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SHERIFF'S PEACE OFFER SPURNED BY KLAN BOARD Supervisors Demand Galligan’s Scalp MARION, IIL, Feb. 5.—Tre dove of peace, after a brief stay, was gone from Williamson county again today, following collapse of a compromise agreement between Sheriff George Galligan, anti-klan leader, and the county board of supervisors, composed largely of avowed klansmen. Today the board stood firm on a de- mand that Galligan resign, while Gal- ligan stood equally firm in his deter- mination not to resign. Klan Moves Against Sheriff. The next move, unless the. deadly barking of automatics intervenes, was to be a plea to Governor Small to re- move Galligan. A committee appointed by the board was to go to Springfleld today or tomorrow to confer with the governor, Offers to Leave County. Sheriff Galligan’s peace proposal, was turned down by the board with only one dissenting vote, offered to make-a written agreement that he would leave the county, turn over his office to deputy Parks, over whom there has been no dissension, and would permit ‘the board to name all other deputies, He agreed to stay away from the county for the dura- tion of his term of office, but refued to resign, even if the board paid his salary in full for ‘the remainder of his term. After rejecting the offer, the board adjourned until March, Woman Would Drop ‘Star Spangled Banner’ From Public Schools LOS ANGELES, Calif, Feb. 5.— Mrs. Fannie Spencer, a pacifist, in a communication to Mr. Wood, state superintendent of public schools, re- quested that the “Star Spangled Ban- ner,” the national anthem of capital- ist America, be removed forever from the public schools of California. She argues that the words of tie song have 9 bad influence on the children’s minds. It incites their thoughts to war and bloodshed and contempt for the Engiish. The authorities are literally tearing their hair in indignation at this pacif- ist proposal. Frank Pettingill, com- mander of the sons of the revolution, wants her sent out of the country. But the question arises, being an Am- erican, where can she be sent? The Communists of Los Angeles consider all this “much ado about nothing.” Both pacifist Mrs. Spenser and militarist, Pettingill are doomed to the strap heap. The Communists propose to teach the “International” to the children of Los Angeles which sooner or later will become the uni- versal anthem of the whole working class. BA show profits fo more than 100 er cent, cash dividends of 50 per cent or more. paying 56 per cent, the Fifth Avenue earned on: capital are: , The Kings Cothfy "Prast Co. with not shown in the table are the Fifth Ave. with a profit of $524,475 on $500,- 000 capital, the Yorkville bank with a profit of $261,340 on $200,000 capital and the U. S. Trust’ with $1,745,854 profits on $2,000,000 capital. ~ How It Piles Up. All these banks and ‘trust. companies have huge surplus profit reserves. This totdl of $481,423,648 in profits which the stockholders have not yet divided is more than half again ag large as the total of capital stock. In the case of the First National Bank the $59,319,- 035 surplus profits are noarly 6 times the entire invested capital while the $17,521,314 surplus of the United States Trust is more than § times its capital. all the important railroads and in- dustrial concerns in the country. They WITH HANDS ON ‘By LELAND OLDS; ‘9 (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Profits of $90,583,148 representing a' return of about 30 per cent on a combined capital of $307,600,000 show how 31 big New York banks and trust companies levied tribute on the country’s 1924 business. of $500,000 shows ‘thé highest’rate of return. THE DAIL a ' NKERS REAP’ HUGE PROFITS, 31 AVERAGE 19 PCT., MA 400 PCT., -INDUSTRIES Four of the group on instance reaching 199 per cent. These big seats of financial power paid their owners $58,665,000 in divi- dends during the year, representing a cash retur nof 19 per cent. Four paid These include the First National bank bank, 50 percent, and the Yorkville bank and the’ Uy 8? Trust each 60 per cent. The capitatvand profits of some of the leiders” together with the rate New York Banks, 1924 Capital Profit Percent National City, «. $40,000,000 $ 9,794,932 24.4 National BankvofCommerce,, 25,000,000 5,136,647 20.5 ‘First Nationale 10,000,000 22,241,023 122.4 Chase Nafidhal’. 20,000,000 4,954,684 24.7 Mechanics'!'&; Metals. 10,000,000 1,660,246 16.6 Hanover ‘National 5,000,000 2,567,864 51.3 Bank of thé Mafitiattan ‘Co:....°°"10,000,000 2,067,368 20.7 ‘Tra \ 20,000,000 7,342,022 36.7 Guaranty Trust... 25,000,000 3,711,366 14.8 Equitable Trust .yenrnnemne 28,000,000 4,019,071 17.4 New York -Trust. .. 10,000,000 2,584,665 26.8 Farmers Loanmc& Trust, 5,000,000 2,150,842 43.7 @ profit of $995,000 on an investment Other very profitable banks OMNIBUS POSTAL PAY BILL GOES BEFORE HOUSE Cuts Out Six Months’ Back Pay Raise WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Within 24 hours after it refused to accept the Senate’s postal legislation, the House received this afternoon. from its own The directors of thesé*banks sit on post office committee an omnibus bill the boards of directors of practically |'¢reasing postal rates to offset a pro- posed increase in postal salaries. It was estimated that the House bill are the agencies thru which the Mor-| V0Uld bring in $60,000,000 or $20,000,- gan-Rockefeller controlis exercised. Movies for Workers | Pittsburgh, Pa., Music Hall, Feb. 7. South Bend, Ind.—White "” Eagle | Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb’ St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice | 0. m Commissioner Alds Legioh! INDIANAPOLIS, © tnd.,: “Fel David H. Blair, United States’ com- missioner of internal revenue, Has ruled that contributions to the Amer- ican legion endowment fund may ‘be deducted in computing ‘fneome: tax re- turns. The American legion is ‘raising $5,- 000,000 and the revenue ‘commissioner has come to the aid of this’ réed-bait- ing organization. .: READ THE DAILY WORKER OUR DAILY PATTERNS | A COMFORTABLE HOUSE OR MORNING DRESS 4989, Here is a splendid style for the woman of mature figure. It has a comfortable closing—slips on and off like a coat, It may be closed from left to right or vise versa, Ging-| 4 ham, percale, linen or cotton rep are suitable for this style. ’ The pattern is cut in 8 sizes: 36 1-2, 881-2, 401-2, 421-2, 441-2, 461-2, 481-2, 501-2, with corresponding bust measure, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 and}, 54 inches, and corresponding waist measure, 38, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45 and 47 inches. A 46 inch bust will require 41-2 yards of 36 inch material, with | te! % yard of contrasting material to| the face collar revers, cuffs, vest and belt. ‘The with st the foot of the dress is 1% yard. Pattern mailed to any address _ | poselpt of 0 in silver or stampa, ol | 4 SERVICEABLE MODEL. | : | | 4469. One ould® tiske ‘this apron of rubberizedi(‘"eretonne; — sanitas, chambrey, linenjs toweling »or terry Ss. cloth. The popkets( will delight the meetings tiny wearer. Hlye linen with pockets and binding. of; white, linen would be Pleasing. — ' The pati in 4 sizes: 6 months, 1, 2, and 3 years. To make “Jyard of 24 ea sage aa on receipt of in silver or fay 2 ee ‘ Bend, ile in. aliver f Talsses’, and : cise and po a Rreisla en Sa making, also some points for the nosed stitches), all ‘valuable hints tothe hose atitches dressmaker. it Address: The DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington ets Chica: hy a a thru the DAILY WoC tment are fur. hed by a O Nrew Ye firm of pattern Le ty IR every as ree celved, and they are mailed by man- facturer t to the customer, ‘The Beieer @ stock fern inarily will take at least 10 ¢ a a NS. Carnegie auf ACT NOW | 000° more than was provided for by the"Senate bill. Adopt Coolidge Bill The committee adopted with few changes the original bill proposed by .| Sehdtor Moses, striking out the Senate idments. tes on second class mail matter aré increased to three cents in the first; ‘second and third zones. There is a general in crease in all ’ post rates, Back Pay Raise Refused Increased salaries ‘are made ‘re- tréattive to January 1, 1925, instead of td "Suly 1, 1924. ‘ ‘First Friday, Feb. 6, 1925. and Conf., 3420 W. Roose- 175 W. Washington ma, 810 W. Harrison St. Council, 180 W. » 175 W. Wigehington. » 2705 W. 180 W. Dist. Council, poet = a Halsted St. Ww. 8 reny rs ington St. + ze R. R. 8324 8. aces a od Enginemen, 5438 8. p, Werkore, Emily and Marsh- Be #8 ‘8, Monroe and Peoria "sce Garment Workers, ‘Board 328 W. Van Buren Machin 113 S. Machinists, 113 S. Painters, 2345 So Bag ~ 7S 1 hicago Ave armen, "Village Hail, ‘Kol- al ay ‘Carmen, Village Hall, Kol- nario y Carmen, 5445 S. Ashiand ve Baliway Clerks, by w. paegoteh St. lay Clerks, 9 S. Clinton St. Raiway Cler' Dearborn Fist Railroad Trainmen, 1536 E. — St. naivene Trainmen, 3349 North Rallneed Trainmen, 9120 Commer. ve. Metal Workers, Ashland and ‘an Buren. South Chicago Trad ind Labor $ § ssembly, 9139 Col ial Ave, 2 je Han, ee 412 Capitol 12 M. rs, 3609 Wolfram Ave. 3 War 's City Lt nion Label League 220 and Bivd otherwise stated all ate at 8 », ‘HAVE A HEART! Put’ Your Interest For Our COMMUNIST CHILDREN ~-ANTO ACTION Come to The “JUNIORS’ DANCE , F 14, 1925 Workérs’ Lyceum AT ONCE The Mexican Workers are develéping a movement that merits real interest. Read: “APan-American Fig Leaf” By J. W, Johnstone in the February issue of the haat old s Piaetalad ie a : Rote int lag picture from a rter to the Pan-American Labor Convention. SUBSCRIBD to got “set features hb month, OmRKER Page Five HMILITARISTS WAR OVER WARSHIPS IN AIR OR WATER ‘Congress ‘Committee Charges Muzzling WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Aroused by reports that army officers are be- ing “muzzled” and otherwise pre- vented by higher-ups frank testimony, before congress com- mittees in relation to pending le- gislation, the house committee investi- gating air craftw conditions in the army and navy today put Brig. Gen. Hugh Drum of thé’ general staff thru a severe grillitig:” Drum ‘denied that officers were, “muzzled” or “disciplined” for their testimony. i" General Drum’s denial of the re vorts did not entirely appease mem- vers of the comniittee, and they plied ulm with ee fons as to what was iappening “Brigadier General Billy” iia assistant chief of air ervice, whose.post is said to have een jeopardized ‘by the testimony he 2cently gave she committee with re- pect to air craft, conditions. Secretary of War Weeks has asked Mitchell for “an;explanation” of his testimony. Mitchell advocates a sep- arate, unified air service, which most of the other high ranking army and navy officers do not approve. Representative Reed, republican, Illinois, told Drum: when you say we have 682 planes ready to fly.” “T don't think | you know what you are talking about | from giving | BUILDERS. AT WORK doing—and we will “tell the world.” Every day under this head you will learn not only what BUILDERS thruout the country are doing to builda great Suggestions to accomplish more for OUR p. ewspaper, but also practical | r. Tell us what YOU are HE TREATS proper emphasis on the most party. shop nucleus. And being earn age to his fellow workers—and finds That's natural. later.” And sooner or later every Which brings us to the reason thousand workers. WORKER list. get results. M. D. Long, got right ahead and treat us rough. Now take Comrade M. C. Long of Detroit, for instance. US ROUGH! HEN a comtade gets into a shop nucleus, he often learns to place important work that will build the He is ina at, willingeto take seriously all Communist tasks, he looks around to find the best way to bring the Communist mess- the DAILY WORKER. To use a popular saying—“they all flop sooner or active Communist learns that the DAILY WORKER is THE method that brings immediate results. for all this Introduction, Comrade Long wrote us once to give him a price on some stickers to advertise the DAILY WORKER. By oversight the letter was not answered at once. Not discouraged, and very impatient, he wrote us again, “bawlingel! out of us” and he got an immediate answer, A couple days later he sent us twenty-five dollars for twenty thousand stickers to bring the DAILY WORKER to the attention of many more Now Detroit happens to be one of the very best towns on the DAILY Ané naturally, it is because of many instance of splendid effort on the part of the local comrades. They are “stickers,” so they But there is something unusually efficient about Comrade He “treats us rough” but he get results and... well... By ANNA THOMPSON, District Junior Director NEW eA Y., Feb. 5.—The most sé feature of the tre- mendous memorial meeting held here at Madison Square Garden, was undoubtedly, as even the capital- ist sheets seem to agree, the wonder- ful and inspiring mass-demonstration of the Junie® section of the Young Workers League in New York. The Juniors were: there—they certainly were!! The"seats reserved for them before pid ited started proved en- tirely it to accomodate the almost 100° ‘cent turnout of the Junior 400 Juniors ‘March In Singing There s-over 400 young Reds there to do ir to our dead leader— the. Foster ip, the Ruthenberg group, the Marx group, the Lieb knecht group, | Trotsky group, the Luxemburg .ggaup, the Lenin group. the Young Guardsmen group, the Red Guards groupj etc, About 1 P. M. the Juniors began‘arriving in groups. sing- ing, cheering} “and shouting. Right then and there things began to happen. 3 lice were evidently not very mu leased to see these sturdy little | eviks growing up into clear and.determined young Com- munist fighters against capitalism. So when the Red Guards Junior group passed by thru.the lobby of the huge edifice, a few particularly patriotic policemen pounced upon them and seized their beautifully printed sign and tore it up growling: “We don’t want no Red Guards here—we don’t want them Bolsheviks.” The Juniors immediately staged a spirited demons- tration informing the hired servants of the capitalists that tearing up the */sign wouldn’t help, that to-day they were the Red Guard Junior group, to- morrow they would be real Red Guards and Red Soldiers. Junior Leader Speaks it ol During the speeches, the Juniors . | listened attentively noting points upon which they could have group discus- sions and in mamy cases carrying on low whispered conversations with their leaders who were sitting with them. The clirtiat of it all was reach- ed when the Juifor speaker, Comrade Morris Spector organizer of the Junior section was introduced by the Gitlow. at was variously capitalists press red,?, “dynamic,” “force- ful,” “enthusiastic,” Comrade Spector paid tribute toothe memory of our dead Leader and called upon the re- volutionary working class including the working ¢lads children of the world, to close 'fts ‘ranks and carry on the fight, “In ” Comrade Spector said, “the toil! jes of the earth saw the pro’ a time when the blood and bones of little children shall no longer be coined into yellow gold to feed the greedy lust of the exploit- er when the flower of the working class youth shall no longer be slaught- ered for the dirty gains of the profit- mad capitalists, when oppression and exploitation shall have vanished from the earth, when man shall no longer tremble before fellow-man.” And when Comrade tor’ enthusiastic- ally cried: “Co Lenin is dead— but Leninism lives—will live forever,” the almost raised with the cheers audience. Fin: ly, our Junior city r ended up: “Ours is the dutwcof mobilizing the working class children under the lead- ership of the Communists, our is the task of drawing these children in the fight against and the cap- italist system, the duty of en- class children into the class struggle.” Then Comrade Spector addressed him- self to the Communist Children’s Or- ganizations of the world. ‘Brothers, Comrades, young Leninigts of the world! Close your ranks, forward to the struggle. Remember our. slogan: ALWAYS READY, Down with the capitalist oppressors of ‘the working class children! Down with the cap- italist system! Long live the Young Leninists of the world! Long live Leninism!” As he ended up, there was literally pendemonium in the hall; it seemed as if the vast audience rose as one man to cheer and applaud, not so mych the speakér himself, as the splendid organization of young working class children which he re- presented. Juniors Cheer Ruthenberg When Comrade Ruthénberg was in- troduced, the Juniors, who had recent- ly been discussing Comrade Ruthen- berg’s arrest and conviction, arose, cheering and singing the Internation- al. Then followed the memorable ova- tion to Comrade Ruthenberg that no one who has been to the miéeting will ever forget. . When the meeting was over, and the audience began to fils out, the Juniors, loath to leave, began singing, march- ing, and cheering. The audience sud- denly stopped and began crowding around listening and applauding. The dimensions of this impromptu affair grew until it reached the size of a veritable demonstration. Finally, the policemen, not well pleased as may be imagined at what was occurrring, broke this demonstration up and told the children to go home. They did indeed—but in regular order singing ult $2.00 a Year 1113 W. Washington Blvd. the Internaitonal and the Scarlet Banner, In this strain they continued on the way home, in streets, in the cars, in the trains and subways. Juniors Put The Meeting Over The memorial meeting was, of course, a most wonderful demonstra- tion for Comrade Lenin, for the Com- munist idea for which he stood, and for the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers League that are the American embodi- ments of Leninism. But for the Juniors this meeting will be remem- bered for many years to come. For it was at this meeting that the Junior section of the Young Workers League in New York definitely appeared be- fore thousands and thousands of New York workers as the revolutionary organization of working class children that it is, as a Communist union of children marching side by side to victory with the Workers (Com- munist) Party and the Young Workers League, i cies; BELL PHONE CO, MISUSED SINKING FUND IS CHARGE Used Repair. Fund for Other Purposes (Special to the Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Feb. 5.—Legis- lators here are said to have been given the information that millions of dol- lars have been diverted from the sinking funds of public utilities com- panies of Illinois, and illegally used for the payment of dividends. The Hlinois commerce commission |is reported to have made this « dis: closure, after they received petitions from many public utilities ¢orpora- tions for authority to increase their rates chraged the public, Following the récent sleet and snow storms, the companies are said to have petition- ed the commerce commission for per mission to advance rates. The commerce commission, it is said here, wanted to know what had happened to the special fund that the commission instructed the com: panies to set aside for such emergen- and learned that these sinking funds had been entirely used up. in paying additional dividends and for other purposes, Cold, Frank L, Smith, chairman. of Illinois commerce commission, admit- ted that the Chicago Bell Telephone company had diverted $33,000,000 from its sinking fund for extension of ser- }vice and for purchasing other com: panies, Smith said he was supporting a bill to be introduced within the next two weeks regulating the sinking fund of utilities which he characterized as beneficial both the companies and to the investors. “A sinking fund is in reality a trust fund and as such is taken into consid eration in ‘compiling rates,” Smith said. He admitted it has become a general Practice among utilities in Illinois to use their sinking funds for purposes other than depreciation expenses. According to commerce commis sion’s ruling, two per cent of the prof- its must be set aside for property de preciation. Illinois utilities are author- ized to fix rates guaranteeing “nine per cent return on a fair valuation of their properties,” seven per cent to be used for paying dividents- and two per cent for maintaining a sink- ing fund. Build the DAILY WORKER! These are not as you may think Prohibition agents mad with drink. They are militant workers on the level at the other end of it. Demanding tickets for the Red Revel. Single Copy 25 Cents Send remittance to Graft Is Getting Monotonous' We quote T. J. O’Flaherty:. Then we have another tale of graft, with a Boc- cacian touch, in the revelations of the fascinating. Mrs. Scott,;..wife of a Michiga Army officers and gambling re mony. A burned hole in her kimono was what caused her husband to let the public in on a little diversion. The burnt hole was caused by the lighted end of a cigarette. An army officer was Graft, illegal transporta- tion of liquor, drunken prohibition officers—this is the tale unfolded by witnesses to life in Wash- ington. Graft is the order of the day. ting monotonous. .. . The keen shafts of satire and wit that have made the authors’ column “As We See It” in the DAILY WORKER receive nation-wide attention, are much in evidence in his article “The Fine Art of Grafting” in the February issue of The Workers Monthly, And it is only one of many features you will receive if you subscribe to THE WORKERS MONTHLY THE WORKERS MONTHLY n congressman. red in her testi- It is get- $1.25 Six Months Chicago, Illinois

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