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The Washington times., 1927-03-30
Cantonese Guns Fire on u S. Warships
Taking Scores of Refugees to Safety
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have been stoned. by Chinese mobs,
he reported.
American vessels in the Yangtse
River are continually fired upon by
Chinese shippers.
Admiral williams dispatch fol-
lows:
American Catholic Mission at
Fuchow in Kwang -tung reported
looted. Father reported fled to
kochow.
Evacuation of Americans from
upriver Yangtse district proceeding
satisfactorily. Cantonese continue
firing on destroyers and refugee
ships from AnkinS and other points
along the river No Communication
between ships and shore at Nan.
king.
"Forty.seven American and Brit
| ish missionaries have left Anking.
| Stones were thrown at them as
they left.
Spanish missionaries and one
American family, DIR. Taylor, wife
and children. refused TO leave. al.
| though fully informed as to condi-
/ tons !"
Renewed fighting between the
southern and northern troops near
Anhwei province. which may further
endanger American citizens fs re.
ported by Consul .Swaney, at Tsin.
anfu.
He stated that there are Is Amer
lean citizens at Hwaiyuan and five
American families at Hsuchowsu,
where the battles are expected to
/ be staged.
Swaney IL seeking permission from
the military authorities for the use
of troop train for the evacuation
of these people.
Minister MacMurray at Peking re-
ported a new danger spot to the
State Department today--Ichang, 500
miles up the Yangtse River, where
at last reports there we're % Aneri.
cans.
There is, considerable anti-foreign
agitation there, he reported and "un-
favorable reaction is expected"
Reds" Ruling HankOw
LONDON, March 30.-Communists
are in full power at Hankow and con.
ditions have. become intolsrable for
| foreigners. according to dispatch.
The foreign residents remaining Al
Harkow have been compelled to live
on the waterfront, to be ready for
immediate evacuation in event Of q
/ crisis. Even the United States con
/ sui is living In the Bund. -
A Central News dispatch from
Shanghai said the First Battalion Of
the British Border Regiment has
landed and established cantontnefts
at Yangtse Poo.
The dispatch described Shanghai
as quiet. but stated that general
! exodus of foreigners and wealthy
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

Chinese is in full swing. All steam.
ships sailing for the United states
and Japan are packed to capacity.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

Queens county, declared he would
oppose vigorously any move by
counsel for Gray to have Gray tried
for the murder outside Of Queens
county.
The crime was committed here
and there IL no reason why Gray
should be tried in any other com
munity" said the district attorney.
I: Efforts to have Gray and Mrs.
Snyder tried on the murder charge
separately will also be opposed by
Newcon1be.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
SNYDER INSANE
PLEA LOOMS
= Intarnatlonal News servlee

NEW YORK, March S0.-The
breach between Mrs. Ruth Brown
Snyder and her lover, Henry Judd
Gray, alleged slayers Of the formers
husband, Albert Snyder. may be
patched up in order to present
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
More Americans Attacked

More Americans Attacked
PEKING, March 3O.-chinese at
lacks against Americans in southern
China, and serious situation in the
vicinity of Canton. were reported to
the American legation here today by
Consul Douglas jenkins. OF Canton.
Consul jenkins reported that he
has already made protests to the Ma.
tionalist government against the dep
redations which have spread from
the coast to inland provinces.
The American mission at Pachow,
in the Province of SzechWan, has
been attacked and looted, but the
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

the largest group of Americans in
Peking, denied that the departure
of some is due to fear. Americans
who normally receive leaves Of alb
sence at this time Of year are de-
parting, while others are arranging
to go to Japan to spend their sum.
n1er vacation.
The United States legation has
been advised that all Americans
have been evacuated from Marking
except one family that refused to
leave.
The United States destroyer w. B.
Preston, which as at Marking dur.
ing the wild anti-foreign rioting, has
arrived at Chefoo to take on board
American citizens.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

The Times and Herald Classified Ads
are an up-t0-dAte guide to large
selection o. Wkshington'S better used
car buys.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
DRAW AIR PLAN.
FOR AMERICAS
By COLE E. MORGAN

Obliteration Of international bar
riers to the development Of com
mercial aviation in the Western
hemisphere was virtually assured
today when the Inter American
Commission on Commercial Aviation
approved a tentative draft of a con.
vention to regulate commercial fly-
ing.
The proposed convention was re.
fsrred to the governing board OF the
Pan-American Union, which will put
1t In proper diplomatic form for sub
mission for ratification to the 2l
American republics at the sixth Pan.
American Congress In Havana next
January.
Thiry-one subjects covering every
phase Of commercial air transport
are embraced in the commissions
draft. These include examination
and licensing of pilots, registration
and numbering Of planes, policing
or the air and of international nor.
ders, smuggling and customs restric.
lions, designation and control Of air.
ways, landing field regulations, etc.
The proposed regulations were
compiled largely through the II.
forts OF William s. McCracken, jr..
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics. with the assistance
OF others interested in fosterin9
commercial air development between
the Americas,
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
Births, Marriages, and Obituaries
MRS. CHARLOTTE N. CONGER

MRS. CHARLOTTE M. CONGER
Word has reached Washington
OF the death yesterday in Seattle
Of Mrs. Charlotte M Conger, OF
this city. She had been visiting
her son, Lieut.. Comdr. Omar y.
Conger, u. s. N. The funeral Will
be held tomorrow in Seattle.
Mrs. Conger was the daughter OF
Samuel Peters Brown and Eliza
GrendIe Brown. Her father was Navy
agent under Lincoln. At one time
he owned all of Mt. Pleasant. In
1879 Mrs. Conger was married to
Frank B. Cunger, from whom
she obtained a divorce.
She was q Vassar graduate and
later founded the Vassar Aid So.
ciety. For a number of years
Mrs. Conger followed a literary
career. She wrote for many mag
azines and newspapers and con.
Quoted a Washington column in
the New York Tribune. During
the war she was executive secre-
tary of the American Women's
Hospitals.
Mrs. Conger leaves two sons,
Lieut.. Comdr. Omar d. Conger
and Lieut.. Comdr. Frank B. Con-
ger. jr., now on duty in China,
and three daughters, Nine. Guido
Costarelli de Gregorio, Of Italy;
Mrs. Donald Wheeler Hamilton,
wife of the naval attache in Mex
leo City, and Mrs. Aubrey Wray
Fitch, of Washington.
She is also survived by five
grandchildren and four sisters,
Mrs. Charles McDermott. Mrs.
Mattingly and the Misses Blanche
and Minnie Brown, Of Washing
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
MARRIAGE LICENsEs

Edward Boudy. 80, ana Henrietta
Baget. 2s., The Rev. H. N. Hennig.
Elder Elwood Eisesser, 2e, and Her.
mine Katherine Kirschner, %. The
Rev. Paul A. Mcneil.
Eugene ~. Allen, %. ana Elizabeth
Cross. 10 The Rev. .. Miller.
Bernard Lorenza Dorsey, 20, ana
Mamie Estelle Green. Is. The Rev
Thomas 7 Lee,
Helen Hsch. .. The Rev. wIl ii af 5.
Charles r. Tinsley. SO. and kathleen
Z. Eddins. IL The Rev. w. N. Hoff-
Tolbsrt Matthews u. and Lula Tol.
Gustave ViIIaret. Jr., SO, and Frances
Fenwick Griffin. H. The Rev. Thomas
Tsibsft Hutton, Fl. and Augustine
Edelin,. IS. The Rev. D. J. Rice.
Frank Crawford. 81, and Anna Mae
Van Buren,. Is. The Rev A. ]. Tyler.
High, o. The Rev. j. II. Lee.
Charles H. Sherwood. 90, and Althea
"a Cook, 10. The Rev. .. v. Reyes
George Clifton whitlow. u, ana LII.
lian Frances Lindsey. u. The Rev.
Mute. %. The REV. w. s. Abernsthy.
Joe Martin. 81. and Martha Etztor,
Is. The Rev. William NJ. Hoffman.
Ernest J. Wise, rs, and Ida Il.
wyatt. 81. The Rev. William II. Hoff-
Harold M. McDonaid. 2s, ana Rena
Y. Talbert. IS. The Rev. c. NJ NJ.
Charlie tyler, u. ana Dorothy pitts.
20. The Rev. r. D. Grymes.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
BIRTHS

Norman G. and Mary e. Kogok. boy.
Alba z. and Blanche Moore. boy.
Nick and Zekiah Neam, girl.
John =. and Catherine q. Reardon,
girl
Paul A. and Erma D. Rife, boy.
Horace NJ. and Janet Baxter. boy.
Marion E. and Virginia K. Hyman.
girl
Miiwood w. and Mary A. Riker. girl.
William v. and Amy ". Shubert. girl.
John P. and Susan Smith. girl.
Maurice 3. and Sarah q. Feimster,
boy.
william A. and Mabel N. Hastings.
girl
John H. and Grace R. can. girl
Harry J. and Margaret Demaree, boy.
Jacob H. and Edenia NJ. Dougerty.
girl.
Randolph w. and Annie NJ. Wolfe.
boy.
Fred r. ana Mary Burkhardt, boy.
Richard H. and Catherine Collins.
boy.
Eugene F. c. and Madelyn Collier.
boy.
George W. NJ. and Mary Davis, boy.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06

in right now ana take Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
have tried the Compound myself
and received fine results In de-
scribing her condition before taking
the Compound, she writes, Il was
afraid in my own house in broad
daylight, used to lock the doors
and pull down the shades so that
nobody could see me-" One day a
booklet advertising the Vegetable
Compound was left on her porch and
she read it through. In so doing,
she found letter from a woman
whose condition was similar to her
own. II bought the Vegetable
Compound" Mrs. Lorberter con-
tinued, "and have had fine results.
The condition ] was in made me a
burden to my husband. Now ask
elbow is housekeeping" and he says,
ut is just like being in Heaven!"
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
JAMES /. PEDE

Warrant Officer James L. Pede,
U. s. A., retired, died last night
in Soldiers Home Hospital, where
he had been i'll six months. He
was Il years old and had served in
the army thirty years. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Augusta
w. Pede, and his daughter, Mrs.
Ida Nj. Hahn, wife of Lieut.. Comdr.
John F. Hahn, U. s. N. who lives
at 1648 Hamlin ST. N. E. Funeral
and interment will be in Sackett'
Harbor, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
CLUBS TO GIVE CONCERT

An entertainment under the au.
spices OF the Curley Club and the
Secliian Circle, win be given IN
carroll hall. next Monday evening
az slo o'clock. A program arranged
py John Donnelly and Prof. r.
Resta, and including some Of the
Districts finer amateur talent, has
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
LIEUT.. r. v. POLLARD

Lieut.. r. v. Pollard, naval avia-
tor who was killed Tuesday in a
plane accident at Hampton Roads,
Va, will be buried with fun mil.
itary honors in Arlington Cemetery
tomorrow afternoon. The body will
arrive in this city in the morning.
Mrs. Pollard, the window, and other
relatives will arrive by tran.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06

president. of the City and Suburban.
Traction lines, here. later merged
with the Washington Railway and
Electric Company.
Later he served as president of
street railway lines in Pittsburgh.
In 1900. he acquired control Of
traction lines in Cincinnati. which
he operated continually until he
retired a year ago.
He leaves a widow, the former
Albertine OdelI, Of this city and
two children, Albin K. Schoepf, and
Elizabeth Huebscher.
Arrangements for the funeral
have not been completed.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06

Earl and Helen Donoghue. girl.
Bernard p. and Evelyn LonneiIy, boy.
Elmer L. and Emma J.. Hall, girl.
William w. and Mary N. Howard,
girl.
James and Virginia Kelley, girl.
Charles II. and Kathryn Warner, boy.
BENJAMIN and Esteile Gray. boy.
Hugh and Daisy Armstrong, girl,
The Washington times., 1927-05-06

BOYD & WILSON,
SUCCESSORS TO z. h. JAMES a. BRO.
1910 L ST. N. w. MAIN l2S
coMPLETE FUNERAL. Sisb. 80
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
WILLIAM K. SCHOEPF

william Kesley Schoepf, son Of
Gen. and Mrs. Albin Schoepf, born
in, and for many years resident
of this city, died this morning. at
his residence in Cincinnati, accord
ing to dispatches received here.
Mr.. Schoepf was a pioneer in the
development, and for many years
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
ADvERTIsEMgMT
YOUNG WOMEN
May keep WELL
By Taking Lydia E. PinIxham's
Vegetable Compound
Here l. Proof
st. Paul, Minn.-"Here is q little
advice / would like to have you put

IN the papers,
Mrs. Jack Lorber-
ter Of 704 DELI
woodPlace wrote
TO the Lydia e.
Pinkham Medi-
cine Company.
''If young women
want to keep
their health and
strength for the
next thirty years
of their lives, it
is best to start
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
DEATHS

Charles H; Gray, 81 years. George
Washington Hospital.
:, James n. Maioney. n years. Gar
field Hospital
Heneretta Brown. 70 years. 20 Sea-
ton N. w.
George 7, Porter. e years. 1895 New
Francis snowden Hill. % years GAR
Leonora N. stacy. "A years. Hotel
Rosa B. RidEely. 10 years. s24 D
George w. simpson. ss years. 1909
Four-and- Half st. s. w.
George u. Nickel. 81 years. Gallinger
Hospital.
), 8, Tho as1l, Elmer willard. IS years.
William A. childers. 80 years. Cas-
Eioiae sprague Smith. 50 years. 1914
Woodiey Pl N. w.
:, John Cline. 40 years. tuberculosis
Gustav e. fischer. IS years. Roosevelt
Hotel.
Sarah NJ, PenneIla. ~ years. Provi-
dence Hospital.
sam e smith. So years. Tia Howard
:. Eva BurreI. 50 years. 1852 Third St.
Amelia Gordon. rs years. Little sis
ters Of the Poor
Wesley Williams. 20 years. Emer.
gency Hospital
The feel Of the open road ls great
especially in q GOOD automobile. Buy
one OF your own today from The Times
and Herald Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1927-05-06
TIMELY TIPS

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Painting and P0perh0neinR
Paperhanging and painting,
roofing, metal ceilings, garages,
pOrches built, hOt-water heating,
electric wiring, etc. No cash re-
quired; easy monthly payments.
See Classification 26.
\ y
Male Help Wanted
Four men wanted for special
work, SOC per hour. Must be
neat and over 81. See Help
Wanted Male-the Classified Ads.
Furnished Apartments
u Street N. w. Two rooms,
entire second floor. Heat, gas,
bath, electricity, yard. SO per
week. See the Rental Columns
the Classified Ads.
Essex Coach for Sale
Essex, 1927 Coach. Has been
driven only q few thousand miles
and IS i'm almost q neW-car con-
ditiOn. IL you are looking for q
good, light, fnedium-priced car,
you will be interested In this
fully equipped, perfect running,
unusually sound value. Terms
can be arranged or your car as
part payment. See Automobiles
for Sale-the Classified Ads.
+ -
Furniture Wanted
Furniture wanted TO buy of
all kinds, best prices possible will
be paid. See Miscellaneous
ClassificatiOn--the Classified Ads.
X y =
The 0boUs Dants and offers
are only a feD Of the nsony
interesting proportions you uiu
find adOerfised ia todays
Times and Herald classified
advertising section.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
Teachers Union To Put
Up Fight Over Firing
Of Wagner. Prize Poet

Fraternal greetings were exchang-
ed Saturday between Brooklyn, N. Y,
and the sleepy little town of Day
ton, Tenn, with the discharge of
Charles A. Wagner, a young poet,
from the Berriman Junior High
School.
Wagner, a recent graduate of
Columbia, and winner of the Alfred
Knopf prize for the best volume of
verse in 1925, told the Teachers
Union that he was fired because che
had dared teach the theory of evolu-
ton to his pupils" in the cause Of
his work as geography instructor.
He declares that the assertion of the
principal of the school that he was
fired for Incompetence" is the usual
official alibi in delicate cases of this
kind.
Meanwhile, DR.. Henry r. Linville,
head Of the Teachers Union, an
nounces that he intends making a
public issue of the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
SWEATSHOPS REX WITH FILTH In BROWNSVILLE
DISTRICT; BOSSES FLOURISH GUNS AND CLUBS

ing all hours and under most unsani-
tary and dangerous conditions for a
mere pittance a week.
The bosses are also complaining
Their shops are losing propositions
and many are going out of business
through sheer necessity. The contrac-
tor blames the jobber for his plight
These jobbers have large, beautifully
furnished offices and show-rooms and
large stoek room. They do no mar---
featuring and employ no clothins
workers.
These jobbers are the masters Of the
contractors. BY having the contrac-
tors compete against each other, the
jobber always holds the whip over
them and is assured Of paying mimi
mum price for the garments which he
needs. The nou-union help employed
by the contractors, and the many
manufacturers who are now going into
the johbiug business 20 evade the
union cause much unemployment
among the union workers.
JObbers Indifferent
A iobber told me. Let them ruin
themselves if they like. Why should
! worry If they cut each others
throats? If can get my garments
made cheaply ! don't give damn who
makes them. In this case the con-
tractor is the cheapest. He can turn
ont tho work AZ n cheaDer cost TO me
Than can the union workers. And
furthermore. am completely rid Of
The union nuisance"
This is typical Of all the jobbers. It
is they who cause the miserable con-
ditions found IN the sweat-shops.
A union worker said to me: "The
union-worker in the ladies' cloak in
dustry should be awakened to the
facts and make a united effort to see
that all Of the worker exploiting shops
are shut down."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
Ford Plant Creates
Millions But Leaves
Workers Unprotected
(By Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
In Green island, N. Y. there is a
Ford shop. A year ago a swinging
crane tipped over, nearly killing
three workman in the yard of the
plant. This crane is run by electro
city, and the cable supplying the cur
rent is strung along the ground and
is usually bad. especially in wet
weather, The company is too cheap
TO buy an overhead crane.
Lost Fingers
On March 23rd, about 4 A. NJ,
Louis Dodge, a resident of Green Is
land, stumbled over this cable in the
yard and fell. At the same time they
were backing in some railroad cars,
and one of his hands went under a
wheel and mashed his fingers. He
has a wife and three little children.
About a year ago this same worker
was injured in the back and was laid
Up for over two months, while work
ing in the Ford plant, and he was
never paid anything for his loss Of
time.
He is a tractor operator on the mid
night shift
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28

National Association Of Real Estate
Boards; S. c. Leeeh, president of the
Long Island Real Estate Board ;
Charles Partridge, president of the
Real Estate Board Of Brooklyn, the
Real Estate Board of the Bronx, the
Real Estate Board Of Staten Island,
and the Real Estate Owners Protec-
tive Association, an organization that
guarantees to employ legal triekery to
enable landlord to continue his
gouging policies.
And the tenants have other enemies,
in their own camp. There is former
alderman, Louis Zeltner leader in
the East Side Board of Trade, who
denies the existence of slums, and op-
poses legislation that would do away
with them. There is Harry Sehlacht,
president Of the Downtown Chamber
of Commerce, who has opposed legis-
lation to curb the rent-gouging of
landlords in the poorer districts.
Vicious Enemies.
Most vicious of all, though, are
Senator Reiburn and Assemblyman
Gavagan, from Manhattan, who we're
the leading opponents to the emer-
gency rent laws, attacking them as
"class legislation" They said they
were proposed to benefit one class at
the expense of the other. But the
politicians would not grant that the
laws are made for the benefit Of the
majority of the people They were
frank and blunt, and admitted that
laws are made for the moneyed class.
70 make their effrontery more ac-
ceptable to their real estate friends,
the assemblyman, with the endorse
ment of the senator, introduced a
bill into the house to protect the
apartments renting at $50 per room.
and take them outside the sphere Of
the emergency rent laws. IL was
fortunate for the tenant that this
bill was defeated.
Workers Party Has Plan.
These are the enemies Of the
emergency rent laws. These are the
enemies Of housing relief. These are
the causes that made the emergency
rent laws necessary. What are you
going to do about it?
There is only one course of action
for the honest tenant. The Workers
(Communistl Party has a housing
program. It is going to back this
program with its full strength in the
next election. The real estate men
haven't one iota Of money enough TO
buy it off. II is up to you to give
your full support to this program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
barrow and Dry Chief
To Debate April %

Clarence Darrow, noted Chicago
lawyer, will tell Wayne B. Wheeler,
head Of the Anti-Saloon League, Just
why professional prohibitionists
make him sick, when he appears in a
debate at Carnegie Hall on April %.
barrow is going to maintain that
"The National Prohibition of the bev-
erage liquor traffic is detrimental to
the public welfare and Wheeler will
attempt to deny it.
In commenting on the Forthcoming
battle barrow declared that "the pro-
hibitionists are the only bunch of
fanatics, / think, who are hell-bent
on poisoning a person for breaking a
law which is only misdemeanor.
Might as well hang a person for
swearing.
barrow Discusses Criminals.
Clarence Darrow speaking at the
New School of Social Research, on
the subject of criminal Law and the
Criminal stated that juries were
very often composed of twelve unin-
telligent men who were called upon
to decide whether or not a thirteenth
man was worse or better than they
We're.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
Two Million Married
Women Work in u. S.

WASHINGTON, March 81 OPP
Two million married women in the
United States are employed at wages
in industry, says Mary Anderson, di-
rector of the Women's Bureau, U. S.
Dept. of Labor. This represents an
increase of Al per cent in the last 10
years in the number Of married wo-
men employed in mechanicalian man
ufacturing plants.
Over 100000 women, according to
1920 census figures, We're working in
gainful occupations outside their
homes. This represented one-fifth of
the total number of wage-earners in
the country. Over 100000 Of these
working women were in the produc-
ing and distributive trades.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
Tong Warfare Ended;
Peace Pact Is Signed

Permanent peace between the war
ring tongs of Chinese in the United
States was declared in a pact signed
at secret meeting yesterday at
noon.
The peace pact was signed in a
room at the Hotel Pennsylvania while
squads Of policemen paced the corri-
doris and guarded every entrance. 1t
was received with a jubilant celebra-
ton. Messengers were even then
hurrying to the Chinese headquarters
in the five boroughs and the wires
were carrying the word to all parts
of the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-28
Build a
Revolutionary
Monument to
COmrade
Ruthenberg

Comrade Ruthenbergs ashes are about to be
transported to Moscow to be laid at the foot of
the famous Kremlin Wall. alongside the graves
of the revolutionary heroes from all parts of the
world. We must have a monument for him here
Shall it be a monument of brick and stone? Is
this the most lasting form of monument we can
conceive? TO perpetuate the memory of Com
rade Ruthenberg merely in brick and stone is to
run contrary to everything which he stood for
He stood for activity. He stood for constant
forward surge of our movement. He typified OPP
position to passivity and inertia. His monument
must Bring this home.
What more appropriate monument can we
erect to the memory of COmrade Ruthenberg
than stronger and better DAILY WORKER?
What greater service can we render to the revo-
movement of which Comrade Ruthen-
berg was the leader? What more powerful
weapon can we create in order to carry out his
appeal to Fight On?
The Ruthenberg DAILY WORKER Sustain
ing Fund has been established III order to build
a stronger and better DAILY WORKER, a more