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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE, ITALY.
FAIL TO AGREE.
Coolidge Conference Is
Praised by British Dele
gate to Council.
FAILURE FEARED
Commission Will Adjourn
Over Easter Holiday and
Meet Again.

GENEVA, April IL (P).-With France,
Great Britain and Italy apparently
hopelessly split, the League Of Nations
preparatory disarmament parley today
appeared seriously in danger of break
ing up.
simultaneously the naval conference,
coEvoked by President Coolidge, which
Lord Robert Cecil. the British delegate,
brought into todays discussion, took
on new Importance as the only dis
armament conference which looms up
as certainty in the near future.
The split which developed between
France, Great Britain and Italy was
on the problem of whether the details
of naval building programs shall be
definitely revealed in advance by the
signatory nations.
When the differences apparently had
reached deadlock, President Loudon
announced that the commission would
adjourn on Thursday for four days
over the Easter holiday and then would
reassemble on April 19 to consider
matters which have been agreed upon.
Then the commission will again ad-
journ without fixing a date for it's
next meeting to give the delegates
time for reflection.
Although Lord Cecil announced at
todays meeting that Great Britain in
a spirit of concession would agree to
limit air and naval effectives, accord
had been achieved on so few salient
points that the delegates left the COM
mission room tonight in a pessimistic
frame of mind
The real drama of the day came
when Lord Cecil painted picture of
the brilliant success of the Washington
naval conference and the expected and
hoped for success of the forthcoming
Coolidge Conferences"
Lord Cecil declared that Great Brit
ain could not possibly agree to any
thing now which in any way would
hamper this latter conference and that
nothing should be done which would
seem to throw doubt on the complete
liberty of action of thepo wers attend
ing that conference.
M. Paul-Poncour, the French dele
gate, retorted that the general dis
armament conference for which the
preparatory commission was preparing
was the important thing and that the
Coolidge conference might well be
guided by its rules.
At this point Hugh Gibson, the
American delegate, interviewed to as
sure the commission that the United
States was wholeheartedly with the
Geneva effort and that it did not desire
to subordinate the success of the
league conference to that of the three
power conversations on naval limita-
tions.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
SAP|RO SEEKS
.M|STR|AL FOR.
REBl)KE.
Judge Threatens Plaintiff
In Ford Libel Suit for
Impropriety.
DENIES MOTION
DiversificatiOn of COOpera-
tive Organization Was
Displayed.

DETROIT, Mich, April II H9.-After
d sharp rebuke from the court "be-
cause of your apparent unwillingness
to obey the injunction of the court .
Aaron Sapiro today demanded and was
refused a mistrial in his $1,000,000 libel
suit against Henry Ford.
The unexpected announcement came
just before the close of day which
had been devoted lst1essly to further
search through Sapiros IL years of
connection with farmers cooperative
associations for fees he had received.
You will confine yourself to an
swering questions or the court will
have to take other actions" said
Judge Raymond. 81 shall have to be
more insistent in the future than I
have been in the past because of your
apparent Willingness TO disobey the
injunction of the court
William Gallagher, chief of Sapiro's
counsel, interrupted to ask the court
reporter to read the question and was
halted abruptly by Judge Raymond.
Gallagher however, apparently obey
ing the instruction of his principal
braced himself against the counsel
table and faced the court.
eff the court please, feel that the
courts language and the courts de-
meanor was such as to prejudice the
witness as a litigant and I ask to have
mistrial declared" he said.
"The motion is denied, and the state
ment of counsel is grossly improper"
instantly returned Judge Raymond.
The routine of questions and answers
was resumed and Sapiro listed the re-
ceipts of fees of $1,000 from the In
diana farm bureau onion group in 1924.
Most of the day was devoted to the
story of the organization of the Colo
RADIO potato growers into a cooper
ative marketing association, from
which fee of $4,000 and expenses was
collected after suit had been filed
The diversification of cooperative
organization was displayed, however,
when Sapiro admitted that he had dis
cussed the individual grouping of tim
Der growers, coal minesj salmon pack
ers, Gloucester fishermen and apple
growers.
The pursuit of records of Sapiro's
fees would lead tomorrow, it was indi-
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
ZANIBONI SAYS
HE PLOTTED TO
KILLP PREMIER

ROME, April II q9-Characterizing
Premier Mussoiini as an imposter
and declaring hatred for fascism.
Gito Zaniboni former socialist
deputy, today defiantly admitted his
guilt as he went on trial on charge
CT plotting to kill the premier on
November 4, 1925.
~"If the police( instead of arresting
me at $3.50 o'clock had arrested me
at 1890, my project would have been
accomplished" Zanibon1 told the
court in cool steady voice.
'T am guilty, but alone am
guilty." he declared repeatedly, re-
fusing to answer questions about
ther persons alleged to oe 1nvHged
i'll the conspiracy. Zaniboni pre-
scented remarkable figure as he
stood IN the iron cage under the
eyes of scores of fascist militianen
with bayonetted rifles smiling and
sneering by turns as he expressed
his antagouism to fascism.
81 hate fascism, Will always hate
it," he exclaimed, disdainfully dis
regarding angry murmurs. zant-
boni, General Luigi CappeHo and six
others are being tried before a mill
tary tribunal created by Premier
Mussolini as supreme court of
Judgment for offenses imperilling the
state.
Zaniboni with unfaltering GOODNESS
repeated the confession he had made
soon after his arrest in 1925 and
explained IN detail his plan to mur-
der Premier Mussollni, whom he
characterized as the Illegal head OF
the government, stamping upon the
liberty of the people and constitu
tion of the state." He also explained
a plan to follow the assassination
Of the premier with an armed re-
volt. Zaniboni said it was his In
tention to have 200 men armed will
machine guns rake the fascist mass
cs during the November celebration.
If his attempt against the premier
had succeeded, he believed this
would have shown that it was a
real revolt and not mere wanton
assassination.
Only once did Zanbonio drop his
defiant attitude. That was when
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
new CUSTOMS
COLLECTOR IS
VISITOR HERE
Retired Official, Fowler,
Shows New Officer
Over Line

Fred E. Edwards, recently appoint
cd collector Of customs for the Ari-
IONA district, No. &C. was IN Douglas
yesterday on his first trip of IN
spection along the border since his
appointment to succeed Charles H..
Fowler, VINO retired from the post
February 24y last. Both Edwards
and Fowler were guests at the GAGS
Gen hotel. They are to leave today
or the return trip to Nogales, the
toms for this district.
Edwards has been resident or
Arizona for many years and for the
past two years was a mounted in
spector, serving under Fowler. Dur
ing those two years he was stationed
at Yuma. Fowler said Edwards
yesterday warmly praised the condi-
tions fthe customs force In the
arizona district Etnd unreservedly
credited the retired collector with
most of the credit for it's present
efficient operation. Edwards also
saiG he was fortunate IN having the
c:,-collector with him on this. his
first trip over his new territory.
Fowler has perhaps the most ex-
tensive knowledge of the entire
Arizona Mexico border of any GUS
toms officer that has ever been On
the border service" Edwards said
& am fortunate indeed in having
him with me on this trip. He has
given me pointers and shown me
/ many strategic points that it would
have taken me much time and labor
to find for myself
Fowler is confident the choice OF
Edwards as collector Of customs was
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
PAN PACIFIC.
MEET GREETED.
By PRESIDENT.
Coolidge Sends Good Will
Message to Delegates In
Honolulu.
ACCLAIM WORD
Executives Letter Cheered
By the 200 Men In At
tendance.

HONOLULU, April II. lP--President
Coolidge sent message of good VIII
today to all the countries bordering
on the Pacific. In a letter to Secre-
tary of the Interior Work, who is at
tending the Pan Pacific conference
on education rehabilitation, reclama-
ton and recreation, which opened the
president expressed the belief that
discussions at the conference will re-
suit in more thorough understand
ing of the problems coming within
their scope which are common to all
the countries and possessions bor-
dering on the Pacific. The message
of the president of the United States
was acclaimed by 200 delegates who
are seeking closer bond of friend
ship and interchange of ideas be-
tween the United States Canada,
Latin America, Japan, Australia,
China and the Philippines. President
Coolidge's letter, which was read
after the address of welcome by Wal
lace r. harrington, governor of Ha-
wall, instructed Secretary Work to
deliver this message
"Will you please extend my greet
ings and welcome to the delegates
from the countries represented at the
Pan-Pacific conference on education,
rehabilitation. reclamation and recrea-
tion, which it has been by very great
privilege to call?
1T is pleasure for the United
of the outposts of our country and
to join with them in the deliberations.
1 firmly believe these discussions
will result in more thorough un-
derstanding of the problems coming
within their scope which are COM
mon to all the countries and possess
sions bordering on the Pacific.
More than half the people of the
world inhabit countries touching on
that ocean, and eighty million live
on it's islands. It's commerce has
grown tremendously in the past cen
tury, and it's ports now rank with
those in other parts of the world.
Ships and cables and the radio all
intimate contact
"This increase in communication and
in the closeness of the relations one
with the other has been both appro-
pirate and desirable that there should
be found means for mutual helpful
ness.
"As cooperation between the vari-
Gus agencies interested in the mat
ters which are to claim your atten
tion has proved most effective in the
United States, it should be equally
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
SHROPSHIRE BOY.
HURT IN CRASH.
NEAR PRESCOTT.

PRESCOTT April IL [P Three
men were injured in two automobile
accidents which occurred here last
night
Albert Shropshire, %, of Jerome,
the most seriously hurt is in a local
hospital, suffering from a fractured
skull, four broken fingers and num-
crous cuts and decorations, Jack II.
Hampel, u, and Ell Porter, negro.
were cut and bruised.
According to the sheriff's office,
Porter was driving the car in which
he and Hampel were riding that
collided head-on with the lighter
the DelIs highway, north OF here
che second accident occurred early
today when Kenneth Taylor, taxi
driver, blinded by the heavy snow
falling at the time, drove into a
moving freight train on the Miller
valley crossin. Elmer Brannen, his
passenger, and Taylor escaped witn-
out serious injury.
Albert Shropshire, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs A. j. S. Shropshire, OF
SAT Ninth street. His father is
proprietor of the Douglas Fuel and
Feed company, 523 Fifteenth street
Shropshire is now in Prescott at
the bedside of his son and last
right telephoned Mrs. Shropshire
that the boy was resting as easily
as could BE expected and that there
was every indication of his recovery
within two weeks Shropshire plans
to return to Douglas in a few days,
Mrs. Shropshire said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
u. s. JOINS POWERS in CHINA DEMANDS
League of Nations Disarmament Farley Split
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Officers Here Exceed
All Former Records
In Justice Speeding

Twenty minutes after leaving
the city Jail, where officers had
been feeding him for two days,
c. III. whitehead, about 50, was
back in the Jail as prisoner,
charged with the theft of ain
automobile tire.
Zen minutes later Whitehead
had been Rrraigned before
Judge w. G. Jack in Justice
court and entered plea of
guilty. He was sentenced to
80 days in the county jail in
Tombstone, all within less than
80 minutes after his first de-
parture from the jail.
Officers had been feeding and
taking care of Whitehead for
two or three days. He left the
Jail at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. AT 1920 he was
placed under arrest by Com
stable Gordon Newman on theft
charges.
Whitehead is alleged to have
stolen "a tire from a ear owned
by the Douglas Laundry, which
was parl&ed on Ningh street.
Employees Of the laundry noti-
fled police and the arrest of
whitehead followed.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
REACH 1900 FEET DEPTH

DENVER, April II P-The Sin
clair Mackenzie deep test well in
the Boulder field 80 miles north Of
here today was bottomed at 1850 feet
in its redrilling. This is within 75
feet Of the former depth, w,I.ch
reached the muddy member of the
Takota sand at 1870 feet and open
ed heavy pressure of gas spray
ing some oil that blew up the tools
several hundred feet and wrecked
the bottom of the hole.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
PREPARATIONS,
APOLOGY AND
PUNISHMENTS
Yelled Threat Made of Re-
prisal If Request Is Not
Complied With.
INSTANT ACTION
Great Britain Announces
No Prolonged Delay Will
Be Tolerated.

WASHING GTON, April IL. QPl -
Three identical demands growing
out of the Nankflg otitrageS de-
scribed by the state department
as ''studiOusly moderate but
presented with ali the force OF
joint action by the five great
naval powers, were served today
ON the political and iniIitnry
heads of the Chinese nationalist
regime. They called for;
Punishment Of nationalist Off
GERS held d1rcctly Responsible for
attacks by their troops.
written apology and gu;iran-
tees by the nationalist c0RIifiaIi-
der in chief. Full reparatiOns
for the Injuries and damages.
with these specific terms went
the stern warning:
ssUnIess the nationalist nuthOri-
ties demonstrate to the satiSfac-
tiOn of the interested govern
ments their intention to comply
promptly with these terms, the
said governments will find them
selves compelled to take such
measures as they deem abprO-
pirate.
What form those measures might
take was not disclosed. The COM
presented by the con-
sular representatives Of the five gov
ernments at Hankow and Shanghai
however, is not an ultimatum in the
sense that it fixes no stated time for
under penalty; nor does IL
the governments of the United
states, Great Britain, Japan, France
and italy in advance to any course Of
action for enforcement, jointly or
separately.
Indications are that the Washing
ton government has not determined
as yet what forceful steps it would
consider in the event Of a nationalist
refusal to accept responsibility for
outrages upon AMERICANS at Marking.
whether the other four governments
have deferred that question or have
agreed jointly or otherwise upon a
tentative program of enforcement is
not clear.
Under the terse language Of the
note submitting the demands each
has reserved the right to
act as it sees fit.
A supplemental announcement is
sued by the state department de-
scribed the Nanking attacks as being
the work of uniform and organized
bodies of troops of the nationalist
army" Systematically conducted ana
including "nameless outrages% upon
foreign women. The terms of repara-
tion demanded, it was added, covered
"only the minimum Of what would in
the circumstances be done by way OF
honorable amends by any government
conscious of it's own dignity and it's
duty to other friendly peoples in the
family of nations No delegation of
Chinese sovereignty or dignity rs inn
piled in the demand the official
statement added. They are directed.
rather, it continued, toward those
influences, both foreign and Chinese
which have inflamed the Chinese ,peo-
pie to "distrust hate and do violence
toward the people Of the friendly
powers"
Direct Identification of these in
fluences is avoided, but the issuance
of the statement comedies with new
advices from China of a growlng
rift between the radical and moderate
wings Of the nationalist regime. The
identic notes were delivered at Shang-
hal to General Pei, representative oil
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
CALIFORNIA CHIEF DRY FIELD
AGENT SENTENCED TO PRISON

obtained the evidence used against
WyncOOp. After checking the
qEaMtity of liquors found i'm Il
Long Beach barn by police of
that city, they called i'm Wynn
cOOp's men. He seized the liquor,
but the intelligence operatives
alleged that only one half of the
amount was turned i'm to the
government warehouse.
The chief field agents home
WAS searched and the balance
found i'm "a closet. At his trial.
WyncOOp claimed to have been
using the liquor as a '.bait' tO
trap bOOtIeggers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12

of Ware, who Is Congregational
minister, introduced resolution
calling for the appointment of
commission to Investigate. the
whole ease.
Among the protests received to-
day were one from residents OF
Panama and another from 2O3
wellesley college students.
Extra guards were maintained
at the state house and near vari-
OuS court houses and Judges
homes thrOUghOut the state as
precaution against possible DEM
OmStratiOns i'm sympathy with the
condemned men.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
SACCO-VANZETTI CASE REACHES
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE

BOSTON, April IL. (9 - The
Sacco-Vanzetti case reached the
MassachuSettS legislature today.
while letters, tclegramS and ca
Diagrams continued to come to
the office of Gov. Alv;Sn II. Fuller
protesting against the execution
of the death sentence imposed
last Saturday ON Nicola Sncco
and BartOlOmeO Vanxetti for muir
der.
Word was received that French
authors and scientists had added
their appeals to those previously
made by men in many countries.
Representative Roland ID. Sawyer
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12

Los ANGELES, April IL. (P)-
John III. Wyncoop. chief field
agent of the prohibition forces
under former federal Administra-
to serve a year and a day in
federal prison Ily Judge Edward
j. Henning today. WyneOOD was
convicted of divertimg to his per-
sOnaI use liquor cOnfiscated by
prohibition agents operating un-
der his direction.
A notice of am appeal to the
federal court Of appeals was made
by Wyhcoop'S attorneys. Opera
tiycs of the intelligence service
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12
Supreme Court Affirnrs
Conuiction of DriUer
Who Ran Over Woman

PHOENIX, April II (P.-The
state supreme court today
affirmed the MaricOpa superior
court decision cOnvicting Wal
ter BrimhalI ON a charge of ag-
graVated assault, brought
against him after an autOmO-
bile he was driving had crashed
with another car on Phoenix
street the night of May %, 1925,
in which Mrs. Lena McI<iMney, "a
passenger i'm the other machine,
was injured. BrimhaII, it was
charged i'm the complaint, was
intoxicated at the Time and that
he drove in "a grossly and Grim
inaIIy negligent manner with
reckless Disregard to the lives
of others.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-12

Copper steady
spot and futur
steady; spot IL
yer 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-04

Articles and stories by people who
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Otto Soglow
TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED
Joseph Freeman
JOHN REED AND THE REAL
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Michael Gold
LAND AND BREAD AND PEACE
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Rose Strunsky
I.ENTN WAS AN ENGINEER
Max Eastman
REPRODUCTION OF RUSSIAN
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10 YEARS RUSSIAN MOVIES
Ernestine Evans
WHAT ABOUT THE
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IS THIS SLAVERY?
Robert w. Dunn
CLASS WAR BULLETINS
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-04
Cleveland Voorhees,
Invade City Hall;
Force Concessions

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 3.-Five
hundred of this city's unemployed in
vaded the city council today and I'M
der the leadership of Sadie Van Veen,
Joe Hudson, John Foley and James
Corregan, demanded work or relief.
City manager Hopkins denied the
existence of unemployment tho mem
bers of the welfare committee one
after the other were forced to admit
that the situation was bad.
Israel Amter, District organizer of
the Workers (Communist) Party who
was sitting in the audience, took the
floor and denounced the council for
its failure to do anything until COM
PEELED by the unemployment council.
Chairman Sulzman tried without sue
cess to prevent Amter from speaking.
The demonstration forced the hand
of the welfare committee which was
obliged to provide food and shelter
for all those who registered. The
welfare committee arranged to meet
with the unemployed to work out a
relief plan. While the committee de-
liberated in a separate room the I'M
employed held a meeting in the city
council chamber. The speakers who
addressed the unemployed workers
pointed out that the councillors were
only making prediction promises
and that only thru organization could
they secure their demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-04
60 Tenth Anniversary
Meetings Will Be Held
In Minnesota District
BY NORMAN H. TALLENTIRE.

By NORMAN I'll. TALLENTIRE.
The Workers Communist Party in
District Nine, Minnesota, in addition
to many other activities, has laid out
an intensive organizational and agits-
ton program which is to be opened
with the. running of sixty meetings
in the District to commemorate the
Tenth Anniversary of the proletarian
revolution.
These meetings are arranged by the
Party in collaboration with the Work
ers Clubs and other organizations, to
be held throughout all Minnesota,
northern Wisconsin and Northern
Michigan. Ben Gitlow will be the
principal speaker at the demonstra-
tions in the larger cities. Norman H.
Tallentire, X. E. Heikkinen, Oscar
Corgan, John Miller, V. R. Dunno,
and Carl Skoglund, together with
score of other speakers, will cover
the meetings in the outlying sections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-04
Manchester Mills
JuggIG Records to
Hide Big Profits

MANCHESTER, N. H., (FP) Nov.
3.-Amoskeag mills, up the river from
Lowell, are continuing their fight for
tax reduction. The holding company
has turned down an offer of SAP, O00,-
600 for these "Iargest-in-the-world"
cotton and worsted mills.
Amoskeag is not poor, although its
books have not always shown sur
face profit in the last few years. The
manufacturing company has quick net
assets of over "a millions, the hold
ing company of over 20 millions.
Amoskeag values the plant at $16,-
$4,000, but the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter claims replacement
value would be more than so million.
Amoskeag holds over "a millions
in Liberty bonds and a quarter mil
lion Of Imperial Russian government
bonds (1921) which it values at $780,
600. Profit for last year is registered
as $66,053, but by the government
method Of accounting is $1,184,687,
before depreciation. Amoskeag broke
the United Textile Workers union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-04
Minor Charge Against
3 FlOggers for Beating
Alabama Negro to Death

LINDEN, Ala, Nov. 3.-Three
white men are today held on bail
of only $1,000 each for flogging L.
Greathouse, a Negro, until he died.
The Marengo County grand jury
found a true bill against Chris Ray,
Renie Phillips, and J. p. Phillips
for the fatal whipping. The three
are supposed to be members Of the
Ku Klux Khan, which has COM
mitted over 100 floggings in this
part of Alabama within the last
few months.
The "offense" for which Great
house was killed was that of tax
ing a small bit Of wire off of an
old car to use in repairing a bat
terry on his own car. He had been
given permission to take minor
parts by his employer, who at that
time owned the car. However,
without the &1owledge of Great
house, the employer sold the car
to Chris Ray. When the wire was
removed, Ray called out the
Klan" and they beat the Negro to
death.