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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
American Jmgoism Leaps Ahead

camps and schools.
A Military Bureaucracy.
(2) In the United States there is
being built up a military bureaucracy
of larger proportions than is ordi-
narily supposed.
Receiving the hearty support and
cooperation of the financial and large
Industrial elements in the country, the
lingo forces, launched by the war,
have grown apace. Being unable 10
impose a system of universal military
training on the nation, the next best
thing has been resorted to: supple
mentary citizen training on a large
scale.
Mllltarlzing the Nation.
go Summer training in camps and
training in schools and colleges is
part OF consistent program for the
militarization of the country. The
United States has become an empire.
The very fact that the country is EN-
barked upon an imperiallst career
creates the conditions necessary for
the building up Of what may event
ually become a military caste.
Summed up, civilian and scholastic
military training means preparation
for an mperialIst war.
Later we will devote special atten.
ton 10 facts pertaining to the Citizens
Military Training Corps &C.. NJ. r. CO
and Reserve 0mcers' Training Corps
Or. o. r. CO.. For the present we
are interested 10 show how these two
organizations III into the scheme OF
tContiriued on page y
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GETTING RID OF
DE RIVERA Much
FUN IN SPAIN
Last Plot Clever But 1t
Wouldn't Work
lspeeiaI to rhe Daily w0rkerl

MADRID, Aug. 22.-General De RI
vera's Illustration of the attempted re-
volt of June "a, has not discouraged
General Francisco AguiIera, admitted
leader of the plan, who in an inter
view intimated that he hopes yet to
lead successful action against the die
tator and his government.
General Aguilera, who admits an ac-
ton which might have once been pun
ished by death or years of imprison-
ment, has received only a sentence
of one month Imprisonment and fine
of 100000 pesetas, but he was easily
available to a correspondent who saw
him in mansion in the most aristo-
cratic section of Madrid.
Something Slipped.
Just one small detail went wrong"
said General Aguilera, explaining the
failure of his movement. Like per-
fectly constructed machine. in which
one little cog gets broken, thus de-
stroying the whole machine, one
single point failed us, running the
whole movement But this will not
happen again, The next time we are
going to prepare things more thor
oughly."
Plot Was Nipped.
At given moment a manifesto was
to have been issued, signed by Gen
eral Aguilera and General Weyler, the
general said, Sin order to make clear
that the army was not back of the
present dictatorship.
"Once the manifesto was made pub
lie, the presidents of the old cortes
(parliament), Count Romanones, SEN
ate president, and Don Melquiades AL
varez, president of the congress, were
to go to the palace and demand full
establishment of the constitutional
government, of the king.
"The government was to consist of
four military men, besides those min
istries occupied by civilians who are
not known in political circles and
have never had to do with politics"
"Say II with YOUR men In ths vorka,
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SOVIET UNIONS PLEDGE
100000 A MONTH FOR
BRITISH; ASK MEETING
lspeolaI to The paiIx WorLoar

NoPVNIdI 70 HS DdIIJ WUTHoTT
MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., Aug. pa
The Russian Central Council Of
trade Unions has notified Messrs.
Cook, Smith and Richardson, repre-
sentinu the British Miners Fedora
ton, that it is forwarding a monthly
contribution Of 100000 collected
from Soviet workers on behalf Of
the striking English coal miners.
The telegram suggests that a meet
ing to consider measures to assist
the strikers be held in Berlin, Aug.
20.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
RANGEL, CLINE
AND COMRADES
ARE PARDONED
Texas Martyrs Freed
BY Coz. Ferguson

The six Texas martyrs, in prison for
the last thirteen years for their activl-
ties in behalf of Mexican freedom,
have just received a full and uncondl-
tIonaI pardon from governor Miriam
Ferguson, according to telegraphie in
formation Just received from Texas by
the national office of international La
Dor Defense.
The freed men, Captain Jesus M.
Rangel Charles Cline, Abram Cisne-
ros, Jesus Gonzales, Leonardo M. Vas
quez and Pedro Paroles, are the last
of the twelve Mexicans and one Amer
lean sentenced more than decade
ago in an atmosphere Of intense anti
Mexican prejudice. OF the original
number, two had previously been dis
charged, one pardoned, one killed in
jail, and two escaped.
History of Case.
The Mexicans involved were fight
ers for the independence of Mexico
and its liberation from tyrannical rule,
most of them members of the famous
Partido Liberal Mexicano whose slo-
gan was Tierrs Y Libertad (Land and
Liberty,) fighting to free their land
from the despotism of Diaz.
Captain Rangel. at that time station
ed in Waco, Texas, had been one of
the leading spirits in organizing his
exiled countrymen for the struggle
against tyranny in Mexico. At the
time OF his arrest he had concentrated
a number of Mexicans with arms, am
munition and provision for the pur-
pose of going to Mexico and joining
the revolutionists; they met for this
purpose at Garlic Springs, Texas.
Pursued by Sheriff.
The sheriff of Mimmit county. hav-
ing been informed of their expedition,
started in pursuit, dividing his forces.
A deputy sheriff named Buck and a
Mexican spy called Ortoz, acting as
deputy, came upon Rangel's company
and wSre tal5l prisoners. Captain
Rangel stated that they were taken
prisoners to prevent them from divulg-
ing any information about the expedi-
ton.
Ortiz was later found dead. Deputy
Buck was unhurt. There was no evil
dence, to prove who killed Ortiz or
how he came to his death.
U. S. Cavalry Sent.
Upon the appeal of the sheriff, a
company of United States cavalry was
sent in pursuit Rangel and his com
panions surrendered Immediately
upon sight of the American flag. Those
captured were tried in the district
court of SAINT Antonio for the death
of Ortiz and all of them were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
Charles Cline, the only American in
the case, was convicted altho he had
accompanied Captain Rangel and his
colleagues merely as an investigator
of Mexican conditions and the de-
Tense, at the trial. proved that he was
nowhere in the vicinity of the death
of the spy Ortiz. Nevertheless he was
sentenced along with the rest.
t- Death Accidental.
1t was shown that at the worst the
men had merely violated the United
States Neutrality laws, and that the
death of Ortiz was accidental. Viola
Continued on page q
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CLERICALS And
LANDHOL.
IN new PARTY
Represents Better Ele-
ments," Says Bishop
Especial to The Daily worker)

MEXICO CITY, Aug. %. - The
clerical and landlord groups, defeated
in their attempts to secure a repeal Of
the land and educational clauses Of
the Mexican constitution by boycott
and conspiracy, are now busy organ
king new political party to carry on
the struggle.
Under the name social liberty par
ty" it is planned to organize the vari-
GUS reactionary political groups whose
power was broken by the revolution.
That the new party will represent the.
same forces participating in and back
ing the recent movement is shown by
the statement of Bishop Diaz, who told
American press representatives that
"5ehind the movement is the bet
ter element Of the Mexican people,
which has allowed the so-ealled
revolutionary element to govern tho
country for seven years. If the party
succeeds il will mean the rise to
power of the middle and upper
classes and the RELOCATION to the
background Of the iIiterate eIs-
ments which practically have DOM
mated the governments Of the towns
and villages"
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It,GTION IN
China LOSES
AS IT Wins
NankOw Pass Is Taken,
But With Heavy Loss
Especial to The Daily WORKER

PEklNG, Aug. %. = The alliance
between the two outstanding reaction
airy Chinese militarlsts is none to Sc
cure, since the empty and costly "vlc-
tory" Of the alliance in taking the
Nankow Pass from the kuomInchun or
peoples army. Changes troops suf-
fered enormous losses and WI Pei-fu,
the other party to the alliance, also
lost heavily and is being hard pressed
by the Cantonese troops marching
north into central China, where the
next conflict between the reactionaries
and the liberation forces may take
place.
1t is noted that Changes case is so
bad that the money spectators are
raiding Changes currency in "bear"
movement and are getting away with
it, in spite of his decree fixing" the
value Of his yuan" or silver dollar.
A Losing Victory.
An inspection of the Kuominchuu
Irrational army positions, abandoned
Saturday after withstanding a siege of
liz days, reveals a hollow victory for
the Manchurian army of Marshal
Chang Tso-lin, which was organized
by Feng Yu-hsiang, the christian gen
eral. The Kuominchun withdrew in
tact, in perfect order, over a period Of
several weeks, leaving a brigade at
the mountain pass, while guns on the
mountains swept the Manchurian and
Shantung troops approaching In pha-
lanxes for ten days.
A five-mile arc before Nankow pass
is Uttered with Manchurian dead.
Turnout the siege the Kuominchun
losses were comparatively slight, be-
cause of their sheltered positions.
Secure Defense Lines.
The Kuominchun lines are now east
of Kalgan, indicating that their pur-
pose is to remain in Suiyuan and Mon
golia while preventing pursuit by
aerial and cavalry raids upon any ex-
petitions organized to follow thru the
pass to the plateau. -,
The final success of the Manchurian
assault was due to the utilization of a
regiment with eight-inch howitzers.e
~ Peoples Army Modern.
Foreign military observers described
the defensive works at the entrance of
Nankow pass as demonstrating the
highest technical skill Trenches were
protected by electrically charged
wires, and had entanglements to with
stand the fiercest assault. oE ~
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the same thing, he proved it by
citing the case of Prime Minis
ter Baldwin.
This Official most antagonistic TO
the miners while pretending to be
neutral in the strike, is a member of
Baldwin's Ltd How can he be fair?"
asked McKenna, when his interests
are all against us?"
Royal Commission.
The present struggle began in 1919
when Lloyd George refused to put in
to operation the recommendations of
the Sankey commission to nationalize
the mines and abolish the agents, or
middlemen, whose main purpose seems
to be to conceal the enormous profits
of the operators. During the last ten
years, rents, royalties and profits in
coal have amounted to a billion and
half Of dollars
McKenna explained that the profit
is difficult to trace, as it does not show
on the books of the coal operators.
but is spread over various industries,
particularly iron and steel, owned by
the same capitalists who sell the coal
to them. The miners wages, calculat-
ed on the profits of the coal cong
panies, is therefore small; AZ per cent
of the mine workers get 1925 per day,
and the rest average about st97.
Subsidy Hit Germany.
The s115,OOO,OOO given the owners
as subsidy after the threat of a gen
eral strike last year did not go to the
miners as wages. 1t was spent by the
coal companies in cutthroat compe-
tition on the continent for the double
purpose of increasing German repara-
-tiOns in coal, for reparations are
figured on the lowest price in Europe,
and Of showing the British miners
that coal was more cheaply produced
abroad. Miners thru their interna-
tional organizations have discovered
that all capitalists everywhere argue
CONTINUED on page p
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Vol. Ill. No. 100



THAT the miners strike in Great
= Britain is in a critical condition is
obvious Due to the treachery of the
T. u. G. leaders the miners were
left to hght the battle alone. Not even
that but they had to fight. the Thorn
asses, MacDonalds, Snowdens and the
rest of his majesty's socialists. Now
that the owners feel they have the up
per hand they refuse to display com
mon ciyility to Smith and Cook, mine
leaders. The owners say they will
deal with the miners over the heads of
the leaders.
TT is at this critical moment that the
1 workers of the United States
should determine to leave no stone
unturned to provide the, sinews of war
TO their comrades in Britain. If the
strikers can secure enuf food to keep
their wives and children and them
selves from starving they will be able
to hold out until the operators are
forced to come. to terms. The rails
ing of funds to help the British min
ers is now first charge on the class
loyalty Of the American workers.
T Attest reports from Mexico indi-
= cate that the struggle which has
ragged there for a month between the
church and the state is about to end
in victory for the government. See
ing all hope for American interven-
ton vanish, the canny clericals made
peace overtures to the president.
Gales suggested that the episcopate
could avail itself of avenues provided
by the constitution for campaign to
modify the religious DEGREES tho he
limited that such efforts would be fu-
tile. In all probability this brings the
imbroglio to an end for the time be-
ing. Unless the church is completely
crushed it will abide its time and
seize on more favorable occasion
TO make another drive for temporal
power.
THE anti-Japanese movement in
l China has again assumed the form
of mass demonstrations In Shanghai,
Chinese workers in Japanese mills
struck in protest against the killing Of
3 Chinese hawker on board Japanese
treighter. A national boycott against
Japanese goods is threatened and the
strikers have applied to the Canton
government for financial assistance.
In the meantime the capitalist press
features stories OF defeats for the
Kominchun troops. The wish is
father to the thot
THE Poincare government has
= placed France on war. rations.
Bakers are urged to sell only bread
that has become stale on the theory
that the people will consume less of
it in this state than fresh. from the
oven, Restaurant service will be cur.
tailed. The first step to, abolish rep
resentative municipal government was
foreshadowed when the government
announced it would introduce bills to
suppress municipal bodies except
those necessary to the country's every
day life" This is what the French get
for winning the war.
A LADY correspondent of the New
4 York Times wakes lyrical in
praise of Mussolinis accomplish
ments. She admits that the workers
are forced to toll below what is con
sidered "sweated labor" but isn't it,
better they should work for low wages
than not work at all? This is the
old familiar bunk. Despite those lit
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"Say It with your pen In the worker
correspondent page Of The DAILY
WORKER"
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American Support Seen.

1t is believed here that the new par
ty will have the support Of powerful
American financial and industrial
groups whose opposition to the lands
naturalization measures is just asi
uncompromising as that Of the cath
Ollie episcopate.
In statement issued yesterday in
reply to the government charge that
the church was involved in a wide,
spread counter-revolutionary plot
the episcopate complains Of the arrest
aud detention Of women of high
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The DAILY WORKER Raises
the Standard for a 'orkers'
and Farmers Co 4 i
nm IS
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Death Accidental.

1t was shown that at the worst the
men had merely violated the United
States Neutrality laws, and that the
death Of Ortiz was accidental. Viola
Continued on page q
The Washington times., 1926-07-23

L4Ou 10 ISSulHSs
''Of course I'm glad to go to the
Yankees, said SEVERED on being
informed of his release. IT have
enjoyed my experiences with the
Washington club and the fans here
have been very fair with me.
Thank them for me, please. But,
of course, it looks like another bit
Of world series money for me and
that's worth thinking about.
Until a third catcher is obtained
Bucky Harris will have Ruel ana
Tate for his receiving staff.
"I'm already angling to land a
young catcher who may develop
into a first string star inside Of a
few years." explains President Grit
fifth. II may get him any day now.
He viii give US enough catching ma
teriaI, for Tate Is coming along
fast and Ruel Is going great guns. "
In asking for walkers on sew.
eraI veterans recentlay President
Griffith found q cuIi0Rs unWill.
iH1gness on the part OF more than
one club to let Joe Harris get
away. Connie Mack especially
wanted to land the slugger for
duty at first base. Playing at
Shibe Park he would just about.
knock the fence down. some
thing neither Hauser NOR Poole
can do.
So the waivers were withdrawn
by the Washington club and Bucky
Harris has been playing the veteran
steadily ever since. First he went
to first base and yesterday. with
Judge reinstated, he went out to
right field where he will probably
remain for a while.
Whether Goose Goslin's suspen-
sion viii be raised in time to per-
NIT his accompanying the cham
pions to Chicago Sunday night .giil
hardly be decided until tomorrow
or even Sunday. Manager Harris
feels that Goslin must be pulled up
with a jerk. IL he is to understand |
the seriousness of his situation.
Goslin is far from being in the
not to mention Manager Harris, |
and whatever Buclzy wants to do in
his case viii receive the strong
support OF the club owner. Presi- |
dent Griffith hIames Goslin. sor |
much of the failure attached to |
the team this season and the Jer. |
seynean may have troubles with |
his next years contract unless he
finishes the season in strong style. |
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GUN CLUB WILL HOLD
WEEKLY TRAP SHOOT

The regular weekend shoot Of
the Washington Gun Club will be
held over the club traps near Ben
ming tomorrow afternoon. The pro-
gram gives a spoon to high scratch
gun on SO targets; another spoon
to high added-target-handicap gun.
Ties in the latter will be shot under
the new sliding handicap system, Is
to % yards. Contests for the an
nual trophy at handicap distances
and also for the doubles trophy will
follow conclusion Of the 16-yard
events.
A number Of local club members
will go to Philadelphia to attend
the Sesquicentennial tournament
today. Probably a five-man team
will represent the Washington Gun
Club at that Sesqui tournament.
Personnel OF the team will be de-
termiued after reaching the grounds.
Former Secretary Williams, now
vacationing in the mountains of
Colorado, sends notice of q very
creditable 95 out of 100 score in
the Denver Introductory on the first
day Of the Great Western Handicap
In the doubles event at 200 tar.
gets, Mark Arie, of Champaign.
ILL.,. broke two worlds records with
1913 out Of 200, and a straight run
Of 1853.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23
I REAL
N)KN)

Young Montreal, rated In fistiana
as the most feared bantam chai.
lenger, will appear at the Kenil.
worth arena next Tuesday, his op.
ponent being Harry Brandon, New
York's most recent bantam sensa-
ton.
Montreal is no younster. But he
is still very active and dangerous
ringman, so much so that the top.
notchers and champions will have
no parts of him. Less than three
weeks ago Montreal handily de-.
feated Tony Mandell, New Eng.
lands star bantamweight.
The semi final for Tuesday
nights card will show yet another
flashy imported bantamweight
against Terry OsDay. the Irish
jumping jack. Terry's opponent
will be Benny Jukes, Just back
from a victorious season in the long
route game at Panama.
In another six rounder two $50
pound heavies will slash when Jack
Kinney, the big Dakotan who is a
graduate of Howard University,
takes on Clarence Thomas.
In a four-rounder Harry DeVore,
OF Wheeling. West, Virginia, will
face Jimmy Mack. Of the Mohawka.
The four-round opener sends Kid
Woody. the Government Printing
Offices welter against Tiger Rose
Carroll. dusky kayo king OF north.
west.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23

General Crowder, former Birming.
ham Baron and star Finger Of
the Southern Association, is due
10 start his first game I'm Wash.
IngtOn uniform tomorrow. He
will be part Of the ceIebra.
ton surrounding the raising OF
the American Leagues champion
ship pennant.
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Daily totala.2S 81 1888 IS rs 6O-3OO
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Leaders for the day-Pittsburgh, IL.
Low-Brooklyn g.
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A. 4. j. ILLS
! THROTTLE
SPORT

Now, IL you were a pretty fair
sprinter. ana you ran in a South
Atlantic a. A. u. championship
Rixty-yard dash, and lost because
you started from scratch while the
winner. Baltimore boy and equally
as good as you. started with big
handicap. wouldn't you get sore?
And just suppose you were an
olympic star and you craved some
action In other events, like 800.
yard dash, or the ss0-yard run. or
make you peevlsh to travel all the
and then find that your pet race
was on the program-even though
It wasn't on the entry blanks sent
out2
Then again, suppose you tried
20 transfer from one club to
nmOther-say George Washington,
- Al0ysius-and the South At.
nmtlC refused to permit the
EnnsfeP or delayed II 50 long
H0u couldn't take part In the
meet. and then turned around
and let Baltimore man COM
pete under two banners, wOuldnt |
g make you angry?
Or. just for fun, suppose you
we're q member OF a mile relay |
eaam. with several good 40 men
en- Il, and the race was run with.
cut any calls" 30 that your team
was deprived Of the chance to
compete. Wouldn't that get your
Or, Il your team played basket.
al in the s5-pound class, just for
example, and you played in the
championship games In Baltimore,
before q hostile crowd, with hostile
OFFICIALS, and with members Of the
baltimore team averaging as much
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GRIFFNEN' REBUILDING.
PROGRAM SPEEDS
BY Louis A. DOugher

The work rebuilding fading champions Hank
SEVERED Gman to slip out Of the picture First
was Bush quickly followed by Alex Ferguson Then
little Johnny Tobn feel the weight OF the az Now Hank SEVERED
has gone During the Memo Leibo Bob Veach Allan
Russell and Everett Scott given their unconditional releases
Clark Griffith seems much in earnest about rebuilding
SEVERED has been taken by York Yankees for the
finish The Pat Collins injured
hand recently Benny Bengough has had lame
will likely get plenty OF work until Con = IN conc
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Yanks Bat Hard

The Yankees and White Sox en-.
gagged in a Suggest of the seesaw
variety, the Yanks being on ton.
Ii to 10, when the smoke cleared
away. Ruth got no homers, but
stole home and tripled with the
The Washington times., 1926-07-23

At 500 o'clock, behind the Navy
Band, the Washington and Detroit
players will march to the center
field flag pole where Postmaster
General New will raise the pennant
to the stirring air Of 1.-THE Star.
Spangled Banner" This IL the Sec
ond successive pennant raising
Washington has staged and Bucky
Harris insists there win be others,
and not so far away, either.
Sunday the Griffmen end their
present stay at home. leaving that
night for Chicago where they open
on Tuesday their second swing
around the Western half of the
circuit. They will not be back
again until August IL when the
Yankees will open a series here.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23

A handsomely
made tank for car
rying an extra
supply Of gasoline.
Capacity. one gal
Ion. Easily car
ried.
The Washington times., 1926-07-23

Our Second Great Expansion Sale has
taken Washington By Storm Motorists are
coming IN CROWDS for the sensational val
convenience, well be open 1t BOTH STORES
until 11:3O-and, Of course, wen have extra
statesmen.
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So Do We

So disguised has he been over
the showing of the Griffs that
Calvin Coolidge left Washington
flat and went pickerel fishing.