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HEADLINERS OF NATION PLAYJB^OYS
President Harding Wilh Henry Ford and Thomas Edison at Big Pool Camp
NOVEL EQUIPMENT
Country's Leading Citizen Displays Brawn By Chop¬ ping the Wood for Cook
PET THEORIES REVEALED
Shirt Gives Clue To Master Thief
In Camp With President Harding, Neiar Big Pool, Md , July 23—Three of the nation's headliners threw fheir responsibilitirs aside today and be¬ came boys ag.iin when President Harding. Henry Ford and Thomas A F/dlaon mef loday for a week-end i-ampmg expedition in the heart of theM;u-yland hills. The party pitched <-amp in a woody spot far from any settlement of size.
Hardinc was simply attired and the momeni he re»i hed camp he took off his   coal,   rolled   up   his   sleeves   and '. chopped wood for the camp fire.   Thei party ate off a trick table with a re- | volving center, said to have been de¬ signed    by    Kdison.       Tin    revolving) renter   piece  works    hy     the     simple process of giving it ;i   pull when one WTjnts    somefhing    re|x>«ini;    on    the other side.
After  luneh.  the camp chair.'s were placed   under   shady   sycamores   and j pipes  and  <'igars  wore  lit.    Harding, | sitting   near   Kdison,   asked    the    in- i veritor what   he did  for recreation.     I
"You  don't  tileep  much."   romarked Harding.     "Po   you  eat   much?" !
"No,   I  don't  eat   rouch,"  answered I Kdison. I
•'l>o you play goltV queried Hard¬ ing.
"N'o."  Bdison  .xaid.
¦ Not old enough." smiled Harding.
Kdison laughed in reply.
The group then drifted info a dis cu.'«sion   on   eating
Chicago, July 2.1—If Joe Willln- ski hadnt worn a cert.-iin "one In a million" silk shirt when he stroll¬ ed down Milwaukee avenue hera he would probably be free today to continue his "scientific burglar- iiig" which he «iys has netted him 320.000 a  year  for five  years.
But Joe wore fhe shirt.
Misa Lillian Mazurkiewicz waa also out for a walk. She saw Willinski and her eyes lamped bia vivid   t>osom.
"Aha," she breathed. "There's my husband's shirt. ' t^he trailed Willinski home.
WTien police raided the place later lhey found rare oriental ruga, beautiful coatly pictur«?s, furniture of exquiffite design, phonographs, valuable jewelry, and Willinski a- sleep.
Willinski admitted he Is a rob¬ ber. "It's been my business since I f'l6" he said, "and I've cleaned up J 100,000 at it. There's $10,000 worth of stuff In my place now."
He said that during a part of the five years he has boen robbing he was in the army stationed at Camp  Grant.   Ills.
"But that didn't bother ma," he said. "I'd get a leave every week end and come up to Chicago and break into a few apartments."
SUBMARINE CHASERS TO CORK DRV LEAKS
[ FETED IN CHICAGO
Washington, July 2.1.—The govern¬ ments    fleet   of   gasoline   aubmarine chasers may be turnad loo8«  on  the j boore smuggling ships operating from j Cu'ba  and   the  Bahamas   and   along tbe   Xew  Jersey  and   Masaachuaetts [coasts,  It was leamed tonight at tha 1 offices   of   IVohiftition   Commissioner I Haynes, who is soon to receive a pro¬ posal  that  his department  take over I the  cha-sers  from  the   Navy  Depart¬ ment,   whii-h   is  finding difficulty  in selling  the vessels. ,
Prohibition officials beUev* tlia chasers will help them keep the waters inside the three mile linut free of liquor smugglers and pre¬ vent the landing uf whiskey on tixo shores of the  United  States.
Officials said they have word of an international liquor smufrgling syn¬ dicate which is landing milliona of dollars worth of whiskey In this country.
Under    the   plans   of  exchanga   of government     property    between    de¬ partments just worked out by Budget Director   Dawes,   the  transfer  of  the jsub-chusers   to   the   prohibition   unit (is faaiiible, it was pointed out. Successful  Bootlegging The marine  bootlegger.s ara canry- Igg on their business with consider¬ able    success,    officials    here   admit. Speedy  auxiliary     ve.ssels   bring   fhe liquor fo the Atlantic coaat from the West   Inde.s  and  land  it   at  night  in
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ply  of domestic  bootleggers, accord¬ ing to otficials here.
Prohibition officials are    trying    to verify  a  raport  tbat  a  syndicate  of New    York    liquor    trafflckera    are) planning to purchase a large number! of  wooden  ships  for  uae  as  floating' bars al    lalong    the    Atlantic    coast Haynes admited that if the ships were placed under    foreign    registry    and anchored uiiLside the three mile litplt be would be unable to molest them.
It   is   undaratood   the   New   York liquor  men  are  to  bid on   the  hun¬ dreds  of  wooden  vessels offered  for sale by the V. S. shipping board. Sensation   Promised
Pensacola, Fla.. July 23 -SUrMIng disclosures concerning » cigantic whiskey smuggling syndicate along the Atlantic coast were promised here tonight.
Captain Andrew Kelly, flned $50 in court here today for having baen aboard a liquor smuggling vessel, de¬ clared he would divulge information during lh« »!arly part of fhe coming week tlutl would indicate to what tre¬ mendous proportions liquor traffick¬ ing along the coast had grown. He refu.sed  to  tell  his  story   tonight.
Kelly was arrested whan the schooner C-jrlew waa captured off Port St. Joe Thursday. The Curlew had aboard  250  cases  of booze  that
sheltered  coves    and    inlets.    Thesa ihad been brought from the Bahamas.
Plan New Effort To Increase Rent
New "i'ork, July 23.-There Is every indication, .iccording to preat;nt developments in the rental Mituatluii here that rents in New 'York proper will bo maintained at their present high level and In some oases raised duiing the com¬ ing fall and winter.
There has been a certain amount of building during the laat threa months but not enough to keep pace with the gain in population or to relieve congestion.
The number of i»eople out of the city during the summer vacation period has eased the situation con¬ siderably at present, but the usual October congestion, with many families dispossessed from tbeir summer sub-leases and actually unable to flnd a new shelter, is ex¬ pected.
f^relimlnary notices already is¬ sued liotifying /lenants of con¬ templated raises of rentals inrlcate there ia no hope of an early im¬ provement of the housing situa¬ tion.
The rental laws enacted by the legislature have had little effort on high rentals. The opinion is ex¬ pressed in many quarters tbat at the next session the laws will eith¬ er be repeael or amended.
MINERS REJECT THE ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBER O'DONNELL; INCREASES OF DUES DEFEATED
BY POM CHOICE
Drive For New Recruits Urged As Substitute—Salary Do¬ nations Are Announced
CONVENTION ADJOURNS
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smuggling veasela are of shallow draft and can go cloae to the shore. The .Navy's sub-chaaers, it ia pointed out, are swifter than most of the ves¬ sels that can be usrtl by the smug¬ glers.    Also lhey could go into water
  ¦ a.s shalow as the smugglers.
i     Booze smuggled    info    the    United   dered destroyed.    It was after the as- DeClareS     He     Will    Call    Out ^ ^^¦*'*''' ^^°^ Cajiada    and    the   -We-st! sessmem  of the  fine that Kelly  said
Captain J. Ij. M'undon. O'wner of the vessel, was flned |500 today. Mundon commanded the vessel while Kelly was a board as a guest.
The   Curlew   was   ordered   confls¬ cated by the <itate and the liquor or-
State Militia to Keep Off the County Sheriff
CLAIMS INNOCENCE
' Indes  now constitutes the chief sup- ; he would talk.
IN A RELIEF PLAN
Chicago.    July    23.—Chicago    feted the   indicte.i   f.overnor  of   Illinois  to¬ night.    I.#n  Small, dodging arrest on charges- of juggling millions in State I funds and pocketing the interest, was I , the chief speak'^r .-it one of the big- |
....,.,    ,„...,^   .ind   fhe   I'resident! K'^'^t   iK)litlcal    rallies    ever     held     ini
enlarged on his pet iheorv that most i •"^'•^>'"-  Tlion.pson's   stronghold.     The: p^cmerS   and   TranSPOPtatlOn pwple   overeat,   staling   that   he   haa I ^»°^'''''n*»-     was    .heered    for     thirty ..... „ -x-
gone   for   live   davs   without   eating. | """»<•'''   ^^^n   he   protested   his   in- —...-j--.       .-       n *.
taking only  water. nocence.
Bis'iop Anderson. Cincinnati, joined' The Covernor, surrounded by a th'- gnuip and began reading a book.t bodyguard of huskies, told his ad- H.irding listened attentively a« didj berenfs at fhe Kepublican picnic fhat Hi-nry   Kord.   his   son   l-^lsel,   Edison i he  waa   innocent  of any  wrongdoing
Calls Congressman Liar and is Quickly Hustled Out of Hearing Room
DISOWNS HIS FAMILY
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Included    in   Proposition Given to Administration
and  Firestone.
IjHter .some uf tbe party look a nap • m 'he urass. Harding n>ok a ahort nap. wbile Henry Kord, hitching up line Ilf Ins own cars, drove lo the vil¬ lage store. alKitit a half mile away.
.\ variety of camp eqiiipment waa proxnded l*t H. A. f'Srestone and Henry Kord. A |K>rtable lighting system IS included. The men sleep in sniull tenl^«, tii-reened with mos(|uito ne'.-iii^. wliile wafer is bruughl frum .-I  ne^irb)   stream.
Piesidenl Harding rode horseback f'id.-i> for the rtrst time since boyhood while spendina the week-end at a ia:ni> jn tli< .Maryland hills. Henry l-'iud. Kdsel Kord and other men in the iart\ except Kdison and Bishop .•Vnderson eHnteretl akmg wilh the I'residfnt.
Previously Harding and Ford walk- e.l to the vlllngo stor*. a half mile distant from the camp, where the I'resident telephf>ned the White House to inquire if Mrs. Harding was f«eliiig well enough fo join the party tomorrow. Mrs. Harding, it was learned, felt the trip would prove foo great an exertion.
Un fhe 'v»'ay to the store Harding met three barefoot village children. Hc togged them .along with him lo the store and t>oug(|t them candy.
nd branded (Jeneral Brundage, his political foe, who .secured fhe indict¬ ments, as a "character  assassin."
CASH AND CREDITS
Preliminary Conference Not Desired    by    America- Hughes Considers Plans
TOKIO.PREPARES NOTE
Washington.     July     23.—President Harding's formal call for the    great
Washington.   July   23.—Billions   of Said the (Governor of Illinois lo the ! "Iollars of credit for the farmers and people of Chicago: I railroads of the eountry are Involved [ Powers of the world to meet in n dls-
-ri,i„    _.»,«i»    .u •    .  J • in  a   so-called   "administration   pl.xn ', ¦I'tnament  and  Pacific  conference  in
This    whole    thing    was    started   ^^^    relieving   both  .'Agriculture    and.'n'a--hington. will be is.-ued some time when. In pursuance of my campaign .; transportation from their preaent dif- i next week. It was predicted in ofricial pledge of economy. I trimmed the ap- j fjcullics which was preaented to many   quarters here tonight proprlation of fhe attorney general's   members  of the  Senate  today.
Theplan in briefs Is to give the war
"I have defied the moneyed in¬ terests of. fhe state and the indict¬ ment  was fheir answer.
"I am innocent of any wrongdoing."
Oovernor  Small,   on   the  advice   of
his attorneys,  has refused to submit
to arrest  on the ground it  would  be
By fhe end of next week it is con¬ fidently expected here the    following
finance    corporation     broad    powers : questions will have been cleared  up, and a large su mof money to j leaving the road clear for the formal
1.    Finance   export    and   domestic j call for the Washington conference.
Washington. July ^3—Violence was narrowly averted at the House Berg¬ doll investigating committee earing today when Representative John.son, i Kentucky, mae a rush for Charles A. America*"" ' ^'¦O"". Philadelphia, brother ot ¦ Grovrt- Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy slai-ker.
Several men and Johnson's wife struggled with the Congressman and prevented  an  attack.
As the I--suit or a. series of cro.ss questions in which Johnson charged Braun with seeking to evade ques¬ tions and not telling fhe truth, the witness (Braun) finally 8b<3ut«d at the Congressman:
"Vou're a liar".
Johnson, standing about six feet away, started toward Braun In an instant. As the Congressman did so he put his hand down toward the right hand posket of his trousers.
The room was crowded with .spec-
sales of accumulated food stuffs, cot¬ ton and live stock and all agricul¬ tural  products.
2. Enable the railroads fo get-back j ceipt of a communication from a surrender nf fhe governor's power*"" their feet by providing credit and , Tokio governm |' agreeing to lo Ihe state judiciary. ialso by funding their debt to the gov-j proposed  diaus.-iion    of Pacific
The sheriff nt Springfield threat¬ ened to call out a sheriff's posse if Covernor Small does not surrender Tuesda>.     Small   will   call   the   *""1^ ' for a hii
«*me of J.")00,000.000 or more,  to pay ' and Secretary of State Hughes
V.,. .1, _        .u ..    .. , ^      , '     J—Differences of opinion that have
i^l'lr^'hlwar"''"'''"'^'^*""-!?--''''''^   between   Washington   and
militia  if molested  by  fhe sheriff.
Abraham I... Small is a hanker far- j ihe trausportation lines sum.s clairned mer   whose   home   is   in   Kankakee. Ills.    Following  several  terms  in  the
1—The question which has arisen over Japan's participation in the conference will be setfle.l by fhe re-
the the and
ernment on  "ea«iy terms. " | Far Eastern questions, possibly with
By   Including  the   railroads   in   the   reservations,   but   still  virtually    ef-
credit plan, it was stated, the admin-; f*'Cting Japan's  complete acceptance
istration hopes to avoid the necessity! of fhe invitation sent to the    pow<>rs
ge direct appropriation at this   two weeks ago hy President Harding
Wilh the presentation of the report of the district   tellers of the election held on  June 9, showing fhat   insur¬ gents captured all the ofllces in Dis- ; trk:t No. 1 wi&h the exception of dis- i trict  board  member in  the  Scranton | inspection district, the ninetenth an- I nual convention of miners of District j No.    1,    TTnltf^d     Mine    Workers    of! America,  held  In  Y.  M.  C.   A.   audi- ! torium,   came   to   a   close   last   night I after 7 o'clock.    The convention was ! one   of   the   stormiest   and    bitterest i ever conducted by the miners of Dis¬ trict   No.   1  and  at  times during the | early  part of  the week  assumed  the proportions  of  a   clash  when   dozens I of delegates would attempt  to  voice ; their    opin' jns    while    tbe    president' used his gavel continuously in an ef-| fort   to -Tilm  the convention. j
With the exception ef the defeat ¦ of Peter O'Donnell of East End for the office of district board member; or »tlie fourt-i inspection district, I comprising the Wilkes-Barre section,; the vote of fhe tellers showed no dif- ; ference in thc new officers elected. than unofficially announced follow- ; ing the tabulation on .lune \H. The I defeat of Mr. O'Ddnnell and the elec- ', tion of .loseph Weiss of Nanticoke • occurred yesterday afternoon when a ; contest resulted after fhe tellers sub- ) mitted their report of ihe fourth: district showing that Peter O'Don¬ nell had been elected as board mem¬ ber.
The report of the tellers showed! that Peter O'Donnell had received 1756 votes and that Joseph Weiss, hisi nearest opponent, and the contestant.' h;id received 1396 votes. When a' motion was miide fhat the report ofi fho fellers be adopted as aubmltted | Mr. Wei<.«» and his follower-; arose to [ demand a contest of fhe election of| .Mr   O'Donnell.
Contest   Inaugurated
The first proiest against the report i of the  tellers was  made  by  delegate! Womelsdorf.  of  Local  400, of Wana-; mie.    In    making    thoir    report    the' tellers   announ.'cd   that   the   vote   of| local  No.  400  was  not ^counted as  it! was received af the district offices too i late in accordarice with the constitu-l tion   of Distric t 1.     John   Bowman.) chairman   of   fie   fellers,   announced: that the law says thai returns of ani election   must   ue  mailed   to  the  dis-j trict  office   at   'east   within   one   day after the election, and that fhe enve¬ lope containing  fhe return.-? from the Wanamie local  was postmarked June 11,   which   was   two   days   after   the' election.
THE OFFICIAL CO
PRESIDENT 1st D.        2d D.          3d D. Brennan,   Scranton   ..... 3,60«       2,2<tVk        7.6&4H
Grlffitha.   Scranton   ....       2S          SSO                i%
VICE PRESIDENT
lat D.     id  D.       3d n. Isaacs.   Wllkes-Barre..     704        1.K2           7,:'a5S4 Dworchak,   Plymouth..   1,024        1519^           842 Collina,   Nantlcoke        ,  a.SO»          913              445 Uood,   Warrior   Run...     343          340              I3g
SECRETARY.TREASURER
lat  D.      3d   D.        3d  D. E.  Winiams,  Taylor   ..     904        t,2«3           7.76H
Mack,   Kingaton    3,738       2,048              f>hiM
Gordon, Forty  P'ort  ...     134            19              201
.McCue,   Pittston           69             55               173
A.  Williams.  Nanticoke      24            39                73
E^och Williams'  pluralitv   	
———————— V
VNT
4th D.     Total
¦1.1%-i       i.V9:;o
2,882          8,237
214          1.001
73             670
 -. acta
4th  D.
1,367
1.TT8
1.905
387
4th   D.
2.41.S
2.543
1.37 98
245
INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER
lst  D.      2d   D.        3d  D.          4th  D.
Yannis.   Pittston         480        1,4144        S.;07\4           4«<»
Reap,   Olyphant     3,475        1.639              -59            1099
Davis,    Wilkcs-Biirre..     420           $24^           4I7Vt        2.43(>
Thornton,   Parsons      296           864            1,416               SJO
Carne.    Wilkes-Bnrre..        36            147                  79                49g
BOARD MEMBERS. First Inspaction  District. John Boylan. Scranton   ...2603
John F. Marion. Archbald.. 1962 Ralph  Muto.  Throop              331 William P. Murnlng. Vand-
Wllllam Trace.  Alden   .. Bernard   Novack.   Di.-kiK) City   	
Anthony .!. Franey. Scrar
Harrison     Cann,    Wllken
Total
!0.53s4 6.948^ 4.3^74 1,1(8
Total
t3.;j4n
8.900 ^ 491 399 377
4,439^
Total
8 891 6.472 S.H92 2,896 760
2,419
.1550 n
-
-
Boylan's plurality     643
Sacond  Inspection District.
James Gleason, Scranton. .32.i0 Garfield Lewis, Old Forge. 1233»4
Oleason's plurality 3016Vi
Third Inspection District.
John Ruane, Pittston 6752f4
William  Moran, Duryea  . .  709^ .lohn   I.ukowiak,   Hudsor . .   468 William   .Mulderig,   Inker- man      39
John Mekilis, I<uzema»... 420^
lators. including many women. There was a wild ru.-ih for the door. Repre¬ sentative Peters, Maine, chairman of the commitiee, and Representative Flood and Luhring grabbed Johnson. His wife rushed in front of him, pleading,  "Ben, Ben, don't, don't."
Major Bruce Campbell, charged by Mrs. Bergdoll with accepting a $5,000       i,p,eg„t„  Womelsdorf  quoted   from bribe and another officer ru.shed and j ,j,e  constitution  of  the  distri*  that
Ruane's plurality    6043
Fourth Inspection District.
Peter    O'Donnell,   Wilkea- Barre  ..12««
Joaeph Weiss, Nanticoke. .1760 J. P. Driscoll, Plymouth ..1188 Thomas Moran. Ashley ...1019
Wei.ss plurality   483
Auditors. Sam     Abromovage.     Exe¬ ter' 727 Hfc
Peter Reilly, Inkerman ...7014 Martin Battle. Carbondale..5376 Hugh Gildea, Old Forge.. .4459t,i Joseph Healey, Jessup —3873 John E. Brown, Ashley.. .3779 Reese Jones. Scranton . -3187 Anthony Shamis, Ed¬ wardsvllle  3715
John Baluh. Plymouth 2318
John    E.    Cooper,    Plym¬ outh    20404
Adam Briski, Glen Lyon. ..1772 George      PerT>',      Wllkes- Barre   1619
Barre   \UA
Adam    Vesnesky,    Dickson
<'ity 1164
Chris   Chekonosky.    Braa-
lau   1054
The three auditora elected are Sa.m Abromovage, Peter Reilly and Martin Battle.
Tellara. Joaeph    F.    I.Mkasik,    Du-
poni 8094
Joe Kapinsky,  Inkerman...7956 Michael    McGulre,    Scran¬ ton .-iUS
.Michael Carey, Archbald. .5067 Wm. liobashinsky. Wllkes- Barre   3»U
Ed. i. Mulcohrone. Scran¬ toa   3451
Louis      Davla.      Wilkes  -
Barre   )M8
Tboa.  D.    Thomas.  Nanti¬ coke    28864
Sflcbael B. Campbell. Wil¬ kes-Barre   2877
John Murray, Minooka  ...2359
Eugene Flynn. Ashley 1582
•\nthory     Kubelus,  Scran¬ ton      1771
George fJreene.  ."-'cranton . . 1551 Morris   Haggerty. Carbon¬ dale    1587
Samuet     Bowden.    Scran¬ ton     999
Sam. J. Srhillinde, Plain.-«- ville      983
The three tellers elected are Jos«»ph F. Lukusik. Joe Kapinsky and .Michael Mcf;uire.
aided the congressmen in restraining JohiisoTi.
legislature,   when    he   trailed   along
he was held. _      , ....     J    .        , Afier Johnson atarted toward him.
This it was nointed o„t to «n.t«- I ^'¦*^°". .^Y^e^   <he  desire  of  some  of i graun sat cooly and    calmlv    m the with fhe Old Ix^rlmer machine. Small I woTi'd ¦g^^flv^ervrthe  pubuf a^ Bnt.sh   dom nion   premiers   now   ..,,;, ,, „,,,pf,j ^..^^^ ,,,    ^,^.
joined hands with Mayor Thompson,   prehen.^lon which has ll^encaus^ by   '""^"^^^^^^ '<^^   «'"^««'--  «ergeant-at-arma
political   dictator   of   fhe   stale,   and I expectation  of this  half billion  pav- T** '*"'^'"*'* after November to hold a   of the House, to relieve the   tension
' "ioivii  pa.   I preliminary conference in Tjondon on
Th-    .......ol  nr ,.  ..i»nn ,.i«v..r   i..<:t    ^a.". elected treasurer and then chief I m^nf to the railroaijs, the request for   r''^'^''  *"     T,      "      "
bJore d nne    hv.ned  up Tl^Te'   U        ""-cutive. ' 131.0,000.000 for   the' 'shipping    board ^'''' ^'•'"'^ '^"<' ""• ^-*»»«"' Questions,
before dinner  lut nea up tne    |.art>. .,_^j    Senator    Penrose's    pessimistic!     Theee conferences will be eliminat-
Harding wa.s an onlooker a. an    at-I     j, i, .-uimitted that the continuance ^ g.a.ement that it would  ntil  be pos-   ed   by   an   agreement   between   Lord temp,   by a .vounger member of    the. of the  Thompson to effect    much    reducUon   In   Curzon,    British    foreign    secretarA-,
PMit\,  Mrs.  Harvex   Hrestnne, Jr., to t depends upon bow Small ai-quUs him- i ,_^„_ j .l    j      .  . f »="»•.•.
teR.>,  Henry  Kurd a now dance step, j self  in  the  pre.sent  scandal .taxes. jand the dominion premiers, to accept
Kord wan a dull pupil and    gave    up j     Small ami Thompson Were closeted the aflenipl  after a  few trials.
.\» dusk settled down lh« party gathered around the camp tire and discussed memories of the dinner whiih included Irish stew and corn on the cob.
tK?fore    and    after    the picnic after
I Eugene Meyer. Jr.. director of thei Ihe position of theiAmerican govern- I war finance corporation, spent most I ment that there be one complete con- jof the day at the capitoi laying the I ference in Waahington and the do- I plan   bofoie   senators.     Meyer's  sug-1 minion   premiers   so   adjusting   their
WHISKEV   CONSPIRACY Kansaa Cli.\. Mo.. July 23 -Charges thai   a   $1,000,000   liquor   trust   with headquarters   at   Pittsburgh.   Pa.,   is
about ciiy hall foil- | Kesti"" included one that the Norris | affairs to allow the Washington cory- wow were that Small ' *'"' PPn<l>ns before the Senate be' ference {o be held not later than some V  in  ("hic.Tiro for the i ai^^^nded to    meet    the   proposals   he: H»t« in Vn,/««,Kon  nrr^Kohia irmi. i,.^
shipping liquor by the carload to allimatter thrown before the Cook county larger cities of    the    Cnited    .<:tate.'<. j'"'""'•¦'•
.\itorney
which  Small  spoke,  holding a t-oun
cil of war ag:iinst  Iheir political en
emies.    Rumors
owing fhe pow
intended  to .stay in  ("hicago for the | *'"*'"°'^" ^^   "^^^^   the   proposals   nei date in November, probable Armis ».>e
next several days,  thus escaping the   outlined.     Norri.s'   bill   as   it   stands'-
Jurisdiction   of     Sangamon     county   creates   a   corporation   just   like   the
courts. I w-ar finance   corp»ration   empowered
The warrant  which  is to be srved i *° ""^  $1000.000.000 of    the    govern-j      Secretary  Hughes  is  known  to  be
Tuesday would then be sent lo sher- | men's   ca.<!h   and   credit  to  buy  agri-! an.rious to i.-^sue fhe formal invitations
cultural  products and sel  Ithem. and, or call for the conferences as soon as l*^_I'^ir..i."r."?*'" ''"""'"*' ^**'* •" ^x-1 possible in order to have fhe confer¬ ence  virtually an  accomplished fact.
Day, the eleventh.
Bar Conferences.
iiff Peters of Chicago and  the whole
wero made hero by chief of police Kdwards. Tha charge followed arrest of four men alleged lo have been making deliveries uf bottled in bond whiskey.
HALTS   ARMY   DISCHARGES
Washington. July 23.—Sfcretary of War Weoks announced today that he h.id issued an -V'Jer stopping all dis¬ charges from the army. This was done to enable officials to give con¬ sideration to the flood of applica¬ tions    for    discharges    which    have
swampad the War Department  since   lost her footing and fell over thXface the I.rder to  reduce the size of    the , of a cliff, landing on a macadamized
General Brundage in a statement tonight det-lared he knew no rea.son w-hy the <Iovernor should not submit to arrest.
"I don't believe there is .i tendency on the pjirf of the Sheriff fo show dis¬ courtesy but Vi% do and will insist fhat the Governor stand trial."
GIRL  KILLED  BY   FALL
Saltsburg. Pa.. July 23.—Miss Kdith Kurtz, aged 19. member of a promin¬ ent Pittsburg family, was killed near here t<'-day, when in i limbing a mountain with a party of frieni^p she
arm.\'  went  Into  effect, plained.
Weeks    ex-    iriad   fO broken.
port markets.
Cash  and Credit
Meyer's plan is to confide this duty to the war flnance corporation, which, he pointed out to senators, already is organized as to industrial matters for just that sort of business and to amend tho bill to include railroads as well as fiirmera. This, of course, would require a tremendous in- iise of c.ish a nd credit, so fhat it is crease in the authorization for the estimated, if the Me.ver plan went through, the flnance corporation would control credits and cash of 32,000,000,000 or more.
Meyer  saw  Norris.  Kenyon,  Pom-
feet   below.    Her   neck  waa   erene.  McCormick  and  many others.
NORTHCLIFFE THINKS IRISH PEACE MA Y RESUL T FROM NEGOTIA TIONS
New 'Vork, July 23.—Viscount NorthcUrfe, .-vrriving here today on tha Aqultania enroute to Australia and the ir^r East, declared he be¬ lieved the Irish peace negotiations ¦xnere 'going very well.' He added that there might he more flghting batween fhe factions in Ireland, as " a quarrel Uial has lasted 700 years won't be settled in seven days.
As for the propoaed Washington d'iaaramamant conference. North- cUlfe believes It is of the utmost im¬ portance and in this connection pointed  out  tbat  Britain already    i«
the peace estimate of January 1914, and the army of the entire empire totals only 350,000 men. This in¬ cludes territorials and all.
Northcliffe wants fester travel fa¬ cilities between England and the do- j minions. The trip from England to I '^*""'' °" Australia^ he said, could be made in ten days by dirigible. He is conduct¬ ing .i campaign to have Britain's miliiary dirigibles used for experi¬ menting in long distance flightt, rather than having them dismantled.
After a few  days    in     New     York,
disarming to some extent. Many war- | Northcllffe will go to Toronto and lihipa have beea laid up. hc said, the i thenca to Vancouver, B. C- where be «Mry iiMsiiiiBil baUtff   lO.OM   beiow sails.
members of the Senate agricultural "bloc" who are opposed to the plan. They want the Norris bill to go through the way it is. They want It as a "monument' 'to show that Con¬ gress really did something for the I'armer. But fhey were told that, un¬ less they agreed to modifications, the bill is in dinger of defeat in the Sen¬ ate by a massing of administration strength and, if not defeated there, would almost certainly be vetoed by President Harding.
It was brought out during the dis¬ cussion that Secretary Mellon is at a vast "refunding" plan which involves not only the 31,000,- 000,000,009 owed by foreign govern- menta but $2,000,000,000 f. S. short 'time obligations and billions in lib¬ erty bonds. Arrangements for paying a soldier bonus are in contemplation in the working out of this plan, it was stated.
and .so as lo .avoid a multitude of ex¬ changes between Washington and other capitols over details of the conference which might develop into long drawn out negotiations on dif- (Continued on  Page 4)
in the room, rushed Braun out into the corridor. As Braun, who is built on Jack Demps'ey lines, reached the door, a little man rushed up to him and said: "Id like to get my hands on you're brother."
Braun Is Ejected
Braun, retaining his composure, made no r.>spoiise. Tho siirgeant-at- ' arms ordered a policeman to take the man out of the capitoi. Braun then was taken to the sergeaiit-at-arms office and shortly afterwards told to return fo I'hiladelphia as soon as pos¬ sible.
.lohnson may tr>- to have Braun brought before tbe bar of the House for contempt.
The dispute between Johnson and Bruuii arose out of the latter's fail¬ ure to tell the congressman just how his wife and children, now vacation¬ ing in the Pocono mountains in Pennsylvania, could be reached be¬ fore he could communicate with them. (Continued on Page 4)
returns of am  election  muat be sent! votes counted.    An aye and nay vote
... ..    .      J  I. ..   T .. -J        ' ^y registered letter at least one day   waa taken but it was so clo-te that a
'1 cant stand It,' Johnson said as i f„iin_,in-, u_ cio„fi„„ „_Vi ,._„-i„„ ,.   . innen uui ii  wna ou Livy.-,c iu»v.
loiiowing ne election and produced a division was called for and a roll receipt from he postmistress at call was demanded. The next hour Wanamie .«:howiug that the letter wa.si^^g t^^gn yp jn ^ roll call on the placed in that post offlce on June 10.; amenament which was adopted by a He annouced thai he was unable toj vote of 242 to 155. explain  -why   th.;   envelope  was   po.it i "       tto     • *
marked June  11  other fhan  that  thei P*"*"* "* Ragistry
posfmisfres   being  unable   to  send   it       'When  this was completed.   'Joseph out of the offlce on June  10 because   Weiss, delegate from local    1167.    of fhe fast train had departed, had kept   Glen Lyon and the contestant for the j it  there  and   msrked  it  for the  flrat   seat of Peter O'Donnell,    arose    and! mail on June II. I said  that the  returns from his  local;
There was mi;ch discussion on the | had been thrown out by tb"; tellers request of Delegate Womelsdorf that | becau.se fhey were not received in in   all   falrne.ss   to   the   members   of   the district office until June 11.    Mr.
Ijocal 400 the vot" of that local should be counted; the administration forces opposing such a request and the In¬ surgents demanding that it be grant¬ ed.
Late Mail Responsible While   the   discu.ssion   was   at   Its height Delegate Thornton of Parsons
fJood admitted that the envelope carrying the returns was stamped on June 11 bul aaid that the letter wa.s registered in the Glen Lyon postoffice at 5:10 on the afternoon of June 10. Mr. Weiss presented an affidavit from the postmaster of   Olen    Lyon, • j     ¦ ^
that the envelope containing the ra- ! carried with only
gained recognition of the preaident! turns from local 1167 waa deposited and intimated th:it the receipt show- | there on the afternoon gf June 10 ing the letter Ihad been registered in land presented a letter from the post- Wanamie   postoffice on June   10  had 'master of Glen Lyon and the record-
DE VALERA TAKES PEACE PROFFER TO SECRET SESSION OF FOLLOWERS
Dublin,   July   23.—Ireland's   peate
conference will begin Monday. Defi¬ nite arrangements were made to¬ night for placing the British govern¬ ment's peace suggestions before the Dail  Eireann  on  that  date.
According to all lindications to¬ night the progress will be a leisurely one. "President" De Valera on Mon¬ day will formally read in secret ses¬ sion Premier Lloyd George'a proffer. There may be some debate, but that is doubtful. Those Dail Eireann members who are at llberiy are be¬ lieved to be well informed on the contents of the offer.
feeling was mixed, however, with aome apprehension over the course of the Sinn Fein parliamefit. The people have been assured that if the peace negotiations are broken off it will mean war with the British and war to the death.
Britain's war plana have been cir¬ culated freely and have impressed the Irish as being the most repres¬ sive measures ever contemplated by any government.
Dublin for the first time in two years was enjoying peace aa a re¬ sult of the negotiations. Cinemas kept open   until   long  after the  for-
I mer curfew houra, meetings met with Other  sessions  are  to  follow  that j „(, interference and soldiers no longer of Monday.    Within  two    weeks De   talked the streets bearing the men- Valera is expected to return to Lon- 1 ^pp qj arms.
don with word that the offer is not j n ^as a great relief for the Sinn entirely satisfactory. The chief con- ] peiners and they hopo It will con¬ cern of the Dail Eireann, it appeared j tinue. At the same time Sinn Fein- tonight, is to so couch its refusal ers generally clung to the belief that that the British government will not   ,j.p iri^h Republican army has van-
hesitate to continue conferences with the Irish leader.
Dublin    reflected    the    joy    which spread throughout southern    Irelana viien the txuce vas declared.   This *
quished fhe Britisih forces. They flrmly declared that the British have no desire for further conflict with its deadly accompaniment of ambush and train vreck.
been obtained since that day in an effort to off.set th- report of tho tell¬ ers that fhe envelope was marked June 11, and for ihat rea.son tha vote 1 was thrown out.
Delegate Enoch Williams of Tay¬ lor, insurgent leajier, took exception fo the remark of Delegate Thornton .-ind said that the registered mail re- ¦ ceipt presented by M. Womelsdorf ! should be enough evidence for the convention to ord-^r that the vote be counted. Mr. Williams said that he knew of a letter containing returns of the vote of a local union having been posted at Kingaton on June 18, but that it must have arrived in the district headciuart-rs at Scranton on June 11. as the vote of that local union was included In the report of the tellers.
On consent of President Collins. Delegate Loughrey of Pittston asked Delegate Enoch Williams If It was not customary for the postoffice clerks lo put the registered letter stamp on envelopes at the same time it is put on receipts, but he received no answer. Mr. Loughrey contended that inasmuch es the registered stamp on the enve'ope containing the returns of the Wanamie local was dated June 11 and the stamp on the receipt waa dated June 10, that some¬ thing was wrong -n some ;jlace and urged that the report of the tellers be adopted.
At this point Enoch Williams made a amendment that the motion to con¬ cur in the raport of the tellers for the fourth inspection .'listrict be held in abeyance until all iocals which could sho wev-idence thiit their returns were registered oh June 10 could pre¬ aent the evidence   and   bave   tbeir
ing secretary of local 1167 in line with tbe affidavit. He was unable lo produce the receipt for the piece of registered mail announcing that the recording secretary of the local had lost it.
Following tbia Mr. Weiss made charges against the election tKiard of local 1689 of this city charging that fraudulent returns had been made to the district office and the tellers from this local. Mr. Weiss said that on the night of the election he went to tbe voting place of this local and that thn returns at tbat time gave Driscoll flve vote; O'Don¬ nell sixty-eight votes; Moran sixteen votes; and Weiss twenty-two votes. When the returns were aent to the district office Mr Weiss charged that instead of crediting Peter O'Donnell wilh sixty-eight votes he wa.-i credit¬ ed with 321 votes, about 200 mora votea than were caat in the locaL
Election Raversad To prove his (harg> .-4. Mr. Weiss called John Kepaakey. flnanclal sec¬ retary i>f local 1168, who testifled that 119 votes were .^st by m»-mb«ri-s of that local on fhe day of the election I und reading from his iluplirate tally sheet announcwl that the vut^M were dlstribufed as follow.s' Ilri.scoll flve; O'Donnell sixty-eight; - Moran six¬ teen, and Weiss twenty-one. The testimony of Mr. Kepaakey was a.ih- Htanliated by .lacob Slrpher.s, preai¬ dent of local union 16S9, who said that 119 votes had been <ai8t on eU"c- tioii day and that he hud warned offi¬ cers of the local against making fraudulent returns.
On  the strength  of thia    evidonr-ib
En.M-h Wi'liams made a motion that
the vote of local  16«)!« b« thrown out
• and that the votes .>f locals 4'»0 and
[ 1167  bo counted.    The    motion    whs
u few    dissenting
votes.
The official retuma of the three lo¬ cals were sent for and after aome time the tellers announced their re¬ vi.sed report of the vote in lh< Four.h Inspection Watrict. After ihruwing out the vole of Local 1689 and adding the votes of Lin-ais 4o0 and 1167 the tellers reported :i total of 1750 votes cast for Juseph Wei^a and 1268 vot»>s for Peter O'Donnell and declared Weias ele(!ted distri. t bonT'\ member by a plurality of 482. The original report of the tellej-s credited Peter O'Donnell with 1756 votes and .lo¬ seph Weisi; with 1396 votea and if it had been adopted without a contost Mr. O'Donnell would ahve been de¬ clared a winner with a plurality of 360 votea.
Defeat Dues Increase. Yesterday was the most strenuous d;^ of the convention since its open¬ ing laat VIonday. Session:) were atarted yeaterday morning and with the exception of an hour's reccaa at (Continued on Page 4)
MILLIONS ASKED OF GOVERNMENT
MAYBE CUT IN HALF BV USKER
Washington. July 23.—A small army of accountanta prere busily at¬ tacking the files and vouchers of the United States Shipping Board to¬ day in search for clues to the board's "unknown Ua-bilities."
Theae liabilities are estimated as high as $50,000,000 in addition to the "known" liabilities announced by chairman Lasker to be 1300,040,000. These are composed of claims by Marine operators and shipbuilding companies against the board.
The object of the aocountiuits' tamste
'A
is to bave all evidence placed before tbe new claims board before it is cailtA upon lo pass oa any of the claims. The claims I :>ard is expected to convene here next week under the chairmanship of J';dge Waller D. Meals.
Lasker holds tbat «any of tha claims are padded and that th» $SAi>,- 000.000 will melt about iO per c-jat when subjected to judicial scrutiny.
If false or padded claim:* are tf^t oovarad, proaecutions may reaaU.