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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

over there to observe that ourselves have fool
ishly created situation where the old world stands
to gain more than $22 900 100000 should become
involved in s22, 100000 war, say with Japan.
Here is something for Congress to. think about
this week.
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Answers

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

Did anyone except Bobby Leach
and Annie Edison Taylor ever go
over Niagara Falls and com" out
alive?
c. Stephens, an Englishman, made
an attempt July Il. 1920, to go over
the Horseshoe Falls in n specially
constructor barrel and was killed. In
the summer Of 1859 Jean Francois
Gravelet, who went by the name Of
Blondin, performed the hazardous
feat of crossing Niagara Falls on a
tight rope. lie performed the act
several times and on one occasion
carried a man upon his shoulders.
Miss Taylor and Mr.. Leah, however.
were the only persons who survived
going over the fails in a barrel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01
BY Walter ID. Hickman

They sure are bringing home the
bacon this week at English's.
Meaning that certain members Of
the Berkell company in THE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

What Is the pay Of United States
deputy marshals and how are they
appointed?
They are chosen by the United
States marshals subject to the APP
proval of the Attorney General. The
minimum aalary for a deputy mar
shall who devotes his entire time to
his duties is $500 per annum. Tho
salary is not fixed, however, but de-
ponds on the duties which the man
performs. The pay ranges from ST.
800 to $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01
How should walls that have been
papered be prepared for paintlngf

First remove all the paper. All
cracks should be filed and a size ap-
piled to the wall. All plaster should
be filed, whether oil or water paint
is to be used as a finish Tho best
filler is a medium-grade varnish,
thlnned with turpentlne or gasoline.
4 varnish size makes the plaster al
most. IL not quite, impervious to
moisture. and is therefore superior
to any Her that contains water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

Can you give me the results OF
the Eastern, American and SasISat-
chewan dog derbies?
The Eastern QnternationaD Derby,
run in Quebec. was won by Emil st.
Goddard's Manitoba team; time, 12
hours, 40 minutes for 100 miles. Tho
American dog derby, run AT Ashton,
Idaho. was won by T. Kent; time,
2 hours, IS minutes and is seconds
for twenty.four miles. The Sas-
katchewan dog derby, run at Sas-
katchewan. was won by s. Russick;
time. II hours. 541s minutes, for $50
miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

What is n good way 10 stiffen musI
lin and lawn dresses?
Dissolve one tablespoon OF gum
arabic in about three quarts Of wa
ter and use instead Of starch. This
makes the goods look like new.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

How are automatic telegraph mes.
sages received?
On a machine that types or prints
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

If seventeen cats catch seventeen
rats i'm seventeen minutes, how
many rats will 100 cats catch in 100
minutes?
II seventeen cats catch seventeen
rats in seventeen minutes this is al
the rate of one rat per minute
caught by seventeen cats. Therefore
each cat Is catching rats at the rate
Of lii of a rat per minute. One
hundred cats will then catch Xix
1O0xlOO rats or 5SsA.17 rats in 100
minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

What is the largest diamond ever
found?
The largest and IN many respects
the most remarkable diamond in
the world was found Jan. &c, 1908. in
the Premier Mine, near Pretoria,
Transvaal, in Africa. This stone,
called the Cuilinan diamond. weighed
3,024& carats, or 1877 pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

What is the rank Of an academy
i'm the school system?
II Is usually regarded as between
grammar school and college.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15

THE resourcefulness of Chicagos
= bootleggers has been written with
lead on the anatomies of more people
than would fill goodly graveyard.
But never did they display their in
genuity to better advantage than in
the selection of the scene OF the lat
est killing, when two bootleggers fell
to rise no more before a hail Of ma
chine gun bullets that severely wound
ed three others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15

based upon careful and scientific
study of the situation supported by an
aggressive, concentrated and weIl-di-
rected campaign"
Delegate Frey, moulders, led OF the
attack against the company unions BY
declaring that one OF the policies
of the American plan was to employ
as few American citizens as possible.
Frey Feels insurance Loss.
He then told of the company un-
ion in the plant of the General Mo
tors corporation at Flint, Michigan,
where $3.50 was taken annually from
the workers for insurance features,
with $3.50 for welfare program activi-
ties, claiming that $1,755.O0O was talk
en- in all from the workers Of this
plant thru enforced dues, or what he
called the company's check-of sys-
TEN.
That is not bad hnauceering," he
commented, Eat the same time the
General Motors corporation has doub-
led its output per man during the
last six years"
Delegate Furuseth. seamen, told Of
the conditions imposed by the lake
carriers association on the Great
Lakes, where skilled seaman has
become a curiosity, he said, and
where immigration laws are violated
at viii.
Hall Railways Use Company Unions.
Secretary Vol, for the committee.
launched into an attack on the com.
pany unions. 9ointing ont that half
Continued on page q
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Now We Are Moving Forward in Spirit
Of Victory to Keep the Daily Worker

the total $4,000 KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FUND.
Such a campaign will place The DAILY WORKER in
position to continue lite fight for the revolutionary
movement In this country.
The A. r. Of L. convention has just been discussing
the work Of the Communists In the labor movement The
reactionary labor leader attack the Communists be-
everything that lie hopeful In the American labor
movement, everything that is drive forward in tho
workers. interests is the Of Communists The
activity Of the Communists thorn In the side Of
bureaucratic They rather continue to sleep and enjoy
their fat Jobs than fight for the workers.
The DAILY WORKER Ia the heart Of the forward
among workers. II Is the voice Of move
ment We must keep II for this fight We must build
II stronger.
We do that by keeping up and extending the sup
port which 10 developing for the Keep The DAILY
WORKER Fund.
The next mark 10 the $4,000 mark which must be
reached by Monday, October 10, In order to Keep The
DAILY WORKER
Concentrate the work Of securing the contributions
which will put the Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund
at $4,000 Monday Mobilize every to mako
the collections necessary. Rush In the remittanees.
Make the spirit Of victory In the campaign TO Keep
The DAILY WORKER grow. se
WE CAN WIN This FIGHT AND KEEP THE DAILY
WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15

But when the time for voting ar
rived, with administration forces de-
handing a standing vote, all opposi.
ton had been terrorized into gilance
and the committee report carried IN
animously, not even one delegate an
nouncing that he abstafred from vet
ing.
The resolutions demanding sOvist
recognition were introduced by the
delegation OF the Cloth Hat, Cap and
Millinery Workers Union.
The Gospel According to Maeshe~.
Secretary Vol, reporting for the
resolutions committee. offered
lengthy 5oo-word statement starting
out with the recommendation that the
American Federation, Of Labor refuse
to change its position on the question
Of Soviet recognition.
II was declared that the federation
was not interested in the commercial
aspects OF the question. agreeing full
ly, however, with President Coolidge
on this question.
mo Compromise"
The committee announced that be-
tween the Workers and Peasants
Government OF the Union OF Soviet
Republics and the American form OF
government there can be no compro-
mise Of any kind, declaring, I'VE re-
peat the call to American trade un-
ionists TO stand true to their faith,
to be militant in their defense OF the
principles OF freedom and justice for
which our movement stands and upon
which our democracy rests It's founda-
ton walls"
The report then takes up the quee-
ton OF the trade union delegation to
Soviet Russia as follows:
Delegation Unnecessary"
FINALLY, we call attention to the
recent declaration OF our executive
council in which II was well said that
our movement not only cannot join in
any mission TO investigate conditions
in Russia, but deems any such mission
wholly unnecessary. We desire to re.
cord our approval OF that declaration
and to add in this report the couvic-
ton that no trade unionist shoaid per.
(contiAned on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
A. F. OF |. PROPOSES TO Guido
COMPANY UNIONS in EFFICIENCY
BY Class COLLABORATION PLANS
BY ]. LOUIS ENEDAHL.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

CONVENTION HALL, Detroit, Mich. Oct. 13-Forced into
realization the startling fact that million workers to-
day organized the socaed company unions under the
American plan pen shop" the delegates the American
Labor today took action to combat this
threat to the trade union movement.
Instead nsttung drastic measures however to build
organizations of the workers to combat
the capitalist employers the convention resolution unanimously
dopted pleaded greater collaboration with the exoiter
with the expectation the substitution of the trade unions for
the company not only to the American
workers but to industry in all branches and to
IL In nonnrn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15

American labor movement.
Soviet recognition was rejected, the
idea of sending trade union delega-
ton to the Soviet Union was repudi-
ated. while bitter attack was direct
ed against the opposition to the Lewis
regime that has developed in the
United Mine Workers of America. In
the final assault the questions Of
soviet recognition and the delegation
were almost lost sight of in the at
tempted rally in support of the Lewis
administration in the miners union.
Lewis Attacks Foster.
President John l.. Lewis Of the min
ers, himself a member of the resolu-
lions committee that was reporting, in
the midst of an historical argument
began his usual mediation of the dele
gates, calling their attention to the
fact that William q. Foster, secretary
of the Trade Union Educational
League, had been sitting in the bal
cony all morning.
With dramatic gestures and utiliz-
ing the mob-inspiring oratory in which
he is an adept, Lewis began pointing
to tho spot in the balcony whore he
had last seon Foster, with the dele
gates turning en- masse 10 look In
the same direction. But the effort
failed in a rather comical anti-climax,
It developed that Foster had moved to
the floor OF the convention hall for
the afternoon session. with the result
that Lewis couldn't identify him in
time TO make his harrangue effective.
Strong Battery Against Left Wing.
Perhaps the strongest battery OF
speakers in the convention was mus
tered In defense of the administration
policies against the left wing. In ad-
dition TO Lewis, there were John p.
Frey, moulders, and James Wilson,
pattern makers, both members OF the
committee on the executive councils
report, In addition to the closing
speech by President Green.
Delegate Tim Healy, stationary fire.
men, and Max Hayes. Typographical
Union, both spoke In favor OF soviet
recognition and for the sending OF a
trade union delegation to Soviet Rus.
STA Their arguments were greeted
with considerable applause.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15

LllE AC1Al -
Vol Brings Subject Up.
The question OF company unions
came before the convention In the re-
mort OF the executive and in several
resolutions, one of which was brot
in bv the delegation of the photo-en-
gravers' union, headed by Matthew
VOL. secretary Of the resolutions
committee reporting this subject TO
the convention.
Company unions are a menace 10
the trade union movement and to
American industry which must be met
and overcome" declared the commit
tee report.
.The employer-controlle unions
are compulsory. Compulsory coop
Grafton is a contradiction in terms. TO
deny the right to voluntary organiza-
don is to deny the right to organize.
"class Cooperation the Answer"
of is to the interest of both man
agement and workers that union-man-
agement cooperation should be es-
tablished. 1t is the answer to COM
pany unions.
your committee believes that the
time is ripe for American labor to
work progressively for the substitu-
ton of encouragement co-opera-
ton for company unions, to subsn'
tute voluntary democratic organiza-
tons of trade unions for employer
controlled company unions OF the
shop representative plan.
Will Require Effort.
"To accomplish this will require
continued effort over period of time,
and orr method of approach must be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
new YORK PLANS GREAT
ANTI-FASCIST MEETING
TAMMANY HALL, SUNDAY
special to The DaIIy Worker,

~ Nv S '"N"'f
NEW YORK, Oct. ia great
antI-fasolst demonstration and pro-
test meeting in defense Of political
exiles In America will be held In
New York Sunday, October II, at
Tammany Hall, Fourteenth street
and Third avenue. Preparations are
being made TO make this meeting
one Of the greatest demonstration
ever held In New York City.
Speakers will be Elizabeth Flynn.
Ben oltIow, Albert WeIsbord, Nor
man Thomas, Roger Baldwin, Enea
sornaentl. Treses. 5elIanes and Al.
'lsnpra.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15

GREAT progress In commercial avta-
" ton is noted In the Soviet Union
by capitalist reporters. A network
OF air lines radiating from Moscow
connects the capital with every part
OF Europe and Asia. This does not
look as II the workers could not make
a go OF the job of running one-sixth
of the earth. Ten years from now
the dynamic energy turned loose by
the Russian revolution will be the
surprise of modern times. What has
been accomplished to date. despite tre-
mendous obstacles, has forced the cap
ltalist powers TO give up their ambi-
ton to crush the workers government.
A MAKE investigation Of
n X. X. X. activities has started In
Indiana. What can you expect from
an investigation where the parties in
yolved In the charges do the investi.
gatingf A former klux ofncial de.
clares that 80 per cent Of Hoosier Of
ficials were members OF the hooded
order. Also 30 per cent OF eligible
business man. This means business
men who we're not catholics. Negroes
of Jews. II Is not AN easy task 20
reason with people that are 80 boiud-
died that they swallow the imbscili.
ties Of the ku klz. kisz.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
IS
SPRUNG ON JURY
UNEXPECTEDLY
Surprise Move Takes
Counsel UnGwGreS
tspeoIaI to The DAILY Worker,


INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 10. - D. C..
Stephenson, former grand dragon Of
the Indiana khan and the pivot Of the
current graft scandal, went before
the Marion couaty grand Jury today In
a surprise move by Prosecutor Remy
which took tae breath away from
counsel for Stephenson.
The court order directing that the
former khan leader be brought before
the grand Jury, set tomorrow after
noon as the time of his appearance.
At 3 a. m. today, however, Steph-
enson was taken out of the state peni-
tentiary at Michigan City where he
is serving life sentence for the muir
der OF Madge Qberholtzer.
Heavy Guard.
Accompanied by eight guards, who
travelled in two automobiles, he was
rushed here and taken into the county
Jail by the back door. This morning
he was led thru a tunnel to the
county building and placed lin an
anteroom outside the grand jury
room, where he was guarded by IL
policemen.
Stephenson was before the grand
jury for one hour and a quarter and
then was taken back to the county
jail.
Hides His Face.
When he left the grand jury room,
his coat collar was turned up and he
made every effort to hide his face. A
CONTINUED on page a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
BY c. (. RUTHENBERo

General Secretary Workers Community Party.
The party and the sympathizers with Its have
at last awakened to the danger in which The DAILY
WORKER finds Itself and going to work to raise
the Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund.- which will end
this danger.
The contributions to the Keep The DAILY WORKER
Fund reaching The DAILY WORKER Office In i'm
ereasing volume To date the fund stands as follows;
Received to October .."..... ..".....$s,e3es3
Received October II monday ,-.... 5562t
Received October IL (Tuesday)~... t,5ss4o
s6,9ss54
The contributions Monday and Tuesday are nearly
500 as great the whos four weeks period prior
to those days during which tho Keep The DAILY
WORKER campaign has been under way.
n this spirit Of work 10 kept up the volume Of con-
trbutons continues Increase Il has during the last
five days. The DAILY WORKER will triumph the
difficulties which II Is facing.
Even now, however, only small part Of the party
membership Is behind the Keep The DAILY WORKER
drlve The returns far indicate that only $3.50 Of the
party is working to Keep The DAILY WORKER.
The task before the party 10 to mobilize the whole
party organization. oosb drive by tho party organize
ton with every party member siding eseot the Keep
The DAILY WORKER Fund Will bring the funds needed
to meet The DAILY WORKER and rs'ss'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
The Queen of Terror
Land

Turn TO the back page of this To-
sue for full information about the
White Terror ruled Roumania from
which halls Queen Marie, now
feted by American capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
SOVIET UNION OCCUPIES FLOOR
OF AMERICAN FEDERATION MEET;
LEWIS ATTACKS THE LEFT WING
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL
Especial to Tn. Daily Worker,

CONVENTION HALL DETROIT, Mich. Oct 13. flashing
themselves into an unreasonng fit Of frenzed fury when the
resolution calling American recognition of the Union of Soviet
Republics the convention here the administration
leaders in the American Federation of Labor utilized the OPP
nortunit attack against the left wing In the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
Earthquakes Register Here.

Severe earthquake shocks were
registered on the University of Chi
cago siesmograph today. The disturb
ance began at 1915 a. m. and achiev-
ed maximum intensity at 1910 a.
m. The waves continued until 3:15
a. m.
Attendants at the university
weather bureau estimated the dis
lance TO be ALSO miles from Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-05
Brownsville Mothers
Declare Strike; Fight
Shifting Of Children

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb. 3 - The
mothers of 100 children, who were
transferred from Public School 21O
in Brownsville to Public School 2S,
nine blocks away, refuse to let their
children go to school and have de-
clared a strike.
The mothers point out that Public
School 210 is not overcrowded and de-
clare that they will not allow their
children to be thrown around by the
board Of education like shuttlecocks.
The mothers show that in order to
reach the new school, the children
must cross. the crowded Atlantic Ave.
thorofare and point to the great dan
ger to youngsters lives.
About year ago the children were
transferred spom Public School 104 to
210 and now many of the same chill
dren are being transferred to Public
School $50 The mothers are determ-
ined to stick together and will fight
any attempts on the part Of the police
or the school authorities to break
their strike euntil their demands are
granted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-05
B A N K
COT 100 PCT. CASH
PROFIT IN 1926
But There Are Many
More Like 1t

The 1000 cash dividend rate of
Morgan's First National Bank of New
York reflects the toll levied by
millionaire bankers on the country's
1925 prosperity. First National leads
the parade. But the other big banks
follow with profits which would turn
Midas green with envy.
Altogether the owners of national
banks throughout the country took
1925 profits totaling $4,000, an
increase of $2S, 900 over 1924. This
means that the combined capital of
the 5000 banks turned a profit of
more than 1870. These profits exceed
by several millions all the salaries and
wages paid by the banks for the con-
duct of their business.
Out of these profits the bankers
paid themselves cash dividends total
ing $165,033,O00. The remainder in
creased their undivided surplus profits
from $1,000, $4,000 to S1,11S,953, 900, a
sum nearly equal to the entire par
value of their capital stock.
The extraordinary flow of this
tribute to leading New York banks
is shown in the following figures from
The Wall Street Journal. They give
the percentage of profit to capital
stock and the dividend rate in 1925.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-05
BIG BUSINESS
SEES DROP BY
END OF YEAR
c re dit Pyramid May
Collapse in 1926

Set up out of present wages the
largest possible reserves to meet in
evitable trade adjustments! That is
the New Year message OF chairman
Rawson OF the Union Trust Co., Chi
cago. Set up reserves for the coming
emergency, he also tells owners and
managers. His advice reflects season
ed opinion that the course Of business
activity is likely to be downward be-
fore the end Of 1925.
"On general grounds" says Ben
jamin Baker of The Annalist, "a fair
forecast for the year now beginning
would be a continuation of present
business activity we'll into the year,
with the probability of considerable
recessions, later, in building and in
automobiles. These would depress
business. The use of bank credit to
finance ordinary consumption has
gone to extremes, as has also its use
for capital investment"
vice-Pres. Ayres of the Cleveland
Trust Co. expects that general bust
ness and prosperity will continue to
rise during the first quarter of 1926,
reach top in the End or 3rd quarter
and be in the early stages of depres-
sion in the last quarter"
Pres. Moody of Moody's Investors
Service thinks it improbable that I'M
employment will approach that of
1921" but he foresees curtailment in
the building and steel.
Such observations offer striking
contrast with the pipe dreams of those
who see in recent enthusiasm for en-
ployer-employe cooperation, with its
emphasis on production and high
wages, the beginning of permanent
prosperity. Contrary to these hope
fuls, current wages are not high
enough to create a sufficient demand
for the products of industry and pre-
sent high standards are maintained by
instalment purchasing which mort
gage the wage earner's future. Says
Chairman Clark of the First National
bank of Detroit, "Pyramiding install
ment purchases is economically un-
sound and will be large contributing
factor to trouble in our emergency"
Underlying all these explanations,
however, is the belief of financiers
that basic costs in industry (meaning
wages) are still too high, that the de
fiation of 1922 was only beginning
and that it is time for the next step.
They are thinking in terms of interna.
tional competition with the low-paid
labor OF Europe and Asia. This world
situation will wreck dreams of an
American capitalist utopia.