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LAUNCH ATTACK
IN ENGLAND ON
union MILITANTS
Reformists Try to Curb
Youth of Left Wing

LONDON, April 18.-The new at
tack which the conservative leaders
of the British trade union movement
are planning against the left wing
elements was launched yesterday
when the Executive Council of the
Boiler Makers Society-with mem
bership of 69,000-appealed to its
membership to defeat "a Communist
conspiracy to capture the society"
There is a strong left wing section
in the union which has been fighting
against the policies Of the Executive
Council.
Warning that the new attack
would be launched turnout the trade
union movement was evident at the
last meeting of the General Council
of the British trade union congress
when John Hill, Secretary of the
Boiler Makers, introduced resolu
ton calling for the expulsion OF
minority movement and Communist
leaders from the trade unions.
Altho Hills motion was tabled at
the time, It will be taken up at the
next session of the General Council,
which will be held on April IS. Wal
ter Citrine, Ben Turner, conservative
head of the textile workers union,
and other right wing members of the
General Council are expected to sup
pert Hills motion.
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Textile Union
Congress OPENS
IN Soviet Union

MOSCOW, (By MaiD.-The eight
ALI Union Textile Workers Congress
has opened in Moscow. More than
$4,000 textile workers participated
in the election Of the $50 voting dele
gates to the convention.
The opening session Of the Congress
was addressed by representatives of
the textile workers unions from
eleven countries including the United
States, Great Britain, France, Ger
many, China, Poland and Czecho-
sloVakia.
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Transfer USSR Gold
To Gold Bank Vault

BERLIN, April $5,ooo,O0o in
Soviet gold, which was transferred
from the steamship Dresden to the
Reiher in the English channel in
order to prevent its confiscation by
the Bank of France, is now safe in
the vaults of the Deutsche Bank.
The Reiher entered Bremerhaven
yesterday and was transferred I'M
der heavy guard to Berlin.
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Textile WORKERS
HOLD MASS MEET
The Council Officialdom
Tries to Halt It
(Continued from Page One)

kIOULtnutl lfONt ttgS OPVJ
town. They replied that the mill COM
mittees formed a national movement,
that intends to stay in New Bedford
to organize mill units to which union
men as we'll as non7union men can be-
long. 1t was further stated that the
committees are the most powerful
force making for successful maintain
ance of solidarity among the strikers.
Batty then said he would start
trouble if the committee didn't leave
town. according to Murdoch.
Outside of one small meeting, to
which only union members were adj
mitted, this was the first mass gather
ing of strikers since the struggle
against the mill owners began,
Despite the refusal of the Textile
Council heads to organize regular
picketing, thousands of workers are
following the advice of the mill COM
mittees by coming out early in the
morning and patrolling the gates Of
mills.
Criticize Leaders.
Inc SeHtl1lGnU dlItOllS ClAC WI AASi a
is bitterly critical Of the union leader
ship for their refusal to safeguard
the solidarity of the ranks of the
strikers from the coming attacks OF
the mill barons through refusing to
assist the mill committees in prepar-
ing picket demonstrations
| While the mill bosses association
has as yet taken no public action to-
ward trying to smash the strike, only
| fools can believe that secret strike
breaking preparations are not under
way, the workers declare.
In answer to statement made by
Secretary Batty in which he declared
that the leaders of the mill commit
| tees are "egoistic agitators, who will
divide the strikers" Murdoch, speak
ing in the name of the committees de-
clared to the press, "the greatest
guarantee to the unity of the strikers
is that the union men as well as the
non-union men both belong to the
same mill organization"
"0urs is national body. We are
/ lighting HoG OHly 1OL Tie cause "a the
! New Bedford workers, but for the
| textile workers thruout the country
Because these events are the kew to
the whole situation, our fight for the
winning of the strike mus. De l4eda
here. AS the New Bedford wage cut
fight goes on it will vitality affect
the textile situation countrywide. We
are already beginning to take steps
| for decisive action in Fall River,
where $4,000 workers were recently
prevented from striking against a
wage cut by the union leadership, y
/ the statement says.
The workers attending the MOSS
/ meeting yesterday afternoon, were
] addressed by several leaders Of the
Passaic local Of the United Textile
( Workers Union, which was formed as
, a result of the 1926 Passaic strike.
They were Gus Deak, president of the
local, and Ellen Dawson, members OF
the National Executive Board of the
Textile Mill Commit ees, James P,
Ried, and Fred e. Beal, also spoke
at the meeting.
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STRIKE TIES Up
GENERAL MOTORS

STOCKHOLM, April 18.-Workers
in the assembly plant of the General
Motors Company here have gone on
strike in sympathy with the leather
workers and upholsterers who quit
last week to protest against the at
tempt of the company to hire non
union workers.
The strike is virtually complete.
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JAPANESE TROOPS
ON WAY TO CHINA
1000 Marines Sent to
Shantung

TOXIC, April 18.-One thousand
japanese blue jackets today are on
their way to Tsingtao, China, on board
two cruisers and four destroyers.
They will be posted in the Shan
tung railway zone, where the south
ern troops are advancing on two
fronts. The commander of the inter
vening forces was ordered to take
such defensive steps as he deemed
necessary"
The protest against Japanese en-
croachments in Shantung province
and Manchuria has been gaining
steadily in strength.
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Kellogg Concludes New
Pact With Fascist Italy

WASHINGTON, April 18.-Italy
and the United States have concluded
a general arbitration treaty identical
in scope with the Franco-Americar
treaty signed last February, the stats
department announced today.
Ambassador MARITIME and Secretary
Kellogg will sign the pact tomorrow
The last Italian American arbitration
treaty expired in 1928.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-19
Pacific Fleet Warming
Up for the Coming War

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 1S.
Bound for Hawaii to engage in the
annual spring tactical maneuvers, the
United States battle fleet greatest
armada ever assembled in western
waters, was coursing the Pacific to-
day
Led by vanguard of destroyers,
the mighty flotilla, composed Of more
than 100 ships of the line, sailed out
of the harbor at dawn.
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lean Government is
expected to return
at the end of this
week. The Mexi-
c an Government
made it clear last
year that it would
be unable to meet
payments on its
debts to J. P. Nor
gan and other fl
nancial houses.
A m b a S S a d o r
Dwight w. Nor
row, former part
ner in j. P. Nor
gan and Co., is re-
ported to be active
in securing a set
Element between the
Maviaao Gnvary,
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Swedish Group Active

CLEVELAND, O., April 18.-The
work of the Swedish fraction of the
Workers (Communist) Party has
been so effective that today the
Swedish fraction in this city is grow
ing and there are left the Swedish
section of the socialist-labor party
only two members.
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4 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE

SISTERVILLE, W. Va, Apr. IS
The charred bodies of four children
were removed from the ruins of their
home, at McElroy Creek, Tyler Coun-
ty, Is miles from here, today, fol
slowing a fire which swept the upper
story of the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Denton Tenant,
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ment and the International Commit
tee of Bankers. Revision of the pres
ent financial agreement is expected in
view of the sharp drop in the revenue
Of the Mexican Government.
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MORGAN ENJOYS
NOW IN MEXICO
Morrow Aids in Debt
Settlement

A special commission appointed by
the International Committee OF Bank
ers to survey the finances of the Mex
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DEFENDERS e.
TnS DAILY WORKER

S. Schneiderman, Detroit, Mich. 25
I. Lauken Detroit, Mich. .....1.00
I. Selaberg, Detroit, Mich. ... .25
j. Solomon, Detroit, Mich. .. .25
j. Brunbink, St. Louis, Mo-. 200
DR.. H. H. Richter, Chicago, Ill. 5000
J. Piosot, Hackensack, N. J.....1.00
E. Taratusk, Phila., Pa........ 80
j. Zebrys, Cleveland, O........100
J. F. Alpert. Cleveland, O.....,1.00
j. Za"an. Menlo Park, Cal. 100 90
+. A. Graca, Fall River, Mass. 100
G. D. McLannan, Seattle, Wash 100
S. Leonowicz. Phila., Pa. 100
NJ. Koninzeslsi, Phla., Pa. .25
S. Laskowski, Phila., Pa. ..1.t0
j. Crisis, Lyman, Wash. 49,. 500
H. Smith. Decatur. I'll. .....1 90
P. Du Val, Murietta, Cal ......1O0
J. Doyle, (col.), Pitts, Pa. ~. 2053
Camp Nitgedaiget, Beacon. NY.60 90
M. Zieper, Worcester, Mass. 800
z. Grossenbacher, Phila., Pa. 100
NJ. Stresone, Central Islip, N. Y..1.0o
j. Cuier, New York City 100
J. Tonlilgat, Groton, Conn. -. 200
A. L. D. L. D. Branch 66, Grand
Rapids, Mich. 800
S. Rubinsky, (col), N. Y. Co.. 500
z. R. Field, Algonac, Mich. :. 500
A. Victor, Lawrence, Mass. 100
J. B. Rhodes, McKeesport. Pa. 100
A. 7. Haningtino, Detroit, Mich. 100
Finnish Fed, Waukegan, Ill :. rs 90
F. j. Anderson, Portland, Ore. / 90
N. Rubin. Boston, Mass. .... 500
Section Z Boston. Mass. ......7.00
I. Rauttila, Allanwater, Ont,
Canada 400
J. Dick, Denver, Colo. ..... 200
F. s. Loure, Tucson, Ariz. -. 800
A. Suckkowen, Maynard, Mass. so
J. Supola, Maynard, Mass, $50. so
f. II. Mack, Maynard, Mass. II. .25
F. Stasuckwvich, Maynard, Mass. 80
j. Nurmi, Maynard. Mass. ...... so
w. Olsa, Maynard, Mass. ....... .25
T. Leuter. Maynard. Mass. ..... rs
w. Ahsola, Maynard. Mass. I'M. so
Evening star., 1928-11-01
BRITISH NOBLEMAN
TAKES HOLY ORDERS
Lord Normandy, 80 Years Old, One
of Nations Oldest Churchmen.
Many Aid Religious Work.

LONDON LP).-The ordination Of
Lord Clonmore, son and heir of the
Earl of wicklow, has served to bring to
light the large number of members Of
the British nobility who are in holy
orders.
The venerable Lord Normandy, now
90 years old, is one Of the best known
and one of the Oldest churchmen in
England. other mobiles who are clergy
nel are Lord Mountmorres, Lord By
ron, Lord de Mauley, Lord Thurlow,
Lord Wenlock and Lord Devon.
Lord William Cecil, brother of Lord
Salisbury, is Bishop of Exeter. The
master Of Kinloss, heir to the barony of
Kinloss and grandson of the Duke of
Buckingham, is likewise in holy orders.
Although Lord Tavistock, son and
heir Of the Duke of Bedford, has not
yet taken orders, he is noted as an elo-
quent preacher He is member of
the National Council of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
Even Morgan, heir of Lord Tredegar,
contemplated, 1t is said, entering the
Roman Catholic priesthood at one time.
Like the late Lord Gainsborough, he
has acted as a private chamberlain to
the Pope
Evening star., 1928-11-01
spirit LOVE" GIRL
STANDS BY STORY
Death Near, Psychology Stu
dent Insists She Burned
Self in Furnace.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKE BLUFF, Ill. November -
They gave Miss Elfrieda Knaak her last
chance today to change her story Of
self-immolation: of burning herself
feet arms and head, to prove her faith
in the weird spirit love" she has per-
sistently professed. And she would not
change 1t.
It was the pretty book agent-psychol-
ogy students last chance, because doc
tors said her death was a matter OF
hour only, and Sheriff Lawrence Doo-
little and George Hargrave. private de-
tective said II was vital to their inves-
tigation that they have from the dying
woman's own lips a more believable
story of what happened Monday night
in the furnace room of the Lake Bluff
police station.
BY words and signs these two men
questioned her. She was near death.
they told her. A new. final state
nent was asked. Unless she added
some new word, the investigation must
end no nearer solution of the peculiar
affair than when it started.
Holds Story True Account.
Miss Knaak, facing death, told them
that her previously repeated story was
true account Of what happened: That
she had gone alone to the police station
Monday night, had sat there until early
Tuesday morning and then had gone to
the furnace room and tortured herself
by fire to prove her spirit faith" One
arm. then another. she laid on the live
Goals of the furnace, then her right
foot, then her left, completing the rite
bv poking her head through the mar
row furnace door and holding her head
over the fire until she was burned to
the skull.
The path Of blood leading from the
furnace to the rear door Of the base
nent? That, she said, was made after
the fire rites. She was going home.
she explained, but the door was locked
Who locked it? THE mysterious hand, ="
was all she would say.
But why? persisted Hargrave, unWlll-
ing to accept the mystic explanation OF
spirit love. of self-torture. why did yoli
ut it9 And the answer, 81 do not know. "
The Young woman's will was all that
had kept her alive until morning, doc
tors said. If she survived today, plans
were completed for amputation OF one
foot. toes of the other and both hands.
Glad to See Chum.
Marie Mueller, who was one OF Miss
Knaak's closest friends. was sought.
She had disappeared. Early today Miss
Mueller was found and accompanied
officers to the hospital. Miss Knaak
appeared glad to see her chum, but
when Miss Mueller pleaded with her
to tell everything" the young woman
on the hospital cot would only say, i
have told everything"
Miss Mueller studied psychology with
Miss Knaak under Charles Hitchcock,
poIiceman-teacler and former actor.
Ofhcers. convinced, despite Miss
Knaak's story, that attempted murder
took place in the police station base
ment, said that all those whose names
have come into the investigation have
been absolved Of any part in the af-
fair.
Evening star., 1928-11-01
6. o. P. SENATORIAL
GROUP HAS $22,867
Campaign Receipts Listed at $1O2,-
S53, With Expenditures
Put at $79,9S6.

BY the Associated Press.
The Republican senatorial committee
In report TO the clerk of the House
yesterday showed that its total receipts
to October l3 had been $102,853 ana
that It's expenditures had been $79,986,
leaving a balance of $22,867
The statement showed that the COM
mittee had sent into the various States
the following amounts
Maryland, $4,000; Wyoming, $6,0OO
Tennessee, $4,000; Montana, $4,000;
Utah. $500; Arizona. $3,500; Florida.
$1,000; Idaho, s2,500; Minnesota, SIS. 900;
Massachusetts,, $4,000; New Mexico,
$2,500; Washington 5000; Missouri,
$4,000; Nebraska, $500; Rhode Island,
$1,000 North Dakota. 81 900; Delaware,
$500 and West virginia $4,000.
Evening star., 1928-11-01
Rail Strike Ends in Athens.

ATHENS. November OP)-A strike
Of tramway and railroad employees at
Athens and Piraeus was ended today
and the men, who walked out yester-
day, returned to work this morning
Some of the demands of the strikers
were granted
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linda Vivid Romance of College Life VIRGINIA Swain

pened during the evening. Then
she knew!s
Dulcy was in there, sick-prob-
ably unconscious lin the next
room, and Linda was the only
soul in the house who knew her
plight. The little radium night
clock told her she had slept for
half an hour.
With guilty qualm, she
sprang out OF bed and reached for
q negligee whose filmy draperies,
hanging over a chair, made a
light blur in the darkness OF the
room. without stopping to turn
on the lights or glance at her
touzled hair in the glass, she ran
to the door.
The hall was still silent, family
lit from the little bulb down.
stairs. Dulcy's door presented an
enismatic front.
Linda tipteed across the hall,
put her hand on the knob Of the
door. There was q line Of light
shining under 1t.
with an effort, Linda turned
the knob and pushed the heavy
door open. The gasp she gave
was a still.born scream.
Dulcy lay on the bed carelessly
wrapped in the red velvet XII
mona, her white ulders
cleaned where the gown fell
back. Sitting on the bed beside
her was T h o m 8 Moonlight
Vaughan.
He looked up quickly, whether
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And he--Alan Brennaway who
had wrested fortune out OF the
bowels of the earth-had smiled
and shrugged and gone down, also
in baffied silence. DECIDEDLY, shir.
ley had won.
Alan groaned under the oppres.
sion Of his thoughts. The storm
gathered outside and the air lay
unmoving in his room. He would
have opened his window, but
lassitude held him. 1T imprisoned
him. The weight OF 1t was the
weight OF his failure to find the
Shirley who-mig ht haveJbeen.
Into this torpedo walked the
Shirley-who-was Very pale, very
composed; very wet. -
My dear Shirley! What on
earth-Y'
She stopped in front Of him, her
eyes lifted steadily to his. She
seemed toTtgue-tied-an echo OF
her strange mood on the moor.
land that morning: but he sensed
her mood now as more definite,
IL even stranger. She stood be.
fore him with rain silvering the
goldy.silver OF her hair.
CTO Re Continued Tomorrow
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IT never felt less like Mona,
Lisa in my life, = said Linda, with
a shaky laugh. S'I feel-like q
country pumpkin"
DR.. Prime made no protest, but
walked along in silence. putting
on a pipe. They crossed Provi.
dence road and plunged into the
deeper black Of cross streets lead.
ing toward the campus.
ITO dance these modern dances,
you have to make a life study
of them said DR. Prime, unex-
pectedly.' They're no real &C.
complishment. at best"
Linda shot a quick glace at
him, "You saw, them"
He did not answer. They were
cutting into the campus now, over
the little bridge behind the jour.
nalism building. DR.. Prime stop.
ped suddenly and faced her.
Look here" he said, somebody
ought to warn you. You're q.
very lovely creature. and Mar.
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or by some sixth sense. Linda
saw him toss the hair out of his
eyes and frown. Come In" he
said CURLY, "and shut the door"
Linda caught the negligee more
closely about her, and turned to
flee, but the imperiousness OF his
manner stopped her. She closed
the door softly'and stood with her
back against it, staring at the
group on the bed.
Tom seemed waiting for her to
advance toward him. but she did
not move,
He scowled again. Hurry"
he snapped. II need help"
His words unlocked Lin6a's
powers of speech and movement.
She walked slowly toward him,
with just a hint Of insolence In
the carriage Of her shoulders.
She gave him a hooking smile.
You don't look as II you needed
help" she cooed.
Tom threw his head back. "You
little fool" he said and turned
back to- the girl on the bed, as
though Linda were not present.
She saw that he was rubbing
Dulcy's hands and stepped closer,
almost against her will, to look
over his shoulder. She started
back at sight Of Dulcy's face. 1t
was grayish white and the eyes
were still closed.
''Oh," she breathed, what can
I do?
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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Alan. Let me pass, Roger, please. "
Alan Brennaway. from his cot.
tage window, had watched the
black weather come up over the
woods. Usually, storm clouds
stirred something in Tim, calling
to the fighting instinct that had
taken him to Mexico and back:
but tonight he was hstless.
His physical strength might be
returning. but the strength Of his
soul had gone. Shirley had drained
it away in that moment when she
had left him alone with Roger,
so that Roger might, with inso-
lent finesse, thrust him outside
their lives forever.
Alan leaned against the case
ment and stared up into the
threatening skies. He felt as
though their l1eaviness pressed in
literal fact upon every nerve and
sinew. He drew long breaths,
almost gasping Shirley
and her policy" had won.
The latent manhood in Roger
Kelton, that might have proved
itself under the spur of toll. had
gone down before her bland In
sistence that accomplishment was
= matter OF diplomacy.
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shirley motstened dry IIps.

Shirley moistened dry lips.
You won't go-to Macedonia?
And leave some other man in
charge Of my affairs as they are
now? Before I'd been gone six
weeks, there'd be 4 warrant out
for my arrest. The only thing
for me to do now is to play my
fathers game till the end of my
life. Cant you be sen.
sible, Shirley"
suppose Alan finds out-what
you've done?"
Prison. He's bound to be vim.
dictive."
'.He couldn't be. It's not in
him."
my dear girl, he has thrown
away q fortune"
Shirley knew then what the
truth was that she had been seek
ing for so long.
II know. And that at least I'll
make good. II it's true-if he
paid q half million for me--n he
still thinks I'm worth so much
She moved toward the door.
Roger lurched toward her.
Where are you going?"
I'm going to pay my debt 10
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captive home" she said to the
professor. But he was occupied in
staring at the striped roadster
parked by the curb.
"That isn't Hoskins' car" he
said at last.
mo-" said Linda. tits Toms"
The professor left her with
handclasp at the door.
The house was quiet and dark,
save for the parslmonious night
light In the lower hall. Linda
looked about for signs of Doyle
or Thomas MoonHght's presence.
She pushed open the door of the
living room, peered into the sun
complete shadow.
parlor beyond. They were both in
CHAPTER XIX
In spite of her resolve to ignore
this crisis as beyond the circle
Of her own interests, Linda's
heart began to pound az she
climbed the long, carpeted stair.
case. Dulcy'S door was shut.
There was not \ sound IN the
house.
She tiptoed past and entered
her own room. There, with the
lights turned on, and her own
possessions snugly surrounding
her, she began to breathe more
easily. She sat down on the
little dressing chair, and stared at
herself in the mirror. A wan but
lovely girl stared back at her.
The humiliation of the dance in.
cident had ebbed away during the
excitement over Dulcy. Linda was
conscious now only of an overpow.
ering desire for sleep.
She pulled the blue and white
bingham frock off over her head,
stepped out OF her undergarments
and into the sleek comfort of a
satin nightgown. Some one had
turned back the coverlet on the
bed, drawn the little night table
with it's water decanter and glass
nearer to the pillow.
With a great sigh of content,
Linda slipped between the cool
white sheets. Almost instantly
her eyes closed. ....
II might have been one hour or
several hours later, when she sat
bolt upright in the darkness. For
a moment she could not remember
where she was or what had hap
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from the Government and 50 on.
pointed out that was shortly
to be married, when he iramedi-
ately explained that must not
take you there as it was not safe
for an American woman"
II can't believe It. f"
HE tried very hard to get me
to 20 before our marriage. When
that failed-as you know. he has
been trying ever since"
but why did he want You to
60 to Macedonia after we were
married?"
my dear girl. you know very
little of the ways of Tnen. Have
you forgotten the sin of David?
That country teens with malaria
and hosts OF other diseases and q
semi.wild population, bandits and
all that kind Of thing
81 can't believe 1t.
Roger was on his feet. He was
helping himself 20 more brandy.
He was laughing and chattering,
quite gaily.
"He paid 4 half million for You.
my dear. and got nothing for it.
/ wish / could have seen his
face when he discovered you were
engaged to me. And he can
whistle for his money back"