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is increasing today with leaps
and bounds.
| Death List Growing Yearly.
Last year 53S men were killed in
the anthracite mines. This year the
rate is great deal higher, and if the
mines had continued to work and
killed men for the remaining five
months of the year as they did the
first seven months there would have
been we'll over 600 more slaughtered
The figures prove conclusively that
the flesh and blood sacrificed by the
miners is but an insignificant item to
the coal barons, and such instances
must not interfere in the daily grind
fof profit, even when ground out OF
the lives of the murdered miners.
An Army Of CrlppIes.
In 1923 there were 29,172 men in
jured in the anthracite hell holes
many Of whom would have been bet
ter to have been killed outright. Hun
dreds Of them as result of their &C
cident are totally incapicitated and
doomed to a life Of torture, burden
to themselves, their heartbroken
wives and families.
Hundreds of those underground
wage slaves every year have their
backs broken, are blinded, or inter
nally injured in manner that leaves
them totally helpless.
In 1924, 30,241 men were injured
Picture this army of toilers, 10000
strong being carried home to their
loved ones on improvised stretchers
torn, crushed, and bleeding and you
will readily understand the degree OF
suffeing in the human butcher shops
one-Fifth Killed or Hurt Yearly.
Nearly one-ffth Of the total number
Of men employed in the collieries each
year are victims of the industry and
killed or injured. But what does that
terrible toll Of death and suffering
mean to the ghouls OF finance who
are waxing fat on the life blood OF
those tortured slaves.
To bring this condition as force
fully as possible to the reader we will
examine the official figures. Five hun.
bred men killed per year means that
every day the mines operate, two men
die and they are carried home to two
widows and their little orphaned chill.
dren amidst scenes Of sufferiA. and
anguish that no pen can describe.
In an attempt to hide the degree OF
this suffering at this time the coal op-
orators thruout the anthracite region
are pointing out that compensation
benefits are paid the widows and or
phans. Compensation benefits! Filthy
lucre in exchange for the life OF the
father and breadwinner, and what a
compensation 1t isl
A Benefit, or a Sentence?
The great state Of Pennsylvania de.
crees that twelve dollars per week be
paid the widow to raise her family.
Twelve dollars per week to pay rent,
feed, clothe, and educate the children,
mentioning nothing Of fuel, sickness,
doctor bills and taxes.
Twelve dollars per week means
death to all their hopes and aspira-
tions, and dooms the victims to q life
Of suffering and starvation.
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and member
of Bureau Of
Int e irrational
Federation OF
Trade Unions;
. a Elementary
secretary to
National Fur
nishino Trades
ASSN; chair
man National
COunCit OF Id
Dor Colleges.
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ALnr Eranch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-10
APPEAL IN CHICAGO
FOR WORLD TRADE union UNITY
GETS ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE

Chicago workers assembled In the Wicker Park and North
Side halls enthusiastically greeted Albert A. Purcell
fraterna delegate of the British Trade Union Congress the
American Federation of Labor convention at Atlantic City and
head of % 100000 trades union workers affiliated with the Inter
national Federation of Trade Unons he urged the unity of all
workers in the struggle against International capitalism
Both meetings held under the auspices of local Purcell
Committee whose
foot to unite the workers Of all lands into
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-10

international trade union Dody.
Morton L. Johnson, Of the Electri-
cal Workers Union, acted as chair
man at Wicker Park Hall.
Louis Look, chairman Of District
No. 8 (Chicago) International Associa-
ton of Machinists, was chairman at
the North Side Turner Hall gathering.
Unanimous approval greeted
motion from the floor TO make the
Purcell meeting committee a per.
manent body for the promotion Of
international trade union unity.
Similar committees are being set
up in the other cities visited by Pur-
cell.
After few Introductory words, he
introduced Purcell as the speaker Of
the evening.
Shows Labor Divided.
Purcell began by stating that he
was proud Of this opportunity to
speak before the workers of Chicago
in behalf of world trade union
unity. He then began to vividly por-
tray the disorganized condition which
the workers of the world are in at
the present moment.
The Versailles treaty, Purcell said,
has not only split nations geographic
ally, but it has also split the labor
unions. Where there had been pow
erful unions once today the trade
unions were split into small language
groups and there was little of union
organization in many centers. He
then pointed out the great need for
unity in France where three unions
exist, in Poland with three, in Ger
many with three, in Italy where the
unions had been split and partially
destroyed by the fascist, and in Hol-
land the home Of the International
Federation of Trade Unions, here
there were six unions and over 1885,
600 workers in unions that were not
affiliated with any national or inter-
national union.
Discusses immigration.
After he had shown the need for
unity in these nations he dwelt on
the effect that immigration laws pass
ed in the United States had on the
French workers. He stated that g.
100000 workers, who would have gone
to America, mostly from Poland and
Italy, have gone to different Industrial
sections Of France and there they
have lowered the conditions Of the
French trade unionists. These work
ers were unorganized and a great task
lay before the international workers
organizations to organize these work
ers.
He then described the conditions
of the miners of India, who are fore
ed to work 36 hours in one stretch
and of women who often give birth
to children while they are in the
mines and of little children of eight
and nine years of age working these
hours. The men were receiving but
one shilling and 10 pence and the wo-
men l shilling and pence per day.
The coal mined under these condi-
tons was competing in the interna-
tional market with that mined in
America and Europe.
He proved that not only is this true
OF the mining industry but it is equal
~ true Of the cotton industry as well.
Cheap labor in the colonies is more
and more displacing that of the high
ly developed industrial nations and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-10
Albert A. Purcell

CHAIRMAN British Trades
~ Union Congress, Member Of
Parliament since 1928; chairman
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-10

instead of rotting, has grown a head,
feet, body and has become a giant
in itself"
In referring to capitalism in Ger.
many, he said:
THE Dawes plan is still alive. But
Germany is dead. The Dawes plan
is an electrical injection that makes
the dead body of Germany culver
every once in while making 1t ap.
pear that 1t has life."
He then pictured the financial bank
ruptcy of France and the attempt of
the Painleve cabinet to stabilize the
franc.
Financial bankruptcy must be fol-
lowed by political bankruptcy" he de-
clared, and characterized France as
the feet of capitalism afflicted with
locomotor ataxia.
But the victory of the Russian re-
volution was but the winning of one
battle in the world revolution and on
this day It is up to us to consider
what we the workers of America, can
do to serve the best interests of the
workers OF Soviet Russia and OF the
workers Of the world.
THE condition OF victory OF the
Russian revolution was a Bolshevik
Party; the condition of victory OF the
American workers will be a Bolshe-
vik Party.
Prepare for Our Task.
ION this day we should not only
celebrate the victories already achiev-
ed, but we should investigate how
well we are prepared to do our duty:
to not only insure the existence Of
Soviet power in Russia, but to extend
1t to other parts OF the world" In
referring the present reorganization
and bolshevization OF the Workers
Party, he declared:
ut is an attempt on the part of our
party to fulhll its task as leader OF
the workers In the United States"
He then dwelt on the necessity OF
the party becoming a really proletar-
ian party reaching into every mine,
shop and factory and becoming q part
of the daily life of the worker. He
urged those present to do all they
can to strengthen those instruments
that will be used to better bolshevize
the membership. and declared that
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Radiophone Does Away
With Letter Writing

Practical use of the radio telephone
for private conversation between indi-
yiduals has been demonstrated by Don
aid III. Johnson of Euclid Beach park,
Cleveland, Ohio. For two years he
has employed the radiophone for a
daily chat with his father, DIR. William
II. Johnson of Collins, Ohio, about 20
miles distant.
These conversations were carried on
in broad daylight with the same reli-
ability of u private telephone and, of
conrse. necesstated no toll charges
Both father and son are licensed anna
teurs using respectively the calls SBEI
and SDGS. The younger Johnson de-
clared that the daily chats had never
been missed so far. Other members
of the family use the microphone and
letter writing is a thing of the past.
Report and station cards show that the
range of these stations is from the
Rocky mountains to the Atlantic ocean.
A log of atmospheric conditions and
resulting radio audiobility is kept.
This indicates that reception Is best
during rainstorms, or when the anten-
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Clifside Police
Hold Fine Ball

The first annual ball of the Cliffside
Park Police Force, held in Carrelli's
Hall, in Cliffside, on last Saturday
night, was success even beyond the
fondest expectations of the promoters
when over 600 gathered to "trip the
light fantastic" and enjoy the splen-
did program of professional talent
that had been provided.
The entertainment program pro
vided by a group of professional art
lists from New York, included AL
Knapp, vaudeville star; the Wells
Sisters, girl professional singers and
dancers; Peter Griffin, in group of
Irish songs and dances; one act
comedy by Innis and Innis, and vocal
solos by George Stanton, of Coytes-
vile. A New York orchestra played.
The hall was decorated with rop-
ings of blue and white crepe paper
and rainbow balloons, which made
an effective setting for the bright
gowns of the women and the evening
dress of the men.
Acting on the committee were Pat
rick Kelly, chairman; John ]. Nc
Evoy, Thomas King and John Bru-
ley, assisted by Frank J. Duncan, of
Coytesville. The proceeds are to go
into the equipment fund of the depart
ment.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Parent Teacher
Assn Meeting

The Parent Teacher Association Of
Wednesday evening of last week in
the High School, which, it is felt, will
bring the best results yet accom-
plished. In the informal "get to-
gether" of parents and some of the
teachers, several needs in the bor-
were brought out
Mrs. Manahan, the recently appoint
ed president, was in the chair, and
everyone talked, without restraint, at
the conference which was held in the
gymnasium instead of the big audito-
rum.
Funds are needed for the proposed
work of the association, and an enter
tainment is to be given. A musical
committee was appointed by the presi-
dent consisting of Mr.. Goldie, Mr.
Velsey, of the Board of Education,
and Mrs. McCulloch, musical director
of the schools.
The association desires all to under
stand that every one interested is
cordially invited to attend these
monthly meetings, held on the first
Wednesday evening, as a rule, whether
they have children in or out of the
schools.
The more people who are actively
interested, the better work can be ac-
complished in impoving conditions in
town.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23

the rotor ~vits 3. The movable plates
of the variable condenser are then
connected to the items" switch and to
the cat whisker of the crystal detec-
tor. The other end Of the detector
and the other end of the rotor wind
ing go to other binding posts on the
panel, to which the phones are con-
nected. The fixed condenser Is con-
nected across the phone binding posts.
Use bus bar or No. IA copper wire
for making connections and solder all
the joints well. Before soldering the
leads to the rotor windings try revers-
ing the connections. That Is, try
changing around the leads going to
the two rotor binding posts.
Tuning this set is very simple and
does not need any description. The
crystal is adjusted and the dials and
switches are turned until the station
is picked up, after which final adjust
ments are made to bring in the station
as loudly as possible and to eliminate
interference from other stations.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Afternoon Tea for Home

A delightful and profitable after.
noon was spent on Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Ernest Sibley in Pali-
sade, which was the scene of a COM
; binseio2-- af sewing bee ;aslna ;aln "
klatch for the Christian Orphan H 5me.
Thirty-seven women were present,
and wonderful amount of sewing
was accomplished. by hand and on the
machine. All the clothing of the
eighty-five little HON children were
completely mended. Many new gar
ments were made, and the unfinished
new aprons and blouses are to be
sewed at the Union Church League
meeting in Palisade this coming week.
The donations of new material were
unusually large, not only individuals
contributing, but also the two local
dry goods storekeepers of Grantwood
and Palisade, who both gave mate
rials for the aprons and blouses and
also the findings" without being ask
ed to do so.
The financial result of the afternoon
was $21, making the tea an all around
success.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Meeting of G. 0. P.
County Committee

The January meeting of the Bergen
County Republican Committee, held
in the Court House, Hackensack. was
unusually large for this season of the
year.
Chairman McClave, during his re-
marks, said that he had briefly ana
lyzed Governor Silzer's message to
the new Legislature and he had been
impressed with the fact that he did
Labor Amendment, which is accepted
as a Democratic measure.
In closing the chairman touched
upon the gubernatorial situation and
said from what he had learned in
Trenton that the candidates on the
Republican ticket had simmered down
to former Attorney General Thomas
F. McCran, of Passaic county, and ex-
Judge Cornelius Doremus, of Bergen.
Mrs. Charles S. Conklin, member of
the State Committee, related her ex-
perience as member of New Jersey
Electoral College, which assembled in
Trenton to officially cast it's vote for
President Coolidge, and said New Jer-
sy was the first State to deliver the
official vote in Washington
Mrs. Charles B. Francisco, vice
chairman, suggested that the mem
bers should take up some phase of the
United States Government and dis
cuss it at each meeting.
Former Assemblyman William De
Lorenzo. who was seated beside Ma
jority Leader Ralph Chandless at the
opening of the Legislature, paid him a
tribute and said he had made a splen-
did beginning and was sure that he
would be credit to Bergen county
and the State of New Jersey. and ex-
pected to see him the next Speaker of
the House Before closing. the chair
man called on Assemblyman Black to
say few words.
The committee is arranging for a
Bergen county night at Trenton. De-
tails will be announced at the Febru-
ary meeting
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Judge Doremus Says
There Are Many Good
Men Up for Governor

Former Judge Cornelius Doremus
of Ridgewood, who is being mentioned
in some parts of the state for the Re-
publican nomination for governor, at
the same time that the boosters of
Thomas f. McCran, Colonel Austen
Colgate, Senator Arthur Whitney of
Morris, former Judge Robert Carey
and others are getting active, said to-
day:
"The interest shown by Republicans
in the coming Republican primaries
next September. when a candidate for
governor is to be nominated. would
seem to give the lie to the claim that
the Republicans are doubtful as to
the outcome of next falls election in
New Jersey. The splendid competi-
ton already evident in connection
with the candidacy for governor is
pretty good proof that the party which
swept the state last November by
over a quarter of million majority
sees an excellent opportunity of nam
ing the next governor. The Septem-
ber primaries will be the place where
the next Republican candidate for
governor is selected. The fine lot of
names already suggested for the NOM
ination is sign that the party is not
lacking in available material. For
the present | wish merely to cay that
l appreciate keenly the suggestions
that have come to me from various
quarters that l shoulc enter the race
and becomN contender for the guber-
Material nomination"
Palisadian., 1925-01-23

ball, with brass fittings for mounting
1t upon the stator tube, can be OBJ
tanned at any radio shop. Sixty turns
| of No. 20 wire are wound upon the
rotor, about two inches of wire being
left at each end of the wire for con-
nections. The rotor is then mounted
upon the stator tube, as shown in
Fig. l. Two small holes are made
In the stator tube directly opposite
each other and one-half inch down
from the top of the tube. The mount
ings for the rotor ball are pushed
through these holes. Stranded wire is
used to connect the ends of the rotor
winding to two binding posts at the
top of the stator tube.
This completes the variocoupler.
A thin coat Of collodion or of shellac
diluted with alcohol may be spread
over the winding to keep the turns
in place. The taps are scraped free
of insulation, so that the leads from
hesswitches may be soidered to them.
The parts are now mounted upon
the panel and Dashboard. The posi-
t1on of the various instruments is
shown in Figure 2. The variocoupler
Is mounted on the left, the switches
leading to the tens taps and the units
taps respectively are In the center
and the condenser Is mounted on the
right. This makes a very neat and
simple panel layout. The crystal is
mounted above the switches. Ii a
fixed crystal detector Is used it may
be mounted inside the set, and will
relieve the operator from the neces-
sity of making delicate crystal adjust
ments.
Wiring Is Simple Matter.
The wiring diagram shown in Fig,
3 is very simple and easy to fol-
low. The aerial "a single wire about
100 feet long) is connected to bind
ing post in the upper left-hand corner
of the panel. The binding post is in
turn connected to the stator plates of
the variable condenser. The ground
"a wire connected to the nearest radi-
ator or cold water pipe) is connected
to another binding post on the lower
left-hand corner of the panel. The
ground binding post is connected to
the units switch and to one end Of
Palisadian., 1925-01-23

ma system and counterpoise are wet
Both stations are well known to broad.
cast listeners and TO the amateur mem.
bers of the American Radio RELAY
league. They have given effective
service in emergencies when wire com.
munication was interrupted.
The receiving equipment at SDCs
consists of three separate sets. One
is homemade and was built by Mr.
johnson around low-loss counIar
The transmitter was also constructed
by the operator and uses two 5O-wstt
tubes. A voice amplifier is also nro.
vided with 216A tube EMPLOYING
about 40 volts on the plate. Doctor
Johnson's station is located in a place
where there is no alternating current
available so DC plant furnishes the
power.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23

BY J. L. RIFKIN
Crystals are fast becoming unpopu-
lar as detectors and rectif1ers of radio
waves. Except for its use in reflex
circuits, the crystal is now used only
by those who cannot afford the more
expensive vacuum tube.
The main reason for the neglect Of
the crystal Is the fact that crystals
have limited receiving range, except
under very favorable conditions. An
other reason for the unpopularity Of
the crystal Is that most crystal cir
cults do not provide sufficient selec-
tivity and the different broadcasting
stations interfere" with each other
in the set.
Were 1T not for these two disadvan-
tages, crystals would be even more
widely used than vacuum tubes for
radio reception. In the first place,
crystals are very much cheaper to buy
and to replace than tubes. Secondly,
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Controlling Regeneration

Probably the simplest method for
controlling regeneration in a radio-fre-
quency set, employing transformers for
interstage coupling, Is to use poten-
tiometer connected across the "a" bat
terry with the rever connected to the
grid return of the amplifier tubes in
question. This allows the free grid
potential of the tube to be varied, 80
that the tendency of the tube circuit to
oscillate can be controlled.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Soldering

Never use too much fluid or f1ux
while soldering a joint between two
wires or between a wire and terminal.
If you use too much 1t may bubble
and run down into the windings of
coils or into the insulation between
jack terminals, or 1t may produce a
semi-conducting path across any piece
of insulating surface. Use only
enough! And be careful with what
you do use. Don't spill it.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23

the crystal does not require any bat
teries to run it, as tubes do, and thus
has no cost of upkeep. Thirdly, 1t is
Well-known fact that crystals give
much better and clearer reproduction
of broadcast speech or music than
vacuum tubes do.
An exceptionally efficient crystal set
can be built If the directions and dia-
grams given are carefully followed
This set will give surprisingly good
results and will cover far greater dis
tances, If properly tuned, than the or
dfnary crystal set.
The parts needed to build this re.
ceiver are very few, and if the vario-
coupler is made at home according to
the directions given the cost of the
set, not including aerial, ground and
phones, would be small
Parts Needed to Build Set.
The materials needed are:
One variocOupler as described
One 23-plate (OOO5 mfd.) condenser
One crystal detector.
One .O02 mid. fixed condenser.
One panel 7 inches by 10 inches.
One Dashboard. 6 by inches.
Aerial, ground, phones.
The variocoupler may be any one
of the standard makes now on the
market. or 1t may be constructed in
this way:
Get cardboard or composition tube
ABOUT 3h inches in diameter and 9
inches long. An empty oatmeal or
salt box will do very nicely. One inch
down from the top of the box punch
two small holes one-quarter Of an
inch apart. Procure spool of No. 20
or % double cOtton-covered wire and
weave the end of the wire back and
forth through the two holes until the
wire is firmly anchored. A few inches
of the end of the wire should be left
free to make connections to.
Now the winding is begun. Wind
ten turns of the wire as closely and
tightly as possible. When the tenth
turn is wound hold the turns securely
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Not knorun to Science

The geological survey says that
there are no springs known to storm.
Any such condition would be caused
by the air pressure on the outside OF
the spring lessening, due to the change
of the barometer. However, such
change would~hardly be noticed and
few, if any, streams of this sort have
been discovered.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Object to Budget Raise

Republican Club has sent a letter to
Director Kipp of the Board of Free
holders protesting the increase of
$4,000 made for the county police in
the current budget. The protest is
made on the grounds that public ex-
penditures should be lowered rather
will have or what reason the Board
will offer for the increase remains
to be seen.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Captains Lucky Day

Five years ago the steamship J. L.
Luckenbach lost her anchor and part
of the chain at a Philadelphia pier,
and the captain went to an expense Of
several hundred dollars in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to recover it. Just
lately the crew started to hoist anchor
at the same pier and up with it came
the lost anchor and remnant of chain
without q cent of expense.
Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Good Soldering Flux

An excellent soldering fiux may be
made by dissolying one ounce of resin
in one ounce of alcohol. This mix
ture should be kept in bottle with
'tight-htting cork. After soldering
a joint wipe off excess soldering tiux
with rag dipped In alcohol