The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1925, Page 4

: TURKS MOBILIZE __ FOR CONTROL OF MOSUL OIL BEDS Page Four THE DAILY WORKE Arabians Are Back of The Kemalists GENEVA, March 24.—The Turks are continuing to mobilize the entire country on a war basis, and announce plans of having 100,000 men under arms before summer. The Turks are concentrating their forces along the borders of Mosul, whose oil fields are now being fought for in the league of nations by both British and Turks. | The British recently stirred up the Kurdish tribesmen to rebel in Kurdi- | stan, in order to tighten their hold | over Irak, Mesopotamia, and extend | their rule by mandate to include Mo- sul, The league of nations boundary commission is to rule on the disposi- tion of Mosul on -April 1st. The Bri- tish backed king Hedjaz, of Hussein, who was forced by the Turkish ed Ibu Su’ad, dominant figure of Are bia to give up Mecca, is now. besieg- ing Hussein at Weddah. Su’ad, whose power is growing, is now menacing the British road to India. Meeting Tonight of Young Workers League | Literature Agents All branch literature agents are to| be present tonight at 7 p. m. at med local office, 19 S. Lincoln street, at a} special meeting called by the city literature agent, Comrade Hecker. Many important matters are to be| taken up at this meeting and the com- rades should not fail to attend it. The Sale and distribution of the league and party literature is of utmost im- portance and every comrade should realize this and participate in the work. North Side Branch Study Class Meets on Thursday Night The study class of the North Side English branch of the party on the “A. B. C. of Communism” which has already held four successful sessions, meets again on Thursday, March 26, 8 Pp. m. at the usual place at 2406 N. Clark St. All branch members and others are invited. RUSSIAN A The First Great Feature Fi c Pe Russia in A Three Reel Survey of Economie Li Philharmonic Fifth and O| eT CTE HTTT LL TLL TLE New York Notice! CONCERT AND BALL WORKERS HALL, 1347 Boston Road, Bronx Saturday, March 28, At 8 P. M. 50%, of the proceeds to th 50% to further the work of the Council, United Council of Wo Bronx Councils No. 5 and 7. Tickets 5! eee TIM TTT PARTY TRAIN mmunism, Thursday, p.m. ‘ommunist Movement, T; ican Economic Social History, Mor History of American Trade Unionis: vanced, Monday lementary, Monday, of Communism, Thur Informati: LOS ANGELES NOTICE “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” and Produced by the World Famous Moscow Art Theatre An Added Attraction: “ at the — Monday, April 6th, at 8 P. M. Reserved Seats on Sale at Box Office—50c, 75¢ and $1.00. CaS THE WORKERS SCHOOL Workers Party of America, District No. 2° 108 East 14th Street, New York City Spring Term Begins April 1 TRADE UNION TRAINING COURSE w Educate Yourself for the Struggle Against _ Capitalism! REGISTER EARLY! ind ition at office of Workers School, Workers frsutional Centers, and thru party branches.’ “Workers Suffer the Greatest Soldiers were sent to the stri of the ruins. But the federal of the storm stricken. workers, most of them, lost ever: Mother of 5, Faced With Eviction, Tries To End Life With Gas| Mrs. iden GS 1433 N. Leay- itt St., who wofkers for $10.00 a week | in a laundry, tried to kill herself and } her five children by turning on the, gas, because she: could not pay the rent and was threatened with evic- tion. Mrs. Storch, tho only 29 years | old, a leaking heart brought on from overwork. She was forced to| send her 11-year-old son, Martin, to} | work in industry, but even then was | unable to earn enough money to feed | and shelter her children. Mrs. Storch said she was told by “charity pegple,” “that I ought not to work too hard on my feet all day, but I couldn’t see the kids starve.” She was saved from death by one} of her sons, but now faces starvation. | Some Kings Still Left. BERLIN, March 24.—Wilhelm, 18, and Louis Ferdinand, 17, sons of the former German crown prince, have given up school and will go to Spain as the guests of king Alfonso, it was learned today. RT FILMS Im Made in Soviet.Russia Overalls” fe in Soviet-land. One evening only. Auditorium ive Streets. CTT TTT es I = e Labor Defense Council. rking Class Women, 0 cents. ‘SHMUAUAndNeNMELET TU GUUAAUGUELSASUANELEOOLU ALLAAH ING COURSE 10 p. William Wetnavene ui a, m. nday, '¥, 8-10 p. 8-10 p. -Moissaye J. Olgin Ludwig Lore 1 Brodsky B. Jacobson J.C. Oblans 10 p.m. | been | good fortune in high prices for wheat. icken district. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, March 24—Great n, pound sterling, demand ble 4.78%. France, franc, demand %4; cable 4.78%; cable 4.78%. ; France, franc, demand 5.22%; cable 5.23%. Belgium, fran demand cable 5.08. Italy, lira, demand i cable 4.07%. Sweden, krone, demand 26.92; cable 26.95. krone, demand 15.55; cable mark, krone, demand 18. cable 18.15. Germany, mark, unquoted. Shanghai, tael, demand 73.75; cable 74.25. Wicks Is Speaker at Harlem Forum Sunday, March 29 NEW YORK, March 24.—The Har- lem Sunday evening open forum is in full swing, with Harry M. Wicks as the speaker at the discussion this coming Sunday evening, March 29, at the Harlem headquarters of the Workers Party, local New York, 64 East 104 street, on the interesting topic, “Can there be Prosperity for the American Workers?” The rest -of the program for the forum season in Harlem is as fol- lows: Sunday, April 5—Religion as an Instrument “of Capitalism, led by H. Bourgin; April 12—The Family, Past, Present and Future, led by Jeanette Pearl; April 19—The Capi-' talist, Labor and Communist Press, | | led by Ludwig Lore; April 26—Prole- ticult, led by Eli Jacobson., Hoover and Mellon Undisturbed. WASHINGTON, March 24.—Secre- taries Hoover and Mellon say that the startling collapse in the price of wheat, | following the “inevitable and natural” | rise in the price of that commodity. should alarm no one, They insist that the country remains sound, prospects for the farmers good, and the~present speculation unlikely to injure anyone but the gamblers. Hitherto, the administration has impressed with the ‘farmers’ A world shortage was given as the only excuse for the steady rise in the market. Businessmen Blame Engineer. “FRANKLIN, La., March 24.—A ‘co- roner’s jury here found Frank Ma- thews, engineer of a Southern Pacific San Antonio bofina express, guilty of causing a head on collision’ with mail train’ No, 109, west bound. The engineer testified that the heavy fog caused him to miss the signal to stop. The coroner's jury was made up of business men. Thirteen were killed in the wreck. The Southern Pacific did not use automatic signals at the place where the wreck occurred. Mus Keep Up Branch Line. WASHINGTON, D, C., March 24,— The interstate: commerce commision: today refused to permit the Detroit & Mackinac railroad’ to abandon its branch extending from the main line at Lincoln Junction, to Lincoln, Mich., a distahce of 15 miles, The commis- siog held if the branch were abandon- ed the territory now served would be left without adequate transpcrta- tion. Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. BROOKLYN, N. Meat Market 4301 8th Ave, The United States flag was planted in the midst government at Washington did not contribute a cent to the relief The soldiers were there to save the property of those who have. The ything, if they had anything of value to lose. CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER, Bakery deliveries made to your home, FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, (Workers organized as consumers) Sanitary Trustees. Get Millions from Crowe Gang, Charge SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 24.—j Trustees of the sanitary district of o are charged with. wasting or | stealing $15,000,000- yearly ina reso- jlution offered the senate asking an! immediate investigation of graft with- in the district, The Crowe-Barrett-Brundage _ poli- | tical gang, which is in control of the | | district, are alleged to have hired hun- dreds of political allies who do no work. Forty to sixty per cent of the employes do nothing*but draw sal- aries, according to the resolution, the | salaries ranging from; $1,200 to $36,000 jannually. These employes include | members of the legislature, and their |friends, it is charged, and the well- paid trustees lobby in the assembly jon the taxpayers’ money. Fabulous commissions, bribes, graft, and lawyers’ fees, for doing | nothing, are also charged in the reso- lution. eee emer Frick Head Quits —- | WASHINGTON, March 24,—Rush Helland, assistant attorney: general of the United States, has resigned. He follows bis associate,-Seymour, into private life and the practice of law. The last conspicudus member. of the Harry Daugherty cabinet within the department is gone. Holland denies that the new attorney general desired | him to leave. iy | Holland attended the Teapot Dome | hearing before the senate public lands committee, a year ago, as the repres- |entative of the ‘istratién. He was particularly ous as to the dealings between , Ned McLean |and the White House. Thru the office of Wm. J. Burns, then head of the bureau of investigations in the depart- ment of justice, MeLean secured the use of a government code book, and sént his famous dispatches concern- cherries,” party ing “peaches,” “apricots,” ete, referring to republican leaders, f “Career Man” to Persia. WASHINGTON, March man Philip, the new mi iter to Per- sia, has been in the diplomatic and jconsular service ‘since 1901, and served in Tangier, Morocco, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Abyssinia, Constan- tinople, and as chief of the Near East division in the department at Wash- ington. He is one of the earlier group of “carreer i R pac oi ren The powerful wind, that uprooted giant trees, played havoc with the many of the workers as homes. The better-constructed houses stood against the storrh. Hardships,” Says International Workers’ Aid shacks that served DAILY WORKER SUB CONTEST PRIZES TO BE AWARDED SUNDAY NEW YORK, March 24.—A meet- ing of DAILY: WORKER builders will be held at 108 E. 14th street, Sunday evening, March 29, at 7 p. m. After'the meeting there will be a social evening with music and dancing so bring your friends. Ad- mission 25 cents. The prizes offered in the recent subscription contest will be award- ed at this Vetcherinka. It is ne- cessary that the district office re- ceive at once all the money collect- ed for subscription tickets and the list of the names of comrades who sold subscription tickets. Please be sure to make your report immed- iately, so that the comrades’ names can be published in the DAILY WORKER and the winner of the free trip to Chicago receive the news at this meeting. L. E. Katterfeld will speak on the plans for the future. All unsold policies for the DAILY WORKER insurance drive must be brought to this meeting. The drive is over now and final settlement must be made. Come early to dispose of business matters quickly. Latvia Hangs on Vatican. | ROME, March 24.—Latvia has es- tablished a. legation to the Vatican, it was announced today. DEADLY DISEASE TAKES TOLL OF STORM VICTIMS Lockjaw and Typhoid Make Appearance WEST FRANKFORT, Ill, Mar. 24, —With a total of 813 dead tabulated in the storm area, tetanus, typhoid and eurysipelas have made their ap- pearance among the survivors. Robie Dunn, an employe of the E. and I. G. railroad, is ‘among the sur- vivors who has contracted lockjaw. He was ‘injured in the storm, his wounds becoming infected. He is not expected to live. 3 Gas gangrene and pneumonia has already been reported to have broken out among the survivors, making five deadly diseases which add to the sut- fering of the southern Illinois miners who survived last week’s tornado. The deaths already listed are, by states: Illinois, 636; Indiana, 109; Tennessee, 18; and Missouri; 14. Chaliapin’s Last Concert. NEW YORK, March 24—Chaliapin’s last concert in the United States is | to be given April 12, at 2:30 Pp. m. in the Metropolitan Opera House, For the benefit of the Rand School of So- ial Science, a special block of tickets is being sold’ The great Russian sing- er will not appear in concert in the United States for five years. | Your Union Meeting Fourth Wednesday, March 25, 1925 Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Blacksmiths’ District Council, 118 S. Throop St. Boiler Makers, Monroe and Racine. Carpenters, 12 Garfield Blvd. Carpenters, Western and Lexing- ton. 3 5443 S. Ashland Ave, 505 S. State St. » 1638 Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 Grace St. Irving 7597. 1922 Carpenters, 6414 S. Halsted St. 2507 Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evan. ston, Ill Coopers, 8901 Escanaba Ave. Hod Carriers, 1352 W, Division St. Hod Carriers, 810 W. Harrison St. Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren Street. Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, 725 N. Cicero sAve. Maintenance of Way, 426 W! 63rd St Painters, Sherman’ & Main Sts., Evanston, Hil. Plasterers, '910 W. Monroe St. Railway Carmen Dist. Council, 8445 S. Ashland Ave. Railway Carmen, _ 5444 Wentworth Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. Railway Trainmen, 426 W. 63rd St., 7:30 p.m. joofers. 777 W. Ad: heet Metal, 714° W lams St. » Harrison $t. a Metal, 5324 S. Halsted St. 130 p. m. Teamsters, 175 W. Washington St, 759 “ears (Meat), 220 S. Ashland vi 769 Teamsters (Bone), 6959 S. Halsted e reet. 13046 Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. 924. Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 W. Harrison St. . Note—U otherw[se stated all 8p. m.) 753 Fireman Dies in Fire. NEWPORT, R. I, March 24.—New- port’s $300,000 city hall was destroyed by fire today. One fireman was Kill- ed, another was injured and two are missing. } WORKERS MONTHLY His background is jally anti-radical, 62 W. Van Buren { 42 W. Harrison N6 W. 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