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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10

Fate has been a little slow in overtaking
Jan Smuts the Woodrow Wilson of South
Africa, but has at last caught up with him.
His cabinet has been forced to resign and
he is now confronted with solid opposition
composed of the Nationalist party and the
South African Labor party-a bloc whose
unity is the result of the tyrannical rule of
SHUTS, long the darling of the liberals the
world over because of his advocacy of the
league of nations.
SHUTS was one of the leaders Of the Beers
in the war against Great Britain but sold him
self to the British imperialists when the strug-
gle was over and has been the tool used in
expressing his own countrymen-one of the
Shiny individuals whom Great Britain has al
ways found purchaseab'e in her colonies and
without whom she could not rule.
The bloody suppression of the strike of the
South African miners in 1922 alienated the
workers and since that time the nationa ist
movement has been gaining strength The
last SHUTS majority was secured by gerry
Wandering and trickery. but the coalition of
the labor and nationalist parties in the coming
election will make the success of such tao
tics more difficult. The victory of the Labor
party in the motherland has given great i'm
petus to the South African labor movement
and 1t will not be surprising if the result of the
coming election is government much more
advanced IMAM the present personnel of the
British cabinet
The developments in South Africa are of
additional interest because they corroborate
the contention that in India, Egypt. Australia
and South Africa the colonial labor move
ments. because of the great advance made nv
colonial industry durirg the war and the con-
sequent lesseninV Of dependence upon Eng
land. are rapidly losing their inperialistic out
look and acting as independent units.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10
Reformism In Full Swing

will recall the Poplar debate and
the cancel-ing of the Mond Order.
g. To the women it will point to
the removal of certain taxes on food
stuffs (yet to be announced in the
budget, the proposal for widows
pensions and the extension of in
surance to cover many other phases
of social life, to their attacks on
rents and housings possibly the ex-
tention of the purchase to women
on same terms as men.
With its left hand it will hand
out these things to the poorer
classes to prove that its policy Of
graduaism is a working practical
policy. With it's right hand il will
also make its free will offering in
order to prove as Mr.. Macdonald
and Mr.. Henderson declare "that
they art not : class PARTY, or that
in any sense DO they place one class
before another, but are indeed re-
ally non-party serving the interests
of the nation as whole" So in
this direction too Reformism is in
full swing.
The Empire.
The first statement Mr.. MacDon-
old uttered as premier in relation to
the Empire was one on India, where
by he secured lavish praise from
every capitalist rag in the country.
It was definite warning tn the
Swarajists of all shades that the
British Government would stand no
movement Of India that thought it
was going 20 get anything by un-
constitutional action was mistaken.
India would only get self govern
nent when the British Parliament
permitted it. Later the Labor Lord
Olivier made the statement to the
effect that India will be administered
until 1929 in the manner now in
use. In 1929 q Commission Of In
quiry will be set up to review the
working of the present system Of
"semi self-Tovernment" and say
whether what is called the expert
mental decade has proved that ma
tive India is ready for and capable
of complete self government, or
whether some further period Of pro-
baton is necessary to make sure
that the withdrawal of the British
element of authority will not be
followed by civil war or widespread
anarchy. SO the Tories are quite
satisfied When the Prime Minis
ter trounced MacNeil few DAYS
ago it was on his faithlessness to
the tradition of Continuity in for
eign affairs That he is carrying
this policy thru Is evident on the
question of Egypt too. The Gov
eminent has again announced con-
tinuity and the Egyptian National
lists are protesting vigorously. They
declare this statement of MacDon-
aids only strengthens the policy of
legalizing "the usurpation of Egyp-
tian rights, inasmuch as the four
reserved points grants 70 Great
Britain all the essential powers and
domination"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10
By ]. T. MURPHY

So pleace follow continuity. First
the development of the League Of
Nations. Germany says Macdonald
must come into the League and wei
hope Russia. This week the Repair
ations tax of 26 per cent on inn
ported goods from Germany has
been reduced to per cent. On
practically the same day as this de-
cision is made dispatch is sent to
Poincare favorable to stronger mil
itary control over German arma-
ments and pointing to a League Of
Nations control. On the same day
in an interview to The Daily News
Macdonald projects not only the
League of Nations control over the
military resources of Germany, but
also the Observation-Disclosures of the
Rhineland Under League of Nations
control. With regard to Repara-
tions he awaits the Report Of the
Financial inquiry with view to
drawing America more closely into
the arrangements contemplated il
order to secure help against Franc
with regard to payment Ct deb y
1t will be case Of Britain ann
America advancing the credits to
Germany with the Thomas Rail-
ways and other industrals as Sc
curities and struggle with France
as to how much she is going to
get out of the business To combat
Frances military development and
to take away the scare which
France has always put up concern
ing military aggression Macdonald
proposes the Internationalizing Of
the Rhineland. To get reparations
he proposes the granting Of the
loan by British and American f.
nance and to get the payments of
Debts from France he proposes to
jointly work the oracle with the
American Government in the final
arrangements as to the disburse-
ments arising from German recov-
cry. The League of Nations is to
be the cover for the business be-
cause as Macdonald says, at will
be much more comfortable even to
Germany to feel that she is under
the supervision of COLLECTIVELY of
which she is part than to be the
special victim Of some particular ma
tons control"
To sum up. Instead Of a revis-
ion of the Treaty of Versailles the
Labor Government is going to de-
velop it. Instead of being an instru-
ment for the ending of Imperialism
she is going to pull off what Lloyd
George was unable to do. She will
make a partnership with America
to colonize Germany by the same
methods that have already been
adopted for the colonization of
Austria and Hungary. When this
account is presented to the capital
lists of Britain as the prize for Civ
ing the Labor bureaucracy the
spoils of office they will have no
grounds for complaint.
Reformism is indeed in full swing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10

Following Old Imperialist Policy.
In addition the capitalists have
nothing to complain of in the way
Of grants in aid. The Government
has agreed to continue the policy
of the previous government in re-
lation to the grants to the Sudan
Government and have voted a fur
ther e3,500,000. This is for the pur-
pose ostensib'y at any rate, the de-
velopment of irrigation and let it
be observed according to the Colon
ial spokesman (which is now for all
practical purposes in the hands Of
the Sudan Plantation syndicate.
This syndicate shares the spoils be-
tween Itself. the Government, and
the planters.
And now for the colonies and
more good business. The new
Trades Facilities Bill which passed
its second reading this week pro-
vides that the British government
pay up to maximum of three
quarters of the interest on any loan
raised in this country Or the Do
minions within the EMPIRE for the
purpose of embarking uuon an un-
dertaking of public utility charac-
ter. The payment is not to amount
to more than 81 100000 in anv one
year, ard the limit which is placed
upon payment is five years. the
main purpose of this pro2oal en-
anating from the Imnerial Confer
ence is to stimulate orders for goods
from this country and to hep to
some extent the unemployment from
which we are now suffering"
The bosses have no grounds for
complaint against Labors service to
the Empire And now let us see
them in action on
Foreign Policy.
After the first steps in tire direc-
ton of the Recognition of Soviet
Russia. Macdonald set about what
he Gals an atmosphere under which
peaceful negotiations could be con-
Quoted. And then continuity once
more again. Whatever he may have
said, whatever the Labor Party may
have said about the revision of the
Versailles treaty, the Labor Gov
eminent has to say nothing about
it. That in effect lie the rebuke de-
livered to Henderson in the Burn
ley by-election this week for hav-
ing ventured to speak party politics
instead of remembering that he was
member of the Government of the
Nation. Henderson said the treaty
must be revised. Macdonald says
whatever your private opinion may
be the government has not declared
for that and we must continue
where the others left off. So the
Labor in Office is different to Labor
out Of Office. And now Mr.. Hender-
son has been elected he at once
proceeds, to make amends and de-
cares. II go not to serve a party
but the Nation. Not to look after
particular interests but everybody's
interests" And there you are.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10
Encouraging The Legion

The core of any army is still human and hcrse-
flesh, and all the devices, guns and machines
gas and flyers, simply supplementary arms.
battle preminaries, rather than the essentials of
combat.
The world has just been informed of the inveh-
ton by Danish scientist of automatic steel
soldier" which fire rife or machine gum
1t would be interesting to learn what would be de-
cded by battle between two such armies
"Scrutator", in the Chicago Tribune.
We submit the above to console the members
of the American Legion and other lovers of
war who may, in view of the publicity given
mechanical devices of destruction, begin to be-
lieve that there will be no need of human sacri-
fees in the next war. We would want no mis-
apprehension of this kind to deprive us of the
most amusing and asinine spectacle ever fur
nished-that of the ivory-domed legionaires
the war-mongers of the ineffable ioy
gives them to be made responsible for
furnishing the requisite amount of cannon
fodder. The pacifists, as rule, have but little
sense of humor but we have seen several of late
who were smiling broadly at the "rebukes'
administered by the loud-voiced dupes of
American Imperialism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10
Our Position on Hiram,

Hiram Johnson had tough luck in Michigan
and elsewhere. His chief difficulty seems to
De that no one can discern the difference be-
,ween him and Coolidge. Coolidge is credited
with breaking po;icemen's strike but Hiram
went out of his way to denounce Tom Mooney
and has taken credit for the appointment of
William J. Burns These achievements would
give him an even break with Cal only Cal has
he machinery.
AS far as we are concerned we have
watched Hiram's efforts to show that he is
entitled to the leadership of the republican
party with much sympathy and consider that
he has proved his contention with everything
except votes. We believe that the gamblers.
bootleggers, white-slavers, oil stock statesmen,
hop-peddlers and other criminals who put over
Harding for the capitalists in 1920 will make
no mistake by picking either Johnson or
Coolidge.
Like the woman whose drunken husband
had fight with bear, we feel that it is the
first fight we ever saw in which we do not care
who wins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-10

All we have to say about the primary cleo
ton In which Governor Small was re-non1in-
ated against the opposition Of the world 3
greatest newspaper is that this opposition was
about the only asset he had.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-09
|NERsET JERSEY CLUB PERFECTS Or
GAN|zAT|ON IN SKOWHEGAN
brett B. Hilton of sosisPresident- Seventy
en- in County Have Registered Jersey Stock

who have registered Jerseys in the
last four years. while the state record
has been 635 in the last four years.
and on Monday and Tuesday Mr. Ran
dolph saw 20 Jersey men all in Som
erset County. In his informal talk
Mr.. Randolph called attention to what
the County Clubs can do in the state
in the way of acquainting one Jersey
breeder with another, with mutual
benefit to both buyer and seller. He
told in an interesting manner of his
research work along the lines of Jer-
sey types and breeds and strongly ad-
vocated the need of more Jersey men
taking the Jersey Bulletin. BY
having a County Club. its members
become linked with the State Club,
as the county club president will re-
present his organization at the State
Club meetings. One of the detectives
of the club, according to Mr.. Ran
doiph, will be to connect the small
Jersey breeders with the National
Association. Mr.. Randolph also
spoke at some length on the value OF
Calf Clubs for young people to keep
their interest up for successful Jer-
The matter of organization was dis
cussed, j. Fl. Lancaster stating that
he thought the time was ripe for the
formation of a Jersey Club saying
that he had few Jerseys which he
priced highly He cited as an ex-
ample the fact that 55 of the 200 pure
bred cattle shown at the Skowhegan
fair were Jerseys. NJ. c. Viles also
discussed the matter and the Repor-
ter's representative pledged the sup
port of his publication in the move
ment. 1t became unanimous feel
ing among the men there assembled
that a Jersey Club. was just the or
ganization needed to help the Jersey
breeders OF Somerset.
Plans are already underway for a
picnic to which the ladies will be in
vited another summer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-09
STEVENS AND HOPPE HELD EACH IN
$4,000 BAIL FOR GRAND JURY
Haley Was Held as Material Witness - Story
of Arrest -- Credit to Local Officers

was len nor thesdrettion hI5 which
they went Long distance telephone
messages We're used freely in every
direction. covering the route to Bos-
ton in particular. giving description
OF the articles taken and urging
officers in all the larger towns ana
cities To watch carefully for any sus-
picious cars. especially what was be
lieyed To be "a Chevrolet sedan this
evidence having been obtained in the
NorridEewock breaks of which Sheriff
Mooers and his deputies had a good
knowledge. especially as to the tires
used together with measurement oil
shoe tracks found al NorridgeWock al
the time on Wednesday afternoon
OF last week a call from Portland
poiiee headquarters informed sheriff
Mooers tnat TWO men were being held
pending Investigation and that they
had what appeared lo be burglars
tools in their possession Deputies
Fred + Tuscan of fhi~ place H. +.
Crocker ~. Canaan and Harry +.
Merrill ol Madison Wei. ou their way
10 Portland i'm a very is@ minutes
after The notification and in the
meantime information was gained by
d message from Portland police THAI
ii second car. which MAS viewed with
some suspicion. had gone on TO Boston
ahead of the one appreheHded Dep
MY Merrill was then communicated
with and directed to proceed on te
Boston and act with the Boston
police in an efort 10 locate the car
last mentioned, ana the man driving
II This was successfully accom-
pished and resulted in the finding of
the ear by the officers above stated.
containing large amount OF the
property believed 10 have been stolen.
the estimated value OF which Wa
$2500 al least. including clothing
jewelry. money, liberty bonds radio
outfits approXimatine $500 in value.
silYerware and much other goods.
stephen Hoppe in charge OF the car
Wa arrested. but demanded eAtradi-
ton proceedings These. however,
Continued on Page p
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-09

Following conference with their
attorney Robert Driscoll of Boston.
Stephen Hoppe, Clifford Stevens and
Leroy Haley were arraigned before
Judge NJ. P Merrill OF the Western
Municipal Court. yesterday afternoon.
Home waived examination and plead
ed not guilty to breaking, entering
and larceny from the store OF +. p
Barnaby i'm North Anson. Clifford H..
Stevens and Leroy Haley pleaded not
guilty To breaking. entering and lar
cenv from the same store. There
were two more warrants against
Stevens and Hoppe. both pleading not
guilty To- breaking, entering and lar
cenv from Ira W. Durgin's store al
North Anson. They both also plead
ed not guilty To breaking and enter
ing with intent to commit larceny
from the store of W Harris Williams
in North Anson County Attorney
Thorne asked for the discharge Of
Haley. believing that he WAS not gull
ty of the crime with which he was
charged: nut asked that he he held as
a material witness Bail WAS set at
$1,000 and he will doubtless procure
the same. Hoppe and Stevens We're
held for bail on the three charges in
sums aggregating 100000 each Both
men are young They were shackled
together as they were taken back to
iail Chas. Dolan: a Portland police
man. VINO with Ernest Gibbons of
Portland apprehended stevens and
Haley. were here Yesterday in the in
tereSts ot the case.
The break at North Ansou led to
the real capture OF the men. This
occurred sometime during Sunday
night of the 2Sth and Sheriff Mooers
received a hurried telephone call
from there on the morning OF the
29ths announcing that four business
places had been broken into, robbery
and the safe blown in the
Williams store. in that town. the
North Anson post Office being among
the places broken into Information
was In the effect that not the slight
est trace of the identity of the robbers
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-09
WOOL MEN ARE GUESTS
Of ". H. CUMMINGS
Large Number of Out-of town Textile
Men Enjoyed lI0Spitalit! Oi Local
Mill Agent

A large party of men interested in
the woolen industry We're entertained
by W II. Cummings. agent of the
local mills of the American Wooden
Co. from Thursday until Saturday
night Mr. Cummings was a most
agreeable host and his guests spent
their time at the Cummings cottage at
the foot OF Lake Nesserunsett.
Among those present We're: f. G..
Thomas OF the Bay State Mills Low
ell, Mass, j. ]. Henderson and r. p.
Robinson of the Beaver Brook Mill in
Lowell Joseph II. Henderson, South
Royaiston, Mass. Lon G. Cross. Bos-
ton, Gordon u. Beatte. Boston, L. IL.
Colby. Dorchester, Mass. Sig Leve,
Boston. Albert Julia, Lewiston. Wm.
Taft John White, Madison. Fred Lane,
Frank Bailey. Leon Haines. Pittsfeld ;
Thomas Thomas. Hartland. Chas. E.
Jones, Newport. {. H. Park, Fairfield.
Jas MacDougal, No. Nassalboro J. \.
Taber. Corina. Wm. Riddle Dexter.
Roy Brier. Oakland. S A. Lindsay
Melrose, Mass, l.. c. Sawyer, Dover
Foxcroft }. H. Houston, Guilford. F.
f. Phelps. Roy Phelps, Oldtown. r.
f. Greenway. J. c. Goodrich, J. c
Roaf. Charles Nitschke c. e. Pease
Ed. King. f. l.. Warren, Col. Roy l.
Marston, Skowhegan; Frank c. Morse
Labanon, y. H; A. p. Spaulding. Til
ton. y. H.; George Walker, Robert
Walker. Lee Walker, Warren; Robert
Scott. Oakland; l.. G. Milhken. Pitts
field; Carl r. Weymouth, Newport ;
John Southern. Oakland; L. f. Jellous
Waterville.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-09

GagnOn got . 500 140 feet out al s11.50
per thOusaHg j. was not claimed
that the piainti6 ~az asking full pay
for the stoves blankets and dishes
procured Tor the camp. which he now
has. but the amount Of their deprecia-
ton IN value The landings. were re-
curing much extra labor. and mOre
time to haul the logs to the place o.
shipment at result. 1t appears that
the amount il dispute between the
parties is about S3990. for the camp
equipment. cant-dogs. items Tor win
er road and loss OF trips
During The forenoon yesterday two
witnesses for the defense were heard
out of order that they might return
10 their business. one Of these was
Manager Goggin Of the Jackman Lum-
Der Co., who looks after the opera
tions and lays out all the work for
his company He testified as to
conditions at the landing where Mr.
Gagnon had placed his logs. saying
that there was insufficient force of
help al the landing the greater part
Of the time and that when Mr. Gagnon
called for more landing room. Mr..
MGrtha cleared a read and gave him
more space. He stated that there
Was from million and half TO two
million that We're never loaded by
Gagnon aid that the expense as a re-
suit came upon the Jackman Lumber
Co. Witness believed that Gagnon
could have started hauling operations
earlier H. ". Lalley, for four years.
clerk for the Jackman Lumber Co.
testified relative TO the contract for
supplies furnished to Gagnon. stating
that the Jackman Lumber co. from
time to time advanced supplies to
GagnOn the same being charged TO W.
J. Murtha. Witness testified rela-
tive 10 "a grain supplies disagreement
that 1t was necessary to charge d fixed
weight because OF the shortage of
grain claimed at that particular time
The defense was reached yesterday
afternoon between three and four
clock The defense claimed thar
after certain pay ments and supplies
furnished Gagnon the account leaves
a balance due him of SS143o There
is no dispute on the amount OF lumber
cut The defense claimed that Mr..
Murtha offered to pay the amount he
fore mentioned 10 Gagnon but that
Gagnon refused to accept it, The de
fense CLAIMS with regard to the camp
equipment tnat the defendant offered
to the plaintiff the use of camp equip
ment but that no agreement was made
as TO the amount OF camp equipment.
Attorney Gardiner. in his opening.
stated that the position of the claim
ant had changed and suggested with
regard to the last item in Gagnon's
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-09
EDUCATOR
SPEAKS At ROTARY
shire Commissioner OF Education
Delivers Address

At the weekly luncheon of the
Rotary Club Tuesday the speaker was
Hon. f. w. Butteriield of Concord. n
H.. State Commissioner of Education
He was not only an able speaker but
splendid entertainer. He called
attention to the fact that we now think
of children instead of schools and
stated that the two things necessary
III a school were the teacher and the
pupils, all other things being acces-
sories. He advised his listeners that
if they wanted to improve the schools
the quickest way was to get the child
rem to school every day in the attitude
of work He recommended that the
school year be long and that the ses-
sions be not closed for every holiday
Build the schools up by getting
economic expenditures of money be-
ing raised" said the Commissioner
He spoke somewhat on the value OF
increasing the salary of good teach
ers in order to keep them, and said
that the difference between the schools
of today and other days is different
idea of what education is for He
emphasized the fact that education
should be a habit rather than AZ ac-
complishment.
There were many guests, including
Rotarians Charles Barrows of Port
land. Al Greenlaw of Augusta, Fran
els MacNichol of Augusta. and C. r.
Marston of Waterylle. Other guests
were Ex-Governor Carl E. Milliken OF
Portland, now collector of Customs,
Mr.. Peene OF Bingham, Judge Scott
Wilson of Portland, Gardiner Holden
of Jackman, G. f. Williams of North
Anson. John F. Philbrook of Solon.
w. F. Holman of Madison, Perley S.
Turner and L. A Caswell of Skowhe-
gan. President Woodbury. announced
that DIR. Barker the noted lecturer
would be in Skowhegan on October
2Sth. The committee in charge of
arrangements will he composed of l..
II. Goldsmith, Dir O. J. GAIA, S. ".
Philbrick, c. NJ Holt and W. l.
Robertson.