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The Washington times., 1924-06-21
COOLIDGE TAKES
ADVISERS ON
RIVER TRIP
Butler, Hughes, Warren, Davis
and Other Leaders. Will
Confer on Mayflower

The most important conference Of
Republican leaders which has been
held since the Cleveland convention
will take place this evening On the
Presidential yacht Mayflower, 1t
was announced at the White House
today.
President Coolidge has invited
William NJ. Butler. chairman OF the
Republican National Committee, and
several other political leaders and
Administration officials to accom-
pa1y him on q cruise down the Po-
tomac river to Quantico.
Participating in the Mayflower
conference. in addition to the Presi-
dent and Chairman Butler, will be
Secretary Of State Hughes, Charles
B. Warren, the United States am
bassador to Mexico, who framed the
Republican platform; Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover, Secretary Of La
Dor Davis, j. H. Rohrbach, Repub.
lican National Committeeman for
Connecticut; James B. Reynolds, one
Of the Presidents campaign man
ayers; Congressman Theodore e.
Burton, of Ohio, temporary chair
man Of the Cleveland convention;
Senator Frank Brandegee, OF Con.
necticut, and Charles Hilles. Nation:
al Committeeman for New York.
These men, some Of whom will be
accompanied by their wives, will re-
main on the Mayflower until 8 p.
m, when the yacht will dock here
for them to disembark.
The Presidents sons. John and
Calvin, jr., will then go aboard, and
the Coolidge family will set sail
again, this time for the head OF
Chesapeake Bay, where they will
cruise until Monday morning.
Before going to the White House
luncheon early this afternoon, Chair
man Butler issued q formal state
ment from his hotel here in which
he declared that the selection Of
General Dawes as the Republican
Vice Presidential candidate had met
with widespread approval in the
agricultural States of the middle
West and Northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
HUGHES NAMES MEMBERS
OF PERSONNEL BOARD

Secretary Of State Hughes has ap.
proved the selection Of the follow.
ing as members of the executive
committee Of the Foreign Service
Personnel Board: Charles c. Eber-
hardt, consul general, chairman; Ed.
ward J. Norton, consul general at
large, and Hugh r. Wilson, coun,
selor Of embassy.
The selections were made pursuant
to the order signed by the Presi.
dent. June Z, to meet the conditions
brought about by the passage Of
the Rogers bill.
The personnel board viii consist
OF six members as follows: Joseph
G. Grew, Under Secretary of State,
chairman: ]. Butler Wright, Third
Assistant Secretary Of State: Wilbur
Carr, director Of the consular serv.
ice, and three members Of the
executive committee.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
Democratic Leaders
at Capital Leave
for Convention .

Democrats are getting as
scarce in Washington as hens
teeth.
All the leaders at the Capitol
Harrison of Mississippi, Walsh
of Montana, Glass Of Virginia,
Simmons of North Carolina,
and Robinson Of Arkansas
have moved on to New York
for the convention next week.
Senator Walsh was busy un-
til the last moment completing
the speech in which he will &C
cept the permanent chairman
ship of the convention.
Senator Harrison announced
that he was "rarin' to CO." and
was anxious to get his "key-
note" speech off his chest. A
number Of Republican Senator's
and Congressman have also
gone to New York to watch the
Democrats in action.
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80
Killed
1187
Injured.
Since
Jan. l.,
1924.


Eighth street northeast, inflicting
cuts on the face. He was treated
at Emergency Hospital.
Three children, Clancy Contarino,
eight, 1857 Georgia avenue north.
west; William Smith, colored, four,
S22 Second street southwest, and
Hattie Walters. coIored. five, 944
Twenty-sixth street northwest, were
treated in hospitals for bruises they
suffered in accidents. None are
hurt seriously.
Pitched from his wheel several
feet, William Galloway, fifteen, CAT
street southeast, was picked up
senseless and carried to Casualty
Hospital. He is believed to be
suffering from brain conclusion.
Others hurt were Lee Corvette,
twenty-seven, 81 B street north.
west: ]. w. Gilmore, forty.nine, 211
Ninth street southwest: and Frank
Wells, colored, thirty.seven, 427
Riggs street northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
Wheeler Sees No Wet
Candidate or Plank;
Suicide" His View

NEW YORK, June 21.-Prediction
that the Democrats were mot going
to commit suicide" by writing a
moist plank into the platform at the
forthcoming national convention was
made today by Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel for the Anti.Saloon
League. Wheeler said:
"A wet plank will have no more
show In the Democratic convention
than 1t had at Cleveland.
1.-THE Democratic party is not go.
ing to commit suicide by declaring
for q policy that has been repudiated
by So per cent of the nations ter.
ritory, which is dry"
There not only will be no wet
plank adopted by this convention,
but there will be no light wine and
beer candidate nominated" Wheeler
said.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
WIFE CHARGES CRUELTY;
ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE

Cruelty is alleged in a suit filed
In the District Supreme Court to.
day by Iva p. Wilson against John
Q. Wilson, employed in the War
Department at an annual salary
of $1,000, for limited divorce and
alimony. Mrs. Wilson, represented
by. Attorneys Charles 2. Ford and
John j. Carmody. alleges that on
one. occasion when she was pre-
pairing dinner for her husband he
hit her in the back with a book and
that he struck her frequently with
his fist.
They were married at Ellicott
City, Nd, October Is, 1919, and
have three children whose custody
- requested by the wife who says
she u an orphan and earns $3.50 .
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THREE DEAD As
HEAT WAVE
GRIPSD.C c.
Laborer at Work on Building
Suddenly coIIapses-Third
in Two Days
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tCOnClnueda from FIRST PaBeJ
and took it's heaviest toll Of life
in Washington. Two persons are
dead as result of accidents at
tributed to the heat. There were
three heat prosttations. The Their
moneter in the Pennsylvania ave.
me kiosk OF the Weather Bureau
recorded a temperature of 1041z
degrees at o'clock yesterday after.
noon and the temperature lowered
above 80 degrees constantly until
after 10 o'clock last night.
The heat became so intense In
the temporary governmental build
ings in the Mall that work was
suspended. Employees in the build
ings at Fourteenth and B and
Twentieth and B streets northwest
were dismissed at o'clock owing
to the dangerously high tenpera-
lures in the buildings.
Parks, resorts and camps in and
near the District were crowded to
capacity all yesterday afternoon and
until late last night. Sixteenth
street and other -artcrial highways
were jammed with unbroken lines
of automobiles travelling two and
three abreast all during the even
ing. More than 10000 persons visit.
ed Glen, Echo Park during the day,
while the Potomac river camps were
the goal of many thousands of
Washington campers and their
friends.
The excursion steamers were
crowded yesterday and. last night.
For those unable to leave the city,
Rock Creek Park and the Geological
Park provided a measure Of re-
lief.
CLEVELAND, June 21.-Marking
the finale Of Cleveland's first heat
wave Of the year, eight persons
were in hospitals today from in
juries suffered in a terrific storm
which broke over the city last
night, bringing relief from the tor
rid weather that had prevailed for
two days. l.. e. Billings. OF Lorain,
a brakeman on the Nickel Plate
Railroad. was blown from a car by
the driving wind, which attained
cyclonic proportions. He was
probably fatally injured. Two auto.
mobiles were crushed by a falling
tree and their occupants injured.
The heat wave. according to
figures compiled today. took a total
toll of seven dead in the city and
suburbs.
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HERE,
TALKS WITH.
COOLIDGE
G. o. P. Campaign Chairman
Confers With Other Re-
publican Leaders

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lican leaders, including Charles b.
Warren. United States Ambassador
to Mexico: Charles D. Hilles. ma
tional committeeman for New York,
and Mrs. A. T. Hert. national COM
mitteewoman for Kentucky.
All questions concerning his
troubles with the Old Guard faction
of the Republican party were
answered by Butler with the state
ment that he might have something
to say about this later. but that for
the present he would not comment.
Finds Dawes Popular.
Butler issued formal statement
in which he declared that the selec-
ton of General Dawes as the Re-
publican Vice Presidential candidate
had met with widespread approval
in the agricultural States Of the
middle west and northwest.
The statement follows:
1.-THE Republican national head.
quarters at Chicago are rapidly talk.
ing shape for the campaign. The
new secretary, Roy O. West, Of Hi.
nois, and the new treasurer. w. ".
Hodges, Of Colorado, Joined me
there this week. Congressman
Everett Sanders of Indiana has
been appointed director Of the
speakers bureau. Other depart
ments are being organized, and we
are ready to go forward with our
campaign.
voluntary reports from all sec.
tons Of the country received since
the Cleveland convention indicate
the most enthusiastic reception Of
the Republican ticket. The pri-
maries and convention were con-
vincing evidence Of the public's ap-
prevail of President Coolidge, and
there seems to be q nationwide
satisfaction over the recognition of
General Dawes and his past serv-
ices to the country.
Visited Dawes.
1T met General Dawes immedi-
ately upon my arrival in Chicago
and had very pleasant visit with
him. I also attended a reception at
his home in Evanston given by his
friends and neighbors. and the &C.
casion was most enthusiastic one.
He seems particularly acceptable in
those sections where the Admins
tration Is seeking to bring relief
from economic distress. I have re.
ceived letters and kilograms to this
effect from Missouri, Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, ami
all the way through to the l'ncIflc
coast. The Republican party has
given to the country an ideal Presi.
Dental ticket"
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
HEA 7 EXPANDS
ALEXANDRIA
PAVEMENT
Corner Of Lee and Prince
Streets RuIges Three Feet.
Parole Granted to Harris

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 21.--
The terrific heat wave that struck
here yesterday, causing thermom.
eters to resigster as high as 104,
expanded the bricks at the inter.
section Of Lee and Prince streets
bullying the pavement three feet.
A parole has been granted to
Hugh Harris by Governor Trinkle
Of Virginia. Harris was convicted
Of a prohibition violation aNmonth
ago and sentenced to serve six
months in prison.
A delegation of the local Masons
are attending the corner stone lay.
ing Of the new Masonic Temple TO.
day in Atlantic City.
l.. A. Webster in charge of plans
for building q new hotel in Alex
andria spoke to the stock statesmen
who have been chosen from the
prominent men Of the city at a
meeting held last night In the
Chamber Of Commerce.
One hundred and .seventy.five
men have accepted positions on the
selling teams and the drive will be.
gin Monday and last a week.
The steam yacht Unieda, owned
by Commodore =. G. Benedict, Z.
s. N. anchored of the Ola Dominion
Boat Club wharf last night
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
cAD00S SILENCE ON KHAN ISSUE LEADS TO ATTACKS ON Hin
Sun Out for Longest
Days Work Of
the Year

If your friend reminds you
that today is the longest day
in the year, blast him with
glance. Today is composed of
twenty-fcur good, healthy. full
sized hours, as is the cease with
every other day.
There will be longer period
of daylight today, however,
than on any other day in 1924,
in celebration of the fact that
the sun is today at it's farthest
point north and tomorrow will
begin the long swing south,
reaching a point about the
equator on September 81.
The sun rose today at 4:42
o'clock and will set at 1877
o'clock. From now on the sun
will rise a few seconds later
and set a few seconds earlier
each day.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
Visited Dawes.
Mail Steamer Aground

The Pacific Mail steamer Colon.
bia is aground off the coast of
Nicaragua. said a despatch to the
Navy Department today from the
Army transport Chaumont, which is
standing by to take off the Colon.
bias passengers.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
INJURED
IN TRAFFIC
M|SHAPS
Inquest Will Determine
Whether Woman Died of
Pneumonia or Injuries

Deputy Coroner Herbert J, Martyr
win conduct an inquest today to
determine the. cause Of the death
Of Emma Wheat. sixty.seven, at
Emergency Hospital. Doctors at
the hospital said they were not
certain whether death was due to
or injuries she received
when hit by street car last
Monday. a
Miss Wheat, who lived at the
Plaza apartments 221O-16 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, was at the
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
OYerheating on Low.

When 1t IL necessary to employ
the low gear for q considerable
period. II is possible to obviate the
Overheating that would ordinarily
result by keeping the mixture IN
the leanest possible condition.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

doubtful whether the McAdoo con-
troll can be maintained, in the
opinion OF many observers.
Meanwhile the managers Of other
favorite sons and dark horses
Underwood, Robinson, Cox, Glass,
Governor J. M. Davis, Harrison,
Silzer-are quietly waiting and saw
ing wood.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

avenue ana Nine"
teenth street north
west at the time a
Capital Traction Com.
pany street car ran
her down. She sui.
fered a fractured hip
and internal injuries.
A car of the same
co m pany knocked
down Thomas Ward,
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
ITALIAN CHASES
j. s. WIFE BY
A|RPLANE
Countess Piccio Makes Bold
Dash in Motorboat With
Child to Evade Him

ROME. June 21.-An American
mothers bold dash by motor boat
to gain possession Of her young
daughter while the husband from
whom she was separated, made an
unsuccessful attempt to follow by
atrplane was learned here today.
The mother is Countess Pierre
Roger Piccio, formerly Miss Loran.
da Batchelder, of Brookhaven,
Miss, and New Orleans. The
husband and father is General
Piccio, commandant Of the Italian
air forces.
According to the story told here
the countess, after gaining posses
sion Of her daughter in Rome, fled
by motor boat to Sardinia, REIN.
barking in a motor boat at Port
Otorres, for Corsica, French soil.
General Piccio pursued by air.
plane from Naples but failed to
catch UP with his wife.
A paris dispatch to International
News Service on Thursday said
Countess Plccio had filed suit in the
Seine Tribunal for separation, de.
n1anding custody of her daughte:
and also a court order to compel
her husband to restore jeweirv
which he was alleged to have taken
from Paris 70 Rome.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
Margin Is Slim.

Despite the claims Of McAdoo
managers, however, there are known
TO be q number of delegations bound
TO him under the unit rule that
contain Smith votes, Davis votes,
and q scattering number for other
candidates, and the McAdoo margin.
be control Is not great Once q
esadlock develops Il - exeeadingly
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
Taggart willy.

The Indiana leader who has fire.
uuently played with" the New
York = illinois Pennsylvania leader
Alaip, promptly denied that he was
Y. part of any battalion Of death.
+iI'm not against anybody said
ene, willy Hoosier. I'm for Ralston
! lave entered into no conpacts or
deals: and I am committed to nc
Dne except Senator Ralston."
Guffey was jHAt as explicit.
I'm for Governor Smith," he
6eclared emphatically. $50 is Penn.
gylvania."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12

Western Electric Confesses Speed-up Secret
SOCIETY FOR PURPOSE
OF CRUELTY TO KIDS
UNDER FIRE AT LAST

NEW YORK, June 1f.-Imprison-
ment of children by the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Chill
dren in New York Is charged lntesti-
mony by August Heckscher at the
State supreme court investigation of
the society. Heckscher, who gave
the society its 100000 building,
objects to the use of the building.
at turned out that the soclety's
function was to pen up for several
days children who were wanted by
the courts for one purpose or an
other, and then as soon as that pur-
pose was served, cast them loose on
the world with no attempt to follow
up and improve their lot" he testi-
fled. Three hundred times as many
children are restrained" by this So
ciety in Manhattan alone, as In the
British isles by the similar society
there, he said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12
BY ROBERT MINOR.
Especial to the DAILY WoRKER.)

CONVENTION HALL, CLEvE-
LAND, June Ill turned to Will
lam Jennings Bryan and asked:
Mr.. Bryan can't you get up and
make speech or something to
throw little life into this"
1T would take something more
desperate than a speech to bring
any life into this" Bryan replied.
Where do you think LaFollette
will get with his program" l asked.
oh" said Bryan, that's already
been turned down"
"Now, Mr.. Bryan" continued,
when you saw that program Of La
Toilette, didn'fit sort of make you
think of 1896 and your old program
of that day."
Him, yes" Bryan paused, Eyes,
yes indeed, yes, yes, yes"
you really think there are some
points of similarity" asked again,
between LaFollette's program Civ
en- out here yesterday and your old
democratic platform OF 1882"
Very unpopular Here"
Yes, indeed" Bryan replied, there
is some similarity. It's progressive
program. On most points could
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12
BRYAN SEES HIS GHOST in LA TOILETTE

agree, tho not all of them. l wouldn't
care to discuss it point by point. It's
a progressive program, but it's very
unpopular here"
"Why?"
Because these people here are ex-
treme factionalists."
Bryan Plays Safe.
what do you think LaFonette
ought to do with that program of
his?" inquired.
Here Bryan thought things were
drifting too far, and he countered
with:
That's just the trouble with you
newspaper men. You think you can
tell everybody how to run everything,
and so you want to get me to do the
same" and Mr.. Bryan nodded coldly.
Bryan said that because his delega-
ton to the Democratic convention is
instructed for McAdoo it would be
unbecoming of him to discuss other
candidates..
Negroes and the Khan.
A Negro delegate from Virginia
laughed derisively when asked If an
anti-Klan plank would get into the
platform.
why can't It be adopted?" ] asked.
you know what's going on in In
diana, don't your he answered well,
that's why the Republican convention
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12

can't do anything about the Ku Klux
Khan"
"Will you get thru anything to put
an end to lynching?" | queried.
Well" he said, they will denounce
it,
Afraid to Prevent Lynching.
YES said, "but besides denounc-
ing it are they ready to specify some
action to end lynching?"
While this Negro hesitated another
broke in excitedly:
NO, they won't do anything. They
will write a resolution that will be like
a Mother Hubbard-it covers every
thing and touches nothing. The Re-
publican party can't take a stand on
lynching. What this convention will
do will be to straddle."
"Why?"
Because the people that run
the Republican party are not inter
ested. The other OK is, gored. They
realize the Negroes most affected are
Southern Negroes who don't vote"
MondelI Attacks LaFoIlette.
The convention hall was nearly
filled towards noon, for the first time.
Mondell, elected permanent chairman.
tried to stir the convention TO enthusi-
asm with speech of furious fire.
works, centering his attack on La
Folletteites as Men calling them
selves republicans"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12
Big SCAB PLANT.
PENETRATED BY
INVESTIGATOR
Daily Worker Man Gets
Into Hawthorne Shop

The Western Electric manage
nnent thru its efficiency depart
iT1aent and its cost reductions de-
partment, is now engaged in
drasticaIIy cutting down the
force employed at the immense
Hawthorne plant. But produc-
ton will be kept at it's present
and even higher levels by speed
ing up employees who are re-
tanned.
When the young employee is
first taken in, he is saturated
with Western Electric bunk
which makes him ambitious to
gain promotion. He is told that
the $40 to $25 he makes a week
is only a beginning and that
promotions come the first of
June and the first of September.
In reality these two periods are
termed by the bosses periods of adj
justment and periods of cost reduc-
tion," / was told confidentially by B.
Stock, section head OF the Jack" in.
spection section of the detailed inspec.
ton department.
Reporter Gets In.
/ was given employment on June s
with the official title of process in.
spector," in the coil inspection depart.
ment, No. 6643-4, building 46, fourth
and fifth floors. My salary was to be
sac week.
I'VE have promotion periods every
six months" G. o. Knudson, the de-
tailed inspection department head,
told me when he hired me. "One of
these promotion periods, when we
give raises to the men who merit it,
has just gone by. You will have to
wait until next September for a raise,
but for the first few months you won't
be earning your wages, anyhow, as
you have had no Western Electric ex-
perience."
Inspector Gives Company Away.
B. Stock, head Of the jack inspec-
ton section of the detailed inspection
department, told a different story,
however, about these six months
apart promotion and raise" periods.
He told me confidentially, and warned
CONTINUED on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12
Kluxers Searched
For Arms as Murder
Trial is Opened

EBENSBURG, Pa. June 11.-Vigor-
GUS measures were adopted to pre-
serve order in court when the trial of
Al men for participation in the Ku
Klux Khan riots at Lilly, April 5, was
resumed today.
Judge Thomas d. Finletter ordered
careful scrutiny of all persons enter
ing the court, and posted special
guards to prevent a repetition of yes
terday's pro-Klan demonstration,
which resulted in an order clearing
the court.
. The state expects to finish testi-
mony by this evening. More than 400
witnesses have been subpoenaed by
the defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-12
CARMEN ANGRY
AT BETRAYAL
IN cleveland
Teapot Dome Thieves
Had Strike Delayed
BY ROBERT MINOR.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

CLEVELAND, o., June H.
While officials of the Garments
union are postponing the trolley
strike until after the republicans
have finished their convention
farce, the Cleveland Railway
company is going ahead with
the armoring of street cars and
the recruiting of gunner for
the coming battle.
MOtormen and conductors are
furious with vice-presidents Will
liam Fitzgerald and Edward Nc
Morrow and with local president
Polk for this gross betrayal in
the interests of the company
and the Teapot Dome party.
They point to the advantage which
the bosses gain thru additional time
for strike-breaking preparations.
The deal for the putting off of the
strike was made after conferences
with leaders of the G.. o. p. conven-
ton. The capitalistic politicians
begged the union officials not to COM
NIT "breach of hospitality" by al
lowing strike while they were put
ting Coolidge over
Polk tried to allay the resentment
of the rank and file by saying that the
postponement was made "for the sake
of the people of Cleveland"
Strikers reply that Folks first duty
is to organized labor They point to
the fact that the company has made
absolutely no concessions; that nego-
tiations have been fruitless and that
the workers only hope lies in swift
action.
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rty.
Harbord Is Active.

publicly as Morgan's private
property.
Harbord Is Active.
Harbord, on the other hand, is
looked upon as just as reliable
a Fascist, and he is making
quite a bid for the job.
In the National Republican" Off
cial organ of the old guard, on June
Z he said in an article advocating
greater ornaments and larger army:
Big Army Booster.
I'm the preservation of internal or
der, it (the large army means the one
dependable force against the more or
less organized forces of Communism,
which every well-informed man knows
are now steadily at work in this coun-
try. =