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Constructive Prosperity viii
Be WltChVod Of Incom.
nS Administration
GIGANTIC ENGINEERING
PROJECTS CONTEMPLATED
President Eject Hopes NicaFaguau
Canal May be Hts Monuncat-
Waterway, Flood Control, Power
Development, Irrigation Scheduled
Policy WIN Also Extead to War
Department.

Department.
I Mimi Beach. Feb. s (UP)-Presi-
dent-elect Hoover will inaugurate in
his administration big-scale en-
gineering era which will bear fruit
in mammoth constructive projects
for inland waterway development.
flood control. electric power develop
| ment, irrigation and related pur-
| poses.
Looking forward to continued
peace and prosperity, Mr.. Hoover
plans an era OF International devel-
opment and expansion that will pro-
vide the country with many agencies
discussed but never carried forward
to actuality.
Constructive prosperity" will re-
place the now famous economy
slogan Of the Coolidge administra-
tion. which necessarily was an ad-
ministration OF retrenchment after q
ptriod OF huge expenditures to acrry
on the war. The construction Mr..
Hoover proposes naturally viii re-
quire large outlays of money. but
will bring their own financial re-
| turn.
beyond Nations Limits
He even looks beyond the borders
OF the United States for q develop
ment that will react to aid business
in this country. the Nicaraguan
canal being a project that he hopes
| to leave an q monument to his ad-
ministration.
The first engineer president IN
generations. he wishes his adminis-
! tration stamped in history a. = giant
constructive engineering period,
with projects on every hand to bear
witness. This will be evident In his
inaugural address, in which much
attention will be devoted to pending
projects Of this naturs-the Boulder
Canyon dam project. Muscle Shoals.
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-05
HALF MILLION ART
SUIT TRIAL STARTS
Hahn Libel Action Against Du.
Vetn, French Critic Begins
JURY QUICKLY SELECTED
Kansas City Woman Charges French
Experts Assertion Ruined Sale Of
Alleged De Vinci Masterpicce-So-
ciety Folk Throng Court.

New York, Feb. s R>-Trial Of the
$500. 900 libel action brought against
Sir Joseph Duveen. the art authority.
by Mrs.. Andree Lardoux Hahn of
Kansas city and Paris, was begun in
supreme court today before Justice
william II. Black and 4 jury.
The basis for the action 10 . news
paper statement. attributed to slr
Joseph. that the picture LA Belle
F'erroniere" which Mrs. Hahn sought
to sell to the Kansas City museum
Of art, was copy Of the famous
painting by Leonardo De Vinci. and
not the original. as Mrs. Hahn con-
tends. This assertion by the expert.
she alleged. disrupted negotiations
for the sale.
Justice Blacks court room was
crowded with art experts and So
ciety folk.
1t took less than Is minutes to
pick the jury which includes two ar
lists. Their colleagues rre two real
estate agents. an upholsterer, an ac-
countant. hotel clerk. Il shirt
manufacturer, ladies' wear man
ufacturer, u couple Of salesmen and
one man of no occupation.
Sir Joseph's statement about the
picture included the assertion that
the original was In the Louvre.
Mrs. Hahn. wife of Harry Hahn.
former American aviation officer
whom she married in Chicago during
the World War. asserts that the
painting. which she values at $780,
900. came into her family's posses
sion nine years ago, and that 1t was
once the property of one of Napo-
Icons aides. She has indicated she
would attempt to show that finger
prints on the canvas are those Of
Leonardo.
Sir Joseph. on the other hand. will
endeavor to establish that the can
vas IL Of a texture not known in the
18th century when the master was at
work.
When the trial opened Mrs. Hahn
and the art expert sat five feet apart.
30 large was the crowd that an extra
force of court attendants was put on
duty.
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TARDIEU JOINS FLU VICTIMS

Paris. Feb. S N1Premier Poin
care. completely recovered from a
slight attack Of influenza, attended
cabinet meeting today.
NJ. Leygues. minister Of marine.
and Foreign Minister BRAND re-
mained in bed on the advice Of their
doctors while Andre Tardieu, min
lister Of the interior, also has Joined
the list Of those suffering from the
grippe.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-05
BRIEF SESSIONS IN
HOUSE and senate
Lower House Passes Resolution
on State Library Board
100 SENATE BILLS READ

Sixteen Jndgcship Resolutions Re-
ferred to Judiciary Committee
Majority Leaders Suggest Sessions
On Friday Tor Next Two Weeks.
BY CEDRIC w. FogrER
United Press Staff Correspondent
Hartford, Feb. s UP)-Bustneas
sessions OF both house and senate
were brief today. ..N
The former body. under suspen-
sion Of rules moved by Floor Leader
Raymond johnson of Manchester,
passed a resolution appointing Gov
ernor Trumbull. Justice William
Maltbie of the state supreme court
and Secretary of State William l..
Higgins members of the state library
commission.
This resolution was passed by the
senate Friday and now goes to the
governor for signature.
After reading OF approximately
100 senate bills which were referred
to their proper committees, 16
judgeship resolutions were referred
to the committee on the judiciary
under a blanket motion by Leader
johnson. These included the ap-
pointments OF William H. Woolen as
deputy Judge OF the borough court
OF Wallingford, Robert C. Stoddard
Judge and Louis Harris deputy judge
OF the town court of Milford, and
Henry Hartford and Edward Howard
Hall judge and deputy judge OF the
town court of Stratford.
The house adjourned at 1l:45
until tomorrow
House bills were read in the SEN
ate today and following reference to
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LINDbURGH At 7ELA
ON Air MAIL flight
Lone Eagle Stops En- Route
to Managua, Where He
Is Due Tonight

Miami, Fla, Feb. ~
Pan-American Airways, Inc, re-
ported at 1:45 o'clock the re-
ceipt OF a message announcing
Colonel Lindbergh's departure
from Tela for San Marenzo Bay
at 10:40 o'clock, central time.
after a stop Of 81 minutes.
The ship was making good
time, and the weather was con-
tinuing clear, the message said.
The distance from Tela to San
Marenzo Bay is 1856 air miles.
Boston, Feb. s Up - Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh. who took of
from Belize. British Honduras, to.
day. on the second lap OF his afr
mail fight to Panama, arrived al
Tela at 10.43 a. IN. . radio messas,
received here by the Tropical Radio
and Telegraph Co. reported.
Lindbergh left Belize. capital o.
British Honduras. at $40 .. m. Hon.
duran time. or $40 .. m. eastern
standard time. arriving at Tela q
9:43 =. m. Honduran time. He tool
just one hour and 80 minutes te
make the l25 mile hop from Belize
to Tela.
The colonel planned to refuel al
(Confinuod m po~o onN
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-05

New York, Feb. s OR-Curtiss and
Roosevelt flying fields were waiting
at l o'clock this afternoon for Cap
tain Frank NJ. Hawkes. who left Los
Angeles late yesterday on an at
tempted nonstop transcontinental
hop which he hoped would be a
record-breaker.
The last definite word from the
aviator, who had planned to reach
his goal before noon. came last eve
ming from Tucson. Arix. He was
sighted there at s:0s p. m. Monday.
Pacific coast time,, hying high.
Weather forecasters said Hawkes.
had probably run into bad weather
after leaving FL Paso. Tex. and that
he would find flying conditions un-
favorable until he reached Pitts
burgh.
Captain Hawkes. had to reach the
Long Island flying field before 3:55
p. m. II he was to beat the record of
Is hours, 5S minutes established for
the west least fight last summer by
Art Goebel, who carried a passenger.
Hawkes. was accompanied by me-
chanic. Oscar E. Grubb.
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THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity:
Fair tonight. Wednesday in.
creasing clO,stliness, followed
by snow Or rain; slowly ris-
ing temperature.
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HAWKES. ARRIVES,
BREAKING RECORD
Makes kosStop Cross Continent
Flight h Is Hours
Lost FOR LONG PERIOD
Los Angeles to New York F1ier Un-
reported Since Leaving Asisoaa,
IAnds at Roosevelt Field 1t 1:Sa
r. N.-I0wers Gocbel Mark.

(UP) - Captain Frank NJ.
Hawkes. set = new trans
continental flight record today
by landing his ''ir express'' at
Roosevelt Field at 2:5S p. M.
after an air journey from Los
Angeles.
He made the trip in Is hours
u minutes, bettering by more
than q half hour the previous
mark set by Art oGebel and the
late Harry Tucker.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
CT AIM ISLANDS
WANTED BY u. S,
Honduras Says Keys to
Nicaragua Canal Hers

TEGUCIAGALPA, Honduras, Jan.
IA protest against the boundary
treaty, concluded between Colombia
and Nicaragua last March, in which
the United States is assured control
of islands situated at the mouth of
the projected Nicaraguan canal, was
made public today by the Honduran
foreign minister.
The protest of the Honduran gov
eminent was forwarded to the two
countries and to the United States
last November and claimed the
islands which were disposed of for
the benefit of the United States
government by Colombia and Nj
caragua.
The protest as disclosed, reads,
in part: 81 must express the sur
prise of my government to see in
cluded in treaty between two for
eign countries the keys of Rancador
and Quita Suenos, whose possession
and dominion are claimed and sus-
tanned by Honduras with titles of
undeniable ownership"
The United States government
has lighthouses on the two islands
named, which are about 200 miles
off the Nicaraguan coast and are
said to have been leased from the
Colombian government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
YEARS IN JAIL, RELEASED

MADISON, WIS. [By Mall -
Gorge Ratcek, jailed in state prison
1883 on a charge of numbering
wife, has been released after 45
rears In Jail. He was convicted on
evidence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Vessel SINKING
CREW Detained
Is Sailors Aboard; As
Degree List

DELAWARE CITY, Del, Jan. 7.
Captain Noah Ireland today re-
quested aid for the Erickson Line
vessel, Erickson, blown ashore yes
terday near the Reedy Point Bridge
on the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal. Captain Ireland said the
ship had 45-degree list and that
water. was rapidly filling the hold.
A tug was sent to her assistance.
The Erickson, one of the oldest
and most decrepit vessels on the
canal route from Philadelphia to
Baltimore, went ashore in a heavy
storm and fog. Three passengers
were taken ashore yesterday and
continued to Baltimore by train.
Officials of the Erickson Com
pany, maintaining the same silence
that characterized the Lamport and
Holt Co. in the Vestris disaster, re-
fused to allow the crew of 25 work
ers to leave the ship. They merely
said that it would take several days
to pump out and reploat the ship"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
lQres Returning Dissatisfied Dogs Says Woke
FISHERMEN OF
NOVA SCOTIA !
MUST ORGANIZE
Helpless Now Before
Theiving Bosses

Especial to the Daily Worker)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia by
Mail) The number of men in the
shore fisheries is going down
steadily, it is so hard to earn al
decent living wage. There are
thousands of us out of work, due
to overproduction, following the
use of steam vessels operating
beam and other travis, a dragnetl
towed over the bottom. When there
are large catches of fish, the COM
panies operating steam trawlers do
not buy from the shore fishermen,
or they give US whatever low price
they please, far below a reasonable
return.
The fish dealers make big profits
by making the surplus unsold fish
into fillets, smoked or frozen, which
are kept in storage for disposal
when the supply begins to decline,
and then they demand high prices.
These companies control the output
We get as low as 60 cents per
hundred pounds of cod. The fish
erman is often cheated on the
weight by the fish companies. The.
work of the fisherman is very dam
gerous, for he is liable to be run.
down by big ocean boats. The fish
erman of Nova Scotia toll over II
hours day, from sunset to after
shutdown, sometimes as much as Ia
hours and 16 day. After pulling
on the heavy fishlines all day, his
hands are a sore mess. The fish,
ermen lack organization here, that
is why the fish bosses have us at
their mercy, and pay us as low
prices as they want. The fisher
men of Newfoundland and the
Gaspe Coast of Quebec are organ
lied, and their condition is much
better than ours. The fishermen
of Nova Scotia ought to organize
into a strong union to fight the
thieving bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
LONDON LABOR ACTORS
Theatre Gives Many Fine Productions
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worker
LONDON (By MaiD .-The Work
ers' Theatre in London has shown
by its recent productions that it is
worthy of the workers support.
Its performances at the Tailors'
Hall, Whitechapel, have opened the
eyes of even those who are little
skeptical about the Workers The
atre Movement. Propaganda drama
tized-and done exceedingly well at
that's the best comment one can
make.
The. scene adapted from Upton
Sinclair's HELL" contains good rev.
dictionary and anti militarist prop
uganda, as acted by the Workers
Theatre. Another of it's productions
is the Women of Birbinsk," pic
ture of a village committee at work
in the days of the 1917 revolution,
which has really thrilling dramatic
moments.
A short play, "The Fight Goes
On" is based on the miners lockout,
and is by far the star production
of the Theatre. 1t is remarkably
fine piece of work. The effects of
a huge demonstration are realistic
ally created by voices behind the
scenes" and lighting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Interview with Kupa Duncan,
The Dance of the Revolutian

tary course in the principles of
MARKHAM economics.
1 had attended the regular per-
Torrance of the Duncan dancers
earlier in the week, before a smaller
audience, and told Miss Duncan that
l believed she had danced much bet
ter on Saturday night before the
Daily Worker audience.
"Of course" she replied, "our
dancing is not commercialized. We
dance to make our audiences under
stand and respond to the emotions
we depict. We felt the enthusiasm
of that tremendous audience. Of
course we danced better. 1t felt like
being at home. These people were
more alive, more responsive, more
spirited, and we reacted to this re-
ception. 1t was like dancing at home
before a Russian audience"
Inspiration of Workers Republic.
The young visitors from the
Soviet Union, Irma Duncan's pupils,
will, I believe go farther than Irma
has gone in the art of dancing. This
is inevitable. Isadora Duncan
stripped the artificialities from
dancing, made it a natural express
sion of the emotions, let nothing
stand in the way of the training and
the use of the body as an instru-
ment of expression of life. But
these Soviet children, born in the
country of the first workers dicta-
torship, raised in intimate relation
to the Soviet institutions, must nee
essarily add to the art of Isadora
Duncan. Their art is more inspiring
because it is filled with content and
meaning for the working class.
The scenes of the Russian revo-
luton which they depict have been
actually lived through and are part
of their life. Their art is con-
sciously for the masses, is pregnant
with the tremendous significance of
the Russian revolution. Their in
terpretations of the Russian revolu-
ton, born of the dictatorship of the
proletariat, go beyond the interpre-
tations Of classical musical pieces,
which, because they were born of
the old era, cannot contain the in
spiration which the Russian revolu-
ton has given to these Soviet
Pioneers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
COSSACKS OF
TAMMANY RIDE
DOWN WORKERS
Extras of Post Office
Waited for Pay

(By a Worker Correspondent
Last week a notice was posted in
the Brooklyn post offices telling
the Christmas rush extras to come
to the main post office on Washing
ton Street at two o'clock on Friday,
December %, for their pay.
At two o'clock on the day on
which we were told to come there
were about 1900 of us waiting out
on Washington Street for our mon
ey. Remember, we weren't there to
dmonstrate, but were just doing
what we had been instructed to do.
Suddenly, five of Whalen's cos
sacks came riding fast down Wash
ington Street. With utter contempt
they rode into us. Their horses
paved us. Men were knocked down,
some were bruised, some were badly
hurt. The cossacks cursed US.
We tried Co scatter, but weren't
fast enough. We ran into alleys
and on steps. We pushed one an
other trying to get out of each
others way. We were dumbfounded,
not knowing what we had done to
warrant such treatment.
By three o'clock the cossacks had
finished their job. We We're in
line that stretched for three blocks
from the post office, and Firman
was satisfied. That lickspittle bur-
eaucrat, who is constantly advertis-
ing his efficiency, had thought our
"disorderly'' presence might harm
his hollow pretentions to efficiency.
Hence he had issued the order to
put US in an "orderly" line.
Incidentally our job had been to
carry messages of peace on earth,
good will among men"-the damned
hypocritesl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Al, Unemployed, Will
Discuss Job at Beach

Partly to recover from strenuous
work in the cause of administration
of the city's graft, and partly to
discuss plans whereby he will be-
come chairman of the board of
new bank in which William F.
Kenny and John J. Raskob, his
manager in the elections, will be in
terested, former Governor Alfred E.
Smith has decided on a stay at Palm
Beach for three weeks beginning
Feb. Is.
Kenny, Raskob, and the former
governor will discuss preliminary as
poets of the new scheme when Ras-
kob returns to the city at the end of
the week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Loyal Plotter, Tool
of Capitalists, Dies;
Couldn't Hurt USSR

PARIS Jan. 7.-Ex-Grand Duke
Nicholas Romanoff, pretender to the
throne of Russia if his capitalist
lilies had ever succeeded in crush
ng the workers and peasants gov
ornment there. died today in his
fortress villa Choigny, near here.
He lived with small army of
-oyalist plotters around him, hoping
20 take part in an English, French,
American, German, Polish, Rou-
nanian attack on the U. S. S. R.
Machine guns were mounted on
he corners of his backyard, and he
maintained an imperialist court
within, where his followers adj
Ire ssed him as Majesty"
But Nicholas is dead, and the So
~iet Government is stronger than at
my time before. His plots never
endangered it, except as they got
import from the imperialistic CAPT
slist countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Urge Latin American
Financial Penetration

Hoover's tour of inspection for
business and military purposes has
conferred the attention of big bust
ness upon Latin-America. AS a re-
suit, bankers are srtessing the great
oil fields to be found in Colombia
and Venezuela, etc. The Anglo
South American Trust Co. is one of
those advising big corporations to
invest Gin the peculiarly favorable
position for development" and en-
phasize the compliancy of the pup
pet governments there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
TradeUnion Capitalism
by Reich Labor Takers

BERLIN, Jan. THE German
Metal Workers Union has induced
a number of other unions to go into
new scheme of trade union cap
italism. They have organized the
Berlin Electric Works, to compete
with the manufacturers and sup
pliers of electrical household equip
ment. 1t is expected in left wing
circles here that they will be about
as successful as the railroad engi-
neers in this cou ntry, and that the
rank and file will benefit about as
much.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08

"The Party is strengthened by
purifying itself of oppOrtunistic
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Lenin memorial
meeting. January 10, in Madison
Square Garden,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
German Farm Labor
Accidents Increasing

BERLIN, (By Mail).-A survey
of accidents to agricultural workers
in Germany showed that they were
increasing three times as rapidly as
accidents to industrial workers,
altho they were fewer in number.
The International Land Workers
Federation, which made the survey,
is trying to have the International
Labor Conference of the League of
Nations take up the question. Those
acquainted with the record of the
League in the past realize that it
will be about as effective in this
matter as it has been wiping out
white slavery, the opium trade, or
in lettering conditions of the work
ing masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Coast Guard Admiral
Must Defend Shooting

OTTAWA, Jan. Admiral F. G.
Billiard of the U. S. coast guard ar
rived here today with other U. S.
commissioners, to confer with Cana
dian authorities over Smelling of
Canadian boats by coast guard cut
tiers, and to devise some way to
quiet the scandals on both sides of
the border over graft in the prohibi-
finn service
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-08
Explosion Prevented
by Worker in Berlin

BERLIN (By MaiD.-Violent gas
explosions in Berlin caused a break
age in the roadway outside a rail-
way district station, the flames ex-
tending for hundreds of yards. A
workers prompt shutting off of the
main avoided catastrophe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-23

such. AS trapeze performer in
BuddyS new picture, Half Way to
Heaven" she falls in love with Bud
dy at first sight, and, of course, you
might know he does with her.
AS it happens, Buddy is also per-
former and trying to land job with
a well-known troupe. One man had
been killed by the jealous star in
the act because he had shown his
love for Jean, and so when Buddy
takes his place it looks as if another
murder was very near.
The suspense is almost too much
when the time comes for the blind
fold stunt, when Rogers puts a sack
over his head. Everybody was afraid
but Buddy. There seemed no posi-
BILE way to save him, if his jealous
rival SO chose to let him drop. But
Buddy fools everybody and does the
act entirely different. Although
there is more danger his way, it is
impossible for the other man to
drop him.
After that it seems that the act
was too small for both of them, so
they proceed to fight it out. Man,
what fight, and who wins? Well,
you ought to know. Buddy Somes to