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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29
Standard Of English
Speech Not Possible

recognized authority on English
words and speech recently said: mot
long ago a conference was held In
London for the purpose OF arriving at
universal !. standard for English
speech. At one time believed that
It was impossible.
slater, the subject was brought to
my attention by prominent educators.
Under the stress Of arguments pre-.
sented to me weakened In my judg-
ment. and was willing to go on record
as saying that it might be possible to
standardize English speech. but after
two Years Of close study Of the whole
subject feel that my first judgment
was right.
sit Is as impossible to standardlze
the sounds In American and English
speech with the hope Of having the
Standardization accepted throughout
the English-speaking world as 1t is to
stem the tide of the sea-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29

IN AAID FASHION Is proving to
- be a very successful match
maker She iss arranging at present
especially interesting matches BEL
tween hats and parasols. or. when
fancy dictates. she relates the hat to.
the blouse, or perhaps 1t is hat, belt
and. bag which are ensembled. Most
popular of all Ia the hat and scarf
OF matching material, or at least these
adopt the same color. scheme or dec
orative motifs.
Now that the mode insists upon the.
costume presenting a unified scheme
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29
DAME FASHION MATCHMAKER;
RAYON PRINTS FOR SUMMER

here uses for its medium stunning
surah silk whose stripes are in bold
Spanish c0lorings BY the way, have
You heard that surah silk is again In
fashion? Well. It Is.
The lovely new rayon weaves such
as nave SO conspicuousIy entered
into the fabric realm are creating
quite sensation in the fashionable
world. They are not only supremely
attractive, but their adaptability and
the wide variety they offer, have
gained for them emphatic approval.
It should be remembered that rayon
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29

the left. When one realizes that this
costume can be satisfactorily washed.
the advantage of using It for practical,
wearable daytime costumes Is read.
lily sensed.
Not only Is rayOn woven into fab
RIGS for informal wear, bui It. is In
terpreted IN luxurious velvets, moires,
satins and as before mentioned II
takes form also in beautiful lace.
JULIA B0TTOAiLEY.
IA 1874 western Newspaper union.s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29
Ride He win Remember

A passenger embarking in Vienna
Salzburg commercial plane in Austria
was carried upside down over the city
when his foot became entangled in the
rods OF the plane as TWAS taking off.
Rockets were fired to attract the at
tention of the pilot to- the plight of
bis dangling passengers. The plane de-
scended and the passenger was taken
or unIurt, but unconscious.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29

silk print with a hat to match. as
shown in the picture, expresses ut
most chic. Other combinations of
print silks include soft. flexible sports
hats heavily stitched, to complement
pblong or square searfs. or II not
squares then triangles of the silk
Upto-the,minute matching huts and
scarfs are made of vivid striped silks.
or striking polka dot weaves, for
stripes and dots are ''the rage" this
season. The model to the left shown
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29

JELLY failure is a thing Of the
past. Pexel 10 here. It's a 1000
pure-fruit product that always
makes jelly jell. Absolutely
colorless, tasteless, odorless.
Pexel makes any jelly jell
BY the time it Is cold. With il,
jelly Is ready for the glasses as
soon a. it comes to full boil.
Thus Pexe1 saves fruit, sugar,
favor, time and fuel. Right
here it repays, from one to
three times, the Doc it costs.
Get Pexel at your grocer's.
A recipe booklet with complete
recipes, accurate tables in each
package. 30c. The Pexel Com-
pany, Chicago, Ill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29

Baseball is the only thing d woman
ever admits that she doesn't under
stand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-06-29

No one tells how well you're thought
Of until you're dead. i
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
CALL new YORK, |
N. ]. MEETINGS
Speakers To Tell of
Labor Holiday

A large number of preliminary May
Day meetings are to be held in New
York and New Jersey today and to-
morrow. They follow:
Auspices May Day Conference:
Tuesday, p. M, Military Park
Newark, N. ]. Speakers: George
Saul, George Padmore, Sylvan Pol
lack, I. FREEMAN, Joseph Gaal, I. Mat
lin, Lottie Blumenthal.
Auspices Council Of Unemployed;
New York. Speakers: Di Santo
Tuesday, l p. M, Union Square
Padggug, Taft, Powers, Cosgrove
Blake, Sherman, Baum. Huiswood, D
BENJAMIN. Hartlieb. Richard Moore
Andrews, Poberslsyy Lurye, Sklar
Stephens, Ziegler, Foley, Sumner
Blum, Yaris, Lutich, Starr, Pohjan
salo, Callow, Dart.
Newark, Tuesday, two demonstra,
tions, one at pm. at Military Park
Speakers: Saul, Padmore, S. Pollack
FREEMAN, Gaal, Mitlin. The other al
8 p. m. at the Workers Progressive
Center, SO Mercer st. Speakers: A
Markoff, II. Fam and P. Crouch.
Paterson, Tuesday, p. M, Hell
vetia Hall, Sc Van Houten st. Speak
ers; Robert Minor and Ben Lifshitz
Jersey City, Tuesday, p. m, al
the Ukrainian Workers Home, 16(
Mercer st. Speakers: A. Bimba anG
". Cibulsky.
Bayonne, Tuesday, May /, pm.
Jefferson Club, 35-37 E. 23rd ST.
Speakers: S. Nessin and M. Faster
mack.
Union City and West N. Y, Tues.
day, 8 p. M, Both St. and Hudson
Blvd. Opposite Columbia Park
Speaker: Bert Miller.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
WORKERS TO JAM
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN MEETING.
Many Labor Groups to
Attend En- Masse
(Continued from Roc Onel

Continued from Page One)
with all other militant workers thru
out the United States and the world
over.
eve call upon all shoe workers to
join in the demonstration at the
Madison Square Garden at 8 p. MI!
Mobilizing Negro Workers
The negro workers of New York.
especially those of Harlem, Brook
lyn, and the railroad yards of Long
Island City, are being modified for
the Madison Square Garden meeting.
A special leaflet is being distributed
appealing to the class solidarity of
the negro workers to join in the de-
monstration of international working
class solidarity.
Free tickets will be distributed to
the unemployed negro workers
Richard B. Moore, organizer of the
American Negro Labor Congress, will
be one of the speakers at the meet
ing in Madison Square Garden. His
topic will be: "What May Day Means
to the Oppressed Races"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
FASCIST SAILORS SAVE OWN NECK
Pyiucibessa atada Disaster Laid to Owners Neggenc

weather was mild, and help arrived
early; but in spite of these favor
able circumstances and in spite Of
the fact that the vessel remained
afloat for over four hours, the loss
of life was such that the sinking
of the Principessa Mafalda will al
ways be ranked among the great
sea tragedies.
what is known of the causes of
the disaster also throw consider
able light on conditions under the
fascist regime. Two months before
the last voyage the crew sent note
to the company complaining that
the vessel was not fit for sea until
certain urgent repairs had been
effected. The company replied that
there was nothing wrong with the
steamer.
"On the fatal voyage the steamer
broke down on two occasions.
Passengers who were saved
complained that the boats were rot
ten and leaky and that the davits
were not working properly. 1t is
also known that the boat tackle was
in a bad condition, as the ropes
broke when three of the boats were
being lowered, precipitating their
passengers into the sea-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30

and reaction on the part of the capi-
talist class and the bureaucracy III
the American labor movement, in the
midst of the struggle to save the
miners union and the struggles Of
the needle trades workers, District 2
of the Workers (Communist) Party
has had the courage and strength to
enter upon a campaign to buy this
large, splendid building on Union
Square in the heart Of the city.
Shows Workers Militancy
"This shows the militancy Of the
workers and their great loyalty
Despite the great sacrifices they are
called on to make in the daily strug-
gle, feel certain that they will sue
coed in establishing this building as
the real center of the revolutionary
workers of New York, giving ex-
preston to the aspirations of the
workers in the rest of the country
as well. / am sure that the militant
Italian workers will join with the
workers Of other nationalities in sup
portinr this great undertaking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30

and rigid discipline of the masses
under the fascist regime"
"Of the quality of that discipline
the disaster to the Italian liner af-
forded test" says the news letter.
Papers which have arrived from
South America show that the sug-
gestion conveyed by the percentage
losses of passengers and crew is
unfortunately true. The reports of
eye-witnesses are unanimous in de-
claring that the officers and crew
of Principessa Mafalda, with very
few worthy exceptions, behaved in
a manner quite otherwise than the
old honorable tradition of the sea
entities the public to expect. Their
first thought was to save their own
lives. They crowded into boats and
left the ship to her fate. Those who
were not in too much of panic
pillaged cabins and snatched jew
elry and other valuables from pas
sengers before they left. There was
an insufficient number Of men re-
naming to attend to the remaining
boats, which had to be launched
with the aid of inexperienced pas
sengers.
"THE accident occurred in day
light, the sea was calm, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
100000 Miners on Strike
80, Textile Workers on Strike

To Save the Union; For Victorious Strike For the Miners
Control of Their Union Against the Wage Gut Against the
Speedup Against Longer Hours
Thousands being made mail for The
DAILY WORKER from the Striking Miners Hundreds of
requests already coming in from the striking Textile
Workers.
All expired subscriptions strikers still being
tho the strikers afford their subscriptions
Every day sending 1000 papers to the mine strike
FREE OF CHARGE We have begun send The DAILY
WORKER into the Textile strike FREE OF CHARGE.
Our Resources Are LutedWe Cannot Afford Ann Longer
Help keep the 0orkHep the circulation
Help the Striking MihersHelp the Striking Terte Workers
Send the Daily Worker free subscription to the strikers
Send The DAILY WORKER into the strike areas.
Thousands WANT The DAILY WORKER.
Thousands LIKE The DAILY WORKER.
Thousands NEED The DAILY WORKER.
Send subscription to the Strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30

ing btS SUSPENSION OF 1OU drivers
until next Wednesday, when final dis
position will be made of their cases.
During the period of their suspension
the taxi drivers are not permitted to
work.
Il will not issue new credentials"
Ruttenberg shouted, $50 don't ask for
them. / will not be influenced by
pleas of poor badge pins" This re-
ferred to recent complaints of taxi
drivers that the pins to which the
badges are attached are of such poor
quality that the badges fall off and
become lost.
Threatens Drivers.
"Those drivers" Ruttenberg con-
tinued, "who lost their badges last
year will not get new ones this year
under any circumstances" He con-
tinued in this vein for about 10 min
utes in an obvious effort to intimi-
date the suspended drivers.
In addition to the 100 suspended
taxi drivers, six drivers who were ar
rested April 10 on a charge of shoot
ing craps, also appeared at the Hack
Bureau yesterday. The drivers had
been kept in cell six hours at the
time of their arrest and then dis
charged at the 57th Street Magis-
trates' Court, after their badges and
Identification cards had been taken
away. They were acquitted of the
crap-shooting charge yesterday, but
meanwhile the police departments
persecution drive ON taxi drivers had
caused them to lose two weeks work.
Taxi Companies Back Drive.
Herman Nelson, another driver who
appeared at the Hack Bureau yester-
day, was given a suspended sentence
and told that he would lose his badge
If ne was arrested again.
The taxi companies are under
stood to be cooperating with the DO
lice in this campaign of persecution
and are taking advantage of the sit
uation to crush all efforts at organ
lzation on the part of the drivers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
MAY DAY MEETING
TO GREET CENTER
Celebration by 10000
Workers Expected
Continued from Page Ome)

(Comtimsed from Page Ome)
Center does not yet belong to the
revolutionary movement. The mill
tant workers of this city have until
May Is to raise the required 100000
and they must redouble their efforts
in the drive towards that goal. Work
ers Party units throughout District
2 must see to it that the slogan $40
Member" does not become a mere
phrase, but is actually fulfilled by
each member. All sympathetic or
CARNATIONS must be thoroughly can
vassed and every worker modified
to send the drive over the top.
Figures prominent in the working
class movement throughout the city
continue to voice their approval of
the $4,000 drive to establish the
Workers Center. Robert w. Dunn,
author of Company Unions and
Soviet Trade Unions" declared yes
terday:
"The establishment of the Work
ers' Center is great workingclass
event, the sort of thing that comes
once in a lifetime. The establish
ment of this center will mean the
building up and strengthening of the
militant workingclass of this city.
Particularly will the Workers School
benefit, which will play an even
greater role in training workers for
the class struggle. And The DAILY
WORKER, which is now where no
body can find it, will at last come
out into the open and wage its bat
ties against capitalism amidst the
mass demonstrations of the workers.
Is Workers Square.
After attending the banquet Fri
day night, Carlo Tresca, editor of II
Martello, said:
! "For the 20 years that l have been
in the fighting lines of the working
class we have always kept in our
minds that Union Square is Rec
Square. But time after time we
have had to realize that the police
are there always contesting on,
march forward. The Workers Gen.
Ter is the beginning of the conquer
ing of Red Square. l hope your
organization will go on encircling al
that square with buildings belonging
to the workingclass."
Endorsed By Coco
Endorsement of the project alsc
came from Francesca Coco, membe,
of the executive committee of the
Anti-Fascisti Alliance, who declared
"In this time of industrial crisi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
Open Shoppers Begin Campaign for Nnaon Of Traction Workers
MASS PICKETING
!. TO MEET THREAT
OF MILL OWNERS
Union Officials Mum as
Boss Attack Opens

Continued from Page One)
up that they be not interfered will
by the union. The belief is that the
u. T. w. officials will permit thu
arbitrator" to concede the lowering
of working standards to the bosses
while the bosses will be asked to con-
tinue recognition of the union. Many
workers declare, however, that they
will refuse to permit this betrayal and
remain out on strike.
PAWTUCKET, R. l., April 20
The Ashton Min of the Lonsdale Com.
pany, Lonsdale, R. l., announces that
the hours of work will hereafter be
increased from 48 to ID, effective to-
day. The mill employs $50 workers,
who have been working 3-day week
since last November. Many have ex-
pressed their intention to refuse to
work more than 48 hours a week,
Other Lonsdale mills have also in.
creased the working hours after long
layoffs but are not working OF their
announced schedules because Of the
refusal of the employees to obey The
order.
Federated Press)
Independent research by Federated
Press correspondents shows mills
luxuriating in profits and practically
free Of competition, whether from
the south or from other New Eng
land textile centers. Against efforts
of New Bedford women workers
housewives to make 70 cents buy 81
worth of groceries are indubitable
admissions by textile trade journals
that mill stocks are earning 51s to
10 per cent on inflated valuations.
One company paid $32 dividends for
each $500 share. One % per cent
wage reduction and three 10 per cent
cuts, balanced only by 1914 per
cent increase since 1921, have cut
the workers dollar to 70 cents not
counting prevailing unemployment
in the past seven years.
Speculation Takes Millions
Trade journals also make II PLAIN
where extra profits come from. Ga
Dor extension" high-sounding
phrase to cover speedup, is credited
with making labor power go 100 to
200 per cent further than ever be-
fore. Thus mill workers are ''earn-
ing larger profits for their employ
ers," as Textile World frankly
acknowledges.
Speculation in mill stocks is an
other way to wiring millions from
workers toll. Clever stock manipu-
lators who bought Wamsutta at $50
a share and sold few days later
at $72 made $22 on every 500 share
handled. eve are sure" comments
American Wool and Cotton Reporter,
"that careful selection of mill
shares at present prices will pay
large profits"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30

undertaking. The scenes, as they
appear on the program, are as fol-
lows:
l. On the way to the mines. 2
Carrying the burden of prosperity
8. After the explosion. 4. Glass
versus class. 5. The Senatorial
White-wash Committee. 6. Lewis
Must Go--Save the Union!
The final rehearsals for the RED
Proletarian Sports number on the
May Day program of the Madison
Square Garden meeting are perfect
ing the exhibition. Not only will
the members be interesting from ar
athletic standpoint, but they will be
truly representative of the pro
letarian struggle. The Bronx Jew
ish Workers Sports Club is sponsor
ing the exhibition, and the program
is as follows:
/. Pyramids. q The hammer and
sickle. 8. The Soviet Star.
Special Exercises
Interspersed in these main feature
numbers will be various exercises anc
formations created especially for this
May Day meeting. Alex Fox, whc
was feature in the Red Revue FOL
the benefit OF The DAILY WORKER
is training those participating in this
exhibition.
The ether members on the pro
gram of the meeting will also reflec
the various aspects of the struggl;
of the workers, each speaker treat
ing a different phase. The wa,
danger viii be stressed by the you'll
speaker Imperialism, unemploy
ment, the Soviet Union, the presen
offensive Of capitalism, the role O
the Communists in the struggles O
the American workingclass will b.
analysed, as well as special problem
such as those of the working woman
the crisis in the needles trades, tn,
struggles of the oppressed races, ant
the role of the working class child
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30

hearing conducted by the American
Bar Association, Lauck testified to
the fact that a new era was breaking
in the labor movement. Before the
war, he said, labor was militant; now
it is cooperative.
Would Extend Speed-up.
In charging upon the possibilities
of the so-calIed Mitten agreement,
Lauck stresses the fact that it may
be extended to the railroads, the coal
mining industry, etc.
No mention is made in the flood of
propaganda which is now being circu-
lated to put over differentiation" that
the same union officials who are its
initial opponents are those who re-
Gently sold out the Chicago traction
employees to the insult traction inter-
ests. Lauck says nothing of the COM
plete betrayal of the New York trac-
ltion workers by the Amalgamated IN
as vile a deal as has ever been put
over by any group of labor crooks.
Nor does he indicate that the same
Morgan open shop interests which
have a record of destroying labor or
ganization in New York are also in
terested in the Philadelphia lines.
! differentiation" -another name for
company unionism!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
Penn. RR Acquires New
Line in Plan for Merger

The Pennsylvania R. J.. won a long
rail merger fight, it was learned yes
terday, when L. F. Loree, president
OF the Delaware and Hudson R. R..
sold his holdings in the Wabash R. R.
and Lehigh Valley to the Pennsyl-
vania for se3,ooO,OOO. The Pennsyl-
vania is now in position to propose
huge merger with the N. Y. Central
and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads.
Before the sale, Loree had talked of
establishing trunk line for his rail
road with the west.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
Baseball Only Side-Line

Charles A. Stoneham, president Of
the New York National League Base
ball Club, was yesterday held liable
in two test suits brought by former
customers of his brokerage firm.
Stoneham's brokerage business was
declared by the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court to be "a bold and
deliberate conspiracy"
The baseball magnate is now being
sued by 300 former customers for
sums totalling $1,00O,0OO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
Chemical Workers in
Germany Get Raise

BERLIN, April 81. - The wage
agreements in the German chemical
industry, which were due to expire
on March 81, have been extended
until March 81, 1929, subject to GER
tain agreed increases. For the ma
jority of the workers the increase
will be seven pfennigs an hour, while
others will gain an increase Of 91s
per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-30
RAISED FOR FOE
OF DANBURY HATTERS

DANBURY, Conn, April 2t.-Manu-
facturers associations throughout
the country have raised fund of over
$4,000 toward an annuity for
Dietrich E. Loewe, who was respon-
sible for the famous Danbury hatters'
case which resulted in the impoverish-
ment Of thousands of union hat
workers.
Loewe, who is now rs years of age,
brought the question of establishing
an open shop to the United States
Supreme Court, where that right was
established officially by the highest
court of the country. AS result of
the verdict, the homes of all union
members were confiscated to satisfy
the claims of Loewe.
Now Loewe finds his financial con-
dition serious, Employers throughout
the country have rallied to his assist.
ailce with voluntary pledges of thou.
sands Of dollars, in memory of hi.
ruthless campaign against organized
labor.