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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

miners demanded an immediate rise
IN wages and shortening of hours,
which are at present 10 to u day
During negotiations between the
unions and the employers the latter
suggested wage rises depended upon
government permission to raise the
price Of coal, which would of course
have affected the cost of manufac-
tured articles. The workers could by
no means agree to such a presentation
Of the question.
Miners Win.
On the 18th October 80 per cent
Of the workers in the Middle German
bitumine industry did not put in an
appearance at work. The first week
went on with flying colors. Neither
the intrigues OF the employers, not
the pressure Of the social-damocrat
provincial authorities could avail to
breal. the united front of the miners.
The strike ended in partial victory for
the miners. The Court of Arbitration
decided to grant the workers a wage
Increase OF 60 pfennigs a day. The
workers demanded So This decision
Of the court is obligatory.
Unity Conflicts.
To unity all these conflicts and to
attack the employers in powerful
mass action-sueh is the urgent task
Of the day for the German trade
unions. Up to the present the re-
lormists have always sabotaged joint
attacks Of workers in various indus
tries, and there arc no grounds to
suppose that they intend to change
their tactics now This makes the
tasks confronting the revolutionary
opposition in the trade unions still
greater. Depending not only on the
trade unions the opposition must get
the shop committees capable of play
ing an enormous role in the movement
actively working in order to lead the
German workers in the struggle
against the capitalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Nine Labor Leaders
Arrested in Turkey
Tobacco Strike

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov 21-
Nine labor leaders and intellectuals
have been arrested in connection with
the strike of tobacco workers who
walked out in September when they
were ordered to donate a days wages
to the patriotic aviation fund" Two
of those arrested were employees of
the Constantinople branch of ARGOS,
the Soviet trading corporation.
The government was alarmed by
the tobacco workers strike (the to-
bacco industry is Government mo-
nopoly) and is making an "nvestiga-
ton" of the left wing labor movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
"OUST BALDWIN"
MINERS DEMAND
AT BIG Meeting
eve Demand Work, :"
Cook Tells Workers

LONDON, Nov. 21-A. j. Cooks
little army of 267 unemployed Welsh
Coal miners, which marched to Lon
don to demand relief from the Bald
win government for the starving
families of idle miners in the Welsh
coal fields, has received wide support
from the London workers.
Cooks marchers, who paraded
through London to Trafalgar Square
in a driving rainstorm Sunday after
noon, were cared for by London
laborites overnight. Meanwhile plans
were made for the miners to march
to Parliament Building to demand
not only relief for their families, but
the resignation of Premier Baldwin
and his conservative cabinet.
Baldwin Must Co." is the watch
word of this demonstration. these
men are a symbol of the misery pre-
vailing in the coal mining district, 5"
Cook said, 1--WE did not come to beg
bread. We want only justice and the
opportunity to work"
A resolution offered by Cook and
unanimously carried, demanded that
the government receive a delegation
of the marchers in order to hear
from them an account of the unbear-
able conditions under which the
miners are struggling. A second
resolution called for immediate steps
by the government to remedy the
conditions. An energetic campaign
to fight the governments unemploy-
ment bill, while organizing the
masses of unemployed, was urged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
STRIKE WAVE IN GERMANY

The conflicts are already losing
their purely economic character and
assuming more and more that of
political attacks on reaction, the gov
eminent bourgeois bloc and the bour-
geoisie as a whole.
In Berlin.
In the beginning of October the EN-
ployees of the Berlin Underground
Railways demand an immediate rise
in wages, curtailment Of working
hours, longer holidays and so on.
The strike was declared on the 10th
of October. Both the Management
and the Government arbitration
courts We're placed in an extremely
onerous position by the very fact of
the strike. The management gave
in on several points agreeing to cur
tail working hours from 221 a month
to 208 TO increase the length of holt
days and increase wages. On the
18th of October the Representatives
Of the transport workers agreed with
the employers proposals and the
strike came to an end.
Brewery Strike.
The conflict of brewery employees
arose even before that OF the Under
ground Railwaymen. The workers de-
manded 10 mark rise in their weeks =
pay; the employers proposed an inn
mediate rise Of three marks, to be
supplemented BY another mark from
January 1928. During referendum
5000 votes were given for a strike
and only 326 for the acceptance of
the employers terms. The strike
which lasted two weeks ended in the
decision Of the Arbitration Courrs, for
a rise in the weekly wages from 5 to
z marks.
Miners Strike.
The Berlin strikes seemed to be a
sort of signal for greater fights. On
the 18th of October the long expected
strike of miners in the Central Ger
man bitumine district broke out. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Arrest Eleven i'm Big
French Bond Fraud

PARIS, Nov. 81. - The arrest of a
man of mystery known only as "Mis-
ter X" in the S6,000,000 Hungarian
pre-war bond fraud, raised the total
of arrests to eleven.
The fraud involves the sale of bonds
issued by the Austro- Hungarian en-
pire before the war. The treaty of
Trianon provided that citizens of Aus
tria and Hungary owning the bonds
should be reimbursed in paper crowns,
and foreign owners in gold crowns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Revolt Against French
Imperialism in Syria
Looms, Report Declares

JERUSALEM, Nov. 81. - A new
revolt looms in the holy Land" to-
day. Sultan Atrashi, leader of the
last rising against the French in
Syria lover which the French hold
a mandate) has issued a manifesto
threatening to start a new revolt
unless the French cease their eff
forts to erect a partition between
Syria and Jebel Druse.
Sultan Atrashi is hiding in a
small village in Transjordania.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Big Increase in Number
Of Unemployed in Great
Britain; Wales Hard Hit

LONDON, Nov. 81. - The num-
Der of unemployed in Great Brit
ain has increased 5,643 this week
bringing the total of jobless to
1,111,700, according to the Labor
Gazette. The total increase in I'M
employment in the last three weeks
was more than 10000.
Unemployment is particularly Sc
we're in South Wales, Durham and
Northumberland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
PilSudski Government
Arrests AZ Communists
In New Fascist Raids

WARSAW, Nov. 81. - Forty
seven Communists were arrested in
a raid on a banquet at MIawa, to
celebrate the tenth anniversary Of
the November revolution, reports
received here state.
The Government is alarmed at
the growing strength Of the Com
munist Party as evidenced by it's
heavy gains in the municipal cleo
tons at Warsaw, Grodno and LODI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
New Anti Semitic Drive
Is Started i'm Hungary

BUDAPEST, Nov. q. A new
anti-Semitic drive has been started by
Hungarian fascist students affiliated
with the Magyar society, Awakened
Hungary"
Jewish students in universities and
technical schools have been subjected
to attacks from the fascist students.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
REPORT GERMAN
TORIES IN ANTI
SOVIET SCHEME
Work With Deterding
in Counterfeit Plot

BERLIN, Nov. PA number Of
prominent German Nationalist as
well as officials Of the Royal Dutch
Shell (Oil) Company are involved in
the giant counterfeit scheme to I'M
dermine Soviet finance, according to
reports circulated here.
According to one report, Spiridon
Kedia, counter-revolutionary leader,
approached the late German General
Hoffman, who led Kedia to Sir Henry
Deterding, head of the Royal Dutch
Shell. Deterding is reported to have
given Kedia five million francs for
the printing of counterfeit Soviet cur
rency.
Promises Concession.
In return for Deterding's aid, the
reports say, Kedia promised to give
him large oil concession if a success
full conference.-the could be To-
mented in the Caucasus.
Soon after Kedia's interview with
Deterding, huge counterfeit plant at
Frankfort Main had been estab-
lished, which turned out more than
-25,000,000 dollars worth Of spurious
Soviet currency. The first counterfeit
notes were put into circulation in
Paris, while large shipments of notes
were later sent to various Balkan cap
itals for circulation thru White Guard
agents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Hard-B0iled Militarist
To Head Tory Delegates
To Geneva Arms arley

LONDON, Nov 81. - The British
delegation to the disarmament confer
ence to be held in Geneva November
Both, will be headed by Ronald Mcneil,
an ardent Tory militarist.
The names Of the other members of
the delegation have not yet been made
public
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Number of JobIess in
Germany on Increase

BERLIN, Nov 81. The number
Of unemployed in Germany increased
by $4,000 in the last two weeks of
October, it was reported yesterday.
Building trades workers were par
ticularly hard hit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

BUILD THE DAILY WORKER!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Miners Strike.

The Berlin strikes seemed to be
sort of signal for greater fights. o.
the 18th of October the long expecte,
strike of miners in the Central Ger
man bitumine district broke out. TIL,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
Y. W. {. A. TO
OPEN CAMPAIGN
HERE TOMORROW

Imperial county's finance cam
paign to raise the 1927 Y. w. c. A
budget will open tomorrow, pep
luncheon to be served at the Hotel
Barbara Worth marking the open
ing of the drive. Representatives
from the various valley cities and
from the rural districts will attend
The opening of the campaign will
not depend entirely upon feminine
efforts. as number Of representa-
tive men will speak at the lunch.
con, and in some of the cities will
assist with the actual solicitation
With Mrs. A. b. Hanson as finance
chairman, FL Centre will work
toward goal of $2150.
At tomorrow luncheon salient
phases Of Y. w. G. A. activities will
be shown by living pictures, 6
speaker briefly summarizing the
work along each line while the
"picture' appears.
Arrangements for the drive are
we'll organized throughout the coun.
ty, according to Miss RhQda Foster,
regional executive for the Pacific
coast who is here to assist with the
work. FL Centre held meeting of
the workers yesterday afternoon at
the Chamber of Commerce, which
will serve as drive headquarters. \
brief meeting will also be held there
tomorrow, following the luncheon
before the workers proceed to their
assigned territories.
Holtville will hold its "pep'
meeting this afternoon, and will
open its drive Thursday. Imperial
will start Wednesday afternoon. One
of the unique features being used
in that city to stimulate interest is
window displays. Two--one using
living models, emphasizes Girl Re
serve work, and the other camp
work-are attracting much atten,
ti0n.
Calexico will also open tomorrow,
as will number of the rural dis.
trict campaigns. Calipatria's drive
will be made later in the spring.
Rural districts that will have rep
rcsentativcs at the meeting are
Verde, Eastside, Meloland, Alamo,
Jasper and McCabe.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
UribOrrO Held on
Contempt Charge
ny United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22.-Dr
Julius Zeigler Uriburro, Argentine
attorney, was being held in the
county Jail here today, charged with
contempt of court in connection
with his failure to appear as wit
ness at the trial of General Enrique
Estrada, alleged revolutionary lead
er.
Dr. Uriburro, who is said to be a
cousin of the president of the Ar
gentine republic, failed to appear
after having been served with 4
subpoena. Estrada and 12 of his
aides were convicted/ Saturday of
violation of the neutrality laws in
connection with an alleged plot to
invade Lower California, last Aug
ust.
The Argentine lawyer, it was said,
will probably be called as witness
when Estrada faces further trial on
charges of having committed overt
acts in violation of the neutrality
laws.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
BACK TO ITALY
OR JAIL TERM
FOR F0NTANA
ny United Press Leased Wire

MODESTO, Cal, Feb. 22.-Pete
Fontana, Italian, who has paid Mo
desto courts $4,000 in the last four
years for liquor law violations, be-
gan packing today for his return
trip to Italy which he must start
before March l or spend 2S years
in the county jail here. Fontana
stood before Superior Judge j. c.
Needham yesterday and pleaded
guilty to % infractions of state
liquor laws.
When he had finished repeating
'guilty' Judge Needham began
adding up the penalties for each
count. The total was $2l SEQ, or
1O,250 days in the county prison.
Fontana then did some figuring.
He reduced days to years and dis
covered that 10,250 days is % years
and decided it would be much bet
ter to return to his native land.
Judge Needham, considering the eN-
pense of housing and feeding a pris-
oner for 2S years, agreed providing
Fontana leaves before March |.
81 came to Modesto with $50. |
go home broke,' Fontana said to-
day when he was asked if he would
tell his countrymen that the boot
Logging business in America is a
profitable one.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
ITALIAN AVIATOR
TAKES OFF FOR
HOP OVER OCEAN
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PORTO PRAIA, Cape Verde Is.
lands, Feb. 22.-Colonel Francesca
De Pinedo, Italian Fascist aviator,
took off in his twin engine seaplane,
the Santa Maria, at lilo a. m. today
on an attempted nonstop flight
across the south Atlantic.
He was headed for Natal, Brazil,
the nearest point on the South
American continent. The distance
was approximately 1900 miles and
he expected to arrive at midnight
tonight.
De PinedO first tried to leave the
harbor here Saturday night, but aft
er repeated attempts, was unable to
lift his heavily loaded Savoia sea
plane from the water. He worked
on his plane most of Sunday and
after dark again tried to take off,
but again his efforts were futile.
De Pinedo's course lay in an al
most straight line south, southwest
over the equator. While no ships
had been stationed along the route,
the course was along the South
American shipping lanes and if
forced down in mid-ocean he might
be picked up by passing ship. The
sea was so smooth that even canoe
would have no trouble remaining
afloat.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
MANY PRESENT
FOR MEETING OF
VALLEY MAS0NS

MasOnS from all parts of the val
ley assembled in Ell Centre today
for the sixteenth annual get-togeth.
er which is being held at Central
Union high school Several hundred
Masons were on hand when the pro
gram opened at | AS and it was ex-
pected the number would be greatly
increased before the evening exer,
ciscs commence.
The visiting Masons were welcom.
ed to Ell Centre by Mayor Alvin n
Bucklin, member of FL Centre lodge
of Masons, following an invocation
by Rev. Arthur T. Hobson.
From $3.50 to 500 the Masons
were to enjoy an informal get-to
gether meeting on the campus. This
popular feature of the program has
always attracted a large number of
Masons in other years, permitting
as it does, the exchange of visits
with friends.
A banquet will be served in the
high school cafeteria at $3.50.
An entertainment program will
be given at 7:30 followed by the
address of the day, when Reynold
f. Blight of Los Angeles will be the
speaker.
During the afternoon the high
school orchestra rendered selections
and will also appear on the evening
program.
An ENJOYABLE feature of the aft,
ernoon program was cornet sole
by DIR. f. O. Carter, accompanied
by Mrs. Carter.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. -. The
senate is facing the first threat of
an old fashioned, open filibuster of
the present session in movement of
Arizona ana Utah senators to
"talk' the Swing johnson Boulder
dam bill off the floor and prevent
action in the few remaining days of
congress.
As a result, Senator johnson, Re
publican, California, leading the
fight for the measure, may resort to
n cloture attempt-the third such
move of this session in the senate
which scoffed at Vice President
Dawes campaign for limiting de
bate.
Senators resent the term "fili-
BUSTER being applied to their ac-
tivities in regard to legislation. The
Boulder dam bill has been before
the senate but two days and bills
are entitled to full discussion. But
opponents of the measure let it be
known they are ready to talk as
long as necessary to prevent action.
Their strategy is to hold up vote
until a ma ajOrity is convinced that
nothing can be done, and will ac-
quiesce in a motion to displace the
bill with another measure. Senator
King, Democrat, Utah, says he will
talk four days if necessary.
When the debate runs along for Il
day or two longer, Senator Smoot,
Republican, Utah, one of the bill 5
opponents, is expected to move to
lay the measure aside and take up
the prohibition reorganization bill.
Drys are behind the measure, and
do not intend to see it fail. 1t is 4
convenient vehicle.
The senate continue! debate ON
the Boulder dam bill today. Sena-
tor Cameron, Republican, Arizona,
will resume his speech against it at
. p. m. Senator Ashurst, Democrat,
Arizona, held the floor for four
hours yesterday, consuming time by
having the clerk read to deserted
chamber long statements on the leg
islation. Cameron took up the
fight when Ashurst took his seat.
Pittman Urges Action
Johnson had intended to start q
cloturc petition today, but decided
to withhold it when a canvas show
ed that majority of senators are
opposed to cloture at this early
stage. Two thirds is required to
limit debate, and he could not mus
ter that support now.
Since the active fight against the
bill is bv only half dozen sena-
tors, they may have to resort to
some of the ancient filibustering
tactics, such as reading from large
volumes. Considerable portions of
the works of Sir Walter Scott and
other writer's have become part of
the senate record in filibusters of
times past.
The danger of Colorado river
floods sweeping down and destroy
ing Imperial Valley was stressed by
Senator Pittman, Democrat, Ne
vada, in advocating early action on
the bill today.
Every engineer who has investi-
gated has reported that "any spring
the floods may tear down the
banks of the river above Imperial
Valley, Pittman declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
BY CAL s. HIRsH
United Press Staff Correspondent

SHANGHAI, Feb. 22.-Kashing
60 miles southeast of Shanghai, is
in ruins, and the forces of the
northern leader Marshall Sun Chuan
Fang, were streaming to Shanghai
looting all villages on the way.
Marshal Sun has establised head.
perate effort to concentrate his de-
feated troops at Sun Kiang, about
25 miles southeast of Shanghai, for
last stand against the victorious
Cantonese on their way to seize the
prize city of the Orient.
At Kashing banks have been loot
ed of 100000, all foreigners have
evacuated and the city deserted.
Marshal Sun ha established head
quarters at Sun Kiang and has as
sembled about 10000 troops there
awaiting the Cantonese who are no
where in sight.
returned here today on river
boat from Sun Kiang.
A small group, including myself
left here on boat last Saturday fol
the war front. We were first stop
ped about 25 miles from Shanghai
but permit from Sun s representa-
tive at Shanghai got us as far as
Kashing, where we were halted by
retreating troops.
After some explanations and loss
of time we again were permitted tc
continue on our journey and were
proceeding to Hangchow when rifle
shots across the bow of the boat
forced us to halt. Soldiers swarmed
aboard the and locked all the occu
pants of the boat into cabins. Fol
Is hours without food.
Ordered To Shoot
Chinese commandeered the vesse
and forced the captain to tow fOul
barges filled with retreating sol
diers to Sun Kiang, where the ma
jorty Of the troops dsembarked
A guard of % was left behind with
orders to shoot if any of us tried tC
leave or even moved. The purpose
seemed to be to avoid word of oul
capture reaching Suns headquar
ters.
l slipped ashore late Monday aft
ernoon and obtained military es
cort and passport to Shanghai. 9th
ers joined me later and we hired g
launch to take us to Shanghai. Ii
spite of the pass we were frequently
halted by rifle fire.
Our launch arrived at Shanghai
early Tuesday but were forced tC
wait until dawn before being per
mitted to pass into the city.
Uneasiness prevails here. There il
lull in the fighting at the front
Nationalists are holding back. Al
foreigners are evacuating to Shang
hal from the line of the retreatins
armies. The movement to safe
zones is general.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-22
INDIAN CONCERT
IS PLEASING TO
LARGE AUDIENCE
OLGA COSTELLO

| In the thrOD OF tom tom hund-
reds of FL Centrans felt the Joy of
p-surging atavistic memories last
| night as they listened to the primi-
tive mdsic of North America inter
prcted by the Indian singers, Tsian-
| ina and OskenOnton. This first re
cital presented at the Palace thea.
ter by the local Music and Arts Az.
sociatiOn was indeed fortunate
choice, combining as il did a high
artistic value with an element so
human and go dramatic that it could
not fail to elicit enthusiasm from
everyone. Tsianina looks the prin-
cess that she is in her buckskins
and Oskenonton is an impressive
chieftan in the eagle feather bon
net. What picture they made be-
fore the painted wigwam at the
rise of the curtain!
The opening section of the pro-
gram was group of primitive In
dian songs sung with no other ac-
compartment than the tom-tom and
thd gourd rattle. These strange
chants with their fascinating and
often complex rhythms are examples
of the themes that such composers
as Cadman and Troyer and Grunn
have worked into modern songs with
piano or orchestral accOmpaniments
The historic interest of this presen-
tation was great as this wonderful
Indian culture is fast dropping out
of existence.
The remaining numbers, then,
were the arrangements of some of
these aboriginal love songs, songs
Of war, prayers and comic songs by
such composerethnologists as HON.
er Grunn, Carlos Troyer, Arthur
Farwell, Thurlow Lieurence and
Charles Wakefield Cadman.
Tsianina's lovely mezzo-s soprano
voice was never more appealing than
in a Navajo song, "Her Blanket" >"
Uieurence,) or more brilliant in the
Zuni Sunrise Call or the Robin Wo-
mans song from Cadman's opera
Shanewis'. One of her most de-
lightful numbers was the canoe song
from "Shanewis' when pantomime
added to the completeness of the
picture. Tsianina sings with a
warmth and enthusiasm that is in
fectious to her audience and she
was begged repeatedly for encores
which she generously sang.
Shows Much Humor
OskenontOn is a singer of distinc-
tion with a big flexible baritone
voice. The flexibility extends to
personality as well and his flashing
changes of mood proved a revela.
tion to those who imagined Indians
to be austre stoics. Oske-
! nontOn is a humorist of sorts and
his singing of the Peyote Drinking
song was a delicious bit of comedy.
Very impressive and stimulating to
the Imagination were such descrip-
tive and dramatic songs as "Tho
Coming of Montezuma, (Troyer,)
"From the Lodges Of the Sioux
/ (Grunn,) the Zuni Hunting song
(Troyer,) and marvellous, wierd
thing, "Inketunka s Thun l
Song,' by Arthur Farwell.
Closing the program the two sing
crs gave three hauntingly sweet lit
tie duets, arrangements of Mexican
| folk tunes, with Tsianina at the
piano.
Not a little of the artistic success
of the recital was due to the accom-
paniments of Miss AntOnia Luisa
Brieco, at once sympathetic and re
| liable in her support.