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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
BOOKSHOP IS NOW
IN "REO%'CENTER
ON UNION SQUARE
9th er Organizations
MovingI in Soon

The first organization to move in.
to the Workers Center, 1928 Union
Square, is the Workers Bookshop,
which has established temporary
quarters on the second floor of the
building.
The Workers Bookshop is under the
direction of A. Gusakoff and is speci-
alizing in workingclas literature. A
full line of the publications of Inter
national Publishers and Workers
Library Publishers is carried, as wei;
as books of English publication, cur
rent American and English maya
zines and general literature. Here
can also be found practically all the
classics of the Marxist literature of
the world that have been translated
into English.
The permanent quarters of the
Workers Bookshop will in few weeks
be established on the ground floor of
the Workers Center together with
the Proletcos Cooperative Restaurant.
This floor is now undergoing altera-
tions ard remodeling.
Another organization that will soon
move into the Workers Center, is
District 2, Workers (Communist)
Party. Plans for the removal are
now being made. The Workers
School will also occupy the new build
ing shortly and be located on the
fifth floor
Tho the organizations that will be
housed IN the Workers Center are
preparing to occupy it, the $4,000 re-
quired to make the building the prop
erty of the revolutionary movement,
has not yet been raised. This has
given rise to serious financial diff
culties in view of the fact that pay
ment of $4,000 must be made on the
building within a few days. In or
der that this sum may be paid, the
board of directors of the Center ask
that all collection lists be turned in
at once together with the money col
lected.
Concert June 2.
All sections of District 2, Workers
Party are also asked to elect special
representative to address the great
concert and dance that will be held
Saturday eve., June 2, and greet the
Workers Center in the name of his
section.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
RED AID
LAUDS HAYWOOD
Urges Workers to Join
Labor Defense
(Continued from page one)

Continued from page ose)
ism-against the frame-up system.
This great loss can only be soothed
by the further strengthening of our
organization, by making it veritable
mass organization of the toilers. The
best memorial of Haywood must be
the joining of the ranks of the Inter
national Labor Defense by all class
conscious workers for the sake of
continuing the work of revolutionary
fraternal solidarity of the toilers
which the deceased carried out all his
life with great love-"
The cable from the Soviet Union
defense organization, Mopr, states as
follows:
'The central committee of the
Mopr of the Union of the Socialist
Soviet Republics, representing four
million toilers, members of the Mopr,
shares together with you and with
the whole workingclass the grief for
the great and painful loss of the eld-
est revolutionary, the active fighter
of the American workers movement,
Comrade William Haywood. Before
the ashes of Comrade Haywood, the
Central Committee of the Mopr de-
clares its readiness to continue in the
future it's work Of relief to and care
for the political prisoners, the victims
of bourgeois terror who fight for the
cause of the international probe
tariat."
international Labor Defense will
soon publish pamphlet it received
from VIM. D. Haywood, just prior to
his death. A letter from VIM. d. Hay
wood, probably the last of his to the
comrades in the United States, sent
to James P. Cannon, executive secre-
tary Of International Labor Defense,
is published in the June issue of the
Labor Defender.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
Expect Hundreds at
"Red Poets" Reading

Continued on Page Two)
on by Carl Sandburg in his "Ameri-
can Song-Bag"
Only few tickets for Red Poets
Night are still unsold and those wish
ing to attend should secure these at
once They are on sale at 80 cents
at the local office of The DAILY
WORKER, 108 E. 18th St.; Workers
Bookshop, 1928 Union Square; Inter
national Labor Defense, 799 Broad
way, Room 422; and the New Masses,
SO Union Square. All the proceeds of
the affair will go to The DAILY
WORKER and the Workers Center.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
JUICY Bull DING
CONTRACTS LURED
POLITICIANS TOO
Show Cause of Small
Deneen Battle

CHICAGO, May p. - An investi-
CATION Just completed shows control
over hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of building contracts a year
was only the apparent stake for which
the Small-Thompson and Deneen fac
tions of the republican party fought
here for the party nominations few
weeks ago. with the Deneen men vic
torious
HUGE Liquor Profits.
A Jew gangster and their protectors
IN nubIie office share an annual pro
fl of about S15,00O,0O0 from liquor,
prostitution and gambling, report
prepared by professional muck-rakers
for the Illinois Association for Grim
inal Justice shows. The sponsors OF
the report are affiliated with political
oroups who are dissatisfied with the
division of spoils and still other groups
who see middle class faith IN demoe-
racy being undermined by the bllthe
wsv in which Small-ThOmpson men
and Deneen men toss around bombs
and money.
AL Capone was named in the report
as achief of the ruling gang OF today"
and was described as having been
trained with John Torrio, now re
tired millionaire. Both were con-
nected with the late ''big Jim" Colo
simo. and prior to that with the Five
Point Gang of New York.
The report is made up of two chap
tiers, one "The Rule of the Gang, "
the other, "Who Killed McSwiggin?"
The report says that Colosimo
shared with Van Bener the control of
the vice syndicates of 1908. Torrio
and Capone were brought from New
York to become Colosimo's ieuten-
ants.
"Tha reform movement succeeded
in 1908 in abolishing the First Ward
ball. New Years orgy by which the
underworld poured money into the
political treasury of the ward, the re-
port continues. Michael (Hlnky
Dink) Kenna and John (Bathhouse
.John) Coughlin were the Aldermen of
the ward in which the levee was To-
Gated
"Ostensible movements grew in po-
liticaI strength, and in 1911 some Of
the levee houses were closed by Mayor
Carter Harrison. In 1912 John E. w.
Wayman, States attorney, found 1t
politically expedient to send his own
men to raid and close the district. The
levee was thrown into great confusion.
The levee bosses and pimps sent their
women by the hundreds into the resi-
Dental district.
BY April, 1925, there had been a
wholesale migration of old-time levee
bosses to the suburbs.
Mayor Thompson was elected in the
Spring of 1927 to succeed Dever on
a wide-open platform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
Prompt Release of
Bella Kun Demanded
(Continated from page one)

(ContipAed from page one)
and assurance of a safe journey to
the Soviet Union"
(Signed) Roger Baldwin, Victor
Berger, VIM. Bouch, Bishop VIM.
Montgomery Brown, Ralph Chaplin,
Theodore Debs, H. w. L. Dana, Robert
w. Dunn, Sara Bard Field, Ellen
Hayes, Carl Haessler, Robert Morss
Lovett, Duncan Mcdonald, VIM. Pic
kens, Scott Nearing, Upton Sinclair,
Chas. Erskine Scott Wood and Robert
Whitaker.
The International Labor Defense,
the organization which is organizing
mass movement throughout the
country on behalf of the leader of the
revolutionary masses of Hungary, has
already sent cable of protest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23

gress, cabinet and president, who
heads the company too).
eve know it's no use bringing up
anything about wages or hours"
said one worker about the industrial
democracy scheme.
WITH the mill working only four
=" days a week, the already low
wages have been considerably re-
duced. Reading of northern mill
wage cuts and the New Bedford
strike, these southern workers are
mighty scared" The day is 10
hours, the week 55. There are few
14-16 year olds in the mill because
the law limits their day to eight
hours. But there are many. young
men and women in the mill-about
hak the women married. Colored
workers who truck cotton bales and
do factory cleaning are about
tenth of the mills 5000 workers in
full seasons.
Working conditions in the mill
are supposed to be better than in
other southern mills. The spinning
rooms are full Of lint catching in
the workers hair and going up their
nostrils. Weave rooms have hum
idifiers constantly spraying water
into the air-making the atmos-
phere oppressive in hot weather.
Workers find more satisfactory a
recent ventilating system installed
in the new concrete weave shed.
Steel lockers ara nrovided in some
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
WELFARE WON'T FILL WORKERS MOUTH


rooms but in others workers hang
their coats and hats on nails and
hooks unshielded from the work
room. Visitors are not taken into
the dye house because there's quite
a bad smell in there" as my guide
said.
WELFARE work is well developed
I" at Schoolfield, the mill village at
Danville's edge. The downtown mill
has less of it. The company pro-
vides besides several hundred wood
frame houses, a dormitory with
gym and swimming pool shared by
school girl sand mill women, nur-
sery, a kindergarten, grade schools,
a junior high, store, Y. M. C. A.
with movies in the auditorium, and
small libraries. Most of this welfare
program was begun during the last
10 years.
Loomfixers are the only organ
lied group. They have an independ-
ent union with a measure of recog-
milton from the company, although
all had to sign up under industrial
democracy to hold their jobs. Last
year when a cloth checker began
organizing weavers, he was soon
discovered and fired, with most Of
the 40 he had reached.
"The mills dominate the town in
every way" say the Danville peo-
pie. "They keep out other firms
when they want to, and tell them
what to pay when they do come"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
Cal Says He Will Veto
Farm "Relief" Measure

WASHINGTON, May 22.-Presi-
dent Coolidge has not yet taken any
action on the NcNary-Haugen Farm
Relief Bill, which has been on his desk
since last week, but he again init
mated today that he would veto it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
PLANES LAND IN FOG.

ST0NINGTON, Me-, May 22.- Two
krmy amphibian planes, which are re-
Aping from Greenley Island, were
- TO descend here today on ac-
a heavy fog that made fur
= impossible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
Worker Peasant Army
In Drive on Marking

Continued from page one)
the Marking regime, is steadily push
ing his way toward Picking, accord
ing to the official News Agency.
Chang is reported to have crossed the
Yellow River.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-23
Especial to The Daily Worker

Especial 20 TIE Ddaty W0rkef)
+ VANCOUVER, B. c., May o.
Yung-chen, a district near Tientsin,
is in the control of workers and pea
SAINTS, according to information re-
ceived here by the Canada Morning
News, left wing Chinese newspaper.
A large peasant army is reported
to be marching toward Picking from
Inner Mongolia.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06

ating had struck another ~ o. the
Memorial Boulevard. Gallagher, whe
lives. on Walnut road and who was
driving his fathers car. failed to
stop. according to the police but
when driving away his number plate
dropped OF.
Gallagher appeared '.efore Prose.
cutting Attorney James T. Nather
thi: morning and his case was con.
tinued until September II to eaabls
him to settle.
Attachment FtDntl
An attachment was &5Oa on prop.
erty of Domenick Rayita was filed
"Wednesday in the office Of City
Clerk Thomas b. Steele by Attorney
James T. Mather in favor OF Clarp
NJ. Clark and Vincenzo Zirone. The
writ is returnabl the first Tuesday
in October In the court OF common
Pleas at Hartford.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06

Miss Molly Murray has returned
to her home in Remington after
spending a few days In Hartford.
Mrs. Laura Austin of Southing-
ton has returned home after visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Brown of Berlin.
Harry Cobey. Jack Walsh, Will
liam Walsh and Henry Pruddon
have returned from 2 trip to Mag
ara Falls. N. Y.
Miss Francis Wallace of Kensing-
ton will spend the weekend at West
Point.
Paul Turner and Merwin Rigott
have returned from motorcycle
trip to Toronto, Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mckeon OF
kenslngton have returned from q
motor trip during which they visit
ed Montreal, Niagara Falls and
Watkins Glen. They were accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. J. Walter
Hall of Shuttle Meadow avenue.
Night school, Sc: day school, SIS
a month. All books and supplies
free. Connecticut Business College,
New britain.-advt.
last Berlin Items
The outing and picnic which was
10 have been held next Sunday at
Hurd's park by the Pythian Sisters
and the Knights of Pythias. has
been cancelled. Plans for the fair
November IL by the Pythian Sisters
will go on. The fair will be held
the evening of November IL and the
afternoon of November 10.
The report on the registry this
year ut the Hubbard school shows a
falling off. there being 1l3 regis
tered pupils whereas 1t was antici-
pated that there would be an en-
rollment Of at least $50. The enter
ing class numbered around 80, less
than that OF last year. The entering
age here is six years although in
many schools 1t is five years.
Miss Alice McCorkle entertained
party Of friends at a bridge whist
at her home Tuesday evening IN
com pliment to Miss Virginia Walsh
VINO leaves Monday for Brooklyn,
N. Y, where she will enter the
Methodist hospital TO train as a
nurse. Friends were present from
many nearby towns, guests being
present from Hartford. Middletown.
New Britain and towns adjacent.
I'riZes for the whist were awarded
as follows: First. Miss Hattie Dre-
her: second. Miss Bessie Allen Pratt;
third. Miss Henrietta Hauxhurst. Fol
lowing the playing luncheon was
served. Miss Walsh was presented
with a beautiful silk umbrella dur
ing the course of the evening. The
house was prettily decorated with
fall flowers.
Miss Virginia Sugenhime enter
tanned Miss Anna Fitzgibbons of
Middletown at her home here yes
terday.
About IS we're present at the
opening meeting of the Community
club last evening. The feature Of
tContinuad on Page -
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
GUNP0WnER MADE
|N70LACQUER NOW
Chemists Hear How It Was Done
After War

New York. Sept. 6 R-An up-to-
date version NJ the husband-man in
peace time turning his sword into q
ploughshare was presented to the
Society of Chemical Industry today
at its annual meeting.
The modern way is to turn gun
powder into automobile lacquer.
How this took place was described
by NJ. J. Callahan. in a paper on
the development of lacquers
After the World War. he said,
there we're millions OF pounds of
smokeless powder stocks on hand.
and the prospect of using them was
almost hopeless. Furthermore the
powder threatened to be burden
OF expense to the government for
storage and hazard also. This was
q challenge 10 industrial chemists.
who for several years experimental
until they learned how to extract
from the powder ceilulose nitrate.
one of the principal bases upon
which the manufacture of lacquer
depends.
At the same time, said Mr.. Gala
han, the automobile manufacturing
industry took Il jump, giving the
chemist another goal to shoot at In
developing new methods of automo-
bile body coloring. The lacquer pro-
cess was the scientists answer, and
at the start Of this industry the au-
tomobilc was the principal customer
with smokeless powder big source
of supply.
Within the last three years, Mr..
Callahan said, the lacquer industry
has branched out to cover numer-
Gus other painting fields.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
BISHOP HARTzDlL,
DIES At HOSPITAL.
Succam6 After Being Attacked
BY Robbers at Home

Cincinnati. Sept. { F-Right
Rev. Joseph Crane Hartzell, bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal church
for Africa, died at Christ hospital
this morning His death was due to
4 injuries received when he vas bound
and beaten by robbers in his home
! at Blue Ash. near here June /.
/ Bishop Joseph c. Hartzell. known
as the David Livingstone of Meth
odism'. gave 20 years of his life to
the spreading of Christianity In the
heart of Africa as a representative
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Receiving as gift from Cecil
Rhodes, the British "empire build
or" $4,000 acres of the site of Umtali
in Rhodesia at the time the British
government built its RAILROAD across
Africa, Bishop Hartzell developed an
education Il, industrial and mission
AIRY center which has since his re-
tirement been enhanced by more
than $4,000 by the church,
Active In Rl,Oslcsia
Bishop Hartzell was active in
eastern Rhodesia and East Africa,
the east coast and Liberia. On the
Congo and in Angola in the west
coast and in the Madeira islands.
When he accepted the African
post he did SO with the intention OF
remaining 20 years. At the end of
that time, and at the age of -, he
retired and came to Cincinnati to
spend the remainder Of his lifs. =
For 46 years he was a leader In
Methodism. beginning with q pas
torate in Pekin, Illinois. He was
born in Moline. ILL.,, June 1, 18t2.
Bishop Hartzell left Pekin In
1869 after two years service there
and filled pastorate at New Or
leans from 1870 to 1872.
He founded a medical school at
Nashville, Tenn. which has grAdu-
ated more than 5000 negro ply
sicians
He had developed an interest In
the negro while in the south, and
eagerly accepted when he was APP
pointed successor to Bishop William
Taylor. OF Africa, in 1896. "t
Retired In 1915
When he retired in 1915 the
church estimated he had given S.
400 hours Of service to the natives
IN Africa.
1t was Bishop Hartzelrs boast
that during his IS years Of church
service he travelled on an average
of 5000 miles yearly, and had
never had an accident.
Attacked by Men
While he was living in retirement
at mis- Blue Ash home last June two
men came to the Hartzell home and
asked permission to use . phone.
while third remained In . car
outside. The housekeeper protested
but the kindly churchman made
them enter. Within q few minutes
the bishop became suspicious and
ordered the men to leave. While the
housekeeper ran for aid. the men
attacked the bishop, his thigh bone
was broken and a deep cash was
cut in his head.
Because OF his age his wounds
never healed and resulted In his
! death. The strangers then took hts
gold watch and wallet containing
SIS.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
Insane Asylum Will
Have Beauty ParlOr

Newark, n. j.. Sept. s R@The
Essex county board Of freeholders
has authorized the installation of a
beauty parlor at Overlook hospital
day.
In recommending the innovation.
DR.. Guy Payne. superintendent Of
the institution, told the board: 4.
Experience has proved that
when patients have their appear
ance improved. the beautifying also
improved their mental condition"
A nurse at the hospital will take a
course in beauty culture before the
parlor Is established.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
Los Angeles Takes OF
For Langley Field

Washington. Sept. s R-The
navy department announced yester-
day that the dirigible Los Angeles
took off from the naval air station
at Lakehurst, N. j.. this afternoon
for Langley field. Virginia. where
she will land tomorrow morning
about o'clock.
The purpose of the fight IL to
give a ground crew at the air sta
ton experience in handling the
huge airship.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
TO PREVENT DEMONSTRATION

Paris, Sept. 8 UP)-Govern-
ment officials have perfected plans
to prevent an -militaristic
demonstration scheduled to be held
in the suburb Of st. Denis next
Sunday.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
Fined for Wiring Seat
In Telephone Booth

Bridgeport, Sept. (UP) -
Charged with wiring the seat in =
telephone booth SO that 1t became
a mild electric chair when the re-
ceiver was lifted, Francis O'Con-
nell, 20. and Leslie Vaughn. -.
were fined 800 and costs In city
court today. They appealed and
posted bonds of $500 each.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
BETHEL GOES TO TRIAL
Faces Charge Of Murder In COnnec.
ton With Death of Barbara Mau.
ger In Los Angeles.


Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 6 R-
Russell st. Clair Bethel faced trial
today for murder in connection with
the death of Miss Barbara Mauger
with whom he eloped to Hollywood
from Philadelphia several months
ago.
Bethel, arrested after Miss Maui
gers body was found in a canyon
in the Hollywood Hills. denied the
Staying.
A coroner's report indicated the
young woman had been shot and
seriously wounded and left to die.
Near her body was found that of an
infant believed to have been her
child.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry l.. Mauger oil
Philadelphia, parents of the slain
girl. were here to attend the trial
Beitzel's request to meet the girls
father yesterday was denied by au-
thorities, although Mr.. Mauger said
he would listen to anything the ac-
cused slayer had to say.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-06
Garter COMES OUT
FOR denomination
First SaMman Replies to
1arSB BY John Carlo
LIVELY CAUCUS EXPECTED
Republican Meeting Monday Night
MAJ De Featured By Battle For
FYr,t SelcCtmanship - Consider
Au,Ointnae0t of Mounted Cop.

Il wish to have 1t clearly under
stool that the town money was not
wased during my administrations
becluse watch every penny more
than ! would have watched my own
This and the criticism Of Mr.. Carlo
reAtive to the condition of the
rods 10 unjust and incorrect be-
calse there never was a time in
Rrlin's history when the roads were
II better condition"
Thus did First selectman George
}. Carter answer the criticism OF
John Carlo and others who were
aid to be dissatisfied with the gov
eminent. Carter. former school
: board member. justice Of the peace,
assessor, second selectman. and for
the past eight years first selectman
announced his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for first select
man.
1t IL understood that the "old
guard" the republican organization
forces. are to back the present Sc
lectman to succeed himself. 1t will
have the opposition of supporters of
Leon Hall and Carlo. The caucus
which IL to be held in the Town hall
Monday evening will be featured by
this battle.
Mr.. Carter claims that since ne
was elected as first selectman in 1920
every bridge in the town has been
made Of concrete and the budget for
this has been dropped from $4,000
b $500 because there is no need for
annual repairs which were necessary
while the wooden bridges were in
existence.
There are $40 miles Of roads. Mr..
Carter pointed out. and $4,000 fer
their upkeep OF this $4,000 is used
for road material. He has made a
study Of situation and called in many
OF the towns leading men TO deter
mine the best method Of appropriate
ing the money and he believes he
has done the best possible thing he
could have done in reference to
roads. Equipment has improved.
There are now two trucks instead Of
four horses.
He has neglected his own business
on his farm In Berlia to care for the
towns business on many occasions.
he said. Otter he has left the place
in charge Of his sen while he went
to other towns In the interest Of
Berlin.
He was born IN New York state.
He lived in Reckley Quarters for
several years. but since 1905 he
has been living 1t his present place
in Berlin.
He was a member Of Berlin's first
school board. served two terms as
justice Of the peace. was assessor for
six years. and was second selectman
for three yeam
Move Fsf Motorcycle Cop
Petty thie,ery and on some oc-
casiors robbery Of business places
IN Berlin ard Ken@inEton and other
places IN the vicinity has resulted
IN agitation on the part Of residents
for = motorcycle roliceman who
wouid Ne on duty throughout the
night
During the week end the Triangle