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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
AvENTINE LEADER
DIES FROM BLOWS
/. OF FASCIST THUGS
Mussolini Gets Rid of
Parliamentary Foe
Especial to The Daily WorkerJ


PARIS, April s. - Prof. Giovanni
Amendola, one of the most relentless
of Premier Mussolini and
fascism in Italy, died at Cannes to-
day, according to the newspaper lie
Matin. Death came as the result of
injuries suffered six months ago when
he was brutally attacked by a gang
of fascist hirelings. He was after
wards struggled out of Italy by friends
and taken to Paris. Later he was
removed to Cannes.
The death of Amendola, who had at
one time been minister for the colo
MES in the fascist cabinet and served
numerous terms as deputy for Sa-
lerno, may prove almost as sensa-
tional an incident in Italian affairs as
was the death of Deputy Matteotti
He is the most distinguished Italian
parsonage to fall before the alleged
attacks of political enemies and it is
expected here his friends will demand
an inquiry by the Italian government
to clear up the events leading to his
death.
Aventine Opposition Leader.
As leader OF the Aventine opposi
ton, Amendola represented the strong
est opposition, aside from the Com
munists, the fascist party has had
The attack upon Amendola, which
led to his death, is still involved in
obscurity and no accurate details
have been made known.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Pa. Hodcarriers, White
and Black, Form Union

READING, Pa, April S-Sixty-seven
Reading hodcarriers of various nation
alities, including Negro workers, have
taken the first steps toward forming
a local union.
Unorganized hodcarriers here re-
ceive rs to 35 cents an hour less than
workers in unionized districts.
Business agent Jesse George, plumb
ers' union, told the hodcarriers he had
never seen a more fraternal spirit
among such a diverse group Of work
ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Congress Turns Down
Reapportionment Bill
Especial to The Daily worksrl

WASHINGTON, April S.-The house
late today overwhelmingly turned
down a move to force a reapportion-
ment of congressional representation
on the basis of the 1920 census. Ac.
cording to law there should be a re-
apportionment after every census.
The states, however, which would lose
representation naturally object.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Couldn't Live on s1e a Week.

ST. LOUIS-(FP)-Richard Moo
ney, who lost his arm in a railroad
accident IL years ago, made an UNI
successful attempt to end his life by
shooting. 81 just could not make ends
meet on my salary of SIS a week." he
told hospital attendants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Strike stops Wage cutting.

MELBOURNE, Australian-(FP)-
An attempt by the federal government
to reduce wages in the munition works
at Melbourne by s1.25 per week ended
in failure. The men ceased work i'm
mediately and did not resume till the
old scale was reintroduced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Watered Stock.

Bootleggers use one gallon of alco-
hol to make three gallons of wiskey.
cat IS quart for bootleg
whiskey-" Buckner said, IL find
that $4,000 100000 is the gross bust
ness involved in the diversion of
SO,OOO,000 gallons Of Industrial alco-
hol to the bootleg trade"
There is trace Of poison in 9S1s
per cent OF all the bootleg liquor
seized in New York, Buckner stated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Wreck oppoaItIon Preaa.

ROME, April g. Fascist rioAsrs
have wrecked the Offices Of the local
opposition press. The buildings Of
La VOce Republican,, a republican
daily; II Risorgimento, organ OF the
constitutionalists, and II Mundo, an
anti-fascist paper, were invaded and
the machinery broken. All employees
and others connected with the papers
were driven out and beaten up by the
mobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
$50 Bows Walk-out

BAY0NNE, N. J.-FP)-A walkout
Of $50 boys between 16 and IS years
old demanding a wage increase from
80 to S6c an hour closed the case and
can department OF the Standard OIL
Co. Of New Jersey Bayonne plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
burned until tomorrow.
10000. 600 Gallons Here.

"The ineficiency of the industrial
alcohol service which let's 60,0O0,0O0
gallons of alcohol slip into the boot
leg trade annually has done as much
as the coast guard service to halt
smuggling of foreign liquors into the
United States" Buckner told an
amazed audience which jammed the
senate judiciary committees public
hearings.
Buckner said one carload of boot
leg alcohol already has been seized
at the Canadian border. 1t was sent
by American bootleggers to Canadian
bootleggers to defraud the Canadian
government of its tax.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Temporarily Insane.

LONDON, April S.-Friends of Miss
Gibson, who shot Premier Mussolini,
expect that she will be held to be
temporarily insane and that the die
tator himself will order that she be
delivered into the custody Of friends
who will guarantee that she does not
return to Italy.
Miss Gibson is convert to the
Catholic church and has spent most
of her time in the last year in prayer.
Her sister believes the act was COM
mitted in a moment OF mental unbal-
ancement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
EXPOSE or CONDITIONS
IN PERU TO APPEAR IN
SATURDAYS DAILY WORKER

The next story exposing the
vicious labor conditions in Peru
will appear in tomorrow's DAILY
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10

NAPLES, April S.-Modigliani, the
lawyer for Matteottis widow, was Sc
riously beaten up by a gang OF fascist
hoodlums last night. Crazed crowds
of fascists paraded up and down the
streets of the city, searching for vic
Tins. The reign OF terror still exists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Civil War In italy.

PALERMO, Sicily, April e.-Open
warfare has broken out between the
fascists and anti-fascists on this
island. A number of casualties have
been sustained ON both sides.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Mussolini, Head of
Fascism, Ernbarks
on Inperialist Voyage

Continued from Page u
financial situation Of both France and
Italy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-10
Some EmIares Back cue

The congress was dominated so
much by the extreme reactionaries Of
the former cars court that men like
the former Foreign Minister Miliou-
koff, Alexander Kerensky, Victor
Tchernof and their followers have for
the most part refused to take part.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
FREED ON RACE
Be I CHARGE

After waiting since August IL.
1924. demanding that he be tried,
George Mackey Smith today was
acquitted by a jury before Judge
Isaac r. Hit on a charge OF taking
bets on horse races.
Mackey was arrested August IA,
1924, at Seventeenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
He pleaded not guilty. demanded
trial by jury and was released On
bond
The evidence showed that Police
men Mccarthy and Billman. in the
presence OF Captain Father or the
Third precinct, marked five dollar
bill and Mccarthy, dressed in civ
ilian clothes. was introduced to
Smith and placed with him the 20
to be played on "a horse.
Smith was looking at the So and
the slip accompanying it when Nc
Carthy grabbed both the bill and
Smith. revealing that he was an
officer.
Through his attorney, Harry T.
Whelan Smith contended that the
money could not be used as evil
dence, since it had never been bet
on the horse. the purpose for which
it was intended.
The jury returned a verdict OF
acquittal after two hours delibera-
tiOn,
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
B|GA|N|STS GE I
| 0|VG Terms

Bigamists were notified today By
Justice Stafford in Criminal Cours,
No. 2, that they need not expect
to be put on probation when brought
before him for sentence.
This was the answer Of the court
to b. plea in behalf OF James +.
Dickson, a young man from South
Carolina, who was convicted OF
marrying December %. 1924, Jeanne
F.. Bleecker, while his wife. Eliza
beth ". Schatzel, whom he married
October 20, 1920, when he was Is
years old, was still living and was
not divorced. There are two chill.
dren by his first marriage.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
made a strong plea in behalf of the
young man but 1t is reported a
warrant has been issued in New
York for his arrest on charge Of
non-support Of his first wife and
children.
He was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary.
Alice M. Cook. 81, alias Alice
Cole, also Clara Wilson, who April
8, 1928. married James Grimm, and
married Edward w. Zerbel in April.
1925, although her first husband
was still living. also will spend two
years in the penitentiary.
The young woman told Probation
Officer Amos Steele that she lived
with her first husband but a short
time and that he left her and she
does not know where he is.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
TWO SCIENTISTS NAMED
TO BUREAU OF DAIRYINC

Appointment of two scientists in
the bureau Of dairying. Department
Of Agriculture, is announced today
DIR. F. W. Miller has been ap
pointed veterinarian aAd physiolo-
gist in connection with breeding
research at the Government expert
mental farms. George w. Harvey
has been appointed biDmetrician in
the bureau of dairying, to assist in
the study of the underlying prin-
ciples governing heredity in milk
and butterfat producing ability in
dairy cattle.
DR.. Miller comes to Washington
from Oregon, where he has been
practicing veterinary. Mr.. Harvey
was formerly research specialist in
the New Jersey Agricultural Expert.
ment station.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

Thousands Of annuitants under
the civil service retirement act
are so heavily in debt and in such
an impoverished condition that
they should be included in the
benefits Of the liberalized retire
ment act now under consideration,
Morris Bien, Washington attorney,
told the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Retirement today.
4 There are 10000 employees Of
the Federal Government who have
been retired since 1920, when the
present civil service retirement
law went into effect, Mr.. Bien
told the committee. a majority
Of these are badly in debt. be-
cause the annuities have been
entirely too small to care for their
needs.
FaTOfs Retroactive Law
The new law should be made ret
IOcGNANCs ~ &GONE4 1At@1Cs CeASGSs w.
Bien said. He estimated that an
additional 100000 appropriation
would be required for this purpose
There was no Indication today
of the attitude OF the Joint Congress
sional Committee on this suggest
ton. but it is not likely 1t win be
incorporated in the new act.
More than rs per cent Of the
employees Of the Government Print
ing Office who died IN 1875 were
below the retirement age. George
G. SeiboId. Of Columbia Typo
graphical Inion, told the COMMITTEES
today
benefit isl New Law
For that reason he declared thsft
the IberaIized retirement law would
be of far greater benefit 20 the
Government Printing Office than
the present one.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
MORE, BARRIERS
FACING FINES

Doctor William C. Fowler,
Health Officer, is waging a tre-
mendous campaign against un.
clean barber shops. His inspec-
tors obtained "a more warrants
today, bringing the total since
January to so.
'It is usually in the smaller
shops where the individual barber
is careless enough to warrant
court action" Doctor Fowler said.
I'VE are, however. detailing gu,
whole force. consisting OF II in
spectors, to the job Of bringing in
delinquents."
Regulation provide for a fine not
to exceed $25 for any barber, who.
after using comb, brush, razor,
tweezers or other accessories shall
fail to sterilize TIE tools in boiling
water, alcohol or = solution of car
bolic acid. Many have not done so,
officials charge.
Beauty parlors where hair is cut.
beside the applics ton of cosmetics,
muds, ETC., are also being inspected.
The health officer said he would
continue the inspections until the
whole city has been cleaned up.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

Postal employees will save 80
per cent in the cost Of life in
surance through the group plan,
witnesses appearing before the
House ! Committee on Postoffices
and Post Roads testified today at
the opening hearing on bill
authorizing the Postmaster Gen
|eral to arrange for group policies.
Rights Are Projected
Rights Of employees will be better
protected. and employees who can
not. because of physical disabilities.
take out individual policies. would
receive the benefit OF insurance
under the group plan, the com.
n1ittee was told.
"A number OF groups of postal
employees are combining to take out
policies here and in many of the
states. members Of the committee
were told. The Federated Postal
Employees, with headquarters in
Washington, took out insurance last
week with a New York company
for q number Of members.
Joseph Wilton. superintendent OF
insurance of the New York city
postoffice, told the committee that
postal supervisors in that city re-
Gently organized and insured them.
selves as q body.
They are receiving $1,000 worth
nj insurance each at premiums
totalling a little over $40 a year
each.
The same class Of insurance in
the same company would cost them
500 a year as individuals, he de-
clared.
John J. Lynn. superintendent OF
the group insurance department OF
one OF the largest companies told
the committee he had been in
charge of insuring groups OF postal
employees in New York State since
the plan was tnaugurated Tour
years ago.
He said that from 16 to 90 per
cent of all the employees in the
groups so far insured were ''im-
paired risks"
These men could not take out in
surance with any company under
any other plan, Mr.. Lynn explained.
All employees in the group were
insured Immediately without exam
nation, he said.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

sought an education in the liberal
arts. Many, he believes, who are
fitted for education in some. spe-
cifie line of work or business are
totally untitled for requirement of
academic degrees. Such students,
he feels, should be guided into the
paths best fitted for them.
Discussing the controversy over
the prominence Of athletics in
college and universities, DIR. Smith
said he believes the evil is in
"stressing the winning team, rather
than athletics or the game"
Athletics are good" DR.. Smith
said, "but they should be accepted
as part of physical education, not
merely as an adjunct of a winning
team
The Iowa educator believes, how
ever. that the athletics situation
will right itself-that the pendulum,
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

A new slash in the Federal pro-
hibition staff at Washington
within a few days will reduce
the force here to $50 and virtually
complete the dry Reorganization
started nine months ago by Gen.
L. C. Andrews.
This was announced today, the
anniversary of the date when
prohibition became effective in
United States.
400 Lost Positions
In the last nine months over 400
subordinate officials. legal and tech
pical experts and clerks have been
dropped from prohibition head
quarters which once had a staff of
nearly 1000.
The move. according to Prohibi-
ton Director J. e. Jones. places
additional responsibility for enforce
nlent on field officers. Andrews
Plan aims to leave details of en-
forcement to administrators, with
6. III. @" free to dictate policies
and direct general operations.
THE big difficulties OF enforce;
nent lie in the field Jones said.
IAN available personnel Is being
sent to the front
MANY OF those relieved from duty
have been transferred to other de-
Ia
nositions in private business through
influence of the prohibition office.
Important changes are anticipated
in the field staff within the next
few months. New faces may be
seen in the corps OF administrators
and assistants, while others who
fail to meet the strict requirements
OF the Treasury will go.
The narcotic force of about 100
experts under Col. L.. G.. Mutt viii
not be reduced. About sixty-five
additional employees will remain in
prohibition administrative work,
while Jones will have a STAFF Of
about fifty. it was understood A
corps of seventy special investi-
gators will be maintained for de-
ployment in the danger zones.
The field organization OF the new
dry machine is practically complete.
The legislative program to be
proposed to Congress by the Treas
ury probably will be ready for
presentation soon. The present
laws are inadequate, according to
officials. Thousands of permits for
the manufacture of industrial al
cohol. which expired January /, were
not renewed.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
STATE SOCIETIES TO AID
STONE MOUNTAIN PLAN

After purchasing the first Stone
Mountain coin for $50, MouItrie
Hit, president of the Georgia State
Society at the meeting of the 60.
ciety az 2400 Sixteenth st. y. W.
last night returned the half dollar
with the request that ii be ratified
off at the next meeting OF The
society.
Governors of each of the South
ern States has sent coin to their
respective State societies here to
ne raffled off at their meetings,
The local campaign will end Jan,
u3ry %. when number of Urls
chosen Tor their sales of coins will
he sent TO the grand ball al
Atlanta.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
ARMY PROMOTIONS
SENT BY COOLIDGE

President Coolidge has nomi-
mated Col. Andrew Hero, jr.. to be
chief of coast artillery with the
rank of major general, to succeed
Maj. Gen. Frank w. Cole, retired.
The President also sent to the
Senate the name of Col. James
Madison Kennedy to be assistant
TO the surgeon general with the
rank Of brigadier general, and the
name of Joseph d. Leitch to DE
brigadier general in the infantry
to succeed Brig. Gen. John McA.
Palmer, retired.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
.D.C.HEAR|NG ON
MOTHERS MD

Washington interests desiring to
be heard in favor of the District
Commissioners mothers aid bill
and in opposition to the Wads-
worth Mills measure have been in.
vited to appear before the Senate
District Committee at 1880 O'Clock
next Thursday morning.
Senator Copeland, chairman of
the subcommittee holding the hear
ings, said today the hearing would
be devoted exclusively to Washing
toms side of the case. None of the;
so-called New York charity crowd"
will be in attendance.
Following this hearing, Senator
Copeland viii call a meeting OF
the subcommittee to report out
either the District Commissioners
bill or the Wadsworth- Mills bill,
and an effort will be made to OBJ
tain early action from the Senate.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

having swung far over to the ath-
ietic side. will swing back again.
Iowa Wesleyan. which DR.. Smith
heads, is the first school Of college
rank to be established west Of the
Mississippi He became its presi
dent in 1919. and, since that time
lis enrolment has increased $50 pc.
cent and it's income $50 per cent.
1t now is building two new build
ings. and the p. e. o. Sisterhood
a National sorority with 10000 mem.
bers. inaugurated at Iowa Yves
leyan in 1869. recently has begun
plans for erection of a 500, 000
library at the sororitY's birthplace
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

1.-The State colleges and univer-
stiles cannot fill the demand" said
DR.. Smith. who came to the Capital
from a meeting of the Association
of American. Colleges in New York,
where conditions in schools of
higher learning were threshed out
in detail.
I'm my own State of Iowa, it
used to be said frequently that we
had too many colleges. Now we
haven't enough. If the 18 indie
pendent and denominational colleges
Of Iowa, with enrollments varying
from 800 to 900, were to close.
where would the students go?
There isn't room for them in the
State College. and room couldn't
be made for them?"
DIR. Smith believes that the
crowding of colleges is due. in a
measure, to the enrolment of many
students who never should have
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
SWANS coNCREGATE
ON CHESAPEAKE BAY

Chesapeake Bay is the center of
the swan population OF North
America. says the Biological Sur
vey Of the Department of Agricui-
ture today.
The survey shows count of
IA. 56T swans In America, $3.50 hav-
ing Chesapekke Bay as their habitat.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
LARGER LIFE LEAGUE
WILL HEAR SPEAKER

Garnett January, associate min
lister of the Unity Society, will
address the League for Larger
Life at it's headquarters in the
Health Studio, 1888 K st. N. W.,
tonight at o'clock.
your keynote of Life" will be
the subject of the address. Follow
ing q business conference q short
entertainment program will be
offered.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
SMILED GRAPHS

SMIL e o g r. A p HIS
A neto magazine called "SinOtng''
tciu shortly hit the news stands.
Let US hope some Of the radio
ARTISTS" wiH deriDe some benefit.
from it.
The Kischacoqttiltas VALLEY Railroad
in Pennsylvania, is run by a tconeGn
and has Heper had deficit.
1t takes tcoDtdn to run things
and to make things run, especially
such things as nsen.
The announcer at the Tampa
Times radio station. WDAE, ddVer-
tised: way Dozen South In the
Sunshine State.s II he 1oere in
Kentucky he'd probably announce,
"WUy Doa0n South IN the NOON
shine State" r. j. SCHWAB.
SAVED! SAVED!'
ooh! spare me-" said the working girl
Who fell into the hands Of q traffic
cop;
"YOu know 1 can never love you:
I hate you.
MY name for yours, TIL not swap"
"Then meet me down at the police
court"
The enraEed copper did reply.
But she put on the gas and got away
Yes" She said. ST will, in a pigs
eye.''
MYRTLE DALE.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

$1,000 "A week indemnity for fiji
teen weeks is paid to persons hold
up as a result Of an accident.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
More Colleges Needed,
Says Educator
Times staff Photo

Growing demand for college education which comes
from virtually all students being graduated from high schools
stressng the need for independent and denominatonal
colleges all the country Dr. u Smith, president of
Iowa Wesleyan College, who is visit to Washington
daear tnda
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
A LAMENT

Somewhere In the starry night the
bands are playing bright
Somewhere nhusic's sounding, sOme-
where hearts are light.
Somewhere radios working, some
where jazzy shouts,
But there's I'D JOY at our house, the
radio tubes burned out.
Able.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

The guy 1Uho tried to kiss
his girl when she had a
lighted cigarette in her
mouth moaO Eno1Os qVhGt a
"red hot mama" is. PETE.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
THE GOLF BLUES
(Not by IRVING BERLIN,

The songs you sing are awful sad.
Now tell me, pal, old man,
Is II because your girl IL mad?
You're hard to understand.
I really can't believe that you
Are getting tired Of life.
Now tell me, pal, why are you blue
why give up without fight?
1 can not see the reason why.
Now really. pail my word IL true.
You look as II you'd like TO CRY.
Now tell me, pal, the reason why I?
81 guess. old man. I'll change awhile.
I know I've been an awful mutt.
It's funny how. but. see me smile +;
/ missed -slx-ineh putt"
THE TECH.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-15
YOU FOLKS WITH RHEUMATIC
 PAINS CAN GET QUICK RELIEF
Nationally Known Baseball Trainer Says It Does Not Matter Whether It Is Lumbago Scatica,
 Neuralgia Or Neuritis
LINIMENT HE USES ON BIG LEAGUE
 BALL PLAYERS STOPS PAIN QUICK

chilled 10 the bone, catch trains. with result that next day they show up at the ball park so crippled with rheumatism, lameness and stiff joints that they can hardly walk. An ordinary liniment would never fix them up quickly. but the lini- mcnt we use does the trick, declares Mike Martin, genial trainer of the Washington Baseball Club.
 Fans Know Mike
 So many people with rheumatism lame back, neuritis and neuralgia have wanted this liniment which we use at the ball park that bottles are mailed all over the country and now it can be obtained in drug stores in small bottles for few cents. Just ask for Mike Martins Liniment. It is guaranteed to be the finest, speed jest liniment made and will bring complete relief 10 user or money re- funded. Folder enclosed with each