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The Washington times., 1924-06-27

\ The resolutions committee Of the
convention adjourned last night and
convened again today with Ku
Klux Khan and League of Nations
stiH unsolved menaces to the
! Democratic party's future.
The passions swirling about the
Ku Klux Khan came to a new eli
max as it became apparent that the
convention in all probability was
ready to adopt platform plank
denouncing the Khan by name. 1t
became also apparent that thereby
the Catholics might lose all chance
of nominating a Catholic for either
President or Vice President.
Al Smith, of New York, and Bill
Dever, of Chicago, and Tom Walsh,
of Montana, and all other potential
Catholic candidates for either Presi-
dent or Vice President, seemed
likely to be defeated and eliminated
by the possible triumph of the
Catholics in denouncing the Klan
by name.
Gaining a triumph in the plat.
form, the Catholics seemed likely
to be counting and accomplishing
an exclusion from the ticket.
| "Denounce lawlessness if you
please; denounce physical violence
II you please; call upon the States,
If you please, to suppress disorder
within their borders; but do not
commit the Democrat party to one
| side of a conflict regarding religion
In its relation to public office" So
spoke and pleaded numerous Protest.
ants and also indeed numerous Cath
olics, all last night and all this morn.
Ing as they contemplated what
seemed to them to be the possibility
OF a virtual extinction Of the Demo
cratic party in numerous States of
the Union in consequence Of the
proposed anti-klan declaration.
The personal judgment of ma.
Jor1ty of the members Of the resolu.
tons committee is probably opposed
to- the declaration.
The majority vote on the floor OF
the convention is probably at this
moment in favor of the declaration.
Numerous delegates claim that II
the convention now fails to denounce
the khan by name a multitude of
Catholics will desert the Democratic
party in November and will surren.
der the East to the Republicans.
Threat by Woman.
An AL Smith woman partisan dis.
tributing AL Smith campaign but.
tons approached the distinguished
Democrat Bernard M. Baruch in a
hotel lobby last night and offered
him one of her Al Smith buttons 10
put in the lapel of his coat.
He refused it on the ground that
he was for McAdoo. She made the
following reply, well, then, the
next President for us is Coolidge" "
The inclination of a certain con.
siderable mass Of Catholics in the
East to say farewell to the Demo.
cratic party If 1t fails to denounce
the khan by name is undeniable.
On the other hand, a large mum.
Der of delegates with genuine
anxiety and with true fear in their
hearts maintain to all Corners at all
hours of day and night that a
declaration against the khan by name
will mean that the Democratic
party has picket out a Protestant
organization to denounce not merely
on the issue of violence, but also
on the issue Of religion, and that
lthereupon every Northern States
Protestants, which means virtually
every on eof all the Northern States
Twill send the Democratic party
into oblivion.
Division Of Sentiment Tragic.
Never in any other preceding
Democratic convention, not even
The Washington times., 1924-06-27
CONG. LITTLE IS
DEAD IN DC.
HOSPITAL
Illness Brought on by Over
work Given as Cause Of
legislators Demise

Congressman Edward c.. Little
Rep9 Of Kansas City. Kans., died
today at Garfield Hospital. Over.
work was given as the cause Of
his death. He had been in the
hospital for more than a month.
His wife. Mrs. Edna NJ. Little,
and his son, Donald, were at the
bedside when the end came. Fun
eral services will be held in Kansas
City. Interment will be at ABB.
lene, Kans.
Congressman Little was born in
Ohio, but settled at Olathe, Kans.,
In 1855. He was a graduate OF
the University of Kansas. Except
for about three years in the army
and the diplomatic corps, and four
terms in Congress, he practiced law
continuously since 1885.
During the Philippine insurrec-
ton. Mr.. Little was lieutenant
colonel of the Twentieth Kansas
Regiment. He participated with
honor in a number Of engagements.
He was elected unanimously
chairman of three State conven-
tons and was delegate-at-large. to
two national conventions. In No
vember, 1899. he was married TO
Edna Margaret Steele.
The Washington times., 1924-06-27
Hot Passions Swirl
Over Khan Plank
By WILLIAM HARD.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, June 27-Tormented by
infinite perpexties this convention awoke today find
these pepexies concentrated into four almost ntoerabe
problems
The problems were and The Klux Kan labor, agri
culture, and the League of Nations.
The Washington times., 1924-06-27

than, former American ambassador
to Turkey, is present pretty nearly
every session and so is James w.
Gerard, former ambassador to
Germany.
Jonkheer De Serrier, Of the
Netherlands legation, is among the
bachelor diplomats now in town
and, with George Angus Garrett, is
The Washington times., 1924-06-27

him in New York. The minister of
Switzerland, Marc Peter, was pres.
ent yesterday and the ambassador
of Great Britain. Sir Esme Howard,
came all the way from the north
shore to attend the opening ses.
sions. He was a guest in Henry
Morganthau's box. Mr.. Morgan.
The Washington times., 1924-06-27

Never in any other preceding
Democratic convention, not even
The Washington times., 1924-06-27

A long discussion followed on
the Muscle Shoals plank but It was
finally adopted, pledging the Demo.
cratic party to complete or lease
the Alabama project for the manu-
facture OF commercial fertilizer at
the lowest possible cost for the
benefit OF American farmers
Considerable debate also was pro.
tected by the immigration plank.
1t merely placed the party on
record as favoring "Asiatic exclu.
sion." 1t was adopted, although a
group, led by Congressman SABBATH
Of Illinois. demanded the Demo
cratic party be pledged against
Any immigration determinations
The Washington times., 1924-06-27
ADVERTISEMENT
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
Written Especially for The
Washington Times

Southern Railway train No. II, be-
ginning Sunday, June 2sth. will leave
Washington $3.50 y. m. instead Of 1000
,. m. for Roanoke. Chattanooga, New
Orleans and Shreveport. City Ticket
oGGics. 1910 II So. ". w.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11

New York, Aug. l1.-Ocean Liner
Row. Ten p. m. Great piers where
great boats arrive and depart for
strange lands. Aliens, clad in COL
orful garb, edging away in the dark
ness of New York night. Fish.
Ugh. A tipsy sailor from a foreign
port. Three cooks in kitchen white
out for breath of air. no
The Olympic is sailing at I a. m.
Happy crowds arriving in limousines
and taxicabs. Get flag and wave
goodbye to your mother in law"
barks an aged man with a large
stock of flags of all lands. An
elderly matron in black stares at
him in derision. Must have a mar
ried daughter. "A Beau Brummel
sailing for Paris opens a handbag to
exact his passport. What ho! The
clink of bottles. Taking a sandwich
to sure-fire banquet. Bet he al
ways has an extra collar button in
his vest pocket.
Many sightseeing visitors aboard.
Visiting an ocean liner develops a
desire for travel that cannot be
denied. Hello there! Gloria Swan
son, the movie actress. She is wear
ing brown sun-glasses, a pink dress,
black cape and hat to match. Not a
soul recognizes her. Better take off
your disguise, Gloria. She came to
say goodbye to Forrest Halsey, her
story adapter, going to. France to
prepare the way. for her new pie
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
BATTLE OF ~WOUNDED KNEE"

He told me that the Indians
came in and surrendered and that
the troops surrounded them, form
ing square with the Indians.
men. women. and children-in the
center. A shot or shots came from
among the Indians. Il do not re-
member whether it did injury to
the soldiers or not.) At this the
soldiers, losing their heads. fired
into the Indians massed within the
square, killing many of the In
dians and incidentally killing a
number of their own men on the
other sides of the square!
My informant and his wife went
about after the battle" working
among the injured Indian women
and children. whose injuries. he
tells me, were CHASTITY and whose
pathetic Inquiries, "Why are they
killing us?" he can never forget.
None of the women or children in
spite of horrible decorations.
groaned or made any outcry till
they realized that the white man
was not going to have them put to
death.
If my informant was right, and
/ have every reason to believe that
he was, should not call this af-
fair a battle" l understand that
an official inquiry by Army Off
GERS decided that. at least for pur-
noses of publication. it was not Il
massacre" It seems now possi-
BILE. after so long an interval, to
look into the facts. Or is Off
cial whitewash permanent? Adj
venture.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
4 NEW ADVANCE IN AN ART

The immense amount of public
ity which radio and wireless teleg.
raphy have received in recent
years has somewhat obscured,
apparently, the fact that the sub
marine cable is still doing bust
ress, and very much of it. In part
the cables compete with wireless.
it Is true, but in the main their
spheres Of use do not greatly over
lap. There have not been cables
enough, and more are being laid
down on the bed of the oceans
every year. Especially have cables
been needed in the Pacific.
Engineer employed by the West
ern Electric Research Laborator-
les have recently developed a new
alloy whose use will. it is expect
ed. enable at least four words to
be sent over a submarine cable
for every one that Is now possible.
AS means of transmitting signals
the cable is very much slower
than land wires, because, first, it
is really very long condenser Of
the same sort used on radio ap-
paratus: and second. because 1t is
Inherently defective in quality
known as inductance.
Prior to the year 1900 the tele-
phone suffered from similar
trouble, hut the great inventor
Pupin was able by placing an in
ductance coil every few miles
along the wires to make long
distance telephony possible. Sim
liar coils could not, however, be
placed in the suboceanic cables
owing to mechanical difficulties in
laying them from ship in mid
ocean. and so the speeded-up cable
was forced to wait tor the inven-
ton of a new alloy called permal-
loy.-OutlOOk.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
"BE SQUARE"

William Byron Forbush has recently published a
book 1t is little 88cent affair but of the most
significant and pregnant publications of this modern
-ment
The theme and plot Of the book is dishonesty and its
price Its moral is it's title, "Be Square,"
Stock frauds land frauds and confidence games cost
each Mr. Forbush shows $2 OOO burglary and
theft $525 O0OOO0 embezzement and defacations
600 graft and loong Of public domain $2OOOOOOOO fraud
lent bankruptcy and credit swndes $1000O00O0 bad debts
onr merchants forgery and worthless checks
100000 piracy and seaport robbery $75O0O0 0OO-a
grad ~|oc,cv total Of SO 3OOOOO.OOO.
Add to this the $50000000O0 pay for police, courts
Jals prisons, etc, and know that dishonesty costs
sS5,OO00,0O0 sufficient to pay the current
expenses of three to thoroughly
educate every child in the country
Appalling figures but they do tell the whole story
even at that. Dishonesty is increasing.
Before the the insurance companies estimated that
there three burgares to fire. today there
In 10 years. the ratio of automobile thefs the
total valuation has increased five times.
Surety companies today paying six times much
fc1 ebezzlemens and IL times much for burgares as
true 10 years ago.
And think of the worthless goods sod the thousands of
articles lost and found that returned the cheating
in examinations at schools and colleges the vast vast
her Of petty decepons that practced in all the
life and which not tabulated!
Decreasing? Yes Depressing enough to invite reaction
to challenge and and children to revolt and
battle for right.
Back of every offense shortcomings crime one or ALL
there human beings aftermath of war" movies" I"
rohbtion and all the other stock explanations for evil
movements and conditions pffle.
They resorts. not There of course
and charity but there mitigation dishonesty no
extenuaton for being cheat.
The easiest most natural and very finest to all
the demands and problems of answer that best
meets all moral questions of humanty-is, BE Square,
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11

Deck stewards haggard and worn.
They've been on duty II hours. One
o'clock in the morning is an unusual
sailing hour from this port. But it
is popular. Except with those who
are seeking publicity. The ship
news photographers don't work at
night. The meanest trick played
tonight. . Somebody sent that jolly
fellow sample of every remedy for
sea-sickness. on the market. He ad-
mits he'll probably need them.
A crowd on deck fighting to peer
through stateroom window. Won
der who the popular person is?
Charles De Roche, the French movie
idol who has been here 20 months.
Like a Gagged lion with side-show
spectators looking on. He'd have
made a good football player. Shoul-
ders like q full.back.
, Clang! The warning bell. All visi-
tors off. A scramble. Kisses and
tears. Handshakes and heartaches.
There goes the first gang plank.
They are taking in the second. Gee,
that fellow made the boat by q step.
A second later and it would have
taken two jumps. He probably
catches trains while they are NOV
ing out Of the station.
There she goes! The tugs take
hold of her. Ships that 60 out to
sea at night. .,
Stephen flanagan.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
THE CONTROL OF LOVE
BY Albert, Apple

A clever medical writer, Dr. William J. Robinson has
this new idea: Every day become more and con-
vnced that the love instinct is the real of most hu
misery much important than the bread question
"And want to say that he who would contribute
thing solve the love questionhe who would succeed in
perhaps destroying romantic love altogether don starch
he who would uproot jealousy, will be of humanitys
greatest benefacors. Perhaps the greatest consider
for love and jealousy important than for
cancer, tuberculosis pneumonia"
Love does lot of misery. That's undeniabe But
love brings far joy and than misery and trouble
The misery and trouble the price we pay for love-
For everything get in life, we price-natures
full price, to the last cent There is escaping the pay
ment. And love is exception. -.
Why is it necessary for love to misery well as
joy aside from the NATURES price, idea? This is the
swer: There be no emotion except by contrast.
Fire would not be pleasngy attractive if did not
undergo cold for contrast The warmth is the escape from
the dscomforts of cold
Wealth is most keeny enjoyed when we have back
ground of poverty and struggle to make appreciate the
good things Of life that are brought by riches. -
at times bring misery such jealousy and closing OUT
The love during youth"puppy love'-brings excruciat
disappointment heartache and melancholy It's because
of this suffering that 1.-THE first love- fingers in memory
by contrast. ~
The average person experiences several affairs of the
heart before he she finds he right one" the is
really found, very little heartache is mixed with it. And It
appreciated because the experience Of the past exists for
comparison. -
After ALL we have trouble to make appreciate Joy to
its limit All life is succession of contrasts We could not
appreciate glorious sunshine and gentle breezes if didn't
have storms for contrast .... >:....
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
THE DISCOVERY
(By Florence Borner)

(By Florence BOrner)
oh, Speckle, my hen up missing, day.
An l looked aroun ist hard as l could,
Till Mamma allowed at she must o. been caught,
By or Mr.. Fox, vino lives down in tn wood
couldn't help cryin. cause loved her
She given to me list wee, little chick.
An fed an watered her each night an morn
An cleaned out her coop. she wouldn't get sick.
.ts, IL -. e,
One mornin while plavn' way down in tn brush ~
l heard a "cluck, cluck," an looked all aroun', - ]
An there by log. in snug little nest,
I'll bet you can't guess what it at l foun.
Why. Speckle, my hen. at l thot had been lost
An Men sOmethin' else. an lot of em, too!
Twelve dear little chickens tn downiest fings,
An one was snow white, an another was blue.
An lot O. tn others were black a crow
lst like dear OIL Speckle was when she was small:
An they hid in tn grass when they heard close,
Till couldn't fin EN- mos hardly, at ALL
NY or speckle was proud she st walked like queen.
An spoke to her babies lovn' an kim:
While hurried off to tell Mama an Dad.
To come quick an look at my wonderful fin
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11

Kicky. "We're having ball-game
this afternoon between the Jumpers
and the Boxers and we need a bat
ter and an umpire. Do you want
to play? You can bat, Weeny, and
Nick can be umpire to decide who
wins, and Nancy can watch"
"That's fine!" cried Nick and
Nancy and Weeny together.
They all went to the ball field and
after meeting Kicky's friends, the
game began, with Weeny at the bat.
You never saw such a fast ball
game in your life, and when it was
over the score was about two hun
dred to one hundred and ninety. For
when the kangaroo boys ran for
bases they just gave one hop with
their strong hind legs and tails, and
there they were. And runs! 1t was
something awful!
But everybody said that Weeny
was the best batter they ever had.
he knocked the ball so far.
They had such a good time they
all stayed a week.
(To Be Continued)
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Inc. J
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN
PRESCOTT TO, SYDNEY
- CARTON e., :

You should marry, my dear Syd.
There's nothing like marriage to
change a mans point of view. !
don't know just why it is, but when
a man is courting a girl, she looks
entirely different to him than she
does after he mafries her.
You being single, all girls are
beautiful to you. I'd like to see
you married to someone like Mrs.
Atherton here. She'd soon make
you understand that the war be-
tween the sexes is not7a myth. It's
every bit of independence he will
have and every bit Of respect that
he will get from his wife, her
friends or her relatives.
told Leslie that she must give
that damned necklace back to Karl
Whitney. She's going to do it or
we're going. to be divided house.
hold. If Leslie's father weren't so
i'll. I'd put the twhole matter up to
him.: He'd. certainly understand the
whole business. re.in
/ don't see why / shouldn't make
one of the wedding. party and escort
Miss 'Perier swhen my wife was out
Of town. With the exception Of
Miss Perier, all the participants
were my wife's friends. In fact.
We were going to haves the wedding
at my house if Leslie hadn't been
called TO her. 3sthsrs:Ss
It's an armedtfues between US
so far. l have not telegrapheds or
written her, and she has not peeped
as far as am concerned. Of
course, my mother is here, and she
is becoming very. curious. to know
why my wife ,hasn't written me. 1
have told her she is probably too
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
FABLES ON HEALTH
SUMMER TIPS

ness is tolerated by thousands of
people who fail to keep the cans
covered.
rid of flies in the house is to make
l per cent formalin solution and
leave it in saucer. riies usually
seek something to drink in the morn
ing and will meet their doom from
this concoction.
Fly paper, traps and other me-
diums can also be employed to good
effect if desired. The important
thing is to rid the house of them
whatever the method employed
may be. ,o'. 'n nit
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11

Keep the tops of garbage cans
tightly covered.
Provide yourself with fly traps
or = fly paper.
Keep windows screened, particu-
larly those leading to the pantry.
These are few of the Summer
don'ts" observed by the fygeinic
club of Anytown. For this is. the
season when the fly and the mos
quito are abroad in the land with
and disease.
The garbage can is one of the
favorite camping grounds of the fly
and altogether too much careless
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
THE TRAVELLERS VISIT THE
KANGARoOS

hANOAhOOS
where are we going now
Weeny!" asked Nick when the, ele-
phant had placed them both careful
ly on his back after they had left the
iceberg. "Who else are you going
to visit on your vacation?"
II believe I'll 60 to see Kicky
Kangaroo" said Weeny. 1--WE used
to have a lot of fun in the circus.
He lives long way, off, but that
doesn't matter. since the Fairy Queen
taught me to fly with my ears. Let
me sec-where's that card? The last
postcard l had from him had his ad-
dress on it,"
ut must be in your satchel.' said
Nancy.
$50 it must" said Wecny.
So the Twins opened the satchel
and took out Weeny's mighty and
his specks and his toothbrush and
there, sure enough, was the lost post
card
ut says Bamboo Grove, Australia
read Nick.
eyes. sir! Of course!'" said
Weeny. II wish my memory was as
long as my trunk. But it's only as
long as my tail. My head will never
save my heels. I'm afraid. Wasn't it
lucky l happened to have that card
along! Hold tight now, here we Co."
Weeny gave few flaps with his
big ears and soon the travellers were
whizzing away over mountains and
seas until they came to Australia
At least that's what the whale said
it was, when they asked him out in
the ocean.
And before they knew it there they
were at the Bamboo Grove, where
Kicky Kangaroo lived.
In sort of tangly place under
some trees there was house and on
the door-plate it said. mister and
Mrs. Kangaroo"
I "Why, it doesn't say word about
|I4icky," said Weeny anxiously.
E"Oh. it never mentions the chill
dsen," said Nick wisely. "But if
hiS mother and daddy live here. he
n,,st too"
"Qf course!" said Weeny.
Who's there?" called voice sud
DENY from inside.
p" said Weeny. II mean u.s.
Atstthat the door flew open and
out j4mped Kicky Kangaroo himself
"Hs% 10 there!" he cried. "If it isn't
my qa@ friend Weeny, the elephant!
Are ydA still doing circus act?''
"Nolit said Weeny. "These are not
circus iders. They're Nancy and
Nick, Y Twins. I'm taking them on
travels, And we've come to visit
ydu."
"Thep you're just in time," said
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-11
ENGLISH MURDER TRIALS

The Leopold Loeb has attracted much attention in
England the English usts and lawyers are said to be
amazed at the American procedure comparison of the
English method Of dealing with murders invited by the
and widespread interest in the English system
been aroused in America
One correspondent describing the English SYSTEM says
that no such procedure that before Judge Caverly in
Chicago could take place in English court In America
plea be mot guilty because insane but England
verdict would be guty but insane" English Judges with
power in such than American Judges do not
permit the battle of aensts One Of the most famous Eng
ish murder trials lasted but two days. The verdict
guilty but insane The insane went to the prison for
criminal insane, and still remains there.
There is not likely to be Harry Thaw in England.
Thaw was sent to hospital for the insane and after long
incarceration obtained his freedom He did serve the
life sentence usually given murderer. In England he
probably would have remained in the insane hospital the
rest of his life.
The only question considered by English jurists when
mental deficiency pleaded whether not the murderer
is able to distinguish between right and wrong Childish
phantases similar abnormates have no place in the
courts there.
Much of the American law is based the English
mon law few Chief Justice Taft of the United
States Supreme Court went to England in endeavor
obtain suggestions for speeding procedure the United
States courts The Leopod-Loeb will convince many
that we have much to learn in this respect.