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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15

nation concerning the leases must
be kept quiet.
Finney could not identify the
memorandum.
Advance Information.
Senator Adams, Colorado, demo-
crat, brought out that Shaffer was
guaranteed $125,000 for the one
eighth interest. The $4,000 was a
part Of that.
Shaffer said Fall had told him Of
negotiations to lease Teapot Dome
before the lease was signed.
Lenroot then brought out that
while Shaffer has no formal contract
with Sinclair, an oral agreement ex-
lists whereby Shaffer is to get half
the profits from 400 acres.
$50 then you still are to get half
the profits from AGO acres despite
the fact no contract has been
signed 2"
eyes"
Sinclair was willing to give you
that half interest merely because
= GA SOAu mn w
eyes, SIR"
"What has been the attitude Of
your newspapers toward Fall since
the leases were made % Senator Dill,
Washington, Democrat, asked.
eve have taken the position that
if Mr.. Fall negotiated an illegal lease
he should be crininally prosecuted"
21O Acres His Share.
Fall assured him he would get 200
acres out Of the Sinclair lease, Shat
fer said, but he never got the land.
Sinclair then agreed to set aside 420
acres and give Shaffer half the
profits.
"This would have given me 210
acres" Shaffer said. "But Sinclair
wanted to develop all the land HIM
self and so / never signed the con-
tract with him. l have no contract
with Sinclair now
Under questioning by Chairman
Lenroot, Shaffer said the Pioneer
gave the one eighth interest-which
yielded him Ss@,00O-"for 81 and
other valuable services"
What were the other valuable
services ?" Lenroot asked.
Shaffer said he was to help the
Pioneer in an attempt to get the
Teapot Dome lease. He did not say
in what way he was to help.
John c. Shaffer owns the Chicago
Evening Post, the Rocky Mountain
News, of Denver, and number of
other western papers.
A present"
Walsh read minutes of the Pioneer
company showing that Shaffer was
given one-eighth interest. Shaffer
said he never saw the minutes and
did not attend the meeting of the
Pioneer directors.
"They simply made you a present
Of your one-eighth interest?" Walsh
asked.
eyes, sir"
What did you give up to get this
INTEREST,""
Nothing"
Walsh produced letter written by
Shaffer to Judge Finney, assistant
secretary Of the interior.
"Mr. Fall had arranged with Mr..
Sinclair for some acreage in Teapot
Dome for me persPpanys" the letter
said.
Shaffer said he had claim be-
cause he had spent $4,000 in de-
veloping land adjacent to Teapot
Dome.
WAS it your opinion that anybody
who spent any money was privileged
to get part of the Sinclair Lease from
Fall?"
II think any one was privileged to
ask for it."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15
.INDICT YOUNG,
KHAN LEADER,
AS PLAIN THIEF
Gun / otter of Ku Klux-
ers Finally Disarmed
CONTINUED from page i

tContlnued from page u
shown to be an open-shop anti-labor
campaign.
Election Results Started Trouble.
In labor union quarters the entire
trouble IN Herrin, is looked at from
that angle. The trouble started at
the last election which resulted in
the victory of the labor candidates
The defeated group, now identified
as the Khan faction Immediately af
ter the election began to sabotage the
elected officials. 1t was this group
which instigated the coup d'etat of
Glenn Young who has bible-thumped
and fag-waved this community into a
state of political and religions
hysteria. While the war ostensiblv
ragged against bootleg joints and
houses where virtue is conspicuous bv
its absence. The ccnter of oravity
shifted to fight for the control Of
the miners union.
The Khan has a nucleus in the min
ers organization and Klansmen ara
under instructions from the Khan
leaders to secure cor.col Of the union'
eliminate strikes and establish COM
mittees to bring about cooperation
between employers and employees. II
was recognition of this menace that
brought about the threat of a genl
eral srike in Williamson County
William j. Sneed. president of thu
United Miners sub-district in Herrin.
said that had the Khan remained in
power, civil war would result and a
general strike.
Ridicule Tin Plate Heroes
The people here ridicule the tin
plate starred heroes of the Ku Klux
Khan. Tho the indianapolis conven-
ton Of the UNIV. Of A. went on rec
ord overwhelmingly against Ku Klux
membership in the union, officials of
the organization here seem very
hesitant to take any action.
Young's chief activities were d.
rected against union men. William
Ruff, miner was held four davs
without legal process on a complaint
signed by Young. 1t was also re-
vealed that F. A. Day an officer Of
the Ku Klux Khan had posed illegally
as assistant to the magistrate in
judge Hicks office.
The Khan has violated every law
that crossed It's path but no punish
ment is expected. Invisible gov
eminent" is no longer phantom
and class conscious workers see in
the Ku Klux Khan the germ Of the
coming American Fascist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15
Washington Is in 7hroes of
Panic OUer Oil Disclosures
We're For This!

ROME, Feb. IA strong fac
ton in Albania insists that the
Albanian crown must go to Harry
f. Sinclair, American oil promoter.
Reports from Tirana tell of
lively struggle going on in the
Albanian parliament over the form
of government to be adopted and
a choice of ruler.
Republicans and monarchists
apparently are about deadlOcked.
The later have several candidates
for the throne, most prominent
among them being Sinclair, prince
Nicholas of Roumania, prince
Charles Karageorgevitch Of Jugo-
Slavia and prince Sixtus of Parma.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15
Painters Local 63I
d nat e s $3.50 for
Workers Germany Aid

The members of Local 631 of the
painters union after hearing Comrade
John BALKAN Of the Workers Party
speak on the conditions in Germany
and the necessity of coming to the
aid of the workers there voted to
assess themselves so cents each and
take the money at once out of the
treasury to be forwarded to the
Friends Of Soviet Russia and Workers
Germany for the benefit Of the starv-
ing German workers.
The local had previously purchased
100 tickets for the mass meeting
which was held in the Ashland Audi
forum for the same purpose.
The Local is holding a banquet to-
night for the benefit Of its members
and friends in the Viking Temple on
Sheffield Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15

PITTSBURGH. PA, Feb. IA
Rev J. j: Grady, GO, pastor OF st.
Francis Xavier Roman Catholic
church, was turned over to the cor
oner. today on n formal charge Of
murder in connection with the slay-
ing Of Anna McDonough, 40, his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15
TOIUG Democrats
Discard McAdOO
in 3-DGy IA e e I

DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 14-Iowa
democrats yesterday decided TO with
draw their support from William G..
McAdoo because Of the oil exposures
and TO support r. T. Meredith, for
mer secretary Of agriculture.
The vote to dump McAdoo came
after a thret day session of leading
democrats In which his connection
with the Teapot scandal was thoroly
reviewed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-15
Mrs. Pulitzer Wants Divorce.

PARIS, Feb. 14-Mrs. Ralph Pu-
liter, wife of the president of the
Press Publishing Company, which
publishes the New York Morning and
Evening World, has filed an applica-
ton for divorce here.
Evening star., 1924-12-09

the Chamber Of Commerce. the Mer.
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
tion and other civic bodies have re-
peatedly recommended and urged the
erection Of an armory here. q struc'
ture that could also serve for the hold.
ing of conventions and other public
and private assemblies. officers Of the
Regular Army, assigned to conduct
the annual inspections Of the local
troops, have invariably included in
their reports statements Of the woe.
ful lack of armory facilities. stressing
the absence of means for the proper
storage and care Of Government prop
erty, the value Of which mounts to
hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
The plea for an armory will be re.
newed at this session Of Congress,
with the Endorsement of the National
Guard Association of the United
States lying before the President and
every Senator and Representative.
The National Guard of the District Of
Columbia is the highly efficient body
it is conceded to be not because Of
adequate and suitable housing condi-
tions, but in spite of lack of an appro-
pirate armory. 1t may even lose it's
rented quarters at the end of the fiscal
year.
The earnest hope is that provision
for such a structure as Is contem.
plated by bills introduced in both the
law prior to the end of the present
Congress.
Evening star., 1924-12-09

about in 500. Only those person.
ally known to all Of the Intermediates
are likely to be properly introduced.
It is hard enoug gh when the person.
age Of distinction to whom the pres
entations are made is preceded by only
one announcer. But when there are
four through whose ears and lips the
designations must pass the net result
might just as well be Chinese as the
native language.
But what does 1t matter, after all?
Potentates and magnates, great artists
and singers, notables of every de-
scription are constantly meeting
the American people. shaking hands
in the good American custom. hearing
vocables that pass for names, muir
muring platitudes Of welcome and
pleasure and mentally praying that
the process may soon end. Perhaps
one in a hundred of those who pass is
really identified by title. And probably
most Of those who thus pass through
the lines wish they could pass around
1t and sim i look their fill at the
celebrity without enduring the embar-
rassment and the sometimes physically
painful process Of reception"
Yet there is a little flutter Of the
heart always in being actually 'pre-
sented" to parsonage Of note, a
hope, perhaps, that the high and
mighty one will note something strik-
ing and individual and worth remem-
bering in face or form or voice. That
is a distinctly human reaction. But
the high and mighty parsonage or
notable or celebrity is merely con-
scious Of blur Of faces and OF babel
of meaningless syllables. Still, those
who are not invited to such affairs, as
a rule. feel terribly disappointed.
Evening star., 1924-12-09
A Larger Traffic Squad.

In considering measures for the re-
lief of the traffic situation in Wash
ington Congress should place in the
first rank Of importance an increase
in the police force that will permit
an enlargement OF the traffic-control
squad The present force available
for this duty Is not large enough to
cover the ground. Many corners are
without policemen, although the traf-
fic at them is dangerously heavy.
Some corners are covered during part
Of the time, and. again. when the
traffic is dense are not covered. Mo-
torists do not know when to look for
guidance at the intersections.
Every street corner in the con-
gested area should be under guard
during the period of heavy travel
Most motorists-indeed, all but the ex-
treme few who are Indifferent to reg
ulations and delight in Meaking
them-are not only willing but anx-
ious to be guided at the danger points.
They willingly respond to signals. All
they ask is clarity Of direction. To
keep them guessing as to the location
of controls is unjust to them and dan
gerous to the public safety.
In view of the fact that Washing
ton has probably more motor cars in
proportion to the population than any
other city. it should have an adequate
traffic force. The men detailed for
this duty should be specially trained.
Upon them rests the responsibility for
the speedy and safe guidance Of the
traffic in the congested area and the
enforcement Of the rules elsewhere.
They should be picked men. chosen
with reference to their quickness of
perception and good judgment and
their ability to deal considerably with
drivers.
A material increase in the number
Of traffic policemen for both patrol and
intersection service is one Of the most
urgent needs of the situation. and any
measure that is framed to meet this
present problem should surely contain
provision to that effect
Evening star., 1924-12-09
The Boy and the Pigeon.

There is deep pathos in the story
of the 13-year- New York boy who,
after climbing an elevated railroad to
free a pigeon that was entangled by
a string, touched a high-tension cable
and fell to the street dead. Kindness,
courage and ambition were in that
boy. The stuff" that makes heroes
was in him. Countless people will
give sad, and gentle thoughts to his
memory and will feel deep regret that
such q fate was his.
A good many boys who know how
to climb will climb to rescue anything.
A climbing boy will climb high to re-
cover a kite from the top branches
Of tree. A climbing boy who never
in his life professed tender interest in
cat will climb q tree to rescue a
kitten that found it easier to go up
the tree than to come down. The
climbing boy-and his tribe Is numer-
ous-will take hold Of any occasion
to exercise his climbing skill. Boys
would like to grow UP to be steeple-
jacks. just as they would be firemen,
policemen, sailors, soldiers, giant.
killers and great detectives.
This New York boy was ambitious.
and behind his ambition was courage,
which prompted him to climb the ele-
waited railway while crowd of peo-
pie looked up. There was also the
pigeon. There is some affinity between
boys and pigeons, Just as there Is af-
finity between boys and dogs. Some
boys will talk with affection Of wrens,
robins, fnches and birds in general,
but the boy Of 13 is rare who has not
at some time gone In" for pigeons.
So here above the crowded New York
street was a pigeon in distress and
also an elevated railroad to climb. It
was a chance to be hero. This brave
boy released the pigeon from the en-.
tangling string and was climbing down
when he touched the overhead wire
that killed him.
Evening star., 1924-12-09
The Receiving Line.

New York society last night met the
Grand Duchess Cyril Of Russia at q
reception promoted by an opera club.
About 5000 attended. The process Of
reception was as follows: At the door
the name was announced by a func-
tionary to Mrs. Charles B. Alexan.
der, who headed the line. Mrs. Alex
ander repeated tho name to Mrs.
George f. Baker. jr., who. In turn, re-
peated Il to Mrs. Henry r. Loomis.
and she repeated It to the grand
duchess. Everybody who has bean
through q ceremony Of this kind
knows that the chances Of carrying q
name straight through the line are
Evening star., 1924-12-09
Practical Philanthropies.

Two notable philanthropic gifts were
announced yesterday. j. B. Duke, the
tobacco magnate, established a trust
for charitable and educational pur.
poses in North and South Carolina,
embracing properties valued at $40,.
100000. George Eastman. camera
manufacturer, transferred securities
10 the value of $12,5O0,000 to the Uni.
Versity Of Rochester, the Massachu.
sets Institute of Technology and
Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes.
This gift by Mr.. Eastman brings the
known total of his public benefactions
to s5S. .6o2 800.
Thus in one day s52, 100000 is added
40 the capital invested in public en-
lightenment. These two gifts are in
line with others from the same
sources in the past. Both Mr.. Duke
and Mr.. Eastman have given literally
OF their surplus in the cause of edu-
cation. They regard themselves as
trustees for humanity.
American millionaires have, as a
rule, adopted this policy of wise
bounty for the public welfare. The
Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations
are conspicuous examples. Those in
sututions, established by two men of
enormous wealth, one of whom is still
living, are yielding rich returns in
dividends of the highest value. Count
less numbers of young Americans
owe their educational advancement to
such benefactions. Opportunities have
been opened to them through the en-
downment of schools and colleges and
libraries and technical research lab
cratories. The cost of education TO
The individual has been reduced, SO
that there is no longer a bar to mental
development in the path Of any large
number Of young people in this land.
a complete record of all these
philanthropic gifts for the past half
century would yield an astounding to-
tai of money, amassed in commerce
and industry and then turned over to
the people. Some are along specific
lines OF helpfulness. Some aid at the
cure of physical ills, others at educa-
ton. All are inspired by the same
wish to make America in truth as it
Is in name the land of opportunity.
Evening star., 1924-12-09

Walsh. the Irish CENTER he said
was making a monkey OF our man
opposite him in the line In the midst
or scrimmage, Just to show there
was no hard feeling, Walsh said 10
the Army center: Say. buddie, IL vou
don't begin to play foot bali pretty
soon. they'll charge you admission -
McEwan coined a new name for
Rockne's backf1eld, -Four Horsemen .
He said they were ''antelopes with
wings"
Ambassador Jusserand, who In c,o-
ing to be signally honored at a fare
well party by the citizens of Wash
ington. Is putting In a lot of his re
naming time here by denying re-
marks said to have been made by
him about the National Capital A
New York newspaper quoted the
French diplomat as saying to the Art
and Architectural League that
Washington Is ugly" What M Jus
serand actually said was that Wash
ington. by nature. by its plan and
by many of its monuments IN 40
beautiful that any development or
structure spelling it's aspect should
be profoundly deplored. That, as the
French would say, Is a horse of an
other color.
Lord Lee OF Fareham, ono Of BRIT
aims delegates at tho washinrton
armament conference. gave the Brit
ish government Chequers estate. out
side OF London. as rest and play
place for British premiers. The Con-
gressional Country Club--not many
people know-has done an EQUALLY
gracious thing for the beneft OF
Presidents of tho United States. Tn
It's magnificent new clubhouse in
Bradley Hills. Nd. the club has fitted
up its most exquisite set of rooms
and named II presidential suite" II
Is available as often as the President
and the first lady of the land care to
occupy it-for a day. week ends or
weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge occu-
pied the presidential suite on at least
ono occasion.
Met q Democrat who recently was
an official Of the publicity division of
the Democratic national committee.
Asked him what he is doing now. He
said he had attached himself to the
National Catholic Welfare Council
'I've come to the conclusion the
Church Of Rome is a moro permanent
Institution than the Democratic par
ty.." he explained.
y
One Of Washington's leading wom-
ems clubs is the Twentieth Gen.
tury. Its programs specialize in pub
lie affairs. Not long ago a group of
ultra-oonservatives objected to the
announcement that we'll known
progressive politician had been In
vited to address the monthly meet
fng. A member Of the program COM
mittee replied that If the objection
was sustained. she would move at
the ensuing annual meeting to
change the name OF the organization
to the Seventeenth Century Club"
Copyright. 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-12-09
Editors Applaud Labor's Stand
Against Third Party Support

The decision OF the American Fed
Grafton of Labor not to ally itself
with third-party movement is in
terpreted by the press as q return
to common sense that will strengthen
the federation's influence and bring
about general political stability. Dis
advantages OF q political party built
upon the basis OF q single class of
the population are pointed out by
editors, who feel that labor will come
nearest securing its Just due not by
political isolation. but by reserving
full freedom to laboring men to vote
with any political party which seems
to promise most for their good.
I'm refusing aid or comfort to third
party hopes the American Federation
of Labor marches with the country's
common sense" declares the Atlanta
Journal, which holds that whatever
reasons there may be for the divers
political groups in European parlia-
ments, we on this side of the water
shall have no need of initiating them
so long as the Democratic party is
true to it's name and its principles
and the Republican party to its in
terests and traditions" As the Ell
Paso Herald views it, "the fedora
ton evidently realizes that the field
Of organized labor Is economic, not
political-except that labor will favor
such candidates as are favorable
toward the projects which labor has
In view. The non-partisan policy OF
labor tends toward Improvement, from
labor's standpoint, in all parties"
Tho federation's action. the Kansas
City Journal believes was to be ex-
pected of the convention, because
'Mr. Gompers had made it clear that
he and his associates were support
ing Senator La Toilette not because
of any belief that 81 third Harty
could or should be organized In this
country, but as a protest against the
platforms and candidates Of the two
old parties"
'sThe action of the convention in
setting itself straight again before
tho American people," the Spokane
Spokesman Review finds. commend
able and reassuring." Regarding 1t
rs "a factor Of great value In the
politics of the country, and also in
organized labor movement" the Chi
cago Tribune claims: an politics 1t
keeps political leadership aware of
the legitimate demands of labor,
which Is good for labor and for the
country, when 1t Is not perverted. In
the labor movement 1t prevents the
special interests Of the wage Garner
from being ignored or neglected by
leaders who are either Impractical
doctrinaires or demagogues after po-
litical power" The experience of the
recent national campaign, the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer thinks. may have
strengthened the members' convic-
ton that in the long run best re-
suits will be obtained by c1inging to
the policy of political independence"
The Portland. Me-. Express agrees,
"the national election was a solar
plexus blow to the prestige OF the
organization as a political power. 1t
conclusively demonstrated that. the
federation cannot put over Its po-
litical Endorsements"
In the sense In which the word 10
Evening star., 1924-12-09
A National Guard Armory.

The National Guard Association Of
the United States, in annual conven-
sion at Philadelphia, has unanimously
and enthusiastically urged the erec-
tion in the National Capital of an
Sadequate" armory for the National
Guard Of the District of Columbia.
The views and wishes of the associa-
tion will be conveyed, in the form of
resolutions, to the President of the
United States and to every Senator
and Representative in Congress.
The National Guard Association is
composed Of representatives Of every
State body Of citizen soldiery. 1t takes
the stand that the Capital of the Ma
ton should set the example for the
States and Territories. But so far the
seat Of Government has been a trail.
ang tailender as regards an armory.
The National Guard is part, and a
big part, Of the Army of the United
States. It is the second line Of de-
fense, led only by the Regular Army.
The organized reserves occupy third
place. The national defense act, which
created the Army of the United States,
also stipulated that 'as a condition
precedent to the issue of any property
the State, Territory or the District OF
Columbia, desiring such issue, shall
make adequate provision to the salts
faction Of the Secretary of War for
the protection and care of such prop
erty" Furthermore, paragraph 500 OF
National Guard regulations, which
regulations are based on and have the
effect of law, provides that ''the sew
eral States are required to provide
suitable armories for the safekeepins
of property OF the United States Is
eued to theIn."
The foregoing are laws Of the land
The several States have uniformly
compiled. Just across the District line
at Hyattwille, Nd. Is an imposing
structure Of stone, the armory Of q
single company of the Maryland Ma
xional Guard. The same is true OF
nearly every similar community. But
Washington, the National Capital, is
required to house its National Guard
In Inadequate, unsuitable rented quar-
Hers which are unsafe for the housing
OF Government property. Why? Be
cause its Legislature, Congress. has
failed to appropriate fer an armory
although importuned to do 30 at prac-
tical1y every session since 1889.
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