The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 23, 1927, Page 1

The Daily Worker Fights: For the Organization of the Un- organized. For a Labor Party. For the 40-Hour Week. Vol. IV. No.9. = Subsi SENATE ENDS | SMITH CAREER | IN POLITICS No Chance of Getting Seat Now (Spectal to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 21—The pollt- \eal career of Frank L. Smith, sena- | terelect from Illinois, is ended. This is the verdict of both his friends and enemies who see “finis” written over Smith as far as politics Is concerned In the actlon of the United States senate In barring him from a seat by the vote of 48 to 33. This vote ‘was on Smith’s filling the vacancy In of Sen, McKinley, but when he aP-! neneen from Illinois, pears on March 4, to claim a seat in hie own name, the result will be the ‘@ongress will find the senate with more opponents of the Illinolean than are In the senate today. May Drop His Fight. By the vote, Smith's credentials are placed with the committee on elec- tons and privileges for investigation and Smith was denied the oath of office before the investigation. It is highly possible that Smith will drop the entire investigation proceedings aud relinquish the appointment giver, him by Gov, Small of Ilfnois. His followers agree that the chances of his being seated after the investiga tion are slim. The senate vote show- ed them to be hopeless. The vote established the right of the senate to pass on the qualifica- Mons of a senator other than those specifically mentioned in the four teenth amendment of the constitution. { gives the senate the power of in- vestigating a person’s right to a seat on any charge whatsoever. EVOLUTION AND the orders cancelling the strike which N L P resulted in practical defeat of the miners. IN NORRIS CASE AUSTIN, Tex., Jan, 21.— Both the Klan and the evolution angles came up in the trial of J. Frank Norris, charged with slaying D, E. Chipps of Forth Worth. Both points came up under the ex- amination of prospective jurors. Stow- ers, one of the jurors seated, boasted that he came of ancestors who had been the backbone of the original K. K._K. in reconstruction days. Altho Norris himself denies actual member- saip in the klan yet, it is pointed out, he speaks very frequently at the klan hall, Moreover, only last September, lL, P. Bloodworth, at that time grand dragon of Texas, said that the mem- bers of the klan were solidly behind the fundamentalist preacher accused of murder, The evolution angle came in when the second juror, C. L. Brown, was asked: “Do you believe that you were created by God or came from a mon- key?” The intelligent Mr. Brown, a former preacher, of course, answered promptly: “I believe I was created by God.” Evidently only the direct products of the hands of God are com- petent to serve as jurymen in Texas. PL DORADO, Ark. —(FP)— Agree- ments with 9 auto and garage shops are now in effect in El Dorado, signed by Lodge 815, Intl, Assn. of Machin- iets, x THE DAILY Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicagg) Iilino!s, Bicagor by’ mail, $600" per SATURDAY, JANUARY ri 1927 fhicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, OF F4 Traction Tool Gets Skids | BEGIN TRIAL OF THREE PASSAIC On the left Is Frank L. Smith, whose election was so crooked that even the present congress left by the death} the senate had to refuse to take him In. The other gentleman Is Senator who did his best to get Frank over, at least as far as taking the oath. The hundreds of thousands that Sam Insull gave to Frank tame. On this point ali political ob to get himself elected came originally from the strap-hangers who are still eervers agree, as the next session Sf| dishing out street car fares to Mr. Insull, BRITISH LABOR MEETS 10 VOTE ON BETRAYAL Cook Charges Council with Treachery (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Jan. 21, — The action of the general trades union council In calling of the British general strike Is being placed before the bar of British labor for Judgment. Twelve hundred delegates representing 400 unions in the United Kingdom are gathered here to listen to the explanation of council leaders on why they issued The delegates will vote on the re- port of the council, The-vote will ex press the opinion -of the delegates: the betrayal of the leaders. Cook Charges Betrayal. A. J. Cook, secretary of the miners’ ‘ederation and leader of the miners’ strike, and J. H. Thomas, president of the Railwaymen’s Union, have pres- ented lengthy reports to the session. Cook’s report outlined the position of the workers and presented charges of betrayal and treachery on the part of Thomas and the general council. Thomas asked for a vote of con- fidence on the action of the ‘council. He stated that the council “has no apologies to make for its action.” Introduce Measures to Bring Final Death to Colorado Cossacks DENVER, Colo., Jan, 21.— A bill abilishing the Colorado ranger law was introduced in the senate Thurs- day, by Senator Freudenthal of Trini- dad, and on the sam eday Rep. Hud- son of Walsenburg, introduced the same in the state assembly. Both of the above named are elected from coal mining centers. The legislature under Governor Sweet's administration refused to make any appropriation for the rang- ers and the law became a dead letter and the rangers were disbanded as a result. The rangers were created during Oliver H, Shoup’s administration, Announcement. The removal of The DAILY WORKER to New York has made it possible for our printing plant at Chicago to offer first class service in all lines of printing. The plant : is equipped to do any kind of printing, from a calling card (or even smaller) to a newspaper. Mail orders as well as other printing orders attended to promptly, Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W, Washington Blvd, OHICAG 0, ILL, Chicago Workers TURN OUT FROM SHOPS AND FACTORIES ; * to the FRAZIER INTRODUCES BILL T0 STOP A WAR OVER MEXICAN OIL WASHINGTON, Jan, 21. — Presi- dent Coolidge would be directed not to take any military action against Mexico without first calling a spe- clal session of congress under terms of a resolution Introduced In the senate this afternoon by Senator Frazier, (R) of North Dakota, The resolution was almed at blocking a war with Mexico during the coming recess of congress. Senate Rejects U. S. Treaty with Turkey By a 50 to 34 Vote WASHINGTON, Jan, 21. — The Lausanne treaty with Turkey was re- jected by the senate, 50 to 34. The vote was short of the two-thirds ne- sessary to ratification. | American churchmen, almost unani- nously fought the treaty, which vould have established diplomatic ‘nd commereial intercourse with Durkey. PORK BARREL’ HARBORS BILL TO PRESIDENT Senate Lets $71,000,000 Measure Go By (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. — The rivers and harbors bill went to the President for signing after the senate had agreed to the conference report on the measure. The bill provided for improvements which will cost approximately $71,- 000,000, including $12,000,000 for im- provement of the Missouri river. The bill, which will become law if signed by Coolidge, has been repeat- edly called a “pork barrel” measure by members of congress. Rep. Theo- dore Burton, of Ohio, made the charge on the house floor that the bill was “loaded with pork.” He pointed out that the original measure provided for expenditure of $33,000,000, but to satisfy congressmen who sought spe- cial favors, the total was brought up to $71,000,000, Prior to the acceptance of the con- ference report in the senate, Sen. Willis of Ohio charged that “an un- heard of movement was on foot to throttle the senate from further con sideration of the bill.” “This bill ir so indefensibly a ‘pork barrel’ meas ure,” he said, “that it {s well know: that {t would be filibustered to deat! in the senate if it were returned,” MILL STRIKERS Frame-Up Victims Go Before Biased Judge By ART SHIELDS, (Federated Press.) PATERSON, Nj J., Jan, 21—(FP)— The court of common please In Pater- son furnished ag \Interesting scene as three Passalo stfikers came to trial on the charge of: bombing the homes of two strikebreakers. At the table sat the three workers, wrecks of the vigorous youths they were before the police beat them al- most to death last September, They sat facing the burly sergeants and plain clothes men who did the club- bing and extorted the third degree “confessions’ om which the charges were based. To their right, in sharp exchange with prosecutor or judge, were their three alert attorneys Arthur Harfield Hays, Charles Jo. sephs and Arthar McLeod, And on the begch, in harshest black, leserving @ paragraph to himself, was Judge Joseph Delaney—Delaney, who scored for Jersey justice in 1925 with a six months’ sentence against Roger Baldwin, director of the American Civil Service Union, for “unlawful as semblage.” The trial is scheduled to last sever. al days and f being watched with keenest attention by the labor move ment. The hardest kind of a legal battle will be fought by both sidex. tor the verdict will affect the cases of eight more strikers, soon to appear before the courts on simflar charges. The eleven “bomb” defendants are held on the huge total batl of $210,000, reduced from an original $375,000. Judge to Rescue. Judge Delaney lost no time, when proceedings started, in showing how his face was set. When Attorney Hays asked the first twelve prospective jurors in the box whether they would assume that any bomb eet off during a strike must have been set by union men, two of the jirets said yes. De- laney came tor Yweir rescue by ask- ing them whether:they could not give a verdict on the.evidence and the men grinned assent. Hays then varied his question: “If a bomb was Placed between two houses inhabited by union men would you assume that union men did it?” But here the judge sustained the prosecutor’s objection. When another man was asked whether he was not a mill superin- tendent the judge said that had noth- Ing to do with the case and the an- swer was suppressed. The defense got rid of these particular jurors by peremptory challenges, but was handi- capped in not being permitted to con- tinue effective interrogation of the rest. Cross-Examination. Most of the first day was taken in cross-examining the occupants of the two houses between which the ex plosion occurred. John Hetzle said the damage to his house was repaired in one day by a carpenter and! mason: Joseph Stoller, in the other cause, said he fixed it up himself. His son, Anthony Stoller, said the bomb did not awaken him. The theory of the defense is that these petty explosions were framed. When the police confront the lawyers the second day there will be interest: ing developments, The defendants, Charles Current Tony Bochno ani Joseph Bellene are attended in court by their wives, Muscle Shoals Near End. WASHINGTON, Jan, 21. — A move ment instituted by house leaders t: settle the Muscle Shoals problen vathered force today when a virtua! itimatum was fasued to bidd te ubmit new offers within ten days to: o withdraw thelr present proposals, under the Act of March 8, 1879, ETI 290 Publishe PUBLISHING CO,, 1118 WwW. Liberal Headquarters in Nicaragua Wall Street’s numerous emissaries In Nicaragua have taken such an Interest In the country that various places have been given obviously Amer. loan names. known also as Bragman’s Bluff. There Is also the town of Bluefields, the headquarters for the invading fleet. the city In Nicaragua. Puerto Cabezas is the headquarters of Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, leader of the liberal, anti-Wall Street forces, shown a view of the harbor and docks. Above Is The map indicates the location of Below Is an artist's sketch of Dn T. S. Vaca, liberal representative in Washington, who has been exposing Wail Strest’s share In the present U. &. armed Invasion of his country. HAT'L. CITY BANK PILES UP BILLION OF WORKERS’ TOIL; BUSINESS FINE, SAYS HEAD The National City Bank is the first bank to pass the billion dollar mark In deposits, It was announced. It thus becomes the largest com- mercial bank in the world in point of capital, Pres. Charles E, Mitchell remark- ed: “There is reason to expect that our business will continue a healthy growth.” Workers who frequently wonder why It Is that they work and work and yet get poorer can find the answer here. The product of their labor is In the billion dollars of | which the National City Bank is so proud, only—it doesn’t belong to | them but to thelr bosses. As long as the workers do nothing in the face of this Pres, Mitchell’s “busi- ness” (robbing the workers) will certainly “continue a healthy growth.” CIGARMAKERS IN {PORTO RICO GAIN STRIKE STRENGTH Women Workers Walk Out of U. S. Plant | SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. 21.— | Three hundred and fifty women out of the 400 employed by the Porto Rican American Tobacco company at the Colectiva plant have joined the strike of the tobacco workers. The women were employed at the main plant of the company at Puerta de Tierra anc left their cigaret machines in respons: to a call of the strike committee. Strike Spreads. The strike of the cigarmakers has spread thruout the island, wherever there are factories of the Americar company, The strikers are gaining in strength and the affiliation of the women, who manned the most impor- tant machines in the factory, is a great victory for the workers. The most important plants affected are the two at San Juan, one in Puerta de Tierra, and one at Colectiva, Demand Better Conditions, Chief among demands of the work ers are increases in wages, recognition of shop committees, right to hav “lectors” or readers in the shops, com pensation for those who get tubercu ‘osis in the shop, and {improvement of sanitary conditions, The workers have been out for five montha, Next Number in New York This issue of The DAILY WORKER will be the lastito appear from Chicago. The next issue, dated January 23rd, will be printed In New York City as will all subsequent numbers, The new address of The DAILY WORKER Is 33 East First Street, New York, N. Y. AT THE ASHLAND AUDITORIUM Ashland Blvd. and Van Buren St, fs SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 8 P. HL | Admission 600 fn Advan . (iEXICO IS OPEN TO ARBITRATION OF U. 8. CLAINS First Move Up to Kel- logg Who Is Silent MEXICO CITY, Jan, 21— The for- eign office of the Calles government has issued the following statement on the matter of arbitration of the dif- ferences between the government and the United States: “Answering numerous questions with regard to present publications in the press, the Mexican government declares that it is ready to accept in pringiple. that ita difficulties with the United States should be decided by way of arbitration.” U. S. Must Make First Move. This is the first statement made by the Calles government on the matter of arbitration, It is clearly seen that should the oil and land question be arbitrated, the first move must be made by the United States. So far, the United States state department has not addressed itself to the Mex- ican government on this issue. The Washington government’s attitude is apparently that of demanding that Mexico first. ask for arbitration in order to appease the vanity of the United States, it is declared here. Land Laws Go In Effect. The new land laws, passed simul- taneously with the oil laws, have gone into effect, Jan. 21 being the date set for their enforcement. Like the oil laws, the new land laws place land alued at many millions of dollars inder the jurisdiction of the govern- ment, It 1s reported that American land- owners are planning to fight the en- forcement and will ask for injunctions against them. No definite steps have yet been taken by them, however. Order Minister to Pekin. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—John V. A. MacMurray, American minister to China, has been ordered to return to his post in Pekin for diplomatic rea sons, it was announced at the state department. MacMurray was order ed home to consult with President Coolidge concerning the Chinese situ- ation, and had started. ed Datly except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. This Issue Consists of Two Sections. SECTION ONE. Price 5 Cents TERROR’ TURNS OUT TO BE MERE YOUTH PROTEST “Mob” Was Girl Stu- dents’ Demonstration BULLETIN MANILA, Jan, 21, — Carrying 600 boxee of hand grenades and 600 cases of other ammunition, the American Westroyer Stewart today cleared from this port for Tlentsin, China. ees (Special te The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, Jan, 21. — What has |been hysterically called the “depra- dations of a mob” In Foochow, where For Instance, what the Nicaraguans call Puerto Cabezas te |? Spanish convent Ie supposed to have j been “sacked,” has turned out to have been In reality a demonstration of Chinese giri students against the mis- treatment of Chinese orphans being cared for by catholic nuns. The girls charged that children had died under the careless ministrations of the sisters and the demonstration jin the Spanish quarter was staged as a protest against this. None of the church members was harmed and the panicky manner in which foreigners packed up to leave the city is only one more sample of the artificial frenzy being created by the foreign- ers themselves. Not One Casualty. In all the “terror and rioting” that news dispatches goimg out of the country have spoken of as having o¢- curred in Foochow, not one made any claim that a single person has come to harm. The United States destroyer Pills- bury proceeded to Foochow and is now bound for Manila with American “refugees.” Reports received here from Foochow say that the national- ist authorities are in complete contro of the situation in Fukien province in which Foochow is located and that a number of persons who took part in the anti-Spanish demonstration have been arrested. Spain Joins In, Spain and Portugal have joined the other powers in sending warships to Shanghai .in preparation for the nationalist invasion of the Strikes on Shanghai street cara and power houses continue and other un ions are planning to join in the move- ment. Shanghai Quiet, Shanghai is completely quiet. Strong barricades and entrenchments are being erected around the foreign con- ssions and large forces of voluntary roops are continually on guard. There have been no disorders of any kind and the Chinese residents take a curious interest in the feverish de fense activities of the foreigners. GET A SUB. ARMOUR RESIGNS FROM BANK BOARD, BUT KEEPS ‘TITLE’ IN THE FAMILY | . J. Ogden Armour has resigned from the board of directors of the Continental and Commercial Bank, and the “title” has been passed on to his nephew, Phillip D. Armour. Thus the third general of Armours has become a controller of this La Salle street institution, J. Ogden’s father having preceded him on the board of directors. In, 1923, Armour held 14,000 shares in the bank, which were valued at $5,000,000, Since, it is re- ported, he has disposed of these shares during the financial reorgan- ization of the Armour and company packing company. Mexican Government Has Clerical Revolt in Hand as Troops Rout the Priests and Rebels Desert Ranks MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21.—The revolt led by high catholic clergymen is rapidly becoming a farce, as the cleri conflict and their ranks are dwindling rather than growing. ical rebels are being repulsed In every In 80 per cent of the states the priests have falled to make any headway. In a battle at Atotonilco between the rebels and federal troops more than 100 of the former were taken prisoners and the remainder were forced to retreat to the hills for hiding. A band of rebels headed by two priests were routed after they attacked Nochistan in the state of Zacatecas. SPEAKERS: BEDACHT MAX SHACHTMAN AND A PIONEER SPEAKER. Chairman: Revolutionary Muslo Arne Swabeck, Freihelt Singing Soolety MASS RECITAL AND PLAY “STRIKE” Auaploos Workere (Communist) a Snlonge Platelet Party, tty,