The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 31, 1925, Page 4

—T re. Army in Best » er there were 421 cases. % / ¥@frous a deserved annihilation. Jap- ' workers died in the past week. Then “comes Ae, Page Four CHINA SETTLES , DOWN T0 FIGHT COLD WEATHER Condition of All (Speojsi to The Dally Worker) PEKING, China, Dec. 29—Reports say that the defeated general of Chihll, Li Ching-lin, has fled to Shan- ghai, while 40,000 of his troops, retir- ing in fairly good order, have escaped into Shangtung province to the south where Feng Yu-hslang has no inten- tion of following at present, altho a: large section of his army is in pursuit. Feng’s troops are now withdrawing from Tientsin and consolidating in part northwestward at Tangshang. The cold weather has added to the enemies of all forces and limits opera- tions until spring. The most outstanding political de- velopment is the intense danger aris- ing all over Chima toward Japan, which is accused of saving Chang Tso- an is trying to make out that the pro- test is against all foreigners and a “new wave” of “anti-christianism.” Chinese say that some of Kuo’s offi- cers were induced to desert and a large reward for the murder of Kuo was offered by Chang from money furnished by Japan, as well as direct military. aid. Wu Pei-fu, according to wise ob-} servers, is not so strong as he is sup- posed to be. And he is gaining little or none, while the governors of the central provinces are all suspicious of each other and there is no unity in central China either for or against the national people’s army, about 100,000 men altogether, but now with- out ammunition, commanded by Feng who holds Peking and the Tientsin area. Chicago Opera Offers Resurrection New Year’s Eve with Mary Garden Every admirer of Tolstoi's writing will be interested to learn that his famous work “Resurrection” has been put into an opera and will be given for the first time in America by the _ Chicago Civic Opera company, on New Year’s Eve with Mary Garden in aiding egles*This opera has been received with great enthusiasm and interest in all the countries where it has been rendered. On Saturday night, the last. present- ation of “Madame Butterfly” is to be made this year. The cast will eni- brace Mason, Pavloska, Hackett, Ri- mini and Mojica, duet. Polacco will con- ~| best and worst dancers, for the solyer{ THE DAILY: WORKER CLEVELAND WORKERS TO HAVE COSTUME BALL ON SATURDAY EVENING | CLEVELAND, Dec. 29—Workers of Cleveland, before starting to pro- duce next year’s profits for the boss, have a good time and help to Promote the labor movement as well, by coming to the entertain- poetry will be furnished by some of the talented workers of Cleveland. One of the best union dance or- chestras in the city will be on hand with first class dance music. If you don’t dance very much come any- way and watch the others. Wear a costume, a natianal cos- tume, a special costume, your work- ing costume, or any old costume. This affair is belng run for the benefit of the Trade Union Educa- tional League. Admission only 50 cents for the entertainment and dance combined. Detroit Arranges New Year’s Eve Celebration DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 29. — The New Year's Eve event in Detroit this year will be staged in the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, when the Workers’ Educational Association will be giving its annual international costume ball. Last year festivities did not cease until daybreak. This year the ar- rangements commitiee promises a} program more elaborate than ever be-| fore. Dances in’ natonal costume will be | given at odd times thruout the even- ing. International music will also be | featured. Girls in attractive native | attire will serve “Chi” and Turkfsh | coffee, and our Greek and Armenian | comrades will serve one of their fam-| ous dinners, BRING YOUR NEW YEAR'S. RESOLUTION 10 THE RED MASK BALL, THURSDAY NEW YORK, Dec. . 29—Write a New Year’s resolution and bring it to Hare} lem Casino on New Year's . Eve, (Thursday, December 31) tonight. Jt it is the best one, or the worst, it will win you a prize. This is only} one of the entertainment features planned for the New Year’s Eve, Red mask costume ball held jointly by. The Young Workers’ League, The DAILY WORKER and The Workers’ School. There will. be prizes for the, of a difficult riddle, etc. There will Sunday afternoon (Jan. 3) will in- troduce the second popular priced’) “suburban matinee” of the year with| a double bill. The classic of childhood | “Hansel and Gretel” will be sung by| Shear, Pavloska, Lenska, Claessens, Preston; conductor, St. Leger, after | which an elaborate blalet “La Fete| a Robinson” will be staged by Serge | Oukrainsky and the Pavley-Oukrain sky ballet. The composer, Gabriel| Grovlez, will conduct. | Pneumonia Mounts Rapidly in Ilinois | _— | SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 29, In the weekly report of Dr. I. D. Rawlings, | State health director, scarlet fever holds first place with 279 cases, Last Pneu- | a comes next with, 214 and tu- is ranks third with 125 cas-| 08.) uite a number of + fiibercular diphtheria with $5, typhoid ibd 48, smallpox 30, and influenza Daily Worker BIRTHDAY given by the Jewish branéhes of Chelsea, Revere, Lynn ; and Winthrop | town to escape the possible spread | | plant, be enough space to dance in coms | |fortably and enjoy it as both, large | jhalis in Harlem Casino have been | hired for the occasion. Should .you | grow thirsty or hungry, the. buffet} offers delicious satisfaction. Tickets bought in advance cost 50 cents and at the door 75 cents, so |get your tickets at 108 East 14th street from any of the three organiza- | tions mentioned above, Don’t buy a mask for the Red Mask | Ball in advance if you want a real red one. Buy it at the hall. Million Dollar Fire Guts Seaside Resort | OCEAN CITY, Md., Dec. 29.—The two thousand winter residents of this seaside resort were hurriedly moving |“ their household effects ot the edge of | of the disastrous fire which already has done $1,000,000 worth of damage and gutted the entire boardwalk dis- trict. The Atlantic and Seaside hotels, che Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Reed’s Amusement Park, the Casino motion picture’ house, the Ocean City Pier and Dolles Candy- land have already been destroyed by fire. Wheeler Case Thrown Out of Federal Court (Continued trom page 1) both indictments were identical, Campbell Convicted. Since Wheeler’s Montana trial, Campbell was convicted of using the mails to defraud in connection with an oil promotion scheme. Wheeler's indictment has been often attacked on the floor of the senate. It was charged that the Montana sen- U§. SELECTS HOUGHTON 10 GO 10 GENEVA Swiss Smart U nder the ment and costume ball, Saturday, Jan. 2, Pythian Castle, 1624 East Soviet Boycott 55th St.; between Superior and (Special to The Daily Worker) Payne Ave. The proletcult enter- WASHINGTON, D. ©. Dec. 29— tainment begins at 7 p. m. sharp. |The U, S. ambassador to England, Proletarian music, dancing, and {Alanson B. Houghton, and Hugh Gibson, minister to Switzerland, will be the U. S. delegation to the pre- liminary “disarmament” conference at Geneva. For the main conference it is expected to have Secretary Kellogg and Secretary Hoover, as well as Charles E. Hughes, ex-secretary of state. The United States is definitely try- ing to have the main conference con- fine itself to land armament, under| the idea that any naval armament con- ference should logically be the con- tinuance of the Washington confer- ence and ought to be held separately from the land armament conference. : Conditions. | | The U. S. will “insist” that it can) take no part in questions reducing land armaments, and will not agree to economic sanctions or security pacts, There will be an “economic confer- ence” later, and government participa- |tion asked after the program for the conference is prepared. Trying to Prevent Participation. The question is still open as to | whether the league of nations was |merely trying to prevent Soviet Rus- a from taking part in the confer- Pas by calling it at Geneva and send: ing Soviet Russia an invitation to come to Switzerland, which has been | under an effective Soviet boycott since the incredibly barbarous manner that the Swiss used in the case of the | Soviet ambassador, V. Voroysky, when his assassin, a Russian white guard monarchist, was given the form of a trial. The occasion was made a white guard capitalist demonstration of ap- Proval for the assassin, who was ac- quitted, feted and made a heroic polit- ical figure, and in addition, the as- sassin was presented with the con- siderable bank account belonging to the Soviet government in the Swiss banks—as a sort of a reward for hav- ing murdered a prominent Bolshevik. Crushing Boycott. Soviet Russia, after the Swiss gov ernment refused to make amends for this offense, severed all relations and ‘has caused millions of dollars loss to Switzerland’s watch trade with Rus- sia, among other damages it has ‘id upon the Swiss. Indications are that the pressure is getting so severe that the Soviet government will have to unbend and make amends, or that Russia, by refusing to participate, will force the whole league of nations to leave the country. 2 General Pershing Is to Be Removed from Arica, So. Am. (Continued from page 1). and their complaints were being taken up in other nations. Put -on the Screws. Just how heavy the pressure was |may be judged by the fact that so jmany influential callers have visited the White House in the last few |days demanding that something be done to placate Chille, that Coolidge Tuesday announced publicly that he would exert every effort to smooth over the feeling aroused,” but would not propose the withdrawal of the United States as arbiter unless all means fail to end the boundary ques- tion, The long columns in the capitalist press concerning the precarious state of Pershing’s health can be dismissed so far as it could concern his with- drawal. Elgin Packing Plant Is Razed by Fire ELGIN, IIL, Dec, 29.—Damage es- timated at $200,000 was done by fire of unknown origin, which razed six buildings of the Kerber Packing Co., of Kerberville, one mile south of here. A water shortage, which necessitated the running of hose lines from the Fox river, prevented the arresting of the flames before heavy losses were inflicted. WICKS TOURS EAST; SPEAKS ON LOCARNO ator had been ‘singled out for relatia- tion by the justice department for LABOR LYCEUM, iway, Chelsea, Mass. prosecuted ‘ the - This was regarded in administration circles as indication that the presi- dent cution.// The president named a dis- trict attorney who had the endorse- his part in the Teapot Dome investi- gations, Cal Plays to Wheeler. Only last week, President Coolidge refused to send to the senate the re- appointment of John LL, Slattery, who, as district attorney in Montana, secured the first indictment and Great Falls trial. ed of Wheeler’s prose- PACT AND RUSSIA H, M. Wicks, editorial writer of The DAILY WORKER, who is now touring the east will speak in the following citi on the Locarno “peace” pact and its relation to So- viet Russia. These dates are in ad- already announced. ! Pa, Saturday night, Jan, 2, 8 o'clock at the Labor Lyceum, 36-Miller St., 2nd floor. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sunday aft- ernoon, dant 3, at 2 o'clock at Insur- dg, 1783 E, 11th St. aan BOSS FATALLY SHOOTS IRON WORKER PICKET IN EAST ST, LOUIS MURPHYSBORO, Iil., Dec, 29.— A. Stevens, iron worker of East St. shot fatally here while on a picket line at the Electrical En- ergy Extension job of the southern Illinois Gas company. William Karner, a rigger foreman of East St. Louls, surrendered to police admitting that he shot Stev- ens, but claiming he “only did so” in “self-defense.” French Soldiers Use Personal Vengeance on Syrian Liberator BEIRUT, Dec, 29—Hassan Kharrat, the Syrian rebel ‘leader,) was killed today by French’ soldiers. Kharrat became internationally;known several weeks ago when he spat a detach- ment of soldiers with instructions to capture the French goveynor general, M. De Jouvenal, dead orjalive. 32 Pct. of Soviet Union’s Budget for Education MOSCOW, U. 8. 8, R. Dec, 29.— Official figures show that;32' per cent of this year’s budget is: devoted . to education. The government provides about 40 per cent of the expenses for education. Local districts supply the remainder., The government's educa- tional appropriation is 114,000,000 roubles (57,000,000), which is twice as iarge as last year’s appropriation. Will “Investigate” | Use of Private Cars WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Promis- cuous use of private cars by persons who are not connected. with the ac- tual operation of railroads will be investigated by the interstate com- | merce commission, it was announced. All class one and twosrailroads, to- gether with switching and terminal railroads, have been made respond- ents to the proceeding, (paar > VIRRSG, -5 Traction Heads Grabs;Land Samuel Insull and interests associ- | ated with him are purchasing a 150- foot right of way along the west bank of the Chicago sanitary district canal from Joliet to Stickneyi*for a high power line, and which later may be used for a new interurban electric line over which Joliet: trains may be brought to the downtowa district. es Mexican City Shivers. MEXICO CITY, Dec: 29.—Monterey, Mexico's principal iron and steel cen- ter, is reported to be covered with snow and expecting demand, 20.8 | Shanghai, : er -storm. Owing to the intense cll the en- tire absence of the people from the streets, the business ad were closed. 4 ii di Priests Attempt to Stampede Strikers COMMUNISTS OUT OF LABOR PARTY -|London Branches Defy Liverpool Decision LONDON, Dec. 29:— The decision made at the Liverpool labor party conference to expel Communists from the individual membership section, is meeting with a tremendous opposi- tion. This decision, which was hailed by the capitalist press and its lack- eys, as a victory over the Commun- ists was used by the capitalist pow- ers in England to persecute and prosecute Communist leaders. Today, twelve leaders of the Com- munist Party and the Young Com- munist League, are sentenced to serve from six months to one year for membership in the Communist or- ganizations. Despite the collusion between the leaders of the labor ‘party and reac- tionary capitalist powers to destroy the Communist movement, the follow- ing list of labor party of the borough and divisional labor parties in Lon- don refuse to expel the Communists: Holburn, Putney, Kennington, St. Pancras Trades Council and Labor Party, Bethnal Green Trades Council and Labor Party, Stratford, Kenning- ton North, Stoke Newington, West- minster, Ealing, Finchley, Hanwell, Erith Deptford, and Woolwich. This list is growing larger and larg- er daily. A number of labor party branches have elected Communists as delegates to the London labor party conference, The London Trades | Council elected. three Communists to |represent them at the conference. Members Want United Front. As lyet, the executive committee has not taken any action on those labor parties that have refused to follow out the Liverpool decision and {expel the Communists. It is doubt- ful whether the executive committee will.dare to take action as the work- ers of England are realizitig more and more the necessity of presenting a united front based on class issues to the master class. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Great Bri-j tain pound sterling, demand 4.84 13-16; cable, 4.853-16; France, frane de- mand, 3.69%; cable, 3.70; Belgium, franc, demand, 4.53; cable, 4.53%; Italy, lira, demand, 4.03%; cable, 4.03%; Sweden, krone, demand, 20.84; Norway, krone, de- mand, 20.26; cable, 20.28; Denmark, krone, demand, 24.73; cable, 24.75; tael, demand, 78.00. Pangalos Fears Communists, ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 29. — The .| government has decided, according to the newspapers, to create an under- secretaryship of state for social de- fense, in order to combat the “spread of Communist doctrines.” (Continued from page 1) They state “representing ih a pastoral sense at least 85% of thé miners of the anthracite field,” that’ they do not consider the check-off “of sufficient merit for the continuance of the strike. From the ranks of the miners condemnation is heaped upon these priests who have openly shown their colors by attempting to betray the workers who make their soft life pos- sibble. Their letter is praised to the skies in the capitalist press, the mouthpiece of big business. The Religious Front. This action on the part of the six- teen foreign priests was immediately followed the next day with a letter from eight Irish-American bible pound- ers who said “me too” to the ideas expressed in the anti-uhion letter of their brother fakers. * These Jesus jazzers all state they “who are closest to the*miners of this jeld know the miners want to return to work, and refer disputed questions to an impartial board of arbitration,” by their action openlyidemonstratjng their prejudice and shatred of the United Mine Workers, openly. attempt- ing to delude their follpwers,. who are members of the uniom into going back to work at the terms of the oper- ators, ae: For months this trickery of the priests has been going on, For months they have masked beliind a veil of friendship to the causéfof the miners, possibly because the miners are the bulk of their parish and congrega- tion, but at this crucHl time in the development of the anthracite strike, well into its eighteenth week, they have no scruples about openly casting their lot with the operators, Why Were They Not Condemned fore? Today, on the streets of many an- thracite communities, one can hear in forceful language the action of these Cerne ae Y sainted hypocrits condemned, The dis- trict and international officials have been forced to condemn this action of the priests, not because they wanted to, but because even the sentiments of the rank and file is so great some- times that they mu#f fall in line. Secretary-Treasurer * nedy, Chris Golden, chairman of thé scale commit- tee, and ‘others have!” attacked the move of the priests. #!” For four long m miners trave faced Pinter now and lines have made their appearance in many anthracite mining towns. Many families are in dire want. In this situ- ation the officials of the union are paralyzed. No relief is given, local unions are threatened with disciplin- ary action if they apportion any local funds for relief to the membership. Official Misrule. The miners do not have the oper- ators to fight only, but their own of- ficials who brazenly are conducting the ffairs of this strike in such a man- ner that it is an impossibility for the miners to win any of their demands, or even a substantial part of them. The action of these priests, who pose as friends, advisers and leaders of the workers here, by writing and signing their names to a letter. which definitely states, by its contents, that the miners are willing to agree to the bosses’ terms, conclusively demon- strates to the anthracite mine workers that this agency of the capitalist sys- tem, the church, is bag and baggage with the operators. Their condemna- tion is Justified. Must Now Bolster Up Morale. District officials of the sections where these priests are located, in order to bolster the morale of the membership and counteract the poison influence of the priests’ letter, as they state, will hold mass meetings in the larger centers to explain what “arbi- tration” will mean to the miners’ cause. ; Their action in this respect has been forced by ‘the universal condemnation of the priests’ attitude by the mem- bership thruout the anthracite field. Four months after the strike was call- ed they do this. Rather than hold regular strike meetings to keep the rank and file informed, as to the latest developments of the strike, the officials rarely showed their taoes to the union membership, Permitted Systematic Poison. Rather than establish strike head- quarters in the larger centers and hold intact the unity and solidarity of the membership, the officials are busy “fighting” the miners’ battles from the luxurious confines of the Hotel Belle- vue-Stratford. They have per: ed this systemat# poisoning’ of ti minds of the union membership ‘by the press, the churches and thé pro pagandizing campaign of the” ators who utilize every o} Propagandize the miners | fit: ted to go tidal REFUSE TO EXPEL|” | The second anniversary of The DAILY WORKER, falling on Wednesday, January 13, will this year bring a string of parties, banquets and other affairs in practically. every, large city, in the country. the choice of two unusual attractions concert to be held at Yorkville Casine New York City: workers will have in The DAILY WORKER. anniversary on Sunday; January 10, to be followed by a great banquet a few weeks later. Chicago will hold a DAILY WORK- ER birthday party on Wednesday, Jan, 13, at which a labor pantomime of unusual attraction will be pre- sented. Workers of. Lynn, Winthrop, Revere and Chelsea, Mass., are holding, thru the enterprise of the Jewish Commun- ist units of these cities, a dance and celebration on January 15, Los Angeles is planning a banquet, as is San Francisco, completing a chain of affairs from coast to coast— many as yet in the process of forma- tion aud not ready to be announced. All these will not only be celebra- tions on the second anniversary of their paper, but a stimulus as well to a subcription drive during January, announcements of which will soon be made. Participation in all affairs for The DAILY WORKER and co-operation for the drive to double the circulation. of The DAILY WORKER are being asked of all workers ready not only to enjoy themselves but also to do service for their paper. Noted Savant Shows He Can Change Sex of Creature at Will NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 29—Dr. Robert K. Burns, Jr., of the University of Cincinnati, demonstrated for the first time that it was possible to change the sex of a creature at will. He made the demonstration with sa- lamanders at the annual meeting of the American society of zoologists here. To Restore Historic Relics in Moscow MOSCOW,)U, 8 S,.R., Dec. 29.— Repair and-:restorative work is be- ing conducted :on; the walls of “China Town” which jembraces the center of Moscow. This wall was built by Ivan the Terrible, dn 1536, and the last re- pair work done was in 1822. Deterioration, has. mostly affected the facing; the wall itself has become monolithic and could only be. destroy- ed by dyn nite, In the. process of work . five can- nons have been found evidently left behind when Peter the Great was awaiting the assault of the Swedish \King Charles’'12th on Moscow. A stock of copper money has been found laid’ out “in” piles. One of the towers has “been ‘turned into a sta- lactite grotto Owing to water dripping in thru the roof. Great accumulations of earth and ‘buried trees have been cleared away ffom the wall. . The entire wall is being painted white as in the time of Ivan the Ter- rible when thestown was named “Mos- cow of the White Stones.” In the Kremlin, restoration work on the patriachal.chambers is being con- tinued. Old gates of the 17th century have been found here and an ancient ruin- ed staircase has béen restored, Some extremely interesting colored tiles have been discovered in the Trinity Tower. Cleveland T. U. E. L. Meets on Sunday CLEVELAND, ‘Dec. 29. —— Regular meeting of the Trade Union. Educa- tional League on Sunday, Jan. 3, at 10:00 a. m., in the Freiheit Hall, 5311 Woodland Ave.,.2nd floor. Every pro- gressive union member invited to at- tend, Election of’ officers for the com- Ing six months. Report of the history- naking conyention of ‘the Interna- ional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union just finished in Philadelphia. Excavations in Siberia. MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R., Dec, 29—The excavation work that has been com- pleted this year ‘in Siberia has world- wide signficance, On Krasnoyrarsk bones of paleolithio man have been found for the fitst time in Asia, and more than 700 remains of mammoths, huge wolves, and bears be- longing to this period. New weapons have been’ ‘dfueovered of a type. hitherto quite unknown. Among these are cudgels made out of a mammoth’s tusks, A complete pic- ture of the geological classification of paeolithic culture has been obtained. Russian Gliding Tournament. MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R., Dec. 29.— The All-Russian gliding competition was marked by great successes on the part of the Russian. gliders. The pilot Artseuloy reached a height of 300 metres above the start- ing point. The pilot Umashov flew a distance of 4 kilometres. without stop- ping. The pilot Yakovchuk remained in the air for 9 hours 45 minutes, This pilot now holds the second place in the world records for ‘eoge of ba fe pim the afr. « Watch the Saturday Magavini hk. Thia is a good _ to give ORKERS WILL CELEBRATE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF DAILY WORKER FROM ONE COAST TO THE OTHER Short or Long Skirts Issue Before ‘‘Leading Citizens” of America Resojutions against the flapper dress of today and a demand for the return of the full skirt of ankle length, adopted by various women’s organiza- tions and announced in Washington, were an important issue before the Americanization committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution in session here, which denounced the adoption of such resolutions, Artists Will Make Pictorial History of Russian Revolution MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 29.— Soviet educational authorities are sending 72 of the best artists to vari- ous parts of the Soviet Union to paint pictures of striking revolution- ary events, local leaders, scenes of labor processes and other social feat- ures of present Russian life. A col- . lection of this art will fonm a pictorial record of Soviet history. Resume Conference in New York City on the Anthracite Strike (Continued from page 1) endum vote on it taken among the miners, Searles Smells Something. That the wind is blowing strongly toward the second possibility of a class collaboration mechanism under the name of an inquiry into profits is seen by the remark of Ellis Searles, editor of the Mine Workers’ Journal, who said that the willingness of the operaters to open their books to joint inspection would “play a vital part” in the negotiations. Lewis, who arrived at noon, went to a conference with union officials at the Cadillac Hotel. “I have no state- ment to make at this time,” was all he would say. Six LIVE PAGES a Labor Pantomime Directed by | Emma Blechschmidt } with the Afrontov ‘mountain near | Section for new features every) A Cast of.30 People. | Costumes and Scenery by Lydia Gibson. This Unusual Feature Will Be Part.of the Daily Worker BIRTHDAY PARTY at IMPERIAL HALL, 2409 N. Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Wednesday, Jan. 13 “at 8 P.M, ADMISSION 50 CENTS, |