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tinkle, which followed, produced an In
slant cessation Of all movement. The
ring of fire had slightly widened; the
prisoners were able to move within
a limited space.
eve know each other, thlnk,p said
MacBeard, with suave irony.
"what do you proposeT inquired
Donald.
81 don't quite know" answered the
professor thoughtfully. "You see, ]
never took you into consideration at
all. You are, so to say, the fly on the
wheel. AS a part Of the human race
you should meet the fate in store for
the race"
"You make me SICK" said Donald.
MacBeard looked rather angry.
"You can have your life for the
present" he returned, ''but not as a
permanent gift. shall not single you
out TO bestow on you the boon Of CON
tinuing that constant adjustment TO-
external forces which Herbert Spencer
has named life In other words, you
can 20 to the devil until am ready
to take you in hand again, on one
condition."
"Name 1t, you blackguard," SAID
Donald. ssass a
II want the two missing pages Of
Masterman's manuscript"
"Take US all back to the submarinel
out of this hell's kitchen Of yours,
then show us the way to the top oil
the island, and you shall have all the
rest Of the papers"
MacBeard eyed Donald with amuse-
ment II offered you your life, not the
Others" he answered. "One man re-
turning with a story like Masterman's
would be called a lunatic; two would
awaken doubt; three would be fatal"
And then his eyes fell upon Ida.
She was standing at Donald's side,
as brave and defiant as he, and their
eyes met. And at that instant some
thing happened to the professor that
upset all his calculations, something at
which he would have scoffed as en-
tirely Incredible.
He fell In love for the first time in
his life.
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posure-and Ida was dead. He would
follow her, then.
Slowly and with elaboration he I'M
fastened the copper cylinder from
about his body At once the little
electric light went out. 1t had grown
so dim that only then did Donald re-
member that 1t had been burning.
He unbuckled the headplece and
took of the mask of glass. He flung
1t from him. A moment he held his
breath as he felt the cool water-jelly
upon his face. Then, very resolutely,
he drew In his breath.
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impression of a beehive. There was
something of sameness everywhere
the same sense of automatlsm.
1t was quite bare, except at one
end, where arose a mud mound, deco
rated with seashells, and upon this
was what looked like the upright
skeleton of a small mammal.
Look I" exclaimed Donald.
at came from-from behind the
curtain I" said Davies in awe. Don
aid, the air was thicker some
thing keeps rolling back =
They looked at each other, still I'M
convinced that they were awake and
alive Then they went toward the OBJ
ject at the end.
Sam Clouts, who had preceded
them, fell back with an exclamation
of horror.
eyes, Clouts2n said Donald.
81 beg your pardon, sir, but don't
you see that it's meant to be a per.
son, sirT
He spoke the truth. The figure was
a rough pile of bones, but high above
them a grinning human face, made OF
the same plastered mud, looked down.
II was the first sign Of conscious
process among the monsters, and
some devil craftsman had contrlved
to catch, not so much the form as the
humanness Of 1t.
1t was upon larger scale, precisely
such a figure as a child or a savage
might have made In its first efforts to
reproduce the human figure. There
were even the dawnings of art In the
shape of whales ear-bones, strung,
braceletwlse, across the breast.
The mound beneath the figure con.
sisted of innumerable bones, sort of
kitchen hidden such as Neolithic man
left behind him as a testimony to his
oyster feasts.
Davies picked up one of the bones
and looked at it intently,
"Donald" he said softly, not to at
tract the attention of Ida, who, seated
on the floor against the mound, seemed
on the point of falling asleep from
WEAKNESS. He held out the bone.
Both looked at It. 1t was the bone
Of a flipper heel The monsters were
cannibal, beyond any doubt.
'Daviesl !" cried Donald, moment
later. 'Don't you see what that figure
isl It's an idol. And the bones are
those of creatures of their own spe-
cies, and others, sacrificed to II by the
monsters in their abominable feasts.
It's the first dawnings Of self-con-
seriousness, the awakening Of the re-
ligious perceptions 7"
There could be no other interpre-
tatlon. They looked at each other In
horror and something Of awe.
The thing had been fashioned, per
haps, after an ideal never seen, or per-
chance some forgotten ancestor, cast
up on an inhabited shore, had seen
man and returned, to embody him In
his remembered guise.
So these half-blind and voiceless
devils of the sea were cropping slowly
upward, as our ancestors had done
many hundred thousand years ago,
toward hope and endeavor. The Spirit
Of God stirred in the dull souls of
these cannibal monsters as every
where.
Donald felt somehow immensely |
elated at the thought. Even here they |
we're not cut off from the sheltering |
hand of Providence.
"Look, sir" Clouts exclaimed sud
denly.
He pointed behind the mound, and,
his gaze, Donald and Davies
saw something like sun-dial, made of
a large bone whetted to razor tneness,
and somewhat resembling a grind
stone.
1t rested behind the mound, on a fiat |
rock about the size Of a large table,
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Continued next week.
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and from this end, therefore, he must
start on the ascent of Fair islands
subterranean base.
And this discovery renewed his cour-
age. OF course, the others were en-
deavoring to make the ascent, while
he had gone floundering in the wrong
direction, downward toward the heart
of the crater.
He made his way parallel with the
submarines bow, keeping well within
sight of the elusiye craft, which would
disappear. momentarily before his eyes
and suddenly appear again, almost
. Within arms -: Suddenly he
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SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER NAVAL Lieutenant Donald
Paget, Just given command of a subma-
rine, meets at Washington old friend
and distinguished though somewhat &c
centric scientist, Captain Masterman.
Masterman has just returned from an
exploring expedition, bringing with him a
member OF the strange race. the existence
&r whose species, he asserts, menaces the
LYMAN family.
CHAPTER II-At the club, the March
Hares." Masterman explains his theory
to Paget. The recital is Interrupted by
the arrival of lifelong enemy of Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard, and the former Is
seized with fatal paralytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-From Masterman's body
2aset secures documents bearing upon
tie discovery and proceeds to the home
specimen of the strange race which Mas
terman had described While examining
it Paget is struck down by MacBeard
who had followed him. MacBeard robs
Paget of the documents, and escapes. The
specimen dies.
CHAPTER Iv-Paget proceeds to sea
On his submarine, the F-55 He encoun-
ters and sinks German cruiser Whlcn
had just destroyed the steamer beotia on
F4aich Ida Kennedy, Pagets nancee, Yves
aSpassenger. Ida escapes from the Beotia
In a small boat.
CHAPTER v-Paget swims to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine.
His progress through the water, is
strangely impeded and he discovers that
a horde of the creatures which Master
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat They are invisible while alive One
invades the boat and Paget kills It At
death the creature becomes visible. Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine.
CHAPTER vI-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devoured ex-
scept Ida, Paget, midshipman named
Davies, and a seaman, Sam Clouts, whose
hobby Is the playing of the mouth organ.
CHAPTER VII-MacBeard, guided by
Information contained In Mastermans pa
pers, sets out for the unknown creatures
abode, Off the Shetland islands. He Is
man of high scientific attachments, though
embittered against the human race, which
he would willingly destroy. In the strange
Asreatures whom he is able to control
through instructions left by Masterman,
he thinks he sees an instrument fitted to
his insane desires
CHAPTER VIII-Paget and his party
are stranded in the submarine on Fair
island, which MacBeard had made his
HEADQUARTERS Attempting to escape, the
submarine, which had been damaged,
= sinks, and the party, In diving suits, aban-
don her.
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CHAPTER Iv-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the F-55. He encoun-
tiers and sinks a German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer Beotia. on
KSaich Ida Kennedy, Pagets hancee, was
a'passenger. Ida escapes from the Beoua
in a small boat.
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branches and reorganization into
area branches upon the basis OF dis.
trlcts OF work. This is a direct transit
tional step TO the complete reorganiza.
tion of the league upon the basis Of
shop nuclei.
This has been accepted by the Chi
cage executive committee and will be
presented to the membership at a gen
eral membership meeting Of all mem.
bers OF the Young Workers League to
be held tonight at Greek Workers
Hall. 722 Blue Island Ave, Zone
block from Halsted ST. at s y. m.
Comrade Max Shachtman will pre-.
sent the new plan of organization and
} thoro discussion 10 expected so that
Ill members will be thoroly acquaint
I'd and ready to start their increased
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-10
Georgia Lynch Law In Chicago
RUSSIAN TRADE UNIONS FIGHT
IMPERIALTST ATTACK ON CHINA
no LIE WoRKERs oF ALL couNrRIEsI

HUMANITY again approaching world
tory attack Of the English govern
the peacabe inhabitants China What
ernments after China? Why they
iutnary sunYsn? they mddng
the inner affairs of the Chinese They
the Chinese
of China dspahne
the broad the Chinese
from foreign domination this
England the block the testify
and their efforts Of disarmament
We the workers Of the Soviet Union who suffered
attacks the world bourso directing predatory
attack the broad the Chinese
workers Of all countries stand demned this
interference the affairs of Chinese
mied that the bourgeose Of England
place the million
the
Organize similar
attack wordlmpalism
Down with the predatory attack chlnal
with the world
Hands off chlna
The Trade Union Council Union.
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O'FLAHERTY TO BARE
HARRINGTON ANTI-LABOR
RECORD IN new SERIES

Compiled from documents and
data furnished by the rank and file
Of the Illinois district of the United
Mine Workers Of America, which
harrington exploits, the series Of
articles which the DAILY WORK.
Err begins to publish Monday, con-
tains what is probably the most
extraordinary story Of corruption
and betrayal in the history Of the
American labor movement.
Written by T. J. o'Fiaherty In the
pungent style that has made his
"As We See II" column the subject
OF favorable comment wherever the
DAILY WORKER is read, these
articles will throw the searchlight
into many dark holes and corners
Of the Illinois labor movement and
become part Of the evidence on
which the American working class Is
building it's Indictment OF the tools
Of capitalism In the American labor
movement.
II you want to be certain Of get
ting all these articles subscribe to
the DAILY WORKER now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-10
CHARGE WHITE MEN,
NOT NEGRO, APPROACHED
GIRLS before LYHCHING

That white men and not Negro
approached Betty GoIdblatt and
Bertha Deutsch, Wednesday night,
has just been disclosed by eye-wit-
nesses to the lynohlng Of William
Bell, a Negro, whom police admit
had nothing to do with the affair.
Harry Crawford, Negro, who runs
a pool hall at 1889 Miller Street,
few feet from the spot where Bell
was murdered at eleven o'clock
Wednesday night, passed the corner
Of 18th and Miller St. while the two
girls were talking to two white men
who had tried to "pick them up" in
a Ford car which had stopped near
the corner. Crawford declares he
heard one Of the girls say as he
passed by, 'You'd better 60 about
your business or something will hap
pen to you"
Crawford says he stopped near
the corner, and after a few minutes
tho Ford car drove away. The two
girls then walked to the wine shop
Of George Shapiro, at 1911 w. 18th,
and told the crowd Of men standing
around there that a Negro had at
tempted to assault her.
Epstein, according to Crawford,
came up with bat, and some Of the
other men also came up and threat
ened the Negroes who were chatting
on the corner. zone Of the men
struck me twice and ! ram" crEANe
ford declared. "As ! fed, ! saw Ep-
stein hit Bell on the head with bat
and the others started to kick him
as he crumpled to the sidewalk
When asked about this version 81
the story by a reporter Of the Ne
gro press, Miss GoIdblatt admitted
she had been approached by two
men In a Ford car, and the two sIris
sent them on their way. Miss Cola
blatt claimed the Negro, whom she
declares she cannot Identity be-
cause 1t was dark, approached her
after the two white men had made
advances from their car. Then she
declared, she went to the wine shop
and told the men there about the Ne
gro approaching her. She did not
mention her talk with tho two white
men in the Ford car to Epstein, II
appears.
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against James Campbell, the
editor of the Workers Weekly,
official organ Of the Communist
Party of Great Britain.
Macdonald Voices Regrets.
Reviewing the situation at this
juncture, premier Macdonald declar-
ed II regret the turn of events, but
it is not Of our seeking. 1t has been
forced on us. | would have been glal
if we had been able to carry on our
policy, which l believe was for the
promotion of the common veal"
The labor leader, Mr.. Clynes, gave
another angle to the critical political
situation when he told the annual la
Dor conference now in session: 1--WE
were unable to get fair treatment
from the commons last night, but we
are getting it from the throne today
in authority for the dissolution of par
lament" 1t is interesting to note
that there was considerable opposi-
ton to the Macdonald request for dis,
solution on the ground that the king
should deny 'the right of a minority
to force the dissolution of parlia-
ment."
This defeat is the eleventh suffer
ed by the labor cabinet. The reaction
aries are planning to unite all their
forces and score heavily on election
day, which will probably be Novem-
Der s. They are counting on the wav-
ering attitude of Macdonald and his
followers as well as on the acute eco
nomic crisis now confronting the
country in mounting unemployment.
Expect Interesting Developments.
Many interesting developments are
expected in the impending election
campaign. The liberals are planning
to spread the notion that Premier Mac
Donald had special personal reasons
for dropping the indictment against
J. R. Campbell, the Communist editor
against whom sedition charges were
brough. There is no denial of the fact
that unless Macdonald meets this
challenge squarely on the basis of all
workers fighting against the EN-
ployers along national class lines, he
will be in a most unfavorable position
1t is the plan of the tories and
liberals to turn their every gun
against the Russian treaty also. They
point out that on the very day on
which the Soviet treaty was signed
the Communist indictment was drop
ped.
In the ranks Of the Labor Party
following there is much stir over the
situation The extreme right group
does not welcome the election at this
time and regrets that it was unable
to avoid the untoward current events
have taken.
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ALL u. S. power
IS AT COMMAND
OF Mr.. MORGAN
Dawes Plan Has Back
ing of Washington
BY JAY LOVESTONE.
Seventh ArticIe.)

From the very moment that
the Best Minds of the American
employing class saw that con-
ditions were ripenlng for their
open, large-scaIe participation
in and domination of the Euro
pean poiitico-economic affairs,
the United States government
put all of its powers and re-
sources at the disposal of these
rulers of finance and industry to
help them establish and make
secure their receivership of Ger
many.
Within two weeks after the
unofficial" American members
of the experts committee, the
Banker-Generals Dawes, Young
and Robinson signed their
names to the PREPARATIONS report,
President Coolidge spoke of the
proposed German loan before
the Associated Press in New
in these words: Sound business
reasons exist why we should
participate in the financing Of
works of peace in Europe"
Shortly afterward the Federal Re-
serve Board advisory council declar-
ed; "The council recommends that
when the new German note-issuing
bank, provided in the Dawes plan, is
organized, the federal reserve banks
take the steps necessary in order to
facilitate the rediscounting in this
country of properly protected German
gold bills. :"
On August IA. 1924, Coolidge reaf-
drmed his Endorsement when he stated
IN his speech of acceptance: 81 shall
do what | can to encourage Ameri-
can citizens and resources to assist
Continued on Page 81
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MURDER negro
WITH BLOW OF
BASEBALL BAT

Police from the Maxwell St.
police station were washing the
blood of William Bell, 2o-year-
old victim of a mob of roWdies,
from the sidewalk near the cor
ner of Miller and 14th Streets,
yesterday, but they could not
wipe away the stain of the
transportation of Georgia lynch
law to the city of Chicago.
1t has been disclosed that
William Bell, 1867 Frank ST., a
Negro lynched by a mob, many
of whom were declared by by
ISLANDERS to be drunk, was
standing on the corner of 18th
and Maxwell Streets, talking to
friends when the alleged assault
on two stenographers occurred.
Killed With Bat.
The two Negro friends of the muir
dered man, Thomas Clark, of 1040
West 14th street, and Walter Harper,
1045 w. 18th street, and the brother Of
the murdered Bell, George Bell, 124S
Miller street, have identified Otto Ep-
stein, as the man who struck William
Bell over the head with a baseball
bat, almost instantly killing him.
In the sacramental wine shop Of
George Shapiro, 1914 w. 18th street.
a fox.r foot fro,,, t1,o ooo,o ~ tIo h,.,,t
al lynching, Shapiro and his assist
ants denied all knowledge of the af-
fair, when interviewed by the DAILY
WORKER.
Epstein is only common labor
err" Shapiro told the DAILY WORK
ER. "He was employed by me as
l night Waterman"
Shapiro's assistant, who was in
charge Of the wine shop yesterday,
made several contradictory state
ments to the DAILY WORKER. "Ep-
stein generally sits outside the door,"
the assistant said "He probably saw
the affair and ran for the police" A
little later. however. the assistant con-
tradicted himself. Epstein generally
locked himself in the wine shop" he
declared, closing the door and demon
strating to the DAILY WORKER re-
porter exactly how Epstein closed the
door and locked 1t from the inside,
He never went out unless some ex-
element occurred. This place is sup.
posed to close up at ten o'clock every
night, you know"
Picks First Victim.
The Negroes Of the valley Dis.
trict," which is populated by both
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Jews and Negroes, have different
story to tell of Epstein's activities.
Harper and Clark both claim Epstein
ran out Of his shop trailing a base
ball bat, and crashed in the skull Of
the first Negro he saw, which happen
cd to be Bell The girls, meanwhile,
had run into Bertha Deutch's house,
1047 Miller street.
They killed Bell for nothing at all"
a Negro in the pool hall at 1041 Mil
Ter street, across the street from the
murder. who saw the affair. told the
DAILY WORKER. Epstein was sell
ng booze to a gang of young reiIows,
and they were all standing in and
around the wine shop. Most Of them
were drunk. Bell was standing on
the corner of Miller and 14th streets,
talking to friends, when the two girls
screamed and ran In the house. There
was an auto across the street. but
saw no one lay hands on the two girls.
AT any rate II was not Bell"
As soon as the girls screamed. Ep-
stein ran out of the wine shop with
a baseball bat, followed by a bunch
Of his drunken customers. Harper
and Clark ran. and Bell was immedi.
ately beaten to death by the crowd"
Epstein Held Without Bail.
The desk sergeant at the Maxwell
street police station declared that Ep.
stein will be held without bail until
after the coroners inquest. TO take
place this morning at the county
morguA
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their bare faced discrimination is a
victory for the workers Of Wisconsin
and the country generally.
The Workers Party exposure Of La
Follette's latest autocratic methods
has aroused tremendous sentiment
among the workers OF Wisconsin and
is causing much uneasiness in the
ranks of LaFollette's official family.
The sincere socialists OF Wisconsin
cannot stomach such LaFollette tao
tics and are going over. boots and bag
gage to the Communist candidates.
LaFollette again, as he did in the
case of the St. Paul convention, has
called TO the attention Of the workers
the rising Communist movement. The
workers with a few more such ex-
periences as these will be willing TO
swap LaFollette's brand OF demo
cratic ideals and American aspira-
tions," for working class political
solidarity and workers and farmers
government.
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La Toilette Agents, EKERN
And ZIMMERMAN, Baked IN
ANTIWORkERS PARTY PLOT
BY JOSEPH MANLEY

Campaign Manager, Workers Party
The Workers Party has successfully called the bluff of La
FoIette's Wisconsin officials in their baiwick
In spite of the last minute joint attempt of r. l. Ekern
attorney general supported by secretary of state Fred r. Z
merman both of Wisconsin, to rule off the official ballot the
of William Z Foster and Benjamin GIow, Zimmerman
rules that the Communist candidates will go the ballot
Ekerns discriminatory and last minute ruling insisted
petition of thousand signatures for the of the
dena cepresidentia candidates placed the head
of the Independent column.
The regular petition applying the party had
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Communists Stay on the Wisconsin Ballot
King GEORGE ASSENTS TO
PREMIER'S Announcement,
PARLIAMENT is DISSOL we'd
lsDaolaI TO Tho Daily Worker,

LONDON, Oct 0-Premer Ramsay Macdonald head Of the
Labor government officially announced this afternoon in the
House of Commons that the parliament to be dissolved
King George has assented to the omay of agreeing
labor premiers request for dissolution.
The only bill this session will consider boundary
dispute Very likely the order to pro-
rogue parliament In that nominations
be made Oct 49,
The cabinet decided resign upon adoption tory
motion of by motion was based
on the governmental withdrawal Of criminal
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activity as a result of the new form
Of organization.
This meeting is historic one in the
annals OF the American league since
II means the first direct step to com.
pletely reorganize large city unit
upon basis that will make the final
reorganization on the basis Of shop
nuclei fact instead Of mere theory.
Admission will be by card. All
members must attend or they will not
be In good standing. Announcement
will be made of the meeting places of
all new area branches.