The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 30, 1927, Page 2

THE DAILY WORKER. YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1927 ‘dl Oklahoma FEAR OF MARTIAL LAW, INJURY TO __ PROFITS, REASON Johnston Controls the Situation at Capital OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 29.—Gov- ernor Johnston and the governor’s militia, which drove the legislature from its chambers when they tried to impeach him, have won. In a heated session, held in secret, in a downtown hotel, the senators after declaring themselves a court of impeachment, threw out the charges brought against him by the lower court. A feeling that the whole proceed- ‘ings, constituting a scandal of the first magnitude, were bad for bu ness, fear of the declaration of r tial law threatened by the governor, and fear of being held in contempt of court, has had its effect on the sen- ators. Governor Also Caucuses. A But in another apartment in the \ same hotel, the governor, Judge | James R. Armstrong, his principal | adviser, and a group of senators who \ are friendly to him later held a con- ference and decided definitely there would be no declaration of tial law, tho troops continue to r | pel the legislature from its cham- f bers at the capitol. “For the Sake of Business. 3 A spokeman for the governor id: { “The sentiment was unanimous for taking any course that would get the legislature out of Oklahoma City at once. Let the senate declare itself supreme if it wishes, but in the name | ences r- of the state’s reputation and for the|$ sake of business, let’s bring this sit-| >y uation to an end.” ,, Governor Johnston is charged on o——- BS Senate, Awed by Militia, Drops All Charges Against Governor _ KEEPING UP THE PRETENSE TRIES TO GAG \ROUSE MA \Small Fry Politicians Eager rune to Whitewash Sewer Scandal H| ‘here is no trace of the missing plane bearing Mrs. Frances Grayson and her crew of three. Photo shows the U. S, destroyer “Sturtevant” PRINTERS’ VOT Tries to Block Shorter Hour Demand (Continued from Page One) ing in the industry, ‘The proposal for a five-year agreement,” said Mil- liken, “is a violation of the spirit of the constitution of the International Typographical Union, which recom- mends that no agreement be signed Ge confidence that the Scudder | terday Emory R. Buckner, former U. investigation into the brazen; S. district attorney, who is pondacte| Queens sewer scandal would culmin-|ing the quiz for the “people” an-| ate in a complete white-washing. of | nounced that he had engaged a firm) Maurice E. Connolly, president of the| of high-pressure engineers to assist | WOLL AND GREEN LOAF; INJUNCTION BILL WAITS THEM borough, was ex- pressed politicians who de- pend upon his! machine for their} jobs. John M. Phil-' lips, Queens politi- cian who controls | “lock joint” pipes, used in the Jamai-| yesterday | by the smaller fry! New York World, house organ for| é Tammany Hall, has been referring} him. It is corsidered significant that the lately to the scandal/as the “$29,500,- 600 sewer graft’ Conservative fig- ures Cited by other newspapers, both republican and democrat, have placed the steals at $16,000,000. Gov. Smith Will “Council Meeting” At Miami Halts. Hearing WASHINGTON, D. C,, Dec. 29.— Friends of the Shipstead bill against, injunctions in ‘strikes are beginning to have fears that its passage is less ‘favorable than ever. The executive couneil of the Amer- \ican Federation of Labor, directed at |for a longer period than one year. | With the constant rise in the cost of living and the depreciation of the dol- M. amused of graft KE. Connolly, ea contracts, was_ reported to be, the last convention to call a- confer- encé to fight for the bill, will not meet until January 17. At that time Tell His Merits leaving the Boston Navy Yard to “search” for the plane in the ocean The navy always rushes around to rescue people north of Cape Cod. after all possibilities of finding them to win new recruits. lar that must come ‘about because of open in his boast} ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 29.—The of- | it will gather at Miami, Fla., a win- the situation of the world money mar- |ket, who can tell how trivial a dollar {may be in’ two years from now, say | !nothing of five years? This agree- is gone. Advertisement is necessary Blindness, War Heritage, | ment, if adopted means that for the |measly sum of less than 17 cents a thet his chief would be “vindicated.” Meanwhile the lawyers on both! sides of the political fencing match were preparing their experts: law- yers, accountants and. engineers. Yes- | ficial sales-talk for the presidential nomination will be contained in the an- nual message to the New York. Legis- lature which Gov. Smith has just sent to the printer. In this document will be found the governor’s “position” on prohibition, j ter resort, and its sessions there will | be brief, it is expected, and its leisure hours. pleasant. It is not at all likely that the pleas- ure junket, disguised as a conference, | will be postponed. Consequently un- that |4 Spreads Through World ECAUSE of the World War the travellers passing from one country blind population has been increased |to another. throughout the United States as well| Statistics from schools for the blind Europe, not merely the soldiers |throughout the country, Carris said, who lost their sight as a result of |jindicate that in the last 20 years the injuries in battle but because of the} percentage of blind children whose |day the job men sacrifice their de-| Rickets Prevented mand for a shorter work-week.” | Should Vote It Down. | By F ood Treatment The proposition should be over-| NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dee. 29.— whelmingly repudiated, declared Mil- | How ‘rickets, a disease of the bones liken. | “Not only will it have a very | common among infants, which baffled |bad effect upon the coming negotia-| physicians for many years can be | tions for a new newspaper scale, when | cured by the irradiation of food with |the demand is again made for a re- | yltra-violet rays, was told-by Dr. Al- duction in hours on the New York, fred W. Hess, of New York Untver- newspapers, but the five-year agree-| sity, to the American Association for | less the hearings before the senate | judiciary committee are held before January 17, it is likely that they will have to be postponed until February. At that time, it is pointed. out, the senate will undoubtedly be busy with other legislation. farm relief, water power, and budge- tary reforms. U.S. Flyers in Wax CANNES, France, Dec. 29.—Win- dow shoppers. here are now gazing upon the wax figures of American flyers which have displayed cele- brities of a former day. Those who i infectious diseases carried home by the personnel of the armies and na- sight has been destroyed by ophthal- mia neonatorum has been reduced babies being born every day suf- | from ment will have a disastrous effect up- the the Advancement of Science have been ousted include President | For U. S. Presidency Union; A diet of dried .milk, flour and fering from sore eyes. These facts are embodied in the an- nual report of Lewis H. Carris, man- aging director of the National Com- mittee for the Prevention of Blind- ness, which includes an exhaustive y of the danger from an address . Park Lewis of Buffalo, one of ice presidents of the Committee. Diseases Spread. ‘Bix counts by the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature, with graft, ap- pointing felons to high office in the state, misuse of funds, and a charge of “moral turpitude” has been con- “After the Napoleanic wars,” Dr.| Lewis said, ‘“‘when armies were dis- | banded and soldiers scattered from ; one end of Europe to the other, many | ef them carried infectious diseases | sidered. into places where they were never | Legislators declare that the gover-|known before. In that way there was nor has fallen under the complete! scattered trachoma, one of the most domination of his secretary. Mrs. 0.| devastating diseases of the eyes. | 0. Hammonds, _Whom they call a! “At the close of the recent World ‘female Rasputin.” He is said to) War the same thing happened with | have followed the dictates of a mys-|eyen more widespread results. The | _ berious occult retigious order, which! Arabs, the Chinese and other orien-| helieves in magic and fairies, and has} tals had come into France with trach- 26.6 to 12.9. He reported, how- jever, a slight rise in the percentage |during 1926 and said: “This is prob- ably due to the fact that the schools for the blind are now receiving the crop of children who were neglected |during or immediately after the | | World War. | | Neglect at Birth. | “In spite of all that has been done to educate the American public, the medical profession, mid-wives and | nurses, there is still a considerable | number of babies under one year of age in the United States who have been blinded for life through the ne- glect of a one minute precautionary measure at birth.” There are still 19 states and 2 ter- ritories of the. United States, Carris | said, which have inadequate or no | legislation or regulations for the use | of a prophylactic in the eyes of the | new born. Sixteen states, he said, have as yet made no provision for the | uekout ihe United States and | water will invariably bring about the Canada. The effect on the rest of disease which causes bow-legs and e country will be as bad as its ef-' other deformities of the limbs, but fect upon New York.” jthe introduction of the ultra-violet Many Other Betrayals. |rays guarantees against such dan- Job printers and newspaper print- | gers. ers interviewed at the call room of | the union, where the unemployed workers gather every morning at ten to await calls for work, were unani- mous in their denunciation of the pro- Tells Court Can’t Come, MOUNT VERNON; N. Y., Dec. 29. Doumergue, Georges Carpentier and Suzanne Lenglen. Snyder Decision Jan. 5. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec..29.—Whether or not Ruth Snyder shall die in the electric chair in Sing Sing during the week of January 9 will be decided by Governor Smith on January 5. Mrs, Snyder was convicted with WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.— | Frank B. Kellogg, appointed secretary |of state after he had been decisively defeated for U. S, senator, today de- \nied that he would be a candidate for president to succeed ‘his present chief... How such a rumor could originate is considered a mystery in political cir- cles here. U.S. Cavalry Given posed agreement. On every hand was heard the severest criticism of the! Rouse administration for refusing to let the membership express itself on the question of hours. —Joseph Levin, who had been sum- Judd Gray of the murder of her hus- moned before the city court here on a charge of traffic.wviolation, sent his regrets and a five dollar check in a letter to the judge. The check was band. Tax Millions Refunded More Deadly Weapons WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Appar- ently true to the spirit of ‘peace on accepted as the fine, and the judge |was saved the job of deciding the amount for himself. Assail Howard-Hayes Gang. They likewise assail the conduct of President Charles P. Howard of the I. T. U. and Secretary-Treasurer John " einen: Gtk eg W. Hayes, heads of the two opposing SEX, PINNED UNDER AUTO political parties in the I. T. U. for BRINKLEY, Ark., Dec. 29.—Mrs, L. sitting upon the platform of the No- ee nd Sisde: ot Ney yeliltiah, vember meeting of the union and re- | all badly injured, and her husband and earth,” the U. S. war department has WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.— Refunds amounting to $103,858,687 were awarded to many large corpora- tions, who claimed that they were taxed illegally. The Standard Oil Company received the largest amount. DISMISSED IN VOTE CASE. just announced that, beginning with Feb. 1, all regiments’ of the cavalry of the regular army will be equipped with machine guns. The change is made, it nounced, “to meet the modern trend which presages increased fire power for armies of the future.” is an-— < 1 "ed or_yetoed bills in accordance ~ Wide Winttaidesand the phases of moon. } The governor says the attempt to impeach him is a plot of the cement trust to control the state, and he has the army, which gives him the best ! of the argument so far. Hickman Not Sane, Is Concensus of Opinion _LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 29.—!'sight, require international coopera- | While incipient lynch mobs of idle and angry Los Angeles tourists threatened him from without, and Chief of Police*Cline, an expert at the “third degree” worked with him Inside the Los Angeles city jail, Will- jam Edward Hickman, charged with _ Kidnapping and killing Marian Park- “er, an eleven year old child, confessed any crime suggested to him. His lat- est admission was that he killed a druggist in Los Angeles in a hold-up. * * . Hickman Insane. } NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 29.— | “Hickman is clearly insane,” said Dr. 1 John M. Fletcher, member of the Van- derbilt University faculty and author- ity on abnormal psychology, attend- jing the meeting of scientists here to- H ‘day. “He is subject to obsessions over which he can exert no control, ~as suggestion,” the psychologist ated. et Darrow Sees Insanity. William Edward Hickman is suf- fering from a “marked case of demen- tia praecox,” and should not be exe- cuted but committed to an asylum for life, Clarence Darrow declered today, “The youth is very far gone as a dementia praecox case and his condi- tion should have been noticed before he committed the crime,” said Dar- TOW. 2 Girls, Boy in Court | For Not Paying Rent ATLANTIC CITY, N. 5., Dec. 29.—| 2 Two girls and a boy, out of work and + not a penny between them, were ar- 1 ‘aigned before the Police Recorder Ay, ap tare by their landlord, Nicholas Alloy paying their rent. from 14 to 18. missed. Their ages range The case was dis- FOR INTELLIGENT LEISURE SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 29.-~The present mechanical educational methods which require students to as- similate diseonhected facts, was at- tacl here by Dr. John L. Tildsley, a Superintendent of New York _ high sehools, who addressed a state conference of principals. “Educating men and women in tho P intelligent usé of leisure,” was advo- leated, at the same time, By Dr. B. Cuttin, president of Col- University, eyaee ee eer \omatous eyes and the soldiers of the distribution of a prophylactic to those Allies had for months been in Syria pene officiate ae the birth of shitd.-} and Palestine where hygiene had been Ro geal Checorasties aon ) 8s aed jlargely unknown, After the armis-|¥@Y ® Ewe tod bg oe SOR ETE Vane tice prisoners released from unsani- the sight:of school children, a Drolect jto promote on a nation-wide scale | tary surroundings carried infectious | fusing even to speak to the member- ship about their negotiations with the employers. It was pointed out that Howard and Rouse in 1924 played the same sort of trick upon the member- ship in the newspaper scale controver- sy by submitting fake ballots that did | baby, dead, lay pinned under an auto- David B. Kunstler of 239 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, who had registered in PSA Pe Manhattan for the recent election, and TO BE SENTENCED FOR HOLDUP | Was held for violation fa ‘en election ‘laws, was dismissed by Magistrate Roy Greene, 18 year old boy who; : | walked across the ice in the St. Law- |Cottigan; yesterday. Morris Loopes- | koo, whose case is still pending, is ex- | mobile for hours until school children; | passing by, called a rescue party. jdiseases into practically every nation of the world. Cooperation Needed. | “Widespread and disastrous as is trachoma as a world problem, it is; but one of many. The venereal dis- eases, one of the chief menaces to tion of those. affected through tran- sit across the borders of adjoining states. An understanding is neces- sary for the continued treatment of Historians Assail Bill | Workers Party Central ‘Book Burner’ thompson For Censorship Desires) WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—History writers of Ameriea today unlimbered examination of the eyes of pre-school | |children for which a new technique has been demonstrated in 35 cities | within the last year, a project to pro- |mote research into the causes of and methods for eradicating trachoma, and a number of activities in coopera- tion with national industrial and pub- lie health organizations looking to- | ward the reduction of the eye hazards of industrial occupations and the haz- ards to sight resulting from the social di S. Committee | Will Meet in New York | |Executive The first full meeting of the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the net give the membership a chance to | Tence river to enter this country, will | vote on the question of the demands | be sentenced Monday for holding up of the newspaper men for shorter Leo Schapiro of 9,790 101st St., and hours. robbing him of fifty cents. On every hand is heard the remark | 2 CRE ST that it is better to gain a reduction in | KIDNAPPED CHILD RETURNED hours than a measly increase of adol-| REDLANDS, OCalif., Dec. 29.— lar in wages because if the printers |Evelyn Smith, eleven year old child are all working the question of wages kidnapped on Christmas day, was re- can easily be settled. turned to her parents yesterday. Tried to Prevent Discussion. Robert E. McClelland, paroled convict Much criticism is also heard in the left the child in the care of “Mrs. printing districts because the ballot Spence who brought the little girl to was not circulated soon enough tothe police station. give the membership time to discuss | , it and organize a concerned opposition | HANDLED HIS CASE, to it. | KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dee, 29.— The concensus of opinion is that Joseph Tanner, who found it rather the only solution now is to vote down difficult to walk home, requested the the proposition and force the officials | police to arrest him for intoxication, to permit a vote on the burning ques- and the police kindly complied When tion of a reduction of hours. pected to be dismissed also. STORM DELAYS AQUITANIA. CHERBOURGE, Jrance, Dec. 29.— After being compelled by stormy weather and rough seas to: cruise around outside the harbor all night, the liner Aquitania, bound for New York, entered at 9 o’clock this morn- ing and took on board 397 passengers and 4,000 bags of mail. ° WILL TRY FOR RECORD. ROOSEVELT FI@LD, N. Y., Dec. 29.—On Monday morning Bert Acos- ta, With Emile Durgin as co-pilot, will make an attempt to break the world’s record for sustained. flight without refueling in the Fokker monoplane, “Splitdorf.” BAKER THOUGHT DARK HORSE. Altho Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, denied that he was considering the 1928 presidency, democrats believe that he will be launched as the dark horse at the convention. . SEVEN KILLED BY RUM. WINNIPEG, Man. Dec. 29.—Seven people were killed by poisonous rum served at a party here yesterday. their heaviest artillery and opened a major offensive against Mayor Wil- liam Hale Thompson, of Chicago, at Workers (Communist) Party since the last national convention will be he was brought before the judge this morning, he moved that the case be dismissed, sinee he was both com- plaining witness and defendant. The New Jersey Laker Calls BOSTON, Mass., Dee. 29. — The! water supply for the city of Boston; will be supplied by the Swift River, | if plans under investigation meet with of 14 South Missouri Ave. for not | their convention ‘re. Passing over < Chicago situation as the consequence of “smoke- sereens to divert attentions from the real issues of a political campaign,” the historians adopted a resolution condemning “the agitation conducted | by certain newspapers, patriotic so- cieties, fraterna) orders and others, against a number of school text books and in favor of official censor- , ship.” | Professor A. M. Schlesinger, of | Harvard, admitted that George Washington may have had his faults —he swore a mighty oath when ir-| | ritated—Benjamin Franklin had a | way with the ladies, and Abraham Lincoln was prone to tell “indelicate” stories. | League of Nations Occupied With Vice Reports in the League of Nations’ latest communique that a New York Theatrical Booking Agency is con- dueting an international traffie in women and young girls, were ordered investigated today by United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle. Tuttle named George J. Mintzner, an assistant, to canvass all firms operating as booking agencies to, de- termine if such ah ageney exists in New York. PROBE MISSIONARY WORK. DETROIT, Dee, 29. — Convinced that thére is something fundameritally hollow about the manner in which high-salaried missionaries are con- dueting conversions in foreign lands; more than 3,000 students representing 300 seminaties in the United States | rose, Mass. No motive was suggested held in New York beginning Feb. 4. District organizers of the party who are not members of the C. E. C., heads of the language fraction bu- reaus, and editors of all party papers will be present at the session, as well as. members of the National Execu- tive Committee of the Young Work- rs’ League. Legislators’ Flight Aids Militarization WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Further steps in preparation of the govern- ment military fitness program are re- vealed in the announcement that Re- presentative James of Michigan, the ranking Republican member of the Military Committee, is to start on a ying tour of inspection to various military posts in the country. He ex- pects to visit Wright Field, the Fair- field Air Depot, Selfridge Field, Fort Wayne and other posts in the ad- vancement of the U. S. campaign to militarize the country. IDENTIFY DROWNED WOMAN. OYSTER BAY L, I. Dee. 29.—The body of the woman washed ashore on the estate of James M. Willys, of the automobile coficern of that name; was identified as Mrs. Margaret Mc- Kenzie, of 16 W. Emefson St. Mel- for the alleged suicide. paler Vane DUKE CHEATS DEALER BERLIN, Dee, 29——The former Duke Joachim Ernst of Anhalt is be- ing sued for 600,000 marks by a Berlin art dealer who claims that the former reigning duke empowered him to sell and Canada will meet here today to diseuss the situation. his art treasures and then cheated him Meeting to Plan Drive | (Continued from Page One) every bill introduced into the New Jersey Legislature during the preced- | ing year favorable to labor had been | killed. H The conference is to lay the basis for a militant program which in some , quarters.is taken te mean final inde-., pendent political action as contrasted with the traditional so-called non- partisan policy of the A. F. of L. To Fight Old Parties. The New Jersey legislature is un- der the control of the Republican Party, This party, it is charged by union officials, has worked entirely against the interests of labor in per- mitting the unchecked use of scores of injunctions, the use of the police Power against picketing and against other union activities, Progressive unionists in comment- ing on the coming conference stated that they expected to attend and send delegates wherever possible, At the same time a certain doubt was ex- pressed as to what the conference might accomplish in a state so thor- oughly in control of anti-labor forces. Hope For Labor Party. “We have no hope for the confer- ence,” one union leader stated “if the attempt is to be made to influence the corrupt legislature controlled by big business interests. If however, an attempt will be made to organize a Labor Party, then the greatest oppor- tunity faces labor. 30 FAMILIES ESCAPE GAS. 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