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New Britain herald., 1926-06-28
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New Britain herald., 1926-06-28

While rowing near the golf links of Killyhevlin, Ireland, recently Mrs. M, McManus saw four-foot pike in the rush, and after maneuvering the fish into shallow water, grasped and blinded it by putting her fingers into its eyes, then landed the 42- pound trophy.
, 1926-12-31
To Whom 1t May Concern:

Incident to the Falling over the bridge
into the river between Canoyanas and
Rio Grande, P. r on the 18th instant of
orc Of the special trucks loaded with 81
sacks and II pouches Of Virgin Island
mail which was thus completely water.
soaked resulting 10 the damage OF parcel
post packages addressed to parties in
Christiansted, Virgin Islands, it is Off
cially brought to attention that claims
for indemnity on registered, insured and
G. o. D. mail will be made in the regu-
lar way. Claims for damage to ordinary
mail as a result of this accident will be
made the subject of a special report to
the Department and may be submitted
BY the addresses on forms which will be
supplied at this office, completed to show
the name of each claimant, nature OF the
articles damaged, and the amount Of
value involved. Claimants will await
advices from this office after filing their
reports as these will not be forwarded
to the Department until all claims have
been received so as to be embodied IN
one report which may entail more than
the usual time for adjustment of claims.
u. S. Post Office, Christiansted, Y. l.,
December "a, 1926.
B. r. LARSEN, Postmaster,
, 1926-12-31
ubIicaci0r2.

IT is hereby made known that he
? Horse, Carriage and Boat Taxes
for tbe first half year 1872 sill tie
received in the Police Offices in
Christiansted and F~rederiksted from
January 10Th to February 10th,
1927, both days included, after
which time the list Of arrears will
be transmitted to the Director Of
Police for further measures.
Each debtor Of tax will be sub
iect to a fine of Fro. 100 if the tex
be under Frcs. $500 and Frcs. eco
if the tax be Frcs. $500, or above,
besides the ordinary levy expenses.
The tax lists viii be distributed
by the Police Department and
should be filled out in conformity
with the Ordinance of February z,
1853, and returned to the respec-
tive Police Offices within AZ hours
for the towns and 4 days for the
country districts.
Government OF the
Virgin Islands of the United States,
st. CroiX,
% December, 1926.
G. P. SHAMER,
DeSpatcbing Secretary
, 1926-12-31

Entered as second class matter May
26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian
sted, st. Cr0ir. V. /. of the y, S.. A. 1l-
der the Act of March 8. 1879.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

William Waechter, 76 years of age, who with his sons drove some of the first cattle across the White Pass into the KIondike during the gold rush of 1897, died at his home in Port An geles. #asA., recently. He is sur vived by his vi rec daughters and two sons. dang aghters. now mar ried, reside srDanks. The two sons comprise tho firm of Waechter Bros. well known Alaska business men.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27
On the Mend.

A young French alienist was show ing his father through the asylum in which he was employed. Pointing to a solemn-soeking individual, he said: "That man thinks he is Louis XVI"
 The young mans father was inter ested in such cases and he said he would speak to the unfortunate pri- vately; perhaps hescould help cure his delusion-
 He went, over and held the man in conversation for fifteen minutes. When he,returned he said:
 "He is getting along much better now; he thinks he's only Louis XIV" -Boston Transcript.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

A. A. Burglin, who conducts fox 1ranch near Seldovia, recently added to lhis breeding stock two pairs of dark .silver foxes, secured from the Camp Ibell and Jones farm at Palmer. H. salso secured ainv Toggenberg goats to supply milk for his young foxes.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

The masquerade ball given by Ia kotna Igloo of Pioneers last Saturday night was thoroughly enjoyable af- fair, large attendance being pres ent. Unmasking took place near the midnight hour, after which & most appetizing lunch was served Fol- lowing lunch the children of Takotna school rendered an excellent program of songs, dialogues and recitations, participated in by Misses Ellen Fred, Bessie Boyd, Mary Mclean, Margaret Clough and Joseph Oates, each one of whom played his or her part we'll, this feature of the evening being thor oughly enjoyed by the large gather ing. Following rendition of the school program, dancing was again in order, and continued until a ate hour, and 2a second night of dancing was neces- sary before all were satisfied
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27
Results of Seattie's
 Primary Election

Seattle, Feh. .24.-Tuesday's city primaries resulted in the renomina- tion of Mayor Brown and Mrs. Bertha K. Landes for the mayornlty, Mrs. Landes leading the field of six with 25,879; Brown, 24,807; Thomas J. L. Kennedy, 2O,167; John F.. Carroll, 6,7O2. A total of 80,235 votes were cast in the mayoralty primary, the largest vote in the history of the city.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27
Alaska Notes Gleapings From Territorial
 Exchanges.

Miss Helen Stipek, a former Nome girl, has made quite a name for her. self in the musical world, as evidenced by the following item clipped from :an Outside paper:
 Helen Stipek, the young San Fran ecisco organist, had thrilling experi- .ence while on her vacation in Los An ,geles. She went to hear Wesley Lord play the Roosevelt Memorial Park organ. said to be the mightiest in the world. On being told at the door that there would be no concert, as Lord was i'll, Roselle Frey, Miss Stipek's companion, said: Here's a perfectly good substitute So, says a letter from H. C. Witt,er, secretary of the Park Association, Miss Stipek took cover the console and gave g concert that pleased and thrilled her entire ,audience. Sine is the first lady ever permitted to play this great instru- ment, as it has been considered too great task for woman to success fully handle. Another account says tshe played for two hours without so much as piece of music to help lher."
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

The charcoal heaters installed in many of the freight cars on the Alas ka Railroad last summer and fall have worked very satisfactorily in maintaining even temperatures in the freight cars this winter. The charcoal is made in the Anchorage yard ovens from native birch, and compares fav- orably with the best made in the States. A few of the special heaters were purchased Outside, but the re- mainder were made in the railroad shops.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska, at Fairbanks, recently installed the fol- lowing officers for the year: George MeQuarrie, president; J. H. Groves. first vice president; Paul J. Rickert, second vice president; George Moody, secretary; George Hutchinson, treas urer; Robert E Sheldon, historian; Hiram Clark, chaplain; George Web Der, trustee5 William Furness, ser geant-at-arms; Joseph -Enos, door keeper.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

It was stated in the Seward Gate way last spring that the "Three Horsemen,' Smith. Alec and Papetos Nuka Bay quartz mine operators, had trained two mink, a male and fe= male, the animals becoming so do= lmesticated that they conducted them selves more like housecats than crea- ,tures of the wild. Now, it is reported
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

radio fan for the reason that other means of communication are at best very unreliable, the wires being down a great part of tn etime.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27
10 KILLED, SCORE INJURED IN TORNADO SWEEPING
 MISSISSIPPI. ARK ANSAS

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 26.-Ten per sons were killed and a score injured by a tornado which swept sChicot county, Arkansas, and Western Mis- sfssippi, last night.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

Owners of radio receiving sets and others interested in radio work in the Dawson district recently organized for the purpose of improving radio reception there and for the better ment of conditions generally. There are many enthusiasts in that part of the Yukon country, and if reception difficulties can be overcome virtually everyone in the district will become
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

Mike B1anusha, with two lady pas sengers, left Flat yesterday. on his way to Nenana-
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

that the mink family has increased from two to six, anl they make them selves perfectly at home. The antics of the mink family are the cause of much amusement to the miners, who say that watching the mink is as good as going to a circus. Smith and Alec are training the youngeranimals, and in this connection it might be of sci entifc worth to know that one of the mink will lay down at command, roll over like a dog, sit up on his launches, jump through a hoop and bark like a fox. In time the partners hope to make hard-rock miners out of the mink tribe.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

Without dissenting vote the Ja- 'neau chamber of commerce recently adopted 8 committee report recola- mending to the Alaska Game Com mission that the Taku River game sanctuary be abolished The report .stated that the committee had inyes- tigated conditions there and had ar rived at the conclusion thas no game sanctuary was necessary if the pres cent game laws are enforced.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27
He Deserved It.

"Sam. do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and noth- ing but the truth ?"
 "Ah does. sah." ' Well. Sam, what have you got to say for yourself ?" Hedge, wif all dem limitations you jes' put on nae, An don't believe An has anything to y."-Rochester Times-u Union.
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 Teaeher-Use the right verb in this sentence, The4 toast was drank in silence
 PupiHThe toast was ate in silence.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

J. Rogach, who has spent sixteen years prospecting for quartz between Vault creek and Pedro Dome, in the Fairbanks district, reports the uncov- ering of a rich ledge in the Ohio mine, on the divide between Spruce creek and Little EIdorado creek.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-27

Figures just issued by the United States Bureau of Fisheries shows a total salmon pack of 4,457 ,594 cases in Alaska last season (the basis of figuring being the equivaent of AS one-pound cans to the case.) The worlds salmon pack, compiled from Pacific Coast States, British Colum- bia, Alaska and Siberian figures, was 8,349,995, showing that the Territory furnished half the amount destined for universal consumption.
 Central Alaska figures are as fol- lows: 19,311 cases kings, 361,718 reds, 2,263 silvers, 402,961 hump backs, and 20O,270 chums, or total of 1,052, ,528-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
JAPAN RECEIVERS
FROM EFFECTS
OF EARTHQUAKE
Washington Reports on
Far East Rival
Especial to The Daily worksrl

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. = japan
has won her battle to recover her
commercial position, following the
earthquake catastrophe in 1923, and
last year saw the establishment of a
new record for foreign trade.
The department of commerce today
made public figures showing total ex-
ports from Japan in 1925 of $954,SS4,-
900 and imports of $1,054,9S9,O00. Elk
ports were OO,OOO,OOO greater than
in the spreceding year and imports
were up S4S000,O00.
As a result of the heavier increase
in exports the unfayorable balance
of trade was reduced from $155,942,-
600 in 1924, to S1O5,O55,OOO last year.
Completes Reconstruction.
A heavy drop in building material
purchases indicated that Japan vir-
tually has completed the reconstruc-
ton of its industrial plants many of
which were laid waste by the earth
quake.
The United States led as a purchas-
er of Japanese goods, having taken
about one-third of the country's total
export and ninety-hye per cent Of the
1851, 431 900 exports of raw silk.
From the United States Japan pur-
chased materials valued at $246,07S,-
export and ninety-five per cent of the
1924.
The United States Jared better in
the Japanese market than the Eur
opean nations. British trade having
dropped off q per cent; Germany Is
per cent and Belgian 60 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
Speed-up System in Factory c,
,' Hart, Schdfner and Marx Co.

standard of production in the press
ers' section. The union representa-
tive, Brother Izovitch, did not object
to these speed-up rates. He accepted
them without any protest. The union
officials must see that when a boss
puts out his own representative It will
naturally be to the boss own bene-
fit, The union deputy should look in.
to the matter and keep the bosses
from getting these enormous profits
thru greater exploitation of the work
ers.
The pressers in factory suffer
great deal. They only work from 4 to
5 hours day, because Of the increase
in production. They make on an aver
age of SIS to $50 week; in the slow
season they make even less. The
pressers in Factory c had a very
great loss in their standard of living
a raise in wages is cut in wages.
because a raise in production without
When the workers are forced to
speed, to rush all day long, their
health wears down in a very short
time. Every tailor knows how bad 1t
is in our industry.
g Many tailors are forced to apply for
help in charitable institutions, where
as the manufacturers are getting rich
err every day. And the speed-up sys-
tenn increases the army of unemploy-
ed in our industry.
We must call halt to the manufac-
turers as well as to the union official
dom, land demand the correction of
such unbearable conditions. Glass col
laboration brings us to degradation.
Let us have program based on class
struggle. Only then will we get the
better things of life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12

from our section brought forth a pro.
test from practically the whole shop,
The business agent, realizing that the
discharge is not the best thing that
could have been done, made other ar
rangements whereby those two work.
ers were reinstated.
Justice" From Bureauerats.
This is a sample Of the justice that
we workers get from our union off,
cials. The most active and fighting
workers Of the shop and union are al
ways threatened with the loss of their
jobs and the membership is being ter
orized in one way or another.
Need Fighting AmaIgamated.
What we need is a good, strong,
healthy, fighting union. To get this
we must fight against the making of
such deals with the bosses without the
consultation of the workers evolved.
We must fight the bosses in the shop
as we used to do in years past. We
want strong, healthy, fighting Anal
gamated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
STEEL TRUST
DECLARES HUGE
TOLL OF PROFITS
1925 Profits Greatest
Since War Time

Profits, profits and more profits.
Each day the financial sections of the
press are filed with corporation state
ments for 1925 which belle the claim
that profit margins are narrowing. If
1925 profits are narrow, nothing short
of excess war profits. will satisfy the
voracious profiteers.
u. S. Steel is just out with it's state
ment showing a profit of $42,2S0, 465
for the last 3 months of 1925. This
brings the years profit of Gary's trust
to $165, 1SS,O9 Outside of the 3 years
1916-191S, in which the war gave the
steel barons an unexampled oppor-
tunity to rock their fellow citizens,
1926 profits have been exceeded only
twice in the corporations history.
$12.s2 in Watered Stock.
The 1925 profit means return Of
$12S2 a share on the S5OS,OOO,OOO
common stock This common stock
originally represented no real invest
ment. Its value today is entirely due
to the reinvestment of exorbitant pro-
fits in previous years.
Bethlehem SteePs 1925 profit
amounted to sSS,9sS,742. This is an
increase Of nearly s5,0OO,000 over
1924 tho the company did about $780,
100000 less business. In other words
the workers are getting a smaller
share of the money the public pays
for their products.
Bethlehem Pays 1879.
The return per share on common
stock is reckoned at $3.50. But this
the return on original in
vestment. In 1917 Bethlehem Steel
declared 20O5 stock dividend to
cover up the excessive profits Of the
war period. The i1916 profit was at
the rate Of 1867 on capital stock. The
profits Of the years 1916-191S totaled
3 times the par value of the capital
stock in 1916.
Reckoned on the original invest
ment the 1925 profit means a return
OF nearly 1917. No wonder Charlie
Schwab beams optimism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12

informs the farmers that he has got
a Doodle Bug" which is a human
being that discovers oil by the very
simple process of being able to smell
it or feel it, the moment that he walks
over the ground, under which the oil
is in existence. This fact was related
to me by one of his operators, who
maintained very serious face while
he was telling it to me.
Townley declares to the farmers
that by means OF this Doodle Bug"
he is in a position to make a sure
thing out of the oil business. AS far
as could gather, outside of Town
ley, the only person who has seen
this marvellous Doodle Bug" is Henry
Tiegan Of Minneapolis, the former
secretary of Magnus Johnson.
Hands Out Personal Notes.
Townley tells his audience that he
is in need of 1.-The money" He asks
the farmers to stake him on his
Doodle Bug" He tells them that in
return for the money he will issue a
personal note. which he says, lis
not worth the paper that it is written
on" But" says Townley, "it is as
good as putting your money in an
l. V. A. bank"
Now, says Townley, III we strike
oil, then all of you will be millionaires
with myself and my notes will be
good But If lose then all of you
lose" Just how Townley can lose in
a deal of this kind is not clear to any
one who can put two and two To-
gether.
According to Townleys' agents, they
have collected about 100000 from the
farmers on this proposition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
MASSACHUSETTS
.EMPL OYMENT Is
7 PCT. UNDER | 1914
Wages Decrease in Many
Factories
BY LELAND oLDs.

Federated Press staff correspondeup
A decrease from November of abou
u of l per cent in employment and
total wage payments is shown in the
December report Of the Massachusetts,
department of labor covering factory
operations in the state. This leaves
the level of employment 2 per, cent
above December 1924, but the previous
year ended with an upward trend.
Employment in Massachusetts is
still S.3 per cent below December
1928 and more than 81 per cent short
Of the high mark attained during the
war years. 1t is nearly per cent
below the average for 1914.
The outstanding break in employ
ment in December came in the boot
and shoe industry which laid OF IL
per cent Of the workers employed in
November. Altogether there were p
industries reporting decreased en-
ployment. reporting no change, and
16 reporting slight gains.
About two-thirds of the workers en-
ployed during December we're in plants
on full.time schedules. This represents
little change compared with Novem-
Der but a moderate gain compared
with December 1924 when only 57.4
Of the workers we're on full-time.
The average Of weekly earnings was
S2432 as in November which COM
pares with s2423 in December 1924.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12

The central executive committee
Of the Workers Party thru its gen.
eral secretary, c. {. Ruthenherg is
sued the following statement:
The aequittaI of Richard Ford,
one of the chief victims Of the Cali
fornla capitalists should encourage
the working class to make new et-
forts for the release Of all class war
prisoners. California, heralded by its
ruling class as the golden state" is
in reality the blacklist state in the
union for the workers.
California Is universally notorious
for its brutal persecution of labor.
II is the golden state of the open
shop and the frame-up. The con-
spiracy against Mooney and Bill
lngs; the falling of scores Of !. w.
WIS under the Infamous criminal
syndleaIlsm law, the life lmprison-
ment Of Mcnamara, Kaplan and
Schmidt and the persecution OF
Anita Whitney demand redress.
The Workers Party urges It's
members and the entire work
ing class to support the information
al Labor Defense in its fight to free
all the victims Of capitalism in Cali
fornia and elsewhere and to help
wipe the laws against freedom Of
speech, press and assemblase off
the statute books.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12

70 snow oil. His appearance upon
the spot was well timed with the
alleged flow of oil. This sort Of an
oil trick is not new, as students Of
the confidence game are well aware.
Prepares Scene for Suckers.
After locating on a site two miles
away from the town pump, which
showed flow of oil. according to the
tales Of Townley's confederates, he
built a crew operating for oil. This
made things look better,
Then Townley sent out stan of his
men all Of whom were his organizers
in the old league days to catch the
suckers.
They we're familiar with all the
farmers in the various districts, who
still believed that Townley was on
the square. The first question that
these slickers put to the farmers was:
do you believe in Townley?" If the
answer was in the affirmative, then
the farmer was loaded into car and
taken to the coil welP at Robinson.
If the reply was in the negative. the
paid agents of Townley left the farmer
alone.
i faithful" Get In.
The Faithful were gathered in
the barracks, to which there is only
one entrance and that is heavily
guarded. 1t is also enclosed by a
high wall, and mass of barbed wire
threatens the intruder who tries to
climb over. The farmers are i'm
pressed with the fact that no /. v. A.
(enemies of the league when it -four
ished) are permitted to enter the
guarded portals of the "oil we'll"
Townley then proceeds to let the
farmers in on the ground floor. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
Building Laborers
Joining the Union
at Warren, Ohio
ey a Worker cOrrespondent

WARREN, o., Feb. 10 = An effort
to organize the building trades labor
ers, is being made in Warren and
Judging by the results of a recent
meeting good progress is being made
for workers are in very encouraging
way.
The common laborers in the mills
here in this valley are not organized
and the highly skilled iron and steel
workers pay but little attention to
them and If they are to demand a
living wage it is up to the workers
who labor long hours in the mills to
get busy and organize themselves into
union of laborers and thus be in a
position to demand their rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-12
BY NELLIE HALPERIN.
Worker CORRESPONDENT.


LIVERY thinking clothing worker
- knows that we cannot stop the in
PRODUCTION of machinery in the cloth
ing industry, any more than in any
other industry.
It is the duty of the union deputy
to see to it that whenever machinery
is introduced, the workers conditions
should at least remain the same, If
not become better than they formerly
were. We all know that the introduc-
ton and perfection of machinery in
creases the productivity of labor. In
the present society the boss derives
the full benefit of the increased pro-
duction. The reactionary union Off
cialdom give the bosses a free hand
in increasing exploitation by their
class collaboration policy.
About a year and a half ago the
bosses introduced machines in the
pressers' section of Hart, Schaffner
& Marx, Factory C. Formerly, by
hand, the standard was IL coats in
eight hours At present, by machine,
they are compelled to press IS coats
in eight hours. If they don't produce
this number their wages are locked.
In some lines of production the ma
chine will produce the work faster,
but in the pressers' line it takes prac-
tically the same amount OF time, be-
cause they want the coats we'll press
ed, so the workers have to rush all
day long to finish their full amount
Of work.
This rate was. accepted after the
boss had chosen an examiner, "pace
maker" and the number of coats he
could press in an hour, became the