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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
TIRE
HAS TEN I'll
BIRTHDAY

When the General Tire and Rubber
Company modestly announced its ex
istence. just ten years ago, in Akron.
Ohio. the debut attracted very little
attention. The rubber world and Ak
ron people we're thinking in big fig
ures' watching the growth OF other
rubber companies that had been estab-
lished earlier. and General to the
Akron public. was just another Of
those rubber companies" that seemed
TO be springing up everywhere in the
wake of the earlier successes, says
Fred Hagner of the Hagner Tire
Stores here.
No one then foresaw that General
would in a few years stand out as one
of the financially strongest and most
conservatively managed tire companies
in the world. When the little whistle
first blew at the nucleus of the pres
cnt substantial plant in East Akron
no prophet visioned that in the hard
days following the post war boom
General would attain the distinction
of being one of the few rubber com
panies in the United States that "car-
ried on" successfully through the
hardest times.
...- SUCCESS STORY.
The story Of Generals success and
growth reads a little differently than
the story OF the development of other
companies hereabouts. The founders
of General had had a slightly different
experience than their tire-making
ncighbors and out of that experience
they formulated manufacturing and
selling policy that has been splendid
ly indicated by time and practice.
William O'Neil and w. l.. Fouse.
president and vice president of Gen
eral now. went out to Kansas City in
1907 as tire jobbers and dealers for an
Akron company. Practically the whole
Southwest was their territory, and it
is only fair to state that they succeed
er very well. In the first place they
found that the jobbing business had
to he pursued rclentlcssly if profits
were TO be found and that rs whole
sale distributors they were hampered
and controlled BY the factory.
NEW POLICIES.
That was really the beginning Of
the General Tire and Rubber Com
pany for O'Neil and Fouse. became
manufacturers in Kansas City. under
their tire-selling name of the Western
Tire and Rubber Company.
In manufacturing and sales, Gen
cral launched policies that were
strange to the industry in 1915, aud
were laughed at by competitors when
they were announced. 1t was decided
to make only one brand OF tire-thc
Gcneral-and to make it for quality
and not for price. This policy has
been adhered from the first day to
the present. and the quality of Cen
cral tires is discussed as fervently.
though not rs enthusiastically, by com
peting trade as by General men aud
dealers themselves. The company's
strength lies in the excellence of its
product and in the standing Of it
dealers.
The General has never passed up a
dividend. in production. not an en-
ploye has been laid off, since the
dark days Of 1920.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
CHEVROLET DEALERS
OF SOUTH TEXAS
MEET AT GUNTER

One Of the greatest sales meet
ings ever held by South Texas Chev-
rolet dealers was held in the Gunter
Hotel Friday afternoon. The confer
ence was attended by more than 20
dealers and statesmen.
Il. f. Reilly and c. f. O'Meara.
factory representatives with offices IN
Dallas, were the principal speakers
Of the day.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
new AUTO DEALER TO HOLD
OPENING OCTOBER y, q, "a

Avenue and runs back to Soledad
Street.
Thursday the company will hold
Opening Night" Friday. Army and
Club Night" Saturday, Society
Night" Eddie Warwick's Orchestra
will entertain.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
UVALDE MAN BUYS
CHEVROLET IN s. A.

F. r. Ray of Uvalde was a visitor
10 the Smith Motor Sales Company
last week. He drove back Chevrolet
roadster.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
NATIONAL DEFENSE CONFERENCE
HELD IN CHICAGO ON JUNE 18th
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS

The resolutions
Defense held Ashland
persecution workers
regardless of political opinion
The
and collective membership
champion
faith aaton National
prominent figures the
whom
Montgomery Brown Fred Mann Ralph Chaplin Nearing
Benjamin Gitow
bugh
chairman, and James P. Cannon Chicago
At the rs
membership represented by delegates In addition
of endorsements
dividuas turnout the there
The resolutions that the nature
and taken whole comprise a complete program
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
5. Prison Relief

TT is not to the credit of the labor
= movement that it's fighters who are
in Jail for their activities in the class
struggle, are frequently neglected and
deprived Of the ordinary comforts of
tobacco, books and other necessities
that help to mitigate in some degree
the horrors of confinement.
Shut out from the world and from
the movement for which they are sac
rifeing their liberty, these fighters
are deserving of all the material COM
forts that can be supplied them. And.
what is equally important, they must
be kept in communication with the
movement by means of frequent and
regular letters from those outside.
Such letters from all parts of the
country from members of the workers
movement, sealing the bonds of solid
arity and expressing fraternal re-
'membrance of the imprisoned fighters.
keeps up the morale of these captfyes
OF capitalism and strengthens their
VIII and courage to face their prison
burdens. At the same time, the let
tiers in return from the class-war pris-
oners, serve as constant reminders to
those outside of their duty.
International Labor Defense will
devote special attention to the organ
ization OF this work. 1t will under
take to institute all the necessary ar
rangements required to establish ex-
tensive communication between those
outside and those confined and raise
special funds for the maintenance of
systematic provision of material COM
forts and necessaries of life to class
war prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
8. Relief for Dependents of I'm
prisoned Fighters in Class War.

THE weakest spot in the armor of
of the revolutionary working-class
fighter is concern for his dependents
and the fear that they will be neg
lected while he is confined in prison
and powerless to protect them. 1t
must be recorded to the shame of the
labor movement, that poverty, hard
ship and neglect have too often been
the fate of dependent families families
and the consciousness Of it eats into
the very hearts of those in prison.
This is so only because defense
work is not properly organized and
because the workers are allowed too
soon to forget those who fought for
them. The heart of the working-elass
is warm and sound. The workers will
respond readily to an organized ap-
peal which reminds them of their
duty to the dependent families of their
imprisoned fighters.
The conference appeals to all work
ers to respond literally to a special
fund to be set up by the International
Labor Defense for the purpose of re-
lieving the hardships of the mothers,
wives and children of the soldiers of
the class war who sacrifice their lives
or liberty for the cause of labor. The
International Labor Defense feels it a
first duty of the labor movement to
provide regular material and finan-
cial aid to the dependents of class
war prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
4. Information and Publicity

THE labor movement is not general
ly informed Of the facts of labor
persecution and perversions of Justice
in labor causes. Conspiracies against
labor are frequently carried out in
secret. Many an obscure worker has
been railroaded to the penitentiary
without its being known publicly.
These cases that cannot be kept sec
ret very often do not receive the in
terest they require and deserve. La
Dor spy systems flourish, foreign-born
workers are deported, class-war pris-
oners are maltreated and workers are
fagrantly deprived of constitutional
rights without the knowledge or pro-
test OF the labor movement as a
whole.
These matters. are of vital concern
to the masses of the workers. Every
unprotected persecution engenders
more. Unacquaintance with the
methods of frame-up, ignorance of the
extent of perverted class-justice and
lack Of knowledge generally of the
conditions of labor persecution in
wolves the danger of appropriateness
Silence concerning their excuses en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18

Icourages the labor-baiters to more vio-
lent ones.
Widespread, systematic and organ
lied publicity must be created to
throw glaring search-lights upon all
of these crimes against the workers.
Not single instance of labor-baiting
should be allowed to escape the at
tention of the labor movement.
1t is the aim of International Labor
Defense to develop publicity toward
this end in all its forms. Regular
press service, public meetings, motion
pictures, books, pamphlets, leaflets,
stickers and posters shall be utilized,
for extending to every corner Of the
labor movement the exact news and
data about all cases of working class
persecution. In addition to these, the
National Conference is of the opinion
that an illustrated monthly magazine
devoted to the cause of Labor Defense
should be published as soon as suf-
ficient organization base is estab-
lished to assure its success.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
3. LegaI Ala

INADEQUATE and incompetent le-
4 gal defense has eased the way for
the framing-up and railroading of
many workers. Able defense counsel
and widespread attendant publicity
are obligations which the labor move
ment owes to every worker who is
put on trial for his activities in the
class struggle. The employment of
qualified attorneys is necessary not
only from the standpoint of legal
technique and procedure. The cor
rect policy is to secure the services of
competent lawyers and, by combining
their work in the court room with or
ganized publicity and protest, to tran
Storm court trials of workers into pro-
paganda demonstrations in which the
capitalist prosecutors are put on trial
before the working class.
An important item in the pages of
worker persecution is long confine-
ment of defendants awaiting trial. A
substantial bail fund must be provided
to ensure the liberty of prosecuted
workers pending trial.
These projects require large sums
Of money which must be raised by
workers in defense of their prosecuted
brothers. A great defense treasury to
be expended in procuring the best pos
sible court actions for workers on
trial for their activity must be Gre
ated. A large national hail fund esta-
blished thru loans from workers and
individuals and organizations sympa-
thetic to their cause, must be ready
to secure the release of workers pend
ing trial.
The International Labor Defense
calls upon all class-conscious workers
and all sympathizers of the labor
movement to do their fun share to-
ward providing the funds necessary
for this work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18

masters Of the world, and particular
ly in Europe, are attempting to ex-
terminate the revolutionary move
ment of the exploited working-class
by wholesale murders, falling and
fortunes.
In the Balkans countries, the labor
movement has lost all semblance of
leagl rights. In Roumania, Bulgaria
and Jugo-Slavia, labor unions and or
CARNATIONS of farmers are outlawed.
The slightest protest from the work
ers and poor farmers calls forth the
most bloody campaigns of murder and
persecution. In Bulgaria alone no less
than four thousand workers and peas
ants have been murdered by the black
Ireactionary Zankov government In
Poland the white terror RACES with
the greatest fury and claims thou
sands of victims. In Hungary, Italy
and the Baltic states, the fascist tools
of foreign imperialists have murdered
workers and jailed them in great
numbers. In Germany and the rest
Of Western Europe thousands of
workers lie in prison for their resist
ance against intolerable economic
exploitation and ruthless political
tyrrany.
This is of the most vital concern
to American workers whose fate is
indissolubly bound up with the fate
of workers in other lands. The class
struggle is an international struggle
and demands the international soli-
darity of the workers of all countries.
This conference declares itself heart
and soul for the cause of interna-
tionalism and reaches out fraternal
hands to oppressed workers and ex-
plotted peoples in all lands who fight
and suffer under the iron heel of cap
italism.
The Conference dedicates the In
ternational Labor Defense to whole
hearted support of the victims of the
white terror in other lands. 1t sends
fraternal greetings to the Labor De-
tense Organizations throughout the
world and pledges its cooperation in
the work of aiding class war prison
ers in all capitalist countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
8. Cooperation and Unity Of
the Defense Forces

THE defense of prosecuted fighters
for the cause of labor and the fra
ternal support of their dependents is
common platform upon which all
sincere workers who believe in the
principle of the class struggle can
unite. "A This activity is the concern of
every class-conscious worker and
merits the full support of all sections
of the workers movement, and all
those sympathetic to the cause of la
Dor.
The International Labor Defense is
dedicated to the principle of unity in
the common fight and will endeavor
to weld together into one body all the
forces of the labor movement for the
struggle against working-class perse-
cution and for the defense and SIM
port of prosecuted fighters and their
families.
Where special circumstances create
the necessity for separate, independ-
ent defense bodies, the International
Labor Defense will strive to coordin-
ate its activities with theirs in such
a way as to ensure the maximum OF
defense endeavors on the basis Of fra
ternal unity in the common fight for
common aims. The primary duty of
the International Labor Defense will
be to rally all possible support in de-
Tense of workers prosecuted for their
activities in the class struggle, with
out exception.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
2. Against Injunctions and Ant
Labor Legislation

THE campaign of the exploiters to
l. crush and terrorize the organiza-
tions of the workers includes, among
it's most effective weapons, special
antilabor legislation and the arbitra-
ny use of court injunctions against
workers in the midst of struggle. Cri-
minaI syndicalism laws of an almost
uniform type are now on the statute
books of thirty-five states and serve
as the most handy legal" weapons at
the disposal of the bosses. These
laws are supplemented by lesser sta
tutes, such as anti-pieketing laws, and
by decisions of the highest courts in
the several states and the union, de-
signed to close every door to the le-
gality Of the labor movement The
use Of autoeratie injunctions in labor
disputes turns over to corporation
hirelings on the bench virtual control
over the activities of workers organ
izations and shuts them off from all
means of legal redress.
The infamous Daugherty injunction
issued by Judge Wilkerson practical
ly outlawed the great railroad shop
mems strike of 1922 and paralyzed
its activity in all parts of the country.
The notorious Busick injunction in
California condemned members of the
l. w. w. to prison without the right
of trial. Practically every industrial
dispute in recent years has brought
with it the issuance Of injunctions cal
culatcd to break down the resistance
of fighting workers.
Criminal syndicalist laws and in
functions are aimed not only against
the revolutionary sections of the
labor movement is menaced by this
legislative and judicial tyranny. The
prosecutions of the more radical
workers by these means are only ex-
periments in preparation for their
wholesale use against all sections of
the labor movement which show any
disposition to fight for the interests of
the workers. There is already abund-
ant evidence of the intentions of the
capitalists in this regard.
1t is a matter of the greatest ur-
gency to make the organized workers
generally understand that the perse-
cution Of the l. w. w. members in
California and other western states
and the railroading of Communists in
Michigan, Pennsylvania and New
York are rehearsals for wholesale
campaigns of the same character
against wider sections Of the labor
movement.
The defense of the I. w. w. and the
Communists in these cases is the con.
Germ of the whole organized labor
movement The fight against criminal
syndicalism laws and the use of in.
functions is the fight of the working
class as q whole.
The International Labor Defense
will undertake as one of its principle
activities the organization of cam
paign thruout the whole labor move.
inent against criminal syndicalist and
other anti-labor laws and injunctions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
2. The White Terror in other
Capitalist Countries

TN almost every capitalist country in
= the world white terror is raging
against the workers. The imperialist
Evening star., 1925-12-01
MIAMI HAS I4-INCH FALL.
l2-Hour Rain Forces City Generally
to Don Bathing Suits.

MIAMI, Fla, December / (R.-
Miami today was drying itself out
after one of the most thorough wet
tings it has ever known. Rainfall ex-
ceeding IA inches fell here in Il hours,
much Of it running in veritable
streams through the principal streets
of the city.
Flagler street, the main business
thoroughfare, was likened to bath
ing beauty promenade, although many
who We're not beauties adopted bath
ing suits as the most feasible clothing
under the circumstances.
Business appointments were kept by
staid business men who plunged their
way through feet of water to meet
the latest seeker after opportunities
from the hinterland.
Policemen, not to he outdone, en-
tered into the spirit by donning sea
side habiliments and assuming traffic
posts gayly waved the amateur Vene-
tians on.
Fair shoppers arrayed also in bath
ing suits splattered their way about
the streets, wading from store to store
Many motor cars were stranded
about the streets as the rising waters
stalled engines.
Damage in Miami will run into the
thousands, it was estimated last night
although reports from the outlying
districts were not complete. Through
out the business portion of the city
the water flooded over the curbings
and swept into the ground floors OF
stores and other buildings. Many
establishments were forced to close
for the day.
Evening star., 1925-12-01
ATTACK ON BRITISH
BY TURKEY FEARED
League Verdict Against An
CORA on Mosul Would Start
War, London Hears.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. December IA report
that the Turks are determined to in
wade Irak and forcibly to eject the
British if the League of Nations does
not give them an acceptable verdict
in the Mosul boundary dispute : the
crysalliZation of rumors long current,
but it's precise form gives ii an alarm
ing aspect.
While the report lacks official back
ing, Turkeys complete divergence with
Great Britain regarding the Mosul
boundary question was made so clear
at Geneva and elsewhere that the
danger of a rupture has long been
recognized in London.
From time to time there have been
reports of Turkish troops moving to
ward Mosul. Although these have not
always been capable of substantial
ton, many persons believe there must
be some fire where there is so much
smoke, and that the Angora govern
ment has been a long time in making
preparations for the worst eventu
atty.
The report current in London was
to the effect that if the League of Ma
tions should decide against the Turks
,, in the dispute with Great Britain the
Ottoman forces would invade Irak anc
seize Mosul. The Turks are said tc
have a we'll equipped force on the 1rak
! frontier and that the Turkish army is
we'll prepared and is in possession OF
! ample stores and ammunition.
Evening star., 1925-12-01
BY the Associated Press.

bN lhf Associated Press.
LONDON. December 1.-Germany
and her principal ANTAGONISTS in the
World War today signed the LocarnC
treaty and collateral paCts guaran
teeinG peace in Europe and the sub
mission to arbitration of any disputes
that may arise between them regard
ing their frontiers.
The contrast between the signing
Of this momentous pact and the peace
treaty of Versailles six years ago
was marked in two respects.
Today there was none of the mag
nificenCe and glamour surrounding the
Versailles signing. The ceremony
which lasted only an hour, was notable
for its extreme simplicity. And this
time the Germans came of their own
free will. They signed gladly. with
smiling faces. in striking contract to
that other occasion when the dele
gates Of the Reich appended their
signatures under CompulSion with
white faces registering a mixture OF
fear and anger.
TOday'S ceremony was carried out
in spirit of optimism which was
hailed As auGurins we'll for an era of
peaoa throughout Europe.
Enter Arm in Arm.
To the click of motion picture cam.
eras and blaze of kleiE lights. Chan
Cellor Luther Of Germany, Premier
BRAND of France and Foreign SeCre.
tary Chamberlain OF Great Britain
entered the famous Victorian recep'
Evening star., 1925-12-01
MAY Be Too IdeaIistic.
"Children's Rum Party Climaxed
By Staying Of Youth, 10, by Chum

girls who had been TO parties with
the men. aside from the murder
phase of this case" said Mr.. McGee-
han, ''it gives an insight into the
lives of the young people of this city.
They are beyond parental control.
Young girls go around without select
ing their company, they take taxi
rides with men with whom they are
only slightly acquainted and they as
sociate with those who carry TASKS.
This case is certainly a sad commen-
tary upon home life"
After a. party Saturday night, Nye
and Pirie went to Prizes home for the
night, Nye's body being found under
bed Sunday. Pirie, according to
the confession, killed Nye as he slept
and wrapped his head in burlap bag
ging. He wandered about the city a
full day, frequenting poolrooms and
taking girls to the movies until his
money ran out, when he surrendered.
Although it was first thought that
his sister Margaret had suffered paral-
ysis from the shock of finding the
body, she was able to walk last night
and visited police headquarters,
Evening star., 1925-12-01
COOLIDGE PREPARES
REPLY TO LEWIS
Will Answer Miners Heads Letter
on Alleged Violation of jack
sonville Pact

President Coolidge in the next few
davs will write a letter to John L..
Lewis. president of the United Mine
Workers of America. in answer to the
one Mr.. Lewis sent to the White
House more than two weeks
ago, in which he complained of vio-
IafionS of the Jacksonville wage
agreement by bituminous coal oper-
ators and in which he asked the
President if the miners would be
justified in striking if the Federal
Government did not intervene.
In announcing that the President
would make his reply shortly the
White House today explained that
Nh Coolidge had been awaiting the
outcome of the efforts of Gov. Plnchot
If Pennsylvania TO bring about set
tlement of the anthracite differences.
The President did not wish to write
letter in which he might inject
something that would have interfered
With the settlement Gov. Pinchot was
andeavorinG To effect Besides this,
IL was necessary for the President
Ia make some Investigations and to
10 considera BILE studying of the entire
situation, particularly the papers
dealing with the Jacksonville wage
settlement, before making an answer
L. President Lewis.
- While making this known at the
hite House today no intimation
as given as to the possible reply to
he miners head.