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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25
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Be MADE TODAY,
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Co m m un lists Expose
Fake Tammany
Alibi
Volunteers tOCoverCity

In complete defiance Of the threat
of the Tammany police department
which yesterday indicated that it
would take steps to halt the Red
Tag Day collections, the Workers
(Communist) Party will proceed
with its program, it was announced
last night at the New York district
office of the Party.
All the forces of the Party will
be mobilized for the collections to-
day, and the entire city will be
blanketed with thousands of volun-
teers who will invade all sections of
Greater New York.
eve propose to go forward with
our collection" John ]. Ballam, act
ing organizer of District 2, an
nounced last night. eve shall ap-
peal directly to the working class
and carry out our original plans in
spite of the attempts of Mr.. Coler
to prevent u.s.
Announcement had been made
yesterday by Police Commissioner
1 Warren that he would act on the in
structions of Bird S. Coler, Com
missioner of Public Welfare, advis-
ing him of the Communist collection
and that "any collection of moneys
by party workers would be in viola
tion of the ordinances of the city
of New York"
A Tammany Order.
Calling attention to the obvious
political character of the order, the
statement charges:
"Mr. Coler's party = Tammany
Hall-has access to the money bags
Continued en- Page Three
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Mr.. Bird Coler, hoW about pro-
hibitimg the Golden Tag Days of
the ttoo corrupt parties of capi-
tdlism2
William F. Kenny, of New York
to AL Smiths campaign fund, in
return for fat construction con-
tracts with the New York public
utilities corporations at the hands
of Gov. Smiths Public Service Com
mission.
Herbert Lehman, banker, identi-
fled with the importing interests
$1,000.
William Todd, ship builder, doing
much contracting work for the city
of New York, $4,000.
James ]. Riordan, head of the
County Trust Co., of New York, S.
900.
Al Smiths pre-convention cam
paign in 1920 cost $121,471. The
republican party spent $566,364 to
put over Calvin Coolidge.
The two capitalist parties spent
(officially) $73o,9S1 to put over
Calvin Coolidge in 1920. This does
not include crooked transactions in
mysterious "black satchels" that
are, naturally, not recorded.
Official reports of prediction
campaign contributions to the
Washington offie of the Hoover or.
ganization state that $43,150 in that
office alone. The other S337.672
Hoover fund collected at other G. o.
P stations was not disclosed. Cen
erous contributors included Edsel
Ford, julius Rosenwald, of Sears,
Roebuck Co., and others.
Enormous sums of money were
collected by both democratic and re-
publican parties during the cam
paign of 1924. Corruption and
thievery reigned supreme and the
hackers of the two Wall Street can
didates did not even disguise the
brazen fashion in which the cleo
tion was being bought up.
Some of the contributors to the
G. o. P. fund in 1924
Joseph R. Grundy, Bristol, Pa,
president of the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers Association, $780,
600; William Wrigley, Jr., Chicago,
Continued on Page Two
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MEXICAN LABOR
IN SACCO meet


MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24.-Several
thousand militant Mexican workers
staged fiery demonstration here
yesterday on the anniversary of the
execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Marching defiantly before the
American consulate, they carried
placards denouncing yankee i'm
perialism" and "the assassins of
Sacco and Vanzetti.
The demonstration continued for
three hours and forced the closing
of stories in many parts of the city.
Traffic was completely paralyzed.
Three speakers were arrested for
making statements offensive to
the Mexican army"
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the meet. From Sudbury and To-
ronto, Canada, five athletes have
come, making the trip in a has-been
Ford. Milwaukee, Waukegan. Chi
cago, Duluth, Superior, Cleveland,
Buffalo and other cities have sent
athletes to the meet. In all, "a cities
are represented.
Strong Waukegan Trio.
Waukegan, ILL.,, has probably sent
the strongest trio Of athletes of any
one city, in Paul Venhe, Arne Joki-
men and A. Karjala. Vcnbe and
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to give every athlete a chance.
Nearly all of the trials and semi
finals will be held on Saturday, with
the exceptions Of the 3,000-meter
walk, the 400-meter district relay
race and the 5,000-meter run.
The big feature of the Sunday
program, which starts at 10 a. m.
and continues through to p. M,
will be the mass drill. Three hun
dred trained men and women will
take part in this drill. For three
Continued on Page Fire
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WORKERS IN BIG
CENTERS RALLY
TO BACK PARTY
Organizers are Busy in
Drive to Line
Up Maine
Negroes Support Drive

Five of the six New England states
comprising one of the greatest indus
trial sections Of the United States
will be on the Communist ballot in
this election campaign according to
report made to the Central Execu-
tive Committee of the Workers
(Communist) Party by Alexander
Trachtenberg, chairman of the Ma
tional Election Campaign Committee
who has just returned from tour of
New England
Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, and New Hampshire are
already certain to be on the ballot
and the Campaign Committee of Dis
trict one with headquarters in Bos-
ton, plans to send an organizing
crew into Maine to whip that rock
ribbed center of reaction into line as
soon as their work is complete in the
other states.
Heightens Campaign.
Having already placed more states
on the Communist ballot than the
total in the 1924 campaign the Ma
tional Election Campaign Committee
is sending representatives from New
York headquarters into the various
districts to spur the comrades into
increased activity.
Added interest is attached to the
Maine fight because of the fact that
the placing of the Communist ticket
on the ballot there will mean a clear
cut fight between the Workers (Com-
munist) Party and the Republican
Party, the Democratic Party having
quit the field in this election cam
paign and the Socialist Party being
nowhere in evidence.
There were only Two New England
states on the ballot in 1924, Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island. The
Communists polled a bigger vote in
Massachusetts in that year than the
Socialist Party and this year be-
cause of the activities of the Com
munists in the New Bedford and Fai.
plNSI JShOllc SIIlhe dIlu Tic ScIlcI dl
activities of the Party in behalf of
the workers in all other industries.
the workers of New England are
rallying to the Party standard and
helping energetically in the Com
munist campaign.
In New Bedford alone the striking
textile workers guaranteed to collect
half the necessary number of sigma
lures to place the Workers (Com-
munist) Party ticket on the ballot
and in Rhode Island the textile work
ers, impressed with the work of the
Party in Massachusetts are turning
to the Party as the only political
leader of the exploited masses.
The Socialist Party is practically
eliminated in New England, Comrade
Continued on Page Fiue
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Jokinen were the two high scorers
Of last years meet.
Five Negro athletes are also TAX
ing part They are favored to grab
the honors in the short distance
events.
Expect Records to Fall.
Last years 100-meter record of
11.2 seconds will undoubtedly fall
before the onslaught of the sixty
athletes who will take part in this
event. 1t will be necessary to run
12 trial heats in this event in order
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$50 ATHLETES AT BIG LABOR SPORT MEET TO-DAY
Men and Women Workers Will Participate Thirty One Eves Here

The biggest workers athletic meet
ever held in the United States will
get under way at Wingate Up. S. A..
L. Field, Brooklyn, N. Y. at 2
o'clock today. Thirty-one track and
field events. soccer, swimming and
a mass drill will top the program.
In the mass drill alone, 800 will par
ticipatc.
Athletes from all parts Of the
rn,ntrv hava ANNA to Nn,r York for
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A HUNDRED PER CENTER.

ROME, Aug. "a (UP). - Secre-
tary Turati of the fascist party, in a
circular to fascist federations today
deplored the use of foreign sparkling
wines at fascist banquets in prefer
ence to the native beverages. "Such
snobbishness is intolerable," he said.
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FISHING SMACK DISABLED

CHATHAM, Mass, Aug. "a (UP).
= The fishing vessel, Orion, of
Gloucester, Mass, is disabled at lati-
tude 48.41 north longitude 69.37 west
with broken shaft, a radio mes
sage from the S. S. Gytsun, received
here today said
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l35 ARE KNOWN DEAD; SCORES DYING
IN RUsH-HOUR SUBWAY SMASH-UP;
COMPANY KNEW OF FAULTY SWITCH
Train Crammed With Workers Split in Two on
Concrete StanchiOn
Mayor Walker Views Tragedy; Pleased Cement
Support Was Strong
BULLETIN

IN CONFORMITY WITH THE HABITUAL PRACTICE
THE NEW YORK TRACTION OFFICIALS, AN ATTEMPT WAS
& LAST NIGHT BEGUN TO RESPONSIBILITY THE
Il DEATH OF AT LEAST 35 THE MUTILATIoN OF
CRASH TO THE SHOULDERS OF THE MAINTENANCE AND
TRAIN WORKERS.
THE REAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TRAGEDY WAS
INADVERTENTLY STATED BY MAYOR WALKER FOLLOWING
A VISIT TO SCENE LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SAID THAT
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT SWITCH HAD BEEN REPORTED
FAULTY"
(By Unite Press)
southbound Interborough subway express train was,
wrecked at Times Square late today derang
telescoping two others.
An ambulance attendant Bellevue Hospital told
United Press he had 3 bodies laid out in the Times Square
station and he believed all of them dead.
The train was wrecked split switch.
Thousands of attempting to hSne the
ming rush hour stranded subway platforms Extra
police were called to keep order
Just before Mayor Walker arrived Times Square,
Then he out and in the midst of group
said: there will be an investigation
Terrible and deplorabe this find comfort
in the splendid subway construction where would split
in half yet only supporting column destroyed
rest of the structure is safe.'
FIVE HOSPITALS CROWDED.
Hours after the accident blocks the heart of the
Times Square district where the wreck occurred
closed and under police guard with permitted enter
At five hospitals 100 surgeons busy attending the
injured and revvng those who shocked and tainted
In there srewn gruesome relics of the
havoc which had occurred when the thing all fear
suddenly upon the city.
just $40 with the rush of home going traffic
approaching its peak when the accident On the
Times Square subway PLATFORM and other subway plat
form in lower Manhattan there crowds countless
in numbers milling about and waiting for trains.
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lNTERBoRoUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR IS MORE DEATF

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS
TO ORGANIZE THE UNORGANIZED
FOR THE 4G-HOUR WEEK
FOR A LABOR PARTY
FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS
GOVERNMENT
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WORKERS PARTY ON BALL.0T IN ) NEW ENCL And STAIE
DEFY 1AMMANY TO HALT N Y. RED ELECTION TAG DA'
Golden Tao
Days of Wall
Street Parties

Mr.. Bird Coler, how about pro-
hibiting the Golden Tag Days of
the tVo corrupt parties of capi-
tdlism?
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Fine Weather to Hold
48 Hours, Then
Turn Hot

Washington viii have 4s hours
Of pleasant weather. the Weather
Bureau forecast today.
Thursday the present east and
northeast winds will shift, accord.
ing to the bureau, and in their
place gentle. warm breezes will
begin to blow up from the South
and with the long periods of sun.
shine during the next two days,
will start things on the way to
another sizzling hot spell.
The forecast for the next "a
hours IL:
Fair and continued cool to.
night: Wednesday increasing cloud.
mess, followed by rain at night:
gentle north Winds
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SPOT.
VISITED BY
ANYER
Of U.S

Assistant United States At
korney Walter NJ. Shea, in
charge IF Tie Investigation Of
the shooting Of Louis 81 Smith,
coIofgd garage helper By
Policeman Ernest Spanldlng,
81 tie Twelfth precinct, an
nonnced today that he had no
disc 0sllres to make at this
time.
shea received the case Yesterday
and spent the afternoon preparing
n Is afvesti gation.
AFTER His morning duties IN Police
CoNrf were completed he departed
Tor tie scene III the killing, and de-
clared that he would interview all
outside witnesses while on the trip
Shea. declared. kowever, that the
manner Of handling the case and
Identifying the pistol was tisfac-
foriiy taken care OF BY the police de-
partnaent and followed the usual
routine in such cases.
He said that he had no opinion AZ
10 whether the 81 b III planted near
the scene Of the killing to establish
the officers defense Or not, but iTldi-
Gated that his investig atom might
disclose interesting events.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Report Nearing IN
Dry Raid Beating
Investigation Here

After four days Of interviewing
witnesses and investigating occur
rences surrounding the beating Of z
bystander 1t 4 dry raid by 4 squad
composed Of policemen and Federal
AGENTS. Assistant United States At
tornev Harold w circuit announced
today that his report would probably
Be ready BY the end Of the week
An investi cation Of this kind is q
difficult thing, Oreutt declared Eacn
witness has to be interviewed At
length and asked To wait until 4 brief
statement has been prepared from
their testimony, The witness then
must read his typewriter statement
and correct IL before his acknoWiedgs
ment Is taken.
circuit declared that the main diff
Guilty III examining witnesses Ii the
Z fact that many Of them are more
anxious to give their personal views
and opinions rather than give him
facts which can be used a. evidence.
United States Attorney announced
that he had nothing TO say until he
had received and read the report Of
his assistant
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

The famous and fashionable old
shoreham Hotel, soon To be torn
down for the march Of progress.
was built iii $50 Nv Levi Nor
ton, then Vice President of the
limited states.
lit was named for Shoreham, VT,
MDrtoI1is birthplace. In 1912 q.
Maury Dove purchased the property
and remOdeled 1T. Several years
ago II was abandoned as hotel
and its costly and historic contents
sold III public auction.
The Shoreham has housed many
famous persons and commissions.
woodrow Wilson had suite there
until he moved across Lafayette
Square. He left his suits on the
morning Of March 4. 1919. gong
direct to the Capitol to Be In.
augurated.
Vice President Thomas Riley
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
BUREAU LAY -OFF
DAYS REDUCED

Employees Of the Bureau Of I'm.
craving and Printing rejoiced today.
when the general furlough was
materially reduced by Director Alvin
w. Hall
The reduction was made possible
By the transfer of seventy-five EN-
pioyes to the public debt service of
the Treasury Department. The
workers will be- needed In that
service for about three months, 1t
was announced
Workers from the wettiaz
examining, numbering, postage
stamp and surface printing divisions
today were being chosen for the
transfer, and the furlongh reduction
will be effective in those officers.
beginning today, the furlough Ter
tle five sections IL reduced from
one day out OF every nine working
days to one day ont of thirteen
days, to continue indefinitely.
Assistant Director Long stated to-
day that there was no immediate
prospect of further reducing inc
THROUGH program. The only means
By which this might be brought
about he said. would be the
transfer 81 additional workers 10
other Government bureaus
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
RUM DRIVE R
GETS 10 DAYS

Al Jail sentence Of 120 days and
fine OF 5000 was neted out to
Eliphaley Andrews, OF Alexandria,
Va, by Judge John r. Mcmahon.
in Traffic Court today. Andrews
was charged with driving while
drunk
He was arrested by Policemen G.
S. CreeI ana G. G. Brown, OF the
Fourteenth precinct, who said he
was driving wildly on Wisconsin
Avenue. Andrews admitted he was
intoxicated and the effort Of his
lawyer to-, have him excused be-
cause Of war injuries failed. Judge
Mcmahon recommending medical at
tention for him at the jail.
Trial of Robert Brown, colored,
OF Naylor Court Northwest. charged
with being the hit and run driver
who struck and injured Mrs. Car.
mela Cosimino, "a. OF the 700 block
of sixth st. N. w, on Sunday, was
postponed to August 90 pending
the outcome Of Mrs. Cosimino's In.
juries.
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& Jerry Ginger, everybod..

Jerry Ginger, everybody.
Come ID and see Goldie
Locks the life Of the party.
Hey Gollstts, this i some
party NE Life 81 the party J
gone dead asleep on ron.
But the party was begin
ming I'd 90 stale BY this time.
Some of the frazzled guests
! had left, others were leaning
against the walls, wilted o.
sitting on the floor, Col.
lette bizarre cushions
heaped around them
Nancy jumped to bet feet,
paniclxy and started toward
the door Her legs felt
strangely ideQuate She
fai "a tie back Of her hands
To her beating temples, lneM
Iet them fall like lead, loosen
ing strands Of yellow hair
that hung in her eyes. She
didn't seem to care.
She was standing ia the
middle of the room trying
to think, trying to get her
bearings when Vic returned,
followed BY Ginger, Collette
and half 8 dozen others.
She must nave presented
b sorry sight, for they all
burst out laughing
tSmatter, kiddo Ginger
Continued on Fiction Page)
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

ings showed 81 serious washouts, At
trees uprooted. and thousands of
branches carried through the streets
by the wind. A bridge at Forty.
third and Gait Streets Northeast
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
District Attorneys
Office Has Charge
OF Police Inquiries

The various pFedicaments In which
members Of the police force found
themselves and the numerous in
uufries now being made have passed
beyond the jurisdiction of police
beads.
I Inquiries made of both Chief
Hesse and Inspector Pratt. chief OF
detectives, elected the response, See
the District Attorneys office"
Information in charges against the
Letternnan squad and against Police
rnan Ernest g. Spaulding, who If un.
der fire in connection with the fatal
shooting Of Lewis Spencer Smith,
colored, IL now In the hands Of Dis
trict Attorney Rover.
Both Hesse and Pratt declined to
reveal the nature II Information fur
nished against or for the accused Of
ficers
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

Storm Damage in D. c. Repaired
As Rains Yield to Sun

washington was back to normalcy
today after what threatened for a
time to be s very disastrous flood.
All of the 1000 or more week
end motorists who were Fnarooned
at various points in southern Mary.
land, so far as reported, returned
to their homes and work yesterday
and last night.
That there were no fatalities from
the flooded roads and raging streams
Is regarded as miracle.
The reconstruction work was
materially aided when late Sunday
tho northeastern, which caused
such havoc in southern MARYLAND,
which had been dripping moisture
for more than rs hours, blew out
to sea.
A bright sunshiny Monday played
its part in causing the flood waters
TO subaide and in drying out other.
wise impossible roads.
Temporary Bridges Built
All available road forces in Prince
Georges, Charles and st. Mary's
counties were thrown into the
breach yesterday to- build tempo.
rary wooden bridges over streams
where the concrete and steel struc.
lures had been washed out by the
raging streams. Foot bridges were
first placed across the streams to
permit stranded motorists to leave
their cars and cross to the other
dcstina tons in buses and taxi.
cabs.
Railroad sersies IL Richmond
organized and will he for some
time to come. At boswell. va. a
washouf caused a long detour for
ali trains. on the Richmond. Fred.
erscksburg and Potomac, Seaboard
and Atlantic Coast lines.
Fill Washed Away
At Townshend, Md, 900 feet of
S0.feet high fill. was washed from
under the tracks by the waters of
MattawOman creek and the rails and
ties left hanging. in the air like a
suspension bridge
The road forces of Virginia worked
all day yesterday to expedite traf-
fic which was blocked in a number
Of places on the Washington. Rich.
mond Boulevard and the Lee High
way.
The rain put 700 telephones out
OF commission most OF which had
been repaired by last night, and the
rest Of which viii be working be.
fore today il over.
OF this number 355 were in Wash.
! ''..t - Al nI1one lines were re.
ported down" below Leonardtown
ehe miniature hurricane hav.
Ing been worst IN that part OF the
State.
An inventory 81 the damage done
to Washingtcns streets and park.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Times staff Photo

lwas wrecked when It's foundations
were washed out.
Danger Of river flood Is negli-
gible. the United States Engineer
office reported. Little rain fell in
the Cumberland and Harper's Fer
ry sections or in the Shenandoah
Valley, thhe Weather Bureau re.
ports.
Had these sections experienced as
much rainfall as Washington did, It
disastrous than the inundation Of
1883 would have resulted.
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\ Story Of
Reckless
Love
RrAD TFIIs FIRsT

lIF.EIE35 = .lI..l - I..f....1
~ ney Deanes ggl1Sn lAA. 49,
dark eyed mas MIea AZ neK hile
with the OsDayA n Applet0us
small Wisconsin, town. t0r two
years she has worked III the nlas
tiOn lunch room q help pay flla
rent. There she meets John Blair
who Invites her g 80 q the CIR
Gus Nancy loses her ioiy Hn1
learns she = rally me EkAllsls
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
CIVILIANS 10 DINE

The Civilians Club dinner meet
ing win be held 1t $50 o'clock III.
the gold room Of the Lafayette
Hotel. The report 81 the budget
committee win be delivered. a board
Of directors meeting Is scheduled
for $50 .. m. today.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

Sweeping changes ii regula
tions governing taxicahs il
the District are to be recon-
mended To the Public Utilities
Commission BY Earl N. Fisher,
executive secretary following
b survey of the local situation.
Fisher Is preparing plan for
CREATION of 4 COMMITTEES 10 whom
Yerorts 81 all traffic accidents will
be made for study
The proposed committee would
have authority to revoke the license
AMI permit 81 faxicab drivers who
were negligent or careless.
Personnel III Group
on the committee would be rep
resentative from each of the fol-
lowing Public Utilities Commits
sion. Director 81 Traffics Corpora
ton Counsel. and each Of the taxi
cab companies.
The committee would function
independently Of the courts or other
agencies
Stricter on Meters
Along with this recommended.
tion. Fisher viii ask that the 8
Der cent tolerance now allowed
4faxineters BE- reduced to ~ per
cent.
Another drastic move toward
protecting patrons Of taxicalee viii
Be the sealing of ali taximeters as
soon as they are tested by engi-
neers 81 the Utilities Commission.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
NO. 252 SHOREHAM HOTEL

|, Marshall lived there two years.
General Pershing made the Shore
ham his headquarters after his Vics
Itorions return from the battIefields
Of Europe.
Among the foreign cOInmissi0nS
which during the war made the
Shoreham their Headquarters were
the Japanese, Russian. Serbian, Bel
gians British and Italian.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
RAIL WAY VALUED

The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion today placed final valuation,
as Of June 80, 1918, of $2,912 900, on
the Des Moines Union Railway Com.
paYly.