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Evening star., 1927-09-18

restraint. meows only for a purpose.
Even the midnight caterwauling is
music to the ears of those who like,
cats, because II Is both interesting
and properly pitched.
The cat has both repertoire and
a vocabulary. whereas the dog can do
little but CRATE out mo" aud Yes
at the top Of his voice.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

President Coolidge is the one man
who has concentrated a public an.
nouncement in such q way as to
direct attention almost exclusively to
one word.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

A New York convict Immediately
after being paroled fired on q police.
man with fatal effect. A man on
parole should at least be persuaded
not to carry a gun.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

When he gets through with the
ovations, Lindbergh may demand that
an aviator shall share with princes the
privilege Of travelling incognito.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Uncle Sans resources are so great
that 1t is difficult for the superficially
Informed citizen to perceive the neces.
sity for economies of any kind.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Interchanges between France and
the U. s. A. revive old assertions by
many statesmen that, after all. the
tariff is at the basis of all politics.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

When Mr.. Coolidge said he did not
choose he evidently meant to suggest
no encouragement to those who might
seek to persuade him to guess again.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Good might be done to health. as
we'll as morals, If some energetic and
convincing evangelists could concen-
trate on reforming bootleggers.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

BY refraining from an extra session
call President Coolidge proves that
he is not eager to assert every passing
pretext for ordering Congress around.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Mayor Walker Of New York has had
80 wonderful a time at European sea.
side resorts that good old Coney Island
Is liable to become jealous.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

The Associated Press IA exclusively entitled
70 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to il or not otherwise cred.
tied in this paper and also the Local news news
Of special dispatches herein are 1lso reserved.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
Splend0F.

I dreamt dwelt In marble halls,
Where lights were all agiew.
And viewed where mellow radiance
falls
A motion picture show.
Evening star., 1927-09-18
Shirt Of Independence.

IT am told that you once danced
with the Prince Of Wales"
"I am regarded as the best dancer
In the town." answered Miss Cayenne,
LET the prince talk about It,"
Evening star., 1927-09-18
The Frost Prophet.

Sang about the katydid
In rhythms gay and strong,
And every time we made the rhyme
A hot wave came along!
Evening star., 1927-09-18

"Ds world is round" said Uncle
Eben, "but dat ain no excuse for 80
many people stickin' around On It not
helm square s..suu-s.un~sssss... =. .-.-..-.-
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Power" said Hi He, the sage OF
Chinatown. "rears many monuments
whose inscriptions postefity vainiy
strives to decipher."
Evening star., 1927-09-18
n Tunkins saws a pfizefisht

Jud Tunkins says prizefght proves
that it Ia possible to entertain a large
audience, even II nobody sings or re.
cites.
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THEODORE W. MOVES. f. Editor

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn
ing edition ls delivered by carriers within
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Evening star., 1927-09-18

"We all. icith open face beholdin1
as In a glass the glory OF the Lord,
are changed into the same image,
from glory to glory. Corin-'
thidns, ills.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

In expectation that Congress would
seriously and definitely consider the
Evening star., 1927-09-18

The voice of the cat Is musical,
not only In itself. by reason of the
large use of vewels, but also because
II Ia intensely appropriate to time and
place and constantly varied.
The dog is forever barking.
whether he has anything to bark
about or not. put q cat. with artistic
Evening star., 1927-09-18

And then the whining schoolboy, with
his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping
like a snail
Unwillingly to school
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01

child Under the influence of that love
prepare to live according to her teach
lngs and her prayers. There is a God in
Heaven whose infinite power and tender
mercy can and will penetrate the gloom Of
a prison cell. His power enables Him to
search and know the human heart He
alone can give you solace in the coming
years of grief.
The Sentence
at is the sentence of this court that
you be imprisoned in the penitentiary at
Joliet for and during the term of your
natural life, the first day of that impris-
onment to be in solitary confinement bal
ance of the time at hard labor, and that
you pay the costs OF prosecution"
(Editor-We understand he is still
there.)
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01

Personal liberty leasw 1t
antisoil
The beverage liquor necessary
It's necessary il evil
no
or exped den whether i
necessary the social evil de-
of of
longer hide be-
the flag Of and law
in
Amendm to Tie Constiui o United
of prohibition make
by is a
upon by law
Of
pose make do right aid difficult for
do wrong
the Eighteenth Amendment of
principle prohibition; the ability OF free to eff
fectua itself
that prohibition with enforcement
alcohol
will prohi
observance of the by the people because
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01


alcohol
problem That be done enlightened public is translated
public
and such law Therefore the ultimate realization of the
depends legislation Phe
generation
on defensive but only by the
The alcoholism
direct legislation enforcement politics.
indirect by the dissemination of and the and of
Successful prohibition in the United
of America but will which
come 0
Moreover International
busy defending
lands the
finally destroy prohibition n
alcoholism
the highly skilled
lutte requirements human muscle but keen quick wits steady
alcohol
longs a slower and a iization
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01

Some few months ago Herbert Spring,
A young man OF Rockford, LETT his home
in that city and went to Freeport, about
twenty eight miles distant According to
his testimony, about the first thing he did
was to 90 INTO a saiooii and get a tifiifik'
He was a minor, but he got his drink just
the same A little later on, according to
his testimony, he had quite a number of
drinks. The result, OF course, was, he be-
came insanely intoxicated.
On the afternoon of that day, Mrs
Edith Rumelhagen started down town to
do some shopping She was pushing be-
fore baby carriage in which her six
months old baby sat sooing. Without
warning she was set upon by the drunken
boy who. in his delirium of intoXication,
began to fire at her the contents of his re-
volver and finally one of the bullets
pierced her heart and she dropped dead.
The young lad was arrested and lodged
in jail where, after he had slept off his de-
bauch, he declared that he knew nothing
whatever OF his recent movements. But
tnaI Olu not Grange lHC Siludtloh CNNl
in the Rumelhagen home the young hus-
band was Frustrated with grief and an
infant was crying for the young mother
that lay cold in death.
Sentenced for His Crime
Last week the young man was tried,
pleaded guilty, and sentenced to life inn
prisonment at hard work in the Joliet
penitentiary. The sentence pronounced
by Judge Farnand is remarkable. The
judge said:
During the past five years seven men
have been before me charged with MUIR
der. Four have pleaded guilty, three have
been tried by jury. In each case the de-
PENDANT was under the influence of intox-
icating liquor at the time the offense
charged was committed. as you were
when you committed the crime to which
you have entered the plea of guilty
Menace of the Saloon
"Intoxication cannot be considered as
defense in this case The young man
who at your age has become frequenter
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01

passed your twentieth year. In law you
have not yet passed from the scenes of
childhood to the more dignifed and re-
sponsible ones of manhood. Yet you
have mental powers sufficient to dis
Germ and follow the right and to know
and fully understand the consequences
OF such crime as you have committed.
She whom you shot to death was younger
than you, yet for brief time she had
borne that almost sacred name of moth
err Her heart, which beat in love for
her hrst-born, was pierced by a bullet
fired from weapon in your hand, the
breast that gave nurse to her infant child
was chilled and she slept.
"'My God, my baby I am dying"
were the agonzing and pathetic words
which fell from the lips of your victim
just before she passed into the valley
where the shadows of life faded away and
the twilight of eternity broke upon her,
Those words will at times ring in your
ears until the morn of that day when you,
too. must pass into the valley, and if the
HSllI WHICH lllSll DlCdhS upon you IlOlll
the further shore is radiant with hope it
will only be because an offended but all
wise and merciful God has forgiven you
your awful sin.
a Mothers Love
"Under the sentence | am about to inn
pose you shall have ample time while i'll
prison to think of the past and mediate
OH the future Day by day, week by
week, month by month and year by year,
until the sands have run out of the dial
OF your lie, you shall wear the garb of
prisoner; the narrow walls of the Grim
malls cell shall be your abiding place.
"When the iron gates close behind you
the beauties of life and the grandeur of
nature shall be hidden from you, and
home and mother will be only memories.
But let them be sweet memories. Re
member the virtues and teachings of that
mother whose heart is bleeding with ag-
ony today. Her love will follow and bless
you in your darkest hours.
81 sometimes feel that a mothers love
has in it spark OF divinity. ] know not
the time nor place when or where the
love of a pure mother will not enfold her
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01

of saloons and an habitual drinker OF in
toxicating liquors is almost certain of
moral death before he reaches mature
manhood Oh, could | speak to the
young men OF this nation, | would beg
81 them 10 shun tie saloon; let not its
shadow fall upon you it will blight and
finally destroy your young manhood,
bring unutterable sorrow to those who
love you, and hasten you prema lurely to
the grave or to home within the prison
walls
1.-TWO years ago at Dixon young man
of your age stood before me to receive
his sentence on plea of guilty to the
crime OF murder What | said to him then
| say to you now.
"There are two great lights which
should always control the court in case
of this nature-6rst, justice; second, hui
mainly. ! have given much thought in my
efforts to determine what justice demands,
what humanity asks, in this case. We cam
not bring back the dead life has been
taken and the lifeless body of one has
been laid in the grave, and if it comes
again it must be only when God COM
mands that the earth and sea give up
their dead. We are to deal alone with the
living.
The Tragedy of 1t All
During the progress of this trial there
has been picture constantly before us
which has caused the court to think deep
ly of the tragedy of lie and the mystery
and sorrow of death. Upon one side the
mother and father, widower and mother
less child of the one who sleeps; upon the
other, the mother, father and other mem
bers of your family; all sorrowing, some
for the dead, others for the living; and
it is difficult to determine which of the
sorrowing ones suffer the greater grief.
All this has come because of your cruel
act But through and beyond the dark
clouds of sorrow and the tears of grief
the court must look alone to the evidence
and there search for the light which
leads to the right.
"You are young man, just having
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01
IIOT SHOTS FROM RAYMOND ROBINS

Editors OF wet newspapers who would
not like to see anarchy grow up in other
departments of public opinion would do
we'll not TO sneer at and SANDER officers
ard organizations which want the pro-
h.bition laws enforced
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01

Science has proven indisputably that
the effect of alcohol stimulation is to
defect the message from the muscle to
the brain, to inhame the passions unreal
sonably to befog the brain and to lower
the victims efficiency in every way
What brought on prohibition? One of
the biggest factors was the booze in
dustry itself. Chain saloons sprang up on
every corner of industrial cities, where ex-
convicts were set to keeping bar and
where from organized booze sprang up
organized prostitution, organized gam
bling halls, organized crime and corrupt
politics.
l was opposed to the Eighteenth
Amendment at one time because | didn't
believe large cities with huge foreign
element were quite ready for it. But
when I saw that you couldn't have one
state dry and organized booze in the next
state organized to commit crime in the
supposedly dry state, realized that
dry nation was our only salvation.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01
LEST We FORGET

(Reprinted from the Illinois Issue, Nov. l, 1000
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-12-01
Declaration Of Principles For the American Movement Against Alcoholism

Shengton Secretary League Against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-17
Labor OffciadOm Leaves Mooney and Billings in Prison
Without Protest

pardon for Mooney and Billings demanded by the
of convention Some reporters interpreted the action
delegates referring this question to the executive council
but the reverse is true.
Mooney Warren K Billings and thousands of American
workers had the Federation of Labor
met in Angeles would speak for the pardon of these two
imprisoned whom the been orturng for IL
years
Failing pardon workers of the opinion that the
would authorize nationwide Mooney Billings free
dom drive.
Hopes shattered against the solid front of reaction
at the Angeles convention What actually occurred this
Fearing that the class appeal of this historic will bring
into being which the A. F. of L. officialdom
uve affiliated unions pledged to take action
that sponsored by the official leadership.
This leadership will do nothing it intended to fight for
Mooney and Billings Angeles the place and the eleven
days of the recent convention the time.
The class of the Mooney and the movement
that can built around things that A. F. of L. official
dom fears and would interfere with their efficiency
unionism and class peace schemes.
They saw 500 worker delegates assemble in Chicago in 1919
to organize political struggle to free Mooney and Billings They
win do their power that does not happen again
even to the of letting these two militant union die in
prison
Angeles convention betrayed Mooney and Billings
prepared sabotage movement that fights this betrayal
Every in the United States must be made familiar
with these facsand their sinister meaning for the labor
movement
mass movement to free Mooney and Billings will be
ganzed spite of the cowardce of labor ocadom
1t than probable that this will be the next channel
struggle against the frameup will express itself
A. F. of L. officialdom win not be able to stop it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-17
The 7-HOm Day in the Soviet UniOn--A Mighty Blow
at World Capitalism

7-hour WOrl-day for the masses OF the Soviet Union!
This the gift proearan power OF the Soviet Union
to the Russian workersand worlds working class on its
Tenth Anniversary.
worker no matter what tongue he speaks, understand
The 7hor day in Soviet Union is not handed to the
workers by government Of another class 1t IS the Vng EN-
bem of the victory of the Russian masses led by the
Party Soviet Union their class enemies 1t sgn1les
the successful progress of the struggle against imperialism
against against disease against the devastation OF war
and invasion against the huge handicap OF industrial oac"o
ness which the legacy left by czardom
working hours of American toers with the new
work-day in the Soviet Union:
majority the American working class has not yet won
the 8hOur day many industries such iron and steel and
lumber from 27 cent Is cent OF the workers nave Gay
of 10 hours or longer.
According to the figures by the executive council
of the F. of L. the Angeles convention % cent OF
the workers aughtrng and meat packing toll more than
eight per day. machine shops 49 cent work more than
eight hours than $50 cent work more than
eight hours automobile industry 626 cent work more
eight cotton textiles 5S2 cent work more than
eight hours.
The ocadom of American Federation of Labor max
ing great fuss about day 40hour week but by its
exaggerated able to claim this working period for
only 10000 workers.
To the capitalist class of Great Britain continental
Europe the the 7hour day the Soviet Union
like the of barrage from ten million cannon
manned by proletarans
Inst at the time when the capitalist governments of all Euro
ean countries are striking unions in order weaken the
working front that the burden of the world war and the
rebuilding of capitalist industry be put upon the
inst when the standard of living of the working class being
forced down that interest be paid the billions loaned
by Street. there flashes the sky the news of the
talsm
The national economy of country covering
sixth the earhs surface is to be placed 7hou work day
basis for the
To world capitalism this be blow but little less damag
ing than the Russian Revolution itself
Soviet Union has taken the offensive 1t strikes with
the mighty weapon specialization and proetaan state
at point where capitalism and its agents the ranks Of
the working class make no defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-17
Working Class Women, Join the Women's Councils!

These men must be able to speak
English well, do arithmetic, read well
and be able to speak to customer
and for the paltry wage they get, they
must be well and clearly dressed.
Your Son May Be A Clerk.
We mothers, do not know, are not
sure, whether our own sons will be
grocery clerks some day. Therefore,
I say it is our duty to help the Gro
Gerry Clerks Union in their present
strike. Many of our United Working
Glass Women are picketing the above
mentioned grocery.
A conference was held also for this
strike on September 10, 1927 of all
the United Women Councils Of the
Bronx. There it was resolved that all
the women councils Of the Bronx
should begin to take an active part in
this strike and help the grocery clerks
win this struggle. For this reason
many open air meetings are held
everyday, the store is picketed every
day and arrests are made everyday.
The United Councils of Working Class
Women of the Bronx will stand with
the Grocery Clerks Union until vic
tory is gained.
The Grocery Clerks Union has ex-
listed fifteen years and will exist long
er to win the struggles Of the grocery
clerks in this capitaiistic system.
We, the U. C. w. w. appeal to the
wives of the grocery clerks to help
the women councils in the picketing.
You can also join the United Coun-
ellis of Working Glass Women at one
Of it's councils which meets every Fri
day at 1870 Webster Ave-, Bronx, at
S o'clock in the evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-17

SCOTCH NATIONAL COOPERATIVE CONFERENCE

At the Scotch Annual Conference
held May 7, 1927 in Alloa, the chair
man, Downie, used interesting argu-
ments in his opening speech concern
ing relations between co-operatives
and trade unions.
"The pathetic spectacle that the
trade unionists evidently singled out
fer attack their own co7operatives in
connection with the 1926 general
strike, must have been highly amusing
for the other side. To spike ones own
guns at the beginning of an attack
is certainly surprising but hardly a
clever method to conduct wage
struggle. There must be full under
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-17
F a r Nj E z S
WHEN VIRTUE REAPS MISERY"

number of persons engaged in agri-
culture has increased rs per cent and
the total production in crops has in
creased 1928 per cent.
Gwen the Wall Street Journal adj
mits, When it is recalled agriculture's
gain in individual productivity has
been largely concentrated in the past
few years, it is evident the present
rate of progress in agriculture is not
far behind industry, if, indeed, it does
not surpass it.
"But what has this efficiency got
ten the farmer? For growing two cot
ton shirts where he might be growing
only one, for filling the nations gran
aries to Overlooking, for loading the
railroad tracks each year to the groan-
ing point with fresh vegetables and
luscious fruits-for all this his reward
has been what amounts to bankruptcy.
"Surely when virtue thus reaps only
misery there must be something in
the scheme of things that is sadly
awry."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-17

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (FP). =
Why should the American farmer sink
farther into economic misery with
every improvement in agricultural
methods?
That question is posed by the Wash
ington Daily News, of the Scripps-
Howard chain of papers. 1t offers no
social remedy.
1.-THE American farmers efficiency"
it's editorial says, 'has increased 25
per cent during the last 15 years, the
agricultural department announces.
That means that each agricultural
worker is producing one-fourth more
food for the nation than he produced
in 1912.
ever since 1850 farm efficiency in
the United States has been increasing
steadily. In 1850 each farm worker
cultivated an average of only about II
acres of crops. Today each worker
cultivates an average of about 80
acres.
"In the half-century since 1876 the