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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
JUDGE FREES TEDDY
OF KITTENS MURDER

PHILADELPHIA, March 18.-Joy,
unconfined reigns in dogdom, for
Teddy" the Belmont fox terrier
accused of the murder of a six
month-old kitten, has been acquitted
OF the charge,
The terriers freedom was granted
by Magistrate Glenn, who took but
one minute to free the accused fox
terrier.
The conviction or freedom of
TEDDY" depended on the results
of a post-moftem examination of the
exhumed body Of the kitten. S. T..
Jarvis, agent Of the Pennsylvania
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, who made the
examination, testified that while
there were marks on the kitten
that might or might not have been
caused by a dogs teeth. it's head
had, undeniably been crushed by
the wheels Of an automobile
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
3 AMERICANS SEEK
DIVORCES IN PARIS

PARIS, March 1S.-Mrs. Jane
Adelaide Gould Minot has petit
toned for a divorce from her hus-
band, Sedgwick Minot, of Boston.
The Minots were married in New
York, September q, 1916. and have
three children. Mrs. Minot charges
that since the sale of their French
chateau, in 1925, her husband has
refused to resume marital relations
Mrs. Maria Kelly Biiliot Baker
seeks a divorce from her husband,
Rhea Kingsley Baker, OF Spring
field, Mass.
Louis Keene has petitioned for
divorce from his wife, Mrs.
Frances Ruth Volimer Keane.
whom he married in New Hamp
shire. November. 1917.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
GRAM,
G. v. j. MAN
By international News service

PLYMOUTH, VT, March 1S.-On
the shoulders of a short, squat, rosy
checked, smiling medico, DIR. Albert
M. Cram, Of Bridgewater, rests the
whole care Of Col. John G. Coolidge
For just a year this country doc
tor, whose Neld of operations covers
q territory OF 100 square miles, has
tended the colonel.
When the roads were free Of snow
he travelled in a high-powered auto,
getting to the house in q very few
minutes, but was forced to fall back
on the old reliable ''BeuIah," his
17-year-old mare. when winter came.
Once Race Horse
'sBeulah'' has been with the doc
tor ever since he started his prac-
tice 13 years ago. She was race
horse then, bred OF biOoded stock.
She is slower now tl1ana when stop
watches checked her time on fast
tracks. but can stiIl pull the doctor
the miles from Brfdgewater
through deep snow. uphill all the
way, in 40 minutes.
A product OF the rugged Vermont
hills, DIR. Cram journeyed tn Wash
ington, ID. c., to get his medical
education at George Washington
University nearly score Of years
ago. He served as an inferno In
Walter Reed Hospital there after
his graduation, biAt In 1913 his
native State coaxed him back home.
He is practically the only physician
to minister to the people of the
towns Of Bridgewater, Sherburne,
Woodstock, and Plymouth.
Call Surprises Neighbors
Last March the Colonel caught
ishment OF his fellow townsmen
called for a doctor.
Always stubbornly Lersisting that
he was perfectly healthy and need
ed no medicines, this change of
front was a subject of much COM
ment at the nightly sessions Of the
general store habitues.
Then one night john Garibaldi
Sargent. the man Colonel Coolidge's
son made Attorney General of the
United States, dropped into the
house for a friendly call and found
the old man in very bad shape, but
refusing to see doctor.
Assuming the responsibility, At
torney General Sargent sent for
DIR. Cram. It was a heart attack, |
from which the Colonel never really |
Other doctors have been consulted
regarding the ailment, including
Major James A. Coupal, the Presi- |
dents personal physician and DIR.
Alfred w. Chute, a Boston special. |
list, but to DIR. Cram has been left |
the task of watching over the |
Colonel to the end.
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PRESIDENT
CALLED To
FATHER
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poets the President to leave for the
bedside very soon. The doctor said
the President would arrive here to-
night or early tomorrow. He had
talked over the telephone with the
President.
Prepare for President
Because DR.. Cram fears the end
may come soon he advised AFRO
johnson, town selectman, to order
q gang Of snow shovelers to attack
q huge drift Of snow that banks
the road exactly In front Of the
house.
Shortly before noon, DR.. Cram
told international News Service the
colonel's condition was not much
changed from earlier in the morn
ing. His pulse, however, was very
erratic, squirting in great leaps and
then dying away.
Everything is in readiness here
20 accommodate the President IL he
comes here. Quarters have been
engaged for the Secret Service men
at the home OF Se1ectman AFRO
A squad of 10 men of Company
D of the 18TH Infantry at Lud-
low awaits marching orders. They
will be housed in the home Of
John Wilder, uncle of the Presi-
dent.
Snow May Block Road
If the White House party delays
much longer it may be impossible
to get here in time. Snow Is fall
ing again, threatening to again
block the way from White River
Junction, which was made passable
only two DAYS ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
DIE TR|CH Girl s
THROAT Gut
BY DAVID sENTNER
international News service

PHILADELPHIA, March Ia
Anna May Dietrich's throat was
cut before she died. Or. william
s. Wadsworth, coroner's physician
ana internationally known post-n1Cr-
tenn expert, testified today under
cross examination at the trial Of
David L. Marshall, chiropractOr,
FOR the murder and dismember-
nnent OF the body OF Miss Dietrich.
Blood In the upper part OF the
lungs indicated that the girls throat
was slit before the vital death
spasn," DIR. WadsWorth said.
The witness testified asphyxia
was the direct cause OF her death,
neck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18

LEWISTON, Maine, March 18.-
DIR. j. Stanley Durkee, president OF
Howard University, has been elected
to the Bates College Chapter Of
Phi Beta Kappa. DR.. Durkee was
graduated from Bates In 1897 and
received masters degree from
that institution In 1905.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
w. C. T. U. FIGHTS LIQUOR
FLOW FROM MEXICO

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March IS.
In an effort to stop the flow of
liquor across the international Dor
der from Mexico, a chain of local
w. c. T. u. unions Is planned
from Brownsville to California for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
LEAGUE To CALL
ARMS FARLEY
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Geneva in an official communique

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Geneva in an official communique
today.
1.-THE adjournment at Geneva =
the communique said, fortified
SPANS position. Spain will utilize
the time between now and Septem-
Der, when the League meets again,
to certify her rights to permanent
seat In the council of the League"
Luther Under Fire At Home.
BERLIN, March ia bitter
parliamentary struggle awaits Chan
ceIIor Luther and Foreign Minister
Stresemann upon their return from
Geneva today.
The Nationalist and other ir-
reconcilables threaten a violent
campaign against the government.
Public pronunciamentos newspaper
articles and private utterance con-
vey their opinion that the foreign
policy OF the Luther government
has been an utter failure. They
point out that Germany's honor
has been besmirched by her nom
admittance to the League.
Anticipating hostile demonstra-
lions, an extra Gordon of police has
been thrown around the railroad
depot where the German League
delegation is expected to arrive.
PARIS, March 18.-The cabinet
met today and approved Premier
Brands report on the Geneva ne
gotiations which failed to bring
Germany into the League, and also
approved the premier's ministerial
declaration.
M. BRAND is making his min
isterial declaration in the Senate
this afternoon and is asking Parlia-
ment to begin its financial discus
sions tomorrow in order to bring
about the passage of a balanced
budget before the Easter recess.
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the purpose Of creating dry sentt-
ment and enlisting the aid of law
enforcement agencies.
At a recent conference held at
Brownsville with officials of Mex
leo and the United States a cam
paign was outlined also to in
augurate a cleanup of vice condi-
tions at Mexican towns easily &C
cessible to Americans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
SO RIFLEMEN KILLED IN
BATTLE WITH DRUSES

BEIRUT, March 1S.-A detach-
ment Of so French and Senegalese
sharpshooters, ambushed by Druses
near Nedoha, has I,nan practically
wiped out, according to dispatches
received here.
A rifle column was sent out and
dispersed the Druses. inf1icting
heavy losses upon them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
N. Y. Society Dance

The regular monthly meeting and
dance OF the New York State So
ciety will be held at the New Will.
ard Hotel Saturday evening. An
address, vocal selections and instru-
mental music will precede the
dancing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
NEW YORK CITY EMERGING
FROM COAL NUISANCE

NEW YORK, March 18.-New
York City began to shake off the
SCOT OF soft coal today when the
Health Department decided to re-
new its old order against soft coal
smoke,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18
Hotel Inn

Phone Main S1OS-SiOo
6O4-61O 9Th st. NV.
$t.O0v $3.50 and $500
81 rooms Sc weekly: $l0.5e rooms. 50;
sI4 with toilet. shower and lavatory. SIC:
n soon. COS more. Rooms Like &othM&
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-18

MRS. EDWARD BEALE
4 M'LEAN
Who, as Evelyn Walsh,
was . social favOrite.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Free Speech Wins in
Massachusetts Court

SALEM, Mass.-The right of free
speech and free assemblage in the
streets Of Lawrence, Mass, was up
held when the conviction of Fred Beal,
secretary of the United Front Com
mittee, fro alleged violation Of city
ordinance by holding street meeting
was reversed. Beal was fined $40 in
July, when he was arrested for max
ing a speech at an open air meeting
in Lawrence under the auspices of the
Civil Liberties Union, to test the ban
placed on radical meetings by City
Marshall O'Brien and Director Of
Safety Peter Carr. The attorney for
the union states that althou prosecu-
tions have occurred under his ordi-
nance for IA years, he anticipates that
the decision of the highter court will
put stop to them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
WORKER KILLED
BY SUBWAY CAR
IN Los ANLELES
International Sung At
Funeral
lspeoIaI 70 The oaIIy Workerl

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.-Ferdi-
nand Velarde, American-born Mexican,
ST. is dead The death was declared
accidental by a coroner's jury. 1t oc-
Cured in a subway on Armistice Day,
when Velarde was crushed beneath
the wheels of a Pacific Electric train
Follow-worker Velarde attempted to
board the first car Of the train, but
slipped, falling beneath the wheels of
the second, according to company wit
nesses. The other side has not yet
been presented, however.
|. WV. Funeral.
The funeral was a beautiful one. II
was, in way, a united front affair.
The ceremonies took place at the In.
glewood Cemetery. George Speed, the
well-known former class-war prisoner
at Leavenworth delivered the main
speech. Fellow-worker G. Erwin,
victim of the syndicalist law, also
spoke. Other speeches were made in
English and Spanish. Fellow-worker
Sinclair another wartime victim of
Judge Lands, was seen in the stable
crowd. The Red Flag was sung, in
Spanish and English at the same time,
and lead by members of the Young
Workers tCommunuist) League. We
larde was laid to rest while the
strains Of the International were sung.
Daughter Died "MysterIousIy."
Velarde leaves a wife and FIVE grown
children, all rebels, they say. One
daughter, married to a navy man
without the consent OF her parents)
died "mysteriously" a couple of years
ago. But, according to q statement
made by the father to some of his
friends and myself at the time, this
tragedy was not a mystery at all. The
navy authorities blocked investigation,
he said.', sss n,
Robbed ofELife BY Corporation.
Velarde was not a migratory worker.
Born in San Diego, he was a native
son-but not OF the Hoover or oily
McAdoo variety. He had a black
smith shop Of his own, large, nice
family and, above all, ability to de-
fend himself--a gift the c. of c., M.
& NJ, B. A. F., K. X. K, the shipping
and lumber trusts and cowardly stool
pigeons are afraid of. So San Quen-
tin did not rob Velarde of his free
dom. But a master robber-corporation
robbed him of his life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Chicago Teachers in
Ring for Kids versus
Illinois Corporations

The teachers are again fighting the
battle of the school kiddies against
the great corporations. And once
again tax-dodging is the point of at
tack
The Chicago Federation Of Women
High School Teachers and the FEEDER
alton of Men Teachers have filed a
petition at Springfield before the Illi-
nois state tax commission, attacking
the arbitrary rule known as Mum
Der H." The rule governs the man
ner in which the cash value of stocks
is now arrived at for purposes of
taxation. The petition demands abol-
ishment of the rule under threat Of
mandamus proceedings.
In the opinion of one of the attor-
neys for the teachers declarations,
there is little likelihood of the petit
ton being granted by the commits
sion, and further fight will then be
undertaken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24

(the officials of the cloakmakers'
union) are interested in negative re-
suits Of what they profess to wish to
achieve" Suppose they were, is that
any reason why the Amalgamated
should have given them the argument
they desired by Withholding the neces-
sary and expected relief? The Ad-
vance, however, knows that its argu-
ment is sheer sophistry. The Advance
knows that the leaders of the cloak.
makers made frantic appeals to the
Amalgamated for relief. Had the
Amalgamated given, as It should, the
relief in time and in the amounts it
easily could, there would have been no
occasion for the officials of the cloak
makers protesting against the Anal.
gamated. saE
Vicious Demagogy.
The following paragraph is taken
from the editorial:
There is a possibility Of a favor.
able season ahead in the mems cloth.
ing industry. With the union in good
shops and the likelihood of favorable
industrial situation, the chances Ct
that Opposition are nightly slim. So
what is Mr.. Gitlow to do If he has a
desire to run the Amalgamated? He
cannot undo a, favorable outlook. but
by proper tactics he thinks he may
put the union. out OF working condi-
ton and thus supply the desired issue
in the coming encounter. SO the w.
p. and the T. y. z. l.. puppets in tile
cloakmakers' and furriers' unions are
put to the job OF wrecking the Anal.
gamated in New York"
THIS paragraph is very vicious
l. piece Of demagogy. II contains an
attack upon the writer OF this article.
Mr.. Gitlow, as he is termed Mr.. Git
low. in his desire 40 run the Amalga-
mated, has put on the job to wreck
the union the Workers Party, the T.
U. E. L. and the puppets in the cloak
and furriers' unions.
How They Justify Action.
Let us examine this piece of dema.
gogy carefully. BY so doing we will
be able to discover the treacherous
role played by the Amalgamated al.
The paragraph states
but II has declared war upon the reac-
tonary forces Il the Amalgamated
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
By Ben GitlOw

riers, who are called puppets and
political dummies by The Advance.
Facts, Brother Hillman and Brother
Beckerman, is what The Advance
should demand from both Of you.
When and where has the Becker
man-Hillman administration estab.
lished the forty.hour, five-dAy week?
When and where has the Amalga
mated recently conducted a general
struggle 10 materially better the con.
ditions of the workers?
Why did the Beckerman- Iillman
administration fail to present demands
fer better conditions to the New York
clothing manufacturers at the time
the furriers had won better conditions
and the capmakers and cloakmakers
were fighting bitter war for i'm
proved conditions?
Workers Stabbed in Back.
DROTHER HILLMAN and Brother
II Beckerman should be condemned
for the failure to back up the other
needle trades workers. The agree.
ment that so shamefully and openly
guarantees no increased labor costs
to the manufacturers and increased
production that they concluded with
the manufacturers at a time when
other workers in the needle trades
were out on strike for 40 hours and
other progressive demands, was a
treacherous stabbing in the back of
these fighting militant workers. 1t is
no wonder that Mr.. Finder, leader OF
the cloak bosses. arch-enemy Of organ.
lied labor, congratulated the Amalga-
mated leaders and expressed himself
that II the cloakmakers had such con
structive and good leaders as Becker.
man and Hillman there would be no
labor difficulty in the cloak Industry.
Call a Spade a Spade.
agree with The Advance. Let US
call spade--a spade. Let us expose
the real role of the Beckerman and
Hillman administration. BY so doing
the t. U. +. L. IS vindicated. G.
comes clear why there Is disco, 81
among the Amalgamated members.
BY examining the facts one must come
to the conclusion that for the benefit
OF the workers the left wing and It's
policies are necessary for the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
VIII

Gregor Nkolaeff back from his trip to Alaska
more troubles for the conscience of young deaist Gregor
gaunt and hoow-eyed like Paul returned from Siberia
Poor unsuspecng foreign youhhe had shipped what the
sailors call the hell fleet of the Pacific and had found himself
trapped desolae bay, walled by on
and the other housed in barracks whose
food like that fed the inmates of county a No
cape save ships that would not take YOU While Bunny had
been near to drowning himself in the same ocean.
Also Rachel Menzies had home, with troubles;
of workers. driven beyond by
movement had spread all over this Angel Cv paradise of the
"open shop The workers cowdng into the union offices
and signing and regular masssruggle under way
But Papa Menzies among the strikers
of force and insight-Papa Menzies sitting
with his frantic Hebrew wife cngng his coat-tas
ing that he out and took part in the strike police
would get him and ship him off to Poland be shot, and
to see his family again!
AS result of this Rachel going able to come
to college Bunny elegant gentleman of leisure who had
never known what it to need money in his life
udetand n ana mad to be told In plain words that Raches
family had been making sacrifices get education
all these plans were knocked out Then OF course Bunny wanted
TO get DAD 10 hep what was the use OF having rich father
you couldn't serve friends in pinch? But Rachel
university.
But then you won't be in my class" exclaimed Bunny
dulness of Southern Pacific cultures
tits very kind of you Mr. Ross" she answered sedatey
But perhaps you will come to the meetings of the Socialist
here really can get the money without the least
troubles and don't have to consider gift you pay
back when want to- Won't be easier money you
Rachel admitted that meant to get position as
social worershe had come to this university because there
were special which would make such possible
Bunny pleaded why take Dads money strongs to
whatever and pay him back ten twenty dollars month
OF her future salary But Rachel stubbornsome strange
impulse born OF her which Bunny
poweTless to fathom.
He felt keeny that without saying anything to
her he got into his and drove the home
family He had the address his notebook
to him that she her family might be
him see the they lived wretched sum district
into little hree-room house the back of lot without
1t
enzies having put his into Socialism
estate and shrubbery Bunny him in crowded front
ROOM with furniture and books and job of sewing
remains OF mean of bread and herring the proofs an
article which he getting ready strike bulletin and fat
old Jewish lady rushing about panic trying put things
away from the sight of this aarmingy fashionable visitor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
DROPS CAMP AIGN
FOR ORGANIZING
STEEL WORKERS
Minnesota Federation
Head Back Down
BY JOHN GABRIEL soLTIs.

DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. 22.-At the
Minnesota State Federation Sof Labor
convention held in Hibbing, Septem-
Der last, resolution introduced to the
convention by Delegate Walter Frank
Of the Lathers, Minneapolis, to the eff
feet that the state federation COM
mence an organization campaign
among the miners Of the Iron Range,
was referred to the executive council
Of the federation for recommendation
The council has just issued it's rec
concentrations thru E. G. Hall, presi-
dent of the state federation.
Sees No Encouragement.
Mr.. Hall in his report given to the
capitalist press declares that che in
quired at numerous points, including
Borey, Hibbing, Chisholm, Bull, Vir-
ginia, Ely and Tower, and found little
encouragement at this time to in
augurate an organization campaign"
1t is significant that Mr.. Halls re-
port has received very favorable COM
ment and display in the press Of the
steel trust here and on the Iron Range.
Gets "Ads" From Steel Trust.
1t is recalled that during the last
decade Mr.. Hall has collected many
thousands of dollars from the steel
trust in the form of paid lads" in the
Green Book of the state federation.
No one is aware of any serious attempt
made on the part Of Mr.. Hall during
the last IL years to organize the thou
sands of steel trust workers out this
way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Chicago Case Shows
Cooperation Between
Press and Employers

BY CARL HAESsLER, Fed. Press.
How labor men suffer from the close
alliance between the big corporations
and the big newspapers is demonstrate
ed once more in the case of Louis ].
Smith of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers, who piloted the Chi
cago & Northwestern passenger train
that crashed into a Labor Day excur
sion train at an uptown Chicago sta
ton. The railroad Immediately
blamed him for the seven deaths and
many injuries to passengers and the
papers tried him in their columns,
playing up the news to make it ap-
pear that he and not the roads greed
for excursion profits was to blame.
That the brakes did not work prop
erly, that the line was over-crowded
with excursion traffic and that the
flimsiest wooden coaches had been
pressed into use was not emphasized
in the newspaper accounts. But now
the grand jury has dropped all five
charges Of manslaughter against En-
gineer Smith, holding that the evil
dence did not warrant prosecution.
This opens the way to damage suits
against the road by injured passen-
gers and relatives Of the dead. The
news of the grand jury action was
quietly pocketed by the press into an
inside page surrounded by advertising
shrubbery. The newspaper charges
against the worker had previously
been spread thick on page one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Escaping Youths Pull
Mean One on Reformer

RAILWAY, N. j., Nov. %. = ]. F.
Geyer, a reformer of Plainf1eld, N. j.,
addressed the inmates of Railway Re-
formatory last evening on citizenship
and conduct, but four of the prisoners
who probably needed the lecture most,
didn't hear it,
While Geyer was delivering the lee
ture, the four youths sawed the bars
Of window and rode off in the re-
formers automobile, parked on the
grounds. A search for them was under
way today.