davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-03-03
DAuoHERTY SENDS MESSAGE

MIAMI. Fla, March 3.-Attorney
General Daugherty, at the Nautilus
Hotel, said he sent today to Presi-
dent Coolidge message (which may
be considered important"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-03-03
independence for Filipinos
Be Reported by Committee

S WASHINGTON, March 3. - The
House Insular Affairs Committee has
decided to report the bill providing
for independence of the Philippines.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
10 to 40 Pupils in 100 Function
Belo,v Normal, d. C.. Tests Sho,u
Often From, One to Four Semesters Above
Mental Qualifications ReUealed by
Psychological Study, Director Says.

Sixteen to forty per cent of the
children in each of the District pub
lie schools where psychological tests
were administered during the last
scholastic year are functioning below
the mental level for children of their
age and from one to three and even
four semesters below their present
level of educational achievement, Miss
Jessie LaSalle. director of the de-
partment of educational research and
measurement. revealed in her annual
report to Supt. Frank w. Ballou.
which was made public last night
These backward children are dis
tributed in nine schools. as follows:
John Eaton. 40 per cent; Johnson. 80
per cent: Force, % per cent; Frank
lin-Thomson. 19 per cent; Monroe. IL
per cent; Ross. p per cent; Morgan,
% per cent: Cooke, 23 per cent. and
Dennison. 2S per cent
This is great waste, not only of
Evening star., 1924-09-28
FILLS AIR
At $4,000 BLAZE
FIavoring Extracts, Cosmet.
icS and Hair Tonic Lost in
Caro- Company Fire.

Fire of undetermined origin late
last night wrecked the interior of
the three-Story building occupied by
the Caro- Flavoring Company 610
Pennsylvania avenue, destroying thou
sands of gallons of alcohol, havoring
extracts, hair tonic and cosmetics,
and causing damage to the building
and stock estimated at approxima tely
$4,000
One fireman, N O. Teates of No. l
Truck Company, was taken to Elmer
genCy Hospital and treated for a
deep cash on his chin, received when
he was caught in a cascade of brok-
en- glass His condition is not serious.
1T was the sweetest fire 1 ever
fought" remarked one fireman as he
emerged from the smoking recesses
of the building. The delicate COM
poSite aroma of perfumes of many
scenes mingled with the more sub
stantial odors of lemon, grape, orange
and vanilla extracts, permeating the
atmosphere around the plant for sew
eral hundred feet.
Caskets Are Damaged.
About fifteen caskets in the adjoin-
ing structure, occupied by the Ma
tional Casket Company, were dam
aged by water, w. j. Hoover, an Off
cial of the company, stated.
A feature of the fire was the fact
that six little kittens were left moth
erless by the blaze. They were found
beneath a pile of water-soaked debris
on the main floor, whining over the
(Continued ON ia oe Column 1)
Evening star., 1924-09-28
JONES Wins GOLF
TITLE, &yEAR-G0AL
Bobby, 22, New Amateur
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Won Elm, g and 8.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ARDMORE, Pa, September 81
Robert Tyre Jones. jr., Of Atlanta
came to mans estate, today acquired
the honor he sought in vain for eight
years in his youth-the national
amateur golf championship. In the
final round of the annual tournament
he defeated George Won Elm of Los
Angeles by the unprecedented score
of and s for the concluding match
of the weeks competition.
Triumph came at the Merton
Cricket Club, where in 1916, boy
of Il. who wore short pants even
when not playing golf. first attract
cd attention by his ability at what
old mans game. Many have been his
disappointments since then.
A favorite several times hitherto
to win the amateur crown, he was
eliminated by opponents of far less
average ability. The open title came
to him last year only after his aver
age score per hole over d period OF
years had been less than that of any
other competitor.
Has Won Highest Honors.
Now. with family and business mat
ters to attend to besides golf and
ident he joins the select class of link
stars who have won both the amate ur
and open titles. There are only three
others and two of them were elimi-
mated in this tournament. The three
are Jerome ID. Travers of New York.
Francis Ouimet of Boston and
Charles Evans, of Chicago
Every inch champion and prob
ably a great factor in championship
-
in long 36-hole match play, as they
wearied other starters this week.
Bobby, as they still call him except
a few Atlanta friends who have tax en-
off the last syllable, shot his usual
machine-like golf today.
His game was a bit inferior to
the great heights he reached in his
semi match with Francis 0uimet
but he was better than Won Elm in
every branch and was never down
after the second of the 2S holes which
the 36-hole match consisted of as a
result of the decisive victory.
Join. Mary Browne.
Won Elm attra cted attention all
the week by the lowneSS of his medal
scores and the decisive margins of
most of his victories before the final
round Though outclassed today he
JOiltu MISS IIdI TOW ne Ill W n
ming honorS for Los Angeles and one
years fnanists in national golf com
petition. She, too, lost in the last
round.
Jones won IL holes of the match.
of which seven were in the morning
round of IS holes. Won Elm took
three holes, all in the morning, go-
ing to lunch 4 down. Jones this
morning shot ~, or over par. on
the long, heavily bunkered course
Won Elm took 10. To the turn ir
the afternoon Jones had a 81, one
over par, while Won Elm had a A
becoming erractic as the inevitable
end drew near.
y second shot by Jones into trap
at the first hole of the day result ed
in Won Elm winning by par 4. AT
the 525yard second hole Jones shot
birdie and soon thereafter the
result of the match was never in
doubt with most of the gallery. Er-
rors by Jones were few and inconse-
quential. Won Elm's slips were in
variably to his disadvantage.
Four par holes were played. At
three of them Jones had the longer
drive, the longer brassie and the
closer approach to the pin.
Honors were even at the six short
Evening star., 1924-09-28

pupils and teachers time. of money
paid to teach what is already known
said Miss La Sale, but greater
waste in the loss of mental effort of
these children who acquire habit OF
working below their best, develop
frequently lazy mental habits and
general undesirable laziness. Just as
a large number of our children are
working below their capacity. SO,
too, a considerable per cent are being
pushed too rapidly. and being asked
to adjust TO the traditional curricu-
lum which is not at all suited to the
interests, needs and capacities of
children below normal"
Almost 900 children in the Denni-
son, Ross. Cooke and Morgan Schools,
Miss La Sale pointed ont. are below
normal, mentally. With rare e1-
ceptions," she said. these children,
while sitting in rooms with children
years younger than they are are
even then functioning on educational |
levels from one to four semesterS
Continued on Page >, Column c.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
WORLD -GIRDLERS END
LONG FLIGHT TODAY
Flyers Stop Outside Seattle in
Five-Hour Hop From San
Francisco.
BY the Associa ted Prcss.


EUGENE, Greg. September 27-
Americas round the-world aviators
tonight were within two-hour
flight Of the official end of their long
journey.
They flew here from Crissy Field
San Francisco in little more than
five hours today and expect to COM
plete the circumnavigation of the
globe in Seattle at noon tomorrow.
If weather conditions are favorable,
they plan to take off from here at
10 am.
Smith First to Land.
Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith. commander
of the flight, who was the first ito
leave Crissy Field, from which he
took off at am, also was the first
to land here, his plane coming down
at 2:17:35 pm. The other two pilots.
Lieuts. Leigh Wade and Erik Mel
son, followed within three minutes.
They were welcomed by Gov. Wal
ter NJ. Pierce of Oregon, Mayor F.. B.
Parks of Eugene, Army officers and
n reception committee. which included
a number of persons prominent in the
State.
The flyers were to attend a ban
quet in their honor at a local hotel
this evening.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
GREAT SPURT DUE
IN THREE BIC RACES
Davis Invades East With AL
Smith-CaIifornia Sore
Spot for G. O. P.
BY \. O. MESSENGER.

Now for the big drive in the pres
idential campaign by all the cam
didateS. Full speed ahead under
forced draft is the word of command
and there will be no Tagging of effort
from this time until the eve of cleo
ton day, November 4. Senator La
Toilette starts out this week upon
a speech making trip which will carry
him to the Pacific Coast. Next Tues
day. John w. Davis and Gov. Alfre d
f. Smith will start the campaign on
the State and national tickets in
New York. The. Democratic national
committee this week will swing into
action, the most formida BILE squad
ron of oratorical big guns it has
ever employed. The Republican ma
tional committee will oppose these
batteries with its own heaviest artil-
lery. The campaign will be at white
heat.
Politicians attach great importance
to the denomination of Gov. Alfred E.
Smith for the governorship, in its
bearing on the presidential election
1t is admitted that Gov. Smith will
be powerful aid to the national
ticket in the support .fch he will
give it. The betting. odds are in
favor of Gov. Smith carrying his State
ticket to victory, and neutral poll
ticians believe that he will bring
many d vote to the support of the
presidential ticket
The two candidates will appear to-
gethcr in Madison Square Garden next
Thursday night at mass meetinG 6
under the auspices of the Democratic
organization of the five boroughs of
New York. The occasion will mark
f~sf
campaign of Gov. Smith and the first
appearance in New York of Mr.. Davis
since he was nominated in that same
hall. Mr.. Davis will then go to New
Jersey for speech, later to Provi-
dence, II. l., and for three days early
in October he will make speeches up
state in New York. Gov Smith will
speak in Manchester. Boston. Provi-
dence, Waterbury, Conn. and New
jersey. That section will have its
first real taste of active campaigning.
California continues to be a sore
spot to the Republicans This State,
which played such crucial part in
1915, is again a cause of anxiety. The
recent decision of the California Su-
preme Court denying the La Toilette
presidential electors a place on the
ballot may have added further COM
plications to an already precarious
situation. The effect of the decision
will be to cause voters who desire to
vote for Senator La Toilette to regis
ter their determination through the
Socialist electors. Senator Ia Fol-
lette has advised his followers to do
this. 1t remains to be seen how this
advice will take with voters who,
while willing to support Senator La
Evening star., 1924-09-28
HONDURAN FEDERALS
SURROUND COMAYAGUA
Government Troops Prepare to
Overcome Ferrera and His
Rebel Troops.
~ tho Assoc;,ted Press,

BY the Associated Press
SAN SALVADOR, Republic OF SAL
vador, September 27.-Honduran gov
ernment forces have surrounded
Comayagua, with a view to overcon-
ing the troops of the rebel leader
Ferrera, who captured the town last
Monday, according to government ad-
vices from TeguciEalpa-
Rebel reports say that when Gen.
Fe1Iera entered Comayagua he put
to route $500 government troops and
captured 3 cannon, 6 machine guns,
500 rifles and much ammunition. The
rebels claim that they have occupied
La Pax and Santa Barbara and routed
the government forces commanded
by Gems Diaz, Zelaya and Perez at
SiguatepeQue.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

La Toilette campaign head1uar-
ters here announced last night it
had been advised that deter
mined effort was being made to
prevent Mrs. Robert NJ. La Fol-
1ette, wife of the independent
presidential candidate, from de-
livering a political address today
at Mountain Lake Park, Md.
Mrs. La Toilette went to the
mountain resort yesterday pre-
pared to discuss campaign issues
in the Chautauqua Auditorium,
which had been engaged for to-
days meeting.
After Mrs. La Follette'0 arrival
at Mountain Lake Park Miss Isa-
belle Kendig, one of those arrang-
Evening star., 1924-09-28
MECCA IS CAPTURED
BY WAHABIS, REPORT
Messages Seem to Confirm Rumors
of City Falling in Tribal
Warfare.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, September 27.-Rumors
that the Holy City of Mecca had
fallen into the hands of the Wahab bis,
in the latter's warfare with the
Hashamite tribesmen of King Hus-
sein, were prevalent today in Alex
andria. The rumors seemed to be
confirmed by kilograms received from
a hospital in Mecca asking for in
structions. The ministry of Pious
Foundations replied Hoist the
Egyptian flag and remain where you
are to succor the wounded"
Dispatches from Jerusalem Septem-
Der 20 stated that the Wahabi forces
then were occupying Taft and were
concluding preparations for a general
attack on Mecca. 1t was said that the
Indian Moslem League was support
ing the WahabiS.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Effort to Block Mrs. La FOIIette's
Speech IL, Maryland Today Seen

ing for the rally, sent word to
headquarters here that the man
agement of the auditorium had
just announced that it could not
be used. Miss kendig said the
explanation was that the audi
torium was not available for a
political meeting on Sundays and
that it had just been discovered
that Mrs La Toilette intended to
talk politics to a Sunday gather
ing.
Miss Kendig declared that she
and her colleagues were going
ahead with arrangements for the
meeting, determined to have Mrs.
La Toilette speak in the audi
torium despite the ultimatum of
the management
Evening star., 1924-09-28
BANKER R0UTS BANDITS.
Drives Three Away-$2, 900 Drop.
ped in Flight.

KINCAID, ILL.,, September ~
Bruce Shaw. president of the Kincaid
Trust and Savings Bank, today drove
three robbers from the bank with a
revoler, when they failed in an at
tempt to obtain $50, 900 in payroll
money in the banks vault. A satchel
containing $4,000. which they had
gathered up. was dropped in their
flight. A bank employe was wounded
in the leg during the short revolver
fight,
Evening star., 1924-09-28
REPUTATION TRAP,
MEANS DECLARES
Says He Signed Daugherty
Statement to Get Evidence.
Sent to Mclean, Claim.
Specisl pisna tch to TIE Star.

CONCORD, n. c., September 27.-
In 4 lengthy statement issued here
this afternoon CASTOR r. Means as
serted he signed the reputation of
his testimony before the Daugherty
inveStigat ting committee solely for
the purpose of securing documentary
evidence, and issued q challenge to
former Attorney General Daugherty
to tell all he knows about the repu-
diation statement. The reputation
statement that L signed was not prop
erly executed or sworn to or wit
messed" Means declared, land in
signing the document, my sole pur-
pose was, following the instructions
of Senators Wheeler and Ashurst, to
get in my possession documentary
evidence to show that witnesses were
being approached illegally for the
purpose of getting them to repudiate
their testimony"
Den to Dausherty.
Means also declared that the signed
Reputation statement was not sent
directly to Daugherty. and in his
challenge he said: Now if Mr..
Fl. NJ. Daugherty has in his possess
sion any reputation signed by me.
and have been confidentially advised
that he has such, it was sent to him
dileF IL ndo oeen sent TO T.. Is. Nc
Lean at Washington, and it is highly
proper that meeting of the Brook
hart-Wheeler committee be called to
make Mr.. Daugherty testify under
oath as to where he got the signed
document ] call upon Mr.. Daugherty
TO publish the accompanying letter
received by him from Mr.. Mclean
when the latter sent him the signed
repudiation."
Means stated that he signed the
reputation statement in the office Of
7. +. Fielder, his counsel, and while
in that Office secured a letter which
he says was "the documentary evil
dence l sought" The copy of the
letter in Means possession was
signed II. NJ. Daugherty, and was
dated August %.
Means declared that while negotia-
tions were under way leading to the
signing of the reputation statement
Continued on Page ., Column 81
Evening star., 1924-09-28
PASTOR is ACCUSED.
Abduction of 14-Year-Old Girl Is
Charged.

NOwATA, Okla, September 27-A
charge of abduction was filed today
by A. P. Anglin, County attorney
against Rev. Joseph e. Yates, 40,
minister at Alluwee, who is elleged
to have eloped with a 14-year-old
choir girl of his church. No trace
of the couple has been found.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONE-o8 PAGES

PART ONES PAGES.
General News-LocaI, National, Foreign.
National Politics-Paaes and 5.
Radio News-Paae 20.
Maryland and Virginia News-Pages 22
and %.
Schools and coIIeees-Paoe IS.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
PART TWO-I8 PAGES

and q.
Schools and coIIeees-Paoe IS.
PART TWO-18 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Tales Of Well Known Foik-Paee ID.
.. A. r. Activities-Paae ~.
Parent Teacher Aetivities-Paee IS.
News of the CIubs-Paae IS.
Boy Scout News-Paee Is.
Veterans Of the Great War-Paee II.
PART THREE-12 PAGES.
Amusements-Theater and the Photo
play.
Music in Washincton-Pace 5.
Motors and Motorine-Paoes to 9.
Reviews Of New eooks-Pase 10.
Around the City-Pase 10.
Army and Navy NeWs-Paoe II.
The Starry Skies in October-Paee H..
The Civilian Army-Paae II.
Spanish War veterans-Paae II.
Fraternities-Page IL.
PART FOUR PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FTVE-8 PAGES.
lures.
The RambIer-Paoe 3.
PART SIX-12 PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
SeriaI-"The Owls House"-Paee 9.
Financial News-Pages 10 and II.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COMIC SECTION-4 PAGES.
Mr.. Straphaneer; RecIar FeIlers; Mr..
and Mrs.; Mutt and jeff.
Evening star., 1924-09-28
"Fron, Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
90 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start immediately.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1924-09-28

CONTINUED on Page 3, Column p
Evening star., 1924-09-28
WEATHER.

District Of Columbia and Maryland
Unsettled and warmer today; showers
today and tomorrow; moderate to fresh
southeast winds. Temperature for TWEEN
ty-two hours ending at 10 o'clock last
night Highest, SO; lowest, 54.9.
Full report on Page T.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

CONTINUED on Page ., Column -
Evening star., 1924-09-28

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ID
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-29

By WILLIAM F. dunno.

of aid and comfort to every foe Of
the labor movement and were COM
mented upon gleefully by the CAPT.
talist pres Of the Twin Cities.
Habitual Boilers.
After mentioning not a single one
of the developments in Minnesota
that are recognized even by labor's
enemies as of the greatest signifi-
canoe, Buck explains that his organ
ization composed of himself and
BROWN did not sign the call for the
June II convention Gin view of its
domination by the Communists, not
from any red-baiting motives, not be-
cause they are radicals, but because
it is impossible to work with them to-
ward the establishment of a labor
party that organized labor will sup
port"
This is rather frank admission
that the secession of the Buck-Brown
group last July was no accident but
that they are habituaI secessionists;
it is also an admission that at st.
Paul they refused to be bound by the
majority decision of the real farmer
labor parties who find no such diff
culties in working with Communists
and that in any gathering of workers
where their vaccillating policy is
beaten by policy Of action they win
refuse to go along.
The Future.
The Buck-Brown-Ro driguez Ernst
group now pin their faith on the C.
p. p. A. and July A. They bolted the
Cleveland convention Of this organ
ization against the advice of the
Communists who told them to stay on
the inside; now they are going back
to their vomit. They have no faith
in June IL, they say, because they do
not believe it possible that respecta-
BILE middle class politicians will accept
support from an organization with
which the Workers (Communist)
Party of America is affiliated; they
have forgotten all about the June II
convention as the best guarantee of
Independent action on July and
they now stake all, not on the work
ers and farmers, but on politicians
and labor officialdom-the same ele-
ments they have many times de-
nounced as hopeless.
Where win this little handful of
former progressives finally align
themselves? 1t is hard to say but
right now they are headed with John
Fitzpatrick, their economic founda-
ton, straight for the Gompers camp.
There they may find a quiet resting
place but just at present they are
homeless, helpless, hopeless and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-29

gance of the kings immediate court
encourage, and of their insufferable
impudence, that the Londonderry
household, which was the go-be-
tween for the army rebels and Car
son with the king in 191l-has been
entertaining, not on behalf of the
government but on behalf of the
opposition, the ambassadors of the
United States, France, Italy and
Spain.
Kellogg, ambassador of the Unit
ed States, is VIGOROUSLY the nomi-
nee of the Morgan house, i. e., Of
Tory influence in American finance
and politics. The Vicomue st. Au-
laire, ambassador Of France, belongs
to the circle of Bonapartist-Mon-
archist reaction, profoundly hostile
to recognition Of the Soviets and
favorable to the right wing Of the
Bloc National. The Spanish and
Italian ambassadors are the avowed
agents of fascism.
Insult to Laborites.
Quite evidently, we are here wit
nesses Of the official representatives
of American and European reaction
airy governments attending the party
reception, not of the government to
which they are accredited lin
theory, but Of the opposition.
If the Labor government does not
understand in its full bearings the
significance of this insult to them
selves as representatives Of the
working class they will understand
nothing. If they do not understand
it is no reason why we should be
equally supine and spineless.
The reaction is organizing in the
ward rooms, in the messes, in the
clubs, under the eye-and you may
warrant that Nickie's cousins eye
is an approving eye-olf tho king
himself, to defend here In London
and thruout Britain the close pre-
serves Of landed and financial privi-
lege.
The hitch in recognition; the need
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-29
Destructionist Efforts.

employed and the low paid workers.
He has raised the issue of whether
or not the workers are to permit
the powers of the State and the
local authorities to be used as the
trainers and defenders of the whole
poor law system intended they
should be used, to enable the master
class to use the necessities of the
poor for the undoing of the bargain
ing power of the poor.
Wheatley's action, like that of our
comrades in Poplar, is indeed revo-
lutiOnary, striking at the whole vile
system of bourgeois class rule
across hundreds of years. Wheat
ley's action is step, as the master
class knows (and, knowing, squeals)
towards the use of political power,
embodied in the state and local au-
thorities, for the purpose of break
ing the capitalists economic advant-
age over the worker.
On Eve of Fascist Violence.
It is a step that, affecting the
principle all local expenditure and,
eA~A CAOACg GA Tic DAB AdJc pdyCfb
who, under democracy, find them
selves in a grotesque minority, win
cause these big rate payers here, as
in Italy and Germany, to finance
and assist organizations for CLEANS
ing" local and national authorities
Of socialists and Communists.
We are one the very eve, COM
rades of the entire left, Of fascist
violence here in Great Britain.
1t now becomes apparent, from
what Maxton has said concerning
the appointment of Lord Chelmsford
to the Admiralty, that the navy chiefs
have declared mutiny, a class re-
volt against the working class.
After the army revolt at the Cur.
raugh in 1914, we have the navy
revolt at the admiralty in 1924. We
have the same insolence shown by
the Scottish legal fraternity.
1t may seem a little thing, bui
it is very symptomatic Of the AFRO.