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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-15

Crystal-topped gem-like bot
ties contain the delectable
Coty fragrances. These spe-
cial ounce packages make most
acceptable gifts.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

vent those cold -blooded murderers
from tearing him limb from limb.
AS write. the dream comes back in
all its horror, so horrible that the next
morning | could not eat my rice, for
which / was twitted by my travelling
companion as well as by my host.
But | soon explained. Not quite so
considerate of his feelings as he was
of mine, ] related the dreadful dream
to Prescott in all its cory partic' RS.
| luridly recounted how they had
mauled him. enjoying the color that |
gave to the final scene when they left
him for dead in gully. myself stand
ing a few feet away and not being
able to raise finger Ia prevent this
diabolical deed.
And there they left you, Prescott,
| said, left you in the ditch to die
For a moment he did not speak. He
had a peculiar look in his eye.
Funny" he then slowly replied his
fine face turning an ashen tint. as he
placed his unfinished bowl of rice and
his feed ne Instruments on the wooden
able before him. "funny-yes. very.
You see tha,. just what they did do
% me three years ago. Ii was before
went home on furlough, and had it
not been for one of my Chinese who
hurried back To headquarters | should
have undoubtedly died in that ditch.
Yes, they threw me in the ditch TO die.
just as you dreamed"
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Makes Slide for Life on Horseback in Western China

but when I pulled ult at the entrance
10 the village he was nowhere to be
seen. and / retraced MY steps slowly
back through the gorge to look Ior
him / had not far to 20, however
before | saw him struggling along
with his saddle and bridh over MS
shoulder.
"Ah." he said. out Of breath. This
has been a hard ride old man. j toid
YOU that If your pony dropped dead at
the end of the ride and you were saIe'
it would he worth It, didn't j? MY
poor old fellow dropped dead under me
100 yards back. BETTER he than l. /
suppose. though feel more cut up at
losing him than | can tell you.
Then We went into The village
among friends again
Two DAYS afterward our own porters
turned rp smiling, with the astonish-
ing information that they had located
the men wllo fired the gun and that
with the last shot they fired at us the
antiquated weapon exploded, blowing
off the head Of the operator who ap-
piled the fuse e. the powder. killing
one Of the two men who held the D.
foot muzzle horizontally on their
shoulders. seriously fnJurIng the other.
And. rs Prescott remarked, Better
they than ourselves. olh man
so my life was once more saved by
quick thinking. I'm the tirai place, had
we dilly-dallied at IlmaO Nlu l.lu, We
would unqueStionably have peen col
Jared: had We not slid down Ghe las.
Hill at a breathless speed instead OF
dismounting and tediOusly fo0tlhS ~
as most men would have done. we
would have been captured. A. il Was
We were safe and happy.
fCuUyFlEht. i4I5D
Evening star., 1926-04-04

the doorway as quickly as he had
come in
Prescott, however, offered no ex-
planation of this strange visit. He
spoke he went as near lying as | he
leVe he ever wen. in his life, laughing
at me when ! suggested that there
was something of extra raordinary i'm
portance going on.
No. old man. nothing wronE-ahso
| lutely nothing at all. he said, with a
smile. Then, after a pause: You
know, Lamper, I'm heartily tired OF
this forced imprisonment. ! am in
clined to believe that the weather Is
! fairing up bit. Come, lets have a
/ look
The natives saw us rise and go out
| in the pouring rain, and, though the
! leaden skies were as heavy as they
/ had been for many days, Prescott
swore that he believed the rains
would stop. that day.
"AnywaA" | replied. Il do not
know what the game is. but | also
am fed to the teeth with this-are
| YOU game TO go on?"
Prescott's s wonderful eyes lit up anC
! his face beamed.
Game? I should say so. Come
on. let's go on: shall we?' said he
/ wondering whether l really meant
| that I was willing to risk being
drowned in my tracks.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

northeasterly direction. we doubled
up as hard as we could, our WILING
animals seeming to sense the danger.
For a moment it appeared as If we
were doomed. as if those would-be as
sassins would reach the pass before US
and cut us off But our animals sur
pa ssed themselves. In that perllous
half-mile ride the gigantic gun again
exploded, and around us there fell an
ineffective shower of crude native
buckshot, though IL was enough 10
scare us.
And then we saw that we had won
the race. for the men came to a fairly
wide creek which cut off their fast
work. as they were compelled TO wade
kneedeep through mud, by which
time we had arrived at the pass, Well
ahead and apparently out Of danger
though not fully assured that this
was 90.
T NOTICED that the hill down whose
steep slope we had to ride was a
thick yellow clay. and il suddeni
struck me that / could save good
deal OF time in the descent. though !
was not sure that Prescott could DO
likewise. Bidding him to follow my
example. | explained that | was going
to give him an exhibition OF ASIatic
pursuers far In the rear, even II they
had the temerity To pursue us down
into the valley, where Prescott >
friends stood ready to protect us.
Shortening my reins. | backed my
pony against the slope so that he was
in practically a sitting position, his
fOrelegs being straight and stiff in
front of him. 1t was a trick of riding
that ! had learned in Japan, and | had
travelled down many a slippery hill IN
this fashion. Greatly amused, Pres
colt initiated my action. but though
his pony had not to his knowledge
ever done the thing before. he did 1t
that day. tumbling at once To what
was expected Of him.
Away we went down through the
slippery clay Al a terrific speed. The
route was left to the ponies. the riders
merely sitting we'll back in the saddle
with fee i'm the stirrups we'll forward.
With amazing deXterity, our ponies
missed bowlders and turned corners.
lodged other obstacles. and gave MS
great thrill as they sped downward In
tense position to the foot of the
range.
THAT was really great" said Pres
colt at the bottom of the hill, mud
from head to foot "Now we have a
level stretch to the village. You lead.
old man-I1l follow. Still ride as hard
as YOU can. If YOU value your life, he
added with laugh.
Straight into the teeth Of the wind
again | rode. through a narrow wind
! ing gorge. the hurricane being almost
| too strong for the pony to make head
way. Naturally | believed that Pres
colt was following close behind me.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
"Cold.Weather" Athletes.

THE most athletic countries are
those with the lowest average
temperatilre. according 10 compute o.
tions made by Or. Guillermo HoNmark
Of the Argentine Weather Bureau "u
the basis Of performances at the last
two Olympic Games in Antwerp ana
Paris.
Twpntv-six countries we're repre-
sented. and the number of inha bltanfs
OF each were divided by the number
of points gained. thus giving the num-
her Of thousands Of inhabitants per
point. The countries were then ranged
in the resulting order When brought
into relation with the average annual
temperature it appeared that hlgh
average athletic ability and low a''
erage temperature go together.
The figures of the two competitions
taken separately and together give
approximately the same result. In
each case Norway, Finland and SWe-
den head the list in the order named.
Great Britain stands twelfth Spain.
CZechoSlovakia, Japan and Egypt are
among those al the bottom Of the list.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

! 1t was then that | regretted that I
had told my yarn.
Prescott was quiet. He had nothing
to say that morning to anybody. but
dragged Chinese book from his
| knapsack and sat down to read by the
light of rush stuck In IA saucer Of
| crude vegetable oil which only EN-
phasiZed the darkness of the room.
THE morning dragged on. The rain
was, if anything, heavier than
ever. Every one was uncomfortable
enough, and even the few hungry ma
tives were YEARLY put to it to find
enough amusement for themselves in
the presence OF these two travelling
wonders of wonders.
But suddenly the felt cape which
bacted as shelter in the doorway was
pushed aside. and Mao rushed into
the hut. breathlessly to deliver some
obviously urgent message to Prescott.
Fortunately, my friend had complete
command of the Mao 'language--it
was he who reduced the language to
writing for the first time.
But |. though having good work
ing knowledge of Chinese, had barely
enough Mao 10 keep up an intelli-
gent converse tion, though possessing
enough to know that the purpose OF
this breathless visitor was to issue
some sort of warning.
"kander Peh Sen Seng, said this
Mao. between his gasps for breath.
addressing Prescott by his Mao name.
Il want to speak TO YOU privately, anG
quickly"
That much | understood. / then
anxiously watched and waited as the
two carried on a rapid conversation ih
suppressed animation. Then, the
Mao, suddenly gathering up his loose
hemp gown and tt Cking the ends into
his waist belt so that it would not
drag in the mud. went ont through
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Testing Concrete.
THE Bureau of Standards has de-
Il yelored an electrical device called

THE Bureau of Standards has de-
veloped an electrical device called
"telemeter" to measure accurately
the stresses and changes OF pressure
in a solid concrete structure, says
Popular Science Monthly. The tele-
meter consists of stack OF carbon
disks, both ends of which are con
nected bv electric wires with record
ing instruments. The electrical re-
sistante OF the carbon disks varies
with the pressure put upon them.
A concrete dam in course of con-
struction in California will be tested
to the breaking point by the new de-
vice. While the liquid concrete is be-
ing poured the carbon disks, placed
in cartridges, will be inserted into 1t,
and the necessary connecting wires
will furnish complete record of the
increasing pressure and the resulting
stresses.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

for we shall need all the strength we've
got before we are out OF the WOOD.
The climb was q slow business. Ild
ing was out of the question: sheei
impossibility. All that we Gould 40
was to hang on to our ponies talIs
and thus be dragged up through the
mire and the storm. At last. however
we reached the top. fairly exhausted.
Then | found that Prescott was
right-we could now ride In feai
earnest, for the geological formation
changed, and where we had been
f1oundering about in a sea of red mud
above our knees, we now came to hard
road across a fairly level plateau
moving forward to place Wnere
Prescott knew we would be protected
from attack.
X n
TOR a time all went well, our ponies
Il putting and blowing as if they
knew what was going on. Then sud
denly. through the rush of the wind,
we heard a report as of some gigantic
gun. Instinctively ! ducked, hugging
nv animals neck. motioning Prescott
TO do the same.
But as he followed my example.
bringing his head down quickly, the
hte straw hat on hia head frightened
his animal. Prescott fallins to the
Ground and his pony boiling. Assured
that he was not hurt. | at length re-
captured the fugitive animal. getting
hold of his bride just at the moment
when I heard another report OF that
gigantic gun, for II was Enthusiastically
a gun and Ii seemed as If II were ann
eti directly At me.
Prescott lost no time In remounting
and then we galloped forward 10 a
narrow pass. which was the natural
outlet from the plateau.
That's the last trump, old man-if
we can get through there without be
ing Iv,ld up In any way we are safe
Let me ride first,
As he smoke Prescott looked unea siiv
about and turned nervOusly in his sad
die. his face as white as a sheet az he
nointed In an easterly direction about
half a mile away. There We saw about
% rufians evidently in hot pursuit
of us.
When the gun was being fired
from was not clear to either of us. and
IN this day ] do not know where 1t was
concealed but we were convinced that
we were the targets and that we might
he bowled over at any moment. Their
We saw the ruffians rushing f1eetlH
for the pass: they were within half a
mile of us. and we had about that dis
tance TO cover to reach the pass be
fore them.
Neither Prescott nor ! carried q
weapon. If we were caught IL would
he q certain. speedy and cruel death
for we would be defenSeless against
that mob. So. watching these mer
making diagonally for the pass from
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Explorer and Missionary Companion
Risk Death on Precipitous Slope in an
Effort to Elude Assassins-Penetrate to
Lands Never Before Visited by White
Men-Two Dreams Of Torture.
Warned by Friendly Chinese-Targe
of a Gigantic Gun.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Year-Old Applause.

A SERMON preached more than a
year ago by Rev. Hugh Thomp-
son Kerr of Pittsburgh was heard at
point 400 miles north of the Arctic
Circle. in North Baffin Bay, almost
ZOO miles from Pittsburgh. but the
applause" card. relayed by telegraph
from Montreal. has just been received
by hiri Owing to infrequent com
munica uon the letter was . year In
reaching Montreal.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

range" shouted Prescott through his
hands in the wind a g his anmal strug-
gled along behind mine. I'VE shall he
out of danger. Re easy with your pony
Evening star., 1926-04-04

His interest in geographical
research and his investigation of
the way III which the Chinese
people are affected by the modern
spirit have led Edwin Lampier
into regions of the Oriental re-
public far from the beaten track.
He has lived for long periods in
interior China and once spent
nine months in the wilds without
seeing a white man or speaking
word of English.
Previously he had travelled eN.
tensively in the West Indies, in
the Straits Settlements and I'm the
jungles of the Federated Malay
States and Siam. Other expert
ences of his viii be recounted in
two succeeding articles.
Born in England, Mr.. lampier
in recent years has lived in the
United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
TARIFF BODY
AIRS THREATS
OF COOLIDGE
Cal Attempts to Bride
Sugar Commission

WASHINGTON-(FP)- Testimony
by tariff commissioner Costigan before
the senate special committee investi-
eating interference in the work of
that body by the Harding Coolidge adj
ministrations, disclosed that Pres. Coo
lidge employed both threats and offers
of preferment, toward commissioner
Culbertson, now minister to Roumania,
to make him delay completing the SUI
gar tariff report in the summer of
1924.
Culbertson. Costigan and David ].
Lewis, the progressive half of the com
mission at that time, were insisting
upon a prompt report in order that the
cost of sugar to the American people
might be reduced. The late Sen. La
Toilette had aired the scandal of high
sugar tariff rates in the senate. Coo
lidge sent for Culbertson July 9, 1924,
and when he reached the white house
he was shown by private secretary c.
Bascom Slemp, a letter from a man
named Silverman, tariff lobbyist be-
fore the commission, Charging that
Culbertson was breaking the law by
delivering paid lectures at law school
of Georgetown university.
Culbertson, according to Costigan,
had had permission from Pres. Hard
ing to give these lectures, and Coo
lidge had never objected to them
Nevertheless, the matter was referred
by Slemp to Atty. GenuStone. An as
sistant made a report favorable to Cul-
bertson, but Stone discarded this and
reported against him.
At the time Culbertson was threat
ened, Costigan pointed out, chairman
Marvin of the tariff commission had
told the members that Coolidge want
ed them to shelve the sugar report al
together. When thai report was final
ly made, Coolidge kept it in cold stor-
age for more than a year, and then
announced that there was no need for
altering the tariff rates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
SOVIET MISSION
STUDIES MANY
POWER PROJECTS
Super-Power and Hydro
Enterprises for Russia

WASHlNGTON,-(FP- May IL. -
Josef l. Tzechevsky, manager of the
department of electrical station con-
struction, of the supreme economic
council of the Soviet Union, is chair
man of special commission which
has been in Washington, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, studying American
methods Of hydro-electric develop
ment. AS in the case of other scientific
planning commissions sent here from
Moscow, this one has had the help Of
American corporations and govern
mental agencies in gathering informa-
ton. 1t is taking back to Russia de-
tails of construction of big dams,
power plants, distribution systems,
etc. The Conowingo power project on
the Susquehanna river, near the Mary
land-Pennsylvania line, was among the
scenes visited when the party was in
Baltimore.
Tzechevsky and his associates brot
with them the plans for development
Of the power, Irrigation and navigation
resources of the Dneiper river system
which waters the Ukraine. For the
past six years the Soviet Union has
been making studies of the Dneiper
river and it's tributaries, with view
to such construction as will utilize the
maximum of its power and water. Now
these plans are being revised in con-
nection with studies of the experience
of American companies in developing
rivers here. Later the commission will
visit Ontario, to see what efficiency
has been developed by the Ontario
Electric Commission in that province
thru government ownership and opera
ton.
One phase of this Dneiper project
is of great political and economic sig
nificance to Europe. The Soviet plans
call for development of such canal
routes as will link up the Black Sea
with the German canal system. That
will enable German factories to re-
ceive iron ore from Russia, by canals
across Poland. Heavy machinery can
be delivered from Germany to Russia
in return for raw materials, by this
cheap waterroute. This Russo-German
canal scheme would give economic
reality to the new treaty between the
two nations. Work on the first unit
of the Dneiper development, involving
an investment of $4,000, 900, is to be
begun within a few months. 1t will
provide, when operating, power for a
large part of the mining region-coal,
iron and manganese-of the southern
part of the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
New Masses Artists,
Writers and |. w. A.
Hold Affair on Friday

NEW YORK, May 12.-The artists
and writers of the New Masses have
Joined hands with the International
Workers Aid to give a Birthday Party
for the benefit of the Passaic strikers
Friday evening, May IA, at Central
Opera House.
A short satire on the police and
public officials in Passaic has been
written specially for the occasion by
Carl Raushenbush and will be pre-
scented by a group of actors. This will
be followed by taste Of the real
strike shown in dramatic tableaux of
the strikers themselves, led by Albert
Weisbord.
The admission is rs cents-pay at
the door-and both the International
Workers Aid and the New Masses
promise that this is to be the great
est party that has occurred all season.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
Why We Want a
feminist Youth Camp?
BY a Young Pioneer.

BY a Young Pioneer.
T Asst summer the Young Pioneers of
II New York for the first time sue
ceeded in having a feminist Youth
Camp. This summer we are starting
anew to build better and bigger
camp, that will be real working-class
children's camp. This is because we
see that the scouts and other similar
organizations are having camps for the
purpose Of poisoning their minds into
being enemies of their class, which is
the working class. We, the Young
Pioneers, see the great importance of
drawing these children close to us and
to train them to be real fighters for
the working class. When the children
come back from our camp they are
strong and healthy and are we'll able
to carry on their school struggle all
the year round. Then they are really
ALWAYS READY to fight against the
capitalist class. In camp they are de-
veloped both physically and mentally.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
MONT. COURT TO
HEAR W|NTERR0WD
LIBEL CASE PLEA
/. L. D. Makes Appeal of
Case Possible
By JOHN GABRIEL soLTrs.

GREAT FALLS, Mont, May 1.-THE
motion for new trial in the Win
terrowd libel case was promptly
denied by District Judge Stephen Cow
ley, last Monday morning. The action
of the judge did not surprise the de-
tense. In fact it was predicted. The
wires of the A. G. M. are many and
devious.
Appeal to Supreme Court.
The denial of re-trial of the case,
has necessitated the taking of an
appeal to the state supreme court.
This has been done. The prompt and
timely assistance of the International
Labor Defense, in this case, has made
the appeal possible.
The Issue.
Winterrowd was found guilty two
weeks ago, by a jury in Judge
Stephen Cowley's court, of libel. The
complaint was sworn to by Constable
Christie, as the result of a broadside
being published against him in the
Town Topics, the local labor paper
that the subservient politicians of cap
italism fear. He was fined 200 dollars.
The article in question proved that
Christie was violating the law as con-
stable. At the trial the constable, who
by the way poses as a union man, adj
mitted that he did violate the law in
regard to illegal fees which he was
charging, as constable. Winterrowd
also charged him with being a capper
for private collection agency, owned
and operated by a professional hater
of labor. This also was proven up to
the hilt at the trial.
The supreme court of this state will
now have an opportunity to declare
itself on the question of the freedom of
the press.
Organize Branch of I. L. D.
AS a result of this frame-up on
Winterrowd, on the part of the
minions of the A. G. NJ, a strong
branch of the International Labor De-
tense was launched here. 1t will de-
velop into a broad mass organization
of the workers. The workers see the
imperative need for this defense or
ganization.
1t will, in all likelihood, be many
months before the supreme court will
hear the appeal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
BOSTON PIONEERS GIVE UP ICE
CREAM FOR PAssAlc STRIKERS.
By NAT KAY.

BOSTON-The Boston Pioneers are
certainly ready to sacrifice for their
brothers and sisters out in Passaic.
This was proven at their last meet
ing where the question was discussed.
After many suggestions were made
and discussed, 1t was unanimously de-
cided to spare the money from two
Ice creams every week for Passaic
relief until the battle is 1000 won.
Meal tickets are being sold like hot
cakes by the Young Pioneers. The
following greetings was sent to the
Passaic strikers by the Pioneers:
Comrades, fighting workers, we are
with you 1oo9o. We shall not stop TO
do all we can for you here until we
know that your battle Is wonl Keen
courageI You must win against the
bossesl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-14
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CONDUCTED Dr T14Eai&k ScuNG WORKERS LEAGUE
Young Shoe Workers and the Youth Conference

our shops folding, lasting and cutting
machines. And the work which was
previously done by adult workers is
now done by MACHINES operated by
young workers.
From the above mentioned facts we
come to the conclusion that there are
youth problems in the shoe industry,
and those are not only the miserable
wages the young shoe workers receive,
but the fact that the bosses use these
young workers as a tool in lowering
the wages and the standard of living
of the adult workers engaged in the
shoe industry. Now what can be done
to remedy this situation? We must
admit that never was any serious at
tempt made by the shoe workers
unions to organize those young work
ers. AS it proved itself the awaken
ing working class youth went further
than the trade unions. This was ex-
pressed in the youth conferences
which are held in the various parts of
the country.
And the youth conference which will
be held in New York City will have
to pay much attention to the young
workers employed in the shoe indus
try. But to make this organizational
move successful it will be up to the
shoe workers union to utilize the
awakened consciousness of the young
shoe workers, to take them into the
trade unions, which will raise the
standard of living of the young work
ers as we'll as of the adult workers.