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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18
TWO FASCISTS
ARE KILLED BY
THEIR OWN BOMB
Premature Explosion of
Bomb Gets Blackshirts

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Prominent
anti-fascists in New York charge that
an explosion that wrecked an auto
mobile and killed two men on 116th
street and First avenue was the result
of the premature defamation of bomb
that the fascists were about to throw
at an anti-Mussolini meeting on the
corner.
Two Fascists Killed.
The two men were members Of fas-
cist organizations. Alfredo di Nardo
was secretary of the Harlem and
Bronx branch of the fascist league OF
North America. Frank opposite, the
second man who persisted, was also a
Fascist organization member.
Police Seek to "cover Up"
The police department says the car
was wrecked by an explosion of its
gasoline tank, but the anti-fascists
point out the absence of fire and the
spread sidewalks and downwards of
the explosion. They charge the police
are attempting to conceal the causes
and protect the fascists.
Threaten Speakers.
Carlo Tresca, an eyewitness of the
explosion, tells a remarkable story.
The night before the meeting a voice
over the telephone said: you people
tried to kill Mussolini. We're going to
get our revenge tonight"
Tresca and his friends went on with
the meeting plans despite the threats
and despite the fact that a meeting
on the same spot three weeks before
was broken up by the police who
sided with fascist hoodlums that had
started stoning the speakers.
Third May Die.
The meeting began tn night after
Tresca received the warning. Luigi
Puintilliano was speaking, when there
was terrific explosion in an automo-
bile in the street a short distance
away. Quintilliano was hurled from
his open air platform and the audi
ence was tossed about. The car was
wrecked; ore man was dead, another
dying, and a third, Joseph Pacciocco,
so badly injured that his life is still
despaired Of
The anti-fascists are convinced that
bomb, carried by the men in the
car, went on for some reason before
it could be pitched at the platform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

HAzELHURST, Miss. (FP) -
Hazelhurst is experiencing another la
Dor exodus as scores of Negroes leave
for the Delta, where s1.35 per hundred
is promised for picking cotton, with
free transportation and board. Wages
for farm labor in this section are
very low.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18
AID FIood.strIeken cItIes.

KANSAS CITY, Kans., Sept. 16. -
Kansas today was taking care OF food
sufferers while the crest OF yester.
days wall of water spread thru north
eastern Oklahoma, after claiming
eight lives.
This city, Topeka and larger cities
OF Kansas were collecting funds and
sending aid to Burlington, Neosho
Falls and Madison which we're almost
wrecked by high waters from the
Neosho, Cottonwood and Verdioris
rivers. The damage estimated at from
$4,000 900 to 100000.
Send The DAILY WORKER for one
rnonth to vnttr nhon-noate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

Why not small bundle Of The
DAILY WORKER sent to you regular
Iy 70 take to your trade union neeting7
Evening star., 1926-04-03
Subventions to Cities.

Not only does the Nation expend
millions toward which the District
makes substantial contributions) upon
the States without permitting the Dis
trict to share in this distribution. but
the States land counties) spend mil
lions upon their great cities in sub
ventions. The national contribution
for Capital upbuildins ia refund of
about one-half of the Districts cur
rent contribution in Federal taxes) is
thus made to serve as an economical
substitute both for national aid to the
State and State aid to the city.
The census bulletins of 1928 show
that in that year in such subventions
New York received over IS millions.
Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit over
millions. Los Angeles Newark and
Oakland, Calf. over millions. and
ten or more cities over one million.
Not only does the Nation contribute
10 number of the States greater
percentage of the money paid bv these
States in Federal taxes than IL paws
from the Districts Federal taxes in
upbuildinS the National Capital. but
these expenditures upon the Nation S
city are more unquestionably consti.
tutional. more distinctly appropriate
as national outlays and more In ac.
cordance with the precedents SET bv
other nations than most of the sub
sides paid to the amount Of hundreds
OF millions to the States. All the great
nations of the world appropriate large
iy for their capitals without, however.
denying the residents of the capitals
any rights or privileges, political or
judicial. enjoyed by other nationals.
This subject is discussed in editorial
correspondence printed elsewhere in
today's Star.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
Whittemore Wants Company.

Richard Whlttemofe, nead OF
gang Of gunmen thieves recently cap
tured in New York, wanted in Balti
more for the murder of a prison guard
and in Buffalo for the murder of two
bank guards there. has just been taken
to the latter city for trial. He recent
lv sought TO secure immunity for his
wife. who is also under arrest, by
promising to reveal the full story of
his crimes, but this proposition was re-
iected by the district attorney in New
York City. At Buffalo, Whittemore,
perhaps feeling that there is little
chance of escape from punishment,
said to the prison guards: Believe
me. I'm not going to- burn alone for
this job. II | go to the chair some
other guys are going with me-"
The hope is that Whittemore will
tell his full story. He was the head Of
a large gang of criminals. Just how
far he was the master mind" as the
phrase goes, is not yet clear, but it is
believed that he directed an extensive
series of criminal operations, in the
course of which several lives were
taken. Three murders at least are at
.tributed to him. Others are suspected.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
A Bullet.Proof Shield.

bullet-proof vision shield TOT
tanks has been developed by the ORD
nance branch of the army. and sue
cassfuI tests have been held near San
Francisco. The device, which is MADE
of steel is a mushroom like cap with
g, series of small apertures cut into It,
These openings are too small TO see
through when the screen is not rotat'
iro but once it is in motion they
blend into a band of light which gives
exceIlent vision. The heaviest hre
of machine gun bullets is instantly De
Elected when striking the shield. ano
1unners behind it have the novel sen
satjon of seeing death-dealins missiles
turned aside within a foot OF their
faces.
Considering this and other inVen'
tions since the days of the World
War. il is not difficult to understand
that If warfare ever again envelops
nations the carnage resulting will defy
imagination. Under the water and in
the air. in bullet proof tanks, with
lons.range guns and deadly gases, the
next war looms as one of extermina
ton that will dwarf the frightful toll
of the world conflict.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
Two.Minute Flights.

In view of the meticulouS regard
for the letter of the law, which has
heretofore governed the decisions ci
the controller general in respect Il
pay and allowances of officers of the
Army and Navy. the action just an
nounced in the case Of Col. Villa m
Mitchell is surprising. Under the
rules regulating the allowance OF ny
ing pay, aviators must spend toui
hours in the air or make ten flights
during each month. II they lose time
they can catch up by making extra
flights. During November and De
cember Col. Mitchell made no flights
He was otherwise engaged, preparing
for the military court proceedings
which resulted in his sentence of sus
pension from active duty. On the
10th of January, however. the colonel
made thirtyseven flights Within
seventy minutes he took off, from
the ground that number of times
thereby making up his quota OF flights
for the period of three months. Each
of these flights" lasted a little less
than two minutes. 1t would appear
from the decision that the controller
general considers a two-minute per-
formance n sufficient compliance with
the law, for he has made a ruling
that the officer, now resigned from
the service, should be paid on the fly
Ing pay basis and by this decision the
ex-officer adds Sl,027 to his tinal
voucher.
Il would seem to be somewhat
strange that no minimum time has
ever been established for flight.
Obviously in this case the machine
could not have been off the ground
in any fight for more than half
minute. counting the take-of and
the landing as part OF the flight
The theory Of higher pay for hyins
officers is that a hazard is involved
and that practice increases the ON
GERS effectiveness and future value
to the service. The hazard in q two
minute flight is certainly not particu
larly great and in this case the ON
GERS value TO the service is not
markedly increased in view of sub
seouent happenings. However, the
decision. for the present at least. sets
the standard that any departure from
The surface. however brief, is a flight
1t remains to be seen whether thls
case will stand as precedent, to en-
courage or permit flying officers te
make up their quota Of nights oH
r,,cb n1ethodS
Evening star., 1926-04-03

II he could take to the chair" with
him all who took part in any degree
in these murderous enterprises great
service would be rendered to society.
But. of course, Whittemore is not
thinking Of society. He has no desire
to protect people from depredations.
No moral sense inspires him now. He
is still hard boiled" His threat that
he will not burn alone" is actuated
by spirit of vengeance.
A wholesale conviction and execu-
tion in this case would be OF great
help in the fight against crime. 1t
would break down the morale of gun
men and crooks of all grades and
classes. So ii is much. TO be hoped
that this remarkable man will, with.
out seeking or gaining immunity for
himself, bring into the tolls OF the
law those who worked with him, what
ever their degree Of participation in
his crimes.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
Interest in Prohibition Fight
Intensified by Straw Voting

such poll. while ALI those who are in
favor of modification of the law as
sert themselves clamorously."
There is no denying that the pro.
hibition storm has assumed formidab BILE
proportions and will do some damage
somewhere before its fury is spent y
declared the Washington G. H.
Herald. The drys have long needed a
shaking up. and they seem due to re.
ceive IT." The Kansas City Post sue-
gestS. however that "aS long as the
drys win the official elections. they
can be content TO let the vets pile up
a straw.vote ma jority until the cows
come home
The Evansville Courier does not he.
lieve that the modificationists will be
able 10 go very far" for. while the
dry amendment remains in the Con
stitution-and IL is proba bly, fixture
there for this generation. Al least
beverages strong enough to produce
real ntoXication in ordinary drinking
would he condemned by the Supreme
Court AS unconstitutional, and there
would he an end of that"
The refusal of the New York leg
islative assembly to approve ref
Stcltuuul vi tue qucSlloH VI iDc'
morialzing Congress for a light
wines and beer amendment to the
Nolstead act leads the Spokane
Spokesman Review to this comment:
The vets have overplayed their hand
in their stronghold. There is visible
in New York a reaction for State en-
forCement of the prohibition laws and
against the defiant lawlessness OF the
liquor traffic. 1t shows that even in
New York State. dominated by the
most notoriously wet city in America.
a large majority of the members of the
Legislature, in close touch with their
constituents, have not been Stampeded
by wet Propaganda for deceptive straw
ballots in newspapers
Despite the trend of the straw votes
and the injection of this issue into the
political affairs. we cannot conceive
that America wants any repeal of pro-
hibition," declares the Uniontown
Herald The Waterbury Republican
insists that the newspaper straw bal.
lot Simply furnishes further evidence
of the activity and aggressiveness of
the vets" while the Winston-Salem
Journal declares IF the 'drys' were as
alert for the protection of their rights
under the law and for the upholding
of the Constitution as the vets are
for evading the law and changing the
Constitution we would have officers
on the job in every nook and corner
of the country who would command
respect for and obedience to the
eighteenth amendment.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
How Many Gallons to a Tiger?

When the Mahara jah Of Patiala
tionary to tell another functionary to
tell the head huntsman TO tell the
head chauffeur to order out his
hlghness' sport car. 1t was construct
ed specially for big-game hunting
II is enameled all over in camou1age
shades and patterns. II has search
lights for pursuing game at night. II
has gun rests on either side Of the
car so constructed that the weapons
can be brought into use instantly. 1t
Is equipped with devices by which
the occupants can aim and fire with
steadiness while travelling at anv
speed.
"a This car has buffers which enable it
10 force its way through dense brush
sr to fend off stampeding animals 1t
has an exhaust whistle powerful
enough to frighten off any rear at
tack. 1t has a two-gallon drinking
water tank, space for four days pro.
visions, plenty of wines and liquors
and a Red Cross outfit. 1t has. besides
al these conveniences, luXuries too
numerous to mention. About the
only things overlooked seem to have
heen explosive shrapnel bombs and
poison gas containers. Perhaps it has
2 radio, and surely an ice.making ma,
chine.
The Maharajah climbs in and off he
goes. Woe betide the maddened tiger
who shall attack it, or the buck that
fees away from it. Safe as the crew
of a tank surrounded only by infantry
men. the ruler of this Indian state
can blaze away. hit or miss, from
dawn till dark. or, if he wishes, from
dark till dawn. He has a grand time
and brings back more trophies for his
paraee or to present to distinguished
guests. He need never rise from his
seat unless he wishes. His activities
are somewhat comparable TO those OF
Evening star., 1926-04-03

| the red-blooded American who back in
the seventies rode out on the unfin-
ished transcontinental railway and
from plush seats slaughtered a few
dozen buffalo.
Bill Smith OF Plymouth Notch, VT,
Or Ed Lentz Of SchuyIkin County, Pa.
or Gene jackson living In Sewer
County, Tenn, or Joe Ferguson of
British Columbia, or Armand Thibault
of Quebec decides to go hunting. He
oils up his high boots gets out his
mackinaw, his heaviest shirt and his
tapped cap, fills a haversack with
douShnuts or "pone" of bread and
canteen with coffee, split" or ''moun-
dollar rife and his two o-dollar-and-e-
half knife, tells his better half to eX
psct him when she sees him and steps
into the woods. He may meet deer;
he may even meet lynx or a bear.
The chances are he gets him and ar
rives either with fresh meat or
trophy on which there is satisfying
bounty. Alone. unaided, with his own
keen eyes. his own sensitive nose and
his knowledge OF woodcraft. he out
smarts and outdoes in patience the
denizens of the wild. He has no horns,
no searchhghts, no device for steady
aiming except his own lean, brown,
left hand or perhaps, convenient
limb.
COMPARISONS are odious. They al.
ways have been and always will be.
But, generally speaking, when you fall
into a daydream which hunter would
you rather be?
Evening star., 1926-04-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| The Regents Daughter" a sequel
to the foregoing, is a good tale, in
which we get more of the INSIDE"
story of the royal family, particularly
some inimitable descriptions of the
interior of fashionable residences of
that day.
These two novels are distinguished
by the picture of Dubois, the prime
minister, a vulgar. sly. efficient fellow,
whom the reader almost comes to like
in the end.
In these stories. as In ALI Of Dumas.
1t should be remembered that we are
reading a historian of a different kind.
In all seriousness. Alexandra Dumas
regarded himself as a true historian.
He believed that 10 give names and
dates. official history, was well enough
in Its way. but that better historical
writing was produced when man
made study of period and at.
tempted TO reproduce some OF the
poetry and romance OF IT.
1t Is much to his credit that at even
so late a date as 1925 the most 'up-to-
date" biography being written through
out the world finds itself turning TO
the very same method.
Today the fashionable method in
biography is to take character and
make a human being out OF him. not
a hero cut and dried TO order.
Alexandra Dumas. although some
will not accord him the credit. was a
pioneer in this method as applied TO
the novel.
There were historical novels" be
fore his time, but when he came along
he turned out some real ones. Even
the critical English. in their most criti-
cal reviews. contrasted Dumas meth.
I.N6~ tr,ith Of he,ir nriT Il
novelists. almost inva rlably to the dis.
credit of their own story tellers, in
favor of the Dumas method.
y + -
Thus II is that one gets better
history in Margaret Of Nalois." Chi.
cot the lester" and The Forty.five
Guardsmen" than in many an elabo-
rate tome.
In these DUMAS stories various
Dukes of Guise crop up. plot, counter
plot and 60 their way There are fas.
cinatinG duchesses. some with golden
shears swung at their girdle To crop
close the hair OF the king before he Is
| exiled.
In "Chicot the Jester" incompa ra BILE
story one sees the Duke of Guise
helding secret meeting in monas.
terry. all the monks being soldiers in
| dlSE ulSe.
| Unforcettable is the scene in which
the plOtters seize him whom they take
to be the kina force him TO sign his
! a abdication, only to find in their hand
a document signed:
"Chicot l."
| Many other Dumas stories contain
| the names which appeared but last
week in newspapers throughout the
world
! With all the faults Of the old mobiles
they were great in their way. and nc
one today can blame them Tor being
| proud OF their names and their fam.
| lilies, nor for desiring TO get back on a
/ throne. perhaps.
| Life is life. human nature il human
| nature. Apparently we can chang
| neither. one realizes all this better
| after delving into the human docu.
ments called the historical romances
! Of Alexand Dumas
/ After YOU have read about the pre-.
( tender" in the paper, turn to your
| Dumas shelf therefore aS we'll a. to
your history book
Evening star., 1926-04-03
Not Going to Geneva.


spokesman" that President Coolidge
Is appreciative of the courtesy of the
League of Nations in inviting the
United States to send delegates to
Geneva to discuss the Senate's reserva.
tions to the resolution ratifying the
World Court protocol, but that the in.
vitatlon will not be accepted. This
Government, it is indicated. prefers
10 adhere TO its original plan of dis
cussins the reservations separately
q with each Of the forty-eight nations
which are members of the court.
If this Is the decision which has
heen reached by the President and
Secretary Kellogg il is to be assumed
that they have good and sufficient rea-
sons for it which it has not been
deemed eXpedient TO make public.
This lack of other apparent reasons
has led to the conclusion, which must
he embarrassing to the administration,
that its decision not to participate in
the conference is based on the fact
that the invitation was issued by the
League OF Nations. To hold such a
view is to accuse the American Gov
ernment of inconsistency. The United
States has participated in other con.
ferences called under league auspices.
and right now is on record as being
willing 10 send delegates TO a league.
called conference on the limitation of
armaments. There must be other. and
very compelling, reasons for refusal to
American adherence to the World
Court protocol.
II is unfortunate that the reasons
which have Influenced the President
and his advisers cannot be made pub
lie, for a round-table conference of
the nation members of the court
would seem to be not only the simpler
and more effective way of resolving
difficulties which may arise, but it
would accord with the traditional
American doctrine that friendly con
ference face to face is the best pos
sible way of reaching and maintaining
international accord. 1t would be
known to all the conferees, of course,
that the American delegates would
lack authority to agree to any change
In the terms of American adherence
to the court-that any changes pro-
posed would have to be referred back
To the President for approval and to
the Senate for assent. But certainly
II would be much easier to reach an
understanding around the conference
table than by separate correspondence
with forty-eight separate governments.
Unless the United States intends to
assume a take II or leave it atti-
tude with respect to the court it is
necessary that there shall be discus
sion and an effort to reconcile con
1ictinS views The end would be the
same. no matter which method of con.
Sultation was adopted. Neither the
President, by individual correspond
ence. nor American delegates at the
proposed Geneva conference, could
change the terms of adherence to the
court without the consent of the Sen
ate. And an understanding which pos
sbly could be accomplished in few
weeks at Geneva might require
months and even years to achieve by
separate negotiations.
Evening star., 1926-04-03

O. Who are the Basques?-M. s.
A. The origin of the Basques IL un-
settled The name is applied TO pc
culiar race. dwelling on the slopes of
the Pyrenees. They occupy the prov
inces of Biscay, Alava, Guipuzcoa and
Navarro in Spain, and two French de-
partments, Bayonne and MauleOn.
O. Where did the game of bowling
originate?-O. NJ. s.
A. 1t originated in Europe, proba bly,
in Germany or the Low Countries.
O. Who introduced the word cent"
into our languase?-C. r.
A. Gouverneur Morris, who was in
'terested in establishing the financial
system of this country. introduced
the word.
Q. How is enamel paint made?-W.
=. A.
A. Paint Is mixed with varnixh. this
making a product that gives q hard.
smooth surface which does not catch
or hold dust and dirt readily.
@. When was the golden age in
Engla nd?-J. l.. G..
A. The term is applied TO the reign
of Queen Elizabeth. II was a period
in which patriotism assumed proper
tions never before attained in Eng
land. Famous explorers such as Sir
Francis Drake. Frobisher and Gilbert,
set out upon adventurous quests. The
navy of England swept the armada
from the sea. Christopher Marlowe,
Lyly, Kidd, Peele, Stern and Shake.
speare were creating the so-called
Elizabethan drama.
@. How much of the copper used
does the automobile industry take?-
G. A. W.
4. II uses approximately ~ per
cent of the copper consumed in this
country.
@. How large are Great Lake yes
sels?-P. a. =.
4. The largest Great Lake vessels
are those operated by the Detroit and
Cleveland Navigation Go. II is prob
able that the largest of these vessels
is the City Of Detroit III. which is
500 feet long from stem 10 stern.
O. What is there in commercial
fertilizers?-W. r.. ].
A. They are made up of potash,
nitrogen and phosphoric acid
O. How are shots made in A shot
tOwer?-B. NJ.
A. The process of manufacturing
the shot commences with hosting uI
the lead by an endless chain 81
windlasS driven by steam. II Is ther
melted in kettles At the various drop
Evening star., 1926-04-03

been published. Two volumes are de-
voted to poetry. one to verse play and
one to prose play. His best poems are
probably THE Everlasting Mercy"
"The Widow in the Bye Street" "
'Dauber" and The Daffodil Fields"
His best known play tprose) is The
Tragedy of Nan.
y X \
A Summer on her Vermont farm.
where she breeds Shetland ponies. is
described by Anne Bosworth Greene
in "Dipper HILL" The Summer is
full of happy activity provided by
Mrs. Greene's daughter Babs, her
young guests and the 80 ponies. Gar
dening. milking, apple picking, riding,
camping and mountain climbing are
all part of this idyllic Summer.
X X
The romantic biography Of Shelley,
ariel" by Andre Maurois, has had
all the popularity of novel. Byron
is now the subject of biographical
Interpretation in the novel GLORIOUS
Apollo" The marriage of Byron to
Anne NIilbanke, which was such a
tragedy, is the center of the story.
The author, f.. harrington. makes the
scandal of Byron's relations with his
half sister, augusta Leigh. the cause
se Lady .Byron,s leaving her husband,