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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
GRECO, GARLIC
IN jail. while
Weeks DRA(; ON
To Ask Dismissal for
Anti-Fascists

After waiting three and half
months for the prosecution to act, the
defense yesterday announced it would
ask the Bronx county coail .lv next
week to dismiss first degree murder
indictments against Donate Garlic
and Calogero Greco, charged with
killing Joseph Carisi and Nicholas
Amorroso, fascists.
Garlic and Greco have been held in
jail since their arrest July IL. Carisi
and Amorroso were killed last Mem
orial Day in connection with fas-
cist parade. The defendants were in
dicted July 26. No date for their
trial has been set. Notice that mo-
tion for dismissal would be made has
been given to District Attorney Nc
Geehan, the Bronx, by Newman Levy,
defense counsel.
Prosecution Misled.
II think if the district attorney is
not ready now to try the case he
never will be-" Levy said last night.
eff there was enough evidence to ar
rest the men in the first place there
ought to be enough evidence to try
them. l think McGeehan's witnesses
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Lighter Captains Out;
LongshOremen Work

A strike Of the Lighter Captains
union has been called on lighters op-
Grated by coastwise shipping compa-
niesSsuch as the Morgan, Clyde and
Savannah Lines. These companies
refuse to pay even the low union
scale Of $3.50 week. The men
provide their own food out of their
wages. Most of the men have an
swered the strike call and are deter
mined to hold out until their demands
are met. The Lighter Captains union
is affiliated with the International
Longshoremen's Association, which
has not succeeded in organizing the
dockworkers on the struck lines. If
the longshoremen would support the
striking lighter captains they could
more easily win their demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
By Worker Correspondent.

Silas B. Axtell, the lawyer who has
been getting columns of publicity in
the capitalist press by disagreeing
with the rest of the trade union dele
cation to Soviet Russia, met with a
cold reception last night at his first
attempt to speak to a workers meet
ing since his return. The meeting
which was called by the Marine Fire
men, Oilers and Watertenders Union
and held in the Union Hall, was an
pounced as mass meeting for all
sSeamen with Andrew Furuseth, presi-
deint of the International Seamen's
Union. and Silas B. Axtell as speak
ers. Axtell, who is the attorney for
che jSeamen's Union, was to talk on
conditions in Russia.
The Seamen Are Wise.
Owing largely to the fact that the
International Seamen's Club has been
fa,niliarizipg the seamen with the
report of the Trade Union Committee,
a large number of men turned out to
hear and question Axtell. AS each
lilbH eHIeISu IiS Litll lS was IldLueu
a leaflet put out by the International
Seamen's Club consisting of quota
tions from the Trade Union report,
pointing out the splendid conditions
Of the Russian workers. The result
was that AXtell contracted a severe
attack of cold feet and was complete
ly scared off his subject. Except for
brief statement, lasting not more
than two minutes, that the Russian
seamen were good fellows but didn't
get much wages, Axtell confined
himself to the safer subject of the
blessings of American democracy and
the sacred freedom of the Seamen's
Union to hire an expensive lawyer
like himself and enjoy the privilege
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
THOMAS REFUSES
TO DEFEND HIS
PARTY'S RECORD
Manhattan Rally Called
By Workers Party

Norman Thomas, one OF the prin-
cipal spokesman for the socialist
party, has refused to defend the rec
ord and platform of the socialist
party and its position in thn present
campaign in debate with William
w. Weinstone, secretary of the
New York district Of the Workers
(Ccmmunist) Party.
Mr.. Thomas refusal is contained in
a letter from him just received by
Irwin Fralkin, Workers Party cam
paign manager. Weinstone is an op-
ronent of Mr.. Thomas in the 9Th al
dcrmanic district.
Last Indoor Rally
Mr.. Thomas refusal was received
on the eve of the closing indoor cam
paign mass meeting of the Workers
Party. This meeting is called for to-
night at the Manhattan Lvceum, 6G
+. 9Th st. The doors will open at
$50 p. m, Workers Party candi-
dates will be endorsed. Weinstone
will be among the speakers, who will
include also NJ. J. Olgin, editor Of
the Hammer; Ben Gold, leader of the
left wing New York Joint Board of
the Furriers' Union, ard Rebecca
Grecht, Party candidate in the 8th
assembly district The refusal of Mr..
Thomas to meet Weinstone in the de-
tate to which Weinstone challenged
him will be dealt with from the plat
form.
Thomas Declines.
st seems to me that just about the
worst time and place in the world
for debating the difference between
the Socialist and Workers Parties is
in the Sth or any other aldermanic
district imediately before an election, /"
Mr.. Thomas said in his letter of re-
fusal. "Most enphatically I will be
party to no such debate.
eff the reports that reach me are
correct-and I know that rumor usu-
ally eXaggerates and distorts-my
friend, Weinstone, is spending his
time not in discussing election issues
and attacking Tammany Hall but in
attacking the Socialist Party and me
personally, sometimes on the basis of
q misrepresentation of what ! have
said. Whether tactics like these make
for a united front, you can judge.
81 suppose since you agree with US
pretty we'll on the immediate issues in
this campaign you have to have some
thing to talk about. But even so
should think that Tammany Hall
might furnish you a little more mate
rial. Perhaps it does. If so, reports
that reach me are not correct. Any
way l have not retorted in kind. l
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
KIansman Is Given
Six Months i'm Pen

Two men convicted on a charge
of assault as a result of disturbances
attending the Ku Klux Klan Memo
rial Day parade in Jamaica, Queens,
last summer. were sentenced to New
York penitentiary in the court of
special session at Jamaica yesterday.
They are John Kipp of Farragut
road, Yonkers, who said he was a
member of the khan, sentenced to six
months, and John Marcy, of Hast
ings-on-Hudson, who denied member
bership. sentenced to 30 DAYS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02

was hired directly by the vice
president of the Sinclair Ex-
ploration Co., and indirectly by
Harry F. Sinclair himself, one Of
the defendants in the trial for
conspiracy to commit fraud.
Four sensational affidavits pre-
sented to the presiding justice of the
Teapot Dome trial charged, first, that
a juror openly had boasted he ex-
pected to gain from an acquittal YER
dict, and, second, that fifteen Burns
Detective Agency operatives have
rendered hour-by-hour reports on the
activities of each juror since the trial
began
Il. ]. Kidwell is the involved juror.
Two affidavits quote him as expect
ing "an auto as long as this block if
the defense won"
Burns Watched Jury.
A raid on the Burns headquarters
here led to the seizure of their re-
ports on the surveillance of jurors.
"The results of the same (reports)
were reported to one Day,
whose correct name I am informed is
A. Mason Day." declared an affidavit.
Day is president of the Sinclair
Exploration Company.
''It is my belief and aver that the
real employer of said detectives is
Harry F. Sinclair, defendant in this
case" concluded the assistant dis
trict attorney.
WASHINGTON, Nov. With a
federal grand jury investigating
charges of jury tampering, Federal
Judge Frederic L. Siddons this after
noon adjourned the Fall-Sinclair con-
spiracy trial until tomorrow
The charges were presented to the
Judge at a secret session this morn
ing, attended by opposing attorneys
and the two defendants, Harry F.
Sinclair and Albert B. Fall.
1t is said that two members of the
jury are held for questioning by the
grand jury.
Climax of Scandals.
The present scandal comes merely
as a climax to persistent talk about
the Teapot Dome oil graft trial be-
ing mere formality, a method by
Continued on Page Taoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
7 Two Followers Of
TrOtsky Expelled

MOSCOW, Nov. The Central
Control Commission of the All Union
Communist Party yesterday ordered
the expulsion of Catherine Feodorov
and Charles Gruenstein, members of
the Trotsky Opposition from the Par
ty. Gruenstein and Feodorov are
charged with having organized a Sc
cret printing office near Moscow and
to have used materials stolen from
the Central Club for the education of
workers.
Workers Back Party Leadership.
MOSCOW, Nov. 1.-The regional
Communist Party conferences at Mos
COW and Leningrad and numerous dis
trict conferences in provincial towns
as we'll as Communist cell meetings
are engaged in a discussion of the re-
suits of the recent plenum of the Cen
trail Executive Committee and the
Central Control Commission OF the
Communist Party.
The action of the p:enum in expell-
ing Trotsky and Zinoviev from the
Central Committee is almost unani-
mously upheld and demands for
strong action against the anti-Party
activities of the Opposition are being
made.
The Opposition has very few follow
ers among the rank and file, the meet
ings show. The policies of the Cen
trail Committee are being heartily en-
dorsed by the proletarian and peas
ant elements in the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
VIM J. Burns NAMED in OIL GRAFT JURY SCANDAL
Canada Building Workers
Refuse To Be BuIIdOzed
By Injunction on Strike

TORONTO, Ont, Canada, Nov.
building trades workers here
have retaliated to the injunction
granted their employers yesterday
by refusing to even talk about
terms of work as long as the court
order stands commanding the In
ternational Trades Union not to
go on sympathetic strike against
shops struck by the International
7rotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
Justice Logic issued the injunc-
Jon, and Canadian labor is up in
rms against the introduction here
Of United States tactics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
VESSEL
OPENS FIRE ON
Chinese TROOPS
Many Killed, Wounded
in Bombardment

SHANGHAI, Nov. IA number
of Chinese soldiers were killed and
wounded by shell-fire from the British
gunboat Cricket when that vessel
shelled the banks of Yangtze river
above Kiukiang it was learned today.
The Cricket was struck by few
stray bullets while patrolling the
river. The bullets are believed to
have come near the vessel as a result
of fighting between Marking and
Hankow forces.
It is understood here that all
foreign war craft have been ordered
to use their guns when struck by bull
let's from shore.
american and British gunboats
have shelled Chinese towns and bar
racks on a number of occasions when
struck by stray bullets. A large num-
ber of civilians have been killed by
American and British lombard
ments)
SHANGHAI, Nov l. Big Ameri-
can business men entertained high Of
ficials in the right wing Marking
government at dinner given by the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday eve
ming. Mutual problems were discussed
at the dinner, which took on the char
acter of business rather than So
cial affair.
DR.. C. c. WI, the foreign minister;
DR., Wang Chung-wei, Minister of JUS
tice; Sun Flo, minister of finance and
other officials high in the Marking
Government attended the affair.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Nov.
TRAIN PARTY WORKERS.

Among 18 courses offered for the
theoretical and practical training of
Workers (Communist) Party func-
tionaries by the Workers School is
the course in Communist Party Or
ganization" to be given by Jack
Stachel, national organization secre-
tary. 1t will meet IL consecutive
Sunday mornings at IL a. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
AFFIDAvITS CHARGING FIXING"
IN TEAPOT DOME TRIAL CAUSE
QUICK STOP or COURT PROCESS
Fifteen Detectives of Agency that Daugherty
Put in Charge of Secret Service Found
Prosecution Says Indicted Oil Baron Hired
Spies; May Declare Mistrial
BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON d. c, Nov IA number of the 20 Burns
es who here work the FaSincIair
the this
the close the impossible this
which amperng
persons who have the
An unexpected development today the before the
Donald Woodward wealthy
ngtons largest employer
the Fal-Sinclair
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 1.--Wm. J. Burns head of
Burns Detective Agency and chief of the service during
the period when Daughery attorney general and the Tea
Dome oil lease frauds perpetrated today d
recty implicated in juror shadowng by affidavit which
present Fall Sinclair trial be declared misra be-
tampeng jury The evidence shows that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Socialist Evades Debate Offer
Colorado Miners Strike
Mass Meeting Is Called
By NY. Relief Committee

Relief for the striking Colorado
miners will be asked of the New
York labor movement at a mass
meeting at the Church of All Ma
tions, 9 Second Ave-, Saturday at
8 p. m. William F. Dunno, Rich
ard Brazier, Charles Cline and Ar
thur C. Ward will speak. The meet
ing was called by the New York
Colorado Miners Relief Commit
tee. The meeting was previously
announced enormously for Friday
night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Utica, Niagara Falls,
Celebrates Revolution

UTICA, N. Y, Nov. 1.-The tenth
anniversary of the Russian Revolu-
ton will be celebrated Saturday at
131 Washington st. An address will
be made by S. A. Prenis. Dancing
will follow.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Nov. l..
"A mass meeting to celebrate the
Russian Revolution will be held Sun
day at $50 p. NJ. at Jugo-Slavian
Club, 1905 Z. Falls St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS
ron THR ORGANIZATION or THE
UNORGAETZHR
F0R THE 40-HoUR WEEK.
Fee A LABOR PAHTY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
LONDON NOT GREATLY EXCITED
"Mischiev0us Propaganda" Charged
by One Newspaper.

LONDON. July 6 GP.-Public opin-
ion here, as far as can be gagged
from the London morning news
papers, is not greatly excited over the
impasse on the cruiser question at the
Geneva naval conference. Some
papers report the situation quite brief
ly, while others, which give it some
what more space. do not comment.
The London Times, alone in COM
menting, attributes the ridiculous
charge" that Great Britain sought to
prevent naval parity to 'mischievous
propaganda" and describes the Brit
ish proposals as the only practical and
detailed ones presented to the confer
ence.
Exact naval calculations, based on
the changing experience of centuries,
it says, "were offered as the British con-
tribution to the problem raised by
President Coolidge. They had nothing
to do with any hypothesis regarding
naval desires, aspirations and require
ments of the American people. They
were framed in response to President
Coolidges invitation. They took fair
" into account the declared desire of
the United States for agreed limita-
ton and the permanent needs of the
empire. They are simply nothing
more nor less than this. The charge
of Interior, subtle purposes on the
part of the British delegation is hard
ly tenable."
The paper claims that Great Britain
has done. and is doing, its very best
to make President Coolidge's enter
prise successful, and thinks that a
frank. practical agreement ought to
be possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06

consume in the home country, and the
remaining wo-thirds must be import
ed. 1t was pointed out here, however.
that England has the whole of the
European continent right at her back
door upon which to draw for food
stuffs in the event of war, and that 1t
would be difficult indeed to starve
England. That is a feat that has never
been approximated, Notwithstanding
the many wars through which that
country has passed.
Furthermore, the United States is
an importer Of foodstuffs on no small
scale. 1t imports foodstuffs today
of greater value than the foodstuffs
which it exports. according to the De-
partment of Agriculture. The United
States also imports a large quantity
of raw materials needed for its i'm
portant industries, and must be able
to protect the importations of these
materials unless the country is to be
seriously harmed. The feeling here is
that the needs of the United States
for national defense should not be
forgotten or minimized when it comes
to settling the naval strength at the
Geneva conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
U. S. OPPOSES CONCESSIONS.
Unlikely to Accept More Than 400. 900
Tonnage for Cruisers.

| By the Associated Press.
Geneva reports that the naval limi-
tation conference had reached virtual
| deadlock over cruiser tonnage. failed
| today to draw comment in any Off
| cial quarter here, but there were in.
| creasing limitations that the Wash
ington Government was very unlikely
to accept a cruiser figure in excess
Of the 400, 000-ton maximum mentioned
by the American technical delegates.
1t was made clear that the United
States looks upon the present stage
of the conference as still preliminary
one. Officials did not disclose what
confidential reports of yesterdays pro.
ceedings might have come in from
Ambassador Gibson. 1t was suggested
again, however, that the hard and
fast views of the technical experts
Of the three powers still have to be
accorded diplomatic treatment by the
senior members of the missions and
that if the three powers are ar anxious
to prevent further competitive naval
construction and to reduce their naval
expenditures as the correspondence
which brought about the Geneva
meeting would indicate, there should
be ample room for diplomatic adjust
ment of conflicting views of cruiser
strength.
Despite this hopeful official view.
point, however, the outstanding factor
here today was the strong impression
created that the Washington Govern.
ment was not prepared to go any ap-
preciable distance beyond the 400, 900
ton figure and that it believed
even that total tonnage to be excess
sive and beyond the actual needs of
any power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06

Rubber Co. and piloted by j. A. Boett-
ner of Akron, Ohio, had not been de-
termined at an early hour today.
Rasmussen and Boettner, both win
ners of previous Detroit News trophy
races, were considered strong competl-
tors for the honors.
Rasmussen had set the previous
trophy record of 225 miles distance IN
the 1925 event.
Two Others Down.
Walter w. Morton Of Akron, Ohio,
plotting the Goodyear Nv, and Or.
George M. Legallee Of Detroit. pilot
ing the Detroit 1, dropped at Stouts'
vile, Ohio, and Boutwell,, ontario
after attaining 1S5 and 70 miles, re-
spectively.
The distance between Detroit and
Mount Vale, Va, was estimated at
AIS miles by direct air route.
The records are to be submitted to
the International Aeronautical Assocl-
alton for confirmation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06

Continued from First Page)
Trade and the other associations voiced
the belief that the major responsible
ity of the maintenance and develop
ment of the National Capital rests
with the Federal Government and not
with the District
The amount of taxes paid by the
residents Of the District thus is con-
sidered incidental to the question of
what should be the total budget for
the District and the tax burden as
sessed against the city should be predi.
Gated only on what is found to be just
and equitable.
It is confidently expected that the
survey now being launched will pro-
duce actual facts supporting this
stand, and the survey is seen as the
beginning Of a concerted appeal at the
coming session Of Congress for a re-
view Of the whole matter. The bust.
ness organizations will include in their
requests recommendation that spe.
cial commission be established for a
study Of what should be a proper tax
burden for the District and what
should be the proportion paid by the
Federal Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY
Carabobo-7san Juan. Puerto Cabello and
Maracaibo
Dqllio-Napies and Genoa
Eulson---PatraS and Piraeus.
neutrality-suspicious. and Southampton.
Santa Marta-Havana, Cristobal and Santa
Marta.
SAILING TOMORROW.
Observation-Disclosures Oslo and Copen-
Goa 9.s.-s Juan
Martha Washngton-Naples, Palermo and
President Garfeld-Around the world.
Santa .Ana--Havana. Cristobal and VAL
Agwister-Tampico.
Copan-Puerto Cortez.
Observation-Disclosures.
SAILING FRIDAY. JULY 8.
Northumberland Colombia and Cartagena.
Oympic-Cherbourg and Southampton.
Munorleans-Nassau.
PoseidonmPuerto Colombia.
SAILING SATURDAY. JULY Q.
Adriatic-50ueenstown and Liverpool.
France-Plymouth and Havre.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and southampton,
Neutrality-suspicious. and Liverpool.
Catherine--Monte Christi. Puerto Plata San
Domingo City and La Romano.
Calamares-Havana, Cristobal and Port
LlmOn.
Metapan-santiago. Kingston and Puerto
Barrios.
Nerissa-St. Johns
Fort Victoria-Bermuda.
Maravi-Santiago. Kingston and Puerto Co
l0mba.
Vestris-Rio de Janeiro. Montevideo and
Buenos Aires.
Elna E.---san Pedro de Macoris and San Do
mngo City.
SAILING SUNDAY-JULY 10.
Sawokla-Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne
SAILING MONDAY-JULY II.
Roma-Alexandria Beirut and Jaffa
SAILING TUESDAY. JULY IL.
Ancon-Port au Prince.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
BALLOONS BREAK
RECORDS IN RACE
Pilot Rasmussen Goes $50
MiIes-Detroit III Captures
Endurance Title.

DETROIT, July 6.-The worlds
record flight for balloons of the third
category 1900 meters) has been
broken by A. U. Rasmussen of De-
troit plotting the Detroit II in the
third annual Detroit News trophy
race. started from the Ford airport
here Monday.
Rasmussen landed at Kinston, N. c.,
Tuesday night at 6:45 o'clock eastern
standard time) to establish a long
distance record of approximately $50
miles. exceeding the worlds record of
about 500 miles.
The Detroit III, owned and piloted
by E. j. Hill and A. G. Schlosser of
Detroit, effected a landing at Mount
Vale, 20 miles east of Roanoke, Va,
at 7:45 o'clock Tuesday evening, to
establish new endurance record of
&c hours and As minutes. The De-
troit III was the only balloon to carry
two men.
Five Make Start.
Five balloons took off at the Ford
airport at o'clock Monday afternoon
at five-minute intervals, the Detroit II
leading.
The whereabouts of the Goodyear
V, entered by the Goodyear Tire and