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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair to-day and to-morrow; not much
change In temperature ; gentle to mod
erate southeast and south winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 745 lowest, 36.
Del tiled weather reporti win bs found on the JCdltori-l
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VOL. LXXXVII. NO.
BANKS MOVE
$80,000,000
ON BROADWAY
$0,750,000 in Cash Taken
From Citizens to Chem
ical National.
8 POLICEMEN ON GUARD
Clerics Armed Like One Man
Regiments, hut Few
Witness Transfer.
MERGER IS COMPLETED
Institution flanks Among the
First 10 Ranks Resources
$230,000,000.
Four tired young men who, if ap
penrances count, might have consid
erable success lifting a ferryboat out
of the North River, dumped two huge
bags in front of the cavernous vaults
of tho Chemical National Bank early
yesterday afternoon. Samuel Shajv,
Jr., assistant cashier of the Citizens'
National Bank, and John B. Dodd, who
serves tho Chemical In tho same ca
pacity, broko the seals, unfastened the
locks and produced from the two bags
a trifle more than $500,000. A corps
of serious young men flanked by n
battery of adding machinery and veri
fying apparatus, not forgetting three
or four bulky individuals who were
decorated with and ornamented by
automatic pistols and repeating shot
guns, began counting the mess. They
discovered that it was correct down
to tho last of tho 7 cents that com
pleted the total.
"Well," said Mr. Saw to Mr. Dodd.
"that's that. The Chemical National
Bank has everything that went to
make up the Citizens' National Bank
everything except the building."
"And a tine thing, too," spoke up Capt,
McKlnney of the Beach street police sta
tion. "I'm not overcome with amuse
ment every tlmo six or seven million dol
lars cash is floating up and down Broad
way." SO, OOO, 000 Tramported.
For, with much less fuss than usually
is required to procure one cent's worth
of chicle from a subway station Riot
machine, a dozen men In two small
motor cars moved about 180,000,000 In
cash and securities from the Citizens
N'atlonal, 310 Broadway, to tho Chemical
National, 270 Broadway, yesterday. In
addition, they fetched almost (1,000,000
worth of gold and silver plate and Jew
elry which was tucked into safe deposit
boxes. Hlx and three-quarter millions
of the moved treasure was In actual cash,
to be looked at and wondered at by all
present It consisted of gold, silver and
bank notes, and there were even two
blushing copper cents that lay there
brazenly mingling with twenty dollar
gold pieces and thousand dollar bills.
One of them became so puffed up by Its.
sudden elevation Into social register
money that It tried to shuffle Its way In
among the five dollar gold pieces. It was
aught and returned to the other chew
ng gum and match money, where It be
longed. All this occurred by way of the phj.l
sl consolidation of the Citizens and the
'hemlcal banks, announced a short time
".go. Yesteroay and to-day, holidays,
were selected as the most propitious
times for the actual merer of the fundi
of the two Institutions. Despite the fact
that neither Capt. McKlnney nor any of;
the bank officials could recall any such
amount of money being carted from bank
to bank through New York streets In rc
ent years, not even an Irresponsible ap
peared to raise a row. Only eight po-lit-emen
three in uniform and Ave In
mufti kept watch over the transfer
ence In each bank, to be sure, the prl-
ate policemen were on duty, each look
ing very mucli like a one-man regiment,
and clerk and assistant cashiers and
ilie like who superintended the move
ment were heavy with artillery. But
outside the Sunday strollers who paused
for a moment to get an eye full of wealth
and Indulge In humor, nobody seemed to
rare particularly, and not a disciple of
the late Claude Duval, Jeremy Dlddler,
Oleic Turpln or Jesse James appeared to
break the monotony of the wealthy
work.
A Necklace of Mysterious Value.
In addition to all that actual cash',
$1,500,000 In Government and other
bonds virtually all negotiable was
carried down In baps and boxes. The
balance of the $80,000,000 was repre
sented by loans and discounts, accep
tances and other such paper that you
couldn't use to purchase asparagus with,
but which the pilferer might sell back to
a dishonest signer at great profit to all
oncerned except the bank. It was ru-u-.orcd
also that a diamond necklace
worth cither $10,000 or $100,000 or
$1,000,000 figures In the transfer some
where. The atmosphere was that of
large figures and unconcerned references
to millions.
"Move that second hundred thousand
out of the way," demanded the man op
erating the movie camera. "I want to
get a few feet of that million. Has any
body got the makings?"
By to-nlg.it the orps of clerks work
ing on the books will have completed the
business of docketing, registering and
stowing away the $80,000,000, and to
morrow morning the Chemical National
Rank will open Its doors, as usual, but
as one of the ten larger banks in New
York city, which Is adequate description
of a wealthy bank.
The Citizens and the Chemical were
consolidated on the basis of two to one;
that Is, the Chemical put up two dollars
for eery one produced by the Citizens.
The result Is that the consolidated bank
itlll known as the Chemical will
boast total resources of $280,000,000 and
have deposits of $180,000,000. The en
tire personnel of tho Citizens is taken
oer by tho Chemical, down to the char
women and offleeboys. And that means
that the enlarged Chemical has a pay
roll of 450 persons.
THE I-LAZA
Summr Garden snl outdoor terrace row
of-. Tea, Dinner and Supper neei.----v.
274 DAILY.
l, . n tin mr w t
City Food Prices in May
Continued Steady Climb
Kprrial to Tim fii'N and Nkw Yosk IImai.d.
WASHINGTON, May 30. Re
tall prices for foodstuffs in
JNew York city increased 1 per
cent, during: May as compared
with April, according to figures
mndo public to-nteht by tho Bu
reau of Labor Statistics of the
Deportment of Labor. The pre
Vttillnc prices woro 15 per cent,
higher than during May a ycur
ago and 111 per cent, higher
than the average for the year
1913.
In Philadelphia the May prices
were 1 per cent, higher than tho
April prices, 14 per cent, higher
than the prices in May a year
ago and 111 per cent, higher
than prices in 1913.
GEYSER SPOUTS
IN 5THAVENUE
Fifteen Inch Steam Pipe Ex
plodes at 58th Street, Near
Vanderbilt Home.
SPRAY RISES 200 FEET
Hole Six Feet Square Torn in
Pavement Traffic Shunted
Off for Hours.
A fifteen Inch steam pipe at Fifth
avenue and Flfty-fighth street, op
posite the north end of the Vnnder
bilt residence and within n block of
the Plaza, Nctherland and Savoy ho
tels, exploded at 5:40 o'clock yester
day afternoon, only an instant after
an automobllo carrying six or eight
passengers passed over the manhole.
None of the occupants of the car was
injured, but all of them, as well as
the machine, were spattered with mud
and dirt as the steam shot up through
tho ground to a height of 200 feet.
The noise of the explosion was
heard for several blocks, and was im
mediately succeeded by tho roar of
escaping steam, which continued for
half an "hour or more. Tho explosion
tore a hole about six feet square in
the pavement, and the steam coming
in contact with tho dirt and pebbles
of the street turned about half of the
column that shot upward into mud.
which rained down upon automobiles
and Sunday finery of pedestrians who
were in tho vicinity.
The explosion caused considerable ex
citement among the crowds In the street
and among the patrons of the hotels
near by. Traffic Policeman Herman
Gelsler of Traffic A heard the noise and
shut down all traffic Patrolman John
Bormande, at Fifty-eighth street and
Madison avenue, sent In a' call for the
reservcr, who came from the East Fifty
first street station under command of
Scrgants John Kelly and Thomas
Ward. The police closed that portion
of Fifth avenue to all trade, routing
the buses and other vehicles through
Jladison avenue, until 8 o'clock.
The steam pipe Is the property of
the New York Steam Company. The
break was repaired in about two hours
by a gang of workmen of the company.
Sergeant Ward wa trying to push
back tho throng that crowded close to
the scene of the explosion, and he found
one man who didn't seem to want to
get back.
"What's the trouble, officer?" asked
the man.
"Steam pipe exploded," said Sergeant
Ward. "Now get buck so we'll have
room to work."
He placed his hands against the man's
cheat to shove him back behind the
police lines, but before ho pushed he
recognized Gov. Alfred E. Smith, who
had been strolling on the avenue when
the explosion occurred. The Governor
remained there for several minutes
watching the police form their lines.
After he found that no one had been
hurt he went on up the street
ENGLISH ZIONISTS
TO BUILD PALESTINE
I Will Spare No Effort to Make
It Jewish National Home. ,
London, May 30. The twenty-first
conference of the English Zionist Fed
eration of London to-day passed a reso
lution "expressing gratitude to the Su
preme Council for Incorporating the
Balfour declaration In the treaty with
?'urekv and for granting the mandate
or Palestine to Great Britain. It
pledges Itself that the Zionists of Eng
land will spare no effort and no sacri
fice to reconstitute Palestine as the
Jewish national home."
Dr. Welzman, who presided, said that
the text of the mandate was still under
discussion, but provision had been made
for such political, economic and social
conditions in Palestlna as would make
it posslblo to bring a large number of
people Into the country and set up de
velopment on those lines.
Lord Rothschild said It behooved the
British people who took the opportunity
offered by the council truly to afford tho
world a lesson by setting up a true .na
tional home In'whlch every ono should
live In comfort and no one could say
he was oppressed or could not enjoy the
benefits of a national home.
JOHN H. GOSS'S HOME
DAMAGED BY BOMB
Official of ScovUl Co. Unin
jured in Midnight Attack.
WxTiRnuRr, 'Conn., May 30. A bomb
exploded just before midnight to-night
In front of the home of John II. Ooss,
secretary and treasurer of the E. 8covlll
Manufacturing Company of this city.
The front veranda of the house was
damaged and a number of windows
shattered, but ns far as could be learned
no one was Injured. A large number
of guests of a daughter of Mrs. Goas
were In the house at the time.
Keir Garden. I mi, Krw Qardeni, J,. J.,
Rtildtntlsl Suburban Hotel (Amer. Vim).
Under Knjil Hal. TW.f Rich. Hill JsvS'-.L'It
AND THE NEW
NEW YORK,
LI
54,000,000,000
MARKSm GOLD
Sum Relieved to Represent
Total Nation Can Pos
sibly Pa.T.
AN ENGLISH ESTIMATE
Dr. Wirtli, Financial Secre
tary, Shows Impractica
bility of Pre-War Rasis.
"WEALTH MUCH SHRUNK
Dr. Hclfferich Calculated It nfc
320 Billions Roforo War
Brought Ruin.
Or HAYMONI1 SWING.
Staff Corrtnpondent of Tint Sr.. and New
YoK Heuald. CapvtlgM, 10t0, by TUB Sl'N
and New Yobic Humid.
Berlin, May 30. While German
officials have carefully refrained from
anticipating tho Spa conference by
estimating tho sum In reparations
that the nation can bear, I have heard
from a rellablo source that 64,000,000,
000 marks gold could be regarded as
the basis of successful negotiations.
This Is not a revelation from the
Cabinet or from official strategists but
tho opinion of an export who is in
position to know Germany's resources.
He considers it certain that any sum
that Germany might proposo would be
greeted with coldness by the Kntente
and that any figure the Entente set
would be haled as catastrophic by tho
Germans. The figure of fifty-four
billion was ono of tho English esti
mates. Fixing tho precise sum this expert
declared to be impossible because of
tho mystery of the German revenue,
which in the present confusion Is
wholly a question 0f speculation,
Tho Financial Secretary, Dr. Wlrth,
interviewed by the ficrUncr TaoeUatt,
brands tho Entente press reports of
tho sum to be demanded of Germany
as fantastic.
"Every observer of Germany's eco
nomic and financial situation clenrly
sees that such lairo.slble demands aro
far beyond any economic or financial
reasoning. Dr. Helfferlch, whose book
the Jfntin had translated Into French
as reliable proof of Germany's ability
to pay, estimated the whole German
wealth before the war at between 300,
000,1100,000 and 320,000,000,000 marks.
"Then Germany's economic life was
rapidly ascending, and now it 1ms been
eaten up by fearful war demands. Then
tho population was about 68.O0O.000 and
now It Is 60.000,000. the real decrease
being greater by the loss of the ablest
men of the beFt ages. The whole popu
lation Is starving, and Its physical and
psychical qualities arc diminished by the
hunger blockade.
"The soil before the war was highly
cultivated, hut now It Is bearing only
half harvests. The factories then were
splendidly cqulppul with machines mid
implements, but now their working
capacity Is more than half reduced by
the wear and tear of wartime and the
neglect of necessary repairs. Ucforc
the war (Irrmany commanded sufficient
coal and ore, but now the coal produc
tion Is insufficient to cover the home
demand and tho ore mines an- almoxt
entirely lost.
"Our commercial fleet has been taken
away and our railroads are depleted by
the war and by the delivery of our best
rolling stock to the Allies after the ar
mistice. Our colonies, otherwise a strong
support of our reconstruction and paying
ability, are lost. The peace treaty sepa
rates largo territories from Germany,
weakening our economic foundation.
"Large before-the-war stores of raw
material and half finished goods, then
being an Important part of the national
wealth, are consumed. Before the warOer
man foreign credits, according to Hcf
ferich, nmounted to -S.000.000 ooo marks,
but have now disappeared The amount
of tho foreign debt is mucli larger. Our
economic losses have been enormous be
cause Germany during the war was
forced, more than any other country, to
el gago nil her human economic powers.
"Estimates such as the Entente pos
sess do not sluw an understanding of
the objective valuation of facts and dis
play absolute Ignorance of German eco
nomic and financial conditions These
demands would fall through the mere
impossibility of meeting them."
NO POSTPONEMENT
OF SPA CONFERENCE
France and Britain Deny
Italy's Request for Delay1.
London, May 31. Tho Spa conference
will take place on tho previously ap
pointed date, according to the report
forwarded to tho London Times by Its
Paris correspondent. .
Although Premier Nlttl of Italy asked
for a postponement until July the
French and British Governments, tho
correspondent declares, are In agree
ment that the June date should be
adhered to.
PLAN COUP TO HALT
GERMAN ELECTIONS
Military Party to Attack Ber
lin from romerama.
Benr.tN, Slay .30, Tho Socialist
paper Der Volkafrenntl, of Frankfort-on-the-Odor,
learns that tho military
party there is organizing nn antl
Republlcnn coup for Juno 5 or 6, ,to
prevent the elections' fixed for the latter
date. According to the paper the coup
will be carried out under the leadership
of four Generals. Twenty-three hundred
oincers In the uniforms of private sol
diers have been fully equipped as a
Frankfort assault detachment.
The capturo of Berlin will be. con
ducted from Pomeranln, with Grelfa
ftitj S3 tha bago of operaiious.
.MONDAY, MAY 81,
ALLIES INSIST
HONOROIJ DEBT
Offer of Gold Must Not Im
pair Security Given Allies,
KrassincIsTold.
LLOYD-GEOliGE DELAYS
Premier in No Hurry to
Meet Trade Emissary With
'.Bloody Hands.'
CONCESSIONS OFFERED
Platinum Mines and Oil -legion
Will Bo Exchanged
or $050,000,000.
Sptclal Cable Despatch to Tim Sun and Nbw
Yoik llnum. Cnpjrleht, 1010, ti Tub Bun
AND NEW YOK lltSAtD.
London, May 30. Preliminary In
formal talks with Gregory Krasslne,
Bolshevist Commissioner of Trade
and Commerce, according to authori
tative sources, have sliown that there
is no great promlso oproal progress in
the work of restoring either commc
clnl or political relations with Russia.
It was ndded that Premier Lloyd
Georgo had not yet decided whether
it was possible for him to grant an
Interview to SL Krasslne, and that
representatives of the Supreme
Economic Council who have talked
with the Bolshevist representative
since his arrival in London took a
"very strong lino" regarding tho gold
which the Moscow envoy proposed to
offer ns n trade guarantee.
The "very strong line" is believed
to be a'n Insistence that this gold from
the Russian Imperial Bank and which
was security for pre-rovoldtionary
loans to Russia by France and Eng
land, must not be disposed of by the
Bolshcvlkl in n way that would Im
pair the older obligations. This Is
regarded as perhaps the supreme test
of Lenlne's good faith. The French
loans to Russia total about 20,000,000,
000 francs, and it is the fear that the
Soviet contemplates using the gold
pledged for these obligations that has
had a great inlluencc In shaping the
Paris policy of opposing trade nego
tiations with Lcnlne.
M. Krasslne was reported to be In
sistent that all business which tho Allies
do with Russia be through the coopera
tive societies. Also he was said to be
opposed to the wlshos of the Allies to
authorize Individual trading.
llns Full Anthorltr From Lenlne.
It Is understood that M. Krasslne Is
able to show that he has full authority
from Lenlne whatever such authority
may bo worth. Nevertheless the rautloO
attitude adopted by the British Govern
ment persists. It was authoritatively
ptatcd that the. wild f.ars of the North
tllffe press that Lloyd George would
rush In and shake the "bloody hand" of
the Russian Soviet Government wns en
tirely unjustified. Every opportunity
will "bo 'given the Soviet to cleanse Us
hands and the British Government and
the Supreme Economic Council are go
ing to view results cnrefullv before there
Is any handshaking.
That Krassme was approached In Ber
gen by representatives of "Important
American Interests" with a view to re
opening trade between the United States
and Russia, a member of tho Krasslne
delegation told the correspondent of
The Sun and New York IIead. It
was stated that several Interviews were
held and tnat as a result an authorized
representative of the Russian Soviet
Government would go to the United
States as soon as the Krasslne nego
tiations with the Economic Council hero
were completed.
Ivrnmlne Prepares Trmle Offers.
Krasslne, with the help of experts.
Is, according to the programmo laid
down by tho Economic Council, prepar
ing to thow what the Soviets have got
to offer In trade and explain definitely
how they propose to -mako their goods
available. While many are sceptical
regarding Russia's ability to make her
markets available to allied trade the
Soviet delegation was reported to be
working on nn elaborate programme
Involving tho delivery of food grains,
eggs, timber, coal, Iron, gold, asbestoe.
petroloum, linseed, flax, hemp and plati
num. Plans have already been drawn
up to offer for disposal certain conces
sions In the Urals, which tho Russians
were reported to be willing to grant In
consideration of the sum- of J950.000.000
and which were said to embrace 90 per
cent, of the world's platinum deposits.
Also attention was directed to conces
sions In tho Baku oil region.
London, May 30. A wireless despatch
received from Moscow says that sixteen
New York firms and several firms from
other cities in the United States hnvt
requested the Russian Soviet Govern
ment Immediately to resume trade rela
tions with them.
Dead Cashier
VEItOENNES. Vt,
Short ?l.",,O0O.
May 30. Examlna-
(Ion of the books of the First Natlonnl
Hank of this city, whose cashier, Charles
Strong, committed sulcldo last Thursday
when examiners appeared, has disclosed
shortages of $15,000, according to t
statement to-night by the bank's presi
dent. Oliver II. Sherman.
CLOSING TIME
)t $5tm AND NEW YORK HERALD
DAILY ISSUES
9 P. M. t Main Office, 280 Broldwij.
8 P. M. it former tfertld Office, Herl.
Btaf , HtrtbJ Sqiurt.
8 P. M. tt iD ouW Bunch Ofixes.
(Laotian- ltstti an Kdlurtal r.l
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YORK HERALD
1920.-
Bonus Bill in Senate
, : t
Way to Legislative Graveyard
-. , v
(Hitrtut roHus irs AS'b Nkw Yoiik HrraMi.
WASHINGTON, May .10. Tho soldier bonus bllt, which was passed
vv yesterday by tho House after a forty minute debate under naj?
rule, will be formally received by the Senate" to-morrow, but indica
tions aro that it will bo quietly buried in the legislative graveyard for
the session. , . , ...
The measure will go to tho Finance Committee, It is understood
thero arc sufllclont votes in that commlttcu to prevent it being re
ported, nnd many df the prominent members of the Senate aro deter
mined to put it to sleep forever. It is certain the bill will not be re
ported out of committee beforo recess is taken for tho national con
ventions, and if any effort is made to call it up Senator Thomas of
Colorado and three other Democrats are ready to conduct a filibuster
against it. , , , ...
Members of tho Senate consider the tax provisions of the bill
particularly odious, and opposition to the bill hns been more pro
nounced thoro than in the House, where yesterday's vote showed only
40 Republicans and 52 Democrats recorded aguinst the measure.
BRYAN IN 'WET'
CAMP ON PEACE
Is Likely to Lino Up With His
Liquor Toes in Resolu
tions Fight.
'DKYS' HAVE A MA.TOBITY
Hut Commoner Must Bolt in
Opposition to Treaty as
Chief Issue.
Special to Tnr Sijn and Nkw York HnALD.
Washington, May 30. Democratic
lenders, who realize that the contest
over the treaty nnd liquor planks of
tho platform to be adopted at San
Francisco will have a direct bearing
upon the fortunes of the various
nspirants for the Presidential nomlna
Hon, huve been feverishly counting
noses within tho last few days nnd
endeavoring to form some idea of
what to expect.
Particularly nre the wets nnd drys
lined up for tho bnttle that is to bo
waged in the resolutions committee.
There undoubtedly will be a great
denl of Jockeying nnd trading over the
platform, with tho grand prize of the
convention the nomination for Presi
dentalways tho ultimate object. A
canvass of the situation Indicates that
the resolutions committee will be dry
by a safe majority. One estimato is
that It will stand S2 drys and 16 wes,
but It Is probable that on tho Issue of
a slightly damp plank the number of
drys might be reduced to some extent.
The first question to come before tho
resolutions committee will be the treaty.
Curloiady enough, Wllllnm J. Bryan, who
will lead the fight for a dry plank In
the platform, probably will line up with
the wets on the treaty issue. The rea
son Is that In most Instances the oppo
sition to President Wilson's uncompro
mising attitude on the League of Na
tions come- from Democratic leaders
who are also or. :ne wet side of the
liquor tight. Mr. Bryan believes tho
Democrnts should accept the inevitable
and permit tho tieaty to be ratified with
the Lodge reservations. He is opposed
to going Into the campaign with the
trenty as the chief issue. He may take
the leadership in the effort to precnt
the President from having his way and
making It the chief Issue. In this, by
an accident of politics, he would have
many of the wets with him.
PARIS COMMUNISTS
CRY 'DOWN WITH WAR'
Imposing Demonstration Ob
serves Commune of 1871
Paius, May 3U. A Coinmunlst parade
to-day that took three hours to pass a
given point was held to celebrate the
forty-ninth annlvcrrary of tho French
Commune. Vetcrara of the Commune
nnd various Communistic societies par
ticipated, marching past tho famous
wall of the Pore In On'.-v Cemetery,
against which man Communists of
1871 were lined up ami executed.
Besld'! the, wnll stood the leaders, nnd
tfio paraders as they went by shouted:
"Lon; live the t'ommune" end "Down
with war." They placed flowers nnd
wreaths bofiro the wall In memory of
those execu'ed thero aid elsewhere In
Paris after the Commune had been put
down.
FIRE DESTROYS 65 HOMES.
Forest nlnie Swffp. Through St.
(Inrntln, V. n Vlllnire.
STt John, N. .&. Stay 30. One-half
the residents of St. Quentln. N. D., hav
ing a population of approximately 2,000,
n'Of homeless to-nlglit ns a result of a
forest firn which swept through the vll
Saturday. Ti. pronorty damage In climated at
between $"50,000 nnd f 1,000,000. There
A.Li no loss of life reported. Sixty-five
dwellings, three mills, two hotels, the
Canadian National Railway station, the
Provincial Hank and many business
places were In ruins. Thousands of cords
of pulpwood were burned.
Halifax. N. S.. Stay JO. More than
forty families were made homeless by
fli-e which destroyed forty-seven build
:n In Londonderry, a village near
Truro. The damage was estimated to-
nliht Hi between $200,000 nnd $.100,000,
for. rxnisrLAT ci-ikikic
AUVEBTIS MN ts
SUNDAY ISSUES
P. M. Siturii; it Mtin Offiet, 2!0
BnidViT-
, 5 P. M. si tonm Htrtld OSes, Hnx'd
, Buil-f, Htrald Sqs-rt.
5 P. M. tt til tttrr Bunch OlSee.
(Lacatte-t lUtad an EdltoriU Fag.)
Now Yotlf, N V.
To-dav on
FIGHT ON TO-DAY
FOR 122 SEATS
Republican National Commit-;
tee Will llavo Open Hear- j
nigs on Contests. :
HAYS PROMISES JUSTICE
Chairman Issues-Statement on
Party's Vigor and Enthu
siasm Auguring Success.
Bttclal to Tun Run and New Youk IIeialo.
Chicago, May 30. The stage Is all
set for tho first battles of tho Repub
llean Convention, to-morrow, when tho,
v i I
volvlng 12"
t of Water -
AUIioniti .tJiiiniiuet; ui in-Kin lo
. . , n 1 ...III . I i.a
hearing of contests Inv
seats. Chnrlos K. Pickett
loo, la., will have chargo of the
Lowdcn Interests in the contests.
Jesse Sr. Littleton, a lawyer of Ten-
nessco, will represent the Wood ln -
tewm'H. Hays, chairman of the com-
mlttee, who arrived to-day, promised
that the contests would ho decided
Judicially and not politically. Indlca-
tlons arc that the committee win try!
HI RlVO Vlll" CrtllUIUiU.'H till tvril uinm
... T,. . i .i ,uii
10 give tne cinuiaaies an even ureiiu
leanings, of tho contestants will have ments. Tho Governor's name has , portnucc of selecting a candidate foi
little bearing on the relative strength been suggested repeatedly for the president who has a broad concep
ot the candidates. Sir. Hays said to-, vice-Presidential nomination, but he j tion of International problems with
night tho contest will be hurried ' ha3 -efused to entertain the proposal. t which this country must deal largely
through nnd it Is his belief they will , j durjn the comln fom. yem ot worUl
no nmsneu oy niuiBuuy iiiiiu mr1
hearings will be open, to the public
for tho first time.
A majority of the conte-t hrc over
tli nuc-tion or nvai organization!) in
Democratic States. The Georgia. Missis- iTesiuciu w u " With the regular element in pouues nn
slppl. Oklahoma. Tennessee and Mlnne-1 Ohio, with Gov. Kdward I, Kdwarda 'or I tonpr frlendehlp with tile late Theodoro
?ota contests Involve tho seating of dele-, eeconU pIacn. Cox and Edwards would Ro0flcvclt , Is urgmt, would make him
gates pledged for Wood and rlve.l un n- . , , . ,,., ,,,fnn-miit of ""ulv,:"' ,
btructed delegates. smnd for a moJeratn enforcement or , nocepttta t0 the Roosevelt followers, a
The Johnson enmp Is Interested chiefly national prohibition, if not for a clean fnct thal cmpi,a.l2ed by the statement
in the contests In the Tenth district of cut wet issue. That Is what Tammany maiic by Col. rtoosovclt at the list con
Minnesota. None of the contesting dele- j .,..,nt, ventlon that Senator Lodge was tha
E."1! J"?'r"C,1 ?! ?tK
iik 111 111 v .-iu iu mu iiiciiuiy iu
his candidacy.
There nre more contests to decide than
at the last convention, but most of the
cases are said to bo without merit. In
volving the bolting of one faction and
the nomination of delegates at a rump
convention.
Chairman Hays requested that the
following statements bo printed:
it iooks nere to-uay like U10 middle ; through many national conventions. Mnei-nchusetts Senator will have op
of convention week. The Interest, the j Tll0 adVance work was accomplished , portunlty to make the supreme effort
crowds of enthusiastic Republicans nl-1 nbout a month ago when Mr. Murphy, 0( hln )f In his opening address to
ready arrived Indicate the natlonwldi ; Tom TaEgart of Indiana. K. 11. Moore of the convention. Those who know him
parly vigor an enthusiasm. . OhloJ. N. Camden of Kentucky and confidently expect he will do so.
Lverywhero Republicans arc Tearln tWQ or tllrec other leaden, met In . it Is freely admitted by Republican
to go The unprecedented confidence In French Ucki md., where Taggart lives. ' politicians here that the situation has
Republican success which obtains every- Thnt WM a few dayB b(lfore lhe Nw becom! f0 complex that the delegate
where Is simply the reflection of the real- york delAgntc(, met In Albany and turned ' nt Chicago may demand elimination of
n
is a matter of natlonnl welfare. Every
where Is the appreciation of the fact that
we have a task to erform worthy ot
our party strength and party history.
The' chronicler of centuries to como will
. . . . . ... . .
rrmo' 8,
X h' S the last ew days, the combination has
nd-itfs the&
'l IJA"0.".???"0"1? pa7.lA.V,nt 'si,.Jl.rnmm. Murnhv nnd Taesnrt are
tureci inai uevciopmeni. .Morning snau
lessen the certainty of this Republican
good of the country and It takes us all
to do It.'
.. of Sir. SIcAdoo; the second to prevent
PROBERS TAKE FRESH Bn-an controlling the convention and
CT.nT wnnDnH;''"ll"t thn nomination through his
START TO-MORROW poner of veto.
The Tammany men are confident they
fr,ncn MrAAnJ can accomplish both of those results,
Wood Funds to Be Sifted.
Washington-, Slay 30. Though far
May 30. Thoutrh far
fi-r.li, r.mvinliinn of Its nni-t- ih s.nn,.,
conunltteo Investigating pre-conventlon Whether they can put over their can- i the West, nnd as In the case of Senator
expenditures and pledges ln the PrcsI- , dldate Is another and morn difficult I Knox they suggest either Senator J.ohn
dential campaign will not sit to-mor- question. Before the delegates go to ' son. Gov. Lowden or Gov. Allen for tha
row. Tuesday, however, It will hear for 1 San Francisco the same group of lead-1 second plnce.
(ho first time the statements of men ; era, including Gov. Smith, will meet' .,, ni.
who handled the primary campaign In I again In Ycnch Lick, take an Inventory i Hd to Ilrfnsc Second riace.
California In the interests of Herbert of their btrength and then pick their Naturally none of the candidates in
Hoover, and will Inquire rurthcr Into the candidates and determine how to vote. countenancing the suggestion of himself
State and national expenditures made Indiana may present the Vlce-Pvesl-1 as a vice-Presidential candidate. That
In behalf of Senator Hiram Johnson. dent's name as a favorite, son nnd If n which will have to be crossed.
Tho committee likewise Is said to bo New York does not put forward Gov. I ,, ,a roaiized, when it Is renched. It Is
planning further Inquiry Into tho candl- Smith this State's vote In all probability j H'1(!J ,.nown that pressure from the 'rear
dacy of W. O. SIcAdoo on tho Demo- will go to Sir. Slarsha I on, the first J w, makl refusai t0 cross difficult once
cratlc sld. and to gather more informa- ' ballot. Tho other States In the comblna-, andlrtatr S invited to .view the pros
tlon as to expenditures in the Ohio Re- , Hon will scatter their votes
publican primary. T"ft "rloun suggestion that Gov. . A analvla ot ,1,,. republican sllua-
Siibpomus have been sent out In sev- Smith s nnmo bp offered oame from j ,., mrt, out wlth tho admIs.
ernl directions for witnesses, and It is , Louisiana delegates who wrote to New ' Senator Johnson and Gov.
presumed more light will be sought on , York leaders saying that this i .ate hd , men amm thp M Ur
the details of the campaign made for a strong man and asked why ho was." iciinM to the belief thnt
SlnJor-CIen. Leonard Wood. not cmercu, " y. ...,
. was to be a freo for all race. Similar
imrnrnnn r-rrmrr queries have come from delegates In
VANDERLIP FOUND ! Colorado nnd Kentucky.
tin am rmrAiniVi The prevailing opinion among Tarn
JAPAN FRIENDLY' many men Is that Gov. Cox will be the
o p 7,0 o prnn
Banner Keaclxes jan rran-
cisco After Visit to East.
Sav Fravcisco May 50 -Frank A 'PENROSE NOT OFF TO CHICAGO. , to much the same situation In the cor..
VamW. rprS ' ' nt!o that prompted friend of Sen-
Ranking Corporation, nnd a party of I Prnn.jlv-nln .s-tr Xot to At- tor Lodge .to feel hopeful. They foresee
financial nnd other leaders arrived heie . ,-,, Convention. ''"ck n,,d a p an",nj; l i"R
to-dav on the liner Kore Mam from , , ' . . possible pressure to bc. at Phlcago to
Japan, where they went to discuss Inter- "m:w. Mw ao.-Frlcnda here of . ni!v..nco the claims .of thslr cnUht
natlonc.l nutters with JapeTtese leaders. Senator Penrose (P. .) who ate In a po- a list of possible dark horse candi-
There Is a strong desire for the friend-i "Itb'ii to know staled to-da 1 1 the da,M who are receiving .xnslderat Ion
hln of this countrv In Janan. Mr. Van- 1 Pennsyl anlan will not come to Chicago arc: Senator Lodge. Gov Poolldg
derllp said.
The party was entrrtntned by a num
ber of high Government officials, and as
nn Instance, of Japan's Interest In tho
United States he told of a meeting whero
more than 7,000 persons heard him de
liver an address and from which so
many were turned away that he was
forced to address an overflow meeting.
A HAPPY BLENDING
The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD
preserves the best traditions of each.
In combination these two newupapern
make a greater newspaper than cither
has ever been on its own.
PRICE TWO
IN NKW VOIU. CITY
TAMMANY MAY
VOTE FOR SMITH
PRESIDENCY
FOR
Lenders Get Requests to Put
Governor in San Francis-
co Frce-for-All.
IN FAVOWTE SON HOLE
Would Aid Murphy-Tng-gnrt
Alliance Against Mc
Adoo and Bryan.
I MIGHT SOLVE DEADLOCK
Marshall Still in Favor, But
Cox-Edwards Tickot -Is
Strongly Hinted.
Tammany lenders who are in con
trol of tiie New York State delegation
to the Democratic National Conven
tion are giving serious consideration
to ft proposal which has como from
several Western and Southern States
that Gov. Alfred R. Smith's name ba
presented to the convention for tho
nomination for President.
! Charles F. Murnhv and his associ
ates, who under the unit rnlo will
cast tho vote for the State, have wel -
corned the suggestion that New York
oont fn..nrit vnn candidate, and
present a lavorne son canum-ir,
i H was statod J'Mterday In Tammany
! circles' that it was more than prob -
. ' I
' ablo tho Governor would get ms
1 state's vote on the first ballot.
J In tlle ewit 0f a deadlock, the
;lwldcra sald( lt mlght prove desirable
to have tho Governor's name before
tho convention.
, Tho first ballot would be a compH -
ment m nny 0Vent and would place
tho gtat0 dciCBat0 ln nl0re advnn
i.,. . t,,l,- ,lvn1iin.
, tageous position for further develop-1
"vi",r" .v.... -
According to those be.it informed In .
i Tammany affairs tho State organUa-'
' . . . . f nominnlon for
. t - 'fi
The old time conservative leaders In
The 01a tim conservative iuna ...
tl:e Democratic party have almost per- veU an), Senator igp consulted freely
fected their working agreement, accord-1 bout the proposed Leagun of Nations
Ing to reports received here yesterday. ; and lt is nsfmmcd the course that has
This combination Ineludea the
York. Indiana, Illinois, New Jersey nnd "
Kentucky organizations. It Is the old, Those who are suggesting the nam
standpat crowd which haa fought Will- 0f senator Lodgo point out that as per
lan .1 rtrvnn and the progressives .,.,, v,nirni.iii nf tlin rnnventlon the
, .. ,.,,, r Mel, no boom. The
proposal which came out of that con-
feience was to groom Thomas R. Mar-
shall. Vice-President, for the Presl-
dentlal nomination. Ho Mill Is a dark
! linran
' conference. In fact, within
, .''- ',. .
;
. ..
Vrtl Snrp ot NeRnttvp IlrinlU.
n-v.- fl,.l lu tn r.T-i-n tliA nnmlnntfnn
Tkv WMre thev will have more than
' one-third of tho delegates If their com-
. . - .. .... ,..
1 pact holds. They believe they can ac-
1 compllsh tho negative part of their
1 compllsh tho negative part ot tneir
Droirrnmme.
I choice of the Tammany-Taggart com'-
blnatlon when It gets down to the real
Jj' hL
hr the convention, despite the fact that
Ills physicians have announced his phys. gcnator Knox (Pa.), tiov. Henry J. Al
leal condition probably would not pre- j len (Ka.). Senator Irvine L. Lenrout
vent the trip. I (Wis.), Herbert Hoover (Cat.), Senator
Tho "Presidential row" was agog with jjoward Sutherland (W. Va.), former
speculation to-night as to who will re- j Senator Theodore Rurton- (Ohio),
celve Pennsylvania's 76 votes If Sir. chirles K. Hughes and Dr. Nicholas
King It In charge In Senator Ptnroso's Murray Butler (N. Y.). Ilcpi-esentat vn
behalf, Simeon D. Fcss (Ohio). Senator A D.
CENTS
f F
Tlinitl! CBNTH
iviTiiiu 'ion mii.K.
'OUK UI'.NTrt -LHRWIIKMS.
LODGE ENTERED
AS -DARK HORSE
ON TREATY ISSUE
Senator's Friends Propose
His Leadership as Result
' of Covenant SI and.
WOULD END DEADLOCK
As Permanent Chairman at
Chicago Will Be in Close
Touch With Events.
ELIGIBLES ABE NUMEROUS
Washington Also Discussing
fringe of the Possibilities
for Vicc-rresidciicy.
Kf.edol lo Tun Pun 4ND Nw Yoaic ltnAt.o.
Washington. May 30. Senator
Henry U. Lodge (Mnsii.), undor cer
tain possible conditions, will bo put
forward as a dark horso candidate to
solvo tho deadlock which is expected
to develop at the Hepuhllcan National
Convention next week. The sugges
tion of 'tho name of 'Senator Lodtro
hns been made freely during tho last
! few days following tho disclosures of
' tho Lirgo expenditures of money on
behalf of other candidates. Talk of
i Senator Lodge In this connection
,-senuior -uubb m nn -.,..v
cornea largely from his New England
. admirers and Republican leaders of
i the feenate.
I The argument for Senator Lodge In
that as chairman of tho Committee on
j Foreign Relations and lender In tho
flght to procure the Amerlcanl-atlon
of tho league covenant, ho is ins
1 loglenl man to load tlje Republicans In
j a campaign in which tho league Is to
be made tho Issue. It also Is pointoa
out. that the country realizes tho im-
rcconstructlon.
I.odsrr Friend of Hooerelt.
Whilo Senator Lodge has been classed
xiuiu 3uiu.
1 logical man to lead the Republican , party
- .,, ,ht Pnl llnoaa-
11 nf th lending candidates ana ill-
acceptance of n man who hns not been
subjected to the animosities' growing
out of the pro-convention campaign,
Senator Lodge, his friends any, would
offer an ideal liaeis ot compromise it
it Is found necessary t, make one and
his candidacy would represent the ma-
w viewr'r ?f t,ie Senate ,n 1,8
treatment of the league.
, i ,u, nininp an
1 "ssue ' of he ' Cue cessTmt the
inominatlonofam-nwhocanablypre.
i f(M1t the opposition to the President'-
i Viewpoint.
There M a feeling that the nomination
should go to the West or middle West.
In view of the act that if the next
.Senate la to be Republican, gains must
! be made In the region west ot the Mls-
j bbulppl. a .fact thM add. to the IWtentta!
i strenzfh of Oov. Henry J. Allen of Kan-
t 1. . n,.l Yilmecir In l'n-
HUP, .WIU inu i" i"Mu ... .,
to inherit the Wood strength. The Lodge
men say mis rouiu o ien c.ire oi m
the nomination ot a ice-i-rinrniii.ni
Gov. Lowden Is ln the best tactical posi
tion, but no Intelligent observer who
realizes the resourcefulnes of Senator
Johnson as a fighter would undertake
to declare him out of the field nt any
tlmo until the nomination is made.
Dla-tisslon ot ciaru norse poisioiui
in -Washington hae not stopped w
Dla-tisslon of dark horse po ssimlltlM
ith
the suggestion, of Senator Lodge. Friend i
ttn-Uart llr.nver nre lnnklnc fnrwuril
if.o. v i.ov. William C. Siiroul and
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