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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
REFUSED To
QUIT JOB,
BANKER
CLAIMS
White House Calls Statement
"Ridiculous"- Banker Re-
iterates Charge.

Frank A. Vanderlip's assertion
that President Coolidge had asked
Tor the resignation of Attorney Gen.
eral Harry M. Daugherty, but had
not received it, was characterized
1t the -Whita Hnaae-. today as "too
ridiculous to dignity by a denial. +"
President Coolidge has not asked
Tor the Attorney Generals resigna.
ton, it was said, and if he does ask
It he will get it.
1t also was stated at the White
House that no communication has
ever been received from Vanderlip
ADVISING the President against
embarrassing" Daugherty. Van
Qernp indicated in a speech in New
York last night that he had SO ad-
v1sed the President in a letter, but
the White House has no record Of it,
Vanderlip Reiteg-ates Charge.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Confront-
"a with the White House denial
that President Coolidge had asked
Tor the resignation sof ATTORNEY
General and been met with refusal.
Frank A. Vanderlip, New York
financier, today reiterated his
Charge and said he knew "the
exact date and circumstances under
winch the request occurred"
Into White House.
II am prepared to prove my state.
ment IN the face of President Cool.
idge's denial" Vanderlip said when
read a Washington dispatch con.
tanning the White House denial
which characterised his charge as
too ridiculous to dignity by a de.
HAL"
Knows Date. He Says.
IT not only know that President
Coolidge requested Attorney Gen.
eral Daugherty to resign, but ]
know the exact date and circum
stances under which the request
occurred" VANDERBILT declared.
"1f I am called on by the com
mittee In Washington win 20 down
and prove it to them," he added
II will give out no details to any
one until asked by the committee
Politicians convicted in the public
mind OF debauching a public trust
must be read out of the Repub
Mcan party" Vanderlip declared
The list is not yet complete or
anything like it. Events are likely
TO add rapidly and materially to that
list"
with reference to the White
House denial that any letter had
been received from Vanderlip advis.
ing against white washing" Daugh.
erty, the financier said TODAY he
had not said he had written Presi
dent Coolidge on the subject at all
What ! said was had tried
90 communicate with the White
House to advise against such a pro
cedure." Vanderlip said.
II asked friend. who planned
10 see the President, to advise
him against taking such a step
Whether or not he did communicate
this message, I do not know"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
RICH IRON MINE FIELDS
SURVEYED IN Russia

MOSCOW, March 3.-Prof. Cub.
KIN, who has just conducted a
scientific survey of the Kursk iron
fields. believes they will prove the
richest In Russia.
ne estimates the total deposits
1t 112.966,000 tons Of pure iron ore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
2 CHILDREN DEAD, FATHER
DYING OF GASOLINE BLAST

NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio, March
S.-Nelue and Beulah Tracey, aged
3 and s, respectively, are dead.
and their father, Roy Tracey, is
dying as the result Of burns they
received today when their home at
McCluney, near here, burned.
The father poured gasoline-mis.
taken for coal oil-on a fire to
kindle it and the explosion followed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight; temperature slightly above
freezing. Tuesday cloudy and warmer;
rain by Tuesday night; southwest winds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03

IT am prepared to prove my state.
ment in the face of President Cool.
idge's denial" Vanderlip said when
read a Washington dispatch con.
tanning the White House denial
which characterized his charge as
too ridiculous to dignity by a de.
1aial."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
Big Business Believes
In Open Grating
Openly Arrived At

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May Big
business is trying to stop the con-
gressional Investigations of the graft
Of the Harding Coolidge adminstra-
ton, Frank A. Vanderlip told the
Western New York Publishers AS
sociation, in session in Rochester.
1.-THE investigation might bring radi-
calism if it uncovered too much
Business is inclined to say there has
always been graft in government and
wants an orderly political campaign"
he said.
Vanderlip who has aroused the ire
of his former Wall street associates
by starting private investigating bu-
reau to help the Wheeler and Walsh
committees, declared 1.-THE job is on
ly started. Daugherty is out, but his
appointees are still scattered thru the
department. William J. Burns, chief
government detective, is one of those
remaining.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
ANOTHER BANK
CLOSES DOORS
IN FROZEN MORT
Ruin Of Farmer Blame
For Bankruptcy

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 5.--The cal
tai Trust ana Savings Bank, one
the largest in st. Paul, with 5000
900 deposits, closed it's doors today.
The closing came after a practice
ly all night session Of the director
and officials with A. ]. Veigel, Stat
Superintendent of Banks.
"The difficulties" veigel said, car
due to frozen assets, in the form {
North Dakota and Montana pape
which cannot now be liquidated."
The bank has capital stock OF $500
600 and is operated in connection wit
the Capital National Bank The Ne
tional Institution, it is said, is not al
fected by the closing.
Reports were that other st. Pau
banks, and the clearing house associa
tion will come to the aid Of the Cap
tai Trust and Savings sank. ]. /
Mitchell is president Of the bank. l
was organized December 16, 1890.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06

serted. Dunn read Burns correspond
ence, recently published by The Fed
Grated Press, the DAILY WORKER
and Industrial Solidarity, showing
that Burns is using his official posi-
ton to coordinate the anti-labor ac
tivities of the department of justice
and the Burns Detective agency OF
which he is still the active head.
Rifled Friends SatcheIs.
Some of the people who are going
to be most active in ousting Burns
are Republicans from whom he took
money without giving any return, said
A. A. Berle, attorney for the Virgin
Islands committee. Berle claimed to
be Republican who had worked with
Burns.
Appropriations of S2,25O, 900 for the
bureau of investigation, department
of justice, for 1923 and the same
amount requested for 1924 are lover
twice as great as during the war and
over four times as great as as before
it, the great increases being based
largely on the need of combating
radicals" states the resolution sent
to the senate committee. Radical ac-
tivities "are not such as to demand
attention of the government, as
proved clearly by the bureaus failure
to find any basis for prosecutions,
the resolution says.
The defeated joker in the admins
tration's immigration bill, permitting
deportation of citizens for alleged
radicalism, was inserted in the bill by
the National Security League, Director
Roger N. Baldwin told the Liberties
Union meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
BURSUM PENSION
BILL is KILLED
BY C 0 OLD G {.
Expected To Knife The
Soldiers Bonus

WASHINGTON, May s. Calvin
Coolidge vetoed the Bursum pension
bill, basing his disapproval on the
ground Of expense. The bill repre-
sented an expenditure of approximate
ly $55,OOO,OOO and granted increased
pensions to veterans, widows, depen-
dent children and nurses of the Civil,
Mexican, 1872, Spanish, Philippine
and Boxer wars. 1t is rumored here
that the Wall street manager in the
White House will treat the soldiers
bonus bill in the same manner.
The President in his veto message
said substantially it was regrettable
that heroes who fight wars should not
be satisfied with the glory gained.
However, he cannot tolerate any more
tampering with the sacred fires of pa
triotism, which are liable to be
quenched with squirts of oil and
brides to war veterans for doing their
plain duty.
Coolidge feels that if the craze to
compensate soldiers for fighting for
the capitalists increases, and if this
compensation comes out of the pockets
of those who have money, as it must,
the prospects for the future look none
too bright for those who make mil
lions on wars. Think of the cost of a
pension bill for the wives and depen-
dents of the millions who were mo-
bilized in the late warl
The veto will lose Coolidge some
votes, but Wall street has set a dead
line beyond which he is not allowed
to pass even at the risk of breaking
his political neck.
In a burst of moral indignation,
Coolidge said in his message: Il am
for economy. l am against every un-
necessary payment Of the money OF
the taxpayers The cost OF
commodities is diminishing. Under
such conditions the cost of govern.
ment should not be increasing. The
desire to do justice to pensioners
must be attended by some solicitude
to do justice to taxpayers. The adj
vantages Of class cannot be greater
than the welfare Of the nation"
Thus the Wall street lackey dis
posed of the pension bill. 1t is ex
pected he will use the same argu
ment in vetoing the bonus bill, which
is now before him for consideration
Only a perfunctory effort will be
made to override the veto of the Bur
sum bill. President Harding vetoed
a similar measure by Senator Bur
lsum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
Christians Having
Hard Time To Make
Nazarene's Ideas Stand
tRx The Federated Pressl

NEW YORK, May 5.-Presidential
veto of the immigration bill, allowing
only 2 per cent on the basis of the
1890 census, is demanded in a letter
to Coolidge by the executive commit
tee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, New
York. The bill lis a violation OF the
principle of brotherhood, and is both
disingenuous and mischieveous," says
Bishop Paul Jones, who signs the let
ter.
Even more strongly we deplore the
indignity cast on japan by the special
provisions directed against her." the
letter adds. The Fellowship OF Recon
Citation is described as "a group OF
people who believe that we can and
should apply to concrete situations
the principles taught by Jesus Christ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
Miners Protest Bill
To Register Workers
OF Foreign Birth


MINERSVILLE, Pa, May 5.--More
than 500 miners and other workers
Of this vicinity unanimously adopted
the following resolution at a recent
mass meeting in Union Hall:
Whereas, the Johnson bill recently
passed by senate and Congress aims
to discriminate against the foreign
born workers because of their political
and trade union views, and
Whereas, that bill would enable
the employers to import to this coun-
try cheap labor and to break strikes,
and
Whereas, the new bills empower
the government to cancel the citizen
ship of foreign-born workers and to
deport them, because of participation
in strikes, and
whereas, there are bills pending
in Congress for the registration and
photographing and finger-printing Of
all foreign-born workers in this coun-
try, be it resolved, that we miners Of
Minersville, Pa, and vicinity protest
against the adoption of these strike
breaking laws and pledge ourselves to
do everything in our power to make
them annulled and be it further
Resolved, to publish this resolution
in the press and to send a copy to
Congress.
(Signed) Carl Herman, Chairman"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
Local Union For June 17th.

CLEVELAND, o.. May 5.--Local
No. 36-124 of the International Broth
erhood of Bookbinders went on record
at its last meeting for Farmer-La
Dor Party. It endorsed the June 18th
convention. The committee. delegated
to the conference to decide on political
action called for May 14th by the
Cleveland Federation, was instructed
to vote for the organization OF Cleve
land Labor Party. The committee is
composed Of Anna Morgan, William
Keck. business agent, and Paul Berg.
man.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06

bureau or lnVeSClSaJlOn.
Harry F. Ward, chairman Of
the union, told the meeting that
the following demands would be
made upon President Coolidge
and Attorney General Stone:
That Burns explain his open con-
fession before the senate committee
that he is out to suppress the civil
liberties of American citizens; that
Burns successor shall be in no way
connected with a private detective
agency; that the bureau of investiga.
ton confine its activities to matters
covered by federal statutes; if the
plan goes through of making radical
Who's Who, that it be open to public
inspection.
Dens of Thieves.
private detectives agencies in the
U. S. are in effect criminal organiza
ton but have had the power and
wealth to prevent government action"
Ward said, adding that now Burns,
the head of the biggest of these or
SdulldllOHS 10 CuAOL VI LuO SONCA ~
ment bureau and has imported Grim
inal methods into the government.
'"There is no legal warrant for fed
|eral officers to stir up state officials
to take action in matters which are
not covered by federal statutes" he
said in reference to the Michigan and
California cases. "a country cannot
maintain a spy system and remain
free; government which has to pro
tect itself by espionage has begun
to decline and it's end is in sight"
Ward concluded.
ct tire compers.
An alleged "interlocking directorate
of radical hunters, with Burns in the
middle, Easley Of the Security League
and Civic Federation on the right
hand, and Samuel Gompers on the
left hand" was described by Robert
w. Dunn, associate director. He de
scribed the National Civic Federation
as prominent capitalist, "dollar-a'
year espionage men," practicine
voluntary spying by supplying names
of radicals to the department OF
Justice. r. M. Whitney, American Do
Tense Society, has access to depart
ment OF justice records, privilege
not accorded to government investi'
gators in the oil probe. Dunn as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
Mellon Charged With
Drawing Surtax Plan
For Big Corporations

WASHINGTON. May 5.-The Mel
lon surtax plan was drawn as polit-
ical favor to big business, Senator
Simmons, North Carolina. charged in
the Senate Saturday when the rates
we're formally taken up for vote.
Simmons opened the fight for the
40 per cent maximum surtax instead
Of the Mellon % per cent proposal.
Tracing the history Of Melons tax
recommendation Simmons declared
the treasury secretary had always IA
vored an extremely low surtax-much
lower than Congress ever saw fit to
adopt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
"That Old Devil Sea"
Made Trouble For
Harry Thaw's Sister

NEW YORK, May 5.-Countess
Margaret Thaw De Perigny. sister OF
Harry X. Thaw, was named core
spondent in an action for divorce filed
by Mrs. Madeline Helen Nordica in
Brooklyn, it became known today.
Mrs. Nordica asks an absolute d.
vorce from her husband, Emmanuel
Victor Mordica, Of Newark, N. j., al
leging indiscretions with the countess
while they were aboard the Homeric
on a voyage to Paris.
Countess De Perigny gave Mordica
presents, including an automobile and
$4,000 in cash, Mrs. Mordica alleges,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
Empire state JaIIs.

ALBANY, N. Y, May 5.-Prisoners
In New York state are being kept in
insanitary jails, many Of them fire.
traps, it was disclosed in Albany
when IL county jails were named as
subject to the Goodrich bill provisions
closing such institutions. Among the
worst are those in Albany. Oneida
and Rome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
IMPOVERISHED FARMERS ON
GOLDEN GRAIN" PRAIRIES OF
CANADIAN WEST ARE IN REVOLT

The fertility the prairie lands of the Northwest
of world The rich black loan makes possible the pro-
duction of hard wheat in quantities which aggr the magma
ton
The immigration officials of the Dominion government
publicity the Canadian Pacific Railroad other large
corporations tire of pcuing in the
glowing colors the of golden grain
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
MOVEMENT LED BY
CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ON TO GET
SCALP OF "GREAT DEFECTIVE''
BY LUDWELL DENNY
Federated Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK May Investigation of 'the pro-
paganda activities of the bureau Of investigation United States
department Justice material reduction pending
preparation demanded Senate appropriations committee
resolution passed the Civil Liberties unions seventh
nual dinner York
Burns must go' slogan of a nationwide movement
being by Liberties union the Chief
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
PARK BABIES
W HlLE THEY
PICKET SCHOOL
Women Knit FuriousIy
AS Line Grows
BY BETTY CONNOLLY CARPENTER
For the Federated Press.


HAVERHILL, Mass.-The mothers
Of Haverhill are carrying on an ac-
tive picketing campaign to close the
Currier public school. For the past
three years the parents in this school
district claimed that the building is
antiquated, unsafe and unsanitary.
During the past few weeks the
women have maintained picket line.
In the morning when the school was
opened they were at the entrance
with their children whom they were
keeping out Of school. The picket
line first had only a few women.
Daily it grew. Some come with their
knitting. Others come with baby car
riages and park them while they
take their turn in the picket line.
Women Carry Banners.
Each woman has banner. On
some are the words Courier School
Unsafe" Others read, Don't Send
Your Children Here, School Unsafe;
"Unsanitary School," The women
picket in the morning, at noon and
after school. When the children come
out of the building the pickets send a
note home to the parents with each
child. The note tells of the condi-
tons and asks for support in the fight
to close the school
The protest was so we'll planned
and executed that each day hundreds
of people gather in the vicinity of the
school and see the condition of the
building and the unkempt grounds
Almost daily the police are called
upon to keep the people from picket
ing, but in this they are unsuccess-
full. The truant officer called upon
the parents and threatened them with
arrest if they did not send their chill
dren to school. But the mothers were
faithful in spite Of threats. Many of
them told him, 1--WE would rather be
in Jail than have our children in this
school"
A Firetrap.
The Currier school was built So
years ago at the edge of large
swamp which is now filed and on
which are built hundreds of tenement
houses. The land as well as the
swamp was the property of one of
Haverhill's leading citizens, who do
mated the land for the school and sold
or owns the balance as landlord of
the tenements that sprang up around
the school. It's rickety old stairs, mar
row, with turn half way up, and
placed in dark corners of the build
ing, make it firetrap. Twenty years
ago fire escapes were put on the out
side of the building. but these have
pulled away so far from the building
that they have been torn down.
In the girls toilet room in the base
ment is a stove upon which the noon
day lunches are cooked. The venti-
lation is in keeping with the building
itself. Old and unsanitary appliances
in the toilet rooms are a constant
menace to the children.
Feeling has run so high that the
authorities have stationed a police
man to see that no damage is done to
the school building. The city solicit
tor has promised to confer with the
school board to see whether the coun-
Gil or the board has the right to close
the building.
Meanwhile a hundred or more
mothers picket and knit while their
attorney tries to get action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06

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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-02-05
CITY WILL PAY
TRIBUTE,
SCHOOLS CLOSE
Aldermen Pass Resolution
Asking Curtailment of
Activities Tomorrow
SERVICE AT 8 O'CLOCK
All Flags in City to Be Placed
at Half Mast for the
Next Thirty Days

The funeral for Woodrow Wilson
will take place at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon and as a last mark of
respect to the memory of the dead
war President the mayor and alder
men have asked that as far as pos
sible all business be suspended to-
morrow, especially during the time
the funeral services are being held.
The mayor yesterday asked that
every flag in the city be placed at
half mast and the aldermen last
night adopted a resolution fixing a
thirty-day period as the time limit
for this observance. The public
and parochial schools of the city
will have but one session tomorrow,
closing at noon.
The resolution adopted by the al
dermen last night reads as follows:
Whereas. In tho providence of
God, Woodrow Wilson, former Presi-
dent of the United States of America,
has been removed from the nation by
the hand of death, and
Whereas, The city of Perth Am
boy joins with the rest of the country
In mourning;
Nov therefore, Be 1t Resolved,
that we, the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the city of Perth Am
boy. do request that all flags be set
at half mast for a period of thirty
days and that as far as possible
people cease from their usual busi-
ness on Wednesday, February 6.
1924"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-02-05
INJUNCTION IN
OIL SCANDAL
To Prevent Further Extraction
of Oil from the Naval
Oil Reserves

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5-Injunc-
tiou proceedings to prevent further
extraction of oil from the Teapot
Dome and Elk Hill reserves will be
instituted by governments special
counsel in the oil and land lease
cases as soon as President Coolidge
signs the Walsh resolution recently
adopted by congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. because
of a misunderstanding as to the
hour of the meeting of the senate oil
committee. Samuel Ungerleider,
head of a Cleveland, O., stock brok-
erage firm, was not present today
to respond to his name when it was
allied No other witness had been
nmmoned for today and further
Investigation of the naval oil leases
was deferred until next Thursday.
Mr.. Ungerleider, accompanied by
the former manager of his Washing
peared at the hearing room later
and held a conference with Chair
man Lenroot. They brought with
them books of the Washington
branch which the committee de-
sires to have examined to determine
whether they contain any record of
transactions by federal government
officials in the stock of the Mann
moth Oil Company. This company
was organized by the Sinclair inter-
ests to take over the lease of the
Teapot Dome reserve obtained by
Harry F.. Sinclair from Albert b.
Fall as secretary of the interior.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-02-05
GOVERNOR SILzER AND
SECRETARY AT FUNERAL

TRENTON. Feb. 5:-Governor
Silzer and his secretary, Frederick
NJ. P. Pearse. plan to attend the
( neral of former President Wilson
in Washington tomorrow. They will
leave for the national capital this
afternoon.
Messages were received at the
governor's office today from Con-
gressman Charles Browne that the
attendance of the chief executive OF
this state would be much appreeiat-
ed and that special Difference would
be shown the New Jersey delegation.
Committees from the House and sem
ate will leave early tomorrow morn
ing, returning late at night.
At meetings of the Democratic
and Republican state committees, to
be held here this afternoon, resolu-
tions on the death of Woodrow VIII
son will be adopted and committees
may be named to attend the funeral
In Washington tomorrow.