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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
CHAMBERLTN. IN
new ROLE. HOPS
OFF LEVIATHAN
Transatlantic Filler Pilots
First Plane to Rise
From Liner

NEW YORK, Aug. (49-Clarence
d. Chamberlain, transatlantic flier.
overcamef storm and fog today to
inaugurate a new ship-to-Shore air
service destined to cut at least one
day from the time Of transatlantic
mails on ships of the United States
lines. Passengers as well as mail
eventually will be carried.
Chamberlain hoped off the special
Flying bridge" of the huge Levia-
than, almost 100 miles at sea, with
nearly 1000 pieces of mail and de-
livered them to the postmaster at
Hasbrouck Heights, N. j.
The flight, whicn started at 8:14
a. m., eastern daylight time, was de-
layed for more than an hour by
rain and fog. Chamberlain grasped
The opportunity offered by momcn-
tary clearing of the skies and set
out for shore with the first mail
in what is expected to be a regular
service. He was forced down by log
at Curtiss Field, an hour and quar-
ter later, waited an hour, and then
flew to Hasbrouck Heights, his orig
inal destination, with the mail bag:
Chamberlain made the flight in a
plane used by the Wright Aeronaut-
ical company as strouble shooter" ;"
Tt is sent out from HaSbrouck
Heights for service to disabled planes
anywhere within a 500 miles radius
The 1,700 passengers of the Levia-
than got up early to witness the
take Off Among them were General
A. G. Dalton, president of the Mer-
chant Fleet corporation, and David
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
IS
DISSATISFIED
SAY.
Legislature Recesses While
Members in Conference
On Plans.
HUNT is SILENT
Neither Governor Nor Leg
isIative Leaders Issue
Statements.

PHOENIX, Aug. P)-Entering up
on the second week of it's third spe-
cial session since January /, the eighth
Arizona legislature was content today
to convene twice and recess as many
times, having accomplished only one
physical act, namely, the introduction
of senate bill No. 2 by Akers and Jones
of Maricopa, providing for payment
of creditors of the state.
While reports of a compromise be-
tween the administration and the ma
jority of the legislature materialized
with partial confirmation, there was
heard in legislative corridors a rumble
of dissension. That dissension was
expressed by minority members, who
have steadfastly stood by the COVER
nor
A delegation of Is minority mem
bers from the lower house waited on
the governor shortly before noon for
the sole purpose of finding out" who
is handling the compromise" espe-
cially insofar as the administration is
concerned.
While no official statement was is
sued by either Governor Hunt or the
delegation it was understood the gov
ernor limited that State Engineer w.
G. Lefebvre and H. S. McCluShey of
the corporation commission 'were con-
ferring" with leaders of the majority.
Despite rumors that the highway
subject would be brought up during
the afternoon session, both houses adj
journed before 2:30, the seante to meet
at 10 a. m. and the house at 2 p. m.
on Tuesday.
Senator Dan Jones, of Maricopa, in
troduced senate bill No. 2 at the after
noon session The bill also bore the
name of Senator AkerS of Maricopa.
The measure is practically the same
as senate bill ia of the regular SeS-
sion, which passed the senate but was
incorporated into house bill 127, the
vetoed highways bill, which was in
troduced in the house last Wednesday
as house bill "a and in the senate as
senate bill No. 1.
The measure lists the creditors and
the amount claimed by each and pro-
vides blanket appropriation OF $5l4,-
600 plus to cover the combined claims.
Majority members late today were
more optimistic about the possibility
of highway legislation being passed
than at any time since Governor Hunt
replied last Wednesday to a senate
concurrent memorial asking the gov
ernor to explain the third special ses-
sion call.
However, it appeared that just
spark of open dissension might hope
lessly deadlock the session. The minor
ity members evidently feel they have
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
u. s, BRITISH.
DIFFERENCES.
WIDE AS EVER.
Britain's Spokesmer Criti-
cize American Proposal
on DenunciatiOn.
BREAK IS SEEN
Americans are Exhausting
Every Means to Reach
Agreement on Disputes

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 1, H9-
Successful Japanese mediation was
said in the tripartite naval conference
circles tonight to appear to be the
only thing that could save the con-
ference from failure
A lengthy conference of the Jap
anese delegation was held today. This
followed meeting between Viscount
Ishii and w. G. Bridgeman, Chief
British representative, at which Mr..
Bridgeman is reported to have asked
the Japanese statesman whether he
had any suggestions.
The Japanese representatives met
to determine whether any means
could be discovered as remedy for
the 8-inch gun cruiser difficulty
which is causing the deadlock.
From meagre information to the
press the Japanese had not succeed
ed in developing magic formula
which would bring the British and
Americans closer However, it was un-
derstood tonight the Japanese were
continuing their study tenaciously.
The British spokesmen did not spare
their words today in criticising un-
favorable the American proposal
which was framed to permit denun-
ciation of the treaty in case the
British found the American construc-
ton of cruisers menace to Brit
ish security The spoAesmen affirm
ed that this proposal was funda-
mentally Objectionable because it au-
thorized no meeting of the signGtor-
les until 1881, and denunciation of
the treaty was not possible until 18
months after the end of 1881.
However, even if the right of de-
nunciation began Immediately upon
the initiating of the treaty, the Brit
ish maintain that in its essence the
American proposal would be unac-
ceptable They say this is because it
would always put Great Britain in
the position of q protesting party
and by that very fact pave the way
for engendering suspicion and dis
trust.
To this criticism the Americans
explained the United States build
ing program would carry America up
to 1881 and since this program al
ready was known to the world there
seemed no need of making the de-
nunciation operative from the mo-
ment the projected Geneva treaty
was signed. Nevertheless, the Amer
leans remarked that their proposal
was merely tentative and naturally
would be subject to any n1odifica-
tions, provided treaty we're nego-
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
TORRENTIAL. RAINS INTERFERE
WITH PICNICKERS ON SUNDAY

out of the low area while the
women pulled off their silk stock
ings and thin shoes to wade with
many a shrek to safety. 1t was
early in the morning before any
of the bedraggled crowd reached
this city.
Lightning struck in a number
of places. Most of it was reported
in the streets and on the side
walks. AT the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. r. Hancock ON Eleventh
street an electric bolt hit the wires
and came in through a floor plug,
to dance merriIy about on the
carpet while the occupants of the
house watched it.
In the lower section of town where
adobe unprotected by-an outer coating
is used for building purposes several
walls gave way and the occupants
stood revealed in the act of brewing
coffee or as in one instance, while the
man of the house was taking bath.
July seemed on the eve of a new
months to have q belated realization
of the hardness of her rains and IN
one fell swoop attempted to catch up
with the annual average for the past
six years of almost five inches.
The effort was unavailing and the
month died at midnight with little
over three inches of rain to her credit.
The average maximum heat for the
month was SO with the average mini
mum heat 65, putting the total average
of daily temperature for the month of
July at 70. Winter weather for the
desert" in July.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
Missionary Thought
End of World Came
With Chinese Quake.

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. i US
Mgr. Theodore Buddenbrock, German
vicar apostolic Of the Steyl mission at
Liangchowfu, Kansu province in a
letter to his colleagues at Shanghai
declares the loss of life in the
earthquake in Kansu on May % ''may
exceed 100000" He says definitely
many thousands are dead.
Reports reaching missionary head
quarters confirm that the earth
quake was disaster of the first
magnitude and indicate that the loss
of life occurred within triange
whose points are T ,iangchowfu, Ming
siafu and Langchowfu. Ilangchowfu
is said to have been the hardest hit.
Mgs. Buddenbrock was in Sisiang,
southwest of Liangchowfu at the
time of the quake. In describing the
catastrophe in letter dated June
Is, he says:
"Nay % was the most fateful
day in the history OF northwest
Kansu. Natures forces claimed
frightful holocaust of human beings,
an earthquake SO terrible that 1
thought the end of the world had
arrived. We have stood on the brink
of eternity and our escape was no
thing short of miraculous"
"The magnitude of the calamity is
still unknown and may never be
known. Destruction of the post offices
and telegraph stations explains the
failure Of the news to reach the
outside world. The loss of life is many
thousands and may exceed 100000.
The misery of the survivors is in
deScribable, as they lack food, cloth
ing and animals.
Doubtless here is one of the
worlds greatest catastrophes, requir-
ing international help. We need med
icineS, food and money. We are liv-
ing in mud hutS, our members NOV
ing from place to place, consoling the
frenzied survivors and administering
the holy sacranents.
"Weeks have passed since that
Judgment day, but daily the earth
quakes still are causing a renewal of
terror
"The Sister Superior at Sisiang was
attending mass and was killed when
the chapel collapsed. When her body
was recovered it was found to be
covering two children who still were
alive.
Gradually we realized we were not
the only sufferers. Wherever we look
ed we saw only stark ruins and i'm
passable streets and heard the vic
TINS cries of anguish and despair.
"Sisiang, our largest center, was
destroyed, about us hundreds of viii
lagos met the same fate.
".LliangchoWfu, with a population
of 10000, was razed, only the bare
walls remaining. The deaths were
interminable Nobody dareS to dlter
the few remaining houses.
"Kulang, southwark of Iliangchow-
fu, no longer exists.
southwest of Lliangchowfu We
had many fine missions. Now al
are gone. One village is buried be-
meath the mountains, which crumbled
In many places the earth opened
emitting dirty green and blush black
water, with ear-splitting noises
Other reports from Liangchowfu
say that 70 per cent of the city
was destroyed. The China inland
mission is said to have been badly
damaged. The casualties have not
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
HIGHWAY COMPROMISE TALK PERSETS
Geneva Conference Depends on Jap Mediation
Death Of TwO Chicago
FLers Monday Brings
Total of z in s Days

* CHICAGO, Aug. / tR-Falling
*. less than a mile from the spot
i. where two aviators were killed
y. last Saturday night two other
y Chicago filters met death tonight
x. when their plane crashed from
:H height of 200 feet in Oak Lawn,
y. suburb.
y The victims were William
* Quase, q, flying instructor at
y Asllburne field, and John Hubby,
81 25 student, both of Chicago.
T Hubby was flying rebuilt
y Canadian plane, which went into
y tail spin. Other aviators ex-
+ pressed the opinion the control
4 had jammed.
:F The deaths tonight increased
y. the total to seven killed in flying
* accidents here in eight days.
* - :x H y. " y r. - ~ y. Z. 4 !:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02
AIMEE, MOTHER
KISS AND MAKE
UP TROUBLES
Mrs. Kennedy Secures $3.50
Split of Evangelist's For
tune.
OF TEMPLE
Mrs. Mcpherson Assumes
Complete Control of An
gelus Temple.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. P9-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson and her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, came to peace
terms late today, following a two
hour conference between their at
torneys.
The split between the famous
evangelist and her mother that has
ragged for almost ten days came 10
an end when the following official
announcement was made: Mrs.
Kennedy will give up active manage
ment at Angelus Temple and Mrs
Mcpherson will assume complete
control"
Attorneys Lester Fl. Roth and F. Fl.
Whitfield, representing mother and
daughter, in a joint announcement
declared "the dove of peace has de-
scended on Angelus Temple
Mother and daughter, the attor-
neys said, had reached general
agreement, full details of which will
be worked out within i.lo next few
days.
. With faces wreatllcd in smiles and
accompanied by many "halleujahs"
Mrs Mcpherson and Mrs. Kennedy
came out Of the conference room
and before almost hundred temple
workers and onlookers kissed and
embraced each other.
st always did love you mother" !"
Aimee sobbed.
,''And sister, you know there never
has been anything in my heart but
I.N TNt, ind
Thereupon they kissed again.
Yesterday the mother made known
that she would accept no settlement
except ''fifty fifty" split of the
personal fortune exclusive of the
church property, which the two have
piled up in their religious work.
Although neither would make public
the details of the settlement, from
other sources reporters learned thaS
it was virtually the plan insisted
upon by the mother, involving &
division of approximately 100000
which was the basis Of the agree
ment. The conference at the temple
in which the settlement between
mother and daughter was reached
marked the third such session within
the last few days.
The feud between mother and
daughter broke into the newspapers
when the evangelist suddenly inter-
rupted an Alton, ILL.,, revival cam
paign to dash honneward. Then it
became known that a committee
acting for her had taken charge OF
the temple collections. The finances
of the million dollar church long
had been ruled by Mrs. Kennedy
who has declared that it was her
money which backed her daughters
entry into the evangelistic field. The
charges and counter charges, state
ments and denials fired by mother
and daughter.
The evangelist's mysterious disap-
pearance of year ago and hel
story of kidnapping and escape ir
Mexico bobbed up again and again
during the controversy. Mrs. Ken
nedy referred often and with tears
to the manner in which she stooc
shoulder to shoulder with hel
daughter at that time.
| Throughout the later stages of the
controversy, Mrs. Mcpherson has in
sisted that the church and not her
self was carrying on the fight against
her mother and that it was tho
congregation which had demanded
that she be ousted as financial man
ager. The mother refused to NEE
the church committee appointed by
! her daughter.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02

Tuesday unsettled and
warmer, probably thunder
showers central portion;
Wednesday mostly fair.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02

DALLAS, Texas, Aug l (P-Pro-
posed amendments to the Texas con-
stitution, providing for more ef-
ficient judiciary system, abolishing
the fee system for county officers,
segregating taxation sources and
raising the governors salary, appar-
emily were decisively defeated today
in one Of the most apathetic cleo.
tons ever held in Texas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-02

Copper firmer, electrolytic
spot and futures, 13Ac;
lead quiet, spot, 6.60c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-26
Two Chinese Speakers
At May Day Meeting in
Cleveland This May /

CLEVELAND, April 20. - Two
Chinese speakers will address the
May Day Demonstration arranged by
the Workers (Communist) Party, ".
w. L. and Pioneers League. The
meeting will be held at the Moose
Auditorium, 1000 Walnut Street, on
Sunday. May l, at 2 p. m. These
speakers are J. Y. Jeong, of the Kuo-
mintang, and Miss l.. H. Hsieh, Of the
International Institute.
The other speakers will be James
P. Cannon, Libby Sachs of the Young
Workers (Communist) League; Vito
Koolick of the Pioneers League. l..
Amter will act as chairman.
The program will consist of one
act play, "The Workers Will Decide"
given by the Young Workers Dramatic
Club, with the cooperation of groups
Of the dramatic and singing societies.
and Under the direction of Sadie Am
ter The South Slavic and Lithuanian
Singing Societies, the Frehcit Sing
ing Society, and Children's Choruses
will furnish the music. The Finnish
Athletic Club will do some athletic
s+'tnts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-26

Minister MacMurray had withdrawn
from the conferences. Rs
The powers are still in disagree
ment as to what course to follow in
replying to the Chinese notes oyer
the Marking affair, Kellogg added.
Two or three are inclined toward the
American view, he said, but he re-
fused to state the cause of disagree
ment.
U. S. Drift Towards War.
The United States is rapidly drift
ing toward open war with China, de-
clared 7. 2. Koo, representative of
fifty industrial and commercial or
CARNATIONS, at a meeting Of the
Young Peoples Conference at the
Waldorf Sunday afternoon.
Making a plea for the support Of
the Chinese liberation movement, Mr..
Koo said:
my country is going through the
throes of tremendous change. The
masses, both in city and country, are
living in conditions of unparalleled
poverty and squalor, fortunate, in
thousands Of cases, if they can find
the food and shelter to sustain life.
what they seek is not to kill for
eigners and loot their possessions.
They seek to live on a higher econ
omic plane. They want shorter hours,
higher wages and some protection
against sickness and accident.
"The charge that Communism is in
back of the present upheaval does not
represent the true situation. The
driving force in back of the tremen-
dous movement in China today is the
desire of the masses to place earning
capacity above the bare minimum
that will sustain life.
In addition, we want to establish
China on plane of equality with the
nations"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-26
British Section
Anti : ImperiaIiSt
League Launched

LONDON. April 25.-At a meet
ing lately held at the House of Com
mons it was decided to form the Brit
ish section of the League against I'm
perialism.
Mr.. A. Fenner Brockway was cleo
ted Chairman, Mr.. George Lansbury
M. P, Treasurer, and Mr.. R. Bridge
man Provisional Secretary.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
"The British section of the League
against Imperialism reaffirms the
Resolution adopted at the recent Con-
gress at Brussels in favor of the rec
ognition of the independence and SOW
ereignty of China: demands the with
drawal of all British and Indian for
ces from China and, if held to be nee
essary, the evacuation of British nat
ionals from points considered danger
Gus. Urges the British Labor Move
ment to consider means of placing an
embargo upon the manufacture of war
material and It's transport to China
and urgently calls the attention of the
public to the grave danger of war on
an extended scale if troops and arma-
ments continue to be poured into
China. 1t calls for immediate nego-
tiations with the Chinese Nationalist
Government, believing that settle
ment just both to Britain and China
can be obtained"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-26
INDIANA MINERS
union OFFICERS
Meet OPERATORS
Joint State Conference
In Near Future

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 25.-
An agreement has been reached for
a joint state conference of Indiana
miners and operators, Harvey Cart
wright, President of District No. II
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, announced here today.
The date and place of the meeting
will be set later today.
This will be the first joint state
conference in the central competitive
field since the Miami conference.
Strip Miners Will Pay.
The Illinois strip mines have
agreed to pay the union scale and
operate under tentative agreement
similar to the Jacksonville agreement
during the period Of the lockout by
other companies. Strip mining is
immensely profitable even at the bas-
ic wage Of the Jacksonville agree
ment, which was calculated for I'M
foreground work.
One of the complaints of the pro-
gressive miners in Illinois has al
ways been that the low wage for strip
mining allowed far greater produc-
ton of coal per dollar paid on the
pay roll, than was compatible with
the necessity of providing for all of
the workers in the industry.
No New Agreements Yet.
Aside from the proposed meeting
in Indiana, and the secret meetings
by which the Illinois strip mine agree
ment was reached, there is no evil
dence of any further negotiations at
present.
The lockout continues in force
turnout the unionized field, and all
along the borders of the field, thru
Ohio and Pennsylvania, attempts are
made by coal operators to operate
non-union.
Picketing Continues.
The Pittsburgh region is the scene
of picketing under difficulties by the
union miners, as the sheriff in each
county forbids pickets to go in groups
larger than three, but allows the
scab miners to flock to work in as
large numbers as there are in this
region of this sort of worker" The
pickets are at a manifest disadvan-
tage in their attempt to argue the
strike-breakers into quitting their
jobs.
The strike in West Virginia contin-
ues, tho it is difficult to secure exact
figures as to the number of men who
are out. U. S. government figures
show about one third decrease in coal
production in this territory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-26
Ashes Of Ruthenberg in
Red Hall Of COmintern;
Big Demonstration Today

MOSCOW, April 25.-Rcpre-
sentatives of the government of the
Union Of Socialist Soviet Repub-
lies and delegations from the COM
munist international, and local and
all-union delegations from the
Communist Party Of the Soviet
Union met J. Louis Engdahl at
the station as he arrived in Mos
cow with the ashes of Comrade
Charles E. Ruthenberg. The urn
was escorted to the Red Hall of
the Communist International where
Il will remain under guard until
Tuesday afternoon when burial
ceremonies will take place with
large demonstration in the Red
Square.