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

"a Veteran Of the Spanish-American
WARY
THE menace of United States in
a PREVENTION in Mexico is close,
very close.
And this Intervention is not aimed
solely at Mexico, but has the other
aim, of distracting the workers of
this country and keeping them be-
fuddled concerning their own well
fare and interest.
Our governments Intervention in
the Philippines reeks of blood, MUIR
der, torture, rape, treachery, and all
the crimes the Kaiser and his clique
of militarists were accused of by our
respectable tinanceers, war mongers
and gullible citizens. The interven-
ton in the Philippines has almost
evaporated from the minds of the
American people, and those who are
planning to garrison the Mexican re-
public with American soldiers, would
rather let it evaporate entirely.
Let US read some Of the pages
which tell of that imperialist ad-
venture in the Philippines. Here is
the testimony Of Richard O'Brien,
formerly of Company M, 26th
Volunteers:
''It was the 9th Of December,
1901, the anniversary of my birth
and shall never forget the scenes I
witnessed that day as long as I live
and even beyond, into eternity.
GAS we approached the town, the
word was passed along the line that
there would be no prisoners taken.
We were told to shoot every living
thing in sight.
''The noise of our firing brought
the villagers of their doors. They
made no hostile move, they had no
weapons in their hands, they made no
offensive show, but they were shot
down like so many dogs.
eve used dum-dum bullets. They
are split at the nose and when they
come in contact with anything, they
fiatten out and wherever a Filipino
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Barometer of Politics

It's an old story that there is a mighty close
connection between the ballot box and the
balance sheet. The energetic campaigns
waged by our legislative wizards prove that.
But the most eloquent proof of the unity of the
Stock Exchange and the White House is af-
forded by several angles of the Teapot Dome
Steal.
When Fall was negotiating the deal with his
generous friend, Harry Sinclair, the Harding
administration and its millionaire cabinet were
in their glory. The Stock Exchange was
most accurate barometer of the progress of
the negotiations and reflected the politics of
the affair very wildly.
In checking up the transactions in Sinclair
Oil stocks on the New York Exchange between
January LIST, 1922, and April 18th of that year
one finds that the 4,491 900 shares of capital
common stock outstanding in this period in
creased about SIG piece or a total of about
$71,000,000. The lease was drawn up in Sim
clair's New York Office on April 3rd and
signed in Washington on April 7th, 1922 On
April 18th, the Department of Interior pub
icly admitted that the lease was consum-
mated. An analysis shows that between these
two dates the Sinclair stock advanced about
nine points or about $40,000,000 for the entire
capital stock.
While the secret negotiations were going on,
trading in Sinclair Oil stock was unsteady and
moderate. Once the lease was signed Sinclair
shares were at premium on the Exchange.
An examination of the New York Stock Ex-
change records discloses the most instructive
information on this point In January, 1923,
only 193,800 shares changed hands; but in
April the total sales reached the dizzy height
of 1,203,800. This high point was 25 per cent
above the total capitalization of the company.
From April LIST to June LIST of 1922, the shares
rose from $24 to $3S.75 piece.
These cold figures may yet tell a hot story
of the dealings of many prominent Congress-
men, Senators and Cabinet officers. Of course,
there is likelihood that many of our Washing
ton heroes had their friends, Office boys and
other unknown people buy Sinclair stock for
them in order to avoid detection in a possible
investigation. This is an old trick. But the
above figures alone are irrefutable evidence
that the Stock Exchange is the best barometer
Of our national politics today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

was hit, you could shove your fist
thru the wound.
"A mother with her babe at her
side, pleaded for mercy. She stood
in the doorway of her burning home
which was fired. It was sure death
to come out, it was sure death to
remain.
"She faced the flames and entered
that burning house with her children
and. not hand of our boys in
blue was raised to save her. The
flames enveloped her and her babies,
consumed them and turned them into
charred mass. She feared the
soldiers in blue more than she did the
devouring flames.
For twenty miles around that
section and district, the order was
to devastate, destroy and kill every
man, woman and child; and it was
done.
"The commander Of that district
boaated of it and the words, 'and it
was done are his"
How human and gallant!
Here is another page:
Sergeant Edward and Private Wier
60 on record and narrate that in
April, 1909, they were ordered by
the commanding officer, Lieutenant
Arnold, to torture the prisoners:
eve placed the prisoners on their
backs and poured ice water down
their throat until the body is so dis
tended to cause great suffering,
which is intensified by the fear Of
the victims that their stomach will
burst. Pressure then is applied to
the pit of the stomach until the
water is forced out and expelled thru
the mouth, then more water is forced
down.
'The victims either give up the
desired information or die"
These massacres, these murders,
these human beings tortured to
death, were done for military pur-
poses by "our boys in blue" and the
army of occupation, to get informa-
ton, or guns from the Filipinos.
These atrocities were excused by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Gon1pers In Panama

Brother Samuel Gompers has wanted to
visit the Canal Zone for a long time and the
Portland convention of the American Fedora
ton of Labor gave him the opportunity to do
it in an official capacity.
Brother Gompers journeyed to the Canal
Zone and made a speech to the assembled gov
eminent employees. We are certain OF some
things that were said by Brother Gompers be-
cause they were given much approving COM
ment by labor journals which are his staunch
supporters. Otherwise we would have picked
them as utterances of the unctuous Mr..
Hughes, our well-known secretary of state.
For the edifcation of our readers we reproduce
one of these Gompersian gems:
| suggest this thought to you-be well
prepared physically to protect the canal
against any enemy. The greatest danger
is not from without, the greatest menace
is that of a discomfort within. What is an
essential requisite is that the men and
women working and living in this Zone
shall be so thoroly devoted to the spirit of
the canal, the purpose of the canal-not
merely its commercial value, but its value
as an outpost and protector of our insti-
tutions and our civilization and anything
and everything that contributes toward
the acceleration of that spirit, the exuber-
ance of that spirit should be done to in
spire devotion to these ideals and pur-
poses, making permanent forever and ever
the advance of the American ideals of
civilization.
We defy anyone to show any difference in
thought in this rhetorical Koh-i-Noor from the
public pronouncements of Otto Kahn, Ebert
H. Gary, Charles Schwab, Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge or any of our vociferous impe-
rialists.
Such sentiments are merely our old friend
Deutschland ueber Allies, translated into
Americanese for more pafatable consumption
by the populace. In practice they provide a
General Wood in the Philippines, a General
Smedley Butler in Haiti-the instruments by
which is made permanent forever and ever
the advance of the American ideals of civiliza-
ton"
Millions of bankrupt farmers, child labor
injunctions, soaring prices, unemployment, a
Teapot Dome scandal, are sufficient proof that
American ideals-which can be nothing else
than the ideals of the ruling class-are some
thing that are brought out for those special
occasions when a great skepticism is abroad
in the land and the rulers feel little uneasy
1t is no accident that Samuel Gompers at
such time voices the catch-phrases of Amer
lean imperialism in one of its most important
outposts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

fellow.
This lad Of IL, Leo Granoff by
name, got into a very deep dispute
with the judge.-much too deep for
the puzzled judge. The child talked
about the repeal of the child labor
law by the Supreme Court, and
wanted to know who was to pro
tect the kids when the courts would
MT. Which the judge could not an
swer.
The judge tried to show how ev-
cry boy could become millionaire,
if he only let the Bolshevik idea
alone and worked faithfully for a
good boss. To which Leo shot the
final shot: "Well, when / get to
be a millionaire, will buy you a
pair of skates" And everybody in
the court room agreed that they
would enjoy To see the skids put
under the old judge.
At a Liebknecht memorial meet
ing, Leo was the STAR orator, and
made a great speech. This young
rebel is an example Of the Junior
Section, membership which promises
some opposition to the present srs-
TEN, all right. As a result, Leo
needs never to go home acne any
more, for three to six policemen are
always on his trail. And will be
until the workers put the skids I'M
der the whole cowardly system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

Then it was that the whistle blew
for more police. Three burly cops
came-all putting and scared as
jackrabbits.
They made a thoro search of the
prisoner. Horrors! See what he
has! A copy Of "The Red Flag" and
one of "The international" Also
a membership card in the Junior
section of the Young Workers Lea
que. More horrorsl
A call for the patrol. Get him
to the Tombs. Quick. Now we
know that he is dangerous, a hard
ened criminal. Five cops guarded
the fellow so he might not make
his getaway.
He was landed in the hole and
kept there all night. A "dick''
stayed with him all the time. re
asked all sorts Of questions and
got as fine answers as he never eA-
pected. The trouble with Che affair
was that the cop was just about a
normal Bolshevik by the following
morning.
Then the Judge said
why were you out so late in
the night?"
"Why don't you worry about the
children in the factories who have
to work all night?" came the pert
reply from the youngster.
Are you not thankful that you
live in such a grand and glorious
country" asked the Judge. "As far
as | know, there is no such a thing
as the land of the free and the
home Of the brave anywhere near
this old town." argued the young
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

THE latest way by which the gov
L eminent coerces workingmen is
by keeping a number Of them hos
tages. Gov. Thomas G. McRae, of
Arkansas, granted burroughs" to
Vurlen Orr and Luther Wise, rail-
way strikers serving terms in the
Arkansas state penitentiary for
alleged sabotage, but the two men
released on "furlough' will not get
full pardons unless the terms of an
agreement reached between striking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
New York Is Shellshocked
By J. o. BENTALL.

a FTER the scare headlines in the
"A daily papers here, over the
story of Bolshevik revolution and
a new Wall Street Red Pot, we
settled down TO the usual humdrum
of daily toll and struggle. We fig
ured that, for some time to come,
we might be let alone TO have our
nerves rested a bit.
But, no.
The entire police department and
the whole army of secret service
men are still popping IN eve-v-
where and stare at each other like
sheilshocked soldiers of the Ar
gonne.
All because one night several
weeks ago the Junior Section Of the
Young Workers League let one Of
its members 90 home after a meet
ing with some revolutionary htera-
ture in his pockets.
1t was boy, and he was II years
old. He had taken part in a dra-
matte production at the meeting and
now, at IL o'clock, he was on his
way home. The police spied him,
Stopped him. Who are you? Where
did you come from? Where are
you going? What have you in your
pockets? What have you in your
head?
All these questions come as a
result Of a bearing that indicated
that the boy was not worried about
anything the police wanted IN
know, and because he had replied
he had more dangerous stuff IN his
that he had more dangerous stuff In
his head than IN his pooketA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Hold Workers as Hostages in Arkansas

shopmen and the Missouri and Nor
thern Arkansas Railroad are kept
by the union.
This means that their freedom
has been made dependent on the
carrying out of a strike agreement.
And if the agreement is not adj
hered to Governor McRae would
then jail two innocent men. This
means that a governor has been
given the right to barter with the
freedom Of human beings to force
settlement of a strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

Orr and Wise are innocent of the
action charged against them. The
reason they pleaded guilty was be-
cause mob-the same mob which
had lynched E. c. Gregor the night
before-was waiting outside the
courthouse. Their sentences of z
to 10 years was not cut short by
Governor McRae because the gov
ernor has made himself virtually
an agent Of the railroad by condon-
ing for months a shocking state of
violence because it was organized
in the railroads interest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

The recognition of Soviet Russia by the
Labor Party government of Great Britain will
undoubtedly be taken by Brother Gompers
independent working class political action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

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William Gibbs McAdoo, once the
Crown Prince of Woodrow Wilson,
is now an empty political oil can.
Not because he committed any Sc
rious crime under the capitalist sys-
tenn. but because he got so much
money for being Wilson's son-in-law
that the other disappointed suitors
got jealous and went after his scalp.
Doheny maid him s250000 for being
Miss Wilson's husband and what
other emoluments came his way have
not yet reached the public ear. The
American voters show no mercy to
politician who Is discovered In
the act Of receiving money for as
sisting q helpless trust in distress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

In connection with this It is per-
tinent to call attention to the Fact
that France was and is conducting
anti-Soviet propaganda and also has
formed ring of enemies around
the Russian republic. The French
government pays it's agents with
money and honors and Paul VIII
liams, one of the European corres-
pondents of the Tribune, was given
the much coveted decoration Of the
Legion of Honor in return for his
French propaganda.
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his appeal to the great mass of the people, are considerations which are expected to assure the state to the republican column. But the demo- crats think they have in Davis, who for some time has been identified in the conservative business and fnan- cial life of the metropolis, a candi- date who possesses something of the same appeal as Coolidge. With such a nominee as McAdoo they would concede New York to be hopeless; with Davis they hope they have a fighting chance.
 But they feel that the fighting chance is rather slim unless they can get behind their ticket the SUD- port of AZ Smith and the democrats generally. That is why they are try ing so manfully to get Governor Smith to run for re-election-in the hope that he will be able to help car ry Davis over. Hearst threatens to kick hole in their plans by getting Mayor Hylan, of New York, to run for governor, but they are not wholly down-hearted. Governor Smith has volunteered to take up the battle for the democratic ticket, but he does not want to run for governor again. Unless he runs, the democratic poli- ticians fear, there will not be much chance to carry the state-and those fortyfve electoral votes loom large to the party leaders who are fast los ing hope of carrying any section of the West.
 The question is whether the demo crats are not throwing away much useful energy. If New York favors conservative it will not be inveigled into voting for Davis-with Bryan as tail to the kite. To New York Bryan the radical, the untried, proba- bly, will have something of the un- palatable flavor of LaFollette and Wheeler. Besides, the Tammany leaders may be counting too heavily on Al Smiths popularity for it may be remembered that although Smith was elected governor by large ma jority in 1920 President Harding swept the state by more than 1,000,- 900 votes. The probability is that something of the same situation would develop this year in the Tam many effort to get the tail to wag the dog.
 Altogether the republican national
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he made to our Chamber of Com merce, expressed our views when he said: "The Alaska Railroad belongs to the people. They built it. They paid for it-and, by the eternal, they want it maintained, and extended to the Arctic, and to the White and Chi sana valleys, to open up the inte- rior of Alaska, and give her people quick and cheap transportation"
 Any attempt now by any one to scrap the Alaska Railroad, or stop it's extensions, as so eloquently out lined by MT .Sulzer, will be as futile as trying to dam Niagara.
 The Alaska Railroad is now bus mess proposition-not a haven for disgruntled and discredited third-rate politicians. If run as a railroad should be run, and extended to get traffic, it will soon be self support ing, if not on a profit basis. It is too late now to turn back the hands of the railroad clock in Alaska. No railroad undertaken can do that now. A word to the public, in this connec- ton, should be sufficient.
 To the plotters we say stop! If you do not, mark we'll what we say: The day is not far distant when you will realize that Fools rush in where An geles fear to trod.
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IF YOU ARE PLANNING A SUIT or Overcoat for the winter, it will pay you to inspect my all-wool, Fall and Winter Samples, which are now on display.
 JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE.
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THE BATTLE OF NEW YORK

New York state, with it's forty-fve impressive electorial votes, or one sixth enough to win a majority in the electoral college, is described, and probably rightly, as one of the inn portant political battlegrounds of the 1924 presidential campaign. It is re- garded as an almost essential to the successful candidates bag of kill in the big game hunt.
 The republicans, of course, expect that President Coolidge will carry tn estate by a sizeable plurality. The people of the state ordinarily do not run to wild isms. The inspiring char acter of the presidents record, and
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CAN USE A FEW MORE GUS TONERS AT THE o. K BARBER SHOP.
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A WORD TO THE PUBLIC

We hear ugly rumors concerning the Alaska Railroad. They are fly ing around hither and thither. Un- less we miss our guess some one is going to get hurt-sooner or later.
 The people of Seward hold no brief for any one in the matter. For mer Governor Sulzer, in the speech
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Eaton Crane & Pike Stationery, at Schallerer's Alaska Shop. If.
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Seattle Brick Ice Cream, at the AL aska Shop. If.
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ticket has at least two to one ad- vantage and all disinterested obser- vers place the Empire state in the Coolidge column. Taht is where it will be, unless some decided change takes place in the political cauldron, on November 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-24
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meeting to be held at the State
House in Augusta, in February. Ma
jor kimball is best known as proprie-
tor of the Pine Tree State Seed COM
pany in Bath. He saw service in
Cuba during the Spanish war and has
host of friends in Portland and 9TH
er parts of the state. The institu-
tons coming under his supervision
are the mems reformatory at South
Windham, the insane hospitals at
Bangor and Augusta. the state school
for girls at Hallowell, the state school
for boys at South Portland, the Bath
military and naval orphan asylum.
the school for the feeble minded at
West Pownal, the state prison at
Thomaston and the women's reform
atory at Skowhegan.-Portland Press
Herald.
Several heads of departments and
other men employed at the State
House went to Bangor Wednesday to
attend the funeral of the late Hon.
Albert r. Day.
Examinations for certificates of
superintendent grade will be given
at the State House, Augusta, on Fri
day, January 25, 1924. Candidates
who are interested in taking these
examinations should apply to the
state department Of education. Au-
gusta, Immediately for the necessary
application blanks and papers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-24
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