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New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
John Winters, Father of Three Chill
dren, Is Convicted BY Vermont
.J1rv
Jury.

Woodstock, VT, Feb. 10 (UP)-
Unless the Vermont. supreme court
acts in his behalf, John Winters, 81
year-old ex-convict and father of
three children, must die in the cleo
trio chair for the murder of Miss
Cecilia Gulliyan, A, formerly OF
Whitman, Mass.
After nearly three hours delibera-
ton, a Windsor county jury late
yesterday returned a verdict OF
guilty of first degree murder. Sen
tence was delayed pending an appeal
to the states highest court, but the
crime carries an automatic death
penalty in Vermont.
Winters was little moved by the
verdict which probably will send him
to the death chair.
Miss Gullivan, treasurer of a
Windsor Machine company, was slain
on Nov. 7 last as she lay on a couch
on sleeping porch at her home in
that town. Winters, who had been
employed by the same company, was
arrested a few days later. He had
been on trial more than a month.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
Sleeps in Jail But Works
Daily; Family Gets None,

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 10 tuP)-
julius Johnson, 3S. father of ten
children, is carrying out an unusual
sentence for non-support.
With the Muskingum county Jail
rs his abode for the next sixty days,
johnson daily trudges to work for
a coal company on job secured for
him by Probate Judge Clarence
Graham.
His lunch is prepared by Sheriff
W. A. Mcfarland.
His wages are collected each week
by representative of the Women
Benevolent society and expended by
the society for food and clothing for
his wife and children.
Judge Graham personally arrang-
ed the details of the sentence.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
Bankers Return From
New York Convention

Harry H. Howard and f. w, Ma
comber of the New Britain Trust
Co.. C. L. Sheldon and Harry w.
Hatsing of the New Britain National
bank and ]. c. Loomis of the Com
mercial Trust Co. have returned
from attending the mid-winter con-
ference of the trust division of the
American Bankers association held
at the Waldorf Astoria, New York
city on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday F. S. Chamberlain also at
tended the dinner Thursday night
which was held in the ball room of
the Waldorf Astoria with 1900
bankers present.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
Bold Mail Bandits Rob
Train on Italian Road

Milan. Feb. 10 (UP) - Search
through all Italy was under way to-
day for band of thieves who sacked
a mail car on the Turin-to- Milan
train, just outside Of Brindisi, in one
of the boldest train robberies Of re-
cent times, and escaped with money
and valuables estimated at several
million lire.
Forcing their way into the mail
car, the thieves ripped open q sacks
piled there, stripping them clean of
their contents, chiefly money and
valuables. The robbers worked quiet
ly and skillfully. but In their haste
overlooked a sack containing $4,000
shipped to the Orient by London
bank.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
FORECLOSURE ACTION

An action In foreclosure has been
brought by Alcide j. Derry and JOS
eph Parys, through Attorney Donald
Gaffney, against Simon and Rose
Koplowitz. The plaintiffs claim that
a sum of money Is due them for
work done on house owned by the
defendants. They claim foreclos-
ure OF property on Stratford road
and damages Of $1,000. The writ
is returnable In the city court the
first Monday Of March and Con-
stable Frank Clynes served the pa
pers.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
NINTH ANNIVERSARY OR
INDEPENDENT LTHUANIA
Program In Observance OF Event to
Be Held in Thi. City
Tomorrow.

The Lithuanians will celebrate the
ninth anniversary Of Lithuanian In
dependence in Lithuanian hall. S54
Park street, tomorrow afternoon.
Speakers will be DR.. NJ. ]. Vinikis, of
New York: Rev. E. V. Grikis and
several others. John ]. Gerdis will
preside. The Republic OF Lithuania
proclaimed its independence on Feb
ruary is, 1918, and established
democratic form OF government.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
WILL REOPEN MILLS

Tilton, N. H., Feb. 10 (UP)-The
Elm and Carter Textile Mills, clos
ed Jan. 26 when 172 employees went
on strike, will be reopened Wednes-
day.
The controversy as settled at a
conference between State Senator o.
G. Morrison, owner of the mills,
and Thomas Regain of Lowell, Mass,
organizer of the Textil Union, and
George Barber, president of the To-
cal union.
Under terms of the agreement,
future grievances of employees will
be acted upon by a committee of
mill employees.
The cause of the walllout was the
refusal Of worker to pay his union
dues.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
Former Arizona Cattle
Rancher WEEDS in Paris

Paris, Feb. 10 Pl-Frederick
Amy, former Arizona cattleman,
was quietly married in Paris yestcr-
day to June Kathleen Helen Dibble
of London, who is understood to
have been employed in Paris as a
mannequin.
Mr.. Almy's first wife, the Dowager
Baroness Michalham of England,
died in Paris, January l. She was
the widow of the first Baron Michal-
ham, who left an estate estimated at
100000. She was married to
Mr.. Amy at Clearwater, Fla, Feb
ruary 5, 1926.
Amy, who is 3S, Is the son of
the late Frederick Amy of Cedar
hurst, n. Y. His bride is %. They
left Immediately for honeymoon
trip, the itinerary of which was kept
secret.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
RETAIL PRICES DECLINE

Washington, Feb, 10 P)-Retail
food prices for the country, the bu-
rcau of labor statistics reported to-
day. showed decrease of 1ia per
cent for the month ending January
] below the previous month and
month last vonr.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
Bennett Motor Co. Men
Have Dinner at Burritt

The sales force and DETERMINATION
of the Bennett Motor Sales Co. held
a dinner and pep" meeting last
night at the Burritt hotel, the first
in series of meetings Of this ma
ture. President Thomas H. Bennett
acted as master of ceremonies and
speeches were made by Martin H.
horwitz and Louis w. VogeL
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
California Train Bandit
Gets AWAY With 81 Loot

San Francisco. Feb. 10 Up - A
masked robber last night held UP
passengers in the tourist sleeper of
the Ocean Shore express which left
here at 9 o'clock for Los Angeles,
and robbed two men Of total of 81.
He forced a brakeman to signal for
a stop and leaped from the train and
escaped as the train neared Bay
Shore.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
Two Night Burglaries
On Main st. ReDOrted

Two burglaries in which the loot
was light We're reported at police
headquarters today.
Burglars forced in the front door
to coffee house at 29S Main street.
owned by Harry Joseph, and stole
some change, cigars and cigarettes,
Gaining entrance from the rear.
marauders took two gold watches
and some cigars and cigarettes from
the Palace bowling alley at $40
Main street.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
First Gold Star Mother
Dies in Her Indiana Home

Evansville, Ind, Feb. 10 LP--Mrs.
Alice Gresham Dodd, Americas first
gold star mother, died at her home
here last night. Mrs. Dodd was the
mother of James Bethel Gresham,
first soldier in the American expedi-
tionary forces killed in action in the
World War.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
SORORITY HOLDS TEA

The Sigma Pi Epsilon Sorority
held tea at the Manor Inn last
Sunday in honor of Miss Lillian
Brown and Miss Kate Finklestein.
Both girls recently became full
hedged members of the aforesaid
sorority.
The committee in charge consisted
Of the Misses Julia Levin. Carol
Prushonsky, and Jean Gourson.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
ARRESTED AT DANCE

Stamford, Feb. 10 Up - Ercole
Tamburri, 20, was arrested at a
dance hall last night on a charge
of burglary. 1t is alleged he broke
into an apartment occupied by Mrs.
James Lawrence yesterday after
noon. Jewelry and other goods
said to have been stolen were
found in his possession.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
AID. JUDD TO OPEN FAIR

Alderman William II. Judd will
officiate at the opening Of the Tabs
Fair tonight In the absence of Mayor
Gardner c. Weld, whose illness viii
keep him from attending the event.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
MRS. TORCH GIVEN DIVORCE

A divorce on grounds of desertion
was granted by Judge Newell Jen-
nings in the superior court yesterday
to Elizabeth Shook Lorch of this
city from Fred Torch. James A.
Currey was counsel for the petition
err
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19

Boston - Exchange $4,000, 900:
Balances 344,0o0,00o,
New Britain herald., 1927-02-19
READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR YOUR WANTS
TREASURY BALANCE

Treasury Balance go. s16o,OO4,4s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
BONNAZ WORKERS
Get FORTY HOURS
week AGREEMENT
Call Meeting, Ten AM.
To Organize

The Bonnaz Embroiderers' Union.
Local 66, /. L. G. w. U. has Just COM
pleted negotiations for the renewal of
the agreement which expired January
31st.
The new agreement provides for a
five day week, with, forty two hours
during the first fifteen months and
forty hours during the last fifteen
months of the duration of the agree
ment. The union, however. was COM
PEELED to concede two legal holidays
and the new agreement provides for
eight legal holidays instead of ten as
heretofore. Other important pro-
visions of the old agreement, like one
week trial period, labor bureau, no
discharge etc, are retained in the new
agreement.
This morning at 10 o'clock the
Union is calling a stoppage for organi-
cation purposes All members of the
non-union workers of the trade to
10 o'clock Tuesday morning and as
semble at Webster Hall, 18th Street
and 4th Avenue.
The union also issued a call to all
non-union workers of the trade to
come down and help unionize their
shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Pioneer Negroes Of
World State Object
Is Uniting of Race

Another move has been made to-
ward organizing the Negroes, with
the formation Of the Pioneer Negroes
Of the World. The Pioneers held a
r-nafinr yesterday, at 153 West both
street. which was attended by about
two hundred men and women.
Wesley Holder, secretary Of the new
organization stated that the main OBJ
icct Of the Pioneers is to unity the
Negro peoples Of the world. The
charter was signed by Frederick w.
Cove, former deputy mayor Of Free
town, West Africa.
Frank Crosswith, of the Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters. stated:
"At this moment the non-white races
OF China, India, Africa and Japan are
rising 60 let the minority know that
white supremacy is a myth and that
this myth must end. The Pioneer Ne
pro comes into being at most pro-
ritious moment. If the early accom-
plishments Of our races are used as
beacon light to guide this group,
then the world should feel its force"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
.EXPEL OFFICIALS
Who STOLE MONEY
OF ELECTRICIANS
Local 3 Officers Also
EXtOrting Brides
(By q Worker Correspondentl

Wy " Orker correspondent.
The following officials Of Local 9,
International Electrical Workers Tn
ion have been expelled from the broth
erhood President 0'Hara; Vice-presi-
don't Mike Stanton: the delegates
Gilroy O'Toole. O'Reillv. Donnelly;
the executive board members Imkoff,
Mullarkey. Lutz. Morrison; Financial
Secretary. Chas. Reed; Recording Sec
rotary John Goodbody; Assistant See
rotary Thomas Stanton; members Of
the examining board Davis, Sissler.
Gresham and Trustee Power. All
were very reaction2ry, machine" Of
E; re.
The minor officials may work at
tho trade. but are prohibited from
holding office.
Many Charges.
This is the result Of an investiga-
ton by the General Executive Board
into the charges Of graft. ex'e.tion.
bribery, accepting rratuities, renting
cut union cards to unfair bosses and
non-union men, and the fake initiation
% two thousand men. not eligible to
admission, but whose initiation pay
nient had been accented. The records
Of the wholesale initiation were burn
ed to avoid an investigation.
Space does not permit 70 enumerate
all the other charges Of which these
yrafters we're also found guilty. the
record Of which would put q Tammany
Hall politician to shame
Afraid TO Appear.
The International President had
this to say: when the evidence was
presented IL could readily he seen
Why the u officials did not appear
to answer because no answer could
be made. Never in the history Of the
International Brotherhood has such
q state Of rotteness, corruption and
graft been discovered as was shown
to have existed in Local e."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
four ARRESTED
FOR ENSLAvINC
NEGRO DEBTORS
Southern Planters Sell
Whole Family for $40

FLUKER. La. Feb. 7.-Several
cases of interstate commerce in Negro
slaves have Just been brought to the
attention Of special agents of the
Department Of Justice in Louisiana
and Mississippi II is common knowl-
edge turnout this section that peon-
ace flourishes. but arrests are un-
usual.
Joseph c. Anders and Loomie Blu
Eenfield, two wealthy plantation
owners Of Amite County, Miss. are
il the hands of the federal govern
r'ent, and have already been indicted
They are charged with causing dep
utv sheriffs to arrest Negro at his
home in Tangipahoa Parish, La. for
debt which they claimed he owed
them. His denials were overlooked
and finally. it is said, he consented
10 avoid severe iail sentence by
working out the "debt" ON a planta-
ron owned by the men. They SNUG
gled him over the state line in an
automobile. The sheriffs have con-
fessed
Sold Whole Family.
Webb Bellue and John d. Alfred,
owners Of plantation in Amite
County, Miss. and also Of farm at
Fiuker, La, are indicted for Selling
in the same quasi-legal manner a
Negro named Crawford Allen and
his family. whom they placed at
forced labor on their own farm. At
tor several weeks, evidence indicates
they sold the fifty-year-old man and
his wife and three children for $40
These cases follow the regular
method of enforcing peonage in the
country districts of the South. Ne
groes are arrested for debt or for
ragrancy, then turned over to white
rianters who accept the debt or
pay the vagrancy fine. the Negro
agreeing to work off the amount
owed. If he runs away he can be
brought back by reace officers for
attempting to abscond, leaving bills
unpaid" There is no way in which
the planters can be forced to pay
nny wages, and as a result, the debt
usually continues to grow indefi-
nitely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
PRIZE CONTEST OPEN TO ALL SUB-SEC-
TONS OF THE WORKERS PARTY

wonderful $4,000 radio Of the best make and workman
ship will be awarded the subsection which the highest
number of readers before April first This prize will be awarded
the basis each subsection according to
the figures receive from the News Distributing Company
This prize viii be subsection and of great
assistance building up Every comrade should be enlisted
In the drive to build the sales of The DAILY WORKER
beautiful bronze of Karl Marx inches high will be given
subsection who does the work to
promote of The DAILY WORKER. this prize TO be
awarded by the subsection executive committee Start
Watch the figures which will be published.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Loses Lie in Fire man.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Trapped
by fire. youth met death early to-
day and three children who leaped
from windows intoa life net formed
Of automobile robes were probably
fatally burned. The father Of the vic
Tins saved his life by leaping to the
sidewalk while the mother crept to
safety along a narrow flame-swept
ledge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Cantonese Driving
On to Shanghai
Fang Pours Last Reserves Into the Battle as
SOutherners Push Forward

SHANGHAI Feb Threat excitement prevails here today
ward and grinding the in the mighty of their nvncb
The booming artillery heard Hngchow, the immediate
objective
nitey his personal
picked the fray effort
military steam roller Of Che revolutionary Nationalist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
ConsuIs MAKO Protest.

PEKING, Feb. THE American,
British, French, Italian and Japanese
ministers have called on Wellington
Koo, active head of the inactive Pc
king government and protested
against the discharge of Sir Francis
Aglen. the British collector of GUS
toms who was discharged by Koo for
refusing to perform his dutv.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

Reports have reached here that the
city of Fuyang, fifteen miles south Of
Hangchow, has fallen to The Canton
csc.
Come Home Changw
1t is reported here that Chang Tso-
Inns chief of staff has telegraphed
insistently from Mukden requesting
his chief to return at once as the sit
uation is none too bright in Man
churia.
Eugene Chen in a strong speech de-
livered in Hankow charged the British
government with having a Picking
complex" He declared that Great
Britain is mainly responsible for boil
stering up the dying feudal govern
ment of Picking and maintaining the
brigand Chang Tso-Lin and his allies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Fire Kills Two.

CHICAGO, Feb. Two firemen
are dead and four others are being
treated in hospitals today following
disastrous fire which late yester-
day RACED the Metropolitan building
and caused five-story wall to crash
in upon II trapped fire fighters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
us. Ready to Join Great
Britain Against Canton

WASHINGTON. Feb. Z. The
United States stands ready to take
joint action with Great Britain
against the Cantonese government if
the Cantonese reject the American
proposal for eliminating the Shanghai
international settlement from the zone
of war activities.
This course has been under con-
sideration for some time, it was
learned today.
The Identic note containing the
Shanghai neutrality proposal sent to
Chang Tso-Lin. Chang Kai-Shek and
Sun Chunag-Fang, was couched in
diplomatic terms and contained no
threat as to what action this country
would take in the event of its rejec-
ton. 1t is known, however, that the
request was not intended to be an
empty gesture.
Dispatches from Europe have in
timated that the United States already
has secretly agreed to take part in
joint Intervention although the ex-
istenee Of secret compact has been
officially denied here many times.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
U. s. Kind to Vets at 6 Per Cent.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Z. - The
house today unanimously passed the
bill to authorize the veterans bureau
to make loans on soldiers adjusted
compensation certificates. An I'M
successful move was made to reduce
the interest rate fixed az six per cent
in the bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Wet Senator For Referendum.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA "per-
sonal protest" referendum by all citi-
zens urging congress to modify the
prohibition laws was proposed today
by Senator. Edward I. Edwards of
New Jersey, in discussing the grave
menace of Volsteadism" revealed in
the poison liquor report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
College Suicides Increase.

ROCHESTER, N. ", Feb. THE
number of college students who have
committed suicide this year stood at
eleven today with the tragic death Of
J. Morgan Derr, Jr., of this city,
twenty year-old sophomore at the
University of Rochester.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. Recall of
DR.. Ante Tresich Pavichich, Jugo-
Slavian minister to the United States
was announced today at the state de-
partment. The designation of NJ. An
ton Jevitch, now minister to Spain,
as his successor. also was announced.
DR.. Pavichieh has been minister
here since 1922.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
TracI. Star Defeated.

BRESLAU, Germany, Feb. 7.-Dr.
Peltzer, ace Of German long distance
runners. today went down to a SEN
sational defeat at the heels of Herr.
Schoemann of Breslau in a one thou
sand metre race on a board track.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
GREETINGS TO THE DAILY
WORKER

List No. 1923, by J. Goldman OBJ
Int, $12; c. H. Weisman. l.; Jacob
Left, l.; Feldman, l.; Singer, so;
Lebkovitz, l.; Nemser, 80; Isreal, L.;
Swift, l.; D. Workm, ;; Woodsh, l.;
Weiner, l.; Knoll, l.; Goldme, 1.
List No. 1909, by Bertha Chiren,
4.; Mark Stone, l.; B. Chiren, l.;
John Laja, 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
-"president Hnrdincn Stranded.

BOSTON, Feb. THE steamship
President Harding, Bremen for New
York, was reported stranded off Hall
fax, N. s., in messages received here
today. The President Harding was
reported out Of fuel oil, as the result
of leaking tank.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

BY the end of this year, all wooden
passenger cars on the Long Island
railroad will have been replaced with
steel cars, it was announced this af-
ternoon by George lie Boutillier, vice
president of the. road.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Fascists War On China.

ROME, Feb. Mussolini ordered
1,500 men to be dispatched to China
on a dreadnaught which is expected
to leave here in few days. The
troops will be equipped for shore
duty. Fascist leaders openly boast of
this imperialistic adventure.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

PARIS, Feb. 7.-Franco-S Spanish
negotiations relative to the future adj
ministration of Tangiers will open
here on Wednesday. 1t is expected
that Italy and Great Britain will be
invited to participate in the confer
ences later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Young Atheist Dares
Youthful Evangelist
But Priestling Evades

Christine w. Walker, age IL, secre-
tary Of the Junior Atheist League has
challenged to debate ulline Utley,
Ia year old evangelist, who has beer
converted by the notorious Aimee
Semplc Mcpherson. The subject Of
debate as proposed by Walker was,
as the bible safe moral guide ?"
Utley, however, refused to debate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
Enwright Gets Eight Months in JaiI

BOSTON. Feb. Frederick w.
Enwright, former publisher Of the
Boston Telegraph, convicted Of Grim
inal libel against ex-mayor James M.
Curley, today was sentenced to serve
eighth months in Jail and fined $500.
The publisher was accused of car
looming Curley in ball and chain, cap
toned "Curley the thug and with
publishing an editorial headed "Sober
Up JIM"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

MEXICO CITY, Feb. "A 5 per
cent ad yalorem increase in import
duties, effective thirty days hence,
was decreed by President Gales today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08

AUBURN, N. Y, Feb. Police,
state troopers, sheriff's deputies and
prison guards today continued their
search for Mrs. Edna Denning, 81,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
British Employers
Prosperity Talk
Exposed by Labor

The class collaboration movement,
which has been making Roadway in
England, was severely attacked by the
officials of the Amsterdam Interna-
tional in statement issued on Janu-
airy goth.
"Some of the British papers call
for industrial peace on the ground
that Britain is on the eve of new
period Of prosperity" the statement
says: "but there is no genuine re-
ioieing. The underlying idea is only
TO say to the workers, Don't dream
Of asking for penny more of wages,
CT an hours shorter week. II you do.
you may throw away this chance Of
better tines"
The Gent e Boss.
Exposing the tactics of British en-
oloyers the statement continues. "The
British employer is only playing tile
ogre; he is urging the workers IN
gentle tones to be calm. and to come
and be eaten when they are called"
In puncturing the propaganda
which urges workers to be docile lest
they disturb prosperity" the Am.
sterdam officials declare that "if
British industry is to make a stride
forward, it must not be at the ex-
oense Of the working conditions Of
labor"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-08
LITHUANIAN FASCISTS CONDEMN THREE MORE
COMMUNISTS TO DEATH BY COURT MARTA!

KOvNO Lhuania, members Of the
Party Lhuana sentenced death by urmal the second
q with
The Of the condemned Stsha Kasakeus and
Aleksunas. Tura prison