The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1925, Page 1

NEW YORK EDITION Vol. Il. No. 23. AS WE SEE IT By T.J, O'FLAHEATY. ENERAL DAWES has come out of his retirement and he here- with makes a statement that ia sure to set political tongues wagging for several weeks to come. Hell An’ Ma- via does not want to become the con- fidante of Silent Cal, because forsooth he might learn things about the presi- dent that would feel uncomfortable in the géneral’s stomach. Now, what has the general in mind? Is he going to make a bid for the presidency in 1928? It is announced that the’ gen- eral quit the presidency of the Min- ute ‘Men of ‘the Constitution, an or: ganization that consists chiefly of Hell an’ Marie and his white collar slaves. SUBSCRIPTION: RATES: Parasites Entertain the White Guardist At least a dozen former officers: of “Baron” Wrangel’s white guard count: er-revolutionary army, which. was whipped and driven out of Soviet Russia by the Russian people, are working in Chicago, plotting counter. revolution, it was learned from “Ba- In Chicago, by mall, $8.00 per year. | Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. SECOND BIG SHIPMENT OF ANTI-DIPHTHERIA SERUM OFF FOR NOME | Gpectat to The Dally Worker) SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4.—Des- tined for diphtheria stricken Nome, a shipment. of 1,000,000 units of antitoxin was placed aboard the steamship, Admiral Watson, which sailed today for Seward. This is |}, the second huge shipment of serum dispatched to Nome in the last four days by Dr. G. M. Magruder, in charge of public health service here. meda, The first consignment, sent Sat- urday aboard the steamer, Ala- was expected to reach Fair- banks. Monday, when Roy Darling will attempt to rush a part of it to SATURDAY, FE ARY 7, RLAIN'S BLOC Fiarch May xplosion ‘Is not impossible the Greek patri- jople may cause i@ Balkans, involv- ince. rnment is per- rence recently Cause . PARIS, eb. that the exp arch from © a severe crisis ing Engiand 4 The French turbed over @ ~ 1925 <<a? Lose Their Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKIR PUBLISHING CO,, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! sy Price 3 Cents Chicago, Il. 5,000 More Miners Jobs (Special to Sto The Dally \ Dally Worker) WEST FRANKFORT, Iil., Feb, 5.—Five thousand min- ers at Johnston City will be out of employment after Feb. 7, according to announcement today by the Old Ben mine of- ficials that their mine No. 18, would suspsnd operations on that date. Officials said they were forced to close down the mine because there was no market for their coal, which they say contains too much fine coal. GERMAN TEXTILE BOSSES TRY MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, WILL SOON SEE BOLSHEVIKS Meeting on = Pride, 2 13th at Labor Hall ee 8 rohess” Wranget’s party here yester- N held between jentatives of Bul- i lome by airplane. . ] W V ‘Special The Daily Worker} REMIER HERRIOT compromised | day. . The voit i be sent overland |&2tia, Roumani@ ~Jugo-Slavia and TO cU AGES, EXCUSE GI EN aera i thos with’ the éxtréme right wing| ‘Mrs. Wrangel, who is in Chicago by dog teams from Nenana, so some | Greece at which plans for: mutual ac- : 4 N, Ie, , e element on the question of the Vati- éan embassy, by allowing a French diplomatic agent to represent Alsace Lorraine at the papal palace. One of the. strongest defenders of the catholics was the renegade Briand. Tho socialists voted for the compro- mise. In view of the strength of the right wing elements and the split among tho left bloc elements it is not nulikely that Herriot will b¢ kicked out of office shortly, Brian is gunning for the job. “a8 'HE Soviet government has allot ted more land for Jewish agricul tural colonies along the shores of the. Black Sea. Under. the czar the Jews .were persecuted in- Russia. They were the victims of pogroms. «warried out by the black hundreds, thoprototypes of our American klux- ers and American legions. Under So- viet rule, the Jewish workers and peasants are enjoying liberty and the privilege of putting their mental and physical energies to work in building up a new social order. + 48 NE of the most popular events of the season in Chicago is the Red Revel which will be held this year, on Feb. 28, >in Women’s West End Club Hall,.37 South Ashland Ave. corner of Monroe, It will be @ mas- lowing in our fo The groups And individual costumes will repre: sent the class struggle, persons in the public light or important incidents. This is a tip to those of you who have not secured a ticket, to get one. 8 ® RITAIN now wants to put France under a Dawes plan. In the meantime ‘French politicians are roundly denouncing the suggestion that they pay the several billions France owes to the United States. ‘This money was loaned to France when the German armies threatened to capture Paris, Wall Street lined up with London and Paris against Ger- many. The Wall Street government that was so loud in its praise ,of “gal- | lant France” when it fought the kais- | er’s gray armies, is now demanding its money back. The war was strictly business proposition. eee a|longer able to live in luxury by ex- raising money for her husband’s re- fugee troops in Europe, had given the reporters a short interview, at the Potter Palmer mansion, 1350 Lake Shore Drive, during which she’ told of the need for money to care for the white guard troops. “ ‘Baroness’ Wrangel cannot see Te- porters during the remainder of her stay in @hicago,” Miss Rossay, who has charge of the arrangements for he ex-Baroness’ Chicago yjsit, told le DAILY WORKER. “She leaves ‘hicago Saturday morning, to con- inue her tour to raise funds.” Against Russian Workers When asked whether Mrs, Wrangel ‘till had hopes of overthrowing the soviet government by force, her Chi- ago secretary said, “No, not until the sovernment wears itself out. “She believes the Soviet~ govern- ment will wear itself out. ‘Baron’ Wrangel is somewhere in Burope, ‘xeeping his exact whereabouts un- <nown. His troops are scattered, but rot disbanded. I, learned yesterday chat ten officers of ‘Baron’ Wrangel’s army are working here in Chicago.” Czarists Visit Her These “officers,” it is declared, have visited the ex-Baroness, during her stay in Chicago, no doubt to tell her of the propaganda they have been try- ing to spread in Chicago against the one government. The emer 0 _ who’ 30 for Gf Soviet Russia. ‘Among the former officers of the white guard armies who’ fought against the Workers of Russia, backed by French and English capital, and who are now plotting counter-revolu- tion in Chicago, are “general” Yuseffo- wich, “colonel” Bregin, “colonel” Li- sovoij, and a czarist “officer,” who claims to be “duke” Shujskij, but who uso is known under another name, These ex-aristocrats are working in the Ford assembling plant, the Crane Manufacturing works, and the Mc- Cormick Harvester works, according to Russian workers. Plot Against Soviets It was this little group of former Russian aristocrats, who found them- selves helpless when they were no ploiting the workers and peasants of Soviet Russia, who arranged the re- will be available in case the air- plane trip ends in disaster. All of the antitoxin which went today, is expected to be sent by dog team, as the public health service is dubious »of the flight’s success. age at the te ictntty “when Brig. Gen. 4 i Sige adjutant’ general of ek STATE TROOPS 6 DAYS LATE JOIN RESCUE EFFORT Strike Would Have Got Quicker Action CAVE CITY, Ky.,-Feb. 5.—All ef- forts to rescue Floyd Collins by means of the tortuous, twisted pass- into Sand Cave in a pocket of which he has lain imprisoned by a boulder for six days, were abandoned here today. Under orders from Gen. H. H. Den- hardt, commandant of the military area established at Sand Cave, the tunnel thru which Collins entered wag closed and sealed and work or sink- ing a two foot shaft to the spot where vad been estimated Collins den was ; d immediately. . anit‘took charge of the situation. Gudtdsmen were posted at strateg- ic pofnts along the cliffs overlooking the cave’s entrance and scores of ap- parently idly curious who for days have*roamed at will about the scene, hindering the rescue work aud bring- ing chaos to a situation already tense from’ nerves strained alomost to snap- ping point, today met-crisp, military challenges. Rescue Work Organized. Admission was denied to all except workers and newspapermen and what yesterday had been upwards of 100 cave entrance today had dwindled to a scarce dozen. ized rescue work and maintenance was under way apparently for the Organ- were discussed; Balkan Bloc. it the recent visit tion against ides the Anti-So- Was announéed by iments. Francé now an Anti-French utralizing, {Con stantinople and plating it under the jurisdiction of the gue of nations. This would be to turning it over to’Britain, Ji 2 and Roumania favor this cc any such attempt to di rope would hay the peace of Herriot attempt to it Bessarabia in tion with a the border. warns that, an Turks out of Eu- astrous effects on mania that an ‘key would leave r delicate posi- army hovering on ny. préaiice of Nueva Ecija to inter- vene on behalfoof the landowners. The constabulary officers charge that “labor organizations” have en- couraged tenants to storm rice plantations an@« confiscate their of the crops. The !andowners were said to haye refused to give the men their share, claiming the tenants owed debts contracted the previous season. . U.S. GOVERNMENT “ARBITRATOR” AIDS WAGE CUTS Breaks Textile Strike for OF “CHEAP AMERICAN LABOR” | NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Word from Gera and’ Greiz cotton manufacturing | districts in Germ iany indicates that German workers may lose their demanded | wage increases because of the widespread wage reductions in New England | mills. German textile workers announce that they will fight any attempt of manifacturers to reduce their wages on the excuse that they must meet American competition. | German workers say they will strike if the wage advances agreed upon | in December negotiations are not carried out. RICH GREEK OFFERS FUNDS IF GRECO-TURK WIRKERS WILL FIGHT ATHENS, Feb. 5.—Popular opinion was being constantly fanned today toward war with Turkey. A movement has been started to raise a volunteer army and many former officers are identifying themselves with it, One wealthy Greek has issued a bombastic circular, promising he will | STONE SPITE OF BITTER ATTACK ferences with the French and British ministers claims it is his wish to avoid war. Some significance was attached to the announcement at this time by the jL. R. R, Serbian minister ‘that Serbia was concluding a military treaty with Greece. The Turkish reply tothe Greek aa Ss the threat of new expuls! wit Shipping interests are worried over the safety of Greek vessels in. the Black Sea. Owners are. ordering their ships home and holding up any scheduled sailings for Turkey. oe Communists War on War; 20 Arrested (Special to The Daily Worker) ATHENS, Feb. 5.—Twenty Greek Communists were ar- rested here today charged with inciting to civil war against the threatening war between Greece Constantinople. Premier Michalakoupolos after con- Accused of Persecuting Montana Senator or \< spec. | tacle almost without parallefin the ‘legislative history of the senate was presented today when the acrimoni- ous warfare over the appointment of Attorney General Harlan F. Stone, to the supreme court was carried into the open on the senate floor. | The appointment will be confirmed i by a large majority, it is expected, but only after he has been subjected to savage oratorical attacks because of his conduct of the conspiracy case against Senator Burton K. Wheeler, democrat, of Montana, At the very moment the senate is meeting to consider the appomtment, a District of Columbia grand jury also | meets a few blocks away to consider evidence designed to re-indict the Montana senator on charges of con- spiracy to defraud the government of valuable oil leases. Wheeler's friends, among them Sefator Thomas J. Walsh, democrat, of Montana, accus- This is one of the oldést towns in Iowa state but has failed to keep pace With the towns who have coal minea or gypsum rock in their locality. It has grown, but only as the farm landa have developed and to serve their needs. It has something like sixty small fattories employing about three |thousand workers, and the M, & St, shops about 1,000. They jalso claim the largest steel furnace plant in the world. Lots of Sinners, The population is about 16,000 and they boast of twenty-two churches; many of them inassive structures, The visitor is impressed with them and can think of nothing but 40 times 40, the number of churches in the Moscow of the czar, This does not include the salvation army, gospel mission, etc., which are all represent- ed, as are also the various creeds patronized by the Negroes. There surely must be many sinners in Mar- shalltown. Bossed and Preached At. This small town is bossed by threes or four men. Their daily newspaper, which they boast is the largest in the country for a city of its size, is owned by one of the richest men in own; he is a “democrat” in politics but a reactionary republican editor! He controls the Lenox Furnace com- pany, the largest employer of labor. the failroad.. tops, end is also a big landowner. During tle railroad shopmen's strike the friendly merchants could be counted on one hand. Thore is a commission form of municipal gov- ernment here, and the mayor, who is {a doctor and colonel in the medical corps, tries to run the city on military lines. About 'five years ago they had a packinghouse in Marshalltown. The workers had a strike and they closed the plant for all time. The townspeople are preached at and bossed but the town seems to get along pretty well just the same. There are comparatively few unem- ployed. About 20 Unions in Town, There are thirteen locals affiliated to the Trades and Labor Assembly ; Which, with the railroad unions, and others, make about twenty locals, There is little or no activity among t Chicago meeting for McCullough, | rst time in the six days in which a and Turkey. ‘ . Macxes JOHNSON filed formal Cent Chicago meeting for Metall Mattia tas ais tying’ tha ajrih'a Bosses » Desarae od the ssierhey general of “persecut-|"hem to improve conditions or bulla charges against senator-elect, propagandist for the Russian aristo-| bowels while those above argued and 4 London Opposes War. " up membership. There are also a num- Thomas D. Schall, who defeated Mag- nus in the race for the senate last November. Schall is accused of re- ceiving money from bootleggers and from the underworld for his election campaign. Schall is blind but he is not so blind,that he ‘could not se good money. A “7. © N order to make war more popular with the masses some wise propa- | Bandists. are suggesting that capital | as well as manpower be conscripted in the next war. The Chicago Trib- une frankly states that this is, impos: ‘sible and inadvisable. We agree that it is impossible. One of the rea- sons why we have wars under capi- (alism is that’ capitalists make profit ont of them. The main reason is, the (Continued on Page 3) THINKS MELLON POWER ° ~ UNDER AS WELL AS BEHIND CAL'S THRONE WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—When the $150,000,000 public buildings bill, which gives to the secretary of the treasury the control of the federal building program, was on p: crats. They are also expected to tend the meeting of Raphael Abram- ovich, another paid enemy of Soviet Russia, who, it is announced, will speak in Chicago under the socialist auspices. Mrs. Wrangel’s secretary said that, the ex-Baroness’ time in Chicago will be “entirely taken up with society,” but admitted that Mrs. Wrangel will continue raising funds for her hus- bands “sick soldiers.” \ Mrs. Wrangel ‘told reporters that she is trying to. maintain three hos- pitals for her husband's‘ troops. One is in Serbia, and bela in Bulgaria she said. . At the time of the first intervention in Russia by the-capitalist countries, the workers andpeasants of Soviet Russia forced the -United. States gov- [orament to withdraw its troops from Archangel, On the French fiegt in the Black Seq the sailors raised the Red flag, and refused to fight the. \ vata there scattered Since that time fought against the pe led Communists and side by side fascisti and imperialist troo; Balkan states, wrangled about reaching him. Expected to Live 48 Hours. The shaft method of rescue has life. effect, reach him. The tunnel method, previously in miners said, meant impossi- bility of reseue of Collins and most certain death for those who braved the mud-filled passage in an effort to “The shaft method, at the worst, will sacrifice only one man to the lure of'the caves. If Collins has lived this long, the Tescuers: argue, the chances are the flames will flicker,'even tho faintly after another forty-eight hours. He Missed His Lunch. LONDON>-Lesiie Hamilton, British been determined on in a final effort. It is a question of certain death bal- anced against the faintest hope of laviator who flew over the Alps: to- }wards Milaw table reservation for lunch has not been heard from according to advices today from St. Moritz, Switzerland, Mateudar' _ TOKYO, Feb, me | alra, recently :| ambassador to the United States, will sail for America on the Shinyo staru, mele 18, it was learned today. fter telegraphing for a Saits Feb. 18. ‘6.—Teuneo Matsud- appointed’ Japanese BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 5.—Federal Coneiliator Charles G, Wood is again accused of being the employers’ rep- resentative against striking workers. Thomas F, McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers’ Union, charges that Wood, “after sevoral hours of strenuouse work, induced the striking employes of the Maverick Mills to go back #0 work and accept the wage cut. Heorepresented the em- ployers and succeeded in’ breaking the strike. We havesstrongly protested in a letter to the department of labor.” Wood was charged with acting as agent for the Waltham Watch com- pany employers in«the recently con- cluded fight of Waltham workers against wage cuts posted by the com- pany. Wood's letter toothe head of the union, urging thatiethe’ workers ac- [cept the wage cutsewas given to the Boston Central Laluor Union for in- vestigation and a letter of protest was at that time sentoto the department of labor. Formal’tharges have not been preferred Wood. R. |. TEXTILE STRIKE MAY SPREAD T0 OTHER MILLS, PAWTUCKET OUT Fight Humphrey Appointment. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.— A bitter fight against confirmation of Presi- dent Coolidge’s selection of former Congressman Humphrey of Seattle, as @ member -of the federal trade com- mission is getting under way in the senate. Humphrey, after leaving the house some eight years ago, became a lobby- ist in the capitel tor shipping com- panies. He had »been on very cordial terms with the’ big lumber companies of the northw according to com- mon report, Harry Daugherty, as at- torney general, retained him to handle a case against: a»ilumber combina- tion, but finally dropped him, LONDON, Feb. 5.—Semf-official ef- sorts of the allies to calm down the Greco-Turk situation have met with “measures of success,” it was said in foreign office circles today. Great Britain, it was said does not look for actual trouble. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” The Vatican Is Interested. ROME—The Vatican is following with great interest the French pro- posal to reduce the embassy to the Vatican to a charge d'affaires, it was learned today. WILLIAM WEINSTONE T0 SPEAK AT NEXT HARLEM FORUM SUNDAY NIGHT NEW YORK, Feb, 5.—Comrade William Weinstone will lead the discussion on the topic “Worid Court and World War’ at the open forum of the Harlem Section of the Workers Party, the coming Sunday evening, b, 8, at the Harlem headquarters, 64 East 104th St. This is the third In the series of be ten times as long. up their hands at the last general m get at least ONE sub within a week? until they could bring in a good big a single. L. Hirschman, Harlem, Engli NEW YORK BUILDERS’ CORNER Conducted by KATTERFELD, DAILY WORKER in New York last week. The Builders. ber of women’s auxiliaries who help maintain the feeling of comfort by serving cake and coffee at the meet ings. Life in this small town appears like hat of the limited circle of the ezar’s nujiks, allowing for the American dress and personal appearance, and is. obvious to the observant visitor, The Bolsheviks Are Coming, Into this atmosphere of reaction two organizers for the Workers Party wiil enter by holding & meeting at the Labor Hall on Friday evening, Feb. 13. An attempt will be made to reach the’ large number of voters who sup ported Foster and the Workers Party ticket at the last election in Marshal? county. ERE are the comrades that helped to keep up the circulation of The Not a big list. It should Where are the other hundred or more that held embership meeting and promised to He hoping they merely delayed list of subscribers instead of merely discussions held at the Harlem op- en forum which will continue thru- out the epring. The two previous Speakers, Comrades Gitlow and Poyntz spoke to full houses, and it is hoped that at the coming Sun- day night forum there, will be a full house again. Following Sunday in the house, Rep. Kvale, farmer- labor, of Minnesota, protested at the surrender of the right of congress to say what buildings should be constructed, hi “| think is rally conceded today that Mr. Andrew Mellon is the power behind the throne,” he Frank Miller, Brownsville, English Rose Pactor Stokes, West Side, Engl 4. Nowman, Williamsburg, English: J. Toplensky, Yorkville, English. M. Maikin, Downtown, Engiis! Charles Musil, Czecho-Siovak . One each from: A. Smith, Fred Cammer, A. Kobel, B. Seelen, N. J. Kishor, H. F. Mins, Shalagan, Dave Kanner, J. Jampolsky, Freda Kabu- PAWTUCKET, R. 1, ib, 5 Greenhalgh Mills employes are strik- ing against wage reductions. Strike vote was taken a»week ago, provid- ing that the 400 workers would walk out if the company did not rescind its order, SENATE CUTS APPEALS TOU. S. HIGH COURT TO ‘BIG BIZ’ CASES (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—By a rolicall vote of 76 to 1—the lone oppo- said; “and if you pass a few more |nent being Heflin of Alabama—the senate passed the Cummins bill further] About 200 empleyes of the Paw- | evenings’ topics and speakers, Reb. kowa, M. Welner, Gd. Schwartz, M. Metcoff, L. Ente, J. Sisselman, L. bills of this kind you will make him | restricting the classes of appeals which may be taken to the U. S. supreme| tucket Hosiery Co. are still out on 15, American tmpefiatiem, Alex- Litvin, the power not only behind the | court from lower courts. wei strike after a tweo weeks’ fight | ander Trachtenberg; Feb. 22, Jos- Lot us add YOUR name and that of YOUR branch to this Honor Rol! throne but underneath and above against wage cuts. Workers in other | eph Manley, topic to be announced next week. Heflin protested that the bill simply Gaettaedi ordinary citizens of the right of adequate appeal, and fenced them off from: the» highest court, leav- Ing that tribunal ‘to handly only the affairs of the ly ge business corpore: tions. aw ” later; March 1, Literature ‘and Art, and the Revolution, ..@ symposium | and at the sides of it, and only in front will you still behold the face well a Coolidge. We might as abdinate.” mills in the Blackstone valiey are And while you're about It, remember also The Workers’ Monthly. mecting and discussing the increas- At 25 cents a copy It costs three dollars ing wage cuts and’ what method of | led by Simon Felshin, Louis Lozo- Is only two dollars. Point out the dollar \ Leia fighting shall be sdtopted, wick and a third speaker. subscription, ed and got every member's