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Page Two PULLMAN CO, GRIPPED BY 3 NEW STRIKES IN SHOPS (Continued from Page 1) Still other departments, including the switchmen, declared their inten- tion of joining the walkout, because they know that the Pullman Company will try to extend the recent wage cut to all the departments. Keep Police Out of Homes. Alderman Sheldon W. Govier as- sured the strikers that they would be protected against the lawlessness practiced last week by the hired thugs of the Pullman Company. Alderman Govier assured John Holmgren, heading the strike, that he will see that no strikers in his ward are molested. “No police officer has the right to enter the home of any citizen without @ warrant,” said Alderman Govier to John Holmgren. “If any plain clothes man or uniformed officer tries to break into a striker’s home, the strik- er has the right to resist the entrance of such officer.” Next Move Up to Pullman Co. John Holmgren told the strikers Saturday that it is up to the officials of the Pullman Company to make the next move im dealing with the strik- ers. He declared he expected the Pullman officials to start negotiations with the strikers soon. “They must be spending thousands of dollars every day just for their pri- vate police,” said Holmgren, who is general vice president of the Broth- erhood of Railway Carmen. “Produc- tion in the Pullman shops is at a standstill. The strikers are actively picketing every day and the ads put in the papers for riveters and ream- ers will do no good. From now on we will see to it that new men hired know there is a strike on. They will not go to work when they are told there is a strike. This strike is cost- ing the Pullman Company hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Strike Is Spreading. “The strike is spreading, and be- fore long we will shut down the en- tire plant.” Holmgren told the strikers they were within their rights in telling the thugs and gunmen of the Pullman Company to get out and get out quick. The DAILY WORKER is the only newspaper in Chicago that is printing news of the struggle of the Pullman workers to thwart the Pullman Com- Ppany’s attempt to wring immense profits out of the lives of their em- ployes. The strikers decided to picket ‘e employment office hereafter, Tell Workers to Strike. Even the police know that the strik- ers are unable to exist on their low wages. One striker informed the DAILY WORKER that two policemen had asked him for a “lift” into South Chicago in his flivver. “These cops told us to stick togeth- er,” said the striker, “and we would win out. They told us it was a dirty shame the way the Pullman Company ground the very life out of the work- ers.” More and more police are in evi- dence in and around the Pullman Plant. Police automobiles, filled with fat sergeants who are said to be get- ting extra pay for trying to scare the Strikers, are overrunning the town. Strikers are trying to find out why the city pays out good money from the taxpayers’ pockets to have its em- Ployes walk around on empty lots. Like the DAILY WORKER. The DAILY WORKER counted al- most 100 policemen and plain clothes men patrolling~on foot and riding around in autos, between 108rd and 115th streets, near the Pullman plant. The strikers sold 1,000 copies of the May Day edition of the DAILY WORKER to the men in other de- Partments as they came out of the shops Saturday noon. The paper has made a big hit in Pullman. One work- er said: “We all like that paper in here. It prints news you can’t get in the regular newspapers.” Nick Spynow was selling the DAILY WORKER at the 103rd_ street | end of the plant when he was threat- ened with arrest and his papers were taken from him by a fat police ser- geant, who termed the DAILY WORKER “dirty literature.” After an argument with several of the strikers, the cop saw he was getting the worst of it, and walked off, grumbling. Hold May Day Meeting, Max Salzman will speak to the workers of the Pullman Company on May First, at 8 p. m., in Stansick's Hall, 205 Bast 115th street, the hall now used by the strikers for their strike meetings. Karl Reeve will act as chairman of the meeting. ——— ———— eee ber Trust organ, later taken over into the Hearst chain of papers. Bone is @ staunch old-line republican who be- lieves in “development” of Alaska by big interests. Last Summer the late President turn failed to make any protest against the steal of the fishing grounds, to the keen disappointment of Alaskans. Alaskan Sea Food Killed Harding, Shortly After Harding passed away thru indulgence in a poisoned Alaskan crab—grim reminder of the decom- Posed salmon which the Salmon Trust sold to the United States troops dur- ing the war. ” BIG ALASKAN SCANDAL MAY RUIN HOOVER $60,000,000 Salmon Gift to Trast Exposed WASHINGTON, April 27.— Herbert Hoover, secretary of jthe Department of Commerce, |may be driven from public life |like Fall and Denby as the result |of the sensational Alaskan sal- |mon fishery expose that is im- pending. Charges brought before Sen- late investigating committees |bare the fact that the $60,000,- 000 salmon industry of Alaska, which produces the tinned food that all America and the world uses, has been turned over to a set of gigantic corporations dominated by the Alaska Pack- ers Association. Just Like Teapot Steal. Hoover's gift of the nation’s salmon fisheries to the plunderbund follows Fall and Denby’s gift of Teapot Dome and the California naval oil reserve to Doheny and runs side by side with the attempt made by Secretary of War Weeks and General Leonard Wood to give away Philippine resources and Canal zone concessions to New York financial interests. The political future of Herbert Hoover seems to rest on whether the senate will go ahead with the very evident facts in their possession or whether this titanic steal will be cov- ered over because it hits too close to Wall Street. Under the regulations of the Depart- ment of Commerce, drawn up under the direction of Herbert Hoover, fish- ing grounds have been taken away from the Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians who have been living off them for thousands of years before the fore- fathers of the hundred per centers inflicted themselves on America. These fishing grounds were taken away by Mr. Hoover and his prede- cessors on the plea of “conservation” and were then turned over to the companies affiliated with the Salmon Trust, Polsoned Soldiers During War. Among the favored corporations are those that sold more than 825,000 cans of decomposed salmon to mili- tary commissary departments for the war. No $100,000 satchel has yet turned up—the senate.has not looked for it yet—but the accumulated evidence shows that the Salmon Trust is monopolizing the best salmon streams with the official authorization of the Department of Commerce and that the government of the Territory of Alaska, under Governor Scott sone, an appointee of Harding, retained by Coolidge, enforces its decision. Old Friends of Hoover. Hoover has a long established per- sonal friendship with the Bentley family, which is represented in the Alaska Packers’ Association by R. I. Bentley, vice-president, and C. H. Bentley, a director. His intimacy with this family, which is unlawfully bene- fitting by his executive acts as secre- tary of the Department of Commerce, is akin to the friendship of Fall and Doheny. Interlocked directorates bind the constituent companies of the Alaska Salmon Trust to Wall Street. One link is thru Libby, McNeil & Libby, which operates a fleet of salmon ships to Bristol Bay yearly and is inter- locked with the Swift Packing Com- pany member of the “Big Five.” One of its vice-presidents is E. F. Swift and among its directors are C. H. and Cc. F. Swift. The canneries dot the Pacific Coast from Puget Sound north to Alaska, They are especially numerous in the thousands of miles of indented coast in southeast Alaska and again in Bristol Bay, just north of the Aleutian peninsula. Spring, returning again in the late der contract for the season. Condi- tions are indescribably vile on these ships and im the cannery grounds, Working in slime fourteen hours a day and sleeping in wooden bunks, alive with bugs; eating ptomaine pro- ducing canned goods is their lot. Dope peddlers, bootleggers, and gambling sharks abound with company per- mission. Especially vicious is the treatment accorded the army of Chinamen and Filipinos. Packed like sardines in the slow satlships northbound, meager quantities of food and water—some- times only a pint a day—are doled out to them. On the salmon grounds they are under the rule of the gunmen backed up by the patrol navy of the Governor of Alaska. Labor Agitators Hunted. The patrol navy of the Governor of Alaska visits salmon grounds to get the local superintendent's reports on and “agitators” and to Scott Bone, the govertor of Alaska, was formerly connected with the old Post-Intelligencer of Seattle, g Lum-|ceremony, for the robber army still peaders; esitates Co\ eccmatiog ett Se presidential \ Week's effort to turn over Panama} By JACK ARMITAGE. (Exclusive to the Dally Worker.) (Concluded From Saturday) Wu Pei Fu, the would-be Chinese Mussolini, is the second outstanding figure in present day China, Born in 1873 in the province of Shantung, Wu Pei Fu took his B. A. |degree at the age of 21. From his jearliest days he was a follower of Mars, and in 1898 he graduated with honors from the Kai Ping Military Academy. After a brief service in the field he again became a military stu- dent, entering a military school of which Marshal Tuan Chi Jui was di- rector. From here he was promoted to battalion commander and partict- pated in the campaign,in Shansi, Szeu- chan and Honan. Early in 1916 he be- came commander of the Sixth Brigade of the Third Division, Chinese Army. When General Tsao Kun (the present President at Peking) was made mili- tary governor of Chihli, Wu took his place as commander of the Third vision, taking part in the fight against General Chang Hsun’s monarehical movement in the summer of 1917, Corrupt. Peking Politicians. A year later we find him in the field {against the Southern Constitutional- ists. He was successful in recaptur- ing Yochow and Changsha. His re- turn was opposed by Marshal Tuan. The conflict resulted in the downfall of the Anfu political club. three-cornered situation it is neces- sary to explain that the Anfu Club was a coterie of corrupt Peking poli- ticians who illegally retained their seats in the Peking Parliament, as |indeed do all the present politicians at |Peking. The public became incensed at the action of these political bandits and the Chihli party (who at present control Peking) saw an opportunity to seize the reins of government. Both parties are equally corrupt and equal- ly unconstitutional, so that North |China has benefited nothing by the overthrow of the Anfu party, most of whom took refuge in the Japanese le- gation. It is significant that every corrupt politician in Peking who has been exposed has sought refuge in the Foreign Legation Quarter. On his return Wu Pei Fu was ap- pointed vice inspecting general of the three provinces of Chihli, Shantung and Honan, Since then Wu Pei Fu has steadily strengthened his hold over the northern capital, largely, so it is asserted, with the backing of for- eign financiers. China Resents Foreign Exploitation. In this very powerftf backing lays his weakness. Any suspicion of for- eign exploitation is deeply resented by use of American soldiers during the*the Chinese people, who realize that,|archical movement in 1916, he was one for any assistance given, the foreign financier will demand his quid pro quo. < The active support being lent this general is illustrated by one incident. I refer to the recent sale of $5,500,000 worth of arms and munitions by Italy. These were loaded onto trains in the Italian concession, Tientsin, under the supervision of Italian marines. Os- tensibly, they were sold to President Tsao Kun, but their destination, and the fact that Wu dictates the policy of the present corrupt Peking govern- ment go to show that they were in- tended for the Chinese Mussolini. It is in the nature of things that the Italian Fascist should lend assistance to the Chinese gentleman of the same ilk. Wu's ambitions are quite evident. For years past he has steadily extend- ed his sphere of military control, and at present he retains a firm grip on the provinces of Honan, Shantung and Chihli, with some support from Hupeh and part of Hunan. Disobedient Servant. Militarily he is supposed to do the bidding of Peking, but there is abun- dant evidence to prove that he is far from being an obedient servant. By far the most powerful of the Tuchuns (military governors), he does not hes tate to impose his will upon the cen- tral (Peking) government, even in matters which apparently are outside his domain, and many bitter com- plaints are heard regarding his arro- |ennce of action and demeanor. Yet, in spite of the fact that he is the head pi-|tuchuns, For the better understanding of this {forces in the north. THE DAILY W continues its depredations under the leadership of two of the late chief's principal lieutenants, a Bandits Legal and Illegal. Another of those who were promi- nent in the Lincheng attack on the Blue Express last May has also come to grief in the person of Brigadier- General Sun Mei Yao. Like Lao, he chafed under discipline, and became a {source of annoyance to his superiors. {One day he was invited to a feast, but before he had time to enter the |festal hall he and his bodyguard were | shot down. This disposes of two) |prominent brigand chiefs, but the pro- fession is such a lucrative one that others have stepped forward eagerly to fill their places. Indeed, so strong are the bandits becoming that there seems more than a possibility that they will be able to oust the tuchuns. This might prove a blessing in dis- guise, for bad and all as the bandits are, their depredations are consider- ably less than those of the corrupt who, under the cloak of “law'norder,” are squeezing the life blood from the workers and peasants. Reunification By the Sword. But to get back to ‘Wu Pei Fu. In Szechuan he has apparently met his Waterloo. At any rate—in spite of earlier successes—he has received aj severe shock, which has to some ex-| tent eased the tension for Sun Yat} Sen, the Southern Socialist leader, who has been menaced with Wu's Ample opportunities haye been af- forded Wu Pei Fu to help in the re- unification of China, did he so desire, | but to all proposals he has turned a deat ear, including the blangishments of Sir Robert Ho Tung when he pro- posed a round table conference of the various military leaders in China. On each occasion Wu has replied that he believes in the “reunification | of China by the sword.” He is a typ-| ical Fascist, with pipe dreaws of him- self as the future Chinese Mussolini. * + 8 The Manchurian Tiger: Under fifty years of age, Chang Tso Lin is one of the most virile figures on the Chinese horizon, With no ed- ucation in his youth, his natural bent has been towards a military career. The Russo-Japanese war found him at the head of a large body of Hunghutze fighting on the side of Japan. At the conclusion of the war he was received into the Chinese government service, taking part in provincial wars and re- ceiving quick promotion for bravery in the field. Eventually he rose to the command of the 27th Army Di- vision, and in 1911 was appointed mil- itary governor of Fengtein. Up to the collapse of ex-President Yuan's mon- of his most faithful supporters, but when General Chang Hsun made his coup d’etat in 1917 he assisted in re- storing the republic. For this he was appointed inspecting general of the three Eastern Provinces in 1918, and in 1920 he fought along with General Tsao Kun (now President) in the sup- Pression of the Anfu Political Club. A Military Nutcracker. With the rapid rise to power of Wu Pei Fu at Peking these two militarists became bitter enemies. Nine months ago Chang was prepared to assist Sun Yat Sen to crush Wu Pei Fu, and they undoubtedly had an understanding. It was freely stated that the intention was for Sun to march on Peking from the south in the early spring, while Chang attacked his arch-enemy from the north, with the object, as it were, of squeezing him between the jaws of a military nutcracker. Since then, however, certain factors intervened which have materially de- layed the putting into effect of this military alliance, which bid fair to set- tle the pretensions of the Chinese Mussolini once and for all. Russia on the Horizon. Altho Wu's position has been some- what weakened by his recent check p (Szechuan, Chang also finds his hands full, for he has become en- gaged in a serious dispute with the Soviets regarding certain border ques- tions. Sun Yat Sen has been preoc- cupied also, for, apart from the pres- sure brought to bear upon him by the foreign powers, he has, as already in- RKER THE ASIATIC GIANT AWAKENS tive spring campaign in face of the common danger, he is maintaining his forces in a state of preparedness. Preparation for War. Reports from Mukden and south along the Peking-Mukden Railway state that traing are having some diffi- culty in getting thru, and Chang is beginning to gather what railway stock he can put his hands on, It is stated that strenuous: efforts are being made to furnish Chang's troops with complete and up-to-the- minute equipment, and to get them in- to first-class discipline, It is interesting to note in this di- rection that, having failed to secure stores in Shanhaiwan and Tientsin (mostly held by the Italians), Chang arranged for the purchase of a large supply of other arms which are said to have arrived in a Mexican ship. These arms, according to reliable re~ ports, found their, way—from what source is not certain—into the Neth- erlands soon after the armistice of 1918. Arrangements Were completed for transporting them to China under the Mexican flag, as Mexico was not a signatory to the arms embargo agree- ment. The total shipment includes ri- fies, field guns, machine guns and large supplies of ammunition, the value being estimated at over $7,000,- 000 Mex. Plenty of Silver Bullets. Financially, Chang Tso Lin is in an extremely strong: position, tontroll- ing, as he does, the resources of Man- churia, which, in addition to its nat- ural wealth, has had lately a big trade boom. Very little of this wealth has gone to Peking, for Chang has stead- ily refused to remit any taxes to the central authorities. He, therefore, is well supplied with silver bullets. His course of action must have a big in- fluence on the destiny of the Chinese nation, which, as I have pointed out already, must affect not only the wel- fare of Eastern workers, but the eco- nomic status of the occidental toiler also. DAUGHERTY JUST DODGE WARON GROWING TRUSTS “D. of J.” Shuts Its Eyes To Price Fixing WASHINGTON, April 27.—Further details of the alleged failure of the Department of Justice to prosecute anti-trust cases were laid before the senate investigating committee by Huston Thompson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Thompson took the stand when the committee revised its pre-arranged plan to start with Gaston B. Means. Altho Sidney Morris and Company, a Chicago stationers firm, was being forced “out of business” for refusing to abide by an alleged price-fixing agreement of the National Catalogue Commission, ..a stationers organiza- tion, Thompson said that the Depart- ment of Justice refused to take action in the case, Thompson said an investigation by the committee was made in 1918-19 into the stationery trade to determine if the anti-trust law had been violated. Evidence in the case was turned over to the Department of Justice in 1920, but it was turned back to the com- mission by the department three years later with the statement “there was no case,” he said. DAUGHERTY GETS LAUGH FOR HIS. MINERS ENDORSE (Continued from page 1) the 14,000 miners of Kansas would live, fight and die for him. McGlennon was given the horse laugh when he voted against Howat and the committee report. On reconvening in the afternoon the remainder of Vice President Par- ry’s report was speedily adopted and the convention began considering the report, of Secretary-Treasurer Watt. This report, compact in form, was dis- posed of at once. It cotitained no itemized report of finances, due to the destruction of record in @ fire that razed the building where the office had been located. Watt pointed out that the chief beneficiaries of the ex- isting compensation law in Illinois were the insurance companies of the United States and several European companies. Delegate Tells of Accident. Delegate Knudtson of Virden, IIL, described some of the iniquities of the law from personal experience. Knudt- son fell down a shaft at the Old West mine at Virden. He described grab- bing the rope to break his fall, slid- ing the rope 260 feet, hitting the cage which was stopped in the shaft about 100 feet from»the bottom, and then falling the last distance without a rope to slide on. This miner shows visible signs of his accident yet, but in spite of this he did not get justice in the settling of his compensation claim, The mystery is that he is here himself to describe it. Under report of the resolutions com- mittee a demand for. increased pay for mine examiners was discussed. It was pointed out that inasmuch as the agreement was now signed up for three years the convention could do nothing but indorse the spirit of the resolution, and, after defeating a mo- tion to table, this was done. Another -resolution, denouncing the vicious “gang work” system, and the efforts of the operators to discrim- inate against “undersized” men and in favor of “huskies,” was passed by unanimous vote, McDonald Calls for June 17, Duncan McDonald, editor of the Illinois Industrial Review, addressed the convention at the close of Fri- day’s session. He was greeted and repeatedly interrupted with applause, especially when he urged participa- tion in the St. Paul convention on June 17, and in the Illinois state conven- Soviet Measures, Weights Concern French Company (Rosta News Agency.) MOSCOW, April 27.—The Central Chamber of Weights and Measures is in receipt of news from Paris that a special joint-stock company has been organized with the special ob- ject of obtaining and exploiting a con- cession in the Union of Soviet So- cialist Republics for the production, of metric measures and weights. In the organization of this concern there. took part some twenty of the biggest French firms manufacturing measuring instruments, two banks, and the international bureau of weights and measures. An authoriz- ed representative is leaving for ‘Mos- cow. In the event of negotiations be- ing brought to a satisfactory contlu- sion, the capital of the company is to be raised to 2,000,000 gold francs. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. MILITANT PROGRAM ee Monday, April 28, 1924 tion, to be held in Peoria on May 48. Besides describing the chaotic condi- tions that prevail and the causes therefore, he outlined the methods. by which the workers can remedy the ex- isting conditions. He deplored the fact that men who claim to be labor leaders should work for men_ like Small and Essington. Co-Operative Burying Favored. “High cost not only applies to lHv- ing, but it also affects dying,” de- clared George Wones, delegate from Local 694 of Girard, in his argument for the establishment of co-operative undertaking. Nearly all of the dele- gates are heartily in favor of the move, for in it they can see protection from the greedy private undertaker, who charges to the full amount of the death benefits received. They decided to leave it.to the locals for decision and then have the matter submitted to a referendum vote. A demand that “we return to the system of negotiating for local con- ditions by sub-districts” was made in a resolution presented and passed by unanimous vote. The miners kere have noted with regret that they had no right to discuss the agreement aft- er the conferees at Jacksonville, Fla., handed it over to them. Thompson and Watt Go to St. Paul. President Thompson and Secretary Watt were elected by acclamation to represent Sub-district 4 at the St. Paul convention, June 17. A resolution on old age pensions and one proposing changes in the compensation law were also adopted. A few slight changes in the constitution were made and in- cluded a provision to protect the eligi- bility of members who may be forced to temporarily leave the district or the industry thru the closing of mines. An additional safeguard against cor- ruption in elections was also inserted, and one prohibiting members of the union from giving evidence against a brother in contract and compensation cases. Springfield, Ill, was selected as the next convention city. The writer was given the privilege of making the closing address of the convention, during which he de- seribed the work of the Progressive Committee, the Workers Party and also the mission of the DAILY WORK- ER. Upon request, he reviewed the much talked of Monongahela City, Pa., meeting of 1921; after which he was accorded a rising vote of thanks. HEBREW.TRADES AID WITH LARGE GIFT TO STRIKE (Continued from Page One) which means the right to walk the city streets—but he has not yet actually sentenced anyone yet. Judge Foell was endorsed by the Federation of Labor when he sought his present office. He was endorsed as an anti-injunction judge. In spite of that fact during the present trials he has ordered pickets to obey the injunction. Reports that workers still held to their rights to walk the streets annoyed him. Foell faces his real test ‘Wednesday when the cases come up. Twenty-nine other cases come up before Judge “Dennie” Sullivan the following Wednesday, May 6. Among these cases is that of Meyer Barkan, cloakmaker and not on strike, who was picked up on a John Doe attachment Thursday as he was leaving his place ‘of employment on South Market st. _MORGAN WIELDS CLUB (Continued from page 1) many to exert full sovereignty over all the territory. “The governments must examine under what conditions the gages now held by France and Belgium can be RED PLOT WAIL (Continued on Page Two) tion as to where he got the $75,000 of the largest and best organized strik-|dicated, had serious internal orders|in cash, the additional 2000 shares ing force in China, he is unable to|to contend with. Again, his financial|of Wright-Martin Aircraft stock and governor. Here again we reaps rich profits from the traffic in arms. Among the best customers are the brigands, A Remarkable Immunity. to act against the brigands. the powers. Disastrous Experiment. The experiment was made of enroll- ing 5,000 of the maurauders, including the bandit chief Lao Yang mains. A gruesome and meaningless The Lingcheng outrage, with the|recent utterances holding of foreigners to ransom, will|Pearce at the British Chamber of|™ost of the specific statements were be fresh in the minds of most people.|Commerce meeting at Shanghai on| false, as to the way in which the It will be remembered that the foreign| March 11, when he openly advocated | Senate committee had conducted its powers displayed a strange reluctance |@n administration of China under for-| {vestigation, and that the evidence This at-jeign experts. While that menace|#sainst Daugherty thus far brought titude is also evident with regard to|hangs like a dark cloud on the polit- ne Seale was only a drop in the Chinese pirates, who enjoy a most, re-|ical horizon of China, her internal dif- sf markable immunity freer attack by|ferences—which to all appearances|Daugherty brothers to permit the An Ever Present Danger. On top of all this is the ever pres- ent dénger of foreign interference. This has been clearly disclosed in the of Sir Edward must be finalized on the battlefield— will remain unsettled. Two Individualists. It must not be imagined that be- Jen in Wu |cause Chang was prepared to support] Anti-administration forces are high- Pei Fu's army. This experiment end-|Sun that he had become a convert to ly pleased at the outcome of the ed in disaster, for the old brigand re-|Socialism, He, like Wu Pei Fu, is a| Daugherty tirade. They see in it a fused to go fighting in Szeuchan and|pure individualist and opportunist,| plague which will rest upon the again took up his old trade of plun-|and even had Wu been crushed there| shoulders of the Coolidge candidacy, dering villages and towns. Some time |would still have remained the mak-|and will deepen the impression made ago he was captured, his head cut off |ings of a pretty squabble between Sun| by the testimony before the Brook- and his body cut in as many pieces as|and Chang, tho the argument certain-| hart committee—that he had looted towns, On each of the|ly would have been advanced ono guard” gangsters, having no ground latter was bestowed a piece of tho re-|stage farther. Altho Chang, like the other Chinese a : j \ Fishermen and cannery workers go |Suppress the brigands which infest|Position has not been too secure, and|the other wealth he had laid away, up there in scores of ships every |the provinces of which he is military] Without a sufficiency of silver bullets| after making affidavit in his tax re- see the |@n active campaign in the north would | turn for 1920 that he owed $5000 more Summer, the cannery workers go un-|hand of the foreign financier, who|be fraught with serious uncertainty. than his property was worth. If he liad proof of that hellish plot, then he was the most incompetent attor- ney general imaginable.” Senator Wheeler answered the Daugherty speech by saying that the He finally challenged the senate to read *the records of Mal Daugherty’s bank, now shielded by an injunction, “Oiled” Guard Brazening It Out the “oiled for defense in their encouragement, are going to brazen it out during the campaign. made the object of wee | “w exchange with new invisible gu fess to be held by all the allies,” he Bays. “But these operations can only take place after Germany effectively puts the plan into execution, when the govern- pteininane peakers ADMISSION FREE Doors Open 8 P. M.: PHILADELPHIA READERS, NOTICE! UNITED FRONT May Day Celebration Broad and Spring Garden Sts. 'Y EVENING, MAY 1, 1924 SPLENDID MUSICAL PROGRAM Freiheit Singing Society Lithuanian Chorus international Orchestra H, M. 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