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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
Jolly Good Time
at Library Opening
in Bronx, New York

NEW YORK.-The Bronx library
committee is planning to give every
body a jolly good time. Watch for
the announcements. Last Saturday in
June-June 27th-dancing, entertain
ment, games and refreshments; plen-
ty of good spirit and good fellowship,
and everything free Of charge. Keep
the date in mind, June 9th at Bronx
Workers Party headquarters, 1347
Boston Road; your face is your badge
of admission. If you look friendly we
will ask you in; if you look like a
dick, we will ask you to stay out.
Incidentally don't forget that we
want books and money; if you have
any to spare bring them around to
our Bronx headquarters and leave
them either with the committee or
the house manager. Donations and
contributions thankfully received. If
you know of anybody who has any
books or money to spare let us have
their names and addresses and we
will have committee visit them
Library committee, Bronx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
Missing Shepherd
Witness Returns to
Germ Murder Trial

Robert White, missing witness in
the Shepherd murder trial, walked
into the criminal court building ac-
companied by his wife and two chill
1ren. -
I'm here to fight this thing thru
to a finish" was Whites comment.
There's a whole lot more to this
affair than any one dreams"
White disappeared about four
weeks ago and the police OF half the
country had been searching for him.
BILLY" McClintock died of typhoid
fever after eating oysters a short
time before the statewide ban was
declared on them to check the grow
ing epidemic. M
And young McClintock was deIiri-
Gus when Miss Isabelle Pope, his
iance, went to see him with the
license for their marriage.
William ID. Shepherd, charged with
the murder OF the young millionaire,
scored these two points in his defense
today In cross-examination of the
states own witnesses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
The Carpenters Election

There are 10000 organized carpenters in Chicago:
They eectng officers today union election which
many workers take part great
movement, in and out of Chicago.
Elections in building trades unions poveray barren
issues except the perennial differences the
But this election is different
The left wing is active in the Carpenters Union 1t has
Quoted national election campaign opposing Hutchinson with
rank and file candidate militant platform In Chicago
struggle the union between the Lands
element and the rank and file led by the left wing has been
Militant members have been expelled
of the good fight made for them
Jensen the leading candidate of the lands crowd
being opposed by Stah running clean fighting program
1t is the duty of sincere unons get support
and the left wing
The left wing carpenters tell that Sah has chance
beat Jensen and the contractors control
We hope he is elected but he is the
will have been brought to thousands carpenters
cued and principle laid down for the building
trades union eectonprorams instead of personalities
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
The EnsIaVen1er1t of China

the Hanyehping company, the largest
Chinese industrial concern, and also
granted Japanese concessions In the
mining districts Of central China in
conflict with China's agreement with
Great Britain; the fourth prohibited
China from leasing any more islands
or harbors to any third power.
TNHE fourth set of demands were
4 the most audacious Of all. They
granted railway concessions in the
Yangtze valley, which we have al
ready seen was British sphere of
influence, and recognized Japan's
premier position in the province of
Fukien. But the climax of all this
were certain stipulations as to the
conduct of the internal affairs of
China and the part to be played there
in by Japanese advisers" -stipula-
tions which reduced the Chinese gov
eminent to purely colonial status
Reinisch, in the book quoted above,
refers to a conversation he had with
one of the Chinese ministers at this
time:
He finally conf1ded to me, almost
with tears, that Japan had made
categorical demands which, II con-
coded, would destroy tho Independ-
ence Of this country and reduce her
to a servlle state. He then told me
in general terms their nature, say
Ing:
Control Of natural resources,
finances, armyI What will be left
to China! Our people are being
punished for their peaeefuIness and
sense of Justice"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
FOSTER SPEAKS
AT MILWAUKEE
PICNIC SUNDAY
Comrade Overgaard to
Lead Pie Eating Race I

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 12.-Wil.
liam 2. Foster, national chairman of
the Workers Party, who has recently
returned from an extensive tour. thru
Russia, England and Germany will
speak in Milwaukee on Sunday, June
IA, at Tippecanoe Park, located at the
end Of Vliet st. car line. 1t is ex-
pected that record crowd will turn
out to hear Comrade Foster as the
subject of his talk will be Russia and
Germany in 1925. Comrade Foster
will also speak on the recent deve-
lopment for the world trade union
unity and its growth and development
in the British trade unions.
Plenty of Good Time for Everyone
The committee is busy organizing
an exceptionally good program to ac--
comodate a large crowd. Music for
dancing will be provided by Holley's
Syncopaters whose enticing tunes.
will draw young and old to the dance
floor. Freiheit Singing Society; which
achieved great popularity among the
workers in Milwaukee will render
several selections. There will be
plenty of games and nice cool refresh
ments with comrade Babich as the
chief bar tender. Comrade Kovach, as
the general manager, promises to
keep things humming. Mrs. Kovach
will have good things to eat and Com
rade Gibson as the chairman OF the
meeting will see to it that there will
be an interesting program and that
Comrade Foster does not speak over
three hours. There will be plenty OF
contests, the most interesting which
will be lead by Comrade Overgaard.
The Juniors, the Young Workers
League and the party is turning out
full force.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14

TIME imperialist world was stunned
Il by the audacity Of Japan. No
other word describes the effect OF the
cabled news from China-Japan en-
tered simple denials--in the European
capitals and in Washington. Says
Reinisch:
=. Nothing was published for
two weeks either In America or In
England. Tho Associated Press with
held the report because Its truth
was categorlcally denied by the Jap
anese ambassador at Washington.
Its Picking representative was d.
rected to send "faets, not rumors."
On January ~, II was given out ION
the highest authority" both at
Toxic and Washington that lnforma-
tlon purportne to outline The basis
Of negotiations was absolutely
without foundation" Only gradually
the truth dawned on the British
3 and American press.
INTER the United States Of Amer
- lea. Official Washington had
sensed at last the danger to American
contained in this rapid
and secret maneuver of Japan. 1t was
too late for the jealous Yankees to do
anything but protest unless they were
prepared to go to war with Japan.
So thru the medium of one William
Jennings Bryan, then secretary Of
state, the following "identic note" was
sent to China and Japan:
In view the circumstances Of the
negotiations which have taken place
and which are now pending between
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
GALS ELECTRIC
STEED RELATES
POLITICAL TALE
How President Plans to
Rope Farmers

WASHINGTON, June 1s.-Calvin
Coolidge arrived from the borderland
Of the great open spaces considerably
rejuvenated by daily exercises in
front of pieces of beefsteak according
to reports. Besides using up large
streams OF gastric juice the president
also had his political thinking cap on
while in Minnesota and this is what
he found according to an interview
secured by your correspondent with
Calls electric hobby horse who is not
by any means the dumbest member Of
the president cabinet.
Would Do It For Anybody
Coolidge came to the conclusion
that the Norwegians who clapped
their hands when he appeared to
speak, were under the influence Of the
great gods, Thor and Odin and would
clap for anybody who showed up. He
learned that the farmers were not
nearly so happy over their prosperity
as some of the fellow who made mil
lions in the Chicago wheat pit a few
months ago.
When the farmers have good crop
the gamblers give them little for their
grain and when they have bad crop
the middlemen give them less. That's
the way the farmers are hit by the
twin evils; prosperity and adversely.
Just Hike pugilist at the medicine
ball. The ball gets slammed which
ever way it turns.
Wants The Farmer Vote
Coolidge wants the farmers vote
very badly, but if he is to buy that
vote who's going to pay for it? The
railroads cannot be asked to lower
rates. That would mean the disown-
ing Of Coolidge by his foster parents
in Wall Street. The middlemen can
not stand the taffy. Neither can the
banks. The profits of those Industrial
groups must not be touched. Cool
idge is in Office to look otter them.
Well, what about the workers?
Bright idea thinks Cal. according
to his electric nag which did no, care
to be quoted, but why should a Com
munist reporter stand on his honor
with a capitalist flunkey? Coolidge
came to the conclusion that the wages
Of the industrial workers. must be de-
fated. How can this be done without
getting the workers on his neck is
the Droblem that Ca1 rnuet sol,ya H.
can't get the aid Of the labor takers
in this dilemma. Wage cutting is
fighting issue and labor faker don't
want to lose their own heads in or.
der TO save Calls. Watch Coolidge
trying to land the argarian vote!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14

Diplomat in China" Page 1877:
The British looked upon the new
adventure Of Japan with a decided
lack Of enthusiasm. While weIeom-
Ing the losses inflicted upon their
enemy In war, they were evidently
fearful of the resuIts that might
come in shanetuna.
It was quite plain that the Rus
SLAMS, too, while allied with Japan,
were quite aware OF the dangers
Inherent In the Chinese situation.
Taken with recent Japanese adj
vances In Inner Mongolia, a sltua-
tion was created In northern China
which would be regarded as dan
geroua by the Russians In
fine, the general temper and dIreo-
tlon Of the Japanese action was not
rellshed by tho allies Of Japan.
WTHAT were these demands, so fal
W reaching in their import that
Japan did not dare to make them pub
lie until she had ready the forces with
which to jam them down the threats
Of her allies as we'll as China? They
were divided, not like Gaul, into three
parts, but into FIVE and each group
was so organized as to support and
strengthen all the rest;
The first section legalized Japan'f
seizure of Germany's interests IN
Shangtung; the second extended the
Japanese sphere of influence in Man
churia which Japan had obtained II
the war with Russia and also in
creased the Japanese influence in In
ner Eastern Mongolia; the third
strengthened the Japanese control Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
CHECK YOUR BABY
AT N. Y. PIC MIC
And join The FUN
Athletic CarnicaI Will
Give You Many Thrills

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE second
annual athletic carnival and picnic
of the Workers Party, Local New
York, will be held on Sunday, June 81,
at Pleasant Bay Park in the Bronx
and it promises to be one of the most
successful affairs that the local has
ever held.
The park will accommodate unlim-
tied numbers. The beautiful green
groves overlooking the Long Island
Sound should be tempting even to
mothers and their children. Besides
refreshments and dancing, there will
be various athletic events, novelty
races such as fat mans race three
legged race, races for children, for
women and men. Prizes will be given
to winners. There will be a water
mellon eating contest, a newspaper
popularity contest and numerous
other amusements. An important
feature will be a baseball team be-
tween the Y. w. L. and w. P. Since
last year both sides developed a crop
Of Babe Ruths" and promise not 20
spend time looking for the ball in the
grass, but to show some action. Our
Flying Firms" will be there with
their interesting athletic stunts. AL
Foreman will be there to make brace
let's out of car tracks.
A section OF the park will be roped
on to be known as the "infantorium"
where papas and mammas may check
their babies. This department will
be in charge Of Comrade Harry
Winitsky.
The committee at the gate has
been instructed to let no one in with
out ticket no matter how important
he may look. Therefore, get your,
tickets in advance at the party head.
quarters, 10S e. 14th street, Freiheit
office, in the Office Of this newspaper
and from Workers Party members.
The admission is only IS cents. There
VIII be free buses to take you to the
park from the station. Take Bronx
Park subway or IL" to 177th ST.. then
take Unionport car to the end OF the
inc. Gates open at 10 a. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
Food swIndIers To Prison

Sentences of FIVE years in the pen.
itentiary and $4,000, fines, imposed on
Harry G. Tank, Edward Grieb and Ed.
ward NJ. Berry, OF Milwaukee. Wise,
by Federal Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger,
OF Milwaukee, were upheld by the U. S.
court OF appeals in Chicago today.
Twenty others found guilty on the
same charge Of obtaining money UNI
der false pretenses and given lesser
sentences are affected by the action
of the appeal court.
The original conyictions and sent
ences were in connection with the
sale Of stock when the Central West
Co. took over the Union Food Stores
Co., and put some gS2 900, 900 shares
on the market, selling much OF II in
the northwest. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
ARTICLE VI.

ON January Is, two months after
~ the Germans surrendered Using
tao, Japan presented to Yuan Shih-
Kai, president of China, that famous
document known as the twenty-one
points. This document in essence was
nothing less than a notice served on
China that Japan intended at any
cost to make of her a colony as Japan
had already done to Korea.
The Japanese ambassador, insisting
on dealing directly with the president
and ignoring the Chinese foreign Of
fee, also insisted that the whole at
fair be shrouded in complete secrecy
under pain Of immediate military &C
ton by Japan.
TN this enterprise Japan was on her
4 own. She had fulfilled her treaty
obligations to Great Britain and in
tended to cash in on the fruits Of
victory over Germany and her ally as
well. Secrecy was necessary because
Japan knew that the rest Of the i'm
perialist nations would never consent
to her raid on China unless she was
in a position to present them with
an accomplished fact She had no
sooner presented the document to
China than troop movements began
and the principal strategic points oc-
cupied in the territory she intended
TO grab for all time.
DAUL s. REINISCH, American am
4 bassador to China at the time,
says in his book, "An American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
HOUSE RETAINS
OPEN SHOP FOR
ROADbU|LDERS
Millions Given for Off
Gals Salaries

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 12-With
all the heavy issues out of the way,
the house today settled down to the
monotonous business Of grinding out
the mine run" legislation left on the
calendar of the 54th general assembly.
The omnibus appropriation bill to-
falling $22 900, was reported to the
senate today following its passage in
the house. 1t provided an expendit-
.ure of $1S,O00.OO0 for the Great Lakes
waterway project and $350,00O for con-
struction of sea WALL to protect
Beardstown from floods.
Representative Leroy Green's bill
requiring contractors on hard roads to
pay the scale of wages prevailing in
the community in which work was
under way was tabled on motion of
the Rockford member. Representa-
tive Lee O'Neill Browne dubbed the
measure "Bolshevistic and anarch-
istic."
The house passed the Laporte BILL
raising the salaries Of the chief and
assistant clerks Of election commits
sions in down state municipalities.
The house today adopted resolution
for final adjournment Thursday, June
IS. At the same time announcement
was made that all members would re-
main Friday in an effort to hear bills
now on third reading. Il was under
stood that bills not out OF committee
in time for consideration Friday would
be permitted to die.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
By VIM. F. Dunno

the government Of China and the
government Of Japan and Of the
agreements which have been reached
as a result thereof, the government
Of the United States has the honor
to notify the government Of the
Chinese Republic land Of imperial
Japan that II cannot recognize any
agreement or undertaking which has
been entered into between the gov
ernments Of China and Japan I'm
pairing the treaty rights Of tho
United States and it's citizens In
China, the political or territorial
integrity Of the Republic Of China,
or the international policy relative
to China, commonly known az the
open door policy.
THIS note, sent by a secretary Of
4 state who calls himself pacifst.
marks the real beginning of that
hostility between American and jap
anese Imperialism which today is one
of the outstanding causes of friction
in the politics Of the Pacific.
American imperialism had decided
to contest with japan for supremacy
in the Orient and this decision was
made under the administration OF a
president elected as an anti-impe-
rialist.
We will trace in another article the
further development of the rivalry
between America and Japan and the
methods taken by Japan to con-
solidate the gains made by means Of
the twenty-one points at the time her
allies were busy elsewhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
New Agreement Brings
No Raise in Wages for
Rolling Mill Workers
BY WALLACE MErcALEE

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 49,
Wages OF the puddlers and rolling
mill workers under the A. A. OF I. S.
& 7. w. contracts viii be figured on
the same basis as this year in the new
contract term starting July 1st as the
result OF an agreement having been
reached at the annual conference be-
tween union representatives and the
Western Bar Iron Manufacturers AS.
sociation at Atlantic City.
The base scale Of boiling iron will
remain $500 on the one cent card.
The workers asked for a substantial
increase in the base.
Workers at the A. M. Byers co plant
In Girard, O., the largest pudding
works in the country are affected by
the agreement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14

Wall Street putting the pressure and as if to make
the connection between imperialism plain Secretary
of State Kellogg has been selected o the Job.
American rights have violated saws the secretary because
land belonging Americans has been
men In spite Of the ervy of Gales his
takers and yellow socashe has not been aggressive enough
his attack on the workers and peasants American
hard takmasr and demands speedy results its henchmen
The statement by the secretary notice served on
Gales that he supposed little overtime without extra
pay &
Ihe land to the peasants is popular slogan Wall
Street than 1t was in the Kremlin before November 1917
Imperialism needs andless agrarian population
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
Soaking the Mexlcans.

WASHINGTON. June 10. - The
United States has demanded from the
Mexican government the payment OF
claims of American citizens whose
property has been seized illegally un-
der the Mexican agrarian laws, sec
rotary of state kellogg announced to-
day after a lengthy conference with
James r. Sheffield, American ambas-
sador to Mexico. i
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
Attention! All Chicago Comrades.

IL street meetings Ave-
and Orchard St called tonight Of
comrades ordinance thirty years
makes necessary party free
speech fight
All speakers and all comrades appear
Of North evening
for this meeting All property
to bring them to the meeting
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
AS WE SEE 1T
.Continued from page u

CONTINUED from page u
stood In the forefront Of the battle
have met not only the enemy's with
ering fire but the criticism of the
cowardly hypocrites who pretend to
stand for progress yet, dare not risk
the consequences. Ag
THE decision Of the United States
= supreme court means. that capital
ism even in America is not so sure
Of its footing. It fears the advance
guard Of the workers; the Commun-
list movement 1t knows that the
ideas, the Communists propaganda
among the workers are dangerous to
the ruling class. Therefore, It seeks
to suppress them. It will fail. The
czars Of Russia failed. No ruling
class in the history of the human
race has been able to keep back the
tide OF progress. The ruling class
of this country will be no exception.
THIS does not mean that radicals
4 welcome the decision of the Unit
ed States supreme court. That the
court could issue such drastic deci-
sion striking at the roots of one of
the most cherished constitutional
guarantees, indicates the immaturity
Of the labor movement in America. It
is safe prediction that the bureau
racy Of the American Federation of
Labor, not only will not condemn the
decision, but will welcome 1t. The
fakerdom of the labor movement is
part and parcel Of the capitalist sys-
tenn and is just as interested in throw
ing safeguards around that system as
are the money barons 70 Wall Street.
THE decisino will not be received
L by the Communists, tho with re-
joising they will take It as additional
proof that even their own laws will
be violated by the ruling class when
they believe their rule is threatened.
A state has right to. protect itself
against instruction" declares the So
cialist Victor Berger. He comedies
that right to the capitalist class of
the United States but not to the
workers and peasants of Russia. This
fact the Communists do not deny. 1t
bears out their theory that no matter
what democratic pretensions a capt.
talist state puts forth, when its life
is threatened it will show the mailed
fist and will use any means in its
power to prolong its existence. In
times of crisis all governments let
democracy go by the board.
THE workers might as we'll realize
l. that there is no smooth road into
the cooperative commonwealth. The
declaration of independence states
that a people are entitled to over
throw a government subversive OF
their rights by revocation. The de-
claration of independence, long a dead
letter in practice is now dead let
ter also in theory. The highest tri-
bunal in the land has officially con-
signed it to Limbo Thus passes
away another and perhaps the most
formidable figleaf that covered the
nakedness of American democracy
The myth OF free speech" under capt.
talism has received death blow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14

Troops have been sent Henrietta Oklahoma to combat half
starved miners who have refused to work for the scale The
thugs have peaceful pcketno and the
troops rushed in to aid them
The miners have example way the govern.
ent backs up the bosses in democratic was Lewis
the reactonay president the Workers Of Amerca
who said in 1919, eve cannot fight OUR goyernmepA"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-14
EVERYONE PLEASE NOTE
THAT The U. S. KEEPS
ON RECOGNIZING ITALY

~F~"' W '"o DetiJ Workor)
FLORENCE, Italy, June t2.-Pro-
lessons PleraccIni, RosseIli and Levi
were arrested today while placing
a wreath on the earibaldI monu-
ment to commemorate the death Of
the socialist deputy Mstteottl, who
was murdered year ago.
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that the decision applies only the
this decision, therefore, America
Infinitely press than Russia