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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18

OF Georgia adopted by Congress.
This land Of moss and mystery, known as
the Okefenokee Swamp. where trees bow before
the intruder and the ground quakes beneath
his feet, may become the Nations property
at an early date.
in that event, Uncle Sam will gain pos
session of a strange and beautiful domain,
where legend has it that race of haired
men and women more than Z feet tall dwell
on an uneXploreG island. This. no doubt is
merely one Of the myths Of the swamp but
il is an established fact that among the other
inhabitants black bears which have devel-
oped the habit OF getting blind drunk on
mconshine liquor from Illicit distilleries hid
Gen within the Okefenokee
In the last Is years series of mysterious
murders had been committed along the edge of
the swamp and an apparent lack of motive
gives rise TO the theory that they were the work
of a mailman II such be the case the MUIR
derer must have possessed the cunning some
times associated with madness for the murders
OF the Okefenokee remain unSolved.
On one Of the many islands of the great
swamp lives the "loneSOmeSt man" in the world
and on another dwell jackson Lee and his fam
lily. Fifteen children have been born on that
isolated strip OF land in the heart of the swamp
without doctor once visiting the island habi-
tation Of the Lees
Men have lost themselves in the Okefenokee
hIO never succeeded IN nndmg q way out OF
that maze OF water and trembling earth. Once
an ahplane landed well within the swamp and
the aviators, covered from head to foot with
Slime, found their way back to civilization after
two terrifying days and nights.
SCIENTISTS have searched there for sup
pOSedly extinct species, such AS the ivory
billed woodpecker. Fugitives have found refuge
and sometimes death in chat land where the
earth shakes beneath the tread of human feet
Hunters pole light Skiffs along the alligator
trails and on moonlight rights shoot these
thick-hided creatures as the bulgy gators eyes
rise out Of the water to float like two soap
bubbles on the surface.
Il am convinced that the Government will
buy the Okefenokee either through the recent
ly formed Migratory Bird Commission or
through the National Forest Reserve" said
Senator Harris in a recent statement. "A fact
which should hasten this step is the passage
Of the Norbeck bill which provides for the
establishment OF a game sanctuary in every
State in the Union and empowers a commits
sion Of seven men to make purchases to this
END. Knowing the Okefenokee as do, am
sure 1t will be one OF the first spots designated
as bird and wild-life sanctuary"
Thu Okefenokee also contains forests of
cypress, black gum and other moisture loving
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time this accumulates enough weight to sink
1t may have fioated up to house or bay
or 1t may sink in some open space. During
the period of its floating experience the surface
has caught the seed of cypress or other trees
that grow in water, and in due course they
grow up and mature and the 'blow-up is then
house Some of these houses never seem
to settle on very firm foundation and when
walked upon they undulate, Swaying the Vege-
tation. There are great many of these float
ing Islands, and it is q weird and uncanny
sensation to walk on seemingly substantial
ground and have 1t give beneath your weight
and cause the trees to bow and nod.
+" A LII transportation in Okefenokee is by
boat Small, hat-bottomed bateaux are
used. Only light loads are carried. as the
boats must traverse grassy stretches thick with
all manner of aquatic vegetation, or wind their
way through narrow passes between giant trees
In the bays. Motive power is manpower. The
oateaux are propelled by long poles forked or
three-pronged at the end to grasp the tangled
mass that lies under the water. Like punters
on the Thames, the guides stand near the sterns
OF the boats and speed along in perfect silence"
Such guides were badly needed by Bonnie
Rowe, stunt flier, and Hal Taylor his mecha-
nician, when their plane was forced down in
the Okefenokee as they were flying TO Pablo
Beach, Fla, from WaycroSS Ga. But with no
guide at hand to show them the way back to
civilization, the aviators spent two nerve-rack-
ing days and nights in the swamp.
Their objection to the Okefenokee as a forced
landing field for airplanes probably would have
been even stronger had they been familiar with
the series of mysterious murders on the edge
of the swamp and the theory-probably I'M
true-that cunning mailman committed them
The first of these aSsaSSinations took place fully
is years ago, but the rumor Of the swamp
murderer" was brought up to date when a man
was found slain some weeks ago near Nixons
Ferry, on the Suwanee River. load of buck
shot had been fired into his back by an as
sassin. Other victims have met death in q
similar manner. The lack of motive and other
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circumstances have given rise to the belief that
the same killer has been at work for many
years. Police officials. however, are not COM
WINGED Of this fact. They insist with emphasis
that the Okefenokee is not in any sense q
place Of lawleSsness that, on the other hand,
life and property are unusually safe there.
This belief is borne out by members of tne
Lee family, who live deep within the swamp Oh
Billys Island, strip of land named for Billy
Bowlegs, famous Seminole Indian chief. Two
generations Of the Lees have lived there, far
from the haunts of civilization, and have found
health and happiness on their island home.
The present occupants include Jackson Lee his
wife and their four boys and four girls. Al
together, is children have been born on the
island, without the assistance of doctor. The
Lees once moved out of the swamp, but they
found such bother and rush and noise on the
outside that they returned to their home within
the Okefenokee.
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BY ANGUS PERk ERSON.

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States Senator William j. Harris
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THE title Of worlds loneliest man was claius-
ed for another dweller in the great swamp
when a Georgia newspaper started a contest
several years ago to select the loneliest mar In
the State. A. S. Mcqueen offered the name Of
Uncle Billy Spaulding as his entry, describing
his nominee in the following letter:
Uncle Billy Spaulding, who is IS years old,
lives on FloydS Island, in the very heart Of the
Okefenokee. He lives entirely alone and bis
only companions are flock of chickens and
one lonely cat For weeks at a time Uncle
Billy never sees another human being. To
reach Floyds Island requires great deal of skill
and work-the only route Is by boat. ! spent q
night with Uncle Billy and found that he
lives in q little house of his own, which he
keeps spotleSsly clean. suggested that he
needed q woman to keep his house in order.
That's exactly what don't need he answer
ed with spirit. I get along all right with my
chickens garden, trapping and fishing, and r
love to read. I'm not lonely or lonesome, and
I've found that where there's woman there's
usually trouble"
Neither Uncle Billy nor any member of the
Lee family ever reported seeing the fair haired
giants" believed by credulous persons to dwell
on an island to which no civilized man ever
succeeded in penetrating. The legend of the
giants comes down from the Seminole Indians,
who once dwelt within the swamp, and hunters
at times have thought they glimpsed gigantic
figures vanishing into the gloom of the swamp.
There seem no real foundations, however, for
the reports that remnants of prehistoric peo-
pie survive and make their homes within the
Okefenokee.
On the other hand, there is substantial proof
that the big swamp shelters a liquor drinking
collection of black bears who don't worry at
all about the Volstead act. They openly raid
distilleries hidden within the swamp and help
themselves to the contents
Hunting alligators is one of the big sports
of the Okefenokee and furnishes profit as wen
as excitement. 1t is estimated that the yield
OF alligator hides in the Southeastern States
totals $l,O0 1000 year.
(Copyri sht, 1929
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
The Assembly for Uniication

ment of the United States, the
Trade Union Educational League.
"The National Assembly for the
Unification of Workers and Agrar-
ians views with the greatest joy
the establishment of close contact
with the revolutionary trade union
movement in the United States, and
we greet the Trade Union Educa-
tional League as a comrade organi-
zation fighting side by side with us
against our common enemy.
eve especially welcome the fact
that for the first time the revolu-
tionary trade union movements on
either side of the Rio Grande have
sent fraternal delegates to partici-
pate in mutual conference. We
heartily trust this will be the steady
procedure in the future.
"We warmly approve and adopt
the proposals of the Trade Union
Educational League and it's repre-
sentative and we fully appreciate that
this means that the necessary first
steps will have been taken in bind
ing the revolutionary movements of
both Americas in most intimate
friendship and solidarity"
The Solidarity Pact reads as fol-
lows:
Solidarity Pact between the Ma
tional Assembly for the Unification
of the Workers and Agrarian Toll
ers of Mexico and the Trade Union
Educational League Of the United
States:
"The present period of tremendous
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
By Fred Ellis

outstanding leaders, this was too
much. Blows We're struck, and the
a ma re h ts would have been
thrown bodily from the window if
they had not quickly apologized. The
anarchists are politically dead!
What were the achievements of
the National Assembly for the Uni
fication of the Workers and
Agarian Toilers,
l. A new permanent central
trade union body was formed, the
Unitarian Confederation of Labor.
A complete program of work, con-
stitution and an executive of II
General Secretary, Sequeros, Or
ganization Secretary, Campo, Finan-
cial Secretary, Barrios) created.
| 2. The following National Indus
trial Federations were created:
a. Miners. b. Oil workers. c.
Metal workers. d. Transport work
ers. e. Textile workers. f. Agricul-
tural workers. g. Food workers. h.
Theatre workers.
For each national industrial fede-
ration, executives were chosen and
rules worked out.
8. Preparations were made for
general strike against the new
fascist labor code should the govern
ment try to put this into effect.
A. Closest relations were estab-
lished with the Trade Union Educa-
tional League and the Montevideo
secretariat.
What were the immediate results
of this conference?
/. The masses prepared better for
the coming open revolutionary
period. Already there are four ma
tional bodies formed: a. National
Agrarian Toilers League (Campe-
sinos). b. National Committee for
Proletarian Defence (Shop Commit
ttee). C. National Unitarian Con-
federation of Labor. d. Workers
| Agrarian Toilers Political Bloc.
2. The anarcho-syndicalists have
been entirely liquidated and the
ICROM rapidly decomposed.
! 8. The American Fedora
tion of Labor is dead among the
masses in Mexico and in its place
stands the r. I. L. U. Special pains
had been taken to send organizers
to Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Guate-
mala, and other places where the
GROIN and the Pan-American Fede-
ration of Labor claimed some in
fluence to kill forever any illusions
that the masses had concerning these
organizations. The coming Carib-
bean Conference and the Montevideo
Conference will see all these coun-
tries well represented.
4 The si1th article IN this series, to
| be published tomorrow, is the speech
of Albert Weisbord, frateynal dele
gate from, the Trade Union Educa-
tiomal League to the Unity Congress
of Workers and Peasants National
Assembly for the Unification OF
Workers and Peasants) IN Merico
| City. 1t takes up the role of United
States imperialism IN Latin-Ameri.
ca, the situation IN the American la
Dor Increment, and international
trade asniom unity, especially be.
tween the U. S. and the Latin-Amer-
ican countries.
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
Who Stole the Goods and the Cartoon?

group Of reactionary Russians, former landlord and
capitalist expoers of the Russian workers and peasants
Czarst priests military and police officers and hangmen
who lived for years by wrngng from the workers of their
country all the product of toll and forcing them to live
starvation wages protests against the workers of the
U. S. S. r. selling in America their products for them
selves without supporting millionaire noble or presty
caste with part Of the product.
four page eaet is being circulated near the entrances
to the Exhibition of Soviet Russian Arts and Crafts in New
York The leafet put out by the white guard colony in
New York and appeals against anyone buying stolen
ticles'
But true the white guards to their predatory train
ing that they cannot make hypocrcal appeal to
American buyers without giving their real instincts
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
By ALBERT WEISBORD


The American fraternal delegate
from the T.U.E.L. was received
with the greatest enthusiasm. 1t
was the first time such delegate
had been present. Many of the
workers never believed there were,
any revolutionary workers in the
U. S. and they did not believe me.
But when my first speech was trans
lated, all suspicion and doubt van
ished and l was taken into their
arms as a true brother. Together
we discussed the problems of Mex
lean workers in the United States,
organization questions Indeed, l
was commissioned to work out the
organization thesisD and interna-
tional relations. The press gave big
publicity to the event. A special
resolution was adopted on the rela-
tions with the T.U.E.L. and amid
the greatest enthusiasm a formal
Solidarity Pact was signed.
Resolution on Relations with the
Revolutionary Trade Union Move
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
Chinese Police in the
Legation Quarter Of
Peking Out on Strike

LONDON, Feb. 20 (UP).--A dis
patch from the Peking correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph today
said Chinese police in the legation
quarter of the city went out on
strike. Their demands included
higher wages, the dispatch said.
United States, British, French and
Japanese forces were reported
guarding the city gates.
The daily worker., 1929-02-21

The very cartoon that fills half Of page Of their leafet
against stoen articles stolen by them from the Daily
Worker of January 15 by Fred Ellis and shows the
crowned dictator of JugoSava Alexander waving his
subjects sword marked made in France The Russian
monarchsts change the label the sword to MADE in Ger
many and try make wonderful world believe it pictures
conditions in the Union Of Socialist Soviet Republics!
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
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The daily worker., 1929-02-21

In the first part of his fifth ar
ticle, Albert Weisbord, fraternal
delegate of the Trade Union Educa-
tionol League to the Me1ican Unity
Congress of Workers and Peasants,
discussed the organizations repre-
se'tted at the congress, the delegates,
the business transacted, etc. Today
the concluding portion of this article
is printed,
The daily worker., 1929-02-21

makes imperative the closest unity
of the National Assembly for the
Unification of the Workers and
Agrarians of Mexico with the Trade
Union Educational League, the re-
volutionary trade union movement
of the United States.
"In this joint struggle against
American imperialism, the Trade
Union Educational League especially
pledges its utmost aid particularly
in the armed struggle of Latin
American peoples against United
States imperialism for genuine ma
tional independence.
"We pledge ourselves to solidarity
in all actions in support of the class
struggle programs of the Trade
Union Educational League and the
National Assembly for the Unifica-
tion of the Workers and Agrarians
against all exploiters both native
and foreign, of the proletarian and
agrarian masses.
eve will mutually fight against
the menacing danger of new i'm
perialist war and for the most ener-
getic defense of the U. S. S. R.
"We will aid each other in oppos-
ing all capitalist naturalization of
industry at the expense of the work
e.s and will fight against the ex-
tortions of landowners upon the
agrarian masses and for the vigor-
GUS defense of the organizations of
agrarian toilers.
"We will oppose fascism and all
forms of reaction in either country.
"a deadly war must be waged
jointly by Trade Union Educational
League and by the National Assemb-
ly for the Unification of the Work
ers and Agrarians of Mexico against
the Pan-American Federation of La
Dor and its Monroe Doctrine of La
bor.' We must wipe out completely
the corrupt and class collaboration
officials from the trade unions.
"At the same time we will join
hands on basis of the class strug-
gle, both on a national and on an
international scale, in accordance
with the policies and practices of the
Red International of Labor Unions,
to establish one single Trade Union
International throughout the world.
"Long live the solidarity of the
workers of the United States and
Mexico.
"Long live the Trade Union Unity
of the workers throughout the world.
ALBERT WEISBORD,
for the Trade Union Educational
League of the United States.
JUANA DIAZ,
for the National Assembly for
the Unification of the Work
ers and Agrarians of
Mexico"
Other Questions.
4 Two other questions arose which
must be mentioned briefly. ~ The
relation of the new Unitarian con.
federation to the new political work
ers agrarian toilers bloc came up
The committee brought in resolu.
tion that declared that each Local
union could decide what working.
class political candidate to support
Ga modest enough resolution) but
the few anarchists present were
able to provoke a storm and due tc
the strong anarcho-syndicalist ira
ditions existing still, the resolution
was withdrawn and nothing at al
said on this question. The resolu
tion was withdrawn simply because
the confederation was just being
created. Once created, short shrif
will be made of those petty-bour
geois anarchist elements.
q The very few anarchists e il
particularly tried their very best K
split the conference, but they coulc
not do so. When their disruptivt
tactics reached so far that they de-
! nounced as liar one Of the most
The daily worker., 1929-02-21

tuug an aIley INTO The rear entrance of the Victor
Bank, and from there lodged around and reached
Cripple Creek, where they called Sheriff Robertson
into conference The sheriff did not agree with them
that the troops necessary, but the mayors of
Victor and Cripple Greek nevertheless submitted let
ters identical in language from both of them, which
said that the sheriff and other peace officers were
utterly unable to order and protect lives and
property and requested that the National Guard of
Colorado be sent to the district Immediately. The
Sheriff had told the commission that he had authority
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
Governor PeabOdy's Commissions; Martial Law
at Cripple Creek; the u. S. Sends
Rifles Against Miners

revouS Haywood aorote of has early life covboy
steoder and miner Utah. Nevado and Idaho; of his rise through
gears OF cor to the head of the Western Federation
battles of the W. F. NJ andr his leadership Colorado
telling of the great Cripple Cee 90 on geadng
The daily worker., 1929-02-21
4
BY WILLIAM d. HAYWOOD.
PART XIII.

COMMISSION had been Cripple governor
composed of John Chase N c. Miller and Tom Mcclellan
commission which what the people described
IN their resolution of protest brief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
NAVY YARD EMPLOYE
RETIRES AFTER 48 YEARS

The Washington navy yard paused a
while at the noon hour yesterday to
honor one of its workers in the rank
and file. who first went in the service
in 1881. Edward E. Goss, who is now
almost IS years of age, was the recipient
of the honor upon the occasion of his
retirement. Rear Admiral Arthur l..
Willard, commandant of the navy yard,
delivered a brief address, eXtollng the
workmanship of Mr.. GoSS, who has been
cartridge case maker in the naval gun
factory. He also paid tribute to other
workers at the yard.
The ceremony took place at 1915
o'clock, and Mr.. Goss was presented
with a purse of money, the gift of his
fellow employees, who hold him in high
regard. Henry LIE Laurin, master me-
chanic in the shops in which Mr.. Goss
has worked, took the leadership in ar
ranging for the tribute
Mr. Goss' home is at 1923 L street
southeast. He was born in the Dis
trict in 1864 and is celebrating his
birthday today.
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BUS COMPANIES CONSENT
TO RE-ROUTING PROPOSAL
Inform Utilities Commission They
Will Cooperate in Plan to Re-
1ieve Traffic Congestion.

Operators of all the interstate bus
lines doing business III Washington as
sure the Public Utilities Commission at
a public hearing yesterday of their will
ingneSs to cooperate with the commits
sion in its efforts to secure more direct
routing of BUSES to and from terminals
and avoid unnecessary traffic congeS-
ton.
Each operator briefly described the
route now used by his buses, and the
commissioners expected shortly to issue
a series of orders simplifying the routes
Besides the bus operators, Traffic Di-
rector William II. Harland and Asst.
Supt. z. w. Brown, III charge of the
Traffic Bureau, were asked for opinions.
Mr.. Harland reserved any statement
and Inspector Brown said that the habit
of the interstate operators of parking
their buses abreast was a great him
drance to the free flow OF traffic. The
commission took no formal action and
adjourned the hearing without day.