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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-01
FIGHT ON SENATE ORGANIZATIO]
CONFLICT IS FEARED IN EUR
SENATE STATUS OF FRANK L. SMITH
 PROBLEM AGAIN AT COMING CONGRESS

CHICAGO, Dee. 1-The sena- torial status of Frank l.. Smith, of Illinois, once refused a seat in the upper house. must be consid- cred again when congress meets in December.
 For more than a year contro- versy has ragged around the que,,- ton of his admission to the sen ate, in the wake of allegations of heavy expenditures in his behalf in the primary campaign of 1928, when he wrested the Republican senatorial nomination from Viii liam B. Mckinley, incumbent.
 A senate committee developed evidence, after the primary, that Smiths campaign fund contained some $250.000. Of this amount, it was testified, public utilities executives contributed the bulk. Samuel Insull. of Chicago, gave $125,000 directly Smith was, at the time of his nomination. chair man of the Illinois commission which regulates public utilities.
 Despite the evidence adduced, Smith was elected to the senate in the autumn balloting and when died soon after, Cover nor Small appointed Smith b serve the rest of Mckinley's term. which expired last March. The senate refused to seat Smith, de- nying him the oath of office in January. 1927. Smith. acutely i'll with an aural affection during the two-day debate, declined 10 latfy the fight beyond the senate tsoor, returning home to rest.
 Meanwhile the term began last March to which Smith was regu- larly elected. He has been as- signed to quarters in the senate office building. he draws his pay
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STATE GUARDS STATIONED AT
 MINES IN COL.
Militia Sent to Mines Northern Colorado
 Work Be Resumed

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 1.-Na- ional Guards troops are station ed at every coal mine in North ern Colorado as operators an- nounced they will attempt to re- sume operations.
 Col. Newton, Adjutant General of the State, has completed plans whereby the military forces vii. cover the entire area of the Northern part. of the State.
 The mine operators in the Southern part of the State re- ported larger forces at work.
 No apparent headway has been made on any plans suggested for ending the dispute between the operators and miners. =
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HITS
 MIDDLE WEST
Cold Wave Moves East ward from Rocky Noun
 tains Snow Reported

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1,-Win- ter has made a new bid in the Middle West after several days of spring-like weather.
 From the Rocky Mountains eastward across the Mississippi River and from the Canadian bor- der down to Texas, cold wave has sent the mercury plunging to new low levels.
 The first general snowstorm of the season unleashed sub-zero temperatures in Minnesota and North Dakota.
 In the Southwest. temperatures are around theffxeezing point.
 Snow fell In Nebraska, Kan sas. Oklahoma, Missouri and the Texas PanhandJa moving east ward from Colorado. Wyoming and Montana.
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Before Dorothy La Verne Bach CT of East Orange. N. J., would say yes" to the ardent proposal of Harold K. Beck of Everett Mass, she made him agree to the following Ten Commandments of Love-:
 "Thou shalt say thy prayers each night on hended knee, par ticularly asking divine blessing upon our home.
 "Thou shalt undertake all fam. fly duties on 50-50 basis, even unto the care of the children, the doing of the dishes and the gen eral housework.
 Thou shalt let naught tran spire calculated to arouse my jealousy.
 Thou shalt hold no secrets from me. my right to open all your mail. of whatever kind, 10 remain inviolable.
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SIX ESKIMOS TO ACCOMPANY
 BYRD ON TRIP
Will Be Taken on South Pole Expedition for
 Double Purpose

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-The pro- jected South Pole flight of Com mander Richard E. Byrd, will give Arctic Eskimos the first op- portunity of testing the rigors of the Antarctic climate
 Byrd told the Associated Press six Eskimos will; be included i,. the expedition next year and they will be given an opportunity to consider feasibility of establish ing an Eskimo settlement there. Their duties will consist chiefly of taking care and driving of tho dog teams.
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Gaily CoIore9 Earth
 Creets Oil .Diggers

4 HASKELL, Okla, Dec. 1-Geoi- ogists are unable to explain the appearance of earth formations of various colors found in the drill ing of an oil we'll on the o. B. Grayson farm near here.
 The first strange formation was a green mud. Deeper drilling brought forth sands and lines ri- valing all colors of the rainbow. Specimens have been sent to lab oratories for examination.
 An eastern paint manufacturing company has obtained samples of the earth. hoping to find material useful in the production of paint.
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BANDITS FIND REFUGE
 IN OKLAHOMA FOREST


 BARTLESvIT1I4E. Okla. Dec. l Like Robin Hoods forest, the wooded Osage Hills of Northern and eastern Oklahoma are the hiding place of bandits.
 From the days when lease James rode a horse to rob trains to the present era when the Matt Kimes and Ray Terrill gangs car. ry off hank loot in motor cars, the region has been refuge for outlaws. Once 8 criminal reaches the Osage Hills, officers siye uI. hope of finding him
 The topography of the country
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AID TO THRIFT SEEN
 IN INSTALLMENT PLAN

NEW YUKk, Dec. 1---Install- ment plan buying. attacked by some business leaders as a. factor in encouraging American families to extravagance. is really proving that the reverse of that charge is true, declares Prof. K. R. A. Seligman. Columbia University economist. He has just completed a years survey of installment plan practices.
 "Installment credit tends. on the whole to strengthen the motives which induce an individual to save, and also tends to increase his capacity to do so." says a summary of Professor SeIigman's conclusions presented in the Re view of Reviews.
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Three Thousand Dro,cn in Floods, AIgiers District


 ALGIERS. Dec. 1--Three thousand persons. including 250 Europeans, have perish ed in the floods in the Gran district.
 Twelve thousand square miles of the most fertile part of the territory are devas- tated..
 The flood threatens neigh boring districts of A1giers.
 The Shelif River is ris- ing rapidly and communica- tion, except by airplane, is impossible.
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Germans Nationalize
 Employment Bureau

BERLIN. Dec. 1--All theatrical contracts for employment of ac- tors and actresses must be made, after January 1, through the Ger man national employment bureau.
 Theatrical agencies have been held to come within the scope of a movement under which all pri- vate employment agencies will be nationalized by December S1, to be maintained thereafter from public taxes and to charge no fee for services.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. F1-A sur ,vey aimed at solution of many problems created by the fast wan- ing supply Of hard wood in the United States will be made Iii the Nnmapped regions of the Aineri- can tropics by Tom GiR, former eviefiou instructor at SeIfrtdge Field, Mich.
 Gin has left for . six months fffp through Haiti. santo Domin. %. Venezuela, Trinidad and Brit ill Guiana. He is a forestef for the charles LathroR Pack fores- q >rret nd 1s making me trip
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Railroads Again Able To Raise Ne,o Capital
 Through Stock Sales
By STANLEY w. PRENOSiL Associated Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, Dec. Steadily improving earnings and increased operating efficiency of the coun- try's railroads during the past few years have placed many of the leading systems in a posi- tion to raise new capital through the sale of stock for the first time since the World war.
 Railroad financing in the frs. nine months of 1927 totallei $S39,774,1S7. of which $172,2O5.- 1S7 was stock This compared with total financing of $339, ,4O2.- 900 in the corresponding pericd of 1926, of which only $10,24O. .OO0 represented stock.
 Railroad credit in the postwar period had sunk so low that many roads were compelled to raise new capital solely through the sale of bonds and notes bearing interest rates of 6 and even ' per cent. This continued emission of bonds. with their heavy fixed charges, resulted in unbalanced and un- wieldy capital structures. which gradually are being corrected through the retirement of bonds and the sale of stock. The Inter state Commerce Commission has readily granted approval for rail- road stock issues wherever the credit of the road was such as tp assure ready sale at par or bet ter.
 Little Financing Now
 Little new railroad stock financ- ing is ip pyospeet for the neal future, however. Railroad bank. CTS point out that the large sys- tems which could easily sell addi- tional stock already have retired as many high coupon bonds as were redeemable and had no i'm mediate need of cash, while the earnings positions of others. par ticularly in the Northwest, had not yet reached a point where stock financing was feasible or profitable. The Great Northern. for example, recently sold $20,- 000,000 issue of 5 per cent bonds.
 Improved earnings of railroads have been due to heavier traffic and greatdr operating efficiency, which has been accomplished by making the engines run further and faster. increasing the length of trains, keeping terminals clear of congestion and rolling stock ir good repair and assuring better cooperation between the carriers and shippers through frequent re- gional conferences and other means of close contact
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AMERICAN SURVEYS
 HARD WOOD FORESTS

under supefvision of the tropical plant research foundation
 Gili's trip is the first of a SC. ries of investigations which will extend oyer three, years. He al ready has made the first sirplane flight to estImate tropical timber in. Mexico.
 Edison mas pointed out the lmp0rtance Of rubber to this coun. try, not only in its commercial aspects but in event Of var. fays Arthur Newton Pack trnstee ol tn6 forestry trust founded by his
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Frost on Windshield
 Causes Death of For

DECATUR, Ind. Dee. -Four persons were killed when a train struck sedan today. Frost on the windshield of the automo- bile prevented the driver from seeing the train, it is believed.
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Vein Hops of from
 Nome for Fairbanlks

NOME. Alaska, Dec. Noel Vein. pilotipg Stinson Detroiter. hoped off from here Tuesday for Fairbanks with two passengers and Christmas mail consigned to the states. The temperature was F below zero. Vein planned 10 stop overnight at Ruby
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Da,Ues Is Not Candidate;
 Fauors Lo,Uden

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. Vice President Charles c. Dawes repeated today he will not be candidate for the Presidency. He said he fav- 0red the nomination of Frank o. Lowden. of Illinois.
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EREcTs OWN TOMBSTONE

WEST PLAINS, Mo. Dec. 1- R. c. Smith. just to be prepar- ed" has put up his own tomb stone on the family burial lot in a cemetery here. He is S5 aQd says he never felt better in his 1ife~
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2 Dark i" Stransler Has
 Hepes for ths Future

WINNIPEG. Dec. I. Earle Nelson. rtputed dark stfang16r, ''' convicted Of murderinE Mru, Nun- fly Patterson. declared if hin co1l, here today. that f he eeoaboo tIie| death penalty he will dexp<a his1 l1fs b tAe study ofs srtliel -
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is such that pursuit is difficult if not impossible. Nature made 1t . land with the shifting sands of the desert as well as the dense vegetation of the forest. When ' robber is forced to flee outside the shelter of trees he goes over stretches of sand swept continlb ally by strong winds. Thus ara erased the footprints of tho out. law, the tracks of his horse or the wheel marks of hts autouno- bile. E
 Caves and bouldsss nol oll1
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Many breal lcasting
 Staiieus Be Cut Oa
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WAsHINoToNs Dec. l The Federal Radio Commission has decided upon the elimination of ! soo Of .ths, z 2! 91 N ' ss4 broadcast ins ststio9t 4e United states.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-17
ARGOS RAIDS DISCREDIT TORY COVER INTENT
Jail Bronx Barber PiCketS
Wall Street Declares War Upon Labor
Through It's Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Of the United States has declared the
California criminal syndicasm constitutional According
dispatches the decision is unanimous Justices Holmes and
Brandes concurng but for different than their
ciates.
This decision which places the socaled war measures in
the law of the land follows the heels of the Bedford Cut Stone
Company ruling outawng the ordinary defense activities of la
Dor unions.
The Supreme Court has proved it's right its title
of "bulwark of American capitalism
The decision made the of Charlotte Anita Whit
uphods without qualification the police of the state
The defendant charged with commission any
violence but convicted simply judicial Interpretation of
the possible consequences of her utterance and beliefs
Der of the Communist Labor Parater absorbed in the Com
munst Party
The Supreme Courts ruling smashes completely all foolish
notions relative the emergency character of the time
saon embodied in the criminal syndcasm laws of the various
that these exceptional simply expressed the
development of American into direct and eff
instrument of American capitalism in its stage-m-
periaism
Under the criminal syndcam laws backed by the Supreme
Courts decision the constitutional rights of free speech
assembage longer have any legal exstenceany policeman
may abrogae them will Neither necessary for there to be
declaration of emergency by the constituted authorities
the criminal syndcasm laws have been made aabe thru
procedure and be used disrupt labor unions working
political parties and mprson their officials
The speed with which American setting up its
aggression against the working fields
of activity all the dangerous that the official leaders
the American labor join hands with government
ces against the most militant sections of the working class
the Furrers and Cloakmakers Union cases.
To every intelligent worker in the United States the
decisions of the Supreme Court suppmeng each other
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-17

To the Hon. James A. Beha, Insur.
ance Department, New York:
Dear Sir:
1t is now more than two weeks since
you wrote to the DAILY WORKER
asking for detailed information or
our expose of the big Four" Since
that time nothing has happened.
Because the cause we are espousing
is one that vitality affects tens OF
millions of worker-policyholders, and
because the charges made in this SER
les of articles are of such nature as
to brand the officials and directors of
the big Four" as public looters we
demand an official reply to our letter
to you wherein these charges are
enumerated.
We Accuse
We have charged that there are
officers in the employ of Big Four"
who were bribed with high positions
for whitewashing the industrial in
surance companies at the time of the
Armstrong Insurance Investigation.
We contend that the presence of such
men in the employ of these companies
proves that condition still exists
which requires illegal covering up.
Since the publication of this series
of articles one Of these offenders, ex-
Senator William j. Tully, under pres
sure resigned from the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company.
We have proved that of all weekly
payment policy examinations every
year more than 1870 are total loss
lapses and that only one per cent
of all Examinations are maturities. We
would like TO know if this condition
in itself does not warrant action on
your part which will result in more
just policy conditions whereby such a
murderous lapse rate would be i'm
possible.
We have proved that the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company has an
average balance in the Chase National
Bank Of not less than $4,000, 900 at
all times. We further adduced facts
to prove that the Chase National Bank
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-17
FENG TAKES NORTHERN STRONGHOLD;
EUGENE CHEN WARNS GREAT BRITAIN
Sun Fo Predicts Early Collapse of Chang Kai-
Shek Protest u. S. Bombardment

HANKOW, May 16-Genera Feng Yuhsiang who has allied
himself with the Hankow naonass rapidly sweeping toward
the Pekng ankow railway in his wofod drive against Chang
Tson Reports received here that Feng captured
Honanfu former STRONGHOLD of WI Pei Flu central Chinese
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-17
SYNDICALIST LAW
OF CALIFORNIA is
UPHELD BY U. S.
Supreme Court Sustains
Whitney Conviction

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Califor-
MAS criminal Syndicalism law was
held constitutional today by the
supreme court, in affirming the con-
viction of Charlotte Anita Whitney,
of Oakland, under that statute.
Miss Whitney, social worker and
club woman, was convicted and SEN
fenced to from one to fourteen years
in the penitentiary for attending a
convention of the Communist Labor
Party in Oakland in 1919.
Constitutionality Of the law was
upheld by lower courts and on an
earlier appeal to the Supreme Court
Of the United States the case was
thrown out for lack of jurisdiction.
Miss Whitney held the constitu-
tional right of peaceful assemblage
was violated by the California law.
Justice Sanford read the opinion.
Justice Holmes and Brandeis con-
CURED, but on different grounds
from the majority.
The court Justice Sanford said,
considered only one federal question
the act violated the due
process clause of the constitution.
The court held that the clause was not
violated. The right of free speech
could not be resorted to by Miss
Whitney in seeking freedom, the
court held, as she was accused of
"inciting others" to the crime of
overthrowing the government"
Fiske Appeal Won
Harold B. Fiske, a member of the
I. w. W., appealing from the Kansas
Supreme Court which affirmed his
conviction and sentence of one to
ten years in prison for violation Of
the state criminal syndicalism law,
won his appeal. The court held that
the Kansas Law was applied in an
demonstrations manner.
The evidence in the case, the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-17
Warren Shields Wealthy,
Jails Employees in Raid
On Millionaire Hang-out

Police Commissioner Warren flat
ly refused yesterday to make pub
lie the names of the wealthy idlers
caught by police in a raid on a
millionaires' gambling den in the
Hotel Briarfield, 215-2l9 W. s3rd
st.
The names Of the employees in
the gambling apartment however
were not only made public, but the
unfortunate workers were thrown
into jail and released only after
posting $500 bail each. They were
booked as common gamblers"
Victims Of circumstances" was
Warren's explanation for the gross
favoritism shown in shielding the
score Of wealthy men and women.
many of whose names appear in
the social register. Il am protect
ing pitiable victims" he told press
representatives when queried ON
the departments policy in broad
casting TO the world the names of
the alleged common gamblers"
while shielding the socially promin-
ent.
The gambling paraphernalia in
cluded three fine and costly rou-
lette wheels. Thirteen quarts Of
liquor and $4,000 in cash on the
gaming tables were also seized.
The apartment was furnished
in lavish style at cost estimated
by police at 100000. The roulette
wheels alone were valued at $685.
900.
The alleged common gamblers
were held today for the grand jury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-17
JOBLESS MENACE
IN FLOOD REGION
AS WATER EBBS
To Plant or Not to Plant
Is Question

While thousands of flood refugees
are crowding concentration camps,
and some procrastinating victims are
still being rescued from the tops Of
trees and the roofs of barns in the
flood area, and while tons of water
are rushing thru Louisiana in a mad
dash for the Gulf of Mexico, the
United States department of agricul-
ture is at work preparing data tell
ing the farmers what they can grow
as soon as the eight or nine feet of
water subsidies and leaves them their
rich, muddy acres once more.
Except for the sugar cane regions,
SIS FER cent Of the flooded lands have
regularly been planted with cotton,
but according to experts it is not
now possible or desirable to plant this
area in cotton this year. The depart
ment Of agriculture will advocate
planting certain amount of acreage
in cotton as a cash crop" and this
will probably be done as fast as the
water subsidies.
The farmers will also be urged to
plant part Of their fields with food
crop" r. feed their families as soon
as possible. In the sugar cane Sec
ton, It will not be possible to plant
another crop this year and there is
some talk Of this industry passing
away from this part Of the country
now that the crop has been destroyed
by the flood. Because of the COM
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union FOR GIRLS
MAIN DEMAND OF
men ON STRIKE
700 Women Walk Out to
Build Organization

The new day in barbering brought
700 beauty parlor and manicure girls
out on strike yesterday side by side
with 1900 BARRIERS in the Bronx. With
700 shops and parlors affected, pick
citing was being actively organized
and plans laid for a decisive struggle
with the master BARRIERS for the right
of the women to organize and get
better conditions along with the
wielders of razor and shears.
The main demand is to compel en-
ployers to allow their women workers
to join BARRIERS Local $50 and enjoy
the protection of that union. The &C
ton followed a spirited meeting of
the members of the union and the
girls at Mckinley So. Gardens, Nc
Kinley So. and Boston Road on Sun
day. By nearly unanimous vote, the
members decided to close every union
shop in the Bronx.
Eight BARRIERS were arrested on the
picket line yesterday as police con-
tinued their determined drive against
strikes of all kinds. Hardly had the
pickets appeared before police
swooped down on them, as in the
laur-A1,y drivers strike against the
North American Laundry in Harlem.
The standard bail, $500, was de-
manded of each striker.
Picket Line Efficient
The Palace Beauty Shop on 163rd
st. and the Thomas Beauty Shop at
730 E. 17Sth St. were among the few
shops which tried to maintain the
pretense of business as usual yester-
day. In other shops, the bosses took
care of occasional customers who
were not aware of the strike.
On the other hand the union was
organizing the picket lines so capably
that few shops in the Bronx were not
advertised as non-union. Strikers, in
seven-passenger automobiles loaned
by members of the union, toured the
Bronx inspecting shops and keeping
account of the score of scabs. Of
these a few were deserters from the
union. They have had $25 fines
placed on them already.
President Polacheti of the Master
BARRIERS Association of the Bronx
and leader of the bosses, is keeping
his shop open at 10th st. and South
ern Blvd.
President Harry Quinto addressed
the unionists at the strike meeting,
reviewing efforts to negotiate with
the bosses and emphasizing the basic
contention that until they are willing
to allow their women workers to or
ganize, there can be no settlement of
the strike. The new agreement, aside
from this point, would be much like
the old one.
Sadie Reich, organizer for the
Women's Trade Union League, en-
couraged the girls to stay out until
their demands are met. Betty Haw-
ley, vice-president of the New York
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