The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 1

i THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS FOR THE ORGAWIZATION OF TEB UNOBGARBIZEPR FOR THE: 40-KOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Entered as second-class aaite: THE DAILY WORK rat the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of Marrb 3, 1570. <TFINAL CITY i Vol. IV. No. 247. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside New York, by mail, $6.0U per year. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927 Published datly except Sunday by The DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 32 Kirst Street, New York, N. ¥. Price 3 Cents DEATH TOLL OF IMMIGRANT SHIP SAID 10 BE 331 Reporters Not Allowed Among Survivors BULLETIN. RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 28.—It is believed here that no further rescues are to be reported from the Italian vessel Mafalda, and that the balance of the 1268 persons abroard the Ma- falda perished in the shark infested ceean nearly 100 miles off the coast of Bahia. A dispatch from Recife announcing the arrival there of the Italian steam- er Rossetti, carryitg 27 passengers rescued from the sunken Principessa Mafalda, brings the total recorded rescues up to 937. Leaving 331 pas- sengers of the Mafalda s' unac- counted for. Three othcr rescue ships, the French freighter Formosa, which was first at the scene of the disaster; the French liner Massilia, and the Dutch steamer Athena, brought 910 passengers from the lost Italian liner to the ports of Bahia, Recife and Rio De Janeiro. The hundreds of unfortunate vic- tims of the Mafalda explosion who swere brought to Flores Island, the immigration center in the herbor here, today were made comfortable with warm food and good beds in the Tmmigration Hotel. * * * RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 28,—The death toll continued to grow today, as one after another the rescue steamers came into port from the scene of the shipwreck of the “Princi- pessa Mafalda” which sank off the coast here two days ago. Every effort is being made by the Ttalian ministry, the consuls of the Fascist regime, and their friends in the Brazilian government service to keep the facts secret. Catholic Priest Chases 1 Negroes to “Jim Crow” Churches in Washington WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28. —The race war among Catholics started when Rev. Cornelius J. Dacy of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church last Sunday invited mem- bers from the Negro districts to go back to their own churches, is still raging. The priest dodges the issue raised by his words, saying the did not mention whether he meant Negroes or Whites. But those. present whom he desired to eject were Negroes and they have | Jeomplained bitterly. WORKERS PARTY SPEAKERS DRAW HARLEM CROWD Red Nite Demonstration for Brownsville Thousands of Harlem workers gathered around a dozen platforms at strategic street corners in Harlem to hear the message of 100 speakers of the Workers (Communist) Party last night. The audiences were urged to vote for the Party candidates in the election Nov. 8. Harlem, the congested section of thousands of exploited workers, plain- ly welcomed the message, which in-| cluded the Party program for the election, with its concentration on is- sues of deep significance to Harlem masses. Candidates Speak. Among the speakers were Juliet Stuart Poyntz and Julius Codkind, Joeal candidates for assembly and al- derman; William W. Weinstone, sec- retary of the New York district of The statement of the Navagazione the Party; Robert Minor, editor of Generale Italiana, the owners of the/ The DAILY WORKER; H. M. Wicks, immigrant tub, Principessa Mafalde,'of The DAILY WORKER; Bertram that only 68 lives were lost is being D. Wolfe, director of the Workers maintained rigorously by all officials, |¢chool and Jack Stachel, national or- fiowever much contradicted by what- ganization secretary of the Party. ~ ever facts leak out. | After these simultaneons street Survivors Injured. meetings all speakers adjourned to a ‘The Dutch freighter Alhena ar- rally at 110th Street and Fiftn Ave- rived late last night with 531 shiver- rue. — ; - ; ing, suffering survivors. The captain’ Tonight Brownsville will be the of the vessel had wirelessed ahead for scene of @ similar “Red Night.” Two aid reporting that about 60 of the! large indoor campaign meetings will survivors were injured several of them | be held Sunday, one at the Finnish seriously. ;Lahor Temple, 15 West 126th St., Immediately after the vessel ar- and another at Ambassador Hall, rived several doctors went aboard and 3861 Third Ave. food and drinking water were sent) ont in a tug. The crowd of refugees aboard the Alhena presented a pitiable sight’ to (Continued on Page Three) Trotsky Opposition Decisively Beaten In Moscow Voting (Special to The DAILY WORKER) MOSCOW, Oct. 28.—The Trotsky Opposition suffered an overwhelming defeat at numerous meetings of ac- tive members of the Communist Party held thruout the Moscow dis- trict yesterday, at which the Opposi- tion received only twenty-eight votes out of a total of more than twelve ‘Weinstone Challenges ‘Thomas to Debate on ‘Labor Election Issue William W. Weinstone, Workers (Communist) Party candidate for as- | sembly in the 8th assembly district, ‘in a letter yesterday challenged Nor- ‘man Thomas, socialist party nominee for alderman in the same district, to ‘debate with him on the proposition “that the socialist party by its poli- cies and tactics is obstructing the de- velopment of a labor party in the | United States.” |. “The present election campaign |affords a possibility of clarifying the lissues affecting the working class,” the letter said. “The outstanding is- sue in this election campaign, partic- jularly in preparation for the cam- paign of 1928, is the issue of inde- pendent working class political ac- tion. : “Our party has declared that the thousand. Our e _t Thousands of Party officials at-| Socialist party by its policies and tended the meetings, at which the| tactics in the trade union field and theses of the Central Committee of on the political field is obstructing the Party on the questions of the|the development of a labor party in agenda for the Fifteenth Party Con-|the United States. The socialist gress as well as the expulsion of| Party has, on the contrary, asserted Trotsky and Zinoview from the Cen- | that the tactics of the Workers tral Committee were almost unani-|Party hinders the development and mously approved. Kameneff, Rakov- formation of the unity of labor on ky, Smilga and other Opposition’ the political field.” eakers met with the:same indignant|°-~—___ re\eeption that was accorded them at. olen Car Purchased the, All-Moscow meeting, at which, Ka LARGE FURRIER MASS MEETING NEXT TUESDAY Joint Board Tells of Scab Union Actions Calling upon all fur workers, in- cluding those registered with the right wing, to attend a huge mass meeting after work Tuesday at Cooper Union, the Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union, last night issued a statement showing the contrast in the methods with which the right wing and left wing solve job problems of rank and file fur workers. Tuesday’s meeting, according to the |Joint Board, will discuss measures for jending the right wing attack on the |militant section of the furriers. “An apparently small incident will illustrate the treachery of the right wing scab union,” the statement says. “A cutter, Joe Kantor, who has | worked 17 years in the fur trade, was |forced to register in the scab union. He worked for the firm of Fischbein, 251 West 30th St., eight weeks. In |the middle of the week during the week of Labor Day he was discharged. Brother Kantor went to the scab union to make a complaint and the officers of the scab union laughed at him, Paid No Attention. “Brother Kantor was very indig- nant and raised a loud protest. Fin- ally Winnick, vice president of the (Continued on Page Four) DUES COLLECTION PLAN OF RIGHTS BARED BY HYMAN Warns Needle Workers Against Sigman Branding the present so-called or- ganization campaign of the right wing of the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers union a “fake,” Louis Hyman, manager of the Cloak and Dressmakers Joint Board, issued an appeal to the Joint Board member- ship yesterday not to be fooled by right wing gestures. “The same methods which were employed to force you to register in their last so-called organization drive will now be used to force dues from you,” the statement says. The statement also points out how the right wingers are suggesting that the cloakmakers accept piece work, though piece work has not im- proved the conditions of the dress- (Continued on Page Four) Knapp Graft Hearing Ends Without Accused Taking Witness Chair ALBANY, Oct. 28.—Investigation of graft in the 1925 state census end- ed today without Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, former secretary of state, taking the witness stand. Testimony showed the republican woman poli- tician placed non-working members of the republican and democratic par- ties and her own relatives on her $1,200,000 payroll. Chief among the charges made against her were: 1.—That she signed the names of other persons to census salary checks and expense vouchers without their consent or knowledge. 2.—That she burned official census records after having them shipped to her Syracuse home. 3.—That she placed a half dozen of her relatives on the census payroll and paid them $25,000 for work they never performed, 4—That she paid her own bills with census checks made payable to her relatives, ircrait Bombs Menace Coal Miners Warning Gien Put Tp Pv Coal Miners at Coverdale, Pa. - Miners Advertise Background of Cheswick | | Frame-Up Shown in New To Keen Men From | Illustrated Articles Working iN Mines | Within a few days The DATLY | WORKER will publish another series of articles by “A. S.” on the JOHNSTOWN, Pa., (FP) Oct. 28.— conditions in Pennsylvania mining Meeting advertising with advertising| | C®?™P% around Cheswick, where a the United Mine’Workers of District poe Sacco-Vanzetti case is being No, 2 in the central Pennsylvania | prepared as the result of the shoot- tield have carried their message into| |img of a state trooper during a the want columns of the newspapers brutal attack on a miners’ meeting. in Johnstown. Ads like this appear: The articles will tell of the evic- e ft tions at Russelton, the meetings . NOTICE TO MINERS! of militant women, and clashes be- Men wanted to stay away from p tween miners and mine company Amsbury, Pa., as we are on strike for gunmen. They will be illustrated che Jacksonville scale. by drawings by Don Brown. United Mine Workers. o——— | Similar ads of oth truck job: i run through the Rants cotaeeis ats International Labor { between them appear the appeals fér Defense Sends $250 | For Colorado Aid seabs inserted by the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corp., a New York Gen- tral subsidiary, and various employ- ment offices. The scab ads promise the 1917 scare for tonnage workers, and $6.00 a to day men, a rate a dollar and 2 a day under the Jacksonville s Coolidge’s Cabinet Officials in Fight Over the Patronage Two hundred and fifty dollars for) the defense of the striking miners) has just been sent to the Colorado! Miners’ Defense and Relief Commit-} tee at Walsenburg Colorado,,by the jnational office of International La-| bor Defense. | In addition, the International La-| bor Defense has sent two prominent Denver attorneys into the mine fields to aid in protecting the legal rights of the strikers and challenging the| attempts of the authorities to insti-| tute lynch justice. The halls of the) miners have been raided in many! places and considerable property de-! stroyed. Scores of miners and many | closely. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28—The de- Quarrels which have been going on merce departments, either thru juris- dictional jealousy of the heads, or be- cause of under secretaries and other employees’ resentment of the promin- ence of their rather idle superiors is forcing its way into the open. When To “Expose ’Em.” When conditions get too bad for an assistant secretary of something or partments are breaking up in mutiny.} within the war, navy, state and com-| > women, who have played a_ heroic part in the walkout, have been ar- d. Attempts are being made to) the jail lid on the strike. The! D., through its attorneys, is ing to release the imprisoned ikers and their wives, sisters and} weethearts, and to put a halt to the institution of lynch law or martial) law under the direction of the noto-| rious Colorado uniformed gunmen. | Cites Colorado Tradition | “The strike of the Colorado miners other, the public knows of it thru a|is of great significance,” said James MS for support to the Third Annual| sudden “exposure” of his superior’s|”. Cannon, sccretary of the Inter- Conference of International Labor shortcomings, which is all the more| national Labor Defense, “and it will/Defense which opens in New York) As Strike Closes Colorado Mills THREE MILITARY PLANES HOVER OVER STRIKE ZONES; ROCKEFELLER PUEBLO STEEL PLANT SHUTS DOWN: Girl Strike Leader Ridden Down By Mounted! Gunmen; Fifteen Strikers Hurt “Show the Miners We Mean Business,” Says| Governor; Will Call Troops DENVER, Oct. 28.—Three national guard aeroplanes were | ordered today to the strike zone of the coal miners in southern Colorado by Governor William H. Adams. ! Machine guns, bombs and reserve ammunition will be placed | on board and, according to the governor’s office, will be used to} “prevent riots.” Reserve supplies of gasoline will be carried on the planes so‘ that no landings will be necessary. Air headquarters will be es-; tablished at Pueblo. Impending industrial paralysis was predicted today. An an- nouncement made by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company stated | that one-third of their plant at Pueblo would have to be shut down | for lack of coal, throwing out of work 2,000 men. It was also! stated if the strike continued for any great length of time the entire plant would run out of coal. The announcement of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company is considered by officials only a forerunner of what may be a complete industrial tieup in Colorado should the strike continue. be) ete DENVER, Oct. 29.—Governor Adams announced after re- ceiving reports from the southern mine fields that he would “show the miners we mean business. Appearance of the national guard planes plainly indicates that we are watching the situation We will call out troops if the necessity arises.” hicks |S WALSENBURG, Colo., Oct. 28.—Milka Sablich, 19-year-old girl leader of strike pickets, was seriously injured near the Ideal mine yesterday, when she was trampled under the feet of horses ridden by mine guards as she headed 250 men, women and chil- dren on the picket line. Fifty mounted guards charged the strikers and rode and clubbed down men, women and children indiscriminately. It is “i aga that between 15 and 20 pickets were injured in the attle. Tear bombs were also used by the gunmen. It is reported that mine officials have asked that troops be Cline, Prison Hero, Will Take Part in Labor Conference | William Davis by the governor: | “We want no interference from the Chacies! Qlines veterans OW. w,,| LW.W. with New Mexico industries. who served thirteen years in a Tex: jAm sending. national guard officers prison, today issued a statement cal}-| immediately, instructing them to in- vestigate and make necessary plans to prevent trouble and protect min- ers.” The adjutant-general has informed sent here at once. te, oe No Strike Yet But New Mexican Governor Orders Out Troops. SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 28— Fourteen national guardsmen have been ordered to Colfax county by Governor Dillon in expectation of a ae in the coal mines. The follow- ing telegram was sent to sheriff effective if the underling, expecting| e an electrifying effect upon the to be fired, so words his criticism that! entire labor movement.” | it appeals to manufacturing interests | | who may hire him. | Thus Assistant Secretary MacNider| OIL, COOLIDGE AND WAR. City at Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving Place, November 12. After his release last year Cline| proceeded to the second annual con-| ference of the International Labor} the governor that the troops are ready and can be mobilized in a few hours, * * * Wide Support for Miners. is now expected to “resign” following WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—An ef- his declaration to the National Asso- fort by the most powerful oil inter- ciation of Manufacturers that the |¢sts in the country to alter the Sher- army is without ammunition, and) ™an anti-trust Jaws in order that should buy a lot at once, The manu-|they may be enabled to take con- facturers approve of large purchases | certed action for conservation of the of ammunition. | dwindling supply of petroleum will be Secretary of the Navy Wilbur is| made in the coming session of con- engaged also with Assistant Secre-| £Tess, according to notice understood tary Robinson, who made a few well|to have been received from them by chosen remarks about “bureaucrats | President Coolidge today. ruining the navy” in his “Navy Day”) President Coolidge is vitally con- speech at Philadelphia yesterday. }cerned in any plan that may be Rows Enlarge Militarism. , evolved for protection of the oil sup- And all of this concentrates atten-|PIy because of its vast importance tion on the building of a larger army |°°™™ercially and its vital need to land navy. the country in the event of war. | It is remembered here that just be- 14 HURT IN FERRY CRASH. Defense which had aided in the work! a that led to the prisoners’ liberation.|, DENVER, Colo., Oct. 28.—Follow- “The coming conference of the In-|i& the ultimatum of the Columbine | ternational Labor Defense,” said|™ine at Serene, Boulder county, Cline yesterday, “calls to mind the second conference in Chicago last | year. The expression of all the dele-| gates was to the end that the Interna- tional Labor Defense would become a bigger and better defense organiza-| tion than it has been. This is fast | becoming a reality. “We must encourage the labor) prisoners by raising a strong bulwark | of a labor defense movement. Rally) into the folds of the I. L. D. and cre- ate a strong defense organization and have the courage to defend it on every hand.” |northwest of here, notifying striking | miners that they must either go back to work or get out of the company | houses, the sheriff, a labor sympa- | thiser, ordered the company not to | evict any families or use force of any kind unless they have the proper | papers issued by his office, I. L. D. at Work, William Penn Collins, attorney for the International Labor Defense, rep- resenting the miners, has advised them to remain in possession of the houses and to accede to none of the company demands. neneff and Rakovsky were com-| nalled to leave the platform. } By R. 0. Zober, Passaic 5.—That she placed the name of a\fore the U. S. A. embarked upon its y Syracuse lawyer on the census pay-|campaign for the largest air fleet, | Copper - Strikebreaker roll without his knowledge or consent | Colonel Williams, then head of the | 14 d and paid him $218 with census checks | service, went on the warpath in for legal services he had previously; much the same way as the present PASSAIC, N, J., Oct. 28.—Chief | | rendered her. 'mutineers. It removed him from a of Police Richard O. Zober, who 6.--That she travelled thousands of! nominal office, and placed him in a was official strikebreaker for the || miles about the state and into other more strategic position as head of an mill owners in the Passaic textile The Civil Liberties Union has em- oyed the firm of Whitehead and ogel to handle legal defense work 1 the northern fields. William Penn Collins will werk in the southern field but he ‘arge of the worl in the entire state, ‘ Negrc s in the northern are all on strike and have a Cline, as a former class war pris- Fourteen persons were injured yes- oner and member of the national terday when the ferry boat Syracuse, committee of International Labor De- wissed its slip and crashed into a fense, will’ be one of the fraternal bulkhead at 42nd Street. Most of the delegates to the conference. 140 passengers were massed at the —_— front of the boat, ready to land, when the crash came. Smith Opposes Four Year Governor Term BUFFALO, Oct. 28.—Gov. Smith,) in an address here, declared that he! is opposed to the constitutional Injunction Secured in then air league. amendment providing for a four-year) term for governor. Originally he was in favor of such a proposition with the election falling on a year) when there was no presidential elec- | strike, has been forced to surren- der his automobile to Motor Vehicle Commissioner Dill on the |grounds that it is a stolen car. | Zober said he bought it for $1,000 tion. Since the republicans may) carry the state during a presidential | election, he opposes the proposition, | Senator John Knight, republican, was in favor of it for the same reasons “in good faith.” Investigation under the authority of Police Com- missioner Turner showed the bill of sale given to Zober was forged, Turner’s office reported. Investi- | States on pleasure trips, and jcharged the expense of the trips to the census funds. Testimony showed how individuals and committees of both the major capitalist parties brought pressure to bear upon Mrs. Knapp to place the graft list. COP DONS SMOKED LENSES. friends and political “creditors” on) ~ |[Chaliapin, Russian Bass, Sues for Divorce in ‘| Moscow Court; Realizes Value of Soviet Law | MOSCOW, Oct. 28.—Feodor Chaliapin, world famous Russian bass. who until recently held the title of People’s Artist of the Republic, th« ||| highest honor for artists in the Soviet Union, today filed suit for divorce against the former Italian ballerina, Julia Tornaghi, in the Moscow dis- trie teourt. Jersey Laundry Strike Oct. 28 ng down CARTER resort b before his y of the Re ured a tempc ng picket he employer has ince the strike started four wee ha: y injunction pro- Laundry admitted that r who is one of the outstanding es in the strike. of the One y and support among other sections of the population was the donation of miners in Lafayette and other towns asoline and other supplies to the stations donated from 20 | ae} that Smith is against it. Hon: ehowedval i the amount of work he : 1 : = | P | “bei ate i PS de oes Lines and scenes have been deleted He offers to pay her $300 alimony monthly for life. alae parity ra pydanads ditt 1,600 take A Seg eS ee “* | RUTH ELDER BREAKS RECORD. | as required by law, and that he| |ffom several local plays about which The divorce petition was filed through the Soviet Union Embassy|} to 100 bundles of wash daily. wath heats eae nae at Fan ree Fi } PARIS France, Oct. 28.—Ruth El- | had bought two ears previously the police. said they received anony- || jn Paris. ‘ A hearing for a permanent injune- ‘i cc aed ord to buy } der setae Se ea in a | from the same source. A warrant | |™ous soma according to current Chaliapin lost his title of People’s Artist of the Republic due to his|| tion will be held Tuesday before Civil Libertion Protest borrowe 3 an ay it ki a has been issued for a Bagota| |Teports. James P. Sinnott, secretary |] ,orusal to meet certain obligations in the Soviet Union. Now, howeyer,|| Chancellor Walker in Newark. The) I talownnia eataee Py Paris, broke the speed record. ey | (N. J.) citizen who is said to have of the police department, is reported |] aithough he is in another country, he is anxious to take advantage of] strike is being conducted by the)" @ tl cgram today to Governor averaged 150 miles per hour, and ar-/ | sold the automobile. to have recommended several dele- | Soviet Union law. Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauf-| William H. Adams of Colorado, the rived two hours ahead of schedule. _ pba catty iat Ade OM tions after visits to the shows. feurs. (Continued on Page Two) ne Ly ki, ‘ at