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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Officers Elected to Grand Chapter

Officers Elected to Grand Chapter
Mrs. Fred Wiemers of 1923 F ave-
nue. was honored at the grand chapter
meeting of the Order of Eastern Star,
held last week in Tucson, by being
elected grand lecturer of the state
chapter at it's closing sessions. Miss
Denitza Angus of Bisbee was elected
grand trustee. 1t was decided to hold
the next annual meeting of the lodge
in Phoenix in February of 1927.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Hostess to missionary Society

'Yhe Wombn's Missionary society
of Grace Methodist church was en-
joyably. entertained Thursday after
noon from 2:3O to o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Emma Adamson, 1850
Eleventh street.
The program included the reading
of a paper on "The Key" by Mrs.
John Crowell, president of the Mis-
sionary society; reading, "a Noun
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
To entertain League Group

Mrs. Charles Ream of 1918 ave-
nue. will be hostess to the Pythian
Sisters group of the League of Wom-
en- Voters, at their postponed meet
ing Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at her home. The league
groups have for their study topic
this month, "The Colorado River
Problem"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Honored at Luncheon

Mrs. P. A. Griffith entertained at
her home, 1249 Thirteenth street at
a luncheon bridge Monday afternoon,
in honor of Miss Elizabeth Peters
of 1900 Eleventh street, who left
Friday morning for an extended visit
in the east
Mrs. Griffith had as her guests be-
sides Miss Peters, Mrs. Charles Iver-
son, Mrs. Albert Sperry, Mrs. Ben Mai
den, Mrs. G.. F. Bodenhamer, Mrs.
Harry R. Klingensmith, Mrs. David
Struthers and Mrs. Andy Struthers.
The table decorations were in yell
low, attractively carried out with
daffodils and tall yellow candles.
A bridge party followed the lunch
con. Mrs. Bodenhamer held high
score while the guast prize was
awarded to Miss Peters.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Missionary Social

Mrs c. A. Foreman and Mrs. G..
F. Davis were in charge of the pro-
gram Thursday afternoon, following
the regular monthly meeting of the
Missionary society of the First Pres
byterian church. The meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. Emma Miles,
cher, 1917 Nineteenth street, and was
well attended
The members present included Mrs.
Harry w. Churchyard, Mrs. c. e.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Hostesses at Luncneon-Bridge

Mrs. ]. S. Williams, Jr., and her
daughter, Mrs. Ralph S. WILLIAMS,
were hostesses at a delightful lunch
. con- bridge Tuesday afternoon at the
formers home, 1895 Tenth street.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Hostess at Tea

Mrs G. B. Fleming Of 100 Eleventh
street entertained at her home Tues
day afternoon at tea, in honor of her
guest, Mrs. J. A. Lightfoot of Texar-
kama, Ark, sister of Mr.. Fleming.
Bright yellow jonquis added spring
note to the festivities.
Those who attended during the
afternoon were Mrs. r. G. Arthur,
Mrs. Shelton DoweL, Mrs. o. o. Ham
mill, Mrs. Pittaway Mrs. H. G. Nc
Rae, Mrs. Jessie Woods, Mrs. J. W.
Slaughter, Mrs. O. L. Neer, Mrs G. A.
Foreman, Mrs. Emma Shedd and her
daughter, Miss Harriet Shedd, Miss
Ida Hickman, Mrs. E. c. Robinson,
Mrs. Randall of Rensselaer, Ind, and
Mrs. Mccall of Service.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
S. B. A. Initiates

One of the most successful initia-
tion ceremonials conducted by the
Security Benefit association was held
Tuesday evening at SOdd Fellows
hall when the following group was
initiated into the local chapter: G. d.
Webber, Mrs. Jack J. Barnhart, Mrs.
ida Hall, Edna Adams, Matte Beam,
Mabel Mcbride, Edith Rogers, c. c.
Mcbride, J. E. Malloy, Louis San
ders, Leon Koontz Nellie Merz, Rob-
ert Hohstadt, Linord Wells and Edna
Rogers. A social hour followed the
exercises and refreshments were serv-
ed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Newlyweds in city

Major and Mrs. G. B. Jones of Camp
Harry J. Jones are entertaining the r
son and his bride, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Jones, who arrived here Tuesday
evening from Williamstown, KY, fol-
lowing their marriage on Saturday
February 1S. The ceremony was per
formed at the home of the bride n
Williamstown at o'clock Saturday
afternoon by Rev. Strude, pastor IF
the Methodist Episcopal church CT
that city
Mrs. Jones is the daughter of Judge
and Mrs. James O'Hara of Williams
town and was before her maria Sc
Miss Eugenia O'Hara. They expect
to visit here for about month. Mr.
Jones is associated with the state
highway commission at Lexington, KY
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Girl Reserve Meeting

A varied program marked the
meetings of the three triangles OF
junior girl reserves on Wednesday aft
ernoon at the Y. w. C. A. Previous to
the arrival of the other triangles.
the freshmen held a business meeting
to decide on details for their coming
party, and held also their postponed
Valentine box.
spirited grand march of all tri-
angles and the learning of two new
songs were the first part of the joint
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Enjoy Hike

Members of the newly organized
Adventure club of the Y. w. G. A.
enjoyed a hike and picnic supper Mon
day afternoon, leaving the Y. w. G. a.
building at 4:30 o'clock. The group
was composed Of the Misses Marjorie
Russell and Miss Alta Morris who
were guests of the members for the
afternoon and the Misses Jean Morris,
Hortense Mcguire, Pauline Illitzky
and Tmitra and Clara Thill. The
party was chaperoned by Miss E. Mar
jorie Williams, secretary of the Y.
w. c. A.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Entertains Bridge Clubs

Mrs. O. A. Ash of 1877 Fourteenth
street was hostess to the members of
the Tuesday Bridge club at her home
Tuesday afternoon and on Thursday
entertained the members of the Thurs
day Bridge club. Two tables were
played each day, Mrs. J. M. John
son carrying off the highest honors
for both clubs.
Mrs. Ash's guests on Tuesday were
Mrs. A. G. Barnes, Mrs. Arthur G.
Prescott, Mrs. Harry Caldwell, Mrs.
Addie Mcclure, Mrs. Joseph Wright,
Mrs. j. M. Johnson, Mrs. w. G. Will
loughby.
On Thursday she had as her guests
Mrs. Edward Leahy, Mrs. A. B. Murchi-
son, Jr., Mrs. Ralph Beasley, Mrs. Jack
Laskey, Mrs. ]. M. Johnson, Mrs M.
E. Buckles, Mrs. A. G. Barnes and
Mrs Randolph Nelson
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Scores Attend silver Tea

Scores Attend Silver Tea
Mrs A. W. Cotton of 1929 Twelfth
street opened her home to the women
of the Christian church Friday after
noon for a silver tea from 8 to
O'Clock, and during the specified hours
scores of church members and their
friends attended. The house decora-
tions were carried out in colors sig
hificant of George Washington's birth
day and during the afternoon a de-
lightful musical program was given
under the direction of Miss Katharine
Brewer.
The reception committee consisted
of Mrs. A. w. Cotton assisted by Mrs
Tolbert Weaver, Mrs. Russell Mea-
dows, Mrs. Wendell Jones, Mrs. w
B. Carter and Mrs. Merle Ewing. Pre-
siding at the door were the Misses
Ver1a Ewing, Margaret Likes and
Martha Martin.
The dining room was under the
supervision of Mrs. r. G. Arnold, as
sisted by the Misses Edith Rogers,
Edna Montgomery and Luella Boss.
Mrs. Ellen Harsell and Mrs. L. d.
Mccartney presided at the tea table
from to 4 O'Clock being relieved at
that hour by Miss Mary Upton and
Miss Pauline Todd, who poured until
o'clock. Mrs. D. S. Ayres and Mrs.
John Speer poured during the last
hour, from to 6 o'clock.
The musical entertainment render
ed during the afternoon consisted of
the following numbers: Violin solo,
Norman Carter; piano selection, Nina
Childers; violin number, Madeline
Childers; piano selections, Frances
Jacks; vocal number, Carmen Larisoni
reading, Elizabeth Larkin; piano
Margaret Likes; violin duet, Norman
Carter and Jay Shannon; piano selec-
ton, Miss Katharine Brewer; violin
selection, Miss Lessie Raye Vickers
vocal solo, Mrs. Russell Meadows.
Noted among those present during
the afternoon were Mrs. w. B. Car
ter Mrs. j. r. Bouldin, Mrs. Lester
shannon, Miss Pauline Todd, Mrs
George Spooner, Mrs. G. w. Taylor
Mrs. w. M. James, Mrs. A. G. Kenna
Mrs. John Dean, Miss 10 Vaughn, Mrs
j. A. Larkin, Miss Carmen Larison
Mrs. o. e. Patterson, Mrs. Nettie Van
Antwerp, Mrs. J. J. Jones, Miss Martha
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
p. e. p. Club Has Hobby Meeting

p. e. II. Club Has Hobby Meeting
An interesting meeting> on the sub
ject of Hobbies was held by mem
noon at the Y w C. A. Music as a
hobby was demonstrated by Mrs. I. J.
Simcox Immediately after the open
ing exercises by the playing of two
piano selections ITO a Wild Rose
and "From an Indian Lodge" The
"TFobby chorus consisting of the
Misses Ruth Foreman, Isabelle Mil
Ter, Frances Jacks, and Margaret
Doty accompanied by Miss Carmen
Larson then invited the club members
to ride a hobby, whatever it might
be-" Miss Ruth Meischer gave short
talk on her hobby which was reading,
illustrating by humorous selections
her point that reading had so many
forms that one could never grow tired
of it but choose another kind OF
reading.
Athletics as hobby was drama
tized by the Hobby chorus with ap-
propriate songs for baseball, swim
ming, basketball, and golf, to the
great amusement of those present
This was followed by a talk on Queer
Hobbies of My Friends" given by
Miss Williams who pointed out the
value of a hobby to any person no
matter who nor what the hobby
giving as some examples of queer ones
the collection of south sea fish, tea
pots, ships, letters and mentioning
others. Each girl then named what
her hobby was and it was found that
these varied most interestingly from
stamps and photography to cooking,
dancing and reading.
Decision to postpone the annual
P. E. p. party from February 27 to
March was made at the business
meeting which preceded the program
1t was found that the date conflict
ed with another affair and that a
number wished to attend various out
of-town tournaments and conventions
on the weekend planned for.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Pledged to Sorority
IIonored at shower

HOnOred at Shower
A handkerchief shower was giver
Wednesday afternoon in honor of Mrs
Grace Benton by the Women's so.
ciety of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Engineers, follow
ing the regular business session il
Odd Fellows hall Mrs. Benton plans
to leave soon for Lordsburg, New
Mexico.
The group of members present in
cluded Mrs. Sarah Anderson, Mrs. G
c. Snoddy, Mrs. William Hunt, Mrs
olivia Beckett, Mrs. Fred A. REEVES
thai Mrs. william Yelverton, Mrs
Walter e. Cobb, Mrs. Clyde c. Keith
Mrs Rial Gallagher, Mrs. Florence
CARRIER and Mrs. Grace Benton.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21

Convention Date Set
The oath annual convention of the
Arizona Federation of Womans clubs
will be held in Phoenix on April Z,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Country Club Dance success.

Country Club Dance success.
Edward Bergstrom Paramount or
chestra terminated its musical en-
gagement in Douglas Thursday eve
ming by furnishing music for dane
ing from until / ec!ocS at the
Douglas Country club. The dance
was one Of the informal affairs
planned for the winter season and
was easily one of the most success
full and enjoyable.
Scores of popular musical numbers
had been selected and the program
offered was both varied and inter-
esting. Besides the regular dance
numbers, each member of the or
chestra entertained with a special
selection. Feature song hits added to
the evenings entertainment and lit
tie Frances Miriam Reed, eight year
old daughter of Iir. and Mrs. Frank
Reed, who are visiting here from
Chicago ILL., delighted the guests
with a clever Interpretation of the
popular charleston.
r. e. Souers, DR. P. C. Collins and.
Rex Rice formed the committee in
charged
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21

Primitive jcwelry hammered hJ th'
indians from Mexican silver dollars
sillEes very smart aNtc With tn
ncw spor: costcnoes 1t ~ pafticu
kV!y C.G,c With the tGtur!st;c designs
ADi vvaShint: ;olos.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Mrs. HuxtabIe Hostess

MIS-. HuXtaDIe Hostess
Mrs. E. j. Huxtable of S37 Tenth
street was hostess at an enjoyable
luncheon bridge on "wednesday of last
week. Covers were laid for 20 guests.
A mound of sweet peas centered the
table.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21
Entertains Bridge Club

Mrs. Edward Specht of 1415 Thir-
teenth street entertained the members
of the Pleasant Hour Bridge club at
hr home Thursday afternoon. Three
tables were played.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21

Bull, Mrs George Doubleday, Mrs
Jacob Scheerer, Mrs, Margaret Light,
Mrs. William Pugh, Mrs. c. A. Fore
man, Mrs. A. B. Joss, Mrs. c. F Lewis,
Mrs A. L. Massey, Mrs. Albert. T.
Kleinschmidt, Mrs. Walter Meischer,
Mrs. Ralph Peterson and Mrs. Van
Antwerp.
The March meeting will be an open
session and will be held with Mrs.
Kleinschmidt, at her home, 1916
Eighth street
Pledged to Sorority
OF special interest to Douglas
friends of Miss Glendora Buckles, is
the announcement made during the
week that she had been pledged to
Delta Gamma sorority at the Uni
versity of Arizona, which she enter
ed the second semester Of this year.
Miss Buckles is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. M E. Buckles of 1921 Four
teenth street, and was graduated from
the Douglas high school last May.
Miss Buckles, with her classmate,
Miss Ellen Lundy of Boulder, Colo
RADIO, sister of Mrs. S. A. Gardanier
of this city, is spending the weekend
in Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-21

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28

their money from the sweat and blood
of the workers Of the valley.
The mayor was elected to office on
ticket which was backed and en-
dorsed by the X. K. K. and during
the election a great cry went up from
the catholics, but on such an occasion
as the reception of the new arch
bishop, they dropped all their little
quarrels and got together and fratern-
lied like the true brothers of one
class that they are.
The whistles Of all the open shops
in the Youngstown Sheet and Tube,
the Briar Hill Steel, The United
States Steel, The Republic Steel will
blow a welcome to the bishop, while
he will salute from his private car
furnished to him by President Bar
nett of the Nickle Plate railway.
Workers Hard Earned Money.
The car will be stopped in the city
to allow the archbishop to salute j.
G. Butler, Jr, who will await his rev
erence on his front porch aud salute
him in return. The fact that Butler,
Jr. is one Of the great opponents of
the open shop will make no difference
to his reverence" The fact that
thousands Of the poor Pensioners
who have contributed to make this
non-producing monarch Of the church
big figure for the time being, have
to work long hours for small pay, will
have no effect on this representative
Of the church.
The police and firemen who have
had hard time getting their salaries
from the city this winter will be
turned out like show cattle at a
county fair to let the archbishop know
how much the city has been honored
by his presence.
The Bishops Job.
The indians who are having such
hard time breaking away from the
imperialistic and exploiting British
empire will have this non-producing
prince of the church to keep for the
balance of his life. He will tell his
Indian followers to suffer quietly in
this world in order that their reward
may be greater in the next" and he
will issue the injunction of Servants
obey thy masters" as did the church
down thru the ages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28
Revolutionary Chorus
Greeted with Acclaim
BY GERTRUDE PINcUs
(Worker correspondentl

NEW YORK, Feb. rs - Five thous.
and workers filed Mecca Auditorium.
Brooklyn, to listen to the Freiheit
Chorus. The chorus under the direc-
ton Of Loeser Winer accompanied by
The Peoples Orchestra sang the
canto, "The Two Brothers" by PERTH
music, set by Shaffer.
The Freiheit Chorus is composed of
working men and women, who have
devoted time and energy to build the
Freiheit Chorus into a proletarian
culture institution.
The various melodies of the or
chestra mingled with the chorus, ex-
pressing the deepest feelings Of the
class struggle.
The composer Shaffer comes from
the ranks Of the working class, and he
creates all his music for them.
A concert will be given by the
Brownsville and Peterson Chorus
Brooklyn, on the 18th of April, with
Shaffer as composer and director.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28
Workers Communist Party
The National OrganizationaI Conference
of the Workers Communist Party

sponsible for bringing in well thot
out programs of work and proposals.
1t was also pointed out that we
must develop party democracy thru
democratic centralism by the close
contact Of the functionaries with the
membership and by the nuclei discuss
ing and acting on party problems. A
system Of functionary gatherings can
not be substituted for discussion in
the nuclei and conferences of respon-
sible delegates from the nuclei. Func-
tionary conferences have no power to
decide any question. All decisions
must be decided at conferences of
delegates.
Many organizers pointed out the
tendency, a dangerous one, Of Ian
guage and union fractions to take up
and decide upon party problems, to
act as basic party units. In this con-
nection, there was thoro discussion
on the role of the language fractions
in the fraternal organizations, work
ers' clubs, ETC.; the need OF systemat-
ically bringing workers politics" in
to these non-partisan organizations,
which are actually now Systematically
permeated with capitalist politics and
ideas by the bourgeoisie. The ener-
getic pushing of the foreign-born pro-
lection campaign, spread of literature,
working class speakers, support of the
international Labor Defense, ETC., was
especially stressed as work Of the
party language fractions in these or
CARNATIONS.
In connection with defense, it was
reported that the international Labor
Defense organization was handling the
Zeigler, Pittsburgh, California, and
Bimba cases. Its work demands the
support of the entire party member
ship both financially, and aid organ
nationally by joining the l. L. D. as
Individual members and getting the
workers everywhere to join this mass
non-partisan organization which de-
tends all class war prisoners.
Forelgn-Born Campaign Draws
Response.
The campaign for the protection of
the foreign-born, as to it's political i'm
portance and organizational methods
to draw in the masses of the Ameri-
can-born workers, the trade unions,
liberal elements, as well as the mass
of foreign-born workers directly af-
fected by the registration, finger
printing, deportation laws, were dis
cussed and the Importance Of ener-
getic work in this campaign stressed.
Trade Union Campaigns.
The central executive committee OF
the party is now conducting an ener-
getic campaign to draw every eligible
party member into union and to
build the party fractions in the
unions, as basis and means of build
ing a broad left wing T. U. E. L.,
movement in the trade unions. Or
ganizers reported on results to date
and meetings of members not yet in
unions, being called.
In the trade union report, the
work in the unions to date, particu-
larly in the I. L. G. W., the Machin-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28
BY MARTIN ABERN.

The national organizational confer
ence of the Workers (Communist)
Party, at which every district organ
izer and nearly all language bureau
secretaries were present, concluded
its three-day session on Feb. 90 in Chi
cago. The organization conference
was perhaps the most successful and
fruitful gathering of leading comrades
and functionaries ever held in the his
tory of the party.
The reporters for the central execu-
tive committee were: 1. General Po-
Iitical Report; Labor Party and De-
Tense of Foreign-Born Campaigns
Jay Lovestone. 2. Communist Inter
national Organization Conference
Shop and Street Nuclei, Fractions,
Observation-Disclosures Abern. 8. Trade
Union Work-Jack tombstone. A.
DAILY wORKER-M. Loeb 5. Ag-
itprop and Negro Work-John Ball
am. 8. Y. w. LIS. Darcy.
At this conference, there were dis
cussed at length, among other things
the ways and means to carry out the
campaign for the protection of for
eign-born, for a labor party. Elabor-
ate reports on the organization and
activization of the shop and street
nuclei were outlined by the district
organizers. It was manifest that the
nuclei organization had taken hold
strongly among the membership and
was already producing increased mass
activity. Attendance had increased ap-
probably; trade union attendance and
activity had improved; literature, leaf
lets, pamphlets, The DAILY WORK.
Err, tickets for mass affairs, such as
the Lenin memorial meetings, were
being disposed OF more systematically
In the shops and factories; where
Workers Schools had been establish
ed, the comrades were entering the
various classes, and the foreign-born
comrades especially the English
classes. The shop nuclei were finding
it simpler to engage more effectively
in the mass struggles, such as strikes,
and endeavoring to take part and lead
ership in the solution of the daily
problems Of the workers in the shops
such as wages, working conditions
Labor defense activity in the shops
was noticeable. improvement Of
party life among the workers was
clear.
Nevertheless there remain great
dificulties: the language problem, at
tendance at the nuclei meetings, get
ting every member into the work, etc
Organization and Functioning Of
Executive Committees.
Stress was laid on functioning nuc
leus and subsection executive com
mittees particularly as means of &C
tivating the nuclei with life, and to
eliminate from the shop and street
nuclei meetings the routine matters;
to have at the nuclei meetings &C
tual reports Of activities, such as
trade union reports, shop activity, de
tense work, concrete plans of work
The executive committees shall be re
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STEEL MILLS ARE
A LIVING HELL,
SAYS REPORTER
Bosses Try to Prevent
Union Organization
81 4 Worker correspondent

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 26 = The
Wheeling Steel corporation has a very
large plant here, and also a big steel
mill in Benwood. The Benwood mill
produces piping. It employs about
5000 men, three-fourths of whom are
foreign-born. Hours range from 8 10
1015 per day. The S-hour shifts apply
mostly to Americans, whom it happens
were former strikebreakers. Most Of
them work in the pipe furnace depart
ment.
The sheet mill has also an s-hour
basis. Piece work is the rule. The
work is hard, as the heavy steel must
be thrust into the furnaces. When the
bars are hot they are withdrawn and
pushed distance of some sixty yards
for the next operation.
Fifteen Minutes to Eat.
In the pipe mill working hours are
10 on the day and 1917 on the night
shift. Twenty minutes are allowed for
dinner during the day and Is minutes
for the midnight lunch.
The furnace department is a real
hell. The low roof forces the men to
work amidst the dust and smoke. OF
the workers 95 per cent are foreign
born, mostly Italian, Polish and South
Slav.
Wages are A cents an hour, and up
Out of their miserable pay the men
must put up dollar month for sick
insurance.
The corporation employs system
attic tactics to divide the workers. The
Americans get the better and more
highly paid classes of work. The old
timers get the preference in staying
on when work is slack. Even on the
treading floor where the work is dirty
and oily and foreign-born and Negroes
are employed, they try to keep up dis
tinctions to keep those groups apart
The mills are running now only
part-time and some of them are en-
tirely closed. OF the 5000 who normal
ly are employed, half are working only
day or two a week. Very few are
employed steadily.
The workers learned in the last
strike in 1919 that where a corpora
ton has mills in other places, all most
be closed in strike. The mills here.
as might be expected, are entirely un.
organized.