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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
Thousands Die
in Japanese
Earthquake
Towns Destroyed; Streets
StreYn With Dead

TOXIC, March 8.--The death toll
of the earthquake which rocked
western Japan yesterday continued
to mount today.
The Kyoto prefectural police head
quarters announced late tonight that
1899 persons had been killed in that
prefecture alone.
The number of injured had not
been checked, the announcement
said.
5 A total Of 4,54S houses collapsed
or burned in this prefecture, the re-
port stated.
The Kyoto prefecture was hardest
hit by the temblor.
Homeless Population Freezes.
Suffering is rampant in the
stricken areas.
Their homes destroyed, thousands
of survivors are freezing in the
frigid blasts of winter winds.
Property damage is enormous. En-
tire villages and towns have been de-
stroyed. Virtually every population
center in the Province of Tango has
been wrecked.
Americans in Panic.
One American woman was killed
when she was pushed into the bay
at Kobe and drowned. This occurred
when white tourists of the steamer
California become panic-stricken
while attempting to get on the boat
at Kobe.
Fivt NFf the Aerar5 Of ths California
were also injured.
The town of Mineyama appeared
to be the greatest sufferer. There,
it was reported, 1000 persons were
killed when the quake struck. Sew
eral thousand were injured, also.
Streets of the town are reported
strewn with the dead, while terrified
refugees fled the city for Miyazu.
Tramp in Snow.
In the Sanin district, where the
temblor was particularly severe, the
refugees, homeless, were compelled
to take advantage Of makeshift shell
tiers. Suffering was acute, as the
district is snowbound. Many of the
refugees were forced to tramp in the
snow without any shoes. Hardly
any of them had sufficient clothes
to protect them from the wintry
blasts.
In many of the villages, reports
said, the dead and injured lay in the
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09

struggle and want to substitute less
painful methods for the direct at
tack. The labor annex to the league
Of nations is intended to pull the
CUTS out of the trade union move
ment. The right wing labor leaders
are playing the role Of butchers.
According to summary Of cur
rent political developments in Ger
many the small farmers of the re-
public are organizing a political par
ty of their own to defend their in
terests agaist the big landowners
and the Industrial workers". This
is the bunk. The interests of the
small farmers are not in conflict
with those of the industrial workers.
They run side by side. In the al
lance between the peasantry and the
workers lies the correct line for the
German working class movement.
Evidently the German capitalist prop
agandists are peddling the same dope
to the farmers that our own money
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
CURRENT EVENTS BIT J. oELAHnnr,

WI HEN the German workers de-
w mand that the employers ratify
the eight hour day convention adopt
ed by the international labor organi-
zstion of the league of nations at its
Washington conference in 1919 the
employers explain their refusal with
the argument that it would be impos-
sible for them to compete in the
world market with their rivals unless
all the other industrial nations adopt
a similar course. AS all the other
industrial powers put up the same
excuse it looks as if the trade union
leaders will be a long time waiting
for favorable answer.
OF course, it is ridiculous to ex-
pect that the German capitalists or
the capitalists of any other country
will reduce the working hours or in
crease wages without being forced to
do so by the workers. This is quite
we'll known by the reactionary trade
union leaders. They are tired Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09

passed the ashes to their temporary
resting place in the hall.
Several hundred workers were
waiting in the auditorium for the pro
cession to arrive, and their voices
Joined with the others as the crowds
surged in and filled the hall and stair
ways and overflowed to the street.
Workers File Past.
When the revolutionary anthem was
ended, the hall was cleared for an
hour and then Joseph R. Brodsky, who
rad served as marshal, opened the
doors for single file of workers to
pass by the bier where the honor
guard stands on duty.
The guard Of honor that is watch
ing the ashes until after tonight's
when they will be taken to
Moscow and deposited in the Kremlin
wall next to the ashes of the heroes
of the November, 1917, revolution in
clude: Ben Gold, Samuel Leibowitz
and Aaron Gross Of the Furriers'
Continued on Page Tl0o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
Ruthenberg's Guard Of
H0aOr Includes Many
| Prominent UniOnists

The ashes of Comrade C. E. Ruth
enberg are in the custody Of the fol-
lowing guard of honor:
Ben Gold, Sam Liebowitz, Aaron
Gross, Sascha Zimmerman, Joseph
Boruchovitz, Rose Wortis. Sam Lip
Yin, Philip ArOnberg, Leo Hoff-
bauer. P. Pascal Cosgrove, H., NJ.
Wicks. Ludwig Landy, Rose Baron,
j. Cohen. H. Gerson, NJ. Salzman.
L. E. Katterfeld, Joseph Brodsky,
Alfred Wagenknecht, Alexander
Trachtenberg, Kate GitIOw, DIR. A.
Caspe. Morris Winchevsky, Anton
Bimba, B. Lifschitz, Joseph lack,
J. Louis Engdahl, William F. Dunno.
T. ]. O'Flaherty, Meilech Epstein.
Schachno Epstein, Enea Sormenti,
Erich Saenger and others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09

Manhattan Lyceum is draped in
side and outside with red and
black, and around the bier of the
beloved leader are banked the
floral tributes of workers
groups and organizations.
With Mourning COIors.
When the ashes reached Grand Cen
trail Station last night, special
guard of honor, wearing red and black
arm bands, and over-a thousand COM
rades with the mourning colors on
their coats, received the delegation
which had brought the ashes on this
first stage of their journey from Chi
cago 10 the final resting place be-
meath the walls Of the Kremlin.
Banner From Chicago.
The mourners formed in line, with
William w. Weinstone and Benjamin
Gitlow ct the head bearing banner
presented by the Chicago party, say
ing "To the Memory of Our Com
rade Leader c. E. Ruthenberg." Then
followed Jay Lovestone, acting gen.
eral secretary of the party, bearing
the box containing the ashes; and fol-
lowing him were Jack Stachel and
Chess Kgural r. So
Past Union offices.
The line then formed by twos and
slowly marched down Park Avenue
and Fourth to 22nd street, where they
turned west past the Joint Board Of
the Furriers' Union at Number % and
past Local 35 of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union at
Number TO-
Several hundred more workers
joined the procession here and the
line turned back to Fourth avenue and
down to Union Square where it paused
before the Freiheit office at Number
80. 1t stopped again before the Of
flee of the Workers (Communist)
Party at 108 East 14th street, which
like all the other buildings passed by
the rnourners was draped in red and
black, with these colors framing a
picture of our leader.
Sing Funeral Hymn.
As the line turned town Second
Avenue from 18th Street, the march
ers sang the Russian funeral hymn,
and many passing on the sidewalk re-
moved their hats and stood while the
procession passed. Then the song
changed to the International, and to
these strains the marchers turned into
Fourth Street, the guard of honor
mounted the steps of Manhattan Ly-
ceum and formed line through which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
MILLER To SERVE
EIGHTEEN MONTHS
IN PENITENTIARY
Allows Time Till
Appeal Is Taken

Thomas W. Miller, alien property
custodian in the Harding admins
tration, who, together with former
Attorney General Harry A. Daugh-
erty, was tried fc~ having accepted
a s39l.oa sri, ~ the rclaase Of
S7,000,o00 worth Of German prop
erty, was sentenced yesterday by
Judge Knox to serve 18 months in
the federal penitentiary and pay a
$4,000 fine.
Miller, who was convicted last
Friday by a jury for having con-
spired to defraud the government
of his honest service, has been free
on $4,000 bail bond and has been
permitted by the Judge to remain so
until his appeal is ready.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
Right Wing In
Court Fight for
Cunnan
Sigman's Lawyer Tries To
Stop Fine On Guerilla

Max Richter, alias Max Rich, mem
Der Of 'Frenchy's" gang, who is out
on bail on two separate charges Of
assaulting workers, including the
shooting of Samuel Cohen, appeared
in jefferson Market Court on Tues
day to answer to the charges Of at
lacking Max Shsmez and cutting him
with knife as he was picketing on
February rs.
At the request Of attorneys for the
International, this notorious gangster,
who is said to have two previous con-
victions for felonies, was allowed to
change his plea to guilty of disorderly
conduct, although he had been charged
with felonious assault. He was re-
leased upon payment of a fine of ten
dollars, although his victim is still
suffering from the affects of his at
tack. Richter is under bail of $4,000
for the shooting of Cohen, who was
tackled as he was coming away from
the picket line of Reisman, Rothman
and Bieber, and shot in one foot.
Lawyer Eloquent.
IN spite of the record of this no.
torious ganpster, his lawyer, Mr.. Hy-
man Bushell who represented the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
IN court, grew very eloquent in behalf
of his client. and very wrathy when
Richter was fined $40.
He protested to the judge that the
gangster should not be penalized for
stacking a left wing worker. The
lefts are just a bunch of foreigners,
said Bushell. They have no respect
for this country or its laws. Foreign
ers are all indecent. They lie, and
they only call strikes in order to over
throw the government. This bunch Of
foreigners do not deserve considera-
ton. They are enemies of "our" in
situations and our government.
so speaks the legal representative
of the right wing officials.
Picket demonstrations were quiet
on Tuesday since few gangsers ap-
peared at the shops. More than two
hundred workers picketed at the Mil
lare and Mandell and Brill shops, and
large groups went to other shops
called on strike by the Joint Board
because of discharge of workers for
refusal to register with the Interna-
tional or failure of employers to re-
cognize the Joint Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
Negro Soldiers OF
Houston ''RiOt" Can
Now Ask For Parole

WASHINGTON, March 8. - The
sentences of 20 Negro soldiers, for
merly of the oath U. S. Infantry, who
were convicted in the so-called Hous-
ton Riot of 1917, were today reduced
Is months.
All these prisoners will now become
eligible for release on home parole
within the next twelve months.
The Negro soldiers were infuriated
by discrimination against them prac-
ticed by the Texans, and actively re-
PEELED with rifles attacks on them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
Captured
By Peoples
Armies
Chinese Nationalist Gain
Province; Cut Railroad

LORDON, March S.-NauOndltgt
troops have captured Wuhu with vaIu-
able supplies that were stored there,
according to Central News dispatch
from Shanghai this afternoon. II
added that the southern forces now
control all of Anhwei Province and
the Picking Shanghai Railroad.
SHANGHAI, March s.-Continued
preparations for a general strike
brighten the foreign imperialist popu-
lation here. Rumors every few hours
that the Cantonese are at the gates
of Shanghai alternate with inspired
stories from the consuls that the Peo-
pies Army will not attack the city
at all, or that the Nationalist are
splitting into factions.
The situation seems TO be that while
actual fighting has declined, due to
heavy rams and the Kuomintang's de-
sire to conduct propaganda back Of
the lines, reinforcements are hurry
ing to both the northern military arm
les and the Peoples army.
The battle line recently established
before the city of Sunkiang, has been
rapidly extended to the northwest
ward to Soochow, on the Shanghai,
Marking and northern railway, and
now is strengthening still farther to
the northwestward to the city of W.
hu.
Wuhu is the point on which forces
Of General Chen, governor of Anhwiei
province, have been concentrating.
Chen transferred his allegiance a few
days ago from the northern military
triumvirate, Chang Tsung- Chang, WI
Pei-Fu and Chang Tso-Lin to the Ma
tionalist government, and is partici-
pating in the march on Shanghai.
The fall of Wuhu cuts off COM
munication along the single railroad
running between Peking, controlled
by Chang Tso-Lin, and Shanghai de-
Tended by his ally, Chang Tsung
Chang. It also places in great jeo-
pardy the communications between
Shanghai and Marking, formerly mill
tary headquarters of Sun Chuan-Fang,
and now held by large force of Shan
tung troops owing allegian(' to the
northern triumvirate. Marking is
crowded with military stores of great
aluc. It may be cut off either through
an advance southwark by General
Chen, or by a northward thrust
through Sooehow by the Nationalist
army there.
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whole of the steam railroads put to-
gether; when it is recalled under
what terrific pressure this task is
performed by the workers; under
what fearful responsibilities for life
and safety these men are continu-
ously burdened; when it is realized
that these workers labor for the
most part underground, always by
artificial light, half the time during
night hours, in summer in the most
sitting atmosphere, always under
the pressure Of maintaining the
schedule, practically always under
the strain Of the most fearful kind
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
C.E. RUTHENDERG'S ASHES lie ON RED
CARNATIONS IN MANHATTAN LYCEUM
Guard of Honor Watches All Night; Many
Thousands March Through Hall

With guard of honor watching them, the ashes of
Communist leader Charles Ruthenberg today lying in
bed of red carnations in the main auditorium of Manhattan
Lyceum, Sc East 4th Street.
Silent lines of mourning comrades numbering thousands
have been passing in and out of the hall since early last
evening when the remains conducted here from Grand Cen
trail Station by the special delegation which brought them from
Chicago and the committee of prominent trade unions and
party nconares who headed the procession through the city,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09

A stoppage on the railroads, how
ever would in a few weeks result
in general paralysis. In much
more immediate and definite way is
this true of what may be called the
nervous system Of New York life, its
traction lines.
Huge Task.
The colossal nature of the business
of transporting the New York popu-
lation daily to and from work, to
shopping centers, to places of amuse-
ment, is seldom appreciated.
When it is remembered that the
traction lines of the city convey
yearly more passengers than the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09

Austen replied Every bad, very bad"
1--WE don't want to disturb other
nations, that is why we haven't up
to now broken diplomatic relations
with Russia"
eve have no objections to discus
sing the Chinese question here. said
Sir Austen, "but l see no possibility
of useful league intervention at the
present time"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
CHAMBERLAIN INSINUATES BREAK
WITH SOVIET UNION COMES SOON

GENEVA March s.--Intimation
that Great Britain contenplates
breaking diplomatic relations with
Russia was given today by Sir Aus
ten Chamberlain, foreign minister Of
Great Britain, in an interview with
correspondents here for the league
Of nations council meeting.
Questioned about the present sta
tus Of Anglo-Russian relations, Sir
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
containing these articles.
By ROBERT MITCHELL.

Traction is one of the most "basic"
industries in New York. In 1t are
employed approximately $4,000 men.
The new subways now under con-
struction will provide employment
for perhaps $1,000 more. These
$4,000 men will form a body Of work
ers second in Importance only per-
haps to the miners and the railway
employees.
A strike among the textile work
ers OF among a dozen other indus
tries may be weathered without COM
pletely disrupting the nations life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
MilliOnaires Working
To Make Prohibition
Main Campaign Issue

WASHINGTON, March s.-De-
claring that the Anti-Saloon League
grip on congress has been broken,
organized vets of the country today
announced plans for a showdown
fight on prohibition in 1929.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
30 Girls Killed When
Building COllapses

LONDON, March S.-A Central
News dispatch from Toxic tonight
states that thirty girls were killed
at Sakai, when a spinning mill col
lapsed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09
Organize the Traction Workers!


WORKER
New YORK CITY from the working standpoint The articles written by worker with
conditions which viii manifold
dde will OF
of
aarGs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-09

The Daily Worker Fights:
For the Organization Of the I'm
organized.
For a Labor Party.
For the 40-H0ur Week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-05

from these marks to the opposite
corners, as Shown in the drawing.
Now, saw from the corners TO the
center, and when all four cuts have
been made you will have shape
like that shown in Figure 2. Next
drill a hole in the exact center.
This can best be done with the
drill you used for the bearings, but
as substitute you can use the hat
pin heated red hot. When the hole
is made balance the propeller blank.
Make sure that it swings level. If
it does not, cut away the heavy side
until it does. After it is balanced,
commence carving out the blades.
Begin as shown in Figure 3, and
cut away that face from the left top
edge to the right lower edge, cutting
more in the center so as to slightly
cup the blade, as illustrated in the
end view, Figure 4. Cut both blades,
and then again balance the pro-
peller. Next turn it over, and cut
the backs of the blades.
They should be made thin. so that
as you hold them up to light you
can see a slight pinkness. Make
the blades gradually thicker toward
the hub, but have them of uniform
thinness for the outer two-thrds of
the blade, as shown in the end view
of the finished blade, Figure
S. When both backs are cut again
balance the blade, taper off the
hub, and smooth the blades with
sandpaper.
Balancing Necessary
The left handed propeller is cut
in the same manner, but when
starting cut on the left side OF the
blank, from the right top edge to
the left lower edge. This balancing
is very necessary; the blades should
balance level and the two propellers
should weigh the same and be the
same shape and size throughout. If
this Is done and all other factors
are true the model will fly straight
The propeller shafts are bent
from the stiff wire of the hatpin
to the shape shown in Figure s.
The hook must be round and in
line In other words, when the shaft
is twirled between the thumb and
finger, the hook must look like a
circle and not like an egg.
If the wire is too stiff to bend or
if it snaps off when bent, it must
be heated red hot and allowed to
cool, after which it will be softer
and easier worked. When the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-05
Have you ever met Street Ca

Have you ever met Street Car
Conductor Motorman No. 100?
He pilots his trolley along the
Alabama line, and if you live in that
part of town and don't already
know him, it will pay you to get
acquainted.
Because No. 100 gives service If
you doze, and forget to ring the
bell as you approach your corner,
No. 100 stops the car anyhow. and
in just such a way that you wake
up. He does it politely, and since
he knows at what corner every
regular customer gets off fully as
well as the customers themselves,
this eliminates much Of the worry
of street-car riding.
Likes Folks Along Line
And if No. 100 sees a regular Gus
toner standing downtown, absent
mindedly letting the car go by on
its last trip for the night, he stops
and opens the door. That usually
wakes the absent-minded customer
up, he steps on, pays his fare, and
wakes up again at the proper place
to get off.
1--WE been serving the public a
good many years." says No. 109, but
We never met a finer bunch of
people than live along this Alabama
line.
lone doesn't have many strangers
to bother with here, no gruff crankS,
and no roughnecks. It's just like
taking your sister or other relatives
home"
Thought 1t Was Pay Day
No. 100 became a street car con-
ductor by accident. He was out col
lecting bills one day when he saw
three of his employers debtors in
line with some other men outside
the car barn.
ut must be pay day." thought the
collector, I'll step in line and be
there when these fellows get their
money"
After standing there while, he
asked one of the men, just to make
sure.
PAY line, hell" exploded the
man. Were looking for jobs"
But by that time No. 109-to-be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-05
.LATIN-AMERICA
POLICY LAUDED
Dollar Diplomacy Charge
Denied by Economist.
RI limited Press

BIZ United Press
WILLIAMSBURG, Mass, Aug. s..
Although American capital has
invested almost six billions in Latin
American countries, the United
States never has used its arms to
collect loans, DR.. G. Butler Sher-
we'll, economist, Of Georgetown Uni
versity, told the Institute of Politics
today.
This is contrary to the state
ments of those who have raised the
bogies of imperialism and dollar
diplomacy" DR.. Sherwell contin-
ued. mot even the alarming in
crease of loans in recent years has
prompted our Government to go
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-05
SERVES! THAT'S '109'
KEEPS Happy ON Alabama Line

was nearly in the employment office,
and once inside an application blank
was thrust into his hands, and he
was an obliging fellow, so he filled
it out.
No. 100 Is "A No. L
He went home and told his wife,
but never really intended to quit
bill collecting for trolley plotting.
But Fostering people, who couldn't
pay their debts became very dis
agreeable a few days later and he
strolled back over to the car barn to
see about that application.
They put the cap and insignia of
office on him.
He's never quit because there's a
little girl in No. 1895 home now,
and, you know, Alabama is a mighty
good line!
"It's a great life" he smiles.
"Good-by. See you on your way
home"
No. 100 didn't know he was speak
ing for publication when he told all
this, so don't think he's an i'm
modest man. Just take it from we
who are proud to be Alabama line
folks, No. 100 is "a No. /"