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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
MURRAY RAISES
OBJECTIONS TO
CONTROLLER BILL
Action in Newest Measure
Halted When Point of
Order Is Presented.

This afternoon, Speaker Sum-
ner Smith, of the House. over
ruled the point of order of Rep
resentative Murray and on ap-
peal from the ruling the House
sustained the ruling by the
usual alignment of Z to 8.
Messrs Fisher. Gaffney. Lomen,
Murray, Scott. Sheldon and Ry-
deem voting against and Messrs.
Benjamin, Ferguson, Johnston,
Grier, Paul, Ross, Sundquist,
Worth and Speaker Smith for.
Representative Sheldon, of
the Fourth Division then sub
mitted new Controller Bill
for the Committee Substitute
but no action was taken at 2
o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
" omen, Children,
Used for Shields
In China, Killed

nese killed when pickets Of the
Shanghai General Labor Union
marched on the Cantonese head
quarters. were mostly women and
children. says a Shanghai dispa tch
to the Westminster Gazette. The
demonstrators advanced on the head
quarters behind a screen of women
and children in the belief the
soldiers would not fire. The order
to fire came, however, when the
marchers were within few yards
of the headquarters gates. and one
volley was enough. The crowd fed
leaving the dead and wounded in
the streets.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14

faction. But there are many mem
bers of the Legislature who hold a
icontrary view.
They contend there is no real dit
ference. that The measure now pend
ing in the House covers subject
which Is substantially the same as
was taken into consideration by the
Senate. They base this contention on
one major premise: That the amend
ment which was twice offered III
the Senate by Senator Dunn to elimi.
nate the Attorney General from the
Board of Control and put thereon
the Governor of Alaska and was
twice defeated has been taken into
account by the makers of the newest
! bill and the very thing the Fourth
Division Senator sought to do has
| been incorporated into il. In other
words. the action sought to be achiev-
ed by Senator Dunn by amendment
in The Senate bill, has been accom-
| plished by deletion in the original
lIousn bill and now the House is
asked To put the very same question
up to the Senate which it has al
ready acted upon not once but two
times
Secretary to Suffer
The makers of the House Sub
stlute. by putting in the Governor
as Chairman, have centered the fight
more clearly on the office of Secre-
tary of Alaska. OF course, as NOM
Der of the Board of Control the
Governor, who. with the Treasurer
and Comptroller would comprise
that body. is actually given as many
duties as he now possesses. And he
doesn't divide il with any NOR"
officers than is now the case. He.
the Treasurer and the Secretary,
make up most of the Boards, such aS
the Banking Board. the Board OF
Road Commissioners. etc. He would
divide his appointive powers to a
certain extent, but in return he would
be one third instead of one fifth OF
| the personnel of the Board Of Edu-
cation, hold similar place on the
Board of Trustees Of the Pioneers
Home. on the Historical Library and
| Museum Commission and 50 on
through The entire list. The only
officer TO suffer would be the Secre-
Itary. and the Comptroller would
lfill in where he is showed over
board
How About Bureaucracy
The question then naturally arises:
What happens to the argument that
this is primarily a movement to curb
bureaucracy in Alaska? VIII the test
case that Judge Wickersham said
would be- initiated against the Gov
ernor, not materialize if the latest
effort fails? Or will he, too. be in
cluded in any suit that is brought
against the Secretary?
II is not impossible that no action
will be brought against the Governor.
| In fact. this seems TO be indicated
| by criticism made by Senator Steel
of the account of the Senate debate
on the Controller Bill which appear
ed in The Empire. He made three
(CCntinupd on Page Eight
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
Northern Lights Cripple
Canadian Communications

WINNIPEG. April IA. The
northern lights played havoc cleo
trically last night and this morn
ing Western Cana la is practically
Isolated from the east and only spas
modic communication is possible
with the United States. Disturb
ances from Winnipeg to Montreal
and hundreds of mile south is the
severest in years. Wires west of
Calgary are also effected. Tele-
graphic instruments for automatic
transmission have been disconnected
to prevent damage.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
I KILLED, MANY
INJURED; QUAKE
SHAKES HOUSES
Streets Uttered with Debris
Fire Breaks Out Fol-
lowing Disturbance.

SANTIAGO Chile, April Ifs Seven
persons are report ID dead and ~
injured III an earthquake early this
morning. Most of the casualties oc.
Cured in the residential sections
where number of houses collapsed.
In tn" business district streets are
Uttered with brick and other debris.
The people rushed from the.r
houses in night attire
Numerous fire alarms were turned
in and communication shortly after.
wards became severed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
Disgruntled Man Tips Of
Liquor Cache ; Seizure Made

NEWARK, n. j., Apii IA. A
disgruntled butler. who turned in
former the day after his dismissal
brought the Prohibition authorities
in a secret raid on the palatial home
of Bayard Kirkpatrick, lawyer and
manufacturer, where liquor. wines
and champagne, valued at $4,000
was seized.
State Prohibition Administrator
Ira l.. Reeves said he believed the
liquor vas part Of the cargo landed
two weeks ago from the steam
trawler Kilmarnock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
FISHERIES BILL BE
DISCUSSED TOMORROW

Tomorrow afternoon at o'cloo k
the Senate will meet In discussion
on the Fisheries Bill. Attorney
General Rustgard reported to the
Senate today that he had IN with
the cannery officials last n ht and
a bill was drawn up to suit their
satisfaction.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
BUSINESS BLOCK
DESTROYED, FIRE

MORCANTOWN. W. Va, April ! {.
Fire win, d out an entire bushes $
block this forenoon and the damage
is estimated between Sl.50o0 900 to
50 600 900
A theatre, iewelry store. hardware
and music store are among the
buildings raZed.
Twenty-Five families living IL
apart ments above the stores are
homeless.
The entire business district was
imperiled- and Fire Departments from
nearby towns were summoned
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
War Games Show
Need for Cruisers

WASHINGTON. April IA. - War
games recently played by the battle
and scout fleets in Caribbean and
Cuban waters served clearly TO de
monstrate the Navy's need for in
creased cruiser strength, Assistant
Secretary Robinson said yesterday
upon his return from witnessing the
exercises.
He declared that the maneuver-
proved destroyers cannot be depend
ed upon. especially in heavy wealth
er, TO carry out missions which could
be performed by cruisers. Bids for
construction of six scout cruisers will
be ODpned TODAY
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
Famous Criminal
Lawyer Is Going
To Retire

CHICAGO, H.. April IL
Clarence Darrow, fam mous Grim
inal lawyer, defender of Leopold
and Loeb. the cNamaras, Big
John Thomas Scopes in the
Tennessee evolution case, has
decided to retire from the
practice Of law after so years
work. He will celebrate his
10th birthday next Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
ON TOMORROW NOON

The Chamber of Commerce
will hold the regular weekly
luncheon at the Arcade Cafe
tomorrow noon. One of the
principal speakers Of the meet
ing will be DR.. n. II. Walker
Ct the Walker Drug Co in ket-
chikan who is in Juneau at the
present time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
Earl Carroll Still
Rem aims Coma Conditiou

CRGENVILLE. $. c., April IA
earl Carroll, enroute to Atlanta
Penitentiary To serve one year and
one day for perjury in connection
with his b,th tub party. taken from
a prison lgain here, has not re-
gained e1nscionsness during the past
26 hours after removal to the hos
pital. Despite his continued coma,
Carroll's condition is reported i'm
proved.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
HOUSES UNROOFED

TFNAKkANA, Ark., April II
Houses were unroofed and several
frame buildings were blown over
and trees were snapped when tor
nado hit Atlanta, Texas, 45 miles
from here, last night. No persons
We're injured according to reports.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
OIL CONSPIRACY CASE
POSTPONED TO MAY %

WASHINGTON, April illus
tice Hitz of the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court today post
poned the FallSincIair conspiracy
trial until May 23 upon a motion
made by the Government which was
supported by an affidavit that the
interests of the Government will be
seriously impaired If forced to go
to trial without certain witnesses.
These witnesses are absent and this
is one of the reasons why postpon-
ment WIS sought.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
CRACK AIR PILOT IS
KILLED WITH PASSENGERS

MINEOL A. n Y, April 1.-Two
men and a woman were Killed IN
an airplane crash near the Mitchell
Field this afternoon. The dead in
clude Pilot John Andrews. crack
pilot of the Curtis Flying Service
long engaged in taking passengers
on flights. The plane was $50 feet
above the gorund when the engine
apparently failed to function.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
STORM SWEEPS
MOROCCO COAST;
GREAT DAMAGE

MADRID, April Advices from
Mellilla states that the most violent
storm in over decade is sweeping
the Moroccan Coast.
The damage is estimated at $10.-
900 900 with a number of vessels re-
ported in trouble fighting against the
storm which has been raging since
last Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
MAN SENTENCED TO HANG
MAKES DRAMATIC APPEAL

EVERETT Wash, April 1l.-Ed-
ward c. Sickles, convicted Of shoot
ing and killing Percy Rre wster,
Town Marshal of Sultan on March
9, was this afternoon sentenced to
hang at noon on May Il. In IA
dramatic appeal Sickles denied he
shot Brewster Intentionally.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
Dobbs' Defense Loses
One Point, Present Trial

SEATTLE, April IA. Superior
Court Judge Charles p. Morarity
has denied the motion of the de-
fense to suppress evidence which the
State obtained from DR.. Chester C..
Dobbs' home and dental offices with
out search warrants. DObbs is on
trial for the murder of Letitia
Whitehall, 14-year-Old Kirkland
high school girl.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
MILITARY RULE

ROCK SPRINGS, April 14.-Mili-
tary rule prevails here for relief and
salvage operations. Casualties are
now reported at 50 dead. four miss
ing and 10 injured Seventy per-
sons are in the hospital at San An
tonic, 120 miles east of here and
the sane number in an improvised
hospital at Camp Wood, 40 miles
south
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
BLOWN TO ATOMS

BORGER, Texas, April 1.-Two
men were blown to bits last night
and three injured when premature
blasts of nitrocyclerine shattered an
oil we'll nearby.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14

HALlBUT PRICES

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., April
l4.--One hundred and twenty-five
thousand pounds of halibut were
sold here today. American halibut
for 3 and 1850 cents and Canadian
for and 1880 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14

To ensure settlement on inferior
land, the New Zealand Government
has decided to give it away.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-14
THE DAY ~ THE
LEGISLATURE
IN THE SENATE

IN THE SENATE
Bills introduced
5. B. No. SO. Pratt and Jen-
sen To amend sections 3. s
and :, Chapter 10. Session Laws
Gf 1919
Bills Passed.
House B.ll No. Il. Senate
Bills No 30 aud l5. and S. j.
NJ No. g.
IN THE HOUSE
Bills Introduced:
II. b. No. 61. Grier. Estab-
lishing IA Board of Publicity.
II. j. NJ No. II, Lomen. Peti-
tionins for wireless stations at
Teller and Candle
Bills Passed
H. j. Il. NO /. II. b. No. 9,
II. b. No. 50 and II. j. NJ.
No 9.
$. b. No. 26, S. J. NJ. No. /.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
The Social Revolution Is On the March

The tremendous enthusiasm aroused among the Russian
by capture of Shanghai the huge demonstrations
the length and breadth the Soviet Union in protest
against the Marking the whoehated support of the
great and heroic struggle of the Chinese by the workers
and peasants things which world Imperialism
fears and hates.
The Soviet Union with 150O00OO0 people and China with
its huge mass of 400000000 unit against Imperialism
mighty which all the brutal strength of world reaction
not defeat It is the greatest that the world
organized 1t does not bnd but with powerful
purpose and it gains strength daily.
1t easy lose ones perspective result of the flood
lies hatruhs distortions and nanes which the capitalist
press pours forth and it of the utmost Importance that
understand and allow understanding this connection
warped that in period of the worlds history have such
titanic under way The rise of capitalism
and the overthrow Of eudasm Punch and Judy show
pared amphheatre where struggle the armies
the masses and their class enemies
1t is the social revolution the march that shakes the
foundations of Imperialism today Poisoned by the revonism
of the socialist bureaucracy thinking only in terms of modern
capitalist countries the working class in Europe and America
find hard believe that the the socaed backward
nations taken the lead in the class struggle and winning
victories the sector of mpeasms defenses hth
erto considered mpregnable.
What satire the reormist leadership of the workers
farmers West While they wTange here methods
obtaining crumbs from the table of capitalism the
of the East taking the sorehouse from which
capitalism's provisions
The major task of the Western working class to perfect
unbreakabe unity against the enemy with the
the and thereby sign the death of world
taism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
The Attack On the Miners Begins Threat to Whole
~ Labor Movement

The drive to destroy the United Mine Workers has begun
By closing their mines and refusing pay the union scale
of the coal operators have challenged the whole American
labor From the start of the negotiations been
evident that the coal barons pursuing rule ruin policy
They determined force cut changes
in working conditions will tend greatly production
costs tie the with efficiency schemes
flinders and the feudasm which prevailed in the
before the union built by the untring struggle
and sacrifice of thousands of miners.
The fight Of the the fight of the labor
If the UNIWA is defeated there will undoubtedly
launched nationwide offensive against the other unions
impossible to oyeresmate the gravity of the situation back
Of the miners be rallied every strength
lean labor movement has
The miners face the kind fight to wage.
There national strike with its dramatic power the
miners themselves and other workers The initiative has been
left the hands Of the coal rons by the weakness Of
fetal leadership of the union and it made damaging concessions
such district agreements before the lockout occurred This
has weakened the position of the and makes almost
possible for it make the of national agreement rally
ing center for its struggle
In the union fields the strike begin as test
of endurance immense quantity in storage makes
it possible for the coal companies stop production
seriously affecting the market for at least two months The
mines will stay certain sections this period at least
and then in all probability attempt will be made operate
with strikebreakers
the union continues to allow the initiative to rest with
the operators certain defeat offensive
by launching organization campaign in fields
declaring strike in these and cutting down coal
production while at the time extending the power of the
union The miners who locked and therefore idle
utilised to good effect organizers nonunon territory
The miners will win in this struggle by smashing the
important of the operatohe nonunion fields 100000
organized in West Virginia Kentucky the next two
months will bring operators This program
OF the Save the Union bloc in the the
tlon and it is the program that will for the miners
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
MICHAEL COLDS FIESTA LIKE NO OTHER
PLAY ABOUT MEXICO YOU EVER HAVE SEEN

While lies about Mexico, and the
intrigues of Secretary Kellogg in his
efforts to grab Mexican oil fill the
front pages of the newspapers and
the editorial columns of dailies and
weeklies, DAILY WORKER readers
are to have chance to see a true
picture of the Mexican people and
their peasant life in the production of
Michael Colds new play Fiesta"
which opens April 9th and will be
given for the benefit of The DAILY
WORKER during the entire week Of
April 18th.
Most plays about Mexico tell a
story of some bombastic Yankee who
goes down and lords it over the ig-
norant Mexican, and the moral of the
thing usually is that only U. S. in
tervention will make life endurable
below the Rio Grande. But in
"Eiesta" there is not single char
acter from the states, and the plot
is dramatic tale Of land owners and
poems in the days of the revolution.
The people Of the play are Mexi-
cans portrayed by one who lived
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
W DRAMA IN
Theatre Guild Company to
Play in Chicago Next Season

The Theatre Guild players will play
six weeks in Chicago next season, be-
ginning September Goth at the Stude-
baker theatre. Contracts were signed
late last week by Theatre Guild Off
Gals and the Repertoire Theatre Com
pany, lessee of the Studebaker. While
the company is playing in Chicago,
the Guild will produce DuBose Hey
wards play, "Porgy" at the Guild
Theatre in New York. Under these
arrangements, the acting company
will not open it's local season until
early in November.
The arrangements with the Roper
toire Theatre Company call for GER
tain Guild productions with their orig
inal casts. The repertory will be suf-
ficiently varied to allow all the Guilds
players an opportunity to appear in
at least one role in Chicago. Follow
ing the termination of the Theatre
Guild arrangement of six weeks, the
Repertoire Theatre will begin the
production of certain plays already
produced by the Guild in New York,
to be played by their own company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01

among them and still loves them and
sympathizes with their struggles and
aspirations. The whole production is
shot thru with the spirit Of revolu-
ton and the building Of new world
out Of the old feudalism. The poems
laze and drink, dance and sing, yet
they are turning from paternalsm
and insisting on freeing themselves
from the yoke of the past
There has never been Mexican
play like "Fiesta," because Michael
Gold is telling story about fellow
workers and not writing as tho he
were an agent of the northern oil
magnates. 1t is the sort of play the
readers Of The DAILY WORKER
will surely want to see, and by going
any night during the week Of April
18th you viii be giving the Daily a
big financial boost.
Get your tickets now, for the de-
mand is beginning already. Buy
them at Jimmy Higgins Bookshop or
at The DAILY WORKER office, los
East 14th street. Phone Stuyvesant
1854.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
Workers Don't Dare to
Buy Clothes They Sell
(By A Worker Correspondent


In the service elevator of "Henri
Bendel," 57th Street speciality shop,
which employs many hundred work
ers to sew and sell fire clothes to the
idle rich, there hangs sign which
reads somewhat in the following
manner:
"The employees Of this store may
not buy any gowns, wraps, or furs,
or any other articles sold here, be-
fore, during, or after sales. Nor may
they wear anything that is a copy or
adoption of the clothes sold here. II
is requested that none of our en-
ployees ask for special permission to
do so. No one is to go to Mr.. Henri
Bendel and ask for his authority to
waive this rule. 1t applies TO every
one employed here. No one is an ex-
ception."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01

liberation in proletarian society, and
in the overwhelming mass of cases
the effort is successful.
The III International School Home.
This is an old monastery, part of
which is used for public school pur-
poses, another part for dormitories for
about $50 "bezprezhorni" and third
section as an observation station
where for the first six months the
children just after they have been
picked up off the streets are kept for
grading. They range in age from s
to 10 and mix with other children
only in the industrial school.
After the six months the normal
children are sent to public school,
their absorption in the common life
of the normal children being an es-
sential factor Of their reclamation
Those who fail to meet the normality
tests at the end of The six months
get another six months in he obser-
walton school or are sent into special
institutions.
Wages In Trade Schools.
Those over ten work in the trade
school, which in this case has four
departments, metal work, woodwork
ing, bookbinding and shoemaking.
These shops are not abstract affairs,
but in them the boys make things
of actual use to the school and them
selves. They are paid wages and
have complete self administration.
They remain here until they are 16,
when work is provided for them and
living quarters either in some work
ing class family or in a home such
as that previously described.
Not far away down the Tverskaya
is shoemaker school where a SINH
lar lot of boys are learning to be
shoemakers. Four hours a day in the
shop and four hours in theoretical
schooling is the rule. The boys have
an excellent clubroom in the shop
and get good dinners at cut-rates in
a nearby cooperative restaurant.
Their wages begin at 16 rubles
month and they get raise about
every six months. They are trade
union members as soon as they start
in the shop-school, and special efforts
are made to draw them into trade
union life, which is very much more
alive and many-sided in Russia than
elsewhere.
This decentralization" is no
joke. / once visited a Work Com
mune near Cheliabinsk, and it hap
pened to be the night of the general
meeting. Eight to twelve year old
boys and girls gave account of the
stewardship over various depart
ments-and they did it with a pains
taking detail and political aplomb
that many an elder would envy. Half
in joke ! asked the 10 year old "Chief
Farmer" how his crops were getting
on and it took him ten minutes, in all
gravity and expert knowledge, to tell
about it. No adult farmer would have
shown more interest and ability in
coping with his work than this lad.
This self-administration includes
everything in the communes, and es-
pecially the food closet. The adult
attendants get their supplies from
the ehildren's committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
Must Pay For Licking Fencer

Los ANGELES, March 31.-Ger-
aid de Merveuz, Hollywood fencing
master. today stood victor in his SEN
sational damage suit against Com
modore J. Stuart Blackton, motion
picture producer. BY vote Of Q ia
3, the jury awarded de Merveux
$500 OF the $4,000 damages he
sought for an alleged horsewhipping
administered by the defendant.