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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
AND NAVY.
NEWS BRIEFS
By VIVIAN LEE TTLLMAN

By VIVIAN LEE TILLMAN
Local Army circles are speculating
over the change made in White
House military aides Col. BIanton
Winship relieves. Col. Sherwood
Cheney, assigned to engineering duty.
at his own request. Prior to the
announcement of appointment OF Col.
William ]. Glasgow to be brigadier
general, It was generally understood
that Cheney would have the promo
ton. Many believe that Cheney is
being transferred and win be made
a brigadier general this year. If he
is transferred to other duties and is
then promoted. the move would
eliminate any talk of White House
pull.
The Navy Department has an
nounced that plans are materializ.
ing for the return of the u. s. s..
Scorpion to the United States in
June of this year, thereby COM
pleting what is believed in navel
circles to be the longest tour Of
foreign service of any vessel in the
American Navy, a tour which
started when she was first ordered
to the Mediterranean in October of
1908. It will be remembered that
in 1914 at the outbreak of the
World War she was interned at
Constantinople with a portion of
her crew, the others returning to
the United States in anticipation of
the interment action.
The Bureau of Standards OF the
Commerce Department announces
that the true altitude reached by
Capt. H. C. Gray, u. S. A., on
March in his free balloon flight
was 2S,510 feet. This is not world
record, but does set a new Amer
lean record over that established
by Clifford B. Harmon in 1900 Of
1897 feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
Detectives Clear Bee
AS Flower Show Spy

NEW YORK, April THE
honey bee which crashed the gate
at the Flower Show was the object
of special investigation when five
detectives were put on his trail.
When first seen he had been en-
gagged in the greedy but apparently
innocent endeavor Of attempting to
sip the honey OF the entire 100000.
blossoms. Later. however. he came
under suspicion from the jealous
horticulturalists. who feared he
might reveal the secrets OF one hot.
house to another.
The five plalnclothes men dis.
covered him early in the morning
and followed him all day from tulip
to sweet pea to rose and back again
to hyacinth. and then gave him a
clean bill of health. He was al
lowed to eat himself to sleep on a
bed of daffodils.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
RIT CHE SIGNS
BRIDGE BILL

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. April 1.-Gov.
Richie yesterday signed the chesa.
peake Bay Bridge bill. which gives
a franchise 10 construct a bridge
across the bay from Bay Shore in
Baltimore county to a point in
Kent county near Rock Hail.
Stuart S. ,Ianney. who has been
active in behalf OF the bill, wit.
messed the signing and received
from the governor the pen with
which 1t was signed.
Other bills signed by the COVER
nor, with their chapter numbers,
follow:
327-The is-cent gas tax.
I'D Directing the form and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
Colonel Greeley Quits
Forestry Body Post

Resignation OF Col. W. B. Cree
ley. chief of the Forest Service.
Department Of Agriculture, as a
director Of the American Forestry
Association, was announced today.
The resignation. he said. was
prompted by the feeling that he.
as 4 government official. should
not assist in the direction Of policy
of.an association with which he had
to cooperate. He win continue as
. member OF the association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
CHARITIES SPEAKER

THE Importance of Trained
Service in Social Work, will be the
subject of a talk by DIR. william
Mather Lewis, president of George
Washington University, at the
forty-sixth anniversary meeting of
the board Of manager of the Asso-
ciated Charities, Monday evening
at o'clock at Rauschers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01

method Of preparing bills Of excep-
ton.
225- Extending the jurisdiction Of
courts of equity In divorce cases.
43- Repeating the collateral In
heritance tax.
21S- Sanctioning q deed from
James ID. Cotter to the Baltimore
City Missionary and Church Elk.
tension Society.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
10 lives | Us I
WITH SHIP
ny international News Service

GIBRALTAR, April Seventeen
members Of the crew Of the Span
ish steamship JaeInto and the wife
Of the ships engineer were drowned
today when the Jacinto was sunk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01

IN Gibraltar Strait in collision with
the British steamship Author.
The captain and * others were
rescued.
The Disaster was caused by fog.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
D. C. SCHOOL MEETING

A meeting Of the District Of
Columbia School Association WIN be
held in the District Building, wed
nesday at 8 p. m. President j. l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01

Peyser announced today. DR.. joy
Elmer Morgan. editor Of the Jour.
nal Of the National Education As.
sociation, win speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Homeless Children
In USSR Cared for

MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (By MaiD 1t
is a well-known fact that from all
parts of the country homeless chill
dren and adolaseents flocked to Mos
cow--the centre of Soviet Russia.
Moreover, most of these homeless
young people were youngsters who
more than once had been given shelter
in children's homes, receiving centres,
etc, but could not settle anywhere.
Although the total number of such
homeless elements is not so big, they
are the most difficult to manage.
The Children's Commission of the
All-Russian Central Executive Com
mittee had set the task that there
should be no homeless elements in
Moscow by the Tenth Anniversary of
October.
This task has been carried out al
most fully. At present already over
two thousand homeless children have
been placed in the receiving centres in
Moscow. But few homeless children
can be found now in the Moscow
streets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18

The drift toward the Labor Party,
which it is predicted will result in a
general parliamentary election next
spring and sensational Labor gains,
is plainly apparent in the city cleo
ticns. The victories were gained prin-
cipally in the industrial Midlands dis
trict. II Bootle and Liverpool six
seats were won for Labor. In Cardiff
and Bolton five seats each switched
from Tory to Labor. Blackburn,
Bradford, Plymouth, Leicester, Bir-
mingham and Manchester switched
four seats each to Labor on the city
councils.
Reformists' Old Tricks.
The only notable loss occurred in
Glasgow where the Labor Party lost
five seats due to the division in the
workers forces caused by the effort
of the Labor Party to expel local
Communist members and reorganize
district parties. The same course has
been pursued in several London
boroughs, but London did not vote in
these elections.
The Labor Party victories were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18

especially significant in Leeds and
Sheffield. where big municipal enter
prises have been initiated in the past
year, particularly in the distribution
Of milk and coal at cost to the work
ers. IN each case a united Tory-Lib-
eral combination was given severe set
backs.
poor" Relief.
The municipal elections are i'm
portant in Britain because the adj
ministration of unemployment and
poor relief lies in the hands of city
councils. In Labor cities, liberal re-
lief to the victims of industrial de-
preston has aroused the enmity of
the Tories who in many cases have
joined with Liberals in Citizens, In
dependent and cuisines Mems
Leagues to put up united front
against. advancing labor.
In Hull. three rank and file work
ers defeated three sleek business men
in impressive Labor gains. In nearly
every ward the vote was close. The
labor group now numbers 90. a gain
of 10 since the general strike, re-
vealing the popular revulsion against
the Tory portion of the city council
posing under the name of Municipal
Reformers.
Liberals Out.
The city elections are a shock to
the Liberal Party, whose ambitious
schemes to ride into power are
definitely Debated by their lack of
success in the city elections. Labor
was conceded big gains, but the Lib
eral party hoped also to make an i'm
pressive showing. Instead it actually
lost 20 more councilmanic seats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Masses Hostile As
Fuad, British Tool,
Returns to Egypt

CAIRO, Nov. II. - After four
months holidaying in Europe at full
salary and 100000 for vacation ex-
penses given him by the British, King
Fuad, of Egypt, returned to Cairo to-
day on the eve of the renewal of
momentous negotiations with Britain,
for Egypt's independence, which the
late Zagloul Pasha once told had been
promised to Egypt Ga times by Brit
ain.
Crowds Were Hostile.
When the king returned yesterday
the crowds along the streets from the
station to the Abdin Palace were more
hostile than enthusiastic. There was
soldier every twelve feet on each
side of the street. Queen Nazli, called
by her friends the most unhappy wo-
man in Egypt because of the rigid
seclusior in which she is kept by
King Fuad, was relegated to the
housewifely duty of remaining with
the children, and did not appear in
the parade.
Best Paid Monarch.
King Fuad, the highest paid king
in the world, receives more per month
than President Coolidge does per
year. His annual salary is $750,000
besides all expenses of the palace. The
queen receives $4,000 a year for
"pin money" from the state, but
finds little chance to spend it. Seven
year old Crown Prince Faruk draws
100000 a year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Candidate Running
As Anti-NegEo Man
Beaten in Memphis
By VIM. PICKENS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 1.-THE
appeal of a white candidate for of
flee Of mayor, on the ground that he
was opposed to Negroes, failed in
Memphis.
This victory against Negro-haters
is to be credited to Bob Church in
Memphis, if the word of the haters
themselves is to be credited. On the
day before the election Paine de-
clared that if Overton, whom the Ne
groes supported for mayor was
elected, it would be Negro victory,
pure and simple, and would make Bob
Church dictator" of city jobs as
Paine claims is already true as to
Federal jobs.
Allowing for the exaggerations of a
politician scrambling for an office,
as was Paine, it is nevertheless true
that his defeat was victory for the
Negroes, especially since he insisted
al along that the Negro was the IS
sue, and based his campaign on his
sassy" reply to Negro delegation
which went to him to ask Che said
"demand") that Memphis employ
eolored people on the police force and
in the fire department, and that the
parks of the city Che said white"
PARKS be opened to Negroes as to
all other citizens who pay to support
those parks. On the day before the
election Paine in a passionate appeal
to white Memphians exclaimed: "Stop
Bob Church and his Negro Club with
ballots now, implying that they
would otherwise have to "stop" them
with something else later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
ALL EDITORS IN
ITALY MUST Be
LOYAL FASCISTS
Black Shirts Fearing
Revolt, Pass Decree

ROME, Nov 1.-THE editors and
the chief executive of all of the most
important newspapers must be "loyal
members of the Fascist" according
to a resolution adopted by the Grand
Council of the Fascist Party, which
in it's concluding session discussed the
press.
The recommendation is part of a
definite drive to stifle any possible
opposition to the fascist regime. A
decree made a short time ago bars
non-Fascists from the Italian Parlia-
ment and prevents workers who are
not affiliated with the Fascist trade
unions (similar in many respects to
the company unions in the United
States) from voting in any of the
elections.
(The steps recently taken by the
Fascist regime for a rigid suppression
of all opposition are regarded as the
result of the growing unrest in Italy
against the recent wage slashes de-
creed by the Fascist regime and the
Fascist terror.
Reports recently received from
towns in Switzerland near the Italian
border describe sporadic revolts
against the wage cut decree and de-
clare that companies of Fascist mil
tia have been despatched to cities,
towns and villages thruout Italy to
guard against possible outbreaks.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Riff Tribesmen Release
Four French Captives

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Nov. II.
Yves Steeg, Jean Maillet and two
young French women named Arnaud,
who were ransomed by the French
government after being kidnapped by
Riff tribesmen, are enroute to the
French military lines and should be
delivered to the French authorities be-
fore night, it was officially announced
today.
The former captives reached French
territory at IL o'clock. Steeg and
Maillet are nephews of the French
governor general of Morocco. They
and two women--Baroness Steinhel
ard Nine. Prokoroff - were kidnap-
ped late in October while on hunting
trip.
The Riff tribesmen are understood
to have demanded the release of a
number of natives taken captive by
the French.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Britain Protests as
Bolivia Uses German
Instructors in Army

SANTIAGO, Chile (By MaiD The
Chilean government organ LA Ma
ci6n" reports semi-official informa-
ton that the French and British lega-
tions in La Paz, Bolivia, protested
against the employment of German
army instructors by the Bolivian gov
eminent. The protests are said to
have indicated that Bolivia is violat-
ing the provisions of the Treaty of
Versailles.
The Bolivion government is said to
have answered that the engaged army
instructors are naturalized citizens of
the Free State of Danzig and conse-
quently exempt from Versailles pro-
visions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18

coal situation
Laborite members shouted criticism
of the premier's decision and Ramsay
Macdonald, leader of the Labor Party
announced that he would make formal
demand for time to discuss the action
of the government and the RESPONSE
bility of the premier.
Yesterdays session was twice adj
journed when the criticism of the
Baldwin government became too sharp
for the Speaker of the House.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
oreign News By Cable Mail Special Correspondents
''YOu Are Vanguard Of
Revolution" A. J. Cook
Tells Marching Miners

READING, Eng. = "You are the
advance guard of a revolutionary
army" A. J. Cook, Secretary of the
British Miners Federation told the
marching Welsh miners who are
tramping to London to call Parlia-
ment's attention to the restitution
in the coal fields. you are march,
ing agains Baldwinism and capital
ISM" Cook declared.
Workers committees here pro-
yided the marchers with food and
shelter. The miners will start for
Maidenhead tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Z. S. Informs League 1t
Will Take Part i'm Arms
Meet; USSR to Attend

GENEVA, Nov. 1.-THE accept
ance of the United States government
to participate in the preparatory dis
armament conference to open here
November 80, was received today by
the League of Nations Secretariat.
The acceptance stated that the
representatives of the United States
would state the views Of their country
on the creation Of a special commit
tee for arbitration security.
The Soviet Union will participate in
the conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Daily Work Of a Soviet Factory Committee

IN this door there is no notice: "Of-
" flee hours from g" neither is
there the notice: "No entrance with
out special CALL" or some such for
bidding device. The door is opened
and shut every minute, and during the
dinner interval, 1915 minutes before
work starts, an hour or two after
working hours, this door is almost
continually open, for through it
stream men and women workers from
the various departments intent on
having their difficulties settled.
This room is not strikingly COM
Portable and beautiful The premises
of the factory committee reflect the
status of the enterprise. If the lat
ter is in fine building the room Of
tn efactory committee has also a par
quet floor, oaken tables, etc. If the
enterprise itself is poor, or has not
yet had time to arrange its premises
properly, the factory committee
shares its fate. But even if there be
only an ordinary deal table with two
workers sitting behind it the work of
the trade union nucleus goes on unin-
terruptedly. All the more so as the
main work is not done in the office
where any document issued by the
factory committee can be typed and
stamped, but in the department, the
workshop or at the bench. The work
of the factory committee can be
Judged by it's connection with the
rank and file. If the elected repre-
sentative of the workers is often seen
among them, has always paper and
pencil in hand ito put down any COM
plants or proposals-the factory com
mittee is alright, but if the factory
committee ensconces itself behind a
bulwark of files and documents and is
so buried in them that it does not see
what is actually going on, then the
factory committee is certainly all
wrong.
The rate at which the factory COM
mittees work, so to speak its pulse
can be aScertalned after an hour or
two at the factory.
Alexiev is the name of the factory
committees secretary. He is a turner,
has been doing trade union work for
the last Is months. Prior to his cleo
ton to the factory committee he col
4
lected membership dues, was delegate
from his department and was a good
and business-ike speaker at meetings.
was elected by the workers
of the factory to their committee.
This post did not release him entirely
from factory work,-his union man
aged to get for him six hours off per
week for his committee work, two
hours on three days at the expense of
the enterprise. But at the next cleo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18

thing wrong with the roof. Autumn
is approaching and this matter
should be certainly seen to. Alexiev
makes a note of it and promises to
come to the department and see for
himself what is wrong. Then comes
someone else:
"Comrade Alexiev, you promised an
article for the wall-newspaper about
the work Of the factory committee. "
mo time, l am too busy"
AS if in confirmation of this, some
body comes in and puts on the table
a notice about a session of the man.
aging board of the union on that day
at p. m. sharp, and voice of the
secretary of the nucleus is heard
over the telephone:
aren't you coming upstairs at
last, Alexiev, the whole bureau is
waiting for you'll"
"Have you seen?-Alexiev points
to the notice. Have you heard ?"-
he points to the telephone and rushes
Out OIL Lne room.
While he is absent another member
of the factory committee attends to
the applicants. The trade union nu-
cleus is really and truly, to quote
Comrade Tomsky, looking after it's
members from the cradle to the
grave" Let US just listen to a few of
the conversations in the factory COM
mittee:
when can money be obtained from
the Mutual Aid fund? A loan is very
much needed"
Comrades of the Cultural Commits
sion, congratulate me-" shouts at the
top of his voice the blacksmith of the
factory" a son was born to me today
and ask for club for October chill
dren."
There is again bother about the
norms. Alexiev do bring up this
question. ;"
"Shall we get at last more books
for our lbrary?"
law VIII IL De WlIIl I1G ClllQfen
this year? viii a kindergarten be
opened?"
To all these questions workers ex-
pect to get an answer from their To-
cal committee, They come into this
room as full masters of their factory
committee and their union, they draw
attention to various matters, they ask,
they insist, they demand. Alexiev has
hardly time to put down all they have
to say.
Il
Later on when the crowds have
gone, when there is quiet in the room,
or in the evening in his home after
meetings and conferences, Alexiev ar
ranges all the workers demands and
queries under different headings: "for
the session" "for the delegate meet
ing" "to be placed before the produc
ton commission" Alexiev duplicates
his notes in order to be able to see
later on if they have been acted upon,
if none of the complaints and pro-
posals have been neglected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
New Ambassador to
Japan From u, S. S.R.

MOSCOW, Nov. 17.-Alexander
Antonovich Troyanovsky today was
appointed Soviet Ambassador to
Toxic.
Troyanovsky, who is As years old,
started a revolutionary career against
the old czarist regime in 1902. Seven
years later he was exiled and fled to
France.
He returned to Russia in 1917. His
last office was chairman of the Board
of the Soviet Trade Trust.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18

nounced that "no
further time could
be afforded" for
discussion of the
unemployment sit
uation in the coal
fields. This was an
answer to the de-
mand that oppor-
tunity be given for
further debate be-
fore there is a
vote upon the mo-
ton censuring the
government for its
handling of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
A m eric an Official i'm
Picking Who AbscOnded
With Funds Is Caught

P EKIN G, Nov. 17.-Heinrich
Kress, disbursing officer of the Uni
ted States Legation for whom a
search was made in connection with a
shortage of $4,000 in government
funds handled by him, was arrested
today in Singapore.
He is on his way back to China to
face trial. 1t was said here the Lega-
ton expects to recover 100000 of the
misplaced funds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Portuguese Dictator
Orders Arrest of All
College, School Heads

LONDON, Nov. II. - The heads
of all colleges and the headmasters
of all schools of Lisbon have been
ordered arrested by the Portuguese
dictator, President Car7mona, for
having closed all schools and col
leges yesterday under the impress
sion that a revolution had broken
out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18

tons, Alexiev was made secretary of
the factory committee which released
him entirely from factory work.
Now Alexiev sits in the factory
committee office during the dinner in
terval, an hour before work and two
hours after work. During working
hours he goes from department to de-
partment, or goes out in connection
with the work of the factory COM
mittee.
Where have you been today Com
rade Alexiev?"
"Well, l spent considerable time
in the Mum (urban housing commits
sion); the wife of the locksmith, Pet
row, has been taken i'll and we must
find better housing accommodation
for her."
Speak of the devil and he is sure
to appear"-Petrov appeared on the
threshold.
"Well, what nave you got to say?"
"They promised that everything
will be alright by tomorrow"
Then came the collector Of member
ship dues from one of the depart
ments and while Alexiev is writing
out receipt he unburdens himself:
Although this is a matter for the
Labour Protection organ | have been
asked to tell you that there is some
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Franco-Greek Treaty
Seen in BRAND C0nfab

PARIS, Nov. II. - A Franco Greek
treaty of amity, such as that recently
signed with Yugoslavia. may result
from a long conference held between
Foreign Minister BRAND and Foreign
Minister Politis of Greece.
The Foreign office refused to COM
ment on the nature of the meeting.
pJTV THE nAUV WODEED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
DUMMY SHELVES FOR
DUMMY PRINCE

LONDON, Nov. 17-Secret cab
inets and dummy bookshelves are two
features of the Prince of Wales new
home at Marlborough House, which
is all ready for occupancy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
VERA CATHCART ILL.

LONDON, Nov. II. - Vera, Count
ess Of Cathcart, who is suffering from
angina pectoris, was so low today that
the physicians feared she could not
recover. She failed to rally after a
serious relapse.