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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

Burnside Corps. No. 4. w. X. C.,
met August 10 at it's headquarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

we're completed. Percy Parker was
presented with a flag by the daugh.
tiers In recognition of his many kind
services. Mrs. Mary Van Ness Fauth
made the presentation. Mr.. Parker
accented with thanks.
Col O. II. Oldroyd's dinner. given
by the daughters August !, was a
beautiful affair. with many present.
Decorations were contributed by
Guide and Miss Helen Temple gathered
many wild flowers to add to the deco
rations.
The excursion given August Is by
the daughters in conjunction with
Lincoln Camp. No. ., was appreciated
by many of The Grand Army Veterans.
A lunch was served on the grounds
after the 2;30 boat arrived.
Burnside Corps. No. 4, w. X. C.,
met August 10 at it's headquarters,
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RUTH ELDER TO SELECT
TRANSPORTING PLANE
Beauty Contest Winner to Hop OFF
From Florida to Detroit
to Inspect Air Machines.
BY the Associated Press.


LAKELAND, Fla, August 20
Ruth Elder. Lakeland beauty contest
winner and stunt flyer. viii hop off
Tuesday for Detroit. where she will
inspect several planes of the trans.
oceanic type with view to acquiring
one for European hop. it was an
rounced tonight by Thomas II. Nc
Ardle, who, with George Haldema n,
local aviator. is backing the trip.
Should plans for European flight
materialize, Miss Elder and Halde.
man will make the trip together, Nc
Ardle said. Haldeman is vetera n
of the World War and has had sew.
eral years experience as an aviator.
Miss Elder has been flying for the
psf two years and for several months
has been in Lakeland.
She was recently voted the most
beautiful girl in a hallrot m costume
At a countrywide beauty show held
here.
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Lieut.. Hull Resigns.

Resignation Of Second Lieut. Leon
&. Hull. Coast Artillery Corps, re.
Gently stationed in the Panama Canal
Zone, has been accepted by the Presi
dent Lieut.. Hull is from Rhode
Island and was graduated from the
Naval Academy before his appoint
ment TO the Army in July, 1924.
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Zon.a Club. There was large at
tendance at the weekly luncheon at
the Raleigh Hotel on Wednesday to
hear one uf the mSmbers. Miss Ma
linda Havey. assistant national iii.
rector Of public health nursing of the
American Red cross. speak on the ar.
ganization for the flood relief in the
Mississippi Valley, The Amer lean Red
Cross was i'm direct charge of this re
lief work with the Army. Navy. Ma
rine Corps. Public Health Service
Rockefeller Foundation and other
agencies cooperating with them
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Mrs. Warner. the latter surviving her
husband for Il few months. Mrs.
Clara True Of Bui inside sang alone
With Me- while Miss NJ. Adelaide
Foster acted as musician for the eve.
ming.
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SPOILERS ARE GIFTS.
Georgia Legislator Presents Th'm
to House Members.

ATLANTA. Angus - CP). - Each
member OF the Georgia flo Iss of Rep
rassntativeS today was presented With
Il g py nj the old blue back" speiler.
The book was Il gi.t ron tspr ont"
tive dams of y wtOn. Sp g airy
engrossed copy vas given t. Gov
H"rlm2n.
The House paused long enough ~
the lam o. the closing d., to adopt
resolution OF thank
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
FATHER OF BOMB
SQUAD" is DEAD;
HAD REAL CAREER
Noted for Foiling Non
Existent "Plots"

George Deitz Barnitz, police spy
and father of the present "bomb
squad" is dead at the age of 81.
He Joined the New York police force
in 1896 and was just an ordinary flat
foot until he developed reputation
among his colleagues as an "expert"
in uncovering bomb plots, most of
them originating in his own fertile
imagination.
Since most of the "plots" failed to
come off, Barnitz conveniently took
credit for having been responsible for
preventing them.
The first official recognition came
to Barnitz when he was deputized to
organize the "bomb squad" by the
late Theodore Roosevelt, who was at
that time police commissioner of New
York.
During the war Barnitz attracted
much public attention to himself by
repeatedly thwarting German "dyna-
hitting plots" details of which were
usually lacking.
More recently he distinguished him
self with the police department by the
brutal attacks on subway workers
during the l. r. 7. strike last summer.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
Americans Smuggle Arms.
Pacific Labor conference.

WUHAN (Hankow), May 28th,
1927. Delayed THE following reso-
luton against imperialist war was
adopted at the trade union conference
of the countries bordering on the
Pacific:
The struggle between the imperial
ist countries, above all between Great
Britain, Japan and the United States
for the hegemony of the Pacific, is
becoming daily more intense. This
struggle must inevitably lead to i'm
perialist wars. The rivalry of the
powers is expressed in the growth of
ornaments, the growth of the air
forces and in the search for new and
more murderous methods of chemical
warfare. The preparations for war
are being carried on parallel with
hypocritical speeches in favor Of
peace and the limitation Of arma-
ments.
The tense situation is made worse
by the fact that the imperialists at
tempt to represent the Soviet Union
hS I6SpOlStDlt lOL liiGli HiiSApA bhAlSSs
The Soviet Union is therefore under
permanent threat Of war. The con-
flictinC interests of the imperialists
are becoming ever sharper and the
war can therefore break out unex-
pectedly. From this arises the urgent
duty of every proletarian and of
every working class organization to
oppose any new imperialist slaugh-
ter, and to counter the imperialist
conspiracy to disturb the peaceful
work of the toiling masses,
The only means of preventing the
imperialist war which is being pre-
pared is to turn this imperialist war
of the races and nationalities, into
a class war. war of the exploited
against the exploiters. The working
men and women of all countries must
fight against their own bourgeoisie
and build up a mighty indestructible
brotherhood over all nationalities and
all countries and set the power of
the workingclass in the place of the
power Of capitalism.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
Especial To DAILY woRKER)

WARSAW, June 9.-Expressing its
sorrow and indignation at the MUIR
der of M. Woikoff, Soviet Minister to
Poland, and denouncing the Pilsudski
dictatorship, which shares with the
imperialist powers and Russian White
Guards, the guilt of the murder, the
Communist Party Of Poland has ad-
dressed the following communication
to the Central Committee Of the ALL
Union Communist Party.
The Central Committee of the Com
munist Party Of Poland expresses the
sorrow and Indignation of the masses
of revolutionary workers and peas
ants Of Poland at the infamous muir
der of Comrade Voikov, representa-
tive Of the U. S. S. r. in Warsaw.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10

teristic of the work Of the British
government and its vassal organs in
the territory of the Soviet Union.
A certain merchant with n Soviet
passport in the name of Steinberg
was wounded and arrested by a from.
tier guard while illegally crossing the
Finnish border in the summer Of Au-
gust 1925. During the inquest he de-
clared that he was not Steinberg but
a well-known English spy, captain in
the Royal Air Forces named Sidney
George Riley and one of the ex-chief
organizers Of the Lockhart plot. He
had been declared outlawed BY sen.
tence of the court on December 3rd
1918. Riley surther stated that he
came to the USSR for the special
purpose of organizing terroristic at
tempts, arsons, revolts, etc. He stated
further that when he came from
America he saw Churchill, chancellor
of the exchequer of Great Britain
and one of the most responsible min
isters of the British king, who per-
sonally instructed him regarding the
organization Of terroristic acts and
other provocative acts. His written
testimony is in possession Of the gov
ernment.
Riley's testimony was entirely cor
roborated by material seized in fur
ther arrests.
At the end of 1925, organs Of the
All-Union State Political Department
prevented an attempt against Tchu-
bar and Petrovsky. At the same time
an attempt was made against Mess
ing, chief of the Leningrad state po-
litical department, by the son Of Col
onel Truba, a supporter of Petlura,
and commandant at Kharkov in Pet
lura's time, now residing in Warsaw.
This criminal was at one time a men,
Der Of the Communist Youth Union,
which he joined the more easily 70
carry on counter-revolutionar white
terror He belonged to the same group
as the counter-revolutionaries wha
prepared the murder Of Tchubar.
chsirnan Of the council Of Peoples
Commissaries of the Ukrainian Sow
let Socialist Republic and Petrovsky,
chairman Of the Central Executive
Committee Of the USSR and the All
Uluainian Central Executive Com
mittec.
Attempt on Bukharin's Life.
At that same time was arrested
formerly a volunteer of
Denikin's army, who tried through the
Union Of Communist Youth to Join
the Communist Party and prepare a
revolt against representatives of the
Soviet power and the Ukrainian Sow
let Socialist Republic. On March 12.
1927 an attempt was being prepared
in the big (Bolshoy) Theatre against
Bukharin during his report on the oc-
sasion Of the anniversary Of the Feb
ruary Revolution and it was by mere
,hance that Bukharin was not killed.
Later this same person, who was a
son Of the merchant, Gurevitch, and
formerly chief of the bourgeois Bov
Scout militia prepared an attempt
Continued on Page Three)
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
CAPTURED BRITISH SPY CONFESSES
PLAN TO MURDER SOVIET OFFICIALS
Polish Communists Blame Pilsuds1i Terror for
Assassination of WOikOff
Huge Demonstrations Against Imperialists Held
in Moscow and Leningrad

WARSAW, June SIN press interview a prOmi-
men left wing labor member of the Polish Sejm stated
today that WOikOffs murder directed by British
hands with the assistance of the second department of
the general staff of the Polish army and is but pre-
ude to being prepared by Pisudsky under British
guidance.
The murder will be followed by raids of white guard
ist bandits organized by the Polish general staff on
Soviet territory direct hostilites against the Soviet
Union.
Russian mOnarchists have long enjoyed the hospi-
taty of Poland where they maintained with English
money under masks of members of administration or
workers employed in Beloved Forests leased to an Eng
lsh firm and have notably increased their activity
since the accession to power of Pilsudsky who now,
with sixty million dollar loan contracted with EngIands
assistance is Systematically preparing against the
Soviet Union.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
Carpenters Council
Refuses Aid to Fur
Workers, Plumbers

The Carpenters District Council
meeting Wednesday evening at 130
Madison Ave-, refused to go on record
in favor of the striking plumbers of
Brooklyn or in opposition to the bru-
tality of the industrial squad against
the fur workers.
When Irving Steinberg, delegate of
Local 2725, carpenters union, sug-
gested that the council protest to the
mayor about the beatings of the strik-
ing furriers, Charles George, presi-
dent, who was presiding, ruled him
out of order. Many of the reaction
airy delegates shouted "get off the
floor. We have nothing to do with
the furriers."
Official For Plumber Bosses.
A communication from Plumbers
Local l, Brooklyn, asking for assis-
tance in their strike was criticized by
John Hallkett, president of the Build
ing Trades Council who charged that
"the plumbers broke their agreement
with their bosses and we cannot
therefore support them. Another
thing, We must keep our record clean
so when we appear before the car
penter bosses they will have no reason
to find fault with u.s."
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
BACKS ANTLUSSR MURDERS, ARSON
Aaron Gross Slashed; In Grave Danger
JOIN THE FIVE HUNDRED

appeal flor
o he
line
or h
In Hundred
in the ranks o he Hundred
WORKER MANAGEMENT
The daily worker., 1927-06-10

That the British die-hard govern
inent has carried on a campaign oi
espionage and terrorism within the
Soviet Union and has actually en-
couraged anti-Soviet revolts and
Wholesale terrorism was pointed out
in the communique.
Churchill Instigated Revolt.
Winston Churchill, chancellor of the
exchequer in the British Tory cabinet
personally encouraged English spies
operating in the Soviet Union to car
ry on a terrorist campaign, accord
ing to the testimony of George Riley,
a captured spy, the communique
states.
Despite the denials frequently made
by the British die-hards, evidence sub
mitted in the communique clearly
points to wholesale espionage and
violence carried on by Britain within
the borders of the Soviet Union.
Text of COmmunique.
NJ. Woikoff, Soviet plenipotentiary
representative TO the Polish Republic,
has been murdered in Warsaw This
act which reflects the actual interna-
tional situation of the world empha-
sizes still more the criminal policy
of the reactionary forces which are
striving to wreck the cause Of peace.
Woikoff's murder is link in the
chain Of events which taken together,
mean an ever-growing menace TO
peace. This menace is becoming ever
more real in spite of the utmost eff
forts of the government of the USSR
to preserve peace.
In connection with Woikoff's Grim
inal murder, which followed \ whole
series of direct and indirect attacks
on the part of the British government
on USSR institutions abroad, and the
rupture by Great Britain Of diploma
tice relations with the USSR, the
deems it necessary actu-
ally TO make public number Of cther
facts which are sufficiently charac-
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
RIGHT WING Chief
DIRECTS ATTEMPT
TO KILL FURRIER
Lies at Point of Death
In Bellevue Hospital

Aaron Gross, one of the leaders of
the furriers' strike who was expelled
from the office of International vice
president by the right wing last jan
uary is now in Bellevue Hospital in a
critical condition as a result of be-
ing ambushed by gang of right
wing thugs and stabbed in the neck
yesterday morning.
The attempted assassination was
made under the direct supervision of
Isaac Walter, executive board mem
Der Of the newly formed scab union,
Local 105, which the right wing is
'industriously trying to terrorize the
workers into joining. 1t will be hard
for the reactionary right wingers to
avoid the responsibility for the death
of Gross, if, as very well might hap
pen, he should not survive the wounds
inflicted by his assailants.
After being assaulted, Gross was
Immediately rushed to the hospital
where doctors worked over him for
more than three hours before they
were able to stop the flow of blood.
According to the physicians the loss
of blood is one of the greatest dan
gers that faces Gross at the present
time. When they heard of it, many
flrriers offered to assist in a blood
TRANSMISSION to save Gross life.
Attack Pre-arranged.
According to eye-witnesses the at
tack on Gross was pre-arranged. Sew
eral minutes previous more than 20
of the right wing gangsters were con
gregated on the corner of Seventh
Ave. and 9th St., in conversation
with several policemen. This made
many Of the strikers Immediately
because none of the strik-
Continued on Page FiUe)
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
$4,000 Rifles IncIuded
In Nicaraguan Grab by
United States Marines

WASHINGTON, June 9.-over
$4,000 rifles, several hundred ma
chine guns and field pieces, and
several millions of rounds Of am
munition were confiscated by U.
S. marines from the army OF the
constitutional government of Mica
ragua, which has now been driven
into exile in order to make safe the
rule Of Wall Streets man, Diaz.
This was contained in the report
to the state department by Ad-
miral ]. L. Latimer, commanding
the American forces.
Ten dollars each for the price
paid for the confiscated rifles, but
since no expense account was at
tached to Latimer's report it is
doubtful where the money went to.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
British Officials Not
Interested in Brands
Anti War Propositions

LONDON, June 9.-Great Bri-
tain is but lukewarm towards For
eign Minister Brands proposals
for "no more war" treaties. Off
cials stated that such treaty
would have no immediate effect.
Great Britain feels secure, they
say, behind her navy, and is con-
cerned, not with outlawing war,
but in reducing by means of EARNS
conferences" the danger to Eng
lish shipping from submarines and
cruisers wheh the ms table strdg-
gle for mastery reaches the mill
tary stage. The BRAND plan is
likewise considered merely a man
euver by the French to consolidate
a few alliances necessarily against
England.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
POLICE BEAT UP
PLUMBER HELPER
PICKET IN CONEY
Spectators Horrified at
Brutality

Five workers, members of the
plumbers helpers union, were ar
'sted yesterday when they were
<eting on 29th St., Coney Island
>f them, Thomas Russo, was SO
beaten that spectators pro
the police against the brutal
I given to the worker.
orkers were picketing Sam
III St., between Mermaid and
Ave-, when two policemen
on the scene. Giving chase
tSers they threw their clubs
dipping up Russo, who they
tEnded without showing any
hey also arrested four other
3, all of them being released
$500 bail each. Their case will
up this morning in the Coney
and magistrates court. Joseph r.
Drodsky is the attorney.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
POLISH WORKERS BLAME PILSUDSKI;
U. S. S. R. WORKERS DEMONSTRATE
Score Pilsudski

Voykov's murder is the first step
Of the war against the U. S. S. r.
which is being systematically pre-
pared by Britain and Pilsudski's Pol
land. The fascist government Of Pol
land is openly encouraging White
Guardist cliques, according them hos
pitality and every support. All SYM
pathies of the workers and peasants
of Poland are on the side of the u. S.
s. R. against our own and foreign inn
perialist murderers. The Central Com
mittee of the Communist Party Of
Poland, on behalf Of the party, as
sures the toilers Of the U. S. s. r. the
Great All-Union Communist Party and
its leaders that the criminal act in
Warsaw will increase in the prole-
Continued on Page Tsoo)
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
Lindbergh Eager to
Fly From Capitol,
He Cables Tammany

Lindbergh, the flyer, may mess up
the well-ordered arrangements for his
official welcome to the city on Mon
day.
He has just sent radio message to
Grover A. Whalen, chief of the city's
reception committee, telling him that
he doesn't think it advisable to ship
his plane from Washington by train.
~Crowd can be avoided by not pub
fishing time or place of landing" he
suggests.
Between 5000 and 10000 police
men, the largest number ever required
for any kind of demonstration, will
be assigned to parade duty on Mon
day, according to Police Commissioner
Warren.
Scramble For Glory.
Upon the suggestion Of Mayor
Walker the board of education voted
to give the school children of the city
holiday on Monday in honor of
Lindbergh.
Meanwhile, various groups were
getting ready to take their share of
the glory-Tammany politicians in
charge Of the city's destinies, and
military officials eager to utilize the
opportunity for jingo propaganda.
And incidentally, hotels, restaurants
and amusement places.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
Important Party Meet
Tomorrow Morning at
10 a. M; Must Attend!

All members of the Workers
(Communist) Party must attend
the special membership meeting
tomorrow, 10 a. M, at Manhattan
Lyceum, 66 East Fourth st.
Immediate action must be taken
on one of the most important
problems facing the party. The
District Executive Committee calls
upon all members to be present.
Also be on time.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
.Gangsters Who Shot
CIOakmaker Picket
Freed By the Judge

The case against the three gum
men who shot Samuel Cohen, cloak
maker picket, several months ago,
was thrown out Of court yesterday
by Judge Marqueen in Generale Ses-
sions. This was an amazing proceed
ure as the case against the three
gangsters was a strong one, con-
elusive proof being given Of their
shooting Of Cohen in the left leg.
The three gangsters are Max Richter,
Max Friedman and A. Goldman.
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
Police Lose Clews to Murder.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June o.
The only possible tangible clue pre-
sented thus far in the murder Of Mrs.
Mary Arnold and her brother, John
Lyons, in their Ossining home, van
ished this afternoon when an investi-
cation revealed that an axe, found
near the murder spot, was not the
one with which the slain pairs bot
les were mutilated after they had
haap ehot and killed
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
(special no The DAILY WORKER. }

MOSCOW, June 9-The murder Of NJ Woikoff, Min
lister Poland the bomb outrage Lengrad the
ton of Chief Opansy of the state political police merely
the most outstanding episodes of vicious campaign of
and terrorism that being carried thruout the Soviet Unor
by White Guardss at the nstgaton of British mperiasts
states official government comrnunque issued Loday
The daily worker., 1927-06-10
CurYpntEUentJ
By T. J. o'FLAHERrY.

TIE dSSdSblndIlOu OF bIlS OONlSb INN
lister to Warsaw may be considered
an accident, but it is nothing of that
kind. 1t is part of the conspiracy
against the government of the Soviet
Union. 1t is more than coincidence
that just when the Soviet envoy to
Poland was murdered a Russian rail-
way carriage conveying Polish spy
10 the Polish border was blown up.
British Imperialism is desperate and
stops at nothing. Assassination is
one of the weapons that Britain uses
against their enemies.
THE Polish government is making a
pretense of apprehending the mur-
derers of the Soviet envoy. But all
this fuss will end up like the Swiss
Incident. The murderer will be con-
sidered a hero and a big-hearted
Judge will turn him loose or impose
q light sentence on him. Theodore
Roosevelt said that the constitution
meant nothing among friends. The
same thing can be said about the law.
EIELD Marshall Earl Haig must be
l in the Winston Churchill caucus.
He is Scotchman, but then, so is al
most everybody else in high places
in England unless he is an Irishman.
The Field Marshall has been blowing
his horn a little about the world war.
He claims that England did the win
ming. This is a voice from the
Fascist forest. It is a blast from the
faction Of the British ruling class
that has a bone to pick with Ameri-
can imperialism and several bones
with the workingclass.
MR.. Arthur Sapp of Huntington, In
INDIANA, was elected president of the
Rotary international. We just thot
he could not lose. And after he was
elected Sapp justified the honor by
the following comment: II feel that
the highest international honor has
been conferred upon me. The Ostend
convention is the greatest ever held
up to date, but we hope that next
years viii be even better. expect
to push the rotary movement, partic-
ularly in Germany" What more
could Sapp say?
THE Irish voters went to the polls
yesterday to cast their ballots for
the various parties contesting the
election. The fact that no serious
incidents occurred was considered a
piece of news. Tho Ireland is not
Chicago, sometimes there are acci-
dents during elections. That is not
the most important feature of the
situation. 1t is the political lineup.
THERE is only one wor1Singclass
4 party in the field and the proletar-
ian virility of that party is rather
anaemic. 1t calls itself a Labor
Party, but is sick from an excess of
respectability. It is an Opposition"
party. 1t stands up in parliament
and criticises the government, but be-
lieves in the system, in fashion.