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FRIDAY MAY 12, 1922 TWENTY-SIX PAGES.
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ARGUS.
IF
HOLD EIGHT
FOR MURDER
IN CHICAGO
Murphy, Mader, Shea and
i Five Others Indicted
by Grand Jury.
' Chicago, May 12. Through
a unexplained error by gome
official, Jeremiah Horn, for-
". mer saloon keeper, indicted
' with several labor leaders for
order in connection with the
killing' of two policemen, was
released from the county "jail
: last nfcht on $Z0 bail and has
'. disappeared. "
Two squads of detectives
nere ordered by Chief of Po
lice Kitzmorrts to scour the
; eity for Horn when his release
i became known today.
i Chicago. May 12.
True bills vot-
td last night by the county grand 1
jury charging "Big Tim" Murphy,'
Fred Mader and. "Con" Shea, the
"Big Three" of local labor circles, .
an4 five others with murder in con-
ksuuu vrxtu tuo um.u ol iwo pu- ed favorabiy toward the same idea,
licemen, were formally returned Government clerks wanted the ad
before Judge Kickham Scanlan, vantage of the later afternoon
chief justice of the criminal court j hours for exercise. Merchants fa
today. , j yored it, so did the banks and bus
; Judge Scanlan immediately or- iness concerns generally. There
dered warrants issued for the men, ' seemed no way of getting a bill
vho have been held in jail without through mmrrpsa because nf the
keine booked, since dav before ves-
terdav.
Chicago, May 12 Polics and '
chrie organizations todav saw in'nc ri-.ii - 1
me inaicunem oi eignt LOicago ia-;
Lll. laQll AM on;! tlln - -1 ' C a , , Al !
v' threat to use against them '
-e law invoked 36 years ago to ob-
rioters, a smashing blow at what
tiey termed gang terrorism.
In the first night session on rec
ord, a Cook county special grand
Jury returned true bills charging
b.rt ,f th. fiao WnrV.n .mint,
ivh ,vir,. ,u
Mgo Building Trades council: Cor
, r
nelius P. Shea; secretary-treasurer
of the Theatre Janitors' union ; re
ferred to as the "big three" of the
u as Lilt? uig luree ui luc:
ncious labor circle, and five others.
Th ir,rtirr,0n r frDrMnnor !
of scores of others, city and county
officials said. More than four hun-'.wiu
dred persons were arrested and
few have been released, with the
peater number denied freedom on
writs of habeas corpus.
Charge Killing of Lyons.
Others named in the indictments
re Isadore Braverman, head of the
Fixture Hangers' union; Daniel
McCarthy, business agent of the
Plumbers' uuionj Jerry Horan, sa
loonkeeper; Thomas Hogan, for
mer police officer, and Robert Mc-
Cloud, clerk of the
Trades council.
Building
( The eight are charged specifical
ly with the killing of Terence Ly
ons, acting police lieutenant.
The slaying of Lyons followed
the murder of Thomas Clarke, pa
trolman on guard at a building
hich previously had been bombed.
Police say, by labor men because it
as being erected under the Lan
d's award.
Writs Are Refused.
Efforts of attorneys for the labor
leaders to obtain the release of
"urphy. Shea, Mader and the oth
rs failed when Judge Kickham
scanlan declared that a state of
ar existed between labor and the !
m.e.
Witnesses before the grand jury
"t night included 20 policemen in
"idition to civilians, all guarded
arefully because police feared
"ley might come to harm if labor
JSanizations learned who had tes
tified. Documents seized at labor
headquarters during raids made
following the murders also were
introduced.
MAN WHO KILLED
WOMAN 19 YEARS
AGO ASKS TRIAL
Danville, I1L. May 12. John
r. Carrington appeared today in
uie office of John H. Lewman,
state's attorney, and asked to be
fried on the charge of murder
"S his sistpr-in-law Mrs. Oeoree
Carrington, 19 years ago.
. Harrington, who has been Hv
yH under an assumed name in
Utah and Colorado . since the
killing, said he had returned in
order to clear his name and in
order that his two sons, one 13,
Jd the other 11, might bear
er rightful name. He also
wished jo see his aged mother,
""w 80 years of age, living.here.
Carrington is alleged to have
Wled his sister-in-law, Aug. 5,
S. He claims self-defense.
George Carrington. husband of
'he murdered woman, was tried
d acquitted of re charge, and
John disappeared, but the indict
tt.et against him was nolled,
ith leave to reinstate.
NEW DAYLIGHT
SAVING BEGUN
IN WASHINGTON
Won't Move Clock
Hands; Merely Get
Op Earlier. V
BY DATID LAWRESCE.
(Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
Washington,' D. C, May 12. The
national capital is about to try al
unique experiment. Perhaps it will
show the fallacy cf moving the
clock forward in daylight saving
and perhaps it will not. President
Harding is the author of the
scheme and if it succeeds in Wash
ington, it may solve the confusing
problem of . daylight saving else
where. The ctiy of Washington, being
governed directly bv conereas has
rifaH rm t, .. . . : . i i .
avinVnrnn rr uayl s"' of more than five inches within 48
ill o? tit adopted except by hour8 had cau3ed flooda which ln.
1 n a.r HDd, hre- 'undated Spearfish and Belle Four
Url u T?i ,f dayllghJ 8aTiS Che. No lives were lost,
nere is but to place oneself on rec-i o u j v.
M?n.w..r nbieCt S3 .a wh'e-!ty damage after the flour mill dam
SLnMml! ress who know the broke. a higa headof water
f. ? rvUal comlnUI-ito rush through the city.. Hun
hl E -1Lda3.l!ght faT1?B lave dreds of persons in the lower part
been unwilling to vote for day- of Spearfish were forced to flee for
u Z '. air- naru-,
ing who has had the farm bloc to,
deal
"' luoiicio mutu inure
important than
daylight saving.
nas. wished to antagonize thejswept down a creek.
a6naUonal statute
district. But the nennle of Wash-1
ington who suffered no inconven-!
ience when daylight saving wa3:J,urclle river carried surplus wa
adopted during the war have leaa-jter from the Spearfish dam to that
nhioi-iinni n torvnvon with tho sit- i
in.tinn in mnv mrai district '
from which so manv members 0f:En0W that made street traffic im-
hail.
Plan Is Harding's.
. .
"v Ll u'"-JtllTbe 8l.?et storm startd in tne
clock forward is a piece of self- j
deception, ne nas msistea mat me
t same object can be attained by,
; asking everybody to get up an1
ou.r earlier and having places of
, business and schools function one
nour suuoer. aii ufuer iu me
ernment departments makes it
necessary for them to open at SiStatea Wednesday night and virtu
o'clock next Monday morning in-!ally all day Thursday, apparently
stead of 9. Banks will open an j nad subsided last night. From Wy
hour sooner. Some institutions . and Colorado noints. which
. . u e I
I""1 "f"'" - ""Mhad passed tnrougn wnat was de-
nour earner dui geuerauy &peKinB
' stores and other places of business'
regard 8 o clock as 9 o clock in
the normal routine of the day. Tnis
means that the day will end at 5
instead of 6 and in the government
departments desks will be cleared
at 3:30 in the afternoon instead or
4:30 as heretofore.
. Congressmen Wonder.
This process will be carried
throughout the life of the city.
Members of congress are wondering
how to adapt themselves to the
new schedule. The hour of meet-
ting for the senate and house is ar-
Diirary anyway auu is uacu mm
day to day, but if the government
departments are to be opened at 8
o'clock, senators and representa
tives who are in the habit of vis
iting these departments on matters
of interest to their constituents
will have to call earlier. Clerks
in congress will want to get out
doors as early as their colleagues
in the executive branch of the gov
ernment. Mr. Harding's fiat on
davlieht saving without moving
the hands of the clock forward will The stay is operative pandlng ap
therefore become city wide. One ! peal to the supreme tribunal. Eight
business compels action by another j of the convicted are priests, two
with which it is interlaced, une.ere myuieu uu wo i "umau.
group of employes wants the ad-
(Continued on Page Two.)
THE WEATHER
J
Fair tonight and . Saturday.
Slightly cooler tonight.
Highest temperature yesterday,
87; lowest last night," 61.
Wind velocity at 7 a. m. 6 miles
per hour.
Precipitation last 24 hours, .3o
inch.
12 m. 7 p.m. 7 a.m.
yester. yester. today.
Dry bulb ....... S4 80 63
Wet bulb 72 72 5a
Rel. humidity ..58 67 61
Blver Forecast.
River stage at 7 a. m. S.4, a fall
of 0.2 last 24 hours.
Sunset today 7:1; sunrise tomor
row. 4:44. .
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will change
but little during the next two days.
ANDREW HAMRICK,
Meteorologist.
Biter Stag.
St. Paul
Red Wing .....
Reed's Landing ...
La Crosse . '.
Lansing ... ......
Praririe du Chien
Dubuque
Le Claire
Davenport.
Keokuk
St, Louis .... ,
5.6
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
.0.8
. 6.4
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SO. DAKOTA
HARD HIT BY
SNOW, RAIN
Foot and a Half of Slush
in Deadwood Belle
Fourche Flooded.
Deadwood, S. , D., May 12. A
sleet, rain and snow storm raging
in the northern Black Hills for the
last two days had somewhat abat
ed early today after precipitation
'
their liTes to higher groUnd in a
Diindillif downpour of rain. Thou-
innifa nf rh oVuns nrl hnin irnn.
ed M ,i 6mall huildines were
Brid8 Wh Away.
Belle Fourche was partly under
water late last night, as the Belle
cny, wasuinR out. oriages, carrying
away a number or barns and ga-
hnfrv a?dr 'S'ZT'6
hurry fdr higher ground. All
bridges on roads entering the city
were washed away and the city is
cut off from the outside world ex
cept by wire communication.
Both Deadwood and Lead were
under a foot and a half of wet
possible. The higher altitude of
Deadwood 'accounts, it is thought.
for the snow there while rain fell
-tin me vaneys. -
cohering the ground with six inches
0f 6leet granules th size of a
hazelnut Another foot of snow
covered the sleet, forming a slushy
mixture.
Blizzard in Colorado.
Denver, Colo., May 12. Storms
ixr Vi i c Vi ctunnt tha T?nrlrv mrtti ntjlin
h .. ..
riarpd to hava been one of the
orst 8pring blizzards in years,
came reports of lower tempera
tures, moderated winds and a ces
sation of the snowfall which had
gjTen rise to apprehension on the
part of fruit and sheep growers.
EXECUTIONS IN
MOSCOW STAYED
Eleven Persons Who Opposed Re
quisitjoning of Church Treas
urers Get Reprieves.
Moscow, May 12 The soviet cen
tral executive committee officials
have ordered a stay of excution of
the 11 persons convicted of hav
ing opposed the requisitioning of
church treasurers and participa
tion in consequent disturbances.
PENNSYLVANIA
MINE BLOWN UP
Explosion of Heavy Charge of Dyn
amite Throws Stones Quarter
of a MQe. .
Pittsburgh. Pa., May 12. The
Peterman mine near here, was
blown up early today by a heavy
charge of dynamite, which threw
stones almost a quarter of a mile,
damaging a farm house. Sheriff
Woodside, with a big force of dep
uties, left Pittsburgh shortly after
9 a. m. for the mine, where it was
reported a body of coal strike sym
pathizers had collected. - -
GANDHI'S SON
TAKEN IN INDIA
Bombay, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Dewadas Gandhi,
son of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the
non-cooperationist leader now serv
ing a prison sentence, has been
arrested at Allahabad, it was learn
ed here today. Pundit Ramadhani,
president of the All-India Congress
committee, and Hardoi Chotelal
LashiraZn, secretary of the Indore
Congress committee, also were ar
rested. . . - - .
Charles W. Morse, Broken In
Health, Seeks Seclusion At
Old Homestead In Bath, Me.
BY EDWARD HOYT.
Consolidated Press Correspondent.
'AM.rnHr' 1099 Ktt Trio irmS.l
Bath, Maine, May 12. Charles W
Morse, seeking seclusion once more
from a host of pursuers, has come
back to his old home in tfata,
where they declared a holiday and
burned red fire years ago when he
was released from the federal pen
itentiary in Atlanta.
The one time "Ice King," banker,
shipbuilder, promoter and million
aire, has forsaken his fine residence
in New York and come here to
spend possibly his last days among
old friends and well wishers.
His refuge is not undisturbed,
however, for Mr. Morse is under
the constant surveillance of special
agents of the department of Jus
tice at Washington. They note hia
callers and every time he saunters
ou for a stroll, or motors over to
Brunswick, or down to Portland,
one of Uncle Sam's sleuths trails
him and reports to Chief William
J. Burns what Mr. Morse has been
doing every 24 hours. As yet there
has been no effort to take the for
mer shipbuilder into custody on the
bench warrants issued in New York
for his arrest.
"Place of Mystery."
Mr. and Mrs. Morse arrived here
about a month ago and have lived
quietly at the old homestead, a
rambling, .faded, brown structure,
with its great Corinthian pillars,
large windows, spacious rooms
and hallways, velvety lawns, shrub
bery and spring flowers. But still
there is something about the place
nrhitk oitormoio a lnAfnAoa ffAm oil
irighboVp. d afehynVss 'toward
T. Q
pearance and the absence of move
ment ahout the old house, with its
drawn shades and barred doors,
marks it as a place of mystery,
whose occupants do not encourage
visitors and prefer to be let alone.
It was in this city that Charles
W. Morse was born and began his
meteoric and eventful career of
money making, branching out in
New York where for years he was
one of the most noted figures 'and
powerful factor in Wall Btreet.
Whenever in all the turbulent
years he has felt in need of rest
or restoration Mr. Morse has re
traced his steps and come back to
UNIFICATION OF
METHODISTS IS
DOWNEY'S PLEA
Assures South Dele
gates of the North
Church's Desire.
Hot Springs, Ark., May 12. The
conviction of the Methodist Epis
copal church that it and the Metho
dist Episcopal church, south, should
be reunited, was announced by
Rev. David G. Downey of New York
City, book editor of the M. E.
church representing the 4,500,000
members of his denomination today
at the central conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
in session here. A commission
has been authorized and instructed
to act with the commission from
the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, to work out plans for uni
fication. Dr. Downey announced.
In his annual address. Dr.
Downey who is the fraternal dele
gate of the Methodist Episcopal
church to the southern conference,
discussed prohibition!, social and
industrial questions and unifica
tion. "No greater compliment has ever
been paid to Methodism than the
unconscious compliment of those
who.sneeringly say that the eight
eenth amendment is Methodistis,"
Dr. Downey said in connection with
prohibition. "That shows that
Methodism has not spent all its
time in hymn singing and in intro
spective testimonies. It makes it
clear that Methodism has linked up
with a righteous God who has a
passion for righteous ends.
"Methodism saw the waste, the
devastation and the death wrought
by intoxicating liquors and in com
mon with other mediating agencies
of God it threw itself whole-heartedly
into the fight for a dry Ameri
ca and won! We share your Just
pride that in that great battle the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
under ehe superb leadership of
your Bishop Cannon, held the right
of the line and forced the fighting.
"And those who are seeking to
overthrow the law by circumvent
ing it, by making it ridiculous, by
disobeying it, by maliciously and
mendaciously discrediting it, might
just as well understand that back
of the Eighteenth amendment there
is a body of Methodists sentiment
a sentiment representing the
ideals of millions of Methodists
who will not brook any infraction
or infringment of the law. Metho
distic! Yes, thank God it is, but
it is much more than that it is
nothing less than the life of God
going forth in the service of hu
manity. It i3 God ln touch with
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
BETS LACKAWAMfA,
New York, May 12. Purchase of
the Bethlehem Steel company was)
announced.
,the scene of his boyhood, to be
greeted by old friends and wel
comed by his kith and kin, under
the sheltering roof of the old home
stead. Preferred I-c rope.
If Mr.. Morse had his way h
would now be taking the cure at
some famous watering : place in
Europe. But the department of jus
tice interrupted that plan. Denied
the seclusion of Europe, the banker
has come to Bath.
Aided by the loyal wife who
fought and prayed so hard for his
release from the federal , peniten
tiary a decade ago, he is deter
mined to fight all charges against
him to prevent a return to prison
so that he may end his days in
the peace and quiet of the com
munity where his life began. j
Time has thinned the ranks of
his old friends in his native city,
but those who remain still cling to
their old faith in him and gve him
a cordial welcome when he arrived, j
His friends sav that Mr. Morse is !
chafing at the restrain put upon his f
movements by the department of!
Justice, but outwardly he maintains j
his usual composure and until the '
issuance of the bench warrants, j
was seen daily on the streets of .
Bath. . j
Boon to Lawyers.
Mr. Morse is now 65 years old,
broken in health, a small wiry man, !
cautious and cool to all except
those in his confidence. He has
been a fighter all of his life and a
great boon to lawyers in general,
for it is said he probably has con
tributed more large fees to the!
legal fraternity than any other man '
in business life in America.
In the last fight he is likely to
make for freedom, he, will depend
once more upon Mrs. Morse, a wo
man of strong character, quick
Judgment and resourcefulness in an
emergency. She today is the buffer
for her husband. : She has known
about all of happiness and misery
that life holds for any one person.
but her loyalty to and her admira-j
tion of her husband never have ,
weakened. j
To those who have commended !
her, Mrs. Morse has replied thati
she had done only that which any I
woman would do who loves herj
husband. i
MILK DEALERS
HAVE NEW PLAN
TO COOPERATE
Submit New Contract
to Producers in
27 Counties,
Chicago, May 12. Plans for en
larging the Milk Producers' Coop
erative Marketing company of Chi
cago, including a new contract and
a number of changes in the com
pany's operation, were represented
today at a meeting of milk pro
ducers of 27 counties -in Illinois,
Indiana and Wisconsin surrounding
Chicago.
The new contract, which' will be
come effective on Sept. 1, if 6,000
milk producers sign, will pool re
ceipts from milk and other dairy
products in four separate funds
fluid milk, condensed milk, cheese
and butter. ,
The net average price received
in any- given month for the prod
ucts of each division will consti
tute the basic pooled price of that
division. The first payment, to be
made between the 21st and the 30th
of the following month, will be the
basic pooled price in 'the lowest
price division.
Form General Fund.
Other payments will be made
later, each producer to receive two- J
thirds of the amount by which the
basic pooled price in his division
exceeds the lowest division's pool
ed price. The other third goes to
a general fund' to be distributed
pro-rata to all producers.
The plan was. worked out by a
committee of nine appointed by the J
Aiiiei iuiu raria jsureau peuera-
tion. C. V. Gregory of Wheaton,
HI., is chairman. The present com
pany owns and handles about 14
per cent of the milk produced in
the Chicago district and owns milk
plants valued at $700,000.
A campaign for signatures to the
new contract will be begun imme
diately. TOBXADO HITS WATERLOO.
Waterloo, Iowa. May 12. A tor
nado seriously injured one man
and destroyed building in a path
two miles wide.
CALLTROOPSIN
BLACKS' STRIKE
Haverstraw, N. Y., May 12.
Twenty state troopers were ordered
into Haverstraw today to guard the
town agaiast threatened outbreaks
of 1,000 negroes who are on strike
in the 35 brick plants here. It is
expected more troopers will arrive
from Albany and Troy this after
noon.
i
GENOA MEET
SOON TO BE
ADJOURNED
Great Britain Proposes a
Truce in Eastern
Europe.
Genoa, May 12, (By the Associa
ted " Press.) Foreign Minister
Schanzer of Italy, addressing the
entire body of newspaper represen
tatives in attendance on the ece
nomic conference, late this, after
noon, expressed the opinion that
the Russian reply would not pre
vent the continuation of the con
ference. Genoa, May 12. Foreign Minis
ter Benes of Czechoslovakia, speak
ing in the name of. the Little En
tente, expressed the opinion today
that .the conference must be ad
journed within a few days, accept
ing the French proposal to appoint
an international committee of ex
perts, on which Russia would not
be represented, to consider finan
cial problems.
This must be done, he said, in
such a way as to avoid resentment,
in order -not to embitter the Euro
pean situation.
Genoa, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Great Britain has
proposed a truce in eastern Europe,
on the basis of the de facto fron
tiers pending the conclusions of a
commission of inquiry to be ap
pointed, it was announced this aft
ernoon. Ross Reply Held Over.
Genoa, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The economic con
ference sub-commUsion pn Russian
affairs this afternoon . postponed
consideration of the Russian reply
to the allied memorandum until 11
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Genoa, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) France will never
agree to the project for a mixed
commission, sitting indefinitely
while the conference is going on
to sludy Russian affairs, according
to a statement issued by the French
delegation this noon.
. Moscow, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Legalized recogni
tion of private property rights is
money, industrial and agricultural
products and other personal prop
erty, and to a certain extent in
real estate is proposed in decrees
which the soviet government pre
pared for presentation before the
all-Russian central legislative com
mittee for passage at its opening
session today.
The committee, which in effect is
the Russian parliament, is thus
asked to make laws enabling for
eign capital to work hand in hand
with soviet Russia, and also to
pass another decree giving peas
ants prolonged tenure of land
which they now hold, as well as
the right to lease land under cer
tain circumstances.
The decree purposes to make
possible the collaboration of soviet
Russia with the capitalists nf
Europe and America," the Economic
Life says. "It is not a mere dem
onstration for the present Genoa
conference, which is falling through
or for Genoa of the near future. It
is a measure for continued unbuild
ing, making it possible to
strengthen ourselves economically,
to consolidate our work and to
give guarantees to our friends in
the enemies' camp, giving them in
terest in mutual work with us."
SAYS ERIN MUST
ENFORCE PACT
London, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Austen Chamber
Iain, government leader in the
house of commons, addressing a
mass meeting of Unionist women
here this afternoon, declared the
time had come when the govern
ment might expect the Irish signa
tories of the Anglo-Irish treaty not
only to show good faith to keep it,
but also the power to do it.
FIND METEOR
IN VIRGINIA
Norfolk, Va., May 12. A meteor,
which flashed across the skies of
Virginia last night -and rocked the
homes in half a dozen cities by. the
shock of its landing, was found to
day 12 miles nrthwest-of Black
stone in Nottawa county.
Striking in a grove of oak trees,
tha meteor made a deposit on the
ground which measured more than
500 square reet in area, beverai
trees were buried beneath the fall
ing body in this hole. The meteor
apparently was composed of some
metallic substance.
WORLD SERIES
1919 SCANDAL
BOBS UP AGAIN
'Hap' Felsch Impli
cates Comisky in
'Conspiracy,'
Milwaukee, Wis., May 12. The
1919 world's series scandal, which
wrecked the Chicago American
league team and sent seven star
baseball players to oblivion, at
least as far as professional base
ball careers is concerned, today
has been reopened. Tomorrow in
Milwaukee circuit court. Judge
John J. Gregory will act on an-af-fidavit
filed by Oscar ("Happy")
Felsch, one of the banished play
ers, which requests Charlea A.
CCmiskey, president, and his son,
Louis, treasurer, of the White Sox
club, be summoned to answer a
list of questions which would dig
deeply into the financial and other
affairs of the American league
club.
Detroit Pitchers Bribed?
Felsch presented the affidavit in !
amplification of his suit against
the Comiskeys to recover salary for
1920, with certain bonuses, and
compensation for damages sus
stained in an alleged conspiracy
maliciously to injure his reputa
tion and prevent him remaining a
major league baseball player.
The list of questions Felsch
would have the Comiskeys asked
would deal with whether Owner
Comiskey conspired with the Sox
players in 1917 . in an. attempt to
have .the Detroit club intentionally
lose games to the Sox, and whether
that service was repaid in 1919, by
having the Sox toss four games to
Detroit. Another question would
ask whether Comiskey and players
now on the White Sox roster con
spired to make a pool of $50 each
from each Chicago player to be
paid to Detroit pitchers in 1917 to
lose games to the Sox.
Chicago, May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) "Every charge made
by 'Happy' Felsch against Charles
A. Comiskey, Louis Comiskey, or
the White Sox club, is a falsehood,"
Harry Grabiner, secretary of the
Chicago'White Sox, said today after
reading statements made in an of
fidavit in Milwaukee yesterday by
Felsch which charged that the two
Comiskeys knew of "fixed" ball
games in which the Sox took part
in 1917.,
Both Comiskeys are out of town.
"Happy Felsch is a discredited
man who accepted money to be
tray his employer and 'his team
mates by throwing games in the
1919 world series," Grabiner con
tinued. "What he says is not re
ally worth commenting upon, but
since so much has been said about
it, I will say that every word is
falsehood. Felsch really has not
charged anything. He simply asks
a lot of silly questions with a lot
of implications in them. It doesn't
take a smart man nor even a smart
lawyer to do that."
U.S. TO PROBE
STEEL MERGER
LaFoIlett Resolution Calling for
Federal Inquiry is Adopted
by the Senate.
Washington, May 12. Federal
inquiry into the reported plans for
a merger of a number of the larg
est independent steel concerns, in
cluding the Bethlehem and Lacka
wanna companies, was ordered to
day by the senate in adopting a res
olution of Senator LaFollette, Re
publican, Wisconsin, calling upon
the department of justice and fed
eral trade commission to take steps
intended to prevent the combina
tion. Hope that the department of jus
tice would "be sufficiently aroused
to enjoin the proposed steel mer
ger before it is consummated" was
expressed by Senator LaFollette in
calling his resolution.
ADMIT ROBBING
NEW YORK BANK
Man and Woman in Savannah, Ga
Confess Theft of $500,000
From Bank.
Savannah, Ga., May 12. John
Vardeman, alias J. W. Hollis, and
Bertha Fern Vardeman have made
a "clean breast" of the robbery of
the Chase National bank in New
York of $500,000 in securities, ac
cording to detectives who . have
been working here on the case.
They added that the J30.000
worth of bonds still missing prob
ably would be recovered within a
few hours.
ALTON GRADUATES
GET COMMISSIONS
Springfield. 111., May 12. Gradu
ates of the Western Military acad
emy at Alton, whose commence
ment has been set for June 8, were
issued commissions as brevet sec
ond lieutenants of the Illinois Na
tional Guard by Adjutant General
Black this morning. There are 60
of them.- - 7
'GRANT PARK
BANK' REAL,
HE INSISTS
Tells Jury It Must Consid
er High Position of
Governor.
Waukegan, HI., May 12. (By the
Associated Press.) Emphasizing
his carefully prepared statement
with vigorous gestures. Charles C.
LeForgee, chief counsel for Gover
nor Small, hammered the opening
declaration of the defense horns to
the jury in the conspiracy trial to
day. High spots in Mr. LeForgee's
statement follow:
Emphasis that the first line of
the governor's defense is to be
made behind the strictest interpre
tation of law.
That the jury has a right to con
sider the high position occupied by
Governor Small.
That the 'Grant Park bank," al
leged fictitious institution, through
which Governor; Small, Lieutenant
Governor Sterling, Vernon Curtis
and the late Senator E. C. Curtis
are accused of operating a con
spiracy to defraud the state, was
not the phantom pictured by the
prosecution, but a bona fide and
functioning institution until the
state bank law of 1920 put an end
to all private banks.
Paid Most Interest.
That the "Grant Park bank," un
der the late Senator Curtis, paid to
the state more than 2 per cent in
terest, whereas other banks, num
bering into the hundreds, never
paid more than 2 per cent interest.
That securities given by the
"Grant Park bank" were as good
or better than those of other banks.
That there was no break caused
by an allegd conspiracy of the un
broken chain in the system of op
eration in the treasurer's office for
20 years past.
Mr. LeForgee was still building
the foundation for the defense ar
gument when court recessed at
noon.
During the recess Mr. LeForgoe
conferred with Patrick J. Lucey,
and Frank Quinn, attorneys for
Lieutenant-Governor Sterling, who
have been close observers of the
governor's trial the past two dart
Continuing his statement At
torney LeForgee declared that if
Len Small is guilty, as charged in
the indictment he only stands
where every state treasurer before
him has stood for 20 years.
Grows Dramatic.
Referring to the payment of
"Grant Park Bank" certificates for
pack 1 " es, Mr. LeForgee asked :
"How in the name of God can a
certificate be bogus and false, and
yet be paid in full?"
As a pure legal proposition even
the charge of collecting interest on
packers' notes will not stand the
test of the defense's application of
law, Mr. LeForgee continued, be
cause the interest money never
was a part of the state treasury
funds. If any money was obtained
by false pretense, it was obtained
from the packers and not the state,
he 'asserted.
When Treasurer Miller assumed
office in 1921, he accepted the pack
ers' notes as deposits in the
"Grant Park Bank," Mr. LeForgse
said, thus recognizing the institu
tion as a bona fide banking concern.
When State's Attorney C. F.
Mortimer of Sangamon county,
making the opening statement for
the prosecution yesterday, outlined
in detail the charges against the
governor and the alleged conspir
acy by which Governor Small, Lieutenant-Governor
Fred E. Sterling.
Vernon Curtis and the late Senator
Edward C. Curtis are accused of
having manipulated state funds for
their private gain, Mr. La Foree
indicated that he would attempt
once more to obtain immediatsiy
from Judge Edwards a ruling on
the points of law to be touched
along the course of the trial.
Mr. Le Forgee's tactics were
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SECOND SUICIDE
ATTEMPT IN LEAP j
OF 50 FEET FALLS
San Francisco, Cal., May 12.
Four women are nursing minor
hurts and Antone Nava, 53, is in
Jail again as the result of his
second attempt to le3p from the
Southern Pacific bridge at Col
ma, to probable death on the
highway 50 feet below.
The women were passing un
der the bridge in an automobile
when Nava jumped. He struck
the top of their car destroying
the top and inflicting bruises on
the women. He bounded into
the roadway and was not se-
I riously hurt.
I A passerby restrained him an3 I
t officers locked him up again. j