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Michigan University
To Educate CzaIist
Girls Free of Charge

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.--Rus-
sian czarist girls, now grown lwom-
en-, who may claim to be "gradu-
ates" of Russian universities are
sought as beneficiaries of the Bar
bour scholarships at the University
of Michigan, according to an an
nouncement by the U. S. Bureau of
Education.
More than 70 women from orien-
tai countries" says the bureau,
"have already availed themselves of
the Barbour scholarships whSch
provide $500 per annum and univer-
sity fees for attendance at the Uni
versity of Michigan"
Inquiry at the bureau developed
the fact that President C. C. Little
of the University of Michigan had
explained that the money had bee
provided by the late Levi Barbour,
regent of the university.
1t was further developed that the
graduates of Russian universities
were probably to be women who had
not been students in Russia since
the revolution. They were to be
girls of the old Russian empire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
INSURANCE FIRM
SHORT s3,5OO,OOO

ST. LOUIS, August 5.-Over
three and one-half million in mis-
sing securities have been reported
in an audit of the accounts of the
International Life Insurance Com
pany, it was revealed yesterday.
Insurance Commissioners have
notified the company to account for
the missing securities by next Fri
day at which time a meeting on
legal procedure is scheduled.
The insurance company had $780,
115,719 of insurance in force on
Jan. /, 1928. 1t reported 10000
policy holders and gave its assets as
S43, ,431.
Attorney General Stratton Shar-
tel of Missouri was notified of the
shortage yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
MEET PROTESTS
CHINESE TERROR

From 200 to 300 Chinese workers
gathered yesterday on the corners Of
Pell and Mott SITS. in spite of
boiling sun listening to speakers de-
nounce imperialism in China yes
terday afternoon at meeting held
under the auspices of the New York
branch of the All-America Anti
Imperialist League.
Su Mel Chen, representing the Sun
Vat Sen Club of New York, spoke
on Imperialism and war, stressing
the fact that the first leads newt
ably to the second, and that the con-
flict of all the imperialist nations
now angling for a foothold in China
will result in war of the imperialist
nations. Ying Hsren of the Chinese
Workers Peasants Alliance ex-
planned Japanese imperialism in
China, and Yung Wing Hsu, mem
Der of the Students Alliance spoke,
on American Imperialism in China.
Others who spoke were H. T.
Tsieng, of the Workers and Pea
SAINTS Alliance; Harry Wakes of the
Seamens' Union; Seizo Ogino of the
japanese Workers Association in
America, and Harry Cannes acting
secretary of the All-America Anti
Imperialist League. Harriet Silver
man, secretary of the New York
branch of the league was chairman.
This meeting, was only the first
of series that the league plans to
hold.
Twenty-Five dollars were collected
from the Chinese workers at yester-
days meeting, all of which will be
tsent to aid the Chinese trade unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
GRABBED
BY GAS COMP ANY
BY Fl. BARUFKIN.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. (FP).
Two widows wept ceaselessly and
children mourned for their fathers,
killed through greed of the Phila-
delphia Gas Works Co.
The gas company, trust which
holds up the Philadelphia public to
the tune of millions each year, sent
out a gang of so men-working
nine hours a day for $4.14-to dig
a ditch for a fence around its huge
plant at Passyunk Ave. The ground
there is of soft clay. But no shor-
ing or bracing was put up for
workers protection.
When the ditch was three feet
deep, the seven-foot embankment
towering over it began to slide.
Within a few minutes it had COM
pletely buried two workers and i'm
prisoned two others. Their COM
rades dug frantically with hands,
shovels and buckets to free the
trapped men. When uncovered one
Wao 0SA0f dlObilSI ulSO SOOh dlISA
reaching the hospital and two were
treated for serious injuries. The
two workers killed were Anthony
Cinquino and Joseph Carrutto.
Both had been working for the
gas company about three weeks.
Carrutto, 81, had been employed at
the Mccain sugar refinery But
unable to support his family on
three days work week, he quit to
look for another job. Cinquino, 40,
had been working for the Atlantic
Gas Refining Co. as a fireman four
years. One Sunday he was caught
washed up few minutes before
the whistle blew for quitting and
he was fired.
Neither left enough for funeral
expenses. Carrutto left a widow
and a child, eight years old. Gin
quino is survived by his sickly,
shrunken widow and five children
ranging in age from two months to
eight years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
YWL CELEBRATE
SEPT. 8 TO IS

The National Committee of the
Y ing Workers (Communist)
League has decided that the four
teenth International Youth Day
will be celebrated during the week
of September 9-16. Extensive
preparations have been made to
make International Youth Week
this year the greatest demonstra-
ton against capitalist war and mill
tarism the league in America has
ever held.
Meetings in Every City.
Every city in the country will
hold indoor and outdoor meetings
in protest to the INFLAMMATION of
the young workers and the present
danger of war. The league recog-
nizes that the danger of war is
greater than ever before. The CON
Predictions between the imperialist
powers, the offensive against the
Soviet Union and the imperialist at
tacks on the colonial peoples, are
today laying the basis for future
war for Wall Street. The ire
mendous growth of ornaments and
the armed forces constitute a real
menace to the young workers of
this country.
Pacifists Betray Workers.
The socialists and pacifists are
playing their usual role of betray-
ing the workers and International
Youth Week will show the young
workers the role of these organiza-
tons and also the attempt to cover
up the feverish military prepare
tions by holding disarmament con-
ferences such as the coming Kellogg
peace conference in Paris,
Appeal to Servicemen.
An appeal to the soldiers and
sailors will also be issued by the
league. do not fight the wars of
Wall Street," Eight for the work
ers against the bosses!" will be
some of the demands of the league,
All sections Of the league should
Immediately start preparing tor the
celebration of international Youth
Day. Make l. Y. D., 1928, a living
example of the struggle of the
working youth against capitalist
nilitarism and war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
SHANGHAI TEA
WORKERS JOIN !
CAFE STRIKE
Unions Support $500
Strikers

SHANGHAI, Aug. .5.-The 1000
tea shop and cafe employees who
have been on strike for some time
were Joined by 500 workers of the
Japanese tea company here who
went on strike to secure wage in
creases and the reduction of work
ing hours.
The employers locked out the
workers and requested the authori-
ties to expel the strikers from the
company houses.
Eight great trade unions includ-
ing the postal, the tobacco and the
printers unions called Joint con-
ference to organize relief for the
strikers.
Accounts in both the Chinese and
foreign press show that the strike
situation is regarded with anxiety
and is declared to be menaacing.
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ZOO ARE DYING
OF DUST POISON

At least one hundred and possibly
two hundred workers exposed to
the hazards of rock-dust inhalation
are slowly dying while the Tam
many Board of Health, assisted by
the obedient officials of the union
to which the workers belong, are ap-
parently seeking to hush the matter
up until after election.
Investigation of the extent Of silli-
COSTS, disease contracted by rock
drillers, sand blasters, subway con-
struction workers and workers SIM
ilarly exposed, was first begun by
the Tanmany Board of Health.
Thomas ]. Curtis, head of the Tun-
mel and Subway Constructors
Union, at first complained of the
danger to which nearly 1000 work
ers are known to be exposed.
More recently, whether through
pressure exercised by the Tammany
machine or for other reasons, Cur
tbs has quoted down and the Tam
many department Of health has an
nounced that it would be at least
January l before the report would
be ready. The report originally was
to have been made public August l.
Attempts are being made to
blame the workers, as usual, for the
delay in the investigation by state
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
Il MORE DEAD
IN HEAT WAVE

Eleven persons died yesterday in
New York City from the excessive
heat, even though the torrid wave
receded a bit from the peak it
reached on Saturday. The storm
that shook the suburbs on Saturday,
inflicting heavy damage and caus-
ing several deaths, exerted slight
ly cooling effect on the city tenn
perature.
Yesterday brought showers to the
suburbs again, but the heart of the
Metropolitan district remained as
hot as the day before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
SOVIET AVIATOR
TELLS HIS STORY

Continued from Page One
while trying to repair a wing fell
into the water, the temperature of
which was just about freezing. 1t
was great moment when at last we
sighted the Maligin. Fominikh
jumped up in the cabin and did a
folk dance"
His story went on to tell of mar
row escapes on melting ice, of polar
bears that ran around like dogs, of
days and nights in succession of
flying in search for the missing
Italia crew, followed by stretches Of
24-hour sleep at time.
To help pass the time on board
the Maligin the sailors and filters
issued a weekly newspaper. Due to
the lack of foreign news local talent
supplied short stories, amusing in
cidents, cartoons and sketches. 4
regular workers. correspondence w J
instituted that even included letters
from the polar bears complaining OF
the hunting. Mechanic Groshev was
made the point of a joke. When
flying with Babushkin he always in
sisted on leaving his heavy fur coat
behind so as to enable the plane tC
carry more fuel.
When the Maligin heard that the
Krassin had rescued the five Italia
men marrooned on the ice near Foyr
! Island, it turned in search for the
missing Amundsen group. Failing
to find them near Spitzbergen, the
ice-cutter could only return. Babush
kin describes how they made theil
first landing for days as follows
"The arrival in port and how We
rushed for fresh tomatoes and fruit!
from the peddler women without
even waiting to bargain / shall
never forget. After that ! slep'
for thirty hours straight getting VI
every fifteen minutes to drink milk
During the next few days WI
gratified another hunger-we hat
not seen a newspaper for the las
eight weeks. have never devouret
so many Izvestias at one time be
fore in my life. Then for the frs
time did we realize that the atten
ton of the whole world was focuse,
upon u.s."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
PARTY ARRANCES
OPEN-AIR MEETS
THRUOUT NY. CITY
Speakers to Cover All
Boroughs


The agitprop department of the
Workers (Communistl Party has ar
ranged Tor series of open-air meet
ings this week that will cover all
the boroughs in the city. Prominent
speakers have been assigned to
cover the various smeetings. A list
of the meetings and the speakers
| follows:
Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Grand st. Extension and Have
meyer, Brooklyn-In charge, P.
Midolla; speakers, Yusem, P. Sha-
I piro and A. Mershon.
Suffer and Williams, Brooklyn
In charge, Macklin; speakers. Pad
gug, G. Welsh, Ragozin and A. Pop
kin.
Longwood and Prospect Ave,
Bronx-In charge, V. Cibulsky;
speakers, Moore, Reiss, I. Cohen and
Severino.
Wednesday, Aug 8.
Second Ave. and Tenth St.-In
charge, Gussakoff; speakers, Miller,
Smith, and Epstein.
Union Square-In charge, Ross;
speakers, Baum, Blake and Powers.
Wilkins and Intervale-In
charge, Leroy; speakers, Grecht,
Frishkoff and Jacobson.
Myrtle and Prince, BROOKLYN In
charge, Rosemond; speaker
Wright, Schalk and Reiss.
Passaio-In charge, Staliar;
speakers, Stanley, Sroka and Fret
man.
Eagle Pencil Co, (Noon)-In
charge, Garlin; speaker, BALKAN.
Finnish Harlem-Cadkind, re-
porter.
Seventh Ave. and 18th St.-In
charge, H. Williams; speakers.
Taft, Padmore and Rosemond
Thursday, Aug. 8.
Steinway and Jamaica, l.. I'm
charge, Heder; speakers, Padgug,
Schachtman and Suskin.
1OObn 81. anu OI. AIilS y AVE-.
Bronx-Nessin, Ed. Welsh, Faster
mack and Smith.
Fortieth St. and Eighth Ave-
In charge, j. Cohen; speakers, Huis-
wood and Powers,
Allerton and Cruger-In charge,
Primoff; speakers, Rose Wortis,
Leibowitz, Frish!1off, WEIGH and D.
Settler.
Twenty-fifth ST. and Mermaid
Ave-, C, In charge, Weitz; speak
ers, Binba. Hendin, Shapiro, Moore
and A. Green.
Loose Wells Biscuit Co. (Noon)--
Crouch.
Friday. Aug. 10.
National Biscuit Co. (Noon)-In
charge; Ross; speaker, John Sher-
man.
Bristol and Pitkin, Brooklyn--In
charge, Lefkowitz; speakers, Ben
Lifshitz, Lipzin and L. Sobrin.
Varet and Graham, Brooklyn
Baum, Maglicano, Harfeld, E. Kop-
pei.
Fifth Ave. and 10th St--In
charge, Lyons; speakers, Moreau,
Bentall, Edw. Welsh, Campbell and
H. Schlachter.
Seventh St. and Ave. A-Taft,
Lillienstein and Weitz.
Market and Plaza, Newark, N. j.
Wright and Schalk.
Finnish Hall, 80 Union Hall ST.,
Jamaica, L. I.-Rosemond, Padmore
and Leroy.
Saturday, Aug. IL.
First Ave. and 10th St.-In
charge, Lustig; speakers, Padgug,
Magliacano and Lloyed.
Thirteenth Ave. and 42nd St.,
Brooklyn-In charge, Schwartzberg;
speakers, Napoli, Shapiro, Donald
son, Chalupski and M. Pizer.
West New York, N. Marshall.
Poughkeepsie-Markoff.
10th st. and First Ave-
Schachtman and Cudkind Especial
meeting).
Perth Amboy-Powers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

Denver Workers Start
Struggle Against Low
Injury Compensation

DENVER, August 5.-Organized
workers here have launched a cam
paign against the present state
compensation law. At the same
time statistics show that accidents
while at work have increased by
$3.50 since 1919.
The weekly compensation for in
juries received at work at the pre-
sent time is only 1925. The work
ers here propose to increase this to
$12s45 per week as compensation.
Accidents at work have increased
from 1888 in 1919 to 1877 in
1926. Employers have made no at
tempt, in this period to install safety
devices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
Many School Children
Suffer From Diseases

The bureau of physical welfare
of the Cleveland Board of Educa-
ton reports that examination Of
nearly $4,000 school children from
the kindergarten and early school
grades showed that at least 7 out
of every 10 had physical defects.
Nearly ne-sixth were suffering
from malnutrition, $4,000 children
lad defective teeth, 1000 had goiter,
1000 had heart disease and 1000
had defective hearing. Nearly
10000 children of ID to Is years who
applied for work permits showed, in
general, still larger percentage of
defects Since many of the physical
defects can be prevented or con-
trolled the department. of health
education believes that the neces-
sity for more health work in the
schools is clearly demonstrated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.--Dr.
I. M. Rubinow, statistician, social
worker and former socialist, has ac-
cepted an invitation to become ex-
ecutive director Of the Zionist Or
ganization of America and of the
United Palestine Appeal.
The office which DR.. Rubinow
will fill has been newly created and
is looked upon as an effort on the
part of the Zionist organization to
silence criticism such as nearly dis
rupted it's last convention concern
ing gross mismanagement and fl
nancial juggling on the part of Of
ficials.
The former and socialist will
have the close cooperation in his
work of the notorious, labor-baiting
Judge Otto Rosalsky, chairman OF
the United Palestine Appeal in New
York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06
MEXICO CITY, August 2 (U.P.)

MEXICO CITY, August 2 (U.P)
Jose Deleon Toral, assassinater
of president-elect Oregon, was not
alone involved in the crime, but had
others back Of him, according to a
statement issued today by Govern
ment prosecutor Cerrea Nieto.
Nieto declared that he believed that
Toral was a member of a terrorist
organization which met frequently
and talked over the possibility Of
assassinating leaders Of the Govern
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

According to telephone officials,
operators wages, which averaged
s13.04 for each telephone in 1925,
will drop to s6.4o in 1880 and 90
cents in 1886.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

ments that they are reluctant to
give out information about their ill
ness. The reason given is that they
fear to lose their jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

Every neto reader Of The
DAILY WORKER is potential
soldMg in the coming battles Of
the WORKERS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-06

A tart driver would appreciate
this copy Of The DAILY
WORKER.
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You're in the fight When you
write for Tho DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-16
Rainy Season

The order for United States intensity their often
sve against the Ncara2uan people and the troops
by SANDING at the declaration
of u officials that since the Ncaragan congress
egaze their supervision they viii interfere by take
charge OF the Nicaraguan elections October Meanwhile
conservative which has been serving Wall Streets
governing tool in Nicaragua refuses the
establishment Of native constabulay under United
States officers.
The real stuationa u s. conquest in Nicaragua is
thrown into sharp relief.
The preense of Coolidge that he is suppressing
people at their request blown Those
pebourgeois eformers in the United States been
working overtime to Coodges naked making
for the peaceful surrender of Nicaragua Wall Street
II have to scramble for illusions
The silk glove torn off and the fist of Wall Streets
military imperialism is exposed
The United States bankers rule Recommendation
even for short teover portion of LanAmerca by
other means than machine-gun and warshps.
The Ncaraguan people cannot be freed foreign yrant
except by means of military resistance.
With the rainy coming the prospect of Sandno
troops to hold out stronger Meanwhile all of Latin
lea should rally to the support of Nicaragua against Coolidge
and his in Wall Street The campaign bring Amer
workers to the support of Nicaragua be intensified
Nicaraguas enemies the American workers enemies
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else the Tammany machine fought
and eliminated the Hylan followers.
In Queens, Connolly was nominated
and elected as an independent demo-
crat and was only opposed by the
regular republican nominee. Techni-
cally no regular democrat was placed
on the ballot. The regular democratic
machine has as yet failed to make any
move to wrest control Of the demo-
cratic party in Queens from the lead
ership of Connolly, Phillips and their
followers.
In the appointments to the 1924
democratic national convention from
the End congressional district (most
of Queens county, Connolly and
Smedley were elected. On February
goth Mason 0. Smedley, chairman of
the executive committee of the coun-
ty committee, close personal friend
of Connolly's and his political lieu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-16
Queens : A Record of Wholesale Bribery

Bermal promised the people 81 will
make Queens blossom like a rose"
After election he decided to buy a
park for the county. A group of real
estate dealers got together, appointed
friend of Bernal as agent, and sold
the county eighty-seven acres of
swamp land. President Bermal made
a very large cash deposit to his per-
sonal account in the bank Immediately
after the transaction was closed.
Lawrence Gresser took Bermals
place in 1908. BY 1910 dresser was
indicted for allowing false claims of
contractor against the city. AL
though the charges were never proved
in court, Governor Dix was compelled
to remove him shortly before cleo
lions in 1911. Maurice Connolly fol-
lowed into the office which he has
held to the present date.
On investigation one finds that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-16

democratic party has had the same
leadership during this entire period.
John M. Phillips, the head of the
sewer ring, has been a part Of this
leadership during this period and a
short review of his career is in order.
AS under-sheriff in President Ores
ser's administration, during 1909 he
was indicted for grand larceny in con-
nection with borough contract, for
bribery and for bookmaking. In 1918
he is again in the limelight as in
spector of supplies for state hospi-
tails, appointed by Governor Sulzer.
(Sulzer was removed from office by
the order of Chief Croker of Tam
many Hall. Sulzer refused to con-
firm the appointment of two Tam
manyites to the state board of high
ways). The state hospital board re-
moved him on ten charges Of forcing
supplies of underweight or spoiled
meat on hospitals for the feeding of
the sick. For some unknown and
mysterious reasons the indictments
against him were never pressed and
finally dropped. For the same I'M
known and mysterious reasons the
borough administration changed the
pipe specifications in the sewer CON
tracts to the patented lock- joint sewer
pipe. Phillips had become the sole
agent for that kind of pipe. This
change in the specifications elimin
ated the competitive bidding that the
law required. Phillips and his con-
tractor associates were the only bid
ders and their bids went.
Had Tammany Support.
Tammany Hall and the state and
city leaders, Smith and Walker, have
publicly stated that Connolly is a
Hylan man and therefore the demo-
cratic party is not responsible for his
conduct. The facts are: Connolly ran
in the last election as a Hylan fol-
lower with the support of the Tam
many machine even tho everywhere
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The senate committee in attacking
the Young Workers League and the
Pioneers is only openly acknowledge
ing the good work that we have done
on behalf of the miners.
Must Defend Y. w. l..
If the miners, the young miners
and the miners children permit the
senate committee to destroy the
League and the Pioneers, their own
Organizations, the children's clubs,
the labor party youth clubs, the min
ers' union will meet the same fate.
The fight is between the workers
and their organizations, on one side,
and the operators and their agents,
the Lewis machine and the senate
committee, on the other side.
Miners! Young miners! Miners
children! Fight for your interests.
Defend your organization. On with
the strike. Defeat the operators and
the Lewis machine. Build and
strengthen your organizations, the
labor party youth clubs and the chill
dren's clubs. Join and support the
organizations that lead you in your
fight against the operators and the
Lewis machine--the Young Workers
,(Communist) League and the Young
Pioneers.
National Executive Committee of
the Young Workers Communist
League of America"