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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22

An old log cabin at the mouth of
Cave Creek canyon was the cache for
the loot which the Curly Bill brig
andS took from the Mexican smugglers
whom they robbed in their second
ambuscade in Skeleton canyon about
1881, according to Rube Hadden of
Paradise. That old cabin stood in
sight of the present Dude ranch
owned by Mrs. E. w. Gurnett and
known as Sierra Linda. The loot was
left there by the bandits after it had
been taken there by three of the OUT
laws and they had secured AL George
to keep watch over their treasure
while they went to find a buyer for it..
The second Skeleton canyon holdup
by the Curly Bill outlaws was not di-
rected by the chief himself but was
conducted by Jim Hughes, according
to the version of the old timers who
recall the incident. One of the pio-
neers who remembers those hectic
times is James Hancock, postmaster at
Paradise and who last week told the
story of Cherokee Jack" and his
tragic end when he got into conflict
with Pat O'Day. Mr.. Hancock recalls
with equal clearneSs some of the facts
concerning the Skeleton canyon af-
fair. He was then a young lad work.
ing at Galeyville and watching the
things that caused the excitement as
a young man is apt to watch them.
He says that there was little of the
excitement that he missed but he was
usually trying to be only a spectator
on the Side-lines and not attempting
to be an active participant in any Of
them.
They Didn't Exhort Curly Bill
He recalls that he had often seen
Curly Bill around the town and knew
him as everyone did, and had a rather
definite notion of his method of gain
ing a livelihood, but as Hancock tells
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22
Used apude0 complimentary


But in the development OF the
"dude" idea, there we're some anus
ing incidents, as the case OF an east
erner, j. G. Adams by name, illus
trates, Here is the story as Adams told
it to the writer:
"It was spring of the year just at
the turn OF the century that 1 was
visiting at the Armstrong ranch near
Armstrong, Mont. There were snow
busters during the day and snappy
cold at night but the herders were
showing me a good time. They had a
habit of meeting me in the morning
with We'll hoW's the dude this morn
ing? Didn't freeze last night, eh?'
They took interest in making things
pleasant and it was pleasure to see
them laugh at my actions, when
otherwise it might have been little
aggravating, because they were Sc
good natured with me.
''They invited me to help with every
thing about the place and it cost me
a lot of cigars when they invited me
to help make some doors for one OF
the sheep sheds. I got busy and ham
mered like thunder all one afternoon
on the door and finally, I got it fin
ished, as L thought, and called at
tention to the workmanship when
what was my modification to have one
of the toughest OF them say: That's
hell OF a job. Why didn't you put
the bats on the right slde?' Then
when I looked I observed that the
bats had been placed on one side on
~
a double door-and on the other side
of the other.
"But the boys laughed it off rather
easily when I pungled the price OF the
cigars for probably weeks smoke
for them, and they turned to some
other way to entertain me. One o.
them thought OF trip to town which
was seven miles. They got team O.
bronchos out and hitched it to bug
/ Continued On Page Tem
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22
Twin Title Claimed
For School With rs

HOUSTON, Tex R.-Thirteen sets
of twins attend San Jacinto high
school of Houston, and because OF the
numerical strength of this squad, the
school claims the twin championship"
of the United States
Girls predominant on the twin
team" There are Is of them. But the
boys are numerous enough to form a
football team.
Five of the thirteen sets of twins con-
sist of girls, three consist of boys and
the other five are mixed doubles.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22

CHAPTER VIII
Trembling with excitement that sent cold chls
through him, Paul Rayburn bent over the receiving
device of his strange machine
He realized that he the brink of discoveries
that would rock the foundations of civiizadon-ap-
pang paralyzing, world-shakng in their immensity!
Certain things he had long known He knew that
Mars is much older planet than the earth and that
the conditions of atmosphere climate. seasons water
and vapor almost identical with ours. He knew
that science has long accepted the belief that Mars
is inhabited it is by human species similar but
intelligent than and that their state of reason
represents what race will be in several million
years
Upon this hypothesis, the Martian of today is as
much ahead of most learned twentieth century
scientist the latter is ahead OF the Neandsrhaler
man.
Now with his Instruments Rayburn had definite
proof that the cosic discovered only few
ago by Kolhorster, were being sent from Mars, and
that this superior race long existing only in con-
lecture demonstrated fact
But in his widest flight of imagination he had
such incalculble evidences of intellec
tual and scientific superiority as unfolding
the cosmic rays transformed to Ineligible
sound.
Chained to his chair in breathless fascination he
listened the words came in measured, mechanical
precision through his pieces He could understand
Of it, although there something vaguely IA
miliar in the sounds
The hours passed. Darkness and yet he sat
spelbound. All activity in the huge building in whose
loft he had established his laboratory had ceased
Once he glanced at his watch. 1t nearly mid
night With only occasional pauses the message
continued unvaryng in its mechanical precision
though automatically transmitted.
Suddenly he noted an abrupt change of rhythm and
nearly he could judge the words sounded
thing like Chinese.
At o'clock in the morning the rhythm again
changed Another language was being employed and
this he half recognized Russian, This continued
until o'clock when, after another pause, he
nized, without understanding it. the italian language
Then followed French, which he understood imper-
fectly, but enough to realize that definite form
message was being sent. He recognized many words
know f0 adV
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22

But it not until the language changed to Ger
man. which he knew from his university days that the
full significance of the message definitely revealed
He was trembling violently! When he leaped to get
pad and pencil he found his legs were numb from
the long, vigil
He collapsed to the floor, but managed to squrm
to the desk the articles regain his place at
the receiver With stiff, shaking hands, he awkwardly
endeayored to capture the invaluable message, the
purport of which was at once evident
The Martians, aware that in the infancy Of
scientific knowledge sending instructions
how to create sending device sufficiently powerful
reach Mars BY following these instructions would
be possible to create the incredibly short which
in the present limited state of earthly knowledge lie
hopelessly beyond human production.
AS Rayburn expected, the creation of these socaled
cosnlc rays was by means of atomic nuclei disnte-
grated in controlled fashion thus supplying vast
stores of energy compared to which present
a nothing.
An x-ray tube under millions of volts potentials
instead of our present maximum of thousands would
produce the intense beam necessary for comnlunica.
ton.
This solution did seem fantastic Rayburn for
the problem was already being approached Ernest
Rutherford the English physicist had already
ceeded in breaking up single atom. Rayburn now
had the accurate instructions for breaking up great
quantities Of atoms which would give unlimited power
The power available by the atomic disintegraton
actually cacuable is staggering.
bucket Of sea water contains enough to drive the
entire merchant marine of the world for month.
There is enough in a pasteboard ticket drive a
heavy train 60 miles hour for four months.
One could $4,000 U. S.. bank as fuel in an
engine suitable for burning up matter in this way
make it profitable
So strange is truth!
Rayburn took the instructions down with care and
later, they repeated in English he was able
to amplify his record until every detail was clear and
comprehensive.
BY establishing this communication with Mars
Etayburn was to enter open door to knoWledge
hundreds of thousands of years in advance of that
possessed by any other on earth
For the present he resolved to keep his discovery
profound secret
ITO be contfnued.1
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Paul scientist with the Grahnett makes
discovery will startle world. he
failed realize from earlier invention which made
millions he is determined keep this
a
Granne daughter of the company owner visits
evasivey when
machine. When Eleanor
mentions invite Rayburn
their dinner then his confidential man
to inspect Raybu laboratory while he is absent At dinner
ranne Eleanor information about his
secret invention Rayburn has to do with astronomy
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-22
THE MASTER OF TIE WORLD

thtNhe eventually planets
Ne morning Granett confidential man reports tna ne
four othing startling Raybuns notebooks
junk radauon." and that the hidden
MACH looks If it had something do with fado--a
convinced that Rayourns
exI trimens just the unbalanced mind.
publicity that reaches the he dis
Rayburn who branded asia crank his
Rayburn perfeets the
which penetrate the earh atmosphere He gets signals
from Mars and decides there beings there trying eOmnun
with the earth When he the signals into sounds
realizing the triumph that is his efforts he
gasps. 4" It's staggering beyond the widest dreams"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
PRINTERS need
HONEST LEADERS
Are Progressive, Says
Journeynan
Albert J. McGary
The Victim
(Bg a Worter Correspondent.)


PHILADELPHIA, (By Mail).-
This printers letter will let you know
how we are treated in the City of
9rotherly Love. / have worked in
the printing business for six years.
applied myself to the business,
studying and working hard to measure
up as journeyman.
After having been in the business
5lat long and being driven as a
.ourneyman, still did not get
.ourneyman wage. So l thought 1t
was time for me to get it. | was re-
fused, however.
l tried to get some advise on the
latter from some of the men IN the
mop but without success. The reason
4or that is that whoever goes around
advising or talking unionism is dis
charged. The bosses want to keep an
open shop. The workers, however,
are by no means progressive. Attic
mine is an open shop, during the
forty-four hour strike the shop went
out en- masse to join the union. As
the strike failed they simply dropped
out. But the militants remain All
that they need is an honest leader
ship.
The only thing for me to do was to
JON the union. l was told ! could
not be admitted as journeyman be-
cause I1wasn't getting journeymans
wage. Well, that took AN the am
bition out of me. l was at loss to
know what l was going to do.
But one day for curiosity's sake, l
bought a copy of The DAILY
WORKER at a newsstand that l have
passed by for years. And l never
knew that the news and the message
carried in that paper are the only
hope for the workers.
Your fight for the workers would
be an inspiration to every oppressed
worker if he knew of The DAILY
WORKER. The DAILY WORKER
brings new courage and new vision
to every worker who reads it intel
ligently.
AS l am eager to know more and
to understand everything thoroly, !
intend to go camping this summer
and study the whole situation. And
when / return l will be within your
ranks and participating actively in
the struggle.
Find enclosed two free subscriptions
for miners.
PRINT.
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NO TIME FOR WORKERS:
HAD BIG DINNER DATE
~ a Worker EXTRAORDINARY

Los ANGELES, Cal. (By mai).A ago
before the city council against police wholesale
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Lewis MUST GO,
SAYS MINE MEET
(Bg a Worker Correspomdentl

VIZ ~ VfNCf NOffVopONte%Oht6I
OLD FORGE, (By MaiD.-A pro-
test meeting was held at Columbia
Hall in Old Forge against the SEN
fencing Of Sam Bonita, the progress
sive miner, to the eastern penitentiary
at hard labor for from six to twelve
years on framed-up murder charges.
About $50 miners listened to the
speakers reveal how the black forces
Of reaction conspired against the
rank and file progressive miner, the
victim Sam Bonita.
National Bonita Moleski MENDOZA
Defense Committee Secretary, Stanley
Dziengielewski, charged that four
groups, the coal operators, the con-
tractors, the reactionary corrupt union
leaders and the state, were interested
in the prosecution.
Charles Licata, secretary of Local
i7C3, Of Pittstol, ara treasurer of
the National Bonira-Mole ski, MENDOZA
Defense ommittee told how
Rinaldo Cappelini. rresioent Of dis
trict No. I tried at first to bride Alex
Campbell and at last, when he did
not succeed in bribirg him, plotted his
murder. Three staunch fighters were
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2tives acting in behalf of victimized
toilers. A dinner engagement was his
excuse for not having time to consider
the case. AS reported in the press at
the time, of the Is councilmen dined
at Alexandria Hotel that evening with
a representative of the Los Angeles
Gas and Electric Corporation. "The
dinner was good one," city fathers
admitted, but they didn't tell what
the gas company wanted. The fol-
lowing, however, may help the read
ers to form their own opinions con-
corning the matter.
Gas Bills High.
So-called experts in the pay of the
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Cor
poration told the state railroad COM
mission yesterday that said corpora
ton will not earn more than IA per
cent of it's invested capital for the
present fiscal year.
The testimony was given in the
hearing held by the commission in the
Sun Finance Bldg, on the application
of the city of Los Angeles for re-
duction in the natural gas rate.
The statements presented by the
experts were said to be entirely out
of line with gas bills laid before the
commissioners by protesting house
wives from working class districts
on the east side, partly outside the
city limit.
Don't forget to register your pro-
tests against magnates dealing in
power and gas, etc. The workers are
interested in car fares and gas bills.
In order to pay for Chief Engineer
William Mulhollsnd's "honest error of
judgment" (term used by the "prose-
cutor") in connection with the ST
Francis dam disaster-in which over
400 persons, mostly workers, lost
their lives-it has been suggested
that the water rate be increased from
10 cents to 10 cents per 100 cubic
feet. The city council, however, has
decided to drop the matter for the
time being.
! N P. RINDAL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
FORM SHOE SHOP
COMMITTEES, is
WORKERS DEMAND
lsiness Agent Of 271
Attacks Progressives
(By a Worker Correspondent


CHELSEA, Mass, (By MaiD -
With the rapid growth of the pro-
gressive movement in this city which
intends to unionize the shoe industry
end turn the local union into a mil:
tsnt organization, the business agen:
Of local 271 of the Boot and Shoe
Workers. Union is using all means at
his disposal to terrorize the workers.
For long time the union members
were suspecting the Business agar.
of being instrumental in bringing
about the expulsion of the active
members of the local by reporting
them to the general office.
At the last executive meeting in a
meated discussion which took place
between the business agent and the
progressive elements in the local he
exposed himself by declaring that the
reason he is reporting us to the gen
eral officials as well as to the manu-
facturers is that we are going too
often before the executive board and
kicking about conditions and prices.
When questioned by a worker: eff
we cannot fight thru the union for
our rights then why does it exist"
the agent replied; eff you want to
keep your job pay your dues and keep
quiet. The general office will not
permit such activities in the union
and the reason you are reported to
the bosses is to discourage the work
ers from attending local meetings or
else the general office will revoke
the charter and put the local on COM
mission and this means losing my
iob"
Until lately the same man, the
bosses agent inside the union, claimed
that he cannot prevent wage cuts and
worsening of conditions because the
workers did not cooperate with him
o2 attending their local meetings.
Tn spite of the blacklist and dis
c~inination, the shoe workers are
Joining the progressive movement by
the scores, realizing that the time
his coue when the shoe workers
Should take the union into their own
1~~l- ard get rid of such elemer.t:,7
' "7r local business agents.
ile these reactionary offlc al!
neration with the bosses arc
&c 70 brighten the workers into
ion the progressives in ever,
7nd in every shop are joir
80 ION forces against thu
0~ssen Mt regime thru progressive snop
paitteos. These shop committees
o~a centers Of resistance against
f:ltv~' wage cuts and worsening of
conditions. It is thru the progressive
shep. cor'mit+oes that the shoe work
.a~s viii be able to prevent the takers
rom turning the union over to the
bosses.
Shoa Workers. Join the Progress
size Movement!
Organize your Shop Committees!
Rank and File Amalgamation!
V. H. ANMAHIAN
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Miners Meet
to Dust Coal
Bar0nS' Tools
a. a Worker Correspondent.l

(By Worker Correspondent
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, (By|
MaiD.-At a meeting held April
29th at 10 a. m. in Inkerman, the
miners of Local Union 1881 or
gained to overthrow their officials
in the local union. Over 100 min
ers were present at the meeting.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of overthrowing the Off
Gals of the local union who are
controlled by the contractors and
the Pennsylvania Coal Co.
The meeting was called by the
Save-the- Union Committee. The
main speakers were the young
mine leader of Pittston Local
Union 1908, Charles Licata, who
was also chairman of the meeting.
George Papcun, secretary of the
tri-district Save-the- Union Com
mittee, and Stanley Dziengielew-
ski.
The miners were very enthusi-
astic when the program of the
Save-the- Union Committee was ex-
planned to them by the speakers,
and how they must organize to
overthrow the officials. 1t was
also pointed out by the speakers
that one could not be opposed to
Cappelini and be for Lewis, that
one could not be for one crook and
against another and that one had
to fight against all the disrupters
and breakers of the union in order
to save the union.
NEnCE
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Farm Bloc" Losing On
McNary-Haugen Bill

WASHINGTON, May 4. The
farm bloc" in the house Of represen-
tatives today fought to save the Nc
Nary Haugen farm "relief" bill from
defeat. The equalization fee clause
which many farm organizations are
demanding has already been stricken
out. In its place is bill somewhat
akin to the bill by Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine.
The McNary- Haugen bill in its
present form has the support of such
reactionaries as Frank o. Lowden
presidential aspirant.
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half? Are you going to talk about US
and then pass the buck?
We want no speeches, we want an
actual organization campaign. Unless
you do this, your conference isn't
worth a damn.
To our own brother plumbers
helpers | wish to say: "Do not have
too much faith in conferences. They
won't get US better conditions and
more pay. What we need is strong
union"
Delegates to the youth conference,
make this real conference for the
organization of the youth into the
trade unions and not talk-fest. Let
every delegate be on the job.
-FNDORE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
PLUMBER HELPERS
CASE IS BEFORE
YOUTH MEETING
Aided Union Which Has
Turned Them Down
fBy a worker Correspondentl


A Labor Youth Conference under
the auspices Of the Brookwood Labor
College, will be held at the Irving
Plaza, E. 10Th St. and Irving Place,
New York City, on May 5 and 6.
Many trade unions and other labor
organizations have been invited to
send delegates to this conference. Ac-
cording to the list of speakers an
nounced, Mr.. Music, Tom Tippett, A.
Lefkowitz, Rose Schneiderman and G.
Miller, ex-president of the American
Association of Plumbers Helpers, D.
/. Saposs and others will address the
conference.
Continues. Conference.
This conference is a continuation of
another which the Brookwood Labor
College held in Katonah, N. Y, few
months ago. At that conference
nothing definite was decided about
the organization of the youth into
the trade unions. The only thing
the conference decided at that time
was to call this second conference in
New York City.
All honest trade unionists who are
in earnest about making union men
out of the youth, should welcome this
conference as a step forward towards
that end.
At the same time we must not for
get that the sponsors of this con-
fo,.o,,oo Loxro ,,ax-o,. ao4,,oI11x Jo,,o a,,1r
thing to organize the youth. The only
thing they have ever done is to utter
phrases. The one exception to this
statement is C. Miller.
This conference should make an
end of speeches and get down to
business.
Some of the youth unions which will
be represented there are already or
ganized. These are asking admission
into the regular unions and recog-
milton from the American Federation
of Labor. The American Association
of Plumbers Helpers is one of them.
The Plumbers HELPERS organized
in December, 1926. Ever since they
have kept on growing and growing.
Turned Down.
Ever since we were organized we
have tried to get admission into the
United Association of Plumbers,
Steamfitters and Gasfitters and thus
automatically become a part of the
A. F. of L. Our request was turned
down by the Plumbers officials.
In spite of their refusals to admit
US, we called out all our Brooklyn
men in a sympathy strike with the
Plumbers of Local No. 1. We picketed
the jobs well. In many cases we did
better than the plumbers of Local No
l themselves.
Later when the bosses Of Greater
New York locked out the plumbers,
the Association of Plumbers Helpers
called out all the helpers of the City
in sympathy strike. We tried in
every way possible to help the plum
bers win their strike. Our actions
have proved that we are worthy of
becoming union men.
After all this, the Plumbers turned
us down.
The rest of the negotiations be-
tween the American Association of
Plumbers Helpers and the Plumbers
officials is not necessary for me to
state here. The DAILY WORKER
published them in the issue of April
16, 1923.
1000 Organized.
Let all delegates to the youth con-
ference consider our case. Here is
an organization of 1000 men already
organized, trying to gain admission.
What are you going to do in our be-