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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
FIVE HELD IN DEATH
OF GIRL; DRUGS FOUND
Man and Four Boys Believed to
Have Given Her Chemical in
Auto Ride After Party.

BY the Associated Press.
BEDFORD, Iowa. September "A
theory that Pansy Turnbull. l7year-
old Diagonal. Iowa. girl was lured
into an automobile and given drugs,
then jumped from the machine to
escape the advances of five male COM
panions was advanced yesterday when
Il chemist reported finding drugs in
her stomach.
Four youths and man, Hal
Howard Is: John Howard, 30: John
Beach. 10: Terrence Luton, 10. and
John Gibbons, 35. are held while
special grand jury investigates the
case, in which first-deS1ee murder
indictments are sought.
guard has been placed around the
jail. as the community has been
aroused, since the girls death last
Friday She was found in a daZed
condition after attending a party at
Clearfied. and was taken home.
Injuries were found upon her body.
but the sealed coroner's jury verdict
has not been made public and it is not
known whether the jury found death
due to an injury or to drugs
The drug found in the girls
stomach might produce a dazed con
dtion. but not necessarily death, the
chemist said.
One compa Mon has admitted. Of
ticers stated. that he had taken the
girl for an automobile ride and that
she struck her head on the curbing
when she jumped from the machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
FIGHT BRIDGE REMOVAL.
Suits by Residents Threaten t.
Hold UP Conowingo Work.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 2.-Work
on the Conowingo dam project may
be stopped as a result of a suit filed
yesterday IN the city court here by
group of residents of Castleton, Md.
The plaintiffs ask writ of manda-
mus to compel the State Roads Com
mission to comply with a 1910 act of
the state Legislature. which specifies
that the Conowingo Bridge should be
maintained at its present location.
Judge Eugene ODunne signed an
order requiring the state Roads Com
mission to show cause before Septem-
her Is why the writ of mandamus
should not he issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
Rreakwater Is Cracked.
Disabled Ship in Tow.

NORFOLK. Va. September (P).--
The American tank steamer Meva mia
her engines disabled. was picked up
off Cape Henry yesterday by the
tanker Malabar and is being towed to
New York, according to information
received here by wireless. Both
steamers are loaded with oil taken on
al 1'amnicO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
Son of Railroads
Head Gets Job as
Common LabOrer
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
StICTH. Mimi. Eepl,.nDer .
Warran Hill "a years old. son of
Louis Hill, chairman of the boat
of the Great Northern Railway
and grandson of the late James J.
Hill. founder of the system. Is
learning the railroad business
from the ground up. He is swing
ing a pick as "A $2.50-a-day section
hand at Foreston. MINI.
Young Hill obtained employment
at the Superior. Wis, Office of the
railway company yesterday. after
waiting in line with other job
hunters for more than an hour.
He was offered "gentlema
job" working on books in the
superior office. but turned it down
IN favor of the pick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
L00T|NC IN QUAKE
ZONE RESTRAINED
Martial Law Is frightened in
Azores to Cope With Sit
uation After Shock.

By the Associated Press.
HORTA, Fayal Island, Azores, Sep
TENDER martial law restrictions.
Instituted following Tuesdays disas-
trouS earthquake, were frightened
throughout the island today to cope
with lootinG. a number of cases of
which have been reported.
tHorta dispatches last night 50 id 25
persons had been killed and not less
than 400 injured in that city, the
chief town of F'ayal Island. while
many buildings were wrecked).
There is no fear of an immediate
food shortage, as temporary bakery
ovens have been erected to replace
those which collapsed during the
quake.
Ship Sent With Supplies.
The Portuguese government has
dispatched a ship laden with Red
Cross supplies and bearing army sap
pers. who will aid in clearing away
The ruins and repairing the roads.
The cruiser CarvaIhao Araujo has
arrived.
The quake was centered in Fayal,
the other islands experiencing only
10 n small extent the effects of the
movement, which was direCtionallN
southeast The shock lasted for II
seconds. taking the form of series
of iots.
The inhabitants fled from the build
ings and began an exodus which
former British Army men compared
with the flight of war refugees. with
hastily gathered belongings piled in
all available conyeyanceS.
Some Leaving OH Ships.
The Portuguese boat San Miguel.
living in the harbor. took aboard a
number of unofficial passengers
Others. including many Britlshers.
are preparing to leave on other ships
as soon as possible.
Officials have inspected the dam
aged houses and condemned those con-
sidered dangerous. Heavy traffic is
forbidden on the streets until the
ruins have been cleared. Inhabitants
were allowed till II O'Clock this morn
ing to get their belongings out of
such houses as were to be RACED.
The British community. which num-
bers more than $50 men employed by
the cable company, are putting up
wooden huts and tents on the tennis
aourrs. to which they will remove the
Slrniture from their condemned
houses.
Breakwater Is Cracked.
AS one effect of the quake the
hreakwater. a strongly built structure,
shows a crack 3 inches wide and 200
yards long. In the country houses
are ruined. the damage done by minor
shocks of former years being climax
ed by Tuesdays disaster.
IIorta enjoyed a much more cheer
fu outlook this morning after "a
tranquil night and excellent weather
The main streets We're lighted again
last night. inspiring confidence in the
people who were living in the open.
Many hundreds of workers are engag
ed in clearing the streets of debris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-02
Church to Hold Supper.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MEADOWS, Md. September .
The annual supper of the Forest
Grove Church. near here, will be held
at the church this evening, begin
ming at O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
Runmage Sale
Toilet Goods
10c & 15c Toilet
Soap, SC

Assorted Lot Of Toilet
Soap, including such
brand DIS as Remmer'S,
Wrisley's and Cuicuirate
Soap. Some out of wrap
perS; OF h erS slightly
marred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08

Mems Blue Chambray WoU
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two breast pockets. Full cut a
perfectly made. Double stitchd
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
15c & Csc Toilet
Articles. &c

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Articles and Perfumes, in
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assorted purse size Perfume
Walls.
Csc Azurea Talcum, can, lie
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25c Vindel Ammonia, large
bottle, for .ISc
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fume, bottle .33c
Soc Rubber Gloves for house
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Soc Narcisse Vani hing
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25c Electro Silicon Polish
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bottle .33c
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Philips Soc Bottle Milk Of
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
A Fighting Union for the
Workers or a Fake Union
for the Bosses?

HAVING declared that the regularly elected officials of the
New YORK. Joint Board of the International Ladies' Gar
Workers Union must resign and allow their positions
to be filled by appontees of the Sgman machine to which
proceeding the executive council of the American Federation
of Labor has given official sanction right wing OffcaIdom
demands that the rank and file register in its offices in
order to obtain permission to work.
This is idle threat.
The Sgman machine has no right and power TO pre-
vent members of the union working in shops that have
agreed to the union terms and the New York Joint Board
of the support of the membership which year
half ago defeated the agents of the Sgman machne the
Bosses has acted within its rights recommending that the
demand of the right wing officialdom be dsregarded
In order to put itself in favorable light possible
before the membership the right wing has agreed remit all
back dues and assessments to those members who register
This attempt bride thousands of needle trades workers
proof of the desperate position in which the right wing finds
itself 1t has on its hands, had in the struggle led
by the rank and file Committee of Action early in 1926
volt against its strebreang tactics by the great majority
of the New York membership.
The tactics Of the right wing would long ago have split
the union the Communists and the left wing SOLE
y interested in preserving unity and building the union
powerful organization of garment workers from
which all agents of the bosses have been driven.
fighting union of and for workers fake union for
the bosses-this is the issue in the l. G. w. and
whole labor movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
Christmas Is Pagan
Holiday, Says C. B. S.

LONDON. Dec. 24.--George Bernard
Shaw has been misunderstood.
The statement made by the sage Of
the Adelphi that christmas is a nui-
sance" has aroused storm of protest
and Shaw has slipped away to an un-
disclosed destination in the west OF
England, but before he went he ex-
planned his anti-Christmas statement.
Shaw stands on his condemnation
OF the modern Christmas. but declares
he has been misunderstood, for his
great complaint is not with Christmas,
but with the fact that the Christmas
spirit does not spread over the whole
year.
81 don't hate the Christmas spirit
said Shaw, but r. think II should
spread over the whole year.
There may be some families who
are by nature in such an entirely mis-
cradle condition that they require to
be made merrynt Christmas. do not.
christmas has become to be merely
a pagan carnival
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
The Enlarged Executive Committee of
the Communist International Points Out
Gains of Workers Communist Party

For the first time in period of five years the Commu-
mist International found unnecessary appoint an
lean Commission to deal with aconal struggle in the
American Communist Party The work of the American
party dealt with in the general political resolution
Enlarged Executive together with the
mendatons relation other parties section of the
resolution dealing with the Workers Communist) Party
received by cable by The DAILY WORKER reads follows
THE Workers (communist) Party of America, despite
enormous difficulties, has made notable progress in its
work for til winning of the Qeadng number of
Strikes first attempts in organizing the unorganized in
creasing it's influence in the miners union).
THE weaknesses of the party be still registered are
insufficient influence among American natve) workers and
work among Negroes among etc. the work of the
party yet we'll organized Also, the execution of the
decision of the last penum regard the creation Of
broad left wing in the trade unions has been lacking
As against that the inner consolidation of the party
must be established in connection with considerable abae
of factiona struggles his fact provides important
prerequisites for the further growth of the influence of the
party in the unions and among the masses.
1.-THE immediate tasks of the party follows:
THE party must not only continue its trade union work
(gettng its members into the unions, building of left
wng) but it apply all available energy edouble this
work. At present. the party must first of ALL keep in mind
the task of putting political life into the newly created party
units and the winning back of the sound proetaran ee-
lost during reorganization. The whole party must
recognize the great Importance of The DAILY WORKER.
Not only must the paper be made financially but
also be put higher theological level"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
RUSH TX ). :, DOLLAR COLLECTED
keep THE IL ssRKER FUND
BY c. E. RUTHENBERo
General Secretary, Workers (communist) Party.

General Secretary Workers Community Party.
TIE DAILY WORKER
party in order to serious during
few days The the Keep Daily
test Of the The DAILY WORKER upon
The DAILY WORKER OF $1,000 during
few days OF bill
without which The DAILY
ROLL
OF this $4,000 approximately half will be raised thru
come Of The DAILY WORKER The balance thru
tributions to the Keep the Daily Worker Fund.
EVERY PARTY MEMBER, EVERY NUCLEUS PARTY,
WHICH HAS FUNDS FUNDS DURING
THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS URGED RUSH FUNDS
DAILY W. RkER BY MONDAY TUESDAY,
Help is needed urgently
mediate crisis That help
Keep the Daily Worker
support
ceved during
COMPLETE THE $4,000 BALANCE DECEMBER TO OVER
COME THE DAILY WORKER cRIsIsl
RUSH DOLLAR POSSIBLE TO RAISE FOR THE
KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FUND.-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
U. S. HAND seen
IN new POLICY
TOWARDS China
Siege of Shanghai BY
Cantonese NearS
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
PEkING, Dec. 24.--It transpIres that
the meditation Of the British policy
towards China which has occurred in
The past several weeks has been exc
suited in collaboration with, II not as
the result Of pressure from. the
United States. The changed attitude
expresses itself materially In the
altering of the customs arrangement
to permit the Chinese to take surtax
over and above that decided upon by
the Washington convention.
Change Customs.
The British still maintain that there
is no strong central government in
China. They have asged the foreign
powers to agree to changed customs
regulations that will apply equally to
Picking and Canton. The Japanese
have already declared their unwilling
ness to support this mova.
The British have been forced to this
as the result Of the growing power Of
the Kuomintang. This proposal is un-
questionably concession to the
strength of the strong Southern gov
eminent, but Britain at the same time
made the same concessions to the
Northern generals in order to leave an
adequate basis for the continuance of
the internal warfare.
Shanghai Siege Near.
HANKOW, Dec. 24-Marshal Sun
Chuang Fang is withdrawing his
troops rapidly to Shanghai in prepare
ton for the defense of his capital.
The Cantonese forces continue to
advance against him and the Canton
csc confidently expect Shanghai to fail
before the New Year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
CURRENT EVENTS

CCANDALS follow each other with
- monotonous regularly in every
field OF endeavor. whether II be bust
ness or sport No sooner we're the
Doheny-Fall and Hoffman, Druggan,
Lake graft scandals disposed Of than
4 baseball scandal burst on our ears.
IL appears that games are fixed. Just
as races and prizefghts are fixed.
those most closely involved betting
safe money on the outcome. The play
ers know that the owners are making
money on their athletic prowess and
precision with bat and glove. Why
should they not get theirs? That is
the great American question?
CTILL we are brazenly told that
- Communism would introduce inn
morality into society. as II there was
room for more. The profit system
gives the advantage In life to the ac-
ouisitive type, the John d. Rookie
Teller type. Talk about encouraging
the inventive spirit under capitalism!
For one inventor who profits on his
discoveries there are thousands who
starve while wealthy nunbskulls are
coming money on their Inventions
The latest baseball scandal will not
hurt the baseball business. This is a
good time to pull off scandal. When
the next baseball season comes along
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
u. S. Stops Shipment
of Planes to Mexico

WASHINGTON, Dec. pa request
by the Mexican government for per-
mission TO take shipment OF air.
planes from California into Mexico has
been denied by the state department,
1t was learned here today.
The planes we're purchased by the
Gales government from the Douglas
company in California. and presum.
ably were TO be used In Mexicos army.
The state department considered
that airplanes came within the arms
embargo to Mexica and so denied the
request. There "a no present inten.
ton Of lifting the embargo on arms
TO Mexico, II was said at the depart
ment ran AZ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
HUGE STEAL BY
RIGHT WINGERS
OF N. Y. UNION
Graft Scandal Revealed
in |. E. B. w.
Special to The Daily Worker,

- fHN 1~fiy WSiF1fy
NEW YORK CITY, Dec. a4.-FoI-
lowing the defeat Of Philip zausner
for secretary Of the New York Dis-
triet Council Of Painters as a result
Of charges Of wholesale graft, a new
scandal Of huge proportions has
been revealed In the New York To-
cal union Of the international Broth
erhood Of Electrical Workers. Con.
serVatiVe union officials are alarmed
at the eorroboration of left wing
charges.
Five hundred affdavlts charging
with The utmost detail that the cleo.
trical contracting industry in this
city. doing an annual business OF
S350,000,0O0 is honeycombed with
graft, and that seventeen officers ami
members Of the local union have
been guilty of bribery, corruption and
conspiracy to prevent workers from
entering the union, were filed in the
Supreme court yesterday by H. H.
Breach, vice president of the Inter
national Electrical Workers Union.
This was the reply Of the national
union to an attempt by the local nm
ion to restrain the parent body from
removing the accused men.
Accuse Seventeen Officers,
The seventeen local union men cited
for trial before the International
Union of Electrical Workers in Wash
ington were President Richard Z.
o'Hara, Financial Secretary Charles J
Reed, Recording Secretary John Good.
body, Martin Mullarkey, Henry Lutz
Henry Imhof and Joseph Morrison
executive board members: Floranee
Stanton. first assistant financial secre-
tary Michael j. Stanton, member Of
the trade board: Edward Power, trus-
tee; William DonelIy, Frank F.
OReilly, Peter Gilroy and William
o'Toole. business agents, and George
Davis, Charles Sissler and William
Grieshaber, members of the examining
board.
Detailed Charges.
The afidavits literally bristls with
details. They give names, dates
amounts and places where the seven
teen men are said to have accepted
graft.
Here are some Of the charges sworn
to in the afiidavits:
l. Union officers permitted electrical
contractors to operate what were
known as "two-way shops" employ
ing crews of union and non-union men
at the same time.
2 Men who knew nothing Of electri-
cal work were indicted into the union
on the order OF business agents. One
such new member. inexperienced in
the craft, was wanted in the union by
a business agent because we've got
to have sluggers in case the other fac
ton starts something"
Money on Every cor5sr.
B. The chairman of the board which
had to examine new applicants said
he learned so much about the work
Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
THOMPSON'S REPORT ON
PHILIPPINES FORECASTS
GEN. WOODS RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a The
Thompson report on the Philip
pines, advising that the islands be
taken from military control and
placed under civilian rule, was ae-
cepted in Washington today as
forecasting the retirement Of Leon
ard Wood as ooVernor-eeneraI in
the near future.
Col. carmi Thompson, who in
vestlgated conditions in the islands
at the personal direction Of Presl.
dent Coolidge, did not recommend
Woods removal, but he did recon-
ment the removal of Woods mill
tary aides and advisers, which was
looked upon here as a Roundabout
criticism Of the whole Wood admin
istration."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
OIL STOCK GOES TO
$4,000 A SHARE; THE
HIGHEST IN HISTORY

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.--For the
first time in the history of the New
York stock exchange, transactions
we're made today at $1,000 for
share Of stock.
The record breaker was Texas a
Pacific Land Trust, which jumped
200 points to $1,000 share. the
highest price ever paid for a share
OF stock on the exchange. Earlier
In the year the Land Trust eertlfi-
Gates sold at $50 and prior to their
spectacular advance Atlantic Refin-
ing held the reeord-S1.575 a share.
The Land Trust holds valuable oil
lands In the Texas Panhandle dis
trict,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26
new CHARGE is
LAID AGAINST
TEAPOT TWINS
Sinclair and Fall Held
for Conspiracy
(speeIaI 70 Lac Daily workerl


WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Federal
justice handed out a rather grim
Christmas present to Albert B. Fall
and Harry F. Sinclair today when 1t
decided the former cabinet official
and the oil millionaire must stand trial
or alleged conspiracy to defraud the
government of valuable oil lands.
: The last Fall-Sinclair barrier to
acing a jury was swept away this
morning by Justice Jennings Bailey,
sitting in the criminal branch of the
District of Columbia supreme court,
who denied a motion to quash the in
dictment, entered on the plea that the
two men had been singled out for
isolated persecution"
Trial February 2.
Trial was set for February 2.
Immediately following Bailey's de-
cision, Fall and Sinclair were brought
forward and arraigned.
mot guilty" said the former secre-
tary OF the interior.
Not guilty" echoed Sinclair.
Fall and Sinclair stand charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government
in the leasing OF the Teapot Dome
Reserve in Wyoming. The govern.
ment contends. as In the Fall-Doheny
case. that the ex-secretary OF the in.
terror was without authority to lease
the reserve, and in addition govern.
ment counsel will attempt TO prove
that 100000 in Liberty bonds which
figured in subsequent oil sales were
traced to Falls bank account in El
Paso. As
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26

the public will have completely for
gotten all about the scandal Anyhow
the fans don't come to inspect pure
players; they attend games to enjoy
good playing.
ERMANY has not yet won the war.
~ Our recent announcement TO this
effect was premature. and we hasten
to admit error, which is more than
the average politician is willing to do.
The proof Is here A French army
officer on DUTY in Germany shot and
wounded two German civilians. He was
arrested and indicted. His plea was
that the Germans provoked him into
pulling the trigger. The French Of
ficer was acquitted and the two Ger
mans were found guilty OF provoca-
ton and sentenced to prison terms.
No, the Germans have not yet won the
war.
ONCE well-known Wall Street bank
~ ers announced, ten lays ago, TIA
they purchased control OF the Victor
Talking Machine company. the shares
OF the concern advanced thirty points
on the market, netting the bankers a
profit of s10,OOO.0O0. This is we'll
above the union scale for ten days
idleness. and again proves that II you
lContlnusd ON page .,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-26

amount OF current distributed by the
Commonwealth Edison Co. And to
add TO the Yuletide gaiety, 1t is found
that consumers on an average are US.
ing SIT kilowatt hours instead OF 4ss
last year. A part OF this extra con.
sumption is attributed to the might
study on the part OF consumers, Of
their gas and electricity billx.