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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
Lions CIub. Gets Charter.

Corpus Christi, Tex, March 20
The Nueces County Lions Club, or
ganized here about two months ago.
received its charter this week from
Col. Louis c. Perry of Terrell Tex,
the governor of the Texas district.
Colonel Terry while in South Texas
will deliver charters to several new
clubs. The Corpus Christi club, 50
far as known, is the first one in the
international organization to be
named after the county in which the
club is located.
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guests of Mr. Nowotny at his home
mt his home for short time before
their return to San Antonio. He
showed them his, collection of Indian
relics, which is one of the largest
and finest personal collections in the
country. sss...s. e,'
This trip was the first one made
by Troop 81 this year and was made
without the slightest interruption Or
mishnn -. L u. -
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Elks to Put on Show.

hearsals are under way for the stag
ing of big minstrel show by the Mer-
cedes Order of Elks, March 81 and
Anril 1. The show to be presented
By the San Antonio Elks under the d.
rection of Jimmie Holmes, the we'll
known producer which was shown with
success few weeks ago in San An
tonic.
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w. C. Aliens Sales Large.

w. c. Allen, of Furnish and Fur
nish reports that he sold n 1J0-foot
lot on Kings highway to G. s. Gull
hem; bungalow on Magnolia street.
in Beacon Hill to 1. J.. Laverty; a
two-story frame house on Summit. in
Laurel Heights to Elmer J. Edwards.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
Victoria Boy Breaks Arm.

Victoria. Tex. March %. - Lee
Wick. 12year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. ii. Wick fractured his arm at the
elbow Sunday afternoon when he fell
while playing. A piece of the bone
was chi.ocd off the elbow.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Miners Convention ProposaIs.

ZIEGLER, RESOLUTIONS to be
submitted to the sixth biennial con-
vention, United Mine Workers of
America, by delegates of Local a92,
Ziegler, H., include demands thst the
official organ cease it attacks on
"msnv of the labor organs, especially
The Federated Press" whose mission
is described as ito furnish the wor',.
ing class with true and authentic re-
ports of all doings pertaining to the
labor movement" Russian recogni.
ton and union amalgamation is in
dorsed.
The convention is also asked to re
move the anpointive power from ire
official family by having organizer
and Others clected by referendum arr
convention efSears and committee
by vote cf the delegates on the fret
day Of tha convention.
The c1rven.icr opens at Indianap.
oils jar. 22 and is expected to last
two weeks or more.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
ONLY CUARDISTS,
COMPERS IN WAR
ON RECOGNITION
Soviet Official Sees
Sinister Alliance

Isvestia, official organ of the Soviet
Government, of Dec. 18, 1928, pub
fishes an interview given by Comrade
I. Khurgin, who spent some time in
America as the director Of the
Derutra Steamship Co. Among other
things Khurgin states: "The only
organized opposition to recognition of
Soviet Russia comes from two sources.
From the Russian White Guards. led
by Bakhmetiev, and from Mr.. Com
pers, the President of the American
Federation of Labor.
"The reasons and motives of the
first group are clear and require no
further explanation. AS far as Conn
pers is concerned, his anti-Soviet
propaganda is only an indication Of
the shattered position in which he
finds himself, and of the growing in
fuence of the Workers Party of
America. 1t is not so much CAM
paign against Soviet Russia as an
attempt to keep the influence of his
antiquated trade union machine which
holds in it's grip the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. In reality, this ma
chine is only one of the subordinate
parts of the political machine which
is now ruling the country as a whole.
The strengthening or weakening of
this anti-Soviet campaign is explained
not so much by the international situ-
alton of Soviet Russia as those inter-
nal events in the political life of the
working class, which are taking place
in the United States"
"This campaign, however, does not
in the least touch the broad masses
of the workers. It is an everyday
affair in American political life, and
it does not fool anyone any more"
"It is needless to speak about the
broad masses of the workers. The
showing of the films of Soviet Russia
is turned every time into a manifesto
tion of the sympsthies on the part of
the working class of America
"My impression was that the ten
denotes of the American workers are
contrary to those of Gompers. The
Americans gladly listen to everything
concerning Soviet Russia and show an
unusual interest in our contemporsry
art and literature and in everything
that is connected with Soviet Prussia.
I am not speaking about the radical
part of the bourgcnis intclligcntsia
which is able to tackle the Russian
question but of the ;leople."
"Such a liberal and influential
Weekly as the Nation" for example,
has deemed it necessary to issue
special anniversary issue on the sixth
anniversary of the Russian Revolu-
tion. Other weeklies have carried
long and in many cases well-founded
articles with the anniversary"
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
TRADE BALANCE
FAVORING RUSS
PROGRESS SIGN
BY GERTRUDE HAEssLER

MOSCOW-The best proof of Rus
sian progress is that Russia has
been able to establish a favor
able trade balance. A goat deal
of the credit for this achievement
goes to cooperatives, which were
especially active in exporting goods
in 1928. In 1922 the imports of
Centrosoyuz (Russiau Cooperative
union) amounted to $3.50 Of the
total Centrosoyuz turnover and
exports to 14@o. During the first
half Of 1923, the exports amounted
to 6996 and the imports to $40 of
the total turnover.
The Centrosoyuz Office in Berlin,
which began operations in 1922,
has been particularly successful in
its work. Goods to The amount o.
about 100000 were purchased and
sent into Russia during 1922; half
obtained on six months credit, which
in itself is a financial achievement.
The goods consisted mostly Of auto
mobiles, aniiine dyes, agricultural
tools and machinery.
Fiber, rags, medicinal plants, furs
and horse hair were the chief ex-
ports in 1922. It is significant that
the exports for 1928 consisted chiefly
of foodstuffs, grain predicts, and
oil cake. in addition to the kind Of
goods exported III 1922. In June,
1928, contract was signed by the
Berlin cfice for the delivery "
6,000,000 poods 100000 tons) OF
grain and oil cake.
Germany has bought an enor-
nous quantity Of rag from Russia.
One German firm in Stettin has
bought nearly all the rags Russia
could send, and is endeavoring TO
negotiate for the purchase ot from
1000 to 1900 toes per month in
future. The purcha ser Is paying
partly in advance.
Close relatiors are being estab-
lished between the Russian and
the Danish and German coopera-
tives.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

Maxwell IA got down to a new low
at 50% and Chandler at 81. If any
groups were stronger than the rest
they were the oils and steels, which
were sustained by favorable trade
developments.
Panic Seizes French Bourse.
PARTS.-Panic conditions existed
on the Paris bourse this afternoon as
the French franc fell farther and
faster han ever before, touching
22.75 to the dollar before the close.
French financial experts say the
near-panic is due to loss Of conf
dence on the part of the French busi-
ness men, who rushed thruout the
to buy foreign stocks and
Bankers hesitate to predict when
the steady fall will be halted. The
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

of motor a few days before the
blow-up but no precautions were
taken in the mad rush for production.
The company has repeatedly an
nounced its willingness to compensate
and care for the dependents &C the
dead men. The press here is loud
in its praise for this noble offer. The
plant operates under the Illinois
Compensation Act and all its en-
ployees are covered by insurance and
this death list will cost the company,
in dollars and cents, nothing. The
employees are without a union--tho
they put up a vigorous fight to re-
tain the 100e6 organization they had
established during the war. They
will he without representation at the
Industrial Board hearings that awards
the compensation. Because Of this
many of them are employing lawyers
to present their claims.
No Workers On Jury
The Coroner's jury, which will de-
termine the cause of death when the
last body is found, does not list a
single worker. Of the six members,
IufeS lSpIeSSHb JHe Teklu anu IeOTld
anti-labor press. The Pekin paper is
a pro Ku Klux Klan publication. The
Peoria papers are notoriously unfair
to labor. Two retired farmers and a
banker comprise the remainder Of the
jury.
Wages paid in the death trap, ranged
from AZ cents to 65 cents per hour,
ACCORDING to the wears of emnlovnant
Because Of this "open shop" wage,
many of the men in the starch works
put in 16-hour shifts.
John Hooker, the latest victim to
be removed from the wreckage, was
finishing a 16-hour day when he was
killed.
The unidentified dead, in great
benevolence are to be buried by the
company, in one grave. The COM
pany announces that it will erect a
monument to the memory of the dead
workers.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
PARTY
GREETS FARMER-LADOR
IN NORTH CAROLINA

Joseph Manley, National Secretary,
Federated Farmer-Labor Party, sends
letter of greeting to the Farmer
Labor conference held yesterday in
Raleigh, North Carolina. The letter
urged the Conference TO participate
in the May 30th convention to be
held in Minneapolis, MINI.
The call for the North Carolina
conference was sent out by c. p.
Berringer, president Of the State
Federation Of Labor and temporary
chairman OF The Farmer-Labor move
ment in that state.
The organizations participating
were the State Farmers Union. the
State Federation Of Labor, the Loco
motive Engineers and Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
DICKENS NOVELS.
"SEDITIOUS" IN.
FASCIST GERMANY.
Won Seeckt's Vandais
Destroy Workers Press
BY LOUIS P. LOcHNER.
Stan Correspondent Of the Federated Pres


RERLIN.---When the iron heel of
Military Dictator Won Seeck's forces
descended upon radical organizations
in Germany, and the Communist party
was declared illegal, there was also
annihilated one Of the best publish
ing institutions in Germany, The Ver-
einigung Internationaler Varlagsan-
stalten (Asosciation of International
Publishing House) commonly known
Us the Viva.
The Viva is an undertaking launch
cd jointly by Swiss, Austrian, Rus
sian, and German book concerns. The
main publishing Office was at Berlin,
and there were some so book stores
maintained by it throughout Ger
many. These cooperative book stores
had been established by hand and
brain workers under great economic
difficulties during the period Of Ger
manys worst depression.
No sooner had the decree making
the Communist party illegal been
signed, than soldiers descended upon
the main office and the auxiliary
bookshops, arrested most of the man
ayers, closed and sealed the stores.
The stock, consisting not only of
radical literature but also Of scienti-
fic works, popular editions of classics,
and of publications by houses other
than communistic, was in part de-
stroyed and in part dragged off to
military barracks. Dickens novels,
Hermynia zur Muehlen's Fables, Dos
toievsky's stories, and the like were
included. Viva was also planning to
bring out number of works on art.
All this was deemed "seditions" by
the military, and at one fell blow a
cultural undertaking that had fur
nished cheap books to the workers
was annihilated. The German press
is silent about this assault upon the
principle of free press.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
EXPECT 1900
DELEGATES AT
MINERS MEET
Resolutions Pour in for
Big Convention
Special to "The Daily WOrker.')

Especial to "The Daily Worker.")
INDIANAPOLIS, Manifestations
on wages and numerous other prob
lens which will come before the con-
vention of the United Mine Workers
kere next week are pouring into in
terational headquarters, officials of
the unions said today.
All resolutions concerning wages,
will be turned over to the wage
scales committee which will make
recommendations to the convention.
The recommendation finally adopt
ed by the convention will be turned
over to the joint scale committee OF
miners and operators which meets ir
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. II.
Between 1900 and 1900 delegates
are expected to attend te convention.
The opening session will be helc
Jan. %.
James ]. Davis, the banker-secre-
tary of labor, will speak during the
convention, it is announced, and
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, may
: also be
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

and broken bones that lie inside.
Identification is made by button
or a piece of burned cloth.
A lad in his early teens walks with
man of 60. They have kept the
vigil constantly. The boy waits for
the remains of his father, the man
pleads for the body of his 17-year-
old boy
Machinery HUNS Again
Machinery in other buildings of the
plant is humming again as throngs of
workers pass the fatal wreckage
silently but with searching eyes. The
work of the demolished starch room
is being done in plants owned by the
company elsewhere so that production
goes on.
State and federal investigators who
have been here since the accident to
determine its cause have gone away.
1t is reported that they found the "ex-
act root" of the explosion, but they
have made nothing public.
David Price, one Of the engineers
in charge of the investigation, agrees
with the statement in our previous
article that the explosion first oc-
cured in the grinding room and shot
into the dry starch works thru the
conveyor that carried the starch from
one building to the other
Whatever his conclusions are as to
the cause Of the explosion will be
made to the Explosion Hazards Com
mittee, Of the National Fire Protec-
tion association of which he is the
chairman.
Workers Union Wrecked
The explosion occurred after the
company had wrecked the workers
union two years ago, and refused to
continue a union condition which had
caused two men to be kept constantly
at work removing dust that everybody
knew would explode. There were no
dust elimination suction fans in the
building where the explosion took
place. According to an employee
who who formerly worked in the
starch works, a ball of fire shot out
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
NEWARK FEARS
COURT FIGHT ON
SPEECH FREEDOM
VIM. Z. Foster r and
Bishop Jones Released

NEW YORK.--Police officials Of
Newark hinted to representatives
Of the American Civil Liberties union
that they did not intend to inter
fere with meetings called by the
Labor Defense Council.
Representatives of the Union had
taken up with the police the queS-
ton of the right of anyone to speak
in Newark after William q. Foster
had been prevented from speaking
there at meeting for the Labor
Defense Council.
Police Refuse Permit.
The police had refused to issue
a permit for Foster to speak in a
private hall and the Civil Liber-
ties Union and the Labor Defense
Council called an open air meeting
with Foster and Bishop Paul Jones
as speakers to test whether per-
sons whose views are not liked by
the police of Newark are included
in the constitutional guarantee Of
free speech or not"
Bishop Jones finished his speech
and Foster had just begun when
-
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
BORAH PROBERS
DRAW UP PLANS;
ITALY is ON JOB


WASHINGTON.-eSenator Borah's
subcommittee of the Senate For
eign Affairs Committee will submit
plans for immediate hearings on the
Borah resolution to recognize Rus
sia.
The subcommittee members are
Senator Borah. chairman: Senators
Lenroot, of Wisconsin Pepper, of
Pennsylvania, Swanson Of Nevada,
and Pittman of Virginia.
Americans who have first-hand in.
formation that will throw light on
the attitude Of the Russian COVERT
ment and people toward the people
ana government of the United States
will he called by the subcommittee
to testify.
Borah realizes that the Coolidge
administration now lines IN with
Hughes and Lodge, as against HIM
self and Hoover, on the Russian is
sue The hearings will he aimed 10
bring out the essential facts as to
the effect on European peace and
upon American ani Euronean prog
~NSS1 VI NAC PAC9ShN hVSOlt1 lOllSy.
Senate opinion has vcerel sstoaelv
toward recognition. since tire Lodge
Boraa debate Of Jan. 7. This trend
is increased BY the discovery that
the Labor party ministry in Lon
don proposes to reconcile Europe
without asking leave from Mr..
Hughes.
Russia and Italy Talk Business.
RoME.--With recognition Of Rus
sia imminent by British labor goy-
ernmeat, the Italian government is
rapidly Approaching an economic
ayr@enirt ~i'n hasssw. f.Gs-
sian trode delegation, led by serS-
'gs i''r~'asp. ,-.s rtachea Nome.
1t IL repcgted !nat Italy will receive
cor :eesioes among the Caucasian
oil fields, rs well as coal mining
rights IN tho Dpnetz lasin and Grain
acreage in the Ukraine. The Soviet
goy crpment will share in the profits
Of these enterprises.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

government is making desperate eff
forts to arrest the decline and is
prosecuting foreign spectators.
Count de Lasteyrie and the direc-
tors of the Ministry of Finance met
with directors of the leading Paris
banks this afternoon to consider the
situation.
The official closing quotation on
the franc was 22.76 to the dollar.
The bourse today presented turbu-
lent scenes with traders at pitch Of
agitation unknown in years.
The interior and the portico steps
were jammed with yelling, gesticu-
lating mass of humanity.
Foreign securities were rising in
leaps and bounds. French bonds were
feeble. Some banks refused to sell
foreign monies.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

TION OF LABOR will be published
under this head on day of meeting
free of charge for the first month,
afterwards our rate will be as fol-
lows:
Monthly meetings. year zone
line once a month, each additional
line, 15c an issue.
Semi-monthly meetings - $5 a
year one line published two times
a month, each additional line 13c an
issue.
Weekly meetings--$7.50 a year
one line a week, each additional line
10c an issue.
THIRD TUESDAY, Jan. 18th
AmaIgamated Clothing Workers, Doug
las Park Auditorium.
1s4 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 409 S.
l52 ArslRq'ntsd Clothing Workers, 1864
n Robey st.
27O AmRigamated Clothing Workers, 4os s.
Fslstrd st.
SIS Roller Makers. Chicago and Western.
40 Brick and Clay Workers. Clark and
lac p. s. I. W., 73s W. Madison st.
376 b. S. LW., 1f3 S. Ashland Ave.
Ell Carpenters, e4i2 Cottage Grove Ave.
1I2s Carpenters. Moose Hall, la Grange. III.
I7z7 Carpenters. 14th st. Hall, North Chi
cn9o.
2i2O Carpenters. 52is 8. Ashland Ave.
s27 Conductors tR. RI, s<th and Univer-
sity Ave.
15 Conductors sleeping Carl, Capitol
ls.eoopsrs. as2s S. Halsted ST.
1880 Electricians. 7li s. Western Ave.
-feD. Elevator Constructors, 2oJl w. Monroe
Street.
GAS Engineers dOc.), 24ss w. Roosevelt
Iss Firemra sud Enyiaenrn, Lake and
Francisco Street.
us Firemsn and Enginenen. Ogden and
Taylor.
20 Hatters. 1855 w. Washington st.
20 Hatters tTrimmers). 16s W. Washing
ton 81.
us Hod Carriers, sia w. Harrison st.
l04 Ladies' Garment Worker, s2s ". Van
Bnren st.
500 Msehip'as. s9E7 ss,fae.d Ave.
$50 Marf'sisss. !ii4 Wentworth Ave
he Msicteaanee Of Way. 5ii5 Ashland
ie72 M.ins,rsrse Of Way. si27 W. sssh st.
$40 Meat Catlris, I.l05 Michigan Ave.
10 Musielscs. i75 w. Washington St., 2
p. m.
is Psintscs. ssih and Wood.
725 PAiutses, s2t2 3. Chieseo Ave.
al Painters. Chicago Hcighis. Carpenters'
Hal.
see Painters. izs W. Randolph 81.
zzz Hsilroad Trainmen, 20 w. Randolph
Street.
297 Railway Carmen. ssih and Halsted 81.
100 Railway Garner, 2345 s. Kettle Ave.
1919 Railway Cermsn, 1898 w. 1pth 81.
5sS Railway Clerks. i1tii Michigan Ave.
1905 Railway Clerks. 5s36 Wentworth Ave.
zzis kslwsy Ciorks, $40 W. Washington
Street.
80 switehmen. sel Il. 18th 81.
H2 Tesmsters. Laundry. 22o s. Ashland
The Daily Worker for a month free
to the first member of any local union
sending in change Of date or place
Of meeting Of locals listed here.
Please watch for your local and II
not listed let us know, giving time
and place Of meeting so we can keep
this daily announcement complete
and up TO date.
On Tuesday Of every week we ex-
pect to print display announcements
Of local unions. Rates will be 81 an
inch, SOC for half an inch card. Take
this matter up In your next meeting.
Your local should have weekly dis
play card as we'll as the running an
nouncement under date Of meeting.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
What Do You Say?

big publication serial form Of the
dus the Bolheik novel; "A Week." The Daily
Worker, and hereh il
SHALL WE PUBLISH INsTALLMENT DAILY. OR SHALL WE
coNFINE OURSELVES TO AN INSTALLMENT EACH
SATURDAY MAGAZINE SECTION7
We want readers to decide this question
Write an lei usk knows:
DAILY INSTALLMENTS,
WEEKLY INSTALLMENTS7
publish Of
longer But isn't
What Write Daily Worker,
Hasted Street. Chicago Illinois.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
British Miners
Vote for Strike
By Big Majority

LONDON.-Coal miners of Lanca-
shire and Cheshire voted overwhelm-
ingly today in favor of termination of
the existing wage agreement, the
count was 55,875 for termination, g.
SAG against.
Unless immediate concessions on
the part of employers are forthcom-
ing, important strikes in the coal in
dustry, as we'll as Oh the country's
railroads, will confront a Labor Gov
ernment when it takes office, it is pre-
dicted.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Dismiss Kuzbas Frameup.

NEW YORK.-The reactionary,
governmental campaign against or
ganizstions working for Russia's re-
construction ended in a fiasco when
the two outstanding charges of
grand larceny against P. Pascal Cos
grove, formerly Of the Kuzbas COM
mittee, were dismissed in the state
supreme court by Judge Tompkins.
The district attorney consented TO
the dismissal.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Say There Are Too Many Miners


CLEVELAND, O.-Miners' union
officials charge that there are so per
cent too many miners and therefore
miners work only half the time.
At the convention of the miners of
Ohio, at Columbus, this week, re-
solution will be introduced asking
that the government prevent the
opening of new mines during dull
periods.
The union officials do not make it
plain just how with a given number
oil coal miners fewer mines to be
worked will affect the employment
situation. Some progressives in the
union say that if there were fewer
mines and the same number of min
ers the unemployed miners would be
used as club to beat down the
wages of the working miners.
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
Wall Street Stock Market Says
as French Franc Hits Toboggan
and Panic Seizes French Bourse

YORKThe fall low levels and the
sagng tendency British sterling also contributed day Of hevness
the Wall points
took place in the active stocks with the recon principally
the indurials
Pressure continued right the close and final at the
lSGs of the
New lows made sections
sounded especially in the motors and other industrial favo
The daily worker., 1924-01-15

DOLn on tnem were IA Icevcl4 a..
taken to the police station and
questioned for more than an hour
and then released.
Welcome Court Fight.
eve would have welcomed an OPP
portunity to determine the right of
free speech in Newark in the
courts" said Prof. Harry F. Ward,
chairman Of the Civil Liberties union.
"That, apparently, did not appeal to
the officials who have arbitrarily
barred a speaker because they do
not sanction his views"
The daily worker., 1924-01-15
ReparatIonists Meet

PARIS.-The international COM
mittee on reparations met in the
Hotel Astoria today for its opening
session.
Louis Barthou, Frances represen-
tative, warned the commission that
they would work with entire free
dom within the frame work of the
Versailles treaty." The treaty. he
reminded them, was Frances charter.
General "Hell and Maria" Dawes
viii be chairman of the information
al committee of experts to examine
into Germany's ability to pay.