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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-26
Chicago Police Swap
Bullets AS Moonshine
Fans Martial Ardor

Two city detectives are wounded,
one probably fatally, as a result OF a
pistol duel with two patrolmen here
last night The victims are Frank
Sperry and Patrick Lee. While on
duty, they are said to have driven
their automobile into another machine,
the driver OF which started to protest
with them. In answer they are said
to have leaped out with drawn re-
volvers just as patrolman Leo Treon
and Edward Tyrell appeared on the
scene. The detectives started to drive
away and opened fire when the pa.
trolmen ordered them to halt. A re.
volver battle followed. Both detect
lives. police say, were intoxicated.
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CHICAGO JEWISH
WORKERS RALLY
TO COMMUNISTS
Pledge Aid to Foster
GitlOw Campaign

Five hundred Jewish working
men and women answered the
call of the Foster-GitIow Jewish
conference of Chicago for a
mass meeting of Jewish work.
ers at Workers Lyceum to per-
feet plans for the Communist
campaign.
A ringing call to action by
Comrades M. Schuchter, Will
liam F. Dunno and Alexander
Bittelman brought a campaign
contribution of SCOOPS, with
promises of further financial
aid as soon as the campaign
organization is perfected.
Milltants Attend.
Campaign work will be carried on
thru the Workmen's Circle, and thru
the left wings of trade unions. Union
members who attended the meeting
were divided into groups for work
among their fellow-militants in the
shops. The unions represented were:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, International Ladies' Gar.
ment Workers Union, unions in the
building trades, unions in the metal
trades, Cap and Millinery Workers,
Butcher Workmen, BARRIERS.
Comrade M. Schuchter, who acted
as chairman of the melting, told his
audience that any hopes for economic
improvement, placed in men like Rob.
ert LaFollette, are utterly groundless.
LaFoIIette Like Ramsay.
1.-THE LaFollette movement in this
country may be compared to the move.
ment in England of which Macdonald
is the head. Both are based on the
support of the petty bourgeoisie.
Neither believes in changing the pres
ent order. Neither believes in class
war.
''It is a serious mistake to imagine
that the big capitalists do not be-
lieve in class war. On the contrary,
they are always waging the class
war"
Comrade William Dunno, who has
just returned from Moscow, was
greeted with thunderous applause.
THE workers of the whole world
are watching the workers of America
in their first Communist campaign.
We have a wonderful opportunity this
fall to disseminate Communist prop,
uganda. Our best efforts will be re-
quired to put our candidates across,
for in America there are more re.
strictions on the voting privilege than
in any other democratic country.
"The straw vote, taken in the shops
last week, shows an encouraging
growth of militant sentiment among
the workingmen and women"
S. P. Betrayer.
Comrade Bittelman, speaking in
Yiddish, went into further detail on
the subject of the LaFollette illusion,
explaining the part which the social.
list party is playing in the betrayal OF
the working class.
Hundreds of copies of the DAILY
WORKER, the Young Worker and the
Freiheit were sold at the door of the
hall.
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zeal" podqes Again.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Presi.
dent Coolidge is not disposed to take
any action in the case of General
Smedley Butler in Philadelphia, it was
stated officially at the White House
today.
Primarily, it was said at the White
House, the Butler case is one of local
Philadelphia politics in which Cool
idge does not care to become involved.
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unemployed are the recruiting grounds
of the Fascist elements because there
they reach the discouraged and hun.
CRY worker who will easily fall prey
to anything that offers immediate re.
lief. Real concentrated work should
be done among the unemployed and
unorganized workers in every coun.
try.
Building Shop Committees.
"The third big task of the R. l. L. q.
was the immediate Inauguration of the
shop committee plan. The shop com.
mittee it was agreed at the congress,
offers the most efficient opportunity
for propaganda in the trade unions.
Here in the United States there is a
splendid field for the shop committee
idea and it will, if properly conducted,
solve the many serious problems con.
fronting the trade unions. The R. 1.
L. U. expects us to throw ourselves
into the work of shop committees"
Dunno declared that we in America
nave no IcdbOH 10 De ashamed OF Lne
American section of the r. 1. L. U. as
represented by the Trade Union Edu.
cational League.
Fosters Leadership.
1.-THE leadership of the American sec.
ton of the Red International Of La.
Dor Unions-and am now speaking
of Comrade William q. Foster-com.
pares favorably with that of any other
affiliated section, and / have no doubt
that If the members Of the Trade I'm.
ion Educational League give the same
hearty support to the movement in
the future that they have done in the
past, the results will be gratifying"
Several questions were asked the
speaker at the conclusion of his ad.
dress.
Arne Swabeck, district organizer,
addressed the meeting on the import.
ance Of securing signatures to place
the state ticket on the ballot.
Ca.t..l %
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GOOSE STEPPER WANTS SYSTEM OF
TITLES HERE; DEMOCRATS OUGHT
TO GET VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS
Especial 20 The oaIIy Worker,

BERKELEY Calf, Sept 25coL
University California
United States Siberia
at last What we need he titles conferred
faithful
rewarded
workers. government Of Rus
during hs neumbeney
the faculty who had slsnsd pston
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The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
R. M. GASSMAN TO OPEN
NEWSSTAND AND NOVELTY
STORE HERE THIS MONTH

R. M. Gassman before the end of
this month will open an up-to-date
newsstand in the west side of the store
room recently vacated by Joe Craw-
ford, who has moved his grocery
Stock to his new store-room on Milton
road.
Mr.. Gassman, who arrived here the
last of last week, had been buying
goods for several weeks, many ship
ments having come in ahead of him.
Carpenters. and painters are busily
partitioning, re-fIooring and painting
and generally fixing up the store
room, the east half of which, as an
nounced last week, will be used by
Tom Rickel and Herb Hilkins as a
grocery and meat store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gassman are the par
ents of Sid Gassman, the haber-
dasher ard W make TT IT Fome witt
their son and his wife. Mr.. GaSsnlan
senior has for years been western
representative For the O'Donneil Shoe
company OF st Paut, giving up that
position to settle here al again ell
Joy home life. Both nc al lis wife
are well-known and have many friends
fere, where - have fra1 ,ently vs.
tied during the last several years
E.r. GassmaI believes he will have
his stock in place within the next two
weeks. He will carry periodicals.
cigars, confectionery, stationery, toys
and an attractive line of art goods.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
NAVAJO DANCE LAST
WEEK MOST GRAPHIC
INDIAN CEREMONIAL

Flagstaff people let the biggest and
most picturesque Indian dance of the
year go by without showing ripple
of interest. 1t was the Navajo Ye-be-
chi dance, at the Gap, and the ninth
day and end of it came Saturday.
There were at least 1000 Navajo
Indians there Dancing was every
night, all night. The music was very
wierd and impressive The Indians
entered into the religious spirit of the
ceremonies with the utmost interest.
Those who saw it and have seen the
famous Hopi Indian snake dance say
that the latter is like a very small
sideshow to the big circus when COM
pared with the Navajos' annual cere-
monial.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures was the sand paintings. Carl
Mayhem of Flagstaff says the sand
paintings we sometimes see are pitt
ably crude compared with those shown
at the Gap, which, he said, were alb
solutely perfect technically and the
colorings immense. These sand
paintings are made every morning and
on them the medicine man works his
chiropractic healing Of the sick At
sundown the paintings are destroyed.
These big Navajo dances are not adj
vertised in advance.
Among thase attending were Mr..
and Mrs. Mayhew, Professor r. r.
Powers and several others of the Nor
NAL faculty, John O. Parsons, Dur
ward Mckinney and Bucko Sisk.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
ARMISTICE DAY WAS
OBSERVED AT ROTARY

Scout Executive Chas. S. MeCor-
mick as chairman of Tuesdays Ro-
tary meeting made it an occasion for
the observance of Armistice day and
also to emphasize some of the re-
quisites of good citizenship and great
er helpfulness in the community.
Charlie had just returned from a
Boy Scouts conference in Mesa, SO
had little time to prepare a formal
program, more than making up for 1t
however by making an inspirational
talk full of practical pointers on how
each Rotarian may be of greater di-
rect service to this community.
Vice-President John @. Thomas, in
the absence of President c. B. Wilson,
opened and closed the meeting.
Mayor L. w. Cress asked the CO.
operation of Rotarians in impressing
upon everyone possible the vital need
for saving water The fire Sunday
night took 100000 gallons of water to
put out. This was serious drain on
an already dangerously low supply.
He asked great care in conserving the
water in the reservoir to the end that
we may have enough to carry US
through the low months of January
and February.
Mrs. r. G. Stevenson announced on
behalf of the Woman's club the ap-
pearance next night at Normal of the
Earle Wallace dancers.
Tom E. Mccullough called atten-
ton to the Flagstaff Game Protective
association meeting that night at the
and the special film, "Wild
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
GOT NICE BOOZE OUTFIT
OUT NEAR SCHULZ PASS

Ten gallons of first-rate new booze
came into Flagstaff the other morn
ing, but nobody got drunk. Nobody
had chance to, for the joy-juice was
at once locked up in the vault of the
county Jail.
! Deputy Sheriffs VIM. M. Rudd and
r. L. Neill brought it in, along with
it its former owners, the men alleged
to have manufactured it-Jose Perez
and Alfredo Menendez.
The officers secuted out the night
before the arrest and located the dis
tillery, mile or SO from Little
Schulz spring, off the Schulz Pass
road. They found 25-gallon copper
still, with double coil, the booze, mash
and other fixings.
Preliminary hearing was held before
u. S. Commissioner Tom l.. Rees on
Monday and both were bound over for
trial in the U. S. district court. Bail
was fixed at $500 each. Menendez
was bailed out.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
BIG MINING CONCERN
QUITS TRYING TO FIND
METEOR ATsCOON MT.

The mining machinery is all being
dismantled ready for removal from
Meteor (Coon) mountain, between
Flagstaff and Winslow and the U. S..
Smelling & Refining company of Bos-
ton, which had been financing the
operations there for the last two or
three years has given notice that it
has spent all the money there it cares
to and that now somebody else can
have a chance to.
This word was brought to Flagstaff
the last of last week by Joe Onetta,
superintendent of the Gold Roads
Mining company of Oatman, which
mine is also owned by the U. S.
Smelling and Refining Co. Mr.. Onet-
ia was taking men to Meteor noun
tain to dismantle the machinery.
The drilling operations were to
reach the giant meteor the falling of
which it is commonly supposed formed
the irregularly- shaped crater. 1t was
believed, according to report, that this
meteor contains platinum and other
valuable substances and that if it
could be found, mining operations
would be immensely profitable. The
broken limestone formation made
drilling very slow and costly. 1t was
reported last fall that the drill had
actually reached the meteor; but very
likely that report had no foundation
in fact.
Scientists are not agreed about the
meteor. Some insist that it was a
Continued on Page Three)
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
WOO LEE TO WOO WEALTH
IN A new LOCATION NOW

Woo Lee, one of the best of the
good men in the Chinese colony here,
the last of last week bought the Royal
Cafe and the lot it stands on from
Babbitt Brothers Trading Co., pay
ing $14,500.
The purchase was made through
Woo Hop Bing, an American-born
Chinaman. Attorney Frank M. Colo
looked out for Woo Lees interests dur
ing the transaction.
Woo Lee has for years been pro-
prietor of the Bright Angel restau-
rant. The latter building was bought
by Joe Bender, who, after enlarging
and improving, will move into it from
his present location. This left Woo
Lee without place of business and so
he got busy and got his new location.
The Royal Cafe building is next
door west of Frank Fairchild's pool
hall on Railroad avenue. The build
ing runs clear back to the alley and is
well constructed. The price paid in
dicates that real estate values in Flag
staff are steadily increasing.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14

The orpheum program began at 10
a. m. There were many unique fea-
lures and the audience, which filled
the Orpheum, was we'll repaid for at
tendance.
Commander Carl G. Mayhew of
Mark A. Moore post American legion
presided and announced the numbers.
With Miss Selma Aas leading, the
audience sang the Doxology.
Rev. James w, Saunders, chaplain
American legion, delivered the invoca-
ton.
Mrs. Frank G.. Curtis, at the piano,
played the American legion march.
Lieutenant Mayhew in a short ad-
dress spoke of the purpose of the last
war, of our unpreparedness for it and
of the lesson it should have taught US
to be prepared for future wars, which
are sure to come.
Children of Normal Training school
sang America the Beautiful" Miss
Shumaker of the Normal faculty at
the piano,
Emerson school children sang "Hur-
dab for the Flag" Mrs. w. M. Rudd
at the piano.
Captain j. B. Wight's address was
in Tribute to Our Fallen Heroes"
With Mrs. Leo Salas at the piano,
the pupils of ST. sAnthony's school
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14

The delay in calling the election,
which was decided on some time ago,
was to size up the market and see
what rate of interest should be at
tached to the bonds. Six per cent was
the rate at first considered. Then it
was decided that it might be possible
to market the bonds at par at 51a
per cent. Various bonding houses
were consulted and it was their unani-
nous opinion that the bonds can be
sold at par, and perhaps at shade
above par, with the 5h per cent rate.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
COUNCIL USING EVERY
MEANS TO SAVE WATER

City council Monday night resolved
to take all means possible, through
The Sun, in circulars and by personal
notice to water users, to get the full
est possible cooperation of everyone
in the conservation of water
The situation is serious indeed. The
fire the other night used 100000 gal
Ions of the dwindling supply. Stu
dents and teachers at the Normal
school have been restricted to one
bath a week. The railroad company
has voluntarily cut its use of water to
an average of $4,000 gallons a day,
less than tenth of the amount it
ordinarily uses. Only westbound To-
comotives are watered here and the
supply for Grand Canyon has been
cut to an occasional tank car. The
sawmills are getting their water else
where.
City Clerk Clarence Pulliam was
authorized to fit up the police magis-
trate's room upstairs in city hall as a
meeting room for council.
The local taxi men asked that their
license, which now is $50 year per
car, be reduced. 1t was referred to
the license committee.
Because it was felt the city was
partly responsible for acceptance of
the sidewalk in front of John Metz's
home, it was decided to go fifty-fifty
with Mr. Metz on the cost of a new
sidewalk
City Engineer Goodman was au-
thorized to buy some new graders for
street work.
The park committee reported that
inspection showed the property at the
city park to be in good condition; also
that things have been very satisfac-
tory under the management for the
last few months of G. G. Compton.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14

sang ''Valiant Boys of the Army"
The pupils of Brannen school gave
unique flag drill and song.
The audience, Miss Aas leading,
sang Battle Hymn of the Republic -
Followed several beautiful and in
spring tableaux. Making the Flag"
reminiscent of the Revolution, was by
the Normal school, the participants
the Misses Irma McLain, Carrie
Fuqua, Virginia Flickinger and Clara
Johnson, under direction of Professor
Helm of the Normal school.
Birth of the Star Spangled Ban
ner," of the War of 1912 period, was
put on by Flagstaff high school, under
direction of Miss Snyder of the facul-
ty, the two characters being taken by
Miss Joy Buell. and Walter Benson.
Emancipation" bringing in the Civil
war, was staged by veterans of that
war, two of whom, w. H. Pierce and
Benjamin Doney took part. Mr.. Pierce,
the union army, Mr..
Doney the confederate army, another
participant, Bruce Campbell, the
newly emancipated slave. Captain j.
B. Wright during the tableaux read
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
Remember the Maine," an episode OF
the Spanish-American war, staged by
Continued on Page Three.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
GUN AND HAMMER FIGHT
WON BY ONE-ARMED MAN
Who POSSESSED THE GUN

The third fight between Sixto
Juarez, railroad crossing man at San
Francisco street and Eduardo Un-
cuento, assistant expressman at the
depot, occurred Tuesday evening. Up
to then honors were even. This time
Eduardo knocked Sixto down with a
hammer, whereupon the latter pulled
his Sixt-gun and volleyed, three bull
lets landing.
Sixto had called at Salvador Mier's
grocery on South San Francisco just
after dark on some lodge matter. As
he came out of the store Eduardo was
mailing up ''to rent" sign.
Sixto walked away and then ham
mer, he says, landed ker-plump on
the back of his head. As he started
to slump he pulled his .36. He says
he don't know how many times he
fired, but that he's sure he did once
as he was going down, once while he
was down, and once coming up. There
were four empty shells in the gun.
One bullet hit Eduardo in the knee,
another higher up in the same leg and
another went through his arm and
creased his abdomen.
Eduardo laid where he fell until he
was plCkcu up d1u CdIIlCu W uCINy
hospital. Sixto gave himself up to
Night Marshal B. C. Black. He was
locked in the county Jail over night
and next day County Attorney Frank
Harrison ordered his release, at the
same time intimating that there would
be warrant awaiting Eduardo by the
time he is ready to leave the hospital
Sixto lost his left arm several
years ago and wears an iron hook,
rather hefty one, in place of the
hand. 1t is reported that the way he
lost the hand wassin celebrating some
thing or other when he held lighted
stick of dynamite and held it in his
hand until it went off and took his
hand with it.
Some time ago the two men had an
altercation. Sixto swung his iron
hand. Bing! Eduardo took the count.
Next time they tangled, last June,
Sixto didn't get his iron hand into
play soon enough and he took the
count. This time he is again the vic
tor.
Both men are industrious.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
NATIONAL EDUCATION
WEEK OBSERVANCE
in THE CITY SCHOOLS

National Education week will be
celebrated in the Flagstaff city
schools all throughout the week with
special programs, the first of which
will be in the auditorium of the high
school on Monday night, November II.
This promises to be genuinely in
teresting program, and should attract
large attendance. 1t follows:
Orchestra Selections ............-...-.-........
Miss Lightburne's Orchestra
'SPREADING THE NEWS"
(BW Lady Gregory
Characters
I'm order of appearance)
Mrs. Tarpey, y,.s.Na Nadine Thompson
10 Muldoon, a policeman,..................
......... Vincent Curtis
A Removable Magistrate,
.............. Stuart. Anderson
Continued on Page Nine.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
R. R. WHITE OF FREDONIA
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

Fredonia was in mourning election
day owing to the accidental death of
Rome r. White, one of the best loved
citizens of that little Mormon COM
munity north of Grand Canyon.
The particulars have just been re-
ceived here in a letter from Lorum
Pratt, Jr., deputy sheriff at Fredonia,
to the sheriff's office at Flagstaff. He
wrote:
"You can notify The Coconino Sun
that Rome R. White of Fredonia was
accidentally shot and killed on Novem-
Der 2 at about nine o'clock p. M, with
a 3O:30 rifle at the sheep camp near
Mount Troumble. Rome was one of
the most respected young men we had
in our town. This was one of the
most shocking deaths we ever had In
town. All of the people in Fredonia
grieve and sympathize with his good
Continued on Page Nine.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14
ENGINEER SURVEYING
CITY PIPE LINE ROUTE

Mr.. Scott, member of staff of
Burns & Mcdonnell, water experts of
Kansas City and Los Angeles, who are
handling this city's water development
program, arrived a few days ago to
make careful survey of the pipe line
from the springs to the reservoir to
get data for the new pipe. He and
City Water Superintendent John Mar
shall went up to the city springs Tues
day, finding from two to six inches of
snow on the north side of the noun
tain. Mr.. Scott with several assist
ants went back there Wednesday, but
found his work pretty much handi-
capped after the snowfall that began
that day.
Mr.. Marshall hopes that two or
more feet of snow may land up there
right away, before the ground freezes,
in which case the spring thaw is like
ly to come lot earlier.
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14

zona. And if they had played the
same lack-lustre game Tuesday
against Normal that they did against
Clarkdale and Jerome, Normals string
of victories would be complete down
to date.
The Sun last week, recalling last
falls game between2Normal and High,
the desperate rally the latter made too
late in the last quarter and the mar
row margin by which they were de-
feated, said "but that famous fighting
spirit Denman's warriors ever so of
ten turn on may upset the balance"
They turned on the spirit" and Cup
set the balance" all right.
Here she is, play by play, as one of
800 spectators saw it Tuesday after
noon:
The game began with Flagstaff de-
Tending the south goal and the Nor
NAL kicking from the north. Flag
staff received the ball on the 20-yard
line, and with a combination of end
runs and forward passes advanced the
ball we'll into Normal territory, before
being forced to kick. Kicking to the
18-yard line put the ball
out of danger and with solid resist
ance, the high school held Normal ana
forced them to kick from their own
Continued on Page Two.)
The Coconino sun., 1924-11-14

Dope! HUH Don't do no more talk
ing about. dope! Forget it! It's dead!
If there ever was there amt no more
any such animal!
Flagstaff High lost to Jerome a
week before by % to 6. Normal had
beaten Jerome 64 to 6.
Now, brother, figure the dope on
that That's what you did, eh? And
took it along with you to City Re
creation park last Tuesday afternoon !?
You did, and we all did.
And then look what happened!
1t must be admitted that Normal
didn't play anywhere near up to pre-
vious performances. Also, that Flag
staff High did something it has often
been censored for not doing-that is,
started at top speed right at the be-
ginning of the game.
Handicapped, on the dope by the
loss of Harvey Cooper, now attending
Normal, on which team he likely will
play in the Normal Phoenix Junior
College game here tomorrow, the
Flagstaff eleven didn't show the han
dicap at all.
If the High boys had played with
the same spirit and dash against
Clarkdale and Jerome, both of which
elevens have defeated them, they now
would be champions of northern Ari-