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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
War Secrets VIII Be
Published-Slow

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.--An Amer.
lean diplomatic history OF the World
War is to be compiled from the secret
archives OF the federal government.
The first volumes, dealing with events
OF the years 1914 and 1915, will be
issued within the coming two or three
years. Documents OF the years 1917
and 1918 will not come to light for
some years after that.
Professor Joseph y. Fuller. for.
merly OF the University OF Wisconsin,
has been authorized to begin selection
OF the papers to be made public. Many
OF tho important papers are consid.
cred the personal property OF the va.
rious secretaries Of state and will not
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
|. |. D. PICNIC,
LAST OF YEAR,
ON AUGUST u
James P. Cannon to Be
Speaker

The local International Labor De-
tense announces that the last picnic Of
the season, given by the Bulgarian,
South Slavic, Czech, Slovak and Greek
branches, will feature a barbecue of
dozen lambs, an excellent Bulgarian
orchestra, and an address by James
P. Cannon, national secretary of l.
L. d.
At zahora's Grove.
The date is Sunday, August %; the
place, Zahora's Grove, Lyons, ILL.,, near
the Desplaines River. A Balkan"
committee will see that good time
and good food and refreshments are
available to all. The Czechs and Slo-
vaks have games for young and old.
For Prisoners.
This joint picnic is, of course, for
the benefit of class-war prisoners and
defendants. Part of the proceeds will
go toward the campaign for amnesty
for the 5000 political prisoners in
Poland-Polish, Jewish, Ukrainian and
White Russian workers and peasants.
Therefore, and because all are in
vited to come and enjoy themselves al
this working-class outing, everybody
should attend this picnic. Tickets are
on sale lin advance at 35 cents) al
1906 South Racine avenue, 23 South
Lincoln street and 1910 West 18th
street, and by |. L. d. branches and
members.
Take Berwyn Car.
Zahora's Grove is at 5000 Ogden
avenue. To get there take Ogden ave.
nue. or 22nd street car, then Lyons.
Berwyn line to the end Transfer L
bus or walk four blocks straight to
the grove. Or get the bus at end OF
22nd street car line direct to the picnic
grove.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
Find Remains of
Prehistoric Animals
on Small Ohio Farm

JOHNSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 1.-THE
'Mastadom Farm" of Friend Butt is
continuing to attract thousands of
visitors including a battalion of
scientists.
While scientists declared 1t was the
greatest discovery on the American
ointment of remains of these monsters
Tarmer Butt was reaping fortune of
lhekels. He cleared close to $1,000 in
me day charging an admission Of rs
cents TO the hundreds OF motorists
rom Ohio and surrounding states who
came to the farm to view the huge
lkeletons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19

shares Of common held by individual
shareholders, each with 1000 shares
or more"
pu Pont Company.
The du Pont de Memoirs companv
holds 1,SS0,S29 shares of common
stock, purchased largely out of the
enormous war profits of this premier
manufacturer of explosives. Manag-
ers' Securities Corp, created to give
the big executives and managing d.
rectors leading share in the control.
holds 2,250,OO0 shares OF common. And
according to the Wall Street Journal
other big investors hold another l.
100000 shares. Here are 4.SSO,S29 Of
the 5,161,599 common shares. out
standing before the recent stock divi-
dend, in the hands of the big fnan.
ciers. After the so per cent stock
dividend these interests will hold
7,246,244 shares. They have handed
themselves the lions share OF the
melon.
Board Of Directors.
Just who these privileged owners
are is revealed by the list OF directors
Among them We find George f. Baker.
Jr., son of the chief stakeholder in
both United States Steel and Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph, a mem.
Der Of the general stan of the house
of Morgan; Seward Prosser, president
Bankers Trust Co. of New York. big
Morgan bank. and director OF leading
corporations; r. r. Stettinius, member
Of ]. p. Morgan 60 Co.; owen d.
Young, chairman General Electric Co.
and a Morgan executiye and three
members OF the du Point family, pow
der and chemical trust magnates. This
is not the whole list, but enough 10
show that the General Motors stock
dividend goes to the very inner circle
Of American plutocracy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19

tHe SJOCh dividend.
Hide Huge Profits.
After the present stock dividend the
actual cash investment of the owners
per share shrinks to about s25. ANY
other money invested in the business
has come out Of the excessive profits
taken at the expense of workers and
consumers. In other words, the 81
annual dividend really means a return
OF about q per cent. The owners
concealed the enormity of this return
by the successive stock dividends.
Special S2o,645,21e Dividend.
The cash distributed to the owners
of General Motors is also swollen bv a
special dividend totaling 500, 645.2 PIG,
announced in the second quarter of
1926. Altogether this years dividends
will probably total about 5000 900
in cash, enough to give 100000 fac
tory workers rs per cent increase in
wages.
Total Dividend $3.50, 900, 900.
This years dividends viii bring the
total distributed since January 1. 1922.
to about $22o,O00,OOO, which is pretty
good on an original investment Of not
more than s225,OOO,O0 In the same
five-year period the actual profits of
the common stockholders will reach
total of about $45O.OOO, 900, or twice
the original investment.
Wall Street Controlled.
That the ownership of General Mo
tors is closely held by the multi-mil.
lionaires in control is admitted by the
Wall Street Journal. It also asserts
that this control by insiders has been
increasing. Actual investors as CD.
posed to brokers, according TO the
journal, held 4,425,232 shares, or s5.7
per cent OF the total common stock
outstanding in the second quarter Of
the year. 1t continues:
Small Fry Fall Out.
The figures Indicate that investors
have been steadily adding TO their
holdings of the stock, notwithstanding
the appreciation in the market price.
This buying by large investors has
more than absorbed the selling by
smaller stockholders, indicated by the
decline in the total number OF the
corporations stockholders"
Actually the number OF General Mo.
tors stockholders fell from 4s,f70 in
the second quarter OF 1924 to 1896
in the second quarter OF 1926.
Bic Business In Contest.
In the management OF General Mo.
tors" says the Journal, there lies
not only practical but actual control
Of the company. These groups hold
over b5 per cent OF the outstanding
General Motors common shares. II Ia
estimated that aside from the large
Investment holdings. such as the
holdings Of the du Point company, Man.
ssers' Securities and ether large Ia.
ssteu fasss e. npesytSs~d1S &sse,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
Man Hunt Is On in
Illinois for Two

PEORIA, ILL.,, Aug. ia man hunt
is on thru Illinois for II. g. Powers,
ellison, M, and G. N. Robinson,
Marblehead, ILL.,, railroad painters.
who are alleged to have attacked
Rena and Anna Bonetti. 10 and Is.
The two aren were to have accom-.
panied the Esirls 20 church, but IN
stead took chem 10 their bunk where
they asp@alssd them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
Cook County Noted
for Violations of
Child Labor Laws

There were five prosecutions for vic.
lations of child labor laws in Chicago
and the rest of Cook county to one
prosecution for violation in the rest
OF the state
The department Of labor report Is.
sued in Springfield states there were
but 400 violations OF the child labor
law. The departments reports 14S
prosecutions, "a dismissals and fines
amounting to 1911.
Cook county has three and one-half
times as many child workers as the
rest OF the state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19

Federal government officials prepar-
ed to strike Knockout blow for pro-
hibition by supMessing the sale OF
materials and implements necessary
for the making OF home brew. Con-
spiracy indictments are to be sought
against those found selling these
goods.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Examin-
ers OF the interstate commerce COM
mission recommended that the Chi.
cago and Alton railroad be permit
ted to abandon operation OF the Rut-
land, Toluca and Northern, extending
from Rutland to Granville, Ills, dis
lance OF q miles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY HANDS
OUT MERE $4,000, 900 IN CASH
TO ITS BLOATED STOCKHOLDERS

$OVOOOOO added the of
cluster around the financial throne the
MOTORS per cent stock dividend giving away some
a Oh nopar common stock the
@ regular S6 quarterly dividend as well
the Old The annual stockholders will now
amount to than of it goes to the very er ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
U. S. MarshaIs.

The stationing of United States mar
shals in front of the shop gates has
allowed the company to dispense with
some rather expensive and notorious
thugs who were hired to terrorize the
strikers. Reports coming from the
inside of the plant indicate that pro-
duction is at very low ebb.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
GRANITE CITY
STRIKERS ARE
HOLDING FIRM
Stand Strong Against
Injunction

GRANITE CITY, H., Aug. 1.-THE
strike of workers at the Granite City
Stamping Works, in progress since
the 5th of May, finds the picket line
strong and the spirit of the men I'M
broken, despite the use of thugs,
United States marshals and a vicious
injunction against picketing.
Unusual Injunction.
The injunction keeps the strikers a
good distance from the plant, but
nevertheless they have managed to
keep scabs from going to work in very
large numbers. A count of scabs that
entered the plant yesterday revealed
no more than 35 responding to the
frantic demands of the boss for work
ars
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
snlrlt of soIldarIfv

The spirit of solidarity shown by
the men and women on strike at this
plant is splendid. The boss has left
no stone unturned to try to persuade
the striking workers to come back
despite the union, but to no avail. The
labor movement of Granite City, 1000
strong, is behind the strikers to a
man.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19
"'THE TRUMPET"

A story by Herminia Eur Mullen.
author Of the well-known and de-
lightful FAIRY Tales for Workers
Children.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-19

SEND IN YOUR SUB TO THE
DAILY WORKERl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
MANY SENATORS
FEAR VOTE ON
LIQUOR ISSUE
May Leave Action to
Next Congress

WASHINGTON, June 3.-After blus-
tering about wet and dry legislation
all winter it now appears that con-
gress will adjourn without having any
test votes on wet and dry legislation.
The senate committee is expected
to deal death blow to wet legisla-
ton, calling for an outright repeal of
the 18th amendment to a national ref
erendum on modification. 1t has re-
ported the Golf bill to put more teeth
in dry act enforcement.
1t is declared that the Golf bill will
not reach a final vote If many dry and
neutral senators can have their way.
A number of the dry senators declare
that the wet and dry issue is not a
political issue in their districts and
that they refused to allow it to be-
come one
1t is expected that after three weeks
of oratory and verbal sharp-shooting
congress will adjourn leaving the wet
and dry issue to go over to the next
session.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
Heavenly Information
Lacking Concerning a
Vanishing Evangelist

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June g.
Two new wrinkles in the mystery of
the disappearance from Los Angeles
Of the fervid female saver of souls,
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, have deveI-
oped in the recent phases of investi-
cation. Tho her followers claim that
she was on friendly terms with the
almighty" no information from that
source has come as to her where
abouts.
San francisco police, overlooking
the supposed high moral character Of
the woman evangelist whose labors
with the sinful of Los Angeles gained
her an income that would have aston.
ished the Nazarene carpenter, are
looking for Kenneth G. Ormiston, for.
mer radio expert" of the Angelus
Temple founded by Mrs. Mcpherson,
in connection with an entry on the
Andrews hotel registry at San Luis
obispo, of a "Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gibson"
The second theory OF the disappear
lnce act is advanced by the Los An
geles prosecuting attorney, who says
blind lawyer Of that city was mott
fed by two men recently that they
were holding the woman for the
$4,000 reward offered for her safe
return.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
Murder at Thornton
Roadhouse Laid to
Chicago Beer Feud

The murder of Giralmo Lamberto
and Mrs. Chrystal Barrier at the
Derby Inn, 175th and Halsted streets,
was laid to a Chicago beer feud. In
the coroner's investigation of the two
deaths and the wounding of Mrs. Vio-
let Bass It was brought out that the
murderers attempted to kill Philip
Piazza, booze boss of South Chicago
and the owner of the Milano cafe in
South Chicago and the Derby Inn at
Thornton, and his lieutenant, Lom-
berto.
Piazza was a one-time member of
the old Torrio-Capone gang. The MUIR
derers failed to get Piazza.
Giralmo Lambert was a "fxer" for
bootleggers and beer runners in Chi
cago Heights. Federal Prohibition
Agent Brice Armstrong declared Lam
berto, who operated a Wholesale jew.
elry business in Chicago Heights, had
offered him $4,000 to '7ay off" OF
Chicago Heights bootleggers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
iron WORKERS
CONFER With
IRON LEAGUE
Strike Ties Up Many
Construction Jobs

Negotiations are continuing between
representatives of the Structural Iron
Workers Union of the Chicago dis
trfct and the powerful association Of
contractors known as the Iron League,
over the strike of some 1900 union
iron workers. employed on building
construction in and around Chicago.
The strike, which ties up many OF
the largest jobs in the city such az
the Palmer house addition and the
Morton building, began Tuesday morn
ing. The Iron League, noted for its
years Of effort to break the union, re-
fused the demands of the iron work
ers for a new contract granting a
small wage raise from S1.3715 to $3.50
an hour together with the right Of
the union to withdraw its members
from work on contracts signed In the
future where non-union workers who
refuse to join the union are employed.
The Iron League Is trying hard to
break the union control in the Chi
cago district The open shop move
ment, thru the so-called "Citizens'
Committee to Enforce the Lands
Award" is encouraging the Iron
League to make fight with scabs
to break the union. It has offered
financial and moral backing to fight
the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
EUCHARISTIC
MEET TO BE
RICH AFFAIR
Millionaires and Open
Shoppers to Attend

If there is any working class tend
encies in the Catholic church, they
appear to be absent from the prepare.
tios for the Eucharistic Congress to
begin in Chicago June 20. Among the
recently announced visitors due to
arrive is Lo Pa Hong of China. Lo
Pa is noted as the Rockefeller of
China"
The papal legate, Cardinal Bonzano,
left Rome yesterday with a gorgeous
encourage which, when it gets to the
United States, will be transported by
the open shop Pullman Company in a
special train of seven cars, all painted
a brilliant red and furnished with
specially made furniture, silver and
linen bearing the cardinals insignia.
The train will have right Of way over
all traffic.
The U. S. navy will be represented
by Lieutenant Commander Thomas
Burke, who will be obligingly trans
ferred from the Pacific feet to the
Great Lakes by the government in or
der 20 allow attendance representing
the Catholic chaplains of the U. S.
armed forces.
William r. Dawes, brother of Open
Shop Charley, who is president of the
Chicago association Of Commerce,
has invited all business men to deco
rate their establishments.
One trouble encountered has been
solved. The custom of poor Italian
workers who try to escape from Mus
solini's paradise of enforced class
peace by means of false passports
at first caused the papal encourage
some delay in getting permission to
enter the United States. But the U.
S. state department at once acted TO
smooth the way for the religious Wis
itors.
picture on Page Six
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
Memorial Day in New
York and Jersey Offer
incidents to Remember
BY j. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

DR.. Fama tells Of what took place as
follows:
"As the fascist started to move
down to Riverside Drive a crowd
which grew to more than 1000 per-
sons, Including 100 italian war
veterans, but most of them native
Americans, set up eatcalIs and
shouts OF Down with MussoIlnl!'
Down with FascIsmol' Get out, you
don't belong there'".
But the police, always bent on
maintaining things as they are,
came to the defense of Mussolini's
outfit Continuing his narrative of
what took place, Dr. Fama said:
"There were 40 or 80 policemen
at the end Of the procession, and,
while there was no necessity for It,
they began swinging their clubs and
fists, and pushing and showing both
men and women back into the
crowd. They paid no heed to any
one and appeared to enjoy what they
regarded as their duty, regardless
Of the fact that women and children
were being knocked over In the mad
rush to get out Of the way.
al happened to glance to the side
walk and saw a woman and child,
both Of whom had been knocked
over. The child, who was about
three years old, had received a cut
in the forehead. A man went to
their assistance and was helping
them up when burIy patroIman hit
him such blow with his fist that
he landed several feet away.
AT that | halted my car at the
curb and ran over. protested to
the police, and told them they could
not introduce bIackshlrt methods in
handling American citizens. They
made me move on, but desIsted. A
good many persons received slight
injuries"
1t was declared that all the fascist
in the parade were employees of the
Mussolini consulate in New York
City, or otherwise in the pay of the
Italian fascist government. 1t makes
little difference that they had sworn
eternal allegiance to the Mussolini
tyranny on the other side of the
ocean. Fascism has been bulwarked
by war debt concessions made by
the United States government. It
has been strengthened by loans
from Wall Street. So Americans,
especially American citizens, must
bow down in respect to it, or the
police will club them down.
The police seized upon Memorial
Day to give evidence not only of
their solidarity, but also of the
solidarity of their master, the Amer
lean capitalist government, with the
Mussolini fascist government in
Italy that ruthlessly brushes the
working masses and outlaws their
organizations. 1t should therefore
be doubly easy, since this happened
on Memorial Day, for the workers to
remember this evidence Of the al
lance between exploiters' rule in
both these countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
Chicago Diversion of
Lake Water Fought by
40 u. S. Congressman
Especial to The Daily worker)

WASHINGTON, June 8. - The
house has returned to the enacting of
a rivers and harbors bill that will
meet with the approval Of majority
Of its membership. Confronted with
full Pledged fiilibuster by members
from Great Lakes states, no estimate
Of the time required to enact the
$S6,O00,000 bill reported by the COM
mittee was ventured by republican
leaders.
More than 40 members opposed to
what they regard as virtual legal
izing Of the diversion by Chicago of
Lake Michigan water, were openly
pledged to obstructionist tactics I'M
less the house eliminates the
$1,350,000 Illinois waterway improve
ment from the Legislation. AS drafted
the bill carries authorizations calcu.
lated to draw the support of consid,
erably more than a majority and it's
eventual passage was conceded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
NEW YORK CITY is INDUCING in
a discussion as to whether only

Nj EW TURK CII1 Is mduIg1ng In
a discussion as to whether only
Communists are opposed to fascism.
Dr. Charles A. Fama, captain Of
the Medical Reserve Corps. who OPP
posed MussoIini fanatics marching
IN New York's Memorial Day parade,
declares there are others besides
Communists who are in opposition
to the fascist tyranny in Italy, with
it's numerous manifestations in this
country.
Henry Citriolo, head Of the fascist
organization In New York, which
calls itself the Fascio Benito Mus
solini, replies, however, that all pro-
test against their marching came
from Communists. Citriolo thus
uses the tactics of the kept press
and Of bought politicians, when they
try to brighten off prejudice by rails
ing the cry of Communist"
The New York district, on Me-
mortal Day, was confronted with the
double spectacle Of the Mussolini
blackshirts marching in the parade
in the metropolis and with the
members Of Company G of the 18th
Regiment of the New Jersey Nation
al Guard refusing to participate in
the demonstration at Hackensack,
across the river.
Hooting and booing greeted the
fascists. 1t came from several hun
dred Italians, so the New York
Times points out, gathered along the
line of march at Riverside Drive,
between 7Srd and 18th SITS. over
in Jersey, the militia officers were
bitter in their denunciation Of the
guardsmen who refused to parade.
Jingoism was in a bad way.
The Jersey guardsmen have been
intimidated into marching on Me-
mortal Day in the past thru fear of
court martial and drastic punish
ment. Some of the more rebellious
among them, however, discovered
that the iron discipline of the army
during war did not hold for Memo
rial Day parades. So they started the
agitation to refuse to march. They
won over all but six of the whole
company. Most of the peace time
soldiers wanted to enjoy the three
day holiday without any military
decorations. Others claimed they
did not have time to enjoy any holt
day at all, but were compelled to
work. They could not afford to be
idle. The hysterical appeals of the
officers that it was both a duty and
a privilege" to parade had little ef-
feet. Just what will be done to the
mutinous soldiers is not known.
Retribuition was swiftly visited,
however, upon those who tried to
show their displeasure with the ap-
pearance Of the fascist in the New
York parade, where the police with
fists and clubs unfortunately at
tackled men, women and children.