The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 14, 1925, Page 1

> scribed at Moscow and Lenin- | locked out. The workers of the other id alone, without counting the | departments upon learning about this provincial results. fact walked out in a sympathy strike, At the distribution of the bonds, | As a result of the lock out, the work- preference will be ‘shown to the | ers responded to the strike call, one underwriters of the smaller obliga- | hundred per cent. tions up to 500 rubles: This house employs about ninety. Daily Worker Annual Sub- cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! T LEWIS MACHINE TRYING TO SAVE JACKSONVILLE AGREEMENT WHICH BOSSES BOAST DESTROYS UNION (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 12.—The ‘international executive board of the United Mine Workers today met in special session to consider the strike situation and discuss ways and means of keeping the Jacksonville agreement in effect. Representatives of the miners’ union from districts where strikes are in effect, including Kentucky, West Virginia and a ada, were here today-to submit reports on the situation to board which will continue in session for several days. Out of the meeting, it was stated, is expected to grow a m ——+*detinite plan of campaign to be AS WE SEE IT pursued in the strike regions. Operators’ Journal Says West Virginia Strike Crucial. The critical nature of the West Vir- ginia strike to the U. M, W. of A. is clearly pointed out in the current is- sue of Coal Age, in an article by Paul Wooten. The writer for the operators’ magazine which says it is “deyoted to the operating, technical and business problems of the coal mining industry,” declares that in the West Virginia a1 central Pennsylvania districts border- ing on much nonunion territory that “the real fate of the United Mine Workers’ present standard of wages and working conditions is hanging in the balance.” Editorially the magazine comments that “The time is approaching when ithe dislocation of a nation-wide strike, as it is termed, will concern no one. There will be plenty of mines to sup- ply the coal and probably plenty of equipment to haul it. During the past! year big strides were made to bring about this consummation; and in a few months the public may rest easy, strike or no strike. The union will then find its supremacy is a thing of the past.” The editors may be premature in predicting the practical demise of the miners’ union but there is no doubt of the seriousness of the situation due to the increasing number of nonunion mines opening as union mines close down. Union Leaders Partners to Union’s ~~~ Destruction, “Surely a genius that persuaded the leaders of the union to become part- (Continued on page 2)" TAILORS STRIKE IN LOS ANGELES AFTER LOCKOUT Discharge ‘of Unionman Brings Conflict By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. ECRET documents get mislaid even in the British foreign office once in a while, tho it must be admitted, those accidents do not happen as often as we would wish. A secret memorandum intended only for the eyes of the members of the tory cab- inet fell into other and less secretive bands. ‘It is one of those things that a government would give its collective eye tooth to hold inviolate from pry- ing eyes. But even the strong boxes of the British government are not in- fallible. * 8 * HE memorandum was intended for a basis for the determination of Great Britain's attitude towards the Buropean problem. It recommended an alliance with the countries border- ing on the North Sea and particularly with France and Belgium. The pro- posal did not meet with approval of the majority, however, as Austen Chamberlain believes that an alliance with Germany against+France is bet- ter for the empire. Where are the allies of yesteday? It is interesting to note that the document refers: to Russia as the - “most menacing of our uncertaintie: TH all the talk of world. peace _and world courts that has. pol- luted the ether since Woodrow Wil- son, history's champion political mountebank, floated his fourteen points, one would imagine from read- ing the secret British document that it was written by some literate axman of the middle ages. It looks at the situation frankly, refers to the league of nations as a papermache shield that could not resist the assaultvof a bumble bee, not to speak of a strong imperialist power. Germany is return- ing to, power, it says, and will upset the Polish apple cart. France is re- turning to the idea of holding on to the Rhine. The sword is in the saddle. eee 1TH all these things liable to come to pass, what is the dove of peace doing flitting around his coat of mail? Indeed, Mars never had such a bril- jiant prospect as this minute. Even the pacifists have become pessimistic about peace. A collection of ladies of many vintages recently met in Wash- (Continued on page 4.) SOVIET INTERNAL LOAN - OF 45 MILLION RUBLES IS OVERSUBSCRIBED (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 12.— The four day's subscription i6 closed to. the néw internal 5.per cent loan, issued 4 for one year’s term at °82, to an m1 amount of 10 million gold ‘rubles. 45 million rubles have been By PAUL REISS.— (Special to The Dally Worker) LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 12— A strike of the 90 employes of the Gold- en State Tailoring Seryice shop has just taken place. The Golden State Tailoring Service shop at Court and Spring streets serv- €d notice on the shop committee elect- ed by the workers, that they ‘will not deal with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Local Union No, 278, any longer. When the cutters came to wor! Monday morning they were informed that one of their co-workers was dis- charged last Saturday and when they inquired for the cause of discharge, they were told to go back to work and mind their own business. In reply to this, the cutters insist- ed upon getting an answer. The owners then told the cutters to leave the shop, in other words, they we people and is one hundred per cent organized, The management of the shop officially stated that now is the opportune time to wreck the union and are determined to do so. The) chamber of commerce and the M, and M. have their white hands in this affair. The enthusiasm and solidarity among the workers is very strong. The preés rejoices over the suc- esesful results of the loan, to which result the papers attach a great im- portance, as they tend to show that® there is an amount of free capital In the country sufficient to ensure the sibility of further government ' credit operations in the home mar- ket, FARRINGTON TOOL OUSTED FROM ' OFFICE; PARRY AS PRESIDENT RE-INSTATES SECRETARY W ATT (Specia\ to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 12—The much tangled skein of removals of the elected officials of Sub-District 4, District 12, United Mine Workers is taking on some added kinks, and it appears that Frank Farrington, reac- tionary president of the district has been thwarted for the time being in his ‘attack upon the autonomy of the sub-district and the removal of the progressive officials, Freeman Thompson and John Watt, — op page 3) GET IN ON IT!| 3e% robo [Cnty AV 4.reErer | Sew hicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Vol. II. No. 104, | Ey YORK a y side Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Section of a crowd listened to the Hindu Communist Saklatvala and others speak on the program of the Communist International. FARMERS FROM 3 STATES MEET 10 DENOUNCE CAL 500 Delegates Demand Immediate Relief (Special to The Daily Worker) DES MOINES, Ia., May 12.—Drastic criticism of President Coolidge’s agri- cultural commission and of Secretary Hoover’s policies was meted out to- day when 500 farmers of the middle west met here to make definite plans for, relief for their industry. In a speech loudly applauded by the audience, in which sat representatives of Parmers’ Union, farm bureaus, granges.and allied organizations, Geo. N. Peek, president of the American council of agriculture, Moline, Ill, said hat the middle west had been betray- d by the agricultural und that the secretary of commerce was attempting to usurp the functions of the department of agriculture. The riveting was called to order by Milo Reno, president of the Iowa Far- mers’ Union and Charles S. Barrett, Union City, Ga., president of the Na- tional Farmers’ Union, presided. Nine States Send Delegates. INinois, Colorado*Montana, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and the Dakotas sent delegates. Leaders stated that it was probable that a committee would be appointed to draft a program which would “get the farmers somewhere in his effort to get a decent return for his prod- uets.” They said the present conference meant a fusion of cliques and factions which in some particulars have work- ed at cross-purposes. “Progressives” Present. United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart and congressman L. J. Dickinson, of the tenth Iowa district, and author of the substitute “agricul- tural relief” bill were present. Wife’s Suit Haunts Klan Attacker in Indiana Murder Case | INDIANAPOLIS, May 12.—The Fi- delity,,Deposit company of Maryland entered a categorical denial in su- perior,court number 1, here today, to allegations it is hdlding property of D,..C. Stephenson, former K. K. K. leader under indictment for murder in connection with the death last month of, Miss. Madge Oberholtzer, 28. The company posted a $25,000 bond to obtain Stephenson's release from jail when the first series of indict- ments was returned against him and Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Brehm of Poteau, Okla., alleged divorced wife of Stephenson who is suing him for $17,000! support money, thru the tachment proceedings against the company to tie up any collateral might have given the company to go his bond, commission Blast For Dead With Dynamite. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 12.—Dyna- mite may be used by government en- gineers today in an attempt to bring to the surface the bodies of the 21 victims, still imprisoned in the hull of the steamer Norman, which lies at tho bottom of the Mississippi,’16 mil below here. 4 ; Stanley Jan. 1, MAY DAY MEETING IN DUBLIN STRIKE AGAINST “OPEN SHOP” ON NEW MARKET cures secono WEEK| | (J. § KEPT PRESS All conferences” ff the building trades council officiis and the non- union McLennat ¢onstruction com- pany officials failed to bring a settle- ment of the strike-of the electric- ians, ironworkers, bricklayers, tile setters, plumbers and plasterers employed on the hew market pro- ject at 14th St. and Racine Ave. The work was at a standstill on the twenty mililon| dollar structure, and many of the Landis award un- organized labo! cement workers and carpenters re laid off yester- day. x The building ti 3 is workers who belong. to the are striking _ the. award “open shop” conditions. Thty demand that the non-union workers be organized. DELEGATES 10 PA. LABOR PARTY HIT ‘BOB-CATS’ Call for Organization Based on Unions (Special te The!Daily Worker) HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12.—Sixty delegates to the Pennsylvania labor party assembled here from all sections of the state, representing various or- ganizations. James Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania state federation of la- bor, spoke, criticizing the practice of labor organizations lobbying to influ- ence old party candidates. Contrary to the action of the execu- tive session held in the afternoon the delegates representing the officfaldom of the LaFollette movement tried to choke the organization. Comrade Otis made a speech criti- cizing the chairman's report, the C. P. P. A., and also the'LaFollette move- ment, calling upon the delegates to acknowledge thatiithey had made a mistake in entering! the LaFollette movement. Comrade Otis called upon the con- vention to build:a state labor party with the trade uniom/members as the basis, The rankvand file delegates backed Comrade Otis’ demand for) a labor party. Two More Murders Makes Chieago Total Six for’ Three Days Two more murders, making a total of six for the last three days, were added to Chicago’s crime record to- day. One victim was Joseph Saitta, 40, whose bullet-riddled body was found this morning in the rear of a house on the near north side. A curt telephone message: “There's a dead man in the rear of 1711 N. Lockwood street” ad- vised police of the killing. They ascribed the slaying to a black hand war, ‘The other target of the gunman was John Tubacek found: murdered in his store. Sixty dollars in his clothing and $4.15 in an opem cash resister had not been touched, The day's police blotters also listed Brokowski, 62, Chicago's ninety-sixth victim of moonshine since me DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925 Published Ee 290 REFUTE LIES OF AGAINST RUSSIA Counter - Revolution in Anatolia Explained (Special to The Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, —(By Mail).—Refuting the absurd allegations of a part of the American press acousing the Bol- sheviks ‘of taking a hand in the re- bellion in Eastern Anatolia, the semi- official. Angora organ The Hakl- miot Millie wri ; article, that “the governments that act in accordance with the spirit, feelings and wishes of their peoples respectively, cannot possibly be affected by any changes of a passing political nature, “As it happens, the diplomatic rela- tions between the Turkish and the Russian peoples fall under this head. As a-matter of fact, any counter-revo- lutionary move that happéns to arise in the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics or Turkey only tends still fur- ther to consolidate the friendly -rela- tions existing between the two: coun- tries and offers a fresh opportunity for the manifestation. of mutual sym- pathies. New Russia Greets New Turkey “Moreover, it should be perfectly clear to everyone that between new Russia and new Turkey there now exist such relations as would have been impossible under the czarist re- gime and the Khalifate. “When the Chicago Tribune pre- tends to believe that the insurrection in Eastern Anatolia was engineered by the Bolsheviks with a view to erecting a barrier between Turkey and Soviet Caucasus and thus stem the spread of Turkish influence, it is hardly necessary to demonstrate the (Continued on page 2) Puppet Nations Balk at Arms Publicity; France’s Hand Seen GENEVA, May 12.—Poland atid Roumania today refused America’s project for widest possible publicity regarding statistics of governmental and private arms manufacture. They contended that the “Russian menace” makes impossible any ac- ceptance of such conditions which are not also binding on Russia, who is not a member of the league. These little nations are alleged to be taking orders for this action from France, who still hopes for intervention in Russia, Chervonetz on Italian Exchange. MOSCOW—The Italian ambassador at Moscow, Count Manzoni, has offici- ally informed the people's commissar- iat of foreign affairs, that \the Italian government has sanctioned the quota- tion of.the chervonetz (10-rouble banknote) on the Italian stock ex- delivered at Rostov-on- More Suffering For Cotton Workers. FALL RIVER, Mass., May 12.—An- other curtailment of mill operations in Fall River puts cotton workers back where they were before the recent temporary revival. Unemployment is handicapping the organization cam- paign of the United Textile Workers’ Union. bas ., oon in ea FCA. Be PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK EDITION daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Blvd. Chicage, 1. <“rice 3 Cents COMMUNIST DEPUTIES QUIT THE REICHSTAG IN PROTEST AGAINST THE MONARCHIST PRESIDENT (Special to The Dally Worker) BERLIN, Germany, May 12—The Communist deputies in the reichstag rose and left the chamber in protest when Paul von denburg, monarchist and war lord, began his first speech as president of the German republic. The Communist Party has declared a general twenty-four hour strike against the monarchists, and thousands stayed away from work today. Hindenburg Enacts Farce. Altho Hindenburg went thru the farce of taking the presi- dential oath of allegiance to the German republic,’ his followers greeted him in the street dem-* onstrations as a monarchist and militarist. The monarchist black, white and red flags under which the Hohenzol- lern kaisers ruled far outnumbered the “official” red black and gold re- publican banners. ‘+ Hindenburg recognized that he was elected as a monarchist and a militar- ist, issuing a separate inaugural de- claration to the German army and navy. A Militarist Demonstration. It was a militaristic demonstration for Hindenburg. After he was sworn in as president, Hindenburg rode be- tween squadrons of Prussian lancers to the presidential palace. Sixteen thousand police lined the streets, pre- pared to beat down protests against the monarchists. Altho music was forbidden, the crowds of monarchists societies sang “Deutschland Uber Allles.” Socialists Do Not Protest. The socialist deputies, who wore red carnations, did not join in the protest of the Communists. “When the Communist deputies walked out, the socialists remained in their seats, taking part in the inauguration cere- monies. SOVIET RUSSIA PROTESTS USE OF WHITE GUARDS IN CHINESE ARMY Pad (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKIN, Chita, May i2—The Soviet Russian ambassador to China, L. Karakhan, has sent a sharp note of protest to minister of foreign affairs, Shen Jui-Lin, demanding that the Russian counter-revolutionists in the Chi- ee Ae es ares |'| COSSALKS RETURE SHIP STOLEN FROM WORKERS’ REPUBLIC Chinese citizenship papers in viola- tion of Chinese law, and of the Russo- VLADIVOSTOK — The steamship Mongugal, which had been taken Chinese agreement, and strongly hints that future negotiations with. China will be held up pending a satisfactory adjustment by the Chinese republican away from the port of Viadivostok by the whites during the Interven- tion and has now been returned to the Soviet authorities by the cow government at Pekin. The note fol- lows: sacks, headed by ex-Ataman Anissi- moff, who were on board the steam- er, has arrived at Viadivostok, sall- ing from Shanghai, and was met in official ceremony here, Seventy cossacks, formerly whites, have returned with the ship and have now been amnestied. GOVERNMENT BUREAU IN ADMISSION THAT A LOW WAGE KILLS BABIES WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.— Poverty kills bables. This ancient fact has again been determined by a study of 23,000 babies born in eight American cities, by the ohll- dren’s bureau. “Irrespective of all other factors,” says the report, “it was discovered that the infant death rate varied inversely with the earn- ings of the father.” Also, babies had less chance to live If the number in the family was large—with an average income to feed them. Scientists Explore Saghalien. MOSCOW.—It is announced that a scientific expedition is being equipped at Leningrad, with the participation of the most prominent scientists, who are“to leave for Northern Saghalien, to explore the mineral and forestry re- sources and the possibilities of in- vestigation and exploitation of the oil sources explored by the Japanese. “* * Karakhan’s Note. I have received your note, in which it is stated that General Lu Yun Hsiang’s army there is, \under the command of General Chang Tsung- chang, a detachment consisting of (Continued on Page 4) LEN SMALL’S HOUSE KILLS WOMEN’S EIGHT HOUR WORK MEASURE (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 12—The death knell as far as the house is concerned, was sounded in the 54th Iilinois general assembly today for the women’s &hour bill. By a vote of 72 to 61, the lower branch which is controlled by Governor Small, definitely killed the measure Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neil of Downers Grove has fought for many weeks to pass. It polled five less than a constitutional majority. A similar bill, Introduced by W. S. Jewell of Lewistown, rests in the sena\ Although efforts to pass it is expected, legislative prophets say the upper house stands ready to ad- Teapot Dome Farce Continued, WASHINGTON, May 12.—The Fall- Sinclair-Doheny oil leases were again brought to the attention today of a federal grand jury here. Appearing “for the government,” Special Counsel Atlee Pomerene and District Attor- ney Peyton Gordon appeared before the jury to ask the indictment of ez Secretary of the Interior Fall, Harry F. Sinclair‘and Edward L. Doheny, father and gon, for alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States. Previous “indictments against the same defendants were dismissed by the district supreme court because of the presence of wnauthorized persons in the grand jury room. TOKIO, May 12.—Japanese evacua- ttion of the northern or Russian half of Saghalien Island was reported com- pleted today, administration of the territory haying been turned over to the Ri Ans. BULGAR WHITE GUARDS MURDER RELIEF FUND CUSTODIAN AND STEAL $5,000 R ELIE F FUNDS (INPRECORR CABLE) MOSCOW, May 12.—The executive of the International Red Aid has addressed a written protest to the Bulgarian ministerial council, against the persecution of those who participated in the rellef of the victims of the terror regime, In particular against the execution of Theodore Dimitrov Michallov, who was to transmit the $5,000 collected by the |. R. A. sections of the various countries to the families of those arrested or shot. The International Red Aid demands the return of the confiscated money, which is to be handed over to the Bulgarian Teachers’ Union for distribution among the families of the victims of the terror, The various sections of the International Red Ald are determined to continue the relief work in ald of the victims of the predatory regime in Bulgaria,