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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
TREASURY HOPES
FOR MORE 1927
TAX REDUCTIONS
Mellon Figures Rich May
Be Further Relieved
lspeeIaI to The oalIy Workerl

WASHINGTON, March 15-Despite
the fear expressed in official quarters
that the government will ego in the
hole" in 1927, figures prepared for
secretary of the treasury Mellon in
dictate that there will be a substan-
tial excess of receipts over expendi-
lures for that year, it was learned
today. On the basis Of this assurance
there is still a possibility of at least
small reduction in taxes next year.
Official figures show that the sur
plus June 30, this year, will go well
over S1O0,OOO,O00 in spite of tax re-
auctions. Collections of income and
corporation taxes for 1926 are ex-
pected to be slightly over billion
dollars, while the 1927 collection is
estimated at S1,O5O,OOO, 1000.
Surplus Probable.
UNLESS congress authorizes appro-
priations materially greater than are
recommended in the budget there
will be a surplus" one treasury au-
thority said. "a deficit is unlikely since
congress usually appropriates less
than is recommended, rather than
more"
No estimate has been made for the
1927 surplus although it was unoffi.
cially placed at from $20,000,000 to
$50, 100000, provided business condi-
tons continued as at present. Col
lection Of income and corporation tax
es under the new law will be consider
ably over the old which in 1925 yield
ed S915,OOO,OOO.
Revised estimates of probable col
| lections for the March quarter in
dictated an income of approximately
1870, 100000 from income and corpora
ton taxes. 1t was stated that probab-
ly $500, 100000 of this sum would be
apportioned to debt retirement.
In. addition to the tax collection the
government will have available some
thing over a half billion dollars as the
result of the 2O-SO year S% per cent
bonds, upon which the subscription
has been materially over-sold. The
new bond issue will result in the re-
tirement of a considerable amount of
securities bearing higher interest
rates and with the old bonds to be
taken up thru funds available from
tax collections, the government will
make a material saving on its inter-
est bill.
Coolidge Has Whip Hand.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March Is -
The legislative program of congress
las been modified to comply strictly
with President Coolidge's demand that
all excessive money bills be discarded
to prevent possible treasury deficit
as the result of the heavy tax cut.
This word was brought to the
White House today by Rep. Tilson,
of Connecticut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Bosses Withdraw Their
54-Hour Week Law

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the
textile manufacturers bill to lengthen
working hours to 10 a day, 81 per
week, instead of the present 4S-hour
limit was so great that the Massachu-
sets Legislature has let the Ark
wright Club sponsoring it withdraw
the bill. Opposition threatened to stir
sentiment dangerous to u. S. Senator
William M. ButlSr's chances for re-
election, despite Butler's verbal denial
that he favored the bill. Organized
labor protested the billhin committee
hearings. IN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
81 Did Not Raise My
Boy to Be a Soldier"
Complain Ministers
Especial to The DAILY Worker,

BOSTON, March 15.-The executive
committee OF the Massachusetts, Fed
Grafton of Churches, thru its secre-
tary, Rev. e. Tallmadge Root, has in
formed the war department that it is
opposed to compulsory military train
ing in educational institutions. The
communication asks for the abolition
of requirements for such drill. 1t
states that the committee recognized
the necessity of preparations for de.
fense." Just how and when such nee
essary training is to be given the
churchmen did not say.
The statement illustrates the utter
hopelessness of the pacifist position
and the inextricable confusion of bour-
geois opinion on the subject.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
EASY TO IMPOSE
ON JURY WITH
FINCERP RINTS
Prints Can Be Easily
Forged by Police

It's easy to fake a finger print and
it is still easier under present court
procedure to impose on jury with
out any taking, as the finger print
expert Albert Wehde discovered in a
murder trial at Morrison, ILL.,, last
month.
Wehde was amazed at the vicious
determination Of the prosecution to
convict John Cominsky Of murder re-
gardless Of the evidence
Describing the obstacles to justice
raised by the prosecution he writes
to the American Bar Assn:
No Chance to See Prints.
''My only chance for an examina-
ton of the latent impression of the
fingerprint in the Cominsky case, Of
a slightly enlarged photograph Of that
impression, and of a photograph Of
the defendants fingerprint enlarged
on the same scale, was during a brief
recess of the court. Had the two i'm
prints been at all similar, even slight
ly, l would have been unwilling to
take the stand in the absence Of ade-
quate time in which to make a thoro
comparative study of those prints. In
that case the defendant probably
would have received a death SEN
tence."
The fingerprints though plainly diff
ferent were nevertheless sworn to be
the same by two experts, one the
Chicago police fingerprint specialist,
hired by the prosecution. But the
jury preferred to believe Wehde and
acquitted the defendant.
Explain Forging.
Il wonder why, when the opinions
of experts differ so widely as they
did in this case, when the truth is
as plainly evident as a printed word,
the public servants of justice do not
take steps at once to find out who is
in error or who is deliberately COM
hitting perjury" Wehde wrote to
Pres. Chester /. Long of the bar as
sociation.
Not only can fingerprints be frau
dulent1y transferred from an innocent
place like lunch counter top to an
discriminating place like poison bot
tie but genuine prints can be made
to resemble other genuine prints by
any one of hundred tricks Of the
photo engraver.
Raps State Experts
Despite these facts" Wehde ex-
plains, "the defense is not permitted
to have its own expert make a photo
graph of the crime print, to study it,
to pick out points of variance as the
state picks out points of similarity
1t must be satisfied with the word of
the opposing expert that the photo
graph offered is a true likeness of
the finger mark found at the scene
of the crime"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
SKI RUNNING BY THE TEXTILE
WORKERS UNION.

A ski run by the Textile Workers
Union took place in the Moscow Gu
hernia on January and 10. The fin
ish line was at the Moscow peasant
economic exposition. OF the 400 par
Elephants $50 finished the run, cover
ing distances from so to 100 kilom-
eters. 1t took place at temperature
of % degrees. Fifteen participants
suffered slight frost bite.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Compensation Act Must
Apply to Convicts on
California Road Gangs

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)-The test
case Of Robert Smith having been
won, California convicts who are in
jured or killed while working on the
road camps must now be considered
employees of the state highway COM
mission and subject to the provisions
of the compensation act. Smith was
blinded by a dynamite charge while
serving Swear sentence for burglary.
He will receive compensation for life,
based on the wage of $2.1O day paid
to convicts who work ON the roads.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
EVERY LOS ANGELES YOUNG
WORKER SHOULD Be A YOUNG
COMMUNIST IN THE Y. W. |.

LOS ANGELES, Cal-We read in
books that youth is a golden time, an
enviable time; it is the time for love
and laughter, for freedom and ro-
nance. Is this true? Perhaps for the
sons and daughters of the boss class,
but not for the sons and daughters of
the working-cla who constitute the
majority of the population. The young
workers all over America do not have
laughter, and freedom, but rather
misery and slavery. The young work
ers are even more cheated than the
adult workers. Because of their youth,
the bosses take advantage of them
and pay them lower wages, and give
them worse conditions. Added to this
the young workers are often kept out
of the unions by unfair restrictions.
Even in our own Los Angeles, which
real estate sharks advertise as the
paradise of the U. S. the youth is
exploited. For the young workers, Los
Angeles is not paradise, but hell.
Throughout the country, L. A. has
reputation for being a hell-hole for
the working-class, because of its open
shop policy. This American plan,"
which the bosses praise to the sky
means to the worker: no union, and
consequently, low wages, long hours,
and poor conditions. Not only do the
young workers suffer because of star
walton wages, etc. But whatever few
unions there are, discriminate against
them. AS a result the mass of young
workers are outside of the unions,
thus harming themselves and also the
adult workers.
The only way the young workers
can accomplish anything is by unit
ing themselves. Many factories such
as Bishops's, Western Electric, Level
lyn Iron Works, Havertys Plumbing
Shop, Goodyear Rubber Co., and
others, employ thousands
Of young workers, and pay them
meagre wages. These youth workers
would constitute a mighty force, If
force which would make
itself felt. Victory for the youth work
ers can come only thru organization.
They must join the unions. They must
force the unions to eliminate all un.
fair restrictions. The Young Workers
(communist) League, a militant or
of young workers is fight
ing against these condition. Il de-
mands for the young workers; a FIVE
day week, six-hour day, equal pay
for equal work, no unfair discrimina-
ton against the youth by the unions.
low initiation fee for the young work
ers so that they can join the unions,
abolition OF child labor, and state
for the child while at
tending school so that he will not be
forced to work.
The Young Workers (communIst)
League calls upon the youth OF Los
Angeles to join them in their fight
for these demands. Their message is:
Young Workers, Organize! Let us
solidly, fearlessly and unfiinchingly
stand together.
The Young Workers (Communist)
League invites all young workers and
students to attend their meetings,
which are held as follows:
Western Section, every first and
third Wednesday mite, at the Coopera.
tive Center, 27O6 Brooklyn Ave-, Cen
trail Section, every first and third
Friday mite at 1881 S. Spring st.
THE unions are thu pillars Of the
workers. poworn-I oaovakv
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
By LELAND oLDs, Federated Pre-,

BY LELAND oLDs, Federated Press.
That the wage system in America
rests on hundreds of thousands of men
averaging less than 81 a day is reveal
ed in U. S. department OF labor
survey of wage rates for common la
Dor. Figures gathered from ALI the
major manufacturing industries in all
parts Of the country show that in
January, 1925, the average wage rate
for unskilled workers was 4O.2c an
hour.
The low, high and average hourly
rates by industries are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Utilization of Winter Sports.

The Railway administration of the
r.. S. F. S. R. equipped the track in.
spection service with ski runners this
winter by way of experiment.
Georgia.
The supreme council for physical
culture in May of this year plans for
the first time a national chess tourna-
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
DEATH RATEOF
NEGRO WORKERS
DOUBLE white
Segregation with Its
Evils Cause Increase
Especial to The Daily wOr<er)

BALTIMORE, Md, March 15-The
death rate among Negro workers in
Baltimore is twice that among the
white workers. According to the re-
port of the health department for
1925, the death rate among Negro
workers was 24.S for every 1000 popu-
lation while for white workers it was
but 1913 for every 1000 population
Tho the figure for the white worker
has remained at about the same level
for the past two years, the rate of
death among the Negro workers has
increased 22.6 over 1924
tuberculosis, heart disease, pneu-
monia, premature birth and injury at
birth are among the chief causes of
the deaths of the Negro workers, &C
cording to the death certificates.
Unsanitary Living Places.
Overcrowding, unsanitary living
places are the chief causes behind
the high death rate from diseases
that can easily be prevented or cured.
The Negro worker is forced to live in
segregated districts where the houses
are badly ventilated and in many
sunlight never is seen. Some of the
homes the Negro workers are forced
to live in have no windows in the
room and oftentimes the gas jet must
burn day and night AS far as plumb
ing is concerned it is of the worst
No attempts are made by. the land
lords to repair the houses or make
them fit to live in. All they are con-
cerned with is the making Of profits
and will go to any extreme to avoid
making these homes habitable.
Organize Against Segregation.
The death rate of thef Negro will
not fall in Baltimore as long as these
conditions exist. The rate will con-
tinue to increase. There is but one
way for the Negro workers to com
bat these evils and that is thru or
ganizing strong groups of Negro
workers in the American Negro labor
congress and fighting for better liv-
ing conditions and against the Sc.
gregation that is practiced in the big
industrial centers of the nation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17

The Last Day of the Paris Com
mune. See II dramatized at the
international Labor Defense com.
memoration March 10 at Ashland
Auditorium.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17

THE unions are thu pillars Of the
workers Power."-Losovsl<y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
MASONIC DIRECTORY

Dade Lodge No. IA, F. & A. NJ,
meets first and third Wednesdays
of each month in lodge rooms on
Fleming street. E. L. Albury,
secretary.
DR.. Felix Varela Lodge No. 81,
r. & A. NJ, meets second and
fourth Thursdays of each month
at the Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton
and simonton streets. F. Castro,
secretary.
Anchor Lodge No. 1872, F. & A.
NJ, meets second and fourth Mon
days at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets. C.
E. Caring, secretary.
Island Chapter No. 81. Royal
Arch Masons, meets first and third
Mondays at Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton apd simonton streets. Chas.
H. Ketehum, secretary.
Monroe Council No. 2, Royal and
Select Masters, meets first and
third Fridays at Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets. Chas.
II. Ketchum, secretary.
Baron Comnandery No. 3,
knights Templar, meets second
and fourth Wednesdays at Scot
fish Rite Hall, Eaton and Simon
ton streets. Chas. II. Ketchum,
recorder.
Palm Lodge Of Perfection No.
10, meets second and fourth We'd
nesday, at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets.
Charles E. Caring, secretary.
Southern Cross Council, Knights
of Rose Croix, meets on call Of the
master at the Scottish Rite Hal,
Eaton and Simonton streets. Chas.
Z. Caring, secretary.
Alpha Council No. 3, Knights
Kadoah, meets ON call of the mas
ter at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and simonton streets. Chas.
Z. Caring, secretary.
Key West Consistory No. 4,
meets on call Of the master at the
Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton and
Simonton streets. Charles L. Gar
ing, secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
MoTHER-TAKE NO CHANCES
ON GROUP


Never put q croupy child to bed
without having F0LEY'S HONEY
AND TAR right handy. It checks
the sudden and terrifying onset
of Group, relieves the strangling,
choking condition, eases difficult
breathing and allows peaceful
sleep. A friend writes: 81 have
long used FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR for Group. First, / gave it
to all my children, and now to my
grandchildren, with the same good
results" Reliable also for bron-
chial and "flu," coughs, tickling
throat and troublesome night
coughs. Key West Drug Co.
marlin
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Island City Lodge, No. Id, K. of
r., meets the first, second and
third Fridays in each month at the
Odd Fellows Hall on Caroline
street. Alfred Higgs, secretary.
Coral City Lodge Nos So, K. of
p, meets the first, third and fourth
Thursdays in each month at the
Odd Fellows Hall on Caroline st.
Isle of the Sea Lodge 104, X.
of r.. hold their regular meeting
Wednesday nights in the new
Castle Hall, 72s Fleming street.
John L. Curry, secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
ODD FELLOWS

Key West Lodge No. Is, l. o. o.
F., meets every Monday night at
Odd Fellows Hall, Caroline street.
Cuba Lodge No. Is, I. o. o. F.,
meets each Tuesday night at Odd
Fellows Hall, Caroline street.
Equity Lodge No. 20, l. o. o. F.,
meets each Wednesday night at
Odd Fellows Hall. Caroline street.
Otto Eneampment No. 5, meets
the second and fourth Friday of
each month ut the r. o. S. of A.
Hall, Duval street,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18

FOR SALE-Chev-olet Touring
Car, model 1926, run only 2400
miles, in perfect condition. Car
has been properly cared for
ever since purchased. Would
not sell only going north.
Original cost new, $500; fully
equipped including all spare
parts and an insurance policy
covering every sought for
liability. VIII sell at sacrifice
at 1854. Take only $200 cash.
balance in eight months of
eight payments. Write P. O..
Box 113, Key West, Florida.
mar1S-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
Flashes of Life

tBy Associated Pressl

tHy Ass0efateu Ffessb
REN0-Latest divorce statis-
tics, 491 wives and 315 husbands
obtained DEGREES here last year.
BRADLEY BEACH, N. 1.-The
modern bathing girls attire is be-
yond reproach, save by. those who
are narrow-minded, in the view of
Mayor Borden, and so there will be
no male censor on the beach.
NEW Y0RK-Otto H. Kahn.
banker and head of the Metro
politan Opera, approves what the
girls of today wear. Feminine ap-
parel was atrocious from the time
of the French revolution up to
five years ago, he thinks.
CHICAG0-W. w. Henderson,
president of Brigham Young Col
lege, feels that dancing is one of
the great common grounds upon
which boys and girls can mix.
LOUISVILLE-August Hauser
found jail nice place. After be-
ing told twice his ten day sentence
was up, officers finally had to put
him out of the Jail before he
would leave. He is a married man.
BEATTY, Nev.-Seven drink
shops are going full blast in this
mining boom town, which is part.
of the U. S. A.. water is SIS a
barrel.
CHICAGOF. Scott Mcbride
general superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, cares not if
the vets have big majorities in
straw votes SO long as the drys
continue to win regular elections.
= =
CINCINNATI - Senator Ed
wards of New Jersey, arch wet, is
willing to become dry. Yea, even
to be a white ribboner, if it can
be proved to him that an ounce
less of liquor is sold, transported
and consumed now compared with
pre-prohibition days.
=
NEW YORK-Harry Sagofsky.
IA, public school pupil, is under
parole as a bootlegger. He sold
a policeman a half pint of whiskey
at his mothers candy store.
NEW Y0RK-Vincent Aston,
who recently sold his Fifth Avenue
mansion, is building himself a
modest $250,00O six-story house
of simple Georgian style in East
80th street. It will have two ele-
vators and a garden.
=
CHICAG0-The manager of a
new hotel is offering an aid to
cupid. He announced room or
suite occupied by married couple
viii cost no more than one occu-
pied by a bachelor.
Z
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Key West Council 1915, knights
Of Columbus. meets In the X. C.
Hall, Division street, on the second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month
At s o'clock. v. A. McDermott,
g. X, William Freeman, r. S.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
pYTHlAN SISTERS

Justice Temple No. Il. win hold
Their regular meetings on the sec.
ond Thursday and fourth Friday
rights Of each month at the Odd
Fellows Hall on Caroline street.
Al visitors win be given hearty
weleenae. Mrs Linton Carry. a,
81 r. q c.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18

In addition to doing her own
household work and caring for
her children, Mrs. Edward Living
ston of York, Pa, has found time
to complete 145 quilts, 124 COM
forts and two rugs in four years
and a half.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
wooDMEN OF WORLD

Key West Camp No. 20, Wood
men Of the World, meets every
first and third Friday in the X. G.
T.. Hal, Fleming street. r. O.
Weech, G. c.; DIR. G. F. Kemp,
clark.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18

Mrs. H. B. Dunlap has the dis
tinction of having been born on
the Winchester battlefield, where
she still lives in the old home
stead. The house is surrounded
by a picket fence made of old
walnut gun stocks of the civil
war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CLASSIFIED
COLU M N


Advertisements under this head
will be inserted in The Citizen al
the rate of lie a word for each in
sertion, but the minimum for the
first insertion in every instance is
Csc.
Advertisers should give their
street address as well as their tele-
phone number if they desire re-
suits.
Payments for classified adver-
tisements is invariably in advance,
but regular advertisers with ledger
accounts may have their advertise
ments charged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
W. c. ]. U. MEETINGS

The Key West w. C. T. U.
meets the first Wednesday in each
month at I o'clock p. m. at the
various homes Of the members.
President, Mrs. A. ID. Luethi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

Fern Chapter No. 81, Order Of
Eastern Star, meets second and
fourth Fridays at Scottish Rite
Hall, Eaton and Simonton streets.
hrs. Annie Sharpley, secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
p. o. OF A. CAMP

P. o. of A. Camp No. 4, meets
second and fourth Thursdays of
each month at the P. o. S. of Al.
Hall, 10 Duval street. Susie Ell
wood, recording secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
AMERICAN LEGION

Arthur Sawyer Post, No. %,
American Legion, meets the sec
ond and fourth Fridays of each
month. II. A. Gibson, commander;
r. E. Faulkner, adjutant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
B. P. o. ELKs

Key West Lodge No. ISL, B. P.
o. Elks, meets every Thursday
night in their lodge room, 313
Duval street. G. N. Goshorn,
E. R.. Ross G. Sawyer, secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
REAL ESTATE

CoRNER-southard
and Elizabeth; 50 #. on Eliza
beth, 100 #. 6 in. on Southland.
Price $4,000, one-fifth cash,
remainder in one, two and three
years. Address P. o. Box 536.
mar11
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
okDER OF DsMoLAY

Robert ]. Perry Chapter, Order
DeMolay, meets every Tuesday
night at Z 80 at Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets. j..
M. Lowe, secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
PYrHIAN SISTERS

Key West Temple No. 20, Pyth-
Ian Sisters. meets every Monday
night at Isle Of Sea Castle Hall.
on Fleming street. Clara Car
bOnell, NJ. Of r. and C.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
DECREE OF PocAHoNrAs

Minoca Council No. 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesday of
the month at p. m. at the Red
Mems Hall. Mrs. Annie Baker,
Keeper Of Records.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
OVERSEE CAMP. ROYAL
NEIcHBoRs OF AMERICA

Oversee Camp, Royal Neighbors
of America, holds It's regular meet
ing at the Golden Eagle Han on
the fourth Thursday in each
month, at s o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
D. o. K. <.

Camel Club, d, o. X, X. meets
every Tuesday night at their hall
at Fleming and Margaret streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-18
GIRLS, FRIENDLY SOCIETY

st. Paul's branch of the Girls
Friendly Society meets every
Monday at 4::30 p. m. at the
Parish Hall, Bahama street.