Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              FULL CONFESSION OF FRANKS MURDER MADE PUBLIC
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1924
The   Only    Sunday   Newspaper Covering   the   Wyoming   Valley
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CONGRESS BOWS TO REFUSAL OF WAGE INCREASE; BONUS PAY HELD UP BY LACK OF APPROPRIATIONi TWO CHILDREN ARE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
'story of
lENDISH ICRUELTY
Blinded As Pick Hits Explosive
[Richard Loeb Declares He Was Under The Influence Of Companion In Crime
ADMITS ALL FACTS
ICold-Blooded Tempting Of Young Franks Led Boy To An Unmerciful Doom I
minded when some concealed dynamite exploded, Joseph Puclt- ford, 32 years oid, of Nanticoke, was carried to Nanticoke State hospital yesterday afternoon In a critical condition. SurKcons last night were undecided ubout tbe man's chances for recovery and It is likely that should his Injuries lie healed, the siRht of both eyes will be lost
I'ucktord was the victim of a freak accident while employed as an outside laborer at thc Truesdale colliery at Nanticoke. He waa en- fe'aged dlBging a trench to be used in laying an enlarged water main to thc colliery. As he brought down his pick, there was a terrific explosion thut scaltered earth over a  radius of twenty-five yards.
Other workmen went to the blinded man's aid. They mado an Investigation subsequently and dis¬ covered that I'uckford had unearth¬ ed a stick of dynamite which had probably been buried for several years. Coai company officials were unable to explain the presenco of Ihe explosive in the ground.
GIRL AND BOY DEAD FROM THEIR INJURIES UNDER MOTOR WHEELS
LOST EVIDENCE FOUND
Chicago, June 7.—''1 ¦would iiot have een capable of klUlng: Franks had It pot been for the suggestion and stim¬ ulus ot Leopold."
was the statement of Richar.1 ll,. • i, 19 year old millionaire's son. vimse confession that hc took part in Ithe murder oT Robert Frank.s, 14 yeor old schooi boy, was made public today. The portable typewriter on which Ihe $10,000 "ran.som letter" was writ- Jen was recovered today from a lagoon Jockson I'ark where the boys had [thrown It. Divers found It after iearching for one week. It was in kwo parts, the keyboard having been llsmantled from the frame.
Slate's Attorney Crowe aald flndlng ^f thc typewriter adda another Import¬ nt link tn  the  evidence  again.st  the IVO young intellectuals. Locb.     whose     tear-stralned     face Iremhled as he broko down and made he flrst confession of thc crime,  laid ^11 the  blame   on   his   former  college hum and  comrade,  Nathan  Leopold, fr. Both    boys,    held    on    Indictments barging   them   with   kidnaping   and nurdering   young   Franks,    are    held   iihout bull nt the county jail.   They Mil  he  arraigned   Wednesday.
Gcrmanin K. Rcinhard, 18 year old Iweetheart of Loeb, whose name was teporled to have been connected wKh (the state's case against the two youths, "is in no way connected with Dur Investigations," it was stated at the state's attorney's offlce this even¬ ing.
Knowing th.'it Miss Rcinhard waa a |friend of Loeb. "it 'was natural that shouid question her regarding ¦what she knew of his h.abits." an aide Iof state's attorney Robert E. Crowe %old the United I'ress.
Girl Is Freed "It is true  that  her initials—G. K. IR.—appeared   at   the   bottom   of   the lietter written by Leopold and Loeb in •¦Which they demand $10,000 of  Robert |Franks' father, but we have never and po  not  now  suspect  this  giri  of any Itnowiedse of the crime," Keports   had   been   circulated   that ICrowc's .staff   was   working    upon    a Ithcory thut Miss  Reinhard  had  typed ¦the ransom loiter   for    the    confessed linurderers.    This   wa-s   flatly   denied, |however. '
-Miss Reinhard said she thought jLoeb insane, offlcers who questioned |her toid the United  Press.
"Dick used to send me foolish tele- Igranis whon he was right here in the Icity," tho offlcers quoted her aa say- png.
"Several  times  he   sent   me   postal lards     by     special     delivery.     They Iwouid contain silly sentences—-none of [them meant anything to me."
Miss Reinhard. beautiful Chicago Boclety girl and formerly a student at Ithe University of Chicago, exhibited Isn imported cigarette holder bearing Iher own initials. It was a gift from ll.oeb, she said. Miss Reinhard is Iknown  as  "Patches."
Leopold,  whose confession was read Ibcforc  tho grand jur.v, said it was he |wiio    drovo    the     aulomoliile     when '"ranks   waa   Kidnapped.     He   said   It I*as Locb who siruek Kranks over the Ihc'id  with   lho   Iron   chisel—the    blow |that ended Iho life of the viclim. Accuses l,,eupold i^oeb  in   his  confession   denied   Lco- iPoUi's story.    Hi  insisted  It  w.as Leo- |poid  who  struck  the  death  blow. Loeb's confession    recited    the    at- •mpt   to   kidnap   Jnhn   Levinson,   11 |ear old son of another Chicago mil- Bonaire.     Leopold   and   I,,oeb,   nccord- ^S to Loeb's signed confession, drove Irom   place   lo   place   throughout   the fouth side  in search of young  Ix;vln- on  and  when  they  missed   him,   de- de<l to capture  Kranks. I The Levinson boy. who testifled be- bro the grand jury, said hc niu.st havo een  missed  because   he   went   home through  an  alley   instead   of  over  his isual   route. Continued  on  Page  2,   Section  1
L AT GET-TOGEMR
Prof. Entertainers Make Up Program Furnished By The Company Officials
Approximately 900 salaried men nnd women employed by Glen Alden Coal Company at Its various collieries anl offlces from Nanticoke to Scranton were guests of the company lost night at a brilliant get-together affair held in Irem Temple. The aftair w.as the flrst of a series which It Is planned to hold at frequent intervals.
Tho evening's entertainment con¬ sisted of an organ recital, a sump¬ tuous banquet, a flrst class vaudeville show, concerts by a band nml orches¬ tra and dancing- Tho affair was originally planned for several months ago- but waa cancelled on account of several mines of the company being flooded with water when a cave oc¬ curred under the l^ickawanna river at Scranton.
On account of Friday's mine dis¬ aster at Loomis colliery -where four¬ teen men were kilied, company offleials yesterday attempted to cancel the aftair again but arrangements had proceeded so far that It was Impos¬ sible and the program had lo be car¬ ried out. 'W'hen the employees sal down at the banquet table, W. W. Inglls, president of Glen Alden Coal Company, led them in a solemn toa,st which was drunk to the memory of the fourteen men whose lives were snuffed out In  Kriday's catastrophe.
The affair opened with an organ recital from 6 until 6:30 by Prof, J, Kowler Richurd.son. Krom 6:30 until 8 o'clock the banquet was in progress ! but there were no speeches and no I singing, in reverence to the memory of the Loomis disa.ster victims.
At 8:15 one of the finest vaudeviiie shows ever staged in this city w.is presented for the edification of the employees together with a large num¬ lier of friends who gathered after the banquet, .\pproximately 2,000 persons witnessed the show. The participants of each of the acts were leaders lU their line throughout the country anl received tremendous ovations. All of the acts came to this city directly trom New York city, while a number of them wore released from Keith's and other big time vaudeville clrcuils for the night only.
The vaudeville program consisted of intricate Uussian, Spanish, (Chinese and acrobatic dancing by Lola Girlie and Senia, two of the leading masters of the terplschorcan art in America. Music for this act was furnished by u speciui orchestrn. Tom Kelly, one of the leading exponents of Irish comedy on the .\mcricun stage, furnished a number of new songs und Irish wit and liumor that kept the assemblage rollicking for more than twenty minutes.
Other numbers on the vaudeville program consist uJ of acrobat les and tumbling by the "Kour Uell Hops' di- ! I eet from Ihu Keith circuit; Olga Cook, a mezzo soprano and Eric Sardo, a pianist who is in a ci&ss by liimseif; musical numbers by Bert Gordon and Ethel Gray, and songs and dances by Arthur IJuagon, lute of the Winter Gai'den of New York City. Thc Penn- Baron orchestra of this city furnished music for .several of the acts,.
Kollowing the vaudeville show Ihe main fioor was clearcl und dancing was enjoyed until miiinight. There i\as a continuous program of music by   the   I'enn  U.'irua  orubeatia  seated
I     Two children were killed and a third young^jter injured by uulomobiles yes¬ terday   afternoon   anci   l.'Lst    night    in Wi'st   Fide   towns,     John   Kasko.   six years  old,   of   -11   Myrick   .street,   Ed- I wardsvllle.   died  in  Ne.sbitt West  Side I Hospitai after being  run over by the I machine   of   Dr,   C,   I,   Ashley  of  Ply- [ mouth.    Nellie   Kamlnskl.   eight  yeans jold,   ot   920   West   Main   street,   Ply- i mouth   Township,   met   instant   death beneath     the    automobiie    of    Harry Johnson,   a coai  company  official   re¬ siding at 42 Main street, .Shlck.shlnny. Both drivers gave ball for court  last night.
The Kasko boy was fatally Injured by Dr. Ashley's car early yesterday afternoon at the corner of Arch and Armstrong streets. EdwanLsvllle. 'Wilh two other children, the youlh, it is .said, darted from liehind an Acheson Bread Company wagon driven by Fr.-ink Blaum of this city. At that minute Dr, Ashley, on his way from Nesbitt Hospital, pas.scd the corner. The physicians machine struck thc Ka.sko boy. but the other two children reached the sidewalk In safety. Dr. Ashley .stopped his machine within len feet of the spot of the accidenl. He placed the victim in the car and hur¬ ried to Nesbitt Hospilal. where death occurred at 4 o'clock. The physician later appeared before Justice W. W.. Spry at Plymouth ond entered $2,000 bail for his appearance hefore one of the  county judges,
Uirl Killed The Kamlnskl giri was kilied last night shortly nfter 8 o'clock at the foot of Johnson's Green. Plymouth Township. She had been playing in Ihe street with (George Carroll, four years old; Torrence Cease, three years oid, and Herbert Cease, nine years old. The automobile driven by Johnson, who is an executive of the ¦West End Coai Company at Mocan¬ aqua. was occupied by his daughter, together with Mr. nnd Mrs. William Edwards of Jcannette street, Ply¬ mouth,
As the Johnson cnr came upon the group   of   children,   an   accident    was
Boarder Missed; Family Gone Too
seen to be unavoidable. The driver .swerved sharply to the left as the Kamin.ski girl darted acro.ss the car's path but she was knocked to the ground.    Her comrades escaped.
Mr. Johnson carried the little girl to her home, wh«re Dr. Drake and Dr. Gabriel were called. They declareii death had resulted instantly from a broken neck and <a fracture of Ihc skull. A Witnes.s declared the driver was blameless. John.son appeared be¬ fore Burgess George Gwililnm at Ply¬ mouth, where he entered $2,000 ball for court. Foreman Curwood of Ihe Mocanaqua mine of the West End Coal Company qualified as bondsman. Citizens roinplnin
Afler lho deatli ot thc Kamlnskl girl, scores of Plymouth Township citizens gathered outside the victim's home. To a Sundny Independent re¬ porter they expressed indignation over failure of township olflclals to provide police protection for children in thc streets. They declared a lone con¬ stable is on duty there and the terri¬ tory covered by him does not permit proper   supervision.
To .substantiate their claims that children on the township streets are constantly in dnnftcr, the citizens rle. clarcd that Paul Kosulski, flve yiars old, a neighbor of the Kamlnskl chil.l, was struck and injured by nn nutono- blle ycstei-day afternoon. The Kosul¬ ski boy was not seriously hurt. Be¬ side her parents the Kamin.ski giri is jurvivcd by the following brothers and ifciters: I„co, Michael. Mary, Natalie, Anna, Lottie and Irene,
Skull Fractured
Suffering from a fracture of Ihe skull received when he was struck by an automobile owned by McLaughlin Brothers' store, and operatcii by James Larkin. of 13« Kidder street. E.ist End. on Friduy nfternoon, Frank Swanechlk, aged 8, of 40Vi North Ful¬ ton strcct, city, remained in a critical condition in City Hospital liu^t night. The acclilent occurred as the lad waa crossing Market street, near Fulton street,  on  Kriday aflernoon.
AT OEATH WHEEL BECAUSE OF LOVE
Pretty Widow Is Found To Have Gone To Jail For Her Lover's Sake
FEARS FOR ROMANCE
Detroit, Mich,, June 7,—Because she sought to shield the man she loved, a pretty widow Is serving a prison ter.n in the Detroit Hou.se of Correc¬ tion for negligent  homicide.
Such is the story revealed by a let¬ ter written by the prisoner's father and confirmed by her tonight.
But Mrs. Flossie Cushman, 27, and the mother of three children, wept in her «eil when she learned of that let¬ ter.
"My .sacrifice hns been in vain. Now 1 will lose him."  she sobbed.
The uccident happened la.st Decem¬ ber, A nineteen year oid boy 'was run down and kiiled by an automobile in Battle Creek.
Mrs. Cushman. who lives In Mar¬ shall, wns founil in th^ driver's seat. With her was Frank Davis, to whom she W.'US engaged.
She was convicted and sentenced to for from six months to five years. She has already scved a month of that term.
Now- in a letter to the judge who sentenced her. Mr.s, pushmnn's father, Dr, John Ashley. Ferndale, Mich,, as¬ serts tiial his daughler admitled that Davis was driving and that after the accident she had toid bim to change seals  with  her,
"Don't blame him," she said, "We iKith Ihou'iht It for the best,"
Davis had promised lo bo faithful to her and he has kept his word, Mr.^ Cushman  said, '
i none end of the haii and MasLuskic's 109t,h field artillery regiment band seated on  the stage,
W. VV, Inglls, president of Glen Al¬ den t^oul Company, and S. D. DIm¬ mick. vice-president of the company, were general chairmen of thc com¬ mittees which arranged the get-to¬ gether. Vice-President Dimmlck was master of cercmonus, Peter G, Rim¬ mer of tiiis city handled thc local ai runKcmenta (ur tbo cuvoDimy oOlcUila,
ATELK'BAZAAIT; 2 CARS ANO PONY
Only One Of Winners Is Pres¬ ent And Others Must Call In Five Days
NUMBERS ANNOUNCED
The Elks Fun Festival "Slippery Gulch" came to a ciose last night in a blaze of glory, with the awarding of several valuable prizes as thc feature of the flnal performance. The unusu- ually heavy vote polled yesterday anl last night, in the election contest which is to decide the sheriff, mayor¬ ess and most popular lady of the Ciuicii, und Incidentally wins for each a trip to the Paciflc coast or tts equiv¬ alent in money, made it impossible to announce the winners untii possibly tomorrow. At the close ot the even¬ ings pcrfoi-mancc. ballet boxea were .sealed nnd were taken to the Wyom¬ ing National bank where they are be¬ ing held in a vjiult until this nfter¬ noon when a representative committee ot Elks will count the vote aud an¬ nounce the winners. ~
Chief among the prizea awarded last night, were two automobiles, a Chrysler touring car and a Ford sedan and also a pony.
The flrst winning number for the Chrysler car is 2356E while the .second is 11424E. Providing the holder of the flrst numlicr doesn't ap¬ ply for the car within Hve day.s, the machino goes to J. A. ^einheimer, cf Lehighton, Pa., holder of the second number.
The numbers chosen for the Ford car, are in the following order: 1S95B, 13620E. 29228B and 29051. The holder of the flrst number will be given flve days' in which to call for the car. Failure to apply within that period gives the holder of the second number the same privilege and so on until the four numbers are disposed of jf necessary. ,
Tlie pony went to John Rominski of
Korn  Crest,   holder of  ticket  number
4978L.    The  holder of the  ticket  was
j present and took tbe prize home with
him.
Picked up on the streets of Scranton by representatives of Ihc Travelers' Aid Society, Jesse Kok- shctski. aged 12, related a .story which has resulted In the police of Plymouth, Ihe home of the Zok- hefskis, instituting a scarcli for the mother of the girl who is said lo have eloped with a boariier on Friday.
Returning from work on the dny of the woman's di.sappearance, thc husband found his house desertcl. He thought perhaps his wife, wilh his two daughters, Edna, nged 14. and Jesse, aged 12, had gone lo visit -with relatives or friends and the case didnt come to the atten¬ tion of the authorities until Jesse, who had strayed nway from the supposed elopers, was picked up In Scranton. yesterday, and explained the circumstances under which she W.IS lost.
Informed of the developments, the hu.sband made an Investigation and s;iiii Ih.il his wife had tak.'n ail of the money In tho house as well as all clotliing nnd vnlu.ablcs which. she nnd tho boarder could carry.
No traco had been found of the eloping couple up until a late hour last night. The one daughter is wilh them, ns far as is known.
IMPORTANT MEASURES FAIL AS LA W MAKERS ADJOURN
THE FINAL HOURS
Resolution To Pay Bonus Gets By House But Is Blocked In Senate
BY REPUBLICANS FROM HIS STATE
Massachusetts Delegation TOf Cleveland Convention Pick Others To Wield Power
WOMEN MEET TEST
Cleveland. Ohio. .Tune 7. — Through action of the Massachusetts delegation enroute to tho convention. Senator Henry Cabot Lodgo will be definitely removed from the power ho long has wielded at Republican conventions, ac¬ cording to advance Information re¬ ceived   here   tonight.
The Mas.sachusctts delegation. It Is said, wiil elect Governor Cox as lis chairman and will select.Congressman Frederick H. Olllett. spenker of the House, as its representative on tlie convention resolutions commitlee. If this Is done as scheduled. Lodge, who has presided at conventions in the past, haa delivciid keynote speeches and many times has directed the framing of the C. O. P. platform, will ibo completely siiluncrgivi. It prob¬ ably wouid forecast his eventual de¬ thronement ns tho administration spokesman in the Senate.
Wilh the p.asslng of ixidpe. the ne¬ publican party will h'lve lost most of the faces that, for many years, have appeared in the forefront of the con¬ vention picture. Murray Crane an,l Boles Penrose *re dead. Senator James Watson appears to be out ot focus. Harry M. Daugherty Is a cas¬ ually. Reed Smoot alnne remains among thc veterans of recent cam¬ paigns to flgure stili—but not aa in bygone yeara.
In their places Cooiidge Is grooming for power this year his per.sonal friends, Wm, M, Butler and F'rank Stearns of Ma.ssachusetts; his .secre¬ tary, C. Bascom .Slemp. of Virginia: for the most p.irt men outside tho ranks of Congress, but all ot them skilled In politics.
Test Kor Women
The flrst real test of womVn's power in a Republican convention will come Monday, Then the resolution pirovlding for fifty-fifly representation of women on the n.ational committee will be voted on by the rules commit¬ tee.
Small groups tulk In hushed voices outside ot committee rooms. Meet¬ ings are being held liehind closed dooi-s where such women as Mrs, Hai'- riet Taylor Upton, of Ohio; Mr.s. Chnrles Sabin. of New York; Mrs. Medili McCormick. of Chicngo; Mrs. Chnrles Sumnqr Bird, ot Mnssachu- setts; and Mrs. Coleman Dupont, of New York, dl.scuss with olher. out¬ standing Republican -women the "pro.s" and cons" of a campaign for putting it over.
MARY FAA.A HUNT
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ella Hunt wiii take place tomorrow morning at 9 oc'iock frorn her home ot 5!il Ben¬ nett street, Luzerne. Ser\ices will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Kirk of the West Pittston I'l'esliyterian Cluircli. The txxiy wiil tie taken to Danville for iDternMut.
NAVY BILL LOST
¦Washington. Juno 7,—Congress ad¬ journed sine die tonight amid unusual turbulence.
Unless called In special session, It will not meet again until Dccmber 1.
The important deflciency bill pro¬ viding money fnr first year payments and adminisliatiou ot the soldier bonus, reclainatiiin and otiier urgent expenditures ot the government, died withvut action, as did Iho naval recon¬ ditioning bill.
Tho Senate adjourned promptly at seven, but the House i-cmalned In session until 7:07 lo iiermit Speaker Gillctt to sign inst minute bills, by thc expedient of stopping the clock, so os not to violate the terms of tile nd- journmeut resolution which called for tho session's end sharply at seven p. m.
A flilbuster starting in the Senate in the early afternoon over the "oil scandal" report and ending with a pro¬ test of w-estern senators against drop¬ ping a Nevada reclamation project from tlic reclamation bill hitched to the deflciency measure as a rider, was responsible.
Itoiius Pny niocked
A despirale effort was made to rush through a resolution during the laat ten minutes which would have appro¬ priated $1111,000.000 for Imnus pay¬ ments iudcpcndontly of lho dclinlency bill.
The House pa.ssed tho resolution In less than 90 seconds at 6:50 but aptlon on it Wiis blociccJ in tho Senate.
Tho progressive farm bloc aiso w.is blocked in a last minute nttempt to force through tho 30 cent per bushel export  wheat bounty.
The Wnlsh report denouncing the naval oil reserve leases as corrupt and Illegal failed of npproval. chiefly lie¬ cau.se ot a three hour speech by Sena¬ tor Spencer. Mi.s.souri.  Republican.
Th" $150,000,000 naval recondition¬ ing bill which had pa.ssed botli houses waa bold up by a last minute olijec- tion from Senator King. Utah. Demo¬ crat, and a "small n;ivy " man.
Every effort  to  get  .separate  nctlon on   thc  bonus  npiiriipri.ition  failed. Senate Ucjecis Honus
Senator Pitman. Nevada, held the floor to t]>e last and although every parliamentary effort was made to get him off his feet, none of them was successful. He objected to both the deflciency liill and the separate bonus resolution.
At three minutes tn .seven, the clerk of the House brouglit over .i resolu¬ tion authorizing the bonus appropria¬ tion as a separate measure.
Senator Rolilnson, Democratic lender, asked unanimous consent that the resolution be adopted by the Senate.
Objemtlon was Immediately made by .Senator  Borah.   Idaho.  Republican.
"If you're not going lo en:ict relief for our poor suffering people West, you aro certainly not going to pn.ss any moro tax burdens."  Borah said.
Friends of Pittman then rushed up to him and nsked him to call off his flght, but he said in an undertone that carried to the gallery, "Oh, the devil with you,"
Adjournment  Forced
Senator Reed, Mis,souri, Democrat, then obtnlncd recognition and moved that tho Senate concur in tlie House resolution.
Borah'Jumped up again shouting: "On that I want to be heard,"
It was then one minute to seven and Borah rustled pajiers on his desk preparing to speak,
Pittman called for the attention of tho chair and in the confusion which followed President Cummlngs liound down his gavel and annnunceil that tho .Senato was aulnnialicaliy ad- journa-J, under the resolution adopted earlier in  the we^.
The fin.ti scenes were sn disorderly that at one time Robinson appealed to the chair to have the sergeant at arms clear the aisles, which were jammed with clamoring senators and members from the House who had heard of the Senate flilbuster and had come over to the Sen.'ile cii.'iiul>ei'. Action  l> Cuiulemned
In the   flnal   moments    before    the
Cooiidge Warns About Tax Cost
Washington. June 7. — With a flnal fling at Congress, President Coolldgo today vetoed tho $68,000.- 000 postal salaries Increase bill which '.vould have raised annual salaries of 300.000 postal clerks, carriers and other employees an average of over $200 each.
Mr. Cooiidge in his veto message to the Senate, again took Congress to task for "governmental extrava¬ gance," declaring tli;it this "must slop,"
While the veto wjis fully ex¬ pected by those clo.so to tho Presi¬ dent, It caused great disappoint¬ ment among postal empjoyecs, who h;i,l been "hopln.g aguinst hope" for its success,
L, E. (Jeorge, president of the Nationnl Kederation of Postolflcc Clerks, predicted demoralization of tlio postal service and wholesale resignations,
"This bill ndds apprnximntely $08,000,000 to the annual expendi¬ tures of the government," thc mes¬ .sage said. "It nuikes no provi.sion for raising lifts amount as postal revenue. The money must come from the pockets of the taxpayerj. To the extent thai wc create fur¬ ther obligations which mu.st be met from the money's derived from taxation, to that extent do we re¬ duce the possibility of further re¬ duction in taxes,"
The message concluded with the statement that the postoffice de¬ partment this summer would make an ^exhaustive study of wage in¬ creases and postal costs, submit¬ ting a report to Congress -n December, when the pay bill can aguln be taken up. \ J
Houso adjourned. Republican I.K'ader Longworth bitterly denounced the Senate's refusal to pa.ss either the de¬ ficiency aiipropriation bill or the spe¬ cial bonua rcaulutlon.
".\ successful and useful session of Congress has been marred at tho last moment by Ihe refusal of the other body to pa.ss Ihc groat deflciency bill which provided among otlier things funds to pay the soldiers' bonus," said Longworth.
"Tho bill faiied through tho .selfish¬ ness of a very few interested In the reclamation projects which had no merit. Not only did they kill that bill but they declined to net on the joint resolution just passed by the House which at nny rate would have provided for thc bonus,"
Failure of the lionus appropriations will act chiefly to hamper the cleri¬ cal preparations for payment. Actual funds for payment can bo appropriated at tho December session of Congress in time, as payments are not schcdule/J to liegin until after the flrst of the year.
Rffect  On  Itoniis
The war aal navy departments, and tho veterana' burenu. who counted on the npproprlations to provide nbout 4,200 clerks, however, will bo .seriously einbarra.ssed und delayed In chev'king the   rocoi-ds   of   veterans.
It is probable that the work will have to go forward haltingly with a few clerks and wilh thc likelihood that final Issuanco of Insurance policies will be thrown over until the end of next year or later.
Presl'lent Cooiidge signed 105 bills during the day, 28 at the White House and 77 at the capitol in the last 40 minutes of the session. Hc vetoed only one Important measure, the postal salaries increase bill.
Bills were dumped on his desk in Iho President's room ot the rate of nearly two a minute Mony were clipped, pasted and typewritten .indi¬ cative of the turbulent rush of the closing minutes.
Members of the cabinet were present to advise him from time to time con¬ cerning his action on the blll.s. When he signed Iho last bill at 7:04 .he smiled grimly, as if glud to have Con¬ gress oft his lianOs.
Republican senators and House members, ami some Democratic "ob¬ servers" scattered immediately after adjournment to gather their belong¬ ings to take thc waiting special trains for the  Cleveland  convention.
Major legislation enacted by Con¬ gress this session included: Tax re¬ duction, bonus, immigration, includ¬ ing .lapanese exclusion, campaign ex¬ penditures, child labor amendment, veterans' bureau reorganization.
Bills which died through inaction or veto; Farm relief, nillroad rate reduction, reclamation relief. Muscle Shoals, world court., pension in¬ creases, postal .salaries Increases, naval rehabilitation program.
Ail bills which died have another chance fur passage at the Uecembvr session.
LAFOLLEHEWINS
E
Oil Scandal Is Deadlocked And Accusations Are Made On Farm Relief Defeat
FILIBUSTER USED
Washington, June 7,—Dcadioc'it^d In a wrangle over "the oil scandal," the Senate delayed action on* ncces.sary appropriation legislation, untii the last two hours bei'ore.ailjnurnment tonight.
Fighting against adoption of the W.ilsii report condemning the navil oil leases. Sen.'itor Spencer. Missouri. Republican, began what Democrats enlarged was a "filibuster" and there¬ by threw all legislative action over until closing minutes.
Republlc'in leailers, who at first en¬ couraged Spencer, flnally persuaded him to conclude ills remarks and per¬ mit the Senate to wind up business.
While the House was placidly mov¬ ing forward toward adjournment, the Senate was torn by constant wrangl¬ ing and little was accomplished. Only a few minor poinis were acted upon.
The chief i'em adopted w-as a reso¬ lulion by Senator Robert M. LaFol¬ lette which will provide for invcstlg.i- tion by a special Senate conimittee during the summer of contributions and expenditures ot both Republican and Democratic campaign items.
Spencer spoko tor more than three hours. Hc charged unfairness and misrepresentation in thc report com¬ posed by Senutor Thomas J. Walsh as a sequence of the long and sensa¬ tional inve.stlgat«on into the leasing of ^ naval   nserves.
Politicul Debate
The political debate extended Into the last hour. Senator Fess, Ohio, Republican, declared the Democrats were responsible for deflation; Senator Walsh, Massachusetts, Democrat, charged Ihe Republican administra¬ tion had forced more thnn a miliion laborers out of worlc and Senator Heflin, Alabama, Dea-ecrat, charged the administration wi.n "murdering the business nccls of the nation."
Thc last lielicicncy conference re¬ port with thc reclamation biii tacked on wa-s blocked temporarily In the Senate by farm progressives who ob¬ jected to its immediate consideration. The House receded from Its disagree¬ ment to the repurt a tew minutes previously.
"For six months this congress has faiied to enact any farm relief legis¬ lation.' Senator Norbcck, South Da¬ kota, said. "Now at the last minute when I try to get something through you attempt to pull uli kinds ot sub¬ terfuges on me."
Chairmun Warrert of the appropria¬ tions committee tinally succeeded In getting the bill up. but Senator Pitt¬ man. Nevada, Democrat, ImnK-diately serveil notice that he would not per¬ mit it to be adopted in its present state.
Presidont Arrives
"This bill carries the money tor the soldier bonus and other important items," Warren said.
At this point, just 40 minutes lie- tore adjournment. President Coolldgo arrived and went to the I*residenrs room on the Senate side ot the capitol to atlix his slirnature lo the bill* passed in the last few minutes of the session.
At 6:50. the Hou.se, frightened by the prospect ot the deflciency biii witta bonus appropriations ilying, speedily pas.sed a joint re.solution appropriating about $131,000,000 for flrst yeur pay¬ ment and ndministratlon of the bonus, in case the deflciency measure should die.    It was rushed to the Senate.
At 6:5,'i. the Hou.se stopped thn clock. When ward comes fiom tho Senate that ail is ready for adjourn¬ ment, it wiil be started again, nomin¬ ally at 6:59.
At 7 ocfock "the Senate adjourned but the House remained in session lo enable the speaker to sign aome tate bUls.
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MI.NK WOKKEK  Hl'RT
Caught beneath a t.ill of rock while employed as »i laborei at the Balti¬ more colUerq. Hudson Coal Company, yesterday morning. Martin Pasquale, 35, of 745 North Washington street, city, received painful bruises about the hips as well as fractures of the ribs. He wus taken to City Hospital, where it was reported last night thai his cuuditiun  ijtt favorable.