The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1925, Page 2

: Page Two THE DAILY WORKER FRENCH MOVE BACK BEFORE REBEL FIRE Battle Is Raging Near Damascus (Special to "The Dally Worker) BEIRUT, Syria, Nov. 15. — Druse tribesmen and Syrians launched a concerted offensive under cover of darkness last night, to evade the bombs from the French planes, and succeeded in routing-the French forc- es, driving them back toward Damas- cus and today the battle is raging near that city, with the lines so close together that in many places hand to hand fighting ensues. Airplanes are helpless, as they fear dropping of bombs. will kill their own forces. In this sort of close fighting one rebel is superior to three Frenchmen, because of their amazing physical strength. Rebels Hold Town. Already Bashey, Hazba and othe: villages between Damascus and Sidon are in the hands of the rebels, the French forces having retreated before the fire. , As soon as the rebels approach aj town or village the population en-| deavors to join their ranks in the} struggle against the imperialist butche Near-Death Helps Miners to Observe Noted ‘‘Peace” Day (By R. M., Worker Correspondent) WHEELING, W. Va. (By mail).— Evidently none of the capitalists in northern West Virginia deemed ar- mistice day of sufficient importance to cease operations and give their slaves a holiday for services rendered during the last world war. All the plants, mines, etc., were in full opera- tion. Nothing of any consequence took place to commemorate the event. Even though the kept press did its best to print sentimental articles about the significance of the day, the workers are too wise any more to swallow this. No one took it seri- | of ously. However, an event occurred down at Moundsville, W. Va., just 12 miles below this city, which very fittingly commemorated the day that was sup- posed to have, brought peace to the world. A Greek miner at a 100% scab mine, the First Street Coal Mine, was seriously injured under a heavy fall of stone. The perfectly safe con- ditions of the scab mines are assert- ing themselves as usual at the work- ers’ expense. Gold Dust Twins Did the Work; Resulting in $987,224 Profits The world renowned Gold Dust Twins are gold miners for the benefit of their stockholders. For the year ended Aug. 31, 1925, they turned over @ profit of $987,224, representing toll on the dishwashing of a nation. This means a return of $3.73 a share or about 15% on the no-par common stock valued at about $25 a share. Tricks Fail to Save Kaufman Machine (Continued from page 1) to work for and the attitude to be adopted toward the Sorkin progress- ive group. Kaufman in Demagogic Speech. Kaufman, who closed the debate on the report after an entire day’s dis- cussion in which the left wing contin- ued its bombardment of the reaction- ary policies, delivered a demagogic speech and ended with the “exposure” of the alleged telegram. Ben Gold of the left wing opposed the introduction of the substitute mo- tion, well understanding the trick of the Kaufman machine and lost by only one vote, 34 to 5 After the vote the machine rushed | for adjournment, refusing to recog: nize Gold’s motion proposing an in- terpretation of Kaufman's motion and declaring for co-operation with the New York Joint Board, but the chair- man ruled Gold’s motion out arbit- rarily. “Socialist” London on Platform, Meyer London, who has been ad- viser to the machine, and who sits next to President Kaufman, was challenged to leave his place and go take his proper place in the audience, but the Kaufman machine, which brought up the Communists as the ‘controlling body” refused to yield to the charge of socialist interference, As soon as the substitute proposal || UNION OFFICIALS USE THUGS ON SHOP WORKERS Amalgamated Members Attacked at Meeting the roll call, but could not proceed lelegates refusing to allow it. Gold lemanded the right to appeal against the chair’s ruling, but the later would not allow it, knowing he could not be supported. Motion of delegates to adjorn was not allowed. Time for lunch recess arrived and yet he would not allow udjournment, all the time advised by London. Finally he was forced by delegates who would not allow the railroading of their resolution. The afternoon session opened with} Members of the Amalgamated similar attempts to proceed and a|Clothing Workers, representative of similar attempt at railroading, but] various shops, who were holding a the machine could not succeed and} conference to discuss means of resist- carried, London changed his attitude “impartial interest” and threat- ened with clenched fist to strike left wing delegates. The Kaufman ma- chine felt it had carried off the vic- tory for the day and won the ground it lost during Thursday's battle, whe» the lefts came out with flying colors in the exposure of the rottenhess and reaction of the machine. Saturday’s session cut short this victory. The progressives who voted with the machine on the sham pro- position, and those who abstained, realized their untenable position be- fore the membership of New York, who would regard this as a betrayal and they returned to give war to re- verse entirely the action of Friday night. The progressives introduced'a re- solution declaring that the New York board had cleaned out corruption, fought against suspensions and the reign of terror amd had built up the union. The resolution instructed the incoming executive board to co-oper- ate fully with the New York board. Kaufman’s machine which, in its dread of overthrowal, had built a Chinese wall of constitutional regu- lations making it impossible to get any change without an overwhelming majority or even unanimous approval, fell back upon every loophole to get out of the situation. The lefts. and. progressives stood their ground. The appeal” was not accepted despite parliamentary pro- cedure. Gold, who led the fight was blocked by sheer high-handedness of the chairman who refused ‘absolutely to accept the resolution, but wished only to force a vote on a motion to reconsider, which would require a two-third majority. The lefts and progressives argued that the action Friday was illegal on the ground that the substitute was in- troduced as a resolution after Thurs- day’s resolution could be introduced and which would require unanimous consent—which it did not receive be- cause of the left wing delegate Schneider's objections. This was the ruling of Kaufman on the new resolution which lefts ar- gued applies also to Friday night's resolution and made it illegal. The chairman then tried to rush Coal Barons Like Long Strike (Continued from page 1) ing more than the miners in this strike.” There is evident a distinct tendency in some sections to speak more’ bitterly of the union officials than of the operators and this is the best proof possible of the disastrous effects of the non-working class atti- tude adopted by the union officialdom. The strikers are confused, they are idle when they might be working, the officials have not driven home the class issues in the struggle. On the contrary, their every act and utter- ance in the anthracite field is a ne- gation of the class struggle. Even the few strike meetings which have been held have been “public” meet- ings attended by business men and local officials as well as miners. It is the old story of a “community” un- dertaking which under the pressure of the big capitalists and their propa- ganda machine becomes a planless protest causing endless bickering and dissension among the workers them- selves. All thru the anthracite fields the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the Y. M. C. A. are conducting financ- jal and membership drives The union officials support these drives because they are “American.” In a moving picture show last night, a union offi- cial delivered a four-minute speech in behalf of the Red Cross, The Y. M C. A. records an increase of 350 mem- bers’ in a three-day drive in this lit- tle city of 20,000. This support of every one of these leach-like organ- izations of American capitalism is supposed to result in building up fa- vorable “public sentiment.” So far this sentiment is not inimi- cal to the miners but this condition is due to the fact that the businessmen still think that the miners will win, 4 _| Republican with about @ dozen more can strike in an American community But the local babbittry is getting] @ltho the miners are mostly of foreign nervous. Business is not good. The| birth and descent, local sheet has the following com- ment: It is time for pressure to be ex- erted by municipalities thruout the anthracite region to bring the min- ing suspension to an end. We would Suggest action by councils and school boards, by civic and frater- nal organizations, and. by the unani- mous action of business men. None of these things will have the im- mediate effect of bringing the sus- pension to an end, but if all act in conjunction, WITHOUT TAKING SIDES TO AN EXTENT THAT WILL ANTAGONIZE, weight of this concerted action will be no small factor in restoring prosperity and happiness to our region. (Em- phasis mine, W. F. D.) The business element does not want to take sides as yet, but as the strike continues, the miners find that their middle class “friends” in- spite of the negation of the class struggle by the officialdom, are be- coming more and more critical of the union and the strikers, The churches are beginning to de- mand “peace” and a cessation of the “un-christian” warfare, and in Potts- ville there are 14 churches large enough to have their pictures in the Saturday edition of The Pottsville of lesser importance. The churches have the check-off if the union doesn’t. When the clerics need dough they solicit the miners. Those who are religiously inclined give the parson an order on the coal company and the operators obligingly check the donation off the miners’ pay. As has been said, this is an Ameri- owen bw 80 wf was compelled finally to yield to an appeal made by Gold and was defeat- ed forty to thirty. ing wage cuts now being carried out Some of Kaut-|¥nder the guise of “readjustments,” man’s own delegates being unwilling} were set upon Sunday morning by to stand tor his autocracy. Again, however, Kaufman attempt- ed to put through steamroller tactics, gangsters of the A. 6. W. officialdom in the Biltmore Hall;} Division and Hoyne streets, and after a terrific bat- Six. o'clock was approaching when|¢je, in which many were badly beaten, timg for final adjournment of the} thoge who remained. in the hall were convention was to take place. He] arrested by the police who opportune- tried to rally out of town delegates to force the lefts to yield. Every move was countered by the lefts. Sensing the determination of the lefts and progressives Kaufman again resorted to compromise and proposed an interpretation of Friday's resolution, that it meant liquidation | 414 nana at this busine of the fight and cooperation with the Joint Board, no recriminations for the past struggles, etc. The machine was beginning again to crawl, Still the lefts did not yield, proposing that both resolutions be sent to committee for immediate decision, and this the machine was compelled to do under pressure of out of town delegates who were grow- ing impatient with Kaufman's structive tactics, The committee brot in a unanim- ous decision declaring the Joint Board became had fought against violation of demo- cratic principles, membership suspen- sions, and that under chaotic condi- tions created in the organization by the former administration, not all con- stitutional interpretations had been lived up to by the lefts and pro- gressives. It pledged support to the Joint Board and Friday’s action was interpreted as liquidation of the struggle against the Joint Board con- ducted by the reactionaries. In effort to take defeat gracefully, and keep up appearances, the Kauf- manites seconded the resolution and it was carried unanimously. The lefts and progressives recovered the ground. The smile of satisfaction was missing from the machine polit- icians' wily faces on Friday, after this day’s exciting battle, Proves Telegram Forgery. ly could not get hands on any of the gangsters. The meeting had not started and only some 50 workers, thostly women, ,were waiting the arriyal of others, when abo'it eightwaiigsters in a close group, Local 39, an 88, entered with drawn revolvers am ed the work- ers up along the wall in true bandit atyle. ++ But the union gangsters were not after the few pennies in the pockets of the workers, Instead, they pro- ceeded to attempt to beat them up with -blackjacks, one by one. This of course, led to battle, the workers fighting with chairs afd every avail- able weapon, altho mostly being wo- men, the gangsters’ weapons were too much for them. Yet the hall a fierce battleground. screams, smashing furniture and windows mingled with blows right and left and the turmoil of struggle continued for about .20 minutes, Nor did the gangsters get away un- scathed, chairs were™ wi with tell- ing effect by the workers’ who fought bravely and well with impromptu weapons against blackjacks, knucks and revolvers. the hour of going to press. The police, who were blind to the gangsters, arrived on the scene with three or four wagons rounded up the The falsity of the fake telegram victims of the attack, waiting for the Kaufman tried to use to retain his|imjured to finish first, aid treatment bower by splitting the left bloc was} Peis given by a d ‘in the build+ proven by the following reply to the ing, and carried all workers they could inquiry sent the Chicago headquarters |/#¥ hands on off to the Humboldt sta- of the Workers (Communist) Party | ion at Oakley and North avenue. concerning the supposed telegram in- troduced as an “exposure.” The gen- ‘eral secretary, C. E. Ruthenberg wired as follows: “The Workers (Communist) Party in this statement does not abandon the right to advise its members re- garding policies pursued by them in shop organization, but issues its cate- gorical denial of sending the alleged Fascists in Chicago. The Italian fascists, who have just telegram, the use of which shows up| Smashed the bonafide trade unions in the machine as the unscrupulous |!taly, made an American appearance clique resorting to every device to|in Chicago armistice day when a num- maintain power.” ber in regulation black shirts attended The convention will adjourn Mon-|@ dance at the Auditorium Hotel. day night. Sunday’s session is de-| They had been with the anti-labor dic- voted to committee meetings all day.|tator Mussolini when he seized the Polish Politicals Go city of Rome in 1922. From an ad- dress by M. Lauro it became evident that there is an organized fascist ona Hunger-Strike movement in Iillinois of which Lauro MOSCOW, Nov. 15.—In the Lublin prison (so-called castle) a hunger strike broke out, as a protest on the part of 53 political prisoners against the thrashing of their comrades which occurred one of the last days. At the same time news come about a hunger strike of protest by 20 pol- itical prisoners in the Kobrin prison (near Brest-Litovsk). Textile Workers Fight Multiple Loom System Cannery” Bosses Organized. NEW YORK, Nov. 15. — Cannery workers should note what their em- ployers are publishing in National Canned Foods Week, another one of America’s advertising weeks. The canning bosses claim $75,000,000 in- vested in the industry and say they are well organized. The meat pack- ers are heavily interested and. the American Can Co., a monopoly in its field and branch of the steel trust, co-operates closely with the canners, Canneries have spread to almost every state. Cannery’ workers every- where are low paid and without union organization to face these powerful business combines. Charge Political Prisoners Poisoned. WARSAW, Nov. 15.—The popula- tion of the Polish town Vladimir Vol- inski has been flung into great excite- ment by the news that the political prisoner Waldermar Kraiz has been poisoned in the prison hospital where he lay seriously ill. The doctors re- port states that a jug of milk contain- ing a strong dose of strychnine was given to the prisoner, When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row—show them what the DAILY WORKUR says about it. is president, HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! WAR VETERANS HEAD DENOUNCES SENTENCE IMPOSED ON GITLOW (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 15— In a statement to the press today Emil Holmes, national! president World War Veterans protests the sending to prison of Ben Gitlow, Communist, of New York and recent czndidate for mayor, Mr. Holmes said: “According to a law recently en- acted by the fascisti of Italy it is a crime punishable by deportation or Prison, to be a Mason or an Odd Fel- low. Today we have seen Ben Git- low of New York and recently a candidate for mayor of that city Sent to prison fora long term be- cause he is a Com: ist. This ilarity of tactics by the Al, Tammany Hall organization seems Sufficient cause to ask if they stand i a fascist dictatorship in Amer- ica, Mr. Gitlow was not sent to prison for crime as we usually understand that word. He is only guilty of be- ing a candidate for office and for being an outspoken opponent of the present administration. Like the Mason or Odd Fellow. over in Italy he had a different conception of what was right and wrong than the people in political power and the result here in New York City. U. . A, is aterm in prison. Veterans’ organizations should write and wire protests of this American dictator ship to their members of both ho of congress as well as to President Coolidge.” Th Southold a eta a Bloody Job of American Butchers in Morocco Must Arouse World’s Workers By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, Vincent Sheean, the special correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance with the Riff armies in North Africa, appears in the list of apologists for the Am- erican aviator-adventurers who have been bombing defense- less villages, and murdering helpless old men, women and children. Sheean claims these mercenaries, picked up in Paris, didn’t know the kind of butchery they were doing; that they were attacking fortified cities. It must take a peculiarly twisted capitalist newspaper mind to pass thus on this men- tally diseased viewpoint of a sordid business. Yet Sheean convicts not only himself, but the American “Hessian” avia- tors, thru his own reports. * * e e This is the story of Sheshuan, a little Arab city of 12,000 to 15,000 inhabitants, nestling between two mountains. The city is famous in Morocco for the peaceful and religious character of its inhabitants. Until 1920 they had been un- der the heel of Spanish occupation. Later they had been won for the cause that Adb-el-Krim champions. “But,” in the admission of Sheean, “it (Sheshuan) has never had, and has not now, any other military significance,” except that it is a telephone center for the Riffians. The pop- ulation is non-combatant—“women, children, old men, Jews, holy men and scribes.” Yes, there was also a hospital, ‘the only fairly decent center for the treatment of wounded in the entire kingdom of Abd-el-Krim.” Add to this the fact that the city has no garrison and as Sheean admits, ‘‘the total number of Riffians never exceeds 15 or 20 atsone time.” The head of the city is an aged, in- firm native who never leaves his bed; while next to him in authority is an invalid, Caid Haddu, 60 years old. * * e e , To attack this unprotected city was the bloody work al- lotted to the “brave and courageous American,” looking for adventure in this colonial war of French imperialism. In discussing the motives of these ugly spawn of an American parasite class—it is claimed they all have independent in- comes—the Riffian leader, Abd-el-Krim, said: “You say they are young fliers looking for adventure. If they want adventure, why don’t they volunteer to work the guillotine for the French? There’s just as much adventure working the guillotine or hang- * ing condemned prisoners, as in dropping bombs on defenseless vil- lages.” ° e e ° Then Sheean, who spent some time in Sheshuan, con- tinues the revolting story: “On their first day they (the Americans—Major Pollock, Captain Mus- tain, Captain Bullen and Lieutenant Ferran—remember their names) killed two women, one Jew and one young man. In the first raid which | experienced there, they killed three women and one child. “When I left Sheshuan, after 10 days spent there with malarial fever, the American raids killed quite a few people—! have heard the number jestimated at 150 to 200. The dead were eqclusively non-combatants, . . It so happened that these raids never came when Riff troops weré if Sheshuan.” r dae, J Nest Then Sheean tells of meeting these American butchers of men and women and children in the Hotel Cecil in Tan- giers. They had again bombarded Sheshuan that morning, “flying exceedingly low and releasing more than 30 bombs over the city,” then proceeding to Tetuan for lunch with the Spanish officers, and later to the “international zone” in Tan- gier for dinner. Sheean makes this comment: “If they flew low enough to see the water play in the fountain in the public square—Captain Mustain did fly that low—they flew low enough to do enormous damage. “While they were tranquilly lunching in Tetuan as the guests of the Spanish. . .« little Arab children were wandering tearfully thru the ruins of their houses, looking for their dead mothers. . . Adb-el-Krim’s few officials were no doubt grimly superintending the removal of the mangled remains of women, children and peaceable old men.” * * * * it is upon such butchers as these that the American rul- ing class depends when it seeks officers for its “state cos- sacks,” as in the Pennsylvania coal fields, or “leaders” for the state militia and federal troops when they are sent into strike zones. These murder scenes in Morocco may be trans- planted to this country at any time, as they have been dupli- cated in past great industrial stru, . That is a moderate picture of imperialism going about its bloody work. It is drawn by one of imperialism’s chief apologists—the prostituted news writer. Yet it gives an inkling of why the peaceful men of Sheshuan have joined the fighting columns of Abd-el-Krim, why North Africa and the Near East flames against the profit rule of France, Spain, England, the United States and other capitalist lands. When American workers feel wet blood upon the hands of their exploiters in this country, gripping at their throats in the effort to crush and keep them in submission, they must know it is the same murder hand of profiteers that scatters death in Africa, Asia, South America and everywhere else that dis- content offers resistance. Out of this common agency grows the adamant solidarity of the industrial workers and poor farmers of the great capitalist countries with the oppressed peoples in the colonies and the subject nations. It is the sol- rag yg will finally triumph and bring the new day into the world. Dutch Cabinet Falls. THE HAGUE, Nov. 15—The cabinet in Holland has fallen following the resignation of four catholic ministers, when it was decided to withdraw the Dutch legation from the Vatican, The catholic ministers resigned the early part of the week, which eventually brot about the downfall of the pres- ent cabinet. Dry Dock Moves to Open Shop Paradise NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Attracted to New Orleans by the possibility of cheap docile labor the Todd Engi- neering Dry Dock & Ship Repair Co, of New York will locate here with a payroll of 1,400 men, LL.D, Mine Striker Killed by Train. BUFFALO, N. Y., (FP)—Nov, 15.— A man bearing a United Mine Work- ers’ Union card with the name of Jacob Mesko, was found dead beside New York Central tracks. The young man was apparently killed by a train and must have been a striking an- thracite miner from Scranton, Pa., judging from cards in his pocket, ‘Build the DAILY WORKER. totalling the minimum number of to second class mail, TAS. ade Please send in your orders for bundles of the LABOR * DEFENDER, which will be off the press before the end of this month, SECRETARIES mailing rights. To secure this privilege we must be able to present the post-office officials with orders | Rush your order at once by wire or special delivery to the Business Manager, LABOR DEFENDER, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. | Bundle rates are seven cents per copy. — ALAN LEADER CONVICTED OF SLAYING GIRL Jury Gives Life Sentence to Grand Dragon (Special to The Daily Worker) NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 15.—D. C. Stephenson, grand dragon of the ku klux klan, chief adviser to Govern- or Jackson, and proved to be a de- generate of the lowest type (a typical klansman) was convicted here last night of the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, The conviction carries a sentence of life imprisonment. The jury was out five and a half hours and when the gong sounded in- dicating it had reached a decision the courtroom. was immediately filled. Stephenson and his two companions, Earl Gentry and Earl Kilnck were brought in. The verdict saved the life of Stephenson, finding him guilty of second degree murder and freed the other two defendants. Revolting Crime. The crime for which Stephenson was convicted was one of the most revolting in criminal annals, Less than a week after he met the girl whom he eventually murdered, he kid- naped her, seduced her, bruised her body with sadistic assaults and in every repulsive manner satisfied his perverted lust. The girl, to escape the fiendish torture, tried to end her life by swallowing poison, Stephen- son and his companions held her pri- soner in a garage for several days, then when they thought she was in a dying condition brought her to her home. She recovered from the effects of the poison, but died from infected wounds as the result of Stephenson's teeth bites upon various parts of her body. Famous As Kliuxer. Stephenson was the most promin- ent member of the ku klux klan in Indiana and Ohio and played an im- portant part in the election of Govern- or Ed. Jackson of that state. He or- ganized the klan in both states which he dominated as the “grgnd dragon.” Thru control of the other degene- rates of his type who make up the membership of the ku klux klan, this monster openly boasted that in Indiana he was the law. He main- tained an establishmeft where nightly debauches of the most out- rageous character were held. The profligacy of the klan leaders became common knowledge, but in spite of having seduced most of the young women in the vicinity of their oper- ations, he and his gang were free from prosecution, owing to the infilu- ence of the hooded order. It was on- ly after the foul murder of Miss Oberholtzer that action was reluct- antly, taken again him.” The second degree murder verdict is unquestionably due to klan influ- ence. Had there been one possible loophole there would have been no conviction, but the evidence was so overwhelming that some sort of ver- dict of guilty was the only solution. Leers at Jury. When the verdict was read Steph- enson leered at the jury and made a move toward them. It was learn- ed that a dozen ballots were taken on Klinck and Gentry, but never was there any doubt as to Stephenson's ‘guilt. People here are of the opinion that the ku klux governor, Jackson, will find an excuse to pordon the degen- erate before very long. “ Papal Agents to Resign from Cabinet If Dutch Legation Leaves Rome THE HAGUE, Nov. 16.-~ Holland faced a cabinet crisis in the resigna- tion of four catholic ministers from Premier Colijn’s cabinet, following the adoption by the second chamber of an amendment to the budget call- ing for the withdrawal of the Dutch legation at the vatican, \ How Much Profit Did Your Boss Take from You for the Casino? DEAUVILLE, France, Nov. 15.— Now that the Americans have. re- turned home the Casino is counting its profits. The annual statement shows that bacearat made 32,325,107 francs for the Casino, approximately two million dollars. This is an in- crease of 4,913,159 over last year's profits. Veto Naval Construction. TOKIO, Nov. 15,— Japan’s parlia- ment defeated the navy’s attempt to obtain a huge appropriation for new construction. We are ‘ing for second clase copies which entitle @ publication MSE ee Vg eens secaasensooiad £