The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 14, 1924, Page 2

Ttls 100 PerCent Brand S aeae es Page Two STATE POLICE BACKBONE OF DRIVE FOR WAR of Americanism The “state constabulary of| Ulinois,” a private corporation) which claims to exist as a “law enforcing body,” in reality has as one of its chief functions the establishment in this country of an autocratic militarism. The. ‘state constabulary of Tilinois was the backbone of the Chicago mobilization day pro- gram of Sept. 12, over 2,500 members of the constabulary taking part in the military exercises. The state constabu- lary furnished the largest dele- gation to honor militarism of any participating organization. Looks Like “Skin Game.” On the surface the state constabu- lary looks like any ordinary “skin game.” There is the same Dlustering trade magazine, the “Constabulary News,” which holds the membership together by boosting the organization. There is the same “good-fellowship” spirit which officers of the organiza- tion try to promote by banquets and meetings. However, less than one tenth of the membership of the state constabulary ds the metings and social funo- tions, the DAILY WORKER is in- formed. Most of the members of the state constabulary, as explained in the first article, are members of the Ku Klux Klan who joined in order to use the organization as a tool. Those Chicago politicians and large financial interests which back the constabulary. allow the officers of the organization to carry on their petty graft, to charge members $24.50 for nothing, because the employers know that when they need the constabulary to put over a job, the constabulary will respond. Such was the case on September 12. “Rain or shine, the 318th depart- ment of constabulary cavalry, the 465th department of constabulary field artillery and the official band of the fay, constituting 2,087 of the 2,500 men that president James R. Howes, has promised to have on the drill field at Grant Park, Sept. 12, will report for duty, by the orders of mobilization is- sued early last. week.” Such runs the ‘call of the state colistabulary for its mombers to take part in mobilization flay. It Heads the List. “Newspaper clippings from all over the state eoncerning Defense Day have arrived at the executive offices and in all, where civilian participation is men- . tioned, the department of constabulary heads the list. But there is a reason, @ larger number of men will represent the constabulary than those sent from apy other organization — commercial, political, or patriotic.” “What the department of constabu- lary will do on that day,” the state- ment, written under the title, “The Member's Duty,” further states, “will be entirely up to the members. If the department of constabulary is to be lauded as patriotic to its country and law abiding, there must be a demon- stration of its patriotism.” In all these statements of the “de- Partment of constabulary,” not even a Communist Open Air Meetings in Ghicago Tuesday, Oct. 14, _, Wilton and Belmont — Auspices of North Side English Branch. Speakers: D._E. Earley and others. Division and Washtenaw—Auspices of lorthwest Y. W.‘L.. branches. Speakers: m. F. Kruse and others, W. 1th and 49th Ct—Auspices of Cleero Lithuanian, branches. Speakers: George’ Maurer and others. Wednesday, Oct. 15, ‘82nd and Halsted—Auspices of Lithu- anian branches. Good speakers. Thursday, Oct. 16. 47th and Ashland—Auspices of Polish ich. akers: D. E, Polish comrade. Roosevelt and Marshfield—Auspices of Good speakers, Barley and ¥. W. L. branch. LABOR TROOPS CLASH WITH TROOPS OF MERCHANTS IN CANTON STREETS (Special to The WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Serious volunteer corps and Sun Yat Sen's labo ton on Saturday, General Douglas Jenkins reported to the state department today. Ten or fifteen were killed, and as | reported that practically all of the stores In Canton are closed and that many streets are barricaded. The situation, fighting seems probable. STATE CONSTABULARY IS NOT A PART OF STATE GOVERNMENT The “state constabulary of Illinois,” contrary to the general impression, is not a part of the state government, | but\is a private corporation. The state constabulary, claiming 28,000 mem- bers, is composed almost wholly of members of the Ku Klux Klan. This issue contains the second of | a series of three articles by Karl | Reeve, exposing the state constabu- | lary as the tool of the Ku Klux Klan, of the employers who are trying to | stir up militarism, and of cheap Chi- | cago politicians.| The state constabulary was found- | ed many years ago under a law per- | mitting private citizens to apprehend | criminals in the commission of crime. Members of the state constabularly have to pay $24.50 in return for which they receive permission to carry a gun and a tin star. The star gives the members no more rights ‘than a private citizen, and the gun permit\ costs only a few dollars. In the fifst article Comrade Reeve showed how the state constabularly aids the Ku Klux Klan to perpetrate its lawlessness. Glenn Young and over 200 Herrin Klansmen, some of whom took part in the recent Klan murders in Herrin, are members of the state constabulary. In this article Reeve tells of the activities of the state constabulary in stirring up militarism for the em- ployers. pretense is made. of doing anything for the workers. On the contrary, it is constantly stressed that “the busi- ness man must be protected.” “The membership has grown,” states a full page advertisement in the Constabu- lary News, “until today there are 28,- 000 members in the state of Illinois who are attempting to prevent the criminal from robbing the small busi- ness man. They are doing their duty.” “Like an armed band ‘of criminals taking away our life and property, like vermin, difficult of. control, yet noxious and destructive is pacifism,” states the department of constabulary. “The preservation of peace thru the preparation for war and a preparation to insure lasting peace, as well as to test the patriotic sentiment of the country is the entire cause of the pro- gram of he Defense Day in a nut- shell, These tin-horn pacifists who call themselves anti-gun-toters can bend themselves into anti-anything. They will do nothing to help the small business man or citizen to protect his life and insure property against loss.” It is 100 Per Cent. The department of constabulary is admittedly an organization which pro- motes 100 per cent Americanism, which promotes militarism to protect the business men and insure property against loss. It does the bidding of the Ku Klux Klan, of which it serves as an auxiliary, and promotes the poli- tical advance of crooked politicians. The thugs and criminals of Chicago, as is well known to newspaper men, use the organization to buy gun per- mits. These gun permits are sold by the department of constabulary at an exhorbitant price and many of the guns are used in the commission of crime. The department of constabu- lary is permitted to sell gun-permits for $24.50 because it drums up militar- istic spirit at the bidding of the cap- italist class. Strike for Ralse, Accept Cut. SHREVEPORT, La., Oct. 13—Two hundred Shréveport employes of the U. 8. Sheet and Window Glass Co,, who struck for a 10 per cent increase in wages are back on the job again. Officials of the corporation convinced a committee that business condidtions were badly depressed, so the employ- es accepted a five per cent reduction. In Chicago “EXPOSED” » EVERY DAY BY THE OFFICIAL “RED” CHICAGO DAILY The Daily “The National Labor Daily” On Sale at News Stands in Chicago 3c Worker Dally Worker) fighting between the merchants’ i troops occurred on the Rund in Can- many wounded. The consul general he reported, appears tense and more UNITED STATES DOUGH BUYING GERMAN BRAINS Zeppelin Costly Symbol of Morgan’s Power LAKEHURST, N. J., Oct. 13-—The crew, of the naval air station here were “standing by” today for the ar- rival of the dirigible ZR-3 on Wednes- day from Friedrichshafen, Germany. Four hundred sailors and marines are ready to seize the mooring lines of the world’s largest rigid airship and “warp” her into her hangar. To Score John Bull. After the ZR-3 becomes an official part of the United States navy, she will make a trans-oceanic flight, prob- ably to England sometime before Christmas, according to Lieut. Com- mander Jos. M. Deem, executive of- ficer at the Lakehurst aviation field. As. soon as the huge airship has been refilled with helium to replace the inflamable hydrogen she now contains she will cruise over the country with passengers and mails in a number of test flights, commander Deem said. The twenty-eight members of the German crew will stay at the station until after certain trial flights have been made. After these tests have been concluded the greater part of the crew will return to Germany leav- ing behind a few mechanics and en- gineers to familiarize the American airmen here with the Maybach en- gines with which the ZR-3 is equipped. Zeppelin Is Wet. BERLIN, Oct. 13.—All stories to the effect that the ZR-3 was “dry” on her trans-Atlantic voyage were dis- posed today by monster advertise- ments in the German newspapers ‘to- day of champagne. Firms boasting that the dirigible carried cases of their brand of wine. In this case, the “dry” can only mean dry champagne. ee 6 MORTA, Azores, Oct. 13.— The ZR-3 is now out over the Atlantic, haying travelled more’ than~ 1,700 miles since leaving Friedrichshafen, Germany, yesterday morning. I. W. W. Delegates : Meet in Chicago in One Convention (Continued from Page 1.) at the Phoenix Hall for two o’clock in the afternoon. Go Into Executive Session. At Phoenix Hall the convention was called to order by one of the dele- gates. The delegates were seated in the center of the hall and the officers and the members of the I. W. W. sat in the back and along the sides. The only ones partaking in the convention with voice or vote were the delegates themselves. In the side seats were seen Joe Fisher and Tom Doyle, but the injunctionites did not put in an appearance. As soon as the convention was call- ed to order they went into executive, session excluding all outsiders, in- cluding reporters, from the meeting. The question arose whether the re- porter from the DAILY WORKER should be permitted te remain and after speeches from several of the delegates, it was decided not to per- mit any but their own members at this closed session. Injunction Menace Not Removed. Meanwhile, the threat of split is still hanging over the I, W. W. and the menace of the injunction is not removed. This results from the in- sistence of the‘ lumber workers’ dele- gates who, after refusing to meet with the other delegates, went into convention at 180 W. Washington St., at 9 o'clock in the morning, yester- day. There were seven of these, and with them an unrecognized delegate from the building construction workers and a delegation from the Bowerman fac- tion of the metal machinery workers. P. J. Wellinder of the lumber work- ers was elected temporary chairman but when a motion carried that this group constitute the 16th general con- vention of the I. W. W., Wellinder, and one other lumber workers’ dele- gate, bolted the meeting \and declar- ed that they were going with the oth- er delegates. When our reporter call- ed at 180 W. Washington St., later in the morning, there was no meeting end no delegates anywhere in sight. The delegates at the Phoenix Hall thus far have shown good judgment. in taking the initidtive to correct this trouble which is one more threat at working class unity. Cotton Workers’ Wages Slashed. PITTSFIELD, Mass., Oct. 13.— Wage reductions amounting to 12% per cent are posted for the workers in the Renfrew Manufacturing Co., makers of cotton goods. About 1200 workers are affected. THE DAILY WORKER DAILY WORKER REPORTER SEES DAVID, PRINGE Lives on Ham, Egg and Liquor Diet By Ye Olde’ Sovlete Editore. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) The Stock Yards, Oct. 13.—“Pigs |, will be pigs.” .Thus grunted Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer and entertainer \ in chief to His Royal Highness, Bd- ward Albert Christian George Patrick David, etc., Prince of Wales and heir to the crown of England, Liverpool and thé North of Hireland, as the young prince dove into a plate of ba- con and eggs which was served to him on a silver platter by a dozen husky, fumigated bootleggers from the. “Val- ley,” specially dragooned for the oo casion: Pig-Hen Alliance. Whatever it cost the packer Swift to put up the prince for the day will come back to him one hundred fold in the increased sales of ham. Unless the hens go on a general strike, a com- bination of pork and chicken, modi- fied; will make a fortune for the os- teopaths and raw food enthusiasts. , Six’ months on a straight diet of ham and eggs should send our ruling class flying for relief to the enemies of cooked food in general and meat proteins in particular. But before the wealthy admirers of the Prince of Wales are knocked egg- less, so to speak, a.considerable dent will be made in the 1924 census. Per- haps it is a dirty English trick to kill off the American bourgeoisie with ham and eggs so that the slipping British aristocracy may have room to live when Trotsky’s prediction comes true. (Read last week’s magazine supple- ment of the DAILY WORK.) Lucky Burglar. : The prince has more aliases than an up-to-date burglar, but what a burg- lar he is? The people come to. him begging to be robbed of everything. It appears the franchise has not ac- complished everything promised for the women by. the Alice Pauls. It left the brain enjoying the status quo. But then there are women and women just as there are men and men. There| are working class women and para- Sites. That is the big difference that Alice Paul could not see. But to return to the prince. Ye Olde Societe Editore had not much difficulty in getting quite close. to H. R. H. How didjhe do it? Leave it to him. But you should worry how your humble scribe cegded in -getting the material for a darn good story. Acted Like Labor Faker. Edward was rather peeved’ on see- ing a newspaperman and on learning my identity he almost fainted. “This ‘bounder will not leave aiiything un- told,” he cried to the bootlegger. “His stuff about my Long Island trip was hawfull. I simply wifl not rec- ognize him.” It was beginning to look bad for me, but thé bootlegger, who was a member of the Friends of Irish Free- dom, growled: “If this guy gets no interview, Your Royal Highness may whistle for his booze. Not as“much as would make the eye of a humming bird blink can be released in this town without my consent. You talk or all the rabbis in Chicago could not wet your windpipe.” This worked. The prince became quite affable. His Grasp Wonderful. “What do you think about the pros- pects of the tory party in the British elections?” was my first question. “I quite agree with Honorable Percy Hootmon, that the Reptile’s Crawl is getting out of fashion. For my own part I prefer the Elephant’s Shuffle. I intend to introduce it into England this season—if I have time.” \. “The readers of the DAILY WORK-' ER would like to know what you think of the Chinese question.” “You must pardon me, but I never look after my laundry. My Chamber- lain does all that kind of thing you know.” , “What do you intend to do with your time when you are king, in the event of such an event taking place during your lifetime?” I asked. Left it to Mac. “I am really not at liberty to dis- cuss such a distressing subject, as all my statements are written for me by the Honorable Ramsay MacDonald, but unofficially, as’ Lord Renfréw, I might hazard the observation that in the event of my succeeding to the throne, I would place Lord Philip Snowden or Baron MacDonald—I in- tend to so honor charge of}. the King’s Hou and I would commute regularly to Long Island. Your liquor has @ wonderful kick to it and so have your girls. They are—”" Prince Kept Moving. At this moment I was seized rough- ly by thugs employed by the society girls who were cramps and chills waiting to get warmed up on the ball room floor, i * forces o' Rank and File Balks Plot to Deliver F. L. P. ern States Power company, the Minne- sota subsidiary of power trust with headquarters in New bed City; the telephone was donated tution, party pledges had been sent to all candidates. signed and returned by‘all candidates|the turning out of the lights, an at- with the exception of Oscar Keller and| tempt to intimidate the delegates were Frank Starkey who had both refused, N St. Paul Labor Reveals Black Reaction That Is Supporting La Follette By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TPODAYs LaFollette is out in the grain and corn belt on the west_gide of the Mississippi Valley. Let every farmer, in every audience that he addresses, ‘demand of the Wisconsin senator an explanation of the crime that his loyal henchmen tried to commit against the Farmer- Labor Party in Minnesota. * The DAILY WORKER today publishes the story of how the LaFollette political gangsters tried to deliver the Ramsay County (St. Paul) Farmer-Labor forces into the hands of the most corrupt elements—the O'Connor gang—in the de- mocratic party, now without a home of its own, J * * * * LaFollette is telling his audiences that his campaign fund is small because of the meager contributions coming in from “the people.” His St. Paul headquarters, however, pom to have established valuable connections. Note these ‘acts: The offices of the St. Paul LaFollette headquarters, with a $375 per month rental, are donated by the Hamm Brew- ing Company. The office furniture is the contribution of the “open shop” Louis F. Dow Co., scab office supply dealers, whose printers have been on strike for two years. i Heat and light is the donation of the Northern States Power Co., Minnesota subsidiary of the Byllesby power mon- opoly, with headquarters in New York The. Bell Telephone trust supplies the phone. , The democratic state headquarters furnishes the steno- grapher, THIS IS THE ST.. PAUL HEADQUARTERS OF LA- FOLLETTE, THE SELF-CONFESSED, BATTLER OF TRUSTS; TAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PHONE AND POWER COMBINES. * . e & All these facts the black reactionist, Frank T. Starkey, LaFollette agent in the St. Paul labor movement, tried to hide from the rank and file of the workers. It was this same LaFollette agent, Starkey, who did his utmost to disrupt the June 17 National Farmer-Labor Conference, held at St. Paul, carrying out the Gompers-La- Follette peer of seeking to divide and destroy the militant the workers demanding class political action; Starkey failed on June 17. He led alone bolt. His corrupt leadership received another blow on Sunday when the rank and filers, at the meeting of the Ramsay County Farmer-Labor Federation, repudiated him and his. outfit. The rank and file of the workers handed the double-dealing LaFollette campaign a black eye, and the job performed was a good one. ° ° e e Labor in St. Paul has shown that it is not blinded by the LaFollette illusion. It has shown that it. will not willingly “Submit to the LaFollette betrayal. It is now the plain duty of the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly to endorse the action of the Ramsay County Farmer-Labor Federation, especially in removing its offices from the subsidized La- Follette headquarters, and returning them to the Labor Temple, where they belong. The best time to fight for the class party is during the campaign. The alliances that the LaFollette forces are making, in’Minnesota, in Montana, everywhere, best show the naturé of the movement that is backing the Wisconsin senator. % * * In New York State the LaFollette campaign is the sup- porter of Al Smith, the Tammany ‘Hall governor, who has accepted John Wallstreet Davis, the Morgan lawyer. In Illinois the LaFollette boosters are urging Len Small for re-election as governor. Small is a republican and stands back of the candidacy of “The Strikebreaker’’ Coolidge. In Montana, the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket fights the Farmer-Labor Party and hopes ‘for the re-election of U. S. Senator Walsh, permanent chairman of the national.demo- cratic convention. And in Minnesota the LaFollette forces ally themselves with the O’Connor democrats, bitter enemies of the class party of the workers and farmers, and allies, in every crisis, of the bankers, landlords and grain gamblers in the republi- can party. cr poe e ° ° That is the situation is only four states. It is duplicated to greater or less extent, in every state in the nation where the LaFollette campaigners are active. It is a-sordid picture. It presents a black outlook. But it is the inevitable result when the workers allow their strength to be dissipated among the political expressions of the propertied interests, whether led by Coolidge, Davis or LaFollette. ’ f, J ° e ° The only clear working class note in this presidential campaign is sounded by the Communists. al , In St. Paul the rank and file of the Farmer-Labor Feder- ation repudiated the LaFollette offering, Oscar Keller, re- publican candidate for congress in the fourth district. These workers endorsed the candidate of the Farmer- Labor Party, J. F. Emme, a Communist, selected in the rimaries. bs ' ms Minnesota’s workers move forward in spite of their misleaders. Labor gg pe for the class fight in spite of the LaFollette betrayal. Labor struggles, thru its own efforts, for its own emancipation. ae Ito the labor temple and not to accept any more favors from public utility corporations or scab business firms. The report of the committee was unanimously adopted by the 185 dele- gates remaining in tHe meeting, twen- ty-one having bolted with Starkey, The executive board was instructed to to Democratic Party (Continued from page 1) ie H. M. Byllesby the Bell Telephone combine; the office stenographer was loaned from| gress and endorsing the full farmer: ‘These had all been Tuesday, October 14, 1924 ORGAN BACKS WRONG STEED IN CHINESE WAR Wu's Troops Knocked for a Row of Pigtails (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, Oct. 13.—The cen- tral. government is panic- stricken over the continued vic- tories of General Chang Tso- Lin over the Wu Pei Fu armies. The Manchurian war lord is confidently marchIng on Peking and nothing short of a miracle can prevent him from reaching his goal. Wu forces are desert- ing tothe winner. Chang’s victory is looked on with considerable misgivings in British and American capitalist circles. They bet on Wu Pei Fu and they are now realizing that they backed the wrong horse. Japan is chuckling. ‘Chang is the Mikado’s man, but the dol- lar is mightier than the yen, Playing With Lives, Already signs are not wanting that American agents are beginning to pave the way for a deal with Chang. England is playing second fiddle to the United States in the devious diplo macy that plays with the lives of mil- lions as tho they were only so many chips ‘on a poker table, The Wu Pei Fu victory over the Shanghai defenders is not considered of more than temporary importance. If Chang continues to sweep on at the present rate, this gain will not make much difference in determining the result of the war. - Left For Tokyo. The Shanghai defenders left for Japan after deciding they could no longer hold out against Wu Pei Fu and his American and English allies. General Chang’s second army ad- vancing thru the great wall threatens to cut Wu’s line and capture the Chih- lian fleet. Wu is reported to have taken the field to lead his demoraliz- ed armies in person. Soviet For Masses. Soviet Russia is not playing with any of the reactionary generals. The Workers’ Republic expresses its own open sympathy with the people of Chi- na and the cordial greetings given to the soviet consuls and ambassador shows what a deep hold the Soviet government has upon the minds of the Chinese masses. id bd SHANGHAI, Oct. 13—As American marines and those of other nationali- ties stood guard about the internation- al settlement tonight, news came that fighting of the most intense charac- ter was continuing at Huang Tu, Liu- ho and Kiating, despite the surrender and flight of Lu Yung Hsiang and Ho Feng Li, Chekiang leaders. The Che- kiang forces, commanded by Chwang Tse Ping, have refused to surrender. More than 100 wounded arrived here tonight. There are already 3,500 in the hospitals. : An attempt to re-open the railway line to Nanking will be made tomor- row. Only a small garrison awaits the ar- rival of the Kiangsu conquerors at Lung Hua arsenal, everything port- able having been removed. Filer Plans to Quit. TOKYO, Oct. 13.—It was announced today that Major Zanni, Argentine round the world fiyer, expected to abandon his flight here. Zanni, who ar- rived Saturday at Kasumigaura flying field, has been honored here by a con- tinuous round of fetes. J UFEWU.S. AIS JOST ONE MURDER TRIAL AFTER ANOTHER-MAYBE 2 GENEVA, Ill, Oct. 13. — The state’s effort to show that Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer-hortloulturist, Is sane and legally responsible for the murders of his wife, Lina, and her brother, Byron Shoop, was resumed today with eight lay witnesses and three experts scheduled to take the stand to picture the confessed bu- ther-slayer not as a hopeless imbecile as the defense has called him, but as a man of exceptional mentality, a shrewd, intriging murderer. 7. MIDDLESBURG, Pa. Oct. 13— ‘Spurned by her acqaintances, reject- ed by her friends, condemned by the casual curious, Mrs. Annie Willow, 38, alleged to have driven 18-year old Ralph Shadel to the brutal mur- der of her husband today faced the state’s grim demand for explation —death In the electric chair, 7, © ‘ MOUNT VERNON, III, Oct. ’ , Murder indictments by next nesday will be returned j‘ Reverend Lawrence Hi une frocked minister of Ina, 44 rs Elsie Sweetin, confessed “love pac polsoners of their respective rt by the Jefferson county which convened hi made r i ;