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Evening star., 1927-04-03
Sheriffs New and Old.

Is there deterioration in the Ameri.
can sheriff? There 10 a suggestion
that his grit is not what IL was. An
Associated Press dispatch from Lit.
tie Rock says: "A company Of the
Arkansas National Guard was order
ed out tonight to assist the sheriffs
OF Searcy, Boone and Newton coun.
ties in an assault on the hiding place
Of three bank bandits. The Guards
men, sixty or sixty-five In number,
were armed with machine guns" The
dispatch says three bank bandits" I"
1t also says the sheriffs of three
counties. That would make 1t three
sheriffs against three bandits. 1t was
not said that the bandits we're hiding
In a concrete fort. They may have
been hiding in the woods.
Some Americans win feel misgfving
at this situation. When before In our
history have three sherfffs asked for
militia with machine guns to help
them take three bank bandits? A care
full sheriff would have called on q few
constabies or have sworn In half a
dozen deputies, or in an extreme case
might have called on the posse conf
tatus." In the literature Of boyhood
It was commonplace for a single
sheriff to take three bandits--and
take them with his bare hands--tie
them together and lead them to town.
The books OF boyhood used to be full
OF sheriffs any one OF whom would
have cornered these three bandita
and with his trusty rife and unerrine
aim have made them bite the dust. 81
Even in annals not bound in vel
low paper there were shertffs who
would ride up to three bandits. awe
them with an eagle eye and take them
TO Jail. Perhaps bandits are more
dangerous than thsy used to be. Per
haps the bank bandikof 1927 is worse
Evening star., 1927-04-03

"ThHs soith the Lord. Let rot the
tCtse mon glory In his tc4sdom, Neither
YET the mighty man glory In his might,
1et not the rich man glory In his
riches: but let him that gloriezh DlorD
IN this. that he understa1deth and
knotceth Me. tr.23, "a.
BY what standard or system of ap.
praisal may we fix the value of life?
There are obviously three conspicuous
standards of value that have been
universally recognized and the above
text sets them forth. They are wis
dom, might and riches. These have
occupied large place in every period
OF human history. They have con.
stituted the ambition Of men the world
over. Those who have acquired one or
all or them have for the while occu-
pied commanding and coveted place
In the world Of human affairs. The
wise man of old said, Wisdom is
Justified Of her children" What we
owe those who have enriched the
world with their long and exacting
studies 1t would be impossible to say.
THEIR wisdom has issued in all manner
OF blessings that have given to life
q new meaning, more wholesome and
satisfying living conditions, a broader
outlook and a clearer understanding
OF its high aims and purposes. The
worlds Libraries bear eloquent testi.
mony to the weight and value of wis
dom. We pay tribute to it's tran.
scending worth, but we are reminded
OF the ancient word, 1.-THE world by
wisdom knew not God"
To the devout searcher after the
deeper things of wisdom the great
Master makes appeal in His immortal
words. II am the Way, the Truth and
the Life" increasingly today our
wisest men are recognizing in Him
the satisfaction Of their deepest
yearnings and highest aspirations.
The search for might and power has
been the occasion of more folly, dis
appointment and tragedy than any
other quest Of man. The story of un-
bridled selflshness, Of reckless quest
Of lust for place has stained the
page Of human history and crimsoned
1t with the blood OF countless thou
sands. 1t has reckoned without COM
Evening star., 1927-04-03
MEN AND AFFAIRS


Chief Justice William Howard Taft
has for years twitted the people of
Portland, Greg, on what he calls their
"unsubstantiated claim" of the exist
ence of a snow.clad mountain known
as Mount Hood. Mr.. Taft has been q
visitor to Portland half a dozen times,
| twice as President OF the United
States, and on every occasion he has
strained his eyes in vain for the ma
jestic lines OF Mount Hood, lifting its
long-extinct volcanic peak into the
clouds. But always there was some
thing wrong with the visibility. II It
didn't happen to be a heavy haze 1t
was a rainstorm ar something tending
to obscure the view.
As visit after visit went by and no
mountain was 10 be seen, Mr.. Taft
naturally drifted into real or assumed
disbelief. Only a short time ago
"Uncle Joe" Teal, native Oregonian
and long q prominent attorney of
Portland, was in the National Capital
city. paying his respects to the Chief
Justice. The conversation had not
progressed very far when Mr.. Taft.
| with that characteristic chuckle Of his,
| turned ito his caller:
Brother Teal" he said, why do
you folks in Portland persist In that
| fabrication about Mount Hood? Why
don't you come right out and admit to
the world that there isn't any such
thing?"
Honestly, Mr.. Chief Justice, we
have got that mountain" replied Mr..
Teal. and 1t is certainly shame you
never have been able to see 1t. Next
time you come to Portland we will
guarantee you see that mountain even
| if we have to bring 1t to Mahonaet."
Mr.. Taft shook his head in indulgent
| doubt. He said he was convinced Of
neither the law nor the facts in the
case.
Having been in Portland with Mr..
| Taft on two of his visits, and also
| having been there half score Of
other times without ever having had
| so much as a glimpse of Mount Hood.
| the writer was always ready to sub
stantiate the disbelief Of the Chief Jus
| tice. But there has come at last q
| parting Of the ways.
BY a strange coincidence the writer
was sitting in Mr.. Teal's Office only .
| day or two ago, when out OF the en-.
veloping mists Mount Hood suddenly
| appeared in its snow-white splendor,
| turning pink a few minutes later un-
der the magic touch Of a setting sun.
/ The view was worth all the years OF
waiting. The mountain is clad with
| snow this season clear down to the
| timber line.
Residents Of the Pacific Coast have
their favorite mountains. Some pre-
| fer Shasta, some Hood and others
think both of these must bow to Mount
Rainier. There is no doubt that Hood
| seems more exclusive than the others,
and perhaps that is why 1t has such
| enthusiastic partisans. Maybe, some
| day, even the Chief Justice of the
| United States will Join the Mount Hood
admirers association.
Oakland. Calf, boasts one of the
most remarkable wild duck havens in
America. It is at Lakeside Park, right
in the heart Of the city. and the city
| officially feeds the ducks while they
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Edison as the most admirable living
man. eighteen chose william Howard
Taft and fifteen chose Mussoiini, just
one Observation-Disclosures simply,
MY father" Those fourteen fathers
could with propriety hold their heads
very high. They have received com.
plinent the like Of which cannot be
equaled by all the crosses, orders,
decorations, diplomas and testimonials
of all the governments OF the earth
put together.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
The Henry Ford Accident"

In conjunction with the announce.
ment which comes from Detroit that
Henry Ford is making normal prog
ress toward recovery from the injuries
received last Sunday when the coupe
In which he was driving was forced
from the road, 1t is stated that the
suspicion that there was anything
preconceived about the accident" has
virtually been abandoned. Thus tho
theory Of a murder plot which was
held for some time after the dis
closure OF the misadventure to the
motor magnate is laid aside and the
presumption remains that Mr.. Ford
car was hit by a reckless driver who
sped away after the accident.
Had the occupant Of the coupe on
the road at Dearborn been any other
person than Henry Ford the rnishap
would have been Of small moment as
a local news event and Of no moment
whatever outside Of the neighborhood
But the fact that one OF the richest
men living, indeed perhaps the rich.
est man in the world, whose name is
a household word in all lands, had
been seriously injured was q news fact
Of exceptional Importance. The sug-
gestion that he was the victim Of an
attempted assassination added natu.
rally to the significance Of the news.
Hit.and-run drivers are common
enough nowadays to give weight to
the theory that Mr.. Ford's car was hit
by a reckless motorist who, perhaps
unaware that he had caused an acci'
dent, being possibly intoxicated. has
tened on his way without slackening
speed. At the same time the fact that
the light car was hit at the one point
In the road at which there was the
greatest danger, q bridge crossing q
river, gives some weight to the hy.
pothesis OF deliberation. However that
may be, there is evidently going to be
no further Investigation. unless indeed
this present announcement that the
theory of an Intentional act has been
abandoned is for the purpose Of per-
mitting a quiet and effective search
for the miscreant driver. The acci.
dent, IL accident II was, serves as
justification for the severest penalties
that can be imposed on all drivers who
leave the scene Of an accident without
inquiry or offer Of aid. Such persons
have no claims to any consideration
when caught, as they have had no
consideration for other users OF the
road while driving.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

them left explanations of their tragic
acts, but of those who did there was
no motive common to all. One lad
had had a tilt with his sweetheart and
was disappointed in her. Another felt
that he was burden to his family
and that 1t was UP to him to elm
mate himself.
Four OF the suicides left. messages
to the effect that their study Of phi.
losophy had convinced them that there
is more Of evil than Of good In this
life. hence they would avoid the evil
by shutting off this mortal coil. Two
Of the others evidently were prema-
turely aged and blase, for they said
that they had had every experience
that life holds out, so they might as
well set out to explore the hereafter.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

are on their migratory waits. lt . n
amazing thing that on the very any
or the opening season for shooting In
this State the ducks fly into Oakland
IN great Hooks, which ell but darken
the proverbially sunny California skies.
No one knows whether they have
heard the firing of guns. or II ie IN
which tells the ducks they are no
longer SAFE In their wilder homes. But.
In any event. to escape their enemy,
man, they fly to Oakland to take
refuge In the very midst of men ana
are fed by the hands of man. No
longer wild. they live life Of luxury
at Lakeside until the season closes,
and then the same instinct which
brought them there takes them away.
Even then some of the lazy ones loiter
behind. and throughout the ysar oak
land has always few duck boarders
down by the lake.
Young Richard A. Cook, ir.. of
Honolulu. q scion of one Of the oldest
and most esteemed American families
in Hawaii, has reached now to the es-
tate OF IL seasoned years and is q de.
voted student at school. But the time
was, in his youth" when he did not
think so much Of the American school
system. AS a matter Of fact, soon
after he started to school, he came
home one day with somewhat knitted
brows. His father was interested.
"Well, Richard" he said, what did
you have at school today7"
"Oh, puzzles" replied the boy. In a
nonchalant sort of way.
"Puzzles?" repeated the father.
somewhat puzzled himself by the new
curriculum.
Yes, SIR"
What sort OF puzzles, Richard7'
"Oh, the teacher wanted to know
much was two and two--just puzzles,
that's all."
It is wonderfully interesting to
travel about the country and to come
moro or less into personal contact
with the various comic" papers is-
sued by the students of American
universities. The publications are
most impressive I'm their typograph.
ical dresses and their art and the
seeming prosperity which comes from
local and national advertising. They
imply good business management ana
a degree OF substantially not thought
OF a few years ago.
But these papers are strange
mixture Of a worldly sophistication,
which In amusing IL assumed ana
alarming II true, and Of q youthful
callowness which Is wholly amusing
ana nothing else. Most OF the So
called Jokes revolve about gin ana
petting and short skirts and garters.
but the frankness OF the humor car
ries it's own stamp OF innocence with
Il. This innocence also is reflected In
some or the ancient chestnuts so glee-
fully reprinted. The boys want to be
thought OF as devils" even IL they
are not, and the co-eds seem not the
least bit alarmed. So perhaps the
younger generation is not going to
the bowwows as fast as some persons
would have us believe.
(Copyrisht. 1027o
Evening star., 1927-04-03

than the bandit who would rob the
Deadwood coach In 1870 or hold up
the Palace Bar at Fargo. However.
it seems strange that the sherins Of
three Arkansas counties invite d com.
pany of militia with machine guns
to help them capture three bank ban
dts.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

poorer classes 1t may be necessary
for them to solicit contributions of
food etc. from door to door and nj.
INST every family has a certain
amount which Is cheerfully given. but
that amount can be easily distributed
before am. and the family should
then be left In peace during the re-
mainder OF the day. This suggestion
is thrown out in the hope that 1t may
be squared with some law on the sub
ject Of vagrancy and that through its
application our wives may be given
q Nttle peace In their homes" y
Evening star., 1927-04-03

The new denaturing process makes
wood alcohol so offensive to taste and
smell that no one Is likely to take
enough to be poisoned. The liquid is
now so disagreeable that It may check
even the craving for any kind OF alco-
hol that apparently creates an urge to
deliberate suicide.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

A peculiar system in Chinese STRAIT.
egy assumes that one way to win bat
ties is to keep all civilian foreigners
thoroughly scared. They may find
it interesting to make the acquaint-
ance of that particular brand OF "for.
eign devil" known as u. 8. Marine.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

News that Aimee Mcpherson arrived
in Los Angeles on Friday night. when
she was not expected until Saturday
morning, has been widely published
as something of great Importance. In
addition to her other accomplishments
Aimee adds that Of the finished artist
in publicity grabbing.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

When airships were invented pre-.
cautions had TO be taken to prevent
people on earth from shooting Ut them.
Earth men may still shoot at planes
In time of war. but are compelled TO
recognize the fact that the flyer can
retaliate at any moment by dropping
a bomb.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Chicago orchestra musicians demand
SIS each per performances. In other
days and other climes. many OF them
would have regarded the sum as
rather good compensation for a solcist.
Protests against commerciali1ed the
ater may soon be required to extend
its attention to commercialized music.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

The American who paid $4,000 to
> singing society in Hungary for a
lock OF Beethoven's hair loves music
great deal. But the singers who
accepted the money in order to en-.
large their facilities for study love 1t
gwen more.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
SHOOTING STARS.
By pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Hard Study.
Old world learns @ lesson
Mighty slow.
II was kept a-guessin',
Long ago,
Bout the way to labor
For release
From the soldier saber,
Threatenin' peace.
Readin' shows the sorrow
OF a fight.
Writin' bids the morrow
TO 60 right.
'Rithmetlc's impressin'
Figures stern.
This old world Its lesson
Cannot learn.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
Penetrating the Mysteries.

FGUcGk6tluE GtfB MNEDsDHHc0s
what are you going to investigate
next?"
1--WE have gotten 50 far beyond our
depth in q number Of subjects an
swered Senator Sorghum, that !
think maybe we might az we'll so
ahead and tackle Einstein's theory"
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Henry Ford IL reported to be out
of danger SO far as the results OF his
recent accident are concerned. No
man who drives motor car 10 en-
tirely out Of danger.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
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All Other States and Canada
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
% TIE use for republication of all news dfs-
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred.
,Isa ,l,s,, ln this paper and also the local news
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1927-04-03

The insidious influenza germ has as
serted itself in Rumania as a political
factor.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

My Radio. Though wide awake
All night. your songs we prize.
At early morn you bid us take
Our daily exercise!
Evening star., 1927-04-03

The paddock IL with care applied,
Opposing Vice In all her pride.
The 1ocksmith gayiy says. II vow,
I'll do q trade in pass keys now!'
Evening star., 1927-04-03
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Evening star., 1927-04-03

mo monkey ever saved up even q
few coconuts," said Uncle Eben. 'Ds
monkey ain no ancestor. He's tes' o
pore relation"
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Jud Tunkins says some of the young
folks don't appear to have any moro
real respect for their parents than an
incubator chicken.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

"a bootlegger." said Uncle Bill Bot
tletop, meets the best people. but II
he 10 n good business man declines
to drink with them"
Evening star., 1927-04-03

A modern Robinson Crusoe might
have considerable difficulty In getting
wrecked on an island nowadays, in
the waters Of American territory, at
least. II he were equipped with the
charts OF the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, he would find almost
all the islands, big and little, charted
thereon.
There are only one or two places
where some little islands are still hid
ing from the precise instruments Of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey. One
such spot is the Hawaiian Archipelago.
Although the Islands" are little more
than coral reefs. Uncle Sam does not
know today just how many of them
he possesses in this group. which lies
to the westward Of the main Hawaiian
Islands group.
This situation will shortly be RENE.
died, however. w. z. Parker Of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey Ia now on
an inspection tour of the progress Of
the survey work in the Hawaiian
Islands. He will make q detailed re-
port Of the work necessary to COM
plete the survey Of the entire Hawaiian
group. This will eventually put on
the charts every one OF the little
islands now nesting In tranquil OBJ
scurity. Aptly enough, the survey
ship Discoverer is being used for the
cruising required ID the inspection
work.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

'"The officer says your hivver was
going so miles an hour"
Judge" said Mr.. Chuggins. "T'm
willing to pay the fine for the sake
Of the compliment"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
RUSSIAN PARTY
STERNLY WARNS
The OPPOSITION
Trotsky Sta tie m e n t
Leaves LOophole

MOSCOW, Aug. 11.-By issuing
statement repudiating part of their
past errors Leon Trotsky, and their
supporters, Gregory Zinoviev escaped
expulsion from the Central Committee
Of the Communist Party of the Union
Of Socialist Soviet Republics.
The statement, however is not
what is ought to be, in view of the
grave breaches of Party discipline
and the open covert relations carried
on with the expelled elements in Ger
many. This fact is recognized by the
Pravda, which today emphasizes the
fact that by its decision toward the
opposition the joint plenum of the
Central Executive Committee and the
Central Control Commission acted
correctly and wisely, and declares
that the highest criterion must al
ways be the interests of Party peace
and Party unity.
Realized Opposition Dangers.
The point at issue during the
plenum was just comprehension
of the various phases thru which the
opposition struggle against the Party
has passed and the phase that it now
enters. This latest phase of the op-
position tactics represented danger
Gus transition from a policy of OPP
positional struggle to a policy of a
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12
PARTY
Wire UNMASKS
BOSS Justice"
Fuller Is Warned What
Murder Means Y

The Central Executive Committee
of the Workers (Communist) Party
OF American yesterday sent the fol-
lowing telegram to governor Fuller
of Massachusetts,:
In these last hours before the con-
summation of the monstrous crime
OF the legal murder of Sacco and
Vanzetti we demand that you heed
the voice of the multitudes of work
ers whose interest we represent. We
address the capitalist Governor of
Massachusetts not as a friend but as
known and conscious enemy of our
class.
If you are deaf to the protests Of
tens of millions of toiling men and
women throughout the world, and if
you have ears only for your SNUG
advisors of the financial districts of
Boston and New York, then we assure
you that the significance of your
hideous action will be socially and
politically far deeper than you can
dream. The execution of Sacco and
Vanzetti will steel the hearts of the
masses with loathing and hatred of
the capitalist system which you repre-
sent.
In your action and that of Thayer
and the so-called advisory commit
tee" behind whose secret and preiu-
diced actions you seek to hide. The
working class cannot be deceived, but
can only learn hatred and contempt
for capitalistic courts and capitalist
class justice. This judicial murder
will open the eyes of millions of
American workers to the nature of
capitalist class dictatorship which
stalks in the clothes of democracy.
Like blind bourbon you play with
legal phrases and try to cover your
shame with the report of secret
investigation by notorious class ene-
mics of your Victims But the tens of
millions of toilers of all countries
know that their brothers, Sacco and
Vanzetti, are innocent and that you
participate in judicial murder.
Your action of class hatred will
awaken, in turn, the class conscious
ness of millions of workers.
The murder of Sacco and Vanzetti
IS challenge and defiance to the
working class whose opinions and
feelings you hold in contempt. The
challenge is answered in countless
strikes and movements which will
strengthen our class organizations
for struggle against your class.
Sacco and Vanzetti who have
bravely stood their ground through
seven years Of torture are innocent
ilen and the exploited toilers know
this. Your actions in the next few
hours will be irrevocable. Your name
will he known to coming generations
as d symbol of shame and reaction.
We demand that you do not proceed
with this irrevocable crime. We de-
nland. that our working class brothers
be freed
Central Executive Committee Work
ers (CommunisD Party of America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-12

release of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Today thirty-five demonstrators
rose as unit and pleaded guilty to
violating the city ordinance regard
ing lettering, paying SIS fines. They
were arrested while staging a "death
watch" in front of the State House
yesterday in protest against the le-
galized murder of Sacco and Van
zetti.
George Kraska and Bertram D.
Wolfe, member of Central Executive
Committee of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party, pleaded guilty and
were held for trial tomorrow. George
T. Tettle changed his plea to guilty
and was fined SIS.
This was the second group of
"death watch" pickets arranged, an
other SO having been in court yes
terday following the first demonstra-
ton.
Arrest Six More.
Six Yonkers, N. Y, men were ar
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