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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1921.
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VOL XXXII, NO. 181
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AGREE ON PROGRAM
TO HALT RAIL TIE UP
ATTORNEY GENERAL HINTS AT VIO
LATION OF CONSPIRACY LAWS IF
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF THE
COUNTRY IS PARALYZED.
I Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON', Oct. 24 A pro
gram lor "concerted action and har
mony -f effort," to prevent a tieup of
transportation facilities in the event
f a railroad strike, was decided on
today by Attorney General Daugh
erty in conference with L'nited States
district attorneys from five cities.
liirict attorneys who met with
the attorney general came from New
York. Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo
and Indianapolis. They are to confer
nh lr. Daugherty again tomorrow,
when instructions are to be sent oth
er district attorneys to govern their
actions in the event of a strike.
Professing his disbelief in the pos
sibility of a general strike material
izing. Mr. Iiaugherty declared the
inference was called for an "un
derstanding in any emergency." Be
jond mention of the conspiracy laws
fce did not discuss details of the de
rrtment's plan, but Indicated that it
was believed, on the strength of su
preme court decisions, that the gov
ernment has the right to protect it
wit from a paralvsis of the country's I
transportation facilities and the pow-
tt to tise any laws applicable to ac
complish that end.
-The district attorneys came," he
aid. Tor a conference and an under
stand in in any event and in any
emergency. I still don't believe there
iU be any strike, but it is the duty
cf the department of justice to be
prepared in any emergency for
grrmpt action, if necessary.
"I niformity of proceedings and
xliry was determined upon in any i
vent- They came to discuss fully
the various plans of the department
in the event of a strike.
We did not discuss the merits or
masters tn dispute between the- rail
road ahd the employes. The depart
ment of Justk-e takes the position that (
it hss nothing to do with the merits
f the controversy.
"The department probably would
concede that the men have the right
to strike, that they even have the
r-.sfct to strike In groups. But it
would riot say that they could strike
in groups throughout the country
without violatinK the conspiracy laws
by antagonizing the government of
tn Vnitcd States.
"The department would not concede
there would be no violations of the
conspiracy statutes for a great body
f men all over the country to agree
to parnlyze its transportation facili
ties. The department would say they
could strike peacably, but when it
inm to the government's interests
nd interests of the public In these
facilities, the government has the
powtr. right and duty to see that the
owners of the railroads give the peo
jlc the service they are entitled to.
"More people ""e interested in the
transportation facilities than they are
in trie controversy. This conference
mas for the purpose of obtaining con
certed action and harmony of effort
to the end that the railroads may
five continued service without any
interruption and in order that the
rubric may be served.
It is the duty of the department
tn pride for the transportation for
people who travel and the transporta
tion of fond and fuel, with winter
coming. The government has the
power and ample authority. It will
I prompt and as reasonable as it
rrn, but these arteries of commerce
must continue to serve the people,
IToperty must be protected, life pre
served and order maintained and the
government is big enough to see that
mis is accomplished."
Itefore meeting the district attor
, Mr. Daugherty called at the
White house and is understood to
l.ave received President Harding's
rprovai of the department's plans.
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FOOTBALL FATALITY
CHICAGO. Oct. 24. Harry Johnson.
1".. Kvanslon high school football
p!ayer. died today from concussion of
the bra'n muwil when he was struck
en, the head in a scrimmage last Fri-
Would You Like To Go
Back To Candles?
PIONEER days and
candles can both
be talked of in the
past tense. Now we
press the button and
electricity does our
work. But when it
fails, even though
temporarily, it causes
much inconvenience.
When in electrical or
other trouble turn to
The Republican's
Business Directory
where there are
trouble fixers of every
description listed.
When You're Looking for Anything
Refer to The Arizona Republican's
Classified Rsiness Directory
ORCES
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO Railroad Labor Board
announces "there is great hope" that
scheduled strike can be settled and
warns public to refrain from "loose
talk" about unions or roads.
Labor board receives word from
big four brotherhood chiefs reiterat
ing warning that strike cannot be
postponed although H may be set
tled. The Coliseum, scene of many na
tional political conventions, selected
by the board for strike hearing with
1600 rail and union chiefs beginning
Wednesday. Public invited and an
nouncement made that the 1800 exe
cutives must attend every session.
Officials of signalmen's union, rep
resenting 15,000 rail employes, vote
nt to authorize walkout at present,
l1!"1"". prospective strikers to 4io,-
not to authorize walkout at present.
out) trainmen, conductors, engineers.
foremen, switchmen and telepgraph
ers. Leaders warn signal men to per
form only their regular work, how
ever. Labor board members say It will
not offer any plan to settlement of
strike situation at Wednesday's hear
ing and that any such plan must
come from the roads and unions.
CLEVELAND: Big four brother
hood' chiefs announce strike situa
tion unchanged.
ST. LOUIS: E. J. Manion, presi
dent of the Order of Railroad Tele
graphers, denies report his 75,000
may not walk out and says they will
stand by the "big five."
HOUSTON: International and
Great Northern passenger service
remains normal and freight service
rapidly approaches normal despite
strike bv 600 trainmen.
WASHINGTON: After a confer
ence with District Attorneys from
New York, Chicago. Cleveland, Buf
falo, and Indianapolis, Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty said be did not be
lieve there would be a strike, but
uniformity of policy in any event was
determined on, that the government
has the Inherent right to protect it
self from a paralysis of the trans
portation facilities- and mentioned
the conspiracy laws.
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ENGINEERS DENY
IN SPLIT
"BIG FI"
fRepublican A. P. Leased Wire
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Oct. 24. W.
S. Stone, president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, to
night declared "there is no open
break" between the "big five" rail
road transportation organizations
and the organizations of shop crafts
which have voted not to join the
strike set to begin October 30.
"There is no open break. The
situation is much over-drawn. Each
organization is free to use its own
judgment. Each organization pre
serves its own autonomy." This
was President Stone's reply when
Xasked if the action of the shops
crarts in voting not to ionow me
lead of the "big five" indicated an
onen runture of relations.
Pome subordinate brotherhood of
ficials intimated however, that there
was a strong possibility, in their
iudirment. that many members of
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DeValera Note
To Pope Causes
New Irish Crisis
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON, Oct. 24. The first real
crisis in the Irish conference, caused
by Kamonn de Valera's assertion of
Ireland's independence in his message
to Pope Benedict last week, is not
healed, but there are hopes, if not
prospects, that it may be smoothed
over or compromised.
Representatives of the British gov
ernment and of the Dail Eireann con
ferred nearly three hours today; and
this question was the only one before
the conference, which adjourned until
4 p. m. tomorrow. The government
is understood to have placed before
the Sinn Fein its ultimatum, or dec
laration, that Great Britain will deal
with Sinn Fein only as a part of the
British empire and not with represen
tatives of the Sinn Fein as plenipo
tentiaries of an independent republic.
Premier Lloyd George made the
government's policy clear to the house
of commons. He said Mr. de Valera's
message was a "grave challenge,"
that the government's position on
that question (meaning indepen
dence), had been made clear and that
the conference could not proceed on
any other basis.
The business of today's conference
was described as an attempt to agree
on a formula which would carry the
conference over the apparent dead
lock.
Mr. de Valera's claims of Ireland's
independence in preliminary corre
spondence with Mr. Lloyd George ap
parently were compromised by a tacit
agreement to avoid any discussion of
them, but apparently the issue has
reached a stage where avoidance of
the subject, or a compromise, is al
most impossible. Whatever optimism
thit was discernible tonight among
informed onlookers was based on
their conviction that there are men
of high abilities on both sides and
that there is a sincere desire for a
settlement.
MELLON ISSUES
REGULATIONS 10
PERMIT USE Of
MEDICINAL BEER
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 As unex
pected as a rainstorm in a desert
regulations permitting manufacture
and use of beer for medical purposes
were issued today by the treasury
department.
Withheld since Alarch 3, when
former Attorney General rainier held
the use of beer as a medicine to be
legal under the prohibition laws, is
suance of the beer regulations came
as a surprise to leaders of the dry
forces who declared there had been
an understanding with the treasury
that the new rules should not be
promulgated until the senate had
acted on the anti-beer bill.
Issuance of the beer regulations
will cause redoubled efforts to effect
passage of the anti-beer measures.
senate leaders declared while Wayne
B. Wheeler, general counsel for the
Anti-Saloon league, described the
treasury's action as "less defensible
than at any other time."
Secretary Mellon, in announcing
beer rules, declared that "the legal
rights of the parties concerned being
plain. The department is unable
longer to delay issuance of these reg
ulations.
The new rules cover comorehen
sively the use of beer, wines and
spiritous liquors as medicine. The
amount of beer a physican may pre
scribe at one time for the use of the
same person is limited to two and
one-half gallons, equivalent of a case,
but no arbitrary limit is placed upon
the number of such prescriptions a
pnysician may write or the same
person may obtain within a given
penoa.
Two quarts of wine was the limit
put on a single prescription for that
oeverage, nut otherwise the regula
tions are the same as for beer.
bpirituous liquors are limited to
one pint within any ten day period
and alcohol for external use was
umitea to a pint to the same per
son at one time.
Prescriptions for these medicines
may be filled only by a licensed phar
macist who is also a retail druggist,
or a licensed pharmacist in the cm
ploy of a retail druggist.
Prescriptions are not refillable and
the regulations declare that a pilar
macist should "refuse ti fill any
prescription for liquor if he has any
reason to believe that physicians are
prescribing for other than medical
uses or that a patient is securing
through one or more persons quanti
ties of intoxicating liquor in excess
of the amount necessary for medi
cinal purposes."
In connection with the issuance of
prescriptions the regulations said:
"No prescription may be issued for
a greater quantity of intoxicating
liquor than is necessary for use as
medicine by a person for whom pre
scribed in the treatment of an ail
ment from which such patient is
known by the physician to be suffer
ing." Besides beer, the regulations permit
use for medical purposes of other in
toxicating malt liquors such as ale.
""in extracts ana similar ier-
mented malt liquors containing onc-J
by' voliime1'' V mare of alohoI1
Manufacture of these metliial uren
araticns is confined to duly ouatifieil
brewers on brewery premises and
may be sold by them only in bottles
and closed cases.
Right to prescribe distilled spirits,
wined and niuit liquors for medical
purposes is confined to such physi
cians' as have obtained permits for
any intoxicating liquor. Such a phy
sician may prescribe for a "person
on whom he is in attendance, if after
physical examination of such person
or if physical examination is impnie-
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PRISONER
BY HORTHY
Government Troops Cap
ture Former Emperor Of
Austria and Wife When
Royalists Attack Capital
ROYALIST PLOT FAILS
Second Attempt of Mori-
arch To Regain Hunear
ian Throne Fails; Allies
, To Decide His Fate
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BUDAPEST. Oct. 24 Ex-Emperor
Charles and Ex-Empress Zita were
captured today near komoron and I
are confined in the castle at Tata
Tovaros. guarded by two companies
of government troops.
Colonel Aestenburg troops covering
the retreat of the former emperor
were forced to surrender and are
prisoners.
The second attempt of Charles to
re-establish himself on the throne of
Hungary was no more of a success
than the first. There Is not likely
to be a third attempt for Charles
now awaits the pleasure of the allied
powers as to his fate.
Ties episode moved so rapidly that
the full details have not yet reached
the capital. As far as is known at
the present time Charles managed to
push a trainload of troops to Budaor,
a short distance from Budapest. At
first, he held his own against the
forces of Regent Horthy, but when
the Horthy troops were reinforced
Charles was compelled to beat a
retreat at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon
closely followed by the Horthy forces
to Herceghalom.
MONACHRISTS DEFEATED
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BL'DAFI&T, Oct. 24 Monarchist
troops attempting to open the way
for the entry of ex-King Charles to
the Hungarian capitol were defeated
today in hand to hand fighting in
which grenades were used, near Tata
Tovaros, about 35 miles from Buda
pesL They lost 200 killed and about
about 1000 wounded.
The Budapest garrison i3 support
ing Regent Horthy. The students'
organizations are arming and hurry
ing to the front which is now before
Bicske, much further westward. In
this district the ex-ruler and mem
bers of his new cabinet are camping.
Charles is considered to be in
bad position. He is menaced in the
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(Republican A. P. Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Oct. 24 Three armed bandits in an
automobile forced the driver of a mail truck to stop on
lower Broadway tonight while they rifled the truck of
four pouches of registered mail valued at $1,000,000 by
postal authorities.
The truck was on its way from the city hall station
to the Pennsylvania railroad terminal with 17 pouches
of mail, 11 of them containing registered matter. The
driver had gone only a few blocks when a green automo
bile containing three men drew alongside. They con
fronted him with drawn revolvers and ordered him to
slow down.
At Leonard street two men jumped from the automobile on to the
truck and ordered the driver to get down from his seat. One held a revolver
to the driver's head, he said, while the other pointed his weapon at his
stomach.
Forcinq the driver to turn over the key, one bandit unlocked the cage
anc pawed over the pouches inside.
the automobile which stood at the
threatening to diow nis urains cux it ne rnuvcu, uncr du, uie v w
moved off Broadway west through Leonard street and disappeared.
The dr iver, Frank Havranick, 35, said that after satisfying himself his
life was" no longer in danger, got bask on the truck and drove to Beach
street police station. A general alarm for the green automobile was sent out
at once and postal inspectors summoned.
The driver, when questiond by postal inspctor said that he had
Icoked in vain for a policeman. The wholesale drygoods district around
Broadway and Worth street is generally deserted at night and there is little
street traffic after business hours. Havranick was able to furnish the
postal inspectors with part of the license number of the car.
He has been a majl driver for three years. He was detained by the
postal authorities in order, they said, to have him at their disposal to identify
suspects who may be gathered in by the police.
South Carolina
Mob Kills Negro
Murder Suspect
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
ALLENDALE. S. C, Oct. 24 Ed
Kirkland, a negro under arrest
charged with having killed E. P.
WalkerV of Appleton, was taken from
custody today by a mob and lynched.
The negro was 'discovered on the
platform of a coach of the train on
which Sheriff Bennett was attempt
ing to take him to Columbia and was
shot down, it was said, when he tried
to escape. The wounded man was
taken in an automobile to Appleton
where the mob dispersed, leaving the
body In the car. Later however, the
same cr another crowd burned the
body. Whether Kirkland was still
alive when the crowd returned could
not be learned. Kirkland was al
leged to have shot Walker, a white
farmer, today during an altercation
over rent.
Maj. Hunger ford To
Represent Colorado
Legion At Memorial
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Oct.
24 Major Victor W. Hungerford. re
tiring state commander of the Ameri
can Legion, will represent the Colo
rado Legion in Washington on
Armistice Day, November 11. at the
funeral services for the Unknown
soldier at Arlington cemetery, it was
announced here today. Major Hun
gerford, in company with represen
tatives of the other state legions, will
be part of a guard of honor which
wiil escort the soldier's body to the
grave.
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Tropical Storm Is
Heading To Florida
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
HAVANA, Oct. 24 A tropical
storm raged today over the province
ui i 1 1 t f, i i 't i iviu tiiu luiiiKui 3 im
ported as heading toward Florida.
There was a heavy rainfall, which
caused rivers and creeks to rise, but
only slight damage resulted.
Vessels destined for Mexican gulf
ports are being held in the harbor.
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War Finance Body
Advances $700,000
For Farmer Credits
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24 Advances
totalling more than $700,009 for fin
ancing agricultural and export loans
were announced today by the War
Finance corporation.
The advance included $9,775 to a
Nebraska bank on agricultural loans.
El Paso Bank Teller
Held to Federal Jury
On Bad Check Charge
EL PASO, Tex.. Oct. 24 F. L.
Barker, a teller in the First National
bank here, was today held to the fed
eral grand jury on the charge of mis
application of tire funds of a national
ba n k.
The alleged cashing of a forged
check for $2500 forms the basis of the
complaint. Defendant pleaded guilty
when arraigned.
OPENS EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
' OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 24. The Mis
souri Pacific railroad company opened
an office here today in charge of A. R.
Heidemann of St. Louis, to receive
applications for trainmen for service
in the event present employes go on
strike.
RUBLES GETTING CHEAPER
MOSCOW, Oct. 24. The official ex
change rate on the dollar reached
105,000 rubles on Thursday.
Selecting four, he transferred them to
curb with its motor running. After
Charge of perm
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RALPH H. CAMERON
BILL TO CREATE
C11ISSIJ FOR
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 After re
jecting a proposal that congress shall
have the right of review, the house
late today passed the bill for crea
tion of a commission, headed by the
ecretary of the treasury, with full
authority to rerund war deDts or tor
eign nations due the United States
and amounting to $10,000,000,000.
The vote was 199 to 117. The
measure now goes to the senate.
Kxcept for one minor amendment
on phraseology, the bill stood up
while several Republicans and Demo
crats were attempting to pull it down
with amendments.
Virvt to be defeated was a proposal
by Representative Frear of AViscon
sin. Republican, providing that the
foreign nations Indebted to the
l'nited States be required to pay a
rate of interest averaging 5 per cent.
Later the amendment by Represen
tative Collier, Mississippi. Democrat,
to require congressional review or ap
proval of claims settlements was de
feated 117 to 1 on a rising vote and
135 to 9S in a man to man count. It
was the same proposal, embraced in
a motion to recommit, that was put
to the, house for a recorded vote
later and defeated 185 to 131.
Amendments flew in from all sides,
all being rejected.
An amendment that interest pay
ment be used towards a bonus for
former service men was thrown out
on a point of order by Chairman
Fordney, who expressed the hope that
congress at the regular session would
vote for the bonus.
Wisconsin Rate Case
Is Ordered Re-Argued
In U.S. Supreme Court
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 Author
ity of the interstate commerce com
mission to supervise purely Intra
state transportation rates probably
will not be finally determined before
the mw ye r, as a result of the su
preme court today ordering a re
argument of the Wisconsin rate case,
involving this disputed point.
The case was ordered docketed for
re-argument on December 5, and
there have been few instances in
which the court has handed down a
decision in a major case in less than
a month ufter it was argued.
Believe Vancouver
Miners Caught In
Cave Still Alive
Republican A. P. Leased Wirel
YANCOl'VFR. I. C. Oct. 24-L. P.
Craig tfml Francis Patenude, twiners,
who were imprisoned by a cave-in at
the ISrittania mine F.rittania Peach,
IS. i'.. last Thursday have not yet
been resi lied, although emergency
g.ing-4 have been working desperately
tor four days to rescue them, ac
cording to wold reaching here to
day. The men are in a shaft 2.:io0
feet beicw the surface and me t-o
hived to be still alive.
AGED NEW MEXICOWOMAN DIES
ai.i I iji'Ki:i.ji'i:. n. m.. o.-t. :i
Mr.-. Teresit i Montoy.i. aiied 1"7
dropped .lead here today as she v as
aluMit to sit iIumi at-The ilinr, r talile
She was Imh m ai Tcme. N. M., and had
nevtt been bcriousiy Hi
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CAMERON DENIES CHARGE MADE
BY U. S. GRAND JURY; SAYS
POLITICAL FOES MADE EFFORT
TO OBTAIN INDICTMENT.
Ralph H. Cameron, United States senator from
Arizona, who was elected last fall against Senator
Marcus A. Smith, Democrat, after having received the
Republican nomination in a contest in which he was
opposed by E. S. Clark, is under an indictment by the
federal grand jury for alleged violation of section 125
of the penal code, or perjury. This information was
revealed yesterday by an examination of the minute
book of the federal court here, which carried a notation
of the return of the indictment by the grand jury and its
presentation to the federal court for the district of Ari
zona. The indictment is dated June 22, 1921.
The entry in the minute book of the federal court
is as follows:
"Come now the grand jurors of the United
States heretofore duly empaneled, sworn and
charged at this term of court, and return herewith -their
indictment against one Ralph H. Cameron,
' charging him, the said Ralph H. Cameron, with vio
lation of section 125 of the penal code, 1910 per
jury which said indictment is presented to the
court in the presence of the grand jury by their
foreman and duly filed by the clerk under the num
ber C-1330 (Phoenix)."
' Long Been Rumored
Although speculation concerning
the indictment has been rife in Phoe
nix and throughout the state for
nearly four months, ' no definite
knowledge of it was obtainable until
yesterday. It was known, however,
that the matter of the Indictment
was in the hands of Attorney Uen
eral Daugherty at Washington, to
whom a copy of the indictment had
been sent in accordance with the
rules of procedure of the L'nited
States district court.
According to the method of pro
cedure generally followed, according
to officials of the court yesterday,
an indictment returned by the grand
jury against one who is outside the
Jurisdiction of the court In this In
stance the state of Arizona must go
through the hands of the attorney
general and the arrest of the ac
cused must be brought about through
an order from him. When the ac
cused Is arrested he Is brought back
to the district in which the indict
ment was returned by ordinary ex
tradition methods. An Associated
Press dispatch from Washington last
evening carried Senator Cameron's
denial of any knowledge of the Phoe
nix indictment, although he said that
he understood "certain political foes"
had made efforts to obtain an In
dictment for alleged improper and
excessive use of money in his elec
tion. The text of this dispatch fol
lows: "WASHINGTON. Oct. 24
Senator Cameron said tonight he
had received no word of an in
dictment against him in Arizona,
but he understood "certain poli
tical foes" had made efforts to
obtain an indictment for alleged
RAIL LABOR BOARD WILL
NOT PRESENT PLANS FOR
SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO, Oct. 24 The railroad
labor board does not intend to pre
sent any plan for settlement of the
railroad strike situation when the
1.61)0 union and carrier chiefs con
vene with it Wednesday in response
to its cit;tion, and any such pro
posal must emanate from labor lead
ers or the railroad heads, board
members declared tonight.
Board members explained that the
healing technically is to determine if
the transportation act has been vio
lated and that they had decided at
informal meetings that the board's
province war merelv to carry out the
provisions of this act, although it
would not take any steps which
might tend toward promoting a
clearing up of the crisis.
The board also formally announced
that ' there whs -great hope for set
tling the strike." that all of the 1.400
union men and the 10" rail heads
summoned m.-st attend every ses-
I sion, and hired tne I oiisetim, me
; scene 'of many great gatherings, for
the hearing which will be opened to
I the public.
! From the labor side came an
! nouncemen's that 1T..M0U signal men
will not he authorised t. strike, lim
; iting prospective strikers to 471. two
trainmen. ond'-ictors, s iichmen. en-
gineers. firemen and telegraphers
- and increasing th" number of men
whose Lathis hae pledged them
not t" walk out to about a million
and a half. The nun railroad 1e
h grabbers apiKireiil iy were definite
ly cummiiLLd to a strike w lieu Ii. J.
Y IS
TJDN
ARIZ
ONA
improper and excessive use of
money in his election. He added
he was prepared to disprove any
such charges if brought formal
ly." Said to Be Second One
This Indictment, according to our--rent
rumor, followed an indictment
against Senator Cameron several
months ago In which allegations of
violations of the federal corrupt
practices act were made. After a
series of developments which were
freely commented upon at that time,
including the issuance of orders to
the grand jury by Judge William 11.
Sawtelle that they were to consider
anything they deemed worthy of in
vestigation, an order which was said
to have followed a request from At
torney General Daugherty that any
investigation of Senator Cameron's
campaign expenditures should be
heldup pending an examination by
his office, the L'nited States supreme
court declared the corrupt practices
act unconstitutional In the case of
Senator Newberry of Michigan,
whereupon the investigation of Sen
ator Cameron here on the same
charges was dropped. '
Almost immediately, however, it
became a matter of common rumor
that the federal grand jury was con
sidering allegations brought against
Senator Cameron that he had com
mitted perjury In making false affi
davits concerning the source of Lis
campaign funds. Through the action
of the attorney general, however, ail
information concerning the indict
ment was withheld from the general
public until the discovery of the
grand jury entry on the minute book"
yesterday. The exact matter of the
indictment Is not known.
Manion. their president, announced
in St. Ixmis that there was no inten
tion of changing the decision for
these men to support the "Big Five"
in the walkou . scheduled for Oct. 30.
Information that the labor board
would not gc into the conference
with any specific plan came after
an announcement from the board
that the preside its of the four big
brotherhoods ia a telegram had
again warned the board that the
strike could not be postponed, al
though It might be settled. They also
declared that the rail crisis was un
changed The message from the brother
hood chiefs was looked on by the
board members as significant in
view of the fact that they have not
been backward in letting it become
know n that they expect the hearing
to drag out for some time and are
depending op the union chiefs to obey
their order not to permit a striko
pending a decision from the confer
ence. This decision, they said, un
doubtedly would not be rendered un
til after Oct 29.
It was explained at the board's of
fiej that the hearing probably
would be opened with a statement
from Ju.lge It. M. Barton, chairman
teil.nii why the conference was
c;U!td and outlining the board's de
sire for further information. The
board them w:ll ask both sides to
present statements, following which
board members Will begin ross ex
amina'.ion ot both rail and unio-i
chiefs, it was said. It is hoped in
this a). iueuioei'6 explained, that