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The Washington times., 1929-09-18
DON JUAN PLAIN
JOHN IN SUIT

Senior Don Juan Mitchell, jr., com
mercial attache Of the Argentine
Embassy was named yesterday de.
fendant in a suite filed by his wife,
Mrs, Mae Martin Mitchell, Of Bronx
vile, in the Supreme Court OF New
York. she asks for ,alimony and
counsel fees pending the separation
she is seeking. Her husbands name
is given in the suit as John Nit
chell."
Mrs. Mitchell alleges she was
subjected to cruel and inhuman
treatment, and that last June 10
when she was about to become a
mother her husband put her out
OF the house. The Mitchells resided
here at 1906 Corcoran st.
Mitchell claims he Ia immune be-
cause of his diplomatic position and
insists that no court in this country
could compel him to support his
wife. Mrs. Mitchell seeks $500 a
month alimony, $1,000 counsel fees,
hospital expenses and the custody
Of the child when it is born. She
claims her husbands income ex-
ceeds $500 a month.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
.AKOMA BABIES
To PARADE

Sixty babies the pride Of BIS many
homes. will take part in the parade
tonight featuring the festival at
Takoma Park. This parade will be
the high mark Of the evenings s
entertainment.
At midnight voting for the most
popular girl in Takoma Park will
close and the winner will he an.
nounced tomorrow night, bringing
to a close the three-day festiva,
staged by the chamber of commerce.
A parade of floats marked Las.
nights opening. Ali the business
streets were gaily decorated and
crowds attended. Pansy's Beauty
Shoppe won first prize In the
parade, with second prize going to
Hodges Dairy, showing a real cow
and the interior of a dairy barn.
A. d. Grubb, real estate and
insurance agent, won first prize for
having the best decorated place OF
business, with Frank Troll, baker,
coming in second. II. c. Heffner
won a prize with the best decorated
dwelling.
Mayor Ben 6. Davis welcomed the
audience and the various invited
speakers and remarks were made
by Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, Sd, Ma.
tional Capital Park and. Planning
Commission; District Commissioner
Sidney Taliaferro, former Senator
Blair Lee of Maryland, Charles A.
Darr, president of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce; Lacy Shaw,
Montgomery county commissioner
and Representative Frederick N.
ZhIman.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
FOOD COST HERE
TAKES JUMP

The purchasing power of the dol
lar continues to shrink.
The average retail prices OF the
principal articles Of food, with but
few exceptions, show marked In
creases over figures of year ago,
according to statistics compiled by
the Department OF Labor from 81
large American cities.
Meats and vegetables showed the
largest increase In price In the
statistics showing relative figures
for July, 1928, and 1929.
Weat Is Higher
The average retail price Of sirloin
steak In Washington in July, last,
was 5s.7 per pound, as compared
with 5s.6 per pound In July, 1928.
Other increases In the retail prices
of meats during the twelve month
period with the average sale price
per pound in July. last, were as
follows:
Round steak, $40 per pound, an
chuck roast, 35.2 per pound, an In
CTNbSS vi SvO ptalV boUA' S''o
per pound, an increase OF "a cents;
pork chops, 4s.6 per pound, an in.
crease of s.S cents; sliced bacon,
43.5, an increase of Ia; sliced ham,
60.2, an increase of 81: and hens,
4S.1. an increase of 5.4 cents per
pound.
Vegetable products showed cor
responding increases. In July, last,
al
price of 14.1 per pound, an increase
of IA cents per pound over the
average retail price of July, 1928;
potatoes sold for cents a pound,
an increase of IL cents; onions
jumped from 6.6 cents per pound
to IA in 1929; canned corn in
creased z cents a can and tomatoes
Jumped from 10 cents a can in
July, 1928. to an average retail
price Of 1919 last July.
Few Foods Lower
Small decreases in the retail
prices of evaporated milk, butter,
lard, Vegetable lard substitute, flour,
corn meal, corn flakes, wheat cereal
and marconi were noted.
The average retail prices of fresh
milk dropped from Is cents a quart
in 1928 to 1913 cents per quart in
July last. with the average retail
price of bread remaining the same
at SO cents per pound.
Slight decreases in the retail prices
of coffee and tea also were noted
Some prices of fruits increased while
in some instances notable reductions
in retail prices were noted, prin-
cipally for oranges, which dropped
from 6S.1 cents per dozen in 1928
to 1875 last July.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
Builder Of First Brick
House in New York
Hanged AS Rebel

NEW YORK. Sept. 1S.-Telling
a story of old New York, in
which he dealt with the life OF
Captain William Kidd, the Amer.
lean pirate Robert w. Cham
bers labeled his work "The Man
They Hanged"
That title would be an equally
fitting one for Jacob Leisler, a
German. who built the first brick
dwelling house in this city on the
Strand" or what is now our
Whitehall street, facing Battery
Park, says Gas Logic"
Lelsler. like Captain Kidd, was
hanged, the hanging taking place
on May Is. 1891. He came to
this country as a private soldier
in the service Of the Dutch West
India Company and became an
important government figure. He
led an insurrection against Mich
olson, the English Governor in
1899; forced Nicholson to abdicate
and was commissioned captain
Of the fort"
Interpreting orders from En-.
gland as meaning his appointment
as King williams lieutenant gov
ernor, Leisler assumed supreme
command. When one Slaughter
arrived In 1851 as governor,
Leisler refused to surrender and
he was imprisoned, tried and
condemned to death by hanging.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
Sues Wartime
Husband for Support

The wartime romance of Mrs.
Grace Evelyn Saunders and her
husband, Edwin B. Saunders, of the
1900 block Of Columbia Rd. N. w,
went on the rocks in Equity Court
when Mrs. Saunders filed suit for
maintenance for herself and their
three children, alleging that Juvenile
Court action had been unavailing
in compelling Saunders to contrib
ute to their support. !.
Attorney Dora Palkin appeared for
the wife, who charged that her hus.
band, whom she married March 3,
1918, has failed to assist his family
and that he has not complied with
a Juvenile Court order for SIS a
week. Saunders deserted his family
completely two weeks ago. his wife
claims,
The Washington times., 1929-09-18

Hundreds sf apartments, the kind
YOU want 10 live In, are advertised In
today's Times and Herald Classified
ads.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
QUITS
At HOWARD

DIR. C. Sumner Wormiey, alumni
representative on the trustee board
of Howard University, has sent in
his resignation to Gen. John II,
Sherburne. OF Boston. Mass, presi-
dent Of the board, it was learned
yesterday.
The action OF DIR. Wormley will
bAcome effective at the beginning OF
the school year October /.
DIR. Mordecai johnson. president
of the university, is said to have
Just learned of the matter from
General Sherburne. He expressed
surprise and regret and said that
the alumni and university were
losing a man who was q valuable
asset.
DR.. wornley, who IL a dentist,
Is believed 10 have been dissatisfied
with the recent reorganization Of
the dental school in which seven
part.time instructors were dropped
and four fulI-time teachers en-
gagged in their places. He is q
graduate Of Howard Dental School
In 1900, and was a member OF the
faculty and superintendent of the
dental infirmary for years. He has
been member OF the trustee board
for one term of three years and
was reelected in 1923 for q Sec
ond time.
Hundreds NJ apartments, the kind
today's Times and Herald Classified
The Washington times., 1929-09-18

The largest, most dominating pieces
in room should be neutral in color,
but not dull; such as the handsome
suite pictured. Soft taupe mohair
with reversible cushions, topped with
rich tapestry. With this suite you
would be free to build up any color
scheme you have in mind! Selected
hardwood frames finished in Corsi-
can lacquer. The cushions have Mach
man unit springs, padded with downy
cotton, moss and hair - of inviting
softness! Suite is composed of 3
pieces. 2 pieces sketched.
May Be Purchased on the Budget Plan
Furniture-FIfth Floor
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
TypOthetae Will Hear
Rensselaer, Professor

Prof. w. r. spafford, Of the de.
partment Of economics, Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. T.,
win address the United Typothetae
Of America today at the third ses.
sion Of their four-day convention at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Other speakers will include Oscar
r. Wright, OF the National Capital
Press here. and William Schenider.
eth, of Baltimore, Md. Officers will
be elected at the closing meeting to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
MRS. ALEXANDER DIES

STAUNToN. Va, Sept. 1s.--Mrs
Katherine Gill Alexander, OF near
here, died after an illness OF five
weeks. Surviving are the husband
J. ". Alexander. and three chill
dren. John W., jr., Mary Katherine
and Robert,
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
SNOW HITS MICHIGAN

IRON RIVER, Mich, Sept. is
Q.NS).-Snow fell here today for
the first time in September in
many years. The flurries melted
as soon as they struck the ground
and warmer weather Is predicted
for this region.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
NAME CHANGE ASKED

Asserting that their present
names give the wrong impression
OF their racial origin, Sterling Ely
Abrams and his wife, Helen Tomp-
klns Abrams yesterday petitioned
the District Supreme Court to al.
low them to change their names to
Sterling Abrams Ely and Helen
Tompkins Ely.
The Washington times., 1929-09-18
SHRINE TO BE GUESTS

Sunday will be Shrine Day at
Temple Heights when the officers
and members of Almas Temple,
with their families and friends, will
be special guests. Rev. John G.
Palmer a member of Almas. will
preside and speak The AImas
hand and uniformed bodies will at
tend
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
HUGE YOUTH DAY
DEMONSTRATION
ON UNION SQUARE
5000 Attend; Polio e
Break Up Parade
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any group like the Boy Scouts do"
Many Speakers.

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any group like the Boy Scouts do"
Many Speakers.
Other speakers were John Har-
vey, national secretary of the Young
Communist League; Gil Green, act
inc district organizer of the League,
New York District; Otto Hall,
American Negro Labor Congress;
William Simons, secretary, ALL
America Anti-Imperialist League;
Dave Mates, Martha Stone, Bill
Sroka, and Nat Kaplan. Members
of the Young Pioneers spoke, in
Guiding Sam Sussman, Bernard
Kaplan, Paul Tobalansky and Joe
GCldfield.
Many banners were held aloft dur
ms the meeting by uniformed mem
bers of the League and the Pho
neers. Some of them read: eve
Demand the Release of Harry Els
man." NEGRO Children Fight Dis
elimination" Join the Young Pho
neers!" "The Boy Scouts Stand for
War;" Soldiers and Sailors, Fight
with Your Glass to Defend the So
Wet Union" and "Jewish and Ara
bian Toilers, Unite Against Your
Common Enemy, British and World
Imperialism"
Police At Meeting.
Shortly before the meeting opened
at six o'clock, several hundred
League and Pioneer members
marched singing to Union Square
from the Workers Center. Over 100
police were on hand and were sta
toned in the Square, also in front
of the Workers Center, and in near
by streets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
.Loew's Paradise and
% Kings to Open Today

Two new, palatial theatres will
have their opening today. They
are the Loew's Paradise, Grand
Concourse at 188th ST., the Bronx,
and Loew's Kings, Flatbush and
Tilden AYES, Brooklyn.
Both are 1000 seat houses of the
major type and will be operated on
the same plan as Broadway thea
tres, with first run pictures and
elaborate stage presentations. The
theatres will be open to the public
at IL a. m. tomorrow, from which
time performances will be continu-
Gus.
Dolores Del Rio will appear at
Loew's Kings throughout the week
in conjunction with the showing of
her latest United Artists picture,
"Evangeline." Wesley Eddy will be
master of ceremonies, while David
Pesetzki, formerly of the st. Louis
Symphony, will conduct the Kings
symphony orchestra.
Presiding over the stage presen-
tations at the Paradise will be Dave
Schooler, who comes direct from the
Capitol Theatre, and will lead the
Paradise Serenaders. Don Albert
will conduct the Paradise Grand Or
chestra, while Harold Ramsey will
be at the console of the organ, The
opening picture at this theatre will
be "The Mysterious DR.. Flu Man
chu." An innovation at both the
Paradise and Kings Theatres will be
the installation of the newly-in-
vented Transtone Enlarging Screens
which permit an expansion of scenes
in the course of projection to q
maximum of 40 feet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
Fraternal Organizations
FreiAeit Singing Society Picnic.

Freiheit Singing Society Picnic.
The annual picnic of the Freiheit
Singing Society will be held on Sum
day, Sept. s. at Pleasant Bay Park,
Bronx. The Freiheit chorus, led by
Jacob Schaefer, will appear in new
program of songs and instrumental
music. John C. Smiths Negro jazz
band will provide music for dancing.
Brighton Beach 1. l.. d.
A meeting of the Bill Haywood
Branch, !: I. d. will be held Friday.
Sept. T.. $40 pm. at 227 Brighton
Harlem Youth Dance.
The Harlem Progressive Youth Club
will give a dance this Saturday eve
ming, Sept. Z, at 1892 Madison Ave.
All welcome.
Die Naturfreunde. English Sect.
Meets this Sunday, s a. M, at E.
180th Street subway station, going to
the ouarries for swimming.
Newark Concert and ball.
A grand concert and ball will be
given by the united Russian or
ganizations of Newark on Saturday,
Sept. 2. 2. M; at the Russian Labor
80 cents, All proceeds go to the
Cooperative Block Party.
Saturday. evening, Sept. Z. at $500
Bronx Park East.
Soviet Flyers Reception Committee.
A final conference of all delegates
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
Classy GAZETTE.
cries LYNCH
.Weeps Crocodile Tears
at Trial Costs

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takeable terms just where to 60 and
how long to keep going"
The following is part Of the edi-
torial which appeared in the Gas
tonia Gazette, September 2:
1.-THE people Of CASTOR County will
be stunned when the bill for the
trial now being held in Mecklenburg
County is presented. 1t is going to
run well up into the sevral thous-
ands of dollars.
"The sturdy citizenship of this
county ought to determine here and
now that this shall not happen
again If such thing as taking time
by the forelock is possible.
IF these should ever again be
the least sign of any such Commu-
st organization coming into our
Aidst, in efforts to disrupt, tear
Fown, kill and destroy our institu-
tions, officers and government. they
should be waited on by q committee
and told in no unmistakeable terms
Just where to go and how long to
keep going
And the Gastonia Joint Defense
and Relief Campaign Committee of
80 East Eleventh Street, room 400,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
LEONIDOFF IN SOVIET FILM
AT THE CAMEO.

In "Seeds of Freedom" to be
shown at the Cameo Theatre, be-
ginning today, a representative
product Of the Soviet Union, certain
scenes or entire sequences seem to
lend themselves peculiarly to a dra-
matte Photographic treatment. The
opening incident, for example, in
which a sweatshop operator vents
his spleen upon bootmaker in his
employ. The upflare of wrath
which prompts the worker to desert
his means of livelihood and assert
his independence, and organizing a
May Day demonstration. The dis
tribution of revolutionary pamphlets
in corsages Of blossoms sold at a
curcus. The united stand of youth
full men and women in whose hearts
have been sown the seeds of free
dom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
Dept IN
FIGHT ON SHOE
WORKERS union
Demands Bosses Break
with independent"
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union shoe factories and demanded
that the workers fill out question
naires stating when they entered
the country, whether they are citi-
zens and questions of similar ma
ture.
Is Organizing Workers.
Realizing that the Independent
Shoe Workers Union is successfully
organizing the shoe workers of New
York into a militant union, the fed
eral government on the demand of
the American Federation of Labor,
is attempting to smash the union,
in which however, it has not sue
ceeded. The New York World stated
yesterday that the A. F. of L. re-
quested the Labor Department to
send the letters.
Text of the Letter.
The letter follows:
Omitted States Department of La
Dor, United States Cancellation
Service, Office of the Secretary.
Washington, Aug. 20.
Gentlemen:
| SIN the course of an investigation
of the known membership of Com
munist organizations in New York,
in search for aliens illegally in the
United States, we find that your
! company holds contractual relations
with one of these Communist groups
managed by Fred G. Biedenkapp
that names itself Independent Shoe
Workers Union of Greater New
York. Biedenkapp is an alien now
out on bail on an indictment charg-
ing conspiracy in Massachusetts,.
"He is very active enemy of our
form of government Municipal,
State and Federal. He is on the
board of Communist candidates for
promotion to membership on the
American Section of the Executive
Committee which executes orders as
promulgated by the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Interna-
tional in Moscow.
at is desirable that employers
who voluntarily or involuntarily
signed an agreement purporting to
bind them to recognize this Commu-
mist organization and give employ
ment only to persons belonging to
it withdraw forthwith from partici-
patton in it.
Otherwise Biedenkapp ,or his as
sociates may present as reason
for it's continuing existence that the
shoe workers group is duly recog-
nized and supported by responsible
employers even to the extent of ex-
GLIDING all persons from employ
ment except paid-up members of the
Communist organization.
GAS long as such agreements re-
main in force they can be offered as
evidence to prove that the loyal cit
liens of the United States are vol
UNFAIRLY giving aid and comfort to
enemy alien organizations.
yours respectfully,
CHARLES G. WOOD,
commissioner of Cancellation"
Beidenkapp is the Communist can
didate for president of the Borough
of Brooklyn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
DELEGATES BACK
FROM cleveland
Prepare for Charlotte
f. Conference

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through the broad mobilization Of
the masses, will we be able to COM
pei the textile bosses to free our
members"
Special instructions were given to
the delegates who will return and
mobilize the workers for this de-
tense. Fred Beal was made honor
ary chairman of the first session
and was elected to the executive
committee.
A special textile conference in
conjunction with the convention, and
conference of Southern workers
of all industries, mapped out a pro-
gram that the returning delegates
are already putting into effect for
the organization of the unorganized
workers in the South, both black
and white.
The textile industry was repre-
sented by 40 delegates, "a from the
North and 16 from the South. Aside
llom the general convention, a spe-
Hal conference was held for the
hxtile industry and further organ
izational work for the entire coun-
try and especially the South, was
mapped out.
"These conferences had big
delegation of Negro workers." Hugo
Oehler said at a meeting in North
Belmont, N. c., last night, land
they took an active and leading part
in launching, for the first time in
the history of the American labor
movement, a wide movement among
these Negro workers for the or
ganization of this most exploited
section"
"The Cleve and Conference
pledged its full support to the or
ganization of the Negro workers"
Oehler said. "a special Negro Or
ganizer to deal with this specific
problem was unanimously elected to
direct the work in this field. The
National Textile Workers Union
and the Southern Conference of all
the industries pledges full support
to the organization of these work
ers in their respective industries"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
Open Air Meetings

Pier ID, 1890 a. ms. Bloom
field and L. Chernenko.
146th st. and 7th Ave. at 8:15 p.
ms. Spector.
Paterson, N. j. at 500 p. MI
FREEMAN.
Grand Street Extension, 500 p
NH. M. Wicks, F. Biedenkapp, M
Pasternik, X. Reeve and H. Bloom.
Report to 1880 Wilkins Avenue,
p. m.-Weinstone, Grecht, Primoff
j. Boruchowitz, J. Harvey, A. Sever
inc, D. Gitz and B. Gold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
MeU PLAYS

SCARLET PAGES" by Samuel Shpman and John B. Hymer
Will be presented by A. H. Woods at the Morosco Theatre
Monday night Elsie Ferguson is starred Others the
incude Lee Baker Robert Williams, Claire Luce and David
Higgins.
HOUSE PARTY by Kenneth Phillips Bren and Roy Hargave
will Monday at the Knckerbocker Theatre.
includes Mr. Hagrave Anne Sutherland Harriet MacGbbon
and Penelope Hubbard
REMOTE CONTROL mystery play by Clyde North Albert
Fuller and Jack Nelson opens Tuesday the
Theatre Donald Kirke, William B. Mack, Lawrence Leslie
Viola Freyne and William Foran are in the cast.
MURDER ON THE SECOND FLOOR" an English mystery play
by Frank vosper will open Enge Theatre Wednesday
night, presented by A. H. Woods The company includes
Lawrence Olivier, Phyllis Konsam Viola Lyel Drusa Wills
George Probert, Florence Edney and o. B. Clarence.
HEGHHO, intimate opens the Royae Theatre
Thursday. Dolph Singer responsible lyrics and
Harry Won Tzer composed the Marjorie Peterson
Clarence Nordstrom in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
FRANCE, ENGLAND
Bull DING LEAGUE
TO ATTACK USSR
Polish Spies Caught in
Soviet Union
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small children and preparing them
for slaughter" THAT is, the Com
munists who teach that the League
will not prevent war. His policy is
most clarified, however, in the COM
ment excited by his talk at ban
quet last night, where he again out
lined his policy.
Henderson's proposals today are
to amend Articles IL and Is of the
League covenant, which provide for
war under almost any circumstance
that might require it in the opinion
of an imperialist power, to a soph-
isitical statement that "war is out
lawed." This, observers here agree,
though not for publication, is a
scheme to buttress the League, en-
dangered now by its rival, the sys-
tenn Of Kellogg pacts, for use
against U. s., which sits in the CEN
ter of the Kellogg treaty network,
and also to have it as an efficient
body, with, if possible, some appeal
to the masses, however hypocritical,
for use against the Soviet Union.
Henderson emphasized the deter
mination of the Labor Party govern
ment of Britain to make the League
a real instrument Of war, while
strengthening the pseudo provisions,
by declaring that England is ready
to sign a convention for financial
assistance to states which are at
tackled. Henderson's predecessors
during the white guard attacks on
Russia have provided precedent
with their $5OO,OOO,00O gift to Kol-
chalk and other sums given Denikin
and Wrangel. And any time the
League decides on war upon the
Soviet Union, Poland or Roumania
or some other of its members will
be victims of an aggressor nation"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07
Freiheit Chorus in
Picnic at Pleasant
Bay Park Tomorrow

The Freiheit Singing Society has
prepared an excellent program of
songs and instrumental numbers for
its annual picnic at Pleasant Bay
Park tomorrow. In addition, there
Will be other attractions arranged
by Jacob Schaefer and Jacob Mestel,
including John c. Smiths Negro
Jazz Band, which will supply music
for dancing.
Workers can reach the park by
taking the Lexington or 7th Ave.
subway to 177th st., then boarding
a Unionport car and riding to the
end of the line where a 5th Ave.
bus will t"';e them direct to the
grounds free Of charge.