shut,” is Mayor Hart’s advice to the minis- ters of Wilkes-Barre who dared to denounce him for breaking up the Lenin Memorial meeting arranged by the Workers Party. This polite advice is contained in a statement issued by.the mayor in reply to the Civil Liberties Union’s threat to take court action against him in case he again decides to interfere with Workers Party meetings. “We are not opposed,” the state- ment says, “to free speech, preach- ers, governor or other local notori- ety seekers to the contrary, not- withstanding. We are for free speech, but not the so-called oratory of those law breakers whose attempt to destroy the greatest government in the world will never get a foot- hold in! Wilkes-Barre. The preachers should remember what Jonah said to the whale,‘ We wouldn’t be in this trouble if you kept your damn mouth shut” By the whale, I mean the preachers, Arrangements are now _ bei made by the Workers Party to ho! a free, speech test meeting in the near future. An attorney was al- ready engaged by the Civil Liberties Union to take court action against the mayor, if necessary. In Memory of Lenin, MOSCOW, March 17.—The Cen- tral Executive Commitee of the In. ternational Society for Workers’ Aid received information Essen, Germany, that over 100 political prisoners went on a 24-hour hunger strike after they had been prohibit- ed to hold a memorial meeting for Nikolai Lenin, By T, J. O'FLAHERTY. Mayor Dever is blissfully ignorant of any misconduct on the part of the police officers toward the dressmakers now on strike, Perhaps he is too busy boosting the military program of the imperialists to waste any time on such a trivial matter as a strike. The Chicago Tribune carried his pic- ture in yesterday’s issue, while His Honor was in the act of giving a big pushball the initial shove down Michi- gan Boulevard on its way to Wash- ington and New York. The object of this stunt is to advertise the citizens’ military training camp movement. Of course the mayor does not know anything about the strike. He is too busy recruiting strikebreakers. “es 2 With the mayor were several lead- ing Chicago business men. One im- portant personage was the exalted ruler of the Elks. He helped Mr. Dever start the ball rolling. What would the papers say if a group of trade unionists, even the most reac- tionary start a movement to train un- ionists to the use of arms, the move- ment to be under the direction of the trade unions? There would be en immediate: demand for swift action against the rebels! Many workers are members of fraternal organiza- tions like the Elks. No doubt they will feel proud to have their exalted ruler lead a movement to make brave soldiers out of them. Premier Poincare won another victory, tho a slim one. He slipped thru the senate barrage with a bare thirteen majority. He has a new scheme to make the United States of the many investigations now tak- ing place in Washington, no doubt he concluded that there is enough graft lying around the Capitol to pay the cost of all the world’s wars since David slew Goliath. Poincare’s pro- position was that all the nations that engaged in the war should measure their sacrifices and then to arrange the war debts on the basis of equal sacrifice. SE DDS, But Charles Evans Hughes will have none of it. The Republican party has nothing more to give away. Poincare was met by a blunt refusal from Washington. This angered Po- land, Checko-Slovakia, Roumania and Jugo-Slavia exceedingly. These coun- tries are building up huge armies un- der French direction and at French expense. They now fear that France will close the satchel and that the soldiers will begin to prowl around looking for something to eat. They may have to eat the heads of the various governments unless a good Samaritan appears in the offing. *-* * © ‘The Catholic church has not the same set of rules in all countries. There are slight variations in the manner in which that institution does business. Take the. confession- al, for instance. In Lithuania, Cath- olics must purchase a spiritual meal ticket at Waster every year and whenever they go to confess their sins the priest punches a hole in it. In Ireland there is less competition so the priests are not obliged to put the faithful on rations. ** © * The Prince of Wales was advised to ride an old nag by the “President of Cornishmen,” his susceptibility to getting unhorsed causing some of his countrymen considerable nerv- ousness. Much good British money has - been invested in making the Prince & popular figure. Even the “socialist” Ramsay MacDonald likes him. He is a valuable asset and must be taken good care of, Why not give him a hobby horse to play with? Perhaps he might be _ able to manage a real steed if his liquor was taken away from him. Rs O10. © The job of commissioner of the Pein Scotland was handed to a Scotish Socialist. This is the first time the position was taken out of the hands of the aristocracy. No doubt the American socialist *#6n nants will hail this as another ex- ample of what evolutionary social- ism can accomplish. Look at Mil- lerand! He has “evoluted.” The new commissioner of the Scottish church, his name is Roberts, will fill the high office with all the dignity at his command. This he assures us. He will not let Karl Marx or Lenin or an; else prevent him from being dignif i. * The Chicago Tribune very prop- erly says that if the German Social- Dem accomplished nothing else pron, Cie at least succeeded in preventing the “Communists” from taking over power in behalf of the 1 After_ they had done Bee to the satfsfaction of the bourgeoisie, have _ politely they ste] out and turned the count fon oo Fascisti. They or wk to e any sacri a id up or the sake of demoe- racy. They have not given up office this time, however, out of a spirit of accomodation; they were com- pelled to do so because they lost the confidence of the workers who are fast tufning to the Communists. AS WE SEEIT ||WORKERS PART DEMANDS LIBERTY FOR PHILIPPINES Staging Big Meeting for Island Speakers (Special to The Daily Worker) * NEW YORK, March 17.—A big mass meeting of workers to protest against Coolidge’s attack on the movement of the 11,000,000 Filipinos to secure freedom from their Wall Street rulers will be held in New York City April 2, Honorable Manuel Roxas, speaker of the Philippine Congress, and one of the greatest orators in the Philip- pine Islands, will address the meet- ing. Mr. Roxas is the representative of the Filipino people to whom Cool- idge addressed his hostile letter. Island Labor Leader Speaks. Commissioner Pearo Guevara of the Philippine Independence Mission to the United States, founder of the Seamen’s Union and leader of the first strike in the Philippines, Scott Nearing, the noted lecturer and econ- omist, and Jay Lovestone of the DAILY WORKER staff and director of the Research Department of the Workers Party will be other speak- ers. In view of Coolidge’s bold defiance of the Filipinos and his brazen re- jection of their plea for national free- doom, this question is particularly timely now. Congress will act on the whole problem the first week in April. Probe Oily Wood! There is also a likelihood of a Congressional investigation of Gen- eral Wood’s oil concessionaire regime in the Philippines being opened with- in a few weeks, A large crowd is expected to turn out for this meeting which is to be held under the auspices of the New York District of the Workers Party. The meeting will be held in Cooper Union, at 8th St. and Third Ave. Workers Party In Drive for New Members Meetings are arranged thruout the city of Chicago by the local office of the Workers Party to, acquaint the workers with the policies of the party with a view to bringing them into the organization. Thursday, March 20, at the Com- munity Center, 3201, S. Wabash ave., 8 p. m., J. W. Johnstone speaks on “Communists in the Labor Unions.” Thursday, March 20, at the Em- met Memorial Hall, Ogden and Tay- lor avenues, 8 Pm Harrison George speaks on “Anti-Alien Laws: The Menace of a- Super-Biacklist.” Tuesday, March 25, at Workers’ Lyceum (Rear Hall), 2733 Hirsch Blvd., 8 p. m., Tom O'Flaherty, As- sociate Editor DAILY WORKER, is scheduled to speak on the subject “Farmer-Labor Unity and the Crisis in the American Capitalist Parties.” Wednesday, March 26, at Milda Hall, 3188 S. Halsted street, 8 p. m., William F. Kruse will speak on the subject “AntiAlien Laws: The Men- ace of a Super-Blacklist.” Monday April 7, at Jewish Insti- stitute, 3322 Douglas Blvd., 8 p. m., Sam Hammersmark of the DAILY WORKER staff, will speak on the subject “Anti-Alien Laws: The Men- the Crisis in the American Capital- ist Parties.” California Hangs 20-Year-Old Boy Who Defended Self (By The Federated Press) SAN QUENTIN, Cal., March 17— In the face of a petition for delay signed by 140,000 citizens, Aurelio |Pompa, a 20-year-old Mexican boy, was hanged here for murder. Pompa insisted that he shot the dead man, ‘illiam McCue, in self-defense; Mc- Cue was foveman over Pompa, and had abused him for some time. Mc- Cue’s widow stated that this was the case, and tried to get Governor Ric- hardson to commute the sentence, Pompa also stated that a witness at his trial had sworn falsely, and that the only actual witness had not been ealled. The Mexican Blue Cross and thou- sands of other persons worked inde- blooded murderer,” and refused to permit even a few days’ reprieve. Seeking the Red Hats. ROME, March 17—American arch- bishops Hayes and Mundelein who are to be elevated to the cardinalate, arrived here today with their suites. Monsignor O’Herne and prelates of the American college were in the fore of a throng which gave the Americans an enthusiastic welcome at the station, a eciecaly How many of shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. Y Show Department of Justice Mere Tool of the Burns’ Dick Agei (Continued from Page 1) Arizona are greatly pleased with the investigations, .. . “T left Los Angeles Sunday, June 17th and returned to the Office Fri- day, June 22nd, with Mr. H. D. Dowell, who is in charge for the mining interests of Arizona, handl- ing the under-cover work for them. Dowell, whom Sherman has met, is @ good smart fellow, who was for- merly a manager for the Thiel Service and he has made a_ close study of Radical Work and the Mining Work. With The D. of J. “Investigator W-1 nas been made an organizer and it is only a mat- ter of a week or so when he will be made a General Organizer and he will then be in power to make Delegates and Organizers, and he will of course immediately make my other men D. & O., so as to put them on the inside, We are work- ing in direct touch with the Dept. of Justice Agent, whom the Gov- ernor transferred from Butte, Montana, to Arizona, and he is a real fellow and kno the game. 2 spent two days with him while in Arizona and had a good chance to judge him. He is also well thought of by the Mine Managers and they put a great deal of trust in him, is D. of J. Again. ‘My men are not confined to any especial district but are at perfect liberty to go to any part of the State where they think they can do most good. This of course they take up with the D. of 4. Agent so that he will know at all times where they are so that he can keep in close touch with them, and while they are all under cover he is out in the open, but as fast as any of the real wobblies get too ram- bunctious or hostile, the D. of J. Agent will put them on their right foot or act accordingly. We are getting wonderful co-operation.... “Very. Sincerely yours, LOS ANGELES OFFICE MANAGER.” - S—... I Rnow it has done us a great deal of good, as I also met the biggest Attorneys of the State, and further the beautiful part of the trip was that we were allowed time and expense for the entire trip.” Los Angeles “Tight-Wads”. Then we have another letter, in re- gard to money matters especially, in which it apears that the business men of Los Angeles are “tight-wads” and do not want to pay $10. per day for investigators when they can get them for less. Some of the business men are now, however, to frame a law in Walifornia that ‘will exclude the other, cheaper agencies while per- mitting the Burns crowd to operate as a monopoly! “We” Get The Business, This letter is from Pross to Mr. W. Sherman Burns; at the time the letter was written, July 20, Sherman was holding down the New York of- fice. Extracts follow: “Dowell and I have been doing other missionary work and we at this time are getting all the con- cerns in Southern California in a body, the same as we have the min- ing companies. All the business is to be given to my office and I real- ly believe that there will be at least twenty men, or investigators, from the Los Angeles office as- signed to this case, “Your Newspapers”. “The I. W, W.’s are giving plenty of trouble in San Pedro. You have been receiving our Investigator W-1’s reports and, no doubt, your newspapers are carrying big arti- cles. ell, this situation is going to be a whole lot worse before it gets better, and I really believe af- ter years of hard work on my part, we are showing the corpora- tions, individuals and business peo- ple in general that what I have been predicting for six years has come upon them. A Camouflage Agency. tt these companies have asked for after they had committee meetings is that I take charge of this entire situation in Southern California, They have even asked that I handle an outside office, not in connection with the Agency, and, possibly, under another name—i. e., some investigating bureau. This office would be established in the same building with the Los Angeles office, and, of course, my time and expense would be charged the same as an investigator. I would be manager of this investigating bur- we which in reality will be the wie re Burns iacoratlenal rb ive Agency. However, the idea that the consolidated business men wanted fo establish is that they are using their own investigating Hit Ri I Agencies By La val ies By Ww. “The business men have: seen how private detective agencies have been muleting them of their money and in reality causing trouble in- stead of endeavoring to abate trouble and this fall they intend to go before the State Senate and Governor of the State at Sacra- mento, California, and have a law put thru that will make it tough on those so-called detective agen- cies to keep on in business, “As I wrote in my letter to both you and the Governor, the situation has become so big it is impo: for me to write and tell you it all means. The Governor h bit of an idea from his last here, but it has grown imme: since then, All Reports to D. of J. “Meetings have been held s weekly, and altho I have not ¥ an attendant at these meeting yet, they expect to build all ur the one plan which was expla: to the Governor on his visit h viz.: that the Los. Angeles 0, will put the under cover invest. tors to work, and copies of all ports are to be supplied to the partment of Justice, or, in fact the Governor personally. The partment of Justice is to hav man who is fully versed on rad situations in Los Angeles, and Governor is to handle the rad situation after we have obtaii the information. $10 A Day. “This is a situation on whiel have written the New York Off many letters: I have not been g ting my share of the work, ow: to the fact that ours is a $10 } diem rate, while other agencies 4 taking this work for $8, $6, and low as $5 a day; and I again ma admit that we have the cheaps bunch of “skates” calling the selves business men in Southe California that I, or any other b man, has ever'come in contact wit but they have become educated a: realize that the lower rates th have been obtaining have been co: ing them ten times more than really looked to them, as the agencies who are doing the cheap class of work have realized that u less they cause trouble they cou not keep their work going. Merchants and Manufacturers. “We have even gone so far thi the M. & M. have been told th: they must take their under-covs service out of the district. It he practically come to a stage wher the Merchants and Manufacturer. Association will be ruined and pv out of business if they do not pa attention to what we have to sa} In fact, I wrote a letter to the Gov ernor about one month after he lef Los Angeles, showing where M1 Hayes Rice, head of the Manufac urers’ Association was automatical ly dropped from the committees on which he was serving for the inter ests of the business people, owing to his having raised an argument o: trying to start trouble after the Governor had delivered a talk. “Cause Trouble.” “No need of my going into de. tails of the ‘brotherly love’ held by the M. & M., against the Burns De- tective. Agency, but we have still done our’ work in an upright man- ner, and the business my ealize _ that the M. & M, have i to cae trouble in order to keep themselves going and to have something to re- port on. “T held a lengthy conference with Mr. Isadore B- Dockweiler today. He is a personal friend of the Goy- ernor’s and is chairman of the Democratic State Committee. McAdoo and Burns. “The outlook for the next Presi- dential campaign is Harding on the Republican ticket, and, most likely, Hiram Johnson on the ticket. If such be the case, it is going to be a very tight race be- tween McAdoo and Harding, with McAdoo a slight favorite. “Mr. Dockweiler informed me that should the Democrats win the election and McAdoo be elected President he would personally de- mand of McAdoo that the Governor = again be placed in charge of the Department of Justice. There is absolutely no question that should ‘Harding be re-elected the Governor would, again, stay where he is... . “Yours very truly, G. P. PROSS,” (“The Governor,” of course, is William J. Burns), oe * (A large amount of additional data is in possession of the Industrial Workers of the World and is expected to be made public within a few days). Death Puts Off the Arraignment of Col. Forbes to Wednesday Arraignment of Colonel Charles R- Forbes, former head of the Veterans’ Bureau and John W. Thompson, con- tractor, on charges of conspiracy and bribery, was postponed to Wedn on account of the death of Fi Judge Francis B, Baker. Forbes and Thompson will ay } in person Wednesday before Fuleal f Judge Carpenter. A federal grand jury indicted Forbes and Thompson on charges of juggling Veterans’. Bureau contracts in favor of Thompson’s construction firm. Snow Blanket Anyway. OMAHA, Nebr, March 17—Nebo’ raska is covered with a blanket of from half a foot to several feet of snow today. The snow began falling Sunday morning and will continue over most of the state today, weather bureau officials said. t Answers the Eternal question. Shows the activities of organ- ized labor in a true and un- | _ BE SURE TO SEE _ |The New Disciple Now Showing at the ARYAN GROTTO 8th STREET and WABASH AVE. j | : , Once the socatted ama. | With the Approval of the Chicago Fed. of Labor i ie Labor’s Own Photoplay — en renee Seven séoP- | Matinee and Evening Now Showing Daily §