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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
Donahey Keeps
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Pomerene has already publicly endorsed
Smith. When the plan was revealed
to Governor Donahey's friends, an
ultimatum was delivered forthwith
that they would not stand for it, even
if it became necessary to put into the
field another set of, delegates. 1t was
even intimated that the governor
might be forced into formally an
nouncing himself as candidate in
order to qualify delegates friendly to
him.
Though it is generally understood
that Senator Pomerene will be select
ed as Ohio's "favorite son." the dele
gates pledged to him may be Dona-
hey delegation in fact, ready at the
opportune time to throw their support
to the Ohio executive. Candidates fol
delegates from the various districts
will be selected by district meetings
Governor .Donahey's friends will put
up a fight for selections friendly tc
the governor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
GALE OFF The
GREAT LAKES
SWEEPS N. Y.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 8 GA gale
off the Great Lakes today swept west
ern New York and the lake provinces
of Canada. disrupting shipping, tear
ing boats from their mooringS in har-
bors, damaging houses, flooding wide
sections and uprooting trees and poles.
While the gale subsidized in the late
afternoon from maximum in the
early morning of "a miles to around 10
miles an hour velocity, the weather
bureau predicted that high winds would
prevail tonight and tomorrow with
some snow and storm warnings were
displayed for lake craft.
Two fatalities occurred one at
Buffalo and one at Windsor, Ont. A
Buffalo man was killed when he was
struck by q newspaper truck, the driv-
er of which was blinded by the driv-
en- snow, and Windsor nurse died in
a hospital after being struck by a
truck when the driver was blinded by
rainstorm. Another victim of the
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with him, he made arrangements to
see him again. 1t developed, however
that the barber was the father and
not the brother of the juror.
KidWell, the juror, was the subject
Of aftidavits by Don K King, news
paper reporter and j. Ray Akers, a
former street car conductor, who
charged that -Kidwell talked freely
about his connection with the case,
expressed admiration for Sinclair,
and said that when the trial was
over he expected to nave En automo-
bile "as long as this block"
While the operations of the Burns
men in shadowing the jury were be-
ing brought out in court, RepreSen-
tative Blanton, democrat, Texas, de-
manded from the floor of the house
that some action be taken to inn
prove the jury system in the District
of Columbia. He declared that while
in every other federal district the
jury was locked up, this policy was
not followed here. He made specific
reference to the Fall-Sinclair jury,
which was allowed liberty at night,
liz ~ AeSiA4y 4CpOAO Woo RAOA ONuSOO
after Charles c. Ruddy who directed
the surveillance of the jury, had
identified it and said that it was In
O'Reillys handwriting. Ruddy, Burns
Philadelphia manager, on the witness
stand since yesterday, told the court
that after the reports had been SUBJ
mitted by the operatives they were
"edited" before being passed on to
Henry Mason Day, who employed
Burns and is one of the defendants
in the contempt action.
Gordon started the day by continu-
ing the introduction of the detectives
reports. These showed that the con-
spiracy trial jurors, men and women
we're subjected to most thorough
surveillance. Every move from the
time of leaving home in the morning
until their return at night was re-
ported. Most of the reports had been
introduced when court adjourned. A
recess was taken until Monday, be-
cause, of the slight Illness Of one of
Sinclair'S counsel.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
PASADENA BANKER KILLS TWO
SONS AND HIMSELF THURSDAY

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 8 Up =
Francis E. Stevens, prominent local
banker, today shot and killed his two
sons, George 13, and Francis, 20, and
then ended his own life at sanitar-
ium in Lamanda park, suburb.
Stevens, who is vice president of the
First National Bank and First Trust
and Savings Bank of Pasadena, killed
the younger son outright, police said,
and wounded the other so badly that
he died an hour later in the Pasadena
hospital.
Stevens had taken George to the
sanitarium where Francis was con-
valescing from an automobile accident
injury. After a short conversation
with the older boy the father shot him
and then killed himself. Nearly an
hour later police found the body OF
the younger son in the automobile.
Hospital employees said when Stevens
left his car and approached the older
son on the tennis court both appeared
in cheerful mood. A little later the
two walked to the rear OF the main
building and after a few words Stevens
drew revolver and shot the boy
through the head Turning the Wea-
pom on himself, the father fell dead.
The injured boy was given treatment
almost Immediately, but died on the
operating table.
In the meantime Mrs. Stevens had
come to the sanitarium with police
investigators. Suddenly recalling that
she had not seen the younger son since
he left with his father for the Sanl-
tarium a search was begun. Police
found the body in the automobile IN
front Of the sanitarium.
The Stevens were prominent So
cially They came here in 1911 from
Montclair, N. j., their home while Mr..
Stevens was engaged as an official OF
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany. Stevens was born in Columbus,
md, in 1876, and graduated from the
University of Michigan, IN which STATE
he was admitted to the bar.
When the banker went TO the Sanl-
tarium to see his older son he lett a
bundle in the care of the institution
office. 1t was found to contain his
will, dated last November 81, and de-.
failing an estate of $131 ,89O Inc
bundle also contained securities and
bonds, a small urn containing the
ashes of his daughter, Sylvia, and a
note to. j. S. MacDonnell, president OF
the bank, showing that Stevens tinan-
oial affairs were in excellent condition.
Life insurance policies amounting to
$4,000 also were included. There was
no note to indicate his tragic lnten-I
tions, nor to reveal a motive.
The names of the two slain sons, a.
daughter, Carol, Is, and q. sister, Mrs.
Charles King of Chicago, were found
in the will
Friends late today offered posi-
BILE cause of the triple tragedy They
said Stevens had brooded for several
weeks over the condition of his Oldest
son, Francis, chose head was injured
in the automobile accident last year at!
Ann Arbor, Mich Physicians had SAID
the youth was affected with a mild
form of insanity from which he PROB
ably would not recover. Stevens was!
unable to believe or accept the pro-
his friends said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
SINCLAIR BURNS
CONTEMPT CASE
EVIDENCE TAKEN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, cF-Evi-
dence intended to show that Burns
detectives employed by Harry F.. Sin
clair to shadow the Teapot Dome
oil conspiracy jury attempted to make
contacts with Edward j. Kidwell, Jr.,
member of the panel, was intro
duced today in the criminal contempt
proceedings against the oil man, Will
lam J. Burns, and their associates.
An original report by Frank j.
O'Reilly an assistant manager OF
Burns New York office, contained
the information that he had talked
to the brother of the person we are
interested in He identified the per-
son as Edward Kidwell, barber and
said that after having a casual talk
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
$lO,OOO,OOO FOR
PUBLICITY ASKED
BY DRY LEAGUE

WASHINGTON Dec. 8, R-A
$10000000 fund will be sought by
the Anti-Saloon League to finance
during the next five years, the act
ivities Of its new department OF pub
licity and education.
Announcement that this would be
attempted was made tonight by Dr.
Ernest H. Cherrington, director OF
the department, at the banquet con-
cluding the leagues convention. It
Immediately brought forth an offer
from S. S. Kresge OF Detroit, to
match from his own pocket the first
half million raised.
Declaring that he thought it "good
business to put the booze business
out of business" the head of the
Kresge chain of five and ten cent
stores offered to aid in raising the
fund His announcement of willing
ness to contribute $5O0,0O0 brought
those attending the banquet to their
feet, cheering. Then they sang,
Praise God From Whom ALI Bless
ings Flow"
Mr.. Kresge was the first to an
nounce willingness to contribute to
the fund, but later the Rev. Howard
H. Russell, of Westerville, Ohio, birth
place of the Anti-Saloon League, an
nounced an anonymous pledge OF $12,-
600 annually for five years.
William F. Cochran of Baltimore
offered $4,000 to be paid over a five
year period and F. M jackson, Bir-
mingham, Alabama, $1,000 annually
for five years.
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merce secretary.
AS the members packed their grips
for the trip back home, they made
no secret that they were gratified
they could return with definite
answer to the question of President
Coolidge's part in the campaign.
There were still a few who persisted
that the president was still open
to the draft in the event of a con-
vention deadlock, but by far the
greater share believed he had defin-
itely closed the door to further oc-
cupancy of the White House.
The arrangements committee heard
delegation from Kansas City today
and received the general plan for
housing the thousands who will flock
to the convention. 1t also decided
tentatively that David w. Mulvane,
committeeman for Kansas, would rep
resent Chairman Butler in most OK
the negotiations on the ground.
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Remus' reputation for peace and
quiet was good, he said, as he
had never heard anything against


it.
Remus' standing as a lawyer never
had been questioned, Darrow said.
That did not suit the prosecution,
and Darrow was told by Judge
Chester r. Shook he could first give
direct answer and then explain
81 would say good" Darrow ans
wered. 81 never heard it questioned" +"
He never" had heard of Remus
being termed weeping, crying, plead
ing Remus," during the defendants S
Chicago experience, but he added, "I
know he was very emotional fell
low and somewhat unstable"
Some folks did not like the word
fellow" said Darrow, so he amend
ed it to "man."
Darrow did not know that Remus
still was under indictment in Chicago
for conspiracy to violate the prohi-
bition law and he had not known
until yesterday that Remus had been
disbarred from law practice because
of a conviction for violating prohi-
| bition laws.
ST never heard of it, but I would
not regard that indictment as one
regarding peace and quiet" said
Darrow.
Prosecutor Charles P. Taft H.
asked if that was recognized char
acteristic of w-abiding citizens? but
withdrew his question before Mr.
| Darrow could answer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
TALE
OF SLAIN WIFE
TOLD BY BANKER

EUREKA, Kas., Dec. 8 P-Ivan NJ.
Hart. 80 year OLD banker, on trial
for the murder of his wife, Mapel
Marnont Hart, Is, railroad tele-
graph operator, today told dramatic
ally in court how his wife peggeo
him to keep his promise to Kill neI
because she feared motherhood, ana
how he finally gave up to her Ell
treaties on July 8 last.
"She craved death, Tart SAID
"when we were engaged she made
me promise that, if she ever became
an expectant mother 1 would XIII
her. Shortly after our wedding she
told me she was in that condltloi
and begged me to kill her.
.GThen came the fatal day She
had threatened that if didn't XIII
her, she would go down town allc
commit suicide in the most disgrace
ful way possible. That was why
tried to buy the gum knew sne
was afraid Of firearms and though'
I would dissuade her by trlghtenlng
her.
@We met at the station, following
our custom, drove around the country
for a few minutes. We came tc
levers lane, and she suggested we
stop there. At once she began urging
me to kill her. I told her couldn'1
do it because I had no weapon.
"She looked around and pulled from
behind the cushion Of the seat an Ole
knife I had used that morning u
clean spark plugs. She opened it anC
handed it to me.
use this she whispered, preSsln&
| it into my hand. Then she Leaned
over against me as confidlngly as
child against it's mother and put ne
finger on her neck.
"Cut right here, she said.
81 felt myself dazed as if my mlnt
was leaving me. 1 raised the knife
and put its blade against her whit
| throat. Then, as she felt the sharl
point against her skin she raised he
| face to mine, stroked my cheeks VIII
I her hand, and said:
ooh, Ivan, love YOU
81 slashed the knife across tn
throat. Then I got out of the cal
slashed by own throat and wrists, AM
got back in the car, to await death. |
came too slowly, so I started to wal
to the river thinking 1 could droWl
myself On the way the loss OF bloc
weakened me, 1 dropped in the bria
patch, where I was found"
The defense made it clear in tn
preliminary summing up of the cas-
that an attempt would be made t
show that Mabel Marmont Hart wa
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Air Service
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expected to be able to announce
the time of arrival of the Fokker
and it's popular passengers by the
first of the week. He said that he
would also endeavor to have the COM
plete program arranged by shat time.
1t is understood that the aero
corporation officials, having been
notified that j. l.. Maddux and other
officials of Maddux, Inc. the Ford
representatives on the west coast, are
to arrive here on December IT, are
very seriously bent on inspecting the
local possibilities before the Maddux
party get here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
And Cross Tics Hard

"In my younger days." the old
actor said, 81 travelled from one end
of the country to the other"
"Well, WE'LL" the young actor re-
piled, "just think of that. And there
were no rubber heels in those days,
either"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09

storm was in the same hospital, suf-
fering from frost bite.
Five of 80 lake steamers were torn
from their mooringS in Buffalo har-
bor, and one of the boats crashed into
scow, sending the craft to the bot
tom. A fishing boat in Barcelon, N
Y. harbor, south of Buffalo, was sunk
and two other craft were beached there
and badly damaged.
Veteran fishermen at Dunkirk, N
Y, said the lake lew was the highest
in a generation. Fishing boats were
swept out into Lake Erie and cellars
of homes along the waterfront were
flooded.
Anxiety was felt at owen Sound,
Ont, for the crew Of 21 men aboard
the steamer Agawa, hard aground
near Michaers bay, Manitoulin island.
The engine rom bulkheads gave way,
and the last message received before
the ships wireless failed said the
crew had climbed into the forward
part of the boat. Waves, lashed by
the gale, were breaking over the
stern.
BOSTON, Dec. P1-The approach
of the western cold wave sent the
temperature down rapidly this after
noon and tonight in New England
and averted danger Of serious flood
from the heavy rain of last night
and this morning. Considerable
damage was done by swollen streams
in New Hampshire and Vermont and
by unusually high tides along the
coast.
Water flooded some o. The streets
in Vermont communities of Mont
pelier, Barre, Rutland and other
places. This was caused largely DJ
debris from the November flood cnok-
ing culverts and lodging behind the
piling of temporary bridges. At Rut-
land and Montpelier the debris was
dynamited and the water quickly re-
ceded.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09
WINE DEFENDANTs F1NED

CHICAGO, Dec. 8, R)-About so
defendants in the sacramental wine
scandal of two years ago were fined
total of $15O,OOO by Federal Judge
Adam G. Cliffe today, disposing of
the conspiracy plot.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09

wildly insane on the subject of mother
hood and that she dominated Hart's
weaker will to such an extent that her
insanity was communicated to him.
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keeping an appointment to speak at
the unveiling of a statue in another
part of the capitol AS speaker fol-
lowed speaker Curtis of Kansas, the
republican leader, drummed MS desk
with his finger tips, and across the
aisle the democratic leader, Robinson
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-09

items, will be $177OO0OOO
cit is apparent then that the com
mittee has gone fully as Iar in tax
reduction as ordinary prudence will
justify"
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C1unnan

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testified in a low, slow voice,
which found its way to every ear.
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Hughes May

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Buy the youngsters toys where you get them the fun
for the money you spend You will find the complete
sortmen here at the lowest prices
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Loyal Servants Of His Majestys Government.

The of British Imperialism dominating the Edn-
brgh meeting of the British Trades Union Congress
lowed the policy of the Baldwin Churchill Hicks tory
in the vicious attacks being made against the Soviet Union
by breaking the Anglo Russian trade union committee.
j. H. Thomas and the right group have long been the
serve ackeys Of British capitalism Their apostacy
During the British general strike the soaed left under the
leadership A. A. Purcell George Hicks showed their
enemies of labor and of the
ing de-hards in the tory government.
These British labor eutenan of capitalism true to
form Their type the thruout the whole world When
the Of Britain recognized the Soviet Union they then
advocated closer relations of labor with the workers of Russia
Now that the mperast conspators the Soviet Union
broken off relations simultaneously with their action of
coctng malignant of orgees provocaons and murder
labor leaders follow suit and break off their relations with
the trade unions of the Soviet Union.
every country world the British working class is
forced wage struggle against their eaconary and raorous
labor part the fight against the capitalist class
a whole.
But aho the leaders who have shameesy betrayed the
Britain may declare that the trade unions of Britain
relations with the Russian trade unions the rank and file
Of labor and the real leaders of the left will maintain closer
relations with the workers Of the Soviet Union Atho the
Thomases the Purces and Hcse do all in their to aid
tories in the attacks the workers and
government Russia the working class of Britain will
fight against these conspacies and the heads of the
continue the ALLIANCE action regardless of the fact that
formally it no longer eS& 5ts
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Germany, Breitscheid raises his voice
to say that the policy of Stresemann
is the policy of the Social Demo-
cratic Party. We find D'Aragona
in Italy helping Mussolini to destroy
the workers organizations and to
build counter-revolutionary organiza-
lions. We find, comrades, even down
to these miserable little worms of
Social Democrats that you New
York comrades are pestered with
here on the Hudson River, August
Claessens and his type, even going so
far as to speak against the call for a
strike to save Sacco and Vanzetti,
thus helping in the hanging of Sacco
and Vanzetti so as to preserve the
prestige of the American capitalist
class state. Comrades, concretely in
the case of China, we find a whole
chorus of social democratic leaders
singing the song, as it comes from
Thomas cf France, there are not
enough French troops sent to China
to preserve order. That is the voice
of the social democrats. In the case
of Macdonald of England, it is a de-
claration in favor of adequate"
troops for the British interests in
China. That is what they have to saw
and even when Chang Kai Shek, the
traitor who very nearly destroyed the
Chinese revolution, performed his
treaehery it was to the universal APP
plause of the social democratic parties
of the End international. Every at
tempt of the working class, every eff
fort to establish the hegemony of the
working class in any national revolu-
tionary movement is met by the cry
of these jackals, the cry against
"bolshevist violence" ''bolshevist ter
ror," etc. And the cleft" social dem
ocrats, by the way, are almost pre-
cisely identical in their attitude to-
wards these questions.
ITO be Continued
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The Communist international, The War
Danger and the Role of American Imperialism

tariat, as the Soviet Union, and in
conjunction with these states their
allies in the form of states represent
ing nOn-imperialist national revoiu-
tons. These on one side, and the i'm
perialist capitalist powers on the
other The Social Democrats are
preparing not only to mobilize the
workers 70; their imperialist masters
in general out especially to mobilize
them against the Soviet Union and
against the Chinese. revolution. Let
me show you how. AS an example,
in the Marseilles congress of the Sec
ond International recently there was
a veritable orgy of propaganda sent
out throughout the world, propa-
gandS calculated to establish in the
workers minds that there is now an
epoch Of peace under the present i'm
perialist rule, and that the danger
IS that world Bolshevism would dis
turb the peace. That world war
wou d break through the aggressive
red imperialism" of the Soviet
Union. We find the world today
iiOooeu WIN propaganda about the
supposed terror in the Soviet Union.
We find the rag tag and the bob tails
OF the petty bourgeoise-t petty
bourgeois radicals" and anarchists,
Social Democrats of the right. and
Social Democrats of the left, with
the patronage of the bourgeois press,
joining in a great singing society in
concert against the "red Imperialism"
OF the Soviet Union. This is an orgy
OF treachery which, on the part of
the reformist leaders, is calculated
against the workers first republic in
the world. Just to illustrate the role
OF the Social Democrats and the need
therefore to fight them: In France
where these laws l have described
are tying the nation up as a war
machine, Paul Boncour, the French
ooclallst leader, took the lead in esq
taollshlng and passing this law. In
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Tile Torch Bearers.
!, The DAILY WORKER:

Editor, The DAILY WORKER:
Sacco and Vanzetti are \dead in
body, but their names will never die.
1t is the duty Of every proletarian to
keep their heads up ard remember
the sacrifice at the capitalistic "altar"
of two pure and simple workers,
fish peddler and shoe worker, who
energetically propagated for the well
fare Of the down ridden workers
Governor Fuller and his private as
sassins who obey their masters voice
Wall Street, might die ten times
over and ever, vet their just disap-
pearance from this earth would be
hardly missed by the proletariat
Sacco and Vanzetti have died once
and an untimely death at the hands
of filthy system, but their sacrifice
is not in vain, their names will be the
signal for the battle cry of prole-
tartan freedom. Long live the honest
and humble spirit Of true soldiers of
tho A,mv Of Suppressed Jack Kal-