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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
K. C. EVENING SCHOOL
REOPENS TOMORROW
Public Lecture Course to Be Con-
Quoted by DR.. Ignatius
Smith.

Classes will be resumed i'm the
. knights of Columbus Evening school
tomorrow evening. Among the new
courses TO be given is a public lee
ture course by Very Rev DIR. Ignatius
Smith of the Catholic University on
the development OF modern philos-
ophy. New courses are also to be
given in psychology and political sci
ence. A new shorthand dictation ella IS
is to be formed Monday night.
Since closing for the HOLIDAYS the
evening school has suffered a severe
loss in the death Of Judge Charles W
Meehan. who had been professor OF
evidence at the school. and who had
also conducted the practice court for
the past three years. A large delega-
'tion from the faculty and the student
body attended Judge Meehans funeral
on Tuesday, December 81.
The freshman law class met during
the past week and formed the Edward
Douglas White Debating Society. II
is preparing for debates and public
discussions every two weeks The Of
ficeTs of the society are: President.
John J. OLeary; vice president. VIII
liam j. Kane. and secretary. Mrs.
Thomas G. Kelleher.
The freshman law class has also
formed q publicity committee, which
is to have charge OF the freshman
number of the student publication.
the Knight Owl The chairman of
the publicity committee is John II.
Fitzpatrick. Other members are
James A. Kelleher, William A. Millen,
Mark s. Robson and Thomas Groom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
MARSHAL PETAlN GETS
PERMIT AS DiSTILLER
Verdun Hero, Noted Vineyard
Owner, Is Officially Asked
If He Served in War.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January Marshal Petain.
hero of Verdun and father of the
phrase They shall not pass" has a
large farm and vineyard near VILE.
neuve- Loubet in the foothills of the
French Alps.
The marshal operates the farm him.
self. In addition to his wines. he is
licensed to make a certain amount of
brandy each year. The other day, ac-
companied by his orderly, both of
them In farming clothes, the marshal
went TO the headquarters of the de.
partment to have his permit as a dis
tiller renewed.
Whats your Nance" the clerk in
qured, beginning to read the series OF
questions always put to the applicant
for a distillers license.
'Petain,'' the applicant said.
Your profession"
Marshal"
did you serve in the war;"
The marshal smiled, then turned to
the orderly and said:
What do you think about 1t? Do
you think / served in the war;"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
FIVE L0DGERS, SLEEPING
ON HOLIDAY, DIE IN BLAZE

By the Associated Press
HANOVER. Mass, January Five
men, several OF them employees of
the Clapp Rubber Co. here. lost
their lives today in fire which de-
stroyed a large boarding house near
the plant.
Four bodies had been taken from
the ruins tonight, but the fifth had
not been found. The origin of the.
fire was undetermined.
The fire started at $40 o'clock this
morning. when several men working
on the night shift at the rubber plant
We're asleep. A few others also had
slept late because of the holiday.
The bodies recovered were unrecog-
nizable. but 1t had been established
that James Wallace, so. an employe
of the rubber company, and Philip
Crushey. l5-year-old grandson Of the
matron of the boarding house, were
among the victims.
A check-up of the rs inmates of
the boarding house was difficult be-
cause many of the men had gone to
Boston for the holiday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
" TOHAvE COURSE /
ON FAMOUS MEN
II Lectures Will Be Given
by Authorities on Subjects
Through Spring.

A course OF IL lectures by we'll
known authorities OH Famous Men
was announced by the y NJ. &. A
College last week as part OF its course
i'm the School of Liberal Arts. These
lectures will he a continuation during
the coming school year OF the lectures
offered during the first semester, Just
passed. on the literature OF the world
The lectures, which are free to the
public, will be held in the auditorium
OF the central Y. NJ. q. A. Building
at 1896 G. street. every Tuesday night
at 1880 o'clock.
The subjects of the lectures and
those who viii deliver them follow
Thomas Jefferson" by Represents
tive Lister Hill of Alabama, February
!: George Washington" by Bert NJ.
Parmenter. Assistant Attorney Gener
al. February S; Adam Smith" by
Huston Thompson, former chairman OF
the Federal Trade Commission, Feb
ruary Is; Abraham Lincoln" by
Representative Henry X. Rathbone
of Illinois. March /; William Wads
worth" by DR.. George Il Woods.
dean of the College of Liberal Arts
OF American University. March s.
James J. Hill" by Il. II. De Groot.
jr.. director. Bureau of Signals ana
Train Control OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission, March 10; walt
Whitman" by Paul Kaufman. head of
the English department OF American
University, March -: Louis Pas.
teur." by DR.. William ]. Showalter
assistant editor. the National Geo
graphic Magazine, March 90: Gen. y
=. Grant" by Col. l. =. Grant. Sci
director of public buildings and pub
lie parks Of the National Capital
April o. Phillips Brooks" by Rev
Dr.. Joseph r. Sizoo. pastor of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. April -. and Dante" by
Rev. DR.. George f.. F'arnham
April 19
The schedule OF classes in the
School of Liberal Arts follows. Chem
istry. Paul Nalaer: economies. Ralph
s. Scott; English. William o. Burtner
psychology. Jesse W Sprowls: public
speaking. DR.. James A. Bell: Spanish
/ Joseph A. Llompart, and mathe
MATES. G.. H. Wiley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
EDUCATIONAL.

ITALIAN SCHOOL OF THE wAsHINGTu.
Club: professor from Italy; beginners an
advanced courses starting with the uev
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
CRAWLS UNDER CANVAS
TO SAVE TRAPPED CATS

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January Under the
huge tarpaulin of Soldiers Field. laid
out under the stands to dry. four
cats. wards of the caretaker. went
a-hunting for mice.
For Two days they prospected be-
meath the canvas. exploring patches
of grass that adhered to the big blan-
ket. Then they decided to return TO
the haunts where milk was set out
for them daily. but they couldn't get
out.
Their news aroused the compass
sion of the caretaker. and he Snaked
his way into the recesseS of the tar
paulin with tiashlight to rescue the
derelicts. Half dozen assistants,
stationed about the canvas directed
the search but dared not venture onto
it for fear of crushing the pets.
Finally one by one, the mousers we're
rescued, after an hour of pursuit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
WIFE SLAIN, TWO
WOMEN WOUNDED
Husband, Jailed in Baltimore
Shooting, Says Reconciliation
Was Baked.
BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. ,IaniIa

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, January l. Roman
r. Hayward. % years old. today shot
and killed his wife Lottie and injured
two other women. Police said Hay
ward had been baked in an attempt
to effect reconciliation with his wife
after a separation of three months.
lie was arrested and charged with
murder
The shooting occurred OH the side
walk in front of the home of Mrs.
Mary Insley. mother of Mrs. Hay
ward, where the young woman had
been staying. Hayward, standing
erect. few PAGES away. poured q
fusillade of SHOTS into his wife's body
after the first had felled her. Stray
bullets entered a nearby apartment,
wounding Mrs. Rita Davis, 20 years
old. and her aunt. Mrs. Maggie BoTish.
Mrs. Davis was shot in the leg and
"a bullet lodged in Mrs. Borish's ankle.
Hayward made no attempt to evade
arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
EGYPT BARS HINDU Mp.
Saklatvala Recently Refused Ad-
mission to United States.

BY Cable to The Star and New York World.
Copyright. 1927
LONDON, January Egyptian
authorities have refused to allow s..
Saklatvala, the Hindu communist
member of PARLIAMENT, to land. He
Is on the way to India after a tussle
with the British foreign Office to get
an Indian visa.
Saklatvala, who was refused ad-
mittance to the United States by
Secretary Kellogg, has issued letter
TO the Egyptian authorities asking
why Tory NJ. P.s are allowed 10 go
to Egypt when he. an advocate of
complete freedom for Egypt. is ex-
cluded.
He suggests the hidden hand of the
British foreign office was influential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
FARM MEDALS VARIED.
Corn Judging to Feature Show at
Fredericksburg, Va.

uary CD.--Gold. silver and bronze
medals will be offered in the farmers
corn judging contest to be held
here January %. as part Of the sixth
annual corn and grain show Of the
Virginia Crop Improvement Assoc!a-
ton. The show will be folS two days,
opening on January 81.
Growers from practically every
county I'm Virginia are expected to
exhibit at the show The competi-
ton will include all forms of grains
raised in the State. A class for corn
entries will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
CROP FIGURES DECLINE.
1926 Maryland Production $685.
$4,000. Against $75.315. 900.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
BALTIMORE, January Mary
land farms produced crops worth
seq. PIG. 900 this year as compared with
S75,315 900 in 1925. according TO re-
port of John s. Dennee. United States
Agriculture Department statistician
for Maryland.
The season was described as Tar
from favorable. The reduction was In
tomatoes and sweet corn for canning
because of the low contract price OF
fered. Orchard crops were larger than
the previous year, but OF less value be.
cause the abunda nee elsewhere held
prices down. The wheat crop had
tho largest WELD of any State east of
the Mississippi. Dennee said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
MUSICIANS PROTEST.
Berlin Unemployed Vigorously
loot. Advertising Plight.

BERLIN, January 1 CP-Notes Of
protest are being issued by the un-
employed instrumentalists Of Berlin
against the continued admission of
foreign musicians.
These notes are not paper affairs,
but comprise mostly resounding
blasts from trumpets. horns and
trombones, blown by the indignant
natives who have formed themselves
into q band which rouses echoes in
the city squares, calling attention to
their plight Placards set forth the
purpose of the vigorous footing.
There are nearly 1000 capable
musicians at present unemployed in
Berlin alone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
FIREMAN Is 81.
Veteran German Fights Flames
With Best of Them.

BERLIN, January Op).-The
little town Of Triberg. in Baden, in the
Black Forest region. boasts the oldest
active fireman In Germany. He IL
Joseph Feiss, and as Il part of the
celebration OF his ninety-first birth
day anniversary Just passed. he re
sponded to an alarm for a small fire
along with the rest of the brigade
many OF them men half a century and
more his Junior.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19
Criminal Syndicalism Law in
California Upheld

members in organization proposing "crime violence
other unlawful acts methods as means of effect
ing industrial political changes revolution"
Yet Burns, the court-with Justice Brandes dissent
ng-held rightly convicted if he secured members
for ian organization of persons organized and assembled
to advocate, teach and abet criminal syndicalsm to
the Industrial Workers of the World" The court fc
that the l. W. w. advocated, taught and aided var
acts of sabotage that plainly within the meanin
that word "as used in the California law 1t rected
of these destructive acts such the driving of
nails into growing trees to kill them the placing Of weed
seeds in fields and the scattering of combustibles to
start fires in grain and to destroy farmers property
Thus the l. W. W. found guilty in the Burns case,
under the California law and Burns held for prison
because of his membership and activity in the l. W. W.
Urged Revolution.
Anita Whitneys conviction defended by the ma
jorty opinion read by Justice Sanford, the ground
that the California law had been directly violated by the
national platform of the Communist Labor Party, and
the defendant failed Immediately to leave the Oak
branch of the party when against her urgent advice,
dorsed the national platform which called for re-
nat society has nothing to fear from reactionary
ence is the belief expressed by the majority in dis
ssng the argument that this law Disseminated against
The radical workers.
"There is no substantial basis for the contention that
the legislature has arbitrarily unreasonably limited
its application to those advocating the Of violent
and unlawful methods to effect changes in industrial
and political conditions decares "here being moth
ing indicating any ground to apprehend that those desr
ing to maintain existing industrial and political condi
tions did or would advocate such methods"
Brandeis, Holmes Agree.
Justice Brandeis and Holmes, agreeing that Miss Whit
ney rightly convicted view of her encouragement
of the w. W. in California, through membership in
the Communist Labor Party disagreed with the ma
jorty opinion that the California law justified in
limiting freedom of speech and assembly.
Fear of serious injury" they said cannot alone jus
tify suppression of free speech and assembly Even
imminent danger cannot justify resort to prohibitions
of these functions essential to effective democracy,
less the evil apprehended is relatively serious The
proposed proletaran revolution, they pointed must
be very long delayed and hence could not be looked
as serious immediate danger to be so drastcally
guarded against.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19
CURRENT EVENTS RyrL oELAHnRr,
now busy chasing Wu-Pei-fu over the
landscape.

now busy chasing Wu-Pei-fu over the
landscape.
NOT having much left in the way of
+" consolation the correspondents are
now hoping that Feng will make an
alliance with Chiang-Kai-Shek. But
he is more likely to connect his axe
with Chiang's neck when he gets
within beheading distance of him.
This would serve Chang right. The
most contemplate of mortals is the
renegade who betrays a glorious cause
and turns on his former comrades.
This is what Chang did at the sug-
gestion and in consideration of the
money of the imperialists, particular
ly Great Britain. Watch the news
from China during the next few days.
y
THE Soviet note of protest against
the illegal raid on its trade dele
cation headquarters in London, is
firm but restrained. 1t reads like the
warning Of strong but peaceful man
to a staggering bully. Great Britain
is asked whether she wants to main
tain trade relations or conduct her
self toward the Soviet government in
a manner befitting a civilized power
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19

sage out of Sharkey? Which will
get the honor-and the heavy money
for fighting Jack Dempsey?
Put this down in your notebook
(but don't bet on it!-you know how
they love to get crooked in this
camel, Sharkey is going to knock
the Irisher for a row of Boston
Beans. Maybe this is baloney, but.
this sports bug is a better prophet
than the weatherman, even If he will
risk opinions on something the other
sport writers are guessing about.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19
Youth Day in Hamburg
BY ALEX MASSER.
Delegate British Young Communist
League)


League
The Hamburg young workers cele-
brated their Youth Days on Easter
Saturday and Sunday, following the
National Congress of the Young Com
munist League held on the three pre-
vious days.
youth Day. Hamburg Easter
Saturday and Sunday, 1917.
Young Workers, Demonstrate on
Youth Days.
against the Rascist Terror.
Against the Monarchist Govern
ment.
against Imperialist War on China.
"For the Victory of the Chinese
Revolution.
For world Workers Unity"
So read the call-and the responsel
Tremendous! Magnificent! Inspiringi
For the young workers of Hamburg
are for the Proletarian Revolution,
they have taken their stand at the
barricades of Revolution twice al
ready; they have suffered in the fire
Of capitalist aggression, of reform
list treachery. They know that for the
workers the only solution to capt.
alist oppression, to Imperialist War,
to the dread decentralization" of in
dustry is not the reformism of the
Noskes and Eberts, brothers of the
British Hodges and MacDonalds. who
have let them down so foully and so
often, but in the dictatorship of the
proletariat.
Everywhere this 1927 Easter-tide
on Hamburg, is breathed the spirit of
revolt; everywhere are to be seen the
uniforms of the Young Front Fight
ers; and every other person is wear
ing the special Youth Day Badge or
other Communist symbol. From Ber-
lin arrives a contigent of over 1000
Young Communists - how smartlv
they marched to the strains of the
"Red Army March"l Every few min
utes, it seems, comes a group swing
ing along, banners waving, singing
their songs of revolt Justify, men,
acingly, in challenging tone. And
ever and anon comes the salute that
is both challenge and greeting, with
clenched fist raised shoulder high,
"Rote Front"l
Comes the time for the Demonstra-
ton in the Hamburg Circus to COM
mence. Inside are over 5000 young
workers, singing to the Music of the
Red Front Bands. Outside are more
than as many again. They do not
push, jostle and crowd; they "fall i'm,
unfurl their banners and march off
to demonstrate in the streets sur
rounding the circus.
Inside the scene is amazing, tier
upon tier the seats are crowded. The
Reds Bands crash out their music, the
limelights play on the standard bear
ers forming crimson background to
the huge stage, surrounding all is a
huge Red Star suspended from the
roof. Suddenly comes silence-com-
plete. The President calls on the
first speaker. In quick succession
the others follow, with short, crisp
telling speeches arousing tremendous
enthusiasm - German, British, Rus
sian-and provoking greatest applause
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19

BY LAURENCE TODD Federated Press)
In two decisions the federal supreme court upheld,
May 49, both the political and the industrial ends of the
California criminal syndcalism law. Miss Charlotte
Anita Whitney, wealthy and educated from the
East who was convicted in Oakland charges that she
belonged to the Communist Labor Party which born
of the schism in the Socialist Party in 1919 lost her
appeal. She is liable to a sentence of from
one to IA years in prison. William Burns laborer con-
viced of membership in the Industrial Workers of the
World, and as an organizer in that militant body of
laborers was held to similar term
Decisions Contradict.
curious illustration of the quirks of the law is found
in the fact that this same day the same supreme
court held that Harold B. Fske convicted of violation
of the Kansas criminal syndicalsm law, had not been
fairly convicted The justices declared in their unan
nous opinion that the l. w. W. preamble, used as evil
dence against Fiske does not suggest chat the indus
trial organization of workers class for the purpose
of getting possession of the machinery Of production and
aboishing the wage system to be accomplished by
other than lawful methods Hence the court decided
that the w. w. preamble not illegal document
teaching, and that Fiske an l. W. w. organizer
could not be convicted this evidence, of enlisting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19

or whether she will continue those re-
lations in the approved manner of the
burglar 1t is almost certain that
Great Britain is disposed to break off
diplomatic relations with Russia. The
visit of the French president and the
French foreign minister has direct
bearing on this matter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19

No use running away from reality.
If you are a young worker or stu
dent, your place is in the Young
Workers League.
National office: lib w. Washing
ton Boulevard, Chicago iii.
New York Office: 10S East 14th
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19
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2AWoRKERs

Of ala chinese comrade. Tremend-
Gus cheers greeted the report Of
the anti-militarist work of the Brit
ish League. Speeches finished, the
Berlin comrades present a revue, a
real gem of workers art in which
Chamberlain and Macdonald are
none to gently dealt with.
But Sunday-Day of Days!
Young Communists, Pioneers, Com
munist Party, Red Front Fighters,
Young Front Fighters, Red Marines
thirty thousand strong they as
semble at the Central Meeting place.
The uniformed Red Front Fighters
have the huge crowd we'll in hand,
there is no confusion, but a military
orderliness. They start off on the
seven miles march to the Stadt Park,
the streets lined with cheering, SYM
pathetic workers. From the windows
hang Red Flags, posters bedeck the
walls, overhead, transversing the
streets are streamers bearing fighting
notices. A diversion-Fascists inn
pudently try to utilise the occasion
for propaganda by leaflets. Speedily
a section of the Red Fighters fall out
and their filthy weapons are torn from
the disciples of Mussolini, who scurry
away, cowed.
The Stadt Park reached, the Cen
trail YCL Committee and the Frat
ernal delegates, who have headed the
demonstration, take the salute.
Heavensl Are they walking in a cir
Gle, this never-ending stream of work
er fighters! But at last, in an hour
and half, the last file has passed,
the 300th banner goes by.
In front of the rostrum, perched
high, bands are massed, ranged around
in great semi-circle are the 800 ban
ners. Splendid! Magnificent
A representative from the YCL
Central Committee mounts the ros-
trum, follow representatives from the
Front Fighters, then an American
Party representative. Cheer upon
cheer follows the Chinese delegate as
he mounts the platform. The bands
strike up, the International is taken
up by the mighty crowd and swells
into a heaven rending challenge to
Imperialist aggression, call to in
ternational unity to the workers.
Then the delegate from the British
YCL, telling of the fight of the Brit
Iish young workers. Excitement reach
es to fever heat when Berlin COM
rade comes to the platform to present
to the British YCL a banner bearing
the device "Better Death than Slav-
cry. Thaelman, Communist member
of the reichstag, exposes the war plans
and wage cutting plots of imperialism.
his challenge is aiken up by the $4,000
voices in a tremendous roar Of as
sent to his call for militant struggle
The speeches finish at last; again
the International! The demonstration
disperses not to the homes yet, but to
witness the football and racing of the
worker sportsmen and later to wit
ness fireworks display.
"Youth Day, Hamburg, Easter Sat-
urday and Sunday, 1927" is overt
But its inspiration lives, it's mes
sage spreads throughout Germany.
The spirit of Youth Day is the spirit
of Revolution, the spirit of the work.
ing class youth, the spirit which is
going to carry them forward in the
fight for Workers Germany.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-19

Dempsey is looking like the Demp-
sey. of old, and that looks bad to any
one who has to fight him. Oh, well,-
what's the difference? The birds
that go out to see them sock, each
other will pay a high price for the
privilege of watching this sport a..