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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
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THREAT
Miss Mary Larkin, Who Runs
/ Manassas Paper, Is Warn
ed by Note.
RY JOsEPHINE TIGHE.

washington Times Staff Correspondent.
MANASSAS, Va, Jan. 26.-
The Manassas Journal, published
At Manassas, county seat Of Prince
Williams, is edited by a Washing
ton woman, Mary Larkin, of 1921
Corcoran street. It is a weekly
paper, circulating not only in
Prince William, but in Loudoun,
1.-THE adjoining county, and at
Washington, D. c., among the
natives Of Prince William.
Arson Threat Made.
That the Very Independent and
Adulterated Order Of Moonshiners
and Bootleggers Of Virginia has no
moro chivalry with regard to
wumanhood than it has for laws.
Communities. property and life is
best evidenced by the fact that
Miss LArlxin's publishing plant has
been marked for arson. The post
card on which the threat is written
10 now In the hands of Federal
postal authorities at Washington.
@s are numberless other threaten.
ing letters and cards received by
law-abiding citizens of Prince vii.
liam. 'Fauquier and Loudoun.
Ih0 postcard sent to the Ma.
nessaS journal was postmarked
the Plains, Va.," The Plains be.
ing but eight miles from Middle
burg. where several Of the numer.
GUS threats Of the desperadoes have
been carried into effect. Miss
Barkin's missive reads as follows:
Text Of Note.
stop printing that stuff Novels
writ or you will B burnt out.
Novels and that dam precher at
Middlebug and that one at Sudley
are bring that Lambert and vii.
Hams in this county. This three
arc mark for death"
The Sudley minister referred to is
the Rev. Mr.. Beard, whose name, as
consigner, was printed on the out
side Of the box OF poisoned candy,
mailed to the Rev. Mr.. Marsh, at
Mlodleburg. Novels" is intended
Tor "Knevels," president Of Prince
williams LawsEnforcement League.
When moonShine and bootleg coudi.
tions In that county became unbear-
able and, apparently, beyond the
control Of local and commonwealth
OFFICIALS, the citizens met and form
% q law enforcement league.
u was patterned after the Law
enforcement League Of Loudoun
ana Mr.. Marsh, president of the
Loudoun league assisted In the or
eani2ation OF the Prince William
one. This was In October, 1928,
ana almost before Mr.. Knevel's
committees began to function the
members OF the league and many
o. It's sympathizers were lombard
Cd with poorly written. threatening
/, CONTINUED on Psge .. Column o..
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G. O. P. Bargained for
Fall in 20, Charge

By WILLIAM, HARD.

There was new explosion Of politics in the naval oil
inquiry today when the fact disclosed that
numerous Democrats wish Attorney General Daugery
summoned testify regarding alleged arrangements made
during the last Republican convention for the appointment
of Mr. Fall the position of Secretary of the Interior.
These arrangements denied the hand and cir
cumstantay asserted the other and the bitter dispute
about them is headed for airing before the Senate Public
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
60 INJURED WHEN WIND
MAKES TRoLLEYS CRASH

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.--Sixty per.
sons were injured. ten seriously,
when two trolley cars collided today
az Columbia and Woodhall streets,
Brooklyn. A strong wind from the
river blew q one-man car from it's
tracks and 1t coasted into a larger
car.
Fifty or the injured were cut by
broken glass thrown in all directions
by the shock OF the collision. Ten.
bruised and cut. were taken 70 hos
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STARS
FATHER IS
SLAIN
nx International News eervice.

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-On the
theory that a murder had been
committed, the police and coroner's
office started an investigation into
the death today OF Henry Harris,
father Of Mildred Harris, motion
picture star ana divorced wife Of
Charles Chaplin.
Harris died In q South Shore Hos.
pital, after q fight last night with q
taxicAb driver.
with Harris at tho time was
Carl A. Nyden. jr.. Of the real ebtatc
firm with which Harris was con.
nected. Nyden told doctors at the
hospital that the chauffeur Of a
taxicab had beaten Harris In an
argument after the taxicab ran into
Nyden's car.
: Tia dtivsx SOcaReds -.,...i
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Employed by Burns Agency to
Get Cars Out Of City,
Ten Arrested.

Marine corps officials this
afternoon are I king steps to.
effect the release II ten marines,
under arrest In the central police
staten, Baltimore. in connection
with the seizure at Upper MARI
boro, Nd, last night, Of eight
cabs Of the Pennant Taxicabi
Company, this city.
These Marines. temporarily
employed as operatives Of the
William J. Burns International
Detective Agency, hired the cabs
last night and were driven to
Marlboro, where the cars were
seized by representatives Of the
detective agency. who claimed
they were acting as agents Of q
finance company, and that the
cars had not been paid for.
Got OrdOrs Mixed.
Eight other marines employed for
the same purpose were either un.
able to hire Pennant cabs last
night or mixed up their instxuc.
lions by taking cabs Of other com.
panies to Marlboro.
The ten arrested were taken into
custody by Maryland state police
early today ct Glenn Burne. Ma.
They were In the cars and were
said to be headed for New York.
Charges OF disorderly conduct have
been lodged against them. An
eleventh man, Leslie Eister, chauf.
feur for the cab company. II also
under arrest.
Held IN Baltimore.
Tho men and the cabs arc bainR
held In Baltimore pending an in
vestigation by the State police.
Representatives of the local com.
pany were in Baltimore today to
recover the automobiles.
The marines arrested follow:
Leslie Eister, twenty-seven years
old, chauffeur for taxicab company.
Grover Chairman, twenty-nine
years old. 2112 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
William M. Cosgrove, twenty-eight
years old. 1140 Connecticut avenue
northwest. ~
Bernard H. Hall, twenty.three
years old, 1854 G street southeast.
Lee Munzer, twenty-five years old,
2715 Fourteenth street northwest.
John Szentpetery, twenty three
years old. 1904 Holmead place north.
west.
Lester Luer, twenty-seven years
old S026 Georgia avenue northwest.
Carl Dunn, twenty-seven years
old, 613 MARYLAND avenue southeast.
Thomas r. Carley, twenty.two
years old, Cherrydale, Va,
Russell Fistar, twenty years old.
1909 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Eisal Davey, thirty years Old.
1921 Columbia road northwest.
The other marines employed for
the same purpose but who were
not arrested, follow:
Blair Montgomery. POST H street
northwest.
Thomas L. Miller. 1882 Harvard
street northwest.
Douglas Catchin, S428 Brown
street northwest.
Arthur @. Hamilton. Hyattsville.
Md.
Daniel W. Thompson. Rlveraale.
Md.
william A. Palmer. IS I street
northwest.
northwest.
Clarence Kalstrom. 2o1 Thirteenth
street northeast. I
Probe Launched HeEo.
An investigation into the affair
was launched at marine headuuar.
tiers here where the men were sta
Continued On Psss = Column q
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POLITICAL
FIGHT ON
SCANDAL
LOOMS
Democrats Backing Senator IN
His Demand TOR lnnne-
z, dIat6 Acticn.

- 1DUCEM80A0MM1 s&NSNSUF 6SkNANos n NJ.
Teapot Dome, with, all its ugly
aspects, was definitely thrust to-
day into the approaching pOliti-
cal campaign.
With the Democrats planning
to make It one Of their chief
issues and the White House In
dicating that criminal action Is
to follow the leasing Of the great
naval oil reserves by ex-Secre-
tary Of the Interior Fall, Senator
Hiram johnson (Rep.) Of Cali
forniA, the only avowed candi-
date against President Coolidge,
came forth today with . demand
that the leases be- cancelled inn
mediately.
win Dwell on Question.
johnson indicated he would deal
extensively with Teapot Dome In
his coming speeches.
'0f course" said the California
Senator. ''thero Is only one thing
that ought to be done. ana it
should Be done without the slight
est demur or delay ana that u td
cancel the lease. =
'This IL no time for technical
legal disquisitions. The circum-
stances for . long time have re-
CURED and recent develcpmeuts
imperatively demand that thoss
who ignorantly or wIlfully. IN good
faith or bad, have entered into or
approyed or countenanced tainted
contracts disposing Of the public
domain should instantly repudiate
them.
'This Ia tho very least that any
administration should do. It should
have been done long ago; but It
must be done. and done at once.
There can be little excuse for what
happened: there can be no excuse
for failure to act immediately"
Democrats Agree.
Virtually all Democrats in the
Senate agreed with johnson. They
freely admitted that they intended
to carry the whole question Of
naval reserve leases to the country
in the approaching political cam.
paign. mo candidate can avoid
the ISSUE" declared Senator HELM
Dcm.l Of Alabama.
Senator Walsh (Dem.) Of Montana
announced today that his resolution
directing President Coolidge to in.
stitute proceedings to recover all
naval reserve oil lands would be in
shape for introduction in the Senate
Monday. He probably win demand
action at that time, not waiting for
the conclusion Of the committees In.
vestigation, he said.
Tho Coolidge administration win
take no action until the Senate
hearings have virtually been COM
plcted. While President Coolidge
now inclines to the belief that Tea.
pot Dome IL heading directly toward
criminal action, It was nevertheless
pointed out at the white House TO-
day that pucA AotiQu can enly epwA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
RAIL RATES ON COTTON
FROM OKLAHOMA CUT

The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today ordered a number Of
railroad companies to establish
within ninety days Joint rail-and.
water and rail-water-and-rai freight
rates on cotton from Oklahoma to
cotton milling points in New Eng.
lad.
The Commission held that the
present rates were unreasonable
and ordered a reduction Of 4 cents
from the present all-rail rates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
Urges Judge for China.

President Coolidge was today
urged by former Assistant, secre-
tary Of Commerce c. H. Huston to
appoint ex-Congressman Joe Brown
of Chattanooga, Tenn. as Federal
judge in China. The term Of the
present judge. Charles 8. Lobinger.
expires in February.
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Lerin to Be on View
for Years to Come
By WILLIAM J. REsWICK
International News Service. =,

MOSCOW JAN 26-Despite the outward appearance Of
uncation in the communist party, which Immediately fol-
lowed the death of Nicoai Lenn there indications
today that fresh dssenson have arisen and that there will
be bitter struggle between the communist old guard" and
the Trotzky insurgents for control of the government
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: Although the Soviet government,
headed by Lenin, waged relentless
warfare against religion, there, will
be religious services at Lenin's
funeral Sunday. Priests from both
the Orthodox Church and the new
Living Church of Russia" will
participate.
Following the Moscow funeral
there will be national services
throughout the republic Monday,
Archbishop Tikhon issued a state
ment saying Lenin had never been
accommodated by the church and
consequently was entitled to. q re-
ligious funeral. The statement
added:
Lauded BY Archbishop.
Although we differed intellec.
tual.y I have known Lenin inti-
Inately and found him to be kind,
human man with q Christian soul"
Leon Trotzky, commdssar for war,
who has been in Southern Russia
on account Of Illness IN due to
reach here tonight for the funeral.
President Kalenin announced that
the body would not be buried but
would be preserved In q vault with
the face visible 80 that pilgrims
from distant parts OF Russia or
foreign lands could view the coun-
tenance in the future.
A mausoleum win be erected In
Red Square. fronting the Kremlin
tcbntinued on Page z. Column ~
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KILL { D
IN Mine
BLAST
Death Comes - Suffocatlon
and Fire Following illinois
Explosion.

JOHNSTON CITY, III. Jan.
26y Twenty seven dead and
eight injured today wan the toll
Iof Tia min xpIs ion late yes
Eerday j / So q
Death By suffOcatioh : and fire
came to them yesterday after
noon following an explosion Of
mine gas In the Crearer- Cllnch
Company's FEAST side" mine, one
half mile east Of here.
Three hundred and fifty men
were in the mine. In. a dash for
the main entry most Of them
reached the elevators and were
brought 866 feet to the surface
and safety.
Sixty Are Missing.
Sixty still wefe missing. Nine
rescue squads braved the terror OF
gas and smoke and entered the
mine two hours after the accident.
After Q five-hOur search, they 10.
Gated all the missing men.
The bodies were removed today to
improviSed morgues here.
The bodies were found in con.
torted positions, some with arms
around their heads to keep out the
deadly gas.
The men Of johnson City were
returning dry.eyed to their mines
this morning after filing through
the undertaking establishments
where lay the scorched bodies Of
their dead friends.
Every mine except the CreArar.
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THE WEATHER

Fair and colder tonight;
minimum temperature about
8 degrees; Sunday fair and
continued cold; fresh north.
west WindA
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
Mill BarOns Blamed

Augusta, Ga, July 19.-The Labor Review of this city planes textile barons of this state for the defeat of the federal child labor amendment. In the house the proposal received three votes out of 173, and in the senate not labor.
 All of the speeches were indicative of the strong hold the mill interests of Georgia and child labor exploiters ex- ert over the lawmakers of the state, , the Labor Review said.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
Spies and Disruptionists Used in Anti-UniOn War, TOilers Assert in Court.

New York City, July 1o.-Demand- ing $10,0O0,OO0 damages, the Interna- tionaI Association of Bridge and Struc- turaI Iron Workers Union has filed all original and dramatic answer to he Iron Leagues damage suit and injunc- ton application filed here three weeks ago.
 The Iron League suit for an injurc- ton asks for one of the most sweep ing and drastic writs ever granted in an employers fight to crush labor or ganization. THE RESPONSE OF THE UNION MARKS A TUitN IN LABOR'S PRACTICE OF DE- PENDING ITS RIGHT AND IN TERESTS. ~.......-
 The Iron Workers appeared Tn court with formidable line of counsel, in cluding Samuel Untermyer and Frank P. Walsh It is charged by the union, among others things, that
 the plaintiffs are members of and participators in gi-
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
IRON WORKERS CHARGE BIG PLOT TO KILL UNION; DEMAND TEN MILLION
 DOLLARS DAMAGES FROM EMPLOYERS

gantic conspiracy which, comn,;ncing about the year 1906 and con inuins down to the present date, has had for its sole object and purpose the pre"en- ton of the unionization ot the maui facture, fabrication and erection. O. iron and steel throughout the Unite:l States"
 Attorney Untermyer citet testimony taken by the Lockwood Committee, for which he was counsel, to show the an ti-union practices of the Eror League members. Among these, I1nte -nyer said, is the practice of steel co.nparies including the United States Steel Cor poration and the Bethlehem Steel Com pany, of refusing to ship fabricated steel and iron into New York to be erected by union men.
 It was charged also that the Iron League had employed spies and agents provocateurs in the effort to .lisrupt the union. It was further set forth that the employers had gone so far as to support the l. w. w. as a means of disrupting the bona hde union, a charge that has been made many time by trade unions.
 Attorney Unterrnyer chargeu tilat the Iron League and other associations maintain what 1t calls labor bureau
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
Something Radically
 Wrong!

"The mining of coal in Great Bri- tain, France, and Belgium is more dan gerous and hazardous than in this country, yet there are killed in coal mines of the United States nearly five times as many men as there are in Great Britain, France, and Belgium ac-' cording to the number of men em- p1oyed It is obvious that there is something radically wrong in some of the mines of this country In our haste we are not giving due regard to the safety of the miners and the protection of human lives. What I shall say,- of course, is not intended for those coal operators who are giving proper care to the health and lives of the men em- p1oyed in their mines. I know that great many coal operators in this country are using every reasonable means possible to safeguard the health and lives of their men; but, on the other hand, I know there. are many coal operators that have been and do now disregard safety methods and de- vices to protect the lives of their work men, and 1t is to that class of opera tors and to those men who work in the mines that do not use proper care to protect themselves and their fellow workmen that I am addressing my cr1- ticism." m."-Representative John M. Rob inson of Kentucky, in Speaking on Re- cent Mine Disasters.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19

Of all fool performances, the na- tional convention of major Amer ican political party is the worst It easily takes first prize for all-around foolishness, utter waste of time and energy and general misuse of hu- man effort.
 Theoretically, national party. convention is a meeting of delegates who gather to consider calmly and intelligently the making of party platform and the naming of candi- dates for President and Vice-Presi- dent
 Actually, most political conven- tions are nothing of the sort. They really resemble a powwow ot hope less lunatics more than they do a gathering of supposedly intelligent men and women. [
 At the beginning of national convention, the delegates start out by making as much noise as they can and they keep this up all through the gathering. Not content with yelling, shouting, grooming, cheering, c1apping of hands, stamp ing of feet, and parading through the ais1es in kind of insane dance, they resort to horns and all sorts of mechanical noise-making devices in an endeavor to add to the din. Small wonder it is that conventions often adopt poor platforms and nominate totally unfit candidates. The human mind Is not adapted to function at its best in an atmosphere closely sa- voring of bedlam.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
Baerfacts By J. M. BAER, Congressman -Cartoonst.
 Inter- atonalL News Service. Consider The National Convention

Meanwhile, as the delegates are yelling, the bosses of the party are meeting in hotel rooms to draft the platform and select the candidates. When the delegates are completely worn out by continuous noise and confusion and are ready to do any thing to get home, the candidates that the bosses have chosen are trotted out and nominated.
 It is not surprising that corre- spondents for foreign newspapers are vastly amused at what they hear and see at our national conventions. The correspondents, in their own lands, have never seen anything to equal an American political conven- ton for ear-splitting noise and childish action and 1t would be strange if they did not form a poor impression of American political methods.
 It is perhaps too much to hope that the human race will soon out grow its infantile desire to make a useless noise at national conven- tions But 1t is to be hoped that conventions of the future will go lighter on noise and stronger on thoughtful deliberation. Until some such improvement takes place, we have little cause for believing our selves more enlightened and intel ligent than the savages Of the trop- ical jungle, who selects their chief tains to the accompaniment of thun- dering ton-ton1s, unearthly screech- es and howls and barbaric dancing.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19

and that this bureau blacklists all union members. The steel corporations, he added, have maintained a spy system of which Robert J. Foster i5 the heal and that there is an extens:ve system of distributing anti union rrcpaganIa by means of this spy system and by other means He icciare1 that Walter Drew, lawyer, had lec:1 ernI lcyed fer the purpose of undermining the union.
 The strike, out of which grew the Iron League application for an :njunc- ton, followed by the unions counter suit, began on May and has c.n- tinued with results satisaitott tory to he union to the present date. The prime cipal issue is the rig;i; Of the workers to organize and to De Tepre>cl.'e1 ty men of their own Choos'E:y.
 In answer to the Iron Leagues s tor- tention that in a union shop H., non union men could find work, and to he old fable of an "open" shop where all might work, the union pointed opt that there are only union shops and non union shops in reality and that union men have a right to decline to work where associations, terms or conditions are not satisfactory to them and that union men do nothing more than that
 The union asserts its rigl1. to strike and picket and asks that the Iron League be prevented from carrying or its alleged conspiracy to destroy :he union.
 It is set forth by the union that many associations are drawn together in great network in the conspiracy against labor, with an interlocl-ing di- rectorate cementing the relationship
 Important member organizations in this network, it is set forth, are the National Steel Fabricators' Associa ton, the Bridge Builders and Struc- tural Society and the Structural Steel Society of the American Erectors' As sociation.
 The league members are accused of participating in activities carried on with the cooperation of Robert P. Brindell now in Sing Sing and of us- ing the situation so created to further the effort to destroy the Iron Work ers' Union.
 It is charged that the employers banded together in the Iron League are operating in violation of the Sherman antitrust law,- the Federal Trade Com mission and the New York State anti monopoly law.
 The employers have submitted 10 the court in support of their suit, a mass of affidavits intended to show union violence. The union has fought back nasterfully by tracing the statements found in these afidavits. An example is found in the case of an affidavit charging union men with having as saulted non-union iron worker sc severely that he had to be taken to a hospital. Investigation showed that the man went to a hospital suffering from acute rheumatism. Another alleged assault turned out to be a case of drunken nor1-union men fighting among themselves and iniuring one of their own number Numerous other cases are of the same nature.
 The case has been taken under Tad- visement by Supreme Court Justice Lydon.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES

Everett, Wash, July 19-Newspaper printers have secured a five year con tract and what IS declared to be the best wage scale in Oregon and Wash ington, outside of Seattle Rates have been advanced 40 cents a day for day work and 75 cents for night work. This makes the new scale $7.o0 and $8.40.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
ACCIDENTS IN MINES

Washington, July 19.-Coa lmine ac- cidents during May of this year killed 131 men, according to reports ,o the United States bureau of rn1Ies. For the first five months of 1924 the reports show 1,132 lives were lost.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
FRESHMEN TO MEET

Pressmen's Home, Tenn, July 19.- The convention of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union will convene here Monday, Au gust 25.