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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
MURDER CHARGE FILED.
Alleged Bootlegger Named in Joliet
Death Complaint.

JOLIET, Ill, April 20 Cp).-A charge
of murder was placed today against
Vincent Olmetti, alleged bootlegger, ac-
ciisedAof the recent killing of Joseph
Perconti
The murder complaint was signed by
the widow of the slain man. She iden-
titled Olmetti as one of the two men
who shot her husband to death in the
rear of his home.
Perconti was believed to have been
murdered because he gave information
as to the kidnapping last year Of Billy
Ranieri, son of Chicago contractor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Duellers Debarred From Office.

Oficeholders taking their official posi-
tons in Texas must swear, among other
things, that they have never engaged in
duelling. This is State law, and while
it seems to be totally unnecessary in
this age, the formalities of the old law
are complied with rather than to go to
the expense of changing it, which must
be done by an expensive referendum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
MORR0WS VISIT. RANCH.
, Anne With Ambassador
Party at La Lave.

HMExICO CITY, April 20 lR.-Am-
hAsssaor and Mrs. Dwight w. Morrow
ahdsfheir daughter Anne are spending
the week end at La Lave" ranch IN
tie State OF Cueretero, as guests OF the
owner, Jose Wurbe, Mexican friend.
The ranch is more than half way from
the capital to the city of Queretero
7lne party left this morning by train
dhd expect to return on Monday.
nCol. Alexander McNab, who has been
military attache to the United States
Embassy here, left on the same train
for Laredo, en- route to his new post Is
senior inspector Of the National Guard
q New YnEk etatas q. q 1865 ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
THREE INJURED IN TORNADO.
Oil City, Ark, Is Hit, Two Homes Are
Blown Down.

BATESvILLE, Ark, April 20 (P).-
Three persons were injured and two
houses, two barns and store were
blown down by tornado which struck
Oil City, miles south of here. to-
night.
The injured are Helen and Imogene
Grigsby and small boy, who were
brought to a hospital here. One of the
girls was reported in a serious condition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Five Die in Bus Crash.

LISBON, Portugal. April 20 P).-
Five persons were killed today and 20
severely injured when Q snotor bus
crossing a bridge over the Tagus River
at Santarem fell into the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
buses were halted by water at Parsons
The snow was greeted warmly by
wheat farmers In Northern Colorado.
ARKANSAS TOWN is HIT.
Tornado Wrecks Three Homes and
Score Of Buildings.

Score OF BUILDINGS.
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark, April 90 Up.
Three homes and a score of buildings
were demolished by tornado which cut
path miles long near here shortly
after 6 o'clock tonight Residents Of
the community took refuge In storm cell
lars at theNapproach of the storm and
escaped without injury. A heavy hail
and wind storm accompanied the twist
er, damaging crops and fruit trees.
Communication lines were put out of
operation.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
GRADUATION EXERCISE
 GLASS OF '29, TONIGHT

One of the most outstanding event in the lives of high school students takes place this even ing with the arrival of commence ment exercises for the graduating class of 1929; six of them, the largest class in the history of the city.
 An appropriate program has been arranged for the exercises which will be held in Odd Fellows hall, beginning at 8 o'clock. Rev. erend Galley will render thhe invo- cation and L. V. Ray, the address.
 Presentation of the class and of the diplomas will be made by w. c. Erwin, school board director.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
ASK FOR SCHOOL

Steps have been taken by the residents of the Kusilof fur farm ing district in order to provide for the educational requirements of that important section of Cook In let and when the school is opened next fall it is indicated that there will be an enrolment of at least 10 children, there being that number of children of school age there at the present time.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
EXPLORER IN NORTH

The United States coast and geo. detic survey steamer Explorer, in command of Capt. H. A. Cotton, has arrived at her base at Petersburg. The Explorer has 50 men and off, cerS aboard and will engage in sur vey work in Keku Straits and spec ial work in Wrangell Narrows.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
B. P. Q. F. NOTICE

A business meeting of Seward EIks will be held in the Arcade club rooms Monday evening at 7:30 clock. Visiting Elks are invited t0 attend.
 Chairman, Seward Elks.
 CLARKE ANDERSEN,
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

The s. s. Redondo, of the A. s. s. Co.,, will probably resume the seasons run to the Westward, out of Seward, about June l. From Seattle the vessel goes deirect west returning to Seward from there.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
SPECIAL FOR TO-DAY

Fresh asparagus tips at B cents per pound at the Cash and Garry Store.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

The Alaska Steamsip company freighter Oduna, now enroute to Seward from Seattle, will dis charge two new steel coaches for the Alaska Railroad.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
ST PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Sunday after ascenSlon) Sunday school II a. m. Evening .:rayel and sermon 7:3O p. m. Sub iect-' Our Lords ascension the churches gain.
 All are heartily invited.
 w. R. MACPHERSON Minister
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

With the arrival of the s. s. Alaska in port welcoming com mittees to returning politicians will undoubtedly be in order.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN. Schal- lerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

The registration of motor ve- hicles in U. s. for the year of 1928 showed an increase of 5.9 per cent, a total of 24,493,1 ,124.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10
WASHINGTON BREVITIEs

WASHINGTON, May 9-A re- cent report of the Department of Commerce shows a great growth of the productions of the five southwest states, Utah, New Mex ico, Nevada, Arizona and Cali fornia. Nearly threee time the ton mage now moves out of these states as is received from the East, whereas a few decades ago the movement was reversed.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

One hundred thousand persons will be needed to take the census in 1880.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-10

Great Britain leads the world in the exportation of boots and shoes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04
PARTY RECRUITING DRIVE.

the native workers. we must also retain our
position amongst the revolutionary immigrant
workers. However, so far as immigrant work
ers are concerned a great deal is to be done yet.
For instance in New York City 1880 of the
foreign population is Italian. The Italian work
ers are in most cases unskilled and semi-skilled.
A very large number of them employed in
the building and construction industries, how
ever, when we consider the composition of the
New York Party membership it is largely jew
ish. Other districts show similar situations
1t is precisely the poor social and national
composition of the Party that is one of the
main factors in existence and breeding of the
right danger This must be overcome in the
recruiting drive.
In this drive great deal of attention must
also be paid to the problem of keeping the
newly recruited members in the Party. This
question is of great Importance and consider
alton should be given to it in special articles.
Hand in hand with the recruiting drive must
go a complete, literally so, overhauling of the
units organizationally and a real beginning
must be made in making the units live the life
of the Party and give them political life and
content. This will keep new members in the
Party
The problem of recruiting and keeping the
new members is part and parcel of the prob
lem of cleansing the Party of social alien ele-
ments in a Bolshevik organization.
In connection with the organizationa and
political strengthening of the units, as a very
important phase of the recruiting drive, stands
out the problem of functionaries and the de-
velopment of Young proletarian cadres. We
will not deal with this problem at length, it is
raised for purpose of discussion. AS yet the
Party in the various districts while being faced
in very acute form with the problem of pro-
Naturalization of the functionaries and the
creation of new cadres, very little was done in
this direction. Altogether in too many in
stances, find that a very large number of
the unit and section functionaries is composed
of office workers, salesmen paid functionares
of various auxiliary organizations, all shades
and forms of intellectuals and professionals,
housewives, etc. As poor as the composition
is, there are plenty of good young proletarian
elements who with the proper guidance and
direction on the part of the leading committees
land not mere bureaucratic and superficial
guidance) constitute excellent material for
new cadre of functionaries. More courage, more
persistence, unyielding attitude, in drawing
proletarian elements into the active work of
the units and into the entire Party organism.
Patience combined with sincere attention and
political guidance must accompany the line in
drawing them in.
Recruiting will not stop with the recruiting
drive. The present drive must be considered
as special effort to turn the face of the Party
to the masses and to change its present poor
social and national composition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04
Andrew Mellon, Steel and Sedition

men of the jury, that these defendants are
guilty of sedition and ought, according to the
law, be locked up and chained in the state
prison for five years?
Quietly, Mrs. lima spoke:
"My little girl, because | have whitewash
down in that front room, and we have a pretty
big room, and we went down in that room be-
cause we like it then first of all to eat; and
we have flowers down; ehave carpet, and we
could not dance on the carpet, and that is the
reason we went down; and she put that red
paper up because it looked little more happy.
And we have a couple of benches with flowers
down, Chrysanthmums, and l have set table,
and the men around the table sat and ate, and
the children-like children, they played around"
The Woodlawn case is not over. The impris-
onment of the three workers must be the signal
for the launching of a nationwide campaign
to bring about their release. In this Mellon
ruled state, stronghold of American capitalism,
the failing of militants goes hand in hand with
the drive on the workers-wage-cutt length
ening of hours, and worsening of conditions
While the purely legal phase of the Wood
lawn case is at an end, the legal phase to cleo
trocute Salvatore Accors also Pennsylvania
worker, is about to begin. On December 9, in
Pittsburgh, this foregn-born miner will be put
the shooting of Pennsylvania coal and iron
cop John Downey. The cossack was killed in
the attempt of the state police to crush under
their guns, their clubs and their horses hoofs,
the protest demonstration of the Cheswck,
Pa. coal miners against the judicial murder
of Sacco and Vanzett,on August %, 1927
AS is pointed out by the International Labor
Defense, 'there is no doubt that the police
thug, Downey, known for his extreme brutality
died in the attack on the coal miners, just. as
Aderhot the Gastonia police chief, died in the
raid intended to exterminate the textile strikers
tent colony"
The Woodlawn defenders are imprisoned
almost at the moment when Accorsi will be
placed on trial. A wide protest movement
of the American workers must halt the con-
spiracy to murder Accorsi and at the same
time force the release of the Woodlawn de-
PENDANTS
THE END.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04
Some Aspects of the Recruiting
Drive
By SAM DON.

THE c. l. told our Party that Its past still
weighs upon its present" and the social and
national composition of the Party shows that
very clearly. Very little progress was made
in Shifting the Partys base from the immi-
grant to the native American employed in the
basic industries. 1t has done still less in rela-
ton to the millions of Negro proletarat!"
Since the war and especially in recent years,
with the stoppage Of immigration on the old
mass scale, with the millions of farmers and
Negroes who came to the industrial centers,
and especially with the present intensified agri-
cultural crisis and above all intensified ration
alization, there is developing a decided shift
in the composition of the American working
class both towards national and social homo
geneity. While we must not forget that the
foreign born workers still occupy a strategic
position in many industries and represent the
unskilled workers, however, the. post war fac
tors in American economy and naturalization
have created a very large army of native
skilled and semi-skilled workers, to be found
in many of the strategic industries in the coun-
try as auto, traction transportation, ammuni-
ion, electric, metal public utilities, etc. The
present composition of the Party membership
does not reflect this change. The composition
of the Party is still largely needle trade and
building trade. The recent struggles of the
IIdCtlOH WOEheIS SilOW Clearly 10 IHe IdGIy Jue
relationship between assuming leadership over
these struggles and the almost total absences
of the traction workers in the Party.
In many sections of the Party. the Party APP
pears because of its composition, as a Party
of skilled WORKERS. If we will take city like
Detroit we find proportiOnately too many
skilled workers of the auto industry who never
work on the belt, as tool and dye makers. car
penters and electricians. Thus we see that the
most rationalized industry in the world with the
largest number of unskilled and semi-skilled
is not reflected in the social composition of the
Party. And if we take the building industry
we know that as far as laborers are concerned
their numbers in the Party are absolutely in
significant.
In connection with naturalization it must
also be born in mind that young workers be-
come the dominant type in the industry. Yet
our Party does not reflect it and it is still in
many instances largely Party of old men,
The national composition of the Party is
closely linked up with the social composition
, most districts, the national composition of
the Party membership does not reflect the ma
tional composition of the working class in their
respective districts The c. l. correctly tells
the Party that while we must concentrate on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04
THE END.
Pittsburgh Starts Recruiting
Drive.

The Buro met and after discussion elected
a Recruiting Drive Committee. A series of
membership meetings have been arranged for
discussion of the drive. 1t was decided to con-
centrate on the coal mining, metal and cleo
trical industries and to send a special organ
izer into West Virginia for the duration Of the
drive. Another organizer is being sent to the
coke region Special leaflets are being issued
to the workers in the mining and steel indus
tries, also other leaflets addressed to the unem-
ployed and the Negro workers.
On Negro and women's work we selected the
most important sections of the district for spe.
cial concentration. 1t was also decided to orde,
10000 copies of special Pittsburgh Dis riot
issue of the Daily Worker We gladly accept
our quota of 800 new members. 500 new subs,
20 factory and mine nuclei and shop papers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04
By SENDER GARLIN.
(Continued.)

tCOHIHueUj
Mr. Robert C. Simpson is postmaster of
WoodlaTn and Chairman of the Special Com
mittee of the American Legion Post Of Wood
lawn Engaged in the Investigation of Commu-
nists."
1t is appropriate that Mr.. Simpson should be
present, inasmuch as the two defendants, REESE
tar and Musein, served as soldiers in the last
imperalist war. And by a curious twist of
irony, it was Albert lima, son of the third
defendant, who was awarded a huge, cartwheel
bronze medal by the Woodlawn American Le-
gion for high scholarship in the local high
school. And in jail, after they were first con-
victed Resetar and Muselin each received two
dollars from the thoughtful Ladies Auxiliary of
the Legion to help make their Christmas
happy one First they were for contemptuous-
ly returning the money, but following a more
advanced strategy, relayed the cash to the In
ternational Labor Defense, which from the first
has defended them
Mr.. Simpson takes the stand to testify that
he has written letter to the Beaver Argus"
which announced to the world the following:
Vol. !, P. 251).
"In of your recent issues, in reporting
the action of the Grand Jury regarding the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sedition case, you stated
that it was reported that the Jones McLaugh-
CNNSi
in the case.
Would you be so kind, sir, to state in an
early issue that Woodlawn Post, No. 225, Amer
lean Legion, is also very much interested in the
case?"
And when Mr.. Robert c. Simpson had con-
cluded his testimony the prosecutor shook his
hand warmly and shouted: II think l ought
to move that a vote of thanks be given Mr..
Simpson for having written it. I'm proud of
you, Bob"
The dull-gray store of her husbands long
hours of toll in the j. & L. steel mill was told
by Mrs. Antonio lima when she took the stand
to testify. The defense questioned her. (Vol.
/, Page 1881.
@. When did you move to Woodlawn from
Pittsburgh, Mrs. lima?
A. In 1909.
9. You have lived in Woodawn, then, seven
teen years?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And your husband went to work immedi-
ately for the Jones & Laughlin Co.?
A. Yes, sir.
@. And he has worked for the j. e. L. ever
since?
A. Yes, sir.
: Q. How many hours did he work when he
worked for the Jones & Laughlin Co?
A. Thirteen, every day in the year.
q. That means seven days week?
A. Yes, sir.
CAT this point, Mr.. Craig, the prosecutor in
terrupted with "This line of testimony is OBJ
iected to. 1t has nothing to do with the issues
of this case" (The Court: The objection is
sustained!)
Why was this birthday party for her sixteen
ycar-old daughter held down in the basement
instead of up in the house? The prosecutor
bsrks. Does this not prove conclusively, gentle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04
L Observation-Disclosures in Lies

second hand dealers are not concerned much
with this. Although the goods had their trade
mark "Bukharinism" stamped all over them,
the commercial trio of Lovestone, Gitlow and
Wolfe stand by, nervousy rubbing their hands
and attempt to assure the prospective custom
ers that their ware really does not come from
the firm which has just publicly declared all
of their goods to be shoddy. They stand there,
under their shingle, still hoping, almost against
hope, that Barnum was right
IE their endeavor to pass off their counter
revolutionary secondhand stuff for genuine
revolutionary theory and practice, the Gitlow-
Wolfe-Lovestone partnership has to contend
with competition. Ludwig Lore and James P.
Cannon, each for himself, had set up similar
concerns previously to the Wofe-Gitlow-Love-
stone trio. This competition is annoying to the
Hester Street trio. Therefore they shout that
their goods have nothing in common with the
goods of their competitors. But one counter
revolutionary rat smells the other, no matter
how all of them or each one separately may
attempt to pass off for cat. Ludwig Lore,
the virgin, has already done so much for her
capitalist Faust that nothing more remains for
her to sacrifice She therefore has nothing to
conceal. She speaks out what our Hester
Street trio and the firm of Cannon and Co.
are still trying to keep secret Lore proclaims
openly: "The three tendencies expelled from
the C. P. ludwig Lore, James P. Cannon and
Jay Lovestone) are of one opinion on all i'm
portant questions; in the main, they defend
the same tactical and principal standpoint,
though Cannon and Lovestone may attempt to
deny their poor relative ludwig Lore)"
(Volkszeitung, Nov. 23.) Lore, of course, is
not disclosing any political secrets. Any poll
teal child can see the secrets" that Lore dis
closest" Only the "proletarians" around the
Gitlow- Wolfe-Lovestone partnership from Eve
Dorf to Bert Miller, cannot see it. This "pro-
letariat" is the only justification for the Hes
ter Street trio ostil hope that Barnum was
right.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04

WHAT impresses one most Of the activities
w of the renegade Lovestone group is the
incessant flow Of petty lies which emanate from
their headquarters and which endeavors to vo-
yer up their political bankruptcy. In this
respect Lovestone acts like the typical petty
shopkeeper from Hester Street He takes his
own p tty cleverness justification for con-
siderin" everyone else fool. Upon this as
sumption the petty shopkeeper Lovestone and
his partners try to sell their goods under a
fal label.
Immediately after the Tenth. Plenum the
partners issued statement in which the thesis
of the Tenth Plenum was passed as being in .
line with the thesis of the Sixth Congress. The
only complaint was that this line was expressed
with less ability than in the thesis of the Sixth
Congress. But then, on second thought, the
partners came to the conclusion that it was
difficult to sell their secondhand goods if they
did not insist a more serious differentiation
than merely the form of expression. And 10
and behold the Tenth Plenum thesis which, in
the first document was passed as being in line
with the Sixth Congress, became, in the second
document, the irrefutable proof of the revision
of the line of the Sixth Congress.
For weeks and months the partners" sold
Bukharins goods: Bukharin's line at the Sixth
Congress, Bukharin's inner-Comintern line,
Bukharin's Russian line, etc, etc., were the
stock in trade of these Hester Street second
hand dealers. Now, Bukharin issued public
declaration repudiating his line and declaring
that the Communist Party and the Communist
International were right and he was wrong.
Our Hester Street partners went into a cons
formation conference. And out of this confer
ence emanated a declaration: squirming, with
ing, wriggling, distorting, twisting lying, agon-
izing; the gist of declaration is, in real shop
keepers fashion: Business as usual" Of
course, the manufacturer from whom the goods
were gotten made public declaration that his
goods are counterfeit, but our Hester Street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-12

s295, 900 has been spent, has laid idle
and incompleted for four years be-
cause former members OF the
sanitary board began 10 fear that
the plan of drying sewage solids for
sale as fertilizer IA piece OF pioneer
ing in engineering would not WORK:
The city OF Milwaukee went ahead
with its dehydration unit along
lines similar TO those started here.
The board here closely has watched
developments at Milwaukee and re-
cent declaration by engineers there
that the system was making money
for their plant caused Mayor L.
Ert Slack 10 announce he would
not oppose expenditure Of the $40
900 necessary to complete expert
ments and construction on the unit
here.
B. J. 7. Jeup, board member, said
he was not convinced Of the sue
cess Of the Milwaukee system. but
A. H. Moore, city civil engineer and
board member ex-officio, said he be-
lieved the board would be willing to
experiment. He thought that while
the plant might not deliver all that
was expected. he believed it would
reduce present cost Of operating the
whole sewage disposal plant.
The $2,5O0,0OO plant as it stands
only separates solids from liquids.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-12

The liquids are purified so they may
be safely turned into White river,
and solids are pumped into tanks
and then carted to lowlands at the
tip of Sellers farm.
Some of this product is taken by
farmers for fertilizer, but most lies
on the open ground, year after year.
The dehydration plant will turn the
solids into neatly sacked prod
uct for sale to landowners.
The sanitary board is asking for
tax levy increase from ga. cents
in 1929 to 8 cents in 1880.