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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
LABOR I'M THE FAR EAST By L HNe

business" of the strike, and what
appears to them the "too far fetched1
struggle against Imperialism.
THESE same comprador elements of
= Hongkong and Canton are re-
sponsible for the arming of the mer-
chant corps (the so-called paper IT,
gers'0 that have more than once at
tackled the Canton. workers. II was
they who, in alliance with Hongkong,
stood behind the generals Tan-Chi-Tao,
Yan-Hsi-Ming, who were defeated by
the Canton troops last June. And
lastly, it was they who promoted the
political assassination of Lao-Chun-
Kai the most stalwart leader of the
Kuomintang left wing.
The peasantry, making up the over
whelming majority of the Chinese
people, and who will decide in the
long run the outcome of the struggle.
have not yet been lined up in the
movement en- masse. Only in the
kwantung province is there anything
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

THE ruling of the labor hating Judge
L Dennis e. Sullivan declaring the
Illinois injunction limitation act UNI
constitutional in his decision in the
case of Ossey Brothers department
store, against the Retail Clerks Local
No. 1876, has become an open challenge
to the Chicago trade union move
ment. 1t is test of its strength to
meet another deadly attack directed
against its right to exist and to func-
ton. How will this challenge be met?
Judge Sullivan held that there is no
such thing as peaceful picketing as
described in the injunction limitation
law and sentenced several members
Of the clerks union who had been on
the picket line, including the business
representative, to various terms Of
Imprisonment and fines.
The Chicago Federation of Labor,
at its last meeting, went on record
giving the executive board full power
to act in support of the Retail Clerks
Local and to also invite the Illinois
Federation of Labor to assist.
Study This Injunction
This ruling by Judge Sullivan
should be no surprise to any thinking
worker, not only because of the motor
ious injunction record of this Judge,
but more so because he in this in
stance merely becomes a tool in the
hands Of the whole ruling power of
the employing class. It is one more
demonstration that the capitalists
have no earthly respect for laws en-
acted by their own puppet politicians
if they do not suit their purposes.
Those gullible workers who honestly
believed that the injunction limita-
ton law means something to them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
By l. Heller

that is taking shape in front of our
eyes.
In this process, which under the
Chinese conditions is inevitably bound
up with the irreconciliable fight
against imperialism, the petty bour-
geoisie, as we have seen, follows the
working class. However. it's role, both
at the present and at the immediate
future must still be very great,
greater than was the role of the
Russian petty bourgeoisie in the
struggle against czarism. The Chinese
city, the Chinese petty bourgeoisie,
has century old organizational tradi-
tons. The guilds, the clans, the street
unions, give these small business men
of the city certain organizational
strength, certain stability consider
able initiative that increase its social
weight on the social scale.
The role of the peasantry, on the
contrary, despite its numerical
strength, will probably be of smaller
importance than it was in Russia.
There is no large landowning class
is China. The struggle of the various
interests within the peasantry itself
will be more complex and variegated
than was the case in personal---very.
Russia.
Under these conditions the working
class of China is sure to play the
leading part. Thereby the task con-
ronting the Communist Party OF
nina, the-unchallenged leader of the
yhinese working class vanguard. and
he Chinese trade unions is excep-
tionally great. Despite the tremen-
dous achievements already on hand
we are only witnessing the beginning
OF the revolutionary struggle in China.
On Its way to freedom the working
class will meet with not T. few tenn
porory defeats and triSis. The events
OF this summer have shown that the
working class, despite rs youth. is
capable not only of attacking. but OF
steering and retreating in the nest
lighting order. This is the surest
guarantee that the working class o.
China will retain its supremacy and
will bring the task with which history
has confronted 1t, to a successful com
pletion.
Thus the struggle Of the Chinese
proletariat is assuming world h stor
ical significance and fully deserves the
universal attention that IL has attract
ed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
By.Arne Sw0beck

er care knowing that there was actual
power behind it. This is but another
proof that no gain for labor need be
recorded as real unless it has been OBJ
tanned by means of an actual mass
struggle. Nor is there any other way
to defeat the injunction weapon but
through mass action of the workers.
The American Federation of Labor
as early as 1908 recognized this, at
least on paper. 1t adopted a declara-
ton pointing out that injunctions
meant the usurpation of power by the
courts and it should be disobeyed by
the workers.
Miners Miitancy Brot Success
The trouble is that the leaders Of
the A. F. of L. unions have never at
tempted to put this formula into prac-
tice. Many times they have been
called upon to do so, but to no avail,
and naturally injunctions have become
ever more arrogant. At the time of
the injunction in the Mitchell Bros.
case the Communists urged that the
Chicago Federation of Labor take the
leadership in applying this formula
with no response. The only instance
of successful defeat of this practice is
the one cited above in the heroic
struggle of the Kansas coal miners.
Their militancy brought success.
Militancy will be necessary il this
Judge Sullivan's decision is to be
wiped off the records. Any other
means will not do. 1t is true that
other judges in the superior court
may not agree with Sullivan, possibly
the fines of the members of the retail
clerks union may be RENTED or a
pardon may even beaobtained, but the
danger of the injunction weapon still
remains and will remain, until the
workers by organized mass pressure
put it out of business.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
Story Of Women Members Of Moscow Soviet

gle. but not for existence, but for the
emancipation of all workers. ! gave
up my laundry work because the bour-
geoisie had vanished and poor people
never gave out their washing to a
laundress, and also because our dear
leader Ilyitch showed us working
women the right way
In 1919 got the post of a station
guard on the Moscow goods station
No l of the Moscow-Kazan railway
which I still hold. In 1920, was
elected shop-deleagte of the women
couriers on the railway. ! went as a
delegate to the railway conference
where ! heard for the first time our
dear Ilyitch. and those who have
heard him once will never forget IT,
Then | was elected district delegate.
Thus we working women get drawn
step by step into public work There
are various branches of work and one
is eager to get familiar with all OF
them.
TN some sections work is more inter.
= esting than in Others, In 1924 / was
elected member of the Moscow Soviet
by the general meeting. The Soviets
were created by the workers. peas
ants and Red Army soldiers who we're
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
By John Williamson

Dor movement.
They must discuss the problems,
such as those raised in these young
miners letters quoted here. The
union must be forced to pay greater
attention to the needs of the young
miners, such as raising the wages of
the trapper boys to those of the other
company hands; greater attention to
safeguard the lives of the young
miners from poor timbering, unclean
tracks and loose wires, must take
place. All of these daily needs of the
young miners as we'll as the general
tasks of the labor movement must be
tackled by the young miners.
For Young Miners Conference.
THE conditions in America are GER
tainly ripe for calling conference
among the young miners. The Young
Workers League will conduct prepar-
atory work among the young miners
of East Ohio-West Pennsylvania,
with view to the holding of such a
conference within the next three
months. KRIS 5n
The progressive miners, young and
old, must mobilize themselves for this
task. The young miners will respond.
They must take up their problems and
make clear their attitude on these de-
mands which affect their everyday
life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
Thy Young Miners Conference

which two men must work or with
mules.
The companies have gradually Civ
en- them more miners to haul from and
still expect to get out the same
amount of coal as before. In order to
cut down expenses they are neglecting
to keep the roads clean and are not
timbering the entries
This allows the roof to come in
and then only when the track is so
dirty that it is impossible to get over
it, will they clean it, This is danger
GUS as the brakemen are almost al
ways running beside the trips and it
is very easy to slip on a piece of coal
or slate and fall, throwing an arm or
leg under moving trip.
ALSO where the hauling is done by
motors the trolley wire is usually
loose. A little fall from the roof will
tear down $50 or 200 feet of it. To
get hit by this wire, means instant
death as there is from $50 to 500 volts
in it" (From young miner in Ohio)
In The Anthracite.
EROM the anthracite a young miner
L writes as follows: 1.-The youngest
are employed on the breaker and are
called breaker boys, Here they sit
all day long, picking out impure coal,
rock etc. These are the lowest paid
young workers, getting as low as
$2-7O per day. The rest of the young
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

"How old are you, Iad?" | asked.
Twelve" he growIed as he spat
tobacco on the ground.
"Say, son" said, "l'm Mother
Jones. You know me, don't you? !
know you told the mine foreman
you were twelve, but what did you
tell the union2"
He looked atsme with keen, sage
eyes. Life had taught him suspi-
cion and caution.
"oh, the union is different. I'm
ten come Christmas"
why don'teyou go to schsoI?"
"Gee" he osaid--thoueh 1t was
something strcnser--"I amt lost no
leg" - Lals
He looked proudly at his little
legs. knew what he meant; that
lads went to- school when they were
lncaPaciatsd by accidents
Immediate Demands of Young Miners.
THESE quotations are only symp-
= tomaticoef the conditions of the
young miners. pit is obvious that such
conditions densapds action. The Young
Workers Bea'gue,pas the leader of the
young workers hcf America is taking
the initiative in raising the immediate
demands of these young miners 1t
is necessary forsthe young workers to
gather and discuss their problems and
how best they can consolidate the la
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
Dawes Doesn't Get the Prize.

Reports emanang from Geneva that the president
Of the United States Charles G. Dawes
prize for his services the House Morgan obtaining
AngoAmerican control the economic life Germany
correct.
If this politician at all he was soon
dropped The world situation such that the peace prize
commission cannot find any worthy of accepting it for the
greatest contribution to peace this year"
The commission is all particular either
slider that received the
thing.
However the commission has already chosen Austen Chamberlain
and Arisde BRAND the heroes of Ocarno double
next Since is only $4,000 annually
decided wait until the prize fund had doubled
it between the English and French statesmen
This decision reached day before yesterday
the deadlock the league council the
the the spies of Mr. Chamberlain endeavorg
the military M. that prize
awarded it be find
jungle hieftan in the heart the dark which
besow it, That is If Imperialism does beat them
change the peaceful natives into awng of the
Widows orphans the consideration
United States last Monday Since
nothing them the Rev. j. j. Muir ID. d. doctor
ions) beseched in his pook in the sky be the widows
the fatheress The Soviet
phnomto aid widows and orph ans
them without any aid from high W. @' S @4@a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

TODAY, when the coal miners strike
l. in the anthracite is the principal
labor struggle in America, it is well
to realize that about one-third of the
100000 miners in this field are be-
tween the ages of IA and %.
In the bituminous fields, which en-
ploy nearly three-quarters of a million
miners, the percentage is considerab BILE
lower, but the sum total of young
workers employed in the mines in
both anthracite and bituminous can
safely be stated at well over 100000
without exaggeration.
The conditions of the young miners
is best expressed by example of let
ters regularly received from young
miners which contain such state
ments as the following:
Conditions in Ohio Mines.
THE conditions of the young miners
4 in the union fields are much bet
ter in the union mines than in the
non-union. The only reason for this
is the protection of the union. But
despite this protection the coal op-
orators have succeeded in starting a
speed-up system in the mines that
even Henry Ford would have a hard
time to beat. A large percentage of
the young workers are employed at
hauling coal either with motors on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
Tax Bill to Be Rushed
to Completion in Time
for First 1925 Payment
Especial to The Daily worker)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Every eff
fort will be made to speed the new
tax bill thru the senate.
Senator Smoot, republican of Utah,
chairman of the finance committee,
today called meeting for January 2
to begin consideration of the bill.
Open hearings will continue for a
week. Witnesses who appeared be-
fore the house ways and means com
mittee will not be heard.
Smoot predicted the senate would
start debate on the bin by the mid
die of January and,th II would pass
before Marchk15, when income tax
returns are due
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

ready to lay down their lives for them
on the barricades In 1924, | joined
our glorious Communist Workers
Party in which it IS necessary to give
my life and that Of all my children
to the peoples cause, to the Red Oc-
tober, for freedom and liberty
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

workers are hired as mule drivers,
brakemen, nippers, trappers, sprag-
gers etc.
"The trappers sit all day long at
the door in the mines, which regulates
the ventilation. When the trip is
bringing out the coal, it is the duty
Of the nipper to open the door. Many
times the trip runs away and the nip
per gets caught as the trip runs and
breaks thru the door. Other young
workers work in the gang way clean
ing the refuse and coal dust off the
tracks, work in the bitches in dirt and
slime etc.
"All these young workers, who work
underground are supposed to have an
S-hour day, which in fact is not true.
1t is only on paper. The agreements
require hours work at the face. In
many places it takes from half to an
hour to get to the surface thus making
the work day an hour or two longer.
The drivers who take their mule to
the barns are not paid for this extra
time"
The Trapper Boy.
A very vivid description of a trap
per boy is contained in Mother Jone/
Autobiography" where the following
is quoted:
met little trapper boy one day.
He was SO small that his dinner
bucket dragged on the ground.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

EDITORS NOTE: The ninth and
last instalment of this. series of
articles tells of the role played by
the peasants, the workers and the
petty bOurgeoisie of China in the
struggle. Yesterdays instalment
told of the beginning of a new, free
China. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17

with the alleged attack on Miss Ober-
holtzer. was found in a garage. Ahey
said.
They said they found large
quantities of ammunition for
various kinds of fire arms.
At the office Of Miller 1t was said
no official report of the fire at the
Stephenson home had been received.
The office was awaiting report
from the city fire prevention depart
ment before instituting an In
vestigation. Recent threats to fire
the Stephenson home, some said to
have been made before the Ober-
holtzer case sprang into prominence.
have come to the attention OF the
State fire marshals office.
Stephenson refused to make any
statement concerning the fire this
morning, saying he was under high
nervous tension and did not wish to
say anything.
He said, however. he first received
news Of the fire about 2 a. m, when
Eph Inman, his attorney. called him.
He said that Fred Butler. his secre-
terry, who was with him at the time.
made the remark that 1t was an
other act for humanity's sake"
Stephenson was seen at his Offices.
State Cops Along
At 10 a. m. Stephenson, accom-
panied by Gentry and Klenck and
Turn to Page 24D
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17
u. S. BEGINS TO
weave Web I'M
WHEELER trial
Prosecutor Says Senator
Was in Conspiracy to
Work Graft Game.

BIZ United Press
FEDERAL COURTROOM, GREAT
FALLS, Mont, April 1.-THE Gov
ernment began to weave it's web of
evidence today connecting Senator
Burton X. Wheeler with oil permit
matters Of his client, Burt Camp
bell, Montana oil man.
r. A. Bennett. attache of the gen
eral land office, was the first witness
called in the trial of Senator Wheel
er for alleged misuse of his Office.
Bennett testified that Campbell
had no interest in the Phil Nc
Gowan' drilling permit, This Is a
permit Campbell obtained from tho
Government to prospect for oil in
the Kelvin-Sunburst field, just north
OF here, an area four times as large
as Teapot Dome, Bennett said The
evidence will be made a basis of
the Government charge that Sen.
ator Wheeler was to receive $4,000
from Campbell for representing him
before the Interior Department in
connection with this and other per
mits.
John J. Slattery, chief prosecutor
announced he would base his case
upon testimony of an unnamed
Washington lawyer, who would say
that Wheeler urged him to enter "A
plot whereby they would split the
earnings Of their prospective client,
Gordon Campbell, Montana oil
operator in shady oil deal
Slatery is banking upon testimony
Of Peter Nyce, a capital attor-
ney, according to information given
the United Press.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17
Death SUBJECT
OF RESOLUTION
Club Women Praise Miss
Madge 0berhoItzer.

Seventh District Federation of
Women's Clubs, in session here to-
day. adopted the following resolu-
ton regarding the recent death of
Miss Madge Oberholtzer:
Whereas, we. the women Of the
Seventh District Federation Of Clubs,
deeply deplore the terrible shadow
of crime which has overshadowed
our city in the tragic death Of our
esteemable young woman, Miss
Madge Oberholtzer, who was so ruth
lessly assaulted and driven by bru-
tai persecution to end her useful
life.
Therefore, Be it resolved that we,
in this delegate body, representing
more than $500 club women of In
dianapolis. do hereby register our
most vehement protest at this un-
precedented outrage in our commun-
ity and demand that justice be rem
dered in the proper punishment of
the offenders in order that the WON.
anhood Of our city may be assured
Of future protection"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17
R-33 RETURNS
TO Base after
32-H0UR FlGH |
Giant DirigibIe Battles EIe-
ments After Break From
Moorings.

Bu United Press
LONDON, April ia runaway
in the skies for more than thirty.
two hours, the giant British dirigible
R.33 returned to its base at Pulham
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The airship, which was torn from
it's mooring mast shortly before 6
a, m. Thursday, maneuvered slowly
over it's aerodrome under perfect
control this afternoon after having
spent a perilous night over the
storm-swept North Sea-
The pride of air services officers
in their dirigible was vindicated
when its commander, who was on
board with nineteen men of the
crew when the R-33 was swept away
on a fifty mile gale, maneuvered
through the long hours, zig-zagging
aainst head winds and finally
brought hts craft home without as
sistance.
The R8S was fastened to It's moor
ing mast soon after It's arrival at
Pulham.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17
PLANE OFF ON
TRIP TO TEST
AIR mail way
Due Here This Afternoon
No Pouch Ready, Official
Word Lacking.

An air mail plane. testing the
feasibility Of an air mail route from
New Orleans to Chicago, left New
Orleans st $40 a. M, according to
dispatches and is expected to arrive
at Ft. Harrison flying field by 2
p. m. Lieut.. Vincent Meloy, Nash.
Vile. Tenn. will be pilot from Nash.
Vile to Chicago.
The plane was to stop at Mont
gomery. Ala. Birmingham, Ala.
Indianapolis. Lieut.. ]. z. Parker,
In charge Of the FIT. Harrison avia.
ton field, said he had received no
communication in regard to the mail
plane, but that it would take about
six or eight flying hours for it to
reach Indianapolis.
Mrs. Ella Parker. assistant post
master, said she had received NJ
notification of the arrival of the
plane and could not make up a
pouch of mall unless authorized to
do so.
The Indianapolis Board OF Trade,
through Secretary William H.
Howard, is cooperating with south
ern cities to make the route through
Indianapolis a certainty.
The plane arrived at Birmingham,
Ala, at 9:35 a. m, running several
minutes ahead Of schedule, according
to a United Press dispatch from
Birmingham.
1t left Nashville, Tenn, shortly
after noon. II is due in Chicago
at D. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17

A council Of war is considering
the situation and telegraphic COM
munication has been cut so that II
is impossible to say from the out
side whether the rebellion which
has been smouldering for many days
has actually taken the form of armed
uprising.
The superintendent of prisons in
Sofia was assassinated today, pre-
sumably by the same enemies Of the
government who caused an internal
machine to explode while 1000 per
sons, including practically all the
army leaders and officials of the
Tsankoff ministry, were = the ca.
thedral at services for General
Georgehief, murdered conservative
laeder.
Latest word Of that disaster, which
eliminated in the crash Of the ca,
thedral's cupolas onto the defense
less throng below, indicated the
death list was approximately las
and that more than 200 were
wounded.
SO promptly did the government
act following the outrage that cen.
sorship prevented full details OF the
| tragedy. Few here doubt that IL
was brought about by the same
movement which was responsible for
the attack on King Boris earlier In
the week.
Premier Zankhoff Is reported
among those who were seriously
wounded by the explosion of the
bomb
Communist leaders and thousands
Of peasants have been arrested to
preclude the possibility of revcIu.
ton, reports state. Only soldiers are
permitted in the streets of Sofia.
Many bodies still lie buried in the
ruins Of the cathedral which was
totally demolished by the blast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-17
Stephenson's Boast
Told in Probe

They can't do anything with
me. My word is law in In
dianaw
These were the words ad.
dressed to Miss Madge Ober-
holtzer by David c. Stephenson.
ex-Grand Dragon of the Klan
in Indiana and self-styled poll
teal boss of the Republican
party in the State. as they were
returning from Hammond, Ind,
according to a statement of
Miss Oberholtzer made on her
death bed to her father. intro
duced today into the inquest
record Of her death.
"Madge said, at one time, do
you think they can send him
to PRISON." testified the
father, George e. Oberholtzer,
5S02 University Ave.
II told her 1 thought we
could"
'Oh. I'm go glad. I don't
think they can unless the Fed
eral authorities do 1t, because
he told me his word was law
In Indiana. He said My word
is law in Indiana. They can't
do anything with me.