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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Wife Drives Fire Truck,
 Husband Handles Hose

COLEMAN, Texas, March 26.- Although she is often compelled to leave the family's meals cooking on the stove, Mrs. Leonard Lee, wife of this towns only paid fire man, thoroughly enjoys driving a speeding truck to fire.
 Necessity made her a fire wom- an" The Lees have a home on the second floor of the fire station and her husband usually is the only fireman on duty So when both the chemical truck and the hose and ladder wagon are needed to battle a blaze. she takes the steering wheel of the truck.
 An expert driver, she usually reaches the scene of fire before her husband and volunteer firemen arrive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Summer Shade Hats
 Have Color Touches

PARIS, March 26.-Summer shade hats are going to be wide, extend ing to the tip of the shoulder in some instances, but they will not be round, since the front will near ly always be shorter than the back and sides.
 Double deckers of felt and straw are shown by a dressmaker-milli- ner of wide influence. Nearly all hats at this particular house are mushroom in shape.
 Natural straw hats of enormous size, with crowns covered with printed or plain colored silk to match the sport or beach costume, are an important phase of summer millinery. Use of matching scarves as hat trimming, particularly on white straws meant for wear with natural colored silk costumes, is another innovation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Neac York LaaUyers' Group
 To Fight Jones Dry LatU

NEW YORK, March 26.-A group of lawyers has organized to aid Jones law defendants.
 Frederick R. Coudert, Jr., chair man, one of four former assistant United States attorneys of the com mittee explained it's purpose. as fol- lows:
 Tt was felt that such a commit tee of lawyers might be helpful in aiding our juries to perform their invaluable functions in preserving civil liberties.
 Since the sale of a glass of beer has been raised to the dignity of a felony, carrying penalties similar to those provided in this state for assault and manslaughter, it was thought wise to form a committee to assist those who have done noth- ing condemned by civilized society and who might be subject to such severe penalties.
 Aside from the law, the sale of intoxicants is not wrong While it may be Illegal it cannot be made
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
MEX, REBELS
 LOSE FIGHT
 AT MAzATAN
Insurgents Reported d in Flight North After
 Being Defeated

MEXICO CITY, March 26.-The defeat of the rebel besiegers at Mazatlan, on the West Coast, has left Commander-in-C Chief Gales free to continue concentrating Govern ment forces in the North and Gen. tral parts of Mexico and along the West Coast.
 Federal forces defending Mazat- ian reported the rebels, after de- feat, are in flight to the North but the Insurgent headquarters at Juarez denied the siege has been lifted.
 Federal authorities placed the losses at Mazatlan at 58 rebels dead and three Federals dead.
 Gen. Gales strategy to force the Insurgents into Sonora and to hold the revolution there until it is stamped out, claimed further out breaks in Central Mexico Rebel leaders state 1000 men are concen- trating at Quanjuato for march on Mexico City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
BRITISH FOREIGN TRADE RISES
 SHARPLY IN FIRST MONTH, 1929

vious January. This suggests possible pickup in the Lancashire cotton spinning industry. Other marked increases over last Janu- ary are non-dutiable food and drink, $1S,183825; meat. $5,971, PAS; grain and flour, $5,832, ,465.
 Whereas food and raw materials make the greatest showing on the imports list, British articles wholly or partly manufactured in Great Britain account for $27,771 ,790 on the increased export list. The out standing increases are in vehicles dncluding locomotives, ships and aircraft), $8.115,995; iron and steel and manufacturers, thereof, $5,518,- 470; cotton yarns and manufac- lures, $3,O64,500.
 The forward and upward trend of trade is general. however, only two of 20 classifications showing de- creases over January of last year Coal shows an advance of $2,007,- 900, the increase in tonnage being 567s31.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
MOTHER SHOT DEAD BY DRY
 RAIDERS, OHIO
Is Killed by Deputies When She Goes to Unconscious
 Husbands Side
MAN CLUBBED UNTIL
 HE DROPS TO FLOOR
Nine-Year Old Son Takes Up Battle and Is Shot
 Officers Alibi

AURORA, IL, March 26. = A mother was killed during the night by County Dry Raiders as she bent over her husband who had been knocked unconscious.
 A third member of the family, a boy of 9 years, then took up the battle with six Deputy Sheriffs and was wounded in one leg before he was disarmed.
 Alibi for Shooting
 The Deputy Sherf5s said the woman was shot because they thought she was reaching for one of the guns her husband dropped when he slumped to the floor after being hit with the butt of pistols in the hands of the Deputies.
 The slain woman is Mrs. Lillian Deking, aged 40 years
 Ciubbed by Officers
 The man, Joseph Deking, was clubbed into insensibility as he at tempted to keep officers from en- tcring his home
 Three Deputies tried to raid the house earlier in the evening but were driven off by q shotgun. The Deputies said they had a search warrant which had been sworn out after it is claimed liquor was pur- chased in the house.
 Raiders Get Strength
 The raiders then returned to their office and enlisted three more Deputies and returned to the De- king home later. They were met at the door by Deking and he was knocked down. Deking's wife then ran to him and a shot came from one of the Deputies gun and she fell mortally wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
MILLIONS PAY ;. LAST RESPFCTS,I
 MARSHAL FOCH
Last Bugle Is Sounded Over Dead Commander of
 Allied Forces
BODY IS PLACED, IN
 INVALiDES IN PARIS
Genuine Deep Emotion l: Sh own Sympathy
 from Ends of World

PARIS, March 26.-The last bugle call sounded today over the body of Marshal Foch, Commander in Chief of the Allied forces during the World War, as France bowed in honor before his bier
 It was not only glory but a deep abiding love for the dead warrior that went with the body as it was carried under the dome of the h. valides, where it rests in company, with Napoleon and other great fig ures in French military history.
 Deep Emotion
 For genuine deep emotion nothing in the age-old history of Paris could approach the ceremony which Paris witnessed through the impress sive moments of the service in the Cathedral Notre Dame and the Ma tional funeral services at the In- valides.
 Madame Foch and daughters ap- peared sbewildered- ct the rnagnis tude of the manifestations of sym pathy from the ends of the world.
 Only 5000 were permitted within the Cathedral Notre Dame, but there were from 10000 to 5O,O00 in the Cathedral Square.
 It is estimated that 100000 caught a glimpse of the coffin as the solemn cortege trod the his- toric streets of Paris.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
CHICAGO STUDIES STROKE TO CLEAR
 CRIMINAL CASES

There are 1900 indictments pend ing. Additional indictments are being returned much more rapidly than courts are able to handle them.
 Not divorce hearing would be held and thousands of damage suits involving in excess of quar- ter of a billion dollars would be kept in abeyance while courts con- centrated on crime.
 Seventeen hundred lawyers spe- cializing in civil law, it was esti- mated. would be idle during the court drive on the criminal docket. It was believed at least six weeks would be required, with the forty four judge& all hearing criminal cases, to remedy the situation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

of the flying legislator" through frequent trips in his own plane from Cleveland to Columbus.
 Ingalls, was flying with the navy's air forces when IS years old, and became an ace with four enemy planes and two balloons to his credit at 19. Soon after joining the naval reserve forces as an en- sign in 1917, he was ordered abroad and was attached to the British air force.
 Flying a Sopwlth Camel August II, 1918, young Ingalls caught sight of the first enemy plane that was to fall prey to his fire. He and a Royal air force plane accompany ing him, dived toward the ship. The Albartoss turned toward Ostend with both pursuing it and firing at close range. Diving, twisting, turning the enemy plane sought to escape the raking fire from above. Another burst of shells spit out from Ingalls' gun and the German plane went into a slow spin. Young Ingalls had scored his first victory.
 Ingalls, was awarded the British flying cross, the United States navy distinguished flying cross and the distinguished service medal. Today at 30 he faced the problem of car rying the navys five year aircraft program to completion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

CHICAGO, March 26.-A drastic stroke to clear the Cook County criminal docket is contemplated by the courts. It called for concen- tration of the full strength of the courts on criminal cases and aban- donment of all civil and divorce hearings until the criminal calen- dar is cleared.
 The plan, discussed by a joint committee of the Circuit and Su- perior Courts is this:
 Suspend hearings of civil cases in Cook County for an indefinite period;
 Use all the forty-four judges of the two courts exclusively for hear ing criminal cases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
TWO OVERCOME
 BY GAS,BOTTOM
 OF MINE SHAFT
Superin tendent and His Brother Go Into Poison
 Pit and Die

SAN BEREARDINO, Cal, March 26.-Ed Marshall, aged B years, Superintendent of the Monarch Rand Gold Mine 200 miles north of here. and his brother John Adams Marshall, aged 32, of Visalia, were overcome at the bottom of the mine shaft and were dead when they were taken from the pit.
 John Marshall, who was visiting the mine, was lowered into the pit with his brother for an inspec- tion tour. Surface crews, failing to hear from them, formed a rescue party and found them dead from poisonous gas arising from stagnant water.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
FiUe COnUicted Under NerU Jones LaU Ciuen
 JaiJ Sentences, Fined

SACRAMENTO, Calf, March 26. In the first conviction under the new Jcnes Law, five master mind rum runners have been sentenced to IS months imprisonment each and fined $3,0O0.
 You mon are killers. This crime comes under the law and was made specifically for such as you, Fed eral Judge Bourquin said in sen tencing Joe Ferris, Frank Finney, Fred Marine, James Sanchez and Frank Wilson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Ne,c Signal Corps
 Chief in Seattle
 To Take Position

SEATTLE, March 26-Named as a successor to Col John Hartman, Chief of the Seattle signal corps office. who is to be retired next month, Lieut.. Col. Frank J. Grif- fin has arrived in Seattle from San Francisco.
 Griffin figured prominently in Signal Corps work in 1924 when he was stationed in Washington, D. c. He went to London to buy 1900 miles of cable which links Se- attle, Ketchikan and Seward.
 Griffin was head of the San Francisco office for two years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
American Beaten hl Jail ct Jumes By Men. Rebels

FL PASO, Texas, March 26.- Exhibiting five broad welts on his back as proof of his statement, George Williams, American, living in IT Paso. told of having been beaten by rebels in Juarez because it was claimed he insulted the revolutionary movement.
 Williams said he merely made the remark that the Mexicans who took up arms against the Govern ment were foolish.
 lie was arrested by rebel soldiers, taken to the Juarez jail and beaten on the back with a blackjack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

Last week Sanchez and Wilson were found driving 8 truck loaded with $12,00o worth of liquor. The other three were driving a sedan as convoy for the truck. In the sedan were found a machine gun and coil of rope.
 Tn the arguments at the trial, the District Attorney branded the men as racketeers who would take hu- man life if necessary to maintain supremacy of the liquor racket.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
FLAGS AT HALF STAFF

By special order issued by the Treasury Department of the Unit ed States, flags on all Department buildings were ordered at half staff during today in memory of Mar shal Foch whose funeral was held in Paris. The flags over the Fed eral Court House Building and Customs House were put up at half staff this morning and will remain so until sun down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Mother and Three Children Are Found
 Dead; muestigatior

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 26.-Mrs. Gaylord Steger, aged 25 years, and three small children, were found dead in their home five miles northeast of Maumee. Authorities are working on the theory they were murdered and the house set afire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
DRY RAIDERS SHOOT AND KILL WOMAN IN HER HOk
Spanisk FIiers Hop OUer South
 AtLantic Ocean

D RIO DE JANERIO, Bra 2 gil, March 26. Spanish D aviators Jiminez and Iglesies 9 landed at Bahia this morn 8 ing, completing flight D across the South Atlantic Q Ocean. Bahia is on the . northeast coast of Brazil
 9 about 800 miles northeast of e here, the goal of the flight . and about 4,0o0 miles from
 6 Seville, Spain, from where
 3 they started.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
F. p. KENDALL
 PASSES AWAY
Pioneer Cannery Man Dies at Portland, Stroke
 of Parlysis

PORTLAND, Ore, March Be- The funeral of Fred P. Kendall, aged 69, pioneer cannery man who died last Saturday, was held yester- day. Death followed a stroke of paralysis.
 With William Hume, Kendall es- tablished the first salmon packing plant on the Columbia River in 1881 He built the first cannery in Alaska. Kendall was chairman of the Oregon State Fish Commits sion since 1901 and manager of the American Can Company
 Of the 7.482 "podesta," or Italian local Governors acting as Mayors, only 693 draw pay. The honor is sufficient for the others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Of on Solo
 Nonstop Flight, Coast to Coast

LOS LES, Cal, March 26.-The first att tempted nonstop coast to coast solo flight is under way with New York as the goal. Okey Bevins took off from here at 5:53 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

LONDON-George Bernard Shaw has written a new play. "The Apple Cat" Shaw describes the work as ian ultra-modern play as unlike Saint Joan as anything could be" {"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
TERRITORIAL TRADE GROWS

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Our Territorial possessions are growing rapidly in commercial importance. Annual exports to Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines have increased 150 per cent, or $162.- oGo,000, since 1913, and imports over this period increased about 200 per cent, or 248,OOO,O0O, the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit ed States reports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
LIEUT.. CUMMINGS TO
 GO TO WESTWARD

Lieut.. E. L. Cummings, of the Alaska Road Commission, is leaving for the Westward tonight on the Alaska. He will leave the steamer at Cordova and go to Gulkana, in the Interior, where he will have charge of the building of a bridge that is to replace an old structure on the Gulkana River
 Jake Mutchler, widely known pio- neer of the Yukon and Fairbanks district, died recently in the states, according to advices received at Fairbanks Death followed ma- jor operation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

Antwerp soon is to have the first policewomen in Belgium.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
MACDONALD NOW
PRIME MINISTER;
KNEELS TO KING
Accepts Office During
Martial Display and
Noble Flunkies
George Knows Cabinet
But Names Concealed
from the Workers

LONDON, June 5.-Ramsay Mac
Donald, as head of the labor party
membership in the house of COM
mons, called on King George today,
and accepted the kings invitation
to form cabinet"
Macdonald took care to arrive
just when the guard was being
changed, and there was a good deal
of martial music and changing wea-
pons to initiate his regime. The sen
tries saluted him by presenting
arms as he came out from the kings
presence. He hobnobbed for while
with two royal flupkies, the kings
equirries," both noblemen, and rode
away with the kings private physi-
clan, Dawson of Penn.
Tells King, Not Workers.
Macdonald told the king, in fif-
teen-minute interview, who he in
tended to appoint to the cabinet,
but he concealed the names from the
workers who elected him. The full
list will not be announced until next
week.
Macdonald began the day by
walking with the favorite dog of
his pack in the aristocratic sur
roundings of his home at Hampstead
Heath.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
$500 STRIKE IN
CAROLINA; UTW
TRIES TO BETRAY
A. F. L. Officials Busy
Ordering Men Back
to Their Slavery
Wound Loray Striker
Gastonia Stands Firm
with N.T.W. Leading

GREENVILLE, S. c., June s.
Five thousand, eight hundred tex
tile workers, in four mills, are still
on strike in this state, spontane-
ously following the example of the
Gastonia strikers who fight under
the leadership of the National Tex
tile Workers Union. So far the
strikers here are resisting the eff
forts of the state government ard
the United Textile Workers COM
pany union to sell them back to the
speed-up slavery.
H. E. Thompson, secretary of the
South Carolina state board of "con-
ciliation," left Greenville yesterday.
He had come in to assist George l..
Cooge, of the American Federation
of Labor, to force the $50 Mills mill
strikers here back to work on ex-
actly the same terms as those out
lined by the U. T. W. and the fed
eral government at Elizabethton,
Tenn, a complete sellout of the
strike, no demands granted, but
promise of the employers that there
would be no discrimination against
members of the U. T. w. as such.
Neither the Mills mill nor in the
Bemberg- -Glanzstoff mills at Eliza
bethton does the U. T. W. object to
blacklisting of a considerable num-
Der of active strikers.
Thousands Strike.
Two thousand workers are strik-
ing at Ware Shoals, the strike be-
ing precipitated over the discharge
of two workers.
Cooge is busy trying to betray
this strike. but so far has not sue
ceeded. The other mills on strike
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
JAIL NATIONAL TEXTILE ORGANIZERS IN TENNESSEE
Unemployment Facing
Hatters; Bosses Plan
Anti-UniOn Offensive

The threat of increasing unem-
ployment is now beginning to face
the hatters of Finishers Local 8 and
Trimmers Local T, United Hatters
of America, as the bosses announce
a campaign which will lead to the
displacement of large numbers of
workers.
Following the expiration of the
agreement on June 1, the bosses are
making numerous maneuvers, in
Guiding a wage-cutting campaign.
speed-up and the introduction of
machinery to simplify production.
Some of the manufacturers have
presented to the. workers in their
shops a "bill of prices" containing
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
Spirit High Among Furriers
as They Await Strike Call
Reply to Joint Council" Lies; Mobilization Goes
on; Needle Youth Meets Tonight

Great enthusiasm prevailed thru
out the fur market yesterday follow
ing the tremendous demonstration
at Cooper Union Tuesday night
which ratified the call of the Needle
Trades Workers Union for a general
strike in the fur industry.
At the same time the Joint Board
of the Industrial Union ridiculed the
lying declaration of the scab "Joint
Council" the company union of the
fur manufacturers, and pointed out
its hollow lies and contradictions.
"Lies and Contradictions"
The answer to the obviously false
statement that "the fur workers
will not respond to the strike CALL"
it was pointed out, was the remark
ably successful Cooper Union meet
ing which crowded every available
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
Labor Defense Sends
Out Emergency Call on
the Tennessee Arrests

The International Labor Defense,
on receipt of a long distance tele-
phone call from Fred Beal in Eliza
bethton, telling of the arrest of Ma
tional Textile Workers Union lead
ers, designated Walter Trumbull to
continue the work of defense in
Tennessee.
The International Labor Defense
Immediately sent out an emergency
call to all of it's branches in the en-
tire country asking for immediate
funds. The l. L. D. considers the
arrest of the strike leaders the fore
runner of something more serious,
and asks all those who wish to help
in this fight to send funds immedi-
ately to the national office, Interna-
tional Labor Defense, 80 E. 18th St.,
Room 402, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
CIGAR WALK0UT
GATHERS FORCE
300 Already Out in
New Brunswick
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worker)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., June
5.-The strike of the workers of the
General Cigar Company here is
gathering momentum. With 800 al
ready on strike, efforts are being
concentrated on pulling out the few
that have remained at work and it
is expected that these will shortly
join the ranks of the strikers.
The police, tho they have re-
Trained thus far from any active
terror against the strikers, are
parading around the factory trying
to intimidate the strikers. Today
a stone-throwing scuffle took place
between group of bosses and
strikers children who were aided by
some of the strikers. The police
Immediately rushed on the scene and
pushed an innocent bystander. About
500 strikers were present at the
time and they joined in vociferous
booing of the police.
The workers are fighting against
the slave conditions at the General
Cigar Company factory. Efforts to
lengthen their hours from the pres
ent schedule of 7:15 a. m. to $50
p. m. to from 7 a. m. to p. m. was
the spark tLat set fire to the re-
volt. They are also demanding wage
increases of from rs cents per thou
sand for machine workers to rs
cents, and from 66 1-2 cents per
hundred for hand workers to 70
cents. The strikers are being aided
by the Trade Union Educational
League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06
IRON STRIKERS
SLUGGED, JAILED
Split Among Bosses Is
Growing

Continuing their terror campaign
against the 1000 iron and bronze
strikers of Greater New York, the
Tammany police yesterday arrested
two pickets and assaulted two 9TH
ers, injuring them severely.
AT the North American Iron
Works, 57th St. Brooklyn, a great
picket demonstration was staged by
the strikers. 1t was at this shop
that two pickets were arrested. The
weak case against them forced the
court to release the strikers.
Police attacked pickets at the
Dryer Iron Works on Twelfth St.,
injuring them badly.
A mass meeting of the strikers
will be held today at $50 p. m. at
Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-06

speed-up, absolute safety, guaranty
of the right to organize and full
compensation for dependents of the
victims of the plant, were presented
to the city government.
The vehement protest of the work.
ers who attended the board meet
ing compelled the bosses political
friends at least to listen to the de-
mands. Further storm followed
when the aldermen, seeing their first
defeat, hurriedly railroaded the ac-
ton by filing the communication,
to be printed in the Aldermanic
Journal.
Workers Damn Parliamentary Rule.
The peaceful after-supper diges-
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