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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-26
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first class politicians will insist on
hankering for a life of incidence in
a gaudily accoutred garnet there to
recite selected poems by Omar
Khayam.
DE that as it may the serious side of
- life must be given attention and
here we shall pick up sword and
shield to defend our secretary of La
Dor James j. Davis, who was grossly
misrepresented by Washington
correspondent in story that pictured
Mr.. Davis in the role of anti-fascist.
1t seems that naturalization ex-
aminer in Baltimore rejected the APP
plications for citizenship of several
Italians who admitted membership in
the Fascist Alliance Of North Amer
lea. Davis was alleged to have en-
dorsed the action of the federal of
ficial and went on to say that the
government would investigate the
fascist movement and suggested de-
portation for immigrants who had
taken the oath of loyalty to the fas-
cist government of Italy. He even
went so far as to put the fascists on
the same level with the Communists
according to the Washington dis
patch.
THIS was enough to make every
Moose in the Loyal Order below
his CUTS out. We do not know what
actually happened, whether Davis in
one Of his alleged periods of COM
parative responsibility gave out the
alleged interview and was repri-
manded by the Italian ambassador,
by Calvin Coolidge or by the House
of Morgan or whether the corre-
spondent invented the alleged inter-
view. However, Davis disavowed the
story and the United States is still
safe for Fascism.
A.
A CLOWN in -Slavia-not
"A member CT the government but
circus performer-cracked some Jokes
at the expense. of Mussolini. The
Italian ambassador lodged protest
with the government and the circus
was ordered to move on. A Swedish
RADICAL wrote an Indictment of the
Fascist regime in Italy and he was
prosecuted, but the miscreant was
acquitted by a jury. Do our capital
list scribes characterize this conduct
IF Mussolini as Interference in the
affairs of other countries? Oh, no!
But when the Communist Interna-
tional issues a statement for the
benefit of the workers Of all lands on
some question affecting their in
terests, every capitalist scribbler on
a payroll Immediately demands an
apology from the Soviet Government.
There is a reason" as a universally
known vendor Of breakfast food used
to say. Fascism stands for capitalism
and wage slavery. Communism
stands for emancipated labor and the
cooperative commonwealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
TRY PAN-AMER|CAN
TRADE PROMOTION
Unions Governing Board
Plans for Committee Asked
by Recent Conference.

? The first step in carrying into effect
) the resolutions of the third PanAmeri-
! can Commercial Conference, which met
! at washington in May, was taken yes
! terday when the governing board of
!. the Pan-American Union acted on the
: resolution Of the Commercial Confer
$ ence relating to the appointment OF
: special committee to consider the sim
. MITIGATION and standardization of con-
: sular procedure in interAmerican
. trade. In the opinion of all the dele
; gates to the recent conference one OF
. the chief needs in facilitating trade
: between the American republics is
! simplicity and uniformity in the pro-
{ cedlIre and requirements in exporting
!. and importing.
Resolution Outlined.
Under the resolution adopted by the
! governing board the governments of
the American republics will be asked
: to appoint a member of their consular
! service or one of their commercial at
, taches in the United States to serve
on a special committee to consider the
; simplification of consular procedure.
The exact time of meeting of the COM
! mittee will be determined by the chair
man of the governing board.
; At Yesterdays meeting the chair
I han also submitted to the members OF
The board the conclusions of the Inter
: American Commission on Commercial
Aviation, which met at Washington
during May. For the purpose of for
i mulating a project of convention on
= III, regulation of air navigation be-
Z tween the American republics the
: chairman was authorized to appoint
= special committee composed of mem
hers of the board. The draft conVen-
ton formulated by this special COM
mittee will be submitted to the board
a. the first meeting in the Fall.
Consulting Architect Engaged.
The members Of the board also were
Informed that the services Of con-
sulting architect had been engaged to
. go to the Dominican Republic to make
! investigations and studies of sites for
; the proposed lighthouse to Columbus.
: Albert Kelsey Of Philadelphia will &C
! company the Minister of the Domini-
: can Republic, who sails for Santo
: Domingo City Thursday. Mr.. Kelsey
> will submit to the special committee
: of the governing board. which has
) been designated to handle this prof.
> ect. a report recommending site and
: outlining the terms of an international
, competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
STRANDED CIRCUS GETS
RELIEF FROM BENEFITS
Fairmont, Mimi, Citizens Assist
Hungry Animals and Workmen
With $1,000 Fund.
By the Associated Press.

FAIRMONT, Mimi, June Fair
mont citizens, stirred by the plain
tive walls of the hungry animals and
workmen, have responded to the en-
treaties of a stranded circus troupe
here to the extent Of approximately
$1,000 at two benefit performances.
The chief benefciaries Of the bene-
fit show, proposed as a means or
stilIing the hungry cries of the wild
animals and getting the broke per
formers and workmen back to their
homes, will be about 100 workmen
attached to the show.
When the Crook & Cole circus
went broke here last week, most
of the performers, whose pay checks
had not been forthcoming, since the
show started out on its Inflated trek
from Omaha, wired to friends or rel
atives for funds. Most of them were
successful, but the majority Of the
workers had no such financial relief
to fall back upon.
L. F. Crook, manager OF the show
and one of its owners, said that most
of the equipment would be stored at
Fairmont until the tangled affairs or
sthe enterprise can be unraveled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
BRITISH DRINKERS SPEND
NINTH OF PAY ON LIQUOR
More Beer Than Milk Is Consumed
in That Country, According
to Statistics.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
i. LONDON, June 4.-Great Britain
: drinks more beer than milk.
= George B. Wilson, in the Observer,
. states that Britain drank at least
$50. 900 900 gallons of beer in 1926,
while only about 700.000,000 gallons
= of milk were consumed.
: He estimates that 20 per cent of
Great Britain's alcoholic drink bill for
1926 was paid by the 20,000,000 non
abstaining adults with an income of
less than f200 a year, and, granting
the accuracy of these estimates, these
workers paid six weeks of their years
collective earnings for alcoholic drink.
The government salvaged about
1929 100000 in liquor duties out of
the total national drink bill of f301,-
900, 900. This bill is only 100000
less than the annual interest account
on the national debt
New Britain herald., 1927-04-06

fBy Pacific & Atlantic)
Mrs. c. Dietrich in San Fran
cisco thought a mother earth
quake was in progress when this
big tank car tore into her house.
Mrs. Dietrich was placidly knit
ting in front room when she
heard a terrible boom and crash.
She dropped her knitting and ran
to street, 90, it's only tank
car she said, breathing a sigh
of relief.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-06
(By Pacific & Atlantic)

(By Pacific & Atlantic)
Judging by that grin, Johnny
Mostil has forgotten his desire
to commit suicide. It's first pic
ture of White Sox player, who
attempted to end life, after he
left hospital. Johnny is fondling
the old willow to see if he's still
in form.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-06

Closely pursued by Mexican federal troops the Staying of Edgar
NJ wilkins (above American ten days three members Of
the bandit which killed Wilkins reported slain in dis
patches from Guadaaaa Mexico Other the band
captured by fdeas placed custody officials at
Guadalajara Wilkins a electrical engineer
Copyright: 1929 Pacific Atlantic Photos, lne)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
Berkey & Gay Dining Sui
ms pired by the Jacobean Style of O
Ten Charming Pieces, 1895

LIERE indeed dining outstanding Brey
II handsome pieces inspired by the majesty and charm Of Shkpeares
Rich
hneared pane the meoke exactude of the oug and f hand
painted decoration Of the china worthy careful $685.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

"outs" on Capitol Hill want
'probed."
They can force all the probes"
they like, too, this coming winter,
in the senate at least Helped by
the progressives, who are outs
also, in their way. they'll have a
majority there.
The next Fall-Sinclair trial will
be no semi-perfunctory affair, such
as were previous trials growing out
of the government scandals of
1924.
1t will be the real thing.
However, the thought of that
trial, as performance" pales into
insignificance in comparison with
the thought of the spectacle that
long delayed bomb will furnish, if
it bursts on top of the, next presi-
Dental campaign as it was timed
to burst, but didn't on top OF the
campaign four years ago.
That is, if the public really is
stirred up this time, as per calcula.
ton
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

it may be, of improving on the eX-
pl0sion.
The Burns Detective Agency! =
that's one of the outfits there's a
strong demand to have investigated
Is it fair guess that the per
sistency with which this agency
has been caught with its eye at the
keyhole, in connection with the four
years history of the justice depart
ment and oil scandals, had some
thing to do with the public's, resort
ment following the exposure CT its
operatives as spies on this latest
of Fall-Sinclair juries?
At any rate-the Burns Detective
Agency (William ]. Burns held a
justice department job in Harry
Daugherty's day. - the govern
ments prosecution of the oil and
justice department case twas it a
botch job?)-why wasn't the Fall.
Sinclair jury locked up, so it
couldn't be tempered with?
These are some of the things the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
New Program Will Place
1881 Miles Under Control

I traffic flow, is the arrangement of
| loops by which the highways for
through traffic will skirt the edges
of congested centers. Investigations
have shown that the shunting of
through traffic through an already
crowded city is not only a delay
ito the travellers, but an irritation
and expense to the city itself. Con-
struction of these "by-passes."
which will speed the journey and
spare the city, is therefore justified
/ in financial as well as in other
respects.
I The Crescent boulevard, already
in operation, although not entirely
completed, is an illustration Of this
form of CONSTRUCTION, carrying
vehicles from the South around the
crowded Camden and Gloucester
districts, directly to the Delaware
River Bridge. Other municipalities
where the glut of traffic makes
similar tactics advisable, according
to the commission, are New Bruins
wick, South Amboy, Paterson.
Morristown, Trenton, Bridgeton,
! Plainfield and Asbury Park; and
the new program includes loops
around these centers. In both north
ern and southern sections of the
State plans for the shortening and
Strengthening of routes, the i'm
provement of paving, the construc-
[, ton or reconstruction of necessary
bridges, have been arranged with
an eye to efficiency of operation.
When the ensuing five years of
highway building are completed
New Jersey will take prominent
place among the States with a
sufficiency of modern routes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

(From the Philadelphia Record)
New Jersey is to be congratulated
on the wisdom of her voters III
giving their assent to the proposed
$50, 100000 highway bond issue laid
before them at the recent election.
Assurance that the money Will pc
forthcoming makes possible the full
completion of construction plans
formulated by the State Commas
sion last spring. At that time the
Legislature appropriated funds, OF
which the bond issue will be a part,
for a five-year period of construc-
ton throughout the State, costs OF
which will run over S164, O00,00O.
A very forward-looking program,
indeed, is that promulgated by
Major w G. Sloan, State Highway
Engineer, which takes into account
the connecting-link quality of the
State as well as its developing
centers, and it is designed to care
for prospective traffic needs for
the next 20 years.
When completed, the new pro-
gram will place a total of 1881
highway miles under State control.
Some OF these will be new routes,
driven through unopened territory,
but the great majority will be built
up from roads already in existence,
although in unimproved form. Two
main factors noticed in the traffic
flow in New Jersey are the need
for connecting interstate points
with cities in adjoining States, and
the demand for plentiful and direct
routes to those seashore resorts
which flourish in the State in
great profusion. A most interesting
feature of the projected construc-
ton, based on modern estimates of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
IMPORTANT DATE.

The Suburban Woman depends
upon Matty, a good-natured colored
woman, to give her apartment a
thorough cleaning and busting ev-
cry Friday. Last week she was to
give a party on Monday night, so
she arranged with Matty u come
on that morning and assist Win the
extra work. Early Monday morn
ing the telephone rang, and it was
Matty, who announced: You'll
sho have to postpone yo' party, Mis-
Roberts, cause NAH mans done got
fired an it's goin' to be the onliest
time we got to go to the movies
together"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
AN EXPERT

1t was obvious that the woman
was in a very bad temper. She
walked into the taxidermist's shop
and slammed a box containing a
stuffed parrot on the counter.
Il hope there's nothing wrong?''
ventured the man behind the coun.
ter, with a wary eye upon his ~
toner.
There is" snapped the woman.
Nov, here's my poor polly, that
you stuffed only six weeks ago, with
all her feathers coming out. What
have you to say to that"
The man suddenly had a bright
idea.
Madam" he replied, st is but
the triumph of art. We stuff 'em
so natural that they moult at y
time Of the year!"
Ok
He-They say the referee of the
Dempsey-Tunney fight is a Saliva
ton Army worker.
She-How's that?
He-he believes that man may
be down but never out.-Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
Excuse Needed

A parson in a little Colorado
town was having his daily shave at
the hands of an old colored barber
The negro had been good and
drunk the night before, and the par.
son knew it, but hated to have any
other barber touch his face. After
two or three minor hicks the barber
at last took a generous slice out OF
the preachers ear whereupon the
latter could contain himself no
longer.
You see, John. that's what
comes of drinking too much
whiskey."
"Yassah, OATS fac, sab. Use
heerd drinkin' makes de skin
pow'ful tendah."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
Work Starts
In 80 Days On
New Bridge
TacOny-Palmyra Span Can Be
Built In Two Years,
Engineers Say
COST S4,692,650-First
YEARS INCOME $415, 900
Double Leaf Bascule Span
With 250-Foot Width Be-
tween Piers-AccommOdate
1,110,0O0 Vehicles

The proposed Tacony-Palmyra
bridge can be completed in two
years after the actual beginning of
the work and will accommodate at
least 100000 vehicles in it's first
year of operation according to a
preliminary report submitted to the
company sponsoring the project by
Modjeski, Masters & Chase, con-
! sulting engineers. Executives of the
TaconyPaimyra Bridge Company
have announced that the bridge
construction will get under way
within the next thirty days.
The bridge will cost $4,692,650,
the engineers estimate, OF which
, $3,827 600 will be the outlay for the
main bridge and approaches, in
Guiding engineering and contingent
cieS, and the balance for real estate
financing, interest and expense
charges.
The engineers figured the posi-
bic gross income for the first year
at not less than $4,000, with in
come from bus and foot passengers
and tolls averaging 355 cents a
vehicle.
Description of Bridge
The bridge design approved by
| the war Department, the engineers
report says, provides a structure ga
| feet above the mean high water at
| the center OF the main span. This
span, $40 feet in length, will have a
clear opening Of $40 feet between
piers. 1t is f1anked on the east, over
/ the future location of the deepened
channel of the river, by double
leaf bascule bridge span with $50
foot width between piers.
When the bascule is open, there
will be 240 feet width in the chan
mel between tenders at right angles
to the axis Of the channel, and I'M
limited vertical clearance. The re-
mainder of the bridge, between
bulklines, will consist of six spans
of about $50 feet, three on each
side of the river.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
Time to Hide.

A Missouri editor is in hiding
since he published the following
tribute to local society woman:
She has always had NANCY
friends. "-America's Humor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

Now that Calvin Coolidge is back
on the job, those Western cowboys
can go back to ice cream cones and
silk ajamas.-Colliers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09


Congress meets next month. Sen
ators and representatives already
are arriving in Washington. They
sensed, overnight, the change in
public sentiment.
'rhe national Legislature assem-
bles Dec. 5. The Second Fall-Sin-
clair trial opens Jan. Is. The SEES
sion of congress and the session of
court win parallel one another,
probably for weeks.
Court developments viii be the
theme of constant debate ~ Capitol
Hill.
Is the 1924 bomb just about to 90
off -four years late?-witl an 't-
feet calculated to shake up the 1928
presidential election?
Who knowsl-but you can hear
the clockwork.
Fresh congressional investiga-
tons are in the air-as a means
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

Fortunate are those whose family
jars are kept in the pantry.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

Make your wants Known through
The Pleasantvile Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

Call it a belated awakening OF
the national consciousness
The public is miraeulously inter
ested at last.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
Get Your Servel NOW
This Easy Way

Our special purchase plan makes it
easier than ever to own and pay for
Servel A trifiing fist payment se-
cures complete instailation--even the
modest home budget can readily take
care of the balance over a long term
of months. Come in and let us give
you details.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

may be, of improving ON the ex-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09

These are some of the things the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-09
VISIT THE NEAREST DISPLAY
sERvEL COSTS LITTLE TO RUN

practical design better construction and its
smpfed employing the coolest refrgerant in
household USE very little to operate U.s.
ually less than the monthly ice BILL
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-09
Seattle Notes and Gossip
AIRLINE DAVIDSON ENGLISH, Reporter
Phones; Day, Eliot 1886; Night, East 1888
McFarlin's Haberdashery
In Hands of Creditors

Unable to meet the demands of
creditors McFarlin's Haberdashery,
sol A Jackson Street, closed its doors
Wednesday afternoon. The stock has
been assigned to the Seattle Mer-
chants Association by Oscar H. Nc
Farlin, owner of the store. Coming
to Seattle from Great Falls, Mont,
Mr.. McFarlin opened the hsberdash-
cry store last April, The place made
a creditable appearance and for sew
eral months did an excellent business.
The recent slump in business and un-
seasonable weather caught the store
overstocked in goods which Mr.. Nc
Farlin was unable to sell. Lack of
capital together with lack of knowl-
edge of merchandising forced the
store to close to satisfy the demands
of creditors.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-09
Marine Association
Holds Annual Meeting

The Colored Marine Employees
Benevolent Association met at the
Association headquarters, 513 l-2
Opera Place last Friday in their third
annual session. VIM. Rice, president,
presided. The report of the election
committee showed that Messrs. Harry
r. Duvall, Theo. F. Parker Of San
Francisco and VIM, Tolles received
the highest number of votes respect
lively and were. appointed to fill the
three vacancies on the executive
board. The following officers were
elected for the board VIM. Rice, pres
ident; H. R. Duvall, secretary and
treasurer. Seattle office; James
Roston, assistant secretary and Theo.
F. Parker, secretary-treasurer of San
Francisco office. Mr.. Duvalls fl
nancial report showed that members
had received during the last six
months $241.16 sick benefit and
$4,000 death benefit. One of the
actions Of the board was the APPROX
ration of a fund for a memorial to
the late Lieut.. j. A. Roston, organi-
ger Of the Association. Both Mr..
Duvall and Mr.. Parker spoke of the
splendid cooperation of the officials
Of the Pacific Steamship Company in
helping to maintain their high stan
dard Of service. Mr.. Parker will re-
turn via S. S. Emma Alexander Sat
urday for his home in San Francisco.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-09
Mt. Rainier Chapter
Elects Officers

Changing their meeting place to
the Masonic Hall proved unsatisfac-
tory to members of Mt. Rainier Chap
ter Order of Eastern Star when they
found the place in unsanitary ccndi-
ton, Monday night. Several mem
hers of the chapter became i'll from a
disagreeable odor permeating the
hall. The annual election of officers
resulted as follows: Ida Rounds,
Worthy Matron; Georgia Lynch, As
sociate Matron; Octavia Norris, Trea-
surer; Elizabeth Hipsher, Secretary;
Agnes Stokes, Conductress; Della
Lusk, Associate Conductress; Earl
George, Patron.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-09
First Snow Storm of
Winter in Seattle

Snow was falling heavily Friday
morning in Seattle. Three inches had
fallen by 10 o'clock. This is heavier
than any snow since the early winter
of 1925. The first freeze weather
of the season hit Seattle officially
Tuesday night. Citizens. however,
had found sheathing of light ice and
frost Tuesday morning which hung
on all day. 1t looks as though Seattle
will have a white Christmas.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-09
George Savage Had
Just One Shot

George Savage took just one shot
of high powered Jackson st. bootleg
whisky, according to his testimony,
but that one shot was the cats
whisker.
Walking up to a Jackson St. police
officer, Savage squared himself off
and told the officer that he wanted
him to draw blood.
Well, after he had revived in the
police station Sunday morning he
had a faint recollection of stars,
planets and other heavenly bodies
and the judge let him down with the
minimum punishment.
81 hope / don't get hold of any
more liquor like that" said Savage
as he went out the door.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-09

Mt. Rainier Chapter No. 1 o. f. S.
wishes to thank the general public
for helping to make their annual
'two-night Bazaar grand success on
November 18th and 10th past. The
lunch set was awarded to Mr.. Fred
Sexias. The prizes for those selling
tickets were awarded as follows: Mrs.
Ella Brown, first nrize; Mrs. Annie
CASTOR, second prize; Mrs. Octava
N,rris, third prize; Mrs. Georgia
Lynch, fourth prize; Mrs. Mary E.
Simons, fifth prize.