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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
BOY. FACES
NH|SKEY
CHARGE,
Preston Posey, 13, Takes Sen
tence in Preference to
"squsaiin

Faced with the altefnativafsof.
"squealing" on the man from
whom he is alleged to have OBJ
tanned quantity of liquor, or of
going to the Richmond reforma-
tory for an indeterminate term,
thirteen-year-old Preston Posey, of
Alexandria, told Judge Frederick
G. Duvall, in the juvenile court at
Alexandria, that he would take the
sentence.
ParOled Until Tomorrow.
Unwilling to send the boy 10 the
reformatory, Judge Duvall paroled
Preston in the custody of his
mother until tomorrow morning.
Then. the judge indicated, further
judicial leniency would be denied
and Preston will have to take his
medicine" Seemingly, he is willing
to go to jail to shield the man
from whom he bought the six one
half pints that figured in the case.
Despite his tender age, Preston
was not apprehended without a
struggle. Director of Public Safety
Paul B. Morton and Police Sergeant
William Campbell secreted them
selves in some old tanks at the end
of the Duke street wharf in the
hope that they would catch some
thieves.
Instead, Preston came along with
M. j. CoolA and the officers from
their vantage point saw some kind
of transaction take place. They
jumped out of their hiding place
and Preston and Cook fled to an old
ark belonging to Walter Robey.
They locked the door and defied
the officers to take them.
Officers Fire.
Unable to break down the ark
door the two police officers decided
that they would shoot the ark full
Of holes. One shot was fired and
the ark door was opened as a token
of surrender.
Both were arraigned today before
Judge Duvall. Cook is being held
under $3.50 bond.
Preston was defiant in court. He
adopted an air of bravsdo and sui
lenly declined to give the Judge any
information. His case is considered
unique in Alexandria's court cir
cles. So far as is known at present
he is the youngest alleged bootleg
ger ever apprehended in the Virgins
city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
ASHLEY ELUDES
PURSUERS IN
FLORIDA
Outlaw Not Expected to Be
Caught Until Hunger
Drives Him Out.
ny international Now. Service.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan.
14.--Sherlff Bob Baker and his force
of ten deputies today were con-
tinuing their search through the
everglades for John Ashley, noted
outlaw and alleged slayer. of Deputy
Sheriff Fred Baker In a moonshine
war near Fruita last week.
1t was believed that Ashley; the
only remaining member of the gang
who has not been killed or cap.
tured, will be compelled to come
into the open for food within a
few days.
Until then, Sheriff Baker said,
there IL little hope of capture, az
Ashley knows every nook OF the
aveygladess
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
cHAUFFEUR's WIFE LOSES
$4,000 LOVE BALM SUIT

,BALLsToN SPA, N, r., Jan. IA.
Supreme Court Justice Edward G,
Whitmyer today dismissed the $50
900 alienation OF affection suit
brought against Mrs. Marie Feather
stone sterry. widow Of Leland ster-
ry. prominent Saratoga and Palm
Beach Hotel man, by Mrs. Earnest
Ballou. wife OF the former Sterry
chauffeur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
And Here s
Another.

Elsie R o b inson has
flashed to a position
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
COUSIN Of
l|NCAN
I ELL s
4 Of :
Killed Wife With Poker After
She Had Shot Brother,
He Confesses.
By International News Service,

rem J. Lincoln, Aurora attorney
and horticultural, claiming to be
q distant cousin of Abraham LIN
coin, today will be called upon to
re-enact the Staying of his wife.
Lima Shoup Lincoln, and her
brother, Byron L. Shoup, slain
January 10, 1928.
Sees Facts Hidden.
Assistant States Attorney Ameli
stated his belief that Lincoln had
not told everything when he con-
fessed that he killed his wife by q
blow with a poker after she had
shot her brother then burned both
bodies in the furnace of his Green
house, near Aurora.
He told of the tortures of con-
science that drove him back to
Aurora and Chicago after his dis
appearance April 80 last year and
the scene of disorder found at his
home had led police to believe that
| he had been slain by his wife and
her brother.
Admits Story a Fake.
He confessed the fabrication OF
his wild story when he reappeared
in Chicago June 10, that he had
been kidnapped by Mrs. Lincoln
and Shoup. held captive and then
made his escape after he had been
forced to join dope ring.
He admitted planning a second
disappearance which was frustrated
! by his arrest late Saturday.
But he collapsed and his ques-
tioners were forced to halt their
query when he had told Of the
| double killings which he said
| clinnaxed a long series Of domestic
troubles and attempts by his wife
to poison him: Of his deliberate dis
| nemberment Of the bodies the day
after the slayingg, of his burning
them in the fire box of the big
greenhouse furnace, Of searching
the ashes and finding no traces of
the bodies except his wife's ring
and his brother-in-law's watch and
| ring and dtgpoSfng or those Dy
throwing them in the river.
Traced by Typewriter.
Lincoln was traced by the green
| ribbon of his typewriter with which
he wrote all his letters prior to his
disappearance. Appeals for firan-
cial help supposed to have come
from his wife and her brother were
typed in green ink. Personals"
supposed to have been signed by
his wife, which told of her flight
with another admiror, were in the
same color.
When he fled. turning police su-
spicion on the pair whose bodies
long before were ashes, although
his covering of other olues was
diabolloally clever, he took the type.
writer with the green ribbon which
eventually linked him with the
slayings.
Lincoln married Lima Shoup, his
second wife, ten years ago.
Drove BOY From Home.
Dislike of her step child by Mrs.
Lincoln drove John Lincoln, boy
lin his teens, from the Lincoln home
near Aurora.
0naERNl& REANp fastACAa hx MxS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
Trade Commissions Quits.

The court ruled that the evidence
was not sufficient to Indicate guilt
In the relations Of the chauffeur
and his attractive employer.
Victor Murdoch. chairman Of the
Federal Trade Commission. has re-
signed and his resignation has been
accepted by President Coolidge. II
was announced ut the White House
today.
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among the
stars of the
W r itin &
world with
her series
of articles
e n t it'll ed,
9 Lis t e n,
World.
Hers is
a. philoso-
ply quaint
but logical.
~
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y II 5 fLJIE 001INJo"
straight from the shoulder
in treatment of stupid GUS
toms, beliefs and conven-
tions. Her contributions
appear every day on the
editorial page of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14

Fair tonight and Tuesday;
freezing temperature; mod
crate to frssh northwest
winds. 4 -. ---------
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
Leaders Curious OUe1
Bryan's Dark Horse
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES.
international News servioa.

William Jennings Bryans announcement in Miami that he
intends to offer and support the nave Of DIR. Albert A.
Murphree Florida educator candidate for the nomina
ton at the Democratic National Convention five months
hence created only mild and curious interest today among
the scores prominent Democrats gathering here for the
meeting of the National Committee tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
MISSIONARY SHOT BY
CHINESE DIES OF WOUNDS

HANKoW, China, ian. IA
Bernard Hoff, American mission
airy who was recently captured by
bandits, has died Of his wounds.
according to information received
here TODAY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

tistic creations that cost thousands
nd thousands of dollars. These society
ladies, vanity seekers, these small
social moths-insects that eat cloth,
were not interesting to me as were the
six models who paraded upon the
stage, and walked along the aisles, to
the accompaniment of slow, dreamy
music, gliding and turning, with ele-
gance and dignity, displaying every
line Of the gowns and suits that gave
evidence of the highest skill-the
workers that made them were artists.
THESE models are daughters of
! poor parents and got the jobs as
display racks" because they were
chosen from among several hundred
girls that applied in answer to the
help wanted" advertisement in the
great metropolitan newspaper. They
are poor working girls that spend
every cent they get hold of to keep
looking beautiful" They were weigh
ed, measured and judged by beauty
experts" just as are dogs and horses
before entering the show. These work
ing girls, with beautiful faces and
delicate bodies do not own the gowns
and dresses that fit them so charm
ingly.
THESE Mannikins display the wares
1 that were made by the exploited
shop girls in some sweat-shop so that
the fashionable society women may
be attracted and induced to purchase
them at the department stores and the
cloak and suit shops. These girls have
been trained to wear such artistic Gre
.tions. to walk correctly, to carry their
bodies to the accompaniment of the
music, and to twist and turn 50 as to
give the gowns the best effect.
OUCH mannikins are genuine TRACE
- dams, playing drama with a
fatal ending. They are not mere
characters" of the play, put genuine
victims Of the hypocrisy of capitalist
society. For a few dollars a day, these
models are the center of attraction,
wearing the marvellous creations of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
BY H. Sidney Bloomfield

their sisters, whose sweat and blood,
aye, whose very lives are embodied
within them -. only to have to
take them off at the end of the show
and put on their graceful bodies their
customary everyday clothes. Only the
rich can afford to clothe their wives
and daughters in the same attire as
is worn by the mannikin on the stage.
Only by selling herself to a wealthy
man can the model expect to continue
wearing such expensive gowns unin-
terruptedly. Such is the mockery of
capitalist society.
HUMAN flesh and blood is the
1 j center of attraction and made
sport Of in order to collect money for
the care Of orphans. And who knows
but what these very mannikins are
themselves the remnants of what was
once a home and family. Oh! how
oppressive and corrupt is the at
mosphere at the charity fashion show.
Children, innocent victims of capitalist
charity. Working girls, the playthings
of fashionable society"-for the sake
of charity.
CAPITALIST society is fake-it
~ is false, rotten and cruel. Charity
is the plaything Of capitalists at the
expense of destitute and suffering
children and exploited wage-earners.
To abolish charity means the aboli-
tion of the conditions that kill the
fathers and mothers and leave their
children in the hands of the murderers
that have their hands stained with
blood. Charity is the effect Of this
diseased capitalist system. It is the
result Of brutal exploitation. The CAPT
talists, like blood-suckers delight in
giving as one delights in feeding a
puppy from the hand. The capitalist
delights in seeing his vassals cringe
and crawl and bow before him in
thanks for the crumbs he so
gives them.
Unitel Young Workers, for the
abolition of capitalism, the curse OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
PIaythings of Fashionable Society

Many ladies that were present bought
their gowns on the instalment plan;
some spent every cent they could get
together, while some bought their
gowns without any intention of ever
paying for them. Still other ladies
induced their gentlemen admirers to
foot the bill for the privilege of be-
ing allowed to keep their company.
n LMOST every lady had her face
n decorated with rouge, paint, pow
der, ETC., which ranged from mild soft
brown, copper, flesh and brunette
colors to the exciting, bold carmines,
reds and vermillions. An Indian, in
full war dress and coIors would feel
cheap at this gathering. These women
are Society Ladies'" Millions of dol
lars are spent by these women on just
such gatherings, balls, card games,
tea-parties, operas, ETC., and millions
of dollars are spent by shopkeepers
and manufacturers on colored and
alIuring advertising in the society sec
lions of the Sunday newspapers,
magazines, etc. The newspapers de-
vote many pages and entire sections
in their daily and Sunday issues and
have stats that cater to these select
people"
THE stage setting was in black, with
4 Japanese jars and antique chairs,
and gilded pedestals upon which were
vases with flowers. Mellow lights IL
Illuminated the stage, and glazing spot
light played upon it. The sight was
overwhelming. Six Mannikins, clothed
in the most exquisite gowns strolled
leisurely up and down the stage. 1t
is hard to describe the beautiful gar
ments that were displayed-silks,
satins and brocades; evening gowns
and street dresses, opera cloalks and
wraps and bridal gowns of simmer
ing silks and pointed lace-such ex-
travagance in the line of clothes
never saw before.
THE women craned their necks to
/ view the material and the styles
a gorgeous, glittering spectacle of ar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

IL it were possible, I would return the
railways, the postal system, telegraph,
ETC., to private hands. Fascism is the.
fighting army of the Italian industrial
capitalism. Its task is not only to com
bat the "Bolshevik Menace" but to
solve the restoration OF the bourgeois
economic system"
When the late Laurence Ginnell
was in Washington and explained
what kind of Republic they wanted
in Ireland, cooperative republic,
did they accept the delegates from
Ireland around the conference table
at the time they invited the Fascists
to take part? They made it known
very plainly that they did not believe
lin cooperative republic, but were
willing to have anyone who could be
used to prop up this tottering system
of anarchy and violence.
Where do we find in any of the
speeches of the leaders of the 1916
revolt that it was fought to wrest Ire
land from English imperialist robbers
OhAAJ W manu- IL OfSi W OtucI Cdpl-
talists?
Fascism is the antithesis Of repub-
lican principles.
Why Fascism Triumphed.
Fascism was not a lone victory Of
arms. The passivity of the workers
and the treacherous policy Of the so
called revolutionary elements led the
workers in general into the yoke Of
industrial slavery. The movement in
Ireland seems to be moving toward
this same condition. At present there
is no effort to cement the forces Of
labor with the large mass of peasants.
That is a very necessary thing. The
submerging Of labor demands to the
upbuilding of the capitalist state has
created docile movement. Parlia-
mentarism is in its embryonic stage
but thanks to the chaotic condition
of the capitalist system, it will soon
be obsolete. When this does occur, it
will be the advent of a new power.
either Fascism or a workers and peas
ants control. LESS philosophizing
and more fighting along the lines Of
the class war" Internal dissensions Of
personal character have clouded the
issue Of class solidarity. The political
forces tend more and more to solidify
their position. There is on the surface
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

n big brick building that stands on
n hill in one of the principal cities
Of the Eastern part of the country,
houses many little boys and girls that
have no fathers or mothers-some of
them have neither. A group of prom
inent business men-with much fuss
and ceremony-raise money with
which to pay for the upKeep Of the
building and for the food, clothes and
general welfare of the children.
THESE rich men own factories and
stores wherein men and women and
boys and girls toll long hours at hard
and dreary work for which they get
little pay and lots of abuse 49,. while
the business men reap the profits from
the labor of their slaves.
Mt a meeting one night, these busI-
ness men decided to raise more
money as the funds were getting low.
They decided to stage Fashion show,
to which many people would come.
Most of these business men were
manufacturers Of women's cloaks,
suits, dresses and so forth-some Of
them were retail storekeepers in the
same line.
N GREEMENT upon fashion show
N was unanimous. For, as each one
reasoned to himself, Il have an op-
portunity to display the products Of
my shop and create demand for my
goods, I'll have an advertisement in
serted in the program which will also
boost my business" The retail shop
keepers reasoned likewise.
THE ballroom Of the most exclusive
hotel in the city was seucred for
three days and nights. and was filled
to capacity at every exhibition to
which many hundreds of women,
young and old Aocked. There were all
sorts of women present. Some wore
gowns that rivaled those on display.
Other women and young ladies wore
gowns Of mediocre style and quality.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

An article published in the Avanti
on the 9th Of November, entitled,
From Tuscana" excellently describes
the situation. This article says that
the activity of the Fascist in the
towns has quoted down but contin-
ues in the rural districts. From the
LIST of December, the position tends to
become worse and acts of Fascist
violence increase in number. Fascist
again seize municipal and trades un-
ion premises, break up and dispense
the management bodies (as in Leg
zias) raid, burn and destroy (Tore,
Annunziato, Coliari, Pola, etc., attack
the workers, beat them to death and
even kill them. (The worse case that
of Turin.
Communists are seized in their
places of employment, taken in auto
mobiles and killed on the outskirts of
the town. Others are killed in their
homes. Recently, however, not only
have the Communists, Anarchists and
Socialists become objects of the at
tack. In many places the Fascist at
tackled Republicans and workers be-
longing to the Populist Party. In Ma
pies they raided and broke up the
editorial offices of two Populist papers
etc, violence against the workers for
the benefit of the capitalist class, to
maintain the rights of private owner
ship and control of the state.
Restoration.
Mussolini was faced with the prob
lem of restoration. While the declar-
alton of the Irish programme calls
for the ownership and equal rights to
ALL Mussolinis object was the build
ing up Of the industries and turning
them over to private owners. In his
speech at the First Fascist Congress,
Mussolini made it quite plain whom
Fascism was to serve. We will quote
a few extracts from his speech: eve
are proud of the fact that we and nc
others in 1915 were the first to raise
the serious problem-War or Repub-
lie. The fact that Italy, in conjunc-
ton with few other states is today
taking part in the Washington Con
ference, where the fate of the world
is being discussed is due to the ser
vices of the interventionists of 1915
"On the economic question we are
liberal in the class sense of the word,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17

THE need Of sounding a warning to
l the workers who have participated
in the revolt in Ireland, was never
more acute than the present moment.
The issue Of 1916 has been clearly
forgotten, If we are to assume the last
reports on education are true. There
is strong tendency toward the pro.
gram of Mussolini in the boosting of
his educational program. Perhaps
traditions Of heroic feats crowds out
the memories of the basis of the re-
volt Of 1916 1t would be NOR appro-
pirate if they would read the educa-
tional program of Connolly and com
pare it with that of this military
butcher who has only autocracy as
the basis of his campaign.
All thru the struggle for Irish free
dom has been written indelibly, Land
and industries for the people" And the
nationalist freedom of the workers,
even in political sense, this must be
insecure and incomplete until they
wrest from the governing Grasses the
possession of the land and the instru-
ments of wealth production. Labor
must then fashion its weapon of at
tack or else submit to the will of the
capitalist state.
Fascism.
Fascism first raised its head in
March, 1919. The Fascist were ex-
service men, elements that remained
hostile to the Labor movement The
State was Impoverished by the war
and the proletarian element, due to
unemployment, became danger to
its existence. Mussolini's cry of IRE
storation of the Authority of the
State" was raised. Cooperating with
the State. they succeeded in smashing
the trades unions and without mercy
crushing out the lives of the revolu-
tionary workers. 1t was the crucible
which nodded together the reaction
airy elements, and with that power
controlled the STATE. They abolish
ed the political apparatus and set up
a Dictatorship. Everything was sub
jected to this discipline. except the
bourgeois, who still maintained the
rights of private ownership of the in
dustries. The Fascist organized into
flying squadrons, began their work of
suppression.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-17
By Daniel HOrsIey

a split but when the class position
becomes more clear, the workers will
see their organizations subjected to
the will of the Fascist state. We must
realize that social laws for the
benefit of the workers can only be APP
piled by men who understand, and
such leaders are not found outside of
the revolutionary ranks. Traditions
long enough cherished will be swept
into the ash can of history, to be re-
placed by the Octopus of Force to
retain their ill-gotten gains.
A Comparison.
There have been many examples in
the countries of Europe, to show what
depths the capitalist will stoop to de-
fend their power.
Mussolini is their chief represent
tive, and embodies all of the qualities
as an example for others to follow.
Beware Of those who boost his pro-
gram, their democracy is sham,
whether they carry the name of re-
publican or Sim fem.
Connolly in the cold dark days Of
his poverty, planned the lighting of
the torch in the glow of which so
many alleged Irish revolutionists saw
their way to fame and power and
many alleged Irish revolutionists saw
the republic into the hands of Ire
lands historic foe. Connolly, too, made
the supreme sacrifice. He sealed his
sincerity and abolished the stigma
they sought to fasten onto the labor
movement.
There appears to be a widespread
and marked disposition to deny James
Connolly his proper place in the his
toric Irish struggle, but the time will
prove that he was the most capable
and brilliant spokesman for ireland
and her cause. No hierarchy was
needed to bolster up his words and
deeds.
Mussolini defends only those who
have made the world a settling hell,
and blesses it with the prayers Of
vultures.
Labor in Ireland must organize
to fight this propaganda wherever it
raises its head. Down with Fascism!
Up with Communism, the hope of
the Irish workers and the worlds
working class.
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