The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 16, 1924, Page 2

ec A REEL PHOS EERE AEN SL 8 A ENOL NS NE Page Two “TH FARRELL RADICAL BAITERS BEGIN TO HAUL IN HORNS Brutal Officials Result of Acts (Special to the Daily Worker.) FARRELL, Pa., April 15.—Prose-| cutor Rickard of Mercer County is| making final efforts to bring the Far-| rell cases before the grand jury on April 2ist. No stone is being left un- turned by the state to railroad the defendant workers to jail. Chief of Police Leyshock and Squire Franek, in whose court the! preliminary hearings were held, have} Fear been undergoing a change in heart) and are now endeavoring to crawl back into the good graces of the| Farrel workers by Pilate-like washing their hands of the guilt resting on their heads. It is alleged that Franek now tells the public that had he known at the hearings what he knows now that he would have dismissed the cases. Ley- shock, the unhorsed Cossack of Far- rell, whose brutal hirelings have time after time invaded workers” meet- ings to break them up, is also at- tempting to get back into the good graces of the workers. Public opin- jon has been aroused by the defense and these political tools of the steel barons see the handwriting on the wall and know that the voters in Farrell will clean out this nest of lickspittles at the next election. The defense is fully determined to fight this battle thru to a successful finish and we are positive that vic- tory will crown our efforts. There will be no let up and the defense will not be lulled to sleep by the Pilate- like statements of the Franeks and Leyshocks. A cordon of public opin- ion is ‘encircling Farrell and the fighteous wrath of an aroused work- ing class is chasing out the puppets of the steel barons who too long have received their nourishment from the breasts of a working class only to trample them under their feet when their steel masters so orders. DAILY WORKER SCORNS DETRACTORS; WILL CONTINUE AGGRESSIVE FIGHT The DAILY WORKER—installed in its new plant—is entering the second stage of its career. The newspaper, as the following letter from McMurray, Wash., points out, has been fearless and aggressive in its attack on the powers that be. We have caught the attention of the workers, but we have been annoying the capitalists and their hangers-on, including unions. As usual, they are going to their ers Party members and whisper out of the corners of their crook- jed mouths, words meant to under- mine the th of the workers in their DAILY. They are going to say, “The DAILY WORKER is inacurate and unfair.” Can’t Tone Down Paper. But Workers Party members intend |to keep their paper fearless and ag- gressive, and they are not going to listen, to cheap detractors. They know if they took stock in these whisperings, or lost faith in their DAILY, er lost their nerve, or tried to tone the paper down to please the conservative individuals, they would be selling out to their enemy. It is such letters as this which make us want to keep the paper militant and fearless. Likes Its Fearlessness. To the DAILY WORKER: Am already a reader of the DAILY WORKER and consider it the greatest thing in ‘the history of the American labor moyement. Were the authorities at Washington, D. C., and elsewhere not so infer- nally busy right now in defending and protecting themselves and their bosses, and were it not also an elec- tion year, the DAILY WORKER would surely be suppressed. From somewhere a wonderful new thing has come to us—fearlessness. With this weapon and the knowledge that we must win back our lost lib- erties if we are ever to exercise them again, the mighty expansive spirit of BROTHERHOOD is lead- ing us on. We are on the way. Yours for the Revolution, 8. C. GARRISON. SEEK TO BLOCK California Bulls Sued For Raid On I. W. W. Defense (By The Federated Press) SAN FRANCISCO Cal., April 15.— Suit against the San Francisco police department for false arrest has been filed in federal court on behalf of Al- bin Kullberg, secretary Marine Trans- port Workers’ union of the I. W. W. Suit was brought at the instance of the American Civil Liberties union as part of a campaign to stop what it describes as the lawless persecution of radicals in California. At the latest raid on I. W. W. de- fense headquarters March 31 detec- tives arrested five men, including Ed Delaney, the defense secretary, and Archie Sinclair, a potitical prisoner at Leavenworth durmg and after the war. All were held for vagrancy, al- tho all were employed at the time. “California is the one state in the union today where criminal prosecu- tion of radicals for ideas and for mem- bership in radical organizations still continues,” the Civil Liberties union declares. “There are at present 97 members of the I. W. W. in San Quen- tin and Folsom prisons under the criminal syndicalism act, and many more in county jails awaiting for trial for the same offense, besides hun- dreds in jail for minor charges, as a result of the persecution of men for their opinions. None of these men have been guilty of any crifle. They were sent to jail for their beliefs and their membership in the I. W. W. Concert For German Relief. NEW YORK CITY, April 15.—Sec- tion No. 1, Friends of Soviet Russia, affiliated with the International Work- ers’ Aid will hold an International Concert and Dance for the benefit of the starving German workers on Sat- urday evening, April 26th, at the Workers’ Hall, 105 Eldridge St. The concert promises to be excel- lent and the committee has secured Mr. Monroe Spiegel, violinist, A. Liet- ner, pianist, the Ukranian Chorus, and Sam Liptzen, the famous imperson- ator of “Uncle Sam,” will recite. The concert will be followed by dancing with music furnished by the U. D. B. B. Admission 35 cents. Affiliated organizations should endeavor to sell as many tickets in afvance as pos- sible in order to assure a success for this affair. Russia Imposes the Sentence of Death - On Five More Spies MOSCOW, April 15.—Five persons been sentenced to death at for espionage, it was announc- here today, ‘The condemned apies include the girl ieader, Neidanota, who, if was brought out at her trial, acted instructions from the Polish office during the Russo-Polish sentenced incluae Henry representative of the Po- lish reparation bureau, who managed escape and {is sentenced in Absen- to tia and Komarrov, former commander of Arussian army corps. DAVIS PLAN TO DEPORT 17 LW.W. Joint N. Y. Meeting Will ° *y: Fight Exiling (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 15.—The de- portation orders against 17 alien ex- political prisoners’ will be protested at a meeting arranged jointly by the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Branch of the General Defense Committee at which the chief speakers will be David Waller- stein, Philadelphia lawyer, and Rich- ard Brazier, one of the men slated for deportation. The meeting will be held at the Civic Club, 14 West 12th Street, New York City, on April 21. Secretary of Labor Davis will be asked to set aside the deportation or- ders to permit the seventeen men to remain in this country on probation, since that is the only means left to stop execution of the orders. All of the 17 aliens are members of the I. W. W., convicted during the war “for mere belief and expression of opinion” and are “residents of many years standing in the United States without friends, relatives or connections elsewhere,” according to the Civil Liberties Union. The deportation orders were issued by the secretary of labor in 1921 under a new amendment to the immi- gration act, making violation of war- time laws a deportable offense. Co-Operation of Milk Producers, BELLOWS FALLS, Vt., April 15.— A farmers’ committee representing the milk producers of New England is in session here drawing up a plan tor co-operative producing and distri- bution. After the particular plan is chosen from the many that have been put before the committee, organizers will be sent thruout the New England states to put the co-operative features in operation. Mexican Communist Party. MEXICO CITY.—-On April 25 the Communist Party of Mexico open their national convention. Fraternal delegates from Guatemala and Cuba are coming. The agrarian problem, party reorganization and Pan-Ameri- can organization will be discussed. Fish Sellers Strike Against Tax. TOKYO.—Japan’s capital went fish- less two days when the Fish Sellers’ Guild struck in protest against spe- cial taxes levied on them by the mu- nicipal government. ‘They went back when the mayor offered to arbitrate, How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER, Get one of them to subscribe today. reactionary officials of the trade attack the DAILY WORKER in al underhanded method. They are going to sidle up to Work- GEMS GLITTER AS DAR. ASSEMBLES ‘TO FIGHT “REDS” Will Hit Communism And La Follette (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 15.—Glitter- ing with jewelry, 3,000 “Daughters of the American Revolution,” assembled again today to reaffirm their often ex- | pressed opposition to “radicals.” | President Coolidge last night as- sured them that the American revo- lution was really a “conservative movement,” and he made a veiled bid for their votes next November by urg- ing them to go to the polls and “ex- ercise the right of franchise after fair, considerate and mature deliber- ation.” Attack Bob and Communism. The resolutions committee met to- day to embody the President’s rec- ommendations for an uncompromis- ing Americanism in form for approval by the Congress. Resolutions rebuk- ing the group in Congress headed by Senator LaFollette; declaring that Communism means anarchy; declar- ing for impartial and drastic law en- forcement and for extension of Americanization and education work will be presented. Following the lead of Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president-general, the committee is expected to take a stand against unrestricted immigration. It will probably endorse merchant ma- rine by ship subsidy. Plea for League. A note of liberalism may creep into the convention’s proceedings thru Mrs. Robert Langing, wife of the for- mer secretary of state. Mrs, Lansing will make a report on foreign rela- tions. Because of the part her husband played in support of the League of Nations, her committee is expected to return an endorsement of some type of world organization—if not the league, at least a world court. - Henry Ford Is Still On Anxious Seat Over Muscle Shoals WASHINGTON, April 15.—Friends of the McKenzie bill, providing for ac- ceptance of Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals, manifested little con- cern today over the sharp denuncia- tion yesterday by Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, of the au- tomobile manufacturer’s proposal. Senator Heflin, Alabama, reiterated his prediction that the McKenzie bill would be favorably reported from the agriculture committee and passed by the Senate at the present session of Congress. Heflin said there was a pos- sibility of both the McKenzie bir. and the Norris plan for governmeny oper- ation of the nitrate fields being re- ported to the Senate. Should the committee turn down the McKenzie measure and report the Norris plan to the Senate, adherents of the Ford offer intend to offer it in the Senate as a substitute for the committee proposal. se 8 (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON. — Muscle Shoals will not be handed over to Henry Ford and his descendants for 100 years—thanks to the persistence of Senator Norris of Nebraska’ in resist- ing the organized generosity of the lobby-led majority of the house, which has for years insisted that Ford shall have the nation’s biggest remainig) water power as a gift. Norris has made the fight, year after year, for government develop- ment and operation of the giant pow- er in the Tennessee river at Muscle Shoals, and he has just been renom- inated by a big majority by the farm- er and labor vote in Nebraska, on a government ownership platform. The Scripps newspapers have offi- cially flopped from pro-Ford to gov- ernment ownership, on the Shoals is- sue, within the week. The Philadel- phia North American carries a scorch- ing editorial, analyzing the Ford prop- osition as the most scandalous since Teapot Dome. Progressive senators who have wobbled on the question ey- ery time Henry Ford sald something true about Wall street, have finally landed on Norris’ side of the argu- ment, Senator Ladd is the one ex- ception, and he is unlikely to be heard from henceforth in the case, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER BRINGS WAR TO GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION A board of inquiry at the Great estioned witnesses to the murder last night of Daniel "pt . W. Helmer, another chief petty offic In the presence of scores of fellow officers, Helmer fired | petty officer by at Wentworth, Lakes Naval Training Station today B. Wentworth, chief In a mess hall, shots point blank E DAILY WORKER WHOSE MILLIONS WILL WIN--ISSUE AT THAW'S TRIAL Paid Alienist Denies Harry Is Batty (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, April 15.—The fight which Harry K. Thaw and his millions are waging in the city hall court room for his release from the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane is attracting the attention of thou- sands of eyes which have seen the Thaw millions win before. The ques- tion is whether Harry’s millions—es- timated at six—will be as heavy ar- tillery as the millions of the Thaw family which are now opposing his release, Counting heavily against the mil- lionaire paranoic is the fact that his last period of freedom was brought to a sudden termination by his antics with the Gump lad, which led to his arrest and subsequent return to an asylum, ‘: Scoring against him again is the fact that his former wife, Evelyn Nes- bit, whose former relations with Stan- ford White led to his slaying the brilliant architect, is this time tes- tifying against him and demanding his continued incarceration on the ground that she fears he will kill her. Harry K. Thaw’s intense interest in sex matters was further discussed as the trial of his sanity was resumed today. Arthur Dickson, attorney for the committee of the Thaw estate, also opposing the release, opened the day’s proceedings with resumption of cross-examination of Dr. Mills, octo- genarian alfenist, who testified yes- terday that Thaw was sane. The rabbits which featured yester- day afternoon’s session, again were discussed. A hospital record telling of Thaw’s interest in his rabbit pets and their mating was read. Nudity and Rabbits. Dickson also quoted from a record taken at “Kirkbride’s,” where Thaw has been incarcerated for seven years, telling of an attendant finding Thaw in his bedroom one morning, nude, with a rabbit on each shoulder. Thaw was forbidden to take the rabbits to his room after this. Harry’s interest in young girls while on walks with hospital attendants also was described in the record. Dr. Mills was asked about these re- ports and what he thought they indi- cated at the time he found Thaw sane. The alienist said he didn’t change his mind. Attack on Gump Boy. The Gump case was dragged into the morning session. Thaw’s attack upon the Kansas City boy was de- scribed to Dr. Mills by Dickson and the witness said he had ignored it in his finding Thaw sane, because it never had been a matter of court record. It was decided that William Gray, representing Miss Nesbit, also should be permitted to cross examine Dr. Mills. Gray also asked if the fact that Thaw had been adjudicated insane by seven different tribunals, would not affect the witness's opinion. Beating of Girls. The case of a certain Mrs. Merrill alleged to have procured young giris for Thaw to beat, was recited to the witness and asked if this would not cause him to reconsider. He said he didn’t consider sexual perversion a sign of insanity. Rabbit Perversion. “Don’t you consider Thaw’s actions towards the rabbits: indicative of sex- ual perversion?” Dickson asked. “No sir, I do not.” “Was he sane or insane when he shot Stanford White?” Dickson asked. At the mention of White, whom Thaw shot’ to death in 1906, a light perspir- ation stood out on Harry’s forehead and he wiped his brow and shifted un- easily in his seat.’ Dr. Mills said he didn’t know Thaw at the time. Factory And Firetraps. EVERETT, Mass., April 15.—With- in a few minutes after fire started in the Joseph Conrad Broom Factory here, thirty adjoining tenements were in flames, A high wind added to the difficul- ties of firemen. A general alarm was sounded and apparatus summoned from nearby towns. Sex Blocks Hangman. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 15.-Mrs. Sabelle Nitti Crudelle, the first woman sentenced to die on the gal- lows in this state for many a year, was granted a new trial by the state supreme court this afternoon. Parent-Teachers Meet. SPRINGFIELD, UL, April 15.— School workers from all parts of Illi- nois are here today attending the opening sessions of the Illinois Coun- ceil of the Parent-Teacher Association, The sessions opened this afternoon and continue thruout Thursday. Langley Pleads Not Gulity. COVINGTON, Ky., April 15.—John 'W. Langley, Republican congressman from the Twelfth Kentucky district, pleaded not guilty in federal court here today to an indictment charging conspiracy to violate the national pro- hibition law, ty Boss Yields (Continued from Page One) ration of Labor should become more active in organizing women in their industries. According to this union leader, the American Federation of Labor is tired of the old policy of waiting for women to enter industry, and is now laying plans to a start an agressive campaign to organize the women. Whereabouts A Mystery The exact whereabouts of Sammy are not known. Some reports are that he checked out of his hotel in order to dodge publicity, and is still in Chicago. A news agency declares that Gompers is not in Chicago and has not yet returned to Washington. The Washington papers say nothing about his return to tnat city. One woman’s organzzation declares that their officials were in conference with Gompers relative to organizing the women in industry, but that noth- ing had been accomplished by his visit. This organization states that Gompers has left for Montreal, where he will talk about the problem of or- ganizing women, Sammy Mum On Strike. While in Chicago Gompers made no public statement relative to the strike of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ strike, altho as the DAILY WORKER pointed out to him, this\was a good fiera to investigate “Women in Industry.” One repre- sentative of one of tne large Chicago dailies was told by Gompers that he “was considering, speaking for the strikers. Gompers had plenty of op- portunity to at least make a public To Strikers statement supporting the strikers, but did not do it. 4 Johannsen Addresses Strikers, In his speech to the strikers yes- terday Anton Johannsen, of the “Com- mittee of 15.” said the injunction against striking must be met by the organized power of the workers. He showed how organized labor is re- spected and feared by big business and by politicians, pointing to the fact that labor had been able to cut down Crowe's majority in the election to less than 19,000. “In Butte, Montana, during the telephone strike,” said Johannsen, “the organized miners were able to have almost every Bell telephone in the city taken out and replaced by an automatic phone. A federal judge in Helena, Montana, issued an in- junction against the strikers and many of them went ¢o jail for strik- ing. The garment strike here is only one phase of the struggle of the workers againSt unfair use of the courts, “Nowadays judges and lawyers can interpret the laws to suit themselves because there are so many laws, Judges and lawyers differ as to the application of almost any law. You need a lawyer nowadays to stay out of jail, you need a lawyer to get into jail, you need a lawyer even to stay in jail. Let us hope that the struggle of the garment strikers against Judge Sullivan’s injunction will help to change all that. This strike is one battle in the fight to simplify the laws and enable the workers to strike for a decent living.” BRITISH PLUTE PRESS IN RAGE AT RUSS ENVOYS Soviet In No Hurry, Says Zinoviev. LONDON, April 15.—While the British capitalist press is venting its rage against the Workers’ Republic of Russia the envoys of that mighty power are calmly proceeding with their task of attempting to reach an economic agreement with the British government in order to facilitate busi- ness between the two countries. Yelping. Curs Licked. American correspondents yelp in unison with the anti-Soviet cry set up by the bloated Britishers and sent only lying cables to their home pa- pers telling of the confusion among the Russian delegation, their lack of punctuality and so vorth. The fact is that no set of foreign representatives ever appeared-in the British Lion’s den with a higher morale and a more respectable aggre- gation of man power supplied with lethal weapons to bolster it than the Soviet envoys. John Bull, despite his boasted valor, was never oblivious to the sharp end of the bayonet, and the old Russian bear that used to give him nightmares was only a poor old circus specimen compared to the lusty animal who now shakes his standards to the winds on the borders of John Bull's many colonies. The British government is not ex- actly in the best position to hurl any attacks at Moscow because the work- ers seized their property and held it against the former highwaymen. Britain is the great international Pirate, that has! left a trail of blood thruout the world and is still holding that loot by force, despite the at- tempts of countless millions of her subjects to win back their rights, even with their heart's blood. Zinoviev Speaks. The Britons famed for politeness have shown themselves in this case to be common scolds whose anger over the passing of their power urges them to Vent their chagrin in scur- rilious attacks on the Russian envoys. The Soviet envoys have quite a heavy bill to present to the British capitalist class. Speaking in Moscow, Zinoviev declared that there was no hurry to reach an agreement with Britain, tho the Soviet government was willing to talk concessions to concessionaires. The government would take its obligations seriously and was not in danger of being over- thrown, something that could not be said for the capitalist governments of Europe, While the Anglo-Russian conte- rence is taking place in London, the royal family of Roumania are scouting. Europe looking for a place to lay their heads. It seems they were successful in striking luck in Paris and there is a report that the generous Poincare gave them a loan of 100,000,000 francs in consideration for which it is al- leged France has taken a first mort- gage on Rumania, The purpose of the fund is to reorganize the Rouma- nian army, which was very much down at the heels lately, and the King expects to shave enough off some corner to hold off his creditors for awhile. We Can Wait! | The Italian and Spanish dictators are quite angry witb the King of Rou- mania because he is not accustomed to paying his bills. The royal gentle- man was all ready to go to Italy and Spain for a visit recently but the two gentlemen who dictate to both coun- tries advised the king they might hold him for cash if he showed up. The King went to France, where they still have some of Morgan’s money left. The negotiations between the Hol- land and the Soviet governments over the resumption of trade relations are proceeding satisfactorily. The con- ference will be resumed in Berlin this week. The Soviets have made de jure recognition of their government an essential condition of the resump- tion of commercial relations. As Zi- noviev said the Soviet government is in no need to rush matters. It is strong and powerful and growing stronger while its enemies are grow- ing weaker. Equity Not Likely To Accept Offer Of Theatrical Bosses NEW YORK, April 15.—The execu- tive council of the Actors’ Equity As- sociation is considering the offer made by 27 members of the Produc- ing Managers’ Association. The managers offer is intended to head off the strike scheduled for June 1 if the contract is not renewed May 31 when it expires. The talk in Equity is that the man- agers offer won't be accepted, be- cause it contains a loophole allowing men to pay dues into the Equity with- out being members of the union and subject to its rules. Al Schaap Talks. Al Schaap, organizer for District No. 8, of the Young Workers League, speaks tonight on “The Progress of the Young Workers’ Organizations in the United States.” The meeting, given by the North Side Branch of the Young Workers League, will be held in Imperial Hall, 2409 North Halsted street. Philadelphia Y. W. L. Ball May 10. PHILADELPHIA, April 15—The Young Workers League of Philadel- phia is giving a May Flower Ball, Saturday evening, May 10, at Stanton hall; 360-362 Snyder Avenue. Proceeds go to the Young Worker, official organ of the Y. W. L. Consult Union First. SAN JOSE, Cal—Any building me- chanics thinking of coming to San Jose are asked first to get in toucu with the Santa Clara Building Trades Council, as local mechanics are out of work in great numbers. i Nine Miners Injured. © p DOWALL, Ill,-Following are the names of miners in the cage accident here: John Rovalka, Jr.; Miles Reek, James Melville, Mike Balvich, Jr.; F. M. Craig, Dominich Rea, Joe Long, Tom Horn, Hen Closse, Pan-American Labor Congress. MEXICO CITY.—The fourth Pan- American Labor Congress will open in Mexico City in December. Samuel Gompers will preside. Then the del- egates will go to Guatemala to finish their work. More Men. Than Jobs. STOCKTON, Cal—Mechanics are warned by the San Joaquin County Building Trades Council to stay away from Stockton, as there are more men out of work than jobs to be had. PARIS, April 15,—That Frenen roc- ognition of Russia is only a question of time is foreshadowed by a large concession for iron ore and manga- nese in Russia recently awarded a French financial group. The conces- sion is in Kriwoirag. Wednesdimm, April 16, 1924 METHODIST LADS MAY BE CANNED FOR GAY PARTY Student Paper Calls the Professors ‘Fossils’ DALLAS, Texas, April 15.—Whole- sale expulsion of Southern Methodist University students was considered today by school authorities as they delved into details of the “wilderness dance” at Savage Lake, which cele- brated publication of “The Dinkey,” outlaw campus paper. Federal officers claimed today to have additional evidence of the lake scandal on which to base their de- mands for prosecution by the special grand jury which reconvenes next Monday. Several students and women who participated in the party have told their stories, federal prosecutors an-. nounced, and have agreed to appear before the grand jury. “There were no 8. M. U. girls at the party, we are sure,” Dr. Horace M. Whaling, president of the univer- sity, said, “The Dinkey” was declared an out- rage by Whaling. In its main editorial “The Dinkey” said: “Worn Qut Old Fossils.” “It is about time to tie a can to several of the old, worn out fossils who walk around our rotunda ‘with their faces two feet long, non-progres- sive, pessimistic, physically and men- tally dead. “The students of S. M. U. have no desire to spend their money for the privilege of sitting in class rooms where a suit of clothes bellows out meaningless words. Give us better teachers.” Flaying the co-eds, whom it termed “painted sepulchers of abomination,” “The Dinkey” said: “We blush with shame at the attire and actions of a goodly number of our chorus girl co-eds on University Hill.” CHICAGO BISHOP FORGETS PEACE; READY FOR WAR Camouflages Jingoism As Humanity Fervor The question of pacifism again is engrossing the Methodist Bpiscopal church of Chicago, with Bishop Thom- as Nicholson, of the Chicago Diocese openly opposed to the doctrine of “peace at any price.” A statement made public today in Bishop Nicholson's behalf pointed to the Bishop’s active war record and declared: Same Old Wilson Bunk. “If unavoidable great humanitarian conflict was on, or if. a great crime against civilization and humanity was committed, he should be for war as certainly as he would not be content to simply offer prayers if some villian attacked his wife. He would think it a case of muscular Christianity.” It the Christian church enters into the fight against war with the right spirit, the right teaching and the right influence, it is only a matter of time before its efforts would be crowned with success, the bishop thinks, “As for the attitude of the Metho dist Episcopal church, the bishop said no one man had a right to speak for that body but all the precedents of the past showed that the Methodist church had been unalterably loyal,” the statement pointed out. The bishop's stand was outlined on the heels of a sharp clash at a meet- ing of Methodist ministers on the question of pacifism, This Preacher A Pacifist. Rey. A. L. Meist, field secretary of the Methodist social service feder- ation, defended the stand of the 38 theological students at Northwestern university, who, several weeks ago, signed pledges to stay out of war at any cost. Heist declared the hue and cry that followed their action sim- ply indicated a “strong war spirit,” Several sharp exchanges occurred. Several ministers supported Reverend Helst's plea for denunciation of “My country, right or wrong.” If public opinion cannot be directed against war. Other ministers said they would Join heartily in “damning war” but were ready to fight if necessary, IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY, SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.—All Isaac Cooper had in his pockets when they searched him was a letter from the Jewish welfare board entitling him to one night's sleep in a flop house, Cooper choose a longer sleep —he went into a shooting gallery, said he would like to “try some target Preotleg, and sent a bullet into his rain, Russo-Turkish Trade Brisk. MOSCOW, April 15.—The Russo- Turkish trade relations have become considerably more brisk lately in con- settlement of a number of questions relating to tre+* emeneiter =)