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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
INVESTIGATOR
ACCUSED Of
LIBEL
Detective O'Dea Charges
A. M. Murray With Writ
ing SIanderous Letter
ROY Q. MULKEY,

Archie M. Murray, a special In
vestigator, with offices at 800 First
street southeast, was arraigned in
Police Court yesterday before Judge
Mcmahon charged with libel.
The complaining witness is Head.
quarters Detective Lawrence O'Dea,
who charges that the libelous mat
ter was found in a letter sent by
Murray and received by Commits.
sioner Oyster.
This letter, said to have been
signed by Murray, is said to have
been the outcome of an interview
which Murray had with a man
named jacobson, who was locked
UP at the District Jail.
O'Dea denies the charge and de.
clares that Murray has it in for
him" because of business reasons
He says that Murray charged him
with influencing persons seeking
the services of a special investiga.
tor to the extent that their work
was given to O'Dea.
When Murray was arraigned in
Police Court he was renre
sented by Attorney Harry Whalen
through whom he agreed with AS
sistant District Attorney Ralph
Given to a continuance Of the case
until January Is. The original u
the letter, said to have been re
ceived by Commissioner Oyster
will be sought by the assistant dis.
trtct attorneys. office. Murray re-
NAMED out on $500 bond pendipp
the preliminary examination,
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tity Of international obligations and
for the prompt payment Of internH.
tional debts.
Congress, however, tnok q more
leisurely view of the matter and
demanded time to think It over. ii
could not quite see It's way 20 pay.
ing $1S,511.13 all at once.
It decided to play for a mora
forum. It refused to pass an ap
preparation and established a mora
forum.
This moratorium on the American
debt to France continued for nine
teen years.
At the end Of that nineteen years,
on happy day last spring. Speaker
Gillett or some other member OF the
House Of Representatives is re-
ported to have rushed in q motor.
car to the French Embassy here
and to have explained to Ambass.
ador Jusserand or to some other
French Embassy official:
AT last, Monsieur, an appropria.
ton for paying the Crignier debt Of
the United States to France has
been passed by the House Of Repre-
sentatives In the Urgent Deficiency
Bill"
Pensive Embassy Reply.
Somebody in the French EN-.
bassy Is reported to have replied
pensively:
III It took the United States nine.
teen years to pay S13.511.13, how
long will it take France to pay
$S,917,S25, 974.S4?"
The House Of Representatives, in
any case, however, had done its
duty. The summer rolled by. The
winter came. The Senate met and
did It's duty too. It too agreed ia
pay Madame Cr1gnier and the
French government the debt go
long owed to them, and on Decem.
Der President Coolidge agreed also
and affixed his Presidential sigma.
ture to the fateful decision.
Since then the State Department
has been preparing to carry out the
will Of Congress. Today the prep.
arations are virtually complete. II
had been suggested that possibly
the payment might ne made direct.
ly- into the hands of Ambassador
Jusserand in recognition Of the
80 steadfastly and undiscourageably
sought to get 1t on behalf Of the
Crignier family and his govern
ment.
Seems Technically Correct.
1t today seemed more technically
correct, however, TO instruct our
ambassador at Paris to convey O
check or draft for the debt directly
to the French government itself
This fellcitous outcome Of the at
fair will then be announced to Am
bassador Jusserand TO cheer him al
he departs to the bosom of his
country with one or the longest
and most difficult feats Of inter
national debt collection on record
triumphantly accomplished.
It is noted. however. tina. or
two points our Congressional di
plomacy Gas distinguished from oul
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
IGNORA NCE D F
AUTO|STS TRES
BLUECOAT
Traffic Officer MuIkey Would
Make Pedestrians Watch
Their Step Also

1.-THE block system with electric
towers should be installed here"
Roy @. Mulkey, the self.styled
hardest cop" in the city, declared
today at his post at Fourteenth
and Pennsylvania avenue.
'All Of the traffic ills, including
the left hand turn and pedestrian
trouble could be easily handled If
this system were put into effect in
the busy downtown section" Mulkey
stated.
II do not think that the left.
hand turn can ever be eliminated
at this post because of the amount
of official business south of the
Avenue on Fourteenth street, but
1t certainly would help If eliminated
from the other corners"
Pedestrians should be made to
move with the flow of the traffic.
The streets of Washington are
admirable for heavy traffic, more
so 1 think than any other city.
There wilderness should not interfere
with pedestrians crossing the street
IL they watched the signals. We
would have time to take care Of
the slow walker ar b give him
time to get across where the street
is wide. A man on each one Of
the corners in the downtown Sec
lions with orders to arrest the
pedestrians who do not obey the
signals and a court which would
back the arrests would not take
long to educate the public and
speed up traffic"
During the interview Mulkey
urged more consideration for the
traffic cop. Admitting that he Is
probably the. hardest cop in the
city" he said that to stand there
eight hours in the day and see
the way some motorists either
through ignorance or otherwise
cause delays in the work. Is enough
to make anyone. mad"
Speeding up Of the traffic at
intersections would help also
Mulkey said. The rate is now
twelve miles an hour and when a
man has to stop at the intersec-
tons on a wide street start up
again and get across it is to slow,
he added.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
OCEAN GROVE CLERIC
TO TAKE PASToRATE HERE

The Reverend George Shaw
johnson, pastor Of the st. Paul
Methodist Episcopal Church in
Ocean Grove, N. j., will take over
this week the pastorate here OF the
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church, John Marshall
Place and G streets northwest.
He will succeed the Reverend
Harry d. Mitchell who has &C.
cepted g call to the pastorate
Doctor johnson is vacating. The
transfer OF the two ministers will
be permanent.
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Today the American debt to
France is just about to be paid,
and Ambassador Jusserand will
presently get little letter notifying
him that the payment has finally
been accomplished.
For years Ambassador Jusserand
has labored to get this debt paid.
For years he has implored the State
Department to persuade Congress
to pay it. At last today the final
steps toward paying are in process
Of taking place.
Within a few days now the
American Ambassador at Paris will
be instructed to draw a check or
make a draft against the State
Department at Washington and to
present the check or draft to the
Government of the French Republic
in full payment for the debt which
the United States has owed to the
French Republic since at least the
year 1905.
Paying for Paul Jones.
This debt Is in the sum Of
$13,611.13.
Ever since at least the year 1905
the French Government has been
trying to collect it from the Ameri-
can Government.
In that year our Ambassador at
Paris dug up the body of John
Psul Jones.
That is how this debt started.
Our Ambassador, General Horace
Porter, wanted the body Of John
Paul Jones to ship to Annapolis.
Maryland, to be re-buried and
honored there III testimony to his
great naval services to this coun.
try when he made life miserable
FOR so many British men.of.war on
the high seas during our Revolu-
tlonary War against Great Britain
Wanting the body of John Paul
Jones, Admiral Porter dug for It
in Paris and at last found it under
house.
The house was owned by n
family of the name of Crignier.
Admiral Ruined House.
Admiral Porter rendered the
house unavailable for further use
through his excavations in search
of the mortal remains Of our
naval hero.
Monsieur Crignier thereupon
pIcGoIlIou u JuSLILleu anu SQmlLLeQ
claim for the value of the house.
The French Ambassador at Wash.
lngton presented the claim here on
behalf Of Monsieur Crignier.
Monsieur Crignier felt that the
debt should be recognized In O
frank and manly manner, and be
paid promptly in order that the
governmental credit of the United
States should be maintained in the
world and in order that the sanctity
Of international obligations should
be preserved.
Monsieur Crignier was very strong
on these points until they wore him
out and he died.
Widow Takes Up Task.
His widow took up tire task at
the point where he was obliged 10
abandon 4.
She, t0ts was strong Tor the sanO-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
F { AIRS ALLIES
WILL WRECK
DAWESPLAN
Streseman Says Continued
Occupation Of Cologne Will
End German Cancellation

BERLIN, Dec. 30.--Failure of the
Dawes plan for the rehabilitation of
Germany was predicted today by for.
eign Minister Gustave Streseman un.
less the allies withdraw their troopa
from Cologne. The minister mada
the statement to foreign newspaper
correspondents.
IF the allies remain in the Cologne
zone without endeavoring to com.
promise, or find possible solution
for later simultaneous evacuation OF
the Rhur and Cologne, then it will
mean complete bankruptcy of the
conciliatory policy which led to the
acceptance Of the Dawes plan" he
said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
PACIF|SM HI
BY SENATOR
WILLIS
Tells Military Order Of Foreign
Wars Students Are Pledged
Against Bearing Arms

In one Of the leading colleges
in this country, the male students
have subscribed to an oath never
to take up arms in defense OF their
country, no matter under what cir.
cumstances it may be forced into
war.
This was the declaration made
last night by Senator F. B. Willis
the Columbia Commandery Of the
Military Order of Foreign Wars at
the Army and Navy Club.
He also said that in one OF the
leading cities OF this country school
teachers were found teaching the
young students pacifism and anti
Americanisn. Senator Willis told
the commandery that they should
band together and fight the work
Of the pacifists, especially among
the younger children Of the
schools.
Major General Hugh A. Drum
assistant chief of staff of the
army, told the officers that the
National Defense Act was the great
est instrument ever executed as a de.
Tense measure by this country
The National Defepse Act provided
for the training of reserve officers
once every three years. Instead
Of giving each reserve officer in.
dividual training once every three
years, said General Drum, Congress
has so cut the appropriations for
the army that a reserve officer
receives training only once in every
six years. General Drum made q
plea for support of the National
Defense Act, and especially the
national guard and organized
Major General Anton Stephan,
commanding the Twenty.ninth Div,
ision, national guard, and the
District of Columbia national
guard, was elected commander OF
the commandery. Lieutenant Com
mander John Balch Blood, was
elected national vice commander
and Commander Edward Brock
vice commander. The Reverend
Doctor s. S. Small, father of Robert
T. Small, local newspaperman, was
elected chaplain. Colonel Joe M
was elected surgeon; Major r. P
PARROT, judge advocate; Captain
Edwin s. Bethlehem, jr., secre
tary; Major Albert H. Dondero
treasurer, and Major Emil Walter
registrar.
The following members were or
the nominating committees: Majors
R. P. PARROT and G. J. Newgarden
and Captain Edwin, S. Bethel
helm, jr.
The new standard Of colors TO-
the commandery were presented tc
the meeting last night by Colonel
Heller. The committee in charge
Of the dinner last night consisted
Of the following officers: Major
Albert II. Dondero and Captains
Sam S. Sewall, chairman, and
Edwin s. Bethlehem, jr.
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State Department diplomacy, has
scored heavily over Monsieur Jus-
serand.
The first point is the nineteen
year moratorium already mentioned.
Tho second point is that when
Congress finally paid this debt 4
paid 1t without interest.
The value of the damage done to
the Crignier house nineteen years
ago was $l3,511.13. Congress- paid
$13,5l1.lS-ino more.
A moratorium ard no interest;
that is II Congressional ideal which
1t is thought here that the French
government Will have to work hard
to achieve in Wits settlemen Of is
debt TO us. i
Copyright Current News Foaturos.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
"AIR TRAP" FOR PLANES
BLAMED IN THREE FALLS

CRoTON, N. Y, Dec. S0.-Re.
calling that two other airplanes
had fallen in separate accidents In
Croton a short way from where
Sergeant Samuel H. Turner, United
States Army, fell 1000 feet recent.
ly, Judge Anderson and other resi-.
dents expressed the opinion that
Croton has an lair trap"
Like Turner, the other aviators
escaped with only minor injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
GREAT BRITAIN UPHoLDs
j COLOGNE OCCUPATION

LONDON, Dec. 30.-Great Britain
has tentatively approved the de.
cision of the Ambassadors Council
not to evacuate Cologne January &c.
The foreign office said today It
had placed reserved approval on
the councils note to Germany en-
AOuncing that decision. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
HEADLESS BODY
IDENTIFIED AS
AMERICAN S
San Francisco Business Man
Taking Rest Cure in Paris
Vanished Dec. IS
BY international News Service.

PARIS. Dec. s0.--Adrien Esniol.
San Francisco business man. who
disappeared December Is from Paris.
where he was taking a rest cure,
may have been the unfortunate
whose body was found December 10
under railroad bridge on the hank
Of a canal. police believed today.
The headless body was wrapped
in a San Francisco newspaper,
Echo De FOuest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30

secretion after the young are born.
Doctor Sure's work indicates that.
in so far as the vitamin requirements
Of mammals are concerned, Vitamln
K Is probably the most potent one,
since as little as y OF a milligran,
or 1-4S0.O0 Of a pound per rat per
day Is sufficient for fertility.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
JuSSerand Gets Debt
Paid by America
By WILLIAM HARD.

The wheels of government creaked happily here today
toward producing little present for Ambassador Jusserand
en- the eve of his departure back home to France.
Ambassador usserand has talked bit Of the French debt
to the United States
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
Steals Woman's Shoes

GLASGOW, Dec. 3O.--Alexander
Munro was fined $26 for stealing
a womants shoes while she was
asleep in railroad station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
ADVERTISEMENT

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
All Chicago Labor
Rallies to Support
Of Garment Strike

CONTINUED from Page One)
declared that float showing how I'M
fair Sullivan and Foell were to orga-
nized labor would be more good than
anything else.
Tells OF N. Y. Strike
Betty Hawley, vice-president Of the
New York Federation of Labor, and
prominent member Of the Buffalo Gen.
trail labor council. described to the
Federation the bitter strike Of the
New York garment workers. She told
how they were brutality beaten and
herded off to Jail. where 1t was made
difficult to get them out on bail.
No mention was made at the last
meeting of the Committee of Is" of
the much talked of mass meeting
which was planned to give Sam Com
pers a chance to show he was be-
hind the striking garment workers.
Nothing further can be learned about
getting the scabs who are related to
union men out of the shops. In the
meantime, according to union officials,
a large percentage of the scabs in
this strike are wives, sisters, mothers
or daughters OF union men connected
with the Chicago Federation of Labor
and nothing is being done to expose
them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
FEDERATION HITS
MUSCLE SHOALS
BOUNTY TO FORD
Says Grating Reigns In
Government.

Two resolutions against the letting
Of government contracts to private
corporations which thereby reap huge
profits were passed by the Chicago
Federation of Labor at its meeting
yesterday. The federation unani-
mously passed resolution demand
ing that Muscle Shoals be retained
and exploited by the government. The
resolution condemned the turning
over of this vast power resource to
Henry Ford or any other private in
dividual, or corporation.
The meeting went on record in
favor of the Norris-McKellar bill now
before Congress-, which describes
Muscle Shoals as being capable of
unlimited development of hydro-elec-
trio power.
Oppose Private Munition Plant.
The other resolution which was
unanimously passed, was presented
by the International Association Of
Machinists. The machinists' resolu-
ton showed that the Rock Island
arsenal and in fact every arsenal and
navy yard in the country, is now ly-
ing practically idle, while the mot
ors, munitions, aeroplanes and en-
gines needed by the government are
being constructed by private corpor-
ations. The union machinists all
over the country have been thrown
out of work. Those living near the
arsenals and navy yards have been
thrown out Of work.
In addition, the government is
throwing away millions of dollars of
the peoples money, for, the resolu-
ton points out, the government in
it's own plants can make the sup
plies much cheaper than can be con-
tracted for.
Raps Government Of Graftsrs.
Graft in the present administration
has not stopped in spite Of the Tea
pot Dome investigation, the Fedora
tons resolution added. Ships, it de-
clares, are now being contracted for
in private yards, which could be more
cheaply constructed in the govern
ment's own shlpyards. At the pres
ent time parts of aeroplane engines
are being bought from private firms
all over the United States and as
sernbled on the field, while the aero
plane manufacturing machinery of
the government is literally rusting
away.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
LIVELY WORKERS
PARTY BRANCHES
AT WORCESTER
Firms, Swedes, English,
Lithuanians, Active.

WORCESTER, Mass, April 90
The Finnish Branch of the Workers
Party held a we'll attented opening
mass meeting Of two months drive for
membership and subscriptions for
Party papers Sunday, the new hall
being crowded.
II. Puro spoke about one hour, ex-
planning the program and aims OF the
Workers Party and emphasizing that
the Communist movement is only one
that leads workers to emancipa,
ton. All those present, that are not
yet members Of the Workers Party,
were urged to join. The speaker al
so asked Party members to get busy
and bring in new members and take
subscriptions to Party papers.
A good musical and athletic pro-
gram was given. The meeting was
very successful. Thirty new mem
bers Joined the Workers Party and
many subscriptions were taken to
Etaenpain and DAILY WORKER.
The membership of the Finnish
branch here is now over 200 and
many more are coming.
The first open air meeting at the
City Hall was held by the English
Branch Sunday, April 10. Comrade
Sidney Broomfleld spoke. Much
literature was sold and some leaflets
distributed. The meeting was very
successful
Every line of Party activities
show improvement. Representatives
OF the Lithuanian Branch at the City
Central Committee say that about IL
youngsters are ready TO join the
Young Workers League.
The Swedish Branch is getting new
members continually.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
PLATOON SYSTEM
IS CONDEMNED BY
CHICAGO LABOR
Wears Out Children,
Says Resolution

A resolution condemning the pla-
toon school system on advice OF the
best educational authorities, which
has been sent by the Illinois Fedora
ton of Labor to all City Federations
thruout the state, was favorably re-
ceived yesterday by the Chicago Fede.
ration of Labor.
Letters attached to the communica-
ton sent out by Victor Olander, secre-
tary Of the Illinois Federatio n of
Labor, declared the platoon school
system, which the big industrial inter
est are trying to saddle on the people,
to be deficiency run Wild"
"There were many defects in our
school system before the platoon
system, but the system does not do
away with these defects, II emphasizes
them" declares DIR. John Hall Of De
troit. 1.-THE platoon system increases
the strain on the children and on the
teachers. No periods of play or re-
Taxation are provided for"
School Machine System
1.-THE platoon system is an effort to
install the machine system in our
schools. Where II is in use many
complaints of its evil effects on the
children are heard" states the reso
luton adopted by the Federation. "Te
observe the children being herded
from room to room under this system
is like watching the train Of unfnish
ed autos in one OF Henry Fords Fac
tories. Everything is mechanical. The
spiritual and moral welfare OF the
child are disregarded. Children who
have studied under the platoon system
are made hard and less responsive
They are dulled and worn out nervous
ly, and have no intellectual curiousi
ty.s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
3,50O,OO0 German
School Children In
Want of Food

More than 100000 of Germany's
100000 school children are in des-
perate need Of food, according to in
formation in the hands OF the F. S. r.
Diseases which were rare in Germany
before 1914, are now common among
the school children, due to the lack
of milk and green vegetables.
Children are suffering from many
skin troubles, due to the lack OF
nourishment and great many are
afflicted with vermin, the latter con-
dition being caused by inability to
battle and lack Of proper changes
OF underclothing. Most Of the pub
lie baths in Berlin have been closed,
as the public baths are used by the
workers and the wealthy. Germans
don't care il the workers and their
children go unwashed. tuberculosis
is increasing in Germany, particularly
among the younger children.
ONLY THE WORKERS OF 9TH
Err COUNTRIES CAN HELP THE
CHILDREN OF GEAsiANY's WORK
ERS. The Friends OF Soviet Russia
and Workers Germany, 80 S. Wabash
Ave-, Chicago. is the American
Branch OF the International Workers
Aid, which is furnishing the relief.