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Evening star., 1926-06-18
RESCUE OF BRITISH
CREW ST|RS JAPAN
Toxic Press Lavish in Pictur-
ing Heroism of Both Races
in Great Danger.
BY j. RUSSELL KENNEDY.

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
TOXIC, June 1S-The captain and
crew of the British freighter City of
Naples achieved more toward Anglo
Japanese friendship and understand.
ing in a day than all the diplomacy,
propaganda and banquet speeches
achieve in years.
The Japanese newspapers teem this
morning with stories of British pluck
and Hindu aplomb in the face Of most
extreme danger. privation and strain
when the crew of the British vessel
was rescued by the japanese cruiser
kaSuga Thursday morning. Captains
Ota of the kasuga and Connor OF the
City of Naples are shown in pictures
in a variety of positions. with hands
clasped and evidently unconscious of
the cameras. Their attitudes show
genuine feeling.
The newspapers give an account of
Capt. Connor's fine discipline and
forethought in caring for the crew
throughout the trying three days upon
deck tipped to an angle Of 40 de
grees. The ships prov was buried
once during this period, threatening
to take one last dive into the whirl-
pooled Pacific. The press paints a
word picture of two Japanese blue
Jackets in a lifeboat approaching the
precariouslX tipped fgighter atop the
reef. while officers and crew Of the
City of Naples, looking down from the
poop, lowered a long rope ladder.
The lifehoat occupants made this
rope fast to submerged rocks, after
which they climbed up, testing the
perilous link between the dizzy rail
Of the freighter and the ferocious
rocks below. Boarding the freighter,
the two Japanese We're cheered and
embraced by the half starved crew,
which Immediately. thereafter slipped
down to the lifeboats until IS were
saved.
The Toxic newspapers also make a
feature Of the fact that Capt. Connor
was the last to leave the stranded
ship. Even then he was most reluct-
ant. His final act was lowering the
Union Jack. which throughout the
three days the freighter held it's crew
captive on the coral reef had flown
bravely from the afterpost.
The stories of the British sailors are
we'll told and illustrated in the Japa-
nese press and have a special appeal
to the Japanese people, who are justly
proud of their navy's achievement.
tCopyrSht. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Coz
Evening star., 1926-06-18
POPE DENIES RUMORS.
Declares Church Is Not Working
for Political Ends in Asia.

ROME. June IS L0.--Pope Plus has
sent an apostolic letter to the Wears
and apostolic projects in China, deny
ing rumors repeatedly current in Asia
to the effect that the Catholic church
is acting toward political ends.
Affirming that the missionaries are
Ambassadors of Cod and not of any
nation and pointing to the efforts to
create a native clergy, the letter says
the church's occasional acceptance of
special protection is motivated by a
desire to defend itself against unjust
vexations. 1t expresses hope that the
hostility against and fear of the mis-
sionarieS will cease.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
ACQUITTED IN SHOOTING.
Self-Defense Plea Brings Release
of West Virginian.
,ecial Dispatch to The star.

NpeCIdI DlSpatpH 10 NE SLdF.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va. June 49,
W. C. Cox, railroader, was acquitted
by a Circuit Court jury here late yes
terday after a two.day trial on charges
of having feloniously shot Jesse Frye.
World War buddy. at a passenger
station here last November. The jury
was out an hour and a half. Cox
pleaded self-defense. SO genuinely did
he fear physical harm at the hands
of Frye that he armed himself he told
the jury.
Evidence was offered. but excluded
from the jury. to the effect that Frye
and Cox had had trouble over atten-
ton alleged to have been paid Mrs.
Cox by Frye and that it eliminated
in filing of an alienation of affection
suit a day or SO before the shooting
took place
Evening star., 1926-06-18
HELD AS ACID SLAYER.

PHILADELPHIA, June IS R.-
Mrs. Sadie Yankolovitz. 38 years old.
was held without bail yesterday.
charged with causing the death Of
Louis Kramer by throwing acid in his
face.
Kramer died in a hospital from acid
burns shortly after he ran from the
woman's home to seek aid at nearby
drug store.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
Japanese Ends Life
In Grief Over Death
OF His Farm Horse
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June 1S.-Masajt
Kawahara. a Japanese truck farm.
er living near here. hanged himself
yesterday when he learned that
his horse. to which he was much
attached, was dead.
The horse became excited during
a thunderstorm last night and
choked itself to death in its effort
to break away from tree to
which it was tied. Using the rope
from the halter. kawahara hanged
himself from the. tree.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

dents, President Charles H. Scott an.
nounced last night.
The rest of the money needed to
cover an annual expenditure Of $780,
900 will be sought from other philan-
thropists and public-spirited corpora.
tions interested in reducing accidents
Evening star., 1926-06-18
Meadow Larks Halt Train.

From the Milw waukee Journal.
Meadow larks have appeared in the
vicinity of Glenwood City in such
numbers that the local 500 line freight
train was obliged to stop few miles
west of there to avoid running over
hundreds of the birds on the track
Evening star., 1926-06-18
GIVES TO SAFETY FUND.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Donates
$177, 500 to 1000, 900 Drive.

CHICAGO. June IS R).-John D.
Rockefeller. jr., has made condi-
tional contribution Of $177,5O0 toward
a million-dollar fund to be raised by
the National Safety Council for Ave.
year campaign against public acci-
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Ludwig Spohr, violinist, conduc-
tor and composer, was the first to
use a baton for conducting a large
orchestra in England.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
BY A. LosovskY.

A I the end of August and the begin
4 \ ming OF September 1925 there was
a succession OF trade union congresses,
which mark an important stage in the
struggle for the unity Of the world
trade union movement. Between Aug
ust 26th and 31st the Unity and re-
formist French Considerations of La
Dor held their congresses In Paris. At
the end of August the German trade
unions had their congress in Breslau.
This congress synchronised with the
Norwegian Trade Union Congress and
the congress of the British Minority
movement, whilst the beginning Of
September signalized the opening OF
tho British Trades Union Congress in
Scarborough. These congresses de-
serve serious attention and careful
study, for they voiced all the ideologi-
cal Emergencies Of opinion and all the
tendencies which exist in the world
trade union movement.
The most Characteristic feature Of
all these congresses was the promin-
ence given to the unity problem, not
only where the leaders are very much
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
CHICAGO GROUP 7. U. E. |.
WILL HOLD MEETING |
WEDNESDAY EVENING |

All militant and progressive trade
unionists will gather in the North
west Hall, corner North and West
ern Aves.. Wednesday evening, Feb.
8, at the monthly meeting of the
Trade Union Educational League.
At this meeting Pete Jensen,
chairman of the Federated shop
Crafts and Switchmen's Systems
Federation, will speak on the con-
ditions of the railroad workers, the
"B. & o." plan and the Parker-Wat-
son wage theory.
John WerIik. business agent Of
the Metal Polishers' Union Local
No. 6, will speak on the metal pol
ishers' strike at the cribben. Sexton
& Co.. stove manufacturing plant.
Jack Johnstone will speak on the
international Ladies' Garment
Workers convention, the Furriers'
convention and the lessons to the
left wing gained thru the two con-
ventions.
Every militant worker should at
tend this monthly meeting and be
on time. The nseeting opens prompt
Iy at eight o'clock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
Losousky Writes on Trade Union Congress

opposed to the establishment of ma
tional and international trade union
unity, These congresses reflected the
stage of development of the labor
movement in the said countries. The
two fundamental and mutually des-
tructive world conceptions-the revo.
lutionary and the reformist--came
into collision on every question. both
appertaining to general policy and also
to present immediate tasks. Whatever
the question under discussion at any
Of these congresses, the speakers in
evitably steered for the fundamental
question agitating the masses, the
question OF the establishment OF unity
in the national and world trade union
movements.
To be able to render account to
ourselves on the work OF all these con-
crosses, to demonstrate the theological
tendencies which were contending
there and the correlation Of forces be-
tween the revolutionary and reformist
wings and also the prospects OF the
struggle for unity--we must deal In
full detail with all these congresses.
The Amsterdam International and
the r. |. L. u. alike set definite hopes
Continued on page -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
TWO MORE MILLIONAIRES
TO AID JUDGE GARY RUN
NORTHWESTERN ~"

EVANSTON, H., Feb. I. - Two
more millionaires will aid Judge e.
bert Gary hereafter in controlling
the education policy of Northwest
ern University. They are John J.
Mitchell, head Of the Illinois Mer-
chants Trust company, which has
it's heavy hand on almost every en-
terprise In the Chicago district, and
Samuel insult who is the public utll-
lty and traction boss In the same
area. insult boasts that his Com
monwealth Edison company "con-
trolls the entire lighting business Of
Chicago" He also manipulates gas,
Interurbans, elevateds, surface lines
and suburban utilities. The Illinois
Merchants Is the bank that recently
rellnqulshed control Of the Chicago
Daily News to a group Of local cap
itailsts.
Gary recently accepted an honor
airy degree from the Northwestern
board OF trustees while a member OF
the board, balancing the transaction
by donation 10 the institution. The
way is now open for insult TO get a
respectable degree also, as the only
goods he can show In this line In
his photographed sketch In
Who's Who In America Is rather
shoddy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
PASSAIC Mill
STRIKE STILL
GOING STRONG
Lines Hold in Spite of
Police Activity
Especial to The Daily worksr)

PASSAIc, N. j., Feb. I. - Three
hundred workers Of the PassaIc
Worsted Spinning Mills who we're
on strike last week and went back to
work, have gone out again, joining
the rank of the United Front Com
mittee Of Textile Workers, which is
conducting the strike as the Botany
and the Garfield Mills.
The method Of rank and file mill
committees have found great favor
with the strikers who are enthusi-
astically carrying on a campaign to
spread the strike to the remaining
mills in Passaic and vicinity.
Over one-half of the Passaic po-
lice force under the personal direc-
ton of Chief Richard o. Zober, are
patrolling the mills to protect" the
few scabs who are still at work
Fifteen employees of the Cera Mills
have been sworn in as special depu-
ties to cooperate with the local po-
lice department when they want to
start grand offensive against the
strikers. 1t has been stated that
the local authorities have also made
arrangements to deputize many citi-
zens to assist them in this work OF
strike breaking.
The local capitalist press admit
that over 5000 workers are ON strike
and do not deny that the strike
Is more than holding its own.
Arrangements are being made to
have a gigantic parade of all the
strikers which 1t is believed will
arouse a great deal of enthusiasm.
The strike is spreading fast to all
the other mills in the vicinity and
If the spirit OF the workers contin-
ues, as II has begun, It will not be
long before the entire textile district
OF New Jersey is tied up. The vice
president OF the Botany Mills is at
tempting TO give the impression that
the mills are going to shut down for
month. He thinks this will fright
en- the strikers. But all these tricks
are of no avail.
The immediate job Is the building
up of efficient relief agencies thru
out the textile cities and in New
York City. Subscription lists have
been sent out for this purpose. Food
and clothing is being sent from these
centers. Relief contributions are be-
ing sent 10 Gustav Deak, Room IA.
743 Main avenue. Pass9ic. N. j.,
which is the Headquarters OF the
United Front Committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
ANTI-SOvIETISTS
REFUSE DEBATE
ON RECOGNITION
Chicago Forum Can't
Find Speaker

There will be no debate on the
question Of Recognition Of Soviet
Russia by the United States govern
ment," at the Feb. IA gathering of the
Chicago Forum.
Chairman F. A. Moore announced
at the Sunday session at the Olympic
Theater that it had been impossible
to find anyone willing to debate
against recognition.
Bosses Can't Find Speaker.
"The speakers bureau of the Chi
cago association Of commerce has been
unable to supply us with a speaker"
said Chairman Moore. "The military
intelligence association has also re-
ported that it could not find debater
for us. have also made an attempt
to secure speaker myself, but with
out success"
Chairman Moore did not say
whether he had approached any Of the
local red baiters In the labor move
ment, like Matthew Vol, vice-presi-
dent of the American Federation OF
Labor, who fought Soviet recognition
in the last convention of the A. F.
of L.
"GoIden Rule" Nash Appears.
Sundays speaker was Golden
Rule" Arthur Nash, the millionaire
clothing manufacturer of "open shop"
Cincinnati, Ohio, who came to Chicago
to answer the question, "Why l Asked
My Employees to Join the Union" He
said he signed up with the union be-
cause he was 100 per cent American,
and because he was a christian not
quite 100 per cent, however. His
speech was largely an eulogy of Sid
ney Hillman. president of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers, whom he
placed second only to Christ.
Good at Dodsing suestIons.
Nash studied for the ministry be-
fore he got busy exploiting clothing
workers in Cincinnati He showed
this by his adroitness in lodging ques-
tions. When he was asked directly
what the average minimum and aver.
age maximum wage was in his plant,
he avoided the question completely.
When asked what he thought Of labor
officials who held their position thru
the use Of gangsters. he first declared
he didn't know of any such instances.
When pushed into a corner, he de-
clared that if hhis golden rule idea
failed, then he feared the Russian
way would take its course.
He said that when he first explained
Continued on page 2,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
WakatsukIIs Named
Premier of Japan
tspeeIaI 70 rhe Daily Workerl

TOXIC. Feb. 1.--Reijiro Wakatsu.
XII, who was appointed premier ad
interim, following the death of Wis.
count r. Kato. has been ordered to
form cabinet. It is expected that
WakatsulSi, who is minister of home
affairs in the Kato cabinet and a
leader OF the Keneseikai party, will
undoubtedly reappoint all the min
siters who resigned on the death of
Viscount Kato A general shuffling
of posts Is expected as one new mem.
Der must be appointed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03

arDlLraClOn.
This plan contains the following
provisions:
l. The agreement to continue for
five years except as it may be
changed as provided in other clauses.
No Wage Increase Until 1928.
2. The wages and conditions to re-
main as in the last agreement until
Aug. 81, 1928, subject to alteration by
the arbitration agencies set up under
the proposal.
8. After June 1, 1928, either party
may request a revision of the agree
ment from the board of Cancellation,
thereupon fact finding commission
composed of Charles E. Hughes, Secy.
of Labor Davis, and Gov. Clifford Pin
chot, or some similar persons.
A. Chartered accountants repre-
senting the public. the miners and the
operators shall be employed by the
commission to aid in the investiga-
Continued on page A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
ST. PAUL labor
is FIGHTING TO
.SAvEF.-L. PARTY
Feb. 9Th Convention to
Bring Issue to Head
BY c. A. HATHAWAY.
Especial TO The Daily Worker)

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. IA con-
ventIon has been called by the pro-
gressives in the local labor movement
to meet at the Labor Temple on next
Saturday evening, February 6, at 8
p. m.
The purpose Of the convention, as
announced by the provisional COM
mittee, is to protest against the al
lance that exists between the leader
ship of the farmer-labor party and the
corrupt O'Connor machine which has
dominated local politics for years.
The committee issuing the call is
composed of some of the most active
workers in the local trade union
movement. Sam Thomas, president Of
Painters Local No. 81, is chairman
of the committee; R. H. Woods, sec
rotary Of Electrical Workers Local
No. 9O2, is secretary.
For United Labor Front.
The call for the convention, which
was sent to all trade unions and other
working class organizations in St.
Paul, urges the necessity Of entering
the coming city election with united
labor forces. 1t points out that the
city government is completely In the
hands of the open shop" employers
and the public utility corporations.
The wages and working conditions of
the workers are bad: the trade unions
are relatively weak as compared to
the forces they must combat. This
can only be overcome by. taking Eon-
troll of the city government, by build
ing the unions and by waging de-
termined struggle against the en-
ployers. rae15s
The greatest obstacle to success is
the continued policy by the leadership
of uniting with the enemies of the
workers in the old parties. After cit
ing the concrete betrayals of these
leaders in past campaigns it calls
upon the local unions to send dele
gates to the convention on Feb. to
prevent "a sell-out to the O'Connor
forces in the city elections this spring.
o'connor Alliance Proposed.
The call for this convention is the
direct outgrowth. of the regular city
convention of the farmer-labor party
held on January 8. At this convention,
CONTINUED on page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03

tons regarding the affair she
finally said that a Mr.. Sugg
had charge of all publicity.
Soon Mr. Sugg, an anaemic indivi-
dual whom one ordinary worker with
one Whit of breath could blow thru
a keyhole appeared and informed our
representative and number of other
newspaper men who had by that time
congregated that there was to be no
publicity and that since the meeting
was called for purposes of organiza-
ton, there would be no reporters adj
mitted.
Bill Green's Dope.
The DAILY WORKER representa-
tive observed a group of three men
sitting on a divan in the ante-room,
one of whom resembled across be-
tween a doorman at the Palmer House
and a bouncer in Hinky Drinks saloon
probably one of the military intelli-
gence."
This person had protruding brief
case. He was telling his companions
that he would talk for an hour or more
and that he had the real dope" on
these reds" Opening his brief case
he displayed the Lenin edition of the
DAILY WORKER, copy Of the Ne
gro Champion. the Workers Monthly,
the Labor Defender, and other publ
cations listed by "Bill" Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor in his recent attacks on Com
munists.
Bankers, business men, merchants
and employers of labor, all typical
Rabbits, were strolling about the
ante-room while the heavy jowled indi-
vidual was telling his companions
what he was going to say.
The DAILY WORKER representa-.
tive asked the publicity man, Mr..
Sugg. who was to be the speaker and
he refused to reveal his name.
Didn't Like Story.
Mr.. Sugg was asked about a story
appearing in one OF the capitalist
papers about the meeting and he said
the story was entirely unauthorized
and that he did not know where it
came from.
The story appearing in the morning
paper said:
Representatives Of big business
today at the new Palmer House will
call on their associates and civic
leaders to combine against Com
munism and to wean their employees,
especially those Of foreign extrae-
ton, from the ranks Of the reds"
The scheme is to organize the en-
ployes of all corporations into volun-
tary citizenship groups" for instruc-
ton in principles of government and
true Americanism."
UnqHestionally the thing is a feeble
Confined on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
COOLIDGE SPEECH is
BENEDICTION ON TRUSTS,
DECLARES UTAH SENATOR

WASHINGTON, Feb. f--senator
King, democrat of Utah, declared
that the recent s2,ooo,o 100000 bak-
ing merger Of the Ward Baking
company was the result Of speech
made by President Calvin Coolidge
to the New York chamber of COM
merce in which "he pronounced q
benedition on trusts" Attorney Gen.
eraI Sargent and the department Of
justice were also assalled on the
floor Of the senate and charged with
sleeping on the job" while big
mergers are taking place In the
basic industries
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
CHICAGO BUSINESS men HOLD
SECRET SESSION TO LISTEN TO
REHASH OF BILL GREEN'S DOPE

Behind closed DOORS session. group Of Chicago
business listened yesterday afternoon ex-members of the
military intelligence department of the United States army for
department of justice agents. possibly few of the denct
prohibition gang and others of that odos aggregation picture
them the heroic work that be launched under the banner
of patriotic organization called the American Citizen
ship Foundation"
representative of The DAILY WORKER was the first
the and informed by dizzy blonde
at the reservation table outside banquet hall the fourth
of the Palmer that there strict nstruc
prohibiting In reply persistent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
To Decrease poas.

LONDON. Feb. 1.-The British gov
eminent has been asked to take steps
to check an increase in the dog.popu.
lation. London's canine population Is
increasing more than a quarter OF a
million year, and II is proposed to
levy heavy taxon puppies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
cooIIdae sIans ApproprIatlon.

WASHINGTON, Feb President
the forthcoming
disarmament
letter
preliminary
points
until March
will t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
TAXABLE VALUE OF 1872
ILLINOIS RAILROADS IS
PLACED At S329,597,972

SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. 1.-The
total valuation Of all taxable prop
erty Of the 1872 railroads in Illinois
was fixed at ss2s,5e7,972 in figures
complied by the Illinois state COM
mission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-03
LEWIS PROPOSAL IS BETRAYAL
OF STRIKING MINERS DEMANDS

Despite the solid opposition of the anthracite miners
arbitration in FORM and the repeated declarations of
union against this to the organization John
has offered to the anthracite operators proposal voluntary