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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
BY ANNA ROCHESTER,.

WEST VIRGINIA, the coal state
p" with the longest and bloodiest
record for union crushing, now
holds the record also for producing
more soft coal than any other state
in the country.
Pennsylvania had held the lead
for hundred years. Even ten
years ago West Virginia mines
were turning out only half as much
soft coal as Pennsylvania mines,
but since the war Pennsylvania pro-
duction has been falling and West
Virginia production has been rising.
The strike of 1927 in the northern
fields gave final push to shift the
balance between these two states.
Since the strike was broken the
Pennsylvania output has risen
slightly and the West Virginia out
put has dropped, but the latest gov
eminent estimates to October, 1928,
show West Virginia still holding the
lead.
Along with this the number of
West Virginia miners has increased
and the number employed in Penn
sylvania mines has dropped. But
even if West Virginia mines had
drawn all their new workers from
Pennsylvania-and of course they
have not done so-they would not
have absorbed all the miners
thrown out of work in the northern
fields.
For West Virginia mines have on
the whole more modern equipment
than Pennsylvania mines. In 1927,
the coal cut by machine was S3 per
cent of the total in West Virginia
and &c per cent of the total btu
minous in Pennsylvania.
And since 1924 the West Virginia
mines have been more steadily op-
Grated than the Pennsylvania mines.
Average days of mine operation
Pennsylvania
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
Prague, October IL, 1928.

THE negotiations, which took place
on October 9 at the ministry Of
labor in Prague between the repre-
sentatives of the miners organiza-
tons and the coal barons, have not
led to any result. The negotiations
conducted in the Ostrau-Karvin coal
field have also proved abortive. 1t
is the intention of the mine owners,
by means of terror and prolonga-
ton Of the strike, to starve out the
striking miners in Kladno and
thereby induce them to make con-
cessions. At the same time the
mine owners reckon the aid of the
reformist leaders, who in other dis
tricts, above all in the Ostrau-Kar-
vim coal field, where $4,000 miners ,
are employed who are likewise in
the midst Of a wage movement, are
sabotaging the proclamation Of the
strike. The revolutionary trade
unions and the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia are carrying out
great agitation and propaganda
campaigns, and in Kladno are at the
head of the fight. On October IL
there was held in Kladno district
conference of all miners organiza-
tions which, after hearing the re-
port on the fruitlessness Of the ne
gotiations in Prague, unanimously
adopted a resolution in favor of
further intensification Of the fight
until victory is attained. The dis
trict conference addressed an appeal
to the miners in the other districts
to join in the strike and to enter the
united fight for increased wages and
the other demands Of the miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13

The socialist party endorses the
robber League of Nations. the fake
Kellogg peace pact and creates the
Illusion that war cnn be abolished
under capitalism. Down with these
traitors to the working class,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
IS
DEMANDED Of
Los ANGELES
City Will Undertake to Re-
habiIitate Devastated
Valleys, Towns
CASH AVAILABLE
Mayor Informed Sufficient
HarbOr Revenues to Meet
Emergency
CASH AVAILABLE

LOS ANGELES, March II C9--
Preparations were made tonight for
la memorial service tomorrow for the
legion of dead in the st. Francis
flood, while officers OF the law in
tensified Investigations which may
lead to placing OF evidence gathered
at the scene of the dam break
disaster in the hands Of tA.e grand
jury.
The little community church at
NeWhall, just south of the stricken
area, will be the scene of tolnorrow's
services. Rev. w. H. Evans, a familiar
figure throughout the Santa Clara
river valley, will officiate The min
ister knew, as members of his several
congregations, many OF the 244 per-
sons known 10 have died in the Hood.
District Attorney Asa Keyes, having
completed cne phase OF his investiga-
ton, sent Ben Cohn, special detective
agent, into the San FrancisquitO
valley scene OF the break Cohn
carried instructions to remain in the
devastated area long enough to trace
many rumors which have sprung up
relative to the condition OF the dam
prior to the break.
Los Angeles city, which. built ST.
Francis as one of the major, units
in its water supply system. was
called on today by representatives OF
civic and other organizations to
Immediately appropriate $1OOO00O to
carry on rehabilitation work The
decision was reached at meeting in
the offices of Mayor George Cryer
Resolutions, expected to pc acted upon
at once, will be presented to city
council Monday morning.
The inquest on behalf Of Los
Angeles county's dead will be held
here at $50 a. M, Monday, Coroner
Frank Nance announced. -Four In
quests already have been neld in
Ventura county, the verdicts in each
case being that death came bg>
drowning or indirectly SIS result OF
the flood. No attempt was made by
either body to fix responsibility for
the disaster, although citizens Of
Ventura county in open meeting
placed the blame for the disaster. on
the city.
Search of the valley continued
all through today though the belief
was growing that many OF the re-
manning corpses probably had found
their final burial place beneath the
deep LAYERS of deposited silt.
Tractors rolled ceaseleSSly about,
however, hunting over piles of drift
wood and wreckage Though hund-
reds of men and implements Oh every
sort were employed, only one body
was added to the long rows in the
improviSed morgues.
Men and machinery labored also OH
another front The work OF restoring
communication, primarily that rescue
work might be facilitated, conUlnued
in the Castaic sector. Mayor Cryer
has announced that all expenses in
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
HICKMAN is CONFINED IN DEATH
CELL AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON

guards quoted Hickman as saying.
"WeIby Hunt didn't do it. / did
it myself"
Although crowd of 200 gathered
at the Richmond ferry boat to
gaze at Hickman and Hunt es-
cOTted by several heavily armed
officers, no hostility was openly
shown to the two youths on their
way to the gray prison across the
bay. The majority of the spec
tatOrs were girls and they seemed
moved more by curiosity than other
feelings.
Entering the prison, both Hick-
man and Hunt appeared despOnd-
ent. They went through the prison
routine for newcomers. Their fin
ger prints were taken, they were
photographed and measured. Then
they were attired in grey prison
clothes.
AfterWard Hickman was taken to
the row of cells for men awaiting
execution. In the cell next to the
one in which he was placed was
Edgar Lapierre, condemned to die
on the same day as Hickman.
Lapierre killed a policeman in
Oakland.
Hunt. who at 18 years of age be-
gan serving life imprisonment
sentence, will work in the prison
jute mill.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

SAN QUENTIN, Calf, March IL
R)-GuardS who brought William
Edward Hickman and WeIby Hunt
to the state prison here today said
that Hickman had confessed that
he and not Hunt had shot to death
C. Ivy Toms, a druggist of Rose
hill, near Los Angeles, on Christ
mas eve of 1926, during an at
tempted hOIdup.
Thus Hickman, sentenced to
hang April 27 for the murder of
little Marian Parker in Los An
geIes, assumed the major blame for
second killing, the penalty for
which was fixed as life impriSOn-
n1ent for both youths.
The confession of Hickman was a
surprise. EhroughOut the trial of
Hunt and himself he had asserted
that a bullet from the pistol of his
young companion had killed Toms.
ShackIed together Hickman and
Hunt entered San Quentin prison
after nights train ride from Los
Angeles. Enmity had existed be-
tween them since Hunt, according
to Hickman, gave information to
the police that aided in Hickman's
conviction of the Staying of the
ParbHr child. The confession,
therefore, was double surprise.
Il killed that man Toms" the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
AMERICAN GIRL WEDS INDIAN
PRINCE UNDER HINDU RITES

panied by all the wealth of lavish
display that has been characteris-
tic of Indian life for centuries.
There were beautiful clothes galore
on men and women; opulent dis
plays of jewelry by both sexes,
elabOrate decorations of the streets,
gaudiIy bedecked elephants and
every accessory to make the cere-
nOny uniting the American girl to
the noted Indian ruler attractive to
the sympathy of the native pOpu-
latiOn.
And natives of high and low de-
gree flOcked in by thousands TO
participate as spectators or guests
in the unique event. They SEEM
ed to gather fresh enthusiasm and
interest although the ceremonies
began early in the day and con-
tinued far into the night.
All this, that Nancy Ann Miller
might become "Her HighneSS. the
MaharaneaO Sharmista HOlkar."
To the natives this was an awe
inspiring transformation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

BARWAHA, India, March II tP)
Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, and
Tuko6 RaO, former maharajah of
IndOre, were married here today
with the prolonged but richly pic
turesque ceremOnials of Hinduism.
The rites. solemn in their perform
ance, but, rather tiring in their
detail, contrasted strongly with the
siIhpSe marriage cebemony of
western lands.
The elaborate wedding ritual Of
Hinduism was supplemented by
several preliminary ceremOnialS
which were necessary to bring Miss
Miller into the same caste as the
bridegroom and otherwise conform
to Hindu practice. She was first
admitted to the Dhanagar caste
and then adopted by Princess
Tarabai, who, in turn, gave her in
adoption to Colonel Lambhate SO
that he in turn might give her in
marriage.
The various rituals were accom-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
HOUSE, E,SENATE
AGREE ON RADIO
COMMISSION LIFE
Fight Threatened by Davis
Because of AlIOcatiOn of
Wave Lengths

WASHINGTON March II (P)-An-
other fight over radio legislation came
into prospect at the capitol today de-
spite an announcement that the ma
jority of the house and senate con-
ferees had reached an agreement on
disputed points in bill to extend fof
one year the life of the federal radio
commission.
The controversy springs from The
refusal of Representative Davis, demo-
crat, Tennessee, to accept a proviso
added to his amendment to the bill to
provide for ALLEGATION of radio wave
lengths among states upon the basis OF
population. He said the added proviso
would reuire such allocations to be
effected only "as and when" applica-
tions are made for licenses and that
he argued, would prevent the commits
sion from making changes in wave
length assignments and would nec-
eSsitate basing the proposed alloca-
ton upon the present broadcastina
structure.
Whether the controversy will evap-
crate before the house acts on thl
conference agreement early next week
remains problematic, however, because
Davis refused to say whether he in
tended to carry his objections to the
house floor. Another of the house
ccnferees, Bland democrat, Virginia
supported Davis views
In addition to the ALLEGATION proviso
the bill as agreed upon by the con-
ferees would ore the senate pro-
posal to limit the extension Of the
commissions life to one year. The
house had eliminated this.
The house amendment to limit
broadcasting licenses to 80 days in
stead OF six months as proposed by
the senate was approved while il
regard to the life OF commercial
licenses the senate proposal for L
months was accepted over the house
suggestion tor six months.
Continued on Page Three
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
Subma marine Raised
Just Three Months
After 1t Was Sunk

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, March II
N9-Just is minutes short of, three
months from the time she was sunk in
collision with the coast guard de-
Stroyer Paulding off this port, the
submarine S-4 was brought to the
surface today by a naval base sal
wage crew The submarine was sunk
at 3:37 o'clock on the afternoon OF
December II and her coming tower
broke water at 1922 this afternoon
A dramatic demonstration on the
deck of the salvage ship Falcon greet
ed the elimination of three months
of gruelling effort in winter weather
on the part of the salvagers AS
the coming tower appeared above the
surface diver Tom Eadie, who won
the congressional medal for, saving
fellow diver the day after the Sd
went down, led the crew of the sal
wage ship in a burst of cheering.
The men on board eight other YES
sells clustered about the scene joined
in the scouting and officers on board
the Falcon hurried to congratulate
Captain Ernest j. King and Com
mander Harold S. Saunders, who
were in charge of the operations.
Although divers had braved winter
frost and. rough water for three
months to get the hull ready for
raising, the final operation lasted
about four hours. At 11:05 a. M,
the water was blown from the control
room of the submarine, and one by
one the other compartments were
rendered buoyant. Then came the
six great pontoons which had been
lowered and arranged in pairs along
the hull. Commander Saunders,
watching the air valve, had hoped to
time the raising so that the S-4 WOULD
come up at the same minute of the
day that she had gone down, three
months ago today.
All of the "a navy divers who work
ed on the S-4 were on the deck OF
the Falcon as the submarine came
up. In the 81 days since the col
lision these men had had Al 10
days suitable for diving and had
made 566 dives to the ocean bed, 102
feet down. Although no serious ac-
cident occurred, there were 10 cases
of bends" or caisson disease.
The S-4 on arrival at Boston will
be placed in drydock at the navy
yard and doctors will enter the tor
pedo room and after-compartment tc
remove the eight bodies still re-
manning on ~ vessel.
Thirty two bodies were recovered
during the salvage operations. A
Continued on Page Three
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
|LOWDEN, HOOVER
DIVIDE HONORS
in MINI. G. 0. P.
Former Illinois Governor
Claims % of 81 Dele
gates Chosen

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March II (P)-
Incomplete reports tonight from the
republican county conventions In Min
nesota today showed a majority of IN
Structed delegates to the state con-
vention pledged to Frank o. Lowden
with a number of delegations support
ing Herbert Hoover
Lowden headquarters here claimed al
least % of the states 81 delegates tc
the national convention at Kansas
City would be favorable to the formei
Illinois governor, conceding that only
the Minneapolis district and one Other
would instruct Hoover men.
While four of the states delegates tC
the national convention were being Sc.
lected IN the district conventions ir
st. Paul and Minneapolis, other counl
lies were tanning delegates to the Other
eight district conventions next Friday
and the state convention in st. Pau
the next day.
Each district convention selects two
delegates and instructs them and the
other seven delegates at large will bt
named and instructed by the state
convention with the apparent aSsur-
ance in returns tonight that the state
gathering would be controlled by Low
den supporters.
Spirited local rivalries enlivened the
Minneapolis district meeting where
Hoover men we're in control, while
comparative harmony prevailed in st
Paul where the Lowden men helc
sway. 1t was early evening, however
before either reached the delegate
naming stage.
Reports from a number of countie.
showed an inclination to avoid defin-
ite instructions to state convention
delegates but where instructions were
issued, they were approximately three
for Lowden to one for Hoover in avail
able reports.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
DOUGLAS MAKES
AGAINST
SWINC-JOHNSON
Local Congressman Asserts
Boulder Dam Projected
For California

-WASHINGTON, March II tP)-
Charging that the Swing johnson
Boulder canyon bill was designed
primarily to give power to southern
California, minority report taking
sharp issue with that filed by the
majority of the members OF the house
irrigation committee, was completed
today by Representative Douglas
democrat, Arizona.
The report, which will be filed early
next week, denied that the project
was one of flood control. irrigation
navigation, or to supply Pacific coast
cities with domestic water.
"This bill authorizes the construc-
ton of major power project to be
owned and operated by the federal
government" Mr.. Douglas declared
''The measure in effect injects the
federal government into the banking
business for the purpose OF loaning
its credit to further the ambitions
Of the municipalities of southern
California toward the creation OF .
Socialistic power organization.
''The federal government will moi
be reimbursed for the expenditures
authorized in this act
There is no constitutional author
ity for the construction Or a major
power project by the federal govern
ment and this measure denies and
repudiates the theory of state rights
upon which this union is predicated
"The project authorized by this
measure will provide waters available
for Use in Mexico in such quantities
as to forever impair ultimate develop
ment of the southwest.
''My argument in opposition to tl1i'
bill is directed toward the particular
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

Copper quiet; electrolytic,
spot and futures, 14@14Ac.
Lead steady; spot, 7.00c.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
Presidential Winter Campaign Draus To Close
Get Up Monday
To See Mercury
Approach Venus

X The Scientific American" nor
* nally conservative in it's an
* nouncements, states in it's current
y number that the conjunction of
y Mercury and Venus, scheduled
Il for Monday morning, will be
y worth getting up to see.'
y These two planets, shortly be-
r. fore sunrise, will be less than
X degree apart, and will show a
y fine contrast in planetary color
4 ing, Venus being dazzling white
Y and Mercury, somewhat less bril-
X liant, shining with reddish hue.
X For a few days the two morn
Y ing stars will be visible, Mercury
y dropping out of sight before the
\ end of the week, while Venus will
Y remain in view for the remainder
Y of this month and part of April,
Y after which she, too, will be tenn
\ porarily lost in the sun rays.
y * * * * * * * * * * * 81
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

Among the republicans the discus
sion revoIyes mainly around Hoover,
whose organization is more far-flurg
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
( = 4 x y + y y y y y 4 y +
Douglas Weather
Last Week ShOws
Variable Record

y Variable weather, the most of
X it pleasant prevailed in Douglas
* through the past week. From
* Sunday to Wednesday the days
y were warm and sunny. Thurs
X day and Friday brought high
X wind storms, but on Saturday,
r. possibly through the intervention
X of st. Patrick, the wind abated
* and a perfect day aided in the
* success of the Hibernian rcele-
& hration.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18
HOOver's Organization More
Far Flung Than Any
Other Candidate
SMITH HAS CALL
Political DOpesters Figure
1t Is Too Early to Draw
Conclusions

WASHINGTON March II tP)-Win-
ter campaigning for thesnation's prize
political plum is drawing to a close
with the issue in doubt and field mar
Shals in the camps of more than a
dozen presidential candidates feverish-
ly mapping out their spring drives fos
convention delegates.
Twelve weeks from Tuesday at Kan
SaS City the republicans will get down
to the serious business of framing &
party platform and making nominal
tionS. In exactly 100 days the hosts
of democrats Will assemble at Houston,
Mid March finds only fraction OF
the delegates to either convention
chosen, number of them without def
mite Instructions ALI kinds of pre-
dictions are made as to what the un-
certain days ahead hold, but most of
the shrewd political dopesters concede
it is too early to figure out exactly
what will happen in June.
It's an old saying that anything can
happen in politics" and while those
who live and talk politics generally ex-
pect a clearing of the political atmos-
phere with the coming of spring
weather, many believe it will be a
toSs-up so far as presidential candi-
dates are concerned up to the last
minute.
In practically all discussions of dem
ocratic presidential aspirants the
name Smith" rectirs Many predict
the nomination at Houston of the
New York governor; other, emphasiz-
ing that the winner in democratic
convention must muster two-thirds Of
the delegates, say he will be stopped
by an opposition based largely on his
prohibition views and his religion.
Matched against Smith in the pre-
convention talk are Reed of Missouri;
Walsh, of Montana; both avowed can-
didates, and a big field of dark
horses" Ritchie, of Maryland; Dona-
hey Of Ohio; George of Georgia; Hull
of Tennessee; Hitchcock of Nebraska
Woollen of Indiana; Harrison OF
Mississippi; Robinson of Arkansas, and
others.
Among the republicans the discus
sion revoIves mainly around Hoover
whose organization is more far-flurg
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

ST. JOHNS, N. F., March II pa
report that an airplane had been
sighted on the northeast tip of New
founland at 10 a. m. Wednesday was
forwarded here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-22
Theatre Guild

Arrangements have been made
between the Theatre Guild and
Martin Beck whereby the Guild
will use the Martin Beck Theater for
the presentation of Guild Froduc-
tions for period of years beginning
Dec. /.
The arrangements between Mr..
Beck and the Guild provided that
Mr.. Beck retain his Offices in the
theater and an active interest in its
operation. Charles Foloky, his per-
sonal manager, will remain as man
ager of the theater for the Guild.
The Matin Beck Theater was
built after Mr.. Beck's own plans
which were effected by G. Albert
Iansburgh, celebrated architect and
decorated by Albert Horter, famous
painter Josef Uban recently char
acterized it as "one Of the finest
theaters in the United States from
the standpoint of beauty as well as
utility"
MIR. Beck stated that he concluded
the arrangements with the Guild
because of his desire to have high
standard of production maintained
in his theater.
From the standpoint Of the Guild
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-22
"Step on
It., Opens
Sunday
New BurIeSque Show Has
Services of Many
Principals,

Current slang rises TO the useful
dignity of a show-title in caption
ing the next offering at the Mutual
commencing Sunday afternoon.
step On 1t" as used in common
parlance, is the send off signal for
speed and step On It." the lively
folks of burlesque surely will in
presenting the incoming Mutual
burleSque.
Girls will abound in the roster Of
membership the active assemblaee
of singing and dancing chorines
forming the most attractive part OF
the offering.
There will be many changes in
scenic adornments for the busy
workmen behind the curtain to
swing into view and the array Of
attractive costumes for chorus girls
and principals represent a fashion
show.
Music lively dances and numerous
comedy bits" interspersed with
song and dance numbers, will en-
gage the ensemble as well as the
following burlesque principals:
Harry Stratton, Midgie Gibbons.
Verne Dunbar, Charles Schultz,
Jimmy Doss, Marjorie Way and Joan
Cole.