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Evening star., 1927-05-20
BEATEN BY RObBER,
| WOMAN GAINS AID
Mrs. Mary Bertram, SO Years
Old, Climbs Porch to
Neighbor's House.

After being severely beaten by a
burglar shortly before midnight last
night, Mrs. Mary Bertram, G8-year-
old recluse Of 643 Florence street
northeast, with blood streaming from
several wounds about her head
climbed TO safety through her second
story front window, across the front
porch roof and through the window
of the home Of her next door neighbor,
William Maxwell, GAL Florence street
before collapsing.
AT Casualty Hospital today it was
announced that Mrs. Bertram, though
weakened from loss, of blood and the
shock, was not in a serious condition
The intruder had delivered blow i'm
the face TO Mrs. Bertram, which
knocked out some Of her teeth. and
had evidently used Il blunt instrument,
which cut and bruised her head.
Scream Arouses Neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell were aroused
about 1l45 by the sound of a scream
from the house in which Mrs. Bertram
lived alone. There was Il thud and q
muffied cry. Mr.. Maxwell raped on
the wall and Mrs. Maxwell cried
through the window that help was
coming. There was a noise of retreat
ing footsteps, and looking out the
front window, Mrs. Maxwell saw her
neighhor then at the front window of
her home She called to her to learn
whether she could climb across the
Nprch roof which stretches unbroken
EAtween the houses. Mrs. Bertram
1sSde her way. shaking, across the
Evening star., 1927-05-20

ing, for Is minutes. under Percy S.
Foster. Commissioner Proctor l..
pougherty then will make an address
heading the list of those selected to
pay q tribute to Col Bell and his work
while here. He will be followed by
Lieut.. Col. II. S. Grant, Sd, director
of the office of public buildings and
public parks of the National Capital.
who, in turn, will be followed by Com
missioner Sidney L. Taliaferro.
Miss Boardman to Pay Tribute.
Miss Mabel l.. Lotus VIII sing a
solo, accompanied by Mrs. Briska
Jones, after which Miss Mabel Board
man will pay a tribute to the Commits
siOner, in an address, followed by a
talk by Jesse c. Suter, former presi-
dent of the federation. Maj. Gen.
Charles P. Summerall, chief OF staff
of the Army, will speak. and his ad-
dress will be followed by vocal solo
by Ambrose s. Durkin.
Thomas F. Darcy, second leader Of
the Army Band, will render a trumpet
solo, after which, Col. Bell will be in
troduced by Mr.. Stengle. Following
the address of Col. Bell, there will be
an informal reception, when the band
will continue its concert. The meet
ing will be brought to a close by sing
ing of "Aul Lang Syne" by the au-
dlence, the music by the band, and
rendering the Star Spangled Banner"
by the band and audience
Evening star., 1927-05-20

sloping porch and reached the Max
we'll window.
Mrs. Bertram was able to implore
Mrs. Maxwell TO get the small brown
ish bag in which she had $204 in cash
in her home. While police were ar
riVing, Mrs. Maxwell recovered the
bag with the money, which the burg
lar evidently had been seeking.
Detectives Arrive.
Detectives Varney and Brodie of po-
lice headquarters and Precinct Detec-
tive LoWery arrived soon, and the
woman was taken to Casualty Hos
pital.
Apparently no clue was left by the
burglar, who had obtained entry
through the rear lower~foor window
and left the same way, yaulting "A
low back fence. In the house We're
pools of blood on the floor near the
head of the stairs and at the window,
where Mrs. Maxwell had first been
struck ana where she had stood before
attempting to climb across the potch.
She was fully attired at the time Of
the attack, having gone upstairs for a
nap about o'clock without undress-
ing. She had evidently fallen asleep,
to be awakened by the sound OF the
man in the house.
Mrs Bertram, who despite her age,
does washing and ironing, according
to neighbors, had taken the money
home last night to be used in the pur.
chase of an automobile as a gradua'
ton present for a granddaughter.
Her husband, John Bertram. is "a resi-
dent at Soldiers Home, and her daugh'
ter lives in Northwest Washington
Despite protestations of relatives
however. neighhors declared today,
she continued TO work and to live
alone in the Florence street house.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
FLOOD RELIEF HERE
NEARING $13O,O|)|D
District Expected to Treble
Original Quota for DeV-
aStated Area.

The District of Columbia s contribu-
ton to the national relief fund for
the Mississippi Valley flood sufferers
promises. to pass the $4,000 mark
today. AT noon collections recorded
by the local chapter of the Red
Cross totaled $t29,566 and the ma
tional fund had reached $13 3,195. .625 .65.
Several thousand dollars are known
to have been collected at various
sources which will be turned over to
the District chapter in few days, so
that local Red Cross officers were
hopeful this morning that the fund
would continue to grow steadily.
Should it reach $135,00 as it seems
probable, the District chapter will
have trebled its original quota of
$4,000, which was later doubled. Con
uibutions received by The Star total
SI483322
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Will Visit Masonic Lodge.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, May 20.-Ciifford
Hastings Of Franklin Park, Va, dis
trict deputy grand master of Masons,
win pay his first official visit to Henry
Lodge, at Fairfax, tomorrow night.
Visitors are expected and invited from
all the other lodges in this district.
Mr. Hastings, a member of Sharon
Lodge, at Mclean, paid his official
visit to Concord Lodge, at Vienna, on
Tuesday night. .---..-
Evening star., 1927-05-20
$2,042, 100000 IN BONDS.

The Italian ambassador, Mobile Gia.
como de Martino, yesterday completed
the negotiations for funding the debt
of his government to the United
States by delivering So 2,042 900, 900 in
Italian bonds to the Treasury.
He received in exchange the original
obligations given by Italy for cash ad-
vances made during and after the war.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Pay Stations Being Robbed.

Officials of the Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Telephone Co. have appealed to
the police to make an effort to put
a stop to the practice of robbing coin
boxes. A number of such boxes at
tached to public telephones have been
robbed the past few days, according
to the report of the company's
officials.
Evening star., 1927-05-20

continual watchfulness on the part of
the patient, who must be educated to
recognize early signs of digestive dis
order and follow faithfully the diet
prescribed by a physician.
This section had as its guest at the
opening meeting DR.. Karl T.. kar-
renberg of Hamburg, Germany, who
described the present state and fire.
quency of certain fungus diseases in
Europe. DR.. Karrenberg brought with
him an exhibit of fungus diseases con-
sisting of 200 cultures and photo
graphs collected all over the conti-
nent.
The occurrence of pellagra among
chronic alcoholic addicts was the sub
ject of a paper by DIR. Joseph e. Klau-
der of Philadelphia. Many writers be-
leve, he said, that nearly all pelagra
is of alcoholic origin. and alcoholism is
conspicuous throughout the history
of the disease since 1t first was dis
covered in 1852.
Traced to Native Beverage.
He referred to a recent report from
Colombia in which the opinion was
advanced that a disease known as
chiChiSm, caused by toxic action of a
native beverage made from maize, is
In reaiity pellagra. 1t IS accompanied
by the same skin eruptions and
nervous arrangement. The disease
was stamped out in one South Amer
lean city by restrictions placed on the
sale of the drink
DIR. klauder quoted one physician as
saying that doctor was not justified
in predicting favorable outcome for
pellagra If the patient was a steady
drinker. Drinkers are particularly
susceptible. he said, after an insult
flcient diet
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Contributions Received.

1t was incorrectly stated yesterday
that the Unitarian Church of Our
Father had forwarded an additional
contribution of $101.75, Acknowledge
ment should have been made to the
UniVersalist Church of Our Father.
Contributions received by the Dis
trict chapter of the Red Cross include:
Post Office Department (addi-
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Traced to Native Beverage.
Brakeman Is Killed.
.peciaI Disnatch 10 Tha STAR.

SpeclaI Dispatch 20 The Star.
TuNNELTON, w. Va, May 20.-
James Mcmillan, a Baltimore & Ohio
brakeman, who resided at Rowlesburg,
was fatally injured when struck by a
passenger train here. g@3,
The Bozeman courier., 1927-09-30

pictured rock, and on being convinced
OF his error by sketches shown him,
called in his Ojibwa assistant and for
the first time learned the common use
Of large group of words which bore
upon the system of picture-w writing, and
which he thereupon inserted in his die
tionary, thus gaining from the visitor,
who had come from afar to study at the
feet Of this supposed Gamaliel, much
more than the visitor gained from him -
The petroglyphs in the United States
are classified in two groups, one Of
these being the Algonquian, and the
other the Shoshonean, to which tribe
belong the Bannack and Snake Indians.
The Algonquian type extends south to
the kanawha river. South of that in
west Virginia, and south into Tennessee
and North Carolina, they are different.
The northern portion Of the Shoshon-
ian group is west Of the Sierra Nevada,
and also on the east side in Idaho and
extending south to New Mexico and
Arizona, also on the western side Of the
Sierras.
The petroglyphs Of the north are gen.
orally cut into the stone, and while some
OF them are colored, yet that section OF
the country has not so many colored
pictures as are seen further south.
Pictures are the beginning of writing
we are informed, and petroglyphs are
especially valuable, as evidence of the
development of the human mind.
J. M, Powell, director Of the bureau
OF ethnology, in his report says that in
order to interpret the pictures of the
rocks 1T IS necessary to know the people
who made them. For instance, in the
| Wind River mountains are petroglyphs
Of the Algonquin type made, it is
thought, by the Blackfeet, or the Gros
Ventres of the Prairie, and what is in
| scribed there will consequently be drawn
from the daily experiences of these
people.
Since writing the foregoing, a copy o!
the Missoulian of December 10, 1926
has been brought to my notice, which
contains an account Of petroglyphs al
4 Angel Point, on the west shore of Flat.
head lake. Their age is not determined
One Of the pictures is said to resemble
a pack horse, and as horses were moi
known in that part of the country unit
some time after the arrival of the Span.
iards in America, this picture writing
is Of comparatively recent date.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-09-30

opportunity on the farm he now occu-
pies is to grow wheat by the tractor COM
bine method. And don't urge the farmer
living on rolling, rough land to buy a
tractor and go into wheat growing when
counties adopt them, the sooner the
cattle.
Conference in Fergus
In fact, it would be much better for
bankers, merchants, and the rest Of us
to refrain from telling the farmer what
to do unless we are giving him scientific
knowledge that recently has been worked
out for the particular area in which he
is living.
Only one of the county agricultural
economic conferences has so far been
held. That was started in Fergus county,
and the reports worked out by COM
mittees of actual farmers who met in
Lewistown have been published in
pamphlet form. The general principles
accepted in Fergus county are applicable
to some degree in counties Of different
soil and climate, and these principles
are of interest because the quicker other
and adaptable enough to permit changes
farmers of these counties will be on the
! high road to prosperity.
I'm undertaking it's task says the
report, "the Fergus county agricultural
conference recognizes that changes in
competition and demand must be met by
changes in production. A program o1
| QeVelOpInenC muSC De DaSeO on SuCn en-
during factors as SOIL climate, altitude
and topography and upon fundamental
systems and practices of crop and live
stock production. The major portion o.
a program must deal with matters out.
side Of the realm Of established funda'
mentals; must be flexible enough to in
clude seasonal and sectional variations
and adaptable enough to permit change
when the old may be replaced by some
thing better
I'm launching its work to draw III
an agricultural program the economic
conference had before it the broad OBJ
jective of increasing the earning anC
purchasing power of the farmer anC
thus making farm life more comfortable
and more satisfying. 1t was recognized
that increased earning power comes from
that increased efficiency which adds tt
the net income without correspondent,
increase in cost of production. Whil
purchasing power may be increased il
The Bozeman courier., 1927-09-30

various ways, many or which can best
be approached through group effort on
community, county, state, national and
world scale, local activity toward this
end can be most efficiently directed to-
ward the development Of confidence, the
establishment Of a constructive, capable
leadership and the building up of a
strong spirit Of organization"
The Need of a Farm Program
At the opening of this conference,
M. L. Wilson, agricultural economist Of
the State college, clearly set forth the
need for an agricultural program. He
pointed out that there is an overproduc-
ton of agricultural products through
out the world, that this has brought on
the condition commonly referred to as
the agricultural depression and has in
creased compensation both between pro-
ducing areas and between farmers. Un-
der these conditions the producer with
low unit costs and high net returns is
most successful in meeting the compe-
tition.
Using wheat as an illustration, Mr.
Wilson pointed out that Fergus county
farmers come into direct competition
with areas much closer to market. The
competition can be met only by pro-
ducing high quality product at low
cost. Since other areas are being forced
to adopt low cost production methods
farmers now find themselves in a spirited
| contest in the effort to place a bushe
of wheat on the market at the Lowest
| possible cost. The same situation ap.
plies to other commodities Of the farm
| as we'll.
The effort to draw up agricultural pro-
grams is simply a means of adjusting
production, Of finding out the enterprise
and combination of enterprises bes
adapted to given localities and to bring
into general use the most efficient meth
ods Of carrying on these enterprises, ac
cording to Mr.. Wilson.
Since wheat is the most importan
crop in Fergus county and is likely tt
remain in a place of foremost impor
tance, the problem for most farmers il
the county is to produce this grain a
the lowest possible cost, in the highes
possible quality, and in combination will
other enterprises which fit in best witt
the growing of wheat, provide the bes
distribution of labor and which utilize
the resources Of the farm and the farme
most profitably.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-09-30

ourselves to them. In this matter, news
paper editors, bankers, merchants, auto
mobile statesmen and lawyers can play
as important a role as the farmer by
not trying to get the farmer to do some
thing he shouldn't. For example, don't
talk dairying to a farmer whose one big
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
ImperiaIiSt Acts
Against China Will
Be Exposed Friday

The truth about the present situa-
ton in China will be told at a mass
meeting at Central Opera House Fri
day evening, under the auspices Of
the Workers (Communist) Party.
Scott Nearing, Betram D. Wolfe,
Harry NJ. Wicks, M. J. Olgin, Alex
ander Trachtenberg, Juliet Stuart
Poyntz, Charles Krumbein, Rebecca
Grecht, a Chinese speaker, and a rep
resentative of the Young Workers
League will tell the truth about the
revolution in China. The machina-
tions of the imperialists for a new
world war and the real meaning of
the break in the Soviet British rela-
tions will also be explained.
William F. Dune, one of the editors
of The DAILY WORKER, who was
scheduled to speak, is now in jail as
a result of conspiracy on the part
OF the patriotic societies of this city
to kill The DAILY WORKER. He
wifi speak if out on bail by that
time. Jack Stachel will be chairman.
There will be an admission charge
of rs cents. Tickets are on sale at
the office of the Workers Party, 108
e. 14th st.. Jimmie Higgins Book
shop, LOG University Place, and the
Freiheit, 80 Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
CHARGE WORKERS
With SEDITION IN
Third FRAME Up

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 31.-Pete
Muselin, Milan Resetar and Anton
lima of Woodlawn, Pa, were arrested
Thursday on charge Of sedition, and
were released on $4,000 bond each.
Warrants are out for two others.
Muselin was arrested while working
in barber shop in Ambridge. Resetar
called at the police headquarters after
he learned that warrant was out for
his arrest. He was employed in an
Ambridge bakery shop at the time
the warrant for his arrest was issued.
Armistic Day Case
The three defendants were arrested
together with eitht others last year in
a raid on three peaceful houses and
were released o none-thousand dollars
bail each. The indictments were
pushed before they ever reached the
courts. They were then rearrested
charged with the same "crime" and
together with eight others last year in
were released on $1,000 bail each.
The indictments were quashed before
they ever reached the courts.
They were then rearrested, charged
with the same "crime" and again re-
leased on bail which was increased to
$4,000 each for the three defendants.
The charges were so flimsy that
Judge Reeder Of Beaver County con-
sidered It necessary to dismiss the
case for the second time before IL
reached the courts.
Third Time Same "Offense"
The Jones and Laughlin interests,
however, did not rest in peace and
caused the arrest Of the three defend
ants for the third time. The charges
now are exactly the same as on the
two previous occasions.
About two weeks ago Muselin was
arrested on frame-up liquor charge
and released on two thousand dollars
Continued on Page Tpco)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
PrOgressives Winning
Convention Delegates

Progressives have elected 116 dele
gates to the next international Typo
graphical Union convention to 10 for
the Administration, WahDeta Party,
according TO advices here from Charles
Babb, secretary to international
President Howard. When complete re-
turns are in, it is expected that the
progressives will have a majority.
Syracuse, home Of the reactionary
former president, James Lynch, re-
ports a clean sweep for the progress
sive slate with two delegates elected
to the convention.
Big Six of New York elected all
four progressive delegates with Ger
man-American and the Hebrew
American locals each electing two
progressives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
JOHN BROpHY PROVES LEWIS STOLE
ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF U. M. W.
Usurper in Office, Progressive Leader Charges
in Analysis Of National Vote

PITTSBURGH, May 31-Ony by the most astounding and
bareaced crookedness the history of the American Ia
is John L. Lewis president OF the United Mine
Workers today
This gst serious charges eveed against Lewis and
his open letter by John Bropy Progressive leader
70 the membership Miners Union made public here today
asks complete recount of the vote by committee OF mine
workers
Gross Irregularities, seevident frauds and vote steal
on such scale Brophy asserts that he has been led to
eve that he occupying the offices of international
President VcePresent and Secretary Treasurer were really
not elected the Save the Union candidates duly
elected the international officers of the Miners Union de-
tailed with figures proof of the startling expose
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
GREETINGS TO COMRADE PAUL CROUCH

Paul Crouch who sentenced long in the
penenay his agitation the soldiers the United States
arm is Quentin today.
DAILY WORKER, under fire from the capitalist
enemy raoaded Crouch prison. welcomes him
the fighting ranks of the militant workers again.
by memorable drive of evolution.
world history when the dogs of
the slaughter houses being shape for another
working
invaluable
We feel that his
Jail has aeeed Crouch for the struggle ahead.
WORKER grees welcomes Comrade
WORKER.
wishing send greetings to Paul Crouch wire him in
Market Francisco California
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
CHINESE MILITARIST FRONT C0LLAPSES
Pacific Conference Demands Colonial Freedom
Four New LimOuSines for
Mayor Walker Cost More
Than His Years Salary

Mayor Jimmie Walker has four
shiny new limousines, valued at
$1,000 each. With chauffeurs and
upkeep, they cost the city SS6,4S1
in the past year, $1,000 more
than the workers pay Jimmie for
being the worlds best dressed
mayor.
All this, and more is explained
in a report Of the city affairs
bureau of the republican party, in
a broadside against Tammany
made public yesterday. -Four other
city officials spend more of the
city's money on private cars than
they get as wages. All told about
S1,00O,000 a year is wasted on Off
cial limousines.
Even under the extravagant Hy-
Ian regime, no such heights in
graft were reached, assert the re-
publicans, themselves keen judges
of graft through intimate knowl-
edge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-01
EARL BROWDER OF
AMERICA ELECTED
Chief SECRETARY
Plan Fight Against New
Imperialist War
(By Nationalist News Agency

(by Nationalist News Agency
HANKOW, May 31.-Fourteen and
a half million of the organized work
ers of Japan, Korea, France, Russia,
China, the United States, England,
and Java were represented by dele
gates to the Pan-Pncific Trade Union
Conference which opened in Hankow
on May 20 and closed on the 26th.
The Australian delegates were pre-
vented from attending by the refusal
to them of passports by the Austral-
ian Government. The Mexican dele
gates were delayed en- route. The
Philippines Labor Federation cabled
greetings and expressed regrets over
the fact that they could not appoint
delegates to attend the conference on
account of their own Congress.
Demand 42-HOur Week.
Important decisions made by the
conference included % support of
the Chinese revolution and protest
against imperialist Intervention; ~,
struggle against the Pacific war dan
ger 10 j. ouppOIS ItlC AdbAOltdl AlDGI a
ton movements in India, Korea, Java,
the Philippines, and Latin America;
az, economic program including Az
hour week, social insurance protec-
tion for women, abolition of child la
Dor, equal wages for equal work,
freedom for organization Of labor in
spection, and abolition of punishment
fines; (5), establishment Of perma-
nent secretariat to distribute infor1na-
ton and to prepare for the Pan
Pacific Congress next year.
Five members constitute the secre-
tariat of which Earl Browder, of
America, was elected the chief secre-
tary, and Aplain of Russia, the assis-
tant secretary. The other members
include Nichida of japan, Su Shou-
chen of China, and Garden of Aus
tralia.- Su Shou-chen is the head of
the All China Labor Federation and
is Minister of Labor of the National
ist Government.