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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-17
ELTINCE THEATRE

"Beau Broadway" featured on the
screen at the Eltinge for today and
Tuesday has Lew Cody and Aileesk
Pringle in the leading roles.
In "Beau Broadway" this pair
have brought to the silver sheet
character delineations with an ocean
Of laughs through which runs q
coursing current deep with whim-
steal tenderness.
As a New York fight promoter,
Cody is the typical man-about-town.
And as the woman who seems too
worldly. Miss Pringle is the one
who understands and shows him
the way to true love.
Never before has ! role 80 ideally
suited Cody as does Gentleman"
Jim Lambert. And "Yvonne," Miss
Pringle fits becomingly into q pa8..
that shows her talents to great adj
vantage.
The supporting cast is q most un.
usual one, including Sue Carol, 1928
Wampas Baby Star, Hugh Trevor.
collegiate young actor who appears
as q high brow" boxer. Heinie
Conklin, former Sennett comic.
James J. Jeffries, former worlds
heavyweight champion, Kit Guard,
Jack Herrick, and 4 galaxy Of prize
ring and sporting world characters
who play "as is" in the production.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-17

Musicians have begun to drift
back into town from their summer
road tours and their revisits to
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-04-15


 of Education usually meets once every two years to name the Com missioner.
 The Governor Is The Big Cheese
 The Territory appropriates about one-quarter million dollars per year for roads, trails and shelter cabins But the Board of Road Commission CTS is composed of the Governor anG Secretary-twO appointees from ashington-andt the Treasurer and Highway Engineer, both named by the Governor. These officials are al lowed, in their good judgment, to eXpend this money thru the Alaska Board of Road Commissioners, ap- pointed from Washington. So the Federalists again control that fund
 The Board of Trustees of the Pioneers Home is headed by the Governor. He appoints two others And the three disburse annually about $49,O0O for the Home. The Governor is also head of the Board that handles the Territory's fund of $75,OO0 per year for allowances to aged pioneers and relief of de5- titution. Dependent children get their $22,50O per year thru the direction of Federal court office
 The Agricultural College and Sshool of Mines receives an amount direct from the government of $50. 900 per year. The Territory also ap- propriates from $68,OOO to $8O,OOO per year for the maintenance and expansion of the College. Is it ex- pended by the Territory? Oh, no The Governor appoints the Trustees, and they expend the money. The Board is kept non-partisan thru the appointment of surplus of Demo- crats.
 The Territorial law provides that the Governor may appoint the Mine Inspector, and designates his duties. But a subsequent act practically aholishes that office and the Federal Supervising Mining Engineer is giv- en $1O,0O0 per year of Territorial money to pay office expenses, travel ing expenses, and assistants.
 The Commissioner of Health has total of $9,OOO per year at his disposal, to pay salaries, rent, and contingent expenses. But the Ter ritory only pays the bills and the Governor names the Commissioners and his assistants.
 The Territory Furnishes The Money
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-04-15
Obligations of the Legislature of Alaska (Contlnued from Page 3
The Federal Brigade Is Supreme


 hold the Federal Brigade has upon the Territory and how they disburse the Territorial fund. For the Gov error's office no direct salary has been made for the Governor, but al. allowance has been made for his Secretary, and he is provided with two clerks and janitOr, travelling expenses, an entertainment fund and repairs to the Mansion, all aggre- gating $1O,700 per year. And yet he is Federal official
 The Secretary of the Territory, Karl Theile, is appointed by the President. His Federal duties are extremely light consisting of presid ing as Governor during the absence from the Territory of that official and also the sending of the Session laws to Washington. He is only allowed salary of $500 per year, with no allowance for office rent or clerk hire. Quite nice little plum in it's way. But the Territory makes this position quite attractive by giv- ing the Secretary an additional vision for the salaries of three clerks, office rooms and incidentals, tc the total of $1O,8OO per annum
 The Treasurer of the Territory is not elected by the people. Oh no, he is selected by the Governor. But he performs only Territorial duties and is paid his salary of $5,OOO per annum by the Territory And his assistants and tax collection clerks and contingent expenses are paid by the Territory. The total amounts to $21,45O per annum.
 The Commissioner of Education is purely Territorial position, but the law says that he may be secured thru the votes of the Governor and four senior Senators, the five con- stituting the Board of Education. Do the Senators elect the Commis- sioner? Oh, no. He is elected by the Governor, thru influence that his office brings every two years on two Senators. At times the price paid has been high in promises or patronage fulf1lment. The Con- missioner for salary, clerks, print ing, etc., expends over $13,OOO an nually. Then for maintaining schools and constructing new buildings out side the incorporated towns, he oversees the expenditure, with the aid of the Governor, of over S4SO.-
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-04-15


 his position without a vote ''I have to make compromises when I ought not to compromise" But the House decided that in the present in- stance no compromise was necessary, and when vote was taken or Chairman Curry's motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill there were but 12 ayes to 13O nays.
 The overwhelming defeat of this bill can only be understood when it is realized that the powerful Chair man Curry made a special plea for ite passage, declaring among other things, eff this bill is not enacted into law probably tie-up, to a cer- tain extent, the government of that Territory. Nearly every Chamber of Commerce has approved the bill the Governor has approved of it and asked me to get it passed, if pos sible. Nearly every city govern ment in Alaska has approved it, and some have opposed it."
 And notwithstanding this unusual influence to legalize the violation Of the Federal law the House said NAY with a powerful voice. As MT. Stevenson so aptly said, When the Legislature meets, however, it will have to separate this business"
 MT. Cooper, of Wisconsin, in an- swer to Chairman Curry, said, Act ing Secretary MT. Finney, of the Interior Department, says the suit was based upon the ground that the Territorial appropriations were void. The court sustained this con- tention as to certain items, includ- ing the one for additional compen- sation to the Secretary of the Terri tory. Does the gentleman think it would be establishing a good prec- edent for Congress to enact a law which would permit an act that was void in the law when originally done, to continue in the future" And the answer was decidedly NO. upon the part of the House.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
CHICAGO PLANS
RELIEF PICNIC
Mother Bloor to Speak
At Saturday Outing

Especial To The Daily Worker)
CHICAGO, July s. - Prepara-
tions for an attendance of more
than 10000 are being made at the
Miners Relief Picnic which is to be
held next Saturday at Riverview
Park.
Announcement that Mother Bloor,
veteran of the revolutionary labor
movement and charter member of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, will speak at the picnic, has
assured a large attendance, it was
announced yesterday. Mother Bloor
is back from trip in the mine
fields and her recent experiences
are said to be the most interesting
in her long career in the militant
and Communist movements.
The picnic will open at IL Noon.
In the afternoon games and other
entertainments will be held A Moon
light Frolic will feature the even
ing session. Dancing will continue
until l A. M.
One of Chicago's best twelve
piece orchestras will furnish music.
Nothing will prevent the picnic, it
is announced. Provisions have been
made in case of rain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
PARTY ELECTION
BUTTONS READY
Stamps Designed by
Ellis For Sale

Half million "Vote Communist"
stamps and a quarter million "Vote
Communist" buttons with the Fos-
ter-Gitlow pictures are being pre-
pared for distribution by the Ma
tional Campaign Committee of the
Workers (Communist) Party with
headquarters at 43 East 125th St.,
it was learned yesterday.
The stamps were designed by the
noted proletarian artist, Fred Ellis.
of The DAILY WORKER editorial
staff. Printed over the red Ham
mer and Sickle is the slogan "Vote
Communist" in black. The photo
graphs of Foster and Gitlow are
tastefully worked into odd corners
of the stamp, which also carries the
slogan "Vote for the Party of the
Class Struggle" while underneath
in a heavy black border the name
Workers (Communist) Party, stands
forth like the shining headlight of
a locomotive.
Sell Stamps.
"The whole stamp is Just about
the size of special delivery stamp.
They will form a wonderful medium
of propaganda, for they were got
ten out with the idea that they are
to be posted on envelopes. letters
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
NON-UNION coal.
DICGERS STRIKE
SOUTHERN Mine
Night Shift Out in
West Va. Town

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
ELM GROVE, w. Va, July s.
The night shift of the Elm Grove
mine laid down their tools last night
and Joined the strike of unorganized
coal diggers in northern West Vir-
ginia. 1--WE couldn't stand the rot
ten conditions any more, so we're
joining the fight" they told strike
leaders at Laura Calegari's shack.
Were willing to die starving
rather than go back without a
union" they said.
alright" Injunction
Since the famous "airtight" in
junction was granted to the Elm
Grove Mining Co., Mrs. Calegari's
house has become the center of
strike activity. No mass meetings
are allowed; no two people are per-
mitted to walk together, or talk to-
gether on the road; strikers espe-
cially are not permitted to speak to
scabs.
Mrs. Calegari was forced to aban-
don her soup kitchen, which fed all
the pickets once a day and 65 chill
dren three times day with the food
sent by the National Miners Relief
Committee. 81 suppose we got
nothin' to kick about" she said
"TheN still let US breathe"
Instead of breaking the strike, the
injunction has stiffened the back
bone of the struggle, as the new
walkout indicates. The men who
Joined the strike yesterday declare
that they had been brought to the
mine under false pretenses.
False Promises
"They told US a new mine was
starting up and they needed people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
FRAME-UP Seen
WITH militant
Up FOR he AIRING
Labor Defense Appeals
For Funds

A new frame-up of a militant
worker looms with the appearance
this morning in the First District
Criminal Court, Center and Franl.-
lin Sts., of Nathan Kaplan, a +
worker, who faces a charge of fell
onious assault as a result of his
participation in the anti-imperialist
demonstration in Wall st. July 8.
Kaplan will come up this morning
for a hearing with IA others
against whom the charge is dis
orderly conduct.
The case of Rose Plotkin, 49,
year-old member of the Young
Pioneers, who was also arrested
when police attacked the dem onstra-
ton, will be hea1s tomorrow in
Children's Court 1877 E. 22nd st.
She has been confined to ,.he Heck
scher Foundation, the courS refus-
lIlS W ISlSdSS uSI OI WIFI Oh ma
beas Oorpus. A threat of deporta-
tion to her home town in Indiana
hangs over the Young Pioneer.
Labor Defense Issues Appeal
All of the 16 workers arrested
are being defended by Jacques Bui-
tenkant, representing the New York
Section of the International Labor
Defense. An appeal to workers to
help smash the frame-up of Kaplan
and the threatened deportation of
Rose Plotkin, as well as the cases
of the IA others arrested, by con-
tributing funds for their defense
has been issued by the New York
Section of the l. L. D. through Rose
Baron, secretary. The statement
follows:
"The capitalist courts have de-
cided that scapegoat is needed to
punish the militant workers who
demonstrated against American i'm
Continued on Page Tqoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
TAXICAB DRIVER.
BARES new TRICK
'Hackmen's P olitic al
Party Exposed
(By a Taxi Corespondent)


/ have been taxi driver for
nearly twelve years. It is no ex-
aggeration to say that conditions
are worse in this trade today than
at any. time that l can remember
Many times I have asked myself the
question, what is the reason is
this? No doubt other drivers ask
the same question.
Well, I'm n goin, to say that
l have the a.lswer. But we can
learn from examining some of our
friends" in the industry.
The most interesting thing about
the very bad conditions in our trade
is that more than any where else
there are dozens of schemes on foot
individuals and organizations offer
ing to help and to fight to correct
these evils. The one l want to talk
about here is the "Taxi Weekly" 3
trade paper run by man called
H. A. Innes Brown.
Would-Be Politician.
In addition to editing the paper
Brown is also now trying to build
up Hackman's Political Party. He
claims to have enrolled nearly 5000
cab drivers in his scheme. Even if
he has one-third that number, this
shows you what the taxi men have
yet to learn.
Brown doesn't give any aims or
program for the party he is running
He has held no open meetings. Nc
officers have been elected. No one
knows just exactly what his game
is, any more than his statement
that it is "for better legislative and
administrative treatment of the
taxicab man." He gets the men to
send in their names sin secret"
They pledge themselves to vote in
some sort of vague primary to be
held by this party"
What kind of game is this, you
will ask. Well, it isn't hard to un-
derstand.
Brown, Union Halter.
Brown came to New York from
Boston where it is said he was Of
ficially connected with the Mogul
Checker Cab Company, one of the
open-shop, union-hating fleeters of
that city. In 1923 we find him in
the employ of the Mogul Checker
Cab Manufacturing Corporation of
New York with offices at 59th St
and Broadway. Among other things
he was at that time editing tha
"Checkerboard," the official scab
paper put out by this concern for
distribution among the drivers Of
the city. When the taxi drivers en-
ployed by the Mogul Checker fleet
owners went out on strike in the
summer of 1924, Brown was man
to be reckoned with. He had previ-
ously received good training in the
spirit of strike-breaking in. the U
Continued on Page Four)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
VOTE TO GUST
LEWIS MACHINE
Mine Local Condemns
Cappelini
Especial to The DAILY WORKER)

Especial TO The DAILY WORKER)
WILKES BARRE, July 8.-De-
mands for the ousting of the Lewis
Cappelini machine in district l were
made in the form of resolution
drawn up by local union 1886 of
Plymouth. The resolution de-
nounced the district officials for
their treachery and betrayal of the
miners and attacked the interna-
tional board members of the United
Mine Workers union for its refusal
to oust Cappelini after special dis
trict convention had voted to remove
him.
The resolution further declares
that Cappelini is incompetent and
unable to carry on the unions bust
ness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
UTILITIES MAKE
RECORD PROFITS
Still Carry On Efforts
For Higher Rates

Public utility corporations which
are conducting a nationwide cam
paign for increased rates and fares
and for reductions in taxation show
record earnings according to figures
made public by ninety-five such pub
lie utility companys which report
their earnings to the United States
Department of Commerce.
Operating gas, electric light, heat,
power, traction and water services,
power, traction and water services
excluding telephone and telegraph
companies. they comprise practically
all of the important organizations
in the United States outside the COM
munications field.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
NO VOLUNTEERS;
MILITIA Drafted
New Bedford Captain
Threatens Workers

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July s.
The entire local force of National
Guard regiments, which contains
many strike sympathizers and the
relatives of strikers and strikers
themselves, refused to volunteer for
strike duty Monday morning when
the textile mills will make an at
tempt to reopen.
At the regular Saturday night
drill in the state armory Captain
Charles Perry. Jr., and Lieutenant
Charles A. Stanley stoed before
the assembled guardsmen of the End
Battalion of the 1O1st Field Artil-
lery and saw their repeated calls
for volunteers for strike duty go
completely unanswered. Not a single
man stepped forward at the COM
mand.
Threatens Men
A frantic call for Major Harold
Winslow, battalion commander, was
then dispatched. The major ar
rived. After long harangue alter
mating between cajolery and threats
of drastic draft orders, only nine of
the whole battalion stepped forward.
This in spite of the fact that he had
informed the men that an insuffi-
cient response would be followed by
a draft of the entire battalion. Be-
fore the threat was delivered the
officers stated that the volunteers
would be paid at the rate of $4.25
day, while draftees would only
get 81 a day.
Major Ashly this morning issued
a precept requiring all commanding
officers to assemble battalions and
report men failing to appear. All
National Guardsmen failing to put
in an appearance will face courts
martial, the statement declares.
The Textile Mills Committee is
sued statement pointing out to
the strikers the deadly use to which
their own brothers and relatives
will be put. 1t then appealed to all
militiamen to avoid under all cir
cumstances any action that will
hurt the cause for which their fell
low workers are struggling.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
DEMAND RELEASE
OF JOHN PORTER
5000 Hear Speakers in
New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 8.
Over three thousand workers rail-
lied to a mass meeting held here
Friday to protest against the i'm
prisonment of John Porter, textile
strike leader and member of the
Young Workers (Communist)
League, and to demand his release
from Fort Adams, Newport, R. l.,
guardhouse, where the army author
tiles are keeping him pending a
court martial for desertion and
strike participation.
Vote Solidarity
A resolution addressed to the Sec
retary Of war and to the comman-
Ger of Fort Adams was enthusiasts
tically passed by the assembled
strikers and strike syynpathizers
after they had listened to several
speakers. The meeting also voted
that telegram be sent to Porter,
expressing their solidarity and
pledging aid in his fight for free
dom.
The speakers declared that Por-
ter is now locked in solitary con-
finement because he had admitted
deserting the army when he saw
that it was an instrument of the
bosses against the workers, but that
he now regretted not having STAYED
so as to convince the other soldiers
of this fact.
His apprehension by the army
was effected only after he refused
to obey police order to cease
strike activities, the spokesmen of
the New Bedford Textile Workers
Union declared. Porter is vice
president of the union.
Organizer Figurede of the local
Young Workers (Communist)
League; Nat Kay of Boston; Ed
Winn Of the Boston Paper Hangers
Union; Jack Rubenstein and Their
esa Valente of the Textile Mills
Committee were among the speak
ers. The International Labor De-
fense, the Young Pioneers and the
Portuguese Workers Club also were
represented by speakers. Paul
Crouch, ex-soldier and Communist
was chairman.
A national conference will soon
be held in New York for the pur-
pose Of organizing a national COM
mittee for Porter's defense. The
headquarters of the drive, however
will remain in New Bedford, it was
announced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
MOBILE PARTY
MEMBER DIES
2 Of Those Stranded
Seriously III

VIRGO BAY, Spitzbergen, July
8 (UP).-Natal Ceccioni, chief en-
gineer of the ill-fated transpolar
dirigible Italia, died today as re-
suit of injuries received when the
airship crashed May 25 on its re-
turn from the North Pole.
The death of Ceccione, who was
marooned with Mobile on a small
icefloe, leaves but four known sur
vivors of the Italia still held cap
tive by the northern elements.
Two of these today were reported
seriously ill as a consequence of
their life on the melting ice. They
are believed to have contracted
pneumonia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
ANOTHER PLAN
TO Chain india

Sir Ganesh Singh, England's min
lister to the Bihar and Orissa gov
ernment of India, has recently sent
plan to Sir John Simon, the head
of the British labor-sponsoredj
Simon legation, which was boycotted
by the Indians in spite of the at
tempted explanation by the labor
ties, suggesting another plan of
"self-government.' The Singh plan
is looked upon by Indian publica-
tions as an attempt to save the face
of the Simon commission and to
foist a "self-government" on India
that would help to hide the reality
of British domination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09

The mere fact that one of the per-
formers will be the world famous
Prof. Leon Theremin, the Soviet
scientist, is sufficient to make this
concert an outstanding event on the
musical calendar. This great scien-
tist has discovered the principle by
which music can be drawn out of
the air without the aid of mu-
seal instrument. This principle is
the transformation of electro-mag-
netic energy into acoustic energy.
Merely by moving his hands through
an electromagnetic area Prof.
Tnvr emin achieves changes in pitch,
timber and volume which enable
him to produce music Of the greatest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
Poverty Halls
GYQduQtlOn IN
Socialist CITY

MILWAUKEE, July s. - The
" family of Grace Soldt, IA
year-old Milwaukee girl, did not
see her among the graduates at
a public school here recently.
The girl herself had been looking
forward to the exercises for an
entire year, but at the last mo-
ment was prevented from being
among her classmates.
The School Board, ,3f which
Mrs. Victor Berger is member,
yesterday received a singing
communication from the family
citing the circumstances sur
rounding the incident. Grace's
mother had purchased colored
dress for her just a month be-
fore the date of graduation. A
few days later the school princi-
pal, Miss Sarah J. Carroll, an
nounced the girls should wear
white dresses.
Poverty, however, prevented
the parents from getting their
daughter the white dress, the
letter says, and the girl wore her
colored one She was asked to
leave the auditorium just a few
minutes before the formal exer-
cises, and was handed the diplo-
ma several days later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09

best groups of terpsichorean artists
now performing before the Ameri-
can public.
Tickets on Sale
Other details of the great pro-
gram on Saturday evening will be
announced later. Meanwhile the
important question of tickets must
be settled by workers individually.
All those who want to be sure of
being present at this epoch-making
concert must get their tickets at
once as they are selling fast. They
are on sale at the .office of The
DAILY WORKER, 1928 Union
Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
Lumber Men Ignore
Edict to Add Hours

MELBOURNE, July (FP). -
Although lumber workers have been
working "A hours since 1922 the
federal arbitration court now orders
a 48-hour week. The men have de-
cided not to work longer than Al
hours. They have also decided that
where employers reduce wages.
they will reduce output accordingly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
INCOME TAX TOTAL LOWER

WASHINGTON, July 8 (UP).-
The treasury department announced
today that income tax collections for
the fiscal year ending June 80
showed decrease of $45,455, 1865,
compared with last year, totaling
$2,174,496,4T7.