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New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
Deaths
Miss Alice Duss

Miss Alice Duss, IS years old, formerly of this city and late of Hartford. died yesterday afternoon at a state sanitarium after a long ill., ness.
 She was . native of this city and attended the public schools here. She was a member of the First Church. Hartford. Her only surviv- ing relative is her father.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the funeral homo of B. c. Porter Sons at 19 Court street. Rev. c. Clarence Lund. pastor oE the First Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
ANLPHION GLIB SHOW

The comedy "Johnnie's New Suit will be presented by members Of the Amphion club at the Senior High school as the feature of the pro- gram of activities at the school g annual class day bazaar. Mrs. Amy c. Gulford, the clubs supervisor, will be the director
 Al Basney and his orchestra will furnish the music for dancing which will follow the entertainment.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
ANOTHER FLYER KILLED

Middletown, Pa., May IT P,- Major Harold Geiger was killed to- day when his plane was wrecked and burned as he was taking off for his return trip to the Aberdeen proving grounds. Maryland. at the here.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE

Mrs. Alvin Carswell Of Carlson street entertained two tables Of bridge at her home last evening in will become the bride of Edward Bret of Hartford the latter part of this month. Prizes were awarded to Miss Evelyn Carswell and Tearle TrusloW.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
BOY RUNS INTO ALTO

Irving Engebretsen of S3 Linden street notified the police at S:30 last evening that as he was driving on Beaver street. Edmond Recene. aged 10. of 70 Beatty street. ran out or Beatty street and was struck by the fender of the car. The boy suf- fered scratch on the hand, the driver said
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
SUSPENDS EXECUTION IN NAPLES BUILDING CASE
Woman Escapes Paying Fines
 Amounting to $500 for Not Razing Burned House.

Judge w. c. Hungerford today suspended execution of the fine of $500 which he imposed in policee court several weeks ago in the
 case of Miss Julia Naples. charged
 on two counts of failure to obey
 the orders of the building inspec- tor to remove debris from the site
 of the house on Hart street, about which considerable controversy waged and which was destroyed by fire.
 Judge Hungerford found Miss Naples guilty and fined her s150 and costs on each count. Suspen-
 sion of the execution of the fine is made with the provision that the costs of the court, amounting to s1S.97, be paid by Miss Naples.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
Mrs. John A. McNciI

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna (Donlon) McNeiI. wife of James A, McNeil of 3s7 Main street. will be held tomorrow morning at the home of her sister. Mrs James T. Nc Grath, Of 45S Main street and at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock with a solemn high mass of requiem. h. torment will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

As a plea for rain the people of Angola. on the west coast of Africa, cut off mans arm at the shoulder and plant 1t in the ground with the hand sticking up.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
BITTEN BY POODLE DOG

David karbonik of 155 North street, aged about 14, reported to Captain Kelly this afternoon that a poodle dog bit him on the leg as he was passing the building next to no Lafayette street.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
AUTOMOBILE RECOVERED

The police were notified this aft ernoon that the automobile report ed stolen from Vincent Doolittle of 347 Pennington avenue, this city, on May 15, has been recovered in Stamford.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

FACTORY WINDOWS SMASHED The police were notified today that
 ten windows in the Union Manufac- turing Co. factory were broken last night, presumably by boys.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

Little Dorothy Wihr of Chi cago is just bursting with happy pride; and why not? Dorothy has won seven medals for remark. able performances at the Illinois Athletic club, although she is only seven. Some day. her coach says. she will be q worlds champion.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
KaN Street Briefs

Members of the Natural Gas as- amalgamation with the American Gas association. Consolidated mem- bership will consist of $50 operating companies. 450 manufacturing com- panies and 5,400 individuals Formal action by the executive board of American Gas association will be taken in Atlantic City on June 3.
 World production of copper In April is placed at 134,901 tons by the American Bureau of Metal statistics against 137,427 tons in March. This is exclusive of 5000 tons estimated each month for non- reporting countries.
 Freight and traffic on the Chi cago & Northwestern for the first 14 days of May amounted to 97.313 car loads, against 92,401 in the same period last year.
 Profit of Producers and Refliners' Aol pol dlloll lOI Ip-u "iS ps,OVc,- Ga9 before depletion and extraordi- nary charge-off. against $1,235,797 in 1925.
 Directors of the Federal Mining and Smelling company have rescind- ed the policy of paying out half of each years dividends on the com- mon stock. This action is expected to terminate litigation in Delaware courts, which was brought by pre- ferred stockholders who contended that dividends on the common should be omitted until . reserve had been accumulated.
 Directors of American Ice Co. on May Fl will consider split-up of common stock, four for one, and is- suance of additional common stock probably at S100 share. About 10T.000 shares of common are now outstanding and the additional stock will bring the issue to the authorized limit. It is expected the split-up shares will be placed on an annual dividend basis of s2 to s2.50. The present rate is sS.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

This remarkable picture of sensational seepehase tumble v,s made at the East Devon PontoPnt in England The Br ish take their fences seriously and this bruoppd brick vsn stopped the horse suddenly that he plunged s faaputng his rider through the air and wall ts ad a the far side with most nelesant into the nsd
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

Freight and traffic on the Chi cago & Northwestern for the first 14 days of May amounted to 97.313 car loads, against 92,401 in the same period last year.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

Profit of Producers and Refiiners' corporation for 1926 was $2.3OS,- Ga9 before depletion and extraordi- nary charge-off. against $1,235,797 in 1925
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance $17s,715,oSe
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

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New Britain herald., 1927-05-17
HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished by Eddy Bros. Co.) Railroad Stocks

NlilTDi1u StOCkS Hid & Conn. West. R. R. guar. 2Sl Banks and Trust Companies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
LATIN AMERICA EXPECTED TO BOYCOTT u S
GOODS AS RESULT OF SACCOVANZETTI CASE

If, from August 10, 1927, Latin
American workers and liberals refuse
to touch any product marked "Made
in U. S. Az, American trade will
drop with a suddenness which will
jolt Americas business men for the
first time into a realization of the
seriousness of the Sacco-Vanzetti
case-after Sacco and Vanzetti are
gone.
President Green of the American
Federation of Labor was offered an
opportunity to make magnificent
gesture in the Sacco-Vanzetti case
when a committee appointed at
large workers meeting called at his
offices to ask him to bear a resolu-
ton to Governor Fuller condemning
his role. Green however was out of
the city.
Governor Fullers decision prob
ably dooms Sacco and Vanzetti to
death, but it doesn't settle the world
wide controversy as to their guilt, or
whether they had fair trial." COM
ments the Washington News in an
editorial appearing in all Scripps-
Howard newspapers.
what the world demanded" con-
tinues the editorial, twas new trial
in open court, before a jury of peers
of the indicted men and an impartial
judge. What it finally got from Gov
ernor Fuller and his commission of
eminent citizens was trial in star
chamber and a public statement of a
decision based on secret hearing of
the evidence.
Governor Fuller hasn't helped
vicious situation. He hasn't vindi-
Gated Judge Thayer. He hasn't in
creased respect for the laws, the
courts and judicial procedure of
Massachusetts,. The world doesn't vet
know whether or not Sacco and Van
zetti had fair trial or whether they
are guilty or innocent"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
(By Federated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Aug. ID. - When
the state of Massachusetts, through
its executioner sends thousands of
volts of electricity crashing into the
hapless bodies of two Italian work
ing men, it will not have settled the
Sacco- Vanzetti case so far as Wash
ington is concerned. Not that every
official in the national capital from
Secretary Kellogg down would not
like to write "finis" on the celebrated
case. But like Banquo's ghost, the
spirits of Sacco and Vanzetti will not
down, so far as Americas foreign re-
lationships are concerned. In fact,
the Sacco-Vanzetti case is merely en-
tering new and far graver phase.
Swift messages leaped across the
Atlantic, when Fuller's decision was
announced, warning ambassadors and
ministers to redouble the guards
about their embassies and legations.
And that is just the beginning of the
fear, of the consciousness of guilt"
which will write itself across the
visage of every American diplomat
on foreign soil. For Europe and
Latin America are convinced through
and through that the two anarchists
either are innocent, or have suffered
enough punishment. The first opin-
ion is adamant among the ranks of
workers, liberals and intellectuals.
The second conviction is held even by
the most conservative foreigners, who
feel if Sacco and Vanzetti are guilty,
their crime was strongly political and
has been expiated.
European contempt of American
materialism and dollar-worship will
be intensified by the murder of Mass
achusett's famous victims. A barrier
of loathing disgust will be raised be-
fore Americans, all of whom will
have been felt to have shared in the
act of electrocution. But hard-faced
American business men can stand
that. That's all in the game, they
will say with shrug of the Shout
ders.
But Mr. Rabbit is going to sit up
when the Sacco-Vanzetti boycott hits
his pocketbook. The boycott has been
threatened for years; already it has
affected American trade. Particu-
larly in Latin America will it be SER
ious. A three-cornered commercial
fight of worldwide significance is
being waged from Mexico to the Ar
gentine between America, Britain and
Germany, with Italy and Spain minor
factors. American exporters are by
no meaps supreme in those markets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
France HUNS With
indignation Over
Mountain Naming

PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE utmost dis
gust is being expressed here among
many sections of the population at
the action of fascist organizations
which assembled at the foot of Mount
Blanc, the highest peak of the Alps,
and rechFistened it mount Benito
Mussolini." The point over which the
French reactionaries even, are exer-
cised, is that the mountain is well
within the French boundary, tho one
slope extends over into Italy.
The fascist were addressed by the
secretary general of the fascist, Sig
nor Turati, who said:
"The peak cannot be inaugurated
while we are standing in the valley.
You boys will christen this peak by
climbing it and planting your flags
there, just as later you will do. like
wise. for all the peaks Of Italy"
This the French consider plain
provocation, and only the latest of
many. For long time large fascist
armies have been stationed on the
French-Italian border, shells and rifle
bullets frequently fall into French
territory, and French travellers are
subjected to insult. Italy is said to
covet slice of Frances mountain
land, and of course, the French col
onies in Africa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
Wall Street Paper
In Panama Insults
Nicaraguans More

PANAMA, Aug. IA short time
ago the Panama Star and Herald
published an editorial of advice to
Nicaraguans that for sheer wanton
insult and patronizing qualities has
never been eXcelled in Spanish Amer
lean journalism.
The article blames all Nicaragua's
woes on her prediction for revolu-
ton" and entirely overlooking the
fact that the present Diaz govern
ment came into power by revolt,
aided by American money and mar
ines, calls on all Nicaraguans to obey
its dictates, and to regard all revo-
lutionists as traitors, to be crushed,
and not as patriots" The article
winds up, Coffee raising is better
business than revolution"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
uANFoRD MAC NIDER, assistant

HANFORD MAC NIDER, assistant
IL secretary of war, assails the
American Legion for the criticism
made by several people of its selec-
ton of Paris as a meeting place.
Paris is supposed to be wicked burg
but the gallant legionnaires are not
afraid of it. A few years back they
took comparatively quakerish west
ern city and turned it into a Sodom.
We are of the opinion that the swivel
chair veterans will experience less
discomfort in the night-life quarters
of Paris than they will from the
French workers should Sacco and
Vanzetti be burned by the Massa-
chussetts executioners.
*
THE only vocal effort made by the
DeValera republicans on their en-
trance into Dali Eireann was speech
on the governments finance bill de-
livered by one of their number He
spoke in the Gaelic language. So did
the government spokesman. 7 h e
speeches were not understood by ten
per cent of the deputies. This is one
kind of patriotism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
Wages and Working Conditions in China

territory controlled by Chang Kai-
shek the trade unions are being
crushed, and much of these gains
wiped out. 1t yet remains to be
seen how long this condition can last.
ONE specifically revolutionary fea-
v ture of the trade union develop
ment is the taking over of buildings
for union administration. Thus, in
Canton we visited the railway union
headquarters, and found it housed
in splendid building with gardens,
formerly the private residence for
the chief engineer, provided at the
expense of the railway. When
Chang Kai-shek's lieutenant, Ii
Chi-gen, carried out his counter
revolutionary coup d'etat he was
compelled to install another group
of workers there when he crushed
the union; altho this other group
were corrupted tools yet it is a tribute
to the depth Of the revolution that
even these traitors are forced to pay
formal adherence to the principles
of the trade union movement and
the rights of the workers. In all
cities the trade unions are gradually
but surely taking over buildings
more commensurate with their own
Importance.
A beginning, small as yet, is being
IA made in the introduction of rep
resentative trade unions in admins
trative bodies in industry. This has
already been done on the railroads
running out of Hankow.
Everywhere the working class is
beginning to develop its own armed
forces under the name of Trade
Union Pickets. The work done by
these pickets in taking Shanghai be-
fore the entrance of Chang Kai-
shek's troops is well known. Not so
well known, however, is the fact
that the same kind of bodies are
growing up everywhere with start
ling rapidity. This is one of the
great guarantees for future progress.
CTEADILY, and with increasing
y momentum the Chinese working
class is consolidating it's power. AS
it does so it is improving it's wages
and working conditions. But already
it fully realizes that this task in
cludes another one, namely, the com,
plete reorganization of the economic
life of China.
For the Chinese workers it is no
longer debatable question as to
whether China shall be developed as
a capitalist country, or whether it
shall now proceed upon the road to
socialism. 1t is the latter path upon
which they have firmly set their
feet.
ALREADY, in spite of their ter
"A rible obstacles, their property and
misery, they have made progress
that puts to shame the workers of
technically more advanced countries,
who, misled by the traitors of social
democracy, hesitate before their his
toric tasks, while the Chinese work
ers press forward with tenacity,
courage, determination, that win
for them the admiration of conscious
workers all over the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15

a weaving mill; two branches for two
silk weaving mills; and two branches
of artisans working in scattered
small shops, one of dye workers
and the other of hosiery workers.
The number of artisans amounts to
1900.
WHEN the mill is running at capa-
" city the workers earn an average
OF SO cents per day in the big mills.
When | visited the big Dee zee mill,
however, business was slack, with
the result that the number of spin
dies for each worker was reduced
so that they were earning 80 cents
per day. This Dee zee mill is the
largest, Chinese owned and operated,
and employs 9,700 workers. Like all
the mills, it is 100 per cent. union
lied and works under contract with
the union. This contract has gained
the workers the following benefits:
UNION headquarters: A fine modern
" building just outside the factory
is set aside for the union headquar-
tiers. Here is as up-to-date union
offices as could be found in the
world.
Union Pickets: These are the
armed guards for the union and labor
movement generally. Five hundred
of them receive regular military
drill; body of 60, the personnel
changed every three months, give
full time to this duty, being paid by
the mills.
Education: Each month the en-
ployers pay $4,000 into the educa-
tional fund of the Hupeh General
Labor Union, to be expended for the
education of the textile workers.
Hours of work: Work only six
days per week but get paid for seven
days. A days work still remains 12
hours minus a stop for lunch Of 30
minutes.
Protection of women: AT child
bith woman worker gets six weeks
vacation with full pay Special rooms
are provided for feeding children.
THESE workers are strongly organ
lied and highly disciplined. They
are fully conscious of their power,
and are studying the industry with
a view to taking over direction of
production. They say they know
production cannot be increased under
present private exploitation, but
they are sure they could increase
while at the same time cheapening
cloth. They are moving slowly, as
they themselves expressed it, in
order not to embarrass the Ma
tionalist government, which as yet
hesitates before the naturalization
Of the mills.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
King Ben Admits Bigamy

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Aug. "A. =
king" Benjamin Purnell, leader of
the House of David admitted that he
never divorced his first wife, An
gelina Riley, of Kentucky, whom with
her baby he deserted before marry
ing "Queen" Mary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
Some General Observation.

IMAGES and working conditions are
F" distinctly better in Canton,
where the unions have been at work
for some years. Yet even here, only
a beginning has been made toward
living wage. In the newly conquered
territory improvements is being rap
idly made, wages having been in
creased 30 to so per cent. in the
course Of half year, still leaving
Canton in the lead, however. In the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
Canadian Loan Marks a
New Step in American
Penetration of Canada

News that Canada is contemplating
the floating here of new American
loan of $100,000,000 has caused stir
in the American money market and
hasty review of Canadian obliga-
tions. Canada has internal obliga-
tions amounting to $90,00000o matur-
ing here this year, and her credit
rating is extremely good.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
Current EUeutS
Continued from PAGE Onel

Continued from Page One)
meantime the international protest
will continue.
THE New York World has gotten it.
4 self into a nice mess for refusing
to accept Haywood Brouns articles
in defense OF Sacco and Vanzetti.
What angered the plutocrats par
ticularly was Broun's reference to
Harvard University as "Hangman's
House" President Lowell OF Har-
ward was head of the fake governors
commission that was supposed to
bring in an impartial report on the
case. Now Broun is going to write
and speak for this cause as he sees
fit and he will have larger audience
than even the one supplied by the
World
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-15
BY EARL BROWDER
(Continued)

HERE we made special inquiries as
"A to the eXast numbers of the vari-
Gus trades among the artisans. All
Chinese figures seem to be more or
less approximations, but we We're as
sured that the following were based
upon trade union admittance fees
TAO cents), and the monthly fees 60
cents per month"; paid by the men,
bers. The figures given were: Rice
workers, 1,400; Boatmen, 1900; Tai
lors, LOO; Dyers, 1000; Dockers,
LOCO; Masons, 800; Hosiery workers,
500; Shoemakers, 260; BARRIERS, 100;
Printers, 40.