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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23
M0scoW---Two Decades Ago

/ was eighteen. Comrades came to oul
factory and agitateds We formed a
circle. | distributed manifestos. This
was a difficult work. We used to bring
them and put them Into the pockets
Of the workers overcoats when no
one was looking And afterwards we
looked to see how they read them.
There were many spies. It was diff
cult then to set things moving in our
factory. remember how we. took
workers away from the factory. We
came to one workshop where the
workers met us with hammers and
spanners. The, boss was with them.
They threatened us with them but
were not allowed to hit us. And we
let steam into the boilers. In other
words, the factory rose up -. We
began organizing fighting groups.
There were only few of us. The main
fighting was on the Presnya and with
us there was not much of a show We
exchanged a few shots with the police
and when the troops came we had to
clear out. l remember how we got
into house and how artillery was
placed in the yard I, to fire on the
Presnya. Being the smallest, they sent
me with literature and notices to an.
other district 49,. 10 got thru the
lines, -. No one thought what it was
to take part in the revolution. And
afterwards they slaughtered everyone
Of us they recognizsd,,
How They Secured Food.
ut was difficult for us to strike. We
needed money for bread. So we made
appropriations and sweiled our mutual
aid funds. During the rising, cabmen
and traders at theS shunting station
pulled the food SUPPLIES out of the
wagons We got on, TO this job also.
We brought everything away to the
shop which is now our cooperative.
We piled up a heap of food supplies
right to the roof Git was one-story
building) and shared out amongst
everyone; a goose to one, half a sheep
to another-and we satisfied all. And
afterwards we got run in just for ex-
preparation alone. Twenty years pen.
al servitude. And the comrades only
got free in 1917"
The old engine-driver, Platon MI
ronoy takes his place. In his hands
he has an old notebook. He writes
frequently in II and glancing over the
top OF pair Of spectables balanced
on the end of his bose. he narrates
to the audience:
II began to participate in the revo-
luton before 1901 remember in
1903 how the gendapmes came to my
home, having been given information
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23

about me. There were hundreds of
spies then. And l had just received
literature to read, l just sat ON
chair. The spirit of a revolver hoov-
cred over me. One stood guard over
me and the rest searched. They turn
ed everything upside down, burrowed
into pillows and mattresses. They
searched the Riddles under their coats
but they never thought of looking in
the harmonium l had just bought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23

1t is useful for them to know how
much you know. When you get out
you will have no more patience and
will begin talking, and they will get
you by the scrnff of the neck and back
you will come. Why that's what they
are paid for aren't they. Understand?
Then once ! heard him knocking
and had only just answered, when
he began knocking very quickly on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23

THE power OF the working class is
organization. Without organization Of
the masses, the proIetarlat--is moth
ing. organlzed--lt is all. orasniza.
ton Is unannity Of action, unsnIrlty
OF practical activities"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23
School Kids Strike
in National Capital
Especial to The Daily Worker,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-More
than a thousand students at Arm
strong high school went on strike
today and walked out of class rooms
in protest against the proposed de-
motion of Arthur c. Newman, the
principal who is extremely popular.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23

kilograms urging individuals in part of the country to
food congress in of the world
York bearing the signature Of Ruth Morgan" We
DO not know but the last is quite familiar The
world proposition is Morgan scheme-not Ruhs in
particular but j. Ps
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23

THE bateshlp Prince POemkn Tavchesk
tonsy uprising the Black
1906 After leadership
Maushenko
Of the officers throwing
flag They left the Russian waters uprising
dsbanded ROumanla leaving u bstieship. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
Boy Scouts Make Good
Citizens of Tomorrow
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Editor of The Star:
The Washington Council of the
Boy Scouts of American wishes to
to you its heartfelt thanks
and appreciation for your timely edi-
torial on February IS entitled "The
Pioneers Worthy Successors"
The council feels that YOU have
struck the keynote. If the men of
today of from 35 to So years of age
had learned while learning was
fun the principles of loyalty, truth.
obedience and chivalry" as taught to
the Boy Scouts. the council believes
that there would be more obedience
TO law. more love Of fair play and
fewer heart breaks through broken
homes than at present. These men
would have too many big things
to think of. to have time to dwell
upon the mean and petty side Of
life.
The great need of the Scout move
ment in Washington is for more
scoutmasters to help organize troops
and train Scouts. There are $4,000
boys in Washington of Scout age
and we can enroll nearly all of them
If we can get our story to the young
men of ScoutmaSter caliber of this
city VINO earnestly desire to offer
their services somewhere or some
how, but to whom the right oppor-
tunity has not yet presented itself.
L. A. SNEAD,
President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
Local Bridges Must Be
Made Safe for Traffic
To the Editor of The Star

10 the Edltor OF Inc star:
Few people realize that the bridges
III Washington are deathtraps for mo-
-orists. During the past year three
accidents have occurred on bridges
spanning Rock Creek Park alone.
Every one still recalls the details of
the I[lingle Bridge episode, to which
has been added the recent tragedy.
The third recorded accident occurred
when car went through the railing
n the "MillionD Dollar Bridge" and
hung over the side thereof, the driver
being saved only by the grace of God.
How many more tragedies must &C.
cur before something will be done to
safeguard the lives of citizens?
Is it realized that thousands of peo-
pie living north of the Klingle Street
Bridge have 10 cross two bridges daily
on their way into toWn-the klingle
md Million Dollar" or the Klingle
2 nd Calvert Street Bridges? Think of
the lives that are risked going over
those TWO Anticipated structures, the
klngle and Calvert Bridges.
Director Of Traffic Eldridge is re-
ported to have said that if the car in
the latest accident had slowed down to
eight miles an hour in accordance with
the sign on the bridge the accident
would not have occurred. How alb
surd,
Isn't it bad enough to compel citi-
zens to travel over old, rusty, and out
worn bridges? Must they be further
compelled to visualize the immensely
of the drop below to the tune of eight
miles an hour? Apprehension as to
the safety of. let us say, the Calvert
Street Bridge Ito mention only one
of the many in Washington is wide
spread. and the general psychology of
the automobile driver is to negotiate
the distance across it about as quickly
as traffic and reasonable caution will
permit.
1t was also reported that following
the klingle Bridge accident Director
Eldridge recommended that the Kiln
gle and Calvert Street Bridges be pro-
vided with curbs u inches high on
either side of the sidewalk. Had this
been done, Mr.. Eldridge stated,
Thursdays accident would not have
occurred.
Well, if this is the case, who, then.
is responsible for the latest misfor.
tune? One is moved to ask further.
How many tragedies must we still
have. how large the toll of life. before
an apathetic public will be moved to
action? DOROTHY c. FOX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
Increased Annuities
Only Measure of Justice
To the Editor of Tho Sts

To the Editor Of Tho Star:
On June 80, 1925, the number of
enrolled annuitants was 1853. OF
that number 1887 served 80 years
only. All of these were benefited,
some less and others more, by the
general increase in salaries which
took place soon after the act of May
%. 1920, became effective. Those
whose terms of service go years. did
not expire until the fifth year after
the retirement law became effective
were not only benefited by larger
compensation for services rendered,
but by the assurance of larger an
nulties, because Of the larger average
annual basic salaries received by them
during the five years next preceding
retirement than they would have re-
ceived had their terms Of service ex-
plred Immediately or soon after May
%, 1920.
But 4.422 of those 1859 served
faithfully and well. periods in excess
OF 80 years. varying from l to 20
years, but were removed from serv-
Ice when or soon after the act of May
%, 1920, became effective, and were
thus deprived of the benefits which
would have accrued to them from the
general increase in salaries; hence
these APP were not only deprived of
increased compensation for equal serv-
ices rendered. but will be deprived Of
increased annuities because their aver
age annual basic salaries during the
five years next preceding retirement
were not increased Oh. r. y, in addi-
ton to which they are to be deprived
of credit for time served in excess of
80 years
The daily decreasing number Of this
class will soon disa appear, after which
the provisions of II. r. 7 will prob
ably be acceptable to all. Meantime.
Is there one conscience within the
range of governmental authority that
would disregard the moral rights, so
plainly apparent. Of this smaller and
equally meritorious class?
1t Is claimed that, although the
annuitants of this class are to be
deprived Of credit for time served in
excess of 80 years and have been de-
prived OF increased compensation, and
hence Of increased annuities, section
Of II. r. z. If approved by Congress.
will provide equal means for the COM
Portable maintenance of those re
tired under the provisions of the act
of May %, 1920"
Hope springs eternal, etc." but
hope deferred maketh the heart
sick c. NJ. POTTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
Automatic Light Extension.

Extension of the automatic electric
traffic light system will be undertaken
by the traffic Office as soon as funds
become available from the first def
cheney bill. Present plans of the Office
call for the lights to be installed
from Twelfth street and Massachu-
sets avenue to Seventh street and
Massachusetts avenue and on Six
teenth street from the present termi-
nus at Florida avenue to Park road.
This move is only the beginning Of
an extensive development of the auto
matte hight plan in Washington. AS
soon as sufficient funds are provided
other streets will be similarly treated.
and the District is slated to become
one of the best regulated traffic cities
in the country.
The success of the light system,
measured in factors of safety and ex-
petition, since the change in timing
was effected, has led traffic officials to
campaign earnestly for extension
Prior to the change to the "pulsating
system" which now obtains on the
TWO streets some dissatisfaction was
manifested by motorists that expedi-
ton of traffic was not accomplished.
Since that time, however. universal
satisfaction has been expressed with
the operation of the lights.
Now that it is possible to travel
from one end of the automatically
regulated streets 20 the other without
a stop and without the necessity of
speeding, there should be a concerted
drive on the part Of the police to en-
force the regulations. Unfortunately,
cases have been observed in which
motorists have deliberately made a.
turn against the signal in full view of
a policeman and gotten away with
it," Any infraction of the rule of
the lights" is serious one, as COLI
sions are likely to result
Instead Of Immediately relieving DO
licemen on duty at light regulated in.
tersections, they should be stationed
there to watch for fragrant violations
of the law. Until there Is universal
obedience the 100 per cent measure of
safety that is the ultimate desire of
traffic officials will never be effected,
and so it is distinctly up to the Police
Department to check violators before
the situation grows worse than it is
now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19

lation outgrew that kind Of water
service. There have been surveys Of
streams for the purpose of building
dams across the valleys and creating
reservoirs. but with the Potomac close
by and Washinston's water supply
from the river at Great Falls doubled
by new conduit, 1t was reasonable
that the Arlington County people
would seek connection with the Great
Falls Washington aqueduct. The plan
on which the Virginians lay most
stress is that which would tap Dale
carlia, the first reservoir between
Great Falls and Washington.
Washington outgrew the first Great
Falls aqueduct, and after years of agi-
tation, almost half century, the con-
struction OF a second conduit and the
building of new reservoirs and en-
largement Of old reservoirs was be-
gun. Washington will grow to be a
city which will need all the water
brought down from Great Falls by
two conduits, but that condition is a
own AAAoily yCdlS AL lilC loluiCs AoP'
ping the upper reservoir to supply
Arlington County and extending Dis
trict mains to serve the Metropolitan
district in Maryland will draw off wa
ter in a large and increasing volume
and will shorten the time when more
water must be taken from the Po-
tomac at Great Falls or another point.
In discussing the bill to pipe water
across Chain Bridge it ought to be
that the security of that
bridge is under suspicion, that engi-
neers have said the bridge is too old
and weak for it's traffic and that a bill
for a new bridge at Little Falls is
pending before Congress. The matter
of the new bridge and the aqueduct
from the upper reservoir to Virginia
might be considered together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19

all the world like the interlocutor
| in an old time minstrel show.
Locksmith sat down in a small ma
hogany chair. The chair gave him
a feeling of insecurity, but in that
he was mistaken. The chair was
| strong enough to hold an elephant.
why, ! buy your records. you
| know" smiled star-eyed Mary.
you look rather-er-young. II l
| may say So" unused the red faced
proprietor of J. Jeffrey Locksmith
| & Co.
Don't let that worry you, Mr..
Locksmith." said Mary, severely
| prim, her easy smile vanished. Iron
| bars do not a prison make. nor lack
of customers a good balance at the
| end Of the month";
And she smiled.
1t was J. Jeffery's turn to gasp in
earnest this time. This young
woman, without a word from him,
had OWNED the intent of his visit
| to her.
II guess you'll do" he finally said.
his features relaxing into an en-
| barrassed smile. You seem to know
all about me-"
NO" said Mary, her smile like Il
about you--but l do know something
about your store. Isn't that what
you came to see me about?"
Yes, 1t certainly is. l suppose
! 1 ought to see an efficiency expert.
or some such sort OF chap, but l
hate EN-"
You don't need efficiency so much
as YOU do common sense, II YOU Will
permit me TO say So" replied Mary
Rogue, with one of her famous smiles,
which took the sting entirely out.
\
J. Jeffery Locksmith had nothing to
say at all. He looked at the young
| woman helplessly. For weeks, now,
dropped. His listening booths, former
| ly crowded every afternoon with
| young people of fox-trotting proclivi-
| ties, now saw only a few people in an
| afternoon.
Customers recently had been made
| up largely of elderly people who want
ed some of the old-time hymns. Where
formerly the strains of Asbestos
Sam" and "Stovepipe Blues" cracked
| the glass sides of the booths, Nearer,
My God, to Thee" and Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep held sway.
J. Jeffery Locksmith personally pre-
ferred the hymns-but there had been
Il great deal more money in the fox
| trot records. Asbestos Sam" sold
loo to l against the grandest hymns
that had ever been sung. Devotion
| was a poor second to motion, in the
photograph record business.
These sad thoughts swirled around
in the head Of the proprietor of the J
Jeffery Locksmith & Co. retailers of
! Hot Dog" records. as he sat moodily
looking at Mary Rogue. the girl he
had doubted because she looked SO
young
You see. Miss Rogue" he admit,
ted, Il came here expecting TO find a
thinlipped woman with eyes like GIN
lets
Mary grinned.
And. instead, | find why,
/ find
Just me-
Yes. just you" roared Locksmith.
greatly relieved-because he had been
about to declare "a peach
Thank you, very much. Mr.. Lock
smith," smiled Mary. And now let
us get down to business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
Virginia Aqueduct Project.

The big question with the people Of
Arlington County is an ample water
supply. Two or more bills are pend.
ing in Congress for delivery of water
from the Great Falls Washington
aqueduct to the Arlington County
sanitary district. but the Representa-.
tive from Virginia in whose district
Arlington County is has asked the
subcommittee which conducted hear.
ings on the various bills to concen-
trate on that bill which provides for
carrying water across Chain Bridge.
Washington is interested in the
health and comfort of the people who
live outside the District Of Columbia
lines and in the fast-growing towns Of
what has come to be called the Metro
politan District" South and west Of
the Potomac and beyond the north,
east and west boundaries Of Wash
ington population is growing fast. In
time Washington within the District
boundary will be the center of a city
extending miles outside the ten-mile
Which, was ISQuCc0
by the retrocession to Virginia in 1s46
of that part of the District coded by
Virginia to the Federal Government.
In that part coded by Maryland to the
Federal Government the survey lines
dividing Washington and Maryland
run in many places along streets
lanked by houses or through thickly
peopled neighborhoods. An increas-
ing number Of persons who live in
Washington during the work day have
their homes and families across the
river" in the beautiful country Of
high ridges and plateaus that within
recent memory was Fairfax County,
later Alexandria County, and which Is
now Arlington County.
A few years ago 1t was all right for
the trans-Potomao people to depend on
ordinary wells and springs. Later.
various communities sank deep wells,
pumped water into high tanks and
pipsd it to homes by gravity. Popu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC VILLIAM VILE

been so picturesque as the one this
week that included IL or Is honest-to-
goodness American Indians. They
were Arapahoes and Cheyennes from
Oklahoma, here for hearing on some
Indian project pending before Con-
gress. The Cheyenne chief bore a
name that didn't fit in very well with
silent Cal" 1t was Magpie. White
House attaches OF ancient vintage
never see Indians coming to pay re-
spects to the Great White Chief
without recalling a yarn Roosevelt
loved to tell on himself. Before leav-
ing Office T. r. thought he'd like to
entertain representative party of In
dian chiefs from the Western reserva-
tons. They came to Washington in
gala attire-feathers, blankets toma-
hawks and the rest Of it. The colonel
made them a great speech. 1t was
interpreted to the redmen sentence by
sentence. Teddy" noticed that after
every translation there'd be a chorus
Of grunts sounding something like
"Bush-wah, Bush-wah." When the
seance was over. the President asked
the interpreter what "bush-wah"
meant. 1T means bunk Mr.. Presi-
dent was the reply. T. r. snorted
with glee.
Arthur G. Sorlie, Governor of North
Dakota. spent most OF the week in
Washington. Naturally his headquar-
ters was the office of young Senator
Gerald P. Nye. upon whose shoulders
Sorlie placed the toga a. few weeks
ago. The governor is happy to find
the editor-statesman making good at
the Capitol. according. at least, to
everything Sorlie can find out about
his protege. Gerald asked me the
L, I1f< %ol,
marck," Gov. Sorlie told this writer,
what 1 expected Of him at Washing
ton. BE yourself I said. And he
seems to be delivering the goods.
Senator Nye, who has just been nomi-
mated. for both the short and long
senatorial terms by the progressive
Republicans" of North Dakota, will
face in the primaries on June 80 the
regular Republican" who was Cool
idge manager in the State in 1924. He
is former Gov. Louis B. Hanna.
X X X X
An organization calling itself the
American Association Against the
World Court" has been engaged in an
intensive campaign to see that Senator
Borah's speech In Chicago on Wash
ington's birthday is delivered before a
humping big crowd. The executive
, committee Of the association is headed
by former Judge Daniel F. Cohalan of
New York, long prominent in the Sim
Fem movement in the United States.
The Sim Feiners, who have dwindled
into hopeless minority among Amer
leans Of Irish extraction, are still If
reconcilable on the Irish Free State.
They battle ceaselessly for Irish free
DOM" So as the Free State govern
ment entered the League Of Nations,
! all and sundry associated Herewith,
including the World Court. enjoys the
enmity of Irish-Americans Of the
Cohalan type.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19

stubbornlv refuse to stick to their
lasts?' Why does the wizard Bur-
bank sigh for impossible worlds to
conquer when he manages so we'll in
sphere of achievement in which he
has the admiration of millions Of his
Countrynen UNMARRIED by a single note
of derision?''
1T is a strange kink in human
nature continues the Lynchburg
News. that makes most men, how
ever noted they may be in one field,
long for recognition in another. Just
as Thomas Edison is sometimes moved
to comment on things about which
there is no reason TO believe he knows
any more than anybody else. Burbank
was recently moved to talk about the
mysteries of the universe and things
outside the realm of rationalism. The
result was hardly gratifying TO his ad-
mirers. 1t is not a foolish proverb,
that which advises the shoemaker to
stick to his last" Similarly the Bay
City Times Tribune holds that plants,
not religion, are Burbank's trade: be-
cause he works wonders with the soil
is no sign that he can work wonders
with the sky The Canton Daily
News, remarking that Burbank has
gone back to his plants to mediate"
expresses the hope that both he and
his plants will benefit"
X X *
With a tolerant attitude, the
Wichita Beacon suggests that per
haps the country takes too seriously
the rather iconoclastic views Of Mr.
Burbank on religion and recognized
that there is a great temptation on
the part of every man who has been
successful In one line to take his sue
cess as a mandate to tell all other
branches Of human activities how to
conduct affairs. All of these various
phenomena Of successful men," the
Beacon adds. have a tendency to help
entertain the world. 1t is refreshing
sometimes to receive new points Of
view, even though they are not based
on experience or study"
The Berkshire Evening Eagle also
sees injustice in criticizing the scien-
fist. "A man like Luther Burbank"
says this Massachusetts paper. may
be gentle, kind and loving in his life:
he may contribute vastly to the score
Of knowledge; he may work hand in
hand with God for years in the de-
velopment and identification Of His
handiwork; he may be generous,
whole-souled, charitable and just: he
may square in every way with our
conception Of human living at its
best; he may spread the fame Of our
land to every nation and to every
cline and I'LL the earth with tho splen-
dor Of his manhood, but let him inter.
pose an honest doubt and he Is
faker and fatthless matertalist.'