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THE GREAT F AULS TRIBUNE
MONTANA'S BEST NEWS GATHERER
THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17,1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHINA OUTLMES HER "BIL OF RKSTTS"
ROADS ORDER IMMEDIATE SLASH
IN CAR RATES ON FARM PRODUCTS
Democrats Block Action
by Reading Reports of
Special Committee.
Spent Too Much but
Violated No Law Is
View of Spencer.
.. , v. in -ri „
took a up "report of' the privileges
and elections committee Wednesday on
the coyest of Henry Ford against the
seating of Truman H. Newberry, Ile
publican, Michigan, who was his op
ponent in the 1018 election, and al
though the debate was # at times
heated and a night session was
forced, little progress was made to
ward a vote.
The debate was opened by Chairman
Spencer, of the privileges and elec
tions committee, who supported the
report of the majority calling for the
seating of Senator Newberry and in
general defended the senator and his
1018 campaign.
In concluding his address. Senator
Spencer suggested that Senator I'orn
rene, Democrat, Ohio, representing
the minority views of the committee,
proceed with a statement, but the lat-.
ter declined, saying that he wfys* jii
disposed and would not speak at tue
night session.
Vote Is Blocked
As the night session wore through
quorum calls and a cross fire of polit
ical debate. Senator Harrison. Demo
crat. Mississippi, who previously had
charged the Republicans with attempt
ing to force through the resolution for
seating Mr. Newberry when the arm
ament conference was occupying the
public attention, took the floor and
began to read the majority and minor
ity committee reports. Tlie documents
total some 2.<KJO pages, and other
Democrats said they were ready to
take up the reading in relays if neces
sary.
Senator Spencer and other Repub
licans denied that they were attempt
ing to force the resolution through as
Mr. Harrison had charged, and said
they were ready to vote. But Mr.
Harrison and Senators Walsh, of Mon
tana. and Swansoa, of Virginia, then
began an attack in which they accused
the Republicans of seeking a night
session in revenge for the refusal,
through the objection of Senator Wat
sou, Democrat, Georgia, earlier in the
day. for a unanimous consent agree
ment to vote on the resolution De
cember 28. ,
Spent Much Money
Senator Spencer, in the course of
his answer, said he admitted that the
money .spent in the Newberry cam
paign was too much, but he contended
that the Michigan senator has violated
no law.
Senator Stanley, Democrat. Ken
tucky, interjected to say th;it the
campaign "was a race between a tin
lizard and a golden chariot."
After Senator Harrison had con
tinued his reading for more than an
hour. Senator Spencer moved a re
cess until 11 a. m. Thursday, and this
was carried without a roll call.
The effort to obtain a unanimous
agreement setting a date for a vote
will be resumed Thursday, leaders said.
British to Renew
Efforts to Stabilize
Nation's Business
Washington, Nov. 10.—Renewed ef
forts on, the part of the British gov
ernment to stabilize conditions in gen
eral and give an impetus to trade is
the outstanding feature of the recent
economic development in Great Britain,
according to a cable to the commerce
department Wednesday from Commer
cial Attache Tower at London.
The effort, he said, consists of a bill
now before the house of lords provid
ing fof government loans to assist
capital enterprise up to a total of 25,
000,000 pounds.
BANDITS LOOT BIG
WHISKY WAREHOUSE
Reginn. Sask.. Nov. 16.—Six masked
men made prisoners of two warehouse
employes at Carnduff, Sask., Tuesday
night, and then loaded 00 cases of
liquor into automobiles and escaped,
according to word received at provin
cial police headquarters here Wednes
day.
The warehouse employes were re
leased two miles from Carnduff. Amer
ican authorities have been notified that
the thieves may attempt to cross the
border.
COTTON PRESS BURNS
Fort Smith. Ark., Nov. 10.—Over
5.000 bales of cotton have been de
stroyed and as many more are expected
to be lost by a fire that is raging at
the oFrt Smith cotton compress com
pany's plant here. The blaze which
was cause-y by lightning, is confined to
the compris plant. Estimated loss at
present iB about $500,000.
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EXECUTIVES NOT 10 WAIT
FOR WAGE REDUCTIONS;
E FFECTIVE IN 10 DAVS
Rail Chiefs Are Relying on Public for Effective
Aid in Bringing About Cut in Labor and
Other Transportation Costs; Want Rehearing
on Hay and Grain Case.
New York, Nov. 16.— An immediate reduction of 10 per
cent in carload freight rates on farm products, for a period of
six months was agreed upon Wednesday by executives of the
railroads of the United States.
. Announcing the decision, Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, president
the Association of Railway Executives stated that any re
auctions in such rates made since September 1, 1920, were to.
be included in the 10 per Cent aild that it would be put into i
effect without Waiting for a reduction in wages. The freight '
rate cut will apply throughout the entire country except on
traffic moving wholly within New England.
It expected that the
j
It was expected that the new rate<$>
would be effective within 10 days, as
the railroads, it was said, had asked
the Interstate Commerce commission,
through their general counsel, to au
thorize the change on one day's
notice. The reduction will cost the
railroads about $05,000,000, it was
estimated.
Ask Help of Public
Mr. Cuyler said the railroads were
relying on the public for effective aid
in bringing about the necessary re
ductions in labor and other transpor
tation costs and that they hop n d for
labor's co-operation. Ile declared
the railroads had taken the first step
to relieve existing business depression
and had given on earnest example of
their fixed purpose to reduce rates
and to relieve at the earliest prac
ticable moment, so far as reasonably
possible, the public's transportation
burden.
The executives passed a resolution
to the effect that in the event of dis
agreement between the railroad offi
cials and their employes, in conference
on wage reductions, the necesssary
steps under the law would be to apply
to the railroad labor board for quick
action.
Want Rehearing
It also was decided by resolution to
apply to the Interstate Commerce
commission for a rehearing of the hay
and grain case. A general inquiry is
asked to ascertain whether "until 'a
substantial reduction in operation and
labor costs could be obtained, any fur
ther rate reductions could lawfully be
required, or with due regard to the
transportation industry be made pos
sible."
The new rates are applicable to car
loads of wheat, corn, oats, other grain,
flour and meat, hay, straw and alfalfa,
manufactured tobacco, cotton, cotton
seed and products except cottonseed
oil and cottonseed meal; citrus fruits,
other fresh fruits, potatoes, other
fresh vegetables; dried fruits aud
vegetables, horses and mules, cattle
and calves, sheep and goats, hogs,
poultry, eggs, butter and cheese, and
wool.
CHECK-OFF FICHT
.S.
Charges and Counter Charges
Hurled Back and Forth
During Hearing.
Chicago. Nov. 16.—The fight between
the miners and operators of Mingo
county. West Virginia, was carried into
the United States circuit court of ap
peals here Wednesday when charges
and counter charges were hurled back
and forth in the appeal hearing from
the injunction suspending the check-off
recently issued by Judge A. B. Ander
son. in Indianapolis.
Charges that theTlnited Mine Work
ers of America had entered an agree
ment in 180S with the mine operators
of the central competitive field to de
stroy competition in the field and of the
West Virginia and other fields, were
met with a charge that the West Vir
ginia operators were trying to stir up
trouble which would give them a great
er market and higher prices.
The court gave no indication of when
it would render a decision. Meanwhile,
Judge Anderson's injunction stand sus
pended. Since his injunction was mere
ly temporary, the whole case, which
was built upon a bill filed by the Bor
derland Coal corporation and (52 othn
operators of Pike county, Ky., and
Mingo county, W. Va., will later be ap
pealed for permanent decision.
DRESEL TO GERMANY
Washington, Nov. 16.—Ellis Loring
Dresel of Boston was nominated Wed
nesday by President Harding to be
charge d'affaires to Germany. Mr.
Dresel has been American commis
sioner to Germany und ij now in
Berlin.
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Burch Is Insane
Belief of Friend;
Tells Weird Story
Chicago, Nov. 16.—Charles S.
McNett, of Evanston, a friend and
former legal adviser of the family
el Arthur C. Burch, held at Los
Angeles for murder, Wednesday
signed a deposition in support of
the claim that Burch is insane, in
which Mr. McNett says Burch
told him a weird story in Febru
ary, 1920, of an attempt by Mrs.
Allie Quayle Burch to kill him.
Mrs. Burch, the daughter of Bishop
Quayle, recently obtained a divorce.
Mr. McNetrs deposition says
Burch claimed his wife had at
tempted to murder him in bed and
liad then talked with what she
thought was his spirit in an effort
to get his impressions of the future
lifo. Mr. McNett's statement says
he drew up a divorce bill on the
strength or this story, at Burch's
request, but after talking to Mrs.
Burch, dismissed the matter as
the product of a diseased brain.
Mr. McNett said ho was con
vinced that Burch was insane at
the time he made the statement,
and that nothing of tho sort had
ever occurred.
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Hope Expressed That Settle
ment of Irish-Ulster Prob
lem Will Be Made.
Liverpool, Nov. 16. — (By The As
sociated Press.)—A large number of
unionist leaders, including Austen
Chamberlain, government leader in the
house of commons, arrived here Wed
nesday .night to attend the confer
ence of the conservative party Thurs
day.
Most of the leaders who have ar
rived express themselves as being
hopeful of achieving a settlement of
the dispute between the two sections
of the party over the Irish negotia
tions, notwithstanding the apparently
great differences, provided they are
not compelled to make premature dis
clown res regarding the progress of the
negotiations.
The unionist leaders are assuring the
rank and file of the party that, they
insist upon the complete security of
the British empire and of Ulster. They
appear to be more apprehensive of
Intervention on the part of Andrew
Konar Law and Lord Carson, prom
inent conservative leaders, than of
any possible agitation by the so-called
"die hards."
Another good sign, from th* govern
ment point of view, is the action of
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier,
in inducing his colleagues of the nor
thern cabinet not to speak at tlie Ul
ster demonstrations in Belfast Wed
nesday night. At his request, it was
decided to substitute some of the less
er lights in the Ulster movement as
speakers at the manifestations.
Prime Minister Lloyd George will
watch proceedings of the conference
here from Bournemouth, a seaside re
sort not. far from Southhampton,
where he is taking a short holiday.
DRYS HOIST ANOTHER BAR
Washington, Nov. 16. —Another bar
against fraudulent liquor withdrawals
was put up Wednesday night by Pro
hibition Commissioner Ilaynes. All
state directors were instructed to ap
prove no applications for withdrawal
permits in the future that are not at
regular government issue and to dis
continue at once the practice of ac
eepting f$Éns printed by private in
dividuals.
i vot f Thursday in the house,
' Spokesmen fur the
HOUSE EXPECTS
TAX ISSUE
Insurgent Republicans
and Democrats Out
for Maximum Rate.
Plan to Limit Debate
to Two Hours; Other
Features Agreed Upon
Washington, Nov. 16.—The big issue
in the tax revision bill—the senate
amendment fixing the maximum surtax
rate at 50 per cent—is to come to a
insurgent" Re
publlcans and J bc i>emocniti<? mmonty
|«i>r ..«d end.», that they ,»u..l
j muster the necessary votes to keep the
i high rate in the bill. While making no
; predictions. Republican leaders gener
! ally were hopeful that ultimately there
j would be a compromise as between tlie
; senate rate and the house rate of 32
per cent, probably around 40 per cent.
Limit Debate
Chairman Campbell of the rules com
mittee said Wednesday night that the
vote would be under fl rule limiting de
bate to two hours and insuring a de
cision on th ( . straight out issue of ac
cepting the senate amendment. This
was requested by the leaders of "in
surgent" group, who said they did not
want the issue confused with a motion
first, to instruct the conferees to agree j
on a maximum other than the 30 per j
cent.
Should the proposition to accept-the
senate amendment be voted down, the
house then could agre,. on a compro
mise figure or permit the conferees
to resume negotiations with the senate
managers without further instructions.
After the house has expressed itself
on the surtax amendment the conferees
will proceed to dispose of the other
"high spots" in the bill.
At their sessions Wednesday, the
conferees agreed to senate amendments
striking out original house provisions
for the exemption from the income tax
of income received by foreign traders |
and foreign trade corporations from i
sources outside the United States. j
The managers also agreed on the ;
senate amendments repealing the tax I
on parcel post "packages and on bonds ;
of indemnity and surety. Another sen- j
ate amendment accepted provides that !
if corporations issue capital stock at i
a value of less than $100 a share, the i
tax shall be 1 cent on each $20 of the !
actual value or fraction thereof.
Accept Other Features
Other senate amendments accepted !
include those re-enacting provisions of
the existing law imposing taxes at the
present rates on:
Capital stock of corporations, brok
ers, proprietors of theaters, circuses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, shoot
ing galleries, riding academies, persons
operating or renting passenger automo
biles for hire, brewers, distillers and
wholesale and retail liquor dealers.
Manufacturers of tobacco, cigars and
cigarettes.
Dealers in narcotics.
On the employment of child labor,
and license levies on owners of yachts
and other pleasure craft.
The house managers also accepted
the
senate amendement striking -nit !
an orignial house provision which j
would nave required a single return ! J
from families in the eight western ami i
southern states having laws recogniz
ing the marital community and dividing !
the community property equally be
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tween husband and wife.
Agreement also was reached on the
general administrative provisions of the
bill.
Arrival of Troops
Stop Disorders
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at racking a lantlnese
Ottumwa, la., Nov. 16.—Military
and civil authorities In charge of
tho strike situation at the John
Morrell Packing plant here late
Wednesday announced that all at
tempts at violence had apparently
subsided, and that disturbances
similar to those of Tuesday, when
more than a dozen men were in
jured, wero at an ond.
Aside from one or two minor
skirmishes during the morning,
which wero quickly curbed by na
tional guardsmen, the day was void
of any demonstration on the part
of striking packing house workers.
Colonel Guy E. Brower, in com
mand of the four companies of
Iowa national guardsmen which ar
rived here early Wednesday morn
ing from Des Moines, and Adjutant
General L. G. Lasher stated, how
ever, that the guardsmen probably
would be kept on duty here for
several days more, at least.
SAYS OPPONENTS FAILED
Columbus, Kan., Nov. 16.-—Th rough
the bars of his cell in the Cherokee
county jail here Wednesday, Alexander
Howat, deposed president of the Kan
sas miners, characterized the efforts
of the international union to obtain a
{resumption of work as an utter failure.
Of PROPOSALS;
Mail Clerk Tells
How He Captured
Notorious Bandit
Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 16.—Roy
Gardner, captured mail bandit, was
bound over to the federal grand
jury here late Wednesday and his
bond fixed at $100,000.
After the bond had been an
nounced. Commissioner Henke
asked Gardner if he thought he
could make the amount. The pris
oner answered:
"Oh yes, sir. i can make it all
right."
The complaint charged him with
attempting to rob the United
Slates mails and with assaulting a
United States mall clerk.
The prisoner acted as his own
attorney at the hearing and ques
tioned all but one of the prosecu
tion witnesses. He said he did not
want to offer any evidence in his
own behalf.
Herman F. Inderlied of Phoenix,
the mail clerk who was in charge
pf the car and who captured Gard
ner, was the first witness.
About 10 minutes before the
train was due to leave for Los An
geles. he got out of his car to get
the mail from a drop box at the
station, leaving his revolver on the
table, he testified.
When he returned to the car,
he said, he was confronted by a
masked man who pointed a revol
ver towards his head and ordered
him to hold up his hands and to
back into the corner.
"I started backing but did not
hold up my hands," he said. "All
the time I was trying to convince
the masked man that there was
nothing of value In the mail in my
car.. I don't know why I didn't
hold up my hands."
When he got into the corner, he
said, the bandit ordered him to lie
down on his stomach, and he start
ed to do so. As he started to get
Japan Wants Open Doors
During the Discussion of
Far Eastern Questions
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(By The As-I
Xs innnv oublie «es
as manj puoiu
tions affecting particular states be left
so far as possible to direct settlement
between those states and that no ef
forts be made to discuss the past in
.connection with gene - al examination
! the situation in the Orient,
j Japan stood ready it was insisted by
! J 1 "* 1 " spokesman, to admit her faults, but
i the conference were to plunge into
history, as to Japan or to other P _ow
! prs - feels
j Washington. Nov. 10.
! sociated Press.)
! sioiiH as possible are desired
I Japanese in the discussion of
land far eastern questions, members of
jthe Japanese delegation declared Wed
I nesday.
j They added that the Japanese would
I welcome open discussions because they
wanted the world to examine Japanese
polieies in the Orient.
It was intimated that Japan would
like to adhere to her attitude voiced
it. Tokio a few months ago. that ques
If*
,
by t,ie
Pacific
it. would prove endless
and probably stir up ill feeling. Such
an examination, the Japanese pointed
out., would logically include the condi
tions under which <îrent Britain oc
cupied Hong Kong ami Wei-IIei-Wei
and France Indo-China, not to mention
the sphere of influence of those coun
tries in the Vangtse valley and Yununn
province, respectively.
Japan does not expect to raise the
question of British occupancy of Chi
territory and apparently does not
expect that other countries will ques
tion her right to the leased territory
of South Manchuria which came to her
as a result of the war with Russia. Her
delegates appear to regard this lease of
«) years as being in practice perpetual.
Its renewal within a few years under
the terms of the 1015 treaty with
Hold Youth for
Murder of Parents
S'aginaw. Mich.. Nov. 16.—A war
r ant. charging Richard Champlain, 2*2
years old. with the murder of his
father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.
Adrian Champlain, was ordered by
Prosecuting Attorney ('fane, after a
coroner's jury returned a verdict of
homicide. The bodies of Champlain
and! his wife were found in, their
fire-swept farm home near Hemlock
early Tuesday.
Two counts will be brought against
Champlain, the prosecutor announced.
One, he said, would charge first de
gree murder, and tho other murder
with intent to rob, it being the con
tention of officers who investigated
the case that Champlain killed his
parents to obtain possession of their
estate, vt^ned at $100,000.
down, he said, the bandit put his
hand at the back of Inderlied's
head and shoved him. Then, he
said, he started to straighten up
but only got high enough to see
the gun held in the other's hand.
"I made a grab for it and got
his wrist," Inderlled testified.
"Then we started scuffling and
wrestling."
Finally, he testified, the bandit
changed the gun from his right
hand to his left, and tried to club
the clerk with it, but Inderlled
caught that hand. At last, he said,
both fell down and continued
wrestling but finally he got on top
of the bandit and got possession of
the gun. About that time, he testi
fied help arrived In response to his
cads.
In reply to questions asked by
Gardner, Inderlied admitted that
the bandit had numerous chances
to shoot him both before and dur
ing the scuffling.
Inderlled said he kept the gun
he took away from the bandit until
he returned from hl« run Wednes
day, when he tàrned it over te the
officers. He identified five bul
lets as these he had taken from
the gun. Two of the bullets had
wooden nose» and the two others
had lead noses.
J. E. Wilke, special agent of the
department of justice, who fol
lowed Inderlied en the stand, said
Gardner told him that tho bullets
were so arranged that in case he
had to fire, the wooden nosed ones
would go first. Gardner explained,
according to Wilke, that the wood
en nosed bullets contained small
shot that probably would stop a
man without killing him.
Gardner was under two sen
tences of 25 years each when he
escaped from McNeil Island, 71
days ago.
China, it is understood, will be insisted
j upon by Japan, and any attempt to dis-
j ^ , k .. tilling
anese point out, has not even yet a
j cepted the fiuancial consortium agree
! ment under which the powers were
I jointly to loan money to the republic,
j Japan, it was said, could not make
| disposed to enforce guarantees on Chi
posed To" the jdëà of an in
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! possess her would be regarded bv Jap
i anese as an attack on their rights.
It was also intimated that the Jap-!<»»>'
anese are opposed to the itlea of an in
ternational control of China, contending
it would be a violation of the sovercigu
ty of that country. China, the Jap
loans withont guarantees, and was not
na. This matter is believed to be
closely connected with the tliowgftt of
the powers ceasing all their national
rivalry in China and «f acting in con
cert on all matters touching that conn
try. The Chinese, the Japanese say,
should be aided in bringing about a
reform of the customs tariff and a
unification of the currency system.
Japanese say they are willing to
work for a real open door in China,
which would include all parts of that
country, even Tientsin and Mongolia,
as well as Manchuria, in «<iich Japan
considers she has special interest. It
appeurs desirable to the Japanese to
fix some plan which wuold avoid con
flict of interests, especially with the
T'nited States, at the same time insur
ing the territorial integrity and inter
nal development of China. This may
mean, in the opinion of responsible
Japanese, a written understanding, al
though not an alliance between the
T'nited States, Great Britain and Japan,
concerning the Far Fast as a substi
tute for the Anglo-Japanese statesmen
that the United States government will
not be adverse to such a practical out
come of the present conference.
British to Retire
80 Naval Captains
London. Nov. 16.— (By The Asso
ciated Press.)—-In connection with its
policy of retirement in administrative
expenditures, the British admiralty
has resolved to retire on pensions 80
naval captains and 200 commanders
early .next year, according to the
Evening News. These retirements
would not involve taking more ships
out of commission, it was said, and if
the AN ashiiigton conference agrees on
the American naval restriction pro
gram, further reductions in the admir
alty s personnel are contemplated.
IRISH ATTORNEY RESIGNS
London, Nov. 16.—Thomas Watters
Brown, attorney general for Ireland,
Authorised the announcement We«|ne}t*
day night that he h&d resigned.
Dr. Koo Outlines Views
on Open Door Policy
and Treaty Rights.
Discussions Will Be
Continued; Admirals
Committee Is Busy.
Washington, Nov. 16.—(By
The Associated Press.)—The
Washington conference Wed
nesday turned to consideration
of Far Eastern questions. It
was the Chinese delegates who
led the way this time. In the
committee of nine, at which all
nations participating were rep
resented, they produced a basis
f or discussion which represents
their view.
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The open S\ mpathj of i-he
United States with their posi
tion was at once manifest. The
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British Supported It in many
respects. The positions of the
nthpr<4 -w-prp unt <?n plparlv H p
otners -were not so Clearly ae
fined, although members of
the Japanese delegation have
given expression of approval,
in part at least, of
"bill of rights.
China's
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territorial integrity and political and
administrative independence: .she pro
poses the open door for ail in a!! parts j
of the country: she wants all spheres !
of influence relinquished: she wants .
no treaties made affecting her without !
being consulted about them.
The full extent of China's position is ■
much broader than this, but these are
essential. The last feature mav be !
construed as affecting the Anglo-Jap- ;
anese alliance, although the British 1
take the opposite view 1
Thina Pra^nt« Vinwc
China Presents Views
™ ednesday s session of the Big Nine
was occupied entirely with the present
ation of ( -hina 8 views. Immediately I
afterward it became known that they j
commanded the moral support of the j
I nited Mates. The British viewpoints
were made known a little later. The
; Japanese did not state, their action, but j
' nporirtiis nr/uioiini'PînaTitc hr er» mu a f
!
(fairs will be continued at another meet- }
tomorrow. Meanwhile, the commit-!
previous pronouncements by some of
! their representatives have put t hem in j
pine^with some parts of China's pro- '
i Tho' discussion of Far Eastern af- i
;
j tinning its examination ôf the Ameri- j
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n, £ tomorrow. Meanwhile, the commit- i
M, pe . of admirals appointed at rester-;;.
s meeting of the big five is con
j tinning its examination of the Ameri
ran proposals for naval limitation.
-'s analyzed by some, the policies
proposed by the ( hinese delegation ;
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might not only do away with the ex- j
i sting "spheres of influence in the Far :
Fast" and put an end to extru-terri
torial rights within the Chinese re- i
public, but might also erect a barrier i
against renewal of the Anglo-Japanese '
alliance unless China were given an J
opportunity of becoming a party to it. j
The British do not take this view. ;
Reserve Judgment i
Responsible officials of all the dele- ,
gations reserve judgment regarding j
the effects of the Chinese plan, pre- !
ferriitg to scrutinize it with greatest
care.
The possible influence on the Anglo
Japanese alliance aroused liveliest in
That portion of the Chinese state- j
ment to which the Japanese appeared i
to attach greatest importance as af- I
f ecting their individual national inter- !
ests wns the section proposing that all j
existing commitments relating to China ;
should be "examined with a view to !
terest in the discussions of the dele
gates generally and every nation rep
resented found much food for thought
when its special interests were consid- j'
ered in connection with the proposal.
determining their scope and validity.'
In the opinion of many of these con
nected with the conference this pro
vision of the Chinese plan would throw
open to review by the armament con
ference a long list of covenants. Some
thought it likely that the Anglo-Jap
anese alliance might also fall under
the classification of this sectio« of
the ( hinese proposal, although the
section regarded as affecting it more j
directly is that by which the powers
would "agree not to conclude be- !
tween thetueslves any treaty or agree- I
ment directly affecting China or the I
general peace of these regions with
out previously notifying China and '
giving her an opportunity to partici-j
pate." •
In less than a year the alliance will !
expire by limitation unless renewed. !
Want Pqggpbal Freedom !
In the view èf the Chinese, the !
greatest importance of the plan would |
fie in the complete political «and e ,. 0 .
nomie emancipation they believe it ■
would accomplish. They place spe- j
eial stress on the provision that "ex- !
isting limitations on China's political, !
jurisdiction and administrative free- i
iloni of action., are to be terminated as j
soon as possible, declaring actual ex- |
een tion of inch a policy would mean
" alien- |«s
r
not oi
oration
STILL HELD IIP
ir COURT
Judge Carroll Wants to
Be Sure of Integrity
of W. Garneill Votes.
Stamford Counsel Says
Absent Voters Law Is
Not All Mandatory.
Special to The Tribune.
Stanford, Nov. 10.—Close of the
third day of the hearing of the Hobson
Stanford county seat contest failed to
bring with it a determination of either
of the big questions which have en
gaged counsel in lengthy arguments
each of the three days—constitutional
ity of the absent voters' law and the
admissability of the West Garneill bal
lots as evidence.
The constitutional question was
taken up at the convening of court
Tuesday afternoon, when it ./was raised
in connection with the examining of
Alex C. Connor of Kolin, a witness for
the plaintiff, by whom it will be sought
to show that the legal requirements as
to applications and affidavits upon his
absent voters' ballot had not beeh com
j phed with.
i Judge Sanner, for the defense, argued
at length in support of that law and
f presented a Wyoming decision which
delved deeply into details bearing upon
j * his m&tte F- ü * en np Mon :
tana decisions to show that none of
j the.law's requirements are mandatory.
but are directly in their , principles and
,held 11181 nothil *g in the law «U* effect
!the disfranchisement of the voter re
gardiess of any technical errors on the
part of election officials in the ac
ceptance and transmission of the ba)
lot, provi &ng the voter is a qualified
elector. ,«
Judge Rasch, arguing for the plain
'iff- held that the law's requirements
relative to application* and affidavits
♦ k «* ;#
E r S thî °
ballots must be re
J
In order to permit of the examination
of a witness whose official duties re
quired his presence in Lewistown, the
argument of this phase was suspended
temporarily before a ruling was
reached.
Hobson Claims 29 Majority
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1 T "° ballots of the West Garneill pre
j einet, from which no returns were mad®
! on rhe ( . ounty seat election but where.
it is alleged by the plaintiff, Hobson
received 34 and Stanford 5 votes, were
I again brought into court, but remained
j undisturbed in their pouch up to the
j time o{ adjournment.
W . W. Wheaton, county clerk and
recorder 0 f Fergus countv up to Jan.
j 3 1021 was cal f ed t testify as to the
... ... . *
! integrity of th^ ballots and returns of
} looked and some merely tied tin
?^ e m * reiy . uea
j th eie ,. tion of •> jqon H p te«H
' ^^aTthe ïaHots ^retorns^l
i carno to l lim in c ? nvas P° ucbe » ^ in
some instances, m gram sacks, some
* - - " He
; said they had been in his possession
from the time they were delivered by
j ^e election officials until he relin
quished office to his successor, tfyat
I
i
'
. .
*'- x
; ( ' asps 1
ere kept in a pile on top of filing
in the vault in his office, which
j ro, " n also wa s used as a work room
: alu ' was kept locked after office houra.
the combination to the vault door being
i in the possession of himself and tw*»
i deputies. He testified that no returns
' on the county seat question had beeu
J returned or canvassed as from West
j Garneill precinct.
; Court Wants Iron-clad Proof
i Lotus j. Lehman, present clerk and
, recorder of .Fergus county, was re
j called by the state and asked to pro
! duce the ballots and return« fmm
duce the ballots and returns from West
Garneill precinct. He brought the
pouch into court, but was prevented
from opening it when the court stated
he was not satisfied that complete
showing had been made as to the in
tegrity of the ballots. The court also
asked for an abstract of the election
returns on the county seat question.
'Î - was then promised would be
0 !? me , from Lewistown.
. • *' e hman testified that the elec
f', ou Pouches had been turned over to
" ,ln - v " r - Wheaton and that, as far
as ' ,e knew, they had never been mo
tested or opened with the exception
of a'couple of pouches which he had
opened to obtain check books. He
said he had found the bulk of the poll
and tally books and official registers
in another place in the office and that
he had received so many requests for
information from them in connection
with the creation of Banner county,
that he had caused them to be bound
lin leather in two volumes.
n.f r . ii .».
Thousands Get Near Ballets
As to the possibility of persons other
than himself getting to the poucbea
containing the ballots, he said that the
vault had been open virtually all the
time, as a large force of county record
transcribers had been at work in his
office from early in January until late
in April, engaged in shifts at all hours
of the day and night, that he had a
large force of deputies and all told
there were at «
w, ' r and about the vault and
other rooms of his office He testified
that the public was admitted to the
vault and he supposed that with the
working forces^ and the public the room
might have visited by thousands or per
sons. However, he testified, he bad
instructed his deputies to permit no «ne:
to examine the election returns or bal
lots unless in tûs presence and, as far
|«s he knew, thnr had never been mo
lested. } ■ *
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