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Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Flags Train And
Rescues Women
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN JOSE. Dec. l9.-Thrcc san
lose women today owed their lives
TO the courage of Charley TowmeE'
section foreman on the Southern
Pacific railroad.
The women, Mrs. II. b. Newton,
Miss Peggy Newton and Miss
Florence Brown, were trapped be
meath their atuo when it oVcrturn-
ed on the Southern Pacific tracks.
While section men were attempt
ing to lit the machine and release
the women, the Del Monte limited
appeared around a curve.
Towmcy ran down the tracks and
tagged the train, which came to Il
stop only few feet from the over
turned auto.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
AGED POLITICIAN DIES

PASADENA, Calf, Dee. 10
Funeral services for 4. \. Jameson
so, formerly Chicago political
figure will be held from his home
here this afternoon. Al one time
he was director of the port of
Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Influenza Has
Many Victims
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. Com.
rlctc reports from II states ON file
today by the United States public
health service gave indications that
" ore than 100000 persons are az.
f'ctcd with influenza.
While the official reports ne.
counted for a total of III 900 new
cases in the week ending December
-, Officials estimated these were
less than one fifth Of the total mum.
her of eases.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
jury Obtained
In Lasker Case
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Dee. ia jury
Of seven men and five women was
selected today to try a. |. Lasl<cr,
financicr, ON charges of violation
of the corporate securities act in
1rgard tc the operations of Il finan-
&c company bearing his name.
The counts against LaSkcr once
were dismissed by Asa Reyes, for
mer district attorney, and Laskcr
and Ke!es with others must stand
trial later ON bribery accusations
arising from them.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Report of Death
Is Premature
by United Press Leased wire

BORDIGHERA, Italy, Dee. l9.
Field Marshal Count Lungi Codona,
commander of the Italian army from
1915 to 1917, continued in state
Of uneonsciousneSs early today.
Codorna, suffering from Il serious
ailmcnt diagnosed as cercbra throm-
bosiS was reported dead yesterday
afternoon, but the announcement
was withdrawn later when it was
learned he had suffered heart
attack but still was alive. His
death was expected momcntarily.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
MAGAZINE WRITER DIES

LOS ANGELES, Dee. l9,-Fmer-
al services were held today for Fan
ME j. Greenwalt, magazine and
newspaper writer. She came here
l6 years ago from Whitncy's Point,
New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
No Chance OF
Saving Celtic
Ry United Press Leased Wire

QTEENSTOWN, ireland, Dee.
10 Salvage wort, ON the White
star liner Ccltir. which went
aground here last week, was
abandoned today.
It was decided il would be i'm.
practical to save the ship. Tn"
liner probably viii he sold ia ship
wrrckers TO be diSmantlcd for
what she will realize. The discharge
"f the cI'go continued and it was
expected all merchandise aboard
would j." saved
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Bodyguard To
Diaz Is Dead
Ry United Press Leased Wire

By United Press Leased Wire
NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. 10. -
Rafael Acosta, picturesque Indi-
al scout who served as body
guard to Porfirio Diaz 18 years
ago when the latter headed, the
Mexican forces along the inter
national border, is dead here at
the age Of 100.
The Indian guide was famil-
iarly known as Honest Rafael
because of his activities in assist
ing posses in tracking criminals
and bad men in the wild and
woody days of the old west.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Juror Meets
Harsh Fate
by United Press Leased Wire

Ry United Press Leased Wire
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 10. -
J. D. Morrow who staggered in
to court room intoxicated and
Is minutes late to fulfill his ap-
pointment as a juror in liquor
case here, began serving a 30I
day Jail sentence today.
Judge Jacobs, who witnessed
Morrow's cratic entrance to the
court room, dismissed the jury
and ordered a new trial after
imposing the Jail term on the er
ring juror.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Lindbergh and Wright Meet

Colonel Charles Lindberg Wrigh-men whose
Washington
fifth annv the Wright brothers first
after receiving the
the
Wright the right
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Christmas play and program,
Wilson school, 8.
Mid-week meetings, churches.
City council meets, city hall,
7:30.
Oasis Lodge, F. and A. M,
Masonic Temple, 7:3O.
Chamber of commerce direct
tors, 7:30.
Eagles lodge, 554 Main street.
Boy Scouts-Troop 7, Elks'
bldg; Troop 16, scout hut.
Imperial theatre Out
cast
Brunk S Comedians, "Straight
Crooks
KXO-6-10 o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
Dove OF
PEACE IN
COMMAND
Bolivia and Paraguay
Expected To Adjust
Their Squabble.
MOBILIZATION ENDS
Previous Warlike Atti-
tude In Bolivia No Long
eI Apparent.
Hy United Press i.eascd Wire

WASIiINGTON, Dec. i9.-Thr
Pm-Amvrican conference through Il
epccial committee today asked
Bolivia and Paraguay to reach Il
peaceful settlement of their differ
"nccS.
Meeting with Bolivian Minister
Oirz De Medina and the Paraguayan
delegate Ayala, the special commit
zee on mediation between the two
countries formally expressed to the
two representatives. '.thc hope that
lhcir differences will be settled in
& peaceful and satisfactory man.
n,r.
GENEVA, Dee. 10 Replying to
French rorc;gr sinister Briand :
second note, Paraguay said today
that it would not indulge in any
act impeding the progress of peace,
but Won Il merely take steps ncccs-
sary To safeguard the nation : rights
oi self defense.
Paraguay $ reply, signed by For
cign Miaistcr Zubziaretta, said:
"Thc League Of Nations may be
sure that Paraguay is adhcring
'irmIH 10 the traditional policy of
peace.
ASrNCGON, Paraguay, Dec. 10
Mobilization of the Paraguavan
"rmy was ended today.
Thirty thousand men responded to
President Jose Guggiari's call TO
arms in connection with the Para
guayan.Bolivian dispute which came
on the verge of war after soldiers
on each side were killed in border
clashes in the Chaco region
The government announced the
mobilization had ended after Bolivia
accepted the good offices of the
Pan American arbitration and con.
riliatiou conference in the dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-19
TOMORROW

Rotary club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Woman S Ten Thousand club,
club house, 2:30.
Teachers institute, high
school, a. m.
KXO-11-1 O'Clock.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

Mr.. J. f.. Doane was in town Sun
day.
Mrs. Nonsiatsky has returned TO
New York for another operation.
Next Sunday at $50 p. m. Miss
Betty Maitland and the social commit
tee will have charge of the meeting Of
the Young Peoples Society. This
committee is planning a Christmas
party and tree for some time this
month.
Rev. l.. S. Lyon will preach next
Sunday on 'The Rising Sun and the
Waning Star" from the text, "He
Must Increase, But Must Decrease
In the Sunday school he viii tell the
children about Hoover's trip Of good
will in South America and trace his
route on map.
One Of the enjoyable events of this
time Of year Is the Christmas sale and
fair at the Howe Marot School for the
Day Kimball Hospital and other char
tiles. IL will be held this week Satur-
day from until o'clock. As usual
in addition to the other attractions
there will be tea and dancing. Among
the novelties offered viii be rummags
sale.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

The Knights Of King Arthur have
been divided into three groups. AL
fred Broughton was initiated in the
third degree. that Of Knights, last
Sunday.
Mrs. George X. Perry of Grand
Rapids and her daughter have been
visiting Mrs, George II. Nichols. Miss
Perry is teacher at the Erskine
School in Boston.
Rev. +. s. Lyon attended a meeting
Of the Ministers Association in Put
nam on Monday. He has been invited
TO exchange with Rev. Mr.. Powell Of
Woodstock in the near future.
Miss Lewis. chairman Of the Thomp-
son branch of the Putnam Chapter OF
the Red Cross, has made commend
able report. The membership drive in
Thompson has been completed with
gratifying results. The Howe Marot
School Is TO be congratulated upon
again going 100 per cent. Both East
Thompson and the village can report
an increase in membership. The total
enrolment is one sustaining and 207
annual members, $4,000. This year
aside from $4,000 given for Florida
relief, thirty Christmas bags were
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06
Thompson

Mrs. Charles Masten had a family
dinner Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Arthur Mills entertained the
Bridge Club Tuesday.
Mrs. Thresher was the guest Of Mrs
Frank Decker for the weekend.
The Thimble Club was entertained
by Mrs. Olive knight Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. Williams OF Fairhaven and hei
children were guests Of Mr. Frederick
Green on Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Nelson Bradford gave de
iightful tea Sunday afternoon for Mrs
Thresher and Mr. Louis Ream.
Miss Lewis entertained the Mission
AIRY Society Thursday afternoon. Tbs
meeting was led by Mrs. Arthur Mills
Mr.. Elmer Jacobs of New Yorl
spent Thanksgiving and the weekend
with Mrs. George Crosby and Mis-
Crosby.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

and husband. Mr.. and Mrs. Willars
Place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brodie had far
their guests Thanksgiving Mr.. ans
Mrs. Gustaf johnson and Mrs. Ross
Leblan Of Esmond, r. l.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Gensier
have returned to Waterbury aftef
spending two months with their aas'
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. brodN.
Mr.. and Mrs William B. Swan q
Providence and Mr.. and Mrs. Waller
Ecceleston of Edgewood, r. l.. were II
cent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. {. W.
Place.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cunningham
Of Providence, Mr.. and Mrs. Heroer
Rowell and daughter Mavis, and M,s
Rilla Blackmar Of Harrisville, K; y
were callers at Annie Warmers, SUD
day.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

AS everyone in Thompson knows
Alexsey. the following letter from the
st. Nicholas Orthodox Church of Sls
North 7th Street, Philadelphia. OF
which Rev. N. v. Senophy is rector,
will be Of interest: ITO whom 1t may
concern: This is TO certify that we,
the undersigned trustees of the Rus
sian Orthodox Church Of St. Nicholas
in Philadelphia, do hereby authorize
Mr. Alexey Deepp. our former parish
ioner and very active member, to SO
licit funds for the benefit Of our
church here, which is badly in need Of
redecoration. Trustees Of st. Nicholas
Orthodox Church, President. Melody
Klimashevsky; Secretary. Zotek p.
Eschook."
Alexsey has been very successful IN
his endeavor to help his church. UP
to date, his collections are as follows
Mrs. Alex yonsiatsky s25, Mr.. Louis
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06
West Clocester

Miss Olive Enois is on the sick list.
Fred Barnes, who has been i'll for a
few days, is better.
Mr.: and Mrs. Lewis Place enter
tanned family gathering Of twenty
Thanksgiving Day.
Fred J. Moran is home from New
Hampshire. His son Fred is spend.
ing the holiday there.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cheney and
daughter Mary spent Thanksgiving
Day with his brother. Asa Cheney.
Richard Brownie of Putnam visited
Friday and Saturday with his sister
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

Montclair, where she spent Thanks
giving with her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Armand Denis.
Everyone is glad to hear that the
Russian Bear is 10 be opened ali win
Ter. II is also of interest to hear that
Mrs. Beck Mamedov is prepared TO
serve dinners in private houses.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

filed, two afghans. twenty-six refugee
children's garments. and number Of
sweaters were made and sent by the
Thompson Branch. Anyone willing TO
knit sweaters, caps or stockings viii
be supplied with yarn.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

Peewit--A man can hardly wea
now unless he can show the girl i've
licenses.
Dismuke-Two licenses!
Peewit---Yes; marriage and auto
|mobiIe.-The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-06

Ream S25. Mrs. Dorothy Bartlett SIS,
Anastase Vonsiatsky SIS, N. p. Stane-
gol IS. Natalie Beck Mamedov IS,
Alexander L. Prelesgy So, l.. T.. Back
US 81, +. S. Backus 50, A. j. Wilkes
81, John Sherry So. David Sherry So,
II. N. s. Bradford. Jr., 81. r. A. Dun
ming 81. John Ronald Bernklow 81,
Nile v. Olson IS. Mr.. w. Galland 81,
Mrs. Newell Weed SO, AIexsey Deepp
$50.
Thompson Hill school roll Of honor
for November: Ninety TO 100 per
cent, Grace Whitney, Bernice Lambert,
Helen johnson, Edgar Elliott, Alan
Logee, George Law, Jr., Marjorie Ty-
ring, Mary Hoenig. Delight Amidon,
George Bates. Jr., Barbara Kirby,
Walter Pratt. Jr., and Glenn Leveille
Eighty to ninety per cent. Marshall
Tourtellotte. May Whitney, Gilbert Am
idon. Mark Coleman, Lawrence Bay
err. Dorothy Trying. Lucite Johnson,
Alex Budzyukiewicz, Louise Polly,
Raymond Elliott, Janette Hoenig, IT.
enc johnson, Andrew Masley and
Stephen Babka-
Mrs. Roosevelt has returned from
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Mrs. Roosevelt has returned from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12
10 Yale Students Arrested
for Attacking Sweat Shops

NEW HAVEN JAN Nneteen Yale distributed
conditions local
wifi 1nnressing facts about the workr side
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12
AMTORG ORDERS
LARGER IN 1927;
sum $1OO,OOO,OOO
Increase In Industrial
Goods Noted

The Amtorg Trading Corporation
165 Broadway, reports orders placed
by the company during 1927, for ship
ment to the Soviet Union, at $31, 199,-
1874, very large increase over the
orders placed in 1926 which were val
ued at 1851 ,412. These totals dc
not include shipments Of cotton to the
u. S. S. r. by the All-Russian Textile
Syndicate, 120 Broadway, W h h
amounted last year to S42,000,000 as
against $33, 100000 in 1926. 1t is es-
timated that the export and import
business between the Soviet Union
and the United States, including the
business done by the several Ameri-
can concessionaires, and by Centric
soyus and Selskosojus, representing
Soviet Union cooperatives, during
1927, was close to $l00,0OO,00O as
compared with total of $70,000,000
in 1926 and $48,000,0O0 in 1918.
Amtorg's Largest Year.
A statement by Saul G. Bron, chair
man of the board of directors Of the
Amtorg, follows:
"The year 1927 proved the biggest
in the existence of the Amtorg Trad
ing Corporation, which is. doing the
bulk of business with the Soviet Union
outside of cotton purchases. Orders
placed by us during the year totaled
$31, 199, 1874, which is three and one
half times the figure for the preced-
ing year, when Amercan-Soviet trade
experienced a slump. Especially
noteworthy has been the increase in
the amount of orders for industrial
and electrical equipment. These
reached the record figure Of $11,313,-
$50.
Raw Material Second
purchases by Amtorg included oil
equipment worth $4,646,177, mining
equipment valued at $1,469,209 and
equipment for glass factories, iron
and steel plants and textile mills. The
second largest group Of orders was
for raw materials, including metals,
S6,363, lit, and crude rubber, $780,
204. Industrial equipment and raw
materials will probably continue to be
the two principal groups of commo-
dities that the Soviet Union will pur-
chase in the American market.
Purchases of agricultural mach
merry, binder Irvine and live stock
also made up last year a considerable
figure, totaling $7,252,T37, or more
than double the orders in this class
placed in 1926. Other important items
on the Amtorg purchasing list were
chemical products, electrical equip
nent, automotive equipment, con-
struction machinery and office sup
pleyes with drastic layoffs, and ru-
typewriters."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12
LEADERS ON TOUR I MINERS FAMILIES
FOR Mine RELIEF Lose Their HOMES
Driven Into Cold at
Point Of Guns
Continued from Page Ome)

Continued from Page Ome)
SEX 'you better get out. You are on
company property"
During the nine months of the
strike Vesta No. a has hired approx
mately six thousand scabs, but only
600 could stand the gaff. The mine
employed 1900 men until the 1st of
April last.
1--WE have been on strike for nine
months" said an official of the local
union to the Pennsylvania Ohio
Miners Relief Committee, at Gil
Penn Ave, Pittsburgh" but we are
ready to stay on strike for nine
months more if we get relief. The
miners are standing firm and the spirit
Of the women is equal to that OF the
men. If the labor movement stands
with us in this struggle there is no
doubt but victory will be ours, which
will be victory for the whole trade
union movement"
Picture of Gun Taken.
The Vesta Coal Company now in
dignantly denies an automatic rifle
was ready for use when the evictions
took place, but fortunately for this
alibi, a photographer took picture
with the cossack obligingly pointing
the gun at the miners shacks. The
gun can be taken apart and carried
in hand bag and put together in a
few minutes.
The union is hastily constructing
barracks to accommodate one hundred
families, but they will not be ready
for Is more days. The minimum
number of rooms required to house
the evicted miners and their families
in the Daisytown section is five hun
bred and twenty-five.
Cannot Desert Miners
Shall the American workers who
are fortunate enough to live in houses
thru which the wintry winds do not
whistle, who have food and clothing
for themselves and their families turn
deaf ear to the suffering coal dig
gers and their dependents who are
holding the fort for labor on the in
dustrial battlefields of Pennsylvania :?
On their answer depends victory or
defeat for the miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12
FLEETWOOD BROUN WANTED HIS SALARY"
Reader Tells Why Colnuuist Returned to Job ON the "Woyd

published in "The World" in reference
to this incident" Translated in open
and everyday parlance it meant that
H. B. can at any time come back pro-
vided he conforms to the principles
of "The World"
Well, what the hell! $3.50 a week
is nothing to sneeze at.
Broun's "self pride" did not allow
him to go back so readily. But, my
friends, the power of money is real.
after all. H. B. feared the loss, and
some at that, feared that he may
have to work in the subway or sell
insurance; so quietly, without saying
word, he ran back to "The World
History's most fragrant, heinous,
legal and civilized murder passes by
without rousing the dormant intel
lectuals of America. Asleep they
were as to the grasping and under
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12
Embree, Bloor, Sablich
to Speak
BY ART SHIELDS.

Assuring friends that the Colorado
coal strike would be won, A. S. En-
bree and FLAMING" Milka Sablich,
two of the strikers representatives,
have left New York for 30-stop tour
between Boston and Chicago, in COM
pany with Ella Reeve Bloor, to urge
support jointly for the striking min
ers of the Pennsylvania Ohio field
and the Colorado field.
In the last two weeks, in which
Embree and Milka Sablich have been
addressing audiences in New York,
thousands of dollars for miners re-
lief in addition to quantities of cloth
ing have been raised here.
Embree, the first organizer for the
Industrial Workers of the World to
enter the Colorado fields in the pres
ent revival of that organization in
the Rocky Mountain coal region, is a
veteran of the western radical move
ment. Nearly 20 years ago he edited
the daily newspaper organ OF the gold
miners in Nome, Alaska. More re-
Gently he spent several years in a
Boise penitentiary under the Idaho
syndicalism law. Two years ago, he
began quietly organizing in Colorado.
In an interview with the Federated
Press, Embree told of conditions as
he observed them in the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Co. mines, the Rockefel-
Ter institution that dominates the coal
industry of the state.
Local Officials Harsh.
81 found very little interest in the
Rockefeller plan, or company union"
said Embree. ats meetings were
very poorly attended. Three to ten
men from mine would be present
ordinarily. The company used the
plan to raise the rent on company
houses while 1 was in Colorado"
C. F. & /. foremen and superin-
tendents are just little rougher than
coal bosses elsewhere. Embree failed
to discover the tactful Rockefeller la
Dor policy that is so often touted. The
harshness of local company officials
had much to do with provoking the
revolt, he said.
Gunman rule prevails in the c. F..
& l. camps and the Colorado labor
laws are not enforced. The law pro-
viding for acknowledgment is a dead
letter, as hearings before the Colora-
do state industrial commission are
now bringing out. When the coal
leaders elected their own representa-
tives to stand on the tipples and
watch the scales that weighed the
coal for which they were paid by the
ton, they were driven away by gun
men unless they winked their eyes to
fraud.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12

that Fulp would later betray them
into signing bad agreement. These
silly tales were laughed at by the
men, who knew Fulps sterling hon
esty.
The negro strikebreakers, Fulp re-
vealed, were trapped into scabbing,
labor agents coming down to the
southern farms and telling them
about wonderful farm jobs" up
north. Once the negroes reached the
mines they were placed under guard
and held as prisoners. But fNuip got
to many of them and many joined
the strikers after eluding the guards.
In Constant Danger.
Fulp's life is constantly in danger
in Washington county. Both the
bosses and the Lewis machine are out
to get him. He is always followed
by stoolpigeons; at night guard Of
strikers watches his house ever since
an attempt was made on him by tive
unknown assailants while he was
asleep early in the strike.
Fulp stressed the point that the
struggle is a rank and file drive
against dishonest Lewis machine Of
ficials in the union as we'll as fight
against the operators for decent liv-
ing wage.
Fulp asks that all militant workers
and their sympathizers send aid in
the form Of money and clothing di-
rectly to the Pennsylvania and Ohio
Miners Relief Committee, Gil Penn
ave.. Room 307, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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standing of the causes that were
bringing about the murder of the two
innocent martyrs; asleep they re-
manned after the execution. They keep
on writing on prohibition, art, the fu-
turc, sex, tolerance, and, of course,
on baseball. And that is the way of
Americas recognized culture.
Haywood Broun's insincerity should
be another convincing proof to the
workers that any furore emanating
from so-called liberal organs, or So
called liberal individuals towards a
reactionary event is quickly forgotten
and buried; is poisonous in SO far as
it tends to rally the workers to their
side, and is soaked with treachery
when a definite, clear and public
showdown is demanded.
EMILE ZENBERT.
Bronx, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-12
GUARDS
BEAT 120 CHINESE

CONTINUED iron, Page One)
month paid seamen on lines where
union standards prevail. The Chinese
seamen, moreover, are not permitted
to go ashore at any port, though the
Dollar Line boats cover all parts of
the world.
"Well you know how it is" Dock
Capt. Abenetti said last night after
DENYING the report of the incident.
"There was little scuffle, l guess.
| suppose the quartermaster got
hurt" =.
He referred to a report published
in New York capitalist paper that
Quartermaster Arthway, of the Presi-
dent Polk, was injured in trying to
prevent the Chinese from leaving the
vessel.
"If this Chinese crew had caused
rumpus they certainly would have
been laid out" one of the ships Of
ficers said in denying that clash
had taken place. He stood at the
foot of the gangplank and refused
adnittance to the vessel.
An air of secrecy prevailed on the
properties. All workers on shore
feared spy might over-hear them.
Most of the S1,5O0,0O0 cargo of
crude rubber and other merchandise
was destroyed and the liner was
badly damaged. World cruise pas
sengers had left the vessel when the
fire broke out.