The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 25, 1926, Page 3

MEDIATORS GIVE UP EFFORTS IN PASSAIC STRIKE Mill Owners Refuse to Recognize Union (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC; May 23—Governor Moore's bommittee to mediate the Passaic tex- file workers’ strike, has issued a fetatement in which it declares that all ‘@f the proposals that were made to the mill-owners were rejected and ‘that the committee could see no fur her use of the necessity for its ex- Istence. Henry F. Hilfers, general organizer ' @f the American Federation of Labor im New Jersy, and secretary of the New Jersey State Federation of La- bor, and Dr. Andrew F. McBrdie, state commisioner of labor, signed the tement. They were appointed by i@ governor to act as mediators in the strike, They attempted to get the bosses to deal with committees of strikers from each plant when the bosses re- fased to deal with the united front oommittee of textile workers. The bosses rejected any dealing with the wirikers thru a comittee and refused fo recognize any organization that the workers may have. Seek to Break Strike. The mill-owners declared that they Were willing to carry on negotiations with the strikers only on the basis of the proposals that were given the ftrikers by the big ‘business tool, James A. Davis, secretary of labor. They insist that before they will ne- gotiate the workers must return to work at the old conditions and that when they were back at work the bosses would “disiuss grievances and seek to arbitrate differenhes.” The strikers at their strike meet- ings have demonstrated time and again that surh a settlement of the strike would not be accepted and that the bosses must deal with the workers thru their committees, Military Instructor Must Face Court for Transporting Liquor MADISON, Wis., May 23.—Sergeant Ray Shire, instructor in the military department of the University of Wis- consin, is to be given a hearing in guperior court here on charges of pos- sessing and transporting liquor. He was arrested with 19 pints of alcohol in his car. He is at liberty on $1,000 bond. TWO WORKERS SERIOUSLY HURT ON NORTHWESERN RAILROAD IN TRAIN CRASH Engineer William R. Kennedy, of Chicago, and Fireman Elmer C. Mack of Milwaukee, operating a fast passenger train from Milwaukee to Chicago on the Chicago, Northwest- ern rallroad, were seriously and per- haps fatally injured when the en- gine hit an open switch at Wil- mette, IIl., and crashed into a freight train. Force Vaccination on Workers, DANVILLE, Ill, May 23.—Vaccina- tion of about 1,200 employes of the Chicago and Hastern Illinois Railway began this morning. Employes who refuse to be vaccinated will be the first laid off when forces are reduced soon, it was announced. NEW BUILDING WORK MUST BE ALL UNIONIZED Chicago Council Makes New Contract Clause The Chicago Building Trades Coun- cil has submitted a uniform form of contract to the employers for 1926, containing the following clause rela- tive to the employment of non-union labor: “That building projects now in course of construction shall not be in- terrupted because the contractor or contractors may be employing non- union men on the job, but if these un- fair contractors take future contracts with the intention of continuing to employ non-union men in any building trade, then the affiliated unions will Proceed in accordance with agree- ments which they have heretofore sub- mitted to the contractors, to cover all building where such contractor is now employed. “In case any contractor now em- ploying non-union men desires to ac- cept the agreements as submitted and has in’ his employ mechanics who qualify as competent, the local wnions will accept such mechanics as mem- bers,” This was taken as against the 6o- called “oitizens committee” to enforce the Landis open-shop award, which P. F, Sullivan of the council states is “an open-shop organization of busi- ness men, none of whom are engaged in the building industry.” This organ- ization, he says, is demanding that unjon workmen agree to work with non-union .men in affiliated building trades. The clause given above will go into effect May 31, when most of the exist- ing contracts expire. ON THE JOB > IN THE THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL BUILDERS’ CAMPAIGN SARAH IS VICTOR TO DATE! Twenty Leading Builders Sarah Victor of Detroit, believes there’s nothing in a name unless you ©an prove it. And then she proves it. She has left other Builders trailing be- hind and bids fair to stand out as the best Builder in the country. Up to the 9th of May she has gathered over 4,460 points and leads the list by a fair margin. ’ 20 Candidates for Moscow! Sarah Victor, Detroit, Mich......4,460 W. H. Searville, Pittsburgh, Paul C. Reiss, Los Ange! John Heinrichson, Chicago.. Elsie Pultur, Boston.. Leo Kling, New York City.. Eugene Bechtold, Grand H, F. Mins, New York City. Arthur Smith, New York City. 4,015 C. E, Beuhler, Toledo, Ohio... J. Cooper, Buffalo, N. Y. E. Hugo Oehler, Kansas City, Mo. .. A. Chorover, New York Cit: A. Victor, Detroit, Mich..... Joseph R. Brodsky, New York Peoria, Il, Joseph Angelo, Springfield, ill 8, Leibowitz, New York City.... Look ’Em All Over And then run down the list of other good Builders. Twenty of them have reached over 500 points and have received a bust } Pittsburgh, Los Angeles Running Close. Paul Reiss of Los Angeles and Wm. Scarville of Pittsburgh, have a fight on their hands for second place. Com- rade Scarville still leads by a little over 700 points but as Comrade Reiss writes us, “700 points don’t mean any- thing in Los Angeles. It only speeds me up. Watch that score next week.” A Spector Still Haunts Heinrichson. The most beautiful race has devel- oped ‘between John Heinrichson of Chicago and Frank Spector of Los Angeles. 1@ comrades have chal- lenged each other to do a better job of Building our Press and in the contest have managed to get fourth and fifth Place in the race for points. Last week Comrade Spector led by a few hundred points. This week Comrade Heinrichson is only ten little points behind. Next week... ? Lenin and books of car- THE DAILY WORKER AO NRE ASR RE EINE ACRES MATES RMON IO TNE EER PAROLE BOARD SEEKS TO STOP PRISON PROBE Terrorize Prisoners for Testimony JOLIET, Ill, May 20.—Desperate efforts are being made by the state board of paroles and pardons to sup- press facts and evidence showing that pardons and paroles were bought by convicts from politicians at prices ranging from $100 to $5,000. Inmates of the Joliet penitentiary have been virtually gagged by the board. Those who knew of deals be- ing made between prisoners and poli- ticians for their release for sums of money or other favors\ have been handed the “pink slip” of the board notifying them that the time they must serve has been extended. Oyer 100 “pink slips” were handed out on one day at the Joliet penitentiary. Prisoners that have testified before the Will county grand jury have lost their “good time” and are being pun- ished for minor infringements of rules. Many of the convicts, realizing that the “pink slips” issued by the parole and pardons board can only be re- scinded by order of this board, refuse to testify at the hearings. Frank Enos, a convict in Joliet for life, told of how he was released from the penitentiary thru Attorney W. S. McNamara, with offices in the Ashland block, 135 North Clark street, Chicago, for a sum of $500. Enos told the grand jury that he was a cellmate to Ira D. Perry, jr., who was released on parole and was brought back to the penitentiary only after a scandal broke over the heads of Chauncey Jenkins, head of the pa- role board, and the other members of board. He declared that when he heard that he could buy his parole and that McNamara was the “fixer” he sent for McNamara. McNamara, de- manded $5,000 for an unconditional pardon. Enos sent a letter to his parents and relatives in California asking for $5,000. They wrote back that all they could raise was $500. McNamara de- manded that his sister send him the $500. Enos wrote his sister to send him the money. The sister sent a check for $500 to Enos. This was ver- ified by Prosecutor Austin, who de- clared there was @ record of the check on the prison books. “I let McNamara know about it and he said he would get me a parole for it. I got the check on Nov. 23, 1924, and in January, 1925, there was a parole board session,” declared Enos. “I was. expecting a notice of my parole. Instead I got notice that my case had been continued for two years. I accused McNamara of double- crossing me. “He laughed and said, ‘Don’t worry, that’s just for effect. You'll get yours next month when I get Charley Buns- worth out,’” went on Enos. “He was right. His man came down and got me. Bunsworth got out the same time.” He then related how after being offer- ed a job in China and having a chance to go “straight” he sought an uncon- ditional pardon. For this McNamara demanded $250. A member of the Volunteers of America promised to get Enos the pardon for nothing. Enos and this man wrote a letter to the parole board. The parole board an- swered that if he didn’t quit fooling around about his parole he would be back in the prison. Enos then stopped reporting to the parole board and planned to leave the country. He en- tered Illinois, got his wife, and was leaving the state when he was ar- rested, questioned and sent back to jail. His sentence, which was from one year to life for holdup, was changed to one of life. E. Eddington, another convict, tes- ‘tifled that a prisoner whom he knew was released on paying $2,650 for a parole. He declared this parole was secured thru paying this sum to a downstate polftician, who is now a member of the legislature. Robert McCullen, another convict, testified that he was sent to jail for robbery with a gun with Raymond Costello, who was recently hanged for the rape and murder of a Chicago girl, and that Raymond Costello was pa- roled after paying a sum of $500. A letter to Warden John L, Whit- man from a convict was read which involved Major M. A. Messlein as one of the “fixers” in procuring pardons and paroles for prisoners for stipu- lated sums. Messlein is the head of the Major Engineering Company of which Will Colvin, head of the state pardon and parole board is a_heavy stockholder, It is stated that Messlein gave Colvin $5,000 worth of stock on the release*of Ira D. Perry, jr. Peter Klein, deputy warden, slain by seven escaping convicts at Joliet, was an- other member of the directorate of the concern that has been disclosed as a pardon mill, Gov. Len Small Signs Teachers’ Pension Bill The Cook county teachers’ retire- ment bill has been signed by Governor Len Small. The bill provides that the teachers are to be pensioned when they reach the age of 70, beginning in 1930, You do the job twice as well— | KILLED ON DIVISION OF ‘BIG FOUR RAILROAD DANVILLE, IIl., May 23.—William D. Earl, engineer on the Cairo divi- sion of the Big Four railroad, was killed when the engine on passenger train No. 43, which he wag piloting, turned over as it entered an open switch at St. Francisville, Ill, Train Derailed. HAMILTON, Ont., May 21—Engi- neer Thomas Robinson, of Niagara Falls, Ont., was seriously scalded and 300 passengers were shaken up when the Buaffal-Toronto Canadian Pacific railway Passenger express was de- railed at Stoney Creek, five miles east of here today. BELLAIRE POLICE FORBID MEETING OF FOREIGN-BORN Mill and Mine Owners Fear Workers’ Protest BELLAIRE, Ohio, May 21. — A squad of™pdlice surrounded the en- trances tothe Miners’ Hall here and declared that the meeting of the Council forthe Protection of Foreign- Born could’not be held. The members of the council were told “to move on” and “to shut up” “or it would be worse for them” and more “polite” phrases in the same vein when they protested against such an action. Free speech and free assemblage is a myth in Bellaire, It is clear that the owners of the Bellaire mines and mills are not anxious to have the workers get wise to the bills now pending im congress, They want these bills made into law on the “q. t.” In Martin's Ferry, Ohio, the meeting was prohibited by the mayor. Success*ful meetings were held in|. Neffs, Yorkville and Powhatten Point. Sadie Anitér of Cleveland analyzed the nature“of the anti-foreign born and anti-labor bills. A resolution condemn- ing these’ bills and urging a nation- wide protést was passed at these three meetings.’ Protest petitions were sign- ed by all of the citizens present. Boss Plasterers to . Demand Men Return to: Work at Old Pay The iditioying Plasterers’ Associa- tion which offered to meet the strik- ing workers of Plasters’ Union Local No. 5, eyidently intend when they meet the union negotiators Monday to demand a gurrender according to the statement of William Balhatchet, president of the association. Balhatchet says that the association will refuse to grant the demand for a two-year contract at $14, and will propose that the men go back to work at the old rate of $12 pending arbitra- tion. The Contracting Plasterers’ Association after meeting on the situa- tion, announced they continue to de- mend that the men go back to work at the old scale and would use scabs if the union does not surrender . In another building trade union, the carpenters are balloting on an agree- ment offered by the employers. The wage demand of $1.50 was granted, but to be deferred until October 1. It affects 26,000 men, After June 1, car- penters declare, they will not work on material furnished by non-union mills. Objects to Use of Burnside’s Picture on Colgate Cream Ads NEW YORK, May 23.—Describing herself as a niece and “on informa- tion and befiet” the sole surviving relative of General Ambrose E. Burn- side of civij, war fame, Mrs. Ella C. Patterson, or Milwaukee, Wis., de- mands $150,000 by way of damages in a suit filed in the supreme court against Colgate and Company for what she describes as the “illegal, flippant and’ undignified use” of the picture of (éneral Burnside, in adver- tising “Colgate’s quick-shave cream.” Mrs. Patterson also asks that an injunction be granted to her restrain- ing Colgate’ and Company from con- tinuing to use any portrait, name or description of General Burnside in any way whatsoever, Illinois Bankers Hear Their Own Army Report The members of “group four” of the Illinois Bankers Association sat in quasi-military session in Chicago this week to hear the head of their pri- vate army report and for other pur- poses. This Napoleon is R. C. Saund- ers, styled manager of the protective department of the association, who stated that the armed forces of the bankers are now active in more than 30 counties and 162 towns. They have taken over, without au- thority, the police power of the state so far as capture and execution of bank bandits or suspects is concerned. The association offers large cash COURT HEARS OF MODEL BATHING IN TUB OF WINE Reporter Tells Details of Carroll Party NEW YORK, May 23.—Joyce Haw- ley, Broadway model, “entirely un- dressed,” splashed merrily in a bath- tub of bubbling champagne while a score of men drank from the contents of the tub, Arthur F, Irwin, newspaper reporter, testified as a government witness at the perjury trial of Earl Carroll, theatrical producer. Irwin testified that at 4:30 on the morning of February 22 a bathtub was placed in the center of the stage at the Barl Carroll theater, where the famous party was being held, Miss Hawley, he said, was then brought on the stage. “A chair was placed beside the tub which contained the champagne,” declared Irwin. “Somebody shouted for « cloak, and they brought one out.” “Who held the cloak?” counsel for the government asked. “Earl Carroll,” Irwin answered. “Was Miss Hawley undressed?” was the next question put to Irwin. “Yes,” the witness replied. “How much undressed?” “Entirely,” replied Irwin. “How much of her could you see after she stepped into the tub?” ‘From a little below her shoulder up.” “Did Carroll make any announce- ment?” “The line forms at the right,’ Car- roll said,” Irwin declared. “Anything happen?” “Fifteen or twenty men went up on the stage.” “What happened next?” “As they passed by they filled their glasses from the contents of the bath- tub.” Irwin said that after five or ten min- utes the bathtub containing the beau- tiful Joyce and the champagne was trundled into the “wings” of the stage. The witness testified that previous to the champagne plunge of Miss Haw- ley he had taken two glasses of the sparkling liquor from the spigot at- tached to the tub. Carroll bit his fingers nervously while listening to Irwin’s story. Trwin’s testimony was a flat con- tradiction of the story told the Feb- ruary and March grand juries by the theatrical producer, who repeatedly de- clared at that time that neither Miss Hawley nor anyone else was in the tub, and stated that the tub contained only ginger aler It is because of these statements, which the government ex- pects to prove untrue, that Carroll was indicted on six counts of perjury. Joyce Hawley is expected to be the Principal government witness tomor- row. Five witnesses at the famous Car- roll party have already told in inti- mate detail how Miss Hawley looked when she slipped out of a cloak held by her host and plunged into the tub of liquor centered on the stage of the Earl Carroll theater, while between 400 and 500 guests looked on. Chinese Release U. S. Officer Captured on a Mysterious Mission (Special to The Daily Worker) PHEKING, May 23.—Captain Thomas J, Betts, U. S. A., military attache of the American legation who was cap- tured by bandits, has been released, according to a telegram received from officials of Yunnan Province today. Betts, who is a native of Maryland, was seized while accomplishing a “dual mission,” part of which was the bringing of relief into a famine- stricken area. What the other part of the “dual mission” was, is not divulg- ed by the American legation. Upon hearing of his capture, the American legation asked the Chinese foreign office to seek his release at once. Summer’s Fertilizer Factory Is Destroyed in Big Baltimore Fire BALTIMORE, Md., May 20.—Fire destroyed two Canton fertilizer plants, with a loss totaling $1,000,000, Originating from an unknown cause in the Griffith & Boyd Company's plant the flames spread to the Summer's fertilizer factory occupying the next block and destroyed both, State Seeks to Send Scott to Gallows Ruesel Scott is sane, is the official announcement of a commission of alienists which examined the slayer of Joseph Maurer, Chicago drug clerk. Attorney General Carlstrom, in an opinion given C. H. Jenkins, state welfare director, said that his only duty now was to carry out the terms of the mittimus whith sent Scott to the Chester asylum for the insane, and return him to Cook county where he is under sentence to hang, Cemetery Workers Stand Pat. SAN FRANCISCO.—(FP)—Contrary to first reports, the cemetery workers have refused to accept the employers’ Sa cs Ah RS RS. DR AO A ED A ER SE oe E ve Py = 2 = 2 £54 2 Seen F nign< ; ore Boa: s Sr a3 x 3 - a = . an ‘ : 8 3 8 8 s8za 33 Baa aas8ees 8 ¥ z > oy eo 2282 s0on = = we ate 58 & s8za 38a s8ssasB8sSaaxsy aassssss Page Three ON TO MOSCOW! SUBS RECEIVED IN THE 3RD NATIONAL DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ CAMPAIGN ON MAY 13, 14, 15. Points Total BOSTON, MASS.— Vv. Anmokion .. 40 40 c. Clayman .. 145 Nat Kay 700 Elsie Pultur 1,435 430 i 48 | Mass. ot Arthur Phippen, Mass. ... HARTFORD, CON Kenneth Epstein Methuen, Jos R. Brodsky Carl Brodsky D. Brown A. Chorover P. B. Cowdery ©. Golosman Leo Kling Hugh McKlernan E. Nagy . E. Rostows Clara Saffern Josef Segersten Harry Shea .. Arthur Smith Saul Steinberg @. Turick A. Boyus, Waterbury, Conn H. Beck, Woodside, L. 1., N J. Brand, Baltimore, “ina F. Vidolin, Camden, N. J. Lena Rosenberg, Philadelp! va. .. Sigfrid Olson, Claremont, Va... 30 30 Minnie Newcombe, Arden, Del. 20 20 J. Cooper, Buffalo, N. Y. ‘ Jack Solpinen, Schenectady, N. Ms Peter Kean 4 C. Rideout J. Salnitzky W. H, Scarville Marko Skatic Caroline Skolan J.M, Jackson, Flourtown, AKRON, OHIO— E. $. Coleman W.-H. Herrald A, F. Wagner . J. S. Varga, Alliance, Ohio J. Exarcheas, Cleveland, Ohi Julius Soos, Columbus, Ohio .... Sarah Vervin, E. Liverpool 0. 70 Kon Okraska, Neffs, Ohio C. E. Beuhler, Toledo, Ohio Sam Kutufaris, Warren, Ohi Nate Lorkshin, Youngstown, Chas. T. Carroll, Niles, Ohio .... G. W. Murphy, Ravenna, Ohio R. A. Huebner, Springfield, 0. Wm. Schmidt, Swanton, Ohio 20 20 DETROIT, MICH.— David Friedman G. Graichen . Sarah Victor CHICAGO, ILL. Luba Adelson . Harry Brooker A. Kern ... Art_Necker . KANSAS CITY, MO €. Hugo Oehler .. E. Petersen M. A. Stroyo MILWAUKE S. Krasonya 0. R. Zimmerman Max Cohen, Peoria, Ill. Jukka Salminen, Waukegan, Wis. F. Zkibinski, Zeigler, John A. Cooney, Elmhurst, J. D. Houseweart, Pittsfield, | Rowley, Ashland A. B. Hanson Cc. Korotukoff 1080 A. M. ‘Hasted, Halstad, Minn. 20 20 A. Steinhauser, New Ulm, Minn. ¢. M. Mason, Pillager, Minn. E. Treptow, Hanks, N. J. Scholiaert, N Dak. E. Tari Minnie Hietala Guss Gallas, Powers, Ore H. Daniels, Manchester, Wash. Herman Meyer, Olympia, Wash. N. Burster, Berkeley, Ca LOS ANGELES, CALIF.— Paul Reiss CAL EXPOSED AS TOOL OF SUGAR TRUST | Letter of Minister to Rumania Hits Coolidge (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 23.—The sen- | ate commission to Investigate the tar- iff commission has uncovered a pole cat in the form of a letter written by Willlam S, Culbertson, the pres- ent American minister to Roumania and former vice-chairman of the tariff commission to Commissioner &. ¥. Costigan accusing President Coolldge of appointing a sugar trust lobblest to the commission. One of the senate investigators, while Culbertson was on the etand, pulled out a letter from his pocket and asked Culbertson to read it. Cul- bertson read it, then admitted thet he had written it. In fact, it was on the legation stationery of the U. S. at Bucharest. It read as follows: Honesty Not Coolidge’s Polley. Legation of United States, Bucharest, July 27. Dear Mr. Costigan—I can hardly be- Neve it, but it’s in The Emporia Ga- zette, so It must be true. It’s not much of a compliment to me thet Brossard is selected to fil my place. Ol Tf this appointment is to be regarded $40 | as a revelation of the president's pol- icy, I feel fully justified in leaving the commission. They were certain to put you end me into a minority, and I would have been driven by the force of cir- cumstances to break with my party without saving the commission. How 2°} does Dennis take the new appoint- ment? This will test his professions to me. I didn’t suppose that Coolidge would do a thing so rawfly, if he did it at all. Evidently our suppositions were correct, and Brossard has been playing with the sugar lobby and now he has his reward. I can imagine the effect on the staff —upon men like Comer, Clark, De- lowy, Simpson, Wallace, etc. They 00 | must feel that honvwety is not the best policy. A “Raw Case.” Write me thru the pouch what the liberal elements will do about con- firmation, If they can defeat War- ren, this raw case ougat to be easy. I arrived here last Saturday. My | family is in Paris, Sine yg —— | is away, I may not Stay, | to Central Europe. I cant | function as minister until I a. ceived by the king. My work here will not be less ex- citing than in Washington, and I hope more satisfactory. I shail miss your wise advice and kindly sympa- thy. More power to your anm ia the fight you are in. Affectionately yours, W. S. Culbertson. The man mentioned as the Coolidge appointee who got his reward thus for “playing with the sugar lobby” 4s Edgar B. Brossard of Utah, and the ae- cusation against Cooldige left the spectators gasping. Religious Riots in India May Be Work Workers’ Theater Is Founded in New York By MARGUERITE TUCKER, Federated Press. NEW YORK, May 21. — In a long bare room in one of the oldest houses on historic Washington Square, New York City, the Workers’ Theater was of British Agents CALCUTTA, May 23. — In some quarters the hand of British agents who seek to incite religious hatred among the people to prevent thelr unity against British rule is seen im the recurrent riots between Hindus and Moslems. The dead number seven at Kharag- pur and the wounded fifty after ¢hree days fighting, and some secret organi- zation seems to supply the combat- tants with arms as in the Caleutta riots recently. The same sort of re-born this May. Wooden boards lay | weapons appeared in both cities, om the unwashed floor—later to be nade into benches and platform; pots of paint and canvasses filled the corn- ‘vs. Around a small marble-topped able gathered the founders of the ‘rst English-speaking revolutionary workers theater formed in America, The group hopes, by example of their own devotion and enthusiasm, to be the inspiration for much larger groups in all parts of the country. Participants in this Workers Theater launching are: Michael Gold, Lo Hart- mann, William Gropper, Hugo Gellert, Helen Black, Florence Rauh, Irving Franklin, Robert Leslie, Dr. Alexander Arkatov. The latter has directed im the modern workers theaters in Rus- sia, Take this copy of the DATLY WORKER with you to the shop Phimihinns dae? Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join the club. Meetings every FRIDAY night, 8:30 p. m., at BROKEN EARTH MAURICE HINDUS An unusual story of Russian life in the village. The author visited. thie little place where he was born—jnd ‘ells the story of Rue sian life as he has seen it. $2.00 Cloth Bound, THE DAILY WORKER PUB, CO, toons. Twenty leaders of the campaign have establised themselves as logical candidates for the trip to Moscow with six of them out of New York City compromise offer of $5.75 a day and insist on thetr full demand of $6. They ‘are awaiting further ‘be 1113 W. Washington Bivd, when you distribute o bundle of | eres cor ne killing of any tank Chicago, Il, | robber or suspected bank robber and 4 considerably smaller reward capturing one, 7 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. he DAILY WORKER with your sory ing eens a '