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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Talks on Miners Fight
Made at Youth Affair

We are supposed to be living in the
land of the free, and the home of the
brave" Here in Colorado, men have
been shot and killed because they at
tempted to take their constitutional
rights-the rights Of free speech, free
press and free assembly.
Under the protection of that cor
rupt capitalist law, the anti-picketing
law, murder has become legalized, and
the constitution has been declared I'M
constitutional. Not only has this law
been interpreted to mean that there
shall be no picketing, but it has been
twisted till it means that there shall
be no peaceful assembly.
At the Columbine mine, Nov. 81,
1927 six were killed, and twenty were
injured under the most prejudiced,
most biased, and rottenest piece Of
law-making ever produced. Under
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Young Workers Aid

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. pa large
audience of young workers of Boston
and vicinity showed their solidarity
with the striking miners of Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Colorado, etc. at a
Party arranged by the Boston Young
Workers League for the striking
miners representatives. Milka Sab
Itch, Ella Reeve (Mother) Bloor, and
A. S. Emery are in Boston for
miners relief work.
The affair. tho prepared at very
short notice, was well attended and
the program was spirited. Comrade
Nat Kay was the chairman of the
evening. The Young Workers League
members lead the songs, cheers and
yells hailing the brave miners in their
fight. The Young Workers League
orchestra composed of Gussie Gas
man, Will Katz, Harry Rosen, Carlos
Paci, Sam Silverman and other play
ers well known to Boston youths en-
tertained the audience splendidly.
Mother Bloor and Milka Sablich ad-
dressed the youths gathered. A col
lection made by the chairman brought
in $12.15.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24

publicity of good will" that bodies the
Mexicans no good
His genius of timely wittieism is
also the main feature of "a Texas
Steer" now showing at the Cameo
Theatre. Will Rogers has written the
sub-tit1es and the fool things are
witty. He laughs at our Washington
Follies: washington is a city OF
domes-marble, teapot and ivory.
and many more like it. There's good
deal of keen shrewdness in his homely
witticisms. Some of it is sharply
barbed humor. He laughs at politics.
politicians and social sanctity. But
he's a political clown who is allowed
clownish license. You will always
find him supporting "our institu-
tions" in showdown. AS he did in
helping out Morrow, as he does in the
case of ornaments and as he does in
"The Texas Steer"
His acting Of clown congressman
from Texas is no satire of our rep
resentatives of the people," and there's
plenty of room here for satire. viii
Rogers, as Branders, congressman
from Red Dog, Texas, despite what
appears as stupidity, ends up as a
Woodworking honest representative,
who in the face of the Big Interests,
achieves victory for his constituents
tho he loses his pants doing it.
There's no satire here. There is moth
ing else but the old oil which, would
fail dismally without the mental, pic
torial and rope-throwing antics of
Will Rogers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
With the Young Workers
Conducted by the Young Workers League

the excuse of "anti-picketing" a
woman was arrested for visiting her
sister with the purpose Of asking her
brother-in-law not to scab. If you OF
|, for the sake Of curiosity, attend
one of the meetings at mining camp
we, too would be violating the anti
picket law.
The strikers ask for the Jackson.
vile scale and the twenty-five de-
mands. Sixteen of these demands are
state laws, and the companies admit
violating them. The strikers want
honest scales, not "doped" ones. They
want check weigh-man to make
sure that 1000 lbs is 1000 lbs, and
not 1900 lbs. The fact has become
known that the Pike View had nc
scale at all. The miners want a pit
committee to complain of dangerous
timbering and bad ventilation. They
want to be paid on payday, ana moi
two or three weeks after. They wan,
no discrimination among miners-be-
fore the strike man who was active
in union work was given night work
or put on vein that did not yield
well.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24

The picture is taken from the play
by Chas. Hoyt which appeared many
years ago and is still thrilling the
gullibles in tall timber.
Many situations are amusing. These,
plus the subtitle sallies of Will Rog-
ers, kept the audience laughing stead
lily. Calls electric horse is in it. And
there's other horseplays about Cal.
The humor is broad burlesque and
not always successful. There is little
to raise it above the ordinary in stu
alton, acting or photography 1t is
ancient mulligan with modern Will
Rogers dressing.
Louise Fazenda gets all she can
out of her part as the social climbing
wife of the congressman. Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., is in the picture. So
is Mack Swain who has done this kind
of thing since the throwing days,
before the movies became the cinema.
w. C..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Defeat and Darkness

JUGGLER'S KISS. By Manuel Kom-
rolf. Boni & Liveright. $3.50.
THERE are many parts of this book
that | got excited about. The 20
page court scene in the last section
of the book is as devastating an ex-
pose of justice in the capitalistic
world and as forceful an example of
expressionism in fiction as has ever
been written.
Time and again one comes across
episoGes told in a mastery manner.
The story of how a great university
hoodwinked students into believing
that chemical genius, kicked out of
a professors chair, had sung hosan-
mas of his alma mater; the job-like
tale of the rubb .r-planter; how Dun
dee, fearing marriage would make
him machine-slave, left his factory
girl sweetheart, and how the rich
Mrs. Caperson seduced a handsome
sailor and then got rid of him, are
all bitterly true pictures Of the world
today.
The entire book is written in must
cal prose that changes alternately
from exotic tunes to the monotonous
melodies Of whirling power shafts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
ADAMS ENJOYS HIS
VACATION WHILE
.gs MURDERS CONTINUE

Before the strike the miners had
to bring the timbers in, and carry
the rails too. You see, Rockefeller is
too poor to pay them for this, or to
hire extra men.
The average wage of the digger is
$2.10 day. The outside men get
about 1882 day. The company
states that they have men working at
$1,000 day. There are few of
these men in Colorado mines, but they
are special men, not diggers. The
company buys dynamite wholesale,
and sells it to the miners for $40 a
stick. Even here the miners are
cheated, for they should pay between
SOB and .05 stick.
When the so-called 'friend of la
Dor" Governor Adams, took office, he
abolished the state rangers. AS if it
made any difference to the miners
whether they were shot down by
rangers or militia! Our friend, Paul
p. Newton ana his gang of murderers
are busy peacefully" settling the
strike by arresting and shooting
strikers. Governor Adams is quietly
enjoying his vacation and watching
the murders continue. Tom Annear,
the amicable incompetent, and his
indus rial commissioners are trying
to compromise. with the operators.
6ut it is not the executive committee,
nor the commissioners who are going
to end the strike, it is the miners
themselves; and they won't COM
promise-they went out for the
Jacksonville scale, and they're going
to get it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
union OFFICIALS
HIT WATSON BILL
AGAINST WORKERS
Fake Unions, Wage Cut
Flourish Under It

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-"The new deal
and the goodwill about which so much
was said while the Watson-P Parker
railroad act was being put through
congress has not brought about the
improved feeling that was hoped. for"
says Pres. j. G. Luhrsen of the Amer
lean Train Dispatchers' Assn. Luhr-
sen was one of the executives of 20
railroad unions that gathered in Chi
cago Jan. Is and ID to consider the
results of the. new railroad law.
None of the union officials was ju-
bilant over its workings. All united
in number of bitter specific COM
plants. They were inclined to agree
with Luhrsen's outright declaration
that the law "has not made single
change in the attitude of certain rail-
road arrangements toward labor or
CARNATIONS"
Many railroads, it was stated by
the union executives, brazenly violate
paragraph 8, section of the act,
which guarantees the right to organ
ize and select their own representa-
tiVes without interference or influ-
ence or coercion.
Force Company Union on Men.
Thus the Chicago & Alton is still
forcibly checking off dues from the
wages of its shop men for a dummy
company union that they do not want
The men are actually organized 900
in unions affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor but cannot
have these unions represent them in
dealings with the Alton road.
On the Missouri Pacific, 81 machin-
lists were fired simply because they
belonged to the Int Assn. of Machin-
lists. These wrongs are not remedied
by the new act.
A further grievance is the refusal
of the railroad homogeneous to agree
to regional or national boards of ad-
justment to iron out disputes between
masters and workers. The railroads
insist on single system boards. The
unions declare that this is asking the
parties to dispute to settle it after
they have admitted that they cannot
do so.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Amtorg Office Issues
Statement on Platinum

A. Linde, Director Of Edelmetalle
Aktion Ges. (Russplatina) of Berlin,
the Soviet platinum export organiza-
ton of which the Amtorg Trading
Corporation is the New York repre-
sentative, issued the following state
ment yesterday:
"Rumors current in trading circles
that the. Russplatina is conducting
negotiations with a group of refiners
for the purpose of granting the latter
a monopoly on the sale of Russian
platinum in the United States have
no foundation in fact.
81 am authorized to state that the
sale of Russian platinum on the
American market by the Russplatina
will continue on the same basis as
heretofore"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24

And occasionally Komroff epitomizes
his attitude toward life in such a
revolutionary sentence as, Il am not
good enough to make the monument
of man who has shaved 40 years in
a hell-hole factory"
But the many episodes in the book,
several of them wild exotic ones show
ing the influence of Conrad, are not
woven together as necessary parts of
a central theme. The author skips
aimlessly from this thing to that, he
becomes repetitious and the story
drags like a long drawn-out, doomed,
textile strike.
The publishers say, "This novel is
an opinion of victory gained after the
sacrifice of one mans life to an extra
ordinary succession of experiences and
quests. The end is Victory, but in
such guise that only the true of heart
may recognize her"
The end actually is the hero's
death after he is utterly disillusioned
with the world and has lost all faith
in living. Or, as the author would
say, after he has refused to be fur
Their tempted by the juggler's kiss, the
"force that urges on life and spurs
up ambition"
"The end is Victory?" Komroff
closes with a dismal pessimism that
sees no hope of better world, that
does not consider the power of the
masses, or see the genuine worth
Wilderness of any individual. All of
his characters ara found wanting. All
is defeat and darkness.
s. *
Sherwood Anderson. Theodore
Dresser, and Eugene O'Neill have Law
ished praise upon this first novel Of
zone of the old anarchistic crowd. I"
This reviewer, however, believes they
were more anxious to press-agent a
friend than accurately estimate the
worth Of a contemporary.
WALTER SNOW.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
"PACIFIER" OF
STOLEN CANAL
ZONE BURIED
Goethals Gets Military
Funeral for Services

Major General George Washington
Goethals, builder Of the Panama Canal
and first civil governor of the Pana-
ma Canal Zone, who died Saturday
in New York, is to be buried with mill
tary honors in West Point, as a tri-
butte to the services he rendered
American Imperialism in its early
drive to destroy the independence of
the South and Central American re-
publics.
A Roosevelt Appointee.
Goethals was an appointee of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, during the presiden-
tial term of the latter, and charged
with supervising the building of the
Panama Canal which was stolen from
the government of Columbia.
"Pacified" the Country.
This canal cut off thousands of
miles travel to the west coast of South
America, and from the viewpoint of
military strategy was invaluable to
the program of American imperial
ism. Goethals, appointed by Wilson
in 1914 as civil governor, is credited
with pacifying the country-that is,
maintaining such a powerful military
apparatus that the supremacy of the
United States could never be chal-
lenged. The result was a government
completely subservient to the imper-
ialist power of the north.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Labor Radio Thriving

CHICAGO, Jan. % (FP). - Ac-
cording to its published report of re-
ceipts and disbursements the Chicago
Federation of Labor broadcast station
VIGIL has spent $152, 160.99 from it's
inauguration April /, 1926 to Oct. 81,
1927. In the same period of 10
months total receipts were $165, 1885,
05, leaving an excess of receipts over
disbursements Of $12,944.06. Most of
the receipts were donations and pro-
ceeds of benefit entertainments for
the labor radio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Private Hospitals Have
Few Free Beds, Charge

Officials of hospitals here n d
representatives of the United Hospi-
tai Fund were perturbed at charges
made in the Journal of the American
Medical Association that free hos
pital beds in non-municipal hospitals
were disappearing. Minott d. Os-
borne, director Of the United Hospital
Fund, and Dr. S. Goldwater, superin-
tendent of Mount Sinai Hospital, a
huge local non-municipal hospital has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24

Will Rogers "a Texas
Steer" at the Cameo
With Wise-Cracks

AMERICANS can take joke-and
"A make it national institution. Wall
Street can take it and put it in the
presidential chair--or send it to Mex
ice i . covar up what is no laughing mat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Negroes to Stay Away
From Billy Sunday

ST. LOUIS, Jan. ga group of
Negro preachers have formed COM
mittee to get the Negro to stay away
from the revival meetings of Billy
Sunday who has been in town for the
last few weeks, and who will be here
for another month. Billy Sunday
aggregates the Negroes at his meet
ings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24


ter.
This cow-puncher
with a droll sense
Of humor has pro-
crossed from a
Broadway musical
stage to an unof-
fetal free lancing
c o n g ressman at
large" and finally
official co-star with
Tipdbarrh in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24

the company include: Ray Bolger,
Mildred Byram, Reynolds Sisters,
Virginia Martin and Senorita Armida.
"Ginsberg the Great" with George
Jessel is the film attraction for that
program.
Lily Morris, the English music hall
star, is leading the Palace bill this
week. Other acts are: Ella Shields;
Ada Reeve; Coram and Jerry; De-
Groot, violinist, assisted by A. Gibil-
are, piano, and J. Pacey, cello; Scott
Sanders; Tom Payne and Vera Hill
lard; Fred Lindsay; Gilbert and
French, and Revel Bros, and Red.
The New Playwrights' Theatre an
nounces many theatre parties for 1.-THE
international" the John Howard Law
son play now current at their Com
merce Street Playhouse. The pres
ent production is scheduled to close
on February 4th to make way for the
fourth subscription bill, "Hoboken
Blues" by Michael Gold. This means
that the general public has only to-
night, Wednesday and the two Sat
urday performances in which to see
the production.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
Broadway Briefs

Florence Reed in"The Shanghai Ges-
ture" is playing at the Shubert-Ri-
viera Theatre this week.
Fred Hillebrand, lately of "The
Studio Girl" has been added to "The
Optimists," Melville Gideon's Eng
lish musical which opens at the Cen
fury Roof next week.
Gus Edwards is the main vaude-
vile event at Mess Broadway. His
latest revue is titled "Ritz Carlton
Nights" and has lyrics by Nat and
Max Lief, Will D.. Cobb and Howard
johnson. The featured youngsters in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-24
MUSIC AND CONCERTS

Walter Hampden will revive Ca
ponsacchi' this evening at his theatre
on upper Broadway.
John Galsworthy's Escape" with
Leslie Howard in the leading role,
reached it's -hundredth perform
ance at the Booth Theatre last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
4-WEEK GOLF
Meet TO Open
ON WEDNESDAY
and Pros Ga
thering at Los An
geles to Compete for
Big Prizes

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dee. ls.-tPi
-Technicians Of the ancient and
honorable zane who have been fore
gathering for many weeks in south
ern California, tomorrow start a
cycle of golfing that will not wsne
until the fairwavs Of six courses in
this section have been covered. and
treasury pot Of s25,500 been d.
vidcd.
The cream of the nations tourrs-
mcnt players has come to match
strokes in q four weeks golfing duel
that will be climaxed bv the Los
Angeles open, with a purse cf sio,-
600 for the pros, ard a dazzling ar
ray or trophies for the amateurs.
Such leaders Of the clan a. Walter
Hagen. holder of the British open
championship; Leo Diegel. national
r. G.. A. champion, and Tommy Ar
mour. will trudge the fairways in
company with stellar golfers from
every section.
The trek gets under way with the
qualifying round of o $4,000 open
qualifying round Of S2.50O open
course Of Santa Catalina island,
wing a score Of miles off the Cali
fornia coast. More than one hun
dred professionals. and half rs many
amateurs have entered the island
event. Two days Of qualifying will
cut the large entry list down To 100
players for the tournament proper.
scheduled for Friday. Saturday and
Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
CUBAN BOXER
OUT IN FRONT
Sanger Slowed Away
In Two Rounds
BY Santiago

CHICAGO. Dec. 1s.-Fl-A TWEEN
Is wear old Cuban youth named Jose
Armando. fighting under the war
like nom de plume OF Armando San
tiago today became the foremost
contender Of the world junior light
weight championship as 2 result Of
his surprising t~wo-rOund knockout
over Joe Sanger.
Sanger. hitherto regarded rs the
outstanding contender for the 100
pound title. was smashed to defeat
III u spectacular battle that stunned
the 10000 spectators who filled the
coliseum. The frecklcd face Mil
waukee boy had accepted the match
merely as q warm-up for his cham
pioHship encounter with Tod Nor
gan. Of Seattle. the titleholder, m
Milwaukee on New Years Day.
The upset Of Sanger was the fea-
ture Of the revival of boxing at the
coliseum. which also witnessed the
victory Of Tommy Loughran, Phila-
delphia. worlds light heavyweight
champion scored over Big Boy"
Peterson Of Minneapolis. Loughran.
bidding for fame as p heavyweight
championship contender, decisively
beat his heavier and taller oppon-
ent IN ten rounds. Srotting him ~ 5-i
pounds in weight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
FIGHT RESULTS

CHICAGO-Tommy L~oughran, OF
Philadelphia, outpcinted Big Boy
Peterson, New Orleans, ClO). Ar
mando Santiago. Cuba, knocked out
Joey Sanger. Milwaukee. 90. Ted
Ross, Chicago, stopped Shuttle CAL
lahan. Chicago. t1D. Walter Madoy,
Chicago, knocked out Joe Green,
Philadelphia. (2). HeTshie Wilson,
narvillc, It'll. and Danny belmont,
Chicago. drew, C5).
NEW HORK-Kid Chocolate. Gu.
~, stopped Emil PtSso. salt Lake
City, (Sl. Jose Gonzales, Cuba,
and Nick Carlino. Albany. N. T..
drew. t6). George Daggett, New
York, outpointed Relamparo SAUCE
70, Cuba, CO.. Jack Dessimos. Can
ada. outpointed Charley Nepner.
Bridgefield, n. j., (i). Joe Click.
New York, outpointed Pete Mack
Jesey City. G01.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. To-
ayza, Chile, stopped Mickey Blair
Camden. N. j., Cs).
HOLYOkE, Mass.-Les Paluso,
Salt Lake City. stopped frankie La
Fave. Albany. NJ. III. (9l.
TERRE HAUTE, I~nd-Johnny Mas
ser. Tcrre Haute, %outpointed Young
nencio. Chicago. Cl0).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
Ted Lewis Quits
When Warned By
Toronto Referee

TORONTO. Ont, Dee. SD
Ted tkidl Lewis, former wcltrr-
weight champion. walked out NJ the
ring w the first round Of his To-
round boutw It'll Charley Belanger.
Canadian lirhthcavyweight champion
here last night.
The men had hardly squared off
when Referee Lou Marsh ordered
Lewis 10 remove 4 rubber mouth
piece. After some dispute the Brit
on obcyed. Then Marsh warned
Lewis for holding. The veteran Of
300 or more ring encounters paid lit
tie or no attention and when Marsh
broke up several ciinchcs by main
strength. Lewis held M his hands.
hoped through the ropes aud stalk
"a away 10 his dressing room. Be
LANCER was awarded the decision and
the boxing commission announced
Lewis end Of the purse would be
turned over 10 charity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
to Meet
The Tackler'
In Return Bout

BOSTON. nee. fs.-tF-Gus SON
aenherg. former Dartmouth football
player. has agreed 20 wrestle I'd
(S~tranrIer) Lewis again for the
heavyweight championship In tho
eoston Garden on January 4.
Several months e the pair met
here and Sonnenhcrg gained the
first fall with a "flying tackle" hold.
Lewis was in distress when they
faced off for the second time but
saved his title when Sonncubcrg
dove through the ropes. ~injuring
himself SO severely that he was IN
able % continue.
Lewis has received $4,000 for
sirning the agreement and has been
promised $4,000 more on the night
81 the match. Sonnenberg will re-
ceive 10 l-2 per cent Of the receipts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
~a7~"TH m "T
SAY S. nj. u. STAR is
TO co TO WEST POINT

DALLAS. Dec. ls.5Pl-Fear that
Malcolm Powell. star sophomore cen
ter on the Southern Methodist uni
v~ersity football team this year. would
be lost TO the squad next season
through an appointment to West
Point wa scurrcnt on the Mustang
campus today.
Powell, selected ~ many sports
as all-confercnce pivot san, an
nounced yesterday that Nc was con-
sidering nm appointment, the second
offered him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-18
BILLIARD ACES
COME THROUGH
Greenleaf and Layton,
Champions, Win in
First Matches

CHICAGO, Dec. 1s.-tP)-Ralph
Greenleaf Of New York, worlds
pocket billiard champion. and John
ny Layton of Ssdslis, No, king Of
the three cushion artists, have turn
ed back the first Of four attacks 70
dislodge them from their thrones.
Playing masterful billiards, the
two champions came through their
first matches in the two round robin
tournaments A. Orchestra hall last
night with victories. Greenleaf tri-
umphed over Pasquale Natalie Of
Baltimore, 125 70 ia in IS innings,
while Layton edged out the veteran
Gus Copulos. Of Detroit. 50 to as In
81 innings Of spectacular shot max
ing.
The two men. who are recognized
as their greatest threats, came
through. however. They were Frank
Taberski Of Schenectady, N. Y, who
defeated Erwin Rudolph Of Chicago.
125 to ia, in the pocket billiard
match. and the always spectacular
Willie Hoppe ~ New York. who beat
the former champion. Otto Reiselt n
Philadelphia. 10 70 IS.