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The Washington times., 1928-10-18
Radium Explosive
Is Tested by Arm

Ordnance officers of the Army
and Navy yesterday successfully
tested a new explosive with a
radium base which makes anything
ever before introduced to the art
Of warfare appear as a Chinese
firecracker by comparison.
It was brought here by Capt. II.
r. thinner, of Los Angeles. In his
suitcase he carried a mere so
pounds, which already has demol-
ished steel. iron and rock which
withstood INT.
Some OF its characteristics are
that it is not inflammable nor ex-
plosive from conclusion. Only an
electric spark or a gas fuse may
ignite il. It may be used in the
ordinary service rifle.
The Washington times., 1928-10-18
British Publication
Of Navy Pact Delayed

LONDON, Oct. 1S.-The British
Foreign Office White paper. con.
tanning the Anglo-French naval
agreement and all documents and
diplomatic conversations relating to
it is now being printed, but II
probably will not be made public
until next week, 1t was learned to-
day.
The delay is occasioned by the
decision not to publish it until the
French resume Of the Anglo-French
negotiations is ready.
The Washington times., 1928-10-18
Dock Strikers Battle
Volunteers: 20 Injured

NEWCASTLE. New South Wales.
Oct. 1s.-Worked up to high pitch
of frenzy by an agitator, 800 dock.
workers on strike here charged upon
pital today.
The strikers were hurting large
Jumps Of coal at the volunteers when
police arrived.
The Washington times., 1928-10-18

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The Washington times., 1928-10-18

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The Washington times., 1928-10-18
o. S. NFLUENCE HIT

LONDON, Oct. il. Samuel Sam.
uel, M. RI. manager OF the Shell
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States. He charged that America.
IS trying to dominate Great Britain.
The Washington times., 1928-10-18
Youth Dressed AS Girl
Defies Brooklyn Judge

NEW YORK, Sept. Is. = When
brought before Magistrate Walsh in
Adams Street Court for parading
Brooklyn streets dressed as a girl,
Edwin Lee refused to explain.
why did you go out dressed like
this?" the Magistrate asked.
Mind your own business. Lee re-
piled.
The magistrate followed his pris-
oner's suggestion to the extent of re-
manding him to Jail for sentence.
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The Washington times., 1928-10-18

Large apartments or small ones
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30
Urge Miners Join Workers Party

Illinois District including several Il
linois coal fields and Indiana-250
members.
Kansas District including fields in
Colorado, Iowa and Montana-75
members.
Seattle District, 25 members.
The period between the Save-the-
Union Conference April l and May 1,
will be utilized for extensive organi-
cation work to recruit the most mill
tant miners into the Party.
Special field organizers will be
sent into the mining districts to con-
duct mass meetings, distribute litera-
ture, visit the miners in their homes,
in an effort to recruit them into the
Party, Stachel stated.
The distribution of the DAILY
WORKER on a large scale is one of
the methods that will be used to
secure new members. In Ohio and
Pittsburgh and other coal regions,
thousands of copies of The DAILY
WORKER are being distributed free
every day.
Exempted From Dues.
All striking miners, and miners who
are unemployed will receive a special
free imitation stamp, giving them ex-
emption from paying initiation fee,
and will also receive free dues stamps
until such time as they are employed
according to Stachel.
Plans are now being made to take
care of the new members who will
be taken in, in the course of this
period. Special classes will be or
ganized in the various cities to train
the new members in the basic prin-
ciples of the party and in party or
ganization and how to carry on their
work in the various mass organiza-
tions. Special efforts will also be made
to draw these new members into
Workers Party activities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30

workers union that will be able to
defeat the offensive of the coal
barons.
miners in this struggle have had
extensive experience with the old
parties as well as with the socialist
party. The miners are seeing clearly
before them that it did not make any
difference whether the government
machinery was in the hands Of the
republicans or the democrats, that all
these agencies of the government were
used against the miners in their
struggles and in the interests of the
coal operators and the corrupt Lewis
machine and it's interests.
1.-THE socialist party has gone over
completely to the bureaucracy and is
doing everything possible to defeat
the struggle of the militant miners to
save their union and to GUST the Lewis
machine. The Workers (Communist)
Party therefore feels that among the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30
Gorky, a Colossus in the World of Letters

tics who had been proclaiming his
end, recognized Gorky's rebirth.
The grandfather and grandmother
of "My Childhood" and "In the
World" are essentially many-sided
symbols of the old Russian life. And
in them are expressed the swo souls
of the pre-October Russian people
the Asiatic and the European, which
GorlSy was constantly revealing.
Gorky idolizes the grandmother for
her wisdom, goodness, tenderness and
refinement. But he has no love for
the hard, stingy, brutal grandfather;
for him he has only fear. Yet the
grandfather compliments the grand
mother, giving birth to that wonder
full complexity that is called the Rus
sian people, that people that seems
to have special mission among the
peoples of the world--the mission of
being the bearer of new culture,
new customs, of new morality and
ethic.
"My Childhood" and "In the
World" describe the various stages Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30

tens of thousands of miners through
out the country who are following it's
leadership, there are large number
of militant forces that are ready to
join the Workers Communist Party.
"The Workers Communist Party is
therefore issuing this call appealing
to the miners to join the Workers
(Communist) Party and build it as
the best possible guarantee that the
miners will succeed in their strug-
gle.'
Stachel laid down the following
quota for the various districts in the
drive for 1000 members by May /.
Philadelphia District, including the
anthracite, West Virginia-200 mem
bers.
Pittsburgh District, including West
ern Pennsylvania-250 members.
Ohio District, including the fields
of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee-200
members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30

the development of Russian folk
person from cradle until the close Of
Ecyhood. Crime, death, hunger, Ii
centiousness, apathy, Incidence are
mingled With breadth of soul, clear
eyed vision, with love of life, bound
less kindness and deep idealism.
There energies not the biography Of
specific individual, but the history
of an entire people. And not a sin
gle artificial effect is used; every
thing is so natural, so faithful to life
and reality that it seems that it can
not be otherwise.
A child grows up in an atmosphere
Of heartless drunkenness, quarrels
and abuse, goes through all the tor
nents of hell, becomes spiritually de-
graded and corrupted, although full
of dreams, of romantic longings and
religious fervor. Yet despite all, the
child beats his way out of the NOR
ass and wins to his personal a." And
towards the end of "In the World
GorlSy asks
s'Why do ] relate these abomina-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30

tons? So that you, kind sirs, may
know that they are not all past
and done with! You have a fond
ness for grim fantasies, are de-
lighted with well-told horrors: the
grotesquely terrible excites you.
But / know real horrors, everyday
terrors, and I have an undeniable
right to excite you unpleasantly by
telling you about them, so that you
may be reminded of how and under
what conditions we live. Ours is
vile, a filthy life-and that's the
truth!
II love my fellow-humans and
have no desire to make anyone
miserable, but one must not be SEN
timental, one must not hide the ter
rible truth under the colorful words
of beautiful lies. Let us face life
as it is! We must merge every
thing in life, all that is good, that
is human in our hearts and brains"
This was Gorky's commentary or
the hard and bitter experiences of 9
fifteen year old boy. And in that
epoch of the past is embodied Rus.
STA when it was still sphinx, 9
mighty riddle.
Ito be continued)
This passage is taken substantial.
ly from the English translation Of
I'm the World" by Gertrude M
Foakes Century Co., 1910. I have
however, improved its stilred style
somewhat and made other slight
cmendations.--A. b. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30

The Workers (Communist) Party
through Jack Stachel, organization
Secretary, announced yesterday that
the Party is making a special drive
as part of the Lenin-Ruthenberg
Membership drive to recruit 1000 coal
miners by May 1.
The Workers (Communist) Party
Stachel pointed out has been active
in the campaign to save the miners
union from destruction at the hands
of the coal barons and the Lewis
machine in every field, both organ
lied and unorganized. Members of the
Workers (Communist) Party have
taken the initiative in the organiza-
ton of the Save-the- Union Commit
tee in the various districts and the
building up of the forces of the Save
the-Union Committee in hundreds of
locals throughout the country.
Is Raising Relief.
The Workers (Communist) Party
is taking a leading and active part
in the organization of relief in the
various localities and has helped raise
thousands of dollars that were sent to
the Pittsburgh-Ohio Relief Commit
tee to help feed the striking miners
of the Pittsburgh-Ohio area, he
added.
"The Workers (Communist) Party
has raised slogans" Stachel continued
lin the struggle of the militant work
ers of the United Mine Workers who
have shown the way to the great mass
of miners in their campaigns to oust
the Lewis machine and take contro
of the union into their own hands fol-
the purpose of Riding the union Of
the BOSSES, coal operators and con
tractors control, and for the organi
zation of the hundreds of thousands
Of unorganized miners and for the
creation of powerful united min,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30
Continued from last issue)
By SHACHNo EPSTEIN.
Translated from the Yiddish by A. B.
Magil.

Translated from the Yiddish by A. b.
Magil.
rORKY realized the artistic short
" comings of Mother" and the
theological defects of Confession"
and in "Matvey Kazshemiakin" and
"The Town okurov" he made a fresh
attempt to create the sociological no.
vel. The material here seems to have
been Intentionally warped, and provin-
cial life, provincial customs and the
barbarous provincial people are sharp
ly defined. But because Gorky strives
to be very objective in "Matvey Kaz-
shemiakin" and The Town Okurov,'
the life is presented too markedly, with
out perspective. The same is also true
of the story Summer" where the in
fluence Of the revolution in bringing
about a renewal of life in the village
is described.
But the monumental sociological no
vel that could withstand the attrition
Of time had not yet been written,
Other tasks presented themselves to
Gorky more and more The began to
seek new forms, new material for his
creative work. And out Of this seek
ing came "My Childhood" and "In the
World"
These two works, which are auto
biographical in character, are the best
and most consistent that Gorky has
written. And in them even those cri-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-30
Hunger

NM stomachs locked out'
and the sky IS a slippery dome of crazy colors
chasing figures of eight
around pile of coffee and doughnuts
JAMES A. MILLER.
Evening star., 1928-04-15

Joe Judge is
safe at first on
the first hit Of
the season. His
batting was the
brightest spot
in w ashing-
tons 7-to-5 de-
feat in I h c
opening game.
d q. 4 A. Photos
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
ANNUAL MOVEMENT
 OF MONEY UNDER WAY

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-The an- nual migration of money is on.
 Not money alone, however, is moving to the harvest field and back in the form of additional currency, for credit in the form of acceptance makes up a goodly DOT tion of the estimated $40O,O00 ,O0O required to move Americas crops
 The movement of funds, begin ming early in September, starts n the large cities and flows gradual ly to the farming communities. The return flow, noticeable during Sep- tember. october and November. spreads from the southwest across the fields of Kansas, up from the southeast and down from the northwest until the money is back at its source in the money district of the middle Atlantic states.
 The outward flow usually is sig nalized by tight money" in the security markets; the return by an easing of money market condi- lions and increased business in agricultural sections. There is a lull for while, and then the out ward flow is resumed, spreading throughout the country this time,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
CURTIS TALKS TO INDIANS IN
 SOUTH DAKOTA
Traces His Ancestry Back
 to Sioux-Lays Down Rules to Follow

ROSEBUD. s. D., Sept 20.- Responsibilities of newly acquired citizenship of Indians was stressed in an address here by Senator Charles Curtis to the Sioux Tribes.
 Tracing his own ancestry back to the Sioux, the Republican Viee-Presidentia nominee devoted most of his long prepared ad- dress to words of caution and suggestions to his red skin broth CTS. He cautioned them par ticularly against the use of fire water or liquor and against ex- cessive indulgence in modern dancing"
 Senator Curtis further urged the Indians to vote, go to school, build homes and till the soil.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
FOOD SUPPLIES
 ARE SENT INTO
 STORM REGIONS
Distribution Is Under Red Cross - Death Toll
 Placed at ,000

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 2O.-Food supplies are moving into the hurricane stricken dis tricts outside of San Juan under American Red Cross supervision.
 Tents and blankets are being distributed by the Army for em- orgency hospitals for the shelter of those weakened by privation
 Reports of further casualties are still Altering it. Senator Jordan announced 45 are dead at Utuado up to last Saturday when instructions were given to bury the bodies where they were found, after Identification, if pos sible.
 With these reports coming in, observers said there is ample sub stantiation 10 the estimate that 1000 were killed. They say this is justifiable and conservative.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
MORE EVIDENCE
 FARM MURDERS
City Chemist of Los An geles Corroborates
 Startling Tale

EOS ANGELES. Sept. 2o.--From the laboratory of the City Chem ist came additional evidence yes terday apparently corroboratipg the startling tale of murder laid to the Northcott's at their River side chicken ranch.
 City Chemist Rex Welch pro- claimed that certain Jumps of blood-soaked earth, taken from shallow graves, yielded traces of human blood.
 Joe Estrada. former neighbor. told Deputies that he had seen Young Calary, one of the boys missing and believed to have been murdered at the ranch and had heard him scream from beatings. Estrada declared however that he saw none of the other, boys who are missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
3 OFFICERS
 WANT MAYER
 AND MOTHER
Co to Oakland for Two Suspects Wanted in
 Seattle Case

OAKLAND, Cal, Sept. 20.-- Three Seattle police officers have arrived here with extradition pa pers for D. E. Mayer and Mrs. Mary Smith, supposedly his moth CT. wanted in connection with the disappearance of James Bassett, son of the President of the Anapo- lis Chamber of Commerce, who dropped from sight in Seattle Sep tember 5. The warrants charge theft of Bassett's automobile and watch. found in possession of Mayer
 The return of the prisoners is delayed until after arrival of a habeas corpus writ, returnabe next Monday,
 The Seattle officers conferred with local detectives and may try further to make the prisoners con fess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20

to m the Christmas demand for funds. estimated at S20000O, 600. Early in the following year it re turns again.
 Spring crop planting usually is financed by small town banks. By harvest time farmers have repaid their loans but seek new financing for the harvest. and the village banks draw upon the small city in stitutions to meet the demand. Purchase and transportation of the crop is financed chiefly by banks of the larger cities of the interior. As the raw material reaches the eastern market and the manufacturer, financing is carried on by the large banks of established money centers.
 Meanwhile the smaller banks have cleared the early loans and are repaying the larger banks for the harvesting aid. These in turn clear their accounts with the in terior banks from which they bor- rowed, and the money and credit gradually return to the gigantic financial institutions of the east.
 These lend it anew to manufac- turers desiring to finance prepara- tions for the Christmas trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
Two Chicago Officers
 Wounded in Gun Fight

CHICAGO. H.. Sept 20. - A gun fight early this morning in the Turkish Cafe on North Clark Street, ended with John Pecora being shot and killed and two policemen. Allen Carroll and John Fogarty, being wounded.
 Pecora and his wife, with man whose name has not been learned. and Miss Rose Lando, composed party which the po- lice had been called to quiet.
 When the officers approached. Pecora and his male companion drew their pistols and opened fire.
 Witnesses said the officers. who were wounded, returned the fire dropping Pecora. His companion fed The women are held for questioning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
15OOO Homeless
. NORTH COAST DASHED

NEW YORK, Sept. 20. = The fringe of the tropical storm lash ed the North Atlantic Coast with diminishing violence today from Cape Hatteras to Boston.
 High seas pounded the shore line. The wind varies from 25 to so miles an hour and pro- tected sections are also hit. Many small craft have been swept away.
 The chief damage, up to noon today, appears along the New Jersey coast where seaside resorts have been hard hit.
 Four deaths are attributed to the New Jersey storm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
SON, MOTHER ARRESTED BY
 B. C. OFFICERS
Sus ects in California Farm Murder, Believed
 to Be Tn Custody

VANCOUVER. 3. c. Sept. 20. - Gordon Northcott and his mother, Louisa Northcott. wanted on murder charges in Riverside. California. are under arrest and held for questioning by the Van couver police and Provincial off, fieers.
 The man, identified as North cott, was arrested at Vernon, B. C., yesterday and subsequent- ly taken to Kamloops and is sup posedly on his way to this city. He neither admitted nor denied he was the man sought as the California murder farmer" but when asked to show his docu- ments of Identification. replid:
 T am not such a fool"
 Woman Arrested
 The woman who officers said is unquestionable Louisa North octt, is in jail in Calgary. AL berta She was taken from an eastbound train by the city and Provincial police and also Mount ed Police. Although she repeat edly denied she was Mrs. North colt, Chief of Polio Ritchie an- nounced, after prolonged ques- ticning. he is positive she is the woman sought. The woman tall lies perfectly with the description of Mrs. Northeott, except she looked younger than 60 years. During the questioning of the woman she Is reported to have told several different stories. She has not been told that Gordon Northcott has been captured.
 The youths arrest followed a tip from the purseFsof the steam cr ssdainotis 3a Ranaesan rs<s The purser's suspicious were aroused when the man rendered a $100 American bill, asking that he not be disturbed in his berth until the steamer arrived at Okanagan Landing, only an hour and a half trip from West Bank. where he boarded the boat.
 A Provincial Constable rode with the young man on the train from Okanagan Landing to Yer non where he was joined by po- The officers said the prisoner lice and the arrest was made admitted he was Northcott. There is no doubt in the minds of the arresting officers as to his identity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20

SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Sept. 20. A spectacular display of the American army as it Is today will be shown for the men who knew it 10 years ago when the American Legion comes here for it's national convention, October to 12
 Battle maneuvers, planned and executed by the Second division of Fort Houston. and an air circus with more than loo planes taking part, are to be features of the re- union of the World war veterans 10 years after hostilities ceased
 Among the Legionnaires who will waseh the SeeoRd in action will be some who were members of that outfit when it attained dis tincticn during the war.
 San Antonio and it's accommoda- tions have been given approval by the Legion officials, who for the past six weeks have been com- pleting details of the convention
 Only once before has the Legion came below the Mason-Dixon line to hold a reunion. It.met in New Orleans, and there a Texan, Alvin c. Owsley was named national commander. /
 The. Legion's business sessions here will be in $2,O00,OO0 muni- cipal auditorium erected as a me morial to San Antonios service men and women It seats 6,000 persons.
 The Texas department of the Legion is arranging series of sightseeing jaunts below the Mexican border during the con- vention and after 1t closes group of the delegates is planning a tour through Mexico. Monterey will be the first city visited after the border is crossed Then the party will continue on through Tam pico. the states of San Luis Potosi and Guanajuato, to Mexico City. Six days will be spent there, with side trips to other points of inter est. The party plans to return to San Antonio October 24
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
"FLAME-BIRDS" ARE BELIEVED
 KILLED, STORM

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. = In addition to the terrific blow de- livered to human life and prop erty, the West Indian hurricane is believed by nature lovers to have dealt harshly with bird and plant life of the western world. Chief concern of the American Nature Association is that the hurricane may have wiped out the last colony of Gamingoes.
 The flame birds" which once spread their gorgeous plumage over the West Indies and the Southern States. were almost ex- terminated by the hurricane of two years ago and the few re- maining are not believed to have survived the last blow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
ATTACKS HOOVER

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 20.--De- nouncing Herbert C. Hoover even to the point of challenging his sincerity of returning to the Unit ed States after living abroad 20 years. Senator James A. Reed spoke at the opening of the Demo- cratic campaign in Kansas last night
 Senator Reed said "If we had not entered the war, l firmly be- lieye Hoover never would have returned to the United States to live. His house and interests and fortune are all British.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-20
President Coolidge
 Of on Vermont Trip

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.--Presi. dent Coolidge left Washington last night for two-day trip through Vermont, accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, Dr. Sargent, members of the White House Staff and news paper men. A small crowd watch ed the Presidents departure as rain and wind prevailed in the city. No f4rewells were said by Cabinet officials.