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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
Bureau Gives Rules
For Washing Silks

SILK manufacturers have given
considerable attention to the matter
of dyeing their products in such a
way that they can be washed. While
it has been found possible to use
certain dyes that will withstand high
temperatures. the silk itself suffers
If put into to, hot water. Both col
ors and fabric come out best when
lukewarm water is used for wash.
Ing.
The Bureau of Home Economics
of the Department of Agriculture
gives these directions for washing
silk garments of any kind: Use
lukewarm and neutral soapsuds. Do
not rub hard. Squeeze and work the
garments in the suds. Do not twist
the fabric Rinse thoroughly In
water Of the same temperature. and
remove the water finally by squeez.
ing and patting between dry towels.
Dry as quickly as possible. but
never in the sun. Silk home should
not be ironed. and many other knit
silk garments do not need pressing.
For crepe de chine and other woven
silks, use a warm. but not hot, iron
and protect the fabric with cheese.
cloth. The fabric should be evenly
damp. but not wet. To keep pongee
silk from spotting, iron it dry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
HANDLING oNLY BIG ONES NOW
Man Takes Own Life
With Gun Made
From Pipe

Jersey CITY May rs.
stephen Edwards 81, committed
suicide In his home here by using
i piece 81 iron pipe for 4 gun.
He placed 4 bullet In one end
81 half.incln iron pipe about
five inches long, held the other
end Of the pipe against his heart,
and hit the cap Of the bullet with
4 hammer. exploding It.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
new GOAL PLAN
MEETSFAVOR

NEW YORK, May 25.-What coal
men describe as ga pioneer step" in
solving conditions of overproduction,
prosecuting and other evils Of the
bituminous industry, has been taken
by the Consolidation Coal Company,
Of which John D. Rockefeller, r.,
is a heavy stockholder. He owns
II per cent of the preferred stock,
81 per cent OF the common.
The newly elected president of the
company, George J. Anderson, re.
Gently sent an announcement OF
policy to other coal producers and, it
was announced today, a wide re-
spouse has been received from the
industry, many other operators in.
dicating their intention to follow 1t.
Wages should not be cut, nor
prices either, and some of the less
efficient mines should be closed, in
-Anderson's opinion. His communi-
cation to the industry said in part:
THE Consolidation Coal Company
believes that the present plight Of
the bituminous coal industry will
not be remedied by forcing un-
wanted coal upon an unwilling mar
hSIs IL SSCS AO ISAACIB CIIhGI W SAA0
industry or to any producing COM
pany by cutting prices below level
that permits mine to remain in
production with its natural over
head unabsorbed in it's average
realization"
1t is understood that ten mines
are being shut down, four in the
Somerset coal fields of Pennsyl.
vania and six in the F'afrTnont field
West Virginia. The Consolidation
Coal Company operates in four prin-
cipal coal regions. in Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Kentucky and Mary.
land.
Anderson's statement was ad-
dressed Ito our fellow coal pro-
ducers who believe with us that
efficient men should be retained in
the industry and inefficient mines
should be eliminated from produc.
ton"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
Private Life of Seal
Engages Nations
Times staff Photo

elegant and always very proper diplomatic processes
of at nations humbd today to the necessity
of inaurng private life of the Boring Sea seal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
I DEAD IN ". VI.
PAPER PLANT
BLAST

MARTINsBURG, W. Va. May
25.-Two dead, the publishing plant
Of the Martinshurg Journal COM
pleteIy wrecked. and considerable
property damage was the toll OF.
an explosion yesterday afternoon IN
the building which houses the jour-
nal and the telephone exchange.
An investigation was under way
today by local authorities to deter
mine the cause of the explosion
and fire.
The dead men are Jack Welty
and Douglas Messick. pressmen Tor
the Journal.
With its plant wrecked. the Jour-
nal rushed its copy yesterday after
noon. to Hagerstown, Nd, so miles
away. and published a four-page
paper which was delivered late in
the day to subscribers. The Jour-
nal will be published temporarily
from the presses Of the Hagerstown
Mail.
There was a near panic in the
building and nearby after the ex-
pIosion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
VET NEARS END
Of LONGF|GHT

After seven years effort to obtain
a correct rating on his disability,
Lewis A. McCrae, Washington vet
eran Of the World War, today will
face the advisory board of the Vet
Grams Bureau, the final tribunal in
his fight:
An order for this hearing was
given by Major Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director or the bureau, after
an interview with McCrae q few
days ago.
McCrae, who is married and is
living here with his wife and two
children, said today he was certain
that. with new evidence at his dis
posal, he can convince the board of
the strength of his plea.
Physicians have told him that he
is suffering from a bronchial condi.
ton, aggravated by his service with
the Fifteenth Machine Gun Com
pany of the Marine Corps, at the
front in France.
"They say I'll develop tubercu-
1osis unless / get out of this
climate" McCrae says. 1.-THE bu-
reau doctors haven't been able to
see it that way for a long time,
out Lnlnk LnaL my new evidence
will put new complexion on the
matter.
II can't afford to get tubercu-
losis with a family on my hands,
and / want the bureaus help to
establish me in a climate that will
be better for my condition. If
they'll recognize my trouble, and
award me what is coming TO me,
they will be doing a real justice to
a veteran
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
I'll GSTAll ION
BAN ASKED

Tne standard on Company was
sued Tor an injunction ii EQUITY
] Court 81 the District Commission.
ers. who allege that the oil company
made false representa- tons in OBJ
tanning sigratl lures on petition for
the erection of gasoline service
1 station st Fourth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue Southeast. The In
Junction asks that the company be
restrained from erecting, maintain
ing and operating the station. The
permit has already been issued.
a small triangular parkway owned
By the United States and included in
the permit is involved in the dispute.
The law requires that the consent of
7S per cent or the owners of adjoin-
Ing private property must be oh
tanned before 4 permit canfbe issued
for the Government property to be
used for private enterprise.
The petition alleges that the sig
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25

Canada, Russia and Japan have
indicated a desire to modify the
Pelagic Treaty OF 1911, which En-
tied seal hunting in the Bearing
to trapping and spearing on tbs
Pribyloff Island, United States pos
sessions far in the Arctic zone.
Under the treaty only non-re.
productive age.classes and sexes
we're eligible for the harpOon. and
these only at certain times of the
wear. Japan has found, however
that the seal has a wide cruising
range, and that the family moves
in hundreds Of thousands to the
warmer Japanese waters during
the winter and thriVes upon every
so many millions of fish, which
formerly went into Japanese frying
pans.
The Unitde States Bureau of
Fisheries found upon investigation
that although the Pribyloff seals
do sojourn for the winter in the
tepid surf of the Japanese islands
they do not eat any fish suitable
for human food. They live, Al a
matter OF fact. upon seal fish,
specimen never seen by biologists
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save in the stomach of slain seals.
Either they live always in water
too deep for fishing or respond to
no bait yet conceived by man, the
scientists explain.
Study u. S. Opinion.
japanese scientists are now en-
gagged in studies to test the valid
ity of the American conclusions.
The original treaty was con-
cluded when surveys revealed that
the growing fur coat trade had
reduced the original seal population
of the Bearing Sea form about
1000, 900 to $4,000 in a few years.
The annual trap is now limited to
Ok OOO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
Howard u. Debaters
Win From AtlantanS

The first intercollegiate debate
between Howard and Atlanta Uni
versities was won last night by the
Washington debaters, on the mega
tive of the question:: THAT the
United States should cease to pro-
tect property of it's citizens in for.
eign countries" Robert e. Dand.
ridge and Robert A. Burrell, How
ard, and Frederick N. Weathers and
Sidney A. Jones, Atlanta, were the
opposing teams.
The debate was held In Rankin
Memorial Chapel under auspices OF
the Kappa Sigma Debating Society
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
own STORY DUE
TODAY FROM
MRS. KNAPP


ALBANY. N. r, May 25.-f'or-
mer cecretary Of state Florence 3.
s. Knapp. on trial second time
for alleged theft Of census money.
IS expected to testify in her own
defense today.
This win mark the second time
In the last month that Mrs. Knapp
has taken the stand In an effort to
clear herself OF the charge that she
stole $2,875 census check, issued
in the name Of her step-daughter,
Clara Blanche Knapp. middle-aged
Vermont College instructor. The
jury at the first trial Of the former
Secretary of State disagreed, six
to six.
Mrs. Knapp, who suffered q nery-
Gus collapse Monday night, faces q
grueling cross-examination.
This trial, like the first, is Ger.
tan to resolve itself into q question
of veracity between Mrs. Knapp and
her step-daughter. The latter has
testified that she never did any CEN
sus work.
The case probably will so to. the
jury tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
Mather Mine Survivor
CraZed by Experience

UNION WN, Pa, May 25.
Driven insane by the Mather mins
explosion, Tom MaIoney, alias Tom
McDyne, of Nemacolin. one of the
survivors, ran wild on the streets of
Uniontown today and finally in
vaded the basement of the ST.
Johns Parochal School. where he
created CONSERVATION among the
sisters and the school children.
The insane man had been ar
rested by County Detective A. A.
Downing and was being taken to
the county Jail when he slipped
away from the detective and disap'
peared down a side street, crying in
weird tones.
After a strange man was reported
in the basement of the school, he
was re-arrested and committed to
prison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
TAX Bill | AGING.
FI|BUSTER IN
SENATE

Final enactment Of the new com
promise $223, 900, 900 tax bill was
threatened today by the action of
Senate conferees III agreeing to
strike out the provision forcing pub
licity on all income tax returns.
This provision, inserted by the Sen.
ate, was one of the two major tax
issues raised by the insurgent bloc
which supported the Administrator
throughout its tax fight. The other
was the successful fight to retain the
existing Federal Inheritance taxes.
With the publicity clause rejected
by the conferees, the insufgent bloc
threatened to block final action on
the bill by a filibuster.
IN say there1I be filibuster il
the Senate doesn't keep the public
ity clause in the tax bill, observed
Senator Couzens RI OF Michigan,
who arranged the alliance between
the insurgents and the Administra-
ton forces.
No Aid for Small Fry
The final draft of the tax bill car
ried no relief on normal income
taxes. no relief on surtaxes, retained
the existing Federal inheritance tax,
a LOIdI VI @SAOsSCOsVUU III ICuuNIAOAlS
and 81 500. 900 in increases. The net
reduction totaIed 1923. 495, 900.
The rates finally adopted included:
Corporation tax Twelve per cent,
reduction Of 1928, 450 900.
Corporation exemptions-$3,0 900, a
reduction of $12 zoo, 900.
Automobile tax-Repealed, a re-
duction of $4,000. 900.
1Afn
cent tax. but increased exceptions to
So. effecting $1,000 900 reduction.
Club .dues tax-Exemption in
81 .0O0. 900.
Earned income credits-Increased
from $40, 900 to $4,000 (the IS per
cent abatement applies on this
credit), reduction of $4,000 900.
Cheaper Soft Drinks
Cereal beverage tax-Repealed, a
reduction of $185 900.
Wine tax-Reduced to spirit level,
reduction of $1,000, 900.
Foreign boat tax-Repealed, a re-
duction of $4,000.
Narcotic tax-Reduced from Sc to
So. a. reduction of $4,000
The $25,O00,00O surtax reduction
authorized by the Senate and the
$24, 100000 reduction for small cor
porations set by the House through
adoption of a graduated scale. were
dropped from the bill by the con.
ferees. They also rejected the
Houses action in repeating the pro.
duce exchange sales tax and the CAPT.
tai stock transfer tax.
The increases were 1000, 900 on
| nonresident stock ownership tax;
$7S0,000 on prize fights, and Gus.
toms levy increase on foreign-built
yachts amounting to $780,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25

'IZZY'' EINSTEIN and Moe Smith, who put the
paddock on scores Of New York night clubs during their
famous ropping up" campaign of few years ago,
III the money now "Izzy" and Moe made enough
the vaudeville stage after they retired from prohibition
are on the links at Marienbad Germany without dis
guise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
Army Flier's Chute
49, Saves Him in Crash

mitchell FIELD N. Y, May %.
Lieut.. Stanley Umpstead was forced
to take to his parachute when the
Army pursuit plane in which he was
flying over the field here today
caught fire 5000 feet in the air.
Umpsted tried to land the plane,
but it went out of control $500 feet
above the ground. He leaped with
his parachute, landing on the field
unin iprad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25
CLASS TO HEAR DANIELS

The graduating class OF Amer.
lean University will be addressed
by Josephus Daniels, former Secre.
tary Of the Navy at the annuai
convocation, Monday, June 4. The
United States Navy Band will fur
nish the music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-25

natures were obtained in many cases
BY, representing to the owners that
thew were signing a protest, whereas
after the permit was issued II was
found that the paper they signed
was really consent.
The application was filed by Cor
4,oration Counsel Bride and Assistant
Corporation Counsel Williams.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
SEIZURE OF OIL
PIPELINE Route
Seen AS MOTIVE
End Conference With
Ibn Sand

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 10-War be-
tween the British government and
the Arabian kingdom of the Hediaz
doomed yesterday with the British
revealing an unexpected armament
strength on the Mesopotamian from
tier.
Three battalions of British troops
from the army in India, four air
plane squadrons, one fighter squad
ron and seven armored car sections
are reported concentrated on the
Irak line under command Of the
British vice-marshal, Sir Edward
Ellington.
This armament is ostensibly to
subdue Ibn Saud, king of the He'd
JAZZ, whose conversations with the
British envoy, Sir Gilbert Clayton,
have broken down in the Red Sea
port of Jeddah.
Belief is entertained here, how
ever, that the purpose of the sud
den mobilization is not so much to
protect the British Mesopotamia
protectorate, whose king, Feisal Ibn
Saud, has threatened to overthrow,
as to secure a direct pipeline route
for oil from the Mosul fields clear
to the Persian Gulf.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
Many Workers Fired
at De Laval Plant

Continued from Page One
fact that the Daily Worker prints
the news which we send about con-
ditions in the factory.
Fire Young Worker.
Recently young worker, about
IS years of age, was fired because
he dared to ask a legitimate ques-
ton of the faker O'Brien, who now
is definitely known to have been
hired by the De Laval Company. A
fact which was not known to me
when l wrote my last letter, namely
that the signs announcing the
O'Brien meeting were hung up in the
factory, leads us to be absolutely
sure of the underhand role that the
company is employing to intimidate
and fire the class-conscious workers.
The spies at the meeting produced
the "goods" on several of our most
active workers, and the result was
that many of them were fired.
AS the matter stands at present,
more workers expect to be fired any
day. I myself am surprised at the
fact that l have not yet been dis
charged. But as long as | stay at
the plant, will continue to send you
news of the constant developments
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
LABOR TO HONOR
SACCO-vANzETTI

OAKLAND, Cal. = The first an
niversary of the legal murder of
Sacco and Vanzetti will be COM
memorated in memorial meetings in
San Francisco and Oakland, Cali
fornia.
Oakland's meeting will be held
on Saturday evening, August 10th
at Fraternity Hall, 708 Peralta ST.,
West Oakland. A special musical
program has been arranged. Edgar
Owens will be the speaker of the
evening. c. Award Tobey, Secretary
of the Alameda Conference of Inter.
national Labor Defense will preside.
No admission will be charged.
San Francisco's meeting will be
held in Musicians Union Hall, 23C
Jones St. on Wednesday evening
August 22nd. The Russian Ukrainiar
Workers Chorus will sing the Re-
evolutionary Funeral Song and the
international. Arvid Owens will
play some piano numbers. The
speakers are E. Levin, VIM. Schnei.
derman and Edgar Owens. Anita
Whitney will preside. Admission to
the San Francisco meeting is 25
cents.
Both meetings are under the aus
pices of International Labor De-
tense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
Daily Worker Agent
Continues Ohio Tour
With 3 Special Meets

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. TO-
Louis Siselman, who has been on
tour of various towns in Ohio as q
Daily Worker representative, and
whose work for the paper has been
characterized as great" by many
of the workers with whom he has
come in contact, is at present con-
tinuing his work of bringing the
only revolutionary English daily il
the world before the workers Of the
middle west.
He has arranged three special
meetings for the benefit of the Daily
Worker in the following cities and
on the following dates:
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 10; Cleveland,
Ohio, Aug. Is; Canton, Ohio, Aug.
10.
In all of these towns as we'll as
in many others which he expects to
visit in the near future, the cam
paign to bring the Daily Worker
before the workers will be greatly
intensified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
STRIKERS REUSED.
AT BOYS DEATH
Pioneers Condemn Fall
River Police
Continued from, Page One

Continued from Page One
police, in their desperate attempt
to break the strike!
workers and their children were
picketing the American Printing Co.
plant. The police, loyal to their mas
tiers, ordered the line to dispense.
But Johnny chung to his father and
picketed on. A mounted policeman
charged into him, chasing him to the
waterfront. Infatuated like a wild
beast, the Grave" defender of
American law and justice drove
Johnny into swamp. Our little
fighter was drowned in mud!
eve, the Young Pioneers, raise
our voice in protest against this
brutal murder, this unspeakable
crime. You textile masters, you
can murder children but you can
never break the fighting spirit of
the workers children. We will
never forget and never forgive. Our
comrades in Fall River and New
Bedford will close their ranks and
will strengthen the lines and will
fight on even more bravely.
eve, the Young Pioneers of
America, salute you, brave little
fighter! We will carry on the fight
thruout the country. We will organ
ize the workers children, teach
them the truth about the struggle
of the textile workers in which you
were so brutally murdered. We
will organize the workers children
thruout the country to raise relief
for all the children in New Bedford
and Fall River who are in need of
bread and milk. We will stand by
the textile workers and their chill
dren until victory.
We will fight on until the work
ers' children together with the
whole working class shall have
gotten rid of all bosses and of this
whole rotten system of society.
Before your dead, little body, we
take our solemn pledge: I'm THE
CAUSE OF THE WORKING
GLASS, WE STAND ALWAYS
READYp
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
FOSTER TO BEGIN
TOUR September
Will Address Workers
in Many Cities
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Continued from Page One
are being deserted and betrayed by
The reactionary leaders of the trade
unions.
In number of agricultural CEN
tiers Foster will speak to the poor
farmers and point out to them that
they must fight the common enemy
Of the producing classes side by side
with the industrial workers in the
cities.
In the south the Communist can
didate for president will have an
opportunity to speak to the Ne
groes, the victims of race persecu-
ton and industrial exploitation.
The Negroes in the south are dis
franchised by the democratic party
in violation of the constitution of
the United States. Foster will call
on the Negro masses to support the
Workers (Communist) Party candi-
dates by organizing around its pro
gram and following a militant
fighting policy that will force the
ruling classes of the south to re-
spect their rights.
Fosters Itinerary.
Fosters tour will bring him into
the following cities:
Sept. 2, New Haven, Conn; Sept.
g, Providence, R. l.; Sept. a, Boston;
Sept. 5, Buffalo; Sept. 8, Detroit;
Sept. 10, Milwaukee; Sept. II, st.
Paul; Sept. 10, Butte, Mont; Sept
4 IA, Spokane, Wash; Sept. 16, Seat
tie; Sept. II, Tacoma; Sept. 10,
Portland, Ore; Sept. 81, San Fran
cisco; Sept. %, Los Angeles; Sept.
%, Salt Lake City; Sept. 27, Den
yer; Sept. 20, Omaha; Sept. 30,
Kansas City; Sept. 80, st. Louis;
Oct. 1, Chicago; Oct. 3, Indianap-
oils; Oct. a, Cincinnati; Oct 5,
Louisville; Oct. 7, Birmingham,
Ala; Oct. 8, New Orleans; Oct. g.
Atlanta Oct. II, Norfolk, Va; Oct
70, Richmond, Va; Oct. IS, Wash
ington; Oct. Ia, Philadelphia; Oct
16, Wilmington, Del; Oct. II, Balti-
more; Oct. 18, Trenton; Oct. 20
Rochester, N. Y; Oct. ri, Cleve-
land; Oct. %, Akron, O.; Oct. %
Toledo, O.; Oct. "a, Columbus, o.
Oct. &c, Ballaire, O.; Oct. 81
Youngstown, O.; Oct. %, Pitts
burgh; Oct. 90, Erie, Pa; Oct. 80
Binghamton, n. Y; Oct. 81, Scran-
ton, Pa; Nov. 2, Hartford, Conn.
Nov. 8, Bridgeport, Conn; Nov. 4
New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-11
Troops AibAames and Tanks buk Frontier War ARABIA
VENIzELOS USES
BANDITS AGAINST
CREEK WORKERS
Opponents Held for
Ransom

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 1o.-The,
tactics of the dictator, Venizelos,
was exposed when charges were
made that Venizelos of being in ALI.
ance with large groups of bandits
who do away with or capture the
opponents of the dictator
Two cases were cited, that OF the
deputies Melinas and Melas, who
were captured by Venizelos' ban
dts and kept for an extraordinarily
high ransom. NJ. Melinas was re-
leased on the proise that 100000
drachmas would be paid for him by
the government. The cabinet re-
fused to pay and shifted the burden
upon the family.
Others here point out that the
same bandits and thugs have been
used to break the tobacco strike and
are now employed by the dictator
to insure peace" in industry.