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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
Send in Correspondence for
Fifth Anniversary Issue

shops, and to open the eyes of their
fellow workers.
Workers, send in your worker
correspondence to the Daily Worker
for the Fifth Anniversary issue on
Jan. 5. Here is a chance to spread
the message of class struggle, to
show up the slavery in your shop to
the hundreds of thousands of work
ers who will read the special ami
versary issue. Send in your worker
correspondence now, so that it can
appear on Jan. 5.
THE DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
LONGER HOURS,
LESS PAY AS
XMAS PRESENT
S12 a Week Phila. Girls
Taste prosperity"
(By a Worker Correspondent


PHILADELPHIA, (By MaiD.-
A Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. This is the season of
Christmas spirit" and what does
It mean to scores of thousands of
Philadelphia workers?
It means that many have lost or
are about to lose their jobs, that
wage cuts are to be put into effect
Immediately after the first of the
year. 1t means dire poverty, misery,
distress. 1t means a 'hard" winter,
perhaps even worse than the memor-
able one Of last year, must be faced
somehow. But how? That is the
question agonizing the workers Of
he "WorkshoD of the World" as the
Philadelphia boosters proudly pro-
claim their city.
Naturalization is pro- din G
rapidly, in fact, at marvellous rate.
The mammoth department store of
Lit Brothers, three months ago was
purchased by chain store syndicate
Of department stores. The two Lit
Brothers received close to S11,00O-
600 as their share, and were per-
mitted to retain one-third interest,
but the active management passed
INTO the hands Of the newest type Of
efficiency distributors" of mer-
chandise.
At this point, naturalization,
formerly confined to the factories,
mills and workshops, entered the
eield of distribution in Philadelphia.
Md with a bang. Nine hundred
yirls were discharged, the new
management figuring that, even tho
he holiday season was approaching
he remaining free could do most
If the work. And should business
Sc real good, other girls could be
secured at lesser wages.
Then the holiday season started.
The new management decided that
on certain days the store would re-
main open until o'clock, with no
additional recompense to the en-
9loyes. They were allowed thirty
minutes for supper, and after al
ready having gone thru a long,
fatiguing day, had to return to the
lob again, having hardly had time
TO secure bite for which they had
4 to pay themselves. And some Of
these girls get S12 and S13. A girl
getting SIS is regarded as having q
''swell" position. For the SIS she
is supposed to aid the buyer as vel
as being saleslady, and is usually
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

Great interest has been aroused
by the announcement that the IA
nous Isadora Duncan dancers will
appear at Manhattan Opera House,
Eighth Ave. and Saith St., on Jan.
s, at the fifth birthday festival of
the Daily Worker.
The appearance of the Duncan
dancers is part Of the general Dun
can Dance Festival which will honor
the memory Of the great dancer.
Tickets are already on sale for the
dancers appearance on Jan. and
from present indications a capacity
attendance can be expected.
Dancers Already Here.
Irma Duncan, adopted daughter
and favorite pupil of the late Isa-
dora, who inherited the Isadora
Duncan School of Moscow, has al
ready arrived in New York, accom-
panied by 25 prize graduates of the
famous institution. Irna Duncan
will be both the featured star and
the director of the performance.
Before her appearance Miss Dun
can will be the guest of honor at
three important luncheons and two
large dinners, at which she will
speak on the lifework of her illus
trious foster mother. She will also
open the Isadora Duncan Monument
Campaign which is to be officially
launched by group of well-known
American artists, authors, actors,
dancers, etc.
Limited U. S. Tour.
The American tour of Miss Dun
can and which was arranged through
the courtesy of A. Lunacharcky, of
the Russian Commissar of Art and
Education, will be limited to six
weeks only. Following the Manhat-
tan appearance the Duncan Dancers
will play brief engagements in Chi
cago, Toronto, Boston, Washington,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, after
which they will return direct to
Russia.
The Duncan performances here
will be given with the support of a
full symphonic orchestra and the
opening program in each city will
he one that was especially selected
for American presentation by the
late Isadora Duncan just previous
tc her death in Paris.
In New York City the opening
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
| ABOR SPORTS

Metropolitan Workers Soccer
League Standing.
Division "a"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

a ND YOU ARE IN JAIL! AND DAYS, MONTHS,
YEARS PASS! And you think and wonder
DO my comrades still think of me? Are they at
tempting to FREE me? Are the workers mobilizing
to free all class war prisoners Is my family provided
for? Could not my comrades send me few books
to read?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
Commerce Commission
Warns Roads Policy
Endangers Ownership

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-A plea
by the railroads in the O'Fallon test
rate case, that higher valuations be
granted, brot today an answer from
Walter F. Fisher, council for the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
which endeavors to save the rail-
roads from a policy which might, in
the opinion of Fisher, endanger the
present ownership.
Fischer's brief concluded that, ain
road valuations based on present re-
production costs, expressed in terms
of present-day dollars, would prove
a terrible boomerang to the railroads
in time of depression, and he said,
sit is believed we are facing a period
of deflation and of general price de-
cline"
Fishers brief concluded that, gin
the opinion of the commission" rate
making under such swollen valua-
tons would destroy any effective
equation of railroad rates" and
"discredit and perhaps destroy the
whole system of private ownership
and operation" as the rest of the
capitalists would prefer to take over
the roads thru their government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
YOU'RE Motm Jail Today!
Are You Giving a Thought
and a Dollar to Those
Who Are?

YOU ARE NOT IN JAIL! Thousands of your
L comrades are in Jail, face dictionaries who
fought shoulder to shoulder with us against the
enemy, the capitalist Glass; comrades engaged in the
work of organizing the unorganized workers, who
led strikes and struggles against our oppressors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
FALL KILLS WORKER

MILWAUKEE (By MALL Rich
ard Neubauer, bakers helper, was
killed in fall down an elevator
shaft at the Jaeger Baking Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
"A HQbbv Ne1v Year, DEPARTMENT Store Lays Oft 900 Girls
Duncan Troupe to Dance at
Daily Worker Celebration

number of the performance will be
1.-THE international" Tickets are
on sale at the office of the Daily
Worker, 20 Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

0NE YEAR - YEARS - 20 YEARS - LIFE!
- You sentenced, and whether little much,
it's bad enough. But you have Loyalty performed
your proetarian tasks and you take your medicine
like the good militant you are.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
Are You in Jail
Today?

CUPPOSE YOU WE'RE IN JAIL! The EARN of the
- law" Qets suppose) having taken you away from
your working class work and your family, opened
heavy iron-grated door-gave you a shove-bang!
goes the dungeon door-the lock clicks, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

Standing of Brooklyn Workers
Soccer League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

ATOW YOU ARE IN JAIL! You rest your elbows
upon cold steel bars you take your head into
your hands, and you think a little
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

ceedures this Christmas season. They
discovered that they could get boys
of 10 years as shipping clerks for
the sum of $16. So they dispensed
with the services Of old "young" men
who were getting $1,000 per week
at this hard work. They also de-
cided that it was unnecessary to
breach the sad tidings after New
Years day, they ''laid off" the extra
Christmas help on Friday, Deem
Der 81. "a penny saved is penny
earned" said wise old Ben Franklin,
and leave it to the big moguls of the
mail order houses to save their
pennies.
1t may be hard for the poor work
ers, but look how much additional
met" profits it means to Sears, Roe
buck and Co. That's the important
thing, profits.
&C. RABIN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
BOOZE SMUGGLING GROWS

WASHINGTON (By Mail).-Gov-
eminent officials admit that SNUG
Cling of liquor from Canada has
reached a volume of 100000 a
month at least.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28

CUPPOSE YOU ARE IN JAIL! And not comrade
- on the outside giving thought or a dollar to
help free you support your family. HOW WOULD
THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
To HELP,
CAR STRUCK

Playing good Samaritan to a milk.
man whose truck was in a ditch
along the Baltimore turnpike near
Bladensburg, at 4 o'clock this morn
ing, caused Adolph Moder, resident
Of Wardman Park Hotel to barely
escape with his life, and his auto
mobile Of expensive make was badly
damaked.
Moder seeing the plight of the
milkman as he was returning to
the city, stopped to give aid. and
had gotten out of his car prelimi-
nary to pulling the truck out OF the
ditch when a Ford sedan bearing
District livense number G-1SOS, came
flying down the road at more than
40 miles an hour. The sedan was
wrecked and the Moder automobile
had its rear end smashed in.
The driver Of the Ford and his
companion were badly cut up, and
the latter got to town some way
and got a wrecking crew to come
out for the car. In the meantime
Sergt. H. s. Machen of the Prince
Georges county police reached the
scene and took the Ford driver to
the Bladensburg Jail after his cuts
were dressed. He was in no condi-
ton to give his name, Machen said.
The companion driver neVe came
back, and when the wrecks crew
arrived for the car, Machen refused
To- allow them to tow itawaY.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
MISSING MA I {
IS SOUGHT

An appeal for assistance in 10
hating her husband, who she alleges
deserted her q year ago, was made
today by Mrs. Mary T. Goucher, s12
M st. s. e.
The missing husband, Thomas
Bertram Goucher, II years old, for
Enerly was employed as an account.
ant by the Southern Railroad at the
main offices here. His last Wash
lngton address was 1905 Irving St.
N. e.
The Gouchers were married at
Annapolis, Nd, eight years ago.
During the World War Goucher
was stationed at Boiling Field as q
headquarters clerk for the Ninety
ninth Aero Squadron.
He il described as being feet 81
inches tall and weighing l4O pounds.
He has dark hair and blue eyes.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
CITY Dinner IN
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. IL
Two hundred attended the first an
nual get.together dinner Of city en-
ployes at the George Mason Hotel
last night. They were welcomed
by Mayor w. A. Smoot. POSTMASTER
Elliott r. Hoffman, and City Coun-
Gilman j. w. Timberman, and ad-
dressed by City Manager Morton.
Howard w. Smith, jr., of Rose
mont, presented a ring to Police
man Wesley Shoots. There were
stunts by various employees and
Bill May, dancing by Miss Bar
gagni, daughter of Sergt. A. G..
Bargagni, of the District Fire De-
partment, and music by the Citl-
zens Band.
The Washington Society Of Alex
andria will hold its first public
meeting tonight in the old First
Presbyterian Meeting House, cele-
brating Washington's Birthday.
William Tyler Page, clerk Of the
House Of Representatives, will speak
and a quartet will sing.
r.. T.. Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans, will hold an open meeting
Monday night at o'clock in Lee
Camp Hall. A musical and vaude-
vile program will be put on.
Mrs! Annie L. Spencer, of Fair
fax county, who attempted suicide
by taking mercury tablets January
81, and has been in the Alexandra
Hospital since, was declared insane
by a commission yesterday and
committed to the Western State
Hospital, at Staunton.
The body of Aureliius Sullivan,
who committed suicide after shoot
ing Mrs. Mary Richards at her
home last Tuesday, was shipped
yesterday to Fredericksburg, his
former home for burial. Mrs.
Richards is recovering at Alexandria
Hospital.
The February term of corporation
court will convene Monday, with
Judge Howard w. Smith presiding.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
Y. NJ. |. HEAD HIT
BY OREM

"Gen, William H. Cooke, In
charge of the Virginia Military In
stitute, is shielding his own in
competence as school administrator
behind the code of honor of the
younger boys
This is the charge of Nicholas
Orem, father, Of the boy who lies i'll
at his Hyattsville home as the re-
suit Of violent hazing.
Mr.. Orem today was advised that
General Cooke had denied any
knowledge of the Orem boys hazing.
He Immediately wrote to the School
head charging him with bad faith
and recalling to him that when
he, Orem, was called to Lexington,
seat of the school, on account OF
his sons serious condition, General
Cooke showed entirely familiarity
with the case. He il sending a
copy of his letter to General Cooke
to Governor Byrd of Virginia and
another to Harris Hart, Virginia
SUPERINTENDENT of schools.
Mr.. Orem is in receipt OF q letter
from Frank Dinges, Edinboro, Va,
saying that Dinges' son, Frank, jr.,
underwent an almost identical ex-
perience and knows of many other
boys who have been injured, and
proposes that Mr.. Orem and he
organize . parents protective as
ISOLATION to end hazfng at the
institute.
Mr.. Orem intends to propose to
Virginia authorities that they call
hazed boys before the Rockbridge
county grand jury. He will enter
any court proceedings armed with
a certificate signed by DR.. Guy
Latimer, of Hyattsville, certifying
that young Orem is suffering from
serious abdominal injuries caused
by repeated heavy blows.
While young Orem persists in
his silence concerning the hazers,
he has given some details Of his
He explains that he
was stood against a wall and
pounded on the stomach. Unshined
shoes, triflinE mistakes in drill and
such matters brought punishment.
Although now out of pain, he is
required to remain in bed Is hours
q day and is on a diet. Garfield
Hospital physicians say it will take
his intestinal wounds long time
to heal, If they ever do.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE, Feb. 11.--Live poul.
try. Chickens. old, AZ lbs. and over.
26@27c; old, 4 to Al lbs, 25@27c:
old, 8 to 81 lbs. 25026c; leghorns
and other light stock. 2S@25c; old
ROSTERS, mixed colors, 16018c; old
roosters. leghorns. 1906. Young
chickens, colored, large. 32@35c;
colored, : lbs. and under, 38@45c;
leghorns. as to size, 26@28c. Capons,
all sections, as to size, 32@40c.
Ducks. white pekins, 4 lbs. and over,
26@2Sc: puddle, lbs. and over. "a
@26c; muscovy, lbs. and over, "a
@26c; all kinds, smaller, 10000.
Geese, Kent Island. per H., 22@25c;
nearby, 25025c: western and south
ern. 2o@22c. Guineas, young. 2 lbs.
and over, each, s5c; smaller. 4O06Oc
Pigeons. young and old, per pair,
2O05Oc. Turkeys. young, 40@45c;
old, s60sec.
Dressed Poultry-Turkeys young,
400 Sc: turkeys, old, 35@3Sc. Ducks,
2b03Oc. Geese. 25@30c. Chickens.
young, 25@30c; chickens, mixed, old
and young, 25026c. Capons, as to
size, $1,000.
Eggy--Market firm. On the Balti.
more Butter and Egg Exchange,
western, fresh.gathered firsts, one
sale, Is cases. 37Ac; nearby fresh
gathered firsts, two sales, SIS cases,
37zc. Closing offerings, nearby
fresh-gathered firsts, 3Sc; bid, 371kc.
Receipts. butter. 13S tubs; eggs, 555
cases.
Butter-Creamery, fancy, h., 4S@
ACC; choice, 46Q47c; good, 44045c;
do. prints, 49051c: do, blocks, 48@
soc; do. ladies, 37@38c; Md. and Pa.
rolls. 34036c: Ohio and w. Va. rolls,
34QS5c; store-packed, 32033c; Md,
Va. and Pa. dairy prints, 34@36c;
process butter, 42@4Sc.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
|SPLANNERS'
Of D. c. HIT

waahington's subdividers who laid
out parts of the city without regard
for future needs were scored as
ssmisplanners'' yesterday by Lieut.
Col. U. S. Grant. Sd, chairman of
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, in an address
before the City Clubs forum
luncheon.
washington is Fortunate" he
said, "in that the present congested
area was planned very carefully by
Major L'Enfant and George Wash
ington back in 1880. We find that
these wise gentlemen had reserved
plenty of space which permits the
widening of streets at a cost only
Of moving the pavements.
IF you look at many of the sub
divisions beyond the boundaries or
the original city YOU will find that
L'Enfant's wisdom and efficient
planning has been ignored entirely
and that n1isplanning or bad plan
ming has been the rule. Some OF
our traffic problems now are caused
by this bad planning.
Something must be done about
AZ and 1t will cost a great deal or
money because it will mean cutting
streets through where buildings now
are and moving buildings to widen
streets
In stressing the economic value Of
wise planning. he said that Aneri-
cans spend something like 100000
900 to $3.50 200, 600 to see the munich
pal beauties of Paris and we ought
TO be able to spend something like
$50 ,O0O, 900 to bring these Beauties
70 our own national capital.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
Auto Routes to Divide
Sahara i'm Two Parts

Trade routes and automobile high.
ways are going to be constructed
across the Sahara Desert dividing
the worlds most famous desertland
into two sections, Northern and
Southern, according to a report
from Lewis w. Haskell, United
States consul general at Algiers.
General Meynier. of the French
forces in Algeria, pointed out that
the roads will be in no wise COM
parable with the automobile high
ways of Europe, but they may be
used by lower powered cars. Event.
uaIly the new system of roadways
will link up Algeria and Soudan.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
BAD DRIVERS
QUIZ PLANNED

Traffic Didector william II. Har.
aand Il conducting a quiz class for
motorists with record Of traffic
violations.
The directors plan for education
bG careless motorists had its incep-
9lon shortly after he took office,
when he began to keep a LIST Of all
drivers figuring in traffic violations.
As the list grew in volume Har-
land began to study the number of
times each motorist was named.
The plan has reached q stage now
whereby, if conditions warrant, the
hapless motorist il invited to Har-
lands office, where be ID lectured
and given 3 warning.
Az yet, no permits have been
revoked under this procedure, but
a was said to be possible that such
action may be considered in par
tieIilarly fragrant cases.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11

All sections OR Che city are represented
~ the "Apnrtment for Rent" columns
81 the Times and Herald Classified
Sartlon tnnnR.
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
RAL TlMORE LIVE sock

UNION STOCK YARDS, BALTI-
MORE. Feb. 11.-Cattle-Receipts.
500 head. Market active and strong.
Choice. s14.5O015.5O; medium. $1O.75
Oils: feeders and stockers, $500
II: good, $12.50@13.50: common. So
@10. Heifers-C Choice, $11.sO012:
medium, $S.25@9.25: feeders and
stockers. $6,25@S.75: good, $10011;
common, $6.75@T.75. Bulls-Good
to choice. $s.750S.50: fair to good,
$7.75@s.50; common to medium,
$6.5067.50. Cows-Good to choice,
The Washington times., 1928-02-11
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET

Wheat-Easier. No. 2 red winter
export, $1.46%; No. 2 red winter
garlicky domestic, SLASH. Re-
ceipts, 1885 bushels; shipments,
21,666 bushels.
Corn-Firmer. No. yellow do.
nestle, $1.O401.05 bushel. Receipts,
4,159 bushels; shipments, 5,211
bushels.
Oats-Quiet: No. white domestic,
64@64hc bushel; No. white, $50
63hc bushel. Receipts, 4,497 bush.
els: shipments, 4,422 bushels.
shipments, - bushels.
Hay-Dull. Supply more than
ample.
Flour-Firm.
All sections u slae city are fapreaented
The Washington times., 1928-02-11

$s.7S09.SO. Fair to good. $s.500e3
common to medium, $S.50Oe.
sheep and Lambs- Receipts. 80
head. Market steady. Sheep. $500,
$50; lambs. SS@16.25.
Hogs-Receipts, 700 head. Market
steady. Lights, 1926; heavies, $50
80; medium. $s.4s; light pigs. So
roughe, $e.25. Ohio and Western
hogs. 10c to $50 higher than quota
tons.
1--we mar y@mr ofkIco, ssleca 0mo aa
the furnished DOOMaa advertised Tor
Rent IN today's Times and Hernld
Classified columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-09
DEADWOOD DICK FLIES HERE
TO ASK PRESIDENT TO RAPID CITY
Clusters Lone Survivor, 81,
Completes First Air Ride
at Dusk.
Executive to Be Invited to
Spend Next Summer in
Black Hills.

AT sunset today an airplane will set
tie down on Boiling Field and Dead
wood Dick, idol of successive younger
generations for more than half CEN
tury, will have topped off 80 adven-
turous years by completing his FIRST rids
through the air. He Is flying to Wash
ington from Rapid City, S. d., to in
vite President Coolidge to spend next
Summer in the Black Hills.
Deadwood Dick, christened Richard
w. Clark, is one Of the few remaining
representatives of the picturesque West
OF frontier days, and is identified in
the minds of Americas youth as the
hero of thousand Embarrassing cpl
sodes which spiced the nearly forgot
ten days when Indians and bad men
infested the now prosaic farming re-
gions of the Middle West.
He still wears the high-topped leather
boots with trousers tucked in" the
broad brimmed slouch hat, fancy leath-
err jerkin and six-shooter of the CLAM
curious frontier days and carries out the
effect with long hair and a scraggly
mustache. without which no Indian
hunter was ever fully equipped for his
work.
Deadwood Dick was the only survivor
OF Clusters scouts after the ambush and
massacre by Sitting Bull The invita-
ton which he brings to the President
will be carried ia his original tin dis
patch box which, he used on the pony
express SO years Ego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-09
WHITES PAY ISSUE
PUT UP TO CONGRESS
Controllers Ruling Affecting St
Elizabeth's Hospital Head to Be
Submitted for Decision.

Controller General McCarl has agreed
to the suggestion of the Interior De-
partment officials to let Congress de-
eide the principle embodied in the case
of DIR. William A. White, superintend-
ant of st. Elizabeth's Hospital, as to
whether he is entitled to quarters and
other major accommodations in addi-
ton to his salary. First Assistant Sec
rotary Edward C. Finney. it was learned
today, has asked Mr.. McCarl to permit
such matters as telephone bills and
laundry facilities to be passed upon by
Congress, also, so that definite policy
to be followed in the future can be
laid down.
DR.. White owed the Government
some $4,000 annually after he finished
his years work, Controller General Nc
Carl ruled recently, by reason OF the
allowances for the superintendent of St.
Elizabeths Hospital, which were stated
to be in the vicinity of $1,000 The
controller general directed Interior De-
partment officials to make an adjust
ment by October /, but Mr.. Finney re-
quested Mr.. McCarl to permit Con-
gress to examine fully the matter of al
lowances in addition to salary, which
the controller general has done as to
principal. He requested, however, that
the minor matters, such as telephone
bills and laundry, be adjusted at once,
but Interior Department officials, as
stated have now asked that these, too,
be permitted to come before Congress
for adjudication and the entire matter
be held in allegiance pending its de-
ciSion.