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The Washington times., 1927-02-07

Mrs. HuddleEon, swimmer of
eight months experience, staggered
to shore and collapsed at Point
Vincente. on the California main
land, at 11:14 o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. Friends accompanying her in
boat reported the heroic mother
semiconscious condition. She took
off from Isthmus Cove. Catalina
Island. at 1882 p. m. Saturday.
Hoping to win the $15.0OO
second prize In the recent
WrigleY Marathon. Mrs. HuddIe-
stnn stayed in the. race nearly
nine hours but had to give up
when she became nauseated
from sea water.
She entered the marathon in the
hope OF winning enough money to
pay for the education of her IL.
year old son. her friends revealed. /.
Mrs Huddleston, comedy woman
Of perhaps a. years OF age. was
formerly a school teacher.
Other Swimmers Quit
II was only able to make IT," she
said today. because ! want to give
my little son an education and the
comforts of life.s AS the first woman
to swim the Catalina Channel
think my earning capacity will be
greatly increased. ] will now be
able to put my boy through school
and give him good start in life,
| hore."
Three other swimmers who
plunged into the surf from
Catalina Island Saturday night
were forced to give up the
struggle. They were Miss Mar.
tina Staeger, of Portland, Ore,
who lasted 10 hours and 81
minutes: Mrs. LOttie Sch0em.
mel, famous New York swim
meF, who was forced to give mp
In three hours, and Pete
Meyers, OF Cincinnati, beaten
only by cold water after is
hours when he was only three
miles from the mainland.
No money rewards were offered
any Of the four swimmers who
started off. All LOT them were en-.
trants in the $4,000 Wrigley Race
of January Is, which was won by
17'year-old George Young, OF Tor
onto.
Prize ia Other Woman
Miss Staeger was one Of the two
last swimmers to give up the
Wrigley marathon. After remain.
ing in the race twenty hours and
coming to within half a mile Of
the mainland she was forced out
by terrific offshore currents.
Wrigley, however, gave her 81 500
in recognition of her brave at
tempt.
Margaret Hauser, Of Long Beach,
was the other woman who re.
manned in the Wrigley Race as
long as Mis- Staeger and she also
was awarded $500.
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RULER SHEARS[
IS BROKEN
By LUTHER A. HUSTON
international News Service

TOKYO, Feb. with more than
1000 priests and ritualsts par.
ticipating in the ceremonies. Yoshi.
died Christmas morning, was
buried tonight with the most i'm.
pressive and respondent cere-
monies the empire of the Rising
Sun has seen in nearly two decades.
CONSERVATION followed the discov.
cry that one OF the shafts on the
funeral cart was broken. Hurried
repairs were made. Police arrested
100 suspects and are now closely
watching the crowds OF mourners.
Within the glow of thousands of
lanterns and torches the ceremonies
began at p. m. g a. m. New York
time). when the funeral procession
left the palace in the heart OF Tokyo.
The ceremonies will end at dawn
at Higasha4 Asakawa, a coun.
try village on the Musashi plain,
about 80 miles from Tokyo. when the
mortal remains of the 123d occupant
of the worlds most ancient throne
will be laid to rest in the mausoleum
especially built to receive them.
In the vanguard of the procession
as 1t left the Imperial Palace were the
usual representatives OF the army,
navy and court. But the waiting
crowd paid little heed to these They
were awaiting the hearse, pic.
turesque and huge cart. which bore
the coffin
Oxen Draw Cart
This cart was made chiefly OF
Japanese cypress, with wheels of
zelkowa and axles of oak. 1t was
lacquered black, trimmed with gold.
Its length was 20 feet and it was
10, feet high and u feet wide with
wheels nearly feet in. diameter.
Four jet black oxen drew the
cart. As the bullocks trudged along,
so many steps each minute, the
wheels fthe cart gave forth a
peculiar wailing note denoting grief
to the Japanese mind.
Behind the cart walked the chief
mourner. Theoretically this was
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The Washington times., 1927-02-07

The Government today COM
pleted its case against Nick
Eagles and three other men
charged with the murder Of
Policeman Leo w. K. Busch.
It's action in resting took
the defense completely by sur
prise, and court was adjourned
until tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Pope To Be Called
4 AT that time. il IS expected de
Tense counsel win cross. examine
GLADYS Pope 20 old prosecu-
ton witness, whose unfinished tes-
timony brought about an impasse
in the trial last Thursday in Dis
trict Supreme Court.
Did Not Resume Stand
A subpoena probably viii be L.
sued for the young woman today.
it was announced by Assistant
United States District Attorney
George d. Horning.
The Government, after a pro-
longed conference with Justice Will
liam Hitz and defense counsel at
the outset of today's proceedings,
decided to rest without having Mrs.
Pope resume the stand.
Counsel representing Eagles. Sam
Moreno and John Proctor. indicated
their willingness to proceed without
the presence of the witness. who
vas excused two weeks ago be-
cause Of illness. James A. O'Shea,
I Continued on Page 2. Column IL
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F R {
ON j. s. SHIPS

Two American commercial ships,
the Icing and ChiIai, with Amer.
lean refugees aboard. were fired
upon at Patung. China. Friday.
American Consul General Lock.
hart. at Hankow. reported to the
State Department today. There
were no casualties.
Because of danger of attack.
American vessels may be forced
TO give up the task OF eyacuating
Americans from the interior,
LOckhart said.
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CROSSING
VIC TINS
BURIED

A parade Of hearses, bearing
five mangled human forms to
: little Catholic Church (St.
John at Forest Glen, today
sealed the grade-crossing
tragedy at Kensington, Md
last Friday.
1000 Attend Rites
Approximately 1000 persons
overlooked from the church and
stood bareheaded when five sets
~ pallbearers lifted the Hover
severed coffins from the motors
and carried them down before the
church altar.
Son Meets ColEins
There the coffins were met by
Neil Twombley. student priest
from Philadelphia. whose father
mother. sister and brother lay dead
before him.
The fifth coffin held the body of
. friend, Mrs. Grafton Holland. who
was killed with the others wien a
Baltimore and Ohio train hit and
splintered their automobile In the
dead of night. a
Behind the coffins. as they were
lined before the altar. knelt d group
Of nuns. among whom was Gather
inc Twombley. the only other remain.
ing member of the family. She
came here from her convent In I'LL.
nois for the funeral.
Take Part in Ceremony
Detachedly, and with emotions
that one might only guess. the
brother and sister took their formal
parts in the services for the family
of which they had once been a
part Outwardly they were calm.
The services were led by the Rev.
Charles o. Rosensteel, of ST. Johns
Church. The Rev. Charles Lyon,
president of Georgetown University,
assisted as deacon. and the Rev.
Neil Tssombly, the son, was sub
deacon. Eleven other priests par
ticipated.
Once during the celebration of the
requiem mass a little white. gowned
choir girl broke down with weeping.
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The Washington times., 1927-02-07
Y outhfuI Romance of
Chaplin Revealed

Mildred Harris Charlie ChGplns today
story MY Life With Genius On Saturday she told Of Charities
intense toge for little children Today she discusses Lnd Grey
Charles second we Also all about Charles boyhod
The Washington times., 1927-02-07

Dy cerLaln similarity OF tempera.'
ment. He read Oscar Wilde's books
and plays.
He liked Mark Twain better than
any other modern author. He not
only read all his stories, but / think
he read the four-volume biography
by Paine that contains such a.
wealth of anecdotes, conversations
of Mark Twain, and philosophy not
in his stories. Charlie Chaplin read
a great deal--ah sorts of books.
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
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Auto Victims Laid To
Rest Today
TlDombley Family, killed
At Kensingson, Bnried.

II FRIENDS OF THE family bore the caskets to the
church and later to the cemetery This picture shows
pallbearers carrying the caskets from the house
The Washington times., 1927-02-07
S. S. President Harding
Runs Out Of Oil. Stranded

BOSTON, Feb. THE steamship
President Harding, Bremen for New
York. was reported stranded off Hail.
fax, Nova Scotia. in messages re-
ceived here today
The President Harding was re.
ported out OF fuel oil. as the result
OF leaking tank,
The steamship was said to have
anchored ten miles outside Halifax
Harbor. Government steamers were
rushing to the aid of the ocean gray.
hound.
The Washington times., 1927-02-07
By MILDRED HARRIS
Charlie ChaplIn's First Wits
Copyright 1871 by Mildred Harris
Reproduction in Whole or Part Prohibited)

Charlie Chaplin fayore author undoubtedly Edgar
Allan Poe He read his stories many times probably
The Washington times., 1927-02-07

INFIes HOW Il IS done,
Every day The Washington Times
viii give them away to the boy
or girl who supplies the best last
line in the SLICKERITE game.
| The Times Will print every day
the first line OF the sSLICKERITE
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All YOU have to do is to supply
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Continued on Page ,. Column 81
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OF the Coney Island racetrack at
Cincinnati, Ohio. and e. C. Cohron,
found guilty last August Of violat.
ing the prohibition law through
the operation of $4,000, 900 rum
ring
The Washington times., 1927-02-07
DWyer Conviction in
Rum Ring Is Upheld

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE United
States Circuit Court OF Appeals TO-
day upheld the conviction OF VIII.
liam v. DwyeE. formerly part owner
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Mother SuUin1s Channel
to Aid Her Son

LONG BEACH, Calif Feb. Mrs. Myrtle Huddeston Of
Long Beach, the first swim the 22mle Catalina
Channel recovering today from ch exhaustion the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08


Barriers Workers.
"The contractors never dream
ed of getting what Sigman hand
ed to them willingly, in order to
line them up as allies in his
treacherous work. Without a
thought for the dressmakers, he
has given away what we fought
years to wrest from the bosses ;
and he hopes by such means to
compel the members to enroll
with the International and thus
by force get control Of the un-
ion."
Pay Cutters By Hour.
Chief among the points of the OBJ
noxious supplementary agreement, so
it is reported, is that cutters, who
formerly worked on a week-work
basis, are now to be paid by the hour.
Secondly whereas formerly any firm
which went out of business and later
reorganized-as dress shops are con-
tinually doing-was compelled to take
back its old workers, the new agree
ment allows boss who has been out
Of business for two months, to en-
gage an entirely new set of workers
as though he were new firm. This
means practically an unlimited right
Continued on page
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Admiral LatiIner
Is NeutraIiziing
All Nicaragua
Liberals Winning Despite
United States Forces

BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, Feb. T.
Admiral Latimer is expected to de-
clare Chinandega, now captured by
the liberals, to be a neutral zone, II
the liberals are able to hold the city
against the conservative counter at.
tack, according to reports received
here.
Liberals Are Winning.
The liberal forces having completed
their occupation and domination Of
eastern Nicaragua are row preparing
for offensives in the western area.
General Arguello, commanding the
Diaz forces at Guadeloupe on the
Rama river, has withdrawn to Man
aqua, thus clearing the last eastern
stronghold of conservative forces. A
handful of conservatives were left at
the Diaz garrison at Guadeloupe but
were soon captured.
Standing Off Conservatives.
Reports Of continued liberal sue
cesses in the west have been received
here, and there is great interest in
the issue Of the battle of Chinandega,
to the north of Managua, where the
liberals are standing off conservative
troops.
Could Block Communications.
If the liberals can occupy and hold
Chinandega it may bring about a
serious problem for the American
marines in occupation in Nicaragua,
for from this city it would be pos
sible for the liberals to interrupt COM
munications between Managua and
Corinto, where the naval vessels or
the west coast have r1ade their head
quarters.
Throughout the eastern zone all is
reported quiet and the liberals have
consolidated their position.
Liberal headquarters have empha-
sized the Importance of their forces
entering Chinandega and state that
the strength of the liberals at Gilman
dega is evident refutation of earlier
Managua reports that the liberals had
suffered heavy defeat at Ramos.
Reports have been received here
that the liberal forces are in posses
sion of Nagaroto and that notice has
been given that they will not permit
arms and munitions for Diaz to pass
through Leon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
SAMUEL COHEN, LEFT WING PICKET,
SHOT IN LEG BY REACTIONARY GANG
Closed Car With Gunner Ran Around Breaking
Traffic Rules But Was Not Stopped by Police

Samuel Cohen, Executive Board
member of Local 35, International
Ladies' Garment Workers union, was
wounded in the right leg when he was
fired at by gangsters from an auto
mobile at 57th street and Broadway
as he was leading the picket line at
Reisman, Rothman, and Beaver, 521
Seventh Avenue at o'clock yester-
day morning. The gangsters es-
Icaped.
In Three Cars.
Cohen, in an exclusive interview
with The DAILY WORKER states
that there were altogether between
fifteen and eighteen gangsters, in
three cars. The pickets had been bar
red by the police from marching
down Fifty-seventh street, where the
struck shop stands, and were on Tenth
avenue.
The three cars came down Fifty
seventh street, and when near a group
OF piekets, including Cohen. all stop
ped. From the center car three men
alighted, and each standing with one
foot on the ground and one on the
running board, fired one shot--after
which all three cars moved on away.
The police came, but did not make
any serious effort to follow the cars.
VIII Not Quit.
Cohen is resting easily at 1927
Madison street, his home, and declares
he will never stop his activities to
build up the International Ladies Gar
ment Workers union, whatever the
bosses or Sigman's gangsters may do
to him.
Policeman Albert Schweizer says
that he was unable to stop the car as
it speeded away for fear shot from
him would hit passers by The gun
men had entered Sixth Ave. from the
west and drew up at the south curb
Of Fifty-seventh street, in violation Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
To Hold Mass Meetings
Wednesday in Cause of
! Sentenced ClOakmakers

While two Of the cloak strikers
are sitting in the TOmbs waiting to
be sentenced by Judge Otto Rosal-
sky and 16 others have already
begun serving the heavy jail terms
which he imposed upon them two
weeks ago, thousands Of workers
from all trades in the city are pre-
pairing to join in a demand for
their freedom at a series of mass
meetings to be held in Webster
Hall, Manhattan Lyceum. Cooper
Union and other halls tomorrow af-
ternoon right after work.
This is to be the beginning Of a
wide protest from workers all over
the country, ard the agitation win
be continued until these men. SEN
fenced for their strike activities,
are released.
Prominent speakers from trade
union and other labor organizations
will address these mass meetings,
and from these halls a call will go
out to the whole labor movement to
join in this campaign against legal
injustice.
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traffic ordinances, but without inter-
ference.
This is the third time within a week
that gangsters have attacked pickets
Of this shop, which was called on
strike last Monday by the Joint Board
after three workers were discharged
for refusing to register with the In
ternational.
Other Shootings.
On last Wednesday gangsters fired
from an automobile into the air, and
On Friday, Theodore Trims of Local
IS was attacked and beaten with lead
pipe by gangsters. All but one of
them escaped in their automobile. He
gave his name as Joseph Zeuruch,
and was found to have a long police
record, with three previous convic-
tons for felonies, and was held with
out bail by the Fifty-fourth street
court, charged with felonious assault.
Right Wing Gang.
Louis LYMAN, manager of the Joint
Board, pointed out that the gangsters
were not hired by the employers, but
are fright wing gargsters who have
been recognized in other sections OF
the garment dispute" He said,
This is the same bunch of gangsters
that has been terrorizing the entire
garment district and attacking work.
ars known to be sympathetic to the
Joint Board in the present dispute.
The Joint Board has called a num-
Der of strikes in shops where work
ers have been discharged for refusing
TO register with the International, and
picket lines have been established be-
fore these shops. Although President
Sigman has boosted that workers
would not be forced to register with
him, he continues to hire gangsters
to shoot and beat them up when they
try to protect their fellow workers
against unjust discrimination by go
ing on the picket lines"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Baldwin Anti-Strike
Law Goes to Commons
At Third Day Session

LONDON, Feb. IAN attempt
to put the screws on the British La
Dor movement will be made by
Baldwin's reactionary government
when the third session of present
parliament opens tomorrow.
Prohibition of the general strike,
restrictions on picketing, and the
separation of the benevolent and
political funds of unions arc some of
the provisions of the trade union
bill which will be introduced by the
Baldwin government.
The Chinese situation and the
budget are other vital issues which
will arouse stormy controversy, and
which must be introduced soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
ARREST HUNDRED
AS EMPEROR or
JAPAN IS buried
Determinations Funeral
For State Purposes

TOXIC, Feb. IA hundred ar
rests featured the burial today of
Yoshihito, emperor of Japan. All
persons suspected of tampering with
the funeral equipage of the forty
four days dead emperor were placed
in custody, and an investigation
started into what may become first
class scandal.
The center of ceremony in the
royal funeral is the cart, which car
ries the corpse through the streets,
in magnificent parade. This cart,
at the last moment, was discovered
TO have a broken shaft, and the
crowds of hundreds of thousands Of
loyal, or curious, subjects who were
waiting for the procession to start,
continued to wait while hasty repairs
were made. Meanwhile, all persons
who might have tempered with it
we're imprisoned.
Yoshihiti was feeble man, abso-
lutely without effect on the social
events of his time, other than that,
by merely existing, he was able to
preserve the fiction of land ruled
through divine authority, by a des-
cendent of the Sun Goddess.
Put in Holy Show.
Since his usefulness to the capital
list military oligarchy that rules Jap
an with an iron hand lay in his cere-
monial capacities, his funern was in
tended to lack none of the ancient
and impressive rites that might be
made use of.
CONSERVATION spread turnout Off
cial society, therefore, when it was
found that the sacred funeral cart
used to transport the ashes of the
man-god, was mysteriousiy unservicc-
able.
This cart, especially built Tor the
funeral by a firm that for more thar
100 years has made carriages anC
other conveyances for the imperial
family, is chiefly of Japanese cypress
with wheels of zelkowa and axles Of
oak. 1t is lacquered black, trimmed
with gold. It's length is 80 feet anC
it is ~ feet high and II feet wide
with wheels nearly six feet in dia
meter.
Three jet black oxen drew the cart
and as the bulIocks trudged along
the wheels of the cart gave forth z
peculiar wailing note denoting grief
to the Japanese mind This was il
accordance with an ancient japanese
custom which requires that the wheels
of the catafalque of an emperor shall
mourn" 1t requires much skill il
building the cart to produce these
strange wailing notes at regular In
tervals, but tradition calls for Il
When an emperor dies it is felt that
the whole empire and everything in il
animate and inanimate, should cry
out in sorrow.
Behind the cart walked the CHIEF
mourner.
Almost every parsonage in Japar
Continued on Page p.
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Communist P arty of
China Flags British
Calls on Masses to Support Demands of the
Revolutionary Nationalist Government

SHANGHAI, Feb THE Communist Party of China has
issued manifesto events in HankOw charging the British
eminent with having provoked bloody conflict with the Chinese
to have pretex for demanding that the nationalist govern
ment repress the people,
quite clear that treat Britain plotted prepare
intervention The Brit nperiass trying create united
front home and pos unite all mperas powers against
the Chinese revolution
The ai of Great Britain conducting negotiations with the
Cantonese government gain time while troops
forces CONCENTRATING.
The manifesto calls the Chinese and
the demands of the nationalist for abO
ton of special privileges to foreigners the
China.
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Fire in Loft Building
Endangers Workers

The lives Of two hundred girl work
ers were seriously endangered today
when fire broke out in a ten-story
loft building in which they were en-
ployed. Only by running down the
staircase. and out on the street, did
they save themselves, The fire was
extinguished soon, and nobody was
hurt, however the damages to the
building prevented the resuming of
work and the girls had to leave for
home.
Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Expose Hidden Deal
To Win Bosses Help
Grants Employers Piece Work. Right to Fire,
Power to Discriminate All to Hurt Progressives

The full extent of the betrayal dressmakers
by Morris Sgma president of the international
Workers uniOn disclosed at meeting in Webster Hall
last night when c. s. Zimmerman manager the depart
men of the New York Joint Board stated the supple
menary which is learned from reliable sources
has been signed addition the published the
international officials and the Association of Manufac
turers, Inc.
Sgman has purposey signed the made
in the history of union said Zimmerman gain
the support of the bosses in his efforts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
SICMAN'S SECRET COMPACT SELLS OUT UNION
Halt the Lithuanian Murderers
By JAMES P. CANNON, Seer

JAMES CANNON iona Labor Dfense
Clio
the
ngcE aders aleadye
andHf imprismm ent becmm the order of the
tive to aprotst mOvem
We must ganiz
The pact immediate ste are the blowing
Send kilograms % lithuanian mbasado a shngton
dGbIe 10 preside Kaunas,L ithuana.
the of Lithuanian fascsm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
BRITISH COMMUNISTS URGE DIRECT ACTION TO BLOCK
IMPERIALISTIC WAR AGAINST CHINA

LONDON Feb. THE Central Committee of the COmmun-
list Party of Great Britain has issued manifesto calling
action the part of the working class of the country prevent
the transport of soldiers and the shipment of
for China.
The Communists want to force the refOrms leaders to break
the alliance with the Baldwin government The workers urged
demand the resignation of the mperastc which
is preparing to embark another bloody war.
additional Developments on Page Fve)
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National bank with s116.40 on each
500 of capital.
Profits Of more than 1000 are the
rule in the case Of Kings County
Trust and the First National. In the
Continued on page ~