The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 13, 1927, Page 3

— aes MURDER TRIAL OF GUN TOTING PASTOR STARTS ‘Austin Preacher Up for Shooting (Speolal to The Dally Worker) AUSTIN, Tex. Jan, 10.— Rev. J. Frank Norris, pastor of the First Bap- tet church of Forth Worth, and na- tionally known fundamentalist, was to 0 on trial for his life in district court today. He de charged by indictment with murder in the shooting to death of D. B. Chipps, wealthy Forth Worth lumberman, in the pastor’s study at Forth Worth, last July 17. Ask For Death, The battery of five prosecutors has announced it will be satisfied with nothing less than a verdict of guilty and a death sentence, Attorneys for the défense declare their evidence will show clearly that Norris killed whem he thought his own life was in danger, and that, un- der the circumstances, the Texas self- defense law provides a means for ac- quittal. Norris’ attorneys will endeavor to show that Chipps came to the pastor’s study “with murder in his heart” af- ter alleging Chipps made previous threats against the pastor. Move Towards Hip. According to statements made im- mediately after the killing Chipps went to Norris to protest against pul- pit attacks on Mayor H. C, Meacham, Chipp’s close friend. In the argument that ensued, according to the Norris version, Chipps made a move toward ‘his hip. Norris, long known as a “gun tottin’ preacher,” saw the move toward the hip, and, attempting to “beat Chipps to the grab,” fired several shots into Chipps’ body. Only One Gun. Police, who went to the church im- mediately, have said they could find Bo weapon on Chjpps’ body, and found no gun in the room other than the one used by Norris. Three hundred and fifty-one venire- men have been subpoenaed to appear » for jury duty today. Water Bills Loaded With ‘Pork’ Charges Burton, Fighting Act (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan.:40—-The rivers and harbors improvement bill before th. house was charged with being “loaded with pork” by Rep. Theodore Burton of Ohio, in a speech attacking the measure, Burton’s fight on the bill will prob- ably precipitate a fight on the entire water question before congress, in- cluding the diversion of water from Lake Michigan at Chicago. Deepen- ing of the Illinois river, as proposed in the bill is attacked bitterly. Burton charges that those in con- trol of the bill included many projects merely to gain votes for the bill, and that the original proposal was boosted from $33,000,000 to $83,000,000. Miner Unions to Show Passaic Picture At Neffs, O., January 18 NEFFS, Ohio, Jan 11.—The motion picture “Passaic Stri will be * shown at the Strand Theater here for the benefit of the Passaic strikers, Jan. 18, under the auspices of Local Union 2526, $562, and 193 U. M. W. of A, "Military Lion Talks to Business Jackass TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 9.—Speaking before a meeting of the Lion’s Club, an imitation of the Rotary, Kiwanis, - and other Babbitt organizations, Gen. : Robert Alexandtr of Camp Lewis made an attack on the pacifist move- ment, With the marvelous intelli- gence which characterizes army offi- cers, he not only attacked the paci- fists who would interfere with his murderous profession, bu’ id that there was proof that Russia was te- sponible for it. What proof he had, he failed’ to state. After that the Lions gave out Christmas presents, such as a hair net to a bald headed member, crap dice and a deck of cards to a Method- ist preacher, etc. Tacoma business men are boosters for Camp Lewis which lies in the sub- urbs. When business at the camp is good, they make more profits. The local merchants and landlords made enormous profits during the wartime boom and have been hard hit since it collapsed, as local wages are so low that the buying power of Tacoma workers is limited. Now that Camp Lewis is being repaired and prepara- tions are made to fit it up for the next war, they are rejoicing. The army is asking $160,000 for new hospital accomodations in thin state, half of it in the Camp Lewis area, “because the number of former service men suffering from mental diseases attributable to the late war | Peter CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued trom page 1) collect damages, If the prohibition law ds ever repealed the gun-toting beer and alcoho] barons, accustomed to a luxurious standard of ving may go into the religious business. Then Aimee McPherson may be able to tell a true kidnaping tale and the Rev. Norris will have to keep his hips heeled ahd his lips sealed. oe 6 UR murder stories appeared in two columns of a Chicago after- noon newspaper last Monday. Murder is of such common occurrence here that such incidents are not displayed in our press any more unless a hus- band shoots his wife. When it’s the other way around and a wife kills her husband, the city editors simply yawn and grunt: “this isn’t any more in- teresting than the story of a bank closing its doors or a government of- ficer swindling his department.” It goes in as a filler in the early Sun- day editions if it happens to fit. This is a cynical city, se 8 IVIL war is raging in Marion, Iii- nois. Two gangs of bootleggers have been fighting it out with ma! chine guns, poison gas and war planes for several months. A few days ago the G. H. Q. of one army was blown up and five soldiers killed. It is re ported that only non-commissioned of- ficers were in the headquarters when the explosion occurred. General Bir- ger was reported reconnoitering with a light skirmishing force in the vicin- ity at the time. General Shelton of the opposinng army is out on bail un- der a $60,000 bond but declares he has not time to see the sheriff until he vanquishes General Birger. The let- ter’s mind is traveling in the same channel ag Shelton’s. ee 'T is eaid that Birger is peeved be- cause he lost a $1,000 bet he placed with a friend that he would kil Shel- ton before the end of the year. In addition to the destruction of life the Birger forces also lost considerable arms and ammunition. The sheriff refuses to cdll for troops since he thinks the Birgers might get sore and lay the country waste if the govern- ment steps in. Governor Small is not willing to interfere since both sides are alright when election day rolls around. He insisted, however, that they do not leave any unseemly blood puddles around or drop their bombs by..accident on the home of a state official. ) KN, OE HIS is the part of Iinois that the Ku Klux Klan set out to restore to the ways of civilization, Glenn Young, the: “two-gun law enforcer,” thought he could out-shoot the enemy but did not last long. His widow recently got married to a wiser if not to a braver man. He that runs away often lives to enjoy a better day and also the good things left behind by those who fight and die bravely. Still, some will fight and some will run and sci- entists tell us dt is all a question of thyroids. The klan awakened e epirit in Williamson county that seems to be unquenchable, General Birger pub- lished a proclamation in a newspaper in which he said: “After we (the Bir- ger and Shelton gangs) Mcked the klan we split on the control of liquor. This war won't end until one side or the other is killed off.” This is an example of open diplomacy that other governments would do well to emu- late, eee ‘ISS Margaret Haley, editor of Mar- garet Haley’s Bulletin, is an es- timable lady who is very popular among the teachers for whom she has fought many bitter battles. Of course her present policy of depending on democrat and republican politicians and conservative labor leaders for help instead of trying to arouse the rank and file,of her own organization and the rest of the labor movement into action against the school board and the capitalists who dominate it, is ineffective, But that is not what we started out to comment on, Ce | bpd sesiaph mis Haley’s paper of November 30, thene is an article by “A Knickerbocker Teacher” which tells of a reéeption given to Marie of Roumania by the children of the Knickerbocker school under the direc- tion of ‘the teacher. We are told that an eighth grade pupil by the name of Virginia Moore delivered a “touching address of welcome to the queen.” She began, “Your majesty, queen of Roumania, we greet you With an af- fection that has come from the hear- ing of your noble words and deeds,” (Cotsofanesti! ) hips return the queen was good enuf to confess that she “was loved by the children of America, and America loves my peoples’ children.” Now the “Knickerbocker teacher” winds up with this pretty alibi, “tho honor and respect were shown the distinguished visitor, nevertheless a siprit of true American democracy prevailed.” This should guit flunkey McAndrew, Big Business’s superintendent of schools, down to the ground, St. Peter and Paul Bombed, SAN , Jan, 11, — Gatnt Peter | ul’s church was bombed bee urth time within « year. &@ bomb into the church & moment later the ex- bes har poet portal @ mass wreckage, oft LD ot Pan-American Nations Take Ra p at U. S. “Economic Expansion” That Sends Warships After Merchants (Special to The Dally Worker) BUBNOS AIRES, Jan. 11.—Le Na- clon today editorially declares that, while the newspapers in the United States profess differences of opinion regarding the action of the American government in dealing with Nicaragua, the newspapers of Central and South America regard American dealings in that country with suspicion, Tt adds that it can see quite clear- ly thru the declarations appearing in American newspapers that the Amert- can policy hag as its object Mexico. The newspaper asserts that protec- tion of the interests of Americans in Nicaragua hardly justifies interven- tion, arguing that citizens of one country who place themselves under the flag of another country do so vol- untarily. “If the United States would dissi- pate all ideas of suspicion regarding {ts action toward Nicaragua,” the pa- per adds, “she will have to defend herself against charges that she is seeking economic expansion and that she sends her warships after her mer- chants,” see Chile Set to Oppose U. 8, SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan, 11.—Deputy Enrique Matta Figueroa, liberal, has submitted a motion to the chamber of deputies by which that body, in view of the United States’ attitude toward Nigaragua, would declare its adherence to the ideal expressed in the eae America for Latin Americans,” .The motion also sug- gests that jthe Chilean foreign office formally notity the United States gov- ernment of this attitude. Upon the ‘equest of the Commu- nists the motfon was held over for tur ther debate, The President’s Message on Nicaragua (Continued from page 1) specially in China, During the year 1926 these Wal) Street financial houses invested nearly two billion dollars, wrung from the American workers and farmers, in for- eign countries. The president’s message is a notice thet the American workers and farm ers, out of whose labor the American capitalists secured the $13,000,000,000 they now have invested in foreign countries by their exploitation of the workers and farmers, must be pre- pared to sacrifice their lives in wars to protect these investments of the Wall Street financial houses and their right to take further great profits on these investments out of the natural Tesoutces and labor of the people of the countries in which these billions are invested. The government at Washington will demand of them that they go to war against Mexico, against any of the South American republics which may resist thie exploitation, in China, in Europe if need be, to fight for the property and interests of the Wall Street financial houses, THIS IS THN POLICY OF FINAN- OIAL IMPERIALISM TO WHICH COOLIDGE HAS COMMITTED THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ‘OW, before this policy of the American government involves the country ina new great imperialist war, is the time for the workers and farmers to take up the fight against American imperialism, and stop the sacrifice of American lives and the wealth produced by the workers and farmers in swpport of the imperialist adventurers of the Wall Street finan: cial houses, The Wheeler and Huddleston reso- lutions in the senate and house call for the withdrawal of the American naval forces and marines from Nicaragua. The workers and farmers of this coun- try can call a halt on Coolidge’s Wall Street policy by a mass demand for the adoption of these resolutions, and thus forcing Coolidge to withdraw from Nicaragua. A vietory in the fight against inter- vention in Nicaragua will. be the be- gining of@ victorious struggle against the whole. imperialist policy of the United States government, Every orgapization of workers and farmens should immediately join in the fight against the intervention in Nicaragua and against the whole pol- icy of financial imperialism, BUILD A UNITED FRONT OF THE WORKERS AND FARMERS AGAINST THE THREATENING IM- PERIALIST. WAR. FORCE THE UNITED STATES OUT OF NICA- RAGUA STOP THE THREATENING INTERVENTION. IN MEXICO! HANDS OFF CHINA! DOWN WITH THE IMPDRIALIST POLICY IN SUP- PORT OF WALL STREET! FREAK AMERICAN BUYS GZAR’S BABY RATTLE FOR FIVE THOUSAND (Special to The Daily Worker) EW YORK—lit is reported that an American has paid $5,000 for the czars baby rattle. There are no quotations available in the muitl- millionaires’ market on Rasputin’s nightshirt, the czarina’s camisole, the czarevitch’s archsupporter, or the Grand Duke’s toothpick, There has been no bidding what- the bullets with which Nicholas the Damned, and his Spouse, and progeny were bumped off. Porter Brotherhood Awaits New Hearing NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—After con- cluding successfully preliminary hear- ings with the United States mediation board, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters now confidently awaits the convening of that body when fur- ther hearings will be held. The original hearings were held in Chi- cago, Ill, and lasted from Dec. 8 to 17, ILLINOIS SOLONS JOCKEYING FOR COMMITTEE JOBS Aspirants an Job Early at Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan, 11.—Pres- ence here of leaders of the house of representatives of the 55th General Assembly, has stirred up keen specu- lation over, committee assignments, announcement of. which will not be made until the session is resumed at 5 p. m, next Tuesday. When speaker Robert Scholes of Peoria went into a series of conferences with administra- tion leaders in the house, practically none of the chairmanships had been agreed on. Rep. Reed Cutler of Lewis- town, administration floor leader, and A. Otis Arnold of Quincy, both staunch supporters of the governor are active in the conferences, Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of Th DAILY WORKER B TEATPE I1LY WORKER DRYS REFUSE TO GIVE PLACE TO NEGRO BISHOP Defend 18th, Forget the 14th Amendment WASHINGTON-—A furor of excite- ment attended the closing banquet here of the Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand, organized to qpmpel enforcement of the eighteenth amend. ment. The excitement was caused by the committee's refusing to seat Bishop Clement, a Negro churchman of Louis- ville, Ky., and it afforded capitol west much fun today as they pointedly asked their dry brethren whether the eighteenth amendment “was more sacred than the .fourteenth.” * Clement is chairman of the com- mittee on race relations of the Fed eral Council of Churches. Originally he had been urged to attend the ban- quet and two tickets had been for- warded him with the suggestion he bring a guest. It was indicated by officials of the Committee of One Thousand that the barter was set against him because of objections from the hotel management, but ‘hotel officials stated they had had no ad- vance information that he was even to be present, The high light of the banquet was a letter from President Coolidge who declared that if the law “fails to be enforced, government itself fails.” Senator Sheppard ((D) of Texas, “Father of the dry law,” and Senator Borah (R) of Idaho, made the key- note speeches. Sheppard led his argument with an attack on those who purchase liquor, holding them to be guilitier than the bootlegger who sells, Rabbi Wise Nails Abe Beckerman’s Lie About Passaic Strike (Continued from page 1) ment, Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and one of the wisest la- bor leaders in the country ‘saw the mill owners in Passaic and obtained an agreement from them in which they expressed a willingness to recog- nize the union.’ Mr. Hillman never could have made such a statement. Never Stood in Way. “Mr, Hillman and I did confer with a director of the Botany Mills which at that time would not even consider the matter of recognizing the union. In fairness. to Albert Weisbord, it must be said that he never stood. in the way of a settlement of the strike based on recognition of the union, “I have no judgment to make of Mr. Beckerman’s quarrel with the fur workers but he must not be untruth- ful about Weisbord to indict the Com- munist Party. Weisbord Ready. 1 must state for the first time, that within three weeks of the beginning of the strike, a group of men interested in the Passaic situation, including the Rev, J. H. Mellish, Dr. Elliott, Paul Kellogg and myself, with little effort got Weisbord to hold himself ready to withdraw from leadership of the strike whenever we could guarantee that the strikers would receive ade- quate support during the remainder of the strike, for recognition of the un- ion.” Premature Announcement, CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia.—Police are trailing down the authorship of a mis- sive, found in a Marion, Ia., letter box, reading “Col. Smith W. Brook- hart’s funeral will take place at Wash- ington, Ia., on March 1, 1927.” The note, written in large crayon red letters on the back of a handbill, ig regarded as the work of a crank, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! tn Heckscher Foundation Theatre 1 EAST 104th STREET, Corner FIFTH AVENUE —! eoctoutcs — B CYBBOTY, 15-ro AHBAPA, 1927 FOJA CMEKTAKJAb “HOBOTO MHPA” «CTYJMA MOJOOFO TEATPA> crasut nbecy: “Tiyunna” & 4x neficromx, Ocrposcxoro m Cosomena, BOR PEUACCepCTBOM M OPM YuacTMM apTucTa MEOHAPJIA KOMNEJIEBHYA - JTYTAHOBA Yeactsywr: See ee M COMCRA, B. ARICARIPOD, © KJIHOBCKHA, J, E, BMHOTPAJIOB, E. a O. Cy B 830 BEYEPA. 20, KOMENEBHS - IYTAHOB, 6. a & SANKAR $1.0, Tc. wD MORHATWA SEMMBOCA, KXOR B BAA BOCEDERTeR MHPA>: LEFKOWITZ AGAIN DENIED PROMOTION BY BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENTS IN N. Y, (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Jan, 11. —(FP)— Once again Abraham Lefkowitz, legislative committee chalrman of the New York Teachers’ Union, has been passed over In promotions for the new term, altho he heads the list of ellgibles for first assistant in history and civics in high school. The full board of superintendente voted against the union teacher this time, tho in July the vote stood 6 to 3 rejecting, The high school list which the teacher heads expires July 1, 1928, Lefkowitz has been charged with radical activities in connection with his participation in the teachers’ union, “HOUSE VOTES FOR AIRSHIP AGAINST COOLIDGE WISHES Yield to Cal’s Stand on Battleships (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 10.—President Coolidge’s naval policy emerged bat- tle-scarred from the house to face an- other barrage in the senate. House Rejects Cal’s Proposal. Rejecting the president’s request that no funds be voted for another giant airship and yielding to his de- mand that building of three cruisers be postponed, the house passed the naval supply bill carrying $324,594,680 for the next fiscal year. Women Vote for Arms. Party affiliations were thrown to the winds in the final vote. Members of the “farm bloc” were heavily rep- resented in the vote against addition- al expenditures for the navy, while the three women members supported the plea for new ships of war. Lunacy Commission Threatens ‘Strike’ on Account of Low Pay (Special to The Daily Worker) JERSEY CITY, N. J., Jan. 11. Twelve men sitting in Jersey. city chancery court as a lunacy commis- sion refused to give a decision on a| case until they were guaranteed $3 each for the day’s work instead of the $2 they had heard was their rate. The foreman declared to the court NEW BILLS FOR FARMER RELIEF ARE INTRODUCED Will Provide Temporary Aid to Tillers (Speclal to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Declaring that there is no hope of the McNary. Haugen farm relief bill passing this congress, Senator Curtis, Kansas, re- publican floor leader and Representa- tive Crisp, Gerogia, democrat, have introduced a new “farm relief” meas- bi-partisan bill, the spomm are, will offer temporary re lef to the farmer, and does not im clude the “objectionable features” of the previous bills, Provides Emergency Action, The Curtis-Crisp bill would provide a federal farm board and an appre priation of $250,000,000. The duty of the board would be to insure reason- able profit to the farmer by declaring an emergency for any crop when one existed and permitting co-operatives to buy up surplus and hold it. The Dill was introduced in the sen- ate and house simultaneously and at the same time that the house agricul- tural committee started discussing farm relief measures again, Farm Loan Bill. Senator Norbeck and Representa- tive Johnson of South Dakota have also introduced a bill designed to pro- vide $6,000,000 for loans to farmers in the northwest for purchasing grates and flaxseed. The bill specifies that the money is to be used in sections affected by the dronght, but the tntre- ducers predict most of the money would be used in Montana, North end South Dakota and Minnesota, Central Body Meeting of I. L. D. Wednesday Night; Shachtman Talk All Chicago 1. L. D. branches and affiliated organizations are expected to be represented at the regular monthly meeting of the L L. D. cen- tral committee delegates Wednesday night at 1532 W. Chicago avenue, 8:15 Pp. m, Max Shachtman, editor of the La- bor Defender, will speak on the “Spread of Fascism and its Meaning.” | Women Have “Faith” in Meeker, Won’t Push Investment Swindle Prosecution of the inquiry into the that they were on strike because the | financial tangles of the Copmmonweailth $2 would not cover their expenses | Reserve Fund, in which investors lost getting to the court, eating and los-|an estimated $750, 000, has been seri- ing work for the day. ously hampered by refusal of many But the men finally agreed to take | women investors to believe they have the $2 and kick to the sheriff. been victimized, authorities declare. SSS ees New York Workers! DEMAND ‘HANDS OFF NICARAGUA? COME TO THE LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING Saturday Eve., January 22, 8 P. rt AT THE NEW MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 50th Street and 8th Avenue. Speakers; _ C, E. RUTHENBERG WM. Z. FOSTER SCOTT NEARING ‘J, LOUIS ENGDAHL MOISSAYE J. OLGIN Musical Program: MISCHA MISHAKOFF Concertmaster, N. ¥. Symphony IVAN VELIKANOFF Tenor, Musical Studio Moscow Art Theater. RUSSIAN MASTER SINGERS Vocal Quartette. FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY WILLIAM WEINSTONE Chorus of 300 Voices. ADMISSION: 50c, 75c, $1.00 ckets in advance at Workers Party headquarters, 108 E. th Street; Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, 127 University PL, and all party papers. Auspices: Workers Party of America, District No, 2. New York, Attention! Daily Worker Conference DINNER 7 P. M., Friday, January 14 YORKVILLE CASINO 212 East 86th Street Tickets One Dollar, wo On sale at 108 B. 14th'tst.