The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 22, 1925, Page 2

+ * _ Page Two JUDGE BARS ALL WHEELER DEALS AFTER ARREST: Ruling Gives Defense Big Victory GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 20.— The defense in the trial of Senator Burton, K. Wheeler of Montana, on charges of misuse of office scored an important victory today in a ruling handed down in federal court here by Judge Frank E. Dietrich Upholding a motion by Senator ‘Walsh, chief defense counsel, the court barred the prosecution from in- troducing evidence or testimony re- lating to government oil permits that were not actually pending before the interior department in January, 1923, the time when Wheele indictment charged he illegally received a fee to appear before Washington authorities relative to permits of Gordon Camp- bell, Montana oil operator and his as- sociates. Blow to Prosecution. The decision, admittedly, was a great blow to prosecution, which was attempting to implicate Wheeler in all of Campbell's permits. The gov- ernment must now confine itself to a narrowly restricted number of Camp- bell’s permits and show Wheeler’s activities in behalf of those specific assignments. Expressing disappointment at the ruling, John L. Slattery, United States district attorney, announced that on the remaining permits held admiss- able by the court he would prove that Wheeler after elected to the senate actually received $4,000 from Camp- bell to straighten out oil land troubles in Washington. Relevancy of the permits was brot up when Walsh moved to bar testi- mony of H. J. Coleman, attorney for the California Oil company, relative to the company’s purchase of a permit assigned to Louis E. Lincoln, em- Ploye of Campbell. Wheeler and Campbell attended a meeting here in February, 1923, when there was alleg- ed to have been discussion of reassign- ment of the Lincoln permit to Tom Stout,:ex-congressman from Montana. Approval of the interior department was necessary to make the transfer. “Don’t Worry!” Said Wheeler. Coleman was to testify, Slattery told the court, that Wheeler assured the oil men: “Don’t worry, there’s a Montana at- torney in the interior department, Ed- die Booth (Edwin S. Booth, former so- licitor) who will help out the Montana boys.” This testimony was Walsh's motion. Booth, here as a defense witness, was indicted in Washington with Wheeler and Campbell on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government out of government oil and gas lands. GARY GLOATS OVER RECORD STEEL PROFITS Half Billion Surplus Be- sides Big Divvy barred by (Continued from page 1) increases as soon and in amounts as large as practicable, reasonable and wise, taking everything into account. “The present management of the steel corporation will manage its af- Yairs in every respect just as any rea- sonable, sensible stockholder would like to have them.” + 6 Breaks World Steel Production Record GARY, Ind., April 20.—The Illinois Steel company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation broke the world’s record for total steel pro- duction in one month’s time during March, it was shown by official figures made public last night. The Gary works in March produced 224,021 gross tons of pig iron, 329,418 Bross tons of open hearth steel ingots and 309,676 net tons of coke. This world's record stream of steel was rolled into rails, billets, blooms, slabs, Plates, axles, rolled steel wheels and merchants’ bars and shapes. The to- tal shipment of these finished prod- ucts amounted to 254,308 gross tons. The Illinois Steel company is a sub- sidiary of the United States Steel cor- poration with 14,000 men in the steel plant and more than 8,000 others in other subsidiary plants at Gary. Quezon Protest Ship Sale. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20— Manuel Quezon, president of the Phil- ippine senate, has cabled President Coolidge protesting against the sale of the five government steampships to | the Robert Dollar steamship line, on the ground that the transfer will cre- ate a monopoly of shipping facilities to the Orient, Quiet Funeral for Sargent -) LONDON, April 20.—Quiet funeral services attended only by relatives and intimate friends were held today for John Singer Sargent, world famous painter.. Two wreaths lay on the dull meta) coffin, one from his sister, and one from the royal academy, of which he was a member. etapa iedessesneseartetssepteneesssnsneesmess Pst PA IEEE ra A Br in Be seer THE DAILY WORKER SOVIET RUSSIA REFUSES TO TAKE PART IN PARLEY OF WORLD ROBBERS GENEVA, Switzerland, April 20.—Soviet Russia has refused to partici- pate In the forthcoming conference proposed by the league of nations relative to the control of traffic in arms. The league of nations was formed by the capitalistic world powers to divide up the small and defenseless nations, Mexico Dodges Arms Conference GENEVA, April 20.—The secretariat of the league of nations today an- nounced that Mexico had refused to conference at Geneva May 4. (Continued from page 1) foreman told Aronberg to come to work the next day, Levin’s brother said nothing while Aronberg was there. But the next day when Aran- berg appeared for work, the same foreman said, “Your record was look- ed up in the office, and I’m sorry, but we can’t hire you.” Blacklisted For Advocating Amalgamation Aronberg’s “record” in the Hart, Schaffner and Marx shop is a blacklist against him since 1916, when for union activities, in his fight for amal- gamation, put him in bad with the firm. Apparently it has put him in bad now with the Levin dynasty. Sam Levin and his crowd have con- tinually spread the,.rumor that the “suspended” members don’t want work and even refuse it when offered: The above nails that lie, as does the new attempt, tried yesterday, to pre- vent the “suspended” members from even coming to the employment of- fice, The Abe Cahan-Hillman-Levin Espionage Act Helen Kaplan, was instructed by Levin Blacklists Suspended Members participate In the international arms work. We come here wanting work, because that’s the only way of getting it. Then you try to chase us away. You know the employment office is rotten. It is supposed to notify peo- ple of jobs, but it never does. Some are given jobs without even register- ing. Some get jobs out of rotation, just because they are favorites, and it is positively necessary to stand around here and watch the employ- ment office, otherwise one would die of old age waiting for you and your notification of jobs.” Retreats to More Strategio Position Sam Levin, looked around, The crowd of members were packed about the debate and seemed enthusiastic- ally in favor of what Helen Kaplan was saying. He decided that the czar would abdicate the throne for the time, and took the air. Coolidge to Punish Objectors to Steal of Pacific Vessels WASHINGTON, April 20—With a radical shake-up in the United States her local to apply for work. Yesterday |shipping board impending, whichever in the employment office the other yay the court fight ends, a legal bat- members gathered around her wishing |tle was begun here today in district to discuss the discrimination practised against the left wing and, apparently not conceiving that the officials have passed a little private espionage act, wished to talk with her about the class struggle in general. Quite a crowd of union members were gathered, when Charles Burr, financial secretary of the joint board, called her aside and told her “You'll have to leave this place.” “Why?” asked Helne’ Kaplan, as the furtive and mysterious air of Burr} seemed to indicate that he had been browsing among the latest pages of some Sherlock Holmes tale. “Why, you are doing the same thing now as for what we expelled you,” he said, forgetting that it was technically a “suspension.” “What is that?” she asked. “Talking to people.” Burr replied, heatedly, “and making them dissatis- fied.” “Do they hang persons for talking to people, nowadays, or do they just put them in prison for twenty years.” Kaplan retorted. Burr replied, “I got my orders to put you out of here.” Then as the crowd of members got more and more interested, he got more angry and demanded her employment registra- tion card. “Don’t give it to him,” cried the crowd. Business agents, began to appear. These worthies who had previously tried, by order of the Levin machine, to take part in arguments, but had always gotten the worst of it, did not appear to be favored by he crowd of workers. “Who is that fellow, a gangster?” asked one worker. “No, that’s a business agent,” re- plied a second worker, “But, what's the difference be- tween a business agent and a gang- ster?” interjected a third worker. Sam Levin, lord high executioner, arrived, wearing his medal of dishonor presented by the Polish government for loyal services rendered. Said Levin: “Come along to my of- fice, I want to talk with you.” Helen Kaplan protested that she could be talked to right where she was, “That's it,” cried a business agent gangster, “she wants to talk in front of the people here.” “But They Feared the Multitude” Levin then ordered her to leave the office and told her that she was not allowed there by his orders, “You register, and we will notify you when to come for work.” Kaplan stood her ground. “That’s a fake you're trying to put over to start the same lies as before about the suspended members not wanting 4 WORKERS’ RELIEF FILM WILL SHOW IN UTICA APRIL 30, NOT MAY 1. UTICA, N. Y., April 20—To avoid conflict with a May Day meeting the Italian committee for Interna- tional Workers’ Aid In Utica, N. Y., has advanced the date of its show- ing of “The Beauty and the Boishe- vik” to April 30, instead of May 1. supreme court over the sale of the five big president type liners to the |Dollar steamship interests. Backed by three of the board’s seven members the Pacific Mail Steamship Co, went before Justice McCoy to show cause why the sale of the ves- sels to the Dollar line should be per- manently rejected. The Pacific Mail. unsugcessful bidders for the vessels. now have a restraining order, and to- day’s legal fight is to determine whether it shall be made lasting. President Coolidge has taken cog- nizance of the shipping board row and it is believed certain that resig¢ nations of those bucking the Dollar company will be called for before many days, The ships were sold to Dollar, a no- torious open shopper, for five million dollars, altho their actual cost was 30 million dollars and the Pacific Mail company had made a larger bid. Los Angeles Show Cancelled—6 More Dates MadebyI. W. A. LOS ANGELES, April 20.—When the manager of one of the largest auditoriums in Los Angeles cam celled the contract for the showing of “The Beauty and the Bolshevik”, thereby exposing himself to damage suits, the Babbits of the Southern town thought they had put an end to the movie activities of this “pes- ky” Committee for International Workers’ Aid. But the success of the previous picture, “Polikushka”, was so great tiat the committee was able to book showings for six nights in neighbor- hood houses, beginning May 8rd. An- nouncement of time and place will be made shortly. Four Southern Roads Merged. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 20.— Four railroads will be brot under one operating head, it is announced here. The railroads to be merged are the Union Pacific, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Kansas City Southern, and Louisiana Railway and Navigation company, Cal Relieved at French Turn. WASHINGTON, April 20—The Cool- idge administration is greatly relieved that Caillaux, the new French finance minister, will not propose a capital levy, but will insist on rigid economy in expenditures, Abolish Night Baking, The social effect of Mattipan, the newly invented bread that keeps fresh for 2 years in sealed tins, willbe the abolition of the curse of night baking, the Bakers’ Journal, organ of the Bak- ery & Confectionery Workers’ Inter- national Union, points out. Munding Gets 22 Years WHEATON, Ills., April 20.—George Munding, Chicago riding master, was convicted by a jury here of the mur- der of his common-law wife, Julia Abb Douglas and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Get A Sub And Give One! ANOTHER ILLINOIS MINE CLOSES THROWING HUNDREDS OUT OF WORK WEST FRANKFORT, Ill., April 20,—Eight hundred and fifty miners will find themselves without employment Wednesday when Old Ben Mine No, 8 iene suspends operations indefinitely it was announced today, KLUXER CHARGED WITH MURDEROUS ATTAGK JAILED Gives Up After Two Days in Hiding INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 20.— David C. Stephenson, ex-grand dragon of the K. K. K. in Indiana, was arrest- ed at 9:45 o’clock this morning by Sheriff Omer Hawkins on an indict- ment charging him with first degree murder in connection with the tragic death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, daughter of a respected local family. He was accompanied by Earl Gentry and Harl Klenck, his lieutenants charged with him in the murder in- dictment, i Habeas corpus proceedings will be commenced immediately as bail is not allowed. Stephenson and his co-de- fendants spent the week-end in a near- by town. Indicted After Death. Already charged with criminally at- tacking the girl who died from the ef- fects of self administered poison, Ste- phenson was indicted for murder fol- lowing her recent death. Klenck and Gentry are Stephenson’s Meutenants. Miss Oberholtzer’s death was trac- ad to poison she swallowed after a trip to Hammond, Ind., in a sleeping car during which Stephenson is al- leged to have criminally attacked her. Klenck and Gentry were listed in the indictment as accomplices, but they were held equally responsible with Stephenson for the girl’s death. Refused Girl Medical Aid. The murder indictment was based on the alleged refusal of the three de- fendants to allow Miss Oberholtzer medical aid after “causing her to take poison tablets thru fear, duress and compulsion.” While the murder indictment was returned by the county grand jury before noon last Saturday, all efforts to find Stephenson ani the co-defend- ants today Were unavailing. The arrest was made in the law of- fices of Eph Inman, chief defense counsel. Stephenson, Klenck and Gen- try were there awaiting the arrival of Inman, when Sheriff Hawkins ap- peared. Stephenson explained that the three intended to go to the jail and give themselves up as soon as their attorney arrived. Taken to Jail. After the arrest the sheriff escorted the defendants to an automobile wait- ing outside and hurried them to the Marion county jail. They were locked up, after telephoning Inman. i County Prosecutor Remy was con- vinced that Inman would, attempt to obtain freedom for his ,clients thru habeas corpus proceedings. In In- diana persons charged with murder cannot~be admitted to, bail. se @ Kluxer to Stay in: Jail. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.;*April 20— Eph Inman, attorney for D. C. Ste- phenson, Earl Gentry’ and Earl Klenck, jointly indicted for the mur- der of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, ap- peared in the Marion county criminal court this afternoon and’ filed pleas in abatement for each of ‘his clients. The state immediately’ filed demur- rers to the pleas and Judge James A. Collins sustained the demurrers. Following the court action, Inman stated that no further action would be taken today nor would any attempt be made to have Stephenson and his lieutenants released from jail. Misuse Bakers’ Label. MINNEAPOLIS, April 20—The Peo- ple’s Bakery Co., inc., is in court in Minneapolis defending itself against the charge by Bakers’ Local 231, of us- ing the union label without authority. The company is: using strikebreakers and has an injunction forbidding pick- eting, but used the label just the same, a misdemeanor under the law. The bakery which broke its agreement with the union, is backed by the open- shop citizens’ alliance. Cashier Sulcides; Bank Closes. OSCOLA, Ia. April 19.—This city was stunned today by the suicide of Roy A. Downs, cashier of the Osceola National Bank, and subsequent clos- ing of the bank by national bank ex- aminers, The body was found’ in the city park by James Jacksoh and James Glass, friends of the r, who had been searching for him all night. TOKYO, April 20.—A plot to a8 sinate Premier Kato was revealed to- day, according to the Tokyo vernacu- lar press, when police ‘arrested Tak- aicht Omight charged with being the head of the conspiracy. Evidence dis- covered on Omichi, the police declar- ed, involved opposition politicians. Jugo-Slavs Plan Naval Base. BELGRADE.— The Jugo-Slavian government has authorized credits necessary for the enlargement of the Port Sebanico on the Adriatic S and the erection of a sht) yard, mak: ing that city the chief Maval base of Jugo-Slavia, t ecieneaaassil Quake in Tokio TOKIO, April 20,—Téklo experien- ced a slight earthquake late this afternoon, The earth themors lasted thirty seconds. No darfage has been reported, 1 ip POLISH WHITE TERROR EXPOSED Large Meetings Hear the rar The. Intelligent Worker Is the ‘Staunchest Ally of Fight for Communism By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. FP OOAY presents an opportunity for comparing the number of voters participating in elections in the United States, under capitalist rule, and in the Russian workers’ republics under Soviet rule. The actual figures give the Soviet repub- lic a staggering lead over this capitalist republic. Under Soviet rule the masses are being drawn into participation in Soviet public life, while in the United States many sections of the country show an actual falling off in the number of eligible voters who went to the polls in last year's elections. * * * * In making this comparison there is this great difference to be kept in mind. The United States has its list of “‘el- igible voters,” a selected list of the “best citizens,” native born or naturalized. In many states those who pay certain taxes only are allowed to vote. There are also residential qualifications, while in the South there are many restric- tions, of various kinds, on voting by Negroes. The United States, therefore, in its “eligible voters” has a “selected list” to start with. In the figures for Russian Soviet rule we find no such a few bourgeois alone excepted. Even the most backward masses among the peasants, but recently freed from the black oppression of czarism, are drawn, into: the electoral struggle. Yet here are some of the facts: In the province of Kiev fram 50 to 70 per cent of the peasants participated in the elections. In some of the districts of the Artemovsk province as many as 80 per cent of the electors participated. Y In Moscow province the average proportion of electors participating in the elections to village Soviets held so far is 78.7 per cent of the total men electors, and 49.1 per cent of the women electors, or an average of 63.9 per cent of the total electorate. Thus the elections under Soviet rule are featured by an increasing number of women and peasant voters being drawn into participation in this phase of public life. Thus Soviet rule is strengthened. cele SS ae . But in the United States, with the right of franchise going back to the time that the first settler arrived in this country, and with its carefully “selected list” of “eligible voters” under the capitalist dictatorship that rules today, the figures show that only 50.92 per cent of “eligible voters” participated in the presidential election last November, when millions of dollars were spent “to get out the vote.” Only 31 states show a gain for 1924, over 1920, while 17 states showed losses. Every southern state, with great native-born populations, ‘showed a loss, except Mississippi and Georgia. Yet in Mississippi only 12.9 per cent of the eligibles went to the polls, and in Georgia only 11.32 per cent. SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH 806,880 ELIGIBLE VOTERS, CAST ONLY 50,751 VOTES, OR A BARE 6.3 PER CENT. When the growth of population is taken into account, even those states that showed slight increases, actually suf- fered losses. This indicates a startling indifference on the art of the masses under the fraudulent “democracy” of all Street rule. This indifference is stirred at times by the “get-out-the-vote” campaigns, with their barrels of money. The “stay-at-home” eligible voters are usually reactionary in politics. They are ee to go to the voting booths when the interests of “big business” are threatened, no matter whether in local, state or national elections. They cast the _deciding vote on the side of ignorance and reaction. Soviet rule, however, draws its masses into the elec- tions to win them for the intelligent rule of the workers and peasants. The stability of Soviet rule depends on the intel- ligerice of the most backward masses, especially the most backward peasantry, while American capitalist rule, like the rule of the czars, finds a foothold in the ignorance of the masses, an ignorance that it can call to its aid, whenever its power is threatened. ‘ oee8 @ 5 Thus capitalism's pet lie, that Bolshevism thrives where ignorance is supreme, is effectively and thoroly shattered. The drive toward Communism thruout the Union of Soviet Republics grows in momentum as the emancipating light of a dawning mass intelligence drives out the Jast vestiges of czarism and capitalism. . n intelligent working class, which means a working class daily growing more class conscious, means a working class aroused against capitalism. It means an increasingly effective struggle against capitalism. It means in time, thru the intelligent exercise of the organized might of labor, the overthrow of Wall Street rule. Capitalism has an ally in ignorance. The intelligent worker is the staunchest fighter for Communism. Senate in Sham Fight for Waning Power in Courts WASHINGTON, April 16—(FP)—Ar- gument of the suit begun by the late rank 8S. Myers, postmaster of Port- land, Ore., under the Wilson adminis- tration against his summary removal from office by President Harding in 1921, has just been heard by the fed- eral supreme court. Myers raised the issue that singe the law of 1876 re- BY RADWANSKI Communist Message phrase as “eligible voters.” All have the right of franchiso, on in Poland by ment of that country, Comrade Radwanski, Polish Com- munist leader spoke at well attended meetings in Buffalo, Niagara” Falls and New York recently. The meet- ings were held under. the auspices of the International Workers’ Aid and the Polish Federation of the Workers Party. Comrade Radwanski speaks in Brooklyn on April 23, in White Eagle Hall, 261 Briggs Avenue and in New- ark on Friday evening April 24, He spoke at an open air meeting in New- York last week and at an indoor meet- ing last Tuesday, . Comrade Radwanski’s meetings have been uniformly successful and were well attended particularly by Polish workers, who were aroused against the white terror now carried y present govern- quires that postmasters of the first, second and third classes are to be se- lected and removed by the president, “by and with the consent of the sen- ate,” his removal without consent of the ate was illegal. The sénate consents to a removal by approving the selection of a successor to the of- fice. In Myers’ case, no successor was approved by the senate for nearly 18 months. He sued for salary due At the suggestion of Chief Justice, Taft, the senate selected Sen. Pepper of Pennsylvania to join Judge Will King of Oregon, counsel for Mrs. Myers, in upholding the right of the senate to determine whether a first class postmaster may be removed by the president, This assertion of the senate’s right to veto removals of a political nature is new. If the prest- dent is not upheld, the patronage power of the White House will have suffered @ serious curtaliment, HILLCREST MINE IS TIED UP BY PICKET LINE Strikers Refuse Scab Wage Cut Contract HILLCREST, Alta. Canada, April 16.—(By Mail.)—The lockout here has developed into a strike. Blairmore, Bellevue and Coleman have signed up. Their new contract leaves conditions as before except for the wage rate, Hillcrest men have’ refused to sign tp as the rest of the camps, and the men are determined to save the con- ditions already won. Where Wages Are Won, The first break was when about 60 or 60 men signed up for work at the wage cut scale, The miners called ® special meeting and decided to Picket the mine next morning—that lis today. About five men went to work in the morning: The afternoon shift stayed et home. The fun began when the scabs had to run the gauntlet of the pickets. Mr. “Kolchak” Evades Pickets, One of them got clear, he was an ex-officer of Kolchak’s army. Mr. *Kolchak” had better keep dodging the pickets. Everyone is satisfied with the result of the day’s picketing and are confident of winning a de- cent contract. : We are all to be oft the job—the Picket line—at 6 a. m.,.a good turn- out puts the crimp on the scabs’ ef- fort to break our solidarity. Yesterday at Bellevue, one man met his death by gas, another today got both legs broken. A good start for open shop conditions. A Postscript on Mr. “Kolchak.” Later:—Only one man worked on the shift just over, and he lives in- side the picket lines. And today Mr. “Kolchak” got his trimming. So after all our picket line was very effective, Charge Fleischmann Yeast Firm Makes Bootleggers’ Alcohol WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.— Attorney General Sargent has announ- ced that the farce of “investigation” of the Standard Oil trust, the Fleisch- mann Yeast company and the General Electric company, under the anti-trust laws, will be continued by him. The Fleischmann Yeast company will be investigated for the manufac- ture and sale of industrial alcohol. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, it is recalled, when testifying before the Couzens committee investigating the treasury department, criticized the failure of the treasury and prohibition department to initiate action against the Fleischmann Yeast company. The dry unit has evidence, she charged, that the yeast company is manufacturing alcohol that eventually finds its way into the bootleg trade. Trouble for Italian Gamblers. ROME—A stock exchange crisis is developing as a result of the goy- ernment restrictions placed on trad- ing. Leading exchanges are cultail- ing operations and have requested the government to permit the exchanges to close until May, pending the work- ing out of the government’s financial policy, pherd ims, “Not Guilty!” “Not guilty!” This was the formal answer which William D. Shepherd today sent ringing thru a courtroom here in reply to the state’s charge that he murdered William Nelson McClintock, his foster son, by inno- culating him with typhoid germs. Wood for Cheap Dollar Rule. MANILA.— In pursuance with a drastic policy of economy Governor General Leonard Wood intends weed- ing out all unnecessary government employes, reducing the present per- sonnel at least thirty per cent, it was learned here today. Women Meet at Richmond, Va, RICHMOND, Va., April 17.—Womes from all parts of the country and many from Europe, gathered here to- day for the first eral meeting of the sixth annual convention of the national league of women voters to- morrow. . No Business for Ships. COPENHAGEN, Denmark— Opera tion of the American immigration laws has curtailed immigration to such an extent that the Scandinavian- American line has decided to operate only three ships between Denmark and America, Drop British Plane, LONDON, April 20,— Native rifle men have brought a British bombing plane down in flames near the Syrian frontier, according to a dispatch from Bagdad. Two airmen were killed. Dirigible Waits for Weather, LAKEHURST, N. J., April 20—The dirigible Los Angeles will not sail for Bermuda today, as planned, It was decided weather conditions were un- favorable, ine London Clocks Ahead, LONDON—London goes on “sum: mer time” tonight, moving the clocks ahead an hour, .