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Evening star., 1924-01-16
TACOMA AGROUND
CALLING FOR HELP
Navy Department Dispatches
Richmond to Her Aid
Off Vera Cruz.
By the Associated Press


GALVESTON. January 16.-The
aground and in distress on the Ban
quillas reefs. sixteen miles from Vera
Cruz. and is sending out distress calls,
according to adviceS received at the
photographic office here today
Wireless message intercepted by
the naval station here sent out by
the Tacoma at 6:25 am. appealed to
the American consul at Vera Cruz
for two strong tugs, saying that un-
less the tugs arrived within two
hours II might be too late to pull the
warship off the reef.
Whether there will be any danger
to the crew Of the Tacoma was not
apparent from the messages. The
first message read:
Tacoma aground on Blanquilla
"Imme mediately.
----...s.: .:25-'' - .-..-... ...-.
The second. addressed to the United
States consul at Vera Cruz, read:
IF two strong tugs or steamers
come soon we may pull off the reef
If there Is two hours delay will be
too late $50 am
Blanquilla reef is sixteen miles off
the entrance of Vera Cruz harbor. Every
effort is being made by the hydro
graphic Office here to get into communi-
cation with the Tacoma.
The Tacoma. light cruiser of 5000
tons left Galveston Sunday for Vera
Cruz. Since the outbreak Of the Mexi-
can revolt she has been patrolling the
gulf coast and frequently came into
Galveston. She was commissioned in
1905. and was built at a cost of ST.
470, 600.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
WILSON GREETs LEADERS.

The democratic party today squared
away for the 1924 campaign. Its ma
tional committee, having selected
New York for the party convention
June "a, concluded lesser details Of
its work and adjourned.
No change was made in the con-
vention roll of 1904 delegates and
vided places for woman delegates at
large, four from each state, with half
q vote apiece. There was no attempt
to change the two-thirds rule gov
Its work completed, the committee
was given an informal reception by
former President Wilson. In a pour
ing rain the members went to the
Wilson residence, filed through the
library and shook hands with their
Previously resolution had been
adopted extending greetings to Mr..
Wilson, assuring him of the party's
interest in his record and policies
and expressing hope for his prompt
physical recovery.
The plan for additional woman
delegates at large was presented by
Senator SGlass of Virginia, and after
lively discussion the committee
adopted the broader resolution pro-
viding for an explicit recomm enda-
tion for the four additional woman
delegates.
another resolution, proposed by
Samuel b. Amidon Of Kansas and
adopted, provided that national COM
mittee members shall pay their own
hotel convention bills an innovation
that is expected to save $4,000 or
more to the national committee treas
ury.
The committees Fluctuations to Mr..
Wilson were expressed in this reso-
luton:
Resolved, that the democratic ma
tional committee hereby extends its
cordial greetings to Woodrow Wilson
and assures him that the party is
preparing to enter the approaching
presidential campaign inspired by
the Incompatible achievements Of his
great administration and confident of
the compelling power Of the high
ideals which he brought to the serv-
ice Of his country. 1t wishes for him
an early restoration TO complete
health"
Visitors to the Wilson home were
first received by Mrs. Wilson, stand
ing at the head Of the stairs. and then
passing through several rooms were
greeted by Mr.. Wilson in his library.
The former President was seated In
an easy chair by fireplace and
shook hands with each caller. ex-
changing pleasantries with several
old friends.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
$500, 500 ALLOTTED
BOTANIC GARDEN
Senate Passes Bill Authorizing
New Conservatory and Other
Needed Buildings.

The Senate today passed a bill au-
thorizing the expenditure of $s00,500
for the construction Of a new con-
servatory and other necessary build
ings for the Botanic Garde.f The
bill was introduced by Senator Fer
nald. chairman of the public build
ings and grounds committee and re-
ported favorably by that committee.
1t now goes TO the House for consid-
Grafton and action.
1t is not proposed TO build the new
conservatory where the present con-
servatory is located. A companion
bill. which il is expected will pass
the Senate. authorizes the purchase
of two squares of property to the
southeast of the Capitol for the ex-
tension of the Botanic Garden. It
Is on that property which the new
conservatory would be erected.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
Zeppelin To,oer,
Indoor Golf, Polo
Pool in City Club
by the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
DETROIT. January ia 32-
story town club house will be
erected at Washington boulevard
and Clifford street. a block from
Grand Circus Park and "Theater
Circle" it was announced by the
Aviation Town and Country Club
at it's annual dinner and election
last night. The estimated cost of
the building. construction Of which
will begin socn. is $2.000.OO0.
Outstanding features of the pro-
posed structure, Fred w. Warner,
president of the club announced,
include a Zeppelin tower. a roof
hangar, an indoor golf course on
which seventy-f1ve persons may
play at once. pool large enough
for water polo and g. complete
children's club. Except for the
ground floor which will be devoted
to store space. the entire building
will be occupied by the club. Six
teen floors will be given over to
rooms for members.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
FUQUA HOLDS LEAD
INL0UISIANArV04E
Gets 4S,703 to Nearest Rivals
37,172 in 624 Precincts for
Governorship.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, La, January 16-
With nearly one-half the precincts
In the state counted. Henry L. Fuqua
continued to lead for governor.
Six hundred and twenty-four of 1908
precincts give Fuqua 4s.703: Hewitt
Bouanchaud. 37,172. and Huey p.
Long, 27.447.
Democratic voters of Louisiana
braved transforms to go to the polls
yesterday and cast their ballots in
the primary to nominate candidates
for the legislature and state and
parish Offices.
Fuqua formerly was general man
ager Of the state prison. He carried
the city Of New Orleans.
Both Bouanchaud and Fuaua had
anti -klan planks in their platforms.
while Long was non-commfttal.
In New Orleans no attempt was
made last night to tabulate the vote
polled for candidates for other state
Offices, interest centering in the
gubernatorial contest
Evening star., 1924-01-16
DEATH TOLL NOW THIRTY.
Reports From Country Districts
Swell Casualties.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. January 16.-Reports re-
ceived here from the country dis
tricts to the southwest Of Yokohama,
near Fujiyama mountain. have brought
the known death toll in yesterdays q
earthquake to approximately thirty
Hundreds Of houses, chiefly those
already damaged by the disastrous
tenlblors of last September, or struc-
lures Of a temporary nature hastily
erected AZ shelters after the catas-
trophe, were shaken down or dam
aged in Tuesday mornings temblor.
NORMAL railway traffic and other
communications virtually have been
restored.
Great anxiety is manifest in finan-
ctal circles over the probable effect
the new quake destruction may have
upon the exchange and loan situA-
ton.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
DAWES DEN0UNCES
D|SSENS|ON RUM0R
Committee of Experts Har-
monious, He Declares.
Hears Budget Facts.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 16.-Baron Maurice
Houtart Of Belgium took the floor at
today's session of the reparation
committee of experts headed by
Charles G. Dawes. and analyzed the
German budget. of which he has made
a most intensive study.
He was asked from time to time
searching questions by Sir Robert
Kindersley of England, DIR. Albert
Pirelli of Italy. NJ. Parmentier Of
France and by Chairman Dawes. and
answered the interrogations inform
ingly from the stock OF knowledge he
has acquired.
No Decision Reached.
No decision of any sort was taken
by the committee and it was evident
that many such days were before it's
Memberships Of exposition and in
quiry. which will not take definite
shape in the way of results for a con-
siderable period.
Gen. Dawes, taking cognizance to-
day OF intimations in some of the
French newspapers that dissensions
had broken out among the experts.
said 1T was not true that Sir Robert
kindersley and other members had
had differences about policy. No
differences at all had arisen between
the English and any of the other
delegates.
Explains schacht's Call.
Gen. Dawes said the invitation to
DR.. Schacht was extended on the
suggestion Of Sir Josiah Stamp, Brit
ish delegate, and not upon his
(Dawes) proposal, as reported in
some Of the papers.
The committee has given up the
idea. at first entertained. Of appoint
ing subcommittee. because various
of the delegates wished to serve on
both the committees suggested.
DR.. Schacht, head of the German
reichsbank, has not yet replied to
the invitation to come to Paris. He
Will not be asked for any plans of
his own for re-establishing the Ger
man currency. The purpose of bring
ing him before the committee, it is
explained, is only for the informa-
tion of the committeeman.
Money Facts Wanted.
He will be questioned as to the
exact present position Of German
money in all its aspects.
This is part Of the preparation of
the members minds for constructive
work later. They have agreed in
conversations that their real effort
must come when they undertake to
reconstruct the German administra-
tive mechanism.
Their intention Is to devise a plan
which, when applied, will restore
German money appreciably, result in
the payment OF the governments ex-
penses out Of the revenue and create
productive commercial organism
which will yield a sufficient amount
for the German governments home
requirements and leave a margin
for the payment OF reparations.
The time and amount Of the rep
aration payments, 1t is forecast, will
be wholly contingent upon the way
the proposals work when they are
applied. The prevailing idea Is first
to create what looks like a practical
plan. Then the results will prove
whether the plan Is a good one to
leave intact or II it must be modified
Evening star., 1924-01-16
HURLEY NOMINATED
TO FUND COMMISSION
Former Shipping Board Chairman
Named as Democratic Member
by Coolidge.

sident Coolidge today sent 70
Sanata tho nomination of Edward
Nc n Huriev. former chairman of the
shipping Board under President Will
en- 70 he a democratic member OF
the American Debt-funding Commis-
siot, NJ Hurley: If his nomination Is
,nar rred by the Senate. would com
niete n the personnel Of eight member h,, rs
~ the commission, as provided oy
the amended act authorizing tnat
body. =. ,-aaant con-
,.tn ~ Secretaries Mellon, Hughes
HOO Hoover. Senator Reed smoot, Repre-
smhi;cans. and former Representa-,
lives Charles A.. Crisp Of Georgia ana
Richard oiney r,ev. OF Massidnbsets .Moaid bse the
third democrat on the commission.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
$4,000 MINERS STRIKE.

SYDNEY. Nova Scotia. January 1S.
The $4,000 workers in District No. aS
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea walked out today. Mine thousand
wage negotiations last midnight. fol-
lowed by the British Empire Steel Cor
poration's 20 per cent cut in the scale.
and the other 5000 struck in SYM,
Evening star., 1924-01-16
FINNISH PREMIER RESIGNS
Head of Latvian Cabinet Also
Quits Post.

STOCKHOLM, January 16.-Premier
Kaloio Of Finland has resigned owing
to disagreement with President
Stahlberg over the dissolution of par
lament, 1t Is reported here. 1t is ex-
peeted that elections will be held in
a few weeks.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
NOTED AUTHOR INJURED.

By the Associated Press.
FLORENCE, Italy, January 1e.-
Giovanni Papini. the writer and phi
losopher, author Of THE Life of
Christ" recently published, met with
a painful accident here today. his
heel being crushed as the result Of q
fall from q moving street car.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
ASK CONGRESS CURB
DRY LAW ACTIVITIES
virginia Legislature Resolution
Favors Leaving Domestic
Problems to States.
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, January ia
resolution memoralizing Congress to
confine federal enforcement of pro-
hibition laws to national activities.
such as Importation of liquor, and
leave domestic problems to the police
power of the states was introduced
in the Virginia senate today by Sen
ator Barron, Norfolk city.
The resolution was. referred for
committee action.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
THE YEARS RECORD
1923
CIRCULATION

The of The confined largely Washing
Of people the highest intelligence
importance in the United States
According to A. B. C. audit of Washington
papers the of The Star Washington
500 daily and $40 Sunday
ington newspaper morning evening
Evening star., 1924-01-16
TO FORM POLISH BANK.

WARSAW, January 16.-Premier
Grabsky, who Is also minister Of
finance, has formed committee to
organize a state bank of issue.
Evening star., 1924-01-16

Twelve are known to have lost
their lives at Yokohama and two at
Hommoku. Others killed in outlying
districts bring the total death toll
to fifty. Five trains were derailed
with many casualties.
The Hakone region was badly
shaken. The quake lasted twelve
minutes, according to meteorological
experts.
DEATH TOLL NOW rurpmv
Evening star., 1924-01-16


edition Washington
nas, % n s ~ a R2' 1873 the ..: :ors e.ss S H %
Evening star., 1924-01-16
sIEMp RETURNS TO DESK.

G. Bascom Slemp, secretary to Presi-
dent, Coolidge, returned to his desk
today after q three-week vacation in
Florida
Evening star., 1924-01-16

RIGA, Latvia, January 16.-Premier
Meirovitz has rendered to the presi-
dent the resignation of his cabinet
The resignation was due to the oppo-
sition Of the center groups in par
lame mt to the minister Of finance.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
Lines
1872
2I,659,65O
1O,99O,352
8,576,272
5,798,489
5O7,31t

Evening Star including The Sunday Starr for the
1928 after rejecting quantity of undesirable adver
tisng printed 1873 06 lines of Advertising which than
printed the four other Washington daily on)
combined
The Sunday Star printed of forty columns
Evening star., 1924-01-16
ADVERTISING

The Star, daily and Sunday. .23,846,758
ID paper, daily and Sunday. 1,306,2O2
*3d paper (D.1S s .sa s sass.s s ssaa) 7,l22,484
*4th paper, daily and Sunday. 5,84,30O
5th paper, daily "G .assaan sssaa' -. 1,125,115
Evening star., 1924-01-16
WEATHER.

Rain this afternoon and tonight.
possibly changing to snow tomorrow
morning; temperature above freezing
tonight: much colder tomorrow. Tenn
perature for twenty-four hours ended
at 2 pm. today: Highest, 6l.. at. noon
today; lowest. IS, at am. today.
Full report on page g.
Evening star., 1924-01-16

Continued on Page 2. Column 6.)
Evening star., 1924-01-16

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
Wage Cuts of Ten to 'q's'
Forty Per Cent Bring
Out Watch Workers

WALTHAM, Mass, Aug. 21.-AlI
the employees Of the Waltham Watch
Co. except the machinists who are
waiting international sanction are on
strike against wage reductions rang
ing as high as 40 per cent. The strike
began August 10 and involves apron.
mately 1000 of the 1850 employees Of
the company.
The wage cut ranges from 10 per
cent to 40 per cent with an average
of rs per cent. The company claims
that wages have been out Of line with
prices and the Waltham chamber Of
commerce is supporting the company,
eondemning the strike as entailing
waste of revenue to the company, the
strikers and the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
LABOR NEWS
GARBLED IN
KEPT PRESS
Contractors Statement
GiUen Prominence

Edward Harris, secretary of
the Painters Union, Local No.
1874, asks the DAILY WORKER
to correct an erroneous state
ment made by the yellow press
about his union.
These papers gave promi-
hence to a statement by Fred
w. Armstrong, manager of the
Citizens Committee, that SO per
cent of the painters in Chicago
would not come under the new
scale of wages.
They are the painters working for
the Lands award contractors whorwill
remain working under their old scale
of csc an hour.
The statement was worded in such
a way as to give the impression that
the union permitted two different
scales Of wages for its membership.
This is not true.
For two years the Painters Union
has been fighting the Lands award
contractors and no union man is en-
ployed by them.
All the members OF our union, about
10000 in all, work under the regular
union scale of wages which will be
$3.50 an hour beginning Monday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
ONE BIG UNION
SEEKS SPLIT IN
NOVA SCOTIA
Big Danger to Militant
District Seen
lsDeeIaI to the DAILY woRkERl

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia,
Aug. 21.-The one big union of
Winnipeg is active in this dis
trict among the coal miners in
an attempt to split the miners
union and form an o. B. U. or
ganization here in place of the
United Mine Workers to which
the miners belong.
The o. B. U. representative is
Ben Legere, one-time vaudeville
actor, whose splitting activity in
the labor movement is known
in Western Canada, among the
textile workers of Lawrence
and now in Nova Scotia. The
). B. U. hopes that the disgust
# the rank and file of the min
RS with the reactionary ma
chine of John l.. Lewis will
enable them to split the district
Ind bring the miners into the
J. b. u.
Miltants Must Remain in U. M. w.
Since Lewis cancelled the charter
and deposed the officers of the district
the o. B. U. has been specializing on
the possibilities of utilizing the re.
sentiment of the miners against these
actions for a split. The first appear.
ance of the o. B. U. in the district
was after the rank and file conven.
tion held last May But the hopes OF
the o. B. U. that the convention would
split from the U. M. W. were disap.
pointed because the rank and file del
egates decided that the correct
course Of action to pursue was to stay
inside the U. M. w. and fight along
with the militants of the other dis.
tricts to defeat the Lewis machine
Communists Oppose Split.
The latest move Of the o. B. U. is to
advocate the calling Of a rank and
file convention for the purpose OF
breaking with the U. M. w. and trans
fering the local unions into units" Of
the o. B. U. This plan was outlined
in a recent number of the o. B. U
Bulletin. Some miners who have not
recovered from their infatuation with
the o. B. U. scheme in 1919 have
given a willing ear to this propa
ganda.
The consequences of split on the
part of the miners would be terrible
Lewis has been unable to crush the
militant spirit of the miners in spite
of his strike-breaking tactics, and the
blacklist applied by his friends the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
French RILED
AT MACDONALD'S
DOUBLE DEALING
] e k v ll-H y d e Role is
Revealed In Letters


PARIS, Aug. 21.-That James Ram.
say Macdonald, socialist-pacifist pre-
mier of Great Britain, and the rest
of His Majesty's realm, played a DR..
Jekyll-Hyde role at the London con-
ference is revealed thru a letter adj
dressed to France and Belgium, made
public Immediately after the confer
ence terminated, urging the imme-
date evacuation of the Ruhr.
The French nationalists areH in a
terrible rage and even Herriot's sup
porters are compelled to admit that
it is piece of sharp practice which
British diplomacy excels in.
Was With France.
While Macdonald thru the weight
of his influence, openly on the side
of France during the German-French
conversations over the evacuation of
the Ruhr and agreed to the years
term within which the last of the
French troops should be off German
territory, secretly he tried to put
France in a position where she would
be obliged to evacuate Immediately
or else bring down on her head the
wrath of international bankers.
The British capitalists see in the
French Ruhr occupation a tremen-
dous danger to their commercial po-
sition. 1t threatens their coal and
iron industry. Therefore, to get the
French out of the Ruhr at the earli
lest possible moment is a matter OF
the utmost Importance TOR the British
government.
Was Pleased Then.
What Anglers the French most is
the fact that the letter tho dated last
Saturday was written prior to Mac
Donald's speech at the close Of the
conference at which he expressed
qualification at the happy solution
of the Ruhr evacuation question.
Most of the Paris papers express
furious resentment against MacDon-
AIDS trickery. The Communist pa
pers point out that despite the peace
protestations of the statesmen rep
resenting the rival capitalist ma.
tons, that they are at each others
throats and that another war would
result unless the workers joined
hands across the international front
iers, kick the capitalist governments
into the discard and establish Soviet
Republics in Europe.
1t is reported that Leon Blum. so
cialist deputy, will be rewarded for
his collaboration with Herriot with
the post Of ambassador to London.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22

later, after he had procured a
writ Of habeas corpus, the
charge of "maliciously, unlaw-
fully, etc., disturbing the peace"
was preferred against him.
The prosecution charged Mr.. Mofftt
with having alluded to the Police De.
partment as "skunks, degenerates, -
etc, language unfit to be used at a
public meeting. II was also charged
that he had called Jack Diamond of
the District Attorneys ONCE "a stool
pigeon employed by the police" and
unit TO be father or husband
The police officers stated from the
stand that loud and boisterous Ian.
guage had been employed, altho when
Mr.. Moffitt questioned one of the Of
ficers. II was replied that he spoke no
louder than the other speakers and
there was no disturbance at the meet.
ing. When asked to demonstrate Mr..
Months demeanor, the officer waved
his arms somewhat.
Reverend Robert Whitaker Profes.
sor Gallagher OF Southwestern Uni
versity, Marta Divers OF the l. w. W.,
Emanuel Lsyip. MEs. Premier and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
AMERICA SABOTAGED
RUHR EVACUATION is
CHARGE OF GERMANS
lspecIaI 70 the paIIy Worker.l

especial 10 the DAILY Worker.)
BERLIN, Aug. 21.-charnIne that
America ssbotaged the chances for
the Immediate evacuation Of the
Ruhr by supporting France, Ger
mania, Chancellor Marks organ, to-
day printed leading article, which
added:
"crusader Wilson was turned out
by servant Of Mammon. Apostle
Dawes preached new bible, but
the salvation work serves only busl-
ness; Europe is under the heels Of
American capital. It Is a pity the
great American nation lacks the
making Of great humane gesture"
Foreign Secretary stresemann to-
day made detailed report on the
London separations conference to
the reichstag foreign relations COM
mittee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
CALIFORNIA FREE SPEECH CASE
JURY OUT ONLY FIVE MINUTES; "l'
RENDERS VERDICT mot GUILTY.
tspeeIsI to The oaIIy Worker,

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug PIE G. Mofftt who
rested while speaking at air meeting held in San Pedro
July under the auspices of the American Civil Liberties
Union found guilty of disturbing the peace
Angeles jury This meeting held for the purpose of pro-
testing the inactivity of the police department and the district
attorneys Office in investigating the raid the W. W. hall in
which and children had been scaded and
tarred and feathered by mob.
Mr. Mof arrested the 9Th Of July and nine days
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22

Anna Cornblath OF the Workers Party
were among the witnesses called for
the defense. They all testified posi-
lively that the term stool pigeon"
was prefxed with alleged" and that
this was the only one Of the terms
that were charged by the officers that
was used. They said that no bois-
ferrous or loud language was employed
The jury was out no longer than
five minutes when they came back
with the verdict Of mot Guilty" Sew
eral members Of the jury inquired
where the meetings we're held. The
only trouble with these case. accord.
ing to one Of the witnesses, is that
all this propaganda is spread only
among twelve people.