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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-28
Towns Laid Waste.

Leninikan and twelve other cities in
the neighborhood of this Armenian
town of some 10000 inhabitants pre-
sents a scene of utter ruin. Hardly a
human habitat,on RENE ms standing.
The financial loss is inestimable.
Buildings occupied by the Near East
relief and housing hundreds OF or
phans were wrecked, but it is reported
that both the children and the attend
ants of the institution reached safety.
. The first shock came Friday during
the night, wrecking the gas mains and
electric conduits and leaving the In
habitants to face the terrifying earth
movements in darkness. The shocks
REQUIRED with increasing intensity
thruout the night. They were felt as
far south as Erivan, the Armenian
capital, but the area suffering the
greatest damage was approximately
100 square miles in the vicinity Of
Leninikan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-28
ksss~s.< Se..|
BY 7. }. o'FLAHERTV

ETHO the Reed slush fund investiga-
1 ton showed that the sum of $780,
600 was spent to secure the G. o. P.
nomination for Frank L. Smith OF
Illinois, Franks report shows that he
neither received nor spent a dime in
his primary fight. Mr.. Ware of Penn
sylvania, who spent nearly million
dollars to win the G. o. P. nomina-
ton was a little bit more culpable
than Smith. Ware admitted that he
wasted S133. Is this a mystery to
YOU? If so, here Is the solution. The
Doodle was received and spent by the
committees charged with putting
Messrs. Ware and Smith over the tape.
Any law that cannot be gotten over
is a bum law! This is she position
OF the lawmakers.
nF course, for the masses the case
" Is different. Laws are not made
TO bring grief to the lawmakers. Wars
are not fought by those who are
responsible for them What hypo-
critics our rulers are? They pass laws
for the ostensible purpose Of prevent
ing gigantic expenditures Of money IN
political campaigns, but because they
know that without the Doodle can
didate stands little chance of getting
elected they Immediately begin to de-
wise ways and means Of getting
around the law. Now, no matter how
much money candidate may spend.
Il is not his fault. The blame rests
on HIS committee.
LIE did his best, even tho he may
l1have been at times mistaken.
He was honest, he was good and he
loved his fellowman. What more can
be asked Of any of us in this vale
below" This is an excerpt from
editorial comment made on the death
az Eugene V. Debs by the Tri-County
Labor News Of Fresno, Cal. So the
hest that this turnkey can say about
Debs is that he loved his fellow
man" And for this Woodrow Wilson
sent him to Atlanta! To loveievery-
fody may be a virtue when the day
comes that sees oppression banished
from this earth. but it is no virtue
nowadays, when the great majority OF
the population lives at the mercy OF
+ minority. Debs hated this parasitic
Tbd-for-nothing minority and it is
haoa use Of this hatred and his strug-'
lie In behalf OF the oppressed, robbed
end enslaved majority that his name
win be forever enshrined in the hearts
4 the workingclass.
ALL that glitters is not gold and
- everything that is testified to at
hearings is not truth. Senator Reed
vent to Indianapolis to take the test
imony Of Senator James f.. Watson,
who was charged with being mem
her Of the X X. X. or at least with
receiving their support. The senator
Indignantly repudiated all such
charges. but not exactly enough. Now
we learn that Watson sat in at a
x. X. X. conference in Washington
where an Indiana grand dragon was
cred because he would not support
Watson There you are.
TVIDENCE continues to pile up in
~ support of the suspicion that the
queen of Roumania is having trouble
With Ferdy. II appears that the boy
who stayed home 70 take care OF the
chickens Is doing little worrying
because Of the company his 51-year-
old little girl is keeping what with
cumming around with Gilbert II.
Gary and such bad boys. II is true
CONTINUED on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-28
HeavY Economic Losa.

The economic losses to the Soviet
district, an important one, figuring
largely in the program of economic
development outlined by the workers
and peasants government, are tremen-
dous. A new textile mill and an I'M
pOrtant canal were among the state
institutions to suffer great damage.
1t will take Soviet Armenia at least
five years to recover from the ruins-
ton caused by the quake.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-28

The DAILY WORKER Rat
the Standard for a Workers
and Farmers Government
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
VANDERBILT FAMILY
ENDS 3o-YEAR SPLIT

NEWPORT. r. l.. May 21.-The
rift which has parted the Wander.
bilt family for the last 80 years is
again reported ended. Gen. and Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt may. occupy
the Breakers this summer during
the absence Of the generals mother
Grace and Mrs. Vanderbilt arrived
at "the Breakers" society's vortex
for the last two generations, with
a retinue of servants, including the
housekeeper.
The elder Mrs. Vanderbilt will sail
for st. Nazaire with Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. her daughter, June
i, to attend the unwilling of the
latter's monument contemplating
the landing OF the first American
troops in France during the World
War.
The younger Cornelius Vanderbilt
was "cut off with q million" back
in 1896 because he married Miss
Grace Wilson, against the old com.
modores wishes. Their romance be-
gan in Newport several seasons be-
fore, and when Cornelius summered
the following years at Hot Springs
Colo, the then Miss Wilson Joined
him there. His parents refused tc
attend the simple wedding, held in
the Wilson home. and ordered the
newlyweds never to darken our
doorway again" And they didn't
until this reconciliation.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
Open AIR RADIO
EV|IE \ HIT
BY JESSIE MacBRIDE

Warm evenings may be defied at
the Jewish Community Center. Last
evening, though not so warm. wit
messed the dedication of the at.
tractive roof garden on top of
this attractive and most perfectly
equipped club house at Sixteenth
and @ Streets.
Al unique concert-save for the
grandiloquence of our esteemed
extraordinary on things that how
cred around the dramatic field. far
afield." and most amusing
really q revue of Washington
radio assets, with friend George II.
Ross as announcer" TO the in
terested gathering.
Mrs. Maurice Bisgyer had ar.
ranged the concert. 1t served TO
introduce TO many Doris Atkinson
Morrow, soprano of charming art
and voice who is a newcomer in our
city. Mrs Morrow possesses also
that great boon. q very effective
stage presence.
Crandall,s Saturday Niters" were
marshaled in by the gifted director
OF music and OF the orchestra at
CrandalPs Met, when Daniel Bree
skin played some deeply beautiful
solos on his violin and took first
place in several trios given with
Preston Shelley, cellist. whose solos
were also artistic, and Mr.. Ross or
Gertrude Kreiselnan alternating at
the piano.
Meyer Fichman, tenor. among
several selections gave his own
popular song, Happiness that has
all the earmarks Of a hit. Miss
Kreiselman was soloist, and brought
just that bit Of spice in touches OF
jazz that makes this little lady so
popular among CrandaIPs "enter.
tainers.' Mrs. Bisgyer also served
as accompanist as well as charming
hostess.
What have your was the ulti.
mate text of Mr.. Halls elucidaI;on
Of a complicated thesis. The WJCC,
George. Ross announcing meanlng
Washington Jewish Community
Center-answers this question that
Is to make this a music center in
Washington of decided Importance.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
VERNON SUGAR.
TRAIN COMING

The Vermont Maple Sugar Special
Train, carrying several tons of sugar
and other products of the State OF
Vermont, will arrive in Washington
tonight and remain over until late
tomorrow night when it will leave
for Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland,
and Detroit.
The train Carries about $50 bust.
ness men of the State, headed by
Governor and Mrs. Franklin s. Bill
ings. The trip Is sponsored by the
Vermont Press Association.
Tomorrow morning the party will
be received by President Coolidge
and will probably visit the Chamber
of Commerce headquarters. 1t also
viii receive Congressional delega-
ton aboard the train.
Tomorrow evening Governor and
Mrs. Billings and the entire party
of travellers will be guests Of honor
at a reception in their honor at the
Hotel Continental under the aus.
pices of the Vermont State Assoc
citation of the District. Special en-
tertainment will be provided.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
IS STUDY
OF LONG LII:
By ALICE L.ANGELIER
International News service

PARIS, May 2I.--Is 1t possible
and desirable to live much longer
than the average lifetime? This is
the question that is being discussed
in Paris since the appearance OF
the new play. lie Docteur Miracle. +"
by Francis de Croisset and Robert
de Flers.
Docteur Miracle has solved the
problem Of a long life by the In
lection of a certain serum. Like
Flourens and Metchnikoff before
him. he believes that man should
still be. young at the age Of 100
and even goes so far as to prove
that at the age of 500 or 600 man
should enjoy all OF his faculties.
At first. everyone is Delighted
with the news. The mother-in-law
Of the doctor is rejuvenated at
the very thought Of living several
hundred years longer, and her hus-
band, great golf-lover, is quite
overjoyed But little by little. one
realizes the Inconvenience OF this
revolution. The doctors. druggists,
notaries and insurance agents are
all ruined Even the charming
wife Of the discoverer Of the serum
finds that she will not be as happy.
thinking that life is going to go
on for so long q time.
After ALL" says Prof. Charles
Richet, of Paris. 1T isn't the pro
longation of life that il so much
desired, as the prolongation of
youth itself. For as one grows
older, life loses much Of its charm .
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
SENTENCED | 0
EARL 7 BED

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. May Fl.
Three San Antonio boys must be
tucked in bed at $50 o'clock every
night until they are 81 years old,
or return to jail to serve son.
tence for automobile theft.
The curfew law was revived by
Judge w. w. McCrory, Of the dis
trict court land a member OF the
Hearst crime commissionl after sob
bling mothers had twice beseeched
him to turn their boys, Is, 10 and
II years old free.
The boys have never been in
trouble before, they pointed out, so
after the owner of the car was
paid $7S for damages done, Judge
McCrory released them with the
sentence that they go to bed every
night at $50 until they reached
manhood.
The mothers were made to prom
Use the court that il they erred in
doing this, they would turn them
back to the custody of the court.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
GRADUATION PLANNED
At FRIENDS SCHOOL

Senior graduates Of Sidwell's
Friends School. viii hear an address
on 1.-The Challenge Of the Closed
Door," by DIR. Rufus Matthew Jones,
of Haverford College, at commence
ment exercises at the Friends meet
ing house tonight.
The program includes Mrs. Lena
Sutton Maxwell. Kaspar Lawson.
and Mrs. Mabel F. Rawlings. Prin-
cipaI Sidwell. of Friends School. will
present diplomas to Gibson L.
Baker, jr., president; Polly A.
Clover, vice president; James B.
Nicholson, jr., secretary-treasurer
William, r. B. Acker, Martha b.
Harris, Frances D. E. Lehman and
James B. Weaver.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
JAPANESE ! [ n
|SCLINBING
By LUTHER a.. HUSTON
international News Service

TOKYO. May 21.-The rapid a0-
vance of the japanese yen toward
parity has been one Of the out
standing features Of international
finance during the past year Like
wise the cause for this advance has
been a matter of muck speculation
and no little concern to the finan-
cial authorities In Japan and else
where.
At the beginning Of 1925 the
value of the yen was about $3.50
per hundred. Since then It has
risen gradually until, as this Is
written, the official quotation OF
the Yokohama Specie Bank, the
leading financial institution OF
Japan, stands at $47.25. Par value
for the yen lis 1895, and since the
exchange rate is still rising there is
good reason to believe that the ven
will come very close to par within
the next few months.
Speculation undoubtedly has been
responsible in some degree for this
rise. There has been heavy buying
of yen Tor months by speculative
interests in New York and also IN
China.
Expectation Of specie abroad.
by the Japanese government, has
been another factor IN the yen's
advance.
Financial authorities in Japan
are now convinced, however. that
the advance in the yen is due
chiefly to legitimate causes. They
believe that the currency of the ma
ton is on a firm basis in the In
ternationaI exchange market and
are confident that no important 1e-
cline will occur.
To support this confidence II IS
pointed out that the relation Of
Japan's gold reserve to her paper
money issue Is at about the same.
or perhaps a slightly better. ratio
than 1t was in pre-war days when
the yen was at par. The country's
trade balance, that Is the ration OF
imports to exports, also Is in about
the same proportion as before the
war
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
roo MUCH SALT IN FOOD
SENDS WOMAN TO COURT

PHILADELPHIA. May 21-Be-
cause she is alleged by her aged
mother to have spoiled the family
food BY putting III excessive GUAM
titles Of salt and pepper Miss Salhe
Prettyman, 38, Of Camden, was . y
fore Judge Clearly on d charge OF
sdisorderIy conduct
The mother, Mrs. Mary Pretty
man, claims that iii addition to
spiHing the .victnals' her daughter
strikes her and otherwise creates
trouble.
Miss Prettyman told the court
she is subject to nervous attacks
and that at times she fears she will
lose her reason. The court ordered
her held for observation
The Washington times., 1926-05-21

This is only one Of many re-
markable discoveries made by
Feodor Feodorovitch, hero Of d new
book BY Morris Dolinoff, published
for the benefit OF the long-suffer-
ing Russian peasant by the Soviet
firm New village.
One Of series Of thousands Of
propaganda volumes intended to
win the loyalty OF the peasant to
the Soviet regime, the book is
written in words Of one syllable.
It is called THE Adventures Of
Feodor, and only differs from
Munchausen BY the fact that its
author intends 1t to be taken liter
ally .
Comrade DoIinoff takes his hero
Feodor through numerous adven-
lures each of which proves the
worldwide solidarity OF the
workers and peasant Masses, and
reflect the immense superiority OF
the Soviet regime over that Of any
Of its bourgeois rivals In the
outer world.
Feeders first exciting moment
came when he and group of
peasant comrades with whom he
was travelling, fell into the hands
of cannibals in darkest Africa. The
cannibals prepared to slay the Rus
slams for breakfast. Feodor was
in despair.
The pot was boiling, the victims
were stripped, and the cook sharp
ened his knife.
At this juncture Feodor had an
Attracting the attention OF the
canniba1 chieftain, Feodor pointed
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
Rival Of Husband
Shoots Woman
Wounds Self

NEW YORK, May 21.-Ru-
dolph Grebe returned unex-
pectedly home from the hos
pital yesterday and found Joseph
Dall'Antonio and his wife, Anna
Grebe, together.
"See here Anna" he said,
"this business has got to stop,
you will have to choose between
u.s.
"Then / choose you" said his
wife.
Dall'Antonio drew revolver
from his pocket, fired two shots
into the woman's body and killed
himself. Mrs. Grebe may die. /
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
QUARTERMASTERS WILL
HEAR HIGH OFFICIAL

Several cabinet officers are listed
among the speakers at the two-day
convention of Quartermaster Re-
serve Officers opening today in the
Auditorium of the Interior Building
under the auspices of the quarter
master general of the United States
Army.
Among the speakers listed for to-
day are: Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham,
quartermaster general; Secretary of
War Dwight F. Davis; Maj. Gen.
John L. Hines, chief of staff; Brig.
Gen. Roy Hoffman. president Of the
Reserve Officers Association, and
Col. w. A. Starret, chairman of
the national winter Plattsburg com
mittee
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
RUSSELL SCOT
MUST HANG
b. In.erna.lenal New. ssrzIss

CHICAGO, H., May 21.-RuseeII
Scott is sane.
Official announcement of this
finding by a commission Of alien
lists, which examined the slayer
Of Joseph Maurer Chicago drug
clerk, was received here today by
Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom
from Springfield
The attorney general, in an opin-
ion given C. II. Jenkins. State well
fare director, said that his only
duty now was TO carry out the
terms of the mittimus, which sent
Scott to the Chester Asylum for
the insane, and return him to Cook
Country where he is under sentence
to hang.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
women not T0l
RULE, He SAYS
81 international News service


BERLIN, May II. Men need
not be afraid that the fair sex. some Y
time hence. win take command u g
the world. simply because III the
present time. women are n sleio
majority.
Dame Nature Is much Wis
than man. she restores har:no: ~ 4
between the two sexes BY somev
mysterious law regulating the pr i
portion between male and female
births, says an article Ia the Hams
burger Naehrichten. discussing fsee
alleged danger Of steadily growing
surplus or women over men.
.sThere is. undoubtedly. surplus
of women over men IN all countries
Of the world. but 1t would Be en-
tirely erroneous to believe that mLl.
in. future. win be wiped out by
women. "
nIt may be safely predicted tiat
within the next twenty years the
surplus OF women over men win be
balanced out. And It seems equally
safe to forecast that an equilibrium
win be restored by another wave Of
female births. Nature is harmony.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
SUIT OVER sliAPELY ANlIL Z
HASN'T LEG 70 STAND ON

NEW YORK. May II shapeiy
ankles lost to New York city yes
terday.
The Supreme Court jury III
Brooklyn decided in sealed verdict
that Mrs. Margaret q. Harper.
was entitled to no indemnity III
her suit against the city for
running the beauty Of her ankle
Mrs Harper sued the city for
SO 900, asserting she fell on an
icy sidewalk lii February and per-
rnanentl7 disfigured her ankle.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
MAN SHAVING IN PARK
CAN'T AFFORD ROOMS

NEW YORK, May 21.-Found
shaving himself under a tree in
Riverside Park, John Smith, "A,
who said he refused to pay 'the
exorbitant rent" charged for rooms
in New York, was arrested on a
charge OF vagrancy.
Smith said he came here last
fall from Pittsburgh and during the
winter had slept in parks,
mo. honest man can afford a
room in New York" he told the
police: What have / done to be
arrested for?"
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
LEAVES $4,000 CASH
TO HIS FAITHFUL DOG

CANTERBURY, England, May
21.-By the unusual terms OF his
will Francis Edward Chardon, left
$150;000, his faithful "Old~ Dog
Gyp."
Upon the animals death it is to
be-. inferred with his masters body
in the family mausoleum at Margate.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
Japanese Princes Funds

TOKYO. May 2I.--The old system
of indeterminate allowances for
members of the imperial family
has been abolished and in future
the second and third sons of tae
emperor will receive lump sum
allowances OF $4,000 each, out OF
which they must pay all Of their
expenseS.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
MAN, 81 SUED BY WIFE
AS He GETS JAIL TERM

NEW YORK, May ri. Edward
Arden Noblett, who has q criminal
record running back to 1893, was
sentenced to prison for fifteen years
yesterday on charge Of larceny
AT the same time his wife sued
for divorce cliargtngN that her 6Is
year-oId husband had been TOO
friendly with another woman.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21

to himself and his comrades, and
cried Proletariaf1s! Proletarians!
The cannibaI chief Whooped with
Joy. embraced the captives and or
dered them released. Comrades. z
cried the chief, I'VE thought you
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
Doped Pigs to Make EN- Sleep

DUBLIN, May ,21.-Robert Nc
Clure testified at Ballymena that he
put methy1ated spirits in his pigs
food to make them sleep.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21

Propelled by a motor under the
control Of its user, buoy has been
invented to tow a lifeguard to a
bather in need Of rescue in surf.
The Washington times., 1926-05-21
Says u. S. Farmer
Pines for SoDiiet Rule
PhotO 81 In.srnatIonal
TnternationaI News Service

MOSCOW. May 21.-American farmers so poor that
they Bolshevks and their only ambition to
sell to the Soviet Union to live
Evening star., 1926-04-18

University of Chicago for 81 years.
testified that in pre-prohibition days
he had seen scores of men drunk on
the streets of Chicago, but that since
the prohibition law was enacted, he
has seen very few.
The students at the university. he
said, from the very first took strong
stand against drinking. He said there
are about 1000 students, part of whom
are women. Drinking at their parties
at tho university, he said, was strictly
tabooed, the students being put on
their honor.
II have heard and read much about
crime and drunkenness increasing
since prohibition. particularly among
the young people" said Mr.. Stagg.
II believe that great deal of the
looseness today Is due to the freedom
In the relations among the young
people and the breaking down of
home life.
Declares Parents Are Sinking.
"A friend of mine in California told
me that his daughter was one of
party of three girls and three young
men who had gone on "A three-week
campaign party together. Such a
thing could not have been done a few
years ago. These were fine people
The girls are now becoming more
comrades of the men, but I do not
believe in it. What is needed is more
home life, with the fathers and moth
ers looking after their children, and
a consistent discipline. The parents
are running away from their RESPONSE
bilities and duties and looking only
to their own pleasures.
Mr. Stagg said he had been one of
the coaches with the American Olym-
pic team two years ago. He said that
they had carried American spring
water to Paris for the use of the team,
for the men were not allowed to drink
wine or beer. They found the water
in Paris. however. purer than the
spring water they took with them. he
said.
The only other team which measur-
Evening star., 1926-04-18

cries? If so. than / shall support any
movement looking to this end.
THE hearings now being held by
the Senate judiciary committee were
authorized for the reason that respon-
sible legislators of this land wished
to know the truth concerning law en-
forcement. And because the very Off
cials who are In a position to know
and tell the truth about it refuse to
be coerced into falsifying fact at the
instance of bigoted anti-leagueites and
affiliated bodies they are to be driven
from office to make way for satellites
Of Wayne b. Wheeler and his un-
considerable band of dry leaders.
Charges Fanaticism.
Before the issuance of Senator
McKellar's statement 1 was hopeful
that fanaticisrn had not found it's way
to the Senate floor, but I now realize
signs Of fanatical reaction.
IF we had more men of the type
Of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
Gen. Andrews, Emory Buckner and
Judge Talley Of New York. prohibition
could be made an actually, assuming
that America wanted prohibition. I
do not believe that the United States
wants prohibition. and as long as pub
lie opinion cannot be counted upon to
respect the law there can be no law
enforcement
Gen. Andrews, Senator McKellar
to the contrary notwithstanding, is
both doing his duty and telling the
whole truth. and nothing but the
truth, concerning prohibition, and IL
there is one thing the fanatical dry
cannot face. it is the truth-cold
hard. uncontrovertible fact"