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Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
IffRl!!!5lI!5 I!5I5 GUN 'I ,5.6';{, SIGPS
\ ITI1jIIj[|II I1II SCRAP At BANQOtI
,owU. OF p. FRESH
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rront Of New Dover
r,u.e Trouble u where a Window
opera HOuse pranks Played

"'' + delaware Freshmen
University o. :. caused considerable
Nd SOphonlg1lS, 1,9 state street Dover
element :t.o along Il the Dover Opera
Il the ylclnl.y my, NIGHT it was not until
Bous. Iassrsy 5.svier pulled his gun and
Fhsdfi .p5 p5I1Dst action that the students
Esatensa .i.lIv 5SIf The Sophs we're quieted
VI espeIi1lls sS s5ortly afterwards EFT town
FpFn a9a @.srs srsisv and several members of
/ + .sSirp stssf II the disturbance. Accord
: ths custom for q The 'ns freshmen to
is .9sis lets's annual banquet ION the
III d tn'lT This year they selected the
PEI uiab - School as the place to
RI :. High a9d the s'seni senior class served an
/ y rs.t !, ID dinner to the 50 freshmen n
'ells4s tended. This part went oil al
\ l9 :. 1i,1 ~ When they appeared at the
lrpr ~ Opera House to enjoy { shoI IAN
VI .,,,pd 4 that the sophomores had
nv t6eir trail and landed i II poser |, s,,e,l
\ W .aaeiaI .asi bus. AS the freshmen
!. 4Bsi tssir way into the theatre they
y nalted ,s With small bags Of -four
II ~ pSl'5 IA other articles, but the
u u did not follow them into the
~. = : Instead they waited on the
A. .'i and kept watch. Some Of the
E.Snen appeared and were at e once
E|ss,ndled by the other class. There
1 '' /. General mixup and a window
! S,oEen. It was at this point that
H. Frazier appeared and quelled
n E,tnrbance. After the admoni-
4. 4 tbe sheriff, the Sophs disap-
/ j and a short time later returned
! ysrark IN their bus. AS soon AS
4 bus had disappeared in the dis
L ] tbe freshmen came out Of hid
i ,rd went to their cars preparatory
] +arting for home. But they did
1 tart. They found hat the Sophs
sken the gasoline out of their
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

cars and filled the tanks with water.
1t was some time before the water
could be drawn out and gasoline put
in for the start home.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

is a grand old colonial house and
greatly admired. He has so acres in
apples and the remainder in open
land.
Edward K Thompson has 55 acres
with 35 acres in apples and 1000
peach trees.
The farm titled by Charles H. Hall
contains 72 acres, of which so are in
apples and the balance is open land.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
BIG PROFITS FOR TELEPHONE BARONS

public that the ownership of the
telephone trust is widely distributed
among small investors.
The stockholders average about
26 shares apiece. This average at
par means an investment of $4,000
in a single block of stock, which
puts it considerably above the aver
age wage Garner or salaried work
er. And there is some heavy con-
centration of ownership in the
stakeholder list.
Morgan Busy.
The Sun Life Assurance Co. has
"a block of 76,711 shares. 1t is on
ly l Of 20 holding from 5000 shares
up. The most interesting figure in
the stakeholder list is George F.
Baker, chairman Of J. P. Morgan's
First National Bank of N. Y. Bak-
er holds personally 1892 shares of
A. T. & T. stock. Holdings of 3d.
391 shares by D. T. Waters and 81
900 shares by F. H. Pierson, both of
Bakers bank, are generally as
sumed part of his interest in the
telephone trust.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
Pacific Coast School
for Workers Opened

WOODLAND, Wash, July 49,
A network of cities stretching from
as far south as Los Angeles to as
far north as Vancouver B. C. are
represented by students at the Pa
cific Coast Workers Summer School
at Woodland, Washington. On June
"a, official date of the opening of
the school, fifty-two students gath
cred in the Finnish Hall, which
thanks to the cooperation of farm
ers of the district, is being utilized
for classes during the six weeks
which school is to be in session.
The students enrolled range in
age from seventeen to thirty-four
representing thirteen nationalities
The curriculum, numbering among
courses economics, social and labor
history of the United States, theory
practice and organizational forms of
the worlds labor movement, cur
rent events, ETC., is composed of
those subjects which are of vital i'm
portance to a correct understanding
of the problems Of the working
class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
Federated Press.)

The s1s5,OOO,OOO additional stock
offered to shareholders in the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. calls attention to the extraor-
binary growth of this corporations
annual contribution to the investing
class. Within the last decade the
annual cash dividends disbursed by
the A. T. & T. have just about
tripled, reflecting profits multiplied
times over since 1913.
The cash dividends to the owners
of this great communications trust
amounted in 1927 to S97,379,934
This year they will run to more than
500, 100000 while within a year
they will exceed $116,000,000 Ten
years ago the annual dividends
amounted to 1929, 500.
Fat Profits.
The telephone trusts regular
method of expanding its capital is
"a offer stockholders the right to
subscribe to certain number Of
shares at par AS the shares al
ways haxe market value consid-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

erablN over par such an offering
really includes what amounts to a
stock dividend.
This years offering gave the
right to subscribe to 1 new share
for each 6 shares held. The pres
ent market value of a share of
American T. & T. stock is about
SITS which makes the right to sub
scribe worth something more than
S12 a share. These rights have
been selling on the stock exchange
at $40 to SIG. Altogether the trans
action may be reckoned as a gift
of more than $125,0O0,00O to the
stockholders.
Much publicity is being given the
elaborate machinery TO make sure
that every one Of the 100000 stock
holders hears Of the opportunity to
subscribe to new shares of stock. To
handle the correspondence the fl
nancial department is expanded
from $50 to about 1000 chiefly by
hiring college boys out to make
money during vacation The object
Of all this noise is to convince the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

The wife of the miner who was
returning to the scab pits attempted
to justify her husbands desertion.
Her children had no shoes, no cloth
ing; there was no food in her cup
board.
"Our stomachs are just as emp
ty!" the militant women shot back
at her. See, our toes are coming out
of our shoes. Look at our children!
Are they any better off than yours :?
But we're sticking! We've got to
fight now, or it'll always be like
this.
'The National Miners Relief
Committee will send out relief
soon," they said They're helping
US all they can. Even if they didn't
this is our fight, and if we don't
stick together. what'll happen to us
We left the mines together, and we
must go back together!"
The National Miners Relief Com.
mittee is swamped with heartrend-
ing appeals for bread. Thousands
of families are being fed once OF
twice a day, sometimes once OF
twice week. Thousands of other
families are urging that their locals
be added to the relief lists. eve
don't want to scab," is reiterated in
almost every letter received at the
relief headquarters, Gil Penn Ave
Every dollar sent to the relief com.
'mittee is blow against open-shop.
dom, against scabdom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
Porter Must Be Saved.

John Porter has sent an urgent call for I'M
mediate aid. The military authorities at Fort
Adams are using the most extreme means to
crush this militant's fighting spirit.
This appeal from Porter is no sign of weak
ness. In recent letter, after having been
thrown into solitary confinement, he wrote
Il am ready to give my life, if necessary, for
the working class" Now, he realizes that
there are only two roads to freedom. First,
surrender to the enemies of his class and COM
plete reputation of his principles. Second, the
nationwide protests of the workers.
The army cars do not wish to permit John
Porter to defend his cause and thereby to ex-
pose the role of the army in court-martial
scene open to the public. The military author
tiles have kept him in prison for almost a
month under inhuman conditions without trial
or even any charge against him. During this
time, they have resorted to increasingly brutal
methods to crush his militant spirit. Even
death would be preferable to continuation of
Porter's present existence.
Porter refuses to desert the cause of the
working class. His hope is that the working
class will come to his aid.
Everything possible on the legal side is be-
ing done by the international Labor Defense
The attorneys retained by the International La
Dor Defense are now seeking to force the au-
thorities to bring him to trial at once.
But there should be no illusions about the
sort of Justice" to be expected from mill
tary court-martial, and unless action by the
workers begins at once Porter will be faced
with living death in military prison COM
pared with which the frightful lot of other
prisoners may be considered tame.
The Porter case is another indication of the
rise of class consciousness in the army, which
was shown for the first time in Hawaii in 1925
by the organization of Young Workers Com
munist) League at Schofield Barracks For
their efforts in this work, Crouch and Trum-
bull received sentences of 40 and 26 years, lat
er reduced to and years through mass pro-
tests of the working class under the leadership
of the Communists.
The Imprisonment of Porter is of special sig
nificance because of his activities in the New
Bedford strike. The case is again significant
in its clear portrayal of the role of the military
forces in industrial conflicts.
Even though American capitalism as yet
faces no real danger from the rising class con
seriousness of its soldiers, the military author
tiles are sufficiently alert to make an example
of Porter.
The army intends to use this as a test case.
The workers must take up the challenge and
by mass demonstrations notify the war depart
ment that the issue of John Porter will resound
about the earth
Thousands of workers participated in mass
protest meeting in New Bedford few days
ago, demanding Porter's release. There will be
a huge protest meeting in Boston Sunday, and
others have been called.
The voice of the workers throughout the
country must be raised
Save Porter for the working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

were shouting at the same time IN
half a dozen languages, to make
sure they'd be understood. when
you see what conditions and pay
they'll give your man, you'll want
to come back. You'll be sorry you
didn't stick with the strikers"
Company agents are combing the
mining towns, spreading defeatism
and looking for men to return to the
open shop mines. Exhorbitant wag.
es are promised to strikers who will
betray their brothers. Moonshine is
dispensed literally until the victim
becomes maudlin, and then the
plight of his hungry babies" is
dinned into his ears; as good
American citizen and a decent ia
ther," it is his duty to scab against
his fellow-workers, he is told. As
soon as Eyes" is drilled out of
him, company truck calls at the
barracks, escorted by coal and iron
police, to carry his furniture to a
company house near the mine, and
his family to the scab patch.
Whole Family in Fight.
Not many Avella boys are con.
WINGED so easily. Avella is known
turnout district five as one of the
most militant strike communities
The women are banded together in.
to a women's auxiliary to help theil
men win the strike. The children
several hundred strong, are organ.
lied into strike clubs. The whole
family is in the fight in Avella.
When a company truck came tc
the barracks the other day, Avella
strikers went wild with indignation
"You can't bring that truck into oul
grounds" they cried. Two state
troopers came down to watch the
job. The company agent wanted his
commission, and wasn't taking any
chances about the miner changing
his mind. "We've got an injunction
against the company, tool" two
women declared scoffingly. The
troopers were nonplussed--miners
getting injunctions against the coal
barons? Surely, this was something
new. The truck was not brought on
the barrack property, and the strik-
ers' families were jubilant at hav-
ing hoodwinked the cops.
Turn Live Stock Loose.
As the furniture was carried from
the barracks to the road, the chill
dren pranced and shouted, the
women played their tin cans deri-
sively, and an old accordion was
dragged from the storehouse by a
striker to add to the uproar. The
children turned loose the ground
hogs and rabbits which were per-
petually running between the legs Of
the moving men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

the Soviet Union is close to Prof.
Theremin's heart.
'rof. Theremin has visited many
lropean countries, where he has
cen warmly received. In Germany
and England he created a sensation.
His first public appearance in this
country was in New York last Jan
uary when scientists and musicians
were astounded at his remarkable
discovery and it's even more re-
markable possibilities. Theremin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
An Exclusive Interview With Professor
Leon Theremin

ity to observe this great product of
the first workers and peasants re-
public as he sat there with his CALM
blue eyes and his long slim hands
resting easily on his knees. He Ia
the new scientist, tie su.oAJis. wa
has come out of the pain and tur-
MOL of the greatest of revolutions
and who has pursued his work I'M
der the stimulus of the proletarian
dictatorship. And though his work
leaves him little time for social and
economic questions, it is evident that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
By A. B. MAGIL

DROF. LEON THEREMIN led the
way into the modestly furnished
bedroom of his suite at the Plaza
Hotel. With me was William
Abrams of the Freiheit, and it was
lucky, for Prof. Theremin speaks
no English, I speak no Russian and
Abrams - a versatile fellow =
speaks both.
It sounds a little homogeneous to
call him professor = he looks so
boyish. Tall and slender, with close
cropped brownish- blond hair and
small mustache, he looks several
years younger than his almost thir-
ty-two. His face is sensitive = the
face of an artist rather than
scientist and he looks at you out
of two soft blue-gray eyes behind
which there lies something cool and
strong.
Theremin sat between us and we
talked. Or-rather, Abrams and he
talked while I listened, trying to
catch word here and there and
asking my questions through
Abrams. Theremin is both friendly
and reserved, modest yet assured,
person who is evidently intent on
his work in clear, resolute fash
ion.
Eight years ago this man, hardly
more than boy then, first startled
the scientific world by demonstrat-
ing the production of musical tones
without the aid of musical instru-
ment. The tones were drawn" out
of the air by converting electro
magnetic energy into acoustic ener-
gy. No one before him had ever
demonstrated that the air is po-
tential musical instrument of in
finite possibilities, containing tones
that could not be produced on any
musical instrument known to man.
This great discovery Immediately
brought the young physicist to the
attention of the scientists of the
world, though he remained unknown
to the general public for nun 2r
of years. In 1925 Prof. Theremin
made another important discovery,
this time in the field of television.
But his primary interest has been
in his original invention.
i He told us of his work, work that
7ver ends. noticed that every
1om in his suite is laboratory.
ven in the bedroom where we were
/, sitting odd-looking instruments were
installed. And as we talked strange,
ethereal sounds came out of the
room next door, familiar melody
in unfamiliar tones: a pupil of his
was practicing on the new ether
music instrument. Prof. Theremin
told US of his pupils and his plans.
81 have about thirty pupils now"
he said, whom | am instructing in
the art of producing this new mu-
sic. Eventually, when they are
fully trained, they will constitute
an orchestra that will be able to
give concerts such as have never
been heard before. No music is too
difficult to be played On the con-
trary, variations of tone are posi-
BILE which cannot be produced on
any ordinary musical instrument"
RUT Prof. Theremin's work is by
- no means completed. He has
greatly improved his invention since
he first began his experiments, but
there is still much to be done. The
beauty of tone, which has been re-
marked by all who have heard Their
emin play, is still far from that
beauty which it will some day be
possible to produce.
AS Abrams and he did most of
the talking. / had ample opportun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
Drawing Music from the Air

showed us copies of some of the
comments concerning his new in
vention.
Professor Theremin's invention
has made the deepest impression on
me-" wrote Bruno Walter, famous
German conductor. Here indeed
seems to be new country. l cannot
say which affected me most, the
method of tone production which
suggests the miraculous or the COM
pletely novel character of the tone
itself. In any case it was a moving
experience.
Ottorino Respighi, the great TIA
liam composer, declared: Without
claiming to be a prophet I can read
lily assure you that the Theremin
apparatus will have the greatest
Importance for the orchestra. What
interests me above all else is that
the apparatus produces tone-color
approximating the human voice."
After hearing Prof. Theremin for
the first time Leo Slezik, famous
singer, said: "One is confronted
as with miracle on seeing a man
picking about in the air and con-
juring from the void notes of I'M
precedented beauty and splendor
such as no existing instrument is
capable of producing"
"a real miracle has been pro-
duced," said Morris Gest. "There
is no absolutely perfect fusion of
note on any other instrument" de-
clared Joseph Szigeti, distinguished
violinist.
This is the comment of Ossip Ga
brilowitsch, famous pianist and con-
ductor: Leon Theremin's musical
invention is indeed epoch-making. l
am convinced that it opens vista
of unlimited possibilities in the fu-
ture development of musical art.
The many different ways in which
the discovery can be applied can
hardly be foretold now, but undoub-
tedly its influence on the music of
the future will be revolutionizing.
AT THE concerts that Prof. Their
"A emin has thus far given in this
country he has appeared before au-
diences composed largely of scien-
tific and musical experts and the
wealthy bourgeoisie. The workers,
the great toiling masses who. have
heard so much of the achievements
of this great discoverer, have been
unable to hear him because of the
forbidding prices. But the tables
will be turned at the great concert
tomorrow evening at Coney Island
Stadium where Prof. Theremin will
perform. There are not likely to be
many members of the. wealthy bour-
geoisie there. Instead there will be
some $4,000 workers listening under
the open sky to a new music drawn
out of the air by the representative
of a new culture at proletarian
music fest arranged jointly by The
lDAILY WORKER and the Frei-
, heit.
/ We asked Theremin whether he
had ever appeared before so large
an audience before. He told us that
he had played before large crowds
in the Soviet Union and in London,
but that never had he performed
before an audience of $4,000. He
also expressed qualification that he
was able to bring his new music to
the American masses in this fash
ion. His concerts are few as his
work occupies most of his time, and
Theremin's appearance tomorrow
will be one of his last in this coun-
try.
In the next room the girl was
still playing, her hands trembling
over the mysterious instrument.
Theremin shocks hands with us
warmly as we left and his soft blue
eyes escorted us to the door.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

will be direct, immediate and in the open. Less
government in business; more business in gov
eminent in business, fitting slogan for the
greatest political hypocrite on the modern
stage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
MINE TOWN IN UPROAR
AS WORKERS JEER SCABS
By BARBARA RAND.

PITTSBURGH July Avela uproar yes
day Dish and tin pals banged with spoons
cried scornfuly you're scabbng dads
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

While walking along the water
front one hot day last week / not
iced small army of men lined up
four deep outside the entrance to
the Cunard Line docks. They were
longshoremen with hooks slung over
their shoulders and dressed in
overalls that bore marks of hard
ship. They were as silent as so
many mummies. Two stevedores
walked up and down the line pick
ing the huskiest. Rarely was a
word spoken. One of the stevedores
would crook his finger and the
worker beckoned to would walk out
of the crowd and receive a badge.
When a sufficient number of men
were hired to unload the two Cum
ard vessels the stevedores walked
away and so did the menswho failed
to get work. 1t looked like slave
market alright.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

Mayor Jimmy Walker is visiting
William Randolph Hearst at the
publishers California ranch. While
the song and dance mayor is osten-
sibly out for good time and re-
Taxation, the real object of the visit
is to attempt rapprochement be-
tween Hearst and AL Smith. Hearst
has already declared for Hoover but
it would not be surprising to see
the yellow journalist switch from
the elephant to the jackass in the
middle Of the election stream.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13

There is regular epidemic Of
Jumps" among capitalists these
days. A Belgian multimillionaire
jumped from an airplane flying at
an altitude of 1000 feet. Another
pluto jumped from liner in mid
ocean. The president of a New
York bank jumped from a fourth
story hospital window and was
saved by plucky nurse who got a
grip on his shins and held on until
policemen and taxi drivers came to
his rescue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13
Told You So

John D. RoCKEFELLER has en-
y tered on his ninetieth year and,
as is quite proper, the capitalist
press has taken due notice of such
an important event A special ar
ticle written by a sob-sister in a
Scripps-H Howard sheet dwells on the
good relationship that exists be-
tween John and his domestic en-
ployes. Oh, no, John does not call
out the army and navy to NOW
down his domestic flunkeys! It's
hardly worth while and the spirit
of revolt. is seldom found among
footmen, sdoormen and Wallets. John
condescends to nod to his servants
and he even distributes dimes
among them once in a while.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-13


the Rockefeller estate at Pocantico
Hills, is cheered by daily nod
from his master. He tells of the
annoyances to which a wealthy man
is sometimes subjected. For instance,
woman walked in on the grounds
one day and insisted on seeing John
D. She wanted 100000. The
servants had her consigned to
crazy house. "Anyone is crazy who
thinks they can walk in and get
two million" commented Roscoe. 81
have been here ten years and all
I've gotten is some shiny new dimes
and the usual $50 present at Christ
mas time. And I haven't had any
new dimes in more than a year"
The reward of faithful service! Per-
haps Roscoe will be buried decently
with John saying prayer for the
repose of his carcass.
There will be no third party this
year writes Ludwell Denny, staff
correspondent for the Scripps-
Howard newspaper syndicate, but
he believes there will be one in 1882.
The third partyites lack a popular
leader, he thinks, and furthermore
AL Smoth and Herbert Hoover are
going to gobble up all the liberal
votes. But the liberals are going
to be disappointed with Al or Her
bert and four years from now they
will be on the war path. The liber-
ais are always getting disappointed.
No doubt they will have another
good reason for postponing the
threatened revolt in 1882.