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The daily worker., 1924-01-15
MEXICAN LABOR
FLAYS FASCISTI;
BOYCOTTS U. S.
Syndicalists Decide to
Abandon Neutrality
RY BERTRAND D. WOLFE

NDbon correspondent OF tHc Federated fress)
MEXICO CITY.-After a session
aflame with indignation, the Confede-
raeion General de Trabajadores tan
archo-syndicalist unions) abandoned
neutrality in the present revolution
airy crisis and adopted resolutions de-
nouncing the Vera Cruz Fascist.
The special session to consider the
Fascist rebellion was called when
some of the members escaped from
the state of Vera Cruz and brought
with them the news that the Fascist
government had executed BY the
firing squad eight of their leaders,
including Jose Fernandez Oca, GEN
eral secretary, Vera Cruz local.
Others executed were Ballezo, Cara
cos, Lira, Cisneros, Ramirez, Rodri-
guez Clara and Perez. According to
the same informants, some of the
slogans being used by the Fascist in
Vera Cruz are Death to Unionists,
and the fike,
In its manifesto, the Confedera-
cion General also attacked some of
the false leaders in Mexico City who
pretend to be anarcho-syndicalists
and "reds" in order to dissinainate
the falsehood that the Confederation
is pro-de la Huerta. All Of these
so-called leaders, who recently form
ed the fake Partido Socialista Ma
yoritaria Rojo, pro-de la Huerta, sre
expelled unionists who were formerly
affiliated either with the Mexican
Federation of Labor or the General
Confederation of Workers. Every
one of these leaders has a history of
abuse of trust or misrepresentation of
funds behind him.
Boycott U. S. Goods.
The annual convention closed with
the election of officers and a special
committee to carry out the decreed
boycotts against all Spanish and
American-made goods. The boycott
committee includes Enrique Flores
Magon, till recently a political pris-
oner in the United States and brother
of Ricardo Flores Magon who died
("was murdered" say some) in Leav-
enworth penitentiary.
The confederation is most concern
ed in freeing by the pressure of a
boycott against American goods poll
tical prisoners in Texas jails. They
include Rangel, Cline, Mendoza and
others of party who set out for
Mexico in 1911 when Madero re-
volted against Diaz. They were
bound, fully armed, to aid Madero in
his supposed "social revolution, /"
when they were intercepted near the
N>~'ss by an armed sheriff's party.
1ts followed and sew
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
KLAN REIGN OF
TERROR is WAR
ON FOREIGN-DORN
Mining Section Scene of
Many Brutalities
(Continued from PaIge u

confiscated by his office in its law
enforcement work.
He was considerably handicapped
in his work, too, he says, because
of the opposition to his office bv
the Klan, and because the board of
supervisors only saw fit to allow
him two deputies for the entire
county.
At this juncture Glen Young ap-
peared in the county and organized
the raids that precipitated the pres
ent situation. Young is the storm
center of the trouble. What his
legal status is is difficult to ascer-
tain. 1t is reported here that dur
ing the war Young was a Depart
ment of Justice "dick" who rounded
up $1,000 army deserters in the Car
olinas. He then became connected
with the federal prohibition en-
forcement agency.
He has killed in his various ac-
tivities more than twenty men, so a
story goes that is not denied BY
Young. In fact, he boasts of being
"hard boiled"
In 1921 he was dropped from the
federal prohibition service the next
day after he had been acquitted for
the murder of Luke Vieovic, who was
killed in raid engineered by Young
in Vicovic's' establishment in Madison
county.
The Holy Trio at Work.
The federal authorities will not
claim Young as their own, but nei-
ther do they deny that he has been
deputized by them to carry out his
plans here. The truth is that Young,
and the federal agents as we'll as
the Klan, were synonymous in their
raiding activities.
The first raid on the county oc-
Cured Dec. %. The federal agents,
together with some 800 men, spoken
of here as Klanmen led by Young,
carried out an organized drive on
alleged bootlegging joints simulta-
neously thruout the county.
Many homes and business houses
were searched and the jails filled with
men and women. In these raids
furniture was smashed, property was
stolen and women as well as men
We're beaten. The chief of police
at Carterville was badly beaten by
raiders. When the burning Of homes
commenced the troops were called.
These offenses are denied by the
raiders, of course, but no amount
of talk can disprove that homes
were burned, since their ruins are
stll smouldering here. And in the
I,y Mar Hotel, from where the Ital-
ian councillor is conducting his in
VesflOatinn all sont- Of otho,. IN
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Senator Borah Quotes History in
FAVOR of Russian Recognition

wisdom of passing Judgment on an
other man before giving that man
hearing.
The Idaho senator quoted at
length from former Governor Good
rich of Indiana, Colonel Haskell
Bishop Nuelssen, DR.. Hartman OF
Zion's Herald, Irving r. Bush, and
other American visitors to Russia,
in support of his contention that
the government at Moscow is sup
ported by the mass of the people,
that its policy is profoundly affected
by the views Of the peasants, and
that its desire is to be on friendly
terms with the people of the United
States.
All claims that the present gov
ernment is an unweleome tyranny
are to be discounted he said, in
view of the results Of the tests Of
public sentiment in Russia conducted
by Daniken, Yudenitch, Kolchak and
Wrangel. Four attempts to over
throw the Soviet government by
movements provisioned and financed
by foreign governments had failed
No alternative to the Soviet govern
ment exists, and if we refuse rec
ognition we shall merely have to
retrace our steps later.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
.CANUCK FARMERS
HOLD BALANCE OF
POWER AT OTTAWA
Swing to Free Trade
May Be Result
By JOHN RoBUR


STAT Correspondent Of the Federated Press
0TTAWA.-There is a possibility
that the Canadian government may
move somewhat away from its past
standpat prOtectionist attitude during
the coming session of parliament,
which is to open next month. The
occasion of the talk, which is now
general here of new trade policies, IS
the retirement, because of illness,
from active membership in the cabinet
of two protectionists, Sir Lomer
Gouin and w. S. Fiending. Gouin has
been head and front of the protection
ist forces and also of the section Of
the government which is opposed TO
government ownership of railways
Fielding has been minister of finance.
Although he was one Of the chief au-
thors Of the ill-fated reciprocity
agreement with the United States in
1911, he has lauded stable tariff
to the skies.
Another influence also tending to-
wards a more liberal policy is the fact
that the King government is now in a
minority Of four in the house of COM
mons and is, therefore, badly in need
of support from the Progressive or
FarmeEs' party. The governments
small majority Of last session was
wiped out by by-elections in the inter
val since. These by-elections were
won by the Conservatives, who will
try to force an election as soon as
possible.
In this stare cr affairs Premier King
can only look to the Progressives for
support and the Progressives are
strong for tariff reduction. The
Canadian west as a whole is deeply
imbued with the same views, and a
movement in that direction is like
wise dictated by a desire Of the gov
eminent to get western backing, Of
which it has almost none az present.
1t seems difficult to believe that
there will be any radical changes in
the Canadian tariff policy at such
short notice, but it is possible that a
short step in that direction may be
taken with a view to secure the need
full votes in parliament for the gov
ernment to carry on.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
BY LAURENCE TODD
(StaR Correspondent of the Federated Press
and "The Daily W0rker'O

AhV bohJ
WASHINGTON. - Recalling the
historic fact that President Wash
ington and his cabinet recognized the
nine-man government of revolution
airy France, known as the Committee
Of Public Safety, after a few hours
of discussion, on May 10, 1898, and
that England delayed such reeogni-
tion for IL years, only to regret bit
terly her mistake, Senator Borah
told the senate, in a speech answer-
ing Lodges attack on the Russian
government; that American recogni-
tion would be given some day to the
present Russian government. He
hoped that we would not stupidity re-
peat the mistake made by England
with regard to revolutionary France.
When Lodge had presented a tab
uiation and documents of historic in-
terest, attempting to show that the
Communist party is in control of the
Russian government, and of the
Third International, he quoted the
Searles "red peril'' articles and Sam
uel Gompers' attacks on the idea Of
recognition and concluded that the
time has not yet arrived to rec,
ognize the government of Russia as
1t at present exists
Borah began by pointing out that
six years of refusal to recognize
the Russian government found that
government firmly in power, recog-
nized by 16 nations and about to
be recognized by Britain and Italy.
Coolidge had demanded that Russia
show a disposition to recognize the
claims Of Americans for confscated
property and the debts incurred by
the Kerensly government, and that
she abate any hostile propaganda.
He quoted Chicherin's pledge of will
lingness to recognize the claims and
debts, and the suggestions of imme-
diate negotiations to settle those
items. AS for hostile propaganda,
there had been none on the part of
the Russian government for the past
three years. The department of JUS
tice had confessed that there was
no evidence at its disposal which
would warrant the indictment of any
one in this country on this score.
There is evidence enough for the
basis of a foreign policy, but not
enough on which to base a prose-
cution," was Borah's summing up of
the propaganda situation.
Abiding to the Searles and Com
pers opinions, Borah said that in
the Offices of many senators may
still be found basketful of printed
matter, signed by able lawyers for
business clients, in which the United
Mine Workers are charged with
every class of offense against life
and property rights which the Mine
Workers leader has charged against
Zinoviev He thought the miners
leader might we'll consider the un-
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
JODL ESS ARMY STILL
GROWS IN EUROPE
FEW NATIONS ESCAPE

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The latest
advices received by the Department
of Labor indicate that the growth in
unemployment continues in most Eu-
ropean countries.
Denmark's number of unemployed
increased in the last month by about
10000 persons or from 20,754 to
$4,000.
In the Breslau district of Germany
labor conditions are becoming in
creasingly unfavorable. The number
seeking employment was $1,000: un-
employed persons number $4,000, an
increase of 5000 over the previous
week; vacant places fell to 1,700,
which was 700 less than those avail
able during the week before.
In Frankfort conditions are even
more desperate. Forty-fve thousand
persons are totally without means of
support and at least double this num-
Der are in dire need of relief. Ten
thousand calls for public service oc-
cur daily.
Despite the improved conditions in
the matchmaking and textile indus
tries in Switzerland, unemployment
is on the increase thruout the coun-
rV
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

elimination was practiced.
the most representative citi
Herrin were among the raided. Tne,
were insulted, beaten and dragged
off to Jail like criminals. Many
homes were wrecked where no liquor
was found and no arrests made"
The organized labor movement
here as such is not directly involved
in this trouble.
1t understands, however the real
purpose of the raids. Representa-
tives of it ask why Williamson coun-
ty should be singled out for such
treatment.
Illicit liquor exists here, they ad-
nit, and there is seen on the streets
once in while, a drunken man. But
is this not also true of every other
county in the state, they ask. Nei-
ther is violation of the 18th amend
ment confined strictly to foreigners,
they point out, and add that many
a fortune has been made by illicit
booze in 100 per center circles.
No one here defends booze but on
the contrary are anxious to do away
with it, but they resent, and right
fully so, the barbarous methods EN-
ployed here ostensibly to bring this
about-by legal representatives Of
law and order.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

sumed law violators there may hsve
been some explanation, but no dis
Some OF
zens Of
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Farmers Frier
q roe
IS on ,Ice071 JOy
Ride With "Cal''

(By The Federated Press.)
WASHINGTON. - When Senator
Lynn Frazier of North Dakota, who
has been identified at home with all
that is abhorrent to Wall Street.
goes on a weekend cruise down the
Potomac on the presidential Yacht
Mayfiower, the political dope writer's
here begin to quote those lines from
the Landing of the Pilgrims:'
What sought they thus afar-
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas? The spoils of
war?
They sought a faiths pure
shrine.
senator Frazier says that they did
not talk politics, and State Chairman
Frazier of the North Dakota Republi-
can committee, who was likewise in
the party on the yacht, denies thar
he has received positive assurance
that ne is 10 be made collector of in
ternal revenue ct Fargo.
Senator Ladd of North Dakota
who visited the white house lust he.
fore the boat sailed, was quoted as
having declared for Coolidge. in the
name of the farmers and the Republl-
cans of North Dakota.
lie now says that he was misquoted.
He asserts that he emphasized his be-
lief that La Toilette would get the
delegation from North
Dakota If he entered the race. but
that as between Coolidge and Hiram
Johnson, the farmers would be for
Coolidge, before the final campaign.
He denies that he predicted that
Coolidge would get North Dakota's
electoral vote in November.
Senator Frazier's lamp, lust over
us desk, now carries small photog- |
'aph of Coolidge.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

encet was collected
italian women barred
grasses and brought nutilated pic
lures of the Madonna and broken bits
Of sacred vessels that had contained
Catholic holy water on the walls Of
their homes.
Wild stories were afoat to the
effect that pregnant women were
mauled and kicked about. When
their delicate condition was pleaded
the answer was "there are too many
hunkies here already, so it won't
matter if these aren't born.'
While considerable evidence was
available to substantiate such rumors
their truthfulness does not in anv
way alter the fact that their cir
culation greatly contributed to an
alarming situation. When the burn
ing of homes commenced the danger
was great indeed.
Italian Council Complains.
The Italian council, John M. Picco.
says the county will be held respon-
slble for the damage done his peo-
pie. The Italian embassy at Wash
ington will insist on compensation,
he claims. Picco's version of the
raids is:
"The methods used by the raiders
were repulsive. Federal agents and
their assistants, whomever they were
broke into homes in early hours.
threw women and children out oil
beds, robbed them of their money
and burned up their homes. Their |
conduct was the conduct of mob. |
If they had picked out only the pre- !
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Felipe Carrillo, Staunch Fighter
For Rights of Mexican Workers,
Slain BY Counter Revolutionists
By BERTRAM ID. WOLFE
Federated Press Staff Correspondent

MEXICO CITY-"Felipe Carrio He IA
biggest figure
capital The
of his friends admirers have ended ceaint-Feipe
Cao labor Of Yuaan
Of Resistance leader Of the Workers southeast
Excelsior of the Catholic
foreign capitalism Never has had anything
and bels But today thcoumn
and streamer headline all the say
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Here Is the Pieture

NEW YORK.-Nearly one-half Of
American farms under mortgage
two-ffths of our farms tenant oper-
ated, and less than one-ffth of tbs
whole number of farmers indepen-
dent of both landlord and mortgage
holder, is the picture of American
agriculture given in the latest issue
Of Wallace's Farmer.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

Watch the Daily Worker" for the
FIRST installment of "A Week." the
great epic of the Russian revolution,
by the brilliant young Russian writer,
Jury Libedinsky. Il will start soon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
LEE COUNTY HAD
SEVERAL HOT RACES
WALLACE IS DEFEATED FOR
CLERK. SHERIFF COXWELL
WINS. WOMAN LOSES.

The primary election in Lee county
developed number of unusually spir-
tied contests The vote in. detail was
as follows:
For Judge of City Court of Lees
burg-H. L. Long, 1876.
For Solicitor City Court-E. L.
Forester, us.
For Chairman OF Board of County
Commissioners-E. B. Lee, II; R. S.
Pope, 263; w. E. Tarpley, SOL
For Member of Board of County
Commissioners mithvile district, E.
A. Clark, $50; Palmyra district E M.
Vow, 689; Red Bone district, F. ].
Stocks, I'll; Chokee district, J. w.
Workman, 712.
For Clerk of Superior Court-R. R.
Greene, 424; B. A. Wallace, 286.
For Ordinary-Homer Hay, 3S6;
Tom Love, $40.
For Sheriff.. c. Coxwell 1872; J.
F. Hines, 1l9; G. H. Laramore, 205.
For Tax Collectors. NJ Cooke,
287; J. ]. Forester, 365; c. A. Nesbit,
65.
For Tax RECEIVER. T. King, 400;
Mrs H. D. Stovall, $40.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03

600 Jamaica negroes are employed on
the banana plantations, covering about
100000 acres, and the Blueheld river
in Nicaragua from its source to where
it loses itself in salt lagoons near the
coast, is solid banana plantation on
both sides of the stream. Among cpl
cures the Bluehelds bananas are fla
nous for their flavor, and more than
100000 punches from this one river
find their way every year to the Unit
ed States.
In the low, intensely rich, always
moist soils of the eastern Central
American hot coast region the growth
of the banana plantation is ever-bear-
ing. There is no crop season, and Gull
tivation, harvesting and shipping are
continuous
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
NON-SQUEAK MONKEY SKIN
SANDALS A VOGUE ABROAD
Snakes, Elephants and Crocodiles Con-
tribute Their Hides for Shoes.


COLOGNE. - Fashionable Euro
pean summer resorts this year prom
Use to assume certain aspects of zoo
in women's footwear, which has even
taken to monkey skin sandals, soft
and pliable, and guaranteed not to
squeak. The first of the seasons nov
elites in odd leather to arrive was the
alligator slipper, especially recon-
mended for dancing glides.
Running close second for honors
of early arrivals were the snake skin
sandals. and then came in rapid sue
cession shoes made from skins of liz
ards and crocodiles. Even the hide of
the elephant has been brought from
the Jungle to add to the thrills of the
circus-like crowds at the seaside and
mountain hotels and dance halls,
Miniature parrots, in bright red,
blue and green have futtered in, too,
to adorn the handles of milady's para
sol for the summer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
REPUBLICANS FEAR
GOV. SMITH MOST
LEADERS DECLARE WET GOV
ERNOR OF NEW YORK IS
WORST THREAT IN RACE.

WASHINGTON, D. CT h ir
own presidential fight having failed to
materialize, republicans are looking
over the fence at the fight going on
in the democratic back yard. They are
looking on with good deal of serious
interest, too, because as the republ-
cans size up the various democratic
candidates they are coming to some
rather definite conclusions as to
whom they would like to see beaten
at New York, for selfish reasons.
They regard Gov. Smith, for in
stance, one Of the most dangerous can
didates that could be put up against
Coolidge Even the western drys feel
this way, though they add in the next
breath that they do not believe Smith
can get the nomination.
Senate Looks to Ralston.
Smith is the most dangerous man
that the democrats could nominate, ="
one western dry republican senator
told the writer. He wouldn't have a
chance in my state, but he would car
y,
York, New Jersey and perhaps
enough other states to cause us trou-
Bile. | believe he is the only democrat
who could carry New York against
Coolidge"
Around the senate there seems to
be a confirmed impression that Raj
ston, of Indiana, will be nominated
in the end Perhaps so many senators
feel this way because they were
caught by surprise when Harding was
nominated in 1920. He had mingled
with them every day for six years,
vet few of them thought he would be
nominated and they paid little atten-
ton to him.
Some Pains This Time.
They are taking pains to keep on
good personal terms with Ralston be-
cause, after all, it's something to have
the president call you by your first
name when you lead delegation OF
prominent citizens OF state into the
white house Office.
Most observers feel that the hard
boiled bosses, together with the Smith
and Underwood factions, will be
strong enough to prevent McAdoc
piling up the necessary two-thirds. II
the majority rule prevailed, his nomi-
nation would be a foregone conclu-
sion now. Underwood has staked his
chances on his anti-klan fight, and
stands to profit by the republican tlnge
which the khan has taken on in Ind
ana. Few unbiased observers think
either Smith or Underwood has
chance.
New York Is Real Plum.
Republicans believe Coolidge could
carry the conservative sections against
either Underwood or Ralston. NC
Adoo would take a large group O
western states possibly, but It requires
MANY western states to offset New
York's As electoral votes. 1t requires
the combined electoral votes OF Col
orado. Idaho, Montana, Nebraska
Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon
Washington and New Mexico to equa
New York's. That is why candidate
who can carry New York and the bis
eastern states has such tremendous
advantage,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
THE COTTON BELT IS SLOW
LY MOVING NORTHWARD
In Illinois 900 Bales Were Grown on
Seven Hundred Acres.

Cotton is, perhaps, the most pro1t-
able crop grown in the United States
where it can be saved from the Doll
weevil Since the boil weevil hit the
cotton fields of the south the cotton
belt has been slowly moving further
north and west each succeeding year.
Last year 700 acres of cotton were
planted in southern Illinois on which
800 bales were made. Profitable crops
were grown in West Virginia, Mary
land, Pennsylvania, Delaware Kansas
and New Mexico, where it was never
before grown to any extent. Illinois
this wear will plant $4,000 acres: Dur
inc the last few years California and
Arizona have taken their place with
the southern part OF the country as as
cotton growing states Cotton will
soon be the leading crop produced in
New Mexico.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
FIERY, ITCHY SKIN
QUICKLY SOOTHED
BY THIS SULPHUR


Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant cream,
will soothe and heal skin that is lrrl-
tated or broken out with eczema; that
is covered with ugly rash or plmples,
or is rough or dry. Nothing subdues
fiery skin eruptions so quickly, says
noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur preparation
is applied the itching stops and after
two or three applications, the eczema
is gone and the skin is delightfully."- clear
and smooth. Sulphur is so precious as
a skin remedy because it destroys the
parasites that cause the burning, itch
ing or Disagreement. Mentho-Sulphur
always heals eczema right UP.
A small jar of Rowles Mentho-Sul-
phur may be had at any good drug
store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
HALF OF AMERICAS SUGAR
REFINED IN NEW YORK CITY
Foodstuffs Worth $1,333,OOo,OOO Are
Manufactured There, Report Shows.

Foodstuffs worth $1,333,000,0O0 are
manufactured yearly in New York
city and its immediate vicinity, it is
announced by the committee on re-
gional plan Of New York and its en-
virons.
A survey of the food manufacturing
industries in this area made by the
committee shows that half of all the
raw sugar brought into the United
States is refined here. New York city
in one year produces $600OO,00O
worth OF confectionery, exclusive OF
chocolate; $15,000,000 worth of ice
cream and $12,000,000 worth OF chew
ing gum.
Dull eyes may be due to indiges-
ton late hours or too much reading.