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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
General Forecast

A disturbance of considerable in
tensity was central over Lake SUI
perior Thursday night and moving
rapidly eastward.
The temperature was somewhat
higher Thursday in the north At
lantic states.
The Lake Superior disturbance
will move rapidly eastward and it
will be attended by general showers
and probably thunderstorms over
practically all sections east of the
Mississippi river within the next "a
hours.
Following the passage of this dis
turbance fair on Saturday.
Winds north of Sandy Hook and
Sandy Hook to Hatteras-Increasin
southerly probably becoming strong
by Friday night, closely followed by
showers Friday Afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
SEVERAL WOUNDED

Quebec, June SAN unknown num-
Der Of American revenue agents have
been injured and several rum run
ners have been captured in a 10 day
battle at the border over the posses
sion of a ships cargo Of whiskey
New York City, according to reports
today from Sully Township in Tennis
couata County.
The smugglers are said to be Can
adams. An unverified report is that
ringleaders Of the smugglers' crew
are mobilizing lumberjacks for an at
tack upon the American authorities
in revenge for the arrest of two of
the prisoners.
Details concerning the conflict are
lacking, for 1t is being waged in the
thick forests which fringe the inter-
national border in the Temiscouata
region. 1t Is known, however, that
huge quantities of liquor have been
cached in the timber Businesses for
smuggling into the United States.
Canadian and American revenue
and customs agents as weN as in
spectors of the Quebec liquor COM
mission, invaded the region recently
to hunt for the liquor and block its
passage across the line.
First reports were that the cached
liquor was being moonshined in the
stills which abound in the border
wilds. 1t has since been quite def
initely established that the contra
band came from st. Pierre, Miquelon,
after having been Struggled by
schooner from abroad and landed on
the rocky coast north Of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Senate Passes
Bill for Building
OF s Scout Cruisers

Washington, June 5-The bill au-
thorizing construction Of eight scout
cruisers and conversion of several
coal-burning battleships to oil-burn-
ers. was passed by the senate tonight.
Action was taken in THE time re-
quired for the clerk to read the title.
The measure was recommended by
the navy department as necessary to
bring the American navy up to the
standard established as a part Of the
country's naval policy. It already
had passed the house and now goes
to the president.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
and MEXICAN
BOY KILLED IN FALL!
C0LL|DINC PLANES

San Antonio, Tex, June 5.-Lieuten-
ant Stewart L. Thomson, student pilot
at Kelly Field, and Jose Maria Ramos,
11-year-old Mexican boy, chopping cot
ton in a field. were instantly killed near
here this afternoon when airplanes
collided 1900 feet in the air and fell
to earth.
Lieutenant W. W. White, plotting one
OF the planes, leaped to safety with a
parachute. The Mexican boy, para
lyzed by fear, was unable to move from
under the falling planes and was crush
ed beneath the wreckage.
Three ships were flying in formation.
Ship number 2 and ship number 3 in
the formation started to change places.
The ships, flying at the rate of 100
miles an hour, crashed into each other,
tearing wings and struts asunder.
Hanging together, they both began
to fall. The leading pilot, seeing the
tragedy taking place behind him, was
helpless.
Lieutenant White, realizing that
death was near unless he escaped,
climbed from the fuselage. When the
air was clear below him he leaped far
out from the ship. His body fell nue.
more rapidly than the tangled ships
and when he was clear from the falling
wrecks he let the silk parachute go
and Unanswered it to keep out of the
way.
In few moments the hurtling mass
shot by him toward the ground.
The boy Ramos, chopping cotton in
the field, watched the accident in the
air spellbound until he saw the plane
falling above him. He tried to get out
Of the way, but it struck him and bur-
led him beneath the wreckage, crushing
the life from him.
Help from all directions rushed out
into the cotton field, but it was too
late. Aviators believe that Lieutenant
Thomson was knocked unconscious by
the collision in the air.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
REPRISAL CAMPAIGN

Bangor. Me-, June 5-While noths
ing is known here OF the battle bea
tween revenue agents and rum rum
hers reported from Quebec. It is
learned tonight that on the night of
Friday, May s. Deputy Sheriff Sir
OILS Of the staff of Sheriff Lawliss Of
Aroostook County had a fight with
II party OF Canadian woodsmen who
attempted to rescue from the deputy
a French Canadian named Levesque,
whom he had arrested for some Of
fence not stated. committed on the
American side Of the line.
The deputy managed to fight his
way through the crowd and made his
way to Fort Kent with his prisoner,
where the latter gave bail for ap-
pearance at the next term of the su-
preme court. 1t Is said that a build
ing owned by the st. John Lumber
Company at Border Pond. opposite
Escourt, z. O., was burned recently
by border outlaws, and that a CAM
paign of reprisals for the arrest OF
Canadian rum runners in Maine has
been instituted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
TRUE BILLS FOUND
AGAINST PAIR IN
Staying OF FRANKS

Chicago, June 5.-True bills
charging murder and kidnapping for
ransom on &c counts, each crime
punishable by death. were voted
against Nathan Leopold. Jr.. and
Richard Loeb, sons Of two Chicago
mill;onaires, late today by the grand
jury who has spent three days in
vestigating the staying and kidnap-
ring two weeks ago of Robert
Chicago millionaire.
The grand jury heard seventy-one
witnesses and the last evidence pre-
scented at the confession of one of
the boys read from stenographic
notes in which was recited the plan
OF the two university students to
kidnap and kill a schoolboy for the
excitement" which the crime would
bring and the $4,000 ransom they
hoped to collect from Jacob Franks,
father of the slain boy.
Robert Z. Grove, states attorney,
issued no statement in connection
with the grand jury's action except
that indictments have been decided
upon" not indicating whether or not
the true bills were voted. This fact
was learned from other sources.
however.
The true bills were made return
able tomorrow, 1t was reported, in
view of pelding writs of habeas for
the release of the confessed slayers
also returnabie tomorrow.
Chicago, June 5.-The grand Jury
hearing evidence against Nathan Loop
old, Jr., and Richard Loeb, millionaires'
sons and confessed kidnappers and
slayers Of Robert Franks. schoolboy
son of another Chicago millionaire, was
reported to have voted true bills to-
night against each youth. charging
him with murder and kidnapping for
ransom, each crime punishable by
death.
Presentation of evidence was con-
cluded late in the afternoon, after
which the grand jury remained in ses-
sion until long past its usual adjourn
ment time. The body then adjourned
until tomorrow morning and immedi-
ately it was reported that true bills
had been voted.
States Attorney Robert Z. Grove,
refused to confirm the report but said
he might have q statement a little
later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Bay State People
To Pass on Child
Labor Amendment

Boston. June ga resolution to
submit to the voters at the next
election the question of ratification
by Massachusetts of the child labor
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton was passed tonight by both
branches of the legislative and sign
ed by Governor Cox. The resolution
was introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Remission of Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

Northern New England-Increas-
ing cloudiness, followed by showers
Friday afternoon and night: Satur-
day generally fair and cooler in in
terror.
Southern New England-Increas-
ing cloudiness followed by showers
and possibly thundershowers Friday
afternoon and night; Saturday fair
and cooler.
Eastern New York-Showers and
probably local thunderstorms Fri
day; Saturday fair and cooler.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Arrest Member
Hickman Cabinet
On Libel Charge

st. Johns, n. F., June b-Harris
Mosdell. journalist and minister
without portfolio in the Hickman
cabinet, was arrested today on q war
rant charging him with circulating a
dofamatory libel likely to lead to
breach Of the peace. The charge was
based on a circular printed here last
Saturday on the eve of the New
Foundland general election.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Govt. Fleet Worth
Million Menaced
Rv Fire at Xicksburg

Vicksburg, Miss, June 5-Fire
broke out tonight in the government
fleet at Walters, several miles north
Of Vicksburg, threatening the des-
truction of the entire fleet valued at
more than 100000. The Vicksburg
fire department and hundreds Of men
were fighting the flames.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Six Hurt in Rear
End Crash. Cow Isl.

New York, June 5-An elevated ex-
press train collided with the rear end
of an empty local in the Brighton
Beach station at Coney Island late
today. Six passengers, who received
minor injuries, we're treated in the
station and continued to their homes.
The express was travelling at re-
duced speed at the time Of the
crash.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Friday increasing cloudiness follow
ed by showers and possibly thunder
storms Friday afternoon and night;
Saturday fair and cooler. Increasing
south and southwest winds becom-
ing fresh to strong and shifting to
westerly Friday night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
Customs Officials
At Portland Declare
Men Not Involved

Portland. Me-. June 5--he United
States customs officials here said to-
night that their men were NOT in
volved in tho reported battle raging
in the wilderness along the Quebec
Maine boundary between American
revenue officers and Canadian rum
CONTINUED on Page 2-Coi. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
WASHINGTON Not Advised

Washington, June 5-Both at the
treasury and the prohibition unit
knowledge was denied today of any
rum running battle along the Cana
dian border. No reports had been
received Of such an incident, it was
stated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06
REVENUE men BATTLING ).
With RUM RUNNERS IN |
FORESTS ALONG BORDER.

Unknown Number Federal Agents Wounded,
Several Smugglers Captured in 1O-Days'
Ringleaders Mobilizing Lumber
Jacks to Inf1ict Reprisals for Arrest of Two
Huge Quantities Liquor Hid in Forests
for Smuggling into u. S. Originally Ship
= ped from Abroad to st. Pierre ~.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-06

Some one Of today's ads may have
q real bearing upon that next pur.
chase you plan to make. Today may
be the best Of all times to make itl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
Short Items From
Soviet Russia
British Demands Condemned.

MOSCOW, July 14.--Referring, in
press interview, to the so-called de-
mands of the English bankers, Mr..
Lomoff. Chairman of the Board OF the
All-Russian Oil Trust pointed out that
such demands were liable to wreck
Russo-British oil trade.
If the English capitalists will look
upon the restoration of our public econ
omy as on practical fact, he says
our orders for equipment OF the oil
drilling works, the power stations,
ETC., will be placed in England. But
II the latter country will, contrary to
reasonable expectations. insist on the
extravagant claims Of the London
bankers, the Soviet enterprises will be
compelled to transfer such orders to
other countries, whose attitude to.
wards the Soviet is more loyal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
Australian Labor
Favors Increasing
Amalgamation Drive
(sy The Federated Pressl

MELBOURNE, July H. The Aus
tralian Railways union at conference
favored one union for all workers in
the railway services OF Australia.
The postal sorters' union, letter car
riers' union and telegraph linemen's
union are discussing amalgamating
into one organization. Steps are be-
ing taken to get other unions in the
postal and telegraph departments into
the amalgamated organization.
The clothing and allied trades union.
cutters and trimmers' union and the
women workers union-covering all
workers in the clothing trades-are
also discussing amalgamation. II is
expected that the new union will be
known as the Amalgamated Clothing
and Allied Trades federation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
Hush Parole and
Pardon News to
Facilitate Graft

SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 14.-Hot
on the footsteps of their declaration
that newspaper reporters and other
writer's may no longer interview pri-
soners at San Quentin and Folsom,
the California prison board announces
that no further news of paroles ap-
piled for, granted or denied will be
made public.
This means that when rich John
Smith kills somebody in his auto and
is sentenced to the penitentiary he
can be paroled in few months and
no one will be the wiser; and when
poor William Jones is refused pa
role because he once made face
at a guard nobody will know about
that either. These two rulings of
the prison board make California's
penitentiaries secret and silent insti-
tutions, in which anything can--and
probably will happen, without any
opportunity for the public to protest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
BOUCK SPEAKS
AT GRAND PICNIC
NEXT SATURDAY
Washington F arm e r S
Meet Near Seattle
Especial to the Daily Worker


SEATTLE, Wash, July 14-William
Bouck, head of the Western Progress
sive Farmers and withdrawn Farmer
Labor candidate for vice president,
will speak at picnic to be given in
the City park, Renton, on Saturday,
July 26.
Many other speakers listed as
among the possible features of the
picnic include John c. Kennedy, state
secretary Of the Farmer-Labor party;
Joel Shoemaker, Farmer-Labor candi-
date for governor; E. E. Coulter and
Elmer S. Smith.
The picnic is to be given under the
auspices Of the King County Farmer
Labor party, the Western Progressive
Farmers and the Farmers Chautau-
qua.
The King County Farmer-Labor
Party has membership Of several
thousand voters and active workers
in the city of Seattle and the towns
and villages of the county, as well as
on the farms. The city fathers of
Renton have extended the hospitali-
ties Of the municipality and will de-
liver the keys Of the city hall and Jail
to the managers of the Western Farm
ers' Chautauqua.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
Rockford A. F. of L.
Urges United Front
For Free Speech

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, July IA Denial
of the public parks for radical and
labor meetings in Rockford by the
park board brings about call for a
united front of labor by the Rockford
Labor News, the organ of the city
central body. The park board falls
back on a local ordinance and the
Illinois criminal syndicalism act.
Since the war the labor forces who
elected Herman Hallstrom, a brick
layer, as mayor have been forced to
hold their picnics outside the city
limits to permit political speeches as
a feature instead of enjoying free
use of the city parks which they
own" but do not control.
"This knocks into a cooked hat"
says the Labor News, "the park board
argument that it is the l. w. w. they
are striking at, and shows how eager
they are to snatch at any excuse and
any means to injure labor's efforts
to advance.
"All labor organizations are in the
same boat, the most radical and the
most conservative, in the eyes of
such men, and surely need to hang
together to fight this battle for free
dom, whether they can agree on any
other point or not"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15

to break unions is disclosed by the
unions brief.
Both sides are working the fight on
the straight issue of whether unions
have legal right to strike. The
Clayton act and decisions by chief
justice Taft are quoted in support of
the union position.
"Sham and Humbuo."
State supreme court justice Rich
ard P. Lydon, who is hearing the case,
showed his bias against labor by an
nouncing in court that he did not un-
derstand the necessity for pickets.
Untermyer replied that the purpose
Of picketing was to get men into
that union by lawful means. After
declaring that the trusts talk about
the open shop was sham and hum
bug" Untermyef stated the unions
case in one sentence:
There is no such thing as the
open shop; there is either closed
union shop, or closed non-union
shop"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15

union has replied with an in
junction and damage suit
against the openshop outfit,
charging it with conspiracy to
destroy the union. While the
league asks $5,000,000 damages,
the union demands $10,000,000
from the league.
The strike began May 1. Employ
ers outside the league soon settled
on the unions terms, but the steel
trust, by its control of materials, has
prevented the IA firms constituting
the league from making a union
agreement.
"Geantlc Conspiracy"
The union charges that the league
members are "participators in gi-
gantic conspiracy which, commenc-
ing about the year 1906, and continu-
ing down to the present date, has had
for its sole object and purpose the
prevention Of the unionization of the
manufacture, fabrication and erection
of iron and steel turnout the United
States" The United States Steel
Corp, Bethlehem Steel Corp, Ma
tional Steel Fabricators' Assn, Bridge
Builders and Structural Society, the
Structural Steel Society and Ameri-
can Erectors' Assn, are named as
hackers of the nationwide conspiracy
thru inter-locking control. This com.
bination constitutes monopoly in
violation OF the Sherman Antitrust
Act, the Federal Trade commission
Act and New York state laws, says
the union.
Trust Boycotts Union Firms.
Samuel Untermyer, attorney for the
union and formerly attorney for the
Lockwood committee which investi-
gated the building monopoly in 1920,
cites testimony before that commit
tee showing that various construc.
ton companies friendly to labor were
forced to abandon buildings because
the steel trust would not sell them
materials unless they joined its open
shop Iron league. The league is fur.
Their accused of participating in IL.
legal activities with Robert P. Brin.
dell, former car Of the building
trades council and now In Sing Sing
prison.
The notorious army of frameup
finks, agents provocateur, and gun
men employed by this giant combine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
half A DOZEN
AUSTRIAN BANKS
COLLAPSE DAILY
Financial Scandal Stirs
League Ruled Nation
BY LOUIS p. LocHNER,
Federated Press staff Correspondent.

VIENNA, July IA Every day in
Vienna half dozen or more banks go
on the rocks. The bank scandal in
Austria is as real as the oil scandal
in the United States.
Before the war there were seven
major banks in the whole Austrian
empire. Now little German-Austria
has 81 major banks, with 1900 branch
banks. These branches seem to ex-
list solely to interest every class in
Austria in speculation. One speciality
was to offer stock in concerns in 9TH
er countries, the prospective purchas-
ers being assured that with the gen.
eral return of Europe to normally
these securities would rise tremen-
dously in value. Many concerns were
even then on the rocks, so that the
sale of their paper was pure swindle.
The government encouraged the
banks by loaning them money which
they used for speculation. The gov
eminent loaned postal savings bank
deposits to the banks at IL per cent
interest. The banks often loaned this
same money to spectators at $50 per
cent.
Now that the crash has come the
government finds that billions of
crowns are due the postal savings &C.
counts by banking firms that have
gone bankrupt. The government will
have to make good these losses,
which means the taxpayers will foot
the bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
BRITISH MACHINE GUNS
BARK AS The HINDOO
FACTIONS WAR FOR GOD

LONDON, July 14.-Armored cars
are patroIIlng the streets of Delhi,
India, where fighting has broken out
between Hindoos and MussuImen.
The British government has taken
a hand In the imbrogIio, with ma
chine guns on armored cars. The
Macdonald government represent
ing the British imperlallsts has
cleverly created dissension between
the Hindoos and Musselmen who
were gradually drawing togther and
putting up united front against
the British government. When the
two elements quarrel, the British
government appears upon the scene
and restores peace with bullets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-15
RAIL BOSSES LAY
OFF MANY TRAIN
And ENGINE men
10000 More Get Axe in
April, Report Shows
BY LELAND oLDs


Train and engine service employees
appear in the April wage statistics
Of Glass 1 railroads as the chief vic
tim Of the railroad policy of sacrifc-
ing workers to profits. According to
the interstate commerce commission
report over 10000 Of them got the ak
between March Is and April Is. This
brings the total Of engineers, firemen,
conductors and trainmen down 25,725
below the peak Of 1928 and 22,O3S be-
low April 1928.
The railroads also continued to lay
of shopmen with total of 9,249 dis
charged during the month. The mum.
Der of locomotive and car repairmen
on the payrolls in April was 43,40s
below April a year ago and 64,25S
below the peak OF employment in
August, 1928.
The layoffs in these two depart
ments during the month, however,
we're more than Offset by the addi-
ton of nearly $4,000 workers in the
maintenance of way department. This
marks the usual seasonal resumption
of outdoor work and brings the total
of railroad employees to 26,949 above
March. But the total was still So
435 short of the number employed
year ago.
Freight And Yard Layoffs.
Freight and yard service employees
bore the brunt of the layoffs in the
train and engine service group. Be-
tween March and April the report
shows the following reductions: 1911
freight conductors, 2,545 freight
brakemen and fiagmen, 1872 freight
engineers, 1889 freight firemen, LOIS
yard conductors, 2,63S yard brakemen
1920 yard engineers and OIL yard
fremen. Altogether over four pei
cent Of the workers in these occupa
tons were turned out.
Car repairmen, mechanics helpers
and ordinary shop labor suffered the
heaviest casualties in the mainten
ance of equipment group. OF the
number employed a year ago, they
have laid off: carmen, 1878, helpers
1888, shop labor, 6,061.
$s,s64,sss Less A Month.
In April railroad employees received
$S,964,S88 less in wages than in April
year ago. Slight gains in certain
groups were more than Offset by
losses Of train and engine service EN-
ployes and the shop crafts. The form
er received $4,O56,671 less than il
1928, a reduction of more than si1
per cent. Total pay in the shops
was reduced by s6,172,919, nearly
nine per cent.
Changing in wage rates of train
and engine service employees are still
in negotiation. The apparent increase
of about five per cent in the average
hourly rate shown does not mean
that the railroads are paying more
for each unit Of service rendered. Ac.
cording to the report the railroads are
paying these employees as group
one and one.half per cent less per trir
and four per cent less per mile run
than they paid in April 1928.