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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

force and violence, that LaFollette
did right in segregating the loyalist
from the Communist and so on for
weeks.
This yellow press kept up a con
tinual stream Of filth. The result was
Comrade Omholt was defeated. Not
a word In the way of reply could
we get In this alleged Farmers
Press although we were stock hold
ers In It. Had we not gone before
the people on speaking tour both
would have been defeated. In every
township likewise in the small vii
lagos where some of the farmers
voted, we had big vote over our
opponents.
This fact still rasps in the craw
of this yellow editor. Since the
election he tries to convey the idea
that we did not advertise ourselves
as Communists, and that we lied tc
the voters. He did so much lying
in the campaign that he forgot that
he reprinted a poster that one OF
his lieutenants took from a tele.
phone pole near Grenora. Incident
ally at Corona, where we gave the
voters a full dose of Communist
program, the writer got So votes
while his opponent got two votes"
II the editor of the Farmers Press
has anything more to say which ex-
plains what he means by a free
'ress,' the Workers (Communis)
Party has not only the DAILY WORK
Or, but other papers in a dozen diff
erent languages to advertise the
'rairie jackass' resounding brays.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

Castor b. Means, former boon companion of the
ate President Harding Harry NJ Daugherty, jess
smith, ct al, is now on trial in New York. He is
charged with collecting $4,000 with which to in
duce Daugherty, Mellon and Burns, to drop indict.
ments against certain illegitimate business men
who were working at their trade So far it appears
that no witness took the stand except convicted
criminals. That is as it should be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

Now that the workers know the total wealth of
the United States is over 100000, 100000, there
should be no more talk of poverty and want An
approximately equal distribution of this wealth
would give every man, woman and child in this
country three thousand dollars each Get your
share. Why not? Is not everybody free and equal
in the United States?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

1t was a touching scene at the Paris reparations
meeting when the little nations were given chance
to protest against the action of the big powers in
grabbing all the loot under the Dawes plan.
Churchill, Kellogg and the French representatives
dropped lachrimal moisture on their shirt fronts.
but what could they do? The little fellows were
to late 1t is to cry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

Lord Robert Cecil challenged the Geneva opium
conference to prove its competence to discuss the
plum problem He blamed China for the evil. In
view of the fact that the opium traffic was forced
upon China at the point of British cannon Lord
CeciPs position was about as just as that of the
seller of infected oysters, who blames his customers
for getting poisoned thru consuming them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

New York reporters are having lot of fun with
the Grand Duke Boris. The duke looks as dignihed
as a labor faker leading the grand march Mt Ian
dis award ball. The reporters know he is broke
with poor prospects. Naturally they give him the
hot dog.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

The cattle raisers asked the president for i'm
mediate relief and they were handed the usual line
Of capitalist bull
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

canon DeValera denies he intends to enter Free
State parliament but he leaves a loophole, which
proves that canon is normal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-21

The Beauty and the BoIshevIk" 10
coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5.
Evening star., 1925-03-13
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, March IS (Spe-
ciaD.-James It. Preston tonight will
make his report to the annual meet
ing of the chamber of commerce as
secretary and treasurer Of the organ
ization. Mr.. Preston, in point of serv-
ice, is the oldest secretary of any
chamber in the State. Mr.. Preston's s
report will show that during the past
year Alexandria merchants and busi-
ness in general was successful despite
depressing conditions. The entire
membership, totaling nearly 400, is
expected at the meeting. G. Page
Waller, president, will submit his re-
Evening star., 1925-03-13

will be announced.
Four men charged with vagrancy
were brought before Judge Frederick
G. Duvall this morning in police court
and were ordered held for investiga-
tion.
Agnes Frinks, 11-year-old, who was
seriously injured when run down by
an automobile "Wednesday night
while returning from church, has
fghting chance to live. physicians at
tending her believe. Her condition,
however, is considered extremely seri-
Gus, her skull and leg being crushed.
Melvin Coffman, S, injured by an auto
mobile the same day, is improving
rapidly
Mrs. Lulu F. Brown, wife of Benja-
Evening star., 1925-03-13

faint Jurors lent their aid in reviv-
ing the young women. Attorney
Campbell Howard of Washington and
Attorney G. T. Vickers of Newark
defended Miss Clawans.
Assistant United States Attorney
Burnett today, with consent of Chief
Justice Mccoy. dismissed a second
indictment against Miss Clawans
growing out of the fire at the Betty
Way Shop. This indictment had
charged the young woman with
housebreaking in entering the store
after her discharge without permis-
sion of the proprietor for the purpose
of starting the fire. AS she was ac-
quilted of the arson charge the prose-
cution decided to drop the other
charge.
Evening star., 1925-03-13

Chief Justice Mccoy of a charge of
arson. The young woman had been
indicted following the discovery of
fire at the shop last October, three
days after she had been dismissed
from the employ of Mrs. Betty V.
Vernon. its proprietor. Miss Clawans
denied that she set the place afire
and witnesses stated she was on her
way to Newark, n. j., when the fire
started.
The jury was celebrating for three
hours and 1t was nearly 10 o'clock
when the verdict was rendered. Miss
Lillian Clawans of Newark. a twin
sister of the accused, rushed to her
side as the jurors acquitted her and
in a close embrace both young women
fell to- the floor of the courtroom in a
Evening star., 1925-03-13

min A. Brown, 807 North Washington
street, died yesterday at the Alex
andria Hospital Funeral services
will be held from the late home Sat
urday morning at II o'clock, and will
be conducted by Rev. 2. l.. Vernon,
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Interment will be in Bethel Cemetery.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Brown is
survived by several children
Evening star., 1925-03-13

Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians
who recently surprised her family and
friends by having her hair bobbed,
will celebrate her silver wedding ami
versary this year. Before her marriage
TO the present king, in 1900, she was
Duchess EliZabeth of Bavaria
Evening star., 1925-03-13

into a large and profitable industry
in the Salt River Valley of Arizona
The New York Police Department
has six airplanes to enforce the ordi-
nance against low flying over the city
Evening star., 1925-03-13
Foreign Nations Invited

President Coolidge hass igned a
proclamation inviting foreign gov
ernments to participate in an inter
national trade exposition to be held
in New Orleans September Is.
Evening star., 1925-03-13

private in the 33rd Volunteer Infan-
try, for acts Of gallantry in action in
the Philippines in 1899 and 1900.
Evening star., 1925-03-13
MISS CLAWANS FREED
OF CHARGE OF ARSON
Jury Acquits Bookkeeper Accused
of Setting Fire to Betty
Way Shop.

Miss Ethel Clawans. former book
keeper at the Betty Way Shop. lilo +
street, was acquitted last night by a
jury in Criminal Division 2 before
Evening star., 1925-03-13
POSTHUMOUS AWARD.
Mrs. F. c. Marshall Given Citation
for Husbands Gallantry in Action

Mrs. Francis c. Marshall, 2I22 Cali
fornia street, this city, has received a
silver star citation, posthumously
awarded her husband, Col. Francis c.
Marshall. U. S. Cavalry, for gallantry
in action against Boxer forces near
Tientsin, China, August 10, 1900.
Silver star citations also have been
awarded to the late Mai George Pal
mer. 9Th u. S. Infantry, and to Nobe
c. walton OF Sullivan, Ind. formerly
Evening star., 1925-10-17

necessary to call additional witnesses.
Testimony of the designer of the
Shenandoah. an engineer of the Bu-
reau of Aeronautics and the technical
director of the Aluminium Co. of
America, which furnished the metal
framing for the craft, featured Thurs
days session.
Attack Heinen Theory.
Counsel for the survivors Of the
Shenandoah and the Bureau of Aero
nautics scored important points yester-
day in their efforts to break down the
theory of Capt. Anton Heinen, former
German Zeppelin pilot, that structural
changes made in the airship contribut-
ed measurabIy to her destruction in
the Ohio storm September 3.
c. +. Burgess. an engineering expert
in the Bureau of Aeronautics, conced-
ed that, in the way the new gas valve
installation was operated by the crew
during the storm, probably less stress
was eXerted on the structure than
would have been the case had the
original automatic system been in
operation.
He refused to concede, however,
that the new installation was superior
to the original, explaining that he did
not concur in the decision of the bu-
reau to make the alteration because
he did not like to change from "a
Evening star., 1925-10-17
UP-TO-DATE MODEL
! OF CAPITAL URGED
Those Now in Museum Obso-
lete, Fine Arts Commission
Head Points Out.

Proposal that up-to date models OF
the National Capital shall he made
and displayed in the rotunda of the
Capitol as part of the celebration of
the 2O0th anniversary of the birth Of
Washington. in 1882, has been made
by Charles Moore, chairman of the
Fine Arts Commission, in an official
communication to William Tyler
Page, clerk of the National House of
Representatives, who is executive
secretary Of the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission.
This commission, which was created
by Congress, is to hold its first meet
ing shortly before Congress assemblies
and at that time the suggestion of
Mr.. Moore Will be considered.
Present Models Obsolete
Briefly, it proposes that the many
important steps taken in the last
quarter of a century for development
and Identification of the Capital
City. since the models now in the Ma
tional Museum were made, should be
given place in new models, so that
people from all over the world might
have a true view of the most beau
tful city in the world
Mr.. Moore's letter is as follows:
LAS an absolute foundation for
their work. the commission on tne
Improvement of the Park System of
the District of Columbia in 1901 had
prepared two models of the City of
Washington. from the Library of
Congress to the proposed Lincoln Me-
mortal, and from II street to the
river. One of these models shows
conditions as they existed in 1901,
and the other shows the changes pro-
posed to bring that area into the
shape planned by Washington and
I'Enfant. The models We're based on
the most accurate surveys. Every eN-
listing house and public building. every
grade and sidewalk. and even the
kind of trees used, are shown on the
models. More than 5000 photographs
were taken, and the entire cost of
the two models was in the neighbor-
hood of 100000. These models remain
Today the best guide for the future
development of the City of Wash
fngton. They have great interest to
the visitor, and they are continually
studied by the Commission of Fine
Arts in advising on matters relating
to the development of Washington.
Although made in 1901. the model of
Future Washington shows the
House and Senate Office Buildings,
the Lincoln Memorial and its reflect
ing pool and the Memorial Bridge.
all as they have been or are to be
developed.
Evening star., 1925-10-17
URGES FUND RAISING
FOR TRAVELLERS AID.
Commissioner Rudolph Sees Thou
sands of Dollars Saved to Dis
trict by Work of Society.

Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph,
who is a member of the board of
directors of the Travellers Aid SOcie-
ty. today declared that thousands of
dollars expense for the care of public
charges We're saved the District every
year by the work of the society, in a
letter to Arthur c. Moses president
Of the society, which he made public.
Mr.. Rudolph urged public. support
for the society in its $4,000 financial
campaign to be launched Monday.
His letter was as follows:
Knowing that on October 10 the
Washington Travellers Aid Society is
launching an appeal for $4,000 to
support it's work for the coming year
I, as one of the board of directors.
wish to take this opportunity of eX-
pressing my appreciation of the good
work done by representatives at the
Union Station.
Thousands of dollars are saved the
citizens of Washington each year
through the efforts of the Travellers
Aid by the careful investigation and
handling of stranded and derelict per
sons whose relatives and friends are
communicated with and the necessary
funds obtained and arrangements
made for returning them to their
proper places of residence. Many of
these people, if they remained in
Washington. would soon become pub
lie charges. I realize that this is
only one phase of the work, but it is
The angle that particularly impresses
me.
IF every citizen of Washington
could spend an hour at the desk in
the Union Station | am sure he would
he a willing contributor to the Travel
ers' Aid of this city. To emphasize
my interest in the good work, l in
close my check as a contribution to
the fund"
Evening star., 1925-10-17

mechanical to human element for
the safety of the ship.
DIR. Earl Blough of the Aluminium
Co. of America testified that the high
est grade Of aluminium was employed
In the construction of the frame of
the Shenandoah: that every piece was
fabricated under special conditions
and that tests conducted by his COM
pany on pieces of the wreckage show
ed that in every case save one the
metal even then surpassed the con-
tract requirements.
incidentally, he said, an inspection
he made of the German-built Los An
geles early this year showed that
there were slivers in the framing;
that other bits showed scratches re-
ceived in fabricating and that it was
patent that the system of naval in
spection of the material that went
INTO the Shenandoah was far superior
TO that employed by the Germans in
the building Of the Los Angeles
Capt. w. II. Stanley, director of war
plans In the Navy Department. read
into the record a letter of the Joint
Army and Navy board. dated in 1920,
Evening star., 1925-10-17
TWO SLAYERS OF WOMEN
PAY SUPREME PENALTY
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. October 1.-Two men
one here and the other in Michigan
City, Ind, yesterday paid the supreme
penalty for murder. \ woman was the
victim in both cases.
John Koval, who slashed the throat
of Martha EEelski. his landlady, in
Gary A year ago, died in the electric
chair at the Indiana State prison, at
Michigan City, shortly after midnight.
In the Cook County tChicago) jail
Frank Lanciano. slayer of Mrs. Rose
Attila, his common law wife, was
hanged at o'clock.
Lanciauo left his wife and family in
Philadelphia several years ago and
came to Chicago with Mrs. Attila, who
also deserted her husband. He shot
her in a fit of jealousy Yesterday he
asked his wife. in Philadelphia. to
claim his body. Fearful that the news
might affect his mind. Jail officials did
not tell him until the last minute that
the State pardon board had refused
clemency appeals.
Evening star., 1925-10-17
Many Buildings Built Since.

These models are now on the upper
Moor of the National Museum. The
one showing the lines of development
should be brought down to date by an
accurate representation of the Union
Station and Post Office the White
House restored, the Senate and House
Office Buildings, the National Museum
the Agriculture Department Building.
The Freer Gallery of Art, the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing. the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences. the Pan
American, the ID. A. r., the Red Cross
Building. the Treasury Annex. the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
East and West Potomac Parks, and
other improvements which have been
made since the models were finished
and which have been carried out in
accordance with the plan. It would
also be of great interest IL there could
be shown on that model the proposed
park area from the Francis Scott Key
Bridge to the Long Bridge, the Rock
Creek and Potomac Parkway, includ-
ing the Titanic and the Ericsson
Memorials, and the proposed Washing
ton water front development.
THE models when completed may
well be placed for time in the central
rotunda of the Capitol. If, as the Com
mission of Fine Arts fondly hopes
the celebration of the two-hundredth
anniversary of the birth of George
Washington shall take the form of
putting the City of Washington into
the condition that he planned for and
that his vision saw, then these models
will be of inestimable service in the
carrying out of that project"
Evening star., 1925-10-17

dispensers of summary justice had
entire control of the city. The year
preceding had been lawless, and the
histories say that 100 murderers had
gone unpunished. The Vigilance Com
mittee was organized, enrolling 5000
men on n military plan. Arms were
seized from the state. Sacks We're
filled with sand and piled high in
a building, over which guns were
mounted-henCe Fort Gunnybags.
Evening star., 1925-10-17
TESTS OF D|R|G|B[E
AWAITED BY BOARD
Attempt to Break Down
Theory of Capt. Heinen
Made at Probe.

With the sessions OF the naval
court of inquiry into the wreck of
the airship Shenandoah practically
concluded, interest shifts to the
Bureau of Standards. where for the
next month tests will be made upon
which the eventual findings of the
court may be based.
Not only will the finding by the court
be held in allegiance pending the results
of the Bureau of Standards test, but it
is entirely possible after the bureau s
report is submitted it may be found
Evening star., 1925-10-17

The New York State Conservation
Commission at Albany has received
orders calling for 1852 900 trees for
delivery next Spring.
Evening star., 1925-10-17

directing that the development of
rigid airships for both military and
commercial purposes in this country
be assigned to the Navy Department
Evening star., 1925-10-17
GUNNYBAGS MADE ON SITE
OF OLD FORT GUNNYBAGS
Place Where Vigilantes in Cali.
fornia's Early Days Hanged
Criminals Recalled to Memory,
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, October IA
company on lower Sacramento street
manufactures gunnybags on the site
of old Fort Gunnybags, of sinister
memory in the stirring gold rush
years at the threshold of San Fran
ciscos history.
where the FiSilantes hanged criminals
in 1851, when for q few months these
Evening star., 1925-10-23
Price Control Charged.

The l.arrUWe company, as sales
agents for the several sugar concerns.
had admitted, the dissenting opinion
stated. that IL had the exclusive dis
position of 15 per cent of the beet
pulp produced in the United States.
Through its arra anSements with sugar
cOmpa MES. the two commissioners
charged. competitive markets were
eliminated through application of the
so-calied "Pittsburgh plus" practice
based at Boston.
In other words they asserted, "a
place price of classified price results,
which in itself is an infallible indica p
uon of monopoiiStic control.
While similar in some respects TO the
Pittsburgh plus practice. the ma nip
ula alton of price control is much more
certain and complete and the evi-
dences Of artificial price control are
much more noticeable in their results
Evening star., 1925-10-23
Quake Probability
Is Not Too Small
To Ignore in East

The proba bility of severe
earthquake in the EASTERN or mid
die western part Of the United
States, although small, is not too
small to ignore" Comdr. y. II.
Heck of the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey declared in IA
talk broadcast last night from
station WRC.
1t Is the hope OF science. how
ever Comdr. Heck said that
when the next earthquake occurs
considerably more information Of
earthquakes and their laws will
have been obtained by seismolO-
gists.'
In working out program for
collecting data on earthquakes. he
explained. many agencies, includ-
ing the Government through the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, the
Weather Bureau and the Geulosi-
cal Survey, and many of the more
prominent universities and col
leses, especially Jesuit instit tutions,
are cooperating. tomdr. Heck es-
pecially pointed out the work being
done by Georgetown University.
here and by Fordham University.
in New York.
Comdr. Iieck's talk was one of a
series arranged for broadcaSting
by the Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star., 1925-10-23
CITIZENS TO HONOR
ENGINE COMPANY 20
Residents in Vicinity of Quarters
to Give Supper for
Firefghters.

The residents in the vicinity of the
quarters of No. % engine company,
ID. &. Fire Department.. have ar
ranged to give an entertainment and
supper in honor of the firefighters
next Monday evening at 8 O'Clock, at
the engine house. G street be-
tween Twenty first and Twenty sec
Ond streets. The affair is In recogni-
ton Of the cOmpany's progress of late.
II won the beautiful silver cup pro-
vided by The Star last Summer and
has also just been equipped with the
latest type mOtOr-pumpinG engine.
The stars cup was awarded for the
quickest getaway" from quarters
after the sounding of an alarm
The Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, Chief Watson Of the
Fire Department and other officials
have been invited. The arrange
Evening star., 1925-10-23
WOMAN KLAN HEAD SUED.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. October %
R.-A new suit for custer proceed
inGs against Mrs. Robbie Gill Conner.
imperial comma nder of the Women Of
tn" ku klux klan, was filed in
Pulaski Circuit Court yesterday by
Miss \. r. Cloud OF Dallas, Tex,
asking $l9,6l6.66 for fees and emolu-
ments. alleged to have been unlaw-
fully collected bv Mrs. Conner since
February 13, 1924. No trial date has
been set.
The plaintiff alleges that Mrs.
Conner usurped the office of Imperial
commander after the resignation of
Mrs. Lulu Mark we'll. and alleges that
the constitution provides that the i'm
perial klaliff, an office held by Miss
Cloud. shall succeed AS imperial com
mander until a successor is elected
by the realm comma nderS.
Evening star., 1925-10-23

ables us to furnish the highest grade fuel oils
in quantities which insure uninterrupted de-
livery at all times.
Call us-we will gladly send a special fuel oil
representative to talk over your fuel re-
qurements.
Evening star., 1925-10-23
FAST EXPRESS WRECKED;
TWO TRAlNMEN INJURED
Locomotive and Baggage Car Up
set, Six Coaches Leave Track.
in Iowa Crash.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WATERLOO, Iowa. October "a
The Flyer, fast passenger train No.
56, running from Des Moines To Min
neapolis on the main line of the Great
Western Railway, was wrecked this
morning at 1870 o'clock seven miles
southwest Of Waterloo. The engine
tender and baggage car were over
turned and six coaches were derailed
Thomas Hall, fireman, was injured
James Liddell, engineer, had his foot
caught in the wreckage. Both men
live in Des Moines. The train was
loaded with residents of Des Moines
and was in charge of Conductor
w. T. Vale.
The cause Of the accident has not
been aScertained
Evening star., 1925-10-23
$9;00O,O()O IN BEER
GETS TO CHICAGO
Biggest Smuggling Plot, In
voIving Railroads, Alleged
by Investigators.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, October 23.-Beer valued
at 50, 900 900 has been shipped into Chi
cago by breweries with railroad con
nivance, it Is charged by prohibition
officials, who promise the biggest beer
running scandal since the eighteenth
amendment became law when they lay
the results of a half-years investiga
ton before the Federal grand jury.
Five big beer syndicates, five rail
roads and some of their officials and
scores of Chicago policemen and en-
forcement agents are involved in the
charges. The investigators report
suppressed all names.
Shipments have been coming here
regularly for years. they charge En-
ployes of the railroads divided a split
of so a barrel. policemen and dry
agents got another percentage, and
the brewerieS and tina ancing syndicate
divided the rest.