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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
NJ Y, COAL men
PLAN HARVEST
IN MINE STRIKE
Will GOuge Public to
Fare-YOu-,W ell

Not anticipating. but praying for a
strike in the bituminous coal fields j.
April, those New York brokers who
deal in soft coal are already laying
plans to reap a harvest when the
union mines are closed down for the
bitter struggle.
One brokerage office in this city,
cheered by word from one of'the OPP
orators that he expected negotiations
in Florida to be broken off in couple
Of days, is signing as many contracts
as possible for the total output of
non-union mines in various parts of
the country. AS soon as the union
mines are not working, the price of
coal will begin to soar, and those who
control supply of coal will be able
to demand higher and higher prices
and reap a fortune.
1t is understood that the owners
now operating under the Jacksonville
agreement have leased mines in nom
union fields, and as soon as the strike
is called their union mines will be
closed tight and they viii open up
the non-union mines in Kentucky or
West Virginia and continue piling up
the cash. They should worry how
long the strike lasts.
BOSSES Profit as Workers Suffer.
This is the sort Of situation which
has been created by John l.. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America. For two years the
Jacksonville agreement has been vio-
lated by one operator after another
and the bituminous fields have gone
increasingly non-union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
COURT DECREE
ON VALUATION
NOT DECISIVE
Commerce. Commission
Expects New Case

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Physicai
valuation of all railroads in the United
States will be pushed steadily ahead
as result Of the supreme court de-
cision in the Fifteen billion dollar
valuation case" Interstate Commerce
Commission officials said today.
The true measure Of the value Of
a road for rate-making purposes, how
ever, remained an open question.
Negative Victory.
The case was that of the Los An
geles and Salt Lake valuation, and
was not decided upon its merits, but
on a legal technicality which gave
the decision to the government.
This constitutes a negative victory
for the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, as decision for the companies
would have stopped their attempts to
value the roads at all. But at some
future date, the point of the right
of the commission to value the roads
viii again be raised.
New Fight COmiuvs
There is no prospect of an early
determination Of the question, &C
cording to P. ]. Farrell, counsel for
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
He predicted that the first big test
would come when the commission at
tempts to apply the recapture clause
OF the Esch-Cumnins Acts, under
which profits of the stronger rail-
roads are to be divided with the weak
er lines.
Experts have estimated that there
is a difference Of fifteen billion dol
lars in the railroad and commission
interpretations of the true value Of
all the roads in the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23

ing, a pledge to fulfill all expec-
tations Of those leashed in master
class bastilles.
1t is here in New York City
where the reigning officialdom Of
the American Federation of Labor
uses the uniformed members of
the so-called trade unions of the ma
tive-bon as weapons against the
foreign-born section of organized
labor. The realization is to be
found on every hand, whether in
Boston or New York, that The
DAILY WORKER is ready
weapon to carry the truth to the
English-speaking workers, linking
up their struggles closer to those
of the foreign-born who have their
Freiheit, in Jewish; the Elore, in
Hungarian; the Daily News in
Ukrainian; the Laisve and Wins.
in Lithuanian; the Novy Mir, in
Russian; the Eteenpain and Tyomies
in Finnish; the II Lavoratore, in
Italian; the Ny lid, in Swedish,
and other publications. Thus
workers Of all nationalities gath
cred at the Yorkville Casino, in
New York, as they did at the In
ternational Hall, in Boston, to help
build The DAILY WORKER.
It is in Boston, the hub of New
England industry, with its vast, al
most totally unorganized army of
textile and shoe workers, that the
need is felt for The DAILY WORK
Err, to cement the solidarity of the
workers, developing their unity and
helping to make the organization of
the unorganized, long sought for,
an immediate possibility.
=
Thus New York City, the city of
publication Of The DAILY WORK
Err; and Boston, one of the leading
cities Of the east, point the way to
all the nations centers of popula-
ton, east and west. Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Pittsburgh, as well
as Cleveland and the citins beyond
must be heard from. Detroit is
ever active, but it can and will do
better in the struggle within the in
dustry Of the worlds Croesus,
Henry Ford.
No time can be lost in strength
ening The DAILY WORKER as
one Of labor's weapons most feared
and hated by the present ruling
class. The editorial and business
office staffs pledge themselves to
do their utmost in the struggle
toward this goal. The DAILY
WORKER builders, c-ganized
everywhere, so they are now being
organized in New York City and
Boston, will be a tower of strength
in the march against the capitalist
foe, well armed with its own horde
of subsidized publications, but not
unconquerable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
AIMEE HOPES TO
Get CASH QUICK
IN GARDEN BOUT
To Eclipse Tex Richard
On Return Here

Aimee Semple Mcpherson. motor.
ious California evangelist. will at
tempt to throw Satan over the sky
line of New York some time next
summer or even sooner.
She hopes to hold revival meet
ings in the new Madison Square
Garden. where she hopes for ire
mendous collections and quick
cleanup of cash registers.
"There is the night life in New
York where conditions are terrible.
! visited three night clubs to get my
information first-hand. saw one
place crowded with children, boys
and girls from the ages of 16 and II
to 81, collegians and high school
students, all drunk"
So said Aimee at, Syracuse, n. Y,
shortly after her arrival to conduct
three-day series of revival meet
ings.
Confined to Parasites.
"This night life condition is de-
plorable, but it can be stopped when
ever the country wants to stop it,
said Aimee.
This type Of night life is open to
only the rich, the people who have
money to squander. 1t is not gem
eral. / believe those who indulge in
it will see the error of their ways
and win remedy the situation them
selves"
While she talked of the evils of
New York, Aimee's smile and the
light in her eyes almost belied the
fact that she thought them evil. She
laughed heartily as she told how
one of the dancing girls in a night
club. had kissed one of her escorts.
Docs She Like It?
She described her embarrassment
and then again became merry as she
described how the girl had then
jumped on a chair to dance for them
and tried to get them to join a gay
party at another table. For a minute
it seemed as if Aimee was going to
stand up and give an Interpretation
OF the dance.
II come fresh from the evils of
New York City" Aimee continued.
~ saw there things that seem al
most unbelievable TO you Syracusans,
but they exist there"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Wall st. Attorney
ROunder, Wife Says;
He Tells Tales Too

Supreme Court Justice Charles J.
Druham in Brooklyn yesterday re-
served decision on the application of
Mrs. Martha Chapman Blatchford, Of
Phillipse Manor, farrytown, N. Y,
for $4,000 counsel fes and 500 weekly
alimony pending trial of her suit for
separation form William w. Batch
ford, Jr., Wall Street lawyer.
Mrs. Blatchford said that her hus-
band lives in a $4,000 home at liz
Willow Street, Brooklyn, and that he
expects shortly to receive $4,000 as
a fee for his legal services from Mrs.
Edward r. Thomas, owner Of the New
York Telegraph. She said he also
has a large income as attorney for
other interests.
Mrs. Blatchford said her husband
was in the habit of becoming intoxi-
Gated flour or five times a week."
that he was abusive, and that he was
cruel to her and to their daughter,
Betty, z years old. On one occasion
he blamed her when their daughter
contracted pneumonia, pursued her
through their home and finally broke
down door to get to her, and then
struck her. she alleged.
Read The Daily Worker Every Day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
REED COMMITTEE
TO Give insult
until SATURDAY
Check May Show Graft
Paid for Companies

WASHINGTON, Feb 22.-While
still threatening to prosecute Samuel
1rsull. the "super-angel" of Illinois
politics, and two other recalcitrant
witnesses for contempt, the Reed
campaign fund committee turned
away from slush funds today to ask
the senate for additional authority TO
recount the 100000 ballots seized in
Pennsylvania, that were cast IN last
November's senatorial election.
Need More Power.
The Pennsylvania recount cannot
be started, it was explained, until the
senate authorizes the committee to
"open the ballot boxes"
1t already has 1904 boxes in its
possession, 1,404 seized in Pittsburgh
and 1900 seized in Philadelphia. Even
with this additional authority, it was
said, the committee may decide to
postpone the recount until after the
SEVENTEEN congress convenes next
December.
What About Check?
The contempt proceedings against
insult, Daniel F. Schuyler, his per-
sonal attorney and Thomas w. Cum
bingham, a Philadelphia republican
leader, will be delayed until after the
utility magnate returns here next
Saturday to testify about 100000
check he drew to cover with cash adj
vances he made to Illinois politicians
last summer. In all, insult testified,
he spent $237,935 in that. campaign.
of which S12j,000 went in cash in
one lump sum to Col Frank L. Smith,
now senator-elect from Illinois.
The same total included $4,000
two gifts of $4,000 eaeh--which both
insult and Schuyler refused to reveal.
They admitted making the donations
but declined to say who got the
money, insult protesting that "his
conscience" would not permit him to
"violate the confidence" imposed upon
him by the men who got the money.
An After-thought.
The $4,000 check assumed ire
mendous importance in the eyes of
members of the committee because Of
a belief that insult had spent the
1927, 935 on behalf Of the S500,000,-
600 worth of utility corporations
which he controls. insult explained
that he drew the check to repay cash
advances, which he took out of the
"tills" of his various companies
while making contributions to Chi
. cago politicians. The committee felt
that the advances were actually
made by insult on behalf Of his cor
porations and that the check, refund
ing them, was an after-thought,
which followed opening Of the sena-
torial inquiry.
Aside from the check. members Of
the committee were determined upon
citing insult, Schuyler and Cunning
ham for contempt. Senator Reed
CD of Missouri, chairman, said that
the contempt citations would be
handled by the committee after next
Saturdays session.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Sacramento Oyerflows.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. o.
Warned that the Sacramento River
will overflow its banks some time
today, residents living near the river
at Knights Landing, Yolo County,
today fled from their homes, drag
cling their belongings to higher
ground.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Find Man and Mite Dead.

TOLEDO, o., FED. %. - ~. ant
Mrs. Alex Schuste- were found shot
and beaten to deash at their home
here today. A revolver was lying on
the floor near the bed, together with
several snall bars Of iron. According
to police, Schuster had been arrested
two months ago on q charge If wife.
beating. lie had Just recently CON.
pleted a sentence in tho Toledo work.
house.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
loo Much Water.

CROToN, Feb. 22.-With blanket
If 10 inches of snow and sleet, the
equivalent of / inch of rainfall, upon
the vast Croton watershed, and a
:ataract of inches Of water splash
ing over the wide spillway of the
big Cornell dam, there will be an
enormous waterfall going to waste
over the dam within the next few
days as the snow and sleet melts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23

Piled Up Big Bill.
When the Flathead tribe bought
and paid for their reservation of
1,250,000 acres in 1855 they saved for
themselves the falls of the Flathead
River where the stream leaves Flat
head Lake. Since 1910 the Indian
Bureau has expended $4,000 900 on an
irrigation project on the reservation,
bringing water to 10000 acres of
land, of which the Indians have
brought under the pillow only $4,000
acres. When the work was begun
congress declared by law that the
costs would not be chargeable against
the Indian land allotments. Later
congress, at the instance of the bur-
eau, made the $5,000,000 charge
against the Flathead lands.
Bum Engineering.
Recently the bureau decided--in the
face of adverse reports by the Mon
tana state engineer and the Montana
Railroad and Public Service Commits
sion, who have wired protests to
Westinghouse expend $2,133,000
more on a project of boring 1900 feet
through rock to take away this water
power, use some of the power to pump
the water 1926 feet into the air, and
develop new irrigation project on a
higher level The cost will again be
charged against the Indians, and con-
gress, by granting the bureau au-
thority to take away the water, has
in effect confiscated the 100000
horsepower asset of the tribe.
The Montana Power Co. is watch
ing and smiling. 1t will logically sit
quietly until, a dozen years hence, the
pumping project has been admitted a
fiasco. Then It will buy the property,
scrap the pumping plant, build the
power dam where the Indians want it,
and take away their wealth over its
cables.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Cribbing al Naval Academy.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. % (INS).
Another "cribbing" scandal threat
ened to rock the United States Naval
Academy today. Academy authoriy
ties are investigating reported wide
spread irregularities in the mid-year
examinations, and if their findings
bear out reports circulated in stu
dent circles it is probable there will
be a number Of explosions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Fighter Maintains Innocence.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22.--Held
on charge Of killing Walter P.
Noonan. merchant, during brawl,
Eddie Hanlon, once a famous light
weight fighter. today declared he was
innocent Of the crime.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23

SALAMANCA. n. Y. Feb. o.
Engineer NARROW Cool is dead and
fireman Maurice Crunlp is in the hos
pital in a serious condition today
from injuries received last night
when a Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts.
burg Railroad locomotive overturned
on a curve. Both men were from
Bradford, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Az NIarries u.

MAPLEWOoD, n. Y, Feb. o.
Mrs. Mary Kavanaugh, As. threw n
bonb-shell into the social life Of this
town by suddenly marrying Verne +.
Moon, a twenty-one-year sailor Of In
dianapolis. The bride is a wealthy
widow whose husband died a few
months ago, leaving her quite con-
siderable fortune.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Threw Girl Downstairs.

Charged with throwing Viole t
Granpeer, formerly Of White Plains,
N. ", down flight Of stairs to her
death, Edward Fischter, AZ, Of 326
East 155th St., the Bronx, was being
held in $4,000 bail today, charged
with homicide.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Chicago Federation to Move.

CHICAGO, (FP). - After many
years at its present location, 1856 w.
Washington Street, the Chicago Fed
Grafton Of Labor is about to move into
the Brunswick Bldg, 629 S. Wabash
Avenue. 1t will have 10000 square
feet Of floor space in the. new quar-
ters with radio studio for its sta
ton VIGIL in connection.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
ASK Action on Subway.

New York City will be officially
requested about March Is TO express
its opinion in regard to the proposed
commuters subway under Madison
Avenue. from the Bronx to New York
City Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Britain Sends Note
Threatening SOviets

Continued from Pdge One)
countries by the use Of forged let
ters. and offers of concessions to oil
and business interests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Lltvinoff Denies Charee.

MOSCOW, Feb. 22.-Acting Peo-
pies Con1missar for foreign affairs.
Litvinoff, appeared yesterday before
a group OF members of the Central
Executive Committee Of the All Union
Congress of Soviets and made a pub
lie statement on British relations
with the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics.
Tells of Plot.
He received a great ovation. and
then began to speak of the strain on
international relations caused by the
plots of reactionary Russian emigrees
in England, and the intrigues Of oil
company owners who desired to ex-
plot the workers Of Soviet Russia in
the oil fields she is developing. He
regretted that concerned in these in
trigues were even members of the
British cabinet.
Kept the Bargain.
Litvinoff pointed out that though
the government of Soviet Russia had
never concealed the interest and
friendly feeling it has for the Chin
csc people, struggling for independ-
ence against the brutal inroads of
foreign imperialism, the government
has studiously kept the strict letter
Of the trade agreement, as is evinced
by the fact that no single specific
case Of violation is mentioned in the
general charges of propaganda
which the British cabinet has fire.
quently hurled at the government Of
the USSR.
In this connection the speaker par
ticularly emphasized the recent
speeches of the Japanese premier and
foreign minister, who appeared to
have a more just and liberal COM
prehension of the true state of af.
fairs than certain other countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
MONTANA INDIANS APPEAL AGAINST BUREAUS PLAN
TO STEAL WATER AND FLOOD WITH DEBT

WASHINGTON (FP)In despair stupidity the Indian
which is bung them with debt while de-
hydoecic
the Fahead Indian tribe in Montana have
Coolidge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-23
Appalled, by Worlds
Degeneracy, Student
Snuffs Gas, Ends Life

The student suicide toll Of the past
few weeks reached nearly a score
today when Leo Meisel, philosophy
and music student, took his life by
locking himself in his room and
turning on the gas. The youth had
been dead several hours when discov-
cred by his father.
Members of the family said Leo
had lately been morbid and mnian-
choly, and had expressed dissatistac-
ton with life. He frequently COM
planned of "the wickedaess" of the
world, and said ne was tired of it.
He left no note to explain his act.
Harriet Russell's "disease"--an un-
copquerable urge that prompted her
to leave behind her everywhere a
trail Of swindles and petty thefts--
today has earned her an indetermin-
ate sentence in Jail.
Miss Russell, who for six months
prior to the first of the year was a
teacher in the Scarseale, y. T., high
school, faces a possibility of spending
three years on Welfare Island. She
pleaded guilty to a charge Of petty
larceny in Special Sessions Court
yesterday, and was Immediately SEN
fenced.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Feb. o.
Mrs. Rosie Gaboza and Peter Szopt-
ich, her fourteen-year-o son, were
today held criminally responsible for
the death of Frank Vance, So, at
Danbury on January 10. Mrs. Ca
boza's flight to Yonkers, n. Y, and
statement by her son after their ar
rest, justified the action, said auth
critics, who lack any shred Of ev-
dence.
Mrs. Edmund Gaffney was near
collapse today in her Brooklyn home
while police continue their search for
her four-year-old son, Billy, who was
kidnapped IL days ago. Police believe
he was drowned in the East River.
Evening star., 1927-06-10
Traffic in Slaves.

Traffic in slaves still flourishes be-
tween Africa and Arabia, according to
Sir Frederick Lugard a former t&over-
nor of Nigeria. 1t is estimated that as
many as 10000 human beings are sold
into servitude yearly in that part Of
the world, and the slave trade is said
to be rife also in certain parts Of Mo.
rocco, in the Libyan Desert and in
Angola, says the Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Whole areas are reported to have
been denuded of inhabitants because
of the traffic from Abyssinia to Arabia
across the Red Sea. More than two
years ago a body of experts was ap-
pointed by the League of Nations to
investigate slavery conditions and find
out ways whereby it might be wiped
out.
Evening star., 1927-06-10
FIVE PRIESTS SHIFTED
In RICHMOND DIOCESE
Recent Resignation of Rev. Father
Smet, Alexandria, Affects Claren-
don, Winchester and Other Cities
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, June 10
Several priests of the Catholic
diocese of Richmond will be changed
as q result of the recent resignation
of Rev. Father Smet from the pas
torate Of st. Mary's Church, Alex
andria, to become identified with the
American College at Louvain, Bel
gium.
Father Smet will be succeeded at
Alexandria by the Rev. Father Will
liam A. McKeefry, who leaves ST.
Josephs Church, at Martinsburg. w.
Va. after IA years pastorate, TO be
succeeded by the Rev. Father F. P.
Lackey Of st. Charles Church. Clar-
endon, Va. The Rev. Father Thomas
A Rankin of Sacred Heart Church,
Winchester. will go to the Clarendon
parish. and he will be succeeded here
by the Rev. Father Thomas B. Mar
tin of Colonial Beach. Va. The Rev.
Father Patrick F. Murphy. assistant
rector Of Holy Cross Church, Lynch
burg. will become rector at Colonial
Beach. The latter's successor at
Lynchburg has not yet been an
nOunced.
Evening star., 1927-06-10
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 10 (Spc-
ciaD.-Worth Hulfish, a member OF
the board of directors of the Citizens
National Bank 25 years, was elected
chail IAN of the board yesterda--. to
succeed John NJ. Johnson, deceased.
Clyde G. Lamond was elected a direc-
tor
John NJ. Coulter, 70 years of age,
died at his residence, 307 South Fair
fax street, yesterday afternoon. He is
survived by his widow Mrs. Fannie
Elizabeth Coulter. Funeral services
will be held in Demaine's mortuary
chapel at 2:30 pm. tomorrow, and
the body Will be taken to Annapolis
Md, for burial.
Seventyfive members of Alexandria
Post, No. "a, American Legion, includ-
ing the 35 members of the drum and
bugle corps, will visit the Culpeper,
Va. Post tonight, where the degree
team of the local post will initiate a
class into the Culpeper branch of
the Legion. The delegation will leave
on a special train this afternoon.
Elliott +. Hoffman, clerk of the
Corporation Court, was the principal
speaker at the joint anniversary cele.
bration of Alexandria Tent. n 2,
and Alexandria Hive, No. 48, Macca.
bees. Howard r. Colvin, c. Ashby
Bladen and Francis II. F nnon also
spoke. G.. Raymond Gaines was
toastmaster.
Funeral services for Robert Gray
son Rind, so years old, who died in
the Alexandria Hospital yesterday
will be held at his home, on King
street extended, tomorrow at O'Clock
am. Burial " III be in the Glenwood
Ce letery. Rind, who was a catt'.
dealer, was gored by a bull last Fri
day. The Rev. DIR. William S. Ham
mond of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will conduct the services.
The Samaritan Rebekah Lodge will
celebrate its twenty-eighth anniver
sary in Carpenters and Joiners' Hal
at o'clock tonight.
The Old Dominion Boat Club viii
institute a series of weekly Summer
dances tonight in it's clubhouse.