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FORT MYERS Fla, March IL
Score RH. e.
Baltimore International ...S Is Q
Philadelphia (A) End team g 10 2
Davenport, Vincent Myers and
Cobb; Hemach, Quinn, Baumgartner
and Fox.
SAN FRANCISCO, March IL
Score RH. e.
Pittsburgh (N) ........6 12 1
San Franfisco (Pacific) ..3 Z /
j. Morrison, Crowder and Smith,
Spencer; Kerr Griffin, Moudy and
Yelle.
SARASOTA, Fla. March 17.--
Score R.H. e.
New York (N) ..............1 10 18
Philadelphia (A) ....... 4 10 3
Ring, Fitzsimmons and Hartley;
Gray, Harriss, Walberg, Pate and
Cochrane.
TAMPA, Fla, March IL
Score r. Fl. E.
Buffalo GnternationaD ......5 6 2
Washington CA. L.) ....S z g,
OKeefe Shea and Uzmann; Kelly,
Joyce, Thomas and Tate.
SHREVEPORT La, March IL
Score r. H. E.
Chicago (A) ................7 o
Shreveport (Texas) .........O 8 2
Borman, Steengrafe, Carney and
McCurdy, Schalk'; Gleason, Thomp-
son, Adkins and Wilder.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-18

washington "a. Id ........3 3
O'Keefe, Shea and Uzmann; Kelly
Joyce, Thomas and Tate.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-18

Ring, F1tzS1mmonS and Hartley;
Gray, Harriss, Walberg, Pate and
Cochrane.
, 1926-07-09

ing urGre suspicion. The strir9 is so at
tacted nd resuIated that the sun will
net fire trIcss tie I'm arc raised rs far
as hey viii 50 SaRit raising Of the
ANS viii ret guI! tie trigger. This may
be adjusted in Individual cases to meet
the length of the arm.
Before acquiring the new device, Herr
Weber recommends d course in the prop
er throwing up Of The ANS, 50 that the
bullet for the hold man will not &c wild
and injure somebody else,
Herr Weber is arranging to have the
device patented IN America aud he is
booked to lie enc of the attractions at
the Sesqui Centennial celebration in Phil.
adelrhia. He is bringing with him a
small target range that he built himself,
and by which he will demonstrate not
only the protective device, but the great
skill which can be acquired by practicing
with it.-Boston Sunday American,
, 1926-07-09

NO TRAFFIC OFFICER. PASTOR
PLAYS ROLE IN BUSY STREET

Worcester, June 19.-Rev. Frank L..
Hopkins, pastor Of the Spencer Baptist
Church, proved his versatility today when
he abandoned for the while the prepare.
ton of sermons and his chosen work of
spreading the gospel, by acting as traffic
officer for a few hours at one of the bust.
est street corners of this city.
Prior to essayirg the role of traffic eff
Ger, Rev. Mr.. Hopkins had witnessed two
narrow escapes from tie swirl and whirl
of traffic, and, as he saw no ~patroIman on
the job, he took the centre of the road
and began directing the gas buggies to
the right, TO the left, holding EN- up, and
then shooting EN- onward.
He said he believedhis work as a traffic
officer was as much "Christian duty as
the preaching of sermons. Boston Sun
day Advertiser.
, 1926-07-09

zen, TO the Secretary Of State of the
United States against the failure on the
part Of the government Of the United
States to insure for its citizens just and
fair treatment from the government Of
a country with which we maintain rela-
tions of friendship" Incidentally, his
communication to the Secretary OF State
reveals for the first time what actually
happened when he was called before
Mexican authorities shortly after his ar
rival in Mexico City.-Ibjd.
, 1926-07-09
Wit and Humor,

Hogan-"How ye hear I'd me daughter
Mona sing Iately?'
Dsgan-"Both lately and earlier, be.
dad! It's the fine Instrumental music
she do make"
Hogan-'Ye iRnoramus! Shure sing
in Amt Instrumental music"
Dugan -"Begorry, thin, Keegan towld
me it WIZ instrumental in causing him
to move two blocks away from yer
house"
, 1926-07-09
A CnERePa-GuU 60 Foil
HighWayEneD

Herr Edmund Weber, of Arnsberg
Germany, has read a lot about American
bandits, stickup men, highWaymen and
bank robbers. Their depredations have
so stirred him that he has invented a
protective device that should have a good
sale in Chicago and other American me.
tr0politan centres where these crooks ply
their nefarious trade,
The invention is in the form of a pistol
concealed in a Gamers case, placed there
in in such a position that when The arms
are raised at the command of the robber
the gun is aimed at the crook, and can
be fired within a second by a further and
easy movement of the elbows. A leather
string is attached 10 the trigger of, the
weapon and concealed in the sleeve Of
the person carrying the device. 1t is so
arranged that when the arms are raised,
not to their full height, but with the ell
bows out, the gun will not be discharged,
but by Strengthening out the arms at foil
length, the trigger is pulled and the gun
fires directly at the bandit. By a little
practice the WParer of the camera gun
can acquire much skill in craftsmanship.
Unless the arms are stretched at full
length the gun cannot be discharged.
The Wearer of the device may or may
not wear the kodak on the outside of his
coat, as he chooses. Il can be worn in
side and the bullet will be fred through
the clothing at the bandit.
As soon as the hold up man says,
Hands up!' (Which seems to be the con
ventional command 10 all cOuntries), the
man with the camera obeys the. order,
the gun is fred, The hold up man falls,
either killed or wounded seriously enough
to be disarmed. The very act Of raising
the arms fires the gun concealed within
the camera case.
Experiments were made before the de
vice was placed on the market, to ascer-
tain the exact placement of the gun, so
that the act OF raising the arms would
Cause the shot to be fired in a direction
which would hit a person who stood di-
recty in front Of the one menaced
"Herr Weber has made further expert
ments so that the gun may be concealed
within a lunch box, a oulky book (holIow-
ed, OF %course), or a3y other bundle or
package such as possible victims Of the
hold-up man might carry without eXcit
, 1926-07-09
A WAR HERO' DEATH.

John Baxter Draper, of BurtoD.on
Trent, who gave two pints of his blood
during two operations within an hour
when in hospital in wartime to save a
wounded comrade, has died at Burton. on
Trent.
At the time he gave his blood Draper
was a healthy man and an athlete, but
later consumption developed Ibid.
, 1926-07-09
Have a Look al Your Appendix

1t is all very wei! to poke yourself in
the stomach and to declare that if the
spot hurts you have appendicitis. But
that kind of diagnosis is hardly definite
enough for an operation.
All that, now is to be done away. At
the last meeting of the Medical Society
of Paris, NJ. Candles, a we'll known ra-
biological expert, offered a suggestion
which was acclaimed with enthusiasm.
This plan consists, simply, in giving a
patient suspected Of appendicitis a soup
containing chlorure of magnesium. The
dose which is no way disaQreeabIy is
taken overnight, fairly late, a little be-
fore midnight.
The action of the drug upon the mites
final muscles is slow, but very definite.
Between nine and ten hours afterward a
very marked opacity appears in the intes-
final muscles, while much of the occlud-
ing tissue is unaffected. A radiograph or
X ray plate, taken at about the tenth
hour after the swallowing of the magne-
stun soup, reveals the appendix almost as
clearly as if it we're bone, and renders
it extremely easy for a doctor to diagnose
the exact position Of the appendix and its
state even to determine the amount of
inflammation.
When it is remembered that more than
halt of the operations for appendicitis
have been found unnecessary after lapa
rotomy Uhe opening of he abdominal
cavity has been performed, it is clear
that this method Of obtaining a certain
diagnosis is a big step in advance. Those
who know no more Of operations for APP
rendicitis than they can find in Irwin
Cobb'5 famous treatise on the subject,
may not fear the exploring fingers of the
but there are those who have
more reason for skepticism. who know
that such things as eXudatiors and other
complications do occur. and that a stom-
ach wall, intact, is quite a good thing to
possess. By all means, let appendicitis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30
The British Miners Can Win!

What the rulers of Great upon the next
against working and their organizations the defeat the
miners can by proposals contained resou
adopted Scarborough conference of the tory party
The resolution urges legislation to:
illegal any without secret ballot Of the
Of affected
Make the of all trade unions
pulsOry under supervision a certified accountant
Such measures if enforcedand the in
which the emergency powers act administered during the
strike leaves no intentions of the
make of the of the government and
place the positions the Russian trade
unions under the
The British labor stand for such oppressive
measures unless resistance has been broken This is
the first requirement capitalist scheme
With the knowledge rulers of Britain getting ready
this attack part Of the general offensive against the
working the struggle of the miners becomes for the labor
movement decisive acon-ruly life and death struggle
If the British capitalism feels that
the whole working class will be weakened uhclen
permit its victory by the enactment OF laws and
the setting up special suppesve apparatus which will make
the trade union movement crime and which
can be dealt with such by the state
The holding the first line of defense for the whole
British labor than that defeat of the miners will
strengthen capitalist class the world and certainly Will
be without its struggle which the American coal miners
face spring
But the stern resistance asounded the world
admiration of the whole working class For almost
six months suffering bitter prvaon they have refused to
be driven back to the pits.
British industry is at history and the
kets capitalism being grabbed by greedy competitors
except for the donations OF the Russian
the small contributions from the labor movements
in capitalist countries beating the British ruling class
Six months passed the leaders the British labor
brought the deon Of the miners but the miners
still fighting.
They must given financial aid that will enable them to
make the effort needed for victory.
There present other which should be allowed to
come between miners the financial relief they need
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30

labor board of mediation The shop
crafts on the other hand have been
almost completely shot to pieces since
the 1922 strike. They have suffered
wage decreases and the remnants of
their unions more or less become sub
iect to the B. & o. plan making the
workers more effective objects of ex-
ploitation.
The workers in the food industry,
taking in the big packing house plants
at Chicago and East st. Louis, have
lost practically every vestige of organ
ization. The union once existing, en-
bracing all the workers, has collapsed.
The company unions now rule SUI
preme in Chicago plants. These com
pany unions were installed to engineer
wage cuts and have done so success
fully. The company union in the Ar
mour plant recently suggested the
restoration of the r. and 14-hour
workday. At present the plant oper-
ates on the 10-hour basis, the average
wage being $27 week for male
workers. During the last few weeks,
a new method has been inaugurated
of eliminating all older workers who
may have any claims on the so-called
compensation institutions of the COM
pany, while a new schedule of further
wage cutting is starting.
In the Metal Industry.
TN the metal industry, few of the
4 more skilled crafts have been able
to maintain degree Of organization,
however, with loss of many members.
Some of them have gained small wage
increases; but for the big bulk of
theAworkers in the many great manu-
featuring plants, organization does not
exist save for the company unions
operating against the workers. For
them prosperity" has meant wage
cuts in various forms, particularly in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30

piece work rates. While these are
some of the most exploited workers
1T makes the situation no better to
note that in the steel mills of Madison
and Granite City, ILL.,, laborers be-
longing to the steel workers union
receive only 81 cents an hour.
Many Illinois coal mines have sus-
pended operation for long intervals,
some permanently, due to the advance
of the open-shop coal mining with no
efforts to organize the unorganized
territory. AS for the union itself, its
leadership has become so infested
with graft and corruption that there.
is great danger of its complete para
lysis. The sell-out Of Harrington to
the Peabody Coal Company is by no
means accidental. The coal operators
are as actively as possible pushing
open-shop conditions. If coal miner
leaves his underground job few
minutes ahead of time, an investiga-
ton is made and if it is found he
could do other work, he is fired. 1t
has become an almost established sysr
tenn, that coal miners are always
cheated on weight with the union do
ing little or nothing to redress the
grievances of the miners.
Lately, however, a revival of the
progressive movement is taking place
within the union, starting turnout the
state and bringing some real rays of
hope for more milltancy in the future.
There are, of course, signs of similar
activities within the unions in other
industries Some having already
brought results In a measure by in
creasing the ranks of the individual
unions and bringing new and better
spirit to the rank and file workers,
but that is entirely due to the activi-
ties of progressive elements.
Continued tomorrow.l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30
By 3. soRlsoFF.

Crude. vulgar, clownish and brazen
is the manner In which the X. X. X
republican party is conducting its cam
paign in the state Of Indiana.
In Gary the X. X. K-republican
party held two great rallies. One of
them in the heart of the Negro settle
nqent, another in the white neighbor-
hood
/ went to the first one, and the i'm
preston l carried away is set forth
in the introductory lines, l wish to
add that the manner in which the
meeting was run and issues presented
was an insult to the intelligence of
the audience, composed largely of col
ored people.
The Honorable" Was Doing His Best.
The honorable" Perry w. Howard,
special assistant attorney-general, col
ored, was the main speaker Of the
evening.
Upon him it fell to swing the vote
of the Negro masses in favor Of the
G. o. P.
His was the keynote speech.
The honorable" Howard did his
best to deliver the goods, but failed
completely. He lacks that oratorical
talent and personal attraction which
sometimes make up for the lack of
convincing arguments. He possesses
no originality. His speech is stereo-
typed. At first few jokes to win the
good graces Of the audience-then to
the main task OF eulogizing the re-
publican party and its candidates.
He did not come to lend advice to
the voters Of Lake county, he said.
They need none. They are inherent
republican, republican-born, republi-
can-freed."
The Republican Party Passed Good
Amendments.
He said the republican party has
done everything for the Negro-ren-
dered him public, civic, and every
other kind of recognition.
"The republican party gave the
Negro the famous amendments to the
constitution, the 18th, the 14th, and
the 18TH.
Every enactment in favor of the
Negro was by the republican party.
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An Upheaval Against XXX Republican
Party in the State of Indiana

other northern states, and to give him
protection and full rights in the south.
Negroes Are Segregated in Gary and
Turnout Indiana.
And when the rule of capital, of
Wall Street, and of plutocrats is eulo-
gized, the Negro workers of the Steel
City can't become enthusiastic, for
they face the brutal exploitation of
the steel trust every day of their
lives.
Ma5 "A Big Political UpheaVaI.
The republican party is faced with
a great upheayal of the masses, includ-
ing both workers and farmers in In
diana, and especially the Negroes. 1t
will lose thousands of votes. Thou
sands will cast their votes for the
democratic party as protest against
the disgusting K. X. K.-republican
rule. Thousands will not vote at all
But neither action is a right solution
of the political problem facing the
workers and poor farmers. The right
solution is the building of labor
party. We have two years. to do it in
Let's do it!
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growing 1t is able to furnish work for the it
concede such conditions to the upper layers of the working
class the skilled workers to keep them pretty well
tented with the present capitasc order Of society But
this passing phase Just British capitalism which
also powerful and able still demands the
skilled workers with concessions is the decline,
will American capitalism however strong it may now
the way downward because of the contradictions
inherent in capitalist production and distribution
The industries will shut down. great of workers
will become chroncaly unemployed their standards Of y
ing will be reduced the concessions from given by
the employers in the present period will then prove usor
and be swept away The workers will be compelled 10 turn
against capitalism to organize their forces put
to the capitalist system and to establish the proetaran
order of society.
In the bitter struggles of that inevitable the strike
strategy will have to be quite different from and will be
based upon far militant offensive than that possible
in the workers fight today IL is within the province
of this booklet to detail the strategy of those critical times
but to lay out practical lines for the conduct Of our strike
struggles PHI
Chicago, October TO- 1926.l
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whole series of strikes Passaic, Furrers l. L. g.
w. IT, etc., and of opposition movements in the unions
(Machinists, Miners etc. indicates this tendency AS
result the left wing has urgent need to acquan itself
with the principles and practices of strike strategy of the
science Of effective struggle by the trade unions
The general question of strike strategy has received but
Little concentrated attention until within the last few years.
that is since the formation of the Red International Of
Labor Unions Prior to that time the refomist trade
leaders, whose attention fastened, not making an
effective fight against the employers but coming agree
ment with Them gave very little thought to the development
of scientific strike strategy In fact the first real dis
cusson held the matter in international labor
gathering took place in the 924 congress of the r. l. H.
The question is highly complex. There is very little
literature upon it in this any other country This pam
phet which is companion volume to my booklet entitled
0rganize the Unorganized" is modest beginning of such
literature in this country It should be followed by
elaborate and detailed studies.
AT the r. L. u 1924 congress- Losoysky defined the
three elements of policy, strategy and tactics follows
"Policy lays down within the limits of the pro
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gram the basic direction which the class follow
in order that its fighting capacity may be enhanced and
in order to prepare it for the overthrow of the other
class Strategy determines the direction of the opera
on and the choice of the point to be attacked part
of the achievement of the chosen aim Tactics provide
the answer to how to direct the battle at definite
tons of the front" om
In the present work this distinction is not made The
three elements of the subject covered the general
head of strike strategy. The pamphlet is somewhat
prehensye dealing with various aspects of the left wing
trade union program, but all linked up with the central
question of how to wage strikes successfully
Strike strategy varies widely from country to country
and period to period Its specific character depends upon
the degree of economic development and of the sharpness
the class struggle in given situation The strike strategy
necessary in country in revolutionary crisis differs very
materially from that required in with Aourishing and
expanding capitalism The strike strategy herein skeched
that best calculated to defend and advance the interests
of the working class under presentday conditions in the
United States
Today, capitalism in the United States is strong and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30
PROBLEMS OF ILLINOIS LABOR


The building trades workers are I'M
doubtedly those who have been most
favored by the prosperity" period
and it's tremendous building boom
Their unions have gained in member
ship and they have gained wage in
creases in rapid succession. The open
shop forces, as particularly represent
ed by the Chicago "citizens' commit
tee" have been temporarily defeated
This may be said, however, to be
mainly due to the great demand for
skilled building mechanics created by
the boom, and also due to the condi.
tons of the industry which despite
the Capitalization of capital yet
leaves room for craft unions to func-
ton and to deliver the goods for their
members. Nevertheless, the building
corporations and bankers are merely
biding their time waiting for the slack
season to renew the attack. The
building trades unions, meanwhile,
have failed to exert the necessary eff
fort to establish union shop condi~
lions and to unity their ranks. I'm
less the necessary measures are
taken, they will be in no stronger
position organizationally than before
the boom.
The printing trades, the clothing
workers, and various other organized
miscellaneous trades have been able
to hold their own and in some degree
strengthen their positions.
Transportation Workers.
TINE workers in the transportation
l. industry, very important section
of the labor movement in Illinois,
have gained some almost invisible
wage increases, but, of course, become
subject to the provisions of the Wat
son-Parker bill with it's adjustment
of strikes and the established anti
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30

Every enactment against-by the dem
ocratic party.
"Filibustering against the anti
lynching bill, maintaining disfranchise-
ment, segregation, oppression of the
Negro-such is the record of the dem
ocratic party.
There is no difference between a
southern and a northern democrat.
They will all abide by the caucus of
the party, and the decisions are al
ways against the Negro.
"Therefore-Yote republican"
The K. K. X. Helps the Negro, Claims
the "Honorsble."
Then came the delicate question of
the K. K. K Honorable" Mr. How
ard did not for a moment deny the
connection Of the republican party
with the K. X. K, He did not say
bad word about the K. K. K. In
fact, he tried to produce the impress
sion that the existence of the K. X. K.
was beneficial to the coIored people.
For what was the K. X. K. after
ALL 1t was a result of rivalry between
two groups of white people. Let them
quarrel among themselves, and let US
take advantage of the quarrel in order
to better our conditions"
And the honorable" related how
nicely the X. X. X. OF Mississippi was
standing behind him" Conclusion
Forget about the X. K K. Quit
talking about the X. X. X! 1t is a
division among white people and an
opportunity for us to take advantage"
he concluded.
Doesn't Care Whether Watson Is a
klansnan.
Then came this peerless statement:
81 do not care whether Watson is
klansman. l do not care whether
Robinson is klansman. / do not care
whether either of them is klansman.
If Watson is a member of the X. K. K,
If Robinson is a member Of the K. X.
K, then that is no more than you
would do if you were candidate for
election, in order to be elected"
The honorable Mr.. Howard then
attained the climax Of his speech when
in a loud voice he proclaimed:
Long May Wall Street Reienl
ut will be mighty cold in Gary
during the winter time and without