The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 14, 1926, Page 1

| fred Jacques, democratic gubernator- bY over Senator Lenroot in Wiscon- | jg) candidate, according to ‘statements bsin for the senatorial nomination, the jmade by Henry Teigen, farmeriabor , old LaFollette machine is badly bent. Lparty campaign manager and. other former follower of LaFollette, Fred | spokesmen of the farmer-labor party. . Zimmerman, ran away with the : eubernatorial nomination from -Her- Accidental Nomination. man L. Ekern, the LaFollette family | Holmes’ desertion of the farmer-la- candidate. Now it remains to be seen | bor party clears up an embarrassing wwhether the LaFollette-Blaine combi- situation resulting from his accidental | knqtion will make a deal with Zimmer-| nomination and proves that he ‘has \ an, ryn an: independent candidate | been nothing more or less than an against him in the finals or whether | agent of the old parties in the ranks Bk ckseaatiin a the -Cauere 0] Zimmerman will make an alliance lof the farmer-laborites, erty-Mill 1 4 * y ler -trial at New York is | with the republican “stalwarts”’ and | Holmes’ indorsement of the demo-| richard Merton of Germany, above, ° j miake the chances of “Young Bob's” |cratic candidate came after he was| who is agent for'a Swiss firm. He 4 -re-élection in 1985 a slim possibility. ie igh are ate rotate ip. shld Ao Huse definite evidbhea-oF ing of er-labo HE late LaFollette helped to stun |which he tried to introduce a ‘resohi- psy “the government. med the ‘national farmer-labor party | tion condemning Communism. hat movement in 1924 with a well-directed "tiradieal blow at the St. Paul con- | Repudiate ‘Tieket, | “Hig efforts to curry favor | He not only has denounced Magnus > eapitalists did not help-him t son but had repudiated the whole i meray evel ‘labor - bureaucrats: -gave-}farme} labor | ticket with one exception iItp “loyalty to his campaign. The» —Minnie Cederhold, “candidate teqy wert Over, almost entirely to the two | clérk’ of the supreme court. | Cia “parties before election and the Itmmediately .after his endorsement jdisappointment hastened LaFollette’s by "Holmes, Jacques, in a public state- jend. The LaFollette-Blaine machine | ment, denounced class parties and the | dn Wisconsin will not do any more for }MeNary-Haugen bill for farnt’ relief. t WAS ONLY FEE | Jabor’ than the late “fighting Bob” |Legal ~ authorities here state “that | | did. What the workers of Wisconsin.| Holmes’ name ¢annot be removed (Continued on page 4) ifrom the farmer-labor ballot. © aw . | “:|German Magnate Will | a T DOES NOT MA 7 | ee (Special to The Dally Worker) \ if you missed the: first part of this NEW YORK, Sept. 12, — Cross ex- t ] B th bi amination of Richard Merton, German ale great novel, egin e est part | metal financier, the government star nil jwitness in the trial of Harry M. The-DAILY WORKER Raises the-Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government etal: Ao No. 206. Subscription Rates: ousias*Exicase, by min, 380 pet year. THE Entered at Secbnd-class mutter September 21, 2988, @t the Post Office at Chicagy, Ilinoli, under the Act of March 8, 187% TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1926 S” 1118 W. Washington Bivd., EANUN GREReeS a By T. J, O}FLAHERTY [AT is left of the socialist party of America is suffering from united Fe phobia. Lest any of their mem- ‘vers. should be roped in‘on a joint campaign of many working-class or- \eanizations where Communists partici- | | pated,.the national secrétary of the socialist party has forwarded 'a letter of ipatructions to all units of the | Hah warning them against’ voting | for, Cominunists to any executive po- paltion, lest the Communists gain any prea. as a result: The fiasco made by the socialists of the futile split in !the ‘AntiPascisti Alliance is not very pencoufaging for their success in fu- | ' ture splitting tactics. + 8 ESPITE Governor Blaine’s victory ar vl } DESERTS FL. PARTY COLORS Will Be Expelled from Organization By WM. F. DUNNE. (Special to The Daity Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 12.— | Emil Holmes, candidate for lieutenant- | governor on the fanmer-labor ticket In | Minnesota will be expelled from the | party following his endorsement of Al- Starting Today! noticed that-he had with him’ “Today vege jobk: It of “Oil,” al pleted, ne with Is reprinted, a brief’s ‘its is of the first book: Je Arn wealthy. lnidobenddne? Gallfornia eit op “ait w and. then ant before he went™into a ‘pha sensitivg Bayt arning the oil businéss and now Ah | iny.is very happya | \ « ng te. wee 4) school. a field in the San Elido Valley on bag «0 th much He liked Paul ter) had run iy Ob ape he didn't lke” “the religious ipline imposed by his yi ig now a carpenter in the new Watki ale and Pale. sister Ruth for him. The Watkins ly el ‘sand bi ‘thew ‘the bri nping in well which has g) f In the meantime war wit! "a many looms and the men in the un oh ‘the dership' of an organizer for the Oil Workers’ Union, Tom 0 strike for an pad a he press. He Jumnis field and gets a chance rand eee of ti “7 CHAPTER Vill THE. WAR, Na Mie Bunice Hoyt was the daughter’ of “Tommy!!, imiaeh of Hoyt and Rennerd. whose advertiseniénts of investment, securities you faw on the financial pages of*thé Beach City newspapers. Tommy you saw at racing meets afd boxing events, and géherally you a.vew lady, highly gud fee at di {Coptiniae en. afl. ess ‘Ss eee wht GERMAN TESTIFIES HE HAS EVIDENCE TO SHOW DAUGHERTY CONSPIRACY Daugherty, former attorney general, and Coldnel Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodiah, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, will be resumed Monday. It waslearned today that the defense plans to call George R. ' Williams, first assistant to Colonel Miller. Wil- Hams was mentioned frequently in the testimony. At one point Buckner des- cribed him “a conspirator,” but’ his name does not appear in the con- spiracy indictment. Why He Paid Money. Merton on the stand related how and why he had patd $441,000—$391,- 000 in bonds and $50,000 by check— to the late-John 'T. King, in 1921, in consideration of the transfer of the $7,000,000 German equity in the Amer-}in ‘Toledo, Gio, at Iota Hall, Grant | ican Metal company’s assets, seized by the government at the time of the war to the Gernwn-controlled Society | Suisse Pour Valeurs De Meleaux. Had Large Sum. Merton olso told of Colonel Miller bringing personally from Washington almost $6,500,000 in'two checks, which | represented the bulk of the proceeds involved in the Society Suisse Amer- ican Metal company. The defense strategy is based on the claim that the $441,000 delivered to John T. King, G. O. P, national figure, Harry M, Daugherty, attorney general and Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian wags not a bribe but a fee for services rendered. Dropped Off In Time. The name of Jesse Smith is fre- quently heard at the trial. Smith was a small businessman in a small Ohio town when the “Ohio Gang” got into the white house, Afterwards Smith was given a desk in the department of justice and tho not an employe of the department he received a salary and expenses, He committed suicide when his bootlegging and other grafting ac- tivities were on the point of being ox- posed. For a long time he lived in the same apartment with Daugherty. Grab $4,000 on Street. Bandits’ kidnapped William Stoeckel, 35, as he? Wad"teturning to his office from thé’ Kqitfable Trust company, robbed’ ifm ot84s000 which he obtain. | ed theres aiid 4Aén tossed him out of their ant on a south side of the bir: \ Bed | WORKERS PARTY | ‘SHO IN Many © Print This we the congre ACTIVITY eets Planned; ch Literature marks the speeding up of than a dozen states over the nation. circulated where sufficient signatures have not ady been secured to put the Commufist ticket on the ballot; mass meetings are being planned, the distribution of literature is being de- veloped, accompanied by drives for. new members for the party and sub- scriptions The DAILY WORKER and other party publications. Candidates in Many States. | Either, stateor congressional candi- dates, or Beth, will be in the field | carrying tle standards of the Work- ers (Communist) Party in Massachu- setts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Penmsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, fornia with prospects of Communist tickets im additional states. The Workers (Communist) Party will also sipport the campaigns al- jready om Of the Farmer-Labor move- {ment im Minnesota, South Dakot |Montana and Washington, and in | other ‘states where the drive for inde- Labor Partyamthows Signs of an im- mediate crystallization. | 100,000 :Pamphiets Put Out. pamphlet, “The Workers (Communist) Party, What It'Stands For; Why Work- jers Should Join,” written by C. Ruthenberg, Rave already been sent out for distrifution. It is planned to publish at least half a million. This distribution is: the basis for the inten- sive drive for an increased party mem- bership. recently published in The DAILY WORKER, are also There will be several leaflets for gen- eral distribution, among them one on “Dollar Democracy,” showing Ameri- can democracy in action with its huge slush funds, and another the attacks on labor by the govern- ment. The campaign will include de- mands for farmers’ relief. 300 Mass Meetings Arranged. Arrangements are almost completed ing the campaign. These are being directed from the national office. The local and district organizations of the party will increase this number. The first campaign tour planned by F. Dunne. Sunday, speaking at Mil- | waukee, Wis. J, Louis YEngdahl, candidate United States: senator in Mllinois, | starts a second tour tonight, speaking | Hotel, Jefferson near in | Pittsburgh ‘omeTuesday, Many Speakers Tour Country. Among the! many party speakers Erie, and | campaign arg Ben Gitlow, candidate ; for viee-prestdent in 1924; C. E. Ruth- | Bert Wolfe, director of the New York Workers’ School; Harry Wicks, Re- becca Grecht/! William J, White and | Manuel Gomes, Local spedkers will. be drawn into the campaignzeverywhere, while spe- cial tours willbe planned for al| can- didates, BRITAIN PLANS WAR ON CANTON NATIONAL ARMY LONDON, Sept. 12.—Premier Bald- win has been called back from his vacation in France because of the serious situation in China, where Brit- tain stands in danger of losing out entirely in view of the defeat of Wu Pei-fu, its native Chinese agent, and the sweeping: victories of the Canton- ese government thru central China. Imperialism in Danger. There 1s dissatisfaction in the cabi- |net and in the board of trade at the policy of thes government. There ar _ SORE US ROE SL... NY STATES ional campaigns of the! Workers (Communist) Party in more | Petitions for candidates are being | Indiana, Ilinois, Wisconsin and Cali- | pendent political action thru a Farmer- | | One hundréd thousand copies of the | E. | Five hundred thousand copies of | the Party’s ‘Congressional Platform, | being printed. | exposing | for 300 mass meetings to be held dur- | |the party was. completed by William | for | | who will toumthe country during the | enberg, general secretary of the party; i | | | { “Dearborn Independent”: For an average American it is almost impossible | to tell whether he is a republican or democrat—both of these parties are 30 alike, that the only difference is in the name and the outer crust. | WORKERS PARTY ENTERS. | CANDIDATES IN STATE ELECTIONS THIS YEAR In a number of states nominations have been filed by petition while in others the petition campaign.js-still in progress to place Workers (Com- munist) Party candidates officially on the. ballots. Nominations officially filed: Michigan. Michigan—The following candi- dates will appear officially on the ballot in the primary elections to be held Tuesday, September 14: Governor, William Reynolds. Congress, 13th District, William Mollenhauer, | Congress, ist Dist., Harry Kish- | ner. Congress, 9th District, Danie! C. Holder, . Pennsylvania. | Pennsylvania—The following were the candidates nominated: Governor, H. M. Wicks. Lieutenant-Governor, Hills, Secretary of Internal Affairs, Max Jenkins, United States Senator, E. J. Cary. | State Legislature, first district, Ernest Careathers and Anna Weis- man, Second District, Mike Blaskovitz | and Cella Paransky. Seventh District, Margaret Yeager. Eighth District, Susie Kendra and Peter Skrtic. | Ninth District, William P. Mikades * | and Sam Shore. State Senator, William Schmidt, ° Parthenia \ BREAK WITH SAM INSULL? Test Officials | By ARNE SWABECK. The exposure of the slush fund in the Illinois primaries as brought out by the senatorial committee of In- vestigation has proven at least one | moarines ‘attempte \thing conclusively, namely, that the/| selection of candidates on the capital- jist tickets is completely in the control | of those who can put up the cash. U.S. WARSHIPS NEW YORK EDITION Published Dafly except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING -CO., Chicago, Tl. } |tionalists in connection with the Price 3 Cents | + APOSE BRITISH IN CHINESE WAR ——---—--+ TURN GUNS ON CANTON TROOPS Act as Convoy for Brit- ish “Merchantman” (Special to The Daily Worker) U. S. Navy Fires On Cantonese. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Admiral Clarence 8. Williams, com- mander of the U. S. Asiatic fleet, has cabled the navy department confirming the report that American destroyers Stewart and Pope, the gunboat Palos and the mine sweep- er Pigeon, fired upon the Cantonese occupying the river fortress at Han- yang, when the Chinese attempted to investigate the character of pass- ing boats. It is admitted that the Palos and the Pigeon were convoying a Brit- ish “merchantman.” The state de- partment does not give any informa- tion on whether the British “mer- chant” vessel was loaded with arms for the reactionary troops. Ce ay (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, Sept. 12.—The naval- consular parley of the imperialist |} powers going on at Hankow is ex- |pected to disclose one of the neatest ltricka ever turned on the intriguing British imperialists by the Chinese na- vestigation of the clash at Wanhi between British marines and subor- dinate troops of Wu Pei-fu. The inci- |dent is cause for Homeric laughter. Those “Merchant” Ships. The British have been subsidizing |Wu Pei-fu in his fight against the Can- jtonese. armies. Supposedly innocent merchant”. vessels, sometimes con; | voyed by gunboats, have been carry- [ing shiploads of arms and ammunition |to the reactionary troops of Wu up | the Yangtze, as have similar “mer- |chant” ships of other nations as well, including the United States. According to first reports, the clash at Wanhsien, fully 1,200 milea up the | Yangtze in interior China, arose over. an ‘alleged accidental sinking of small boats filled with troops under General Streator foie to Yahg-sen, one of Wu's reactionary anb- ordinates, by a man.” British “merchant- Row With Ally. It was stated that Yang-sen seized two British “merchantmen” to insure compensation, and refused to let them go on the demand of the British con- sul at Chunking, whereupon British i a forcible rescue land received a sound thrashing by the | After such proof has been furnished, the support given by labor representa- tives to candidates thus selected be- |comes nothing short of treason to the | labor movement. | That the money power controls the | present congressional and senatorial election machinery, that it controls | the two old parties and their selection | lot candidates, we knew before; but to |the labor movement it becomes dis-| jturbing in this sita@tion to note that | wy la complete political alliance exists between such sélected candidates, the | - {politic ians of the capitalist parties, and | the Tints, trade union | Officials of | movement. | Plays Both Sides Against Labor, |, Samuel Insull, the head ‘of the big | hutility conporation, -the-traction mai nate, the one who fights determinedly} ' <Couthrass on’ page 6) Russian.committee in Berlin, Comrade precorr”; estimate the situation in the struggle following: “We have very often expressed with great clarity our opinions concerning the estimation of the events in Great Britain, in the decisions of the cen- tral council of Soviet labor unions, The latest happenings in connection with this’ struggle have completely corroborated our estimation. “The struggle. of the miners is lengthy, and hag already lasted over four months, ..We can only express out astonishment at the persistency (and the hexolam:with which the min- Facts Prove Estimate was Correct. +— SOVIET LABOR HEAD IN BERLIN FOR ANGLO-RUSS MEET DECLARES BRITISH MINERS ARE ISOLATED BERLIN (By Mail).—After the conclusion of the session of the Anglo- Andreyev, the chairman of the Russian delegation, made the following declaration to the representative of the “In- “To the question, how we, the representatives of the Soviet Labor Unions, of the British miners, | must say the for the miners will demand tremen- dous sufferings and sacrifices from the fighters because all forces are being mobilized against them. Scab Coal the Danger. “The unhindered transport of strike- breaking coal from abroad to Great Britain, and the transport of this coal ger for the struggle. This gives the enemies of the miners, the employérs “BY ARIS <A ReWwblG Fistor | seoastwned on paBN Eg ho | Chinese troops of Yang-sen, retreating with seyen dead and fifteen wounded It is now revealed that the two nerchantmen” were loa@ed with arms for the reactionary troops of Yan sen. But when they reached Wanh- sien, the boats were boarded by offic ers of the Cantonese troops, who con- vinced the ships’ captains that they were the ones to whom the arms were to be delivered. Cantonese Get the Arms, The arms were, therefore, turned jOver to the Cantonese.! But when u’s subordinate, General Yang-sep {discovered that the arms had been {given to the Cantonese, he accused the British of double-crossing, and prompt jly seized the vessels. Then followed im Great Britain itself is a great dan- | ithe attempt to resene and the loss of | British marines shot down by their al- | Hes. This is very unpleasant to the Brit- ish, since it exposes to the world their | support of Wu Pei-fu, who in turn ig, exposed as a tool of imperialism, ag |the Cantonese have claimed. Canton Whipping Sun. More bad news for the imperialists is contained in dispatches showing that. the Cantonese are winning against the newest Imperialist hopeful, General Sun Chaun-fang, ruler of most of the five provinces on the lower Yangtze. Sun, at British behest, de- clared war on the Cantonese when the latter showed their strength by rout- ing Wu Pel-fu at Hankow. The Cantonese replied with an ulti- matum to Sun to get his troops out of the province of Kianksi. Now the report is that the Cantonese advance against Sun has taken the city of Pingkiank, 100 miles west of Nan chang, the capital of the province. The troops of Sun are retreating in, disorder toward the capital. Wu Pel- }fu seams completely put out of the | fight, in spite of his boasts about re- into Honan, Hangs Self in Home, and the government, a, powerful) MILWAUKEE, Wis. Sept, 1% — weapon in the hand. It js already |Louls Otmar, fifty-four, committed proved with all clarity that the con- | suicide” by hanging himself ig his organizing his army as he retreats, .