MWa""'- inirnim - - ' L s r Fiftieth YearNo. 237 OGDEN CITY, UTAH SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M. Socialists and Troops Clash I TRIESTE SCENE I OF ENCOUNTER; f NHKYWDUNDED Reds Behind Barricade Chal lenge Troeps to Engage FIERCE BATTLE IS k FOUGjHT IfJ STREETS Quiet Restored When Soldiers & and Battleship Draw Up Into Position Hf TRIESTE. Sept, 10 (By the Asso- elated Press. ) A Socialist revolt In k which barricades were erected in the streets and artillery, rifles, machine "jB guns and bombs were freely employee j'H l.i betv lot rs md JH the military, broke out here this uf- ternoon. Italian troops and naval jH forces, however, had succeeded by right o'clock tonight m completers r' storing order. At that hou-' the troops were patrolling the streeu and a de TBV stroyer anchored i:i tho harbor cqiu- Ii"""" nianded the public square. FIGHTING SB 1RP. The fighting was sharp while It last ed The Socialists who were well arm ed and supplied with ammunition, i hallenged the troops to advance upon their barricades. Hotii aides then opened fire and sharp volleys were jfjjj then exchanged. Several ot the jfol k 'i. iliers were wounded )y bullets from the riflos of the entrenched Socialists i-Ji' v hi), numerous casualties occurred In the Socialistic ranks. Wd As evening approached the military1 drew artillery into position and pic-, H pared for a concerted attack. Uefore J SI tills was delivered, however. Civil Gov- 0 trnor Masconi sent an ultimatum toj JS the Socialist leaders, ordering iheni ( jfl ;o withdraw from the streets. I HUE Vi 1.1 l i t '11 E. The leaders of the revolt ultimately 9 decided to bow betore the governors fl threat of more drastic measures and B 1 1 i ire down their och- -fi. men! Thi carabineei and 1 1 i royal H guards, who had been stationed in the K vicinity of tho mil in the heart of the populous section, which thfj Socialists Wl had held thereupon wen Withdrawn jfl from their barracks through tho lM ptrcets, the men shouting cries of .1 "Victory!" from their camions- M i iii Governor Masconi issued an H cider this evening prohibiting move- ineiil In the streets after lu p. m. and yt also forbidding anyone looking out of gg windows In the San Glacomo district, where sniping has been frequent. Tho Socialists wounded had been taken to si an Improvised hospital In the church ,,9 of San Qlacomo, wnero thej wen in t'Jr. I I await the arrival of nurses and uAp medical supplies. mr MAIL PLANE DISABLED ON SALT LAKE FIELD M SALT LAKE, Sent. 11 Aerial plane a 71, which arrived here late yesterday fJM from San Francisco carrying 700 3 pounds of mall for eastern points, will H not hop off for Cheyenne at noon be fll cause of engine trouble, postofflec of 9 flclals announced tody. Tho stale the H machine has developed cylinder Iimks 8 and that repairs will probably take HI until Monday morning. There are no H reserve planes at Salt Lukr 3j If repairs are completed Monday wk morninr, the officials say, the machine Ml will leave here for the east Monday Js noon LANDS IN AJLAAJLFA KLLAA. LOVELOCK Nev., S pt 11. The transcontinental mall plane number 161, bound from New STork to Ban 7 ! Francisco, which was forced by dark- ress to land here at 6 .30 o'clock last 4jj night, left thin morning for Reno at 'W 8:lo I "Hot J. Woodward made a per- JLj feci landing in an nlftilfa field. The mail was taken to tho Lovelock post -1 I. Office ad cared for thero overnight CARRANZA ARMY LEADER RELEASED FROM PRISON MEXICO CITY. Sept. 11 General Francisco de I'. Manel, commander In I the state of Puobla at tho time thej lato President Carranza fled from this City, has been released from military prison, where ho was Incarcerated I with six other generals after the death' of Carranza Immediately after hoi had been ordered liberated, the gov-, ernment directed that Rodolfo 1 lor- i rero, commander of the troops that killed President Carran.ii, be arrested, according to report. on POLAND AND LITHUANIA STILL TALKING PEACE WARSAW. Sept. 10. (By the Asso j elated Press.) NeKotlotlons between Poland and Lithuania relative to their frontier controversy continue despite HH the advance of Polish troops In the SUWalkl sector, which hus resulted In the occupation of Krashapol and SeJ- n wireless exchanges an believed Hj to be progressing toward an amicable agreement. ! GOLD BARS ALONE HANDLED ON THIS JOB OF MOVING , I NEW YORK. Sept. 11 Near-1 ly $300,000,000 in gold bars, I said to be the largest amount of ?;old m any one place in the , work' today, n being trans I ferrcd from the sub treasury ! building to the new assay build 1 ing next door. Most of the gold was melted from English sov I ercgns and French 20 frnnc ; I pieces. ! 4 FANS HURT; CARS ! CRASH DM WAY TO GROUNDS Second Serious Accident Oc curs Where Employes Are on Strike j NKW YORK Sept 11 Another (serious aocident occurred today on the ; lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, whosv employes have been 'on strike for two ve-.ks. Two trolleys collided near Ehbetx fll Id during the lush to the ball park this . itemoon and thirty persons were reported Injured. D'ANNUNZIO APPLAUDED IN PROCLAMATION SPEECH I'll ME, Etept ! (!: the Assoelat ed Pr U i Tho ceremony of proclaim ing the Italian regency of yuartere" look place today before the palace In th preSehce of O'Annunzlo's Kgion- alrea and the townpeple. D'Annunsio as head of the new state, took the following oath 1 GsbrielC 1 t'Arinunzlo. firs', legion alry of the Legion, proclaim the Italian regency of Viuartere. I SWesx on this sacred banner of youth, on this relic of heroic blood, and enemy soul that I will continue to fight with every force and every arm until my last breath against everybody and every thing that this Italian soil may for ever be united to Italy." D'Annunsio addressed his soldier and citizens before taking tho oath, asking them if they desired to adopt the now constitution, which he said he Was obliged to submit to them before September 12. owing to certain news he had received from Paris The populace received the announcement with affirmative applause P'Anriunslo then said' "I proclaim this regency aa the devoted and armed Interpreter of free will, expressed by acclamation bj B majority of the sovereign people in Plume. In parliament assembled from thts balconv, where was announc ed the liberation of the city on Sep tember 12. 1919 anl where many times was confirmed the eternal will of Plume toward the mother country." LOCAL RAINS PREDICTED IN FIRST PART OF WEEK WASHINGTON, sept U. Weather prediction! for the week, beginning Monday, are: Ppper Mississippi and lower Mis souri . ..vj . Local rain and normal temperature first half, letter half, generally fair and considerably cooler with probable fronts ocer northern and areatern portions of this district. Northern Rocky Moutaln and pla teau regions Loral rains fir.U half, latter half, generally fair and cooler with tt probability of frosts. Southern Kockr Mountain and pla teau reKions Local rains first half. generally fair later half; temperature hHow normal, frosts probable l.ilier half of tho week In elevated regions. Pacific statesFrequent showor6 over northern und fair over southern portions of this district; normal temperatures. SOUTH AMERICA TO GET GERMAN PAPER CLOTHING, I BUENOS, AIRES. Sep) 11 An announcement that a shipment of' looO.Oon paper suits are due In Puenon1 Aires next week from Germany and! 'that they will bo sold at three pesos tcr suit has caused some alarm In the clothing trade, according to the I 1 newspapers La BSpoes predicts that the sale of the paper garments will be unsuccess lul, declaring thai thn men of Arneii llna wilt not vvenr such cheap eloth-i ing. YOUNG GIRL FOUND BY SEARCHERS IN FARMHOUSE GLOUCESTER. Mass.. Sept. 11. Mlsn Louisa Fletcher, of Indianapolis, v. ho fled from the family summer home; ai Gloucester on Thursday, was found today at a farm hous near I psvi i h MORE ITALIAN 1 PLAITS SEIffO; j " Three Blasts on Siren Signal for Occupying Chemical Works in Milan BOLSHEVIK EMBLEMS MAKE APPEARANCE Step Taken to Protect Metal Workers in Their Confis cated Factories MILAN, Sept. 10. More thun 200! chemical 'vorks here were occupied by, workmen at a given signal today, and tied flags were hoisted above, them on; Orders issued by the chamber of la-I I bor. The movement was carried out fol-j lowing three blasts on a large slrtn. i I Immediately jifterward ted fl.ics and .banners bearing the Bolshevik em-i lldeiiis of the hammer and scythe np-1 Lptarcd Tho workers obeyed tho or-I der rroni tho chamber of iabor, not-1 I withstanding hey wen- rec sntly grant ed wage lncrcn3i.-8 of from 6U to. TO I cents per day. m l.l RE EXPJt UNED j The chamber of labor. In explaining the seizure of the chemical works, de clared tonight thai the move was not In the nature of u real occupation of the plants, but was simply n measurr .which Wat necessary to guarantee' I metal workers the materials they need to carry on their miusto. The new movement started in the I largest establishment of the Piericlli: firm, where Alberto Plerrelll an en-, glneer. was captui ed ushort, time .ago. tic is a son ot Senator Plerrell. bead I or me nrm. A brother, as an aviator, died in America during th. war Ml si OBTAIN CREDIT, De i" I'achl. a representative of la- , boi unions, and Carlo Ua.zi delegate of the National Syndicate of t'o-oup-orattve Societies, have jiresenled to S;gnor Labrlola. member of labor, a memorandum urging the necessity of forming a kind of national bank of Ic.edlt with sufficient funds to expro priata lands fiom its owners and In dustrial works from employers Under their plan the land would be divided among small holders who would be given unlimited contracts which would extend to their heirs. They as?rt this system would Incite Informers to obtain the largest possi ble returns from the soil. Industrial plr.nts would be entrusted to co-operative societies or syndicates formed by workmen. In the formation of such a bank the principle would be pro claimed that iho state has the right to expropriate all property tho value I of which la due to labor. ; oo BRUTAL ASSAILANT OF WOMAN TEACHER SOUGHT HARLAN. Ky . Sept. 11 Harlan county authorities are attempting to run down clues which might b ud to arrest of the slayer of Miss Laura Parson, 25 years old. of Lancaster,! Ky., a teacher In the Pine Mountain settlement school An investigation was made today by county officers at a negro convict road camp, near the place whore the slaying took place. Meantime Miss Parson's body was sent to Berea for burial The mutilated body of Miss Parsons was found last night on a lonely maun i lain trail near IMllon. K She had been beaten, apparently with a fence rail, assaulted and her throat cut. Sho was las: seen alive when she left a train at IMIlon for a six mile walk over the Mountain road to ihe setUe mont school NEBRASKA PASTOR GIVEN EPW0RTH LEAGUE OFFICE CHICAGO, Sept 10 Announce ment w;i received here yesterday of the appointment of Rev. "W. ES, Urntz, D. D . pastor of St. Paul s Methodist Episcopal church, Lincoln Neb., as secretary of the Institute and life work department of the Kpworth League of the Methodist BpSleopal church. Dr. Gratz. a member of the Ns braska conference, was transferred from St. Paul Minn , to the headQUarv ters of the Bpwotth League In Chi cago. I Tho announcement came front Blah lop Homer C Stuntz, resident bishop I ai Omaha, Neb. no CHRISTENSEN WILL TALK AT FAIR GROUNDS TODAY KAMI I .VP. Mum, Sept. H. Parley! Chrlstensen, Farmer-Labor candidate for ('resilient was scheduled to speak at th,o concluding day of ihe Minne sota State fair her today H. will be the fourth presidential candidate to i talk here. BOLSHEVIK ATTACKS ON POLISH TOWN REPULSED WARSAW. Sept. 10 Polish nnd Bolshevik forces continue the battle begun iii the Lemberg sector several days ago Bolshevik! attacks against the town of Bjsk have been repulsed, i ordlng to reports from the front. LORD MAYOR OF CORK DIZZY AS FAST LASTS MONTH LONDON, Sept 11. Terence , MacSwincy, lord mayor of I Cork was still conscious this morning although he passed a very bad night ard wq in an extremely exhausted condition He was mfferwig severe pain in the back and legs ond was com plaining of dizziness, a bulletin stated. FRENCH POLICE PROBE GEiTH OF! 0LIO0IS Cocam Parties and Cham pagne Orgies Figure in Poisoning of Actress PARI8, September 11. The French I police have begun a thorough Invest!-j gatlon into the death of I dive Thomas, i American motion picture actress. who .uiccumbed yesterday morning to poi son tnken. It Is said, by mistake, sev eral days ago. The authorities have Issued a permit for the embalming of the body, but as y t have not sanc tioned. Its shipment ".o the I'nltedl sturr: on lirmril ihe -it ei niyh I n M.iiiro- tahia, vailing from Cherbourg Septem-j ber 18. investigation also Is being made by the police of ainlster rumors of co-1 ..ilne orgies, intermingled with eham-l palgne dinners, which lasted Into thej early hours of the morning, that have been afloat in the American colony) and among the habitues of the French cinema world during the past week. RICAN QUESTIONED I-ast night In the 8ante prison the police were closely questioning a man named Spalding said to be a former American army captain, who was sen tenced to six months In Jail last Mon day for vending cocaine. In connection with the death of Miss Thomas, the police say they de sire to Interview Jack Pickford, mo tion picture actor, and huiband of Miss Thomns. and also a woman friend of the actres.H who Is said to have ac companied Idles Thomas during her last pilgrim ige to the M,,i,t Marte district Saturday evening. Mr. Pick ford today left the Kit hotel, where he had been stopping, and has taken up quarters In the Hotel Crlllon. He del lined to receive visitors today, The physician who is in attendance on Mr. Pickford said be was in a very bad state of health PROBE Is STARTED Police Commissioner Uucrocq said that ho had entrusted the Investi gation of the death of Miss Thomas to Captain of Police Calrou of the first district. When questioned con-! cernlng the ease, Captain Calrou said he had not concluded his Inquiry, He had received the testimony of tho waiters, porters and chambermaids at tho Kits hotel, where Miss Thomas Is said to have taken the poison, hut had been unable as yet to obtain Mr. Plckford's accoun; of the affair. Sev eral of Hie -Mont Martre resorts, i which Miss Thomas visited Saturday night, were subjected to a close in vestigation today. oo , THIRD BIG NAVAL BASE IN HAWAII IS PROMISED HONOLULU, Sept. 11. Admiral I .Hugh Hodman, commander tn chief iof the pacific fleet, in n tpseoh her Itodes declared that plans were being; I developed in Washington to make a ii.ial base of Kaneohu bay. on the I windward side of Oahu He said the trio. Honolulu harbor, Pearl harbor, I and Kaneoha harbor, would accom-' Iltodate any size fleet that would ever. he stationed at Hawaii. Pearl harbor. It was expected, he said, would be1 mads the permanent base of a flo-' tills of destroyers. STRIKE OF PLUMBERS IN NEW YORK SETTLED NEW YKK. Sept. 11. i officials ofl the plumpers, fitters and helpers, local No M. of the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America, htSI night un-i nounced that the strike or 2500 plumb ' rs. called here Scplembur 1. dad heen settled and that all but f0 of thel strikers had returned to work. A state.' ment. Issued bv Walter Kelly of local. No. 32, said the men wont back to work with "all demand gi uit.-d " The I nun struck for a wage of $9 a day and a 44-hour week. MEXICAN BANDITS AGAIN TAKE BRITISH SUBJECT MEXICO CITY. Sept. 1 1 Bertie I C. Johnson, who te, ently escaped from bandits under Pedro Zamora has been . recaptured by Zamora, according to a I war department announcement, John son Is a Itrltish subject. NOMINEE 001 OHIO AWAY I AT G.O.P. FUND Republican Contribution in State of Washington Topic of One Speech VIEWS ON RADICALISM TOLD TO AUDIENCE bovernor to Spend Sunday in Seattle: Then Starts To ward Utah BELL1NG1IA.M, Wash., Sept. 11, Further Information on Republican contributions In this state was pre-' sented here today by Governor Cox. ofl r. lo, the Pemocratlc candidate. who made iin early morning address here upon his arrival from Walla Walla,' read a copy of a letter purporting to have been written by II F- Alexnn- j der. as 1 chairman, finance committee of the Republican party." reporting under suiiscription allotments and re questing cout ributlotis. The letter, , Governor Cox said, was additional evl-i d tii e hi support of his charges of u Republican 'corruption fund." Bl Y I PHI sini y "Each day." said the governor, I new evidence Is forthcoming at thej senate Investigation at Chicago, evl-j id nee from Republican sources, bear-1 ing out the charges j have made ofl the creation of a huge corruption fund! '.o buy the presidency At Spokane, upon my entrance In the state of, Washington, 1 wns met with a Question ' which 1 answered with the evidence Irom immediate Republican sourcea m Spolrone of ihe irssesjnnent and rpiola v. hlch 1 had charged 1 now rend to; you another letter from Republican1 sources showing the amount which hasi bfcen raised at other places in this State. The letter follows "'Am making a last appeal fori tutnls for the electl6n of a Republican1 president and congress. If you. as a! business man. do not appreciate per sonally the necessity of a return toj '1 onstitutlon I am not going to of-1 fer any argument. Seattle has raised I JOO.OOn of Its $06,000 allotment Prac- tn ally every county has conn- through,' WVersl having over-subscribed. Ini I U rce county we haw raised only a third of our uoia of jjo.ooo a num ber of Seattle business men contribut ion $L'000 each. In Tacoma we arc' Unking lor a very modest contribution.! Will you not mall me your check for; o0o that we may complete our quota and start an educational campaign ? (Signed! " H p. ALEXANDER, Chairman finance committee of Re-' publican party " EUTIt i.i 8 LEADI Rs. Besides tho Republican contribu tions and leaders whom he again crit icized. Governor Cox. In his address here, discussed the league of nations, I ' :dn .iIImii .i in I progressivtsm. His speech here opened the last day of his! Washington campaign and was the farthest northwestern point to be reached on tho candidate's western swing." Relliughnm marked the first leg of the trip From hero, aboard the! special train of the Wushlngton state committee, tho governors party turn i l southward, with speeches scheduled ' at Mount Vernon, and Everett en route! to Seattle, where It was planned to travel forty miles by motor to Tacoma for an afternoon speech. si mi - in sj n pi At Seattle tonight Governor Cox! Will close his campaign lu this state and leave about midnight for Port-' lend. Ore., to rest over Sunday, make! several speeches In Portland on Mon-! day and then travel eastward to Bait Lake City before turning westward again toward San Francisco M-a I SSI s RADIC VLISM. In his disCUSfllon here of radicalism, I the governor said: "I hold I hut In the United States. there is no call for an extreme radical ism. Government must never be at the mercy of a lower nor an upper mob. but government must always be j kepi responsible t the will of the peo ple, if government Is fair, (hen there' will be no special privilege and cqi -tainlv no unfair advantage to anyone.) There Will ! neither exploitation of' the worker nor Injustice to the em-1 ployer. ' nil I RED CrtOSS WOMAN GIVEN HIGH POST AT CAPITAL vSIIIN'GTi N, Sept 11 President Wilson today appointed Mabel T. Boardman, for many years S member of the executive committee of the Ann in in Led Cross, lo be a commis sioner of the District of Columbia, ef fective next Wednesday on the retire ment of Commissioner BrownlOW, re signed. The appointment makes Miss Hoard man ihe first woman to be a member of the commission, Which directs the entire government of the district (VIRGINIA CITY MINERS GET RAISED TO $6 DAY VIRGINIA CITY. Nev.. Sept, 11 The five-day strike of 500 miners wus ended last nighl bj announcement that tin mine operators had agreed to pay a scale of $6 a day an increase of $1 over the old rate, which the miners went out for. The Vlrglnln City m In lets' union took no part In the Strike ss Its contract with the operators had rot expired CHILD GURGLES HAPPILY AFTER 4-STORY TUMBLE NEW YORK, 3opt 11 When Mrs. Joseph Vecchio saw her baby fal! from a fourth story fire escape last ni?ht she ran out, panic-stricken, expecting to see him crushed to dea.th But ' 3he found her child happily 1 gurgling in a cushioned baby carnage into which he had landed, unharmed. HARDING FIDES BOTH BARRELS AT DEMOCRATS Republican Candidate Declares Administration Guilty ot Reckless Inefficiency KI. . Si pt. 1 1- Sena tor Harding's campaign plan-, un der serious discussion bj liriy h-udor-. contemplate n peuklng titp for the nominee to tt- la , in, coo t w Mb addresses In all tho western states when senators arc i be clccti d this tall in addition it Is expet ted that Senator larding will make forrr in rive speeches in the east late in October. ih" western trip would start (luring the last n ick in September and probablj would Include sildresst - at Indian ipobs, Chicago, Louisville St. Louis, Omabs Boise City, Butte, Spo kane, Seattle, Portland San I ran dacoi ii ingeles, salt Lake I Ity, Denvi r. iklahoma I II j and u number of otbei I tics. MA EtION, O. Sept 11. In a double barreled attack on the administration. Senator Harding charged today that Democratic officials had been guilty, of "reckless Inefficiency" in their con duct of the nation's business affairs anil had sought through duplicity or misunderstanding" to navo the I'nited Stales surrender its Monroe doctrine (n hecoming a member of the league of nations. Ills own policy toward the business J world, he declared, would put an end to ineffective meddling" by the gov ernment, wlpo out many wartime re straints, seek readjustment of tariff levies and taxation and establish a new CO-Operation between government and private enterprise. Having re stored a condition of "sober business" again, he added, he would summon the aid of the ablest administrators of the country to put tho government' itself on an efficient basis. Assailing the ' conspiracy of perfect accord.' between the administration and the Democratic presidential nom inee to perpetuate war powers of the cxecutlve. Senator Harding declared tho government had been so twisted oul of shape" that reorganization In many of Its departments was necessary before it could again fdnctlon prop erly. Discussing the Monroe doctrine, the Republican nominee asserted ihut the Bngllsb and French texts ot the league covenant apparently were in direct contradiction, the termer bearing the intimation that the doctrine was not lo lie overridden lv anv provision of tho covenant. while tin- French phraseology clearly would make the doctrine subordinate t the covenant. Jn any case of dispute, he added, tho league council undoubtedly WOUld de cide the Krciv.h text was the official one. "Une wiSAJM to be both charitable anil considerate," he continued, "but It Is hard to believe thai tins very marked discrepancy was perpetrated without intention." The senator's declarations on the Monroe doctrine and on business is sues were made in two front porch 1 Soei't UCfl IU llVIV(,.IUUIIO v. L MMWIHWl i men from Chicago and several Allchl : Kan and Indiana cities. Through I them, he said he wanted to -end a message of reassurance ' all Ameri cans interested ill lilislm SI CCKSS No IUMJ . Depredating tho tendency to think of business only in term.-. of "bUj business.' the nominee declaied suc cess in financial affairs should no longer be held S crime, but thai tin I people should realize that the sound i financial conditions weri for the com- I mon good He advocated the estab lishment of a budget system in the fed eral government, declared the postal service must be put on a new oasis und continued "We must repeal ond wipe out a mass of executive orders and laws ! will, h tailing to serve effectively that I purpose, serve only to have American business In anxiety, uncertainty and darkness, "We must readjust our tariff, and this time with especial rsgaod for the economic menaces to our American ncrii iili ore. READJUS1 i ITIC "We must readjust our internal tax ation, especially the excCSs profits tax, I to remove the burdens it Imposes Upon the will to create anil produce-, wheth- A DEMOCRATS ASK I GIRLSFOR FUNDS, I REPORTER SAYS I Committee to Resume Inquiry September 22 in Eastern ' F0UR WITNESSES FAIL TO ANSWER CALLS Women Employes of Interna) Revenue Office Solicited, Investigators Learn CHICAGO, Sept. 11. The senate committee Investigating campaign o$- N pendltures completed Its inquiry here shortly after noon loduy and recessed jto meet either In New York or Wash- :,iiigton September I 'l.i n no ' ' .a IMttshnrp hsvn hoen BBBBBBbI abandoned. Chairman Kenyon an- N nounced. N Four witnesses who failed to ap pear today will be heard in the east. They are William Wrlgley. Jr., Charles Pies, both of Chicago; W A. Wood ford. Cleveland, and George T. Carroll. Elizabeth. N. J. Mv (.IHl.s, FOR FUNDS. How girl employes of the internal revenue office at Aberdeen. S. D.. were solicited to contribute to a Demo cratic campaign tund was described today to the senate committee invest!-.- hug campaign expenses today by Miss Eunice Coyne, a reporter on the Aberdeen Dally News. She said thi' gil Is were asked for $40 each by E M Watorbury. of Centervllle, S D., who cume to Aberdeen and described htm self as an agent of Clarence M . i (her of J. Walter Mee. revenue col lector at Aberdeen. Miss Coyne said the girls were also told that Clarence Mee waif chairman of a slate wide or ganisatlon engaged In collecting Dem funds. According to Miss Coyne, the first Information on the occurrence came through a letter received by Miss Ma- .on Armantrout. a st-ynographer. which said that "office holders" were being asked to assist the Democratic treasury. She Identified a published opy of this letter, but said the orlg llnal was n fused her by Miss Arman , i routs mother. The witness named I.Ida Young, MaTlon Kennedy, Slgrid Holland, Jessie Burchard. Grace Cur tis, Ruth Kelly, and Dorothy Smith as other civil service employes of the revenue office who had received let tors. It then developed that the en velopes had been addressed merely "city" ami that the missives had been delivered at the girls' homes. SEN l oils SHOCKED. "There wns one cent due on each," Miss Coyne. "Wh.it" exclaimed Senator Kenyon, "did they even ask the girls to pay postage on the letters?" and he and Heed and I'omerene agreed that the episode was "despicable and inexcusable." The testimony indicated that the let I rs named no definite assessment, but that the young women were each ask ed for $40 when they. called on Water bury in response to the letters. Sev- H era! signed checks for the amount, H but others gave post-dated checks on partial payment plan. The salaries I of the girls were fixed at about $120 a month each. VOU M KY OKU KINf.. I Miss Jessie Hurschard. one of those W ho gave $40. described the iransac Itlon, however, us a purely "voluntary" offering Miss Burschard said the letters icquosted the girls to call on Mr, Wat- rloirv at a room In an Aberdeen hotel and that about a dozen of them went there together Six of the dozen. She said, gave $40 each at that time. .Miss Hurschard. whose home is in ..Minneapolis, denied she had been ad let d by counsel not to answer the ommlttee's summons as reported to Ser.atoi Kenyon -ti-rdav. Chief of jl'ollco Walker, of Minneapolis, sent a patrolman to advise her to come to I lit ago, she said. EDGE STATEMENT. A Statement Issued by Senator Edge I last night declared: "I am convinced that the commit t e Is simply becoming the vehicle for all types of Insincere political charges 'and rumors for partisan effect." In his opinion, he continued, and In the 'light of the evidence, "Governor Cox has been given even more considcrn ftlon than his irresponsible charges trranl It makes no difference what witnesses testify under oath, if such testimony displeases (tovernor Cox. he at once proceeds to villi f y them and apparently no one tells the truth but himself. The situation Is unparalleled in American politics, t'nder such cir- J eumetances what can possibly be gain- J i d by following his BO-called leads fur tinr'.' Governor COS owes It to the American people to withdraw his ex vacant statements or stand convict ed of descending to the most desplos l ie type of professional politics imag- Senator Reed said In reply: "I have no comment to make on our investigation at this lime. The duty oi committee Is to investigate and report to the senate what it find when the Investigation Is over anil to pursue any other course Is in my opin- N Ion or that win i.s the will of ;hc big coi poration. the small corporation, or Ol the Individual I "We must give government co-op-. elation to business, we must protect ' American business at home and We I mnis aid and protect it abroad by tin ipbulldlng of our merchant marine and, restoration of our self-respect- fH ing measure of American protection to her .'uimiv wherover they may go upon righteous errands. We must build our economic life Into new strength and we must do It so that our prosperity shall not be the piospentv oi profiteers not id privilege. "American business has suffered PH from staggering blowf."