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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

five years ago, when Spain cedal the
Philippines to the United States in
the treaty which ended the Spanish
American war, it became necessary
for our government to furnish the
Eflipinos with distinctive currency.
For some reason which has never
been explained, the governm; Mt bu-
reau of engraving and printing de-
signed a currency in which Il bills
could be. printed from the plates frolu
which were printed eight Of our bills
The Filipinos were satisfied with this
handy currency and it has been sup
piled to them steadily for the last
quarter of century. During the
many years of American occupancy of
the Philippines many of our people
who have been sent to the islands,
civil and military officials, school
teachers and the like, have handled
the Philippine currency. When they
returned home and began using the
clumsy bills which they found here
they were struck by the difference,
and almost invariably they uttered
protest that the Philippine size was
better than our own. So frequen:
were these protests that at last the
Treasury department began to take
notice of. them, and two years ago
when a treasury committee began
study of currency problems, the first
thing it considered was a change in
size. Bundles Of paper were cut up
in the Philippine size, and these dunn
my notes were distributed to federal
reserve banks for experiments by tell
ers and other officials of the banks.
The result was that the federal re-
serve banks reported unanimously in
favor of the smaller size bank notes.
The bureau of engraving and printing
also favored the change because of
the economy in manufacture already
noted. The result was the order is
sued by Secretary Mellon recently.
But the change in the size is not to
be the OILY Innovation in the new
system. O her e'!&nges are contem-
plated which VII bring order to our
somewhat confu4 ing currency system.
The government is now putting out
five different types of currency-na-
'tional bank notes, gold certificates,
silver certificate. United States notes,
and federal reserve notes. 1t has
been the custom to print all of these
in most of the different denominations,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02
Hearty Meals in lava

When you dine in Java you have
the 'riz-tavel" (rice table,, which
starts with a deep dish. partly filled
with rice and ends with such a sense
of repletion that one is apt to be unit
for any activity for several hours.
After ones plate has received its
portion of rice, there comes a big pa
rade of native servants. each bearing
something in a dish. There are fish
of various kinds, eggs-fried or in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02
Prolific lnUentor

The most prolific of negro inventors
was Elijah Mccoy of Detroit, who
from 1872 to 1920 obtained 81 patents.
His inventions cover wide range of
subjects, but relate particularly to the
lubricating of machinery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02
True Patriotism

Every good citizen makes his coun-
try's honor his own, and cherishes it
not only as precious but as sacred.
He is willing to risk his life in its
defense and is conscious that he gains
protection while he gives it.-Andrew
Jackson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

omelette form-beef and birds, pep
pers, nutmeg, coconut, chopped nuts,
curry and many other delicacies. The
Hollanders who rule Java eat the ''riz-
tayel" daily and survive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S divorce case
" is ended so far as the film come
dian is concerned. After the long
months of pickering and recrimina-
ton, an agreement was reached and
Mrs. Chaplin was granted a divorce
decree and the custody of the children.
The grounds were mental cruelty"
and Chaplin put on no defense, though
four of his attorneys addressed the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

Our idea of zero in things to worry
about is the danger that this eartN
will last only another million years q
so.-Des Moines Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02
BY ELn.o >.svrf WATSON

O1e tIIC SCOOIlU thfrIC
since Alexander Ham,
ilton, the first secre-
tary of : the treasury,
established our cur
rency system, a radical
change is to be made
in the size of our paper
money, according to or
ders that have been is
sued by Andrew w.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

INFORMATION has been received
L by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Robinson that American marines in
Nicaragua, acting with the constabu-
larry, killed two more bandits in an
enga cement near Jicaro.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

0AUE r. REDFERN started in the
/ plane sport of Brunswick" from
Brunswick, Ga, for nonstop flight
to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. If he
makes the 4,6OO-mile trip successfully,
he will have established new record
for nonstop flights.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02

president AND MRS. COOLIDGE
1 spent the week in the Yellowstone
National park, viewing its many won
ders and thoroughly enjoying them
selves despite the swarms of tourists
that made the trip too much of pub
lie event to suit the Chief Executive.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge tried the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
Canton Revolutionary Center.

CANTON, China, July 10.-The re-
sistance of the laboring masses
against the counter-revolution is
growing ever stronger here, despite
the terror of the ruling clique. The
labor masses are passing to an attack
against the reaction, trade union ac-
tivities are being resumed and tremen-
dous demonstrations are taking place
against repressions, such demonstra-
tions sometimes end by horrible
slaughters of workers, wholesale ar
rests and summary executions car
ried out on large scale and in the
most savage manner.
New Strike Committees.
The reaction is vainly trying to de-
stroy the last vestiges of labor organ
ization in this city, but the vitality
of the unions guarantees their con-
tinuation. New strike committees
have been formed, while the reaction
vainly tries to obtain disbandment of
the Hong-kong strikers, numbering up
to 100000 The authorities are vainly
Trying 10 suppress Will HHllIdIy
methods the uprisings of workers and
have declared that a state o. war
exists in the labor quarters f the
city. Mass arrests and wholesale exc
cutions by shootings are the oroer of
the day.
Beset With Enemies.
Every day new and more startling
situations develop out of the kaeido-
scopic changes in China. In this city
(Canton) while Ii Chi-sheng is carry
ing on a struggle against the triitor,
Chang Kai-shek, he yields to the
pressure of the reaction that is exert
ed everywhere and attacks the abor
unions. At the very time he was call
ing for determined fight against
Chang Kai-shek he was also oder
ing the arrest and deportation rom
Kwan-tung of the left trade tnion
leader, Cheng Fu-mo. He has cbsed
many of the labor unions halls and
dispersed the membership. A pace
full labor demonstration going to pro-
test to the labor department was dis
(Coatinued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
John Drew Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1o.--John
Drew, veteran actor, died here yester-
day after prolonged illness. He was
73 years Of age.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
HAYS DENOUNCES
A. SHIPLACOFF FOR
ATTACK ON COLD
Should Let Him Speak
Says Civil Liberties

When informed that Abraham l..
Shiplacoff was sending a letter to
the American Civil Liberties Union
trying to place the blame for the
breaking up of Thursdays Sacco-
Vanzetti demonstration on the
shoulders of the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party, Arthur Garfield Hays
of the union issued a statement in
which he says that Ben Gold of the
furriers union should have been al
lowed to speak.
"I think it's an outrage that they
did not let Gold speak," said Mr..
Hays. '"This bitterness between
rights and lefts in the needle unions
is being overdone. It's just as in
tolerant for the socialists to adopt an
attitude like that as for the Com
munists to stop socialists from
speaking. This meeting on Thursday
had nothing to do with the warfare
in the needle trades. 1t was a work
ingmen's demonstration, and Gold
and his followers came there as
workingmen."
The New York District Organiza-
tion of the Workers (Communist)
Party has issued a statement flatly
denying the charges of Shiplacoff
It points out that Shiplacoff is trying
to explain away the action of his
socialist colleagues who called upon
the police to break up the demonstra-
tion because the thousands of work
ers wanted to hear Ben Gold, furrier
leader, speak.
1t continues: "Shiplacoff is making
use of the fact that the Workers
Party held membership meeting on
Wednesday, a meeting that was ad-
vertised in the press as was also the
order of business. This is another
example of the provocative method
of a Shiplacoff, Sigman, and of
| the socialist and The Forwardite.
"As to the statement about the de-
cision of the union affiliated with the
Liberation Committee for Sacco and
Vanzetti that they will not in the fu-
ture defend Communist political
prisoners, we want to state that Mr..
Shiplacoff and his associates, the
Sigmans, and the Schachtmans are
today pointing their fingers at and
jailing not only Communists but hun
dreds of trade unionists in the needle
industry.
"The Workers Party will defend in
the future as in the past every work
er taken in the clutches of the capi-
talist police, be he anarchist, social
list, Communist or workers holding any
other view, so long as he is fighting
in the interests of the workingclass."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
StratOn's Wilder
Friends Now Forbid
Reporters to Tarry

Made wise by the sudden flood of
notoriety and the influx of psyche
analytically intentioned visitors which
followed in the wake of their sue
cesses among the flock of John Roach
Straton, the extremist sect of Penta-
costalists no longer let the sober
minded into their tarrying services.
Reporters who stayed thru the
wild singing and exhorting, praying
and testifying of the open meeting in
Glad Tidings Tabernacle, the Penta-
costalist Church in New York, were
gently excluded last night when the
still wilder "tarrying" service started.
mo Witnesses"
"This is no place for curiosity
seekers" said the ushers as they
barred the door to all whose faces did
not show the fanatical expression de-
manded of the enthusiasts who re-
mained. AS the folding doors slid
shut, the reporters saw throng of
"tarriers" fling themselves, men and
women and children together, on the
floor near the altar in preparation for
the primitive rites to follow.
1t was these orgies of religious
emotionalism which attracted many
members of the church of the funda-
mentalist leader, John Roach Straton,
and his tacit consent to such prac-
tices in his own church raised such a
division in his ranks that he has had
to interrupt his work of fighting lib
eralism and suppressing plays and
books to defend himself from the
charge of abetting something akin to
voodooism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
Geneva NAVAL
CONFERENCE is
NEAR COLLAPSE
British and Americans
Hurl Accusations

GENEVA, July 10.-Tomorrow's
plenary session of the tri-partite
arms conference in session here may
be the end of the naval parleys il
yesterdays session of the executive
committee in any indication Of what
must happen tomorrow.
The usually austere diplomats who
try to conceal beneath polite Ian
guage the antagonism existing be-
tween the powers they represent
threw off their masks and shouted
and raved at each other, hurting re-
ordinations in all directions.
A new storm broke yesterday when
Hugh Gibson, head of the American
delegation, proposed to boost the
number Of American big cruisers from
18 to 25, which would use up $780,
900 tons of the 100000 proposed as a
compromise on Tuesday. 1t had been
considered that the 100000 tons re-
ferred to a number of light cruisers,
but when Gibson proposed that more
than half of the tonnage be applied
to heavy cruisers, the British repre-
sentative, Lord Bridgeman, shouted
in most undiplomatic language that
in case of. such program be inau-
gurated by the United States the
British government would build ship
for ship"
Gibson Wakes Sarcastic.
On other words" Mr.. Gibson re-
marked drily, while we are asked
to trust Great Britain's purity of in
tentions whatever her demands, it
does not seem to work the same way
when we make few ourselves"
Real Admiral Hilary P. Jones, of
the American delegation, then pro-
ceeded to explain the reasons for the
American demands for the big crui-
sers, assailing the British proposals
for cruisers of only 1850 tons which
iw5uid prevent the United States
using such cruisers for anything but
coastal service near its bases of sup
plies and would practically shut this
type of war ship out of the Pacific
as far as the United States is con-
cerned
See Break Tomorrow.
Lord Robert Cecil, in reply to Ad-
miral Jones, blurted out "This is per-
feet nonsense" Immediately High
Gibson was on his feet and demanded
an apology from Cecil, declaring that
he would instantly leave the confer
ence unless it was forthcoming. Cecil
withdrew the remarks and the dog
fight went on
The plenary session has been called
for tomorrow by request of the
Continued on Page Three)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
Unity Committee Calls
For Demonstration by
Needle Workers Today

In statement issued yesterday
by Louis Hyman, Charles thinner
man and Ben Gold on behalf of
the Unity Committee of the fur
riers and cloak and dressmakers'
union, the workers in the needle
trades are called upon to be on the
picket line this morning.
During the past few weeks, ;"
traitorous chiefs of the A. F. of
L. with he acive cooperation of
the statement reads in part, "the
the police and Tammany politi-
clans have succeeded ID jaiiing
hundreds Of our comrades.
"These tactics however, have
only succeeded in infusing new
energy and determination in the
ranks of the workers. Our
enemies will fail to crush our
strike even tho they utilize the
most vicious methods at their COM
mand.
"Be on the picket line Monday
morning by the thousands and
defy the bosses and their tools to
crush our struggle"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
REPORT EXPECTED
SOON ON CASE or
.SACCO, vANzETTI
Governors Committee
Makes Visit to Prison

BOSTON, July 10.-Rumors are
a,ersisting here that Gov. Fuller's
Advisory Committee" will submit
its report in short time. They have
gained credence especially in view of
the fact that the committee yester-
day spent two hours with Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in
the death house at Charlestown state
prison. Earlier in the day they i'm
teTviewed seven members of the jury
that convicted the two Italian radi-
calls on the original framed-up
charges of murder.
Skeptical of "Investigation.S
Friends of the defense here are un-
usually apprehensive of the decision
that may be made by the committee.
With Sacco and Vanzetti secretly
transferred from the Dedham county
Jail to the state prison where the
electric chair is located they feel
that the investigation can be des-
cribed in no other manner than per
functory," if the committee is really
basing its decision on the ten vol
umes of printed testimony, given
them only week ago.
Governor Framing Decision.
Gov. Fuller, who is now at his sum
mer home in Rye Beach, N. H., is
said to be framing the beginning of
his decision on the case. Sometime
this week he will visit Sacco md
Vanzetti in the state prison, and will
also interview Celestino Madeiros,
under sentence of death, who has
made a full confession that the Mo-
relli gang of which he was a mem
Der committed the crime for which
Sacco and Vanzetti are now facing
the electric chair.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
We Will Not Surrender!

WORKER
actually
q to underg
in
of
onhda has
smiita
that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
HeaIey Defeated as
FireTnen's Head; Had
Held Post a Years

CLEVELAND, July 10.-Utilizing
his age as pretext to "ditch" him,
the reactionary machine of the
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen,
Oilers and Railway Shop Laborers
at it's convention here yesterday sue
ceeded in defeating Timothy Healey,
a militant trade unionist, as president
of the organization.
Healey, who is 81, has served as
head of the union for "a years. He
was at one time a member of the
advisory board of the National Labor
Alliance for the Recognition of and
the Resumption of Trade Relations
with Soviet Russia, and has favored
the sending of delegation to the
Soviet Union to study conditions
there
Healey was defeated by John F.
Mcnamara of Boston, an old-line
union politician.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
Kevin 0'Higgins, Vice
President Of Irish Free
State, is Assassinated

DUBLIN, July 10. - Kevin
O'Higgins, vice-president of the
Irish Free State, and minister of
justice and external affairs, died
shortly before five o'clock this
afternoon from wounds received
when he was ambushed and shot
four times by three men early this
morning.
O'Higgins was on his way to
mass, accompanied by his wife,
when the assailants drove up in an
automobile, fired at him, and es-
capped. The wounded man was
taken to his home, few hundred
yards away, where he died this
evening after lingering all day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 10.-Clar-
ence Bennett, seventeen months old,
died yesterday as a result of eating
a firecracker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
BIG PICKET line
EXPECTED IN FUR
DISTRICT TODAY
Toronto Local in Call
for Joint Conference

A big picket line is expected in the
market this morning when the sixth
week of the struggle to improve the
working conditions of the furriers be-
gins. In spite of the mass arrests
and the open cooperation Of the bosses
with the right wing, the workers are
just as determined to fight until vic
tory is achieved as they were wher
the strike began.
The workers declare that they will
not be deferred in their picketing by
the refusal of the police commissioner
and the mayor to take any action on
the protests of the furriers' Joint
Board regarding the mass arrests and
police brutality.
Membership Meeting Tomorrow.
An important special membership
meeting of all four locals of the Joint
Board will be held tomorrow right
after work at Manhattan Lyceum, Sc
East Fourth st.
Joint Board officers will be elected
and a reduction of the strike assess
ment will be considered at this meet
ing.
All strikers should assemble in
Union Hall, II st. Marks Place, in
stead of Manhattan Lyceum this
morning.
TORONTO July 1o.~As the first
step in its work of bringing the prob
lem of peace and unity in the Inter
national Fur Workers Union directly
before the membership of Canadian
unions, the Toronto Section of the
Unity Conference of Fur Workers Of
United States and Canada issued the
following call yesterday, "To Trade
Unions, Societies, and all Working
Glass Organizations" for a joint con-
ference. The letter reads:
Dear Sirs and Brothers:
"The fur workers of New York City
are engaged in bitter struggle at
the present time for the right to re-
tain their own union against dictation
of their union membership and poll
Continued on Page T,oo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
CheCk-Off Is Large
Issue Of Hard Coal
Miners Convention

SCRANTON, Pa, (FP) July TO-
Still denied the checkoff promised to
international President John L. Lewis
II months ago at the close of the
anthracite strike the miners of the
northern hard coal field are meeting
in Scranton at their biennial conven-
tion in belligerent mood.
Delegates from $4,000 workers are
ready to give their officers the neces-
sary mandates to demand a show
down with the big operators who
agreed to the checkoff during the
settlement negotiations of February
/, 1926.
Promises Ignored.
These promises are now cynically
forgotten by the Big Three that dom
mate the field-the Hudson Coal Co.
that operates for the Delaware &
Hudson R. R.; the Glen Alden Coal
Co. that produces for the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Hudson R. R. in
terests and the Pennsylvania Coal Co.
that is owned by the Erie r. R.
The workers want the checkoff be-
cause it means more funds and Sc
curity for the union, and the opera
tors oppose it for the same reason.
Under this plan there is one hundred
per cent organization. No apathetic
unionist or company sucker can be a
dues Stacker. The company pay
master is compelled to check off the
union dues from each mans bi-weekly
pay and to turn them over to the
local union treasurer.
Need Revenue.
To the west of the anthracite are
the 10000 bituminous strikers who
need all the revenues that can be
raised from the hard coal zone. And
that is one reason why the operators
are breaking their agreement to grant
the checkoff. There is solidarity
of interest between many hard and
soft coal employers, through joint
selling agencies, kindred banking af-
filiations and sometimes joint owner
ship.
Pennsylvania Coal Co., for in
stance, as an Erie RR. concern, is
owned by exactly the same stock
holders that own the Northwestern
Mining & Exchange Co. with 1000
striking employees in the central
Pennsylvania bituminous fields. Dele
ware & Hudson R. R. is closely re-
lated to the Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburgh R. R., whose soft coal SUB
salaries broke their agreement with
the United Mine Workers in central
Pennsylvania.
Thousands Unemployed.
Like the union bituminous miners
the anthracite men are affected by
scab West Virginia coal. Thousands
of hard coal men are out of work to-
day because their markets have gone
to the smokeless coal of the New
River fields in West Virginia, and to
coke, briquet and fuel oil concerns.
Times have not been so slack in the
Scranton Wilkes-Barre field for many
summers. At this writing the 2O,-
900 employees of the Hudson Coal Co.
are on a two weeks vacation without
pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
Pope Won't Divy Up.

ROME, July 10.-The "Holy Of
flee" Of the Roman Catholic Church
has issued strict orders that no cath
olics shall attend the Church unity
conference to be held in Lausanne this
autumn. The pope insists on no di-
vided authority in his church, and
prefers to run Independently his own
sect without regard to others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-11
MASSES RISING
AGAINST CHANG
THRUOUT CHINA
Demand March Against
Marking Butchers

HANKOW, China, July 10.-Not-
withstanding the fact that certain
wavering and uncertain elements of
the Wuhan government favor liqui-
dating the revolutionary government
and making an alliance with the
Marking government there is growing
up in Hankow a powerful movement
demanding an expedition against the
traitors, Chang Kai-shek and Feng
Yu-Hsiang. Great mass organiza-
tions, realizing the fact that the series
of betrayals by the military adventur-
ers who, because af the rapid develop
ment of the Nationalist movement,
were able to place themselves at the
head of the troops, has endangered
the very existence of the Wuhan Ma
tionalist revolutionary government,
are ever more insistently demanding
an expedition against Marking.
Demand Immediate Action.
A manifesto issued in reference to
this by the Hankow committee of the
Kuomirtang enumerated all of Chang
Kal-shek's crimes against the revo-
luton, namely the suppression of
the workers and peasants movement
by the most ruthless and bloody ter
ror, the economic blockade of the
Wuhan government in an effort to
starve the revolution into submission,
the support of the most vicious coun-
ter-revolutionary actions in the rear
of the Nationalist forces, the spread
ing of the most malignant rumors
against the Wuhan government.
Everywhere the demand is rising
for immediate action against Nank-
ing and the preparations for this drive
against Chang Kai-shek will probably
be entrusted to General Chang Fa-
kwei, recently appointed commander
of the fourth revolu ionary army.