The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 13, 1924, Page 3

: Tuesday, May 13, 1924 LABOR DEFENSE UNCIL OFFERS IBRARY PLAN Splendid Books Are Of- fered As Premiums Fraternal organizations and party branches have hit upon a method of forming libraries and helping the de- fense in the Michigan cases at the same time. A number of them are taking advantage of the Labor De- fense Council's offer of free books in return for the sale of Ruthenberg Ap- peal Coupons. It was the recent expansion of the Labor Defense Council’s offer which turned the attention of party mem- bers and sympathizers to this unique way of establishing a library. Inter- egt in the sale of Ruthenberg Appeal jupons is greatly stimulated by the fgt that whereas formerly the Labor fgnse Council was only offering e if: of “A Week” to those who sold ll sheet of coupons, it is now of- fering a choice of 4 different volumes, including Albert Rhys William’s fam- ous work, entitled “Thru the Russian Revolution,” a A. A. Heller’s “Indus- trial Revival in Soviet Russia,” and William Z. Foster’s own story of the greatest industrial upheaval the Unit- ed States has ever known, “The Great Steel Strike.” All four books are classics in their fields. “Thru the Russian Revolution” has won praise from everyone with even the faintest appreciation of what has been going on in Soviet Russia. It is a familiar narrative, interspersed with facsimile posters and hand bills printed during the revolution. There are also a number of remarkable photographs as well as brilliant color- plates. Any one of the four books offered by the Labor Defense Council can be secured by selling a full $6 sheet of Ruthenberg Appeal Coupons and send- ing the money to the Labor Defense Council office, 166 W. Washington street, No. 307, Chicago, Illinois, to- gether with the name of the book de- sired and the address to which it should be sent. Slams His Assistants. * BOSTON, May 12.—Declaring that 45 out of the 21 transit men employed bn the street laying-out department are incapable, unambitious, and poor- ly educated, Street Commissioner John Noyes made the City Council sit up and take notice of the budget report on the floor at the time. A wage increase was proposed for the men and Noyes opposed it, claiming that the men made no efforts to advance. The men get $1,760 a year and were to be in- creased to $1,800. Tel. West Pullman 591 The Lion Store CHAS. A. GIROUX, Prop. Dry Goods, Shoes, Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishings \11625-27 Michigan Ave. Corner 117th and Michigan W. HANEMAN Wedding and Party Cakes Our Specialty 11740 South Michigan Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. ad The World Picture Co. At our new location 11509 S. Michigan Developing It’s the nting and World DeLuxe Qolarging Finish Phone Pullman 1075 STARTING LIGHTING IGNITION Phone Pullman 6926 HAHN’S GARAGE AUTO REPAIRING Storage and Accessories 11624 Michigan Avenue Chicago, Ill. EE ES Ee Ren ne Senn cot Sth Sith cl er tener ea Ns aces enc ree OA accom meee i |. L. PEARSON & CO. "] ss and Jewelers Phone Pullman 1541 11340 MICHIGAN AVENUE ERNEST A. MALMSTROM, “1 ii ornament pS EER RENE ast SE Sew Pett Bie B RS at BA Se Se SS A TB me RES > By DANIEL SPEHAR. BENWOOD, W. Va., May 12. — Readers of the DAILY WORKER will be surprised when they read this communi- cation from the neighborhood where the Wheeling Steel Cor- poration’s scab mine swallowed up 115 workers lives April 28, leaving eighty widows with three hundred small children in misery. President Isaac M. Scott, the strike- breaking head of the scab corporation said in the Wheeling News that the Benwood mine “is an old one” but “we have no idea how the gas de- veloped which caused the present ex. plosion.” In the Wheeling Register he says: “Fire boss J. J. Boyle made his usual inspection of the mine before the men started on their jill-fated journey to their working place.” The bulletin board at the millyard entrance of the slope reads: “Safe, April 28, 1924,” J. J. Boyle. Information secured April 30th by Wheeling Intelligencer reporters tends to confirm rumors and state- ments, by competent mine authorities, that the Benwood mine explosion, which cost the lives of more than 100 men Monday morning, was caus- ed by lack of mine inspection on the morning of the disaster. It is known positively, that the sup- posed J. J. Boyle fire boss and one of the victims, who is officially credit- ed with having inspected the mine on last Monday morning and marked it safe for working, was adtually Mathew V. Herron, and was employed by the company as fire boss at the Benwood mine without having had any previous experience which could qualify him to pass on such a matter of safety. His brother-inlaw, Mathew L. Craig, 236 Sycamore street, Pitts- burgh, Pa., who claimed the body of the Cooey-Bentz morgue last night, is authority as to the identity of Herron, alias Boyle. Craig told Intelligencer reporters last night Herron was in the employ of Department of Justice of the U. S. Government and that he had been in the employ of the government for the past eight years in the capacity of a special investigator. Made No Inspection By a careful check up of the actions of Herron on the morning of the fatal explosion, he did not make any in- spection of the mine, that he did not leave his rooming house, 723 Main street, Benwood, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Galb, until between 6:30 and 7 o'clock, and did not have time to make any inspection of the inter- ior of the mine, previous to the time he rode into the mine on the trip LAZAR & COMPANY Plumbing aod Heating Supplies PIPE CUT AND THREADED 11565 MICHIGAN AVENUE Phone Pullman 8656 CHICAGO Englewood Branch: 142-54 W. 63rd STREET Phone Wentworth 4159 So. Chicago Branch: 9275 S. CHICAGO AVE. Phone Saginaw 2889 PHONE PULLMAN 5863 Rose! Tobacco Co. Not Inc. HOLESALE AND RETAIL CIGARS, CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO Roseland 11356 MICHIGAN Ave. CHICAGO, IL! ROSELAND FISH MARKET ALL KINDS OF Fresh and Salt Water Fish and Oysters WHOLESALE AND RETAIL E. Wilhelmsen 11440 Michigan Avenue Phone Pullman 360 ALBERT J, BOCE MERCHANT TAILOR Suits to Order Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing on Short Notice 11813 MICHIGAN AVENUE Phone Pullman 2652 FRANK’S PLACE Union-made Cigars, Tobacco and Candies ~ 11737 $. MICHIGAN Phone Pull, 3086 |the United States, \ known, practically all is grown within - THE DAILY WORKER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STOOL, POSING AS FIRE BOSS, BLAMED FOR DEATHS OF BENWOOD MINERS How the use of a department of justice stool as a fire boss cost the lives of 115 miners employed by the Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation is told in this communication from a workingman at the soene-—Editor’ 's note. * * with the foreman, George Holliday, Sr. This theory confirms the statement made to The Intelligencer by Jerome Watson, chief of the Division of Mines of the State of Ohio, and in Benwood at the present time as the official re- presentative of the Ohio governor. Watson said at that time that no ac- cident of the kind would have hap- pened had a proper inspection of the mine been made prior to the men en- tering the mine. Herron left his home, Ninth and Chess, Monongahela, Pa., Sunday, April 20, and came to Benwood, ac- cording to Craig and confirmed by his landlady, who stated he engaged a room there Monday, April 21, He was employed as fire boss as shown by the officials list, furnished by the company entering the mine Monday morning. No Qualification For Job Credentials furnished the company by Herron were obviously such, as to warrant his employment by the com- pany. His brother-in-law, however, claims that he had no qualifications for this job and that he was here on a secret mission, Federal Secret Serv- ice. Friday night Matthew received a telephone call from Pittsburgh to meet certain operatives of the Secret Service Department on business which was naturally unknown to me, said Mr. Craig. “He spent Saturday and Sunday in Pittsburgh, but failed to meet his party. Late Sunday after. noon Herron came out to our house and gave me all the information I am now giving to you. The responsibility of his mission in Benwood must have weighed heavily on his mind, as he tried several times to tell me of it, but each time was interrupted by the entrance of members of the family.” Didn't Want to Return “He left Pittsburgh on the last train Sunday night, after remarking that he did not wish to return,” said Craig. His absence from Benwood over the week-end was borne out by Herron’s landlady, who said he returned to his room late Sunday night. He had left all jewelry and credentials with his brother-in-law. Craig showed several of these cre- dentials to Intelligencer reporters. Isaac M. Scott, you are guilty of murder. Why U. S. Thinks Filipinos Need Ruling—Rubber WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.— Vast tracts of land in which the soil is suitable for the establishment of rub- ber plantations have been located on territory within the possessions of the United States government by a party of investigators sent to the orient by the department of commerce, accord- ing to Mark Baldwin of the United States department of agriculture, who has just returned with the expedition, which he accompanied in the capacity of soil expert. These lands, now growing native grasses and timber, are located on the island of Minda- nao, in the southernmost large island of the Philippines, and adjacent small- er islands. Nearly 80 per cent of the rubber produced in the world is consumed in and, so far as 15 degrees latitude of the equator. The possession of this territory within the climatic range of possible rubber production offers an opportunity for United States capital to engage in one of the most important industries in territory within the restrictions of the big bosses’ government. t|Mellon Tax Bill Is Murdered By Congress; “Cal” May Use Veto WASHINGTON, May 12.—The sen- ate has passed the tax bill and sent it to conference with the hous As passed, the measure has virtu- ally no resemblance to the bill as re- ported by the senate finance commit- tee three weeks ago. All the important rate schedules in the Mellon plan were wiped out by the Democratic-Progressive coalition and the Democratic rates substituted for them. Silk Workers Idle NEW BEDFORD, Mass., May 12.— The National Spun Silk Company closed its plant recently, shutting out 1500 workers from employment. Gene- ral Manager Leonard J. Frieder said that the company might work on ajm four day week schedule. Phone Pull. 3577 Samuel Gorgodian SAM’S PLACE Cleaning and Dyeing 11451 So. Michigan Ave. Hats Cleaned and Blocked Shoe Shining Parlor FILIPINO LEADERS|22 THANK LOVESTONE FOR AID OF W. P, Express Abieeciation Of * ‘arr His Activities By JAY LOVESTONE. WASHINGTON, May 12—(By Mail). —"We certainly appreciate the help and publicity that the Workers party of America has given to our indepen- dence campaign,” said Manuel Que- zon and Osmena, two of the leading members of the new Philippine inde- pendence mission, to the writer. The present situation in the Philip- pines and the conditions leading up to the proposal of the house committee on insular affairs for a continuation of American sovereignty for 20 years longer were discussed at length in my conference with the Hon. Quezon, president of the Philippine house; the Hon, Osmena, speaker of the Philip- pine senate, and Filipino Resident Commissioner Guevara. Oppose Compromise. “We are opposed to the Fairfield measure with its twenty-year provi- sion. We are just as much in favor of genuine national independence now as we ever were and we do not believe that it can be fairly said that it would take anywhere near this time to ar- range for a transfer of sovereignty to the Filipino people. This is the only measure which we will accept. Such a transfer of sovereignty and an ar- rangement to have our people take over their own government would take at most only two years.” It was a reply to my question as to the attitude of the new freedom mis- sion towards the Fairfield proposal, that the Honorable.Quezon, who along with Osmena, Bnevara, Roxas, and Gabaldon constitute the leading polit- ical spirits of the Island today, de- clared the official position of ine Fil- ipino people in the above clear words. Workers Party Grcetrngs. Speaking in behalf of the Workers Party I assured the Filipino represent- atives that we would do all in our power to unite the working and farm- ing classes of the United States and the Philippines for the achievement of our common goal of complete free- dom from all exploitation and oppres- sion. In extending the greetings of welcome to the new Freedom Mission, the writer declared in part: “Allow me as the representative of the Workers Party of America which has been pursuing a vigorous cam- paign in behalf of complete genuine national freedom to greet you official- ly in the name of my organization. “I take this occasion to transmit to you our welcome and lay before you the attitude and policy of the Workers Party towards the heroic struggle for freedom that your brave people have been waging for many years. “The Workers (Communist) Party of America conducts its aggressive Filipino Freedom Campaign not as a matter of charity to your nation, but as a matter of duty to our own work- ing and farming classes to whose po- litical leadership we aspire and by whose welfare alone we are animated. “As followers of the Communist In- ternational, we believe that oppres- sion and exploitation of the masses anywhere is a menace to the freedom of the city and rural masses every- where. “It.is in this spirit that the Workers Communist Party is prepared to go all the way down the line, pursuing the most effective steps provided for in our special Filipino independence program, steps which will hasten the success of our common good, the free- dom of your people, and which will develop the solidarity of the working and poor farming classes of both coun- tries for their joint victory over their common enemy, the imperialist capi- talist ruling class.” Mission Representative. Not only is the new mission directed, by such able statesmen, experienced fighters for national freedom and de- termined opponents to American capi- talist imperialist aggrandizement as Quezon and Osmena, but it is repres- entative of all political parties and groups in the Island. One of the mem- bers of the mission is the Honorable Senator Ricco representing the Demo- cratic Party, which is the opposition political party in the Philippines, No matter what differences the various parties and groups may have, they are all united in their demand for com- plete national freedom, Able Moro Spokesman. Another member of the mission is H. Gulamer Rasul. He 1s the son of Senator Hadji Butu whom General ‘Wood appointed to represent Minda- nao in the Philippine Senate. He is the adopted son of the President Sul- tan of Sulu and strikes one as very able and energetic. 1 is an ardent advocate of im- ite Filipino freedom from the American capitalist government. He voices the great demand of the Moros for national freedom, The enthusiasm with which Mr. Rasul made his plea for national freedom belied decisively the repeated allegations of the Amer- ican employing class government and the kept press that the Moros are op- posed to the relinquishing of Amer- fcan souvereignty. Rasul declared: “The Moros want independence. We are not for a continuation of American control, We hate oppression and tyranny. For centuries we have held back the Spanish conquerors who have never been able to overpower meen |CUF archipelago. We have not drop- i RNS LOSES IN BATTLE WITH WHEELER BUT COOLIDGE WILL “TAKE CARE OF HIM,” SAYS TODD By LAWRENCE TODD. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 12.—Burns’ resignation was announced, on the very day that the documents gathered by Burns’ gunman of industry and head of the detective bureau in the department of justice, for the indictment of Wheeler in Montana were turned over to Senator Borah’s committee, and when Wheeler had taken the stand and categorically denied every one of the technical charges made against him by the Montana grand jury on Burns’ “evidence.” Burns quit, or was dismissed, before Senator Borah had had a chance to report to the Senate and the country the frame-up character of the attack on Wheeler and to publicly demand the dismissal of the braggart detective. It is assumed in Washington, on the face of the record thus far, that President Coolidge will see that his friend Burns is taken care of, in a busi- ness way, during the presidential campaign. service men will guard the life and* luggage of the chief executive, the republican national committee will provide funds for detectives for vari- ous political services, including the running down of clues to stories re- flecting on prominent democrats and progressives. This employment will balm the wounded pride of Burns, and prepare the way for a return to his normal activity as a strikebreaking expert. Large Order. It has been known to Wheeler’s friends that before he came to Wash- ington he had seen so much of the Daugherty-Burns interference on the side of big employers against labor— particularly in the instance of the rail- road shop strike—that he determined to do three things in the senate at the earliest possible moment. First, to break the reactionary control of the committee on interstate commerce. He did this by objecting to unani- mous consent to the election of Cum- mins as chairman of that committee and by forcing a long series of roll- calls that led to the choice of Smith, a democrat, by the combined votes of democrats and progressives. Second, to drive Harry Daugherty from his control of the department of justice, where law had been made a mockery. This he accomplished thru the investigation of the department, made possible by a- long fight on the floor in which democrats and progres- sives again joined forces. Third, to kick Burns, the gunman spy, out of the department, thereby serving notice to American labor and Hot Dogs Yelp As They Flee Before Detroit Rent Hogs DETROIT, Mich. May 12.—Many small business establishments have been driven to move out or quit busi- ness altogether by the general exorbi- tant rent increase here this spring. Even hot dog stands have been forced to close up. Some of the cases are pathetic. One sign on the Coney Island hot- dog stand on Laffalote near Mighigan avenue, pathetically demonstrates how the greedy rent hogs are forcing the small businesses into failure by the score. It says: “The End. Driven Out. We regret to announce that the landlord forces us out of business. We can renew our lease for 700 dollars per month. This is a 500 dollar a month boost, or 350 per cent. We will not lower our quality by buying much cheaper material. WE ARE THRU. We are quitting May Ist, 1924. We bid you all good-by, thanking our many cus- tomers and friends for their patron- age which made our small measure of success possible, a success which the landlord seems to enjoy.” As rents increase, unemployment and strikes are on the increase here, foretelling an acute industrial depres- sion in the near future, ped our love for freedom. The newspapers are reporting false- ly and misrepresenting the attitude and conduct of the Moros, tne non-Chris- tin" popalation of the Islands. Most of the little difficulty that has ever occurred has been instigated by the outsiders having special interests in giving the wrong impression of the situation to the American masses.” U. S. Capitalists Seek Rubber. The territory for whose inhabitants Rasul speaks is that section of the Philippine archipelago especially suit- ed to the cultivation of rubber. Gen- eral Leonard Wood has recently been making suspiciously frequent visits to this territory, ostensibly with the objective of keeping the Moros in or- der. However, many people take Gen- eral Wood's declaration with a grain of salt, particularly in view of the re- peated strong efforts being made by the Firestone Rubber Company, (as- sisted by Wood), cajole the native Filipino government into granting it a concession involving a huge tract of land so that the American capi- talist concern might raise a large quantity of rubber, In this dispute, in the unwillingness of the Filipino people to surrender their natural resources to the Amer- ican capitalists, lies the crux of the whole Philippine conflict. Can't Scab on the Lord. HAVERSHILL, Mass., 12.—Everett Martin discovered that he couldn't scab on the ministers by using the Lord’s Day for himself, even to build his own house, without becoming sus- ceptible to a $50 fine. Do you want to help the DAiLy WORKER? Then get a new sub- soriber, While government secret American farmers, that by control of the senate they could free themselves of individual tyrants or crooks in ad- ministrative offices. Wheeler Not Radical. Nobody should assume that the un- derlying business control of the Unit- ed States has dropped its determina- tion to destroy the junior senator from Montana. He will be attacked in proportion to the further damage he may do to the financial group that dominates railroads, banks, coal, steel, power and other closely organized industries. He is in no sense a radi- cal, any more than is La Follette. He is trying only to make the profit sys- tem in America work within a few rules which itself has announced. But so strong at present are the profiteers and so weak the masses of producers and consumers, as to political and so- cial control, that the rules have tacitly been declared off; corruption and de- flance of law in the amassing and ex- torting of money have become nation- wide. Wheeler thinks that he can drive the old parties back within the lines of law. He finds that he can at least win a few immediate objectives when he points out individuals as big offenders. His appetite for fighting has grown as he has gone ahead. It is because he has set an example which men more radica) m their eco- nomic views may adopt, that big bust- ness has, in a way, set a price upon his head. For the moment, however, the dem- ocrats and progressives are patting Wheeler on the back for his triumph over Cummins, Daugherty and Burns. Page Three 2,000 IDLE AS FIGHT I$ MADE ON STREET BIDS Brick Monopoly Is Threatened While war rages between John J. Sloan, president of the Chicago board of local improvements, and Peter §S. Shaughnessy, president of the Brick- layers’ union and a large sharehold- er in the Washington Construction company, 2,000 men are idle in the city, and the street improvement work involving $7,000,000 expenditures is held up. Sloan claims that he wants to break the Washington company’s monopoly on city street work and he has given the Mansfield avenue work to the Union Contracting Company, Arthur Wallace, a business agent of the painters’ union, is one of the officials of this concern. Say It With Bricks? The particular job involved is the construction of catch-basins and man- holes. Sloan promised that the new company, using concrete, would save the city considerable expense. Engi- neers and the bricklayers deny the possibility of saving this way, and the fight fares merrily. The bricklayers and excavators are prevented from working on the Union Construction job by union orders. In retaliation Sloan stopped the men from working on all other street jobs, including those on which the Wash- ington Company had the contracts. The 2,000 workers involved pro- test in vain to their union and to Sloan. They were just ready to make their days count after the idleness of the winter season. Coolidge Tells the Ladies, WASHINGTON, May 12.—Presidént Coolidge told the students of the “po- litical campaign school,” conducted by the League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia to give up looking for “ideal” candidates. Coo- lidge did not deny to the ladies that he was the “perfect president.” No one questioned him, How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. Phone Pullman 600 D. J. T. amminga & Son See STORE OF QUALITY” HARDWARE, PAINTS AND SEEDS 10816-18 Michigan Ave. ‘Chicago, Ilinois Phones: Office: Pull. 0691 Res.: Pull. 3157 L. LAROCCA AND SONS Real Estate, Loans and Insurance 11600 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. Mi Office Phone: Pullman 7600 Notary Public FRED P, JAGOBITZ & COMPANY Real Estate Loans, Insurance and Renting 11343 Michigan Avenue Chicago, III. =: FOR RENT In corner building, Office Rooms Suitable for DENTISTS, BEAUTY PARLORS, etc., At 11906-08 S. Michigan. Inquire at HANEMAN'S BAKERY, 11749 S. 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