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Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
FORD SAYS IT'S
UP TO SHIPPING
BOARD TO ACT
by United Press Leased Wire

DETROIT, Mich, May 15.-Henry
Ford feels that the next move i'll the
negotiations whereby he might pur-
chase 400 steel ships from the Unit
ed States Shipping Board is up to
the board, it was revealed today.
Although officials of the Ford
Motor Company were extremely re-
tieent and refused to divulge just
how far the negotiations have gone,
Ford s personal spokesman was very
emphatic in declaring that cit s up
to the shipping board" The inn
preston given out at Ford s Dear
born offices was that no offer for
the fleet had been made-that the
shipping board was to state what 1t
wanted for the ships. When that
step has been taken then serious
negotiations may be started.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
FIVE MEN GIVEN
PRISON TERMS
IN SINGLE DAY
New Record Is Set When
Four Found Guilty
Here

Four men convicted of felOnies in
one day was the new record hung
up in the superior court yesterday,
all of those convicted being sentenc-
ed to prison terms at San Quentin.
Threee men included i'll one trial
Pedro Ramos and Jose Monterez
being found guilty of first degree
burglary, assault with deadly
weapon and carrying concealed
weapons. The third man, Jose
Rodriguez, was convicted Of carry
ing q concealed weapon and assault
with a deadly weapon, the evidence
not being sufficient to prove him
guilty of burglary.
Ramos was sent to prison for
from one to five years on the con-
cealed weapon charge, not less than
five years on the burgalry charge,
and was fined $500 on the assault
with a deadly weapon charge. Mon
terez received the same sentence as
Ramos. Rodriguez was sentenced to
prison for from one to five years on
the concealed weapon charge and
was fined $500 on the assault
charge.
The three men were taken to
San Quentin prison this morning by
Deputy Sheriffs Flave Kemp and
Kirt Oswalt, and Captain Art Leo
nard of the state traffic depart
ment, who is also n deputy sheriff.
The fourth man to be convicted
was Primitive Moya, charged with
lewd and lascivious conduct to-
ward a minor girl. 1t took less than
five minutes for the jury to bring
in verdict against Moya. He was
sentenced to serve not less than one
yeW in San Quentin prison. No
mSxinum was fixed in the case,
Is that Moya is certain to serve a
Tong term.
Ramos, Rodriguez and Monterez
robbed house in FL Centre on the
morning of March so, and were cap
tured' near Heber after running
gun battle with Il posse of officers.
To round out the day, Judge Cole
imposed sentence of from one to
Is years on j. Jones, convicted
Tuesday of second degree burglary.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
Woman Dies In
Dentists Chair

LONG BEACH, May 15.--An in
formal verdict of accidental death
was returned by authorities today
in the case of Mrs. Theodore Hem
sen, SO, who died in a dentist 3
chair. Mrs. Hensen collapsed short
w after receiving an anesthetic ~
the office of DR.. G. G. Burbank.
Two hours work by the inhalator
crew of the fire department failed
TO revive her.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15

SACRAMENTO, May 10. - A
night of strict vigilance and n
morning of painstaking search fail
cd to disclose any further trace Of
Joe Tanko, San Quentin killer,
whose partner, Floyd Hall, was
captured last night in Sacramen-
to lodging house. More than n
score of reports that he had been
located were received by the police
and sheriff's departments during
the morning but all proved TO be
false alarms or cases of mistaken
identity.
At 9:30 n. IN. the manhunt was
practically at n standstill, despite
the combined efforts of ESQ Officers
and hundreds of citizens, ex.serv-
ice men and city firemen.
Hall was being held practically
:ncommunicado in the city jail pend
ing questioning by ]. J. Henderson,
the district attorney. Chief of
Police Bernard MeShane refused
everyone permission to see the %
year old youth who, with Tanko ter
state for more than 4 month.
This morning Hall was taken to
the Identification bureau, where he
was photographed and finger print
records made. He was again ques-
toned as to the possible where
abouts of his pal, but continued sill
ent.
Detective Captain Harry Desen-
fants is the only police officer who
has talked with Hall, other than
Chief MeShane. He declares Hall
LAYS the success Of the two despe-
radoes in evading the police to
"pure luck"
1--WE hadn't the slightest idea Of
where we were going when you had
us on the run in Placer county n
couple Of weeks ago. 1t was moth
ing but pure luck that we ever did
get away from the posses at Ne
vada City," Descendants quotes the
captive as having declared.
What is regarded as an impor-
tant admission was gained by the
police from Hall today with re-
spect to the shooting of Patrolman
Clyde Num-.
"You almost killed one of our
men," Descendants told Hall during
the questioning.
eyes, I understand we did, ~ the
bandit replied.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
Former Official
OF Klan Faces
A Murder Trial
ny United Press Leased Wire

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May l5.-
d. C. Stephenson, former grand
dragon of the Indiana Ku KluX
Klan and his two aides, Earl Klenck
and Earl Gentry, will stand trial on
a murder charge for the death of
Miss Madge Oberholtzer, a young
educational worker. This was made
certain today when the trio, stand.
ing before Judge Collins in criminal
court, entered pleas of "not gull
,tyD to the charges against them.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
Silent Man Is
Found Insane

Following an insanity hearing
conducted this morning by Drs. l..
C. House and c. S. Brooks. Juan
MARTINEZ was adiudged insane and
was committed by Judge Cole to
the state asylum at Norwalk.
Martinez was unable to give any
information about himself, refus-
ing to answer questions put to him
by Dick Cohen, superior court in
terpreter, On one or two occasions
he nodded his head in reply to ques-
tions, but all attempts to make him
talk proved unsuccessful.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
One DIES, MANY
HURT IN CRASH

WINDSOR, Ont, May 10 Ono
woman was killed and 10 other wo-
men and two men were injured,
some seriously, early today when
switch engine struck a motor bus
Mt an umguarded crossing.
The bus was filled with a party
returning from a lodge initiation.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
SMALL BOY SHOOTS
SELF ACCIDENTALLY

SAN LUIS OBrSPO, Calf, May
15.-Frank Heivling, IA, will re-
cover, although 1913 small shot, fired
from distance of one foot, were
taken from his abdomen. He drop
ped the gun while hunting.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
LONE FUGITIVE IS STILL PURSUED
Hall Captured,
Tells Damaging
Tale TO Police
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
SACRAMENTO, May 15.--
Floyd Hall, captured San Quel-
tin fugitive, has admitted
enough to definitely Link him
self and Joe Tanko, his partner,
with the shooting Of Joe Litz-
berg, local merchant, Chief Of
Police Bernard McShane declar-
ed this afternoon.
McShane and several Of his
officers talked with Hall for
more than two hours in an ef-
fort to find out the movements
of the murderers following
their escape from the state
prison.
Warrants charging murder in
the Litzberg case were filed
with the district attorney this
morning. The warrants were IS
sued a few days following the
fatal shooting.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
Daughter of Late
Franklin X. Lane
Granted Divorce
By United Press Leased Wire

san FRANCISCO, May 10
Mrs. Nancy Lane Kaufman, daugh-
ter of the Ete Franklin X. Lane,
former secretary of the interior,
was divorced here late yesterday
from Philip C. Kaufman. She
charged desertion.
The decree was granted within
half an hour after the petition was
filed in superior court.
The couple married in Washing
ton in 1920. Alimony of 500 a
month was allowed with $3.50 for a
four year old son.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED

NEW YORK, May 15.-An earth
quake of moderate intensity, endur-
ing for 40 minutes, was recorded on
the seismograph at Fordham Uni
vorsity between 8 and 9 a. m. to-
day. The shocks were estimated to
bo at a distance of 1900 miles, pos
siblv in the Aleutians Islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
AMERICAN
At Cleveland

At Cleveland
Boston 100 2l3 000- : II ,
Cleveland 102 030 22X-10 16 l
Quinn, Ross, Ehmke and Picinich,
Heving; Shaute, Lowell, Specie and
Myatt.
At Chicago
New York POP 600 002-6 6 6
Chicago 003 600 Oils 7 3
Jones, Uoyt and Schang, Ben
cough; Blankenship, Cyengros, Con
nally and Schalk.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
GAMES TODAY
National

National
Cincinnati at New York, clou-
dy.
st. Louis at Brooklyn, cloudy.
Pittsburgh at Boston, rain.
Chicago at Philadelphia, clou-
dy.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
y. BOX.
COR, .

(As received over leased wire up to
8 o 'clock)
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15

American
New York at Chicago, clear.
Philadelphia at Detroit, clear.
Boston at Cleveland, clear.
Washington at st. Louis, clear.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
At BROOKLYN

st. Louis 0O2 GIL 600 10 g
Brooklyn 302 100 20x-S 10 .
Dyer, Haines, Stuart, Sherdell and
Schmidt, Gonzalez; Rush, Grem,
Hubbell and Deberry.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-15
NATIONAL
At PhilaClelOhia

At Philadelphia
Chicago 900 l2l 000-4 10 4
Philadelphia 4O1 010 2Ox-s II =
Blake, Jacobs, Jones and Hart
nett; Belts, Knight and Wilson.
Pittsburgh at Boston, no game,
rain and wet grounds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
Los Angeles Juniors
Force Public Schools
to Recognize May Day
BY WIN. scHNEIDERMAN.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, May 21.-
The Juniors of Los Angeles are jubil-
ant over their first school victory
when they forced the school authori-
ties to recognize May Day as a legi-
innate holiday for working class
children. Nearly one hundred and
fifty Juniors had observed May Day
by staying out of school and celebrat-
ing with a big outing. Two schools
especially, where the Juniors are well
organized, attempted to severely pun
ish the children and refused to recog-
nize their parents request that they
observe May Day.
In the Hollenbeck High School, 20
children were given severe punish
ments which included two weeks after
school detention, dement's, etc. I'M
mediately the Young Workers League
got busy and organized parents pro-
test meeting, and a parents commit
tee went to the principal of the school
and presented a resolution demanding
the withdrawal Of the punishment,
and threatening to make an issue OF
it in the coming election campaign.
The principal informed them that the
matter was in the hands Of the board
Of education. thereby admitting that
he was merely acting as a tool OF the
capitalist politicians who control the
education of workers children. He
admitted to the committee that these
twenty-nine Juniors who were being
punished for their courageous sup
port Of the working class were the
brightest students in the school.
Evidently the principal was i'm
pressed by his first contact with real
working class solidarity, for the next
day, the punishments we're completely
withdrawn. The parents and the
Young Workers League were inform
cd OF their victory just as they were
preparing to present protest resolu-
lions TO every local union in the city
which recognized May Day.
In the Malabar School, over As chill
dren had stayed away on May Day,
and they had also been punished with
dement's and threats. The principal
of this school had gone into a rage.
threatened the Juniors with dire pen
alties, stormed and fumed. and told
the children that they all ought 70 be
shipped to Russia. But the Juniors
stood their ground, and when another
parents committee visited the princi-
pal with the same protest resolution
and the same demands, he had 10 sing
different tune. After conference
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
Letter From Russian Railway Worker

ITO keep up your energy which you
l. need in the continuous struggle
against the capitalist exploiters, will
tell you something about our life, the
life of the working class in the u.
s. S. r. and l can vouch for the YER
acity of my statement.
Comrades. l am railwayman and
the assistant OF the station master in
"Savintzy" on the Donetz Railway
We work In four shifts, the number
Of hours per month is 1872 and no
more. The monthly wage is IS roub-
les which is gradually increased In
accordance with the increase OF the
productivity of labor. 1t is true that
the housing crisis here Is very acute.
But the housing cooperative societies
have already done much in this direc-
ton, and new workers settlements
spring up as the result OF every build
ing season. Social insurance is on a
satisfactory basis: on the birth OF
child the local insurance fund gives
TO the mother 10 roubles and so cop
eks (prior TO the roubles) and 3
roubles per month for the child. Un.
employed members OF trade unions
receive TO 10 roubles month ac-
cording TO family conditions. This is
a considerable help. We get regular
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
Entire Families Work
Ia Hours Daily Under
Dawes Plan in Germany

BERLIN, May alderman home
workers in the toy, artificial flowers
and clothing industries and their
compensation was the subject OF a
talk delivered by Professor Heyde,
president Of the Society of Social Re-
forms at an exhibition of home work
products. The exhibition comprised
all those trades and industries which
in the rural sections of Germany en-
ploy entire villages and larger COM
munities in the making Of toys, labels,
feathers, flowers and embroideries.
Wages are so low that wooden box
makers are paid at 2h pfennigs an
hour Those engaged in the cutting
of leaves, the cumming of petals and
the assembling of entire flowers in
the flower industry receive ~ pfen-
nigs an hour.
The homes of these workers were
more than heaps OF ill-assembled
bricks comprising one room In which
they work, sleep cook and live. Con-
ditions in Thuringia are so bad that
workers with their wives and chill
dren have to put in IA hours of hard
work each day in order to avoid star
walton.
Wage Slaves Amuse Clothing Bosses
The convention OF the Information
al Association OF Garment Manufac-
turers, now meeting in the Hotel La
Sale, made their employees put on
style show for the amusement OF the
bosses present and awarded "certi.
hactes Of merits" to the employees dis
playing the most bizarre clothing
styles. The certificates, one manu-
facturer explained, cost nothing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23

ly every year fortnights holiday and
free railway and steamship tickets,
wherever we like to go.
The trade union movement-the
surest way to socialism--is develop
ing rapidly. Trade unions derive
their funds from fees calculated at
the rate Of 2 per cent OF the wages
OF It's members. There are great ach.
ievements to record on this field. For
instance three years ago trade union
membership in the U. S. s. r. was
only few hundred thousand. Now
there are millions of trade union
members. Our vanguard-the Rus
sian Communist Party (Bolshevik) is
also growing in strength and numbers
and is progressing slowly but surely.
Every year brings hundreds OF thou.
sands OF new forces into its ranks.
Interlopers are ruthlessly cleared out
by the party. In this manner all the
healthy elements OF our country are
drawn gradually into constructive
work. The country is steadily re-
covering. Our main slogan now is:
Down with everything that is de.
cayed, and make way for everything
that is healthy.
With Communist greetings,
Workers Correspondent No. 1875.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23

purpose or this arrest Is the organiza-
ton on a new anti-Bolshevik trial
For the same purpose in Pinsk and
Kobinya 80 persons have been ar
rested
Children are not allowed to receive
instruction in their mothers language.
The population OF the village Prud
of the district Slonim established their
own White Russian school. This did
not please the local authorities. The
police called the teacher Rapontchik
to their office and demanded from her
written promise that she would give
the children no instruction in the
White Russian language. For refusal
of this demand the teacher was ar
rested
Sentences Against Labor Editors.
The district court in Warsaw SEN
fenced the editor of the Ma Perelome,
Marian Kozentzky, to two years Of
prison for publication of an anti
state" article with criticism of the
comments of the Polish bourgeois
press at the occasion of the protest
movement OF the state officials Of Po-
land against white terror.
At the same time news reached us
that the district court in Sosnovetz
sentenced the former editor of the
radical organ Molot, Sawadsky, to four
years hard labor. In order to make
the sentence more convincing" the
editor was furthermore accused of
distribution of Communist leaflets in
the coal mines Paris" in Bendsin
and of membership to the local relief
committee for the support Of the starv-
ing Russian population in 1922. In
the trial number of police agents
and spies. appeared as witnesses.
Soldiers BrutalIy Maltreated
Under this impressive title we read
in the paper Nash Psheglend: I'm the
battalion of Colonel Schuster the SOL
diers are brutally maltreated. For
the least offense they are sentenced
to barbarian corporal punishment, are
beaten in their faces, etc. In the let
ters of the soldiers to their families
facts are mentioned which are I'M
heard Of. Some soldiers have been
driven to such despair that they have
committed suicide"
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Women Workers Protest
Against Persecution
of the Foreign-Born

NEW YORK, May I'll A protest
mass meeting will be held on Friday,
May 29, at p. m, at the Workmen's
Circle Building, 143 e. 103rd ST., to
protest against the new deportation
bills now before congress. If this
bill is passed, every foreign-born
worker will be exposed to deportation
upon the slightest pretext. This means
decided threat against the foreign
born workers and an attack on the
wages, living conditions of the for
eign-born and native workers. If
they protest against such conditions,
they will be considered undesirable
and be deported.
1t is in the interest Of all men and
women workers to see to 1t that this
mass meeting is we'll attended. The
speakers will address the meeting in
English and liddish. They will be
William Weinstone, Of the Interna-
tional Workers Aid, Ben Lifschitz of
the Freiheit and Workers Party of
America, Rose Nevin, the well-known
worker in the labor movement; Kate
Gitlow, secretary of the United Coun-
Gil of Working Glass Women; Sonia
Diamond, member of the executive
committee OF the United Council Of
Working Glass Women; will preside.
This meeting is one Of a series Of
meetings arranged by the United
Council of Working Glass Women.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
SCOPES HELD FOR THE
GRAND JURY ON CHARGE
OF TEACHING SCIENCE

DAYTON, Tenn, May 2t.-A spe-
cial session of the Rhes county
grand jury was called for Monday
to indlet J. r. Scopes, teacher In
the local high school, for violation
Of the state law prohibiting the
teaching Of evolution.
Following his plea Of not guilty
in a Justices court here, Scopes
was bound over for action by the
grand jury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
new YORK FOOD
WORKERS BUILD
UP Their UNION
Unorga nized Voice a
Readiness to Fight
BY Arthur Smith

NEW YORK CITY, May 20.-An
impressive demonstration of the will
ingness Of unorganized workers to
fight for the betterment Of their con-
ditions was given at the Bryant Hall
meeting last Thursday by the hun
dreds Of unorganized workers of the
the Hotel and Culinary Industry. They
eagerly listened to the words of the
speakers, most of them participants
Of our past struggles. The first call
to battle by the Hotel and Restaurant
Workers Branch was responded to
the non-union workers with an unex-
pectedly good lineup.
Old Bryant Hail. mute witness to
many great struggle of the hotel
and culinary workers, was filled al
most to capacity. Union and non
union workers cheered and boo-ed
unitedly whenever the occasion called
for It. Comrade Gitz after a brief
opening address, introduced Comrade
Obermeyer as the first speaker.
Voices From the Kitchens
Obermeyer is waiter by trade
and one Of the old and loyal fighters
of our union. His description of the
miserable conditions prevailing in
the industry made all feel the Unjust
ice of it.
AS the meeting progressed groups
Of workers were still pouring in. The
smell of un-ventilated kitchens and
dining rooms was still lingering about
them giving taste of reality to the
words of Comrade Mobile, describing
the merciless exploitation of the
workers in the culinary industry.
Their faces yet perspiring from a
long days hard labor, Just fitted into
his words as living examples. Com
rade Mobile is cook. He spoke in
French.
Rank and File Ready to Fight
There were speeches in Italian.
and some more in English. But what
marked the climax of the meeting
were the simple words uttered by
some workers of various open-shop
hotels and restaurants. Are we to
endure for the rest of our lives every
day, IL long hours of labor, under
most rigid supervision and unbear-
able working conditions? Shall the
bosses and their lieutenants forever
continue to suck out every ounce
Of our strength and energy every day?
Mo-! Now Is our chance. If we only
stick together we'll surely win" that
was the essence of the words of all of
them. They pointed out that condi-
lions have changed and today the
men in the open-shops are willing to
fight.
This sentiment expressed by re-
representatives. of the unorganized
masses carried significance in itself;
1t was a declaration of war against
the open-shop bosses.
Then Brother Glassman took the
floor and soon was followed by Chair
man Gitz who made a few explain
atory remarks on the question of
abolishing the tipping system.
The Demands of The Workers Are:
The complete adjustment of the
tipping system;
Eight hours work, straight watch;
our minimum weekly wage scale:
$50 for cooks and walters;
$3S for commits;
$50 for busboys and blue jackets.
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Of over an hour with the committee
he realized that he was bucking up
against a real organized force that
could make things unpleasant for him
II they made an issue Of the matter
before working class parents. He
finally decided to give in, and the
children were immediate re-instated
without any punishment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23
POLISH WHITE TERROR TORTURES
SOLDIERS, JAILS WORKERS AND
,PERSECUTES SCHOOL CHILDREN

WARSAW
continues According
the latest
the
police.