The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1926, Page 4

Page Four DAILY WORKER BUILDERS PLAN REAL CAMPAIGN Mukton Offers Prize Trip to New York By R. SHOHAN, (Special to The Dally Worker) BOSTON, March 24.—Renewed in- terest and spirited activity for the Communist press come on the heels of the plans of the DAILY WORKER Builders Club of Boston to offer as prizes a theater party and supper to all workers who have sold at least $30 worth of literature and subscriptions before June 15. Additional interest has been created fm the prize of a trip to New York for ® three-day encampment on the Hud- @on on July 2, 3 and 4, which will be @llowed to about one out of every ten Builders whose activity permitted at- tendance at the theater party and sup- per on June 15. These arrangements, completed thru L. §E. Katterfeld, DAILY WORKER agent for New York and eastern representative, call for all ex- enses to be paid from the commis- sions accrued from the subscriptions secured in the drive and the number @ligible to both affairs to be deter- ‘mined in this manner. Program of Bullders. The line of action for Boston DAILY WORKER Builders includes the following full program of activity: Necessary office work in the litera- ture department; covering of all clubs, meetings, etc., with papers and literature; collections on newsstands for DAILY WORKER and_ Workers Monthly; securing of newsstands on the following basis: Only those where ‘we are sure that at least one will be old (making a party or a league comrade responsible for at least one paper on that newsstand); care of the DAILY WORKER bookshop; securing gibs to DAILY WORKER, Young Worker, Young Comrade, Communist International and Imprecors. Pittsburgh, Pa., Workers Stage Big International Labor Defense Bazaar PITTSBURGH, March 24.—Prepara- tions for the international labor de- fense bazaar to be held on March 27 ‘nd 28 at 805 James street, north side, Pittsburgh, are nearing completion. An elaborate program consisting of whoruses from the German and Hun- ®arian singing societies, Russian and classical dancing, Greek and Lithua- ian children’s singing and dancing, ‘violin and piano selections, a four-act play, “Strikebreaker,” and numerous pther attractions. Committees are on the job gather- (mg contributions and donations for the booths. All contributions and do- nations should be at 805 James street t later than Friday evening, h 26. _-A special attraction will be the Greek booth specially prepared by the Greek comrades, which will handle Greek coffee, candy and other articles. A special attraction for children (and @lso grown-ups) will be the toy booth, displaying workmanship in toys. Eats are well taken care of. Nobody meed be afraid he will go away hun- gry. Especially prepared foods will fe taken care of by the Finns, South Slavs and American comrades. Free Greek Communists from Charge of Treason (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) ATHENS, March 24.— The govern- ment charge of treason against the rs of the Greek Communist Party collapsed. After eight months of priconment the members of the central executive committee have deen released with the exception ot three who are held in connection with + ther alleged political offenses. The official charge alleged that the ity was carrying on a campaign for autonomy of Macedonia and , which ere under Greek sov- ity. 80 Chinese Die in Hongkong Disaster HONGKONG (By Mail). — Eighty @hinese were killed here thru the sud- collapse of a wall four feet thick Sin stood back of homes in the na- Yve working class district. Among the dead were many women and chil- @ren. It was over a week before all bodies were recovered. Few of @iem could be identified, due to their ypid decomposition in the heat. The British municipal authorities @id their best to prevent any news of the tragedy leaking out, as the wall ‘been erected over the protests of the Chinese. Wets Advance Step. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24.— fhe drive of senatorial wets for pub- fic hearings on proposals to modify the prohibition law came one step Mearer its goal when the senate judi- \ committee voted to turn the fon over to a sub-committee for on, The sub-committee will hold hearings upon all measures the senate seeking modifi- ies soh cons and render a final |lovsky Machine Foundry has Cavalry Used to Break Up Demonstration of French Railroaders (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) PARIS, March 24.— A demonstra- tion of governmeft employes and rail- road men parading into the city of Metz was broken up by infantry de- tachments sent to disband the march- ers. . The demonstrators passed one cav- alry line by marching thru fields. A second detachment charged the par- aders, riding into women and children who headed the procession. The drawn swords of the troopers called forth volleys of stones from the work- ers who were finally dispersed by ad- ditional troops, One policeman was seriously wound- ed and several cavalry men and work- ers hurt. Arrests. were made and troops patrolled Metz the rest of the day. ¢ PULLMAN HOLDS PARIS COMMUNE RALLY SATURDAY Movies, Drama, Orches- tra, Good Speakers Pullman is to have its Paris Com- mune commemoration meeting Satur- day night, March 27, at Strumill’s hall, 158 East 107th street, under the au- spices of International Labor Defense. All of the features recently attract- ing such favorable attention in Chica- go will be given, including the one- act drama, “ast Day of the Commu- ne,” “Prison Songs” by Russian sing- ers, and motion pictures of workers’ persecutions at the hands of capital- istic states. h Among the speakers will be John Holmgren, vice-president of the Rail- way Carmen’s Union, who is well- known in Pullman for his activities in behalf of organized labor. The situa- tion of the strikers in Passaic, N. J., will be described by J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, while Alex Reid, secretary of the Progres- sive Miners’ Committee, will speak on the Zeigler conviction cases, refer- ing as well to the anti-labor laws pending against the foreign-born. B. K. Gebert, editor of Trybuna Robot- nicza, will also speak. Music is to be supplied by a chil- dren’s orchestra. Admission will bé 35 cents. Another Meeting Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2:30 p.m., Polish and Russian branch- es of the International Labor Defense will join in a program commemo- rating the Paris Commune at 1902 W. Division St. There will be speak- ers in English, Russian and Polish, with the drama, “Last Day of the Com- mune,” given in Polish, and with the singing of Russian prison and revo- lutionary songs by Russian singers. Tickets sell in advance for 35 cents, at the door, 50 cents. Former Tariff Chief _ Terms Appointments to Body ‘Unfortunate’ (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 24. — The Harding and Coolidge administra- tions were sharply criticized at the senate’s investigation into the United States tariff commission today by F. W. Taussig, former chairman, for al- leged attempts to dominate the com- mission. Presidential appointments to the commission both by President Hard- ing and Coolidge were described by Taussig as “unfortunate.” German Socialists Vote Confidence, BERLIN, March 24.— The govern- ment scored a victory in the reichstag today against opponents of its policy with regard to the league of nations. After the reichstag had defeated a | Communist motion of no confidence by a rising voté, a national motion of no confidence was voted down 259 to 141. Nationalists Assail Government. Nationalist speakers assailed the government, and Admiral Tirpitz de- manded the withdrawal of Germany's application for membership in the league. “America thinks it inadvisable to enter the league and we can go the same ‘way as America,” he said. The social-democrats save the cap- italist cabinet from defeat, adding an- other to their long list of treasons to the workers, House Boats Go Astray. SAGINAW, Mich., March 24,—Four- teen persons today were recovering from exposure suffered when their two houseboat homes/ torn from their moorings by the ice-laden current of the Saginaw river, were tossed about for hours on the raging waters be- fore they lodged against a ‘bridge. Then tenants were rescued by police and firemen, Don Basin Increases Production. KHARKOV, U. 8, 8. R., March 24, -—The increase in amount of coal min- ed in the Don Basin has resultéd in|, tremendous growth in the production of the by-products factories. The Gar- telling speech, accused the cabinet as THE DAILY WORKER icesueinenaeememnniaimmmememeinmanemmameer naan BRITISH PLEDGE THEMSELVES NOT TO GO INTO ARMY Call on Soldiers Not to ‘ Shoot Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON (By Mail).—The greatest demonstration yet ‘held in the fight to free the imprisoned Communists took Place at Albert Hall, where a crowd of 10,000 gathered. The most dramatic moment !n the meeting and one which has a tremen- dous significance in revealing the state of mind of a very large portion of the British working class occurred when the entire audience rose to its feet and solemnly repeated the words of the chairman, George Lansbury, member of parliament: “We call upon all soldiers, sailors, and airmen to refuse, under any cir- cumstances, to shoot down the workers of Britain, and we call upon all working-class men not to join ‘the capitalist army.” Greet Miner. Almost equally dramatic was the appearance of Tom Dafen Williams, a miner from the Ammanford district, imprisoned with others for his mili- tancy. He was greeted with a whirl wind of applause when the chairman presented him with the certificate and medal of the International Class War Prisoners Aid. Release Them All. It was a rare galaxy of labor speak- ers which the meeting brot together. A. A. Purcell, member of parliament, president of the Amsterdam Federa- tion ‘of Trade Unions and a vice- president of the British Trade Union congress, moved a resolution demand- ing the release of all class war pris- oners and pointing out that there were still thousands imprisoned in va- rious countries. “So long as these are in prison,” he exclaimed, “labor men and women outside are not free.” Fight the C&pitalists, George Hicks, of the Building Trade Workers and the Trade Union con- gress, seconded, the motion, stating that if the government did not open the prison doors the workers should close the factory doors. “It is no use appealing to capitalists,” he added, “or singing to them or praying to them. You have got to fight them!” Another tumult of applause came when Mrs. Harty Pollitt, wife of one of the imprisoned Communists, pre- sented Lansbury with the red-ribboned medal of the International Class War Prisoners Aid for his conspicuous ser- vices to that movement last year, Resist Unemployment. John Wheatley, member of parlia- ment and a former minister in the labor party cabinet, presented another resolution declaring that unemploy- ment, low wages and the destitution and misery arising therefrom are the direct result of the capitalist system, and calling up the British working classes to unite in a bold and coura- geous agitation for securing the na- tional ownership, organization and gy of industry and the means of life. He said the workers were not active enough in resisting the view held by the other side, that the unemployed were largely responsible for their present circumstances. “We should press forward the view,” he declared, “that the unem- Ployed, instead of being the cause of their condition, are the victims of the existing obsolete order of so- ciety.” - The Crisis. We were entering on a week which might be. more critical than that of August 4, 1914, he stated. The center of the crisis was not in Geneva, but in the counsels of the engineering em- ployers, in the report of the coal com- mission, and in the attitude of the government, who would treat with contempt @ weak working-class organ- ization, Seconding the resolution, Mr. J. F. Horrabin (editor of Plebs) said the resolution was seditious, and he sup- posed that meeting was a conspiracy. The whole labor movement, indeed, was fundamentally seditious. A “Tin Pot Napoleon.” Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M. P., in a a whole of deliberately intensifying the unemployment problem, and de- clared that the chancellor of the ex- chequer—“this tin-pot Napoleon”—had made a present to his own friends, the super-tax and greater income-tax pay- ers, of thirty millions a year, and then turned round to the unemployed and the children and the health services to recover what he had-.given back to the very rich, Canadian Legion Is Formed on U. S. Model (Special to The Dally Worker) REGINA, Saskatchewan, March 24, —Returned soldiers of this provinece have launched the Canadian Legion, to be similar in form and purpose to the American Legion. The various re- turned soldiers’ organizations of Can- ada, numbering at one time six, have never been able to agree on a common organization, . Teachers’ Wages Lower. NEW YORK, March 24.—With the city’s schools overcrowded to a great- er extent than ever before, the pur- Bishop Brown Will Speak in Youngstown Sunday, March 28th (Special to The Daily Worker) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 24— Bishop Wm. Montgomery Brown of Galion, O%, will speak at the Ukrain- ian Hall, 525 West Rayen Ave., Sun- day, March 28 at 8 p. m. under the auspices of the International Labor Defense Council, A fine program has been arranged for by the committee in charge. The Freheit Singing Club will render several popular selections and the Italian workers will be there with their Mandolin Club. Several other speakers are on the program. John Marshall of Leetonia, O., will be chairman, Bishop Brown was compelled to can- cel a previous date here because of illness ‘and a good meeting, is expected by the committee in charge. KANSAS MINERS CONTINUE MARCH ON SCAB MINES Coal Operator Police Jail Union Men PITTSBURG, Kansas, March 24 — Union miners continue their marches to the open-shop mines in an attempt to get the workers to leave the mines and join the union in spite of the persecution and jailing of union miners by operator owned and control- led police, Alex Howat, former district presi- dent who was removed and persecuted by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America and tool of the coal operators, because he dared make the mine owners live up to union contracts, Matt Walters, the present district president, and three other union*miners were arrested by the officials for leading*a march on a number of non-union mines. Italian Spy Confesses That He Doublecrossed Fascist Police Bureaw (Special to The Daily Worker) GENOA, March 24—A sensational espionage affair has been’ uncovered here by the arrest of an Italian named Fiorij, a former captain in an. Italian artillery regiment during the world war. He was taken in custody at San Remo, - Altho the police are trying to pre- vent the facts from becoming public in order to secure clues for the arrest of those who were his aceomplices it is known that Fiorij was deprived of his rank in the war because of deser- tion. After the armistice lie was hired by the Italian government, despite his desertion record, to spy upon the avia- tion departments of Spain, France, and England. He speaks all three lan- guages fluently. Double-Crosses Employers. Dissastisfied with his reports, the Italian police cut off his allowance. In this predicament he applied tothe police head at San Remo for a job, de- scribing himself as an . experienced secret service agent. The police chief doubted his explanations and had him shadowed. In his hotel room were found documents which proved that he had been double-crossing his Ital- ian employers. The very countries on which he was supposed to spy had hired him to do espionage ‘work for them’ in. Italy. His mistress, an English woman, was his collaborator. He had refused to reveal her whereabouts. Avella, Pa., to Hold Meeting Against Anti- . Foreign-Born ‘Laws Avella, Pa.—A mass meeting to-pro- test against the anti-aliefl registration and deportation bills wilf be held at the Granjis Hall, Bronton}’ Pa., Thurs- day, April 1, at 10 o'clock'in the morn- ing. bi Comrade D. FB, Harley 6f Pittsburgh will speak in English atid B. Ljutich will address the meeting“in the South Slavic language. The meting is ar- ranged under the auspies of the Western Pennsylvania Council for the Protection of Foreign‘Born, Avella Branch, ba Admisison is free and lll miners of the Avella region are urged to attend and voice their protest against the outrageous ‘bills now pending before congress, , Crooked Contractor Gets Stay. CHICAGO, March 24—John’ W. Thompson, St. Louls and Chicago con- tractor convicted with Col, ©, R. Forbes of conspiracy to defraud the government on veterans’ hospital con- tracts, today obtained from Federal Judge George A. Carpenter a ten days stay of his commitment to Leave! worth prison to serve two years in a dition to paying a $10,000 fine, Forbi entered the prison last week. —_ Crane Kills Oller. DETROIT, Mich. Match 24—Julins Abramovitz, 22, was instantly killed and his body badly mangled beyond recognition in the yard'of the United 1 & Supply comp Joseph Campau GIBSON WILL BE U,$, DELEGATE AT ARMS CONFERENCE “Cautious Cal’? at Sea on Court Question~ (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 24, — There has been no change in the American government’s determination to parti- cipate in the projected disarmament conference of the league of nations, it was announced at the white house this afternoon. ‘Phe preparations which the adminis- tration put under way some weeks ago when the invitation was accepted are going forward. Hugh, S. Gibson, minister to Switzerland, will be the chief American delegate at the preli- minary meeting on May 18, as hitherto announced. He will be aided by a technical staff of army and navy ex- perts, To Silence Democratic Critics. The announcement from the White House following the cabinet meeting obviously was intended as a reply to democratic criticism voiced in the senate yesterday in which it Was open- ly hinted the administration was seek- ing to “scuttle” the conference as a result of the gloomy report on_the general European situation attributed to Ambassador Alanson B, Houghton. Plenty of Advisers. Gibson’s chief technical advisers will ‘be Maj. Gen, Dennis BE. Nolan, who organized the intelligence divi- sion of the A, E. F.; Brig. Gen. Harry T. Smith, chief of the war plans sec- tion of the general staff; Rear Admi- ral Hilary Jones, former commander of the fleet; and Rear Admiral An- drew Long of the general board of the navy; Allan Dulles, of the state de- partment, will act as an assistant to Gibson. . “Cautious Cal” Still Cautious. President Coolidge has made no de- cision yet as to whether a delegation will be sent to Geneva next September to discuss with the league’s represent- ative the reservations to the world court which the senate made a condi- tion of American adherence. i Rykov Reports Four Billion State Budget for the Coming Year MOSCOW, U.S. S, R., March 24,— Alexis Rykov, president, of the coun- cil of peoples’ commissars, has made public ‘the financial budget for the ensuing year, to be submitted to the next session of the central executiye committee of the union, which meets in April. ~ The budget totals roubles, almost double that of the last fiscal year. The largest item of the new budget accounts for an expected return of almost two billion roubles from state enterprises and profits from the government monopoly of for- eign trade. The rest will come from taxation, bond issues and mining profits. A billion and a half roubles are to be spent on communications and will constitute the largest disbursement for the next fiscal year. Rykov ter- minated his report with the observa- tion, “without any help from the cap- italist countries our union is strength- ening and developing its economy.” First Volume of the Soviet Encyclopedia to Be Off Press Soon MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R., March 24— The large Soviet encyclopedia, the first volume of which is coming off the press soon is edited by: Bukharin, Kooybishev, Pokarovsky, | Braydo, Kritzman, Krishanovsky, Larin, Mes- cheriakoff, Milivotin, Osinsky, Preob- rashensky, Radek, Spenanob-Skvor- zov and Schmidt. The publication of this encyclo- pedia has a tremendous significance. The editorial staff, guarantees an edu- cational workout of all the questions of Soviet practice, from a Marxian- Leninist viewpoint, Administration Forces Watch Dakota Primaries PIERRE, S. D., March 24. — With the result expected to be the first straw showing which way the wind blows for the Coolidge ,atiministration in the congressional elections, the state wide senatorial primaries im South Dakota were being held today. The conflict is between George J. jorth of Sioux Falls, “Coolidge re- publican” and Senator Peter Norbeck of Redfield, seeking nomination for a second term, Success in the primary in South Dakota is usually tantamount to election, MacCready Flight Failure. WASHINGTON, March 24.—John A. MacCready, army air vice, failed by more than 2,000 feet to break the world’s altitude record ‘in his flight at McCook Field, Dayton, on March 18, the war department announced today. Claim Bandits Get Payroll, NOGALBS, Arizona, March 24—A bandit. gang shot and’ killed Miguel and Octavian Lostatiiau, father and son, trusted employes ‘of the Ameri- Mining con ; WITH THE ¥ CONDUCTED - BY TH NEW YORK CITY.—The Young People’s Socialist League failed to send delegates to the preliminary. confer- ence for the arrangement of a mass working youth conference in New York. At this preliminary conference there were’ 50,000 workers repre- sented. The conference decided to ad- dress the Young People’s Socialist League again, asking them to partici- pate in the movement. . This, matter was brought directly into the conven- ton of the Y. P. S, L. taking place at present in New York thru the follow- ing letter: wo ece Letter of Youth Confer- ence to Yipsel Con- : vention March 21, 1926, Young People’s Socialist League, Local Convention, ‘3 New York City. Dear Comrades: Some time ago an invitation was sent t6 you to participate in a pre- four billion], liminary conference to elect an ar- rangements committee for organizing @ mass youth conference. The pur- pose of this conference is to develop a movement amongst the young work- ers in the shops and in the trade unions for a militant struggle against child labor, for the unionization of the young workers, for the improve- ment of the special conditions of the young workers, The preliminary conference, held March 5, was attended by delegates from various.unions and working class youth organizations, representing 50 000 workers. Your organization was invited to ‘be present to the prelimi- nary conference, but you have failed to gend delegates. It was decided at the preliminary conference to address you again and invites you to send a representative on the arrangements committee 80 as to enable your organization to partici- pate in this important movement that is going to carry on a militant strug- gle in-the interests of the young workers, According to the decision of the WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE YIPSELS AGAIN ASKED TO SEND DELEGATES 10 YOUTH CONFERENCE Youth Conference Addresses Letter to Yipsel Convention ~ preliminary conference a letter was sent to your organization, asking you to participate in the youth conference, Your organization has as yet not ac- knowledged our letters. We take the opportunity to bring this matter be- hd: aN Se fore your convention and ask you to elect a representative on the arrange- ments committee. The present developments in Pas- saic, where thousands of young work- ers participate in the strike, is an in- dication of the necessity of develop- ing a movement amongst the young workers which will lead to the organi- zation of the unorganized young work- ers, and to carry ona struggle against the miserable conditions of the young workers. The Passaic strik- ers realized the importance of this youth conference and are therefore participating in it. ‘ All working class youth organizi tions must unite in a common strug- gle against child labor, organization of the young workers, admission into the unions, for the improvement of the conditions of the young workers. We hope that your conference will realize the importance of the youth conference and will decide to partici- pate in it. Kindly grant our commit- tee the floor to explain more fully the importance of the youth conference. Arrangements Committee, M. Intrator, Secretary. Wall Street’ Seeks Gold eyes In Philippines By WALTER TRUMBULL. According to recent information the United States capitalists are going to make it more impossible forthe Phil- ippines to ever regain their freedom, The plan isa beauty.. It gives the capitalists a stronger foothold in the islands and will be extremely profit- able as well if it comes up to. all ex- pectations. As usual, the United States army is to be used for the enrichment of the master class. The plan is to send apy aviators into the “Mina de oro” section of the islands of Mindora. Mina de oro means gold country, and as there are rumors of rich deposits of gold in this section the aviators are to risk their lives to scout above this section that is impossible to pene- trate otherwise. It is hedged in by mountains and has long defied the efforts of explorers. Should the avia- tors ‘be forced to land while in, this section and be unable to rise again they will be as good as dead and buried. No help will be able to reach them in time to do any good. This is, however, only one aspect of the case. Should the plan be suc- cessful, the Filipinos need: never ex-’ pect that they will get the freedom that they have long been waiting for. When American capitalists have. sunk their dirty paws in a gold sit in any section of the globe the’ natives have always learned soon after that a leprous sore has broken out in their midst. A leech will let go of a victim sooner than an American italist. A centipede doesn’t know anything about holding on in comparison, ’ There is another possibility. The serpents and ferocious animals and no doubt a few tribes of the equally ferocious ‘Moros. Perhaps these com- bined will make the enterprise too ex- pensive for even American capitalists, It is just projects of this kind which show the need for more intensive agi- tation and organization to free the Philippines from Wall Street domina- tion, \ ZEIGLER YOUTH DANCE. The place is Josus Hall, Zeigler, Til. A real dance which guarantees a good time to-all for April 3. Admission will be $1 for men, 25c for women. The affair is under the auspices of the Young Workers’ League, } ; Cheenti TRUMBULL BOSTON MEET, ‘The, Boston workers will hear Wi ter H, Trumbull, the victims of Ameri- can militarism, on Saturday, March 27, 1926, in New International Hall street, Mina de oro country ds infested with Rural Young Commun- ists Active in Co-op- eratives (By a Young Worker Correspondent.) WAWINA, Minn. — Our Young Workers’ (Communist) League, which was organized in August, 1925, by our Cloquet (Minn. comrades, is not pro- gressing as rapidly as we would wish it to. It is hard 4o get new members, as most of the young workers would rather pocket their coin than use it to better their conditions. We meet every second and fourth Sundays at our ‘Sovinté Society Hall” at 2 p.m. and such questions as “Why should the workers’ organiza- tions and co-operative societies work together to make better headway” are discussed. We also have studied why it is necessary for the \ co-operative stores to have their ewn wholesales or exchanges. We decided to elect a committee of three to represent our league in the community co-operative meetings. At present we are having a mem- bership campaign, and we ‘hope to get at least two members from each sec- tion of our town. It is very impor- tant that: we get more members, for two reasons: First, to get more young workers within our ranks;*sécond, to get our league ona better financial basis. It is our sincerest wish that all farming communities join the Young Workers’ (Communist) League and help better the conditions of the work- ers all around. receegtemntenicn if NEW JERSEY LEAGUES PUSHING FORWARD of the sub-district committee of the Young Workers’ (Communist) League took place here March 14, Repogts were heard from the different leagues in the state. Each league reported on their trade union activities, what they are doing for the YOUNG WORKER, dues stamps bought, May Day prep- arations and what they are doing to tasks facing the units. Bosses Aid Military’Camps. NEW YORK, March 24—Over 125 prominent concerns, including the American Telephone and Telegfaph, New York Edison, the New York and New Jersey Standard Oil and the Me- tropolitan Life -Insurance company, have notified Major General Charles P. Summerall, commanding the sec- ond corps area at Governor's Island, that they will support the citizens’ military training movement by ° duoing” .NEWARK, N. J.—A lively meeting ©