The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 2, 1927, Page 2

| a Page Two 1 = Affidavits State Jury| ‘Fixed” in Graft Trial Say Kelloge Makes Meetings All Over the Country for the Tenth) Anniversary Celebration of Bolshevik Revolution ‘Holmes Loses Job “WForced out as one of the Coolidge ad- | '||Statement of the Workers (Communist) Party of America on the Colorado Strike Jr stale : (Continued from Page One) | a fl k Q i Careerist | : which Fall and Sinclair, having been | y | Colorado coal miners are on strike, shorn of their fraudulent leases for lled by I. W. W. organizers. The min-| families of strikers in Ludlow. At the | born leader of the miners, and whole The celebration of the tenth anni- versary of the Russian revolution by the workers of the United States will Of Successor to {ters Hall, 834 Monroe St. Worcester, |Mass., Nov. 6th, 8 p..m., Belmont | Hall, 54 Belmont St. Speakers: Bere) the benefit of the bigger oil com- age |ers have witnessed the failure of the | foot of the Ludlow monument to their | . jlast for an entire week. Besides the|tram D. Wolfe speaker at both nies, especially the Standard Oil, | Chili Amhassado | United Mine Workers officialdom to} martyrs the miners again have organ- | Convicted Ma of |mass meetings arranged for all parts | places. will be allow ed to escape on. | organize them and have for this strug-|ized for struggle. The shadow of of the country, many affairs of a so-| Fitchburg, Mass., Nov. 6th, 8 p. Me The trial of the form |gle chosen another leadership. xy and the oil m accompanied from ou vague and ugly rumors. The capital has fairly buzzed with them. Man From St. Louis. Mme of the stori INGTON, D. C., Nov. 1. — of the Colorado miners. Dominated by i Kellogg will apooint the Rockefeller interests, whose com- w pS ads i —~ impor- | P22 union was.set up further to en- ae: in is Paes (in | Slave the miners after the Ludlow "massacre in 1914, the ‘state of Colorado t of contest over |. Arigna and its nitrate and cop- |1* the scene of a struggle between the |workers and Rockefeller and his gov- | ernment, the lomats have heard that | before the jury w Garrett comes of a family of three The strike shows the undying spirit | Ludlow lies over the whole state of Colorado, and in this shadow Governor Adams, the “progressive,” is mobiliz- ing the military forces of Colorado to repeat, “if necessary,” the Ludlow per- | formance of Governor Ammon, the re- jactionary. Governor Adams was elected as a progressive while Governor Ammon, in 1914, was the open tool of the Col- fice of mayor after several days of cial character are scheduled. In Seattle and several near-by ci- ties, there will be social affairs and banquets in which workers of many nationalities will take part. Meetings have already been ar- ranged as follows: Minnesota Tours. St. Paul, Nov. 5; Minnesota, Nov. right of a republican party former /6; Superior, Wis., Nov. 7, 7:30 p. m.; INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 1— Ird M. Holmes today quitted the of- actual centrol and management of the affairs of this large city. His claim to title was finally, after considerable | deliberation, denied by the courts. | Holmes’ argument depended upon the | Girls Club Hall, 9 Prichard St. Speak er: Fred E. Beal. Quincy, Mass., Nov. 6th, 8 p. M» Malnati Hall, 4 Liberty St. Speakers! |Nat Kay. | Maynard Mass., Nov. 6th, 7 p. Me, | Waltham Street Hall, 35 Waltham St.» | Speakers: R. Shohan and R. Zelms. Providence, R. I, Nov. 6, 6. 20 p. |m., A. C. A. Hall,1753 Westminister; * The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com-jorado Fuel and Iron Company, The a . St. Speakers: Bishop Brown, L. Nar+ terious and unid ore bankers. nN ; é mayor, John Duvall, to appoint a|Duluth, Nov. 7, 8:30 p. m., Iron| St: Speakers: Bishop Brown, 1. 5 fe icaanted nit se aaa aie fe [pany, a Rockefeller subsidiary, is first. working class struggle after niticasor after Duvall himself was Range, Nov. 8. Hentamin Gitlow | della and L. Marks, chairman. lawyer” was reporte ortant posts where | Timging its full power to bear to| Adams’ election reveals that the| convicted, fined, and sentenced to a speaks: at the above meetings | Springfield, Mass., Noy. 7th, 8 pe ited a large n henna sath any |crush the strike. The state authorities | governor has changed only" Mil tay: tin Jail for ‘corrapt spraiiuen. eee ti . im. Liberty Hall, 592 Dwight St. seeking data conce ced. In 1916 he served | 2%¢ carrying out the instructions of|name. The servility of the gov-|pnuyan appointed his wife, who then| Arron eae Pee I Ae Speakers: Bishop Brown and Max ‘tees and lives. surpo | the Colorado Fuel and Irori Company.|ernor of Colorado to the Colorado appointed Holmes and resigned. |ter, H. pea seem Dae he, 2 Lerner. rison camps. | Colorado is an old batthe-ground war he was “\for militant labor struggles. Cripple s, or near them; after | Creek and Ludlow are historic spots tes entered, he was|Where the mine operators and gov- ral country of The | ernment have brutally murdered min- ers, their wives and even their chil- dren. These were only bloody dem- onstrations to the American workers himself, accord attorney for killed in the ostensibly wa tates.” Hi cerned principally r ternal affiliations, s other pertinent matter States has just failed, | hing mission, to settle | | Fuel and Iron Company remains un- changed. Capitalist politics is blessed with a two-faced Janus-head. When one face is discredited, it turns the other. A different face but the same head; a different expression hut the same sinister purpose of keeping the workers chained to the tread-mill of for murdering a girl he had raped. ; Stephenson was formerly the absolute | political boss of the state, and wielded | 50 Howard strget. Cleveland, Nov. 6, 2:30 p. m. Bittelman, I. Amter, E. Boich, F. Yes- sikoff (YWL), Revolutionary Play, and Concert. Moose Halt, 1000 Wal- nut street. Canton, Nov. 6, 7:30 p, m. telman, H. Scott. Cincinnati, Nov. 6, 7:30 p. m. K. K. K. and Republicans | The Duvall conviction was partly | the result of the revelations made by | Wm. Stephenson, at present serving | a life term in the state penitentiary A. Bit- | Philadelphia and Anthracite. *| The Philadelphia meeting will be | held Friday, Nov. 4th, at Labor Insti- | tute, 808 Locust Ave., with William | F. Dunne and Jack Stachel as speak- jers. William F. Dunne will speak at | Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, Nov. 5. Connecticut Celebration. Al | Stamford, New Haven and Bridge- Generous Prosecutors. a dispute between Peru | that funder the system of capitalism profit-production. for the bosses. power over all republican party poli-| Johnson. The ggenheims are |® demand for decent wages is a crim-| Working conditions in the larger|ticians thru his control of votes of| Toledo, Nov. 13, Prominent speak-| Port will have meetings on Nov. 6 prosecuti r the i district. inal offense and that work on the em- | unorganized mining territories of the/ the Ku Klux Klan. He was “Dragon | ers, i es and Hartford on Nov, 11. All meet- ates, Robert i Pomerene | ployers’ terms is an obligation of the) Rocky Mountain states are. miserable. | o¢ the Realm of Indiana” for the| Youngstown, Nov. 6, 2:30 p.m. J./ings are in the evening except Reve been: fi ent an | ng | workers to the capitalists enforced by | The official, labor leadership aids the |x, x: Kk. Brahtih, L. Sirotnik (YWL). 369 E_| Bridgeport which is in the afternoon. uiatter of questi It w »-between of | the capitalist state at the point of the | capitalists _in the maintenance of Stephenson's assistance in the pros- \ Wadena St. Waterbury will hold its celebration generally under: that this ; ee ous deals in | bayonet. those conditions by doing absolutely ecution of his former associates came | Warren, Nov. 6, 7:30 p. m. J.jon Nov. 5, charged | that large| In 1914, the murderous force of cap- of graft money were passed. | italist government in Colorado slaugh- ? Smith’ was one of the fre-| tered Louis Tikas, the heroic foreign- was friendly to the defense. The c to the government in ca nothing to organize the unorganized) workers. This criminal inactivity is ‘even made the basis of condemnation Brahtin. Hippodrome Bldg. Martinsferry, Nov. 6, 2:30 p. m. after he was repeatedly refused a| pardon. | Rocky Mountain Meetings. | Great Falls, Mont., S. J. Clark, Noy. of a mistrial will be enormous. Mos’ ess § Mes —__—_———_ |Carl Hacker. Hungarian Hall. (7. of the witnesses were brought from |qWenters of the “little green house in| 7|by the state authorities of the pres- Yorkville, Nov. 6 7:30 p. m. Carl| Butter, Mont,, S. J. Clark, Nov. 6 , far distances. One man was sub-|K Street” together with Harding,| Colorado Miners Vote ent elemental revolt of the coal min- Ly PTA Miners’ Hall, i | Rock Springs, Wyo., Pioneers, Nov. poenaed from Honolulu. Moreover, | Daugherty and others. Queer stories} a . ers of Colorado. The acquiescence of Ug es | ea | Pittsburgh and Vicinity. 5. the government’s case was pr |of the later announced “suicide” of} To Continue Strike | the official trade union bureaucracy | mhe pineturgh suesting will be| Rock Springs, Wyo., Y. W. L., Nov. A REPRE 5. | “Jess”. Smith in an apartment he that something was wrong with the |shared with Harry Daugherty have jury, and there are no surprises for |been widely circulated in Washington Fall and Sinclair in the next trial—{ circles. It was hinted that Smith did if there is one, |not kill himself but was murdered. Significantly enough, the argument| It has been charged that the in- for declaring a mistrial comes before!formation secured by Burns while the defense is put to any particular| head of the department of justice in- expense, and before it has ison eeu eaucn department has been used forced to show the line of its case,!to blackmail various individuals. beyond the generalizations spo! by| In newspaper circles it is rumored Attorney Littleton in the early days |that William J. Burns utilized the of the trial. Wall Street explosion in 1920 to or- | NOTE ON BURNS 1i¢ ze a drive on labor and revolu- Vit Vi | |itonary elements which served to di- mae vert suspicion from the real cause of William J. Burns, head of the most) the disaster said to have been the ex-| information from the sheriff’s offic notorious private detective and strike-|plosion of a wagon-load of nitro-|She, too, was put under exorbitant breaking agency in the United States, | glycerine which was said to have been| bond. became a “hero” of the open-shop | illegally transported by the Du Pont) Peaceful Strike. employers in the railroadiag of mem-| Powder Co. | At a final conference between Gov. bers of the structural iron workers to| It was the work of Bartolomeo! Adams’ emissaries and Francezon, a prison during the labor struggles in | Va: ti and Nicola Sacco in behalf! platonic demand was made by the the’ western states fifteen or more | of Salsedo, an Italian worker who had! colonel in charge. After practically years ago. < been arrested in the dragnet thrown | hinting that it was a mere formality, Under Harding's presidency Burns | out for “radicals,” and who was either | poth parties agreed that the strike ne head of the department of in-|thrown from the fourteenth story of | had been conducted in the most peace- gation of the department of jus-|2 Wall Street building by department | fn] way, that there was no need of tice of the United States, and was|of justice agents, or who committed | the militia in the affected area. suicide following tortures by these |agents, that first attracted ational Vote Bear Que cally complete before the “discover (Continued from Page One) |after miners had held a meeting at the monument of Ludlow, where the children and women of the men who fought in 1918-14 were ruthlessly massacred by Pat Hamrock’s butch- ers. As the result of this demonstration Byron Kitto was arrested with 23 more I. W. W.’s and charged with | |pel the miners to raise bail from | $1,200 to $1,500. Fellow-worker Mil- ka Sablich was also arrested in Trin- idad when she attempted to ask some ministre ion’s efforts to cover up the four separate counts, in order to com-| in the miserable working conditions of the mine Slaves of Colorado is de- clared an “American” quality, while the revolt of the workers against these conditions is branded “un- ;American” rebellion by Governor; |Adams. The leaders of the strike, who are members of the I. W. W., are branded professional trouble- makers, while the criminal inactivity |and open betrayal of the strike by the eactionary officials of the United Mine Workers of America is com- lmended as the “responsible action of legitimate:labor unions.” | All this blabbing about legitimate jand illegitimate labor struggles is for murderous aspiration of the workers. The capitalists and |their retinue of presidents, gov- | ernors, judges, etc., put the stamp | |of approval and legitimacy on no la- bor union. They do approve and le-| galize only the treacherous tactics of | |labor leaders. If the Farringtons and} ithe Fishwicks and the Lewises betray | ithe miners of Illinois and the rest of | the United Mine Workers they earn the appianse of the operators. But| | this applause is for the traitors and! a smoke - screen struggle against all ‘held Sunday evening, Nov. 6, at 8 jo’clock at Labor Lyceum. On Satur- | day evening, Noy. 5, Ambridge will e = | celebrate and on Sunday afternoon at | 2:30 there will be a meeting at Ar merican f ee ing jnold. H. M. Wicks will be the speak- er at all the above meetings. Boston and Vicinity. Norwood, Mass., Nov. 5th, 7:30 p. m. Lithuanian Hall, 13 St. George | Avenue. Speakers: Bishop Wm. M. | Brown and Dr. Konikow. Concord, N. H., Nov. 5th, 8 p. m., Oak Hall, W. Concord. Speaker: Al Binch, Wilton, N. H., Nov. 5th, 8 p. Stanton Hall. Lanesville, Mass., Nov. 5th, 8 p. New Hall. Speaker: Jack Karas, Gardner, Mass., Nov. 5th, 8 p. m., Casino Hall, 75 Main St. Speaker: | H, J. Canter. y % Boston, Mas Nov. 6th, 2 p. m, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president | scenic Auditorium, 12 Berkeley St. of Leland Stanford University. |(Corner Tremont). Speakers: Ber- a Dr. Leo Ss. Rowe, director of the ltram D. Wolfe, S. Weisman, A. Bail, Pan-American Union. | Chairman; Nat Kay, YWL; and Rob- |ert Zelms in Russian. GET A NEW READER! | WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Charles Evans Hughes, former secretary of state, has been selected to head the American delegates to the Pan- American conference which convenes in Havana on Jan. 18, it was an- nounced at the white house today. Other delegates named were: Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Italy, now en route home on leave. Ex-Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama. Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico. Morgan J. O’Brien of New York. m., m,, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 7th, 8 p. m., Las-| | o. | Manna, Wyo., Y. W. L., Nov. 5. | Denver, Colo., M. Oehler, Nov. 13. | Pueblo, Colo., M. Oehler, Nov. 6. Kansas City, Mo., J. Lovestone, Nov. 6. Omaha, Neb., J. Lovestone. Buffalo will have its celebration at the Workers Party Hall on Nov. 6, in the evening, while Erie, Pa., will [hold its meeting in the afternoon, | with Pat Devine at both places. | Detroit will hold its meeting on |Nov. 6, in the Arena Gardens with | Robert Minor as the principal speak- jer. On Nov. 4th Albert Weisbord | speaks at Flint, Mich., and at Muske- ’! gon on the 18th. New Jersey Elizabeth, 3. p. m. Nov. 6, Sunday. Labor Lyceum, 517 Court St. Sam Nessin, Paul Crouch. Perth Amboy, & p. m. Crouch, Primoff, Kovess. Jersey City, 8 p. m. Nov. 7, Mon- day. Ukrainian Hall, 160 Mercer St. Markoff, Crouch. Paterson, Helvetia Hall, Nov. 11, | Friday, 8 p.m. Wm. Z. Foster, Lif- | shitz. 308 Elm St. seandals of the Harding-Coolidge re-|of the a riti Tan.|, Rousing meetings were held at!) aa Bee Dirinc the aes ie pes ie the authorities to Sacco and Van. Trinidad. Aguilar and Walsenburg, | heir treason and not for the union _ Newark, 8 p. m. Nov. 18, Sunday. nae e Paneer e SON OF Tie) Zeit. Where ie tas dictiel smanimously |Cuey betray. In West Virginia, west-| | Ukrainian Hall, 53 Beacon St. H. M. ag Dome and Elk Hill oil scan-| The latest jury scandal revives ‘co. abated gat ul ik eee “settle |e™ Pennsylvania, Ohio and other SEND DELEGATES Wicks, Pat Devine, Pat Toohey. dals, a number of senators prominent | many stories of the activities of the| hipaa calngbpee - fi |places, the coal operator friends of, West New York, Labor Lyceum, 3 p. im the investigation, charged that de-/sinister figure of Burns and his or- Benge) cae between ea: |panies and the miners. partment of tice operatives di-| ganization of spies and strikebreak- ‘ Pee oe rected by Burns were shadowing them a which, dame the Harding ee In spite of all intimidations the in the interest of the oil grafters. tion was brought directly into | ™°™ and women cur etike are donk Burns was sciated with “Jess” the machinery of government. ee eared an Ng ib a lthat the strike haq been declared illecal ard the boss class had declared lered the I. W. W. out- » mineS are at present at a and even THE FOLLOWING NEW READERS SEND THEIR GREET- INGS TO THE SOVIET UNION ON THE OCCASION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION | Albert Wurtz ending 1] the boss’ s not, be worked by bayonets. Emil Holt a. J. Hewit | | threat of | milita would not relieve | on as coal mines can-|.— \Lewis are now bitterly attacking the | | “legitimate” U, M. W. of A., are ham-) stringing it with injunctions and are ing to destroy it by all means within their power. No legitimacy is| accorded! No quarter is given to the | ' “American” U. M. W. of A.!—when it | fights H itancy is the prerequisite of vic-| any workers’ struggle. It is} ancy of the workers that is fear-| 3 hated by the capitalists, It} lis the militancy of the Colorado min-| ‘ers that earne them the condemnation | Third Annual Conference November 12th and 13th | others. Passaic, 7 p. m. Nov. 18. Workers’ Home, 27 Dayton Ave. J. J. Ballam, J. O. Bentall, Paul Crouch, New York and Chicago. On Sunday, Nov. 6, there will be three big demonstrations in New | York City at the New Star Casino | and the Central Opera House in Man- | hattan and Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn. In Chicago, on Nov. 6, Jay Love- stone will be the principal speaker. A number of other meetings have She} E. No Fuel for Steel Plants, lof the coal barons. . And it is the! been arranged but no definite date Joseph Vaitulis Florence Hathaway SY The bosses are det and the! nititancy that commends them to the has been assigned them. Among Margaret S. Hoffman Carolson lorado Fue! and Company, t {them are Denver and Pueblo Colo., sympathy and energetic support of F, Charniak Leo Levich W. F, Walker ! with the Senta ithe wi i | at which Hugo Oehler will speak; { d. Kaluta Henry E. Bartlett Mr, Skiegstag mills at; gr gis Spe his ea mines | | Butte and Great Falls, Mont., where aN J. Kloz Frank Nodes Sara Eber 0 class UP! demand decent wages. Governor) Stanley Clark will speak. Baltimore A. Kasberavy John Campbe!! } L. M. Jarvis Jno. Janovich padiy hurt | Adams denounces this demand of the! jworkers as “un-American” and pro-/ will have a meeting that is not yet completely arranged. A, Lukasitis r I. Wizes + his com | Meetings up-state bei weal a | poses to answer the demand of the 1g Rare He iar eal ae i Bereerbsickan Freda Sakvet 3 ; not been in a post- ees with the bullets of the state | ranged for Pat Devine at Rochester, ‘ ig i PP z ne - D. J. McCall Siriguano Frank |tion to keep ves from organiz-| militia and airplanes6 Against this | Syracuse, Schenectady and _ other i Bee poate ous Blaine Nee Bet Franco $ \ing with the TL. W. W. However illega! | outrage of capitalism and its tool, the pee ‘ ‘ t John Tippo a east ta ithe I. Ww. W. may seem to the Stand- | governor of Colorado, the Workers Eee peareess regarding Charles Steffes 8. North. sah ine ert th tee ae Col ee ee published in The DAILY WORKER § n lfuel ¢ etd ; i A. Zero Reino Salo 1. Keller j fuel is so grest in the state of Colo- piedges its unreserved support to the | soon as possible. iil he forced to come to terms before long. Governor Talks With Francezon. On the long distanee telephone Gov. Adams assured Roger Francezon that he never intended to interfere with iy 4 | rado that th Franco Srnte | The LiFEand DEATH TSACCOncVANZETM sesusremtiag, Comoe EUGENE LYONS A new book on the world famous case of the two courageous martyrs of Labor. With photographs of all peo- ple involved in the case and cartoons from leading newspapers of America and Europe. In a beautiful memo- rial edition $1 50 THE CASH OF § ZETTI—by F. Alice Burgess I. Kraunch tions to strike: that he was only anxious to see the law abided by the letter. The conversation was very cordial and the governor was very eareful not to make any damaging statement that could have been con- strued as being in favor of the strik- ing m The Denver Post pretends that I. W. W. leaders capitulated before the warning of the governor. How- ver, reporters present admitted that Francezon did not give up an inch and the colonel in charge admitted that the I. W. W. leader was too good a lawyer for him and gave up good naturedly. New Mexico Governor Gets Civil Liberties Protest. The sending of troops into Colfax county by Governor Dillon of New characterized as “uncalled for” and “autocratic” by Edward D. Tittmann, a prominent attorney of New Mexico and national committeeman of the American Civil Liberties Union in a telegram to the governor today. “It is much more important to maintain the constitutional guarantees of free ANTHOLOGY OF SACCO- VANZEITI POBTRY the right of individuals or organiza- | Mexico to prevent I. W. W. organizers | from entering the coal fields was! striking miners of Colorado and to itheir leadership. It calls upon the} workers of the whole country to pro- ‘test against the capitalist regime of | terror and to support. their fighting brothers in Colorado. Woe call upon the workers every- |! where to organize mass meetings, to! protest against the mobilization of | the forces of.the government of Col-| orado against the striking miners who | are fighting only for the most ele-| mentary rights, | We call upon all workers every- where to help defend the victims of the treacherous conspiracy of the mine operators and their government, by sending contributions to Colorado Miners’ Defense and Relief Commit- tea, Box 87, Walsenburg, Colorado. We call upon all organized workers to have their unions condemn the Col- orado outrages and mobilize all their resources for moral, organizational } SAYS RELIGIOUS PLAY STOLEN, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1— Charging plagiarism, Mrs. Esther Hichenwald, Los Angeles, today had a suit on file here for $1,500,000 against Famous Players-Lasky cor- poration and Cecil’ de Mille. Mrs. Eichenwald alleges that the film \ International LABOR DEFENSE and financial support of the striking | miners of Colorado, | Central Executive Committee, | Workers (Communist) Party of America. Irving Plaza Hall (15th Street and Irving Place) Fortieth Anniversary Haymarket Martyrs For information write to National Conference Headquarters, I. L. D. Judge Wants Trial Marriage With Lots LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 1- A five-year-term marriage, mut renewable or voidable at the end, of the period by either husband or was suggested today by Charles 8S. Burnell, presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superor Court, as a sub- stitute to the present civil contract of marriage. “Term marriages” under Judge Burnell’s plan would be contracted for a period of five years only, re- newable by mutual consent.only for a second similar period, the desire of one party or both, or terminated by divorcee upon two grounds only—adultery and extreme cruelty, Court Decisions. Incase children were born to the union, or property was amassed over which disputes arose, the p would be subject to court similar to the present alimony and custody hearings. 9.25 “ ” ‘ Support of the children would be is speech and free assembly as the bul-| “Ten Commandments” is a plagiar- ROOM 402 fixed by statute uw) i : pon an equitable P The DAILY WORKER warks of the people than to inter- 80 EAST 11th STREET basis, as well as future Book Department 33 First Street, New York fere one-sidedly in an industrial dis- test, of pute,” Mr, Tittmann stated in his pro- | we of her play, “The Triumph.” - WANTED — MORE READERS! ARE YOU GETTING THEM? NEW YORK CITY wife or husband who pir oe came to care for herself or himself after termination of the marriage. Nee Of Work for Lawyer |m. Nov. 13. Juliet Stuart Poyntz and -