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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Phil ADEL-PHIA IN
ELECTION BATTLE;
MANY shot DOWN.
American Style Election
Volleys Rake Streets
BULLETIN.


PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20.-Two vic
TINS of gang warfare staged in con-
ncction with the bitterly contested
primary election campaigns in Ale
gheny county, died today as the coun-
ty went to the polls.
George Faber, "a, and John Rohan,
10, were the victims. Faber. an inno-
ccnt bystander. was shot as he emerg-
cd from a store in the strip" district
last Friday and died in hospital to-
day. Rohan was sitting in parked
cutomcbile when shot down from a
speeding car.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 20. =
This city today experienced the best
political fight for some time. Chicago
tactics were freely used. Mobile arm
les of thugs dashed about the streets,
in spite of the promise of the gov
ernor to send the militia, and shot
up the town Members of parties in
the election referred openly and gloat-
ingly to their mobile armies" and
exulted as much over rival gunman
wounded as over the report of close
voting precinct won.
Innocent bystanders have been
lodging bullets not only today, but
for several days past, as the prelim-
mary skirmishes in the exercise OF
the free American and sovereign right
of suffrage, modern style, were con-
Quoted.
Big Slush Funds.
charges that more than 100000
had been spent by the republican or.
ganization of senator-elect William S
Ware in promoting the mayoralty anc
district attorneyship campaigns Of
Harry A. Mackey and Judge Johr
Monaghan were made by former
Mayor J. Hampton Moore, the anti
Ware candidate, here tonight on the
eve of one of the most eagerly await
+ ed primary elections in Philadelphia s
history.
On the outcome of tomorrow's
election hinges the immediate future
of the Ware organization in local poll
tics.
Volleys From Cars.
The murder and thuggery which fol-
the last ten days have terrorized
Pittsburgh spread to the outer dis.
tricts over Sunday, when Oakland
and Soho found armed gangs dash
ing about the streets pouring volley
after volley from speeding cars.
William Meade, 48 years old, of 814
Cortlandt ST., taxi starter, was seri-
ously wounded by stray bullet last
night while at his stand at Atwood
and Forbes SITS. John MUTT, 81 years
old, of 3711 Forbes St., and John
Rohan, 10, Of 1923 Orpwood ST., are
in the Homeopathic Hospital seriously
wounded by gangsters' bullets.
AS a result of the Soho riots, Po-
lice Captain Anthony Forester was
suspended today. Lieutenant Ear
Means and Policemen Thomas Nc
CURE and Fred Coberley also were re.
lieved from duty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21

Progressive members of the up
holsterers' union of New York have
voted to join in the preparations
for the RED Bazaar" being ar
ranged by The DAILY WORKER
and the Freiheit at Madison Square
Garden on October 6-7-S-9. They
will meet tonight Immediately after
work at the Freiheit building, 30
Union Square, to discuss details for
cooperating.
Arrangements have just been com
pleted with the sponsors of the
4th Annual Radio Worlds Fair which
onened at Madison Square Garder
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
u, S, CAPITALISTS
FORCE LEAGUE TO
ASK TARIFF TALK
Intend to Smash Walls
Erected by Debtors

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. - While
the French tariff war hangs in the
balance, American capitalist inter
ests have succeeded in having the
League of Nations invite the United
States to a general conference on tar
ifs The U. S., says the state depart
ment in accepting the invitation, is
ccncerncd chiefly with the smashing
Of restrictions of American made
goods which prevail in certain cf the
war baby" states, the new creations
Of the Allied i'cwers az the VersniI|2s
peace conference.
The invitation reads:
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Geneva, April 2, 1927
Sir:-On behalf of the Council OF
the League of Nations 1 have the
honor to invite the United States gov
eminent to send a duly authorized
delegation to take part in an inter
national conference with a view to
framing an international convention
for aboishing import and export pro-
hibitions and restrictions.
This invitation is addressed to
states members and non-members of
the League of Nations in pursuance
of the following resolution adopted
by the council on March II, 1927:
"The council (a) approves the re-
port of the Economic Committee on
it's twenty first session; (b) decides
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Dwight Morrow, Partner
of Morgan, Appointed
Ambassador to Mexico

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. =
Dwight w Morrow, partner in the
financial firm of j. P. Morgan &
Co., was appointed ambassador to
Mexico today. The appointment
was announced by President Cool
idge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
PARTISAN BANDS NEAR TO SUBURBS
CUT RAILROAD; Estate OF WAR !
Three Thousand Kwantung Troops at WeichOw
Declare for Revolution; Others Neutral
Especial Gable To The DAILY WORKER.)

HANKOW China, Sept 2OThe authorities here are terri
fled News of partisan bands peasants armies and popular up
risings continue guerrilla against the Wuhan
Marking combination is rapidly growing The PeingHankow
railroad has by partisan troops The railway admins
traon report and adds the that the parsans
dsared troops guarding the railway blew bridge and
telephone and have occupied the last station
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Fire Kills Woman.

Mrs. Alice Meyers, As, was suffo-
Gated to death early yesterday morn
ing when she caught fire in the hall
way of the tenement house at 176
Summit Ave, Union City. N. J. Her
three children were injured.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
n. Y. Bankers Conclude
$40, 200, 600 Loan to
the Polish Government

Negotiations for S70,000,000 loan
to the Polish government have just
been concluded by Blair g. Company
and the Bankers Trust Company
group, it was announced yesterday
The negotiations have been going on
for more than year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
new STRIKE TALK
AS BOSSES EVICT
WORKER LEADERS
by Federated Press)

Now that the Henderson, N. c..
textile strike is over the Harriet cot
ton mill firm is Furnishing the active
men. A telegram from the local or
ganizer says:
Relief Deducted From Pay.
Especial relief given strikers by
firm during early period Of strike,
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Committee of Five.

SHANGHAI, Sept 20.-A commit
tee of five, drawn both from the Han
kow and Marking governments has
been created to try and unite the
forces of reaction here. This new
governing body is made up of the
chief traitors to the revolution, with
the exception of Chang and Feng,
who were not placed upon it. 1t con-
sists of HUI Han-min, former gener-
alissimo of the Kuomintang army;
DR.. Wang Ching-wei, chairman of the
Central Executive of the Kuomin-
tang; Tsai Yon-pei, minister of edu-
cation in the first republican cabinet
under Yuan Shi-kai; Tan Yen-kai,
member of the Executive Committee
of the Kuomintang, and Ii Lieh-chun,
former civil governor of the Province
of Kiangsi
Seven ministries and two councils,
on education and military affairs are
created.
The following positions have been
allotted: Foreign Affairs, DIR. WI
Chao-hu; Finance, Sun Fo, son of the
late revolutionary leader, DR.. Sun
Vat Sen; Justice, DR.. Wang Chung
hui, an authority on international
law; Communications, Wang Pei
chung, and Education, Tsai Yuan-pei.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
L0NGSHOREMEN Get Raise Offer;
union URGES ACCEPTANCE BY men
Checkers Also Given Pay Increase; Workers to
Commence Vote on Proposition Today

The strike of $4,000 ongshoremen has been avered by the
bosses committee offering the unions spokesman compromise
wages the agreement which the latter says will urge
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21

0HOULD citizen of the "Windy
City" remind Mr.. Hughes of his
promise to rid the city of bandits,
that worthy can rightfully claim that
the incident at the Red Parrot Inn
took place outside his jurisdiction.
Mr.. Hughes is a politician as well as
a law enforcing officer, able to use
his head as we'll as his feet. There
is reason to suspect that the police
are as averse to the complete elimi-
nation of crime as the clergy are to
the complete abolition of sin. With
out bandits unemployment would
play havoc with the Chicago police
department and without the devil
clergymen might be obliged to make
living, writing their experiences for
the confession" magazines.
INTEREST in the coming Dempsey
Tunney fight tagging, that expert
Snowman Tex Richard, decided that
heroic measures should be adopted to
clean out whatever ducats remained
in the pockets of those who follow
the manly art of prize fighting. I'm
til now the scheduled combat between
the champion and the challenger was
as devoid of fire as fractional fight
between two groups of liberals. Some
thing had to be done. So Dempsey's
literary representative wrote letter
to Mr.. Tunney suggesting that the
latter might be able to allay public
curiosity concerning certain SUSPECT
Gus financial deals entered into by
close associates of his when Dempsey
lost the fistic crown to the battling
bookworm.
MOVING picture magnas3s have en-
Iva tered into an agreement to bury
$ the Sacco-Vanzetti case as far as the
screen is concerned. A trade journal
tells of this agreement and declares
that requests came from Europe to
the movie barons begging them to
do their share in the task of remov-
ing the famous case from public con-
sideration. This sheds a light on the
methods employed by the ruling
classes in killing news that hurts the
capitalist system. 1t also serves as
Continued on Page Si1)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Chicago Prepares New Tactics.


CHICAGO, Sept. 20. = The right
wing-boss combine against the rank
and file cloak and dressmakers con-
tinues. Conditions in the shops get
worse every day as the bosses with
the assistance of right wing thugs
reduce wages and lengthen the work
ing hours.
Every protest or support of the
Chicago Joint Board results in instant
discharge. Tovian, an old time presser
is the latest victim For supporting
the progressive leadership of the union
he has been thrown out of the shop.
When the workers in the market heard
of it they grew indignant. The Chi
cago Joint Board is calling special
meeting to take action on the right
wing terrorism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Current Events
By T. J. O'FIaherty

WHEN the world-famous foe of
W King George, of England, Emper-
or of India and the dominions be-
yond the seas, was reelected mayor
of Chicago, he appointed as chief Of
police an enthusiastic gentleman by
the name Of Michael Hughes who
pledged himself to drive all bandits
and other evil doors out of the city
inside of the customary AZ hours.
William Hale Thompson, the nemesis
of Britain's royal family busted HIM
self with writing signs boosting his
beloved city, such a. drop your
hammer; pick up your horn" and
"Boost your city and your business"
He also decided to calm the then
swirling waters of The Mississippi
and to bring the Dempsey Tunney
fight to Chicago. The business of
getting rid Of the pestiferous bandits
he would leave to his man Eughec.
VOW successful Mr.. Hughes has
IL been may be gathered from the
following news item bearing Chi
cage date line: "When funny-look-
ing mar entered the Red Parrot Inn,
a famous roadhouse northwest of
Chicago, and mounted machine gun
in a strategic position, commanding
a sweep of the dance floor, forty men
and women patrons were curiously
ascinated.-What a novel act this is
going to be they thought. 1t was. A
moment later four other men entered,
more sinister looking than funny.
Two carried sawed-off shot guns and
two were armed with revolvers.-
Everybody lie flat on the floor, "
commanded the leader. The terrified
patrons obeyed. Then two bandits
went through the crowd and took all
cash and jewelry available.
twinkling of an eye the bandit gum
tet was gone, escaping from the
scene in an automobile after disabl-
ing all other machines nearby to pre-
vent pursuit"
y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
SICMAN'S CEASE"
AGAINST HY M AN ,
COL D ON TODAY
"Freiheit" Editors Also
Must Appear

The criminal libel suit brot by Nor
ris Sigman, right wing president of
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union against the leaders
of the New York needle trades and the
editorial staff of the Jewish Daily
Freiheit and Unity, weekly organ of
the Unity Committee, will come up
again before Magistrate Brodsky in
the Jefferson Market Court this morn
ing.
When the case came up last week
it was postponed until today at the
request of Samuel Markewich, former
assistant district attorney and lawyer
for Sigman.
Include Ben Gold.
Ben Gold and Louis Hyman and
the other members of the Unity Com
mittee will be represented in court by
Louis B. Boudin. Joseph R. Brodsky
will be attorney for the members of
the Freiheit staff. They include Me-
Itch Epstein, editor: R. Saltzman, bust
ness manager; William Chopper, we'll
known labor cartoonist and Ben Lif-
shitz of the Central Executive Com
mittee, Workers fCommunist) Party.
Five of the eight cloakmakers re-
Gently arrested as the result of a
right wing frame-up will also come up
before Magistrate. Brodsky this morn
ing The other three workers were
discharged Monday morning and the
five who are still under charges had
their bail reduced from $4,000 to ST.
600 each. Jacob M Mandelbaum is
their attorney.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21
Troops Join Revolt.

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.-The Hong
kong papers are emphasizing the new
element in the events which are de-
veloping in Kwantung, namely that
in Ii Chi Shen's detachment of 5000
men who are at Weichow southwest
of Swallow, 5000 men declared them
selves "red," the other 5000 neutral.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21

the way to HankOw.
The authorities here, feeling the
enormous popular resentment against
them, and sensing that underground
Communist organizations are active,
is expelling from its ranks every per-
son suspected not merely of Commun-
ism, but even of liberalism, or a la
Dor union sympathy. A state of war
was proclaimed on September 10. 1t
has just been prolonged for an indefi-
mite time, by official order. All the
important strategical points in the
city are constantly occupied by troops
in full equipment.
Fear of the partisans carrying
their victorious advance into the city
causes a feverish activity of fortifi-
cation building. General Tang Sheng-
chi has arrived with two divisions of
which one was Immediately sent
southwards to try and stop the armies
headed by Ho Lung and the other is
stationed on the Hunan-Hupeh Dor
der, where popular uprising against
the Kuomintang leaders treachery is
nnomentarily expected
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-21

THE DAILY WORKER rIGHTsI
FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
UEORGANIZEn
FOR THE 4O-KOUR WEEK
FOR A LABOR PARTY
Evening star., 1927-05-05
BRITISH OFFICIAL SAYS NOTE
WAS TO REMOVE FALSE IDEAS
London Papers Declare Mellon Letter to
Hibben Did Real Damage to England
Among Europeans.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 5.-A responsible
Downing street official told the Asso-
ciated Press today that Great Brit.
aims war debts note to the United
States was aimed primarily at her
continental debtors, and was designed
to remove false impressions" created
on the continent by Secretary of the
Treasury MELONS letter to President
Hibben of Princeton University.
The British government, the official
said, had no criticism to make of the
brief reply to the note, issued by
Frank i. Kellogg. American SeCre-
tary of State.
(The British note, made public last
night, challenged the accuracy of
statements by Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon in his recent letter to DR..
Hibben, i'll which the Secretary stated
that Great Britain's schedule of pay
ments for her debtors called for "a
substantial amount more than she
will pay to us, so that her American
payments viii not constitute drain
upon her own economic resources
Holds Issue Forced.
Great Britain had no desire to enter
an American domestic controversy
over the war debts question, it is stat
ed here, but the issue was forced by
what is still maintained in govern
Evening star., 1927-05-05
M'CARL REMOVES
BAN ON EXPERTS
Ruling Permits Utilities Body
to Employ Needed Witnesses
for Valuation.

A technical barrier that confronted
the Public Utilities Commission In the
employment of experts to assist it
with investigations in rate and valu-
alton cases was removed today by
Controller General j. r. McCarl.
Acting upon a special plea by the
commission. Mr.. McCarl gave forth a
decision which will permit the en-
ployment of expert witnesses" in
such cases and fix the rates of COM
pensation without regard to the pro.
visions of the classification act. The
decision was contrary to a former
opinion in which the controller gen.
eral ruled that valuation experts,
which the commission proposed to en-
ploy, would be subject to the terms
of the classification act.
The original opinion would have pre-
Cluded the commission from engaging
the services of valuation experts be-
cause the salary limitations of the
classification act are ot high enough
to meet the compensation demanded
by such experts. The commission ap-
pealed from this decision on the
ground that it did not desire to create
new positions. but merely TO obtain
the services of expert witnesses.
Salaries of the valuation experts will
be paid by the public utility corpora
ton being investigated, as provided
for in the new public utilities act,
which gives the commission authority
to assess the corporations for such
purposes. The Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Telephone Co. already has been
to deposit 81 900 with the COM
for the employment of eX-
perts in the pending valuation case.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
SOV|ETS PROTEST
GUARD At GENEVA
PrteCtion Annoyance Is
Plea at Economic Con-
ference.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA, May 5.-A strong protest
against the excessive and unwanted"
police protection given the Soviet dele
CATION by the Swiss authorities was
made to Sir Eric Drummond, secre-
tary general of the League of Nations,
today by Valerian Obolensky Ossinsky,
chief Soviet delegate to the interna-
tional economic conference. He told
the secretary general that the police
measures were ridiculous, annoying
and an unacceptable restriction of lib
erty.
Sir Eric promised to intercede with
the Swiss authorities, but pointed out
that some protection was wisely pre-
cautionary.
The spokesman of the Russian dele
cation to the international economic
conference declared today that his
comrades did not come to Geneva with
bombs or revolutions in their valises,
but were animated by desire to col
Iaborate in the success of the confer
ence.
Forced From Train.
The Geneva police obliged the Rus
sian delegates to leave their train ten
ing them by automobile to their hotel
in Geneva, which was roped off to all
traffic. When the delegates demanded
the reason for this, they were in
formed it was necessary for their pro-
lection.
Russian participation in the confer
ence was decided on after representa-
tives of Switzerland and Russia set
tied the differences between the two
countries growing out of the assas
sination of the Russian emiSsary,
Vaslav Vorovsky, at Lausanne in
1923. Because of this incident, Rus
sia had persistently refused to take
part in conferences on Swiss soil
Says Women Were Needed.
If women had sat around the
treaty tables when the World War
was ended. the peace treaties would
have been more imbued with the idea
of solidarity. Frau Emmi Freund-
Itch, Austrian delegate, told the Inter
national Economic Conference.
She proposed the creation of a per-
manent international economic insti-
tuition, which would exercise control
over prices. The institution should in
clude representation of all categories
Of the population, she said, including
especially the consumers and the
women.
Women constitute more than half
the human race, she pointed out; fur
thermore, she said. they have
deeper feeling for international soli-
darity, and as housewives help to
build the worlds economic system
The Soviet delegates, who had
quietly taken their places, almost un-
noticed, listened attentively to Frau
Freundlich's plea to give women a
better opportunity to help in the
economic restoration Of the world.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
FRENCHMAN STARTS
FLIGHT TO BRAZIL
Saint-Roman Takes Air in Africa
for Nonstop Hop Over
Ocean.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAKAR, West Africa. May s.
Capt. Saint Roman, French aviator,
left ST. Louis, Senegal, at $50 o'clock
this morning in an attempt to ny
across the Atlantic in a nonstop Voy-
age to Pernambuco, Brazil, a distance
of about 1875 miles.
On Tuesday the French Bureau or
Aeronautics announced that official
sanction for Capt. Saint-Roman $
flight had been withdrawn because
he was planning to proceed across
the Atlantic without pontoons. He
substituted ordinary landing gear
after a pontoon was damaged, and
it was pointed out by the bureau that
a forced descent on the sea with such
landing gear would mean disaster
The Bureau of Aeronautics supple
mented it's first announcement with
the statement that official sanction for
the flight would be given if the avi-
ator consented TO re-install pontoons.
Late reports from Dakar, giving no
indication that Saint Roman was
aware OF the bureaus view, said that
he was going ahead with his plans
for the transocean attempt
Evening star., 1927-05-05
OVERSEE HOP OFF
TOMORROW LIKELY
Nungesser Expected to Start
Paris-NeW York Flight
at Dawn.
By the Associated Press.


PARIS, May 5.--The possibility that
Capt. Charles Nungesser, French war
ace, will hop off tomorrow morning on
his attempt to conquer the Atlantic
in a flight from Paris to New York,
is now considered strong.
So favorable have preliminary tests
been. that Capt. Nungesser's friends
expect him to take his plane to the
flying field at lie Bourget this after
noon, to load it with the maximum
fuel that it can carry for the long
flight and to get away at 4 O'Clock in
the morning at the first break of
dawn.
AT any rate, if weather conditions
are favorable, say Capt, -Nungesser's
friends, he is most likely to hop Off
no later than Saturday morning.
May Pass in Midocean.
With reports that Clarence Cham
berlin and Lloyd Bertaud, the Ameri.
cans, are likely to start their New
York -to-Paris fight Saturday, avia-
ton followers here now look forward
to the possibility that the planes of the
French and American contenders in
the transatlantic flight may pass each
other in midatlantic.
Engineers who have worked tireless-
ly on Capt. Nungesser's plane say
they are convinced that it is now in
perfect condition for the flight. Not
the tiniest nut or bolt has been over
looked.
Drouhin Names Partner.
M. Drouhin former holder Of the
nonstop time record, who also is plan
ming a Paris to New York flight, an
nounced today that Comdr. Mouneyres.
widely known French aviator, would
be his partner on the flight which he
hopes to make late in June.
Comdr. Mouneyres is a member of
the crew of Capt. Saint Roman, who
was en- route today from Africa to
Brazil. having hoped off from St.
Louis, Senegal, this morning for Per.
nambuco.