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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-21

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waiting until Reaching the fourth floor
asking what walked into the horizontal return
sat at desk
the counter the entrance Around one there
said find a
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- said "is explaining what it's all
other side the She
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again.
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my, clear corporation income tax
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-21
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ton formerly Associated Advertising
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their awards shall be final.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
OFFICIAL COM MERGE
PLANE is DAMAGED
Pilots Judgment Blamed for Acct.
dent in Landing at Boil
ing Field.

The Department Of Commences De
Haviland observation plane, crusader
Tor things safer in aviation, and a
flying Laboratory" for experiments of
radio navigational aids, suffered dam
age to its wings and landing gear as it
went into Boiling Field today for a
landing and caused the pilot, Paul
King, son of Senator King of Utah
and e. S. Kimball, a civilian technical
student, much concern for a few mo-
ments.
The plane, which was turned over
TO the Department recently by the
Army Air Corps, took off from its base
at College Park, Nd, for Dayton, but
before striking West, King decided to
land at Boiling Field. Just as
the wheels came in contact with the
ground, the right wing-tip hooked into
the grass and spun the ship around
Maj. Clarence M. Young, chief of
the Air regulation division of the
Aeronautics branch of the depart.
ment, and in charge of airplane in.
spectors and aeronautical engineers
attributed the accident to an error
in judgment on the part of the pilot"
made, he said, as the plane was about
to beflanded.
hng, until Joining the departments
Aeronautics branch a short time ago,
was a test pilot for the National Ad.
visory Committee for Aeronautics and
was stationed at Langley Memorial
Laboratory, Langley Field, Va. The
DIE has been equipped with radio de.
vices for experiments with the radio
beacon, by means of which airmen
lost In fogs or heavy weather and un.
able to see the ground can be guided
by radio into their ports of destina-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
SINCLAIR IS FOUND GUILTY:
PLANS FIGHT TO AVOID JAIL

, Senate and indicted about a week
after his appearance, the lnulctnien.
containing 10 counts and 10 questions
he refused to answer. When the case
reached the District Supreme Court
on demurrer Justice Adolph "A. Hoeh =
| ling ruled, July IA, 1924, that u
the 10 questions were pertinent "
the subject matter under lhquity h
The statute, No. 1902, under when
| Sinclair was indicted, says that any
person refusing to answer questions
pertinent" to the inquiry before u
congressional body shall be guilty OF
| a misdemeanor. Although NOUNS
| that Of the 10 questions were peril
| nent, Justice Hoehling added that IN
view of the legal questions OF Iar :,
reaching Importance involved, II Wouiu
seem more appropriate Tor an ap'
pellate court to pass on them.
So the case went to the court Oh
Appeals on a special appeal, put
passage of the Walsh act last July
wiped out special appeals on inter-
locutory orders in criminal cases ana
caused the Appellate Court to grant
the Governments motion for dismissal
of the appeal and remand the case
for trial. which began March Z.
The penalty provided by law Tor
conviction Is a minimum fine or $lOo
and maximum fine of $1,000 ana
minimum sentence of one month ana
maximum of one year in jail. The
last person to be convicted in the DIS
trict for contempt of the Senate was
Elverton r. Chapman, New YORK
stock broker, who was sentenced IN
1896 to one month in the District jail
and fined 500. He refused to answer
questions of a Senate committee IN
vestigating alleged stock operations
by members of the Senate.
Other Cases Pending.
Two other criminal cases growing
out of the Senate "oil committee in
vestigation, of which Senator Thomas
j. Walsh, Democrat, Montana, was
prosecutor. are pending in the DIS
trict Supreme Court. One is the con-
spiracy case against Sinclair and Fail,
which is set down for trial on April
rs, and the other Is the bribery indict-
ment returned against Fall, Edward
L. Doheny and his son, Edward l..
Doheny jr.
One of the civil suits instituted by
Roberts and Pomerene, special Gov
eminent prosecutors, for the recovery
of the Elk Hills, Calf, Naval oil
reserves from the Doheny interests
finally has been decided by the United
States Supreme Court in favor of the
Government.
The other, for the recovery from
Sinclair of the Teapot Dome reserve,
Is pending in the Supreme Court on
appeal from the Circuit Court, which
reversed the finding of the Federal
District Court at Cheyenne, Wyo., in
favor of Sinclair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

specifies must be covered in the 1-per-
cent-a month interest.
Mai. Gordon added that 1t Is not at
all unlikely that the practices OF some
finance companies" here, as de-
counter to Federal statutes. he said
he would assign one of his assistants
especially to an investigation from
this angle as soon as he has ootalheu
sufficient information upon which 10
base an imaginary case. This ln1or-
nation is being gathered now.
II am heart and soul with The star
in this fight" Maj. Gordon said. we
will work hand in hand with the cor
poration counsel. If any or these
people think they can get through the
law, it is our duty to hem them In
from all sides and drive home stimuli
taneously. This is a situation that no
self-respecting city can tolerate. and
certainly not the Capital City of our
Nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

finance companies would be prose
cuted.
From the information I have OBJ.
tanned 1t seems to me there is no doubt
that certain firms here are at least at
tempting to evade the law That
makes them no less guilty of violating
1t, and anticipate no doubt but that
the courts will so hold"
Mr.. stephens pointed out that the
loan shark law was designed for
just such a purpose and that every
precaut1on was taken to seal possible
loopholes.
This law specifically states that at
shal De illegal to engage in the Dis.
loanlng money upon which a rate of
interest greater than per centum
per annum is charged on any security
OF any kind without procuring
license To those who pay $500 a
year Tor q license and post q bond of
S5,o00 the law extends the right to
charge 1 per cent a month interest
Ihen, however, the statute declares:
NO such person, firm, voluntary as
sociat1on, Joint-stock company, incor-
porated society or corporation shall
charge or receive a greater rate of
interest upon any loan than
l per centum per month on the ac-
tual amount Of the loan, and this
charge shall cover all fees, expenses,
demands and services of every char
acter, including notarial and record
ing fees and charges"
Add Charges OF 40 Per Cent.
The Star reporter who visited a
number of automobile finance"
agencies early this week and sought
to borrow money on his own car. as a
test, found that everywhere the money
lenders added an average of 40 per
cent and more of the face value of
the loan to the principal and then
charged interest on the aggregate
amount. This additional sum was
charged to the items which the law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
ENGINEERS HONOR WOMAN
Miss Elsie Eaves First to Be Men,
her NJ Cociafv

NEW YORK, March II CP.-The
first woman to be elected to corporate
premiership in the American Society
OF Civil Engineers in it's rs years of
existence is Miss Elsie Eaves, assist
ant manager of market surveys for
Engineering News Record, it was an.
nolInced yesterday.
Miss Eaves, a graduate Of the Uni
yersity of Colorado in 1920, came to
New York last year from Denver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
WOMEN PAY $205
!. leach FOR DINNER
ENJOYS of II Nations Speak
at Banquet for Benefit of
Big Clubhouse.
By the Associated Press.

p8y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 17.-More than
100000 was paid by New York WON
en- last night to hear diplomats oe
scribe what women are doing In otnei
lands. ENJOYS of IL foreign nations
spoke at a dinner of the American
Woman's Association at the Waldorf
Astoria.
The dinner was in furtherance OF
the associations campaign to raise
100000 for a clubhouse for women
in New York City, and each diner paid
$205-$200 Of which represented sub
scription to the clubhouse fund. There
were LOO persons present.
British Envoy Speaks.
Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassa.
dor, commented on the increasing
number Of women in business in his
country, saying that ITO women were
now members of the London Chamber
OF Commerce.
There is even in Mexico lady Am
bassador, but then she comes from
Soviet Russia, the example OF which
Is not likely to be initiated either here
or in England" he said. II therefore
hope that for some time longer the
men Of my profession, at least, may
not be subjected to this dangerous
class of competitor. / myself may be
safe, but expect that the Junior Sec
retaries of the embassies will have to
look to their laurels."
Woman Is Barred.
A woman carrying a bouquet and
gloves, who made three unsuccessful
attempts to see Sir Esme, caused some
excitement, and she finally was es-
corted to her home by a detective
guarding the diplomat. Several days
ago woman carrying bouquet pub
licly slapped the face of Alexander
Kerensky, prime minister Of the first
revolutionary Russian government, as
he was about to address 5000 people.
Sir Esme did not learn Of the incident
until after the meeting.
Ambassador de MARITIME Of Italy de-
MED that Mussolini was anti-feminist.
The German Ambassador was repre-
scented by C. C. Kiep, charge d'affaires,
who praised the part being played by
women in the new German govern
ment. He said there are "a women in
the Reichstag and more than 100 in
the local assemblies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17

Up Northern Chile there is a dry
belt where it has not rained in rs
years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-17
"AUTO FINANCING"
CONCERNS ACTIVITIES
TOBE INVESTIGATED

Continued from First Page.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
81 TAX PAYMENT
TO HELP WORKERS
is UNITY SLOGAN
Postpone ILGW Picket
Cases in Chicago

The Unity Committee of the Cloak
makers, oressnakers and Furriers is
sued an lspeai yesterday urging all
r~ilitant workers to pay q dollar tax
10 .nsbie the left wing to defeat
Il scism IN the trade union move
n,ent" The appeal is signed by Louis
Hyman, chairman, and Ben Gold, sec
retarv
~r',rqo7t the past II months" it
reacs> 'the bureauce ey of the ,Necle
trades has received the moral and
financial support IF all reactionary
forces Of his corntry. Sigman trans
ferTed 81 20 600 from the cloak and
dress unemployment insurance fund
and the Forward" has contributed
thousands to help force the yoke Il
slavery on the great mass OF our
workers.
In spite of the long and bitter strike
in the cloak industry and the miser-
able conditions that have resulted
from this criminal war, the workers
sf our unions have deprived them
selves OF the necessities of life so as
to finance the struggle.
Need Assistance.
"Now, comrades, we have reached
the point where, due to the dull sea-
SAP and decentralization, it has be-
.ome impossInde for our workers to
'>@r the burden of this great strug-
s.r which involves the lives and des-
tfr1ies not only of the needle trade
~U"xers but the labor movement rs a
whole without assistance from the
workers Of other trades. There are
thousands of workers thruout the
cuntry who understand the vital is-
sass at stake and have generously
supported our cause.
"Pay your one dollar tax immcdi-
ately and help win the struggle of the
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
BANKERS CHIEF
BOASTS OF RULE:
over the WORLD
Demands Americans All
Defend Loans Abroad

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 25.-Hall-
ing the sp1sad of American invest
ments over the world as the basis Of
a real policy Of america First" and
as spelling the death of "that fetisn
of American isolation" breathing
half concealed threats towards Mex
leo, NJ. A. Taylor, president Of the
American Ba ikers' Association stir
red to enthusiasm today its mem
be1s represented in its annual con-
vention here.
Enormous Conquests.
Traylor outlined what has been
dane with U. S. money in the matter
,S 10 x.sgn investment in the last
% sae years. In that time, he said,
lhe United States loaned to Germany
alone considerably more than $1,000
900, o,o01I He added that there is hardly
g. country in the League of Nations
Continued on Page T'wo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
Outbreak Causes Cutting
Of Roumanian Telegraph
Wires to Neighbor Stale

BERLIN, Oct. 25.-The veil that
martial law and official censorship
placed between the world and Rou-
mania developments became a
blank wall at 9 o'clock tonight
when telegraph and telephone COR
nections between Bucharest and
Belgrade were cut.
The last word to reach Belgrade
before the break told of mani
festo issued by General Averscu's
party strongly protesting against
the arrest of former Minister
Manoilescu and denouncing as IL
legal the government of Premier
Bratiano.
The Bratiano government ar
rested Manoilescu at the frontier
and confiscated from him lettera
from former Crown Prince Ca,pl,
whose friends are seeking to place
him on the throne.
Massed troops formed about she
government buildings to support
Premier Bratianu's demand that
the opposition declared it's 10 atty
to the infant monarch. An sf-
ficial proclamation warned of the
"severest measures" to suppress
the movement for Carols return.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
Strike Of Grocery
Clerks Nears End;
Bosses Signing Up

The strike of the Retail Grocery
and Dairy Clerks Union was &c
counted nearly 100 per cent victorious
yesterday with 40 new shops added.
Sixty more employers expected TO
sign contracts with the union in the
near future. The c1erks struck Mon
day against employers who refused to
renew their contracts for the next
year. The 40 new shops signed when
their workers, heretofore morgan
ized, Joined the walkout.
Picket Is Fined.
L. Rosenberg, a picket arrested
Monday afternoon in the Bronx, was
fined $40 in the magistrates court at
l6lst st. and Brock Ave. yesterday.
The strike and organization drives
are being conducted in spite Of op-
position from right wing forces in
local unions grouped around the jew
ish Daily Forward, socialist party or
gan.
Tho contracts being signed call for
a minimum wage Of $38 weekly and
81 hours week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
ECONOMY PLANS
MADE AT PARTY
Meet IN MOSCOW
Explain Expulsion of
Trotsky, Zinoviev
Especial Gable to The DAILY
WORKER)

MOSCOW, Oct. 25.-Outlining it's
activities and explaining the ex-
pulsion of Trotsky and zinoviev from
the Central Committee of the All
Union Communist Party, the plenary
meeting Of the Central Committee and
the Central Control Commission made
public the following statement:
"From the twenty-first to the
twenty third of October Of the current
year, the joint plenary session of the
Central Committee and the Central
Control Commission of the Commu-
mist Party of the Soviet Union, work.
ing with members Of the Central
Auditing Commission met.
Plan National Economy.
"The plenary meeting examined
and approved with amendments the
proposals of the special commissions
at the plenary meeting and the theses
proposed by the Political Bureau of
the Central Committee on the cues
tions on the agenda of the Fifteenth
Party Congress.
AHuOiB tAS Que5tioHS cOuSlOerSu
are: first, directions for the drawing
up of the five year national economy
plan; second, work in the villages.
"The plenary meeting further heard
the report Of the Presidium of the
Central Control Commission and re-
garding the factional activities of
Trotsky and Zinoviev since the
August plenary meeting of the Cen
tral Committee and the Central Con-
troll Commission and decided on the
expulsion of Trotsky and Zinoviev
from the Central Committee.
Criticize Opposition Stand.
'In view of the disagreement of
the Opposition leaders with the mani
festo of the Central Executive Com
mittee of the Soviet Union, partic-
ularly with the article dealing with
the transition to seven hours work
ing day, the Plenary meeting of the
Central Committee and the Central
Control Commission deemed it neces-
sary to take up this question and in
a special resolution recognized the
correctness both of the initiative of
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
GOMEZ CARRIES
BUNDLE OF u. S.
CASH IN FLIGHT
Regarded as Evidence
of American Backing

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 25.-After
the defeat of the counter-revolution-
airy Gomez-Almada forces, General
Gomez fled with only fifteen follow
ers and with $4,000 In American
currency in his packets, eccording 60
Luis G. Higgins, formerly private
secretary to General Ssrrano, reac-
tionary leader. The large sum Of
American currency in Gomez's pos
session is regarded as an indication
that Gomez had the financial back
ing Of powerful American interests.
Desperate fighting between Mex
lean federals and on the 0rizaba
Mountain region of Vera Cruz was re-
ported here tonight. Losses have been
heavy on both sides.
The engagement opened last Sat
urday when the federals made drive
against Gomez and the few men that
remained with him after he had been
defeated a week earlier. Apparently
the LoZanda forces, who have long
had almost undisputed command OF
the mountain region, joined with the
Gomistas to threw the federals back.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
THOUSANDS WILL
ENDORSE LABOR'S
ELECTION TICKET
Worker Party Speakers
to Lead Rallies

Beginning tonight four large indoor
meetings of workers in addition to
two cred Night" outdoor programs
in Harlem and Brownsville will be
held in the New York district for the
purpose of endorsing Candidates Oh
the Workers (Communist) Party in
the election Nov. 8.
The first indoor rally of this series
of addresses and demonstrations viii
be held immediately after working
hours tonight at Bryant HALL Sixth
Ave, between 41st and AID SIS.
Among members of the Workers
Party who will speak on the subject
of labor unity are Ben Gold, leader Of
the left wing furriers; Mossaiye ].
Olgin, whose twenty-fifth anniversary
Of activity on behalf of the labor
movement has just been widely cele-
brated, and Ben Gitlow. the Party
icaBdldate for the assembly in the
fourtn assembly district, the Bronx.
Gitlo,w's name is 70 be written on
the ballot by workers in mass pro-
Continued on; Page Fiue)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
SINCLAIR knew
OIL Land Value

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. = Harry
F. Sinclair in 1922 placed valuation
of 100000 on the Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve lease, for the con-
summation of which he and former
Secretary Of Interior Albert B. Fall
are charged with criminal conspiracy,
the trial developed today.
The defense has contended the lease
was profitless burden which was
undertaken for patriotic motives.
The jury learned this from the min
utes Of board of directors of the
Minclair Consolidated OH Company at
wh.' 'ch Sinclair effected transfer of
stock, making that company a stock
holder IN his Mammoth Oil Company,
which, operated Teapot Dome.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former
assistant secretary of the navy, mean
while waited to take the stand.
The Fall-Sinclair defense itself
charges Roosevelt issued orders to
keep Teapot Dome lease a dark secret.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
JALS ARE FILLED in COLORADO
BUT COAL Mine STRIKE SPREADS;
WORKERS DEFY BOSSES TERROR
Governor to Investigate" Because Production
Stops; Rumor Bull Pens" Will Be Established

WALSENBURG, Colo, Oct 26.-The te-up of the coal
mines involving all fields in the state has induced Governor W.
Adams to begin personal investigation of the situation
has not been ascertaned yet whether the governor will
confer with the w w leaders in charge Of the strike
In this district the strike practically complete 25 mines
shut down and the other fifteen trying to run with hand
full of their former forces.
The of pckets appear have the opposite eff
feet intended The resentment of the miners expressed by
strike votes which add mine after mine the list of
700 workers in the northern fields voted to quit today stopping
the Routt county mines.
The ais in the strike districts filled with arrested
pckets and there that the authorities
tabsh bupens in the famous Cripple Creek strike the
old Western Federation of Miners in 1903.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
RED RUSSIA" AND RUTHENBERG MEMORIAL
FILMS TO OPEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

film showing conditions Soviet Russia and the G.
memorial film will be the Living PLZs Ball.
Place Sunday. The will
and the films will continuously until 9 m.
The Ruhenberg funeral will recall vy the profund
suffered by the died
that militant
activity being energeticaly his comrades
Red Russia the comprehensive film record yet made of life
conditions Soviet fagmentary reel
but a mi picture
picture will be introduced Workers Communst Party speak
will the opening celebration of the Tenth
Anniversary Of the Russian Revolution
Tickets obtained office
Jimmie Bookshop,
University Place They should be bought in advance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
Employees Must
Pay RED Cross

WASHINGTON, Oct. rs Rear
Admiral Charles P Plunkett yielded
gracefully to the American Red Cross
matter of the solicitation of member
ships inside the Brooklyn navy yard.
With the full consent of Admiral
Plunkett, commandant of the yard, a
Red Cross worker will be stationed
there this year as in the past to solicit
memberships from civilian employees
In his gesture towards barring the
Red Cross from the yard, Admiral
Plunkett was making concession to
the mass sentiment of civilians.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26
Chief Inspector Of Dry
Law Held for Statutory
Offense on Little Girl

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 25.
William B. Robinson, chief in
spector of the Federal Prohibition
Service resigned under fire today.
Robinson is held under charges of
committing statutory offense
against a nine-year old girl. He is
out on $1,000 bonds.
The nature Of the acts committed
upon the child call for the death
peFalty In Maryland. They are
said to have continued thru a
ps.iod Of four months. The father
Of the girl is an army officer who
has been a close friend of Robin
sons. Robinson has a son who is
also an army officer and a
graduate Of West Point.