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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
CHICAGO COUNCIL
REPRESENTED AT
WASH. MEETING
To Send Representative
to Foreign-Born Meet

The Chicago Council for the Protec-
ton Of Foreign Born Workers will be
represented at the national conference
to be held in Washington on the 18th
of May for the purpose of waging a
nationwide fight against the passage
of anti-alien finger-printing and regis
tration bills now before congress.
orIoffsky Delegate.
The Chicago organization will be
represented by its president, Max
Orloffsky who represents Machinist's
Union No. $50 on the local council,
Matthias Perner of Machinists' Union
No. 337 has been chosen as alternate.
The Pittsburgh council, which is spon-
soring the Washington conference has
been notified of the selection.
Invite Congressman.
CONGRESSMAN SABBATH of Chicago
will be asked to attend the sessions of
the conference in Washington. The
council reports that many unions are
endorsing the fight against the anti
aliens bills and that the affiliations
from unions and fraternal organiza-
tions Of workers are growing.
The Pullman and So. Chicago sec
ton Of the council had very success
ful mass meeting last Sunday with
Bishop Montgomery Brown as the
chief speaker. The next meeting OF
the Chicago council will be held at
80 N. Wells st. at 10 a. m. next
Sunday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Waukegan Will Hear
Nancy Sandowski and
Biedenkapp Saturday

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, May 12-Fred G.
Biedenkapp, national secretary of the
International Workers Aid, and Nancy
Sandowski, youthful Passaic strike
leader, will speak at the Workers Hall,
Saturday night, May Is at o'clock.
Nancy Sandowski will speak on the
Passaic strike. Biedenkapp will speak
on the work OF the International Work
ers Aid. The Waukegan Workers
Band will furnish musical selections
for the meeting.
Kenosha workers who wish to hear
Nancy Sandowski are urged to attend
this meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Social Outlaws in Jail
in Capitalist Pittsburgh
Hear May Day Speech
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.


EVERYTHING, even the greatest
IL necessity, seems to be a huge
luxury in Jail. At least that was the
conclusion one was forced to ar
rive at after the briefest expert
ences in the Allegheny county
pittsburgh jail. Indications were
that practically all of the prisoners
were absolutely penniless on our
side of the Jail. They didn't have
the 20 cents even that was demand
ed for 10 cent packages of cheap
tobacco that was smuggled in and
sold by one of the prisoners who
was serving 80 days for having i'm
bibed too much moonshine and then
tried to fight off the police.
'They beat me around the legs so
that l couldn't stand up for three
days." he admitted. He was still
wearing the clothes he had on when
he got his beating. The knees of
the trousers were torn open for six
or eight inches, with other profuse
rents and tears.
None of these bedraggled prison
ers, and they seemed to be in the
majority, had any prospect of get
ting clothes fit to wear when they
got out. None of them knew where
they would get the few pennies
needed to buy their first meal after
they were set at liberty.
But, poverty-stricken as they all
were, there still seemed to be enuf
pennies to buy newspapers. Not
many were ordered when the guard.
came around, once a day, to make
out his list. Few as they were,
however, the newspapers went thru
the jail so that, finally torn and
worn, they may be said to have done
duty for all.
1t resulted, therefore, that the
jail inmates were fully acquainted
with the arrest of Abram Jakira,
Pittsburgh organizer Of the Workers
(Communist) Party, and myself, on
May Day.
Yet they wanted to know more
about this latest manifestation Of
the workings of Pittsburgh's kaiser
dom. "Ain't it hell?" was the usual
comment. Many of the prisoners
also showed a keen interest in the
British strike.
The greatest ignorance was pro-
fessed by the head guard himself
who dropped around to get acquaint-
ed on the first morning. He wanted
to know what it was all about.
told him. He confessed that he had
never heard Of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party. He thought it rather
foolish to try to fight the case, thus
taking position exactly opposite to
that of the prisoners under his direc-
ton, who were all for a struggle
of any kind against organized OPP
preston.
This jailer was typical of his lot
over the world. He argued for the
efficiency, the economy, the excel
lent manner in which the jail was
being conducted.
"There is no graft here" he claim
ed. Everybody is treated alike"
There isn't jailer anywhere on
earth who will not make similar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Department of Labor
Will Admit Hawaiian
Japanese and Chinese

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 70. -
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the United States department
Of labor and Gov. Wallace r. Earring
ton Of Hawaii, which will allow the
entry OF thousands OF japanese and
Chinese born in Hawaii to the United
States proper.
Harrington declares each japanese
and Chinese will be equipped with
birth certificates before they leave the
island. There are about 10000 orien-
tails in Hawaii.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
"a Indiana Limestone
Co.'S Merge Into $45,-
100000 Corporation

NEW YORK, May 12-Plans for a
$45,0O0,000 merger of "a limestone
companies operating in southern In
diana have been completed. Arrange
ments are being made thru a syndi-
cate Of bankers headed by the Bank
ers' Trust company and including Otis
& Co., the Cleveland Trust company
and the Illinois Merchants Trust COM
pany to handle a S15,00O,OO0 first
mortgage. A. q. Dickinson, head of
the Consolidated Stone company, will
be president Of the new Indiana Lime
stone company. G. w. Walters, head
Of the Indiana Quarries company, will
be chairman Of the executive commit
tee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14

Only long study could trace the in
flation OF capital thru reorganizations
and stock dividends for all these com.
panies. For few OF them the facts
are more readily available. Standard
Oil OF New Jersey declared 400 per
cent stock dividend in December, 1922.
The 1925 return on the investment Of
the owners independent of that is
9S5 per cent. The Du Pont return
would read 1876 per cent II the number
of shares had not been increased by
stock dividends. u. s. Steel common
stock represented little, II any, real
investment at the time the big trust
was organized Amy value this com
mon stock has today is due to the ac-
cumulated profits OF former years.
Concentration Of Power.
This Wall Street Journal analysis
shows the concentration of power in
a few corporations. Their 1925 profits
alone would have paid the average fac.
tory wage to more than 100000 work
ers. The accumulated surplus profits,
IL considered as the property OF the
real producers rather than the owners,
would practically guarantee all work
ers against suffering in the periods Of
mployment forced on them by NAL
adjustments in the capitalist system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
WATCHMAN LOSES LIFE
IN FIRE AT CONTINENTAL
co, FURNITURE FACTORY /

One man persisted in a FIRE which
destroyed the Continental Manufac-
turing company furniture factory.
Firemen heard the cries Of watch
man on one Of the upper floors, but
before they could reach him the walls
collapsed. The property damage was
estimated at 100000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14

claims. His attitude was, "Now
I've got my heel upon your neck.
Kick If you cam"
Economy" in jail means that the
warden buys the cheapest food he
can find, putting the savings in his
own pocket. Even if graft is elimi-
mated on large scale, 1t doesn't
benefit the prisoners. They must sit
behind bars just the same. II great
business gets an honest" jailer to
run its bastile, that only means that
capitalism saves that much money
in running its penal institutions.
tried to get this head jail guard
to commit himself on the political
struggle raging turnout Pennsylva-
MIA. But couldn't learn that he
was either for Pinchot, Ware, Beidel-
man or anyone else in the race for
United States senator or the gov
ernorship. He was absolutely non
partisan insofar as the capitalist
politicians were concerned; thus
making an excellent slave to WELD
the whip of authority over those UNI
der him.
Our talk was cut short by the call
for everyone destined for the bath
house that morning to line up.
There must have been 20 of us in
our lot, divided about half-and-half
as to Negro and white. There was
no attempt at Jim Crowism here.
The bathhouse equipped with show
ers, seemed to be a recent innova-
ton.
This ceremony over, we were
allowed out in the open air for few
fleeing moments. 1t was here that
Jakira and l met for the first time
after we had been brot into the Jail
the previous night and separated.
We Immediately became the center
Of an interested group. We were
not backward about taking advan-
tage Of the situation. In explanation
of our presence in jail we started
explaining the meaning Of Interna-
tional May Day to these social
outlaws" We said many of the
things that might have crept into
our speeches at Carnegie Hall, if
we had been allowed to hold Pitts
burgh's May Day Celebration. Be-
fore the guard arrived to break up
the group and return us to our cells,
we had given May Day speech, not
exactly the one we had intended on
May LIST, but at least one that had
found an interested If not exceeding
ly large audience.
Mounting the iron stairs, going
back to "Cell I-13," l happened to
look across the airway toward what
is called the court block" where
prisoners facing severer penalties
are held.
There big, husky worker, at the
door of his cell, was waving his
hand rather frantically and smiling
broadly. He was too far away to
call out any word of greeting that
might be understood. Whether he
recognized Jal1ira or myself, we will
never know. But the look Of his
face indicated that there was some
tie of comradeship between us. Jails
are not the best places to get &C
quainted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
STUDENTS Plan
DELEGATION TO
SOVIET RUSSIA
81 to Make Trip This
Summer
tspeeIaI 70 The paIIy Workerl

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 12.--The
Yale College daily deVotes two full
columns to story on the recently or
aanlzed American Student Delegation
70 Soviet Russia. It was on the inltia-
tive OF the Social Problems Club Of
Columbia University In New York
that the delegation was started. Head
quarters have been established at 2s29
Broadway, New York.
According to the yale News" "the
student mission will leave this sum
mer and membership in the delegation
will be limited to twenty-one ade-
quately equipped graduate or under
graduate students of American uni
versities, labor colleges and profess
sional schools. A few specially inter
ested individuals, professors, instruc-
tors or others interested, if they can
be real service to the enterprise
and have the student point of view,
are eligible"
Russian Connections.
Connections with the Soviet Union
have been established thru the Rus
sian Society for Cultural Relations
Permission for the delegation to go
to Russia, arrangements for reason.
able accommodations and contact with
Russian student bodies have been ar
ranged by the Soviet Society.
Wide Awake to Significance.
In the official statement of the
project she sponsors declare: 1--WE dc
not want delegates who are necessar
lily convinced that Russia is right, but
rather a group of students who are
wide awake to the fact that the Rus
sian experiment is Of profound social
significance and who are interested in
carrying over to life situation the
student point of view"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Bandits Rob Bank.

SIDNEY. Ohio, May ~. ~ In wild
west fashion, six bandits swooped
down on the first national bank here,
lined up the president, cashier, assist.
ant cashier, teller and four customers,
against wall and seized S21, 900 and
escaped.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Senate Committee to
Probe Dollars Bid

WASHINGTON, D. D.. May 10. -
William Calvert OF Seattle told the
senate commerce committee investi.
eating the bid Of r. Stanley Dollar
for the Admiral-Oriental line that
Dollar increased his bid for the steam.
ship line from 100000 to $4,000, 900
because he needed another ship for
his around the world service"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14

value of their common stock was list
ed at S4,56S, 712,6O6 the average return
on investment was 17.6 per cent. No
allowance is made here for the infla-
ton thru stock dividends.
8 Per Cent Dividends.
Such huge profits enabled these cor
porations to pay dividends averaging
s per cent and at the same time add
S436,314,717 to accumulated surplus
profits. These undivided profits total
S3,315, 490,032, more than three-quar-
ters of the par value Of the common
stock. SURPRISES are available not
only for extending the property with
out other cash investment but also for
paying dividends during depressions.
The Is corporations, with their 1925
profits and the percentages on com
mon stock, are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Arrest PuolIIst.

MILES CITY, Mont, May 12--Bat-
ling Nelson, former lightweight box
ng champion OF the world, will be re-
turned to Helena to face charges Of
passing fraudulent checks. Nelson has
been In Montana for the past two
months on q lecture tour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Business Jealousy Causes Death.

NORWOOD, Ohio, May 12--Jealousy
over his victims success at the bust
ness founded by his father was assign
ed as the cause by business associates
Of the shooting of Harry Landseidel,
46, president of the Dalton Adding
Machine company, by Charles L. Dali
ton, S5, formerly general manager of
the firm, and the latter's suicide.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Italian Workers Give
Concert Sunday Night
at Youngstown, Ohio

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May lon
Sunday evening, May 16, at 52515 w.
Rayon Ave, at o'clock, a concert
will be given by the Italian Commun-
lists at which E. Sormenti, director of
the italian Communist organ, II Lavo-
ratore, and I. Amter will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
RnI.a beck workers, Waues.

NEW ORLEANS Up Workers
IN the Todd Engineering Dry Dock &
Repair co. IN New Orleans and Mo
bile, will get an increase in wages OF
7cs effective May 10, which places the
new scale al soc an hour for mechan-
ics,and 4Sc for helpers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
World War Veteran,
Driven Insane by Lack
of Work, Kills Self

ROCHESTER, N. Y, May -. =
Peter Marratt, 80 world war veteran.
driven insane by dependency because
of lack. of work shot and instantly
killed his 3-year old son, his 4-year
old daughter and himself. His wife
and a 1-year old son were attacked
but escaped.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Is CORPORATIONS TAKE BILLION
PROFIT FROM YEARS OPERATIONS

profits 15 corporations in
companies presented
16 1924 when their
profits S919919761.
remained the stock
dividends the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Watson-Parkc- Rail
Labor Bill May Pass

WASHINGTON, d. D., May 70. 49,
The passage Of the Watson-Parker
railroad labor bill as approved by the
lower house Of congress seemed Ger.
tain with the first test OF strength in
the senate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
PaderewsIxi Given
American Legion Medal

NEW YORK, May ~. - Ignace Jan
Paderewski, Polish pianist, was pres.
ented with an American Legion dis.
tinguished service medal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Mikado Has Cerebral
Anaemia Attack

TOXIC. Japan. May IL. - Emperor
Yoshohito OF Japan suffered an attaci
Of cerebral anaemia, today. Attending
physicians said he would recover. 4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
HONOR ROLL
OF WORKERS
AIDING PRESS

v. a. DavIdlan, M. D., centraIia,
w. va. ......-...p o.OO
Workers Party. Cleveland, O. 1000
A. Judelovitz, Denver, Colo. .-....-. 1000
Shop Nucleus, Avelia, Pa. ........-.. 500
Nucleus %, Workers Party, cleve-
land, ohio ...-...-."................... $50
Bishop and Mrs. Brown, Gallon, o. 600
Hungarian Workinumen's Sick, Be-
neVolent and Educational Fed
GRAFTON, Br. No. IS, Cleveland,
Onlo <oOO
Iinsviis, III. ........'......''...,...... 1919
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-29

yin session and could rescind the res
olution, 1t would not b. advisable to
do SO, as the time is too short TO
place the matter before the voters.
II is understood that the new cleo
tion order will bc fundamentally the
same as that originally entered. and
that the resolution 10 be passed by
the commissioners court, suppl =
mental to the election order. will
carry the designations OF highways
TO be improved.
The county highway committee in
session yesterday, designated a num-
bcr Of roads for Improvement. but
members NJ the committee today ex-
pressed the opinion that precinct
committees should he appointed to
designate trunk lines and feeder
roads in the various precincts, these
10 be joined in Il compreh ensiyc
plan for the entire county Ii this is
done. they point out. plan can be
worked out which would doubtless
prove satisfactory 70 practically all
land owners in tho County. II is un-
dsrstood that members of the com
mittee will suggest ~ the meeting of
the commissioners this afternoon
that the call for the election be post
poned a week or two. pending the
designation Of comprehensive road
Continued on page twO)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-29

.ment. under Or. Sacasa. IL resog-
snized by Mexico.
Advices from the fighting zone say
1000 conservative troops were OPP
posed by 1900 liberals. % whom 500
were alleged TO be Mexican soldiers
or officers.
The conservatives ran out Of am
munition and found their machine
gun fire no match for the Twelve
pieces Of light artillery in the pos
session oi liberals. "A retreat was
ordered. 400 men being dispatched
to cover the rear whil1 the main
body retired 10 the neutral Zoae Of
FL Bluff.
OF The 400 rear guard. many were
killed while the others were sur
rounded and captured. The main
body reached RI Bluff whore they
will he disarmed BY the An sricAn
naval forces who arr maintaining
the neutrality Of the zone.
BY their victory the liberals
gained access 10 the Esconiido riy-
er. captured Fruita Dspau and began
an attack On Monkey ridge. III this
strategic point IS taken il will give
control Of the river. along which
American fruit companies operate.
Other liberal forces are proceeding
(Contiruec on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-29
ROOTAWARDED
wilson Prize
Admirers of War Pres
ident Pay Tribute
To His Memory

NEW YORK. ". Y. Dee. 2s.-,P,--
Prominent admirers of Woodrow
Wilson were newly on record today
in praise Of the democratic war PIES
idcnt. with only one voice raised in
dissent aaginst the award Of the sec
ond wilson prize to former repub-
lican secretary Of state.
= bronze emblem and S25. 900 were
presented to Elihu Root by the
Woodrow Wilson foundation here at
4 dinner last night conn cmorating
Wilson's SEVENTEEN birthday. The
award ~as III recognition IL Mr..
Roots share in the creation Of the
world court.
The presentation was made in the
Ircsencc Of Mrs. Wilson. IN accept
irg the award. Mr.. Root praised Mr..
Wilson's work in founding the
League. and said:
The repercussions az our demo-
cratic strife seems 10 have prevent
cd the effectivenss of our noblest
impulses. The league was formed.
not against the United States, but
opt Of friendship for this nation"
In Spartansburg, S. c.. the award
20 Mr. Root was criticized biz John
Garry Evans. former governor and
head of the pro-Wilson South Caro-
lima delegation that helped nomi-
nate Wilson in 1912.
They gave Root the foundation
medal when they knew he had signed
the paper saying Il was for the best
interests Of the League for the vo-
ters 70 support Harding" Mr. Evans
ntI as uslu.n~.
In Chicago, Harry Morgenthau.
former ambassador to Turkey. made
Wilson dinner the occasion TO
plead for the country TO return to
the ideals Of Wilson.
James Hamilton Lewis. defeating
4 SNilsor memorial in Danvi'le. ILL.,,
called the war preside ent 1.-THE earth :
modern crusader for peace"
IN Louisville Senator Walsh Of
Montana said that the isolation poll
icy of the United States IL forcing ii
into a subordinate role in every
movement for world betterment.
William Allen White. Kansas edi-
tor. said az Washington dinner
that the curse of Am erica il that it
Is laboring under a spiritual blight.
Woodrow Wilson trumpetinR the
world 70 righteous peace" Ne said.
remains today Americas greatest
payment to civilization. H. COM
mentcd on the imnotency Of such
practical men" ~ Napoleon, George
III. and the former Kaiser
Hamilton Holt. president Of Roll
lins College and former publisher
revealed IN Winter Park. Fla, that
Wilson's great untitled ambition was
to write history Of democracy.