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She was relieved to hear the door,
bell ring What a fool she had been
not to make herself completely ac-
quainted with the artists who had APP
peared that night! longer could have
attended and made her acquainted with
the program
Big Bill Stanford came in, very
weary man. for he had passed SO hours
in the train, having come direct from
Rome He reported without preliminary.
The contessa leaves on Thursday.
She breaks her journey in Paris and
will be here on Tuesday night. I've got
photographs of the tiara and the pearl
rope. I think they can both be dupli-
Gated in less than week, and If We
can do that the rest will be easy. Stig-
man got friendly with the maid-his
Italian is grand. She'll give him a
chance of ringing the stuff"
II thought we weren't going to touch
this kind of a job again." said Dora,
petulantly.
I'm not" drawled her husband. 1--WE
take an outside interest; and, Stafford,
if YOU bring so much as a pearl into
this house I'll brain you'll"
Am I mad?" asked the big man
contemptuously. did the last job pay
so well? No, thank you! Not one
link of one platinum chain comes this
way. 1t is going to be easy, Elton"
Il don't want anything to do with it."
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THE RAGGED. PRINCESS
By Edgar Wallace. co,r,a. 1925 BY csss. Dali, rss,

He was waiting in the dark when the
| little car came bounding over the cob
blestones and jerked to stop before
the door. He helped the slim. muffled
passenger TO alight and, contrary to
his usual practice, did not speak to
her, taking her place in the machine
and sending it through to Baker street.
AS he came out into the main road
his sharp eyes detected a watcher
standing at the corner of Portman
square and he grinned to himself 1t
may have been casual party to an
designation, but there was something
in the patient pose of the figure which
suggested private detective. Possibly
Mr.. Elton was not satisfied that his
threat would produce the desired effect.
At II o'clock he drew out of the
phalanx of parked cars and made his
rapid way homeward. Almost as soon
as he stopped before the back gate of
55l the door was opened and the
young woman came out.
did you see anybody?" she asked
in low voice. Anybody you knew"
mo. ma am" said longer, and then:
II don't think I should do this again
If l were you"
She made no reply. slipping into the
car and taking her place at the wheel,
but longer stood with the open door
i'll his hand.
There are some things that are not
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make the club doubly inviting. reg
ular weekly appropriation has been
made for the purchase Of "chow." on
drill nights. with the stipulation. how
ever, that 1t is not to be served until
after the meetings.
Some complaint has been made to
Guard organizations of the delay in re-
ceipt at the Militia Bureau of reports OF
strength of various units, with the re-
suit that the compilation of data from
them for use of the general staff Of the
War Department is seriously handi-
capped. 1t was pointed out that the
failure to send in forms Is very detri-
mental to the business of the Militia
Bureau for several reasons, among which
is the preparation of the reports for
higher authority. In such delayed
cases. it was pointed out, it Is necessary
to obtain strength reports of an organi-
Zation from a prior report. on the as
sumption that there has been no change
in the strength since that report was
rendered. This. 1t was added. makes an
inaccurate report to the general staff. at
times to the extent of being OF very little
real value.
Moreover, the War Department state
ment says. the attention of all Is called
10 the 1act That the rendition OF such
reports is part of the administrative
duties for which TN organization COM
mander receives his administrative pay,
and the instructor certifies that the or
ganization commander has satisfactorily
performed such duties.
Militia Bureau reports indicate. ac-
cording to the statement, that only a
small percentage of National Guard
commanders are showing on their re-
ports the Officers Reserve Corps status
of officers and enlisted men assigned to
their units. This is said to be particu-
larly noticeable in the case of enlisted
men of the Guard. In many cases, it
was pointed out to the Guard, these
men are appointed in the Reserve Corps
without their National Guard identity
being discovered in the Office of the
adjutant general of the War Depart
ment or in the Militia Bureau. When
an enlisted man holding an Officers' Re
serve Corps commission is discharged
from the Guard 1t is very important,
the statement says, that the unit COM
mander report this status at the time of
discharge.
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neers, 6461; Battery A, 260th Coast Ar
tillery, 64.00; Company F, 12lst Engi-
neers, 61.01. .t~s
neutrality-suspicious. B. 26Oth
Coast Artillery, 58.49: Company B, 121st
Engineers, 5000; Battery c, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1894; Medical Department
Detachment, 121st Engineers, $3.50;
Company e, 121st Engineers, SOTO.
For the first time In the two years
that the practice of grading the at
tendance each drill night has been put
into effect, no units were in the very
unsatisfactory group, which indicates a
general improvement in the drill at
tendance, which is pleasing both to
officers and men. The practice of
transferring to the Reserve Corps of the
Guard all men who cannot attend drill
becaus. of business or educational in
reference has helped to raise the per-
centages of attendance at drill of men
kept on the active lists.
officers of the most of the units are
bringing much pressure to bear on their
men for regular attendance at drill.
some of them even going so far as to put
the men before summary courtS-martial
for fines for dereliction in this respect.
In several of the organizations only
pleas of demands of civilian employment
or illness. properly certified to, are now
being accepted as excuses for remaining
away from drills.
While other units of the the Guard
are lamenting the fact that they have
no recreation space where the men can
loaf away their time after the regular
weekly drill, the newly formed D. H. @.
Club of the 29th Division Headquarters
Troops are taking the best at hand
and making the most Of 1t. While the
club has only been formed few weeks.
preparations now are being made for
fitting out clubroom in the armory
, that is inviting to the men and will en-
courage them to look on their military
training as something more than a
weekly routine, to be gotten out Of the
way just as quickly as possible.
With substantial fund already in
the treasury to be used for recreation
purposes, some appropriations already
have been made for the purchase of
equipment in the way Of floor covering
to make the quarters homelike and in
viting. Sergt. Kettler donated some
furnishings for the quarters. for which
he was formally thanked in resolu-
ton passed at the last meeting. To
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Continued from Yesterdays Star }
CHAPTER XVII.

TEw servants enjoyed the freedom
- and comfort which were jim
Tonger's. The top floor Of the
Il house in Portnan square was
his own. There he had a
bedroom, sitting room, a bathroom
specially fitted by his indulgent en-
ployer, and here it was his wont to
spend long periods of the evening. en-
gagged in endless mathematical calcula-
lions with the aid of a small roulette
wheel: for longer had occupied the
greater portion of his life's leisure in
perfecting system which would one
day strike terror and CONSERVATION into
the hearts of those responsible for the
management of the casino at Monte
Carlo.
He was otherwise engaged that night
when the bell over the doorway Shrilled,
and he went out of the room hurriedly,
locking the door behind him, and came
into the presence of Lacy Marshall,
who was awaiting him in his study
with greater haste than that gentle
man imagined.
Where the devil have you been?"
growled Lacy.
You rang for me in my room-so /
must have been in my room. I was
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Birds Battle Above Liner.

Hundreds of passengers on a trans
atlantic liner recently saw fierce bat
tie in midair between a hawk and a
seagull AS the birds neared the ship
the hawk swooped down, but the gull
diyed and eluded its pursuer by bank
ing" Just as swiftly the hawk scared
again. and the birds continued their
life-and-death race. When Immediately
above 10 liner the hawk swooped once
mors. and this time gripped the gull in
its talon5. 1t then settled on top the
mainmast, where it devoured its prey,
scattering the CULTS feathers and bones
over the astonished passengers below.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-21
OPEN AIR MEETS

One Hundred and Eighteenth st.
and Pleasant, Washburn wire fac
tory, at IL noon, speakers, S. Brody,
c. Persily; Eagle Pencil Co., at IL
-.,c=s ti@sSSa st. and Ave. c., speaker,
C. Hacker; 10th st. and Fifth Ave-,
at p. M, speakers, j. Codkind, D.
Morgan, j. S. Poyntz; 7th st. and
Ave. B., at 8:15 p. NJ, speakers, Sam
Don, G. Lewis, Radwansky; Grand
st. Extension, at 8 p. M, speakers,
Bloomfield, Sam Nesin; Christie and
Stanton, at 8 p. NJ, speakers, Guss,
S. Pollock; 10th st. and Second Ave,
at 8 p. M, speakers, Fred Eddis,
Magliacano, I. Rothstein; 149th St.,
between Bird and Bergen, at 8 p. M,
speakers, j. Engdahl, A. Rubin; In
tervale and Wilkins, at p. m.,
speakers, c. Brodsky, J. Cohen, Oh
gin; Whitehall and South Ferry, at
7 p. M, speakers, Glassford, G. Pow
ers; Stone and Pitkin, at p. M,
speakers, Henry Bloom, Di Fazio
Grace Lamb; 138th st. and 7th Ave,
at 8 p. M, speakers, S. Harper, G
Maurer, Primoff, M. Pasternak, H.
Silverman, Williams.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-21
BY LISTON M. OAK

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Aug. 20. -
Thaddeus Adams, of this city, was
today retained by the International
Labor Defense to join the defense
counsel for the 23 Gastonia strik-
ers who go on trial Aug. 26 at Char
lotte.
Although Adams is well known as
a capable attorney and will aid the
defense staff, yet the l. L. D. points
out that legal defense is not suffi-
cient - that mass pressure of the
workers alone will save the defend
ants.
Sophie Melvin, Lloyd, Elizabeth
McGinnis left today for meetings at
Wake Forest, Franklinton, Hender-
son. The meeting last night was
held at Rex and Martin was the
speaker. At Dallas, Saul addressed
the crowd.
The meeting at Bessemer City I.
L. D. branch Monday night was at
tended by all active members. Ar
rangements were made for distri-
button of the past issue of the Gas
tonia Labor Defender and leaflets
announcing the N. T. W. picnic and
the l. L. D. conference next Sun
day, as well as the call to the Char
lotte conference on Oct. II. Dele
gates to the 1. L. D. conference are
being elected at all these meetings.
The n. T. w. today leased a build
ing at Airline, near the former head
quarters where the raid took place
On June 7. The union has necessi-
tated opening these new head
quarters. One room will be used as
a reading room for workers.
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REMOVE LAUNDRY
BETRAYER
Organizer Sold Out
Five Strikes
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mittee which recommended Ro-
sensweig's removal from office
stated that during the strike he had
himself arrested and given a sus-
pended sentence, to give the impress
sion to the strikers that he was par
ticipating in the strike activities.
However, it was brought out, the
executive committee was not fooled
by this action and when it demanded
that he lead the strikes more ag-
excessively, he answered he would do
so only if the union would first pay
him the sum of $4,000. He said if
he was given the money he would
win the strikes, otherwise he would
not. He did not receive the money
and the strikes were betrayed.
When Rosensweig attempted to
defend himself before the executive
committee, which gave him a hear
ing before recommending his re-
moval from office, he assaulted the
Communist Party members who be-
long to the union and threatened to
expel them from the organization if
he remained in office Communist
Party members pointed out that the
Communists were among the most
active participants in the strike. 1t
was also shown that when Commu-
mist and left wing workers pointed
out to Rosensweig that the laundry
drivers of Brooklyn may be locked
out in September, he gave no heed
to their warning.
The meeting that removed Ro-
sensweig lasted until four o'clock
in the morning and was unable to
take up the charges against Schech-
ter, which will be acted upon at the
Aug. 20 meeting. Rosensweig's
wages as organizer were 500 week.
No members of the union defended
his position on the floor when he
was removed from office.
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SHOE STRIKERS
DEFY INJUNCTION
Judge Orders Workers
To End Picketing

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week, a so per cent increase in
wages and abolition of the yellow
dog contract.
Union Organizer Beaten.
C. Litta, Italian organizer of the
union, was severely beaten up by
gangsters in front of the Jackson
Shoe Company, Broadway and 4th
St., where the workers have been on
strike for the last four weeks. The
police conveniently became absent
shortly before the attack. A week
ago the firm agreed to recognize
the union but not any of the other
demands presented by the workers.
This proposal was Immediately re-
jected and the strike is continuing
in spite of the gangsters engaged
by the boss in an attempt to ter
rorize the workers.
Slash Striker.
When picketing the Byrne Shoe
Co., 10 Pacific St., B. Gordon, a
picket, was slashed on the face by
gangsters in the employ of the boss.
He was taken to the hospital and
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Sub District Office.

GREENFIELD, S. c., Aug. 90
A sub-district office of the National
Textile Workers Union in South
Carolina was opened here yesterday,
with William T. Murdoch, vice-pres-
ident of the union, in charge. Green
vile is one of the mill centers that
the U. T. w. deserted. This was
made necessary by the widespread
movement that has developed since
the call was sent out for confer
ence in Charlotte Oct. IL and 10, to
LAUNCH drive against the speed-up,
low wages and other intolerable con-
ditions the workers now endure.
Hugo Oehler, general union or
ganizer for the Southern district,
said today that the Greenville sub
district office will be utilized as a
base for the intensified drive to ex-
tend the union organization to larger
territory. With the help of local or
ganizers, Murdoch will Immediately
build up locals of the union in the
mill centers of South Carolina. Many
are already functioning here. The
large number of mill committees will
be converted into locals.
while the U. T. w. is on the re-
treat at every place they have at
tempted to organize, and have de-
serted the workers at Ware Shoals
and Greenville, the. N. T. w. has
intensified its offensive" Oehler
stated.
Commenting on the revolt of the
Marion strikers against Hoffman
and the U. T. w. officials who coun-
seled them to stand by peaceably
and permit the strikebreakers to en-
ter the mill, Oehler said, 'In my
opinion it will not be long before
Hoffman and the other bureaucrats
of the U. T. w. are thoroughly dis
credited among the Marion strikers.
We greet the strikers militancy and
viii b. Glad to give them our sup
r,.-- --.l.o.o,,,,. tho., -.~1
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NEGRO WORKERS
confer AUG. 27
To Support Communist
Election Platform
Continued from Pane Onel

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Aug. 27. Organizations are asked to
elect two delegates.
Mass support of the eeIction pro-
gram of the Communist Party is
urged because the Party is "the only
political party that champions the
causes of all workers-the Party of
the militant Negro and white work
ers of America" the call, signed by
Harold Williams, negro director, and
Rebecca Grecht, campaign director,
declares.
Exposing the anti-working cys~~
nature of the platforms of the re-
publican, democratic and socialist
parties, the statement warns that
from these organizations "the Negro
masses can expect only increasing
misery, sharper attacks, the whole
vile system of discrimination and
segregation"
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ELECT ENCDAHL.
head OF |. |. D.

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sistant secretary. He will take up
work in another field of the rcvolu-
tionary movement His successor is
George Maurer, long active in I. l..
D. activities.
The committee received a letter
from Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, chair
man of the executive committee,
announcing her resignation because
of poor health. The committee
unanimously voted to ask her to re-
main and contribute whatever eff
forts she could.
Report on Joint GastOnia Drive.
Engdahl ard Maurer were add,
to the executive committee of Il
l. L. D. Alfred Wagenknecht, Sc
rotary of the Gastonia Joint d.
tense and Relief Committee, gave
detailed report on the work of t
joint committee. The /. L. d. con
mittee unanimously endorsed the az
tivities for the drive Aug. "a I
Sept. 2. the tag days, house-to
house collections, mass meetings
ETC., to raise funds.
Carl Hacker reported on the
earlier stages Of the Gastonia cam.
paign and outlined his program for
developing the /. l.. d. organization
ally. The whole I. l.. D. organiza-
tional question, for the building of
mass organization based in the shops
and factories, was referred to
nesting of the executive to be held
II the rear future. when it will re
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Init. Branch 1, Section s.
Meets Wednesday, Aug. 81, $50
p. m, at Isl Watkins St, Brooklyn,
to discuss the thesis of the Tenth
Plenum.
Section : Industrial Organizers.
All unit industrial organizers of
Section 7 VIII meet tonight, 500 p. m,
at As Bay 2Sth St, Brooklyn.
Section Open Air Rallies.
The following outdoor election cam
paign rallies have been arranged for
Brooklyn by Section I: Thursday,
August %, 500 p. m, Seventh Street
and Brighton Beach Ave; Friday,
Aug. 20, 500 p. M, 50th st. and Fifth
Ave: Saturday, Aug. "a. 500 p. m,
25th st and Mermaid Ave
Unit 13F. Section 3.
Meets Wednesday, Aug. 81 $50
p. m, on the 9Th floor of the Work
ers Center.
Unit 1OF. Section ..
Will meet Wednesday, Aug, 81, $50
p. m. at the Workers Center to dis
cuss the thesis of the Tenth Plenum.
shop Paper Conference Tonight.
The regular monthly conference of
all comrades who edit or publish shop
papers will be held tonight, 100 p. m,
at the Workers Center, fifth floor
The shop bulletins issued last
month for International Red Day and
the contents thereof will be discussed.
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RED ARMY ROUTS|
NANKING FORCES
ON U.S.S.R. SOIL
Repulses Invaders of
Siberia

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guardists are reported to have fired
upon Soviet monitor on the Amur
River yesterday.
During the river engagement,
Nanking and white guardist forces
fired on Red Army patrols and ci-
villains in the neighborhood of Lake
Hanka
MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., Aug. 90
An official source today quoted
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang as stat
ing that the Marking authorities
were planning to take more Zero
cious measures against Soviet citi-
zens in Manchuria. Imprisonment
and deportation have been their
principle methods to date.
Soviet citizens have now been
herded into two large concentration
camps, which are already filled to
capacity, and where it is charged
conditions are indescribable.
Enumerating the series of out
RACES practised on Soviet citizens
and the constant raids which the
N5nking and white guardist troops
are pursuing along the Siberian
frontier, the Soviet government last
night warned the governments of
Marking and Mukden that they
must disarm the white guardists and
prevent the Chinese troops from in
vading Soviet territory in the future.
The warning, which was contained
in a note transmitted through the
Germany embassy, declared ALREADY
taking all measures to prevent Red
troops from crossing the frontier. in
even isolated cases, the Soviet Gov
errment believes Chinese authorities
must disarm White attachments and
check all raids on Soviet territory
b. Chinese units. Otherwise, fur
Their complications, caused by new
attacks on Soviet territory, will fall
entirely on the Marking and Muk-
den governments"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-21
Standard Oil.

TOXIC, Aug. 20,-Goods belong
ing to the Standard Oil Company
ar reported to have been informed
by Soviet gunboats near the lower
reaches of the Sungari River, dis
patch from the Nippon Dempo news
agency in Hardin stated today.
The Standard is said to have
lodged a protest with the Soviet gov
eminent through the German consul.
The Standard has always been ac-
tive in fomenting trouble against
the Soviet government.
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WOMEN WORKERS
TO MEET SOON
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and candidates in the coming NUM-
cipal elections.
At a meeting of the women shoe
workers last night the conference
and its plan to mobilize the dele
gates for the work of organizing the
hundreds of thousands of morgan
lied women workers of this city, for
fighting speed-up, low wages and
especially the intense imperialist
preparations for a new war on the
Soviet Union was heartily endorsed.
This is one of many special shop
meetings that are being held by
workers in many industries.
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GUARD MARION
SCABS At Mill
Pickets Are
Militant on Line
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idly amassing "credit" for betray-
ais of the variety for which the A.
F. of L. has long record, was high
ly praised at the session.
Green mourned that 'little head
way" had been made in the A. F. of
LIS effort to suppress the militant
left wing union.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., August 20.
- eve will do everything in our
power to help the Marion strikers
carry on the fight" Poyntz said
when she returned to Charlotte.
Hoffman said that the N. 7. w.
had place and that it could sue
coed where the U. T. w. had failed,
for instance in Durham where he
had only been able to organize few
skilled workers and not masses of
unskilled, but pleaded that we
should leave him alone"
Hoffman Makes Threats.
GAS the delegation came up along
the West Marion Road" Poyntz
stated in an interview today, eve
found strike guard. We proceeded
further up the road to conduct some
I. L. D. business with one of the
prisoners who was out on bail. We
were in the house about three min
utes when machines began to come
up, stopped and surrounded our ma
chine and between a dozen or two
men jumped out. They stood around
the l. l.. D. car on all sides in
menacing attitude. One huge figure
appeared which we recognized as
Hoffman, the organizer of the
Marion strike, who stood in a brand
new suit of overalls. He came up,
asked what our business was, and
asked for discussion with me, while
he instructed his men to take posi-
ton around the machine in military
fashion"
After their discussion, Poyntz con-
tinued, when they returned to the
car, Hoffman at once assumed
different attitude and became menac-
ing. He said that he would not stand
for any interference. l repeated
what I said about helping the
strikers and proceeded to address the
strikers. Hoffman did not like this.
I told them we offered them the
services of the l. L. D. and also of
the W. l. R. We congratulated them
on their militancy in their struggle.
We greeted their resistance of the
attempts of the bosses to evict them,
and hoped that they would also re-
sist the attacks of the national
guard. We would do everything we
could to help them keep up the fight
and that the N. T. w. U. was on the
job to see that a real fight was kept
up to the very end. l told them
Hoffman had misrepresented lis and
lied to them about the N. T. w. u,
the l. i. d. and the w. l. R.
"But then, the strikers can easily
judge for themselves" Poyntz said,
by comparing records"