The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 5, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER Speaking of Slow Motion Pictures MANY SENATORS FEAR VOTE ON LIQUOR ISSUE May Leave Action to Next Congress WASHINGTON, June 3.—After blus- tering about wet and dry legislation all winter it now appears that con- ‘gress will adjourn without having any test votes on wet and dry legislation. The senate committee is expected to deal a death blow to wet legisla- tion, calling for an outright repeal of the 18th amendment to @ national ref- erendum on modification. It has re- ported the Goff bill to put more teeth in dry act enforcement. It is declared that the Goff bill will not reach a final vote if many dry and “neutral” senators can have their way. A number of the dry senators declare that the wet and dry issue is not a political issue in their districts and that they refused to allow it to be- come one. It is expected that after three weeks of oratory and verbal sharp-shooting congress will adjourn leaving the wet and dry issue to go over to the next session. Murder at Thornton Roadhouse Laid to Chicago Beer Feud The murder of Giralmo Lamberto and Mrs. Chrystal Barrier at the Derby Inn, 175th and Halsted streets, was laid to a Chicago beer feud. In the coroner’s investigation of the two deaths and the wounding of Mrs. Vio- let Bass it was brought out that the murderers attempted to kill Philip Piazza, booze ‘boss of South Chicago and the owner of the Milano cafe in South Chicago and the Derby Inn at Thornton, and his HMeutenant, Lom- berto. Piazza was a one-time member of the old Torrio-Capone gang. The mur- derers failed to get Piazza. Giralmo Lambert was a “fixer” for bootleggers and beer runners in Chi- cago Heights. Federal Prohibition Agent Brice Armstrong declared Lam- derto, who operated a wholesale jew- elry business in Chicago Heights, had offered him $20,000 to “lay off” of Chicago Heights bootleggers, University Students May take Livestock and Poultry to School NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., June 3. --Under a plan just announced by Carl R. Woodward, secretary of the college of agriculture, of Rutger Uni- versity, students will be able to earn their way thru college by raising live stock and poultry, housed in stables and chick koops on the college grounds. In this way, the college authorities believe, scores of students will be able to bring their stocks along to the campus and attend to them be- fore and after classes. Get your friends to subscribe to the American Worker Correspondent. The price Ie only 50 cents a year. fis $291,995,285 COST OF AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF GERMAN TERRITORY WASHINGTON, June 3—Cost of the American occupation of Ger- many was fixed at $291,995,285 by the war department, Germany, which was obligated to reimburse the United States under the terms of the armistice has paid $51,725,644, and still owes $240,- 269,641, ‘Bombing’ Plot Aimed at Sacco and Vanzetti (Continued from page 1) well-timed to create mob prejudice and hysteria against the two innocent Italian workers, is being written up in huge box scare headlines in all of the reactionary papers and insinua- tions made that those interested in the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti are responsible for the throwing of the bomb. Absolutely no basis for this charge exists and no-one attempts to give one or to show any tangible evi- dence of any connection existing be- tween the bomb throwing and the Sacco-Vanzetti case. ‘The incident, however, is being ex- ploited by reactionary interests to the limit in order to railroad the two work- ers to the electric chair quickly. Increase Protest, Organizations working feverishly for the freedom and life of the two framed-up Italians are urging work- ers everywhere to increase manifold their protest against the legal assassi- nation and to come to the aid of the defendants in masses, Swift and de- cisive action is necessary if their lives are to be saved. Expressions of solid- arity and willingness to aid are com- ing in from all quarters and sections of the labor movement. I. L. D. Sends $1,000, International Labor Defense, which is aiding in organizing a huge protest movement, has just sent a contribu- tion of $1,000 to the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committe to go towards its big expenses in securing legal aid. A collection of more than $400, taken at the New York protest meeting, had been sent to the Defense Committee previously, “The latest attempt to prejudice the minds of the people against the de- fendants is nothing new in the history of labor defense,” said James P. Can- non, national secretary of Interna- tional Labor Defense, “for it has been tried before. It is obvious that the re- actionary interests who are pushing for a swift death to Sacco and Van- zetti will stop at nothing in order to gain their ends. It is becoming more apparent every day that only the mass protest of labor in every corner of the country can save Sacco and Vanzetti from the fate which is being planned for them, “Fateful days are passing swiftly and the hour of death for these two brave workers is drawing near, The time for action is short, but it must be made use of to the greatest ex- tent. If American workers permit the proposed execution of Sacco and Van- zetti to go by unchallenged, their death will remain forever a black markt in the history of the labor move ment.” EUCHARISTIC MEET 10 BE CONSERVATIVES UNITE TO JAM THRU DEBT PACT Farm Bloc Protests Rati- fication WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3—Con servative republicans and democrats united in an effort to put over the Morgan engineered French debt set- tlement in the House of Representa- tives. The insurgent democrats, re- publicans and independent congress- men lined up aaginst ratification of the settlement. Vote 236 to 112 Ratification passed the house by a vote of 236 to 112 after a bitter strug- gle between the backers of the ad- ministration progres, nd those oppos- ing the admisi#™*" ‘The farm bloc lined in the } unst—this part of the admi n program and sought its d a} reprisal for the administraty, _. tack én the Hau- gen farm subsidy bill, ~ Briand Fears Cabinet. Fall. ‘Administration Jeaders aro now planning to hold back the jratification of the pact im the senate until after the French parliament has ratified the bill. Premier Briand fears to bring up the ratifiecation of the pact now and is seeking to hold it over until after the summer recess, This inove of Bri- and’s has the Coolidge administra- tion worried. Briand fears that the refusal of the French parliament to ratify the debt pact would mean the fall of his cabinet and seeks more time to fix up his fences. Assail Administration. In the debate in the house on the ratification, the farm bloc leaders as- sailed ratification pointing out that the administration was eager to aid France but that it had nothing for the American farmers who are facing bankruptcy. ABD-EL KRIM, BETRAYER OF THE RIFF TRIBESMEN, TRAVELS LIKE LIKE POTENTATE RICH AFFAIR) sas, sine «2 bsesxrim Millionaies and Open Shoppers to Attend If there is any working class tend- encies in the Catholic church, they appear to be absent from the prepara tios for the Eucharistic Congress. to begin in Chicago June 20, Among the recently announced visitors due to arrive is Lo Pa Hong of China. Lo Pa is noted as the “Rockefeller of China,” The papal legate, Cardinal Bonzano, left Rome yesterday with a gorgeous entourage which, when it gets to the United States, will be transported by the open shop Pullman Company in a special train of seven cars, all painted a brilliant red and furnished with specially made furniture, silver and linen bearing the cardinal’s insignia. The train will have right of way over all traffic, The U. 8S. navy will be represented by Lieutenant Commander Thomas Burke, who will be obligingly trans- ferred from the Pacific fleet to the Great Lakes by the government in or- der to allow attendance representing the Catholic chaplains of the U. 8. armed forces. William R. Dawes, brother of Open Shop Charley, who is president of the Chicago association of Commerce, has invited all business men to deco- rate their establishments, One trouble encountered has been solved. The custom of poor Italian workers who try to escape from Mus- solini’s paradise of enforced class peace by means of false passports, at first caused the papal entourage some delay in getting permission to enter the United States, But the U. §. state department at once acted to smooth the,way for the religious vis- itors. (Picture on Page Six.) Cardinal Bonzano on Way to Chicago Eucharistic Congress ROME, June 3—Cardinal Bonzano, the papal legate to the Chicago Eu- charistic Congress, left for Cherbourg where he will embark for New York, Senate “Slush Fund” $10,000, WASHINGTON, June 3.—The sen- ate this afternoon appropriated $10,000 to finance the senate “slush fund” committee in its investigation of sen- atorial primary elections, The appro- priation was demanded by Senator James A, Reed, democrat, of Missouri, who sponsored the inquiry, AWRENCE HOLDS ANOTHER TAG DAY FOR PASSAIC STRIKE LAWRENCE, Mass., June 3—An- other tag day for the Passaic strik- ers has been arranged by the Law- rence United Front Committee for Saturday, June 12, who betrayed the Riff) ieiheanit, travels in pomp thru, French terri- tory. Abd-el-Krim’s entourage now en- route to Taza, under a French es- cort, consists of: Twenty-four male associates; Twenty-seven womé!l; Twenty-seven child). Nine female slaves;i Elght male servants} 250 mules carrying family pos- sessions and the treasures pilfered from the treasury of the Riff tribe. Heavenly Information Lacking Concerning a Vanishing Evangelist SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 3.— Two new wrinkles in the mystery of the disappearance from Los Angeles of the fervid female saver of souls, Aimee Semple McPherson, have devel- oped in the recent phases of investi- gation. Tho her followers claim that she was on friendly terms with the “almighty,” no information from that source has come as to her where- abouts. San Francisco police, overlooking the supposed high moral character of the woman evangelist ‘whose labors with the sinful of Los Angeles gained her an income that would have aston- ished the Nazarene carpenter, are looking for Kenneth G. Ormiston, for- mer “radio expert” of the Angelus Temple founded by Mrs. McPherson, in connection with an‘entry of the Andrews hotel registry at San Luis Obispo, of a “Mr, and Mrs, Frank Gibson.” The second theory of the disappear- ince act is advanced by the Los An- geles prosecuting attorney, who. says a blind lawyer of that ‘city was noti- fied by two men recently that they were holding the woman for the $25,000 reward offered, for her safe return, Foreign Exchange. Great Britain, pound. sterling, de- mand 4.85%; cable 486%. France, franc, demand 8.18%; cable 3.19. Bel- gium, franc, demand 3.181%; cable 3.19 Italy, lira, demand 3.82%; cable 3.84 Sweden, krone, demand 26.74; cable 26.77, Norway, krone, demand 21,93; cable 21.95. Denmark, krone, demand 26.39; cable 26.41, Shanghai, taels, demand 72.00, FIRE SWEEPS TOWN IN QUEBEC PROVINCE; MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE RIVIERE DU LOUP, Que., June 3 Loss of over a million dollars w estimated as having been done by a fire which burned thruout the night, destroying forty-two home: ten stores and five big warehouses, That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER, -orTa, Memorial Day in New York and Jersey Offer Incidents to Remember By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Ne YORK CITY is indulging in a discussion as to whether only Communists are opposed to fascism. Dr. Charles A. Fama, captain of the Medical Reserve Corps, who op- posed Mussolini famatics marching in New York’s Memorial Day parade, declares there are others besides Communists who are in opposition to the fascist tyranny in Italy, with its numerous manifestations in this country. Henry Citriolo, head of the fascist organization in New York, which calls itself the Fascio Benito Mus- solini, replies, however, that all pro- test against their marching came from Communists. Citriolo thus uses the tactics of the kept press and of bought politicians, when they try to frighten off prejudice by rais- ing the cry of “Communist!” eee The New York district, on Me- morial Day, was confronted with the double spectacle of the Mussolini blackshirts marching in the parade in the metropolis and with the members of Company G of the 113th Regiment of the New Jersey Nation- al Guard refusing to participate in the demonstration at Hackensack, across the river. Hooting and booing greeted the fascists. It came from several hun- dred Italians, so the New York Times points out, gathered along the line of march at Riverside Drive, between 73rd and 75th Sts. Over in Jersey, the militia officers were bitter in their denunciation of the guardsmen who refused to parade. Jingoism was in a bad way. a a The Jersey guardsmen have been intimidated into marching on Me- morial Day in the past thru fear of court martial and drastic punish- ment. Some of the more rebellious among them, however, discovered that the iron discipline of the army during war did not hold for Memo- rial Day parades, So they started the agitation to refuse to march. They won over ail but six of the whole company, Most of the peace time soldiers wanted to enjoy the three- day holiday without any military decorations, Others claimed they did not have time to enjoy any holi- ‘day at all, but were compelled to work. They could not afford to be idle. The hysterical appeals of the offtcers that it was both a “duty and a privilege” to parade had little ef- fect. Just what will be done to the mutinous soldiers is not known. ee Teer Retribuition was swiftly visited, however, upon those who tried to show their displeasure with the ap Pearance of the fascisti in the New York parade, where the police with fists and clubs indiscriminately at- tacked men, women and children. Dr, Fama tells of what took place as follows: “As the fascisti started to move down to Riverside Drive a crowd which grew to more than 1,000 per- sons, Including 100 itallan war veterans, but most of them native Americans, set up catcalls and shouts of ‘Down with Mussolini!’ ‘Down with Fascismo!’ ‘Get out, you don’t belong there’. But the police, always bent on maintaining things as they are, came to the defense of Mussolini’s outfit. Continuing his narrative of what took place, Dr. Fama said: “There were 40 or 50 policemen at the end of the procession, and, while there was no necessity for it, they began swinging their clubs and fists, and pushing and shoving both men and women back Into the crowd. They paid no heed to any one and appeared to enjoy what they regarded as their duty, regardless of the fact that women and children were being knocked over In the mad rush to get out of the way. “I happened to glance to the side- walk and saw a woman and child, both of whom had been knocked over, The child, who was about three years old, had received a cut in the forehead. A man went to their assistance and was helping them up when a burly patrolman hit him such a blow with his fist that he landed several feet away. “At that | halted my car at the curb and ran over. I protested to the police, and told them they could not introduce blackshirt methods in handling American citizens. They made me move on, but desisted. A good many persons received slight injuries.” ae Aa It was declared that all the fascisti in the parade were employes of the Mussolini consulate in New York City, or otherwise in the pay of the Italian fascist government. It makes little difference that they had sworn eternal allegiance to the Mussolini tyranny on the other side of the ocean, Fascism has been bulwarked by war debt concessions made by the United States government. It has been strengthened by loans from Wall Street. So Americans, especially American citizens, must bow down in respect to it, or the Police will club them down. 5 el i The police seized upon Memorial Day to give evidence not only of their solidarity, but also of the solidarity of their master, the Amer- ‘ican capitalist government, with the Mussolini fascist government in Italy that ruthlessly crushes the working masses and outlaws their organizations, It should therefore be doubly easy, since this happened on Memorial Day, for the workers to remember this evidence of the al- lance between exploiters’ rule: in both these countries. Coolidge Appointee to Philippine Post Rattles U. S. Saber In a speech that bristled with mili- tarist boasts that “there isn’t a na- tion in the world that could match arms with us,” Colonel Carmi A. Thomson of Cleveland, commander of the Spanish War) Veterans’ Associa- tion and recently appointed as special commissioner to the Philippines by President Coolidge, wound up his speech against pacifists at the Hotel La Salle in Chicago with the words: ‘As someone already has said, it is not the reds without that we need fear, but the yellows within.” The obvious military character of ‘ol, Thompson's mission to the Philip- pines appears from his speech before he sails for the island outpost of Amer- ican imperialism in the Pacific, “Say It with your pen in the worker correspondent page of The DAILY WORKER.” TEAR UP HIGHWAY TO GET GOLD Airis fa Scotch Labor M. P.’s Hurl Defiance at His Royal Majesty LONDON, June 3.—The announce- ment by George Buchanan, labor party member from Glasgow, that the king had no right to issue the emergency proclamation during the general strike threw the house into an uproar yester- day. Buchanan made the statement when he rose to ask @ question during the debate on the motion of the home sec- retary to transmit an address to the throne thanking the king for his proc- lamation, Kirkwood, another Clyesider, de- nounced the proclamation as a class document, The coal strike is compelling the government to establish a rationing system for fuel and-to reduce also the consumption of kerosene, gas and electricity, * SEND IN A SUB! IRON WORKERS CONFER WITH IRON LEAGUE Strike Ties Up Many Construction Jobs Negotiations are continuing between representatives of the Structural Iron Workers’ Union, of the Chicago dis- trict and the powerful association of contractors known as the Iron League, over the strike of some 2,600 union iron workers employed on building construction in and around Chicago. The strike, which ties up many of the largest jobs in the city euch as the Palmer house addition and the Morton building, began Tuesday morn- ing. The Iron League, noted for its years of effort to break the union, re fused the demands of the iron work- ers fora new contract granting a small wage raise from $1,3714 to $1.50 an hour together with the right of the union to withdraw its members from work on contracts signed in the future where non-union workers who refuse to join the union are employed. The Iron League is trying hard to break the union control in the Chi- cago district. The open shop move- ment, thru the so-called “Citizens’ Committee to Enforce the Landis Award,” fs encouraging the Iron League to make a fight with scabs to break the unfon. It has offered financial and moral backing to fight the union. Chicago Diversion of Lake Water Fought by 40 U. S. Congressmen (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, June 3. — The house has returned to the enacting of a rivers and harbors bill that will meet with the approval of a majority of its membership. Confronted with a full fledged fillibuster by members from Great Lakes states, no estimate of the time required to enact the $36,000,000 bill reported by the com- mittee was ventured by republican leaders. More than, 40 members opposed to what they regard as a virtual legal- izing of the diversion by Chicago of Lake Michigan water, were openly pledged to obstructionist tactics un- less the house eliminates the $1,350,000 Illinois waterway improve- ment from the legislation. As drafted the bill carries authorizations calcu- lated to draw the support of consid. erably more than @ majority and its eventual passage was conceded, Military Trio Ruling Portugal Will Remain Until “a Proper Time” (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 3.—Portugal is now firmly in the hands of a mili- tary government, according to official advices received by the state depart- ment today from American Minister Fred M. Dearing. After General Go- mez Da Costa marched upon Lisbon, he issued a proclamation declaring that the nation desires a national mil- itary government, condemning “poli- ticians” and promising to relinquish “at the proper time.” The government now fs ruled by a triumvirate composed of Commander Cabecadas, who continues as pre- meir, General Da Costa, and Com- mander Ochoa. Da Costas grand en- try into Lisbon with the triumphant army is fixed for June 4, Mahoney and Dunne Speak at St. Paul Protest Tomorrow ST. PAUL, Minn., June 3.—Wm. V. Mahoney, editor of the Minnesota Union Advocate; Wm. F. Dunne, edi- tor of The DAILY WORKER, end the Rev, H. Y. Williams will be the prin- cipal speakers at a Sacco-Vanzetti protest meeting to be held here Satur- day, June 5, at 8:00 p. m., at the La- bor Temple, 416 N. Franklin St, ‘ WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! | es | “varia The Yellowstone Trail has been detoured to allow a gold dredge to dig out the land under the old road to Get out gold at the rate of a thousand dollars a day. Washington, tee Tht picture was taken fourteen miles north of Cle Elum,