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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Editor mo star.
! read your article In The Star
about doing away with rcvolverB.
have paid dearly In my young
days or carrying revulvera n
there weren't any rcvolvcra in tho
u. s. A. there wouldn't bo half tho
holdups. murders and auicides that
there arc.
] WINS walking down Third ave.
last Wednesday when saw a
bunch OF young fellows In front Of
a pawn shop window. looking at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

the big reviewers inside. thought
AZ the time when was young like
they were that " only had big
a. or IS 1 would make them step
around.
II Uncle sam wogi;i pass a law to
do away with MI revolvcru, black.
jacks and brings knuciE," etc, this
would do away with lots Of heart
breaks. sorrows sid troubles.
n Miss Gibbons had not had a
revolver sho wouldn't have killed a
man. either EDDIE HARDIE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
JESUS HIMSELF WAS
GREATEST MODEHNIST
Telling 1t
to Congress
Excerpts Taken at
Random From the
Congressional Record
HIGH HOPES

had hoped tina; some time. come.
where. ne estuid rot a federal depart.
meni that would transact business
with norno intelligence. some eff.
cicnCy. and some little regard for
public honesty. was fooled Sen.
ator caraway ID Arkansas.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
Church Modernists Not New;
We Had Them in Bible Times

bible and a thousand lesser sub
Ijecta.
The result is that men arc 10.
day giving moro thought 20
things Of the soul And out u
al this discussion will como
world Of men and women who
viii known IN whom and in what
they believe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

tomato canning lhVfchhou IN lpaas
Something should bo done, This Ia
cruelty TO hoardcrs.
Tho 1898 prune crop was short, 80
that helps boarders some,
Railroads made money last year,
This, however. Ia not news TO PEG.
pie who bought tickets
Tho demand for locomotives Ii in.
ercasins. Why don't auto drivers
look and listen at tho eroSsingsl
Cigar smoking Increased only I per
cent in lesa. there being so few 20.
lltlcal campaigns.
Crude oil production broke all rec.
ords in ieaa, The same Is t,io OF
crude movie production.
Last year $40 bank failures were
reported, BESIDES this many chill.
drcn'a banks failed Christmas,
There was tremendous fruit crop
for 1898. We tell YOU because prieee
forget 20 mention Il.
Building haoms boosted the lum.
Der trade last year, even presidential
timber being plentiful
Fur business was good in 1898.
an domestic poi,s sold, They come
from skinned husbands.
DrlekyardA ran steadily In 1894. no
they may have been busy making
bread for restaurants,
California raisin crop for 1898 was
ss7 900 tons, so why use wood aieo-
hol and other poisonsg
Abou, $3.50. poo. ooo worth OF turni.
turo was sold last year, II they can
keep up the payments.
Tho huge 1894 increase ia savings
bank deposits merely shows huge
Increase in win power
The outlook for 1894 Is brlgh, for
those who look out.
Only few more days until moro
resolutions arc broken.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
FORESTS CENTRALIZED

The five Pacific Coast states. IN.
Guiding Montana and Idaho. contain
about half o. the standing timber IN
the United staies.-E. T. Alien be.
fore senate select committee on re-
forrntntion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

VI. o. ELDRIDGE. executive chalr.
man American Automobile associn.
ton: We all believe In traffic laws,
but the most OF us do not think Of on.
forcing them until we find ourselves
picking ourselves up out OF the
street. or being picked up"
HENRY FORD: Il have little con.
fidence in these professional schools
Of religion. BY the time they get
thru with religion It is "A very thin
product. But ! believe in move.
ment 70 put religion in the schools. 3"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
K LETTER From
ATRDGE fIANN

Folks
They've all the prizes seaiies poultry show We've
doubeo And the shows
berct brought yethe only chickens left us
Second nycnuel
felt countrys subtle charm we feel
It's quite farm And again were
knowing the Growing
when the day begins 20 break
Wed like 10 shed the shacea OF tho cs busy fray and hear
the steady caees OF tho chickens thru the dry We think
rush riot Of futile trashand we'd like to try
IL Rproung and mixing mash
Nor would be surprising II tho ranhlng folks who have
liked the things comprising all tho ciys busy Perhaps
few greying disappear; admitting when
they're leaving that heyd like larry herel
For that fellow often looks his lot he's
below The reasons
pie; here plain dayyou the pimple
a mile awnyl
Mruaae Maos'v
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
Calls Farmers the Real World Citizens of y. 5.

Tho farmer simply has 20 watch
his market.
WE'RE IN THE
SAME BOAT
Now. we are faced by a de.
cline OF prosperity In Europe. a
slump In purchasing power and
n falling or In output OF manu-.
fncturcd goods. Ny observation
conyinces me that unless indus.
trial Europe can get 20 work
again at full speed and efficiency.
our markets there are bound 10
keep on dwindlinR. We are IN
the same boat with those coun.
tries over there.
Furthermore. the interest Of
agriculture IN tho export market
u the common Interest OF the
American people. The rest OF the
people, In the long run. smile or
moan with agriculture.
ReparatIons are tho kernel OF
the whole problem, according 20
silver. with the tariff and credit
requiring adjustment to avoid lRo.
lation The object IL TO help r;u-
rope buy what America has 70
sell
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

W. J. BAILEY. Tenth district fed
eral reserve bank. THE day IL com.
ing when the farmer will again be a
good spendcr Two good reasons.
with fair prices. would accomplish
that. One good season would help"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

ness" says silver. with all in
ternal debts paid off by cheap
marks. Germany can begin TO
mako her factories hum an soon
M there is stability as 10 what
she'll have TO pay. Ny personal
belief is that America can help
toward that object without risk
Of any harmful eniangiements,
ION the point OF tariff and
credits. the farmer is not asking
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

This Is the second Of series by
W. H. rerierfield. telling what Ia
back Of the present church war be-.
tween fHnaamsntaiists and nodesns.
fortrrfield has made II lifelong
hobby 90 study religion and people,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
ny GEORGE BRITT

CH1cAGo. Jan. s.--Your true
" ooamopollto these days isn't
the polished city dweller. but tho
farmer.
The city dweller'a outlook often
IN bounded by the walls OF hla
office or apartment. Tho farm.
on, with attention forced 90 far.
away lands by HIS dependence on
export trade. Is necessarily a
world citizen.
Authority FOR that statement II
Gray silver, farmer from Apple
Pic Ridge. near Martlnaburg. w.
Va, the Washington representa-.
tive OF the American Farm Bu.
reau Federation. just returned
from observing European eondl.
lions az frat hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
ADVOCATES
SETTLEMENT

Settle the German reparhtions
debt at any figure you choose.
and they will begin doing bust.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
AGRiCuLTuRE
AGAINST ISOLATION

Isolation" summarizes all that
Silver, spcaking to and for his
farmers, does NOT want. Such
II III. message In his report on
the trip abroad. and tho tenor OF
his conversation while visiting
farm bureau headquarters here,
"'rhe export market consumes
about ono'thlrd the production OF
tho American farmers land"
says Silver.
Take away that market and
the farmer would have 20 reduce
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

his output By onothlrd. This
would moan a third Of the farm.
ers would so completely bank
rupt. or else third OF each farm
would revert TO weeds and brush.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
Drumming Up the Vote Trade

IT'S taking lot more Suggesting and clacking on
the part of the political bosses to stir up enthusiasm
over the coming national elections than the case
four years ago.
Each election people less interested in politics
than the time before. If doubt this consult any old
man who recalls the torchght professions and red fires
of years long since.
The people have already been balyhooed into the same
sdeshow many times and ready for a new act They
usually go In expecting act and find it's the
old Dog-Faced Boy.
English order right swearing
they Older than they really thus proving that
be changed.
President Cal refuses the Ford Endorsement
everybody he would garuous "whoopce
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
Don't Tenn ut EN- Too Much

VTHERES just one danger IN this announcement OF
Secretary Melons that there is S300,000,000
plus in the Golfers of Uncle Sam Hanged if
the wisdom of whetng up the appetite of congress that
way It's just like stalking down nice fat sheep in the
wolf lands of Arizona.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
A THOUGHT

Who can find ylriuous womnng
for her price is far above subies.--
Prov. 3i:i0.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

10th century. startled the theo.
logical world Of HIS time by de.
clarinR that John Calvin had
made God a tyrant and an exc.
cutionerla
And behind Arminius came a
mighty host Of liberal souls away
hack to Micah. who. ~ the eighth
century before our era. said 20
the official church Of his time:
II am alex Of the blood Of beasts
and the fat Of ram. saith the
Lord. and what doth God require
of you but 10 do Justice. 30 love
mercy and To walk humbly with
thy G0dG"
JESUS HIMSELF WAS
GREATEST M0DERNIsT
There was n body blow AZ the
whole ritual Of the church. al its
very foundation OF sacrifices and
aims giving. and yet the church
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08
SMILES

Tomato canning increased In lps3.
something should bo done, This Ia
cruelty TO hoardorH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

VIRTUE alone Is sweet society.
II keeps tho key TO nil heroic
hearts.
And opens you a welcome in them
all. Emerson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

gets eraw.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

anything moro than other citi.
gems have received. The theory
OF those systems is that they are
TO help the needy fellow, and
right now the needy fellow is the
farmer. There win DO no end TO
tho shameful anomaly OF a sur.
plus Of farm products ia the
Western hemisphere and starva
ton and nakedness in the East
ern until we resume business on
n friendly basis"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Tho 1898 prune crop was short, so
that helps bonrdcrs some.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Railroads made money last year.
This, however. Ia not news TO PEG.
pie who bought tickets
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

President Cal refuses the Endorsement
everybody he would garuous say whoopce
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Tho demand for locomotives Ii in.
ercasins. why don't auto drivers
look and listen az tho eroSsngag
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Cigar smoking increased only I per
cent in l9sa. there being so few 20.
lltlcal campaigns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Everybody down in Washington be cutting into
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

But, Dir. Coolidge. will Ford accessory ft'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-08

Speaking Of the welnOwn reported
Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29
King Tut May Be
Good Husband But
Was A Poor Lover

James A. Stillman had nothing on
King Tut as perfect lover, said How
ard Carter, famous Tutologist, who is
here to recuperate from the expenses
incurred by him in helping to dis
cover that ancient luminary's last
resting place and throw light on his
historic past
Mr.. Carter being in the presence Of
ladies, and the Windy City weather
giving indications that spring was
somewhere about a year off, the ex-
plorer's fancy turned lightly to thots
Of love. He picked on King Tut for
his theme, tho he could have picked
up hundreds Of worthier subjects
within the confines of the steel quad
rangle which is the Loop.
However, there is something in
triguing about Egypt so the explore
took his hearers in fancy to the d
mids. Tut was devoted to his wife,
said Mr. Carter. tut, Tut" NUT
tered the idle wives of tired business
men, what a perfect brute? How
could he be so selfish?"
Mr.. Carter waxed legalistic. 81
think" he went on as if talking to
jury Of his peers, that the evidence
will show King Tut caught in the act
Thy the painter of caressing his
wife's hand. Another picture shows
him looking with longing eyes at
her"
The wife was not behind the times,
either. Mrs. Tut is shown whisking
specks of dust off Tutty's robes. Mr..
Carter did not specify whether she
used whisk broom or a rolling pin.
"Those were the days when love was
love-" Mr.. Carter raphsodied, when
man and wife lived together and died
together" Most of Mr.. Carriers fair
audience thot it extremely unfair to
compel people who lived together, to
die together. 1t was too much. The
verdict of the jury was that while
King Tut may be alright in his day,
his technique was too crude for mod
ern times.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29
by KARL REEVES.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

Especial to The Daily Workerl
PEORIA, ILL.,, May .2S.-In the first
few days Of the convention of Dis
trict IL United Mine Workers Of
America, one man, Frank Harrington,
dominated the proceedings. At least
one hundred Of the delegates were
payroll men," who, because of obli-
cations to the president Of District IL,
voted for Harrington no matter what
issue was involved.
Harrington, as chairman, welding
the gavel vigorously and often, in
the early stages Of the convention was
able to keep the half-formed senti-
ment against him in check. Another
group of delegates who contributed
to Farrington's support were the old
veterans of the union, some of them
well past seventy years Of age, such
as old Charlie" who looked to Far
rington as the conservative leader.
These men, remembering the earliest
days of the miners organization, felt
that present day conditions are at
least better than pre-union days.
Many of the old-time delegates are
now past the age Of active work in
the mines. They took no real interest
in any of.the proceedings except the
old-age pension and the resolution re-
lating to the hiring Of miners over
As years of age.
Instructed To Fight harrington
The local unions instructed some
Of these men to vote against the APP
pointive power and to vote for the
Howat resolution, the two issues
which most concerned the rank and
file. They no doubt, said, "Old Pop
needs a vacation. Let's give him a
trip to the Peoria convention"
This Indifferent "centrist" group,
many of whom had never seen Frank
Harrington, had looked up to him as
the capable and much discussed lead
er of their union. They are the ele-
ment which, before the lines between
the Harrington machine and the rank
and file were clearly drawn, defeated
the resolution for the unqualified re-
cognition of Soviet Russia and the
resolution indorsing an independent
political party Of labor.
The machine" Worked Smoothly.
If the rank and file sentiment was
not definitely crystalized at first
against the Harrington machine, it
can be said of Harrington that he was
on the job from the start. George
Mercer, chairman Of the resolutions
committee, while he endeavored to
create the impression that he was a
rank and filer, not once brought in
a report on resolution that went
counter to the harrington machine.
Mercer spoke to the delegates in a
soothing voice, using their first names
but he endeavored to sidetrack every
progressive, constructive measure
that came before the convention. Mer-
Ger is harrington appointee, bear
ing the high sounding title of Stats
tician."
Vice President Fishwick is another
district IL official who tried to use the
mask Of fairness" while he knitted
the rank and file in the back to the
advantage Of the Illinois Coal Opera
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29

baby carriage. They do not say this
out loud Of course, for publication,
but they give expression to their in
nermost thots over the cigars and the
moonshine.
Smoot and Lodge, Harrison and La
Toilette, famous leaders who are Gre
dited with possessing political intel
ligence, are neither here nor there.
That is, metaphorically speaking.
Lodge and Smoot are in the Senate.
The former is used these days merely
for an attraction. Visitors from Konk-
honk or Oshkosh, when shown over
the historic spots of the capitol, are
not allowed to go back to the village
drug store without getting a good
look at the representative of the Sa-
cred Goldfish, the Seer of Nahant. But
outside of that, Lodge does nothing
but look wise and occasionally quote
Shakespeare.
La Toilette is becoming a blurred
point Of interrogation on the political
map. Coolidge got so many kicks in
the pants from Congress recently that
he is thinking of wearing a coat Of
mail.
leadership There is no such ami
NAL in Washington. Coolidge may
get by as long as he keeps his mouth
shut. But even silence has fits limit.
The opinion is now growing that Cool
idge's silence is not que to wisdom,
but to mental bankruptcy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29

CIy Out Oh the pOllL1cal and eco
nomic wilderness. They find no
such man in the flesh. He amt
there and that's all there's to it.
Calvin Coolidge is no myth of
course. Please don't misunderstood
me. He has being. He eats, drinks,
sleeps and takes his stroll thru the
business section of the city in the
early days of the morning. His head
is not set on his shoulders at a jaun-
ty angle. His face is furrowed, par
ticularly when he feels that he is
being observed. He says nothing.
Even members Of his own party,
fear that his silence is due to chronic
emptiness of the brain.
The politicians who run the G. o.
P. machine blame Congress for the
slump in business. They try to lift
the blame off Calvin's shoulders.
Things would be even worse, they say,
"but for the genius in the White
House." "But If this man is a leader"
say the cynics, why does not some
body heed his words or his desires?"
Nobody, does, excepting perhaps, his
butler.
1t is freely admitted here, that there
has not been so much confusion in
Washington in the last twenty years.
There is no firm hand at the helm.
The man who claimed the credit for
breaking the Boston Police Strike
would not be trusted by hardened poll
icians with the destinies OF a loaded
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29
PRIVATE
SCHOOL NEST OF
SEX PERvERSION
Harvard School Owner
Makes Confession

Mott Kirk Mitchell, So, instructor
and part owner of the Harvard pri-
vate school here, has admitted acts of
perversion, the Office of States At
torney Robert E. Grove, announced
today, in connection with the investi-
cation Of the mysterious kidnapping
and staying Of Robert Franks, 14-year-
old son of Chicago millionaire.
Mitchell confessed he had been
guilty of numerous acts of perversion,
and that he had been a psychopathic
case since the age Of seven" an at
tache stated.
He said the statement has been au-
thorized by Grove.
Mitchell denied any connection with
the Franks murder.
Mitchell and Walter Wilson, an
other instructor, have been in custody
"for examination" since last Thurs
day
Officers said that Wilson had told
them Mitchell approached him with
an immoral suggestion.
A pupil at the private school also
accused Mitchell Of attacking him,
Groves ONCE stated.
Following these accusations, Mitch
ell broke down and confessed to per-
version, the office attache said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29

on the JOD. EVERY policeman Will
be given an extra supply of cart
ridges, intensive drill practice
among the force will begin, and
martial law will be proclaimed
in the region of the Sheridan
restaurant, 1914 Sheridan Road,
where yesterday a girl, sus-
pected of being a special agent
of the Soviet government, sold
hundreds of copies of the Spe-
cial Food Workers Strike Edi-
ton of the DAILY WORKER.
Boss Notes With Alarm.
The first indication of something
wrong dawned on the owner of the
Sheridan restaurant when he noticed
people looking in at the windows of
the restaurant, and then turning away.
That was bad. Further, among those
who entered, some carried copies Of
the DAILY WORKER. That was still
worse.
There emerged from the door of
the Sheridan restaurant-frst, the
stomach, then the diamond stickpin,
then the florid and rather fiustered
face, and last, the receding chin, OF
the prosperous owner Of the Sheridan
road restaurant. He glanced vicious
ly at the girl agent of the DAILY
WORKER. But he didn't stop. He
wasn't going to tackle this job alone.
Five minutes passed. Thirty more
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29
KLEAGLE YOUNG
DEFENDS SLAYERS
OF JACK SKELCHER
Wants CowardIy Killers
To Go Scot Free

HERRIN. ILL.,, May 2S.-S. Glenn
Young, Kleagle Of the Ku Klux Khan
and anti-labor gunner, is trying to
head of any prosecution of the X. X.
K. who assassinated Jack Skelcher
on a lonely road near hear.
Young's defense Of the slayers Is
his unsupported assertion that Skel-
cher was in the party that fred at his
car near Marion, Ill, several days
ago, wounding him in the leg and his
wife in the head. Whether Youngs
feudist argument is successful de-
Ponds on the strength of the Khan in
the southern Illinois district.
cold-5Iooded Murder.
Skelcher's friends deny that he had
anything to do with the Young affair
and charge that the assassination was
a cold-blooded murder. They say that
Young has been threatening to get
Skelcher for long time, because OF
the latter's resistance to Khan DOM
ination of Williamson county.
Young is now under 100000 bond
on So charges for his part in the
Klan's raiding and shooting in the
Herrin district. These raidings were
advertised as prohibition" raids, but
in reality, they were intended to ter
rorize the organized miners.
Skelcher was murdered by Ku KIux
Khan constabulary. A fusillade Of
shots was fired in Skelcher's car,
piercing his body in three places.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-29

copies of the DAILY WORKER had
been sold. Six copies a minute.
BIuecoats to the Rescue.
From around the corner swung a
column Of police. First in the line of
march was the boss. 1t cannot be
said that he ran. 1t was a thing that
couldn't be done. But he led the as
sault CALAMITY, and with as much
speed as his short fat legs could
muster. Then came the police. They
weren't mounted police, but that was
the only military touch missing. In
a nearby drug store two sluggers
waited.
The police ordered the sale Of the
DAILY WORKER stopped. The owner
produced a thick envelope stuffed
with credentials--his guarantee of
protection from the courts.
For answer the girl agent pointed
to the nearby stand from which the
Tribune was being peddled. and went
on selling antidotes.
A Swearing Match.
The police argued, pleaded, and
swore. The boss swore too. He called
out his partner, and they matched
vocabularies. 1t ended in draw.
Fifteen minutes passed. 1t was time
for the bosses to go back and count
his diminishing profits.
The police scratched their heads,
and went away TO get recruits.
The paper sold on.