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?ox Men Deny
padding Crowd
For Ceremony
?100 Reward Offered for
Proof That Attempt Was
Made to Increase Size
of lhe Marion Delegation
Harding Has Quiet Day
Refrains From Discussing
Political Issues Await?
ing Speech of Rival
Prom n Staff Correspondent
MARION'. Ohio, Aug. 6.?Awaiting
?'-p acceptance speech of his rival. Gov?
ernor Coif, to-morrow, Senator Warren
G. Harding refrained from any further
discussion of campaign issues to-day
voted himself to receiving callers
rranging for visits of additional
tions to his front porch. He
Columbus for a game of
afternoon.
?v! '.. a heated controversy
-. ;,? hi re between the Republican and
Democral : rganizations. It began when
; ' n ?moeratic committee, arranging for
the Marion delegation to attend the
Cox nol ceremonies at Dayton,
; $100 reward for proof of the
charge made at Harding headquarters
'? .-.? ?rl free transportation had
' been off? ; ' ncrease the size of the
gation. Railway employees
traveling on passes arc not included in
tier, * '.?-as said.
ral in.? isted they are con
:. delegation to resi?
ts hei I arc not bringing in per
. places.
- ? ? tl fi dlowing adver
Marion Tribune," a
i tic newspaper here :
dollars reward will be
? ? f .isl ing proof to
show I person connected with
Dei ? ratic national, state or
untj committees, or the committee
to arrange for a special train to
dire :tly or indirectly,
T.r'.") free transportation to
ary member of the delegation making
? , tri] ' Dayton Saturday. This does
ti railway employees travel
', ing on passes
"COMM E \ ARRANGEMENTS."
also made the follow?
ing ntai j statement :
rther - ..-? ; by the commit
? tions ma ir at Repub
-. arters and published in
the effect that rep
? . hboring counties
-, . . ? arge the Marion
bsol : ely untrue and
indation. We are not striv
degation of 2,000 or
; other ??articular number,
and ' ? committee knows
t be a man or woman
. the ; legal ion who is not
i : t ?' ? n County."
Mari in Steam Shovel
.... ? ? irg< -' industrial estab
repi rted that union
havi appeared in Ma?
to unionize
h conducted as an
has ' ?? ti said the or
? ? -, Marion to
itor Hai ding, i'i iends of
7 Pn lential
crd in unionizing his
iarion Star" newspaper office many
fi ?- ; t -1- " r.
ig, during a conversa
E. Fitch, seen I irj
? Pa. - Letter Carriers'
-. il leciared hi . awake to
t. nation L posl . em
; that they will have full
? ? ..- ted.
Hard ai).' Speaks in Phonograph
Si :.- ; made ;. number if
? nogra] 7 recording
pi . ? '
ptam - - other ad
touch i i ? . ? ? ? ? i N a -
g, taxation
the law. Th? rec
? ? all parts of the
in one ide and a
ing on the oth
addil ional enj ementa for
? -.-- ? f 7 legations to tht front porch
: ced, the first a delegation
ety Of American Indians on
No formal address is
A r to-n ght the Hardings had
waterm i -. the largest ever
.'?' :. n. It was sent by Walter
?. VVe ?therfoi ., Ti ?.. Mrs.
..? : ng -.'-,? him a noti of ' anks.
? ad
?' reports that Governor Coolidge's
was revised before
- ?.. ...? -...;. from, the
Mr. Harding received an early
? h, but had no changes
said at headquarters.
Eight More Dates Fixed
Ipr Harding Campaign
Nominee's .Vete Engagements
Extend From Next M o rular
to September 25, Inclusive
MARIi ?lug. 6.?Eight more
? Harding's front porch
ir wen anm unced to-day and,
his headquarters made
tioi th have
? ? , ? ? but have not
?
Tne dati ely set arc scattered
": '??'? next Moi laj to Sept. 25 and it
ost of those on the
"ting tuallj will be given
ivithin that period, leav
last month of the campaign
r juch speaking trips away front
"arior. as the candidate may decide to
take.
??ne delegations booked for definite
??ya are as follows :
1 '?:- . A ..- ? Re] r? sentatives of
Ai lerican Indians. Sen?
ator Hard ng does not expect to speak.
i Members of the
;. 7t.-r.-7 Association.
Ii an address by the
Aug. 18. The Lumber
? - of thi Marion dis
a p nie at a park here
Harding will attend, but
..? no speech.
?day, August 19 Members and
'"mer members of the Ohio General
fjsietr.bty. Senator Harding will de
'"?r?n address.
,^-urda;,-, August '?l Republicans
?'"???Lake County. Ind.
I ,Jr0nday? August .'in Republican Gov
'-?rs of several Western states. A
^f.ram o? addresses will be arranged
toB?*.wit^ conservation and develop
p;.,of .public resources.
tVn Sept< mber :" A delegation of
?? i ii of for? ign birth who
zed citizens. >.'o
nm m ci d.
tife. # 25 tepres? nta
.r,! "-' ''?" ? i i< an Defense Society.
otB;;!!: i ?""??<k
"Wi
engagements are being ar
^oher Flees Locked Cell
S?,ifJ',l*or,er? ?iv?'?J? the name of Louis
?? ? ?; ?'xteen, and held in the New
'8 hi- n ?n a charKe of having heroin
re??*rda eSS!on' escaPed f-?"01*? hl? "H
th? t,]fy' A deputy marshal found ?
?'?'>?. mgL 'r ]?cked but Masker was ,
Penrose Able to Enjoy Motor Ride
For the first time since his return from Florida. Senator Boies Penrose
took a motor ride through Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, on Thursday.
The picture shows his loss of weight, but he has a fine color, and says
he "feels great, and is ready to get back into harness."
C!ox to Take
League Fight
Froi?i Wilson
(Continued from page one)
; In addition. Democrats have not for- !
?gotten what California did for them i
| in 1916 and they have a predilection;
, for Western support.
The only definite dates so far entered
into by the speakers' bureau are the
Columbus address, August IT, and the
New York City address, August 28, to
bi lelivered at the NTew York Police
Department field day at Gravesend
ra.-track. Mr. (7.x has indicated that
he would like to accept an invitation to
. Iress the West Virginia Democratic
Convention at Wheeling August 14, but
party leaders hero do not believe the
t? ii. will be arranged, as Mr. Cox also
is being sought for New Englyand.
Leaders Flock to Dayton
Dayton was rapidly filling up to?
night with Democratic leaders and cam?
paign conferences were thick and furi?
ous. The outstanding topic of con?
versation, apparently, was the secret
portion of Cox's address to-morrow, the
two hundred words that he said he
: "t write until to-night or to?
morrow morning, and would not reveal
to any orte until the words were issued
from his mouth.
- ?'?? nal party leaders, of course, all
have been furnisl I wii copies of the
nominee's acceptanci address and know
just where he -\ bul not e\ en
George Whiti is said to know what sub?
ject will be touched upon in the mys?
terious two hundred words.
Speculation centered upon four topics
?the League of Kations, prohibition,
labor or the international situation.
The only reply that Cox had to-day
' to queries regarding the 200 words was
a smile. Once he added, "We feel cer?
tain wo will win in November."
White made it known to day that
Pacific ("oast headquarters, including j
. Rocky Mountain territory as far cas*: j
as 1 ?en?, er, will be estab ?shed in S : I
Francisco, under the command of Sen- i
ator Key Pittman, of Nevada. Si nati
Harrison, of Mississippi, am ounc? d that
pei ng 7:7 v. Ohio, West Virginia.
Illinois ,.nd Indiana in particular would
be considered for August, Senator
Walsh, of Montana, was appointed and,
has accepted the chairmanship of the j
Democratic Senatorial campaign com?
mittee, it also was made known.
The parade to-morrow will include ?
delegations from Indiana, Wesl Vir?
ginia and Pittsburgh. The parade will
be reviewed at the fair grounds by !
the Governor and then will disband
to hear the acceptance address.
The formal program is brief, includ?
ing only an' invocation by the Rev.
William A. IL.ie. of the R tformed
Church, Dayton; the notification speech
by Senati v Robinson, of Arkansas; th?
Cox add res ?? ai\d a born by t in
Rev. Fathur Martin Neville, of Holy
Angels Roman Catholic Church, Day?
ton. The presiding offici i w 11 be ,i.
Sprigg McMahon, local attorney, who is
chairman of the local committei on
arrangements,
Says Husband Used Clubs
To Keep House Divided
Wife of Gardiner C. G. Smith,
of Brooklyn. ?Charges He Hail
Threatened Her and Children
( 7 unsel for Gardi ne r C. G. Smith
mov ed for a bib f i arl iculai s yestci ?
day b ?' ore .1 i ?' ici S? idder, in the Su
!?:. tit.- Court, ! Irook lyn, in an act ion
t or sepai\*it ion filed i y M ra. Xi'?
: 7 lith, ' . - - i n A -,. . Brook?
lyn. Mrs Smith charges cruel and in?
human treatment. In her affidavit she
? a y s :
"The house we lived in was divided
into two parts. I-or long periods my
husband would live in one part, lock?
ing himself away front me and the
ch-ildren. My husband would keep
clubs at the door and when any one
approached his part of the house on an
? -,.,! I ? ? ?-.?.- uld rush to the il lor with
a club and threaten to strikt him."
?Justice Scudder reserved decision.
Fair Treatment for Jews
LONDON, Aug. 6. In an effort to
: pro?? c the relal bol w,?' n the
: nul the Jew -, the Polish Cabim :
i s i?,,.' ; g a specia I appeal to the
Polish nation that the Jews should be
? ! fairly, accoi di ng to a dispatch
from Warsaw. The appeal bears the
signature of all members of the presen!
cabinet, ,
Another circular issued by the Polish
Premier calls upon all officials to pro- ?
tccl all members of the community
?Against ill treatment. An order issued |
by the War Ministry to the military
force?-, orders the cessation of all ami- I
Jewish excesses.
Company Refuses
Gas for Balloons
Indianapolis Firm Gives
Fuel Shortage as Reason
for ISot Supplying Racers
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 6.?The Citi?
zens Gas Company, which supplies this
city with illuminating gas, will not
furnish gas for the national and inter?
national balloon races scheduled for
this city September 11 and October 13,
it was announced to-day.
In a letter to Theodore E. Meyers,
manager of the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, where the races are slated
to be held, J. Dorsey Forrest, president
of the gas company, said that his com?
pany was unwilling to furnish even
1,000 cubic feet of gas for the pur
po.-e contemplated under the present
condition of fuel shortage. He de?
clared the use of coal and oil for such
purposes would be "criminal."
Refusal of the company to furnish
gas to inflate the balloons is causing
much embarrassment to individuals
and foreign governments who expect to
compete, Major Charles J. (Hidden.
chairman of the Aero Club of America
racing committee, said last night.
Major Giidden said that Italy,
Ft tin. i? and Great Britain, as well as
the American government and many
individuals had counted on the Indian?
apolis supply. Thirteen cities, in?
cluding Los Angeles und Seattle, have
in?', n queried by the Aero Club in an
attempt to locate sufficient gas to in?
sure tile race;.
"Fight foreign entries for the inter?
na'tonal races will require 900,000
cubic feet of gas, while fifteen entries
in the national contest demand no less
than 1,200.000 cubic feet,-' Major
Giidden said.
Tammany to Turn Down
Two Justiees, Is Report
Renomination of Guy and Er
ianger Will Be Refused,
Say Politicians
Rumors that cannot be verified per?
sist in Tammany circles that Justices
Charles L. Guy and Mitchell L. Fr
langer, who are completing fourteen
year terms on the Supreme Court
bench, are to be denied a renomination
by the regular Democratic organiza?
tion.
The Bar Association has indorsed
these justices, as well as M. Warley
Platzek and Leonard A. Giegerich. In
spite of this Tammany men supposed
to know what is going on inside the
machine say that neither Justice Guy
t.or Justice Erlanger lias let his
mind run along with the Wigwam
powers in a manner to warrant tin? or?
ganization's i it dors. ment.
In addition to the justices named,
two others will finish fourteen-year
terms- Justices John Ford and Peter
A. Hendrick. The Bar Association has
not recommended these two.
Three oi Governor Smith's ap?
pointees, William T. Burr, Edward J.
McGoldrick and Edward J. Glennon,
are looking for regular nominations at
the hands ?if Tammany. In the Bronx
the organization Democrats are talk?
ing of ???strict Attorney Francis M.
Martin in place of Justice Glennon.
Justice Ford, while nominally a Re
!.. has freely criticised his party
and its leaders and the feeling in the
ii ican organization is said to be
'ar from friendly. He was elected to
tit.? benc qui! i largely by the assist?
ance of the il. .nst papers.
The defeat of Tammany last year
in lac ist Judicial District, whin Jus
tice Newburger was elected by the
.. publicans after he had been refused
a nomination by Tammany, was a
sharp reminder that TJ?hmany's grip
on the city is not what it used to be.
The Tammany executive committee is
scheduled to meet Monday night, at
which time it is expected the ??uestion
of ?he nomination of the justices will
be '. a ken up.
The Republican county executive
committee also will meet Monday night
to receive a report from its special
judiciary committee.
Major Morris Will Debate
League Issue With Hitchcock
CHICAGO, Aug. ?.- Chairmen of ai:
blic . .t.,;..- committees have been
i to national headquarters, Sen
.? tor Harry S, New, of Indiana, chair
raaii of the speakers' bureau, announced
to-day, to Jay plans for the speaking
campaign in each state.
Headquarters also announced that
Major Jackson Morris, former Assist?
ant Secretary of State, and not. Gover?
nor K. P. Morrow of Kentucky, woul?!
debate the League of Nations with Sen- ,
ator Gilbert M. Hitchcock at Winona
Lake, Ind., August 9. '
Fare Increase
Adds $250,000
To Cox Outlay
More Than Si.000,000 for
Railroad Tickets Alone
?Jad Been Estimated in
Democrats' Election Fund
Small Part of Total
Leaders Attack ?{epuhUcan
Extravagance, hut Keep
Silence on Own Plans
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Increased
railroad rates will cost the Democratic
National Committee just $250,000 more
han its experts bad figured the speak
ng campaign to elect. Cox and Roose
??H would total.
, This information, ?riven to the Trib?
une correspondcnl to-day in the course
of a casual conversation by one of the
ten working on this particular job for
he Democrats, gives the first concrete
dea of the magnitude of the campaign
dans. As the increase on stnaight
fares is only 20 per cent, it might, be
figured roughly that prior to the an?
nouncement of increases the Demo?
crats had counted on spending $1,260,
000 for railroad fares alone between
August 2d and Flection Day. This is
thrown off a little by the fact that the
increase in Pullman charges ir?, B0 per
cent, and The Tribune's informant ab?
ruptly refused to go further into de?
tails when questioned.
As a matter of fact, this information
should not be surprising, in view of
the stall nient of Si nator Pat Harrison,
of Mississippi, chairman of the Demo?
cratic speakers' bureau, that they pro?
posed to send orators to every "ham?
let" in every debatable state, on top of
National Chairman George White's dec
, laration that every state outside the
solid Soul h is debatable.
i
Plenty of Money in Sight
i But while the Democrats like to talk
i about the extensiveness of their speak?
ing campaign hoping all the while to
drive Harding off his front porch, and
thus encourage the idea that they are
making an aggressive fight .they have
not liked to talk about the money it
\?.oulil cost. They arc not worried in
the slightest about their ability to raise
the money. There is plenty of money
in sight, and there is also the chain
letter system, which has, Chairman
? White admitted, 300,000 names of Dem
? ocrats who ought to contribute to start
: with.
The reason why they do not like to
| talk about their own expenses is that
Governor Cox has set them an example.
in strategy by his statement that "the.
most stupendous campaign fund ever
lenown is being raised" by the Repub
' licans.
Other Democratic spokesmen have
i been expressing proper horror to the
: country over the Wood and Lowden
pre-convention campaign funds and
? striving to create the impression that
the Republicans are trying to corrupt
the electorate. In fact, Governor Cox
has charged the Republicans with in
tending to "buy the election" with this
tremendous use of money.
Rut at the same time the Democrats
are planning to spend well over one
million dollars in railroad fares alone,
and every one who has ever been con?
nected with a campaign knows that the
total of railroad fares is always a pic?
ayune matter as compared with the total
expenses. Actually, the Democrats art
till figuring mi $10,000,000 as the abso?
lute minimnm cost of their attempt to
put Cox in ; i. White Hou ?e. M ? ? t of
those in the organization who have
seen the figures in years past and who
realize how the costs mount up ex?
pect the total expenditures to be much
! arger.
But they are keeping very quiet
about it, not only because Candidate
Cox is attacking the Republicans on
this score, but bee;,use they are afraid
of the Kenyon campaign expenditures
committee, temporarily quiet after its
investigation into the pre-convention
lund, but with power to open up at
any time between now and the opening
of the next session of Congress in
December.
Interested in Reed's Attitude
Democrats here are almost as keenly
interested in the outcome of the con
ference between Senator James A.
Reed, one of the members of this in?
vestigation committee, and Governor
Cox at Dayton to-day as they are in
( ox's speech to-morrow. This is not
because of anj worry about Mr. Reed
as a member of the committee, how?
ever, but because Mr. Meed represents
the extreme position of opposition to
the League of Nations.
Governor Cox's speech, it is believed,
cannot possibly satisfy Mr. Reed, that
biing practically precluded by the fact
that it has satisfied President Wilson,
and by the selection of Senator Gilbert
M. Hitchcock by Governor Cox as his
spokesman for a joint dol?ate on the
League of Nations. ?Mr. Hitchcock and
Mr, Reed are the two opposite poles
on the peace treaty, the Nebraska Sen?
ator standing with 'In:- President and
Mr. Reed standing with his Democratic;
colleagues, Senators Shields and
Thomas, and with Hirt.tu Johnson and
William E. Borah un the Republican]
Normally the Administration Demo?
crats would 'nave no other desire with
regard to Senator Reed than they ex?
pressed tit San Francisco when they
refused to seat him, although he was
the unanimous choie?.! of his district ;
convention. Now, however, Mr. Reed's
following has just demonstrated tre
mendous strength in the state in its
support of Judge Henry S. Priest for
the Senatorial nomination, ami it is
very evident that unless the Reed
l'riest element is placated it will be
impossible for the Democrats to carry
the stat< .
So there is very keen hope amoi g
Di moci al ? h ire that Governor Cox will
he abl ? '?? insure Si nator Rei d's loy?
alty to the ticket in som? way. al?
though tin task, from this distance,
would seem to he herculean.
Miss Bosweli to Talk Here
Republican Women Plan Scries
of Campaign Luncheons
Republican women will begin a
series of Monday campaign luncheons
?next week at the VanderbUt Hotel.
The speaker at :: e rirft luncheon
will he Miss Helen Vai'ick Bosweli, who
has just returned from a political rally
in Connecticut. She is tin first w 'titan
ever to have been invited to address a
Republican meeting in that state. She
will tell the women on Monday wl at
the prospects for suffrage are in Con?
ned icut.
At the afternoon forum Walt ?r M.
Chandler will talk on the campaign
issues, and William i1. ter Hamilton,
editor of "The vVtiJ! Street Journal,"
will discuss what the Federal Reserve
system owes to the Republican party.
The women's evening meeting will
be addressed by Judge George L.
Genung, a personal friend of Judge
Nathan L. Miller. Republican candi- |
date for Governor.
Tiffany & Co.
Fifth Avenue &37t-?Street
P.\nts,25 Rue de la Paix Loxdo?-,-,221 Recent Street
Pearls Diamonds Jewelry
Silverware Stationery
Taxi-Vamp Is Fined $10
When Smiles Fail in Court
Dimpled Beauty, Arrested for Refusing to Pay
Fare, Says Chauffeur Tried to Kiss Her; He I)e
elares Only Thing He Kissed Was 86.20 Goodby
Her name was Mrs, Diamond Hrnwn.
She said she lived at the Hotel Van- |
dcrbilt and she ?.vas only twenty-two ;
years old. Her eyes pleaded and her
lips pouted, although irrepressible
dimples twinkled in her cheeks. Mag?
istrate Schwab viewed her with ap?
proval and sympathy when slie was
brought before him in West Side Po?
lice Court yesterday.
Likewise he cast stern glances at
Philip Greentjeld, the entirely un
dimpled, thin-lipped, sharp-eyed taxi
cab driver who declared that the fas?
cinating Mrs. Brown owed him $6.20.
Quite unmoved by the unresponsive at?
titude of the court Greenfield related
how Mrs. Brown had driven around
; Central Park Thursday until the meter
i showed $1.20. Then, he said, he
| stopped the mechanism because Mrs.
LBrown told him prettily that it made
j her dizzy to see dimes follow* each
other so swiftly. He had kept a reck?
oning, however, he told the court, and
when it amounted to $6.20 he men
tiined the sum,-whereupon Mrs. Brown
had told him sweetly that she had no
money.
"Why, you"-? Words failed the
shocked Mrs. Brpwn for a moment as
she interrupted the chauffeur, but
failed Ii o r only for a moment..
"Why, you know you tried to kiss
me," she continued with reproachful
I irdignation, "and said that would
l Si ?tiare it."
Assistant District Attorney Goodman,
as well as Magistrate Schwab, began
to take an interest in the case at this
point. T.he prosecutor looked like a
man who has met an old friend T>ut
can't remember his name or whether
he's likely to try to borrow money.
The magistrate looked like a thunder
cloud.
"Did you try to kiss that sweet little
girl?" he demanded of Greenfield.
'T should say not, judge," replied
Greenfield equably. "Only kissing I
did was to kiss that $6.20 goodby."
Recognition and identification swept
over the features of the Assistant Dis?
trict Attorney?recollection had come
to him.
"Have you been convicted before?"
he asked of Mrs. Brown.
She pouted and dimpled and smiled
and said that of course she had- that
another ta.sieab driver had claimed she
owed him $21 and had tried to kiss
her.
"And,'" she continued prettily, "I
was fined $10 -wasn't that funny,
judge?"
The thunder cloud had petrified.
"Five ?lays!" he thundered.
Before the warden had got well ac
quainted with Mrs. Brown, however,
Magistrate Schwab recalled that the
ordinance dealing with taxicab delin
quents provides only for the imposi?
tion of a fine. Accordingly he resen
tenced Mrs. Brown, fining her $10. It
was paid at once by a man.
Hugo Reaffirms
Decision to Fight
For Governorship
State Secretary Says Nomi?
nating Petitions With
36,000 Names Are Ready
To Be Filed August 1 1
I
Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of State,
yesterday at the Hotel Commodore re
j affirmed his decision to contest at the
primaries for the Republican nomina
I tion for Governor. Pressure from both
j state and national sources to induce Mr.
| Hugo to abandon his Governorship
plans has been exerted.
"My nominating petitions carrying
36,000 names are all ready for filing on
August. 14," said Mr. Hugo. "Rumors
to the effect that I am not going to run
at the primaries are entirely unfound?
ed, as 1 fully expect to run. Not only
that, but I am confident of winning.
The resolution of the state conferenci
stating in terms that participation in
the conference would not prejudice the
; candidacy of any aspirant gives every
one perfect freedom to enter the pri?
maries. The conference was entirely
| unofficial. The primaries offer the only
'. nominating method.
"The delegates who supported me, to
.. the number of about 7520, asked me
what 1 wanted them to do after it be?
came known that the leaders favored
some one else. I told them that the
purpose of the conference and the roll
call was to bring out sentiment, and
that if they favored me for Governor
I wanted them to show it. I do not
expect to lose prestige or the friend?
ship of the rank and file of th.
ganization by entering the primaries.
The primary law is for the purpose of
i nabling aspirants to anneal to the peo
!e. That is what I am going to do."
In spite of the determination of Mr.
Hugo, organization men throughout the
state believe lie will yield to pressure
from his friends and refrain from tiling
his nominating petitions. They say it
t ?fails a large outlay of money for any
candidate not favored by the organiza?
tion to lay campaign plans in all the
counties. When that matter was
brought to the attention of Mr. Hugo,
he said he was widely known over the
state, and that it would be easier for
him than for others to wage a cam?
paign.
Senator George F. Thompson, of Mid
dleport, Niagara County, who walked
out of the Saratoga convention when
h.? found it would designate Judge Mil?
ler for Governor, will h "gin lit s cam?
paign for the Republican nomination
for that office next week. He expects
to cover nearly every county in the
state before September 14, the official
primary day.
-_??-?
League Armaments Board
Denies It Exceeds Power
.Statements Published Grossly
Misrepresent Plans ami Pur?
poses, Says Commission
LONDON, Aug. ?'..? Dental of pub?
lished reports concerning the work
of the permanent armaments commis?
sion of the League of Kations, with an
explanation of the body's dunes, :s
contained in a statement just issued
by the bureau of the League of Na?
tions.
"Reports grossly misrepresenting the
powers and purposes of the permanent
armaments commission of the League
of Nations have been published in
certain newspapers}*' says the state?
ment. '"An effort seems to have been
made to represent this body as in?
vested ..ith [unctions directly opposite
to those actually intrusted to it.
"The whole object of the COtniftission
is to secure a voluntary international
agreement for the reduction of arma?
ments throughout the world. Th;? in?
volves so many technical questions
that it can best bo dealt with by a
body of military, naval and air ex?
perts, who will prepare recommenda?
tions for the civilian authorities of the
lea'gue, as represented in the council
and assembly, who, in turn, will pre?
pare recommendations for the vari us
governments to accent or reject, as
they see fit.
"It cannot be too strongly empha?
sized that the functions of this com
| mission ??re those set down in the
covenant and none other."
Mayor Says City
Lost Millions on
Conduit Contracts
Due to Laxity of Past Ad?
ministrations, He Asserts;
Urges independent Bu?
reau to Supervise Firms
Mayor Hylan yesterday said that the
laxity of ?last city administrations
in exercising supervision over the two
subway conduit companies -the Con?
solidated Telegraph and Electric Sub?
way Company and the Fmpire City
Subway Company, subsidaries respec?
tively of the Xew York Edison Company
and the Xew York Telephone Company,
has resulted in the loss of millions of
dollars to the taxpayers of the city.
Hi sen! a communication to tiic Hoard
of Estimate calling attention to the
contracts existing between these com?
panies and the etty.
According to the term? of the con?
tracts, the Mayor said, whenever the
net annual profits of the company re
ma ; ing after the payment of expenses ;
of maintaining and op??j^ating the sub?
way conduits exceeded 10 per cent, the !
excess should be paid to the City of
New York. The contracts were award?
ed under the administration of Mayor
Grant, in 18j^l, and since that time the
conduits have remained under the con- .
tro! of these companies.
Cost Declared Padded
The contracts also provided that the '
city could take over the underground
conduits, containing both the high and ,
low tension conductors supplying the
entire city with electrical facilities,
and operate them at tiny time, upon
the payment of the cost thereof, plus
lo per c??nt of such cost, if the com?
panies had not earned 10 per cent a
year on the actual cost during the
term of the contracts. This cost, ac?
cording to the Mayor, has been padded
by the companies well into the millions
of dollars in such a way as to render
it out of the question for the city to
exercise its legal rights. The Mayor
declared that no accounting or super?
vision, was ever kept by the city of the
outlays "?' these companies.
Referees had found that there was a
profit of more than 10 per cent in the
early operations of these companies,
hut the city had not received a cent,
the Mayor said. Both compani is, how
:?-.-.'.. allege a capital investment
against which a large shortage of the
mi per cenl profit is charged, amount?
ing to about $16,000,000 for both com?
panies.
City Lost Millions, He Say?
"As a consequence of the policy of I
the companies," said the Mayor, "and
the indifference of past administrations
there has resulted, according to the
contentions of the companies, a deficit
of $1'?7000,000 to both companies, which
they claim they must recover eventu
ally before the city can legally make
an:.- claim for a share in the profits.
The laxity of pasl administrations m
exercising proper supervision over the
:, ral ion of I 7- ,?. ? monopolistic sub?
way conduil . 7 ..o it:, result ??:. 1
belii . :i the loss of milli ns of dol
h rs i o tii ? taxpayers of the city."
! I Mayor recommended th?. tab
lishment of an independent bureaiiVin
the Department of Water Supply. (1^
..mi Electricity to have supervision over
these companies, with similar powers
as formerly vested in the Board of
Electrical Control.
Luun to Discuss Primaries
Solienectarly Mayor Will Talk at
Broome County Fair
ALBANY. Aug. >'>. TI e first public
address of Mayor George R. Lunn of
ictady, since he announced his
intention to enter the state primaries
''or the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator will be made at
Whitney Point, Br?*>me County, nex:
Tui -day. at the Broome County fair.
in making public to-day his accept?
ance of the incitation of W. F. Allen,
pre-i dent of the Broome County Agri?
cultural Society, to speak tit the fair,
Mayor Lunn did not say he would open
his Senatorial campaign on that occa?
sion, although he allowed it to be un?
derstood that his speech wouM deal
with political questions, particularly
the integrity of the direct primary law.
Daugherty; Sees
Harding Victor
In Hard Battle
Senator's Pre ? Convention
Manager Say sRepublicans
Must Not Forget Need of
Getting Every Voter ?Out
Gore Defeat Explained
McGraw Asserts Opposition
to Wilson's League Had
Nothing to Do With It
Harry M. Daugherty, of Columbus,
Ohio, manager of Senator Warren G.
Harding's pre-convention campaign,
now a member of the executive com?
mittee of the Republican National
Committee, following a meeting yes?
terday of that body at headquarters, in
West Forty-fourth Street, said that the
outlook for Republican success all
along the line was excellent.
"The only thing wit need to guard
against is forgetting that we have a
first class battle on and forgetting to
get out the last possible Republican
vote," said Mr. Daugherty last night.
"Things are going well under the di?
rection of Chairman Hays, who keeps
every one on his toes. We have a win?
ning candidate. He was the second
choice of three-quarters of the dele?
gates. Ho likes every one and every
one likes him. The organization men
in Ohio are enthusiastic an I united,
and, while we are not talking figures,
all of our people know what the result
will be".
Ohio Senate Fight ?Hot
Mr. Daugherty will return to Oi-tio in
time to witness the hottest primary
light in the Buckeye State in years.
The primaries arc on Tuesday next.
As his work is with the national com?
mittee, he is not taking a hand in the
political fracas z.z li?me. Former Gov?
ernor Frank B. Wills, Walter F. Brown
and Judge Reuben M. Wanamaker are
contenders for the Senatorial nomina?
tion. Mr. Wills nominated Senator
Harding for President. Walter F.
Brown is the former Progressive
leader and was chairman of the Ohio
delegation at Chicago.
Judge Wanamaker also has a wide
following. For the nomination for Gov?
ernor there is a brisk battle between
Harry L. Davis, former Mayor of
Cleveland, and former Congressman
Ralph D. Cole. Congressmen also are
to be chosen.
James J. McGraw,??who until recently
was Republican National Committee
man from Oklahoma, called on Chair?
man Hays at headquarters yesterday.
Commenting on the defeat of Senator
Gore in the Oklahoma primaries, Mr.
McGraw said :
"It was not Senator Gore's opposition
to the Wilson League of Nations which
defeated him. The Democrats would
like to have the people think otherwise.
Senator Gore was doomed to defeat
more than a year before President Wil?
son went abroad to carry out his inter?
national scheme. Gore was defeated
because of the many offensive things
he said to members of the American
Legion, to other sokliers and to Ameri?
cans generally.
Ferris's Best Weapon
"The friends of Representative Fer?
ris reproduced in the papers of Okla?
homa all the words of praise that the
foreign-language papers in this country
and the papers in Germany printed
about Senator Gore and his attitude in
Congress. Gore, in effect, was defeated
before the armistice ami before there
was any chance to oppose Wilson's
League of Nattons."
Mr. Hays, following a meeting of the
executive committee of the national
committee, said that he would go to
Marion to confer with Sen.,tor H?r?
tung on Tuesday next.
Mrs. John T. Pratt, vice-chairman of
the National Ways and Means Commit?
tee, announced yesterday that Republi?
can women in each state are to be as?
signed definite quotas to raise for the
campaign fund. Mr?. Pratt will leave
Monday for Chicago To confer with
Mrs. Lambert Wile and Mrs. Joseph
Coleman, the acting vice-chairmen of
the Illinois Ways and Means Commit?
tee, and prohabiy will visit other Mid?
dle West cities to discuss quotas with
women leaders.
Interest was manifested at headquar?
ters yesterday in a statement by Si na?
tor Arthur Capper, of Kansas, who
visited Senator Harding in Marion a
few days ago and later talked with .the
Ohio leaders about the campaign. The
Kansas Senator said:
"1 do not claim to be familiar with
the ins and outs of Ohio politics, but
the shrewdest political observers in
Ohio are predicting that Harding will
carry the state over Governor Cox by
upward of 100,000 majority. Governor
('ox probably committed a political
blunder when he went to Washington
to confer with President Wilson. The
impression is tiiat Cox was hand? 7 I ?
President's mantle. And alone; with
that impression. C ?x has taken un
President's program, 'fit.? country as a
... isiasl for P
Wilson's policies. Cox vi ild ha:
bell had ? io1 indi?. ted so :
an eagerm s ??? let his mind 'travel
willingly with mine.' "
3*an Regains Memory;
Wife Had Wed Again
Husband Wandered Away While
Mind Was Blank Twenty
five \ears Ago
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 6. Alex
ander Bell has regained his menu *y
after a lapse of twenty-five years. The
mart formerly lived at Tell City, In i. A
slight operation restored his m"m? rv.
Out in 11;?: keil, Okla., th- nui? ; rou?
tine of M r ;. A. It. Barr's .:: ha bi
interrupted. She finds hersel t?
of two m tt.
Tw,?nty-five years ago Alexandei B
left Tell City, Ind. to visit his brothe;
Ben Bell at l.'hattanooga, Tenn. Rea h
ing Chattanooga, he found his brother
had moved to his country home, so the
visitor set out through the woods to
seek him. Nothing was heard from
that time until he returned here re?
cently. (?
After Ms. Bell's disappearance his
wife went on with their genera! mer
chandise business. Detectives in many
states and the man's two sons learched
the country for htm. Mrs. Bell fol
lowed a daughter to Oklahoma, met Mr
Barr and married him.
Mr. Bell can remember nothing of
his ut'.- for the last twenty-five j ?
Following a spinal adjustment his
ory returned ami he bega i .. s larch f? r
his family, which resulted m the find?
ing a son, Andrew Bell. Because of
poor health Mr. Bell has not been told,
of ins wife's second marriage.
Britain Fears Lnemployment
LONDON. Aug. 6.? Premier Lloyd
George stated in the House of Com?
mons yesterday that the government
was expecting much unemployment
curing the coming winter, and .vas con?
sidering precautionary measures.
Firm Here Silent
On Ponzi Merger
Officials Decline to Com*
ment on the Reported
Combine in New Deal
Officials of the Commonwealth Trad?
ing and Securities Company, 25 West
Forty-third Street, yesterday declined
to comment on reports from Boston
that they were planning to join
Charles Ponzi in financing a new $100,
000,000 project. When a reporter called
at the company's office and asked to
talk with John P. Caswell, Albert Falk?
enborg and William Jones, who, as of?
ficials of the company were reported
on Thursday to have corjfprrcd with
Ponzi in Boston, he was told these men
could not be seen.
"We are not giving out ar.y sta:?*?
mont," said a clerk.
"What line of business is th?* com
! pany in?" the clerk was asked.
"Exporting and importing," he re
! plied.
"Do you solicit funds ?mm the pub
| lie for investment?"
"I will give no information on that
' subject.'*
The manager of Montgomery, Mac
Donald & Co., 1482 Broa?Tway, d
his firm had sent circulars to its cus?
tomers several Weeks ago, off?
; pay 30 per cent interest In sixt;
, for money invested in foreign etc
! change, but he asserted the deal ha 1
been closed and funds were not h. vx
'accepted from th? general public.
"It may he that later we shall repeat
: the offer," said th?? manager. "Wo
have nothing to ?io ?? th P : We
'put over ,i deal foreign exc
involving about $500,000. T; at '
action wa - icce fu We do not f
in a position to tell just how it was
i done."
Ponzi investigator 11
Conference Witii Lansing
Assistant Attorney General
Holds Mysterious Consultation
With Former Cabine! Officer
BOSTON. Aug. ?? Att.ey General
', Allen, who is conducting ;?'> in -
; ticiti of the business methods of Charles
Ponzi, exchange "wizard," communi?
cated through an assistant to-day with
; former Seer? tary of State Robert Lan?
sing.
Edwin H. Abbot jr., Assistant Attor
ney General, went to Mr. I
home in Watertown, N. V
ferred fi r several hours w
mer Cabini I offi
The Att irni y Gen?
night to discuss I he r< port
! fere ne-' given h im i' . "
tel< phone from New
is expecte I to re? ir hei
Ponzi a ? . u i :cd I a 1 t o- a ? ' ?
Sl,000,0i 0 suil I ?
'Joseph Daniels had been withdrawn a?*.!
a settlement effected be* ar.d
?Daniels. Daniels had c?a med i
j of the profits in Ponzi's operations, ar
sorting that he had assisted Ponzi
financially in getting start?
WASHINGTON. Aug 6 Changes in
valuation of foreign postal reply c? u
pons to meel "a ??
?ions" have been mad.? by
countries, the 1'
has been ad** ised. Th.? p ?
istration of Germany has le :1
the price of coupons f
mark . the stal n ?:.- lid, a
postal administration of '
:-lo ?:r.7i ?? n I Tuni d
issuance of coupons i -.
. and
? !
Mr. A! J
Cox Agree? to Hear Plea
?Of the Anti-Snffragisb
Will Meet Delegation Next Week
While Tennessee Legislature
Is in Session
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Aug. ';
ernor Cox it.. - ig i gran!
su t? l'a;.:. I g th? rs?
week of ti
of ".' T
A teleg ra.. Govei
ceived to-day by M - - Beati . ? .
of Cincinnati,"? til
can section and vice-cl r Ohio
of the Nations Ai ti Suffrage A
tion, was a
"Sorry 1 eannot hold ;'?
week; glad to lo ?l ai y time next
v.-. ek."
Miss Sh
opposed 1 i lera iffrpge
Southern state, as well as from
would ? to Govei ????.'
a r 1 y* a s p ?
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?
Crowd Threatens Autoi
Driver Flees After Car Hite
Boy; Friends Arreste?!
Jo- ph Gregg, ? ? ? land, ' ?hio,
abandoned his autoi I two
friends in Fo ?. Stn '. i he Broi
night wh. n a crov ?t the
vehicle which had knocked dowi .
He telephoned to the poi. in*'
the threatening aspect of the
had frightei ed hin or 1
that he had losi
?r. He ; rom d to p '
? ?
I lind it
The bov who own, B
m i n G
St ri
?
The ? i
frii lis Ro?
Max Gluckow, i
. .
Declares Father's \\ hippings
Caused Him to Turn Crook
Milton Mauer, who was urrested
Thursday with Joseph Korosondwi? -.
for assault and robbery, conn ti
March 12 on Mrs. Mae Van at ?'?? ?
Street, Brooklyn, told District
--?.?'- of Kings County yesl
tun '?-..
r used to
"Early in my life," he said,
fathei rid s
haa no a'nibii i fo:
;. i :>-.-? .
.
" .
No Aiitopsv for Maier
Dr. Bei ?; :.. .. A. Schw art t,
Deputy Medical Examiner, ann?
yesterday thai no lutopsy would b?
pei foi m? d on the boi I of Percv L.
Maier, a salesman, who dropped dead
in the hallwaj of the apartment house
at 205 West Fifty-seventh Street
Thurs lay night. It was learned h>? had
uffering from heart trouW?..
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