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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23
On a Labor Takers Trail
ton meant blackjacks.
The sIuuaed Committee.



A miners committee went to SPRING
field to interview Harrington. This
members Of the committee we're slug
ged on the streets Of Springfield. The
names OF the men who did the slug
ging are: Jack" Brown or J. w.
Brown, notorious character and boss
for the Peabody Coal company, who
was keeping company with a woman
who ran house Of i'll repute. Ac.
cording to reports, she is still engaged
in the same line Of business. Browns
name will appear again in a subse-
quent article.
The other members Of the slugging
committee, gent by harrington to I'm
terview' the rank and file delegates
are: Edward CRed) Maher, who is
now running for legal Investigator,
and william Wall, alias "One-eared
WALL" also a candidate for inves-
tigator.
The day after the committee was
slugged a great mass nesting was
held in Springfield and David Reed
read the following telegram from the
platform:
"collinsvilIe. H., s-s-1s1s.
Frank Harrington,
Farmers Bank Building,
springfield, Ill.
1.-Two delegates left at six a m. fo1
Springfield. They will arrange for
mass meeting tomorrow. VIII arrive
at about ten-fifteen.
Moses Johnson"
silence Showed Guilt.
President harrington, who was pres.
snt at the meeting, was charged BY
Reed with the responsibility for the
slAgging Of the CollinsviIle delega-
ton. He did not deny the charge. The
telegram was sent by Harrington
stoolpayeon in Collinsville, and was
the signal for the sluggers to be on
the watcSl.
The Springfield miners were not
then enthusiastic over a strike for
new contract, but when the Belle
vile committee told Of the treatment
they suffered az the hands Of Earring
toms sluegefs. they voted to go on
strike and to remain on strike until
all the state ofiaers resigned their
jobs"
The next article will follow up this
very interesting part of Farrington's
history. The evidence will convince
any fair-minded mine worker that the
president Of District II is not alone
an agent of the operators, whether
paid directly or indirectly by them.
but that for sheer brutality he can
hold his own with the worst speci-
men among the American labor takers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23
FINAL RED NIGHTS IN
new YORK CITY TO
LIGHT UP EAST SIDE
Especial to the Daily worksr)

AoPeOfdi 10 tUe OdlJ NefNciJ
NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 22.-The
two final red nights In New York
City will be held on the east side
and in the down town sections FRI
day evening, Oct. "a, and Saturday
Oct. rs. On Friday night the Red
Night will be In the 18th congress
sional district with a series Of IL
meetings with final grand windup
at 10th street and End avenue at
1o:so .. m. At this meeting many
prominent speakers will address the
meeting. Some Of the speakers will
be, Ludwig Lore. candidate for con-
gress In this district; Carl Brodsky,
candidate In the 9th assembly dis
trict; Harry NJ. Whisky, candidate
for congress In the 18th district;
Ruuin saltzman, Moissaye J. oIsin,
Boris Liphshitz, Juliet Stuart
Poyntz, Fannie Warshafsky, Alex
ander Traehtcnberg, Rebeeca oreeht
and many others In Jewish and
English. This will be one Of the big
gest red nights held by the Work
ers Party and II Is expected that
many thousands Of workers will be
reached by this red night.
REMEMBER THE DATE, FRI
DAY, OCT. "a, main meeting, 10th
st. and End Ave.
Meetings In the 18th Congressional
District.
Houston St., corner Second Ave.
Second st., corner End Ave.
9TH St., corner End Ave.
9TH St., corner Ave. A.
5th St., corner Ave. D.
9TH ST., corner Ave. G.
9th ST., corner Ave. c.
Houston st., corner Ave. c.
Houston ST., corner Pitt St.
FINAL WIND UP MEETING, 10th
ST. and End {
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23
WINTER or HOWLING
BILLIARDS., SNOW AND
SLEET ON The WAY

WASHINGTON, Oct. q. - The
United States Is due for the heaviest
winter In years II the welI-known
Claw Of averages" works out.
In spite Of the assertion Of the
United States weather bureau that
long distance forecastlng Is Impos-
sIbIe with the present knowledge Of
meteroIogy, officials admitted today
that an oId-fashIoned winter ls over
due.
Not since 1917 has the country
suffered really bitter cold spell, ae-
cordlng to the records Following
that season there were comparative
ly mild winters which Indicate that
December, January and February
Will be a grand polar celebration.
Heavy snow, bowling billiards,
plenty Of sIeet and biting cold waves
those are few pleasures In store
for the country this winter, II the
unofficial predictions come true.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23

Proposal for consolidation OF IL"
and surface lines--one city-one fare
under long term or indeterminate
grant. Proposes that city build two
subways under central district one
for north and south trafic. and one
leading west for surface lines.
Maj. r. f. Kelker, Jr.. the commit.
tees engineer-expert, submitted a plan
for eighteen miles OF rapid transit
lines with forty-six miles OF track in
the initial construction period, all Of
which can BIO financed. he claims, from
the city's s4o,ooo,ooo traction fund.
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great middle classes but these also
were hit by the war they had Loyalty
supported.
In Hungary some pastors Of city
churches have seen their wages de-
cline to 81 a month. Many of them
in Hungary and elsewhere had to 90
to work in Offices, on farms and even
in mines TO keep their families go
ing
The annual output of religious liter
allure has suffered. In one country
alone three quarters of the religious
periodicals, according to the relief bu-
reau, have suspended and Of those
that remain half the subscribers have
discontinued.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23
JAKE SPOLANSKY FALLS into
DAILY WORKERS TRAP WITH HIS
SILLY WALL ST. BLAST STORY
By MANUEL. GOMEZ.

Because Of certain unaooated 100000, which be-
sved bankers could scared into handing the detective
agencies investigation the lives of 30 people
sacrificed and upwards Of 200 Injured on Sept TO- 1920
terrific bomb explosion of the most powerful blasts in
police history The explosion occurred In Wall Street New York
between the u assay Office and the home of Morgan Co.
The professional The "bodysnatchers' with
their hired gangs dicks nks and stoopgeons got the
$780, hundred thousand Threefourth
all the country both public and private
employed the for many months
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23

through Mr.. Sculley of the depart.
ment OF Justice In New York Seib
is now in the Intelligence Department
and advised me that certain bankers
in New York have suggested an In
vestigation Of the radical movement.
II believe It would be advisable for
you to see Mr.. Seib and have = talk
with him. Don't tell him too much,
but give him enough information to
convince him that this service could
handle the investigation at New York
better than anyone else. You might
telephone him and make an appoint.
ment, or II you cannot find his tel.
ephone number, drop him a note, and
tell him to advise you how you can
get In touch with him. Simply sign
1t No. 81 and do not give him your
name or address. You might give him
a phony name to write you under.
please let me know the result Of
your interview with him"
Here we have proof Of double-deal-
ing on the part Of government agents
Seib and Sculley, who have on the
face Of it, already taken the first step
toward using their positions for priv.
alto gain.
The copy Of the letter to Seib, re-
ferred to in the communication print
ed above, is also in the hands of the
Labor Defense Council. 1t is marked
private" and extracts from 1t are
given below:
II do not expect to be in st. Paul
for sometime to come, but IL you or
some Of your connections expect to
be in that vicinity soon, please let me
know, and l will give you a note to
Mr.. Baldwin, our st. Paul manager.
Should you succeed in lining up the
Radical work you mentioned, am
inclined to believe that an organiza.
ton such as ours, could handle it bet
ter than any other organization, as we
are in touch with the situation and
have men whom we can depend upon.
An arrangement could be made to
handle it for so much per day per
operative. The rate per day would be
ten dollars and expenses. Should the
man in New York communicate with
you, he will do so by saying, he is
No. 81"
During all this time, our friend Jake
Spolansky, recently graduated exposef
Of the reds" was in government en-
ploy, and selling government infor-
nation regularly to the Thiel agency
at the somewhat startling rate of $25
day. Jake has always had a keen
eye for the shekels.
spoIansky's Latest Explanation.
Now Spolansky comes out with the
"only reliable solution of the Wall
Street bomb" which is revealed in
the Chicago Daily News "for the first
time" His story is simply that some
red did the job, but. the red" has
not yet turned up, although one Of his
"accomplices" is already under arrest
only the accomplice does not know
it. Neither does anyone else, we might
add.
Some disinterested parties have
endeavored to explain the Wall Street
blast as an accident, due to the ex
plosion of powder wagon. But this
story appears to the Labor Defense
Council to be as without foundation
as Spolansky's assertion that "anarch'
ist-communist" % bomb-throwers at
tended the Bridgeman convention OF
the Communist Party in 1922. Powder
wagons do not parade up and down
Wall Street and explode in front OF
]. P. Morgan & Co.'s offices.
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An IL line in Blue Island avenue,
connecting with the subway at Jeffer-
son street.
Numerous later extensions OF the
IL" line.
Construction OF initial part OF sys.
tenn with the city's s40.O00,000 trac.
ton fund.
The insult Plan.
Forty miles OF extensions TO the
present IL" system. Would have city
build subway under downtown dis.
trict and IL It does not desire to do
this the IL" company effsrs to do It
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23

gelical churches Of Europe, which is
asking for cash to put the protestant
churches Of Europe on their feet
again. "For on these much-tried
churches of Europe has fallen blow
after blow"
Many Of the churches backed the
wrong horse in the war, particularly
in central Europe. They mad been
supported by the government for
whom they shouted in wartime, and
hose governments went down before
lefeat and revolution. The state tax.
IS from which the pastors drew much
+ their living we're withdrawn. over
light" the bureau reports, their in
ONE ceased or dwindled to almost
othing." They tried to rely on the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23

manned in the hands of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., who held it in trust for the joint
bankers committee.
Through activities In connection
with the the strike, William J. Burns,
the prosperous super-dick, knew of
the existence Of that 100000. 1t dis
turbed him He could not rest for
thinking about it And slowly the
thought began to dawn upon him that
II Wall Street could be scared suf-
ficiently, the bankers, with ready
fund at hand. would be eager and will
ing to spend their money for the pur.
would also fall in, he figured, with the
policy Of the department of justice,
which was at that time Ehooping up
sentiment for its "red raids"
The whole thing finally took shape
as scheme involving Burns, Thiel
and several other important detective
agencies The stakes were big and
there was room for all
Information in support of this was
presented to the Illustrated Daily
News, Of New York early in 1921, by
Albert Balanow (alias Bailin), ex-fed.
eral dick and Thiel operative-the
same Balanow who testified to de-
tective agency frauds at the time Of
the Michigan Communist trials, in
which Foster, Ruthenberg and their
comrades were defended by the La
Dor Defense Council. The illustrated
News declared 1t considered that "the
accusations Of Balanow are of sufici-
emit Importance to warrant a thorugh
investigation by official representatives
of the public and of the government"
According to the information given
to the Illustrated News. Balanow was
informed of possible Wall Street
bomb the day before the explosion
On September Is, 1920, a detective
agency manager told him to go to
Milwaukee and make report from
that point in writing to the New York
chief Of police. He was to explain that
Lechovitsky, an agent of the Soviet
Government in this country, and that
the later told him he was here to
cause bomb explosions and create
outrages. He was further to report
that Lechovitsky told him that at q
certain meeting of radicals in New
York city plans were completed to
place bomb in Wall Street and to
cause an explosion there.
"Balanow gives what he declares is
the street number where the alleged
fictitious meeting was supposed to have
taken place." continues the Illustrated
News, "and list OF men Of Russian
origin who were supposed to have
been present at the meeting. He de.
clares this meeting was fiction and
the man Lechovitsky also a fictitious
character. That the purpose OF the
announcement to the police chief was
to cause publicity and to stir up the
country that detectives might be EN-.
ployed."
Scramble for Wall Streets Gold.
In the scramble for Wall Street
money that followed, department OF
justice operatives did not scruple to
play the game OF the detective agen-
cies. There is plenty OF evidence OF
a mutual understanding all around.
The Labor Defense Council is in
possession OF facsimile letter. on the
stationary Of the Thiel Detective
Service Co., in which T. ]. Cooney
then manager OF the radical de.
partment' OF the agency, writes to
one Of his men in Chicago, as follows:
please note copy OF the attached
letter TO Mr.. seib. met Mr.. seib
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23
PLENTY OF TRANSIT PLANS BUT
PROFITS ARE STILL in THE STRAPS

Mayor Deves subway building plan which before
contains the following proposals:
subway Clark street from Chicago Polk
to Jefferson
IL" line Milwaukee boulevard connecting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23
MANY CHURCHES IN EUROPE BET
ON WRONG HORSE IN WORLD WAR
AND ARE NOW VERY MUCH BROKE

WASHINGTON, churches whose
the
belated their betrayal
Relief OF the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-23

OF course "clues" were re-
ported every day and leads"
were turned up in unnumbered
thousands. But no one was ever
brought to trial, or even in
dicted.
Blast Still Is Mystery.
onicially the Wall Street bomb ex.
plosion is still mystery The only
thing the department Of justice pro-
fesses to know about it-after all its
arrests and hustle OF activity-is that
it was the work of reds" This was
the explanation adopted by the author.
tiles at the beginning.
1t was the theory the private de-
tective agencies wanted It to adopt
It was the theory that served the pur-
poses Of ex-Attorney-General Palmer
1t was the theory that loosened up
those Wall Street dollars.
Now the Labor Defense Council,
which is cooperating with the DAILY
WORKER in the publication Of the
present series Of articles, has been
gathering information on the Wall
Street bomb explosion for some time.
This information explains why the af.
fair remains such a perplexing "mys-
terry" to the government red" hunt
ers.
1t also shows up the latest fraud Of
that amusing villain, Jake Spolansky,
published in yesterdays issue Of the
Chicago Daily News. AS a matter of
fact, Spolansky has fallen into a
DAILY WORKER trap. Ever since
the beginning of his stories in the
News, the DAILY WORKER has been
waiting for him to touch upon the
Wall Street explosion, and thus give
as the most favorable opportunity for
contrasting his lies with the real
truth concerning this gigantic at
temp at frame-up.
Tho SIeuths Were Away
The explosion occurred at a time
when the force of dicks usually on
duty in the financial district was at
fits lowest ebb Ga circumstance which
radicals could not possibly known, but
which must have been well known to
everyone in the detective service)- j.
Pierpont Morgan, for whom the bomb
might have been presumed to be in
tended, was sojourning in Europe. His
partner, Thomas Cochrane had left
town for a few days. The late Henry
p. DAWSON, another member of the
firm, was not in the building.
No red" conspiracy has been dis
covered in connection with the affair
because there was no red" conspir.
acy. It was a detective conspiracy,
and the bomb was planted by an en-
ploye of the biggest private detective
agency in the country.
Profitable employment for detectives
was needed. Immediately following
the explosion, the New York Times
printed testimony by Frank Francisco,
one of the investigators for the de-
partment of justice, in which he
"called attention to the fact that the
explosion occurred just one day after
the Red Squad OF the department
was disbanded" This squad" con-
tinued the Times reporter, had been
active in running down bomb plots
since early in the war and the last
10 members were taken from the
work yesterday, Mr.. Francisco said"
Tells OF Rail Strike.
~ The origin of the affair takes us
back to the great railroad strike OF
the previous year A slush fund OF
t2,500,00 had been raised by prom.
tnent bankers interested in transporta.
tion, for the purpose Of breaking the
strike, not too much being said about
the means to be used. More than
100000 OF this was still untouched
when the strike collapsed 1t re-
New Britain herald., 1924-09-26
FAMOUS TENNIS STARS
 ARE COMPETING TODAY
Tilden, Sullivan, Stacey and Others in Matches At Cleveland
 Courts

Cleveland, Sept. ?6.-Several of Americas foremost tennis players were scheduled to appear on the university clubs courts today in the seoe~d days play of the United States intercity national doubles championships.
 William T. Tilden H. paired with Neil Sullivan, as Philadelphia's rep resentatves, meets Louis Kuhler, last years Ohio champion. and Ted Stacey, Cincinnati's team In one of the three matches on the program.
 The opening match will be be- tween Sam Hardy, former Davis cup captain, and Dean Mathey. New York's team, and John Hem nessey, and Jack Mckay, represent ing Indianapolis. George Lott Jr., national junior champion and Walter Hayes, for mer clay courts titleholder--play- ing under Chicago's banner, oppose the A. H. Chapins. father and son. of Springfield, Mass, in the days final.
 Columbus represented by the Werthwein brothers, Walter and Herman. was eliminated by Harold Bartel and Henry Wick. Jr.. CIeve- land, in straight sets in yesterdays only match. Cleveland drew a bye today.
 The semi-fnals will be played to- morrow and the finals Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-26
Lotta Crabtree, Famous :
 Dancer of Old Days, Dead

Boston. Sept. 26.-The' death last night of "Lotta" Crabtree, the &C., tress who danced her way to for tune through the mining camps of California and the music halls of Broadway, left theater-goers of this city with a sense Of loss and with keen curiosity as to what "Lotta" had done in disposing of her estate. She had promised friends sur prise. ..-...
 The actress, who died in her sev- cnty-seventh year without kin, had added to the profits of her theatri- cal enterprises larger sums gained in real estate speculation in New York and elsewhere. and owned property in many places. Her fortune has been estimated from a million and a half dollars to three times that amount.
 "Lotta" will be buried next Sun day at Woodlawn cemetery, New York. beside her brother Jack" Crabtree, who managed her racing stables until his death.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-26
FLEW OVER LONDON
 DURING WORLD WAR
This Is Record Of Men Of the aas R-S Crew

Friedriehshafen, Sept. 26.--Every man of the crew of the zR-S is an "old air dog" having seen much diriglble service prior to 1914 and during the war, when the big lighter than-air machines were particularly active. Many of the officers and men have made so many flights that they have lost all count of them.
 Ds. Hugo Eckener, president Of the Zeppelin company and pilot Of the ZR-S on her flight across the Atlantic. is credited with more than 800 flights. pr. Eckener, who is 56 years of age, began life as a journal ist. When Count Zeppelin announce ed his intention of building rigid air ships Eckener took great delight in writing articles attacking the lair castles of the dirigible inventor. Dirigibles, Dr. Eckener contended, were impractical and something the world could get along very well without.
 Count Zeppelin withstood the broadsides of the young editorial writer as long as he could, until he invaded the haunts of his critic and eventually convinced him that dirigi- bles did have a future. During the war Dr. Eckener was an instructor for the Zeppelin works, and he con- manded the Lz-120, one of the repa- ration ships delivered to Italy,
 Captain Ernest A. Lehman, sec ond in command of the ship, who is 10 be vice-president of the Goodyear Zeppelin company in the United States, was commander of five diff ferent airships during the war. Years ago he started recording the num- Der of flights he made. but after the count ran into the thousands he lost all track of them,
 Hans c. Flemming, navigating of- hcer and second in command, also was dirigible pilot during the war, and holds the record for height, &C., cording to Zeppelin officials. On one occasion during an attack near London. Captain Flemming took his machine up nearly 27,00O feet and lodged the airplanes of the defense forces Of the British capital. But Captain Flemming, like many of the other war time "Zep" officers and men, doesn't like to talk of his war experiences.
 Wilhelm c. Siegle, chief engineer of the ship, was the most active of any of the crew in the work of building the ZR-3, being director of construction. He has been with the Zeppelin works many years.
 Franz E. Wittemann, chief quar- termaster, was formerly in the Ger man mercantile marine service and became an aviator during the war. Walter Scherz, quartermaster, also was in the German flying corps, and Lieutenant Hans von Schiller joined the Zeppelin forces in 1915. He is credited with 3S night flights over London during the war.
 All the officers, as well as most of the crew. speak English. Dr. Eek ener and Lieutenant von Schiller are the only officers who plan to return
New Britain herald., 1924-09-26
DAYTON OUT ID BE
 WORLD AIR CENTER
Scene of KrishtS' First Flights
 Purchased by Citizens

Dayton. O.. Sept. e6,-Twenty years ago orville and Wilbur Wright, proprietors of small mechanical shop took a strange looking contrap- ton some nine miles out of town and made their first public airplane flight.
 On October 2, and 4, Orville Wright will journey out to that same piece Of land, h now is a part of Wilbur Wright field. and watch the invention which he and his brother gave to the world, hurtle through the air at speeds which. if anyone had even dared to think of 20 years ago, would have brought more derision than the crude affair of canvas and wire itself.
 McCook Field. the experimental station of the American Army Air Service. is located on the edge Of town. Nine miles out is Wilbur Wright Field. The government eith- CT leases, or owns outright, 800 acres at Wright Field. but the field itself now consists of $500 acres, 5000 of which recently were given to the
New Britain herald., 1924-09-26

government by Dayton, the money for the purchase of the land being furnished by citizens.
 The land has been accepted by the government, and 1t Is the dream of Dayton some day to see the field the greatest air center In the world. The Dayton plan is eventually to com bine the two fields Into one vast plant, which would be memorial to Wilbur Wright.
 McCook Field will be open to all spectators during the meet. and there will be on exhibition giants and midgets of the air, as well as strange mechanical creatures that fly. The Army Air Service helicop- ter, one of the most recent develop ments, will be one Of the unusual sights.
 The Barilng Bomber, the worlds largest airplaae, may be on exhibi- ton, and 1t is expected that the Shenandoah will be brought .out. For contrast to these levlathans, one of the original type Wright planes is being reconditioned and probably will be piloted in flight by Lieut.. John A. MacReady.