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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
CROUCH SENDS
FINAL MESSAGE
TOU. S. WORKERS
Entered AIcGtraz in
Calf. Yesterday
BY PAUL CROUCH.

GUARD HOUSE, Fort Shafter, Hon
oluIu, Hawaii, -(5y MaiD-We are
leaving for our future prison home,
AIcatraz, California, August 9th. We
will be sent back on the transport
Cambria.
Our fight in the courts for freedom
Of thot and speech for Communists
will be continued and, if necessary,
taken to the United States supreme
court. Federal Judge VIM. T. Raw
Inns of Honolulu said he did not have
jurisdiction over our cases. The
higher courts will not have that ex-
cuse.
Before leaving for Alcatraz, we
wish to express our appreciation for
the efforts made in our behalf by the
DAILY WORKER, Young Worker and
other Communist Publications and by
the working class in general. It was
because of these efforts that our SEN
fences were reduced. The great re-
duction in our prison sntences was a
victory for the Workers Communist
Party and other class conscious work
ers' organizations.
The defenses of capitalism are not
impregnable. They could be crushed
like an eggshell by the united forces
of labor.
We enter Alcatraz military prison on
August IA.
We may not be permitted to com
municate freely with the outside
while in Alcatraz. Our final message
to our comrades. before entering our
island prison, is:
Carry on!
Work increasingly for the revolu-
toni
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
BELGIAN DEBT
RATE ]! {, U. S. KEY
TO. ENGLAND
Uncle Sam Closing in on
John Bull

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.--There ls
every indication that a compromise
will be reached in the 5eIgo-Amerlcan
debt Negotiations next week that will
permit Belgium to discharge her in
debtedness to the United States on
slightly better terms than were pre-
scrlbed as standard" in the British
settlement. y
A considerably larger stake than a
mere per cent interest rate on $780,
100000 is In the center Of the table
in the Belgian negotiations, and il is
for this Eesscn that Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon and Senator Reed
smoot are len route today to plymouth,
VT, to lay the case before President
cooidge.ss,rs
One perocent on the Belgian debt
would amount to less than 100000
year, a figure which, while substan-
tial, is hardly large enuf for which to
risk the success Of the negotiations.
Bigger Stake in the Game.
The larger stake may be said to be
/ per cent on nearly, $1,000, 900, 900,
or $7O,OOO.OO0 a year, and that is a
sum not to be sneezed at even in these
days of sS,OOO,OOO. 900 congresses.
The s7,0O0,OOO,OO0 represents what
the rest of the world, outside of Great
Britain and Belgium, now owe the
United States. More than $6,OOO,-
100000 of it is owed by France and
Italy alone.
The French and Italians are due at
the paymasters' window next month.
Members of the American debt fund
ing commission are fully cognizant
that the French and Italian govern.
ments are watching every move in
the Belgian settlement closely, and
they know, furthermore, that both gov
ernments are going to insist upon the
liquidation of their debts on absolute
ly the best terms the United States
has accorded to any debtor.
Henceathe somewhat embarrassing
position sof the American negotiators
If thereiwas the Belgian debt alone to
considerrit is altogether probable that
the 2 per- cent interest rate tentatively
suggested by the Belgians would be
accepted without undue Quibbling.
But if Belgium is, granted 2 per
cent rate, then France and Italy will
both demand the same rate, or a
lesser rate, and if a settlement should
be reached all around on that figure,
then the specter Of British settlement
will rise to confront the American gov
eminent.
Britain, economically depressed,
heavily taxed, and with a serious un-
employment problem, is paying and
31s per cent on more than $4,000, OOO,-
600. British taxpayers being none too
well satisfied with the settlement any
way, government officials can picture
the howls that would go up in England
for revision of the Baldwin settle
ment should France, Italy, and Bel
GUM obtain more generous treatment
than was accorded Great Britain. Ad-
ministration, officials are keenly anx-
ious to avoid any such embarrassing
situation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
FOR SCHOOL OR PLAY

5000. Printed wolfe and plain voile
are here combined This style is also
! pleasing in batiste, chambrey and
cretonne. t-rrNf ar
The Pattern is cut In 4 Sizes: g.
s, 10 and IL years. A 10 year size
requires Il yard of plain material and
IA yards of figured material 36 inches
wide IL made as illustrated. II made
of one material "a yards will be re-
quired.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of lie in silver or stamps.
Send 12c in silver or stamps for our
UP-TO-DATE FALL AND WINTER
1925-1926 BOOK OF FASHIONS.
NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERs--The
patterns being sold thru the DAILY
WORKER pattern department are fur
nished by a New York firm Of pattern
manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by
the DAILY WORKER every day as re-
ccived. and they are mailed by the man
ufaoturer direct TO the customer The
DAILY WORKER does not Keep a stock
of patterns on hand Delivery OF pat.
terms ordinarily viii take at least 10 days
from the date OF mailing the order. DO
not become impatient II your pattern ID
delayed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

make an r" anCl-SOVlet bloc"
whose only purpose would be to
war on Russia.
Undoubtedly Suspicious cireum-
stances.
BRAND puts his announcement in
the form of an expression of fear that
the formation of Baltic anti-Soviet
bloc would Immediately provoke a
conflict which would involve Poland
and Roumaniay Frances proteges in
the east.
BRAND says that his alarm springs
from the recent visit of M. Putsa,
Esthonian foreign minister, and M
Meyerowitz, the Lithuanian foreign
minister, to London. These puppet
nations are controlled by Britain, and
BRAND naively suggests that their
visit means something.
Probably, and the fact that both
French and British military experts
have said that nothing could prevent
the red army from occupying Bess
arabia and the whole flock of Baltic
states if were provoked by an armed
sortie from this quarter, is truly
enough to make France think twice
about prodding the red bear. And. then
there is the financial bankruptcy star
ing France in the face with Syria and
the Riff piling up monetary and polit-
ical retributions.
With the Soviets offering provision
al recognition Of about one-sixth of
pre-war Russian debts which are held
by small French bondholders, mostly
peasants, economic confessions which
offer a pulmotor to French trade,
Frances reluctance to an 'anti-Soviet
war bloc becomes open opposition.
With this maneuver, Soviet Russia
may break her most powerful enemy,
British Imperialism, and discourage
any armed assault upon Soviet terri
tory. LISTS
That France is more and more
hostile to EUgland is shown by this
incident and it is significant that it
follows close upon the I heels of
Brands own visit to London, where
nothing was settled between Paris
and London. in spite Of all polite
formalities. .8l.sa44
BrItish-French Alliance coIIapsing.
There on last Monday, BRAND held
secret conference with Austen
Chamberlain, so secret that he en-
tered the British foreign Office by the
back door and climbed rickety, dark
stairway. sfGaTQ1
However, it is clear that the con-
ference was in vain so far as1harmon-
izing the French and British views,
not only on Soviet Russia but on the
matter of the so-called security pact"
and the admission of Germany to the
league of nations. 49,
Unofficial information shows that
the only way the two foreign min
listers could "agree"-was by agree
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

present and made a talk along the
same line. He stated that what the
speaker said was true in regard to the
shops here-that the strikers places
were filed upiby the common laborers
who had BEEN neglected and ignored
by the unionsI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
Your Union Meeting

Third Tuesday, Aug. 1s, 1925.
Name OF Local and Place
No. Of Meeting.
p srickayers, .st2 w. Monroe St.
be Carpenters, DiVersey and Sheffield
~ Carpenters, 1923 E. 18th ST.
272 Carpenters Moose Hall. Chicago
i7ss Carpenters, Springfield and 2eth.
so2 Engineers, $50 w. Washington ST.
SsS Firsmsn and Enenemen, s4ss S.
SAG Federal Employees, Great Northern
Glove Workers Joint Council, ITO
N. Winchester Ave, $3.50 .. m.
cage Heights, III.
g Hold Carriers, 814 w. Harrison st.
~ Lsdies' Garment Workers, s2s W,
Marine Fire and oilers. ss7 N.
~ Painters, 20 w. Randolph st.
$50 Painters, N. E. cor. California and
1s+ Painters, e414 S. HaIsted St.
lsl Pslnters, n. w. cor. State and
27s Painters, aao w. oak St.
521 Painters, TrumbuIl and ouden Ave.
6o2 PIasterers, Monroe and Pero SITS.
: Printers and Die stampers, 10 w.
724 Railway Carmen, 75th and DrexeI
1917 Railway Clerks, S. Clinton St.
221s Railway Clerks, SOC w. Washing
7o2 Ieamsters, 1ss N. state st.
Walters, 234 w. Randolph st.
III uphoIsterers Union, 100, w. WASH
50 Amaigamated Clothing Workers.
49,. kedzie and ogden.
1b2 Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
1884 N. Robey ST.
(Note: Unless otherwise stated, all
meetings are at p. n.y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
BRICKLAYERS OFFICIAL GIVES
HIS SIDE OF JURISDICTIONAL
WAR: PROGRESSIVES CHIP IN

WASHINGTON board of
the Bckayers
the membership Circular No H. defending the
layers and the Operative Plasterers
union.
THE
much the reason that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
Dies After LOSING Leqs.

Nicholas Schmitz of TIA w. saith st.
fell from the top of car from which
he was shoveling coal in a yard at
S. Chicago Ave. where he was EN-
ployed. The injuries he received ne.
cessitated the amputation OF his legs.
He died after the operation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

ing in advance not to discuss the
highly controversial issues at stake
in the differing views toward Ger
many and the Security pact" BRAND
went back to Paris With conditions
unimproved and it is worth note to
observe that he wrote the letter con.
corning French opposition to war on
Soviet Russia shortly after he re-
turned to Paris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

thC CihpAOy6IS nave CI6dl6u COu0lLlOQS
under which our members have felt it
impossible to continue at work"
1t describes the invasion of the ter
ritory and rights of this organization
by the Operative Plasterers" as hav-
ing been planed by the latter in 1928,
and as having been started in Flor
ida, with the formation by the Operat-
i've Plasterers of dual or rival
unions" An aggressive campaign, the
Bricklayers declare, was inaugurated
and still continues, for the purpose
of disrupting the Bricklayersa and
forcing its plasterer MEMBERS regard
less of their wishes in the matter. to
take membership in local unions or.
ganized and chartered by the .Operat.
i've Plasterers."
Lots Of Red Tape--No Industrial
Unionism. sucfF
In the present circular no reference
is made to the action of the Bricklay-
ers in abrogating a clause in their 1911
agreement with the Operative ,Plas-
terers in order to bring before the ma
tional board of jurisdictional awards
the question of jurisdiction over GER
tain work then in dispute between the
two unions. The Operative Plaster
ers refused to permit this procedure,
and declared the entire 1911 agree
ment nulified by the action of the
Bricklayers.
The Bricklayers now appeal for res
toraiton Of the 1911 agreement, point
ing out that il was entered into as a
final settlement of all questions in
dispute between the two organiza-
tons. 1t provided that plasterers
from any community might work
wherever they could find employment,
without having to belong to both
unions, and that whenever the plas-
terer members of the Bricklayers'
union in any locality should, by two
thirds vote. in regular meeting, de-
clare their desire to affiliate with the
Operative Plasterers, they could do so.
AmaIoamation Defensive.
Resolutions adopted by the Brick
layers general convention last Sep
TENDER, declaring it to be their pur-
pose to spare no expense to bring
about an amalgamation of the two or
are described in this cir
cular as a defensive measure in ans
wer to the Operative Plasterers' dec
of war made in 1923.
THE Bricklayers, Masons and Plas-
terers' international union wants
peace and has pointed the way to
peace" it says. 1T wants a restora-
ton Of the amicable relations that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
RlHs Poe ala In Plans.

MADRID,-The investiture of eigh-
teen-year-old Muley Hassan as Caliph
of Spanish Morocco has been post
poned on account of pressing military
movements against the Riffs, General
Jordana, head of the Franco-Spanish
conference on Morocco said today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
FRANCE REFUSES TO.ENTER ANY
ANTLSOvIET WAR WITH BRITAIN
and BREAKS ANGLO-FRENCH BLOC
Especial to The Daily Worker,

PARIS August 17-France has determined that she has
more to gain out of friendship with the hated Sove for all
Soviet government stands challenge capitalist nations
than in Joining with Britain her mpera rival making
the Soviet Union.
This the meaning of highly confidential letter to Austen
Chamberlain British foreign minister Arstde BRAND
French foreign minister politely decng British proposal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
SPEAKER AT TOPEKA INDUSTRIAL
COUNCIL SAYS UNSKILLED WORKER
MUST BE ORGANIZED AND AIDED
BY JESSE kEE5LE
(Worker correspondentl

Topeka Kan August A meeting last night
Hall the
OF Kansas City, Mo, would be the principal speaker
The report from the forum
after Labor Nothing
classes but the principal be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

If you want to thoroughly nm
derstand Communism-study it.
Send for a catalogue of all Com
munist literature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

GARY, IND, ATTENTIONS! 81.
The DAILY WORKER, Work.
ers Monthly, Rabotnicza Tri-
buna and Novy Mir are for sale
at the Workers Cooperative
Restaurant, 1893 Broadway r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
SOVIET trade
HERE DOUBLES
OVER LAST YEAR
1925 Business ESQ Per
Cent of Pre-WGr

YIN fNhH~ lfs-nhoofAn
trade with the United STAKES In the six
months ending June 80 last was near.
Iy ESQ per cent that for the first half
Of the year 1918, and was about equal
to the total for the entire year 1924,
according to a report by Chairman
Hoorgin Of the Amtora (offioiaI)
Trading Corporation to the Russian
Information Bureau in Washington.
The turnover in this nalr-year was
SIS, 779, 736, of which $52,610,645 rep
resented purchases Of American goods
for shipment to Soviet Russia, and
the remaining s6,16sOs1 represented
sales of Soviet products in the United
States.
This business was done chiefly on
a credit basis. through banks or In
dividual American firms. It does not
include imports OF manganese. which
is shipped direct to American firms,
nor the operations OF the Russian CO
operatives of farmers and dairymen,
who maintain their own foreign trad.
ing organization.
Cotton Largest Item.
Cotton was the largest item of Rus.
sian purchases here-Russian money
purchased $26,479,500 worth OF this
crop and shipped It to Murransk.
Machinery and supplies for the extern
sion of Russian industry and agricul-
ture cost $4,000, 900. Flour was bought
in America, to the amount OF ST.
S22, 1896.
In return, Americans bought s3,-
S31,012 worth of Russian furs. and
lesser amounts of such things as
sheep-casings, licorice root, flax and
hemp fibre, and caviar.
Machinery For New Factories.
Hoorgin stated that while cotton
made up 70 per cent of all Russian
purchases in this country last year, in
1925 it represents only so per cent.
Where last year Russia bought only
replacement machinery and parts this
year it has been buying mostly basic
machinery. This machinery is to be
used In new factories-textile, electri-
cal, metaIlurgical and others.
While Russia's good crops this year
will make purchases of American flour
necessary, she win be able to buy a
great deal more of our machinery Her
own cotton crop is 3s per cent better
this year than last, but ter consump-
ton OF cotton is growing so fast that
she will not decrease her buying Of
| that material.
British Propaganda.
Economists in Washington. studying
those figures, are beginning to give
/ serious heed to the suggestions com
ing from continental Europe, that
British business is behind the propa-
ganda against American recognition
Of Moscow. The argument runs this
way: Britain must always be the
Jealous rival of her next strongest
economic competitor in Europe. Soviet
Russia is making giant Strides toward
that economic leadership which Ger
many surrendered during the war.
II British business, now in desper-
ate straits and looking ahead TO utter
ruin, can induce the United States to
help her draw an economic blockade
once more around Russia, British mar
kets may yet be restored. Propaganda
against the Russians must be handled
in America, through American poll
tlcians and bankers and editors, IL
Russian industrial expansion is to be
seriously checked.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

If you want to thoroughly I'M
derstand COMMUNICATIVE it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19

5119- The new cotton prints are
nice for this model 1t will also de-
velop attractiyely in pongee, crepe,
tub silk and other wash materials.
The Pattern is cut in Sizes: 4,
9. and 10 years. A 6 year size
requires 2 yards of 80 inch material.
Pattern mailed to -ny address on
receipt Of 12c in silver or stamps.
Send lie In silver or stamps for our
UP-TO-DATE FALL AND WINTER
1s25-1926 BOOK OF FASHIONS.
FASHION BOOK NoTIcEi
Send lie in silver or stamps for our
up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1925. 26,
Sock Of Fashions, showing color plates
and containing 500 designs Of ladies'.
misses. and chlldrens patterns, a con.
else and comprehensive article on dress.
making, also some. points for, the needle
illustrating 80 OF the various simple
stitthes). all valuable hints TO the home
dressmaker. NsA
Evening star., 1925-04-12

ert w. Mccullough, Myer Fisher, II.
A. Garren, Frank J. Rupert and HUI
bert ]. Newson, members of the ex-
ecutive committee.
DR.. Mccullough is chairman of
committee planning the annual get
together excursion, which will be
held early in June.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

Fletcher Robb, Edward Shorter, Cor
nelius Turner and Wilbur Wallace,
Troop sos; and Frank Parkins and Will
liam Setter. of Troop 512
This is the largest court OF review
ever held for the colored Scouts.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
HARRY p. WHITE NAMED.
Becomes President Of Northeast
Business Men.

Harry p White has been elected
president of the Northeast Business
Mems Association. Other officers
chosen were: A. e. Felser, vice presi-
dent; Clarence e. Poston, secretary;
w. r. Lewis, treasurer, and DIR. Rob-
Evening star., 1925-04-12

Millions of fish were thrown on the
beach near walters Bay, South
Africa recently by q volcanic erup-
ton under the sea.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

Women managers and superin-
tendents OF factories were nearly 3I1
times as numerous in 1920 as in 1910.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

Miner Normal, Georgia avenue and
Euclid street northwest:
Tuesday-Sewing. millinery and
embroidery groups; Red Cross classes,
Young Mems Athletic Club basketry
and weaving classes, 1880 to 10.
Friday-Red Cross classes Whit
tling Club, Young Folks Social Club,
Young Peoples Dramatic Club Girls
Embroidery Club, Boy Scouts No
sos and No. SIP, 1870 to 10:3o
Evening star., 1925-04-12

DeanwOod, Whittingham and Lane
places northeast
Friday - Woodmen of America,
Adult Athletic Club, s: Boys Athletic
club, music class, Girls Dramatic
Club; millinery and fower-making
groups, 1880; entertainment and dem
onstration, Mems Athletic Club. to
1890.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

Clevelnnd-Phelps Center and the
Birney Center will be closed during
the Easter holiday week.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-23
OH! MY BACK!
Aching Backs Make Life Miserable
 For Many Seward People.

It isn't right to suffer day in and day out with dull, unceasing back ache. Or be utterly miserable with sharp stabs of pain whenever you stoop or lift. But chances are you will suffer these tormenting aches and pains as long as your weakened kidneys are neglected. You may have headaches, too, spells of dig ziness and urinary disorders. Then use DOan's Pills-ra stimulent diuretic to the kidneys Experiences of folks in this locality prove the merit of Doan's. 4-
 Mrs. J. J. Robinson, 730 Exchange St., Astoria, Ore, says: My kid neys were out of order and I had a sort of dull aching across my back and felt dull and languid. Headaches were frequent and I had no energy. My kidneys acted irregularly, too. read of Doan's Pills and used them as directed. Doans soon relieved the backache and other signs of kid ney trouble"
 soc, at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co.,, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. adv.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-23
LOWELL THOMAS GIVES
 LOWDOWN ON M'CORD

The following article, from the pen Flight stories have been appearing in syndicate form in many papers in months past, was recently pub lished in the Denver Post:
 "Sourdoueh Jack" Mccord
 Although the wild and woody west with it's gold stampedes and two-gun men, it's Flora Dora dance halls and the vigilance committees, has passed into history, Uncle Sam still has one last frontier empire that will con- tinue to develop two-fisted pioneers for many decades to come. That land is Alaska. And one of it's lead ing sons who has done as much as any other man to open up our golden empire of thenorth, is "Sourdough Jack" McCord, who has just "come outside" for the second time in twen- ty-five years.
 Jack McCord was an Iowa boy who left his home in search of ad- venture and started west. He kept going until today he lives near the uttermost point on the American con- tinent beyond which lies the Far East. He is an engineer, an eXplor- CT who thinks nothing of "mushing" alone for a thousand miles along the rim of the Arctic, miner who dis covered one of the largest producing gold camps in the north, and today he is an empire builder engaged in building up the reindeer industry in the heart of Alaska, raising blue l foxes on Marmot and Kodiak islands near rumbling Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, and lastly he has just raised nine mll- lion dollars from the six largest oil companies in the world for the op
 ening up of the old fields of the little known Alaska peninsula, (Kenai). Jack came outside" recently to discuss the development of Alaska with the President and his Cabinet. He is one of the few men ever in- vited to meet in private session with the chief executive of this nation and his counsellors.
 l He also came out to see his aged Mother who lives in Des Moines. Jack is bachellor and a typical pioneer. He has neither smoked nor drank in his life and keeps
 himself physically up to concert pitch, ready at any moment to strike out and walk across Alaska. Few men have lived through such thrill 1 ing experiences as "Sourdough Jack"
 McCord. He is a character straight
 from one of Robert Services poems, and Rex Beach used him as lead ing figure in his famous Alaskan
 novel, "The Iron Trail" He loves
 Alaska and thinks it the most glori-
 ous land on earth. Despite his long
 years near the Polar Rim he is as
 much at home at the Waldorf" or
 the "Willard' as he is when associat- ing with Fiddler John" and Dutch Marie" along the Kobuk or the Roy l ,,L,,I
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-23

The need of marine hospital in Seward is shown once more by an accident happening to one of the sail ors of the halibut fleet, who will be taken to Cordova for injuries receiv. ed because no marine hospital is 10. cated at this port. Seward has a fair hospital for civilian cases but sailors are loath to pay out their money for services they get free from the gov ernment. Last Sunday sailor was taken to Anchorage on a speeder for hospital attention. Thousands of dol lars each year leave Seward on ac count of lack of facilities here.