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New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
CARPENTERS BALK
 AT TRADES' ED|CT
Not in Sympathy With Notice
 Sent to Contractors
WILL NOT QUIT THEIR JOBS
officials Declare Union Did Not Authorize Use of Name in De- mands Sent To Builders Several Weeks Ago.

Members Of the carpenters union have been called to meeting to- night m Union hall for the purpose of going on record as not in sym
 pathy with the edict issued by the trades council that all construction work be unionized after April l, which demand has been rejected by the contractors unanimous vote. The name Of the carpenters union was affixed to the letter sent con tractors more than q month ago but this action was never sanctioned, spolEcsmcn for the carpenters de- clare. The letter conveyed to
 builders the information that no one affiliated with organized labor would perform any kind of work on q construction job where non union man was employed in any capacity. 4 similar order failed last year. and this fact is said to have impressed carpenters with the fu- tility Of attempting so drastic q move under existing conditions.
 It will be proposed at tonights meeting that any carpenter who | quits his job because there are non union men employed on other types
 of work in the building. will not be
 entitled to any especial considera-
 ton on the part of the union, but that his place will be filled by an other union man. This move is cal
 culated 10 avoid sympathy strikes
 which might take place before fel-
 low workmou are appraised Of the
 organi2ation's stand on the odlct. | Little discussion and no disagree mont are forecast for tonlghts
 meeting. It is claimed the stand
 outlined by leaders Of the carpcn-
 ters is the sentiment of practically 1 the entire trade.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
Murders Elsewhere.

New York, March 24 P-Dcadly warfare between Chinese Tongs in widely scattered sections of the ! -nited States flared up today, re- fulting in five reported deaths and khree persons shot.
 The two year truce between the Hip Sing and On Leon Tongs. eN- |oired today and soon afterwards |run play started. It could not be Determined in the first reports whether all of the shootings resulted from differences between the mem- ocrs of these secret societies.
 The reported casualties follow:
 Brooklyn. N. Y., two dead: one hot.
 Newark. N. J.. one dead.
 Chicago. one dead.
 Manchester, Conn, ono dead.
 Cleveland, Ohio, one shot.
 Pittsburgh. two shot.
 New York's Chinatown was ter rorzed when the news of the kill ngs was received through under ground channels. Help from the police was fran;icaily sought and
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
Join With British in Smelling Section Held By Refugees to Open Way to Escape-U. 5. Bluejackets Reported Casualties.
Large Number of Foreign- CTS Believed Killed Shanghai Is Quiet Fol- lowing Recent EXcesses There.
By tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 Americans and Britishers have been killed by the fighting Canton. csc at Ranking. iu the Yangtse val- Icy
 The number of dead and injured has not been determined, but an of iicial American naval report says it IS feared that the number is laree.'
 The Cantonese. who had taken over the city from Shantungese. It midafternoon suddenly began shell- ing the Standard Oil plant in the northern part of the city where a group of foreigners had been con- centrated preparatory to removal to places of safety.
 Navy Opens Fire
 No sooner had the Chinese open- ed fire. than the American destroy- CTS Noa and Preston and the Brit. lsh cruiser Emerald went into ac- ton and bombarded the Cantonese positions with their heaviest guns.
 Behind this barrage, American and British landing parties put off n NtAi >it' SliiFs. Il't NdNdl llltn fought they way to the oil plant and took the beseiged refugees out, at the cost of some lives. The sur- rlvors are safe aboard the warships i'll the river
 Wires Are Cut
 The wires to the city have been cut. and only scrappy details are coming out by wireless. Rear Ad- miral Hough, |. S. N. who arrived at Nanking on the T.. s. s. Isabel after the fighting. reports that number Of Americans, including women and children. are still in the city.
 Shanghai was quiet today after the recent eNcesscs following the Cantonese occupation. It is learned that the Dollar Liner President Hayes was struck by several bullets during the fighting while docked op- posite Shanghai. There were no casualties among the fifty pas sensers. most of whom were Amer jeans.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
LYNN SCHOOL RAzED
 BY MYSTERIOUS FIRE
Incendiarism Suspected in S250,000 Blaze Early
 This Morning

Lynn, Mass. March 2i Ri-F'irc carly today partly destroyed the Central Junior high school. school officials estimated the loss at S259,- GOO. The cause is unknown.
 Lynn, Mass, March A (UP)- Fire believed of incendiary origin swept the Central Junior high school here early today, destroying one building and damaging an annex.
 Roofs Of q score Of neighborng residences were ignited by wind borne cmbors and occupants fled to the streets, but all these fires were quickly eXtinguishcd.
 Local iircmen, with help from Peabody, salem, Revere and Swampscott, battled for four hours before the fire was controlled. And even eight hours after the fire was discovered, water was still being played upon the smouldcring ruins.
 Several iremcn were cut by fly ing glass and the lives of others were imperiied when q roof collapsed, but none required hos pital treatment.
 For q time. Fire Chief Edward E, Chase feared fire might sweep the entire block. containing the new classical high school, public library and the Knights of Columbus build ing. in addition 10 scores of homes.
 The fire started in the Corbctt school section Of the Junior High school This building. erected in i ST2, was a furnace of flames when he first fircmcn reached the scene and could not be savai. Though there was q fire wall between that section and the annex, the fire broke through and caused considerable damage to tho latter building.
 So spectacular was the fire tha, persons were attracted to the scene for miles around, and extra police were called upon to keep the crowds outside the danger zone.
 Arrangements were being made today to provide emergency accom- modations for the approximately l. 1 900 students who attended tho school.
 Because this was the second mys ! tcrious high school fire here within three years, the state fire marshall: office has been asked 10 inveSti- gate. The previous school fire re suited in the destruction Of th' English high school.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
TONG WAR BREAKS "'" ,:!$ ::::: ;:;s AMONG
 '.'''O''~" CHINESE; ONE DEAD IN MANCHESTER; OTHER MURDERS IN LARGER CITIES
SPEEDY TRIAL FOR
 ! COUPLE IS CERTAIN
Both Sides to Proceed With
 Snyder-Gray Case April fl
WOMAN NOW DENIES GUILT

Both Widow and Her Lover Face
 First Degree Murder Indictments
 Gray. Sobbns. Tells Own
 Mother He's Guilty.
 New York. March 2i tPs-Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray pleaded not guilty when arraignod before Supreme Court Justice Calla- ghan of Queens county today on the indictments charging them with the murder of Mrs. Snydcr's husband. Albert Snyder. magazine editor, at his Queens Village home Sunday morning.
 Trial was set for April ii. They were remanded to the Queens coun- ty jail without bail pending trial,
 Although attorneys for both de 1cnlants have ropudiatcd their con- tossions Gray told his mother and q lifelong friend yesterday that he aided in clubbing and stranglins Snyder to death in Snydcr's Queens Village bone early Sunday morning. Mrs. Snyder stands by the rcpudia- ton of her confession.
 A separate trial for Mrs. Snyder was "requcstcd and domanded' by Edgar F. Hazelton, her counsel, whc asserted that her interests Wer' ''separato and distinct" from those of Gray.
 "I havv nothing to do with that, the justice said. "Iou make youl motion for q separate trial at tn, start of the trial'
 The trial was set for April II aft CT couscl for the defendants an nounced that they wanted reason able time to prepare their cas nS District Attorney Newcombc sal, that he was ready to go to trla April but was willing to put i over for anot her week.
 One Denies, Other Admits.
 God above knows that l did mol help in any way at any time 10 mur' der my husband" sine told ncwspa per workers. 'I swear 10 this anG will say 1t with my last breath. Gray yesterday admitted his guilt tc his mother and Iiaddon Gray ol
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-24

White River Junction, Nt. March 2A (UP)-A Methodist minister. tcs- 1ifviug at the trial here or Police Chief Charles W. Smith, admitted that he had considered fl an econ cmic waste to destroy alcohol which the authorities had seized in raids.
 The minister the Rev. George II. Locke, further admitted that the chief had agreed with him and had set aside q gallon of alcohol for the minister to take home after dark.
 Afterward. according to the min ister's testimony. he changed his mind and did not accept the confis- catcd alcohol.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
Mantle Counle Are
 Safe in Nanking Zone

New York. March o4 LP,-Metho- dist Episcopal missionaries station rd in Ranking, all of whom were re- ported safe today by :he board Of foreign missions Of the Methodist Episcopal church. include Rev. and Mrs. Duncan F. Dodd of Mantle. Conn. and Rev. and Mrs. Lyman l.. Hale of Eoslindale. Mass
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
PRINCE RIDES AGAIN.

Barrowby, Lincolnshire, Eng, March o4 LPl-Despitc his eNper- fence of Tuesday in being thrown during the army steeplechase at Holdenby. the Prince of Wales ride i'll two pcint-to- point races here this afternoon. He finished second in one and fourth in the other.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
SMITH TRIAL ENDS
Vermont Police Chief Awaits Court Ruling-Ministcr at First icccpt- sd Gift Liquor.

White River Junction, Vt. March 2i Rl-rho state rested today in the trial of Charles w. smith chief of Police of Hartford. charged With furnishing liquor to several persons. Defense counsel moved for q direct ed verdict in favor of Smith and at noon adjournment Judge Carpen- ter took the motion undcr advise mcnt
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
NOTED ARTIST DIES

Paris, March 24 P-Paul Helleu. noted French portrait painter. died today, aged e. He was best known for his pictures of beautiful women.
 He visited New York in 1906. in 1912 and again in 1920.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
AMERICANS MEET DEATH AT HANDS
 OF CANTONESE IN NANKING FIGHT: US. WARSH|pS LAY DOWN BARRAGE
U 5. and British Send Ultimatum to Leaders Of Cantonese Forces
Demand Full Protection For Foreigners, Negotiations Respecting Today's Outrages and Safe Delivery of Christian Refugees By 10 A. M. Tomorrow.

today said that at that time firing YangtZe river and that large part Of pukow was in flames.
 These outrages occurred" the report said, fin spite of every pos sible effort on the part Of the American consul and others to get in touch with some responsible Cantonese officer and insure the safety of foreigners"
 Washington. March q (UP) - American and British forces wilt open fire on Ranking at 10 q. m, China time. March 25. unless all foreigners arc safely escorted to United States and British refuge ships there by that time, under an ultmatum issued by British and csc at Ranking today.
 Ten o'clock a. m. tomorrow in Nanking will be D. III. tonight, eastern standard time.
 Meantime, the Cantonese are ordered to start their negotiations for safe escort by II o'clock ?. m, China time. tonight - 10 a. m, eastern standard time, today.
 Shanghai. March o5 Friday 1:30 a. m.) (UP) All Americans in the interior of China today were advised by United States Consul General Edwin S. Cunningham i'm mediately to eVacuate the area. | Cunningham broadcast his mes sage from the wireless of the |. S | s. Pittsburgh.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
Back Broken by Cranking Auto,
 Belas Sues Friend for $25,000
ANOTHER STUDENT SUICIDE
Detroit Youth Of 18 Shoots Himself Leaves Mysterious Note Before Using Gun.

Detroit, March 24 UP)--Delbert r. James, 19-year-old Detroit stu dent died in 2 hospital today--De- troit's first victim of the student suicide wave.
 James, post graduate student at Northern High school, was found in an automobile on q highway just outside the city last night with bull let wound in his skull.
 A note found beside him in the car, said:
 ITO whom it may concern:
 "Well, l don't know where I'm going but l will wire you when get there. I don't See any use o! hanging around any longer. The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak"
 Police have refused to make pub lie the last paragraph of the note.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
'. s. Actively Involved.

Washington. March c4 LP-The Killing of Americans in China, the resort to gunfire by American de- stroyers. and the rushing of naval endorsements to Chinese waters brought the Chinese situation as it affects the United States. to a stage ot seriousness today which officials had hoped would be obviated by the peaceful occupation of Shanghai by the Cantonese nationalist troops Although the American forces, in. cluding the marines, were sent to 'hlntse waters to protect American life and property, officials had ey- pressed the belief that they might not be needed. once the Cantonese had opportunity to consolidate their positions and organize captured ter. ritory.
 More Ships 10 Scene. Admiral Williams. commandins the Asiatic fleet with full powers. reported a disquieting situation to- day at Ranking. Three cruisers | held for his orders at Honolulu. ! the Richmond. the Marhlehoad and 1 the Cincinnati. were dispatched to ! join the fleet.
 ! The number Of American left in , Nanking comprise 45 women, twenty l children and 90 men. the report said.
 Defended By Navy. Admiral Williams declared tha foreigners concentrated on Socony 1 llil were attacked by Cantonese and i defended by the British and tho ! American ships. The three shellei the area around the hill to protect ! the foreigners, opening fro about l 3.50 ?. m., after wkich the landing i forces were sent to the rescue. Rear Admiral II, II. Hough ar J rived at Ranking on the converted l yacht Isabel. flagship Of the Yang,ze l patrol fleet, at 6:S0 D. III. his dis patch. forwarded 10 the navy de- i partment by Admiral Williams said.
 Relief Party Lands.
 At r. III. the Preston and the Noa ceased heavy gunfire and the ! British cruiser Emerald sent land ing force 10 q wall under the Stand- ard oil house while the Emerald covered with shrapnel and the Noa and the Preston cleared up he bund and the far shore of snipers by firing from the ships
 The landing forces successfully brought off all the foreigners from tho Standard Of! house. including the American consul and his family and all American naval personnel. One American sailor was slightly wounded. The Noa and Preston were hit many times during tho day.
 ConSulatcs IOOtcd. During the afternoon the Can. tonese troops footed American. British and Japencse consulates wounded the British consul-general
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled. probably light snow this afternoon or to- night: Friday generally fair. not much change in tenn pcraturc.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24

Lynn, Mass. March 2f P}-Firc carly today partly destroyed the Central Junior high school. school officials estimated the loss at S2JQ,- OO0. The cause is unknown.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-24

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New Britain herald., 1927-03-24
Consulates I.ootcd

tonese troops footed American. British and Japenese consulates.
 wounded the British consul-general
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
Suspends Militants.

Dozens Of workers honest con
scientious union men were suspended,
deprived of their union rights and
privileges, so that the bosses may
use their victims as means to crush
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19

THE bomb that partially wrecked
the home of one of the jurors in
the Sacco and Vanzetti case in Bos-
ton is made the excuse for tirade
against the defense movement. Gov
ernor Alvan T. Fuller, praises the
juror for performing his "duty" and
plainly intimates his belief that SYM
pathizers for the doomed men were
responsible for the outrage. The
blast was also made the excuse for
imposing six months Jail sentence
on Powers Hapgood for delivering a
speech that would not be out of place
in a Quaker Sunday school. There is
no doubt in my mind that the bomb
ings are part of a concerted conspira-
cy on the part of the enemy designed
to injure the two victims Of capitalist
injustice.
AFTER all, it is no wonder that the
"A ruling classes should wish to make
an example of two militant workers.
They want to discourage others who
u4lSlC DS llC4lIeu 10 IOllOW the mara
road of sacrifice for their class. But
the official leaders of the trade union
movement are supposed to stand
guard over the interests of the work
ers and to protect the workers lead
ers from the vengeance of their class
enemies.
VET during those long seven years
that Sacco and Vanzetti have been
standing in the shadow of the death
chamber the bureaucrats Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor have only
given the merest lip service to the
movement for their liberation. Wishy-
washy liberals and anarchistic ele-
ments connected with the Sacco-Van-
zetti defense placed more reliance on
dry and empty resolutions passed by
a convention of the A. F. of l.. and
on anaemic requests for "justice" in
the capitalist press than on mighty
mass movement of all American
labor. The capitalists pay little heed
to the empty protests of satisfied
labor leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19

Ukrainian language hiss for the first
time exceeded the SO per cent mark
OF all book production in the Ukraine.
Before the revolution, 30 per cent
of the books published in the Ukraine
were in the Russian language and
only 3 per cent in the Ukrainian. Ac-
cording to later figures the publica-
ton of books in Ukrainian is still in
ereasing.
U3SR Delegation at International CO.
operative Congress.
The 18th international Cooperative
Congress with representatives of 81
countries uniting so millions share
holders will be held in Stockholm in
the middle of August.
The co-operatives of the USSR have
PIG places (about 25 per cent of the
votes). They will send IS delegates.
Good Quality of Grain in Odessa
District.
In spite of the fact that the harvest
in the Odessa District is not yet end
ed, new grain is already being gather
ed. The Selskosoyus has already
bought $4,000 pools of new wheat.
The quality is excellent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
By BILL O'HANAHAN.

During the spring months of the
year in and around Seattle many
workers prepare themselves to in
wade Alaska and hire out with some
large Alaska fish concerns to corral
for themselves a winters stake. Thou
sands of workers are shipped from
this port every year but those that
come back swear to the heavens that
they viii never sign up for the Alaska
waters again.
Fish Slaves
The big fish companies have a long
out stretching hand always looking
for cheap labor to harvest from during
the fish season and the fish workers
that travel to the faraway north are
beginning to realize that they should
give up the idea that there is any
thing for them after shaving for a
master in that section of the country.
Having come in contact with many
workers that have already returned,
very few have much to show for their
long hours of slavery on the briny
deep
In past seasons the workers return
ing had a. little stake but this year it
is far different as the big salmon
runs that were expected fell below
predictions, and the workers in gen.
eral were at big loss in their earn
ings. The results they obtained this
year will awaken them that they
won't be so anxious to sign on the
dotted line to ship up north again
next year, when the fishing companies
put out their net promising the work
ers good pay to go to Alaska on their
boats to catch some of the deep sea
variety to reap a profit for the fish
companies who have made millions of
dollar from the workers fishing eff
forts.
Coin Workers Blood.
Suffering hardship from cold
weather. with po0' accommodations
for the fisherman it is not such an
easy life travelling to Alaska to make
a few dollars for themselves. The
scale of wages that is paid the work
ers is getting less every year and if
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-19
Alaska's Fish Rush
Means Starvation

some wage slave arrived back in Seat
tie with a few hundred dollars he will
tell you he worked long hours and
suffered terrible from the cold wealth
er.
The boats that take the workers to
Alaska every year are not so much
to depend upon and some of them
have hard time trying to make port
on their return, One worker that
made the trip this year said the meals
were terrible and the hunks that they
had to sleep in would make a fellow
so lousy as a scratched up 5000 coo"
bird. He was a happy fellow when
his feet touched the Seattle shore and
his pipe dream of fishing in wonder
full Alaska didn't get him any further
way from starvation, and he felt like
going out cunning" for the one that
got him to sign up for this unfruitful
trip.
All the Seattle capitalist dope sheets
are spreading the news around in their
papers about the wonderful oportun
tiles that are open to the workers that
care to fish wher the ice bergs melt
in Alaska and the good wages that
are paid the fisherman. The well
paid kept-press prints anything to
make the workers think that they
are missing something when they
don't ship to Alaska to be CONNER
cialized by the fish packers that are
in control there.
In the east they tell you to come
west, while in the west they want the
workers to go east but the same rot
ten conditions exist in both places.
Even the employment sharks in this
city are shipping workers out every
day to the east for work and when
they arrive the wage slaves find the
same old method of slavery dealt out
to them there. So back to Seattle, the
worker hits minus the fee he paid
for the job and his railroad fare,
It's a great life if you don't weaken,
but the way the workers here are so
willing to pay dollar and a half for
a job, it serves them right to fall for
the line of bunk that the employment
agency hands out to them.