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YOLl'ME L XX., X <>. 78 WHEELING, W. V A., \Y E I) \ E vS I) A Y, NOV KM I'.KK 2:5. \ \r2 \ fx^xliiS-xT THREE CENTS
CONIFF REVIEWS ELECTION FRAUD AND RECALL FIGHTS
lilNENT LAIER TELLS WHY I
ROGERS REFUSED TD TESTIFY
RELATES OBSTACLES PLACED IN WAY OF PROSECU
TION OF CITY OFFICIALS?SAME PERSONS NOW
USING EVERY MEANS IN POWER AGAINST RE
. CALL-PROPHESIES PETITIONS WILL AGAIN BE
TURNED DOWN-MEN CAREFULLY SELECTED IN
ADVANCE FOR SPECIAL JOBS IN PERPETRATING ,
ELECTION CRIMES. j'
Obstacles which state's attorneys have encountered in their effort :u
rosecitte the individuals accused of fraud and irregularities in the general
ity election held May -6 were recited in detail last night by Hon. .John .1
oniff in an address before the League of Women Voters and the Good Gov
rnment league. The meeting was held in the Chamber of Commerce assent
l.v room, and a representative membership of each organization was present.
Mr. ('oniff. in a stirring talk, not only discussed the obstacles which he
aid men guilty of frauds in the election have thrown into the way of the
risecution, bur he declared that these same persons are now using every
leans at their command to prevent the recall being made effective.
"In the general city election," Mr. Coniff said, "the individuals who per
etrated these election frauds were considerate enough of you voters to let
ou vote your ballot and sec it put in the ballot box before the election was
tolen Now they've grown so bold that they are even trying to keep you
rotn going to the polls at all to express your convictions, by means of your
allot, on this situation which exists in Wheeling"
PROPHESIES SECOND TURN DOWN
This declaration was made by Mr. Coniff in making ihe prophecy that
'ity Clerk Howard C. Lane will turn down the amended petitions for the re
uli of the eleven members of city council and of City Manager Homer C
'rago. in spite of the 7.00b names signed to the petitions and the affidavits
vhich accompany the petitions.
Mr. Coniff declared that the people behind the recall movement are de
ermlned to carry if through, and will go into the courts if necessary, even
nto the supreme court of West Virginia, to compel the city clerk "to do his
luty."
As the result of Mr. Contff's address, the League of Women Voters and
he Good Government league adopted a resolution Instructing the executive
ommittees of the two bodies to co-operate fully in the efforts to make the
ecall effective. Presidents of the leagues were authorized to fill any vacan
cies in the working personnel of the two executive boards, In order that the
vork of the committees may be the most effective possible.
BJudhmajvn Command ?d.
The men and women attending the I
ueeting. by resolution commended IT-os- |
muting Attorney Carl <?. Bachtnann for
lis efforts to effectually prosecute per-j
<ons Indicted for alleged frauds In the ;
flection. In the face of obstacles de
scribed In the address of Mr. Conlff
Last nicht's meeting was held in the i
"hamher of Commerce Assembly room. !
A C Stifel was selected to preside as
hairmart. Wilbur MacGregor was sec- ,
?etary. Short addresses were made by <
Mrs. A. W Paul!. Mrs. Flora Williams
ind Mr. .7. Bardy. A number of men -
>nd women asked numerous questions j
which were answered by Attorney j
?onlff ifter his address bad been finish- 1
?d. Prof. W. B. Elliott Introduced the i
resolution providing fo rconeolldatlng |
?fforts of the- executive committees of
(he two leagues in the recall movement.
Great Applaute.
In his address touching the situation
in Wheeling resulting from the alleged
election frauds. Mr. t'oniff several times
was forced to comment upon toph s
which required tiiplornury and tact. He
brought round after round of applause
frotn his hearers, however, as he met
thwse situations, and expressed himself
clearly ? upon the, effect he said certain
decisions of Judge Alan H. Robinson In
recent court proceedings against per
sons accused of election frauds will
have If the decisions stand
' I am not criticizing the court," he
said; "no doubt he did the best he could
I arti ret criticizing his decisions, but 1
do want to voice my disapproval of the
law as the court interpreted it in cer-'
tain instances?if that Is the law." I
Beginning his recital of events since
May Ci>. with a brief history of the or- j
Igin of Wheeling's recall. Mr. Conlff
-serried his hearers through a very thT-?
ough review of events which have trans
tired since the day of the election.
"Everybody In the city of Wheeling
who is reasonable and fair." Mr. Conlff
declared, "knows that frauds of the j
most stupendous character were perpet- .
uat'd In the recent city election."
The Otftacift.
Mr. Coniff then went on to enum- d*
the various obstacles, which he > barged i
were prepared by a well organized j
clique, which the speaker < harge were
thrown In the path of the prosecution j
by any means at command. The recital :
led down to the point where Judge Roh- j
inson. In the recent trial of romer city
solicitor. J J. I*. O'Brien ruled that the
.state could not present ballots as evi
dence of criminality.
"The effect of this decision." Mr. Con
Iff declared. "Is that the perpetrators af ?
these frauds could prepare In advanr(e ,
election ballots to suit their purpose. |
They could at a convenient time on
election day. stuff the ballot boxes: they
could remove, as the evidence shows ,
they did. the legitimate votes cast by j
the voters ofc the city of Wheeling from
tho ballot box** and substitute In their i
place these fraudulent Ut'.lots that had
never been cast by anybody. This de
cision means that, having done that,
they are permitted to count these fraud
ulent ballots, make a return that !?
false from beginning to end. destroy
the right of the voter to cast his ballot
and h.ive It counted as he voted it. seal
their fraud up In a hog whloh the law
itself provides for the purpose, and al
though the ballots themselves are with
in control of the. court, protected so
they cannot bo further tampered with,
notwithstanding these votes were never
cast by any body and on their fa'a
show fraud that was perpetrated: this
decision means that the law* Is so help
less thnt it Is powerless tinder the su
pervision of the court, to have those
ballots produced so that Jurors can see
the uncontrovertible evidence of fraud."
Why Bcgrers IMdn't Tertlfy.
Some rather Interesting Incidents con
nected with the refusal of Claude
Rogers to testify in the election cases,
the last refusal blocking the state in Its
effort to prosecute City Manager Homer
C Crago at this term of court, were re.
la'ed by Mr. Oonlff.
"Claude Roger* toid nte his who!*
story." Mr Conlff said "He came to me
voluntarily nfter he had told Ills story ?
yoti saw It In my affidavit published In
the newspaper* after he had told It
to two or three other people 1 say
?'laud* Rogers came to my office
voluntarily- he accepted my Invitation
to do so which had no strings tied to
It. He told hts story to Carl Schmidt
and myself W? had already told it to
Car! three or four times He ?at down
and e\ *r\ word of it was related freely.
When Rogers had finished his story, h*
said. "Conlff. 1 iitit nof going to swear
to this I do no- .are for Hunter Crago
or .Varl Ret t 'cord but Heorge S? ihert
ha* been my friend for rranv veara and
? ?
| I'm not RntiiK t?> testify npnlnst him '
I He Implored m.e not to summon him an
'a witness He even fried nnd became
hysterical. I entd. "Claud. I hope you
don't think I'm rh rorrupt us the men
who perpetrated these frauds I'm point:
? o summon you as a witness, nnd yiti
ntlpht ns well prepare t<> p" down K
court snd testify
"We didn't want to he harsh with
(Continued on rag* Tonrt**n.)
STRIKING POINTS FROM
SPEECH OF MR. CONIFF
There should rest with the people
the right to drive from public places
those who have disappointed them,
through Incompetency or fraud.
Impeachments are perhaps the
most Ineffective of all processes for
the removal of officials.
Official ballots were distributed
in advance of the election and were
found in the possession of persons
who were not entitled to have them.
Clerks were deliberately selected
to perpetrate a fraud.
Ballots were prepared in advance
for certain candidates.
Persons who were to he bene
fitted exacted sums of money from
c'ty employes under their control,
to be used for the above purpose.
The scheme worked well. Those
selected for the different purposes
seem to have done their part to
the utmost.
The will of the people as to cer
tain candidates has been over
turned by this clique.
' Scarcely a reasonable person in
the city of Wheeling was not con
vinced that flagrant frauds had
been committed in the city election.
Conviction Is difficult. You are
up against an organized body of
persons, organized in the first In.
stance to commit crime.
We witnessed the absurd and
ridiculous Investigation instituted
apparently on the motion of some
of the councilmen.
The court's decision means that
they were permitted to count these
fraudulent ballots, make a return
that was false from beginning to
end, seal up their fraud in a bag,
and have It kept there under the
sanctity and protection of the law.
Does It not occur to you that if
this is law, and this decision stands,
government might very easily be
destroyed?
Some well meaning citizens, not
being advised of these things, have
been much misled Into saying that
| an Injustice Is being done by recall
i ing certain of the officials of the
city of Wheeling until their guilt
has been proven In a court of Jus.
tlce.
I
All that you are required to do in
! exercising the recall privilege is to
make up your minds as reasonable
persons that you are satisfied that
certain officials either participated
' in these frauds or were bene
j ficiarles.
Was there ever a case in which
the recall should he exercised if
i this Is not one of them?
The effort to stop this recall is
even bolder In a sense than the
frauds that were perpetrated at the
election. If you desire clean men,
! now is your chance.
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Briand Hopes f
Conference
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Will Approve i
B 7 DA VXD UWRI.VCE.
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Washington. Nov. IL' -Premier Hrian.l
hus hoped that the Washington confer
ence would adopt a rrs-du'ton more or
less approving the attitude of Frame
<-n land armament His speech of M >n
'lay was design. <1 as a preliminary slop
toward that end \rthur .James Fa [four
of Ureat Frita.n arid Secretary Hughes
of the I'm tod States delegation endeav
? ?red to meet his wishes tn their response '
to his speech. ..nil the discussion today '
in French circles was whether 1'remter I
F.riati'l would lie satsllled with those ??
? .vprcsstojis o- whether lie would ask p
for something more concrete. The
chances of Jus getting a blanket ap
proval of the French idea of land arma
men t were regarded as siitn. though P
some statement s> mpathlzing with the tt
necessities of France s position won 1^4
not i>e as- difllciitt to get Premier Hrt?' p
and leaves loni- rrovv. To gel an agree- ..
ment on so knotty a point in twenty
four' hours would indeed be a tribute to _
the skill of the French statesman as *
well as an unprecedented record for ac- b
tion on such a vital principle.
Seeks Expression.
Planner Mriand has courted >ome e\- t
prcssion from the conference on French c
policy. He has done it |>y intimating f
bow unfortunate it would be for Fran-e v
tr the Washington -conference by indi
rection were to point a finger of dis
approval toward tUe sir.e of Frame's '
laud armament. Tliu very Inclusion of i
the topic "lam! armament" on the pro- c
gram of the conference has been more
o- less distasteful to France and M. ^
Mriand iias given the other delegations
this broad hint as to bis desires
"If hv direction g ven to tJie labors 1
o? tlie conference it weie possible some-] (
w i ere over there in Kurope ? if It were. \
possible to sav tiiat tile outcome of this
conference is indirect blame cast upon j
Fiance- If it was possible to point to
France as the mi'v country in the world! '
that *s still imperialistic, as the only '
country that opposes final disarmament.; '
then. Indeed, this conference would "uavt i :
dealt us a severe ^low?and I am guile <
surg that nothing Is further from your ! :
minds and from your intentions. If. j
after listening to my argument, after)!
weighing the reasons which you have I ,
just "heard, you consider it then as ,
valid, then, yon will still l>e with us ,
and 'vou w r?: agree with me in saying
that Franco cannot possibly do any- [ ,
tiling but what she lias actually done." ;
Backed by England. i .
To this* sen'Jment. Croat Britain re- (
sponded through .Arthur .Fames Balfour, t ,
who repeats what Prime .Minister t.'o*d ,
Ceorge has wM a Rain and again since ,
"foe armistice namely, that If France \
were rt.nhed again. Kngland wo lit!
cme t?> he:* assistance. But the British
wish ti? m* ike sure that the French shall
do nothtig ;<? proveti r an at'ack. For
'tat reason Mr. n.ilfn:ir carefully chose '
Itts words as. he wished France "every
success in that nath of aggress i\e
tirosperl t v which 1 lope and be'ic\c
Ihev a-e new onte'irg
The i-nt'lt;i on the word ? unaggres.
>i\e' was wimistakahle and Br'tisl
s[s>kcs?*e?i today catted attention to it
*s for Sfi'frta ? Hughe*, he carefully
tefratned from saying what Mr. Balfour
? d name'v. that mi'tlons men would
le pot:red forth again for France hut he
renpt'ted \ n.erica's position to he
?.taied h\ implication when he remarket
...... ? ... r,^ mors! .sotation for th
defenders of liberty arid justice."
The TTrnch Pleased.
The French are deeply pleased with
Mr Bai'our's utte-ance. hist would have,'
'Iked more f-oni Mr. Hughes. Incident
ally. the Krrprh p'e t for moral support
as against ilerm.tny is quite different;
from the appeal foe physical help
a ga ? n- I another atla.k hy (Jermany as
the defensive treaty between France,'
real I let ta i n and the I'ntted States
wou'd have pro\ ided. Itemizing that the
1 tilled Stales policy under the Harding
administration has changed and that
there is absolutely no chance for a guar
antee of American military help, the
French wou'd tie content now with _a
pledge of moral support.
Premier Brland will make the most of
Mr. Hughe-' speech on his return to
Frame, psrticiilar'y of that sentence in
whi-h the i;mrrn*an secretary of s'ate
said "there can !*> no hope of a will to .
peace tint:! institutions of liberty and*
Justice .ire secure among all peace-lov
ing peoples."
Premier Briund has contended that
iiie spirit of militaristic class in Ger
many is not yet subdued and that
France must maintain her army as -n
insurance against 'lerrdan Instability.
The -French premier w'U avail himself
of Mr. Hughes' statement as a just'tl- |
cation for French policy In Kurope. To
?hat extent he probably can use the
Hughes and Balfour speeches much hot-'
ier in parliamentary debate abroad than
a narrowly restricted or Innocuously
phrased resolution hy the armament
conference, though it is understood he
has not ve' abandoned hope that even
after lie lea \ es s. .me general principle
approving of France's need fop proteo
???:? ..n land will bo adopted hy the
w hole conferenve.
J. P. Admits Habit of
Drinking the Evidence
St. Ix>i: I*. Nov. 22.?-Justice of tJ;*?
I'MPt U>tTfmtyi-r, w:tn?-<* for ' the
state in proceedings to rtmnvD from
offloo Sheriff John K\ WWiiuiun. of Sr.
la>uis county. because of alleged failure
to enforce the prohibition law. admitted
*n the s'an'l today that ho had been
. accustomed t" drink part of the "evi
dence" taken In liquor raid*
on cross-examination. Justice tvarre
me.ver admitted h? kept "t!ie evidence" .
in his court room and <>n one occasion
irave two tjitarl* of It to a friend
THIS GAS BIU FATAt
IK A DIFFERENT WAY
Houston Te*. Nov. 22.? Investigation
bv prohibition officers of the records of
the ghs company for lar?c* bills from
small houses, today, led to the finding
e' a large private dls'llllng plant. and
'he arrest of the owner. A ps bill of
T<S dim ted suspicion toward tfie prem
ises where the still was found.
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; War Mothers Unite in Pledge of Ban Against Fatnre Warfare I
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New York, Not. i? 2. - - A idedge to
refuse to assist in future warn has
been taken Jointly by Mrs. Julia
Mct'udden. the British war mother
delegate at the burial of America's
unknown soldier, and Mrs. Ernest
Uigney of White Plains. New York,
the 'official American war mother
This became known today at a
luncheon tendered Mrs. McCudden
by the New York state chapter of
American War Mothers. Lieutenant
Kcrsley, British artry aide to Mrs.
McCudden, said the pledge wm
i taken in rhlladelphia recently.
I when with clasped hands they re
pea ted the following:
"I pledge with all my heart and
; soul that so long as I lire I will
i never raise my hand again to assist
I any Rrnied conflict between na
tions."
j British mothers, I.,ieTit. Kersley
I said, have started a movement to
pair (iff with American mothers as
Mra. Met hidden did with Mrs. D'g
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TEN KILLED IN
AUTO CRASHES
FOUR RAIL OFFICIALS i
AMONG THE VICTIMS,
Union Pacific Train Kills Five 1
When Machine Is
Run Down.
Phoenix Arlg., Nov U II Oliver, \
of Angeles. engineer <>f the llrunU
division of the \tchlscn. oTpeka A Santa
Ke railway. assistant to the chief en
gineer of the coast lines of toe Atchi
son. T.*p#ka Jt Sun'a Ke railway. and
.'our division officers of 'hat railway
were killed today when a motor Inspec
tion car over-turned three miles north of
Wlckenburg. Aria. 4'i ralles northwest
of here. Kl\e were Injured
Tho Dead,
w !T Oliver. assistant < htef engineer
... ??.t >.ie division superlnten J
enf. Win slow, Art/
c<n tl n.a ster
J ,T. Jaeger. division enclnee
ln addition to those killed sex em: .
. mjuteJ, some of them serl
, ouslx Tile car Is said to ha a
j tl hided t?> its rapacity of fourteen per
sons
The accident happened, according 'o
| those on hoard the car, when nn axle
under a front truck broke on n curve.
J Tho <"?'? plunged down an eight-foot em- j
bankmert. turning over n? least once.
t?H\er died on the train 'ha- was
bringing the dead and Injured to 'Ids
city.
Death Tor Five.
Itrightoti. l'"!cv. N'o\. live per
sons wet.- kllleil, ot.<> was fata ox .n
Jured and two others seriously inture.!.
wh'-u th* ttutomohtle .n wh ch t.oex w*.e
riding was struck by I'nlon Pa ? I lie na
seng.T trutn No " 1. west bound, at a
crossing near here todav A.vorditig to
word re. , m ed hete. the dead are:, .lose
S' I'lalr. his wife and three children
Tie fata ;v njured Is a box Two gn 's
were ser-'nislisdnjttrcd
me rioting !(
li esse in
V10B AT CHAMPARAN (
ATTACKS EUROPEANS i
Factory Looted and Burned,,
and Many Bungalows
Are Set On Fire.
t
London. Nov. 22.?Th? Calcutta
corvorpondont for tha Evanlnga Senrs ,
today sent a dirpatch to lilt news- : ,
paper seytng news had boen received
In that city of grave rioting- in the ; J
northern prxt of Benar, in th# Patna ,
division of Bongol. The dispatch said j
mobs had looted and bttrned a fac
tory and net lire to a ntunbor of Eu- ' |
ropecn bungalows.
CABINET HEARS THE !:
PREMIER'S PROPOSALS I!
FOR PEACE IN ERIN!;
i
l.oiidori, Nov 22. ? i By the AssoolRt- ,
oil I'resst? There was a prolonged cab- 1
inet rouncM today at which the Irish sit i
untlon was discussed. It is understood i
that 1'retnler I.loyd George Indicated ?;
the general lines of proposals he will
discuss with Sir 'nines t'ralg. the Ul
ster premier. Owing to h's continued In
disposition. Sir .1 aniee will he unable to
nieet the premier before Thursday.
It Is autleipnted that at this meeting
Sir Jumes will raise the question of th?
publication the entire correspon
.? whi. h l as passed between govern
nieut ?nil i he Sinn Kelners.
DIED AT AGE Or 100
Kreeport, Ills Nov 22 ? I'ominick
|?i,rk. Id" years old. is dead at t'alena.
lie boasted that lie had never been 111
linli after he lt.ul passed his ntnetv
fifth birthday.
SENATE 10 REACH M
01 TAX BILL TOIS AFTERNOON
'Penrose Admits Measure Is
Makeshift, But An Im
provement on Kxistmg Act,
and Bringing Reduced Tax j
Burden. .
\\?<snitiK!"ii. Nov. j. \ lin.tl vote <-n j
the t.i\ tevision Ml. \v:!: be by |
tho senate nt rs ?' t la'er than ?< p in. to -1
morrow under a unanliiiotiii consent '
agreement enteted Into today after the
measure had been under debate for sev-j
er.il hours. Immediately ti|?on Its pus-1
sage. the hill will he sent to the presi
dent. j
Tho only Important section of the bill t
whh'h will he put Into forr? Immediate-1
ly upon its becoming law. how ever, is'
that relating to the Income tax. the oth-i
er tax changes going Into effect on next I
January 1.
The present sur-tax rates will be eon '
tinned far this calendar year, tha reduc-t
tions agreed upon by the house and sen
ate golnp jnto effect in the next calen
dar year and bt^ig reflected In th? aetti I
al payments to be made by the taxpay-j
crs In 192.*.
In laving the ? "nferen>e report beforej
tlm senate today, t'halrman Penrose, of i
the senate managers, in a formal state-1
mom. described the hill as a "temporary I
makeshift."
Penrose's Comment
"The till." Senator Penrose said.'
"does not place the tax system on a i
staple or .scientific basis. Hut It Is bet-;
'er than the law which It will super-'
rede, because of tlm reduction of the
tax burden and the technical or ndmlnls.
'ratlve Improvements which It effects
"As has been said, if Is a temporary!
measure. Hut nothing hotter than a
temporary makeshift will he poeslh'e
unt 1 the people of fills country give the
question of federal taxation an amount,
and kind of study which It has not vet '
received; until. In particular. the people'
become convinced of the .sincerity and
truth of tlm contention that the propo
sal to retime excessive tax rules Is not!
designed to relieve the rich and the
profiteer, but to avert -tie breakdown of
the Income tax. nnshnrkle business ami
Increase the tax revenue"
Attacks By Simmons
t'chat" op the measure was opened by
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
ranking Democratic manager on the
part of the eenn'e who reviewed In
acme detail trie changes made In con
i feretice lie de-dared that when the eon'
i feretti es got through with the bill even
some of the most prominent of the lis
i publican managers could not "cor.ceall
their disgust'' with the measure. The!
North Carolina senator said that three j
ADJOURN
Senate Votes to End Con
gressional Labors To
night After Action on
Tax Measure.
Washington. Nov. 22 A concurrent
resolution was adopted by th? Renate
l.ilf today to Miljourn sine die tomorrow
night nfter a vote Ih taken on the tax
l-lll The resolution now goes to the
house, where It is expected to be acted
upon favorably.
Tln> senate, in executive session to
night. endeavored to clean the slate of
presidential nominations In preparation
for the adjournment, and more than two
hundred nominations were confirmed.
ARRESTED POE MTU TINT.
Boston, Nov. 22 ?Frank Howell, a t
negro seaman on the three-maated [
schooner I.llllan E Kerr, was arreated
on a charge ,.f mutiny on the high seas
when the vessel arrived here today from
Mobile Captain ("Jeorge F. Poppa said
Powell disobeyed nn order to go helow
and attacked him with a knife Poppo
shot the seaman in the back in self-de
fense, ho said. Howell was taken to ?
hospital after having been formally
turned over to federal authorities. HI*,
wound was not serious, the police said. '
or four of the compromise amendment*
brought forward hy the senate agrlcul
turnl bloc were slaughtered In confer
ence, but that some of them were retain
ed. notably the Increased sur-tax rate,
the capital stock provision and the re
peal of the $2,000 exemption for corpor
ations except In the rnee of those hav
ing net Incomes of $25.00(1 or less The
sur-tax rate would have been cut. he as
serted, If It "had not hern for the action
of the bouse in refusing to trust their
con ferees."
Attacking the majortty senaf? man
agers. Senator Simmons said they had
made nn "unlustlfiable surrender" on
the corporation Income tax and had
'given up In glee' the 15 per cent rate
In favor of the 12 V4 per cent rate
Indcr the bill as It now stands, the
senator continued, the corporations will
pay about one half what they paid un
der the rresent law, and less than one
half of the amount that Individual tax
pavers "111 he called upon to pay when
the new hill become* a law.
BRIAND SEEKS ENDORSEMENT i'
OF FRENCH MILITARY POLICY
CHINESE DECISIONS i
PLACED IN HANDS |i
OF SUB-COMMITTEE:
I '
Tuna Seeks Tariff Autonomy, (
Permitting Imposition j
of Higher Duties.
Washington. Nov. 22.? (By The Asso- 1
hitod !ic.'s.)?The negotiations relat-' ,
ng to both the Far East and armament (
imitat on moved more slowly tfday as | (
he attention of arms delegate* passed j
root genera! polic es to specific details. I
t"h!r<t's prom mlc embarrassment*
ormed the text of the Far Saltern
liscusslons. which resulted In the ap-'l
(ointment of a sub-committee of repre-l
lenatives of nine nations to study,
he whole subject of administrative
.utonomy fof the Chinese republic, with j
vtrtinilar reference to tariff and tax .
eotrictlort'
The land armament prohieru also was
ons?idere.l at various informal confer- .
i.ce>. and a meeting of the armament j
?inference for the whole was called,
'or tomorrow, with the expectation that ,
"remier Br'.and. of France, would say ;
i last word as to his country's attitude j
?>n reduction of armies. It is tinder-'
<tond '.hat he Is anxious to bring the <
?ort'erence to a point of forma! ex-1
[ii ass1 vi before his departure fori
r'ranrr j
On the side of naval armament, infor- .
ir.al exchanges continued between indl-j
cidual delegates and naval expert*, wlfh
in air of growing confidence that details j
>f the American plan, although repute- |
ng considerable time for determination, j
would eventually bring all the powers I
buo agreement.
Bthxnd Wants Endorsement
It Is possible that the ngval plan may}
receive some consideration nt tomor-|
row's meeting of the five delegations
which constitute the armament commit- i
tee of the whole, but the greater atten
tion lj expe.-ted to center on land arma
ment, In view of the Imminence of M. !
Briand'a departure. It is the preserva- |
- (
(Continued on Fnft Fourteen.)
PREPARING GERMAN
EMBASSY IN U. S.!
Washington. Not. 22.? For the first [
time n more than four years, residents
? ?f Massachusetts avenue. In tho vlci.ti- i
tv of Sent' t'ircle, today noted an air
of activity ;n the red brick structure
wlti<h for many tears housed the !m
I e -ial i!prmxn embassy. ,
Inquiry dove'oped 'he information
that house cleaning tva sin progress
preparatory to the expected arrival with i
in the nc.t few weeks of a duly accred- j
ite.d charge d'affaires from Berlin.
Bant Edmund ton Thermann. who is '
here to make the arrangements for .ak- j
ing ovor the building, conferred todnv i
with the Sw -s minister, in whose handtj
has been the German interests slr.ee j
Fount von Bcrnstorff. the last official
envoy of the kaiser, departed in 1117.
Macon von Thermann said today bis I
mission was without diplomatic stat u,
but expressed confidence that a complete!
i-rnbnsst force would be installed uy
January It 192'.'
PASS DEFICIENCY BTLJU
i
\Vasii.ng? on. Not. 27.?The house to
day passed the deficiency appropriation
bill, '-arrylrtg approximately $104,000.
000. The measure, which now goes to
the senate, provides $66,000,000 for the j
veterans bureau: $23,000,004 for the re
funding of internal taxes erroneously
collected, and $8,500,000 for the po?tal
service.
X.OWELX. BB-IISOTIO
Portland. Ore. Nov. J2?SheYman J.
Lowell of Fredonia. N. T.. was re
elected today master by the National
Grange In annual session here.
'RESIDENT TO i !
DIVE CEEINCV ?
TO EUGENE DEBS I
)THER WAR VIOLATORS
MAY BE RELEASED
}apers in Each Case to Be
Submitted By Attorney
Gen. Daugherty.
Wash.ngton. Nov. 22.?Extension ofj
ixecutive clemency to offendera against
he war time laws now serving prison
sentences will be given early conaldsm
lon by President Harding, It was said
o-day at the White House. The subject
van discussed at the cablnot meeting
o-dav, and it was understood that a tj
>ol!cy of leniency toward these offend
tra. where possible, was generally ?*- *1
irovcd. .
The President has asked the attorney j
tenet a 1 for a digest of each of tha cases. J ?
ind Mr. Daugherty expects to have thej
ilstorv of the war law prisoners com-j *1
jleted In two weeks. ;?
I'nder the administration's policy! '?_/
there would be no sweeping proclama- >j?
Lion of amnesty. It was said officially. ^
out each case would be considered on -V;
Its merits separated, and military ?[{
well as civil offenders would be con
rldeiet'/ However, the President Is un
derstood to view with disfavor tha re
lease of persons who advocated property
destruction, or Industrial offender*;
although particular attention would be
given service men generally for lnfray
lions of disciplinary regulations of s:
more or less seriousness.
Tr.ere are. according to Mr. Daugfc- -J
erty, abot^t seventy-five civilian war 'Aj
time law offenders now serving sen
tences in federal prisons and fourteen
soldiers who would come within tbe|
clemency program. . ,'r
The question of freedom for Eugen*
V. Peb*. Socialist Iqader, Imprisoned at
Atlanta, will be treated separately, Mr.
Paugherty said, although It was under
stood there will bo no possibility of ac
tion by Thanksgiving. Any affirma
tive action on the case, he said, would
he either a pardon or n communtatlon, *
as Pens was not eligible for parole,
which requires that the prisoner should
serve one-third of his sentence. Dabs <?
will not have served a third of his teni
year sentence until next August.
Brief but bluer debate on the subjecti .
developed In the house to-day when)
Meyer London. Socialist, New Torlci
read resolutions urgnig general amnesty
for persons convicted of violating war;
time Isws.
Representative Llnborger, Republican,;
California. Immediately expressed oppo-1
sltlon to amnesty, declaring men tyhoI
died In France would turn over In their |
graves "If such men as Eugene V. Debs
were released from prison."
Miss Alice Robertson, Republican,
Oklahoma, only woman member of tha
house, contended that persons unpatrl-'"
otic during the war should remain in'
Jail.
IOONEHEENET
DISAPPEAR WHEN!
HIGH COURT ACTS
1 \
Charleston, W. Va_, Nov. J2.?Folloer-1
ing the decision of the state supreme i
court today In the petition for a re- j
straining order against Judge Robert
Bland of the Logan circuit court, the
petitioners. O F. Keeney and Fred
Mooney, president and secretary of that
United Mine Workers of America, dla-|
trlct No. 17, could not he located to-j
night.
United Mine Worker*" attorneys are
at Lewlsburg attending trials arising j
from the Mohawk shooting last year, j
Acting District Attorney Isaac Scott! ,
said he had not seen Keeney since last [
night. Neither official could be located
at hit home. ?.?.*?
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TXJI WliTXXl
Weal "Virginia?Partly oloudy and
?older Wednesday; Thursday unsettled.
Ohio and Wasters Pennsylvania
Cloudy and oolder Wednesday; Thursday
unsettled.
Washington. Nov. 22.?The disturb
ance near the Bahamas has changed Its
couree and Is passing westward over the
Florida Straits, the weather bureau said J
tonight In a storm warning. Strong
ensterly winds were forecast for ex
treme southern Florida, and gales over
the Florida Straits. ;
EIGHTEEN NEW YORK COPS PHY
SZS.OOO FOR POLICE PROMOTION
New York. Nov 23.?Alleged efforts I
of eighteen patrolmen to buy sergeancles I
In the police force through a saloon
keeper. who professed to be able to I
bring about their promotion, were testi
fied to today by "Patrolman Joseph
Toorrev at ? hearing before Dsirid
Hlrshfie'.d. commissioner of accounts.
Patrolman Toomey said he collected
In all >2fi.500 from the eighteen men.
wjiteh he turned over last August to a
saloonkeeper named Michael J. Burke.
He said Burke had since disappeared
and was thought to have gone to
hare gone to Ireland
The r*ttrolman testified he was Intro
duced to Burke by a man named White,
who told him Burke "had connections
with people In the municipal service
commission who could make him a ser
geant."
Burke told hlsn, Toomey said, that
he could get him *roagh the civil ser
vice examination for sergeants for
,*1.610. and that he could ge< friends of
Toomey's through at the same figure
Accordingly, he said. he collected
money from other patrolmen and turned
I It over to Burke for deposit In a special
fund.
Commissioner Htrshfteld then pro
duced txink books and canrcJled checks
showing withdrawals of all of the de
posit save (3.05.
The hearing was held on complaint of
Charles U f^peagle. secretary of the
civil service commission, who said he
learned of the case when Patrolman
i Toomey Inquired when the promotions
j would 'he forthcoming. Mr. SpCAgle and 4k
I I'atrick Ryan, finger-print expert. Too-^H
mey testified were Rmong the four P?r-^^B
sons In the commissioner's office wlth^H
; whom Burke claimed to have Influence^
1 nno with whom he proposed to dlvltJa
I the $:fi.500. m
i Toomey. at first, was a reluctant wit- |
I nens, but after a brief adjournment ha
j returned and declared he wanted to kM
| "make a clean breast of the whole ?
j affair."
Abraham Kaplan, president ?f the
civil service commission, announced that
he would seek Immediate criminal
prosecution of all persons Involved la
the cm*
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