The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 21, 1925, Page 4

———— ie reer Workers. (Communist) Party | DETROIT WORKERS PARTY HOLDS TAG DAY SUNDAY 10 ASSIST DAILY WORKER DETROIT, Nov. 19.—At its last “— meeting, the Jewish branch of the 2 Workers (Communist) Party decid- ed to hold a Tag Day for The DAILY WORKER on Sunday, Nov. 22, Twenty-eight comrades volun- teered to solicit contributions and a committee has been elected to secure the cooperation of as many other Workers (Communist) Party members in Detroit as possible. All comrades must volunteer their services for Sunday to aid The DAILY WORKER! All volunteers are to meet at the Oakland Labor Temple, 9197 Delmar Avenue, at 9 o'clock sharp Sunday morning and the territory they are to cover will then be assigned to them, ry Training School for Young Workers League Started in New York NEW YORK, Nov.. 18.—The train- ing ‘school of the New York league will. open Wednesday evening Nov. y 25... The following courses will be a ae) eee FOS bo aa in the first term: eo. Marxism-Leninism; 2. History of + proletarian youth movement; 3. ague and party problems; 4. Organ- tion Management. There will also be a class for Young ‘orker correspondents, \ A special course will be given to cain leaders for the Juniors’ ‘move: nent. The course will consist of the folowing topics: a 1. Marxism-Leninism; 2. Phychology and Pedagogy; 3. Nature plays and talk; 4, American history. ~ | JAPANESE SWORD DANCE . 0 BE FEATURE AT DAILY WORKER RESCUE PARTY NEW YORK, Nov. 19.— At Fhe DAILY WORKER Rescue Party to be held this Friday evening, Nov. 20, in Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street, New York, one of the special features will be a Japanese Sword Dance. This will be given by comrades from the Oriental branch which is part of the Down- town Section under whose auspices _the affair will be conducted, The Japanese Sword Dante will be ‘ac- companied by special oriental mu- sic, and is an entertainment that in itself will be worth the price of admission. Then there will be an auction of original drawings by some of this country’s greatest cartoonists, some of which have appeared in The DAILY WORKER. Preceding the auction there will be a public ex- hibition of these drawings so that all may examine them. The program will be followed by a grand ball. : Daily Worker Builders’ Hike Changed to Nov. 29 ‘ NEW YORK, Nov.,19.+The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club hike to Ja- maica Woods in New York, which was to have been held this Sundey, has been postponed for one week to Sun- day, Nov. 29, on account of a meeting of Y. W. L. functionaries which the Y. W. L. has been instructed ‘to hold this Sunday to take up the matter of league organization. The Y. W. L. will cooperate with the DAILY WORKER Builders Club in this hike, and the Juniors are also expected to come out in force. If it raifs there will be no hike this time. (Everybody agrees that one free bath such as the participants in the htke enjoyed last week, is enough.) All the readers of The DAILY / WORKER are invited to go along on this hike thru Jamaica Woods. We meet at 1 a. m. Sunday, Nov. 29, at the headquarters, 108 E. 14th St., or meet us at the end of the B. M. T. line at 168th street in Jamaica at 11 p.-m. Bring your lunch, altho we shall also have a commissary department and expect to bake a bushel of potatoes at the camp fire in the woods. YOUNG WORKERS WILL HOLD BRANCH MEETINGS ON FRIDAY EVENING aihe general membership meet- of the Young Workers League which was originally arranged for Friday has been called off and in- Stead all branches will hold their regular meetings. At these meetings, arrangements for immediately beginning mass work will be taken up as well as further steps for the complete re- organization of the league. wi tings will be held as Branch No, 1, Downtown; Br, No. 2, 1910 W. Roosevelt Rd.; Br. No, 3, Community Center, 3201 S. Wabash Ave. 8 p.m; Br. No. 4 3118 Roosevelt Rd.; Br. No. 5, 19 S. Lin- Br. No. 6, 1902 W. Di- a . UE NAA. 0 What the Party Has Done in the Anthracite A Statement by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party. 'N order that the party members may be fully informed in regard to the policies of the party and the work which has been carried on dur- ing the anthracite strike thus far, the Central Executive Committee sub- mits the following statement: Pi The situation in the anthracite coal fields was first considered by the Cen- tral Executive Committee early in’ the month of August, prior to the open- ing of the fourth national convention. It being certain at that time that the strike would be called, the Central Executive Committee outlined policy and determined upon certain concrete actions to be taken _im- mediately in order to prepare the ground for active participation by the arty in the strike and to extend its fluence among the miners and aid them in their struggle. It was decided to issue a pamphlet on the experiences of the miners in their past strikes and to immediately publish a mani- testo on the impending strike. Un- fortunately, the work of preparing for the party convention interfered with these preliminary efforts to pre- pare the ground for the establishment of the party influence among the miners. At the first meeting of the political committee of the Central Executive Committee after the national conven- tion, the anthracite strike was taken up and considered fundantentally. The political committee adopted measures to at once mobilize the‘party forces for active participation in the strike and also to arouse the interest of the masses of workers outside of the strike region in the struggle in the anthracite. It was the view of the Political committee that the demand for a wage increase by 158,000 miners was the beginning of a stiffened re- sistance by the workers against’ the attack of the capitalists on the work- ers’ standard of life. It had’ resolu- tions expressing its viewpoint’ ‘pre- pared for introduction into the ‘labor unions thruout the country ‘and in- structed the party organization to ar- range mass meetings |to carry on agitation along the same line, The manifesto of the party was’ Issued which was circulated by the hutidreds of thousands thruout the country. In the anthracite region itself, the C. E. C. called a meeting -for»: the mobilization of the party members, sending a member of the C. EB. C. to take charge of this meeting, to- gether with other responsible party workers. After the meeting the party manifesto was distributed broadcast among the miners of the anthracite {region and work was begun in the local unions in support of policies which meant a real fight for the in- terests of the coal miners, Criticism has been made of the fact that a series of public demonstra- tions were arranged in the anthracite under party auspices. The C. BE. C. declares that it was a correct policy at that time for the party to appear publicly before the miners as the ex- ponent of their demands, as the de- fender of their interests; in the series of public meetings which were arranged. It is a correct policy for the party to raise its own banner in a time of workers’ struggle whenever the possibilities for thus raising its banner exists, The public appearance of the party in the anthracite strike thru mass meetings and leaflets aroused the rage of the coal operators and the public officials who eat out \of their hands as well as the reactionary officials of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, All the forces at the command of its | the union bureaucracy were mobilized against the party. Public meetings were broken up and speakers arrested. The party was fighting for the miners’ demands thru the public meet- ings which it was holding. The sup- pression of the party’s open activities confronted it with the question of a free speech fight. If the party: had initiated a free speech fight for its right to hold public meetings after this attack, it would have isolated itself from the striking miners. and their demand to carry on a fight for |the right of the party to hold meet- jings, The C. E. C, realizing this dan- | Ser decided against the policy of mak- ing a free speech fight and decided to direct the activities of the party |to the work of raising in the local unions the demands for calling out the maintenance men and a 100% strike, that there should be no settle- ment without a wage increase for the miners, that a general strike of all coal miners, including the bituminous miners, be called, and for the resist- ance of a settlement by arbitration. In spite of the fact that the coal operators, city officials and union bureaucrats have whipped up a red hysteria in order to prejudice the miners against the Workers (Com- munist) Party, the party influence upcl the miners hag been increasing. The party has had three organizers in the anthracite practically con- tinuously since the strike began. In spite of all prohibition these organ- izers have been addressing meetings of the miners and presenting a pro- gressive program for the winning of the strike. Besides the party mani- festo, three leaflets voicing the pro- Sressive demands have been dis- tributed in the anthracite. Recently the C. E. C. sent Comrade Dunne to the anthracite fields to write a series of articles for our party press on the situation in order to arouse the work- ers generally to the importance of this strike and bring them to the support of the miners. Criticism has been made of Com- rade Gitlow’s article in the November issue of the Workers Monthly.. The criticism is based upon the following section of one of the paragraphs of this article, which covers three and a half pages of the Workers Monthly: “The anthracite coal strike is a conspiracy between the officials and the coal operators. It will benefit only the coal interests. The strike will not benefit the miners out on strike, It will cause untold hard- ships to the workers in the east- ern states that depend upon an- thracite coal. The anthracite strike is the logical outcome of class col- Jaboration.” These sentences, taken by them- selves, are incorrect and a wronk in- terpretation of the party policy could be made from them. Regardless of the treacherous aims of the bureau- crats the strike of the workers must be regarded as a manifestation of the class struggle. With the correct pol- icy the strike can be developed into a powerful offensive against the cap- italists. It is quite true that the strike ‘ policy of the union bureaucrats will not benefit the miners, but a strike based jupon the policies of the Progressive Miners’ Committee makes the strike a teal struggle in the interests of the workers. Such a strike is in the in- |terests of the workers no matter how much suffering may be incident there- |to for the strikers or other guoups of workers, ‘ The sentences referred to must be read and connected with the whole [ine operators, the government and EE sett withthe. whole! MARQUETTE FINNISH DISTRICT CONVENTION INDORSES CENTRAL EXECUTIVE AND REORGANIZATION ISHPEMING, Nov. 19—The Marquette Fin: concluded its sessions after a successful and ins active Finnish comrades in the district, Reorganization of the party on the basis indorsed. Not even the slightest opposition Executive © reorganization program. The convention took a determined and clear cut stand against the reso- lution of the Chicago Finnish branch which proposed that the property now owned by the Workers (Communist) Party branches should be owned by the newly organized workers clubs instead of the party fractions. ‘The exact plan of the party fractions ex- ercising this ownership was refered to the national conference of the Fin- nish language fractions of the party for elaboration, The editorial board of the Tyomies was criticized in a special resolution on the ground that it was too lax in its handling of the party convention, that it has shown a too cool attitude towards party reorganization. The statement of the Tyomies editdrial board questioning the removal of Askeli and defending him was also re- pudiated by the convention. The conyentiop..further instructed nish district convention just tructive gathering of the most of shop nuclei was unanimously was manifested to the Central ‘ommittee resolution and———— the resolutions committee to prepare @ statement against the resolution being circulated by the Minneapolis Finnish branch as a step against the party. Then the delegates considered thoroly ways and means of develop- ing increasing party activities, 6tren- ghening the Young Workers League, financing the work, cooperative move- ment activities, and increasing con- tact with and influence over the mas- ses, Comrade John Miller was the re- presentative of the Central Executive Committee to the convention, He presented the report of the Central Executive Committee and made a very éffective plea for party reorgan- ization, unity, and the line of the Com- munhist International. Comrade, Martilla was elected ag, delegate to the national conference of the ‘Finnish, language fractions, \ esolutions || GHiGaGO T0 CELEBRATE 1905 RUSS REVOLUTION SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 THE DAILY WORKER of Daca Workers (Communist) Party of America, fully conscious of it duty, makes all efforts possible to ad vance on the road to its bolsheviza tion, It fully realizes that as part o the Communist Party it [ world On Sunday, Dec, 20, all over the strength will enhance the strengti Union of Socialist Soviet Republics celebrations will be held in honor of the revolution of 1905 and to com- memorate the first revolutionary up- rising in Russia of the Decembrists, one hundred years ago. A specia committee appointed by the Central Executive Committee is charged with the preparation of these cele- brations. Books, pamphlets, posters, moving pictures, ete., re being pre- pared for this great event, In the city of Chicago prepara- tions are also under Way for the celebration of theSe “same events. A group of veterans of the revolu- tion of 1905 together’ with Russian labor organizations: ig arranging a mass meeting and'cohcert on Sun- day, Dec. 20, at 2°p. m., at Shoen- hofen Hall, cor. ‘Milwaukee and Ashland Aves. Speakers will also include some of the veterans of the revolution of 1905.)) 1 All workers are: invited to parti- cipate in this celebration. Reserve the date: Dec. 20, a2 p.m. ' In the evening, inquet of the old rebels is planned) article written by Cém¥ade Gitlow in order to judge this article correctly. No one will be so foolish as to accuse Comrade Gitlow of holding the: view which might be inferred from these sentences torn from their context. Comrade Gitlow’s whole argument was against the class collaboration policy of John L, Lewis in the United Mine Workers of America, that is, against the strike policy of Lewis and not against the strike of the work- ers. The policy of the union bureau- crats in conducting tle'strike is such that unless the workers mobilize against this policy, they ‘will not bene- fit by the strike, Such js the meaning of the basic study, of the whole an- thracite situation which’ Comrade Git- low makes in his articfe, At a later point in'the article Git- low says: ia “The Progressive : Miners’ Com- mittee revived many of the issues \ which were once advocated by the United Mine Workers, but which had been relegated’to oblivion since the assumption ‘of the presi- dency of J. L. Lewis, The six-hour day and the five-day°Week and the “nationalization of the’ coal mines are among the dematds once made by the United Mine Workers. These together with other proposals were raised by the progressive miners in an effort to make thé°@nthracite coal strike a real struggle in fhe in- terests of the workers. ‘Some of the other demands were’‘a minimum wage, a’ general strike of all the coal miners, unity of the railroad workers with the anthracite work- ers, no settlement Without an in- crease in wages and calling out of the maintenance méh to prevent the prolongation of ‘the strike,” Comrade Gitlow’s Whole argument as well as the work of the party in the anthracite field Wa to show the miners that they, themselves, must make their fight in sich a way as to defeat the coal operators and the union bureaucrats and win real re- sults for the miners thru the strikes. The party has already achieved results in its work in the’ an- thraeite in spite of the fact that it has met the greatest obstacles and has had to fight coal operators, gov- ernment officials, and br, eg officials in order to raise the slogais which will mobilize the miners for a fight which will bring a victory for the men who work in the mines. After two months of the strike the miners are more*ready than ever before to listen to the party for the” strike. The party’ ‘inning of the thru sending organ in an effort to di miners to win the cluding an increas; “in wages, and thus give the signal tor the American workers for a general resistance against the attack ‘of the capitalist employers and for the improvement in their standard of life, thru higher wages, shorter hoyrg and better con- ditions of work, oe Central Executive Committee, Workers (Communist) Party of America, ~~ EC. Ruthenberg, General Secy. — American Business 1 jases. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The department of commerce announces that American Yoregn trade for the first 10 months of 1925 totalled $7,- 449,000,000, an increase of $818,000,000| ings of the workers, the system of over the same period of last year, Imports for the period were $3,454, 600,000, a gain of $747,000,000 over 1924, and exports were $3,995,100,000, an increase of $344,000,000. ace Reigns Again, HAZARD, Ky,, Noy. 19.—Alll is quiet in Hyden, 18 miles from here, where two armed mobs were reported on the verge of battle, according to word to authorities here. The trouble ai when an officer was shot in an r election brawl and the alleged slayer surrounded himself with a score of followers to| right of way and resist arrest, ¥ / Weakness will increas Internationa: just as its the weakness of our party, The Workers (Communist) Part; also realizes that in the process o. its inner strengthening and thc raising of the level of its revolution ary quality the aid, thé advise anc support, of our international party the Comintern, as well as the activ: interest of our brother parties ar indespensable,.. The problems of ou, party are those of the International the problems of the International arc ours, True to this concept the Workers (Communist) Party of America har been watching with keen interest th; recent discussion and developments of the Communist Party of Germany. The continuous encroachments of the American imperialists in Ger- many tend to increasey among the broad working masses of both coun: tries the consciousness of the neec of united action of the internationa! proletariat for the ovérthrow of al capitalist dictatorshlp. The growtl CANDIDATE ON LABOR TICKET WINS IN LIMA Second Labor Candidate Comes Close LIMA, Ohio, Nov. 19. — Corbin S. Shook, candidate for city commis- sioner won in, the election here Tues- day and Edwin Blank, the other labor party candidate, came within 51 votes of being elected, There were three commissioners to be elected and the election of one laborite and the ex- cellent showing of the other one has © proposals of|Closed doors, the conference on be- ill continue to| issued a manifesto accepting the de- mobilize all the forces st its com-|Portation legislation as a direct chal- mand in the anthracite region andjlengé to the labor and industrial 's to the field}Movement of Aurtralia, and recom. “the anthracite |Mending that in ie event of the ai ir demands, in-|temped deportation of any unionist, aroused great enthusiasm here among the class conscious workers. This victory lays the foundation ‘of permanency for a local labor party. The campaign permeated most of the local unions and the rank and file of labor here is certainly not of the opinion that independent political ac- tion thru a labor party is not advant- ageous to the workers. Two republicans were elected to the other places on the commission, Shook received more votes than any of the other candidates in the cam- paign. Labor Fakir Beaten, A labor fakir, Lawrence Long, was defeated, running behind Blank, the second labor candidate. Long is an active member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and thought his trade union affiliations would enable him to secure the labor vote on thé old gag of “reward your friends,” but even his own brother members turned him down for trying to defeat the ‘la- bor party candidates. Australian Labor to Resist Deportation SYDNEY, Australia, (By Mail).— On September 9, representatives of all the labor councils thruout Austra- lia held a conference at Sydney to decide what action should be taken by the organized workers in the event of the anti-labor federal government deporting any of the trade union leaders because of thgir helping the British strikers in their fight against the shipowners, After a week's conference behind half of all the unions in Australia no worker should in any way assist in giving effect to such deportation order, The sea transport workers were called upon to give loyal assist- ance in this direction, Regarding the British seamen’s strike in Australia, the conference re- Ported: —“We recognise that the fight against the British shipping combine by the British seamen is of prime importance, and we therefore call upon all unions to give the fullest moral and financial support and, if necessary, to levy their members to finance the struggle. “We recommend that all unions be called upon to pay a levy of one and # quarter per cent a week of the earn- collecting or donating the levy to be left to the unions. This not to ply to workers earning $10 a week or less,” Grant Roads Petitions. SPRINGFIELD, UL, Nov. 19.—An- nouncement was made by the Illinois gommerce commission that it had granted full authority to the North Shore and Westert railway and the Evanston Railway company for im- provements and extensions proposed in 33 recent petitions for double tracks, connecting linag,, additional tinu- ances in Evanston, jal Affairs | Resolution of the‘Workers Party on'the Decision of the Comintern ‘ “on the Situation in the German Communist Party | md development of the powerful sec- ‘on of the Communist International a Germany has thus become a mattei i special concern for the Workers Communist) Party. The Central Executive Committee { the Workers (Commpnist) Party f America sees in the last decision » the Comintern on the situation of the Communist Party of Germany a tremendous step forward in: the bol- shevization of our International. It ‘grees with and accepts unreservedly chese decisions of the Comintern. Jur-ewn experience has strengthened is in the conviction that only a igorous execution of the proposals of the Communist International will sure the bolshevization of the Com- nunist Party of Germany and_ will aake it the leader of the German working class, The Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party leclares that it sees in the advise and ‘nstructions of the Communist Inter- national the invaluable help that can grow out of the experiences of the Communist Parties of the whole world embodied in the Communist In- ternational. At a time when the ebb -n the revolutionary tide tends to create an unhealthy pessimism’ which S very conducive to the development of opportunist deviations it is of ‘ouble importance that the Communist | An Answer to Hillman’s Policy | (Continued from page 1). Why the slugging and terrorism in Chicago? Why Was Chicago the Best? Our officials are forever boasting of the fact that Chicago is the best unit in the Amalgamated. We have a unit- ed organization, plenty of money to carry on future “wars.” Not at all like New York. As to the few “left wingers” as they are called: “They do not amount to anything,” say the officials. “We need not pay any attention to them,” say the officials. But, again, why have our members been slugged? To answer this question we must go back a little into the history of about 20 months. Up to about two years ago the Amal. gamated ‘in Chicago has had more or less of an aggressive policy. © Old Policy of Struggle. If a demand for a cut in wages came along, the membership knew about it and a’fight was put up. It the emiployer ‘tried to put some- thing over on the workers, our shop chairman or business agent was on his feet to put up battle. 1 Our impartial machinery function- ed more or: less’within the realms of the agreement. ‘The officials, gener- ally, saw to it'that our agreement was put into effect. « When The Change Began. Ever sincé President Hillman came forward with ‘his readjustment policy some 20 months ago, the union policy took a different’ turn. That was the key to class collaboration to stop put- ting up a\strong defence for our con- ditions and, instead, to settle all dif- ferences, thru negotiations, bargains, ete, i In other words—our officials put forward this soft-pedal policy of com- promise. Cn Nice Name for Bad »hings, ‘ What followed from this sort of a policy was just this: Readjustments, which are another name for wage cuts. These were put into effect, all work- ers being affeced by it. Our shop chairmen no longer fought in the shops for the workers with the same vigor as before, Our business, agents. no longer cared as before to take up our com- plaints, often stating, “Oh, what's the use? We'll lose out anyway. You should be satisfied that you have a job.” No Longer “Impartial.” Our impartial machinery was also affected’ by this, policy; and in every decision handed down, partiality was written all over it, ‘in favor of the employer, When the Fifst of May came along @ new agreement was signed, and at our ratification meetings we were told that this agreement is the same as that of three years ago. But we soon found out that not only are wages being cut by the way of “readjustments,” but actual straight cuts were staking place, As in Alfred Decker & Cohen's shops, and others, . We found that certain promises were made to employers that we did not know of at the time we ratified this new agreement. Even Cutters Are Cut The cutters, who until last May were more or less immune trom this cut readjustment policy, found themselves in the same condition as the tailors. They are today produc- ing from five to ten per cent more work for the same wage. Those of us who had courage to stand up at local and shop meetings demanding explanation for this lack of fighting policy on the part of the fficials, were called “destroyers,” "and “traitors to our » Not Easy, It may be said that it is not easy for our mem’ ip these days to fight for their interests in locals. Our membership today fears more the of- ficlals of the nathan they do the employer, in logal, to et a a International’ should make available to its affiliated, parties this exepr- ience. w The Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party declares itself to be in full accord with the declaration of the Communist In- ternational against the pessimism of the Ruth Fischer-Maslow group and its leftist allies, against the latter's neglect of trade union work, against its opportunist deviations, its narrow- ness in directing the party work, the attempt to revise and destroy Lenin- ism, and its dangerously wrong atti-- tude to the Communist International. The Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party of America welcomes the change of the composition of the leadership of the Communist Party of Germany as an effective guarantee for the loyal ap. plication of the new methods of work.. by the membership. The. Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party . expresses its confidence in the new leadership and feels certain that under its guidance the Communist Party of Germany will make rapid strides to- ward its bolshevization and the win- ning of the working and farming mas- ses for the victorious proletarian re- volution in Germany. , Signed: Central Executive Com- mittee, Workers (Communist) Party. Cc." E. Ruthenburg, general secretary. fight the officials means their jobs are n danger. Jobs are not so easy to be gotten. . these days, especially by those who are not “good boys” or machine men. A great number of our members are even afraid to vote at meetings, for fear that they would get in wrong with the business agents. Don’t Vote At All. As a result, when a proposition comes up that the membership is not in favor of, they generally obstain ~ from voting at all. The foregoing shows the basic policy of the presént machine, Its special application is seen in the membership meeting called last Fri- day night. No discussion was permitted. The $25 assessment proposition was crude- ly railroaded. What's the Answer. Why was there no discussion per- mitted? Because the officials feared that the members would speak their mind, They feared that the membership would demand the abolition. of this wage cut readjustment policy. Why was the International strike called 57 days later? Why did our of- ficials wait until the busy season was over? permitting the firm to finish there season's work? Why do not our officials fight for our conditions? and may be more questions. ( Flowers Hide Betrayal. Our officials are pretty much on the alert. They come well prepared, for they knew that even flowers and Hill- man’s oration or the chairman’s flow- ery speach could not make the\mem- bership forget these things. Our officials were determined to have it their own way, so they pre- pared the strong arm squad to keep “order” and any one who dared to Speak was “attended to.” As a result, some of our members, who were only suspected of wanting to speak, were met at’ the doors by the strong arm squad—and were beaten up. . This was followed up by the Sun- day’s affair with guns and gangs,— lead by business agents, It Won’t Work. These tactics will not suppress the membership from fighting against wage cut in the locals. This terrorism will not lead our union “onward and forward,” the words of Hillman. These tactics lead towa! de- moralization of the membership’ and the collapse of the union. t Other unions have tried it. Inthe { Furriers’ Union Kaufman finds him- i j t } self today without a crown, Sigman, of the I. L, G. W. the same fix as Kau: is\in 1, and Ry and the rest of officials same tactics, they may s: demoralizing—and to wrecking ‘the union, but they will also succeed) in discrediting themselves as did Kautf- man and. Sigman. se 8 Cigarettes. wa STREATOR, Ill, Nov. 19.—Mer- * chandise value at $3,000 was stolen ~ from the warehouse of the Eby Loser J Tobacco company here. The truck, ’ loaded with loot including 40 cases of cigarettes, was said to have been seen’ going toward Peoria, Ill. “ Another Investigation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—An in- vestigation to determine whether the fire which destroyed the Clyde liner — Lenape off Lewes, Dela., was of in- cendiary origin was launched by the _ steamboat inspection service of the, department of commerce. Dy —————————— “(Wants ‘Trade Pact.