The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 21, 1926, Page 2

TRE DATL Y WORKER SORDID RECORD OF DAILY CRIME GROWS RAPIDLY Viurder, Rape and Sui-| cide News Pours In Cop Arraigned For Theft. , Wis, 4 19—Arraign- d in Muni an Geo- ge M. Eichinger Ss ago . resident of Chécago today w yound oer to circu 1,000 bond yending trial on « > of bu zing a gasoline filling station of § . * Sordid Record. The news of the day is largely con- serned with crime. From the Atlan- ic to the Pacific, stories pour in of murder, rape It is be- coming almo y to classify this type of Here a few condensed items from different parts of Mellet Investigation Proceeds CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 19—Pulling the curtains on the whole con- spiracy that ween members of the “ju rtain Canton officials prev tion of law violat district attorney A. n today reveal- ed that the of Norman Clark, former assistant to the solicitor of Canton rst step in a sen- sational expose of conditions that led to the shooting of Don. R. Mellett, publisher of the Canton News., July 16, es * * Halls-Mills Accused. SOMERVILLE, N. J., Aug. 19.— Henry Carpender, cousin, and “Willie” of M Frances Ste- vens Hail, w today held without bail for the nd jury on charges of murdering the R Dr. Edward Hall, New Brunswick, clergyman, and Mrs, Eleanor Mills, a chorister in Dr. Hall's church. ie Gaines Case to Jury. SEATTLE, Aug. 19.—The jury was scheduled to to get the case of Wallace C. mes accused of mur- dering his own daughter, Sylvia, pret- ty 22-year-old Smith college gradu- ate. Yesterday, for the first time, de- fense cou 1 revealed that the ac- cused father had formed an opinion concerning the murderer of his daugh- ter when John D. Carmody, one of his attorneys, arose in the courtroom and stated that Gaines suspected his| . second wife, Sy committing the 's stepmother, of st © Murderer a Suicide, STATEVILLE, Ml., Aug. 19.—War- ren Sanders, son of a prominent fam- ily of Ashton, Ill, hanged himself to- day in the “idle” room of the new state prison here where he had serv- ed 13 months of a life sentence im- posed for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law. It was Sanders’ second suicide attempt. an: Another Chicago Murder. ‘Another murder and a_ shooting which may'result fatally were added to Chicago's crime record today, The dead; man, 2t unidentified, was killed, police when he resisted a holdup. Three men, one of whom is said to have admitted ticipation’in the robbery, were arres ed a few hours after the killing. 8 @ Another: Held to. Grand Jury, Chicago's’war against morons, who, for two weeks, averaged a victim a day, two of whom died as a result of the attacks, brought its first defin- ite.results today when George Diet- zel,.37, married and the father of three children, was held to the grand jury ander $10,000 bon Dempsey Challenge Is ‘The Bunk’, Says Wills’ Manager, Paddy Mullins NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—“Take it from me—that Dempsey challenge Is the bunk. I'll put up $150,000 any day for a meeting between Wills and Dempsey—in a decision bout” so said Daddy Mullins, manager of Harry Wills. “I don't believe Jack Dempsey wants to fight Wills,” Mullins said, “because he’s certainly had enuf opportunity. But if he'll ree the fight will be to a decision—I'll meet his challenge any day. Ford Leader Reaches Indiana, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 18-— Walter Beach, flying plane No, 2 on the Ford reliability tour, was the first to land here today from Moline, I) at 12: Beach is present leading all other conteste on the tour. 1, W. A. HOLDS MASS MEET IN EXPORT, PA., ON THE BRITISH STRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) EXPORT, Pa. Aug. 19.—The In- ternational Workers Aid is holding A mass meeting here at the Polish Hall Sunday afternoon, August 22 ‘at 2 o'clock on behalf of the striking minera of Great Britain. 0D, E, Early of Pittsburgh will speak. Ad CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) charged with grabbing valuable oil | lands, the property of the government. They felt highly indignant when a rightfully wrathful democr: —we mean the battered democrats—saw a campaign issue in an expose of ‘the oil thieves. A few awkward crooks bit the dirt before the storm blew over, but the parties of the first part are still hailed as citizens of parts. A. B. Fall does not stand a chance of being nom- inated for the presidency. That is true. But show me the elephant that once browsed on Doheny’s ranch that would hanker to nibble on the White House lawn? see ATTHEW WOLL, in an article in the currentsissue of the American Photo-Engraver; on the Mexican ques- tion, declares that American labor does not understand the conflict be- tween labor and the church or why the government is obliged to adopt such drastic measures against the church. Mr, Woll does not contribute enlightenment, as his entire article is a typical piece of) fence-straddling. see F Woll does not«know the why of those things, other American workers do. It is omly necessary to state that the church,is the ally and practically the leader ,of the reaction- ary forces in Mexico! that kept the workers in ignorance and in slavery. And the present government is the one that grew out of the revolution and with all its faults % is educating the masses as best it can. This the workers know and they support it against the church and; against ;Wall Street, ? ee TORIES of victories for the: armies of Chang-Tso-Lin and Whu-Pei-Fu over the national armies: of the Kuo- minchun should be taken’ with reserve. In fact, even the capitalist papers can- not always harmonize their fairy tales. One reporter represented the national- ist armies fleeing in utter route from the Nankow Pass while another npic- tured the fields strewn with the, re- mains of Chang’s armies. Wu-Pei-Fa and Chang are tools of foreign impe- rialism. Chang is Japam’s man and Wu is now on the British payroll. General Feng is the Calles of China and has much the same /kind of an opposition. ®He heads theqnational ar- mies. Got back ofiFeng. eo @ NOTHER revolt is reported in Greece. Pangalos, the dictator, has ordered the arrest!of a group of spects and at this moment I would not give my small change for their chances. The political situation is rather delicate in the‘ Balkans, so much so that even serious-minded workers are inclined to joke abvut it. Yet there is a reason for it. In addi- tion to the racial differences, whose roots are sunk deep in the past, the capitalist powers are pitting the little nations against one another and pur- chasing, now one set, again another set of officials in the imtenests of their diplomatic maneuvers, Mh ake. d DAY’S papers did not carry any stories of revolts in Soviet Rus- sia, tho the local papers; did report a few more rape cases in Chicago. So far neither Mexico, Russia nor the Kuominchun of China haseoffered their offices to restore the United good States to the path of civilimation. As | far ag we are concerned we would resent any such interferemce on the ground that what happens,in Cicero is none of our business, eee. 4d HE Oklahoma Leader,jonce & 80- 7 cialist paper and now edited by a comedian named Oscar Ameringer, a socialist, published a picture of ogory Zinoviev with the caption: “Jmprisoned.” Lest any of the grue- some details be omitted the resource ful editor gives the name of the prison and tells us that it is the worst in 1 Russia. This story is perfectly good outside of the fact that there is als However, not a word of truth in it. intendetl to write this is not what I oot ath about in this paragraph. have to start another. oe HAT there is usually some good in T even the worst of things Is proved by the Oklahoma Leader. Thanks to the Federated Press. In the same issue of the Leader that carried the Zinoviev fake there is an article by Carl Haessler describing the conven- tion of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. ‘Those boys cer- tainly enjoyed themselves. ‘Their in- genuity in devising new means of in- flicting pain and injury on the work- ors is described by Haessler thus: Se “"T\HE exhibitor of another gas con- cern, the Federal Laboratories, Inc, of Pittsburgh, mentioned with pride the use of tear bombs against the textile strikers of Passaic. He waxed eloquent. ‘Why you can knock out the whole family, from father to baby, with one of our gas grenades,’ he said, ‘then walk in and grab the man and let the rest recover at lels- ure. They won't be permanently in- jured, but it hurts a lot while it lasts.’" Amrican Killed in Plane Crash. SANDGATE, England, Aug, 19— One American, whose name is un- known, was killed and six were sert- ously injured when a French air-union aeroplane crashed near here today.| this picture whieh According to the local police, : SHOE WORKERS OF LYNN MOVE TOWARD STRIKE Progressive Speakers Urge Union Unity LYNN, Mass., Aug. 19.—In spite ot a driving rain storm Lasters' Hall was packed to the doors with shoe workers at a meeting held Monday evening, August 16th. In a resolution which was overwhelmingly adopted, a vigorous demand was made for a gen- eral strike in the industry. The meeting held on Monday came as a sequel to the strike declared by the niggerhead operators which has since been called off. It seems that the niggerhead operators went back on the job as they had received an empty promise that their demands would be granted. Criticize Reactionary Official. The speakers of the evening in- cluded Harry Cann, one of the most courageous militants in the city of Lynn, Marian Emerson of New York, and Anthony Ramuglia of Boston, The speakers criticized most severely the corrupt officialdom of the Boot and She Workers Union; pointed out that these grafters had tied the workers hand and foot and had _ prevented them from securing any improvement in their conditions. Instead they were selling the workers out to the manu facturers and the state board of arbi- tration by meekly accepting every wage cut which came along. The speakers, however, took the oc: casion to criticize very sharply thy craft attitude shown by the nigger- head operators; told the assembled workers that they had to stand by each other; that an injury to one was an injury to all. They called up- on the shoe workers to organize im mediately for a general strike in the industry against the Shoe Manufactur ers’ Association and the agents at the head of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union. Must Fight Inside. The tendency which has recently manifested itself for the formation ot another cockroach union was cast gated most strongly. The workers were called upon to stay within the B. and S., fight the fakers until they were overthrown. This is but one of a series of meetings which are being arranged by the Progressive Shoe Workers, not only in Lynn, but in various shoe centers thruout Massa chusetts, The sentiment shown at this meet- ing gives evidences of distinct reviva: of militancy inside the B. 8. W. U., which has long been known az one of the most reactionary organizations in the American Federation of Labor. Vesuvius Breaks Out. ROME, Aug. 19.— With Vesuvius again In eruption, violent earthquakes have been felt in the Lipari Islands, but it is not believed the Vesuvius eruption is a menace. TRYING TO PUT OVER THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY ON BRITISH WORKERS One of the fundamental demands of the 1,000,000 striking British miners is for the maintenance of their hard-earned 7-hour day below ground. Roman Church id Defeated in Mexico (Continued from page 1) sy not yet corrupted by Czarism, sym- pathised with the revolution. They decided to obey the reyolu- tionary laws and a scheme developed in the orthodox church bringing it more misery, After a few years the Czarist clergymen decided to recog- nize facts, at least outwardly, and signified their intention to conform to the laws regulating religious wor- ship. They still kept on plotting against the government and spying for cap- italist nations. Today their influence on the masses ds almost!‘nil, Such a process seems to be taking place in Mexico. ; Catholic Merchants Stunt. A circular letter, issued by the mer- chants and industrial leaders of Mex- ixo City, adressed jointly to President Calles and the episcopate, appeals to both sides to “get together and drop the religious warfare which is affect- ing the whole nation. The merchants particularly desire the end of the boy- cott which they state is possible only with a settlement of the conflict. They point out that the boycott Is being con- ducted by catholics but that it is af- fecting catholic merchants adversely and that the heaviest sufferers have been members of the faith, *e * Filed Heavy Clalms. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 19.—More than 3,000 claims, unofficially estimated to aggregate about $300,000,000, have been filed by citizens of the United States against the Mexican govern- ment for damages sustained during the revolutionary movements before the Calles government came into power. The clatms had been deposited with the special claims commission when the time for making them ended. Al- most 500 of the claims were filed dur- ing the 24 hours preceding midnight of Tuesday, eee Holds Estrada in $20,000 Bail. SAN DIEGO, Cal. Ang. 19.—Gen. Enrique Pstrada, former Mexican sec- retary of war and commander of an in- surrecto band intercépted by federal and county officers near here last Sun- day night, together with members of his staff, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Henry C. Ryan on charges of violating the neutrality laws of the United States. Bail for Estrada was fixed at $20, 000, while Aurelio Sepuveda, former Mexican army officer, was ordered held in $10,000. Bail for other mem- bers of Estrada’s staff ranged from $1,000 to $5,000. As yet none of the prisoners has furnished bond. Pre liminary hearing Th all cases was set for Sept. 9. oe Mexican Knights Worrled. The Knights of Columbus of Mex ico have issued a statement denying the charges of undersecretary of for- eign affairs, Estrada, that Edelmire Traslosheres, head of the Mexican Knights of Columbus, was responsi- ble for the action ofthe Philadelphia convention in adopting a resolution asking President Coolidge to inter- vene, see MEXICO CITY, ,Aug. 18—The Catholic Episcopate today sent a let- ter to President Caflés disclaiming any connection with'’tHe revolution- ary plot against the government and declaring that the church does not desire to accomplish its ends in tha present controversy thru violénce. Failure of the discovered revolution. ary movement is believed to have Prompted the episcopal note. Church Is Begging. The episcopate makes an overture to the govermnent in the letter by urging the president to permit the church to work toward reformation of the constitution by “legal methods,” initlating such a movement at the next congressional session in Septem- ber. . bey The letter was interpreted by many as the firs¢ overture for peace on be- half of the church. SEND IN YOUR SUB TO THE DAILY WORKER! secretary wipatey ies rs just Rome just following a conference United States and Italy. Mellon’s assertion that he was in left to right, Itallan treasury ind Min obviously inese-| non of the richest men Mussolini over the financial relat 'y for a vacation only rather falls flat in view of * Count Volpi, Mellon, Mussolini A Mie tani a3 Prohibition Cannot Be Enforced Under Present Capitalist Social Order By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ALVIN COOLIDGE resents the charge that he has ordered the prohibition authorities to stop their poisoning of alcohol as a measure for instituting bone dry prohibition in the United States of America, He has asked the horde of capitalist newspaper reporters who hover about the summer “White House” at Paul Smith’s, New York, to correct the error, The president thereby goes on rec- ord in favor of poisoned moonshine to kill off all who cannot resist drinking illicit booze. It is the Coo- lidge-Volstead interpretation of the theory of the survival of the fittest as applied to the “wet or dry” prob- lem. ees The aim of the government is to provide an alcoholic mixture for commercial purposes, out of which it will be impossible to eliminate the poison by redistilling. The deadliest of the many formulas in the posses- sion of the government for “com- pletely denatured alcohol” is known as “Formula No. 1” and is as fol- lows: 100 parts by volume of ethyl alcohol, not less than 160 degrees proof, Ten parts by volume approved wood alcohol, Five-tenths part by volume ap- proved benzine (kerosene). It is declared that this formula is the government's pet among the so- called “seven deadly sisters.” The government chemists claim that re- distilling will not eliminate the poison that lurks in every ounce. of this death-dealing fluid. *e 8 Thus the powerful capitalist gov- ernment resorts to the usual frantic, ineffectual remedy for the alcohol problem, just as it seizes on other makeshift remedies for sother ills, fake cure-alls that will not interfere in the least with the profiteering and the exploitation that gave it life. It is not surprising that here, as elsewhere, it is the workers who are the victims, as in the recent whole- sale poisoning at Buffalo, N. Y. Deaths for 1926 frofn alcoholic poi- soning are expected to reach start- ling totals, with these “undertaker’s cocktails” continuing to fill the graveyards in 1927, Victims will be drawn from the working class because the rich have the money to buy booze without a “sure death” label. They can hire “tasters” if necessary. In the words of the humorist, Irwin S. Cobb, who was caught at Joyce Hawley’s bath- tub party, “I never drink from a bottle unless it is already half empty.” ses Poison bootleg booze is being sold because there is money in it, Arthur Brisbane, editorial writer for Hearst, laments that one United States coast guard, paid less than a chauffeur’s wages, “got one bribe of $30,000 for being a rum runner.” “When boot- legging can afford to pay such ‘fees’,” says Brisbane, “how much govern- ment money will it take to stop bootlegging?” Because the liquor business is a rich source of profits is one of the big reasons why it can- not be rooted out under the capital- ist society that protects and breeds profits. see The attention of all workers and farmers, the victims of capitalism, is therefore called to the section of the Workers (Communist) Party’s congressional program, published in full in this issue, devoted to this question of prohibition. It states the attitude the workers must take towards this vital question, just as it sets forth the solution of all other labor problems. It sets forth that: —_— Mellon in Rome Talking Over Financing of Fascism In the world, Is shown here 8 between the ‘Mussolini's * s “The 18th amendment and the Volstead Act were supported by the big capitalist interests as measures to help create a working class which would be more efficient and could produce greater profits.” Thus Judge Elbert H. Gary, the champion of the 12-hour day for the workers in the steel industry, urged prohibition for the steel workers, while he kept for himself the choic- est selection of liquors on his own sideboard, that groaned with the booze he regularly imbibed. se 8 The program cortinues: “These laws were\also advocated by a group of people who believed that the recognized eyils resulting from alcoholic liquors could be elim- inated by prohibiting. by law the use of such drinks.” But what has happened: “The 18th amendment and\the Vol- stead Act have resulted in Building up the highly profitable bootlegging Life and Work\in Under the pen-name of “Ani: is the author of a book industry and in the creation of a | great machine of spies, provoca- teurs, etc., aimed at enforcing an unenforcable law. This government machinery is also becoming a part of the strike-breaking apparatus. ed Then the program declares: “The liquor question cannot be solved by prohibition in a capitalist , Society. The excessive use of alco- hol is an evil which can only be solved thru education and the nor- malization of our lives, which will come with the abolition of the profit system. A large part of the evils of the liquor business are traceable to its character as a highly profitable capitalist industry; PROHIBITION IS UNENFORCEABLE IN A CAPI- TALIST SOCIETY. “The workers and farmers must carry on a campaign against the evils of alcoholism within their ranks, but cannot support such nationalization of the liquor busi- ness as represented by the Volstead Act and its results. The Workers (Communist) Party favors the re- peal of the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment. It proposes the nationalization of the loquor bust- ness and sale only thru drug stores and grocery stores. No saloons to be established. The profits to the government from the sale of liquor to be used in an educational cam- paign against the use of alcoholic liquors.” o-? 2 The Workers (Communist) Party invites all workers and farmers to take their stand for this declaration for the ending of the capitalist so- clal order and one of its inherent evils—ALCOHOLISM. Spanish War Veterans End Their Sessions DES MOINES, Ia., Aug, 19.—Unit- ed Spanish war veterans voted to meet in Detroit, in 1927, and in Ha- vana in 1928, before they broke up. their four-day encampment. The Cu- ban meeting, however, was left open to possible chance by next year’s en- campment. The invitation was ex- tended by a personal representative of the president of Cuba. Senator Rice W. Means was elected commander-in-chif. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Did you know that the Citize Reserve Officers’ Training Corps tary caste being developed in the series of articles have been prepared by Sie. boa. £ th (BR, i Militarism Running Wild! these two organizations for military training and the extension of the armed power outside the regular army are the instruments of a mill- and propaganda is rife thruout the land and Is being pushed by the combined forces of the United States War Department working hand In hand with the largest bankers and corporation heads, a The DAILY WORKER, beginning next Monday, will publish a ght illustrated articles on the recent growth of militarism in thie country with particular reference to the Citizens’ Military Training Camps and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. These WORKER after a thoro Investigation of this new development of American militarism. Capitalism in Amerioa is making definite Page ANOTHER COUNTY JAIL SCANDAL COMING TO HEAD ‘Officials Named by Pri- soner as Aids Thomas Sullivan, alias Ivers, told an amazing story of intrigue concern- ing the administration of the county jail, the details of which have not been made public by the officials called in to hear Sullivan’s confession. Found Snappy Kit. The prisoner was involved in a re cent attempt to escape from the jatl with several others. When the break- away was foiled thru the action of @ colored guard, the authorities found a complete jail-breaking kit in one of the cells. Sullivan was placed in solitary con- finement and on a bread and water diet since the attempted escape, His confession was attributed to the tor ture inflicted on him by the prison of- ficials. Prominent Politicians Named. According to one of the officials who heard his story, Sullivan named prominent politicians as his accom- plices and said that a former prison official supplied the tools for the get- the Soviet Union. Beginning on Monday The DAILY WORKER will publish an ex tremely interesting series of articlas written specially for this paper by Anna Loulse Strong who Is now travelling in the Soviet Union, this\ writer has built for herself an enviable reputation In her journalistic work in the Soviet Union where she has been, off and on, for the past five years. Some of the titles of these last accounts of her Russian observ- ances give an idea of the wealth of infonmation and novelty that Is contained In the stories: On a Volga River Boat, Soviet Union, How Russia Is Building Socialism and Behind the Scenes are a few. Marriage in the on Russiaicalled, “The First Time In History” and has written extensively about the Soviet Union for the New York Times, “Asia,” the Hearst press and other publications. away. This revelation is believed to be responsible for the tendency in cer- tain official quarters to treat the story as a “fake.” Unless the matter is smothered a sensation rivalling the Druggan-Lake episode is promised. EXHUMING OF KITCHENER WAS PUBLICITY STUNT LONDON, Aug. 19. — The great “Kitchener hoax” was just another motion picture publicity stunt, accord- ing to the Dail Sketch, The Sketch today publishes a state- ment by Singleton Gates, a publicity man, stating that he “invented the whole story of the discovery of Kitchener’s body in Norway” in 1921 in the presence of Arthur Veeths Freeman, now better known as Frank Power. “The reason for that invention was that the film entitled, ‘How Kitchener. Was Betrayed’ badly needed pub- licity,” Gates is quoted as saying. Ownership of the film was eventually taken over by Freeman, Gates is quoted as saying. Air Mail Business to Be Made Private Owned WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The time is rapidly approaching when the goy- ernment is going out of the air mail business and turn it over to private capital, postmaster general New said today. The inability of the contractor for the Chicago-Twin Cities service to maintain it was cited by New as gen- erally indicative of the present con- ditions. ‘Communities that want air mail service, he said, will have to pay for it. Gov. Cigaret Explodes; Sues, PARIS, Aug. 19.—The French gov- ernment thru the state tobacco mo- nopoly makes a centime profit ou every cigaret sold in France, but ons cigaret sold to Raymond Lachaize has cost the government $175. The cigaret exploded in Lachaize's mouth and he sued the government and a settlement was agreed upon, ’ Military Training Camps and the @ growing every year and that United States? Militarist activity a staff member of The DAILY