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eae corres Page Four FULL EVIDENCE ON LYNCHING Is GIVEN GOVERNOR WORKER, HELD IN PRISON, HAD NO | MONEY, BUT HE FINDS A WAY TO | HELP KEEP THE DAILY WORKER Comrade Leonard Farnell, miner, held in the state penitentiary of Mon- | tana, had no money. * ® { But that did not keep him from wanting to aid The DAILY WORKER i Details of Aiken Mob | its present campaign to raise enough funds to maintain its existence. Murder Unearthed Leonard made a horse hair belt in prison and is sending it to The DAILY | WORKER with the hope that it will be raffled off in Chicago and enough NEW YORK, Noy. 7.—Names of} gotten from the raffle to bring a good sum to the campaign. lynchers and full details of the lynch- | Leonard sent the belt thru Luke Passlich of Klien, Montana. Passlich _ —_—— ing of one colored woman, Bertha Lowman, and her brother and cousin at Aiken, S. Car,, in the early morn- ing of October 8, have been obtained on the spot by Walter White, assi ant secretary of the National Associa- tion for the Advance of Colored Peo- ple, All facts have been submitted in a letter to Governor McLeod, White says: “This makes the 41st lynching I have investigated, besides eight race riots. In none of them have I seen the depravity, barbarity and terrorism which exists in and near Aiken.” He was urged by a writes: + Must be Kept. “Realizing that our DAILY WORK- |ER must be kept by workers and sympathizers, because it is the best weapon we have against our enemies and if the workers lose it we will lose our fighting strength, Comrade Leonard Farnell, penitentiary made one horse hafy belt, | jand instructed me to send it to The DAILY WORKER. He asked that it {be raffled off by the comrades in Chicago for the interest of the paper. while at the state | | | | PLOTS AGAINST MUSSOLINI ARE FASCIST FAKES (Continued from page 1) up and crush the anti-fascist move- ment abroad, white man who helped him to say hel I notice that the comrades are holding oe. was “sent by god,” because a group |* ball or dance in Chicago, and this) * Fascism Cracking had met at this man’s house praying would come in handy for that. | ROME, Nov. 7..— The further for someone from outside the state to come in and show up the terrible sit- uation there. K. K. K. Job The iynching was planned and exe: cuted by ku klux klan members, White found. Officers of the law took part in the lynching and some acted as “official executioners.” The sheriff and his assistants were parties to the crime, turning over the victims to the mob. Reputable white citizens of the community go armed in fear of klan ring lawlessness. “The predicament of colored people can easily be imag- ined,” says White. In 1924 the Lowman family moved | toafarm near Aiken. The white farm owner and another white man quar- reled and the other man, to embarrass Farmer Hartley, told the sheriff that Lowmans made whiskey on his place, White says that white’ people with whom he talked gave the Low- mans a good character as law-abiding, industrious workers. Anonymous Letter. An anonymous letter to the sheriff brought an attempted raid, where the officers did not show badges and be- gan the shooting. One Lowman woman was killed, Bertha was wound- ed and her brother, Clarence, was hurt, At the trial it was brought out that Sheriff Howard, a participant in the raid, was killed by pistol shots, and the sheriffs had pistols, not the Lowmans. The trial was farcical, with feeling running high, and the three Lowmans were found guilty of mur- der. A colored attorney voluntarily filed an appeal which was so able that the supreme court reversed the convictions and the defendants were on second trial and expected tu be freed of the charges when lynched. ‘Workers’ School Has Course in Study of World Imperialism NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—The Workers’ School has not only added many new instructors to its staff this year, but has also gotten back some of the for- mer instructors who had temporarily been occupied elsewhere. Among these is Juliet Stuart Poyntz, the for- mer director of the Workers’ School and instructor in labor schools for many years in history and sociology. The course that she will give at the school this year is entitled “Back- ground of World Imperialism,” to be given on Friday night from 8 to 9:15 p.m. This course is one of the special fields in which Miss Poyntz has done a great deal of previous teaching, for it deals with modern European his-! tory as a background to an under- standing of the development of world imperialism, covering the political and economic development of Europe since the French revolution. Register any afternoon or evening at the Workers’ School, room 35, 108 East 14th street, New York City. International Branch Aids. strengthening of the iron laws and Another letter from S. R, Pearlman| decrees for the “safety of the state” of Washington, D. C., asks that it be stated that the $300 raised™by the omrades there, and sent in by Com- e Zaltman, was raised not by the ewish section of the city alone, but by all of the members of the Inter- |mational branch. “In fact,” writes | Pearlman, “those who are interested in the Jewish section gave very lit- tle.” The members pledged $300 and sent the money im immediately, by making a loan, and are now paying off the loan in weekly payments. Itallan Comrades Help. | Proceeds from an affair held by sec- | tion 1, Philadelphia, for the benefit of | The DAILY WORKER amounted to $53.48. ful affair is due to the sincere and| untiring efforts of our Italian com-| | rades,” writes I. Spivak, agent there. |New Branch of 1. L. D. | Organized at Sacco and Vanzetti Meeting CLEVELAND, - Nov, 7. — A Sacco- and the assumption by Mussolini of another portfolio, that of Minister of Interior abandoned by Sig. Federzoni, is further indication of the weakening position of fascism in Italy. The fa- scist party is not only confronted with an ever-growing opposition that, oper- ating illegally has become all the more dangerous, but is experiencing in the party itself discord that can easily de- velop into a real crisis. Unprecedented power has been given the pOlice to use their discretion in deporting persons for political of- fenses, either, as in Czarist Russia, to exile in isolated localities or imprison- ment in one of the half dozen Italian “Full credit for the success-| nenal colonies. o Operate Abroad. The laws not only operate against persons in Italy but include both Ital- ians and foreigners known to be guilty of political acts against fascism. These, the law provides can be pro- secuted when they set foot on Italian soil, Foreigners residing in Italy are not exempt and the new regulations }make newspaper correspondents sub- | Vanzetti protest meeting held by a | ect to five to fifteen years imprison- |group of Hungarian workers at the) ment for the sending out of reports in | Hungarian National Home, 8811 Buck- | which fascism is attacked. eye Road, was addressed by Carl) | Hacker, local secretary of the I. L. D.} | The meeting was attended by a | group of about 40 who listened at- | tentively to the story of the latest de- | velopments in the case of Sacco and | Vanzettt, and a general outline of the | work which is being carried on by | International Labor Defense. A number of copies of the Novem- ber issue of the Labor Defender were sold, a collection of $20.65 was tak- en, and as a fitting climax, an ex- pression of approval on the part of those at the meeting of the work be- ing conducted by the I. L. D. a branch was organized with twenty members. This is only a beginning in the di- rection toward a branch of 100 mem- bers which these comrades have pledged themselves to organize. Members of the I. L. D. are re minded that the place and date of the Bazaar have been changed to Grdina Hall, 6021 St. Clair Ave., Dec. 18 and 19. Material for this bazaar is now being received at the local office, {14 West Superior Ave., Room 606, | Daily Worker Builder | Group to Have Booth | for Passaic Relief NEW YORK, Nov. 7. — DAILY | WORKER builders of New York will conduct a booth at the bazaar ar- ranged for the Passaic textile strikers by the Polish relief committee No- vember 18, 19 and 20 in the Polish National Home, 261 Driggs avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Every reader of The DAILY WORKER is urged to help make this bazaar a great success for the Passaic |Queen Marie Shakes Down Henry Ford; Hill Quits When Ignored (Continued from page 1) ing deniels of Ayre’s statements, fear- ng perhaps domestic troubles of his »wn. Ford claims that he doesn’t even know Ayres, but he has failed to explain how Ayres has the authori- ty to arrange for Ford automobiles in which to transport her majesty in syery town the queen stops. With Ayres and Hill gone, Marie prepared to settle down again and proceed with the revelry on the train, but the word received from Califor- nia that Governor Richardson didn’t give a darn who she was, sent her off to bed, gnashing her teeth. After the queen sent her “beautiful,” but il- literate message to California, she felt certain that the governor there would bow down to her like the others and join the happy party. Engdahl Urges St. Louis Workers to Build for American Revolution ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 7.—Workers lof the St. Louis district were urged by J. Louls Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, to commemorate the Ninth Anniversary of the Bolshe- vik Revolution of 1917 by building their own power thru the Workers (Communist) Party and thru the trade unions. It was not enuf, declared Engdahl, to celebrate the victory of our com Ftp strikers. Donations’ and articles will Missour! Man Sain, |ve received by The DAILY WORKER |Tades in the Union of Soviet Repud- TRENTON, Mo., Nov. 7. — Jack |easicrn oconcy, 108 East 14th street. lics. We must struggle harder in the Freeman, 38, restaurant proprietor, | Ask L. Katterfeld for credentials | United States, he said, to accomplish was slain today by an assailant who | with which to collect goods. our Bolshevik Revolution here in escaped’ without leaving tangible America. clews. The finding of Freeman’s body “The pen is mightier than the There were speakers for the Young with jewel and money ‘left un-| sword,” provided you know how to use| Workers League and the Pioneers. touched, discarded robbery as a pos-| lt, Come down and learn how in thr | The celebration opened with the sing- sible motive. worker correspondent’s classes |ing of the International and closed . Haymarket Pa cakers: JAMES NOLD, President 4 Czecho Slovak Sec ADMISSION 10c. A PDA eS Memorial Meeting COMMEMORATING THE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926 8 Py M. at SOCIAL TURNER HALL BELMONT AVE. AND PAULINA ST. International Labor Defense; EMIL AR- MATHILDE KALOUSEK, Secretary of Martyrs P. CANNON, Sec’y. Painters’ Local 275; tion, I, L. D. Everybody Welcome with the Red Flag. Why not a “small bundle of The | DAILY WORKER sent to you regular. | ly to take to your trade union meeting? PED cagioons \ Over 70 cartoons by 17 leading ar- tists. Sine 9x12 on heavy paper—bound in attractive brown board covers PRICE) ONE DOLLAR THE DAILY “WORKER ara camera cae AR AO SIT NARA EA SAN NREL SSC UPR AR RSPR LCR RATE RN A RR NL ARMED PRISONERS CAN'T ESCAPE FROM TOMBS, BUT ANNIE SIMPLY WALKS GUT NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Three men, heavily armed, recently lost their lives in an unsuccessful attempt to escape from Tombs prison, but to- day one woman, unarmed, succeeded with ease. “Light-Fingered Annie’ Brown, who has been arrested ten times and served at least two prison terms, used the simplest method of escape yet devised. She simply walked out. Annie was being taken thru the building with several other prison- aes by a guard. She started to run, and the guard dared not follow for fear the others would, escape. Just how Annle reached the street has not yet been discavered. Hungarian Workers Pase Resolution on Sacco and Vanzetti CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 7. —Hunga rian workers have passed the follow- ing resolution demanding that the state of Massachusetts give justice to Sacco and Vanzetti: Whereas, Nicola Sacco and Barto- lomeo Vanzetti, two champions of la- bor, have had their appeal for a new trial from an unjust murder ‘convic- tion denied by the trial judge and the men will automatically be sentenced to the electric chair unless this action is reversed, and Whereas, the attorneys for Sacco and Vanzetti have asked the supreme court for a rehearing on the basis of still further proof of a frame-up in the murder conviction, and Whereas, the American Federation of Labor at the Cincinnati, El Paso and Detroit conventions has gone on record demanding a new trial and has branded their conviction as a “ghastly miscarriage of justice,” therefore be it Resolved, that this meeting of Hun- garian workers, assembled in the Hun- garian National Home, 8811 Buckeye road, Cleveland, Ohio, on October 31, demand that the state of Massachu- setts give justice to our two perse- cuted fellow-workers, Sacco and Van- zetti, who haye dedicated their lives to this cause, and grant them the new trial common justice demands, and be it further r Resolved, that copies of this resolu tion be sent to Governor Alvan T. Fui ler, State House, Boston, Mass., and tr the press, N. Y. Fur Workers Pass _ Resoliition | on Sacco-Vanzeti NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—The followin; resolution protesting the denial of: new trial to Sacco and Vanzetti b; Judge Thayer of Massachusetts was passed at a recent meeting of the Fur riers’ Union here: Whereas, Sacco and Vanzetti have been kept in for over six years and have been convicted to the gallows for a crime which all evidence proves they @ave not committed, and the superior court of the state has refused to grant a of the fact that e mitted which’ proved beyond of doubt that Sacco and Y. been framed up by the d ice and the state authorit an t service to the working cla fore Resolved, that we vehemently protest against any further imprisonment of S: co and Vanzetti and against t jeci ion of the Superor Court of Mai and be it furth ived that we pl er t ate release of Sacco and Vanzetti. Drive for Organizing of an Anti-Imperialist League Branch in N. Y. * By SYLVAN A, POLLACK, RENN TERY 2) UNE NCEA (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 7—A campaign to organize an active functioning unit of the All-American Anti-Imperialist League in New York is being started by those who are in charge of the work of that organization here, With the question of the freedom of the Philippines from the rule of American imperialism, an issue which will come before the next session of congress, together with the coming report of the Thompson, mission to President Coolidge, an energetic cam- paign of all forces who desire to work tor Philippine independence, as well ag against all manifestations of im- perialism by the American govern- ment, ig of utmost importance at the present time. All individuals, as well as organiza- tions, who realize the importance of this work should affiliate with the New York branch of the All-American Antt-Imperialist League and make it possible for this important work to be done at once, Erect Radio Station, . MOSCOW, Novy. 7.-The erection of a radio station has béen started in Yakutsh, The faraway district will be thus connected with Irkutsh and Moscow. i +3 -__ Your nefghbor will ‘apprecial: he favor—gtve him this copy the DAILY WO: ’ lably be sustained by the Massachu- of are just as important, SACCO, VANZETT CASE IS ONE OF "GLASS JUSTICE” Workers Must Watch Judge Thayer By EUGENE LYONS, Federated Press. (Federated Press offers here the first of several articles on the devel- opment of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, written by newspaper men formerly intimately connected with the case. Judge Webster Thayer’s denial of the latest of many motions for a new trial of Sacco and Vanzetti will prob- setts supreme court, as it upheld Thayer in the past.» The last motion won a certain amount of support for he case in so-called “respectable” cir- cles. These circles are shocked by Thayer’s long-winded refusal of the new trial motion, They are shocked by his unjudicial attack on Attorney Thompson, They are altogether as flustered as tho this were happening for the first time, Tries to Justify Self. But those who have been closest to! the case and have therefore watched Thayer’s behavior most persistently are neither shocked nor surprised. His wordy refusal to give Sacco and Vanzetti the benefit of any doubt is a six-year-old story. His “opinions” are just nervous attempts to justify his own conduct. Ever since his conduct of the original trial was criticized all over the world Thayer has behaved like a man anxious at all costs to prove his own fairness. To grant a new trial might throw doubt on his part in the judicial farce which ended in Sacco's and Vanzetti’s conviction, It seems to me that the labor move- ment, which hag given generously of its energy and resources in the last six years, ought to bedr several things in mind as the fight for justice con- tinues and intensifies. First. That the persecution of Sacco and Vanzetti is a class perse- cution. Their case is not an excep- tion to the rule of justice, but an ex- ample of capitalist justice. The de- ‘ense must therefore be conducted as a class defense, Evidence in Old Case, Second. That the evidence on which he working class demands a new trial 3 not Mmited to the affidavits just urned down by Thayer. It includes | he record of the first trial itself, and he atmosphere of prejudice and ha- red in which it took place. It in- indes the proofs of prejudice on hayer’s part, obvious in his instruc- ons to the jury and his statements to bley of the Boston Globe and other wspaper men. It includes, above all, the mass of vidence brought to light by Former Jefense Counsel Fred H. Moore and iade the basis of previous motions ov a new trial—confessions of perjury y important government witnesses, xposes of Other, witnesses as thieves nd persons of bad character, testi- nony of eye witnesses found by the lefense since the trial, admission that ‘he gun claimed as Sacco’s could not rave fired the death bullets, etc. The ittention paid to the last motion has obscured the previous motions, which Massachusetts “Justice.” Third. That the whole machinery of Massachusetts “justice” is absurd when it leaves it to Thayer—himself accused of responsibility in bringing about the verdict—to prevent a new trial. The fact that his action can be appealed is no protection because the higher courts rule on law and not on fact; but it is on facts, on+ new evi- dence, that the new trial is demanded. The common element in the three By Upton Sinclair \Copyrignt, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) “Shall I tell them, Papa?” It was bluff, for Annabelle was very prim, and never indulged in vulgarity. But the bluff went, and the great man set down his glass. “I surrender! Take the stuff away.’ Whereat everybody applauded, and it gave the party a merry start. Strange as it might seem, Annabelle was a pious Catholic. Just how she managed to fix things up with her priests Bunny never knew, but she gave freely to charity, and you would find her featured at benefits for Catholic orphan asylums and things of that sort. At the same time her little head was as full of superstitions as an old Negro mammy. She would not have started a picture on a Friday for the whole of Vernon’s eight million dollar endowment. When you spilled the salt, she not merely advised you to throw some of it over your shoulder, she did it for you, if necessary. Once, at luncheon, she made a girl friend eat at a side table, because otherwise there would have been thirteen, and this girl, being the youngest, would have fallen the victim. ‘ At the same time she was very good. She really liked you, and liked to have you around, and when she begged you to come back, she meant it. Nor would she make unkind remarks about you after you were gone. Along with the ecstacies of the artistic temperament, she had escaped its gnawing jealousies; she was one of the few lady-stars before whom it was safe to praise the work of other lady-stars, Bunny found. Also, she had an abiding respect for him, because he had read books, and had ideas about front pages of the newspapers as a dangerous “pink,” served to lend him that same halo of mystery and romance, which the pub- lic assigned to Annabelle as a luminary of the screen world, and the mistress of a monastery! ¥ “Harve,” said Annabelle, “there’s time for you to show Mr. Ross over the place before dinner.” And so Bunny got to see what a country place could be like, so that he could make his father give him one. But Harvey Manning did not make a very good escort. To show off a show-place you.need some one of an admiring disposition, whereas “Harve” had seen too many places and was inclined to patronize them all. There were almost as many buildings on this estate as there were tanks at the Paradise refinery; only these were Gothic tanks with miniature towers and steeples and crenellations and machi- colations. There was no chapel or place of worship, nor tombs of ancient abbots; but there was a gymnasium, with a swimming pool of green marble, and a bowling alley, and squash courts and tennis courts, and a nine hole golf course, and a polo field— éverything you would find at the’ most elaborate country club. There was a stable with saddle horses ridden mostly by grooms, and a library read only by motion picture directors looking up local color—or at any rate that was Harvey’s tale about it. Also there was a regular’ menagerie of local creatures. The hired men and their youngsters had discovered that such gifts pleased ‘the master, so they brought in evreything they could capture. There was an enclosed park with deer and mountain sheep, and heavily barred dens with grizzly bears shambling over the rocks, and wild cats and coyotes and mountain lions dozing in the shade. There was a giant dome covered with net- ting, with a big dead tree-inside, and eagles seated thereon. An eagle in his native state, sailing with supreme dominion through the azure deep of air, has been a thrilling theme for poets; but sitting in a cage he is a melancholy object. “Some of your red friends in jail!” Harvey Manning remarked in passing. But even the most blase man of the world has something in which he is interested, so Bunny found. Presently his guide took out his watch:and remarked that it was nearly six-thirty, and they must get back to the house. He was “on the water wagon” until that hour of each day, and when it drew near, he was about ready to jump out of his skin. So they strolled back, and a Chinese boy clad in white duck had evidently learned to expect him, and was on hand with a tray. Harvey took two drinks, to niake up for lost time, and then he sighed contentedly, wnd revealed that he could talk without a drawl. When Bunny came down for dinner there was quite a com- pany assembled—some in evening dress and some in golf clothes and some in plain business suits like the host—it was “liberty hall,” according to the caption. Roscoe was talking politics to Fred Orpan—the drubbing they were going to give the Demo- cratic party. Roscoe did the talking, for the other was a queer silent creature, tall and lean, with a tall, lean face, like a horse. matters I mentioned is Thayer. His attacks on defense attorneys—at the trial and in each of his decisions since—must not be overlooked. Nor the manner in which his own reputa- tion would be damaged by a new trial for the two men. I believe it essential for the working class of the whole world to pay special attention to this phase—and to call it to the attention of the governor of Massachusetts, There is ample ground on which the governor can take whatever steps are necessary to remove Thayer from his judicial office, so that this judge at least will not continue to be a menace to all workers, particularly foreign: born and those with opinions con- trary to his, when they came before him for judgment. Result of Auto Slump Is Felt in Cleveland CLEVELAND, Nov. 7—The decrease in the output of autos is the cause of a serious cut in employment i this city, The payroll cut in the automotive field alone amounted to 16,8 per cent. The lumber, non-ferrous metals, wood- working and electrical plants-also had a cut, with iron and steel about bal-| , ancing. The total labor reduction in Cleveland amounted to 4.4 per cent during October, OVERCOATS Good, slightly used overcoats (also suits) at 9, $10.00 ~oenereenr eee FOBEL'S - 943 W, MADISON He had the strangest grey-green eyes, that somehow looked absolutely empty; you would decide that his head was empty too, when he would listen and say nothing for an hour—but this would be a mistake, for he was the directing head of a great chain’of oil enterprises, and Dad said he was sharp as a steel trap. Also there was Bessie Barrie, because good form required that she be invited wherever Orpan went. He had backed her in several pictures, and she was “paying the price,” as the cur- rent phrase ran; but it wasn’t quite the same respectable ar- rangement as in the case of Roscoe and his Annabelle, because Bessie had been in love with her director, and he was still in love with her, and the attitude of the two men was far from cordial. This was explained to Bunny by Harvey Manning, gossip-in-chief, who had now had several more drinks, and got his tongue entirely loosened. Bunny noted that the hostess had tactfully placed the rival males at opposite ends of the table. They were in a smaller cathedral now, known as the “refec- tory”;’and Bunny was in the seat of honor, at the right of the herdess to a duchess in white satin. On her left sat Perry Duchane, her director, telling about the cuts in the first two reels, which he had brought along for a showing. Next to him was a vacant seat; some lady was late, and Bunny was too young in the ways of the world to know that this is how great personages secure importance to themselves, It was his first meeting with actresses, and how should he know that they sometimes act off- stage? rg (Continued Tomorrow.) , KPbIMCKUM BAJI THIRD ANNUAL || ENTERTAINMENT AND BALL First Crimean Grothecnned of America, Inc. at NEW HARLEM CASINO 116th St. & Lenox Ave., New York City Saturday Eve, November 20, 1926 at 8 P.M, charming Annabelle, transformed from a lemon-colored shep-, { f--. e». “