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The Washington times., 1926-11-11
bybIu Price
Rs us.PNr OFFICE
THE S4GHTLESS VETERAN
AND ARMISTICE DAY.

AND AEMIsTIcE DAY.
They're taken out the bunting, and
theyfUe decked the streets
Godth,
And the SAcenue's resoW'tding soith
the steady tramp of men.
Say, its great to hear the bu0les,
for ME it means so much,
But my legs are IN the ArgOHne,
aud you can't march toith
crutch.
And the lody they hold their heads
itp, and the 'oGy they StctHo
their arms,
And the toay they do the left,
right, left" sag, cts aUorth
couple farms,
But a cHetUed slug from a Hciftte
caught nue. sleeping doton ut
Renne,
Well. they told me that I'd meUer
light a cigarette again.
I'm naGrchin0 through the lilies,
that gretC belotV the MarHe,
I'm sleeping in a hell-hole, that
used to be barn.
Eas crutoIing up the MeuSe-
Ar0otne, IN Sling, striking
nttta,
AMd one hand holds my rifle, and
the others caled Nth blood.
There's the star shells. aud the
bdrbed-sCire, and mig buddicS
lying round,
There's an end to all the fighting,
and at last toe're honsetCGrd
bound.
Yes, theg'Ue taken out the bunting,
and they're decked the AOeHne,
And they soy the boys are march
ing, aud mighty SHappy, too.
There's the soul of many millions
IN the 0randest flag that flies,
VIII you tell me 1chen It paSSesg
For-T goOe It both nty eyes.
SERGT. GUY G. NADEAU. !.
SITS our wedding anniversary
and you spend so much time at
golf you don't even. know it"
she said, with bitterness. 81 don't
believe you know when we were
married.
"Of course / do" he said. at
was the day after I sank that
s5-foot put"
MASHIE MIKE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
ARSENAL Was
UNSAFE STATES
naval CAPTAIN

DOVER, N. j., July 23.-The Lake
Denmark naval arsenal was known
to be unsafe before the explosion oc.
CURED and it carried ammunition far
in excess that allowed by the New
Jersey law, declared Captain Otto c.
Bowling, commandment of the arsenal
from his wheelchair before the naval
court of inquiry.
Four improvements in the types OF
arsenals were recommended by BOWL
ing to the court of inquiry. He brot
out that the capacity of arsenals
should be reduced to one-quarter of
what they are now, that the distances
between magazines should be four to
five times greater than at present,
buildings should be built above the
surface on a concrete foundation of
hollow tile and the walls should be
buttressed to withstand shock and
that the roof must be absolutely FIRE.
proof.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
"Sixth Sense" in Plant
Life Is New Discovery
Especial to The Daily worksr)

LONDON, July 23.-New revela-
tions concerning the private life of
plants, barring their habits, vices, van
tiles and even their hours of sleep,
have been brought TO light by Sir
Jagadis Bose, one Of Britain's great
est scientists and authorities on plant
life, who recently startled the scien-
tific world by announcing that flow
ers communicate and carry on family
life not unlike human beings.
Now Sir Jagadis comes forth with
the information that certain species
of plant life possess sixth sense"
a mysterious force which permits
them to detect minute changes in the
intensity Of light, unnoticed by the
human eye. He has found that plants
react remarkably TO certain light
waves, far above the limited scale to
which the human retina responds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
S. WEEKLY WAGE
RAISE WON BY
CHICAGO CUTTERS
Bosses Forced to Yield
by Stoppage

All cutters in Chicago cloakmaking
shops won fiat increase Of IS a week
thru q half day unofficial stoppage
that was led by the left wing in the
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union. The head cutters or the
foremen are not included in this wage
raise.
The union made a demand ON the
bosses for 20 per cent wage increase.
The bosses in the negotiations refused
to listen to the demands Of the union.
The unofficial stoppage then followed.
Under the old administration the
business agents of the union in ac-
cordance with the agreement calling
for the revision Of wages paid to cut
tiers were able to get increases only
for those cutters that were not able to
make the average wage. The increase
amounted from $3.50 to IS a week.
This increase was received by only
one-sixth Of the cutters. The present
left-wing administration in the nego-
tiations following the stoppage were
able to win a fiat SIS weekly increase
for all cutters.
The demand Of the union that the
workers be paid for the half day stop
page was granted by the bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
CHICAGO LABOR
DEMANDS SMALL
FREE PICKETS
Protest Against Use of
Injunction

The use Of injunctions against I'M
ions in their battles with the employ
srs and the refusal of Governor Len
Small to pardon the 1924 International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
strike pickets were bitterly assailed
at the protest meeting arranged by
the Chicago joint board of the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
vUniOn at the Temple Hall, Marshfleld
Ave. and Van Buren, street,
Speaker after speaker pointed out
the menace Of the injunction to labor
unions and urged the workers to vio-
late injunctions in mass whenever
their organizations are faced with
these restraining orders.
DR.. John A Lapp, president Of the
Chicago Liberal Club and president
Of the National Conference Of Social
Welfare; William a. Foster, Ida Roth
stein, head Of the women's depart
nent Of the Chicago organization COM
mittee; Emf Arnold, vice-president Of
Painters Local 275; Freda Rushec,
Oscar Simons, Max Novak and Flor
ence Corn were the speakers at the
meeting. The last named four sersed
sentences in the Cook County Jail for
defying the Injunction issued by Judge
Denis d. SULLIVAN. Miss Mary Nc
Doweu sent a telegram to the meeting
rsgretttng her inability to be present.
Barnett Sollm, chairman Of the Chi
eago Joint board of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union, pre-
sided at the meeting.
A resolution protesting the inactis-
A resolution protesting the inactiy-
fly OF Gov. Len Small to free the
ing that he free them Immediately
and calling on the trade union move
ment of Chicago to join in drive
against the Injunction pest was unani-
mously passed at this meeting.
A telegram Of greeting was sent to
the prisoners that are still in Jail.
A telegram was also sent to the
10000 militant garmetn workers in
New York City congratulating them
on their militant fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Thompson Plans to
Suggest Changes in
Philippine Government

MANILA, P. l., July ga few
changes in the form of government of
the Philippine Islands will be suggest
ed by Colonel Carmi A. Thompson,
President Coolidge's personal repre-
sentative investigating the economic
situation in the Philippines. Thomp-
son in his speeches has shown that
he will not recommend independence
for the island.
He will probably recommend the
substitution of Filipino governor I'M
der the supervision of an American
resident commissioner in place of the
present American governor-general.
1t has been made plain to Thomp-
son the impossibility of making the
island vast rubber plantation for the
American rubber interests without
first giving the Filipinos sop in the
form Of gesture at independence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
SURF ACE Lines
MAY GO into
RECEIVERSHIP

The protective committee Of the
Chicago Railways company first mort
gage holders predicted that the major
part of the city's surface lines might
go into the hands of a receiver, in a
letter to the bond holders asking them
to deposit their bonds and securities
with the protective committee.
The company franchise expires on
Feb. 1.
Street railways have always been
considered Juicy morsels for the Jug
Cling operations Of fnanciers. While
transportation in Chicago is perhaps
The worst in the United States, the
politicians who are the puppets of the
bankers refuse to take the first step
IN providing adequate service-the
ssnnictpal ownership of the elevated
and surface lines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
FUR BOSSES
THREATEN TO
GO OPEN-SHOP
Association Members to
Fight Union

The members Of the Chicago Fur
Manufacturers Association are send
ing out letters to all of their strik
ing workers threatening them with
the loss of their jobs if they do not
appear for work Tuesday, July a..
The letters also state that the bosses
have decided to operate on an open
shop basis and will not have anything
to do with the union.
This letter was sent by the Fur
Manufacturers Association to each Of
it's members with the instructions
that each boss was to have the let
ter copied onto his stationery, signed
with his signature and mailed to each
worker that left the plant to fight for
better conditions.
The letter follows:
eve have exhausted every posi-
bility of getting together with your
union officials on wage and working
condition basis that will permit this
business to live.
Thus, we feel that we have reach
ed the point when it is necessary that
we eliminate union interference in
our affairs or we will soon be out
Of business and thereby unable to pro-
vide employment on any basis.
Just as you are dependent upon
what you earn at the job so are we
dependent on what we can sell our
garments for. If the cost of manu-
featuring a garment Is so heavy that
the public will not buy 1t then we
cannot long exist as business or con-
tinue to provide you with employ
ment at good wages, for your new
agreement would force prohibitive
cost.
1--WE have, therefore, decided to op-
crate on the open shop basis, which
will be a protection to you as we'll as
to ourselves, and will do away with
the outsider who knows nothing of
your needs and ours anyhow. We
want you to come back to work, but
we cannot longer submit to the dicta-
ton of outsiders. We are going to
operate our shops at once, UNDER
FULL PROTECTION, and we want to
give you a chance to work for u.s.
You are invited to return to the job
you held before the strike. If we do
not hear from you on or before Tues
day, July q, we will be forced to con-
slider that you have left us perma-
nently and we will have to proceed
RI al our sbOns With steady am
ployes.
This same letter is being sent by
all members of the Chicago Fur Man
ufacturers' Association to employees
who are on strike, because we want
you to know that our association is
together on this matter.
yours very truly,
"McEIroy Company,
20. J. McElroy."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25

A MOTHER Dawes Plan" is Of
"A fered as the solution of capital
ism's woes in france.
Mussolini urges a fascist dicta-
torship to save the franc and to do
in France what we have done in
Italy"
But the first Dawes Plan" has
not proved a success in Germany.
The German capitalist statesmen
and flnanciers are waiting for an
audience with Mellon and Morgan.
They will urge that the Dawes plan
be changed to tighten it's burdens.
AS for Mussolini the Italian Ira
continues falling along with the
French franc in spite of the fascist
tyranny.
These facts are all so simple that
every worker and farmer should
be able to understand the plight
that faces the capitalist exploiters,
not only in western Europe but
turnout that part OF the world that
still flies the flag of profit.
Imposing a Dawes plan on France
will not be as easy as putting this
yoke upon Germany. The Germans
had been defeated" according to
the Versailles peacemakers. The
deposed kaiser's mark had gone the
way of the late cars rouble, but
unlike Russia, the social-democrats
in Germany successfully betrayed
the German working class and de-
feated its efforts to inaugurate So
Wet Republic.
While German prisons were filled
with the best fighters of the work
ing class, the supporters of capital
ism from the socialist, Scheidemann,
to the war lord, Hindenburg, joined
in grabbing the dollar-marked straws
thrown into the German financial
and Industrial whirlpool. That was
three years ago. For three years
the Germans have given the Dawes
plan "a chance" with the result
that even the most reactionary ele-
ments now openly admit that 1t will
be impossible for Germany to carry
the increasing burden of reparations
much longer.
But France "won the war" So
the worker and peasant masses of
France have been told. 1t has been
drilled into them that ito the victor
belongs the spoils." The latest franc
statesman, Poincare, to be called to
hunt up a cabinet, has been the
loudest in his demands to MAKE
the boche pay" The nation that
has been unprecedented with this
psychology will not quickly, if at
all, change its outlook to accept
slavery to the House of Morgan.
why should WEI" the tens of mil
lions Of workers and peasants will
ask, the great masses who were led
to believe that the Hun was the
greatest menace in the world, but
who are now learning, where 1t has
not already dawned upon them, that
their real enemy is the exploiting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Swift Gets Million
for War Bacon the
Soldiers Never Saw

Swift and company, packers, today
brought home the bacon here
s1,374,S49 worth Of 1t, to be exact.
A check for that amount was re-
ceived by the company from the gov
eminent, in payment OF claim for
bacon ordered but later refused.
Settlement of the claim closed a
case which had been in the courts
since shortly after the world war arm
istice was signed, November IL, 1913.
1t took the company that long to get
the government to pay for something
it never gothic nerve Of the gov
ernment!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
U. 5. TOURISTS SEEING
PARIS DISCOVER THEIR
SNOBBY AIRS DETESTED

especial to Tho Daily Worker)
PARIS, July 23.-Parlsian night
life no longer has attractions for
the tlmld American tourist.
Auto-bus companies have suspend
ed their "See Paris by Night" tours
because last night, for the third suo-
eesslVe night, there were demon
stratlons against sightseeing busses
carrying English and German visl-
tors as we'll as Americans.
AS buses passed thru the Mont
martre districts epithets, such as
only Montmartre and tho dock dis
trlcts Of New York excel In, were
hurled at the visitors.
"carry on your sprees at home,
not here" the crowds yelled at the
sIght-seers.
The demonstrations probably are
due to bitter campaigns being car
rled on by a number Of Partisan
newspapers, which are violently at
tacklng tourists for taking advan-
taee Of the slump In the franc, which
Is causing increased prices for the
French.
Frenehmen are angered by the
sight of these visitors enjoying the
gay life and the champagne, which
the natives cannot afford.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Morgan-Mellon Plans and
Fascist Regimes Must Be
Fought by u. S. Workers
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

class at home and its ally, the finan-
cial power that has its headquarters
in Wall Street.
The death rattle of "the hun
menace" gradually fades away into
the silence of the tomb where rest
in peace the things that have been.
Not even Belgium now uses it in
an effort to have her war debts to
Washington and Wall Street can
celled. Even Belgium says she will
pay. Great Britain and Italy have
agreed to pay. A score of lesser coun-
tries have signed on the dotter line.
French capitalism will consider the
Mellon-Berenger scheme for the
settlement of the French war debt
just as soon as another cabinet can
be formed. With the disappearance
of the ''hun menace" the Morgan
Mellon menace" thus rises larger
and clearer than ever for the work
ers, for 1t is they who must bear
Lu6 DuIuCn IL ~ Cthl w DuSCCobAoAAJ
placed upon their backs.
1t is now estimated that under
the workings Of the Dawes plan and
the war debt settlements, every PEN
ny taken from Germany in repara-
lions will ultimately flow into Wall
Streets and Washington's golden
Golfers.
American workers and farmers
must join the French workers and
peasants in every resistance they
offer to the "Morgan-Mellon men
ace" German and French labor.
that only recently engaged in mass
slaughter across thousands of miles
Of trenches, now recognize the iden-
tity of their interests. The Germans
and French have been able on many
occasions. to unite in common &C
tions, as in the Ruhr occupation,
against their common oppressors,
the employing interests of both
countries. They both recognize the
thieving ambitions Of the imperial
list robbers who lured them into the
great human murder pens. How
much easier, therefore, should it be
for American labor, that was rallied
by all the arts and wiles known to
lingo propaganda to recognize the
poilu as his brother-in-arms. The
enemy then was supposed to be Ger
many. Both victims of the same
tyranny the workers Of France and
America will become brothers
in-arms against their common enc
mics, the Observation-Disclosures
planners that seek the enslavement
of all labor everywhere.
European labor drives towards its
only salvation, the European Fed
Grafton of Soviet Republics against
which Morgan-Mellon-Da Dawes plans
and fascist regimes cannot prevail.
American labor must begin today,
preparing more theoretically than
ever, the struggle to take an effect
i've stand in favor of such a Euro
pean Federation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Weisbord Speaks
in Cleveland, O.,
Saturday Night
IspseIaI 70 Tho Daily workerJ

CLEVELAND, July 23.-The Cleve-
land Conference for Passaic Textile
Relief, which was organized a few
weeks ago, is making 1t possible for
che workers Of Cleveland to learn the
truth about the situation in Passaic
from one who has been connected with
the strike from the very beginning.
Albert Weisbord, organizer and
leader OF the Passaic strike. will speak
at the Engineers Auditorium, Ontario
and St. Clair, on Saturday. July 81,
at 8 .. m. Albert Coyle. editor of the
Locomotive Engineers Journal, will
also speak Max Hayes has also been
requested 70 speak. Tickets are 10
cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
CURRENT EVENTS.
BY T. J. o'Flaherty.
Continued from page ~

Continued from page y
noise with it than even young Wander
bilt.
GEORGE BRENNAN, democratic
~ candidate for United States sena-
tor is for the Haugen farm relief bill.
George admits that he does not know
what it is all about, but as the farm
ers are for it, he said, there is no
good reason why he should be against
it, since he has nothing to lose by
being generous and many votes to
gain. The ways of capitalist poll
tician are obvious to those who think
but, fortunately for the polls, the num-
Der is few.
NTHY delegates to the state confer
w ence of sheet metal workers in
California were invited to dinner at
the home Of Mrs. Peabody, wife of a
wealthy shirt manufacturer, was the
subject of considerable discussion
among the Oakland members of the
union, according to a story IN the
Labor Journal of that city. Two dele
gates who partook of Mrs. Peabody's
bounteous fare were not at loss for an
explanation. The lady was once even
as you and l." an ordinary mortal.
Her name was Katherine Burke, which
proves she did not arrive on the May
flower, even in protoplasmic state.
KATHERINE heard her country
AA calling her when the great war to
abolish the French franc gave her the
word. Being good to look at, she at
tracted the attention of doughboys
among whom were many metal work
ers." She must have been a COM
munal charmer. How she got to be
Mrs. Peabody the delegates did not
diVulge. He may have been an elderly
or something in a hospital. Miss
Burke was Red Cross nurse. AS the
story goes, one of the delegates to the
state convention went to renew &C.
quaintances with Mrs. Peabody and a
mass invitation resulted. Now, how
OdA uClO6dIC0 AOSC SiCSp ONCI wage
scales, long hours and short pay, while
basking in the ultraviolet rays of a
millionaire beauty.
THO one million British miners have
L been on strike for almost three
months and Britain is long over $4O,-
100000 monthly in foreign trade, King
George can afford to throw a nice
party. Thirteen thousand guests gath
cred in the gardens at Buckingham
Palace, drank the kings tea and guz-
zled his champagne. Many Americans
were there and we are told that they
we're deeply impressed by the kings
dexterity in negotiating his tea with a
gloved hand. Labor representatives
were there. So was Mr.. Oswald CARR
son Willard of New York, editor Of the
liberal-pacifist magazine, the Nation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
BRITISH STRIKE
HIT CAPITALIST
INDUSTRY HARD
Wages Lost by Workers
Shown to Be Small

LONDON, July 23.-According to
Walter Runciman, leading banker OF
Great Britain, the British general
strike and the coal strike to date have
cost British capitalists S567 500, 900.
The cost is distributed as follows
among the different groupss
General strike, $50. 100000; heavy
industries, including coal, $140,o0O,-
600; railroads, $1O,Ooo,OO0; pig iron.
$4,000, 900; steel, s5O,00O,oo0 textiles
and other light industry, So, 5000, O0Os
home trade 100000, 200.
While capitalists lost 1867 oo,0o0
according to Runciman, the workers
lost only $175,O0O,000 in wages, the
100000 coal miners have lost $685.
10000 in wages-or only 500 each
over a period of IL weeks of strike
so far. This shows very clearly that
the miners wages are at the minimum
of human existence, as this makes an
average Of only some $3.50 per week.
The support of the other industries
to the miners when the miners began
their strike against wage reduction
from this pitifully low scale. cost the
other $50 100000 in wages for the nine
days of strike, or a little over SIC
each, which is again commentary
Of the low wages Of British workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Norfolk Southern
Line Railway Clerks
Get Wage Increase

NORFOLK, July 20. -(FP)-Clerks
employed on the Norfolk Southern
lines will get about cents an hour
increased in pay, under the terms Of
a new agreement negotiated with the
company by the Brotherhood OF Rail
way Clerks. Seniority rights will now
extend over the entire system, instead
OF being confined TO local ONCE
Eighty.fve per cent OF the clerical
force on the Norfolk Southern belong
to the Brotherhood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Scott Charges Local
Politicians Set OFF
Jail Bomb as Trick

DETROIT, July 23.-The recent Jail
bombing in Chicago was a political
plot Russell Scott, CONDEMNED slayer,
charges in letter received today by
his wife, Catherine, who is undergo
ing a public fast here.
Cook County politicians are trying
to force the taxpayers to buy certain
properties for a new county pris IN
on the grounds that the present Jail
is not adequate nor safe, Scott
charges.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Rail Mediation
Board Establishes
Permanent Offices

WASHINGTON, July 20. -(FP)-
Permanent Offices for the Railroad
Mediation Board have been establish
ed in the Earle theatre building in
Washington, just across the street
from the headquarters of the Southern
Railway Furniture of the old Rail-
road Labor Board is being shipped
from Chicago to outfit the rooms. Only
6 Of the so employees OF the old board
have been retained.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Jail UNIT for Prisoners.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 2S.-Rec-
ommending that federal prisoners be
committed to other than the Sanga.
mon county jail until the county has
an adequate one, the federal grand
jury today reported to Federal Judge
Louis Fitzhenry on its investigation of
the prison. The Jury also urged
county authorities to refuse to accept
federal prisoners in the present prison.
SEND IN A SUB TODAY TO THE
DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-25
Hindu Fanatics
Attack Mohammedan
Religious Parade

CALCUTTA, India, uJly 23.-,About
40 were killed or injured in a clash
between parading Mohammedans cele.
brating the feast of Mohurrum and
Hindus. Hindu snipers stationed on
house tops dropped explosives onto
the paraders. Nearly all casualties
were among the Mohammedans.
Armored cars were used by the au.
thorities to break up the religious de.
monstration.