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The Washington times., 1925-02-09

Opposes Unified Service.
Senator Gerry is the, second rank
ing Democratic member of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
and has had long experience in deal
ing with naval problems, having
been a member OF the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs before he
came to the Senate in 1907.
Senator Gerry strongly opposes
the idea OF a unified, air depart
ment, and emphatically contends
that naval aviators must begin with
being men of the sea, and that their
training and work must be con-
Quoted as part Of the training and
work OF the fleet
{ In a review and analysis Of the
problem Senator Gerry said:
1--WE are now going through the
sort of debate which has arisen
frequently enough in the past on
occasions when new devices of war
fare have been invented and devel-
oped The torpedo boat, when it
was a novelty, was thought oy
many people to mark the end Of
the need of having a fleet. We
were going simply to float along on
our OWN OAAA NAS(AAe~A = -
torpedoes' at approaching hostile
vessels; and it was claimed that this
would be the conclusion of all naval
warfare.
Then. however. came the tor
pedo boat destroyer to answer the
torpedo and now torpedo warfare
is seen to be only one more arm
added to the fleet.
Finds Submarine. Too, Failed.
Similarly, when the submarine
appeared, it was widely heralded as
a new substitute for the fleet. Yet
during the great war we saw the
seas controlled not by the nation
which had the superiority in sub
marines, but by the nation which
had the superiority in surface fleet
power.
Invention after invention comes;
hut still in the end the primary and
fundamental thing in defense of
a country by sea continues to be
the fleet and it's battle line OF CAPT.
tai ships.
ALSO the primary and funda-.
mental strategic fact remains that
in defending a country by sea one
does not wish to wait on ones own
shores for the enemy to arrive
while ones trade routes and trade
are being destroyed by the enemy
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The Washington times., 1925-02-09
MOTHER OFBABY TFIROWlNINTO
FURNACE EAGER TO DIE
Helen Hayes Terrier
Has Another Attack
Of Vanderbilt

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.The
wire-haired fox terrier belong
ing to Helen Hayes, former
Washington actress has had an
other attack of the wanderlust
and the stage star is again dis
consulate.
The lost and found columns
and the radio have been called
upon to help her find her pet.
Many people wondered when
they heard the message broad
cast by WIN why q fox ter
rier lost in the vicinity Of the
Henry Miller Theater and re-
turnable to Helen Hayes should
have on Bide-a- Wee collar.
1t was learned that Miss
Hayes lost the dog about six
months ago and found it at the
Bide-a-Wee Home for Animals.
She allowed the Bide-aWee
collar and tag to remain on
for remembrance" Now the
dog has gone again.
The Washington times., 1925-02-09
HUGHES ADMITS
PARIS TREATY
CHANGES
''obvious Errors" in Dawes
Plan Agreement Removed,
Says State Department

Official admission was made by
the State Department today that
certain textual changes were made
in the Paris agreement under whicn
the United States became an official
partner in the Dawes plan in ex.
change for ~ per cent of the
revenues it derived some days after
it was originally signed at Paris by
Ambassador Kellogg and the allied
representatives
These changes, however, were Of
little consequence" 1t was said at
the department, and change neither
the context nor the ultimate pur.
pose Of the agreement.
Certain "ObviOus Errors"
After the agreement was signed,
the State Department explained, 1t
was found that certain obvious
errors were contained in the
language, whereupon the delegates
re.assembled and agreed upon a
protocol to correct these errors.
The second meeting was hedged
about with considerable secrecy,
and it was only few days ago
that press dispatches from abroad
told OF it.
Knowledge that the agreement
was changed after its adoption, and
after the official text had been
given worldwide publication,
served 10 increase the suspicion
with which the. Senate irreconcil-
ables viewed the whole transaction.
Allay Senate Fears.
The State Departments explana-
ton Of the changes as incidental
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The Washington times., 1925-02-09
fascist TO DISCUSS
INTERNATIONAL FARLEY

ROME, Feb. 9.-The Fascists
counsel will discuss a proposal this
week for an international alliance of
fascists, it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1925-02-09
CALENDAR full
FOR DISTRICT
MEASURES
Pure Milk, Welfare, Grade
Crossing and Great Falls
on House Schedule

Confronted by a full Calendar of
the most important District legisla-
ton brought before the House in
several years members Of the House
District Committee will attempt to
prolong today's District day by
keeping the House in session to.
night.
After today's session there will be
but one more District day during
this session of Congress, on Feb
ruary %. The District calendar
now contains more legislation than
the House can dispose Of in both
days even though night sessions are
held.
The House probably will reach a
vote today on the $44 200, 900 Great
Falls hydro-electric power project,
one Of the most important bills
pending. 1t will be called up after
the disposal of three bills which.
although highly important. are list.
ed as "noncontroversiap' and which
are expected to pass within an
hour.
Fight for Rent Bill.
The rent bill, reported to the
House Friday, has not yet been
given a definite place on the calen-
dar. Efforts will be made to force
it up for consideration today and to
force the House to sit until 1t has
been considered. Those interested
in rent legislation have no doubt
that the bill will pass.
The schedule of bills to be called
up, in the order named, has been
fixed by the District committee as
follows:
The Lampert pure milk bill, civ
ing District authorities absolute
control over milk shipped into the
District and sold mere. This bill
has been the subject of lengthy
hearings in previous Congresses.
The bill to consolidate all local
charitable organizations under a
public welfare board and providing
a welfare code, covering all legisla-
ton for the care Of poor and de.
linquent minors and INDECENT
mothers.
The bill to wipe out the death
trap grade crossing at Lamond by
building a subway to carry Van
Buren, street under the tracks Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
The Great Falls bill, giving the
Federal Power Commission and the
War Department authority to pro-
coed with the construction Of dams
and power plants at Chain Bridge
and Great Falls. The bill has
passed the Senate. though not in
the same form as the House bill.
Other District legislation pend
ing on the calendar OF the House
and which may be called up, al
though not yet given A definite
place on the schedule includes the
traffic bill and the five.year school
building program.
The Washington times., 1925-02-09
FIGHT LOOMING ON
WARREN NOMINATION

With bitter fight threatened
by mocratic-Insurgent coalition,
the Senate Judiciary Committee
today Unexpectedly postponed final
action on the nomination of
Charles B. Warren, of Detroit, as
attorney general to succeed Har-
Ian f. Stone.
The committee discussed the ap-
pointment in secret session for two
hours and then adjourned without
having reached a decision. This
action was taken to indicate that
the Administration would not he
able to get a recommendation from
the committee.
The Washington times., 1925-02-09
TRAINS CRASH IN FOG
IN NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Two trains
crashed in a rear-end collision as a
result of the heavy fog today.
First reports were that several
persons were killed. The trains were
running above the surface at 219th
street.
emergency calls.
Ambulances were sent from city
hospitals.
The Washington times., 1925-02-09

Widow Couldn't Face Pow
ertySeIf and Children
pie From Gas

Family pride which Kept her
from appealing to relatives and
friends for help led pretty Mrs.
Francis Pryor Walker Waters,
thirty-nine- year-old divorce, TO
take her own life and to kin her
two children, Lindsay, fourteen,
and Mary, sixteen. The bodies Of
the trio were found yesterday in
a gas-filled apartment at 174O K
street northwest.
"If she had only let Us know
she needed aid, it would have
gladly been given, and she and her
children would be alive today"
Mrs. Campbell Pryor, an aunt, Of
2119 California street, declared to-
day.
"She had hundreds of friends
here. They all would have helped
her. But she kept her domestic
affairs to herself. Outwardly, she
always had the appearance of
being happy and ccntented and
few knew IF her situation.
Makes Many Sacrifices.
Mrs. Waters, friends said, was de-
voted to her two children and made
sacrifices daily to keep them in
school. Lindsay was in the eighth
grade at the Force school and Mary
in the freshman class at Western
High School. Mrs. Waters made
their clothes and took in sewing to
get money to support her and the
children, friends declare.
."Oh, know 1t must have hurt
her pride to do sewing" Mrs.
Pryor said, but she was willing
to do any kind of work. She was
doing fairly well at her sewing
until a month ago. Then she had
trouble with her eyes. The doctor
told her if she sewed longer than
one hour a day, she would go
blind"
Disappointed In Job.
The Doctors warning caused her
to look for other work. She found
a post with the Mixed Claims Com
mission and was to go to work this
week. However, officials OF the oom-
mission inquired of the Shipping
Board where she previously was
employed, about her work. She
was reported poor worker" and
the post denied her.
1t was this disappointment, which
came as a climax to a series of
other disappointments, that led her
to turn on the gas in her apart
ment Saturday night and snuff out
her life and those of her children,
friends declare.
Four letters found in the apart
ment tell Of the womans struggles
to make the grade" One letter
was addressed to her two sisters.
relatives. The letter to her sisters
read as follows:
The letter follows:
''Dears:
Don't think this has anything
to do with things that either of
you might have altered, it hasn't
you've both done your best but
just cant make the grade
am so tired of being unhappy
and so tired of struggling and
being poor, l cannot face whole
life of unhappiness. This will
give you all a great deal of
trouble and sorrow, but at least,
was unSelfish enough to take
Mary and Lindsay with me so as
not to add to anyOne's burden.
It's far better thing than 1
have ever done.
(SignedD "Shan."
Mrs. Waters nickname was
"Shan" The note was addressed
to Polly and Lindsay" Polly" Is
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The Washington times., 1925-02-09
BL AN I ON
RAPS RENT
BOARD
Coolidge Proposal SociaIistic,
He Says, But Approves
Balance of Bill

Characterizing as "socialistic
and vicious" the proposal to ex-
tend for two years the life Of
The District Rent Commission,
congressman Thomas Z. BIanton
Of Texas, today filed a minority
report in the. House. on the new
rent bill.
Blanton, however, strongly
urges the passage Of two sections
of the bill providing for restric-
ton of fraudulent real estate
transactions and for licensing of
real estate operators.
''This bill has three titles" he
stated in his report. 1.-THE first
is ridiculous. Titles II and III
are Statutory, constructive, and
necessary, and should be passed
but Title l should be eliminated.
Proposed By Coolidge.
little / is a substitute for the
bill sent to our committee by Presi-
dent Coolidge and carries out the
idea Of his bill but, instead of max
ing the Rent Commission a perma.
nent institution of the Government,
merely extends it's life for two
years"
BIanton attacks salary increases
- e.. u ~
Commission in the bill and charges
that the bill grants authority for
employment of stenographers, Of
ficers. and agents without limit
and spends money at will
He charges that the Presidents
bill" destroys the right OF private
contract and will permit the Rent
Commission to disrupt solemn con-
tracts freely made between tenants
and landlords and impose fines for
the making of such contracts.
Socialism Rampant.
He declares that the commission
is given authority to "nose into
peoples private affairs" and to
withhold property from thet owner
forever"
Under the terms of the bill, he
declares, the Rent Commission may
compel the owner to furnish any
repairs and service 1t orders and
prevent owners from getting rid of
undesirable tenants, even by selling
their property.
would any sane American i'm
agine that such a bill would come
from Calvin Coolidge, President of
the United States?" he asks. at
carries socialistic ideas further than
many Socialists you have in Min
nesota and Wisconsin would be will
ing to hang as a milestone around
the neck Of this republic"
Supreme Court Ignored.
Blanton charged that Congress liz.
nored the Constitution and the SUI
preme Court in passing an act ex-
tending the life of the Rent Com
mission last year and is now pro-
posing to do the same thing over
again.
He declares that the hearings be-
fore the joint Senate and House
committee on the present bill "out-
Heroeded Herod for unfairness." The
hearings were unfair, unjust and
inequitable to the property owners
of the District of Columbia" he
states.
"At no time were the property
owners Of Washington ever given an
opportunity to be heard. They are
unorganized and they constitute 95
per cent of the people whose inter
ests from a property standpoint are
involved" he states.
Curbs Dishonest Realtors.
II am going TO ask you gentlemen
to strike out Title I, that has been
held unconstitutional. Let this Rent
Commission die and then pass Titles
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-02-09
LAW WATTS
RECOVERY
Of GIRL
Autopsy Establishes Fact That
Child Was Alive When
Born

With the fact definitely estab-
Iished that the child found in a
furnace at the Iroquois apart
ments.. I410 M street northwest,
Saturday afternoon was born
alive, the law can only wait for
the recovery Of the self-admitted
mother, Miss Leona Holman, of
Corning, N. Y, before investigat-
ing further.
Upon Miss Holman's recovery
an inquest will be held to deter
mine the cause of the child's
death.
Meanwhile the unmarried
mother, lying i'll in Gallinger
Hospital, is pleading with physi-
clans. to let her. die. She wants
to die to bury her disgrace in
the grave, according to physi-
clans and nurses. But doctors
attending the woman declare that
her physical condition is good,
considering the hardships under
which she has lived since the
birth, and they expect her rapid
recovery.
Child Born Alive.
An examination yesterday by
Doctor Oscar Hunter, of George
Washington University, verified the
findings of the autopsy late Satur-
day night. Doctor Hunter, after
the examination, declared that to
all appearances the child was born
alive.
An autopsy performed late Satur-
day night by Deputy Coroner Her
bert E. Martyr resulted in the
same decision, that the child was
born alive. The autopsy also round
that the child probably died from
hemorrhages soon after birth.
The dead child's body was found
Saturday afternoon by w. E. Ran
doIuh. ianitor of the apartments in
which Miss Holman lived. He no
titled owners of the apartment, who
called police. Headquarters Detec-
tive Weber investigated.
Did Not Know Child was Alive.
He found Miss Holman in her
room. near collapse. She readily
admitted that she was the mother
of the child and that it had been
horn on Wednesday, without medi-
cal attention. She said that, I'm
order to hide the shame from her
mother she had hid the child in
a trunk until she finally took 1t
downstairs to the furnace. She
did not know whether the child
was dead or alive when born.
randolph declared that thu wom-
nm apparently very nervous, had
asi,ed him II she could burn "a
bundle IN the furnace. He con-
santed and she showed the bundle,
covered with newspapers, INTO the
fire She was too weak to close
the door, however. he said, and
after she had started UP the steps
the door opened, and the burning
bundle fell In the floor.
He dashed it with water AMI then
found the baby.
Miss Holman, who has been
EMPLOYED as a clerk in the Internal
revenue division of the Treasury
Department, has been in Washing
ton for about five years, according
to officials OF the woman's bureau
who have investigated the affair
she has only lived in the Iroquois
for a few months, however.
The young woman is said tc
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The Washington times., 1925-02-09
Takes Taxi to Bridge
in N. Y. and Leaps
l35 Feet to Death

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The
Williamsburg bridge, 135 feet
above the East river, was the
site chosen for suicide today by
an unidentified man.
He quietly opened the door of
the taxicab he had hired in
Manhattan, alighted and vaulted
the guard rail.
His body was not recovered.
The Washington times., 1925-02-09
Unified Air Service Is
Raped ~ Senator
BY WILLIAM HARD.

deep conflict between leading members Of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee the hand and
siderable element Of the House Select Committee to ves
gate Air Service the other the matter of
posal orpung the naval service unified Air De-
became apparent here today and emphasized
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
Propaganda for DGwes Plan

press United States has for weeks been carrying
stories puporng describe the economic conditions in Germany
analysis reports the astonishing Justification
According reports steadily rising from the ruins
it's aftermath that sent the mark crashing to
such low levels that it became utterly worthless
fact the Dawes plan for Germany which was an
inventory the industrial of the country and survey Of
the degree exploitation could be imposed German labor
had the effect when the first heavy loans We're oad OF slightly
revng industry But the plan made operative than
contradictions of capitalism showed that the Dawes
plan itself would produce serious European crisis
England participated in the Dawes plan because she hoped that
ermany forced sums the debtor nations
could sell her industrial products low enough compete with
industry The United States wanted to revive German in
dus country furnish place for investments of bank
capital Whereas Britain utilized the scheme with object the
United had opposing motive
Even temporary Germany weakened British in
dusy Furthermore the realm of economics knows that
productive capacity industries of the world than
supply the markets of the world and that if German
dusry brought back the basis of 1914 it will create
crisis in industry everywhere.
then have this exaggration of the effectiveness OF the
Dawes plan?
On the one hand the capitalist press speaks the revival of Ger
many while depog the pathetic condition of France Some pub
actually compare the condition of the countries and
arrive at the conclusion plan imposed
France And Dawes plan substance of
the propaganda of the Dawes plan in Germany
capital the United States strives to find
spheres investment otherwise will smother under its
But when seeks places investment wants to create
favorable itself The fact be kept in mind
is that England the great contend
ing imperast powers Wall strives crush Britain This
only achieved by creating powerful allies in Europe If the
such point that Dawes plan is imposed
upon will handled the United States alone without
Britain and against Britain American bank capital domna
ing Germany dominate France then under the of
capital brought what France failed accomplish
by military mgh-the consolidation industrial unit
bracng the coke of the Ruhr Such
achievement staggering blow British industry and
gain American Imperialism in its struggle against
its only formidable imperialist rival.
Every the of mperiaist struggle brings
the world will burst FORTH The central
point working class strategy must be to realize this fact and
prepare eny and sacrifice combat these preara
lions for a world slaughter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24

THIS clever maneuver served two
4 purposes-thatr of confusing the
less conscious and experienced mem
bers of the union as to the differences
between the right and left and of
making 1t possible for the machine to
deliver enconiums Of its good friend
and brother-in-arms, AL Smith of Tam
many Hall. The close connection be-
TWEEN socialist" union administra-
ton and capitalist politicians is thus
made beautifully clear to all who can
read the signs Alright
The rights Wed with the left wing
in supporting such issues as labor
party based on the trade unions, anti
fascist and anti-ku klux khan resolu-
tions but lost no opportunity to wage
war on the Communists and the Com
munist Party by attempting to show,
that only for the Communists, peace
and harmony would prevail in the /.
L. G. w. W.
According to the sigmanites there
are two kinds of 1Communists-good
and bad. The bad ones should not
be allowed to join the union, hold
office or be delegates to conventions.
The good ones should be expelled.
THE Marks case was an Illuminating
4 episode. An attempt was made
to unseat him on the grounds that in
1921, when brought into court during
the aftermath of THE, Palmer raids, he
had denied membership in the Com
munist Party and by this act having
shown his disloyalty to the class strug-
gle, was obviously unfit to be dele
gate to the convention. Remember
these were the arguments of the
bureaucrats and their followers. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-24
Coal Industry i'm the Soviet Union

insurance, provision Of rest houses,
etc.
The legal number of working days
per month, upon which the minimum
wage is calculated, is Is for hewers
and % for other underground work
ers. Miners are provided with boots
and special suits for work free of
charge. For abnormal working places
the hours Of work are reduced, while
time lost by the miner thru no foult
of his own is always paid for at full
ordinary rates. ,s..es
In event of accident, or affliction by
any industrial disease, the miner is
paid full wages for the first three
months, after which his case is dealt
with by special committee on which
miners are fully represented.
TNHE revival of the coal industry pro-
ceeded so much faster than the re-
vival of the big industries that con-
stitute the largest consumers of coal
fuel, especially the metal industry and
the railways, that by 1924 consider
able stocks of coal had accumulated.
The situation was partly met by an
embargo on coal imports and wide
spread campaign for the more extend
ed use of coal fuel in place of wood
and other forms of fuel.
The prosperous harvest this year
and the big Industrial development
that this makes possible insure now
that there will be no difficulty in dis
posing of stocks. { Already at the be-
ginning of 1925 the position had alter
ed, as can be seen from the fact that
while, during the first half of 1924,
the net production of coal exceeded
the amount dispatched from the coal
fields by two million tons, in the half
of 1924-25 the excess was only 100000
tons.
The total consumption of coal in
the Soviet Union in 1923-24 was H.
100000 tons. of which 10000 tons
were imported. The total included
100000 tons of anthracite. Imports in
1924 consisted entirely of British
coal. In 1912 coal imports amounted
to about 4,S5O,OOO tons, roughly two
thirds of which was British coal.
GOAL exports from the Soviet Union
- in 1924 amounted to 100000 tons,