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Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
PUPILS OF HORACE
WILLIAMS, STUDIO
TO GIVE CONCERT

A concert by a selection of the
pupils of the Williams Music Stu
dio will be given Monday evening
at the. Methodist church. The Epro
gram will open promptly at 7'45 q >
clock.
Considerable variety is shown in
the program planned. Opening and
concluding the concert will be selee'
tions by an orchestra composed of
some 80 members. under the dircc'
tion of Horace Williams.
Pupils will also be heard in violin,
cornct, piano, trombone, clarinet
and saXoPhonc solos.
The public is invited to attend.
There will be no admission charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
MRS. L. X. PHILLEY
ENTERTANS FOR
HER BRIDGE CLUB

At her home on FL Centre avenue
Mrs. L. r. Philley entertained the
members of her bridge club for 4
delightful afternoon of cards ycster-
day Bouquets of flowers in yellow
and blue were prettily arranged
about the house. Refreshments
were served by the hostess at the
conclusion of the games.
Prize winning scores were made
by Mrs. Philley, high; Mrs. II. c.
Diller. second and Mrs. Norman c.
Deaton, consolation.
Those present included Mrs. J. S.
Jones, Mrs. John B. McNcece. Mrs.
H. c. Diller. Mrs. Ray c. Roberts,
Mrs. J. B. McNcece, Mrs. Norman
c. Deator. Mrs. Fred Cross and the
hostess.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
SOCIETY AND CLUB NEWS
PLUNGE PARTY IS
ENJOYABLE AFFAIR

Nina McKclvcy and Lulu Mac
Hancock informally entertained a
group of their high school friends
with a plunge party at Holtvillc,
followed by a moonlight desert par
ty and supper last night. They were
accompanied by Mrs. W. Z. Han
cock
Those enjoying the merry affair
were Helen Greenwcn, Betty McMil-
Ian, Nina McKclvey, Lulu Mac
Hancock, Jack Kennedy, Bruce
Christian, Jack Greenwich, Richard
Miller and Alfred EIDE.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
Redlands Team
To Visit Here

\ team of students from Rcdlands
University is appearing before
tie different High School assem-
blies of the valley on Monday, May
7, putting on short programs and
extending invitations to the annual
High School Day put on by the
University at Redlands. On this day
igh school students are the guests
of the university.
The members of the team arc
Upton Palmer leader and speaker
Roy Mccall reader, Miss Arvilla
Guntcr pianist and Miss Mildred
Flanagan and katherine Jones as
VOcalistS.
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MRS. ROBERT kEPLEY
GIVES BREAKFAST
FOR CLUB MEMBERS

Members Of the Round Table Were
guests Of Mrs. Robert +. kepley at
Il bridge breakfast at the kepley
home on Hamilton avenue yester-
DAY. Decorations in green and vel
low were used at the daintily ap.
pointed table, where covers were
laid for Mesdames John Stewart
Ross, Robert w. Campbell, o. j.
bradshaw, Roy f. Brecdlove, For.
rest kutz, Kepley, j. l.. Davis and
J.. P. Sargent, the two latter being
club guests.
Mrs. Brecdlove made the prize
winning score at bridge.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
St. Paul's Episcopal

Services for Sunday, the fourth
Sunday after Easter, will include
Holy Communion at II a. m. On
Wednesdays and Holy Days, Holy
Communion is also observed, the
lGur being 10 a. m. The Rev. c. w.
Eakcr, in charge, issues II cordial
invitation to AL to attend these
81 rViccS.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
St. Mary's Catholic

Low Mass at eight o'clock tomor.
row, will be sung by St. Mary s
choir under direction of John c.
Canton. with Nina Canton at the
organ.
For the offertory a violin solo,
" Andante, > by De Beriot will be
PLAYED by Horace Williams.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05

DR.. Warren Stratman-Thonas
(above) will head II medical ex.
pedition into the heart OF Africa
to fight the plague-bearing tsetse
fly, DIR. A. 5. Loevenhart (below)
has discovered drugs with which
to combat the pests.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05
Social Brevities

The Twice Told Tales section of
the Woman S Ten Thousand Club
will meet on Monday afternoon at
tie home Of Mrs. Edwin o. Carter
Mrs. y. y. Contos will be the story
teller.
\ week end house party in the
mountains is being planned by sew
cral couples. Those who will make up
the group win 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. Elton
Christian, Mr.. and Mrs Bert Purdv,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. a. Tondro and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. r.. Philley.
The attention of members of the
Literature Section of the Woman ;
Ten Thousand Club is called to the
fact that, because of conflict with
the State convention of Federated
Women s Clubs which will be in
session in San Diego at that time
and is to be attended by several
section members, no meeting will
be held Tuesday. AS the following
Tuesday would conflict with the
club board meeting, the next and
closing meeting of the Literature
Section will be held on May -. Fol-
lowed by regular Shakesperian study
Program, luncheon will be served at
Las Flores.
Mrs Frank Richmond left TO-DAY
for San Diego, where she will meet
her daughter, Miss Romano Rich
nond, who has just graduated
from the University Of California
at Berkeley. Mrs. Richmond was
accompanied on the trip by her son,
Kay Richmond. The three will re-
turn to their home here Monday.
DIR, and Mrs. w. w. Apple return
cd this morning from trip north,
Br. Apple, who is president of the
Imperial County Medical Associa-
ton, having attended the convcn-
ton Of the State Medical Society
at Sacramento. Mrs. Apple spent the
time visiting her daughter, Mrs. G..
ii. Gcreckc, in San Francisco. DR..
Apple reports d very interesting and
worthwhile gathering. DIR. and Mrs.
Eugene LcBaron of Brawlcy also
went 10 Sacramento for the ocas-
ion.
Members Of Mrs. Il. +. Pope $
sunday school class Of the Presby-
teran church entertained with a
pot luck supper and social hour at
the church last night. Those making
up the group included Josephine
Graham, Margaret Eide, Mary Kate
Stewart, Rosemary Bugcnhagcu,
G"raldin" Shaw, Jean Meyer, Evelyn
popp and Mrs pnnp
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05

Yuba county schools for the sec.
ond time won first place in the an
nual wild flower show in San Fran.
cisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-05

The Twice Told Tales section of
the Woman 5 Ten Thousand Club
will meet on Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Edwin o. Carter
Mrs. y. y. Contos will be the story
tcllCt.
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along so as to give an appearance of
impartiality. They were the Taggert
brothers, one of whom the year before
stole milk and eggs at the Lyric hotel.
The Beans Are Spilled.
After being securely locked up, one
of the Taggert brothers, the younger
one who was not quite such hardened
sinner, spilled the beans. Obviously
he had not expected to land in Jail.
He cursed Nesbit and hollered, "Tell
that s- to come down and
get me out" His brother, fearing
that he would give the whole story
away attempted to quiet him down,
but that further aroused his anger
and he said, what the hell. 1t is
easy for you to talk. You received
500 from Nesbit."
Next morning our friends on the
outside got busy and demanded our
release. The police commissioner ap-
peared in front of the cells telling US
in a manner of lecture that they
wanted law and order to prevail in
the city; he had no objection to free
speech and to the convention continu-
ing with its work. He added: "Mr.
Nesbit has not filed any charges
against you" This brought hearty
laugh from the four of US. We asked
him to please to go to the restaurant
where he could get the whole story
from the owner, and from the people
there of how the gangsters had as
saulted US and how the whole thing
was clearly organized by Nesbt. At
this report the police commissioner
did not seem to care to enter into
further arguments, but quietly I'M
locked the doors and we were again
free.
Arriving at the convention hall
where the next days session Just
started the coal miners told their
story, challenging Nesbit to prove that
they did not hire gangsters to make
a deadly assault upon them, admon-
ishing the delegates that this was not
merely an assault upon the three min
ers mentioned but upon the movement
which was now struggling to free
the union of all the corrupt influence,
to free it from the control of the tools
of the operators. The convention
spirit rose to .nendous heights. The
delegates pledged that there would
be no let-up until this battle was fin
ished, until the rank and file had taken
complete control of the miners union,
not only in Illinois but throughout the
country.
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Imperiaists Plumber and Divide

ploitation which had been established
in italy was established likewise in
Western Europe. With this exception,
that in Italy the profits went almost
entirely to the Italians, while the
profits in the provinces were divided
part going to the local business class
and part to the Roman rulers.
What the American empire does for
Haiti, Panama and Nicaragua, the
British empire has done for India
Egypt and the Straight Settlements
and the Roman empire did for Gaul
and for Asia Minor. Each imperial
ruling class selects the territory where
it proposes to carry on exploiting
activities, constructs roads, exploits
natural resources, builds up trade and
utilizes the native labor as the basis
for its business prosperity. If the
imperial class is foolish it insists on
hogging the spoils, and inevitably the
colony revolts.
If the imperial class is wise it
shares the spoils with the local ex-
plolters, using local resources and To-
cal labor as the basis for the mutual
enrichment of the imperial and coll
onial capitalists.
European imperialists in China like
American imperialists in the Carib-
bean area are making huge mistake.
They are assuming that it is possible
for an imperial ruling class to take
everything. They might profitably
turn the pages of their Roman histor-
les and discover that the ruling class
of the greatest empire of classic times
was content to plumber and divide.
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Militant Miners Rout FishWick's Thugs

names. When we again left the head
quarters and made for the restaurant,
the gang followed hollering after us,
In the front of the restaurant an
other gang was lettering around. II
was apparent they were all working
together.
Coming inside the restaurant, we
met Freeman Thompson and George
Voyzey sitting by the counter. They
joined us at our table as we told the
story of what had happened. Voyzey
seemed to be in fine shape and feeling
good in anticipation of scrap. Need
less to say, having met them we felt
better too.
Gang Attacks.
Walter Nesbit then came into the
restaurant, calling Watt aside, telling
him to leave as gang was outside
waiting to beat him up. We then I'M
derstood the whole situation. Walter
Nesbit was the one who had organized
the gang to frame up these coal min
ers. After minute he came back in
once more, telling John Watt that the
gang was now coming, and then as
a cyclone they busted in on US from
all sid S; some of them having previ-
ously been placed at the counter and
some of them coming from the out
side.
The gangsters -yere of the type &C
customed to quick work, but they
counted without the heavy blows of
the miners. Freeman Thompson and
John Watt had obviously been pointed
out to them in advance as they partic-
ularly ganged-up on these two. AS
am not coal miner and apparently
not picked for victim, altho kept
busy, | could get a better view of the
battle. Walter Nesbit tried his hand
in helping his gang and on top of
three or four others tried to land on
Watt. George Voyzey had meantime
kept himself busy hitting right and
left and hitting heavy. / just saw
him swing at Nesbit and later wit
messed the result--a swollen black
eye.
Chairs, cups, glasses and sugar
bowls were flying in all directions.
Such a reception was much hotter than
the gangsters expected. Rapidly they
made for the door and kept outside
until the police arrived.
The police appearing on the scene,
Walter Nesbit stepped forward,
pointed the four of us out to be arrest
ed and we were marched off to Jail.
Two Of the gangsters wereI taken
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By JOE PETERS.

There was big fight in the Mo-
march restaurant located on Main St.
in Belleville, Ill. The gangsters had
just been routed. AS looked around,
the place appeared somewhat demol-
ished; table cloths, broken chairs, cups
and glasses Uttered the floor. The
frightened customers, who had fled to
the rear, again came forward. The
waiter telephoned for the police.
After the Battle.
There nearest to the door stood
Freeman Thompson with gashing
wound on his forehead, his scalp split
from the blow of stump instrument,
face and shirt front covered with
blood. But there was blood in his eyes
too.
Next to the wall stood George Voy-
zey, his hands yet clasping the re-
mains of chair. Further back stood
John Watt. He had just hurled a
sugar bowl through the glass door as
the gangsters fled. felt just a slight
pain in the left knee. 1t must have
D6en STRUCK ny CndlT.
Outside amongst the gangsters was
Walter Nesbit, then yet secretary of
the Illinois Miners Fishwick admins
tration. They were waiting for the
police to rescue them. Nesbit sported
beautiful black eye. Some of the
gangsters carried bruises. They had
felt the heavy paws of the coal min
ers, made strong by heaving big Jumps
of coal.
That night the cells of the basement
of 3elleville city hall were filled.
Although the whole affair was obvi-
ously framed by Walter Nesbit, he
was not there.
There was political significance in
that battle. 1t happened after the
first day session Of the Hin is Min
ers Speci. Convention about 1.3O in
the morning.
| had just met these coal miners,
old friends of mine. George Voyzey
who stands well over six feet high
of athletic built. He enjoys a good
scrap. Freeman Thompson, tall and
wiry, carrying the scars of many bat
ties of the past. John Watt, slender
built but quick in action and with
some experience in the ring.
With John Watt, | went that eve-
ming to the Save-the- Union head
quarters on Main street. He wanted
to get some material. We noticed a
gang across the street calling us
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"Oh Mama, Oho is the man IN the
funny pictatres?"
"That is MGyor Walker, my child"
"WeU iohy does he look so solemn"
"He's having has statute made for
posterity."
"Who's he?"
"Posterity is all the people that
come after as qohen lOe are gone for
euer and ever."
"How does he kmo1O they will be
interested in having his statute9"
"He doesn't. But he's going to be
on the safe side. He'll haze has statue
already for them IN everlasting mar
be-"
"Weu, Mama, n, the picture whicf
one is the marble"
"Why, they're both. .. .AdoIph, eat
the rest Of your oatmeal or I 'front.'
let you lick the candy pan"
1t can be learned by perusal OF
capitalist newspapers that Chang Tso-
lin, dictator of Picking, is dead and
that he is not dead. The capitalist
correspondents find it difficult to
reach compromise on which fake
despatch to send out.
Impartiality Of the purest sort is
shown by the American retiring COL
lector- general in Nicaragua who re-
joices in the name of Col. Clifford
D. Ham. Urging that the U. S. Mar
ines remain in Nicaragua to continue
their slaughter, Ham says: 81 am
wholly neutral and do not care who
wins"
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WALKOUT OF 900 WAS
SMASHED BY FAKER

increase. Many other crafts are pre-
pairing to strike. 1t looks as if a gen.
eral strike will be called of the Boston
building workers.
About five months ago 600 work
ers of the building trades returned
j a 8, 1928 back to work after two
week progressive strike. On the sec
ond week of the strike, it was set .,et
uy the general business agent, E. E
Graves, of the Boston Building Trades
Council, sending back the men to work
by selling them out to the L. P. Soule
& Son Co. The strike was cauled
when the company refused to pay the
cement workers the 1914 cents per
hour increase their agreement called
for. The cement workers then struck
on the Keith-Albee Theatres and John
Hancock's Building.
The chief agent of the building
trades council, Mr.. Graves, who, by
the way, has very bad record as a
betrayer of the Upholsterers' Union,
Local 81, Boston, when called to court
with all the other agents got scared
for reasons best known to himself. He
called on lawyer Marberry, the build
ing trades council lawyer and told
him to. settle the matter of libel be-
fore it came to court. So the lawyer,
together with the agents, settled the
case with the Soule & Son Co. salts
factory to both of them but bad for
the workers.
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(Bu a Worker Correspondent)


PITTSTON, Pa, (By MaiD.-I
want to write and tell you about a
meeting which was held in my Local
Union 1876, of the United Mine Work
ers at the Roseland Hall, Hazelton,
on Friday, June LIST.
Two organizers, district and inter
national, were present and demanded
that we expel two of our brothers
who were delegated by our local union
to attend the Pittsburgh National
Save-the- Union Conference. The or
ganizers threatened that they would
revoke our charters and made all
kinds of other threats. We refused to
take these threats seriously and told
them to go ahead.
Then our district president, Andrew
Mattey, arrived. Everybody was so
surprised to see him that the whole
membership began hollering and ask
ing him, "Andro are you drunk to-
day 2" as greeting. Mattey, of
course, told them that he was not
drunk and that he merely came to
take his transfer from the local
union. We, naturally wanting to see
him go, gave him his transfer. This,
Of course, is preparation to expel
our local union, but we should worry.
We are going to take away the union
from Mattey, Kennedy and the whole
bunch.
Then, also, the district officials
sent a letter to the local union at
Eckley that they must expel from
their union two very active members
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erful state of the period was the sub
stitute for lost tribal freedom.
The tribes were persuaded by the
Romans to abandon their rugged hill
fortresses, to move to the valleys
and to occupy the new towns which
were being build up along the lines
of trade. The Roman government
offered every encouragement to agri-
culture and to industry. Banditry
was suppressed. Trade was protected
AS security increased and capital was
amassed, interest rates fell. The more
enterprising among the native popu-
lation got into the commercial game
and within generation became mem
bers of the rich local business class.
Gaul was not only one of the richest
districts of the Roman empire. In
many respects it rivalled Italy itself.
Its great cities, its rich merchants, its
mining enterprises were sources of
vast profit to the local business class
as well as to the business elements
in Rome. There were, to be sure, a
number of outbreaks after the "Ro-
man Peace" had been imposed on Gaul,
but on the whole its provinces en-
joyed an era Of almost continuous
business prosperity.
AS a result of this business pros
perity, the farmers were pushed stead
lily from their farms, the wealth was
concentrated in the hands of small,
rich class. The workers who left
their farms and emigrated to the cities
were employed there, or helped to
make up the unemployed city Stun
population. The same system of ex-
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MINERS LAUGH AS CHIEF
THREATENS EXPULSION

because they dared to collect money
from the rank and file in our dis
trict for relief Of the rank and file
in the soft coal and send it to the
rank and file direct in the striking dis
tricts.
l just want to add that Friday at
Local Union 1876, when Mattey was
leaving the hall, he made the follow
ing statement: Il will be elected no
matter what you do" Meaning that
he would be elected president no mat
ter if the rank and file is against
him or not. Well, he is making a big
mistake because we are going to kick
out the whole machine and elect our
brothers who are running on pro-
gram and slate. IT.
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COAL MINER
TELLS OF RELIEF WORK

fore they are eager to assist them
because they are altogether progress
sive and class conscious.
The National Miners Relief Com
mittee have done and are doing won
derful things in aiding the miners
families and it has all been brought
about by the generous assistance of
the good and conscious workers of
the land, who realize that the fight
of the miners is their own fight, and
our many supporters can rest assured
that when this warfare is over, and
the miners of the progressive United
Mine Workers of America have the
means we promise to help to repay
little of the kindness that has been
shown to us in our time Of need.
JACK BELL, Tiltonville, Ohio.
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HANdOuTS

An extremely entertaining exercise
in naivete is noted in the latest issue
of the Nation where it's policy of zap
plauding" and "deploring" reaches
newer heights of humor.
This week it lauds: Mr.. Rookie
feller's action in calling for the resig-
nation of Robert w. Stewart as chair
man of the board of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana. Also: The en-
dorsement by the German electorate
of Premier Stresemann's peace poll
cies.
Only political lethargy could ac-
count for its oversight in not prais-
ing Coolidge's superb Gettysburg adj
dress, Kellogg's homemade peace pro-
posal, and the destruction of workers
in the Yather collieries.
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- a Worker Correspondentl

(By a Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, (By Mall The building
trades agreement expired April l,
1923. A new agreement was supposed
to be signed granting an increase of
wages for almost every craft. At
present, two months after the expira-
ton of the old agreement, none OF
the crafts have got any increase, nor
did they renew the old agreement and
the old wage scale. The only ones
that were promised raise of Ga
cents per hour, going into effect July
!, 1928, and another 61a cents be-
SHINING April /, 1929, provided any
r. o the crafts from now until April,
y get an increase from the en-
oycrs, were the painters. Two
aths after the promise to the paint
err no agreement has been signed
YET. and the chances to sign a new
agreement are slim. The Master
Painters Association is cleverly fool
ing the painters district council al,
delaying the meeting date from one
week to another.
Strike in the Air.
Things have been in the air until
now. Some two weeks ago, the iron
workers went out on strike for an
Increase. On May 81, about 5000 car
penters voted to strike. On May 81
az an overflow meeting, the Bricklay-
srs' Union 3, almost unanimously vot-
ID to strike for Il per hour
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Blast on Commandments
Yacht Injuries Sailor

Machinist's Mate Floyd. Plutter, %,
of Elizabeth, N. j., was still in cri4
teal condition yesterday as a result
of blast on the Admiral, yacht Of
Capt. Frank Lyon, acting commands
ant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Wed-
nesday. The yacht was an old mode!
but three sailors had been ordered ia
condition it for the enhancement Of
the commandments pleasure and pres
tige. Navy yard officials attempted
to conceal the seriousness of Plutter's
injuries, Two others narrowly es.
capped. The gasoline tank blew up.
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avenues for commerce. They tapped
resources and opened markets.
Roman imperial policy in Gaul may
be taken as model even by the most
successful imperialists at the present
time,-the British.
The peoples of Gaul lost their lib
erty. The Romans inaugurated law
which was enforced by the Roman
military machine. At the same time
Roman citizenship was held out as
a prize which the Gauls could win
through faithful service to the en-
pire. Partnership in the most pow
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ElCOIy K II y w II as
Gaul was covered
by a network of
Roman roads. These
roads were extended
as rapidly as the
Roman conquest pro-
ceeded. Immediate
ly, of course, they
correspondent to a
military necessity
In the last analysis.
however, they were
in}opdad m nr0vidc