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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
COMMUNISTS IN
GERMANY War ON
THEDAWESPLAN
Dictatorship in Mass
Arrest of Workers
fspeoIaI to the Daily worksr)

ESPECIAL 10 the Daily Workorl
BERLIN, Nov. 7.-Communist
candidates will run for the Ger
man reichstag under immediate
peril of arrest if the repression
instituted by the government in
view of the national election
continues as it has begun. Mass
arrests of Communist delegates
and party officials are under
way.
The attempt to destroy the
Communist party of Germany is
regarded as a protective meas
ure by the government for the
Dawes reparations plan and the
huge loan recently sold in Amer
lea and elsewhere.
The reparations bonds, bearing s
per cent interest, will be worthless if
the Dawes plan is repudiated at the
polls.
The Communist International has
published manifesto in Moscow as
surfing the German Communists of the
solid support of the entire interna-
tional in their defense against exter.
mination. Down with the dictator
ship of the Dawes robbers" one of its
slogans declares.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08

and sympathizers to issue a weekly
paper by the beginning of the new year
For this, they are working to raise a
fund of $4,000 and to increase their
circulation to 10000 readers.
. The DAILY WORKER urges all its
readers to come TO the aid of The
Young Worker and help the young
Communists achieve success. This IL
the first financial and circulation ap-
peal that the revolutionary youth has
made to the adult militants and they
deserve the hearty cooperation of all
workers. The League is the only rev.
dictionary organization that attempts
to counteract the insidious infiuencef
of capitalist propaganda among the
youth of the nation, and to draw them
into the ranks Of the fighting work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
1t Looks AS IF Magnus
Johnson Must Go Home
And Milk the Cows

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Nov. T.
The great cow-milker, Magnus John
son. who went down to Washington
and got all swelled up because Silent
Cal" invited him to tea and Secretary
Wallace challenged him to milking
contest, can go back and milk COWS on
his own dunghill.
Once Talked Of Revolution.
Magnus talked very sayagely when
he was running for the senate. When
he was elected he even offered the
opinion that there might be a revo-
luton some day. But when the smooth
guys down on the Potomac patted
Magnus on the back, he changed his
mind about the revolution.
Then Condemned Revolution.
Magnus SHE'D away of to one side
when asked to ride in the farmer-labor
party wagon this year. He even warn
ed against any dealings with the Com.
mqnist revolutionists in the st. Paul
convention. But mere words were
not enough for Magnus. He became
vicious, and his Berserk blood boiled
against reds" He betrayed the work
ers and farmers in the farmer-labor
federation. He knitted Emme, the
Communist, running on the farmer.
labor ticket for congress, and backed
Oscar Keller, the republican.
Now the cows have come home to
be MIXED. Magnus himself is whip.
ped in the election by a republican
Thomas d. Schall.
Schall is blind man, but the work
ers and farmers Of Minnesota have
decided that blind man could see
things at Washington better than the
faker and hypocrite, Magnus John
son. Some say that Magnus has ever
lost on COW milking, that he dare moi
go. near the barnyar6. for fear the
COWS will eat him. Magnus has re
ceived the reward of traitors-ob
| livion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
RUSSIA PLACES TRIAL
ORDER FOR EQUIPMENT
IN The UNITED STATES

NEW YoRK.-5etter employ
ment for wage earners In the United
States will result from the $1,000
600 order for oil MILL equipment
placed In this country by a repres-
entative Of the Russian government.
This is a trial order and should ar
engagements work out satisfactorily
the workers. government Of Russia
will come TO this country for more
machinery for their oil Industry,
meaning additional Jobs for Amer
lean workers.
A. ?. serebrovsky, head Of the
Russian state oil trust, says Rus
sIa's oil reconstruction will take
four years with expenditure Of
many million dollars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08

ing class. 1t is a sign of their success
in this work that they are now pre-.
pairing to widen their field of activity
and increase their influence by the
publication of a weekly paper.
Adult workers should heed the ap-
peal by sending money-as much as
you can-to The Young Worker, 1113
West Washington Boulevard, Chicago
Illinois. And when you send in your
contribution, don't forget to send
along a subscription for a year-it'f
only one dollar-for some young
friend Of yours, or your son, or a
young worker in your shop, mill OF
mine.
The youth always aids the partyl
Aid them nowl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

tional president and his district tu
chuns who could inflict punishment on
the members unless they voted for his
favorite candidate, or in other words
the one who paid best. Now, with the
approach of the next A. F. of L. con-
vention, without "red scare" in sight
there are rumors that the rival tu-
chuns are cunning for Sans official
head. John L. Lewis wants the job.
VIII Hutchinson Of the carpenters
support him? George L. Berry of the
printers and Morrin of the Structural
Iron Workers have a dual C. p P. A.
organized. Will the various forces
who are angered because Of Sans sup
port Of LaFollette join hands and drop
the old fellow now, or give him the
privilege of dying as president of the
A. F. Of L.? The convention date is
not far OF and prophets were never
in worse odor than just now.
THE Reverend Norman Thomas and
| Morris Hillquit may begin to bore
from within Tammany Hall now. Dur
ing the election, the doctor was very
polite to AL, tho he admitted the smil.
ing gentleman was in bad company
The voters preferred AIS home brew
promises to the product Of Oyster Bay.
Thomas rises and sings: 1.-THE people
are always right; long live the peo-
pie" The ex-minister also suggests
that it is about time Tammany Hall
should break with the South and join
the socialist party also the mythical
third party. That is progress.
THE DAILY WORKER has carried
| several articles during the past
six months telling of the decay Of the
socialist party. Before the election it
was bankrupt organizationally. Now
it is bankrupt politically. The next
move should be a united front be-
tween Spargo, William English Wall
ing, and Benson, who is on Ford's payroll
and the other disreputables who open
ly declared for the entrance of this
country into the world war. BY the
way, how many of you remember the
once mayor Of Schenectady, N. Y. DR..
Lunn. Since then he has been a mis-
cradle renegade also lieutenant gov.
ernor Of the Empire state. He is no
longer. He was drowned by the Cool.
idge tidal wave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
Wealth. Mounts. waaea Stick

MELBOURNE, Australian 1911
the privately owned wealth in Aus.
tralia amounted to s7,Os9. 500, 900. and
at the end OF 1923, It increased to
si2,05O,000,000. an increase OF $4,000.
100000. In 1911, the average week.
ly wage paid TO all workers was 1890
rising at the end OF 1923 TO s22.62 a
week--an increase OF SO per cent, re.
ducing the wage of 1898 to purchas.
Ing power wage, measured on the 1911
level, OF s12.44 a week. or IA cents
higher than In 1911.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08

action Of Claude Erwin was inexcus-
abIe-that instead of turning over the
charges Immediately to the temporary
officials selected by the convention,
he kept them for days after the con-
vention opened and then carried them
only to James Rowan, who was using
an injunction In the factional dispute.
The majority report Of the commit
tee concluded that the very statement
of the I. w. w. preamble constitutes
a violation Of the Busick Injunction,
and that when Claude Erwin denies
the existence Of class war, he repu-
dates the position of the 1. w. w.
The charges that the editorials may
result in sending members to jail the
committee reported to be groundless.
mo VlolatIon-No Taking Of
Industry"
Vern Smith, defending himself be-
fore the convention scored the spirit
of paciflsm which, he said, he had no.
ticed growing steadily among the
members of the /. w. w.
II have noticed a tendency on the
part Of many Of our members to back
down from the revolutionary princip-
les Of the l. w. w." said Smith. II
wrote the articles with a view to
bringing matters to head, and / am
very glad that this affair has come up.
l stick now by what have written,
and l say again that we must mobilize
in the same aggressive spirit in which
Morgan mobilizes. am going to do
Just what the Busick injunction says
1 must not do am going to try to
take over the industries of the world
for the workers"
Shall Judge Revise Preamble?
The charge that his articles may
result in sending members Of the or
ganization to Jail Smith refuted by
saying that If the capitalist class
wants conviction, it can secure a
conviction, evidence or no evidence.
Fred Mann, speaking in favor of
Smith, hit the fundamental basis on
which the controversy over Smith
rests when he said: "The question
seems to be whether the l. W. w. is
going to retain its revolutionary prin-
ciples OF. whether it is going to have
its literature written in keeping with
the demands Of the capitalist legislat
ures and the capitalist courts. l con.
tend that there is class war, and that
the I. w. w. calls for class war"
Erwin, called to task for his state
ments, took the curious position that
altho there is "class struggle" there
is no "class war"-a statement which
Broman characterized as "murky and
ill-defined."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
Have JobIess Fund.

NEW YORK, Nov. THE Unem-
ployment Insurance Fund Of the Inter.
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union now totals $25O,OOO, the organ
ization announces. Plans for distribu-
ton Of benefits are being worked out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
WORLDLY editor
STANDS Up FOR
The CLASS WAR
Pacifsm in Organize
tion Must Be Fought

The 10Th annual convention
of the |. w. W., in sitting the
charges brought by Claude Err
win, member of Industrial Un-
ion 230, against Vern Smith,
editor of Industrial Solidarity
and the Industrial Pioneer, is
timldIy probing into the funda-
mental principles on which the
organization is based and is
being compelled to fresh out
the question Of whether the /.
w. w. is to stand by its revolu-
tionary theories or to retreat
before the powers of the courts
and the internal trend to paci-
flsm and reformist unionism.
A RevoIutlonIst Heard From.
The charges against Smith, James
Morris and Frank Gallagher are based
on articles printed in the Industrial
Pioneer in September and October Of
this year. The article In the Septem
Der magazine to which Erwin has tax.
en- objection is an editorial headed:
Mobilize for Class War" It was
written for the occasion Of Defense
Day, and reads in part:
1--WE. the l. w. W., the fighting van.
guard of the labor movement, must
rally the working class; we must mob
ilize ourselves; we must oppose the
army Of toll to the army of massacre;
we must assault, then turn over, and
entirely destroy this capitalist system
that sets US tasks, and steals our sus.
tenance, and sports with our lives
We must mobilize every day for class
war, in the same spirit that Morgan
mobilize on September IL for the
cash war"
The One Cure for InIunetIons.
The other article mentioned in the
charges against Smith is the one en-
titled "The Acid Test" which appear
ed in October. The editorial calls on
members of the l. W. w. to go into
California and violate the Busick in.
junction-an injunction based on the
criminal syndicalism laws Of the state
and making mere membership in the
/. w. w. an offense severely to be pun
ished. The editorial states: 1--WE need
thousands Of workers to go to south
ern California this winter and violate
the Busick injunction-we need a
mass reputation of the injunction
and the criminal syndicalism persecu
ton by the hosts Of labor. 1t is the
acid test of labor's right to organize
1t is the acid test of your sincerity as
q class-conscious working man."
The charges against Smith state
that the California members of the
/. w. w. who are on trial have plead
ed no violation of the injunction, and
that the printing Of such statements
as those mentioned, calling for viola
ton Of the Injunction and the capital
ist system. constitutes betrayal OF
the l. w. w. members into the hands
Of the courts.
Erwin consplred With Rowan.
The majority of the grievance com
mittee, with which the charges against
Smith were lodged, reported to the
convention that in one respect the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
Speeches, Eats and
Good Fellowship at
Canton Celebration
CspeeIsI 70 the paIIy workerl

Especial to the Daily Worker)
4 CANTON, Ohio, Nov. z. - Canton
comrades will not be outdone in ex-
pressing their Joy of the victory and
achievements of the Russian revolu-
ton. On Sunday evening, Nov. 8.
they will get together at the Polish
Hall, 1711-11th N. E., to celebrate the
seventh anniversary of the Russian
revolution. There will be speeches in
Italian, Slavik, Greek and English.
There will be plenty Of goot eats.
There will be lots of fun. Admission
free. Come and bring your friends.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
SHOW RAILROAD
|. BROKE LAWS AT
|. GRADE CROSSING
Finally Free TOwernan
Held in Custody

several more ordinances and
state laws, which the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul rail-
road violated, were read into the
record Of the coroner's inquest
sitting on the killing of ten
people when a freight train
crashed into a trolley at Kings
bury st. and North Ave-, last
week.
Section 3410 of the revised
municipal code requires that
"An railroad tracks provide
proper and sufficient lights at
the crossings, such lights to be
approved by the city authori-
ties"
Train 80 Cars Long
Another section Of the municipal
code which witnesses have proven the
Chicago and Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad violated states mo train
greater in length than 700 feet shall
be made up, switched or moved in
the city, and no train shall more than
20 cars" The train which caused the
wreck was IS cars long, requiring two
engines to pull it. Nicholas Weld,
who ran one of the engines which
pushed the train into the street car,
testified that the average length of
the freights run along these tracks
every night is 35 cars. He stated that
two engines are many times required
to pull the freights along the track
where the disaster occurred.
Section 1894 requires that when a
train is backing, a brilliant and con
spicious light must be displayed on
the end car, to show which way the
car is moving. Testimony Of dozen
witnesses has shown there was nc
light on the coal car which backed
into the trolley. Another ordinance
violated by the railroad requires the
ringing Of the engine bell when the
train is passing street crossings.
Some of the questions which have
not yet been answered are, docs the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail
road have the power to use that sec
ton Of the city as a private switching
yard?" "Will the city continue to al
low the Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul railroad to do its private switch
ing over dangerous grade crossings?'
Worker Gets Attention
When the jury of six capitalists
selected by Coroner Wolff to "investi
gate" the wreck were ready to adj
journ, the lawyer appointed to defend
John Brahe, the crippled towerman
upon whom the capitalist authorities
and rich corporation were trying to
lay all the blame, objected.
"Brahe has been held in Jail incom
municado for four days now, without
chages and with no evidence" said the
lawyer, don't you think you'd better
let him out?"-
That was a new idea to the jury
and the coroner. But as no excuse
was available John Brahe was re
leased on his own recognizance. To
the reporter Of the DAILY WORKER
Brahe said:
Didn't See Anything
81 haven't been allowed to see any
body but doctors and the police. I'v6
been fed on bread and coffee for -four
days and made to sleep on cell
floor. Just what I've done / DOM
know" Brahe said he hadn't heard il
the Milwaukee railroad was keeping
him on the payroll or not. Neither
had the railroads lawyer, Mr.. Blum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08

Says Prof. z. varga in his THE De.
cline Of Capitalism" pamphlet just
received from Europe. Also: "Will
not the militaristic-imperialIst policy
of Poincare gain the upper hand,
which fact would lead to a new ca
tastrophe OF the mark, since the
Rentenmark. an artificial creation.
would by no means be able to with
stand such a blown" A most timely
pamphlet use
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
PLAN WEEKLY YOUNG WORKER"

"a Weekly Young Worker 1921"
being heard in the ranks the
country
began successful drive its monthly into semi
monthly engaged intensive membership
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thoritative quarters. Our readers are
allowed to guess whether the position
is the reward for activity in the cleo
ton or a sop from the coal operators
who do not want the scab mines or
ganized. A little thinking on this mat.
ter will prove beneficial, particularly
to some miners whose sense Of organ
ization patriotism may have a ten
dency to make them proud Of this al
legged honor conferred on their presi
dent.
TOHN L. LEWIS has rendered ex
- cellent service to the American
capitalists in many ways. His perse
cution of such men as Alexander How
at, Jim McLachlan, Duncan Mcdonald
and the small army of militants in the
miners union, has entitled him to the
consideration of his masters. But what
about poor old Sammy, the greatest
and cleverest faker Of them all. In
his old age he has put his foot in it
up to his eyes. He backed the wrong
horse. The labor takers are not pion.
GERS. They are after speedy returns
and LaFollette lost and Sam is expos
ed as wind bag without any political
influence.
THE workers paid no attention to
1 Sans directions. If they obeyed
any labor leader It was the interna
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
Illinois Goes Small.

Small carried the election, even if
he had to call out troops to help the
Khan bulldoze the voters Of southern
Illinois without being interfered with
by indignant workers.
The new state legislature will be re-
publican by big majority. The La
Follette's forces of progress" will
have to yelp loud in order to be heard
above the sound of shifting poker
chips and the rustic of banknotes be-
ing exchanged from public to private
hands.
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This LETTER FROM
OUR READER CARRIES
A SUGGESTION TO YOU

To the DAILY WoRKER: can
think Of no birthday present my
dad would like better than this
glowing, fighting papers Of yours.
Enclosed find $500 to apply on a
subscription for John r. SunuaIl,
$3.50 Lexington, Chicago.
think the DAILY WORKER Is
getting better and better and BET
TER every dayl--J. R. s., Chicago.
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DIES MONIES, Ia, Nov. 6.-Unofl.
cial tabulation of 2,415 out of Iowa's
2,41S precincts, shows that Brookhart
has overtaken his democratic oppo-
nent and is leading him by AZ votes.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-10

David H. Warfield. the leading merchant
of Rockville until three years ago, when
he retired from business on account Of
failing health, died on Sunday, October
5th, 1924. Of heart trouble. at his home
here. aged So years.
Mr.. Warfield was born and reared in
this county and was one Of the most highly
esteemed citizens Of the county and town
He served as President of the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society and was a
member of St. Mary's Branch. National
Council of Catholic Men.
He is survived by his wife. who is the
youngest daughter of Rebecca G. Fields and
the late Matthew Fields, and three sisters
Misses Jane and Ada Warfield. Of Ken
sington, Md. and Mrs. Alfred Warthen
also Of Kensington.
The funeral services. with Requiem Mass,
were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church,
this town. on Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock and was attended by many rela-
tives and friends Of the deceased The
pastor, Rev. j. T. Coolahan. officiated at
the services. assisted by Monseieneur
Mackin, of Washington. and Rev. Father j..
S. Cuddey, Of Gaithersburg. The floral trib-
utes were numerous and beautiful. Burial
was in ST. Mary's Cemetery near Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-10
Do You Know ?

Do you know that Abraham Lincoln
once-in the Forties-declined the gov
ernorshp of ORGAN, then newly acquired
territory
That in August. 1S48. Oregon became a
territory Of the Union3
That Kit Carson. the famous scout, car
ried the first gold NUGGETS from California
Eastward in 1887
That the news Of California's gold did
not reach the press for publication until
September, 1848-in Boston and New
York-or attain notice on the floor of Con-
dress till December 5ths
That many children were born in the
wagon trains that crossed the prairies,
and plains in the fortiesH
That the clergymen who Travelled with
the wagon trains were kept busy officiating
at weddings and funerals 7
All these facts are brought out in The
Covered Wagon" a paramount picture
produced by James Cruze with superb
cast Of players. which come to the Seco
Theatre, Rockville. on Friday and Saturday,
October 10th and nth. j. Warren Kerriean
and Lois Wilson are seen in the leading
roles.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-10
1.-THE Ten Commands Big Hit.

Both the public and the daily newspapers
have covered Cecil B. De Miles production
of THE Ten Commandment" with lauda-
ton. The great motion picture epic. start
ing at the National Theatre on September
29th. has established itself as the biggest
theatrical success of Washington in years.
The first week of performances was solidly
sold out, and the National booking will have
to be extended to the third week of October.
Among the distinguished patrons who have
already seen it are Secretaries Weeks, Will
bur and Davis Of the Cabinet. the Episco-
pal Bishop of Washington and many of
the rectors and pastors Of all creeds, Sena-
tors and Congressman who are in the city,
the District Commissioners. Legation Off
cials and many Of the -Four Hundred"
The first-night audience was the most
brilliant ever seen for a cinema spectacle.
The Washington Star remarked that the
picture is "spectacularly splendid and dra-
matically played" while the Post says
that Tears, applause, thrills and laughter
marked the first presentation" 1t stands
as a monument to De Mile" according to
the Times IF Mr.. De Mile does nothing
else for the rest of his life. he has done more
than many churches and many tongues. 81
1t has moments of Genius" glowingly re-
marks the Washington Herald. Splendid.
never-to-be-f forgotten flashes of all that is
fine in human endeavor and cinema art"
Daily News finds that the chase by the
forces of Pharaoh Of the fleeing flock of
Israel is the most sweeping thing ever
filmed" All the critics state that the
pictures Of the Exodus in color, the miracle
Of the Red Sea. and the music that &C.
companies the laundering forth Of the
commandments from Sinai are the Great
est sensations they have ever experienced.
The modern story that follows the Bible
part is superlatively praised too.