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regulation of the more detail at
fairs of this corporation, and in
such bylaws the number Of stock
holders that shall comprise the
said Board of Directors, within
the limits herein, fixed, shall be
provided. Until sch bylaws are
adopted, and shall otherwise pro-
vide, the Board Of Directors shall
be composed Of three persons,
who shall be stockholders.
Until the first annual meeting
of the stockholders and until their
successors shall have been duly
elected asd qualified, the following
named persons shall constitute the
Board Of Directors, towit:
FRED NOON,
A. A. COOKE, and
E. O. HALL.
ARTICLE VII.
The officers Of this corporation
shall be a President, Vice-PreA>
dent, a Treasurer and Secretary.
These officers shall be stockhold-
ers and members of the Board of
Directors and shall be elected to
such offices by the stockholders in
electing the Board Of Directors.
Any two of such offices may be
filled bv one and the same person,
and such officers shall constitute
an Executive Committee, unless
and except as changed and reg
ulated by the Bylaws, to have
charge, control and direction of
the business of the corporation,
subject and subservient to the
Board of Directors, and in keeping
with these Articles and the By.
laws.
Until their successors are elected
and qualified, the following shall
be officers of this corporation:
A. A. COOKE, President
FRED NOON. Vice-President
E. O. HALL, Secretary & Treas
urer.
ARTICLE VIII.
The highest amount of indebted
ness or liability direct or contin.
gent to which this corporation
shall be subject at any one time
shall in no case exceed two-thirds
of it's capital stock.
ARTICLE TX.
The private property of the
stockholders of this corporation
shall be forever exempt from lia.
bllity for the debts of everv kind
and character of the corporation,
nor shall any stockholder be in anv
way personally liable for any
such debts.
ARTICLE K.
Fred S.. Noon. who has been a
resident of the City of NogaIes.
County of Santa Cruz, State of
Arizona. for more than three
years last past, is hereby appoint
ed agent of the corporation upon
whom all notices and processes
including service of summons
may be served.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we
have hereunto set our hands and
seals at Nogales, Arizona, this the
10th dav of September, A. D.
1925.
E. o. HALL (SEAL)
LEWIS A. PARHAM {SEAL)
A. A. COOKE (SEAL)
STATE OF ARIZONA
COUNTY OF MARICOPA-ss.
Before me. Harry F. Mitten a
NotarY~Public in and for said
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
POSTAL Workers
BILL LOST In
HOUSE RED TAPE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. with
only % days remaining before the
present congress is adjourned, Iikeli-
hood that the postal workers will re-
ceive salary increases faded. The
Moses bill, increasing the pay Of pos
tai employees but also increasing the
postal rates, what passed the senate
has met opposition in the house.
The ways and means committee of
the house has challenged the author
ity of the senate to enact legislation
increasing postal rates. The COM
mittee adopted a resolution to that
effect, and decided to pigeon-hole the
senate bill when it reaches the house
today. The house postal committee
will be asked to bring out a similar
bill Independent OF that passed by the
senate.
Thus bill to increase the pay Of the
postal workers which wac devoted last
year by President Coolidge, appears
to have been lost in the wilderness Of
congressional red tape.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
A. F. OF |. CALLS
OFF LONG STRIKE
OF R. R. SHOPMEN

MOBERLY, No., Feb. Tho rail !
road shopmen's strike two and hal
years old, will end on February /,
according to an official statement
given out this morning by F. r. Lee,
chairman Of the Federated Shop
Crafts OF the Wabash Railway com
pany. with headquarters in Moberly.
Lee bases his statement on a letter
received from b. M. Jewell, president
Of the Railway Employees Department
Of the American Federation OF Labor,
advising him that the executive COM
mittee has decided TO terminate the
strike"
The letter calling off the strike
follows:
"As advance information, TO be
used as you may decide best in the
interest OF your membership, the
executive council has Just voted 70
terminate the strike now in effect on
all roads, excepting one. on February
/, 1926"
The one road not affected by the
order is the Pennsylvania, according
TO Lee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
FORBES STOLE
FROM HOSPITALS
IS new CHARGE

The government spent over one
million dollars in expenses securing
the verdict Of guilty" against Charles
Forbes, former head Of the U. 8.
Veterans Bureau, and John w.
Thompson, contractor, who conspired
with Forbes to defraud the cx-soldiers
out Of millions Of dollars compensation
money.
Forbes still faces charges brought In
an indictment at Baltimore. Forbes
is charged with selling three millions
dollars worth Of hospital supplies 10
the firm of Thompson and Kelly OF
Boston for half million dollars.
Forbes sold these great quantities of
hospital supplies while the ex-soldiers
were suffering in badly equipped hos
pitfalls for lack of them. He represent.
ed the supplies as used" in order TO
defraud the government and the OK.
soldiers.
The trial In Baltimore had been Sc,
for this month. but may be postponed
at the request OF Forbes counsel.
John w. Grim, special prosecutor
selected by Coolidge. told the jury in
summing up the governments case,
1T Is time TO call a halt to skulldug.
gerry and rascality in Washington. o,
the sins that the friends OF Warren
Harding visited on him." said Grim
almost weeping. 20, that they had
stayed away from Washington. o that
he might be alive today to tell how
he wad pued by his friends" Grin
told how Mortimer, who was in league
with Forbes in stealing money from
the ex-soldiers. visited Harding in
Marion In 1920.
Mortimer moved among fixers and
crooked employees OF the government"
Grim said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
DRE AD PRICE UP,
FARMS ASK AID,
GAL IS SILENT
Gamblers Millions Paid
for by Workers

The price Of bread went up in Chi
cage yesterday from one to three
cents a loaf. Flour continues to in
crease In price, and bread is expected
to go still higher as the result OF
speculation In the wheat market
which has boosted May wheat to $500
per bushel on the Chicago board Of
trade.
The workers are paying for the mil
lions of dollars in profits reaped by
gamblers in wheat. AS soon as the
smaller bakeries run out of their old
stocks Of four they are advancing the
price Of bread.
While the wheat gamblers were
making millions of dollars at the ex.
pense of the workers thru specula.
tion, the farmers, who we're forced to
sell their wheat crop below the cost
of production, were waiting to see
what farm relief legislation would be
passed by congress.
Coolidge Refuses Farm Aid.
Public hearing will begin today in
the senate and house agricultural
committees. The consideration of the
recommendations of President Cool
idge's agricultural commission is now
before these committees.
The recommendation were vague
and indefinite, and even these recon-.
mendations, It is known, do not have
Coolidge's support, as he has repeat.
eddy declared it in violation Of hi;
campaign pledges that he will oppose
any farme relief legislation.
Calls Dope 10 Coed.
Members Of the house and senate
declare that the Recommendation Of
Coolidge's commission fall short OF
proposing necessary farm relief"
Rep. Jones, Of Texas, declared that the
report is. zone Of hazy generalities."
Senator Norris, chairman Of the sen
ate committee on agriculture, said
that the report docs not 60 far enough
in Its recommendations. Several bills
have been introduced providing for
various forms of farm relief, but Cool
idge will oppose all these bills.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
Show City Laws Are
Jokes as Firetrap
Takes Six Lives
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CONFINED from page ~
Lhne arrived the building was alread.
"A inferno, and the screams OF dyinI
enants mingled with the roar Of tn
Games. Firemen said the victims live
were lost from the start, the victim
being trapped on the third and fourtl
floor.
The twenty-eight working class fam
ilies that were jammed into the tene
ment lost all their possessions.
Make Negro the Goat.
Mrs. Beulah Fritz. owner Of the fre
trap, told the coroner she had bough
the building eight years ago. Sh.
said she received as high as s11.50 pc,
week for the dingy rooms. An at
tempt is being made to lay the blame
on Noteby Applyeby. the Negro JAM.
tor. Those who are trying to shield
the city and the landlords who pacl
the workers into this city's thousands
of firetraps are seeking frantically TO-
a goat" and II is believed they have
picked on the Negro. Rumors are also
being spread that mysterious dope
aend" was q tenant In the building
and might have caused the blaze
There is no lodging the responsibility
of the landlord, however, for the de
plorable condition Of Chicago's tene
ments.
The city has failed TO provide ade
quate housing for IT'S workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
EIGHT SWITCHMEN HURT
IN COLLISION DUE TO
OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT

Eight swItehmen were Injured,
two seriously, in an accident at the
switching yard at Clearing, caused
by the obsolete method used by the
railroads In handling the freight
cars.
The freight cars which are backed
up one side Of a hill are sent down
the other side by gravity. The ac-
cldent occurred when a freight,
speeding down the hill, eolIided
with a motor speeder which was
climbing to the top Of the hill. The
swItchmen. who were riding the
cars to put on the brakes when the
train neared the foot of the hill,
were hurled from the cars by the
collision.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03

opposed to the criminal syndicalist
laws, and yet his committee took the
cowardly position of hiding behind a
receive and file" recommendation
rather than for or against.
Must BE S. L. p. Etc.
Then a delegate, who must be either
a member Of the socialist labor party
or a reader Of that party's official or
gan, delivered an attack on the
DAILY WORKER for its statement o,
he death of Sam Gompers. He favor
ID informing the Michigan supreme
court that 1t made a mistake in up
holding Ruthenberg's conviction, be-
cause it would give Ruthenberg an op
portunity to pose as martyr. His
speech was almost word for word an
editorial that appeared recently in the
Weekly People on the same question.
This reactionary, also felt that the fed
Grafton would be in bad position by
repudiating its former policy. He
hated the Communists so thoroly
however that he would vote mo" on
the amendment against his better
Judgment.
They Closed Debate.
A lively discussion appeared to be
inevitable but these was too much talk
of Communism and the inevitable dele
gate moved the previous question
Enough reactionaries rose to be
counted for this motion. Only the
Communist delegates and the genuine
progressives voting against. The vote
was approximately so to close debate
and 20 for further discussion. The
so-called progressives Of the defunc
farmer-labor party remained sitting
The amendment was then put to vote
and carried overwhelmingly. N'
The business manager Of the Official
organ Of the Chicago Federation o.
Labor, reported that his paper was the
best weekly in the United States ant
proved his point by pointing to his
statement. This small weekly costs
almost $4,000 month to run It, de-
spite the fact that it gets most of itf
news from the A. F. of L. press serv-
ice free Of charge.
Rival Grafters.
1t was also stated that some other
fake labor sheet was competing with
the federation paper for graft from
business men, holding them up for ad
vertising and contributions for a
tomb for Sam Gompers. The dele
gates did not take any action against
the unnamed competitors, thinking
perhaps that If tomb is going to be
built for Sam, the business men and
not the workers should defray the
cost. He served the former much bet.
ter than the latter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
World Dawes Plan
to Chain All Europe
to Wall Street Rule

CONTINUED from page u
debt, including the Franco-American
debt"
Outlining what is being done, Booth
said:
Owen .. Young Again at II.
"owen Young. of New York, Henry
M. Robinson of Los Angeles, and most
of the other Dawes experts, including
Pirelli, Of Italy, Josiah Stamp of Great
Britain and the French experts, are
cooperating with the chamber in
drawing up the preliminary plan. This
draft provides method of settlement
for the international debts.
"At a meeting Of the directors Of
the chamber Friday, the draft will be
gone over and then referred to the
chambers economic restoration COM
mittee. This committee will meet
within the next two weeks.
Plan Ready in April.
I'VE hope to have a definite, con-
crete plan by April. This plan then
viii be presented at the chambers
annual meeting at Brussels in June.
Our plan will have the advantage
Of being drawn up with regard for
economic principles and not influence
ed by politics"
Finance Minister Clementel Of
France, will have an active part in
drafting the debt plan, Booth said.
Il win see M. Clementel frequently"
he continued, because Clementel was
my predecessor as president OF the
international chamber of commerce.
We probably will discuss the subject
Of international debts as affecting the
economic situation Of the world"
Everything In It's Proper Time for
America.
Booth was hailed cordially in front
page interviews In Paris newspapers,
which quoted him as saying America
was in no hurry to collect the French
debt.
Let's not talk OF inter-allied debts
now. Americans have no intention Of
demanding money Immediately from
your country. Everything in it's prop
er time" the American banker was
quoted as saying.
"The most important question OF the
hour is Cermany's ability TO pay" the
interviews continue. I'VE should first
make Germany pay. Then wen see."
The morning papers gave promi-
nence 10 Booths remarks.
But the American Govt. Represents
Booth.
WASHINGTON, Feb. willis II.
Booth, president Of the international
chamber OF commerce, and vice-presI-
dent OF the Guaranty Trust company,
does not represent the American gov
eminent abroad, and his views anent
the French debt are purely his own,
and not the administrations, II was
said here today, when attention OF
government officials was called to his
interviews In the Paris press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
Chicago Labor Hits SyndicaIist Laws
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several delegates were on their fee
at once demanding the floor. Tho
chair recognized Delegate Schussler
who delivered a telling speech tina
was listened to with close attention.
Schussler declared that the resolu
ton was one of vital Importance to the
entire labor movement and not the
Communists only. He felt that the
capitalists were not going to contine
the penalties Of this law to the Com.
munists but that they were designed
for the trade union movement also.
He appealed to the delegates not to al
low their prejudices or their political
differences to cloud their better judy
ment.
Against Any Reclamation.
The central body he pointed out had
previously gone on record against
criminal syndicalism laws, and against
the Michigan law in particular, and il
would look rather strange for us tc
repudiate our former position. Would
this mean that we had recanted in
our opposition to the criminal syndi
calist laws, he asked.
Schussler pointed out that the Struc-
tural Iron Workers in New York con.
demned the syndicalist laws and sup
ported resolution similar to the one
proposed here today. The federation
would be establishing a very danger
GUS precedent if it accepted the recon.
mendation of the resolutions commit
tee.
Delegate John c. Flora, reaction
airy, but cautious, Socialist" pol
tician, then moved as an amendment
that the c. F. of L. reafirm its prev
ious attitude on the syndicalist laws
He made it quite clear that he was
doing this as a matter OF political
strategy fearing that the rank ant
file would lombard the federation will
resolutions II they repudited their
former position.
1--WE cannot afford to let the Com
munists make monkeys out Of US al
they have done BEFORE" said Dele
gate Flora. He was opposed to syndi
calist laws in general but 1t appears
that he is as much opposed to the
Communists as the department Of jus
tice and for the same reasons.
A delegate from Painters Local No
637, said that the attack on the Com
munists was but prelude to an at
tack on the entire labor movement
He also asked Fitzpatrick to state the
previous attitude Of the federal gov
eminent towards the syndicalist laws
Fitzpatrick seized this opportunity
to deliver brief TRADE against the
Communists, referring to them as
soldiers of fortune" and "adventur
ers." He said that the federation was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
Fire Raging in
7 hree Eastern
Ohio Coal Mines

TORONTO. Ohio. Feb. Ia fire
that has assumed serious proportions
is raging in three connected mines Of
the Toronto Fire Clay company here
today. The LaBelle mine rescue crew
from Steubenville arrived here to fight
the flames but were handicapped by
roof falls.
The Amsterdam mine rescue crew
has been ordered to report at the
mines, as well as all state mine In.
spectors In eastern Ohio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
Former stool.
Pigeon IN POSE
OF TIRED RED"
Returns and Resumes
His Dirty Work
BY M. A. sKRoMNY.

The Chicago HeraId-Exam-
liner is out to beat the scoop"
Of the Chicago Daily News in
running wild stories about Boil
sheviks.
Yesterdays edition carried a
full-page story of a stool-pigeon
who is heralded as a gu. S. Sol
der and University Graduate"
who went to Russia as a con-
vinced Communist but came
back entirely disguised with the
Soviets.
Has . stooIplgeon Record.
AS a matter Of fact this gent" was
acting as a stcolpigeon in the United
States as far back as the middle Of
the summer Of 1919.
At that time the Communist move
ment in the United States was in two
groups-the Communist Party and the
Communist Labor Party. The stool
pigeon, Morris Gordin, was active
about the party headquarters on Blue
Island avenue.
When Ludwig G. X. Martens, rep
resentative of the Soviet government
in this country, proposed to group
Of Chicago comrades to organize a
Society of Technical Aid to Soviet
Russia, meeting was called for that
purpose.
Queer Behavior at Meetings.
A representative Of the Soviet
bureau gave a report on tho economic
situation in Russia and urged the or.
ganization OF society for technical
aid. Gordin, who was present, de-
manded the floor. He was granted
the floor and at once launched itno an
attack against Comrade Martens.
why does Martens appoint spies to
organize this society?" he cried. An
other member Of the Jewish Douglas
Park branch, who was since expelled
from the party, supported this attack.
The chairman stopped them. They
started a discussion, but the great
majority Of those present became so
indignant that they drove the in
truders OF the stage. Later on the
society was organized.
After the meeting was over some
Russian workers who had been drafted
into the army, came over to the chair
man Of the meeting and, pointing out
Gordin, claimed that he was a stool
pigeon, and that while they were in
the army at Camp Grant, Gordin ques-
toned them when they refused to
serve because they were Russian
citizens. The chairman who was at
that time a member Of the &C. L. p"
at once started an investigation.
Gordin claimed that he was acting
only as translator. The whole thing
was dismissed as "a fractional suuab-
ble.' The members of the &C. L. p"
were not satisfied and kept aloof from
Gordin.
Figured IN Raids.
In January, 1921, at the time Of the
Palmer raids, Gordin was also arrested
but at the Cook county jail party men,
bers we're warned to keep away from
him Almost all the arrested poHticals
Stunned him. He was soon released.
His present revelations" do not
surprise those that knew him. He was
not Communist when he left, as he
claims. He was and still is a stool
pigeon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
Students of Marx,
Take Notice of
Change of Class |!

The class in elementary economies
has had its vicissitudes this season,
and last Wednesday the class suffered
another disappointment when they
were unable to get into the class
room.
Max Lerner, the new instructor, not.
ifes all class members that to make
certainty doubly assured. the meeting
place Of the class will hereafter be at
722 Blue Island avenue, where all will
come next Wednesday at eight o'clock
The questions will be published, says
Lerner. in tomorrow's paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
.lRMED KLUXERS
THREATEN MORE
HERR|N DEATHS
'Disarnl 500 KIansmen,'
Sheriff Tells Small
(speeIaI 70 The paIIy worksr,

Especial to The Daily Worker)
HERRIN, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-Sheriff
George Galligan of Williamson
county is in Springfield today,
personally putting before Gov
ernor Len Small his request
that the 500 klansmen in Herrin
who are armed to the teeth and
ready to cause more bloodshed,
be Immediately disarmed.
Galligan has appealed to Small that
martial law be declared, stating that
Herrin will be torn with strife until
the khan is made to disarm.
Small Helps Khan.
Governo. Small has frequently been
asked for troops by Williamson coun-
tvs sheriff, and has invariably shown
reluctance to supply them. Small re-
lied on khan support during his Nov
ember election campaign, and is sa-
botaging the efforts of Galligan to
bring peace in Herrin.
There are 500 armed klansmen in
Herrin," said Galligan yesterday. "The
police and my forces are powerless.
want 100 soldiers sent here to disarm
every klansman in Herrin. Then, may
be, between the police and my men,
we can take care Of them"
Khan LawIessness.
Il regret to state that some citi-
zens seem to think that the prohibi-
ton law is the law to be enforced,
and some have violated other laws in
their zeal to enforce the prohibition
law"
In reply to Galligan's plea for mar
tial law, Small again showed his re-
luctance to clean up khan lawlessness
in Herrin by stating he would not
declare martial law unless absolute
ly necessary"
John Smith. garage owner, has been
made head Of the khan to replace the
slain gunman, eileen Young. Smith
Immediately tried to start further
trouble by threatening to kill Chief of
Police Matt Walker Walker, a former
klansman, who became Disguised at
the klans crimes, discharged one of
his constables, Harold Grain, for beat
ing people up who were peaceably
walking the streets. Grain was the
only klansman on the police force.
and he was using his once to beat up
and terrorize miners who were against
the khan.
Smith Threatens to Shoot.
Smith took the side Of the discharK-
policeman, and threatened to shoot
Walker. Walker swore out warrant
against Smith for disturbing the
peace.
Smith was one Of the leaders In the
attack on Galligan and his deputy
sheriffs last August, in which seven
men were killed. Witnesses who were
uncovered by the DAILY WORKER
reporter covering the shooting, testi-
fed at the coroner's inquest that they
had seen Smith standing over one of
the slain deputies with a smoking
shotgun in his hand. Smith was in
dicted but has never been brought to
trial
Khan Mob Attacks.
Speaking of the attack on him by
Smith, Walker said. ut would have
been suicide for me to draw a gun. 1
was surrounded by an angry mob of
gun toting klansmen."
Walker and his police force left
the khan last August, following the
attack Of the klansmen on the deputy
sheriffs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-03
Reuulste BUS Business.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. THAT
tho public service commission shall
regulate tho bus industry OF Indiana
was indicated today Is the sentiment
Of a majority report from the senate
roads committee. The bus regulatory
measure ia slated for consideration
Monday. A minority report OF three
ssnzittss .snbsrs n expected.