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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
81 Miners Liues-S3,9OO Each


killed by gas explosion.
Even the capitalist press, always careful of the
interests of the mine owners, is forced to admit
that coal cutting machine broke thru the wall of
a gas-flled abandoned shaft and flooded the mine
with the deathdealing explosive.
The only conclusion that can be drawn, in view
of the scientific accuracy of mining engineering, is
that the owners knew the workings were danger
ously close to this reservoir of gas but that the
coal in that part of the face was good and cheapy
obtained.
The owners sent the men to their deaths for quick
and easy profits.
We hear continuously of the "risks of capital"
but it is noticeable that these risks do not extend
the capitalists themselves No coal mine owner is
ever killed in a coal mine.
With a callousness that is characteristic of the
capitalist press when the lives of workers are
weighed against dividends, it remarks that the
families of the murdered miners will get 100000
under the Indiana compensation law-carefully
giving the total of the blood money paid by the
state and not the miserable amounts allotted to
the families deprived of their breadwinner-$ 900
for wives and children
One thing is certain. This disaster will not hold
the front pages of the capitalist press like the death
OF one lone cave explorer OllnS-did. Too many
workers might begin to ask themselves why it is
always the workers that must die in capitalist in
dustry in return for a bare livelihood while the
capitalists escape its hazards.
There can be little doubt that the present unem-
ployment in the soft coal fields is an important
factor in such disasters as that in Indiana Jobs
are few and far between and the bosses have been
able to break down many of the safety rules. The
workers themselves with competition for the jobs
so keen are forced to take chances that otherwise
would bring strike.
1t is easily seen that the disaster is part of the
vicious circle of robbery of the workers. unemploy-
ment and capitalist control of industry and gov
eminent
The ku klux khan is powerful in Indiana. 1t even
has Some followers among the miners themselves,
but it serves only to divide the Indiana workers
along national racial and religious lines; its ac-
tivites in this situation will be to pray over the
bodies of the AmericanbOrn miners and to thank
its 100 per cent American god that hated for
eigners among the victims.
What must be the answer of the coal miners to
this slaughter of their fellow workers?
1t must be renewed work within the union for a
fighting program that will have as one of its provi-
sions the inspection of all workings by the miners
themselves, the absolute power to decide whether
mine is safe Independent of all the bossowned state
and national inspection agencies.
1t takes a real union to enforce such provision
and that kind of union will be built only by fol-
lowing the program of the Workers Communist
Party and the Trade Union Educational League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
JACK GAvEEL,
|. W. W., FAvORS
G. UNITED FRONT
Article Appea rs in
Tomorrow's Daily
BY HARRISON GEORGE

In tomorrow's Trade Union Edu-
cational League Section, the DAILY
WORKER will run an article from
Jack Gaveel, whom all l. w. W. with
knowledge Of their organizations
history, will remember as one of its
best fighters before, during and after
the war.
Joining the I. w. w. in 1928, he be.
came prominent in the organization
in 1915 and 1917, and was indicted
with the Chicago group according to
my recollection, but was never ap.
pretended. He did not, as many did.
however, run away from the strug-
gle, or become ''tired" radical, or
lose the fine wobbly spirit which
prompted him in the days l knew
him, to take a real MARKHAM posi-
ton, feminist position, toward the
imperialist war.
Imprisoned Three Years and
Deported
Jack Gaveel was a fighter, and
when the organization was In the
war crisis stood Loyalty by it on the
firing line. He held many positions
in the l. w. w. and discharged re-
sponsibility with credit. Finally he
was imprisoned by the venomous
criminal syndicalism" law of Cali
fornia and spent three years at San
Quentin, where he led the first strike
of 81 wobblies against discrimination
by forced continuous work IN the tute
mill.
When he was released from San
Quentin he was held incommunicado
at Ellis Island and then suddenly de.
ported while very i'll.
Now he writes from Hamburg, Ger
many.
Jack Gaveel asks questions of the
/. w. w. that it must answer. That
he now realizes the overwhelming
necessity Of a fight on capitalism
based on the tactics Of the Red In
ernational of Labor Unions, although
when in San Quentin he did, as
recall, write critically in opposition
to 1t, is proof of the fact that the
program of the R. I. L. o. in the face
of actual conditions, is sound enough
to win to its banner the best revoIu-
tionary elements of the I. w. w.
The article of Jack GaveeI (and
other M. T. w. members letters
favoring the r. l. L. U. position) evil
dences a rising tide in the earnest
revolutionary membership Of the /.
w. w. which will not forever brook
the distractions of anarchist opposi-
ton and sectarian isolation.
Understanding just Beginning
In view of the coming conference
for unity of the marine workers Of
the western hemisphere, called by the
M. T. w. of the l. w. W., these signs
of life in the M. T. w. are Of pro-
found Importance. Seamen, on the
whole, cannot be the same sort of
shortsighted muddlehead as is the
stump-rancher editor of the Indus
trial Worker.
Although it is manifestly imposs
sible to send every l. w. w. to Ham
burg or Moscow to let practical ex-
perience teach him to quit following
anarchist and confusionist leaders
and think for himself, still there is
no doubt that the I. w. w. and the
r. l. L. U. are ultimately bound to-
fight side by side against the on
slaughts of capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Get member for the Workers Party and a new
subscription for the DAILY WORKER.
MuSSolinii's New Nemesis

AIussolini mobilizes troops along the Egyptian
frontier and another knoty problem presents itself
for solution to the imperialist European rulers.
Internal Italian affairs will be stirred also to
new heat by this move. The Aventine opposition
has returned to the chamber Of deputies and with
the threat of war facing the Italian masses as a
result of the Egyptian imbroglio there is every
prospect for renewed outbreaks of popular indig-
nation.
Danger of war is perhaps the one thing at pre-
sent that will unite the antifascist middleclass
elements opposed to Mussolini and rally the masses
of the workers to the fighting program of the
Italian Communist Party. War is the last thing
that Mussolini should hold over the heads of the
Italian workers and that he does it is tribute to
the power of the economic and political forces that
are driving Italian capitalism to its death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
HOLD COMMUNIST
MASS MEETING
AMONG NEGROES

What the Workers (Communist)
Party, the American section OF the
Communist International has put forth
as its demands for the Negro workers
in the present alternate elections,
will be the chief subject under discus
sion at mass meeting to be held to-
night, Monday, at s P. NJ, at the
South Side Community Center, 1901
So. Wabash Ave. ++ Els
For the quarter of a million Negro
workers Of Chicago, the Workers
(communist) Party demands:
I 1. Absolute social, economic and
political equality for all workers, re-
CARELESS of race or color.
2. Equal pay for all workers for
equal work. Sassy
g g. Abolish Jim-Crow neighbor-
hoods, restaurants. theaters, trains
and schools.
4. Fight the ku klux khan.
5. Fight police terrorization OF
friendly association between the races.
Q. Absolutely equal admission to
and rights in all trade unions.
The speakers will be Edward L.
Doty, Communist leader among the
Negroes Of Chicago, at present a plum.
Der and formerly railroad and stock
yards worker, Gordon Owens, Negro
printing trades worker and we'll
known Communist and Karl Reeve
reporter for the DAILY WORKER.
--
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Soldiers Die In Tram Wreck.

MANILA, Feb. 22-Three American
army officers and three soldiers were
killed and Ia persons we're injured to-
day when crowded tram car over.
turned at Corregidor. -----
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Finally Cut Price
U. S. cunboat Busy.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 20 A United
States gunboat is being sent from
Wan Hsien to Kwei Chow Flu in an
effort to obtain the release Of the
American steamer Chi Chuen, which
was seized by military there and its
crew arrested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
MARX CABINET
a. THROWN OUT IN
" LESS THAN WEEK

BERLIN, Feb. 22.-The Prussian
diet this evening declined, 221 to
21s to give the Marx cabinet a vote
OF confidence. The cabinet has been
In office only a few days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

The wage cut in the wooden mills is a sign that
the bosses mean business. Only united front of
all the workers in the textile industry will con.
vince these robber barons that the workers also
mean business
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

The expulsion Of thesecretary Of the Carpenters
Union of the Mexican Federation of Labor because
of his Communist speeches shows that the "uon-
roe doctrine Of labor'' is being applied. Gompers
is dead, but his authorizing class policy lives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

Arbitration for the bosses is played out in Nova
Scotia. The miners welcomed the "arbitrators'
recently appointed as stools of the British Empire
Steel corporation" and then sent them back to the
headquarters Of that company in Ottawa.
Workers in the United States can learn whole
lot from these fighting Canadian coal diggers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
GOVERNOR DROVE
HARD BARGAIN
IN PARDON SALE
Especial to The Daily worker)

TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. "a Test
imony that Carl ]. Peterson, former
state banking commissioner, had told
him over the telephone on Dec. IS,
after negotiations for the parole of
Walter Grundy, convicted Hutchinson
banker: Il got to the governor, and
the best we can do is $4,000" marked
the direct testimony of A. Lewis Os-
wald, Hutchinson attorney, in the
preliminary hearing Of Peterson and
former Governor Jonathan M. Davis
on charges of conspiracy and solicit
ing bride. ~s,s
t-. Finally Cut Price f.s
Later, Oswald tested, the alleged
price was cut to $500 but when he
came here Jan. 8, to complete the
negotiations. he found the case of
Fred w. Pollman, paroled banker OF
Lacygne which resulted in the arrest
OF Davis, and his son, Russell, was
public and he realized the efforts for
Grundy were ended.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

When you buyl get an "Ad'
for the DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

Get your tickets for Red ReveI Ball
February %.
Corner Of Monroe and Ashland Blvd.
Ashland Avenue
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Speaker of Texas House
Nav Call Special Session

Austin, Texas-A special session Of
the Texas legislature may be called
TO investigate charges Of reckless ex.
penditures in the state highway de-
partment under the regime OF Cover
nor ma" Ferguson.
In a statement from Washington,
where he is on a tax reduction mis-
sion, Lee Satterwhite, speaker Of the
Texas house of representatives, de-
clared that If the governor did not call
a special session for an investigation
Of the state administration, he would.
In breaking a two-month official
silence last Saturday, Governor Fergu-
son declared against a special session
and challenged the malcontents to
take their "whisperings" before a
grand jury, thus saving the taxpayers
the expense of special legislature.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
CREEK TROOPS
INVADE BULGARIA
Troops Ordered to Seize Petritch
as Guarantee of Indemnity
Frontier Fighting is Cause.

Sofia, Bulgario-It Is officially re-
ported that Greek troops have invad-
cd Bulgarian territory.
Greek troops have begun war oper-
atoms against Bulgaria.
The semi-official Sofia statement
charges that a detachment of Greeks,
supported by artillery, has advanced
into Bulgarian territory and shelled
the Bulgarian town Of Petrich. .-
The statement further charges that
the Greeks have attacked Bulgarian
sentinels, killing five, and occupying
three Bulgarian posts.
Petrich, which Sofia claims has been
shelled, is understood to have been
scheduled for occupation by the
Greeks. 1t has long been a center Of
Macedonian activities. 1t Is a town
of about 5000, a short distance from
the Greek border, and about due south
of Sofia, the capital. e.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
MITCHELL TRIAL
ORDERED HELD
Court to Be Of Highest Rank
y Assembled for a CoIoneps
Hearing.

Washington-What Is believed to be
the highest ranking court-martial ever
assembled for trial of an army officer
In the grade Of colonel was ordered by
direction OF President Coolidge to con.
vene In Washington, October %.
On tlat date or as soon after as pos
sible, Colonel William Mitchell, storm
center OF the air service controversy,
will be brought before the court on
charges specifying violations of the
ninety-sixth article OF war.
Under the provisions Of this article.
conviction could, In the discretion OF
the court, be made punishable by dis
missal from the army. Presidential
approval, however, would be required
before such verdict could be put into
effect.
Secretary Dwight Davis Is credited
with having picked the members OF
the court himself. All of them are
senior In point Of service and rank to
Colonel Mitchell, and all hold medals
of honor. or distinguished service
crosses or medals.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
$2,500,000 Hotel Planned for
Film Colony in HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood, Calif.-Construction of
q $2,50D,000 hotel catering to motion
picture people and financed largely by
motion picture capital will begin here
November Is next. Plans were an
nounced by a syndicate headed by Jo-
seph NJ. Schenck, film producer. Halt
the mezzanine floor will be occupied
by a motion picture artists club.
Other features Of the 400-room hostel
ry, designed to provide social center
for the film colony, win include a
Spanish ball room, q roof garden and
grounds handicapped to produce the ef-
feet of a villa garden in Spain.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Garner Seeks $780, 100000
Income Tax Reduction

Washington-A tax revision plan
under which 100000 persons would
be relieved Of all federal income
taxes was discussed Informally with
Secretary Mellon by Representatives
Garner of Texas, the ranking Demo
crat ON the public committee which
drafts tax legislation. After the Con-
ference Representative Garner said
the secretary's plan provided only for
the reduction Of surfaces and inheri-
lance taxes He made no statement
as to his counter proposal which was
received at the treasury. The Garner
plan contemplates tax reduction of
from s450,O00, 900 to $500,0 100000, or
approximately twice the total which
the treasury Is expected to recon-.
mend. :,
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
81 Killed in Riot in Egypt.

London-A Cairo dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Co., says that "a
persons were killed and 43 injured at
Tanta, Egypt, where a great religious
fair was being held, attended 1t Is
estimated by 100000 persons. The
fatalities occurred when mounted 20
lice were clearing the way for one Of
the ministers through the masses Of
seethfng humanity. The minister Of
pious foundations was arriving as an
official visitor and the efforts Of po-
lice to clear a way for his motor car
seem to have started panic among
the crowds.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Italian Debt Mission Starts.

Naples-Ita1y's war debt commits
sion, headed by Count yolpi, left here
aboard the steamship Duilio for the
United States. On their arrival from
Rome the commissioners were met by
official representatives and great
crowd Of citizens, who cheered the
ministry Of the treasury and shouted
svfya America; Viva ItaliaI"-> The
head OF the Italian delegation de-
clared that he goes to America ami
mated by an earnest desire to reach
Q definite agreement, trusting in the
fair judgment and observation-disclosures
Of Americans.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Expert Says United States
Ranks Third in Air Power

MISUNDERSTANDING ]. G. Hun.
saker, assistant naval attache at Lon
don, told the Presidents air board
at its concluding session that the
United States ranks third in air pow.
er among the nations Of the world.
Taking into account the number OF
fliers. the number and quality of
planes, Commander Hunsaker assert.
ed that although 1t was almost a
guess" his estimates showed that in
q combination of all these factors,
this country stood "in the middle OF
the list" Of the five nations with the
most powerful air services.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
A c0V|NGTON, KY, WOMAN
Makes Remarkable Recovery
Mrs. Harry Ashcroft Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Relieved Her of
Severe Illness and Pain

Pinkham's Blood Medicine for poor
blood. was cold all the time. ]
would be so cold ]. could hardly sit
still and in the palms Of my hands
there would be drops Of sweat. I
also used the Sanative Wash and /
recommend it also. You may pub
lish this letter and ! will gladly an
swer letters from women and advise
nv neighbors about these medicines"
Mrs. HARRY ASHCROFT, 632 Beech
Avenue, Covington, Kentucky. 81.
Mrs. Boyer Also Found Help
Gilman City, Missouri.-'1 was in
such condition that could not eat
nor sleep to do me any good and ]
felt draggy all the time. My head
ached, my right side and back would
almost kill me at times, and ! could
be on my feet only short while at q
time. I was irregular and 80 nervous,
irritableand respondent that thought
I could not stand the strain much
longer. had been this way more or
less for ten years, but the last two
years was Just terrible. ! took medi-
cines, but got little relief until ! be-
gan to take the Vegetable Compound.
I took three bottles before could
see any change at all. . have taken
seven in all and am improving right
along. have used Lydia E: Pink
hams Sanative Wash and take the
Liver Pills. I can do most of my work
now, and I live on q farm and there
ia lots of IL to do. I wash, iron, hoe
the garden, raise chickens and tend
to the milk. - Mrs. T. M. BOYER,
Gilman CITY, Missouri.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Hoover Urges Waterway Plan.

Kansas City-With a population IN.
crease Of 10000, 900 likely in the next
rs years, Secretary Hoover declared
in an address to civic and agricultural
associations here, that the time Is ripe
for the United States to embark upon
the creation of gigantic system Of
inland waterways.
Building should be done not on q
collection Of disconnected local river
and lake projects" he said, but upon
works that will be segments in the end
Of continental systems" 49,
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Ford Offers To Build Dirigibles.

Washington-Plans Of Henry Ford
to construct small, all-metal dirigibles
for the navy were laid before Secre-
tary Of the Navy Wilbur by G. B..
Fritchie, general manager Of the Air
craft Development corporation, Ford
subsidiary. Shortly after the Shen-
andoah crash Ford notified the navy
he would be in position to build
these ships at comparatively small
cost. Wilbur will give the question
serious consideration.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Why SUFFER ANOTHER
DAY WITH INDIGESTION

Tho big seller today for acute and
chronic stomach misery Ia Dare'a
Mentha Pepsin and 1t Is such q fine.
pleasant and supremely good medicine
that II the first bottle you buy doesn't
help you-your druggist VIII return the
purchase price.
One man writes, II Cannot understand
why any person will continue to suffer
from gastritis or indigestion when Dare'a
Mentha Pepsin Is available"
And tens Of thousands Of people
many of whom almost died with stomach
agony--thinlS the same way. sa
It's the right madeleine for any person
who suffers frohl) bad digestion, gas,
heaviness and that feeling of suffocation
which Is always dangerous.
For gastritis. indigestion, dyspepsia OF
any stomach agony-acute or chronic
keep Darss Mentha Pepsin In mind.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Security Terms Are Settled.

Locarno. 6witzsr1and-Treattes were
adopted at Locayno. Designed to make
impossible any re-opsutng Of that great
war. Germany and the allied powers
approved the text Of tho Rhine pact Of
security.
This pact pledges fts signatoriss,
France. Germany and Belgium not TO
attack or invade one anothers terri
tory and to abstain from war.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
saas4odorYs Bsnes Uneartbsd In N. v.

Mastodofs Bepes uDeartbed IN N. Y.
Monroe. N Y~Workmsn excayat'
ing for dam OF the Orange and Rock,
land Electric Company, unearthed
bones Of a mastodon. r. w. Smith,
president Of the company, stopped the
work until the Museum Of Natural His.
tory. New York city, could send an ex,
pert to superfntend the uncoyerins
OF the rest of the skeleton.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29

Bans Liquor at Civic Functions.
Glasgow. Scotland-The city coun.
ell by vote Of 40 to SO has resolved
to ban all alcoholic liquors at civic
banquets.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Sure Method OF Keeping Heel. Neat

Sure Method OF Keeping Heels Neat
Women need no longer have the dis,
comfort and untidy appearance of
ragged or run over" heels. They now
have available a toplift (bottom cap
bottom, stays firmly in place and wears
and wears. Just ask your repairman
to put USKIDE Toplifts on your heels.
USKIDE Is the famous material that
Ice as shoe sole for years. Made by
the United States Rubber Company.
Wears twice as long as best leather.
Important-you can put USKIDE Top
lifts on new shoes.-Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
All Other
Remedies Failed

Under the date of March 6, 1902,
Mrs. Maggie Durbin, 13o Riverside
Ave, Little Rock, Arkansas, has
this to say about her experience:
u was troubled for FIVE years with
q chronic disease. I tried every
thing I heard of, but nothing did
me any good. Some doctors said
my trouble was catarrh of the
bowels, others consumption of the
bowels. The medicine I took did
no good. A friend advised me to
try PE-RU-NA. ! did. After taxi
ing two bottles found it was help
ing me and continued. Am now
sound and we'll"
A letter from Mrs. Durbin, dated
December II, 1923, shows that, even
after twenty-five years, she Is in
the best of health: 81 still recon-
mend PE-RU-NA to my friends
who need a good medicine and
everybody is pleased. I thank you
many times for what PE-RU-NA
has done for me-"
There is nothing strange in this
experience of Mrs. Durbin. It has
been repeated thousands of times
by sufferers from catarrh and ca
tarrhal diseases.
For sale everywhere in tablet
or liquid form
Send cents postage to the PIE.
RU-NA COMPANY, Columbus, Ohio,
for booklet on cntarrh.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Series Bring U. s. s11s,2s5.

Washington-Uncle Sans cut in the
world series proceeds was $11S,2S5.
This amount was collected by the
treasury in taxes on regular admis-
sion tickets, and such levies revenue
collectors were able to make upon
scalpers.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29

Nestos May Enter Senatorial Race.
Hoboken, N. J,-Ragnvald A. Mes.
tos, former governor Of North Dakota,
returning on the United States liner
America. from Q two months stay
abroad. said that he might become =
candidate for United States senator
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29
Mammoth hydropIaue

Mammoth Hydroplane Completed.
Rome--A Colossal bombing hydro'
plane Just completed In Milan has
made a successful fight preliminary
to delivery to the army fiiers. The
hydroplane Is equipped with two 4S0
horsepower motors and har a flying
radius Of more than 1000 miles.
The Tomahawk., 1925-10-29

Chicago-President Coolidge will
deliver the opening address at II a. m.
Monday. December Z. at the American
Farm Bureaus annual three day CON.
ysrtion here at the Sherman hotel.