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Evening star., 1927-10-21
Working Against Crime.

An important work is being done by
the National Crime Commission. or
ganized several years ago for the
study Of the crime problem in the
United States with the view of les
sening law violations. Through it's
various committees it has surveyed
the field in the States and has already
accomplished some results in enact
nent of State statutes. There re-
mains, however, much to be done in
the coordination Of the forces of pub
lie opinion and specific accomplish
ment, and in promotion Of this en-.
deavor a meeting has been called. to
he held In this city on the I'd and Sd
OF November. Invitations to attend
this meeting have been sent to city
and State commissions and commit
tees, representatives Of State bankers
associations and State bar associa-
tions, chambers of commerce and other
bodies that have taken up the study
Of crime, members Of the medical pro-
IVSShVI IibCiNSNCN AL LkiC SI0hS VI VI
inals, chiefs Of police, prosecuting at
torneys, judges of criminal courts,
fraternal and national business organ
izations and distinguished citizens well
known for their activities in the study
Of crime reduction. The American
Bar Association, the committees on
uniform State laws and the Associa-
ton Of State Attorneys General have
formally appointed delegates to the
conference.
With large and representative at
tendance assured, four special subjects
OF discussion will be presented. The
first Of these is uniform State legisla
tion and possibly national legislation
TO eliminate as far as possible the re
ceiver Of stolen goods. Another sub
Ject on the program Is that of the
problem of reducing the large number
Of second offenders by providing pris
oners with practical training which
will enable them to abandon illega
ways Of livelihood. This is the difficult
"prison labor problem" upon the solu
ton of which depends in great meas
uTs the reduction Of the habituAl Grim
Evening star., 1927-10-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. What is the weight of the cotton
In a bale?-H. A. l..
A. The weight of a standard bale of
cotton Is 500 pounds. 47S pounds of
which is cotton and the remaining %
pounds Is composed of the bagging
and iron bands.
@. Who was Lesbia?-F. A. P.
A. Lesbia was the name by which
Clodia, the favorite of Catullus, is e.
ferred to in his poems.
Q. When did the term Scotch-Irlsh
come into use?-L. ).
A. 1t first came into use with the
planting of the province of Ulster in
Ireland with Scotch-Irish settlers in
1909, six years after the accession of
James VI of Scotland as James | of
England. The actual settlers were
mostly Scotch and the Ulster planta-
ton took on the character of a Scotch
occupation of the north of Ireland.
@. What is the origin of the term
cocktail?-M. Il. Z.
A. There have been several eXplana-
tions OF this name set forth, but, per
haps, the most picturesque is the one
concerning a Mexican beauty. 1t APP
pears that the original cocktail was
distilled from the juice of the maSuey
or agave. This liquor was discovered
by a Toltec noble. who sent some of
it to the King by his daughter. The
King became so enamoured OF both
the maiden and the drink that he mar
ried the former and started a pulque
plantation. The name of the girl,
which was Xochitl, became associated
with the national intoXicant, and later
when Gen. Scott's troops came to Mex
leo they found it pleasing. Upon
their return to the United States they
simplified the Aztec name into cock
tail, and brought it back with them.
O. Which prime minister of France
was a barber by trade?-H. f.. B.
A. Peter of BrosSe was first barber
and then prime minister of Philip the
Bold. He was later. however, hanged
for his knaveries.
Q. How should butter be stored for
Winter use?-W. $.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that pasteurized sweet cream
should be used, churned at low tenn
perature and the butter washed so
that it will be firm and waxy. Rolls
or prints of butter should be wrapped
in parchment butter paper, placed in
stone crock, and covered with strong
brine. Butter should be stored in as
cool place as is available and in a
place free from odors likely to be abb
sorbed by the butter.
O. How much does a camel weigh
and what weight can it carry?-S. NJ.
A. An adult camel weighs at the
most / 200 pounds. Such an animal
would be capable of carrying from 225
to 275 pounds for 20 or 80 miles, an
approximate days journey.
0. Who brought Hungarian music
TO this country?-M. H.
A. Sigmund Weitzner, who brought
gypsy chorus to the Chicago World
Fair from Hungary, is said to have
been the first.
O. Did Mrs. Bloomer invent the
garment that bears her name?-D. r.
A. Mrs. Bloomer in her writings
gave credit to Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Smith for designing the costume,
which she copied. Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Mrs. Lucy. Stone
also adopted it for time.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Park Is Advocated
At Potomac Gorge

To the Editor of The Star:
On a tablet set in titanic bowlder
at Great Falls-or, as prefer to write
it, Potomac Falls-is the inscription:
In Memory of
GEORGE WASHINGTON
of Fairfax County, Va,
Patriot, Pioneer and Man Of Affairs,
Who Spent in Developing His Country
The Life He Risked in Her Defense.
This Is Exemplified in the
Patowmack Company,
Incorporated to Build the
Patowmack Canal,
Of Which George Washington Was
First President.
Placed by Fairfax Chapter, D. A. r.
Hereabouts are the remains Of the
Patowmack Canal, adding interest to
a natural beauty spot, with which
Washington was familiar when it was
a wilderness, and which is now yearly
visited by thousands Of tourists.
1t is safe to say that few among
these thousands are unimpressed by
the canal and other evidences Of
Washington's civic activity to be
found in the neighborhood of so-called
Great Falls.
AS q patriotic mecca, as q source Of
dtlOIs
with Mount Vernon and the Monu.
ment, and the fact that it is so closely
associated with the name of Washing
ton is chief among the reasons why
Potomac Falls should be saved from
the desecration of Industrial exploita-
ton.
In the Washington Monument we
have a memorial to Washington as the
statesman and soldier: in Mo mt Yer
non as the private citizen and man Of
family.
The gorge of the Potomac above
Little Falls, it's terrain unchanged
from that with which he was familiar.
should be preserved as public park
Washington Park, let us call it-in
memory of Washington, the enterpris-
ing citizen and man of affairs.
WILLIAM Upton TALBOT.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A HerO'S Reward.

A HerO's Reward.
The hero had a shower of wealth,
Mid beakers raised to drink his
health;
Mid checks and contracts still to come
Which mounted to q generous sum.
Medals he wore with proper pride,
Which to his breast were pinned or
tied,
And daily heard the horns and drums
Sound forth 1.-THE Conquering Hero
Comes"
And yet he was not quite content,
Amid admiring sentiment.
He often sighed. with pathos deep,
I'D like to have just eight hours
Sleep"
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Southern Flags to Dixie.
From the New York Times.
The decision Of tf,a Covarpn,. oP

From the New York Times.
The decision Of the Governor Of New
Jersey to return to North Carolina
flags of that State captured by New
Jersey regiments during the Civil War
will be approved in the North as well
as in the South. Ever since the World
War brought the sons of Northern
and Southern veterans into close con-
tact. the last remaining vestiges Of re.
gional feeling his disappeared. The
North has taken Lee to heart as a
nized the splendor Of Lincoln. AS one
mark of the new spirit, many Confed-
crate flags taken by Northern troops
and Union flags taken by the South
erners have been returned. In follow.
ing this custom New Jersey is con-
tributing her share to the obliteration
Of unpleasant memories.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
President Defines Prosperity.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Presidents speech at Pittsburgh
was an effective answer to those who
are fearful that prosperity is making
us slaves to mere materialism. He
made it clear that the industrial life
of the Nation was spurring 1t on to
higher and better things, and that the
solution of the proper use OF wealth
was in using 1t for public service. We
are not "dollar-chasers" in the obnoxi-
Gus meaning of that phrase. but We
work hard to accumulate money for
the good that it will do for ourselves
and for others. American prosperity
has raiseds the level of existence in
this country higher than anywhere In
the world-a fact for which we have
no apologies to make.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

The Associated Press Is exclusively emitted
to the use for republication of all news DIS
patches credited 10 it or not otherwise Greet
tied in this paper and also the local news
nnhlished herein. All rights of publication
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved,
Evening star., 1927-10-21
As Cobb Sees 1t.
IN. Nav York Herald Tribune.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
Practically complete cemetery re-
turns would indicate that the opposi-
ton to the election next year OF Gen.
Obregon as President Of MEXICO has
about died out, or should enc say,
died off,? IRWIN S. COBB.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

In a very few Congresses more
statesmen will realize that an economy
which contemplates reduction Of
wage for Government servants is not
popular. The American public is dis
posed to be liberal.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

Perhaps the lady who decided to
use a boat in crossing the English
Channel had the right idea and made
her mistake in trying to make the
trip look like an athletic feat.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Statesmanlike Reticence

"Are you going to start any investi'
gations?"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum.
"I'll be satisfied II I can keep out of
some that have already been started" )"
Evening star., 1927-10-21

Lindbergh can earn a large salary
IL he can get away from his social
engagements without seeming dis.
courteous.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Safety Hour for Spectators.

From the Ohio state Journal.
Probably the best time to keep out
of the New York stock market Is when
you are urgently advised to wire your
order before it's too late.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

War in China appears. at a dis
tance, to be a controversy as to who
shall have undisputed control Of the
looting privilege.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

One of the penalties suffered by
Albert Fall is that of being paraded
In public attention when he is no
longer especially interesting.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Method in Welcome.

From the New York HeraldTribune.
Americans are always welcome in
France IL they have something to
spend besides their vacations.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

In addition to being a penal institu-
ton, the Atlanta Penitentiary has be-
come publicity center.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Evolution,

A small boy on a bike drew near,
And filed pedestrians with fear.
When we behold him now, we stop.
He Is q motor cycle cop.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Synthetical Science.

Synthetical Science.
"Bootleggers sell poison"
1--WE all know that" answered Uncle
Bill Bottletop. There ought by this
time to be a good market for some
>enterprising Arm that deals in anti
dotes."
What has been," said HI Ho. the
sage Of Chinatown, will be again.
He who forgets the past is ill-prepared
for the future"
Evening star., 1927-10-21

Jud Tunkins says honesty is the
best policy, and mebbe, after all, it's
also the best politics.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
The Big Noise.

OhB ANVHSOs
The curfew tolls the knell Of parting
day.
And does 1t very well.
An auto horn resounded bold and gay.
We could not hear the knell.
"At de last camp meetin'," said
Uncle Eben, "some of de mourners dat
confessed deir sins sounded a little
like dey was braggin'."
Evening star., 1927-10-21

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@. Did Mrs. Bloomer invent the
garment that bears her name?-D. r.
A. Mrs. Bloomer in her writings
gave credit to Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Smith for designing the costume,
which she copied. Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Mrs. Lucy Stone
also adopted it for a time.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

O. What is the definition for a
corollary in geometry?-C. II. w.
A. In mathematics q corollary IL
proposition which follows another
proposition as consequence and'
therefore does not require any sepa-
rate demonstration.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

O. What is blank verse?-W. c.
\. Blank verse is composed Of
lines each one of which is i'm iambic
pentameter. That is, each OF the five
feet contains an iambus-a group Of
two syllables, the first unaccented the
second accented.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16
EXPEL TR0TSKY,
z|NOv|Ev; PARTY
POSITION SHOWN

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Nov. Is. -
The action of the All-union Com
munist Party in regard to the activ-
tiles of the Trotskyist opposition was
officially made public yesterday with
the publication of resolution drawn
up by the Central Committee and the
Central Control Commission.
Characterizing the recent activities
of the Opposition as hostile to the
Soviet Union and the dictatorship of
the proletariat, the resolution orders
the expulsion of Trotsky and Zinoviev
from the All Union Communist Party.
1t also orders the expulsion from the
Central Control Commission of Smil-
ga, Kameneff, Rakovsky, Yevdomik-
off, Avyedeff, Muraloff, Bakaeff,
Peterson, Solovieff, Shklovsky and
Lisdin, Opposition leaders. All Oppo-
sition leaders, furthermore, will be
Continued on Page Taoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16
Schneiderman To Be
Expelled on Order
of A. r.. of L. Chiefs

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. Is. :
The Executive Council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor has instruct
ed General Organizer Dale of the Of
flee Workers Union that William
Schneiderman is to be expelled from
the union.
Schneiderman is a very active
unionist in Los Angeles, and a strong
left wing leader. He was elected del
egate to the A. F. of L. convention in
this city, but was driven from the
floor by the official gang on charges
of being a Communist. The evidence
against him was furnished by mem
bers Of the strike-breaking police
force of this open shop town. A police
detective was detailed to assist Presi-
dent Green and Vice-president Woll in
the campaign against the Commu-
nists, and Schneiderman was one of
their victims.
Strong majorities in the Office
Workers Union and in the Central
Labor Council have prevented any ex-
pulsion of Schneiderman so far,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16
[ AbOR DEFENSE
TO WAGE WAR ON
SYSTEM

A nationwide attack on the sinister
anti-labor frame-up system which
flourishes in the United States will
be one of the most important develop
ments from the International Labor
Defense Conference that concluded its
sessions here last Sunday.
In a statement issued yesterday
from the defense organizations head
quarters, it was declared that "The
frame-up system has become one of
the greatest dangers to the labor
movement. The fight against this
sinister menace must take prom
inent place on the order of business
of the American workingclass."
In resolution denouncing the in
famous system that legally assassin
ated Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
VanZetti, the conference pointed out
that scores of workers are in United
States jails, tho guilty of no crime,
but because of their working-class
loyalty.
Call Attention to Many Cases.
The resolution points out that not
only Sacco and Vanzetti, but scores of
other workers are also endangered by
frame-ups. Tom Mooney and Warren
Billings, now serving life sentences in
California prisons, are indicated as
victims of the frame-up, as are the
Centralia l. w. W., Greco and Car
rillo, the fur workers and cloakmakers
of New York, the Passaic strikers and
the Cheswick miners. The labor move
ment of the entire country is urged
to join hands for fight to put ian
end to the murder and imprisonment
of the working class fighters"
The conference also unanimously
adopted a resolution endorsing the
campaign made by the International
Labor Defense on behalf of Sacco and
Vanzetti, in which it consistently
brought forward the class issues in
volved.
Pledge Fight to Release Prisoners.
In another resolution, the confer
ence, pledged the entire support of
the organization for systematic
Continued on Page TrDo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16
More Window Cleaners
Are Arrested in Strike

Three more pickets of the striking
Window Cleaners Protective Union
were arrested yesterday, the union re-
ports. They are George Goulart and
G. Zawasa, taken into custody at
Myrtle Ave. and Tompkins St., Brook
lyn, on charges of felonious assault,
and D. Shyshkowski, arrested at
Grand st. and Broadway for alleged
first degree assault. Harry Feinstein,
business agent of the union, said in
a statement last night that these ar
rests like similar ones in the past
were insti9ated by the employers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16

York newspaper yesterday.
Calogero Greco, Aother Of the
defense league secretary and
Donate Carrillo are to go on trial
Dec. 5 in the Bronx on charges
of killing two fascists.
''My attention has been called to
the fact that District Attorney Nc
Geehan said that he hoped to have
my brother and Carrillo in the death
house at Sing Sing prison by Christ
mas" the defense league secretary
said. with the trial three weeks
away and the defense witnesses yet
clearly shows the increasingly preju-
diced attitude of Mr.. Mcclellan"
to be heard from, this statement
A statement attributed to Count Di
Revel that the Fascist League of
North America contained between 49,
900 and $4,000 members is false, Car
10 Tresca, head of the Anti-Fascist
League of North America, said.
Di Revers organization is directly
responsible for the Greco-C Carrillo
non, secretary of the International
frame-up, according to James P. Can
Labor Defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16
TAMMANY PLAN
BEHIND SIROvICH
TALK, is CHARGE
Right Wing Confiscates
Local 81 Furniture

Congressman William l. Siro-
vich, democratic party represent
ative from the East Side, who
is attempting to win the needle
trades workers for Tammany
Hall, has come out in support of
William Randolph Hearst's anti
Mexican campaign. He has sent
a communication to Secretary of
State Frank Kellogg calling his
attention to Hearst's so-called
exposure. The DAILY WORKER
in another column, exposes the
Hearst documents" as forgeries.
That the Intervention of Congress
man William l. Sirovich into the diff
ficulties in the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union is move
on the part of Tammany Hall to ex
tend it's influence in the needle
trades is the opinion of many cloal
and dressmakers interviewed yester
day.
The workers charged that the ex
penses for the Mecca Temple meet
ing held by the so-called COMMITTEES
of so Monday night were paid by tht
Jewish Day, an organ Of Tammany
Hal.
"The demigogue speech of Siro
vich, said one active cloakmaker
twas delivered for the purpose O.
Continued on Page Fiue)
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Z
was subsidized by the Gales govern
ment, was even less convincing than
the first.
The threadbare tale originated by
the state department in its attempts
to justify it's armed intervention in
Nicaragua are again played up by the
Washington Herald, the local Hearst
sheet. There is revised the old attack
on the ground that the present nation
alist government of Mexico was try
ing to place that nation at the head of
"Bolshevist Federation, to include
the five Central American republics
of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ell Saliva
dor, Costa Rica and Honduras" and
later "as opportunity offered to add
the caribbean countries of Venezuela,
Columbia, Haiti and Santo Domingo,
and perhaps eventually Cuba and Por-
ia Rico"
The facts are we'll known here
which go to show that the Gales gov
ernment has been only too hesitant in
it's historical duty to make Mexico
the center around which the Latin
American republics could be brought
to rally in bloc to save themselves
from such depredations as exemph-
fled in the Nicaraguan invasion.
The fear on the part of the U. S.
financial interests that step toward
such a role may be made by Mexico
in connection with the Havana con-
ference has evidently inspired the
present attack. In fact the Gales
geverl1nest in many cases recently
carried thru a policy antagonistic to
Mexican labor upon the support of
which a consistent anti-imperialist
policy (Which Hearst calls "Bolshe-
visit" policy would have to depend.
More Documentary Proof"
Official representatives of the re-
dictionary Diaz government have an
nounced' that for some time the Mica
raguan state department has been in
possession of documentary proof of
the Mexican governments connection
with the Sacasa rebellion" These So
called representatives are mere lack
eys of Wall Street and their state
ment probably indicated that the
forgers have also distributed some of
their handiwork to the Diaz govern
ment to be used in defense of the
policy of American despotism in that
country.
These documents" will probably
be held in reserve until the Nicara-
guam question comes up at the Pan
American conference and it becomes
necessary to defend the course of the
United States government in Nicara-
qua.
More Forgery Proof.
DR.. Castro-Teal, charge d'affaires,
and other officials of the Mexican
embassy said there were no fewer
than sixty elementary grammatical
errors" in the text of the six docu-
ments published by the Hearst news
papers yesterday morning, which,
they declared, could never have been
overlooked by even the most careless
functionaries.
Forgery mills whose business it is
to turn out documents from the Mex
ican secret archives for the foreigner
are found in Mexico City," an embas-
sy official declared, adding that
some of the mill products" drift
across the American border, but ele-
mentary grammatical mistakes were
usually sufficient to preclude doubt
as to their source"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-16
THINK GAS TANK
Slew Il men IN
ADJOINING PLANT

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15.-With the
coroner and company officials work.
ing frantically to pin the fault of the
disaster in some way upon the work
men killed, others concentrated their
efforts today on reaching victims of
the Equitable Gas Company tank ex-
plosion who it is felt certain are
pinned beneath tons Of debris in the
wreckage of the Pittsburgh Clay Pot
Company, adjoining the gas plant.
Seventy-one of the pottery employees
are missing.
At noon the known deaen toll stood
at 43 and the number injured between
500 and 600. In addition a workman
was killed this morning when mass
of steel fell on him from a hoist used
in clearing away debris.
Pinned and Drowned.
Jumpers worked all morning drain
ing the basement of the pot company
of water that rushed into it when the
conclusion shattered water mains.
Many men were working in the base
ment and, it is fear, were drowned
without chance of escape.
Firemen attempted to clear the
wreckage with the aid of dynamite
but abandoned the effort when this
procedure failed to bulge the mass of
steel and mortar.
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