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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Speak for Yourself,
Andy, and Tell the
Workers the Truth!
fsnaolal - The Daily workarA

NEW YORK, June 22-Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, as well as
Daugherty and Burns, were connected
with the alleged conspiracy to violate
the prohibition law in testimony CIV
en- by Charles W. Johnson, govern
ment witness, in the trial in New
York of CASTOR B. Means, formerly
Burns right hand man in the depart
ment of justice. Johnson recounted
the following conversation with
Means:
you have heard, Johnson, of lot
of money that Mr.. Mellon put up for
the Republican party-about $1,700,-
900. Now the Republican party is go
ing to pay back to Mr.. Mellon this
money. They are also about to Gre
ate fund for the next election. For
getting this whisky out of bond we
are going to charge 5000 a barrel
and we are going to take out enough
whisky to create this fund for what
ever amount they want"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Gas Company Won't
Let Any Law Take
It's Excess Profits
AN rhe Federated Pressl

NEW YORK, June 22.-The federal
court in New York has again wiped
out reform law for the benefit of Big
Business in the action of Judge Win
slow declaring confiscatory and uncon-
stitutional the state Walker law es-
tablishing 81 gas ratee AS result
the Consolidated Gas Co. stock is 60
ing up on Wall street.
The first statute objected to by the
gas companies prohibited any addi-
tional charge for service or the in
stallation and use of apparatus. This
act, reduced the combined commodity
and service rate from S1.3S to S1.15.
The Walker law then prohibited a
charge Of more than 81 for 1000 Gu
bic feet of gas in cities of more than
a million population and set a mini
mum standard Of $50 British thermal
units per cubic foot.
Winslow rules that the law is con-
fiscatory and tho the companies can
not make service charge they can
continue to charge fiat rate Of $l.3S.
Nor can the state enforce its minimum
standard Of thermal units, the judge
rules.
Almost $4,000, 1000 in excess charges
has been collected by the trust in the
last year under the injunction against
the law, it is estimated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Perjury Charge
Awaits Boss Who
Lied About Union
(By The Federated Press.)

NEW YORK, June 22.-Conspiracy
charges against New York Bakers
Union No 305, Bakery and Confec-
toners International Union, have
been dismissed by Judge Glennon.
Rose CHASER brought suit for $4,000
charging that the union, thru high
wages and threats Of violence, had
forced her to sell at a loss her bake
shop. In Diminishing the case the Judge
said he would have an investigation
Of the testimony OF the boss and her
witnesses with a view to prosecuting
thems for perjury.
A former owner, Kaplan, had given
the shop to workers who were union
officials. They sold 1t to Isadore
Chaser for $3.50, whose wife," Rose
later sold 1t for $3.50. Isadore and
Rose gave conflicting testimony re-
garding their marriage and whether
Rose had spent money on the shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Wholesale Co-ops
Show Good Record
In the Northwest

SUPERIOR, Wis, June 22.-The Co
operative central exchange to the all
American Cooperative commission re-
ports an excellent months business
for April just made public
The exchange has its headquarters
in Superior, Wis, and serves more
than eighty local cooperative stores.
Sales for April amounted to $76,059,
the previous high record being S57,-
6S3. For the first four months Of 1924,
sales reached the sum Of $210,891, as
compared with $1SO,613 in 1923.
Organized in 1917 by group OF Is
Finnish cooperative stores as a
wholesale society, the exchange has
made steady growth since that time.
Most Of its so stores are located in
northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
Michigan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Biggest Bootlegger
Will Have to Cough
Up at Means Trial

NEW YORK, June 22.-Andrew Mel
Ion, Secretary Of the Treasury and,
according to testimony at the Daugh-
erty investigation sessions in Wash
ington, the biggest bootlegger that
ever forged permit. will be required
to tell what he knows here on Tues
day at the trial Of CASTOR B. Means.
Mellon is charged by Means with
being responsible for the flow OF
liquor that inundated the country. tho
Andy was charged with the RESPONSE
bility OF enforcing the provisions OF
the prohibition law.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
RUSSIA GOES
after CRAFT
WITT BROOM
us. Would Honor Those
Russia Kicks Out
Ry ANIsE.

Federated Press Staff Correspondent.
MOSCOW, June 22.-Life in Mos
COW this past winter has gone on by
a series of "cleanings' which have
caused considerable worry in one sec
ton of the population after another.
First the spectators were cleaned
out of the city, in just the way that
we hold vice clean-ups in the United
States. In fact, under spectators"
came large number of gamblers,
prostitutes, swindlers, bootleggers
who were infesting the capital and
whose jewels and luxury, even though
confined to few cafes, was causing
discomfort among the workers. But
Russia adds to these undesirables the
man living by his wits, without legiti-
mate business. A legitimate business
is one which has license, keeps
books and pays taxes.
Party Cleans House.
Then followed the cleaning" of the
Communist Party, in which all Com
munists not actually workers at the
bench or peasants on the land were
subjected to a grilling investigation as
to their ancestors, past history and
present work. The purpose of this
was to get rid of those elements
which were making the party means
to graft, office-seeking or personal adj
vancement generally.
Now comes the university students.
The situation is serious. Before the
revolution there were 10000 students
of university and higher technical in
stitutes in Russia proper; but when
education became free, they flocked
into the schools until the number
reached 10000. Last year the cost of
living under the new policy reduced
it somewhat but there are still $780,
900 students and Russia simply can
not support them now, nor furnish
jobs to them when they graduate.
Students Get Political Test.
How do you conduct the cleaning?"
/ asked Comrade Ludwig Martens,
who is on the cleaning" committee.
we nave UclOIc ub tie CuLlIC Ills
OF Students work. Then we have a
conversation with him and ask him
questions both to test his knowledge
of his life work and what he intends
to do with it later in life. From these
things we decide whether he is in a
suitable place.
One test is, however, applied which
is not common in American universe
ties, and that is political knowledge.
Every student is expected to know
: something of the organization of the
state in which he lives and of what
he expects to do for that state as a
citizen. The blase student common in
American universities, who takes no
interest at all in public questions, is
simply not allowed to stay in the uni
versity, whose business for many
years must be, not giving personal cuI-
ture, but training up leaders for the
state"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
TWO BRANCHES OF SAME TRUST

ter's superior at her dismissal, and
was told to 60 and mind his own bust
ness. Fairbrothers then took the
matter up with his own boss, and got
no satisfaction. Finally he took the
matter up with Albright, head Of
the Hawthorne works. Albright put
Fairbrothers off with polite words.
However, the next day Fairbroth-
ers was discharged BY his superior,
for going over his head to Albright.
Fairbrothers, after serving the COM
pany for thirty-five years, was fired as
d disturber, and has not received a
cent in pension money, according to
bis fellow workers. Fairbrothers was
first in the engineering department
and was later transferred to the shop
order department.
The Western Union Telegraph
company employees are required to
pay fifty cents down and ten cents a
month if they wish these sick and
death benefit policies. They are not
paid on the policies If the lawyers
for the company can squirm out of
payment.
One Way Cooperation.
The employees association Of the
Western Union, claiming so much for
the employees, and always insisting so
much on cooperation, has repeatedly
asked an increase in wages. The
Western Union officials, however, re-
fuse to grant this increase, evidently
believing in cooperation only when
it increases the company's profits.
The employees association members
have also asked that the time and
one-half pay for Sunday work be re-
stored, but Carlton has refused this
request. THE WESTERN UNION
GRAPHERS NOW ARE
FORCED TO WORK SUNDAYS FOR
THE REGULAR WEEK DAY RATE
OF PAY.
THE COMPANY UNION HAS
DONE NOTHING FOR THE WEST
ERN UNION OR WESTERN ELEC.
TRIO EMPLOYEES. 1T HAS DENIED
THEM THE RIGHT TO STRIKE
AND IT HAS BOUND THEM TO
THE WESTERN UNION AND WEST
ERN ELECTRIC COMPANIES LIKE
A LOT OF SCAB SLAVES, AFRAID
TO ORGANIZE AND DEMAND A DE-
CENT STANDARD OF LIVING.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Bosses Race for
Cool Climate as
Slaves Toll in Heat

While the lords OF the earth who
live in Chicago were racing for tho
cool OF the mountains or starting their
yachts out on the lake yesterday two
workers we're drowned while seeking
relief at beaches and a third dropped
dead from the heat The drowned are
William Dales and John Barrett. John
Moffett, a repairman working in the
Telephone Building, dropped dead
from the heat
The workers sought relief at the
beaches and parkA of the city. But II
was little GOODNESS, they found The
entire city was caught in the grip Of
a sticky. humid heat wave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Legion Fascist to
Try Gagging Buffalo
Speech by Ordinance
BY LUDWELL DENNY.
Eadar.4nt o.n.. ear

Federated Press Staff Correspondent
BUFFALO, N. Y, June 22.-Ameri-
can legion officials, an army recruiting
officer, the mayor Of Buffalo and po-
lice have decided to prove their pa
triotism by overriding the U. S. CON
stitution and preventing free speech
by using mobs and violence against
speakers if necessary Following the
mob action, led by an army officer
which broke up a proletarian party
street meeting here, June 10, Mayor
Frank Schwab announces that he
will put thru the city council a gag
ordinance written by the local Ameri-
can legion denying meeting and speak
ing permits to radicals Commission
er Frank G. Perkins, Socialist. will OPP
pose this unconstitutional ordinance
when it is introduced, June 49,
Protest by the Erie county commit
tee, American legion, against the ac-
ton of Mayor Schwab in granting a
permit to the June 13 meeting, led to
a refusal of a permit for June IA
FREQ speech test meeting by the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties union.
George Scarborough of Illinois, the
June 13 speaker, was attacked on the
stand and beaten up by the army re-
cruiting officer for criticizing the war
AID Coolidge's bonus veto.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23


In the northwest freight rate
decision the commission author
ICES increases ranging from 13c
to &c a ton in the rates on coal
shipped from southern Illinois to
Minnesota. Increases ranging
from &c to 42c a ton are author
lied in rates from southern nli-
nois to points in Wisconsin. But
on eastern largely non-union)
coal shipped via the lakes are
left unchanged.
To Affect Big Field.
This decision will affect the market
for a considerable proportion of the
100000 tons of Illinois coal shipped
annually to the near northwest. In
other words the jobs of more than
5000 miners are involved. And al
ready nonunion coal favored by lower
wage scales has cut into the market
for Illinois coal. During May more
than half the Illinois mines were
closed terminating the jobs of approx
imately 10000 miners and the mines
still open were operating at little over
Is capacity.
"The commission" says a statement
representing the viewpoint of Illinois
operators, "has evidently authorized
the increase solely for the purpose of
increasing the tonnage from the docks
local from West Virginia, eastern
Kentucky and Pennsylvania with a
resultant effect of decreasing that
from Illinois"
Here Are the Figures.
Typical increases in freight rates
on southern Illinois coal are shown
in the following table:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
who ReIchstaq Members Are.

BERLIN. June 22.-Among the la
Dor members elected to the Reichstag
at the recent election is the vice pres
ident OF the German Federation OF
Labor, the president of the Federation
of Salaried Employees. the presidents
of the miners, the transport workers,
the shoe workers and the metal work
ers' unions. and the secretary OF the
textile workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
BOSSES BACK
'GOLDFISHING'
OF WORKERS
CONTINUED from page ~

in handling strikes that they should
be especially brutal in handling all
sorts of suspects.
The word goldfish" to describe the
third degree originated in Chicago.
From there it spread to other cities.
The police Of this town needed a new
word to describe the refinements they
put on the old fashioned sweating or
third degree methods used in all
American cities by the police.
"Schomaker Punch"
Then the police have nice little
set of blows they call the "scho-
maker punches" These were named
after detective captain William Scho-
maker. After that it is not necessary
for us to say that he has reputation
as hard guy"
The most famous of the "Schomaker
punches" is a blow at the base Of the
brain at the rear of the head. The
writer was once discussing the fame Of
these blows with their originator. He
aid, Here I'll show you the original
With that he struck me a crack with
he side of his hand on the neck. The
writer let the discussion continue for
several minutes without taking part
in it, His head sang for at least ten
minutes after.
The writer had not gone without
sleep or food for hours before being
struck. Think of the effect of such a
blow on a man who had not had sleep
or eaten for hours. Think of the eff
feet of dozen such blows on man
in that condition.
TELLS All-Then More"
1t is when the police get hold of a
man with radical or labor sympathies
that they use the goldfish" to the
fullest extent Men are told they will
be forced to tell all they know and
"a He'll of lot more" This is not
idle talk. 1t has happened as will be
told in future articles.
When certain Judge during a trial
refused to permit the introduction of
a confession which had been gotten
by use of the goldfish" a high police
authority admitted that that was the
only way the police could hope to get
confessions.
Occasionally court or public au-
thority will rave against the use of
the goldfish" but its use continues
because it is such a heavy club in the
hand of the police.
High Courts Empty Words.
That solemn body, the Illinois SUI
preme Court handing down decision
in the case of the People VS.. Rogers
said: 1T has been the practice of the
Chicago police in number of cases
to extort confessions from suspects
" means of what is called the sweat
ng process. 1t is the most danger
ous and most uncivilized practice i'm
aginable to allow the police to go out
and arrest a man or boy on mere
suspicion and for days subject him to
the sweating process until he gives
up and confesses to escape further
torture"
Yet in spite of such high sounding
protestations there has not been a
single conviction of police officer for
doing thing that is plainly against
the law.
This practice will continue till the
workers who get the worst Of it in
all cases make an end of it forever.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

PETALUMA. Cal. June 22.--The
goose step has slipped a cog here.
When Principal David L. oberg of the
Junior High School called Miss Ruth
Hinckley, superintendent Of music. a
"Bolshevist," by all the rules Miss
Hinckley should have been fired. In
stead, II was Oberg who was dis
Is suing for reinstatement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

George Swan, a waiter. was killed
and several persons were hurt, when
a bomb was thrown into soft drink
saloon on the south side early today
A gamblers war Is held responsible
for the bombing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
NEW FREIGHT RATES MADE BYLC.C.
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST COAL OF
UNION FIELDS; FOR SCAB BOSSES
BY LELAND oLDS
Federated Press Industrial Edtor)

Is there conspiracy of non-unon interests thotte
union miners Of Illinois and Indiana by securing freight
which favor nonnon coal in the competition for markets?
Certainly recent decisions of the Interstate Commerce
sion increasing the cost of shipping illinois
will have just that effect while the VIGOROUSLY open shop
State Chamber of Commerce pressing for lower
shipped that state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Civil Liberties Protest.

NEW YORK, June Challenging
the action of the Buffalo American Lee
gion organization in its campaign
against constitutional rights of free
speech, the American Civil Liberties
union, New York, announces that it
has telegraphed protest to the In
dianapolis national headquarters of
the legion.
Evening star., 1924-06-26

divided response is start a. FIRE at his
home.
In the midst of it all, Mac broke in
with the announcement that the Dis
trict of Columbia had joined in the
parade for Gov. Smith. AS usual,
Washington was proving herself open
minded. She had paraded for Nc
Adoo. She was parading now for
Smith. And if there was any more
parading jobs to do. depend on little
old d. &. to be there, too.
One brave deed will stand out as the
crowning feat of heroism ever mani
tested during political convention
1t was the unannounced appearance
in the very center of the maddened
throng and while the fervor was at
its height, of none other than the
leading Republican politician the
Hon. Theodore Burton, who was tenn
porary chairman of the G. o. P. meet
recently at Cleveland. His audacity
won the admiration of those who
knew he was there, he was pointed
out, and no one moleSted him. Mean
while he learned a few pointers on
how to conduct riot, for through
the air 1t sounded like nothing else
During the racket there was, no
doubt, many a yell emanating here
in Washington from those who had
head phones fastened on, as they
shouted hoarsely for a drink of wa
Evening star., 1924-06-26
Prayer Brings Contention to Order
When Walsh and 1rusty GaueL Fail

nominees personal friends and ac-
companied him nearly everywhere he
went.
1t was hard to remain neutral un-
der such onslaughts of oratory as
Frank let loose. and even listener ers-in
with Republican tendencies had to
steel themselves to prevept personal
emotion from cropping out. What
could one expect when he was ad-
vised that all the indecency and COR
would end if AL Smith were elected
President next November? That
should have been enough to win over
even the AntiSaloon League.
AL. in short, appeared to be as good
as elected.
The parade that followed the Smith
nomination probably eclipsed any
thing that had taken place previous
ly, as far as noise was concerned, at
least The turmoil was made up of
a mixture of music from twenty-five
bands playing different tunes at
once. seasoned with howls, yells,
shouts. shrieks and every other kind
of sound emitted BY the human
throat.
The bands tried to play simulta-
neously THE Sidewalks of New York"
and it sounded like strong men on
the sidewalks were clawing one an
other on the neck or biting hunks of
wood out Of the platform. AL ap
peared to number among his friends
not on.y the unassuming elevator
men, but also the more raucous-
voiced street hawkers, steel worker
and Bronx base ball fans. There
must have been many broken vocal
chord in Madison Square Garden this
day.
AS announcer McNamee remarked
the old garden won't need to be torn
down next year. 1t looked like all
| the delegates would be able to carry
home pieces of it for souvenirs as the
Smith rooters continued their din.
Meanwhile, to revert to the wealth
| er. it still remained cool. Appropri-
ately enough, great clouds Of mac
Grated paper. having the appearance
| of snow. floated down upon the gath
| ering from above, probably from an
airplane, the announcer suggested
| AL lists aviators among his friends
also.
Trying to make himself heard above
| the weird howl of great fire siren
within the hall the announcer inter
! jected a short sketch of AL Smith s
| career. Al is genuine favorite son
having first seen the light Of day in
New York city. Incidentally. many
persors learned for the first time
that the L. in AIS name stands for
Emmanuel. The siren drowned out
all the other noises. blending the.-
all into one wonderful discordant
ear-splittinS note. Even the firemer
| are friendly to Al Smith. Judging by
the furore they created today, i;
could easily be seen that all the gov
! ernor needs to do to get their un-
Evening star., 1924-06-26

ter in an endeavor to raise their
voices above the incoming hub-bub.
Mothers who were rocking baby 10
sleep while they listened in sang so
Justify that baby's eardrums felt the
force and the rafters shook, withal.
Radio, truly, threatens to break up
"a home
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-01

Propietaria: Manhattan Elec-
tricai Supply Co. Inc.
Direction: II Park Place New
York City
Articulos a que Sc aplica: dis
cos radiotelefonicos, giradores,
layes, receptores, telefonos de
cabeza, variometros Y acoplado-
res variables, campanillas, zum-
badores Y sonadores electricos,
llaves telegraficas, llaves para
senales, sonadores telegraficos
relevadores electricos, resonado-
res electricos, aparatos telegra-
ficos y zumbadores, distancias
7 explosives de excitadores, bobi-
mas de induction, carretas de in
tduccion de Ruhmkorff, resisten-
,cias electricas Y bobinas y apa-
ratios que contienen ellos. es de-
cir, soldadores, coladuras, estu-
fas, calderas, aparatos de COST
/ mar, escalfadores aparatos de
tostar, planchas para planchar,
encrespadores, rechandes y par
tes de ellos, consolas para tele-
fonos, telefonos. condensadores,
estacion telefonica de sobremesa,
generadores para telefonos, te-
lefono de cabeZa Y receptores,
dispositivos electricos de alarma
contra ladrones, cajas electricas
de alarma contra fuego. .meca-
ni!mos electricos de cafda, auto
maticos, anuncladorc5 y parties,
pararrayos, interruptores elec-
triccos, botones de preston para
interruptores, interruptores cleo
tricos y parties. cubiertas
! para aparatos electricos de
conductores electricos, lam
paras electricas, clavijas de
contacto Y protectors para los
fcordones de elias, conductores
'ade bifurcacion, alambres de CO.
.nexion, Y cordones y alambreS y
terminates de cordones, cajas de
derivation para cables, Haves de
eontacto Y tomas de corriente
v consolas para ellos, cajas de
distribution, bornac de union pa
ra pilas Y alambres, tornillos de
preston, fusibles, florones,gra-
pas, .aisladores, abanicos electri-
coS,s electromotores y generado-
res, maquinas con inducido osci-
lante, botellas de Leyden. bate
rfas hidro-electricas Y baterlas
secas, cajas para baterias, ba-
rias de acumuladores, zinc y CO.
bre para baterias, encendedores.
proyectores parabolicos, tubos
aisladores, senales electricas,
imanes, transformadores. regu-
ladores de corriente, limpiado-
res de vacio parties.