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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-25
Parent Teachers Association is to
be held Friday night in the school
gymnasium.
Shutting on TIE Settlers Water
Rouses Much Opposition.

Washington, d. C.-Necessity for O
change OF the interior departments
reclamation policies was urged upon
President Coolidge by Senator Borah
republican. Idaho.
Sharp protest against the present
policy, and particularly against the
shutting off of water in the federal
irrigation districts because Of failure
Of settlers to meet deferred payments
to the government, has been voiced
BY senators and representatives from
several Of the western states.
Members of congress. both repub
lican and democrats, returned from
the west, assert that great dissatis
faction has been aroused in their
states because of the course pursued
BY the interior department and there
have been reports that this feeling
has grown SO strong that the presi
dent probably would be asked to re-
move Mr.. Work.
Thus far. however, the White House
has received no protests in that form
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-25

The Sophomores are busy plan.
ming the Freshman initiation which
will be held in the gymnasium, a
week from Friday, October 2.
-Four committees have been ap
pointed with Vera Dunbar at the
head. The committees are, refresh
ment committee, decoration com.
mittee, entertainment committee
and initiation committee.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-25

Boise, Idaho.-Ten ex-officers and
directors Of the Weiser National bank
and the old First National Bank oil
Weiser were arraigned before Judge
Frank s. Dietrich of the United States
court on bench warrants issued fol
lowing their indictment by the Sep
tember grand jury. The bankers were
charged with misapplication of funds
and conspiracy to misapply funds.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-25
Eller Goa, soa MlI.s an Hour,

Mitchell Field, N. "a new unof-
ficial worlds speed record was esiab-
lished when Lieutenant Afford ]. VIII.
liams, navy aviator, flew at the rate
Of 1923 miles an hour. Williams flew
one kilometer in IA seconds. The
worlds record for airplane speeding
is 27S miles an hour, held by France.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-25

Son Of Darwin Dies In England.
Cambridge, England.-Sir Frances
Darwin, son of the famous evolution.
ist. Charles Darwin, died here.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-25
Vashon School Notes

History of the class Of '25 is
just beginning. During the sum-
mer the members of this class have
been enjoying well earned vaca.
ton before starting out on their
careers.
Marjorie Bridgman is busy max
ing uniforms in preparation for
entering nurses training course at
the Seattle General hospital.
Ada Blekkink is taking the
Liberal Arts course at the College
of Puget Sound, Tacoma.
Eva Sarvold is keeping books
for Armour Company.
John King and Don Levenseller
are attending the Oregon Agricul.
ture College. John is taking the
engineering course.
Henrietta Brosseau took a sum.
mer course at Success Business
College and is now clerking- in
Remicks Song Shop.
Single Takai and Robert Bailey
are taking the Liberal Arts course
at the University of Washington.
Barlow Cowan is working for
the telephone company in Seattle
where there is a large field for
advancement.
Merrill Mathews is working or
the island.
Yoshi Yoshimura has not yet de.
cided what she wants to do.
Arthur Larson is working in the
brick yards at Harper.
Vashon will play its first SEIZED.
uled football game, Friday, Sept
25, at Auburn. Auburn is said to
have one of the fastest aggre.
cations in the country.
Coach Brown although realizing
the caliber of his opponents, ex.
poets to offer the Auburnites a
stiff argument.
AT the Practice game last Thurs.
day a good number of Vashon' s
team had their first experience
"under fire." Although the
squad is composed mostly Of green
untried material they are gradu.
ally molding themselves into the
positions.
Both the line and backs will gain
much valuable experience at Au.
burn, Auburn having two mem.
bers on the all county team.
"Henie" Sielk former "U OF
W" player is coaching the Au.
burn squad.
The Sophomores are busy plan.
ming the Freshman initiation which
will be held in the gymnasium, a
week from Friday, October 2.
-Four committees have been ap
pointed with Vera Dunbar at the
head. The committees are, refresh
ment committee, decoration com.
mittee, entertainment committee
and initiation committee.
Mr.. Brown received six hundred
feet of lumber including Tennes
see cedar, oak, black walnut, ma
hogany, and red gum, this week
and expects over 1000 feet to BIZ
here next week,
The students have already start
ed on cedar chests and other pro
jects.
A six foot lathe is to be install
ed next week so large projects as
floor lamp may be made.
Work has been started again or
the school library. A new system
of cataloging is to be worked Out
SO as to provide for new additions
to the library. At present there
are about 1000 books.
New magazines are expected
and racks for these are to be made
The library is to be open the
3rd. and 4th, periods and at noon
each day, with a student in charge
Fines of / cent day overdue
will be charged.
A debate meeting was held
Tuesday noon for all students that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31

police bills in various states thruout
the country.
The Romance Of Strike Breaking
To see what military police force
will mean for the poor farmers and
rural workers one need only study
past experiences. In this article
propose to tell some Of the history Of
the Royal Northwest Mounted police
Of Canada which is singularly not re-
vealed in the magazine stories and
movie reels dealing with these famous
troopers which play such a role in the
inspired "mammonart" dished out to
American fiappers and schoolboys.
The stories of romance and ad-
venture which have been written
around the Royal Northwest Mounted
police have built up a legend among
the unsuspecting that this force is
an ideal organization established for
the sole pupose Of protecting the sane
tity of home and tireside. The cold
pages Of history tell different story.
II Runs Something Like This:
During the early sixties the Hudson
Bay company, which then owned "by
grant" a considerable slice of north
ern and western Canada, had become
engaged in bitter competition with its
rival, the Northwest company. Both
concerns fiagrantly violated the rights
Of the poor squatters scattered thru
the region. In 1857 the Hudson Bay
company sold great tracts of its land
to the Dominion government. Less
than two years afterward, the inha-
bitants Of the northwest territory
we're actually forced into open re-
bellion, as a protest against the new
land regulations which the prostitute
politicians and landgrabbsrs at OF
tawa sought to enforce upon them
regulations which meant nothing more
nor less than the breakup Of their
homes. The rebellion was suppressed
by the military forces Of the crown.
Permanent Martial Law
The commanders of the troops ad-
vised that permanent military details
be stationed in the territory. Sir John
Macdonald head of the Canadian gov
eminent then conceived the idea Of a
military police force, and upon his re-
commentator, law was enacted
establishing the Royal Northwest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31

Mounted police, which began the per
Torrance Of its unenviable duties in
1S73-being sent Immediately to the
disanected district of the northwest
for use against the poor farmers.
But industry reaches out even into
the farmlands and into the unploughed
wilderness. Strikebreaking became a
feature Of the activities of the North
west Mounted police from the very
beginning.
In The Canadian Pacific Strike
At this time the work Of surveying
for the building Of the Canadian Paci-
fic railway was started. The workers
were poorly paid and poorly treated
in every respect Their only protec-
tomas is everywhere the case under
capitalism-was in their own organ
lied resistance. And the Northwest
Mounted police was on hand to prev
ent that If it could. Strike after strike
among the construction workers was
broken by these mock heroes Of story
and screen, who acted as out-and-out
agents of the proft-hungry railroad
magnates.
Reporting to the inspector-in-chief
Captain r. B. Deane (appointed to
command part of the force) wrote:
al instructed the men in charge
Of the attachments to use the sever
est measures TO prevent cessation
of the work Of construction"
A year later, 1885, found the police
active in suppressing another land law
rebellion among the poor farmers.
When it was all over Louis Riel, lead
er Of the rebellion, was taken to a
police barracks and executed there.
Since that time, the history of the
Royal Northwest Mounted police has
been replete with stories of strike
breaking activities at the behest Of
the big capitalists who hold Canada
in their grasp. Every miner, lumber
jack and railroad worker in the Do
minion has learned to fear and hate
the mounted police. And the farmers
have learned this lesson too.
Workers and poor farmers are
united against the oppressive power
Of capitalism. In the United States as
in Canada, these two elements must
be brought closer and closer together.
Every extension Of the police power,
every attempt Of the financial inter
ests to get more clubs and more ba-
yonets in their service, constitutes a
new menace. Its purposes may be
camoufaged by pretenses of "protec-
ton Of life and liberty" safety for
rural communities" road policing"
etc, but the plain facts of history can
not be swept aside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31
LABOR DEMANDS
STATE ADMIT ITS
FAULT IN MURDER
Workers Ask, Mercy for
Child Slave Who Killed

ATLANTA, Ca, March 29-Organ.
lied labor in Atlanta is aroused over
the threat of the state to hang Mrs.
Ida Hughes for the murder of her
mother-in-law Mrs. Hughes was found
guilty and sentenced to death recent
ly and unless Governor Clifford Walk
er sees fit to commute her sentence
she will be hanged.
In an open letter to Walker publish
ed in the Journal Of Labor, official or
gan Of organized labor in this town,
it is pointed out that altho Mrs
Hughes undoubtedly did commit a
murder society is responsible.
The open letter follows in part:
Society thru the state says to her,
You have committed murder and you
must die That she has done a most
terrible thing no one will deny. But
suppose she we're allowed to indict
society for the crime against her?
She might say to society, You denied
me the right to a normal life. Where
as I should now be in the bloom Of
maidenhood l am broken by fourteen
long years Of hard labor. You allowed
me, at the age Of eleven, to be thrust
into a factory. Since that time my
body has known no rest Bound to
the machine l have been denied by
you all opportunities. Born mortal
you have condemned me to be a ma
chine
Let the state first acknowledge her
crime against this woman, as a child,
and against the thousands of other
children; let the state first take steps
to free the child from the greed OF
the workshop; and then exact her
pound of flesh. VIII you, Mr.. Walker,
raise your voice against this social
injustice by offering clemency to this
woman?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31
with fraternal greetings,
"SUN VAT SEN"

can not be achieved, and that it is the
imperative necessity for the realiza.
ton Of our end that we should strive
to get the existing legislation altered
to our benefit by political action.
We, the proletariat of Japan, are
now in a position to form a solid
united front to advance one step for
ward toward the goal of victory. Out
Of the hardship and misery Of the past
years, we stepped into the new era
with the advent OF 1925, firstly by the
successful conclusion of an agreement
between Russia and japan, and, sec.
ondly with the approaching realization
of the franchise.
At. this important moment, the bour.
geois government Of Japan, one OF the
monsters of Imperialism in the whole
world, under pressure OF its privy
council, is going TO set up a piece OF
legislation, intended to threaten us
with the regime OF white terror,
namely the peace maintenance law, in
exchange for the granting of the fran
chise and the recognition of Soviet
Russia.
Not satisfied with oppression by
means Of various brutal existing laws,
such as the peace ordinance, publish.
ing law and similar laws proclaimed
by various provinces, the reigning
capitalist class, with the aid OF the
authorities in power which are moth
ing more than feudal bureaucrats, is
going to establish the law designed
to cripple the movements OF the prole.
tariat in order TO insure the last hur.
ried gain out OF their capitals.
The bill is now being laid before the
Joint committee OF the three govern.
ment parties to be investigated and
II will shortly be introduced into the
diet for final approval.
IL is not difficult TO foresee that the
bill, IL passed. will enable the govern
ment to carry out its policy, much
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31
Jap Labor Wages Big Struggle

more brutal than the policies of the
regime of czarist Russia, or that OF
fascist Italy.
We are threatened with a regime Of
white terror
We are challenged by the imperial
ism of Japan as to the rights Of the
proletariat!
We swear before the working men
OF the world that we will fight it out
with the reigning class of Japan for
the destruction of imperialism with
all our might and in spite Of all sac.
rifices and oppressionl
We swear that we will fight it out
with the imperialists in Japan until
the last!
We. the proletariat of Japan, appeal
to the working class of all the coun-
triesl
Let all join hands with us and help
us in our fight against the oppression
Of the ruling class Of Japanl
Let all Of you encourage us in our
determination in the struggle with the
threatening white terror!
Long live the proletariat Of the
world
Down with the regime Of white ter.
ror!
sElJl kENkYuPKAI,
(Proletpolltieal Assoeiation).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31

coins of the Golden Horde, the name
given to the Tartars under Batu Kahn,
the grandson of Jenghiz Kahn, who
established Tartar dynasty in Rus
STA in the thirteenth century. The
coins include issues of various kahn.
ates Of the Golden Horde for upwards
Of a century.
State Museum Shows Coins.
Some of the coins were contained
in jug standing at the bottom of the
glazed vessel. This was two-thirds
full of coins of one of the later Tar
tar dynasties. They were covered
with a piece of telling over which wax
had been poured, and above this COW
ering the jug was filed to the top with
earlier coins.
Twelve hundred of the coins, those
best preserved, have been placed
among the collections in the State
Historical Museum in Moscow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31
URGED RUSSO-CHINESE UNITY

have filled me with the conviction
that that aim could only be achieved
thru mobilizing the masses and thru
the closest connection with nations
who trust us on a footing Of equal
ity. The struggle for the success of
this revolution must be programmed
ically fixed. There shall be called to-
gether a national assembly which
should demand the repeal of all trea-
ties and agreements, in which China
is not dealt with on a footing Of equal
ity. I call for the speedy realization
of that object"
Following Sun Vat Sens death, the
central executive committee Of the
Russian Communist Party sent the
following telegram, signed by Stain,
to the central committee of the Kuom-
ingtang Party, which expressed the
faith that the cause of Sun Yat Sen
has not died but that the workers and
peasants of China will emancipate
themselves from foreign Imperialism.
The message stated: "The central
committee of the r. X. P. (Russian
Communist Party mourns with you
the loss you have sustained thru the
death Of the leader of the Kuorning
tang Party, and the organizer of
the national struggle of the workers
and peasarla Of China for tbs liberty
and independence of the Chinese peo-
pie, for the unity and independence
of the Chinese state.
1.-THE central committee of the r.
X. P. has no doubt that the great
cause of Sun Vat Sen will not die
with his death, but will continue to
live in the hearts of the Chinese
workers and peasants, in spite of all
their enemies, and that the Kuoming-
tang Party will carry aloft the banner
of Sun Vat Sen in the great fight for
emancipation from imperialism and
will march to the final victory over
all imperialist agents in China. Sun
Vat Sen is dead! Long live the work
of Sun Vat Sen, long live and pros
per his testament"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31

with the blood Of our comrades.
Denied Right Of AssembIage.
The application Of the existing
peace ordinance, which forbids the as
semblage of more than two persons
without the permission of the police,
interferes and makes 1t impossible for
us to assemble together. And by the
judgment of one ignorant policeman
our assemblies can be interrupted or
dispersed, and the comrades partici.
pating in the assemblies are, more
often than not, arrested and put into
prison.
BY the working Of this peculiar
piece OF legislation, the citizens OF
our country, and especially our com.
rades face imprisonment at the whim
OF the police, for no offense at all.
For instance, comrades residing in a
home can be arrested and be put into
custody OF the police under the name
Of loafers who do no good to the So
ciety.
Our legislation in regard to the pub
fishing OF books and newspapers are
so prohibitive that we, the proletariat,
can hardly hope to have our own pa
pers. Our newspapers and magazines,
which survive in spite OF this pres.
sure, are frequently placed under bar
and con1scated by the police for no
particular offense. Moreover, we are
compelled to pay heavy punishment
or, worse than that. TO be put into
prison for publishing the magazineI
intended for the oppressed class. And
II We were to be brought into court
OF Justice. we are not even allowed
a chance to say one word for our de.
tense.
SO we. the oppressed OF japan,
have come to realize the fact that
without the fundamental reform in
our existing legislation, which letters
and prohibitsi our actions in every di
rection. the rishtful course OF develop
ment Of our Emancipation movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31


The seal is carved on a cylinder of
fine chalcedony. 1t depicts the king,
in warlike raiment, with a halo over
his head, holding in one hand a scep-
tire with the point resting on the
ground. With the other hand he is
leading three fettered prisoners in
foreign dress, wearing turbans on
their heads. The whole composition,
executed with delicate artistry, is
framed with the branches of a date
palm. The space between the palm
and the scene depicted is filled with a
Persian cuneiform inscription read.
ing: 81 am Artaxerxes, the Great
King"
Goes to Moscow Art Museum.
1t is being studied by specialists,
and will be exhibited in the Oriental
section of the Fine Arts Museum in
Moscow.
Another discovery is treasury of
oriental coins consisting chiefly of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31
MAY REOPEN FOSTERS CASE

Continued from page u
more of those indicted under the
criminal syndicalist law of the state
of Michigan.
The event that led up to this was
the holding of a peaceful convention
in Bridgeman, Michigan. The depart
ment of justice had succeeded in get
ing stool pigeon in to this conven-
ton, who, together with the depart
ment of justice agents working on the
outside, helped to stage a raid which
initiated the famous Michigan Com
.munist cases.
Thru the trials of w. q. Foster,
whose trial came first, and that Of
C. E. Ruthenberg, it never was once
proven by the state or any one else
that these Communists performed any
overt act. Ruthenberg was convicted
only upon the basis of assembling
with" other Communists, discussing
matters coming up before this con-
vention.
Proved No Overt Act
William 2. Foster, who was the first
tried, was not convicted as the jury
disagreed in his case. This doesn't
mean that the case has been abandon
ed, but that at any time the state may.
reopen the case and attempt to Sc
cure conviction whenever the situa-
ton is favorable to them.
Where Money Came From
1t is interesting to note in this case
that the prosecution peculiarly enuf
has been financed from other than
local sources. This has been proven
by an effidavit made by Fred c. Franz,
sheriff of Berrien country at the time
of the Bridgeman raid and now a mem
Der of the board of supervisors Of
Berrien county, who said: "Berrien
county will be put to no expense for
what has happened here or what will
happen in these cases. The money will
come; from what source / cannot say,
but it will come. II has come in other
cases and it will come in this case"
After 16 had been arrested on the
ground, and six later apprehended, ten
Communists involved in this affair
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-31
.314,3O8 RAILWAY
WORKERS GETTING
But $500 YEARLY
Living Wage" Scorned
By Railway Board
BIZ LELANp oLps.

Certain members of the U. s. rail
labor board must chuckle at the forty.
eleventh presentation Of the argu.
ment for a living wage when they
know from interstate commerce com
mission figures that they have al
ready awarded S14,SOS adult male
workers an average Of less than SIS
a month or $500 for the full year
1874. It must be better fun than
cross word puzzle to figure how a
man can support family on that
basis.
The figures are from the commits
sion's summary Of wage statistics for
1924 II we raise the maximum to
500 a month or $1,000 for the year.
we find over half million workers
grouped below this figure which rep
resents the minimum subsistence
wage for a normal family.
100000 Get 1875 a Year.
The 202,s67 section men averaged
$73 a month or 1876 for the year;
56,4O6 extragang and work-train la
borers averaged $75 month or 5000
for the year. There were also s,12O
other maintenance Of way laborers
and 23,0O7 crossing and bridge watch
men whose yearly average came to
an even $780,
In the shops there are two big
classes Of low-paid common labor, one
of 59,842 workers with an average Of
$50 month or $3.50 for the year, the
other Of 1894 with average yearly
earnings Of $1,14O. And 1904 coach
cleaners average $1,O92. Over 49,
500 freight handlers average $92 a
month or s1,104 for the year.
The average wage of all hourly.
paid rail workers in 1924 was s1,544
marking decline Of s12 from 1928.
BY groups the comparison is shown as
follows: