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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
Plain Potato Offers
 Great Possibilities


 BERLIN, Nov. 10.-A potato is a potato, but there are 120 ways of cooking him: plain, mashed, roast, fried, and la. All these potato creations were dem onstrated by one chef at the Western German Hotelmen's fair at Cologne, and, while he claims this as record, he does not think the possibilities of serving the succulent tuber are exhaust ed.
 At the fair, which attracted some 10000 hotelmen from all over Germany, nearly 500 firms manufacturing articles for hotel use exhibited their wares.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10

ference given cremation is an
 economic one. In a world city like Berlin burial lots are ex- pensive, and the cemeteries are far beyond the confines of the city and difficult of access. Then, too, the crematories furnish double coffins-that is, the outer coffin is heavy oak and the in- .ner pastehoard. The family pays only for the inner coffin, which is burned with the corpse, while the oaken coffin remains property of the crematory and is loaned
 successively to bereaved families.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
FIRE IS CAUSED BY
 ovERHEArEp CHIMNEY

The Fire Department was call ed out at noon yesterday by a blaze around the chimney in the apartment over the Riedi Bake shop. Smoke from the fire had filled the attic above the apart ments and for time baffled the firemen as to the location of the fire. Only hand chemicals were used and no damage resulted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
Holiday Not Be Obserued OnlOrrOtU

As far as can be ascertain ed, the United States Cable office will be the only insti- tuition in Juneau to observe Armistice Day tomorrow and the office will be opened only from 9 to IL o'clock in the forenoon and 5 to ' in the evening.
 All other Federal, Terri torial and City offices. banks and stores will remain open as usual tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
NOTICE TO HALIBUT FISHERMEN

Cargo of Seventy-five tons of Concentrates to Tacoma. Either one or two boats that can safely handle this amount. Rate $5.00 per ton. Call or write Apex El Nido' Mining Company, Lisianski Inlet, Alaska. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
Cremations in Berlin
 Outnumber the Burials

BERLIN, Nov. 10.-Berliners prefer cremation of the deceased to burial or interment in mauso- leums. The number of funerals in recent months has been about 2,10O per month. Of these the number of cremations was usual ly about 1,075, that of burials 1925.
 The chief reason for the pre-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
FINNISH DANCE ON FOR SATURDAY NIGHT

The Finnish people of Douglas will celebrate the wind up of the fishing season with a big dance Saturday night in the Eagles hall. Practically all the fishermen are in town now for the winter and a large crowd is expected. It will be free dance and everyone is invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
RETURN TO CRAIG

Dr. and Mrs. w. P. Kirby left on the Admiral Rogers last night for their home in Craig. Before leaving they expressed the possi- bility of their being back for Christmas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
NOTICE

There is large no parking sign on the lower City Float Cars parking there in the future will be prosecuted.
 By order of the adv. CHIEF OF POLICE
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
DOUGLAS NEWS
DOUGLAS CHAMBER
 OF COMMERCE TONIGHT

The regular meeting of ths Douglas Chamber of Commerce will be held this evening in the City Hall. and business of con siderable importance is to come before the body. Everyone inter ested in the town should be on hand. The meeting starts at o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10

Henry I. Chanin (upper), and his brother, Irwin S., well known New Workers, mark 35th and 33d birthday respec- lively by presenting one an- other with million-dollar in- surance. Their rise to fortune reads like Horatio Alger tale.
 International Illustrated Newsl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
VASSAR GIRLS ARE
 RAISING Sl,O00 TO
 EQUIP SMOKING ROOM

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Nov. 10.-With approval of the facul- ty, girls Of the senior class at Vasar are raising S1,000 for a smoking room. Two hundred dol lars will be spent for ventilat- ing fan, the rest for furnishings.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10
NOTICE

You can all have nice fresh dressed turkey, goose, duck, or chicken for Thanksgiving if you phone your order now.
 adv D. B. TRIMMER, Phone 1l4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10

For short business trip to Ketchikan, w. R. Neville. travel. ing salesman, took passage on the Aleutian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10

Owing to the American Legion decorating the hall for their dance, there will be no classes until Monday Evening.
 adv. ATHLETIC ASSN.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-10

Order your alince pies and cakes for Thanksgiving now. Mrs Sully. adv
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11

back its army unbroken. Hedley had
previously fired all the strikers.
But such was the success of the con-
duct of the strike that by Thursday,
July 22nd, the Company agreed to
take back all the strikers.
Previously a mass parade was held
downtown to give the strike a more
dramatic touch. The mayor was
forced to see the strikers and made
some pretence of being on their side
although later as may be expected,
he completely repudiated his early
sympathy" and left the strikers
"cold."
A mass picketing demonstration
was organized, this too as move to
secure better terms from the Com
pany. These forces had the desired
effect. The Company agreed to take
back all the workers. On Friday
they marched back to work in body.
But the Interborough's long habit
of embarrassing reasserted itself.
When the men appeared before the
14Sth St. barns, Keegan, Vice Presi-
dent of the Interborough thought he
saw an opportunity, and sought to
discriminate against some Of them.
Keegan, however, had overstepped
the mark. The men, in a rage, turned
about to renew the strike. There
after it was conducted with redoubled
energy.
The same tactics was employed as
before: the attempt to secure such
terms as would best enable the men
to renew the struggle at a more fit
ting time when the whole body Of the
strikers would come out together.
That night, while the strikers were
peaceably dispensing from their meet
ing, they were set upon by the arm
ed gangsters of the Police Industrial
Squad and unmercilessly beaten up.
1t was openly charged that for this
deed the members of the squad re-
ceived one thousand dollars. Quack-
enbush bears the responsibility for
the crime quite as much as if he HIM
self had done it. The city did nothing
to correct the injustice. The gov
ernor of the state was appealed to
but likewise remained silent.
From these facts the workers were
quick to draw the lesson that in the
existing capitalist society no justice
or law is a guarantee of the workers
rights.
ITO Be COntinued).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
DIV ROBERT MITCHELL

Every means was exhausted by the
Interborough to divide the men and
prevent the strike from spreading.
The Transit Commission was likewise
playing a part, still neutral one at
this stage of the game. The strikers
were willing to arbitrate but as we
have seen, Hedley refused the offer
on the ground that the brotherhood
would not permit the dealing with an
"outlaw" group.
When the Transit Commission
asked to meet with the Brotherhood,
Hedley was forced to concede the re-
quest. The Commission had asked to
meet the General Committee. In
stead Quackenbush sent Connolly,
Mangan and Kelly with the instruc-
tons to say that they represented
the whole Brotherhood in an agreed
upon plan. Thus was the Transit
Commission also hoodwinked.
The strike began as per schedule
on Tuesday, l A. NJ, July 9Th. The
walkout of the subway motormen was
practically 1009e. But the efforts
and deception resorted to on the part
of the Company and the intimidation
carried on by the Company Union and
its delegates prevented the other
workers from joining their brothers.
Nevertheless, the strike practically
shut down service.
Fighting a most heroic battle
against the most overwhelming odds
Ed. LAWN early recognized that the
help of the Labor Movement was es-
sential to victory. His appeals TO
the officials of organized labor re-
NAMED practically unheeded. A com
mittee sent to the Central Trades
and Labor Council was advised not
to speak on the floor. Hugh Frayne,
now making himself Infamous for his
association with the vicious attacks
on the militant unions, openly spoke
against the strike, giving the opin-
ion that it was but a move to in
crease fares.
The first help which the CONSOLE
dated Railway Workers of Greater
New York received was in the form
of telegram of sympathy from Pas
sale signed by Albert Weisbord. The
second help was an unsolicited letter
from the Joint Board of the Furriers
Union, enclosing a check for 5000.
The letter said in part: "The fur
workers have always been animated
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
Organize the Traction Workers
ARTICLE XVL-THE 1926 STRIKE-VICTORY FROM DEFEAT

by a profound feeling of solidarity
toward all workers struggling with
their employers. We pledge
our moral and financial support to
your courageous strikers. :"
The letter was signed, Ben Gold,
Manager.
But the Tammany labor officials
remained quiet Even the organizers
of the Amalgamated Association Of
Street and Electric Railway Employ
ees who were then in conference with
LAWN and his committee made no
definite attempt TO take over the sit
uation.
One of the outstanding events in
the early conduct Of the strike was
the walkout of the powerhouse men
under the leadership Of James F..
Walsh. For moment it seemed as
if the blow would cripple the Inter
borough, but the Company Union
stepped into the breach, working the
mens1S and 20 hours day and man.
aged to maintain some semblance of
service.
Walsh by this act, however, showed
himself to be the honest, fearless
fighter which he has since proven
himself.
The New York Press began its ex-
pected attack on the strike. Daily
its propaganda increased in vicious
ness and misrepresentation. But the
lines of the motormen and switch
men held firm. When the INTERIOR
ough saw that it could not break the
strike as easily as it had thought by
means of finks and the Company
Union, it resorted TO diplomacy"
Into the limelight stepped one Her
man A. Metz, former city comptroller
and now one of the PETERBOROUGH Dir
ectors, with an offer of mediation.
This offer had of course to be ac-
cepted by the men but it was revealed
very quickly in its true light as IAN
increased fare dodge"
There was one outstanding differ
ence between the conduct of the 1926
strike and the conduct of those which
preceded it. The workers will be
very careful to observe this differ
ence because upon cit depends the
whole strategy and victory of the
outcome.
The leadership of the 1926 strike,
recognizing that the walkout had
been premature, sought at all times
so to maneuver forces so as to OBJ
tain an advantage in the fight to send
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
Arrange SaccO-V
Protest, National Scale
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crime that the official law and the
official moral sanctions and sancti-
fies-the exploitation and the OPP
preston of man-and if there is a
reason why ! am here as a guilty
man. If there is reason why you in
a few minutes can doom me, it is this
reason and none else"
Sacco, less familiar with the Eng
lish language, spoke more briefly.
II never knew" he told Judge Thay-
er, "never heard. even read in history
anything so cruel as this court. After
seven years prosecuting they still
consider us guilty"
II know the sentence will be be-
tween classes" Sacco said, "the OPP
pressed class and the rich Glass;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
NON-UNION BERWIND- WHITE MINERS
DEMAND CHECKWEIGHMAN, PAY RAISE
Form United Front Committee; May Strike All
Of Somerset County, Meetings Held

pany the union is watching is the Ma
tional Mining Co., a subsidiary of L.
S. Steel, which has not yet announced
what it will do.
Since April the union has been
concentrating it's fight against Pitts
burgh Coal Co., re biggest com
mercial coal comr my in America. It
went open shop year and half ago,
breaking the Jacksonville contract but
never was able to get half Of its fifty
odd mines in operation. The union
is now fighting to shut down the re-
mainder.
Sheriffs Of Allegheny and Washing
ton counties continue attempt to stop
picketing. Sheriff Braun of Allegheny
says that only two pickets may be
placed in front of any mine at one
time. lie forbids the assembly of
more than three persons in the vicin-
ity Of scab operations. Guards and
scabs are not included in the order.
Bethlehem Steel Co. has high iron
fences around its Washington County
properties, with many guards. Search
lights play over the countryside.
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Fascists Stage Bloody.
Riot at Paterson

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cratic Alexander Hamilton Hotel came
to the rescue of their comrade and
forced the fascists to flee into the ho-
tel.
Meanwhile Chief Tracey's police
force, noted for their labor hating
activities in Paterson strikes, arrived
on the scene to the number Of hum
bred or more and began mauling the
citizens of Paterson who resented the
invasion by the fascists.
AS other buses arrived the police
formed Gordon around the invaders
and escorted them safely through the
lines Of the people who gathered to
voice their objections to the tactics Of
the disciples Of the criminal monster,
Mussolini.
The crowd was incensed at the po-
lice aiding such creatures and showed
it's displeasure by a chorus Of shouts
and cat-calls as the visitors" entered
the hotel.
A heavy police guard was thrown
about the hotel while the fascists con-
Quoted their business on the inside.
Preparations are being made for a
public meeting to protest against the
invasion Of Paterson by the fascists
and their protection by the police.
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viii Fight Yesta

PITTSBURGH. April 10.-Declara-
ton of war against the miners union
was made by General Superintendent
Joseph Edwards of the Vesta Coal Co
which operates the steel company's
mines. Boosting that they had enough
fuel in storage or under contract to
keep their mills going a long time he
said that he would not deal with the
union when the mines re-opened.
The union will stage a bitter fight
For 25 years it he's had an agreement
with the corporation. Thirty-five
hundred union men were employed in
it's mines, along the Monongahela
River, south of Pittsburgh, before the
suspension of April LIST. But the union
jsmelled trouble last summer when the
corporation began to dig a new mine
in non union Green county. The new
mine was bigger than any of its others
and the company refused to say
whether it would come under the
agreement or not. Early this spring
it opened nonunion and the superin-
tendent soon followed with it's Open
Shop announcement for the other
mines.
Vesta Coal is following in the foot
steps Of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal
Corporation, normally employing 1000
men. This concern broke with the
union April 1, but has not yet been
able to get scabs. A third coal COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
United Protest on
u. S. China POLICY
AT Boston Meeting

BOSTON, April 1O.-Fifteen hun
dred people jammed the fremont
Temple Friday night to protest
against American intervention in
China. Airplanes flying owe the city
distributed hundred thousand leaf
let's demanding that America with
draw her troops and marines from
China.
Protesting against the lombard
ment of Marking and the recognition
of the Nationalist government as well
ss the withdrawal of troops from
China, the meeting unanimously
adopted resolution voicing its de-
mands.
All shades of political opinion were
represented at the meeting. Alice
Stone Blackwell, Henry W. L. Dana,
Charles Fong of the Boston Koumin-
tang, Bertram D. Wolfe of the Work
ers (Communist) Party, Alfred Bak-
er Lewis, secretary of the Socialist
Party, Y. c. Ho, student at Harvard
and John A. Van Vaerenwyck, presi-
dent of the States Branch of the Fed
Grafton of Labor, Harold F. Gray, a
missionary in China, A. Regain, catho-
lie priest and A. w. Manning Of the
Society for the Prevention of Capital
Punishment were among the speaks
ers. Fred T. Douglas, member of the
Kuomintang and the Fellowship of
Youth for Peace, was chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
Akron Sky Pilots
Crawl When Rubber
Band Snaps at EN-

AKRON, o. (FP).-Two liberal
preachers, a safety-first liberal al
torney and a liberal clubwoman Of
Akron are no longer quite so openly
and publicly liberal since they felt
the rude pressure of the all powerful
rubber trust.
eve, the undersigned citizens OF
Akron" reads the recantation dicta-
ted by the rubber influences, "whose
names have appeared on stationery
or programs or been used in public as
supporting. the mass protest meeting
called by the Akron council for the
protection of foreign born workers
and Endorsed by the Akron Council OF
Labor, wish publicly to announce our
withdrawal from any support of this
movement as at present constituted
in the city Of Akron. ANY use OF our
names to indorse the meeting or to
solicit funds for the movement IS
from now on unauthorized.-Rev
Stephen E. Keller, Rev. William H.
Huber, Atty. Wendell Wilkie, Mrs.
George ID. Grouse"
They withdrew from the movement
which they had sponsored because 1t
had received the Endorsement Of or
ganized labor. In the. open shop,
stool-pigeoned, company gunman
town of Akron, organized labor is not
a respectable associate for careful
people who must sacrifice their lib
eral intentions when it indorses the
same things they do.
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ed the ferocious bitterness Of the
powers.
England particularly has seen its
prestige lost to the U. S. S. r. and
the Tory government is becoming
hysterical. Besides desiring to in
jure Russia the affair is part of the
scheme Of Great Britain to entangle
America and whatever other nations
it can in its policy.
If the United States won't openly go
hand in hand, the British are deter
mined to make it clear to the Chinese
people that there is no difference be-
tween the attitude of the two nations.
Another factor emphasized by the
affair is the danger of having such
man as McMurray representing the
United States in China. McMurray
is one Of the so-called career men"
of the State Department. He is
supposed to be a professional diplo-
mat.
He is thoroughgoing reactionary,
an aper Of British thought and meth
DDS and strong advocate of inter-
vention. He participated in the Pek-
ing raid on his own authority.
Thus whatever may be the inten-
ton of Coolidge or even Kellogg, bit
by bit he is forcing their hand to the
British policy. In this he is following
Pages practice as ambassador to
London before and during the world
war when he cooperated so closely
with the British in their efforts to
force the United States into the war
on their side as to advise them when
they wrote notes to Wilson and the
ways and means Of violating Amer
lean neutrality.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-11
Milwaukee Workers to
Hold Protest Meeting
For Marking Victims

Milwaukee, April 10.-A protest
meeting against the wantOn MUIR
der of unarmed Chinese wom-
en- and children by English and
American gunbOats in Marking
will be held on Sunday, April 18th,
2 p. NJ, Labor Temple, sos Wal
nut st.
Tun yuan HUI, a student of pol
itical science in the University of
Madison, win speak in English
for the KuOmintang.
Other prominent speakers viii
be secured for this occasion. The
meeting is held under the auspices
of the Anti-Imperialist League.
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call on them at their homes, their
tailors, BARRIERS, caterers, etc. But
not their insurance agents. That is
a privilege reserved for the worker
insurer. The industrial" insurer is
therefore given the high honor of
having the company, in the person Of
its duly authorized agent, call on him
at his home. The big Four" indus
trial life insurance companies whose
assets run into billions Of dollars con-
descend to call weekly at the homes
Of the poor. And why not? 1t pays!
And how!
1t is we'll to remember that the
"Big Four" are so-called mutual"
companies. They are supposed to
operate in the interest of their
policyholders. All profits are Tin
theory to be turned back to the mill
lions of policyholders who are the
stockholders in these colossal cor
porations. We propose to prove
that these assets which now run into
THREE AND A HALF BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS are kept in a reserve
fund and expertly manipulated TO the
advantage of a very select board Of
directors.
It will be shown during this ex-
pose that these allegedly "altruistic"
companies carry on their business
with a complete contempt of even
common commercial decency. It will
be further shown that the mutual"
insuring Of American workers lives
is carried on with a more than good
~ sprinkling of commercial chican-
cry, swindle and deception.
The "Big Four" have total assets
amounting to THREE BILLION SIX
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
When it is recalled that the world
famous allied Ford enterprises are
capitalized at little over One Billion
dollars, the tremendous reality and
power implied in these figures be-
comes apparent.
These assets legally belong to the
American workers, but the possession
and manipulation of them are so hog
tied by the railroad, bank and steel
barons who sit on top Of the heap
that in actually this enormous sum
of money is being used for the fur
Their exploitation of the worker here
and abroad
And so the vicious circle is COM
pleted. Underpaid in the factory.
mine and mill, and no sooner is the
small store brought home than it is
raided and looted by mutual" life in
surance companies-back it goes into
the assets" to begin the merry circle
again.
These insurance statistics make in
teresting reading. There are n bill
lions of life insurance in force in the
United States covering go million
lives. Of this amount II billions of
dollars is on the industrial" or
weekly payment plan, covering over
40 million workers lives.
The average cost per thousand dol
lars for Ordinary yearly payment)
insurance is SIT. The average cost
per thousand on industrial" weekly
payment) plan is $40. There is no
sound reason for this wide discrepan-
cy. The difference between the two
rates costs the American worker 253
million dollars every year. The week