The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 6, 1928, Page 2

& i] 3 | 3 & g ] Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW TOR ‘ K, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928 U.S. Assassinates 300 Nicaragua Women, Children, Soldiers, Zepeda Charges | Anna Lameu NO SLAVERY FOR SOUTHERN LAND, Page One) No action was olution. taken on the Senator Heflin (D) of Alabama | charged the Admi “butchering Ame carrying out an toward a wea manded the im all marines. “We went protect our 1 bastard “We are fa tion of a pre in Nicaragua without Congres It i and unautho Heflin d the Ser Y bor. He de- diate withdrawal of to set up a 1 Heflin. ble situa- t not nsent utrageous > action reign Relations solution for with- OWNER OF SLAVE IRLS ON BONDS Ww by Committee or drawal of the troop Heflin qu Ferguson, M marine United an. — Anna | that Mrs. Mabel murder to u who Nicaragua.” Arico of 1215 Milan St. kept her en- “God bless him in his sorrow,” for four years, beating and with threats of tar} the hands of the po- owed paper reporters part 2 tooth which she said her former had broken with a hammer, s and scars on her nek, “His son was butch Heflin added. in Nicaragua. “It looks like ou used to collect Wal Heflin continued. “I wonder if ragged cont were fighti ment such tions come “Our troory ing to sustain a b: are holding an u: force.” e gave all of ne made this one with rgbeater. ‘This sore place on ys makes my head ache. ris broken. I can’t wash any more because of my hands, but I’m willing to do anything if I | don’t have to go back to that woman!” she cried. Pretty Bad Bogs. e down there rd minority. We ber in power by Diaz government is seeking a loan in Wall Street. He charged the loa if made, would be used to influen | their fellow humans. to failure or only moderate succe th i lectin Magi Mrs. A. W. Grass, a neighbor of De tc sone rte thors ™ Mrs. Arico, declared that she saw sigh s a e the will of the | Mrs. Arico drag Anna by her hair ere sree | across the back yard. She also said Heflin demanded that the senate | that she often heard An#a’s screams meet Friday ‘day to con-|duying the past years, but was too sider th marines. Previously, the e had agreed to adjourn until Monday and when Hef- lin asked for a on tomorrow, Sen- ator Jones (R) of Washington ob- jected. ’ Prepare for War. The marine force now on active field duty in Nicaragua, about 1,400, is to be virtually doubled. Two bat- talions. comp gz 500 men each, are pushing preparations for sailing from this country, and ‘additional units have heen dispatched from Panama, Norfolk and other places to bring up the marine strength in the field to approximately 3,900 rifles. The sh marines are in to the di | afraid of Mrs. Arico to tell the police. Other neighbors said that Mrs. Ar- ico often beat Anna, and when they | attempted to feed her, the beatings | became more vicious. Mrs, Arico llocked Anna in the bathtoom when- \ever she went out, they sta.ed, to make | sure that neighbors wouldn’t feed her, jand the enslaved girl was forced to find food in the garbage can. Would Poison Slave. | “Once Mrs. Arico tried to make me | drink iodine,” charged Anna Lameu, \“I think it was because she was | afraid I would tell about her treat- menc. One day last week she dragged |me into the garage. It was very cold, and when she turned the hose on me, I thought I’d die,” she told the police. ers and five destroyers, to Carribb waters, many wounds in a hospital here, Mrs. The op s of the administra- | Arico denies she was cruel or used her tion’s policy in Congre ing that the State Dep: as corry for her, but I-had to Although Anna is being treated for! “deceived the public” in its accounts They of the situation in Nic: are digging up past the Department Sandino’s Liberal f handful of nonde pt bandits” are preparing to compare these later statements from the Navy I partment showing leading a formi equipped. loval « listed marine corps, who have to the front in the Nicaragua, left the marine in the na ard, Brookl go to Pier 2 Manhatt W the Old ) which was to w foot of Fre where they wer ferson, the rfolk, s to sail at noon, rstood that at Norfolk the men would becor of a larger contingent of ma to Nicaragua. The ms from Norfolk on a navy vessel, it is understood. * MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5.—The charge that American marines have killed 800 Nicaraguans in their operations against General Sandino’s rebels in ‘the region of Ocotal was made today by Dr. Pedro Zepeda, envoy of the Nicaraguan revolutionists here. Dr. Zepeda made a bitter attac “upon the American occupation in Ni Tagua and declared that “while the “people of Nicaragua are preparing +o welcome Colonel Lindbergh, the fieldg 1 to * * k _ et Segovia are again drenched with _bergh, the fields of Nueva Segovia *< “nod of General Sandino’s pa- triots.” Zepeda Gives Statement, “While the Nicaraguan nation is weparing to welcome Colonel Lind. @’ again being stained with the lood of patriots under General San- dino, who with grtatest effort is struggling in the hope of reestablish- ing the peace and order disturbed by the presence of the occupation forces. “Before this, airplanes of the American marines bombarded the City of Ocotal, assassinating 300 an soldiers and more than her,” she said. Mrs, Arico was ed several days ago on $5,000 bond, zag: ANNIVERSARY OF DAILY WORKER EVENT OF SEASON Tarasova and Other Stars Will Appear (Continue: the noted cri from Page Ons) * c of the Chicago Tri- bune, wrote: “She proved to be fi and foremost a personality. She has that indefinable, indespensible attri- bute which men and women, especi- ally those on the stage or platform. must have in order to hold and sway No one can teli wherein this power lies.» No one can tell just what it is. It is, or it is not, and the person without it is destined while the one who does have it likely to»attain his aims. Magnificent in Russian, “Mme. Tarasova has personality and she interests, holds, and grips her hearers. This even when she i: singing in Ru n, which the major- ity of her auditors do not understand. She handled the text with a skill which extracted from every word its fullest significance and yet did not impress as being exaggerated. She ‘paints the picture’ just as her French prototype Yvette Gyilbert, and while her art possesses something that in a way seems broader and heavier than is that of the eminent Gallic artist (the difference is probably the racial difference between the Rus- sian and the Ftench) yet her vivify- ing of the text is none the less exact, clear, and potent. “Mme. Tarasova’s voice is a deep mezzo, peculiarly Russian in its tim- bre, a voice which exerts appeal. So keen and bright is the intelligence pand so sincere the emotional and dramatie feel back of the interpre- tation, however, that it would not matter whether the artist had voice or not. She would hold and sway her hearers just the same.” Other Leading Stars. Among the other stars that appear at The DAILY WORKER concert are Sascha Jacobsen, the famous Russian violinist, in a series of selections that have placed him in the front rank of violin virtuosos; Doris Niles, one of the foremost interpretative and clas- sic dancers of our days, and Paul Althouse, Metropolitan Opera: tenor, in a selection of songs from the great parts of heroic operas. Youth Conference For Miner Relief Called in Boston BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 5, — “All effor‘s will be made to rally the young workers here behind the striking min- ers,” declares the Initiative Commit- tee of the Boston Youth Conference for‘ Miners’ Relief. For this purpose the young peoples’ organizations here will gather on Sunday, Jan. 15, 11 a. m. at 28 Heywood Place into a youth conference. All young people’s or- ganizations are invited to send two delegates to this conference. | BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTAND mong them women and j and property of | Nicaragua were per-| 100 civilians children. foreigners in Not Accept Tutelage Augusto. Sandino, who witheu se has been styled a ban- lit, has done nothing more than in- pret national Nicaraguan senti- ing a group of patriots ut realizing the magnitude <, have offered themselves © call to the attention world facts that the Stim- rvations were false, that the n people, though friendly th Americans, will not accept telage or slavery and that Nicara- | gua as a sovereign nation has the in- |herent right to give itself a govern- ment which it considers convenient. “We Nicaraguans who have be- lieved in the words of President Cool- | idge are disillusioned, for while he | prepares a speech for the opening of the Sixth Pan-American Conference on the fields of Nueva Segovia where |so many Nicaraguan and American youths have fallen, he has again in- \itiated the eruel struggle without fur- |ther justification on the part of the linvaders that the guarantee of the | property and lives of the very poor they are destroying and compromis- ing. Victory Related. “Whatever may be the number sent to suppress the cry of protest of the Nicaraguan patriots, it is useless, for to attain that purpose it would be necessary to exterminate completely all the inhabitants of the country. Whoever says the contrary lies. “Confirmation of my statement is seen in the fact that Sandino, com- pletely isolated from the rest of the world, has fought successfully for six months and, although cable news necessarily has ceased and Managua notices have been systematically mis- interpreted, it is an undeniable fact that the victories of Sandino have been notable. “An example worthy of mention is the Telpaneca battle, where a San- dino column under Colonel Mendoza killed eighty of the enemy, the deaths being divided between the Uni- ted States marines and the con- stabulary, and captured upward of 60,000 cartridges, four Lewis machine guns, fifty-five Springfield rifles and forty-seven trucks loaded with provi- sions and clothing, “We regret that there has not been Autonomy Demanded, a better understanding of the Nica- raguan case. We have reiterated em- phatically that we have nothing against anybody and that fate has placed a canal zone in our territory. We will cede it definitely provided that in the definite form there is respect, liberty and autonomy for the bit of land remaining to us. “But if we are to be robbed of a strip of land which materially breaks up the fatherland of Marozan and Jerez, if loans are to be imposed which mean slavery as the economic condition of the country, if the cus- toms are to be taken from us and our national bank and if all not agreeable to the foregoing are to be assassinated, who can say if the mass |of Nicaraguan people have not the right to die before accepting such injustice and iniquity? | “LI vigorously protest against the futile reasons adduced to maintain the occupation of our territory, which in the conception of all nations is considered free, “I protest against the sending of larger forces of marines without any other, object than to continue the as- sassination of patriots who have no other crime than defending the land in which rest the ashes of their fore- bears, “I further protest that while the Latin-American nations are prepar- ing for a great conference of fra- ternity and cooperation more assas- sinations are being prepared in Nica- ragua to clear the mountains of those Who could and should be factors in the Presidential elections and thus conduct them free from the dictates of the American State Department.” Surrenders to His Big Boss Heywood Broun, who went on strike last August when the New York World, capitalist sheet, refused to tolerate any more his articles idemning the <eeution of Sac- and Vanzetti, as turned in his ass check to s boss. He has st come back to e World at a lury reported be $450 a sek. Broun indicated loneliness for old job by at- «king the So- viet Union in a recent issue of The Nation. That his backsliding is definite and complete is seen by.the fact that his return to the World was not even officially announced by the editors. For his part Broun limited himself toa imid reiteration of his stand on Saceo and Vanzetti in his first article on his return. CHICAGO PARTY WORKERS TO MEET A Workers (Communist) Party functionaries’ mecting, to include ali members of the district committee, all section committee members, and all members of nucleus executive committees, will be held on Sunday, January 8, 10 a.:m., at. the new Party headquarters, 2021 West Di- vision St. Important prolflems concerning immediate activities in Chicago wil! be taken up. A report on the dis- trict activities for the period since the last functionaries’ conference will be given. Arrangements have been made to allow sufficient time for ample discussion from the floor. Functionaries have been instructed to prepare to report on the activities | MILL WAGES CUT 10 PER CENT AND. NO MORE BONUS Cheney Silk Factories for Child Labor (By Federated. Press). Special explanations from the New York office accompanied the wage re- duction announced by Cheney Bros., silk manufacturers, for their mills at South Manchester, Conn. The Cheney firm is cutting wages an average of 10 per cent and taking from its 3,000 workers a 5 per cent attendance bonus. “Silk mills now are being estab- lished in the South where wages ares Republican Indicted Clyde A, Walb, chairman of the re- publican committee of Indiana, just indicted for violating the national banking laws. The state administra- much lower even than those quoted |tion, controlled by republican Ku Klux- above,” say Cheney Bros., after claim- ing that they pay wages “30 per cent higher for men and 34 per cent higher for women than the rest of the silk industry.” The Cheney statement says that the silk firm pays 32 p€r cent to 86 per cent higher wages than Northern cotton mills.” For Child Labor. Individual adjustments in the hour- rates will be made in making the ge cuts effective. The production quality bonuses for individual ability will be maintained for the esent. These bonuses are supposed to apply to two-thirds of the jobs. In- cluding its statement the firm re-: marks: “We are hopeful, but cannot guar- antee, that the proposed adjustments will tend to stabilize employment and will result in an inereased activity in the plant.” 7 Cheney Bros. belongs to the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, and the brothers are active exponents of the association’s open-shop policy. One of the Cheneys heads the child labor and education committee of the association, which is trying to get more children into the factories. ly Andy Mellon to Take Dawes Plan This Week in their different sections. BOSSES REWARD - CLASS VICTIM (Special to The Daily Worker.) BRISTOL, Conn., Jan. 5. — How class-conscious, organized business takes care of its own “martyrs” is revealed in an announcement by the Manufacturers’ Association of Con- necticut which has voted an annuity of $5,000 to Dietrich E, Loewe, Dan- bury hat manufacturer who lost his business fighting organized labor. Enemy of Workers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Secretary of Treasury Mellon revealed today that the reparations question would be taken up this week. It is generally recognized, Mellon said, that some determination must be made soon as to the exa&t amount of preparations that Germany must pay. Gilbert, who was Mellon’s guest here, declined to discuss reparations or European finances. Intense Cold Fatal To Eight in Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—Eight persons were killed in Chicago today by the intense cold, the deaths were directly and indirectly caused by extreme ex- For years, Loewe, now said to be penniless, fought the trade union movement, his case having started with the famous action against the United Hatters of North America. Although the supreme court at the posure, according to the coroner’s of- fice, bringing the total dead to 30. Colder weather, approaching 10 be- low zero, was predicted for the Great Lakes area for tonight and tomorrow. Relief was predicted by Wednesday. time decided in favor of the employ- Suge canta ers and awarded considerable damages to them, the long contest wrecked Loewe’s business finally. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTAND ers, has been seething with corrup- tion for a long time. Walb is the latest to be charged. The “expose” is made possible by a fight for spoils among the republican politicians. DETROIT WORKERS PLAN PROGRAM DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 5.—Many activities will feature the January program of the Detroit district of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers League. On Jan. 6 a mass meeting in favor of support of the South China Soviet-will be ad- dressed by Max Bedacht of Chicago. Tt will be held at Finnish Hall. On Jan. 7, at 8 p. m., the Young\Work- ers will hold a social and dance for the purpose of building the league and supporting the “Young Worker.” A special feature will be the ecllec- tion ef books and pamphlets for the newly organized league branches in territory of the striking miners. Ad- mission to the Workers’ Hall, scene of the ball, will be free. An important party conference for the entire distri¢t for the purpose of reviewing the Party work wi!l be held on Jan, 8 at 1 p. m., at Party head- quarters. On this date a package par- ty for the striking miners will be held at the Jewish Forum, Smith Indicates No Clemency for Ruth Snyder, Grey ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 5.—After listening for two hours this afternoon to pleas for the lives of Mrs. Ruth Snyder and her paramour Henry Judd Gray, Governor Alfred E. Smith plainly indicated at the close of the hearing that he did not intend to grant executive clemency for either Mrs. Snyder or Gray. After claims had been made to the governor that Mrs. Snyder was in the “twilight zone” of insanity and that she was the victim of a neurosis or psychosis, and that there was grave doubt as to Gray’s mental con- dition, Governor Smith bluntly de- clared: is “I am not going to be concerned about all this neurosis and psychosis you are talking about because it doesn’t enter into this case at all.” EASTMAN TALK NOT COMMUNIST i SAYSLOVESTONE \Workers Party Points Out Misstatement The Workers (Communist) Party yesterday sent a protest to Radio Sta- jtion WEVD for having announced Max Eastman, one-time editor of The Liberator and expelled former mem- ber of the Workers (Communist) Party, as a speaker on the Communist position on the presidential electoral campaign in the year 1928. The letter was signed by Jay Love- stone as the executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party. The letter in full follows; Station WEVD Debs Radio Memorial, 31 Union Square, New York City. Gentlemen: We note in your release of yester- day the following statement: “Labor in the 1928 presidential elec. tions... will be discussed over Station WEVD Thursday evening, Dec. 29, from four points of view. “United States Senator Nye of North Dakota will speak in behalf of the candidacy of Governor Smith. Norman Thomas will speak for the socialist party and Max Eastman, former editor, will speak for the Com- munists. “The broadcasting of this sympo- sium will be in line with WEVD policy of presenting features reflect- ing current problems that confront the labor movement.” Eastman Expelled. We are amazed that Station WEVD should issue a statement to the ef- fect that Max Eastman represents the Communists. He was expelled from our Party a couple of years ago and in no sense represents our viewpoint on any matter today, certainly not on the question of the electoral situation. An organization claiming, as yours does, to permit expression to all labor viewpoints should have invited the Workers (Communist) Party to send a representative to present its view- point on the 1928 elections, Not only was that not done, but to make mat- ters worse, a non-Communist is ad- vertized as a Communist and with the aid of your publicity permitted to represent our viewpoint. A public correction would be in or- der. Yours very truly, (Signed) JAY LOVESTONE. Workers (Communist Party of America, Executive Secretary. Hickman Indicted LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 5—The Los Angeles County Grand Jury to- day voted indictments charging Wil- liam Edward Hickman and his con- fessed accomplice, Welby Hunt, with robbery and murder of C. Ivy Thomas, Rose Hill druggist on Christmas Eve, 1926, according to reports at the Hall of Justice. Bosses Remember Their Own. Last April, his company vont int bankruptcy. Leading creditors, con scious of the “assistance he had ren- dered to the movement,” immediately came to the rescue. In addition there has been voted him the above men- tioned $5,000 yearly payment. Labor’s class war prisoners, like Sacco and Vanzetti, have been exe- cuted. Mooney and Billings and oth- ers are still in jail. tHit Slaughter in Ching and Nicaragua (Continued from Page One) said, the peasant-worker class will ultimately triumph, Communist Party Leads. “The butehery of the Communist workers,” Dunne continued, “shows with the most powerfui force ‘that the Communist Party is the leader of the worker and peasant revolution which the imperialists and their na- tive reactionaries have not been able to drown in spite of the rivers of blood which they have spilled.” Oigin said one of the tasks at pre- sent is to “strip the mask of hypu- erisy” from the face of the U. 8. state department. “Thousands of ‘Nicaraguan work- ers have been slaughtered since Co.. Stimson, Coolidge’s agent, announce, that ‘peace’ had been established,’ he said. Must Arouse Labor. Olgin added that General Sandino, the mine worker, leading the nationa: Opposite Bronx Park UNITED WORK LIVING Room eee APARTMENT VERAN AAS AN AR ANA ARURAN ARAL SACD EONS AAAS RARS TETSU ENTE ATES ETT SSIS SSeS = BLOCKS OF CO-OPERATIVE HOUSES will soon be built in the Co-operative Workers’ Colony by the ERS’ COOP. ASS’N liberation forces of Nicaragua, is rep- ‘PRaasames acess resenting the large mass of Nicara- guans who refuse ‘to remain undey the yoke of yankee imperialism. “Every worker must be aroused to a realization of the danger of this murderpus campaign against the Ni- caraguans,” he said. “The present tactics of the American capitalists serve notice on the so-called ‘weaker Come right now and select an apartment of 2--3--4 Airy, Sunny, Spacious Rooms Office: 69 5th Avenue, corner 14th St. Tel. 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