davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
New York Milk Scandal
Again to Fore; Smith
Bros. License Revoked

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. San echo
Of the alleged New York city milk
scandal, which figured in the last
gubernatorial campaign, was heard at
the capitol today.
Berne A. pyrke, state commissioner
Of farms and markets, announced he
had revoked the milk gathering
license Of Smith Brothers milk and
cream company Of New York City.
Action by Commissioner Pyrke in
revolving the milk gathering license
Of Smith Brothers Is the first step
of its kind ever taken by the farms
and markets council.
During the campaign last fall
Odgen L. Mills, the republican guber-
material candidate, called upon Gov
enor Smith to order state probe OF
the alleged bootleg milk scandal in
Greater New York. The executive in
sisted the farms and markets council
had ample power TO make such an in
vestigation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
4. s. Officers Aid Diaz.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-American
avaitors fighting with the forces Of
General Diaz in Nicaragua may lose
their citizenship despite the fact that
Diaz is supported. by this government,
it was learned at the state depart
ment today.
Dispatches from Nicaragua said
Major William Brooks, Major +. j.
Clay and Major Lee Mason, American
aviators, are in the service of the
conservatives.
There are two laws governing such
action. officials said. One provides
expatriation for Americans who
pledge allegiance TO n foreign gov
eminent, and the other provides trial
and Imprisonment for Americans who
enlist in a foreign army within the
limits of the United States.
1t was indicated that a warning
may be issued TO the flyers, advis-
ing them that they are jeopardizing
their citizenship, II their activities
are Officially" reported to the de-
partment.
This was done in the case of Amer
lean flyers who aided the French in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Urge Debate on God
In West Virginia Be
Permitted TO Go On

The American Civil Liberties Union
with headquarters in New York wired
Mayor w. Il. Neal Of Huntington,
West Va, today urging him to lift
the ban of City Commissioner Homer
L. Yeich against a public debate on
as There God in the Universe 2"
The debaters are DR.. I. T. Martin
field secretary Of the Anti-Evolution
League Of America, and Charles
Smith, president of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Atheism.
The telegram OF Forrest Bailey, di-
rector Of the union, follows:
"Will you not use your good Of
fices to restore the principle Of free
speech in Huntington and persuade
Commissioner Yeich to permit de-
bate in the city auditorium between
Dr. Martin and Charles Smith? We
understand that the rental was paid
4 month IN advance and the charac-
ter Of the meeting was fully under
stood. Such discussions surely are
beneficial. The sound American prin-
ciple Of free speech demands that
they shall not be suppressed
ave learn that the action Of COM
missione- Ycich was melted by in
tolerant groups who disapproved Of
the debate declared Mr.. Bailey to-
day. "The subject Of the debate has
nothing to do with the matter. II
in the debate either Of the speakers
says anything which violates the
laws Of Huntington or West Virginia,
he may be arrested and prosecuted.
This is clearly free speech issue.
No city official has the constitutional
right to censor speaker in advance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Consolidation of
Railroads Splits
Congress Committee

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.--Rsilroad
consolidation viii be made live is
Sue before the country under plans
Of administration leaders.
The program calls for favorable
report upon the Parker consolidation
Lin by the house interstate COM
lnerce committee. While there is adj
riittedly no hope of passing the bill
in the present session Of congress,
is is explained this action would
place the question squarely before
the voters.
Tho committee is said 10 be sharp
ly divided on the bill after weeks Of
study. Objection has been registered
on the ground the bill would virtual
~ suspend state laws as applied to
consolidated companies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
House Committee Kills
Bill That Would Cut
immigration to 10000

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-The
House immigration Committee today
voted for the repeal of the national
origin provision of the immigration
law which would reduce the annual
immigration TO 10000 and material
~ change the quotas of many ma
tions.
This action was taken as sub
stitute for Senate bill which would
delay the effectiveness Of the ma
tional origin provision from next
July l until July 1, 1928. Under the
national origin provision the quotas
Of English nations would be ma
terially increased while German and
Scandinavian immigration would be
cut down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
FIGHTING LITHUANIAN PAPER, LAISVE, CREETS
DAILY WORKER AS COMRADE IN CLASS STRUGGLE

resolution received at the office of The DAILY
chairman of the annual meeting of tho
Cooperative Publishing Society," the publishers of Laisve
fighting organ. Ineoscd with the resolution
check $45O0
convention of the Lithuanian Cooperative Pub
publishers the daily Laisv Brook
February heaest greetings to The DAILY
Workers (COmmuns Party Of America the
English Communist daily in the world We admra-
defense of working class interests and
Communist position We pledge The
possible support campaign for cOnquerng
the Communism"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
TEACHERS UNION
LAUNCHES BLOW
AT TAX DODGERS
Chicago MilIiOnaires Do
Not Support Schools

CHICAGO, OPP. - Two suits by
Local ., American Federation Of
Teachers, to bring the big corpora
ton tax dodgers to book are making
progress with the circuit court de-
cision that the suits are properly
brought. Previous suits by other par
ties had been thrown out on various
grounds and so Local 2, the men
teachers union, authorized James A.
Meade to bring suit in his name as
a taxpayer.
Want Education Fund.
The object of the suits is to make
the corporations pay their just share
Of taxes. The teachers contend that
if the corporations paid on their prop
erty just as the small home owner
and small business man must pay
there would be plenty of money for
the education fund to give every
school child a seat, reduce the size
of classes from around so to a man
ageable number and to pay adequate
wages to the teachers.
Millions Involved.
There are So corporations named
in the suits, lodging taxes on 1884,
900, 900 in capital stock value, assess
able under present law. The open
shop U. S. Gypsum Corp, for ex-
ample, if properly assessed on its
capital stock would pay enough adj
ditional taxes to meet the wage in
crease granted the city firemen for
an entire year. Some corporations
have been paying nothing at all as
capital stock tax though their stock
is bought and sold on the stock eX-
change and its market value and
amount easily ascertainable by the
assessors. Altogether Cook county
loses taxes on $40, 100000 in capital
stock values, the teachers show.
Pull Saves Money.
Besides the lodging on capital
stock, about $220,OO0,0OO in property
belonging to 30 corporations is kept
off the tax rolls by pressure or in
fluence, it is charged. This property
is easily accessible to the state tax
commission. the suit complains.
The teachers have the support of
the Chicago Federation of Labor in
their suits. Their attorney expects an
early decision on the issue, now that
the legal points have been cleared up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Golf Game Not Enough
Fun; Rich Man Bumps
Off Friend and Himself

Riding in the luxurious motor cars,
parading about in swanky clothes,
and shooting golf become quite tame
when you have nothing else to do but
sit OF your tail and clip coupons.
When you reach that stage and you
crave excitement, YOU buy your
gweeUie an African honking gander",
or spend 100000 for an "old master,
or you put u bullet thru your best
friend. such are the simple pleasures
Of the rich.
andrew Jankowski and Cornelius
Callahan were the best of friends.
They were more than that. Jankow-
ski the president Of motor sales
company, and Callahan, the general
manager of soft drink manufactur-
ing concern, had invested heavily in
each others businesses-and mazuma
Is thicker than even soda water.
Yesterday, however, Jankowski
shot and fatally wounded Callahan
and then killed himself-on the links
Of the Bellevue Golf Club, Los
Angeles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Rises From die Dead.

LEMBERG, Feb. s.--A daughters
delay in arriving for her mothers
funeral probably saved the mothers
life. While the tardy funeral SER
vices were being held, the dead wo-
man." Mrs. Russ, awolle from a
trance and raised herself from the
coffin, setting the mourners aghast.
But for the delay in the arrival of
the daughter the woman would have
been buried alive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
FIRMS
BUILD NAVY FOR
LATIN AMERICA

LONDON, Feb. S.--A scheme to
build a grant armada for South
American countries is now being per-
fected by the various agents which
British imperialists have stationed in
the foreign countries.
The plan as visualized by the Brit
ish financiers would net the steel
barons and shipbuilders a round sum
Of $200,000,000.
Chile has already placed an order
for a flotilla of large torpedo boats
the price of which totals $l0,000,00o
and negotiations are now on to get
the rest of the contracts for warships
which would bring this sum up to
s3O,O00,000.
All Want War Ships.
Argentina is expected TO hand in
contracts for three light cruisers, six
destroyers, and six submarines, ag
gregating purchase price of SIS,
100000. The Brazilians are next
with a similar contract.
The British government is official
ly encouraging this program, and in
Inmates that it does not see any war
preparation in the construction Of
such warships.
London opinion has it, however,
that the British government is rather
glad on the whole to see growing
possibilities Of resistance to the
United States among Latin American
countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
NAVY RULERS OF
VIRGIN ISLANDS
IMPRISON EDITOR
ROthschild Francis in
Appeal to u. S. Negroes

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Island. (By
MaiD -Rothchild Francis, editor Of
The Emancipator, in a letter which
he sends to the Negro press of Amer
lea, cites the struggle that the natives
have to face from the American naval
commanders.
He points out that when America
bought the island from Denmark it
promised the natives American citi-
zenship among many other things,
none which have materialized.a How
he, himself, has been picked out as a
special target by the American naval
officers and given several sentences
as a result. The latest one for thirty
days in Jail and fine of $500.
Calls Negroes To Aid.
He writes: "The manner in which
1 am prosecuted in the Virgin Islands
should not go unchallenged by you.
White American friends have given
me free legal counsel, publicity and
financial assistance to combat the OPP
pressors down here. But the fight
is bitter and long and need all the
help possible at this moment
He continues by pointing out that
the court Of appeals has just returned
the papers in the last contempt case
against him which means thirty days
in Jail and $500 fine or $50 days ir
Jail.
For Lower Fines.
II have written American friends
TO rz;se funds for the fine. Our
POOR people who are putting up this
noble fight for justice are without
funds at present. So serious are the
present fines placed upon certain
people that Councilman Conrad Cor
Micro, had to introduce a bill in the
council to modify them. Seemingly
be has the support of a majority Of
the council, but the naval governor
is opposed to the measure. He is
quoted as having said that the judi
ciary must raise enough to support
itself.
Due For Long Term
'Should these friends fail to raise
this amount, | win be compelled to
remain in Jail for $50 days. Under
no circumstances will I ask the gov
ernor to commute this sentence. Too
great principle is involved. What
have I done to merit this persecu-
ton? ! simply reproduced in the
Emancipator a release from the
American Civil Liberties Union of
New York city without comments.
Z mis- same release appeared in The
Chicago Defender and other news
papers on the mainland.
Undetermined Attack
Now they have applied the Roman
law of divide and rule. On the other
hand, the voice of the Emancipatorl
must be silenced at any cost. A man
Who once was member of the
working people committee has been
made to bring civil suit against
the Emancipation for $50 due him on
notes, with interest and a reasonable
attorney fee.
/. L. d. In Fight.
81 have written the International
Labor Defense and asked them to
raise that sum of money for us so
that the only labor organ in the Vir-
gin Islands will not be hampered
while l am in jail.
"The situation out here calls for.
redress. We are counting upon you
to help; otherwise our sacrifices will
have been in vain. Yours for the
progress of the Race.
"ROTHSCHILD FRANCIS,
Editor the Emancipation. -.
ST. Thomas, V. l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.-Jack
Dempsey, former worlds heavy
weight boxing champion, who has
been in bed suffering from blood poi
soning in his left arm resulting from
a neglected minor scratch, was con-
sidered entirely out of danger today
and the prospect was he would be up
within the next two days, according
10 word given out by Estelle Taylor,
lis wife.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
White Plains Sends Greetings.

NEWBURGH, N. Y, Feb. S.
Packed with pictures Of nude women,
doll babies, toy limousines and two
t, 3usand pages Of "red hot" testi-
nony. large box arrived here to-
day. The contents were the official
court record Of the recent trial held
in White Plains, officially known as
Browning w. Browning.
The box is destined for Justice
Seeger, who Is at bis home here con-
sidering his decision.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

Four men, declared to be involved
in dope peddling ring operating ex-
clusively in New York's might club
district" were held in $4,000 bail
each today when arraigned before a
United States Commissioner here.
The men arc Samuel Walker, Moses
Solomon, John Waite and Thomas
Ryan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Mail Bandits Confess Hold-up.

MT. CLEMENS, Mich, Feb. s.
Three men confessed today, according
10 Sheriff Percy Moore, that they
staged a $4,000 mail robbery here
in September, 1924.
The men gave their names as Ron
aid Mozer, SO, for IL years an employ
of the local postoffice; Ronald Fox,
20, and Howard Scott.
One of the men, posing as a Fed
oral inspector, obtained bag con-
tanning the $4,000 from a ticket
agent, it is said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Plan Now Is to Declare
McNarry-H augen Farm
Bill Unconstitutional"
By ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

York Times in language as fol-
lows:
"The situation apparently has de-
veloped to a point where, unless
the administration acts promptly,
the conservative republicans see no
way of overcoming the lead the
farm bloc has gained in the senate
and house by trading cn other leg
islation."
1t is announced that the big
bankers and great industriaEsts
have placed Representative Ogden
l.. Mills, late contender with AL
Smith for the governorship of New
York State, in charge of the sham
battle being waged by the anti-re-
lief forces. Ogden Mills INDUCED
in milk bottle battle with Al
Smith in the last state campaign.
That is as close as Mills ever got
TO any agrarian products.
The DAILY WORKER has CON
tinually emphasized that altho wide
masses of dirt farmers, tenant far
mers and even farm workers have
been drawn into support Of the Nc
Nary-Haugen measure, neverthe-
less, this legislation will be of little
benefit to them.
The new wrinkle, the declaring Of
this legislation as unconstitutional,
will help open the eyes Of millions
of land workers to the real nature
of the capitalist state that is OPP
pressing them, seeking to kill even
this palliative.
The old party politicians are not
anxious to incur the hatred of the
voters on the eve of the 1923 cleo
tions, not even Cal Coolidge. If the
strike-breaker president vetoed the
McNary-Haugen bill, after it had
been passed by both houses Of con-
gress, that would be political capi-
tai in the pockets of such republic
can contenders for the presidential
nomination as Frank o. Lowden,
former governor Of Illinois; Charles
G. Hell and Maria" Dawes, the
vice-president and Chicago banker,
to mention only two. Thus there
is much to be said in support of
the belief that Coolidge may sign
the bill, but pass it on to the SUI
preme court to be declared "uncon-
stitutional," which is just as effec-
tive a method Of defeating it. Then
again Coolidge may decide that his
white house days are over and veto
the bill as one of his farewell blows
at the farmers of the west who
threw him lot of votes in the 1924
landslide.
The manner in which this farm
relief legislation is banded about,
is the biggest proof that it does
not effectively strike at the CAPT
talist class thru being real support
of the farmers struggle for exist
ence against the profiteering inter-
ests. That fight awaits the time
when mighty labor party will
send hosts OF class conscious work
ers and farmers into congress, not
to trade as between Coolidge or
Dawes, Tess or Lowden, but who
will wage an open war on the pre-
datory power so ably served by
both the old parties.
Whichever way the Mc-Nary-
Haugen farm relief bill goes, the
workers and farmers, especially the
latter, should get an excellent les
son in the desirability Of independ-
ent political action as against trail
ing after the parties of Wall
Street that make a political foot
ball of their discomfort and woe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Big shakeup in Booze Graft.

Thirty-one persons, five former pro-
hibition agents and three rabbis, were
under indictment today, charged with
conspiracy TO violate the Volstead
act.
Coincident with the indictments,
which were returned by a Federal
Grand Jury before Judge John c.
Knox, came an announcement by pro
hibition administrator Mills Of new
regulations for withdrawal Of sacra-
taental wine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

TT is declared that the McNary-
1Haugen farm relief bill will go
thru both branches of congress
with flying colors.
The only question that arises, it
is claimed, is whether President
Coolidge will sign the bill when it
comes to him, ~or whether he will
veto it.
But that isn't the end of it. Rep
resentative Tincher, of Kansas,
member of the house steering COM
mittee, arises to exclaim, that if
this relief bill is headed off no.
where else, 1.-THE United States Su-
preme Court will surely declare it
unconstitutional"
Many farmers think that the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill, if enacted into
law, will be of great benefit to
them.
Arthur Brisbane, personal
friend of the president, frequent
visitor at the White House and
persistent booster for "Silent Gals"
aspirations for reelection in 1928,
writes as follows in the Hearst
press:
Washington wonders if the Nc
Nary-Haugen farm bill passes,
whether President Coolidge will
veto it, and if so, whether it will
hurt him in 1923.
1.-THE president was against the
bill last time, but he is not among
those who are too feeble to change
their minds. IL farmers want il
and congress chooses to run the
risks alleged to Turk in the bill,
the president may sign it. If he
doesn't think it wise he will veto
it."
The Hearst sheets are supposed
to be democratic. But Arthur talks
as if he sat on the republican
throne in the Washington White
House and knew all the inner poll
cies of the administration in power.
This declaration reveals, how
ever, the present passive attitude
of the politicians toward this legis-
lation that was denounced by Sec
rotary of the Treasury Mellon, dur
ing the last session of congress, as
economically unsound." Coolidge
held to the Mellon viewpoint.
The McNary-Haugen bill seeks to
put the production of wheat, cot
ton, corn and several other farm
staples on the same basis as the
production of steel, textiles, wool
and even Melons own favorite
aluminium products. The farm bloc
has adopted some of the same tao
tics that the high-tariff seeking in
dustrialists have pursued. If the
New England textile crowd can get
together with the Pittsburgh steel
clique, to win congressional legis-
lation granting tariff protection,
then the wheat and corn growers
feel they ought to get together
with the cotton and rice planters
to exert joint pressure on congress.
This is exactly what they have
done. Every agricultural section
Of the country has been made to
feel that it has a stake in the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill, which embodies
a system of price-fizing to force
up the domestic prices OF farm
products by conserving the surplus
to be disposed of in the foreign
market.
The strength that has been mus
tered by the supporters of this leg
islation is analysed by the Wash
ington correspondent of the New
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Impeached Governor Abducted.

MEXICO CITY, Feb. s.--An arm
ed band has abducted Jose de 10
Pena, impeached governor of Maya
rIt, despite the protection of federal
troops afforded him, according to
reports received here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Prohihition at LIS Worst.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. s.--The bod
les If four persons, two men and
two women, were found today in a
house in the eastern suburbs of Los
Angeles, according to reports to po-
lice headquarters.
Police were unable to determine
whether death was caused by carbon
monoxide suffocatior or by poison
liquor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Finance Wizard to Serve Time.

BOSTON, Feb. S.-Charles Ponzi,
ex-financial wizard, is to be brought
back from Texas at once.
The "get-rich-quick" man is wanted
here to serve a term of from five to
seven years as common and no.
tcrious thief"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Youth Escapes Prison. browns?

NEW YOR Feb. 8.--A seventeen
year-old youth, who with two others
about the same age, attempted to es-
cape from the State Reformatory on
Randall's Island, was today believed
to have drowned in the East River.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Boost s.. Lawrence Canal.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. S.-The
Illinois house today passed senate
resolution urging President Coolidge
to negotiate a treaty with Canada
for the construction Of the st. Law
renee waterway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
LATEST NEWS in BRIEF
Settle for Rrealing Chains.

All who have taken Breaking
Chains" tickets to sell are requested
to settle for them Immediately,
sold or not. If sold bring
the cash, if not return the tickets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-15
$1.29 Porto Rican Gowns

Hand Made Porto Rican Gowns, \
white and pastel shades, beautifully
emk=eldered
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-15
Children's Umbrellas

Children's Colored Umbrellas, the
popular Fruit-of-the.LOom Style, in
red and blue; fast color rainprOoi
covers: paragon frames; assorted
pleasing handles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-15
$1.39 Doll Beds

Folding Doh Bed. with imitation
wire spring. Coy Dept.-Base:nent.),
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-15
$1.69 Fashion GirdIes

Fashion Girdles. pink satin. 6-inch !
length elastic sides; longer back.
hook side. Sizes 20 to 81. ,,,