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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-03
FRANCE To
SPEED
DEBT
caiIIaux May Be in Commits
sion Coming to Washington
for Refund Farley
Nv International News Service.

BY international NeWB 6crNstNs
PARIS, July 3.-The French
cabinet today decided. to send a
debt commission to the United
States "as soon as possible" to
conduct negotiations by which
the French war debt of more than
$4,000, 600, 900. may be adjusted.
Announcement of the Govern
ment's decision was made by
Foreign Minister BRAND at the
conclusion of a cabinet meeting
devoted to consideration of
Frances fiscal affairs.
Thanked By Herrick.
AS the foreign minister left the
cabinet room, he said to newspaper
men:
I'VE have decided in principle to
send a debt Commission to the United
States"
A short time later, addressing
American delegates to the Paris
art exposition. BRAND said;
II am happy to inform you that
at the meeting of the cabinet this
morning it was decided to send a
mission to the United States as
soon as possible to discuss the debt
question, and thereby dispel any
clouds between our two countries -
The delegates applauded, and then
Ambassador Herrick responded.
thanking the foreign minister Tor
the assurance.
1t is understood a decision was
reached tentatively to dispatch the
mission early in the autumn.
French Are Divided.
A hint of rupture of the French
debt negotiations was seen in the
battle Of words in the Partisan press
today.
1t arose over the proposal that
Finance Minister CailIaux himself
head the French debt mission sched-
uled to visit Washington this fall.
Caillaux's appointment in this
capacity would meet the approval OF
official Washington as an expires.
sion of the importance placed on
the missions purpose.
lie Matin and Petit Parisien an
proved the idea. the latter news
paper pointing out that CaillauX
speaks English and is familiar with
American conditions.
A strong stand in opposition was
taken by PertinaX. political com
mentator In the semi-official Echo
de Paris
The finance minister himself adj
mitted ii was possible he might 50
to Washington.
His friends said it would depend
on whether the negotiations for
funding the $4,000, 900. 900 French
debt promised to be successful.
1T would be painful for Caillaux
TO be in Washington If it became
necessary to break off the negotia
TONS" Pertinax said. He cited the
regret of a majority" of the Brit
ish that Stanley Baldwin, present
premier headed the British debt
funding commission to America,
and added:
1.-THE history OF the last five
years should make France wary.
The American Congress can re-
pudiate President Wilson's act 1T
Versailles, but if Caillaux gives his
word, France would have to keep
it,"
II have not made my decision
Caillaux said, but it is within the
realm OF possibility that l will 90
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.lJSBAN D
SLAIN BY
WIFE
Mrs. Julia z. Purdum At
tenpts Her LifeDe-
preston Blamed

8 T.
Evading the vigilance of her
father, Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Pur-
dunn, twenty-two-year-old bride of
Maurice E. Purdum, young farmer,
of Cedar Grove, Montgomery
county, Nd, today shot and almost
instantly killed her husband as
he lay asleep and then lay down
beside him and slashed her throat
with a razor. She is expected to
recover.
The young wife has been
critically i'll since the birth Of o
child about a month ago and is
thought to have committed the
murder in fit of mental depres-
sion. She will be taken to the
Springfield Asylum, near Balti-
more, for observation and treat
ment.
Father Kept Guard
The shooting and attempted sui
eide took place at the home of the
wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Web
ster Watkins, midway between
Cedar Grove and Clarksburg and
about twelve miles north OF Rock.
Vile.
The young couple had been living
there since the birth OF the baby.
Fearing that his daughter, In de-
spair over her illness, might at
tempt to take her life, Mr.. Watkins
had been sleeping on a couch in
the hall Just outside the door OF
the young couple. so that he might
be constantly on guard.
He was awakened early today
by the crash of a shotgun dis
charge in his daughters room and
rushed in to find the young hus-
band dead and his daughter in the
act of slashing her throat! He
disarmed her before she succeeded
In lnfl1ct1ng second cut, the first
not proving fatal.
One Barrel Fired.
One barrel of the shotgun had
been discharged, at close range,
INV NiOOAA neck. lie 0lGu
less than an hour later without
regaining consciousness.
Watkins notified Chief of Police
William Aud, of Rockville, who
went to the scene, accompanied bv
Sheriff Clay Plummer, States At
torney Joseph G. Cissel and two
physicians, Doctors Upton Nourse
and George M. Boyer. of Rockville.
After the girl had been treated
and had been declared insane by
the two physicians, States Attor.
ney Cissel conferred with Judge
Robert B. Peter. of the circuit
court, who suggested that she be
taken to the Springfield Asylum.
Commitment papers will be made
out following a final examination.
Young Purdum was the son of
James M. Purdum. Montgomery
county farmer. He was married to
Julia watkins TWO years ago. They
have two children, one about a
year old and the other less than A
month old. According to the girls
father. the young couple had never
quarreled, as far as he knew, and
appeared to be happily married.
The body has been taken to Rock.
Vile and is now at PumphreSs un.
dertaFing establishment. Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
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BLAM { IS
PU I ON
GRAIN
Loss
Dean, onativia 4 Co. Could
Not Realize Quickly on Cor
poration Stock
Nv EnternatiOnai News Service.

BY international News Service.
CHICAGO, July 3.-A $50, 600,
900 crash rocked the financial
district here today.
Dean, Onativia and Company,
one of the oldest brokerage houses
In Chicago's chief financial street.
was placed in the hands of re-
ceiyers by Federal Judge Car
penter.
Creditor banks filed the peti
ton. The Chicago Title and
Trust Company. was named re-
reiver. @
Securities Only Asset.
The petition for receivership was
tiled in conjunction with a petit
ton for adjudication.
Although merchandising bills to-
falling $s44.73 threw the firm into
receivership, the receivership petit
ton AYERS that the liabilities of the
firm approximate $29, 000, 900.
Its said liabilities Of $29, 900 900, !"
The petition AYERS, ARE. almost
wholly stock and other securities
which are in fact the property Of
tn customers and are pledged In
various banks"
The petition charged that the
drm committed an act of bank
ruptcy on July ] by paying to
Charles Trottman $4,000 with in
:ent. it is alleged. to give Trottman
preference over other creditors.
Action Comes Suddenly.
So suddenly did The petition come
hat the board of governors CT thu
Board Of Trade were not apprlsed
IF the action until late last might,
litter, it is understood. the creditprs
1eld a meeting and determined upon
the bankruptcy proceedings.
A meeting Of the governors was
called ct s a. m. and the board
voted the customary five day sus-
pension Of the firm.
Just what the extent of the re-
.eIvership will be none would ven
lure to say But frank Hoolihan,
New York attorney, expert on re-
,eivership cases, representing the
creditors, asserted that $4,000, 900
o involved.
Chester r. Davis Of the Chicago
title and Trust Co., was placed IN
charge of the company's offices. DC
cupying an entire floor Of a loop
office building.
Davis barred every one but his
immediate aids from the offices. and
ietails concerning the financial diff
Hculties Of the company were
neager.
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International News Service has the excIusi, rights
to for republication in form. of all
dispatches credited to IL not otherwise credited in
this paper 1t is also exclusively entitled to for
republication all the local undated pub
lished herein, well all special dispatches.
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Suspended By Exchange.


NEW YORK, July 3.-The New
York Stock Exchange suspended the
firm Of Dean. Onativia and Com
pany today for failure to meet OBJ
legations.
The suspension had little effect
IN the trading in Wall Street. al
though it brought some liquidation
for evening up accounts.
The New York curb market fol-
lowed the exchange soon after open
ing and also announced suspension
Of the company.
William NJ. Cannon. of the New
York Federal Court was appointed
: receiver for Dean, Onitavia & Co,
under a bond of $4,000.
Gilman and Unger, New York at
torneys for Dean. Onitavia and
Company, made the following state.
ment today:
This situation arose from the
fact that in the account of Gus.
toners, Dean, Opativia and Com.
pany were carrying $4,000 shares
of stock Of a company which was
q subsidiary of the grain market
ing corporation of Chicago.
This stock has been quoted and
carried by the banks around $50
q share.
MY information that under the
requirements of the Illinois law il
was necessary for 81 per cent Of
the stock of the grain marketing
corporation to be sold by July /
because il was a cooperative assoc
iation. 1t is said it will be neces
sary to unscramble the grain mar
keting corporation and its sub
siAAar1es.
"a Chicago bank called thC
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OFFICIAL Weather bureau ReDoF1
Fair tonight; tomorrow fair and warme
possibly thunder showers in afternoon. TIE
perature yesterday Highest, SO; lowest,
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10 PERSONS
INJURED
IN NEW
SHOCK
Every Section Of Santa Bar
bara Shaken by Severe
Earth Tremors

SANTA BARBARA, CAL. July 8.
Fire has broken out In Santa
Barbara. Fire equipment Is being
rushed into the residential dis
tricts in the northeast sections
Of the city. Clouds Of smoke can
be seen from the center of the
wrecked business district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
LABOR FAKERS
AN D P RIEST
TRICK WORKERS
Workers Party Is Feared
by False Leaders
Especial to The Daily w0rksr)

UTICA, N. Y, Feb. %. (By Mail. >
Thru local paper a meeting was
called Of the New York mills textile
workers on February 90. It was an
nounced that Joseph White. organizer
Of the United Textile Workers, would
address the meeting at the union hall.
When the first workers began to
come, one said that he was at the
Polish church and the priest an
nouneed to the workers in the church
that there would be no meeting at
the union hall.
Polish Priest Mixes In.
AS only few workers came around,
inquiry developed that the committee
of Local 753 had held a meeting on
the Friday previous and postponed the
mass meeting until week from Sun
day Then the committee had went
to the Polish priest and told him that
there would be no meeting on the
22nd. 1t is clear that the leaders"
fear to let the workers have a meet
ing after they read the DAILY WORK
Err and the Workers Party leaflet on
wage cuts.
The textile workers of the New York
mills are very indignant and disap-
pointed with Organizer White and
President T. F. Mcmahon. These
worthless keep telling them: wait"
and Wait" Don't go out on strike, ="
they keep saying, there is still a
chance for settlement" This is dis
gushing the workers.
Fake Leaders Fear Daily Worker.
The strike of the Utica Steam and
Mohawk Valley cotton mills held a
meeting this morning at the Labor
Temple. When White was asked IL
Continued on page 60
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papers in 1915 there was no such
thing as a Communist Party or move
ment existing and that therefore to
make his membership in the Com
munist Party retroactive to 1915 is
ridiculous; and in the second place
the Communist movement to which
he belongs today believes in organ
lied government.
Further along in his statement he
points out that he has always been
believer in organized government
and is believer in organized govern
ment today as a member of the Com
munist movement.
However, his conception Of who
shall rule. this country differs radical
ly from that of those who are at
tempting to utilize all sorts OF un-
truths to deport him. his conception
being that the workers and farmers
shall be the organized government Of
the United States.
To accuse him therefore OF being
against organized government he
points out is simply another untruth
added to the many lies the powers
that be utilized to misrepresent the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28

wage scale contracts now existing De-
tween the United Mine Workers of
America and the coal operators whose
interests are represented in this con-
ference, and hereby extends the same
for a period of three years, from April
1, 1924, to March 81, 1927, in all of
their terms provisions and conditions.
It is understood the execution Of this
interstate agreement extends without
further negotiations the district and
sub-district agreements now in effect
in the district affected.
"2. That an interstate joint confer
ence of the central competitive field
shall assemble the second Monday in
February, 1927, at Miami, Florida. and
the president of the United Mine
Workers of America, and the chair
man of this joint interstate confer
ence are authorized and instructed to
send out notices at the proper time
as to the assembling of the confer
ence."
This was the agreement accepted
ny Lewis III AACu VI bAC PAOPCo4NAcA
for a shorter work day and week and
naturalization of the mines made by
the progressive miners. This surren-
der paved the way for the present
grand assault on the United Mine
Workers of America The only re-
suit of the Jacksonville pact was to
tie the hands of the miners. 1t was
more honored in the breach than in
the observance by the operators.
Pact Violated by Operators.
Before the ink with which the sig
natures were written, was dry, the
coal barons began to post notices of
wage reductions. Union mines were
closed down and non-union pits open
ed. This preparation for the newt
able assault on the entire union was
ignored by Lewis who continued his
attacks on the militants within the
union.
In future articles The DAILY
WORKER will show the rapid loss in
membership of the United Mine
Workers Of America thru the traitor
Gus class collaboration and union
splitting. policy of Lewis and COM
pany and will point out the neces-
lily for new leadership Of the miners
inion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
RUSSIA III
PEASANTS help
STARVING Irish
Famine Horror GrOw-
ing, SaysLOndOnHerGId

The Union Of Russian Land Work
ers is taking steps to assist the work
,ers and peasants in the west of Ire
land who are now stricken by famine,
according to a story in the London
Daily Herald of February is. The
headlines in the Herald read: "Send
Help to IreIandI" starvation Hor-
rors in Famine Are Growing; civ
ing like Rats" and "Mrs. Crawford
Appeals to Labor M. P.'s."
The Workers International Aid
with which the Irish Workers and
Peasants Famine Relief Committee
in the United States is affiliated is
actively engaged bringing food and
clothing to the starving people in the
famine area. The following heart
rending story was told by Mrs. Helen
Crawford, secretary of the I. w. a. to
a Daily Herald reporter:
Surely it was the good God that
sent We here this morningl"
Such was the cry of the mother of
a starving family in ADMINISTRATION
Donegal, when handed food by Mrs.
Helen Crawford, who, as British sec
rotary of the Workers International
Relief, has been touring the desolate
wastes of Ireland
The incident occurred at Teelin, a
village visited by Mrs. Crawford in
the course of a 3O0-mile moor tour.
1.-THE car came to halt outside a
little shack" Mrs. Crawford told the
Daily Herald yesterday. "a bare
footed, ragged little boy looked out
from the doorway. The look Of suffer.
ing on his face drew us to him.
ION investigation, we found that
his mother had four other children,
all practically half-famished, and
shiyering in rags. There had not been
a crust Of. bread in the house for
days. 81 srtrvsy
1--WE handed over some food The
look in the eyes of the hungry chill
dren as they devoured it was some
thing one will not soon forget. -
Ruined Fishermen. az
"The name of the family is Dona-
ghey. The father was away, gather
ing sticks, which he would have to
drag many miles. He is one Of the
fishermen of the district who have
been ruined by the operations Of big
trawling syndicates." gH
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
COOLIDGE SPEEDS
UP DRIVE AGAINST The
FOREIGN BORN WORKERS

: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 26.-
The Coolidge administration has
speeded up it's drive to extend the
immigration laws, by sending Sec
rotary Of Labor James J. Davis to
numerous meetings to advocate Sc
verer immigration laws. In his
speech here before the Joint ses-
sion Of the Indiana house and SEN
ate, Davis recommended that the
quota law be extended to all coun-
tries from which we permit immi-
grafton.
Davis supported the admittance
Of farmers, skilled and unsklIIed Ia
borers only when that kind Of labor
cannot be found in the United
States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
MINE DISASTER
LAID AT DOOR
OF COAL FLUTES
Even the u. S. Bureau
Blames Operators

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 26.-
That The DAILY WORKER was JUS
titled in blaming the mine disaster
in Sullivan, Indiana, on the criminal
negligence of the coal operators, be-
cause of their refusal to install safety
devices, is more than borne out by a
statement issued by Secretary of the
Interior Work. When the coal oper-
ator's own government is compelled
TO make this admission it should be
evident to all that The charges in
the Communist press against the
greedy coal barons do not operdraw
the picture.
Secretary Works statement fol
lows
'Tt is reported that this mine dis
aster, the greatest in the history of
Indiana, was caused by open lights,
which ignited gases in the mine. If
so. the Sullivan catastrophe empha-
sizes the great hazard to the lives of
American coal miners in the contin-
ued use Of the open flame lamp in
mines.
Several hundred thousand open
lights are daily carried in the coal
mines of the United States. each lamp
being a hazard to life AMI property
thru fire or explosion. Open lights
have been responsible for many coal
mine disasters in the past.
Records compiled by the bureau
Of mines of this department covering
period Of II years show that open
flames have been the contributing
cause of numerous fires and over one
hundred explosions in mines, with a
death roll of about 1000 men and
tremendous property damage, the
mines being entirely wrecked in
some instances.
Such explosions are preventabie.
The proper steps should be taken not
only to guard against accumulations
of gas and coal dust, but to eliminate
open flames of every kind from mines,
because neither gas nor coal dust will
explode without a fame to ignite
them.
THE true path Of safety for coal
operators and miners is to follow the
policy of keeping every kind of an
open flame. whether from matches,
sparks, explosives, candles, oil lamps
or carbide lamps out of coal mines"
Secretary Work further stated that
the bureau Of mines of the interior
department had been issuing insistent
and repeated warnings over a long
period Of years against the danger Of
open flames in coal mines. He said
that future disregard Of these warn.
ings would add to the heavy ton Of
life, the latest OF which occurred in
the mine disaster in Indiana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
POLICE PREPARE
TO help BREAK
STREET STRIKE
Strikebreakers t o B e
Hired March 3


The striking street repair men and
ash and garbage collectors working
for the city Of Chicago will not re-
turn to work at the old wage scale,
Michael Carrozzo president of the
Street Clearners' Union, declared
yesterday. The strikers said they were
not bluffed by Commissioner Of Public
Works Sprague's statement that the
men would be discharged If they did
not return to work by next Tuesday.
Private garbage and rubbish col
lectors who are not organized into
the union, made no move toward re-
moving refuse from downtown hotels
and large institutions. and it was said
by the strikers that the non-union
collectors will join them in a SYM
pathetic strike.
Disease Danger Increased
The danger of a disease epidemic
was increased when garbage and rub
bish continued to pile up on the
streets and alleys in front of all
dwellings and business buildings. The
streets are covered with rubbish, even
in the downtown section.
The police department has been
made ready to protect the strike
breakers to be hired by the city next
week. Acting Chief Of Police Mathew
thinner declared the police depart
ment will aid the public works depart
ment in the attempt to break the
strike.
A meeting of the dump, section and
street repair foremen was held late
yesterday afternoon at 1870 w. Wash
ingt 4 street.
The pubic 4gsiS.Es department at
tempted to breakithe strike by max
ing an offer Of higher wages to the
foremen if theys returned to work,
but refusing the sdemands Of the
street laborers. This offer was spurn-
ed, it is declared. IS
The ultimatum Of. Sprague, ordering
the men to return to. work or forfeit
their jobs, was sent to the strikers
individually, over the heads of the
union officials.
A meeting has been arranged be-
tween Carrozzo and the garbage and
rubbish collectors employed by priv
ate firms, at which the question of a
sympathetic strikel will be formally
considered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
JAPS CELEBRATE
SOVIET TREATY..
HIT old PALS
Marks End of Anglo
American Power
Especial to The Daily Worker

TOXIC, Feb. 26.-At the recent
great celebration in honor Of the
Soviet-Japanese treaty, speakers of
leading positions in public life called
the treaty the beginning of Japan's
breaking loose from Anglo-American
influence. The celebration was'attend-
ed by thousands of Japanese most
prominent in politics, journalism and
industry.
Congratulatory kilograms were read
from the Soviet Foreign Commissar
Tchicherin and from Karakhan. am
bassador at Peking Speakers de-
clared that the treaty ended the I'M
friendliness caused by the ill-advised
Japanese military Intervention made
at the request of the American and
British governments.
1t was also stated that the Wilson
ian doctrine of self-determination of
nations had been but the hypocritical
covering applied by the Versailles
treaty solely at the expense of Ger
many, and that only by the superior
power of the Red Army had Soviet
Russia been prevented from becom-
ing a similar victim.
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character of the Communist move
ment.
Severino has been a candidate for
city councilman and congressman in
Cleveland on various occasions on
the ticket OF the Workers Party and
on the platform of the Workers
Party.
Severino is especially well-known
in Cleveland for his activity as q
trade unionist andb as one vitality in.
terested in the progress of the coop
perative movement in Ohio. He has
held various Offices in the Bricklay-
ers' Union and large co-operatives in
the state OF Ohio. having been vice
president OF the Cooperative Dairy Of
Cleveland, and anmember OF the ar
bitration board Of his union, as well
as a delegate to the various OF their
conventions.
In view OF the activities OF Severino
to accuse him Of not being believer
in organized government is exposing
the ignorance OF the authorities again.
Cto4 a. s,,,b l., xyottp ohot.f
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
SEEK POSTER DESIGNS
TO AID RUSSO CHINESE
EXHIBITION AT HARDIN

HARDIN, Feb. 26.-The joint COM
mittee for the organization Of the
pending Russo-chinese exhibition,
has started the printing of numer-
Gus posters whose main idea is the
propagation Of the rapproachment
between China and the Union Of So
Wet Socialist Republics. A contest
for the best designs Of such post
ers has been declared, and several
prizes will be awarded for the best
models presented.
The area under the exhibition is
to be at least 10000 SO. yards, in
the New Town Moscow square).
The numerous paviIlons, surround
ing gardens, turf, etc, are to be
artisticaIIy arranged.