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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

A subcommittee of the Indianapo'
lis Chamber Of Commerce ed
ucational committee today launched
an investigation Of school board
changes in heating and ventilating
specifications on two school con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
Cash for Stoves, Table
and Chair

THAT'S what
MR.. e. T. FRENCH, Fair Store.
RECEIVED for the household goods
HE advertised in
THE Times want Ads"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
Doleful Month

One hundred and thirty-four
miners have been killed in ex-
plosions and fires in American
pits in four major disasters
within a month. Besides yes
terday's tragedy these out
standing blasts have occurred:
Jan. 15-wilburton, Okla,
ninety-one dead.
Jan. 16-~Farmington. W. Va,
ten dead.
Jan. 2o-West Frankfort. H.,
five dead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

ried out on stretchers, excitement
followed. 1t being thought the disas-
ter had claimed additional lives.
The first explosion occurred at 4
D. m Wednesday. 1t was the after
math Of a fire caused when a cut
ting machine broke into a gas
pocket. The twenty-one men went
into the pit TO fight the blaze at 10
a. m. At $3.50 p. m. George Osler,
vice president OF the company. came
cut. announcing the fire was under
control. Half an hour later the ex-
plosion followed. Between four and
six hundred other men emerged
from other sections of the mine
safely.
Bodies Charred
Three charred bodies were brought
out of the mine Wednesday night
and 100 rescue workers continued
their efforts to save the remaining
sixteen. When they were reached
early today, all were dead.
About 1000 persons, many of
them relatives of the trapped men,
stood at the mine entrance in the
vet snow, waiting for news OF what
had occurred. 1t was only at an
early hour today that the scope Of
the disaster became apparent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
GIRL TO GET LENIENCY
Grand Jury Has Dropped Baby Case
at Newcastle, Belief.

BB United Press
NEWCASTLE, md, Feb. Aus
tice was to be tempered with mercy
in the case of Marjorie Duffy, 10,
the unwed mother. who has been
accused Of causing the death Of her
newly-born daughter, it was indi-
Gated today.
The grand jury has apparently
dropped the case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
FIRE AT TERRE HAUTE
$4,000 Damage Done to Anchor
Printing Company.

BU United pFeset
rERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. A.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
done the stock and equipment of
the Anchor Printing Company by
fire Of unknown origin which broke
out about midnight Wednesday.
Half the loss damage is covered by
insurance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
Home Edition

. q ANDY'S husband objects
- to her seeing her friends.
Read "Sandy." Page 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
HAS MEMORlzED BIBLE
Chicago Pastor Gives Sermons and
Religious Recitations.

The Rev. H. H. HALEY. Chicago.
ILL.,. one of the few persons known
to have memorized the entire Bible,
is giving series of sermons and
religious recitations each evening at
the Seventh Christian Church, Udell
and Annette SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
Forecast

NF OSTLY cloudy tonight and
Nl Friday; not much change
in temperature lowest tonight
about 25.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
We Must Raise $4,000 by
Tuesday TO Keep Our Daily
BY c. E. RUTHENBERo, General Secretary
Workers (Communist) Party.

THE DAILY WORKER raise $4,000 by Tuesday Novem-
Dor % thru contribution to the Keep The DAILY WORKER
Fund
falling due which were given in pay
en for supplies payols Of printing plant paper bills,
WHICH involve the life of paper $4,000 be In
addition to the regular income of The DAILY WORKER.
These obligations cannot be postponed We pay them
not later than Tuesday to Keep DAILY WORKER
The only way the money be raised thru the party
members and synpahizers ntensyng their work for The
DAILY oKER and raising and sending the contributions
Inc DAILY WORKER by Tuesday of at least $4,000
Every of the party party members must be
drawn to raise this $4,000 Every party which
in IT'S treasury funds The DAILY WORK.
Err, whether these funds
DAILY WORKER Fund not raise the money to re-
place thru the sale Of the Keep The DAILY WORKER cer-
ficaEss.
There far of $4,000 required to
carry The DAILY WORKER thru the crisis In the party They
'st be drawn upon In full in order pull The DAILY WORKER
out OF ts present dangerous situation.
We emphasize the seriousness of the the need
has been dragging much reached being still below
e $4,000 mark place the campaign nearing its close with
completion OF the $4,000 fund The consequences unless
we can put new spirit In the campaign Immediately raising
$Oc to meet the crisis Tuesday and then go forward with
me campaign with greater interest that
winning the struggle for The DAILY WORKER
This statement should be sufficient every member
OF the party and supporter of The DAILY WORKER into action
We mast have Quick Action TO KEEP THE DAILY
WORKER.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE PARTY AND THE SUPPORT
IN ALL THE FUNDS THEY CAN RAISE
EVERY UNIT OF THE PARTY SHOULD SEND ALL THE
MONEY THEY HAVE ON HAND.
EVERY PARTY MEMBER SHOULD BE Modified TO
COLLECT ALL THE MONEY POSSIBLE OVER SUNDAY AND
RUSH TT TO THE DAILY WORKER.
THIS Is AN EMERGENCY CALL FOR ACTION WHICH
WILL TEsI The SUPPORT THE PARTY CAN GIVE TO THE
The RESPONSE IN THE FORM OF RAISING THE $1,000
NEEDED. BY TUESDAY WILL TELL WHETHER WE ARE
ABLE TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,
JANUARY I AND 2, 1927.

IN tae last two years the left wing
In the needle trades industry has
become power to be reckoned with,
no. only by the bureaucracy, but by
tho entire employing class OF our In
dustry We have seen. year by year,
the bureaucracy Of the needle trades
unions, once considered amongst the
most progressive In the labor move
ment, degenerate into aides and labor
specialists Of the employers, as exem-
plihed by Hillmanism in the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers OF America,
BY Schachtman's role IN the recent
furi1ers' strike, and by the under.
handed fight against and sabotage OF
the cloalunakers' strike by the right
wing oflclaldom.
But, while In tho rest of the Ameri-
can labor movement the decadence
caused by the corrupt clasB-collabora-
Zionist bureaucracy Is still dominant,
causing the loss of nearly two million
membayB in the ranks OF organized la
Dor. among the garment workers
strong sections under the leadership
OF the left wing are once more emery
ing IN lighting array 10 give battle to
tho employers In order TO regain con
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
WOODS ACTION
IS ATTEMPT TO
ROB FILIPINOS
U. S. Capitalists Will
Get Huge Holdings

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. tss--
Governor General Woods action In
abolishina the board of control Of
corporations owned by the Philippine
government constitutes one Of the
most reurettahIe chapters in the his
tory Of the American occupation Of
the Philippines" v. G. Bunuan, dIrec-
tor Of the Washington office Of the
Philippine Commission Of Independ.
snoe, declared In a statement issued
here today.
Woods action ls part Of a plot to
sell large corporations, belonging to
the Philippine people, to American
capitalists, 5unuan pointed out, de-
cIarine that the Filipino members Of
the board have successfully blocked
this attempt and for that reason the
board was abolished.
The Philippine government has in
vested $2s,OoO,O00 in enterprises
These enterprises were controlled by
the board of control, consisting of the
governor general, representing the
United States, and the speaker of the
house and president of the senate,
representing the people.
Is Now Dictator.
by abolishing the board Wood now
becomes dictator over these corpora
tons and may do with them now as
he pleases," said Bunuan.
His action is unwarranted by law
and constitutes usurpation of the Lego
islatiye and Judicial functions. Stat
utes creating the board have been in
force and acted upon by government
executives for more than ten years,
the last five during the administration
Of Governor Wood. These statutes
have neither been repealed by the
legislature, declared void by the courts
nor annulled by congress, notwith-
standing such reports have been
made.
Violates Constitution Principles.
"The governor general, with one
stroke of the pen, thru a mere execu-
tive order, has set aside a law, disre-
garding the well-established principles
Of constitutional government, which
the United States itself is trying to
impress in the Philippines.
But the most unfortunate phase of
Governor Woods conduct in this mat
ter is his transmitting to the legisIa-
ture the opinions Of the acting attor-
ney general of the United States and
judge advocate general, upon which
he based his action, Immediately after,
and not before, the closing session Of
the legislature, which, according to
the formers ruling, may create an
other board thru which the Filipino
people could, as heretofore, be repre-
scented.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
0Bhzz IN HITS new u. S. WAR move
EDGERTON, ARCH-ENEMY
OF LABOR, LAUNCHES AN
ATTACK ON FORD'S PLAN

OMAHA, Nebs Nov. 10. - John
@. Edaerton, president of the Ma
tlonal Association Of Manufacturers
and arch-eneFy Of organized labor,
played tho roie Of "Judas" here In
speech before the chamber of COM
merce, attaSkIng Henry Ford, an
other enemy Of organized labor.
Edaerton @exposed" Ford's FIVE.
day week pan. He said that "Ford
chose the flsprday week plan az a
cute method 81 advertising when he
found he had TO cut down produe-
ton"
ultimately the Ford workers
won't make as much money as they
have been ris.:ina,S said Edeerton.
Then, after attacking Ford's plan,
pretending to do so on behalf Of the
workers, Edoerton reIspsed into his
usual state. and attacked the work
ers. workers who do elk days In
five, cheat their employers when
they work six days and are paid for
six" he said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
Fourth National Conference the Needle Trades Section of the Trade Union Educational League

troll over labor conditions In the in.
dustry and to secure improvements.
THUS, lighting unionism once more
makes its appearance In the needle
industry. The struggle last summer
in the ]. l.. G. w. u, headed by Lo-
calls 3, 9 and %, combined in the Joint
action committee, shows that the left
wing has learned to fight the reaction
airy bureaucracy successfully. The
splendid struggle Of the furriers
proves that the left wing has learned
q great deal as to how not only to fight
but to win against both the employ.
ers and the bureaucracy combined.
However. our experiences in these
big struggles in the fur and cloak In.
dustries have also demonstrated that
the employers have grown far too
strong for the unions to gain real i'm
provements for the workers when
each trade fights separately. II should
be clear to everyone that II the unions
want to make the necessary progress
In improving the conditions OF the
workers and re-establishing their con.
troll, they must amalgamate into one
industrial union with separate depart.
ments for the various trades. Only
with such additional strength can they
meet the strong position OF the en-.
ployors
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21

cloakmakers' strike in the forced ar
bitration proposals OF the governor Of
the state of New York, combined with
the support OF these proposals by the
right wing machine, and the wholesale
inJunctions issued subsequently as a
result OF the refusal OF the union to
accept this arbitration, the interior
ence with picketing, the use OF the
so-called industrial squads (gangsters)
by the city government against strik-
ers-the whole line Of collaboration of
the Bureaucracy with the capitalist
parties to defeat the left wing in In
ternal union and economic struggles,
raises before us not only the question
of tactics and methods to minimize
these dangers but the political prob
lem OF developing working.class soli-
darity on the political field and its or
ganized expression into labor party,
instead OF the unions remaining
kite to the capitalist political ma
chimes.
THE needle trades section OF the
i Trade Union Educational League.
which has acquired tremendous moral
influence among the needle trades
workers. has to set its house in order
also internally. We have not yet by
far succeeded in organizing all our
particularly In the centers
outside OF New York City. Among
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21

TT has also become clear In these
L struggles that the right wing, in
one form or another, acts as the ally
and adviser OF the bosses in the course
Of the struggle. And, added to the
difficulties that the militant union
faces during strike under conditions
above referred to. all the more danger
Gus are the traitors within the unions
ranks, who, by giving the employers
exact information and by playing into
their hands, are capable of taking ad-
vantage of the weak points OF the
workers for the benefit of our enc
mics.
II must be emphasized, therefore,
that the struggle against the right
wing must continue even sharper than
ever. Amalgamation OF the needle
trades unions into one Industrial union
and complete elimination OF right
wing policies and right wing control
must be tho watchword OF the left
wing In the present struggle to
strengthen the unions and improve
conditions for the workers In our In.
dustry.
THE strongest point OF the right
i wing In the needle trades 10 to be
found in the Amalgamatod Clothing
Workers. There the bureaucracy has
made a united front with the employ.
ers against the left wing and used
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21

methods unheard of in our struggle
in the rest of the industry. Complete
surrender to tho employer, disregard
for the workers demands and. needs,
and dictatorship against the member
ship-expulsions. graft, corruption
hold sway In that organization. Anal
gamation and militant struggle for bet.
ter conditions will be seriously ,handi-
capped as long as the corrupt fascist
bureaucracy remains In control OF tho
Amalgamated. The entire strength
Of the left wing. therefore, must be
concentrated TO aght this bureaucracy
and to fight them on a national scale.
Considerable support of the Anal
gamated bureaucracy and also the
packing OF conventions Ia the other
trades IL realized thru control OF locals
outside of the big cities and the left
wing must learn how to use its
strength In the big centers for the
purpose OF assisting In organizing our
movement nationally thruout the need
lie industry In all the years of reac-
tionary control OF our unions the work.
ers have been demoraliEed, the unions
have been put asleep with the policy
OF class-collaboratio 10 such an OK.
tent that they are not only neglect
Ing to organize the growing number
OF new workers In the industry, but
arc even losing heavily In member.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
Released After is
Years in Jail, She
Is Thrown Back Again
Especial to Tho Daily Worker)

LINN, NO., Nov. 10. After a six
tsen-year absence spent behind pris-
ca bars, Mrs. Hettie Daugherty re-
turned to her home town here today,
and within an hour was thrown In
Jail again
ostensibly, Mrs. Daugherty, now Al
years old. is held for trial on a bur-
glary charge kept In file during her
absence, Many belieye. however, she
Is in jail because she defied a warn
ing mover to return here and because
1t is feared she came back for ven
gesnee on those who caused her to
DO sentenced to the Missouri peniten-
tiary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
Smoke Screen.

many Of the workers the impression
has been spread BY the right wing
that the league is only for Workers
Party members We must make clear
that the Trades Union Educational
League is an organization based upon
an elementary progressive trade union
program and that all workers who
agree with this simple program are
welcome in the ranks OF the league.
ON the basis OF the foregoing. the
~ following agenda, subject 10
amendments by the conference, Is sub
mhted for consideration and discus
sion by all groups: % The cloakmak-
ers' settlement; (2) the frriers' set.
Elements; 90 the coming dressmakers
strike; "a amalgamation as an inn
mediate task; (5) struggle against the
A. c. w. bureaucracy: (6) struggle
against the right wing CD political
action against gangsterism. industrial
squads, injunetions, police, etc. (S)
jobber.contractor problem: t9l 40-hour
week; (1O) strike strategy and set
Element policy in present period; (11)
shop delegate system: (12) labor
banking and insurance: (1S) broaden.
ing the T. U. Il. L.. (14) means 10
finance left wing activities: (15) the
Needle Worker"
National Committee,
Needle Trsdes Section, r. U. e. 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
Mayor Relieved.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 19--May-
or Marshall of Cleveland has given a
sigh Of relief The announcement
that Queen Marie win not visit the
Ohio city, where workers organiza.
tons were preparing to meet her with
a demonstration of protest is taken
here as an indication that the queen
feared the consequences of what
would certainly have been an inglori-
GUS entry to the city.
The resolution of the Hungarian
societies that caused a storm in the
city council when a member attempt
ed to read 1t has found its protest
echoed by enthusiastic preparations,
led by International Labor Defense,
to give Queen Marie the welcome"
of her trip.
If reports that Prince Nicholas viii
act as the queens proxy in visiting
Detroit and Cleveland are true, ar
rangements will be altered to greet
him as the representative OF Rou-
manian suppression and absolutism
instead of his mother
A mass meeting OF protest, In
which American representatives of
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
british Miners
Vote TO FIGHT
-A nusuu= -uanAvH
III The finish
$4,000 Majority for
Standing Pat
tspeelaI . s.hs paIIy workerl

LONDON, Nov. 1e.-The British
miners have rejected the government.
proposals for ending the coal strike
which has beer In effect since May /.
OFFICIAL announcement was made to.
day that the miners voted 4e0,soe to
$4,000 against e0eeptance Of the gov
ernment's nror.s4is despite the fact
that their delegate conference had
recommended the acceptance Of the
governments plan.
The delegate conference of the
miners federation which met here
today decided to adjourn to permit
the executive to formulate new rec
concentrations for peace.
The announcement of the miners
rejection came as a considerable
shock to government circles, where It
had been confidently expected that
the proposals would be accepted.
The government proposals created
national tribunal to adjust differ
ences, but it provided for decreases in
wages and longer working hours and
was generally characterized by the
miners as an "abject surrender"
which they refused to accept.
The rejection Of the proposals may
now stiffen the policy OF the execu-
tive of the miners federation and in
duce them to hold out for terms which
they would not have dared to ask for
heretofore.
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ship.
The coming struggle in the dress
industry, with the large number of
big unorganized markets outside OF
New York, will be the first one that
will bring the problem Of organizing
the unorganized, big organization
drives, the countrywide methods to
the fore. The conference will have
to serve as rallying point in order
to make this big struggle, in an in
dustry that is 80 largely unorganized,
success.
THE complicated problems OF our in
4 dustry that could not be solved as
a result Of the recent struggles in our
industry, such as the jobber-contractor
problem, the ever-lncreasing drift Of
production outside OF the big union
lied eenters, the drive on the part OF
the employers for increased produc.
ton, the role Of the right wing as seen
In the new light Of our experiences
in the recent strikes--all these are
matters of such vital concern to the
needle trades workers that our ma.
tional conference must find the proper
definition for all OF Thorn, II militant
unionism as embodied by the left
wing Is to continue 70 make progress.
The role OF the capitalist govern.
ment. local. state and. national, as
demonstrated particularly In the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
Three Hurt In Wreck.

BLUFFToN, Ind, Nov. 19.-Three
men were dangerously injured here
today when two interurban Indiana
union traction freight trains collided
head-on seven miles south of here, and
burst into flames.
William Robbins, Button; Ernest
Vermillion and John Hutchinson, Of
Muncie. the injured, were dragged to
safety just before the blaze started.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
$4,000 WORKERS
JAM garden FOR
SACCO PROTEST
Foster, Panken, Flynn
Speak
BY SYLVAN A. POLlAcK.
Especial TO The DAILY Worksrt

NEW YORK CITY, Nov. H.
Eighteen thousand workers assem-
bled at Madison Square Garden at the
call of the Saeco-Vanzetti Emergency
Committee, passed unanimously reso-
buttons demanding congressional In
Vestlgation Of the case and authoriz-
ed the committee to arrange within
a month a. mass. delegation of trade
unionists TO wait upon Gov. Fuller OF
Massachusetts, to demand new trial.
Also a plan for a national congress
in New York City within two months
to continue the demand for new
trial.
Many trade unions attended the
meeting in a body bringing their own
banners with them. II was a real
united front demonstration, official
of both the Workers
(Communist) Party and the Socialist
Party speaking from the same plat
form. William q. Foster represented
the Communists and Judge Jacob
Panken the socialist party.
Read Messages.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who pre-
sided, read communications from
Clarence barrow; John vanvaren.
wck, president of the State Fedora
tion Of Labor and Congressman F.
H. La Guardia, who were not able
CONTINUED on page 81
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DIAz WOULD GIVE U. S.
BANKERS CONTROL OF .
HICARAGUAN FINANCES
tspselsI to rhe naIIx werk.rl

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 49,
As If he Is anxious to demonstrate
his serVillty to American capitalists
as soon as possible after they en-
gineered his election as president,
President Diax has offered to sell to
the Guaranty Trust company of New
York controlling Interest on the
Nlcarssuan National bank.
The bank ls owned by the Nioara-
guam government.
Dlaz, it Is announced, has made
a definite offer to the New York
capitalists TO sell them 81 per cent
of the banks stock. The bank has
paid 10 20 per cent dividends on
the stock.
Dlaz excuse for the sale Is that
it will prevent robberies," and In
crease the banks capital.
The terms are not announced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-21
Powdered Coal May Be
Used Instead of Gas
for Autos, Says Trent

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10. Automo-
biles in the future may use pulverized
coal instead of gasoline, Walter E.
Trent, New York consulting engineer.
told the international Conference on
Bituminous Coal. in session here to-
day.