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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21

Miss Madeline Norton, returned
Monday night after passing the week
end at her home in Newport,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21
AUGUSTA LOCALS
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS

Colonial Thsatre-Harold Lloyd in
Why Worry" Pathe Chronicle. Re.
view and News. Last times TODAY.
Don't miss it, ''' :
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21

Mrs. Thelma Olsen Of this city and
Mrs. Inez Beane of Halloweu passed
Saturday in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21
NEWS BRIEFS

fdTlS, apr. %U.--(by A. y llc
ministers met today under the pres
heard the draft of the ministerial
declaration, outlining the policy of
the new government, which will be
definitely adopted at another cabinet
meeting this evening, with Presi-
dent Doumergue presiding.
S
Washington, Apr. 2O.-The gov
ernment today won its first point at
the hearing on the Pacific Mail in
junction suit, when Justice HitZ in
the supreme court of the District
of Columbia decided to proceed with
the motion of government cousel to
dismiss the suit.
Washington, Apr. 20.-Cotton
spinning showed increased activity
in March as compared with Febru-
ary. the Census Bureaus report to-
day said. showing active spindle
hours to have been 509,440,113, or
an average of 227 per spindle In
place, against 7,S6S, ,S31, or an
average of POS in February this year.
and 1912 .965, 1858. or an average Of
1877 in March a year ago. Spinning
spindles in place in March numbered
81 ,S09,S76, of which 33,225, Isl were
active at some time during March,
compared with 37S75,9 $50 and 49,
OF, 100 for February this year'and
37,761. .970 and 30 ,392,171 in March a
year ago.
New York. Apr. 20.-J. w. Nc
Queen. president of the Sloss Shelf
field Steel Company, died here early
today after a weeks illness with in
fluenza.
Berlin, Apr. 20.-The supreme
court, completing its investigation of
war crimes by the former Crown
Prince, finds that Frederick William
never gave orders to burn or plum
der villages or towns and was not re-
sponsible for the executions ordered
by the military tribunals of his army
corps. The court has therefore
quashed further proceedings.
Washington. Apr. 20.-Funeral
services were held today at st. Pauls
Roman Catholic church here for
Charles Z. Thompson, superintendent
of the foreign service of The Asso-
ciated Press, who died Saturday in
New York. Burial was at Mount
Olivet cemetery. A group of news
paper correspondents, with whom
Mr.. Thompson was associated during
his service as head of the Wash
ington buerau of the Associated
Press, acted as pail bearers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21
MAINE FAIRS

Aug. 25-27-Hpulton fair.
Sept. iS-l0-Maine State Fair. Lewis
ton.
Sept. 15-17-Somerset Central Agricul-
tural Society fair. Skowhegan.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21

New York. Apr. 20-J. W. Nc
Queen. president of the Sloss Shelf
field steel Company, died here early
today after a weeks illness with in
fluenZa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
COOLIDGE APES MINE
OWNERS IN PUBLICITY
AGAINST COAL MINERS

SWAMPscoTT, Mass, Aug. g.
Cal Coolidge uses the same argu-
ments against a strike Of anthracite
miners scheduled for Sept. 1, II new
negotiations are not successful, as
the arguments Of the mine owners.
Coolidge and the operators agree
on the story put out to the capital
let press that at doesn't make any
difference" II the anthracite miners
do strike; 'the public is getting used
to oil, bituminous coal and other fuel
substitutes"
This view is somewhat contradict
ed by the fact that there is great
deal Of furry and worry stirring the
cabinet about the strike, tho Cool
ldge claims TO have been informed
that "the public can break the coal
strike because Of surplus Of an
thraeite ample to carry the country
for three or four months"
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
takes the same position and says
that az lie the presidents view that
industry should settle lts own labor
reIatlons."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11

women, slashed with police
sabers, some of whom are critic
ally and perhaps mortally
wounded.
In another part of Lemberg on the
same day crowd of unemployed gath
cred at protest meeting in the street
to voice the demand that the Polish
government relieve their hunger and
misery, were fired upon the Polish
police and IL unemployed workers fell
dead from repeated volleys, many
more receiving bullet wounds.
Communist Deputy Arrested.
At Warsaw, the capital city of Po-
land, troops and police combined in
an attack upon demonstration of I'M
employed workers, breaking it up and
arresting Communist deputy in the
Polish parliament, Prystupa, who was
brutally beaten up by the police after
the arrest Further details are lack
ing because of the Polish censorship.
Prystupa was leading the demonstra-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
HAWAII STIRRED
BY |. [. D. FIGHT
TO FREE CROUCH
Especial TO The Daily Worker,

HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 9.-Hono-
lulu newspapers continue to feature
arguments being made before the Fed
eral District Court here for the release
OF Crouch and Trumbull, Communist
soldiers convicted by courts-martial Of
revolutionary activity in the army. .
ITS not the fault of the Schoffleld
Barracks court-martial that Crouch
didn't go to Jail for forty years." thun-
dered Fred Patterson. attorney for the
soldiers in Judge Rawlins court room.
referring to the original sentence
which has since been cut to three
years.
Amy mans mind that was so
warped that he was willing to SEN
tence Crouch TO Jail for forty years
was not fit to sit in any court where
the life and liberty OF another indi-
vidual was in jeopardy" Patterson
said. Analysing the charges and spe-
cifications against the prisoners, Pat
terson showed that in not single
instance did they show violation OF
any law.
The local papers are commenting
editorially on the fact that main
land organization, International Labor
Defense, with headquarters in Chicago,
is financing the court fight for Crouch
and Trumbull.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
MINERS WIN
WELSH HARD
COAL STRIKE
Desperate Miners War
with All Weapons

CARDIFF, Wales, August e.-At a
meeting yesterday of representatives.
of the anthracite mine owners and
the miners union, the owners granted
the demands of the union which were
that the companies cease violation of
the agreement in cutting wages and
discharsing active union men! Re-
sumption of work is expected Monday.
This strike is Independent of the
dispute between the Miners Fedora
tion and the British mine owners
which found temporary truce in the
granting OF a government subsidy to
the mine owners on July 81.
Bitter Class War.
The strike in Wales involves the
anthracite mines, and has been going
on for several weeks with extreme
bitterness, arising from the fact that
the miners are miserably paid, getting
only from SO to SIS a week for the
hardest and most dangerous labor,
living in shacks among incredible
hardships, while the Duke of North
cumberland, who owns most of the an
hracite region, is one of England's
'ichest mobiles.
Driven to desperation. the miners
have fought with all weapons, not
hesitating to force the withdrawal of
maintenance men from the mines.
Thursday LOG miners and IL police
men were injured in rioting at Am
manford and the war office appealed
to for troops to protect the Northum-
berland properties.
Nearly a thousand strikers attempt
ed to drive out the scab maintenance
men in the power house, which was
protected by barbados of wires
chargedswith high voltage of electric
ity. A hand-to-hand struggle with DO
lice who tried to dispense them re-
suited in pitched battle, with the
strikers using stones and sticks, sing
ing and shouting as they charged.
The colliery Offices were completely
destroyed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
UNITED STATES HANGS
POOR, RICH ESCAPE, NOT
SO IN SOVIET UNION

with our murder and homicide
record Of 233 this year in this
Cook county two men have been
hanged, two Negroes, both poor and
without friends. II is the experience
Of this county that murderer with
money will not be anged."-chi-
cago Tribune editorial, Aug. 8, 1928.
LAS to the lmpartiaIity Of these
(sovlet people's) courts. there is a
general agreement that they weight
the balance In favor Of the worker
as against the welI-to-do; and this
Is defended on the ground that Il
corresponds TO the weighing Of the
other scale elsewhere. Az to their
InoorruptibiIity, information 10 on
the whole remarkably satisfactory"
British Trades Union Delegation
report on Russia, 1s24-5, page "a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
GARMENT BOSSES
ASK COURT FOR
new WRIT TODAY

The J. L. Taylor company was to
apply for an injunction in the super
ior court of Chicago today to prevent
the striking employees of the firm
from picketing. nJddge Hugo Pam has
already ruled that the striking en-
ployes of the International Tailoring
company. ownedfby the same inter-
ests. may picket peacefully"
The general executive board OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Union, whose members are conduct.
ing the strike, begins its regular
meeting in Chicago today. The
strike will be discussed.
Today, beginning the seventh week
Of the walkout oflgthe 500 garment
workers. strike benefits Of $1,000 and
$500 were to be paid to married and
single strikers respectively.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
LEWIS DROPS MASK,
GETS FRIENDLY WITH
HARD COAL BARONS

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. g.
John /. Lewis, international presl-
dent Of the United Mine Workers,
declared he is giving Every careful
consideration" to his reply to the
letter Of Samuel D. Warmer, chair
man Of the anthracite coal opera
tors committee. Lewis strongly in
timated that he expected his reply
to result In renewal Of the confer
enees between the operators and
miners committees.
~ noted the friendly attitude of
Mr.. WARMERS letter." Lewis stated,
land am giving my reply very care
full consideration. That is the rea-
son for my delay in replying to IT,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11

force him to confess. Kindermann
admitted that not even psychic pres
sure was used upon him.
The letter written by Kindermann
TO Djerjinsky, asking for mercy, was
read to the court. In this letter,
Kindermann openly confessed his
crimes against the workers republic,
and said he came to Soviet Russia to
attempt to kill Stain and Trotsky, and
carry on economic espionage" in or
der to injure the relations between
Germany and the Soviet Union.
Admits There Was No Pressure.
The prosecutor read the letter Of
Kindermann to the Comintern and
asked the latter il he were aware that
the letter represented fraud. The
accused answered evasively, declared
at the same time that the letter was
dated one day back. He remembered
this because on that day he had ar
ranged celebration Of the kaiser's
CONTINUED on page s)i's
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
GERMAN WORKERS FIND
DAWES PLAN MEANS NO
WORK AND WAGE CUTS
(special 70 rhe Daily Worker)

ESPECIAL 70 the lazy WorkeFD
BERLIN, Aug. e--Germany under
the Dawes plan is no heaven for the
working class, as may be seen by
the estimate of the labor ministry
that by October I, there will be
100000 registered unemployed in
Germany. The number is growing
every week.
At present there are 100000 I'M
employed, while still another 6oo,-
900 are working two days a week,
which is nearly the same result as
far as income is concerned.
Notices issued today to 10000 tex.
tile workers at Munehen-GIadbach
that they must accept heavy wage
cuts beginning on Aug. rs, or be
discharged entirely. Because of the
policy of the reformist union lead
ers in expeIling the Communists
and left wing workers from the
union, the mills are organized week
Iy and the union Is in poor eondi-
tlon to fight the wage reduction.
Employers claim that banking In
terests charge such exorbitant in
terest'for financing production that
profits are made impossible. So
they seek to pass IL all on to work
ers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
SYRIAN revolt
ACUTE; french
TROOPS CRUSHED
Republic Is Proclaimed;
Forces Combined
lspeeIaI 70 The paIII werkerl

PARIS, France, Aug. e.--The revolt
of the Syrian natives against French
Imperialism has grown into an acute
menace to the French, II Is admitted
in official circles here. The Bedouins
and the Druses have joined forces and
announced that they are fighting for
the independence Of the whole Of
Syria. The combined forces have
raised the banner Of the Syrian union.
They hold the entire state Of Drug.
The French forces in weak
ened by the withdrawalsn" Fepps Tor
the Moroccan trent, havaL.E 5lfsev-
eral crushing defeats, and Ge..eral Sar-
rail, their commander in chief. has
sent an urgent wire for reinforce
ments.
French Severely Defeated.
Two French columns sent to the re-
lief of the garrison in the citadel of
Duedia have been severely defeated,
with casualties of at least 1000.
Sarrail, who has only two infantry
and several cavalry units at his CON-
mand. admits that his Syrian soldiers
are unreliable as they sympathize
with the revolt.
Syrians Win Battles.
The French fear the menace OF the
Turks in the region of Aleppo. Antioch
and Alexandretta, and have requested
Painleve to send troops to this sec
ton.
The French newspapers are calling
the Syrian rebels "brigands" and have
characterized Nassib Bey Atrash as
"a brigand leader whose only purpose
is looting." However, Abd-elKrim
was called such names, and now the
French are asking him for peace ne
gotiations on an equal footing.
The revolt was caused by the op-
pressiye measures taken against the
Continued on page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11

MOSCOW plots" engineered by Amer
lean Communists.
Smith Displays His Ignorance.
Prior to the prosecution of the
Michigan syndicalist trials said
Smith, who spoke to the second an
nual outing of the Tri-City Manufac-
turers' Association at the Shot Hills
country club, 81 had always conceived
of Communist as being long
whiskered, long haired Russian peas
ant type.
II was very much surprised to find
that out Of rs defendants who were
apprehended at the raid in Bridgeman.
representing sixteen different nation.
alities, 20 Of these were American
born.
More "Moscow Plots"
Communists are pacifists," said
Smith, showing he knows nothing Of
Communism. "They oppose the Ameri-
can Legion, calling them "The flotsam
and jetsam OF the war"
A Mr.. Duffy Smith said, had en-
gagged in one of the Moscow plots to
which he referred. trying to get Rus
sian school children to America to
give entertainments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
MANUFACTURERS ANGRY
AT PARDON OF Wind,
WHO TAKES VACATION

While the Illinois Manufacturers
Association was drafting a protest
to Governor Small Of the pardon Of
the five men and one woman con-
victed Of conspiracy and extortion,
Theodore J. Wind, the leader Of the
sextet, was en- route to a summer re-
sort ITO reeuperate from the trials
Of the last four years"
at has been terrible. this sus-
pense and worry" said Wind, who is
president Of the South Chicago
Trades and Labor Assembly. "For
years the burden Of this thing has
been upon me, and only yesterday It
ended"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
Joint BOARD
TAKERS LOSE
everywhere
Members Fling Def in
Sigman's Teeth
tspeeIaI 70 az paIIy WORKER,


NEW YORK CITY, Aug. s.-Enthu-
siastic support Of the Joint Committee
Of Action was voiced at a meeting Of
Local So, the pressers, In Webster hall
Thursday night. Outside, the police
and delegation from the joint boards
stron9arm squsd guarded the hall, and
inside the union machines steam rolf
er was operatlnat but the sentiment in
favor Of Locals 2, and % could not
be crushed.
Several members of the local, in
Guiding George Garchitz and NJ. Kreit-
GER spoke in favor of the Joint Action
Committee and they we're heartily ap-
plauded. President Morris Sigman
came to address the members about
the critical situation III the Interna-
tional, and when he rose to speak he
was greeted with boos and III talk
was repeatedly interrupted = ses.te of
his pleas for a hearing
BresIau Says, ayes Are Adjourned"
When it came to vote of confidence
to the joint board and the Interna-
tional officials. Breslau said: "All
those in favor will please rise-the
meeting is dismissed and there was
no call for the mo" vote, and no
chance for objection Evidently be-
cause they realized the vote was &C
tually against the union officials, no
actual count was taken.
A meeting Of shop chairmen was
also held Thursday night, called by
the joint board in the auditorium of
the Rand school. HICKMAN opened
the meeting, and then introduced Sec
rotary BarofI, amp as soon as he began
10 sueak the ~ eneA began to walk
out There were about 200 present at
the beginning Of the meeting and most
of them had left by the end of Baroff's
speech and had come to the headquar-
ters of the Joint Committee Of Action
to tell what had happened.
Joint Board Somewhat Punotured.
Shop chairmen meetings from vari-
GUS sections are being held every day
at the headquarters of the joint COM
mittee. Plans are discussed and form
ulated for carrying on the campaign
against the joint board. and for col
Iecting the defense fund necessary to
continue tn work
On of the hop meetings of shops on
18th street was called Thursday and
the joint board hearing of it called a
meeting of the same shops. About IT'S
workers came to the Joint Committee
Of Action and about 40 went to the
joint board meeting. This latter meet
ing finally broke up in quarrel and
the members came around to the meet
ing at joint committee headquarters.
Organization Committee Of 1000.
The Joint Committee of Action is
now forming an organization commit
tee of 1000 active workers who want
to help carry on the organization
work. Members can register for this
committee at headquarters.
On Wednesday evening over 200
members of Locals As and 80, the
Italian locals. held a meeting and
pledged their support to the work of
the Joint Action COMMITTEE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
Worker Killed When
Construction Train
Crashes Into River

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 9.-one man
was killed and another was seriously
hurt here when a construction train
crashed thru a temporary span on a
bridge under construction, the train
fell sixty feet into the Mississippi
river. ta ts'r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
YOUNG WORKER
EXPELLEDIFROM
SOLDIER CAMP
Officers Fight Negro,
Unions and Soviet
tspecIaI to Lac paIIy Workerl

Especial to ne Daiiy Wcrker)
CAMP CUSTER, Mich, Aug. s.--Jo-
seph Plotkin, charged with being a
member Of the Young Workers (com-
munist) League, was expelled from
Camp Custer by the officers in charge
for being against capitalism" after
trial" presided over by Major An
drews and colonel, with Lieutenants
Evans and Krutheur acting as prose-
cutors.
Plotk;n was discharged from the
camp for the convenience of the gov
eminent" The suspicious of the Off
GERS that Plotkin would not make
good soldier were aroused when he
spoke in favor of evolution, declared
ne protested no religion, and replied to
some attacks on Soviet Russia.
Officers Defend Profit System.
The two terminates of Plotkin were
called as witnesses against the League
member, and Walter E. Kaczynski, one
of them, declared that he thot plot
kin is pacifist and does not believe
in capitalism, and wants to overthrow
the United States army" Plotkin, of
course, explained that he was not a
pacifist, but believed in workers
government.
1--WE think you are Bolshevik,"
said Lieutenant Krutheur to Plotkin
Il am sorry you don't believe in CAPT
talism." Krutheur then told him what
splendid country the United States
is and said: you have a chance to
become a millionaire. Aren't you
afraid the Bolsheviks would take your
money away from your" PIotkin re-
piled that there is slim chance for a
worker to become a millionaire under
the profit system
Told to Get 'Younu Worker"
Lieutenant Evans told the court he
believed in the constitution, but that
free speech is going too far" Major
Andrews was anxious to find out if
there were any more with similar
ideas in Camp Custer. and was told
that there were probably many more
He told Plotkin he would mot tell on
you if you give US the names of the
leaders of your organization Andrews
was told if he were curious about the
league he should subscribe to the
Young Worker.
A report of the trial" was then
made to Brigadier General Stacey,
commander of the 9Th corps area, and
Plotkin was discharged from the camp.
Search Baggage, Take Letter.
Before the trial Plotkin's baggage
was searched and one of his letters
confiscated. At the trial the officers
confined themselves to telling how
good capitalist society is and how
wonderfully off the workers are.
Lieutenant Evans is in charge of
the course in citizenship" Some Of
the things he tried to teach Plotkin
and the other students were: 1.-THE
Negroes are no good. If the legisla-
lures do not pass laws to get them
out of the country, there will be riots
and they will be shipped out or killed
off. This may not be constitutional,
but am in favor of it, evans is a
Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
TROOPS ATTACK DEMONSTRATIONS
IN LEMDERG AND WARSAW, MURDER
IL, WOUND 18, ARREST COMMUNIST
tsy Jewish Press Aaenex.l

PRAGUE, czecho Sovakia. August 2-(Deayed by
ship)-On August I, in Lemberg, Gaca Poland in clash
between unemployed workers and the Polish police troops IL
workers killed and 10 seriously wounded.
The unemployed gathered in great demonstration the
center of the CITY, exhibit by their numbers the widespread
suffering the workers Poland under the white guard
government.
Mounted police armed with sabers charged the
Here and there Is unemployed workers. among them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11

COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. o---Johnson
Trembly, 60, was fatally injured today
while working on his farm when a
pitchfork punctured hts chest and
severed . blood vessel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
Killed In Enxator shnft.

II. d. Critchneldb 6s, was instantly
killed today whennhe fell seventeen
floors down an elevator shaft OF the
Stevens building IN the loop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
PROSECUTOR OF COMMUNISTS AT
BRIDGENAN RANTS TO EMPLOYERS
OF "PLOT," SHOWS TRIAL RECORD

MOLINE Iowa August 9The association
its Of honor o. Smith
prosecuted the Communists Bridgman
that the prosecution is directly obeyng will
Ruhenberg VIM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
GERMAN FASCISTS TELL OF PLOT
TO CONDUCT "ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE.
AND MURDER IN SOVIET REPUBLIC

MoSCW u s. S. RThe examination Kinder
who with Ditmar and Woh
errorc acts proof the Soviet
guilty
ton Of his