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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30
BY 3. S.
a Letter From Damascus.)

The rising of the Druse, which ac-
cording to the opinion of the French,
was only Of local significance. and
which would be easy to suppress, has
extended far beyond the boundaries Of
the Jebel Druse. discretionary
groups are still being organized thru
out the whole of Syria, which are de-
stroying railways and telegraph lines,
preparing local risings, and thus de-
tracing the army away from the main
front, Jebel Druse-D Damascus.
The risings at Hama, Hims in the
region of Alsupta and the frequent
raids also on the outskirts Of Aleppo,
on the Damascus-Beirut road, south Of
Lebanon. and at Vadi-Azaham and
Vadi-Kipr, all these movements have
put an end to the brilliant victory"
Of the French in the JeDel Druse and
have compelled them to evacuate the
latter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30

and exports 261 100000. The adverse
balance Of 55,OOO,00O as compared
with a favorable balance Of 65,0O0,00O
in 1923-24 is attributed to the poor
harvest of 1923-24 and the cessation
of grain exports. 1t is expected that
The figures for 1925-26 trade will show
considerable further progress over a
billion dollars.
Trade with the United States was
between forty and forty-five million
dollars before the war. The last fiscal
year, ending October /, 1925. is about
to show trade with the United States
of about $1OO,OOO,OO0 which is more
than double compared with pre-war
During the last few months forty per
cent of Soviet imports came from the
United States, which led all countries
on the import list for the year. Be
fore the war, the imports from Amer
lea were only six per cent Of the TO-
tai.
Only Beginning.
But this is all only a beginning
American sheep growers were sur
prised to learn that the Soviet Union
is engaged in improving the quality
of its sheep and their fleece, but they
nave met in person the representa-
lives Of the commissariat OF agricui
ure, who have spent here S25O.000
They could not buy all they needed
and next year, no doubt, may see
chose men and others again in the
United States and more sheep may 20
% the Soviet Union. With the excep
ion OF grain the Soviet Union needs
practically all America has to offer
for export
In summing up | may say that In
The next three to five years the world
will be greatly surprised by witness
ing the remarkable development OF
the Soviet Union. Those who think
that this is an exaggeration will have
to change their opinion. With each
year the needs of the country win
grow larger and the possibilities Of
trade relations between the Unitad
States and Soviet Union will increase.
We have already American tractors.
machinery, cotton, sheep, etc. In THIS
respect the Soviet Union is being
'Americanized Permit me TO ex-
press the hope that the future win
see this trade set on a permanent
basis to the mutual advantage OF both
countries" = Great applause.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30
Young Workers Jailed.

PARIS, Dec. 24-The young work
ers Carmesmel and Candelais, who
distributed L'Humanite, the central
organ Of the Communist Party, the
day Of the strike against the Morocco
an-Syrian war, were arrested and SEN
fenced TO five months and a. thousand
francs fines each.
The judges did not discuss whether
the respective issue of the paper con-
tanned seditious material or not. The
fact that the paper was distributed
ION an excited day" was considered
indictment against the state and the
government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30
Under the Yoke Of French Troops in Syria

large and numerons3 gardens-places
where entire groups of partisans can
hide themselves with facility and also
easily and undecided penetrate into
the town. Therefore, the insurrec-
tionaries have devoted their main at
tention to Damascus. around which
considerable partisan groups are con-
centrated. ssr1
A plan had ahe a0y been drawn up
lin good time" at the French head
quarters, for provoking a premature
rising, in order to stamp out the reyo-
lutionary mood in town with
bloodIshed and cruelty, which was to
serve as a lesson iufor other towns.
Massacre the Workers.
The French began wiping out
bands" in the working class quar-
tiers, bombarding wbole villages and
suspicious" gardens from aeroplanes,
destroying them completely, and kill
ing the inhabitants, There were cas-
es of French officers dragging fellahin
away from their fields and killing
them under the pretext that they had
been sheltering bandits"
The field court martial was energet-
ically at work in the town, and scores
Of insurrectionaries we're publicly
hung.
The French are continually trying to
rouse one section of the population
against another, are spreading false
rumors that the Druse are killing and
beating up the Armenians and chris
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30

rises a huge recently finished obelisk
dedicated to the memory of the he
roes of the October revolution.
The representatives of the Sovnar-
com are already on the balcony. All,
except Comrade Lenin.
The people are awaiting with i'm
patience the arrival OF their favorite
leader. There he comes! Long live
vladimir ilyitch. Long live Comrade
Lenini" During the next few seconds
nothing is heard but these shouts.
Workers greet heartily their beloved
teacher. Everybody listens breathless-
ly to his speech. 1t has captivat-
ing power. The audience clings TO
every word he utters They strug-
gle and. conquer together.
Lenin's small, feeble figure dressed
in plain red army soldiers uniform
swells in the eyes OF the audience in
to gigantic powerful personality.
The leader of the universal revolu-
ton.
Lenin concluded. His eyes usually
half closed are now widely open. His
glance seems to embrace the whole
universe, visualizing everywhere the
beginning Of the great, radiant fu-
ture. r.rr-t.,
Iyitch has LETT us now. But never
will he die IN our memory. He takes
actual part in our everyday strug-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30
Damascus the Key.

But the main danger for the French
is Damascus Damascus is town
with a population of 100000 with a
considerable handicraft and agricul-
tural proletariat, with national revo-
lutionary traditions, with strong or
ganizations, and is surrounded by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30
THE SPIRIT OF ILYITCH is WITH US!
s. kuREY.

small
santy crowd The less radiant
celebrate
gradually
The Soviet decorated red In the middle of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30

MADRID, Dec. rs. ~ A passport
agreement between England and
Spain was signed exempHng the citi-
zens Of the two countries from the
need Of travelling with passport.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30
TOLSTOPS RESURRECTION
To Be GIVEN new YEARS.
EVE AT The CIVIC OPERA

Thursday-New Years Eve-wIII
give America It's first hearing Of
Resurrection" an opera by Franco
Alfano, based upon the famous
novel Of that name by ToIsto. II
has been reserved as the high spot
OF the season. Mary Garden and
star cast, including Ansseau and
6aklanoff will create the several
roles. Roberto Moranzonl will con-
duct.
Friday evening no performances
Saturday afternoon "Manon Les.
caut," with Muzio, cortis, Rlmlnl,
cotreuII. Conductor, MoranzonI.
Saturday evening, devoted 20
popular prices, will bring MADAM.
Butterfly with Edith Mason In the
name role, and PavIoska, Hac<stt
Rlminl. Conductor, Polacco. r,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30

gle, and helps us to accomplish 4
great task which he had ata,raa
accomplish. =
Lenin Is immortal He HIVES
che hearts Of the prolstariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-30

Ilyitch has LETT us now. But never
will he die IN our memory. He takes
actual part in our everyday strug-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
COUNTY AND NEARBY

Darlington, town a little smaller
than DOdgeville, has $3.50 books in
it's public library, according to re-
port just published. Dodgeville has
3,074, or less than half as many. Why
the difference Dodgeville Sun-Re-
public.
Mr. and Mrs S. G. Curtis of Rich
land Center celebrated their Goth we'd
ding day on Feb 90 They are natives
of London, England, who located with
their parents in Fond du Lac county.
They were married there in 1865. They
have three children ten grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren.
Preston Arthur fell a distance of
about thirty feet Friday morning
while working at the new mine on
the Bergman farm and dislocated
some of the bones in his hand, be-
sides mourning bad bruises on the hip
and knee. He was working on the
hopper OF the new mill being erected,
and while walking on a timber took
hold of a four-by-four which slipped
The consequence was that he fell
backward to the ground about 80 feet
On the way down he struck another
so it seems remarkable that the in
juries suffered were no wUrse.-Dodge-
vile Sun.
Charles Lindner, chief of police in
Pra. du Chen for more than 80 years,
died Thursday night following a brief
illness with pneumonia. Mr. Lindner
was one of the most widely known pO-
lice officials in that region, and only
once during his entire career was he
worsted in the performance of his
duty and that was on Aug. 81, 1901,
when Buffalo Bills wild west Indians
and negroes went on a riot following
a jamboree in which too much fire
water played a part. A little later,
however, he captured with the aid of
a railway engine crew, three burglars
who had looted the Spring Valley,
Mimi. bank. The loot, consisting of
$4,000 in currency, was also recov-
cred by him. He is survived by ten
children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
IN CIRCUIT COURT

A case of The Mercantile Insurance
Co. VS.. Margaret Dugan of Sinsinawa
went to jury yesterday afternoon fol-
lowing a morning session. The COM
pany alleges that a 1928 Ford coupe
valued at $500 owned by Mrs. Dugan
was the car stolen from Vincent
Flynn of Fulton, ILL.,, a week before
the purchase by Mrs. Dugan which
was on August 20, 1928. Return of the
car is asked. The company claims
that two motor block license numbers
were changed Kopp & Brunckhorst
appeared for plaintiff and Geo. B..
Clementson for defendant.
A charge of seduction made against
Robt. ingalls, of Dubuque was changed
to a bastardy charge yesterday. In
gals is held in jail here awaiting trial.
A child was born to Mrs. Bessie Maid
en- of Cassville on Feb. 8.
Pete Wiegand of Jamestown was
held Monday under $1,000 bonds to
the now pending term of circuit court
on charge of violation of the liquor
law.
Herman Decker of jamestown APP
peared in circuit court yesterday with
counsel on a charge of violating the
liquor law 1t was intimated that Deck
er would plead guilty and take his
medicine along with the others.
The case of Mamie Young VS.. VIM.
harrington, damage suit was settled
out of court it being said that Miss
Young, former housekeeper for Bar
rington at White City, received $1,000
in cash as a settlement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
mtth thf pntnHt Htnnrfrh
(By Judge Wilmott)

comfort and convenience of civilized
life. His rifle supplied him with food
and his cooking utensils consisted of
a brass kettle which he wore under
his cap"
A1mOr Fools Redskin
One incident of his history has been
preserved and is worth relating. The
Sac and Fox tribes of Indians were at
war with the Winnebago tribe. Grant
was trading with the former and was
consequently regarded by the latter
as their enemy. One day he happened
to encounter war party of Winnie
bagOs who Immediately gave him
chase. The foremost coming up struck
him upon the head with his tomahawk
which produced no other effect than
a shary ring from the kettle before
mentioned. The Indian recoiled with
CONSERVATION and horror. EXclaiming
Manitou" (Spirit) he precipitately re-
treated accompanied by the whole
party This revelation of his divine
character subdued the animosity of
the Winnebagos and he was ever af-
terward regarded with the utmost awe
by the Indians.
Grants Going Mysterious
Of the future career of Grant even
less is known than of Morand. Wheth-
er he pressed on in the van of the adj
vancing tide of civilization must ever
remain enwrapped in the fog-bank of
unexplained mysteries. 1t is enough
that he left the imprint of his name
upon the rivers and lands of his old
trading ground.
COunty'S Boundaries
Grant county is situated in the eX-
IRENE southwest corner of the state,
its boundaries being thus described:
Beginning at the southwest corner OF
the State of Wisconsin, running thence
east on the boundary line of the state
to the fourth principal meridian,
thence north on said meridian to the
middle of the main channel of the
Wisconsin river to the mouth thereof,
thence southerly on the boundary line
of the state in the middle of the main
channel of the Mississippi river to
the place of beginning. The county is
therefore, bounded on the south by
the state of Illinois, on the east by
the counties of Lafayette and Iowa,
on the north by the county of Craw-
ford and a portion of Richland coun-
ty, and on the west by the state of
Iowa. Grant county is among the old
er settled counties of the state. It's
length in the longest part is somewhat
over 48 miles while it's width in the
widest part is about SO miles. This
extreme length and width, however, is
reached only in certain portions, as
upon its southern boundary line the
county is between II and II miles in
width, while the western portion is
but a trif1e over IL miles in length,
diminishing upon the extreme north
west portion in the town of Wyalusing
to between and miles.
(TO BE CONTINED)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
A PITIFUL CASE

Drs. Kraut and Godfrey went to a
farm near Mccartney Monday upon
request of Judge Goodsell to conduct
an examination into the mental con-
dition of Mrs. Rosanna Bierman,
widow, living on a farm there with
five small children. The physicians adj
judged Mrs. Bierman in need of men
tai treatment and observation and a
commitment will be made Mendoza
accordingly. The conditions at the
home were destitute to the point of
being pitiable as the children were in
rags with nothing in the house to eat.
This sad state of affairs is due to the
mothers mental state, DR.. Kraut says,
as she has an S0-acre farm and sever
al thousand dollars of insurance mon
ey banked at Cassville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
A KANSAS VISITOR

David Thurston of Dodge City, Kan,
is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Geo.
Gibbs. Mr.. Thurston is the youngest
of the Thurston family who lived near
Bloomington years ago. The family
with the exception of Mrs. Gibbs
moved to Newton, Kan, the youngest
son later locating at Dodge City. Dav-
id is a prosperous farmer and stock
raiser of Dodge City. He reports times
as good all through Kansas as the
farmers had good wheat crop last
year and expect another good crop
the coming year. Reams could be writ
ten about western Kansas but suffice
to say it is a prosperous and fertile
country which has come up from
nothing in two or three decades all
because the pioneers there were
thrifty and hard workers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
County's First White Occupant

There remains but little doubt that
the pressure of white mans foot up
on Grant county soil was coeval with
the presence of the earliest explorers
who, taking their lives in their hands,
boldly plunged forN ard into the I'M
known wilderness and rescued from
the realms of obscurity that mighty
river, Mississippi" which was after
wards to become the diamond among
diamonds in the crown of the conquer
or and pOssessor. But of the presence
of these early explorers we have only
Evolutionary and intangible knowledge
and up to the beginning of the 18th
century and in fact few years later,
Their is no evidence which would show
that this section had been used as a
tarrying place by the white man. But
later on evidence tangible and anthem
tic proves beyond question that one
Capt Morand, French trader, not
only visited the present county of
Grant but had established a place for
the deposit of his stock upon the east
bank of the Mississippi river at a
point some eight or nine miles below
the mouth of the Wisconsin river.
Capt. MOrand Disappears
Of the early history of this trader
but little can be cleaned or how long
he had occupied this site, which was
known as Fort Morand. Of MOrand
himself but little more can be said
A person of the same name was men
toned in Gorreble's Journal as being
in 1853 at the head of an extensive
body of traders and was in all prob
ability the same individual who es-
tablished the trading post below the
mouth of the Wisconsin river. The
mother of the wife of the Sac chief,
Keokuk, claimed in after years to be
the daughter by Sac mother of Capt.
Morand But the latter's disappearance
was as sudden and complete as his
former plans had been successful,
leaving no trace behind by which the
future history of the first known white
man whose foot pressed Grant county
soil could be traced.
Next Came Grant
The next resident in this section
and the one whose name the county
now bears, was another Indian trader
named Grant He was here as early
as 1910 and for many years was sup
posed to have been the first known
white man in Grant county. The Grant
County Herald in later years and in a
very early issue, speaking of this pi-
oneer adventurer, says: Grant was
an Indian trader, one of those daunt-
less frontiersmen known to the earlier
days of the Northwest and who diff
fered from the savage by possessing
thirst for gore and the enterprise to
crafty it. AS early as 1910 Grant was
engaged in trade with the Indians oc-
cupying this region, making his head
quarters at Prairie du Chen. He was
noted for his hardihood and endur-
ance and for his disregard of every
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
HIGH SCHOOL FORENSICS

Boys o. the high school who desire
to appear in the district declamatory
contest participated in an elimination
event Monday evening, 13 taking part
OF the thirteen six were chosen to APP
pear in u further elimination in two
weeks when the choice will be mar
rowed down to two. The six success
full ones in Mondays contest are: Geo.
Clementson, Richard Orion, Eugene
Chapman, Carl Meyers, Stanley Ed
wards and Billie Schloesser.
In a girls elimination contest to be
held soon eight girls will be selected
out of 26 to declaim. The complete
elimination will require three con-
tests before the two best are chosen
to represent the school,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
The Builders.

All constructive vocations build and
he who selects a trade, craft or pro-
fession which enables him to leave an
accumulation of effort is surely a
builder. The man who builds buildings
may view his work with pride and
think to himself that these stout build
ings will stand as monument to him
after he is gone.
The farmer who by his effort makes
the soil produce is surely a builder.
The business man who supplies a Civ
en- number of people with things they
need is a builder. The physician
builds healthy bodies and the honest
barrister assists human kind in find
ing justice. They are builders too.
The press of the world build with
ideas instead of material things. The
mortar of faithfulness and the stone
of human hope and effort are their
materials Thoughts are their tools
One stone here one stone there
a structure not built by hands goes
slowly skyward. It is the evolution
of the race toward the dawn of the
godlike.
All builders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
MUSCODA MAN
NOT GUILTY
OF ASSAULT
Jury Sets Frank Groves
Free in Short Order
Echo of Khan Row.

Frank Groves, MuScoda merchant
charged with assault with intent to
kill and murder" was acquitted by a
circuit court jury here Thursday after
les sthan an hours elaboration.
The acquittal of Groves was not I'M
expected 1t was one of the final chap
tiers in series of dissensions which
began last August when George
Shields, Boscobel policeman, inter
fered with khan parade at Bosco-
bel and was bumped on the jaw by
Bert F1esch, klansman. Shields was
convicted of unlawful attempt to use
a gun and his case is now pending in
Supreme court on appeal.
News Stand Burned
The Groves case grew out of the
burning of a news stand at Muscoda
on the night of Sept q The fire start
ed in the dark watches of the night
following an evening of excitement in
the village over reported khan pa
rade which failed to materialiZe. One
Leo Manning happened to be too close
to the burning pyre for his own
health and received a buckshot
charge in his legs as a result.
At the trial Manning, who spent
two weeks in Madison hispital re-
covering from wounds, claimed he was
peaceably taking his way homeward
at about a. m. Sept. 3, after waiting
all evening to see a Khan parade
which didn't take place, when
charge of buckshOt was fired at him.
Saw Night PrOWler
Groves and George Howard, howev-
er, were positive that Manning was
the man they saw prowling about
refreshment stand adjoining Groves
hardware store when they discovered
an alleged attempt to fire the shack,
which is said to have been erected for
use in connection with the Khan pa
rade.
A banana crate, filled with straw,
had been placed in the stand, Groves
declared, and man was about to pour
a can of oil on the straw. The youth
fed when he was discovered, the de-
PENDANT testified, and he fired after
the intruder had ignored three COM
mands to halt.
The spectators who crowded Judge
S. E. Smalley's courtroom received
the jury's verdict with little comment.
George B. Cleemntson, former district
attorney, suspended by Governor
Blaine following the Muscoda Incl
dent and another disturbance at Bos-
cobel, acted as special prosecutor in
the case while A. w. Kopp, Platte
vile, and G.. H. Knudson Dodgeville,
defended Groves
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-04
No State Police.

Disliking to do so but feeling it ne
cessary to disagree with and criticise
Governor Blaine so often, the Herald
feels really thankful when we can
agree with him and endorse his view,
The governor has taken pro-
nounced stand against a proposal of
the Dane and Sank county bar asso-
Citations for a state police force such
as some of the eastern states have. 1t
is called "a state constabulary."
Governor Blaine believes that civil
liberty in America is on the decline.
The old idea that each man should be
a policeman unto himself and over his
own conduct has gone into the dis
card In its place is an idea that for
each human being there must be an
other to watch over him and inspect
him. But who shall watch the watch
ers and who shall inspect the in
spectors?
The governor is growing old-fash-
toned. He is in danger of falling into
the dangerous belief that democracy
exists only when each citizen holds
his responsibilities as high as his