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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

The number of telephones in service
in the United States has increased by
1927, 900 in the last ten years
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
To Sound Public Opinion on Con-
{ vention System.

Replacing county officials on a
party-designated basis, the same as
state officers, will be before the Min
nesota Legislature at this session. A
bill already has been introduced to
require that candidates for the Legis-
lature be designated as affiliated with
a political party.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-30

A move to bring forth the state
constabulary question before the
members of the Minnesota Legislature
is under way it became known when
circulars were distributed to the leg
islators asking members to pass
straw ballot.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Mayors Candidates
Are Non-C ommital
on School Problems

Candidates chosen by Mayor Dever
for the new school board refused to
make any declaration Of position o.
school questions to the city councirs
schools, fire and civil service commit
tee. When questioned on their atti-
tude toward the teachers councils.
teachers salary increases, junior high
schools, the double platoon and other
school administration problems con-
fronting the school board they were
non-commital
Five Of the six candidates, Edward
B. Ellicott, John A. English, Charles
T. Byrne, Theophilus Schmidt and
James Mullenbach appeared before
the committee. The aldermen cited
numerous instances Of the present
boards refusal to cooperate with the
council on school problems. Invita-
lions sent them TO appear before the
schools committee were fatty ignored.
Ellicot, Mayor Dever's choice for
president OF the board OF education,
TO take Charles M. Moderwell's place,
said he must hear both Sides OF the
story before he makes his decision.
He promised the city council that
"full and exhaustive hearings will be
made before any decision is reached
on any important problem"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
French Socialists
Back Imperialists
Drive In Morocco

PARIS, France, May 10-Premier
Painleve, head of tho democratic"
coalition which includes the socialists,
announced that the French army is
acting against the native Moroccans
for French, British and Spanish inn
perialism. The socialists have in
dorsed the French attack. 1--WE are
acting in full accord with the British
and Spanish governments" said Pain
leve.
From now on, Spanish Morocco's
border will be crossed when the
French militarists find it desirable.
France is fighting against $4,000 well
armed native north Africans, with her
power In Africa and the Mediterran-
can countries at stake.
Reinforcements are being rushed to
Fee by the French to attack the Riff
fan tribes, who have already defeated
the Spaniards in Spanish Morocco, and
have captured French outposts in
their drive on Fee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
United Labor Council
of New York to Meet
at Stuyvesant Casino

NEW YORK, May 10.-The United
Labor Council Of greater New York
and vicinity, has secured meeting
-ooms at the Stuyvesant Casino, 142
Second Ave-, N. Y. c., where they will
meet regularly the second and fourth
Tuesdays in each month. The Office
anad headquarters of the council will,
however, remain as at present at
Hungarian Workers Home, $50 East
S1st ST., N. Y. c.. and all communica-
ttions should be addressed to Chester
w. Bixby secretary-treasurer to that
address
A bureau for speakers, information
and publicity has been established
and all affiliated unions having news
Of interest to the Central Labor move
ment and to the Independent unions
IN particular should send same to Pat
rick j. Mcclellan, organizer. $50 East
s1st St., N. Y. c. or telephone Lenox
1884. Speakers can be secured thru
the same bureau.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Italian King to
Free Fascists Who
Murdered Matteotti

ROME, Italy, May 1O.-King Victor
Emanuel is expected to declare a gen.
eral amnesty in Italy next month, not
to free the Communists from the
clutches of the fascist terror, but to
allow the fascist murderers of the So
cialist deputy, Matteotti. to escape
trial. Mussolini has made every eff
fort to suppress the public proof of
what is already definitely known, that
Mussolini instigated this and many
other fascist crimes.
At the same time, on the silver jubi-
lee of his reign, King Emanuel is ex-
pected to indorse the new fascist con-
stitution, which will keep the Musso-
lini cabinet in permanent power and
make parliament body of representa-
tives of manufacturers and business
mems organizations.
The Communists will be immediate
ly re-arrested, and the fascist murder
ers allowed to go free, according to
Mussolinis plan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Dunno Pays Tribute
to James Connolly
at Irish Meeting

The story of the famine situation in
Ireland was told to an interested audi
ence in North Side Turner Hall. last
Friday evening, by John P. Mccarthy,
who, recently arrived from visit to
the famine region. Several prominent
members of labor unions were present
and they promised to cooperate in
raising funds for the relief of the
starving workers and peasants Of the
west of Ireland.
William F. Dunno, editor of the
DAILY WORKER, paid a tribute to
the life of Ireland's greatest revolu-
tionary leader, James Connolly, who
was executed by the British for his
part in the Easter week revolution.
James Connolly died in vain nine
years ago." declared Dunno, unless
the Irish workers raise the kind of a
monument to his memory that is more
lasting than bronze or marble, the
erection Of a workers republic, in
the land where he laid down his life
in the struggle to free his people from
British Imperialism and the bondage
of wage slavery"
Robert Totten, member of the
Plumbers Union was chairman. A col
lection was taken up for famine re-
lief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
SAFETY Day IN
new YORK ONLY
ANOTHER FAKE
Conceals Capitalist Dis
regard of Life
Especial to The Daily worker)


NEW YORK CITY, May TO- Ac-
cording to an announcement by Super
intendent of Schools DR.. William ].
O'Shea safety day in New York will
be observed Monday, May II, and all
schools will be closed to allow the
school children to participate in the
parade.
Safety Day, as we'll as Clean Up
Week and Health Week have all de-
generated into hollow mockeries. At
the same time that the kind-hearted
city and school authorities are "wor-
rying" so much about the children of
this city, thousands of them are run
ming around in the streets, their only
playground, because the city is too
poor to provide sufficient Fairgrounds.
Hundreds more, who should be attend
ing school, are working as boot
blacks, in the busy sections of the
city, Madison Square, Union Square
and the crowded streets of the East
Side.
There has been noticeable in
crease IN raJal motor accidents IN this
city despite all the safety days and
the warnings issued by the traffic de-
partment. Children will continue to
be hurt and killed on the streets of
New York as long as they are forced
to play in crowded, narrow streets
with automobiles dashing by every
minute.
Altho there are thousands of young
workers employed in the factories
and shops in New York who are con-
stantly in danger of being injured be-
cause the bosses do not find it pro-
fitable to install safety devices, the
superintendent of schools does not
find it necessary to conduct a cam
paign to force these factory owners
to install these necessary accident
preventatives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
LEGAL HORSE
PLAY STAGED
IN KLUX CASE
Rich Kluxer Expected to
Buy His Way Out
Especial to The Daily worker)

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May TO- A
motion to quash the murder indict-
ment against D. c. Stephenson, for
mer ku klux khan leader in Indiana,
Earl Gentry, and Earl Klinck was filed
in criminal court here today by Eph
Inman, high priced counsel for the
accused.
Inman filed the motion after Judge
James A. Collins had overruled a pre-
vious motion to strike out vital sec
tions of the four counts in the indict-
ment returned against Stephenson
and his alleged accomplices in con-
nection with the death last month of
Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 2S. Miss
Oberholtzer took poison after she had
been attacked by Stephenson, she
charged.
Hearing on the motion to quash was
set for 9 o'clock next Friday morn
ing.
When court convened, Inman re-
quested the presence Of the prisoners
before Judge Collins ruled on the mo-
ton to strike out certain parts of the
murder Indictment.
Stephenson, Klinck and Gentry
were brought in the court room hand
cuffed to each other.
A brief but sharp clash between
opposing counsel featured the pro-
ceedings. When court was called to
order, Inman arose and stated he de-
sired to make no oral argument on
his motion since the motion was in
such form as to speak for itself.
Charles E. Cox, engaged by Miss
Oberholtzer's family to prosecute the
defendants, jumped to his feet and
declared he was delighted at. the
frankness of defense as there was no
merit in the motion"
Further hostilities were abruptly
halted by the court who announced
the motion was overruled. Inman
then filed his motion to quash and
both sides agreed to argue it next
Friday morning.
1t was announced that Ira M.
Holmes, Indianapolis criminal lawyer
has been engaged as additional de-
Tense counsel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
JEWISH BAKERS
UNION VICTOR
AFTER BATTLE
Employers and Fake
Union Lose Out

NEW YORK, May 1O.-The jewish
bakers in the International Bakery
and Confectionery Workers Union,
affiliated with the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor, won renewal OF their
agreement in spite Of the Illumination
Of the employers in their recent con-
vention.
The Jewish bakery owners at the
time had Samuel Untormeyer, attof-
ney, denounce the union but the
union proved strongest in the END.
The SIS weekly minimum wage, III
hour day, and division OF work among
all union bakers so that none are UT
employed are retained.
A small group OF desultory work
ers in what they called the United
Bakery Workers attempted TO enforce
an injunction against the fnternE-
tional and win attention for its 8-hour
day, day woek ut $50 minimum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
AS We SEET : ByT.J. O'FIaherty
(Continued from Page l)

Continued from Page u
right, but we hardly think the 5000
wage slaves who were laid off by the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad a
few days ago like it so we'll What
is sauce for the capitalist gander is
poison to the proletarian goose.
THE Queen Of England is a stall
L wart supporter of rigid moral
code. Quite recently several delight
full scandals were aired in the London
courts. For a while New. York and
Chicago were stepping pretty lively
to elbow their British cousins" off
the front page. Even such experienced
artists as Stillman and Stokes were
working overtime to make the grade.
You can't very we'll run up against
a lord or duchess and expect to win
the circulation managers affections.
Wy HILE several earls, dukes,
w duchesses, knights and barons
were being turned inside out in the
court of domestic relations in London,
the king and queen were taking the
air along the north coast Of Africa.
On their return, the queen scanned
the list of those entitled to visit the
loyal palace. She blue-pencilled the
names of those who figured in the
scandals. 1t is sharp deviation from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Carmen Lose
to Open Shop
In Cleveland
(Continued from PAGE 1l.

CONTINUED from page u.
ton" altho strike then could have
won.
The sentiment in union circles is
one of disgust with the vote. The in
ternal situation in the union is doubt.
full.
Only ~ Cents More Day the ISSUE
Shall the company lose 100000 OF
Sl,OO0,000 a year in dividends? This
is what the difference between a five
cent wage increase and a ~ cent wage
Increase means to the company. To
the street car men the one million
dollars mean only 10 cents more a
day, Just one extra loaf Of bread.
Their present wage or about sixty
cents an hour what with short turns
which mean only few hours work
per day, has made none of them rich
Old, gray, weary, weak men, who have
given 25 years and more to the com.
pany, are still on runs, on short shifts
trying to earn few dollars week to
keep going. None OF these enjoyed
last winter in Florida.
One thing must be emphasized
Many Of the rank and file we inter.
viewed realize the mistake OF the
leaders last June, when the strike was
called off and the courts were resort
cd 10 for victory. They laugh at the
attempt made to win advances fol-
the workers in an arena owned by
the enemy and where the enemy lays
down all the rules OF the game.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12

the days of the Plantaganets when ga
kings bastard was houses pride"
The British empire was built on the
fruits of piracy and no moral scruples
were allowed to stand in the way Of
the fortunes Of its reigning heads.
But like reformed roue, the empire
is assuming the mask of virtue in its
old days. The fact that it is old counts
for something.
COMMANDER Evangeline Booth OF
~ the salvation army told us few
days ago that war was good med
icine for the spiritual nerves of the
people. But, the mother and sister
Of George D. Shaw, shell-shocked war
veteran, are not so crazy over the
advantages Of war. In fact, they claim,
the war made young Shaw so crazy
that he carved up his father with a
German sword, one of the trophies he
took back with him, perhaps to show
his father that he did his share in
defeating the Germans. The Shaw
case is not unusual. "Shell shock"
has become as favorite an excuse
with criminal defense lawyers now
adays as impaired pineal glands. If
Evangeline Booth got the dagger of
a shell-shocked war vet in her gizzard,
she might not be so anxious for an
other carnage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
TAXI BOSSES IN
DRIVE AGAINST
DRIVERS. WAGE
Union Officials Dead to
Possibilities

Especial to The Daily Worker)
NEW YORK, May 1O.-Two years
ago the taxi drivers of all the Mogul
Checker Cabs Joined the Brotherhood
Of Taxi Chauffeurs and demanded a
commission of forty per cent in place
of the thirty-three and one-third that
they were getting in the past. The
bosses refused to give the increase
or to recognize the union, and the
men four thousand strong went on
strike.
In five days afteE the calling of the
strike not single llognl Checker Cab
could be seen on the streets of this
city. On the seventh day Of the strike
the bosses came together with the
men and the Increase was granted,
but there was no recognition OF the
union.
The men went back to work and
four months later the Brotherhood of
Taxi Chautfeurs closed its-effice and
that was the end of that union. Two
years have elapsed and no serious at
temps have been made to reorganize
these drivers, altho the bosses have
started to cut the commission from
forty per cent to thirty-five per cent.
Last month circulars were broad
cast in this city calling on the taxi
drivers to meet at Beethoven Hall.
Many men showed up, but the officials
who called the meeting were not to
be seen inside or outside the hall.
They were not there and there is
lot Of speculation as to why the meet
ing was called and as to why the
officials did not show themselves to
hold the meeting. No meeting was
held.
Two drivers of the open shop yell
low Taxi corporation who were pres
ent at the meeting were fired by that
company, they were seen there by
the company spoilers and turned in.
The sentiment among the drivers now
is strong for union and the men are
in receptive mood and the next thing
is for the A. F. L. to do is to send
their organizers into the garages and
get busy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
FREE DETROIT
REDS JAILED IN
MAY DAY AFFAIR
Giving ally Worker
Not Crime Judge Says
BY EDGAR OWENS.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

ASPctidi TO ' ne OaIly WOrkcrl
DETROIT, Mich, May Warrants
against Bud Reynolds, Sam Hartman,
F. Shusterman and e. Kimdstrand for
distribution of the May Day edition
of the DAILY WORKER before the
Ford River Rouge plant on May 1, was
dismissed.
Maurice Sugar, attorney for the de-
PENDANTS moved to dismiss the war
rant on the grounds that it was de-
fective in that it failed to specify what
section of the ordinance had been
violated by the distribution of the
DAILY WORKER.
The ordinance itself is practically a
duplicate Of the Michigan criminal
syndicalism act under which the Com
munists who assembled in the Bridge
man convention in 1922 were indicted
in Berrien county.
The charges against Frank Dazos
and H. barbarian growing out of
the May Day distribution OF the
DAILY WORKER before the Ford
Highland Park plant were dismissed
when they were brought before the
court in Highland Park.
Judge Diehl held that the distri-
button of the DAILY WORKER was
no more a breach of the law than was
the sale of the Free Press or the De-
troit Times.
All the arrests growing out of the
May Day distribution have now been
dismissed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
SOVIET RUSSIA
FLAYS ENTENTE
FOR TERROR AID
tspeoIaI to rhe paIIy Worker,


MOSCOW, May 10.-Pravda, official
organ of the Soviet government,
states in an article on the Bulgarian
white terror:
The murderous Bulgarian Zankov
clique is trying to hush up its blood
bath after the Sofia explosion by
shouting over the intervention of the
Soviet Union in Bulgarian affairs. AL
most the entire bourgeois press is
bowling against Russian intervention
although it has absolutely no proof Of
such Intervention, and although they
know that we are opposed to individ-
ual terror.
We have always pointed out that
victory can be achieved only thru a
revolutionary mass movement; yet we
realize that the Sofia explosion was
an act of self-defense ON the part of
those who literally have to fight for
their very lives against the bandits
that call themselves a government. 1t
is comprehensive why Zankov is
shouting Intervention" and why he
is appealing to all the enemies of the
Soviet union. Why does the whole
world bourgeoisie shout in chorus
with Zankov? Besides the motive of
class solidarity, there are important
political interests involved, which
compel England and Italy to do so.
England and Italy supported the
Zankov regime in order to prevent an
understanding between Stambulinsky
and Jugo-Slavia. France reconciled
herself with zankov because the
latter undertook no steps against
Jugo-Slavia. The capitalist states have
supported the zankov regime and
have continuously interviewed in Bull
garian affairs. Rumania has done
police service against the peoples
movement, and the entente allowed
Zankov to increase his army in order
to suppress the peoples movement.
The capitalists always intervene in
Bulgarian affairs in the interests Of
the counter-revolutibn They know
that the Soviet Union did not inter-
vene; yet they continue to intervene
in the interests of the counter-revolu-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Cap Makers Biennial
Convention Convenes

NEW YORK, May 10-The Cloth
Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers In
ternational Union is holding its 18th
biennial conventions and has already
declared itself for the 4O-hour week,
to be obtained in the new agreement
OF July, 1926, IL possible. Union work
ers in so-colled corporation shops,
small manufacturing shops run by
partners or with few employees defy
Ing all regulation, are to be expelled
from the union II they do not with.
draw from such shops. The union is
celebrating its 25th anniversary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Concert and Dance
in Brooklyn Lyceum

NEW YORK, May TO- The Boro
Park English branch Of the Workers
Party is giving concert and dance
on Saturday evening. May 23. at tho
Finnish Labor Lyceum, 764-40th st.,
Brooklyn. An interesting musical pro-
gram and classical dancing will fea-
ture the concert The Finnish band
will provide the music for the dancing
All South Brooklyn comrades are urg-
cd 70 come TO the entertainment
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
ARREST Three
REDS IN FREE
SPEECH FIGHT
Test Right of Workers
Party to Hold Meetings

Three members of the Workers
(Communist) Party, Thurber Lewis,
Karl Reeve, and John Hecker, are to
appear for hearing in the Chicago
Ave. police court this morning follow
ing their arrest Saturday night for
holding a Communist open air meet
ing on the corner of North Ave. and
Orchard st.
The policemen who signed the com
plant, Deviny and Koch, based their
charges on an ordinance which was
declared unconstitutional by the state
supreme court years ago. The ordi-
nance, 1908, prohibited speaking on
the street corners without permit
but has been invalid for many years
FliVVer Squad Arrives.
The Communist speakers will de-
mand a jury trial, and the Workers
Party will test whether or not the
Chicago police force and Mayor Dever
are going to continue to break the law
oy preventing tho workers Of the city
from expressing their opinions. D. E.
Early was arrested on the same cor
ner a week ago, and his trial will be
conducted next month.
The meeting was opened by John
Hecker, member of the Young Work
ers (Communist) League. Immediately
Deviney and Koch drove up to the
speakers platform and demanded thai
the meeting disband. TIE Commun-
lists refused to close the meeting, and
Comrade Hecker concluded his talk,
advertising the Workers Party liter
allure and introducing the next speak
err, Thurber Lewis, circulation man
ager of the DAILY WORKER in Chi
cago AS soon as Comrade Hecker
stepped off the platform ne was
bundled into the police GER.
Patrol Is Called
Deviney and Koch, lacking the
nerve to stop the meeting, called up
a patrol while Comrade Lewis was
talking. Comrade Lewis pointed to
the police as the tools of the capt.
alist class who are used to beat down
workers in strikes when they attempt
to organize for a decent STANDARD of
living. He showed that it is only
workers organizations which are mol
ested when they attempt to exercise
their constitutional right of free
speech. BY this time an enormous
crowd had gathered.
Comrade Lewis then introduced
Karl Reeve who declared that the
workers must own the industries and
have a police force of their own
working for them and not for the en-
pIoyers The patrol arrived, and
Reeve announced that another meet
ing will be held by the Workers
Party on the same corner next Satur-
day night. The speakers were then
driven in the patrol to the station
house.
Bail was set at 800 apiece, and the
speakers were released at IL o'clock.
William F. Kruse and Norman Tai
lantire secured the bail money, most
of which was raised at the dance held
by the German Workers Educational
Home Society, in which the German
branch Of the Workers Party took
part.
AS the three Communists speakers
were lead away from the meeting the
workers who packed the strees
cheered Justify and criticised the pc-
lice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
Exhums Baby Farm vIetIms.

NEW YORK. May 1O--Acting on
six new complaints by klnsfolk, au-
thorities moved 10 exhume the bodies
Of some OF the 20 infants said by re-
cords to have died in Mrs. Helena A.
Geisenvolk's "infantorium' during
tho last 16 months.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12
German commIssIon oults.

RoME.--A large part Of the Ger
man commission negotiating an Italian
commercial treaty leaves for Berlin,
threatening negotiations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-12

GENEVA, May 10.-The arms con-
ference general committee with only
the dissenting vote OF Turkey, adopt
ed the resolution OF Delegate Bueros
OF Uruguay which is the basis OF the
conferences convention. It provides
that licenses for traffic in arms will
not be issued TO individuals, but only
to recognized governments. Thus the
world powers tighten their hold on the
smaller nations and the colonies by
restricting their ammunition supply
-