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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28

THE last effort of the English
playwright, w. Somerset Maugh-
am, '"The Sacred Flame" is now
playing at Henry Miller's Theatre.
Prominent in the cast are Mary
JerroId, Clare Eames, Casha Prin-
gle, and Anthony Bushell.
Talky in the first act. absorbing
in the second and diminishing in
terest in the third comprise play
that is acceptable Electrically but
not to be reckoned among the best
dramas that have come from the
facile pen of this well known au-
thor.
Another appropriate title for
"The Sacred Flame" would be "The
Right to KILL" A dashing young
husband has been permanently and
seriously injured in an airplane
wreck and has been a hopeless
cripple for five years at the rise of
the curtain. The invalid is sur
rounded by every care and attention
by his mother, a trained nurse and
mis- young wife. From the tropics
comes his younger brother on a
visit, and in the first act one learns
that the inevitable has happened in
that this brother has fallen in love
with the young wife and all re-
straint has been thrown to the winds.
Whether or not the invalid suspects
the relation that exists in the cur
iously sensitive way sick people have
of sensing such matters is a ques-
ton. The tragedy is impending as
the curtain falls for the first time.
The next morning the cripple is
discovered dead. Apparently all
complexities will be Strengthened
out by this happening, and the doc
tor is about to sign the necessary
death certificate giving the cause of
the demise as heart-failure, when
the nurse comes out with the start
ling assertion that, someone had de-
liberately given the invalid an
overdose of sleeping powders. Under
the stress of this climax the tangled
emotions of the people involved in
the plot come to light, with natural
suspicion directed toward the wife.
In the last act in calm confess
sion the mother removes all doubt
and suspicion by explaining why
and how she herself caused her
sons death. At the curtain fall in
stead of going to the coroner or
police with the story, the nurse
leaves the house willing that the
official certificate should be ascribed
to natural causes.
Not particularly pleasant eve-I
ming in the theatre, play of I'M
even merits and characterizations
with many opportunities for over
acting that the more than compe-
tent members of the cast refrain
from indulging in.
Vaughan has not answered the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
GIRL S SLAVE
FOR CHARITY"
Work on Own Time for
Mrs. Hearst

fR'' " Wor';or' CorreSp0ndent.
Fvo~v voar, lust few weeks be-
go C'r'stn7s, Mrs. William Ran
'alnh I-"ors+ Tands to our plant at
Re National Biscuit Company, a
'arge "~nor7t Of undressed dolls, to
Re clothed and trimmed by the
Norl5ors in the factory.
Y This worl, is always done on the
Erscr"l time of the workers, and
1'"~-- t'ma7 it entails an expense of
aatF~0on 50 and SO practically a
9av's '~.~e for many of the girls.
4 Thu bosses know that this is a
tal'c~4o natter. so they have their
t-~r~'~tendents and straw bosses to
- 40 way for them. First the
r''~~ ~i-l comes around and just
-. F" TIE pirls want to dress a
foll. Naturally. most of the work
rs Pause at once. Next, the fore
lP"1 cores to plead. Again they
,f"-a. Then comes the boss of the
i'e~~ ~fwont.
I Mo- Tho oirls become excited, be-
, "r~o tlov don't want to take the
Ills I'D at the same time they are
y fra d to refuse them. Still some
Urls refuse Then the boss starts
aslkir~, telling them that this is for
!, charity" and how many little chill
rem viii be made happy on Christ
o. Eve.
WAh. inst listen who talks about
~ rity. The wife of one of the
\ gest exnloiters in the U. S. Here
~ girls have TO slave, under the
n St terrific speed-up system, for
Now as SID a week. Of girl
voSks for the company many yeaQ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
CBy a Worker Correspondent

BY " 0fheF COfTeSpOHGSUtj
RICHMOND, Va. (By Mail) -
Many people have said that the
Negroes are hard to get along with.
THIS IS not so in my opinion.
From New York to Richmond, Va,
I travelled in a car full of Negroes,
with the exception of five whites.
l received the best courtesy there
was to be gotten.
At one stage during the journey
some white woman came in to col
lect money for the Red Cross. My
neighbor a Negro, threw some
money into the collection box, and
I did not. After the lady passed US
by, he asked me if l minded being
questioned. l answered that l would
be only too glad to reply. "Why
didn't you throw something into the
collection box" he asked me.
81 believe that the Red Cross did
nothing to help the poor people in
the past great flood in the south.
If they did give you anything, they
sucked your blood out first. Your
people (meaning the Negroes) got
no consideration at all. l think that
the workers and the Negroes should
have nothing to do with the Red
Gross.
"Well, man. you're right at that"
he replied. "You can't, however, re-
turn evil for evil. The very fact
that they had such a great flood
proves that they have been punished
enough because they do not treat
the Negroes decently."
"The flood" I said, sis a natural
thing. Yes, they tell not to return
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
NEGRO RECALLS ACTS
OF RED CROSS IN FLOOD

evil for evil. Do these gentlemen
practice what they preach? Yes,
Negroes are good so long as they
kiss the whip. 1t is about time they
stopped getting beaten and hit back
at their oppressors. Stop being
Uncle Toms and fight for your
rights"
"Well, your arguments are GER
tainly correct" he said, "Tell me,
then, is there any newspaper that
favors your ideas?"
There sure is, man, and the name
of it is The Daily Worker" l said.
"You can buy it at all newsstands.
There is also a Negro newspaper
known as the Negro Champion, pub
hshed by the American Negro Labor
Congress-"
81 sure will read Them" he pro-
missed.
In Richmond, Va, l see signs of
jim Crowism everywhere.
j. A. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
"WINGS YER EUROPE"
NEXT THEATRE GUILD
PRODUCTION

The Theatre Guilds next produc-
ton, wings Over Europe" by Rob-
ert Nichols and Maurice Browne, is
now in rehearsal under the direc-
ton of Reuben Mamoulian. Ray
mond Sovey had designed the set
tings.
Chief players in the cast include;
Ernest Lawford, Frank Conroy,
Alexander Kirkland (who has the
central role) Hugh Buckler, Joseph
Kilgour, Grant Stewart. Robert Rem
del and A. P. Kaye. The play will
open probably some time next
month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
The Sacred Flame at
Henry MlllQyS Theatre

question. He simply used drama
tic scene to fit stage requirements.
A problem play that makes Ibsen
now seem more old-fashioned than
ever. The chief players include
Mary Jerrold, Clare Eames, Casha
Pringle and Anthony Bushell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28

CIVIC REPERTORY i4st..sthAv
u Ewes. $40
SOC; $1.O0; $3.50 Mats. Wed .&Sat., $50
EVA LIE GALLIENNE, Director
Matinee Today, '.Cradle Song"
Tonight, "Peter Pan"
Thurs. Eve, "The Cherry Orchard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
AGOOD LUCK" IS
OUT OF LUCK TO
MARCERINE men
Speed Production" Is
New Plan

(B.' Worker Correspondent
To the several hundred employees
Of The John F. Jeike Co, of Chicago,
ILL.,. Good Luck" means low wages,
vicious speed-up system and the
riost miserable working conditions
Imaginable.
Speed-up Good Luck"
To the owners of the firm, how
ever, Good Luck" means ever-in-
creasing profits, more pleasure for
the parasitic slave-drivers.
The John F. Jelke Co. boasts that
it operates the largest margarine
factory in the world and that it's
chief product GOOD Luck" enjoys
the greatest sale of any butter sub
stitute.
John F. Jelke, Sr., is as staunch
believer in that particular kind of
prosperity" dished out to the work
ers by the republican party.
Wife Kicked In"
The old gent was witness be-
fore the fake hearings conducted by
the senate investigation committee
inquiring into the contributions to
the huge capitalist combines. This
election John F. Jelke, Sr. clicked
in" to the G. o. P. in his wife's
name.
Immediately after the election of
Fat Boy" Herbert Hoover, the
Jelke Co. began to put into effect
the republican brand of prosperity"
1t employed one of those peculiar
types of humanity who parade
themselves before their fellow men
as efficiency experts"
Said efficiency expert has already
convinced the owners of the advis-
ibility of cutting two men off each
wrapping machine. In other depart
ments men are being discharged
right and left.
Speed Production" Premium.
The yearly bonus is to be aban-
doned on the first of the new year
and a new speed production" pre-
MUM system will be adopted in
stead.
The foremen have been instructed
to time the men when they are an
Swering the calls of nature. No
employee may leave his station with
out first notifying his foreman.
They work eight and nine hours
in wet and dampness for the star
walton wage of fifty-five cents an
hour, and often for less.
There is crying need for organ
ization here. We were organized I'M
til few years ago when our union
was smashed in strike.
The company maintains, in addi-
ton to its efficiency expert, squad
Of labor spies, who are constantly
reporting those with courage enough
to resent bad treatment.
Company Cafeteria.
In the basement of the huge plant
the company conducts a cafeteria
where it still further exploits its
employs by charging regular res
taurant prices for food, the quality
-cf which no one boasts about.
(. A concluding word or two must
~ said aboTt superintendent Nick
Halvarsen the Simon Legree of the
elke Go, This old rat who is said
to be seventy-five years Of age, has
seryed lifetime with the firm. He
IS the most ignorant tyrannical
slave driver ever employed by any
local concern. There is one consola-
ton, however, in the fact that cold
Nick" has one foot in the grave.
The other ought to be on a banana
peel
N. H.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
Epidemic of Influenza
Shuts Pasadena School

PASADENA, Calf, Nov. 81 U.P).
With between 80 and 40 per cent
o fthe pupils absent because of in
fluenza, all public schools in Pasa-
dena today were closed. A number
of teachers also have been afflicted
with the malady.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
ORIGIN OF MAN

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.
After an expedition in the Kala-
hari Desert, DR.. f. C. Cadle, an
American scientist, stated that he
was convinced man originated in the
desert.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
SHOE EXPLOITER LEAVES
FORTUNE.

An estate of $243,191.77 net was
left by the late Jerome E. Bates,
president of the J. E. Bates Shoe
Company, an appraisal filed in
surrogate's court in Brooklyn today
revealed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28
HEAT WAVE

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 27.-The
first heat wave of the season ar
rived today. The official tempera-
ture was 107 in the sun and 80 in
the shade. Peasants work in the
sun.
Evening star., 1928-09-20
Bandettes
'1

OF radiun, ribbon and
lace, satin or jersey silk. In
pink or white, 81.
All-over lace bandettes, =
black or white. 81.
SILK Underwear Section
Second Floor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
IRA UGOTT BELIEVES EXPLOSION VICTIM IS INNOCENT
RELIGION SPURS
AD-HUNTERS
mot Really BIoodthirsty,'
Says Lecturer.

BIZ United Press
CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 1
-Schoolboys and adventure seek
ers will be disappointed to learn
that the savage head-hunters of
New Guinea are not really very
bloodthirsty after all.
That is the opinion of Prof. A. f.
Heath, who is lecturing before the
summer school here.
Head hunting" he declared,
"does not arise out of any peculiar
blood-lust; on the contrary it is
part of a moral and religious code. F"
He explained that when the GUS
tom of going to neighboring vii
lage and bringing back a head or
two was prohibited there was a ter
rifle cutlery.
"Iow else can we judge the worth
Of a young MANI" demanded the
women. They felt, the professor
added, that they were entitled to
some means of judging prowess.
When it was suggested that the
task of capturing a wild boar UNI
armed would serve equally we'll as
a test of manhood, the tribe &C
copied the plan at once, he said.
Nevertheless" he concluded, "it
is extremely difficult to get rid Of
head-hunting in some parts Of the
British Empire"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
HOOVER TO SEE
BAMBINO TODAY
Closes Office for Game;
Goes Fishing Next Week.
By United Press

NBy United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. Having
set the Republican campaign house
in order, HerberH Hoover sought a
little recreation today. He planned
to go out to see Babe Ruth and
company at the ball game this
afternoon and is arranging for a
fishing trip down Chesapeake Bay
early next week.
The Republican presidential
nominee is not an ardent baseball
fan, but he has always gone to
three or four games at the Wash
ington American League park each
season. The New York Yankees are
here. battling to preserve their lead
in the league, and the lure of Babe
Ruth swatting balls over the fence
induced him to order his personal
headquarters closed for the after
noon.
Likewise, it is his custom to go
fishing down the bay once or twice
each year. Accompanied by two or
three personal friends and followed
by a score of newspaper men and
photographers, he expects to start
out Wednesday in a private yacht
to see if he has any better luck with
the salt water fish than he had
with the steel head trout in north
ern California a month back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Romans KnezO Trick of
Making Damascus Blade
Recent Finds Show Later
Technique Not Unknown
in Caesars Day.
BIZ Science Serrice

By Science Serrice
BERLIN, Sept. 1. - The famous
Roman steel that conquered the
world was partly at least Of the
workmanship that later came to be
known by the name Of Damascus.
Writing in the German scientific
journal Forschungen and Fort
schritte, Prof. B. Neumann, of the
Institute of Technology at BreSlau,
tells of his recently completed met
allurgica1 researches on fragments
Of a number of Roman swords found
buried in a German peat bed where
they had lain for some 1000 years.
Due to their preservation by the
damp earth from the action of air,
the blades were in far better condi-
ton than other surviving specimens
of Roman steel, which either has
rusted almost to complete destruc-
ton or has had it's temper ruined
by being heated in burning build
ingS and then annealed by slow
cooling.
The bars from which these Da-
mascus blades were forged were
made by sandwiching alternate
thin layers Of high and low carbon
and then Sweating" the whole to-
gether. Left straight, the bar could
be forged into a blade with a
striped or ribboned effect.
Twisted and then forged, it pro-
duced blade with "V" damascen-
ing. Two twisted bars sweated to-
gether and then forged into blade
gave a "W' pattern on the finished
sword. Some of the Roman blades
also show curled or rose" pat
tern in the steel, but how the
smiths achieved this is not yet
known.
Prof. Neumann's examination of
the steel samples show that the
Romans tempered only the outside
of the blade, 50 that it would give
a hard edge and point, backed up
by tough body of metal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
GRAIN SURPLUS seen
U. S. Predicts Wheat Crop
WIN Exceed Demand.

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Sept. There
is every prospect that American
winter wheat farmers intend to
plant so much this fall that they
will raise more next summer than
the United States can consume, the
Department of Agriculture said to-
day.
In other words, it was said, there
will be an "exportable surplus" with
the consequent depressing effects OF
the price in United States markets
Whatever the production of any
one class of winter wheat has fallen
below this country's requirements,
that class in recent years sold at a
premium and above the world
market basis for part of the year
at least" the department said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01

ing about the explosion for the first
time Wednesday morning while at
breakfast with Scharff1n when
Scharff1n had long distance tele-
phone talk with Attorney Howard
Phillips of Indianapolis.
Has Bruise Over Eye
Traugott said he went to the
Hotel Pennsylvania and telephoned
to Police Chief Claude M. Worley
he was starting back to Indianap-
oils at once as he had just heard Of
the explosion. An explanation for
the failure of police kilograms adj
dressed to Traugott Sunday and
Monday at the Pennsylvania was
contained in Traugott's statement
that he stopped with friend in
Brooklyn Monday night. and then
shifted to the Seville Hotel Monday
In his first statement Traugott
did not mention the possession of a
key. to the front door of the store by
Libowitz, but he said Libowitz had
access to the place, kept his clothing
sample case there and received mail
there.
A large bruise, received in the au-
tomobile crash while returning
through Pennsylvania mountain ter
ritory, Thursday noon, appeared
high over Traugott's eye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
CITY MEASURES
NOISE FOR BAN
Milwaukee TO Set Limit by
Special Device.
Bg United Press

BIZ UntteG Press
MADISON, Wis, Sept. 1.-Madi-
sons city council will attempt to
answer the question "How Much
Noise Is Too Much?" with an
acoustimeter, a device perfected by
local laboratory to measure the
volume of sound.
Since Judge S. B. Schein of Su-
preme Court declared unenforceable
the present city ordinance requiring;
motor boats to be equipped with
muf1ers, the City council has been
seeking some means of enacting eff
fective regulations of this noise. The
court overruled the ordinance be-
cause it established no standard by
which reasonable and unreasonable
noise can be determined.
Advent of outbound motors OPP
Grated on the three lakes within the
city limits has disturbed the quiet OF
citizens owning lake shore homes,
the choice residential property of
the city, and they are squirting the
council on in it's endeavorS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
NEW METHOD
OE SIRE HEALING

Fof Leg Troubles, Varicose Vein
Suffering, Sores, Eczema, Swollen
Legs, Milk Leg, Phlebitis. Inflamed
Leg, Poor Circulation, etc. New
Viscose Home (Walking) Treatment
heals, no matter how old, by remov-
ing the cause-congestion in the leg.
Pains, aches, cramps, itching, swell
ing and misery disappear. A posi-
tive method. Get our Free Book.
State nature of ailment. Address
nearest office. DR.. I. T. Glason Wis
cose Co. 140 N. Dearborn ST.. Chi
cago, Ill, or 1898 S. Alvardo ST., Los
Angeles, Cal.-Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
FALSE OATH OF
K. OF C. AGAIN
IN CIRCULATION
Alleged Anti Protestant
Document Many Times
Proved Fake.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON. Sept. THAT
hardy perennial. the fake knights
of Columbus OATH" is appearing i'll
the campaign.
Copies are being distributed IN
Washington in pamphlet form, and
it is being widely distributed
Throughout the south. according to
Senator Harrison of Mississippi.
The "oath" has circulated for
many years, although on several &C.
casions it has been shown to be
false. Harrison said a Masonic
committee had made report as to
its absolute falsity which had been
inserted in the Congressional
Record.
In brief, 1t purports to swear the
applicant to unremitting warfare
against ProteStisrn, and its contents
are partially unprintable.
Denounced to Congress
The copy circulated in Washing
ton bears the notation that is is an
extract from the Congressional
Record, session of 1913.
Investigation shows that the
oath" was printed in the 1913
Record as part of the charges made
by E. c. Bonniwell, candidate for
Congress in the Eighth Pennsyl,-
vania district in 1912, against his
successful opponent, Thomas s.
Butler.
Bonniwell, member of the
knights of Columbus. charged the
fake oath was circulated through
the district and contributed to his
defeat, although he did not charge
Butler with circulating it.
Butler in his reply denounced the
circulation of the document as
heartily as Bonniwell, insisted he
was not responsible for it, and that
he had advised all persons receiving
it to destroy it as quickly as possible
He specifically referred to it as
false. and denounced the appearance
of religious prejudice in the cam
paign. Circulation of the false
"oath," Butler believed, lost him
votes instead of losing them for
Bonniwen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
BAPTIST RESOLUTION
BACKS DRY AMENDMENT
Flatrock Association Elects Officers
at Columbus.

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept. l.
Among resolutions adopted by the
Flatrock Baptist Association which
closed its one hundred sixth annual
conference here Friday was the fol-
lowing:
"Be it resolved, That every citi-
zen be called upon to uphold rather
than modify the Eighteenth Amend
ment."
The association elected the Rev.
George T. King, Columbus, mod
orator; the Rev. G. B. Atkinson,
Waldron. vice-moderator; j. O..
Brison, Waldron, clerk, and Frank
Treece. Shelbyville, treasurer.
Next years conference will be held
at the Homer Baptist Church in
Rush County.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
OPERATION CURES PRIZE
HEN TOO SICK TO LAY
"One-a-Day" Sue Herself Again
After Treatment

After Treatment
BIZ United Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. L.
SASSY Sue" is back on the Job of
laying an egg day after undergo
ing a major operation here.
The prize hen, owned by Herbert
M. Burns, for a year has been his
pride because of the blue ribbon and
prize money she has won with her
efficiency in egg laying. The hen
apparently believed that an egg a
day would keep the ak away.
But one day recently, Sue failed
to lay her usual egg. The same con-
dition continued for a week and she
grew respondent. A poultry spec
ialist decided an immediate opera
ton was necessary.
Eight fully developed eggs, four of
which had hard shells, were removed
from the hens body. One of the
hard-shelled eggs had cracked and
caused the trouble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Butler Cleared

The house committee on elections
to which the matter was referred
likewise held the oath spurious
and denounced those who spread it
but cleared Butler Of any part in its
circulation.
All this matter entirely surrounds
the "oath" as printed, so that the
person who lifted it for propaganda
purposes could not have failed to
see that it had been denounced as
fake. The Washington copies pur-
port to come from a small town In
Illinois.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Files $1,000 Love Suit

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. Love
making by Mrs. Martha Holcomb
on the porch of her home lured
away the affections of the husband
of Mrs. Elsie Connors, who asks
$4,000 from Mrs. Holcomb in ali
alienation of affections suit on file
in Delaware Circuit court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
SOCIALISTS NOMINATE
r. II. Jackman Named Congressman
Candidate.

Robert H. j. Jackman, 1108 E.
Ohio ST.. was nominated Socialist
candidate for Seventh district Con-
gresham at a district convention in
county headquarters, 1917 S. Della
ware St., Friday night. County
nominations were postponed until
next Friday. Named on a campaign
committee were: H. S. Newlun, j. G.
Heeman, George H. Lenart, Mrs.
Mary Fogleson and Mrs. Emma
Henry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Predicts Good Flower Show
By United Press

BIZ United Press
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 1.-WitE
more than sixty floral and hiStori,
cal floats already guaranteed for the
fall flower festival here, Charles j
SteiSS, civic secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce, predicts the show
will be one of the largest ever
staged. The show will be one of the
features of the FIT. Wayne Hospital
ity Days celebration, Sept. Is, Il
and Is.