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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
New York Shirt Ironers
Demand Wage Increases

NEW YORK, May 2O.-The Shirt
Ironers' Union, Local $50, recently
presented demands to the bosses in
connection with the new agreement.
The demands include raise Of cent
on every shirt, the abolition Of un-
paid work (for dampening the shirts
before ironing).
Intensive, organization work is be-
ing carried on, laying the ground for a
struggle in case it should be neces-
sary. This campaign already has af-
fected the bosses and their associa-
ton at Columbia Heights, one of the
largest sections in the laundry trade,
requested conference with the
union. This takes place in a few
days.
Altho the immediate results OF the
conference cannot be foreseen, the de-
termination and enthusiasm OF the
workers leave no doubt that they will
be victorious.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
rm Bankruptcy.
Marx lclares He VIII
Folio Out Policies
of tlLuther Cabinet

BERLIN,ay 2O.-Wilhelm Marx,
who has ia the place of Luther as
head of therman cabinet, has de-
clared he adhere strictly to the
policies laiown by Luther on the
London repions agreement and the
Locarno peipact.
Marx does that he favors the
entrance ofrmany into the league
Of nations ihopes that the commits
sion chargeith the reorganization
of the leafwill recommend Ger
many for OF the permanent seats.
In defend the treaty negotiated
between thoviet Union and Ger.
many, Mar1snded 1t declaring that
1t was "in with the peace pro.
gram OF Geiy."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
Novy Mir Calls
for Aid; You Can
Help Tomorrow Night
BY a Worker CORRESPONDENT.

BY a Worker CORRESPONDENT.
Where are you going tomorrow
night?
No affair is so important as the con-
cert and dance given tomorrow night,
Saturday, May 20, at the Workers
House. 1902 w. Division ST., for the
benefit of the Russian Communist
weekly, Novy Mir
Among those who will participate,
are the following singers: Mrs. Mailer,
dramatic soprano; Miss r. Sokolovska-
va and Miss r. Rubin; Mr.. Misha Kol-
tunov and the Singing Society of the
Workers. House; Miss /. Dolberg at
the piano. 3'
Among the actors there will be Esfr
Lyes, A. Pokatilov, l.. Kopelevich-
Mganov and others.
The worker correspondents Of the
Novy Mir will also participate in the
pr gram. After the concert there will
be dancing. Beginning at p. m. Ad-
mission 35 cents.
Come and bring your friends!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
EXPOSE FORD
Factory SPY
ORGANIZATION
Fink Causes Arrests at
| Outside Meeting
sy A Worker correspondents

DETROIT, Mich, May 20. = The
Ford Motor Company maintains an
espionage system. This information
was disclosed In the justice court Of
Highland Park at the trial Of three
comrades charged with violating a
city ordinance prohibiting the distrl-.
button Of leaflets.
On the night of April 80 leaflets
were distributed in front OF the Ford
Highland Park factory, announcing a
meeting called for the End OF May to
take place in the armory for the pur-
pose Of protesting against the pending
legislation for the registering, photo
graphing and fnger-printing of for
eign-born workers.
The meeting was arranged by the
Detroit Council for the Protection of
the Foreign Born, to which are afil-
lated many trade unions and other
workers organizations. A patrol
wagon drew up in front Of one of the
gates where the workers were stand
ing and from it two policemen jumped
down and made the arrest.
What Does "serviee" Mean?
At the trial. in addition to the Of
ficers, there testified for the prosecu-
ton a certain Herman A. Thomas.
Under cross-examination, he testified
that he was employed by the Ford Co.
in the factory service department.
When asked what were the functions
of this department he replied, after
some hesitation, that this department
attended to all police and fire depart
ment matters and saw to 1t that the
factory work went on properly and
normally.
Mr.. Thomas, obviously hundred
percenter, did not go home when he
quit work at IL o'clock at night. The
leaflets interested him and he was so
incensed at the prospect of an offer of
resistance on the part of the potential
victims of the proposed laws that he
had someone call up the police depart
ment and he waited for about half
hour until the arrests were made. He
came to testify by instruction of his
foreman, M. N. Johnson. incidentally,
the patrol wagon was Lincoln ma
chine made by the Ford Co..
Sentence Has Union Label 80.
The judge. Fred Keller, found the
= defendants guilty In each case, on
imposing the fine, he made the state
ment that neither he nor the police
department were prejudiced because
it was a labor case. He believed in
labor himself, and even held a card in
some union. What fine trade union
ist he is can be seen from the fact
that when he was informed that the
case would be appealed he expressed
his regrets at the consent to the APP
peal by the defendants. 1t was too
bad, he added, that these workers
were exploited on the one hand by the
capitalists and on the other by their
leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
Goodyear Zeppelin
Company Plans to
Build Huge Airship

AKRON, o. May 20.-Dr. Karl Arm
stein of the Goodyear Zeppelin Cor
poration, announced the completion Of
plans for the company's proposed 500.
foot air Leviathan. Work on design
ing the craft had been going forward
at the Goodyear plant for several
weeks.
The huge dirigible will be 1876 feet
in diameter and will have a capacity
of 100000 cubic feet, compared with
the 100000 of the Los Angeles. The
airship will contain accommodations
for 100 passengers and have a cruis-
ing radius OF 5000 to 5000 miles and
a speed OF 90 miles an hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
BETTY dear co.
ACTORS STRIKE
AT The GARRICK
Equity Assn. Leads the
Fight on Producer

Decisive action by the completely
unionized actors Of the Betty Dear
company, playing in Chicago at the
Garrick theater, shut down the show
May II when wages were a week in
arrears. The withdrawal of their Ia
Dor ended the performances but not
the troubles of the management which
had previously made mess Of the
business end in New York where the
production ran under the name of
Top-Hole.
The week in Chicago had been
poor one from the box Office point of
view so the actors called a union meet
ing where they decided that it would
probably become no better. They pre-
sented an ultimatum to the manager
to come across with the past weeks
wages or they would quit the Job. He
failed to meet the payroll and they
walked out.
Actors Walk Out.
The management now forfeits under
the Equity contract as much Of a
$4,000 bond as is needed to pay back
wages and transport every member of
the company back to New York. In
addition the principal hacker Of the
show, a Chicagoan named ]. R. Len.
festey, is being sued by the union for
another weeks pay in lieu OF one
weeks notice.
Every one Of these proceedings Is
covered by the Equity union contract
under which almost every theatrical
company in the United States oper-
ates," says Frank R. Dare, Chicago
secretary of the Actors Equity Asso-
citation. Formerly actors would be
taken across the country from New
York, stranded on the coast and left
helpless without wages and without
return transportation. Now the bond
required by the union and the vigilant
assertion of contract rights by the
union officials has changed this and
made acting more secure occupa-
ion"
Union on the JOB.
Equity holds no union meetings in
chicago but whenever any of its mem.
'ers has a grievance against a man
lgement it gets on the job. Equity |
s a division of the Associated Actors
md Artists of America which was or
'anized in 1919, and joined the Ameri-
AN Federation of Labor the same
ear. In the past year the associa-
ion collected $4,000 in back wages
or its members. 1t is organizing the
moving picture actors but finds OBJ
itacles put in its path by viii H.
lays, the movie car. Annual dues
ire SIS. The national membership
ose from $500 in 1920 to 1O,1OO in
925.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
Laundry Workers Union
Seeks to Create $4,000
Fund to Fight Bosses
BY a Worker Correspondent.

NEW YORK, May 20.-The Laundry
Workers International Union, Local
$50, unanimously voted to assess each
member a certain amount to create a
fund of $4,000 to fight the bosses
who have assessed themselves 5000
each to fight the union.
A monster mass meeting is called
for Monday, May "a, at the Harlem
Educational Center, 81 East 1O6th
street, at p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
Most Prominent Men
of Nation Involved
In Big Beer Scandal
Especial to The Daily Worker,

CLEVELAND, o., May 2O.-"The
nation as a whole cannot sufficiently
realize the importance of the present
beer probe" because it is still in it's
infancy" declared assistant district
Attorney John B. osmun today, as he
announced that records of the New
York Central railroad had been or
dered brought before the federal grand
jury now probing an alleged huge
high powered" beer conspiracy.
Some of the most prominent men
in the nation may be involved when
the grand jury returns its indlct-
ments in this beer scandal" osmun
said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
Many Irred in Storm
Thaweeps Indiana

INDIANAIS, Ind, May 20. -
With one ln dead and a number
injured, Ind began a check-up Of
the properamage, estimated at
thousands ollars, resulting from
a terrific stGhat swept most of the
state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
TArIoa Costs.

AFRICA, May 20.-The Tao
na-Arica plate commission today
approved a ementary estimate OF
the cost OF ing out the plebiscite
for a period June 1 until Aug. /.
The estimals placed at 1886, 900,
TO be paid ilal sums by Peru and
Chile on itroval by the arbitra-
tor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
COOLIDGE BUNK ABOUT PROSPERITY
OF AMERICAN FARMERS GETS SEVERE
JOLT AS. FARM TENANCY INCREASES
BY LELAND oLps, Federated Pres,

The bunk about improvement
the Coolidge propaganda machine
figures covering 1925 These show that the
onehalf
multiplying the
The population
figures SO65oOo This months In 1924
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
Capitalist Family
Split Over Robbery
of Chicago Workers

Attorneys for the Countess of SUI
folk, who is seeking to depose he
brother, Joe Letter, as trustee of IN
Levi y. Letter estate, expect to clos
their case tomorrow, Il was said I
day. A million words in testimor
have been given, and as much mo
is expected from the defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
NesbIt sets LIZ ImprIsonm.nt.

TROY, o., May 20.-Jacob Nesbitt
who killed HIS wife. Francis Drake
Nesbitt, February 10, because she in.
spired him with an inferiority com.
pick, was sentenced to life imprison.
ment in the state penitentiary by
common pleas Judge W. F. Jones TO.
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22

$4,000,
1000 More in 1925.
In 1925, 2,O35, 900 persons left farm.
ing VIII lie 1,135,OOO persons moved to
farms. Without taking account of the
large eKcess of births over beats in
rural Communities this meant a net
movembnt away from the farms Of
9O1, O0olpersons. The excess Of births
over deaths was $4,000.
The biggest proportional loss in
farm population occurred in the noun
tain sAtes including Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Art
IONA, Utah and Nevada. These states
showed a net loss OF $50 per cent in
farm population. In 1924 they also
led tn losses with 2.S per cent.
Tnant Farmers on Increase.
The shift, Of American farmers
from Independent ownership into the
tenant class continued. In 1925 1876
per cent of all farms were operated
by tenants, In 1920 the figure was
1871 per cent; in 1910, 81 per cent;
1909 s5.3 per cent; 1890, 1874 per
cen; and in 1880, 25.s per cent.
The increase in the percentage op-
erted by tenants from 1920 to 1925
SENS small. But its Importance ap-
Pars in the figures for the separate
tates showing the sudden jump in
enancy in states hardest hit by post
var defation. The percentages of
arms operated by tenants to all farms
n some of these states in 1920 and
1925 were:
Percent Tenant Farmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22

Open your eyesl Look around
There are the stories Of the workers.
struggles around you begging to be
written up. DO III Send II inl Write
as you nuhtl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22

The Hst forth central group shows
an increseEfrom 34.2 per cent to 81. s
per centniIthe proportion of tenant
farms tohe total In 1910 only 800
per centf the farms in this RECON
were opated by tenants. In the
west SOU central group the proper
ton rosgom 52.9 per cent in 1920
to 59.2 p'cent in 1925. In the pre-
ceding Hears the change was neg
ligible. the mountain states the
proportion tenant farms has risen
from 10.7r cent in 1910 to 1914 per
cent in Is and 22.2 per cent in 1925.
nm Bankruptcy.
These ures reflect a rapid in
crease iIdependency among the
farmers pucing the country's wheat
and meatnd wool. West OF the
Observation-Disclosures is forcing the
agriculturhnder the capitalist yoke.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22

Every Worker Correspondent must
be a subscriber to the American
Worker Correspondent. Are you one7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
$4,000 More in 1925.

the decrease in farm population was
$4,000.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

ton, better methods of conservation
by proper cutting and utilization
must be practiced to insure future
crops. We have vast areas Of land
not suitable for agriculture and
whose only chance to contribute to
the welfare Of the state is to grow
timber.
The time is not far distant when
there will be demand for all Of the
marketable timber in this state. The
principal timbered areas in the CEN
trail states, eastern coast and the
south are practically exhausted. The
timber in the Pacific coast states is
going fast and only last a com
paratiVely short time at the present
rate. It is hoped that our timber
land will be so handled that the sup
ply will be perpetual. This can only
be accomplished through wise and
careful use and protection from fire.
Let US prevent forest fires by Observ-
ing the following rules when IN the
fOrest-it pays.
Be sure your match is out. Break
it in two before you throw it away.
Be sure that pipe ashes and cigar
or cigarette stubs r dead before you
throw them away. Never throw them
into brush, leaves, or needles.
Before Building a fire scrape away
all inflammable material from a spot
5 feet in diameter. Dig a hole in
the center and in it build your camp
fire. Keep your fire small. Never
build it against trees or logs or neal
brush.
Never break camp until your fire 4
lOut-dead ont
To put out a camp fire, stir The
locals while soaking them with water
Turn small sticks and drench boil
sides. Wet the ground around th'
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

characters akin to such an atmOs-
phere.
Demersville was at it's zenith Of
prosperity in 1889-9O. A few years
later it was forced to give way to
newer twOn on the railroad.
There are scores of others that
could be listed among the ghost
cities and towns of Montana, and
one, doubtless, has it's interesting
story. Strange it may cen to those
Of today, that towns such as most Of
these, with thrObbing vitality, and
many of them with promise for the
future could have been so easily and
so quickly snuffed out. But, it must
be remembered that these towns ex-
listed during the days when the great
Treasure state was in the making.
The territory was rich beyond meas
ure in natural resource. Placer min
ing was still most profitable, and
the miners and promoters were tenn
~peramental.
They are, today, "ghost cities.
Only a few remain as living witnesses
20 heir actual being. Some have been
! ess,pletely effaced from the earth's
az yeace. Yet. each Of these has had
lis cs5 has played it's part in
t1e q 1855 81 the great common
wrF&h, N~ivni2na.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

is found in Doggy or swamp ground
in pastures, water-hOles, ponds and
old reservoirs, has been directly re-
spOnsible for all the outbreaks of
abortion that we have investigated,
and though in most cases the water
itself seemed all right, it contained
the infection that produced the di-
sease. Even we'll water pumped into
troughs is likely to be dangerous un-
less the we'll is thoroughly protected
from surface seepage and the trOughs
cleaned at least once a week.
1--WE believe, Therefore, that in or
der to prevent losses Of lambs from
infectious abortion it is necessary af-
ter the beginning of the breeding
season to keep pregnant ewes entirely
away from stagnant water. They
should be kept only on dry ground
and provided with a pure water sup
ply. Do not wait until abortion be-
gins before taking this precautiOn.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23
and Prevention of
Infectious Abortion Inn
Sheeps Losses Are Large

W. find that when this infection
exists in a band Of ewes, they begin
to lose their lambs about one month
before Landing time is due. The
number Of abOrtiOns usually increases
for about two weeks and then de-
creases until normal Landing begins.
Many Of the full-time lambs will be
born too weak to live. The ewes fall
off in condition and some Of them
die. The loss of lambs varies from
five per cent to as high rs IS per cent.
The loss of ewes by death varies from
one to 20 per cent.
''The cause OF infectious abortion
in sheep is infections with a micro
scopic organism known as vibriO.
Organisms Of this type are common
in stagnant water, and our Observa-
tions have convinced us that eve be-
come infected through drinking in
fected water during the first two OF
three months. In the case which we
investigated, the ewes were drink
ing water which had passed through
an old reservoir. In another, they
were watered from a shallow well To-
Gated in the corral in which they
were fed and which was cOntamin.
] ated by seepage from the surface. II
another case the watering place dur
ing the second month had been &
shallow pond fed by surface water
and small springs.
"In a number of cases where WI
have had an opportunity to make
complete Investigation, the sheep haC
had access to stagnant water, anC
this water was found to contain
vibriO organisms resembling thOsl
which produce the disease. It is oh
vious, of course, that not all stag
nant water is infected, as man.
sheepmen depend upon such waite
supplies for their sheep, but it j
generally obvious that in using sue.
water there is a grave risk of pro
ducing abortion.
1--WE have demonstrated by expert
? ments and observations on larg
numbers of sheep that have abOrte
the previous year that infected eve
do not carry the infection from on
season to the next. Sheep that haV
aborted, therefore, are safe to use q
breeders and will lamb normally VI
less exposed to r~e-infectiOn.
Standing or stagnant water such
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

by Mr.. Mccarthy, was the original
metropolis of the Flathead valley. 1t
was located but a few miles from the
tOwnsite of the present city of Kali
spell, and was moved to the latter
place when the present cOUntyseat Of
Flathead county was established.
Many an interesting anectOde of life
in old Demersville has been narrated
by Frank B. Linderman, MOntana's
famous author and poet. Like all
the other Montana ghost cities, it
was, in it's balmy days, a typical
western frontier town, with all the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

the state does not afford.
We are fortunate to have forest
resources we'll distributed through
out the state to meet practically all
the needs for development and i'm
prOvement purposes.
Timber for mining purposes is
found in the locality of all the prin-
cipal mining districts which is a big
factor in developing our mineral re-
sources. Eighty-nine million board
feet is used for this purpose alone.
Timber for improving and main
tenance of farms and stock ranches
is usually within reasonable reach; 9
large amount is used annually, con.
sisting principally Of fence posts
fence poles, house and other build,
] ing logs.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23
From MOntana SIC OOnege)

~ THILE losses from Infectious
NA/ abortion in sheep are not as
w common as the losses from
this same disease in cattle, there are
occasional outbreaks in individual
flocks which seriously reduce the
lamb crop, according to a joint pam
phlet prepared by DR.. Howard WEIGH,
veterinarian for the Montana Expert
ment Station and DR.. Hadleigh
Marsh, patholOgist for the Montana
Livestock Sanitary board. The publ
cation, known as Bulletin No. 1S1, is
the result Of a long series Of studies
and Investigations by the two spec
ialists in livestock diseases and may
be obtained without cost from the
Montana Experiment Station, Boze-
man.
It peg that the organism
which causes Infectious abortion IN
sheep is found in stagnant water and
outbreaks of the disease have beer
traced directly to contaminated wa
ter supplies.
Discussing the disease, its cause
and prevention, the bulletin says:
1.-THE occurrence of Infectious
abortion in cattle is recognized b!
veterinarians and stOckmen, but 1t il
not generally known by stockmel
that there is a form of infections
abortion in sheep which causes heav.
losses in occasional outbreaks. TIL
disease in sheep is caused by an or
ganism different from the bacteriun
of infectious abortion in cattle, an
the control of the sheep disease ap
pears to be more simple.
considerable losses of lambs b
abortion have been experienced b
many sheepmen Of MOntana-losse
usually attributed to poor cOnditio
of the ewes, Eve weather cOndt
tiOns or to some improper feedin
condition. Many sheep owners, 70
instance, are of the opinion that tn
feeding of cOttOnseed cake to pres
nant ewes causes %abOrtiOns. Our IL
vestigatiOns of several outbreaks
sheep abortion during the past tw
years has proved that they are IL
fictitious, and we believe that this
true in most cases where any cOnsiC
cradle number of abOrtiOns occur.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

ness. The annual payroll from this
industry is over $500, OGO.
The value Of material entering in
to the manufacture of lumber and
other wood products is estimated at
$4,65O,OOO The final products are
valued at $14,35O,OOO. Taxes paid
by the industry alone amount to
about 100000 annually.
Timber sale receipts from state
owned forests amount to over ST.,
$1,000 in the aggregate and the
states share Of receipts from Nation.
al Forests is almost $1,5OO,OOO tt
date. In addition to the abov'
nearly One-half million have beef
expended by the National Forests 70,
construction and maintenance o
roads and trails in the state.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23
About F~Grrning-
FrOm Montana State COIIege)

FrOm Montana State COHege)
a T a meeting at Malta last
"A month potato growers of north
Aern Montana counties voted to
organize a potato marketing ~assOcia-
ton for the purpose of handling the
high quality certified seed potatoes
grown in that part Of the state. It is
probable that the Northern Montana
Potato Growers association formed
two years ago will be merged with
the new organization. Committees
are now at work drawing up the ne
cessary bylaws and marketing agree
ment.
The spring weather in March en-
cOuraged an early appearance OF
ground squirrels in northern Mon
ltana and farmers of Valley county
have taken advantage of the occur
renee by starting eradication cam
paigns before the planting season Op-
ened. BY the first of April 910C
pounds of poison bait had been dis
tributed and in most cases the work
was exceptionally effective. Poison
distributing stations have been es
tablished at Glasgow, TampicO, Hins
dale, Nashua, Frazer, Opheim, The
ony, Vandalia, and G~lentana.
q @ 8
Crop meetings held in GallatiI
county last month we're attended b!
"a farmers. Tillage, tillage nipple
ments, protein content of wheat
adapted varieties of grain, crop stan