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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

more than 12 per cent out of circula-
ton.
Dated eggs, newly laid" eggs and
just eggs, the examiners found, all
had an excessive proportion of faxed
birth certificates.
Scrambled eggs, of course, are a ref
uge for many elderly ova, but the too
frequent presence Of really ancient
varieties of late caused so many COM
plants that the police examined, egg
by egg half the stock in Paris
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

English accent here by gong to school
again. Special attention is given to
tourists whose time is short, and
there are many special classes where
pupils may be rushed through and
graduated" with in a few weeks.
The Countess D'Armil and Lady
Constance Childe- Pemberton are prin-
cipals of the institution, which was
started primarily to teach languages.
The school also "cures" accents, the
pupils for these courses being mostly
commercial people, men and women,
who wish to perfect their English
for business reasons.
Teachers say it is quite easy to
cure" an accent, but to acquire one
in a short time really requires lot
of "cramming.'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

TUCUMCARI, N NJ, April 81 tP.--
w B. Humphries, Jr., former city
treasurer here, who was recently ar
rested and charged with misappropria-
tion of public funds to the extent OF
So, 900, Wednesday entered a plea OF
guilty of embezzlement before Judge
Carl A. Hatch. Humphries is out on
bond and sentence was deferred until
the May term Of court.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
Fright and Left" in
Reichstag Confusing

BERLIN, April 80. p9. - Which is
right and which is left in the reich
stag?
Visitors to the German parliament
have become so confused as to the ar
rangement of seats that it has become
necessary to publish guide for them.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
Partisan Eggs Show
The Ravages OF Age

PARIS April 30. R)-Parisians know
now why they get so many scrambled
eggs.
One egg in eight, here is unfit for
polite society
The police egg squad examined
more than eight million eggs and took
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

Judge: Ten days or ten dollars.
Take your choice.
Prisoner: I'll take the money, your
honor
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27
NEED FOR AN ALL-ALAsKAN PROGRAM

It is wellestablshed principle with Congress that contentious matters will not be adjusted in Washington It IS demanded that those most vtay interested must first decide among themselves what they want and bring the matter onto the floor of Congress be handled with out interference from rival outside groups.
 Past experience has taught that this lack of unity of purpose and absence of an a-Aaskan expression has done more to retard progress than anything else
 From time to time the Federal government has dis patched observers Alaska in effort to gain idea of what is actually desired in the form of general pro- gram They have returned to Washington to report that they unable to fulfill their mission because no could say just what is wanted.
 This condition is the outcome of general apathy the part of those most vitay interested toward general plan to remedy conditions complained of individually
 Everyone knows there is something wrong but as yet Moses has appeared to lead the Territory of the wilderness Separate and individual attacks upon bu reaus have only served palliative leaving the disease to break out afresh at any time.
 There is but place to which Alaska should take it's troubles, and that is Congress, armed with program carrying the backing of the people of the Territory not inferentiay and by deegang the matter solely to the judgment of the Delegate in Congress- but by cean-cut Territorial platforms, worked out along the old lines by convention of the leaders of the parties and spread before the electorate carrying pledges stated in terms that the rank and file understand and not in political pe1s fage as has characterized the past
 Ii 1t IS too much conservation and lack of elasticity in administration, Congress should be shown the and effect and remedy pointed out. If it is lack of broader Territorial powers the Organic act should forward for amendment
 It was hoped that the late Legislature would take up such program seeking to settle for all time controversial matters between the Federal government and the Terri tory. Instead the Legislatures program laws ma Ority of which are unavoidable. The time might have been better spent.
 Expressions from various parts of the Territory from who thinking in terms of Alaska as home rather than for amassing little political spoil to enable it's pOssessOr to live the States indicate that the aAaska program idea incubating Once it's natures, Alaska will start it's progress.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27
MORE O|V MOORE
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 into a society which would provide "the opportunity for self-expression by means of words and service for Christ and church."
 Dr. Clark supported himself by his writings, always refusing to accept salary for his work or fees for his ad- dresses in behalf of the Christian En- deavor Society. He always was a poor man, but happy in the thought that he had attained his life's purpose. He often said that his great gratifca- tiOn and satisfaction had been that God had so signally used me to plant the seed that brought such fruitage in the lives of young Christians"
 The foundre of Christion Endeavor lived to see it become international, nterdenominational and interracial, and grow from the first 40 members to an organization of 80,0OO individual so- cieties with a membership of approx imately 4,0O0,000 within so denomina- tions. It is estimated that more than 5,000,0 ,000 women and men throughout the world have been members of the Christian Endeavor since it's incep- tion.
 Dr. Clark had travelled in every land where Christian churches and mis- sions are organized in behalf of Chris tian Endeavor After the World war he made two trips to Europe, visiting nearly all of the belligerent countries his purpose being not only to promote the interests of the Worlds Christian Endeavor Union, of which he was president, but to cement, as far as pos isble international fellowship and good will. In 1910, on his second visit to Japan, he was granted audi ence by the Emperor, an honor never before extended to a representative from abroad of a distinctively Chri- tian organization He was author of a large number of books and articles dealing with Christian Endeavor activ- ities.
 Born at Aylmer, Quebec, September 12, 1851, Dr. Clark was the son of New England parents. His father, Charles Carey Symmes, a civil engi- | neer and timber locator who had gone to Canada to seek his fortune, died when the son was three years old. | Five years later his mother, who was Lydia Fletcher Clark of Tewksbury, l Mass, died and the boy was adopted ! by her brother Rev Edward Warren Clark, by whose name he was after ward known. HF
 Dr. Clark was a graduate from Dartmouth College in 1873, and from Andover Theological Seminary three years later When he assumed his 1 first pastorate at the Williston church | it had only 50 members, but the church became known throughout the world later as the birthplace of the l Christian Endeavor Society.
 In 1876, Dr. Clark married Harriet Elizabeth Abbott, daughter of a cler- gyman of Hampton Falls, N H. They had five children
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27
A SPLENDID RECORD

Turning out championship basketball team produc- ing monthly school publication equal to if not superior to majority of similar publications issued in Alaska and the United States and then crownng his abors by train ing and directing the High school students to produce play credtable to mature and experienced young tors is the record "Ted McEwen Principal of the Seward schools, has achieved during the past season. Even has devoted much of his time to amateur athletics and civic activities which have resulted in bringing the school sysytem and it's corps of instructors to the fore front as leaders.
 It was fitting tribute to Mr. McEwen and his labors that the School Board reelected him for another year
 Mothers Vacation" is the title of new movie It is about the only kind of vacation the majority of mothers will ever see.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27
FORESTRY OFFICIALS BACK

The forestry vessel Chugach with tta forest officials, NJ 'ssrs Merritt, McD2nald and Hc!brcca returned last evening from the Westward w1ere official work has kept tlem occupied fer the last two weeks.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27
YUKON DUE AT 4 O'CLOCK

The S. s. Yukon is due to arrive in port from the South tomorrow morn ing accor ding to the local office. It is estimated about 500 tons of gener- a! cargo will be disch 4rged
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27

For winter or summer drink an orange for health. Come and see 1t made. Can dy Cottage.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-27

Mems shoes resoled, heeled and polished s2.75. Seward Leather Works.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
Keep U. S. From Warning on China, Asks Nationalist
Foreign Office in Gable to the American Workers


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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
By CHARLES YALE HARRISON

BY CHARLES YALE HARRISON
\, Without a shadow of doubt, the
lowest paid workers in New York City
are the clerical staff Of the big
FourW Their numbers run into thou
sands. At Number One Madison
Avenue, the headquarters of the
Metropolitan Life, fifteen dollars a
week is good wage. Talk of trade
union organization is met with in
slant dismissal.
The agent who unwittingly sells
weekly payment insurance is an ex-
tremely poorly paid worker. His
hours are indefinite, his income more
or less uncertain, and he is bullied by
a small army of bosses in disguise as
managers and assistant managers,
several of whom are attached to each
office. There are about 100 branch
offices Of the big Four" scattered
throughout Greater New York.
Start Union.
Some time ago an effort was made
to organize the agents into a repre-
sentative union. 1t was complete
fizzle. Here also the slightest hint
Of unionization is met with the cold
steel Of DISMISSAL
The Upper strata of the big Four,
that is to say the directors, officials
and presidents are themselves not SC
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
BERWIND WHITE
MINERS STRIKE
ENDS WITH GAIN
Pittsburg Coal Company
Tries to Raid Meeting

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, April IA (FP).
The first skirmish of the year in
the Pennsylvania non-union coal
fields ends without a gain in wages
but with the workers in strong
position otherwise. The strike ended
when Superintendent Newbaker of
the Berwind- White Coal Co. prom
ised to reinstate all the pickets he
had discharged.
The strike lasted three days and
hit two of the companies largest
mines. 1t was declared at a Sunday
mass meeting after the company re-
fused demands for union wages,
acknowledgment and recognition.
Sheriff There.
Mass picketing began, with a huE
dred miners on the line. Sheriff
Markell appeared with a force Of
deputies and six state police. The
latter were decked out with rifles and
cartridge belts. The sheriff at once
issued orders against picketing with
more than two men every Is feet.
The strikers yielded to this order but
they ignored demand to stay away
from the mine mouth where they met
men going to and from work.
But many workers were intimi-
dated by the deputies and police. The
coal market was still bad. A COM
mittee Of ten strikers had a confer
ence with Newbaker and offered
terms. They said they would call the
strike off on condition that he would
reinstate every striker, particularly
the Is picket leaders whom he dis
charged when the walkout began.
Otherwise they said they would do
all in their power to spread the strike
through the county. Newbaker &C
copied and the walkout ended.
Strike promoters are encouraged.
They have made new contacts in the
non-union fields. They have demons
Continued on Page Tro)
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Prudential Life Gives $25O,OOO Bride

better wages. Goodness knows their
hours are short enough. Then why
the union? What is the reason for
the existence of the Association of
Life Insurance Presidents?
For Political Purposes.
Avowedly, this association of muck
amucks is that statistical machine of
the insurance trust. 1t is supposed to
compile all the highly mysterious
data which accumulates every year
in the insurance world
It sorts the wheat from the chaff
and gives the great believing Ameri-
can public weighty pamphlets on
thrift, how to save, what we die from,
and general line of sweetness and
"truth" with regard to the benefits
to be derived from life insurance, In
GLIDING industrial" weekly payment
life insurance.
Actually, it is the lobbying machine
for the big Four" Does nice little
insurance company want a bill passed
which will make it lawful for it ia
refuse to pay, let us say, its Russian
death claims? The Association OF
Life Insurance Presidents will see &c
it. Does the "Big Four" want an in.
crease of permitted expenses las In
1929? The Presidents Union will
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
Workers ON Trial
In Little Suburb
Of Mineo|a, |. |,
By MICHAEL GOLD.

MINEOLA, April ID. - Michael
Barnett who claims that his scab
shop was attacked during the fur
strike last year, proved a bad wit
ness for the district attorney at the
opening of the trial of Ben Gold and
10 members of the Furrier's Union
here today.
"Star Witness"
Barnett was the prosecutors star
witness, as it was he who is alleged
to have been slashed and beaten by
union invaders. Around him the
whole scheme to railroad Ben Gold
and the others to Jail had been built
by the officials. Barnett admitted
on the stand that he was an old and
intimate friend Of Bosoff, ex-fur
worker who led the alleged raid, and
who is now chief stool pigeon for
the prosecution. He had luncheon
with Rasoff the afternoon before the
raid, he admitted, and yet this friend
of many years never limited to him
that his shop was to be attacked.
Neither had he at any time during
his various chats and visits with his
friend Basoff ever told the other that
he was running so-called "oper
shop" behind locked doors in a loft
over a chop suey house in Rockville
Centre, L. |.
Tells of Scab Shop.
Barnett admitted that he started
this shop less than three months be
fore the raid, about the beginning O.
the strike, and was furnishing New
York firms with work. Ut was yer,
evident the shop was one of thos,
sordid little cockroach affairs, ii
which petty bosses hoped with a few
dupes to get away from New Yorl
and the picketing in order TO get rel
quick.
Cannot Identify Defendants.
Barnett failed to identify anyon,
among the eleven furriers other thar
Maurice Malkan and Leo Franklin
His brother Jack Barnett, who helpe,
Continued on Page FiUe)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
JUDGE IN SACCO
vANzETTI TRIAL
BITTERLY SCORED

BOSTON, April IA bitter de-
nunciation of Judge Webster Thayer,
who presided at the trial of Bartho-
loneo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco, for
his relentless prejudice" was made
BEFORE the house Of representatives Of
the state this afternoon by Roland d.
Sawyer, democrat, clergyman of
Ware.
He was asking consideration of his
proposal calling for the appointment
of an impartial committee to inquire
into the case of the two framed-up
Italian radicals, sentenced to die in
the electric chair.
Thayer Boosted OF Prejudice.
Judge Thayer boosted of the kind
of a job he would do on Sacco and
Vanzetti' in the lobby at the trial, in
clubs and trains,' declared Sawyer.
When the jury was viewing a scene
in the woods and the tryst of a man
and girl was interrupted, the judge
waved his handkerchief to the fleeing
girl, said the legislator.
Took Case Lightly.
Judge Thayer's conduct during the
trial showed, Sawyer said, that "the
whole affair of sending these men tc
the electric chair was with him a gay
affair"
DIR. Sawyer also scored former Dis
trict Attorney Kaufman of NorfolE
county as a man anxious for his vic.
TIM"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15

gan to disarm the agents of the inn
perialist powers and arm the prole-
tariat.
Danger of New War.
This betrayal of the liberation
movement by Chang Kai-shek and
his going over into the camp Of the
imperialists carries with it the threat
of the extension Of the war against
China so that it takes on legalistic
forms with declarations of war by
the powers. II also means an at
tempt of the imperialist butchers to
establish a base of operations against
the Soviet Union.
Appeals are being prepared to for
ward to the workers of the world 70
rally to the support of the Liberation
movement by fighting against their
governments uniting in a drive
against China and the Soviet Union.
Nationalists Take Pukow.
The Nationalist have retaken Pu-
kow, according to a report received
here by Shun Pao, leading Chinese
newspaper The Nationalist exc
cuted surprise attack, surrounding
and disarming 1,400 White Russian
mercenaries belonging to Chang
Tsung-chang, Shantungese war lord.
/
Deny Concentration.
Soviet officials have denied the
statements that have appeared in for
eign press that U. S. S. r. troops are
concentrating on the Manchurian Dor
der. Officials point to the pacific
note that has been sent to the defunct
Picking Government and contrast it
with the threatening message that has
been sent to the Nationalist by the
imperialists.
A statement declaring that though
Soviet Russia sympathizes with the
struggle of the Chinese workers and
peasants she refuses to adopt any
form of militarist intervention that
has been issued by the unions.
Japan Sends DestrOyers.
TOXIC, April 14.-Japan has in
creased her forces at Tientsin from
eight to three companies of infantry.
Four japanese destroyers, origin
ally under orders to proceed to Snang-
Continued on Page TaCo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15

"het up against organization. Wit
ness, for instance, the Association of
Life Insurance Presidents. AS clan
nish and class conscious a union as
ever graced an industry or business.
It's reason for existence is very easy
to determine. Surely life insurance
presidents pay is great enough.
True, these companies with one IN
significant exception are mutual
The meaning Of the word mutual"
is best indicated by the Standard Die
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
Shanghai Has 100000
Workers Organized In
Seventeen Big Unions

SHANGHAI, April i4.+over six
hundred thousand workers in
Shanghai are organized, according
to a statement issued by the chair
man Of the Shanghai Council Of
Trade Unions.
The largest of the seventeen
unions affiliated with the council is
the textile and garment workers
union, which has a membership Of
more than 100000. The executive
committee of the council consists of
Al members, which elects presi-
dunn of seven.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15


The international workers delega-
ton visiting in China has sent out
the following cablegram to workers
abroad:
"The undersigned confirm the
truthfulness of reports stating that
Chang Kai-shel has passed to the
side of the imperialists. His gen
erals have disarmed Shanghai work
ers and shot into workers demon
STATIONS, this act making Chang
Kai-shek a traitor towards the Chin
csc people and the Chinese revolu-
ton. (Signed) Hembert Droz,
Szmeral, Kussinen, Murphy, Dun
can"
Against this monstrous act OF
treachery the proletariat of the in
dustriaI centers are hurting THEN
mass power. The great strike wave
is rising ever higher and the revolu-
tionary workers are raising the slo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
PREVIOUS EVENTS OF INSURANCE EXPOSE

The DAILY WORKER today continues its expose of the
Big Four Insurance trust The Big Four the Metropo
PRUDENTIAL John Hancock and Colonial Life Insurance Com
paies This powerful combine aoch supposed be -
tua in reality controlled By uscupous gang of Wall
Street financiers They 40 million American 0orkers.
Specific charges of fraud misrepresentation suboration and
the misuse of company funds haze been ~ silence the
part Of the crooked officials who faen upon the unfortunate
acorers o taken By these leeches Names prominent
expose are Charles Hughes Charles NJ Shab Spt
of Insurance A. Beho and others prominent IN Legislative
and financial circles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15

tionary definition which gives it as,
shared or experienced alike" How
great these presidents salaries are
can be seen below:
Haley Fiske, Metropolitan $150,00o
Ed. d. Duffield, Prudential $4,000
Walton l.. Crocker, Hancock $4,000
E. Heppenheimer;, Colonial 10000
These four underpaid little officials
only receive a quarter of a million
dollars between them every year.
Surely they don't need union for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-15
JURY OF BUSINESS
MEN TO TRY GOLD
And 10 FURRIERS
No Labor Represented
At Mineola Trial

MINEOLA, L. J., April 14.-The
tendency to be followed by the pro-
secution in the trial of Ben Gold and
the 10 other leaders of the New York
fur workers whose trial on charge
of assault" which began here this
morning was indicated when Elvin
Edwards, district attorney of Nassau
county, began the examination of
prospective jurors by asking them if
they belonged ito any Communistic
order, or any other order favoring
change in the government of the
United States"
Defense Objects.
Frank P. Walsh and Henry A.
Uterhart, lawyers for the defendants,
vigorously objected to the line of
questioning of the district attorney,
but County Judge Lewis j. Smith,
presiding in the case, promptly over
ruled their objection. The same IN
sidious type of interrogations con-
tinued throughout the two and half
hours consumed in selecting the jury.
OF the IL men who will determine
the guilt or innocence" of militants
in the fur union, not a single one
is worker. The first juror called
and chosen was a dealer in real
estate. The second is contractor
and builder; the third deals in mari
time insurance, the others are as
follows: mo. A. Head of electrical
department of New York Telephone
Company in Mineola; (No. So Up
holsterer jobber; (No. g. Dealer in
stocks and bonds; (No. ~ Civil En-
gineer; mo. 81 Plumbing and heat
ing contractor; (No. 81 Head of de-
partment in New York exporting
house; (No. 10) Grocer in Lynnbrook
L. l.; mo. H. Retired hotel man
(No. 12.) Plumbing and heating con-
tractor.
Gold and Comrades in Jail Since
Monday.
Ben Gold and the other fur workers
have been in Jail since last Monday
when their bail, $4,000 each was re-
voked by County Judge Smith. Tues
day in the Brooklyn supreme court
application of their attorneys for &
change of venue was denied by JUS
tice Callahan, who declared that
Judge Smith, who has already showr
extreme prejudice in the case, sis the
best judge of his own fitness to ST
in the case"
Jury Middle Class.
All Of the members of the jury live
either in Mineola or in the neighbor'
ing little town Of Rockville Center.
Mineola is a typical middle-clas'
suburb. OF the 5000 people who live
there most of them commute from
New York where they have white.
collar jobs.
Judge Bored.
/ Judge Smith, who is presiding al
the trial is already thoroly bored BY
the proceedings. All Of the clever
workers are being tried together, bu
five attorneys are representing diff
ferent groups of individuals. Conse
quently much of the proceedings will
be duplicated by the individual law
yers.