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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23

FORTUNATELY for Mary Cole
brook she strayed sufficiently
from the path of rectitude as taught
by the parsons, whose larders are
swollen with the proceeds of mar
riage fees, to bring into this dis
NAL world child whose conception
did not have legal sanction, but
whose adult brought his bearer more
aid and comfort than the rest of her
brood born with the blessing of
church and state.
The play is labelled comedy and
comes from the brow of Tom Barry.
With so many children knocking
around, one is pleasantly surprised
with the thing and it surely sets the
customers to laughing thanks to the
antics of young Mr.. Durking, who
plays the role of Bill the illegitimate
but fortunate son.
Thru the plots of an aunt, Mrs
Colebrook loses the affections of her
six legitimate children, who are as
unlikeable collection of humans as
one would not care to meet. But
young Bill, her seventh, disproves
the theory that the wages of sin is
death, by falling head over heels
into a fortune, bringing joy to his
mother and the play to happy end
ing.
Janet Beecher as Mary Colebrook
played her part adequately and a
conventional . audience laughed its
head off at little Bills acting, re-
CARELESS of the fact that according
to the gospel he should wind up on
park bench instead of with for
tune.
Which shows that the world is
moving in some direction anyhow.
IT. J. OF.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
OREGON LABOR
Gets MESSAGE
or CLASS FIGHT
Workers Party Plat
form Welcomed
(By a Worker CORRESPONDENT

by q Worker Correspondent
PORTLAND, Ore, by MaiD -
More workers in Oregon than ever
before are becoming acquainted with
the Workers (Communist) Party
and the principles for which it
stands, as a result of the election
campaign. Most of the activity has
been carried on in Portland, the
largest city in the state.
Foster Meeting Great Success.
The Foster meeting held recently
was the most successful Communist
meeting held for number of years.
Over two hundred and fifty work
ers gave attentive and enthusiastic
reception to his treatment of the
problems of the workers. A collec-
ton of $115, was taken and large
number of Party programs, accept
ance speeches, and other Party lit
erature was sold Several workers
signed applications to join the
Party.
Plans were made to make the Git
low meeting a success. With the
enthusiasm created by the Foster
meeting as a basis, this should not
be difficult.
A number of street meetings have
been held where Party and League
speakers presented the Communist
position on the various problems fac
ing the workers today. Most of the
meetings have been held in Port
land, but trips have also been made
to adjoining towns. Communist
meetings are today the most popu-
lar street meetings in Portland. The
results have been most satisfactory
Considerable literature has been
sold, new members gained for Party
and League, and a considerable body
of sympathizers built up.
Foster, Gitlow On Ballot.
A campaign was carried on for
the collection of the 10,400 sigma
lures necessary to put the Party or
the ballot. A number of sympathi-
zers was thus put in touch with the
Party, and considerable amount Cd
Party literature distributed. How
ever, it was found impossible to col,
lect the necessary signatures in the
short time at our disposal with the
weak forces at our command, par.
ticularly since fifty per cent of the
signatures had to be from outside
Portland, that is from small town!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
FOSTER, GITLOW TOURS
Red Nominees Continue Despite Terror

presidential
,ert;al candidates. Benjamin Gtlow has
their itineraries The dates and places where
3et will speak follow:
FOSTER. GTLOW.
*..dav Oct 49, Wednesday, "a Milwaukee,
"Wednesday, "a Columbus, O. Wis.
lay.e Ohio Friday Oct 26, Chicago, Ill
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23

or agricultural sections where we
have few contacts.
Much credit must be given the
Young Workers (Communist)
League for it's part in the campaign.
Altho small, there are only about
fifteen League members in Port
lard who up till the time of the cleo
ton campaign never having under
taken any mass work., the League
threw itself into the campaign en-
ergetically. League members from
smaller towns, and from Washing
ton where the task of putting the
Party on the ballot was not so
great, came to Portland and gave
their full time to collecting sigma
lures. League members collected
nearly two thousand signatures in
Portland in less than three weeks
time.
Our forces are weak here in Ore
gon. Nevertheless, we are deter
mined that many hundred workers
shall be made acquainted with our
Party and its program of militant
struggle thru the election campaign,
Nor do we intend to stop when the
election campaign is over. We will
turn the enthusiasm generated dur
ing the election campaign into other
lines of Communist activity and keep
up our work until we have a real
mass movement here in Oregon, and
then we will go on till we have
overthrow the capitalist system
and replaced it with the government
of the workers and farmers.
R, O.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23

support the party of the working
class the Workers Communist
Party!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
MINE ORGANIZER
ARRESTED, FINED
BY BOSS COURT
Operator Police Fight
New Union
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worker)
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22.-Charles
killinger, member Of the National
Executive Board of the National
Miners Union, together with Peter
Mallon, Tom Kitus end Joseph Bru-
no, rank and file workers Of the
union, were arrested and fined while
III the Broad Top section of Central
Pennsylvania, a few days ago. Coal
and Iron Police, employees of the
Rock Hill Coal and Iron Company,
arrested the organizers as they were
in a miners house making arrange
inents for the organization of
local unit Of the National Miners
Union.
The organizers entered the town
by automobile, company town, and
looked up several friends. Upon To-
eating the residence of this miner
they entered the house. Immedi-
ately the house was visited by Coal
and Iron Police who had 'kept an
eye on the strangers" from the
moment they entered town. The
yellow dogs" demanded to know
Killinger's business in this "com-
pany town" whereupon Killinger in
formed him that it was none of his
business.
The prisoners were then taken to
the local Squire" who tried them
On charge of traspassing upon COM
pany property. The esquire" then
fined them $3.50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
BUFANO'S MARIONETTES
TO APPEAR AT PROVINCE
TOWN.

Reno Bufano's Marionette The
atre will give performances at the
Provincetown Playhouse every
Saturday morning at eleven, begin
ming November 8. The program this
year will include "The Three Bears"
Cinderella" "Red Riding Hood"
and wild nonsense spectacle cal
led Julius Caesars Circus" Edna
St. Vincent Millay's play, 1.-TWO Stat.
terms and a King" and an episode
from the "Orlando Furioso" calico
''Tfe Giant of the Enchanted Voice
are among the promised perform.
ances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
STUDENT KILLED IN WRECK

STUDENT KILLED IN WRECK.
MADISON, Conn, Oct. % .(UP)
One student was killed and two
others injured, one critically when
their high-powered roadster skidded
IN curve, struck a small tree and
overturned here today.
John E. Sullivan, %, of New Lon
don, was killed instantly; Walter
Barry, %, the driver, suffered a
possible fracture of the skull and
other injuries; Joseph Convey, %,
received severe leg injuries. Both
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
THESE FEW ASHES" AT
THE BOOTH, OCT. 80.

Jed F. Shaw and Mark Nathan's
production of the Leonard Ide COM
edy, These Few Ashes" has been
booked into the Booth Theatre
where it will open Tuesday night
oct: 30. The principal players in
Crude: Hugh Sinclair, Natalie Scha-
Ter, Henrietta Goodwin, Ellis Baker
LEM Stengel and Ralph ]. Locke
Woodman Thompson designed the
setting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct. % CUP,
The navy dirigible Los Angeles will
be used to experiment with the most
efficient radio equipment for dirig-
ioles. 1T is planned to have the two
new navy dirigibles equipped with
radios equal in range to the cruis-
ing radius of 5000 miles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23
FASCIST EXPEDITION.

Adds, ABABA, Abyssinia, Oct.
~ {UP).--The Duke of Abruzzi and
members of the Italian expedition
which will explore the upper Shebeli
district have arrived here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23

The Workers (Communist) Party
fights for independent political action
of the working class, for a genuine
Labor Party based on trade unions,
other labor organizations and on fac
J tory, mill and mine committees of the
unorganized workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-23

The Communist Party demands the
compulsory abolition by law of child
labor under the age of 10 and state
maintenance of all children at present
employed.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

disposing of the body. and yet ob- taining the ransom. Hickman hack ed the legs off. mutilated the torso which he stuffed with towels. sewed the eyelids open so that the girl would appear alive. and packed the dismembered body into suitcase and packages which he carried from the apartment.
 Having previously arranged . rendezvous with the distraught father. Hickman drove to the spot with the upper part of the girls body propped in the seat beside him.
 When Mir. Parker appeared Hick- man. who was masked. collected the money. drove about a block father down the street. showed out the body and fled. The girls legs and other parts Of her body later were found in a park miles distance.
 A wave of fear swept over Califor- mia for the apparent madman was at large. Citizens nearly forgot Christ mas, as they formed for the hunt. Teachers were instructed to release
  children under no circumstances, ex- cept to parents. Some children were kept from school.
 The clue came with discovery of an abandoned coupe which it later developed was stolen from a physi- clan in Kansas City by Hickman Bloody fingerprints were found on the windshield. and tallied with his, which had been taken when he be- came involved in a minor forgery at Parker's bank. where he worked for short time.
 In his latter days Hickman sought solace in religion and in letter writ ing. He directed many letters to po- lice chiefs throughout the country confessing to holdups which he had committed, and saying he was sorry he could not return the money stolen.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
HICKMAN DIES 0N
 PRISON GALLONS
 FOR KILLING GIRL
Continued from First Page)
eyes since his doom was sealed.

eyes since his doom was sealed.
 The contents of Mrs .Hickman's letter were not disclosed Hickm n received and read three other com forting letters from relatives turing the morning. .
 There was telegram from Rev. Edward Brady. in Rochester. N. r., who was one of Hickman's fl t spiritual advisers after he entered San Quentin.
 Indifferent to Fate
 Apparently indifferent to the fate awaiting him, Hickman, awoke this morning after short but ound sleeep and chatted with guards about his career of crime.
 The condemned youth reviewed his crime career from the first time he held up drug clerk to the kid naping and murder of 12 year old Marian Parker sn Los Angeles.
 This was the most atrocious crime in history" he said. At S:S0 3. m. he had not had his breakfast, although he said that he would "eat something it tkey brought it." Guards said that he made no inquiries about the time of day. He waited anxiously. however, for the arrival of priest
 Rev. William A. Fleming, his spiritual adviser. set s to g o'clock for administering the final consola- tions of the Roman Catholic church which faith he recently embraced. The priest paid Hickman a three hour visit last night.
 Writes to Cell Mate
 Hickman demonstrated his atti- fude in note written to Russell St. Clair Beitzel, of Los Angeles, now under death sentence for mur- der. Beitzel was Hickman's cell mate for a time before the latter was moved to the death cell.
 The note said:
 I'm very comfortable here, Russ. I'm not bit frightened either. To- morrow I'm going to walk up like q man. Say goodbye to my friends for me and tell them I'll see them soon"
 Hickman transformed the death | cell into room of flowers and music yesterday. He asked Warden James Holohan for the phonograp nh which Is passed around among the prisoners in condemned row." and TOT flowers. A big bunch of red petunias was gathered for him from the prison garden.
 The youth spent nearly half ar nour arranging the bouquet. and alternately played the phonograp ph and wrote letters.
 He received a final letter from his mother. Mrs. Eva M. Hickman, whc Is in seclusion near Kansas Citv Hickman's home.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
BUCKY HARRIS NEW
 DETROIT MANAGER
Former Washington Sur For.
 mally Appointed Today

Detroit. Oct. 1Y R-Appointment Of Stanley (Bucky) Harris as man., ager of the Detroit American League baseball team. was an. nounced today by Frank J. Navin. president of the local club. Harris. who led the Washington American League team to two pennants and . worlds championship title. succeeds George Moriarty, whose resignation was announced this week. The length of the Harris contract and us financial terms were withheld.
 Part of the negotiations that bring Harris to Detroit involved the trans- fer of Jackie Warner, Detroit in- fielder. to the Washington club. Har- ris said he would be in uniform daily but would play on the Tiger team only in emergencies.
 Harris selection 10 succeed Mori- arty was forecast almost with the close of the major league season this year. when he came to Detroit for conference with President Navin. At that time neither Navin nor liar. rls would discuss the conference.
 The rumors of Harris selection were given added weight with an- nouncement that Walter Johnson would take over the reins at Wash- ington, followed shortly afterward by Moriarty's resignation.
 Criticism of Moriarty's manage. ment of the Tigers began early in the present season. his second as leader of the teams of which several years ago he was third baseman. In his resignation Moriarty blamed | "unfavorable circumstances" for the poor showing of the Tigers. He did not attempt to explain what he meant by the phrase. but added that ] his experience had taught him to accept the reverses of baseball with the same spirit that accompanies success"
 The Detroit team finished fourth and sixth in the league standing un- der Morarty's leadership in 1927 and 1928.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
AIR MAIL FLIER KILLED IN CRASH
Body Found in Burned Wreck
 age of Plane

Polk. Pa., Oct. l9.-(N-The burn- ed plane and cremated body of Air Mail Pilot William c. Hopson was found three miles southwest of here early today by searchers who sought out the plane after having received reports of flares having been drop ped early yesterday.
 Hopson was flying the mail route between New York and Cleveland. He was due to arrive in the Ohio city at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Yesterday residents of this town re- ported that at a. m. they saw the plane travelling westward and that bright light burst from the ship as 1t passed beyond a hill. The light was believed to be a flare.
 Hopson was out of the dangerous Pennsylvania mountain region when he crashed. He passed over Clarion, about 30 miles east of here. almost on scheduled time.
 Hopson's body was found in a small patch of woods. A guard was placed about the fallen plane and its pilot. No attempt was made to re- move Hopson's body from the debris until officials of the air mail had in- spected the wreckage.
 While yesterdays report of q light bursting from the ship was taken to indicate that Hopson had dropped flare in an attempt to find a suitable landing place, it is be- ieved an explosion occurred while the plane was in mid-air.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Mexican Troops Engage
 In Five Hour Battle

Mexico City, Oct. 10 UP)-A five hour battle between rebels and fed eral troops in the state of Michoa- can was described today in a dis patch to the newspaper Prenza.
 The dispatch said a rebel force comprising 100 infantry and 50 horsemen fought with the garrison of Ciudad Hidalgo for five hours last Monday. Five of the federal troops were killed. The rebels car ried off some loot.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
eooD BILL AT 1, STRAND

GOOD BILL AT STRAND
 4 very entertaining photoplay feature and five good acts of select vaudeville is now being offered to- day and saturday at the Strand aft sr being we'll receivfd at the per- formancss ThursdayJ TA
 The feature photdplay attrastion presents popular Wellace Beery in ''Beggars of Life" drama of ad- venture and romano that will bring the true story of the hobo to life. Written by Jim Fully and widely read as novel "Besgars of Life" lays bare the heart of the vaga- bond.
 It ts gripping h drama. has . light vein of comedy throughout. and entertaining to the very last.
 Louise Brooks and Richard Ar len ars featured with Wallace Beery in the east.
 Ths vaudeville program presents the Alex Barto Trio, in Exciting Noments;" Bond and Trent in Social ldiosyncrasies:" Florence Hedges and Co. in Bits of Broad way" . fine offering of songs we'll done with . new idea; Joy Bros. and Gloom in ''The Komikal Kops." a comedy offering that is quite laugh able: and "Step by Step" with Mari- ka Rork and the Murphy Broa as sisted by the Lewis Sisters in fine cycle of dance that Is par excellence.
 Beginning Sunday night for four days and with vaudeville on Mon- day. comes Richard Dix in his new hit Moran o( the Marines" in which he is ably aaisted by beautiful Ruth Elder. transetlantic aviatrix.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Democratic Women Have
 First Ward Card Party

Mrs. Bernard T. Donnelly. Mrs. J. F. Duffy and Mrs. John w. Maher. sponsored a bridge party last night at the first ward democratic head quarters Fifteen tables of bridge were set out and a prize given at each table. Attorney Thomas F. McDonough. candidate of the demo- the assembled women.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Meeting Called
 By State Grange Leader

Torrington, Oct. 19 R-A special meeting of tho state grange will be held in Torrington tonight with the state master. Miner Ives of Meriden presiding. for the conferring of the six degree preparatory to the na- tional Grange meeting to be held in Washington D. e.. next month.
 This is one of two special meet ings of the state grange being held this month. the other being in Abingdon in the east part of the state. ....s.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
SEVERAL PASSENGERS
 ARE HURT IN WRECK
Pennsylvania Express Is Derailed 10 Niles North of Columbus,
 Ohio, Today.

Columbus. Ohio, Oct. 19 R- Several passengers were reported siightly hurt when Pennsylvania passenger train No. S3b left the rails Ut Galena. IS miles north of Columbus, today.
 Railroad officials said it was be- lieved spreading or broken rails caused the swreck. The locomotive and the four cars making up the train left the track and overturned.
 Reports reaching here said that a considerable number of the 25 pas- sengers aboard were slightly hurt; vufIsring mostly from bruises and slight lacerations.
 Tslsbhone advices from the scene of the wreck said ambulances sent trom ksrs would not be needed.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Miss Anderson Enters
 Hospital at Worcester

Miss Esther M. Anderson, former iy of 4s Lyons street. who recently entered tho Training School for At- tcndant Nurses conducted by the Household Nursing association of s22 Newbury street, Boston. has just completed her six weeks training at the school and has now entered the Fairlawn hospital in Worcester.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Court Issues Ruling in
 Masonic Emblem Question

Harrisburg. Pa. Oct. 1s R0A verdict upholding the right of Sec retary of the Commonwealth John son to give the Free and Accepted MasDns of Pennsylvania the exclus- i've right to register the Masonic emblems was returned by jury in the Dauphin county court today.
 Counsel for the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. which brought the suit In . mandamus action claim ing their organization was also en- titled to use tho insignia. asked the court for permission to file & mo- ton for . new trial, which was granted.
 The plaintiff; the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. is the yce.nger order of the two.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
FLY TO I.AKEHURSr

Among the New Britain people who visited Lakehurst. N. J., yes- terday to see the Graf Zeppelin was Charles Wright. aviator. who flew in Hartford plane. Mir. Wright had with him Albert A. Petoff and Nels J. Nelson, also a local aviator. They visited the hangar and talked with some of the Zeppelin crew.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

Five-room tenement.to rent: im- provements; garage. Call 19S Broad street-advt.
 c. B. Turton is expected home from New Britain General hospital tonight.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
CAPT. swAGGER" AT CAPITOL

"CAFI. SN AGSSEh AT CAIIlOL
 The sort of girl men don't for get is portrayed by Sue Carol in Captain Swagger." Rod La Rocque's new Pathe star picture which is at the Capitol theater today and Sat- urday.
 Sue has the feminine lead op- posite La Rocque, and plays cab aret entertainer who is finding the hurdles to tame hard to take. How ever. when she and Rod decide to pool their ill fortunes, and team to- gether in one of the zippiest Rus sian dance acts of the season, the silver lining shines through the clouds.
 The co-feature offers Fay Wray with Gary Cooper the new screen lovers in "The First Kiss" charm- ing romantic tale that will be we'll liked.
 Beginning Sunday night for a run of four days the Capitol will present Norma Talmadge in her latest suc- cess 'The Woman Disputed" with Gilbert Roland.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Review of Case

hetIeW OI AaSe
 The Kidnapping and killing of little Marian Parker in Los Angeles last December constituted proba bly the most diabolical and sensational crime in recent California history. It aroused the nation because of it's brutality, lack of motive and utter ly strange joy the killer took in basking in publicity following dis closure of the staying.
 Apparently untroubled by a con- science, the murdered, William Ed ward Hickman of Kansas City, ap- preached death with only a perfume tory expression of sorrow that he had taken the life, then f1endishly hacked to pieces the body of a girl he did not even know.
 Many alienists who examined Hickman failed to agree on the com plex of the ? year old murderer. as there seemed no standard in American history upon which to base an accurate conception of the killer.
 
 than to commit such a glaring crime that he would go down in criminal annals as a master-minded criminal, Hickman climaxed brief life of petty crime with the fiendish mur- 1er.
 Kidnapped Dec. IS
 He obtained possession of the girl last December IS by calling at her school and telling d teacher that her father, Perry NJ. Parker, an officer in the First National bank at Los Angeles, was injured and wished his daughter to return home. He said he was an employe in the bank.
 As Marian had twin sister in the same school, the teacher asked him which girl was wanted. ''rhe young est one" he replied. The teacher. thinking the pleasant faced youth wanted the smaller of the girls, ask ed if it was Marian he meant, and he said it was.
 Hickman later said he drove the girl to his apartment. and told her she had been kidnapped. He said she thought it was great fun, and seemed thrilled. That night he took the girl to a neighborhood show.
 Meanwhile he said. he had decided to hold her for ransom and directed a letter 10 her father asking $500. signing it "The Fox. which pseudo nym he used in subsequent ransom letters.
 The next night, Hickman said it came to him to kill the girl. al- though he didn't want to as he rather liked her, and she seemed to enjoy the Kidnapping experience. The murder was committed in Hickman's apartment. He said he choked her with a towel.
 Confronted with the problem of