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Evening star., 1928-12-21
Executioner Lets
Doomed Slayer Live
Through Christmas
Official ''Sat Tight in
JAM of Legal Maze and
Deferred Trip to Callows.
BY the Associated Press.

Dy bte hSSUCldbCu EACSo'
MENDENHALL, Miss, December 81.
Because a level-headed executioner
sat tight in a JAM" Robert v. Lewis,
condemned slayer, will spend at least
one more Christmas on earth.
Sheriff j. D. Smith of Simpson
County, facing the duty of hanging
Lewis yesterday for Staying Jesse Miley,
his 71-year-old stepfather, was served
with a writ of habeaS corpus, in Lewis
behalf, which was not returnable until
next Monday at Columbia, Miss.
The situation became more Distress
ing as the time for the execution was
reached and no formal action had been
taken by Gov. T. G.. Bilbo to alter a
seven-day respite which expired yes
terday.
While in his dilemma some one sug-
gested that if he went ahead with the
execution he would be in contempt of
the Columbia court and would be SUBJ
ject to impeachment.
Finally, Sheriff Smith announced
the execution was postponed. Under
Mississippi law failure to execute SEN
tence makes it necessary for a re-
sentencing, which must be done within
80 days.
ut looks like there Is no chance OF
my getting in trouble by sitting tight,
Sheriff Smith observed after Lewis had
been informed that he had at least 80
additional days to live.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
BROKERS ESTABLISH
BRANCHES IN FLORIDA
Wall Street Operators Find New
York as Close as Nearest
Direct Wire.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla.-Wall Street
brokers are spending the Winter in
Florida, but they are no farther from
their New York City offices and the
Stock Exchange than the nearest direct
wire.
with the opening of the Winter sea-
son here December 10, four of the Ma
tion's principal brokerage houses had
established branch offices in Palm
Beach, and numerous direct wires from
this Winter playground of millionaires
to New York City had been installed.
More elaborate means of communi-
cation with the exchange and the
brokers' Offices will be provided before
the first of the year. Local telegraph
officials declare that more than twice
as many brokerage houses will operate
branch Offices in Palm Beach this year
than ever before.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
NEW BR|TA|N-U. S.
PACT CONSIDERED
But Chamberlain Prefers to
Extend Old Arbitration
Treaty.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, December 21.-The British
government has under consideration q
new arbitration treaty with the United
States.
Sir Austen Chamberlain. foreign Sec
retary, told the House of Commons that
the government, however, had not yet
reached a conclusion which would
enable it to proceed further in the
negotiations. He explained that he had
desired the old arbitration treaty ex-
tended to cover the time needed for
consideration of the new proposal.
These new proposals, he said, had come
as a surprise, since he had previously
been informed that the American Gov
ernment intended no change, but merely
renewal of the old treaty.
Regrets Little Cloud"
Referring to Anglo-American rela-
tions, Sir Austen said he profoundly
regretted that little cloud" had come
over them recently. But he refused to
believe that betweeen the two nations
so peacefully minded and so friendly
to one another passing differences were
going to create any permanent dis
turbance of relations.
There was another very relevant
treaty still in force, Sir Austen con-
O1I1uCO, AldLLICtys bAAC OAy hAS ASANC
conciliation treaty. His impression was
that it was probable that in future rela-
tions between the two countries con-
ciliation machinery would be used more
than the terms of any arbitration
treaty.
Anti-War Pact Up First.
Sir Austen explained that before the
British government could deal with the
matter of a new arbitration treaty, the
proposal of pact outlawing war was
made and it seemed desirable to con-
clude negotiations on that point and
put aside for the time being resumption
of negotiations regarding the arbitration
treaty.
Great Britain, he added, was engaged
in careful inquiry into the matter of
arbitration and disarmament and the
question of the bearing of belligerent
rights thereon.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
SLUMP IN BUYING
TRACED TO ILL KING
British Anxiety About Mon
arch Cast Pail Over Christ
mas Purchasing.
By Gable to The Star and the Chicago Daily


By Gable to The Star and the Chicago Daily
News.
LONDON, December 21.-It Is a
strange Christmas that Is coming to
London this year on account of the an
Xiety during the past month over King
Georges illness.
Most tradeSmen have lost heavily
because apprehension for the King has
kept people from buying. Restaurants
and hotels report the worst Christmas
season in years, while tailorS, merchants
and other ShOpkeeperS estimate their
losses in tens of thousands of pounds
as result of their almost empty stores.
For the last 10 days gloom has been
heavy over London in a sort of spirit
ual sense, also. Instead of the usual
galaxy of pre- Christmas balls, parties,
receptions and fox hunts, there has
benn general and widespread tendency
to cut out social entertainment. Men,
berS of the royal family have been un-
able to fulfill public engagements. Min
listers of the crown have been unable to
leave London. For instance Prime Minis
lister Baldwin had hoped to go to AK
les BaineS for the holidays, Foreign Min
ister Chamberlain to Cornwall and Home
Secretary JoynSon- Hicks to Mentone.
None has been able to leave town so
far.
Jaunts Cancelled.
In fact from top to bottom of official
society, the most extensive holiday
jauntS have been either curtailed or
Cancelled. David Lloyd George, who is
suffering from a cold may remain in
London or go to Churt. Ramsay Mac
Donald probably is remaining in Lon
don. Premier Baldwin will be either in
town or at Checkers, not far away.
Today hopes for the Kings recovery
were better than at any time during his
illness. The hush is lifting little. But
even the taxiS still refuse to sound horns
when nearing Buckingham Palace, and
the Ineager crowds in the West End
seem not fully recovered from their
gloom. Fears that the King might die
on Christmas day itself were widespread
and intense. These fears are now lifted,
but no one is breathing altogether easy
as yet.
Turkey Business Declines.
Among the many businesses which
have Slumped badly is turkey imports.
According to the Manchester Guardian,
between December IL and 16 last year
81 900 turkeys were shipped from France
to England as well as 5000 cases of
dates and $4,000 cases of other fruit.
This years figures are only $4,000 tur-
keys, 5000 cases of dates, and 5000 cases
of other fruit, a diminution Of 80 per
cent.
Today some signs of normal life are
returning to London. Every one thinks
now that King George will recover.
England says, God has saved the King
and We can have merry Christmas
after ALL
So even the newspapers look normal
today. News about the King is confined
to one column on the first page, all the
rest of the paper going to the London
explosion and Australian cricket.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-12-21
GROUP FORECASTS
Church MERGER
Early Union of Congregation
aIiSts and Christians Seen
by Committee.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 21.-Complete
merger of the Congregational and Chris
tian denominations was forecast in the
recommendations of joint committee
representing the two churches, an
bounced last night in joint statement
by the Rev. DR.. Frank Knight Sanders
pf Rockport, Mass, and the Rev. DR..
Frank G. Coffin of Columbus, chairmen,
respectively, of Congregational and
Christian commissions.
"a new united national denomina-
tional organization, the General Coun-
I'll of the Congregational-Ch Christian
churches, will be formed, it is proposed,
n October, 1929" the announcement
said. THE merger, if consummated,
will be the largest union of distinct de-
nominations in the United States. The
CONGREGATIONAL churches number 5,548,
With 928,558 members. The Christian
churches number $50, with 114,136
members"
Unity Made Possible.
DR.. Sanders and DR.. Coffin believe
that the plan of union points the way
10 genuine Christian unity among the
Protestant churches of America"
"It is based" they said, upon the
broad, sane principles that every de-
nomination should be free to preserve
The things which it holds especially Sa-
ered and the ways to which it is pecul-
larly accustomed, and yet should yielc
sovereignty in the matters which are
actually of common interest to the
whole church of Christ. Upon this
platform a very large number of de-
nominations might easily unite, anc
uch a union might properly be called
The United Church of Christ in Amer
ca."
Proposals Approved.
Negotiations between the Congrega.
tional and Christian churches have
been in progress for some time and pre-.
hminary proposals for union have beer
approved by the governing bodies o.
zach. The ground on which they ART
meeting is the recognition by eacf
yroup that the other is constituted o
The followers of Jesus Christ and tina
zach individual church and each groul
bf churches shall be free to retain ant
develop its own form of religious ex
preston" g.
! The National Congregational Council
holds its next meeting in May in De
Eroit, while the next regular session o
the General Christian Convention vii
probably be held next october. 1t
hoped, the announcement said, that !
the CongregationalistS approve tn
merger st Detroit they will adjourn t.
meet coIucIdc-:tally with the Christian
3ody in october, when the union woult
be formed.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
GERMAN WORKERS
GIVEN PAY RAISE
Decision of Interior Minister
Is in Opposition to Attitude
of Mill Owners.
BY the Associated Press.

BERLIN, December 21.-Wilhelm
Karl Severing, minister of the interior,
today handed down his decision as ar
bitrator in the iron and steel wage dis
pute of the Rhineland and Westphalia.
He held that the original award of the
first official arbitrator would be binding
until the end of the year, and that a
new schedule, drawn up by him, would
then become effective until December
81 1890.
The effect of the decision is to give
increased wages and shorter working
hours to employees over the protest of
mill owners, who claimed that 1t would
make it impossible for them to COM
pete in world markets. Rather than
submit to the first award the industrial
lists shut down their plants, throwing
225,000 men out of work.
Herr Severing reminded both parties
that they had agreed Internationally
to accept his ruling. He added that i'm
position of the original award was nee
eSsary in order to compel respect for
arbitration.
The original award gave the men a
wage of IS pfennigs an hour. They
had been receiving rs prennigs and had
asked co.
The two-year arrangement announced
bv the cabinet minister will increase
the lowest wages by 6 pfennigs hourly
and reduce the working week to 81
hours for men who hitherto have
worked 60 hours.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
SNOWST0RM RACES
AS BANDIT is HANGED
Canadian Pays With Life for Muir
der of Farmer After
Mail Hold-Up.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARRY SOUND, Ontario, December
21-John Burowski, convicted of the
murder of Thomas Jackson, farmer,
after mail car hold-up near here
August 18, was hanged III snowstorm
in the courtyard of the district jail
today.
biting wind whirled snow down on
the courtyard as Burowski walked up
the steps to the platform, lighted by a
single bulb. He objected momentarily
to the black cap, but yielded to the
hangman'S insistence and murmured a
short prayer as the trap was sprung.
Burowski and a companion, fleeing
in a stolen automobile after the hold
up, ran into ditch. They hired jack
son to pull them out, AS he and his
son were doing SO with team of
horses, a posse hunting the robbers ar
rived on the scene. The robbers opened
fire. killing Jackson. Burowski's COM
panion escaped. Burowski had $l,715
when caught.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
$26, ,00,0 900 IN DAMAGES
CLAIMED BY PUBLISHER
Owner of Almanac Alleges His
".Data" Appropriated by News
paper During 4-Year Period.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREENSBORO, N. c.. December III
Grady w. Coble, publisher of Coble's
Home Almanac and Rural Directory,
asks $26,0O0,000 for data which he
claims were taken from his almanac by
the Greensboro Daily News.
In his suit In equity filed In the
Middle District Federal Court against
the Greensboro News Co., publishers
of the Daily News, he alleged that
during the years from 1923 to 1927 the
Greensboro paper made use of ma
terial in his almanac that was pro-
tected by copyright. Some of the ma
terial. he claimed. included estimates
of the time of the rising and setting
of the sun and moon.
He asks 81 or each of the estiDr~ II
lished during the period from 1919
to 1919.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Value of Christmas
Seals Is Raised to
$3.50 by Collectors
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 21.- Some
Christmas seals are worth $3.50.
This, as DR.. Max Biesenthal ex-
plains, in case you may have
thought of them only as lowly mes
sengers of mercy to tuberculosis suf-
fererS.
DR.. Biesenthal said today that the
seals have found their way into
stamp collections alongside the
stamps of the world, and that their
value increases as the years pass.
The first seal, issued in 1907, has a
market value of SIS, DR.. BieSenthal
said, If it reads Merry Christmas"
and $3.50 if it reads Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year"
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Good Butter Scarce.

COLLEGE STATION, Tex CP.-
Although there are 10000 dairy cows
In CollingSworth County, good farm
butter has been hard to buy in the
markets there, Miss Veda Swafford
county home demonstration agent, says
A butter Judging contest in the county
last year started as a joke but has
ended in a wave of enthusiasm for in
formation on what constitutes good
butter and how to make it,
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Bananas Are Seedless.

NEW YORK LPj-AE known yarie-
ties of bananas are seedless. says~a re-
port from the New York Botanical Gar
dens. This is considered surprising, for
all were developed by savage peoples lin
the dim past, during the infancy of the
human race" NO record was left OF
their origin 'or birthplace to explain
how they evolved from the rule OF
fruits and fiowets to reproduce from
seeds #
Evening star., 1928-12-21
DECORATE BURBANK TREE
Cedar Over Plant Wizards Grave
Will Be Festooned.

SANTA ROSA, Calf. [P).-The great
cedar beneath which Luther Burbank
III buried will be decorated during this
holiday season. Mrs. Burbank, widow
Of the plant wizard. has granted civic
club permission to festoon the tree with
Christmas decorations.
In compliance with one of the last
wishes of the great naturalist, the tree
was planted over his last resting place
as a memorial to him.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
OLD CHURCH STILL USED.

BATH, N. c., R).-In the first
church to be built in North Carolina
services still are conducted once a
month by vicar and twice month by
veStrymen.
The Bath Church was erected in 1874,
shortly after the notorious pirate Teach
had been hanged for ravaging the
coastal vessels in the vicinity. Bath
was then a whaling center for the
square-rigged. vessels which piled the
coast from New England to the Caro-
linaS
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Farmers DAY" Shorter.

RENO, New. CP.-Statistics dissipate
the popular theory that farmer works
from "sun to SUM-" Figures from 20
Nevada farms show that the average
work day is 81 hours. In 1926 it was
9.3 hours. One farmer, however. said
he worked 1873 hours day
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Resents Charge Against Germany.

BERLIN, December 81 CP)-If bill
which the German National party pur-
poses to submit to the Reicstag be-
comes a law, any foreigner residing in
Germany who declares publicly that
Germany deliberately brought about the
World War will be liable to imprison-
ment and deportation. There is. how
ever, little prospect that the bill will
pass.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Almira Rockefeller to Wed.

NEW YORK, December al
Mrs. William G. Rockefeller of Green
wich. Conn, yesterday announced the
engagement of her daughter Almira
to M. Roy Jackson of Rye. Miss Rookie
feller is a grand-niece of John D.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
An Antiquity Party.

ROCKLAND, Me. (P--A resident
of Hope recently reported seeing a
"25-year- r-old colt being shod by IS
year-old blacksmith in a 100-year-old
blacksmith shop. The smith was using
a 125-year-old wise and a 150-year-old
anvil An 85-year-old visitor was an
interested spectator"
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Resigns Marshal Appointment.

LONDON, December 81 R).-Sir
Hugh Trenchard last night resigned his
appointment as marshal of the British
Royal Air Force No political signifi-
canoe is attached to this move since f~r
some time he has desired to relinquish
his duties. Gt1s *
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Christmas Music is particularly enchanting.
You have listened to the old Christmas carols as
far back as you remember, and you still enjoy
hearing them.
On the church pages of Saturdays Star you
will find all about the Christmas music in the
churches of Washington This issue will be par
ticularly entertaining to all who interested IN
religious activities around Washington
In addition to the list of churches which are
conveniently arranged according to denomination,
with the hour of worship, pastors name sermon
subjects ETC., you will find all the details of the
special Christmas services, and numerous other
features of unusual interest.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Women Want Jury Service.

ST. PAUL Np).-The demand Of Min
nesota women that they be included in
jury panels of the Federal Court has
been granted. They will be called for
service during the Fall term. .tst
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Bank Open "a Hours.

A 24-hour deposit service has been
announced by Richmond, Va. bank,
in an effort to prevent week end rob-
herieS of its natrOnS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-01
JOINS WITH OPEN
SHOPPERS IN PLOT
TO STIFLE LABOR
Red Batting Officialdom
Leads Move

Admission was made yesterday by
Matthew Woll, acting president of the
National Civic Federation, and vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor, that the Federation would
support the formula" being worked
out by a subcommittee of the Ameri-
can Bar Association by which all
strikes would be made illegal and by
which legislation is to be recommended
for setting up an arbitration system
in industrial disputes.
Announced By Lawyers.
The first announcement that such
a formula was being worked out en-
mated on Monday from the head
quarters of the American Bar Asso-
citation when julius Henry Cohen, an
attorney who is chairman of COM
mittee of that association which has
been dealing with the subject, stated
that both labor and certain open shop
interests were working in close char.
mony" over the plan.
Complete endorsement of the "ars
bitration" proposal which is to be
made to Congress and which is to
provide the basis for legislation to
rule out all strikes from industry, was
yesterday given to the plan by Woll,
speaking officially for the American
Federation Of Labor.
"The law, so far as industrial rela-
tions are concerned" said Vol, "must
be modernized. It has not kept pace
with modern industrial developments
and with the complexities that have
fentered INTO our industrial relations. |"
What this means more definitely, it
is pointed out, becomes clear from
the announcement by attorney Cohen
that, at is a serious thing that in
this country, we have not yet evolved
an American labor policy. Hereto
fore our position has been negative
instead of positive"
That the National Civic Federation,
an open shop institution, of which
Woll is acting president, and the Ma
| tional Association of Manufacturers,
an organization with twenty year
record of anti-labor activity, are
working together with the Bar As
sociation to put over the formula"
of surrender, is seen as confirma-
Continued on Page T,oo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-01
KELLOGG PEEvED
AT USSR BONDS
DepartmentMoves
to Stop Private Sale

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-That the
State Department viii express dis
approval" of the $3o,000,000 issue Of
Soviet Union railway gold bonds was
tacitly admitted yesterday by Off
cials in the department. The U. S. s.
R. railway bonds are not being Of
fered for public flotation but are for
private sale to United States citizens
with the Chase National and banks
in Chicago and San Francisco acting
as agents for the payment Of In
terest.
This is believed to be the first case
in which the State Department has
taken the initiative in openly express
ing an opinion on loan. Hitherto, i
is stated, the State Department had
expressed it's opinion on the lad
visibility" of loan only after being
approached by bankers. The Chase
National Bank has made its arrange
ments for the sale of the bonds with
out consulting the State Department.
The State Department, it Is -
thoritatively stated, will ask the
Chase National Bank to halt the sale
of the Soviet Union bonds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-01
CANCSTERS SLASH
FURR|ER WORKER
Mass Meet at Cooper
Union Tonight

Scores Of furriers furious over the
'ssault an hour earlier on Mike Fine
man, an active member Of the Joint
Board, Furriers' Union, yesterday af-
ternoon cornercd four Of . group Of
gangsters who had severely slashod
Fineman on the face and body. They
held the thugs until the arrival Of the
police. According to Joint Board Of
ficials four gangsters were hired by
the right wing group Of the Interna-
tional Fur Workers Union.
Meeting Tonight.
The Joint Board will hold q meet
ing at Cooper Union at 5 o'clock to-
night to start a new offensive against
the right wing and the employers, it
is announced.
Fineman was attacked by the right
wing strong arm men 1t the corner
of Sixth Ave. and 29th St. shortly
after IL m. Drawing knives they cut
his face, chest and back and disap-
peared.
About an hour later scores of fur
workers who had heard of the attack
saw the gangsters a short distance
from the scene of the attack. They
pursued the thugs down 29th St, the
gangsters disappearing into various
buildings along the street. One Of
the right wing henchmen threw q
knife at his pursuers narrowly miss
ing B. Peisach, fur worker.
Four Of the gang were at last cor.
(Contixnsd on RGoe Eiul)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-01
YOUNG SOCIALIST
RESIGNS FROM S.P.
Was Suspended for Part
!. in Mine Relief Work

& E- = Is
Henry Hoffman, one of the four
suspended members of the Young
Peoples Socialist League, officially
announced his resignation from the
YPSL and the socialist party, in a
letter yesterday to the membership
of these organizations. The resigna-
tion comes at the end of struggle
with the officials of the league, who
refused to participate sincerely in
the work of miners relief, after af-
filiating with a united front organ
ization for this purpose under pres
sure from their membership, accord
ing to Hoffman.
YWL Member Heard.
The four members were first sus-
pended when they allowed member
of the Young Workers (Communist)
League to speak before their circle
on miners relief, a. .It had been
delegated for this purpose by the
relief committee.
Hoffman's letter of resignation
was sent to the membership of the
YPSL but it announces his resigna-
ton from the socialist party. 1t fol-
lows in full:
The Letter of Resignation.
CAS- an old member of the Yipsels,
and member of the S. P. / always
believed that the YPSL was an or
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