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Evening star., 1924-04-17
Better Than Calomel
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are a Harmless Substitute

Dr.. Edwards Olive TabIets-the SUBJ
stitute fer caIomeI-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. These little olive
colored tablets are the result Of Or.
Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomei.
The pleasant little tablets do the good
that caIomeI does, but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or caIomel. They take
hold of the trouble and quickly correct
IL. Why cure the liver at the expense OF
the teeth? CaIomei sometimes plays
havoc with the gums. So do strong
liquids. II Is best not to take caIomeI.
Let Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets take
its place.
Headaches, Gdulness, and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and a
disordered Gver. Take Or. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel "Iosy" and
"heavy." They "clear" cIouded brain
and "perk up" the spirits. 15c and 3oc.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
OPTIMISTS ENTERTAIN.
Devote Meeting to Wives and
Sweethearts.

Optimist club members devoted their
meeting yesterday at the City Club to
entertainment of wives and sweet
hearts. Luncheon. prizes, songs and
recitations featured the program,
which was under the direction Of DIR.
Wade II. Atkinson.
Lee l.. Herrell, president, opened the
meeting. The organization went on
record during a short business session
as being opposed to Bruce Branson,
one of the members, taking 1000
foot parachute drop at trade body
outing to Quantico in the near future
on the ground that there is a line of
demarkation between optimism and
recklesSness
Evening star., 1924-04-17
PAYS $3.50 DRY FINE.
Morris Pebworth Found Guilty in
u. S. Police Court.

Morris Pebworth paid fine of $3.50
in the United States branch of Po-
lice Court yesterday for violating the
national prohibition law. In the same
court William Campbell paid fine
of 800 on charge of permitting
gaming on his premises.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
PROTECTION

Oldest Health and Accident Insurance Co. In
America.
$500 yearly premium pays $4,000 weekly.
every sickness and accident covered. $4,000
if killed, also double indemnity and many
extras. For both men and women; no medical
examination assessments.
NORTH AMERICAN ACCIDENT INSURANCE
CO. OF CHICAGO
Washington office, 1902 Vermont Ave NV.
Evening star., 1924-04-17

tons of coal Il day. 1t was harder
work then than now, for while the
locomotives are larger today, most of
them are equipped with an automatic
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

you do, give him the burial of mil
lionaire's son? No. told him, but
[ did not want to bury my cousin like
dog"
Finally Not a Cent.
Then Hinrich offered me $4,000
as final and complete settlement of
my consin's pension account with the
company. l told him l would not take
the hundred and fifty but wanted the
two thousand dollars which my
cousins policy calls for Later Hin
rich told me, We offered you $4,000
and you wouldn't take it. Now we
have decided not to give you cent "
THE Western Electric claimed they
had no proof that Petropolus was
sending money to his family every
month. They said: We only pay death
benefits to employees families when
they need it very bad"
Pappageorge showed the DAILY
WORKER the bank account of the
dead man, and showed the bills he
had paid out in funeral expenses.
There was nothing left over, but Pap
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
Women Ask Donkey
Party for Plank
Against Hysteria
10y Federated Press.)

NEW YORK, June 1S.-A plank ito
abolish in the war department the
campaign of espionage and utilization
carried on since 1922 against the ma
tion-wide organizations of women who
have co-operated to improve legisla-
ton in congress and in the state legis-
latures" has been proposed to the
Women's Democratic Platform COM
mittee by the National Consumers
league. Maud Wood Park, chairman,
Women's Joint Congressional commit
tee, says in supporting statement:
ut is sorry picture. Men of
wealth, economic and political pow
err men Of military rank and prov
ess, screaming aloud in fear Of wo-
men voters. kissing 'Bolshevist' thru
chattering teeth at every woman
prominent in public life"
The equal rights constitutional
amendment of the National Woman's
party and a plank urging prohibition
enforcement have also been put be-
fore the Democratic platform commit
tee here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

ern Electric secret service, who has
Offices in room 7O4, Tacoma building,
told me himself what his ideas are
on unionism. Gerding says that the
Western Electric will not tolerate the
inroads of unionism in any form into
the Western Electric plant, and he
further says his force, which is said
to be composed of one of every ten
men in the Western Electric plant, is
going TO fight all forms OF unionism."
"Gerding declares" the Office man
continued. "that he is anxious for the
DAILY WORKER exposure to blow
over. He believes that at this time II
the American Federation Of Labor put
one million dollars into the organiza-
ton OF the Western Electric, the
complete organization of the plant
could be accomplished. But Gerdine
does not fear this very much, he says,
because many Of the Federation Of La.
Dor officials are obligated to the large
industrial plants and are afraid to put
on an aggressive unionization cam.
paign."
Controls Cicero Police.
"You can't ride on street car, or
talk TO a passer-by without meeting a
man who has worked in the Western
Electric plant" another man said to
the DAILY WORKER. Practically
every man ! meet in Cicero is either
working in the Western Electric now,
or has worked there in the past. The
Western Electric controls the politics
and administration of the town OF CT
cero."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
Trust Pockets Death Benefit

a month. sent them by United States
Government pension fund, subscribed
to by Petropolus when he was a
soldier in the war for democracy.
Pappageorge, however, proved per-
sistent. He logged the heels of the
Welfare department of Western Elec-
trio Twenty people from the West
ern Electric have come in to see me
about the pension" said Pappageorge
to the DAILY WORKER. "Then one
day they sent for me, and | went up
and talked to Mr.. Hinrich, in the Wei
fare department"
Not a Dogs Burial.
"Hinrich asked me how much had
paid for Petropolus' funeral expenses
told him between five and six hun
|dred dollars This did not count the
tombstone which erected for him
and which cost several hundred dol
lars more"
What, Hinrich said, what did
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

most of the men away, and hir-
ing only few and then with
great precaution, men high up in
the administrative branch have
been calling on the DAILY
WORKER and giving the paper
the inside dope.
you are doing great work." an Of
flee man employed in the Western
Electric for the last nine years told
the DAILY WORKER yesterday. you
are educating lot Of workers who
never thought along those lines be-
fore"
Spies Fight UnionIsm.
&C. H. Herding. head Of the West
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
N Gro BABIES
AT TEXAS PEN
WITH MOTHERS
Family Claims Innocence
of Assault Charge
Especial to the Daily worker.)

Especial to the Daily Worker.)
HOUSTON, Tex, June 1s-Three
little Negro babes-in-arms don't real
ize yet that the farm they have just
moved to is the States and that their
mothers, three sisters and their grand
daddy are supposed to be criminals.
They don't know either that the two
men" of their family, the IL and IA
year old brothers, Eugene and Nath-
aniel, were sent to the "reformatory.
They wouldn't understand, if they
were older, any more than their moth
ers understand, why the Sheriff and
his deputies invaded their farms and
sent them all away, charging that they
had fired on his force with shotguns.
Emma Sue is seven months old;
May Lou, eight MONTHS and Bobby
Cloud only three months old. Their
mothers, Bertha, Levy and Mandy
Wells, and their grand-dad Luke were
sentenced to the State Farm for two
to three years.
I'VE amt done nothin'," one of the
Negro mothers said. These white
folks said that we had to go and they
wuz nobody to take the babies so they
had to come long, too"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

pageorge sent two hundred dollars to
his cousins relatives.
Promoted-to Death.
II have placed the matter Of collect
ing the money due my cousins family
from the Western Electric in the
hands of Attorney Devine, in the Reap
er Block building" Pappageorge told
the DAILY WORKER reporter. Il had
repeatedly tried to get my cousin to
leave the Western Electric and go-in-
to business with me. / knew his work
was killing him. But Petropolus said,
No, have been here so long, and
have made so many friends here that
can't leave. Besides, if stay here
little longer, they are promising me
promotion.
Just Wouldn't Pay.
II asked the Western Electric why
they gave my cousin an insurance po
icy for two thousand dollars if they
didn't intend to pay it. But they said
they would not pay"
Pappageorge showed the DAILY
WORKER reporter a sworn state
ment by Petropolus that he had
orphaned sisters and an aged mother
whom he was supporting. He also
showed the DAILY WORKER Petro
pulos' honorable discharge from the
United States army, where he served
during the war in the 62nd infantry
Thus Employees Are Trlcked.
Thus the Western Electric tricks its
employees while living with fake prom
ises Of sick and death benefits, and
when they die, with the life blood
wrung out of them by their work
leave their families destitute and
starving.
Another article on the Western
Electric pension fund will appear to-
morrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
BIG ELECTRIC EXPOSE
BRINGS new FRIENDS
TO THE DAILY WORKER

subscriptions to the DAILY
WORKER from Cicero have begun
to pour in, expressing appreciation
Of the expose Of the Western Elee-
trio slave-driving, low wage system.
Here is a typical letter just re-
ceived by the DAILY WORKER.
If you have any more news Of the
Western Electric seab practices,
send it in or call up the DAILY
WORKER. Don't forget to send in
a subscription to the DAILY WORK
Err today.
The letter follows: "Here is a
two months subscription to the
DAILY WORKER. got the paper
from one Of my work mates who
was interested in the Western Elec-
trio exposure.
~ have worked there myself, so |
know that you are telling the truth
in the DAILY WORKER. Every
young worker ever met In Cicero
has also either worked at Western
Electric or has close friends who
work there. They are all interest
ed in your expose and admit that
what you say about conditions there
is the actual truth.
"You are doing good work. Go
the limit. In appreciation will try
to get few more subscribers for
you this week.
"Yours with appreciation,
"clCERO FRIEND"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
This LITER Might
Have Been Sent Up
After Goldfish"

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, June 1s.-
The so-called truth serum, drug said
to cause persons suspected of crime to
tell the truth under its influence, was
tried out with surprising results on
Martin Hubert, life termer in the Mis-
souri, penitentiary here. He was con-
victed Of murder. The experiment was
made at Hulbert's request. The work
was performed by DR.. E. House. Fer
ris, Tex, who has specialized in these
tests.
Under the drug. Hubert answered
promptly and intelligently.
Who did you KILL didn't kill any
one.
Send in that Subscription Today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
(Contlnued from page Id

ANOANlANSA AlOlA pdHG. H.
fend Morgan's millions in bloody 1918.
Morgan's open shop firm also found it
worth while to employ Petropulos for
fifteen years and to promise him a
$4,000 death benefit for his dependents
but they were not considered good
enough to receive 1t.
Western Electric tuberculosis.
Petropolus worked at his buffing
job until fifteen years of fine rubber
dust inhalations from the hard rubber
telephone appliances, ruined his lungs
and he died in the Columbus Exten-
sion hospital on July rs, 1922, at the
age of S3. He had entered the COM
pany's employ while still a boy, you
see, and stayed with it until he was
rewarded by death.
Then the only ones who did any
thing for him were his fellow buffers
and tinishers, who dubbed together
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
| TECHNICAL AID-FREIHEIT
PICNIC POSTPONED TO
JUNE 20-TAKE NOTE

The picnic planned for June 8
by the Society for Technical Aid
to Soviet Russia and by the Frelheit
was postponed on account Of the bad
weather to June 20, at stlekney
Park, Lyons, ~. Those who had
tickets for June can use them on
June %.
Those who have not yet procured
tickets may get them at the Soviet
School. 1902 w. Division ST.; Rus
sian Coop Restaurant, 1874 w.
Division St.; Frelhelt office, 1f45
Blue Island Ave-; chesk's Restau-
rant, 3f24 w. Roosevelt Road.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

Smith was charged with cast
ing aspersion upon the judiciary
when he publicly assailed Judge
Wilson for his conduct of the
Centralia Armistice Day trial at
Montesano in 1920. The objec-
tionable language specifically
laid to Smith was a characteri-
cation of Judge Wilson as "a tool
of the lumber trust"
He Helped Strike.
Another accusation against Smith
was that he helped a general strike
in the lumber Industry to compel Gov
ernor Hart to liberate the eight /. w
w. members who are serving long
terms in Walla Walla prison in con-
nection with the Centralia rioting on
November IL, 1919.
Last October Smith was tried before
the board of law examiners at Cheha-
lis, the trial lasting several days.
Finally, the board recommended that
Smith be disbarred, declaring that he
had made false charges against Judge
Wilson, and had violated his oath of
Office in counselling a general strike.
Offered Proof.
During Smiths trial before the law
board, the defense repeatedly offered
to prove the truth Of all of his public
declarations
Affidavits presented to the supreme
court with the record of Smiths trial
show that two members of the law
board, expressed belief that Smith
was guilty before his trial. Wander
veer argued that the two examiners
had prejudiced the case, and thus
their findings were biased
Vanderveer pointed out that Judge
Wilson, in advance of the Centralia
trial, had made speeches eulogizing
the three American Legionaires who
were killed when they attacked the
|. w. w. hail. that Judge Wilson once
agreed that a fair trial Of the /. w.
w. defendants could not be held in
Grays Harbor county, but subsequent
ly ruled that the trial must be held
in that hostile locality; that thruout
the trial be prohibited the defense
from introducing any evidence to
prove that 100 business men conspired
to raid the l. W. W. hail. or that there
had been a previous raid upon the I.
w. W., but permitted the prosecution
70 introduce freely all evidence calcu-
lated to show that the !. w. W. con-
sf1rcd to fmaupon the Armistice Day
parade.
Lawyers Praise Bosses.
The law board found that Smith vio-
lated his oath of Office in advocating
general strike in the lumber indus
try to compel the liberation of the
Centralia defendants. "If his counsel
were acted upon" said the board. "the
lumber industry in the Northwest
would be demoralized. We know how
large an element the lumber business
is in the industry of the northwest. 1t
is an obvious fact of which we may
take judicial notice that the larger
number of employers of labor in the
lumber industry treat their employees
fairly and justly"
Vanderveer pointed out to the SUI
preme court that wherever good work
ing conditions prevailed in the lum-
Der industry Of the northwest, it was
largely due to years of struggle by
the l. w. W. to obtain decent condi-
lions in the woods.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
BOSSES BOOST
CLUB CAMP AICN
TOFOOL WORKERS
But Hawthorne Politics
Can't Hide Expose


IF Cicero we're Russia these work
ers would be electing the president Of
their company, not the president Of a
Sunday school picnic and baseball
club" said an observer who stood out
side Of the Western Electric factory,
watching the parade Of candidates for
Offices in the Hawthorne club for en-
ployes Cincluding all "higherups").
Company officials who decided that
they weren't going to spend more
than the usual 100000 of the work
ers' money this year for red. white
and blue streamers, for autos. for
Misunderstanding contests, for brass
bands and for pamphlets to rouse the
workers to a pitch Of nervous enthu-
siasm over the question Of who is to
head the ice cream supply committee
for the coming year, changed their
minds when they found that the great
est attraction for the employees during
the past two weeks has been the sale
of the DAILY WORKER, with it's only
too true expose of the slavish methods
used by the Western Electric COM
pany. The parade, with its long line
of autos, expensive campaign cards,
patriotic costuming and racket, is
only a small item in the campaign.
which is in full swing for two weeks
every year.
Bosses subsldize Club.
The Hawthorne club counts among
its members every worker, man or
woman, factory or Office slave. It
also counts large numbers of bosses,
salaried company officials, who are
expected to see that things go right"
in the club. 1t is these bosses who
control the nominating committee,
which practically dictates who is to
be elected.
Extreme noisiness as a substitute
for action is the principle on which
the Hawthorne club is run. The club
reading matter is carefully worded to
give the impression that this club is
an employees organization for promo
ton of social and recreational activi-
ties. 1t is subsidized by the Western
Electric company, which necessarily
then controls the club.
Workers Want Expose.
Touted up as it was, the campaign
parade was met with extreme apathy
by the workers who crowded the
streets Of Cicero at lunch time.
Workers hurried up t. .uy the paper
for themselves and fl rfrien1s in the
factory.
..YoS needn't ks- AFRAID 70 buy - tk1ss
paper, Bill" said one man to a friend
who looked on with his hands in his
pockets. "Everybody's reading it
now. No wonder the company arrest
ed Reeve. They never bumped up
against anything like this before"
I'VE want to join the organization
that gets out that Sheet" said a group
of workers to Jack Mccarthy, sales
manager. 1T will be hard job, for
one out of every ten men in Western
Electric is a stool pigeon, but mem
bership drive by your party would
raise the roof of this place in a
month"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
Political Prisoner
Will Talk on Gree
America" at Picnic

Jim Thompson, ex-political prisoner,
who has learned about freedom in the
United States while serving time in
Leavenworth, for union activities, will
speak at picnic of the l. w. w. to
be held at Zahora Grove, Julys 4
Thompson will tell the story Of the II
|. w. WIS who are in prison in the
state of Washington because they
fought the American Legion to a
standstill in defending their hall dur
ing a raid To get to Grove, take 22nd
street car to Western Electric. trans
fer to Berwyn-Lyons and go to end OF
line.
Send in that Subscription Today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

and sent to the funeral floral wreath
worth sixty dollars.
Petropolus had been the sole sup
port of on aged mother and two
orphaned sisters, and since Petropolus
had a Western Electric employees
death benefit policy, good for two
thousand dollars, he was not afraid
to die. Petropolus called in his cousin,
Poppageorge, made him administra-
tor of his affairs and died short time
later
Company Wished Him Luck.
Petropolus had no qualms about his
family because the Western Electric
officials sent him word before he died
that they wished him all kinds Of
luck, and hoped he would get well
soon The victim of Western Electric
tuberculosis entered the company's
employ when he was fifteen years old,
and since that time until his death was
an employee of the company, except
during his service in the American ar
my during the world war.
But when Petropolus had been
buried in Elmwood cemetery, and
death cut him Off for all time from the
blood sucking Western Electric com
pany, the attitude of the corporation
to which Petropolus thru most OF his
life had been so loyal suddenly
changed.
Company Put off Paying
When Pappageorge, as his cousins
administrator, went to the Welfare
department Of the Western Electric
company to arrange to have the $4,000
sent directly to his cousins mother
the Western Electric officials put him
off, Pappageorge declares.
First they said there was no proof
that Petropolus had mother and two
sisters In Greece. Then, after Papa
george went thru his cousins papers
and took the documentary proof OF
Petropolus' dependents to the Wei
fare department at the Hawthorne
plant, they still chung to their money
They told Pappageorge that there
was no proof that Petropolus was sup
porting his three relatives. Papa
george Immediately got on the job
and at much expense collected from
the American Express company, the
First National Bank Of Chicago and
several other banks, receipts for
drafts ranging from SO to 500 dollars
which proved that Petropolus had
been sending his family money.
And He Was Veteran.
But the Western Electric, realizing
that Petropolus was dead, and there
was no chance to get more work out
Of him, refused TO pay Pappageorge
the money for the family, which is
now trying to exist on twenty dollars
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19

The news of the fights in the G. o.
p. comes as sweet and solemn music
to the Democrats. Couriers, tired and
ragged but with happy CLEAN in
their eye come nearly every hour from
Washington with news of the latest
insults Slemp is hurting at Butler and
Butler is hurting at Lodge and Lodge
is hurting at Slemp and Slemp is
hurting at Beveridge. The Denis are
all for everybody who is battling
somebody in the G. o. P.
Tammany Overlooked Bet.
Tammany is just a little piffed be-
cause they didn't think of having
Charley Murphy buried by rabbi as
peace offering. Bernard Baruch at
tends mass regularly at St. Patricks.
The first time he attended he knocked
down plate passer with the gener-
osity of his contribution to the Peters
Pence Fund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
Party Activities Of
Local Chicago
BRANCH MEETINGS.


Thursday, June IS.
South Side English, 1901 S. Wabash
Ave.
S1st Ward Italian. 511 N. Sangamon
st.
18th Ward, Italian, 24S9 S. Oakley
Blvd.
Russian Branch, 1902 W. Division
st.
Scandinavian, Karl Marx, 1888
Hirsch Blvd.
Friday, June 90
Polish, North Side, 1902 w. Division
St., Chicago, Ill.
Lithuanian No. 5, Milda hall, 3142
S. Halsted ST.
Greek branch, 722 Blue Island Ave.
The third annual picnic of the
Workers party, Local Chicago, will be
held Friday, July 4, at Stickney Park
Grove. A very elaborate program has
been arranged, consisting of speakers,
of whom Comrades James P. Cannon,
assistant executive secretary of the
Workers party, will be the main
speaker; dancing, music, games, re-
freshments, etc.
To get there, take any car to end of
the 22nd St. line. Then take Lyons
Berwyn car to Stickney Park Grove.
Admission is 35 cents and so cents at
the gate. GET YOUR TICKETS IN
ADVANCE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
DAILY WORKER KNOCKS ELECTRIC
TRUST SPEED-UP PLAN ON NOODLE

The DAILY WORKER exposure of the conditions
Western Electric plant has the company officials company
secret service guessing
While H Gerding and his squad pigeons
ing the plant to find out whether another DAILY WORKER
reporter has slipped in and while the employment
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-19
FIGHTING WASHINGTON LAWYER
RESISTS DISBARNNENT PLOT-HE
ADVOCATED THE GENERAL STRIKE
(By Defense News service)

OLYMPIA, Wash, June 16-Reusa of the board of
law examiners to grant jury trial Elmer Smith,
attorney and radical who is facing disbarment
Superior Court Judge John M Wilson, has
State Supreme Court by George Vandeeer for Smith,
Lengthy argument before that concluded