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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
/ 0maIG HaSher'S
Troops ROut the
Kings Soldier
By A. c. wINDLE

CALGARY.-The Kings Crown
was knocked all awry. The famous
Chair of Westminster tottered and
the flag was trampled in the mud
All this on H. Ms end birthday-in
a Calgary hash house.
1t was about 8 p. m. when "inter-
national relations" became strained
and war clouds darkened an hitherto
peaceful horizon. The "Army" was
engaged in a strenuous gastronomic
attack on nice juicy steak. 1t, (the
Army having decisively defeated the
steak in the most brilliant engage
ment that has been fought since the
defence Of Ypres; inquired of the
waitress If she were canadian" or
a "Bohunk."
The Army" was told to tend to its
own affairs. His Majesty's Forces
thereupon severed diplomatic rela-
lions in an unprintable verbal mote. /"
The amazon Artillery" Immediately
retaliated with its heaviest guns--or
was 1t salt shaker? Well anyway
the war was on. Britain's military
supremacy was valiantly (but only
temporarily upheld when cavalry
whip raised a welt across the wait
ress's shoulders.
The Soldier Rar
The soldier Of the King was driven
from the field by a volunteer civilian
corps. IL seemed, however, that the
engagement might be re-opened when
the police arrived But the spectators
were sorely disappointed and oil hope
for the future Of the grand old en-
pire was lost when the "hero" Of this
great epic Of modern warfare beat a
hasty, disorderly retreat down sth
Ave. with the police In hot pursuit.
Devout British patriots wept Bit
terly In an agony Of deepest humilla-
tion when they saw mere constable
Of civic police disarm and take into
captivity this proxial descendant Of
the Iron Dukes--"Ifoni soft aui NAL
z pspss,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
U. S. Attorney General
Asked to Free Carroll

WASHINGTON, Juno 15,--strings
are being pulled again for the release
Of Earl Carroll, New York theatrical
man, who was sentenced 70 serve a
year in Atlanta for his famous "bath-
tub party"
Congressman Sol Bloom Of New
York, James Carroll, the prisoners
brother, and DR.. PeeIer, a friend Of
tho family, attempted 10 persuade
Attorney General Sargent to recon-
mend to Coolidge that he be par
doned 40 chat he could go to a Aapl-
taEium Z,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Gales May Use Troops
To Keep U. 5. Oil Kings
From Illegal Drilling

MEXICO CITY, June 10
Charging that some American oil
companies are drilling in Mexico
without government permission,
the government announced today
thilt if necessary it will use Fed
er i troops to prevent new wells
BEING sunk on lands which are in
dispute under the new oil laws.
Locks have been broken and
work renewed, the government
charges, and announcement is
made Of the dispatch of troops to
guard the wells which have been
ordered closed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Build Air Squadron.
1eeial TO the Daily Worke

NSpeeial TO the Daily Worker).
MOSCOW, June 15.-Collections Of
funds for the air squadron "Our Re-
ply to Chamberlain" are proceeding
actively in all parts of the Soviet
Union.
Worunen turnout the Union are do
mating their wages or working over
time for the purpose Of contributing
TO the construction of the new squa-
dron.
The Leningrad Of Soviet authors
has addressed an appeal to foreign
authors urging them to protest strong
~ against the preparations for a new
world war and an attack against the
Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Boxer's Angel wants Dividend

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June 49,
A jury was selected before Supreme
Court Justice Arthur s. Tompklns,
here today TO try the action brought
by David sher, Of Yonlers, against
Jacob Dodlck, otherwise known as
Jack Bernstein, Yonkers pugilist.
Shor claims he was tho discover
er" Of Bernstein, and that many years
ago verbal agreement was made
between himself and the fighter
whereby no was to receive q portion
Of the bcxer's earningr. 1t IL this
lnapey thRt shsr Ia trying 10 oOllart.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
No Milk for Kids
OF RI TraCkmGn; Too
Poor, Wives Testify

WASHINGTON, (FP) June 49,
What a weekly wage Of $27 to $3l
means in the maintenance Of the
family of railway trackman was
told in vivid terms to the arbitration
board which heard the wage dispute
between the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad and the Brotherhood of
Maintenance Of Way Employees, The
social action department Of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference
has analysed this testimony in a
press bulletin. The witness was Mrs.
Minnie Harm, wife of a trackman
living at Cynthia, Ky.
She showed that for family of
seven the weekly grocery bill was
$50 to $24, leaving so little money
for clothing that she had had no new
dresses for more than a year. The
last one had been made Of 31a yards
Of material at so cents a yard. She
had had no hat in two years.
No Milk For Children.
The children had had no milk in
their diet in these years, and of
course there was no saving for
day of sickness or unemployment.
The company, in its generosity, fur
nished them with section house Of
three rooms.
As low as 20 cents an hour, other
witnesses, called by the company it.
self, said was paid to some groups
Of workers on the road and its sub
salaries. These companies were
non-union, and they arbitrarily fixed
the wages without consideration of
the cost Of living.
The bulletin argues that the show
ing made in this case is a new iusti
fieation of the doctrine of trade
union negotiation and fair living
wage, set forth in Pope Leo XIII's
encyclical on labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Shop Collections.

The workers of the NJ. F. & X.
Leather Shop raised 5000 for the Fur
riers' strike.
The workers Of the Jampol Vest
Company sent 5000 to the Furriers'
Strike Fund. They also pledged them
selves to donate One (S1.OO Dollar
each weekly during the period of the
strike.
The workers of J. J. Bernstein e.
Siegel raised $3.50 which was deliv-
cred to the office Of the Strike Fund
and Relief Committee by Lyman
Berger.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Tromblnicks on the Job.

A group of Trombinicks near
Nitgedaiget "a Trombinick, according
to the definition Of Nitgedaiget, is one
who eats and sleeps near the Camp
but comes to it for it's sociability) de-
cided to donate to the Furriers and
Cloakmakers' Relief, the money which
they save by Trombinieking. The first
installment Of $4,000 was brought IN,
the office of the Joint Defense ara
Relief Committee by Brother zalllird
and Stronwasser with a promise Of
more.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
In Newark Saturday.

On June Is, Saturday afternoon and
evening, Breaking Chains" will be
shown in Kruger's Auditorium, Bel
mont Avenue, near Springfield. The
entire proceeds of the show will go
for the defense. The workers of New
ark are strongly urged to see this
picture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Chi Sends 2 Delegates
To Workers Health Meet

CHICAGO, June Is (FP).-John
Clay Of the laundry drivers and Char
les F. Wills of The Federation News
will be Chicago delegates to the ma
tional labor health conference that
opens in Cleveland June Is under the
auspices Of the Workers Health Blu
reau.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Needle Trade Defense
Another One to Try.

On Sunday, June II, there was a
gathering at the house Of Brother
Cheifitz. Several workers were pres
emit. One thought Of the arrested
Cloakmakers and FurIiers and while
talking they decided to raise some
money for the Defense. Someone
found a flower in his pocket, which he
had purchased at an affair the night
before. This was auctioned off and
brought in $500, which, say We, is
not making a bad use of flowers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Breaking Chains" in Paterson.

The workers of Paterson will have
an opportunity to see the famous pic
ture, Breaking Chains" on Friday
night, June II, at Public School No.
6, Cornell St., corner Hamilton Ave.
Breaking Chains" was shown in
New York and had the approval of
the press and public. It is a striking
portrayal Of the life of the workers
and peasants in the Soviet Union. No
worker should miss seeing Breaking
Chains" The entire proceeds viii 20
for the defense of the arrested fur
riers and cloakmakers.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
PeOnage Linked With
Texas FlOggings; Alan
Beats Six in Georgia

TOCCA, Ca, June Is. - Six resi-
dents, three Ct them women, have
been brutally beaten within an inch
Of their lives by members Of the Ku
Klux Khan.
One Of them, Mrs. Ansley Bowers,
was taken from her home to an lonely
wooded spot Sunday morning and al
most flayed alive with whips. Four
men have been arrested, charged with
participating in the beating.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
Peonage Leads 10 Flogging.

MARSHALL, Texas, June IA
tenant farmer, w. E. Straps, and his
wife, who were almost beaten TO death
by five masked men last Wednesday,
were discovered by State Troopers
yesterday.
The flogging is closely connected
with the widespread system Of peon-
age that Is prevalent here. Federal
authorities are beginning an investi-
cation Of the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
ChaIiapin Still Citizen.

MOSCOW, June 15.-Official de-
NAL was made today of reports that
Feodor Chaliapin has been deprived
of his Russian citizenship.
Sacco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-16
GER MI AN
books

We haze received a linz
tied stock of the folIo1o-
ing titles from Germany,
some of qOhich haze not
appeared IN English.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
ERICH PAUPER" PLANS
CLAIM NEW FORTUNE
special Dispatch 10 The Star.


AUBURN. Me, May 30.-Auburn's
famous wealthy pauper," John Muir
ray, who has been at the city farm
since July. 1925, expects to go to
Massachusetts to claim "a fortune of
a wealthy sister
Murray, who is about 70, was noti,
fed some time ago that he had
money The amount is not known
here. but it was left as 4 trust fund
and the income will keep him in com
fort for the remainder Of his days.
Incidently ii will mean that the city
of Auburn will be reimbursed for at
least $40 for lodging at the rate of
SlJ a week at the city farm from No
Vember I6 last. when the sister died.
Murray was destitute and apparent
ly without any one to help him when
he was first taken to the farm two
wears ago, and the notification from
Massa chusetts that he had fallen heir
TO a fortune was a surprise to the au-
thorities, but did not greatly impress
him.
A sister. Mrs. Lizzie F'urber of Mel
rose, Mass, has been carrying on a
correspondence with the Auburn over
seers OF the poor regarding her
brother and she will come here to
take him home.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
FLOOD CONGRESS
HAS WIDE APPEAL
Enormous Chicago Gathering
Expected in "GreateSt
Peacetime Movement"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 30.-Leaders in leg
islation, commerce, industry and en-
gineering are preparing to join hands
this week at the Mississippi Valley
Flood Control Congress in DEFINITE
move toward forever banishing the
food menace of the Father of Waters
With from 10 TO 20 thousand dele
gates expected, preparations have been
made for what is expected to develop
into 1.-The greatest peace-tlme move
ment since the war" attracting to
it's purpose statesmen, governors,
bankers, business men, labor leaders
and farmers from throughout the u
Middle Western States and others
from throughout the Nation.
The congress, called by Mayor VIII
liam Hale Thompson of Chicago, sup
ported by Mayor Victor Miller of st.
Louis, and Arthur O'kcefe OF New
Orleans, opens here Thursday ana
will continue until Saturday night.
Every element applicable to flood con-
troll will be considered.
President Coolidge will be repre-
sented sending a special message by
Dwight Davis, Secretary of war. In
addition the Federal administration
will be represented by the War De-
partment's chief engineer, Gen. Ern-
est Jadwin Nicholas Longworth,
Speaker of the National House of Rep
resentatives, is expected to address
the congress on June a.
Heretofore considered mainly a
local problem for the Mississippi Val
ley, the present disastrous flood has
focused national attention toward the
calamity and its future possibilities,
Mayor Thompson said, and led to the
calling of the flood control congress.
Evening star., 1927-05-30

cause Of protection levees thrown up
by the sugar planters in that vicinity.
Highway and rail communication to
Grossette and the other two towns
threatened by the swelling bayou at
their doors has been cut by break
in a protection leVee at Ramah,
point on the Bayou Grosette.
The great rescue feet will remain
virtually intact for another 10 days,
the Red Cross has announced. few
vessels are being ordered to their
home bases and others will join the
exodus after danger from the flood
has passed, but many will be engaged
for weeks longer in hauling supplies
and returning refugees to their homes
as the waters begin to recede.
Red Cross reports today indicated
that more than $4,000 refugees are
now being cared for at the camp in
Lafayette, the concentration center
for the flooded area of the lower
western Atchafalaya Basin. Eleven
thousand are being fed from Baton
Rouge, 5000 persons inside the city
and 5000 outside in the inundated
area.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
FARMERS NOW PLANTING SEED
IN FLOOD-STRICKEN DISTRICTS
Inhabitants Return. Optimistically to
Homes to Plow in Mud in Hope of
Partial Harvest.

ments float into the night from cabins
where pine knots provide wavering
light. Most of the sufferers, provided
with emergency ratiOns by the relief
agencies, and facing the hopeful pros
pect of producing at least small
crop, have recovered their OPTIMISM
Some of them have lost virtually all
their possessions, but now they feel
they can come back with the relief
agencies behind them.
Live stock, returned to the flooded
districts from their refuge in the
hills are clipping grass contentedly in
meadows that were under water two
weeks ago. Cotton already is coming
through the soil where the flood was
not so deep. Corn waves from low
lands where the waters receded rap
idly.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
English Nobleman
Lover of Idleness
And He Admits 1t
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated IrcsS.
LONDON, May 30.-Lord Bal
four is lazy man-and admits it.
II am a great lover of idleness
myself. though I never say much
about it, and 1 always love to hear
that there are to be certain hours
of the day when no one will ask
me to do anything" the former
prime minister said at a luncheon
of the National Institute of Indus.
trial Psychology.
The institute is engaged upon
one Of the most important MASKS
facing people engaged in social well
fare" Lord Balfour went on. That
is the complete explosion Of the
superstition that all hours Of work
are a minus quality in the happi-
ness of life and all hours of idle
ness a plus quality"
Lord Balfour's idea of perfect
bliss and laZiness is to listen to
performances of Handel or lie in
bed and read "thrillers" or detec-
tive stories.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
BOTTLED MONEY FOUND.
snecial Disnatch to The Star.

JONESPORT, Me-, May 30.-Gus
Fletcher, Head Harbor Island lob
sherman, found the strangest haul in
one of his lobster pots a few days
ago in all his experience. 1t was a
half-pint bottle, corked tightly and
securely fastened to the meshed bait
bag inside the trap. The bottle con-
tanned not liquid, but crisp $40
bill rolled snugly and pushed through
the small neck. In fact Fletcher had
to smash the bottle to get it.
There was also a scrap OF paper
upon which was scrawled Constance
fund" Fletcher's solution of the
strange donation is- that somebody
who In the past may have robbed his
traps is now trying to make amends.
Two or three years ago several lob
stermen of this vicinity were bother
ed by mysterious early morning ma
ruader who hauled their pots and
pilfered their contents before the
rightful owners arrived on their
round,
Evening star., 1927-05-30
GAME HUNTING IN AFRICA
HELD BUSINESS PROJECT
American Mining Engineer Says
It Is "Nothing More Than
Commercialized Slaughter"
, A., As-o,ia@al Draea

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 30.--Big game hunting
in Africa is now nothing more than
commercialized slaughter on large
scale, in the view of Ben Ali McAfee,
American mining engineer, who re
recently returned from siX-month
trip through the Dark Continent.
1.-THE dangers and discomforts OF
hunting big game are about as great
as those incurred in crossing the Place
de L'Opera, Paris, he said. Taking
would.be hunters into what is sup
posed to be wild country, and seeing
that they get a few heads to write
home about, is now one of the most
systematiZed businesses in the world.
Everything is de luxe and run on the
plan of a personally conducted tour
Mr.. McAfee purchasd a baby lion
in Riodesia. F'ido is about as large
as a collie dog and is being cared for
in Cairo until he can be shipped to
the owners estate in northern France.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
KlNGSP0RT, TENN, FINDS
WATERS ARE MENACING
Reedy Creek, Swollen From Rains,
Rises to Highest Mark i'll
Score of Years.
By tha Associated Press.


kINGSpORT, Tenn. May 30
kingsport people were given cause for
alarm this morning when they awoke
TO find the rising waters from Reedy
Creek gradually approaching their
homes. Torrential rains last night
swcled the creek to its highest mark
in a score Of years.
Although no serious damage has
been reported this morning, it is feared
that the flood waters will reach higher
proportions if more rain falls during
the day. The west end of the city,
bordering on the Lee Highway. is the
only part of the city affected, although
the storm last night did considerable
damage to streets and sidewalks else
where in the city. Several trees We're
uprOOted.
A section of the Lee Highway Is
submerged i'm several feet OF swift
water, through which motor traffic Is
impossible.
The North and South Forks of the
IIolStOn River, which lnterSect gust
below the city, are rising steadily
Evening star., 1927-05-30
Hundreds of Dogs
Are Ordered Shot
To Relieve Hunger
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, May 80
Hundreds of dogs, now slowly
starving to death in the fiood-swept
regions, will be shot to death TO
relieve them Of their suffering.
When their masters fed from
the approaching waters the dogs
We're left behind, and they have
taken refuge wherever they could.
Some are on roofs of floating
houses. others are in barn lofts
and still others found a haven on
the leYccs.
1t is impossible to provide food
for the dogs, John NJ. Parker, flood
relief director for Louisiana, said
Thursday.
Il like a dog as well as any
man." he declared, "but to relieve
their suffering L have ordered them
shot"
Evening star., 1927-05-30
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La, May &c.
The plow furrow follows the recedlng
flood line in Arkansas and northern
Louisiana as inhabitants of the
stricken districts endeavor to get seed
in the ground in time to assure at
least a partial harvest.
Farmers in some localities are work
ing in the mud. turning under the
rich layer of silt deposited by the
Good before the torrid sun has baked
it into almost impregnable hardness.
over extensive acreage whore water
still lies two or three inches deep,
barefoot negroes are putting seed into
the ground with their feet. They are
planting cotton, corn and feedstuffs
and expect a fair harvest if the season
is kind.
An Associated Press correspondent,
who has retraced a journey made two
weeks ago through southeastern Ar
kansas and northern Louisiana, found
that while waters in most localities
have receded rapidly, there are wide
stretches of river lowlands where the
flood holds on tenaciously. For more
than 10 miles across the basin of the
Ouachita River there is little dry land
to be seen. This section has been
habitants are moving back into homes
that still are under several feet of
water, they have little prospect of
raising crop this season.
Railway Tracks Covered.
Railway tracks still are covered to
n depth of two feet in parts of the
Ouachta Valley and fresh rains in
the interior of Arkansas promise to
send down enough water to hold the
present stage for n week or longer.
Stagnant waters have been left in
the loWlands by the receding waters.
In these pools. myriads of mosquitoes
are being bred, sWarming the night
air already in countless numbers. The
smell of decaying vegetable and some
ties animal matter pOiSonS the air in
, some sections. Train crews caution
, passengers to keep all doors closed to
| prevent mosquitoes from invading
| sleeping cars.
| Two weeks ago there were no lights
| to be seen at night along stretch of
country in the Ouchita Basin for
! more than 80 miles. Lights gleam
from every direction now as the in
habitants reclaim their flooded homes
| to wait for recession of waters and
| crop planting. The isolated pools,
| Wfllie IufIiSIllHS tneIldCe from a.
health standpoint, have provided food
for the communities. Thousands of
fish, stranded by the fall of the water,
have been left to the flood sufferers.
Between planting such tracts of land
as can be reached with the seed, the
farmers have gone fishing and dozens
| of barefoot boys can be seen from the
train. catching fish from the pools.
Sufferers Recover Optimism.
Gaunt and hungry dogs trudge
along behind their masters. When the
trains stop they sniff around the din.
ing cars for they have been hungry
now for weeks and the flood has
drowned much of the wild game on
which they formerly could depend
when food became scarce at home.
At wayside stations where two
| weeks ago long strings of box cars
sheltered hundreds of families OF
! negroes, sounds Of stringed instru.