ill Fiftieth Year-No. 248 OGDEN CITY, UTAH THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEiMBER 23, 1920. LAS T EDI HON 4 P . M I
4 MILLERAND ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY
TAX ON GROSS
I SALES URGED
FOR BUSINESS
Present Federal System De
clared Cause of Intolerable
'-J Situation
igffl
SURTAXES PENALIZE
INDUSTRY IS CLAIM
Employers Privilege Tax Ex
, 1 plained at Cotton Manufac-
Ht j r turers' Convention
MAPDKWOi id. N H., Sept. :s
-p'? Tho present system of federal taxa-
ft thm was declared to have created "an
intolerable situation" and to be re
sponsible for the continued high prices
f of nmny articles, i.v speakers nt the
opening session of the Bemi-annual
meeting of the National Issoclatlon of
Cotton Manufacturers Suggested sub
:j f-tltutes Included a employers' prlvl-
; 3 lege tax, outlined by Theodore H,
rv-w Price, editor of Commerce tud Finance
3-12 of Now York, and h gros-i sal,, tax.
M explained by W illiam E. Cornwall, of
C$cSH New York.
ylw" The people of the country Mr
v 5? Cornwall said, aire becoming educated
; -f tj th,. feci ihat the whole system of
Wy&Q taxation in the United States Is
wrong, adding ihat the system "was
founded on class and sectional bias '
TAX ON GROSS SALES
"A tax on grosa sales 1b an Ideul do
'' ! velopnient." he continued It Is pass
ed along In verv small fractious and
added to various processes from I ho
producer of raw matt rial lo siagc af-
ter stage during manufacture, the tax
almost . ollectliig Itself. ,:n iimnl;iUnT
L uUrmatlpally as it proceeds and Is '-
yi I tally paid by the consumer practically;
v ithout his knowledge, and tin- addl
r nuns ire so trifling as not materially
3 to affect prices."
ss l.M I M 1U NOW.
. !j Mr. Price in his address declared the j
i.:-4g present surtaxes penalize and compel
, '! i,n enterprising man to pay the gov-
. "' ii nntent an Immoderate share of his I
. , tains In a profitable year leaving him
yA to bear the losses of an unproflta ide j
'xSff Near alone.
LijTjfa " Explaining the employers' pr ivilege I
wj tax which he proposer) as n substitute
for the present system. .Mr Price uaid ,
UF' ),t part? I
- A manufacturer or merchant whose)
u. ; monthl) disbursements for wages, sbi
5 , riM or piece work totalled $100,000. (
skj: lould at the end of the month send;
V. ; i statement to Wa 1
''fy cheek for tn amount ol his tax. if
WrJ the tax were five per cenl his
..old b0 5000 which he would In
elude In his overhead charges and
; -eifl ;,dd to the selling price of his product.,
TAX kximaim:!).
5?m Tin pi Ice paid by the manufacturer
of nn entirely finished or marketable
fcSSal product for the raw or partially fln-
fffjf lfthetf material that he used would
r .pSf have been correspondingly Increased
'-''-iSe by the employers' privilege tax paid
. ' t upon the Wages paid to t rios'- employed
; ,3j r Its production, and thus the price
ml .,1 which the article was ..id for con-
Wk ' sumption would Include 'it the m-!
f&Mt ployerB' privilege taxes that It had to
Bi tear in Its progress from thr- first pro-1
diiOer to the Ultimate buyer
IBB OO
CUBAN WANTS LEFT EAR;
CASH OFFER IS ANSWERED
Qff SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23 The 1
Kvj anp of cars, especially left fears, atj
Km the prevailing price of 110.000 threat- j
FjH rnts to become a "regular' business.
UBj Two offers to sell "lert ears" huoj
jE been made within the past two days
rjH The buyer. Frank S QuOSana, soa
of a wealthy Cuban planior, will,
KisV of course. hae to pass upon all tip-1
mffM pllcants who have a spars "listener"!
- In order tu cet the correst size, color 1
.md shape necesean i"i iils own u
The first offer to sell his left ear
Wf came from Shepard K Baker. Now
IVjN comes John L. Brdman, an elevator
iJftljS opervitor John spent two years in j
j5H.. the Hawaiian Islands and has r
way- swarthy complexion
CENTRAL AMERICAN LABOR !
UNITES IN FEDERATION
l fee SAN SALVADi 'li, P.epublic of s.i I - 1
SilB -.idor, Sept. 22 Formation of a t'en-
' trai American Labor federation has
1 1 been piann'd bj delegates of the la
bOl federations of Guatemala and Sal-1
I .dor. and Ubor bodies of other Cen-I
J'j Iral American slates will bo Invited, to j
j become members-
PROFESSOR GOES TO
UNIVERSITY OF PEKINj
NEW YORK, Sept CD lr Amadusj
W. Orabau, or 18 years professor of)
palaeonthology and stratigraphy at
Columbia unlyereity, has been called
to a professorship In the University
of PeklnK. It was announced today
Ho will s-all next month. While In
China he will conduct special govorn-
mental research work for three years.
(LAWYERS ALL TOGGED UP
BEFORE JURY OF WOMEN I
DAXVILLE, 111.. Sept. 23. Attor
i(. at Iiockvilk lnd, mar her.-,
solved a question of etiquette caused
1 . the impaneling of twelve v. omen
I - for Jury duty when the;, appeared in
jif the Fnrk county court In full evening
dress
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PASSENGERS CAPTURE TRAIN RANDIT
, ,
NOTED FIGURE
OBTAINS RIGR
: POST IN FRANCE
Alexander Millerand New
President Has Interestnig
Career
I FORMERLY MEMBER
OF RADICAL SOCIALISTS
.Services to Country During
and After War Bring
Praise
j VERSAILLES. Sept. 23. (By the
Associated Press.') Alexandre Miller"
and was today clecte-l president of
France by the national assembly 111
I session here He succeeds Paul DeSH
' chanel who resigned because of III
health
M Millerand received GS5 votes
out of a total of S92
The complete vote wn
Alexandre Ullleimnd 6 s r.
Gustavo Belory 1 Socialist deputy
from Lille, department du Nord). 69
Scattering Co
Blank 103.
At 4.47 o'clock M Millerand wns
pro leimed bj I. eon Bourgeois presld
inp officer of the senate and chairman
of the assembly, as the eleventh presi
dent of France.
Alexandre Millerand has lonK been
one of the foremost figure In the
political life of France, his entry Into
parliament dating back to 1886, and
his cabinet experience to ISS't when
h became s member of the WaldecK
Roursenu cabinet His early affilia
tions were with the radical Socialists
ami he always has been keenly in
terested in labor qu"dlons and has
fathered numerous measures for the
betterment Of 'he working world,
notably tfT- ' Id irc pension act, which
became operative In 1903 .
Jt was M Mllk-rand s ser. ices 10
his country ilur!nr the great war.
however, as minister of war In the
Vivian! cabinet and hi notable con
duct of France's foreign poller as the
suet cssor of Clemenqeau in the pre
miership after the "tiger's rellremeni
last January that raised him into pry
eminent ellglblllt) for the presidency,
compelled his reluctant consent to
quit the premiership apd stand as a
candidate to succeed President De&-
hair 1
HOn IV PARIS
M Millerand was horn In Paris
February 10 iss, and was educated
for the bar Ills first ministerial
post wan as minister of commerce,
but he has served in several cabinet
positions, notably as minister of public
works In the Brian ministry of 1909.1
minister of war in the Polncare ca
Inet of 19 12. and as minister of war
in the Ylvianl ministry, to which post
he W a.s appointed In August, 1914.
shortly after the outbreak of the world
war Hi held the war ministry Until
the VlVlani cabinet resigned October!
29. 1916
BECOMES I'Rl MlFiR.
While the peace with (Icrmany was
being paid President Poincare in
Man h. 1919. appointed M. Millerand
governor of Alsace -1 .orrahip. Frances
regained province, and he serod In
this position until ut the request of
M. Polncare in Jan.mrv, last, he ac
cepted the task of forming new cao
Inet in which he took the premiership
and ministry of foreign affairs, sul
ci edlng Clement , n j
When President Teschanel ... umed I
office In the following month Pre
mier Millerand, as Is customary on the
accession of a new chief executive. I
i.rr. re. 1 tir resignation of his ministry.
This the president refused to accept 1
and a.xked M Millerand n remain 4-i
office. The prime minister consented
and has sine,, held ihe premiership.
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SAYS JAPAN IS READY TO
LISTEN TO PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 Japan is
"i to listen 10 fact concerning I
prohibition," Mlnosuke Yameguchl, j
Toklo. declared today to tho Interna
tional Congress AKalnst Alcoholism
Dry workers in mild, have set as their
t:cal ir Nippon " In ten years.
Although the vlaiianeso have been
"wedded to s;tk " a national drink,
for nearly 000 years, the speaker de
clared that adoption of prohibition In
the United stnt.-s had overturned sen.
tlmont in his native country and that
hundreds of scientist and scholars
v. ere active prohibition workers
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PORTLAND MILLERS CUT
FLOUR PRCES AT LAST
POPvTLAND. Ore. Sept. tt. A re
duction of 3D cents a barrel to 1 12.00
on patent flours was put In effect
by 1". al millers today It ,vas the
first change in the flour market since
late last July,
HOMELESS MOB TRIES
i TO INVADE CHURCHES
AND PALACE OF POPES
ROME Sep1 2 -The Ossorvatore, the Vatican organ says
that last nifjlit Socialists attempted to invade a church in a popula
quarter, but iil not succeed in breaking through the door The3
postponed the undertaking i a later date, when, tin paper asserts,
1 the will attempl to occupy tho Lateran pain'', which was once
the resident e oi I lie iir,i b
The newspaper ;ilso asserts thai Socialists arc threatening to
' invado tlir Catholic club and two nunneries
LONDON, Sept. L'L'. The attempted invasion of religious edi
fices in Rome is in part a mov ment among persons unablo t
ibtain dwellings owing to the shortago ol housing ai-conimodntions
to seize unoccupied homes and other buildings mul install them
selves, according to a dispatch to th London Tunes fnmi Home.
GROUP NAMED
TO INVESTIGATE
IRISH CHARGES
Public Hearing to Be Held
in Washnigton Before
Committee
irmm "iT
NEW TORK, Pept 28. Oswd
fJarrlson "illArd announced toda that
, the selection of the membership of the
Committee of one hundred on Ire
j land, formed on invitation of the
nation for the purpose of Investigating
jand reporting publicly upon conditions
1 In Ireland with especial reference to
atrocities, has been completed
Public hearings are to be held In
Washington, bj a commission of rtve
members of the committee The per
sonnel of this commission has not been
announced. Fle 1. nlted Stutes sena
tors, Johnson and Phelan. of Cali
fornia Spencer, of .Missouri. AstaUrst,
of Arlsona, and Walsh, of Massachu
setts as well as four governors: Ed
wards, of New Jersey, Carey, of Wyo
ming, Frazler. of North Dakota, and
Campbell) Of Arizona have accepted
places on the committee which Is
made up otherwise of persons promin
ent In public discussions
It Is unnounccd Sir Auckland
Geddes. the British ambassador, and
Kaniotin dc Valcra. as representatives
ef Kngiand and Ireland, respectively,
have been inited to piMside the com
mittee with information and to suo
mlt lists of persons who should be
called as witnesses.
JAPAN PLANS ACTION ON
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION
TOXIO, Sept. 23. (By The Associ
ated Press.) The Washington gov
ernment will be asked to appoint a
commission to effeel a solution of
Japanese-American problems and In
the eent of the passage of the Cali
fornia antl-Jupaiies,. legislation the
Japanese government will arrange fur
a luw suit against the California legis
lature on the ground that the bill
Is unconstitutional and a violation of
the treaty rights of the Japanese, a -cording
to the leading newspapers to
day, The newspapers pay the above pro
gram was defined at meetings if the
cabinet and the diplomatic advisory
council.
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CORN BORER CAUSES
ALARM TO FARMERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 Discov
ery of the Kuropean corn borer, In
the vicinity of St Thomas. Canada.
ha caused I he department of agricul
ture to send a staff of entomologists to
Michigan to confer with local agrlrul
, tural authorities to forestall posslhe
I infestation of the corn crop in that
! state
The corn borer In Canada Is farther
west than heretofore reported on this
' continent, the department's announce
ment said and the corn affecteii
of the flint variety
PRINCE OF WALES IS
POPULAR IN ISLAND
PORT OP SPAIN. Sept. 22. The
Prince of Wales, who has he n visiting
Georgetown; British Guinea, is expect
ed to return hero tomorrow- morning
and Will spend the day and evening
ashore Kb will leave on Friday morn
ing for St Oeorge. the seat of the
government of th- windward inlands
colony, and the principal city of the,
Island of Grenada.
His Democratic aliunde has been
very plesjilng to I be pi ople', with whom'
he has conversed on muny occasions.!
BIG MAILORDER
HOUSES IKE
CUT IN GOODS
Reduction of 10 to 20 Per Cent
in Many Lines of
Merchandise
v fi ZL' tiP
CHICAGO, Sept. 23 Two of th
largest mail orders houses In the
' wnnld. Sears. Itoelmck & Company.
I and Montgomery. Vard & Company,
today announced price cuts from 10 to
2a per cent In many lines of mer
I chun disc
Food prlves as a whole were not
'affected, although sugar was Quoted ac
$17 9B a hundred pounds and the rep
resentative of one company predicted
11 would drop to from $12..'.ii to $10
J after the canning season.
Cotton staples, such a.s muslins,
(cambrics, sheetings and poplins led the
I list with 20 per cent reduction? Men
'and women's rcad -to-wea r clothes.
; shoes and corsets were other Items
I affected' Silks have already been re
'dueed from 33 to 50 per cent, and
' furniture prices are 2j per cent below
j the scale of a few months ago.
One of the companies reported a
jer heavy sale of sewing machines,
i which it was said, indicated more wo
. men were making the family clothing
i at home.
BALL00NISTS SEEK PART
IN INTERNATIONAL RACE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Sept 23
Twelve teams are entered In the bal
; loon race which will begin here Sun
I day to determine the representatives
of the I'nlted States in the lnU-rnatlon-'
al Gordon-Bennett troph race Which
I Will start from here on ictoher J3
civilians make up eight of the teams.
entered In the preliminary contest,
I according to announcement todav,
while three teams wll represent the
army and one the navy. The teams
Which finish first, second and third
I will compete in the international race.
HUNGARIAN PLOT AGAINST
AUSTRIA IS REVEALED
VIENNA, Sept 22 A sensational
; eecret report vouched for as authentic
Is published by the Arbelter Zeitunn,
.showing that the Hungarian delegation
j is expending large sums for propa
ganda for the downfall of the Social
ist government, with the object of the
fusion of Austria and llungarv An
official - iuoted .i averting that t'ic
Austrian government fears that II urv
gar Is seeking a pretext for military
occupation In order to obtain needed
i arms
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IGERMANS WANT TO
SOCIALIZE MINES
j BERLIN. Sent 22. Preparation of
bin by which Socialization of mines
throughout Germany might be carried
out Aii decided on today at a moot
ing of the cabinet The cabinet also
df Ided to extend the powei of the
I minister of finance Notwithstanding
reports that Dr Wlrth, minister of
finance, had resigned, he attended to
day's meeting
AMERICAN TREATY WITH
ARGENTINA IS BLOCKED
BL'ENOS AIRES, Sept. 22. Nego-j
tiationa foi i treaty between the Unit-
cd States and Argentina which would j
govorn reciprocal rights of commercial
travelers In each country have en
countered difficulties Argentina. It
Was learned today, has refused to uc-1
ccpt the faored nation clause asked I
by the I nlted States, I
VICTIMS GET
i BACK 10ST OF !
ROBBER LOOT
Action of Colorado Conductor i
Leads to Arrest of Lone
Bandit
DROPS MESSAGE TO
OPERATOR FROM TRAIN'
Leads Passenners in Rush on
Thief As Train Nears
Station
DENVER, Colo Sept. 23 Passen
gers on Santa Ke train No. 5 w ere
jrobbed early this morning by a single
'masked bandit between lis Animas
Jand Ln Junta, Colo, and then cap
tured the robber and delivered hlrn to
(the police at La Junta after recovering
in carl) all their valuables, according to
! reports recehed here.
I It was reported that the robber Wasl
supposed to have boarded the train at
Las Animas He proceeded through
ihc train, collecting the pasfengers'
a I ua hies A O'Brien tue conduc
tor, dropped a message out of a win
dow at some little station describing
I I he robber.
The telegraph operator r.nw it and
'sent a warning to I-a Junta. As the
UAlri neared that place the conductor
led the passengers In a rush upon the
bnidit as he entered a vestibule. He
wag overpowered and held until the
train reached the La Junta station,
where local officers took him In
j charge.
I The man is said to have obtuined
HbOUt $400. of which all except $70;
v, as recovered Ho told the women;
passengers that they need not be
0 hi rmed
lie ga c the name of John Morgan.
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SAY GRAY HAIRED WOMAN
HIRED HIM TO KILL MATE
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 23. Gray
haired and wrinkled of face. Mrs. Lena
Stelger. 63 years of ago, when on the'
Witness stand In the circuit court here;
. yesterday ln her own defense against
tho charge of complicity in an assault .
with Intent to kill her husband. Theo '
l W. Stelger. committed by Jesse Mul- j
Unix last March. Mulllnlx, who rs
'serving a sentence or eight ears in
I the state prison here for the eniDv,
'u u h. h hi cMiif" xod Implicated Mr-
I Stelger.
Allegations made by Mulllnlx In his j
confusion, to the effei i that he had
iiefii hired by Mrs Stelg. r to kill her!
I husband, were denied by Mrs. Ktetger. j
las also was MullliOxs testimony 10 j
! the effect the had agreed to divide
( Steigcr's property after he had been
'gotten out of the way.
'I never dreamed that Mulllnlx had
l murder In his heart, ' she declared. I
She, however, admitted meeting1
I Mulllnlx in local rooming houses on I
more than twenty occasions and de
clarcd sto iiearti! ashamed "f her;
1 relations with him
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MACSWINEY ON 42D DAY
SUFFERS SEVERE PAIN
LONDON. Sept. 23. Lord Mayor
MacSwlney of Cork had a few hours
of restful sleep last night, but has
Buffered severe palnS In his head and
was cry weak this morning, accord"
Ing to B bulletin Issued by. the Irish
Bt !f-Determ1nation league at B'xton
prison.
Reports to the home offbe of tho
prison physician stated there was no
apparent change In the condition ofl
MacSW mc
This Is the 42nd day of the lord
ma .ii s hunger strike.
SECRET IWItlJAMKNT MEETS.
DUBLIN, Sept. 23. Young ire
land ' today reports the passage of the
Industrie.- bill at a secret session of'
the Irish parliament The newspaper
add.4 thai (In- pa rl li in. nt n corded It
appreciation of the loyalty and de-1
votlon of ljor Maor MacSwlney, of'
Cork, and ordered a copy of the rOSO
I lotions sent to him in Brixton Jail.
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MARSHALL ASKS MASONS
TO 'KEEP AMERICA SAFE'j
' 1 1 IC AGO, Scot. 23 An appeal to
the Masonic fraternity to ' keep Amor-
lea safe" was made by Vice President
Marshall In an address tonight before!
the supremo council of the thirty-1
third degree Scottish Rite Masons for'
the northern Masonic Jurisdiction of
America.
"To call the vice president an off I-
cial is an outrage' Mr Murshall said, i
Bring our sou uj to become a presi
dent of the United States but don't
train him for the vice presidency Give I
the lad a fair chance." 1
I
POURTEEN years ;ieo Olga
Petrova arri-(l in Ldndoi
from Kusski with $25 New with
$250,000 suited awa in United
Mates hanks she says she will
uit the movies heeause ih" '
jtudio lights are bad for tin
ves.
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OFFERED BRIBE
TO 'FIX' GAME,
PITCHER SAYS
Rube Benton, New York Pitch
er, in Chicago to Testify
Before Jury
CHICAGO, Sept 23. Jacob " Rube"
Benton. New York National league
club pitcher, who arrived here today
to testify before ihe grand Jury In
vestigating reports of "fixed" baseball
game.- .tsi rls In a signed statement
by the Journal, that Charles ' Muck'
Eierxog and Hal Chase proposed to
him that he lose the last gain.- the
Giants played in Chicago last year
No mention was made of the amount
he was to receive If he "threw lb
game," the Journal quotes BCOtlon as
saying but after the Giants won 6 to
3. Heinle Zlmmermun. who had been
suspended the night before, is said to
ha vi -mpped Penton in a hote lobhv
and said.
"You poor fish, don t you know
there was $300 waiting for you to lose
that game todav ?"
Benton will appear before the grand
Jury this afternoon.
Hersog In a statement this morning,
Bald he had been accused of offering
Lenton $S0o to lose the game but de
nied he had ever been Involved In any
crooked work, and declared President
Ibydler, of the Natlonla league had
Investigated the reports and then Is
sued a letter exonerating Hersog.
ALLEGED DRAFT DODGER
FIRED ON TECHNICALITY
BOSTON, Sept 23. Phillip I Rome
of Worcester, found guilty of desertion
Iiom the army bv a court-martial
Which sentenced him to a year In a
military prison, .ts released bj) Judge
Morton in the federal district court
today fn the ground that he had
never legally been Indicted into the
service.
Home had been assigned a number
in the first stages of the draft In 1917,
but left for South America on busl
CSSS before he was called Subsequent
orders from his draft board to report
for examination went unanswered ind
vvhon Rome was arrested on his re
turn to his home Never. il niunttiM ago.
he said he had not received any notice.
CONGRESS OF NEW
THOUGHT IN SESSION
KANSAS CITY Mo., Sept 13. Mrs.
Perry, Buffalo! N v Mrs Mary L.I
Bntterworth. Philadelphia, the Rev. j
Thomas Parker Boyd, Sun Francisco,
and the Rev Henry V, Morgan, Tu- j
coma, Wash, wen among the prlncl-i
pal speakers on today's program of.
the Hi-venth annual International New
Thought Alliance congress ln session
here
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SURGEONS DECIDE TO
OPERATE ON HUERTA
MEXICO ITY, Sept. 23. Physicians
attending provisional President de la
Huerta announced last evening they
had decided an operation for appendi
citis vvas necessary to restore him to,
health and It Is probable It will be
srfo ' med toda .
1GB TALKED j I
OF VOLUME TO I
GET ATTENTION I
Barnes Directed to Produce
Subscription Books for
Committee jt
EDGE HOLDS WORK H
IS G. 0. P. PROPAGANDA
Head of Scripps Papers ;, H
Quizzed on Support
Given to Cox H
WASHINGTON Sept. 23 Complete H
investigation of the financing of the
book -Republicanism in 1 -0 . ' pub
llshed bv the Albany (N Y ) lournal.
was ordered today b the senate cam
pnlgn Investigating committee Wll
Ham Barnes Jr., head or the'eompany, 'H
was formally directed to produce sub-
rlptlon lists of (he book, although he ,B
contended that the venture was .i
purely private commercial transaction
and not proper matter lor investigation 'H
bv the committee-
Mr. Barnes agreed to telegraph his
office for the data required and said
hi- Moped it could be furnished to th
committee by Saturday The agree
in. nt t,. Investigate subscription lists H
for the book was reached by the com
nuttce at a conference which preced
eo the hearing. Senator Iidge, of
New Jersey said it had been unanl
mously decided that the publication
was "Republican propaganda" and . I
diould be Investigated on that account.
Mr Barnes had testified that none
of the funds derived from he transact
tlon hid gone to the Republican na
tional committee. ILLV
Mr. Barnes denied that he had bad eH
any conference with Chairman Hays.
nf tin Republican national MimmitU-e, lB
lu regard to the book but said he be
lieved Mr. Young a solicitor, had talk- LLl
i d with Mr Haj Lsel
Before the committee ruling was LLl
announced. Senator Reed, Democrat.
of Missouri, questioned Mr Barnes He LLl
lead from the committee's record
made at Chicago, the language of the
reported subscription list which said H
Ithat the signers "appreciated the ne- I ,
Iccsity of - restoring the Republican LH
party to power," and classed the book I
Itself as ' militant Republican propa- ;
ganda John L Rockefeller was not- JJ I IB
ed as .-icnlng $ 1000 subscription IIBsbV
blank and J I eonard Reploglc one for sssB
During tie- examination by Senator I
Reed, Mi Barnes said there would be
IfiUO or 00 names in the subscription
'lists, which he agreed to send for. Ho
;-lso promised to telegraph for the
copies of a letter of indorsement of the J
ibook written by Chairman Hays and
i which it was alleged solicitors used.
RECEIVED S7S.07S. PflH
Mr. Barnes testified that he had ;
been informed by hia business man
Inger that $73 675 was the total rccelv- 1
ed from subscriptions to the book "Re-'f-u
hi truii ism in 1920."
Dr. P P Claxton, L'nlted States
commissioner of education was ques- j
Itloned bv the lommlttee .'oncerning
ar editorial about Governor Cox and
I his Interest ln education which up- ! i
I pea red In "School tife." a government ;
publication M
j The witness said as soon as he saw I
the editorial he knew It was partisan f
:and had tried to slop It hut found I
that 'he alread) bad becu , H
!prlnte.l He explained that the editor L
of the publication was on vacation and
I declared that School Life" w as "ub- 1 Lbbbbbi
Isclutely non-partisan"
ritip w s OFPICIAI
Almoiico P SSappohe, chief of tlm
i bureau of accountants of the depart
ment of agriculture, was questioned
about .i trip made b I !o d K Harri
'son, assistant to the secretary of ag
I r (culture, to Chicago on June 18, and
also to San Francisco at the time of
he Democratic national convention. M
I Mr Zappone said he hud every reason j H
to suppose that Mr. Harrison's visit H
to Sun Francisco was official ! H
The secretary of agn ulture," the
Witness said "was there. I under- '
stood there were several agricultural
'lost of the conferences were down H
'at convention hull, weren't they?" ask-
'ed Senator H
"You are out of my realm now.'' It H
Is'fild the Witness "My duties are pure- H
!ly fiscal." I . H
j Secretary Meredith. Mr Zuppone
iSajd, only charged a part of his San ; H
I ranclscp expenses to the department. H
i.di iok on sn'AND BBy .
Distribution by the Newspaper En
Iterprlse association of what wus de-
isiribed us "propaganda for Governor H
ox, the Democratic presidential nom
luce, was inquired into today by the
.senate committee investigating cum- ljj
palgn expenditures. H
Robert P Scripps, editor of the
Sctipps newspapers which ho said H
numbered .'1. with circulation of 1,-
i-.i0.000. whs the witness examined. H
Replying to questlpns he said that his H
father, E. C. Scripps, owned the ma- H
stock in the t'nited Press News LsbbbV
Service and he Identified the Ncvvspa- sf1
per Enterprise association us an "all- sLVr
Ind urga nization. LBe
DRtT EXEMPTION LETTER. LsHk
Mr Scripps told the lonnaittee thai Hffi
ihe had no knowledge of h ictttr writ- Hsw
jten by Governor (.'ox urging exemption IbBBI
fur himself or hl.s brother from th bbbsbbF
draft during the world war H. di LbbLk
i tared he had never heard of such a ibbhP
letter until it appeared in newspaper a
account- of the com millces bearings isflHE.
I at Chicago LimB
Mr Scripps snil that his interest "BLsH
and that of his family in tho election fsflsstt
of Governoi Cox was purely "public Lesbh
After the witness had said he had H
complete responsibility" foi th.- edl- flBu
:..r:.i' poliCJ Ol the Scripps newspa- BS9n
pen hair man Kenyop lntroduceii a 'HiE
quantity of printed mutter, on pink
-heels sen' oul by the Newspaper En- liHiB
terprixe association.
"In sending out these you are car-
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