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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

as bad from the point Of fire hazards
as any building visited by the DAILY
WORKER investigator. 1t is three
stories high with old fashioned fire
escapes Of the tube slide style.
The school is used only by boys
and has II rooms and 400 pupils. The
neighborhood is a factory district
and fires in the district are frequent.
Wooden Stairways.
The halls and stairs are dark and
all wood. There are many small halls
between rooms and wooden lockers
are crowded into most of them. The
boys who go to the school are mostly
around fourteen or fifteen years old.
That is just the age when many boys
begin to smoke a little and carry
matches.
The toilets are in the basement.
They are as dark, as damp and as lily
ventilated as any such place could be.
The entire building from basement
to roof is of the poorly designed
ramblingly constructed type of build
ing usual in 1880 and unsuited to any
sort Of public use. There seems to be
no way of remodeling such buildings
to make them safe and fire proof
short of tearing them down, and
building over again.
The elevated railroad passes the
school on one side and its noise must
interfere with classes. If the school
were few blocks east it would be
in an ideal location for a school
building. This would not be a hard
ship for the present pupils as many
of them already live some distance
from the school.
The school building is a fire trap
and is located in neighborhood not
suitable for a school. It is over
crowded and the sanitary conditions
are rotten.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

trict six tOhiol called special meet
ing of the delegates from that dis
Tract IN the rear of the hall. William
Roy, vice-president Of that district,
took the floor and began to speak for
the machine by telling the men that
II they were against the committees
report they were not voting for their
union Anybody voting against the
committee was "red". II the COM
mittee's report was voted down on
the roll call II would be menace to
the organization, Roy declared.
Delegate Watkins, another one Of
John L. Lewis tools, took tho floor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
LEWIS ORDERS HI,
TOOL BARRETT II
MEET WITH BESC(
British Empire Steel &C
Now Defiant
Especial to The Daily worker

MONTREAL. ~ Following "h 4 I.
masters voice"--in this case a tele
gram from Indianapolis-Silby Bar,
rett, provisional president Of Distric.
26 Of the United Mine Workers, ar
rived here today, heading a delega.
ton Of three, to renew negotiationI
with the British Empire Steel Corpol
ration as to the ending Of the strikl.
in the Nova Scotia coal pits.
Roy Wolvin and other High Priest
already have been in session her,
for a few days, issuing statement
to the press, lying as to what wage
the miners are getting. The cours,.
things are going to take now seem.
quite clear when learning that tn,
board of directors of Besco hatl
"thoroly considered the Cape Bre
ton coal situation and regretted tina
the miners of district 26 had re
jected the offer to restore the 1925
rates, under which they were work
ing when operations were sus
pended" It "eoncurred in President
Wolvin's view that the limit Of gen
crosby had been reached and there
is no prospect of any further con.
cessions."
However, doesn't it seem a re.
markable coincidence that as otter
as Besco is in danger to get beaten
by the Nova Scotia rank and file,
John L. Lewis promptly saves the
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Fur Bosses Yield
Concessions to
Workers IN ". Y.

NEW YORK. - Negotiations be-
tween the International Fur Work
ers' Union and the Manufacturers'
Association in New York, after two
months, eliminated in a settlement
which offers concessions to the union
The terms include:
Twelve and a half per cent in
creases on all minimum wage scales;
establishment Of an unemployment
fund; regulations for contracting
shops; establishment of apprentice
ship system and limitation Of learn
ers.
In view of the seasonal nature Of
this industry, a special clause is
introduced into the agreement, stip-
ulating that, in addition to the three
months provision for division of
work. the conference committee in
the fur industry is to devise means,
in an emergency situation in the
trade to mitigate or reduce unem-
ployment. The importance Of TINS
latter arrangement becomes clear
when coupled with the fact that, at
the present moment, three-fourths of
the workers engaged in the fur trade
here are out OF work.
The agreement, which immedlate-
ly affects about 30 eco workers in
New YORK, will re submitted to a
referendum of the workers. without
delay Its acceptance IS considered
probable. In this case, about 1850
fur workers, now unemployed, viii
return to the shops. Rejection Of
the scheme would entail a strike.
In a statement to the Federated
Press, Morris Kaufman, president
Of the Union, characterizes the set
tlemsGs as a splendid victory for
the union" He ADDS that ''the men,
bership is overioyed at the successful
outcome OF the negotiations"
How many of your shop-mates read
THE DAILY WORKER. Get one Of
them to subscribe today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Wires DOIUn In North
Dakota Delays NelUs
of ". p. Convention

Owing to the sever snow storm
which has swept with particular
severity thru the North West, Joseph
Manley, representative of the Fed
Grated Farmer Labor Party and cor
respondent of the DAILY WORKER
at the Bismark, North Dakota con-
vention of the Non-Partisan League,
was unable to communicate by tele-
gram with the Office, the wires being
down. AS we go to press the West
ern Union advises us that heroic
efforts are being made to put up the
wires and thew expect by tomorrow
to have the lines between Chicago
and North Dakota open.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Pdcifst of 1916 Is
Buried to Beating
of Drums of War

NNonthuuGo from page LEI
Cleveland H. Dodge, copper mag
nate; Cyrus H. Mccormick, of Chi
cago, harvester king. and the rest
Of the cortege.
Gregory and Burleson There
Thomas W. Gregory, attorney
general under Wilson, who conducted
the prosecutions against free speech,
so essential to the conduct Of an
unpopular war, came in the throng
and Albert s. Burleson, former post
master general, and censor Of news
papers and magazines, followed in
close succession.
President and Mrs. Coolidge were
there.
Cannons roared as the late war
chief was laid away, and It was over.
Wilson had passed from the earthly
stage, just a few years after the
multitudes who persisted on the
battlefield at his bidding in the "war
for democracy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Convict Killed

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Feb. 6. =
Euloz Sullivan made good his boast
that he would never be electrocuted
in the state penitentiary here. Sui
Ivan and Emory Connell were shot
down from a treetop near Redfeld
by posses which had hunted them
since their bold escape from the
death house last night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
81, 900, 900 Voted School Board
Yet Firetr0ps Still Stand While
Fake Cry of Poverty" Is Raised

The last legitimate the members of the school board
might have against abohg the present reaps that mper
the lives of thousands of working class children and building
reproof and hygenc structures stripped from them when
the people of Chicago voted them millions of additional
at>the last election.
BY vote of the people the rate increased from
Is cents to $100 each 500 of taxable property for the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
FIVE AND FIFTY.
fifty men did all the work

II fifty men did all the work,
And gave the price TO five,
And let those five make all the
rules,
You'd say the fifty men were fools
Unfit to be alive.
And If you heard complaining cries
From fifty brawny men,
Blaming the five for graft and greed,
Injustice, cruelty indeed
What would you call them then I?
Not by their own Superior force
Do five on fifty live,
But by election and assent,
And privilege and government
Powers that the fifty give.
II fifty men are really fools,
And five have all the brains.
The five must rule as we now find;
But il the fifty have the mind
Why don't they take the reins?
THE Forerunner."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

Continued from Page u
long work of recovering the bodies
of the dead.
Many Hopelessly Trapped.
When the wall of water first
missed its way into the working.
those who managed to escape climbed
along seven feet of vertical wall
to the skip and started the ascent.
AS they moved slowly to the ton
and safety, they heard below them
the frantic shouts of their com
rades. hopelessly trapped in the pit.
The water came in so rapidly, how
ever, that the last cries from the
drowning men had ceased before the
survivors reached the top.
Most of the victims were Young
married men, according to officials
of the mining company.
When the townspeople arrived.
they looked helplessly at the mouth
Of the shaft. just below the top
was the murly water that had en-
veloped its victims. There was
nothing to do. From the first mo-
ment no hope was entertained that
any would be saved.
While friends and relatives of the
victims looked on today, two giant
pumps We're taking out the water,
5000 gallons a minute. It will be a
week, officials said, before the water
is taken from the principal shaft
and much longer before the mine is
completely emptied.
Chicago Gets Plea for, Help,
Orders to rush relief supplies to.
the scene of the mine disaster in
Grow County, Minnesota, were
broadcast by radio from central
headquarters Of the American Red
Cross here today.
Mrs. Marjorie Bell, Red Cross
Liason representative at the United
States Veteran Bureau, Minneapolis,
was directed to take charge of the
relief work.
]. A. o. Preus, governor of Min
nesota, was notified Of the action by
the Red Cross.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

DETROIT, Feb. GA rum runner,
fleeing from the police today, Owed
into the icy waters Of the Detroit
river. The man was drowned, it is
believed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
How LelDis Henchnen Terrorized
Delegates at Miners Convention

To THE DAILY WORKER elected delegate believe the
Daily at
After the Of the defeated
delegates by majority voted against the appon from the
international President the roll
AS SECRETARY Green proceeded President Of Dis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Whitewashing
Continues

The whitewashing investigation Of
public schools being conducted by
the board of education into the fire
hazards of school buildings continues.
The same reports are being made.
Nothing startling" has been dis
covered. The three fire inspectors
who are conducting the investigation
under the direction Of Daniel Burns,
business manager of the board, are
busy visiting schools and whitewash-
ing the board Of education. More
than fifty schools have been "in-
spected" yet nothing has been found
wrong and indications are that the
inspectors do not intend to find any
thing wrong, or IL they do 1t will not
be made public.
While the board Of education can
find nothing wrong with the public
schools the DAILY WORKERS in
vestigation bares conditions showing
that the bureau of fire prevention Of
the fire department spoke mildly in
stating that when they reported to
the mayor that more than fifty public
school buildings are fire traps.
An 1880 Firetrap.
Yesterday the investigator Of the
DAILY WORKER visited the Stanley
branch Of Lane Technical High school
at Huron and Franklin SITS. This
building was erected in 1880 and is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

The DAILY WORKER serves you
EVERY DAY. How have you served
the DAILY WORKER todsy7.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

Jay Lovestone will speak on the
subject "The New America" at the
open forum of Local No. 80, Anal
gamated Clothing Workers, Friday
evening, Feb. s, at Room 237, Ash
land Auditorium, Ashland Blvd. and
Van Buren, st. Admission is free.
Th~ IrI g. Al. Tf...f
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

eff IL can be done by education
THE DAILY WORKER can do it''.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
AZ Miners Lose
Lives When Lake
Floods Deep Pit

Ccontinusd from P.u.1A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

How many of your shop-mates read
THE DAILY WORKER. Get one Of
them to subscribe today.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
GERMAN LABOR THANKS
BRITISH TRADES UNIONS

LONDON. July 1.-THE British
Trade Union Congress has earned
the gratitude Of the German Gen,
eral Fedetation Of trades unions
Tor their moral and other help, ii
strengthening the German work
ers against their employers.
A letter from Herr Leipart, Sec.
rotary Of the German Federation,
10 their English fellow-workers
conveys ''the hearty thanks of Ger.
man trades unions Tor their viii.
ling and eelf.sacrificing help, with.
out which we certainly should moi
have been able. as We now are,
theoretically to oppore the EN-.
ployera III their attempts to lower
the conditions Of labor"
Everywhere ii Germany, Herr
Leipart continued, the struggle FOR
Increased wages has been Initiated
despite the attack on the eight-hour
day by the employers. The ma.
jOrity Of GerrnansworlIers stilI have
an eight-hour day, and he Il con.
fident they viii Be able to re-estab,
lish It where It has been lost X an
understanding with France on the
basis cf the experts report ii
reached.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
BUYS DESERTED VILLA E:
OFFERS HOMES FOR YEAR

CANTON. Ohio. July II. Tie en-.
dire village Of Lindentree. Ohio. with
its forty-thrce dwellings,. Is waltina
Tor occupants 10 move ii with rent
Tree promised Tor year.
The village was purchased recent
" ~ 9. a. Kolp. Canton business
man. 1t public auction. held on Inc
front steps be the Carroll county
court house. carrollton. II was pros,
porous when the mines were work.
iNK. Now II 4 deserted by All Ok!
ceptinR the mayor, the town Iaai>
shall, his deputy, and one family.
Following his purchase, Kolp an
nounced that he would place the
keys Of the village III the hands
Of any Ohio orga nization or group
'Of Responsible persons who want "a
occupy II for any length of time
up to one year.
In addition To the dwellings the
village has one echoolhouse. u
garage and meeting place. d public
square, one store building. and one
town pump.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
PHOTOGRAPHS ON VIEW

a remarkable exhibition Of goo-
graphic photographs. some Of them
duplicated nowhere else 81 the
world. Il being shown at the head.
quarters 81 the National Geographic
Society n Sixteenth and III streets
~ compliment to visiting teachers
attending the convention 81 the
National Education Association.
The society'n extensive library On
modern geography which contains
souvenirs Of many memorable geo
graphic expeditions also IS open fcr
inspection daily throughout the
week from to 5 O'clock
Thousands Of members Of the Ma.
tiOnal Education Association also
are members 0f the National Geo.
graphic Society, and the society has
issued q special invitation to these
teacher members to VISIT their w.
ctety's headquarters while "a Wash.
ington.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
SEES USE FOR FILMS IN
AMERIc ANIMATION WORK

Methods Of adapting motion pic
lures b teaching Of the foreign
born were outlined by MISS Maud
q. Alton. director of Americaniza.
ton Of the washington schools. be.
fore the department Of visual 6du-
cation 81 the National Education
Association today.
believing that the motion pic.
ture Il great factor il the eau.
cation Of today. we have been
studying how II can Be adapted "a
help III meeting the needs and prob.
lens of the adult foreigner who
comes to the Amerfcani1a ti0n
school, Miss Alton said
The essentials In Anericanization
training courses Miss Alton out.
lined as q common language, def,
mite knowledge OF the country and
It's institutions, ana the co-Opera.
ton of the student. The motion
picture supplies two Of theae essen.
tials, supplying the picture with the
language 50 that the non.Engiisl
speaking student can be easily In.
structed, Miss Alton stated.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
BUREAU OF MINES PLANS
PICTURE FOR TEACHERS

Motion pictures showing the pro.
cesses IA the production, distribu.
ton and use Of coal, petroleum and
other mineral products win Be
shown BY the Department Of the
Interior at the Sylvan Theater, near
the Washington Monument. al R:3O
o'clock tonight and tomorrow night.
The feature was planned for
delegates to the. National Educa-
tional Association but the public Is
invited. The films are taken from
the collection Of the Bureau OF
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
MUCH TIME WASTED ON
ENGLISH, SAYS TEACHER

High schools guided BY college re.
Quirements give three-quarters Of
their English time to examining stu.
dents with nconseQuentiAl facts,
Thomas G. BIaisdeII. 81 Slipperv
Rock Pa, told the National Council
OF Teachers of English today.
A student who is able to write q
good business letter, with taste
Tor good reading, would Be better
equipped than one who could prove
ne had read q certain number Of
the classics, ne said.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
BUG AREAS 0UARANTINED
IN DELAWARE BEETLE WAR

WILMINGTON, DELI July L.
A rigid quarantine win be started
against the JapanSbe beetle In Della.
ware. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture has ordered
quarantine against all farm prod
ucts coming into this State from tile
infected area. Outgoing farm prod
ucts except those from Brandywine
Hundred, which IL included In the
uuarantined district, win be free to
mass into other States.
ID. r. McCardelI and D. r. Greer.
who have established offices in the
United states Engineers Building,
are in charge Of the quarantine.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
-. w. DUNBAR RETlREs
FROM PATENT OFFICE

Homer w. Dunbar, veteran ON.
plOye OF the preliminary search
room OF the Patent Office, was re-
tired yesterday after serving for
thirty-seven. years. Dunbar has
passed his seventy-third year.
Friends gave reception In his
honor, at which sapphire Masonic
ring and d sum Of money wero
given him.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01

whole Quarter-pint Of the most
wonderful skin whitener. softener
and beautifier.
Massage this swedtly fragrant
lemon bleach into the face, neck,
arms and hands. It can not irri-
tate. Famous stage beauties use
Il TO bring that clear, youthful skin
and rosy-white complexion; also as
q freclIles sunbufn ana tan bleach.
You must mix this remarkable 10.
ton yourself. It can not be bought
ready 20 use because Il acts best
Immediately after Il b prepared.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
T|G[RT SCORES
D. {. SCHOOL
NEGLECT
Commissioner Of Education
BIalnes Government II
Talk 70 Teachers

I y x Y
Neglect Of Washington's school
system was decried by the United
states Commissioners Of Education
Doctor John j. Tigert. In an adj
dress last night before the National
Educatior Association At Central
High school.
Only patriotism q "a respect FOL
q great branch of our Governmeni
forbid my saying why there have
not been more schools built here,
the commissioner declared.
Pointing out that many Govern.
ment buildings had been built ia
the intervening twenty.six years,
Doctor Tigert said:
Only 8 few great schools like
Central Heb School have been
built.
People Have No Voice.
Superintendent BaiIou told the
educators that the District school
system has no voice IA making ap-
preparations Tor school needs but
must depend on congrens.
At no time during the prepare.
tion Of the school estimates or their
progress TO and through Congress
ara they dealt with BY an official
selected by the people Of the Dis.
trict Or who can BE held account
able BY the people OF the District
III determining the amount or char.
actee az appfopriat tons for public
education 81 washington" Doctor
Hailou naid.
Miss Olive Jones. president Of the
National Education Association, dis
cussed outstanding national educa.
ton problems, making 8 fervid plea
Tor support FOR the national educa.
ton bill.
Il believe the time has come
when the educators Of the country
must stand sOlidiy united and re-
solved 70 obtain rightf1l reCOgni.
ton Of education II our Govern
ment, she said.
Castigates Butler.
The address was marked BY caus.
tic references to Doctor Nicholas
Murray Butler, president Of Coltlnl.
bia University. and to Doctor
Henry s. Pritchett, president OF tho
Carnegie Foundation for the Ad.
vancement Of Teaching. Miss Jones
told the educators 1T always hap
pens that our most dangerous foes
are those Of our own household.
The Buffers and Pritchetts 81
today" she continued, "hre the al.
rect result Of their environment.
Though not mentioning him BY
name, Miss Jones paid tribute to
woodrow Wilson, decrying the
abuse poured upon one Of the
greatest of Americas Presidents be.
cause he had been B college pro.
lessor. q teacher"
Following the night session the
teachers kf the District Of Columbia
ana Virginia rendered q reception
at the Willard to national officers
and past presidents Of the Educa-
ton Association.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
STATION IS PLANNED
FOR NEW YORK AUTOS

New York City is to have 9 large
central motor repair shop. accord
Ing to announcement that the board
Of estimate and apportionment has
approved an appropriation Of So
100000 for such a.structure.
The building viii be erected by
the city and win be ten stories
high. This station will be used to
do the work now done IN twenty
eight shops scattered throughout the
city which care Tor asa vehicles.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
Town win Curb BEGGING.

HAZLETON, July J.. Starting to-
day, Out-of-town crippled men viii be
refused permits to beg on the streets
81 HazletOn. Mayor Harvey issued
this order to the police department
was becoming regular convention
city Tor the mendlcants, fifteen per-
became Of complaints that Haz1etOn
n.its having been given in one day.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
WOMAN HIT BY AUTO
SEEKS $4,000 DAMAGE

Isabel G. Payne has filed suit ii
the District Supreme Court against
Samuel Fingerhut and his father ia.
ward Fingerhut, for $4,000 dam
ages alleging personal injuries.
The plaintiff, represented by At
torneys James #. Splain and I'll.
Jeffords, alleges that she was run
down and seriously injured July s,
1928, at the corner OF Ninth and r
streets northwest, by an automobile
operated BY Samuel Fingerhtit.
The Washington times., 1924-07-01
severe QuaIke Reaistered

The seismograph at Georgetown
University registered 3 severe earth
quake about $500 miles south 81
Washington yesterday, according Ia
Father TOndorff, director 81 the
observatory. The shocks lasted
about two hours, ana were strong
est between 1872 and 1I:4O :. Ia.