The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 13, 1926, Page 3

MOVE TO OUST TORIES:IS ON IN ENGLAND Sunday Whrlier Takes Lead in Campaign LONDON, Oct, 11. — The Sunday Worker, organ of the radicals in the British Trade Unions has initiated a |campeign to oust the tory govern- ment. Among those whd ‘have given their support to this campaign are A, B. Swales, member of the general coun- | oil'ot the Trade Union Congress, Will | Lawther of the’ Labor Party execu- tive committee and” Alex Gossip of the Furnishing Trades. Sunday Worker On the Job. ‘The Sunday Worker anticipated the decision of the tory party convention to launch an attack against the trade unions, Stanley Baldwin, \in obedi- ence to the demands of the coal op erators announced that the govern- ment was prepared to introduce le- gislation to curb the power of the trade unions. In the opinion of the Sunday Work- er and its large circle of supporters, ‘Yador’s reply to this ultimatum should ‘pe an ambitious campaign with the odject of ditching the tory govern- ‘ment and establishing a labor govern- tent in its place. Can’t Restore Rights to China Until Peace Comes, Says Chicagoan SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.—"It is impossible to think of having America | give up its extraterritorial rights in } China until peace is restored in that | country,” declared Silas H. Strawn, Chicagoan‘and only American member of the commission on extraterritorial commission, who arrived here from China. Nothing can be done to help China until a “stable” government is estab- lished, opined the American. _ Until ‘then the foréign nations must be forced to continue to. reap profits from | China, was the substance of his com- ments. A subscription to The DAILY )WORKER for one month to the mem- bers of your union Is a good way. Try it. LACK OF COAL PUTS 400 BRITISH COTTON MILLS ON THIRD TIME LONDON, Oct. 11.—Four hundred drills In the Lancashire district en- gaged “in the “spinning of Amerl- can cotton announced today that they Had decided to operate only | one week In every three because of the high prices which make run- ning expenses prohibitive, The decision gives a concrete ex- ample of. the paralyzing effect of the long coal strike. MEXICANS BID FAREWELL TO SOVIET ENVOY Kollantai to. Replace Comrade Pestkovsky MEXICO CITY, Oct. tonio Mella, the famous Cuban hunger striker, {s preparing to attend the world conference of colonial peoples to be held at Brussels, Belgium, as the delegata of the Antilmperialist Leagues of Cuba and Mexico, Pestkovsky Leaving. The representative up to now of the Soviet Union in Mexico, Ambassador Pestkovsky, fs. gailing today after a farewell dinner givén in his honor by the Mexican university, the diplomatic corps and members of the Mexican cabinet, Pestkovsky was given an ovation at a farewell meeting planned by the Students’ Federation, workers’ organ- izations and the Agrarian Leagues of Mexico at the National Preparatory School of Mexico City. Movies showing the burial of Lenin were exhibited. Kollantal to Arrive. The League of Agrarian Communes of the state of Vera Cruz, Michoacan }@nd Tamaulipas and miners of Micho- acan and many other labor organiza- tions telegraphed their farewells to Ambassador Pestkovsky, expressing their solidarity with the workers of the Soviet Union: Leon Haykiss remains as charge @affairs until the arrival of the new Soviet ambassadress, Alexandra Kol- lantai. “WINNING A LOT” IN GAMBLE RUN BY REAL ESTATE COMPANY BAITS HOOK FOR POOR:‘SUCKER By NORMAN BURSLER, OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 11—An-inno- ‘cent little advertisement in an Oak- Yand paper reads: “Wanted well- ~Aressed young man for outside work. hort hours. Good pay to start; no “selling.” As I had just replaced my ‘worn-out clothes by new ones and ieing in great need of a boss, I could pass as well-dressed in a real small sense, at least until the first rain, 80 { answered the ad: I was ushered into the offices of the Suburban Realty Company and efter a brief interchange of words, /owas invited to return in the eyening when they would initiate.me, into the ‘mysteries of the real estate game, The Humble Salesman, Among the instructions given me ‘were “Go up to the door, hat in hand. Nt will give you the appearance of a \visitor.”. “Try to have your prospect “visit our property at 10 a, m, the next day, If you give them time to cool off, we lose 4 out of 5,. We get 7 out of 10 who go out next day, The work 1 was asked to do was to go around in the mornings and . eet people to sign a, card, “obligat- fng them in no way whateyer.” Then ‘An the evenings I was to go and tell each one of them the same story: cor- responding . with that told by the salesman initiating, me, which ran: The “Come on” Prize, “Mrs; Sucker, I have some wonder- ful good news for you, You are en- titled to one of our $400 lots in our ‘Haywards subdivision, If.1 may }come sear T'll tell youvell about it,” Of meee tee gullible: one permits the yg it is the best-name for the salesmen—to. enter and con exclaims, “Why, I neyer won auything before!” © | “Well,” returns the fisher, “I'm so jpiad that it was you, What we want do, Mrs, Sucker, is to make an ap- \paper adyertising, go we want you ‘for our booster, that is, we want the of sending @ couple of pros- you, but the main thing we to have you write a letter tell- cid you think of our property. 4g important that you should see for otherwise you couldn't con- seientiously recommend it,” “Five Dollars, Please?” If the prospect consents to go to the ats at 10 o'clock the next » day, the fisher sayss “Now we would like to have a deposit of $6.00 to hold this open for you, If you don’t want} the lot, the monoy* will be refunded, ‘The prospect then signs a paper {which reads, "This lot has not been won by any lottery or form of * chance,” ‘thas gptting evound the per ue Up to this time ‘the. prospect has been under the impression that the lot has been won. The fisher then emphasizes that the lot has not been won by any form of chance, “You see, Mrs, Sucker, out of a list of names in this section, we thought you were the best one to boost us.” The sucker is now in the seventh heay- en of delight, but if she should in- quire further, the fisher tells her it is necessary that she should pay $75.00 for legal expenses, surveying, notary’s fee, deed, titling, insurance and a host of other things, The prospect still thinks “herself fortunate, When about to depart the fisher says: “Mrs, ‘Sucker, I would guggest that you don’t mention this to your neighbors, as it might affect the resale value of your lot.” Next to Cemetery, Of course, all prospects are told the same story, The salesman tells me they have a few lots, on the steep side of a hill, next to the cemetery— these lots are the ones which they offer at first to the suckers, Usually the sucker doesn’t like it, go they commence, “Well, we would like to haye you for. our booster, and we want you satisfied, I'll tell you what we'll do, We will allow you $400 on one of our $1100 lots and your §75 can be considered as a down pay- ment—the rest can be paid on month- ly terms, Out of 167 who fell for the game, my fnitiator tells me only two insisted on taking the lots offered. The others traded theirs in on more expensive lots, “Hyen selling lots at $75,” he says, “we lose no money,” Many Allases, As the salesman mentioned his com- pany was a national one, J question- ed him and learned that “Wo. feel we should not use the same name in towns too close together, go in San Francisco and in some Hastern cities, we operate under the name of the Kof Realty Co,” This game is being quite extensive- .|1y practiced by real estate companies, Everybody 1s “entitled” to one of their lotf, Recently while.on a hik- ing tour of the Hast, I noticed adver- tisements in pay offering similar propositions if ‘ofle would send his name t some land company, For Only 6 Per Cent, .Probably a more truthful advertise ment would read, Wanted welltress- ed sucker fisher; short, ‘hours; com: mission ‘basjay you get the suckers; ‘we separate them from“loose cash and mortgage them for life,” The fishers are allowed 5 per cent commission on oach lot taken by a prospect brought in by hime “After you get your pros- pect's deposit,” warned the salesman, “change-the subject/’ Talk about anything but real estate, « oY ws 11.—Julto An- | Canton?” remarks one heard as one pushed thru the crowded streets was: “Look, they are smiling!” In Britain you don’t realize what it means to see a victorious Chinese army smiling! In China they know too well that in the past their first concern, when troops entered a city after a fight, was to barricade the doors and lay in stocks of provisions. Not smiles but scowls, if not pillage and murder, was the rule. They Are Different. ‘But, as an American correspondent said. to me, “These fellows are dif- ferent.” Their bearing is different: | soldierly but reserved, not the wild Bandit atmosphere of Chang’s troops or-,Wn's. Their songs are different. Hyen their banner is different—the white sun on a Blue background that expresses the aspirations of revolting China, For the first time since the 1911 Revolution, the revolutionary battal- fons were accompanied thru the streets by a solid, cheering mass of coolies, workmen, clerks, even mer- chants—representing the new unity of the Chinese people around the Kuo- mintang. Everywhere—another novel- ty—the troops were greeted with ring- ing cheers and clapping from the houses with shouts of “Down with Wa-Pei-Ful” “Down with the impe- rialist robbers!” “Welcome the ‘People’s Army!” iNew Chinese Proletariat. The railway station presented a re- markable scene, All over the depot aie THE DAILY WORKER Page Thread On Mexico’s Independence Day, President\\Calles, his ministers and representatives of the labor movement made the day also part of the war upon the reaction represented by the Catholic Church in Mexico. PEOPLE OF HANKOW CHEER ENTRY - OF CANTON TROOPS: DENOUNCE WU From Our Correspondent (By courtesy of the People’s Army Command) HANKOW, —(By Mail)— I am enabled, by the kindness of the People’s Army staff, to get thru to you some details of the army's entry into this city, which gives a clear reply to the question, “Are the people on the side of The population literally poured out en masse to meet the troops of the People’s Army, as they tramped in, sunburnt, footsore, ragged, and happy after their long march north from Canton and their stiff fight with Wu-Pei-Fu. Indeed, one of the most frequent 4———————______/ were little groups of soldiers, stand- ing around their piled arms or eating thelr dinner, with here and there the renowned Whampoa Cadets—90 per cent members of the Kuomintang, and many of them Communists. Around and thru their ranks moved a vast concourse of railwaymen and other workers—the new Chinese pro- letariat on. whose growing industrial power all the best elements in the Kuomintang rely. Young Workers Talk. They were talking for the first time to “their, soldiers—something un- hear of fm China’s three thousand years of bistory; eagerly drinking in details of “the long march and the battle, questioning the soldiers closely about labor conditions in Canton, or listening in rapt silence while a flery yousg Whampoa Cadet was—to use a phrase so dear to our own labor move- ment-—“stating the position” for the Kuomintang or for its affiliated body, the Communist Party. Perhaps the most enthustaatic of all, however, are the shopkeepers, particularly after the painful experi- ence of Wu's troops. They have never heard of an army that does not loot. “These soldiers pay for everything they get,” said an old fruit-seller in an awed whisper to me this morning, One does not need to see the troops in the battlefield, in short, to realize that they will go far, The people of China are on their side, and that is the guarantee of victory, HUNDREDS OF SOUTH AMERICANS VISIT SOVIET UNION; EXPRESS APPRECIATION OF ITS WELCOME é MOSCOW (By Mail.)—Several hundreds of South American tourists have arrived at Leningrad on the “Cape-Polonio,” one of the biggest German ships plying between Hamburg and South American ports. This is the first visit of this kind to the Soviet Union, The tourists were greeted by repre- sentatives of the Society of Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, who went on board of @ small steamer to meet them es far as the lighthouse near Kronstadt. Amongst the tourists were repre- sentatives of Argentine, Brazil, Chili and Uruguay, These were prominent statesmen, business men, journalists and ordinary globe-trotters, Mr, Lebre- ton, the former minister of agriculture in Argentine, sald to @ Tass repre- sentative: “We know very little about your Union, Our information 4s very poor and full of es, Our staying here will help to-eluctdate real facts before the public opinion in Argentine, I hope to see In Moscow Mr, Tchitcherin, whom I respect very much,” Argentinan Interested, Mr, Perez, the ex-minister of finance and founder of the Uberal party in Argentine, asked the Tass correspond. ent to explain in the Soviet press that he always followed very closely the activity of the Soviet Republic, whose experience, he {@ sure, will be bene ficial for the humanity, Prof; Herborn of the Montevideo University, on behalf of the Uru- guayans, expressed his deep satisfac tion with the news of the “de jure” recognition of the Soviet Union by thelr country, They have heard about it only on ir arrival at Leningrad, During the few days’ stay of the “Cape-Polonio,” nearly all the tourists visited Moscow, its various museums, institutions, and the grand opera, where: they eaw the famous ballet, following telegram to Mr. Tchitcherin, people’s commissary for foreign af- fairs: “We are deeply touched by the hearty welcome accorded to us by the people and the government of the U. 8, S, R. during our unforgettable staying in your beautiful country, Permit us t® express our profound gratitude and best wishes for the wel- fare of the peoples of the Soviet Union,” i Soviet Union Academy of Science Progresses,_ Declares a Professor MOSCOW (By Mall),— Professor Fersman, member of the Academy of Science, in an interview with the jour- nalists, said: “The Union Academy of Science en- ters now in @ new perlod of its his- tory, Until now the academy paid its most attention to the development of {ts sclentific institutes, “During the next year we are going to put before us two chief objects; (a) strengthening and enlarging of our work on an international scale; (b) the thoro study of our autonomous re- publios in order to raise their produc. tive forees’@nd the cultural level of backward nations th the Soviet Union, Our international relations with other foreign aci®emies of science have CHICAGO POLICE HIGHERUPS FACE PRISON SENTENCE Huge titwor Graft Ex- posed by Federal Probe Wholesale indictments against Chi- cago police officers from patrolmen to the “higher-ups” will be brought in by the federal grand jury soon, it is relfably reported as a result of in- vestigations made by federal agents in connection with the graft revela- tions of Chicago police bootleg activi- ties. Have Enough Dope. Enough evidence is in the hands of the government now to send at least five police captains to Leavenworth, it is reported, and by the end of the week, it is expected that 15 of the “higher-ups” will face similar charges. The inquiry is uncovering an intri- cate pay-off system, whereby police officials are waxing rich protecting bootleggers, Officers Squeal. Most of the evidence in the case is being gleaned from disgruntled police officers who failed to get “theirs” when the graft money was distribut- ed, federal investigators report. Not only will these officers be called be- fore “the judy, but prominent figures in Chicago's underworld are also slat- ed to testify, One angle in the investigation dis- closes that some police, while shak- ing down bootleggers in their own dis- tricts were peddling booze them- selves on their off-time. Recelved Huge Sums. Sums paid officers for .protection range from $250 a month to flat pay- ments of $1,000 and $2,000, it is al- leged. A cutting plant on Ogden ayenue is reported to have “kicked in” $2,000 as “initial payment” and $250 monthly besides. Three places in a single block on West Division street, according to officials, put in $3,500 to be allowed to conduct their business. Chief of Police Collins, it is imdi- cated, will be asked to testify to ex- plain the system of “open bookings,” by which officers arrest offenders, “fine” tifem, and release them, with- out making records of the case. Political Prisoner to Tell Indianans of Mexican Revolt ; Charles Cline, who spent 13 years in a Texas prison, is coming to Gary, Ind, He will tell a story of how a group of revolutionists took action to help the oppressed masses of Mexico to gain land and freedom, how they were betrayed by a spy; Sow the group of revolutionists were captured and @ charge was made against Charles Cline accusing him of murdering the spy. Cline will tell what the International Labor Defense had done to help gain his freedom, The meeting and reception in honor of Comrade Cline is being arranged by the Gary branches of the Interna- tional Labor Defense. It will take place Sunday, October 17, at 7:30 p. m,, at the Spanish Hall, 14th Ave, and Madison St., Gary, Ind, In addition, Comrade James Ford of the American Negro Labor Congress will tell of the case of the Texas martyra, the Négro soldiers, some of whom suffered death and some im- privonment because they stood up to defend the nights of their oppressed race, The Hammond meeting will take place Saturday, October 16, at 7:30 p. m,, at the Holy Trinity Hall, 540 Ams street, Hammond, Ind., with the same speakers on tha ‘program, —-—— “MAITE AS YOU FlAHT We Are 17 Cents Richer This Year Than Last, U. S. Government Says WASHINGTON, Oct. 11-—-The per capita wealth of the United States on October 1, was $4234, or 17 cents higher than a year ago, the treasury announced today, The total money stock was $8,442,- 367,000, of which $4,906,198,000 was in circulation. The rest was held in fed- eral reserve banks. Population was estimatefi on Octo- ber 1, at 115,877,000, an increase of 1,419,000 during the year. OLD BROWNING'S DARLINGS TAKE A FLYING HIKE Hearst’s Serial Story Finished in Time NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—‘Peaches” Browning, the 16-year-old bride who has given her wealthy 50-year-old “Cin- derella man” husband, Edward W. Browning, “the air,” is planning to leave for Canada with her mamma as soon ag possible, she said today. She is all packed up and ready to go. But, according to Browning, she’ll come back—when her money gives out. “I've got to have a rest, and I’m going to get it,” said the bride of six months today when located, with her mother, Mrs. Catherine Heenan, in the apartment of a friend /in Man- hattan. Mother and daughter plan to remain in Canada for a week or two, in seclusion. Old Man Ie Sore. “Peaches’” gray-haired, middle- aged husband is meanwhile most dis- consolate, He spent last night again alone in his hotel awaiting a concilia- tory move on the part of his bride. He misses her terribly. “I want my ‘Peaches’ back,” he said this morning as he left for his office, “and mark my word, she will re- turn—when her supply of cash is ex- hausted, I will certainly welcome her back with open arms, There never has been a time since we were mar- ried that I wouldn’t have given my life for her.” Trailed By Dicks. Browning deni that “Peaches” had been trailed by detectives wher- ever she went of late. He also scoffed at reports that he had denied her spending money and made provisions im his will whereby his bride would receive no substantial share in his estate. Asked if she expected to sue for a separation, “Peaches” said she had no plans except to get a rest. The Hearst papers recently finished a serial purporting to be a “confes- sion” of “Peaches” Browning's life with her old husband. Plan Tag Day for Jewish Colonization Benefit in Russia The Icor of Chicago is arranging for a tag day to be held Sunday morning, Oct. 24, for the benefit of Jewish Colonization in Soviet Russia, The tag campaign will be concen- trated in the South side, West side, Englewood and Albany park districts. The funds will go towards buying tractors for the Jewish peasant farm- ers in Russia who have formed colo- nization projects. Comraties and sympathizers are asked to volunteer their services for the tag day. They should apply at the offices of the Incor, Independence State Bank building, Roosevelt road and Kedzie or at the Chicago offices of the Frieheit. Race Track Follower Fined for Assisting in Horse Poisoning AURORA, Il, Oct. 11.—Charles Davis, 45, race-track follower of Day- ton, Ohio, was fined $200 and costs in police court here today for complicity in poisoning race horses. . Davis was arrested Juné 13 follow- ing the deaths of Apology and Eliza- beth K., horses entered in the exposi- tion park*meet here. The poisoning was done, it is alleged in an effort to bring victory to Faenza, another horse entered against them on which heavy bets had ‘been made. Davis already has reimbursed own- ers of the dead horses to the extent of $9,000, a Famed French Painter Interested in Soviet Art; Will Make Visit MOSCOW (By Mail).—One of the Leningrad painters received a mes- sage from M. Picasso, famous French painter, that he intends to come soon to Moscow and; Leningrad, It appears that he wants to get acquainted more closely with the latest art achieve- ments in Russia and will conduct nego- tlations with regard to organization in the U. S. S, R. of an exh{bition of French painters, We will send sample cop! ft The DAILY WORKER to your friende— send va name and address, BIASED TRIAL TRADITION IS UPHELD IN CAL, Sentence Negro on No Evidence at All By ED. OWENS. (Special to The Dally Worker) SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 11—Geo Waters, a Negro of Sacramento, is to be hanged by the neck until he is dead on December 10, He was charged and convicted of kdlling his wife with a .22 calibre rifle, Since California is one of the states which still resort to capital punish- ment, the fact that a Negro is to be executed does not occasion much sur- prise. But there are some little de tails.about the trial and convietion of Waters that makes this case one of the most astounding in criminal court history. Small Evidence. The only evidence presented by the Prosecution was the testimony of a nine-year-old girl who told of seeing Wi shoot His wife with a .22 calfbre rifle, She ran from the room in fright. She did not even see the woman fall. No proof was submitted that the woman was dead. Her body nor any part of her body was pro duced. There were no bones nor ashes, no bloody clothing, no blood stains any place—not even the rifle with which Waters was alleged to have committed the crime. Hypothetical. In the absence of any material ev+ dence to bolster up bis case the prose- cutor advanced the theory that per- haps the body might have been die membered and thus disposed of. Wat- ers is a poverty-stricken Negro. He was not put on the stand in his own behalf, nor was any defense witness called. But on an hypothetical pro position that he might have dismem- bered’ the victim and cast the parts into the Sacramento River the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of first degree murder and the judge sen- tenced him to be hanged, Like Mooney. You ask how is all this possible? Well, California is California, Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings are serving life sentences on a frame-up. Herman Suhr answers to a number, instead of a name. California has a criminal syndicalism act that is per haps the most vicious piece of anti- labor legislation on the statute books of any state. California produced a Judge Busick who opened up new vistas to the possibilities of the in- junction evil. George Waters will surely hang un- less his case is appealed. He is po- verty-stricken, friendless, and a Ne- gro. California furnishes another bit of evidence to prove her to be the most backward state in the Union, Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet, to Visit the Soviet Republics MOSCOW — (By “Mail — Rabindra- nath Tagore, the most famous of liv- ing poets of India, has visited in Stockholm Mr. Arosev, charge d’af- faires of the U. S. S. R. in Sweden, and told him that he intends to take a trip to Russia. He gave the follow- ing sort message to the U. 8. S. R.: “When I have known Russia, I ad- mired her and began studying her great literature. My heart is alive with sympathy to her call for human ity.” Students Experiment on Effect of Noise on Workers’ Nerves HAMILTON, N. Y., Oct. 11—(PP) —What effects noise has on the health and efficiency of office workers is'the subject of experiments by two’ Gok gate University students, | A noisemaking machine. which will automatically blow a siren at varying intervals, cause a gong to ring, and smaller bell to tinkle, while @ siz sided tin box full of nails and screws rotates to add to the din will be used in a small room where the subjects of the experiment will sit typing. Subscribe! to the YOUNG WORKER The Only Paper For "The American Working Youth $1.00 a Year 50c, 6 Mos, THE YOUNG WORKER 1113 Washington Blvd., CHICAGO, ILL. Enclosed find $.0...., £08 vse Mom Send The Young Worker to: Name .... soenanageia GRP CBG ocssossnssoenmnesaserosnsetemensoeneiumsshenneaiate OF niseinattacanes SUE z