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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
U. Nj. A. MEET
OPENS With Big
DEMONSTRATION
1000 Attend the First
Session in Detroit
special to The Daily wOrkerl


DETROIT, March 15.-The fifth in
ternationaI convention of the Uni
versaI Negro Improvement AssocIa-
ton, sitting in extraordinary session,
opened here with a parade thru the
business section of the city and a
mass meeting in the evening at
Turner Hall, attended by more than
1000 delegates and visitors.
Frederick A. Foote, president Of the
Philadelphia division, presided. We'll
come addresses were made by the
president of the Detroit division, Fred
A. Johnson and the mayor Of the city
of Detroit and a speaker from the
ministerial alliance.
Demand Release Of Garvey.
A telegram was sent from the mass
meeting by unanimous consent to
Marcus Garvey, who is now serving
sentence in Atlanta prison., in At
lanta, Georgia, assuring him that those
assembled were solidly behind the
drive to have him freed.
Resolutions addressed to President
Coolidge, Attorney General Sargent
and the presidents cabinet were sent
(Continved Oh page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
help THE PASSAIC STRIKERS!

The international Workers Aid with national headquarters
1870 Madison St. Chicago ill., all
food stations
Passaie, N. J.
committee Of from the
New York local W. has selected the distribution
Of food clothing
Every worker and sympashlzer workers. organization
urged to send their donations Of either clothing
national office Of the international Workers Aid.
F. G. 5edenkapp national secretary the
the strike zone and will personally visit the local organizations
Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cleveland Toledo Detroit
mediate action. Locals please take notice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
N. Y. SCHOOL RAISES $1,000
Overflow Meeting Held for $780,
600 Fund

NEW YORK CITY, March Is =
Three thousand workers jammed the
Central Opera House at mass meet
ing held to raise funds in the drive
for the ten thousand dollars for the
Workers School of New York The
meetings result was an additional
AMOUNT of more than $1,000 for the
fund. The outstanding lists will com
plete the ten thousand dollars needed
for the work and expansion of the
school. The overflow meeting at the
Central Opera House is an indication
of the growing influence that the
Workers School is having over great
err masses Of the New York workers.
A good number of New York locals
Of trade unions have also already
pledged their support to the school.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Teachers Can Save Agency Fee.

NEW YORK, March 15.-Teachers
who wish to obtain positions in New
York states school system will not
have to pay a fee Of $50 to 500 every
time they seek a job. The twelve
public employment offices maintained
by the state department of labor are
handling applications for teachers in
elementary and secondary schools as
well as colleges and universities and
charge no fee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
PASS STRIKERS GO TO WASHINGTON
JAPS BID FOR RUSS TIMBER
Negotiate for Concession of
100000 Acres

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., March 15.-
The Soviet government and group
of the largest Japanese timber COM
panies are carrying on negotiations
for a concession to the latter of nearly
100000 acres of rich timber lands
in the Maritime Province of Eastern
Siberia. A provisional agreement has
been initiated by both parties. The
proposed concession will be for forty
five years and will include the manu-
facture Of paper pulp. The Japanese
will pay Russia comprehensive tax
Of 25 per cent on all timber exported
from the area.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17

William Mccoy, inspector OF mines,
of the Bertha Consumers company, r.
ID. Maize OF the Coal Mining Institute
and william Rigg. chief inspector of
the Pennsylvania Mine Rating Bureau.
Show Company Guilty.
state Mine Inspector John Pratt,
who investigated the disaster for the
state, testified that state law re-
quiring the drilling of holes ahead
of the electrical coal cutter that was
used in the mine, when the machine
approaches clay veins in which gas
Is found, had not been enforced. lie
told Of taking various air readings
and finding slight quantity Of gas
In a corner OF the workers near where
the fatal explosion had occurred. lie
said that he had recommended that
the mine, which normally employs
$40 men, be rockdusted, and that last
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
LEAGUE plans
COMP PROMISE TO
KEEP SELF alive
SUICIDES and CzechS Will
Resign Seats
lspeoIsI to "a DaIIy w0rIesrl

GENEVA, March 15-Prospects Of
a decision being reached on the league
deadlock seemed greater. today with
the announcement that both Sweden
and czeeho-slovakia will resign their
temperament seats In the council
at the open meeting Of the league as
sembly now postponed to Wednesday.
While this maneuver will throw the
seats open for the election of any ma
tlon which can get majority Of votes
II would be the understanding that
Poland would be selected for one Of
the vacancies.
Sweden is ranked with the German
group and Czecho-Slovakia is tied up
to France. The delegates of both ma
lions have announced that their gov
ernments have allowed them to pre-
sent their designations.
May compIicate Things.
The question now arises as to what
will happen to the designations if
this deal is objected to by some Of the
other members at the open session
1t is complicated by the question, in
case only one resignation is accepted
of which would it be. France, OF
course, will vote to accept Swedens
and the German group to accept
Czecho-Slovakia's Thus a more
tangled situation still may arise. The
German delegates seem to have re
ceded from their die-hard position
"The German delegates do not intend
TO quit the conference before an
equitable solution is reached" one o.
the members Of the German commits
sion stated to the press.
british Press Bitter.
LONDON, March 15-Settlement O
the league council muddle at Geneva
is further away than ever, in the
opinion of the British press.
Little hope is placed in optimistic
reports that the German delegation
willingness to compromise had easet
the situation, and made prospects fol
a solution of the problem probable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Auto Death Toll 10000.

ALBAY. n. Y, March 15.--Twenty
thousand school children are killed in
this country every year by automo-
tiles. is the declaration Of Albert w.
Whitney OF the National Safety Coun.
Il, in an address TO the New York
tate safety congress today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
u. S. Foreign Agents
to Talk to Coolidge

NEW YORK, March 15--Alanson b.
Houghton, ambassador to Great Brit
ain, and Hugh S. Gibson, minister to
Switzerland, arrived today on the liner
President Roosevelt They have been
called to Washington to confer with
President Coolidge and Secretary Of
state Kellogg.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17

working class. Plans for the cam
paign against the bills in this territory
for the future were unanimously
adopted.
C. 1. v. Head Presides.
An executive committee OF fifteen
was elected, with Joseph Dean, OF the
Moving Picture Operators Union as
chairman, and Edward Horacek, OF the
Machinists Local So, was elected
secretary. Charles Miller, represent
ing the Pittsburgh Central Labor I'm
ion presided over the conference.
On the same morning, fifty dele
gates representing twenty-five organ
izations in the Connelsville coke re-
gion held a most successful conference
for the same purpose in Uniontown.
Pa. The movement against the in
famous bills now pending is gaining
impetus In this section OF the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Foreign BORN PROTECTION MEET
SUCCESSFUL IN ". PENNSYLV ANlA
Especial to tn. Daily Worker,

PITTSBURGH Pa March 15Two hundred delegates
than hundred labor
like attended spirited conference called
Council for the Protection Of the ForesRorn
a
breaking bills before
registering Of all ognbon workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
COAL COMP ANY NHlTEWASHED IN
Mine EXPLOSION Jury INQUEST
Especial to The Daily Worker,

5Afr sevenhour
which 20 coal the
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal February
understandable
himself did include single
McEwan H. Taylor
superintendent Technology
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
PULLMAN WORKERS TO HOLD PROTEST
AGAINST ANTI-FOREIGN-BO BILLS


will
strummr Hail. 1853
international Labor Defense
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17

You bring tho ieadors or the world
Communist movement to your a1op 20
make your arguments for your-When
you bring their articles In The DAILY
WORKER 10 yeur shops
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
SILK WORKERS
AT PATERSON
PLAN WALK-OUT
National Silk Dye Shop
to Join PaSsaic Strike
Especial to The Daily wOrksrl

PASSAIc, N. j., March 15-New
calls for leadership in textile strike,
involving the extension of the Passaic
strike into Paterson with it's 10000
workers came when fifty workers of
the National SILK Dyeing company
walked out. The nine hundred work
ers of their mill will walk out within
day or two, according to their re-
preventative.
The strike was a spontaneous one,
and was not called by the United
Front Committee.
CHOSE people must not be abandon
ed" Weisbord stated after he had re.
ceived the message, adding that he
did not wish to call a strike over the
heads of the Associated Silk Workers
of Paterson. This organization will
pledge support to the Paterson strik-
ers and assist them in every way pos
sible to organize" according to a
statement of Fred Hoelscher, sec'y.-
treasurer of the Paterson union, after
a conference with Weisbord on the
Paterson strike situation.
See Spread of Strike.
With more than 1000 out of the
Lodi mills, and the prospect of a
strike movement in Paterson, 1t is en-
tirely possible that a widespread tex
tile strike may result. Mass meetings
are being held out of doors in Lodi
and the three halls in Garfield have
been crowded to the limit this week.
The second threat of death from
the ku klux khan was received by
Weisbord and will be. turned over to
the federal authorities. Weisbord de-
clared that he would ask for a permit
to carry a revolver. "You know have
medal as marksman, won at Camp
Devans," he commented. The threat
was printed with pen, and was mail
ed from Garfield.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Plan Four-Day Bazaar.

The 4-day Passaic bazaar will be-
gin at Kanter's hall, on March Is.
Articles to be sold at the bazaar
should be sent at once by the donators
to Room 23S, 1893 Broadway, N. Y,
or to 743 Main Ave, Passaic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
TEN RESURFA AGING
PROJECTS ORDERED
Widening of Eleventh Street
to Be Continued to MaSsa-
chuSetts Avenue.

Orders for the resurfacing of nine
thoroughfares, for putting a new sur
face on the Anacosta Bridge and for
continuing the widening of Eleventh
street from New York to Massachu-
sets avenue were approved by the
Commissioners in board session to-
day. Approximately $72 900 will be
spent on the work ordered today.
The widening of Eleventh street
from Pennsylvania to New York ave-
nue. Is now going on and the con-
tract awarded today will continue the
project north to Massachusetts ave-
nue., making the width of the street
20 feet.
The other resurfacing jobs, several
of which will further improve condi
tons downtown, are being provided
for out of the lump sum for repairs.
The list follows
y street, Twelfth to Fourteenth
southwest, $1,000; Ninth, d to f.
1000; Ninth street (west side) Penn
sylvania avenue to d street. $780, d
street. Eighth to Ninth. $1,100: X
street. from Fifth street east to alley
$4,000: Quincy street. Seventh to
Georgia avenue, $4,000; New Jersey
avenue least side) RI to * streets
northwest. $1,000: California street
Connecticut avenue to Phelps place
$4,000; Twenty second street Massa
chusetts avenue to r street, $1,40O,
and Anacostia Bridge, at Eleventh
street southeast, $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
THREE WOMENH HURT
BY FALLING CEILING.
Employees of Cunningham
Store Injured When Plaster
Crashes to Floor.

Three women were injured this aft
ernoon when section of the south
side ceiling ION the first floor of J. E.
Cunningham & Co., 316 Seventh
street northwest, crashed down on
the counters of the ladies' clothing
department.
Miss Victoria Barnley Coleman, 81
years old, 1900 sixteenth street,
bruises about the head and shock.
Mrs. Mabel Lockman, 9 Fourth
street northwest, shock.
Mrs. Mary Pross, 80 years, 1909
Nineteenth street, was taken to Casu-
atty Hospital where an X-ray was
taken to ascertain the extent of her
injuries.
Police are informed that all three
of the women are employees of the
store. Husbands of two of the women
were notified.
J. Walton, manager of the. store,
refused to give Sergt. Carlin of the
first precinct, essential information
concerning the falling of the plaster,
the sergeant reported. Walton also
refused information to newspaper men
and said that no one was hurt and
that the store would be closed for
some time.
h 1t is estimated that the section of
the plastering which fell was Is or 20
feet square.
This Is the second time that plaster
ing has fallen at the store. Some
months ago. police, are advised, there
was a similar accident on the third
floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
Dreaded japanese Beetle Is Discovered
In Petworth; Scientists Seeking More

Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has
pushed its way south as far as north
ern Maryland, and has caused a strict
quarantine on the area where it has
been located. 1t attacks more than 100
crop plants and trees. 1t is almost i'm
possible to eliminate, once it gets a
foothold. although IL can bescontrolled
at considerable expense In individual
paintings.
The effect of an invasion of the Dis
trict of Columbia by these pests. say
the scientists, can only be imagined,
but il would make much more diff.
cult the experimental paintings of the
Department OF Agriculture. would
seriously injure the park areas of
the National Capital and prove a
dangerous menace to private gardens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
MYSTERY WITNESS
HEARD IN CANTON
Report in MeIIett Case Not
Expected From Grand Jury
for 10 Days.

BY the Associated Press.
CANTON, Ohio, August 27.-Inves-
tigation into the murder of Don X.
Mellett, Canton publisher, slain be-
cause of his stand against the under
world and it's traffic, today had settled
down to the steady grind ce the grand
jury room. from which there APP
mately 10 days.
A report from the grand jury room
Is hardly expected before Labor day,
Prosecutor c. B. McClintock believes
Yesterday the grand jury heard the
story of mystery Witness whose
identity has been carefully concealed
throughout the investigation. and or
Steve Kascholk, the informer against
Patrick Eugene McDermott, missing
"key man." and others. including
Louis Mazer, who Is formally charged
with the murder.
Today the grand jury will hear H.
c. Pontius, former Common Pieas
Court judge and attorney for the late
publisher, who has taken part in the
inquiry. After he is heard, the IN
yestigation board of eight women ana
seven men is expected to recess untli
Monday, when it will hear Joseph *
Roach. criminal lawyer of Chicago,
investigating the murder ana Grille
conditions in Canton
Roach will supplement his inquiry
with documentary evidence he mas
prepared and with a manuscript OF
testimony given United States District
Attorney A. Z. Bernstein last week
at Cleveland, when he made inquiry
into an alleged conspiracy against ma
tional prohibition laws, believed TO
have been the breeder of the murder
plot. Mazer is now held in Cleve-
land charged with a part in the con,
spiracy. Carl Studer. Canton. ana
Norman Clark. Canton attorney ana
former police prosecutor. also charged
with conspiracy, have been released
On bond.
AS result of yesterdays testi-
monv Prosecutor McClintock has sub
poenaed witnesses not previously
called.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27

Walters tips must not exceed go
cents per day.
Fees" to bellboys and maids at
hotels must not go over 80 cents
a day.
If the cost of a bath is not in
cluded in the charge for room, one
must not pay more than so cents
day for a bath.
Laundry at $40 a week. clean
ing and pressing clothes at an aver
age of $1.25 week.
These are among the official stipu-
lations laid down by President Cool
idge for Goyernment travellers in the
new standardized travel regulations
binding on every Federal traveller
beginning October ]. The conflicting
regulations of various departments
and establishments are to be thrown
into the discard.
All inclusive are these new COM
prehensive travel regulations. down
to the most minute details. such as
what time one must arrive at
place in order to have his break
fast paid for by Uncle Sam, what
kind of berths, staterooms and serv
ices may be purchased with Federal
funds.
Generally speaking the allowances
for travel. are much more generous
under the recent Legislation by Con
gress the per diem subsistence allow
ance. for instance. is now So, instead
Of the former 81, an increase of so per
cent: and the actual subsistence ex-
penses are now 81 instead of the
former SIS. an increase of 40 per cent.
Abroad, per diem is 81, and actual
subsistence IS.
Among the helpful features is the
plan for extending money to travellers
before they leave on Federal trip,
instead of making them advance cola
out of their own pockets, expecting re-
endorsement after they return.
The new regulations, worked out by
the Federal Traffic Board, through a
committee which had the assistance of
representatives designated by all de-
partments and establishments and ap-
proved by President Coolidge, were
being printed today at the Govern
ment Printing Office in pamphlet form
inches by So inches, with a cover,
comprising So pages, including the
index. The pamphlet includes an ex-
ecutive order by President Coolidge.
details worked out by the Federal
Traffic Board. orders by the Treasury
Department concerning the extension
Vi duNdAcco out VI cucldl IuAuS' L vi
1ngs by Controller Gen. McCarl affect
ing the situation and other documents
bearing on the situation. 1t is a
compendium of the Governments
latest travel regulations, which en-
tirely supplant the numerous con-
flicting orders now in effect among
Uncle Sans departments and estab-
lishments.
Expense Money i'm Advance.
The privilege of obtaining Federal
funds prior to departure. rather than
reimbursement afterward is provided
under plans developed by the Treas
ury. Travellers will file bond Ito in
demnify the United States" from any
loss This bond may be from a surety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27

Recent discovery of a single speci-
men of the Japanese beetle, the most
dreaded insect pest now in the United
States. in a ePtworth rose garden
was revealed today by the Bureau of
Etymology of the Department of
Agriculture.
For the past two weeks crew of
10 men under the direction of the bu-
reau has been engaged in an exhaus-
tive inspection of Petworth gardens,
Soldiers Home Park and Rock Creek
Cemetery for other specimens. but
thus far none has been found and
the experts believe that danger of an
infection is over for the present
The discovery of this insect caused
alarm among the scientists. It has
practically denuded great areas In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
ZIRkLE CASE AGAIN
UP AT ANNAPOLIS
Midshipman Who Refused Oath Of
Allegiance in Same Status,
Says Official.
BY the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, August 21.--The
case of Midshipman Earl Blair Zirkle,
of Kansas. who last June refused to
take the Navy oath of allegiance at
the Naval Academy commencement
exercises, today was being considered
at the Academy behind closed doors
Zirkle came ashore today from the
practice squadron, aboard which he
was ordered by Secretary Wilbur for
the Summer cruise with under class
men when he declined to accept the
commission.
Rear Admiral Louis NJ. Mutton,
Academy superintendent, said Zirkle,
although he has received his diploma,
is still a midshipman and might re-
main so Indefinitely. Zirllle entered
the Academy, he previously has told
officials. with the intention of resign
ing upon graduation. During his term
a rule requiring two years of service
became effective, and his resignation
was not accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
POPE's ADVICE EXPLAINED.

ROME. August 81 OP).-The Pope's
admonition to Mexican Catholics to
maintain an attitude of discretion and
prayer. the Holy See announces, lis
not given in the sense of urging
adaptation TO the conditions of s!av-
cry which President Gales is trying
to impose on the Mexican church, hut
in the sense of keeping Catholics out
side of revolutionary governments,
which are contrary to the doctrine Of
the church.
The statement of the Holy See.
which was issued in answer to an open
sAtter from the Mexican Minister. Car
los casaurano. setting forth the view
point of President Gales declares
that the Vatican is not alarmed at
the prospect of the formation of
dissident Mexican church.
Experience shows" says the states
ment- that this menace. which al
most always arises when the state
conflicts with the church. has ended
ahortively."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
DAWES 81 TODAY, BARS
ALL FUSS AND FLOWERS


By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, August 27.-By his own
wish there were neither fuss nor
flowers nor congratulatory callers to
mark the siXty-first birthday today
of Vice President Charles G.. Dawes.
The Vice President observed the an
niversary by going over the manu-
script for an address he will make
September Is before the radio manu-
facturers of America at New York.
NO interviews he declared. II
don't give interviews any time, and
birthdays are no exception"
But he admitted feeling as we'll as
he looked. having returned from a.
vacation in Colorado last week. He
has been playing golf several times a
week with his children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
WAR VETERAN IS GIVEN
20 DAYS IN MILK THEFT
Thomas w. Hurst Should Have
Hospital Care, Judge Says,
When Passing Sentence.

Thomas w. Hurst, INDECENT World
War veteran, convicted of stealing a
pint of milk early this morning from
George II. Macdonald in Police Court
to 20 days in Jail. With recommenda-
ton that the veteran be given hos
pitaI treatment.
Hurst while before the court shook
as with severe palsy. but Officer c.
l.. Smith of the sixth precinct testi-
fed he ran like deer" when he dis
covered the policeman on his trail.
Judge Macdonald remarked that he
disliked to sentence World War vet
eran, but that this prisoner had adj
mitted to three breaches of law and
obviously needed hospital care.