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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
SECTION 7 IN
ELECTION DRIVE
To Gather Signatures
Beginning Sunday

The Election Campaign Commit
tee of Section 7 of the Workers
(Communist} Party, located in Boro
Park and taking in Bath Beach,
Coney Island and the Brighton sec
ton, is preparing for an intensive
signature drive starting Sunday
Sept. 9. and lasting for one week.
There is a growing determination
in the section to put the ninth as
sembly district on the Communist
election map by September IS.
A special call has been sent to the
Jewish Workers Culture Clubs of
Boro Park, Coney Island, Brighton
and Bath Beach to participate in
the signature drive. The Boro Park
Jewish Workers Culture Club. con-
fident of its ability to outstrip the
other clubs in the signature race,
has issued challenge to these
clubs.
The signature work in the BorN
many interesting experiences met
with by the Red campaigners. A
one-page leaflet issued by the Sec
ton 7 Campaign Committee, called
"The Lighter Side of Signature
Gathering" contains droll and seri-
Gus anecdotes related by the Com
munist campaigners.
Section was the first section to
swing into line on the signature
drive, and hopes to be the first to
complete its job. D. Weitz, section
campaign manager, has sent com
munications to every unit of the
section urging participation in the
intensified drive of next week, and
looks forward to considerably in
creased signatures as a result of the
drive.
The workers clubs who will also
take part in the drive have resolved
to obtain more signatures than the
members of the section themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
eS T0ug0H Vest Virginia Fields Respond NeO Militant Union
Section 2 Campaign
Conference to Take
Up Important Work

The first enlarged Election Cam
paign Conference of Section 2 of the
Workers (Communist) Party will be
held tonight at the section headquar-
ters, 101 West 9th ST., at 8 o'clock.
according to Bessie Gussakoff, Cam
paign Director of the Section.
In statement issued last night,
Gussakoff urged the attendance of
all unit and subsection campaign
committees of Section 2. The state
ment reads in part as follows:
ut has long been known that Sec
ton 2 is the backbone of every cam
paign that the party undertakes in
the New York district and the cleo
ton campaign is no exception. This
is proven by the work of the sec
TONS Red Squad, which is partici-
pating in signature drives through
out the city. In the last few weeks
of the election campaign it is of
especial Importance that the cam
paign committee of our section be
more firmly knit and work more
closely together. Many important
issues have to be discussed and it is
vital for the whole election cam
paign in the city as well as for our
section that every member of every
unit campaign committee be present
at this conference"
The Daily Worker agent, the Agit-
prop Director and the literature
agent of every unit is the units
campaign committee, according to
Gussakoff, and these functionaries
should lay all other business aside
tonight and be present at the con-
ference.
A special request has been made
by Bessie Gussakoff that the unit
campaign committee of every unit
be excused at 8 o'clock from what
ever unit meetings are in progress
at that time tonight. A special
registration of attendance will be
taken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Sewer CRATER
KNOWS NOTHING

Continued from Page One
on another occasion, a man who he
is convinced is D'Olier, coming from
the same direction, hailed him and
directed him to drive him to the
Pennsylvania Club, 35 E. 50th st.
The officers of the Awixa Cor
poration, whose records mysteriously
disappeared" during the sewer in
vestigation were also questioned yes
terday as to their relations with
D'Olier's corporation. 1t is gen.
orally known that the firm held
contracts from the Awixa in the
equiping of two sewage disposal
plants in Queens.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Arrest Taxi Driver
On Framed Charge

Issac Cohen, taxi driver, of so
Allen Street, was arrested on a
trumped-up charge of disorderly
conduct and given a summons to
the traffic court, because he had
stopped on the corner of goth Street
and Fourth Avenue for prospective
passenger.
Cohen was proceeding south on
Fourth Avenue and was behind
police truck when he saw pas
senger signaling him. Cohen says
the truck was travelling at low
rate of speed and that he passed it
and when in front of the truck sig
nailed the driver to come. ahead.
He pulled his cab up near the curb
to pick up his passenger, when
cop who was in civilian clothes,
jumped from the truck and gave
him a summons for traffic court.
Cohen turned to his passenger and
told him that he did not think he
deserved a summons and would bat
tie the case in court. This irritated
the Tammany cop, who half drew
his "gat" from his holster and or
dered the driver to proceed to the
police station. There his hack IL
cense was "picked up" and he was
thrown into Jail. In the evening he
was taken to night court where he
was given a suspended sentence.
Returning to the police station he
discovered that his cab had been
stripped by the cops and that his
license had been sent downtown to
the hack license bureau. In the
meanwhile, Cohen is out his license,
which means out of a job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
POLICE AS SHOE
STRIKEbRE:AKERS
Fail as New Workers
Walk Out

Not even the use of police as
strikebreaking agents has helped the
o"'ners Of the S. Lieberman Shoe
factory break the determined strike
of the 70 workers normally employed
in that shop. This was demonstrated
yesterday when the sergeant and
''7-''7'r'an on strike duty near the
Hope st. Brooklyn shop, escorted
almost dozen men up past the pic
ket lines and into the plant. This
tactic, however, failed to get strike
breakers, for every one of the men
taken in walked out of the plant in
about Is minutes.
Hitherto, applicants who came to
answer the employers advertise
ments for shoe makers were met at
the street corner by the striking
workers and were told that the shop
is strikebound. They then i'm
mediately went home, few of them
even joining up with the Indes
pendent Shoe Workers Union which
was only recently formed thru an
amalgamation of several craft
unions. Seeing that he would never
get man to go near the plant the
employer told the police to escort
applicants up.
The strike grew out of the en-
ployers' discrimination against ac-
tive unionists, and the dismissal of
the general chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
BITTNER, PAL or
LEWIS, fails TO
DUPE DIGCERS
Freeman TIL ompson
Leads Militants

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Sept. 8
Now that locals have been organ
lied throughout West Virginia
under Freeman Thomnson's direc-
ton, hundred per cent Van Bit
ner is ballyhooing through the
state with an equippage of armed
thugs, state police and company
"yellow dogs" attempting to smash
the miners locals affiliated with
the new union, and revive the eX-
tinct U. M. w. A. district.
The trouble with Bittner's mas
meetings" is that they are totally
lacking in masses. When the gang
arrived in Rivesville, Bittner sent
his thugs out to round up the min
ers for a meeting. But the coal dig
gers of West Virginia have been
betrayed too often to be duped by
Lewis henchmen, and refused to
come. A handful of men did. how
ever, gather several hundred feet
away from the hail. to watch the
show. While state police and ''vel-
low dogs" looked on, Bittner's lieu
tenants tried to herd the men into
the hall. The first man who refused
the invitation was viciously punched
in the face. The police did not in
terfere.
Loud Speakers Used.
In Monogah, Bittner used other
methods. There always were few
curious enough to watch the spec
tacle from a distance, or others un-
fortunate enough to live in the
neighborhood Of the mass" meet
ings. To reach them, Bittner bel
lowed into loud speakers. Even at
that his gang was not successful in
getting more than a small handful
close enough to take picture for
the U. NJ. w. Journal, which re-
ports great triumph.
Since Bittner is SO openly pro-
tected by the same police who have
always sided with the operators and
fought the miners, it is commonly
believed here, that Bittner's scheme
is to trick the men into a company
union and break the rapidly grow
ing new Miners Union which is
recognized as a menace to the OPP
orators.
A strong delegation is coming to
the National Miners Convention in
Pittsburgh, September 9th, to help
build the new union. Wages are as
low as $3.50 a day. In many places,
the companies pay wages in COM
pany- coined counterfeit "scrip"
money, which is exchangeable only
in company-owned stores, at from
% to 35 per cent loss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
LaFOllette Candidate
Beaten i'm Primary

MADISON, Wis, Sept. 5.-Al-
though Sen. Robert M. LaFollette,
so-called "insurgent" leader, won
the senatorial nomination by ar
overwhelming vote in Tuesdays
primary, conservative republicans
gained victory when Walter S
Koh'er was chosen nominee for gov.
ernor.
Practically complete returns to-
night gave Kohler lead of approx
mately $1,000 over Joseph D, Beck
"insurgent" candidate, who had the
backing of LaFollette. Gov. FREQ
Zimmerman, who had small pro
gressive following and was endorsed
by the anti-saloon league, ran a pool
third.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
BUTCHER union
CHIEFS GUST 6
Militants on Committee
to Delve Finances

The right wing officialdom of the
Jewish Butchers Union pried them
selves out of a highly, uncomfortable
position just before the rank and file
committee elected by the member
ship had an opportunity to probe the
finances of the union. The officials
came to the union membership meet
ing and railroaded through the ex-
pulsion Of six left wingers, several
Of whom were at the same time
members of the rank and file COM
mittee which was to investigate the
treasurer's accounts.
The six left winqers, Sam Sivak,
Eli Werner, NJ. Malamud, M. Teitle-
baum, Sam Marcus and S. Portnoy
were the leaders of struggle
against the union leadership, which
has been active in the support of
the campaign of the United Hebrew
Trades to destroy any Jewish union
showing signs Of militant policy
against the employers. When these
left wingers were also elected to
delve into the accounts of the or
ganization, the socialist chiefs decid-
ed they must get rid of them and
thereby the danger of public re-
port Of the unions income and ex-
penses.
The investigation committee was
elected at the meeting before the
explosions took place, the expulsion
meeting having been held Monday
night in the Forward building. The
election was brought about when the
officialdom came to the members
with the demand that they pay in
creased dues hereafter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Czech Immigrants
Starving in Sydney

SYDNEY, Sept. 5.-Several hun
dred immigrants to Australia from
Czechoslovakia are starving and
penniless in Sydney.
They say they were misIed by i'm
migration agents who told them at
Prague there was plenty of work in
Australia at $50 per week, and all
they would have to do was to walk
off the steamer and tumble into
jobs.
But they found record unemploy-
ment. Since government immigra-
ton agents misled them, they want
their fares paid back to their home
land.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Graft Smell Hovers
Over Fat Bank Books
Of Philadelphia Police

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5.-Huge
bank accounts owned by high police
officials are believed to have di-
rect connection with the $10,000,0OO
bootleg ring now under grand jury
investigation here.
District Attorney Monaghan, who
represents an opposition faction
within the republican machine, also
expressed himself as skeptical of
the effectiveness of the so-called
cleanup" ordered by Mayor
Mackey.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

now demand an increase for each
worker of $40 week.
A meeting of representatives of
the bosses and workers We ''o'' 800
terday with no results. Another Is
scheduled to be held at \
One of the leaders Of ~
when asked yesterday whether a
strike would be declared if the de-
mands of the union are not granted,
replied:
"Oh, we won't be able to hold the
boys back after Saturday"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

member of the Young Peoples So
cialist League, Joe Freedman, had
Joined the League. Freedman was
one of the leaders in the Browns
Vile Y. P. S. l..
The New York membership Of
the League was very well modified
for the International Youth Day
campaign which is now in progress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Section | Workers to
Hold Banquet Saturday

The members of Section l will
gather at banquet this Saturday
at 8 pm. at the headquarters of the
Downtown Workers Club, 35 East
End st. b
Section / has been the first to
officially receive the Red Banner
awarded by the district for its work
IN procuring the highest amount Of
signatures to place the Workers
(Communist) Party candidates on
NE ballot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
SICMAN AGENTS
IN WILD DASH
AS Forward Says, They
Get Warm Reception

After enduring for two years the
terrorization of reactionary union
wrecking officialdom of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, the workers in the cloak and
dress manufacturing trades are de-
monstrating their determination to
drive the agents of the employers
out of whatever control they still
possess. Again the workers in a
right wing shop defied the Sigman
dues collectors and drove them out
of the shop.
The Collectors" Arrive.
A business agent from the COM
pany union, reinforced by the usual
clues collecting" underworld COM
mittee, came to the shop of Skwirl-
sky and Son, West 22nd ST., to ex-
tract tribute from the workers.
After the business agent and his
committee refused to obey the order
of the workers that they leave, the
workers rose from their machines
and drove them out. The Sigman
agent then went to the 30th Street
Police Station and came back with
detective to arrest those he claim
ed had "beaten him up." No ar
rests were made, however.
This shop had been under right
wing control for many months, the
employer himself paying for the
company membership books,
because the workers had refused to
do so. The employer, seeing the
public disintegration of the right
wing union, had notified the scab
union that he would no longer pay
his workers dues. This led to the
visit of the dues" committee.
Warm Reception."
While events like this are regis
tered in the cloak market every day,
workers see much irony in stories
appearing in the right wing Jewish
Daily Forward announcing: "Cloak
and Dressmakers Give a Warm Re-
,ception to the Unions Campaign for
Dues" The cloakmakers comment
sardonically that the Sigman organ
is undertaking its case, and vouch
that the Sigman campaign is being
received with even greater heat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UP).--
Attorneys, acting for William B.
Wilson in his contest of William S.
Wares election to the United States
senate from Pennsylvania, revealed
today they will protest the entire
vote in all but 400 of the 1900 cleo
ton divisions in the city of Phila-
delphia.
Attorney A. B. Hurshman said
Wilson also would protest approx
mately 800 election divisions in AL
legheny County, in which Pitts
burgh is situated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

Sore this copy of the Daily far
ons Of the 10000 traction aooykers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

Who Wins Uhen you read your
bosses paper,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
FAIRBANKS FARMER DIES
 ALONE IN HIS CABIN


 Daniel II. Hanford. for twenty years farmer at Birch Hill. near Fairbanks, died while alone in his cabin recently, aged about 70 years. His body was found on his bed after he had been dead for four or five days.
 Hanford came to Fairbanks in the early days of that camp, and in 1908 located on the farm on which he died. It Is said that hc had not spent a night away from the farm since he moved on it twenty years ago. He is survived by a daughter residing in Wlscon- sin. where he owned land. He had planned on visiting her this summer. He was a veteran Of the Spanish War.
 The body was buried at Fair. banks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
KASAAN GOLD MINING
 COMPANY IS SEEKING
 WArERPOWER PERMIT


 Application has been made to the Federal Power Commission by the Kasaan Gold Mining Company for a preliminary waterpower de velopment permit on Karta River, it was made known today at local district headquarters of the U. s. Forest Service. The project in wolves the development of 1,50o horsepower.
 The company plans to erect a dam 14 feet high and 3S0 feet in length at the outlet of Little Sal mon Lake on the headwaters of the stream. The ccmpany's plant and holdings are located at Hollis on Twelve Mile Arm, east coast of Prince of Wales Island. It is about 10 miles distant from the projected development.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NO1lCE lS fEREB1 G1N FIN that the undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Col lector for Juneau, Alaska, in con- formity with Chapter 20, Alaska Session Laws, 1919.
 All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, except soldiers, sailors in U. s. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volunteer firemen, paup- CTS and insane persons, are sub ject to tax in.- sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April, 1928, said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May 1st, 1928. Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned. tax will be delinquent thirty (30) days after your ar rival, or within ten (10) days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms and corpora tions employing labor shall furn- ish list of employees to collector and are authorized by law to de- duct amount of tax from wages of employees.
 Fines and imprisonment are provided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of em- ployees.
 Dated at Juneau, Alaska, April IA, 1928.
 H. k. SHEPARD,
 School Tax Collector for
 Juneau, Alaska. First publication, April 14, 1928. Last publication, May 12, 1928.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
GOOD NEWS BAY NOT ENCOURAGING, VALUE
 LESS THAN EXPECTED

Results obtained from sluicing by two outfits from two different pieces of ground in the Good News Bay district, were not en- couraging and failed to substanti- ate claims of an important plati- mum discovery, according to let ter received by Secretary Karl Theile from Joe l.. Dean, miner and trader of western Alaska. Ex- perienced mining men who have looked over the field are not op- timistic over the outlook for sue cessful development.
 There is some platinum in the area, MT. Dean wrote. From the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
DOUGLAS SCHOOL HONORED BY PRESS ASSOCIATION

The Gastineau Breeze is the best arranged, has the best ma terial, is the best edited, etc., high school paper in Alaska, among the nine published, according to the Columbia Scholastic Press As sociation of New York City. which has chosen the Douglas high school paper as the best school newspaper published in Alaska this year, official notice of which, together with the honor medal was received here yesterday by Supt. Olson.
 This is the second year such a prize has been offered, the medal last year going to the Cordoya school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
NOTICE AND CALL OF SPECIAL ELECTION ON ISSUANCE OF SEWER BONDS BY THE
 TOWN cT JUNEAU,

Pursuant to resolution adopt ed by the Common Council of the town of Juneau, Alaska, special election Is hereby called to be held in said town on May 1st, 1928, at which will be sub mitted to the qualified electors of said town whose names appear on the last assessment roll of said town .or municipal taxation, the question: Shall the town of Juneau, Alaska, issue its bonds for the purpose of improving it's sewerage system?
 Said election is called and will be held pursuant to the Act of Congress of February II, 1925. and, if G09o or more of said qualified electors answer said question in the affirmative. said town will issue, during sthe coun- cilmanic year 1928 to 1929. not to exceed s10.OO0.00 Of said bonds, bearing interest at the rate of 6ao per annum, and use such part thereof as may be re- quired for said purpose.
 The polling place of said spec ial election which will be held on May 1st, 1928, will be in the Fire Hall in the City Hall in raid town and the regular 1928 municipal registration will be used as the registration for said election.
 Dated at Juneau, Alaska, March 29. 1928.
 THOMAS HUDSON, E
 s Mayor.
 II. R. SHEPARD,
 E@ Clerk. r First publication, Mar. 30. 1923. Last publication April 30, 1928.
 Advertising aIways pays. Use the columns of The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
SISTER OF MISSING MAN
 ASKS FOR INFORMATION

A letter received at the local postoffice from Fern Floyd, Stop 6, Biltmore Ave, Elmont. L. l., asked for information concerning William Lightner, who was be- lieved to have come to Alaska seven or eight years ago.
 Lightner is brother of the sender of the letter, and the lat. ter will appreciate any informa- tion as to his whereabouts. He Is about 45 years of age, and generally works as an engineer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14

two operations mentioned IA ounces were recovered and orig inal estimates placed the value at S103 per ounce. However, TO turns on them showed the recov- cry to have been but 41 percent platinum, the remainder was some other mineral much less valuable and black sand. The cash value of the entire cleanup was said to have been less than $500.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
"WANDERER" IS AT
 LIBERTY SUNDAY

"The Wanderer" is showing d. the Liberty Theatre Sunday night.
 Mir. Walsh, already famous for his direction of "The Thief of Bagdad," and Paramount, from which company have come such productions as Peter Pan," "The Ten Commandments" "The Gov cred Wagon" "The Pony Ex- press," have, in "The Wanderer," the peer of any motion picture eff fort the industry has ever seen.
 The story, a screen version of Maurice SAmuers stage spectacle of the Prodigal Son. is awe-in- spring beyond anything the imag- inatfon can grasp.
 Ernest Terrence, Greta Nissen,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14

William Collier, Jr., Wallace Beery. Tyrone Power and Kathlyn Williams are featured in the lead ing roles. And each goes any thing they have ever done on the screen before one better in this big super-special.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14

auctions lengthy titles, and pur- chasers have to make a choice. among many others, of sets bear ing such names as Elgedyne, Stro bodyne, Zutterodyne, Supermodula- dyne. Tubeheterodyne, Stazodyne and Supertridyne.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
FINN DANCE TONIGHT

A number of the Finnish resi-. dents of the channel are giving another of their popular dances at the Natatorium this evening as a final event before the fishermen leave for their summers work. Everyone is invited
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
DECLARATION CONTEST TO
 4E BE HELD NEXT WEEK

The declamatory meet between the high schools of Southeastern Alaska is to be held one week from tonight in Petersburg. Made line Riedi, who has been chosen to represent the Douglas school, accompanied by Miss Gladys Fleming, will leave here Friday for the scene of the meet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
DOUGLAS
 H NEVIS
BALL WELL
 , ATTENDED LAST NIGHT

The annual dance of the Doug las Fire Department given in the Natatorium last night was good success in every way The floor which was in excellent shape for dancing was comfortably filled with dancers all evening; the mu- sic was fine and everybody had a good time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-14
Douglas
 Church
 Services

Notices for this church column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Satur- day morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, etc.