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ROCKWOODFLAYS
PROSECUTORS
Of MORSE
Charges Gordon With Attempt
to Deceive Jury and Con-
ceaIing Evidence.
CONTINUED from Page 13)

SO4(4iiuCu IIOIH rags 4oID
viction in this case. The longer
indictment itself starts off with a
lie, and one could drive a coach
and four through the whole docu-
ment"
Il don't intend to mince matters
with these gentlemen" he OK
claimed, turning to the Government
table where the prosecutor sat
busily making notations on his re
marks. They are trying to put
my clients in Jail and, should they
do 1t, they would consider it the
greatest thing in the history of the
Department Of Justice"
Mrs. Morse Weeps.
lockwood made a profound i'm
preston with his address. Mrs
Morse. wife of the chief defendent
wept openly as he proceeded. He
termed the trial a legal tragedy
He also gave interesting statistics
of the bulk of matter accumulated
through the protracted hearings
There have been collated 10000
pages of typed testimony, said
lockwood. while 100000 words
have been Transcribed, 1000 ex
hibits have been offered and IL;
individual pieces Of testimony have
been taken.
II don't ask the acquittal of my
clients through sympathy" he told
the intent jurymen, but because
they have been maliciously ma
ligned. They have been heinouslJ
charged with a foul crime and theil
names bruited throughout the
United States as those Of traitors
Rockwood's was the third power
full assault Of the defense upon the
prosecutions evidence in two days
Yesterday. following Wilson j. Lam
bert's peroration, William Leahy
another member of defense counsel
flayed the prosecution during tn,
afternoon session.
Assistant Attorney General ALI
son probably will take the floor thi,
afternoon for the Government. TIL,
prosecution will also have tomorrow
for it's closing remarks and the cas-,
should go to the jury late in tn,
afternoon.
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COTTON CONDITION
REPORTED LOWERED

The crop reporting board of the
Department of Agriculture estimated
today from the reports of its cor
respondents and field statisticians
that the condition of the cotton crop
on July rs was 67.2 per cent of nor
NAL.
This compares with 69.9 on June
25, 1928; 70.S on July Is, 1922, and
mast ten years.
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Inc paper Is yelIOWeQ, ana the
Ink with which at the age Of fifteen
Warren G. Harding wrote the de-
bate has faded, but the signature,
printed out and underlined as a sort
Of decoration, is still very legible,
as is the rest of the document.
The theater presenting tragedies
of milk and water, dramas OF blood,
blue-fire and slang, and operas of
the most irredeemable Stiffness" is
what the future President of the
United States scored in bitter terms.
Scheme for Lazy"
The theater is termed 1.-The money
making scheme for the lazy" while
actors, with few exceptions are la
belled as belonging to the Lowest
of society,"
The text of the document. dated
October Is, 1880, as written by
Harding, the boy, follows:
Debate: Affirmative by W. G.
Harding.
Question: Has the Stage Moral
Tendency?"
"Mr. President. Honorable Judges
respected audience.
''The question of morality and i'm
morality of the stage is one of the
most important that can engage US
When We reflect upon the universal
passion that has been exhibited to
US through this species of amuse
ment, when we further remember
that some of the noblest produc
tions of human intellect have beer
offered to the world through the
medium of the stage, and lastly
when we bear in mind that the
theater is one of the chief pleasures
of the youthful members of society
in all times and countries, we shall
see at once that we have q subject
worthy of debate.
1.-The earliest record of the stage
Is about the year 1119. Plays al
that time were of a religious char
acter.
That the theatre might be made
great and powerful moral teacher
I will not dispute. That it has
done good, will not deny, but that
the stage is a moral teacher a.
present, I will say is not so. What
do we see at the present theater;
Any answer would be tragedies o.
milk and water. comedies Of fash
ionable Righteousness, farces of in
sane absurdity. dramas OF blood
bluefire and slang, and operas o.
the most irredeemable' Stiffness
This Is the stage.
Scores the Promoters.
What OF the promoters? They ar,
not men Of talents. They do no
write the original. They are no
men Of thought and knowledge, bu
men of scissors and paste. VIII,
| are the actors? With a few excep
tions they are the lowest of society
You will find among then
adulterers, gamblers, thieves an,
drunkards. What moral can yo,
expect from them?
Now, who are the patrons o
the stage? They are the dandies
tops, idlers, drunkards, and tn
very lowest Of society. Where ar
your morals? My opponents vii
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
FARMERS FEED oO-cENT
WHEATTO THEIR HOGS

DETROIT, Aug. 1.-While one
thlrd OF the world is crying for
bread, farmers in some of the
southern sections of Michigan are
feeding wheat to livestock. The
market price Of 90 a bushel Is
planned. With shipped-in corn sell
ing for almost 81. farmers say they
cannot afford to sell wheat and
buy corn.
Almost no rye will be marketed.
ms grain, at the present price
or AZ cents a bushel, is the cheap
est Iced to be found for hogs and
nearly the entire crop will be dis
posed OF In this manner.
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MRS. ALICE T. PARKER

The funeral Of Mrs. Alice T,
Parker, twenty-nine years old, who
died in tuberculosis Hospital last
Monday, will be conducted from the
w. R. Speare undertaking establish
ment tomorrow. A requiem mass
will be celebrated in st. Patrick's
Church at 8 a. m. This will be fol
lowed by interment in Glenwood
Cemetery.
The death of Mrs. Parker, 1t is
said, resulted from exposure while
saving the life OF q fireman who
who stated that they were unable
home about two years ago. She
also carried her three children to
safety.
-Four children, Teresa, Mary, Vir-
GINA, and Catherine, and her hus.
band, Fred C. Parker, are survivors.
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1t Puts You in the Hole.

"A street car running south
on Seventh street stopped to let
a passenger off and the defend
ant drove a horse-drawn vehicle
past the car just as the front
doors opened. The passenger
had to throw his hand out and
shoe the horse away in order
to make room to stand in. I got
the driver about half way down
the block on M street
II didn't pass the car, your
honor, the car passed me. was
just turning into M street when
the car stopped. That's why the
hoss turned to one side"
Passing street cars at stop
points is more expensive pas
time than golf"
Passing street car, $40.
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Cumulative Evidence.


1T raced this man on Sixteenth
street out toward the reservoir
at fifty miles an hour. fol-
lowed him for over a mile. He
was doing it in a Lincoln touring
car"
"I may have exceeded the
speed limit slightly, your honor,
but 1 wasn't going any fifty
miles an hour. l was only going
thirty. l had to get lady out
to the golf club by IL o'clock,
and l hurried, but I was only
going thirty-fiVe. When we
reached the hill below the reser-
voir I put on a little more gas,
to take us up the incline, but
was only going forty miles an
hour"
1.-THE court is going to fine you
81 per mile, so you'd better stop
where you are now"
Speeding, $40.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SUPER
VISING ARCHITECTS OFFICE, Wash
inRton, d. c., July Is. 1923.--SEALED
PROPOSALS will be opened In this of
flee at p. M. August 20, 1928, for
new storage shed and repairs to present
shed, etc.rH+ the u. s. Central Heating,
Light and Power Plant, at Washington.
d. C.. Drawings and specifications may
be obtained at this office in the discre-
tion of the Supervising Architect. Jas
A. Wetmore. Acting Supervising Archt-
tect
July 80, 1923. Sealed proposals viii
be received at Room SOC District Build
ing, until o'clock, p. m. August Is.
1923, for furnishing Electric Lighting
Fixtures. For specifications and in
formation apply to Room S20 District
Building.
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SERGT, ALBERT p. RAMSEY.

Sergt. Albert P. Ramsey, an in
mate of the Soldiers Home, who
died last Monday, was buried In
the cemetery of that institution
with a military escort this morn
ing. He was a member of the
Presidents own Garrison and
Army and Navy Club. and had
been a regular in the Twenty-sixth
United States infantry.
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Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50 Obituary Desk

both Of Baltimore. Rev. H. Schroeder.
Carl F. Berguer, IS, and Mary L.
Harry 3. Brown. %. and Thelma c.
Ager 22. Rev. =. r. Wenchel.
Walter Follin, 50. and Nina Marg.
geroonda. "a. Rev. c. w. Locher
George P. Grimes. q. and Grace e.
williams. 1s. Rev. C. M. Compiler.
George l.. Miller, "a. and Abigail w.
Coakley. 80, Norwich, Mass Rev. T. A.
Murray D. Smith, 81, and Mary s.
bolt.
c, Clarence Cheney; e; 81. ap ID, s e d.
Stuart H. Gilmore. %, Mclean. va,
and Mary c. Graham, 26. Rev. g. H.
Thomas schofield, so, and Ida Jones.
%. Judge r. e. Mattingly.
James H. Reed 2s; and Lille Fran
Henry J. MiIks, a. and Susie Collins,
So. Rev. J. T. Scarborough.
Wilson H; George, 1s, and Mildred j.
Ettore F.. P. Di Nardo. 81, and Louise
verderame, %. Philadelphia Rev. J. T.
eess. L ~ %f Sora It '9 Mas. A'0 FHs
HiI.n D Ms smIth' GA a. 1 TSe New R.v
Clarence v. Cherry. SO. and Mrs.
Sadie Crockett. 4e. Newport News Va.
iP Stuart SSv' H Ia diIimere. az. Mclean,
Va, and Mary Carter Graham, 26. The
Re T.n, George H. Rs Talbot ss and Lille
FRANCES Ss%ss a. Madison Sso COUNTY. Va. The
Henry / WINS, q. ana Susie Col
Thomas Schofield, SO ana Ida Jones,
%. Judge r. e. Mattingly.
AE berry sa R: TSo r. Rcv and Tes%s
waiter FoIlin, so and Minna Marg-
George p. Grimes, ~, ana Grace q.
williams. Is. The Rev. C. M. Campler.
DEATHS.
Helen Rollman, 81 years, Gallinger
Mary e. Bresnahan. Sc years. 2Os 8
VIM. T. Reed, - years. 1904 W street
Lemuei c. oolladay, 7s years. 1854
Margaret E. Mather, 81 years, sss /
street northwest
George Stuaff, 81 years. sl2 Rhode
Island avenue northwest.
Albert P. Ramsey. 81 years, U. 8. 8. H.
Hospital.
Robert ", Rothstein. years. Elmer
gency Hospital.
street northeast.
Enoch Davis. months. Children's
Hospital.
Nellie Ball, 80 years, Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Luvenia Butler II years. 1880 N street
northwest.
Mary King. "a years, Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Anna L. shives. 10 years. Emergency
Hospital.
Frank B. Dixon. 90 years, 11o5 Eight
zenith street northwest.
Mary NJ. Butler. AZ years, Tubercuio-
sis Hospital.
Alfred Wingate. Al years, FreedmAn's
Hospital.
Eliza Wilson. SO years. GaliinEer Hos
pital.
Rebecca Brown, IS years. 2o6 Stephens
mad aoufhAna
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
BIRTHS.

Carmine and Margaret FamigIietti.
boy and girl (twins).
EIlior and Olga Kyminghan, girl.
jeremiah B. and Roxby A. Mcpherson,
SiFl. -.-...... -.
George e. and Mary r. Scott, girl.
Paul w. and Grace v. Tetee, girl.
Edward .. and Mary @. DUNCAN boy.
Leonard D. and Elizabeth c. Yates.
Albert C. and Florence r. Morgan,
girl. 800. ...-.--
Ross NJ. and Lula I. Lehman, boy
VIM. e. and Edna A. Schwarzma nm.
girl.
Ira w. and Ann L. Patterson, boy.
Israel and Ray OrloVe, girl.
VIM. E. and Anna r. Shives girl.
Norman T. and Anna M Kirk, girl.
Arnold W. and Ruth L. Zimmerman.
boy.
Arthur B. and Ruth Mccormick, boy.
John r. jr., and Edna Dorney, girl.
Henry H. and Mildred e. Holzbeirlien,
girl
Otis H. and Hazel Lawrence, girl.
Wilmer ]. and Nina L. Frank, girl.
J. Parker and Sarah Milburn, girl.
George E. and Olive Lee, boy.
Edward H. and Laura A. Hinson, girl
Louis and Ella Torreyson, girl.
Burrell and Nora ORborne, girl.
]. Maurice and Jul cite DAILY, girl.
Arthur II. and Anna Murray, girl.
Arthur L. and Elizabeth LAnsdale. girl.
Frederick and Edith Smith, girl.
George and Pearl Daily, girl
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
$780,.

A guarantee with every dia-
mond sold.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Charles J. Underwood. ~, and W.
Louise Coleman. 10. both Of Alexandra,
Va. Rev. T. e. Davis.
Charlie E. johnson, 81, and Alise c.
AGREE. 1S, both of Richmond. Va. Rev.
Harold Roberts. ~. and Lille n.
David. ~. Rev. Simon p. Drew.
James W. Barnes, FL, and Grace Page,
Is. Rev. II. W. Colston.
Irwin Hill, a., and Louise Straw. IS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
The Wise Mans Burden.

THO WISe MhnS buEu6H'
This man came up New Jer.
sey avenue, your honor, and
turned left into o street without
giving any signal"
II always look behind me be-
fore turning, your honor, but I
don't always signal If there's no
one near. But the traffic regula-
lions order us to signal whether
we see any one or not. admit
that / was wrong"
Your statement Of the case
shows you are an intelligent man.
and accordingly should have
known better. So the court will
have to impose fairly heavy
fine"
Turning without signal, $40.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

3-carat blue-white solitaire dia-
mond ring, mans gypsy mount
ing; party must sacrifice.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a Skeleton Record of
Cases Tried in Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
Read 'Enl and Worry
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
Occoquan for His.

IT plead guilty, your honor"
This is his second offense OF
speeding, your honor. He was in
here last January for the same
offense.'
1.-THE corporation counsel has
recommended a fine of $50, in
view of all the circumstances. The
court approves"
May I have until next Monday
to get the money!"
You have been treated very
leniently as it is. You have time
to phone to your friends before
the wagon leaves, if you hurry"
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
S275.

1-carat blue-white solitaire iia-
mond ring, perfect cut; handsome
lady's mounting.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
$500.

$500 platinum diamond neck
lace, all blue-white diamonds.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
Exceptional
Diamond Bargains

We are selling the diamonds
listed below for parties who are
in need of immediate cash. We
would advise you to take adj
vantage of this exceptional OPP
portunity to buy q diamond far
below the wholesale price.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
How Big Ia a Drink?

II had only had two little
drinks before I started for home
last night. your honor, and the
officer got me before had gone
three blocks
TITS the little things that
count. $75."
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

3-stone ladys diamond ring,
very fine large and fiery dia-
monds; extraordinary handsome
platinum mounting; cost orig
inally $3.50.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01
$3.50.

$3.50 blue-white solitaire dia-
mond ring, perfect; extraordi-
narily fine and brilliant; beauti-
full mounting.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

Clothing For Sale
COAT 0adies, clothJ-Practically new.
92e New York Ave. ~. w.
DIAMONDS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

Experienced help supplied free, all de
partments. NJ. 2669-W. 1891 eth 81
N. w. Phillips Exchange.
The Washington times., 1923-08-01

HOTELS need ambitious women. Nation.
wide demand In all departmenta
hotels. clubs, apartment houses; UNI
crowded field; fine living; quick ad.
vancement; our methods Endorsed; our
etudents employed everywhere. Call
for particulars. LEWIS HOTEL,
BOYD SHORTHAND IN 80 days: easiest.
rapid. Boyd School. 1898 @. II. 1910.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

company at Orizaha, Vera Cruz.
Mexico, was stabbed to death yes
terday by radical workmen on the
streets of the town.
Messages say police, state officers
and the military are hunting the as
sassins. Several crimes during the
past few weeks were committed by
the radicals, the correspondents al
Legged
Evening star., 1923-07-31
UNDER FIRE
OF NORTHERN SHIPS
tTroop Transports Wait Out
side Harbor for South China
City to Fall.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Annoy, China, July 30.-Soldiers of
Chang Use Ping, the ally of Sun
Vat Sen, still held this city today.
despite desultory firing throughout
last night by ,gunboats from the
Peking government. which steamed
into the harbor yesterday afternoon.
Casualties were few, but all COM
munication between the international
settlement and the business section
of Annoy had been stopped today and
foreign business men were not al
lowed on foreign concessions. The
British consul, attempting to reach
ship flying the British flag, was
fired on by soldiers from the water
front He sent a request TO Hong
kong for British gunboats.
Two more Chinese gunboats rein
forced the two that arrived yester-
day and the two transports bearing
1000 northern troops were reported
outside the harhor.
The soldiers in Annoy are expected
TO start looting. since Chang Use
Ping himself has fled to Shanghai.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

A handsome baby grand
piano! The grand piano is the
ideal instrument of every
woman's heart. Every musi-
clan knows the wonderful tone
effects to be secured with a,
grand piaro-it supplies added
inspiration to the student as
we'll as to the seasoned musician.
And then, the grand piano adds
such an atmosphere Of culture
to the room.
Evening star., 1923-07-31
AMERICAN MURDERED.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Ell PASO. Tex, July 31.-Mexican
for newspapers pub
lished in Ell Paso telegraphed that
NJ. Marion, an American. WHO man
aged the electric light and power
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08
BACK TO THE sPoILs SYSTEM.

The lower house of the legislature has voted
to abolish the civil service commission. This
means that, if the upper house of the legisla-
ture concurs and the Governor can be wheedled
into signing such bill, the state is to return
to the old "spoils system" of filling public
offices.
Of course, if you are interested only in build
ing up the political prestige of few men now
in power, such a law is greatly to be desired.
If you want every official position in the state
to become the football of political changes in
government, it is an excellent thing to get rid
of the civil service board.
Wisconsin has Jared pretty well under civil
service. Most of its clerical work has been
done by men who felt sufficiently secure in the
holding of their positions to make it unneces-
sary for them to make their work conform
with the suggestions of few politicians.
The hundreds of jobs in the state now filled
under the civil service board would make a
tasty morsel to the politicians. With the use
of these jobs, it would become much easier to
build up and maintain political machine
which would keep these politicians in office in
definitely
There is, however, another side of the pic
ture. Politicians do not always pick men for
offices who are qualified to hold them. There is
scarcely county in Wisconsin but knows of
how efficiency in office has been sacrificed to
political friendship and political policies.
1t is a well-known fact that the man who is
the best politician is often the poorest SER
want of the people. He depends upon his pollt-
ical pull rather than on his private push to get
and hold an office.
The business Of the state is too large a bust
ness to turn over to politicians. Political con-
troll of the offices Of the state would\mean a
very serious handicap to good business meth
DDS in the state. The great majority of the
people who gave this mandate to the admin
istration now in power at Madison never even
suspected that it would make an attack on civil
service In fact, most of the people who vote
for these fellows never thought that they
would seek to destroy the efficiency of the
state in any way
Civil service must be saved to Wisconsin.
and the State Senate is expected to save it.
With radicalism running rampant over
everything in the assembly, it can be expected
to pass almost any bill which happens to be a
little more radical than the one proposed be-
fore it. The State Senate must be the sober
second thought for Wisconsin, and one of the
first places that this sober second thought
must be brought into action is to save the
state from a return to the spoils system and
the placing of the business of the state wholly
in the hands of bunch of men who have no
idea of service other than the idea of advanc-
ing their own political aims and those Of their
faction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08
sBOOTLEGGING IMMIGRANTS. .

"Bootlegging Of immigrants" under the Sea-
mems Act has grown to such proportions that
the government has instituted an extensive
survey of American industrial centers to de-
ternine how many aliens have been struggled
to American shores under the guise of sailors.
Already warrants ordering 1913 deportations
have been issued, and many more are to fol-
low.
The existing seamen's laws, Secretary of
Labor Davis says, permit sailors from vessels
of foreign registry to leave their ships upon
entering American ports for period of sixty
days before reshipping Ship owners and labor
agents, the secretary continues, have exploit
ed the privilege, and as many as hundred sea-
men from single ship have been known to
take up permanent residence in this country.
Unless decisive action is taken by the gov
eminent to curb the human bootIegging
traffic, the next few years will see an influx of
most undesirable class of immigrant into
this country. If the existing laws allow loop
holes whereby the alien can enter unchal-
lenged, then the laws should be so amended as
to permanently stamp out this evil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08

was set as "first paper day., upon
which all foreign employees who had
not yet declared their intentions of be-
coming American citizens would do So
Arrangements were made to receive the
applicants at the courthouse in Wauke-
gan, H., and Kenosha, Racine and
Milwaukee, Wis, and the day was made
gala occasion. As a result of this,
the number Of employees among the
trackmen who were not citizens drop
ped from 90 percent to 81 percent.
the educational work provided such
a success that it is being continued.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08
RADIO.

The will of the late Augustus D.
Juilliard leaves 10 million dollars to
the Juilliard Musical Foundation. 1t
will be put in the bank and the inter
est used to educate young Americans
with musical talent but without money
to develop their ability.
The future of broadcasted radio
concerts will be taken care of, in a
similar way. Radio will be endowed,
legacies used to furnish the finest of
music free to the public. Some mil
lionaire probably has thought of the
idea already and changed his will ac-
cordingly Why not do it now in
stead of waiting for his death?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08
A PEACE-TIME HERO.

All heroes are not made on the field of battle.
The man who worked tirelessy hefoically,
self-sacrifcingly in losing fight to save en-
tonbed miners, and then died of exposure and
physical collapse, is the sort of peace-time
hero who deserves the admiration of those
who survive him. No better epitaph can any
man hope to have than the words which the
secretary of the Argonaut company offers in
memory of George Shapley Downing:
Despite his huge stature, Downing broke
under the intense labor he performed From
the heat of the 4,000-foot levels to the cold
night air of the surface he directed his men,
and his unselish attitude in never asking a
man to do what he himself would not do, cou-
pied with his innate modesty earned for him
the name of the hero of the Argonaut' He
broke down only after the last body had been
brought up"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08
BEER.

Nine-tenths of the alcohol drunk by
the thirsty before prohibition was in
beer, according to Commander Evsnge-
line Booth.
The return of "real" beer, accord
ingly, would undo 90 percent of pro-
hibition. That's something that has
occurred to few of the liberals"
However, ing Alcohol was put out of
business on account of the other 10
percent, which went into frewater.
Minority rule. Abuse of whisky by a
few brought prohibition to the mil
lions contended with mild drink.