The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1924, Page 2

OCK DEALS WILL DAMN DAUGHERTY “Wheoler’s Evidence Has Cal’s Pals in a Panic By LAURENCE TODD (Stal t of The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.— Wheeler has the Coolidge crowd and their oil-smeared allies frightened. They are -geady now to throw Harry Daugherty overboard at the Montanan’s demand, and they will yield others to public in- quiry and exposure if he con- tinues to gather the informa- tion that the government should have gathered six months ago. Stock Gambling Leaks Out. After Denby’s resignation was made public Feb. 18, it ‘was revealed that no less a per- _ sonage than Senator Borah had wearned of the case against Daugherty in connection with stock market deals and had gone to the White House and demanded that Coolidge com- pel Daugherty to get out of the cabinet. | He teld the president bluntly that the country no tonfidence in Daugherty, that such a man at the hhead of the department of justice ‘would make victory in the coming election impossible, and that the hour for his going had arrived. Coolidge presently called Daugh- srty into the room, confronted him | ‘with Borah, and asked the Idaho} senator to repeat what he had said. | Borah repeated. Daugherty became | angry and ugly, eotring. the senate | or any senator to tell him whether he should remain in the administra- tion. Borah walked out. Coolidge then talked with Old Guard chiefs, and a group of them went to see Daugherty at his home, _ and tried to persuade him to quit. | He refused. ey warned him that he party was in danger. He stood vat. They knew that he would be tore dangerous, if he decided to ight them openly. So they went! ack to the capitol and kept their iouths shut. Yoady. te, Testify. -oeier was prepared for this. Himucl? “Invited” into the secret session yet held by committee, when the evi- had secured with reference deals handied by the Benk- New York was laid be- r of the Benkard firm were kept waiting two hours in an ante-| Toom while the committee debated | the next moves with Wheeler, and | hile Pomerene and. Roberts, the lent’s speeial counsel, were from_a White House confer- ence to advise the committee. Harrison of Mississippi, in a bel- indictment of the republican atcpled with a white- of democratic oil servants, de- A that Seer beg as- secretary of the navy, was “Gust as _ ns Denby” and insist- that official implicated in damnable incident” be removed made no reply, and Smoot, | (Nagin thundered and brow- a senate, sat limp and silent in chair. A cabinet plece the morning, and Daugh- qty hed emerged in his ugliest and eit meeting had _ taken \showing fraud and corruption in con- THE DAILY WORKER Probers Will Ask Sinclair Monday to Tell Whose (Special to The mittee today was preparing for 1.—Questioning of Harry F. Sin- clair, lessee of Teapot Dome, con- cerning the making of that lease with Albert B. Fall, former secre- tary of the interior, and financial transactions with Fall and others growing out of the leasing. 2.—Investigation to disclose stock deals by other government officials besides Davis Elkins, senator from West Virginia, who admitted mar- ket operations in Sinclair oil, but said he had no tip and made no profit, Seek Fraud In Lease. Sinclair is now regarded by the committee as its star witness, Upon his testimony also the President’s special counsel, Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, are depending, it is said, for the clinching of their case nection with leasing of at least one of the oil reserves, Whether Sinclair’s testimony also will provide necessary evidence for criminal prosecutions, ' KLANSMEN MAY MARCH; MUST DROP NIGHT CAPS Oklahoma Passes Law to Unmask Klan OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, F 21—Ku Klux Klansmen sie he here Friday night will be unmasked, following widespread protests against the paraders appearing in full re- galia, according to reports today, After a conference between high Klan officials, Governor Trapp and members of the Legislature, a resolu- tion now pending before the Senate demanding the Governor halt the Proposed masked parade, was with- drawn. It was understood an agree- ment had been reached for the un- masking, altho no official anounce- a fiers ' m anti-mask law passed by the Legislature does not Nase ‘iten. tive until next June Gallig: td Quit? MARION, IIl., Feb. 21.—An agree- ment to end the war between friends and foes of the Ku Klux Klan over booze law enforcement in William- son County was reported to have been decided upon today. One known feature of the pact, arrived at thru the conferences of about 30 leading bankers and miners, is that Sheriff George Galligan, leader of the anti-Klan elements, will teke a “long vacation” from office. Gal- bg ‘is reported to have agreed to this. Glenn Young, leader of the Klan raids, is said to have been requested to leave the county, but the details of the concessions of the Klan were not made known. All of Galligan’s deputies except one desk man are to be discharged and a new set agreed upon by the citizens committee, will take over the duties of enforcing the law in the county. These steps, the citizens commit- tee hopes, will relieve it of the pres- ence of five companies of the Na- tional Guard, quartered here and at Herrin since several gun battles, February 8 and 9, in which Consta- ble Caesar Cagle was killed anu Deputy Sheriff Layman was wounded. ** * Emperor's Troubles Multiply. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 21.—The troubles of William J, Simmons, founder of the Ku Klux Klan, were inereased today as a result of his defiant mood, showing signs of deen under gt nervous | Farm Workers’ Union Asks Higher Wage : eee New — oun hs has beeed claims with the rae doaione vesting peer To this, the cor- poration controlling the industry, has pert. jaGeine that it desires run the stry on a low-wage ps ae by the union cov. accommodation for all workers engaged in clearing and oping land for cotten cultivation or ti cotton runs from under 18 years A to $07.50 for age 50 for adults, including keep, with prefer- ence to unieniats. ‘Woman Gets 20-Year Sentence. BLKHORN, Wis., Feb. 21.—Plead- ing ny to first degree manslaugh- ter in the death of her husband and attempted poisoning of her four chil- dren, Mrs, Myrtle Schaude, White- water son widow” today was un- der sent! of twenty years in the state prison. Mrs. Schaude col- ‘ as the sentence was read and had to be assisted from the court- | Blectrification of Don Basin, BACHMUT, Russia, Feb, 21—Out the 85 mines 24 have been electri- : fn full and 24 partially. hinery is being installed for the ‘ccatinention of electrification, “peace” agreement with Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard of the hood- ed order, The Kamelia, the women’s organ- ization founded by Simmons, which recently announced he would he “banished as a traitor,” because of the peace pact, filed suit in supe- rior court today for $25,000 dam- ages from Simmons. The suit saying that Simmons was to have been paid $500, for six months for writing rituals and m: ing other preparations for the eret society, charges the founder failed to carry out his part of the contruct. In addition an injunction to prevent Simmons seeking meni- bers of the Kamelia for his newly formed secret order was asked in the suit. e.e°e Klan Uses Dirsct Action. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Whole- sale challenges developed today in| nua), the recount of the election poll of Senator Earle B. Mayfield, Texas, Democrat. Luther, Nicks attorney for the opponents of Mayfield, charged that fifteen ballots were signed in the same handwriting. Other challenges were made on technical grounds. Switchmen Get Raise on N. Y. C. CLEVELAND, Feb. 21.—Wage in- creases of 5% have been won by the Switchmen’s Union of North America in its new agreement with the New York Central lines west of Buffalo. The contract which is to be in force for one year is in line with the set- tlement arrived at with the other transportation brotherhoods and the New York Central road. lic hearings are resumed Monday. Palms He Greased Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—The Senate Teapot Dome Com- two lines of inquiry when pub- These are: Recent testimony before the com- mittee has tended to show that Fall and Sinclair were negotiating for Teapot Dome even before the reserves had been transferred from the navy to the interior department and that to prevent the negotiations from be- ing upset, Sinclair paid or agreed to pay more than $2,000,000 in all to other~claimants. Senator Lenroot, chairman of the committee, said Sinclair, who landed in New York yesterday from Europe, will be here Monday. On Daugherty’s Trail. The inquiry into stock transactions is expected to disclose, thru the test- imony of expert accountants who have examined brokers records, whether reports that attorney general Daugh- erty and other officials dealt in Sin- clair oil are true. The committee know wants ‘to | whether these dealings, if conducted, were based on advance tips regarding the Teapot Dome lease and if so, where those tips came from. STATE FEARS T0 USE SCAB LAWYER IN BOYCOTT TRIAL Taylor Not Called in Upholsterers’ Case Fire which the DAILY WORKER and the Chicago labor movement has directed against Dudley Taylor, at- torney for the Illinois Employers’ As- sociation, caused the state to drop him as a witness in the trial for con- Spiracy to boycott, which Taylor in- itiated in Criminal Court before Judge Wells” againt the Upholsterers’ Union. The prosecution closed its case against the five union men, held for their part in the upholsterer’s strike, without calling the man who framed the case, altho Assistant States At- torney Romano had promised the jury that Taylor would be called. Taylor Leader In Plot. All the evidence which the state had against the four union upholsterers and Fred Jurish, the union painter who wouldn’t work with scab up- holsterers during the strike, had been promured by Taylor in cross examina- tion of the unionists in the states at- torney’s office, that had been conve- niently loaned him for his strike- breaking purposes. Therefore he was the most important witness in the case. Robert Bronson, secreta: of the Carpet, Upholstery and esky as- sociation, took Taylor’s place and testified concerning the questioning of some of the defendants in the presence of assistant states’ attor- neys and Dudley Taylor and himself, Bronson testified that he and Ta: lor had gone to the state’s attorne office and that Thomas O’Shea and Michael McKenna, business agents, of the upholsterers’ union, were brought in by police officers of the bog e pore "s begin He testified ‘aylor an imsel; the defendants questions, say Bronson “Didn't Know.” Bronson said that he did know if Taylor had asked the fext Assistant States Attorney Jonas to send Zor the men, i'e denied that Taylor ordered the men to come to the office of the assistant states’ at- torney with the books of the union. He said. they were “asked” to re. turn to the office of the states attor- ney the nex, day and bring the books of the union, Worried by Sticker, acer tn Dre | ong pen on examination by Assistant States Attorney Romano that he had called McKenna and O’Shea to his office and there warned them that their campaign of placing sti-kers on buildings in the course uf con. struction, telling building trade: workers to ask upholsterers, working on tke same jobs with them for their union cards, was illegal. He said, however, that te had net given them his opinion that placing such stickers might leave thaia open to criminal proseention, About a month afer he had the conversation with O’Shea and McKenna, he said, he and Taylor went to the office of the states aitorrey iv enlist his aid to Pose the sticker campaiyn, state's attorneys, who ques- tioned the members of the Uphoister. ers’ union at their office later, sent ley Taylor a transcript of the questions and answers they, Taylor and Bronson asked, he said, Bivorous admitted ta.t 'e had gone to a certain job on Mayfield avenue, Chicago, where Fred Jurish, one of the men on trial was work- ing, to question him about his efforts to get non-union upholsterers to stop work. He said it he had been told that Jurish had stopped the non- union men from working by saying that he would either quit or the non- union men would have to quit. . Bronson said that he flashed the badge of a special deputy sheriff on Jurish before he questioned him, He had been sworn as a_ special deputy sheriff last December he said, He did not say what duties he has as a deputy sheriff aside from at- Yard foremen are increased from from $5.84 to $6.16, and switch tend- ers from $4.40 to $4.72, tempting to intimidate union men New/ $6.32 a day to $6.64, yard helpers|who objeched t> working with scabs. —_——_—_— the Get unity thru the Labor Party! + Ma Geraes. | Bill Thompson Will Hunt Poor Fish in His Native Haunts William Hale Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, will leave here July 4 to photograph the singing, tree-climbing fish of the Malay archi- pelago, Thompson has indisputable evidence of the gifted fish’s exist- ence and ‘he wants the picture, “Wild anima] pictures have made a mint of money during the last year or so, and I think a moving picture of a fish climbing a tree will do likewise,” he said. HIRAM OFFERS SELF AS PILL T0 HEAL FARMERS Broke Dakotans Hear Campaign Talk By ALFRED KNUTSON (Special to The Daily Worker) SIOUX FALLS, S, D., Feb, 21.— Hiram Johnson, the chewing gum candidate for the republican nom- ination for president of the United States, spoke here to a crowded house. Most of those who heard him were disappointed. It was expected that he would go somewhat into detail in discussing the agricultural situation, and at least make a little effort at offering a solution for the terrible distress the farmers of the North- west are now in. Instead he made long-winded, tire- some arguments about the apportion- ment of delegates to the national re- publican convention, the Mellon tax plan, the League of Nations and the World Court. Just Tea Talk. The Teapot Dome scandal, Hiram said, showed plainly that an “invis- ible’ government was at work, but he failed to tell us how we were to rid ourselves of this menace, other than suggesting that the whole oily mess could be remedied by having the people select him to sit in the presidential chair. His solution for the bankrupt con- dition of the farmers was the pass- age of the McNary-Haugen bill, a measure that even many conservative members of congress do not take seriously, and Hiram himself did not profess much faith in it because he told his audience that “it was at) least worthy trying out.” Banker-Lawyer Audience. The whole question of agriculture was passed over with but a very few remarks: It is a cinch that this much heralded “progressive” ‘will not get much support from the farmers in the Northwest on the strength of the speeches he is now making. Very few farmers heard him here, his audience being made up almost en- tirely of bankers, business men, law- yers, store clerks, etc. Tut’s Bones Safe from Carter; His License Cancelled | writing music for the world, EDUGATION AND HEALTH, CONCERN MOSCOW MOST 17,887,220 for Schools in Local Soviet MOSCOW, Feb. 21.— Education leads all other items in the appro- priations passed by the Moscow So- viet for the year 1923-1924. The sum of 17,887,220 rubles will be spent this year for the school work of this soviet. Public health is next, calling for an expenditure of 12,811,000 rubles. The appropriations passed to date are: For the Offices of— Moscow Soviet District Soviets Rubles. 1,200,000 167,290 State Plan Commi 48,480 State Engineer .. 60,000 Biological Institute . 31,150 State Keeper of Records .. 10,000 Statistical Branch .. Moscow Zoo ... 4 75.570 Board of Education. 17,887,220 Health Department 12,811,000 State Courts ...... 946,690 Financial Departmen‘ 60,000 Building Department ..... 5,000,000 It is estimated that the budget will show a deficit of about a mil- lion rubles but none of the leading items can be pared down without endangering the well-being of the local soviet. Jazzers Organize to Demand More Money and Dignity ___ (Special to The Dally Werker) NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—The writ- ers of popular songs are meeting at a series of get-togethers under the auspices of the Society of American Composers, Authors and Publishers. There are no less than 500 song wri- ters in New York’s “Tin Pan Alley” engaged in the manufacture of jazz songs and ballad. ((They are not all rich, either). What do they want? More wages (that is to say, more royalties), and they don’t want to be known as work- ers in “Tin Pan Alley.” They say the name is undignified. “We we e are writing the universal music of the twentieth century,” they say with heat and no little truth, “and ‘Tin Pan Alley’ fits no longer.” $55 Minimum Now for New York Cloak and Dress Cutters NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—-At the demand of Local No. 10 of the cloak and dress cutters in practically all New York shops have jumped the minimum up to $55 a week, The current issue of Justice says: “The movement was carried out in the LUXOR, Feb. 21.—The Egyptian director general of antiquities took steps today preliminary to reopening the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen and safeguarding the contents thereof. Following cancellation of the li- cense under which Howard Carter had been excavating, Egyptian au- thorities moved immediately to deal themselves with the tomb and mummy of their former ruler. The license which’ was cancelled was granted to Lord Carnarvon when he took up the excavating in the Valley of Kings for his health. Came the discovery of the burial lace of Tut-Ankh-Amen, unearthed in 1922, followed by the death of the earl in 1923, The license was transferred to Lord Carnarvon's widow, who since married a British officer, Colonel Dennistoun. r had been carrying on, amid frequent altercations with the Egyp- ign government, principally over the matter of pees reports of prog- ress, which the explorer wished to reserve to a syndicate with which he a contract. The government in- sted eo equal rights for all press associations and when Carter proved adamant upon this point and on the matter of visitors to the tomb, which he came to treat as his private prop- oe the ministry of public works took away his license. Gary, Iron King, in South America Visiting Vassals LIMA, Peru, Feb, 21—Judge El- bert H. Gary is looking for iron in course of a few weeks with astound- ing success, with the result that to- day there is hardly a shop in the industry where the cutters are work- ing for less than $55 a week, while many others, of course, receive an even higher scale. Suffice it to say that in every one of its features this sporadic wage increa: move bore the evidence of the excellent Aghting, spirit of the men of Local 0, 10.” No 48-Hour Week for South Carolina Textile Workers COLUMPIA, 8. C., Feb, 21.—The 48-hour bill introduced in the South Carolina legislature by Senator R. Fant, Jr., went by the board after an unfavorable report by the com- mittee on commerce and manufac- turers. No fight was made, -The unfavorable report was adopted and the bill was killed, . The bill would have affected the cotton mill workers the most. In its statement the committee claimed that the warehouses were full of cot- ton goods and that mills would have to shut down this summer for the lack of raw cotton. With the mills running only part time, no_ better time could have been picked for the passing of the bill, The Situation in Azerbaijan, BAKU, Feb, 21,—' economic situation of the city, which had been ier ie the Sten and revolu- ion, is on the way bs ign cording to the oonaes of 1 population of Baku was 255,000, Peru. census of 1923 shows a population The chairman of the board of di-| of 337,000, an increase of 82,000, rectors of the United States Steel | New buildings are needed, but there ae rg said as much in a speech | are not enough funds in the lecal ing a reception at the foreign | treasury; the government will have office, one of many accorded him) to help. Electric lights have been since his arrival here Tuesday. installed * all. over. +The “If Peru contains iron, I ‘want the op) ity to investigate,” Gary | paired. A few'new: parne ner we. said. built An electric street car system Judge Gaty was accorded an offi-’ cial reception aboard ship before he landed, at the American em- peer afterwards he was received by @ Peruvian president and heads other ts, Gary Lima last night for Santiago, Chile, where he will re- main Feb, 28 to March 4. He will be at Valparaiso from the sixth to the and at Montevideo March 18-14. He days in Brazil, during which time Cobeseauint be United States Steel ion’s big manganese famous {ron mountains at| will spend 12) the mines | been has been built, Amnesty for Socialist-Revolutionists, MOSCOW, Feb. Ua peor, Mid the convicted S ist-Revo! i was proclaimed by the Soviet gov- ernment on January 14th. Those who originally were given a death ° tence for participating in jst acts against the government, were commuted to five years imprisonmen cut inh If and A haae tae in half a more. nation of the reason why they have pentennel and why iy ME dad ment finds it now possible amnesty to them, hes been oun * are 1 No. 36627; March 18, Lauri Manni, No, $7704; March 25, Pierre Jans, No. 88117; March 27, Herbert W. Don Coal Basin Runs 7 Per Cent Ahead of Production Program BACHMUT, Feb. 21.—The Don Coal Basin during December ex- ceeded its production ties by 7 per cent, 44,600,000 poods of coal has been mined, ingluding 20,000,000 ds of anthracite, For local needs 000,000 poods has been used, which is less than last month; 26,000,000 peods have been shipped. To Jan. 1 there were 109,000,000 poods in store, SLAVES GLUTTED LABOR MARKET AT END OF 1923 Every State Showed Shortage of Jobs The turn for the worse in the labor market during the last half of 1928 was more serious than can be accounted for in terms of the usual winter layoffs, according to the carefully prepared labor market index of the federal reserve board. After making every possible allow- ance for normal seasonal charges the board’s statistician finds that jobs were much scarcer in December, 1928, than in any month since April, 1922, The report is based upon records kept by free employment offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu- setts, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin. These records show the proportion of of jobs to applicants, that is, the number of positions offered per 100 apvlicants for positions. When care- fully weighed in terms of the rela- tive importance of each state in the industrial life of the country an in- dex number based on these records shows the changes in the labor mar- ket, in other words how the law of supply and demand is hitting the man looking for a job. In December every 'state showed a shortage of jobs. and a surplus of idle labor. When the index number was computed by federal reserve statisticians it showed the condition of the labor market was far worse than the average for the years 1919 to 1922. n fact from the favor- able situation which made possible several thousand wage increases dur- ing the first half of 1923 the num- ber of jobs available for each 100 applicants has fallen nearly three- fifths of the way back to the lowest point of the depression of 1921. Class War Captives Would Like Letters on March Birthdays Birthdays in March of political prisoners confined in American state prisons, are announced by the Work- ers National Prison Comfort Club, 2928 Chestnut St., Milwaukee, Wis., as follows: ¥ At Walla Walla, Wash., Box 520— March 2, Britt Smith, No, 9408; March 4, Ray Becker, No. 9413; March 16, 0. C. Bland, No. 9409. ‘At San Quentin, Calif. (San Quen- tin Prison)—March 5, C, A. Drew, No. 37654; March 10, J. B. Childs, No. 38109; March 12, William Baker, No. 35718; March 17, Omar J. Eaton, White, No. 37909. At County Jail, Sacramento, Calif. —March 20, D. C. Russel, Cora Meyer, national secretary, in- vites friends and sympathizers to send birthda: these politi advisable, A political prisoner writes: “I take great pleasure in writing you these lines to thank you for the good work you are doing for the political prisoners. Correspondence is a, great comfort.” The South Slavic Branches in Lead on Appeal Coupons The South Slavic branches of the Workers Party are far in the lead ~ other sennee x ia’ sale oo the uthenberg Appea! is. These branches are sendin; 4 funds in greater amounts and any other ecards and letters to prisoners; money is numbers section. “Our branch (No. 80) has sold $60.00 worth of the Ruthen! Ap- peal Coupons, Altho Marianna is not a to sell $60. names com- rades who sold the stamps: Charles Pavich, Martin Pavich, Joe Shimrock, Me Tom Perkovich, , Radi Gabon comm , eac’ 12.00 worth. Fire Fighters in St. Louis Slated 10r pov arervw8e ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21.—A bill favor- ing a flat increase of $30 a pe A for the ‘fire fighters here has passed favorably by the public committee of the board of aldermen, The bill must first recsive the approval of the board of estimates apportionment before becomin; A inerease would establi seale in'the fire department from $140 to £200 ghee Kove ag erned by rank, How of shop-mates read the DAILY WORKER? cab dt Rete bade soul Friday, February 22, 1924 GLENN YOUNG GOT $5,000 TO START WAR IN HERRIN Rape and Robbery High Spots in Klan Activity HERRIN, IL, Feb. 21.—S. Glenn Young recently announced that he had severed his relations with Fed- eral Prohibition forces when he came to Herrin and was given $5,000 by the Ku Klux Klan to clean up Wil- liam'son County. The boodle was raised by the wealthy business men and open shop elements of Herrin who could not smash the unions in any other way except thru a flank attack on the foreign-born workers under the white flag of prohibition. It is now known that the Ku Klux Klan was secretly glad over the coming of the militia to Herrin to save them from the position into which it was forced the lawless raids on the homes of foreign-born workers, their insults to the Catholic Italians and the rape of women into whose homes the hooded morons broke. This gang appears to be possessed of the mentality of Cromwell's Co- venanteers. Headed by clergymen they chant seriptures and then revel in debauchery that would shame the hardened habitues of the Chicago underworld in the days when vice flourished open and unabashed. Caesar Cagle, the policeman who was killed as he drew his gun ready to: shoot, is. now the Klan martyr but Cagle wag not distinguished for moral behavior and it is worthy of note that a sister of this shining light of Klandom was mixed up in a roadhouse affair which got her into Joliet penitentiary and while there received attentions from a deputy that resulted in his occupying @ prison cell for several years. The only armed opposition to the Klan here is an organization called by the name of the Knights of the Flaming Circle. It is pro-union and in direct opposition to the Klan on most everything. The first para- graph in its declaration of principles runs as follows:> “The Knights of the Flaming Circle believes abso- lutely in organized labor and will aid and assist organized labor at any time in all worthy causes.” The Klan on the contrary is an open shop or- ganization. The Knights of the Flaming Circle is not a class organization. It seeks to unite “the labor, business and pro- fessional elements” in the commun- ity, It however, prehibits member- ship to anybéedy who is opposed to organized labor. Membership is open to Christians only but differences of Saiolen as to Sho a Serccninates is allowed provid: person a worshipper of the true God.” There is the rub, Unlike the Klan the Knights of the Flaming Cirele is a democratic organization and holds elections every six months. Its head ie Ora Thomas, who had a tussle with the Klan chief of police a few days ago. Both reached for their hips on sight and but for the presence of guards- men it is prohable that another Klan martyr might be now a guest in the celestial kingdom. At the moment Herrin is tranquil on the surface -but two sets of hos- tile guns are itching to get into action and they may may begin to bark on the shtest provocation. Even White House Janitor May Be Searched for Oil WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Sena- tor Frazier of North Dakota and Congressman Wefald of Minnesota, have introduced a joint resolution directing every member of the sen- ate and house, and every federal em- loye receiving a salary of over 3,000, to file with the federal trade commission a sworn statement stet- ing the amount of stocks or bends held by him or his immediate family. Investments within ten years, in any banking, industrial, mining, railroad ©» other corporations or firms or partnerships must be declared. The retin tion, firm ecg any corporation, or with which such member or employe has been connected as counsel of has ao is any Reese during the it ten years reThe preamble states that members of sonayees and federal employes should protected from the sus- that they are influenced or Fil poy their attitude on rests, by their own Childbirth Made Easy by Potion with Queer Name PARIS, Feb. 21.—-Doctors Cleis and Perlis poe the conclusion of successful in the use of a new anaes’ pain- leas child birth, The anaesthetic is called Di-ethyl- di-allyl-barbiturate di-ethyl-amine, The doctors’ statement says the onees, jucing practically pain! child ae Richards O'Hare will address on Crime .in the lecture roem of the Lindlar Sanatarium, 525 S. Ashland Blvd, at 7:30 Saturday evening, Febru- ary 23. Admission free. Mrs, Kate nm “x ee i