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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
Haitian Workers
Jailed by Order
Of u. S. Invaders

WASHINGTON, tFP) August g.
Their president and many of their
leaders in jail, the Haitian Federation
of Labor has struggled letter out
of Haiti to the Pan American Fedora
ton of Labor, explaining the plight
of their delegates who were to have
attended the recent Pan American la
Dor congress in Washington.
"Our delegates to your congress
have been arrested and put in prison
by order of President Borno at the
time they were ready to leave"
writes A. Paul, acting president.
President Perceval Thoby is among
those thrown into prison.
"By cable of the 10th we sent you
a message to let you know what oc-
Cured. But the All America Cables.
after four days, gave back to us our
message with note telling us that
the government had established a
censorship. We beg you to protest
with US against the confiscation of
the liberty of our comrades"
Want Congress to Act.
The cablegram which was refused
transmission reads:
Haitian association delegates to
congress, ready to leave have been
arrested with seven editors under
pretext of offense to president of
Haiti in dailies. Workers daily salary
80 cents. Freedom Of press and
courts destroyed virtually by projec-
ted modification Of constitution. Beg
congress to raise protest against die
tatorship in Haiti under which jour
nalists are kept in Jail for months
without ever being tried, and all that
under the American flag. Help
Haitian workers by helping freedom
Of the press"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
Die-Hards Try TO
BaIk Move to Probe
Ware Election Mess

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Orders to
seize and impound the ballots cast in
the Pennsylvania senatorial election
last year were issued today by Sena-
tor Watson of Indiana, acting chair
man Of the senate privileges and cleo
lions committee, to David S. Barry,
sergeant-at-arm of the senate.
There is considerable doubt about
the outcome of this latest develop
ment of the now celebrated case of
Senator-elect William S. Ware, whose
election is contested by his demo-
cratic opponent, William B. Wilson,
secretary of labor in the Wilson adj
ministration.
The doubt hinges upon the question
of funds to carry out Watson's in
structions, issued after all but two
members of the committee had ap-
proved the procedure in order to pre-
vent the ballots from being destroyed
on September 20, as provided under
Pennsylvania law.
The committee has no fund of its
own and Charles F. Pace, disbursing
officer of the senate, is undecided as
to his authority to honor vouchers to
defray the expense of impounding the
ballots. Pace has taken UP the matter
with Senator Keyes. chairman of the
contingent expenses committee, who
is now at his home in New Hampshire
Barry is marking time pending Reyes
decision.
Try TO Balk Probe.
The decision of Reyes will be inter
esting in view of the fact that he re-
fused to countersign vouchers for the
Reed slush fund committee last spring
That committee had several thousand
dollars at its disposal, but a resolu-
ton definitely extending the life of
the committee having been defeated
by filibuster, Keyes ruled the COM
mittee was dead and could not spend
the money.
After the most eminent constitu-
tional authorities in the senate, in
Guiding Senator's Borah, Goff, Norris
end Walsh, had held that the slush
fund committee was continuing
body" Senator Reed of Missouri, the
chairman, put up $1,000 out of his
own pocket to cover the expense of
impounding the ballots. Barry de-
clined to use the private funds and
Reed appointed Jerry South, an at
torney, to act for the committee.
Try Court Action.
When South went to impound the
ballots he was met with court action.
The court finally decided that the
senate itself must pass on the ques-
ton Of whether the committee is a
continuing body" And there the
matter stood until Waston initiated
the new move.
In the present situation. however,
it was pointed out that there is no
question about the elections commit
tee being Continuing body" and 1t
was suggested that funds might be
available under general resolution
allowing the committee to sit during
recesses and send for witnesses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
British Record Flight Fails.

LONDON, August b. The air min
istry announced today that a secret
British attempt to break the distance
flight record of Clarence Chamber
lain has failed
The announcement came after the
receipt of dispatches from Vienna
stating that British bombing plane
had fallen in the Danube near Som
merberg, owing to defective engine
operation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
InfantiIe Paralysis In
Martins Ferry; Health
Commissioner Politician

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 3.-There
are ID cases diagnosed positively
as infantile paralysis, and more
than two score of suspected cases
in three Ohio communities.
According to reports in the state
health department, twenty cases,
diagnosed positively as the dreaded
childhood scourge, have been found
in Martins Ferry, o., and one death
has already occurred. In Uhrichs-
vile, and Dennison, o., four cases
have been isolated, and twenty
other suspected cases are under OBJ
servation. Both Martins Ferry and
Uhrichsville employ health commits
=;cners who are not physicians.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04

TOMMORROW--"The Belgian and
French Socialists Join Their I'm
perialist Masters"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04

Under the pitiful and lying pre-
text that governments are strong
est at the time they enter war the
workers were betrayed by the heroes
OF the second International. This fic-
ton must be exploded because az
other wars approach we will hear the
same treacherous arguments. The
facts are that at the outbreak of war
the government is weak. The
slightest detection endangers it. It
must have absolute unity of action
on the part of the upper classes and
subservience of the exploite d
classes. Governments at the outbreak
OF war only appear stronger, because
IN their desperation they strive to
crush all semblance of opposition.
This is not sign of strength, but of
weakness and he who does not per-
ceive that fact is no Marxist and has
no place at such time in the leader
ship of the proletarian movement. To
argue otherwise, to proclaim the
strength of the nation on the eve of
war is not only false, but it paves
the way for the most vicious war
time opportunism and treachery
against the workers.
TOMMORROW-"The Belgian and
French Socialists Join Their I'm.
perialist Masters"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
AUGUST 4, 1914

well to rally to the blood-drenched
standards Of their own governments.
(Of the Frneh and Began socialists
we will speak tomorrow and pillory
them along with Scheidemann & Coz
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
THE MOSCOW
PRAVDA--

s.The object of Fischer's in
vestigntiOn is the struggle Of
imperfalfst groupings and
world oil magnates for the
possession of oil wells, as
well as the Importance of
Soviet oil In the relation be-.
tween the various oil COM
bines and in diplomatic reIa-
tfons Of capitalist countries
with Soviet Russia :
Ffseher's book reads with
great interest. What partic-
ulariy recommends 1t is it's
popular style and its obicctiv-
fty. We strongly recommend
IN our readers this very vaIu-
able book by Louis Fischer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27

and Asquith. But no salary attaches
to an earldom. 1t is a liability rather
than an asset. The Earl of Oxford
and Asquith found himself in strait
ened circumstances, with a new dig
nifty to maintain which sorely taxed
his resources. Under the British law
he could secure a pension of $4,000,
but to do so he would have to sign
a declaration to the effect that he was
impecunious. That acknowledgment
would be a grievous humiliation. Yet
pride will not pay bills, and now the
veteran Of many years of public duty,
ut the age of seventy-five, needs an
income. He cannot practice law, he
cannot take public office, for political
conditions are adverse. and he is,
moreover. somewhat disqualified by
virtue Of his peerage. Hence a move.
ment has been inaugurated by friends
Of the former premier to endow him
with an annuity of 1880 and an ad-
ditional capital gift of 100000, which
will provide him with the necessities
pertaining to his station. 1t is a pit
iful spectacle that is thus presented,
of a man who has given the best of
his life for his country, and, passing
up opportunities to make a fortune
while in office, receives as his reward
an honor that is burden. and must
be rescued from need by the generos.
ity Of his friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27
UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

American flag now floats over the
Vaterland and Is other German
steamships will be fitted out for trans
port service. New Allied loan
of three billions to be made soon
and still further one is contemplated.
Senate and House conferees
decide to drop three-man food board
of control and accept Presidents plan
OF undivided control Presi-
dent to impose strict rationing OF
foodstuffs against Northern neutrals.
Advocates of the plan say such a
move is equivalent to sending half
a million men overseas. Our
Army to use biggest siege guns OBJ
tainable and mounted Regulars and
Guardsmen will be trained for artillery
work. American destroyer
rescues $50 persons from torpedoed
liner and drives off U-boat just rs Ger
mans are making captain prisoner.
Crew rejects purse because they only
did their duty. Reports in
German press show that 2,250.00O
Iron Crosses have been distributed
since beginning of the war.
McAdoo tells Senate finance COM
mittee that first years cost OF war
to United States will amount to $11,-
651, 194 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27

pouring in upon the governor, asking
and demanding that the two men be
freed. They come from all parts Of
the world. obviously the result of n
far-flung propaganda in behalf Of
Sacco and Vanzetti, which has been
organized and financed by friends of
radical;sm of all grades and all lands.
There Is no especial improperly in
thus clamoring for favorable action
while the case Is under review, al.
though IL the case were before a court
it would be distinctly improper to ad-
dress partisan communications to the
presiding judge.
Four public meetings, at which the
innocence of Sacco and vanzetti will
be declared. are to be held in New
York City Friday night, in substitu-
ton for a monster mass meeting in
Union Square. originally planned.
There is a determined efforts under
way to hold the two men up as mar.
tvs, regardless Of the findings hereto
fore and that which Is soon to be
made. If the governor decides against
them and permits their. execution, he
will undoubtedly be denounced on all
sides by radicals and sympathizers.
On the other hand, very substantial
public sentiment will support him, on
the ground that he has conscientiously
his duty and has found no
reason for questioning the righteous
ness Of the conviction. He occupies
at this time the most difficult position
ever held by the governor of a State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

sand years" is all they must remain,
after which they are clad In some
shape or other. and set forth into the
changing world once more, until they
come back once more.
$50 like wheel around they run
from old to new.
X X
There is no need for gardener in
this magic place, to set out, or to SOW
or to plant. or to prune.
All things stick closely to their spe-
cies. growing as they were created to
grow, of their own accord in COM
pliance with the word first spoken bv
the Almighty Lord. who babe them in
crease and multiply.
The flowers Of this strange garden
do not need water from the stream.
or from the clouds, with which to
noisten their dry roots, for they pos
sess an eternal moisture in them
selves.
An infinity Of creatures Is bred here,
together with plenty Of forms which
none yet ever knew. Every sort is in
it's own bed, set by itself, and pleas
antly combined with other beds.
Some will be endowed with minds
and souls, some made into beasts and
birds, others into the billions of fish
that swim the seas, in such numbers
that it would scarce seem the ocean
could contain them all.
X X
The miracle of this garden is that
though these creatures are sent forth
daily into the world, yet the stock is
not lessened. There still remains an
everlasting store" as it was first
created of yore.
All things grow in this great gar
den, and borrow matter from which
they are made. Whenever one of
these disembodied beings "ketches"
form and feature. as Spenser puts il,
1t becomes a body and then invades
the state of life.
Their substance Is eternal, and so
stays, Whatever comes to pass. Not
even when life ends does it become
nothing, but simply is changed. And
even the substance is not changed.
but only the form and outward fash.
ion. Every fair flower of beauty
must fade away. just as does the
fresh lily before the sunny ray. This
is the law.
For even this garden has it's enemy.
cross between a man with a. scythe
and all the specimens of beetles, plant
lice, cutworms and other plant enc.
mics rolled into one.
lie flies about and beats down both
leaves and buds without regard. -
Pity is a stranger to him. But the
gods are sorry, sometimes, and fain
would change the law, but they can.
not; all that lives is subject to that
law"
If 1t were not for Time, the ancient
trouble maker, everything in this
garden would have immortal bliss
right there, evidently, for everything
Is there In profusion.
There is continual sowing and har.
vest, at one and the same time.
Flowers and fruits grow on the same
branches, among which the joyous
birds chrp loudly to their true loves.
Sort of mixed up? Well, THE Faerie
Queene" is.
So. leaving that climber gate"
strictly alone, let us pass out the
front door, both fair and fresh. IA st
Old Genius. into the world of sun.
shine as we know it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27
Asquith's Friends to the Rescue.

Great Britain's consideration for its
civil officers who have rendered i'm.
portant services has often been cited
as an example to other nations. But
case has come to view that presents
a somewhat different aspect. For
many years Mr.. Herbert Asquith was
one Of the most prominent Of the
British statesmen. He was prime min
lister for eight years, his term in that
Office covering two years of the Great
War. He had previously occupied
several important ministerial posts
and was almost continuously a men,
Der Of Parliament for many years.
Beginning his career as a barrister,
Mr.. Asquith had gained only a mod
crate competence and subsisted for the
greater part of his public career upon
the stipends attaching to the offices
which he held and in which he rem.
dered valuable services. Two years
ago he was elex sted to the peerage.
being created the first Earl Of Oxford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27

Q. For how long a time is MEM
Der of the Presidents cabinet ap-
pointed e. G.
\. Such an appointment is COM
mission at the pleasure of the Presl-
dent for the time being.
@. Do books and magazines go
through the mails at the same post
age rate?-R. s.
A. Magazines are accorded nat
rate of IL cents per pound. being
rated as second-Class matter, Whlie
books are subject to parcel post rates.
and postage must be paid according
to the parcel post zones to when the
books are sent.
O. What was meant by the expires
sion. GIVE us back our IL days -
b. :.
A. When the new style calendar
was adopted in 1852 many people IN
England were greatly aroused by the
change and went about crying,
Give us back our IL days.
Q. In the last year how many pas
senger air lines were there IN the
United States?-N. NJ.
a. In 1926 only six lines attempted
scheduled passenger business.
@. What is panic grass?-E. a.. NJ.
4. Panic grass is defined as any
grass of the genus panicum, or OF
one of several closely related genera:
as echinocloa. The Department OF
Agriculture says that practically an
of these grasses can be used for Ieeo-
i ing cattle and are ANIMALS. lney
| belong to the millet family.
@. How did the term "foolscap
applied to paper originate?-k. ID. w.
4. The term is a corruption OF the
| Italian words "foglio capo." meaning
"a full-sized sheet of paper.
@. In preparing cheese for sand
| witches, how much butter shouid oe
| added?-A. T.
A Cheese for sandwiches is often
| mixed with butter, oil or mayonnalse
| in the proportion of five parts oil
cheese to one of the fat or mayon-
naise by weight.
O. When were envelopes first used
| in this country?-G. u. ).
A. Envelopes came into use IN the
| United States and in England between
1910 and 1850. The first practical ma
chine for making envelopes was pat
ented in England in 1874 ana the hrst
American patent was taken out III
| 1S49.
| Q. Is the hippopotamus ferocious?-
| S. M. T.
A. The hippopotamus is naturally
timid, though subject to fits OF panic
or rage. When wounded or enraged
/ this animal is regarded by sportsmen
as perhaps the most dangerous beast
| to be encountered.
! O. Who first made maple sugar,
and when?-W. c.
| A. The earliest record OF the pro-
duction of maple sugar was at the
| time Of the Napoleonic wars, when
this sugar was produced in Bohemia,
and the industry received substantial
means of encouragement from the
government of that country. The IN
dustry soon died out there. however
and about that time the sugar beet
came into prominence. The earliest
explorers in this country found the
Indians making sugar from sap OF the
maple tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. Who WIS Sam Patch?-L. @.
a. Sam Patch was a lad widely
known for daring leaps and dives.
Born in 1907 in Rhode Island, he be.
came a cotton spinner in Paterson.
y. J. a jump from bridge into the
Passaic River brought him such no.
toriety that he travelled about leaping
from bridges and diving from top.
masts of ships. He was killed in
1929 when attempting a jump Of rs
feet into the Genesee River.
O. What Is the Eskimo boat called
which has Just room for one occu.
pant?-E. B. II.
a. The kayak Is the swift and sea
worthy canoe, made of skin. entirely
decked over except for the round hole
in the middle in which its one occu-
pant sits. 1t is possible for the expert.
enced paddler of the kayak to right
the canoe Immediately when 1t Is over
turned in the water.
O. Why are signatures Of Button
Gwinnett apparently so much more
valuable than those of other signers
of the Declaration of Independence
G.. II. b.
A. Until recently it has been prac.
of Button Gwinnett. This fact has
enhanced the value of the few sigma
lures which are eXtant.
q. What makes wool warm?-A. II.
a. 1t is the insulating quality of
wool which makes it desirable as A
protective covering, rather than any
inherent power to generate heat. Wool
fbers in themselves offer little resist
ance to heat transmission. The
kinks" or waves" which are SO dis.
tinctive a characteristic Of wool give
it it's protective qualities. These waves
or kinks, of which the fibers have from
two to thirty to the inch. give some
thing of the characteristics of a cooled
spring, and when the fibers are woven
together tend to create resilient fab
ric with innumerable tiny air pockets.
1t is this finely divided and trapped
air to which wool fibers owe their
qualities of warmth.
o. Where did the first Rockefeller
to come to America come from?-B. r.
A. John Peter Rockefeller emigrat-
ed to America from Germany in 1873.
@. What new honor has recently
been given to Countess de Cham
brun?-R. E. d.
A. Clara Longworth de Chambrun.
author of shakespeare: Actor-Poet."
has Just been awarded the Bordin
Prize of the French Academy.
@. Is Roquefort cheese made from
cows milk?-T. f.
A. Roquefort cheese is made from
the milk of sheep. Gorgonzola. an
other highly favored cheese, is made
from cows milk.
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solely to the handling of queries. This
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ices of an extensive organization in
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| Bureau. Frederic J. HGskiH, Director,
' Washington, u. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27
Ban Johnson Praised
AS Base Ball Pioneer

From the Christian Science Monitor.
The resignation of Byron 3. John
son as president Of the American
League of Professional Base Ball
Clubs at a time when the two major
leagues are enjoying their greatest
prosperity; when the colleges have
enjoyed one Of their most successful
diamond seasons; when some colleges
which previously had abandoned the
game have again taken it up; when
the University of Waseda, Japan, has
just sent it's nine on a trip through
the United States and shown that the
quality of base ball played in the ORR
ent is of a standard little below that
played by the leading colleges of the
United States, and when Oxford and
Universities of England
have just played their first base ball
game, should cause followers of this
great sport the world over to pause
and pay tribute to the man who has
done so much toward putting base
ball on it's present high plane.
When Mr.. Johnson organized the
American League, some y years ago,
and became its first president, pro-
fessional base ball was far from the
great commercial eHtcI pllSO IL AZ al
present The National League was
the only big organization. and had
pretty much it's own way in regard to
handling the professional game. Mr..
Johnson entered his American League
as a rival to the National, and it was
not long before the older of the two
organiza tons was ready to make
peace with the younger. AS result.
the two leagues joined forces to de-
velop the game. until now the pen
nant races of the National and Ameri-
can Leagues and the resulting world
series are followed with the utmost
interest by millions of persons through
out the United States and Canada.
Mr.. johnson realized from the start
that IL professional base ball was to
prosper it must be maintained on a
high level of craftsmanship. 1t must,
in other words, be kept a clean sport.
With this in thought, he took the
stand that the umpires' decisions must
be respected by players and spectators
alike, and that there must be no
crookedness on the part of the players
or club officials or any unsportsman-
like conduct on the part of a player,
umpire or spectator. Moreover, he
has always backed@,p his ideals with
rrorrtness and imrartiality.