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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-20
Danger Signals for the tish:Miners' Fight

general council. The miners leaders
including Cook, were now making
statements which concentrated OF.
hours rather than on wages, and
which talked Of the necessity of re-
Stunning work on the old conditions as
a preliminary to negotiations. The
general council deemed the moment
ripe to invite the miners executive to
a conference, which took place on
July Is. The calculation of the gen.
eral council and the parliamentary la.
Dor party was expressed in the fol-
lowing terms by the Times of July Is:
THE general council, presumably,
are anxious to urge upon the execu.
tive of the Miners Federation the
need of stating that at last they are
prepared to accept the report of the
royal commission with all that it i'm
plies tr
As long as the miners, to use the
words of the general council, are pre-
pared to face starvation for a slogan,
labor members of parliament realize
that little can be done, but there is a
growing feeling that properly han
died, the miners would not now prove
quite so adamant as they were at the
beginning of the dispute"
In this can be seen expressed the
cold-blooded calculation of the re-
formist labor leaders on the weapon OF
starvation to break the miners.
ON July 18th the church committee
- sent to the prime minister a basis
of negotiations, to which they had Sc
cured the agreement of the miners
leaders. The terms of the bishops
me-n orandum cover the following
po.1,c:
l. Resumption of work on old
wages and hours: Government sub
sidy.
2. New national agreement within
four months, Both reorganization ana
the reference to wages in the report
to be worked out by the royal com
mission, and embodied in legislation.
3. In the event of disagreement at
the end of the four months. a Join,
board with an Independent chairman
to make an award binding on both
parties.
These terms, it will be seen. repre-
sent "a acceptance of an eventual
reduction of wages ~ compulsory ar
bitration Nevertheless they were Of
ficially agreed to by the miners exc
cutive: and the church committee was
able to add triumphantly in their let
ter to the prime minister the following
declaration signed by the four Of
ticials of the miners, Smith, Richards,
Richardson and Cook: nd
THE suggested terms of settlement
have now been submitted to the full
executive committee of the Miners
Federation, and we are instructed to
inform you that if a settlement can
be arrived at upon the terms set
out, the committee are. prepared to
recommend their acceptance by the
miners"
THIS was the first new declaration
= of policy of the miners executive
since the beginning of the dispute. 1t
was an abandonment of the old policy
Of no reductions as decided by the
conference of April 8, and the change
was made without consulting the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-20

membership. At the same time Cool,
announced a new slogan: in place OF
the old mot a cent off the pay, not a
second on the day." the new slogan
ran ITO work we will go on the
status quo"
The reaction of the miners to this
new and unexpected move OF their
executive was immediate. From two
of the most important coal fields,
South Wales and Durham, came at
once official protests. The executive
committee of the South Wales Miners
Federation, as soon as the news came,
passed the following resolution late
on July 18th:
After having before us an intima-
ton that the national executive have
empowered a deputation of church
leaders to approach the government
in order to put before it terms which
are in opposition to the conferences
decisions, this council instructs the
secretary to communicate with the
Miners Federation of Great Britain
committee, urging that the authority
to present the proposed terms of set
Element be withdrawn, pending the
calling of national conference to dis
cuss the matter"
On July 21st the executive commit
tee of the Durham Miners Federation
passed public protest at the action
of the national executive, which they
declared to be "subversive of fedora
ton policy"
THE government Of course, immedi-
4 ately rejevted the church terms,
which involved a subsidy On these
grounds Cook has defended the move
as tactical move, exposing the fight
to finish" policy of the government
and the vanity of hopes of settlement
on lines of the report, and therefore
serving to confirm waverers and
strengthen support in the working
class movement. He declared in an
interview to the Daily Herald:
My friends in South Wales need
not be alarmed +. F.. Well-wishers and
sympathizers who believed the gov
eminent was amenable to reason now
know definitely that the government
does not want a peaceful settlement
by negotiation. What they want is
surrender by the miners leaders to
the terms they have put forward.
They were never prepared to accept
either the Samuel report or the Sam
uel memorandum. 1t would now be
wise for those labor leaders who have
been prating about the report to rec
ognize the facts and declare where
they stand, either to support the min
ers' policy against reduction Of wages
or longer hours, or support the gov
eminent and the mine owners in their
opposite policy
THIS is very dangerous line of ar
4 gument. It did not need a surren-
der and new policy by the miners ex-
ecutive to prove that the government
has abandoned the whole sham OF the
Samuel report an abandonment that
the government itself has publicly de-
clared. Nor will concessions win over
to a fight those labor leaders who are
behaving as the bitterest enemies of
the miners, and who will only use con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-20
A KLANsMAN's FAMILY ROW.

Gap, hate to have you scaIllwae-
gin out most every night, the good
Lawd only knows whur and with what
sort of company" chided Mrs john
son.
"WeII, anyhow, the Iynchlng | was
at last night wasn't" returned Gap
johnson Of Rumpus Ridge.
"You can't tell me a iynchlng was
a pious affalr!"
cav, ! d'knowI Anyhow, the presld-
ing elder was present and made a
prayer before we booted offm the
stump the Teller we hung."-kansas
City Star.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-20
WITH THE STAFF
Being Things From Here and
There Which Have Inspired
Us to Folly err Frenzy
Sugar Coated Rebels.

The leaders of the Amsterdam
International are nothing if not
polite. In fact they are nearly
both. AT any rate they believe in
sweet reasonableness when ventur-
ing so far as to infer that the
naughty capitalists might be UNI
kind to labor An example of this
is seen in the following opening
sentence of the words of the
Amsterdam news service story
about the Sacco and Vanzetti case
and the sentence of death against
them:
There has never been any
very great confidence in the inn
Partially of American judges,
especially when it is a question
affecting the labor movement"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10
AMERICAN
PLOTS READY
By HOWARD b. HART
international News Service

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Dec. 10t--
With their big amphibian airplanes
tuned to a nicely and all prelimi-
nary arrangements completed the
ten airrnen who will pilot the five
Leoning planes in the Pan Ameri
can flight were prepared for the
1s.shop off" which is expected De
eember IS.
& The pilots have been here for
some time. doing considerable test
ing Of their machines at Duncan
Field.
Pairings for the flight, as an
nounced by Maj. Fl. A. Dargue
flight commander. are as follows
Major Dargue, of New York ana
Lieut. E. c. Whitehead in the flas
ship, the New York; Capt. A. b.
Mcdaniel, second in command, anc
Lieut. C. NICK. Robinson. in the
San Antonio; Capt. Ira c., Eaket
and Lieut.. M. G. Fairchild, in the
San Francisco: Capt. c. F. Woolsey
and Lieut.. j.. w. Benton, in the
Detroit, and Lieut.. B. s. Thompson
the st. Louis.
1t was considered possible today
that Maj. Gen Mason Nj. Patrick,
chief of the army aviation corps
would be here to bid the filters bon
voyage" when they take off on
their 1S,500-mile South American
jaunt: unless pressure of his official
duties in Washington interfere.
The five planes being used in this
epochal flight have been designed
and manufactured specially for the
affair by the Looming Company at
their New York factory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10
FAMOUS FRENCH WALKER
TO RETIRE AFTER JAUNT

PARIS, Dec. 1O-Gallot. the king
of walkers a Frenchman who has
consecrated almost an entire life to
walking, has decided to go on one
last long jaunt and then retire TO
Rouen. He has just entered his
sixty-fourth year and finds that ne
must now live a more quiet lie
There is probably no man on this
side of the water who has travelled
more roads that Gallot on foot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10
CAREER RUINED,
GIRL ENDS LIFE
By international News Service

BY international News Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Dorothy
smoller staked her life against her
career on the stage and lost.
This was revealed today by DR..
James Alexander Miller. who stated
that the talented young actress,
whose home was in Long Beach.
Cal, had continued in her profes.
sion. knowing that her work was
likely to aggravate the tuberculosis
from which she had suffered
Her health wouldn't stand the
strain, and so yesterday Miss
Smoller committed suicide by drink
ing a bottle of shoe polish which
contained a large percentage OF
cyanide of potassium.
The young actress left letter
addressed to Benjamin Strong, gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve Bank.
explaining that her illness was the
cause Of her act. Miss Smoller met
Strong in a. sanitarium at Coloraqo
Springs. She made a great t1ght
against the disease from which she
was suffering, and apparently re-
covered.
Then she returned to New York
and obtained a contract to appear
in a play which opens next Mon
dav. She went into rehearsal des-
bite the warnings of DIR. Miller, q
hemorrhage resulted from her eL,
forts, and she realized that she coul0
never continue her work. me uls.
appointment was too great, so she
ended her life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10

OF the potential water power OF
the United States, estimated at
81. 900 900 horsepower, less than
fifth has been developed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-10

Christmas is always satisfactory Il
Good Fellows. Read about them.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
Hobson Appointed
Scout Assistant

$. l.. MrCrory. boy scout cxccn-
tive has announced the appointment
of Rev. Arthur T. Hobson. pastor Of
the Methodist church of Calexico,
as commissioned assistant to Me
Crory in that town. MrCrory re
ports that Hobson is fully equipped
to handle the position since he has
had experience with boy scout work
and was among those who attended
the summer camp of the Imperial
county county the past summer.
Nobson : appointment is in line
with the program adopted at the
meeting of the board of directors of
the boy scouts at their meeting
Monday night. when they decided
that there was too much work for
one executive to handle, and that Il
local executive should be appointed
in Brawley and CaleXico to assist
McCrorv.
The Brawlcy appointment has not
been chosen as yet, but his appoint
mcmt viii be made within the next
few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28

here this afternoon for san Diego
10 probe further into the bribery
charges pending against District At
torney Kcmplcy and his chief aide,
Guy Scllcck.
The decision on the KcycS' ease
will be announced on their return
here Monday, it was said.
kcves was accused by the SUI
pcrvisors after he had named them
in criminal complaints charging Is
counts Of conspiracy and misuse Of
public funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28

Praise for the engineers Of the
state highway commission. who sue.
cccdcd in building a paved highway
ii rough the sanGhills between Holt
vile ard Yuma. was coupled with
expressions Cf appreciation for The
Interest shown hy the cUmmis ssion
in Imperial county roads, At the r.
CcHt~1 Chamber OF Commerce din
1rr last night. to celebrate the com
piction OF the sandLill route.
The road WIS completed during
the summer. but the observance OF
the completion was postponed un-
i'll cooler weather would make pos
siblc such gathering as attended
last night
Joining with the pccplr cf Fl Cen
TO in the celebration were mem
bcrs Of the highway commission and
engineering staff, and good roads
workers from various parts Of Cali
frrnia and Arizona, while tele-
g~ams expressing regret at their IN
ability TO attend were read from
Governor Richardson, and other in
vited guests, also from the chair
n2n of the good roads committee
at Savannah, Ga.
The exercises were held in the
auditorium Of the high school. with
W. W. McEucn, president of the FL
Ccntro Chamber Of Commerce pre-
siding.
After expressing the appreciation
of the chamher for the interest
shown ia its effort to take duc not.
ice of the Importance Of the road
building, the president introduced
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28

the plan Tor paving 'Mountaia
Springs grade aud expressed apprcc-
ia;ion for the cooperation the people
Of Imperial Valley have always ac.
corded the highway department. and
urged Il continuance of thiS cooper
alton.
Other speakers included +. r..
East, chief engineer of the Automo-
bile Club of Southern California and
George T.. Bowlcs. chairman of the
road committee of the chamber of
commerce. East expressed the
satisfaction of the automobile club
over the new highway and said the
publicity department Of the club is
doing everything possible to make
the people back east acquainted
with the new all-ycar route to Cali
torna.
BowlcS thanked Commissioner Ed.
wards and the other guests for com
ing to the celebration, and urged
the pcpolc lof Imperial Valley to
unite thcir/cfforts with other parts
of Southern California t0>havc Com
missioner Edwards and Chief Engi-
nccr Morton grappointcd to the
commission.
During the program Claire Now.
kirk OF this city and Jane Gillespie
Of Brawlcv contributed dance mum.
bcrS and Fred Nehcl-Thau sang two
parodics on popular songs, appro.
pirate TO the occasion.
President Mct.ucn introduced
members of several valley chambers
If commerce who were in the aud
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28

iencc, and thanked them for coming
to the celebration.
Previous to the addresses, dinner
was served in the high school cafe
tcria by the Carl Reserves, VINO
scored another hit with the nattv
uniforms, their little song of wei
come to the diners, and the CHEEKY
manner in which they served their
guests. At the conclusion of dinner
President McEucn paid a tribute to
their efficiency and assured them
that the chamber of commerce and
the people of FL Centre are proud
of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
PRAISE FOR ENGINEERS AT
ROAD COMPLETION DINNER

Mayor Alvin =. Bucklin &c this city
as tic first speaker.
Mr.. Burklin declared that only
taose who had made til" trrturoHs
tip over the Yuma roadway in the
Old days. across miles Of sard, t1nd
With an eight mile trip over th"
plank road, could appreciate the
blessings of the now highway. H."
tcoountod personal cXprlicnc"
when a partv Of which he was a
lnembrr became lost in the sandhilia
drrirg snnG storm, and cNpcrl
Cnced real har"ships in getting their
ears through that dangerous stretch.
lie paid tribut" to the ingenuity
and couras" Of the engineers, which
made the construction of the road
r.ossihl". ard to t&e members Of th"
California highway commission for
their wisdom in pushing 10 the car
l.est completion, Il first class, open
aii-year entrance to California.
Tells of Early Days
Charles T.. Scott, representing the
FL Centre Chamber Of Commerce,
lecounted the hard1hirs of the pion-
Gers in crossing Imperial Valley,
comparing their struggles with the
ease and speed with which the cross.
ny is accomplished TODAY. He de
claAd that the valley has passed
,Ac pioneer stage and that each year
sees large increase in permanent
construction and plans for the fu-
ture. by the people residing here.
"Good roads" he said. "havc re.
proved the valleys isolation. ~
longer can we be considered cut off
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
Webb to Decide
Keyes Charges
Next Monday

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28.-Attor,
ncv General L. s. Webb will an
nouncc Monday whether District At
torney Asa Kcves is to be prosecut-
ed on charges of embezzlement flied
by the Los Angeles county board Of
supervisors. Deputy Attorney Gen.
cral John w. Mailman said today.
Attorney Webb and Mailman lets
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
TRICK GROWERS
CONFERENCE IS
WELL, ATTENDED
tContiuned from Page y

Horticultural commissioner, had for
his subject, "Departmcnt o. Arri-
culture Regulations Relative to Use
Of Arscnicals, which was very in,
gtructivr and tie assistant farm ad-
visor followed with q talk ON "Thc
I'roennt Status Of Lettuce.
"Grading and Packing by S. 5.
Togers specialist in this line fror'
the state agricultural department.
offered some good points and gave
new methods. His talk was Of
special interest to the shippers who
We're present.
The farm advisors and horticul-
tural commissioner regard the con
ference as highly successful and
one to include the truck growers
field dav in their program Of an
nual conferences.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
McClintOck Will
To Be Admitted

SPRINGFIELD, H.. Oct. %. -
The Illinois supreme court today re-
fused to set aside the order Of
Judge Seaman in Cook county cir
cult court admitting the will Of
Billy McClintock to probate.
Isabelle Pope, McClintoek 5 fl
ancee, and the heirs brought the ac-
tion against William d. Shepherd Of
Kenilworth. who was tried and ac-
quilted Of murdering MeClintock
with typhoid fever germs.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
GROCERY SLIPS
WERE DOCTORED
WITNESS STATES
(Contiru@i fr0m Pa re II

(Contiruel from Page II
land admitted that a man had lived
At the hotel rs Stringcr and left hur-
ricdly on September %. after pay
ing his bill \ trunk WAS found in
his room and District Attorney
Rantou said it had been forwarded
To Asa kcycs. Los Angeles district
attorney and prosecutor in the Me
Phcrson ease.
Stringer, according to the hotel
register, gave his home city as Pasa-
dena. Cal.
Ranton said that the handwriting
on the hotel register had been idcn.
titled by experts aS OrmiSton :. He
also sail that il had been Satisfac.
torilv established that Mrs. McPhcr-
son had NOT been iii New York
with the former radio operator Of
AnuclaS temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
Oddie Has Fight

Oddie Has Fight
I Nevada:
I Ray T. Baker, former director OF
jthc mint, as Democratic candidate
/ opposing Senator Odde. Republican.
has about the same advantage as
HAYDEN in the adioining state Of
Arizona. The fight is on straight
! nartv lir"S in a state witch already
has one Democratic senator.
Oregon:
Eatrv Of Senator Stanficld as
Observation-Disclosures has made 4
three cornercd race ont of the soma
tOriai contest in this state which is
normally Republican. This develop
ment las complicated the chances Of
Frederick Steiwer. Republican sen
atorias nominee. and given Bert =.
liancv. Democrat. chancc to win
provided Stqnfield and Steiwcr split
the Repuhljcan vote. Tlo outcome
is expected to rest with the number
of votes Staafield is able to take
away from Steiwer-a number that
cannot be accurately suaged.
California:
Senator Shortridgo. Republican, is
icEp"ctcd 70 be reelected. There are
contests cvcr fonr hoasc seats. Tha
present house delegation is 9 to .,
Republican.
Smoo: Is Safe
Utah:
senator Smoot. Rnoubl:can. j. ev-
poctcd n be reelected but an ortsii"
chance is conceded to Ashhv Snow.
his Democratic opponent. Both are
high in the Mormon church and
emoot is given the advantage be
cause the state is normally Republi-
can. Two Republican renresenta-
.ivcs are expected TO be reelected.
Idaho:
The advantage i Given to the
Republican incumbent Senator Good
ing. hut John F. Nugent, Democrat"
candidate, has conducted a strong
camDai0n and might upset the dope.
Washington:
senator Weslev Jones Republican
has an advantage here but a vigor-
Gus battle against him is being
wagcd bv \. Scott Bullitt, Demo
cratic senatorial candidate. The
campaign has been bitterly contest
ed and there i Il chance that Bullitt
NAV upset tho normal Eepuhlican
ma iori-v as did Senator Dill, Demo
crat. who won bv 1000 votes out Of
2J0 COO cast in 1922.
Montana. Wyoming and New Mex.
10 have 10 senatorial contests this
wear. One republican and one Dem
ocratic representative in Montana;
Democrat in New Mexico and
Republican in Wyoming are running
for recollection.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
PERSONALS

J. !. Brodcrick and wife are reg.
istered at local hotel.
+. 4. Fagoni and 4. Biancalana
ot the Valley Pro.
3ucc Co. are visitors in the valley
". i. Jordan, J. u. 0 Connel AMI
J. y. MaEnacoi are in town on busi.
less connected with the Pacific
+ Tele3h5np Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28
Nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES. Oct. %. - Dis.
trict Attorney Asa keycs denied to-
day that he has any information
concerning the whcrcabout or con
tents Of Kenneth &. Ormiston :
trunk. reported confiscated in New
Monk
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-28

from ihe coast, with good fodla to
san Diego and Los Angeles. AGI
with u good road TO the o#>t we
"rc no further. removed from Phoa
nix and Tucson, than the earlier
residents here were from san Diego
or Los Angeles.
He suggested that Il huge wclcom-
ing sign he placed ut the California
boundary at Yuma, to welcome tour
ISIS coming here from the East,
"To MANY of these tourists Cali
fornia is indeed Il 'promiscd Land.
They are coming here to locate and
become = part Of our state, and We
should show them that we are glad
20 have them. rs news of the now
road becomes common knowledge
east. the number Of tourists coming
10 California through the southern
gateway WIN increase each year. We
l1ust get ready for them.
lie added his tribute 10 the cn@i-
h,crs and the highway commission
for overcoming road-huildmg Oh
s;aclcS hitherto considered insur
mOuntable.
sam Porter, bringing the good
vii and congratulations Gf Saa III
"oo assured tn" people of Imperial
Nailev that san Diego is equally
hapnv over the complction Of the
snndhill hiyhway. lie declared Il
new eva of progress aad deyc!on
mcrt is opened because of the r,aG.
''The tourist follows the clear
cut trail of good J. The word
viii snrcad more rapidly than You
may think, that the desert trail he
tween Yuma aud the great Imperial
Valley has been practically span-
red with an improved road ami that
means that all this valley VIII get
IN increasing share of the profit
ih'e business that follows ia the
wake of the automobile tourists.
Nelson 7. Edwards of Saa Ann.
Southern California momhcr Of th"
California highway commissions r'-
counted the efforts of The ccmmis-
sion To improve highway conditions
throughout the state, ana If his o,rp
interest in the road, in this >rrn IN.
tic was proud Of tho fact that the
sMdhill route Ind lccr conquered,
opening Un an all-voar entrance 90
ne state. and modest!v gr.r credit
tor the work To the cp".nrcrs &nt
The contractors, who laborcd in tho
heat Il the summer suu to push the
ro"2 throu"h to co,nulotion.
The commissioner intersperscd his
remarks with several humorous ref
erenceS to previous trims oVc~ th"
sandhiil route and made a distinct
hit with his audience by hiS rvilcot
frlendiineSs for and interest i'm. this
section OF The state.
Tells CT Road Building
F.. Q. sullivan. distIie' cu0,u,,r.
and in charge ef the construction of
The road. rccopntcd thn mprv oA-
S'a"ies thai had to he overcome and
the extensive preliminary .ask ti"t
had - b. gone into before 'ic. com
mission ,vaS ready - IT, tn. c-n.
tract. Ilc told Of IL" weeks that
Were spent watching the action Of
the wind on til" sand dunes - as 20
Get an idea ut how the rpa.i should
be bull; Ia overcome The shifting
sands. and il WAS finally decided 10
place tine road higic@ tlan tho dunes.
then oil the shoulders Of the road
50 as To prevent sand from piling up
over IT, His remark, Ncrc ,loSrl.
followed by the audience. which
showed a deep interest ia 'hr :irs'
hand story Of tie road hIi,dju".
s. Y. Cortclvou. division ,ngin e.