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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-17

MALL STREETS and Washing
" toms fingers are now raking an
odorous mess on the boundary of
Honduras and Guatemala. One of
the chief objects of the American
money masters in Central America
is to disunite the five republics
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Ell Salvador, and Costa Rica.) While
it is the expressed desire of the peo-
pies of all these countries to unity,
American imperialism has kept them
divided, in the interests of plumber
and war.
The dispute over the Guatemala
Honduras border is in reality a con-
test between two American fruit
companies, the United Fruit Com
pany and the Cuyamel Fruit Com
pany, both Wall Street enterprises.
The Cuyamel Company is in Hon.
duras, while the United holds sway
in Guatemala. Both are trying to
control valuable fruit lands. Each
dominates government and wants
its puppet to have jurisdiction over
the disputed lands.
Fruit Companies Fight.
For many years the United Fruit
Company has virtually controlled
Guatemala. Today it owns one
fifth of the territory of that coun-
try. In 1913 the Cuyamel Fruit
Company obtained a concession
from the Hondurian government of
$4,000 acres of land in the Motagua
river district. The ownership of
this territory has been in dispute
for over 100 years between Guate-
mala and Honduras. When the
Cuyamel Fruit Co. secured its grant,
it started to improve the land and
to build a 33-mile railroad in 1918.
Before starting work on its i'm
provements, the Cuyamel sought to
obtain permission from the Qua
temalan authorities. Naturally, be-
ing United Fruit Company en-
ployees, they refused. Despite the
action of it's competitors, the Guy
amel started work but was forced
to stop because of the armed inter-
vention of the United Fruit Com
pany's government. The Cuyamel
Fruit Company, however, was al
lowed by Guatemala to construct
just one mile of the railway.
TN 1918 the entire dispute was
! submitted to a representative Of
the U. S. government, Mr.. Roy T.
Davis, minister to Costa Rica. But
no decision was reached. Obvious
", the u. S. government, which is
impartial to its imperialist pro-
teges, would not decide between two
American exploiters. The dispute
Is still unsettled. The United Fruit
Company, which has a monopoly on
the fruit business in Central Amer
lea, is doing all its can to crush
its competitor. 1t even will go to
the extent of starting a war be-
tween Guatemala, and Honduras, in
order to stamp out its rival.
Kellogg suggested that the ques-
lion be referred to the Central
American court. When this tribunal
decided the dispute between Mic
sragus: Costa RIGA, Honduras and
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the United States over the canal
rights in Nicaragua i'm favor of
Costa RIGA and Honduras and
against the United States, the
United States simply refused to
recognize the action of the court.
Guatemala, that is, the United
Fruit Company, is willing to accept
the jurisdiction of the Central
American court. Honduras declines
to submit the rights of the Cuyamel
Fruit Company to this body.
Seek to Destroy Rivals.
If the United Fruit Co. is the
victor, it will mean that the Guy
amel will be cut off from any out
let to the Atlantic coast. In short,
it will mean the end of this COM
petitor of the United Fruit Co. If
the Cuyamel wins, the United Fruit
Co. will be restricted in its activ-
tiles to the left side of the Motagua
river.
The officials in each country are
tools of the respective companies.
Their patriotism" has been aroused
to warlike heights. Accusations of
bribery have been hurled from both
sides freely. The fact is that both
fruit companies spare no expense
in gaining their object. Even the
labor unions are bought. The Qua
temalan Federation of Labor adj
dressed letter to William Green
in July, 1928, attacking the Guy
amel Fruit Co. as the instigator of
the trouble, while at the same time
it forgot to mention that the United
Fruit Co. controls the political life
of Guatemala, and without doubt,
inspired the mitigation Of the Qua
temalan labor takers.
Divide and Rule"
THE United States fears an in
dependent Central America. 1t
has thus far been successful in buy
ing or forcing these various gov
ernments to abide by its will. In
Nicaragua the imperialists meet
with the resistance of SANDING and
his forces. In a united Central
America the task of suppression and
murder would not be so simple as
it has been in the past. The axiom
Of divide and rule!" is the guild
ling principle of American domina-
ton of this Wall-Street-raped ter
ritory.
General Augusta G. SANDING, who
many times has announced that his
struggle against imperialism is not
limited to the confines of Nicaragua,
has written to the people of Hon
duras and Guatemala, calling on
them to refrain from being melted
to war for the pleasure of the two
U. S. fruit companies.
In letter to his friend, Froylan
Turcios, editor Of Ariel, in Teguci-
galpa, Honduras, SANDING says
All in Danger of Imperialists.
an the name of Nicaragua, of
Honduras, of Guatemala, | ask all
the people who have a clear under
standing of the situation in Central
America to try to avoid, by all
means possible, any break among
ourselves. You must make the
people of Latin America understand
tHlt among ourselves boundaries
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Thus, the majority of the seasonal
workers do not earn more than 20
cents a day, whilst the permanent
workers do not earn more than so
cents. On the whole, the average
earnings of the Chinese woman
worker are not more than Clio Chi
nese dollars a month, barely suffi-
cling for an existence of semi-starva-
ton.
Food of Rice and Soup.
in the large cities of South China
Z the food of the working woman
consists of rice, soup twice daily,
and boiled rice once daily. In Cen
trail and North China, where rice is
considerably dearer, it is substituted
by beans, maize, and wheat and
flour boiled in water.
The earnings of the working
woman do not allow the purchasing
of clothes from new material; the
working woman is usually clothed
in old rags purchased from the
secondhand dealers stores, which
are scattered all over industrial
China.
On the average the earnings of
the textile workers family, if not
less than members of the family
are working in the factory, do not
exceed II Chinese dollars month.
At the same time, according to data
by the trade unions for 1926, the
indispensable living minimum for
working class family of A people
in Hankow was not less than 28.46
Chinese dollars. Hence the textile
workers family earns only so per
cent of the indispensable living mini
mum. The position of the working
woman is further aggravated by the
fact that virtually she never gets
the full earnings.
System of Fines.
In the industrial enterprises of
China, both national and foreign,
the system of fines is widely used.
Fines are imposed for failure to
come to work, for slackness of at
tention, for talking to comrades, for
laughing while at work. In the silk
spinning mills of the Shantung
Province there are 33 different vari-
cites of fines: for being minutes
late fine of 10 cents is imposed
upon the working woman, an equal
fine of 10 cents for washing up
without permission, or for pausing
at the machine. The working woman
frequently has to part with one-half
of her earnings in fines. Cases are
not rare when she does not get any
wages at all.
Besides fines there is also prac-
ticed the system of Security"
which is held by the employer as a
guarantee against pilfering, or
clumsy and inaccurate work on the
part of the working woman. The
security is retained in the amount
of three weeks earnings and is vir-
tually never paid back to the worker.
Women Worker Flogged.
THE Chinese working woman is
still suffering from the system
of supervisors and overseers. The
overseers flog the women and in
flict corporal punishment for the
least offense, considering them as
their property. There are even
cases of women being killed by the
overseers who are carrying arms.
Brutal treatment of working women
by the overseers exists also in the
foreign factories. The whip is never
discarded. In 1926, in the course Of
a strike in the silk spinning mills in
South China, working woman was
killed by revolver shot fired by an
overseer, because she had been
elected by the workers to present a
demand to the administration for
! a 20 per cent increase in wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-17

HOUSE of Morgan, United States
IL Ambassador to Mexico, Dwight
Morrow has again proved that he
is man of courage. Not being
satisfied with risking his life by
eating ham and eggs with Gales, no
now gives further testimony to his
hardihood by purchasing a home in
a spot that is infested by bandits.
All, a lucid interval! How could
Morrow feel at home in an honest
environment having lived so much
of his life in that bandits quarter,
Wall Street? Bet, the Mexican
highwaymen will park their legs
when they arrive within a mile of
his residence and crawl to his pres
ence to swear fealty to their master
and place their humble services at
his disposal. AS the bank messenger
is to the treasurer so is Mexican
bandit to Dwight Morrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
COUNCIL WILL
 SIT AS BOARD
 EQUALIZATION
Douglas Property Owners Will Have Chance to
 Make Complaints

Discussion of public property re. pairs occupied about four hours of time at the special meeting )f the Douglas City Council which was held last evening.
 It was decided to have the pile driver over next week from Ju- neau to fix up the city wharf which is perhaps the most important is sue the council has before it, at the present time. Considerable work is necessary to be done on St. Ann's avenue, particularly on the Treadwell end. and this will also be taken care of.
 Plans for building a new roof over the salt water tank were pre-. sented at the meeting and accept ed. This job is deferred until later on in the season.
 July 26. 27 and 2S, were the dates decided upon for three spec ial sessions of the Council to sit as a board of equalization for the adjustment of tax assessments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

screen. where, as an F. B. o. pro- duction, it may be seen at the Liberty Sunday.
 The picture reflects the spirit of it's author; it is replete with the richness of life. and reveals the depths of human nature as this great woman knew it to be. IL deals with hearts and souls, and the events that happen to test man and prove him to be worthy The cast was selected by Mir. Meehan with the greatest care in order that one would give a faithful de- lineation of the character that he or sbn was to make live on the screen. Many favorites are to be found in this gathering, among them: Margaret Morris, Raymond Keane, Philippe de Lacey, Joyce Coad, William V. Mong, Charles Clary, Walter Wilkinson, Alfred Allen, Cesare Gravina, Paulette Duval and Hedda Hopper Mr. Meehan wrote the adaptation and Charles Keer the continuity
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
INSTALLATION CEREMONIES
 ENCAMPMENT FIRST.OF WEEK

Aurora Encampment No. l, Of
 Douglas held installation of off cers at the regular meeting of the lodge held last Monday evening. July 2, which was attended by d large delegation from Juneau. l.. D. G. P, l.. w. Kilburn and suite were installation officers. Follow ing are officers installed: c. P. Chas Grewer; H. P, J. D. Van At ta; Scribe, L.. w. Kilburn; First Watch, Hugh McRae; Third Watch, August DeBon; First Guard of Tent, James Nicolo; Guide, Chas. w. Carter; s. w., Oscar Larson; J. w, Lewis Dryadahl: Treas, Nels Anderson; Second Watch. Adolph Hirsch; Fourth Watch, Axel Kronquist; Second Guard of Tent, Jack Turkovich and Inside Sentinel, John G. Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
0'MALLEY WILL ARRIVE MONDAY
Commissioner of Fisheries Coming North for Fish
 ing Season Monday

United States Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley will ar rive here sometime Monday on the Fisheries flagship Brant. according to word received at local head quarters of the Bureau of Fisher ies. The ship left Seattle at 9 am. July ,, enroute for Juneau via Ketchikan.
 It is understood that Commis- sioner O'Malley will remain hero until the end of the salmon pack ing season in line with his usual practice. It is not known if he plans to visit western and central Alaska districts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
--------------------- THE MAGIc GARDEN"
 AT LIBERTY SUNDAY

When Gene Stratton Porter wrote The Magic Garden she unknowingly followed the old pre- cept of keeping the best for the last. Just before her death the popular autheress completed the story which later proved to be her greatest, 1t was also by tragic CO., incidence to be her final work. J. Leo Meehan, Mrs. Porter's son-in- law, has taken this remarkable book and transferred it to the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
NEW MANAGEM ENT

Mrs. c. c. Armstrong has leased the Kilburn Boarding house for a definite period and she will take charge of the place on the tenth Of this month. Having had con. siderable experience in business of that kind, Mrs. Armstrong is fully capable of maintaining the high standard of the popular hos telry.
 MT and Mrs. Kilburn are making
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
OLD HOTEL TORN DOWN

The Laughlin brothers have completed the tearing down of the former Hotel Hunter building for the salvage of the lumber in it, and the famous old landmark which has stood for about thirty years at the corner of Front and D. streets, is no more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
CASH COLE TRAVELLING

Cash Cole and son Jim, loft on the Admiral Rogers for Peters burg. They arrived there this and are enroute home on the gasboat Jazz, which has been under charter for the past several weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
PRINCESS LOUISE
 HAS 5 PASSENGERS
 COMING TO JUNEAU

c. P. R. steamer Princess Louise, due at 445 o'clock this afternoon from the south, has the following passengers aboard for this port: c. s. Fleming, Mrs. Fleming, Lydia Tobin, Agnes Tobin and Bertha Brown.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

NoTE.-Observations Paul, Harbor, Kodiak, Prince Rupert, Edmonton, Seattle Francisco made at 4 m and p. m. Juneau time
 The moderately lew in the Valley from North Pacific nd weather parts Alaska the lower the portions of the Gulf of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
Seattle Fruit and Produce

Special delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables off steamer Ala meda will be made before noon Sunday. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
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.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
 WHO'S WHO ''' AND WHERE

c. s. Fleming, oldtimer in the Yukon and for years telegraph operator with the Dominion Line, accompanied by his wife. is a pas sehger aboard the Princess Louise for Juneau coming on a visit with Mir. and Mrs. F.. J. White.
 Miss Bertha Brown, nurse at St. Ann's hospital, who has been visiting in the south for several weeks, is returning to Juneau on the Princess Louise.
 Lydia and Agnes Tobn are re- turning to Juneau on the Princess Louise from the south where they have been attending school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

Fada KaCIo petS snd accessOr- les, Columbia Monographs and records. Radio Electric Co.,, Mar tin Lynch. Phone 429. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
Douglas Presbyterian Native
 Mission

Sunday Schoof-2:30 D. m. Sermon at BIS D. m.
 FOO D. m. - Thursday-Mid- week prayer service.
 All are cordially welcome to these services.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

preparations to remove to their old home on D street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

Old papers for sale at The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. s.
 Weather Bureau

Forecast for Juneau vicinity beginning today: Showers tonight and Sunday moderate south winds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

Special Delivery-10:30 a. m. Sunday. George Bros. Phone 92 or 95. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
Douglas Catholic Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church

No services, as Dean Rice is in Skagway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
Congregational Community
 Church

L. D. HAMMOCK. Lay Pastor
 Sunday School 10:3O to 11:3O !. m.
 Regular Sunday services 11:3O B. m. to 12:30 D. m.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
.HIGH-GRADE BONDS
SHOW WEAKNESS.
Market Reflects Recent
Slump in StoCkS-Many
Declines Noted.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 8.-High-
grade bonds today we're more positively
weak than they have been since the
effect of stringent credit conditions be-
gan to show in the market
s There were numerous declines of half
point with special weakness in the long
list of Az per cent rails and public
utilities which we're brought out last
Spring. Some of the members of the
latter group. like Philadelphia Electric
and Duquense Light are off / p to 2
noints from the highs of about a month
ago. Columbia Gas SIS rallied a point
after selling yesterday 2l2 points under
their recent figure.
{. AtchiSon 4 l2s. Union Pacific 4l2S,
West Shore Is, Canadian Pacific As and
Baltimore & Ohio SIS we're all heavy
Considerably lower prices were also
registered in Frisco As and 4l2s, West
ern Maryland 4s and Rock Island AIS.
There was a spread of selling to the
active members of the entire list.
ST. Paul adjustments were higher
@nd helped by the announcement that
3 per cent would be declared on them
in February, as against per cent last
August. Dodge IS were off nearly a
point, with the rubber and tire issues
"a to y lower.
! The convertibles reflected the gen.
eral character of the speculative stock
market Anaconda Copper rs opened
points lower and Andes Copper rs 3
points down, and showed little rally.
The oil convertibles were also lower.
Fluctuations in the foreign group were
sme1 and without significance.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
CURB SHARES DROP
IN SHARP REACTION
Forced Liquidation Causes
Slump in Many Issues.
Few Rise.
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN,
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 8.-Forced
liquidation of accounts which had be-
come impaired as a result of yesterdays
acute weakness carried curb stocks down
sharply today.
One of the outstanding weak stocks
was Niles-B s-Bement-Pond, which broke
over 10 points before selling ran its
course. Around today's low it was down
some 40 points from the high. Its re-
action was Just one instance of what
was likely to occur in numerous other
volatile SpecialtieS.
GrigSby-G at 108 was down
points on the day. Losses of l to
points were common in other recent
speculative favorites.
Marmon Motor, around 72, lost al
most points and StutZ was subject
ed to heavy selling pressure. Other
motors, however, encountered fair sup
port.
AS a group, the mining stocks work.
ed lower, but pressure was not pro-
nounced.
Electric Bond & Share Securities,
one Of the most prominent of the hold
ing companies, dropped almost points
on a heavy turnover and United Gas
q improvement was pressed for sale.
Marconi issues were changed only
fractionally, but no effort was put forth
to rally the market for Canadian Mar
conf following the recent drastic break.
Among the few issues moving con-
trary to the general trend were Neve
Drug, class A and common. At "a the
former stock was up 3 points. The
demand was influenced by the report
that control of the company is to go
to United Cigar Stores and Whelan
Drug interests if terms of the acquisi-
ton are approved by Neve stockholders
American Smelling e. Refining new
shares broke sharply and Montgomery
Ward new sold at fresh low on the
move. The ticker failed to keep pace
with transactions on the floor.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Far East Business.

By the Associated Press
Sales of American goods in Far
Eastern markets have been affected by
local. conditions, the Department of
Commerce reports. although the month
ly average has been sustained. Japan's
disturbed financial and economic sit
uation caused frequent declines in that
market, while fluctuating currency
values inpeded progress in restocking
China's marts British Indian manu-
facturerS found American cotton too
high in price and dull business condi-
tions elsewhere also curtailed sales.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
DECENTRALIZATION PLAN.

NEW YORK, December 8 L4).-Chi-
cago Pneumatic Tool Co. stockholders
on December 81 will vote on a recapi
talization plan involving exchange of
present capital of $4,000 shares for new
preferred and common stocks. 1t is pro-
posed to issue $4,000 $50 par SO con-
vertible preferred shares and increase
present common stock to 100000 no
par shares. Two new preferred and two
new common shares will be exchanged
for each common share now held. An
additional 10000 new common shares
will be issued in making adjustments
with employees who are buying stock on
installment plan. It is not intended 10
issue the remaining 100000 common
shares at present.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
BALTIMORE STOCKS
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. December g.
Stock Issues Gain.

The aggregate market value of 100
representative common stock issues in
creased 11.67 per cent in November,
according to the monthly computation
of Frazier Jelke & Co. November
was the fifth consecutive month in
which market values have appreciated,
and last months gain was larger than
for any month since the index has been
computed. The appraisal of the 100
issues on November 30 was s32,1O6.-
814,000, compared with 28.749. .731 900
on october 81, gain of $3,357 083, 900
for the month.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Motors on China's Rivers.

TIENTSIN, December 8 LAP).-Ameri-
can-made outboard motors are adding
a bit of noise to the usually quiet traf-
f1o on China's Hal Ho River and other
waterways, of the north, where sails
and cars alone have been used The
shallow streams bar the use of larger
vessels and the outhoard motor boats
have become a popular means of travel
in a section which lacks Eail and road
facilities.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET

CHICAGO, December 8 0F).-Butter-
Creamery extras, so; standards, 4815 +;
extra firsts, 48l2a49; firsts, 46a471a !;
seconds, 43a45
Eggs-Unsettled; receipts, 3,848 cases.
Extra firsts, 45a46; firsts, 40a44; ordi-
nary firsts, 30a36; refrigerator extras,
32a32l@ refrigerator firsts, 3la31I2.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Canadian Apple Crop.

OTTAWA, December 8 (P)-Canada
will have 100000 barrels of apples for
export to other countries this year, final
estimates of the Dominion fruit COM
missioner indicate. The crop is esti-
mated at 2,965 900 barrels, of which
l 100000 barrels will be required for
domestic consumption.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
FIRM WILL EXPAND.

NEW YORK, December s CP.-
United Cigar Stores of America and its
Subsidiary, Whelan Drug Co., are to
acquire. control Of Neve Drug Stores,
Inc. of New York, subject to approval
Of Neve stockholders. Neve operates a
chain of 65 drug stores in New York
Evening star., 1928-12-08
COTTON PRICES BREAK.
Drop on Exchange Follows Bearish
u. S. Report.

NEW YORK, December 8 (P).-Cotton
prices broke $2.65 per bale on the New
York Cotton Exchange today when the
final Government estimate of the cotton
crop indicated yield of 1873, 900
bales, or greater than had been expect
ed. Selling was general and heavy, with
spinners buying freely below the 20
cents pound level.
Futures closed easy, 81 to Al points
lower; December, 19.85-l9.88; January.
19.75-l9.76; March, l9.80-l983; May,
19.75-l9.80; July, 1950-l9.55. Spot,
quiet; middling, 1000.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Shopping Begins Early.

NEW YORK. December 8 (P).-De-
partment store executives say that
Christmas gift shopping began this
year before Thanksgiving, although
ordinarily it is not expected until fully
a week after the November holiday
Toys also have felt the Christmas de-
mand earlier than usual
Evening star., 1928-12-08
Cotton Exchange Meeting

NEW YORK. December 8 Lp).-New
York Cotton Exchange members have
been called to special meeting Decem-
Der Is to discuss possible changes in
the charter, if the membership approves
the plan to trade in cotton mill and
kindred securities.