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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXX No. 27,013 (Copyright, 1020, ?w York Tribune Inc.) /JrfL-t?JLas?~"the Truin: iVtws-.-Uaiionais ? A?veiusements SUNDAY, OCTOBER ;{1, 1920 SI PAGES-PART I AM) SPOUTS EIVE CENTS | THE WEATHER Fair to-day and to-morrow; warmer to-day; fresh west wind? lui I Roj>ort on For? 17 In M?nhttK?n. Brooklyn and The Broni TFN CFXTS Klsrwher* Democratic Official Arrested for Lie About Harding; Republican Victory Forecast, 360 Electoral Votes Senate and House Gains Are Assured Cox Sure of Only Twelve States in South. With ,136; Doubtful, 35,J5ays Tribune Correspondent Ohio and Indiana Regarded as Safe Maryland and Kentucky May Leave Democrats; i Missouri for Senator t, By Carter Field WASHINGTON, Oct. 30?Hai? ding and < Ige will be elected on Tu^??: I overwhelming ma? jority. ; th i ' popular and electora! TOtCF. Thir vie vill carry with :t. an Increased Republican majority in the House, and probably will result in the cram of at least two seats in the Senate. ^ A last-minute survey of the situ? ation, based on information from every state normally regarded as doubtful, - : el i! ively that Cox and ? are absolutely on'y Mire ? even states com? prising the ? hern Confederacy ? ."?Ml for Harding To this total of 136 electoral votes, the D ic nominees have t fighting chance of adding Ken tacky and Maryland in the East and Mont- ? '-,, Utah and Arizona in the West, which would bring their grand otal to 171. I leaves -<K0 electoral vote? oractically certain for Harding and Coolidge. Actually, there will be ittle ?ea! surprise if Kentucky, Maryland, .Montana, Nevada, Utah and Arizona should join the Har? ding procession ami roll up the Re ' publican electoral vote to 395. It is, if course, within the realm of political possibilities that Cox wil! carry one of the states making up th< total ol v< tes put down as sur? for Harding. But two days before election no one is willing to bet evci money ? I ? will curry a *in?;!< stati E up that total. TI e bes oDtainabli political opinion in ever? one i . states is that Harding wil carry them, and political writers evei from Democrat c news-papers, who havi niaiii' peri nal investigations on thi groi ? that Cox has n< chann ? am ,,n.- ,,f them Maryland and Kentucky Doubtful Maryland and Kentucky are doubt '."'' boca ? Democrats have raised r-' ?". w.iich ties botn states to the Solid South. It has not . successful in Man j* in Kentucky, and for that reason :;- has i slightly bettor chance ?' ''<?"? 1-2 Maryland than Kentucky, ates may go for Harding de ?I ' many persons in each ? vote because of prejudices dating back to tl.e Civil War und reconstruc? tion rather than because of present l88ues that :? very difficult to esti? mate wh tt will hi.ppen. Utah depends absolutely on the .Mor? mon Church. Nobody knows precisely *r-at it will do. Polls and si n\\ votes MiOW a decided leaning toward\ Har omg, un.? the probability is that Sena? tor Reed Smoot, one of the twelve ?jostles of the Church, will be re? jected. But it is generally admitted that the Church can deliver the elec? tora! vote of the state to either candi oat? it el ose i. The recent visit to J*.ah of William IHoward fait is believed to have helped {Smoot and Harding, as the leaders of urch always have admired Tat't and followed his judgment. Utah and Vermont were the only two states that faje Taft their electoral votes in 1912. P--C Church has been strong for the ?fNgue of Nations, and it is thought laft> appeal for Harding and Smoot therefore would bo patjticularly help Montana Drift to Harding Montana is normally a heavily Demo? cratic state, but it is turn this year by r?e Konpartisan League, which cap? tured the Democratic organ i nation and ' ? men on the Democrat ic :'cJ;et' Poll there show a heavy drift to Harding. Nevada is so strongly Democratic ?Rd hits been since the fre? silver days that it is put in the Democratic column automatically. However, reports ure uniting m that friends of Senator Lnar es B. Henderson are trading with Jo* Republicans to save him. promising J? ?oto for Harding ?i Republicans will Jote for Henderson. National Republi? can headquarters, curing nothing par? ticularly about Nevada's three electoral ?:*s but a great d?al about the Sena wrship, are doijur their best to prevent tils. A hard Tight is being made for Har ?S in Arizona, with outside interest ?lutrnng more on the effort of Ralph ??Cameron to defeat Senator Marl-. A i a?ith. *n the list of states given to Governor .?* there is only one about which I i ?ve heard Berioua Republican claims. ."at is Tennessee. There is no doubt wat o,?, R , . !jijcantl wjj] ?-ake ari ex. i_ < Continua?) ?m psqc throfl **?tvn< i b*? r, ??, ?;'?>''? Legion post? requiring flre MuhV'', *'*,,ttl? ur other celebration effects C; ,"'"? or telephone, Paint/a lire ?a?, is i'a!.k i.|i?cjSi K%w York.?Advt. How States Are Expected to Vote In Tuesday's Presidential Election Here is' the forecast of electoral votes at Tuesday's election made by The Tribunes Washington correspondent: VOTE FOR HARDING ., 13 ? New Jersey .?. 1 H no Oregon .... Pennsylvania California . Colorado .. 6 Connecticut .??. 7 Delaware . 3 Idaho . 4 Illinois. 29 Indiana. 15 Iowa. 13 I Rhode Island Kanr.as. 10 South Dakota Maine. 6 Vermin? Massachusetts .18 ! Washington . Michigan. 15 ? West Virginia Minnesota . 12 Missourj. 18 Nebraska . 8 New Hampshire . ^^^^^|^^| New Mexico . 3 New York. 45 North Dakota. 5 24 38 . 4 . 7 ^^^^^^^^1. 8 Wisconsin. 13 Wyoming. 3 Total .360 VOTE FOR cox Alabama . 12 Arkansas .'. 9 Flor.da . 6 Georgia . 14 Louisiana . 10 Mississipp. North Carolina . i'1 12 Oklahoma. 10 South Carolina .. 9 Tennessee . 12 Texas . 20 Virginia. 12 Total ..136 DOUBTFUL STATES Maryland . 8 ] Arizona . 3 Kentucky. 13 Nevada. ? Utah. 4 ! ??_ Montan^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^H Total ? ^^^^^^^B. Ohio Expected To Give Hardi iig 150,000 Lead Sonn? Predictions Reach as High a* 200,000. With Democratic Leaders Mired Deep in Hopelessness ?. Davis Faces Hard Fight Many Factors Against Him in Governorship Contest;' Willis Certain for Senate1 i By Carter Field COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 28.- Ohio, without whose twenty-four electoral votes Woodrow Wilson would <have been defeated in 1916, is as certain to go for Warren G. Harding' next Tues? day us anything ever can be in politics. The majority for the Republican na? tional ticket will surely reach l?O.000, and is more likely to exceed "00,000. Then is an extraordinary unanimity if opinion about thirf situation among men and women who look at the fiitua tion impartially I have talked to Democratic newspaper men, for exam? ple, in every nook and corner of the state, and in what amounted to a can? vass in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Co? lumbus. The Democratic newspaper men, especially in Colv.mbus, are very strong personally for Governor Cox. Most of them have known him a low^ time and found him delightfully human. But I met only one who do not nd mil privately that Cox could not possi? bly carry Ohio. This one, incide-,! ?;! y. based his hope on the belief that the tiile had turned to Cox. Even he ?hedged" by the statement that "I would say Cox would surely carry the (Continued on pao? sixteen) Foothxll Results de KAMT Noire name, 87? flrsl Point, 17. Columbia, :0; William!?, 14. I*, of Detroit, 39; Kordhain, 0. Holy Cross, 3; Syracuse, 0. Prim Siatr, 28j I*e nnsy Irani?. 7. Vale, '.'! : Col?ate, "!. Hartare!. 2-1 ; Vlr-inia, 0. Crin efon, 10: ?eut Virginia, 3. Cornell, 24; Kutgcrs, f. Steten? Tech., It; Ken-ielaer, 0. Navy, 47; Western Kcscrve. 0. Boston College, 14 j Springfield, 0. Itrown, 3."?; Wriiiont, 0. Weslcyan, 20; Ko. bester, 0. Arn hers!. 30; Hamilton, 7. ? iiion, 7; Kliode Island State, 7. Itostou I .. 28: Conn. State, 0. Pittsburgh, 1?; Lafayette, o V H < ollrge. ?), Muss. Aggies, 0. Allegheny, 8; (.rove City, 0. (?ettysburg, 21; Dickinson, 0. Villa Nota, 0; Mulilciiberg. 0. Gem ta, 34; Ufr.d, 0. Howdoln, 0; Batea, n. Norwleh, t>; Middlebury, 0. (ieorgetown, 28: John? Hopkins, 7. Mniiir. 22; Colby, 0. Dartmouth, 84 . Tuft?, 7. Canlsius, 7; St. Lawrence, 0. Hubert, 80; I of Ituffato. 2. St Mary?. 81; St. .lohn'H, 0. Vale freshmen, 17; Princeton fresh ini. 8. Ilimiiril freshmen, 17; rhllllp? An? uir, 7. stviirtlimore, 0; I", and M., 0. Husquehaiinu, 35; lYnn M, C, 0. Wash uni) .left , t<i; Wi ?tmlnster, 0. l.ehlgh. 17; Carnegie Tech.. 6. WEST Ohio Mute, 7; Chicago. ?. Ind'ana, H?: Northwt?tern, 7. Mi. Ii Ban. 21 : Tulunr. 0. Purdue. 19; Wubush. 14. Worcester. lit; Case. 0. Mount I nion, 86; Akron. 0. Obi-rlin. 43: Hiram. 0. Bald win-Wal lace, 60i Deflanee. 0. Illinois, 17; Minnesota, 7. Butler, 89; t.enrgrtown (Kv ), 0. Wittenberg. 18; ?". of Cincinnati, 7. Drake, 7; Grinnel, 7. lof.ii Stale. 24; Washington, 7. Colorado College. 7; I. of Colorado. 7. I . of Nevada, 11 ; 1 . of I tnh, 7. Haskell Indiana, 31; St I-oul? I unlv.. 7. Western Normal, 4<i; lloiie College, 0. Michigan Aggie?, 109; Olivet, 0. I . of California, 17; Oregon Aggies, 7. I<l.i!io. 21; ?hitman. 7. Wyoming, H; Colorado School of M., 7. Marquette, 13; Creighton. 0. Kansas, 14; Kun?a.? Aggies, 0. Oklulioma, 28; .Missouri. 7. Colorado Aggies. 21; I'tah Aggies, 0. .Montana Stute. 3; Gomales, 0. HOITH Ceorgia Tech.. 24; Centre. 0. Vantie bIK. 20; K?n,uck.>. 0. , C. of Georgia, 7; Auburn. 0. ???fern Maiylund. 13; I. of N. C, 0. Virginia M. I.. 21; N. C t>.ale. 8. ?nah. and Lee, 13; Virginia Poty, 0. Wilson Ready To Quit Public Life, Says Cox Expresses Belief President Would Willingly Retire if "League Pledge to Sol? diers and Mothers' Is Kept Virtually Ends Campaign - -~ ~ -dap-^_^? Asks Positive Mandate for American Entry in Sev? eral Addresses at Chicago CJHICAGO, Oct. 30-Governor Cox virtually finished his Presidential cam? paign .here to-night, with a series of speeches to many thousands of persons, to whom he pounded home his League of Nations and other doctrines. Ex? cept for a final speech next Monday night at Toledo to-day was the last and a rushing day of campaigning for the Democrat.c candidate. In addresses here, at. Gary, Ind., and Evanston, 111., Governor Co< predicted victory for "the cause of peace" in next Tuesday's elections und urged his audi t rices to "vote as our soldiers fought, to end war." His largest audience was that to-night in the Coliseum, where his Republican adversary, Senator Harding, was nominated last June. The Governor's political repertoire as well as pnysieul stamina were taxed by the number and size of his audi? ences to-day m a program which kept him the center of swlrnng crowds until midnight, when his train pulled out for Dayton. Entry Pledge to Soldiers That American entrance into the League of Nations was a "pledge" to the men who fougtit in t>?e Worid War and their mother??a bond to end wars loiever, it possible and also a measure for national and world progress, eco? nomic and moral, was stressed by Gov? ernor Cox In all of to-day's addresses. He reiterated vehement attacks upon the league position of Senator Harding and other opponents. Belief that President Wilson would be ready to retire from public life if the 1- r.gue "pledge" should be kept was expressed by the. Governor to an audi? ence of women. Declaring that the President "pre? sented the saddest picture in all his? tory," and deploring what he termed the "malignant policy of hate" against the executive, Governor Cox said: H.- tninks of one thing and one thing only. He talks of it more than anytning eise, and it is this: That he gave a promise to the mothers of America, and that the promise has not been kept. I am certain that if he knew definitely that the promise would be kept he would be perfectly willing to conclude his participation in all public affairs, either officially or pri? vately." X Addresses Labor at Gary The women's meeting opened the Governor's program here. This after? noon the candidate gave his views on labor, settlement of strrkes without the bayonet and other industrial questions to a crowd of several hundred persons at Gary, Ind Returning here the Governor motored to Evanston, dis? cussing the, league issues with a large audience in Patten gymnasium at the Northwestern University. His Coli? seum meeting to-night was preceded by an automobile parade, with red torch? lights, fireworks and other spectacular features. Addresses at Carter H. Har? rison Technical School and St. Stanis? laus Auditorium were the closing events of th? strenuous day's program. The league was the big topic in all of the Governo. ' nddresees. Economic as well as mora arguments in its be? half were emphasized, and he reiterat? ed charges that Senator Harding was evasive upon the issue and trying to wiggle and wabble into the Presidency. Governor Cox continued his attack upon the Des Moines speech of his opponent, and also assailed the Sen? ator's address last ni'^ht at Cincinnati, in which the Republican nominee, the (Cvtitinutd on *?t Biter Carlsbad Sprotte! Salt andi Water Nature's remedy for constipation. HTtr stomach and kidney dismasts, rheumatism etc. Beware of substitute?. CAKLSJ?AU Aaent?. 90 Waal St., N. \\? Advi. Harding Ends Massacre Plot Campaign in By Sinn Fein ,?ox Bailiwick Is Reported Speaks in Middlclown, Dayton and Two Other Ohio Cities Where Rival Has Lived or Worked Enormous Crowds Cheer for Victory Says He Would Scorn Person?! Attacks as Un? worthy of a Candidate Priai n Staff Correspondent COLUMBUS Ohio. Oct. 30.?Senator Warier G. Harding compl ted lus cam? paign for the Presidei :y to-day. mak? ing speeches in towns that Governor C x. the Democratic candidate, consid? ers peculiarly his own. Th re was a peech in Mi'fdlei \vn. wcri C. ?< ??,.?? up; another in Dayton, where Cox 'ives; another in Springfield, where Cox owns a newspaper, and, finally, (?ne here to-night in the state capital, the official res-dence of Cox as Gov? ernor. In every instance the Republi? can nominee was gteeted by enormous crowds of cordial, enthusiastic voters. Midnight found Senator Hoarding traveling home, looking forward co* f, rest in his own bad and prepared to stay close to the front porch until the telegraph wires now looped about the ?iack porch bring him confirmation Tuesday night of a birthday present he has looked forward to since the 12th of last June, when he was nomi? nated. The Senator is just as confi? dent he is going to be elected as he is that he will be fifty'-six years old on Tuesday. Stresses Clean Campaign In his Columbus speech, delivered in Memorial Hall to an audience of more than 12,000, Senator Harding declared he had no apology for the kind of cam? paign he has conducted, and the candi? dat;.- stressed the pronoun. The crowd, well aware of the implication given by the emphasis, stood and cheered. "Great and sacred responsibilities fall upon a President of the United States, but I have thought rom the beginn ng of this campaign that great responsibilities rest also upon the can? didate for that high office. I think a man owes it to the American people to conduct himself with dignity and with exact truth and sincerity. I think it should be his endeavor to put his whole mind upon the careful presentation of a wise program for our future. I think he should put his whole heart into an attempt to unite Americans rather than divide them. I think he should put his whole soul into the hope that whether he is to be elect? ed, as 1 expect to be, or not, his cam? paign should serve tu raise the minus ind heurts and souls of his countrymen to nobler thought and higher purpose and finer conscience. "1 wou.d scorn ;o come to-night with a personal campaign. Records Needs No Apology "I have been more or less in the public service of Ohio for twenty years and there is a record of it which includes no betrayal which calls for an apology, I have been your neighbor, living only forty-five miles away, en? gaged as a newspaper publisher, and I have never apologized for the news? paper or my part in its making. I re? joice to have it part of the free nre^s of America, and I nave that faith in America and the Intelligence of the American people that no campaign will succeed in this republic which cannot be carried in the American press. "One thing rather personal I cannot (resist. Ohio knows, as the country knows, how I was nominated. Ohio knows how free I am. Ohio knows, as the country knows, that no group, no interests, no section? brought about my nomination I haven't a pre-con vention pledge to anybody in America I didn't make a promise to anybody in side or outside the convention during its sitting Mid I haven't made a (Continued gon next p?ge) - I Intercepted Message Calls J for Shooting of Every! British Soldier Who At? tends M'Swiiiey Funeral Irish Resentment At Highest Pilch London HearsServices Are Postponed to Monday; Thousand? View Body By Frank Getty Spccial Cable to The Tribune Copy ill I, . 1920, V ???,:< Tri ?: le Ini CORK, Oct. 30.?-The military intel? ligence here announced to-day that it i ."1 . . rccpti ? a Sinn V>M '?der t he effect that every officer and man of the British military forces, whether 1 a was in uniform or not, 1 g ?e :< t,ie funeral to-morrow of Terence Mac? Swiney should be shot. This announcement lent credence to rumors of possible trouble which have h.'on sweeping the city. The Republi? can leaders scoffed at it as a fabrica non spread to interfere with the fu? neral. ' It will be strange if the present temper of the Irish people is not em? phasized by some form of more than passive reprisal. So far, the impartial observer must admit that the once lawless elements of the Republican movement have borne what every Irishman considers de? plorable indignities with a creditable calm submission to discipline. Resentment Deep-Seated But dc-rpite the calm one senses th< possibility of trouble on the morijow for resentment over the government'; action at Holyhead in seizing the bodj of the Lord Mayor from his relatives has grown with the tel inp. There is an air of impending tragedt behind the -studied calm in the city The body of Terry MacSwiney, bad once more lunong his own people, la; in state in the crepe-hung City Hal all day, while a continuous stream o re-pub ican mourners filed past hi: coffin from dawn till dark. ? It is esti mated that 52,000 stood in line. The interior of the City Hall was s< banked with flowers and wreaths tha there was scarcely a pathway let' through which the unending line o mourners wound its way. Above th coffin in which lay the body, the fac terribly lined with emaciation, hung i banner with the inscription: "Mur dered by the foreigner; Brixton Prison October i!?." The body was dressed i: the uniform of the Irish rep?blica) army. The city again was quiet. Every on wore the Sinn Fein colors, trimmed i black, anil the city's flags were all a halfstaff. including those of America ships riding at anchor in tne rive Lee. The body will be conveyed to th Cork Cathedral early to-morrow fo high mass at 11 o'clock. Will Postpone Funeral LONDON, Oct. 30 (By The Associ ated Press?. -The Sinn F?in execi'tiv has decided to postpone the funeral c Terence MacSwiney until Monday as protest against the government's actio it; the case and to appeal from th military order restricting the length c the funeral procession to a quarter t a mile, says a dispatch to the Centn News from Cork. CORK, Oct. 30 (By The Associate Press).- -The autnoiities to-day wei seeking to appraise the effect the viev ing of MacSwiney's corpse would ha\ ipon the thousands who passed th bier, and are bearing in mind th statements ofiicir.ls say were made b ,Sinn Fein representatives durng tr prisoner's long fast, tha: ?h >uli deat ensue there would be reprisals of son 1 kind. The black crepe which draped tl front of the City Hall, in the midst i which the republican dag was di (Continued on page eighteen) President and Wife Mail Votes In White House Batch of 13 From The Tribune's Washington Burean WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.?Thirteen White House votes in the Presidential election were dispatched by mail to voting precincts in New Jersey to-day. Secretary to the President Tumulty is authority for the statement that each of the ballots was marked "straight Democratic." President and Mrs. Wilson sent their votes to Princeton, where the President heretofore has personally cast his bal? lot in Presidential years. Others who ^foted by mail from the White House and the New Jersey cities to which they were dispatched were: Dr. Stockton Axson, a brother of the President's first wife, Princeton. Secretary Tumulty. Mrs. Tumulty and two of Mrs. TumuHv's sisters, Jersey City. Charles L. Swem, confidential stenog? rapher to the President, and Mrs. Sweiu. i'erryville. Warren Johnson, private secretary to Mr. Tumulty, Cranberry. Joseph Sharkey. chief clerk to the White House executive office, and Mrs. Sharkey,Jersey City. Miss Lillian O'Neill, clerk in execu? tive office, Jersey City. These wert the first ballots ever cast by Mrs. Wilson ami the other White House women whose enfranchisement was authorized when the suffrage amendment recently was ratified. A -core of other votes will be cast in Tuesday's elections by Wiiite House attaches who live in Maryland an.' Virginia, but the thirteen mentioned abovp comprise the total contribution to the New Jersey fight. Ballots from New Jersey were forwarded to the White House ut the request of thu President and other voters early this week. Special arrangement1 have been made for receiving the election returns at the \Vhite House Tuesday night. The com? plete report of two press associations will be relayed into the telegraph room of the executive offices, and thi> infor? mation will be supplemented by r.ports received by the Democratic National Committee here. It is planned to send the original copies of all di.-patches direct to the President and Mrs. Wilson bv messen ger. Carbon copies wi 1 be r-taine ! foi the information of Secretary Tumulty, members of the Cubmet. and ?th?rs within the White House circle who n. tend to maintain an all night vigil in the executve offices .-? Votf for Churl,-? I . t.,:t> for Supreme Court Justice?-Seventh .\an.e under Group Tan on ballot.?Advt. Taft Newspaper Denounces Tale as 'Sneaking Propaganda' Genealogical Tree of Harding Family Shows Un? broken Line of Pioneer Forebears; Attacks on Lincoln Are Recalled From a Staff Correspondent CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.-The Times Star, of which Charles P. Taft it pub? lisher and Hulbert Taft is editor, printed an ediiori:il to-day under the caption "The Truth About Harding'? Ancestry," sub-caption "Falsehood cir? culated by Democrats is absolutely without the slightest foundation of fact. Here is record that nails this sneaking propaganda." The editorial follows: "Fifty years ago personal scandal and whispered lies against the c. ndi dates played a considerable part in American politics Until ihis year it seemed thai we nad been gelling away 'rom that, sort of thing. The Presi? dential campaigns of the present cen Lury liave been fought out chiefly in the open, with arguments about prin ciples and the characters and inten? tions of candida es holding the center of the stage. T'ois year .he Demi.' rats ??ave tried to turn the clock back fifty years. "They have attempted to revive tht spirit of underhanded partisans!-,!]: which was quite usual in America in the days when blackguards attacked the ancestry of the mother of Abraham Lincoln nnd sud that Lincoln himself was illegitimate. "Most of the energy of the under? ground section of the Democratic cam? paign has been devoted to the circula? tion of a l:e about Harding's ancestry No responsible Democrat has dared re? peat it in the open, but many Demo? crats have passed it around, hand to hand. Th- re ape few voters in Hamil? ton County who have not run up against this sneaking propaganda in one form or another, and who have not had somebody whisper in their ears in strict confidence that there 'is real'y something in that story about Harding.' "The story is to the effect that War? ren G. Harding's grandfather was Arios Harding and that he married Mary Ann Dix n, a negicss. The --t try s false in every respect. It even has '.he wrong names tor Harding's grand naren'.s. The Senator's grandfather was not Amos, but Charles Alexander Harding Charles Alexander Harding's wife, and the grandmother of Warren ': Harding on the paternal side, was Mary Arv C-awford ~he was the (Con'lnu-d on nex' p?gr) 70 Indictments To Be Asked in Building Probe Evidence May Be Presented to Grand Jury To-morrow and First Bills Expected Not Later Than Wednesday Unions Leave Counci? Brindell's Organization Fac? ing Dissolution:. Kauf? mann Consults Untermyer Counsel for the Loekwood Joint Legislative Committee will be prepared to ask for seventy indictments this week in connection with the investiga? tion of a'leged corrupt practices of contractors and labor leaders in the building industry. The evidence upon which these in? clictments will be sought will be pre? sented to one of the November grand juries which convene to-morrow. It is possible that the first presentments will deal with the refusal of witnesses to answer questions at the committee's hearings and the destruction of papers ?raterial to the investigation, resulting in interference- with the orderly proc? ess of law. The latter constitu? s a misdemeanor, punishable by a year's imprisonment and $500 fine. The District Attorney his furnished Samwel Untermyer, counsel for the com? mittee, with the names of the men drawn for duty on the two juries. The lists are being scrutinized with a view to finding out if any of the jurors are in any way identified with the building industry. It is possible that Mr. Un? termyer may not get any further with the proceedings to-morrow than the presentation of evidence. In any case indictments are expected not later than Wednesday. Kaufmann Sees Untermyer Judge Mulqueen has notified the Dis? trict Attorney that he will charge either of the November grand juries chosen by Mr. Untermyer to confine itself to building and housing matters growing out of the inquiry. The Dis? trict Attorney has offered the Lock" wood committee the services of Assist? ant District Attorney Robert Johnstone, an expert in drawing up indictments. Following his appointment by At? torney General Palmer to take care of the Federal phase of the investigation, Joseph Kaufmann yesterday conferred with Mr. Untermyer at the latter's home at Greystone on the Hudson. Ar? rangements were made to obviate any conflict of action by Federal and state investigators. In this connection it was apparent that the projection of Kaufmann into the scandal was received with little enthusiasm by the state authorities, and some of the latter even questioned the Attorney General's motives. Any separate investigation at this time, it was pointed out, could only serve to confuse matters. According to the understanding said {Continuad en sag? eighteen) Kidnapped and Tortured, He Signed $25MOO Check Arkansas Potato King Flees Barefooted From Farmhouse Where He Said He Was Held ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30.?A man who says he is Joseph Alexander, a stock laiser of Fort Smith, Ark., reported to officiais of St. Louis County that he had escaped early to-day from a farmhouse in the county, where he had beet: Lei ? a prisoner since last Monday. His cap? tors, he asserted, tortured and com? pelled him to sign a check for $25,000 on a bank at Fort Smith. He arrived in this city Monday to visit friends and was met bv five mtt>, who forced him into an automobile at the point of a revolver and drove lim to the farmhouse, about eight miles west of this cit. . He was barefooted when he appeared at the St. jjui.i cavnty cour-.house. FORT SMITH, Ark., Oct. 30.?Joseph Alexander, of Fort Smith, who reported to St. Louis County authorities that he had been compelled to sign a check for $25 000, is known in this vicinity as the pj'.ato Wing and ig reputeu to be we *?thy. Budget Cut to 346 Millions And Adopted End of Long Battle Over 1921 Estimates Comes Af? ter Midnight, With Feud Among Members Still Hot Police Pensions Slashed La Guardia and Curran Hold Out to Last, but Craig Fi? nally Swings to Majority After ter. days of continuous bicker? ing, wrangling and pruning, the Board of Estimate early this morning adopt? ed a budget for 1921 which totals ap? proximate y $<>?, > ? i '.niMi nn.t is bare.y within the constitutional limit. The budget was submitted for ? ' n tion shortly after 8 o'c'ock last ?. it, but failed to receive the support of Aldermanic President La Guardia end Henry I-t Curran, Borough President of Manhattan. Comptroller Craig de? clined to vote, but later threw his sup? port toward adoption, saying: "Since the u^ruugii i ? sident of Manhattan and the President of the Board of Aldermen have stated they would vote for no budget for 1921, I wish to change my vote to favor the budget as presented here to-night. While I should have favored a budget hat would have allowed less money to the Department of Street Cleaning, the borough presidents and some other branches of the municipal gov? ernment, and provide^ myre for the ".oard of Education, I feel that s'nee Mr. Curran by his own vote to-day de feated a motion of mine that would have added $1,000,000 to the school ap? propriation my responsibility has ended." Many Sharp Debates Both Mr. Curren and Mr. La Guardia took exception to the Comptroller's statement, asserting fhat Mr. CroTg's opposition ira th? early stages of the budget making was largely responsible for the deficit in the Board of Educa? tion appropriatir,. The change of Mr. Craig's vote did not give the budget advocates a suf? ficient majority to adopt the instru? ment on first reading. An adjournment was consequently taken until aftei midnight, when it came up for seconc consideration, at which time nine votei were sufficient to carry an issue, undei the rules governing the board's pro cedure. The proposed budget, as submitted t< the board October 20, totaled $355,800-, 000. The reducing- process by wnich i was brought to its present figure ha 'been attended by continuous antag onisms between members of the boar! On two occasions Mr. La Guardia am Comptroller Craig engaged in bitte arguments over items involving auto (Continuel) on page ilxtotn) Pastor, Left in Blazing A|ito by Thugs, Escapes Iowa Minister's (ilothes Soaked in Oil After He Has Been Slugged, Bound and Gauged COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Oct. 30.? Lured to a lonely part of the city by a fake telephone cal, the Rev. Dr. D E Cleveland, pastor of the Dodge Memorial Church, and prominent in civic affa rs, late last Jiight was slugged, bound and gagged by four thugs, who threw him into an automo? bile truck, soaked his clothes in oil and theo. set fire to the car. He saved himself from being burned to death by :??? " i-- o"t of 'he truck. Two boys, who were attracted by the blazing car, ound Dr. Cleveland. He was taken to a local hospital where it was reported to-day his condition is crit cal. Dr. Cleveland said he was certain the motive for the attack on him was revenge for steps taken by him to suppress a wave of crime in the section of the city in which his church is sit? uated. He said he believ. d he could identify one of his assa lants. The Source o? Supply anil Demand car frequently be traced to I ? Help Wanted is for.su!: The Tril men Helj Wanted Column? tor ^osiUotu ot ih? 0*1 ter kind.?Advt. Court Clerk Accused of Vile Slander Said to Have Circulated Yarn About Nominee's Ancestry for Which Chancellor Was Ousted Charge of Colored Blood Proved False Dayton Journal Crucifies Libel by Publishing Full Genealogical Data Special Dispatch to The Tribune READING, Pa., Oct. 30.?Harvey L. Baush'T, clerk of Quarti r ?ses? sions of Berks County, a d promi? nent Democrat, was arrested t day rn a charge of criminal ?be] for dis? tributing printed copies of a circular which sketches Senator Warren G. Harding's family tree and makes defamatory statements about his an? cestry. The circulars were based on data furnished by William Estabrook Chancellor, the Wooster College professor, who yesterday was dis? missed from the faculty of that in? stitution for circulating letters slurring Senator Hardintr's ancestry. The charges against Bausher were preferred by Thomas C. Seidal, Re? publican county chairman, on behalf of Senator Harding. The warrant was issued by Alderman Charles A. High. Bausher furnished $1,000 bail for his appearance in court, de? clining a hearing because Alderman High is a Republican. In a statement issued after his ar? rest, Bausher said tfint legally Seidal could not bring suit for libel for a citi? zen of another state. He charged that he was being prosecuted solely in an effort "to stem the tide against. Har? ding.'' Dayton Journal E\poses I.ihel From a Maff Corrcsuondcnt DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 30. The Dayton tournai to-day in an editorial article #. iing its front pa?-e refuted ik-i'am aory statements --bout Senat.r Har? ding's ancestry, which were made in thousands of circular? scat'?.red over the country. Having br;i! del the char? - v ter lay s h lie and the vilest plot and conspiracy in the history o: '.:.- worst t j; i s of Ametican politics, the news? paper, which is owned by My Herrick, former Ambassador to France and former Goveinoi of Ohio, to day uolishcd complete pr of of their falsity, t ret,''? with denials from the man who was charge? with instiga! hem The article yesterday, which was signed by E. G. B.urkham, edit r. said the time had come ?or plain sneaking. It continued: "Thousands upon thousands of tyoe 1 written, m meographed and even print id statements, usually under the head? ing, -Harding's Family Tree,' have been distributed in Dayton an i Montgomery | County, at first in c ?wardly secrecy, and In the last two days openly and I boldly, by men low down in the Demo ; cratic party, unprincipled heeler?, and i men high up in the Democratic party I who have sunk their standards to the ' very sewers of depravty. Distributed by Wholesale "The time has come for plain lan? guage. These viie circulars declare rhat Warren G. Harding has neg.o blood in his ve'ns- The ugly details \ou no doubt have read. Eneugh of the circulars have been distributed in our city and county to supply every man and woman with several cop.es. Even innocent children have them. "This is the vilest plot and con? spiracy in the history of the worst epochs of American politics. "The answer to tais conspiracy, this plot, is that its base allegations are a lie. "Warren G. Harding has the blood of but one race in his veins that of the white race the pure inheritance of a tine line of ancestors of good men and women. That is sufficient." It is known that 150,000 copies of the slanderous Chancellor c rcular were distributed ??om the Capitol Pudding at Colurebus on Thursday. A quarter of a million copies were dis? tributed in San Francisco. The article in to-day's Journal follows: "Right and justice have prevai'ed, tnd before yesterday's sun went down The Journal had in its possession t^e absolute refutation of the unthin'-'aMe assault mar'p opon Warren G. Harding and Hs family. "The evidence shows what the truth is, what the facts are. The evidence not onlv ini-'icts t^e cowardly campaign of vil fication, but it declares that this low and indefensibie assault upon the liard'ng family name i- p Pe. Harding Genealogy Reproduced "The Journal's evidence is short and to the p int. It presents, first, the au? thoritative genealogy of the family of Warren G. Harding; second, it pre? sents the ri"dd investigation of this genealogy by the Hon. J. F Prender erast, a di 'ir.guiHhej and eminent resi? dent of Marion. OMo. and a Democrat, which destroys the whole fabric of lies which were at first secretlv and then boH'y distributed among the people. "The statement of this distinguished citizen of Ohio, who made this inves? tigation, is sufficient, but we go farther ar.d present the statemert of the Hon. D. R. Cris?inger, a member of one of the most hon red law firms ?n >'ie I State of Ohio, heaa of the Marion C.*c