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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
CURRENT EVENTS
BY T. J. o'FIaherty.

Continued from page u
Labor League who carried placards
branding him as Judas.
THOMAS is now in Canada but re-
L fuses to discuss either the general
strike or the miners strike. He was
willing to talk about the damage done
to the British coal mining industry by
the reparations burden forced on Ger
many. All Thomas is concerned with
are his own personal interests which
are bound up with the interests OF
the empire. He is a mill stone around
the neck of British labor.
.ILTE have not heard that the officials
w Of the New York State Federation
of Labor bothered themselves with
the Passaic strike or the problem of
aiding the British miners but they did
not forget to put in a good word for
citizen military training, forgetting no
doubt that the soldering they en-
courage will be used to break strikes
as we'll as defend the gold of the
House OF Morgan against foreign foes.
THE United States has no mandate
l. over Persia or over Hungary. Yet
American finance governs both coun-
tries. In Persia Mr.. A. G. Millspaugh
and his fourteen American assistants
have been running the shah's realm
for over three years while jeremiah
Smith Is holding the iprt for Horthy
in Hungary. With 60db employees on
his STAFF in Persia, Mlbspaugh should
be In a position to bd ID up as good
a political machine as tIhe one fashion
ed in Illinois by Len Small.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
COOLIDGE MAY
RAISE BAN ON
ARMS TO MEXICO
CONTINUED from page u

will tie up all transportation and in
dustries, has been ordered by the ex-
ecutives of the Federattap of Unions.
The strike will take place when the
supreme court decides THE question
placed before it by the Mexican Match
Company as to whether the supreme
court or workmen's arbitration boards
constitute the highest tribunal in
Mexico in labor disputes.
The match company is a subsidiary
of the International Match Corpora
ton of New York.
Workmen Are Fired.
The question arose over a strike in
the match company's plant, called be-
cause of the discharge of workmen.
The company obtained decisions and
injunctions against the strikers. but
the workmen's arbitration boards con-
tinued to issue contrary rulings.
1t is expected that the supreme
court will rule in favor of the match
company.
The frequency of labor disputes is
indicated by a statement in the local
newspapers that there are 2,4OO appli-
cations for injunctions pending in the
courts against arbitration board deci-
sions in the federal district.
The size Of The DAILY WORKER
depends on you. Send a sub.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Wisconsin Primaries to
Register Swing to Left
in Ballotting Sept. 9TH
BY J. LOUIS ENcDAHL.

anointed followers of the late La
Toilette.
An echo of late alliance between
the railroad brotherhoods of the now
defunct Conference for Progressive
Political Action and the LaFollette
"progressives' is heard in the clash
between Congressman John G.
Shafer and d. B. Robertson, grand
chief of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen. Rob-
ertson has withdrawn his endorse
ment Of the LaFollette congressman
for reelection declaring that Schafer
''had repudiated the progressive
policy of Wisconsin and had joined
the reactionary stalwait republicans
in an effort to defeat Governor John
]. Blaine for the United States
senate"
Congressman Shafer, delivers him
self OF the following hot rejoinder in
reply:
THE Madison ring (LaFollette,
Jr.-Blaine-Ekern) slate of candidates
has repudiated the government own
ership plank of the presidential plat
form of the late Senator LaFollette.
Do you construe my standing now
where the senator and | stood in
1924 for government ownership Of
railroads, and my showing the voters
OF Wisconsin that the Madison ring
candidates have cast aside that
plank and have pledged themselves
on national railroad legislation to a
policy of returning the control of
transportation rates to state rail
road commissions, as a reputation
of progressive principles. In this
connection would suggest that you.
inform yourself upon the policies
and actions of the present railroad
rate commission Of Wisconsin,
which has generally increased pub
lie utility rates in Wisconsin, and
has not decreased them.
This present railroad commission
was appointed entirely by Gov.
Blaine, now candidate for the SEN
ate, and the Madison ring lauds it's
actions and promises a continuance
Of its present work"
The primary elections will reveal
just how deep-seated these divisions
among the late LaFollette leaders
have permeated to the masses Of
LaFollette voters. A swing to the
left of large numbers Of former La
Toilette followers would indicate a
growing basis for independent po-
litical action in Wisconsin and the
formation of a labor party.
They will show whether the
masses reflect the thunder of huge
motor trucks carrying prize cattle
and produce to the state and county
fairs for exhibition, or whether they
respond to the appeal of thousands
of bankrupt ard tens of thousands
of mortgages farmers, many of
whom are being driven off the farms
and into the crowded industries in
the great cities. My prediction is
that the Wisconsin primaries will
register a swing to the left.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
WILLIAM TAFT
DISCOURSES ON
LAW AND JUDGES
Fat Boy Would Give
Courts More Power
Especial to The Daily wOrkerl

POINT AU PIC, Murray Bay, Que
bee, Aug. 29.-William Howard Taft,
chief justice of the United States SUI
preme court and pensioner of the Car
negie estate, declared in an interview
that serious defects existed in the ad-
ministrative machinery of American
criminal law, but that he was pleased
to note an awakening of public inter
est in this particular sphere of gov
ernmental activity.
Would Give Them More Power.
The burly ex-presiGent would have
the judges clothed with more auto
cratic powers. 1t is not well, he
thinks, that those suspected Of crime
should be protected by so many con-
stitutional shields. Convict them first
and try them afterwards. That would
be Mr.. Taft's ideal procedure.
Taft admitted that the American
people did not hold the law in very
high esteem. He blamed this on our
mixed population. The English are
bred to respect law, as was demon
strated in the general strike. II such
a thing occurred in the United States
Taft declared there would be much
bloodshed.
Partial to Business.
The Carnegie pensioner did not at
tribute some Of the contempt which
the masses in the United States have
for law to the obvious Partially of the
lawmakers and the judges to the side
which buffers their bread, tho this
side does not produce either the bread
or the butter.
Judges who accept pensions from
the blood-stained hands OF steel man
ufacturers cannot be expected to ex.
cite the confidence OF the masses in
the fairness of their judgments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Ahd-el.Krlm TO Exile.

CASA BLANCA, Morocco, Aug. rs.
-Abd-el-Krim today will leave Nor
Deco forever. He is bound for per-
petual exile on Reunion Island. He
and a party of "a are aboard ship Aida
which will bear them to Marseilles
this afternoon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
BOSS CLEANERS
DISAGREE over
STRIKE ENDING
Union Rejects T e r m s (;
One Case of Violence
tspeeiaI g The Daily Workerl

GARY, Ind, August ga division
of opinion between the Retail Clean
ers' Association and the Master Clean
ers and Dyers, which complexities a
condition of discord among the master
cleaners themselves, is the most recent
development In the cleaning and dye
ing strike covering all Lake county,
Indiana.
The Retail Cleaners are meeting to-
day to discuss grievances with the
union and also with the master
cleaners.
The Master Cleaners met with the
union representatives August 81 in
the Indiana Hotel, Hammond, and Of
fered their terms: No recognition OF
the union, right to lay off men at will,
straight time on Saturday, and the A.
hour week without extra pay for over
time. The union rejected them. There
was dissension among the employers
at the meeting.
Against Long Hours.
The strikers chief grievance is
long hours. They are determined TO
strike until such conditions as exist,
for example, in the SANITARY" clean
ing and dye works are abolished. Leo
Osling, owner OF this plant, occasion
ally kids his workers along with a
little gift Of thirty cents TO make them
forget that for wage of $50 per week
in some cases they work from 7 a. m.
to 2 a. m. The girls in his plant are
also compelled to work twelve or thir-
teen hours a day.
Manager Assaults Worker.
Il. c. Wilfong was hired to solicit
for the Progressive" Dye Works in
Gary, and when he objected to an in
suit directed against the union just
before the strike started. he was
struck by the manager. The same
manager was afterwards arrested for
carrying concealed weapons. oi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Spanish Typhus EpIdnmlo.

sARAGoSSA, Spain, Aug. 29.--.An
epidemic of typhus has broken out On
number OF villages near here. due
to contaminated water supply. Sew
eral deaths have been reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Stove Explosion NAV be Fatal.

Fire originating from a kerosene
stove explosion late today burned
Mrs. Alberta Kostela. s5, and her
baby son, Arnold, so badly both are
expected to die.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Japan's Large Budget.

TOKYO, Aug. 26.-Japan has spent
1856, 000, 900 on naval construction dur
ing the past three years. In addition
to this huge sum the navy department
is asking another allotment of $780,
600, 900 for replacement purposes,
Heavy Drain on Purse.
The naval budget is heavy drain
on Japanese resources, but the eoun-
try's policy is imperialistic and it is
felt that a strong navy is needed for
the expected clash with the United
States. The imperialists also need a
strong sea force to use as a constant
threat against China.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
STILL NO STEEL
RAISED IN LOOP
BUILDING STRIKE
Continued from page y


union workers in trades where unions
have contracts.
Even the Lands award contracts do
not compel organized craftsmen to as
sociate on the job with nonunionists
in their own trade, except under spec
ia1 circumstances, shortage of labor,
failure of the union to provide sufhci-
emit men, and As hours notice.
officials Of the citizens committee
to enforce the Lands award announc-
ed Saturday that they were ready to
furnish nonunion building workers.
They expect to receive such notice on
breakers to finish both the jewelers.
building and the job at Monroe and
Clark St., and were only waiting word
from Starrett-Dilks, the contractors,
before sending them down to work.
They expect to receive such notice on
Tuesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Forest Elres In spaIn.

SAN FERNANDO, Spain, Aug. 20.
Forest fires which are raging in
the pine forests of this vicinity, due
to the prolonged drought, are menac-
ing several small villages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Mussollni seeretlve.

ROME, Aug 26.-Mussolini refused
to divulge the figures on naval build
ing since the Washington conference.
He made it quite clear, however, that
Italy would build as many destroyers
and submarines as she could afford or
build on borrowed money.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
steel Work stops

Thing for the floors is being accum-
ulated in the 22-story office building
al 100 West Monroe street, on which
the Chicago Building Trades Council
has called a strike. Some Of the til
ing is going into the floors. The brick
layers are still at work.
But the hosting boom at the top Of
the structure is pulled up and dashed
10 IT'S standard, the sings are idle,
no structural iron workers are in evi-
dence. About all that can be done
without iron wc-@ars, apparently is
70 build the walls up to the height at
which the steel frame stands.
No Publicity
None OF the parties concerned have
anything to say for publication. The
Chicago Building Trades Council just
now adopts q policy OF silence, and
the contractors aren't talking to labor
papers.
One Of the armed guards who yes.
torday told a representative Of The
DAILY WORKER that he was hired
by the Citizens Committee for the
Enforcement OF the lands Award
was in a less laxative mood when
approached by the same reporter to-
day He scowled, waved his arms,
and announced that there must be mo
trespassing."
There are still about dozen guards
In plain clothes. and an additional uni.
formed city policeman is on duty at
the entrance to the halfanished build
ing.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31

Thus Fred r. Zimmerman, secre-
tary of state, who styles himself a
'LaFollette progressive" is battling
the LaFollette conservative Ekern
for the governorship. One of Zim-
merman's campaign cries against
Ekern is for an investigation by the
1927 state legislature into the
alleged LaFollette, Jr.-Blaine-Ekern
appeal to rich road building contrac-
tors for campaign donations and
their support of Ekern for governor
in return for Ekern's continuance, If
elected governor, Of road policy
(which fattens the purses of the
road building contractors"
Ekern returns the attack by de-
claring that Zimmerman's proposals
for raising money for road building
would foot the highway fund of be-
tween 100000 and $2,500,000,"
stressing tie charge that thinner
man would charge the millionaire
owner the same on his expensive
car that the woykers and farmers
pay on their cheap cars"
Thus the tug-of-war proceeds, all
claiming to be the only true and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31

NSPSoiai TO Inc OAlly W0Fhoi1
MERRILL, Wise, -(By Mail)-
~ The state and county fairs are
holding the center of the stage in
Wisconsin this week and then next
Tuesday, Sept. Z, comes the primary
election.
Perhaps the outstanding feature
Of the primary campaign is the dis
indignation it has exposed with
in the LaFollette forces. This
decay set in shortly after the ORR
ginal Bob" LaFollete died and the
struggle developed for his place in
the sun.
It is declared that a pact was
made even before LaFollette's re-
mains were put underground, that
LaFollette, Jr.. was to be the candi-
date for the unexpired term Of his
father, the Governor John ]. Blaine
was this year to contest the seat
held by u. S. Senator Irvine L. Len
root, while Attorney General Her
man L. Ekern, who superintendent
the placing of the elder LaFollette's
name on the ballot as presidential
candidate in 1924, was to make the
race for governor, From every indi-
cation the pact has been carried out
to the letter up to the present time.
La Toilette, the son, was sent to the
senate to take his fathers seat.
Blaine is now battling for Lenroot's
place and Ekern is the contender for
the governors chair that Blaine will
vacate in order to go to Washing
ton.
In the meantime, however, the La
Follotte, Jr. Blaine-Ekern outfit is
being denounced by the more radi-
cal wing of the late LaFollette move
ment as 1.-The Madison ring" Estate
capitol and is being opposed in the
primaries by the candidates of this
faction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Biz Naval Program.

PARIS, Aug. 26.-Since the Wash
ington conference France has built or
started to build Sc submarines in adj
dition to several light cruisers and
destroyers.
The naval appropriations for the
past four years have amounted to
4,792, 140 900 francs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-31
Naval powers
BUILDING FOR
Another WAR
Subs Frances Special
ty; Britain for Cruisers
Especial to The Daily worker)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. &c.
Rumors that another naval disarma-
ment parley Is being considered by
the state department sent statistical
sharks hunting for figures on the
naVaI-bulldlna accomplishments of the
powers that participated In the WASH
ington conference.
Since that time Great Britain has
built or is building eighteen cruisers,
ten submarines and two destroyers
Her naval budget for the past three
years amounts to the enormous total
Of SS71, $780, 900.
Fears Submarines.
British diplomacy considers cruis-
ers as defensive vessels, but brands
submarines defensive. The reason for
this jockeying with terms is Britain S
vulnerability because Of her heavy
shipping interests and the ease with
which her food supply could be cut
off by undersea boats.
England is worried lest her two
rivals in the Mediterranean should in
crease their naval strength to the
danger point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-24
GORDON To GE
SENAT {. K.

The Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES
win make favorable report upon
the nomination of Major Peyton
Gordon to be District Attorney this
week, it was learned today
Charges brought against Major
Gordon have not greatly impressed
the subcommittee Of which Senator
Means Is chairman. It was said
today that they were so scattering
and ''discoursye'' in character
"that they can hardly be taken
seriously"
AT the request OF several additional
witnesses, however. the Senate Judi.
ciary subcommittee probably viii
hold a further hearing on the
nomination. It Is expected that the
subcommittee will be able to make
a favorable report to the full com
mittee and that the latter viii
report to the Senate before the close
OF the present week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-24
BIC TOP READY
FOR THRONGS

And on your right. ladies and
gentlemen. children and all. is the
Big Tent!
There you will find all those
things not contained in the side
shows-nothing else but Miller
Brothers 101 Ranch and Wild West
Show. The show starts at Q o'clock
this afternoon and tonight's show
at o'clock. You can also see 1t
tomorrow at the same hours.
The street parade for the big
show started from the Camp Meigs
grounds promptly at 10 a. M, and
proceeded over its route lined with
grownups and children some OF
whose grandmothers had con-
yenientIy died during the night.
Many more grandmothers will have
died for the first performance this
afternoon.
The 101 Ranch performances are
greatly augmented this year by the
inclusion OF feature circus acts and
brilliant spectacles. The CossacK
horsemen have their own band, and
in the opening spectacle, Moscow"
In which 1000 people and animals
take part, Tnassed international
band Of 81 pieces provides some.
thing new in spangleland thrills.
The Aiding Hodginis, the Ben
Hamed Arabs. Lorette, Dan Dix
and Joe Lewis are some Of the
noted circus features. Hank OAR
nell, Leo Murray, Jack Massey, Sill!
yer Tip Baker, Mary Blaithewick.
Mabel Baker and other noted rid.
ers, ropers and broncho busters
head the wild west stars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-24
CENSUS TAKERS
HERE CLASH
HARRY BOWLES

Although the Bureau Of the
Census estimates the population Of
the District of Columbia a, SIS, 600.
the police department today denied
that it had Overlooked" anyone
In taking the census Of The city
and placing the population at
472 .O52.
The Department OF Commerce is
merely making guess, Dasing the
estimates on figures obtained in
1920, declared Maj. Edwin B.
Hesse, superintendent Of police.
I'VE made a house to house can
vass over 30-day period, con-
tinued Major Hesse, thereby max
ing 1t almost impossible to miss
anyone, so we have every con-
fidence that our figures sre cor.
rect"
The Bureau OF the Census insists,
however, that its figures ale cor
rect.
There Is a difference of 55.94a
between the two estimates. Take
your choice!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-24
BUS LINE RUINS
HOMES, CLAIM

In petition to the Public Utili
ties Commission today, 90 per cent
of the residents of Allison street
Northwest, between iowa and
Georgia avenues applied for dis
continuance of the service of the
buses of the Washington Rapid
Transit Company.
Several reasons for their request
were set forth. among which was
the location of portable school build
ings between Thirteenth street and
Iowa avenue. 1t is pointed out that
the lives of many young children
are endangered daily by the passage
Of the buses across Allison Street.
The petitioners also complain
against the noise of the buses and
attribute cracks in the walls and
ceilings of their homes to the
constant vibration. Allison Street
is only 80 feet wide.
The petition was sent to officials
OF the commission for report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-24
SAVES HIS
FAMILY
zELMA ZIMMERMAN

The timely arrival at his home
sof Policeman Lyman l.. LEIGH, OF
the sixth precinct, today prevented
the death by escaping gas Of his
entire family.
Leaving the station house at 8
o'clock, LEIGH went to his home at
2312. Minnesota Ave. S.. E., and
entered the house to find his little
son, Lyman L. LEIGH, jr., 2 " years
old, in commissions.
While he was working with the
child, his wife, Mrs. Daisy LEIGH,
went to the second floor of the
house and collapsed in the hallway.
LEIGH went to her and found his
little 4-year-old daughter lying on a
bed, also unconscious.
Then LEIGH himself became i'll
but was able to go to the windows,
raise them and shout for assistance.
Neighbors rushed to the house and
found all but the policeman himself
unconscious.
"A telephone call to police head
quarters brought Detective War
field. OF the narcotic squad, TO the
scene. Warfield smelled escaping
gas as soon as he arrived, and an
investigation developed the fact
that the flue carrying the fumes
from the gas water heater was
defective.
DIR. Frank Braden, of 62S East
Capitol ST., was summoned and sue.
ceeded In reviving all OF the mem
bers OF the family. He stated,
however, that a few minutes more
in the house, without air, would
have resulted in the death of all.