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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
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court AGAIN ON
CHARGE OF CRAFT
Allege He Shook Down
Alien Property Owners

The Jury VIII h will decide the fate
of Harry NJ Dougherty, former at
torney general and Thomas w. Miller
former alien property custodian,
charged with conspiracy against the
government in connection with the
return of S7,OO0O00 in seized enemy
alien property to alleged German in
terests, was completed late this after
noon.
The case of the U. S. government
versus Harry NJ. Daugherty, former
attorney general, and Thomas W.
Miller. charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the United State is in court, to
be retired, after the jury in the first
trial disagreed and was dismissed.
The outstanding facts in the case are
as follows:
War Loot.
Richard Merton, German, came to
this country in 1921, to demand the
return of S6,500,000 in property of a
German metal company, which had
been confiscated during the war by
the office of the Alien Property Gus
todian..
He entered into negotiation with
John 7. King, Connecticut politician,
who in turn introduced him to Jess
Smith, the handy man of Harry
Daugherty. Merton says he paid the
sum of 1891 900 in Liberty bonds and
$4,000 in cash to King, as bride
to accomplish his purpose.
Graft Left Trail.
King and Smith are dead, and can
not be held to answer. However, the
government says this payment Of
graft was traced to the hands of Mil
Ter and Daugherty. In fact evidence
in the previous trial showed that Mil
Ter got $4,000 and that S224,000 went
to Smith and Daugherty. These
bonds were deposited in Nal Daugh-
erty's bank, the records Of which were
destroyed.
Paid For Votes.
This is a clear case. Practically
nobody disputes the validity Of the
evidence, and it was stated that the
only thing which saved the defendants
at the first trial was that the jury
had information that these graft pay
ments had been used by the Ohio gang
TO pay the deficit Of the 1920 presi-
deDtiai campaign expenses.
Yesterday, while appearing in
court. Daugherty was approached by
reporters and asked some political
questions. He answered: Il never
.nas much interested in politics, not
even when l was attorney general"
Il is expected that the trial will last
about three weeks, and that the
prosecution will demand a verdict of
guilty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
king Benjamin Stands Mute.

BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Feb. z.
king" BENJAMIN purnell, head Of
the house of David, was held for trial
in circuit court May 16 on three GRIM
inal charges when arraiened today
before Judge Charles Z. White. Ben
jamin was brought into court on a
stretcher. He stood mute after the
in the three cases brought
by the Bamford sisters and Mrs.
Bessie Woodward were read.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
British Charge Said
To Favor Diversion
Of Troops From China

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE British
cabinet met today to consider the re-
commentator of British Charge
O'Malley that the British troops now
enroute to Shanghai be diverted.
Chan Tso Lin, northern leader, is
reported to have agreed to Secretary
Of States Kellogg's suggestion that
the international settlement in Shang-
hal be considered outside Of the war
zone.
Wait For Chen's Reply.
Eugene Chen, nationalist leader,
has repeatedly stated that he does
not intend to occupy the international
settlement in Shanghai and this is be-
lieved to be his probable reply to Sec
rotary Kellogg.
American missionaries In Marking
have cabled the state department
urging against the landing Of Ameri-
can troops in China as unnecessary
and likely to create difficulties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Another Attack on Women.

LYNN, Mass, Feb. Women and
girls Of this city were terror stricken
today as the result of the twentieth
assault in the last seventeen days on
girls and women.
Thirteen-year-old Eva Bline is the
latest victim. She was burned about
the face by a man who threw the
contents of a small bottle of acid as
she was. walking home after visiting
friends.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

even larger aggregations of credit
power. The most important mergers
of 1926 involved the Chase National
and the American Exchange-Irving
Trust. Chase National absorbed the
Mechanics g. Metals National bank
at the same time, increasing its capt.
tai from S20,000,0O0 to $4,000, 900.
The American Exchange-Irving Trust
is the result Of series Of mergers,
the first bringing together the IT.
wing National bank and the Columbia
Trust the others bringing the Ma
tional Butchers & Drovers bank and
the American Exchange Pacific bank
into the combination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

A LII the maneuvers Of the repub-
"A lican "old guard" TO snare the
insurgent group in congress bore
full fruit in the senate vote defeat
ing democratic hopes to force So
called tax reduction in the present
session of congress.
Whit House breakfasts, promises
Of committee positions and party
patronage for loyal vote getters
have spawned rich results.
Every republican, from Smoot to
LaFollette, stood hitched, with a
rope around the neck even of the
farmer-labor senator from Mime
sofa, Mendrik Shipsted. Every pre-
diction by The DAILY WORKER
Of the backward drift Of the LaFol-
lette group, including Shipsted, is
thus completely fulfilled.
Republican unity 100 per cent,
was mustered against the effort Of
the democrats to steal a little
compaign thunder for 1928 thru
support Of a resolution introduced
by Senator Pat Harrison (demo-
crat-Mississippi) seeking to have
the treasury surplus devoted to
tax reduction.
The reduction of taxes, to benefit
the great rich, is one of the "eeon-
only" stunts that President Cool
idge and Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon reserve exclusively for the
republican party. Every invasion
Of this territory by the democrats
is fought bitterly.
But it remained for the republic
can insurgent from Nebraska to
lead the old guard battle against
the democrats. 1t was Senator
Norris, still fresh from his last
November invasion of Pennsylvania
to fight the candidacy OF Ware by
seeking votes for the democratic
senatorial offering William B. Viii
son, who presented the substitute
70 az IloEllSOu ISSOiuLiOn ue-
handing thar any treasury surplus
be applied to the reduction of the
national debt. Norris, getting
every insurgent vote, led the repub-
lican "old guard" to victory with
the ballot result standing at 81 to
28.
Thus the LaFollette insurgent
group has no tax policy separate
and apart from that offered by the
chosen few on behalf of the preda-
tory interests. Even Shipsted, who
joined Cal Coolidge in his morning
repast of flapjacks and maple
syrup, raised no voice against the
presidents fake economy schemes,
against the government financier.
ing by Mellon. He just went along.
This should be valuable news to
the DISCONTINUED farmers of the
west, who have been demanding
that the government use some of
its surplus funds TO aid bankrupt
agriculture. The whole farm bloc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

Sol. Bloom, of New York, speaking
in the House of Representatives
against the Dill-White Radio Bill,
said.
Inside Of five years we'll be trans
hitting power and heat and light,
well be cooking and running auto
mobiles and railroads by radio. With
in ten years We won't have to have
gasoline to drive our automobiles.
Are you going 10 turn all this over,
in advance, to monopoly"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Expect New Booze BIZ Soon.

WASHINGTON, Feb. z. - Rep.
Hawley (R) Of Oregon. informed Gen.
L. c. Andrews, dry chief. today, that
a substitute for the treasury's whiskey
purchase bill might be reported out
Of the ways and means committee
this week.
Andrews announced that ian emer-
eency exists" in relation to the coun-
try's supply Of medicinal liquor.
Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
BIGGEST BANK MAKES TERRIFIC PROFIT

which brings together Kuhn Loeb and
the Standard Oil interests reported
the largest actual profits, the amount
being S15,S53, 900 or 31.7fo on $780,
100000 capital.
The 1926 profits of the 20 leading
banks together with the percentages
earned ON capital and on capital sur
plus and undivided profits were:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

CONTINUED from page -
last years the trust company has
turned a profit of $4,000 on each
500 invested. while the great Nor
gan institution has handed its own
ers S361.20 on each $500 of capital
stock.
John ID. Gets II.
The huge National City Bank
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Administration Opposes Farm Relief

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE adj
illustrations fight to substitute the
eurtis-Ashwell bill for the McNary-
Haugen farm relief measure was
opened in the senate this afternoon.
Senator Curtis (R) of Kansas de-
2lared the substitute would benefit
all agricultural commodities instead
IF wheat, corn, rice, swine and cot
ton which are specified in the Nc
Nary bill. Curtis also urged adoption
Of his bill because it provides loans
70 farm organizations TO help them
store crops without including the
equalization fee, which is a part Of
the McNary bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Concentrate 10000 Roumaniau Troops


BERLIN, Feb. Twenty thousand
troops have been concentrated at
bucharest in anticipation of a coup
Ietat by the peasant party and the
Iransylvanian nationalist party in
favor of Prince Carol according to
dispatches from Bucharest to the
Berlin Lokanzeiger today.
The already rigid censorship has
been frightened still more. Six
Bucharest newspapers were confis
Gated and suppressed yesterday for
making preferences to impending
events.
Deputy Migail Popovitch, a friend
Of Carols who has just returned from
Paris, has been excluded from Par
lament for ten days for defending
the prince in a speech in PArliameIt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
British Troops Parade.

HONG KONG, China, Feb. 1.-THE
second battalion Of British light in
fantry arrived from India today.
Parading through the streets, the sec
ond Suffolks, headed by the regi-
mental band were received in gloomy
silence by the huge throngs of Chi
nese that lined the curbs.
The first cruiser squadron is due
to arrive here tomorrow from the
Mediterranean. Military authorities,
it was rumored, plan to take over the
new and commodious buildings Of the
Diocesan boys school and Kings col
lege, using them for military hospi-
tails.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Mergers Help.

This group of 20 banks had COM
bined profit of $116,123,00O if we as
sumo that the Chase bank made APP
proximately $S,OO0,O00 for the full
year. The 10 largest banks in the
list had a combined total profit of
S87, 21S,000 or about % of all the
profits made by the 80 banks and
trust companies in the Wall Street
Journal compilation. These 10 finan-
cial institutions are the chief instru-
ments of New York banker control
ever the country's economic life.
The report shows that these big
New York banks are merging to form
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
zight Jurors selected In Murder Trlal.

Eight Jurors Selected In Murder Trial.
CANTON, o., Feb. More than
half the panel Of venire men drawn
to serve as jurors in the case Of Ben
Rudnei', alleged instigator of the con-
spiracy to murder Don. r. Mellett,
had been excused, with eight tenta-
lively seated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
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A BOutOnniere
SOC to $1.5O

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The American Retailers
Association is an organiza-
ton of Is large depart
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tons with two European
chains of stores.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
MISSING BOYS DROWN.
Older Brother Apparently Dies
TRYING to Save Other.

LOUISVILLE. KY, February up.
Two boys who disappeared from
their homes here Thursday were found
drowned Yesterday in a pond 100
yards from their home. in a position
that indicated the older brother had
died in an attempt TO rescue the
younger.
The victims are Parnell Rhem, 10,
and Lawrence Rhem. 8. 1t is believed
the boys were playing in tree that
branches over the pond when the
younger boy fell. They drowned in
Ave feet OF water
The legs of the larger boy were
gripped tightly by the arms of the
smaller when the bodies were recov-
cred.
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An Old-tine
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THIRD BLAST VICTIM DIES.
Assistant Caretaker of Toledo
Church Succumbs.

TOLEDO, Ohio, February 6 [P).--
The death toll from the explosion that
wrecked the First Congregational
Church here Saturday mounted to
three last night when Mrs. Mary Fitz-
gerald, assistant caretaker Of the
church. died in a hospital.
The other victims were Mrs. Cath
crime Wilt. caretaker, and her hus
band. CLYDE +, Wilt.
Fire department officials believe the
explosion was caused by gas.
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SOCIETY
Continued from Fourteenth Pagel

Continued from Fourteenth rage
the American Revolution, among
whom were Mrs. Joseph Henry wheat,
Mrs. Frederick K. Sparrow, Mrs.
Manly G. Miller. Miss Camilla han
Diggs. Mrs. Sallie Grant Gates MISS
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Mrs. Duncan Hannegan. Mrs Wllllam
Fl. Griffin, Miss Grace wharton DissS'
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Mrs. Viola Deaton, Mrs. l1ois -
carter. Miss Mary Barry, Mrs. a
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having pink candles and shades 10
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tall silver vase with profuslon OF
mink tulips and asparagus ferns, We're
Me- Howard Lincoln Hodgkins, Mrs.
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Mrs Matte Belle kettering poured
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During her term as Governor OF
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
PLAN FOR EXTENSION
 OF EAST MAIN STREET
Sketch of Project Will Be Offered Public Works
 Board

A tentative sketch of a proposed extension of East Main street to Washington street, has been prepar- ed and will be submitted to the city engineering department for consid- eration by Ernest w. Christ. acting in behalf of the City National Bank. of which he is director.
 The banking house is located near the point at which the street ex- tension would be effected. The pro- posed route contemplates removal of a portion of the Hanna block and development of an alley for highway purposes. The street would extend through property of the Russell & Erwin division of the American Hardware corporation and would in- tersect with Washington street at a point opposite the main offices of that company. Such an extension as this, 1t is pointed out, would relieve traffic congestion in the center by inviting traffic between East Main street and the western section of the city through the new route.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
Death Wins Victory Over Boothe
 As Artificial Respiration Fails
Friends Had Kept Young Vrginian Alive For 37S Hours After He Had Ceased to Breathe Normally
 Chicago Case Also Ends Fatally.

Roanoke, Va. May ' LR-Walter Boothe. farmer lad who had been kept alive more than two weeks by artificial respiration, died early to- day.
 The youth had been kept alive by the work of his friends. raising and lowering his arms to force air into lungs which collapsed April 21 when he was about to undergo an opera tion for a dislocated vertebra-
 He suffered three distinct sinking spells during his long and medically strange illness but each time he ral- lied and with surprising cheerfulness and courage again looked forward to the end.
 Death came at six o'clock this morning, 37S hours after he first ceased to breathe normally.
 Several days ago Boothe was placed upon an operating table un- der great difficulties and an attempt was made to adjust the vertebra which seemed to have given the trouble.
 Thereafter a slight improvement was noted but the rally was only temporary and by yesterday after noon all hope for his recovery was given up.
 As death stalked before him, the IS year old lad smiled and encour- aged his companions who. with heroic fidelity. had stood tirelessly by his bedside as human pulmotors. and now and then he spoke to his fam lily of the mysteries of the life after death which he felt were fast draw ing their curtains about him.
 Boothe's death marks the second time within recent months that arti- ficial respiration has maintained life for a protracted period. In March, Albert Prick of Chicago finally died after having been kept alive for 10S hours by the same method employed on Boothe.
 The Virginia lads illness reverts to May, 1926, when he was injured in an automobile accident. Although seriously ill for 8 while, he returned to work. but in August, a combina-
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
 NOT YET DETERMINED
Seven Killed, IS Injured, Some Possibly Fatally.
 in New York

New York. May ! R - Efforts were being made today to discover the cause of the explosion that wrecked the Yellow Taxicab com pany's two-story concrete building in East 23d street yesterday. kill ing seven persons and injuring IS.
 Carroll Sinnott, vice president of the company. who was absent from the building at the time of the blast, said large emergency gas heater had been located in the ruined portion of the structure, but doubted whether this caused the explosion. He said there were no explosives stored in the building.
 The shock was so terrific that hundreds of persons rushed from shaking nearby houses and stores. Blocks of concrete and timbers were torn from the walls and doors by the crash and at least 25 men and women in the eastern half of the building were plunged through the wreckage of the first floor into the basement
 Seven persons. two girl stenog- raphers and five men, were crushed to death or drowned in the base ment which had filled with water from a main that burst under the weight of the debris.
 All employees of the company had been accounted for last night but possibility of the presence of strangers in the building at the time caused a continuance of search for bodies.
 The dead are Elizabeth Lovinger. 20; Florence Cavanagh, 19; Frank Zurhmelin. 26. and William E. Kelleher. 32. lawyers; Robert O'Rourke, 20, filing clerk: Charles J. Quinlan, 55, chief claim clerk. and Charles Mallet. 21, clerk.
 The condition of several of the injured was said to be serious.
 The building was in tenement district near the East river. It housed a garage and the legal and employment offices of the company. The fact that the accident occurred when number of employees were out to lunch was said to have pre- vented an even greater death toll.
 Three investigations to determine the cause of the explosion and place responsibility were under way by the building department. the fire marshal and the police depart ment.