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Evening star., 1926-08-22
The Dawn Miracle.

John Burroughs IN Harper's Magazine.
The most impressive moment of the
dav in the CatSkills is the rising OF
the sun From my cot on the porch
see the first flash Of his coming.
Before that l see his rays CLINT here
ana there through the forest trees
which give a name to the mountain
crest The dawn comes very gently.
I am usually watching for II.
gradually become conscious of faint
IuminuuSueNs in the eastern sky. This
SIoyylv increases and changes To a
deep saffron. and then in eight or
Ten minutes that fades into Light
hhliSh tinGe. the gold turns 10 silver.
The sky just M the point Wher"
1he sun j. To appear haEins 70 glow
again. as If the silver We're getting
warm On, realizes in these few
seconds how rapidly the old earth
turns on it> axis. You witness the
miracle OF the transition Of the dawn
into dav. The day is born in a twink
ling Ii iS the critical moment OF the
day. You actually see the earth turn.
Ing.
Later in the day one does not
notice. the sun climbing the heavens
The sun does not impress ono, be.
cause he is usually enveloped in va
nnrs. His days work is done and he
goes to his rest >ened and subdued.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
D. c. MATCHMAKER
ACHIEVES OLD AIM
Edward FreSchkneCht Back
From Switzerland. Where
He Scaled Alpine Peak.

The years fitting away and his
half-Centufy-old ambition to scale a
certain difficult Alpine peak still un-
realized. Edward t'rischknecht. 6S-
Vear-old Swiss matchmaker. whose
picturesque ShOp AT 1875 &c street is
familiar 10 many Government EN-
ployeS decided this summer to wait
no longer. and as "A result he can
spend the remainder of his days here
in peaceful contemplation of boyhood
dreams fulfilled.
As a youth, in his teens. F'riSCh-
knecht often vowed to himself that
some day he would achieve the dis
tinction Of climbing Mount Saentis,
highest peak in the northeastern
Alps. He has just returned from ac-
rompliShing this feat-one that has
haffied many younger man.
Ambition Always Thwarted.
Tntil this Summer F'ITschknecht
had been frustrated at every turn in
his desire to attempt the ascent.
Upon completion of his term of com
pulsory military service in SWitZer
land he was thrown on his own re-
source. and the need of earning a
livelihood. coupled with a succession
of other unforeseen obstacles. prevent
the trip to his native land this Sum
mer offered the opportunity for which
he had waited 50 long.
The summit OF Mount Saentis.
which towers 2.504 meters above the
hamlet of Weissbad. in the Canton of
AppenzelI, is an objective that only
the hardest mountain guides ever
attempt for the Meggis Alp Pass.
half way up the crags. scarcely is
wide enough for one man at time
To creep along. But Frischknecht ac-
complished the feat with the aid of
single companion on July 13. one Of
he few days in the year that weather
conditions rendered the ascent pos
si,le.
He attributes his good luck to CO.
incidence; The room he was assigned
in the observatory. at the end of an
S-h0ur climb bore the number l3.
corresponding 10 the day of the
month. though it was not a Friday.
To cap the climax. the doughty tray
eler posed for a photograph in Napo-
leonic costume beside his host, the
custodian of the observatory. who,
with his Wife. lives there the year
around.
Was Native of Ragax
ne NdltHIildhtT. NIlD was d lliliN <
If Ragaz. -. Gallen Canton. before
he migrated to Cincinnati in 1905.
has penchant for pageantry it
seems for he organized this year the
first 4th of July celebration III Weiss
bad. where his sister lives. appearing
himself in the guise Of Uncle sam. He
added to his sartoral achievements
hy winning a medal for his Ara u
costume at a dance aboard the Le-
Ninthrn. ON which he returned TO this
cou"try.
liz carries with him moreover.
three gifts from the children of APP
penzell to the First Lady of the Land.
hand-emhroidered silk handker-
chief. n bouquet OF rare edelweiSS
and Il miniature model OF a Swiss
chalet. which he will present to Mrs.
Coolidge upon her return to the
White House
F'rischknecht became Il naturaliZed
citizen of the United States in 1912,
while he was working in Canton,
Ohio. and came to Washington in
1919 to offer his services for war
work. which were repeatedly refused
solely because Of his advanced age.
Now he caters Ia large and devoted
clientele at his little shop on G street.
Evening star., 1926-08-22

man or scientist. is a world leader in
his own field.
In the great institutions of which
they are the heads. they have OBJ
served for years the unfortunate re-
suits Of the steady decline of pure
scientific research, as disunguis
from that carried on for Immediately
practical purposes.
Among the great legal authorities
on the endowment board are Elihu
Root, Charles E. Hughes and John w.
Davis.
Among the most notaDle business
men associated with the movement
is Owen D.. Young. who figured i'm
portantly in negotiations for the
Dawes reparation plan.
Henry NJ. Robinson. the last of the
group of lawyers is likewise one of
the country's leading bankers. He is
president of the First National Bank
Of Los Angeles and a director of
numerous corporations on the Pacific
Coast. He served in an advisory ca
pacity with the Peace Conference lii
Paris and has been for years intimate
ly concerned with national and inter-
national industrial problems.
Other bankers Of note are Andrew
w. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury:
Evening star., 1926-08-22

ity and evolution, giving the results OF
their research on these subjects.
Albert A. Nicholson and Robert y.
Millikan are phyNcists of interna-
tional repute. Both are Nobel prize
winners. Prof. Nicholson. who il
president of the National Academy of
Science, has for years conducted un-
falling research on light waves and
their uses. while Prof. Mllikan WAS
awarded the Nobel prize for iSolatirC
and measuring the ultimate electric
unit known as the electron.
Two of the worlds leading physi-
clans and pathOlogists. DIR. William h.
WelCh. director of the School of Pub
lie Health and Hygiene of Johns Hop
kins University and DR.. Simon FleX-
ner. director of laboratories of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, are members of the special
board. The remaining members are
Oswald Eeblen. professor of mathe-
maticS at Princeton since 1910; James
II. Breasted of the University Of chi
cago. a leading authority on Egypt"l-
ogy and SemetiC languages; Lewis X.
Jones. professor of plant pathology ~
the University of Wisconsin; Arthur
B. Lamb director of the Harvard
Chemical Laboratories and col I'd
ward NJ. House.
Evening star., 1926-08-22

President Coolidge sends birthday
congratulations to the Shah OF Persia.
President Coolidge cables con
eratulationS to the President or Ger
many on the anniversary OF the pro
mulcation of the constitution or the
German Republic.
President Coolidge sends congratu'
lationS to the premier OF Albania on
tho anniversary Of the foundation OF
the Albanian nation.
such news items appear Almost
weekly in the press. 1t might appear
that the President spends no lncon-
siderable portion OF his time keeping
rack of the birthdays Of foreign po-
tentates and penning them approprl-
ate greetings, in accordance with the
fra ditional custom in international
relations. AS a matter OF fact. now
ever. the Chief Executive probahlE
doesn't bother his head about the
,, date Of the birthday OF the Shah OF
, Persia or any OF the other HShlc
.,n1,jns that control the destinies OF
nations.
us an even bet that he wouldn
even remember the birthday of the
King of England or the Emperor OF
Japan. offhand.
an these affairs are attended to
fo,, him hy the relations office OF the
ct,4n Denartment under the direc-
,i[,,r of charles Lee Cook 1t is ira
litional, although by no means mat
ter of rigid rule, to send greeting
to the head of foreign country upon
tho holiday which Is most generallN
observed by the people or that Cou,i
IVY For monarchieS this usually Is
the kings birthday, although not IN
variabiy SO
Sometimes Delicate Question.
,Dbe state Department has deter
mined. wherever possible. eXacti!
what day the people of a nation con,
slider their most notable nalioiidi
t,o1idav-the occasion when congratu-
lations to the whole people thtousn
the head Of the state are most In or
1n,. Sometimes this involves a deli
cate question. -
The national holiday in Japan, for
;,stance. is the Emperor's birthday.
PM the monarch was born on August
a His birthday is celebrated on
! october 81. This is because the
weather in Japan the last OF august
is not suitable to a general holloay
so the natal day of the ruler mas peeh
! moved up two months for the con
! yenience Of his faithful SuhJectS
! Birthday congratulations on the ac,
! tual birthday would he slightly out "l
! place. 49,
1t has been customary to greet the
! neople Of Bulgaria. through klhS
! Roris. on the anniversary OF that
! nonarch's birth, but recently the Bui-
! garian envoy here informed the De-
/ nartment that the actual day OF re-
| iojcing was not on the day or ms
! birth but upon his assumption to the
! throne.
On Saints Days.
! The United States GoNernmen'
! sends CONGRATULATIONS to .klnE Al.
! fonso of spain on the anniversary oi
; the latter's birth, but there Is an
even more general national hoildaN
on the dav of the mOnarchs patron
! saint, Countries in which the state
: church is Catholic always send theii
! greetings on the latter occasion.
/ Greetings are sent 10 hungary
/ however, on ST. Stephens day, Whlrh
| is tn. real national holiday OF tha'
country. .,,;,,,
greeting from a foreign country
/ would he appropriate-lndep"
T3y. July q; King Alberts birthday
Evening star., 1926-08-22
NOTAB[ES AIDING
$20,0O0,O)O DRIVE
Many From All Walks of Life
Helping Scientific Research
Fund Raising.

A notable group of Amtr rican busi-
ness men is cooperating with scien.
tific leaders In the campaign to raise
S20,OOO.OOO as an endowment for re-
search in pure science, it was an
nounced at the National Academy of
Sciences yesterday.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover is
chairman Of this group Each men,
ber of the board, whether business
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Much of Energy From Grain.

OF the food eaten by the people of
The northern part Of the United
States. 90 per cent is Represented by
the following five articles ~ diet:
Bread and cereals. These furnish
e. pe,. cent of caloric energy.
Fat. including butter ana lard, con
tributes Is per cent of calorles.
Meat provides Is per cent of food
energy.
sugar Yields 10 per cent of nour-
i>hing service
White potatoes. the most generally
eaten vegetable. provide ~ per cent
al the food fuel required to keep the
Lody machinery in operation.
Six thousand workers in leather
i1ants If l.ithuania arc on strike.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
First Horse Theft in Is Years.

HEMPSTEAD. y. Y. August 81 NP)
Some one locked the stable door
after the horse was gone. AS Edward
Wilson didn't think his old white mare
was clever enough to do it herself.
he reported the first horse theft Hemp
stead police have been notified of in
Is years Auto thefts are daily oc-
currenceS.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Will Come to Hospital.

Maj. Alexander G. Pendleton, 7th
Coast Artillery, at Fort Hancock, y.
J.. has been ordered to this city for
treatment at Walter Reed General
Hospital, following which he will
take station at Fort Fl. G.. Wright
y. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
lNANY :FURRIER
BOSSES SIGN
UNION demands
Strikers Report Split in
Association


NEW YORK, March "A break in
he ranks of the Manufacturing Fur
riers Association was reported by the
settlement committee of the striking
furriers.
Altho not yet ready to make public
the name Of the firm in question, the
settlement committee stated that one
of the members of the association
came to the union office, informed
them that he had been present at all
conferences Of the association so far
and was a dues paying member, but
had decided to part with them be-
cause of their attitude in the present
strike. He signed the unions agree
ment.
There were also six trimming manu-
facturers who signed agreements with
the union; 10 agreements are pending
and will probably be signed tomorrow;
and over 100 applications are waiting
the investigation of the settlement
committees corps of Investigators.
In addition to the other points of the
regular agreement dram up by the
union, the agreement signed with the
fur trimming manufacturers calls for
use of the union label on all skins, and
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Then, to checkmate this move
Austen Chamberlain, the British for
eign minister, agreed to the enlarge
ment without specifying any given
number of additional permanent seats
on the council.
Britain Rebukes Chamberlain.
>Chamberlain's proposals to the Brit
ish cabinet resulted in defeat for his
policies. The liberals, representing the
industrialists, are satisfied with the
achievement Of the British representa-
tives at the sixth assembly Of the
league last September when England
gained a controlling influence in the
league, and they view with extreme
disfavor any efforts on the part Of
Chamberlain to play grand politics"
by trying to outmaneuver France thru
INDUCING In a scramble to enlarge
the league council. They want to let
well enuf alone. The result OF the
defeat is that Chamberlain is here to-
day as a discredited man without his
policies approved by his own govern
ment. He dare not endeavor to en-
force, his announced policy-o OF trying to
enlarge the council for fear Of repudia-
ton at home.
France Rebukes BRAND
The fall of the BRAND cabinet in
France on the eve OF the league meet
ing stunned Europe as it leaves that
country without a government at this
critical moment. BRAND, however, will
probably be the foreign minister in
any new cabinet that may be created
with the present alignment in the
chamber Of deputies, so he is at
Geneva as the representative Of
France on the league council. How
ever, the fall of his cabinet will prob
ably prevent his endeavoring to press
the demands of Poland for even a tenn
CONTINUED on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
OPEN SESSIONS
OF COMINTEUN
IN MOSCOW
Executive Gets Report
on World Parties

international Press Correspondence)
MOSCOW, U. s. S. r., Feb. 17.-(By
MaiI-The sessions Of the enlarged
executive Of the Communist Interna-
tional opened this evening In the An
dreievsky Hall of the Kremlln. Since
the last sessions this hall has been
completely rebuilt and renovated so
that the czarist Crown Hall has now
been turned into a monumental Con-
press Hall. The seats Of the dele
gates and also those for the specta-
tors are crammed full, Just as at a
world congress. The numerous dele
cations from the Orient are particu-
larry striking.
The first session was opened by
Comrade Zinoviev in the name of the
presidium. He first of all paid a
tribute to our dead Comrade, Mikhail
Frunze, one of the bravest and best
leaders of the Russian revolution and
of the Communist International, dur
ing which the delegates and the spec
tators stood in silence. Zinoviev then
continued.
Difficult Year.
"The year which has passed since
the last session Of the enlarged execu-
tive was a difficult one for many sec
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DIP 0MATS STRUGGLE with CHAOS
y, Y. COAL DEALERS
CHARGED OUTRAGEOUS
PRICES DURING STRIKE
Especial to The Daily worker)

NEW YORK, March 7-"unpreee-
dented profiteerine' has been going
on in the coal business Of this city,
according to a special committee Of
the state chamber Of commerce
which has just submitted us report.
The investigators declare that the
profiteering is not confined to the
cellar dealer and the peddIer but
that the large retailers have raked
in huge profits during the anthra-
cite strike.
The committee recommends that
the state legislature establish fact
finding agency to prevent similar
holdups In the future.
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Soviet Union Orders
More Tractors From
The United States

MOSCOW, U. s. S. r.. March T.
The government decided to order
1920 additional tractors. part OF
which are to be imported from the
United States and part from Germany.
The Soviet Union has $50 ordered
that 1,750 tractors of the American
type to be built in the Russian facto-
ries. Eight hundred and fifty OF the
Fordson-Putilovsky model will be con-
structed in the Putilov works at Len
ingrad.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
SENATORS MAKE
PLANS TO CRAB
INDIAN LANDS
Oil Lobby Paves Way
For Big Steal
lspeeIaI 70 rhe Daily workerl

WASHINGTON, March T. BY a
rollcall vote OF az to 20, the Senate
adopted the conference report on the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill,
thereby taking from future funds Of
the Navajo Indian tribe the sum Of
$4,000 to cover half the cost OF a
bridge over the Colorado river at
Lees Ferry. Ariz. The Indians pro-
tested that they would never use the
bridge. 1t was shown, however, that
oil had been discovered under their
lands. and with S771,0O0 already
charged up by the government against
their future revenues. the pressure for
opening these lands to private devel-
opmont OF oil was intensified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
STRIKERS COMMITTEE
VIOLENTLY ELECTED
FROM SGHILDKRAUT'S

NEW YORK, March - The fat
manager at the SehiIdkraut's restau-
rant, seth ST. and 9TH Ave-, violent
Iy elected the PassaIc strikers re-
lief committee, which had entered
this restaurant, patronized main
Iy by radical workers, to collect
funds to aid the striking textile
workers. Due to this action Of the
manager, the radical workers have
determined to no longer patronize
this restaurant
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
Wild CONFUSION GRIPS AGENTS
OF IMPERIALIST NATIONS AS They
GATHER FOR SPECIAL LEAGUE meet
Especial to The DAILY workerl

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 7.-Tomorrow's session OF
the league of nations confronted with all the contradictions Of
Imperialism in their sharpest FORM Even the ardent
poers Of the league and the spirit Of Locarno pessstc
and frankly admit that instead Of league Of nations it
nothing than in which alliances being
formed which individual nations and groups Of nations scheme
to gain advantages other nations.
The special session of the assembly called for the
admitting Germany into the council of the league Of
nations the basis of the Loano pacts signed at London last
Germany the league France
proposed the admission Of its ally and Poland
nent seat This would REQUIRE nIarng the council OF the league
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
Cheer
TRUMBULL AT
TURNER HALL
American Imperialism
Given Severe BIow

Hundreds Of Chicago workers cheer
ed Walter TrumbuIl, Y. S. soldier re-
leased from AIoatraz Military prison
after serving one year in prison for
belonging to tAe Hawaiian Communist
League, at the Aorthside Turner Hall.
Trumbull pointed out that Filipino
laborers are brought into Hawaii by
the American sugar interests to work
on the extensive plantations under a
contract which virtually makes them
slaves Of the sugar barons. He told
of how 20 families having sometimes
10 children in each family crowd into
four room cottages and live in most
miserable conditions. The unbearable
conditions OF the sugar workers have
caused them to revolt many times and
each time the American army of 5,
600 that was maintained on the island
was used to crush these strikes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
Kentucky Rejects
Anti-Evolution Bill

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March Z.
All danger of an anti-evolution bill
being passed by the present Kentucky
legislature is over as the bill was
reported unfavorably last week and
rejected by the house OF representa-
tives. The Mississippi anti-evolution
bill. having been ratified by the Sc
nate, has gone to the governors Of
fee.
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labor movement as a means for their
personal advancement. This group
who began as idealists have now rele-
gated their ideals to the cold storage
and regard with contempt all those
who are still inspired with the aims
and aspirations OF the working class,
attempting to force the entire Jewish
Continued on page VI
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MAKE PUBLIC NOTES
ON OIL CONCESSIONS
DEMANDS U. S. SENATE

NSpeciai 10 me Daily Workerl
WASHINGTON, March 7. - The
state department was formally cali
ed upon by the senate to make pub
lie all official correspondents be-
tween the United States and Mexico
on the subject Of American oil con-
eessions In the southern republic.
The request was made by passage
Of the Norris resolution and It led
to an announcement by Senator
King, democrat, Of Utah that he
would sponsor another resolution
authorizing the publication Of all
correspondence between the two
governments on all subjects.
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Discuss Anthracite Freight Rates.

WASHINGTON. March = The in
terstate commerce commission will
hold hearing here on March Is on
proposed adjustment in freight rates
from Pennsylvania anthracite mines
to points in upper New York state.
1t was announced today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09

Expose Forward Tactics.
For many years the INSCRIPTIONS
Forward group held the Jewish labor
movement in It's tight grip. crushing
every opposition movement against it's
leadership. The Forward started It's
career as labor paper. but In the
course OF time its. leaders became ca.
3eerlsts who have come to regard the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-09
Soviet Railway Progress.

MOSCOW, U, S. s. r.. March T.
"a. AWAY system OF the Soviet
Union showed at net profit OF $685.
100 for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30,
1925 Revenues for the year were
500 $4,000 and expenditures SASS
SOS coo. This was the first ye,
Since the war that the railroads hav,
been operated at a profit.
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Counter-Re
Spies Get Short Shrift
From Russian Workers

LENINGRAD. U. S. S. r., March Z.
Thirteen persons convicted as Es-
thonian spies on February 10 have
been executed for plotting against the
state and operating in conjunction
with British and Esthonian military
Intelligence services.