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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

1925, with no guarantee OF
shorter workday after that date.
Due to a Misunderstanding Of these
concessions offered the men, none Of
whom belong to a union, had, on the
Saturday preceding, at smaller
meeting by narrow margin voted to
go back to work. But on Monday
morning when the real conditions be-
came apparent, these who had return
ed, hurriedly left the shops again.
From this second walk out the men
marched directly to the field Of the
mass meeting.
Firing a Stool Pigeon
The chairman, elected by the strike
committee on the first day Of its or
ganization, when but few Of the men
knew one another, had since quite
openly admitted intimate acquaintance
with the plant superintendent, and
showed considerable anxiety about the
interests of the company. When he
now tried to open the meeting he was
told in no uncertain terms where to
get off. I'VE do not want you-you
are no good-get the h.. out of
there" and few more epithets were
fired at him. He hurried down from
the platform.
One committeeman who had good
intentions ATTEMPTED to continue, but
made the wrong approach and was
told to get down The men were in
an angry mood. At that point Arne
Swabeck of the Workers Party, step
ped to the platform and was immed-
lately greeted by storm Of applause
Communists Trusted BY Strikers.
The men knew the Communists
were on the square, they had watched
the tireless activities Of the Commnn-
lists within their own ranks to get this
strike organized and get reliable lea
dership established. The points en-
phasized for effective conduct of the
/ struggle by Arne Swabeck as well as
by ]. Otis, also of the Workers Party,
found hearty response.
The strike committee was reorgan-
ICED and completed. Once more the
demands of the strikers were gone
over and made more exact, to be
presented once more to the company
by smaller subcommittee which was
elected 1T is not so much to negoti-
ate with the company" said one of
the committeeman, "but rather to tell
them, this is what we stand for; what
do you say, yes or no?"
The demands as reformuIated
were: No more than nine hours
work day with half day Saturday
or total Of so hours week, rein
statement Of all men who had been
fired on account of the strike, re-
coGnltIon Of the committee and no
discrimination against any member
thereof or any man participating in
the strike, no further wage cuts.
When presenting these demands to
the company later during the day, it's
spokesman declared that the terms,
and particularly the nine-hour day,
could not be accepted. They pleaded
that 1t was necessary to enforce the
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McKEES ROCKS STRIKERS FORCE
COMPANY TO AGREE TO ALL But
ONE demand; STRIKE CONTINUES
tsy IRwIN, Worker oorresp0ndentl

McKEES ROCKS Pa, May 5-once voicing their
determination win $500 strikers from the Pressed Steel Car
company shops McKees Rocks Pa assembled meet
ing Monday morning. voted unanimously accept the
offered by the company because they did not include
guarantee eestabIshment of the shorter work day
The concessions offered by the company wererecognion
the committee permanent institution and dis
against the strikers the shorter workday
however the half hour day
until it's present contract is finished Sept 26
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csIIesux Seeks Old Job.

PARIS, May 5--Joseph Calliaux,
five years ago an exile deprived OF
civic rights for "menacing the safety
of the nation" and az present minis
ter OF finance in the Painleve cabi-
net, will stand for election to the
chamber OF deputies from his old dis
trict Of the sarthe, according to La
Liberte today
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ASK IMMEDIAT,~~
AID FOR IRISH
famine VICTIMS
Chicago to Haze Mass
Meeting Friday


"lrish distress acute. Starvation
not remote. Send us help at once"
This is the message that flashed
over the wires yesterday from Helen
crawfurd, secretary Of the Workers
international Relief in Britain to the
Workers and Peasants Famine Relief
Committee, at 10 South Lincoln ST.,
Chicago, III.
That conditions are getting worse
instead of better is the story told in
every communication from Irish
sources of information.
Robert Stewart, secretary of the
Workers International Relief in Ire
land also cabled yesterday: Follow
ing message just received from Ardara,
Donegal. I certify that distress is
acute in this district. Am in posi-
tion to state positively that in many
cases starvation is not very remote.
Charles H. Falvey, medical officer"
Immediate help must be sent to the
workers and peasants in the West of
ireland if they are to be saved from
a slow and horrible death as a result
of starvation. It is up to the workers
to send this help. The bourgeoisie
will not do it.
All sections of the International
Workers Aid in the United States are
called upon by the secretary of that
organization to organize affairs at
once to raise funds. Money must be
sent Immediately. There is no time
to be lost. From Berlin, London and
Dublin, every mail brings requests for
assistance. -
Meeting For Famine Relief
Next Friday evening May s, John
p. Mccarthy who has recently return
ed from a visit to the famine region
will be the principal speaker at a mass
meeting in North Side Turner Hall,
s27 North Clark st. The object of
the meeting will be TO raise funds for
relief and to tell the truth about the
situation in Ireland. The other speak
ers will be William f. Dunno, editor
of the DAILY WORKER, T. J. O'Fla-
herty, secretary Of the Irish Workers
and Peasants Relief Committee and
Robert Totten, secretary of the Irish
Workers Republican Club
Besides the speeches there will be
Irish scenes, Every reader OF the
DAILY WORKER is urged to attend
this meeting,
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PRODUCING CRIMINALS AND VICE
BY CHILD LABOR; INVESTIGATOR
REVEALS HORROR OF CAPITALISM
BY LILLIAN r. 6oRGEsoN.
ARTICLE w

child labor
typical citizen"
eyebrows Undoubtedly
exploitation part
should Immediately
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Evening star., 1925-02-10
BUS PERMIT DECISION
POSSIBLE TOMORROW
Commission Defers Action-Grant
to w. r. E. Co. Had
Seemed Likely.

The Public Utilities Commission.
holding it's regular meeting today,
postponed action on the pending ap-
& Electric Co. and the Washington
town bus line.
been that the permit probably would
be granted the Washington Railway
& Electric Co., but following to
mission said that a decision was not
likely before tomorrow.
The route asked for by the railway
company starts from Thirty-seventh
and T streets, on T to Thirty fifth,
to Q street. No Twentieth street, to
K street, to Thirteenth street, to e
street, and terminates at Tenth street.
Returning the busses would go north
on Tenth to K street and thence over
the same route.
Whether the commission will make
any notifications in the route will
not be known until the decision 10
reached.
The company proposes to charge
the same fare in effect on street cars.
with the sale of 2-cent transfers to
intersecting car lines to those pas
sengers paying the cash fare of s
cents on the bus.
At the public hearing last week
William Nick. Clayton of the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations sug-
gested that the 2-cent transfer be
sold to token passengers as well.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
COOLIDGE WILL SPEAK
AT TWIN CITIES FETE
Minneapolis and st. Paul Celebra-
tion, June 8, Will Mark Morse
American Centennial.

President Coolidge will speak June
at the celebration in st. Paul and
Minneapolis of the Morse American
centennial.
Acceptance Of the invitation ex-
tended the President several weeks
ago by the Minnesota congressional
delegation and officers of the centen-
nial committee was announced today
by Representative Kvale, Independent,
Minnesota, and DR.. elsie Bothne of
the University of Minnesota, after a
further conference on the matter
with the Executive.
The celebration, which marks the
one-hundredth anniversary of the
landing of the first Norwegian set
tiers in America in 1926, will be held
June 6 to at the Minnesota State
Fair Grounds between ST. Paul and
Minneapolis.
The invitation is the first involving
trip from Washington during the
Summer that Mr.. Coolidge has ac-
cepted and will take him for the first
time since he entered the White
House into the Northwestern States.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
|NSURGENT OUTS
BLOC" IN HOUSE
Sinclair Returns to G. O. P.
FoId-Lampert Reported
Ready to Follow Suit.

A break in the ranks of the La
Toilette insurgents in the House de-
veloped today, Representative Sinclair
of North Dakota announcing that he
proposed to attend the Republican
caucus to be held February %.
Some House members were inform
ed that Representative Lampert of
Wisconsin also would bolt the in
curgent bloc to cast his lot with
organization Republicans.
Sinclair and I4ampert both are
among those IL members whom Re
publican leaders had decided to bar
from the caucus. called to elect i
candidate for Speaker and a floor
leader.
Lampert is chairman of the patents
committee and of the committee in
vestigating the aircraft industry.
Sinclair is member Of the agricul-
ture committee. Both would lose
their committee places if excluded
from the Republican caucus.
The grounds for barring the insur-
gents from Republican councils was
that they campaigned against Presi-
dent Coolidge in States other than
their own. Sinclair and Lampert in
sist they did not do so.
Several Republican leaders predicted
that If Sinclair, Lampert. or any other
insurgent would assure the Repub-
licans that they had not been active
in opposition to the Republican ma
tional ticket, and were willing to
abide by decisions of the organization
caucus, they probably would be per-
mitted to take part in the meetings.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
Votes for Women
Main Issue Raised
In Belgian Election,
BY the Associated Press.

BRUSSELS. February 10.-Wom-
an suffrage is to be the main issue
of elections for Parliament on
April 5. The question has caused
the government to decide to dis
solve Parliament at the end of this
month or a month prior to the
expiration of the terms of the
members.
The Catholic deputies, allied
with 81 Socialists, favor granting
women the suffrage in provincial
elections, while the Liberals and
the bulk of the Socialists are op-
posed. Since the Chamber is SO
equally divided on the Question
and since the Liberal members OF
the cabinet refuse to cola borate
with their Catholic and Conserva-
tive colleagues on matters they
consider outside the program of
the present Liberal-Cathoiic coali-
ton, there was no way out but to
appeal to the country.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
D|SCRED|T PLEDGE
OF CABINET POST
Presidents Friends See Only
Inconsistency in Story
, From Iowa.

Two developments of the last few
days have served to revive interest in
the appointment of Secretary of Agr
culture to succeed Secretary Gore, who
retires March 4. One is a story of
campaign promise that Iowa should
have a determining voice in the selection
Of the agricultural member of the cab
met and the other the springing of
vigorously backed boom for Representa-
tive L. J. Dickinson Of Iowa for the sec
retaryship.
Charles E. Hearst. president of the
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, who Is
now in Washington, is given as au-
thorty for the story of the campaign
promise. 1t is reputed to have been
given late in the campaign. when there
was talk that Iowa would go over
whelmingly for La Toilette. Secretary
Wallace had just died, and there is said
to have been a report that Massachu
setts man was to be selected to sue
ceed him.
story of Telephone Talk.
This inspired Chairman Burnquist of
the Iowa Republican committee, accord
ing to the tale. to call up National
Chairman Butler to protest and to de-
who would carry out the policies in
augurated by Secretary Wallace, and
who would be satisfactory to Midwest
agriculture. Mr.. Burnquist. according
to the story, was switched from Chair
man Buffers Office to the White House
in Washington" where the pledge Is
said to have been made that the condi-
tions laid down by the Iowa chairman
would be met.
The story finds little credence
among friends of the President or
those who know his attitude toward
such matters as prediction pledges
regarding appointments to ONCE
They do not believe the President
himself would have authorized such a
pledge or that. had it been made by
some one without his authority, he
would feel himself bound by it,
Inconsistency 1. Cited.
In the first place, a pleadge that a
Secretary would be appointed who would
carry out the policies inaugurated by
Secretary Wallace would have been
utterly inconsistent with the Presi-
dents known views. Probably the
most conspicuous of Mr.. Wallace s
policies was support of the McNary-
Haugen bill for the artificial increase
of farm produce prices through Fed
eral export commission financed by
funds from the United States Treas
ury. The President opposed this
mea sure at the time of it's advocacy
by Secretary Wallace and has subse-
quently on several occasions declared
himself against any such economic
policy. His friends do not believe he
would call to his cabinet man who
held conflicting views on so funda-
mental a question, and they do not
believe, of course. that he would au-
thorize the making of any promise SO
manifestly impossible of fulfillment.
For the same reason, those who
know the Presidents views indicate
that they are unable to take seri-
ously the boom for Representative
Dickinson, which seems, it is sug-
gested, to owe it's revival largely to
the fact that he was Mr.. Coolidge's S
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Evening star., 1925-02-10
EXPECT FAILURE
OF D. c. RENT BILL
House Leaders See No
Chance of Measure Passing
Present Congress.

The District rent bill has very
session OF Congress, in spite of the
fact that Representative James Begg
sf Ohio while at the White House
announced that President Coolidge
was very anxious that this measure
should be promptly passed.
House leaders are known to be not
at all friendly to this legislation, and
unless additional influence is brought
to bear they will not exert them
selves to give 1t privileged status.
There is little or no chance of it
being passed on the next District
day, February 2S, part of which at
least viii be taken over for Washing
ton birthday exercises.
The District rent bill can hardly
be passed except under a special rule,
and the present temper Of the rules
committee is not to grant such rule.
House leaders have grave doubts
whether the President was quite as
forceful in his insistence that this
legislation should be passed as some
people have been led to believe.
If Representative Begg, who is ex-
pected to handle the District rent bill
on the floor, although he is not a
member of the House District conn.,
mittee, which reported this bill, and
House leaders were anxious to carry
out the reported wish of the Presi-
dent, the District rent bill would
have been taken up today.
The House adopted resolution
making today suspention day, when
the Speaker could recognize any MEM
ber and when any bill could be pass
ed in 40 minutes.
There will be bitter opposition to the
District rent BILL especially the pro-
posal to continue the life of the Rent
Commission for years. This opposi-
tion will be led by Representative
Thomas l.. Blanton, Democrat, OF
Texas, who expresses confidence that
the rent bill will not be passed"
Evening star., 1925-02-10
APPEAL Is GRANTED
TO EDITOR IN LIBEL
Harry Ely, Who Criticized Court
on Rental Hearings, Goes
Free on $500 Bond.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 1O-Harry
Ely, II. editor of the New York Ten
ant. was to be released from the
Tombs today in $500 bail as a result
Of a decision yesterday by Supreme
Court Justice Wagner granting
certificate of reasonable doubt pend
ing appeal to the appellate division
Ely was sent to the Tombs January
%. after being found guilty of crimi-
nal libel by jury, with Municipal
Justice Caffrey the complaining wit
ness. The libel grew out of landlord
and tenant cases heard by Justice
Caffrey, which caused Ely to call the
justice a "nincompoop" and a gut
tersnipe" in the Tenant
The sentence carried a maximum
Imprisonment of three years. The
jury had recommended extreme len
iency."
In this decision Justice Wagner
said the trial took "a Iatitudinous
and unconfined course into the do
main of the totally unrelated and un-
charged crime of seditious libel" This
may have confused the jury's minds,
Justice Wagner said
Evening star., 1925-02-10
RITES FOR MRS. TICHEN0R

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary II.
Tichenor, SO years old, who died at
her residence, 1911 NJ street, Sunday,
will be held at the residence tomor-
row morning, at 1890 o'clock. Rev.
DR.. Charles Wood, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, will off1ciate.
Interment will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Mrs. Tichenor was the widow OF
Col. Isaac s. Tichenor, who was for
many years prominent in Masonic cir
cles here. She has been a resident OF
this city nearly so yearA
Evening star., 1925-02-10
NEW ARREST DUE
NSTUDENT DEATHS
Ohio Prosecutor Has Fresh
man Held for Quizzing in
Poison Capsule Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 10
Arrest of another Ohio State Univer-
sity student in connection with the
poisoning of two students was fore
cast today by Prosecutor Chester. He
said evidence had been found against
a student who previously had testi-
fed before the Investigators.
Authorities are said to have found
small quantity of narcotics and
poisons in the suspects room.
Prosecutor Chester said he had in
vestigated the story previously told
by the student and had found that 1t
did not check in several instances.
He would not say when the student
would be questioned further or when
he might be arrested
Freshman First Arrest.
Louis Fish. 19. freshman in the
college of pharmacy at Ohio State
University, was the first student ar
rested and was held in city jail
here for further questioning by
Prosecutor Chester following his ad-
mission last night that without per-
sules to David ]. Puskin. fellow
student. which caused his death.
Fish was held incommunicado.
Fish, while admitting he failed to
tell all he knew of the facts on first
being questioned, denied he put poi
son in the capsule bottle. Puskin,
Fish told the city prosecutor, was his
best friend"
His Willingness to do a favor for
Puskin, Fish said he now realizes,
caused the latter's death. At the re-
quest of Puskin, he said, he entered
the pharmacy dispensary to get "a
couple of capsules that wouldn't be
missed" although Puskin had pre-
scription for the capsules in his pos
session. The capsules normally cost
20 cents.
Fish Had Been Questioned.
Fish, the first student to be ques-
toned last Wednesday when the po-
lice inquiry into the poisonings be-
gan. was also one of the first two
students who were on duty in the
dispensary during the week when the
poison capsules were dispensed. With
his partner. Cleveland student, he
was on duty there from to 10 a.m
Monday, January 26.
with the questioning of students
and instructors completed, further
inquiry into the poisonings was
transferred today from the university
campus to police headquarters.
PARENTS STAND BY FISH.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
NEWS PRINT INK RATE
DISCUSSION Renewed
Railroads in Reply to Publishers
Ask Adoption of Report Recently
Made by Examiner.

Replying to the contentious OF at
torneys for the Washington Publish
ers' Association in the cases before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
involving alleged overcharges on
shipment of news print ink to Wash
ington, attorneys for the railroads
today asked the commission to adopt
an examiners report on his findings
in the cases.
The cases were brought at the in
stance of the Washington Publishers
Association, alleging overcharge and
seeking reparation, and a report by
Examiner Fleming was made public
several months ago.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
FRANCE TO SEEK TRIAL
IN 5OO-YEAR-OLD CASE
Society Formed to Ask Hearing for
Baron de Rails, Companion
of Joan of Arc.

By Cable to The Star and New York World.
PARIS, February 1o.-Baron Giles
de Rails, marshal Of France and COM
panion in arms of Joan of Arc, is to
get a new trial. society for his
defense has formally applied to the
appellate court to hear their petition.
The baron was accused 500 years
ago of killing 500 children in order
to placate the devil and obtain gold.
After the death of his leader the
baron had retired to his estate near
Nantes and was supposed to be m
alchemist, but the society has dis
covered there Is a vein of gold under
his chateau and 1T wants the courts
TO pronounce formally that Baron
GILES got his money by working this
vein.
(Copyriyht 1929
Evening star., 1925-02-10
IS Armed Men Rob
Chicago Warehouse
OF $4,000 II, Vine
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 1o.-Fifteen
armed men in five automobiles
early today raided a Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railroad Co.
warehouse here and escaped with
46 barrels of port wine after they
forced Dan Kelleher, warehouse
engineer. to assist them.
The wine was valued at $12,0
and was the property of the Ital-
ian Vineyard Co.
Six of the ring leaders of the
robber band invaded the warehouse
shortly before midnight. The en-
gineer told the police there were
a number of men outside.
The engineer was bound before
the robbers departed but he told
the police that he freed himself.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
Failure of Russian Crops Brings
Fears of Acute Shortage of Food

ing of the governments central
executive committee that Russia had
spent 100000 gold rubles in
providing the population with sowing
material for the next harvest, extend
ing loans to prevent the population
from selling livestock and for the
decentralization Of children.
It was stated that no definite fore
cast could be made regarding the
prospects for the coming crops, but
there were indications that some
Winter sowing must be resown in
the early Spring, and the government
has assigned 100000 pounds Of
sowing wheat for this purpose.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
Planning
Brief address at
Inaugural Rites

Inc President March will de-
hVer d comparatively brief in
augural address. At least it is his
intention to do so. He has started
the draft of his address, and
he follows out his present inten-
tton 1t will compare in brevity to
the one delivered by Grover Cleve-
land at his first inaugural, which
did not require more than about
II minutes to deliver. Having heard
about the brevity of Cleveland's first
inaugural address, the President re-
Gently obtained copy Of 1t, and,
discussing the subject with friends,
he said that 1t was a very eN-
cellent paper and he could not
see how it could be improved on
by extending its length. He re-
alizes, however. that there are
many more activities OF impor-
tance in the Nation today, and that
as a result events develop rapid
ly and ideas arise constantly, all
of which tend to prompt the eX-
eCutive to a lsng paper.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, February 10.-With the
failure Of this years crops the ques-
ton of providing flour for Russia's
millions of population Is giving the
Soviet government increasing con-
cern.
Renewed orders are being placed
abroad to meet the acute shortage Of
grain at home. With the exception
of the Caucasus area, Russia had an
unusually mild and irregular Winter
this year, affecting crops adversely.
The absence Of snow and moisture
has caused large sowing areas to
perish.
Evening star., 1925-02-10
PISTOL CURB PROPOSED.

CHICAGO, February 10.-Enactment
of a law making 1T crime to pos
sess a revolver without license will
be urged before the Illinois legisla-
ture, Judge John r. Caverly. who pre-
sided at the trial of Nathan Leopold
and Richard Loeb, has announced
The proposed law would make 1T
a misdemeanor to possess concealed
weapons and a. felony in the case of
any one previously convicted OF crime.