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The daily worker., 1927-06-21
Smash the Traction Company Union.

While facts brought to light regarding the steals the
monster profits and the ghfu ovecrowdng of the subway
and elevated lines of first interest to workers.
they expose the financial juggling of the directors always
pleading poverty the workers will be interested chiefly the
revelations regarding the which the traction slaves are
forced into fake unon dominated by agents in order
keep them from organizing into union On numerous
occasions this spurious union has the wages the traction
workers and who dared challenge power were kicked off
the job.
An Injunction against the leaders of the brave
went strike last has aided the barons keep their
workers in leash But the revelations present traction
vestgaton have given impetus organization and
worker reoces at the the majority
the workers ready break with the union and follow the
eaderhpof the Amagamaed Association Street and Electric
Railway Employees in spite of the rawlings Tammany Judges
Action should be taken at against the tyranny of
unionsm.
At this time when the affairs Of the traction combines are in
turmoil when the public thoroughly dgused with the revea
ons regarding the evng practices companies the work
should strike and strike hard.
They should refuse to heed the paaver Wall Street
press about tying public utility and causing public suffering
and inconvenience Other workers will traffic problems
of going and from work while the who slave in the sub
ways fight establish their union even be willing To re-
main idle until the fight is
Labor in New York will be soldy behind traction strike
and if the leaders of the union have the courage to launch de-
rminea strike against the company they win hands down
in a short time
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

powerful with the most opuen ruling class EARTH the flood
victims could have been relieved within fortyght hours But
there is no profit to be gained from saving poor property and
the lives OF the workers and farmers of the cotton region
The cynical disregard of these victims proves again that the
American capitalist class places dollars above human life
The only reason that at this late date Hoover going to be-
gin that relief that ne has collected millions of dollars put
effect is because the cotton is in danger drought
IN Western Texas has sent the cotton market buh ram
page with prices soaring It's rapid advance the stock market
during the past week is the outstanding phenomenon on Wall
Street and with fully half Of the originally overowed again
under water in Mississippi and Arkansas the outlook
indeed gloomy Also the boweev that pest that
in the cotton region menacing than ever this
is for these and not because the has
denly felt quams of conscience for its criminal neglect of the flood
victims that Hoover is making efforts to get the ardy relief
started.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
- DRAMA ~
'The Beggar's Opera
Here Next Season

"The Beggar's OPERA" as London
revived it, is to be heard in America
the coming season according to an
announcement by Arthur Judson who
is booking the transcontinental tour
for j. c. Duff, the London producer,
who is now in London completing ar
rangements to bring the English com
pany over intact, after a run of over
four solid years at the Lyric Theatre
in Hammersmith, London. "The Beg
gar's Opera" was written and first
produced by John Gay and John Rich
at the Lincoln's Inn Field Theatre in
London in 1928 where it played for
sixty-two nights which was thought
to be remarkable run in those DAYS.
The present tour will cover twenty
five weeks on the road followed by
New York and Chicago runs.
The opera was first performed in
New York in the fall of 1850. The
Captain Macheath on this occasion
was played by Thomas Kean. The
first Boston performance Of the op-
eras was in 1876 and the part of
"Filch" was played by Joseph JEFF
ferson the grandfather of Joseph JEFF
ferson of Rip Van Winkle fame. The
"Polly Peachum" of the early Amer
ican performances was Mrs. Marshall.
The opera was last sung in this
country in 1923.
1t has been said by we'll known
critic: "If the Beggar's Opera were
not so 1ow-brow' it would certainly
give one the impfassion of being de-
cidedly 'high-brow'." This reference
is undoubtedly to the historical data
and the famous names attached to
the fine old masterpiece. Hogard
painted it. Purcell, DR.. Arne, Handel
and DR.. Pepusch were drawn on for
some of the music. Dean Swift, Pope
and Addison made suggestions and
contributions to the plot and libretto.
In the revised version Frederic
Austin wrote some additional airs
and new settings for some of the old
music and Arnold Bennett revised
the libretto.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
WORKERS PARTY ISSUES CONVENTION STAMP;
URGES ALL COMRADES TO BUY THEM AT ONCE

bers of the Party in the election for
the forthcoming convention. There
fore it is the duty of all functionaries
and Party members to see to it that
these stamps are sold to every mem
ber of the Party and the money for
warded to the national and district
offices at once. No comrade will be
permitted to vote for delegates to
section, city, district or national con-
vention without having this paid up,
and the money properly forwarded.
The stamp contains the words
Build the Party Fund, Convention
Assessment 1927, $1.OO" and the
seal Of the Party.
The assessment is for the purpose
Of paying the expenses Of the district
and national conventions. Therefore
so cents for every stamp sold should
be sent to the National Office and
so cents to the district office, except
in the case of members at large, who
send the full amount directly to the
national office.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
A New Situation in
ireland
BY Il. ]. O'FLAHERTY.

THE recent general elections in the
i Irish Free State have put a new
complexion on the political situation
in that country.
The government party which went
to the country on the platform of
loyalty to the treaty which created
the Free State and allegiance to the
British crown met with severe de-
feat and the Republican opposition
of which the DeValera group is the
strongest has again come forward as
the dominant factor in Irish politics.
The anti-treaty republicans alone
have elected 81 deputies as against
DC deputies for the pro-treaty gov
ernment party. The labor party
elected % deputies While accept
ing the treaty under protest they
have participated in parliament and
played role of government opposi-
tion-a quite respectable opposition.
hight Wing Labor.
Thomas Johnson, native of Eng
land and leader of the Irish Labor
Party is closer politically to the for
mer government party than to the
Republicans. He is an imperialist of
the Ramsay Macdonald stamp but
sometimes outdoes his Irish bourgeois
nationalist contemporaries by his pro-
fessions of love for Ireland He
represents the extreme right wing of
the Labor Party, but is a clever
parliamentarian and there being no
organized Left Wing of any conse-
quence, either in the Labor Party or
in the trade union movement, John
sons leadership encounters little op-
position.
No Love For Empire.
But the workers and peasants who
vote for the Labor Party members
have no love for the Free State gov
ernment or for the British empire
that is behind it and this fact COM
pels johnson to make a pretence
of opposition to the former Free
State government.
William Cosgrave, president of the
Dali, has declined to form a govern
AlCitbg WiASH LlSdUS lUdI DOIIlcal
chaos will exist unless the anti
treaty forces form an alliance for
the purpose of organizing a govern
ment or to demand a revision of the
treaty that created the Free State.
This would mean serious crisis for
Great Britain, since it is almost GER
tain that the Republicans would put
up a serious fight against being
obliged to take the oath as a condition
of participating in the work of
parliament.
The Other Groups.
Besides the so-called government
party (Cummann ma Ngaedheal.)
Fianna Fail, DeValera's party and
the Labor Party, there are: the Sim
Fein Party, which was almost COM
pletely wiped out in the elections,
the Farmers Party which elected II
deputies, the independents composed
Of stragglers from other parties
there are Ia of them, and the new
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

Continued from Page One)
ize that a god without devil would
be as superfluous as life belt on a
goose.
AN editorial writer in the Herald
"A Tribune, famous for its stupid edi-
torials, wipes the Soviet Union off
the military map with few hundred
clicks of the typewriters and explains
why such powers as Germany desire
to continue relations with the U. S.
S. r. and even throw an occasional
shoulder over the possibility of Red
Army trotting in the general direc-
tion of Berlin" f. the military tradi-
tions of the empire have led many
European governments to take Mos
cow overseriously" says this scribe.
Indeed! What were the military ac-
complishments of the Czarist empire
against any serious antagonist? The
slaughter of it's own troops, and then
a marathon to the protection of the
swamps.
IN the other hand the Red Army,
v nothing but a skeleton in 1917,
now developed into a formidable mil
itary instrument, waded thru several
counter-revolutions and carried the
red flag to the farthermost eastern
frontiers of the old empire. And its
accomplishments from the time of
its origin until the last white guard
venture bit the dust and the imper-
ialist powers gave up the policy of
open war on the workers republic
have left lines on the mental physiog-
Monies of the imperialists that have
not yet been eradicated.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
HOOver's Criminal Neglect Of Flood Victims.

After weeks of procrastnaion official
from Washington that Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce.
viii again for the flooded and the operation
theachney built relieve the victims Of the flood disaster
The kept press has aided the criminal neglect of the
by hang Hoover the buzzard whose has been devoted
capalzng calamity war; famine and flood savior
these victims while the 100000 homeless wandered bewdered
horde the devastated regions Disease is spreading rapidly
the and the thousands Of dead
animals and foul make the almost uninhabtabe
Meanwhile Coolidge carries his political vacation in the
Black Hills instead of doing his obvious duty and calling
cia session Of to deal with the flood situation This
neglect of the most monstous crimes perpetraed
against any inhabitants any country in the world Rich and
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

to the deputies who can haggle and
bargain with the government for
concessions" which generally mean
nothing to the workers.
Should the Republicans be allowed
to take their seats with having to
take the oath of allegiance to the
king of England there will be troubled
heads in Downing Street and if De-
Valera is sincere in his anti-imperial-
ism the time is now opportune to take
advantage of England's trouble
abroad and also to add to them.
There is a new situation in Ireland
as a consequence of the last situa-
ton, a situation that offers a favor
able opportunity to the militant Irish
workers and peasants.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

National League Party, a revival OF
the old parliamentary party, which
returned 8 deputies.
Unless Cosgrove, leader of the
Treaty Party is able to come to an
agreement with some sections of the
opposition he will not be able to
form government, provided the re-
publicans gag at the taking of the
oath and refuse to take their seats
in consequence. 1t is rumored that
there are signs of rapprochement
between the. Cosgrave and DeValera
groups and that there is a possibility
that the former may agree not to
make taking the oath obligatory on
the DeValera followers. The power
full influence of the catholic hierarchy
is being brought to bear on the De-
Valera and Cosgrave factions with a
view to bringing about peace between
them.
Newspaper correspondents Sc e
signs of rapprochement in the pres
ence of both DeValera and Cosgrave
at a catholic service whose aim was
to secure the blessing of the holy
ghost for the next Dali. What a
mythical holy ghost can do in the
premises may be understood by those
who still believe in the spooky con-
ception Of the birth of the founder
of christianity, but we are convinced
it will take more than ghosts to
solve the problems that confront the
Irish masses.
For Big Demonstration.
What may happen next Thursday
when the deputies arrive to take their
seats is yet a matter of speculation
Orders for giant Republican de-
monstration outside the parliament
building on that day have been issued
from the headquarters of the De-
Valeraists. Whether the Labor
Party is taking any steps to arouse
the masses and draw them into mass
political activity cannot be gathered
from the meager reports that reach
US. Very likely not. The conserva-
tive labor leaders demand only of the
masses that they cast their ballots.
For the rest they can leave the job
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
CURRENT EVENTS

Continued from Page One)
ize that a god without devil would
be as superfluous as a life belt on a
goose.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

The Workers (Communist) Party
has issued its convention assessment
stamps for the convention scheduled
for July 10th, 1927. This stamp has
been sent to all unit organizers ali
over the country. The sale of the
stamp should be rushed and immedi
ately any of them have been sold the
money must be forwarded, half Of it
to the district office, and half to the
national office.
ANY member of the Party the or
ganizer of whose unit has not re-
ceived these stamps should immedi-
ately communicate with the unit or
ganizer and with the national office.
The organizer of the unit should also
communicate with the national Of
flee at once, because in many cases
the organizers of units have been
changed or they nave changed their
addresses. Any slowness in selling
these stamps, or in paying for them
to the national office, may result in
the disfranchisement of many mem
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

E. A. Buchore; Cleve., 0 (col.) 800
j. Rabboy; Cleve., o (collected) .2.50
C. Wigl; Paterson, N. j 100
Friend; Bklyn, N. 500
A. T. Werner; Breckenridge, Tx. 500
T. f. Mountford; Wndell, Be Cn.1.OO
j. Kasper; Detroit, Mich. ..1.0O
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
BroGdtOay Briefs

Due to the rain Sunday night the
open-air performance of a "Midsu,n-
mer Nights Dream" at the Stadium
at Forest Hills, has been postponed
until next Sunday night. The tic
kets for last Sunday will be good
next week.
The daily worker., 1927-06-21
Maziarchuk: Short Creol

G. Maziarchuk; Short Greek.
w. Va. 200
n. Llewellyn; Detroit, Mich. 100
%. Gluck, D. Himmelfarb; N.Y.C.2.OO
A. Siegel; N. Y. 90
A. Masich; Hegewisch, Ill. loo
E. Weissman; Exeter, Pa. 1906
A. Peters; Erie, Pa. =. 800
W. Cherry; N. Y. C...........1.OO
L. P, Lemley, Phil, Pa (col.) 1900
C. Thorwoldsay; Clark Is, Me.
(collected) ............ 80 90
L. Plotkin; Bklyn, N. Y........1.OO
Daily Worker Chapel; N. Y. C.. $50
B. Ripley; Cleveland, o.. 1000
j. Landers; Youngstown, o. ..11.OO
s. Villas; N. Y. C...........5 500
s. Joff; Detroit, Mich. 500
M. Chelovich; Akron, o (col.) $50
F. Zukowski and E. Rodzma;
New Hyde Park, L. l.. 1925
A. Amholt; Williston, N. d (coD 7.95
Union 5S5; Wilmington, Del. 200
I. Henry, Jr.; Crestwood, N. Y. 800
F. Broz; N. Y. 800
G. Rupert; Salt Lake City, Utah. 6. so
Czecho Slovakian Org. Pkrok;
Baltimore, Md. ...........15.0O
T. Bartoff; Cleveland, o. 500
The daily worker., 1927-06-21

Horace Liyeright has signed Ruth
Nugent to play the role of Robert
Alden in Dreiser's "An American
Tragedy" when the Horace Liveriyht
opens in Chicago next season.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-09
DEMAND TRIAL
FOR KILLERS
Doctor COnfesses Murder of
Louisiana Man--Impli-
Gates Two Others

Franklin. La. July 9.---tP-AA i'm
mediate trial of Mrs. Ida Lebouef
DR.. 7. f. Dreher and James Beadlc
for the murder Of James J. Lehouc+
whose mutilated body was found m
Lake Palourde, near Morgan City
early Thursday. was indicated by au.
thorities here today.
The three prisoners were heid
without bond in the parish prison
Following his confession yesterda,
D.. Dreher has been in highl!
nervous condition, while Beadle has
maintained the same sul!en silence
which has characterized him since his
arrest even while DR.. Dreher wa.
urging him to "come clean and tel
:our part in it."
Sheriff Charles Prcot announced
he had obtained the gun which was
used in the shooting Of Lrbouef
which. DR.. Dreher said. Beadle Old
at the instigation Of himself and Mrs
Lcbouef.
Dr.. Dreher's wife was reported {,
have been Frustrated when she heard
of her husbands confession. One oi
his sons, student at Tulane Cn.-
versity, called on his father yester-
day to offer any assistance he could
rive
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-09
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

tors of his day as the gay cavalier
and the bantering farceur of the
drawing room drama of modern So
cial life."
Toured the Country
During the season Of l878-79 Mr..
Drew toured the country with his
brother-in-law, Maurice Barrymore,
in Diplomacy" and afterwards re-
turned to Days Tksa:re, remain.
ing under the management of Mr..
DAILY until 1892. With Ada Rehan
as leading lady he played in q num-
Der Of successes including "Di-
vorce," Love on Clutches" 1.-THE
Great Unknown" 1.-THE Second in
Command" and Loves Labor
Lost" AS member Of Daily COM
panies he played engagements in
London in 1884, 1886 and 1883.
While Mr.. Drew had been the
leading man Of the DAILY compan-
les for several years, his first OPP
portunity as a star came from
Charles Frohman in "The Masked
Ball" in 1892, his success in that
play being shared by Maude Adams.
He continued under Mr.. Frohman's
management until 1915 and appear
ed in a new play regularly each
season on Broadway. In several of
them he toured the principal cities
of the United States.
Some Of the vehicles in which Mr..
Drew achieved fame were Rose
mary "A Marriage of Conven-
fence" "rhe Mummy and the Hum
mingbird," slack Straw" and "A
Single Man" One of his favorite
characters was Pctruchio in "The
Tanning of the Shrew." Among
the most notable Of his latter day
successes were major Pendcnnis,"
THE Gay Lord Quex," and "'Ihc
Cat bird"
Born in 1853
John Drew was born ut Phila-
delphia, November l3, 1853. Hc
was educated in private schools and
the Episcopal Academy. Philadel-
phia, studying ut the latter institu-
ton until he was ready to make
his stage debut. In 1880 he mar
ried Josephine Baker, an actress, of
Philadelphia. She died in 1918.
They had one daughter, Louise
Drew, who gained distinction on
the stage. a.s..
Mr.. Drew often was characterize
ed as the best dressed man on the
stage. He was fond Of society and
his knowledge Of it served him we'll
in many Of his roles. So often did
he portray the character Of one
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-09
Twenty Men Arrested
in Police Roundup Of
St. Paul's Underworld

st. Paul, July 9.-(AP)-Twcnty
men were arrested last night and
today in a police roundup of st.
Paul's underworld resulting from
the Staying of two women who
were found shot to death in their
home here Tuesday.
Dozens of drinking dens, gamb-
ling houses and other resorts Of
underworld characters were visited
by the police in their efforts to
learn something tangible about the
killing of Anne Grenville and Sadie
Bell "Teddy" Du Bots
Police refused to disclose tie
names Of those arrested. Chief +.
J. Murnane said he had informo
ton that several resorts had closed
their places tight as a resulN Of tin
roundup.
County authorities participated
in the clean up, with extra deputies
assigned to visit road houses
chicken shacks and outlying drinl
parlors outside the city limits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-09
Courts May Be Asked
Whether Cammons or
Semingson Is Secretary
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might, by recognizing Semingson,
force Gammons to go into court and
challenge the action of the bond
ing department.
In the event of such develop
ment Gammons probably would
seek a restraining order to prevent
the bonding department from pro-
ceeding with it's plan. Under the
law he would be given notice Of
such action if it were contemplated
by the bonding department.
The bonding department sees no
treason for having two separate
bonds covering two separate secre-
taries OF the industrial commission
when it is obvious that only one
man can legally hold the job. Gam
] mons now is under bond of $4,000,
, his bond having been renewed in
December, 1926, until December,
1923.
The Main Question
1t is conceded that the detcrmin-
ing factor in any court action will
be the question of whether the
governor had the power to lawful
~ appoint Semingson. His con-
tention is that he did, since at pres
ent there is no provision for paying
Gammons' salary az Semlngson
will do the work without salary
from the industrial commission. He
had no right to assume, he said
that Gammons would work for
nothing.
1t is admitted that Gammons does
not intend to and is depending on
the ability of Attorney General
4 Shafer to obtain for him his usuaI
monthly pay check. Shafcr is said
to have, in mind way to keep the
pay checks coming regularly. He
is out Of the city.
The opposite side of the ques-
ton is that the power to appoint
it's secretary is placed by law in the
industrial commission and not in
the governor. Gammons was regu-
larry appointed and qualified and
under the law is to serve until 4
successor is regularly appointed
and qualified according to law.
Indications now are that the next
development in the case will come
when the auditing board meets July
10 and considers the bill to pay fol-
Semingson's bonds. Members oil
board are the governor and Secre
tary Of State Byrpe, Nonpartisans
Semingson, n Nonpartisan ap
pointee, and State Auditor Steer
Aand Attorney General Shafer, In
dependents.