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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29

The crying need Of money TO pay
for defense has brought out great
response from the workers who find
all sorts of ways to build the fund.
The two most favorite means are
shop Collections and Collections at
House Parties. Many such collections
find their way daily to the office and
the income from this amounts to
large sums.
We Hope So Too.
Joint Defense Committee,
Gentlemen:-"E Enclosed find check
Of $500. Five Dollars was given
to me by Mrs. M. Rosenzweig and
$1,000 is from me.
Hoping you will get a few thou
sand $500 checks, / remain,
Respectfully yours,
Ezekiel MendeIsohn."
A few thousand such checks would
almost solve the problem of~raising
money to pay for the defense, but our
trouble is that most workers cannot
afford such amounts, while the manu-
facturers are with the union
smashers.
Women's Council Knows How.
Tillie Littinsky Of Women's Coun-
Gil No. z, Brownsville, made real
collection. She made a visit among
her friends with two Bazaar Honor
Roll Lists and brought back Sl61.Oo.
RAIC Shares.
Workmen's Circle Branch IT'S of
Brockton, Mass, sends in three shares
of the Russian American Industrial
Corporation with the following letter:
Worthy Friends Of the Joint Defense
Committee:
eve are in receipt of your appeal
and send you three shares of the
R.A.I.C. amounting to $4,000. One
OF the shares is the property Of the
branch and two are from individual
members.
I'VE donate these to you. Fill in
the necessary information and cash
them for the defense.
I'VE wish you success in your work
and remain,
"Fraternally yours,
Joseph Sorin, Branch Secretary"
Miss Sonia Lehman also sent us a
share of the R.A.I.C. and we are
pleased to report that all four shares
have been cashed for the benefit of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
Coast Workers Want
SaCCO and vanzetti
Set Free at Once
Especial To The Daily worker)

Especial To The Daily Worker)
LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 28.-
The workers of the coast are raising
their voices in protest against the
attempt Of the New England CAPT
talists to murder Sacco and Vanzetti.
At well attended open air meet
ing held here at the Plaza, the as
sembled workers listened as speaker
after speaker exposed one of the
most shameful plots in the history
of the labor movement. Many ban
ners were displayed that told of the
resentment of the workers towards
those responsible for that state of
things.
Speakers addressed the meeting in
all languages. There were repre-
sentatives of the American, Italian
Mexican and Negro workers on the
speakers stand.
San Francisco Holds Meeting.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April %.
The largest working gathering held
mere III BIN years dSSSIuDleu III Odll-
fornia Hall to join in the nationwide
protest to save Sacco and Vanzetti
from the electric chair.
John D. Barry, feature writer in
the Scripps Daily News, was chair
man of the meeting. The other speak
ers were George Speed Of the /. W.
W., Edgar Owens, Of Che Information
al Labor Defense; Jack Mcdonald of
the San Francisco Labor College and
E. Levin of the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party.
A large collection to assist in the
campaign was taken up.
MADRID, Iowa, April 2s.-Pro-
testing against the attempt to rail
road Sacco and Vanzetti to death,
United Mine Workers, Local $40,
have passed resolution calling upon
Governor Fuller of Massachusetts to
grant them a pardon.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
"a raternallv vours.

ldCefHally yours,
Joseph Sorin. Branch Secretary.~
Miss Sonia Lehman also sent us a
share of the R.AI.C. and we are
pleased to report that all four shares
have been cashed for the benefit of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
Women's Council Knows How.

Tillie Littinsky Of Women's Coun-
Gil No. z, Brownsville, made real
collection. She made visit among
her friends with two Bazaar Honor
Roll Lists and brought back $4,000.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
G. w. MEDICAL ALUMNI
TO DINE WEDNESDAY
Doctors Practicing in Other Cities,
Here for Convention, Join
With Local Group.

More than 200 alumni Of George
Washington University Medical So.
ciety will attend the first alumni
dinner of the society, Wednesday
night at 1880 O'Clock, at the City Club.
Many Of the doctors attending the
banquet will be men who are now
practicing in other cities and are here
for the session OF the American
Medical Association.
President William Mather Lewis Of
George Washington University will
deliver the address of welcome. DIR.
Charles Stanley White will be the
POSTMASTER DIR. William Cline
Borden. dean of the Medical School;
DIR. d. K. Shute, professor emeritus,
and several other professors and pro.
fessors emeritus will speak.
The George Washington University
Glee Club, with Robert Harmon
directing, win sing. Lantern slides
showing pictures and cartoons, depict
ing the history Of the school and fea.
lures about the school, will be shown
during the banquet,
Although this Is the first alumni
banquet ever held by the society. its
officers plan to make it an annual
affair.
Members of the committee In charge
OF arrangements are: DR.. G. n. Chip.
man. chairman: DR.. Boyce r. Bolton,
DR.. Gladys Kane. DR.. Frank A.
Hornaday, DIR. John Reed and DIR.
w. S. Mallory.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
THOUSANDS MAROONED
Flood Victims Live Anywhere to Be
Near Homes.

BATON ROUGE, La, May II R)--
Living on large log RATS. housetops,
high land ridges and levees in the
huge sea of floodwaters. which COW
ers the 13 Louisiana parishes north
of the Red River. are approximately
5000 persons.
Coast Guard cutters darting to and
from over this water wilderness have
taken a count of the inhabitants. who
refused to leave their homes when the
flood waters from the Arkansas and
the Mississippi River crevasses rush
ed upon them. The report was sent
today to the stage flood director. John
M. Parker.
More than 5000 marooned persons
are in the Tensas River, ChoctaW
Bayou and Bayou Mason districts, the
report showed. and they all have sig
nified their wish to remain near their
inundated homes 80 as to start culti-
waiting their plantations as soon as
the water recedes. There are $4,000
more in the Black River district.
Three railroad bridges across the
Atchafalaya River, a stream so swollen
as to make the passing OF boats
beneath the structures impossible,
will he cut around. so as to allow
rescue craft Of the flood relief
squadron to reach the Bayou des
CLASSES section--or such is the desire
of Maj. Malcolm Elliott, in command
of relief transportation facilities, who
today went to Melville to look over
the situation.
The three railroads concerned will
be asked to undertake the task, which
will necessitate the ripping up of ap-
proximately 100 feet Of track on
eifhor side of Zach bridge
Evening star., 1927-05-15
FLOOD RELIEF HERE
PASSES $12Q,0)0
City Pushing Forward Among
Leading Cities in Aid of
Sufferers in South.

With the need for additional funds
for the flood sufferers becoming more
apparent daily, the Capital Is continu-
ing to do its bit toward relieving the
distress in the South, and having twice
passed it's allotted quota. has exceeded
the $40, 900 mark. Yesterday the ma.
tional total was $11,47s.555.
When the Red Cross made its daily
compilation Yesterday, Washington s
gift was placed at 20,736,9S. and the
city was one Of the leading six In the
country, but from at least two sources
there are funds which have not been
totaled and which will swell the ag"
gregate measurably. These are the
benefit theatrical performance held at
Polls Friday night, where it was esti-
mated 81 900 was taken in, and simi-
lar figure Is expected to be shown In
returns from the Mississippi Society's
ball, earlier in the week.
pupils of Western High School will
present "Charley's Aunt" Wednesday
night at Wardman Park Theater.
Tickets will he 81 and may be obtained
at the local Red Cross chapter house,
S21 Sixteenth street, in advance of the
play.
The Evening Star fund is growing
with the others being raised and last
night amounted to $14,344.97.
New contributions reported were
$40 from Anna S. Apple and SO each
from X. NJ. j. and Ruth A. Rabbit.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
v. M. |. MEN OBSERVE
NEWMARKET EVENT
Alumni Association Holds Celsbra-
tion of Battle Anniversary
at University Club.

Newmarket day was celebrated by
the Washington Chapter of the Vir.
ginia Military Institute Alumni AS
sociation, last night, at the University
Club While official honor was paid
to the anniversary of the battle of
Newmarket, unofficial honor was paid
to Mac" waiter at the National
Press Club. whose participation in the
battle was also unofficial. -
Mac" an ex-slave told the guests
how he marched from Lexington to
Newmarket with the cadets from V.
NJ. /. When he got there, he said,
the shooting started and he decided
to leave, so he ran all the way back
to Lexington. MAC" led Traveller"
the mount Of Gen. Robert E. Lee, to
the funeral of the Confederate chief.
tain at Lexington.
Lieut.. Col. Aristides Moreno was
elected president of the local alumni.
Rev. H. T. Cooke was elected vice
president and James F. Greene was
reelected secrtary- treasurer.
Principal speakers included Col. Will
liam H. Hunley Of V. NJ. L., Col. Rich
ard S. Dodson. newly appointed com.
mandant there and w. l.. Pritchard.
graduate Of Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
1t was announced by the retiring
president, Samuel A. Syme. that the
luncheons at the Army and Navy Club
would be continued on the first Mon
day Of each month.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
NEWSPAPER MEN UNDER STRAIN
TRYING TO KEEP TAB ON FLOOD
Greatest Corps of Writers Since War Finds
H~ayy Damage, But Few Dramatic
Rescue Tales.

saw persons clinging to housetons or
trees. with the waters licking at their
feet Nor did they see houses torn
from their foundations and sent scut'
tling toward the gulf. The fact OF
the matter was. they soon learned
that only i'm the immediate vicinity of
Ia leyee break did the released waters
attain sufficient velocity to catch hui
man beings off guard and upset
houses. And the levee collapses al
ways seemed to happen when the
newspapermen were looking for
trouble somewhere else.
On the other hand, 1t was found
that the rescues effected In this Mis-
sissippi flood can scarcely be termed
rescles at all In most instances the
relief crews had TO beg occupants of
water-surrounded houses to leave
their perches and go TO places Of safe
ty The refugees had experienced
floods before and they were loath to
get excited over this one--principally
because they could not make them
selves believe that the present flood
would exceed in proportions those of
| the past.
Special Boats for Press.
| The news men were treated will,
utmost courtesy by relief officials, who
did not conceal the fact that if Amer
lea was to raise sl0,000.0 900, the ef
forts or the press must play a big
part in the campaign.
Special boats were placed at their
| disposal, passes were issued to all
| points under military supervision.
and the writer's were given access 10
| all sources of information to aid them
| In their work.
| One correspondent with the Hoover
| party. who forgot to take his baggage
| off river steamer, had his belong.
| lngs brought back to him by special
| airplane. Often Secretary Hoover de-
| layed his departure for half an hour
| or so in order to give the reporters
] time to ''file" their copy at tele.
graph offices. George Akerson, execu-
| tive assistant to the Secretary, and
| himself former newspaper man, took
a personal interest in the tribulations
or the press, and say that every con.
sideration was given the correspond
ents with the Hoover party.
Find Cuisine Splendid.
| During several of the boat trips
down the river 1t was necessary for
| some OF the news men to snatch what
sleep they could on cots placed on
| deck. due to inadequate stateroom
| facilities. but what they lost in slum-
Der they made up in food. The writer's
| ate at the same table with the Gov.
ernment officials. and the cuisine ar
ranged in the party's honor was
worthy OF the finest transatlantic
| liners.
The dura ton of the flood has pre-.
sented the writer's with a pretty prob
lem from the standpoint of vocab.
ulary. The Missssippi--that mighty,
masterful, muddy. meandering tur.
oulent. raging. angry. cruel. drunken
and relentless body of yellow, swirling
waters-has kept right on mea ndering,
nut the press has run out of new
| terms with which to picture it's mex.
orable course.
Evening star., 1927-05-15


How the Army takes care of its
wounded will be demonstrated at a
model field hospital station on the
Mall. The unit. consisting OF 1852
men and 5 officers. has been
brought from Carlisle Barracks.
Pa, for the occasion. 1t is com
manded by Capt. John =. Fletcher.
1t will be open every day from 10 to
o'clock. The unit includes in it's
equipment AZ pieces of motor trans
portation.
In addition to it's hospital ship, the
Navy will have an exhibit at the
auditorium showing the development
of the Naval Medical Service from the
time of the Revolution to the present.
and visiting physicians are invited to
inspect the Naval Medical School and
hospital.
The Public Health Service has pre-.
pared an exhibit on smallpox vaccina.
ton, correlating the exhibit of the sec
ton on immunoogy of the American
Medical Association.
Numbers of Exhibits.
The Children's Bureau of the De.
, partment of Labor will present an ex-
hibit showing the results of a recent
effects Of sun baths.
Changes in the death rates for tu.
berculosis. cancer. diabetes and ty.
phoid fever will be shown In vital
statistics exhibited by the Census Blu
reau. of the Department of Com.
merce.
Methods of resuscitation will be
demonstrated with animals by repre-
sentatives Of the Bureau of Mines.
The effect of the composition of the
air on health. and the effect of car
BON monoXide and other poisonous
gasses are to be shown by photo.
graphs, drawings and experiments
with animals.
The Department of Agriculture will
demonstrate in an exhibit it's methods
OF eradication Of tuberculosis among
cattle. of liv' stock quarantine and
of protection to consumers of meat
The Veteran Bureau will stage a
display showing the work of it's l3
hospitals. located from Massachusetts
to California.
Three special exhibits have been
prepared by leading scientists. One
will be a demonstration on fractures,
with motion pictures and symposium
by leading authorities. An exhibition
in morbid anatomy Is to be furnished
by the hospitals of Washington and
by the Bureau of Animal Industry
Immunology, the use of toxins, anti.
toxins, serums and vaccines will be
illustrated in the exhibit arranged by
DIR. Fl. r. Wahl of the University of
Kansas. in cooperation with Public
Health Service physicians.
Other exhibits of interest will be
sponsored by the Mayo Clinic of
Rochester, Mimi; the Rockefeller In
stitute of Medical Research of New
York, the Medical Association of the
Panama Canal Zone and the leading
medical colleges of the United States.
DR.. Thomas A. Grower is in charge
of the scientific exhibits and DR..
Frank Leech of the technical exhibits.
Motion pictures will be shown every
day at the Auditorium.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
ANDREW BETZ is DEAD
L. AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Manager of Edmonston & Co.
Born and Educated in
Washington.

Andrew Betz, member and manager
Of the firm of Edmonston & Co, Inc.
died yesterday at his residence. 4706
Thirteenth street, after brief Illness.
Funeral services will be held at the
home at $50 o'clock Tuesday morn.
ing, and at 3 o'clock at ST. Gabriel's
Roman Catholic Church there will
be a solemn requiem mass.
Mr.. Betz was born here May 18.
1860. and educated in the local public
schools He was a graduate Of the
Spencerian Business College. He was
prominent in civic bodies and fra
ternal orders, being member Of the
Fourth Degree, knights of Columbus,
the Holy Name Society, the Associa-
tion of Oldest Inhabitants OF the Dis
trict of Columbia. the Chamber Of
Commerce and the City Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Frances BetZ. and eight children--six
daughters and two sons, all grown.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
FLOOD THREATENS
BIG! LE:PER COLONY
Big Boat Starring BY as In
mates of Hospital Build
Up Levee.

Three hundrtd lepers, virtual exiles
In the Government leper colony, at
Carville. La. fighting always against
the ravages of the dread disease. are
mcnaced by a new danger. the roar
ing peril of the Mississippi River.
which is tearing at the levee but
few hundred yards from the nome
with such vicious force that a boat Is
standing by in readiness to take the
unfortunate band to safety In case
the levee breaks.
Aware of the danger as the river
rose precariously close to the top oI
the protecting levee the lepers manned
the levee, laboring day and night WIN
sand bags and shovels. Strengthening
the bulwark against the flood. Three
miles Of planking have been placed IN
position to strengthen the weakened
leVce.
Lepers Protect Selves.
While some of the lepers carried
lumber and put sand bags in place
others shoveled dirt. "blanketing the
river by dumping dry dirt into the
river on front of the levee In order
that the water may throw 1t against
the leyee, automatically plasterinS up
small leaks. A..
danger of the leper colony, asked "who
will save them?" wondering what vol
unteers could be found to run the risk
Of catching the disease. which has
carried dread throughout the ages. in
attempting to rescue the unfortunate
band.
In the meantime. the lepers lost no
time i'm irving to save themselves.
Rumors spread that If the hospital
was flooded they would be released
from custody and rove the country.
After surveying the situation, the
Red Cross suggested TO the United
States Public Health Service that
boat be procured to take the mem
hers of the colony to safety in event
the home Is flooded,
Large Boat Ready.
Accordingly, a large boat OF the
Mississippi River Commission Is an
chored always near the colony. in in
slant readiness to take the lepers to
place Of safety should the need
arise.
A telegram received yesterday by
Surg Gen. III. S. Cumming from DIR.
o. r. Denney. in charge of the leper
home, indicated that the river was
steadily rising, but causing no undue
The rescue boat. he
said had dropped down stream to a
sheltered spot close to the reservation.
Senior Surg. John McMullen, In
charge of the flood relief work for
the Public Health Service. has wired
the opinion that the evacuation of
the lepers is rather remote neces-
sity. DR.. Denney has been empow-
cred to make arrangements to care
for the lepers in case the hospital is
flooded.
A break in the levee north of Car
Vile and on the west bank of the
Mississippi appears imminent. The
little colony Is hoping that the river
will break through at this point, for
If such a break occurs 1t will relieve
the hospital of danger.
A flanking hill. public health Of
ficials explained. would serve to di-
vert the water rushing through the |
break around the leper colony, caus- |
ing the water Immediately In front of |
the reservation to recede.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
81 Pounds Pressure
Required to Crush
Eco Shell in Test

a pressure of 81 pounds had to
be eXerted in the giant testing ma
chine ut the Bureau of Standards
TO crush an egg shell, while n load
of 200 tons was required TO demol-
ish foot-square piece of timber
during demonstrations witnessed
by delegates to the pan American
Industrial conference.
The egg shell collapsed under
the impact of the 51-pound load
without fracturing the inner mem
brane Of the egg. so delicately was
the huge testing machine operated.
The bureau experts and visitors eX
pected the egg shell to collapse un-
der much lower pressure.
The weight of the load was as
easily recorded as that of the hun
dreds of thousand of pounds re.
quired TO demolish the timber. Civ
ing the visitors a striking illustra
ton OF the precision with which
tests are conducted.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Continued from First PageD
to finish third, Is Edward Beale Nc
Lean of Washington, who conducts
big breeding establishment in Vir-
ginia.
1t remained for Hydromel, owned
by State Senator James n. Camden,
president of the Kentucky Jockey
Club, to keep kentucky from total
eclipse and total disgrace. Hydro
mel finished fourth to get $1,000 of
the big purse. The winners share
was $751; OPS.
The victory of Whiskery was popu.
lar in way, yet Kentucky hearts
were heavy, and through sheer loyalty
to their own flesh and blood most Of
the Kentuckians had wagered their
dollars and their cents on Rolled
Stocking. which had beat Osmand
soundly in the Derby trial race a
week ago. But Osmand was a better
horse today and Rolled Stocking,
which was second favorite In the bet
ting, found himself bewildered by the
fast company which surrounded him.
Paid Small Odds.
If the race had been run on an East.
ern track Rolled Stocking would have
DctH ~ To L. uuk hShtuINy Auydily
made him about to /, while the
Whitney entry paid just a little bet.
ter than 2 to /.
There was sort of poetic justice
in the victory of Whiskery. for six
years ago his mother, Prudery. was
the favorite in the Derby, but was
beaten. She ran third to Behave
Yourself and Black Servant. Today
her son came back to the races to
avenge her defeat and to lend new
luster to the family name, for
Prudery is an aristocratic mother,
the daughter of the great sire Peter
Pan.
At that Whiskery's victory was n
sort of Cinderella affair Bostonian
had been dressed for the big ball.
Whiskery slipped through to a noble
victory.
The race was run over track that
was dead slow. The previous night
1t had been sloppy. but hard work
had given a dry and safe surface.
Underneath. however. the goingtwas