The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 7, 1925, Page 2

' Page Two THE DAILY WORKER PSYCHOLOGICAL SUICIDE TO BE KLAN DEFENSE Teeth Marks Were an Attitude of Mind (Special to The Daily Worker) NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 5.—The defense here in the trial of D, C. Ste- phenson, ku klux klan dragon who or- ganized that order in both Indiana and Ohio, and his two companions, Earl Gentry and Earl Klinick, on trial for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer, is to be that the girl died of “psycholo- gical suicide.” The mass of sores and bruises in- flicted upon her body by the trio which became infected had nothing to do with her death. The reason she died is because she wanted to. Had she desired to live the prurient infec- tion resulting in gangrene could have been eliminated by the simple exercise of mind over matter. Teeth Marks Psychological The marks left upon various parts of her body by Stephenson's teeth were there because of the attitude of mind of Miss Oberholtzer. If her phy- chology had been different the teeth would have left no marks. This sort of defense is relied upon to release Stephenson and his de- praved associates in one of the most repulsive crimes in the annals of this country. As Usual the Worker and Not the Company Gets Blame for Wreck WASHINGTON, Nov. 56—Responsi- bility for the collission of two electric interurbans on the East St. Louis and Suburban railway at Grandy, Illinois, on July 7 was placed today upon Mo- torman Miller and Conductor Smith by the interstate commerce commis- sion. One was killed and three in- jured in the accident. British in Palestine Reinforced. LONDON, Nov. 5—Tho aware of the seriousness of the situation in Syria, the foreign office stated today that no information has been received, in- dicating that there need be no ap prehension regarding the British posi- tion in Palestine. Tho reports have stated that Syrian rebels are within two miles of the Palestine boundaries the foreign of- fice stated that the British troops in Palestine are sufficient to deal with any emergency. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. PRIESTS WILL NOT HAVE TO MARRY 10. HEAR CONFESSIONS MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5.—The gov. ernment has issued a manifesto de- claring that the action of the gov- ernor of Tabasco, ordering that the priests of the church must marry, was in violation of the constitution and a restriction “of their personal liberty."| The manifesto directs the governor to withdraw his order for- bidding unmarried priests to conduct services in the churches. A number of priests fled Tobasco when the governor announced that the priests must marry if they want- ed to preach and listen to the con- “fessions” of the tler sex. DEFIANT SYRIAN NATIONALIST LEADER, PROCLAIMS REPUBLIC (Continued from page 1). formidable forces in the present con- flict under Rama Danibu Shallash, and also the bands of Druses, who in ad- dition to the main body under chiefs of tribes were scattered thru all the armed groups above mentioned. Recruits from Arabia are streaming into Syria to aid in the defense of the country against the French. French Steal Arms Wholesale pillaging of the villages between Damascus and Homs is being carried on by the French, Every hut within their reach is being searched, the arms and other useful articles con- fiscated and whole families murdered in cold blood. Damascus itself is under a pall, the former historic Street Called Straight, resounds only tothe tread of soldiery and the rumble @jtanks and artillery; gone are the croW/ded bazaars and the fascinating scenes that made this street world-famous, Maurading bands of French soldiery are ripping down walls and blasting their way into the ruins seeking what- CAPITALIST GOVERN MENT’S COAL COMMISSION PROVES ANTHRACITE OPERATORS MISREPRESENT WAGES (Continued from page 1) mine workers averaged 248 days per year and made $1700 gross for the year,” which in no way compensates for the risks, the hazards or the re- sponsibilities of their employment, From these earnings found by the commission must be deducted the ex- penses of the miners for marching and the many supplies that they must have to enable them to dig the coal, such as drills, and jack hammers, etc., ete., the cost of which is well over two} hundred dollars per year. When we deduct this amount form the highest | skilled anfl highest paid workers it) leaves them with less than $1400 per year; but the wage of the average mine worker is a great deal less and far below the average standard of living. In referring to the miners’ labor- ers the coal commission said, “Their families have a very uncertain and inadequate income. They are fre- quently in economic distress.” That statement was made by John Hays Hammond, chairman of the coal commission, a commission that spent $600,000 of government money. Hammond, the other day, suggested that the Pennsylvania mine certificate law be repealed, that scabs may be brot into the anthracite region to break the strike. John H, Hammond, the South African mining engineer, would not hestitate to reduce the an- thracite miners to the level of the coolie slave labor of the mines in South Africa. As an indication of the terrible working conditions in the pits we need only glance at the labor turn- over, The workers are continuously changing jobs in the forlorn hope of bettering their unbearable conditions. In some instances the labor turnover reaches ag high as 416 per cent. Amazing Labor Turnover. The turnover in the Lehigh district ran from 55 per cent to 416 per cent; in the Wyoming district from 100 per cent to 225 per cent; in the Schuykill district from 115 per cent to 194 per cent. Anyone with any experience in mining will realize the terrible con- ditions that exist in a mine to cause such a labor turnover. The conditions of the inside day men with those of the day men work- ing on top are of anything worse than the contract and consideration miners in many respects. Their wages aver- age trom $4.62 to $5.96 per day flat rates, The coal commission says that, “any outside men who are earning $1600 per year are working as many or more days than there are in the calendar year, thru overtime, work at night, or ninety-five days more than the industry averaged as found in the commission’s investigation.” The foregoing facts as supplied by the official coal commission, squelches the lying statements of the hard coal barons and shows their propaganda now permeating the anthracite region and the rest of the country to be in- tentionally erroneous and mislead- ing. The workers will not be: mislead by such propaganda, and such state- ments can only more firmly bind to- gether the miners of the anthracite region with the soft coal miners and the workers of the other industries. Tomorrow's article will deal with the social conditions of the anthracite miners). ANITA WHITNEY SENDS DONATION TO INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE TO FIGHT AGAINST SYNDICALISM LAWS (1. L. D. News Service) Charlotte Anita Whitney, who was sentenced to serve from one to four- teen years imprisonment for alleged violation of the California syndicalist law and who is about to begin serving sentence as a result of the refusal of the United States supreme court to accept jurisdiction on her appeal, sent a contribution to the International Labor Defense to aid in the defense of persecuted workers. Tho prominent socially in California and numbering among her personal friends men and women of influence refuses to take advantage of her po-+— in bourgeois circles, Miss Whitney sition to secure relief from the sen- tence imposed upon her, while hun- dreds of workers are still tasting the bitterness of prison life. Referring to Governor Richardson’s refusal to pardon Tom Mooney, the I. W. W., and other innocent inmates of California’s dungeons Miss Whitney said: “He has had a long time to pardon the others, the poor men without in- fluence, who are in San Quentin prison on the same charges that I am found guilty of. “If the governor wants to show that he is a true representative of the people, that he intends to stand for the principle of liberty upon which} this country was founded, then let him release those men from prison and not concern himself only with a woman who has the thousands of in- fluential friends that I have.” No sonner had the news of the ac-} tion of the United States supreme court réached the public than thous- ands of messages of encouragement from all over the country poured in to Miss Whitney’s home. Scores of ,women called in person and hardly a minute passed without the arrival of flowers. The International Labor Defense is conducting a campaign for the release of Miss Whitney and the other victims of the California syndicalism law, Eh > ever of value they can confiscate, with- out hindrance from the military au- thorities. Valuables are taken from the dead bodies of their victims, ‘They do not even stop to remove rings from swollen fingers, but cut them off and rings and /human flesh go into their sacks that they carry with them, later to be assorted when ‘they return to their quarters with the rewards of the plundering expeditions. Arouse the World The true facts of the atrocities are being heralded to the world by every means available and is producing the desired results in spite of the terror and censorship, Couriers from Da- mascus, Homs and Beirut have been dispatched to every part of the Mo- hammedan world to arouse the masses against imperialism in all its forms and, disastrous as have been the ef- fects of French occupation here, it is felt that no sacrifice is too great if only the millions under domination of the imperialist nations can be broght into battle to overthrow the European and American yoke, World Basis of Bolshevik Revolution 8 Wa Union of Soviet Republics is increasing in strength both within and without. not only the government of the Russian proletariat; the international significance of the Russian revolution created a government which has its b world, This is the basis for the irreconcilable hate of capitalists and imperialists.—Mani- festo of the Communist International. Beginning Monday, Nov. “The Movement for World Trade Union Unity” By TOM BELL. World Trade Union Unity is one of the burning prob- lems of the world labor movement today, British and Russian labor are holding conferences; A. A. Purcell, a leading ad- vocate of world labor unity, is touring the United States in its interests; official bodies of labor are sending delegations to Soviet Rus- sia; steps for unity are be- ing taken by the Interna- tional Federation of Trade Unions and the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions. It is at this time that the basis for unity, steps al- ready taken, the outlook for the future—are all brought to the attention of American workers in this timely series of articles, Look for this series in future issues of The DAILY WORKER. SUBSCRIBE! Build the DAILY WORKER. Purcell | ___ Purcell Writes on World Unity | (Continued from page 1) question which has to be considered and solved is thé question of the present and future organizing of the international working class of Europe. To speak and to judge of other mat- ters would be a huge mistake. It will be the duty of everyone taking part in such a conference not to rake up questions regarding the dead and regrettable past, but to go there with the sole purpose of leading the great working class movement out of the wilderness, I may be asked: Why only the En ropean organizations?. Because this is the most important thing, the rest will follow. In addition to this other organizations will soon understand that their affiliation is also desirable, It is the proletariat of the whole FASCISM) AGAIN ON RAMPAGE T0 CRUSH CRITICS Alleged Plot Excuse for New Terror (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, Nov. 5.—One of the most savage conspiracies ever con- cocted by the bandit hordes of Mus- solini came to light here today with wholesale attacks upon the political enemies of the butcher. when new of- fensives were launched under pretext of reprisals for an alleged attempt on his life. The anti-magonic outbreaks in Flor- ence were eclipsed today when a sweeping order was issued command- ing prefects to take charge of every masonic lodge in, Italy, confiscate re- galia, records, and arrest the officers. Socialist Arrested. Former socialist deputy, Zaniboni, has been arrested charged with aiding in the plot against Mussolini. General Capello, a war veteran and leader of the masons has afso been placed un- der arrest charged, with the same crime, The socialist unitarian party has been ordered dissolved and raids were conducted against it thruout the day, accompanied by bestial beatings and other torture methods used by the fascists. This is a further attempt of Mussolini to crush the petty bourgeois elements organized around the masons of Italy. This savagery has long been prac- ticed against the Communists, but no complaints were then made by the so- cialists. Now, however, the drive has expanded and all elements not subser- vient to the dictator are being ruth- lessly exterminated, Insubordination Is One Reason Given for Ousting 13' Teachers A significant factor in Superintend- ent William McAndrew’s recent rec- ommendation for the dismissal of 13 teachers from the Chicago public schools is the charge of insubordina- tion given as one of the reasons for their dismissal. Added to that is the fact that all ratings are secret, 3 The teachers have registered their protest against the secret ratings system by coming before the board jonce more with the appeal that “un- \der this system hundreds of teachers |have been rated who would oth- erwisé be rated ” because under the system the t rican be given any mark that s and others who wish to get rid of her. In connection with these dismissals a fight has arisen between the board of education and McAndrews over the reappointment of William H. Camp- bell to the board of examiners. Mc- Andrew sponsors. Campbell and charges politics are back of the at- tacks upon the examiner. The rea- sons advanced by the board are that he is over the age limit for service which is 70 years and that he !s 1m- polite in carrying out his duties, Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. Roumanian Peasantry May Get a Chance to Eat What They Raise BUCHAREST, Noy. 5—The Ruman- jan grain export market is in a de- moralized state, and grain dealers say this is due to the persistence of Rus- sian grain offers in the European markets at low prices. It {s stated that the shipment of barley from Rus- sian ports last week exceeded 100,000 tons. With winter about to close the Danube river for shipping, Rumanian exporters are abandoning hope for any improvement in the grain export situation this year, , on World | ___ Purcell Writes on World Unity | THEREFORE, | appeal to all to has to enter into this campaign for a real anti-capitalist and genuine proletarian clasg,.international, in the spirit of ti incere desire for brotherhood and unity. If every- body follows this course, then we shall succeed. We are able to do innumerable things. We can arouse and fill with joy the hearts of millions of \fellow-workers who are hopefully -awaiting a real In- spiring leadership, which there is no doubt a strong, united, all-em- bracing federation can give them. This would mean a blow at the very heart of international capital- isi id this alone justifies such an attempt. Forms Chain Stores, Big! Sears-Roebuck mail order con- with offices at Chicago is going o the chain store business. It re- psi opened two more retail stores in Chicago. It now maintains three stores in Chicago and one in Phila- delphia, Dallas,''Tex., Kansas City, Seattle and Evifiéville, Wash, This company {8 nofef for the low wages it pays its employes, the examiner} Coolidge Is Scheming to Bring Regularity into the Republican Party’s Ranks By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TODAY: President Coolidge sits in the white house at Wash- ington planning his message to the congress that con- venes early next month; the congress that was elected a year ago in November, 1924, but has not yet been in session for a single day. It is written in the law of the land that new congresses must cool off for 13 months after election before getting down to work. During that time European governments come and go. For instance, the present congress was elect- ed during an era of “democratic pacifism” in Europe, with MacDonald, the labor premier of England,-and Herriot, the “radical socialist” at the head of the French government. Since then the tories have come into governmental control in London, and Herriot is out and Painleve in for the second time in Paris. * * * * Altho there has been no change.in the government at Washington, except for the replacement of a few members of the cabinet, and the death of some members of congress, like LaFollette in Wisconsin, nevertheless, it seems that Coolidge feels the temper of the masses is not the same that it was when they rolled up a landslide vote in his favor last year. This is indicated to some extent by his calling Senator Borah, of Idaho, head of the important senate foreign rela- tions committee, into conference on both international and domestic matters, ate too often not to realize Coolidge has been trounced by the sen- the necessity of having the Idaho senator on his alde, if posse. Since Borah is tious the west, he must necessarily put up some sort of a fight for the farmers, especially for the irrigation farmers of his own and neighboring states. Borah denounces Secretary of Agriculture Work’s “hard-boiled” policy on the vast reclamation projects in the west. Coolidge sustains Work. Borah declares the Work sony is destined to bring financial ruin on thousands of har |-pressed settlers, unable to make the payments demanded by the government, Considerable discontent has resulted. Borah might be used as a fig leaf by Coolidge to cover up in part the republican administration as a bitter enemy of the farmers. realizes this. e ° Coolidge Borah is also a bridge between the Coolidge adminis- tration and Soviet recognition. Coolidg: like Harding be- fore him, has been the political mouthpiece of American capitalism's attack on the Union of Soviet Republics. Borah has always been in favor of recognizing the workers’ and peasants’ government. When ‘the developing forces become powerful enough to push Washington into recognition of Moscow, Coolidge may well say that he did not reverse the recognized republican policy, but that he merely surrendered to the senate’s spokesman pn foreign relations, Energetic efforts are ah being made to win Robert LaFollette, Jr., successor to his father, for the Coolidge re- gime. This is not impossible. Some concessions can easily be made. The reward for the Coolidge-Butler-Mellon out- fit will be the opportunity to claim that this shows its friendly attitude toward labor. Coolidge’s message to congress can therefore be depend- ed on to be a campaign document for the 1926 congressional elections, not a statement of the real position of this strike- breaking government. Glib'words and high-sounding phras- es will appear as bait for unsuspecting and unthinking work- ers and farmers, whose votes are needed, Labor, in the cities and on the land, must realize that the Coolidge administration has not changed. Concessions to Borah, LaFollette, Jr., and others, do not change by an iota the anti-labor character of the big business government. It is merely an old-fashioned method of bringing these wav- ering elements into line. Republican regularity for 1926 is the goal sought. Let the workers struggle for the same regularity in-their own ranks organized into a labor party that will present a class front to the capitalist class forces now entrenched in ower in Washington. Every move of the Coolidge admin- stration, when interpreted correctly, is an argument for independent political action on the part of labor. BABIES SOLD TO “CHILDLESS” WIVES FOR $25 AND $35 EACH CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 5.—Charges that babies were sold at prices ranging from $25 to $35 each, to women, desirous ¢f offspring, but denied them by nature, were being probed by the Hamilton county grand jury, tol- lowing disclosures made in a divorce suit filed by Thomas Brummer Samuels, railroad employe, against his wife, Mrs, Helen Samuels, who is alleged to |have purchased three babies from an unnamed woman, residing in Coving- ton, Ky., just across the Ohio river from here, Indictments are expected this week. The woman, according to Samuels, maintained offices where © women made their purchases of young babies, which were delivered “as the grocery boy brings around a dozen of eggs.” Samuels, according to his wife, wanted a large family, When she found that this was not to be, she got in touch with the “baby woman.” For this she paid, $25, he declared, and awaiting a time when his duties on the railroad took him from home, arranged to have it delivered. A tele- gram was sent him announcing the “birth,” For a time, Samuels said, he was munist International. TWO WORKERS KILLED AS DUPONT DYNAMITE WAREHOUSE GOES UP TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 5.—Two men were brown to bits and four more were injured when the dyna- mite cartridge warehouse at the Dupont power works exploded. [ee unsuspicious, but finally questioned his wife. She, he declared, broke down and confessed the hoax, Tf you want to see the Com- munist movement grow—get a sub for the DAILY WORKER. Wreck All Capitalist Expectations At capitalist expectations have been wrecked upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics. The proletarian dictatorship is embracing ever-widening sections of the working eople. The oénditions of living of the Russian proletariat are visibly improving. Slowly but steadily wages are increasing. creasing extent the cultural requ pemenes of the working companion of the Com- saints OH BE SAE POLICE TERRORIZE MANY IN CHASE TO ‘GET’ DURKIN Frantic Search Keeps Workers in Fear The police hunt for Martin Durkin, slayer of the red-baiting prohibition “enforcement” officer Shanahan and another Chicago policeman who tried to “get” him, has not succeeded in finding Durkin, but has succeeded in terrorrizing and victimizing. many in- nocent workers, Search 65 Apartments, One hundred and twenty policemen, armed with shotguns and tear bombs surrounded the apartment building at 6415 Harper avenue, when someone had told them that Durkin’s sweet- heart, Betty Andrews, had lived there at one time, and kept the ‘inhabitants of the house in a state of fear for a number of hours until the’ police had searched every room of the 65 apartments in the building’ in the hope of locating Durkin. They walk- ed around thru the rooms with drawn The Soviet government is ‘| guns, waking those who'had gone to bed early and putting them thru the inconvenience of having their flats mauled and searched fied group of “fearless” coppers. These coppers came near to killing one of their own number, who in his eagerness to “get” Durkin, had climb- ed onto the roof of one of the. houses near the apartment building. « Not only are apartment houses raid- ed, but a squad of police with drawn guns arrived at the Wilson avenue station of the North Shore Hlectric in the search for Durkin, Whitewash Detective Chief. Chief of Detectives Shoemaker has been whitewashed of any blame for failure to “get” Durkin the night they had him cornered, and when Durkin was able to escape after shooting one policeman, and the police had shot their own “stool.” Senator Wheeler Asks Dismissal of Oil Indictment (Continued from page 1) freedom from trial on charges of which he has already been held not guilty by a jury. The crime of which he was freed in Montana and the crime alleged in the conspiracy indictment “are one and the samé,” and the transactions “|held to be illegal in each are identical, said Wheeler's demurrer, filed by his counsel, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, democrat, of Montana. - Aside from the plea of former ac- quittal, ‘Wheeler attacked the: indict- ment itself, charging a number of al- leged irregularities. Wheeler contends that he never appeared for Gordon Campbell in any matter before the interior department, but that ho services for Campbell were for lega./work in Montana alone. Enemy of Labor. While Wheeler will likely succeed in evading the trial his connection with the oil operator should be re- membered by the’ workers who were into supporting the~LaFollette ticket last year. Wheeler is a valuable servant of capitalism, even as an in- surgent, and the fact that he is con- nected in any way with Gordon Camp- bell proves his subserviency to the predatory interests, whether it con- stitutes a crime in bourgeois courts or not, Instead of trying to send him to jail the large capitalist parties ought to give Wheeler the highest reward for joining in the LaFollette campaign to throttle the rising demand for a labor party in the last election, Bandits Get Cash, Five automobile bandits held up the Bremen State Bank, in Tinley Park, a suburb of Chicago, locked John C. Andres, cashier, and Mrs. Blizabeth Hardinger, his assistant, in a vault and escaped with $3,000 in cash. Must Be “Spicy” GALESBURG, Ill, Noy. 5.—Grade and high school children will be ex- cluded from the courtrgom during the trial of John Looney, ‘former Rock Island vice-dictator charged’ with mur- der, The trial starts here Nov, 23, U,.S. Subs Visit Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica, Noy, 5—Fire submarines of the United States navy due here from the Canal Zone for a two-day visit, Twenty-five officers and 225 men are coming in the sub- marines, me ———eey FOREIGN EXCHANGE, NEW YORK, Nov. 5—Great Brit- ain, pond sterling, demand 4.84%, cable, 4.84%; France, franc, 3.96%, 3.97; Belgium, franc, 4.52%, 4.53; Italy, lira, 3.93%, 3.94; Sweden, krone, 26.74, 26.77; Norway, krone, 20.36, 20.38; Denmark, krone, 24.91, 24.93; Germany, mark, (no quote); Shang- hal, taels, 79.50, ’ able to satisfy to an ever in-