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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-16

as QIaHlAt4C C1IGAC NdS WGEG w
a toy balloon and at the final
curtain was sufficiently wilted
to where the bottom fell out Of
my market and was worth
six for a dime.
Leonard Hall crawled in on
all fours, hid under seat, and
barked until fat lady threw
him a bone. Lee SoIners snug
gled in the sleeve OF the wife's
fur coat, but emerged and glared
defiance after the countess had
asked some one, for the ninth
time, Won't you-sit DOWN.
John DAILY essayed a shrewd de-
ception, ignoring critics row en-
tirely and buying seats in the
first balcony where he won four
dollars at stud poker. The Star
critic carried a hamper of sand
witches to support his effrontery
in wearing q, dinner suit.
Various other newspaper folk
were noted by these penetrative
eyes. all betraying various phases
Of guilt. Among these could be
mentioned Hardie Meakin, Mau-
rice Judd, Miss Wyatt of the
New York Graphic; Ruth Kline
berger, George Holmes, Gourley
Edwards, Nick Longworth (con-
tributing editor to the Congres-
sional Record and the substitute
critic Of the Mt. Pleasant News.
The concensus prevailing was
that, the moral turpitude issue
falling, the Countess Cathcart
could be barred for calling herself
playwright. Section IL, clause of
the 1910 report from the Geo
detic Survey, is vigorously firm
on this point.
The American premiere Of
Ashes OF Love" was unusual
from many standpoints. The
producer, himself, labels 1t a
misfit by requiring his director,
George Vivian to appear Before
the first curtain and plead for
tolerance. understanding and
sympathy with the countess aims.
This is so much parsley on the
platter and but thinly DISCUSSES
"lldL AdLGF ld11AS Ouk IL D0 lL1pGs
The countess, said Mr.. Vivian IL
less concerned in the mechanics
Of pIayrighting than she is in
telling her own story: 'tAshes of
Love" is, temporiZed Mr.. Vivian,
a peek at the lady's own life;
much of the dialogue from the
mouths of friends and acduaint-
ances: in brief, a robust and, dog
(>& Il 80
catalogue.
"And we respectfully ask" pur.
sued Mr.. Vivian, by this time
ton, that the newspap erTnen
present refrain from a too critical
appraisal"
Whereupon to recall our old
and noisy friend, Aubrey Piper,
1.-The boy rode off with many
thanks and many a backward
the lights were dimmed and The
that did valiant duty in I'VE
Moderns," or my memory is up
to its old tricks. Act two dis
closed another old friend in the
setting, this time from "Tanger-
ine." I believe and Act Three il
briefly furloughed from an upper
loft in Mr.. Gains Unsuitable ware
house.
The play depicts with COM
mendable candor the blighted
amours of the countess; her
abandonment of her aged and
titled husband, her elopement to
South Africa with the youthful
Lord Craven therein called Lord
Anton); the youthful lords return
to his wife and Vera's return to
London to brave the chill stares.
the lifted eyebrows, the frigtd
clavicles Of society. The last cur
tain descends on her repulse Of
the whimpering and drunken
lover and her sacrificial refusal
TO return to her deserted hus-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-16
Music Novelty

A musical treat is in store for.
patrons of Crandall's Metropolitan
Theater beginning March 81, in
conjunction with first Washington
presentations OF the film version
of the stage success, Three Faces
East" AS a special attraction that
week, the Metropolitan will present
three Of it's foremost instrumental
lists in an arrangement for two
grand pianos and triplc-manual
pipe organ. Milton Davis and
Emile Smith will be at the pianos
and Nell Paxton will preside at the
organ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-16
Two More Left

Another literary print has been
brought from New York for
special showing at the Saturday
morning selected program for chill
dren at Crandall's Tivoli. Mar
guerite Clark in "Come Out Of the
Kitchen, Mary" with the addition
Of the usual comedies makes up
program that will be entertaining
for adults as well as children. This
Is next to the last program for the
season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-16
Bans BOb-Gets Job

MarceIina Days refusal to fol-
low fashion and bob her flowing
tresses paid her big dividends
when she was selected by Director
George Hill to play the part Of
the half-caste girl in Metro-Gold-
wyn's production of 1.-THE Bar
rier," by Rex Beach, which is at
to Loew's Columbia. Marcelina
was one of the few talented
players available with the requisite
long hair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-16
Early Start

Florence Parker, who Is with
Ed Wynn's musical revue, The
Grab Bag" began her dancing
career at the age Of IA with
Pavley and Oukrainsky, ballet
masters OF the Chicago Civic
Opera Company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Talk Collaboration
Between Capital and
Labor at Brookwood

KATONAH, N. Y, Aug. 2.-Dele-
gates from at least IL railroad labor
unions will take part in the second
annual railroad labor institute, to be
held at Brookwood Labor College here
the first half of August. Discussion
will include: Management of rail
ways, involving finance, expense and
problems Of operation; labor organi-
cations, with special reference to COM
pany unionism, collective agreements,
and inter-union corporations; govern
ment regulation of railways; and ad-
justment of labor disputes.
Speakers will include: Frank Nc
Manamy of the interstate commerce
commission; DR.. William H. Lesser
son, impartial arbitrator for the mems
clothing industries of Rochester, N.
Y. Bert M. Jewell and Otto S. Boyer
of the A. F. of L.; David J. Saposs.
labor history instructor at Brookwood;
and DR.. Sumner II. Slichter of the
institute of economics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Chinese Peasantry
Whip Armies of WI
in Shansi Province

MOSCOW (By MaiD.--A dispatch
from Picking reports severe fighting in
the Shansi province between insurgent
peasalts and detachments of Wu-Pei-
Fu's army, commanded by Lu-Chen-
Hun, IL charge of the southern and
central parts of the province. The
peasants, armed with all sorts of i'm
provised weapons. and in some cases
even with regular modern arms, are
chasing the Lu-Chen-Hun soldiers
from the villages.
In the Kushi region (Honan prov
ince) 1000 armed peasants issued two
demands to the officers Of the Luz
Chen-Hun forces: Il To stop illegal
attacks, and t2) to prohibit arbitrary
incursions of soldiers into the villages.
Both these demands have been met by
the officers TO the satisfaction OF the
peasants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Prosecutor Insists
Aimee Must Face Her
Accusers Next Week

LOS ANGELES, Calf, August O.
Whether Mrs. Aimee Semple McPher-
son wants to or not she must face
her accusers from Carmel-by the Sea
before the county grand jury next
week. If she refuses to face these wit
nesses that have made afldavits to
Deputy District Attorney Joseph Ryan
she will be jailed for contempt of
court.
When asked as to whether Aimee
was being called before the county
grand jury to determine whether All
NEE committed perjury. District At.
torney Asa Keyes declared Yes, Mrs.
Mcpherson or any other witness who
testified before the grand jury"
Finger-prints found in the little cot
tage in which MIR. and Mrs. Mcln.
tyre" spent ten days have been turned
over to finger prints experts for in
vestigation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Chicago Traction
Magnates to Meet
With the City Council

Samuel insult. $2OO,OOO,OOO public
utility magnate, Henry A. Blair, presi-
dent of the Chicago Surface Lines, and
Leonard A. Busby, president of the
Chicago Railway company, have mott
fed the Chicago city council transport
tation committee that they are willing
to sit in with the council committee in
solving" the traction problem in Chi
cago.
The council is seeking the unif1ca-
ton of the elevated and the surface
lines with the issuance of universal
transfers to be effected as soon as the
old franchise expires.
At the conference with Blair, Busby
and the representative of insult that
decided to do all it could to avoid a
threatened fight in the Illinois legis-
lature, were Frank C. Wetmore, chair
man of the board of directors of the
First National Bank and Melvin A..
Traylor, president Of the First Ma
tional Bank.
Another conference OF these mag
mates is being planned for an early date
The date when the council committee,
these magnates and a citizens COM
mittee will discuss the transportation
problem has not been set yet. A num-
Der of hearings will be held to draw
up a proposition to be presented to
the November election.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04

wrong direction, toward the rear, not
TOWARD THE 'FRONT.'"
Second. The goal must be the mass
press. Not a DAILY WORKER with
tens of thousands Of circulation, but
with hundreds of thousands of read
ers; yes, even running into a million.
Third. The goal can only be reach
ed thru struggle, thru the ceaseless
efforts of thousands, tens of thous-
ands, hundred thousand tireless agi-
tators, undaunted propagandists, al
ways ON the job.
THE whole problem, therefore, sim
l. mers down to the plain fact that
our officials and members, in suf-
ficient numbers, do not function in the
role of agitators and propagandists,
which is the most important work of
our movement right now.
The honor roll of press builders.
made up of builders who secured 1000
or more points, resulting from the
getting of 10 yearly Subs contained
only 35 names. 1t should have CON
tanned thousands.
The big trait about the leaders
among the press builders is that they
take their work seriously. They are
workers. know, because l have met
them all: Paul c. Reiss, of Los An
geles, CAL; Sarah Victor, Detroit,
Mich; Leo Killing, New York City;
Arthur Smith, New York City; John
Kaspar, East Pittsburgh, Pa; w. H.
Scarville, Pittsburgh, Pa, and so on
down the list. Sarah Victor showed
her earnestness when she insisted on
telling the last party plenum How
We do it in Detroit" w. H. Scarville,
in Pittsburgh, has the right idea when
he works to develop Builders out of
all the other comrades. The results
tell the story. Here they are:
Sarah Victor's Det3uit got more
points than Chicago, while the Detroit
district nearly equalled the showing
of the whole Chicago district.
Scarville's Pittsburgh district did
almost twice as we'll as the Cleve-
land district, that worked under prac-
tically similar conditions, except that
it did not produce a Scarville. Nor
did it turn out John Kaspar, who
put East Pittsburgh, Pa, on the map
with more points than the total scored
by the entire cities of Cleveland, To
ledo, Buffalo, Kansas City, st. Louis,
Milwaukee, st. Paul or Philadelphia,
the last being the nations third larg-
est city.
THESE are sufficient enough and
perhaps a few ideas, to keep those
who read them busy for little while
considering their own role in the left
wing of the American working class
Some more facts will be considered in
an early issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
SOVIET UNIONS !.
EXPORTS TO U. S,
ARE INCREASING
Russia Imports Much In
dustrial Machinery

WASHINGTON Aug. 2.-American
trade with the Soviet Union during
the first six months of 1926 showed a
turnover of $33,939,92S, a decrease of
As per cent from the same period of
1925, according to figures OF IA trad
ing organizations, gathered by the
Russian information bureau. The
turnover is about so per cent higher
than the pre-war rate of trade.
American Exports.
American exports to the Soviet
Union for the period were S25,962,9s2.
as compared with $52,61O,645 for the
same period last year, while imports
were S7,976,925, as compared with S.
169,091 last year. Import figures for
this year, however, do not include
manganese ore, estimated at about
100000, and furs imported by one
large trading company, estimated at
about $1,5O0,O00. Thus imports vir-
tually doubled over the same period
Of last year.
Sharp Decline.
The sharp decline in American ex-
ports to the Soviet Union, upwards of
so per cent, was explained as follows
by Harold Kellock, statistical director
Of the Russian Information bureau.
Need More Machinery.
During the first six months of 1925
the Soviet Union was compelled to
purchase flour valued at nearly S1s,-
100000 in the United States, owing
to the poor harvest of the previous
summer. Such purchases ceased this
year. Cotton purchases this year, val
ued at $12,O0O,O00, were less by $14,-
100000 than last year. On the other
hand, Soviet purchases of agricultural
machinery increased from $3,415,O00
last year to S6,053,650 this year, oil
we'll machinery from $690,OOO to $7O2-
529, and other industrial machinery
from $2,516,000 to S3,7O0,642.
German Imports Increase.
Despite these gains, however, Amer
lean exports to the Soviet Union have
fallen back this year relatively, while
Soviet imports from Germany and
England have gained proportionately
Germany, IN particular, is now making
every effort to regain her supremacy
in Russian trade, and it is fair to as
sumo that under present conditions
American manufacturers will find Ger
many an increasingly difficult compel
itor in that market, save for such
things as tractors and other special
lied machinery, in which American
mass production has distanced compe-
tition."
Some of the principal American i'm.
ports from the Soviet Union were
furs, about S6,OOOOO0; manganese,
about $4,OOO,OOO; castings, s906,124;
fbers, 1929, POS; bristles, s53S,S76;
flax, $41S,663; licorice root, $317,S92:
hides, $242,572.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04

machinists, Noonan of the electrical
workers (who was suggested as chair
MANI and Ziegler of the railway clerks
to consider making the trip. w. Jet
Lauck, former secretary of the war
labor board and national famous indus
trial economist, was to make one of
the party. These men were apparently
astonished at the councils declara-
ton that 1--WE seriously doubt the good
faith of such a self-constituted COM
mission" in view of the earnestness
with which Green had been invited to
go along.
No Complaint on Bankers.
The council, ignoring the letter to
Green, which was preceded by many
efforts to discuss the matter with him
personally, warned all labor unions
against contributing funds to send a
"self-styled" labor commission to
Europe, and at the same time asked
where the money was to come from to
enable labor executives to make the
journey. This combination of ban
upon foreign and American labor
money likewise astonished the men
who were thinking Of taking the trip.
They were more surprised because the
council raised no complaint against
the journey Of American bankers,
financial editors or manufacturers
such as Vauclain of the Baldwin Loco
motive Works to Russia to report on
the profits to be made there.
The answer to the riddle is seen by
some of the disappointed ones in the
final section of the councils state
ment, wherein it says its opposition
will continue until such time as the
A. F. of L., thru its legally constituted
tribunals, creates a commission and
clothes it with authority to visit Rus
STA and other European countries"
U. S. Admits Soviet Strength.
On the day this statement reached
Washington, the United States board
of tax appeals issued it's decision that
Russian imperial bonds are worthless
and have been worthless since 1920.
In that year, it decides, the soviet gov
eminent established itself beyond
question, and "it became certain that
the soviets were to be in position to
enforce and make good their decree
repudiating the debts Of the imperial
Russian government" Wrangel, last
of counter-revolutionar was sup
pressed in 1920.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
One Worker Killed
and Six Hurt When
Huge Derrick Falls

NEW YORK, Aug. "A flaw in the
guy rope Of a huge derrick caused the
decapitation of one worker and the
severe injury of six others at the new
Roxy Theater building. The derrick
had been installed on the auditorium
level, a story above the street, and its
first load was lifted from a stone pit
in which 25 men were working.
The guy rope broke at this point and
the derrick toppled over. The huge
tackle running loose at the end of the
broken rope struck Antonio Lastell
55, across the neck and cut off his
head. The other workers were caught
under falling debris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Danish Depression
Getting Worse, Says
Copenhagen Report

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Up
According to information received by
the department of commerce from its
agent in Copenhagen, the Danish com.
mercial and industrial situation is be.
coming worse, and unemployment is
on the increase. Some 10000 unemploy.
ed are now officially listed Wages and
prices are falling. The textile indus.
try is reported to be in a dangerous
condition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04


ment issued at Cincinnati which
began with the sentence, cred
tied to the executive councils
press agent: Efforts of the soviet
government of Russia to have a labor
whitewashing committee sent from
the United States to that country
were condemned by the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor at its meeting in Cincinnati this
week"
Green Answers.
Green seems to have replied to this
letter of invitation, and in a tone far
more cordial than is reflected by the
councils press agent. The council
adopted declaration, evidently writ
ten by someone other than Green, in
which it not only declared it's opposi.
ton to any plan for visiting Soviet
Russia by labor executives not sent
there by the council or the A. F. of L.
convention, but openly challenged the
good faith of the promoters of the
plan.
1t is we'll known that when A. A.
Purcell, British fraternal delegate to
the A. F. of L. last year, who headed
the British Trades Union Congress
delegation to Russia in 1924, spoke in
this country for Russian inquiry, a
cash fund was collected at the meet
ings which he addressed. This money
was banked by Timothy Healy of the
Stationary Firemen and Oilers Inter-
national Union as the start of a fund
to send an American labor group to
inquire into the success or failure of
Soviet Russia under the proletarian
dictatorship
No Communists.
In the letter addressed to Green it
was made plain that executives of five
or six big labor organizations had
agreed to go, under the rule that no
socialist or Communist should be in
the party. 1t was further understood
that various labor organizations would
be asked to contribute funds to the
enterprise. The whole plan hinged on
getting men to visit Europe, to COM
pare conditions in Russia with condi-
tons in other European countries, and
to make sure that these investigators
we're not radicals.
Labor Notables Agree.
1t was this conception of the plan
which led Sheppard of the railway
conductors, Manion of the railway
photographers, Shea of the locomotive
firemen, Johnston and Hewitt of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
MIL WAUKEE TO
Get RELIEF FOR
PASSAIC STRIKE
10 Organizations Have
Delegates at Meet

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. IA con-
ference for relief of Passaic textile
workers was held here in the Labor
Lyceum, 759 Garfield street. Twenty
nine delegates attended, representing
10 organizations. This did not in
clude the labor unions represented in
the Central Trades e Labor Assembly
which is carrying on its own relief
campaign among affiliated organiza-
tons.
The conference was addressed by
Rebecca Grecht field organizer for the
General Relief Committee.
Relief Urgently Needed.
Leo Khzych, general organizer Of
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Of America, who had just returned
from a visit to Passaic, told of the
heroism of the striking textile work
ers, confronted by daily brutal police
onslaughts. He emphasized the plight
Of the children of the strikers, and
praised the splendid work carried on
by the General Relief Committee in
its gathering and distribution Of funds.
Many books of milk and meal seals.
as we'll as contribution lists and pic
torials were distributed. 1t was decided
to call a second relief conference on
August 10 and to invite all labor
unions of the city to send delegates.
An executive committee of thirteen
was elected, with A. J. Piepenhagen,
manager Of the Milwaukee Joint board
of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers, as chairman and NJ. Mankoff also
of the joint board, as secFetary-treas-
urer. The committee was instructed
to make immediate arrangements for
a picnic.
Elect Executive Committee.
The executive committee is COM
posed of following delegates: Goldie
Berg, M. Mankoff and A. J. Piepen-
hagen of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers; Ben Rubin, Ward 6, Branch
Socialist Party; H. Speizman, United
Relief Conference of Milwaukee; G.
Piccoi, Workers (Communist) Party:
Mrs. S. A. Mcintosh and Anita K.
Koenen, of the Womens Trade Union
League; Clara Knappe, Bluebird
Lodge No. LOG, Ladies Auxiliary to
International Association of Machin-
lists; Meta Berger, wife of Victor Ber-
ger; Cora Meyer International Labor
Defense; John Milaeger, Amalgamated
Clothing Workers.
The conference has established local
headquarters at the Office of the joint
board of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Union, 321 Third street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS URGE
UNIONS TO AID PASSAIC STRIKE

PAssAIC, N j. August 2Th Engineers Journal
July thru editorial the
autocracy unashamed command of
the police and sherf Offices be
solve industrial problems by pocemen
workers starvation? That
the Of have been substituted Every
America which looks industrial
union every pubcmindd group
should bring pressure bear Immediately Governor
States senator's and their related
settlement children suffer keen
their fight for industrial
General Strike Committee Passaic will help relieve
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Retaliation Board
to Increase Taxes on
Chicago Loop Property

The Manufacturers Appraisal COM
pany, which has been working under
contract with the revaluation board
of the board of education and the city
council, in a report to the city council
to be made tomorrow points out that
Chicago loop property is worth twice
as much for taxation purposes than
the valuations set by the board of re-
view.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
Demand ma" Ferguson Resign.

AUSTIN, Texas, August 2. - A
resolution demanding that Governor
Miriam A. MAJ Ferguson resign i'm
mediately in compliance with her
agreement with Dan Moody, demo-
cratic nominee for governor, and stat
ing that the people of Texas "have
the moral right to demand perform
ance of the pact" was adopted by the
Travis county democratic convention
here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
st. Paul Road Gets Richer.

Net operating income of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & 81. Paul railroad
increased S3.02S,0OO for the first six
months Of 1926, compared with the
same period for 1925, the road an
nounced here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
GREEN INVITED TO VISIT SOVIET
UNION; COUNCIL DENOUNCES MOVE;
OTHER OFFICIALS WILLING TO GO

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-(FP)-WIiam Green, president
of the American Federation of Labor urgently invited by
special letter. to join the proposed trip Europe of group
OF American labor executives which to include its timer
the industrial of Britain France GERMANY Italy
the Soviet Union He further urged he could CO.
name someone to go in his stead.
This fact is disclosed by of the officers of
ona Association of Machnists response press
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-04
TRY TO REACH IMPRISONED TUNNEL
WORKERS; LITTLE CHANCE OF LIFE

WEST PORTAL, co 2Reseue working
half miles this
caught
heading
workers Friday
fore he expired he begged the o
No
officials believe
small chance Of finding them alive