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Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
SERVE
TO SLOW DOWN
CHICAGO PROBE
By United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Intimidation
of witnesses, characteristic of
gangland tactics, slowed UP invrsti-
CATION today of the murder of
seven members of the Bugs
Moran gang.
Coroner Herman Bundesen an
nounced when his jury of business
leaders met to hear additional Tcsti-
mony in the case, that three new
witnesses who had seen the squad
car used by the killers were afraid
TO testify because of reports that
other witnesses had been threaten
cd with death.
Dr. Bundesen said, however, that
he believed he could prevail upon
the three men to come forward with
their stories but that he thought it
advisable to postpone the inquest
for another few days pending de-
velopments. The inque7. then was
put off until March >.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.-Acting
on information that the automobile
used in the Chicago est. Valentine"
massacre was listed to a Los Ang-
eles underworld character, police to-
day began q search for "James
Morton, - believed to be Magnus
Olson, burglar bandit with a record
in five states. Word from Chicago
led officers to the conclusion that
Morton' was Olson. Olson it was
admitted, is wanted here and in
Cleveland.
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 23.-Vic-
tim, he said, of four men who kid
naped him in Chicago, DR.. Loyal
Tacker, witness in the massacre of
seven men in Chicago on St. Valcn-
tines day, was found dazed on the
street here at noon today.
The Chicago dentist, who is relied
upon to identify one of the killers
as the man who visited him for
treatment, said ne had been drugged
and was unconscious most of the
night after being taken from Chi
cago in an automobile.
DR.. Tacker, before his disappear
ance, told police he believed he had
extracted an upper tooth from one
of the gang killers.
AS he was leaving his room at a
Chicago hotel last night, DR.. Tacker
said four men leaped from an auto
mobile, knocked him semi-conscious
with blow from a blackjack, then
trussed him up and carried him to
Detroit where they threw him from
the car.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
Resume Hunt For
Rangers Body
By United Press Leased Wire

GRAND CANYON, Ariz,, Feb, %.
Search was resumed today for the
body of Fred Johnson, Grand Can
yon National Park ranger, believed
to have been drowned when the boat
in which he and two companions
were exploring the treacherous Colo
RADIO river struck rock Wednes-
day.
There was little hope that John
son could have survived.
The body of Glenn Sturdevant,
park naturalist, was recovered at
Monument creek last night by boat
party headed by Robert G. Francey.
James p. Brooks, chief ranger,
battled Is minutes in the turbulent
water before reaching shore. He
did not see his two companions in
the water, he said. ..-.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
StimsOn Leaves
For Washington
ny United Press Leased Wire

MANILA, p. l., Feb. 93.-Gov.
General Henry l.. Stimson sailed
aboard the liner President Pierce to-
day for the United States and was
accorded one of the greatest ova-
tions as a sendoff ever given a re-
tiring governor general of the Phil
ippines.
Naval and military authorities
and civilians accompanied him to the
ship. All the vessels in the harbor
joined in giving three whistle blasts
Acting Governor-general Z. A. Gill
more, who served in the interim be-
tween appointment Of Stimson after
Gov. General Wood resigned, is re-
ceiving considerable support here for
the permanent governor generalship.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
CO0LIDCE'S SON
GLAD WHEN DAD
LEAVES OFFICE
By United Press Leased Wire

PLAINFIELD, Conn, Feb. 23.--
John Coolidge isn't disappointed
aecause his father becomes private
citizen after March 4.
Then, John hopes, the spotlight
that has followed his activities
through college and even sought
MIN out in his office at New Haven
railroad headquarters, will shift to
Alan Hoover, son of the new Preh4
dent.
'And as far as m concerned,
he s welcome to it, - John said.
John spent Washington s birth
day at the home of Florence Trum.
bull, his fiancee and daughter Of
the governor
Last night he donncd his bra IS
bu.toned blue, full dress major S
uniform and az a member of the
gubernatorial staff, went with Gov
clnor John II. Tyumbull and Floreu-
ce to a Washington birthday mill.
tary ball in Bridgeport.
John doesn t like to discuss his
father s position but when yoI
mention his railroad job, his ey IS
light up.
".After these five months, hcW
do you like the iob'" Coolidge "
asked.
- like it fine, " John said. ON
work is in the statistical depar
mcut, which interests me and 1 ha, o.
a fine bunch of fellows TO wo
with.
john won t talk about the W,
ding but friends understand it pro F.
ably will be carly in September.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
VETERAN ACTOR BURIED
by United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. %. - Funeral
services were held here today for
William Russell, veteran stage and
screen star, who died in the Holly
wood hospital Monday after a brief
illness with pneumonia.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
Indy ADMITS
MARRIAGE WILL
CURTA!L FLYING
by United Press Leased Wire

WICHITA, Kans., Feb. 23.-Just
before taking off today on the
fourth leg of his inspection trip of
western air lines, Colonel Charles
a. Lindbergh admitted that his
forthcoming marriage to Miss Anne
Morrow would tend to curtail his
flying activities.
".Will your marriage keep you on
the ground more than at present,
a reporter asked.
Hesitating Il second, Lindbergh
smiled and replied:
eyes. -
The flying colonel took the air
early today in a Travclair mono
plane he borrowed from the Central
Airlines Company of Wichita. HIS
own plane was disabled in Kansas
City. The borrowed plane will be
used in completing the tour to the
Pacific coast.
Although Lindbergh s destination
was not announced, it was presumed
to be Wynoka.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23.-Thc
aerial adventures Of Col. Charles \.
Lindbergh may be curtailed greatly
after his marriage to Miss Anne
Spencer Morrow, daughter Of the
[. S. ambassador to Mexico.
Friends of Ambassador and Mrs.
Dwight Morrow said today they
understood Lindbergh had agreed to
abandon many air expeditions after
his marriage chiefly because of OBJ
jections of Mrs. Morrow.
The mother of Lindbergh' IS be-
throthed feared the natural dangers
Of flying, it was said, but objected
chiefly because the long absences
from home might have possible mr.
vous effects on her daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
AIMEE's DAUGHTER ACTS
ny United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23.-Roberta
Semple, daughter of Aimee Semple
Mcpherson, the noted evangelist,
played leading role in "Enter
Madame" comedy presented last
night by the theatre guild with
Hollywood high school students.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
Sc Ma 7 T
CHANGES
ITS VOTE
Reversal Approves Keep
ing Marines In Nicara-
qua Indefinitely.
COUP is SPOILED
Insurgents And Indepen~
dents Check Mated In
Latest Move.
BY PAUL z. MALLOE
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Feb. Marine
occupation of Nicaragua may con
tinuc, the senate decided today in re
vcrsing its stand Of last night.
BY vote of IS to 30 il decided to
eliminate from the naval appropria-
tion bill the Dill amendment which
would have prevented the marine
corps from using any of its appro-
priation to maintain its forces i'll the
Central American republic.
With this change the senate pass
ed the whole naval supply bill carry
ing $l2,370,00O for work ON 10 new
naval cruisers provided in the recent
cruiser bill Under the time clause
work on the five will begin immcdi-
atcly after the bill is signed by the
President and work on five more
will start at the end of the govern
ment s present fiscal year, June 30.
The bin has to 60 to the house for
ratification of the senate changes,
and house leaders say they Will be
ratified speedily.
Late yesterday when good Repub-
lican votes were home at dinner, in
dependents and insurgents succeed
ed in slipping the Dill amendment
into the bill by a IS to 30 vote. All
hands were called to the floor this
afternoon to ovcrturn last night :
vote. A few switches occurred over
night, including that of Senator
Jones of Washington, the Republi.
can whip, who last night voted for
the Dill amendment but this after.
noon against it.
Will Trust Hoover
Senator Pat Harrison of Missis
sippi, asked facctiously if the
change was the result of any con.
ference with Presidcnt-elect Hoov
rr. Jones replied he made the change
Of his own volition and while he
was opposed to continued occupa
tion Of Nicaragua he was willing tC
trust the President elect to with,
draw them in his own time.
The fihbuster against the nava'
cruisers appropriations was killed
yesterday and the amendments re
lating to them were adopted without
record vote.
The measure carried total approp
riations of $500, 900 for the navy
department 1t provides $l2,370,00C
for the start of construction during
the fiscal year 1929, ending July l
and the fiscal year 1890, of ships
OF this sum, 100000 is made i'm
mediately available for work on tho
five laid down this year and $500,
600 for the five to be started next
year. The balance will be used tC
carry on work on the first five dur
ing the fiscal year 1880.
The usual Hefhn amendment tC
prevent the inter denominations
church flag from being flown above
the American flags on navy mast'
during religious services was defeat
ed 20 to Z after its author, Senator
Helm of Alabama, had filibustered
against the bill for more than al
hour.
An amendment by Senator King
Dem, Utah, to force withdrawal OF
marines from Haiti was defeated
without n record vote.
AS soon as the naval bin was out
of the way the senate took up an
other marine question in the Eby,
resolution for a survey of the pro
posed interoceanic canal across Mica
ragua. 1t was laid aside however
in order to enable Senator Reed OF
Missouri to take up the Ware elec
tion report.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
Imperial Theatre Little
Wildcat
SUNDAY
Services at all churches.
Radio KXO, IL a. m. to 2 p.
III. 6 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Imperial Theatre, wild Or
chids.
MONDAY
Masonic luncheon, Barbara
Worth, 1890.
Twice Told Tales club, home
of Mrs. Ross T. Hickcox.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
AUTO CRASH FATAL
~ United Press Leased Wire

SAN FERNANDO, Calf, Feb. .
Injuries received in an autoin.
bile accident las't week led to n
death last night Of Mrs. Henry
Hubbard, So, enc Of the early 81
tiers Of San Fernando valley ana
daughter Of former Senator charli
MaeLay.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
Two Americans
Slain In Mexico
by United Press Leased Wire

MEXICO CITY, Feb. %. - The
bodies of two men, believed to be
American mining engineers kidnapped
by bandits Feb 20 were brought to
Guanajuato last night, adyices re-
ceived here said.
The mems names were given as C.
c. Aisthroppe, and j. NJ. Underwood.
They apparently had been shot to
death. The bodies were held at the
American hospital in Guanajuato
pending disposal.
The Guanajuato correspondent of
the newspaper Excelsior had report
ed yesterday that the men had been
kidnapped and held for ransom. Fed
eral and state authorities sent troops
to attempt rescue.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
Grocery Magnate's Son Is Flyer

Clay Saunders grocery
his
Here ship frequent
flights throughout
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 23.-J. NJ
Underwood and c. c. Aisthroppe
who were kidnapped BY Mexican ban
dts in the region of Guanajuata
Mexico, were employees of the
Guanajuata Reduction and Mines
Company of Columbus, officials of
the company said here today.
w. II. Wheaton, auitor of the com
pany, said the two men were employ
ed as mine superintendents and have
been working in and about Guiana
iuato for several months. He added
that c. j. Kurtz, the company presi
dent, and his brother, are enroute tc
Guanajuato unaware Of the assas
sinations.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
MAN WHO TOOK
LIVES OF MANY
ENDS HIS OWN
Former Executi0ner OF
New York State Puts
Two Bullets i'm Body.
By United Press Leased Wire

AUBURN, y. Y, Feb. %. - On
Monday they will bury John HUI
bert, stopped, nervous little man
who executed l4l persons, including
himself.
The man who retired as New York
states executioner three years ago,
put one bullet through his head and
another through his chest late yes
terday.
Today strange stories sifted out
about this frail man who dealt 50
intimately with death and yet stood
in such fear of il that he ate poison
proof food. Courage and cOwardice
were blended in Hubert; one min
ute he would be sitting in the cicc-
tlic chair, pulling calmly at a 10
cent cigar and waiting the arrival
of a condemned man. The next
instant, hand On the switch, he
would faint away at the thought Of
taking human life.
At times Hubert seemed callous
to the horror Of his official position.
At one execution he threw in the
SNlltH, CDlItNttu MS wv VI PIoC
and rode away from the prison in
the hcarse carrying the condemned
mans body in order to save $50
taXicab fare.
Kept Schedule
On execution days he moved by an
unwavering schedule. The forenoon
Was spent testing the dynamos in the
death house. At noon he ate in II
nearby restaurant where he INDUCED
his only cXtravagance-the giving
of lavish tips TO the one waiter he
would allow to serve him. Hubert
paid that waiter well to see that no
one had a chance to poison his food.
His menu never varied: always It
was bcefsteak with onions, potatoes,
bread. butter and coffee He con
sidcrcd such food hard to poison.
From the restaurant he would 90 to
a motion picture show, the one diver
sion in his life.
In 1913 Hubert succeeded Edwin
+. Davis, inventor of the electric
chair, as New York cXecutioner. He
held the position until 1926.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23

HAVANA, Feb %. 3.-GcorgC
IIaldeman arrived at 4:45 p. III. to-
DAY ON a nonstop flight from
Windsor, Canada.
Haldeman left Windsor in n
Bellanca monoplane at 3:40 "a. m.
Eastern Standard Time. He was ae,
companiod by Mechanic James T.
Hayden.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-23
Haldeman Off
On Long Flight

WINDSOR, Ont, Feb. 23.--
Heavily burdened with 250 gallon,
of gasoline, George w. Haldeman
ocean flyer, and his mechanic, James
F. Hayden, took off from the Walker
airport near here early today on an
attempted nonstop flight from
Canada to Havana. Haldeman pilot.
ed Ruth Elder ON her unsucc ssfui
transatlantic flight.
Haldeman, who has chartod a
course of l404 miles, will fly BY
way Of Cincinnati, Atlanta, and
Tampa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
SAVE CASTONIA
VICTIMS, URGES
CANTER IN JAIL
Militant Slaves 14-Hr.
Day in Prison
By KARL REEVE.

BOSTON, Mass, June 13.-Mas-
sachusetts "justice" and North
Carolina "justice" are the same,
that is capitalist "justice," Harry
Canter, now serving a term of enc
year in Deer Island Penitentiary for
carrying a placard which said,
Governor Fuller, Murderer of
Sacco-Vanzetti," told me when 1
visited him in prison. Twenty
minutes of the hour which Canter
and spent together was devoted to
the dictation by Canter of a state
ment for the Daily Worker, ad
dressed to the workers of America.
Canter is now working 13 and IA
hours a day in the prison kitchen,
mopping floors, peeling vegetables,
and cleaning kettles.
Massachusetts cannot abolish or
suppress the working class point of
view on the Sacco-Vanzetti case by
putting me or any other worker in
jail" Canter told me. "This i'm
prisonment will neither break my
spirit or make the workers forget
that Sacco and Vanzetti were inno-
cent and were murdered by the capi-
talist class because they were work
ers engaged in the struggle against
the capitalist system. My imprison-
ment is not the Canter case, it is
the Sacco-Vanzetti case, brought
once more to the attention of the
workers of the world"
Canter heard from me for the
first time of the arrest of Fred Beal
organizer for the National Textile
Workers Union and the 60 leading
Gastonia, North Carolina strikers on
a charge of murder. Erred Beal and
l are in Jail for the same cause"
Canter told me, as l wrote his re-
remarks verbatim" Massachusetts
has its Fullers and Thayers, and
North Carolina has its Aderholts and
Bulwinkles. Both Fuller and Ader-
holt are and were good servants of
the capitalist class. Both are paid
to suppress workers. Both are and
were instruments of the capitalist
class which use the courts, the gov
ernment institutions in violent at
tacks on the workers, struggling in
their unions for better conditions,
and in the Communist Party for the
overthrow of the capitalist system
and the establishment of workers
state. | appeal to the workers of
America to aid in every way, with
funds, with their organized protest,
the struggle of the International
Labor Defense, to free not only my
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
';Subboyt Fyeiheit Outing; "
Says Communist Party CEC

Support of the annual picnic cI
the Freiheit, Yiddish Communist
daily, is urged by the Central Com
mittee of the Communist Party in a
statement issued last night urging
mass attendance at the event to aid
the "mass propaganda, mass or
ganizer and mass leader" of the New
York Jewish working class.
The call states:
Comrades! The Freiheit, Com
munist mass paper, is to have its
annual excursion this Saturday aft
ernoon. The Freiheit has been in
the forefront of the workers strug-
giles in New York and in other cities
where there are masses of the jew
ish workers. The Freiheit has been
one of the strongest weapons of the
Communist Party in it's struggles
against the bosses, against the labor
bureaucracy, against the poison gas
of nationalism, against imperialist
Zionism, for the unity of the work
ers of all nationalities, for proletar-
ian internationalism and for the die
tatorship of the proletariat.
"In the peculiar surroundings in
which the Jewish workers find them
selves, surroundings where the in
fiuence Of the yellow socialist trait
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
GIL FORMS PACT
WITH CHURCH,; TO
FIGHT MASSES
opium Factories Will
Open June 20; Pope
to Rule
Wall st. Is GO-Between
Drive on Workers and
Peasants Continues

MEXICO CITY, June 13.-Latest
reports indicate that the deal by
which the Portes Gil government
will form an alliance with the re-
dictionary catholic church in accord
ance with the wishes of the U. S.
government, has been practically
completed. On June 90, st. Peters
Day, the reports state, religious SER
vices will be resumed thruout Mex
co, putting the finishing touch on
he capitulation of the Portes Gil
government to the organized catho-
ic counter-revolution.
The formal secret negotiations be-
,ween Gil and Archbishop Leopold
Ruiz y Flores, emissary of the pope,
and Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco
oegan yesterday, tho negotiations
nave been informally in progress
Or some time with Dwight W. Nor
ow, the House Of Morgan's am
assador to Mexico, acting as go
between. All the negotiations were
wrapped in secrecy out of fear for
he Indignation of the masses who
lave been kept in the dark as to the
steps by which one of the most i'm
oortant achievements of the Mex
can revolution was being betrayed.
The new pact between the church
and state now awaits formal ratifi-
,ation by the pope who thus be-
,omes one of the real rulers of
Mexico.
Catholic religious services were
terminated in this country when the
;hurch withdrew its priests because
If the religious laws passed in Au-
gust, 1926, by the government of
General Gales, providing for the
registering of all priests and en-
,orcing other measures to check the
active counter-revolutionary work
If the church. The reactionary char
acter of the present government and
S complete capitulation to Yankee
Imperialism are evident from the
act that the new pact with the
,hurch, which the once-progressive
Gales is also supporting, is being
signed simultaneous with the bloody
suppression of militant organiza-
ions of workers and peasants and
he arrest and murder of their lead
ars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
Another Cafeteria Boss Bows
to Strike, Signs with Union
"Homeplate" Last to Cave In; Total of 81 Have
Surrendered Since Strike

Cafeteria on West 25th st. yester-
day four strikers were arrested.
They were released in $500 bail for
trial today. Twenty more strikers
were tried in Special Sessions yes
terday for violation of the injunc-
ton. Three were found guilty"
Sentence will be passed today, to-
gether with "a found guilty earlier
III the week. One was discharged
and the rest were adjourned.
The former Unity Walters Asso-
citation became amalgamated with
the Hotel, Restaurant and Cafeteria
Workers Union last night at a meet
ing of the members of this former
organization, in accordance with a
decision reached last week. David
Siegal, former president of the
Continued on Page FiveJ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
CITY ENGINEERS
PLANNING STRIKE

Charging that John H. Delaney,
chairman of the Board of Transpor-
tation, instructed division engineers
in his employ to act as spies at
mass meeting of Grade &C" engi-
neers held last night at the
Labor Temple, Marcel E. Sherer, or
ganizer of the Union of Technical
Men, called the meeting off.
The meeting was a sequel to a
demonstration of 1000 engineers
held yesterday on the steps of the
City Hall. at which representatives
tried to see Mayor Walker and pre-
sent their slavery grievances. The
mayor refused to see them. A petit
tion was circulated at the City Hall
asking for the removal of
Delaney. This petition, the union
leaders say, enraged Mr.. Delaney so
that he called upon his employees
and forbade them to attend last
nights meeting. Because of the
presence of stool-pigeons, the meet-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14

ors is particularly strong, due to
the pernicious activities of the scab
Jewish Daily Forward, organ of the
most treacherous socialist and labor
bureaucrats, the Freiheit is a
staunch defender of the interests of
the workers ard a true proletarian
paper, i. e., mass propagandist,
rnass organizer and mass leader.
"The excursions of the Freiheit
are, therefore, an expression of the
workers solidarity, workers fight
ing spirit and workers readiness to
help the Freiheit in every possible
way. The excursions are more than
mere entertainments. They are un-
dertakings of political significance.
"The Central Committee, there
fore, appeals to Party members and
to all workers to join the excursion
and to bend every effort to make it
success.
"Long live international workers
solidarity!
"Long live the Freiheit!
central COMMITTEE, COM
MUNIST PARTY, U. S. A."
The excursion will start at 2 p.
nj. Saturday, June Is, from Fier A,
Battery Park. Steamships Clare
mont and Onteiora.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14

In the face of continued militancy
on the part of the cafeteria strikers
who are determined to win union
conditions in spite of conjunctions
police brutality, wholesale arrests
and jailing of hundreds of the strik-
ers, the cafeteria owners are weak
ening daily. The D. & H. Cafeteria
signed up with the union few days
ago and yesterday the Homeplate,
e17 Eighth Ave-, surrendered and
accepted the demands of the union.
Both of these places, as we'll as the
Arlene and several others which
have signed the union agreement,
were formerly members of the
United Restaurant Owners Associa-
tion. This makes a total of so who
have signed up since the strike be-
gan.
At successful mass picketing
demonstration at the Traymore
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
GastOnia Strike Tag
Days Open Tomorrow
in Greater NewY Ork

Workers aiding in the tag days
called by the New York Section
IF the International Labor De-
fense to aid the Gastonia textile
strikers are instructed to report
at. stations as follows:
Bronx Cooperative, 27OO Bronx
Park East; Bronx Workers Club,
1472 Boston Rd.; Lower Bronx,
715 East 138th St.; Cooperative,
1900 Seventh Ave; Non-P Partisan
Schools, 143 E. 103rd St.; York
vile Czecho- -Slovak Home, BAT E.
72nd ST.; Workers Center, Union
Square; Williamsburgh, 56 Man
haitian Ave; Brownsville, 154
Watkins ST.; Boro Park, 1878
43rd St.; Coney Island, 2901 Mer-
maid Ave; Bath Beach, 48 Bay
28th st.
The main station at the Work
ers Center, 28 Union Square, will
be open Saturday and Sunday un-
til IL p. m. to take settlements.