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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Harding's Normally Defined

What is normally?
1t was President Hardng's favorite word to describe
the activities of his administration.
Comes now description of the Harding admnistra-
ton
as the most the history of the country
seamy side Of history for which seeks in vain
parallel short of the intrigue of the corrupt Euro
pean courts Of the 18th century"
The quoted words are from recently published
dispatch of Arthur Sears Hennng principal Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Shiny Secretary of
Labor Slips SLGUe
Clause in Ship Bill

WASHINGTON, April 11.-Sena-
tors have promised Andrew Furuseth,
president international Seaman's un-
ion Of America, that they will make
a fight on the senate floor to strike
from the immigration bill the joker
inserted at the instance of Secretary
of Labor Davis, which would kill the
seaman's act.
The joker permits the secretary Of
labor to require bond of each alien
seaman who leaves his ship in an
American port. This repeats the
clause in the seamen's act which
permits alien seamen, employed at
low wages, to quit their jobs when
in American ports and to wait for a
chance to ship out at American
wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Trachtenberg Tour

Sunday, April 10, 2:sO p. M, Cleve-
land, o., Royal Hall, 5217 Woodland.
Monday, April ID, s p. M. Toledo,
o., Labor Temple, Jefferson and Mich
igan.
Tuesday, April Is, p. M. Detroit,
House Of Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave.
Wednesday. April Is, 8 p. M, Det-
roit, House of Masses, 2101 Gratiot
Ave. Russian Trade Unions.)
Thursday. April II, Grand Rapids,
full details TO appear later.
Friday, April IS, p. M, Chicago,
North Side Turner Hall, 500 N. Clark
st.
Saturday, April 10, Milwaukee, full
details 10 appear later.
Sunday, April 20. Gary, Ind, full
details to appear later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

pigeon in the |. w. w. metal min
ing industry until he was expelled
recently. Burns is urged to return
to the Pacific Coast and his subordi-
nate refers to the girl students scan
dial as follows:
Joy Ride Across Border
have received information that
three Government employees went
out on a wild party, taking with
them three young girls from the
University of Arizona, making a
trip to Nogales, Mexico. 1t appears
as tho the officials of the Uni
versity of Arizona are up in arms
over this affair and have been re-
quested thru Government off
Gals in Arizona to make full re-
port to Washington, D. C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
OUR BOOK REVIEWS

"The Ethics of Opium" Ellen La
Motto, The Century Co.
The western world, particularly
America, is worried because of the
increase of drug addiction. Hun
dreds of thousands of lives are be-
ing wrecked and made useles thru
the use of dope.
Ellen La Motto makes it plain in
her books, "The Ethics of Opium"
that the only hope Of controlling
the production of the raw opium and
of cocoa leaves. 1.-THE output of
this raw material is the root of the
matter. Strike at the root, and the
whole thing dries up"
Then she shows how the produc-
ton of opium is made a very prof
table business in the eastern col
onies of the western countries. How
the same dope that wrecks the lives
of workers in the home countries
and reduced their efficiency is used
in the East to keep the natives con-
tented and enslaved. Miss la Motto
shows and then proves with tables
of statistics.
Great Britain is the worst Offend
er in this dope traffic. At home
there are excellent laws that help to
prevent dope addiction but in India
the opium is raised, manufactured
and sold by the government. Hol-
land, France and Japan are also
strong for dope in the east
These cyovoY-v,nonfo oo,rII L.. 3d..
ping production in their colonies,
stop the whole dope traffic. But they
don't, it pays too well.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Expect Ambassador
OF u. S. to Brazil
To Leave for Home

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 1.-THE
newspaper A. Note says it is in
formed from an authoritative source
that high diplomatic representative
will leave Brazil definitely next We'd
nesday and twill not return"
Edwin Morgan, ambassador Of the
United States has booked passage for
the United States on that date, but
there is no confirmation Of reports
that he will not return to his post
here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Son of Morgan Side
Kick Heads Revolt
OF Harvard Students

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April TO-
Corliss Lamont, son of the New
York (Morgan) banker and vice
president Of the Harvard union
here, is leading a students protest
against the action of the govern
ing board Of the union in refusing
to allow radicals to speak to the
students Eugene V. Debs, William
q. Foster, and Scott Nearing are
among the speakers excluded by
Harvard union which tries to palm
off on the students only conserva-
tive orators. Lamont and his fell
lows say the radicals can always
speak before the Harvard Liberal
club, but that does not reach enough
students.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

AS stated, when l make this trip
into Arizona, l will write you a per-
sonal report, giving you names of
subjects implicated, also names of
people with full knowledge, as un-
derstand some Of your Department
agents were connected with the par
ty.
have again been warned against
radical reports getting into the
hands of Agent in Charge, Jones,
of Phoenix, Arizona.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Those Filipino Fanatics

A Manila dispatch informs us that three
leaders in the recent outbreaks of fanatics in
Surigao province have been sentenced to death
and 1913 others have received sentences of
thirty years Imprisonment"
These outbreaks of fanatics" strangely
enough. never occur in any but those countries
subjugated by an imperiaist nation and where
a struggle for freedom is going on.
George Washington, Tom Paine Patrick
Henry Thomas jefferson, were branded as
dangerous fanatics by the British government
and John Brown, when he took his rifle and
went out to free the black slaves was hung
for his fanatical devotion to abolition. Amer
lean imperialism now produces its own crop of
fanatics.
We look upon the dispatch quoted as proof
that some Of the Filipinos would rather die in
a fight for freedom than live under the rule
Of Leonard Wood the potentate who rules the
PHILIPPINES for the American plunderbund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Reports On Labor Spy

Another letter, dated June 5, 1928,
from George P. Pross, manager of
the Los Angeles branch of the Burns
Agency to William ]. Burns himself,
addressed as director" again gives
the lie to Burns assertion to Senator
Wheeler that he severed connections
with his private spy business on en-
tering the government service. It en-
closes reports on the work of "investi-
gator W. IL, alias Fred Harris, stool
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

In view of the recent high casualty rate
among sweethearts of the male sex it would
seem to be a good plan to frisk the loved one
for gun before getting down to the real bust
ness Of the evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

We are sorry the Prince of Wales was not
allowed to go to South Africa. It is the only
piece of British territory in which he has not
fallen from his horse and this apparent dis
elimination may add to the unrest there in
labor circles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

His Record is His Platform" is the slogan
of McAdoo's followers. Many man has
stepped off of better platforms than this with a
rope around his neck.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

Hugo SHINES, Millionaire steel king, is dead,
but not from starvation like the thousands of
German workers whom he exploited.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

How many Of your shop-mstes read
THE DAILY WORKER. Get ON. Of
them to subscribe today.
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The Washington times., 1924-12-09
JOCKEY PASTOR
GOES0N TRIAL
FOR LIFE
Hight Accused of Poisoning
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Says Defense
By SONIA LEE,
international News Service.

MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, Dec. 8.
The memorable weaving of a
rope about the necks of Elsie
Sweetin, and her pastor-lover,
Reverend Lawrence M. Hight, be-
gan today in the Jefferson county
court here where the two are on
trial for their lives for the muir
der Of MILFORD, Elsie's husband.
The attorneys for the defense
and the State have completed
their arguments-have etched in
words two entirely different pic
lures on the strange pair standing
before the bar of justice.
Fed Wife Poison, He Says.
From the lips of Special Prosecu.
tor Frank G.. Thompson has come
their histories, the arrival of the
little circuit.rider in Ina and the af-
lection of Elsie Sweetin, until then
a devoted wife. And the insuper-
able obstacle Of their respective al
legiances had, according to Thomp-
son, put murder in their hearts.
Thus, he says, Hight bought arsenic
and Elsie fed 1t to her husband in
three doses, repeating when the
CONTINUED on, Page Q, Column ST.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
ST. EL|ZABETH'S
|NNATEFOU
DEAD
Police Study Violent Com
panion Last Seen With
Alberto Medino

Alberto Medino, a Mexican pa
tient at st. Elizabeth's Hospital for
the Insane, was found dead under
his bed in Ward of p building
at the hospital today. The body,
with a cotton runner wound around
the neck, was found by Thomas
Mulraney, an attendant.
Just a few minutes before the
mans body was found, attendants
had left Medino In his ward with
another patient, Alexander Baniski.
When Mulraney returned, Baniski
had left the room, but he was
found little later, il is said.
washing blood stains from a pillow
case which was missing from
Medino's ward.
Headquarters Detectives Mullen
and Murphy, who are investigating
he case, are working along the
lines toward which these clues
point. They believe that Banislxi
who is said by hospital authorities
to be violent, Is responsible for
Medino's death. This same view is
held by Doctor William A. White,
superintendent of the hospital.
Baniski has been a patient at st.
Elizabeth's for about three years
according to Doctor White, and Me.
'~o been there a little longer
than that.
is now being held in very
o@e confinement and will be kent
that way, according to hospital All.
thorities, whatever the outcome of
the investigation.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
He BLA|NES
ZAGHLONE
NSTACK
DEATH
Speech From Throne Opening
Parliament Delivered Amid
Gala Scenes
BY F. A. WRAY,
international News Service.


LONDON, Dec. 9.-Defense of
British action in Egypt, following
the assassination Of Sir Lee
Stack was voiced by King George
v, in his speech today opening
parliament.
"My relations with foreign pow
ers continue friendly" he said,
reading from manuscript. "The
campaign of hostility to British
rights and interests in Egypt and
the SEdan, inspired rather than
discouraged by Premier Zaghloul.
eliminated in the murder Of Sir
Lee Stack in the streets Of Cairo
and obliged my government to
demand redress.
"These demands which the
present Egyptian government &C.
cepted are designed to secure
respect for those interests which
are Of vital concern to my en-
pire and which my government
specifically reserved to their abso-
lutte discretion when my protec-
torate over Egypt was with
drawn"
Bars Soviet Treaties.
81 follow with deep interest the
important deliberations OF the
League of Nations. My govern.
ment has not yet had time to
study In consultation with the
domihions the protocol for pacific
settlement of disputes drawn up
at the last assembly of the League
with attention to it's character and
demands.
my government is unable to
recommend for your consideration
treaties with the Soviet republic
signed August g.. 1t Ia my desire
that normal intercourse between
the two countrise shall not be in.
terrupted.
II trust that attainment of that
object will be made possible by
strict fulfillment of those condi-
LlOHS Oh ITlenuly international inter-
course which have repeatedly been
placed before the Soviet govern.
ment and accepted by them"
The King said the Anglo. Russian
trade agreement docs all that is at
present possible to foster neutral
trade"
Prince Going to Argentine.
He announced that the Prince OF
Wales would make a trip to South
Africa next spring.
II have received an invitation
from the president and government
Of the Argentine republic for the
Prince Of Wales to visit the Argen-
tine next year." he continued, land
/ have gladly accepted this invita-.
ton in behalf OF my SON"
The King urged close cooperation
with the dominions and said that
the bill for imperial preference"
would be submitted to commons.
my government proposes to pro-
coed with plans for enlarging the
naval base at Singapore" he stated.
PROMISES Of economy In expendi-
lures in an effort to reduce the bur
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
INFATUATED
V|THC(|P,
FATHER
SAYS
Child Sole Support of Family
Since He Was injured in
Rail Accident

A shattered romance with d
stalwart policeman who directs
traffic at 4 prominent downtown
intersection caused pretty four
teen-year-old Grace Beavers, 349
N street southwest, to attempt
suicide at $3.50 o'clock last night.
This is the belief Of the girls
father, Frank Lewis Beavers, as
expressed to a Times reporter to-
day at the N street home.
''Oh. The Dicltens."
Doubled in pain. Miss Beavers rat
on . couch ana ilapetuously re-.
peated '.oh. the iIckensi'' is her
father gave his theories a. ID why
she drank a small bottle OF iodine.
Although the girl was discharged
from Emergency Hospital last night
she is still rather i'll.
5 Mr.. Beavers admits. however.
that the scolding hts wife gave the
girl when she came home couple
OF hours later than usual last night
may also have had something to
do with her rash act.
"It all happened so quick
didn't realize what was occurring"
the father said. "Grace came in
and told me that she wanted the
Iodine as her corns hurt. i
Gave Her The Iodine.
''As she works in department
store and stands up. all day, I be-
lieved that this was probably so
and thought nothing Of it.
"She went out Of the house to
another across the street, where her
mother was attending a sick
woman. In a moment one Of the
children called me and said that
Grace was dying. I went across.
She admitted taking the iodine and
/ rushed her to Emergency"
Girl Supports Family.
Mr.. Beavers said that as he was
injured recently in a railroad acct.
dent and couldn't work. Grace was
the sole support Of the family.
On the mantle of the parlor
stands a picture of the traffic
policeman, who the. father con-
tends, sis Grace's sweetheart and
probably the cause Of her taking
the iodine"
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
kid BARES
INSANITY
PLEA
One indicated Defense Line Is
That Teresa Mors Shot
Herself
BY COPELAND G. BURG,
international News service.

Los ANGELES, Cai1t., Dec. y.
kid Mccoy will not plead i'm
sanity.
Prospective jurors in the case
Of the imam of many marriages"
accused of killing his last sweet
heart, were not questioned today
in q single instance as to the in
sanity phase of the case.
The beautiful auburn haired
woman whom the defendant, says
he planned. to make his ninth
wife, killed herself. Or she was
accidentally killed or some jealous
man or woman-not Kid Mccoy
killed Teresa Mors-that was the
indicated trend of the defense as
shown by questions asked prospec-
tive jurors by McCoy's attorneys
today.
Objects to Insanity Plea.
What of McCoy's career as a pugi
list? That is another question OF
the defense. Did many blows IN the
hemp square unbalance the defend.
ant--make him irresponsible at
times, but not insane?.
81 object to an insanity plear'
Long ago Kid Mccoy told his at.
torneys that Even il it would free
me, object to being called insane
for one minute. Teresa killed her
self. When / take the stand will
tell how she did 1t and the jury will
free me-"
The defense questioning TO date
has related entirely to facts concern,
ing McCoy's life in the ring and his
eight marriages
The jury will be completed to-day
according to both defense and prose
cution attorneys.
Eleven in Jury Box.
When court opened today seven
women and four men were in the
Jury box as prospective jurors. The
defense had exhausted ten of Its
twenty .peremptory challenges and
the State had used but two.
Four women were excused be
cause they objected to the death
penalty.
The first witness in the ease prob
ably will be Doctor A. B. Wagner
county autopsy surgeon, who ex
amined Mrs. Mors' body, found In
the Nottingham apartments last
August 10 with a bullet through
the head.
Albert A. Mors, antique dealer
who was divorced from Mrs. Mors
week before her death, was on
his way to Los Angeles from Chi
cago and was expected to arrive
here Wednesday to testify against
Mccoy.
Sisters With Him.
When the defendant appeared In
court today he was more cheerful
than on the opening day OF the
trial. He was accompanied by his
his three attorneys and his two
sisters, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, who
will be a witness both for the State
and the defense, and Mrs. Georgia
Davis, wife Of Roy Davis, Los
Angeles banker.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
n. ]. RUM GRAF I
REACHES into
NEW YORK
New Hudson County Grand
Jury Meets-More Indict-
ments Expected
BY DAVID SENTNER,
International News Service.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. g.
With the tentacles Of the New
Jersey rum running scandal
across into New York
City, new Hudson county grand
jury sat today with Indications Of
further indictments being found.
It appeared that national and
municipal officials as veil as Fed
eral prohibition agents would be
indicted.
Walter g. Winnie. United States
attorney here, expected to hear to-
day from Attorney General Stone
in regard to Winne's request for
an investigation Of the liquor scan
dial by the Department Of Justice.
More Charges Made.
The last act Of the retiring grand
jury was to return eleven addi.
tional indictments against William
e. Griffin, OF New Jersey, alleged
King Of the rum runners" charg-
ing him with bribing a:ne uniform
ed policemen of Weehawken; Harry
S. Stearns, chairman Of the Wee.
hawken police committee, and
Police Captain Charles McNamee.
These men have been indicted
along with Griffin.
Evidence gathered by the Hud-
son county prosecutors office shows
that the alleged $4,000, 900 rum
ring" ran their liquor trucks boldly
across the Fourteenth street ferry
into New York, where the cargoes
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

lows is going TO be. needed to take
care of the unfortunate persons who
are looking forward rather sadly to
a Christmas Of unhappiness and
sorrow. r
The Good Fellow Editor does not
ask for money or checks. These
cannot be used by him.
All he wants is your name and
CONTINUED on Page. Q. coIump %
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
HANG WAR HERO
As THOUSANDS
PROTEST
"HII T.
British Ignore Petition Signed
by 1oo,ooo-Big Throng
Prays at Prison Walls
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
International News Service.

HULL England, Dec. 9.-Wil-
liam George Smith, world war
hero and confessed killer, went to
his death on the. galloWs today
despite 100000 protests. He was
hanged at 9 o'clock for the muir
der of Elizabeth Bousfield, the
married woman with whom he had
been living.
The measured tolling Of the bell
at the city Jail brought the news
to the singing and praying crowds
outside the prison gates that the
death sentence had been carried
out. Many who took part in the
nenacing death watch which Of
ficials feared would break out in
an attempt to stay the hanging
had been in front of the gates
all night.
Streets Patr0led.
A force of mounted officers
patroled the streets where the
crowd stood, muttering angrily in
the pauses between songs and
prayers. A strong reserve Of police
was ready in case the resentment
against Smiths execution should
flare up into action.
The hangman had been struggled
into the jail yesterday despite the
watching crowds.
But no attack marked the execu.
ton. An angry moan broke from
the crowd when the bell tolled the
message OF Smiths death, but 1t
was too late then to intervene.
soon the outer fringes of the crowd
began to dispense, then larger
groups Joined them, returning to
their homes, or to work. - ~
The resentment against Smiths
execution arose from the fact that
a wife killer, but a few days
previously, had been sentenced "a
A~At ten years penal servitude!
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
MATSUDAIRA NAMED
JAPANESE ENVOY HERE

TOKYO, Dec. 9.--Appointmen OF
Tsuneo Matsudaira as Japanese
Ambassador to the United States
was officially announced here to-
day. rHe is expected to leave for
Washington this week.
Matsudaira succeeds former Am.
bassador Matsudo Hanihara who
left Washington following passage
by the American Congress Of the
JapAMano exclusion law.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
Good FelLow Call Is
Growing Louder

little boy who wants Good Fellow to give him pair
of trousers and for Christmas he Sunday
School, Of the fifty persons appealing for help from the
Good Fellows Of Washington today
mother with baby December l. is another APP
picant for Good Fellow kindness.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
BOY WHO KILLED BABY
WITH BAT HELD ON BAIL

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Charged
with homicide in the death Of an
infant who was struck In the head
when a baseball bat flew from his
hands, Robert Z. Decker, seventeen,
a schoolboy, was held in $1,000 bail.
He will be examined Friday.
Robert Remmick, two and a. half
years old, died in Reception hos.
pital where he had been since he
was injured June Z. :.