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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
OPENVEST|BULE
CARS AGAIN
SCORED
Congressman Cramton Calls
on Utilities Commission for
Immediate Action.

Declaring that the District Pub
lie Utilities Commission has failed
TO live up to its promise made to
him two years ago, that 1t would
bar the use of open veStibule cars,
Congressman Louis C. Cramton Of
Michigan, in a scathing letter to
Major J. Franklin Bell, chairman Of
the commission, today called upon
him for speedy action.
Operation of the open vestibule
type of car is in direct violation
Of the law, Congressman Cramton
declared today. He stated that he
called upon the commission two
years ago to end the evil.
Calls WRECO Offender.
"Since that time only a few of
the open vestibule cars, which have
been worn out in service, have been
RETIRED" he declared. ''None of
them have been rebuilt. The Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany, which is the offender in this
instance, is still operating 48 of
these cars in. violation Of the law,
I am informed"
Congressman Cramton's letter to
Bell follows:
II have your letter. Of February
21 regarding cars of the Washing.
ton Railway and Electric Company
having open-side platforms. Your
letter admits that a number of
cars are in operation with one or
both platforms open. Your state
ment that the cars with sides of
platforms entirely open which are
in daily use are used only in the
rush hours is in. direct contradic.
ton to information furnished me by
men on such cars.
Direct Violation, He Says.
''It is my understanding that the
operation of any Of these cars at
any time with either platform open,
or either side, or both sides, is a
direct violation of the law. The
law is humane one and should be
enforced. Its enforcement would
serve the double purpose Of prevent.
ing men being forced in freezing
weather, in storm and sleet and
snow, to operate these cars with
exposure to the elements, and of
protecting the public from danger
of accident that may at any time
result from the physical discomfort
surrounding and affecting men so
exposed.
II am calling upon your com
mission to enforce the law. May /
expect you to take early action to
do SOP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
| DEAD, 20 HURT
in TROLLEY
CRASH
one-Man Car Jumps Track
and Hits Pedestrians on
Sidewalk.

STANFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 23.-One
man was killed, several probably
fatally hurt and. a score seriously
injured here today when a crowded
one-man trolley car jumped the
track and plunged into a crowd of
persons hurrying to work along the
sidewalk.
Not a passenger on the car was
hurt.
The trolley car, carrying shop
hands to the Yale and Towne plant.
apparently split a spur switch. slid
across an ice-filled road and plunged
across the sidewalk into a vacant
lot, bowling pedestrians right and
left. When the accident occurred.
streams Of people were pouring. to.
ward the plant, and a line of
and motor vehicles GLANCED
along.
Screams Of the injured rose and
women tainted and were tramuled.
Every available physician was
called and established emergency
hoGpitalO about the scene
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
Presidents Engagements.

9:3O--Gen. H. NJ. Lord, d.
rector of the Budget Bureau.
2 9:45--Senator Lawrence C..
Phipps, of Colorado.
10:OO-Gen. James A. Drain.
10:30-Chief Justice Wilbur,
Of California.
11:00-George B. Harris.
11:15-Congressman John NJ.
Robson of Kentucky and
Committee.
11:S0-Jesse w. Barrett, of
Missouri.
11:45-Mr. John Gleissner.
12:00-Congressman Richard
S. Aldrich of Rhode Island
and a delegation of school
superintendent of the New
England States, twenty-five in
/ number.
12:15-Delegates of the AS.
ISOLATED Pennsylvania Clubs.
5:O0-At the White House
the President and Mrs. Cool
idge will receive a delegation
from the American Law In.
stitution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
LETTERS
THAT ARE
LOST"
Woman Notes Improvement in
Way MissiVes Are Ad-
dressed Now.

Miss Antoinette F. Peterson, SIS
Webster street northwest, has spent
her working hours for more than
80 years in reading other peoples
mail. She is cashier of the Dead
Letter Office at Washington. Dur.
ing her term Of service she has
read. it is estimated, more than
100000 letters sent astray through
the mails. She is one Of the vet
Grams in a force Of about IS per.
sons employed by Uncle Sam solely,
TO take care of letters which can.
not be delivered to the persons for
whom, they are intended.
This work costs the government
about 100000 a year, but the rev.
enues from dead mail matter, in.
Guiding letters and parcels, more
than offset this charge.
1t is Miss Peterson's experience
that the American people are not
quite so careless now in addressing
their letters and packages as they
were five or six years ago. Dur.
ing the past year, for instance,
more than 100000 letters came
to the Dead Letter Office, whereas
in 1918 the number was nearly
20, 100000. That means that during
1923, more than $1,000 letters lost
In the mails" came every day, on
the average, to Miss Peterson and
her associates for disposition. Many
Of these were returned to their
senders, but many thousands Of
fered no clue as to whence they
came and were destroyed.
There has been a change in the
character Of the mail that is being
sent out today, Miss Peterson finds.
Time was when the dead letters
were most commonplace. Nowadays.
however, many thousands Of these
missives contain expensive Christ
mas or other expensive cards. A
generation ago the average Christ
mas card cost about s cents; now
the 100000 or so which Miss Peter.
son and her fellow workers examine
each year are worth, on the aver.
age, more than twice that much.
Copyright, 1924. by William
Pickett Heinz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
BILL TO MAKE IT HARDER
TO MARRY IN NEW YORK

ALBANY, Feb. 2S.-Charging that
New York is becoming a Gretna
Green for clipping couples, Assem-.
blyman Joseph Steinberg, of New
York, introduced a bill making It
more difficult to get marriage II.
censes.
City or town clerks would be for.
bidden to grant license until three
days after the application is made.
a copy or the license then would
De sent to the parents or guardians
OF the couple, SO that IL there are
any objections they may act before
the marriage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
CONCERT

BY the u. s. Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra at Stanley Hall this
afternoon, beginning at 6:46
o'clock. John s. NJ. thinner.
Manu.. bandmaster.
March. THE Stars and Stripes
overturs. Concert Overture" Bach
"A Little Coot,s Prayer. Hope
p MY Creole Sue" (req.) Davis
Fantasia. "Reminiscences OF
the Boys in Blue. Robinson
Fog Trot' Saw MIL River
Waltz Suite. Loves Fancieg''
Linclke
'The star-spepgled Banner"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
OKLAHOMA COP. MAY ACT
ON DAUCHERTY CUSTER

OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 2S.--Un-
less there is a change Of program.
a resolution will be presented to the
State Republican Central Commit.
tee here tomorrow demanding res.
ignation Of Attorney General Daugh-
eRty.
Sentiment for the resolution is
said to be strong among representa-.
tive Republicans, particularly those
who opposed the policies Of the late
Jake Hamon, whom they charge
had an understanding with Daugh-
erty for manipulation and dictation
of appointment of an Ambassador
to Mexico.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
NEWTON RoWELL OFFERED
CANADIAN POST IN U. S.

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 2S.--New.
ton Rowell, prominent in Cana
dian political affairs, has been
rendered the post of Canadian
Ambassador to Washington, It was
learned today after q conference
he had with Lord Byng, governor
general.
Rowell refused to confirm or
deny the report. It was expected
that an official announcement
would be made when Parliament
convenes February 2a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
lose> and on the rungs Of their

hose and on the rungs Of their
ladders.
The first fireman to enter the
building was Hosernan Kramer, of
Engine Company No. 5. At that
time the place was filled with
smoke, but the fire was not blaz.
ing very much. He went up to
the fourth floor and began to chop
down door. AS he opened the
door the flames leaped out, scorch-
ing his face. He was taken to JEFF
ferson Hospital where 1t was said
the sight of his left eye might
be impaired. Despite his injury,
he insisted Upon returning to the
scene of THE fire, but was not per.
mitted to work by his captain.
Policeman Peters, who accompanied
Kramer into the building. was also
scorched.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
WV. c. A. PLANS
MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE
Princeton Chapter Will In
augurate Campaign at Party
on March 4.
By SYLVIA SEDGEWICK.

The Princeton Chapter Of the Y.
w. c. A. is planning a membership
drive party for the evening Of March
4 at the home Of Mrs. Frank Davis,
1858 Park place northwest. At the
last meeting Of the chapter three
new members were elected, Mrs. c.
s. Akehurst, Mrs. Hiram johnson
and Mrs. G. H. Baldwin.
The address of Stephen T. Mather,
director of National Park Service on
sour National Parks, Present and
Future" to have been given this
evening at the American Association
Of University Women's headquarters,
has been postponed until March, ow-
ing to the departure Of Mr.. Mather
from the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
BABY BORN AFTER
TRAIN CRASH HEALTHY

MOUNT KISCO, N. T., Feb. 23.--
The six-and-a-half-po pound baby girl
who was born yesterday when her
mother, Mrs. Nathan Elman, Of
Mount Kisco, was hurled fifty feet
by train which struck her sedan,
was doing nicely" at Northern
Westchester Hospital today.
Mrs. Elman also is doing well
in spite of a dislocated right elbow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
RIFT LOOMS ON LABOR
ENVOY TO THE SOVIET

LONDON, Feb. .2S.-The govern.
ment has decided not to appoint
Capt. James O'Grady British ambas-
sador to Soviet Russia because of
objections lodged by the Moscow
government, the Evening News
stated yesterday. ta
Although most Of the lahorites
favor the appointment of O'Grady,
1t is probable that j. D. Gregory,
one Of the counsellQrs of the foreign
office, may be appointed.
A committee Of laborites will ap.
peal to Premier Macdonald to insist
upon O'Grady's appointment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
SON OF ARMY COLONEL
KILLED, SLED HITS STONE

NEWARK. Ohio. Feb. 23.-Joce.
lyn Clark, eighteen, son of Col.
and Mrs. Charles Clark, was killed
today in a coasting accident. His
sled struck a large stone and
the youth was thrown against
1t, striking the pit Of his stomach.
Colonel Clark is military in
structor at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The boy was a student at Denison
University.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
COAST CUTTER CAPTURES
3 RUM SHIPS OEE. BOSTON

BOSTON, Feb. 23.-Three heavily.
laden rum vessels were reported
under guard eighteen miles south.
east of Thacher's Island by the
United States coast guard cutter
Tampa.
Captain Wheeler in his radio
message said the boats were the
British ships Newton Bay. Dougias
B. Conrad and Marjorie r. Back
man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-23
Community Centers.

The Campfire Girls met at the
Wilson Normal Center this morn
ing at 1880 o'clock.
At the johnson Powell Center,
the Argyle Athletic Club will meet
at 1880 o'clock tonight. The Satur
day Once-a-Month Club will dance.
The Cleveland Phelps Center will
have the meeting Of the Community
Center Band, the Georgetown Pa
triarchy Band. the Post Office EN-
Iployes Union and the Viscount Club
tonight.
The Washington Opera Company
will rehearse Carmen" at the
Thomson center tonight.
At the LovejoX- center there will
be a visual instruction and COM
munity singing program at p. m.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

foregoing. The article goes on to
say:
Gas production slows down the
chances for a cut in wages increase,
but from present indications the slow
ing down process has not proceeded
far enough to strengthen the posi-
ton of manufacturers who may de-
sire to put wage cuts into effect. At
the same time there is natural hes
itation to cut wages, based on the
experience of 1920 and 1921, which
showed that wage cuts automatically
curtailed general consumption and
amplifed the economic depression"
Here is ample justification for Ia
Dor taking the frmest possible stand
against wage reductions. Out of the
mouths of it's enemies comes the ad-
mission that wage cuts lessen the pro-
chasing power of the masses and
make industrial depression worse. In
other words, a wage slashing drive
is a poison for industry, not tonic.
Let labor remember this truth when
ever it is confronted by propaganda
in favor of lower wages. 1t is bet
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
An Old, But Unforgotten, Friend
i j
Journeymen Horse Shoers' Label
INDIFFERENT UNION
ISM

The immediate menace to the cause
of unionism in this country is leth-
argy, negligence and Indifference. Too
many union men too many unions,
for that matter, are taking things for
granted They are assuming that
unionism now is strong enough to
take care of itself, and will live and
grow on it's own momentum. Many
of these men today are neglecting
most seriously the plans and pro-
cesses which were established to
maintain and develop the strength of
the union cause.
They do not fulfill many of the
most important obligations of a
union man. They will not attend the
meeting of their union. They work
on job with man without a card.
They knock the officers and the loyal
members, and do not contribute in
any manner to the advancement of
the cause, except, perhaps, by paying
their dues, at which they invariably
grumble.
They assert there is no danger of
their ever doing anything contrary
to union principles, or that would in
jure the labor movement, but what
are they doing to strengthen the
cause of organized labor? Do they
know that the program of trade
unionist must be positive, not mega
tive, if anything is to be accomplish
ed?
They might claim that their actions
will always be in accord with union
principles; but they seem to forget
that the progress of unionism is
measured by the strength that results
from the faithful, earnest and active
conduct of the members of organized
labor. 1t matters not how just the
cause may be, it cannot succeed in
full measure unless the members
are solidly united in hand, mind and
heart.
No better illustration of that fact
can be cited than the situation in
West Virginia today, where lack of
interest, Indifference and just plain
trifing among an alarming number
of the membership is responsible for
the slow progress that is being made
and in many instances the cause of
the movement to lost strength.
There's got to be a higher degree
of loyalty and earnestness in union
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

in one section of the New England
shoe manufacturing trade are in pro-
gress, and talk of wage cut in the
cotton goods trade is growing
stronger"
In printing this story, the Herald
Tribune gives plain warning to the
workers that they are facing drive
to bring about general reduction of
wages. There is no reason why such
a drive should not be defeated, as
was a similar campaign in the years
following the armistice.
Organized labor holds that the
workers must maintain their present
standard of living. In taking this
stand, organized labor knows that it
is not only serving its own best inter
ests but the best interests of the
country at large. 1t is not necessary
for organized labor to rely on its
own say so to prove this; the fact
is admitted even by those in SYM
pathy with the proposed wage-cutting
campaign. Witness the article from
the Herald Tribune, quoted in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
RESIST WAGE CUTS

Recent newspaper articles indicate
that the public mind is being pre-
pared for a campaign to cut wages.
Obviously inspired accounts of indus
trial conditions are appearing, alleg-
ing that production is slowing down,
and broadly limiting or frankly de-
claring that the next step must be
wage slashes.
Such warning of wage cuts to
come appears in the New York Her.
aid Tribune under the heading, Gre
ductions in Wages Foreseen as Prices
FALL"
with prices of number of manu-
factured items continuing to soften"
says the Herald Tribune, production
slowing down and working forces be-
ing reduced the next step that is
being looked for is a reduction of
wages. This development already has
taken place in at least one instance
in the carpet trade, negotiations
looking toward lower wage scale
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

Nowadays the modest maiden"
thinks nothing of wearing decided
iy sheer frock or waist, which leaves
absolutely nothing to ones imagina-
tion. Such things as 'brazzieres"
(bet we spelled it wrong) are appar-
emily unknown to the present-day
modest maiden" Yes, we're going
to string along with the English writ
er. We are bit old-fashioned, and,
say, we do like to use our magma
ton, just little bit, at times.-Ex-
change.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
Play fair--spend union-earned
money for union-labeled products.
MYTHICAL MODESTY

'sIs maidenly modesty a myth 2"
is headline in an English news
paper. Well-we can't exactly say,
not having an acquaintance with all
the girls. Buff we are to Judge
from the manner in which some of our
very best maidens dress and their
total disregard of what we know as
"modesty" in this respective should
say that it is altogether possible that
the English writer is not far wrong.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

John Long had fourteen children,
and they had all been rocked in the
same cradle. One evening as Mrs.
Long was rocking the fourteenth child
she said to her husband with a wan
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

smile:
"John, this cradle is pretty near
wore out"
"Yep," said John, "it's about used
up"
Then he handed Mrs. Long a $40
bill and added, "Next time we go to
town, mother, git new one--one
thatIl last"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

Old Lady Passenger-So that's a
barometer, captain! 1t points to dry;
what does that mean?
Captain-That menas we are ap-
preaching the United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

members if the cause is to go for
ward.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

It takes a star cop to make car
stop nowadays.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

ter to resist and lose than not to
resist at all.-American Federation
ist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-08
245, 900 Cotton
Farmers Joined
In Coop Scheme

PHOENIX, Ariz., July Carl Will
liams, Oklahoma City, vice-president
of the National Council of Farmers
Cooperative Marketing Assns., told
the Arizona Pima Cotton Growers
Assn. of the rapid growth of cooper
alive cotton marketing.
"Three years ago this June there
were no cotton associations" Williams
said
"a year ago we had grown to $4,000
members. Now we have 245,00 farmer
members of the state associations that
make up the exchange. Last year we
handled a million bales; this year we
will handle probably twice that.
I'VE have our own representatives,
selling our cotton in Boston and three
other New England points, in the mill
districts of the south, and in European
countries. We are selling cotton in
Germany at better price than we can
get here, and at cost of 10 cents
per bale, as compared to a dollar and
a half brokerage if sold the old way"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-08
AUSTRIA CROANS ]
UNDER HEEL OF
ALLIED RULERS
10000 State Employees
Fired by Zimmerman
BY LOUIS P. LocHNER.
Grated Press Staff Corresnnr

Federated Press stan CorreSpondent)
VIENNA, July Austria has an
Allied commissioner in the labor-bait-
ing Mayor Zimmerman of Rotterdam,
and according to press reports every
thing is lovely in Austria and especial
ly Vienna. But the sterilization and
cleansing" of Austria is at the ex-
pense of the workers.
Since the advent of Zimmerman,
10000 employees in the state services
have been fired. The agreement with
Zimmerman calls for removal of 1OO,-
600. The 10000 yet to be removed are
for the most part relatives Of the adj
ministration. There's the rub. Zim-
norman wants the economy program
carried out to the letter; the govern
ment does not want to remove 10000
relatives and friends of men in high
positions.
The wages per week of the great
bulk of the Austrian workers do not
exceed Sc. The unemployed, 100000
in number, receive hardly So week.
Over Y per cent of the population
live in so-called small dwellings,, con-
sisting of a living room and bed
room. Less than per 1000 of the
dwellings have bathrooms. About rs
per cent of them use oil lamps. This
proud city of 100000 inhabitants can
boast of only 10000 electric bulbs in
houses, Office buildings and restau-
rants and hotels combined.
There are thousands Of houses in
which the small rooms are still fur
Their congested by so-called bed-goers,
workers who join the family only at
night time, so as to have a roof over
their heads. With the addition of
these bed-goers, there are many rooms
in which to IA persons sleep.
All this in a country in which every
sixth person is an organized union
worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-08
School Officials
Turning Away from
Two "Oil" Parties
(ey The Federated Press)

WASHINGTON, July THAT the
school teachers of the country will
give powerful aid to independent
political action was indicated at the
convention of the National Educa-
tional Association, here, when DR..
William C. Bagley of Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, started a
big demonstration of protest at the
neglect of educational interests by the
two old parties.
He contrasted the polite hearing
given the teachers when they ap-
peared before committees of Congress
with the attitude of the national con.
ventions. Organizations willing to
deliver votes to powerful candidates
were able to dictate platform planks
or to suppress planks of which they
disapproved, he said, but-"the
others. among them our own, had to
be satisfied either with insolent re.
Bluffs or with meaningless phrases"
The convention of teachers roared
it's applause when DR.. Bagley said
"If other groups are willing to dis
regard party lines and throw their
votes en- masse to the party that
promises to do most to promote often
selfish and almost always minor in.
terests which these groups represent,
should there not be group that will
throw its votes en- masse to the
party that promises to do the most
for the basic interest Of the national
life-the most unselfish and far-reach.
ing cause that any group can es.
pouse? And should not our profess
sion be the nucleus Of this group?"