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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-11

Canton = (AP)-Fighting between
rival Chinese forces battling for pos
session of Canton, continued today
with renewed intensity and consider
able casualties. River steamers are
crowded with refugees unable to move
on account of cross firing over the
Chukiang river.
The commander of the largest Chin
csc gunboat left his ship after receiv-
ing 100000 from the chief of the
Yunnanese forces. The trouble will
last for some time, according to indi-
cations. Additional foreign gunboats
arrived here today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-11
Government Has No Redress.

Washington = (UP) = The United
States government is powerless to
take effective action in regard to the
woarding of four Americans at Can
tor by Yunnanese troops, except to
repeat the warning Of United States
C5asul jenkins thai all Americans
leave the battle area.
The only recognized government in
China, the Peking regime, has little
or no authority over Canton and can
not be held responsible.
American authorities are expected
to protest vigorously to the Yunnanese
commander.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

When the general staff OF
different countries negotiate
amongst themselves, there can
only be one object in view, that
of common plan for war oper-
atoms.
And when the general stats
of Esthonia and Roumania, Fin
land and Poland sit together
round the same table, everyone
will grasp the fact that it is a
case of planning a war against
the Soviet Union.
The governments of the border
states made use of the usual official
and unofficial apparatus of contradic-
ton, in order to deny even the fact
that this conference of general stats
had taken place at all But the deni-
ais, as often happens when the i'm
perialists try to deny their war policy,
once again confirmed the revelations
Of the Russian press.
1t happened as in the wellknown
story of the borrowed jug. First de-
nial: there was no jug at all-no con-
ference took place. Second denial
the jug had always been broken-the
Polish General Kessler had only gone
to Riga to visit some friends. Third
denial the jug was whole when it was
returned-the Latvian commander in
chief admitted to the Latvian parlia-
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
FASCIST CHIEF
FORCES GAG LAW
THRU CHAMBER
Anti-Secret Society Bill
Hits Masonry

ROME, Italy, May 2O-Premier
Mussolini has forced the passage of
the bill which outlaws secret socie-
ties. The fascist head was forced to
bring discipline upon the deputies be-
fore they agreed to vote for the bill,
which is aimed particularly at rreema-
sonry.
Mussolini made violent speech for
the bill, and demanded that it be
passed within five minutes. But while
he was talking, the deputies slipped
out Of the chamber, and an adjourn
ment had to be called. When the
deputies were against assembled, they
voted for the bill by a vote Of BOA to 0.
The fascist papers are little con-
cerned over the demand of the United
States that Italy pay her war debt to
America. 1T would be no use for It.
ally to promise to pay II by so doing
Italy were to be faced With constant
peril" says the Corriere. rejecting the
Mussolini position I'VE could not
keep the promise"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

not in good standing, and man
aged to hold up for a few days
the sending of the ballots in to
Washington.
The Frame-up In Frisco.
AS the union law provides that If
ballots are not sent in within three
days after voting ends, they are
thrown out automatically, the John
ston machine thus managed to disfran-
chise the hundreds of San Francisco
l. A. M. members whose votes went
to Anderson. 1t is even charged that
the Johnston agents in San Francisco
themselves framed up to have the il
legal ballots cast in order to have
the complaint raised against the
whole vote and get it thrown out.
The Johnston agents in Lodge 6S
of San Francisco, even tried to expel
Knutson, the Anderson centrist sup
porter, of stuffing the ballot box with
the few illegal ballots. But upon trial
before the local, he was acquitted by
the local and another man, Johnston
supporter, was forced to admit that
he marked the ballots that were cast
illegally and which are used as an
excuse to disfranchise the whole To-
cal.
Anderson Claims Election.
My information is that l have
won" said Vice-President Anderson,
(Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
EAST SHOWS
GAINS IN COAL
AND COLD MINES
Forestry and Fisheries
Also in Good Shape

HARDIN, (By MaiD.-In a press
interview with the local press repre-.
sentatives on the general situation OF
the Soviet Far-Eastern region, Mr..
Gamarnik, president OF the Far-East-
ern revolutionary committee (who re-
Gently visited Pekin), pointed out that
the commercial turnover OF the re-
gion had gone up from 1873 million
gold rubles, in 1923. to ISL million, in
1924, and that, generally, the state
and the cooperative trade had been
considerably consolidated during that
period. The financial reform was now
consummated in the Soviet Far East.
and the "chervonetz" 90 gold ruble
bank motel and the Soviet treasury
note had finally secured their legiti-
mate place In the monetary circula-
ton.
Gains In Industrial Fields.
Substantial gains ought to be noted.
too, in the Industrial field. the coal
and gold mining industries having
benefited the most, with forestry and
fisheries also in good shape. The Su-
Continued on, page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
STARVING IRISH
PEASANTS TOLD
TO GAZE ON SKY
Beautiful Scenery Does
Not Appease Hunger
BY ROBERT STEWART.

DUBLIN, (By Mail)-The much
disputed question as to the extent of
acute distress, as to the difference be-
tween acute distress, semi-starvation
and famine, is not allowed to inter
fere with the work of the Irish sec
ton of Workers International Relief.
There is, of course, no doubt that
the deliberate minimizing of the ex-
tent of the area of want has had it's
effect on the flow of funds for relief
If the Workers International Relief
had not its base in the labor mover
ment, the situation would have been
very much worse. Our committees in
all countries are so well used to the
attitude of governments and their
press = agencies and propagandists,
that we are able to discount before
hand the lies, and truth suppressions,
which are become a commonplace in
these days; nevertheless we heartily
wish. for the sake of the suffering peo-
pie that the actual truth of the situa-
tion could have wider circulation. l
feel sure that thousands of people in
Continued on pege 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
The RULERS OF
The U. S. NAME
new DIRECTORS
Especial to the Daily worker.l

Especial to the Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON, May 2O.-New d.
rectors of the United States chamber
Of commerce we're nominated today as
fellows:
Stanley H. Billiard, Bridgeport.
Conn; Philadelphia H. Gadsden.
Philadelphia. John w. Arlington,
Greenville. S. c.; Frank Kell. Wichita
Falls, Tex; ]. G. Leigh, Little Rock,
Ark; Max W. Babb, Milwaukee; Ed
win T. Meredith, Des Moines, Iowa;
Dwight B. Heard, Phoenix, Ariz.;
Everett g. Griggs. Tacoma, Wash;
all from chmabers of commerce.
Charles w. Lonsdale, Kansas City;
James p Orr, Cincinnati; A. ]. Bros
seau, New York; John j. Lonsdale.
st. Louis; Paul Shoup, San Francisco;
Harry A. Smith, Hartford, Conn.
Milton e. Marcuse, Richmond, Va: A.
L. Humphrey, Pittsburgh, all repres-
enting trade associations.
The nominations were made by
l,4O0 counselors representing all af.
iliated organizations in the national
chamber.
The II directors nominated will
serve for two years. The total mem
bership Of the board is 33.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Lobby of Labor
Officials on Last
Legs at Springfield

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, May 2O-Efforts
were being made to line up factions Of
organized labor behind comprehend
i've legislative objective. John N.
Walker. president OF the Illinois State
Federation OF Labor. was said to be
striving for Capitalization on the in.
junction limitations bill now pending
In the senate, while Miss Agnes Mes.
tor Chicago, head OF the women's la
Dor organizations OF the metropolis,
endeavored to throw the weight of the
entire aggregation behind Lottie Hol.
man O'Neill's Slz hour bill. Immedl-
ate conferences Of the two groups
with a view to unifying forces were
scheduled. asn ST.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
LABOR DEFENSE TO
DISCUSS CROUCH CASE
At FRIDAYS MEETING

The Chicago Council for Labor De-
Tense and Relief will discuss plans
for new work at its meeting Friday
evening, May %, at the Greek Hall.
722 Blue Island Ave. All defegares
are urged TO be present.
One Of the most important sub
Ieets to be discussed Is the calling
Of a meeting in Chicago to demand
the reeIase Of Walter Trumbull and
Paul Crouch, United States soldiers
arrested and sentenced TO marc Ia
Dor for being Communists. The SEN
fences we're at first placed at 40
and 26 years, but were Later short
ened TO three years and one year.
The Defense and Relief Council de-
mands thelir immediate release.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
WORKER CORRESPONDENTS
TO HEAR JACK CARNEY IN
new YORK ON SATURDAY /

NEW YORK, May 2o.--Jack Car
ney one-tlme editor of Duluth
Truth" Butte Bulletin, Crank and
File" and other working class pa
pers, will lecture before New York
Workers. Correspondents next Sat
urday, May 20, at p. M, at the
party headquarters, 1903 East 18th
street, on Communist Journalism.
All workers Interested in this sub
Iect are Invited to attend. Those
that heard the very practical lecture
by A. 5lmba, editor Of LaIsve, and
the speech by Carney at the Work
ers' Correspondents meeting last
Saturday evening, will need no ure-
Ing to come this week. The meet
ing will begin promptly at seven
o'clock, and will adjourn in time to
enable those present to attend other
affairs the same evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
KLUXERS HURT IN FRAY
WITH ANTI-KLANSMEN
AFTER xxx. MEETING

MILLBURY, Mass, May 90
Four members of the ku klux khan
were seriously injured, several anti
kIansmen we're less seriously hurt
and scores of other combatants re-
ceIved scratches and bruises in
free-for-alI fight in Worcester coun-
ty early today.
Sticks, stones and wrenches taken
from automobiles figured in the
fray, according to chief of police,
C. A. Dolan.
The gathering of the klansmen at
a meeting started hostllities, it is
said.
"The kansmen carried clubs,y
said the chief of police. "They told
me they had been stoned while
coming from North Bridge to their
meeting and were going to put their
assailants in the cemetery. They
even told me they were going to get
me.
after the stoning at North
Bridge, the kIansmen and the anti
klansmen FLASHED in Mllbury.
when ! came up, clubs were
swinging right and left.
Somebody rang the fire alarm
and the flremen came up.
"The klansmen all carried clubs.
some black jacks, others pick
handles and still others long pieces
Of white birch.
"As they moved out of MlIIbury
the klansmen shouted that they
were coming back to clean up the
place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
ARREST EIGHT
IN STRIKE OF
COAST TAILORS
Bosses Use Gunner and
Professional Scabs
BY PAUL c. REIss

kSpeCidt 10 tne OAtEI WOhNEh)
Los ANGELES. Cal, May 2O-The
strike in the Golden State Tailors'
Service, 2O6 Court street, is progress
ing well. The company succeeded
in getting about 20 scabs, six of whom
are professional and have scabbed in
more than one shop before.
They are known tools of the bosses
and as soon as they will not be need
ed at this place. they will be trans
ferred to some other shop. The others
are weak sisters of the union. The
pickets are strong on the Job. Eight
pickets were arrested but the cases
were dismissed as no definite charges
were pressed.
sluager Goes Free.
The business agent of the local
union, Rastano. was attacked BY one
of the sluggers hired by the bosses
named Julius Petino A suspended
sentence Of ninety days was set by
Judge Richardson.
All the scabs are working for about
one-third less than the. union scale
and according to the union men. are
not efficient in their trade. These
scabs are being brought to and from
work in special automobiles supplied
by the bosses early in the morning
and long after quitting time and are
housed in separate shacks.
Scabs Held Prisoners.
each other on the job So far the
local press has been silent on this
strike because they want to keep the
white spot white
The general board of the union
promised financial aid and also moral
support by sending representative
from the national Office This has add.
ed new encouragement to the men,
bers on strike
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

70 expose The Polish white terror
All Of the police in front Of the hall
we're armed. When the workers in
CURED the reason for closing the hall.
the captain Of police said he had "or.
ders from the court" and II the work
ers tried to hold a meeting, all who
attend would be arrested.
The captain muttered something
about the Red flag law, altho there
was no Red flag present. AS always.
seeing workers assembling. saw red.
Once more America was saved from
the revolution, this time in West vir-
ginia instead OF New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
B. 80. JOHNSTON LOSING ELECTION
IN MACHINISTS' union DESPITE
WHOLESALE fraud IN BALLOTING
tspecIaI 70 rhe paIIy workerl

WASHINGTON D. c.. May 2orAltho only 1916 out of the
of about $4,000 ballots cast in the election going
the International Association Of Machnts have been counted
president has been deoisVey whipped Anderson the oPpos
candidate Anderson will be elected providing fair
Of the given with the 1876 counted Anderson
leading 100 while wholesale frauds have been pracsed
by the Johnston machine.
Among the other outstanding swindes is the throwing out
Lodge 68, which 700 80 per
avoring of the Johnston agents local.
apparently framed objection the whole 700 being
in because ballots members
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
CHARGES THREAT UPON
SOVIET BY ALLIES TO
SUPPRESS COMINTERN

LONDON, May 2o-The labor pub
lieation, the Daily Herald, reports
that concerted drive is on, started
by British diplomats and Joined in
by all the allied powers to demand
Of Soviet Russia the suppression Of
the Communist International, upon
penalty Of breaking off diplomatic
relations with Soviet Russia.
The Daily Herald says that the
matter was discussed with the
French and with the little entente
at Bucharest. The British under
secretary for foreign affairs denied
the charge in the house Of COM
mons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
FOSTER SPEAKS
TO RAILROADERS
IN CLEVELAND
Invites Trainmen Del
egates to Attend

CLEVELAND, May GOWN. z.
Foster, national secretary of the
Trade Union Educational League, will
speak in Cleveland, Sunday, May "a,
at 1880 P. NJ, in the Labor Temple,
1886 Euclide Ave. This meeting will
be under the auspices Of the Cleve-
land Group of the Trade Union Educa-
tional League, and will be for the
purpose of getting under way a cam
paign to expose the infamous scheme
OF Bill Lee. president of the Railway
Trainmen,- now in convention here, to
turn the railroad unions into company
unions, for which he has announced
the calling of conference between
the unions and the railroad executives.
One Thousand Delegates.
The Convention of the Trainmen is
attended by about thousand dele
gates, and in the week or so of its
existence, has occupied itself chiefly
with listening to fine speeches on class
peace. Lee announced with pride that
this conventino was the first to be
addressed by the labor secretaries of
the governments of both the II. S. and
Canada, which took place the other
day.
Our own" James J. Davis delivered
one of his customary diatribes against
the foreign-born workers, demanding
their registration, in order to prevent
what he claims to be large amount
of illegal entry. According to Davis,
the standard of living of the American
worker is depressed by this great in
fiux, etc, etc. etc.
Fed Up On Class Peace.
After several days of such soporifc
wind-jamming from various friends"
of labor, the convention is now in a
frame of mind to proceed with its
work of haltering the Trainmen ever
more firmly to the chariot of the rail-
road magnates.
The Foster meeting will represent
an effort on the part of the militants
Of Cleveland to arouse the rank and
file of the Trainmen here as dele
gates, as well as the thousands of rail-
road workers resident in Cleveland.
to the threat which Lees proposal
makes to the existence of the unions
as true labor organizations
Not only the railroad workers, but
the entire working-class is vitality in
terested in the question of whether
the large group in the railroad in
dustry are to abandon the strike as a
weapon and serve as a demoralizing
example to the entire labor move
ment.
Foster has just returned from Soviet
Russia, where he studied in detail the
workings of the railroad and other
unions in that country. He is also a
special student of railroad unionism,
from his membership in the Garments
Union, as well as Of the entire labor
movement Of America.
Foster without doubt is the one
most qualified in the whole country
to discuss and expose the nefarious
Lee scheme, and the Cleveland Trade
Union Educational League urges upon
the railroad workers and other work.
.ers of Cleveland and the Trainmen
delegates to turn out in full force to
this meeting. Admission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
LEGISLATOR OBJECTS
TO KHAN PROPAGANDA
CIRCULATED IN HOUSE

SPRINGFIELD, H., May 2o-cIr-
culatIon Of an S. Glenn Young edl-
ton Of the Herrin Herald, caused a
furore In the house today when a
representative from Chicago, rose TO
a question Of personal privilege and
demanded to know who was respon-
sibIe for the distribution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

muck dump but the owners had
riflemen there and they were not
afraid to shoot either.
"One Sunday, the preacher in our
church gave us long talk about the
strike and proved from the bible that
we were in the wrong. He called on
Continued on page 30
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE WORKERS
WHO MUST FIGHT DOPE OF LACKEY
PREACHERS AND THEIR MASTERS
BY WALTER M. TRuMsuLL.

HONOLULU, Pol soldier of
civilian life had bearing
onh o
muker' cleaned the coal from the
small
wages to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
AS WE SEE IT
BY 7. J. o'FLAHERTY.


DRESIDENT GALES of Mexico is
4 doing we'll by his new masters.
The bank clerks in the capital made
certain demands on their employers
recently. The banks superciliously
turned their requests down and threat
ened to move out of the city unless the
workers kept civil tongues in their
heads Gales went further than that.
He threatened to throw them into
jail unless they behaved like gentle
men towards the benefactors from
Wall Street.
THE workers in certain oil fields
4 demanded more wages and better
conditions. The property is owned by
American capitalists. Immediately
the labor takers, who are under the
thumb of Gales and the Wall Street
bankers got busy and brought down
the weight of official disapprobation
on the heads of the workers. Gales
threatened to call out the army and
give the workers a dose of lead I'M
less they cease making "extortionist
demands" There you are. Don't for
get that Gales is a socialist presi-
dent and that the socialist party of
New York organized parade in his
honor thru the pawnshop district with
red flags at the head of the parade.
WHILE thousands of girls are toll
w ing in sweat shops turnout the
country producing profits for the mas
ter class, that enable their female
parasites TO see the world and all the
thiifss that are worth while seeing,
several U. S. "debutantes" are paint
ing up. preparatory to being present
ed to the queen of England 1t is
quite possible that while those useless
females are decorating their carcass
es to catch the eye of some broken
down British aristocratic degenerate,
their fathers are resisting the de-
mands of their American wage slaves
for a little more bread and butter.
TINE second number Of the maya
L zine published for the purpose of
bringing about International trade
union solidarity is snappy and force
full. There are articles by A. A. Pur-
cell, the editor. and by several British
leaders including A. B. Swales, who
was one Of the fraternal delegates to
the American Federation of Labor
t. oil
an article by Comrade Tomsky, chair
man of the All-Russian council of
trade unions, with his picture. The
movement is gaining Roadway and
the anti-Soviet prejudices fostered by
the reactionaries are being broken
down.
OTHER countries are watching the
~ progress of the movement for one
united trade union International with
interest The Voice of Labor, official
organ of the Irish Transport and Gen
eral Workers Union. has the follow
ing comment on Trade Union Unity:
TRADE Union Unity, if it lives up to
its title, ought to find welcome
wherever conscious working people
are thinking out the problems of their
class. II Is edited by A. A. Purcell,
president of the International FEEDER
. alton, Of Trade Unions, Edo Fimmen,
Recretary OF the International Trans
bort Workers Federation and George
Hicks. a substitute member of the ex-
acutive OF the /. r. r. IT,. all three of
WON have been working hard to
ltContinued on page 80
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

Claim Deficit In Bankrupt r. r.
NEW YORK, May 2O-The Chica-
go. Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad,
whose receivership is now under in
yestigation by the interstate COM
merce commission, had a net deficit
of S1,S6S.6O6. in 1924, according to
the annual report made public today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
WEST VIRGINIA FAILING MINERS
BY HUNDREDS TO BREAK STRIKE
tspeeIaI % rhe oaIIy workerl

FAlRMoNT w. May
arrested today the Big -Four Mine the Clark
Two international representatives. the United
Williams miners who
with violating yesterday by Judge Max
clarksburg w.
The strikers with band assembled
ING loudly but no disorder
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

strike.
THE strike lasted for four weeks
and money was getting low. Then the
mine owners forced the few stores
that they did not own to refuse to sell
us anything at all and gave the same
orders to their own stores. We nearly
starved and almost froze from the
cold. We tried to get coal from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
WEST VIRGINIA POLICE AID WHITE
TERROR OF POLAND, CLOSING RED
AID MEETING WITH GUNS IN HANDS

WHEELING w Va, May 2Owhen workers came 70 the
meeting arranged Benwood Radwans sneaker M
the International Red Aid they found the order OF the po
and six policemen and detectives act
The meeting (Commrn, peat.
of Wheeling Of the series being held truou the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Nil ITARY STL = !. 81 :. "rR
'''ALlInNl Vlrl~- ~>Tss 80
States meet TOf''.1 FOR
new WAR AGAINST SOVIET rule
Especial to The Daily worker)

MOSCOW, U. S. s. R.-(By Mai)- The Russian COM
unst has revealed the fact that short time
ference of the general STATS of the socaed border took
place Riga in which representatives of Poland Roumana and
the Baltic participated Everyone what this
It the duty Of general staff to elaborate military plans