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New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
DR0PE l,OOO FEET, PARACHUTE OPENS
But Long Fall Does Not IniuTe
 AYiators at All

New York, March 23.--one thous- and foot jumps bS two army ayiators from airplanes at Mitchell field yes terday apparently disproved the be- lief that a person falling from a great height loses consciousness be- fore reaching the ground. Major William N. Hensley, commandant of the post. said the tests showed a per son in normal physical condition jumping from the Woolworth Tower would retain his senses until he reached the pavement.
 Staff Sergeant Randle l.. Bose and Corp. Arthur Bergo made the leaps in tbe tests. Equipped with para chutes, they jumped from Martin bombing airplane at 5000 feet. They descended about 1000 feet before pulling the cords which opened their parachutes and checked descent. Both said that at no time before they pulled the rip-cords did they feel their senses begin to leave them
 Lieut.. L. NJ. Elliott, parachute in- structor at the field, had directed Bose and Bergo to open their para chutes at the first sign that they were, losing control of their faculties.
 Bose on his first try plunged 1000 feet before opening his parachute, and on his second try had descend ed 800 feet before checking his drop. Bergo on his first try plunged 1000 feet, but on the second attempt in- advertently opened his parachute at 400 feet.
 Both said they breathed easily and that their main thrill was derived from the suddenness with which their headlong falls were checked by the opening of the parachutes After the tests. they were stiff and bruised where the parachute har- nesses were attached to their shoul- ders.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
Young Boy Frustrates
 Mothers Suicide Attempt

Chicago. March 23.-Mrs. Clara Storch, mother of four young chil- dren. was saved from death when her son, Martin, aged II, turned off the gas with which she had attempt ed suicide and summoned neighbors to revive her. The boy had been di- rected to put the younger three children to bed in another part of tho house.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
QUAKE IN PACIFIC

Washington, March 2S.-~A "se- verc' earthquake record yesterday on the seismographs at George town university, was estimated by Father Tondorf, in charge of the instruments, to have centered about $500 miles from Washington. prob- ably in the Pacific. The tremors be- gan at 4:02 D. m. maintained a maximum intensity from 4:S9 to 5:01, and subsided at g. m.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
Hungarians Find Funds
 For KarOlyi Missing

Now Brunswick, March 23. -- Charges were made last night at a meeting of 2,OOO Hungarians attend ed by Count Michael Karolyi, that all but s2S0 of a $3,SOO found col lected for his cause in 1914 had dis appeared. Joseph Nagy of New Brunswick, said that the fund was collected when the count visited the city in 1914 and that though none
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
Girl, Assaulted, Kills
 Herself in Hospital

Troy, March 2S.-Ruth NJ. Well, l7, died in the hospital here last night of poisoning from drugs self administered March after she had been attacked by two men in an auto mobile on the highway near this city. The alleged assailants, Edward Mori- arity and Fred Blair, both of this city, are being held for the grand jury charged with assault.
 According to the district attorney Miss Wells identified Moriarity and Blair when they were taken to her in the hospital last week.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
Japanese Govt. to Study
 U. s. Immigration Question

By The Associated Press.
 Tokio, March 23.-The Teikoku News Agency says in an article is- sued yesterday that as a result of of the report otthe special commits sion appointed by the foreign office to investigate the whole immigration problem, fin all future negotiations with America, the immigration ques- ton will be left untouched but sin- cere efforts will be made to get at the root of the problem"
 Continuing, the article says 1t is understood that Japan will not re- sort in the future to written protest or interpolation, hut will propose in- formal conversations regarding the most practical manner for promoting permanent Japanese American rela- tions.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
Telephone Operator Is
 Heroine. Saves Town

Mapleton. Minn., March 23.-Hero- ism of Miss Dora Simon, telephone operator, who remained at her post in a burning building to summon assistance from three nearby towns, saved the business section and prob ably the entire town from destruc- ton by fire which caused loss es- timated at s10O,0OO here yesterday.
 Two persons were injured.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
Mrs. GOmpers Will Not
 Contest Husbands Will

Washington, March eS.--Counsel for Mrs. Samuel ]. Gompers au- nouncod last night that her suit con- testing the, will of her husband which leaves her the minimum dow er right Of one-third under the Dis trict of Columbia law, would be withdrawn in court here somorrow.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
BOSTON NEEDS POSTCARDS

Washington Fails to Fill Order of
 10,000,000 to Relieve Shortage
 Boston. March 2S.--A serious shortage of postcards, which may
New Britain herald., 1925-03-23

of it was turned over to him, only s2SQ is left. Karolyi refused to com- ment on the charge. The committees in charge of the fund said it would welcome an Investigation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
URGES UNITED TEXTILE FRONT

bers follow these instructions, they
ire not violating their obligation.
1--WE regret that you feel as you do
coward our men who are simply car
wing out the contract they have with
the railroad company, but we have
never ordered our men off their en-
gines in similar cases and cannot con
sistently do so in this instance under
the law.
FraternalIy yours,
al. G. Griffing, c. C. e."
(Seal)
Grand international Division Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
This is the typical attitude of the
labor bureaucrats towards strikes.
And this undoubtedly would be en-
dorsed by President Mcmahon. Ap-
peals to these people are useless.
Labor's future fighting force must be
developed from the bottom. Griffing,
the grand chief engineer, like Stone,
Lewis, Mcmahon, and the others. has
been too long removed from contact
with working class life until his po-
sition of labor leader has become a
business, so that he feels a more har-
monious relationship with the en-
ployers than with the workers. The
letter above might have been written
by the secretary of any chamber Of
commerce.
In spite of all handicaps and the
lack of leadership, a united front is
being slowly formed. The textile in
dustry has been the scene Of many
bloody battles. Militant in the strug-
gle, their main weakness has been
their inability to hold their lines in
tact.
Men and women Of the textile in
dustry rally your forces to oppose
wage cuts, and demand an increase
in wagesl
Instead Of longer hours. shorter
hours!
Abolish the speed-up systeml
Abolish child labor!
Fight against the increasing unem-
ployment
Organize shop committees thruout
the textile industry
Away with your small craft unions.
Amalgamate. An industrial union of
workers against the Industrial union
of the bosses.
A united front Of all textile work
ers against the united front of the
textile barons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Wicks to Lecture
in Reading, Pa,
Tomorrow Night

READING, Pa, April LA most In
teresting and timely lecture on 1.-THE
Awakening OF American Labor" Is ar
ranged by local Reading Workers
Party for Friday, April 3, 5 D. m, at
the r. v. V. f. Hall, 612 Franklin st.
Comrade II. M. Wicks of New York
will be the lecturer.
Comrade Wicks Is well-known in
the American labor movement as a
MARKHAM student and splendid lecturer
and orator. He was formerly a mem
Der OF the central executive commit.
tee Of the Workers Party and editor
OF the Soviet Russia Pictorial. He Is
an active member OF the Topographic
cal Union and is thoroly acquainted
with the American as well as Europ-
can labor movement.
Admission is free and all workers
are invited to attend. This is the
first OF a series OF lectures to be ar
ranged by the Reading local OF the
Workers Party, dealing with the
American and International labor
movement 1
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
fContinued from page u

ACOAblAuCQ pa6C
letter to the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers and Railway Train
men, drew attention of these organ
ziations to the fact that $500 mill
workers of the American Thread com
pany were on strike resisting a 10
per cent wage cut, and that members
of these organizations were pulling
out cars from this company, thus
helping to defeat the strike. On be-
half of class solidarity he asked that
this be stopped.
The sanetlty Of Agreement.
The answer to this appeal we print
in full:
March Fl, 1925,
Grand Office,
Brotherhood Of Locomotive EngI-
neers,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Warren S. Stone, President.
L. G. GrIffing, Grand Chief Engineer.
Mr.. William Simons, District Organ
izer, Workers Party of America, P. o.
Box 1873, Willimantic, Conn.
Dear Sir and Brother:-We have
your letter Of the 18th wherein you
explain the strike of $500 mill work
ers Of the American Thread Co., which
you state, is protest against 10
per cent cut and note your reference
to members Of our organization pull
ing out cars with American Thread
company product and asking what we
are going to do regarding the matter.
I'm the first place, we have agree
ments with the railroad companies
and pride ourselves on the fact that
we have never yet broken a contract
and do not intend after almost IS
years.
Furthermore, the federal law de-
mands that railroad employees shall
transport all inter and intra state
commerce and you can readily appre.
ciate that If our members refuse to
haul goods manufactured by a plant
whose employees are out on strike, the
railroads would be idle a great part
of the time.
Where we are advised of legally
organized strike called by a recognize
ed labor organization, our members
are notified to continue performing
their usual duties but under no cir
cumstances take the place of strikers
or to do work formerly performed by
those out on strike and if our mem.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
AUTO TRUST IS
FORMED BY WALL
STREET BANKERS

NEW YORK, April IA New York
banking syndicate headed by Dillon,
Read and company, will acquire con-
troll of Dodge Brothers, Detroit auto
mobile manufacturing company, when
the final papers in the negotiations
are signed this week, it was learned
today.
In order to acquire this property,
the bankers crossed swords with Nor
gan interests, who were anxious to
annex it to the General Motors Co.
enterprises. The success of Dillon,
Read and company was due to the
fact that they offered cash, where the
Morgan bankers suggested the ex-
change of stock of General Motors
and affiliated concerns.
Contamination of the purchase Of
Dodge Brothers was expected to be
made the basis for another gigantic
merger of automobile manufacturers,
involving property worth $500, 900 900
and including the Packard Motor Co.,
Hudson Motor Co. and Briggs Body
corporation. It is understood that
about SIG, 100000 in cash will be
transferred to the Dodge Brothers
heirs in the closing of the deal. max
ing it one Of the largest single cash
transfers for an industrial unit in the
history of the country. The Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Co. is also interested
in the deal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
WAR ON DANGER
/. THAT THREATENS
FOREICN-BORN
Mass Meeting in New
York Friday Night
tspeeIaI q The DaIIy workers.

Especial TO The Daily Worker)
NEW YORK, April EVERY for
eign-born worker in the United States
is in danger owing to new law
The house of representatives has
passed Bill No. 11,796 which makes
it possible to deport any worker ac-
cused Of crime. This is new step
in American democracy" To be
sure there is constitution, to be sure
every American capitalist is proud Of
the Declaration of Independence, to
be sure unexpectedly the capitalists
have welcomed every foreign-born
worker who came to this country.
But things are different now. The
country faces severe labor struggles.
The decline of industry, the farming
crisis, the increasing competition OF
foreign countries, the surplus produc-
ton in American industry, all Of these
things indicate without a doubt that
the workers will be compelled to fight
against the coming wage cuts, longer
hours and worse conditions The
workers are not likely to submit.
Hence the government is forging
weapon to use against large part
of the working class Of the country
when the time comes. The foreign
born are among the best militants of
the country-both among the organ.
lied and unorganized workers. They
are not afraid of a Highland will not
stand back when the struggle is on
They are a menace to capitalist pow.
or. The new law will make it pos
sible for the government to hand any
obstreperous foreign-born worker over
to the immigration authoritarian
he will Immediately be deported.
Do the. workers intend to stand
this? Does the entire working class
of the United States contemplate ac-
cepting these new conditions-which
mean a splitting of the labor move
ment-something that the capitalists
always plan and bring about? The
workers must show their colors. The
Labor Defense Council has called a
meeting at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E.
4th ST., on Friday, April 3. at 8 p. m.
The speakers will be Comrades Vein
stone, Amter, Baron. Wexler, M. Ep-
stein, Fam. Workers come and pro
test against the new law. Organize
to protect yourselves against the new
terroristic methods Of the United
States government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
SHOPS IN
STORM AREA NOT.
TO Be REBUILT

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 1.L-Sus.
pending the rules today the senate
voted unanimously TO forward a reso-
luton TO officials Of the Mobile and
Ohio r. r. requesting that they re-
build storm destroyed shops at Muir
physboro, in presenting the resolution
Senator Harry Wilson, Pinckneyville,
said current rumors indicated the rail-
road company had decided TO rebuild
It's shops elsewhere.
Dr. Isaac Rawlings, state director
of public health, announced the spread
of scarlet fever in the storm area,
following reports that six ceases have
appeared. 80 3gcf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Join the campaign-get a subj
Forest FIre sweeps YeIIowa.one.

LIVINGSTON. Mont, April L.
Damage Of from 100000 to 100000
was the toll of the forest fire which
swept Mammoth Springs in Yellow.
stone National Park yesterday, ac-
cording to estimates today Of superln-
tondent F. Il. Kammermeyer. In addi-
ton to houses, repair shops and gar
ages, ninety.seven passenger auto
buses were destroyed by the conflag-
ration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03

of the workers, are being prostituted
by the capitalists to prolong their
regime OF exploitation.
The organization OF a national sys-
tenn for the rapid identification OF
criminals will be started by the Bell
Telephone company on Saturday,
when the Chicago. New York and San
Francisco police departments will be
hooked up for the transmission Of
"telepix" photos by telephone.
This latest invention. the photo
telephone, win be used TO broadcast
the pictures of criminals" all over
the country within a few minutes. 80
that private property may be pro
tected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Over Half Million
Dollars Appropriated
for State Army Camp

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April Tho
the capitalist politicians in session
here turned down the labor injunction
bill and the forty-eight hour bill, the
bill sponsored by the milltarists TO
appropriate s65O,OOO for the extension
and Improvement Of Camp Grant went
thru the senate appropriations com.
mittee like grape juice thru a prohibi-
ZIONIST.
Generals and officers appeared be-
fore the committee but their services
were not required.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Farmer Worries over Money.

LINCOLN, ILL.,, April 1.-The body
of Erwin A. Trefter, Logan county
farmer, was found at his home near
Pulaski today with a rifle bullet in
the forehead. He was believed to have
committed suicide since it was known
he had been respondent over illness
and financial difficulties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Bosses Use Masons
to Fight the Reds

NEW YORK, April THAT the
masonic order is used chiefly as q
tool OF the employers TO fight Com
munism was admitted at a meeting
OF the second masonic district asso-
citation of Manhattan, in the Hotel
Commodore.
Charles Johnson. senior game war
den, declared in addressing the meet
Ing. that II was the duty OF the ma
sons ito combat the spread OF Com
munism." Johnson objected TO the
recent meeting OF the Communists in
Madison Square Garden to celebrate
the 54th anniversary OF the Paris
Commune.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
SHIPPING BOARD SELLS
SHIPS FOR S25,OOO,OOO
LESS THAN FIRST COST

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 1.-The
shipping board has voted to sell the
governments five ships in the San
Francisco-Orient service, which cost
thirty million dollars, for S5,625,O0O.
The ships were voted sold at price
which is rs million dollars less than
their original cost and is millions less
than it would cost to construct them
at this time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Prosecute Negro Boy.

sHELBYvILLB, ILL.,, April Trial
Of John Howard Thomas, II, Negro
charged with the murder of William
Funkhouser, Nation, III. newspaper
employe, slowly dragged nearer to-
day as final efforts we're made to OBJ
tain four more Jurors.
The Negroes attorneys declare that
while he had a part In the staying,
Thomas was not guilty because Of
feeble mindedness which has afflicted
him Ance birth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Search for Lost AIrmen.

sEBRING, Fla. April 1. = Stuart
NOR, southeastern representative of
the Fairchild Flying corporation,
passed thru here early today enroute
to West Palm Beach, where he will
take charge Of the search for two
alrmen Of that corporation who have
been missing since Friday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Fix Rates on stone.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March Si--The
Illinois commerce commission today
authorized the Chicago and Eastern
railway TO effect rate OF 70 cents
ton on crushed stone and other ar.
ticles accepted at the same rate from
Thornton 10 Champaign and Urbana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
EIretrap School BURNS.

Fire in the grade school in Brook.
field endangered the lives Of the 45O
school children. The fire destroyed
the third floor. Some Of the children
were hit by flying embers, altho.
miraculously, none were seriously in
jured.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Head-on Crash.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, April L. Two
men and woman were killed and an
other man and another woman criti-
cally injured here early today when
their automobile travelling nearly 60
miles an hour crashed head-on into a
street car at st. Paul-Minneapolis in
tercity limits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
DENY Latest aTrotsky story.u

MOSCOW, April 1.-Soviet officials
semi-offcially denied today rumors
that Leon Trotsky had been slain and
his body destroyed. officials said
Trotsky, late Soviet commissar for
war, still was at Suchum continuing
his cure and had so far improved in
health that he was able to make
speeches and had written a book.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
German BUILDING Burns.

The German building, one of the
last remaining landmarks of the
world famous Chicago fair of 1892
was destroyed yesterday by fire Of
undetermined origin. The flames
had gained great Roadway when fire.
men reached the scene.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Railroads Absorb Buses.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April /. -
Indiana electric interurban railways
companies spread farther into the
field Of bus transportation as a supple
ment to traction service with the
announcement that the Interstate
Public Service company will buy the
J. & II. bus line between Indianapolis
and Franklin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
Killed In DestroyergBIast.

WILHELMsHAvEN. Gers.n April l..
-Four men were killed. today when
a boiler exploded aboard destroyer
in the harbor hero. fnN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
AS WE SEE 1T
BY 7. J. o'FLAHERTY.

CONTINUED from page u
both sides Of the Atlantic make him
out to be. Perhaps Cook cannot quote
the father of modern socialism as
glibly as an American S. L. P.-ite for
instance, but the coal barons Of Brit
ian would rather see a battalion OF
Snowdens, Hodges and MacDonalds
than a glimpse Of Cooks mustache.
Cook accused Hodges of playing the
employers game, Snowden jumped
into the fray-in the columns of the
capitalist press.
THINGS are happening in England,
4 events that should be followed
with close attention by the American
workers, particularly those who have
an international vision, and who real
lie that the world does not end at the
statue of liberty. The policies that are
considered cause for expulsion from
the American trade union movement
by our takers are accepted by some
of the leading figures in the ranks OF
labor in Britain. Two new weeklies
have come into existence there and
one monthly. One weekly is edited
by George Lansbury. The other is
Sunday paper, Cook and Kirkwood
and other progressives are on the edi-
torial staff.
BECAUSE the organs of the Amster.
II dam International are closed to
the trade union leaders who favor one
unified international, Purcell, Hicks
and Fimmen are getting out month
ly called: Trade Union Unity" This
magazine will fight the sabotagers Of
Amsterdam and the yellow socialists
who are opposing every effort to bring
the trade unions Of all countries into
one international. Honest British
trade unionists now admit openly
that the Red International OF Labor
Unions represented in the United
States by the T. U. x. L., is the great
est force in the world for labor unity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03
BIG CORPORATIONS AND POLICE
PROSTITUTE LATEST INVENTIONS
TO SAFEGUARD PROFIT SYSTEM

telephone by
police
property.
The Inventions instead OF being used for the bemen
kind the raising the standard of living
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-03

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Evening star., 1925-12-05
GARRETT BROTHERS.
PARDON AGAIN ASKED
Virginians Who Killed Preacher
Over Remark, Serving Four
and Five Years.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, December g.
Another move has been set afoot
to have Gov. Trinkle grant a pardon
to Robert o. and Larkin &. Garrett.
the Cumberland County business men
and bankers now in the penteptiary
for the murder of the Rev. T.. s.
Pierce some three years ago. Robert
was given five years and Larkin four.
both convictions being by juries drawn
from another section of the State.
The killing of the minister took splac ce
in his own yard. when the brothers.
both strong and active men, went to
the home and called him out. Larkin
Garrett engaged the preacher in a
fight and beat him severely. The
minister went into his home. in a
daZed condition, returning with a
weapon. Then the shooting took
revolverS.
The preacher had criticized public
affairs in the county, and it is claimed
that some reflection was made on a
lady in the family. Robert Garrett
was clerk of the county and Larkin
was 81 commissioner in chancery and
d member of the school board.
Gov. Trinkie today received a dele
cation of friends of the two men and
will consider the plea. The late
Richard +. Byrd. father of the next
governor, was leading counsel for the
State in the prosecution.