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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Porter Announces u. S:
Withdrawal as Final
Harmony Effort Fails

GENEVA. FEB. 6.-Congressr1An
stephen q. Porter, chairman OF the
American delegation, today an
nounced the withdrawal OF the
United states from the League OF
Nations opium conference. In MAX
inR his formal announcement to the
conference, Mr.. Porter saids
1T have the honor to inform you
that, in agreement with The Presi-
dent OF the United States, the
American delegation feels that It i
no longer possible to participate in
this conference"
Al last minute effort was made to
halt the withdrawal of America. A
reconciliation committee was called
together, its members being Lord
Cecil, England: Deladir. France;
Suginnura, Japan; Toivola, Finland,
and Porter, United states. But az
4 meeting Of the conference, both
Porter and Cecil were adamant In
their Views and a compromise,
therefore, was found impossible.
The reconciliation committee. 80
reported to the conference. Con-
gresham Porter then arose and
handed to Zahlo, secretary OF the
conference, a formal letter an
nouncing the withdrawal of America.
Following this Porter read q 1900
word statement.
MAY Is, 1924 the American Con-
gress authorized American partici-
patton in this opium conference on
the condition that the conference
would agree to a definite date for
the permanent suppression Of
smoking opium" he read.
"Since the conference cannot de-
eide on a date" continued Porter,
America, il true to her principles,
must withdraw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
WNF1AW
NENxEZ

HERE ARE A rev or THE New
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY'S
CIaAGOIEIED GHCTION:
buick touslkE. run 1900 miles.
like AAw. sAoO.
MARYLAND PARK TERRACE
Lots 800 and upward: easy
M eT, h. w.~-Trwe rooms nicely
furnished for light housekeeping.
BARBER wanted; steady Job:
must be an expert; good guRran-
ty; no Sunday work.
FORD coupe, 1925. fully equipped.
including motor meter, wind
shield wiper, spare tire, dash
s. light. speedomAter; $476.0O; terms.
FOOD cHncKnRs--National Cash
SYSTEM apply in persoh
r ST. N. w.-single room, tran
sient. 800 day.
UPHOLsTERINOt--Fu bought
and sold. ...s
10TH ST. N. w.--Msdiurn room,
next bath; $500 week.
BANK CI.ERK-WAnted two young
men for clerks in financial insti-
tuition.
EOR FUMTFxER DETAILS TURN II
THE CLASSIFIED 6ECT10Ns
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his facts, he should give them fully
and without restraint.
Praises Sec. Weeks.

Ms k1Gt@, ne sn0uiu give GneM 1uily
and without restraint.
Praises Sec. Weeks.
Mitchell, however, praised secre-
tarv Weeks, who has called him
ton the carpet for his previous
testimony.
Much OF what has been accom-
plished, he said, by the army air
service has been due to "ths SYM
pathetic attitude or the Secretary
of War towards aviation" Mitchell
also gave great credit to his su.
perioF, General Patrick.
Other departments OF the Gov
eminent, however, were severely
criticized BY the assistant air chief
for their attitude towards air deveI-
opment.
Explaining his charge Of a
vested interest against aviation. .
Mitchell said the army, navy, ma
tional advisory committee, Post
office Department, Treasury De-
partment, Department Of Com.
merce, Interior Department, Agri-
culture Department and other de-
partments, resist ''any change
which may In any way curtain or
modify their authority over avia-
tioI1s'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
WOMAN FALl S 70 DEATH;
HARVARD PRESIDENTS KIN

BOBIon Feb 0.-lr1Ef6.
Bouiker. Baid to b relaklve Of
President Al Lawrence Lowell, oE
Harvard University, WAS found dead
beside the Hotel Vendofne today.
she either fell .0f jumped from
the window of = room ID the fourth
floor which she occupied. The police
aaaa - w =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
WOMAN, 81, Is FREED
ON POISONING CHARGE

COSHOCTON, Ohio, FEB. g.
.sGrandlnao Clara McCurdy. sixty
seven, charged With the murder of
her husband BY hlE4ihistering ar.
eer1ic. was free today.
evidence, where the wAite.hAlretl
woman was charged with first
degree murder. Judge James Glenn,
presiding, directed the jury 60 re-
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.RESCIJERS
renew
HOPE
CONTINUED from First Pase1

CONTINUED from First PaSe1
aIIel so that IL one light were ex-
tinguished the entire circuit would
re a.. thin reason. as the lights
outside pfill burn, Ii is known thls
single beacon 1e0 feet down tho mar
now, tortuouS passage Is still glow
ing, giving the comfort OF light to
the imprisoned man.
A little group Of men stood by .
Gilckering camp fire as Riley at
tanhed the phons& He listened a
moment and announced the cave
rave forth no sounds.
Power Shut Off.
Then az he listened the plant in-
stalled on the crest o. the cliff
% provide power tor the line, was
suddenly cut off,
The Dit cavern was plunged into
darkness. made only moro tnky1
hv The paie stars and crystal clear.
almost white, moon which gtlhous
cited the figures Of the guA4dnnleEAs
rifles en- shoulders, against the blue
vault OF heaven, a. they paced
cAAsaieasly back and fofeh--the
symbol of the law, order and prog
ress, which has been brought into
these Kentucky hills by this bizarre
accident worthy Of q modern Poe.
RlINv Al tf1S phohes raised his
haaas ter quiet a sharp etAoe&to
!. Movement ID the cave ceased
ana Stiffness vibrant with the
tenkeness OF waiting humanity set
tied over Sand Cave
Answer UnmlstaIeaAle.
Into the phones came one sharp
snap, followed BY . silence and
then q series of grating sounds
r.rr.r.e.r.r-Ar.r.r.rEloyd Collins
was talking in the unmistalabie
language from the depths Of the
Lights were flashed OH again
and they brought silence to the
The experiment vas tried again
and again, the grating an the
phones came as darknees settled
down 81 the cave bat this time
after D moment or two. It ceased.
Etkhts 1larhd again ana the 81
third repetition Of the test
brought only q continuation o. the
silence. Then Riley Interpreted
language Of the phone.
How Test Vveflzsd.
the light socket nbsvs. the point
where Collins lies Is shown 10 b
loose. It was found impossible Be.
oSuse og the nature of working
conditions and the ease ROOF. to
place Il firmly. Thns, Riley said.
g duplicated the conditions Of the
loosensd light bulb At the farm
house.
When the lights we're first turn
ed on. Riley believes. the shock 81
sudden darkness frightened Col
Inns and he invoIantarfiy jumped
az much as h1e pinfonea position
would permit. It was enough he
thinks 10 send the first sharp snap
into the phones.
Then 90 darkness continued
Riley believes Collins decided
something had gone wrong with
the fixture ana attempted by
fufnbItng against Il to adjust it.
This was The first rumblink that
the p9ones gave forth.
When the lights came on again,
Riley thinks, Collins believed bis
efforts had been successful and,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
College Women's Tea

W. W. Husband, United States
Commissioners Of immigration, win
be the guest OF honor and speaker
at the College Women's Club tea
Monday afternoon from 4 to at
the clubhouse. 1892 I street.. His
subject will be Immigration Up to
Date"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
'IUDG SELLERS
ACCUSED
loonlIIIllsa fEeII. IL III

Continued from N'Iret Pake.D
periencss with the juvenile Court
IN connection with her eleven chill
dren and drama liy declared:
Fl would rather zee them IN the
sraves, III eleven 81 them, than
Committed ID the care 81 the
Hoard Sc Caildren's duardians.' ],
ii grandKnothef, Mrs. Louise
Davis, told the elabeonnnaltt how
Judge Sellers had refused 70 let her
take care ok her deAd daughters
children simply beeAslle she thought
she was getting along IN years"
Dsntea Danglt<srD Children.
Mrs. Davis aald that happened
i've years 40 ana amused the sub.
ana declared she could Do as much
Worlx today ae Jude Sellers 81 any
other woman
Attacks on Guardian.
a great deal IL the testimony "a
day WAs directed more against the
board az nl1lldren,g guardians and
the method 81 farming out children
than the actual deeds ok omIa-
ssions or commissions q Jaiage
Sellers.
Ik Wa commended, that Judge Sci.
lers b morally responsible for the
situation ana that IL she was The
right woman III the Job she wUtiia
be correcting conditions.
it WAS charged Dy y number of
the witnesses that Judge Sellers
geks reports from social workers ana
has her mind made up when chill
dren are brought before her.
lit ii said that frequently she has
refused 10 permit witnesses Tor the
children t6 give testimony, and
sometimes Bne has even had them
locked out sOk the court room.
Tells Of Girls Case.
Allegation was made bv Attorney
Burns that Judge Sellers takes
some 81 the children III her cham
Der and s'SeafAs them to death. z
- told d q col0red boy sfe took
LII her chamber And began AslEing
him leAdlng. QlaestionB - re she
wefe i prosecuting attorney
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
3 MEN ON WAY TO WORK
FATALITY HURT BY TRAIN

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Feb. 6-Three
men on their way to work were
fatally injured today when the small
automobile in which they were rid
ing was demolished by the Detroit
TO Pittsburgh flyer OF the Pennsyl.
vania railroad at Leetsdale station,
near here,
The men who died from their In.
turies are: L. c. LavelIe. Ambridge,
Pa, G. A. Perry. Of Buffalo, and
G. i D1mmegs. oe Buffalo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

Brigadier General tIalstead Dorey,
now on duty at Fort Omaha, Neb.,
ID ordered for duty in the Philip
pine Islands, the War Department
announced today.
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]. s. IS. out Of
OPIUM Farley
CONTINUED from First page.l

tContinuNd from Fist Fage.I
his regret found 1t necessary to
authorize the American delegation
to withdraw from further particl-
patton in the conference At the
discretion Of Its chairman, the Hon
urable Stephen G. Porter.
'sgEhe Department Of state is in
receipt this morning or 4 Telegram
stating Mr.. Porter presented his
letters Of withdrawal at 1910 q. M.
today n
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tearing to again sxtlnguish the light
lay unusually etill.
Phones Ten Etery.
And the phones told Of this.
They remained mute.
The second period Of darkness
brought D repetition OF the move
ment, less lengthy than before be-
cause the prisoner wan growing
tired.
When the lights came on again,
through no effort OF his Riley, BE-
Iieves, Collins concluded this sort
Of an experiment wa9 being made.
ana therefore, refrAined from fur.
Their attempts 70 move the light.
Thus the nh0Nes were silent.
Collins has delivered his Eae&saRe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Missing Son Of Lost
Explorer Back
With Mother

81. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb.
6.->Jack Nutting, twelve.year-
old son Of the lost explorer,
william w. Nutting, today was
back under the watchful care Of
his mother, who feared that he
had been kidnapped or that the
boy had taken the vanderbilt
like his father.
Jack was found In an exclu-
siVe hotel here last night.
Police also took into custody a
man giving his name as Selwyn
Smith and his home address as
Cass Lake, MINI. Smith, ac-
cording to officers, was to be
arraigned today for investiga-
tion, although no specific charge
had been filed against him.
Smith said he had no inten-
ton Of kidnapping Jack. He said
the boy told him that his
mother was in Miami.
81 took . lil4ng to the boy
and, since he did not have q
place to stay, I gave him lodg-
ink." Smith told the officers.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
The
Hired
Man S
Digest
No Label Here-Why?

Ordinance No. 1915 of the city
of Newark says: Each and ev-
cry job of printing done for the
city shall have thereon the union
label of Typographical Union
No. Co." This was passed on
January "a, 1898 and has nev-
er been repealed. 1t may be
found on Council Journal 13,
page 5O7.
After a careful examination
of the recently issued "Notice to
Water Consumers" the Hired
Man" has been unable to discov-
er the union label as required by
said ordinance.
Perhaps some laws are made
which apply only to the ordin-
airy poor devils like us and to
be passed up by those upon
whom fortune and good luck
have placed upon the seats of
the mighty.
City officials should set the
example of obeying the ordin-
ances instead of ignoring them.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
Inside Schemes of
Textile Workers
Are Exposed
Too Much ShOddy Is Used by the
Manufacturers of "WOOlen'
Goods Material

Philadelphia-In an address
to the convention of hosiery
workers, affiliated to the United
Textile Workers, Thomas F. Nc
Mahon, president of the latter
organization, referred at length
to the use of shoddy in alleged
"all-WoOl" cloth.
Manufacturers mix good yarn with
worked-over rags and refuse and
then sell the product as "pure wool'
at scandalous prices. The speaker
stated that the complete labor cost,
from the field to the retail store, of
a $45 suit of clothes is S2.45.
When the cost of material is fig
ured, one understands why textile
manufacturers can declare 10 to so
per cent dividends, operating part
time, said President Mcmahon. These
manufacturers would conceal their
profits by deploring "high" labor
cost. The speaker said that the in
creased productivity of American
knitters is making it possible for silk
hose manufacturers to successfully
compete with manufacturers in Eur
one
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
Advertisers and
Labor Papers

Like other papers which are not
specially subsidized by some interest
or corporation, a labor paper depends
upon advertising in order to exist.
Advertisers who use any paper re-
veal their good wishes for that pap
er's success and their hope of patron
age as result Of such advertising.
Advertisers who use labor paper
show their desire to make a labor
paper a success. They reveal thereby
an interest in the social progress OF
all who toll. At the same time they
request the patronage of the toilels
whom the labor paper represents.
The merchant who does not adver-
tise in a labor paper reveals the op-
posite of those who do.
Hence there is a real reason why
members of organized labor should
support those merchants who adver-
tise in their labor paper.
If you like this paper and wish to
help it, please patroniZe the adver-
tisers, they will be glad to have your
trade.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
Bad Conditions
Now Face Labor
In Philadelphia
Low Wages and Long Hours Is
Policy of Contractors Now
Employing Labor

Philadelphia = Representa-
tives of more than 70 labor un-
ions protested to Mayor Kend-
rick against the low wage, long
hour policy of contractors in
employing labor on this city's
extensive Improvement program.
Workers are lured here to find
an excess Of labor and the de-
partment of public welfare has
been forced to aid many of these
duped workers.
The unionists showed that the eight
hour day is not recognized on subway
work. Men are employed 10 hours a
day and in many cases seven days a
week. Some men work IL and IA
hours a day without overtime. Car,
penters are paid 55 and 60 cents an
hour, as against the union rate of
SLIP. This low average is maintain
ed with other crafts.
A. F. of L. Organizer Richie, who
headed the delegation, told the mayor
that conditions almost as bad exist on
the Delaware river bridge, the mum.
cipal stadium and the sesqui-centen-
nial project.
The major acknowledged he was not
aware of these conditions. He and
City Solicitor Gaffnev assured the
unionists that they were Sin svm-
pathy'' with the complaints, but in
sisted that they were helpless as the
city is compelled to award contracts
to the lowest bidder.
The unionists declare that the
moral force of the city administration
should be thrown against these prac-
tees, and that municipal authorities
should oppose flooding Philadelphia
with employment-seekers, who will
be forced to become objects of char
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
Hold
Anthracite Coal
For Higher Price
Millions of Tons Now Stored on
Barges Near New York
Ready for Big Boost

New York-Speculators have
100000 tons of anthracite coal
stored on barges in this vicinity
waiting until they can create an
artificial panic and raise prices.
1t is claimed that there are g.
100000 tons held within 20
miles of this city for the same
purpose.
The president of one large coal
company says both the East and Hud-
son rivers are crowded with coal-lad-
en- barges and that this coal "is not
for sale except at prices which are
prohibitive."
"If all the coal available in New
York waters was released for distri-
button at fair prices the present So
called shortage would disappear" the
coal dealer said. wipe out specula-
ton and you eliminate the sole reason
for the price advance.
"It is impossible to say precisely
who owns all this coal. For one
thing, it had been sold and resold a
number of times, each speculator
tacking on his profit. No one wants
to claim it and admit he is taking
advantage of the situation to exact
hugh profits. Therefore each owner
or group of owners is keeping mum
as far as his identity goes.
eff everyone makes a rush for coal
now a panic situation will be created,
which will be disastrous to everyone
but the 'scalpers' or spectators who
have been accumulating coal for this
very purpose"
Coal that is held in barges is add
ing to its cost through demurrage,
Wharfage charges and rent for the
barges. These charges will be pass
ed on to the consumer, who will also
lie expected to pay the increased price
demanded by the speculator.
Last week President Lewis OF the
United Mine Workers said that there
was no excuse for price increases as
coal now marketed was mined for the
same prices at that sold prior to the
suspension.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
INDIANS BUMPED
The Red Man, as Usual, Gets the
Short End of the Deal

Pendleton, Ore-The old story of
injustice to Indians was repeated to a
subcommittee of the senate commit
tee on public lands by the Nez Perces
Indians, from whose ranks came the
famous warrior, Chief Joseph.
The Indians made grave charges
against the Indian bureau of the de-
partment of the interior If given
time, they stated, they could prove
every charge from the records of the
bureau itself. -
1t was alleged that more than 63,-
100000 feet of lumber had been sold
from their reservation and that they
had not received one cent and that
every request for an accounting had
been refused by the bureaus repre-
sentative.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
HISTORY MADE ON LABOR DAY
Most Successful Ever Celebrated Is Shown by Re
ports From Headquarters of A. F. of L.

A. of L. that this Labor
education
are beginning o show results
the declarations
pubics marked absence the
paron and
solidfy ranks, higher
Of
generally acceptedhat the
no that
eiven nsuchw wide publicity
unmarked by sensational demonstration Its char
her of
thinking There think
of labor problems this than before
- why Labor Day, 1926, notable
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25
AutOcratic Ruling

The Hired Man" got notice
last week from the Director of
Public Service that his water
rates had been moved onward
and upward right smart. No
figures or explanation except
that it was a 'fair and equit-
able" increase.
This brought to remembrance
the fact that when the Natural
Gas Co. and the Newark Tele-
phone Co. decided an advance in
rates was an absolute necessity,
these two public service corpor-
ations did not Immediately issue
a notice that the increase was
ordered by the man in charge
and would become effective in a
week or two.
No, they went about it in an
entirely different manner. They
threw their books open and in
vited an investigation by COM
mittees from the Trades Assem-
bly,, the Chamber of Commerce
and the various Civic Organiza-
tions. These bodies took them
at their word and went to it
with the result that the claims
of the. corporations were found
to be well founded and concurred
in by the investigators. So the
matter was adjusted to the sat
isfaction of all parties.
Did our Director of Public
Service follow the example of
these so-called "grasping cor
porations? ?" Not on your life he
didn't. He simply issued a fiat
that on such and such a date
water rates would be jumped
forty percent to the ordinary ev-
Continued on Page Two)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-25

"Organized LABOR has contributed
more to the establishing of a high
standard of living in America, and
the maintainance of that standard,
than all the federal tariff laws in ex
istence," says the Chronicle.
"Organized labor has done more to
take the children of the nation from
toll, and place them in schools, than
all other agencies combined.
"Organized labor has done more to
ming about tolerable living conditions
i'll crowded industrial areas than any
number of commissions and social
service bodies.
"Organized labor has done more to
enforce safety rules and the installa-
ton Of safety devices more to pre-
serve the limbs and lives of human
beings than all the self-called frater-
nal and brotherly love societies in the
nation.
"Organized labor has done more to
improve the environment of the
women and children of the toiling
classes, whether in the slums of the
city or on the tenant farms of the
backwoods, than all the altruism of
the self-righteous.
"It has worked for selfish ends
shout its enemies. Perhaps. But
from the viewpoint of the public it
has worked for the rights of human
beings, for the betterment of life for
the vast majority of people. The
struggle of under-privileged classes
for justice and a place in the sun
Of life, may be largely a struggle for
justice and right. And organized
labor, whether it would have it or
not, has carried forward the battle in
behalf of all working classes.
Even to the unorganized workmen
on the farms organized labor has Civ
en- its aid and sympathy. Every move
for the farmers benefit, every at
tempt to carry to him some of the ad-
vantages of the city-world that he
feeds and clothes, has been given the
unwavering support of organized lab
OF. And this in spite of the incessant
propaganda that seeks to breed sus-
picion and hatred between the two
classes of producers.
"Organized labor's accomplishments
could not have been affected, of
course, if they had been based on un-
sound economics. 1t has succeeded in
1dII ~ uSCSlIG wages " lHG
grea. body of workers, not only be-
cause it fought valiantly to that end,
but because a well-paid body of pro-
ducers is fundamental to the continu-
ed prosperity of an Industrial age.
From any single employers view
point, of course, it is desirable to OBJ
tain labor as cheaply as possible; but
from the general viewpoint of ma
tional production and consumption it
is evident that the great body of cit
liens who make up the working
classes must have a purchasing pow
er if factories are to flourish and sell
their products.
"The more the people can buy the
more factories there will be, and the
greater the profit. The things moves
in an endless circle.
"Organized labor offers no panacea
for human ills. 1t has no method of
creating the millennium. 1t is willing
to go along slowly with the rest Of
American citizens, peacefully work
ing out the best plan of living we
know how, faithful to the American
democracy, loyal to the nations pc
litical institutions and contributing
nightly to maintaining the idealism
on which the nation was founded"