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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1922
TWO CKNT9 I TimK?? CKNT9 1 FOT'R CFTSTB
In t.rentrr N<jw Tork J Within 200 Mile* I KUvvthotm
Lloyd George
May Fix Vote
Date To-day
Attacks on Asquith and
Lord Grey Expected in
Speech at Manchester;
Chamberlain FlaysLabor
Premier Expected
To Reveal a Coup
Nature o( Reply Unknown
to leaders; Calls on
King on Leaving London
By Arthur S. Draper
Prom The Trtoun*'? European Bureau
ropyrijfh?, 1522. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Oct. 13.?While Lloyd
George was at Buckingham Palace to?
day, reporting to the King on tht
i ?vents of the last month, and presum
? ?bly outlining his plans in the immi?
nent fieht for his political life and
prestige, his chief lieutenant, Austen
Chamberlain, government leader in the
??ouse of Commons, was opening at
Birmingham the liveliest political cam?
paign in a generation.
These events, while important in
themselves, were almost overshadowed
fn public interest by the spsech which
the Premier is to make at Manchester
to-morrow, in which he will defend his
Near East policy and define hi3 posi?
tion regarding the general election
which all parties agree will be held
soon. His address may even reveal
the day on which he will go before the
people and forecast his successor, if
te ib to step aside, or be retired as
Premier.
An intimate friend of Lloyd George
said to-night that the features of the
Premier's address would be attacks on
Viscount Grey and former Premier
Asquith. The address, which will be
made before the Reform Club of Man?
chester, i? scheduled to begin at 2
?'clock. Sir Edward Rhodes will pre?
side and offer a toast to the Premier.
Chamberlain Attacks Labor Sharply
Mr. Chamberlain's speech was a
stait defense of the Premier. As was
?jetted, he savagely attacked labor
?4 argued that under the circum?
stances it would be criminal to end the
coalition. "If the Labor party obtained
s majority," said Mr. Chamberlain, "it
WVuld not be the moderates of that
ptrty who would -prevail." ?be Con
?rvative leader declared that Lloyd
George had acted with perfect loyalty
ioirard his Unionist allies and had
Wupislously observed h i a. agreement
With them.
. Devotin/f much of his attention to
the Xear East question, Mr. Chamber
iin severely criticized the attitude of
discount Grey and former Premier As
!aith, applauded the efforts of Lord
urzon and Lieutenant General Sir
Charles Harington and upheld Lloyd
George's policy.
Lalor lost no time in replying to Mr.
Chamberlain's attack, J. R. Clynes,
?peaking at Reading to-night, saying:
"Bolshevism was produced in Rudsia
by suppression of all popular liberty,
and rebellion can be fomented in this
country by government ministers seek?
ing to put the .Labor party outside the
pale of constitutional action. Mr?
Chamberlain's speech this afternoon
was another statement which will
d'epen class antagonism and render
further di_servico to the throne.
Two Questions Uppermost
In the absence of Lloyd George, who
*ent to Manchester after his call at
Buckingham Palace, the Earl of Bal
fout presided over the Cabinet to-day.
The meeting passed almost unnoticed,
however, because of the country's ab?
sorption in the party maneuvering
preceding the election. Two questions
are being asked everywhere: "Who
will succeed Lloyd George?" and "Will
the election prcc tie or follow the
convention of the Conservatives sched?
uled to be held here on November 16?"
It ?8 just as difficult to get reliable
answers to these questions as it is to
pick the winners of the Cambridgeshire
and Derby races in advance. The
Premier has not decided when to call
* general election because the Con
srvntive leaders, chiefly the Earl of
fitrby and Andrew Bonar Law, have
** committed themselves, although
?eye it, no doubt that a majority of
k Weir party is convinced that success
l ?pends upon independence.
? Alhe,re may be a party coalition after
{? election, but there will be no po?
stal combination in advance. Labor
J*?l make a bold independent bid, plac
?? about 400 candidates in the field,
oou tnc same number as presented by
ne Conservatives. The fight against
rrl 2 _ party wil1 be made on the
*,,,",. that a workers' government
_??? im,P?se a levy on capital and in
Ti?. thc nationalization of industry.
ni7?re? are more than 1,600,000 unem
EP Great Britain to-day, and
l?r Ge,or-e's "lost difficult ask will
thl? exp,ain why under his leadership
?is country has more unemployed than
wr other of the European nations,
ftany Labor Victories Foreseen
e*i?t_;ervers ,in the S*??* industrial
?"**8 sa? that labor will win many
Liu. fOW occupied by Unionists or
Uberals Th? candidates who will
SL?ft "?,t the hardest are the Lloyd
?r?X!* JCrals- They will be opposed
niftst -ases b Tndependent or Ag_
S-Ti'rals' V thorites and by
fc:*'. whereas at ' the last
iC r ? rf>ceived the support of
"* Conservatives.
<??lj0A critics ?re charging
?Dili X y Oorge is attempting to
it tl,: h?!rPfrty as he did the Liberals
He _?_ , ukl election" of 1918, when
Tn, VP *he ^o-ntry as a coalitionist.
??ri*. ?ni_B,anfc "eem to o? in hiS?
PoiiH?'-and Prophesy a return to the
ec?1??.V?p_oximat'n? th-t which they
www?? M,0T* tho war- The Con"
?iitic aIso are exceedingly opti
wSS_Kext HoU8e oi Commons will
?(** t\ut. 60? members. There are
t^than!? candidates in the field
V3- fnd Probably 1,500 will stand
?--?.?y?,10?,' The present House eon
'*? Coalitioi ""
??later Unl<
CtaB. 12r Coali---. . ..._.., .?_.
, finii1*". thorites, seven National
! fat t?f?lcJHTt*> seventy-six Labor
I ??i4??J^_'"three Independent Liberals,
- ""?y-tnree Sipn Feiners, seven
*a>Mumrt ?* net warn*)
t?a tti _Coa?tion Unionists, twenty
??arts* ?ST Unioni?tB, eight %?
^?litu. r Coa'ition Liberals, four
$100 Offered for Seat at Cluh
Where Lloyd George Speaks To-day
MANCHESTER, England, Oct. 13 (By The Associated Press).? |
David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, has chosen the home of his
j friends to launch his platform. The Manchester Reform Club, where
the Premier will deliver an address at a luncheon, has stood behind
him while the National Liberal Club, of London, was taking down his
portrait from the library and hanging it in the basement.
The Reform Club can accommodate only three hundred luncheon
guests, and forty-three of these will be newspaper men, because the
broadcasting of the features of the function will be of the greatest
importance.
I Coalition Liberals will have nearly all the other scats aside from
those occupied by members of the Premier's family and his staff.
Great efforts were being made amoftg the Manchester Liberals
to-day to be among the elect at the luncheon. There was gossip that
any one with a ticket for the luncheon which was transferable might
easily obtain $100,for it. One newspaper correspondent was asked by
a wealthy Londoner to name his own price for his seat. Mr. Lloyd
George to-night is the guest of a local Liberal at Mobberly Hall, nine
f seaesssaasm mu? i ?emamam??wen n 111 i 1111 i il . ;;?ijii _ "is . .m?
News Summary
LOCAL
Mrs. Hall demands Governor Ed?
wards supersede "bungling stupidity"
with fearless investigation of rector's
murder.
Transit Commission will extend
B. R. T. subway to 156th Street and
St. Nicholas Avenue; chooses Rose
bank over St. George for terminus
of Statin Island-Brooklyn tube.
White Star and United American
lines get temporary Injunctions
against enforcement of Daugher?y
i liqVpr order,
j DaWes praises Harding as budget
slasher, but has naught but hare
word? for Congress.
Diabetic serum not a cur? but ;
big step forward, says local expert
treatment costs $60 a day.
Stillman's attorneys oppose ?150 <
day feo for referee and immedi
ate decision on custody of childrer
. United States forces organize fo
relief in Smyrna; Archie Roosevcl
comes from Texas for-campaign.
Rabbi Wise announces support c
Cob alan and opposition to those wh
ignored him.
Part-time pupils 30,189 more the
year ago, despite forty-five ne
schools.
"Bunk and political propaganda
engineer's answer to complaints c
I B. T. U. gas standard.
Supposed unlucky day withoi
fatal accident encourages Safe
Week worker?.
FOREIGN
i Premier Lloyd George's polici
{ strongly defended by Austen Chai
berlain, govefttiment leader, in Bi
mingham speech.
' France opposes British plan
I grant Germany five year moratorii
on all cash reparation payments.
?Hague arbitration tribunal awai
! $12,OQO.,000 to Norwegians for si
1 requisitioning during war.
I Greek 3d Army Corps refuses
I obey orders to evacuate Thrace.
; DOMESTIC
Miller scores Smith for platfo;
inspired change of heart on port
velopment.
Smith, declaring Governor oppo
to welfare work and labor, chai
he demoralized State Labor Dep
ment.
E. F. Grable defeated for re-e
tion as head of Maintenance of \
Employees and Railway Shop Lai
ers at Detroit.
Army officer from Buffalo \
Liberty engine airplane race
Mount Clemens, Mich., travelini
rate of 128.8 miles an hour.
Republicans appear sure of vie
in Connecticut, despite power
Spellacy.
WASHINGTON
j Changes in Volstead act to f?
t?te liquor regulation enforcei
being urged on President Har?
' President delays naming Fe<
Reserve Board head until after
eial session of Congress.
| SPORTS
Billy Miske wins from Tom
bons on foul in tenth round of
ut Gardon.
Racing operators win fortune
Polly Wale's victory in fifth ra
Jamaica.
Howard W. Maxwell jr. elimi
Gardiner White, winner of the ?
fying round, in Nassau Country
golf tournament.
Mrs. H. Arnold Jackson di
Mrs. Ralph Hammer in Knol
Club golf tourney.
MARKETS AND SHIPS
Stock prices generally firm d
selling of oil shares.
Southern Railway directors v
resume dividends on preferred
Cotton and wheat prices ad
t ? -
Gibbons Loses Fight,
Knowing Father
Boxer'? Heart Fails Him
He Sees Manager Sign
Ominous Telegram
Tom Gibbons saw Ina manage
Kane, sign for a telegram Ui
in the seventh round of his bt
Billv Miske in Madison Square
and from that moment his-be
not in the fight.
Kane refused to show him t
sago until after the fight, and v
bout, which was to have eon?
rounds, was decided in Miske
Gibbons snatched the telegra
his manager's hand.
It told of the death of *
father in Minneapolis, wh
flffhter had been warned, mig
soon, but which he^ hoped migl
laved until he could make tn<
Minneapolis. He had planne?
part for his father'? bedside
atcly *fter leaving the Gar<
?lid'out of the ring with tea?
?ne from his fise*
Smith Flopped
On Port Plan,
Asserts Miller
Changed His Mind "to
Please Somebody," Gov?
ernor Tells Enthusiastic
Syracuse Audience
Points Out Big Tax Cut
Sho-vs That His Adminis?
tration Saved Onondaga
Co. $550,000 in 2 Years
From a Staff Correspondent
SYRACUSE, Oct. 13.?Declaring that
ex-Governor Smith is running counter
to his personal convictions and his
previous official stand on the question
pf the Port Authority of New York in
subscribing to his party's attitude as
expressed in its platform, Governor
Miller scored his adversary to-night
for switching his attitude "in order to
please somebody."
It was the Governor's first reference
to tho Port Authority during his speak?
ing trip, and the criticism of Smith's
tergiversation came in the course of a
detailed account of his administration
that the Republican candidate laid be?
fore an enthusiastic crowd of his fel?
low townsmen. Eighteen hundred of
them ware packed into the Wieting j
Opera House, and they cheered him to
the echo whenever an opportunity of?
fered.
"Mr. Smith stands, he must stand,
for the plan which was presented by
the Port Authority and adopted by tho
Legislature," asserted the Govornor in
Bumming up his indictment of his oppo?
nent. "The administration of the City
of New York has a'different plan. It
selected engineers, and they wo.ked
out ft plan in many respects radically
different in its improvement. When
the plan presented by the Port Author?
ity of which Mr. Smith is a member
was before the Legislature, the. city
administration was there with its plan,
insisting that its plan and not Mr.
Smith's should be chosen.
Warns of Deadlock Danger
"What would have happened if the
city had had two representatives on
the Port Authority? The compact pro?
vides that no action can be taken by
tho Port Authority without the concur?
rence of two members from each state.
Necessarily the. result would have been
that two members from the State of
New York would have voted for the
Hylan plan, and four members, only
one of whom was from New York,
would have voted for the other plan,
and we would still be in a deadlock.
"Mr. Smith, who is for port develop?
ment just as I am, who helped himself
to prepare the comprehensive plan
which has laid the foundation for port
development, in order to please some?
body is running upon a platform
which proposes to create a deadlock
and to stop further progress of any
plan, a platform which proposes that
two out of the three members of the
Port Authority from the State of New
York shall be appointed by the admin- I
istration of New York City."
Turning his guns for a moment on
the record of the Smith administra?
tion, Governor Miller drew the audi?
ence's prolonged applause when he ap?
plied his simile of the baseball player
to ex-Governor Smith's strictures on
the present form of the state govern?
ment.
"He wants to discuss the organiza?
tion pf the state Rovcrnment to ex?
plain F why he failed when he was
Governor to make the machinery of
government function, and 1 suppose as
an excuse for non-performance if he
should again be elected," said the j
Governor. "He reminds me very much
of the baseball player who strikes out
and then blames.it on the bat. There
is this difference, however, between
him and the ball player. When the
ball player next comes to bat he can
make a great ado in pretending to se?
lect a different bat, but Mr. Smith has
only one bat to choose from?the pres?
ent machinery of the state government,
and confessing that he can't use the
bat he is asking for the privilege of
trying it again, I don't claim that I
(Continued en MS* three)
Staten Island
And Heights
Get Subways
Transit Board Announces
B. R. T. Extensions to
155th St., Manhattan,
andRosehank,Richmond
St. George Cut Out
By Narrows Route
Broadway Line To Be
Paralleled to Point Near?
er to the Polo Grounds
The Transit Commission announce?
last night the selection of routes fo;
! new transit construction, the out
standing features being:
Extension of the B. R. T. subwa;
from Fifty-ninth Street and Seventl
Avenue, by way of Central Park Wesl
to Seventy-second Street and unde
Seventh Avenue to 155th Street an
St. Nicholas Avenue.
Definite selection of the Narrow;
or southern route, connection with th
Brooklyn Fourth Avenue line at Nine
ty-fifth Street, crossing under the Nai
rows to Pennsylvania Avenue at Rose
bank.
Plans for the extension of the Fourt
Avenue subway in Brooklyn from it
present terminus at Eighty-sixt
Street to Ninety-fifth Street, Foi
Hamilton, already have been autho
ized. This is a link in what the con
mission considers will become the mai
Staten Island trunk.
The extension of the B. R. T. subwa
to Washington Heights will enable tl
people of that section to get to ar
from downtown by three direct rout?
?the projected Eighth Avenue, the c:
iating subway at Broadway or the '.
R. T. by way of Central Park West.
George McAnuny, chairman of tl
commission, says tho location of t!
Staten Island end of the subway
Rosebank instead of at St. George
justified by the geography of Stat?
Iuland and the needs of the travelii
population of Richmond Borough as
whole.
Justifies New Routes
The Board of Estimate has set O
tober 20 for a hearing on the propos*
new routes.
The statement issued by Mr. M
Aneny in explanation of the new rout
follows:
"The serios of routes covering t
Washington Heights extension prese
a radical departure froru the commi
si Oh s plan of May 1. That plan i
eluded the newvtrunk subway and fee
ers knoWn as the Eighth Avenue lii
extending north and south from 185
Street arid Washington Heights,
way of Fort Washington Avenue, A
sterdam Avenue, Eighth Avenue a
Hudson Street to a new general trai
fer station at Chambers Street. T
B. R. T. extension, as then project?
was terminated at 155th Street a
Eighth Avenue, in Harlem. The cc.
sideration of the needs of Washingt
Heights for additional transit, as <
plained by representatives of that Si
tion at the time the original plan v
presented, induced the commission
have new studies made. These stud
have developed that at a relativi
small additional cost, the B. R. T. li
could be made more effective and sei
a much Ir.rger community by being c<
tinued up St. Nicholas Avenue fr
155th Stieet to a p?>int where conn
tions can b?? Tnade either by spur tra?
or passageways to the Eighth Aver
trunk line north, as well as to tho <
isting Interborough line, which tu:
out of Broadway into St. Nicholas A
nue at 168th Street. This chai
would give to Washington Heights <
of the most thorough plans of ra
transit as yet conceived.
Staten Island Extension
"The question of the selection <*f
best route to Staten Island has had
attention of the commission for seve
months. It has been convinced, throi
the studies'made, that the best int
ests of all concerned ?will be ser
both from the engineering and tn
standpoints by the Narrows route, fi
Fort ' Hamilton to Pennsylvania A
nue, Rosebank, S. I. Plans for
extension of the Fourth Avenue s
way, in Brooklyn, from its pr?s
terminus at Eighty-sixth Street
Ninety-fifth Street, Fort Hamilton,
ready have been authorized. This
link in what will become the Sti
Island line.
"The new route, beginning at
terminus of the Fort Hamilton ex
8ion, will extend as a two-track i
way or tunnel southwesterly and w
erly, under private property
btreets, to the Shore Road at Nin
e event h Street. It will then cross
Narrows, with a curve toward
Staten Island shore, turning ui
Pennsylvania Avenue to a point in
existing right of way of the St?
Island Rapid Transit Railroad. Pr
sion also is made inethe route desc
tion for two branches in the Bore
of Richmond, both leaving Penn
vania Avenue at a point near Newl
Avenue and turning north and so
respectively, to points at which con
tion can conveniently be made at
north with the tracks of the S>
Beach branch of the Staten Is
Rapid Transit Railroad and at
(Continued on page six)
On Eve of Second Marriage
LWrites Regrets for Divorce
The day before he remarried in Kan?
sas City in September, 1921, after ob?
taining a divorce from Mrs. Mary E.
Chaffee, in West Virginia, George M.
Chaffee, wholesale white goods mer?
chant, wrote his first wife a letter in
which he asked forgiveness, expressed
his desire for her continued friend?
ship and apologized for the suffering
he had caused her. Mr. ChaffeCs
second wife was Roxie D. Waugh, and
she now is the corespondent in a di?
vorce brought by the first Mrs. Chaffee,!
who is contesting the validity of the j
West Virginia decree. The Appellate
Division yesterday awarded Mrs.
Chaffee $250 a month alimony and $500
counsel foes pending trial.
Mr. Chaffee's letter to the wife he j
had just divorced read: "You know,j
of course, that I am to take another !
step to-morrow, and I wish before j
entering into it to again assure you of
(my heartfelt sorrow and what I know
wUl he nJjV lifelong regret, that I have]
hurt and wounded you as I have. I
cannot say that In all our life to?
gether you have been anything but the
best of women, the truest of mothers
and the most wonderful of womankind.
In no one person have I ever known
more of the best of qualities com?
bined. I say this honestly, and it is
as I feel. Why I failed in my love?
why your dear patience and prayers
and love could not fill my heart?I do
not know; but I tried hard and faith?
fully to be what I should have been
and what you had a right to expect me
to be. For not being and doing such
I ask forgiveness.
"Even now?though all legal ties be?
tween us are severed?I feel that there
is nothing I could be asked that I could
do, that I would not gladly do. May
God comfort you, dear, and be near
you always."
Mr. Chaffee and the plaintiff were
married in, 1898 and have a daughter
with whom Mrs. Chaffee is living.
-1-,-,-_.
Tribunas ideal Home
Will Remain Open
The official suburban home for
Better Homes Week will remain
open, completely furnished, until
Sunday, October 22, Mrs. G. Ver
nor Rogers, chairman of the com?
mittee on furniture and decora?
tions, announced yesterday. This
extension of one week is due to
the big crowds which have gone
to Larchmont Gardens every day
since Monday to inspect the place.
For two additional weeks the
suburban home will remain open
unfurnished for the inspection of
the public as one of a series of
six small houses built by the
Home Owners' Service Institute
from Tribune plans,
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Republicans in
Connecticut
Have Big Lead
Prosperily and Strength of
Organization Believed to
Assure Victory Despite
Popularity of Spcllacy
Democrat Hard Fighter
Loss of One Congress Seat,
Defection of New Voters,
Chief Worries of G. O. P.
By Carter Field
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 13.?The
Republicans have a tremendous lead
to-day in Connecticut. If the election
were held to-morrow there is no doubt
that Senator George P. McLean would
bo re-elected. Certainly four, and per?
haps five, of the Republican members
of the House would be sent back to
Washington, and the 9ame state ticket,
from Governor down, would go through
by heavy majorities.
The Republicans have the advantage
in that this is normally a Republican
state, even though the normal majority
is not large; that their organization is
overwhelmingly superior to that of tho
Democrats and that they are now irt
power all the way down the line.
But far more important than any of
these is the fact that Connecticut is
j highly prosperous. Far from there be
' ing any unemployment problem there
is more work to be done in Connecti?
cut than there are people to do it, and
every indication is that this condition
will grow more pronounced rather than
drop back toward hard times.
This economic situation, plus the
fact that most of the employers give
considerable credit to the Republican
party for the tariff, and think the Ad?
ministration and Congress both have
done pretty well, deserves detailed
comment, but for the moment it is
enough to point out that prosperity, or
full employment, since long before the
days of the full dinner pail slogan, has
generally given elections held during
such periods to the party in power, and
that just as surely hard times have
generally resulted in political turn?
overs.
Uphill Fight for Democrats
So that the Democrats, lacking a !
continuing organization at all compar?
able with the Republican one headed by
J. Henry Roraback, are facing the stiff
est kind of an uphill fight.
There are two offsets.. One is the
fact that despite tho prosperity, ? the
smull towns in Connecticut in their
elections have been swinging heavily |
to the Democrats. The second and j
much more important is in the person !
of their nominee for United States j
Senator?Thomas J. Spellacy.
Spellacy is a firebrand of energy. Ho j
is one of the most effective spellbind
ers in American politics to-day. He is !
so quick on the trigger that although j
Connecticut has probably carried the j
fine art of heckling to greater lengths ?
than in any other state, he has never
been known to be caught napping. On '
the contrary, he has always come out I
on top?they say frankly up here?no [
matter what the merits of the question I
asked by his wouldbe tormentor. !
In addition, Spellacy has a tro- !
mendous personal following, built up ?
through many campaigns. He made a j
strong race for Governor a few years i
back and since that time served as !
Assistant Attorney General under A. j
Mitchell Palmer. Ho was floor leader
for the Palmer forces pt the San Fran- j
cisco convention and tried to swing the j
tide to Homer S. Cummings, then chair?
man of the Democratic National Com- '
mittee, when it was seen that Palmer
could not be nominated.
Spellacy is generally credited with i
being the only Democratic leader in the j
state with a genius for organization. I
Bearing in mind that the Democrats j
have virtually no continuing organiza
(Contlnued en page three) !
Sugar Refiner Charges
Manipulation of Prices
Closes Yonkere Plant, Believ?
ing Big Crops Will Soon
Cause a Decline
Claus A. Spreckels, president of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company, an- i
nounced yesterday that the company's ?
plant in Yonkers would be closed im- :
mediately pending a decline in sugar i
prices, which Mr. Spreckels believes
now to be sustained by speculation.
"Sugar must fall in price," he said, j
"In Cuba, acording to cable reports,
there Is so much heavy cane growing
that they expect to begin grinding the j
crop about one month to six weeks ?
earlier than usual; that is, they will
begin about December 1, instead of be?
tween January 1 and January 15. !
"Cables from France show that the |
crop there is unprecedented in tho
purity of the beet roots and has a
higher content of sugar than for many
years. Beet sugar producers in Europe
will have a surplus of more than 800,-1
000 tons, and I cannot see that there j
will be any exports to Europe for the
next six months.
"Sugar has advanced throe-quarters j
of a cent in the last two or three J
weeks. This is an advance that bears]
the earmarks of pure speculation. 11
r.annot but expect thai; when th?s new (
crop comes in or, in anticipation of it,.,
within the next thirty days, sugar must 1
iake a drop.* * ? *
Ship Liquor
Fight Taken
To President
Urged to Ask Congress to
Modify Volstead Law
So Alien Vessels With
Rum May Touch Ports
Daugherty Ruling
Hits U. S. Islands
Several American Lines
Tell Lasker Passages
Are Being Canceled
From Oie Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-High offi?
cials, close to the President, indicated
I to-day that pressure is being exerted
upon the White House to have Mr.
Harding ask of Congress for an amend?
ment to the Volstead enforcement act
which would permit foreign ships, in
transit to foreign ports with liquor
aboard, to touch at American ports.
Such an authorization, it was declared
at the War Department, would .elim?
inate much of the international difficul?
ties impending as a result of the
Daugherty ruling.
It was disclosed that the question of
how far this government should go in
the application of tho ruling to for?
eign shipping was the principal sub?
ject of discussion at the Cabinet meet?
ing to-day. Members of the Cabinet
were reticent, however, about reveal?
ing tho trend of the discussion and
would give only the most broad hints
on this new suggestion.
The strict application of the Daugh?
erty ruling as it affects the transporta?
tion of liquors in foreign vessels which
must touch at ports of American in?
sular possessions is giving the Admin?
istration the greatest concern. It was
officially pointed out to-day that if the
Daugherty ruling is rigidly observed,
great embarrassment and financial loss
'would follow to the Porto Rican peo?
ple, whose output of coffee is handled
almost solely by ships under Spanish
registi-y.
One high official disclosed that two
thirds of tho Porto Rico coffee crop is
shipped to Cuba in Spanish bottoms
and the remainder finds a market in
Spain, to which it is transported in
Spanish vessels. He said that if the
; Porto Rican ports are closed to Span?
ish vessels having liquor in their car?
goes, these American wards in Porto
Rico would be unable to market their
? coffee advantageously and great dis
j tress would certainly follow.
| Hits Philippines Also
j Another source o/'uwbarrassment is
i the case of closing rtoilippine ports to
| foteign vessels carrying liquors for
] destination beyond these islands.
Whilo the Volstead act has never been
I applied to the Philippine Islands be
! cause of the failure of the Philippine
Legislature to adopt enabling legisla?
tion, under the Daugherty ruling the
islands .will become as dry as the
United States. Foreign ships now touch
at Manila with cargoes of liquors des?
tined for the Solomon Islands, Java,
and even Bombay, without interference,
but under the Daugherty ruling, un?
less Congress specifically declares it
? is not to be applied to liquor in tran
i sit, foreign tonnage would not be per
! mitted to convey general cargoes to
the Philippines in the event they had
liquor aboard.
Chairman A. D. Lasker of tho Ship?
ping Board reiterated to-day that gov
i ernment vessels would remain bone
j dry from this day forward in strict
j compliance with the Daugherty ruling.
He said that the liquor question for
government tonnage is a closed inci?
dent, as far as he is concerned.
1 The chairman added that the board
was receiving notifications from Ameri?
can ship operators that many passen?
gers were cancelling accommodations
because of tho Daugherty edict. Tho
Munson Line and others have for?
warded to the Shipping Board letters
from persons who had booked passages
on their boats to South America de?
manding redemption of tickets. Mi*.
Lasker added that he had been in?
formed by one big American operator
who had booked 300 passengers on one
vessel that fifty-two cancellations came
in within a period of seventy-two
hours.
Mellon Gives Publicity
Secretary Mellon to-day directed the
chief of the Division of Customs and
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
to give wide publicity to the following
notice:
"The provisions of the national pro?
hibition act are applicable to United
States vessels leaving foreign ports
after October 14, and to foreign vessels
leaving foreign ports after that date
on cominjr within the territorial waters
of the United States. All sales of
beverage liquors on United States ves?
sels, anywhere, and on foreign vessels
within the territorial waters of the
United States, are unlawful after Oc?
tober 7. This notice does not apply to
foreign vessels passing through the
Panama Canal and not touching any
other port under the jurisdiction of the
United States."
At the same time letters were ad?
dressed to the Secretary of State, Sec?
retary of War and Secretary of the
Navy requesting their co-operation in
the widest distribution of this notice,
to the end that both foreign and domes?
tic shipping everywhere may be im?
mediately and fully advised of the con?
tent and purport of the opinion of the
Attorney General.
Foreign shins leaving their own ports
(Continued on next p?me)
British Protest Ready
To Back Cunar? Line
LONDON, Oct. 18 (By The As?
sociated Press).?Unless an in?
junction is granted to the Cunard
Line, the British government
probably will protest formally
through the Foreign Office against
the ruling prohibiting liquors on
foreign ships in American waters,
it was stated in official quarters
to-day. Officials here, however,
express the opinion that an in?
junction will be granted in the
American courts.
It is understood the government
takes the attitude of remaining
in the background and allowing
the private lines to take the lead,
but that it will intervene in the
event of the failure of these ef?
forts.
Dawes Credits
President With
Budget Savings
General Spills a Few "D's"
on Cabinet "Coinanches,"
and Calls Congressmen
"Pusillanimous Peewits"
Is Guest at Dinner Here
Says Harding Hung Ax in
Capitol, Handy for Use
in Backing Economies
Waving his arms and etamping, and
firing broadsides of "hells" and "damns"
as he went along, Brigadier General
Charles G. Dawes, until, recently di?
rector general of tho national budget,
told representative financial and civic
leaders last night that the only way
to maintain co-ordinated business effi?
ciency in the Federal government, was
to stand behind the President in his
efforts along that line.
? General Dawes characterized Cabinet
members as "Comanches," and Con?
gressmen as "pusillanimous peewits,"
declaring both to be the natural ene?
mies of the budget system and effi?
ciency in government generally. He
also disclosed considerable inside his?
tory as to his efforts in bringing
economy into the governmental ad?
ministration, including the narration of
several rows between high officials end
himself over questions involving the
cutting down of expenses.
For what has been accomplished in
government efficiency he gave the chief
credit to President Harding, making
tho budget secondary in this connec?
tion. "President Harding," he said,
"hung an ax on the wall of the Cabi?
net ??eeting chamber. And don't you
think for one moment he would hesi?
tate to wield it on the neck of any
Cabinet member should this become
necessary."
Smokes War Pipe
General Dawes was the chief speaker
at a testimonial dinner given him in the
Waldsrf by the New York City branch
of the National Budget Committee. On
sitting down at the center of the
speakers' table he pulled out his "Hell
and Maria" pipe?the one which ac?
companied him on his war and budget
adventures?and smoked it constantly
thereafter.
S?;veral times he interrupted the two
toastmasters designated to introduce
him, telling Sam A. Lewisohn abruptly
to "never mind that flowery stuff," and
advising William M. Chadbourne to
"cut it out" when he began passing
compliments his way. He also broke
into the address of John T. Pratt,
chairman of the National Budget Com?
mittee, when Mr. Pratt said it would
be a good idea for Cabinet members to
sit in Congress, declaring that "it's
hard enough to keep those fellows
down without their going to Congress
over the President's head."
"I am thankful," said Mr. Pratt, as
he sat down, "that General Dawes per?
mitted mo to speak as long as he did."
"Under every President up to Hard?
ing," said General Dawes, "the heads
of the various governmental depart?
ments did as they damned pleased.
Each ran his department without refer?
ence to the n?eds of the whole. As
the result, a most disgraceful system
had grown up.
War Showed Way Out
"Co-ordination of the military busi?
ness during the war pointed the way
tq what could be done. Had the present
budget system existed in our govern?
ment then, billions of dollars wasted
would have been saved."
The. Cabinet members, he said, "were
the natural enemies of the budget sys?
tem, and would tear it to pieces in
thirty days if they could."
He accused Congressmen of cow?
ardice and asked his hearers to com?
pare the names on the roster of Con?
gress twenty-five years ago with those
to-day.
"To illustrate," said he. "Shake the
name of the American Legion before
any damned peewit in Congress and
he'll run like a rat for his hole. Any
organized minority?the farm bloc, the
labor bloc or the maternity bloc^?-can
got anything it wants, regardions of
the interests of the whole people.
What is most needed in Washington
to-day is statesmanship."
Smokers Lose Accuracy, but Not
Speed, Johns Hopkins Finds
BALTIMORE, Oct. 18.~An exhaustive
inquiry into the effect of tobacco in
various forms on different types of
smokers, conducted in the psychologi?
cal laboratory of the Johns Hopkins
University over a period of three years
by Dr. Knight Dunlap and associates,
has shown that the immediate effect of
smoking is a "lowering of the accuracy
of finely co-ordinat?d reaction, but
that there is no indication that the
speed of complicated reactions is af?
fected."
The result? of the experiments ap?
pear in the current number of "The
Journal of Comparative Psychology."
They form, the experimenters are care?
ful to point out, only the basis for a
mar? detailed investigation.
Student? ?t the university, outsiders
and the psychologists themselves were
employed as "reactors," or subjects for
experimentation. Every possible vari?
ation in the conditions surrounding the
use of tobacco was used. Non-smokers,
occasional smokers and inveterate
users were tested. Tests were token
before smoking, during the process,
after smoking and following a day of
"rest."
''There is no indication," the report
says, "that thoroughly m-jcbaniiod re?
actions requiring no fin? motor adjust?
ments, are affected." Thia would apply
to the motor processes and thought
processes of the man in an ordinary
clerical or other subordinate business
position.
"With regard to men engaged- in in?
tellectual work th? situation may be
diflfaMUt." |
HaltBiinglers,
Hall Widow
Begs Edwards
Appeals Through Counsel
For Fearless State Offi?
cial to Solve Murder
of Husband and Singer
Sees Self Suspected;
Assails Stupidity
Hayes Accuser Is Jailed
Anew as Per jurer and on
Stories of Bahmer Girl
By Boyden Sparkes
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct.
13.?Denouncing the officials of Mid?
dlesex and Somerset counties for
"bungling stupidity," counsel for
Mrs. Frances Hall and her family
wrote to-day asking Governor Ed?
wards to take from these officials
control of the investigation of tho
murder of her husband and Mrs.
Eleanor Mills.
The letter was signed by Timothy
Newell Pfeiffer, formerly an Assist?
ant District Attorney of New York
County, assigned to the homicide bu?
reau. Two weeks ago he superseded
former State Senator William Flor
ance as Mrs. Hall's counsel. In the
letter to the Governor Mr. Pfeiffer
asked that the investigation be
placed under the exclusive authority
of a fearless state officer who would
bring the guilty to speedy justice.
One Blander After Another
A series of amazing blunders, some
of which are difficult to account for,
even on the ground of stupidity, was
the basis of Mr. Pfeiffer's request. The
first of the blunders was failure of the
responsible authority, Prosecutor Beek
man, of Somerset County, to have au?
topsies performed on the bodies of the
victims. The revelation that this had
not been done forced Mr. Beekman to
have the bodies exhumed. The last
blunder was the jailing of Clifford
Hayes on the charge of murdering the
rector and the choir singer on no other
evidence than the obviously lying
I statement of an incompetent witness.
J Governor Edwards haa already ex?
plained that he lacks the authoritv to
j send the Attorney General of h'ew
Jersty here to take charge unleBS tho
prosecutors concerned (both appointed
[ by him) request such action. But
I some action in line with the request of
| Mr. Pfeiffer seems inevitable now.
State Troopers Handicapped
State troopers were sent here to as?
sist in the investigation after Charlotte
Mills, daughter of the murdered woman,
had written to the Governor request?
ing his aid in finding the murderer.
The state troopers have worked earn?
estly, but have been handicapped by
lack of co-operation. After she com?
plained to the Governor the fifteen
year-old girl was taken from her high
school cless and roughly chided at the
courthouse by the county officials.
Once before Mr. Pfeiffer complained
about the handling of the case. Thai;
was when he objected to the treatment?
accorded Willie Stevens, eccentri?
brother of Mrs. Hall. Mr. Pfeiffer said
then that the officials had turned from
stupidity to brutality. Willie had been
whisked over the county line and held
a prisoner in the courthouse tower for
more than seven hours, until nearly 3
o'clock in the mornins, while attempts
were made to get a confession from
him by the use of third degree meth?
ods.
The feelings of all the persons who
were most likely to have been sorrow
stricken by the death of Mrs. Mills and
Dr. Hall have been harrowed by inex?
pert interrogation. Misleading state?
ments have been given to the news?
papers one day and contradicted the
next, with the result that about the
time Mr. Pfeiffer's note should have
reached the Governor to-night citizens
of New Brunswick were holding a mass
meeting to protest against what they
termed an attempt to railroad Clifford
Hayes to the electric chair.
Letter to the Governor
Mr. Pfeiffer's letter said:
"The course of action pursued by
the prosecutors of Middlesex and Som?
erset counties in the investigation of
the murder of the Kev. Edward W,
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, and
particularly their course of action
during the last week, compels me as
the representative of Mrs. Hall and
her family to bespeak your prompt
intervention.
"Whatever the situation may be In
respect to your legal power to inter?
vene, surely the great office of Gov?
ernor of New Jersey is invested with
the moral power to bring about
through every means availabia te a
sovereign state a thoroughly compre?
hensive, intelligent and conerent in?
vestigation of this hideous crime. Such
; an investigation has not yet been
made, nor do the methods hitherto
employed by the present prosecutors
give promise that it ever will or can
be made by them.
'The net result of their activities
up to the present, so far as a solu?
tion of the crime or the development
of any clew reasonably looking toward
its solution is concerned, is absolutely
nil. But other results of farreaching
character abound. The atmosphere of
New Brunswick is charged with every
sort of rumor, that political pressure,
money and social prestige have been
made use of by Mrs. Hall and her fam?
ily to hinder and delay the administra?
tion of justice in this case.
Says Widow Is Blamed
"In the mind of the public Mrs. Hall
is held responsible for the present im?
possible condition of affairs?in truth,
it is due to the bungling stupidity of
the officials of the two counties. And
now the evidence is unmistakable that
the authorities of the one county are
at odds with the authorities of the
other county, with the efforts of the
state troopers, standing between the
two, rendered abortive.
"Mrs. ijall and her family cannot
longer maintain silence. To do so
would be ttcitly to admit the false ac?
cusations leveled against her and
them. Mrs. Hall, her brothers and
all her relatives are now and have
been from the beginning desirous of
submitting to every test of their com?
plete innocence which**? thoroughly
comprehensive, intelligent and cubar