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The daily worker., 1925-02-04
Fort Dodge, Iowa,
to Hear Communist
Talk on Feb. 20
Continued from page u

any real union-they built up condi-
tions and had good job control.
The strike had been on but a few
weeks when an "open shop" drive was
started. Nearly every business man
in the town signed the declaration and
posted the cards in his shop or Office.
Building workers and contractors
we're brought in from other cities and
the fight was on in earnest.
Wages Reduced About Half.
Prior to the open shop drive, the
gypsum miners received $3.50 for
eight hours, and all overtime wages
was forfeited to the union. The mill
men received 65 cents per hour for
day work. Leaders of rock received
SO cents per ton and averaged $500
day with their overtime.
The miners now have to break the
rock and build their own tracks, while
many Of them now work in water up
to their knees. They get the same
rate for double the work.
The millmen have been reduced
from 65 cents to So cents per hour for
day work, while leaders get Is instead
Of the former a3 cents per ton. Load
ers were limited to ~ cars, about 27
tons, by the union; now they load so
tons. the company gets the difference
--2s tons loaded for nine cents.
Good Rock; Big Investment.
The reason for the miners and mill
men getting improvements was their
union. and because OF the quality and
quantity Of the gypsum rock. Also
because Of the large Investment In
volved. One company paid one thou
sand dollars an acre and owned a
whole section with the exception Of
100 acres.
The rock is bot only clean. and has
good top and bottom, but It ranges
in thickness from ~ to s5 feet. This
makes II possible to blast as much as
75 tons at once. Gypsum to be good
for plaster must be absolutely free
from clay or grit. Only Fort Dodge
has that kind in any great quantity.
Little Business Now squirms.
With tho reduction in the wages OF
the thousand gypsum mine and mill
workers, followed by unemployment
and bank failures. little business In
Fort Dodge Is being hit hard. They
have long since repented Of their de-
bauch with the "opon shop" drive and
number insist upon Union and Fort
Dodge labor on all their Jobs. Not
only the labor movement. but the busy
little town has bson paraiyzod.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
ADRAMOvICH is
PLANNING TALK
TO STEEL LABOR
tspeeIaI to "a paIIy worksrl

ACPCSldi 10 tUC lazy NNoINea|
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb, 2.-Ac-
cording to word given out by leading
socialists Of the New York Forwards
type, the notorious agent of the Sec
ond International, Rafael Abramovich
will be secured for a meeting in the
Youngstown steel district to Offset the
increasing sentiment for the first
workers republic.
The steel workers know how to
handle men of the Abramovich type
and thru the DAILY WORKER and
the party language press, the steel
workers wish to assure Abe Cahan &
Co., that there will be several meet
ings in Youngstown when Abramo-
vich arrives to do his dirty work.
Anarchists, yellow socialists and So
called progressiyes who have formed
a united front to nisrepresent and
cowardly lie about the first workers
republic by importing Abramoyich
can feel assured Of a warm reception.
Plan to Get Big Hall.
The large Communist organization
amongst the steel workers is Offered
by workers who have the courage Of
their convictions.
The white guards have been advised
to secure the largest hall in Youngs-
town to hold the steel workers who
will greet Abramovich and his slug
gers.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
N. P. LEAGUERS
KILL Child
LABOR LAW
N. D. House Committee
BurieS Hail Tax Bill
Especial to The Daily worksrl

BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. e.
The child labor amendment lost
out in the North Dakota state
senate, the vote being n against
80. Whether it will come up for
consideration in the house OF
representatives has not yet been
determined, the general opinion
among legislators being that it
is useless to go any further
with it since it is doomed to de-
feat in the senate anyhow.
Some Leaeuers co over to Capitalists.
Nine non-partisan league senators
voted against this amendment, repu-
dating their own program pledge to
support 1t. 1t seems that they were
afraid that If the amendment was
ratified It would take away the boys
and girls from the farms who we're
valuable as workers.
The state hail insurance bill, in
troduced by A. G. Miller, the Com
munist, was indefinitely postponed by
the house committee on insurance and
simply means that it died in the COM
mittee. Representative Miller, speak
ing for the measure, said that 'if this
compulsory hail insurance bill does
not pass, state hail insurance will
soon be a thing of the past. With
drawals are getting heavier each year,
in 1924 but 29 per cent Of the cropped
land was insured and II per cent was
withdrawn from the hail department" +"
"A lot Of people," Miller said, 'are
against compulsory hail insurance, but
they are mainly people who own a lot
of land and are afraid they'll have
to pay tax for someone else"
Rich Farmers Control N. P. League.
Farmers generally are in favor of
compulsory state hail insurance, but
that does not make any difference to
the leaguers who have been sent here
to fight the farmers battles. Instead
of supporting the Miller bill, which is
in line with what the farmers really
want, the majority Of the league legis-
lators are getting back of Governor
Sorlie's zoning proposition which will
simply result in the progressive
liquidation of state hail insurance in
North Dakota.
This and many other actions on the
Part of the league representative in
the present legislature ought to con
vince the farmers that they must
build up a fighting organization that
is not afraid to fight in their interests
The only organization in the country
that they can rely on to make an un
compromising fight in their behalf is
the revolutionary Workers (Commun
ist) Party.
Every struggling farmer who wants
to see something done for himself
should join this party and read its
official ergan, The DAILY WORKER
Too long we've been fooled by old
worthless movements and organiza
tions that will get us nowhere.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
Devers Traction
Ordinance Plans
FIuctuating Fare

The Dever traction ordinance,
which puts the traction lines in the
hands Of the bankers until every dol
lar Of the securities are bought by
the city, will be presented to the city
council on Feb. 10, II is announced.
An amendment has been proposed
which changes the fare one cent each
six months. according to the earnings
OF the traction lines after all charg-
es are paid. It is not stated whether
the city or the bankers will handle
the finances.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
Mahoney Loses Out
In Attempt TO Bar
The Communists
(Continued from page 1l


sent Of the federation In convention.
The real reason for this unity con.
ference undoubtedly is that certain
elements are DISSATISFIED with the fed.
GRAFTON because Of the rank and file
control exercised by the trade unions,
farmers organizations, cooperative
societies and local units in the form
Of farmerlabor clubs. An organiza.
tion that can be manipulated more
easily from the top by self.appointed
leaders is very much desired by said
leaders.
II Plan Goes Thru.
II the plans OF those back OF this
united conference go thru It will
doubtless be the fulhllment Of the pre-.
dictions OF the Minnesota comrades
that six months after the fall cam
paign there will be no farmer-labor
federation.
An important decision Of the Buck.
ler-Mahoney conference Of Jan. II was
adoption Of a resolution 70 bar all
Communists from participation In the
March 20 conference and in whatever
grows out OF It
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
Death List is Now
Nine in Firetrap Blaze
on the South Side
CONTINUED from page ~

claimed at morgue and all efforts to
find relatives had proved futile.
Shows overcrowdinq
Battalion Chief Horace McLane OF
the fire department who inspected the
ruins of the fire. said, There is in
adequate inspection, both by the build
ing city department and by the fire
departments fire prevention. bureau.
The fire department knows that there
are hundreds OF overcrowded rooming
houses, mere firetraps, but can do
nothing about them, as there are no
laws under which to act.
"This building was built for an
eight apartment building, to hold four
to a family, but It was holding one
hundred persons instead OF thirty-two.
The building had been converted into
SO kitchenette apartment building"
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
MAY WHEAT CONTINUES
TO HOVER AROUND The
TWO DOLLAR MARK

May wheat continued to hover
around the $500 per busheI mark on
the Chicago board Of trade yester
day. Bulletins from Liverpool
showed May wheat had dropped off
2le to 23s pence and from Winnipeg
reports were that wheat had drop
ped 4 to 6 cents. This brot the
price Of May wheat to s1.9s but the
commission men threw selling or
ders on the market and wheat again
rallied.
5s,84e,oco bushels Of wheat is re-
ported In ships on the way to Eu-
rope.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
THOUSANDS HEAR
RUTHENDERG AT
N. Y. LEN|N MEET
Garden OUerflowS with
New York's Workers
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily worker)
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. a.
Fifteen thousand workers
packed Madison Square Garden
and cheered the Communist
speakers at the Lenin Memorial
meeting.
c. e. Ruthenberg, executive
secretary Of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party, released from
prison at Jackson, Mich, last
week, received a tremendous
ovation as he told the workers
what Leninism means to Amer
ica's toiling masses.
Rebuke to AbramoVich.
Thousands of other workers were
turned away from the doors, unable
to gain entrance to the packed hall.
The meeting was considered a stern
rebuke to the mission Of Raphael
Abramovich, tool Of the Second Inter
national, who is trying to create
counter-revolutionary sentim ent
against Soviet Russia.
prisons only steel the workers in
their fight for the overthrow of the
exploiters and the establishment of
the dictatorship of the workers." Com
rade Ruthenberg declared amid
storms of applause. "Lenin showed
the militant workers of the world that
they must organize on the basis of the
everyday struggle of the working
class, allying themselves with the toll
ers in the factories and on the farms"
Tells of LenInIsm.
Ruthenberg told the workers that
they must replace the rule of the
bosses with the rule Of the workers,
and that the working class must take
over the industries and the state
power and run them for their own
use, and not for the profit of q few
employers and bankers.
Two hundred and fifty policemen
and detectives and 20 mounted police
were distributed in and around the
Garden, but did not interfere with the
crowds.
The speakers included Ben Gitlow.
well known leader of the garment
workers, X. Radzi, the noted Russian
speaker who spoke last year at the
Garden; Jack Stachel, district organ.
izer of the Young Workers League;
M. ]. Olgin, the famous Jewish writer
and speaker; Y. Nishimura, leading
comrade among the Oriental Com
munists, and Charles Krumbein, dis
trict organizer of the Workers Party.
The musical program was one Of
the finest ever gotten together in the
historical Garden. 1t included num-
bers by the well known Freiheit Sing
ing Society and the combined Freiheit
and Hungarian Workers Symphony
Orchestra. The chorus included hun.
dreds of well-trained voices and the
orchestra, fine organization Of 100
of the finest musicians in New Yorl
City.
These were aided by Nina Gussieva
the famous dramatic soprano. The
musical program included the follow
ing numbers: The international, the
Russian Funeral March, La Forza del
Destino by Verdi, Aria Liza from op-
era "Pique Dame" by Tchaikowski,
Asses Tod by Grieg, Serp and Hamel
by Kochotoff, Arbeiter Brider by
Shaeffer, Tosca by Puccini, Giaconda
by Ponciello.
The chorus was conducted by Lazar
Weiner and the orchestra was under
the direction of Arnold Powell, both
Of whom are well-known in the field
Of musical art.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
Blue Law craze
HITS new YORK
WITH VENGEANCE
Fanatics Give Order for
Sabbath Joy Killer


NEW YORK CITY, Feb. e.
The blue law threats that have
hitherto been considered mere-
Iy as a joke took on definite
form when a bill formulated by
a Lords Day Alliance was in
troduced into the New York
legislature which would change
the present penal code and close
up everything on Sunday except
churches.
Cuts OF Amusements.
Cutting of every avenue Of amuse-
ment, recreation and education for
the workers who have no other day
free from labor the new law would
tie the slave to his job with merciless
chains and grant him no privilege on
Sunday except to go to church and
hear his masters preacher tell him to
obey the employer and be content
with his lot while he hopes for re-
ward in heaven.
That the bill is fathered by the en-
ploying class and handed to fanatics
to be pushed is clearly indicated in
the restrictions which would effect
labor more than the idle rich who
may play all week and to whom day
Of quiet is desirable, when no work
ingclass meetings or amusements may
disturb them.
PadIocks and Bibles.
Fines, jail sentences, injunctions
and the padlocks on the doorway
would be melted out to Sabbath
breakers.
From midnight Saturday to mid
night Sunday the proposed new law
would close all motion picture hous-
es, all concerts, garages, barber shops,
hairdressers' shops, all golf links, ten
mis- courts or ball parks where fee
is charged or attendants are employ
ed, public debates and all places of
dancing where fee is paid either di-
rectly or indirectly.
The proposed law would prohibit all
public traffic on Sunday, all reduced
fare excursions, ice cream, sodas and
'all noise unreasonably disturbing to
the peace"
Funerals Would Be Silent.
1t would permit only funerals, and
| without music unless it be the funer-
al of soldier or veteran or member
Of fraternal society, and then the
proposed law would prohibit the play
! ing Of the music within block of any
church, and stipulates that there
shall be no fireworks"
Then the proposed law proceeds to
bring under the penal code by name
the activities which have managed
previously to argue themselves to
Sunday freedom thru the courts.
Moreover the proposed law doubles
the penalties and makes the first Sab
bath offender subject to fine of $40
and $50, second offender not less than
$40, third offender not less than SIS
or ten days in Jail or both, and after
that the offender would be enjoined
by the court as public nuisance and
a paddock placed on the establishment
where the nuisance was committed.
The law provides liberty for those
who observe another day than Sun.
day as their Sabbath as follows:
ANY person, who from conscience
'or conviction, observes another day
Of the week as a Sabbath and who
habitually does not labor any part Of
such day, may not be prosecuted for
any individual work or labor on the
first day Of the week, but may not
conduct any business which is In vio-
lation Of any provision of this ar
ticle."
There is no provision in the pro-
posed Sabbath law for any citizens
who, from conscience or conviction,
have no particular regard for the Sab
bath.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04

ROME, Feb. 2.--The Albanian con.
stituent assembly, according to adj
vices from Tirana, has unanimously
elected Ahmed zogu president OF the
republic for seven years. Ahmed zogu
headed the recent revolt.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
NOTICE. SOUTH slpERsl n

The South Side English Branch
meets on Wednesday, Feb. 4, this
week, because Of the showing Of The
Beauty and the Bolshevik on Thurs
day, at tho Ashland Auditorium.
The meeting will take place at the
regular time and place.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
$40 Ships Used for Smuggling

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--Morc than
$50 foreign vessels engaged in the
business Of smuggling liquor into the
United States during the past year"
Attorney General Stone declared to-
day.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
MAYOR TIED TO
BANKS-BRENNAN
TRACTION deal

The political boss Of Chicago,
George Brennan, has announced his
approval Of Mayor Dever's traction
ordinance. Brennan said he is op-
posed to government ownership, but
does not see anything about municipal
ownership In Dever's plan. which
merely puts the traction lines more
securely in the hands of the bankers
and gives them a long and favorable
franchise. The city. according to the
mayors traction ordinance, does moth
ing but take the risks of financing off
the shoulders Of the bankers.
The officers Of the Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor. John Fitzpatrick, Victor
Olander and Ed. Nockels, a few days
ago were loudly declaring their an
ger at the speed with which the or
dinance was being railroaded thru the
transportation committee and the city
council. Now, however, after the
threat Of Brennan and Dever that sup
port OF the democratic party would
be withdrawn from Oscar Nelson, up
for reelection in the aldermanc rae
es. the federation officers are showing
more signs Of cooperation with Dever.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04

"The Beauty and the BoIshevlk" 10
coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. Q.
The daily worker., 1925-02-04
Confer With Mayor.

olander. Fitzpatrick and Nockels
had two-hour conference with Mayor
Dover Saturday, during which they
urged that Nelson be forgiven for op-
posing the traction or railroading Of
the traction ordinance, and that he be
taken back into the democratic fold
The three labor takers said they
would ask the transportation commit
tee for more time In which TO pre-.
pare and present their views.
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the river which will develop even
tually $4,000 horsepower for use
throughout western and central
Washington-wherever the Puget
Sound Power & Light Company's
transmission lines extend.
The first installation Of power
unit will consist of two 10000
horsepower water wheels. These
giant generators are now in place
and almost ready for operation.
The power house has been design
ed for future development of the
project up to $4,000 horsepower.
The main pressure tunnel has
been constructed through the sol
id limestone of the canyons side
and is "a feet in diameter. The
tunnel is approximately 1900 feet
long, lined with concrete and will
carry the water from the reservoir
to the penstocks. A surge tank
has been provided near the lower
end of tunnel. Gates and rack bars
control the inlet of water at the
upper end of the tunnel.
Short steel pipes or penstocks
connect the pressure tunnel with
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
"Lake Shannon"
Newly Created
7-Mile Lake

Washington's newest hydro
electric project, the great Baker
River plant, is rapidly nearing
completion. 1t will ultimately be-
come the largest hydro-electric
power plant Of the Puget Sound
Power & Light Company.
In honor Of William d. Shannon,
the man who has had entire charge
of construction, the lake formed
by the dam thrown across the Ba-
ker river will be known as "Shan-
non Lake" I" The lake will be more
than seven miles long and will con-
tain sufficient water to cover
10000 acres one foot deep, ample
TO supply the power plant with
the necessary flow every day
throughout the year. The surface
area of the lake will be 1880 acres
and it will be 405 feet above sea
level.
Baker river rises among the
glaciers on the south slopes Of
Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan,
in Whatcom county. Near the foot
of these peaks glacial moraine
backs up the river to form beauti-
ful Baker Lake, the elevation Of
which is 664 feet above sea level.
From the lake the stream flows
down mountain gorges and thru a
valley Is miles to its confluence
with the Skagit river, near Con
crete. Just before reaching the
Skagit the Baker flows through
deep Eden Gorge, across which
the power project dam has been
built, 245 feet high and lS0 feet
thick at the base. 1t contains
more than 100000 cubic yards of
concrete masonry.
Back of This gigantic dam will
be Shannon Lake, the reservoir
that will store the flood waters of
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
4dhER R/IEP @a<aa q

the power house and will deliver
the water to the turbines.
The cost Of this great undertake
ing with $1,000 Kilowatt sub
station at Sedro- Wooley is ex.
ceeding $S,000,000.
Under the supervision of Mr.
Shannon world S record is being
made III the construction of this
project. As far as known no other
plant of equal power will have
been constructed in as short a time
or at smaller relative outlay, and
this despite the fact that last
winter proved one Of the worst on
record. Construction was start
ed April |, 1924.
Baker river power will go thru
the largest 0ut-of-dOorS Sub-statlol
in The Pacific Northwest, at Bev.
erly Park, near Everett and anoth
cr at Sedro- Wooley. Transmission
lines will lead to Bellingham from
Sedro-Wooley and also to Bever
ly Park and from there to Seattl'
crossing the Lake Washingto,
Canal on steel towers 233 fect
hirh,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
ORTH0PEDIC NOTICE
(By Secretary

(By Secretary
The present need for fruit, both
canned and fresh, at the Child
rcn's Orthopedic Hospital in Sc
attic is pressing. Vashon island
has quantities of fallen apples
which are not marketable. Mr.. P.
Butcher will deliver the fruit of
all kinds. Why not pick up some
of these apples, put them in sacks
and see to it that Mr.. Butcher gets
Item. He expects to take in a
lond, Wednesday, Oct. 81. He
will be glad to pick them up at
any point along the highway be-
tween his home and the Vashon
Heights dock or any convenient
place in Vashon.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
LlsABEULA

Mrs. W. j. Dyer)
= . . . Z


Mrs. Saundcr, sister of Mrs. Lor.
ance is going to make her home
here. She is from Missouri. She
was accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Hubert, who left
Tuesday for visit in Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. King enter
taincd over Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
mvol King and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Polander and children and
Mrs Aldrich and daughter Audrey
all Of Seattle. The happy family
sat down to a dinner table fairly
groaning with good things. Chick
en- with all the fixin S and fresh
Strawberries and cream.
Mrs. Williams was a Seattle vi
sitor this week.
Charley and William Hicrsch
were home over Sunday.
Guy King came home Sunday
and returned to Seattle Sunday
evening. His hand is getting along
as nicely as can be expected.
Kenneth Hubert of Seattle was
visiting at the Beaumont home
Saturday and Sunday.
The Columbus Day program and
P. 7. A. social given at the church
Monday was enjoyed by all. Re
freshments consisting Of pie eide"
and coffee were served. The pro
ceeds go for playground equip
mcnt.
Alice Wickland and brother,
Dale have returned to Lisabeula
from visit in Maple Valley, Wn.
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CENTER NEWS
'(Mrs. Dunlap and Mrs. Hearst)s
80 90

On Thursday Of last week the
Mines. Ira Thompson, p. McCor-
mick, w. Zimmerman, j. Cowan,
C. c. Williams, J. w. Dunlap, s.
Hearst and Miss Sena LInson
spent very pleasant day with
Mrs. S. Hoover and mother, Mrs.
Rice, at West Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Sherman
and son Jean spent last Sunday
in Seattle visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Morford
and son spent the week end with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Morford.
c. C. Bridgman was over in Kit
sap county last week.
The Camulos Club met at the
home Of Mrs. X. X. Prigg Mrs.
Bowling assisting. A general
good time was had by all present.
The next meeting will be at Mrs,
Blekkinks with Mrs. Sisco assist
ing. Note the change.
Ila PeSoncn is nursing a very
sore arm. On Monday she fell
while playing at school, the elbow
being thrown out of joint. DR..
McMurray soon had it in place
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hofmeister
and son, James, Mr.. and Mrs. &.
W. Dunn, (nee Julia Hofmeister)
H. Wctmore and daughter and
Mrs. Hollihm all Of Seattle were
dinner guests at the S. Hearst
home Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Halvorsen,
who have resided for more than
a year on the p. Olsen place have
moved this week into the Rodda
house just South of Center.
Mrs. j. Church is hostess to the
Lisabeula Ladies Aid OH Wednes-
day of this week.
Miss Madge WILDER has recent
ly left for California after hap
py visit with her folks here.