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Seven National Winners VIII
Be Taken on Superb Two
Month Tour.
STAR WILL GIVE OTHER
PRIZES TO ENTRANTS
National Capital Territory En-.
larged to Include Nearby Mary
land and Virginia Counties.

y superb summer tour nf Europe
f"r some high school hoy or girl in
h" metropolitan district Of Washing
TON. with all expenses paid this i
one Of the big opportunities presented
- the third national or1torical con
test and first international oratorical
contest. of which The Washington
star l. sponsor il the District of Co
iumbia. Prince Georges. Montgomery
and Charles Counties in Maryland.
and Loudoun, Arlington. Fairfax and
Prince William Counties and the City
IF Alexandria in Virginia In addi-
tion TO this trip abroad, The Star
offers TO the boys and girls in its
territory 10 District prizes of 500
each. and 500 10 the champion of its
territory as defined above
The 1926 contest is a newspaper cit
lZenshIp contribution and is a CON
tlnuation and expansion of the ma
tlonal oratoriCal contests of 1924 and
1923, which attracted the approval and
support of educators and puhlicists
throughout the Nation President
coolidge. in addressing the final meet.
ing of the 1925 contest in Washing
ton last May. described the move
ment as the greatest competition OF
It's kind ever held in the world"
Objects of Contest.
The objects of the 1926 contest
which has been approved by the
Washington Board of Education and
by Supt. Ballou, are:
First. to increase interest in and
respect for the basic principles of
government in each of the participat.
ing nations. In the United State.
therefore, the contest will as in
previous years, center around the Con
stltutlon of the United States.
Second, TO promote a better under
standing between the nations By
means of a frank and friendly eX-
change of national viewpoints.
Third, to stimulate scholastic
enthusiasm for intellectual, as con.
trasted with purely athletic pursuits
The subjects for the orations for
the United States follow:
The Constitution Of the United
States.
Washington and the Constitution.
Hamilton and the Constitution.
Jefferson and the Constitution
FRANKLIN and the Constitution
Marshall and the Constitution
Madison and the Constitutions
Webster and the Constitution.
Lincoln and the Constitution
America : Contribution TO Constitu.
tlOnal Government
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ACTION ON CLOTURE
DUE TOMORROW IN
COURT DEADLOCK
Vote Will Come at | Pm. if
Debate-Limit Agreement
Is Not Reached.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Cloture on the World Court or an
agreement by unanimous consent TO
fix date for limitation of debate
finally must be determined within an
hour after the Senate assemblies to-
morrow at noon.
The time has come when the Senate
must fish or cut bait. The rules pro
vide that a cloture resolution. prop
erly presented, must be submitted for
a vote an hour after the meeting of
the Senate on the second day after
presentation. The resolution was
presented Friday night.
Further efforts to reach a unani-
nous consent agreement We're begun
last night and will continue today.
In preparation for the vote on the
cloture resolution. Senator Swanson
of Virginia. author Of the resolution
now pending for ratification Of the
World Court protocol. late Yesterday
submitted II substitute resolution en-.
bodyirg al the reservations contained
IN the original resolution. strengthen.
;nc some, ana adding new reserva-
tionS.
Conditions offered
American adherence to the World
Court on recognition of The right Of
the United States to withdraw at any
time. and provides that the statute Of
the court shall not be amended with
out the consent of the United States:
that the recourse to the World Court
in disputes between the United States
and any other state shall be had only
BY treaty. which must be ratified by
the Senate: that the United States
shall not depart from its traditional
policy Of avoiding entan-lement in
European affairs. and that the Mon
roe doctrine shall not be considered
as having been relinquished by the
United States.
Some of the Senators who have op-
posed the court declared last night
that with the new reservations pro-
posed by Senator Swanson the pro
posed adherence of America to the
court was not so obnoxious bv any
means Senator Pepper of Pennsyl
vania. who had decided to vote for
he court, but who formerly was op-
posed to il in its present form. ex-
pressed himself particularly as graft
tied at the strengthened reservations.
Other Proposed Changes.
Reservations were offered also BY
Senator Rp-ah of Idaho. Senator
9;,ease of South Carolina and senator
Dverman ui North Carolina. Senator
Overman. II Is understood, however.
will not press his reservation if the
substitute swanson resolution is ap-
proved. The reservation proposed by
Senator Elease would give every one
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Evening star., 1926-01-24
Man Hunt l. Started

Late Yesterday afternoon a name
was given to MIN. This man was EN-
ployed in u business in which this
exact type of cord i used. The in
formation Was from trusted and "a
credly guarded sources. The result
is tho man nunt which Lieut.. James
-. McQuade and Precinct Detective
W. j. Barbee embarked on last night
The pr.iCe theory is that a man
we'll acquainted with the habits and
conditions or the home OF Miss Kirk
cIamhered over Il back fence early
Friday morning. Miss Kirk was Il
recluse. th- type OF person about
whom tales of miserly wealth spring
Gp and which are given credence
among the gossips in III" neighbor-
hood. She lived alor-7. except for heI
cats. She refused intimate aSsocIa-
tions with relatives OF friends. THE
inference accordingly spran- up thai
she was wealthy, that she kept hHr
money in the house. securely hidden.
And that lay at the bottom oi the
crime. The murderer. desiring the
hidden fortune. decided 10 make Mis-
Kirk tell HIM where II was. so he
clambercd over the fence and found
ner nrcp2rin- 10 max" The fire.
He Threatened her. She told him
thrrc w4- 10 money +" he found IN
the house. as he suspected. He re-
fused - believe hc". lie bound her
using cord from his own pocket.
Siin she refused - talk. He put
his hand at her throat and tried TO
{ holle the secret out Of her. She
refused to talk. then tainted.
May Have Eeen Frightened.
He tied the shawl about her mouth,
either before the fainting as part of
the torture or after il to prevent her
giving alarm should she recover. prob
ably before Frightened by the
woman faintin-. fearing discovery. he
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Magazine Section-F'iction and Foa.
lures.
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Within the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening and
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and service will start Immediately.
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fC. 6 Weather Bureau ForecastD
Increasing cloudness and warmer to.
DAY; tomorrow cloudy. followed by rain.
Observation-Disclosures. 81, at pm.
Yesterday: lowest, 10, at 6 a m. yester.
day.
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GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
X rrlI Events IN,
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
Fifteen MORE
SHOPS SIGN UP
WITH FURRIERS
Rift Widens in Bosses
Camp

Fifteen more bosses have signed up
with the fur workers union granting
the demands of the strikers. A rift
has developed in the Fur Manufac-
turers Association. Many of the fifteen
bosses that have signed now were
members of the Association for about
five years.
Two strike pickets were arrested
hut were dismissed when they appear
ed in court on a disorderly conduct
charge
Thirty Of the union pickets were
threatened with arrest by detectives
stationed in the Elliot shop when they
sought to get the workers in that
shop to join the strike.
So far "a shops have signed agree.
ments with the union. The fact that
the Matter shop went into confer.
ence with the fur workers, was due
TO the activity Of the progressive
.Finklestein and the president OF the
local Goldberg. ~
1t is declared that the victory OF
the New York furriers in their strike
has made the task of Local Union No
IS of the fur workers much easier.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
FROM HIS SUMMER HOME
DAVIS SHOWS A DESIRE
TO STOP TUBE STRIKE

WASHINGTON, July e.--Indlcat-
Ing a possible lnterven ntion by the
federal government In the strike Of
subway employees In New York,
Secretary Of Labor Davis, from his
summer home at Mooseheart, H.,
today ordered Commissioner Of Con-
eiIiatIon Thomas J. Williams to pro-
ceed from Chicago TO New York ito
look over the strike situation and
keep the department fully advised Of
deveIopments.y
Williams Is one OF the most TEX
perleneed eoneillators" In the de-
partment's service. He will take no
official action but will be ready to
offer the good Offices Of the labor
department. II they are desired by
either one Of tho eontendlnp parties
to the dispute.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
A. F. OF |. Mails
MINER RELIEF
CALL JULY 10
Circular Cites Threat to
u. S. Workers
BY LAURENCE TODD,
Federated Press Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, July 8. -tFP)-A
circular appeal from the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor, for financial support for the
strike of the British miners, is now
being printed. 1t will be mailed out
from Washington by July 10. It is
the result of action taken by the coun-
Gil in its recent quarterly session held
in Cincinnati, and was drafted by
President Green.
This circular, addressed to all afi-
lated national and international un-
ions, state and local central bodies and
local unions, sets forth the fact that
Fsfnce the nrst week IN May the Brit.
ish miners have been on strike against
an attempt by their employers to de-
grade their living standards by cutting
wages and lengthening hours of work
in the coal mines. The families of
more than million strikers are suf-
lfering priyations of the most serious
character, the council is convinced.
and it asks the American labor move
ment to meet the crisis generously
I and promptly.
European labor organizations have
been donating to the support of the
strike in accordance with their means,
which are slight in comparison with
the funds handled by American trade
I unionists.
The action taken by the A. F. of l..
executive council, endorsing an appeal
o American labor to help finance the
miners of Britain in their defensive
strike, is based on the view that a
reduction in living standards in the
British coal industry will seriously
| affect the living standard of coal
miners in the United States. II an
hour gan be added to the working day
in British mines. and if British miners
wages can be cut, then American coal
| operators can initiate the British
International competition in the
marketing of coal grows keener; COM
mon defense of labor standards thru
out the industrial world becomes more
and more necessary.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
ELECTION FUND
PROBE IS ONLY
half STARTED
Committee r eUie VI S
Work During Recess

WASHINGTON, July 8. - AItho
marking time until It launches an in
quiry into the recent Illinois election,
the senate sush fund committee to-
day faced a busy summer investigat.
ing senatorial primaries in a dozen
states.
8 Weeks Rest.
With the Pennsylvania $3,000,000
election behind it, the committee in
tende1 to rest for the next three weeks
before it opens the Illinois inquiry
July 26. After that, it will keep a
wary eye on the republican senatorial
campaigns in Oklahoma, August 3,
Kentucky, August 8, Ohio, August 10,
and California, August 81. During
September, it will be even buster, with
ten more senatorial primaries to be
watched in Nevada, New Hampshire,
Wisconsin, Arizona, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Colorado, Vermont, Wash
ington and New York.
In November, when 81 senatorial
seats are at stake, the committees ac-
tivity will range from coast to coast,
without regard for party lines. At
present only the Illinois inquiry has
been decided upon, while two more
requests for nvestigations--one from
former Senator Brookhart, insurgent.
in Iowa, and the otler from Senator
Gerald p Nye, in North Dal1ota--are
still before the committee for decis-
ion
Summary Of Quiz..ne 80
Members Of the committee today
began summarizing the revelations
brought out at the Pennsylvania in.
quiry As the committee sees it, the
most important development was the
testimony showing the campaign had
cost Pennsylvania republicans at least
S3,000,O0O
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
TERROR
BEGINS IN CAR
MEMS STRIKE
Arrest IL Strikers in
indianapolis
BY a Worker corresDondent.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July S.-The
police last night took the first step
to break the strike of 500 street car
motermen and conductors when they
rounded up and arrested a dozen strik-
ers or sympathizers. The arrests fol-
lowed clashes between strikers and
scabs yesterday. Some of the men
were charged with tampering with
trolley wires, altho company state
ments have been repeatedly declar-
ing that service is not being ham
pered by the strike.
The strike was begun in violation
of a federal injunction which had
been handed down in favor of the
company during dispute over wages
and working conditions. Action on the
part of the federal authorities was ex.
pected today to determine whether or
not to proceed against officials Of the
union who called the strike. =
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
Fascists Try to Halt
Revolt by Abolishing
All Italian Elections

ROME, July s. = The fascist gov
ernment in an effort to stiie internal
opposition is suspending indefinitely
all provincial, communal and muni-
cipal elections.
Reports rigidly censored by the
lascists indicate that the labor dis
content at the fascist order to length
IN the workday to nine hours is grow
ng into signs Of revolt. Especially
re the workers angry at the fascist
Mons.
Thousand Workers Strike.
At Carrosi, near Turin, q thousand
workers struck when the employers
tried to enforce the longer workday
Fascist militia and police occupied the
mills and arrested numerous strikers
Agricultural workers in the Molinella
district also are refusing to recognize
the fascist unions.
Rebellion against the longer work.
day and the trade statistics showing
further weakening OF the lnterna-
Slonal trade balance. together with the
big scandal involving high fascist of.
ficers in bank embezzlements, probably
account for the suspensions of the
elections.
Importations In the last FIVE months
increased from 1l.541 100000 lire to
IL sol 100000 lire, while exports de-
creased from $780, 900, 900 to 6.634, 600.
900 lire. In place OF elections the
fasciets are appointing city and pro
vincIal officials responsible only to
Rome.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
WATSON-PARKER
R ALL BOARD IS
a TO | ANTI-LABOR
Rockefeller Road Case
Up First

WASHINGTON, July g. De
signed to take the place Of the de.
funct railroad labor board. the United
States railway mediation board came
into existence today with a number Of
intricate railroad labor disputes con-
fronting II.
Created by the Watson.Parker bill.
the board met today to select former
Representative Samuel p. Winslow,
of Massachusetts, as its chairman. The
other members of the board are w. w.
Hanger, Carl Williams, f. p Morrow.
and Hywell Davies.
Rockefeller Road Dispute.
Their first case will involve the dis
pute OF trainment of the western
Maryland railroad, who are asking for
increased wages and better working
conditions. John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
Is the principal stockholder Of this
road. The senate under resolution,
s"wished" this case upon the board.
The 3o-Day Clause.
Under the law creating this new
regulatory board, the railroads and
representatives OF the employees must
give at least 30 days notice Of an in.
tended change affecting pay, working
conditions or rules The time and
place for the conferences between
the two sides shall be agreed upon
within 10 days
Appointd by Coolidge the anti.labor
majority on the board consists Of Win
slow. Davies, Morrow and Hanger
Williams IS rated as a farmer rep.
resentatiye who sympathizes with
labor.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
COMP ANY union
SHOWN UP AS A
WORKERS FOE
Worried at Company's 5
Finances, Not Mems
tspeeIaI o rhe paIIy workerl

tSpcCfdi TO me t|di1 FfOfNCFg
NEW YORK CITY, July 8. = The
fight of the workers for the Inter
borough Rapid Transit system against
the company union is well illustrated
by the following appeal by the 20
towermen employed by the company
on both subway and elevated lines;
Show Company Union Fake.
Do you realize that the opportunity
you have been waiting for the last
ten years has arrived.
The time has come to overthrow
the brotherhood that is run for the
interest of the l. R. T. company. For
the last ten years you thought that
your delegate was to abide by your
vote Remember that at your last
meeting you voted for a 10 per cent
increase and better working condi-
tions; you did not get it.
Remember the general trick which
was put over ON you after you had
voted it down. What you wanted you
did not get.
Remember you are all able-bodied
men and can use your brains; now is
the time to use them. Come to Man,
haitian Casino at 155th Street and
Eighth Ave. and be convinced. Open
all the time.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
BY H. M. WIcKs.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

NEW YORK CITY, July sBefore the end of the week the
traction strike in this city will parayze not only the subway
marlborough Rapid Transit but also the elevated
nes according Edward P LAWN leader Of the striking motor
and sWitchmen.
nights meeting of the strikers at Manhattan
Casino 155h street and Sh avenue proved that the strike
spreading when 179 of the 230 moomen the 9Th and
elevated system walked into the hall after short
meeting their local of the former union and an
nounced their chairman Patrick Courtney that they
with the Brotherhood COMPANY union) and hencefoh
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
GOVERNMENT EIGHT HOUR
LAW AGAINST MIN E R S
| FAILS AS men STAND SOLID

Especial to the Daily WorEcer)
LONDON, July B. There is no
movements among the miners to re-
turn to the mines after the 8-hour
law in - coal fields becomes ef-
fective, reports( (trons the mines lndi-
Gated today.
It is expected however, that the
new legislation will stimulate the
Miners Federation to move for the
reopening of negotiations with the
owners.
The s-hour bill is scheduled to go
into effect tonight when the house
of lords will approve it and the
king will affix his signature.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
N. Y. GARMENT
SHOPS out IN
1907 STRIKE
Bosses Say They Will
Not Try Operation
picture on Page Two)

NEW YORK CITY, July S.-The
strike of 10000 cloakmakers of the
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' union is admitted 100 per cent
effective even by the employers. Mass
picketing in which thousands of work
ers surround the few shops attempt
ing to operate quickly puts them out
of business. Strike supervision is car
ried on from the union headquarters
at West Sixteenth street.
AS the strike is being fought mainly
against the jobbers. to make them re-
sponsible for the contractors to whom
they let out work, the union will be-
gin picketing the jobbers' plants soon.
Previously in strikes they were not
picketed because they do not directly
employ labor. This time they will be
watched to see that they send no
work to non.union shops.
Bosses Association to Meet.
Harry Uviller, general manager OF
the American Cloak and Suit Manufac.
turers Association, the organization
of the sub-manufacturers, announces
that general meeting will be held
before long at which the policy of the
association will be announced.
Samuel Blpmberg, counsel for the
jobbers said that they would wait "un'
I'll the union comes to u.s."
Strikers meetings are being held in
all sections and excellent spirit pre-.
walls.
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
UPTON SINCLAIR URGES UNIONS TO
LOAN BRITISH MINERS 81, 900, 900

following telegram
Aid start raise 100000 striking
and individuals for 100000
Suggest
union officials obtain X Of proposition
local unions and start nationwide empanuPToN SINCLAIR"
The daily worker., 1926-07-10
]. Il. Thomas orIIIed.

WEYMOUTH, England, July s.
The opposition to the J. II. Thomas
leadership in the National Union of
Railwaymen, subjected him to scath.
ing criticism in the unions conven.
ton meeting here, altho Thomas man
aged to conserve a majority of votes
in his support.
Protesting that Thomas as the un'
IONS representative, had not secured
proper wage scale for the workers
in negotiations with the national rail
wage board, a motion was made to
demand his resignation. This was
defeated.
Criticized on Strike Betrayal.
The opposition then began q hot
attack on the conduct OF Thomas as
the unions representative on the gen
eral council OF the Trade Union Con
gress in the calling OFF of the general
strike. including C. 7. Cramp who ne
gotiated the railwaymen's settlement
following the strike, settlement
which allowed the companies TO vic
timize the milltants among the strlls
ers. rtfat
Thomas spoke for two hours In his
defense, chiefly an attack on the left
wing and the Communists. A pro
posal expressing lack OF confidence IN
Thomas, Cramp and other leaders re-
sponsible for the. settlement. was de