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Fiftieth Year-No. 235 QGDENCITY, UTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M I
1 N. Y. TO S. F. AIR MAIL IN OPERATION;
m .A r A A A A A. A. A A'
i SKY POSTMAN
12 LEAVES GOTH
FOR WEST COAST
fill Second Airplane With 16.000
Pj Letters Leaves One
Hour Later
IMMENSE SYSTEM OF
W LANDING FIELDS READY
. Postoffice Department Expects
' Trip to Be Completed in
r Three Days
HVflf NEW YnHK, Sept. 8 Transcont Ih-
m tnla) aerial mail service to San I'ran-
'jH clapo was officially Inaugurated to u
' HHg when R- O. Page, ullotlne an alrplan-
specially equipped to carry juo pounds
. ,1 mall started his Bl ard fiu- 1
" r!" O'clock from Mlneola field Me
Am 1 ,ni.-,i In his cargo i mall (ettei
to the majors of six cities along the'
route.
mm The airplane was scheduler! to make
-sitK lis first atop at Cleveland. Other sta
fjijaV tions were Chicago. Omaha, &eb
7? Cheyenne. Wyo.. Salt Lake CHy. Reno.)
SJM Nov.. and flnullv San Francisco
lH The trip is expected to be com-
UpB plcted til three day's arriving al San ;
M Francisco ahead ol the tlm regularly
. ieiuln d tor mall trains.
, MM, LANDING 1 11 1 i-
The flight mapped out Is 2 651 miles
H in length. The establishment f the
cH - rv ice places nt the dlannsal of thi
H I'nlted Slates military forces what
''JU liarlj maintained landlne fields and ,
' oi.d. 11. cording 1
Mi. puv . .ft i . d' Dartment
PiLn ;.i..tluT plan-' carrying IC.000 h-t-
J u-r.s for western points Including mea,-
V" sages from Senator Warren G. Hard-
Ing, Republican oresldftntlal nominee,
to San Francisco friends, left about,
'MMt an hour uftei the leader. Other mes-1
wf& Mjrs were from Postmaster General
WBa Burleson and Ass si mt Postmaster
rtjfl :,. ral Praegi ' ( '
aSI newspapers William lloo.'on was
H pilot
PRIZES ol 1 I Itl.K
38 WASHINGTON Sept. 7 l 'Hots ar-
SH ruing 111 the trailM-onum ntal a'r mai!
il&M which will be naugurated have been
notified Jl.oOO will be distributed In
prizes tor the beat inileaKe al the fir
M nix montha tt Praeicer, Becond as
, fJL
Kjn that nv.- newsDaoen along thi
have united In fhe offei to pa
;iw 10 to- th Inner, I 300 tn thi icon.
: !w 1 $00 lo the third Thi r cord
'Jgl made on any division betweei
, j I'orl ind San Francisco
' the contest arc
IHfl . ii ii out bj a commltti rcj
"fljpM conical committee of the Aero
H of amerlca the Manufacturers
1 trail association a ml the air ma 1 1
.i The papers offering th
riQXJ prr.en are the New York Evening Post, J
,.-v C hied go Tribune, m u Bet
lake Tribune and a Cleveland, .m
H Francisco or Sacramento oauer et to!
Jpaary oc selected
sBMmjL ki;( m ci.fm i m
rjT ' l-r. BL M. . 1 , Si pi 8- rhe
JHSS (.lane piloted b K. G. Page arrived
nPw 1 ere it 12:45 p m., completing the
flist b g ol th inaugural tranacontl
j nental mall lerial servici between
1 w STor k d lid -v 1 1 1 1 Franch 0
'L I i : E WYOMING.
CIIKVFNN'K Wyo. Sept. 8 Two
'lBM ii ',.iios boppod off bcri ..t SO
I o'clock this morning: One ' us bound
for Salt Inke City, with one stop at
BH KoCk Springs, Wyo.. and the other
J3B headed for (imnha wllh a stop SChed-
' uled for North i" ttt Neb
W - PROM 11 i OAST.
mWt SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept 8.
jnSl rial mall service from Sun lran-
lt, Wm clsco to New York will be Inaugurated ,
5?Sa next Friday morning, according to'
aai9 present plana
Kfl SALT LAKE Sept B Th gpvern-
j 1 .in hi mall airplane which left Chey-
t aj iine. Wo., early today for Salt L.ike
ii being held ai Kock Springs, Wyo..
' mail station, because of motor trou-
blv. accordliiR to word received here.
.Sjl he ma. lime arrived ii (lock Springs
ik.J about ten o'clock this morning. It is j
. jj JAPAN IS FRIENDLY TO
MflU H AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN
HBT TiiKln. Sept S Alth'iUKh
BK American congressional party now vis-
QH itlng Japan is not an official mist-ion,
B It is apparent that official Japanese
H circles arc seizing the opportunli) af-
HH forded by the visit for demonstrations
H intended to shov' that a deep lying
H sontiment of friendship for America
H exists in Japan. Everything possible
H U being done to make the visitors
H welcome.
'I he negotiations now being carrn-d
1 on between secretary of state Coby
and Ambassador Shldehara in Wush
Ingtpn are attracting great Interest and
form the subject of numerous cdl
B turlals embodying arguments In sup-
HH port of Japan's standpoint In the dls-
pule in California. Contributions
made by notable writers to the dls
I cusslon are calling attention lo the
good qualities of the Japanese in -ii-Ifornia
and asking fair treatment for
thent in tic qucatlona Involved
SHREVEPORT PITCHER
GOES TO JOIN SENATORS
H sil RBJVfiJPQRT, Tex Sept, B, Joe
tileason. pitcher for the Shrcvcport
Tex , team since 101G left today to Join
MmmW the Washington Americans to whom
H Ha has been
V" TT VTT a TT "TT "V T "T "W
HUNDREDS LOSE IMS IN ITALIAN TREMBLOR
Tyranny of Landlords Checked
By W asfoington's Rent Court
clapa ': ' - (flfe
' '
U. S. NAVY BARS
RUM FDR USE
AS JEDK
Spirituous Liquors Receive Fi
nal and Complete Divorce
From Department
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. Spirituous'
liquors received their final nd com
plete ilivorcc from thf United States
navy in an order made public tod a)
by the bureau of medicine and s:n
gery prohibiting their Issue to naval:
ussels for medicinal purposes. Not
only ore medbal Supply depots pro-
hlblted from Is.-tulng whiskey except;
to hospitals but when thei. pre enl
supplies have become exhausted, Un
order States, "no further purchases
will be made and whiskey will be
stricken from the supply table of the
medical department t the navy, ' It!
Is estimated that th suppl) on hapd
will not last more lhan iwo or three!
weeks.
Thi- order direct that no further
purchase from any sourc. be Djiade ofi
"distilled spirits, wines or alcohol,
preparations which are designated li
the bureau of Internal revenue as be-!
Ing fit for intoxicating Lev-rage pur-J
poserf."
REVOLTS AGAINST REDS
QUELLED WITH BLOODSHED
LONDON. Sept 8 Several serious!
; revolts against the Russian soviet!
1 government have broken out In thej
I neighborhood of Moscow and have
1 been suppivssi i with much bloodshed,
j says a dispatch lo the Lxehangc Tele
graph company filed In Copenhagen
yesterday it quotes telegrams re
ceived In that city from ltlga.
SHIPBUILDERS CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPTED FRAUD
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 8. Charged j
with having made false claims for
I bonus on delivery of a bull construcl
I ed for th government, seven officers
of the Cray's Hu.rboi Molfir Ship
corporation. Of Aberdeen. Wash . were
placed on trial In federal court here
today. .
RUSSIAN BOYS
FLEE RED GROSS
SHIP; 50 LOST
Children on Way to Homes
Escape Custodians: Bol
sheviki Blamed
NEW YORK. Sept. 8 Fifty of the J
100 Russian refugee boys who escaped'
vesterday iroin Fort Wadsworth, Sta
i n Island, were still at large early to
d.'iv Red Cross officials under whose
care the children arc bning returned
to their homes In Russia, police and cl-j
Utana were making a search of the lB-j
land for the fugitives
The 1 scape was believed by the po
lice to hav. been aided by bolshevlst ;
sympathisers. Rpl Cross officials,
however, believe thai the escape was)
simply a boyish desire to see lhe
sights of New York City.
Zealous Staten Island citizens, wish-!
ing to aid In the capture ot the boys, I
seized scores of native children, not
know ing that the refugees were un-1
able to speak English Thp native
children were held. In some 1 uses, for!
many hours until officials of the refu
gee reservation 1 a used their release
"DRY" MOVE DOWNED BY !
AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS
AIKLA11)F South Australia, SepL
t u. solutions fay or the prohlbltlfm
wen- rejected by the Angloan synod, Inl
session here today. During debate on j
the resolutions, one of tho speakers.
Rev. Mr Walker, said: "Prohibition 1
is anti-Christian and t h idea of
American . ranks."
DRAFT OPPONENT HAS
HIS CONVICTION UPHELD
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8. The
l ulled states circuit court of appeals
Upheld toda lb' .onvlctlon of Frank
lllnkhouse, of Grant county Washing
ton sentenced to 30 doya In Jail and
$4.00(1 fim tor Interference with i-
arm draft i
u
WHAT'S FAIR
GUIDES WOMAN
I N DECISIONS
Mrs. Clara Taylor Is a Mem
ber of Capital's Rent
Commission
BY ZOE BE Kl El
staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON Sept. s. Imagine
on a zero morning when the heater Is
not healing and the hot water Is drip
p'ng bales Into the sink, being able
lo run down to the ' Rent Court, "
lodge your complaint and nave things
fixed right up!
Fancy a lordly landlord being told
to cut your rent In half
"Too good to be true," ou say.
But It Is true In Washington. And
liable lo become true In other places:
H i lara Sears Taylor and her fellow
commissioners succeed with their
plans. And if tho people themselves
rise up In every community and de
mand It. Now Ljiat women iyc p.o
i l--. and have a voice In public affairs
perhaps they will.
"We are trying," says Mrs. Taylor,
"to work out a practical scheme, ',
v hlch ran be adapted to any locality,
whereby the tenant gets Wfiat he pays
Cor and pays for no more than he gets.
i n i Bl I K PASSING
"We Intend to co-ordinate the work-1
legs of various city departments
health street cleaning, water, gas,
charities, social welfare, etc.. with our'
own court, so that this buck-passing
Will cease "
Already the rent commission has ad-!
justed rents for munv hundreds of I
Joyful citizens of the District of Co
lum bla.
You cannot pick up a Washington
newspaper without rsadlflg an Iteml
"'The rent commission today acted ;
upon 14 eases as follows: I'remlses
799 7.7. street. occupied by Mrs.,
Wh.itsthls rent reduced from $10 to
$25," anil so on.
As a rule It handles about 15 hear
ings a day. which Is nbout one-fifth
of the number of complaints that come
In. Many are adjusted through In
formal conferences and advice.
The court Is located In an office
binding at 1330 FUrcct. On the
platform sit the commissioners: Cap
lain Jame.s F ster. Attorney A.
Lcftwlch Sinclair, and Mrs. Clara
St ars Taylor.
Mrs. Taylor's womanly Judgment
and sympathetic Insight Into family I
problems Injects the workable, 'hu- ,
man" warmth
silt I MHJtsl MS
When a pale young clerk explains
that his inflexible government pay Is
$150 a month but that he paid $100
tor his flat "because ho couldn't find
anything else and there was a baby
coming," Mrs. Tuylor understands
Complainant and landlord are cue
fully U'stloned. The latter must tell
exactly what Improvement? be has
n.ude In the last year.
An inspection must be made of the
place.
When the tent adjustment Is made.
It Is thoroughly worked out on a ba
sis of Increased cost of taxes, labor i
and materials. If a landlord hps Spent
p600 more thin year than last, ho Is
not permitted to collect $5000 more
from bis tenants, as so often happens
M v Rl II It MORI I.
"We hope." says Mrs. Taylor, "to
build a model apartment house In
Washington :,t government expense.
It. to which everything new and of the
most modern type shall go. This Is to,
be used as a model on which to base
building -cost, equipment ;md upkeep,
lit ginning with everything perfect, wo
. ..n work out percentages of detrlora
tion, etc., and eventually establish i
definite, standard for ftving rentals i
V hlch can be applied to any locality.
' If we are to curb profiteering In
the necessities of life, wp must begin
with the most essential thing the
home
p OO
ENGLISH LABOR MINISTER
SEEKS TO AVERT STRIKE
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Sept S
The 4a.-i nine committee of the miners'
federation vvhhh Is unending the
Trades' i nlon congn ., has decided to
accept tlio invitation of Sir Robert
H'mim , th,. minister Of labor, to meet
"nlm regarding the threatened coal
strike. The committee; will proceed to
London for a conference with ihe la
bor minister Thursds;
In an address to tho congress, J. S.
Thomas, general secretary of the rill-
wiiy men's organisation, pointed out i
that the railway, men and Ihe trans
port workers had unanimously de
cided to support the miners in thtir
claims.
MANY PERISH
IN COLLAPSE
OF BUILDINGS
Extent of Disaster Grows As
New Reports Are Received ,
At Rome
POSTOFFICE TOPPLES
BURYING ENTIRE STAFF
Family Lost in Ruins of Home,
Cataclysm Causes
Panic
ROME. sept. 8. Several hun
dred pi rsiris Inst their lives In the
earthquake at Flrlzxano, and
munv DlOtC were injured, jiccoril-
iti to a dispatch to the Trlbuna
from ifaaso.
RME. Sept. S. Scores of lives are'
believed to have been lost In the dls-l
trie! north of Florence which was se- ,
v.-rely shaken by an earthquake yes
terday morning As reports from the
stricken region come in over faltering!
telegraph and telephone lines the
extent of the disaster sems to be grow
ing and there Is a possibility the
damage done may be much more seri
ous than was at first believed.
SHOCK is si i km.
'Die territory violently disturbed
seemed to be lozenge-shaped whli
FlorenC at the southern apex and
Hodena at the northern end. It ex
tends along the Etrurian coast and
runs over the Apinlncs eastward for
upwards of 100 miles. In this district
there ai-.- many populous towns and po
tidings have as yet been received from
many of them. There is every indi
cation that the shock was a severe!
one and reports from cities In the
earthquake zone show that buildings
rumbled beneath the strain of the!
convulsion of the earth
s i l PERISHES.
At Flvlzzano. a town of 17.000 In
habitants near Carrara, almost every
building was damaged ,"nd many were
destroyed Among the collapsed
structures Is the postoffice. in the
ruins Of which Is the entlro staff.
Solelra. In the province of Mussa
Marlttima, and Monti, nearby. were
partly destroyed. Rlvcsano, Fornl and
Montlgnoro are reported In ruins,
while In Marina and Carrara many
structures have collapsed At Varlagoj
the church of St Paul was destroyed
and at Castel Frunce dl Sotto the cell-i
lng of a church was shattered
FAMILY III Kill).
Panic prevails at Eucca as a result)
of the cataclysm, and from Cavlnana
and Limestre come reports of lives j
being lost. At Villa Franca. In Eunl-
glana. an entire family was burled In
the ruins of their home, and tho vll-I
lage of Ylgetta was entirely destroyed
Serious damage was done In the Frlg
nano district, where houses collapsed,
and at Frasslnero, where a number i
of bouse fell Ple ep,-l.tg,i and sjiuit
Andre were badly damaged, but thej
number of victims has not I" oft as-I
certalned.
LONDON. Sept. 8. Messages from
the region affected by luesday s earth
quake In Italy say the number of dead
and Injured discovered is Increasing'
hourly, according to an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch from Rome today.
The Spe.la district was especially
haul hit. The towns of CJuercia, Mo-'
leSSO and TaraSCO were wiped ou:. Ai
purcntlv not a single town escaped
i image.
Fv ei y w here, tho dispatches report i
the population Is camping In the open.
Iteiict parties are scouring 'he devas
tated region. Slgnor Herttn', the un--t
ocr-secrotary of public works, has
gone to tho scene of the disaster
CUBA TAKES CONTROL IN
RICE IMPORT DISPUTE
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 8. Presi
dent Menoe.il l.-.si.ed a decree y.-sler-.
day prohibiting Importation of rlCS,
until January. 1921, except under gov-)
rnmSUt license This step was taken
as a means of arriving at a solution
of the financial problem which arose
between Cuban Importers and Amorl
can exporters of rice, through the
failure of the former, after a slump in
Ihe market, to fulfill contracts cov
ering botvveen $25. 000. 000 and $30,
000,000 worth of that product shipped
to this country.
The decree directs Cuban consuls
and consular agents to refuse to vise
exportation documents unless official
ly authorized by cable lo do so
The preamble to the decree says
this action Is taken because of the de
sire expressed by the state depart
ment nt Washington, through diplo
matic channels, that an early solution
be found to the controversy between
the American and Cuban Interests In
v olv ed
-OO
REPORT ON GINNING
VSHlNGTONi Sept, -V Cotton
plpned prior to September 1 amounted
to 887 - ii running-bales including 2 E-
141 rOUnd i-ales, the census bureau
Announced today ,n He first ginning
u-port of the season.
MAN DIES LIKE
PAUPER BUT HAS
$125,000 FORTUNE
CHICAGO, Sept 8 When
Captain Peter Vidovich. a 65-year-old
charity giiest of the
municipal lodging house, died
I In a hospital here today, it wa-s
learned that he was possessor o1
a fortune exceeding $125,000.
The old man s belongings
were said to comprise $54,000 in
Liberty bonds; $60,000 deposit
ed in Alaska banks , $1900 in
cash; a $5000 ruby ring; a
$3000 diamond ring; a $2000
diamond stickpin , a $200 gold
nugget and several deeds to
realty in Fairbanks, Alaska
UNROOT AHEAD
IN KONl
PRIMARY VOTE
New Hampshire Opponent of
League and Suffrage Is
Renominated
MILWAI'KEK. Wis. SepL S. f'e
tutns received today from yesterday's
siate wide primary Increased the lead
of Senator Irving L. Lenroot In his
lace for tbe Republican nomination
fcr Culled States senator
Keturns from Tb'.t precincts out of
2379 In the state for the senatorshlp
gave lnroot 02,250, Thompson 46.-3&-I,
Mcllenry ly.oOl
While Koy I'. Wilcox of Kauclaire
ran strong In Milwaukee county, and
lor a time led the field of six con
testants for governor outside the coun
ty, yet later returns showed John J
Blaine, Of BosCobel, to be gaining in
strength in the outside preclncts-
In 731 precincts out of 237'J In th"
state the vote stood Wilcox IZ.ZAl;
Bialnc 38.193
There were several surprises In the
congressional races. In the third dls-tt-tt
former Congressman John M.
N Ison. ol .Madison, has been nomi
nated over the- Incumbent. James G.
Monahan, of Darlington.
In the seventh district Joseph W
litck. of Yiroqua, has defeated Con
gressman John J Ksch. In the fifth
district William Stafford, of MlwaU
kce. was nominated to oppose Victor
Berirer. Socialist.
MOSES NOMINATED.
MANCHESTER. N. H., Sept. . -Senator
George 11 Moses, opponent of
the league of nations and of worn. in
suffrage, was renominated by the Re
publicans In yesterday's primary by a
plurality of about 12. "00 over Huntley
N. Spalding, former slate food admini
strator, according to i "turns at band
today. Th total vote was nearly
twice the average primary vote owing
to women's participation
Kuy uiond U Stevens. of Londaff
lecelved the Hcmo.i.itic senatorial
nomination and Charles E niton, ot
'niton, tho Democratic gubernatorial
nomination.
Albert i . Urown. chairman of the
slate tax commission, was nominate !
for governor by the Republicans
Tlo- RepubllCana renominated Con
gressman Sherman E. burroughs and
Edward H. Wason over Benjamin t
Bartlelt and Joseph B. Perley, respec
tively. ODDIK MI M l I)
RENO, Sept. s Tosker L: Oddlc
was nominated yesterday by Nevada
Republicans as the party candidal--for
i nited States senu'or Incomplete
returns kIvc oddlc u lead of 533 votes
over Brewster Adams, his nt iresi
competitor, in a five-, o'rnered rai e
Adams has conceded Oddie's nomina
tion Oddle Will oppose Charley l:
Henderson, Democratic Incumbent, and
Miss Ann- Martin, independent, at the
general election.
Charles R Evans Incumbent, vvas
nominated by the Demo, ruts loi iep
resentatlve In congress, polling more
votes than his other two opponents
combined, lie was opposed bj R, C
Stoddard, federal prohibition director,
and Walter Pratt.
Samuel Arentz won the Kepuhlnan
nomination for representative in con
gress, beating W T. McNeil over two
to one.
The primary vote was light, about
f.O per cent of tho registered votes
being cast.
D'ANNUNZIO DISAPPROVES
SEIZURE OF U. S. SHIP
LONDON", Sept. 8. Gubrlel d'An
nunzlo has disapproved ih-- selSUre Of
the American steamer Cogue by his
officers and will order lis release, s.iys
a Rome dispatch of Tuesday to tho
Kxt hangs Telegraph, quoting advices
from Plums
WITNESS SMS I
OHIO FIGURES I
PR DVEGORREGT I
Several Witnesses Examined '
by Slush Fund Probers
in Chicago
CHICAGO. Sept. 8 Governor Cox's
i ita" figures on the amount the Re- H
publicans sought to raise In Cleveland. H
ii, werS substantiated anrl nn admt--
sic-n made that the national commit- H
tee had sought to raise more than
Georgia's 116,000 quota when the sen- H
ate committee Inv estlgallnc campaign
-: penditUres resumed lis hearing to- H
Dudley B. Blossom, one of the lend- H
en in the Cleveland fund-raising drive, H
testified the Cuyahoga county quota
u.as fixed at $400,000 although the
testimony of Fred Cpham, Rcpub-
I lean national treasurer, fixed the goal H
fpi the entire state of Ohio as $400,-
ooii for the national committee and I
$250,000 for state purposes. H
GEORGIAN lI sTIKIES. !
C W McClure, of Atlanta, Ga., said
j Mr. Cpham sent C. K. Taylor, a paid H
field worker, lo him last month with H
la letter staling that Mr. Taylor was
'deb-gated to raise more money In that
stale. Mr. McClure quoted Dr. J. C.
jStockbridge, of Atlanta, who assisted H
him. as saying Mr Taylor had told Dr.
Stot kbrldge that he wanted to raise H
126,000 in Atlanta alone.
Mi Blossom said they actually rals- H
$7 4,000 in '"uyahoga county and H
i Mr McClure said his committee ob- H
itaincd pledges of about $11,000 In tho
of Georgia, of which $6,015.76
I had been paid.
FORMER DEMOCRAT
Dr. Stockbrldge, It was brought out, H
was a Democral up until last year H
and his son Is now directing the cam
Ipaign of Governor L'orsey, Democrat,
foi senator. gSenalor Kenyon attempt
d to bring out that records and In-
I formation from SfcClure's office had
found their way Into Dorsey's hands H
i v ia the Stockhridgt's. father and son.
McClure said he muI, raising funds
alter ihe convention because he dlda't
'think It was much use to proceed.
I "There has been a report that you
i diss Ltltfled with the convention.'"
asked Senator Kenyon.
t OLORJ i I OMMJTTEEM N.
Dissatisfied, yes." Mr. McClure
id "Dissatisfied when they start"--1
SfUdiPB money down there which was mm
1 1 he cause of our getting a colored niv
' tlonal committeeman."
Senator Kenyon read from a Hat of
Georgia subscriptions offered by the
witness and asked If he expected to
collect $1000 subscribed by Roscoe
l i. kett. He thought so, the witnsss
I answered. H
' How much did you subscribe?"
j "One thousund dollars"
Have you paid It?"
Senator Reed then took the Witness
through form lo 1, the campaign plan.
which Republican witnesses have aald
; was never issued, and which Mr. Bios
som said he never had seen. At al
j most every step In organization de
lecribad in the plan. Mr. Blossom nod
ded or expressed assent. He said an
I executive committee was formed as
described In the plan and remembered
of its dozen or so members. Micha-.l
Gallagher, coal operator, as chairman
I and John Slier win and J Rs Nu't.
I bankers, and C. A Otis, broker, as
members H
CREAM" LIST (-IVIA
I The "prospect list of 3.000 names." BMn
which form lol recommended was
identified is existing in Cleveland as
vvas the cream list" assigned to th
- set Utlve committee. Mr. Blossom said
i he had been told by Mr. I'rotzmun
I thai the executlvi committee had ob-
tamed about $28,000 In pledges from
this list. Senator Reed brought out
that this conversation with Mr. Protz
' man look place after the committee's
subpoena Itrsj served on Mr. Blossom.
Mr. Mooro was not in the room
when the commltiee was called to or
several other witnesses were
summoned. The first was H G. Gar
i tt of W inch, ster Ky., chairman pi
1 that state's Republican ways ami
ll. Ml s fox l II Kt.l
He said that Henry Owen of the
I staff of Fred W. L'pham, treasurer
lot the national Republican committee,
asked Inm to take the post and raise
125,000 tor the national committee.
Mi. Garrett said the fund was prac-
all raised by June t since which
dale be had made no effort to gel
additional subscription mij nc
himself set jij.ooo as Louisville's
quota Of in. fun-1 and denied the Cox
- . barge thai a levy of $50,000 had been
made on Republicans of that city.
Senator Spencer and Mr Blossom
endorsed the Cleveland method of
raising campaign funds as a substan
jtlal reproduction of the drives on be
half of the Red Cross and Liberty
loans. Alter the witness had repeated
mphatlcally that he had never seen
form 101, the Missouri senator said:
'Hi ihat document Is a statement
I which mj distinguished colleague
! omitted, lo ihe effect that contribu
lions of from 15,00,0 to $10,000 should
be sought. Was there any such diicc
Hon Issued in Cleveland?"
: Not to my knowledge," replied Mr. -M
Blossom.
Mr. Blossom told Senator Kenyon
! be could not say whether the Repub-
. Hi national committee had anything
i do with fixing a quota for Cleveland
-and Siuator Spencer learned that so
far as the Witness knew the i lea came
from Mi Woodford.
no BSSSSSl
'SCORE OF -DRY" AGENTS
MAKE RAID ON BREWERY
ST. CLOUD, Minn, Sent. 8. The mma
plant .' ths St Cloud Brewing com-i-.inv
here was raided late last night MMU
score "t prohibition enforcement
agents from the Twin Cities, and throo
officials and two employes were ar- mmM
rested and taken to the Hennepin
county Jail at Minneapolis.