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

Page Two GERMANY MOVES TOWARD KAISER, | “B. & 0.” Johnston Losing Election | (Continued from page 1). “and I propose to’ have the ballots comnted. I sent out a questionaire {to most of the lodges, to get exact VOTE REVEALS candidate, and the answers show that I received 9,463 votes and Johnston | 3,384 votes from the lodges that have | figures on the vote they cast on each net yet been officially counted. The Move Giving President | official count covers 179 lodges that More Power U ncheched nominated Johnston, 82 that nominat- ed myself, and 75 that made no nom- ination. “The whole vote of San Francisco 90 per cent of which was cast for |} me, has been withheld.” | The Left Wing Conditional Support, | Members of the left wing group in In the Hindenburg government, and | | the I. A. M. gave conditional support | were defeated, the socialists would | to Anderson in the final elention . BULLETIN. BERLIN, Germany, May 20—When Communist members of the reloh- stag moved a vote of no confidence not Join In demanding a roll call. | ee 6 (Special to The Dally Worker) BERLIN, Germany May 20—Ger-| many further drifted toward a return to the monarchy today when the retdhstag defeated an attempt to reg- igter a vote of lack of confidence in the Hindenburg government by a vote of 214 to 129. The no confidence move was made following a speech by Count| Westarp, monarchist and leader inthe nationalist party, who openly demand- ed amendments to the Weimar con-) stitution on which the republican gov ernment is based. ‘Westarp urged that a special com- mittee be formed to change the con- stitution. He recommended that the powers of Hindenburg be increased, and the color of the fiag be changed to the monarchist colors. Socialists Show Weakness, “Gen. von Hindenburg’s election does not mean that we approve the; republican democratic parliamentary system,” Westarp said, The socialist motion to vote no con- fidence was based on “a conviction that foreign minister, Stresemann and chancellor, Luther are unable to co-| operate with the nationalist influence.” In his speech before the reichstag the socialist leader Breitscheid fatled to strongly oppose the government, confining his remarks to general prop aganda for a utopian “United States of Europe.” It was this weak speech which contributed to the socialist de+ feat. FASCIST MURDER OF WORKERS IN ITALY MOUNTS ROME, May 21—The -persecutions' of the workers in Italy increase in a terrifying manner, Governmentand: fascist organizations act in common in) the murdering of revolutionary ~work-; ers and the distruction of their prop-| erty. The Bulletin of the Italian sac-| tion of the 1 R, A. publishes the fol-|| lowing statistic? which .are ‘not yet, Searches Prohibition of papers...40 365 99 Prohibition ot-meectings ......33 69 324) Paratte on For Goose Step Show, Troops will parafie thru the loop to- day as the operting of the military; frow to be heli for three days in Grant Park, with which the army af- | announcing their own program and non, and Henning to be defeated by Chas. Fry of Chicago, for delegate to the A. F. of L. Johnston plans, say the left wingers, to work this plan to split the Anderson group in case of contest of the election. The count is supposed to be com- Dleted about May 38, and the left wing gives, as proof of the heavy majority for Anderson, the following items of ballots cast in the larger districts, How the Vote is Going. District 2, New York, cast a total vote of only 74 for Johnston and 2,274 for Anderson. In Canada, Anderson got a majority over Johnston of about 1,200 votes. In District 8, Chicago, the vote ran for Johnston 722 and for Anderson 2,747, distributed as follows: declaring that as Emme, the left wing | Looals Johnston Anderson candidate, had been kept off the 83 4 270 final ballot by the primary election, 84 2 11 they would support Anderson who rep- 113 163 199 resents the center group in order to 136 2 629 break the Johnston machine. 128 3 16 This left wing group declares that 134, 88 104 Anderson ‘ts certainly elected and that 185 10 62 the left wing will vigorously contest 199 i 239 the stesling of the elention by John 253 8 25 ston's fraudulent actions and warns 337 8 128 the membership against tricks by 366 28 12 Johnston to seize the election f- 390 8 141 legally. 478 22 163 Johnston ‘Tries to Spiit Anderson 492 8 221 Group. ) 524 8 186 The left wing points out that John- 582 0 65 ston is trying to break the Anderson 830 15 39 center group in two by declaring that | Helpers 7. 43 Lauderman, a Johnston candidate for 1528 342 6 vice-president, will be beaten by Ham- BR. R. Local 0 186 LUMBER TRUST == | Sieur, Shose * to Sit on Shepherd Murder Witness KILLS AND ROBS AS UNION SPLITS Two Lumberjacks Die for Clear Lake Co. MT, VERNON, Wash,, May 20.—By lack of a strong and militant union in the lunther camps, the 1. ‘W.. W. hav- ing deserted the fight against the luniber ‘barons to quarrel about branch autonomy under the constitution, the lumber trust takes its pleasure in ‘bitterest slave driving, sacrificing the lives and linibs of the workers reck- lessly, as the death of two lumber jacks here-within a -wesk amply prove. If the jacks miss death they get $3.40 a day—when they work, One ‘worker ‘was drowned the other day when he fell off the log boom, and at the Clear Lake Lumber com- pany camp Paul Dovick was fatally injured on May %, when a flying cable struck him and inflicted fatal in- Juries. || ed to tits injury and caused his death | twenty minutes after his arrival. As the union is more interested in internal controversy than in fighting for better conditions, nothing is done to stop the dangerous conditions which lead to these deaths or even to aid the unfortunate workers who are injured, or their dependants when, as in this instance, they are killed Ministers’ Ald Took Bootleg Money. Roy W. Carpenter, an investigator ficera-are attempting to fores the mil-} for the Rey. H L. Williams, director itary spirit down the throats of Chi-jof law emforcement eggo's workers. The show is aimed to| Government Aasociation, inerease anrdliment in the citizens! following his arrest charged eg pumhed by the manufacturers Drepars i tha workers for the next-war, set The Shepherd-McClintock cauldron was set seething again with an un- heralded announcement that the grand jury would be called for spe- cial session at 3 o’clock “to take up matters pertaining to the Shepherd case.” It was generally admitted that the, matter of the disappearance of Rob- ert White, one of the star witnesses for the state, and the charge that a $25,000 bribe had brought about his departure from the city, would be taken up. Meanwhile, in the courtroom, the monotonous business of trying to find 12 men qualified under the law to act as jurors to decide the fate of William D. Shepherd, accused of the murder of his millionaire ward, Wm: McClintock, was resumed. ‘When the session started, only three of thé 30 veniremen examined remained in the box. Of these, only one had withstood the questioning of both sides. The other two had been quizzed only by the defense and it is the state questions regarding their feeling toward circumstantial evi- dence, their faith in circumstantial evidence and their stand on capital punishment, which has disqualified - majority of those examined thus Peru Turns Other Cheek. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May 20-— A dispatch from Lima, Peru, states that M. LaPierre, Peruvian minister to Ecuador, declared that Peru will request the United States government to settle the boundary dispute be tween Pern and Ecuador. Federal Prisons Overfiowing. WASHINGTON, D. ©., May 20.—The federal government has asked the state prisons to take over federal THE DAILY WORKER ~ (CAL AIDS WHITE Jap Workers in. Hawaii FINNS IN MOVE ||Give U. S. Imperialism TO DEPORT RED/Many R Mrs, Kannasto Held for Hibbing, Minn., Speech DULUTH, Minn., May 20.—All Ef- forts to get a reduction In ball for Mrs. Sanna Kannasto, who was ar- rested at Hibbing, Minnesota, after making a speech there, have failed. Mrs, Kannasto is charged with Ille- gal entry from’ Canada and violation of the wartime ‘passport act. The bail was fixed at $10,000 and peti- tions for reduction have been per- sistently denied’ by Judge W. A. Cant of the United States district court of Minnesota, Mrs. Kannasto, ‘who is of Finnish origin has lived in the United States and Canada for the last twenty years. She was arrested after an informer @ Finnish white guard sympathizer, had informed the authorities that Mrs. Kannasto was to ‘speak in the Fin- nish Hall in Hibbing, on May 10. A stenographer was sent to report the speech and directly afterward Mrs, Kannasto was takén in custody. In America 20 years. Her informer’also stated that Mrs. Kannasto had been recently in Fin- land and had taken an active part in the civil war there. Many Finnish resident on the Mesabo range who have known Mrs. Kannasto for the twenty years she has been in Ameri- ca, declare this to be a fabrication. - It is pointed out that in Canada, where Mrs, Kannasto has recently re- sided, the struggle between the “white” Finns and the “red” Finns very often assumes somewhat san- guine aspects. Mrs. Kannasto’s in- former is one of the “white” Finns who resented Mrs. Kannasto speaking at Hibbing. ~ Attempt to Deport Her. The war-time ‘passport act that con- stitutes one of ‘the charges upon which Mrs. Kannasto is held, is still in force by re-enactment of congress as a rider to ar! appropriation bill in 1922. She was “bound to the United States district court on this charge and bail fixed at $10,000. The. other charge of illegal’ entry will be heard by the immigration department. No, bail has been fixed on this latter charge. This hélds her liable to an attempt that will probably be made to deport Mrs.“ Kannasto to Fin- dertaken this case and has retained I, E, Ferguson of Chicago and John R. Heino of Duluth as attorneys. The fight is now being made for reduc- tion of bail and the attorneys are making preparations to carry the case to the highest courts if need be. BRITISH BLACK SHIRTS GIVEN OWN MEDICINE Workers Invade Hall and Rout Fascists LONDON, May 8-—(By Mail)— There were lively scenes at a meet- ing of British fascists at Birming- prisoners from the penitentiaries, be-| ham last night. Mr. P. J. Hannan, cause of the overcrowded conditions| tory M. P. for Mos prevailing. Doea your friend subscribe to who presided, was greeted with cries of “Kidnap- pers” when he announced that the British fascisti stood for free speech. ‘When he made the statement that the DAILY WORKER? Ask him!| the British fasciéti movement did not Organizing Industry For War! The story of how the bosses are hurriedly organizing the industries of the country for war is told for the first time in The New Issue of the YOUNG WORKER tells how the organization of the big bosses, the Ordnance Advisory Board, headed by HE, H. Gary, which is preparing industry on slaughter of young workers. How Near Is 4 national scale to make bigger profits than ever before out of the next whl BL: War? Dark clouds are gathering over the Pacific and the imperialists are adding more young workers to their armies and navies. i The U. 8. navy has been practicing for war in Hawallan waters and Comrades Crouch and Trum- bul) are in jail in Honolulu because they opposed the coming war! All these preparations of the bosses for war have been exposed weekly in the YOUNG WORKER which carries on a continual fight against capitalist militarism and imperialist wars, Send for D@ldie orders of the new issue containing this special story. 5 CENTS A COPY. Subscription Rates—$1.50 a year, 850 for 6 months. YOUNG WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, Ill. ¢ borrow its progfam from other coun- tries, there were loud shouts of “What about Mussolini?” Mr. A. KirbyHewlett, organizing secretary, Was subjected to consider- able interruption’ when he referred to what he described as “the unfortunate accident that happened recently to the secretary of the national minority movement.” Local Comm attended in full force, and one 7m was threaten- ed with forcible ejection if he did not sit down. % Hats Snatched Off. The meeting ended with amazing scenes of disorder, during which the Daily Herald correspondent and other persons were violently assaulted by members of the;fascisti. This arose after the singing of the national an- them, , Press representatives waited a few moments, owing to liveliness in parts of the hall, where groups of labor supporters were engaged in argument with the fascist. In the midst of the uproar the or- gan again struck up the national an- them, with the obvious intention of drowning the “Red Flag” being sung by the labor supporters. The nowspapermen were then en- correspondents, roughly handled Res 4) od for the of his wild men. ae on i By J. LOUIS estless Hours ENGDAHL. TaDAY another pin pricks uncomfortable American Im- perialism as it studies the population figures of Hawaii. It isn’t enough that the Hawaiian defenses should be re- ported weak, that Communsits should be discovered among American troops stationed on the Islands, but in addition that Japanese, workers, should constitute one-half the total population. American exploitation always has had trouble with [ts workers. The millions of Negroes sold into slavery in the United States from Africa, brought on the Civil War, while the Negro problem now faces capitalism with all its anti- capitalist possibilities. It is among the foreign-born work- ers, lured to the United States by rainbow hopes, that today’s revolutionary movement has its strongest foothold. That condition will not be changed by new immigration regula- tions. pee as Similarly in Hawaii, rich In Its sugar and pineapple plantations. First the Chinese were imported because they toiled cheaply. Then the Japanese were brought in for the same reason; no doubt also to act as a race bulwark against any show of discontent among the Chinese. Then later Fill- pinos were brought over as another mixture. Brutal exploitation under the lash of the American task- master, however, has welded these rival races into a growing working class solidarity; just as the workers’ front takes on increased unity in the coal mines, the steel and textile mills, the packing houses and other great industries in the home- land of U. %. imperialism. There have been militant strikes of Hawaiian sugar slaves as well as of the serfs of West Virginia's coal mines. J e a e Thus the American capitalist government, thru Its jingo ress, shrieks that it is a Japanese problem that it confronts in Hawali, whereas it is more a working class problem, born of the subjugation there as everywhere else under the Amer- ican flag, of labor to the profit demand of the dollar. o * * . From his guard house cell in the Schofield Barracks, at Honolulu, the imprisoned soldier, Paul Crouch, calls for the unity of all soldiers, sailors and marines, to fight for their own interests, along with the exploited wage workers and the poor farmers. That is a note that has never been struck before in the American military machine-—a discordant note to the capitalist ear, but melodious indeed to the ears of all lass-conscious workers. Unity of the workers means unity of black, brown and yellow, as well as.white workers, and the great hosts of labor in Hawaii, of many colors, will yet prove the bridge, showing the toiling masses of the two American continents their iden- tity of interest with Asiatic labor. °° Representative Thomas orld.” power, °°? What all labor should be Says Zinoviev Was Responsible for the Ricca Salary Bill NEW YORK, May 20.—At a meet- ing of the Federation of Teachers’ As- sociation of the city of New York held in the rooms of the County Lawyers’ Association, 165 Broadway, William McAuliffe, president of the Teachers’ Council, set out to explain why he turned down the committee of fifteen in the recent battle over the Ricca teachers’ salary bill. In building his alibi he cowardly tried to hide behind the broad shoulders of Gregory Zino- viev, president of the Communist In- ternatiynal, who he said, was respon- sible for the bill. With a lot of superfluous gestures and much shouting he went one bet- ter to the real estate men, who fought the bill, as he raved about the infiu- ence of radicalism in the schools and the propaganda of the “Communist In- ternational” which he said he was re- sponsible for bringing the Ricca bill before Governor Smith only to em- barass him, He announced that a new teachers’ salary bill was being prepared by the board of superintendents, These sched- ules he said would soon be presented to the board of education and he call- ed upon the Teachers’ Federation to give the bill its support. ALBANY, N. Y., May 20—The speed boat Teaser, owned by R. F, Hoyt, beat the time of the New York Cen- tral crack twentieth century limited between New York and Albany today by twenty minutes. The Teaser made the 188 miles in two hours and 40 minutes. The twentieth century covers the distance in three hours,’ Wall Street Tool Inaugurated. HAVANA, Cuba, May 20—Gerardo Machado was inaugurated as Cuba's fifth president today, Machado is un- der the thumb of the Wall Street bank- ors, Does your friend subscribe to “Working Class Supremacy in the Pacific.” have made a good start by raising the red flag of the world revolution along their entire coast line, where Siberia dips into the greatest ocean. Who is next? W. Butler, of Pennsylvania, announces that he will introduce legislation in the next con- ess to make Hawaii “the strongest military outpost in the Butler’s proposals, however, will not be worth the paper they are written on, no more than the steel and coal indus- tries of his own state will be safe in the hands of their private owners, if the workers, the farmers, the soldiers in one great fraternal unity combine their strength and take over all Wall Street’s naval squadron is on its way to Australia, where it will greet the capitalists of that country, and there will be much talk of “white supremacy in the Pacific.” interested in and work for fs, The Russians | SPRING DANCE TO AID AMERICAN COMMUNIST (Special to The C=!ly Worker) NEW YORK, May 20.—The Work- ers’ School has arranged an enter- talnment and dance for Sunday eve-~ ning, May 24, at the headquarters, 108 East 14th street. All the pro- ceeds will be sent to the American Communist students In Moscow to help them “obtain the necessary books, etc. Splendid entertainment will be offered, of the sort that has made the Workers’ Schoal vetcher- inkas and dances famous In the party ranks. Music wil! be suppiled by the Willlamsburg orchestra. A good time Is assure dto all. North Side Study Class Meets Tonight A most important meeting of the North Side branch study class on the “State and Revolution” will take place tonight. be taken up of great interest to every class and branch member and friends they may bring along. As usual, the meeting takes place at 8’clock at 2406 N. Clark Bt. Ten Million in Bonds Sold. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 20—IIlf- nois today established the highest price ever received for state highway bonds, when a block of ten million dollars worth of bonds was sold to a group composed, with one exception, of Illinois financial institutions, head- ed by the Continental and Commercial ‘Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, for $998,810 or a rate of 99.881. interest yield on the bonds will approximately 4,008 per cent. bonds were 4 per cent sertal the maturities being $1,000, ? 'Natives Behind | the French Lines Support the Riffs (Continued. from page 1) Altho the French war ministry's statements are extremely guarded, it GERMAN TARIFF DUE TO DAWES PLAN FAILURE But Will Ruin U. S. Ex- port Trade (Special to, The Dally Worker) BERLIN, May 20.—The German cabinet today appeared before an in- vited assembly of newspaper men, to explain its proposed tariff against foreign goods being imported into Ger- many. Tn effect it means a trade war against foreign business interests which counted upon the bourgeois miracle of the Dawes plan to make a market for their goods. There are three general reasons given for lay- ing down the tariff wall. Cannot Pay Dawes Plan Installments Firstly, imports into Germany are steadily increasing in ratio to exr ports, making an unfavorable trade balance. This, of course, forbids in like measure, any payment of repay rations under the Dawes plan, which now doesn’t appear so miraculous as it did. This is, it is held, reason enough to justify the tariff without giving any additional excuse. However, the cabinet insists that Germany must become “self supporte ing” and that a tariff barrier will help do it. And then the third fact is that the combined political power of big industry and the agrarian inter- ests have agreed on the tariff as a mutual political measure, chiefly aa an aid to the land owners. Will Ruln American Trade The tariff, however, will have a crushing effect on American trade with Germany, Particulalrly in meat and grain. In the first quarter of 1925, fully 80 per cent of the meat imported {nto Germany came from the United States. And 60 per cent of the grain and flour came from America’s middle west. The Amare iean farmer is due to get another lesson on {international economy. Another blow is at Poland, which sends its potatoes, vegetables and dairy products to Germany. This is not likely to lessen ‘the friction be- tween the two nations. Murder Will Out More and more it {s seen that aly though the failure of the Dawes plan can be glossed over and hidden by the silence of the press, the tariff wall, which will injure foreign business and again boost the unbearably high cost. of living in Germany, is due to bring the contradictions of the Dawés plai ~ sharply to the attention of the world, Comrade Chram Talks ig Crowd on Boris Savinkov An enthusfastic crowd that: filled the Workers’ House Tuesday night listened to Alexander Chramovs’ talk. on Boris Savinkov. A few anarchists who were present attempted to dis- credit the speaker and Soviet Russia by asking some foolish questions. The answers they received were so point ed that the audience applauded and laughed at the poor followers of the bandit Machno. A collection was taken up for the Russian daily Novy Mir and much li- terature was sold. The other lectures of Comrade Chra- mov will be held as follows: Chieago, Ill., Thursday, May 21, at 2734 W,. 18th St. Pullman, Ill, Friday, May 22, at Stancike’ Hall, 205 H, 115th St, Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday, May 23, at Miller Hall, cor..State and 8th 8t., $rd floor. Kenosha, Wis., Sunday, May 24, at 2 p.m, at German-American Home, 665 Grand Ave. Chicago, It!., Sunday, May 24, at 7 p..m., at 1902 W. Division St, Chicago, Ill., Monday, May 25, at 1080 W.. 14th St. Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday,. May 26, at Miller Hall, cor.. State and 8th St., 8rd floor.. At the meetings at cdyrriasee yet i sha, Milwaukee on May 23, ey cago on May 24, the voices of rer 6 Trotsky, Lunacharsky and others will be heard from phonograph records.