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The Washington times., 1929-01-02
NO. 37O-THE VIRGINIA HOTEL

The Virginia Hotel, in the 1900
block of Pennsylvania Ave. N. W.,
was built in 1887, when most Of
Washington's shopping district was
located in that thoroughfare.
For many years it was the home
Of De Alleys Restaurant, and in
later years was turned into a hotel.
Near this old hotel stood two OF
Washington's most famous places.
One was the Prescott House, which
occupied part of the site of the
Southern Railway Building, and
which was used as a prison for
political prisoners during the civil
war. On another part of the rail-
road company's building site stood
the Globe Hotel, run by James
Maher.
Maher's was the stopping place
of a majority of the Indians COM
ing to Washington to see the Great
White Father. Their excursions to
Maher's bar often caused the down
town section of Washington to re-
sound to the war whoops Of drunken
braves.
The entire block in which these
old buildings stood, and where the
Virginia now stands, has been con-
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
And Curtis Are
Constitutionaly
Elected Today

The election of Herbert Hoover
and Charles Curtis, which many
people thought was accomplished
last November, is really taking
place today throughout the
country.
In each of the 4S states, the
Presidential electors meet today
and go through the motions Of
selecting the new President and
Vice President. The electors
actually and constitutionally
choose the President and the Vice
President.
After they vote, the ballots are
forwarded to Washington, and
at joint session of the two
Houses of Congress- on February
IS the ballots viii be tabulated.
Then. and not until then. viii
the election Of Hoover and Curtis
really become official.
The cumbersome process is a
relic of the days when 1t used to
take many days of stage-coach
and horseback travel tol reach
the Capital with the votes.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
WIFE HAS MA ATE
SENTENCED

Testimony Of Mrs. Mary Jennclla,
complainant in an assault case
against her husband that she
Lives in fear all of the time"
, lead Judge Ralph Given in Police
Court today to sentence the hus-
band, Ralph Jennella, to six months
: in jail.
The complainant, small woman,
said that her husband came home
Christmas Eve and kicked her. The
kick was so hard that a bone in
her leg was splintered, Mrs. Jen-
nella said. The case was continued
when 1t was first called December
2S because the wife was being
treated at hospital, it was testi.
fled.
The tale of domestic woe was
A llnfolded to Judge Given by Mrs.
.Tennella, who said. that her hus.
hand. who formerly contributed rent
2 uaynents, but nothing else, to sup
4 mort her and their two children. had
this month failed to pay the rent.
The wife said she was compelled to
take in sewing.
Although her landlord gave her
five days grace because her baby
was sick, she will have to move,
she said. The baby has been sent
IA Childrep's Hospital.
Iennella shook his head in denial
As the wife said. HE told me he
was tired OF me-
saying that she would be better
Of with her husband away from
her Judge Given gave him six
months. Jennella entered a plea Of
guilty to the assault.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
FACES
3ROBBERY
CHARGES

Elmo William Williams, 21-
year-old self-confessed robber
of the Earle Theater, was held
under $4,000 bond for the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury after
a preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner
Needbam G. Turnage today.
His 21-year-old uncle, Thomas
Edison Williams, of Tampa,
Fla, who is charged as an ac-
complice, was placed under
$1,000 bond.
williams now faces three robbery
charges as the result of police
Investigations. He is alleged to
have confessed tricking Charles
Kemper, Peoples Drug Store porter
into giving him $40 of the com
panys money by representing him
self to be an employe of the firm.
Kemper was taking the money to
the bank.
The Earle Theater robbery
created a sensation when u lone
bandit entered the offices Of the
manager and took $2,700 from him
at the point of pistol
The third hold-up was that o.
David w. Bell, jr.. another People s
Drug Store employe. who told police
he had been robbed Of $135.
Williams was arrested in Chicago
and after being identified in that
city by one of his local victims.
was brought here to answer the
charges.
Read today's Classified ads and yoa
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
USED IN
CHEST DRIVE

community Chest drive leaders
fired their first gun at the Wash.
ington public through the mail
today.
The ammunition consisted or an
illustrated statement Of the Com.
munity Chests aims and msti1eas.
together with a complete list OF the
member organizations.
This publicity, mailed to thou
sands OF Washing gtonians is intended
to prepare the public for the first
annual, city.wide campaign for the
entire amount of money needed to
finance the So social and charitable
agencies federated in the chest
during 1929. The drive win be con-
Quoted from January 2s to F'ebru-
arg s.
The statement calls attention to
the wide scope OF the chest men,
bership, including religious and nom
sectarian organizations and agencies
serving white and colored people.
The statement is illustrated with
pictures and brief accounts OF the
varied activities Of the organizations
represented in the drive.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02

This was learned today when DR..
Jane B. Coates, pastor Of ''The Amer
ican Order OF the White Cross So
cietas," declared that seership and
prophecy, while forming the basis
of spiritualism should not be con-
founded with fortune telling, prac-
tioneers OF the latter being those at
who the proposed legislation is
aimed.
DR.. Coates claims that to force
ministers Of spiritual science
churches to serve under such a
license as is proposed would be re-
ligious persecution and illegal under
the constitution. At the present
time there are two religious bodies
of spiritualists in Washington, one
being DIR. Coates group and the
other the National Spiritual Or
ganization.
Classification Urged
'T realize that many undesirables
are permitted to practice under the
present clairvoyant laws" Or.
Coates said today, ''but I suggest
as the remedy that members of
these religious organizations be
exempt from this classification and
given religious freedom.
Those not being of any particu-
lar religion would then be segre-
gated to the undesirable class and
the religious organizations made re-
sponsible for the good conduct of
their members. All spiritualists
vigorously protest against this un.
just classification, DR.. Coates said.
Claiming that spiritua1ist minis
ters have the same rights, under
the law, as other ministers OF reIi.
gious sects, DIR. Coates has launched
q religious campaign preparatory
to defending her organization
against any unjust measure
Circulars, containing list OF
Bible references to various phases
old and the new Testaments, have
been sent to all members OF Con-
gress, President Coolidge, cabinet
officers, judges, corporation counsel,
the Commissioners and the SUPER
intendent OF police.
Lack Of Discrimination
This, DR.. Coates declared, has been
done in defense Of the 10000 resi-.
dents Of the District who are good
Christians, basing their beliefs in
psychic phenomena on such state
ments as are given in the Bible.
The grt@ttest trouble, DIR. Coates
said, is the lack of knowledge or
discrimination on the part Of those
recommending changes in the
license law.
"They do not recognize any differ.
ence in mediumship and fortune
telling; they do no investigate, yet
deny" DIR. Coates concluded.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02

BELIEVED
GROWING
DIM

Undismayed by the un-
broken front of Senatorial
opposition, proponents of the
Wilson merger agreement are
planning their final and most
intensive effort to force the
acceptance of their plan by
Congress.
Their chances of success are re-
mote, but nevertheless the fight is
to be continued to the bitter end,
with the prospect of its renewal
in the proposed extra session of
Congress.
The Senate District $ .bcommittee
win be called together by Chairman
! Capper as soon as DR.. M. r. Malt
bic makes his reply to the recent
statement of Harley P. Wilson max.
ing certain minor concessions with
respect to the unification agree
ment This is expected within the
next two or three days.
Appropriation Bill
While the merger is occupying
the attention of the Senate, the
first steps towards whipping the
, District appropriation bill into shape
will be taken in the House. The
District Commissioners will appear
before the District appropriations
subcommittee tomorrow.
! The nomination Of Col. Harrison
Brand, jr.. to be a member OF the
Public Utilities Commission, prob
- 1S<R k1AsA
Senate District Committee until a
to the merger.
A revaluation of the Capital Trac.
tion Company and the washington
Railway and Electric should not
take more than one year, Senator
Capper today was informed by
Henry J. Saunders, consulting en-
gineer, of this city.
AS a former employe Of the val
uati0n division of the Interstate
: Commerce Commission, Mr.. Saun-
ders placed before Senator Capper
, plan whereby the proposed val
uation of the local traction prop
!. critics could be completed easily
within the 12-month period.
EcOnOmci and Legal
At One.tenth of the speed made
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in its valuation Of railroad
properties, Mr.. Saunders said, the
proposed traction revaluation can
be effected on an economic, sound
and entirely legal basis within q
year.
! Senator Capper made no comment
on Mr.. Saunders letter today, but
/. said he would turn it over to DR..
Maltbie, Senate District Commit.
tees special counsel, for examina.
: tion.
1t was pointed out that If a
!. proper valuation can be made with.
In - months, the local merger
situation may be considerably
changed. All previous estimates as
to the time required for the feyal
nation have ranged between two
and three years as minimum.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
Thrift Shop Sales Net
$4,000 for Charities

Four checks OF 81 900 each, sent
to the Children's Hospital, the
Child Welfare Society, the Chill
dfen's Country Home and the
Prenatal Clinic OF Columbia Hos.
pital. indicated the success Of
Washington's most recent venture
in charity support, the Thrift Shop,
5O4 Tenth st. N. w.
The checks represent the returns
from the four weeks rumnage
sale, 1t was announced by Mrs,
John Allan Dougherty, social
leader, in charge OF the project,
In addition, 10 per cent Of the earn.
ings were placed in the bank.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
Girl, 6, Wounded at
Play With Revolver

Mary Danron, colored, 6 years
old, OF Dupont Heights. Nd, was
treated at Providence Hospital for
a wound in the left hand which she
is said to have received while she
and Richard shaws, 11-year2oid
colored youth, were playing with a
80 caliber revolver.
DR.. O'Donnell, of the hospital
staff, who treated her, said her con
dition was not serious.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02

aDly Will NC PAOS0hUSA w
House by Representative Lehl-
bach tomorrow or Friday.
The new draft of the measure has
been completed, 1t is understood.
The House Civil Service Com
rnittee, OF which Representative
Lehlbach is chairman, probably viii
be called together to consider the
bill next week.
Senator Brookhart and his asso'
ciates OF the Senate Civil Service
COMMITTEES probably will not act
until after the House has either
accepted or rejected the Lehlbach
measure, the terms Of which are
not at present known.
1t viii differ in several respects
from the revision of the act as
proposed by Senator Brookhart.
According to Budget Bureau fig
ures, the cost OF the Lehlbach bill
will be materially less than the So
called "Brookhart plan"
1t represents a compromise be-
tween the McCarl Interpretation ana
the two-step jump in salary Pro-
posed by Senator Brookhart. Be-
cause of its lower costs, it may pe
supported by administration leaders
i'm both House and Senate in pref
erence to the revision which will be
supported by the Senate Civil SerV.
Ice Committee.
There is no danger that the meas
ure will be caught in deadlock
between the two houses, however.
Some legislation win emerge regard
less of differences over detail, 1t Is
held.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
Snappy Weather and No
Storms. Saws Bureau

The bright new year of 1929 is
proving just that same little thing;
bright as well as new. Also, it's
going to be a bit colder before it's
warmer.
To-day and tomorrow" said the
Weather Bureau today, Should be
fair and cold. 1t got down to 35
degrees last night and was 2 de-
grees lower than that at IL o'clock
today. Tonight 20 degrees probably
will be reached.
Tomorrow should bring a little
warmer weather, just the right
snappy stuff for winter. No storms
are in sight"
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
Oscar DePriest Spikes
Fete Plans of Friends

Oscar DePriest, colored Illinois
Representative. elected ito succeed
the late Martin B. Madden, has
poured cold water on plans Of his
Chicago enthusiasts to accompany
him to Washington with a band, it
was learned today through local
colored men who know DePriest in
timately.
The new member of Congress at
present is in Denver, where he yes
terday concluded a series of ad-
dresses on the emancipation Of the
negro in the United States.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
G. o. p. Leaders IndOrse
]. Lewis Smith for Judge

q. 0. P. leaders in washington
have indorsed John Lewis Smith,
vice president Of the American Bar
Association and a member Of the
local bar, for q seat on the District
Supreme Court.
on the District Supreme Court,
An additional justice or the
bench, to attend particularly to con-
demEation cases, was authorized in
recent legislation passed by Con-
gress.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
New Extension Course
Is Planned at N. II.

A new extension course in mod
.rn American civil and church law
TdT be offered at National Univer.
sitvR starting January Is, according
40 an announcement made last
night
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
SpirituaLists Set to
War IN Congress

grand fight will be staged in the committee of
Congress by Washington sprituas any unjust action to-
wards them" is taken in the recensng bill shortly to
before Congress
The Washington times., 1929-01-02

Read today's Classified ads and you
win have . Hsting Of WashingtOn's
best used car buys.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
WEIGH PAY
BILL UP
SOON

The revised Welch bill prob
ably will be presented to the
House by Representative Lehl-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
Tasks of the Left Wing in India

ests of the United Kingdom or Bri-
fish imperialism, ruthlessly perse-
cutting and aiming to destroy the
revolutionary independence move
ment of India. The so-called Labor
government will tran pie upon the
sentiments and rights of the colo
NAL peoples. 1t will, likewise, crush
strikes as well as smash left wing
trade unions, etc.
At the same time the fight against
participation in the "Asiatic Labor
Conference" is one of the left wings
immediate tasks. simultaneously
the popularization of the program
and aims of the R. l. L. U. (Red
International of Labor Unions) and
the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Sec
retariat should be the order of the
day, and immediate utilization to
the R. l. L. U. and the P. P. T. u.
S. fought more energetically than
ever before.
An educational campaign based
upon the decisions of the Fourth
Congress of the R. l. L. U. should
be launched, the leading cadres of
the left wing increased and elevated
ideologically. We she aid stress the
necessity for the establishing of
workers "ols, left wing press,
and the publication of pamphlets,
written specially for the Indian
workers. In a word, systematic
and energetic training of workers
for leadership is extremely essential.
1t goes without saying that the
left wing cannot coordinate it's &C
tivities and expand without having
consolidated organization and an
authoritative center. Hence, the
pressing need for an all-embracing
left trade union conference. 1t is
imperative, therefore, that the Girni
Hangar Union Executive should I'M
dertake to call preliminary con-
ference composed of representatives
of the largest left wing trade I'M
ions to work out plan for an all
embracing left wing trade union
conference, namely, a conference
embracing the representatives of
all the left wing trade unions, mi
norities and factory committees and
shop delegates. 1t is advisable that
the all-embracing left wing trade
union conference should be preceded
by conferences locally and industri-
ally.
EXECUTIVE BUREAU
OF THE R. l. L. U.
Moscow, June IL, 1929.
(The End)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
Police Fail to Halt
Big Czech Communist
Anti-RefOrmist Meet

PRAGUE, (By MaiD.-Despite
police prohibition, counter-demon-
stration of the revolutionary work
ers took place in Tarlsbad against
the social democratic Reichs Work
ers Day. A large force of police at
tempted to break up the demonstra-
ton with the usual brutal means
Despite all the efforts of the police
a procession of 1900 workers carry
ing red flags marched through the
streets.
Even with reinforcements the
police were unable to break up the
demonstration in consequence of the
determined attitude of the workers.
The demonstration dispersed of its
own accord. In the afternoon ire
mendous workers mass meeting took
place in the Park Hall. The demon
stration of the social democrats was
much less impressive and the at
tendance was much poorer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
H Elm " EHR IN
AUSTRIA PLANS
AN ARMED COUP
Mild Opposition From
Social Democrats

VIENNA, Sept. 3.-While the So
cial democratic officials proved the
defenders of the fascist, the work.
ers of Vienna yesterday fought furi-
ously against the provocations of
the Meimwehr, which, through its
armed demonstrations, is planning a
coup to seize the government.
Collisions occurred between the
workers and the fascist yesterday,
after a Heimwehr meeting in Spool
ten. The Interference of the social
democratic misleaders and city Off
Gals prevented the workers from
storming the quarters of the fas-
cists.
The daily armed demonstrations
of the Heimwehr in Vienna, together
with the luke-warm opposition Of
fered them by the social democratic
leaders, leads to the conclusion that
the coming attempt by the Helm
wehr to seize the government may
be participated in by some social
democratic leaders at least.
Ex-Chancellor Seipel, the clerical
fascist, yesterday stated that the
Heimwehr will serve an important
place in restoring Austria to its
former power" and similar state
ments and propaganda is flooding
the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
.20 SEAMEN DIE IN
ISLAND TYPHOON
Ships, Crops, Homes
Ground to Bits

MANILA, P. l., Sept. 3.-Twen-
ty-eight seamen We're believed to
have persisted when the vortex of
a typhoon struck the little inter
island steamer Mayor, which was
rushing under forced draft To the
comparative safety of Regay Gull
in Caramines Sur province, and
ground the freighter to bits. Only
nine members of the crew of 81
were rescued.
The typhoon, which filled the air
with an ominous roar and turned
the skies a greenish yellow, swirled
up from the South Seas with in
cred! n'e sL@ed today AMI str'l:k tire
Philippines with deva ,:atirg force.
After doing untold damage tc cn;a!l
shipping and docks along the coast,
the storm rushed inland and pre-
cipitated its thunderous torrents
over the countryside to obliterate
crops and houses on the island of
Cebu, the province of Rial and other
parts of the islands.
Electric power lines were snapped
like threads. Government offices
and schools were closed, several
plants were idle and shipping was
tied up; so completely shattered
were all wire lines that only the
meagrest reports of the damage
were available at late hour today,
although it is known that the work
ers and peasants bore the brunt of
the suffering.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
committee of the National Miners
Union.
All Races in Metal

committee of the National Miners
Union.
All Races in Metal.
Andrew Overgard reported for the
metal industries. His conference had
been a large one, with Chinese steel
workers from the coast, colored steel
workers from Indiana and Pennsyl-
vania, women workers from West
Virginia, Chicago, Cleveland and the
Ohio Valley, and almost every big
steel corporation in the country rep
resented. A National Metal Trades
Committee had been elected, and
from it National Executive Bureau
chosen. The bureau, meeting as
often as jossible, was to assist in
the setting up and supervising of
district metal trades groups which
in turn were to be responsible for
the development of shop committees
in the strategic plants (by colonial
ton, if necessary, and the getting
out of the shop bulletins. He
stressed the Importance of making
concrete demands as the best way to
interest the rank and file of the
workers in the shop committee and
draw them into the T. U. U. L., a
national conference to be called
within four to six months.
George Mink of the marine work
ers reported on the progress toward
the new industrial union. A dele
gate was at the convention, he said,
who had been elected in the stoke
hole of the labor-hating Dollar Line
when off the coast of China.
Shoe Workers.
Fred Biedenknap told of the prog
ress of the Independent Shoe Work
ers Union. Five thousand seven
hundred workers and AZ organized
shops is the record of that union to
date.
Auto Conference Soon.
Phil Raymond of the auto work
ers went over with bang. Fisher
body strikes, Ford strike, Chevrolet,
Pontiac-all these showed the grow
ing militancy of the auto workers.
He announced national conference
of the auto workers to be held in
Detroit February l, 1880.
John Otis reported on electrical
manufacturing.
Adams reported on printing, with
a program for the amalgamation of
all the printing trades unions.
M. Rosen of the building trades
appeared with a program for the
amalgamation of the % building
trades and structural workers
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
Czech Workers Erect
Barricade in BOronova
and Battle Clericals

PRAGUE (By MaiD The Boron
ova local branch of the Communist
Party of Czecho-Slovakia organized
a meeting, Adherents of the cleri-
cal party attempted to disturb the
celebration. A clash ensued in
which the police interfered taking
the part of the clericals against the
Communists who had been attacked
by the latter. The workers, we'll re-
membering the happenings in Boron
ova in the fall of 1928 defended
themselves against the police even
to the length of using firearms. The
police returned the fire. Bourgeois
papers report that about fifty work
ers erected barricade and success
fully resisted the police. Only
when considerable police reinforce
ments arrived from Huse did the
defenders abandon the barricade.