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7-fticth Year-No. 236 " OGDEN CHTrUTAH FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 192o7 LAST "EDITION 4 P. MT I
G. 0. P. TREASURER AGAIN FACES PROBERS I
i GOVERNOR COX REACHES WASHINGTON
J TIE TO STOP
E ALL CORRUPTION
NOMINEE SAYS
iW Democratic Candidate Makes
Speech to First Voters
in" Spokane
. SPOKANE. VTnll Sept 10. Gov-
trnor Cox. of hlo Dcmderatli noml
ree for the presidency, discussing de
f nla I ot t Linpaign fund charges by
y Republican National Chairman Will
Hu: and others, declared In a speech,
Jfa to First voters at the unlun station
MMk here that "It is time, hi order to put
iM v" a stop to crrupnon m -end some-
r bodv to the penitentiary.
Governor Cox declared yesterday
( P that the statement "f former Senal r
&& Weeks In New Jersey that fifteen
'nSt rr.lllton dollars contributed to the Re-
,K puhllcan campaign fund by the busi-
vH neas interests would be a good Invest -
'M ment," is not surprising
BROADCAST DENIALS
fffil "First," he continued. Will Hays
-jH and his .associates made broadcast de-
iW n'als. Now that they have t.et n caught
with the goods on them, the policy
A t. bo bad man manifestll is that
,1 &, which Senator Weeks expresses
' 9! "It will remind the countrv of the
; days of Boss Tweed. When he was
caught, he said, 'what are you going!
M lo do about it?' The people answerou
!y senuing nim 10 in M"cimaij.
Present svmptomH .ire pretty stronglYI
suggesting the need of the same kind J
of remedy now.
Certain interests In America look(
upon the government of the people
as a business affair, pure and simple,
and they are determined to control
It In the face of obvious violation oj
laws, Hays, the head of the 'money
digger?.' Is still In charge With scan
dal enveloping the affairs of Republi
can 'headquarters' the presidential
. -undine is silent.'1
Pr PERJUKY LAWS
In discussing the Republican cor
ruption fund. Governor Cox. speaking
of porjurv laws, said that he intended
ofc "applying, if 1 can, the medicine that
V','-. Is needed now."
The governor reiterated that evi
donee was accumulating before the
wenate committee bearing out his cam
Z1 palgn fund charged in every detail
j'jjfl Quotas for New Jersey. Cleveland O., (
Atlanta and other communities, he.
said, were lelng admitted He also
?sSl produced "form 101," proposing sub-J
-ij fccnptlons for from $ T. 0 0 upward. In
f lefulatlon of denials by Chairman I
r-'A ii yt Treasurer Upham and Assistant
JQj Treasurer Blair that this form had notj
flHlc been ' Irculated.
DM FERENt E EXPIiAINl D
Referring to Chairman Hays' statc
Hl mmt on a difference between actual
mJ and tentative Quotas hi said:
LJ The only dlfferei en them
I Ml 1, what you want to get and what
you actually gel."
jfcjjQ The candidate also attacked the
Itf&j "senatorial oligarchy " and Senator
Harding, declaring his Republican op
McP ponent was "the commander of the
ipfjj reactionary forces of the nation." BS
rJ:'" he had been of thos' in Ohio Further
attacks upon big business" also were
fJ ADDRESSES FIRS VOTERS
Governor Cox, of uhio. opened his
presidential campal in thin state to
day Immediately upon his arrival at)
Hi.' station here, with an addresn to
the Frst Voters' league in which he
urged the league of nations and de
clared that conscience and Judgment
and not partisan prejudice should he.
i, ,r- J this years' standard of action at the
j polls
mgm "The young men who are first voters
Sm this year will find themselves In dls-1
."JS tlnguished company," said the Dcmo-i
:-M cratic candidate, 'for there just has
H9 been placed on the statute books that '
. ! law which has given to the mother
I W the right which they always have been!
entitled to. 1 have no doubt concern
ajl Ing what the women of America will
g k do in ihc forthcoming election, nor
f m have i a single doubt as to what the
oung man will do when he frees him-,
VjS -elf from prejudice and all consld-
f lta eratioht "f parti anship."
EIvCOMED BY R4 'W i
Arriving from Butte, .Mont., wher.
he spoke last night, the governor was
welcomed here by a large nwd with
a band. After his depot address the
governor wan taken to the interstate
fairgrounds for an address in which he
planned to discuss the league, ngrlcul-j
tural questions and conservation I
Governor t'ox's vlr.lt to Washington1
opened the second week of his western
trip. He has delivered rc speeches In j
five states since he started on his trip!
through Michigan a week ago.
Governor Cox arrived here today In
a drizzle of rain that had continued I
throughout the nighl and bade fare
to hold out until after hts departure'
at noon it was the first d.iv of his!
present trip that he had encountered
sin h a steady downpour
I TWO AERIAL RECORDS
BY FRANCE RECOGNIZED
GENEVA, Sept. 9. The lnternatlon-i
al Aeronautic congress, which is in!
session here under the presidency of j
Prince Roland Bonaparte, lias official
ly ratified several records. These In
clude the" record of 307 1-2 kilometers
per hour, made by sadl Iecolnte, the
i ench aviator, at Villa Coubluy, and
the record for SUdcesslye looping the
loop, a.varded to M. Kronval. also of
France, P62 limes.
The Swixm aviatbr, Durafour, failed'
in two attempts to land mi r I j . summit
of Mount Blanc owing to poor visi
bility Colonel Jefferson ds Mptt Thompson
and Sydney P. Vltt are representing
America at the congress.
ITAI Ilf'BERT HOW-j
ARI llliimis slate prohibi
tion officer, a1ici declares he!
could have b( 1 a millionaire
f rom t lie bribes offered him b ;
the lioe ring in Chicago, is
' leading a big assault on Chi-
rago 's anderti orld
Sp
CAPT. HU3EK T HOWAfZD
AIRPLANE MAIL
SERVICE STARTS
FROf PACIFIC
Sky Postman to Reach Utah
in Half Time Taken by
Overland Limited
SAN' FRAN'TSC. Sept. 10 Car
rying 700 pounds of mall. the first'
transcontinental .postal airplane to'
leave San Francisco cleared from the
Marina field at 8:16 a. m today, fif
teen minutes before It vas scheduled
to start. Raymond J. Little was thej
Pilot
The schedule calls for the plane'si
arrival in Reno at 9:02 a. m Pacific
time and in Salt Lake at 3:31 p. m.
mountain time, today. It is duo at,
the Miii" ola field, New Vork. at t p. j
m. Sunday. The first regular trans
continental airplane mall I rom New
York was scheduled to arrive here at
2 p. m. loday
THO! SANDS l LET l l R$.
Sixteen thousand letters for New
Vork and intermediate points were
slowed In the do Haviland airplane
i.i which I'liot Little, of Oakland, Cal.,1
hopped off this morning trom the Pre-1
s.dio living field on t tic first leg of
a flight Inaugurating a dally eustbound
air mall service between (he Pacilc 1
and the Atlantic oceans.
Before sunset tonight an airplane
tearing the mall that was dispatched)
Wednesday -morning from New York
was expected to complete its flight at
the Golden Gate This plane, on the I
first westward flight of the lranscon-
tlnental air mall service remained
over night at Cheyenne. Wyo , which
point It reached In a day's Night from
lowa City la
LI wis FOR R8T.
CHEtENNE, v yo . Sept 10. The
mall plane, piloted by J p, Murruy,
Which landeil herc t.'irlv last night,
hopped ulf at O'clock lb s morn-1
!lig tor the west, with J'.ock Sjnings1
as the first stopping place
Pilot Murray expected to reach Salt:
Lbkfl City easily loday and Indlcaled
he might attempt to tly to Reno to
il, ght. He arrived wltn 400 pounds
oi mail, part of which he left lime
RENO Sent 10. Aerial plane No
71. piloted by ,. C Sharpneck, ar
rived in Reno al is. JO with the first
consignment xl mall from San Fran-'
Cisco Th plane left a mnll sack bore
ami departed for Salt Lake at 9 27
REACHES I l Ml
BALT LAKE; Sept lo. Plene 151.1
flying from New York to San Fran-1
dsco with mall, arrived hero at 11 50
B ni. today Trom Cheyenne. Wyo. The
machine, which Is piloted by I'. J.
Murray. hoppel off for the west ail
1 20 p- m, Murray expects to reach
Reno, Nev.. before dark.
GIANT DRUG PLOT NIPPED
BY ARREST ON BORDER
HI. PASO, Sept 10 A B. SharllnJ
wealthy curio shop dealer with stores
at Vancouver and Montreal, arrested
here by federal norcotlc agents on al
charge of eon.;plrlng to import 1,000
ounces of morphine and 200 ounces
of opium from Mexico, Is being held In
$2."., mm bond for i preliminary hear
ing by United States Commissioner
A. J W. Schmidt
BhaTlin had twenty-one 11,000 bills
on his person when taken into cus
tody. Trunks of the man shipped
from here to Los Angeles are being
traced b United States authorities.
When 8h irlftl was taken into custody
b I r f i ' r J A Toomey of St Loula
le book ontalning the address i
of drug dealer? in virtually every
large city In the country was found
. In his possession, according lo the
offuers.
EARTHQUAKE OPENS VOLCANIC CRATER
(PULES ATTACK
I REDS Ai TAKE
MOtfCf IVES
Two Armored Trains Also Lost
by Soviets on North
eastern Front
PEACE DEMANDS ON REDS
OUTLINED AT WARSAW
Pressing Needs of Wrangel
Told by Anti-Bolshevik
at New York
WARSAW Sept. 9. (By The As- j
soclated Press! The Polish armies
on the northeastern front delivered a
series of successful attacks upon the
Russians today and look 3.300 prison
ers, four guns and two armored trains.
-oiami r n i. i,r u .
WARSAW, Sept. 9. Decisions rela
tive to the military situation in
Lithuania and peace terms to ie in
sisted uposi by Poland at the confer
ence with soviet Russia at Riga were
reached at a session of the council of
defense held last night, but the
government refuses to give any details
relative to them.
There are hints, in official quarter
that M Grabskl. leader in the Polish
diet, or Prince Saplcha may be
selected president of the peace delega
tion, F.VtH'K A.FS WR W GF.L.
NKW YORK. Sept. 10. The armed
forces of General Wrangel in south
Russia "seem to have found at last
the right path.' which may lead to
Russia's salvation. Professor Michae
I Rostovtzeff. chalrnmn of the Rus
sian liberation committeeln London,
declared here last night In a discus
sion of the anti-Bolshevist movement
in his country. He came to the United
States at the Invitation of the Uni
veraity of Wisconsin, where he Is to
lecture this fall
Following an outline of the prin
ciple's adopted by the government of
General rangel. Professor Rostovt
zeff raid the "Insofar as I he Poles
will fight the government f Lcnlne
and Trotzky, and not Russia as such,
insofar as they will not aspire to
territories where Poles constitute an
ethnic minority, Poland and her
armies will be considered as friends
and associates."
R !. s N EI l
The south Russian government
should he rendered all assistance by
the government and people of the
1'nited States, If America believer
General Wrangel. ; principles "are
practical and righteous," the profes
sor said, adding that Imperative
measure to aid General Wrangel In
clude .
"Assistance to the Wrangel govern
ment in munitions and supplies- vast
humanitarian assistance to the civil
population within the "liberated
regions." encouragement to commerce
whl' h would seek economic relations
with Russlu, and assistance to those1
Russians who have been compelled to
leaVS their rountry and are barred
from return."
TIEUP OF MOVIE PLANTS
ON COAST THREATENED
WASHINGTON, Sept 10. inter
vention of department of labor con
ciliator. to bring about a renewal of
kmui agreements expiring September
1.1 between employers and 5.000 em
ploy es in motion picture studios in os
Ancf !' was authorised today by i
L Kerwln, chief of the bureau of con
i illation
The action followed notification lhat
expiration of the agreements affecting
building trades council, theatrical em
ploye., ami the Motion Ploture Pro
ducer.?' association, probably would
tiring about complete cessation of
work In twenty-five motion picture
studios unless an agreement was
reached
uu '
FEAR AMERICAN STEAMER
WILL BE LOST ON ROCKS
LONDON. Sept. 10. The American1
Iteamei Sibone) Is aground In the har
bor of Vigo, Spain, according to a
Lloyd's dispatch filed In that city yes
terday. The forepart of the vessel Is
resting on the roikn and It i- feared
she will be a total loss. Passengers i
on board the ship ire being landed,
The steamer Slboney sailed from!
New York August 14 for Havana later
Steaming eastward. She was huilt In
Philadelphia In 1 'J 1 S Ret gross ton-,
nage was 7,652
JAP FOREIGN MINISTER
DINES YANKEE VISITORS
TOKIO. Sept. 9. Viscount L'chlda.
I minister of foreign affairs, today gave
a luncheon In honor oi the American
I congressmen who are visiting Japan.'
The function was attended by the -n-
tire cabinet and other notables.
Later the city of Yokohama cor-1
liLallv rccfciv nd lh- con gruima n
I
OLIVE THOMAS, MOTION
PICTURE ACTRESS, DIES
AFTER TAKING POISON
PARIS, Sept. 10. Olive Thomas, formerly widely known on the Amer
I ican musical comedy stage and for several years past a motion picture
Biar, died at 11 o'clock this morning in Ihc American hospital at N'eulliy
She was taken to lhat institution last Sumlay suffering from a Blow pol
-oning. having swallowed a poisonous solution early lhat day by mistake,
LH-cordlng to I ir Jo.-"-ph lioate, (). American phv isicjan in charge of
the case
Recently Miss Thomas, who came to Europe with her husband, Jack
Pickford, had suffered from n'-rvuij-, depression, it was said.
First aid was promptly given her bv Mr Pickford when he returned !
Sunday to the hotel where they were stopping and found his wife in a
serious condition, and every possible eiiort was made a. the hospitnl P.
j counteract the effects of (he poison but without avail
NEW YORK Sept 10. No word of the dralh of Olive Thomas, who
died in Paris early this morning, had been received here this raornins by
her brother, James Huffy, who lives here, or by the motion picture con
corn which employed her. Her real name was Olive L'lain Huffy. She
whs 22 years old, having been born October 10, 189S. at Charlerol. Ta.
After attending high schools in Pittsburg, she began worlt in a do
purtment store there A New York , friend, attracted by her beauty and'
voice. Induced her to come here in 1913 to study music. Socn she attract
ad notice of theatrical men. and was placed In the cast of ihe "Midnight
Frolic'' brre in 1914, appearing as the "Cannon Cirl " The next reason
she was In both the "Follies" and the ."Frolic"' and later posed for magn
zinc cov ers by n arti: t:
In 1917 Miss Thomas lett the stage to enter ihe motion picture fle.j
in California, the same year marrying Jack Pickford, motion picture
actor. 1
.
HOPES FOR El
OF LABOR III
FELT IN ITALY
Workers Still Hold 400 Plants
But Agreement Seems
Imminent
ROMS, Sept. 14), Belief exists In
political Circles that an agreement,
which will end the conflict between
Italian metal workers and their em-
t ployers, which resulted In the occu
pation of more ihan 40o plants by
ihe men during the lat week, Is im
minent, it is pointed out that Pre
mler Giolettl must leave on Saturday
for Alx le.s Bains where he w III meet
Premier Millerand of France and that
he could not go If the Situation in
I Italy was not cleared up.
In a speriHl edition the Tribuna
reflects thl. understanding.
Negotiations recently resumed for
a solution of the metal workers' con
flict." the newspapers says, "promise
lo result favorably. An accord seems
to be near on the economic Question
and despite complications there Is rea
son to believe difficulties will be over
come so that tomorrow, at the latest,
the dispute may be considered settled "
oo
NEW WORLD WAR SOCIETY
FINISHES ORGANIZATION
DETROIT. Sept. 10. Major Gen
eral George B Harris of Chicago was
elected commander lh chief of the -Military
order of the World War at the
clo.'lng session of the organization's
first meeting her,- jnsterday.
New Orleans was chosen as the
nest convention city. Department
commanders elected Include Captain
F. A. Cleveland. Lincoln. Neb.
The convention adopted resolutions
pledging tile membership to fight Bol
shevism and calling on congress lo
enai t more stringent laws for sup
pression of Molshevlst agitators
Another resolution asked congress
to amend the army reorganization
act to place emergency officers on a
pai with regular army officers In the
matter of retirement for disability.
BABE DIES OF WHIPPING,
FARMER FOUND GUILTY
DEFIANCE, O., Qspt. H- Joshua
Botklns, Noble township farmer, vvaw
found guilty by a jury of second de
gree murder in the death of Arthur
Gerald Bullock, his housekeeper's 3
year old boy. hero earlv this morn
' Ing. The Jury had been out about
! six hours
Botklns was charged with holding
j the uoy bj the ankles and beating him
! with a heavy harness tug at Ihe Bot
klns farm home the night of last
Julv 8. p
Ihe defense gave notice of motion
in inn filed for a retrial of the case.
WILSON DENIES REVISION
OF MINER WAGE AWARD
WASHINGTON', Sept. 10. President
Wilson. In a telegram todai to repre
sentatives of the Pennsylvania coal
miners, refused .to grant their request
to reconvene the Joint si'ale committee
of operators and milters for the pur
pose of considering a new wage award.
t
COX'S CHARGES
BOOMERANG SAYS
DRY CAN01TE
Country Doesn't Care 30
Cents to Know Amounts,
Watkins Avers
HAM LINE, Minn.. Seul. 10 The
country at large wll not care thirty
cents lo find out the exact figure
or even the approximate figures of
in- campaign fund, said Aaron S.
Watkins, Prohibition candidate for
president. In a speech at the Minne
sota state fair todav.
It Is said by some thai all the na
tional elections since ihe civil war
have followed the line of largest con
tributions." Mr. Watkins continued.
The fact that the side with the
largest campaign fund has usually won
.may be a case of cause and effect one
vv.i or another it mav be true that
the part) which is on the way to vic
tory may easily secure the largest
campaign funds because n eoing con
cern always attracts followers anil
j supporters. So the man who calls at
tention too largelv to his opponent's
campaign funds may be betraying the
fact that the swing Is against himself
r- vi v ua i ii
"The real Questions of this year are,
the league of nations, the litboi ptob-
lem and the extinction of the liquor
i traffic On all these questions wp be
lieve ihat the rural population can be i
reaohed with ri laoh and will vote In I
accordance therewith."
Mr. Watkins dev oted the major por-
; tion of his speech to a discussion of'
rural problems the most important of
; Which he said was the Htradv decrease
.of rural population
l.ov I PI ro FARM
"As long as hoys and girls on th-
farm are taught that the great oppor
tunities, Intellectual social, and finan
cial are in ih cltle we shall cry out
I In vain against the exodus from the
farm. Whenever we begin to plan the
farm as a permanent place to liv e and
jtlie heht place tO eiiibv life, then the
.farm will be In condition at least to
(state its problems to the country and
to assist In their solution'
MINIMUM OF $3 BUSHEL
FOR WHEAT SUGGESTED
FARGO, N. D., Sopt. 1 0 Congress .
man John M . Baer of North Dakota
has sent a telegram to Attorney Gen-
I eral Palmer, It wus announced today,
urging the attorney general "to uso
the w art line power In you to eliminate
(vicious speculation" In wheat futures.
which, the congressman declared, Is
I 'resulting In disastrous losses to the
producers,"
II. suggested the feasibility of fix
ing a minimum price of $3 a bushel
for wheal "to protect the farmers
against this gross injustice."
SOUTH AMERICAN DISPUTE
IS REPORTED SETTLED
I .
Bl ENOS AIRLS, Sept. 10 Final
settlement of the Tai ns Arlca question
I which has been considered the most
lerious menace to South American '
I peat '. through the payment by Chile
j to Peru of Jklrt.ooo.ooo hns been vlr-
l 1 1 1 a 1 1 y agreed upon according to a dis
patch todei to La N il ion from Santl-
ago. quoting financial aid diplomatic
sources.
CAVING ZONE
I IN SURFACE OF
EARTH CLAIMED
Smoke and Sulphur Fumes
Emitted From High
Italian Peak
MOUNTAINS SINKING
AT GULF OF GENOA
City Presents Disastrous Ap
pearance From Effects of
Big Tremblor
ROME; Sept. 10. A volcanic crater
has suddenly opened al the lop of
rtlsSEO d'Ucello. a mountain .'.S4.: feet
high, about nine miles northwest Off
' Spezla. 11 is located on what appears
to be the northwe-q ..orncr of the dis
trict shaken Tuesday by the earth
1 quake, which resulted lo ihe loss of
hundreds of lues in the region .lust
, north of Florence. A telegram from
Qpesla states the crater Is emitting
smoke and sulphuric fumes, and thai
scientists attribute the volcanic out
break to the earthquake
REASON FOR c.u M
Berlin, s. pt v --Th- selsmogra
phlc station at Jen., Kuggsi-- as im
possible cause of the Italian earth
quake a sinking of the earth along
j the mountains borderlne the Julf of
jfjenoa. Exports then- say it indicates
:a massive caving zone in the earth's
crust.
FIVlZZAN'i. Italv. Sept. . (By the
'Courier to Florence) Bv the Associ
ate. Press This itv ptesepts S
strange appearance with rlDDed houses
pavements piled on each odo r and a
mixture of broken furniture, smashed
glass and household treasures, as a
result of Tuesday's earthquake. The
arcade of the municipal building is
standing, although the edifice above
collapsed. .No stiee of road ft mains.
Amidst ibis scene of ruin almbsi the
I Only building standing Is a c hurch with
belfry, while the house attached to
the church was hurled.
oi ivl l M P's
GENEVA. Switzerland, Sept. 10.
fSy the Associated Press. 1- A severe
,caithquake shook the southern slopes
of the Swi-.-. and Italian Alps yeoter
o; y f 1 or.v Monte Rosa to Bv-raina Pass,
causing avalanches. The shock vv is
ai companlcd by heavy snowfalls and
Several AJplh'e villages are isolated.
Four persons were reported to have
heeh killed and many Injured.
Slighter shocks also were reported
In the Swiss Alps around Zermalt and
Pont resin. 1, hut there were no casualties.
LABOR PAPER GETS
GOLD FROM RUSSIA
LONDON. Sept. 10, Admission was'
made this morning by the Herald, or
1 gah of lahor, that it has In its pos
session 75.000 of "Bolshevik gold."
the nemspaper stating the money is
being held pending a decision by the
shareholders as to whether it should
be used. The opinion of readers as
10 the acceptance of the money is
tasked by ihe newspaper, which pub
1 lishes the admission on Its first page
I under glaring headlines. Iast month
I charges thut the Russian soviet gov
; ernment was subsidizing newspapers
1 In other countries for the purpose- of
carrying on propaganda w ere published
! hero, anil the Herald was named as
I one Journal which had received j
niopev from the Kolshevikl.
The newspaper refers lo the soviet
funds as '"a magnificent demonstration
Of real working class solidarity and Of
vvhst Russians mean by International-,
lam."
FEDERAL EMPLOYES ASK
HIGHER PENSION RATES
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10. A resolution!
urging modification of the civil serv
ice retirement act so as to Increase ,
pensions was adopted at last night's,
session of the convention of National
federation of Federal Employes being
held here.
The resolution declares that the
maximum annuity of $?SQ a year now
allowed under the act is Inadequate
and asks that employes be provided
for at the rate of 60 per cent of their
average salary for the ten years pre-'
ceding retirement.
Another resolution adopted requests
that all federal employes, classified
or unclassified, be retired after thirty j
years' service, regardless of age.
ARMY AVIATORS MEETING ,
BAD WEATHER IN YUKON
DAWSON. Y. T. Sept ? The army
expedition returning to Mlneola from;
Its flight to Nome. Alaska, left White:
Horse today for Clenora on the Btl-
kine. hut encountering had weather on
Naklna summit, three of the planes re
turning late this afternoon. The fourth :
plane had not been heard from early
tonight, it is believed the plan, w.nt,
on to W range)! or to the landing field
al Glenora, which Is ten miles froni(
wire communication.
UPHAM PROUO I
OF WORK DONE
10 RAISE FUND
1
Treasurer Says His Proposi
tion to Raise Limit Was
Voted Down I
I CHICAf'.O. Sept. 10. The senate H
1 committee at the noon recess an- H
I nounced that the investigation of tho
, charges by Governor Cox would be J
completed here tomorrow and th
1 committee would then recess to meet
( m some eastern city on September 22. M
CHICAGO. Sept. 10. Prod W. Up- H
ham today told the senate committee
investigating campaign funds that he
took full responsibility for tho pro- H
posal to raise the limit of Republican
1 tmpaign contributions to 110,000 H
"I was voted uo.vn by a large ma- H
1 at s meeting m New York," he
He said "form 101," the so-called H
Blair plan." was hrougr.. about by H
his advocacy of a larger contribution H
.limit and was prepared after he had H
il.n y M. Blair, his assistant, that H
'he believed the $lo : figure would
adopted after the national conven- H
"1 Loped fhe lid would be raised H
j and I did recommend 110.000 as a H
limit," sal Mr Upham. "I presented
oposiu.ii iio.-ei mg in New- H
Vork attended by Will Hays, Charles H
Mollis. Mvin Hen of Kentucky;
William Dougherty, of Ohio, and Colo- H
nei William Royce Thompson, of New H
VOTED HIM DOWN.
They voted me down hy a big ma- H
Jorlty and I staepped from the room H
ltd told Ml to tcb graph his H
men in Chicago not to send out form H
Pwo continued Mr up-
K m. "Colonel Thompson went to H
Washington add saw Senator Harding H
Kiel the cahdid&te gave out a state- H
ment to The Associated Press that he
l ad instructed the Republican national
comniittet not to accept contrlbutk ; -
of more than 1000 each, promising
change was made In tho HH
plan, the public would be notified be- H
lore 11 was pui Into effect." H
1 ORM KM Is PK.I.
.Mi. 1 ph.iiu said he did not writ
form lu 1 and that it contained some
pxpri 1 l idea which he would H
have approved.
'Rut 10:111 101 was and is dead." he
Furthermore, tho substitute H
town 103 was not presented at the H
the Union League club In H
1 icago and i was there throughout
conference."
"1 uevot saw a quota list for cities
or any 01 Her quota list except that for H
prepared In my office," said Mr.
"You assume responsibility for the
'psalm singers'.'' asked Senator' pom- JH
"I do ami am proud of the work my H
.M C. A. campaigners are doing." H
Mr Upham. "I believe that on H
showing here of results I could, as a
' ih- Jul. of raising
Chi Democratic campaign fund and
wh-n the y re-organise their finances I
think they will adopt our system." H
in siM ss ,t MMED I P.
S immarislng all this budget and H
quota business' what he called jH
"a plain business statement," Mr Up- H
ham said that the state quota list of H
about $4,800,001) made up In his office H
Included both the pre-convcntion and H
actual campaign periods. He then H
pointed out that more than $1,100,000
of this total had been raised and spent H
before the present budget of $3,07.- H
up. H
He said thai since the Chicago con- H
Ventlpn he had raised about a million H
and a quarter dollars of which aboiit H
1 lii-ii.'hlrrlM HI r, not le l Me r t'nn nn. SBSBSh
tlonal committee, the balance being H
returned to States which had a joint J
fund campaign with the national com- H
He estimated lhat with the stale
and national committee funds and m H
loans of $400,0110 to the congressional
and 1300,000 to the senatorial com
mlttees of the party, there would pass H
through his hands a total of $4. ?$!,-
THAI is MY JOB."
"That Is the limit of my job, ' Mr.
I'pham said. "If the states raise
more than the quotas 1 have assigned H
them 1 will not accept it What they
do after I hey hav e raised what H
1 saked for Is none of my business."
Senator Kenyon called Mr. Moore
to the stand and questioned him about
Democratic campaign fund plans and
particularly help that may have been B
received from tho liquor Interests.
Mr Moore Bald the Democrats had
not formed a campaign plan and had H
only $1,400,000 In the national treas
ury two weeks ago Wilbur M
Marsh, national treasurer, and James
W. Oerurd. former ambassador to
Oerjnany and now chairman of the
Democratic finance comimttee, could
give full details, he said
FORCED Tt I. WD
DIXON. HI . Sept 10. Three mall
planes were forced to land In thevlcin- J
ity of Dixon this morning by tno
heavy fog which delayed them until
nearly noon The Chicago-Omaha
plane". Pilot A L. Jewett. and a plnno
being "ferried" through from New H
York to S;in Francisco In charge, of ffH
lilol Huklngs for use In the trans
continental service, met a few miles
west of Dixon and were forced to land
In a pasture. Another mail Plane
being ' ferried" through to Cheyenne
in charge of Pilot Linge, was forced
to the ground east of this city All
off noun
11-rRoniHITIOMSTS.
Senator Kenyon asked Mr Moore
about the Association Opposed to N ,
llonal Prohibition, and read a pro -pectus
which listed Moore and
Rudolph Hynleka. Republl, an
llonal committee from Ohio members.
Mr. Moore said he was not Bssoclated
with the organisation in any waj and
suggested his nam? and that of Mr.
Hynleka had for years been known .u
nrohlbltmn."
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