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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
Forbes Trial Shows
How Thieves Cheated
Each Other of Loot

Elias Mortimer told in courst yes
terday how Charles Forbes, former
head Of the veterans bureau. had quar-
relied with him over the division OF
the spells garnered from granting H.
legal contracts for ex-soldiers' hospi.
tails, and from other forms of govern
ment graft.
John Black, formerly Thompson's
partner. told Mortimer that Forbes
was Withholding Mortimer's share of
the graft.
II told Forbes, You got $4,000 to
split fifty-hfty with me, and you only
gave me S5.000,'" said Mortimer
Forbes finally told Mortimer that he
was going TO Boston and would set
tie up when he returned. Later, Nor.
timer wired Forbes at Boston, III you
know what's best for you, you had bet
ter take the first train back from Bos.
ton"
FORBES followed my advise" said
Mortimer Forbes finally agreed to
come across"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
FARMERS FROM
MIDDEEWEST TELL
OF HARDSH|PS

Cattle and hog raisers Of the mid
die west and west are practically
bankrupt; the stockfeeding areas in
the corn belt being especially hard hit,
the cattlemen are steadily losing mon
ey, so farmers visiting the Interna-
tional Live Stock exposition declare.
The condition of the average farm
er in Utah is bad, according to farm
ers from that state. Crops including
the sugar beet, wheat and hay crops
have all been light, and market con-
ditions are bad. The cattlemen, thru
out the west in spite of the low con-
dition Of the market, are being forced
to SELL Bankruptcies are frequent
thruout Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.
A shortage of cattle has resulted in
Missouri because the cattle raisers
have been forced to sell to keep their
farms going, officials Of the Missouri
state agricultural college declare.
Even the youngest Of the stock is be-
ing shipped to market in larger guam
titles than ever before.
Iowa, in the corn belt, faces a ruin
ed agriculture, with forty per cent Of
its crop destroyed in the face of the
long continued agricultural depres-
sion.
The high price of corn and other
grains is somewhat Offset by the short
age of these crops in many states.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY

Tomorrow the Frelhel Singing
Mandolin
comrades baby society
part and will show itself a
to
Singing Society its anniversary celebration
The DAILY WORKER
happy
all Workers Party Institutions,
porters than the Fht Singing Society ts
the feature Of almost affair held for the DAILY
Frehet and the Communist the United
de to these comrades who directed
that build and sustain the revolutionary
May the Frelhet Singing welcome
he revolution with Of It's stirring choruses
etaat May comade shaefer live
who fall In the final struggle
the working GLASS that their efforts being
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
SOUTH SLAVIC
WORKERS Give
PLAY SUNDAY
Deals With Revolt of
Sixteenth Century

The Peasants Revolt" a sixteenth
century drama depicting the life and
revolutionary struggles of the poor
peasants of Croatia under the yoke
of the Austro-Hungarian feudalism,
will be presented tomorrow afternoon
at 1880 in G. S. P. S. Hall, 18th and
May Streets.
The play is by August Shenoa, a
well-known Croatian historian.
The affair viii be run under the
auspices Of the South Slavic Branch
Of the Workers Party, and the pro
ceeds are to be divided among
Radnick, the South Slavic Communists
organ. the DAILY WORKER and the
Labor Defense Council.
The Peasants Revolt" is a drama
in five acts, with cast of fifty per
sons. The most powerful scene O
the drama is when the reactionar,
army of feudalism places a red no
iron crown on the head of Peasant,
King" Malta Gubec, who was tn,
leader of the revolt. It is a play O
workingclass struggle with the his
torical background of the sixteent cen
fury.
Every South Slavic worker is urged
to attend the performance tomorrow
In addition to the play concert will
be enjoyed, also music, singing, dane
ing and speaking.
The same drama will be played il
South Chicago, on December IA ant
in Gary on Dec p. ga
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
Carlson Meeting Is
Success in Spite of
Police Intimidation
Especial to The Daily worker)


WILMINGTON, Del.-Oliver Carl
son, of the Young Workers League,
who recently returned from Russia,
spoke here to about fifty men and
women, under police surveillance, on
Problems Confronting the American
Labor Movement"
Carlson explained in detail the ef-
feet Of the Dawes plan on the working
class of America and pointed out how
closely the interests of all workers
are interlocked. He stated the only
solution of the resultant unemploy-
ment was the establishment Of work
ers' and farmers government.
He traced the growth Of the Com
munist movement in Europe and told
how in Czecho-Slovakia 40 per cent of
the army vote was cast for Commun-
ism and how the French had to dis.
band six regiments Of soldiers in the
Ruhr because of Communist propagan-
da. Workers who had never heard
the Communist message were cheered
10 learn that their foreign brothers
we're doing something and expressed
a desire that they might learn more
OF the Communist movement.
In addition to literature and DAILY
WORKERS sold, collection of $27OC
was taken to defray expenses in con.
nection with the meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
FALLING OFF OF NEARLY
100000 TONS IN
COAL PRODUCTION
tspeoIaI . The paIIx worksrl

Especial to The Daily Worksr)
WASHINGTON, D. ", Dec. o.
Production Of both bItumlnous and
anthracite coal has decreased this
year, and profits Of the railroad
companies are below the profits of
1928, according to the annual re-
port Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission made public today.
"The bltumInous coal production
for the year ended October 81,
1924, totals 4es,o45,oo tons COM
pared with 557,e41, 900 for the same
period Of 1929" says the Inter
state Commerce Commission re-
port.
"The anthracite production for
the same period totals t91, $685. 900
tons for 1924 as against s7,4s6,Ooo
for 1925"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
.SADOUL CASE
PUTS HERRIOT
IN awful FIX
Says Sadoul Must Die
But If He Does?

PARIS, France, Dec. 5.-The gov
eminent of Herriot has assumed grave
responsibility by it's statement Of yes
terday to the effect that Jacques Sa-
doul, altho natHralized citizen of
Soviet Russia and a member of the
embassy of Leonid Krassin, the newly
arrived ambassador to France, must
be executed by order of court mar
tial hearing at which he was absent
on November s, 1919.
To Show Up Herriot.
The case of Sadoul promises to
wreck the Herriot government either
way it decides. If it keeps its an
nounced decision to murder Sadoul-
which is practically what it will
amount to in the view Of the French
workers-it will disillusion beyond all
question the workers who believe that
the Herriot government is a Tabor
or socialist" government. On the
other hand, if the government does not
execute Sadoul, it will be viciously at
tackled and perhaps overthrow in the
chamber of deputies by the right wing
reactionaries.
A Recipe For Trouble.
The third factor to be considered is,
that the execution of citizen Of Sow
let Russia, one moreover who Is an
embassy attache. is an affront which
/ is sure to bring reprisals from the
powerful republic Of Soyiets, which
will find million allies behind the
factory walls of France.
Still more is the pressure of eco
nomic necessity Of trade with Russia,
which is certain to be severed by the
Soviet government the instant Sadoul
is executed by this ancient order of
the French army, which was made be-
cause Sadoul became a citizen of Sow
let Russia and left the French army
while on a mission to the Kerensky
government from the French govern
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
MORE PUNISHMENT IS
PROMISED INSURGENTS
WHO DESERTED G. 0. P.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-AdmIn-
lstratIon leaders planned further
steps today to remove insurgents
from all positions Of power In the
senate.
The next step proposed by repub-
Ilcan chIeftalns was the oustIng Of
Senator Laid, republican Of North
Dakota, from the republican steer
Ing committee, which maps out the
legislative program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 5.-Mrs
Margaret Sanger, advocate Of birth
control, had addressed 200 students Of
the Yale divinity school Tuesday after
noon. After her address, II is stated
steps were taken by graduate students
to organize class for discussion Of
the subject. An invitation was OK
tended to Mrs. Sanger to appear
again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
Postmaster General
Recommends Changes
In Clerks Salaries
Especial to The Daily Worker

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 5.-The
average salary of clerks in the employ
Of the post Office department, which
include higher salaried supervisors, is
5l,779,61 and the average salary of
city carriers is $1,74S.sS, according to
the annual report of Postmaster Gen.
eral New, made public this morning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
Demand Railroad ann.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S. Railroad
labor organizations renewed demands
for immediate passage of the Howell
Barley railroad labor bill at meet.
ing here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06

Open Forum, Sunday Night, Ledge
Room, Ashland Auditorium.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
KREBS' SALE
Of Kitchen Furniture Proves
Big Success

One of the most successful sales OF
kitchen furniture ever held by a
Hamilton furniture concern is that
which the Krebs Furniture Company
has been conducting during the past
ten days The Krebs Company had
arranged and set the mark of one
hundred Sellers cabinets to be sold
during this sale, but indications now
point to that number sold being far
exceeded when the time for the sale
ending is reached, which is Saturday
night.
One of the features that made the
sale all the more interesting was that
quite number of merchants handling
foodstuffs sent in many articles TO
the Krebs Co, to give away with each
cabinet sold, a loaf of Armbrust
Brothers bread, loaf of New Sys-
TEN bread, quart of Frechtiing's s
milk, butter, cake chocolate-in fact
almost whole stock of extras needed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
Use of Canvas Modern

1t was not until 1920 that artists be-
gan to use canvas. The masters pre-
vious to that time worked In ceramics
or painted on wood and walls. then on
canvas stretched TO frame.
Many of the great painters ground
the pigments and mixed their own col
ors says the Detroit News.
American supplies of art and indus
trial paint are dependent on large va
riety of foreign raw materials. We im-
port Windsor and Newton, and stin in
the opinion of artists do not make
colors that give the appearance OF age.
Saved by Mothers Spirit
One evening, short time after my
mother died, l was walking along a
lonely road near our home when a
young man approached and asked the
way TO certain street AS we were
both going the same way we walked
along together until we came to the
crossroads. | stopped to give him
further directions Suddenly he seized
me and tried to force me into the tall
bushes which bordered the road T
struggled frantically. but he pulled me
to the ground and was dragging me
backward Suddenly | felt my moth
er's presence beside me, although [
saw nothing. Just then my assailant
looked up Without word he dropped
me and ran down the road and out OF
sight as fast as he could go.-Chicago
Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
UNDERMINED
Coal Mines Cause of Many
Explosions

Westinghouse operators would
employ more men to inspect gases IN
mines, there would be fewer explo-
sions is the intimation contained in a
study of 256 coal mine explosions by
the United States bureau of mines.
The explosions occurred in a period
of Is years. They killed 4,413 men
and injured $40 others.
Here is the bureaus diplomatic
charge that mines are undermanned:
"While fire bosses generally try to
examine for gas before the men en-
ter the mine in the morning, some
times, owing to there being too many
working places to inspect, or to tax
ing chance, some place is neglected,
with the result that miners entering
therein with open lights ignite an ac-
emulation Of gas. The period laps
ing between the time of inspection and
men entering workings is often too
long, and although a working place
may be clear when examined, a fall
or other cause may result in an ac-
emulation Of gas which is accident
ally ignited.
"The area assigned to each fire boss
should not be too extensive. In some
states each working place must, by
law, be examined within three hours
before it is entered by the oncoming
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
THE Butler COUNTY PRESS

of storms or other things that might
interfere in getting electricity from
a distance, and they undoubtedly can
furnish their own electricity for a
lower price than they could buy it
from the u. G. & E. / am informed
that numerous factories in the Miami
valley north of Hamilton are making
their own electric power at cost of
Cloths cent per XIV Then if it has
been a boon to Hamilton to have its
own electric plant in the past and it
has secured US lower rates, it must
be considered also that we have been
going through the pioneer stages in
the production and use of electricity.
We certainly can do better in the
future than in the past.
On July l, 1924, Mayor Kelly issued
an argument in favor of selling the
city electric plant. In that state
ment, however, he said, Had the
street lighting been paid for from the
time the plant was built, up until the
present time, there would have been
such an amount of revenue turned
over to the sinking fund trustees to
have cleared up the outstanding debt"
Councilman Cartier, advocating the
sale for the Union Gas and Electric
Company, said: 81 do not know of
any city or village after having en-
joyed the excellent services of pri-
vately owned utility that ever even
considered municipal ownership
again" For his information let's tell
him that Detroit with million and
half population is now in the process
of building its own electric plant.
Henry Ford commended Mayor Mar
tin, of Detroit, for his attitude that
the city must not be dependent on
any corporation for vital services
when the city itself can provide these
services
Cleveland has two electric light
plants-one privately owned and one
owned by the city. Both use coal.
The private plant charges ten cents
a XIV. for household lighting, with
a seventy-fve cent a month service
charge The city plant charges three
cents XIV. to such customers as it
reaches-it does not yet cover the
whole city The private company's
franchise expires next year. Many
citizens want the city to enlarge its
plant to cover all Cleveland. The pri
vate company for years said a five
cent rate was impossible. 1t now
offers to adopt the. impossible five
cent rate, if given a new franchise
for ten years, so that the city plant
will not be extended Draw your own
conclusions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
BY B. F. PRIMMER, Attorney


In this electric light sale issue we
have been fighting for two things:
First, to have it submitted to vote
of the people for their approval or
rejection. We have succeeded in that.
Second, we have been endeavoring
to get the facts before the people so
they can intelligently decide whether
to sell or to vote against selling.
Those seeking to sell out the cleo
trio plant and those wanting the
property, did not want to give the
people an opportunity to vote on the
issue. They feared to let the people
decide. We have had the electric
business 30 years and it has always
been success, paying its own way
entirely, furnished the street lighting
free of charge to the taxpayers, and
i'm addition we have had lower price
here for electricity than in places
where the Union Gas and Electric
Company has a monopoly. For these,
and many other reasons, we thought
it only fair to secure referendum
and allow the people to say whether
they wanted to SELL For this even
abuse was heaped on those seeking a
referendum. The daily newspapers
tried to prevent a referendum The
Union Gas and Electric Company
tried hard to prevent a referendum;
it even threatened that the city would
be in darkness if we stopped the sale.
The local people engineering the deal
to sell tried to prevent a referendum.
When a Judge or jury has a case
TO decide they want the evidence, law
and arguments on both sides. The
voters on November 4th will be the
Judges whether we should sell the
electric plant or whether we should
not sell We have tried, the best that
could be done in an unorganized way,
to get the facts, figures and argu-
would be in a position to decide prop
erly Those seeking to put over the
sale and controlling the avenues of
publicity like the daily papers have
tried to keep the people from getting
the facts and reasons why we should
not sell. Their side will not bear
the light of truth. We have been
ready and willing at all times to meet
any of their representatives in joint
debate to discuss the issues involved
Lincoln said, you can fool all the
people part of the time, part of the
people all the time, but you can't fool
all the people all the time" Very
true. However, it is not necessary to
fool all the people all the time If
the Columbia Gas and Electric Com
pany alias the Union Gas and Electric
Company can fool majority of the
people into voting to sell the city
electric property on November 4th
they have succeeded just as well as if
they fooled all the people all the time,
because you would be disposing of
your electric property for a mere pit
tance of it's real value and granting
them franchise for % years If the
% year rate is illegal then you are
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
Should the Hamilton ELec-
trio Property be Sold? No!

not protected for single day as to
rates-you are not protected as to
the price for street lighting in this
ordinance because it does not specify
the rate or price, but it is left to the
purchaser to bid whatever price it
sees fit. If the 25 year rate contract
/ is legal then for the next 25 years
you would be compelled to pay at the
!, cash window of the Union Gas and
Electric Company the present price,
and you would be compelled to pay at
the county treasurer's window tax for
street lighting. With the develop
ment and progress in production and
distribution of electricity the price
should soon be much lower than it
| is now
If you vote to sell this company
will make net profit of quarter
million dollars per year ON this cleo
tric business They are now virtually
| without franchise and that is an
| urgent reason they want you to sell
and to grant them 25 year franchise.
| If you vote mo" and the plant is
improved we can furnish electricity
for domestic use at dc per XIV. No
wonder SO many people have been put
| to work canvassing votes for the sale
of the electric plant. No wonder so
| many fictitious organizations have
sprung up advocating the sale There
is the so-called Citizens League, the
Taxpayers League alias the Union
Ga sand Electric Company.
Why permit the possibility of a
miniature Teapot Dome in Hamilton :?
The burden is on those seeking to
sell to show that it is the wise thing
to do. Unless you are convinced you
should vote NO" In case of doubt
you should vote "No"
In the pamphlet issued in the name
of the Taxpayers League of Hamil-
ton alias the Union Gas and Elec-
trio Company, it says: "There is no
question but that the owning of a
municipal electric plant has been a
boon to Hamilton 1t has kept down
the rates during the past" But, they
argue, ''it was built before the day
of the big central power plant" If
they can do SO much better with big
central power plant then why does the
Union Gas and Electric Company
want you to sell and you pay the
present prices for the next 25 years
and also pay for street lighting? Is
the big central power plant always
desirable and an advantage? If it is
an advantage we should have gotten
lower price for electricity than in
the present ordinance and we should
have gotten what our system here is
worth Edward W. Edwards, of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and Charles p Taft
are directors of the Columbia Gas and
Electric Company alias the Union
Gas and Electric Company. Mr. Ed
wards has large office building in
Cincinnati and he has his own electric
power plant for his building, while
Mr.. Taft owns the Snton Hotel and
has his own electric power for his
hotel. They do not take the hazards
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24

shift. To do this within the area as
signed but perfunctory examina-
tion can be made in some cases, be-
cause it is a physical impossibility for
man to cover the ground in the time
required
"One explosion, costing nearly 100
lives, without doubt was indirectly
caused by the evident inability of the
fire boss to inspect his section In
fact, it was stated at the time of the
explosion that two fire bosses had
formerly been employed for the same
section"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
BUS TRANSPORTATION
IS NOT SUCCESSFUL

Atlantic City.-The bus as trans
portation medium in large cities is
not proving a menace to electric rail
ways, according to delegates to the
American Electric Railway Associa-
ton convention. Few bus lines either
owned by street railway companies or
by independent operators, are break
ing even, it was said
The electric railway is making in
roads on the short haul traffic of
steam railroads. The movement of
freight on electric railways, particu-
larly on interurban lines in the mid
die west in recent years, is enormous,
it was stated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
Right and Left Hands

1t Is fact not generally known that
the fingers of the right hand move
much more quickly than those of the
left. They are also much more ac-
curate, says London Tit-Bits.
Recent experiments have also proved
that the ring finger of the left hand
can work more quickly if it Is moving
in conjunction with the right-hand
forefnger Any two fingers working
together indeed, move considerably
faster than one finger working by it.
self
The more d person uses his or her
fingers, the more adept they become. A
pianist or typist will find that, in time.
the left hand becomes almost as skill
full as the right
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
INCREASE CAPITAL;
DEMAND WAGE CUTS

Pawtucket, r. 1.-The Manville-
Jenckes Company, of Rhode Island
and North Carolina, has doubled its
capital in the last year, and is now
attempting to cut wages from 10 to
25 per cent to pay dividends. One
year ago the capital stock was $19,-
100000, but this has been increased
to $39, 100000
Added to this is speeding-up sys-
tenn that the company has established,
while a high tariff of AZ cents on
every dollar and low cotton prices
makes their high profits possible.
The United Textile Workers of
America are aiding workers to resist
this wage reduction
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-24
LARGE SALMON PRO
FITS

San Francisco-Th Alaska Pack
ers' Association, the largest canning
concern in the world, continues to
pay large dividends and extra divi-
dends to its stockholders. This cor
poration is interlocked with the Cali
fornia Packing Company.
Recent publicity of shocking con,
ditions in the Alaskan packing indus
try has evidently not affected profits.
Grand juries IN Alaska and testimony
in various sections along the Pacific
coast showed unbelievable working
conditions under which salmon was
produced. Gun men, narcotics and
disease were included in the COM
plants