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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
Naval Terror In Virgin
Islands Discussed, at
Harlem Forum Sunday

Elizabeth Hendrickson, of the Vir-
gin Island Congressional Committee
exposed the naval mis-rule of the
Danish West Indies at meeting
of the Harlem Educational Forum,
conducted by the American Negro
Labor Congress. The speaker@tated
that since 1917 $4,000 natives had
left the island because of naval
abuse and Imprisonment of mihtants.
U. S. sugar barons have exploited
the island even before the American
occupation during the war when the
natives were in fact sold to them
by Denmark for $25,000,000.
Wages range from twelve to
twenty-five cents day. Rape and
prostitution is rife.
The Forum elected two delegates
to the Anki-Imperialist Conference
to be held Saturday, June 18th at
Irving Plaza where further informa-
ton will be given to the conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
STRIKERS BATTER
JAILED FOR ARSON

BOGOTA, Colombia, (By MaiD =
Mayor Luis F. Luna, who, during
the verbose court martials which fol-
lowed the bloodily repressed strike
of the Colombian banana workers
in the Magdalena district, dis
tinguished himself as the military
prosecutor by demanding and OBJ
tanning the highest penalties for the
strikers whom he accused of ter
roristic acts and particularly for in
cendiarism, has been arrested under
the accusation of having himself
caused or even with his own hands
|set 10 houses on fire-for which the
strikers were accused, condemned
and are still in Jail.
n Mayor Luna was arrested through
the intervention of the civil judicial
authorities, who protested against
the convictions and the activities of
the court martial under the presi-
dency of the chief of police, Cortes
Vargas. The civil tribunal accuses
Cortes Vargas Of inventing crimes
in order to pose as the "hero of the
banana fields" Mayor Luna was
the direct subordinate of Cortes
Vargas, who tried to shield him
until these accusations were sub
Stimulated by such facts that his
arrest could not be avoided.
The jealousies between the civil
courts in the district and the mill
tary courts martial contributed to
the unmasking of this extraordinary
frame-up engineered by the police
and the army against the striking
.nrkers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10

The girl testing
the parachute shoWn
here is only one of
the victims of the
carefully organized
publicity 10 h 1 C h
boosts auiation as
q great sport and
hides its real pur-
pose of bombing
civilian and military
populations 10 h e n
the neat inaperialist
clash starts. The
"flyimg flapper," as
she is called, is seen
testing the strength
of the meO fiber
used in the construc-
ton of the para
chute-1Uhich Incl
dentally makes 1t
more vdlitdble to
imperialist flyers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
WALL Streets
BID MORE THAN
Market PRICES
Try Especially to Grab
All Communications

Through the purchase of shares
son the open market" or through
direct offers, American financial in
terests are trying to eliminate Brit
ish interests from control in certain
South American enterprises, par
ticularly in telephone and railway
companies, as one of the first stepa
in the growing imperialist rivalry.
Thus, according to recent reports
Americans have been buying for
considerable time large blocks of
the shares of the British-owned An
tofogasta Railway of Chile which
leads to the nitrate fields.
British Change Bylaws.
They tried to buy shares in the
British-owned Buenos Aires and Pa
cific Railway which is the only cross
continental line and most inn
portant railway in South America,
The British directors of the COM
pany decided to alter the articles of
the organization in order to prevent
the possibility of the railway pass
ing to the control of non-British
subjects through the sale of shares
in the company,
After Control.
The American capitalists are said
to offer such high prices for the
stocks that they would not yield
more than about two per cent on
the capital. Thus, for instance,
Americans are offering 35 shillings
for the 81 shares of the Bogota
Telephone Company though they are
not considered worth more than IS
shillings per share. This the Amer
leans do in order to obtain control
of the company, after which they
can buy all supplies in the United
States from subsidiary companies
and recover the excess price through
the profits made on the sale of sup
plies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
Labor Sports

Results of games played in the
Brooklyn Workers Soccer League
yesterday were:
Freiheit, a; Mohawks, 1. CA two
minute silence was observed by the
players for Tlackner, of the Freiheit
team, who died last week.
Spartacus, 4; Atlantic, 0.
Metropolitan Workers Soccer
League;
Harlem Progressives, 8; Workers
League, 3.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10

The power of the bourgeOisie rests
not alone upon international capital,
upon its strong international cOnnec-
lions, but also upon the force of
habit, on the force of small industry,
of which. unfortunately, there is
plenty left and which daily, hourly
gives birth to capitalism and bOur-
geOIsie, spontaneously and on large
scale.-V. 1. Lenin ("Left" Commu-
ntsm).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
SLAUGHTER WORKERS.

LONDON, (By Mail).-The total
number of workers killed in indus
try in 1928 is reported at $50; in
jured 24,210. Both these figures rep
resent large increases over the pre-
vious year, due to the increase of
the speedup.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
Enlightenment Campaign the Coe Address the Communist Party

THE Polbureau is DESTROYS of securing the broadcast pos
sibe Enlightenment Campaign the Conintern Ad-
dress and the immediate Party tasks outlined therein All
Party members and particularly the comrades active in the
workshops in the basic industries invited to write their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10

opinions for the Party Press Resolutions of Factory Nuclei
also will be printed in this section Send all material deal
ing with this campaign to Comrade Jack Stache Ma
ona office Communist Party 43 E. 125th ST., New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10

Esnae Hoaoard, British imperial
isne's ENJOY to Washington, has an
nounced his embassy will be "dry."
This noted inlperiaList and foe of the
British 1Oorkers aOiU be retained by
the so-called Labor government of
Ramsay Macdonald, drch-traitor to
the British WorkerS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10

For Four Weeks Holiday for
Young Workers.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
FACULTY MEMBER
ADMITS Staying
COLLEGE STUDENT
Professor Asserts Girl
Threatened To Kill His
Family.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 81. W.H
The law set swift pace today in
its attempt to accommodate DR..
James H. Shook, confessed murderer
of Miss Theora Hix, who wants to
''get it over quickly
The Shook ease was docketed first
on the calendar of the grand jury
convening today. The former pro-
fessor of veterinary at Ohio State
University said he would plead
guilty, and it was likely his trial
would be set for the new term of
court opening September 16.
The confession which was obtained
from Shook yesterday after "a hours
of almost ceaseless questioning, re-
vealed that Shook killed the girl be-
cause she had threatened his wife
and child if he went through with
plans to take week end trip with
them,
Miss Hix's body was found a week
ago today on the rifle range Of the
New York Central Railroad Com
pany. 1t was badly mutilated.
"Miss Hix demonstrated with me
against leaving the city with my
family as 1 had previously planned
to do" Shook s confession, as given
to Prosecutor John Chester, said.
''she threatened if l did 60 she
would take the life of my wife and
baby.'
He then told how he met Miss Hix
a week ago yesterday evening and
drove to the rifle range; there they
discussed the proposed trip of the
Shook family, and the veterinarian
said Miss Xix became more EN-
phatic in her protests against him
leaving the city, finally threatening
members of his family.
They quarreled, he said, and the CIR
reached for her purse where she car
ried Al calibre Derringer, a gift
from Shook.
"In the struggle 1 hit her on the
head with a hammer which was in
the back of my coupe,' the veterin'
arian said. 81 intended to stun her
she continued to fight desperately
and an increased number of blows Of
increasing force was necessary tt
stop her. Realizing then, that hel
skull was fractured and to relieve
her suffering I. decided to finish her
+ severed the jugular vein with my
| pocket knife
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
WEALTHY YACHT
OWNER SEARCHED
BY COAST GUARD

NEW YORK, June -2l. W.H -
Harry X. Knapp, socially prominent,
has announced he will protest to the
federal government against the ac-
ton of coast guardsmen in boarding
his fishing cruiser, Bubbles, and
searching it for liquor.
No liquor was found, Knapp said,
and lie declared that his boat was
damaged when a ground swell threw
the coast guard vessel against the
Bubbles, tearing away much of the
upper structure of the latter craft
He accused the coast guardsmen OF
"bad seamanship and of studied in
science" and said he had placed a
claim with his attorney with instruc-
tons to protest to Senators Cope.
land and Wagner.
Knapp said the incident occurred
Wednesday morning near the Fire
Island lighthouse where he was or
dered to heave to by the crew of
the coast guard patrol boat Rush.
The coast guardsmen insisted on
searching the Bubbles even after he
had presented his Identification
papers, Knapp declared.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
STATE PLANNING
CLOSE SURVEY OF
FRUIT FLY PEST

Los ANGELES, June 81. W.9-
An intensive survey of all CONNER
cial orchards in California is to be
made during the ripening period of
citrus fruit in determined fight to
prevent the Mediterranean fruit fly
from gaining foothold in this
state.
County Horticultural Commission
err Ryan was appointed as Southern
California agent in charge of the
survey by the California Department
of Agriculture, it was announced by
Avert Hoyt, representative of Agri-
culture Director Hecke, during a
conference on methods to be used in
the survey here yesterday.
d. b. Mackie, state entomologist,
was appointed state director of the
survey. Some 200 men will main
tain constant vigilance in orchards,
packing houses, canneries and mar
kets, he said.
The entire state has been divived
into districts closely following geo
graphical and climatic lines, he ex-
planned, and county horticultural
commissioners will head the work in
each district.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
Vatican-Mexico
Status In Doubt

MEXICO CITY, June 81. W.P) -
The Vatican's failure to give prompt
approval to the agreement reached
between the Mexican government
and the papal emissaries in settling
the religious dispute has east a
gloom over section of the Mexican
people and given rise to fears for
the outcome.
1t was felt here today that the
delay in the papal approval was a
sign Pope Plus either would not
sanction the agreement, or else wish
ed certain terms worded differently,
or at least clarified for his informa-
ton.
In some quarters it was believed
the latter was the more probable
and that Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz
Y Flores and Bishop Pasqual Diaz,
papal emissaries, were communicate
ing with Vatican City in an effort
to clarity the agreement.
The situation at present was adj
mitted by some to be not propitious,
but nevertheless they still believed
that the result would be favorable.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
SCORE OF TEXAS
CONVICTS Still
RETAIN LIBERTY

CLEMENS PRISON FARM
Rra2oria, Texas, June 81. WP--
Posses of guards and civilians scat
tered out again today in an effort
to round up the 10 convicts still at
large out Of the 43 who escaped
from the prison farm here after
overpowering three guards.
Searchers struggled back to the
farm last night with empty hands
after searching bottom lands ir
Brazos county since early morning.
Fifteen of the 40 had been reported
reeaptured, with possibilities that
others might be held by officers in
nearby towns.
That the search would be concen-
trated near Sweeney, where resi-
dents reported the woods - swarm
ing with eonvicts,' appeared like
ly.
Warden Harrell, of the state pen
itentiary at Huntsville, who came
10 Clemens farm Immediately upon
being informed of the delivery, to-
day had taken active charge of the
hunt and was dispatching search
ing bands, armed with sawed off
shotguns, in every direction.
Statements gathered from prison
guards and others about the farm
showed that Robert (Red) Massey,
serving three years for theft; j. o.
Williams, serving five years for
robbery, and 1ess SEst b, .liie ,tezN:
err, were The ring leaders in illa
break. None Of the three was re
captured.
Williams pretending to be i'll,
sided up to Picket Boss Emmett
More and, when the guards back
was turned, held him up with q
revolver. Smith then appeared also
armed. They took Moore's keyes
and gun.
Overpowering two other guards,
the ring leaders unlocked all the
cells and invited the prisoners TO
escape. Forty took advantage of TIE
opportunity. Of the more than 200
in the prison, about $50 refused to
attempt an escape.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
Hope To Break
Endurance Mark

ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. l., june
81. U.P)-Viola Gentry and Charles
Parkhurst took Off at 9:22 (E. s
To- today in a Binair biplane ON
refueling endurance flight. There
is no record for light planes of this
type at present. p.
The plane is twoipassengeT
craft with glass-enclosed cockpit. 1t
has capacity Of ia gallons OF
gasoline, but only 80 gallons We're in
its tanks when it took off. It's ll0-
horsepower motor consumes about
six gallons an hour.
Refueling will be done by gravity
from the Fokker monoplane "E<'
clamation Mark which will be
handled by Emil Burgin and Harold
Wilder, veteran. pilots. A so foot
hose will be used to transfer 90 gal,
Ions Of gas at each refueling, FL,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
CHICAGO TAKES
LIVES OF TWO
NEGRO BANDITS

CHICAGO, June 81. W.R)-Two
youthful negro bad men, Charles
Swan and Napoleon Glover, ex-
plated their sins in the electric chair
in Cook county Jail early today.
The youths were executed for the
murder of Charles Metlock, eolored,
in a drug store robbery a year ago.
They confessed also to killing an
other negro, Peter Lucas, when he
upbraided them for desecrating the
Sabbath by banditry. They admit.
ed nearly 80 holdups up until then.
Both entertained hopes of a last
minute stay. Twice before they
were saved by eleventh hour re-
prieves. Only few days ago, Judge
Marcus Kavanaugh, who pronounc-
ed their death sentences, appealed
to the state board Of pardons and
paroles for Communication on the
ground they already had suffered
worse than death.
Swan, first to die, was placed in
the chair at 1:02 O'Clock. He was
pronounced dead at 1:l2. Glover
was strapped in at Ills his body
was removed at l:23. Three charges
of electricity were used to kill
each.
Both went to their doom calmly,
their eyes fixed on crucifix as
they prayed with the priest.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
FOUR ATTEMPTS
WILL BE MADE :
ON AIR MARKS

LOS ANGELES, June 81. W.D =
Four attempts to break existing
world aviation records are scheduled
to start here next week.
Capt. Frank Hawks plans to leave
at a. N. Monday in an effort to
break his present transcontinental
nonstop record. His schedule calls
for flight from Los Angeles to New
York, a short stop for .refuelling
there and return flight to Los An
geles Tuesday.
Lee Schoenhair was to fly to San
Diego today to test his compasses
preparatory to making a nonstop
flight similar to that Of Capt. Hawks.
The two will vie with each other In
an effort to set new cross-country
records. Schoenhair is scheduled to
leave here shortly after Hawks re-
turns from the east.
Loren w. Mendell, Of Fort Worth,
Tex, and Pete Reinhart Of Salems
Ore, announced that they will start
Tuesday in an attempt to break the
refuelling endurance flight record.
Leo Nomis and Maury Morrison will
try for the same record Wednesday.
Reg l.. Robbins, pilot and owner
Of the monoplane "Fort WORTH"
present holder Of the worlds re-
fuelling endurance record, win ar
rive here Sunday to witness tho
flights. Capt. George b. Fredeii
win accompany Robbins in sepa.
rate plane, and win continue with
him on proposed tour Of Pacific
coast airports, it was said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
MISSOURI YOUTH
TERMED NATIONS
FINEST ORATOR

LOS ANGELES, June 81 W.P)-,
Lex King Souter, junior at William
Jewel College, Liberty, Mo-, carried
off first honors at the national col
iege oratorical contest at the Uni
versity of Southern California here
last night.
Souter defeated six contenders
selected from 542 colleges and uni
versities. The meet, designated az
the fifth national intercollegiate
oratorical contest on the constitu-
ton, was sponsored by the Better
America Federation of California.
VIII Rogers presided at the meet
at which seven best collegiate ora.
tors of the nation contended for The
81 800 first prize before an aud
fence of 1000 persons.
Souter received six votes for the
first place from the seven Judges,
an achievement said never TO have
been duplicated in the nationsl
finals contest.
Other awards were: Robert G..
Goodwin, Wabash College, Craw-
louisville, Ind, second; John p.
McEnery, Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara, Calf, third; Milton
IL. Williams, Wesleyan University,
Connecticut, fourth; Robert NJ.
Smith, st. Johns College, Brooklyn,
fifth; Lee II. Mercer, North Caro-.
lima State College, sixth; and Ben
jamin Ungerman, Syracuse Univer
sity, Syracus, N. Y, seventh.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
EXPECTING HOT
ARGUMENT OVER
TARIFF CHANGES
Any Increase On Shoe and
Sugar Rates To BE Bit
terly Opposed.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 81. W.H =
Sugar and shoes, two items which at
feet every man, woman and child in
the country, are to be made the cen.
ter Of the senate tariff contest, it
was indicated today as the various
forces were organizing for what may
be the biggest senate fight since
the League of Nations dispute.
The independent Republican and
Democratic group has asked the Peo-
pie s Legislative Service to dig up
all available facts about these two
schedules and other rates in which
they are TO be primarily interested.
Hearings on both schedules are to
open Monday in the senate finance
sub committee.
The basic sugar rate provided by
the house is three cents pound with
a 20 per cent discount allowed to
Cuban sugar. This rate compares
with go cents in the existing law.
The increase would necessarily in
crease the price of sugar.
The basic shoe duty is 20 per cent.
with 35 per cent against certain
high grade shoes from Czecho Slo-
vakia, used mostly by women. This
increase would also increase shoe
prices materially, as shoes now are
ON the free list.
The People 8 Legislative Service
will figure out what these two items
and others would cost the consumers
in millions of dollars and gather such
other data as will be of assistance
to those who intend to fight the
schedules when the tariff bill is
brought before the senate August 49,
1t is considered likely the sugar
schedule will be changed by the
finance committee before the bill is
reported. A sliding scale, designed
to be more moderate in its effect
than the flat rate, is being worked
out by some of the experts and may
be offered in the bill The indie
pendents however will fight any in
crease.
Organization activity of the group
is significant because the indepen-
dents have balance of power in the
senate which was effectively used
on the debenture plan of farm re
lisef - flsFensoc " - sA-ssssTt with
them, they can control a majority
of the senate. There were Is Re
publicans in the debenture group,
but they count on IA in the tariff
argument
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
Good Thing He's
Not Centipede

RACINE, Wis, June 81. W.P)--
Most any day now Robert Wad-
low, an elementary school student
Of Alton, Miss, should receive his
new shoes.
A local leather company an
nounced that Roberts shoes, size
Is, have been completed. Five
square feet of leather we're said
to have been used in their MAX
ing.
Robert, an official Of the shoe
company said, is 10 years old,
weighs $50 pounds and is six feet,
10 inches tall.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1929-06-21
PROMINENT YUMA
RESIDENT KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH

John H. Fritz, so, well known
Yuma cement contractor, former
exalted ruler of the Elks in that
city and a prominent Mason and
Shriner was killed last night and
f. II. Dean, Yuma news dealer was
painfully hurt when the car in
which they were driving from the
Arizona city here via Calexico turn
ed over at Curphy's corner near
Heber and burned.
AL G. Smith of Ell Centre and c.
Sanchez, driver for the Ambort
Creamery rescued the two men from
the burning car at the risk of their
lives as the gasoline tank explod-
ed a few seconds after they had
dragged Fritz and Dean to a place
of safety along side of the road.
Fritz was not instantly killed
according to Smith but lived until
the rescuers reached the city limits
here. Fritz was pronounced dead
when taken to the Ell Centre hos
pital short time after the acct
dent. Dean received five broken
ribs and several bruises and cuts.
According to Sanchez, who wit
messed the accident, the car driven
by Dean was travelling at about 40
miles an hour coming toward Heber
from Calexico. 1t was evident, ac-
cording to Sanchez's statement
that Dean being unfamiliar with
the road failed to note the turn III
time to make it. AS result the
car turned over pinning Fritz and
Dean beneath it.
Smith arrived on the scene with
in a few moments after the acct
dent and assisted Sanchez in drag
lying. the men from. under. the wreck
| age. The car was burning then ai16
a few moments later the gas taub
exploded.
Dean stated last night after, he
had been treated at the hospita
that had it not been for the promp!
assistance of Smith and Sanchez
he would have undoubtedly beer
burned to death.
Fritz was a resident of Winter.
haven for. more than Is years. He
has surviving him a wife and three
children. His eldest boy left yester
day for camping trip in the
Grand Canyon.
Mrs. Fritz came here early this
morning to make arrangements
with Lemons funeral parlors to
ship the body to Yuma.
According to Lemons, Fritz was
not badly cut but had probably re-
ceived a fractured skill and poss.
IDLY broken neck. One side of the
mans face was crushed but that
was the only bodily injury.
The ear in which Fritz and
Dean were coming to Ell Centre for
an initiation of number of Yuma
candidates for the Elks was prac.
ideally brand. new having been
driven only a few hundred miles.
The accident was not announced
at the Elks lodge here until after
the meeting. Norman c. Adair,
present exalted ruler of the Yuma
lodge, Immediately took charge of
the body.