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The monitor., 1928-07-20
ARREST Is WEST
AFRICAN WORKERS

Paris, France-According to re-
ports being circulated In labor circles
a campaign of persecution has been
begun against militant leaders of the
native workers in French West Afri-
ca, the Belgian Congo and British
West Africa.
Word from Dagar comes to the
effect that fifteen militant leaders
have been rounded up by government
officials and plans have been made to
deport them
The monitor., 1928-07-20
PENN. WOMEN
PREPARE FOR MEET

Philadelphia, Pa.-On July "a to
27, the 25th annual convention OF the
Pennsylvania State Federation of Ne
gro Women's Clubs will meet to dis
cuss the things that mean for the
higher development of womanhood.
The meeting is to be held in Chester,
when the various organizations viii
be the guests of the Ruth Bennett
club, the Ruth L. Bennett Juniors and
the Twentieth Century club.
The monitor., 1928-07-20
COURAGE OF cOLoRED
YOUTH SAVES MANY
LIVES FROM FLAMES

Baltimore, Nd.-James Cooper, a
colored youth living in Dolphin
street, was acclaimed a hero when 2
fire broke out in a building on South
Hanover street, Monday. Cooper,
who IS an elevator operator. brought
sixteen white girls to safety, bring
ing them down through the roaring
flames and smoke.
After bringing the girls to safety,
Cooper, according to reports, return
ed to the upper floor to fight the
flames singlehanded, and found him
self trapped. He was driven from
the building by the zmoke and the
flames.
Makes Another Trip
Cooper, it seems, was one of the
first to discover the blaze. He ran
the elevator TO the fourth floor and
warned the workers of their danger.
They made rush for the elevator
and the girls were carried to safety.
After Cooper had carried the first
load out of the reach of the flames,
he went up for another load and got
the manager and four others on the
fifth floor, which by this time was
ia roaring furnace.
Thick clouds Of smoke filled the
shaft and when the youth aa,ved
with the elevator he was gasping. His
escape, cut off both by way of the
stairway and the elevator, the young
hero was forced TO use the fire escape
by way of which he made his escape
to the street. All Of the persons in
the building escaped without injury.
The monitor., 1928-07-20
JOHN d. JR-, HELPS
HARLEM CHILDREN

New York City-Through a gift of
$72, 900 by John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
the establishment of a children's rec
reational center in the Utopia Chill
dren's House viii be effected imme-
diately, according to an announce
ment made by William Hodson, exec
utive secretary of the Welfare Coun-
Gil.
The monitor., 1928-07-20
GRADUATES FROM COLUMBIA

Tuskegee, Ala.-Miss Myra Logan,
the daughter of Warren Logan, for,
mer treasurer of Tuskegee Institute,
who was valedictorian of the class of
1927 of Atlanta university, gradu-
ated with honor from Columbia uni
versity, New York City, this June.
She received her A. NJ. degree.
The monitor., 1928-07-20

Berlin has 100000 working wo-
men as against 100000 working
men.
The monitor., 1928-07-20

In the United States today about
8,5000,000 women go out to work
every day.
The monitor., 1928-07-20

Mr.. Ollie Young went to Los An
geles, Cal, last Thursday.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Avalon Hair Nets, 1oc doz.
Human hair. All shades. SIN
gle and double mesh. cap shape.
Clarks' O. n. t. Cotton
3 for 24c
25o-yard spools in all numbers.
Black and white.
Rubber Pants, 10c
Pure gum rubber. Natural
colors. Medium and large sizes.
Cedarized Garment Bags
47c
Heavy grade. Side opening.
VIII hold several garments,
Electric Iron, Sl.59
Nickel plated. guaranteed ele-
ment with long cord and double
socket.
Street Floor
ChiIdren's Union Suits, 29c
Athletic style for boys and girls.
Perfect. fine checked nainsook.
25c Vests, 2 for 25c
women's rayon striped. band
top vests in band or bodice-top
styles. Perfect.
Soc Double Extra Vests, 35c
3 for 81
Band-top model with reinforced
underarm shield. Perfect. Sizes
46 TO so.
Rayon Hosiery, 3oc
Slightly irregular. A wide va
rietv Of smart colors.
Misses Hosiery, 39c
silk and rayon long stockings.
Slightly irregular. All new light
shades.
Double Extra Union
Suits, 55c
Women's 75c, perfect. hand-top
suits in sizes As, 4s and so.
Csc Forest Mills Union
Suits, 55c
women's perfect band and
bodice top suits in regular and ex-
ira sizes.
Children's 25c Socks, l7c
- l3A Ss AOA O0@
Perfect new patterns In Tayon
and mercerized isle. Some plain
colors with fancy tops. others
fancy bottoms with plain tops.
All colore.
Mems Sl.50 Khaki Pants
SI.05
Durable khaki, fast color. well
mace with belt loops and cuf bot
toms. Sizes 30 TO AZ waist.
Mems 79c and 81 Union
Suits, 55c
Pine madras and high count
nainsook. Athletic style, with
yoke back. taped srmholes and
webbing. Sizes 36 20 4e.
Mems 79c Shirts and
Drawers, 47c ca.
Balbriggan short-sleeve shirts In
sizes SO TO 46. and ankle-length
drawers, sizes 81 10 a. Also ath-
letsc shirts and knee-length draw
ers or running pants Of madras,
nainsook and broadcloth.
Mems 79c Work Shirts, SIC
Durable blue chambray. collar
attached style, two pockets and
triple stitched seams Sizes l4iz
10 ls. Street Floor
Evening star., 1928-05-20
with Coupon Only
l0c palmoIive Soap
2 for lie
Street Floor

Boys Blouses, 5Sc
Formerly 79e and 81. Perfect
and iFreguIaTs. Collar attached or
sport collar styles. Efoadcl0th,
woven madras and striped pefcale
Sizes 70 Is.
Boys 81 Knickers, 79c
eplendtd wash fabrics. Sizes z
70 n.
Boys 70c OVeralIs, 48c
Blue denim with bib ard straps.
Two POCKETS. SIZES 4 10 IA.
street Floor
Boys Wash Suits. &c
Formerly $50 and 81, Inn
ported linen. Dfosdcloth, jean.
sustinRs and peggy cloth. Sizes z
" & Many smart styles.
Summer Ncckwear, &c
A very special purchase Of collar
and cuff SETS. Lace, organdy and
silk
street Flosr
19c Dress Cingham, lie yd.
% inches wide stripes. checks
afad pialGF.
2f)c English i,ongcloth
I3c yd.
3e-inch soft finish for under
garments and chiloFen's wear,
25c PercaIe, lie yd.
3e-incb bookfold percsie In new
laQil1 c0iOTe,
Si2S Linen Cloth, DE
zSH46 luncheon cloth with col-
orea border.
Street Eig0F
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Store Improve
ments Are
Finished!

And now our first
floor looks attrac-
tive, modern and
spacious. All the
departments have
been moved or re-
arranged--all given
larger space and
best of all--the
Bargain Booths
are a great innova-
ton. An entire
row of well-placed
centralized booths,
where specially pur-
chased and spe-
cially priced, de-
sirable, seasonable
merchandise will
be on sale.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Adance Fashions and Home Needs Reduced Monday and Tuesday
Ek0nomyKOIurran

ISc Stair Treads, &c ca.
Black. all-rubber treadS, in 7XlS
size
Soc Cretonne Cushions
2 for 7Sc
Well filed with new cotton and
covered with attractive patterned
cretonne.
soc Rag Rugs, 2 for soc
2TxS6 sire. hit-and-niSs pattern
with crowfoot border.
40c Table Oilcloth, 2Sc
Slightly imperfect, white and
fancy patterns.
Third Floor
Evening star., 1928-05-20

SI.7o Birdeye Diapers
Sl.So doz.
Sanitary. sealed packages. Alb
sorbent. non-irritant, 27x2T size.
Dozen in package.
S1.So Tots Georgette
Dresses, Sl.D
Good quality flesh georgette.
Round OF square neck. lace TRIM
med. Short sleeves or sleeveless.
Sizes TO 5 years.
Girls ST Dresses, 79c
New prints and pretty styles.
Nicely trimmed with contrasting
color collar and cuffs. Sizes z
to IL.
Second Floor
81 Alarm Clocks, 77c
Guaranteed Commodore brand.
Nickel plated.
ST Pearls Necklaces, 69c
artificial. Indestructible: white
or flesh. smooth and baroQue.
Knotted between beads.
Street Floor
Evening star., 1928-05-20
81 Pointed Heel An.Slk
Chiffon Hosiery

Stunning hosiery-slighty irregular-but you
won't even know H. All silk with pcot top.
chiffon weight and in exquisite colors
Also all-Silk service weight with pointeo heel
and all-silk chiffon with square heel. very
famous quality nationally known for its splendid
texture and wearability. Scores OF gorgeous
Summer tones.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

forced toe, Pearl blush. flesh,
nude, rose, French nude, plaza
gray, gun metal. misty morn.
honey beige, white, black. cham
payne and vanity.
Street Fla0r
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Tonlahawk of French-lndian War
Returns to America From Britain

The war club ot an important Indian
Of the esd lvoQlsatS tribe Is 4 rev prise
acquired tvum England by the Museum
Of the American Indian Heye EpaaSia-
ton, New York kNum marks cn the
weals,n museum experts have oeen able
IL reconstruct svS>d deal ~ IFS past
career, even though amy ee<,rtS ny
stories attached IL II have se1as Ssnee
been lost
The handle ~ the cl0o Is carved with
the words ''<NadeasaSue le eamara &c
,'eanS<Nn." which. translated means
'<>Qdehtasue, the trsend ~ tehn><,ss >"
according ~ Arthur Woodward ~ the
museum stan On the ether side ~
The handle Is engraved \ stsange~Assk~
ms word "WarraghUasey, whteh Is
the NAME the iresQ,loiS gave a. Sir VII
liam lohnSol,, the hsitlSa Sapegtnssssyl-
ent Of Indian affairs. shortly eegoSe The
American ksvV.luttan
The remainder ot the essarsd sAsASS
on taa handle i nllea With a segesN N
eNpluit marks" SAYS Nit Woodward
There are war belts denatias the NUM-
Der al times the warrior had SET cat
ul,aa the war trail amt the nNa.eaE NJ
,lMss he Mas ~essadea Is saewA TasEe
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kind and notwithstanding men back
time after time for another try.
I'm guilty. colonel. Haven't got a
leg TO stand on"
That's too bad. Jim. Third time
you've been here about that. / ought
to deport you. You know that your
self"
Il shore do. colonel"
We'll. go back to Gatun. I'll fix 1t
up with your supervisor. Make an
other try and see how you come out"
Another cigarette, lit on the stump
Of the old one. The desk was charred
from end TO end Another face. An
other case Another decision. Not
much time for the man who sought TO
fool him. Maybe bawling out Maybe
an order to take the next boat for the
States A few words to quiet a feud
same house. Perhaps scrubbed note
TO q quartermaSter 10 move one Of
them.
Sunday. when ne should have been
resting, the colonel heard the troubles
Of the Zone. Sunday after Sunday.
month after month. year after year.
Men who had been up there tipped off
the ones on the way: Better tell the
colonel the whole truth He'll catch
YOU shore IL you try 10 fool him"
-
remember a case he handled in very
short order A man had written him an
anonymous letter from Gorgona. The
/ letter went by railroad mail and there
was no postmark on H. But in some
way the colonel knew who wrote II. He
told the man to come see him Sunday
When he came in Col. Goethals had the
letter lying in front Of him.
The next time you write me letter
sign your name to it." And he waved
the man out the door.
The difficulties he had TO solve the
complaints he had TO answer varied with
each new case.
One Sunday an Irish ditch digger
came TO the court. He was working at q
salary beyond anything he could hope 10
earn in the States. All the privileges of
: canal employees were his. including the
! ridiculously low-priced meals at the
government hotels and restaurants
/ He complained of the food at the
Gatun restaurant.
what seems to be the trouble?" the
colonel asked
Well" draw!ed the 1rishman. they
gave me a porterhouse steak there last
night that was tough-and. colonel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
BY REX COLLIER.

When the White House tongue, sub
consciously or otherwise, let slip q ref
erence TO the Secretary OF Commerce
as President Hoover" II was only
following a precedent established during
Hooyers travels through the Mississippi
food country.
This precedent. which grew almost
into a custom. proved most embarraSs-
ing 10 the flood relief chief on more
than one occasion. despite the fact that
Hoover realized that In most instances
the term was used In the honest be-
lief that he actually was the President
or Uncle Sam" or some other per-
sonage equally great ana equally phan-
tasmai TO the minds OF some OF thr
valley natives.
Such references were entirely apart
from the similarly embarrassing char
scterizations Of Hoover an our next
President" voiced by more enlightened
citizens Of the Mississippi Valley,
Avoids Politics
As matter Of fact. Hoover found Il
almost Ms difiicuit To squeich these
hDoI anic and spontaneous Outburats OF
guiIeieksness. on the one hand, or en-
thuslasin on the other, as he did the
task Of stamping out the specter OF
hunger, disease and restitution among
The food victims
Hoover was determined at all costs,
10 keep politics out Of flood relief
His whole heart and soul war de-
voted ~ the great emergency confront
ing the inhabitants Of the delta II
was no time 10 talk politics or think
politics 0r 10 allow personalities 10 enter
into the immediate job al hand, II
there Was ever d time for politicians 10
crawl into their shells and stay there.
Hoover contended. that time had
arrived
Accordingly. Hoover put his foot
down on the many proposals of well
meaning Southern friends and ad~
mirers for Hoover testimonial meet
lngs" ana booster demonstration"
aud other gatherings Of personal
nature.
studiously he avoided becoming link
ed up with any plan tending 10 align
ms work for tio0d refugees with one
political party or another
Yet there were times when even
Hoover himself, or Ills able assistant
Ge0fge Akers0n. OF HIS other aides were
poweflshs ~ prevent the occasional
outcS11Dings OF eAubefance. .--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
BY DREW PEARSON.

One hundred and nifty years OF
American treaty-making Will be COM
memorated tomorrow when Ambassador
Claudel and Undersecretary OF State
Olds affix their signatures 10 the new
arbitration treaty between France and
the United States.
just $50 years before. TO the exact
day Benjamin Franklin, after long and
dlscouraging negotiations In Paris, con-
cluded the first treaties between the
thirteen Colonies and any other state
an alliance with France and treaty
of amity and commerce, These FIRST
two treaties proved the turning point
IN the Revolutionary War,
The ceremony OF treaty signing to-
morrow has not only u sentimental
but AN important political significance
The new treaty sets precedent, In
that It's terms viii be followed In the
renewal OF the United States arbitration
treaties. most OF which expire this year
and next Moreover. II will be the iirst
treaty ever To be signed which formally
recognizes the Monroe Doctrine. FL
nally, the preamble OF the treaty which
condemns war Is considered by the
French to he In measure n substitute
for the BRAND proposal Ia outlaw war
Many Interesting Contrasts,
One hundred and nifty years have
brought some interesting and important
contrasts In the technique OF treaty
making Franklin landed In France
on December -. i77d. and IN company
with Silas Deane OF Connecticut and
Arthur Lee spent over IS months
negotiating the treaty, lilo could not
communicate with the Continental
Congress except by mail. which was
exceedingly slow In those days The
negotiation largely Was a personal one
The present American Ambassador
10 France. Myron +. Herrick. on the
other hand had little 10 do with the
negotiation OF the treaty which viii b.
signed ON Monday, II was negotiated
by cable and radio during u period OF
less than two months The fun text
OF the treaty suggested revislons and
lengthy diplomatic arguments we're en-
changed almost daily II was prac-
ticaiiy a personal conversation between
Secretary Kellogg and Foreign Minister
BRAND,
The tofmaiity Ut signing the new
treaty an Monday also offers vide con-
tfast 10 the diplomatic procedure af
$40 year aga, The originals Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
SIGNING OF NEW ARBITRATION
TREATY TO MARK ANNIVERSARY
Agreement Tomorrow Will Recall $50 Years of
American Diplomacy Since Franklin Was
i'm France.

two treaties signed by Benjamin
Franklin still rest III the dust proof
files OF the State Department. and al
though somewhat faded. IL IS still pos
Sihle 10 read the parallel columns Of
hand-written text In both French and
English. The signature OF Louis XVI
Is especially faded. but his tremendous
seal stamped on a piece OF bees wax
as big as cheese Is carefully pre-
served In beautifully engraved silver
box
New Treaty Printed.
The new arbitration treaty will be
printed. instead OF written longhand,
and II will be incased In morocco
leather cover, Two copies will oe
signed by Ambassador Claudel and
UnderSecretary OldS. one OF which
Will be retained by the United States
and the other sent 10 France
The old treaty of alliance states that
IL IN between the most Christian kins
and the Is United States of North
America" and provides that ~ war
should break out between France and
Great Britain during the continuance
of the present war between the United
States and England His Majesty and
the United States shall make II \ com-
mon cause and aid each other mu-
tualiy,"
The alliance is followed by an Act
Separate and Secret ~Samethtug
which viii not he included In the pact
10 he signed Monday~~hy which His
Catholiek Majesty" the King Of Spain
may enter the alliance II he desires,
The new arbitration treaty provides
in brief for the arbitration Of all dis
putes between France and the United
States except those which involve the
Monroe Doctrine. domestic affairs and
questions involving third parties The
treaty replaces the Root arbitration
pact OF iaOa and Is part VI the STATE
Departments step 10 tevlse all ot its
arbitration agreements
OF the - Root treaties once In togvs
II have been allowed 10 lapse. anu
practically all NJ those remaining In
farce will expire within the next two
years While the United States has
allowed Tia arbitration treaties "a lapse,
10 arbitration treaties have been ne
eotiated between European countries
which 10 much further than any
American pact, foI this reason.
special significance Is placed upan the
new arbitration treaty 10 be signed en-
MaAa1k -
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that the best way out of trouble was
to own up when We were at fault.
In the colonel's office at Culebra the
light burned until II pm. DaShlng
from place to place In his motor car.
blowing through mud and climbing
over slides. rain or shine. he was out on
the Job throughout the morning and
part of the afternoon. The office work
he did after hours Night after night
I saw that light burning. And morning
after morning I saw the yellow motor
car buzz down the siding at am.
Few men could have stood the amount
of work he put on himself Men broke
down. men went crazy. men took 10
drink The colonel kept AS keen as
briar
What man is able 10 express the
spirit that was In him and which he
instilied in us? The job ran from
ocean TO ocean~-47 miles. The Culebra
Cut was a hells gorge with the heat
and the earth glaciers We were fight
ing. A emile canyon through the
backbone of the mountains, gaping open
mite wide at the top. The rains and
the sun beat down on us III that gorge.
Blacks from the West Indies stocked our
roaring machines and with shouting
Spaniards struggled and strained in
gangs about the machines and along
the tracks.
Culebra Cut brings up score OF
memories to an old canal worker So
do Pedro Miguel. Mirafiores. Dump Six,
Bias Obispo. Empire. Las Cascades, Old
and New Frijoles. Lion Hill and Tiger
Hill. Gatun Dam. Gatun Locks, the old
French Canal We carried on from
end to end of the canal And the man
who knew the details OF all the jobs
was 1.-The colonel"
On Sundays he held court In his
Office on the hill In Culebra. Any man.
black or white, could see him personally
on that day. He sent for those he
wanted TO see about some little thing
or other. Women came also 10 settle
their troubles Hour after hour he sat
there, smoking cigarettes. advising, lis
tening He had a surprise in store for
those who thought 10 fool him 1t was
amazing what a mass OF information
he had
Men who do not know him say he
was a cold car He was not. He was
a car In power. IL Is true but he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
HOOVER'S FLOOD WORK EARLY
STARTED PRESIDENTIAL TALK
Commerce Secretary Often Embarrassed by AT.
tempts of Valley Sufferers to Acclaim Him.
Held Strictly 10 Relief.

There was the amusing episode down
In Vicksburg. Miss, when a white haired
patriarch OF the cotton plantations hob
bled into the National Park Hotel. where
Hoover was In conference with local re-
lief officials, and asked. quite deferen-
TALLY, To see the President"
i've always wanted TO see what n
President looks like" the venerable old
planter contlded TO newspaper men In
the lobby.
Advised that the President was not
there but that Mr., Hoover was. the old
man scratched his head for IL moment
and said We'll. they're all the same,
amt they"
The newspaper men agreed there was
not a whole lot OF difference, so far AS
looks went between Presidents and
cabinet members. and the visitor. "A
refugee from Washington County
plantation, sat down 10 get his look "
Hes real gentleman. the old man
remarked after Hoover had passed
through the lobby. And he's the frat
President ever saw
Hoover WAS more amused than en-
barTassed however, at "A little incident
away down In Eudota. ARK. during one
OF his later reconstruction surveys. IN
which All aged colored politician adj
dressed him as "Miatah Lowdcn." and
told him he was going 10 vote for him
for President.
Harvey Couch, reconstruction director
for Arkansas. haatened Ia correct the old
: negro's mistake. explaining that II
was MIR. Hoover with whom he was
shaking hands,
"Oh. yaas. suh~-dats all right. sub. ="
replied the darky, "Ahm gwine Z vote
, 70 him anyway"
Declines Mass Meetings,
Every time Hoover mingled with the
crowds on station platforms. outside Of
town halls where conferences were 10 be
held or IN other public places he faced
q repetition Of the pledge OF loyalty
voiced by the Eldora coiored man Al
ways he sought 10 cut short such en-
pressions. without inJurlng the feelings
! II those who wished him well
Time after time Hoover declined invi-
| iationa 10 address mas meetings or
other gatherings when he scented some
plan Ia focus the attention OF the peo-
pie away trom the exigenctes hf the
Hood disaster and onto himself. rs
| leader NJ the relief work
He adopted furthermore y rigid rule
CONTINUED on Third Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-05
BY EDGAR YOUNG.

~ EN-. GEORGE w. COCKTAILS
is dead. great engineer and
r great American is gone. We
old-time canal men have lost