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I j i, ! OGDEN CITY, UTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 22. 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M
n; ONE MAN KILLED AS STORM HITS COAST
igt A A. A A A A A A
1 ' WARNINGS IN
A TIME PREVENT
!' J fiBEff LOSSES
I Full Force of Tropical Hurri-
f cane Believed to Have
7 W Been Spent
JA TREES UPROOTED AND
J I MANY WINDOWS BROKEN
f mt Washington Weather Observer
f Reports Worst of Distrub-
J ance Has Passed
IPH NEW ORLEANS, La . Sept, --
K J i. i t i i I hui n. I U.'iit hit
.l4s ' the Louisaha coast, strlkin v-"" '""
Hfl force at a point do.-,- ' Morgan Cay.
M Dr. I. M. Cllne. district forecaster or
the local weather bureau, announced
H With wires down between here ami
rm ) points along the Gulf coast to the west
I weather bureau official were
H experiencing extreme difficulty In oh-
H lalnlng information from the section
H v,hTc the storm passed Inland.
I s mthci P cific railway off
said their trains from that section wer
l A being gr-atl- del..v,,l because of high
J Lfl water and destruction of telegraph
m wires.
SUGAR M' RICE
H Anxiety w.is expressed here for
H sugar and rich rice crops Morgan
B Cltv is close to one oi the greatest
LH r:ce growing sections of I.ou'slana. To
H ih north sugai plantations of the
IH Tcche country wcro believed to have
H been In the direct path of the storm
H Indications were- today that the flshr
m,m Ing villages along I l; ' I : . r-n . which
figured lb last nights storm reports,
were hit by a series of gales and die!
not experience the force of the main
disturbance
Only the customary damage v.hieh
follows h'-.tvv wind was reooit, d from
the villages although railroad bridges
wero thrown out of plumb and tralfl
delayed on the Louisville and NffSli-j
illc railroad.
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 The ..li
ter of the tropical hurricane pat sed
Inland vest of the Mississippi river
during last night and 'v how over
northern Louisiana, the weather bur
eau announced earl) today. The bur
eau said the storm would diminish
in intensity. Warnings on the Gulf i
coast wero ordered down at 9:10 B Da. j
DODGES N I AN ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, La., Bepi 82.
The tropical storm reported tobe;
sweeping slowly toward the Gulf coast
had not struck the mainland In thl
vlclnitv early today Weather bureau
Indications were thai the greatest force
--- of the hurricane would be felt en the
H " coast cast of the Mississippi river,
I probablv during the day
H After dropping last night to M.6I,
IH the barometer was rising steadily this'
HK morning and the wind which reached)
HB. a maximum velocity here of -18 miles,
an hour, had dn.pp, ,1 to IS miles an,
hour. This favoiildc turn In eondl
J Hons led to 1 1. ' I" !n f t ha l t h- disturh-
HBVJ ancc might have dissipated itself, j
HBlHJ somewhat at least Tin storm was,
B reported last night to bl approaching
H the mainland at a rate of 12 miles an
I'll l I it VI ST N DSTTLL
H No loss to shipping has thus far been
H reported here. Traffic on the i-ouis-
H ville and Nashville railroad, however.
H was at a standstill one bridge having
B been washed out near here while the
HBVJ tiacks wero reported under water at I
H several
H Trees were uprooted, window-B Were I
broken and signs were blown down by
Bf the wind hre One Identified rnan
HSS was killed by a faHi'in power wire.
H Considerable damage from high winds
H and tides war reported from coast
points east of here, the wind at Bay i
si Louis ami GUlt Menteur having'
I been estimated at sixty miles an hour.
during the night. In some localities i
wires wcru down or out of comml.s-l
oo
TRIED TO SELL STOLEN
WAR SECRETS; SENTENCED
r TOKIO, Sept. 21 Two Japanese
have been sentenced to ten years lm
ilLL. prLsonment on conviction of an at
SV tempt to sell documents stolen from I
the Vokosuka naval station to Ameri
cans, according to newspapers here
The Dm ft of important documents
dealing with naval plans from tlej
trunk of a lieutenant In the naval
school of erunnery -at Vokosuka was
reported In a Toklo dispatch JUlj 19.
! message from Toklo July 22 said
that a naval lieutenant had committed,
bail karl
I BELIEVED HE MUST FAST;
CRAZED MEXICAN DIES
SEATTLE, Wash Sept. 22 Crazed
With the belief that he must abstain'
from eating Polls Belmonte, Mexican
laborer, being brought from Wrangell,
ska under guard as Insam died on!
the steamship Jefferson putting into
port here yesterday in self -Imposed
rvatlon Is believed to hae covered
a perlol of nearly throe weeks
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L FRANCE'S WAR PREMIER
f WILL HUNT IN INDIA
H PARIS, Sept 22 M I'lemenceau
H left last night tor India, where he
H Will spend several weeks hunting. j
mm ASSURED OF PRESIDENCY OF FRANCE
FRANCE TO PAY
EVERY DOLLAR OF
j LOAN WHEN DUE
PAEIS, Sept. 22 France will
pay every dollar of the $25(
000,000 loan due in New York
October 15, M. Francois Marsal.
minister of finance, officially
announced to the cabinet coun
cil today. This sum is France ?
share of the $500,000,000 Anglo
French loan floated in the Unit
ed State; during the war.
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DANGER HIDES
IN HOME-MADE
RAISIN1 JACK!
Health Authorities of Houston
Warn Against Poisons in
Home Brew
BY fv QAKBERKY,
staff rre-pon(lcnt.
HOUSTON, Tex.; Sept 22. Moon
shiner, beware"
Danger lurks wltbtn th ropper
Idler yOU use In distilling J'PUr prod
ucts. Death bubs within the bottle
o' i-alsln-Jack you're holding "in bond'.'
ICven the modes", potato some of you
may Use is Habls to send oic to the
I . spit.nl with "me form of poisoning
That's th win nine of hospital .in
tliorltles here who have In vest Iki' t ed
ihe "rioonshlne Industrv'' following .i
Knes of "unsolved poisonings'
throUKhou1. the south.
Home distilling will In the next
ihree years." rends their warning, "nt
tlii present rate of manufacture by in
feperlon ed nu n and women, take a
loll of more lives than America lost
in the recent world war "
FUSB1 -fill, DEADLY
The warning explains i he deadly
fusel-oil and its danger In home
whisk) making
Remembdr how in the ' old days"
the bartender, when ho opened a fresh
buttle of whisky, would POUT off the
lop? That was the fusol-oll.
"In tl.e homo product,' say the
chemist, "the oil is bound to be found
In greuter quantity This oil. together
rlth putrefaction in wild ferment. on
threatens death to everj man and wo
man who takes a single drink of home
n ade li'juor. '
'I'lils is not the only danger, how
cverl Home distillers think because
they distill In copper their product will
be pure.
" Copper in Itself the stills jr.d colls
In not poisonous." scientific men say.
' r. it, ignorance of th-lr use often
leads' to the production of poison All
the salts of copper, science knows, are
t Isonous I'.lue vitriol and verilUrii
uic the most common A half ounce
of the former will produce death In an
adult "
CAUSE OF "BCEAD.V RE "
"Moonshine drinkers' are often
beard compla-'nlng of the iapldl' in
creaalng Intense headache suffered af
toi a JaK ' This is copper poisoning.
Another complaint of the "moon-!
fchlne" drinker is severe pains In the;
bones. Blue vitriol causes this. Ix
cessiye drinking of liquor containing
vitriol. If It does not kill, will cause the
brnes to rot medical men say.
Investigation by local toxlcologlsts
revet Is that the great majority of
housewives uso potatoes in their dls
t.'llng This is the most dangerous practice
f all. The spirit contained in the po-
;.-lo bar, nwri may!, or fusel-oil than
any other matter from which whisky
con be made.
FARMERS TELL NEEDS TO
RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR
WASHINGTON, Spt 22 Credit!
conditions facing farmers were dis
cussed at a conference between QoVt
erimr Harding of the federal reserve
board md s c ommittee of farmers or
ganizat ions.
The farmers declared there was '
feeling In agricultural districts that
had not received the fullest con
Sidl :.iiinn undei the board's poln foi
restriction of credit to Industries and
urged more elasticity for crop mar
keting. QoVernor Harding told the commit
tee . ,-ry effort was being made to as
.suie funds for crop movement. Thel
board always stood ready to cooperate!
with the farmers he declared
THOUSANDS FALL VICTIMS
OF CHOLERA IN KOREA
,
TOKIO, ept. :'l -Fifteen hundred
I new cases of cholera hae been dis
covered in Korea, according to an offl
Clal statement Issued at Seoul. This
(makes the total number of lctims of
the disease mors than 20.000, of whom
more than I'OOO have died.
OTHERS LISTED
US CANDIDATES
OUT OF RAGE
Premier Becomes Nominee By
Joint Caucus of
Houses
CLEMEPJCEAU FAVORS
MILLERAND FOR JOB
Retiring President Expresses
Deep Regret at Leaving
Office
PARIS Sept. 21'. 1 1?;. the Associ
ated Press.) Premier Alexandre Mll
lerand was chosen as a candidate for
I the presidency to succeed former
President Deschanel; who resigned as
hi'"? e.ecutte of the republic be
cause of ill health. b the joint caucus
of the members of the senate ami
ihamher of deputies In he senate
. Iiamber this afternoon.
Two of the canilldafes who wore
prominently mentioned as possible suc
cessors to l'uul Deschanel in the presi
dencs of the republic, declared thorn
Selves out of the running today These
(men were Leon Bourgeois and Haoul
I'errt the presidents respectively, of
ihe s. n.it alid chamber or deputies.
Ueforj' former Premier Clcmenceau
lei Pa.ris fnM' nlghl on n.s hunting
trtj) tn 'India, he said', acoordinR' to
the Petit I'nrlslen, that he regarded
Premier Mlllcrand as the man lest
qualified for representing Pronce in
the ees of foreign peoples.
in SCfl M L s MESS VGE,
M. Heschanel wrote his message of
resignation with his own hands', it
, vpieasod the president's pride at ha-
lluB reached ih highest position In the
I republic and his regret at having to
relinquish it
Some observers maintain that an at
tempt will be made to repeat at the
expense of M- tllilcrand the maneuver
which ?;cni Premier Clemcneeau into
retirement
A delegation of senators called on
I Mlllerand and asked hPn to eluci
date his reference to a revision of the
Constitution. He told them that he
had considered a modification of cer
'taln articles necessary, but that he al
w:is had thought revision could be
undertaken only after a sol itlon of fi
nancial and economic problems.
The Dsscljanel message, in conclu
sion, said.
1 N l Mil l. PIU IIjEC
"It will bo the enviable privilege of
liny successor to glorify before the
world within a few days tho aeeom
piiShmeilt of the republic which. .111 c
having saved the national honor fifty
years ago, has brought under our flag
'Alsace and Ixirralne
'Sure of fulfilling a most Imperious,
as well as the crudest of duties, I sub
mit upon the desk of the senate nnd
chamber of deputies m resignation
After Raoul Perot, president of the
i bomber, read the decree convening
the national assembly for Sept. 25, to
, U 1 1 1 new president, the chamber was
adjpurned
in th, senate, Leon Bourgeois, pros!
dent, rend the resignation message.
Tnpn the decree for ,l" national ss-
Si-mbl session was- read' .,nd the scn
tilo adjourned.
PROTEST IN CANADA
BRINGS U. S. REPLY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. Tho
United States coast guard cutter Chil
llcothe, which Is cruising on th St
Lawrence rtvt r carries no armament
which would violate t lie provisions of
the treaty with rest Britain concern
ing armed vessels on the waters be
tween 'he I nlted States and Canada,
it was -stated toda by Commodore W
E. Reynolds, commandant f the
coast guard service.
Th, Kingstown, Ont., branch of the
army and navy veterans protested
vcMcrd tv (o the Canadian government
that the Chllllcothe carried mounted
guns in direct violation of thl treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain.
ommodorc Reynolds said the Chil
licothe was on lts regular duty to pre
vent smuggling and co-operate where
r'---ii'.. with the prohibition enforce
ment officers
SENATOR JOHNSON TO
SPEAK IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept ?2. Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, Will ln-
ide He east on a whirlwind speaking
tour in behalf of the Hardlng-Coplldge
ticket the third week in October, it
was announced toda at Republican
n it lonal headquarters
The announcement said that Mr.
Johnson's services probably would be
us d In the seventh congressional dis
trict in Alabama and in North Carolina
western Maryland. New Jersev. New
York, Connecticut and New Hamp
shire. Senator William limnh. uf Idaho
was resting in NTw York today be
fore a speech in Waterburv. Conn , to
night and a visit t,, Massachusetts at
the special request of Senator UodffS
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.THOUSANDS ON
j HAND FOR YEARLY
I PLOWING MATCH
AURORA, 111 , Sept. 22 The
; annual Wheatland plowing j
match, open to plowmen of the
world, will be held tomorrow
near here A crov, d cf 15,000 is
j expected Chief interest now
centers in tractor plow competi
jtion plthough horse drawn
events are still on the program
BRITONS Cfll
TG TAKE PART IN
PILGRIM FETE
Visitors Will Make Pilgrimage
To Home of George
Washington
NEW YORK. Sept. 22 A British
delegation which will take part in the
tercennarv ccleliratlcjv Of the landing
of fho TMlfrrlms and the firs! Amerf
ini legislative assembly at Jamestown,
arrived here today on the steamer
Cm mania.
I The delegation Is headed by Lord
;.and Ividy Rathcrecdan. Other mem
n of tho party include Aomiral Sir
W.lllam I.owther Grant. Sir Arthur
Shipley, ice chancellor of Cambridge
university; sir lohn Ueinry, Professor
Frederick .1 Poakes-Jackson, of cain,-
b idge. Colonel II W BdwardS, John
,Bialr Macafee, banker: Stanley LTdale,
(retired manufacturer. H 8 Paris, sec
retary of the British branch of the
St Igruve Institution, and George MC
Ivinley, a member of the American
Luncheon club, of London
The delegation was mot here by rep
resentatives of the Sulgrave Institution
It wus announced that they would visit
Washington and make 8 pilgrimage to
1 Mount Vernon. With representotlv es
of English Canadian and Dutch gov
ernments they will go to Norfolk for
celebrations there October 4. 5 nnd 6
' n leaving the pier the Britons were
; met by a half circle of women, held
I back by the police, earning banners
expressing antl-Brltlsh sentiment.
Tlv re was no disorder
AMERICA WILL BE TOLD
JAP IDEA ON EXCLUSION
TOKIO. Sept. 22 tBy Tho Associ
ated Bress. The Japanese govern
ment, us a result of yesterday's meet
ling of the cabinet, will, In tho first
place, vigorously pursue the negotla
1 ons concerning American antl-Japa-
rusc legislation and, in the second
j lace, vvlll push firmly the question of
racial equality In the league of notions
conference, according to the Hochl
jShlmbun today These decisions will
I be considered further ut today's meet
ing of the diplomatic advisory council,
;fhe newspaper says
Tho labor unions, in conference
, here today, adopted resolutions pledg
ing ' harmonious co-operation with
the Japanese laborers of California In
! their Insistence upon their lawful
rights Th,- resolutions wore cabled
to the California labor associations.
At a publb mooting In tho Y M.
C A. hall here today, Representative
, Kodama spoke on the subject, ' An
American-Japanese war." Ho de
nounced American militarism, saving
1 as long as a threatening nation exist
ed beyond the Pacific, Jaimne.se naval
expansion cannot be dispensed with.
Police interfered and silenced tht
1 speaker.
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TRAVELING MEN PLEAD
1 FOR LOWER MILEAGE RATE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Sept 22
A drive for a 2 4 cent mileage rate
I Instead of the present rate of 3 6 -1 0 .
, was planned today at the annual con
Vi nllon of tho International Federation
of Commercial Travelers organization.
The convention drafted an amend
ment to the Eseh-Cumm!ng3 act.
which would make it mandatory that
'railroads sell mileage books at the
lower rate
II ES, Rex. of Des Moines, la., was
elected president, and W. II Butts, of
Omaha, Neb vice president
JAPAN'S STEAM ROADS
WILL BE ELECTRIFIED
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 The
Japanese railway authorities have de
I elded to substitute electrii ItJ for steam
'on nil lines wlthlu the empire, accord
ing to reports reai hlng the ,ipai tment
01 commerce todav The Change
which It is estimated will cost 200,000,
000 yen, is expected to reduce the
J cumber of locomotives in service b
0 per cent
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Standard-Examiner
Announces Cooking
I School; Free To All
1 7
Demonstrations and Lectures by Experts to Be Given
For Six Days Beginning Monday in Ogden High
School Auditorium; Latest Kitchen
Methods to Be Shown
Conducted under the auspices of Tht Standard-Examiner, a
cooking school ami household demonstration will be held al tht Og
den high school auditorium starting Monday afternoon September
'21, and continuing for six days Co-operating in tin bring b hool
plan are a arge number of the must prominent business establish-
mentis i,l Clinton
C5
V 1 Gertrude L. Woodruff head
of the domestic science department of
the iigdon High iCbOOl, md MiSJ VedS
L Hunsaker, alrso of the high school
domestic science department will be
In charge of the cooking school Both
pf these cooking experts have hail
much experience in Instruction &S i"
household arts. Miss Woodruff chhic
to the Ogden lhirh school front Den
ver, Colo following her connection
with Colorado school work. Miss Hun
saker w.is, prior to coming to Ogclcn,
domestic science teacher of the Lox
I.ld' r High school
SCHOOL Is PRBK.
The school will be entirely free and
ever woman in 1 igdn and vicinity
is Invited to t1tC advantage of ibis
opportunity to secure advice infor
mation and instruction regarding 'he
most modern methods of cooklnr rd
pjt handling other household problems.
1 onsld I one of tho most important
advancement phuses of the cooking
school will be the utilization or elec
tric equipment for the cooking, baking
and other demonstrations A Hughes
electric rane will be Installed on the
platform of the rtgden High school
auditorium Beside It will be a Hoo
sier kitchen cabinet, an Eden nasher,
in um cleaners, percolators, toast
ers Krills and other electric house
hold articles.
Home products will be demonstrat
ed in the cooking. Thcso will Micludi
many lines that are well known to
1 n people .show ing the merits of
such articles as lard, flour, butter,
milk, canned goods, ooffei and splqea
Un id making, declared lo bi one of
the cric.ii.-si te.-usboth of the materials
use, 1 and uls'i tho ibllltv of ooklng
experts, will be one of the features
ol the cooking school,
CO-OPERATION ASSURED.
Several cooking schools havo been
, onducted In -gden In years past by
the Ogden Standard and each of rhcMe
i lias proven a tremendous success from
the standpoint of Interest amo:,g those
attending and also that of actual
kn,vldH' gained Ine cooking school
of 1920 is planned with realization of
1 the importance of these previous
events. Co-operation that has hc.n
assured for the 1020 event lndicotes
I that tho cooking school will be even
a greater success than those of former
vears
K.lectrlclty Is becoming a dominant
fat i"i in household economics and
while the Installation of electric
ranges haa not been very extensive in
i western states, there Is realisation that
' this cooking and baking equipment
1 answers many problems that have
' faced the housewife Just how thse
I answers are gleon will be shown 1 the
' demonstrator in the handling of tho
ei. 1 trie range Installed At the jaw.'
I time there will also be demonstration
j of other electric equipment which Is
making household work so much oaii
j er, while the proper methods of hund
I ling kitchen essential.-, by installation
of a modern kitchen cabinet wlfi be
show n.
( ENTER OF HOUSEHOLD.
Th, statement has jften been mads
that the kitchen 16 the center of the
1 household The solution of the prob
lems that center there becomes, tin r
for,. .1 paramount question of hoc.se
linhl economic.- Women of 1 ;,.! 11
and vicinity are Invited u attend ;h-
1 school with the view of having these
problems solved Questions may be
asked of Ihe demonstrators Th"y
will gladly answer them and assist in
I the solution of individual problems
t that may onfront the housewife
because of tho Importance of the
cooking school and household demon
stration to all the people of ( gden,
the Btapdard-Examiner extends an in
: vltatlon lo all civic bodies, Including
the Parent -Teachers associations of
the city, to co-operate In the plans
SCHOOL OPENS AT 8:30.
Th.. school will bo opened each day
at 3.30 o'clock and will continue for
two hour?
1 1 1 1 panies and Individuals who are
co-operating In tho plans for the event
are the Standard-Examiner, 1 tan
Power Light company. Utah Can
nlnn company, Holley Milling com
pany, Ogden Packing & Provision
company, Boyle Furniture company,
Amalgamated Sugar company, Ogden
Making companv, ChristeaiFon-Ashton
Music company, the lighthouse, ogden
Electric Supply companv. Kennedys
cafeteria, Calumet Itaklng Powder
companv, Intermoutita In Electric coni
pany, Larlson Electric company, Red
field Kioctric & Machine company,
and Murphy Wholesale Grocery company
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LODGE OFFICER DIES
TOPEKA, Kan Sept 2J - . B
Kirkpatrlck, "fi. for twenty years na
tional president of ths Knights ,tnd La.
,l.es ,. Security lodge died last night-
LORD MAYOR IS
ON 41 ST MY OF
HUNGER STRIKE
Prominent Sinn Feiner Is Shot
Dead By "Black and
Tan" Police
LONDON, Sept. 2 Terence Mac
Svinoy, lord mayor of Cork, today be
gan the 41st day of his hunger strike
at Brixton prison, there being no
change from his conditio;, ye: t.-rdav
according to the report of tho physl-
'Cian of Brixton prison to tho home of-
, flee No reference was made in the
report either to the prisoner accepting
or refusing nourishment
Tho Irish Self-Determination
league's midday bulletin said:
"The lord mayor's condition has
suffered a setback His sister Mary.
'who has visited him, says he Is very
weak, almost as prostrate as he was
; vesterday.
SINN FEINER sHOT
DUBLIN', Sept 22. Councillor
iL.jnch a prominent Limerick Sinn
.Feiner. was shot ,e,i,i this morning in
his hotel apartment In the center of
Dublin. Ills assailants arc allaged to
have been "black and tan" police
The murder took place at 3 o'clock
i t his, morning, according to the Press
i ossoclatlon's account when uniformed
men entered the hostelrv tht Royal
Kxchango hotel, and going Straight to
the room of their Intended victim, shot
him dead.
EX-EMPEROR IS CENTER
OF DUTCH GALA WEEK
DOORN. Holland, Sept. '21. Wll
'liam of Hohenzolleru. former German
omperor, promises to be tho central
ifiKUre ot tho gain week which began
today In this city and In Amerongen.
which for more than a year was the
home of the former monarch lie has
given 1000 guilders to the committee
In charge of the National Orange c It -bratlon
nt Amerongen, where ths
stic-cts have been il.coi.iU I .villi the
I proceeds of his k-nt
The climax of tin celebration will
le tfto formal turning over by William
to the president of the Order of The
Knights of St John of a hospital at
Amerongen. which was built and fur
nished by tho former emperor as a
'memento of Ills Btay there This will
be followed ill a tew iluvs bv the wed
ding of Elisabeth von Bontinck, daughter-
of Count von Bentink. who was
Williams host at Amerongen, to Cap
Lath llsemann.
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C00LIDGE HASN'T BOUGHT
NEW SUIT IN 18 MONTHS
BOSTON, Sept. 22. Governor 1 00 1
liuge. asserting the need lor thru; said
1 yesterday he had not bought a suit of
1 clothes In IS months, anil that It was
'Iwo years since he bought a pair of
shoes.
"Thore are some Indications,'' he
said, "that Americans arc- beginning
to understand thrift and thai the lam
Of suppl.v and demand 's working
. gain That win bi .1 ben fll can
I see It working out In the- great woolen
industry of Massachusetts.''
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NO LOWER RAIL RATES
PROMISED LUMBERMEN
j PORTLAND. Ore. Sept. 22. No
promise of reduction in present rates
on lumber as made by the truffle of
flcials of transcontinental railroads
serving the northwest at the confer
ence which ended here
They stated to the lumbermen that
traffic officials of ihe railroads will
meet In Chicago. October 6 to review
I the lumber rales anel arrange for tho
ie-lssue of tariffs naming ouch rates
land that the lumber shippers would
J be given an opportunity to present
their arguments at the meeting.
E MONEY ON
BOTH NOMINEES
WITNESS SfiYS I
Probers Want to Know How
Governor Cox Made His
Fortune
GERARD SAYS DEMOCRATS
ARE DECIDEDLY POOR
Ex-Ambassador Declares Rich j
Men Are Scarce in
His Party
WASHINGTON, Sept 2'.' DetaMt
of tho financing of tho Democrats H
and Republican national lonimlitoe-t
wore sought today b the senate in
vr?t!gallng committee from James W. H
Qerard, of New York, chairman of tbu IH
Democratic national finance comml
tee. and W illiam BoyCs Thompson, of
New York, chairman of the ways niul
means committee, of the- Republican
1 national committee.
Mr. Gerard testified that his com
I mittee had collected $128,821. declared H
; that a national fund of $2,000. 0' 1 H
1 would be sufficient for the Democrat is j
1 campaign, and said he would be than1; II
ful if the commltteo raised ILQ00.00Q.
j Contributions on his lists included:
B m Baruch, $3000, E. u Doheny,
I 16600; Augustus. Belmont, S0U0;
Charles B Alexander. $5000, nnd Beoe I
rotary of War Baker, $50 1
THOMPSON jC U,I,ED.
I Mr. Thompson said he had seven
I states and tho District of Columbia
particularly under his observation and H
that all of the funds collected by hM
I committee were turned over to Fred H
I I pham, treasurer of the national H
1 committee, a,nd would appear in hia H
records. He hud a heated calloquy H
with Senator Reed, Dcmocra', of Ml -souri,
regarding the total of :hs fund
tho Republicans sought.
The witness said the quola fixed for II
, New York stoio by Mr. L'pham v. to s.
$1,600,000 and added that It was a
dear! hard Job" to get the moncv, H
"with all this talk about slush funds I
and corrupt politics." H-character--Ized
such talk as "bar room pol.'lb 1
WALL STREET1 KNOWS COX.
"Now lot'.-? see about that." said
Senator Reed, tho total for tho coui,- H
try will abount to $7,000,000 when
you get through "
"Your candidate Is now talking
about $30,000,000.' Mr. Thompson H
said, pounding the table. The Demo
erats have the Wall street commit U-
this year. Cox Is no stranger to YVall
"Where did he get his mono ' " 1
Senator Rood asked
"I've heard about securities. Ohio
Cities Gas. railroads, he has bought,"
replied Mr. Thompson.
"Do you know of Governor Cox's
speculating in Wall street?" Senator
Reeel demanded.
JUS1 HEARD Rl MORS.
"I do not," Mr. Thompson replied.
"All I've heard aro the rumors." H
Both Senator Reed nnd Mr Thomp
j son finallv agreed that both Cox and
! Harding are fine, clean American clti-
Senator Reed said he wanted to
know what big financial interests
are supporting Cox "
Mr Thompson mentioned three New
York newspapers, the Evening Post.
the World nnd the Times. I'm
finding any fault." lv- s.ihi "i'm just
telling you that there's bi; monev on
both in splto of all this bunk abou:
campaign funds."
ABO IT TAMMANY.
Mr. Gerard testified that the m-
tlonal fund would be par te ft era
lati campaign financing, adding tha)
he did not know anything about tl I
local organizations. !
Chairman Konyon asked "if Tern
manv hall was raising money lndc
I pendently of your committee '
"If ou moan the regular organza
I tlon of the Democratic partv in New
; York City," Mr. Gerard replied fj
think it
"And you expect something ivom
Tammany, too.-' senator Kenyon oer- kSsH
I "I hardly think so.' Mr Gerard
I said, though their funds will help the
Pool: WD HUMBLE.
Mr. Gerard said "Democrats are
I poor and humble people," itnd ,fea.
tor Kenyon ashed about Mr Baruch'f
I personal possessions and those of sev
oral others named. Rich men. Mr.
1 Gerard announced, "were scarce as
j h- n's teeth in the Democratic ranks.''
I "So you liave tried to gi t your com-
mittee made up 01 people close lu
, the .somes ,,f wealth." the chairman
I proceeded! "so that they could ma .
"Exactly,' Mr. Gerard responded.
The witness produced a hook from
Ihe record brought in which showed
all ho . receipts of the national com
mittee The total shown was JU'S.s; I
I see .Mr Baruch came to the 1 es
cure with $5000. according to the las;
item:" commented Chairman Kenyon.
j That right."
I "And E. L. I 'ohony gave another
$5000," Chairman Kenyon read "Au-
gustos Belmont $5000;' who Is he'.'"'
. "Oh, he's a heredjtarv Democrat "
I Another $1500 from Ddhenf," the
chairman remarked, turning a ptfge
His oil interests aro in Mexico, aren't
they-?"
I " He may have some In California,"
Mr Gerard said. "He was a candl
1 date for nomination for vice president
'before the Democratic convention." Ll
B IKJER GIX ESS I II n I
Th witness testified that Sccrttui'v
j of War Baker gave $50.
I Senator Kenyon observed that W.
Jouett Shouse, assistant secretary of
tho tresury, had given an um ained ksfl
amount.
. "'o accept subscriptions from of
1 1 boldc 1 Mr Gerard said, "but
I'm against asking them for money"
"Have you made any budget of ox-
j penditures?" Chairman Kenyon asked.
J (Con tinned on lagc Eleven.)