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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-09
By MARTIN ABERN.

A MASS Farmer-Labor Party in
"A the United States can be of
immense aid TO The young workers
in their struggles on the job and
also politically.
The young workers in the indus
tries and in the fields of American
capitalism, as in every capitalist
country, are, together with the fe-
male workers, the worst paid of all
exploited workers; they labor as
long, and in many industries where
youth labor is especially employed,
toll more hours than the older work.
ers; their conditions Of work, sur
roundings, are dismal and miser-
able. These are the terrible condi-
tions that prevail for the fiedglings,
the millions Of exploited and en-
shaved children in every imaginable
industry and field in America--from
the Office boy in the business insti-
buttons, receiving q half dozen dol
lars or so per week, to the page boy
in the congressional nails of Amer
lean capitalism; from the child in an
East Side sweat shop TO the infant
laboring and broiling under the ter
rife sun in beet on cotton fields;
from the little girls hands bleeding
wasting away in the canning fac
tories for few nickels day to the
noisy street urchin, racing the
streets or patiently standing on
corner trying TO make few pennies
for the home larder by selling news
papers.
We have, too, The thousands Of
young workers in the basic indus
tries, such rs coal and steel, and in
thousands OF manufacturing works.
Mainly these young workers (the
children entirely are unorganized
in either trade or industrial union.
Would Help the Youth.
A Fermentation Party, really
trying to serve tho interests Of the
workers and exploited farmers,
would make efforts to eliminate at
once child profitcering. A Farmer
Labor Party would agitate to take
the young out Of industry and put
them into the schools. Failing in
that, Il would agitate FOR greater
protsction for the youth IN industrys
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-09

in march,
% Premier Rams of
Of March,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Crops In Maryland
Less Than For 1928

College Park.-While growing crops
in Maryland show 2 per cent improve
ment In condition over last month,
production generally will be less than
II was last year, according to bull
letin issued by John S. Dennee, United
States Department of Agriculture
statistician in this district
OF Is major crops, 10 show de
creased production from last year, the
bulletin showed. Crops with greater
production this year than in 1928 are
barley, oats, Irish potatoes, hay and
peaches The increases are slight in
all except hay, which shows a yield
Of 10000 tons, against 100000 tons in
1923.
Crops with smaller yield this year
than in 1928 are corn. wheat, buck
wheat, canning corn. canning toma-
toes. sweet potatoes, tobacco, app,es,
pears and grapes.
The estimated corn yield is 1880,
900 bushels, against 25.231, 900 bushels
last year, and the wheat yield 7,5O5,O00
bushels, as against 10.426,OOO bushels
In 1928. the bulletin stated. Sixty
seven per cent of the wheat yield was
marketed by October 1, It was re.
ported.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
State Guard Men Get
Federal Recognition

Annapolis.-Adjt.-Gen. Milton A.
Reckord announced the following ap-
pointments and assignments in the
Maryland National Guard;
Second Lieutenant Vaughn T. Gray,
infantry. to be first lieutenant
Robert Irwin to be second lieutenant
of infantry.
General Reckord announced that the
following officers of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard have been extended Fed.
eral recognition by the Militia Bureau
First Lieutenant Frederick A. Holden,
Medical Corps; First Lieutenant John
Wesley O'Brien, Jr., Field Artillery:
First Lieutenant George Franklin
Foots. Field Artillery; Second Lieu
tenant James Nelson Day. Infantry;
Second Lieutenant Charles William
Keefer, Infantry; Second Lieutenant
Alan Penniman Smith Sd, Field Artil.
lery. and Warrant Officer Henry Slagle
Keller.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Ritchie Backs Plan
To End Fee System

Baltimore States Attorney Her
bert II. O'Conor has received letter
from Governor Richie. in which the
Chief Executive expresses the hope
Maryland voters will approve the
states Attorneys amendment" on
November A.
The letter is as follows:
Il earnestly hope that the proposed
Constitutional amendment readjusting
the financial system of the office of
States Attorney for Baltimore City
will be approved by the voters on No
vember l.
This proposed amendment. among
other things. does away with the fee
system, which necessitates the dupli-
cation of indictments, with the in
creased cost which results therefrom
and is otherwise wastefuI and unde-
sirable,
THE salary increases provided for
are small when the vast increase in
the amount of work which this office
does is considered and the require
ment that the States Attorneys office
expenses must be approved by the
Supreme Bench is very proper check
and all that is necessary.
Il sincerely hope the people of
Maryland, regardless of party, will
give their support to this measure"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
GUN BLAST ON
j. S. WARSHIP
Four Killed and Eighteen Others
Hurt, on Trenton
SHIP SPEEDS TO NORFOLK
-Four Men Fall Overheard, But Three
OF Them Are Reseued-cause
OF Blast undeter-
mined.

Norfolk, Va.-Four persons-an Of
ficer and three enlisted men-were
killed and is others injured in an ex-
plosion on the scout cruiser Trenton
during target practice on the Virginia
Capes.
The Trenton arrived at the naval
base and eight of the injured were
placed aboard a tug and sent TO the
navy hospital at Portsmouth.
The cause of the explosion, accord
ing to a radio message from the Tren.
ton, had not been determined.
"The forward twin mount was
trained to the heam, with guns at an
extreme elevation" said the message.
NO shot had been fired. Powder
and shell were being hoisted into the
turret and all safety precautions had
been observed.
Unusual and exacting care had
been taken at every step, and at pres
ent It is believed the accident cannot
be attributed to electrical trouble. I'M
mediately after the explosion the ac-
cess door in the rear of the turret was
opened and four men fell overheard
because of the overhang. Three were
rescued. One apparently was badly
burned and drowned, but his body was
not recovered. The scout cruiser
Raleigh was searching for the body
tonight"
The Trenton had gone TO the drill
grounds from the Washington Navy
Yard after bringing home the body Of
Major Robert W. Imbrie, American
Vice-Consul at Teheran, Persia, who
was killed by a mob of religious
fanatics.
The cruiser was said to have been
but few miles from Norfolk when the
accident occurred. It is in command
of Capt. E. C. Kalbfus and has been
in commission about six months. being
one of the first of the scout cruisers
recently placed in service.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Stunt Filler Killed In
Fall At Salisbury

salisbury.-Losing his grip while
performing stunts on trapeze fas-
tened to the wing Of an airplane,
Glenmore H. Hastings, twentyfour, Of
this city. fell $50 feet to his death
Successfully eircling over Salisbury
several times, providing entertainment
for several hundred spectators, the
plane was about to make landing
when the accident occurred.
Learning upon alighting from his
plane that his passenger had met
instant death, Felix R. Rlgau, the
pilot, tainted and several hours later
had not responded to the attention of
three attending physicians.
Rigau is a native of Porto Rico,
West Indies. In 1918 he came to the
United States and Joined the navy,
where. in the aviation corps he piloted
his first plane. Since his discharge
from the service in 1918 he has toured
the East, conducting exhibition flights
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
IMPORTANT NEWS
QUICKLY TOLD
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
Ten Contracts Made
For Roads and Bridges

Annapolis.-Ten contracts for roads
and bridges were awarded by the
State Roads Commission, bringing this
phase Of the commissions work for
the year toward a close. Two bridges
across the Patuxent river on the Grain
Highway are included in the projects.
Christhilf & Ensey will build them for
s73,S92 Another bridge is to be built
across Siding Hill Creek in Washing
ton county. with a relocation of the
road bed, by I. G. Robinson for s16,-
900. Other contracts awarded in.
clude;
Main street, Homecoming. .63 miles,
concrete; Tri State Engineering Com
pany. s1s,544s7.
Browns Island, Calvert county, LEI
miles; gravel; Thomas Mullen, s17,-
s632O.
Chickomaxen road, Charles county.
PSI miles. gravel; Huse & Knight,
s26. 6.soO6s.
Mount Airy-Taylorsville road, Car
roll county, .35 miles, concrete; Cos
nell, Russell & Co.. Ss,955.5O.
Carrollton Station road. Carroll
county, 20 miles, concrete; Thomas,
Burnett & Hunter. s7,4ss.
Skaggssille.Fulton road. Howard
county. .2S miles. gravel; Thomas
Mullen s2,02O.sO
Crystal Springs avenue, Central ave
nues to Marlboro Pike. Prince Georges
county. 1.0S miles, gravel; ST. Mary's
Construction Company, ss,3776O
Salisbury-Snow Hill road. Wicomico
county, Lib miles. concrete; P. d.
Phillips & Bro, s2S,772.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Boy Killed By Truck
As He Jumps Off Auto

Westminster. - Jumping from
standing automobile directly in front
of a gasoline tank truck owned by
Sherwood Brothers, Baltimore, Orville
S. Winters. ten, son of Charles Win
ters, of Cranberry, near here, was
killed instantly.
The tank truck, driven by Ignatius
Zorn. of Raspeburg, was headed to.
ward Manchester. The Winters boy
was playing on the running board of
an automobile parked along the road.
He jumped from the running board
and ran directly into the path of the
truck, which ran over him. The driver
was locked up.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
WORLDS WORK BY
ELECTRIC BUTTON
Thousands Of Marvels At Ex-
hibit In N. Y. On Anniversary
Of Edison Lamp Invention.

New York.-If scientists continue
to juggle volts, amperes. ohms and
watts there soon will be no work to
do except to push an electric button.
Even shaving will be done by elec.
tricity. An electrically operated shaw.
ing outfit sends a blade wriggling
swiftly over the face, leaving 1t
smooth as a babes.
This is only one Of thousands Of
marvellous electrical exhibits on view
at the Grand Central Palace. where
the forty-hfth anniversary of Thomas
A. Edison's invention of the incandes.
cant lamp is being commemorated.
Plenty of room in a 2.by-4 apart.
ment. Press a button and the library
table disappears, giving place to din
ing table and meal that was cooked
while mother and father listened-in on
the radio.
Why have a radio set in the parlor
when you can carry it on the lapel
Of your coat, loud speaker and every.
thing?
The elevator operator will start
looking for new job when he catches
sight Of the elevator that goes up
and down all day at the touch of
button, opens doors and calls floors.
Scientists candidly admit that cleo
tricity is still mystery.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Sanitary Districts
Fixed In County

Baltimore. = The County Commits
sioners of Baltimore county have au-
thorized and laid out the boundaries
of what is known as Metropolitan Sub
Districts Nos. and 5. to issue bonds
and to perform other work within the
districts and for other purposes.
Metropolitan Sub-District No. in
cludes Lansdowne, Relay, Halethorpe
and vicinity in the Thirteenth district.
Metropolitan Sub District No in
cludes Larchmont, Colonial Park and
vicinity in the First district.
The County Commissioners have set
October 27. at the Court House, Tow
son. as the date for preliminary hear
ings.
Work has already been started on
sewerage and water supply in Cations
Vile and Towson under the new
sewerage bill passed at the recent SEES
sion of the Legislature.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
VOTE!

Vote on Election Day Tues
day, November Al
Vote as you please-but votel
The suffrage is not your in
herent, God-given right. The
suffrage is a privilege given you
by your country, the United
States of America. the richest,
the most powerful, the freest
nation Of earth and Of all lands
the most desirable. It is a privi-
leRe that carries with il the re-
sPonsibility of the good Ameri-
can citizen to carry on the work
of the patriots who gave us the
Declaration Of Independence.
Abraham Lincoln, fifty-nine
years ago, asked for renewed
vows Of fealty to that gov
ernment of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth" How
shall that government live-if
the people do not vote? d
Don't be a slaeker-in this
duty of citizenship.
Vote-or shut upi
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Junior Naval Recruits
Drill In Armory

Baltimore.-Fellowi the campaign
to obtain enlistments in the Junior
Naval Reserves. newly recruited mem.
bers attended a drill at the Richmond
Market Armory by Lieut.. John S. Full
ton, Jr,. State commandant of the re
serves.
After the reserves have been fully
organized, Lieut.. Fulton said, de
tachment will be established in every
police district in the City. and meet
ings will be held every Thursday night
in the police stations. Boys between
the ages of fourteen and eighteen are
eligible for enrolment
Working with Lieutenant Fulton are
Ensign Edwin Il. Cole and B. c. Tuck
er and Lieut.. Bernard w. Higgins, re-
Gently appointed as aides by Mayor
Jackson. Ensign Cole is the Commits
sioner for Baltimore city.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
NAVY FL|ERS DIE
IN TWO CRASHES
One San Diego Aviator Es-
capes When Planes Crash
1900 Feet In Air.

San Diego. Cal. = Two men were
killed instantly and third had a re.
markable escape from death in col.
lision of two naval planes 1900 feet
above Coronado.
The dead are Ensign Merritt J.
Flanders, twenty-four, and Robert II.
Kerr, aviation chief machintst mate,
naval air station. Kerr resided in
San Diego and leaves a widow and
three small children.
Gunner William Cole escaped with
his life when he walked out on the
wing of his plane and plunged head
first to the ground, with his parachute
opening after he had fallen 500 feet.
He is suffering from shock, but is
otherwise uninjured, according to ply.
sicians.
The collision occurred when Kerr
dived with his plane out Of cloud
hole. Cole. travelling lis miles an
hour directly below, did not see Kerr's
plane until the crash.
The two ships came together with
terrific impact that could be heard
a mile away.
The bodies of Kerr and Flanders
were picked up from the wreckage.
Coles plane, after whirling crazily
a brief time, piled up on the Coro-
nado golf links and caught fire.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Pennsy Petitions P. S. @.
To Drop Station Agents

Baltimore.-Application of the Penn
sylvania Railroad for permission to
withdraw its agent at Williamsburg
Station, between Fredericksburg and
Hurlock, was filed with the Public
Service Commission.
The commission also heard the ap-
plication of the Bay Shore and
Brighton Excursion Company for per-
mission to engage in the freight and
passenger service between Baltimore
and points on the Chester river.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
RECORD FOR LIFE INSURANCE
Established First Nine Months OF
Year, Report Says.

New York.-Records for production
of life insurance on paid-for-basis
were established for the first nine
months of 1924. it was disclosed in
report by the Association of Life in.
surance Presidents. Forty-five Amer
lean companies were surveyed in the
report,
The total amount OF new business,
exclusive of revivals, increases and
dividend additions, written by these
companies during the nine months,
amounted to s6,47S ,OS5,OOO, as against
S6,O7S,17O,OO0 for the corresponding
period of 1928, and S4.9S3, ,747.OOO in
1922 The increase in 1928 over 1922
was 231 per cent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
PROPOSE TO REGISTER
NoNVoTERS

washington,-A well-defned move
ment. backed, seemingly, by members
of all parties, has developed looking
toward the listing of all voters who
fail to vote at national elections. 1t
is thought that the preparation OF
lists of nonvoters. and the publication
of these in local communities, would
create a greater interest in the value
of the suffrage privilege to every
citizen. and make for better and
more intelligent citizenship.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Non Union Miners
Garage Dynamited

Cumberland.-The authorities are
investigating the dynamiting OF the
garage OF Charles Grove. miner,
who worked for the Union Mining
Company, at Mount Savage. while it
was operating on a non-union basis.
The building and touring car were
demolished
The charge was set off about 2:3O
A. NJ. and county officials say about
six sticks of dynamite were used. Six
teen window panes in Groves home
were broken.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
FINANCIAL CRISIS IN PERSIA.
Sinclair Loan OF sto.ooo.oOo Falls To
Go Through.

Moscow.-Persia is experiencing a
financial crisis, says NJ Shoumiatsky.
Soviet Minister to Persia, who at pres.
ent is in Moscow. The American
financial advisers, he declared. have
failed to balance Persia's budget and
the projected loan of s1O,0OO,OOO by the
Sinclair Company in return for oil con-
cession in Northern Persia has fallen
through.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
MACHINE oUTKlcks cow

Redwood, N. IA kicking COW is
bad enough, but George Skinner, Jr.,
who has a farm near here. believes
that a kicking milking machine is
worse. He is recovering from the ef-
fects of shock received while NOV
ing his milking machine, operated by
electric current, from one COW to an
other The shock rendered Skinner
unconscious.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24


Shanghai - Concentration of the
lsaderless armed troops Of the recent
ly conflicting armies in the immedi-
ate environs of Shanghai led to fear
in the foreign settlements that an
other armed clash might occur.
The settlements guards reported,
however, that they were prepared to
cope with any emergency. and settle
ment authorities expressed them
selves as confident that the settle
ments would not be in danger.
twenty-five thousand armed men,
representing the armies of Kiangsu.
Hupeh, Fukien and Chekiang prov
inces, lately engaged in battle for pos
session Of Shanghai, were estimated to
be ranging about those sections Of the
city adjoining the foreign conces-
sions. Most Of the soldiers are with
out leaders.
Behind the barbed-wire barricades
that protect the foreign settlements
are $500 Allied foreign contingents,
landed from various warships in Shang-
hal harbor. supported by $500 foreign,
Chinese. Japanese, Sikh and Saigo-
nese constabulary.
Soldiers of the former Chekiang
province army. loosely banded and
numbering about $4,000, are concen-
trated for the most part north and
northwest of the settlements, while
their recent opponents have estab-
lished themselves to the southwest.
adjacent to Lungwha (4.3 miles from
Shanghai station). which was head
quarters Of Lu Yung- Hsiang, Chekiang
commander. before he surrendered the
city and fed to Japan.
The defeated" soldiers have mount
ed artillery pieces-fleld guns they
brought back with them on their re-
treat from the fighting front-about
three miles from the latest lines Of
the Kiangsu troops approaching the
city.
The advancing Kiangsu province
soldiers, who fought six weeks to cap
ture Shanghai, were seen iooting de-
serted Chinese homes and shops as
they came. There was no firing, how
ever.
Chang Jun-Ming, the Nupeh com
mander, at present in authority at
Lugwha, asserted that he was refrain.
ing from any efforts to disarm the
fs.Tra
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
NEGRO TROOPERS LOSE CASE.
Decision Denying Writs OF Habeas
Corpus Upheld.

st. Louis.-The United States Cir.
cult Court of Appeals upheld the de-
cision of Federal Judge John c. Pol
lock. at Leavenworth Kan. in denying
writs of habeas corpus to Al negro
troopers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
who were sentenced to life imprison-
ment by general court-martial in De.
cember, 1917, for their part in a race
riot at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Au-
gust %, 1917. Fourteen citizens were
killed in the rioting and eight other as.
saulted, one of whom was a woman.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Western Maryland To Re-
quest State Insane Hospital

Annapolis. = Organization recently
OF the Mental Hygiene Society, of
Frederick county. paves the way for
establishing State hospital for the
Insane in that section of the State,
according to DIR. Arthur P. Herring,
Mental Hygiene Commissioner
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
SENTENCES HUSBAND

New York.-When Arthur Glider.
sleeve was arraigned before Magis.
trate Golden here on a charge OF
drunkenness the magistrate turned to
GiIdersleeve's wife, you sentence
him." he said Thirty days" said
MIS-. GildersleeYe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
u. S. WARSH|PS
SENT TO CANTON
American Wounded in Fighting
Between Factions
CASUALTIES NUMBER 1000
Trouble Feared At Shanghai, Where
Defeated Troops Refuse To
Dlsarm-25.ooo Armed
Men In City.

Washington.-Th gunboats Sacra-
nento and Pampaugo, of the South
China patrol, have been ordered to
proceed to Canton owing to disturb
ances there, and were due to arrive
on October is, 1t was reported to the
State Department by Consul-General
Douglas jenkins in Canton.
Mr.. Jenkins reported that there had
been fighting in Canton between Sun
Yat Sens troops and merchant volun-
teers. followed by many disastrous
fires. All Americans were safe, he
added. although one had been slightly
wounded by stray bullet,
He described the situation in Can
ton as critical"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
Colorful Glove, ,

Very giddy gloves are in vogue to
day. They come not only in paste
shades of yellow, green and pink tt
match the summer gowns. but also ii
purple red and orange to contrast
with them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
HoNDURAN WAR RENEWED.
500 Reported Killed In Battle At
Ajuterique.

San Salvador,-Six hundred men
were killed and many wounded in a
battle between the Government and
revolutionary forces at Aiuterique, ac-
cording to reports received here from
Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The advices add that Government
army is marching toward Ocotepeque
in an attempt to recapture the town,
which is in the hands of the rebels
General Ferrera. leader of the revolu
tion, is said to be fleeing toward the
Guatemalan frontier.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
4oo pIE IN RUSSIAN ID Loops

Moscow.-A rise of 12 feet in the
level Of the river Amur has caused
disastrous foods in the Nikolaviesk
region, where two native villages were
submerged, with the loss of 400 lives
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
oLlEE EALL auRlEs TWO

Port Jervis. N. Y.--Arthur Reynolds
and his 6-yearold niece were buried
alive and suffocated when a cliff they
we're climbing on the Delaware RiyO,
gave way.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-24
MISSOURI LEGISLATOR KILLED.


Centralia, Ill-C. D. Mitchell, 50, a
member of the Missouri State Legisla-
ture, and Dan Elliott, 40, both of East
Prairie, Mo. were killed, when an au-
tomobile in which they were riding
overturned at road crossing 16 miles
south of here. Three other riding in
the automobile were injured.