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Evening star., 1925-03-17
PHYSICIAN HALTS BURIAL
OF NOTED WORLD WAR VET
Refuses Certificate of Natural
Death in Case of Sam Dreben,
and Asks Autopsy.
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. March IL
Burial of Sam Dreben, internationally
famous soldier of fortune and World
War hero, who died here Sunday, was
postponed until tomorrow, when MS
physician, DR.. Walter V. Brem. an
nounced he did not want to sign a
certificate of natural death and asked
that an autopsy be performed.
DR.. Brem said he was not at lib
erty to reveal the reason for his
action, unless Mrs. Dreben permitted
him to speak, since IT was at her
request that he appealed for an autopsy.
To the scores of friends and admirers
of the picturesque fighting man who
had gathered in the funeral chapel
where services were being held under
the auspices of the Hollywood American
Legion, it was announced merely that
Dreben's burial, which was to have
taken place at Burbank, north OF
here. had been postponed until to-
morrow.
Dreben's death was entirely unex-
pected, although he had been i'll for
several months and under the care
of DR.. Brem. 1t was understood he
was suffering from form of paralysis.
Evening star., 1925-03-17
DESPONDENT WOMAN
SWALLOWS POISON
Kills Herself While Her Two Small
Children Visit in Neigh
boris Flat.

During the absence of her two chill
dren from her apartment in Manor
House, 1924 Monroe street, yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth Wright
Hoover, 35, suffering from mental
depression, due to illness, ended her
life by swallowing poison.
DR.. George w. Hoover, chemist in
the Bureau of Chemistry, Department
of Agriculture, conversed with his
wife over the telephone about two
hours before he returned home and
found her dead. She seemed cheerful
when he conversed with her, he told
the coroner The Hooyers came here
from Chicago about two years ago.
Two small children of the couple, one
and the other 4, were visiting in
another apartment at the time.
Coroner hewitt gave a ceruhcate
of suicide.
Evening star., 1925-03-17
COAL OUTPUT DROPS.
World Production in 1924 is 5000.
900 Tons Under 1928.

World production of coal in 1924,
totaling 1880. 100000 metric tons, was
a decrease of about 100000 tons be-
low tho 1929 output and 16,000,000
tons less than the record year Of 1913.
Production of both anthracite and
bituminous coal in the United States
dropped last year, bituminous pro-
duction aggregating 43S, 420,0 600 metric
tons, against 511,7s1,S72 tons the year
previous, according to Geological Sur
vey figures, while anthracite produc-
tion, totaling S2,o0o.0O0 tons, was low
er than the mark of s4,675,2s2 set in
1922
Evening star., 1925-03-17
VIRGINIA FERRY DISPUTE
Is UP HERE TOMORROW
Portsmouth and Norfolk Officials
to Confer With Federal
Agencies on Debt.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, March H.
Officials of Portsmouth and Norfolk
County will leave tonight for Wash
ington to meet Wednesday morning
at 10 O'Clock with officials Of the
United States Housing Corporation
and the Department Of Justice to
discuss problems now blocking set
tlement of debt remaining for war
time improvements to the Norfolk
Portsmouth ferries
1t is expected that opinions from
the Department of Justice on the
question of legal participation by the
Government in an appraisal of the
ferry betterments and as to consid-
Grafton of going concern value should
the appraisal be made will be an
nounced at this meeting.
Should the conference fail the civ
and county haye announced THEW in
tention OF taking the matter to the
United states Court~ Of Claims in an
ries.
Evening star., 1925-03-17
w. q. w. IN SESSION.
District Is Represented at Cumber-
land Gathering.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, March IL
The sixth head camp convention of
the Modern Woodmen of the World
opened here this morning in the City
Hall auditorium. with about 200 dele
gates from West Virginia, Maryland,
District of Columbia and Delaware in
attendance. The sessions end to-
morrow night with a banquet. The
speakers this morning were Mayor
Thomas w. Koon. Cot Thomas l.
Pierce, Lloyd Ia Shaffer and Joseph
s. Bewick. Responses were made by
John 7. Yates, Omaha, Nebr, SOW
ereign clerk; Luther c. Jones, State
manager for Maryland, and H. H.
Frelder, Huntington, w. Va.
Degree work was conferred. The
parade takes place tonight. There
will be two business sessions tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1925-03-17
EDITORS TO AID OIL BOARD
Are Asked to Suggest Plans for
Stabilizing the Industry.

The Presidents oil board, Of which
Secretary Work is chairman, today ad-
dressed letters to editors of 60 oil and
gas Journals inviting suggestions for
stabilizing the oil industry.
These editors. said the board, have a
broad, impartial viewpoint that en-
braces the interests of the Government
as well as the interests of the oil COM
panies, and therefore their advice and
recommendations are worthy of the
most serious consideration"
Evening star., 1925-03-17
Driver Kills Self.
necioI nispateh 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MARTINSBURG, W. Va, March II,
Carl T, Brown, 43, delivery wagon
driver, killed himself on the back
porch of his home here about mid
night when he left his bed, went to
the porch in his bare feet, took down
his shotgun, placed the muzsle Just
over his heart and pulled the trigger.
A suicide verdict was rendered by
the coroner. No motive has been
assigned. A widow and three chill
dren survive.
Evening star., 1925-03-17

Increase in the number of automo-
biles In China has caused the con-
sumption of gasoline TO be eight
times what it was eight years ago.
Lawn tennis is being played every
evening except Sunday at the Edmon-
ton recreation grounds, which is
lighted by powerful electric lights.
Evening star., 1925-03-17
CITIZENS ENGAGE COUNSEL TO AID
I'm FIGHT TO UPHOLD ZONING ACT
Fund of 5000 Sought to Pay Ne,o York Expert to
Assist omn,ission-Protection of Residential
Districts Is Goal.

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1925-03-17

George A. Finch, vice president OF
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, chairman; Edgar B. Henderson.
chairman of zoning committee of the
federation; Gen. ELI A. Helmick, U.
s. A, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of Cathedral Heights Asso-
citation; John Ihlder. chairman of
home owners committee of the
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
NatiOn-Wide May Day Demonstrations

INQUIRIES Information coming into the national office Of the Work
regarding this Day celebration indicate nation
previous May Day the pars
history Every branch should
such meeting notify
The smaller Day speakers
meeting organization
regarding
meeting will give these meetings
city hrut WORKER
Don to notify national office.
Meetings arranged to the present time
York, Y-speakers, William Moissaye
PhiadeIp eIphia, Pa-Speakers Gflow
Boston, Hail. (Near
Bldg) m. Speaker, VIM. r. Dunno.
Cleveland oho-slovenian Home, Ave-,
Speaker, j. Enedahl
Warren. ohio-May 2 Speaker, j. Louis EnsdahI
Akron ohios-May g. at Speaker J. Louis EnsdahI.
Canton, oho-May at p Speaker J. Louis EngdahL
Toledo. oho-May at p M. Speaker J. Ensdahl
Chicago nI-Temple Hall, Van m
Speakers Ruthenbes
Sehaehtman
Decatur, lI.-Speaker, NJ chilofsky.
Pullman, II.-speaker, Barney
Madison IIl--croatian Bulgarian speakers.
Christopher lll-corblshley a others
Milwaukee, Wis--speakers, Max 5edacht and Tom Bell.
Gary, nd.-Speaker, Harrison George.
City, Mo-speaker NJ. Gomez
Louis Mo-speake, NJ. Gomez
Rapids Mich-sunday, Daugh
Hall. 1857 Hamilton Ave. NJ W. Speaker T. j. o'Flahey
Minneapolis Minn.-speaker Robert Minor.
Buffalo, NJ. Y-Speaker, Earl r. 5rowder
Rochester, N. Y,-May Speaker, Earl r. 7rowder.
Erie Pa.-May 3. Speaker, Earl r. 5rowder.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Speeches, Movies
and Music Feature
Milwaukee May Day

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April 15.-A
gigantic May Day demonstration is
being arranged by the United Front
Conference in Milwaukee under the
leadership of the Workers Party and
the Young Workers League. A very
interesting program has been arranged
in the evening.
The demonstration will be held in
the Freie Gemeinde Hall, Sth and
Walnut Streets, Friday, May 1, at 1880
sharp. Max Bedacht, member of the
Central Executive Committee of the
Workers (Communist) Party will
speak in German, and Thomas Bell,
industrial organizer for the Workers
Party in the city Of Chicago will
speak in English. Other speakers will
include John Edwards, Francis Urban,
and George Bubich.
The musical program includes the
German and Russian Ukrainian choirs,
Tamburica orchestra, the Freiheit
Singing society, and the Buduchnost
Singing Society.
Two reels of motion pictures will
be shown, depicting scenes from the
French, German and Russian revolu.
tions, and American strikes.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
POLISH WHITE y
TERROR EXPOSED
BY COMMUNISTS
Comrade Radwanski On
Speaking Tour

The campaign against the Polish
white terror now conducted by the
Polish Federation of the Workers
Party and the /. w. A. is meeting with
success according to reports coming
from Comrade Radwanski, who is on
a speaking tour thru the East.
Five hundred workers attended a
mass meeting in Hamtramck, Mich,
last Sunday at which Comrade Rad.
wanski spoke. His schedule is as
follows:
Niagara Fall. April 16, 1880 p. m,
in Polish Federation Hall, Falls and
9th Street.
Buffalo, N. Y, April II, p. m, at
Polish Educational Hall, SS1 Broad
way.
Rochester, April IS.
Utica, N. Y, April 10, Sunday after
noon, p. m, at "Czerkiesa" Hall,
315 Nichols Street.
Fulton, N. Y, Sunday, April 10, 1880
p. M, at "Oswiata" Hall.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Wicks Speaks Friday
on "The Next War" at
Reading, Pennsylvania


The Workers Party branch of Read
ing, Pa, has arranged mass meeting
for Friday, April IL, at. s p. M, with
H. M. Wicks as speaker on "The
Next War"
A close student of imperialism and
current history, Comrade Wicks is en-
inently fitted to handle the subject
from revolutionary standpoint and
to expose the reality beneath all the
diplomatic intrigues of capitalist
statesmen. The lecture is free to all
workers and is of vital interest to
them, as they are the ones who with
their very lives furnish cannon fodder
in the game of their innperialist mas
ters.
Already capitalist statesmen are
talking in terms of another world war
and the workers of Reading will have
an opportunity Of hearing the Com
munist view of this impending strug-
gle, compared to which the last world
blood bath of the workers will seem
mild, and the Communist method of
combating the schemes of the ruling
class of the world.
The meeting will be held at the
r. V. V. F. hall, 612 Franklin street,
at D. m. sharp.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
BOSTON WORKERS
CONDEMN POLISH
White TERROR
Socialists Aid in JaiIing
Reds

BOSTON, Mass, April 49, At
rousing mass meeting held here in
the Credit Union Hall, resolution
was unanimously passed by the large
audience, condemning the white ter
ror in Poland.
The resolution calls on all workers
to fight the Polish terror and de-
mands the release from jail Of the
Polish workers. The help given the
Polish white guard in imprisoning
workers, by the social-democrats, is
clearly pointed out in the resolution,
which states:
Foul Murders.
"The Polish government, aided and
abetted by the social-democrats, is
conducting a white terror that knows
no bounds. The Polish government
has brutally imprisoned thousands of
Communists. 1t has just foully muir
dered two staunch fighters Of the
working class, Wieczorkiewicz and
Baginski.
'It has reluctantly only just now,
forced by pressure of the internation-
al proletariat, organized under the
banner of the Communist Internation-
al, been made to release Stanislav
Lanzutsky.
"The workers of Boston protest
against these brutalities of the Po-
lish government, acting as it is, as
the agent of the capitalists and i'm
perialists of the world.
End White Terror.
1--WE call on all workers to demand
the end of the white terror in Poland
and to compel the release of working
class fighters from Polish jails.
(Signed) Resolutions Committee,
JOHN SOFA,
"AL5ERT WEIs5oRD."
Anton Marringer, Sec.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Workers Sports Club
Entertains in N. Y. c.

NEW YORK, April 15.--At last we
have it, The first affair of the Work
ers Sports Club since its organization.
And you can bet it's a Jim Dandy.
The most novel entertainment that
ever a branch produced.
Miss Lee Cohen, singer of note
(high note) will render several selec-
tions. Comrade Davidson, an accomp.
lished cellist will delight us with a
few numbers. Irving Shoebe is the
one who will show us how TO play
Rackmaninoff's prelude on a saw. A
Communist Breitbart will chew up
nails and bend iron for our benefit.
And not only do we have this fine
program, but following IL we will have
dancing with the jazziest music that
can be obtained.
Don't forget. The place is 10S u.
18th ST. The date is Saturday eve
ming at .. m. BE there early, com.
rades. for the entertainment will start
at eight sharp. AL Furman, organizer.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Big Meeting Expected
At Speech on Assault
Against Seattle Reds


SEATTLE, Wash, April 15.-The
whole labor movement of Seattle and
surrounding cities is being stirred pro-
foundly by the clash in the Central
Labor Council between the reaction
aries and the Communists. Interest
is becoming so widespread that mass
meetings indoors and outdoors are
being arranged by the Workers Com
munist Party to carry their message
to the whole working class.
Among these meetings an outstand-
ing event will be the speech of Nor
man II. Tallentire, district organizer
OF the Workers Party, to be delivered
in the Painters hall, Union Record
building, 1915 First avenue, at s D. m.
on Friday, April "a.
Tallentire's lecture is announced to
be on "The Assault on Communism in
the Labor Movement" and is expected
to draw standing.room-o audi
ence. No admission is being charged.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Iowa Coal Miners
Hear Speakers Urge
Class Solidarity

MYSTIC, Iowa, April 15.- Good
sized crowds of coal miners listened
to ]. e. Snyder and Tom Matthews at
an open air meeting here in the even
ing and at Centerville in the after
noon.
Snyder pointed out the determined
efforts of the coal operators to crush
the miners union, as shown in their
shipment of scab coal from West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky into Iowa in COM
petition with the coal mined locally.
This determined drive of the mine
owners, Snyder pointed out, would
inevitably result in the annihilation
of the United Mine Workers and the
loss of the wage scale and working
conditions, unless the miners united
around militant movement such as
the Workers Party and the ideas it
advocates to the end that class solid
arity will replace class collaboration
as the policy of the organized labor
movement. The miners listened at
tentively and in large numbers at
both Centerville and Mystic.
Considerable quantities of liter
ature, including the DAILY WORKER
and the report of the British Trade
Union Congress on international trade
union unity were distributed.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
SOCIALISTS AID
WALL STREET TO
KID MAIN STREET
Standard Oil Patronizes
Berger's Sheet

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April 15.-The
old adage that business is business
holds good particularly when it is
applied to the renegade Socialists" >"
whether they still masquerade as So
cialist or run under the khan ticket.
Two specific illustrations Of that
one could observe in an advertisement
in the Milwaukee Leader, official or
gan of Victor Berger and company.
In the last few issues there appears
large fourteen-by-eight-inch adver-
tisement of the Standard Oil COM
pany.
Kidding Main Street.
The subject of the advertisement is
devoted toward proving that main
Street and not Wall Street now owns
the big INDUSTRIES"
why" the advertisement states,
"there are at present 1927 owners
Of this company, of whom not one
owns as much as per cent of the
whole" The advertisement further
proves that much of the smooth func-
tioning and its avoidance Of labor
trouble is due to the progressive meas
ures.
The advertisement finally concludes
with the splendid oration on co-opera-
tion of all classes.
Kan Is Also in Business.
Another demonstration that bust
ness is business may be seen in the
news articles that Kleist, a klansman
and candidate for judge of the SUI
preme court in the spring elections,
is demanding that the bail of his eli
ent accused of violation of the Vol
stead act, should be reduced $1,000
in order that he may collect his fee.
1t seems to be fully. consistent with
the principles of the ingisible empire
to take up and defend the bootleg
gers cases. Ai
So business is business for Vic Ber-
ger and his worthy disciple Kleist,
who has now graduated into the khan.
The fascist movement is openly sell
ing itself to the capitalist class and
all the parasites of the capitalist soci-
! ETY.. The Workers (Communist) Party
is the only organization holding high
the principles of revolutionary class
struggle and the only organization
worthy of the support of the working
masses.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Salzman Speaks For
Y. w. L. at Cleveland,
Ohio, Sunday, April l 9

The Young Workers League Of Gle.
veland will bold a general member.
ship meeting April 10 at the party
headquarters. Comrade Max Salzman
member of the National Executive
Committee. will report on shop nuclei
and the immediate tasks Of the Gle
veland League. This meeting will be
one OF the most important meetings
held by the Cleveland League. A
100 per cent attendance is expected
In addition TO Comrade salzman
report OF the working area branch
will be rendered by Comrade Papcun.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
BENJAMIN GITLOW TO
SPEAK ON COMING OF
EUROPEAN REVOLUTION

NEW YORK, April 15.-comrade
Benjamin GItlow will deliver a lee
ture on Toward War and Revolu-
tlon in Europe" at the Brownsville
Forum, 1901 Pitkin Avenue, Brook
Iyn, on Sunday evening, April 10.
The forum is conducted under the
auspices of the Brownsville section
committee Of the Workers (com-
munist) Party.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Are You Coming to
the Dance Saturday?

All Workers Party, Young Workers
League members and all the. young
and adult workers of Chicago are in
yited to the first Youth Spring ball
which will be held on Saturday, April
lS, at the Workers Lyceum, 1888
Hirsch Blvd. Good dance music.
Dances till / a. m. American-Rus
dances. Door open SAP, m. Tickets
S5c. Auspices Local Jewish Propa-
ganda Committed.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
SCHOOL SALARY
Recommendation
TO co To BOARD
McAndrew Takes N o
Risks with New Trustees


Rumors have it that Superintendent
William McAndrew's new salary
schedule is slated to come before the
board of education meeting April %,
which means that it will be approved.
For no McAndrew recommendation is
permitted to be acted upon at a board
meeting unless the trustees are sold
on it.
The reason for the rush was ex-
planned to be due to the short time
left before the reorganization of the
board on May 1. McAndrew has these
trustees securely stuffed in his pockets
-fguratively speaking He is not
sure of the seven new trustees.
1t is also rumored that McAndrew
has lost no time in letting his scheme
grow cold. 1t is said that he called
25 principals to his Office and gave
them few pointers how to talk up
the measure. He told them not to be
bashful but to go and visit the mem
bers on the board individually and
show them that they are for the in
crease. He told them this was neces-
sary to convince the wavering men,
bers on the board that the teachers"
were for it.
1t looks like the money for the i'm
mediate increase which the principals
are to get right away will come from
increasing the tax rate for educational
purposes. The board can by refer
endum ask for an increase of $1O0,
or any part of dollar, over the
present levy which $1.92.
AS has been pointed out on several
occasions the deficit in the school
treasury climbs this year $4,000,000
and totals $2O,OO0,O0O. To meet the
new scale $1,S0O,O 900 will be required
The first year. Unless this amount can
be saved the budget deficit would
jump to more than $5,OOO,0OO for the
year. Perpetuation of the increase
means SS.OOO,OOO the second year, in
creasing to SS,OOO,OOO by the eighth
year.
No reply has been made to the
Teachers Federation's letter which
urges the boards cooperation in their
fight to get the money due the school
treasury in taxes that is now thru
favoritism to wealthy property holders
escaping taxation. They also ask
McAndrew the following questions:
J.. II the proposed schedule is
adopted by the board of education,
what maximum salary is to be paid
for the years 1926, 1926, 1927 to each
OF the following groups Of teachers,
and how many persons in each group
are eligible to and will be paid the
maximum?
(a) Elementary teachers? (b) Jun
ior high school teachers? Co High
school teachers? (d) Head assistants? :?
(e) Elementary principals? ~ Junior
high school principals? (g) High
school principals?
They say they want to safeguard
every teacher against discrimination.
From McAndrew's maneuvers, they
say, the entire project looks like a
scheme on the part Of the superin-
tendent to build his machine with the
aim TO break the backbone of the
teachers organization by playing
iayoritism to the principals and some
OF the teachers.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE
ACTIVITIES.
LOCAL CHICAGO,
Notice Following Dates

NotiSS ToHoWIu1 OateS
The following dates have been
taken by the Young Workers League,
Local Chicago. Workers Party
branches and other organizations
please do not arrange conflicting af-
fairs.
Friday, April IL.
Activity meetings of all the league
branches this Friday. Activities of in.
dividual members, work of existing
shop nuclei, prospective nuclei, fac.
tory campaigns, etc. of the branch are
discussed.
The meetings will be held as fol
lows:
Branch No. 1, Room SOC, 166 W.
Washington st.
Branch No. 2. 1910 w. Roosevelt
Road.
Spring dance, Workers Lyceum,
2733 Hirsch Blvd, Saturday, April IS.
Auspices of ]. P. C.
First hike, end Of Grand Ave. car
line, Sunday; April 10, 10:30 a. m.
Membership meeting, Tuesday, April
81, at 722 Blue Island Ave.
Dance on Sunday, April 26, p. m,
Folkets Hus, 27S3 Hirsch Boulevard.
Auspices of Area Branch No. 2 and
Mid-City Branch of the party.
Y. w. L. city dance, Saturday, May
9, 1925, Workers LyceIm, 1888 Hirsch
Blvd.
Saturday, May 16, is reserved for
an affair by Area Branch No. 1.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Workers Communist Party.
Young Workers League.
kuomintang Holds Memorial.


Philadelphia local of the Kuomin-
tang held elaborate memorial serv-
ices in the afternoon in the Dumont's
theater. The meeting was attended
by about 500 people, mostly Chinese
workers. and among them many men,
bers and sympathizers Of the Work
ers Party. The theater was beautiful
ly decorated in accordance with the
Chinese custom. The stage was ar
ranged with several large pictures of
Sun Vat Sen surrounded by a large
array of flowers and bouquets from
various organizations. among them a
bouquet Of red roses from the Work
ers Party. Luther Lee. chairman of
the local Kuomintang, opened the
meeting and introduced number of
speakers in Chinese and English.
The splendid spirit of cooperation
shown in these two memorial meet
ings by the local Kuomintang
and the Workers Party will lead to
the establishment of friendly relation
ship of the two organizations.
Ihe workers Party OF Philadelphia
is holding its next meeting Sunday,
April 10, at the Grand Fraternity Hall,
1928 Arch ST. Simon Felshln of New
York will speak on "Proletarian Art
and Culture" This meeting will be
held in the evening and will be fol-
lowed by questions and a discussion.
Admission Is free.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
Workers Party-Local
Chicago Activities
Thursday, April 1s.

Russian No. /, 1902 w. Division St.
South Side English, 1901 S. Wabash
Ave.
South Slavic No. 1. 1906 S. Racine
Ave.
Scandinavian Karl Marx, 2733
Hirsch Blvd.
Friday, April II.
Polish North Side, 1902 w. Division
st.
The daily worker., 1925-04-17
cIeveIand JunIora, easket Parry.

The Liebkneckt branch, junior sec
tion Of Cleveland, Ohio, will hold a
basket party at the Freiheit office,
53ii Woodland Ave. Sunday, April 10.
There will be large program and
refreshments.
The proceeds will 90 to the Young
Comrade.-- Ed. Shatz, Chairman OF
the press committee.