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New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
START OCEAN VOYAGE

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 Motor Boat on an Attempted
 Voyage to Spain.
 New York, Aug 16-tP-The 32 foot motor boat Banfield. with three men aboard. chugged away from the Columbia Yacht club pier. Hudson river. early this afternoon on an at- tempted trip to Spain, 3,o0o miles away.
 Her crew comprised George V. Brothers. 25, owner John 4. Broth CTS, ol. and Charles A. Banfield, 2s. The Brothers are sons of Assistant District Attorney George N. Broth CTS.
 The Bantield, powered with a S5 horsepower motor will be pointed first for Bermuda where her goo gallon gasoline tank will be refilled for the trip to Fayal. the Azores.
 After a short stop at that island the young men will make for Lisbon. Portugal. and Santander or Cadiz, Spain. After d coast t-wise tour of the Mediterranean they plan 10 ship their craft back to New York.
 The trip is expected to take about three weeks. The Banfield carries a mast for an auxiliary sail Provisions for 70 days are aboard.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
CONGESTION AT PORT
More Than 50 Ships En Route to Montreal Are Hanpered Because Of Crowded Conditions.

Montreal. Aug. 1e tuP)-Because Of serious congestion at Port Col bourne. Ont, more than 80 ships now en route to Montreal from Eur opean ports for grain will have 10 wait indefinitely for their cargoes
 Officials at the local port told the United Press today that at least 26 Colbourne because the elevators there could not hold any more grain and that these boats were unable to make the trip to Montreal because of their size.
 The local elevators, it was said. did not have nearly enough grain to accommodate the incoming fleet
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

and dinghy 1t had in tow carried 445 cases of Canadian ale, the largest quantity of liquor netted this season by coast guardsmen. The boat was captured off Youngstown in Lake Ontario.
 Two Buffalo men who said they were Larry Sims ana Thomas H. Reilly. were arrested. They were to be arraigned in Niagara Falls.
 The vessel was the fourth taken in the last 36 hours.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
AUTOlST EXONERATED
Edward Lawrence of New Canaan Absol,cd from Criminal Respon- sibility in New London.

New London. Aug. 16 tP A charge of manslaughter lodgei June 25 against Edward Lawrence 1S4 South Main street. New Can aan, driver of an automobile which crashed into another car at Salen. four corners in the Ha rtford turn pike, which resulted in fatal in lurles to two men. was dropped anl the defendant discharged when the case came up before Justice of th Peace Charles Beebe in Salem 10 day. Tn" court action followed tn receipt of verdict from former Coroner J. J. Desmond in which Lawrence was found not guilty ol criminal negligence.
 John Davenport. retired New Canaan farmer and uncle of Law renee. was killed almost instantly
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
Niagara River Drive
 Nets Another Vessel

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. Is |Pl-Con- tlnuing its drive against rum run ners in the Niagara river. Lake On tario and Lake Erie, the coast guard last night captured 42 foot speed boat. the largest haul of the season. Captain Frank l.. Beck who made the capture. reported that the craft
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
City Items

Ladies' Jantzen Bathing Suits 1-e price. Fitch Jones Co.-advt.
 Fred Sunburn of 147 Hart street was operated upon at the Hartford hospital Monday. August 13. He is reported as resting comfortab bly,.
 There will be regular meeting of Court Columba No. 27. Catholic Daughters of America in Red Men S hall at o'clock this evening.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
RUSSIA MAY ALSO SIGN
High Official Hints that Communists Look With Favor Upon kellogg's Anti.War Pact.

Berlin. Aug. Is rP) - Soviet Russia may be willing to sign the Kellogg anti-war agreement. a high government official indicated to the United Press today.
 He gave the impression. however that Russia would want to sign as soon as possible after the original signatory nations have accepted the pact
 If the powers really believe that Russia is menace to the peace of eastern Europe. the official said, they would try to lessen the danger by inviting Russia to adhere to the pact
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
FAVORABLE REPLY

Berlin, Aug. Is (UP)-G-.many probably will send favorable re- ply tomorrow 10 the invitation to elgn the Kellogg anti-war agree ment in Paris.
 Dr. Gustav Stresemann, foreign minister, who will sign for Ger many, probably will be accompanied to Paris by State Secretary Won Schubert and Dr. Gaus. head of the legal department.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
DETERMINED CAMPAIGN

Philadelphia Chief Of Detectives An-
 nounces Drive Gu All Glasses of
 Wrong Doers.
 Philadelphia. Aug. 16 (UP)-A campaign against bootleggers, racke- teers and gunmen reminiscent of the days when Brig. Gen. Smedley b. Butler Was in command of law en- torcement in Philadelphia. was or dered today by Captain of Detectives Btckman.
 Beckman instituted 24-hour-a- day watch for the leaders of law lessness who have been responsibia for series Of outbreaks here, re- sultlns. presumably. from a feud be. tween rival bootleggers.
 Daniel O'Leary, member of th. Four O'Leary Brothers gang from the waterfront is the latest victim of the feud. He was shot in his bed yesterday by four men who forced their way into the apartment where he was hiding from police as a sus- pect In the gang s!aving last Week of Hugh McLoon. fight manager and cabaret owner. The latter was shot from curtained automobile after the wounding of two other members of a rival gang which had challenged the OLea,ys to supre- macy ln the underworld.
 Beckman told his men to ston watching corner loungers and go out after the big fellows. bootlegeers. racketeers and gunmtn" He said city magistrates would be asked to lall for 20 days every man unable to explain how he supports himself and his family.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

Abra ham GWosdof son of Mir. and Mrs. Samuel Gwosdof of 5O6 West Main street was admitted to the New Jersey bar last Friday. August 10. Mir. Gwosdof is a graduate of the New Britain High school. '22 and completed his law studies at the New Jersey Law school in Newark, where he graduated in 1927.
 He will begin his practice in New ark August c3. He is fraternally af- fiiated with the Knights of Pythlas in Newark.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
MRS, IRliRNAP DIES

Montreal. Que. Aug. l6 lP,-Mrs. Fannie Louise Castle Burnap. widow of Wilder L. Burnap. a former prominent lawyer of Burlington, Vt. is dead here. The funeral will take place at Burlington on Friday. Mrs. Burnap had been living in
 Montreal since 1905 with R. L. Bur-
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

erated China's determination to abrogate the pact.
 This understanding in Shanghai would apear to be controverted by the Exchange Telegraph's Tokyo ad- vices.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
JAPAN NOW WILLING
tSaid to Have Agreed to Withdraw Notice of Abrogation Of Treaty and Revise 1t.

London, Aug. 1S.-.I-aa Ex- | change telegraph dispatch from Tokyo says that the Chinese minister called upon the Japanese foreign of- flee today and intimated the will ingness of the Nationalists to with draw their notice of treaty abroga- ton and 10 proceed to revision of the treaty.
 Notice given by the Chinese Ma tlonalist government of it's inten- ton to abro2ate the treaty of 1896 with Japan has produced decided opposition on the part of the Japanese government Dispatches from Tokyo yesterday said that the Japanese authorities had reiterated their refusal even to listen to any Chinese proposals for revision until the Nationalists had acknowledged the validity of the existing pact
 A Nationalist not was handed to the Japanese consul at Ranking late Tuesday night. the second note re- garding the disputed treaty of 1896. The contents of this note were not revealed officially. but it was under stood in Shanghai that the note reit-
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

Elaborately worked in gold and silver thread, state" night gown, formerly belonging to Charles I was recently sold for $500.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

l in the collision and Ed Rutledge, former New Canaan town clerk. died shortly after being admitted to
 the Lawrence and Memorial Asso-
 ciatel hospital here.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
Several others were very seriously injured.

Great Britain produces. approxi- mately. 117.o00.ooo pairs of boots and shoes every year.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

nap. one of three sons who survive her.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

the highest quail lty pure silk: full fashioned silk from top to toe. fits snug ly at evey point. The sizes 8 to 10l2.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-16

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
Council of Six Rules
British Imperialism as
End of King Looms

LONDON, Dec. 4.-Behind the
veil of secrecy about the condition
of King George the Fifth, the latest
news reveals that the leading fig
ures of British imperialism expect
the king to die at any time, as is
seen by the order delegating his
imperial powers to council of six
to rule in his stead.
AS the night passed, bulletins
said the figurehead of the machin-
cry for extracting profits and
super-profits from hundreds of mil
lions of worlNrs and peasants slav-
ing for "the' empire" throughout
the world, was taking a turn fol-
the worse and it was conjectured
that George may be near his end.
Bulletins said the king signed a
royal decree this morning naming
the queen, the Prince of Wales, the
Duke of York, the Archbishop OF
Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor
and Prime Minister Baldwin tc
take his job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
Cuban r. r. Shopmen
Strike Against U. S.
BOsse s. Mistreatment

HAVANA, Dec. 4.-The remnants
of the Railroad Brotherhood of
Cuba, left since its best leaders were
killed by Butcher Machado's assas-
sins and its remaining opportunists
affiliated the organization to the
Pan-American Federation Of Labor,
are forcing the hands of its execu-
tives in a conflict with Yankee bosses
employed by the railway administra-
ton.
In the railway shops of Cienaga,
the administration has put in as
manager an arrogant slave-driver
named Strang, who thought he could
treat the Cuban workers like dogs
without fear of a comeback.
AS a result the workers in the
shops are on strike, and the execu-
tive of the Brotherhood, apparently
failing in trying to get the men to
go back, is negotiating with the rail-
way administration. Because of the
determined stand of the workers it
is thought that Strang will have to
be moved to some other good job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
DRUNKEN EX-COP
KILLS CHAUFFEUR
eBlames Dry Law;
Is Easy on Murderer

William Cohen, a nineteen-year-
old taxi driver, was shot and killed
yesterday by an ex-cop in "play-
full" mood. The judge who tried
the case was obliging enough to put
the emphasis upon prohibition, side
stepping the killing of a worker by
a thug whose business, as taught
him by the city, was to assault and
kill workers at will.
Cohen was shot in a saloon by
the drunken murderer, because he
would not dance to the music of
the latter's gun. Judge Nova, in
Kings County Court, forgot" to
press the first degree murder
charge and permitted a second de-
gree manslaughter charge.
The judge told the dead workers
mother that he recognized your
(her) point of view but this
is horrible accident" If the
worker had shot the legal murder
er, the accident" would undoubted-
ly have resulted in death SEN
tence, and prohibition would not
have been invoked as an excuse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
TO GREET y PRISONERS
Plan Banquet TOR Porter Demonstrators

completed their 30-day sentences
when they are released Thursday.
Benjamin Thomas and Lawrence
were sentenced to serve 60 days, but
they will be released together with
the other prisoners, having ap-
pealed. Three other demonstrators
Karl Reeve, Paul Crouch and Karl
Jones, were released on 5000 bail,
after having appealed the cases.
The meeting to be held in Wash
ington Thursday night will take
place at sos "I" ST., n. w. and
will greet the % workers, many of
whom lost their jobs as result of
the severe sentences. At IL O'Clock
the same evening a banquet will be
held at 1887 Seventh st. for the
prisoners.
Other receptions for the workers
will be held in Philadelphia and New
York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
MThtants Nav
Be Down But
Are Never Ont
(By a Worker Correspondent

DU u W Ofh6T COIT6o opOftuSHt/
On behalf Of myself and the other
boys of Craig Colony, l beg leave
to acknowledge receipt of your
much valued paper, the Daily
Worker. We look forward with
pleasure to the arrival of the mail
each day, knowing that it will bring
on some good reading matter, and
all but quarrel as to which is to get
it and read it first. We are glad
to note the wonderful improvement
made in the Daily Worker, the
splendid, interesting articles and
the able editorials. Hopefully we
anticipate the days when a number
of T. BIS may recover sufficiently
from the disease to take our places
in the ranks of the workers and
spread the message of the class
struggle we have learned in the
Daily Worker.
Greetings from The Boys of Craig
Colony, Colorado.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
LIFE FOR KILLER
OF A. CAMPBELL
But MENDOZA Appeal Is
Rejected

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Dec. A.
Ralph Mellissari, a hired gangster
for the Lewis machine, has been
convicted and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment. He is the man who
murdered in cold blood Alex. Camp
hell, left wing president of Pittston
Local of the U. M. w. A., before
the formation of the National Min
ers Union, and at the same time
killed Peter Reilly. another militant
miner. Mellissari and others shot
Campbell and Reilly to death with
machine guns while they were ap-
preaching Campbell's home in a
small sedan car
Mellis3ari was brought to trial
for killing Campbell and acquitted
after what was apparently mere
white washing. Placed on trial for
the murder of Reilly, however,
something went wrong with plans
for another accuittal and the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty.
The local newspapers express sur
prise at the conviction, and hint
that the life Imprisonment sentence
is merely to quiet resentment
against Mellissari by the militant
miners Of this region, and, that as
soon as things quiet down, the mur-
derer will be pardoned.
The State Supreme Court, sitting
in Philadelphia, has denied the ap-
peal for Steve MENDOZA, of the Ma
tional Miners Union, who was SEN
fenced to years Imprisonment on
manslaughter charge. MENDOZA,
along with Sam Bonita and Adam
Moleski, were attacked by Frank
Agati in the district headquarters
of the United Mine Workers in
Wilkes-Barre last February. The
Lewis gunmen sought to kill Men
dola and his companions and they
defended themselves. Bonita is now
serving from 10 to 20 years in East
crn Penitentiary and Moleski is
soon to be brought to trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
PLAN RED ARMY"
FOR THE DAILY
Plan 100000 Issue on
5th Anniversary

The Daily Worker expects a Red
Army of thousands of militant work
ers to greet the fifth anniversary of
the paper in its special anniversary
edition, half a million copies of
which will be run off the presses.
1t bases this expectation upon a
letter which is being sent out to all
sympathetic workers organizations,
reminding them that the Daily
Worker is the only militant work
ing class paper in the country, and
the only labor daily existent.
The letter sums up The issues
upon which the Daily has been fight
ing, mentioning among them the
struggle to mobilize the workers
against ifhperialist wars, for the
recognition and defense of the Soviet
Union, for new and militant unions
which will organize the unorganized
masses in the basic industries, etc.
The present difficult financial po-
sition the paper finds itself in is
stressed in closing the letter: "The
Daily Worker is up against it! The
attacks of the bosses and of the
government have considerably weak
ened it. In this period of big strug-
giles, the workers of this country
cannot afford to be without their
fighting Daily. Every worker, every
working class organization must
rally to its support on it's fifth an
niversary. Your organization must
be amongst the many that will greet
the Daily Worker on its fifth birth
day. Send in as big greeting as
possible. Have every member of
your organization send in a greet
ing of his own"
All members of the Workers
(Communist) Party and sympathiz-
ers in organizations receiving this
letter are asked to have it put upon
the agenda at the next meeting, and
support it as strongly as possible.
The Daily almost had to be sus-
pended this week for lack of money
to pay the printers, and immediate
End substantial support is needed.
Mass organizations where Commu-
nists work are the best sources of
support and Daily agents must see
that they are covered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Hun-
dreds of workers will greet the %
demonstrators who were arrested in
this city a month ago for voHing
their protest against the frame-up
and sentence of John Porter, mill
tant New Bedford strike leader, and
against American imperialism, upon
their release from Jail Thursday.
The % workers will be released
from the Ocacuan, Va, workhouse,
to which all but two of the demon
strators were sentenced for 80 days
on technical charge of parading
on government property without a
permit. The real cause of the ar
rests and sentences, according to
the International Labor Defense,
which defended them, was that they
carried banners opposed to imperial
list war.
All Of the workers will have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
union FIGHTING
Mill WAGE CUTS
National Union Holds
Rhode Island Meet
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worker)
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Dec. A.
With the ground work laid, the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union
opened its campaign against the
wage reductions enforced in the
mills of Pawtucket Valley by call
ing mass meeting of textile work
ers in Artic today.
Tho the meeting was called on a
notice of only three hours the meet
ing hall was crowded to the doors
with textile workers who demon
strated their determination to ac-
cept the leadership of the National
Textile Union in waging a bitter
fight against the wage cuts.
Expose Betrayers.
The traitorous role OF the United
Textile Workers Union in making
the workers accept the wage cut de-
cisions of the bosses without a
struggle were brought out at the
meeting by the workers. 1t was
shown that where workers opposed
the vicious demands of the bosses
with threats to fight, these bosses
were far more hesitant in depress-
ing conditions.
The workers in the Arkwright
Mill, who presented determined
front against the employers when
they found notice posted announc-
ing a new speed-up system, saw
their action compel the mill Off
cials to remove the speed-up notices.
Prospects for an open outbreak
against the fierce reductions in pay
can be expected when the workers
in the Knight Mills are asked to
accept the slash. This would be the
second wage cut in recent years i'm
posed on the operatives in these
plants. The workers here, organiz-
ers report, have about reached the
limit of the.r endurance and are
openly declaring themselves ready
to go on strike.
But an outbrtak of large proper
tions may yet develop because the
employers are not satisfied with
cutting wages alone. Publicly the
cut is only five per cent, but in
reality wages are being slashed 20
and more per cent in addition to
the installation of the most inhuman
speed-up systems.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05

consideration from, $40. 1t seems
as though everything l run into be-
longs to a syndicate. Well, the old
saying is keep on trying; l may
connect with something good some
day."
In another letter, after passion
ately protesting his love, the police
man wrote:
"Well, honey, things are begin
ming to look a little better in Chi
cago. I connected with one of the
big bosses in the gambling outfit
on the northwest side and was made
some promises, if things open up a
little"
Policeman Cleveland says in an
other letter that he has been trans
ferred to the vice and gambling di-
vision. That, he tells the girl, twill
make everything roses for you and
me-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
PROTEST HOOVER
TRIP And WHITE
HOUSE WAR CALL
Anti i-Imperialist Meet
Tonight Rallies All
New York Workers
Rap Cruiser Program
Hoover Voyage Means
a War Maneuver

A huge mass anti-Hoover mass
meeting to expose the preparations
of the American jingoes for the
coming war, based upon the rapidly
sharpening Anglo-American imper-
ialist rivalry, will be held tonight
at Irving Plaza, 18th st. and Irving
Place, under the auspices Of the
New York branch of the All-Amer-
lea Anti Imperialist League.
The principal speakers at the
mass meeting will be H. M. Wicks,
acting editor of the Daily Worker;
Arthur C. Calhoun, author of "a
Worker Looks at Government" and
Paul Crouch, secretary of the All
America Anti-Imperialist League.
Discussion from the floor viii fol-
low the speeches.
The latest message of Coolidge to
congress is step toward a dec
laration of war, says the League, is
to all intents and purposes war
message, saying as it does, "The
cost of national defense is stupen-
dous. 1t has increased one hundred
and eighteen million dollars in the
last four years. The estimated eX-
penditure. for 1890 is $668,000,000."
But Coolidge opens the throttle to
drive full speed into war while dis
guising himself with these pacifist
regrets at the expense.
In commenting on this statement,
the League says: "In this brazen
way, American Imperialism declares
it's determination to maintain and
extend it's share of the world mar
ket. The working class of this coun-
try will have the chance to be shot
and gassed and blown to shreds for
American imperialism. 1t is the in
tention Of the League to mobilize
organized labor throughout the coun-
try to resist the onslaughts of
American imperialism in Latin
America, and the extension of its
rule throughout the world. Hoover's
trip is definitely an imperialist
move"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
COP REVEALS GRAFT
Letters to Cabaret Girl Tell of Byibes

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-Interesting
sidehghts on the functioning of the
Chicago police department are re-
vealed in a series of love letters
written by Howard l.. Cleveland, a
policeman, to Ruth Broderick, cab
aret dancer.
Miss Broderick filed the love let
ters in court here to substantiate
her $4,000 breach of promise suit.
"Well, baby" said one of the
letters dated last Sept. 9, "there
isn't anything new here. l sat in
the captains office all day yester-
day listening to the Cubs ball game
over the radio, and last night, after
l was through work, my old part
ner, Buck, and myself went over in
the Des PLANES street district and
got still. But as usual it belonged
to the mob that we get monthly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
Czech COmmunistParty
Holds Large Workers
Following in Election

(WWeless to the Daily WOrkeJl,
PRAGUE, Czechosl ovakia, Dec. A
Temporary electoral results show
that despite governmental terror
and the prohibition OF Communist
newspapers, the Communist Party
is still the largest workers party.
However, the Party suffered GER
tain losses. 1t Prague Is per cent
of the votes we're lost and in other
big towns approximately 5 per cent
were lost. In the provinces the
position was maintained or votes
were won.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
RykOv Scores Anti
Soviet Lies Spread
Abroad by Enemies

MOSCOW, Dec. A. (UP).-Alexey
Ivanovich Rykov, chairman of the
Council of Peoples Commissars, in a
speech published today, attacked
rumors abroad that the Soviet
Union faces bankruptcy and is un-
able to meet its obligations.
He characterized the reports as
lies circulated by our enemies in
connection with negotiations with
Germany for resumption of economic
relations.