The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 4, 1926, Page 3

MORGAN LACKEY FOR CIVIL RULE IN VIRGIN ISLES YY Page Three POLICE HEADS SHIELD KILLERS OF SHIP FIREMAN wide, (Continued from Page 1) Call for Conference. Labor to Fight Penna. Sedition Law _—_——$— $$$ The call as issued by the pro- vistonal committee follows: Law Passed During War. The anti-sedition law which origin- ally passed in 1919 and amended in 1921 is the product of the war hyste- BINGHAM MAYOR'S SIGHT OF MISERY To all trade unions and other jria which existed at that time and is > | * . workers’ organizations: and will be used against all organized | “ Only Property Owner: Z Threaten Witnesses with) on dec, 4th, 1925, Edward Horacek, |labor attempting to defend thelr Would Have Stricken Wi an American citizen, member of the |rights as workers, The State Federa- i ill Have Vote A Tortures Machinists’ Union was found guilty |tion of Labor of this state has con- Pay for Hosp: tal Bed WASHINGTON, March 2—(FP)— TAMPA, Fla., March 2—The corrupt | violating the so-called Pennsylvania |tinually gone on record at its conven- BINGHAM, Utah, March 2 — Tite Rep, Robert L. Bacon of New York, 0 idministration of Tampa is doing its |anti-sedition law. Nine other fellow | workmen are charged with the same tions against this act. The undersigned organizations have | heart of a nation went out recently PALMS [TCH AT © AIT the Morgan banking group, is sponso vest to exonerate one of its members, | ,, |to the stricken workers and their | crime.” therefore decided to call a conference | amis ic an icin Ge for the bill providing civil governmen \ M. M, Gullette, for the cold-blooded| “), instriacting the jury, Judge J. {of representatives of organized labor | ie ies diy Beaded re ms o i re! for the Virgin Islands, now unde murder of John Petijohn, fireman on| Praether declared: “There is no evi-|of western Pennsylvania to devise rible snowslide which visite this discusion before the house committe: on insular affairs. This bill contains a proviso that voters must qualify by ownership of property or by ability to read and write English. Discrimination Against Workers. Questioned on this discrimination aganst a section of the working class of the islands, Bacon said he adopted it at the suggestion of Dr, Tucker, who made a survey of conditions in the islands for the treasury depart- ment. Bacon further asserted that it was “good Amerf@n doctrine” to ex clude from the franchise all adults who cannot read and write English. He is a former Plattsburgh military camp graduate, and held a commis- sion in the world war. Dr, Tucker asserts tha only about 15 to 20% of the people of the Virgin Islands are illiterate, and that a group of Fren¢th women were conspicuous in this class. He attempted to deny that the clause would discriminate against the blacks. A, A. Berle, appearing as chief pro- moter of the bill, is a New York lawyer for sugar companies operating in the islands. He explained to the committee the scheme under which the president may decide the confir- mation or rejection of officials appoint- ed by the governor and rejected by the elective councils in the islands. American citizenship is to be given to all Danish subjects and natives in the islands, and a quick process of naturalization is to be granted all natives of the islands who now reside in the United States. Some 4,000 of them are in New York City. Insists on Military Rule. Gen. McIntyre, head of the bureau of insular affairs, to whose control the islands are to be given, under the Dill by the navy, urged the committee to go slowly. He said military gov- ernment was always more economical and efficient than popular government, and the people of the Virgin Islands ‘would soon disqover that they could mot have so many public improve- ments and health measures financed y their own revenues as the navy had given them. He wanted the bill amended so as to permit the employ- ment.of. officers of the army and navy in all branches of the service of the territory. Mussolini Sends S. O. S. to Fascist Ministers (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, March 2—Possible revision of the Italian foreign policy is seen here in summons sent to the Italian ambassadors at London, Paris, Berlin and Santiago to return to Rome for conferences with Premier Mussolini. There is no doubt that the complica- tions which are daily arising in con- nection with the meeting of the coun- cil of the league of nations at Geneva on March 8 is responsible for this hurried conference. NORFOLK RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION LAW IS HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL NORFOLK, Va., March 2.—The residential segregation law enacted in Norfolk, Va., has been declared unconstitutional by Police Justice R. Spindle and will be carried to a higher court in order to have this ruling affirmed. The first court test of Norfolk’s segregation law came about when Nath Falk, a white merchant, opened a grocery busin ina strictly colored section of the city. In order to test the law,,a complaint and warrant charging violation of the law was served on Mr. Falk. The case came before the police court justice Who declared the law unconstitutional, As the police court is not a court of record, this case will be carried to the next highest court on appe: in order that a definite and record- ed decision may be had holding the segregation ordinance unconstitu- tional, fe CHICAGO 1) Ta Ais pvsing tor many years as a rogressive—not to say revolutionary—labor leader Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, is today in practice following the path of Sam Gompers. This path has led to slugging of union members, wage cuts under the guise of “readjustments,’ and the scabby Nash agreement. BIRTH CONTROL COMES BEFORE NEXT CONGRESS WASHINGTON, March 2.—(FP)— Its measure proposing to legalize the sending by physicians thru the mails of information as to birth control, has not yet been introduced in congress by the American Birth Control League, Inc., of which Margaret Sanger is president. Mrs. Anne Kennnedy, in charge of the Washington office of the organization, says that the move- ment is now relying upon educational efforts at the capitol to prepare the way for consideration of the bill in the next session. Sen. Cummins and Sen. Norris,are named as being sympathetic with the purposes of the legislation. Catholic and episcopal clergy oppose the bill. The birth control league limits.the legalization of the sending or publica- tion of information or means of pre- venting conception, to duly licensed physicians and to drug houses deal- ing with them, in order that the in- formation and means of birth control may not be commercially exploited and made the basis of fraud upon ignorant persons, Meanwhile it has issued leaflets dealing with the significance of the movement to organized labor, to un- employment, to war and to science. In the birth control clinic establish- ed in New York practically all of the first 4,000 cases treated were work- ing class women, of whom one-third were catholics, one-third Jewish and one-third protestant, according to these leaflets. A special campaign among the trade unionists is being made by the league, due to the belief that it is the workers who suffer most--thru ignorance and the use of dangerous means of preventing births -—from the present laws against the giving of scientific help by doctors. Lawrence Textile Workers Will Help Passaic Strikers LAWRENCE, Mass., March 2, — Lawrence textile workers were aroused by “Mother” Bloor’s story of the Passaic textile workers’ strike at the big noon-day meeting at the gates of the American Woolen company’s mills at, Lawrence, Hundreds of textile workers listen- ed as she warned them to watch out for the work that may be coming in from the strike center of Passaic and to refuse to do such work, The slogan of the Lawrence workers to be: “If Passaic loses, Lawrence loses. We must win together,” Noon-day meetings will be held at all of the mills every day this week. committee arrives to- day from Passaic. World-wide storm of protest forced. military authorities to re- lease Trumbull. Celebra’ with him next Friday night at North Side Turner Hall. HINDUS AND EUROPEANS PROTEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN COLOR BAR BILL LONDON, March 2.—Intense feel- ing has been aroused in India by anti-Asiatic legislation of the white man’s legislature in South Africa. Europeans headed by the Bishop of Calcutta and members of the le- gislature joined with Hindu and Mo- hammedan leaders In a mass meet- ing of protest. Latest reports are to the effect that the color bar bill, which would limit certain employments exclu- sively for whites, has been advanc- ed in the South African legislature. The natives all over South Africa are seething with discontent, and demand that such legislation be abolished. FORMER FASGIST MAKES THREAT TO EXPOSE BUTCHER Mussolini’s Confidante Turns on Despot NICE, France, March 2 — General Cesare Rossi, once Premier Musso- lini’s ‘confidante and trusted lieu- tenant, today reiterated his defiance of the premier and avowed his deter- mination to “tell the world what I know to free Italy of ignorance.” Rossi, who escaped from Italy after being imprisoned for complicity in the murder of the socialist deputy Giacomo “Matteotti, said that tho blackhand letters threatened his life he planned to continue his attacks on the present Italian government. Will Expose Fake Trial. ‘I do not intend to remain silent and allow Mussolini to run the trial of Matteotti’s alleged assassins like a tyrant,” Rossi declared defiantly, “Everybody knows Mussolini intends to make a grand farce of the trial which starts March 16. I'll take the evidence bit by bit and tear it apart and lay all its falsities before the world, a Fascists Threats. “I have already received numerous blackhand letters threatening my life. I know whose hand directed their sending, But I am out from under the tyrant’s rule and free to speak and tell the world what I know in order to free Italy of ignorance.” Foreman of Japanese Mill Loses Life in Chinese Strike War (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, March 2.—A Japanese foreman has been killed in conflicts which have arisen in the cotton mill district between the strikers on the one side and the employers, backed by the police on the other. A serious situation exists. ee Se RATES —— SE00 a year 6950-6 montis $2.00 9 montis -$S800 ayear F450 6 montis §. I months THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD THE DAILY WORKER NAME STREET. he Bull line freighter, Barbara, Gul-| ‘ette and a number of other policemen were called aboard the Barbara by) Captain Williams who claimed that the sailorshad mutinied. Pe fice Club Seamen, When thé police came onto the boat they fouhd’ a number of sailors argu- ing amohg each other about keys to he ice-box, The police immediately handcuffed John Petijohn, who was acting asthe pacifier in the dispute, and Farrell together. Then they be- gan to club able seaman, John Burns. Petijohn seeing Burns being clubbed into insensibility shouted to them to stop beating Burns and that if they wanted to show how tough they were they could shoot him. Patrolman Gullette, whose sobriety many quésfion, to show how “tough” and rough he was stepped back a few paces and shot the ship's fireman. As son as the shot was fired the cops backed off the ship and fled. The sail- ors then had to take their dead fellow- worker, who was still shackled to Far- rel and lay him on a board and him) to the main land. When Petijohn was brot to the mainland he was already dead. The police then came back and arrested able seaman, John Burns and the cook, J. G. Newman and threw them into jail. Threaten Witnesses, In the prison cell both ofthese seamen had leg chains placed on them and were told if they said anything they would “face the music.” When reporters tried to board the ship and gain the truth of the cold-blooded mur- der, Captain Williams, master of the ship, declared that no one except the crew would be allowed to be on board the ship, All attempts were made to bar reporters from the two jailed sea- men. Immediately after the murder an in- quest was held and the patrolman ex- onerated. Later Chief of Police D. B. York also declared that the policeman was exonerated and that as far as he was concerned the closed.” Despite t heads to, Ship Captain Flees. ' In order:that the real evidence in| the case should not be heard the ship Barbara sailed away the day before the hearing, with a load of phosphates and when the two seamen that re- mained behind testified in the hear- ing as to.the cold-blooded murder of their shipmate every attempt was made to discredit their testimony. Attempts will now be made to have the grand jury investigate the case! The | policeman admits that ‘he killed the/ seaman and claims that the hand- cuffed seamen’ had tried to kill him and persecute this policeman. with an axe. Petijohn is to be buried in the Pot- ter’s field. Textile Organization Chances Look Better NEW YORK—(FP)—The demand for organization among textile work- ers is growing, judging by the appeals sent for United Textile Workers un- ion organizers. Thomas F, McMahon, union president, says organizers are busy in Rhode Island drapery mills, Pennsylvania silk mills and in the hosiery mill strike at Durham, N. C. New England drapery workers get a third leas pay than organized Phila; delphia workers in that trade. Most of the workers in the Pennsylvania anthracite district are miners’, wives and daughters and have been paid less than $15 week while organized Paterson silk workers get about twice as much. rat, Protest against the arbitration award to, Pittsfield, Mass, woolen workers has been made by the union, In 60 days new demands will be made to mill owners. The Pittsfield work- ers twice Struck against a 10% wage cut and when they submitted to ar- bitration in December were ordered to take the 10% reduction, Cotton mills manufacturing auto tire fabrics are the most prosperous in the cotton division of the textile industry. Upper New York state has many mills working up cotton brake linings, cotton wadding for automo- bile upholstery, etc. Workers in these mills connected with the busy automo- sheeting bile industry and cotton mills are considered the best ground for further organization work, PARIS COMMUNE CELEBRATION All working class organizations are asked not to arrange any con- flicting meeting on March 19 as the International Labor Defense, Chica- go local, ‘ls arranging a Paris Com- mune pageant and drama, Moving pictures'f labor defense In the United States and in Europe be was established. “incident was e attempts of the police ‘er up this murder, a war- rant was sworn out for the policeman } by Sheriff, Heirs and at the hearing the policeman was again set free and declared innocent of any wrongdoing. dence here of any overt act of viol- ence or anything of that sort commit- ted by Horacek, Yet he was found | guilty and faces a long sentence of imprisonment. On January 24th, George Papcun, 19 years old, American born, was ar- rested in Republic, Pa., by the notor- fous state police, at a Lenin memorial meeting and charged with violation of the same vicious anti-sedition act. The policeman who made the arrest testified at the preliminary hearing that the reason the arrest was made was that “For the last two years Papeun was trying to organize the miners of the coke region into the United Mine Workers of America thus causing the discontent among the workers, Numerous other workers have been arrested charged with violating the anti-sedition law and placed’ behind iron bars, as has been the case in Farrel, Pa., in Green county, etc. ST, LOUIS FORMS DEFENSE COUNCIL AT CONFERENCE Arrange a Meeting for Walter Trumbull (Special to The Dally Worker) ST, LOUIS, March 2—At a confer- ence here at the Labor Lyceum at- tended by delegates from local trade unions and workers’ fraternal organ- izations @ local Labor Defense League Chas. Blome, presi- dent of the molders’ union, Local No. 59, was unanimously elected dent. nine was selected, duty being to push meeting. An executive committee their the Blome is a progressive trade unionist of many years standing. He is on the organizing commitee of the Central Trades and Labor Council and by his activity has already increased the membership of several of the unions. He is.a veteran fighter, hav- ing been foremost in the defense cam- paign for Mooney and Billings and the chairman of the local Friends of Soviet Russia group. Prove Their Support. To show their support, the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Workmen’s Circle, a Participating organization, donated $5 to the national office of the Labor De- fense. A comrade gave $10 for the lo- cal treasury. L. Levine, secretary of the central branch, announced this had already grown to 50 members. P. Buneta, secretary of the South Slavic branch, stated it had 23 on the rolls and expected more members at the next meeting. Henry Corbishley, dis- trict secretary of the I. L. D., outlined the tasks of the organization and ex- Plained the Zeigler frame-up. Trumbull Mass Meeting. It was decided to hold a mass meet- ing to welcome Walter Trumbull and to voice the demand for ‘the release of all class war prisoners at Carpen- ter’s Hall, Grand and Zozens St., Wed- nesday evening, March 3, at 8 p. m. Walter Trumbull himself will, of course, be the main speaker. In ad- dition, Stanley J. Clark, a prominent attorney of the west and a nationally known labor organizer for many years, who is representing the International Labor Defense, will make a talk, Chas. Blome, president of the local molders’ union and chairman of the St. Louis branch of the defense league, and Henry Corbishley, the district secre- tary of the organization, conclude the list of speakers. Republican Movement Sweeps All of Spain PARIS, Mar. 2. — The republican movement is sweeping Spain like a dry grass fire, according to travelers arriving from the peninsular .mon- archy today. Some of the biggest names in modern Spain are identified with the movement and many more have joined it since the celebration of the short-lived Spanish republic on February 11, Leaders of the kingdom's four lead- ing political parties have signed a document merging forces) in a single party pledged to carry on an active campaign leading to the proclamation of a Spanish republic. These leaders are Senor Azana, of the reformists; Marcellino Domingo, of the autono- mist republicans; Manuel Hilario Ayu- 80, of the federal republicans, and Se- nor Lerroux. See the motion picture of class war prisoners’ aid in Eu- rope and America at the Anter- national Labor Defen: com memoration of the Paris Com- mune at Ashland Auditorium on March 1%, presi- immediate Trumbull ways and means to conduct a cam- paign for the repeal of this vicious law which threatens the existence of |the organized labor movement of this state, You are requested to take this mat- ter up at the next meeting of your organization and to send two dele- gates to the conference wnich will be held Sunday, April 4th, at 2 p, m., at Walton Hall, 220 Stanwix St., Pitts- burgh, Pa, Fraternally yours, Journeymen Tailors’ Union No. 131, Martin Babski, Sec’y. Intl. Ass, of Machinists No. 52, W. C. Maurice, Intl. Ass. of Machinists No. M, Schindler, Sec’y. Mine Workers of America} No. 2881, L, Goniky Sec’y. Mine Workers of America No, 3365, Wm. Smith, Sec’y. | International Labor Defense, | | | y. 536, United United Dr, Rasnick, Sec’y. Mineworkers’ Local Condemns Alien Bills| (Special to The Dally Worker) HARVIC, Pa., March 2.—A resolu- tion condemning the notorious apti-| alien bills now pending before con- gress and calling for the formation of a labor party was adopted at its last meeting after a lengthy discussion by Local No. 524 of the United Mine Work- ers of America. The resolution also \endorses the Western Pennsylvania ;Council for the Protection of the For- eign Born. HOUDINI CALLS CLAIRVOYANTS GIGANTIC FAKE | Witch-Craft Exponents Call Magician Liar of WASHINGTON, March 2—A free- \for-all riot was narrowly averted in the staid old senate wing of the capitol when Harry Houdini, wizard of magic, appeared before the senate District of Columbia committee to support anti- clarivoyant legislation. The magician had barely begun to speak when clairvoyants, astrologers, star-gazers, fortune tellers and plain gypsies arose enmass thruout the room, shouting “liar.” With great difficulty, Senators Capper, republi- can, of Kansas, chairman, and Cope- land, democrat, of New York, who called the hearing on his bill to curb clairvoyants, restored order. In the District of Columbia commit- tee room of the house, Houdini and Washington spiritualists met and crossed swords in considering the bill of Representative Bloom, republican, of New York, to banish fraudulent fortune tellers fro mthe district. “There is no genuine spiritualist in the world,” Houdini said. “There are,” Madame Marcia, Wash- ington fortune teller, countered. “Can you prove it?” Reid asked the magician, ‘I can, I can” enthused Houdini. He crumpled up a telegram. “What's in that wire?” he asked. “Why, it's a request for money,” an- nounced Reid beating the clairvoyants 0 it. “Right,” Houdini admitted. “You're a real clairvoyant, and as genuine as the rest.” The battle of spirits was a “draw,” because Representative Gilbert, demo- crat, of Kentucky, put an end to the ‘ridiculous business” by calling for ad- journment. “Such a silly bill would rob the country swain and his girl friend of the pleasure of having their fortunes told at county fairs,” Gilbert said. Lawyers Form “Union.” CINCINNATI—(FP)— Short shrift 4s promised for members of the law- yers union, the Ohio State Bar asso- ciation, who undercut the union scale. Lawyers employed by auto clubs to protect members in court will be ex- pelled from the bar association for “seabbing.”” tike lower fees. Facts—figures—all the most exhaustive material compiled briefly on portant subject. 15 Cents The auto club teas | The Movement for World Trade Union By TOM BELL. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, _ 1113 W. Washington Blvd. quiet little town high up in the moun- tains of Utah and took a toll of nearly 40 known dead,” Several other bodies are believed to still be buried under the avalanche. Deplorable as such a disaster may be to humanity generally, there are always those who are eager to take advantage of the misfortunes of others to further their own selfish gains. When it became apparent that some of the injured who were given first ald treatment at the local hospital would need further medical attention buy were unable to pay for such services, the public spirited mayor of Bingham, Dr. F. EB. Straup, who also happens to be county physi- cian of Salt Lake county, stepped for- ward with a solution. Surely the un- fortunates could pay the small sum of ten dollars to the county physician to defray expenses of transferring them to the Salt Lake county hospital at Salt Lake City, where the good tax- payers of Salt Lake county have so generously provided an institution to care for those needy of medical aid but who are without funds, The trans- portation of each person from Bing- ham would probably be one-tenth that amount, but surely the good doctor- mayor should have something for un- winding the red tape necessary to ad- mit a patient to the county institu- tion. Another incident which added much weight to the already heavy burden of those bereaved by the disaster was the refusal of officials of the mortuary to permit Ed Halvorsen to view the body of an unidentified woman with the possibility of ascertaining whether the body of his wife had been taken from the ruins. Mr, and Mrs: Halvor- sen were both in the slide, but the husband was fortunate enuf to escape with slight injuries. His bereavement Was not lightened by this intelligent action of the mortuary officials, Personal Ambitions 7” of Benes Postpones Russ Recognition (Special to The Daily Worker) PRAGUE, March 2—The reason for the sudden change of mind by Dr, Benes, foreign minister of Czecho- Slovakia, on the subject of recognition of the Soviet Union is closely connee- ted with the trend of national politics in that country. His reversal was the more remarkable in that he had an- nounced he would bring the matter up at the conference of the little entente at Temesvar a few weeks ago. The recent elections to the national par- liament had given such a clear major- ity to the advocates of Russian re cognition that it was believed it could no longer be delayed. What is evident now is that the foreign minister, who is one of the’ most prominent as he is certainly one of the most ambitious of the states- men of the smaller nations, is man- euvering for concessions from the Soviet Republic before an agreement upon a treaty. Neither France nor Great Britain did this. They negotia- ted for the settlement of detailed dif- ferences after recognition, If Benes can extort a favorable settlement in advance it will boost his personal stock, and that is what he needs right now. A The Presidential Bug. Benes is ambitious to become @ cat didate to succeed President Masaryk whose term of office expires next year, Besides this, there is a strong move- ment on in the agrarian party to which the prime minister belongs te oust Benes from the foreign office, Postal Workers Want Saturday Holiday. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., March 2.— Saturday afternoons off and no work Christmas day were approved by the state convention, National Federation of Post Office Clerks. The Connecti cut convention condemned the post- office speed-up system used in large cities and favored a time differential © for night workers, The Leoback-Stan- field retirement bill was endorsed, Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker, UNITY | ~ Le a most im- ! '