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AND ARGUS.
AND DAILY UNION
JTY-FIRST YEAR NO. ,293.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1922 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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jjehick Defeat Looms;
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Blockade.
Delegates to the national
(invention were elected this
afternoon as follows: W. R
IcCanley, state commander, '
. Olnej; William Bradbury,
gtreator; Max Hnrdock, Da
Urla; James Sleora, Chicago;
Colonel A. A. Sprague, Chlca
ro. Alternates: Yf. L. Kelly,
SMbyville; BeWltt Clelland, .
Chicago; L. B. Owen, McLeans-.
fcoro; Barney Adelmaa, Kan
kakee. .
. -. State department greetings
nere dispatched to the nation-
al encampment of the G. A. B.
in Dee Moines.
Differences in ranks of the Illi
Mil legion membership widened
deficits in the organization
treasury were probed upset all
slates for this afternoon's election
and left legionnaires keenly alert
tor "dark horse" entries which may
sweep the field.
Horace B. Hackett, Advertising
Men's post, Chicago, developed a
candidacy boom last night for the
comandership which threatened to
upset the well formulated-and ap
parently successful . campaign for
Charles W. Schick, senior rice
commander. . Downstate t posts,
willing to accept a Chicago candi
date, were being split and as hour
for the election approached un
certainty of its outcome increased.
Danville, it seemed, was certain
to secure the 1923 convention.
Demand for a "new deal" voiced
by legionnaires from all. sections
of the state kept the Hackett boom
slive and fanned it to alarming
proportions. District caucuses
throughout the night kept the con
vention campaign leaders on edge
ind noontime convention gossip
buzzed with claims that Hackett
controlled sufficient votes to elect
William J. Gerardo, Toluca, state
Insurance officer, is opposed by
Tom Smith, Taylorville, for the
senior vice commander, post; P.
W. Zerwekh, Alton, is candidate
for junior vice commander. - No of
ficial candidates for chaplain and
medical officer have been an
nounced. Adjutant, finance offi
cer, service officer and insurance
officer are appointed. The elec
tion, will not take place until late
this afternoon.
; High points of the morning
session were:
Decision to establish budget
system for handling depart
ment finances.
Increase of dues from 50
cents to $1.
Bloomington is made per
manent state headquarters.
- Adoption of resolution con
. demning General Sawyer's man
; agement of hospitalization bu
- , reau.
Condemning Memorial day
auto races as "not. in keeping
With spirit" of the day.
i Adoption of minority report
nrging legalized boxing in Illi
nois. , -.
Refusal to lower membership
. bars to Poles who served un
der French but since natural
' lied. .
Resolution committee report sub
mitted by Max Murdock, Streator,
III- chairman, denouncing the
course pursued by Brigadier Gen
rl Charles E. Sawyer, coordinator
t the federal board of hospitaliza
tion, was unanimously adopted.
. Th resolution follows:
"Whereas, one of the gravest and
st tathetic problems confronting
Jhe nation and its ex-service men
care of those unfortunate sol
Jlir who as a result of their serv
es in the late war have become
aS5Ily "nd Physically ill, and
whereas, the members of the
aepartment of Illinois, American
ion, have followed with keen In
terest the controversy between Col
onel A. A. Sprague, chairman of the
sstional rehabilitation committee,
nd Brigadier General Charles A.
lawyer, chief coordinator of the
federal board of hosnitali Kilt inn
concerning the manner in which
(Continued on Page Five.) .
VIBRATIONS OF
iJUUY ABE CAUSE
OF 'TUMMY ACHE'
ChiCAffft Sant 9C Tril.M.iHnn
of the stomach not in harmony
-u Uie rest oi me body cause
we ache, according to Dr. Al
'ert Abrams of Leland Stanford
'University before the American
b uu meaico-rnysicai
Research. Each drop of
BtS it A nwn vihmtfnn W- ..u
Md discordant waves are felt aa
""j uisoraers.
Dr. Abrams contended that
ternity can be established bv
Com na rienn m K . it . i ".
"therand child.;
LEGION GREETS
ITS TWO HEROES
fepj J
HANFORD MAO IDE IS.
National Commander.
MIXTOX J. FOREMAN.
First State Commander.
NATIONAL HEAD
PAYS TR I BUTE
TO STATE WORK
Says
All Constructive
Leg
islation Is Put
Through.
'Illinois has greater record than
any other state in the union in car
ing for men out of work and 'out
of luck'. National Commander Han
ford MacXider told the Illinois de
partment at the morning session in
the Fort Armstrong theatre. -
Cheers and shouts filled the the
atre at the entrance of Commander
MacNider and another rousing and
enthusiastic welcome was accord
ed him at the beeinnine of his ad
dress. -He' was accompanied by I
Major General Milton G. Foreman,
past state and national commander. :
"The oganization which 'followed
the Civil war has a great influence
which is also expected of the Amer
ican Legion," he said. . "The Amer
ican Legion is not in politics, but
it is the immediate duty of every
ex-service man to see that his com
rades who have been broken down
by the ravages of war, maimed and
crippled . for life, get a square
deal. . " i , -
"If we had not stuck together
through all the battles that have
confronted the - organization, we
would be in the same disgraceful
condition that existed two years
ago. Every bit of legislation for
disabled men that has gone through
congress has been put through by
the American Legion.
"Another great day for the le
gion was the employment day when
it put more than 250,000 men to
work and broke the back of the
employment situation after the gov
ernment and all other agencies On
this question had failed.
"We must not be too impatient,"
Commander MacNider continued.
'The adjusted compensation move
ment has just begun. The Ameri
can Legion has never yet lost and
the members should support it in a
manner 1n which it never can. It
is always for the right and will
prevail in America,
"There will be a congress at the
national convention in New Or
leans that will be very unique in
form. It will be represented by
(Continued on Page Five.)
DIXON GIRL, 5.
KILLED BY CAR
Child Slips and Falls Beneath
Street Car M Attempt to Ban
- Across Street
' Dixon, III., Sept 26. Odessa
Belknap, aged 5. was ran over and
instantly killed by a 'street car late
Monday afternoon when she slipped
and fell- under it while funning
across the street . It was necessary
tn iAj.lr tha Mr nn in iwmAffa ttftA
I child's bodr. ;
DEATH TAKES
TUDAISEl
OF GEORGIA
Asthma Kills Famous
Fiery Southerner; Was
Sixty Tears Old.
Washington, Sept. 26. United
States Senator Thomas E. Watson
of Georgia died suddenly . at hia
home here early today. Death was
said to be from an acute attack of
asthma, from -which Senator Wat
son had suffered recurrently for
some years.
Although failing health had in
terrupted Senator Watson's at
tendance at senate sessions fre
quently in the last several months,
he was in his seat Friday when the
senate adjourned and his friends
believed that he was then showing
improvement He was stricken aft
er dinner last night and passed
away shortly after 3 o'clock this
morning. He was 60 years old.
Members of the senator s family
and a number of close friends were
at his bedside when the end came.
Conspicuous Senate Fignre.
During the first year and a half
of his term in the senate, to which
he was elected in 1920, after receiv
ing the nomination over Senator
Hoke Smith and Governor Hugh M.
Dorsey, Senator Watson gave no in
dication of any impairment of the
vigor and activity which had mark
ed his long career In politics and
aa a publisher. In his last speech
in the senate, delivered only a week
ago last Wednesday . he severely
criticized the administration for its
course in connection with the rail
strike situation. His previous at
tacks on the administration and
most notably his charges of illegal
executions in the American expedi
tionary forces, the subject of ex
haustive investigation by a senate
committee had made him a con
spicuous figure in tne senate body
during nis brief service then...
Elected to Congress. :
Born in Thomson,. Ga In 1862.
Senator Watson grew up and prac
ticed law there for some years be
fore entering state politics. After
serving in the Georgia honse of
representatives and later in 1888
as Democratic elector at large for
the state, he was elected to con
gress in 1891 on the Populist ticket
After being defeated on the 'ticket
in the next two elections he. was
nominated as the choice for vice
president at the St Louis Populist
convention, which endorsed William
J. Bryan for president in 1896,
Nominated for president by the
People's party in 1904, Senator
Watson conducted an active cam
paign to revive the party.
Enemy of Wilson.
About that time .he began the
publication of Tom Watson's Maga
zine in New York and a year later,
in 1906, undertook the publication
of Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine,
which was continued under the
name of the Weekly Jeffersonian.
The publications begun in that
period were suspended during the
Wilson administration when denied
transmission through the mails aft
er attacks in them against the draft
act, the espionage law and other
war measures. Mr. Watson , then
began publication of the Columbia
Sentinel, at Thomson, of which he
was proprietor up to his death. In
the senator's own language as giv
en in his biographical sketch in
the congressional : directory, he
conducted his campaign for. the
senate as an "anti-Wilson, anti-
League, and anti-war measures
Democrat". '
After defeating Senator Smith
and Governor Dorsey for the nomi
nation he was elected overjflarry
b. uawaras, independent candidate,
who favored American participation
in the League of Nations, by an
overwhelming majority.
The body of Senator Watson will
be taken to his home at Thomson,
Ga., today at 3:15 o'clock. He had
already made reservations on a
train leaving at that time to spend
the congressional vacation at his
home. The senator Is survived by
his widow and two grand-children.
Fair and somewhat
night and Wednesday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
66; lowest last night 45.
Wind velocity at 7 a. m, 4 miles
per hour. '
Precipitation, none.
12 m. 7 p.m. 7 a.m.
.'yester. yester. Today
Dry bulb temp.. .62
61
47
46
Wet bulb temp... 60
Relative humid... 41
River stag at 7 a.
change last 24 honrs. -
Sunset today, 5:54 p.
tomorrow, 5:56 a. m.
50
46
m..
1
1.6; no
m.; sunrise
1
II Tiir ufriTiirn II
I mr wcfliiitii
wanner to-
Biter Forecast -t
Stages of the Mississippi river
from below Dubuque to Muscatine
will change bnt little during the
next tew days.
. ANDREW HAMR1CK.
Meteorologist
'SINE DIE"
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THOMAS E. WATSON
. .
JUDGE DUCOMB
TO DECIDE IN
TJERNAN CASE
Either Side Will Ap
peal to Higher
Court,
South Bend, Ind., Sept 2&r
Over the protests of the prose
cution, the defense in the trial
of Harry Poulin introduced two
additional witnesses today be
fore resting Its case at 11:15
a. m. A short recess was then
- taken.
South Bend, Ind., Sept. 26 (Bv
tne Associated Press.) The Poulin
Tiernan case is expected to come
to an end today and it will be left to
Judge Ducomb to decide whether '
the charges of Mrs. Augusta Tier- i ficial inquiry was begun immedi
nan that Harry Poulin is the father i ately. ,
of her 10-months-old child are to
be upheld. Both sides will be given
an hour for rebuttal argument
when court convenes today follow
ing which the case will go to the
judge for decision.
Following the examination of
Poulin yesterday, the defense closed
its case. The defendant's testi
mony, which was intended as a re
inforcement of that of other defense
witnesses, was In effect a general
denial of previous testimony by the
plaintiff. The witness said he met
Mrs. Tiernan in the summer of 1920
al a dance to which he was accom
panied by his wife. He said that
later the two families became ac
quainted and had often exchanged
calls and attended entertainments
together. At no timo had any im
proper relations been carried on
between himself and his accuser, ne
said, and denied that he had ever
accompanied Sirs. Tiernan alone to
places where the latter had testi-
ued he had Uken ner.
Poulin's Denial Firm.
As a forerunner to Poulin's testi
mony, relatives and business asso
ciates of the defendant were placed
on the stand and told of seeing
Poulin at church and at other
places on the occasions that the
plaintiff alleges he was in her
company. Throughout the rigid
cross-examination .conducted by
Prosecutor Jellisonj Poulin and
those who testified, in his behalf
held firm to their stories.
Equally staunch in her allega
tions was Mrs. Tiernan and her tes
timony was corroborated' by that of
her husband, Professor John H.
Tiernan of Notre Dame university.
Mrs. Tiernan testified that she met
the defendant at a dance here in
the summer of 1920; that later she
and her husband .became acquainted
with the Poulin family and a strong
friendship grew up between them.
Wife Admits Infatuation.
As their meetings became more
frequent she. testified she became
infatuated with Poulin and her re
lations with her husband became
strained and were finally broken
off. . -
After this, at the suggestion of
Poulin, she said, meetings were ar-
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
ROCKFORD HAS
' $125,000 FIRE
Far Motor Bns Company Building
Destroyed; Origin of Fire lot
Determined, , v .
Rockford, III., Sept 26. Fire of
unknown origin which detsroyod
the Fay Motor Bus company build
ing last night, caused a loss of
$125,000, it was estimated today.
The only insurance carried was
$12,000 on the building, which was
owned by Alderman D. F. Carney
and valued at $25,000. The" bus
company lost 31 of its 32 busses and
all of its repair and building equip
ment' - , '
The damage to adjoining build
ings was slight No one was in
jured in the fire.
. The Fay company has been a
competitor of the City- Traction
company in the transportation busi
ness here, and operated bus lines
at Camp Sherman and Camp Pike
daring the war.' The, bus company
will not resume operations here,' it
was announced by Donald Fay,
manager of the company and son of
Thomas J. Fay, president
5 ARE HURT
IN CHICAGO
EXPLOSION
Air Compressor in Bank
Building Blows Up;
One May Die.
Chicago,- Sept 26. Five work
men were injured, one .perhaps fa
tally, lives of 40 others were im
perilled and windowsvin neighbor
ing .sky-scrapers were shattered by :
an explosion of an air-compressor
in the new: Illinois Merchants
Trust Bank building, early today.
Rescuers searched through de
bris for others possibly injured. N.
Nagle, foreman of a boiler room
gang just going on duty, said he
believed the expolsion was caused
by a bomb.
An air compressor blew np with
the explosion and some of the po
lice and firemen expressed the
opinion that the explosion was con
fined only to the compressor. Art
Covert, the engineer in charge, was
the man injured.
Fire Follows Blast
Fire followed the explosion, bnt
was quickly extinguished. Clouds
of smoke and dust and the scat
tered debris hampered searchers.
The. new bank building, in the
heart of the downtown district, is
nearly completed. Windows in
nearby sky-scrapers were broken
by the explosion.
Henry Ericcson, contractor, told
the police he had been having la
bor trouble, but he too, said he be
lieved the blast was caused by high
pressure in the air tank. An tf-
GERMAN CLAIM
Ilardlnjr. Appoints Edwin S. Parker
on American-German Commis
sion; Meet Oct. 10.
Washington, Sept 26. Edwin S.
Parker, an attorney of New York
and Houston, Texas, has been ap
pointed by President Harding to be
the American commissioner on the
American-German claims commis
sion, it was announced today at the
state department.
The selection of Mr. Parker com
pletes the personnel of the com
mission which the state department
recently stated would hold its first
meeting in Washington on Oct 10,
The president several -weeks ago
announced the appointment of As
sociate Justice Day of the United
States supreme court as the um
pire of the commission, and the
German government shortly after
the war designated Dr. Kisselbach,
an attorney of Hamburg, as its rep
resentative on the commission.
Mr. Parker is a native of Shelby
county, Missouri. He served dur
ing the war in Washington in con
nection with organization of the
war industries board as "a dollar
a year man," and after the armi
stice was a member of the United
States liquidation commission. He
was awarded the American distin
guished service medal and the
French legion of honor for his war
work.
CHITA CONFERENCE FAILS.
Chang Chon, Manchuria. Sept
26. The conference between Ja
pan, the Chita government of the
far eastern republic of Siberia, and
the Moscow soviet government.
ended in failure with Japan's re
fusal to fix a date for evacuation of
northern Sakhalin.
GUS COTTON EXPERT DIES.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept 26. Dr. J
Fleming White, credited with suc
cessful government experiments
with gun cotton, died at the age of
73. ... .
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worries into little
ones, and little
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all. And so do the
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Read them today!
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MjltJJSrlAMED
RUSSIA SEEKS
CONFERENCE ON
NEAR EAST ROW
Warns Powers She
Must Be Party to
Any Agreement. v
Washington, Sept. 26. (By the
Associated Press.) The unequivo
cal approval of the Washington
government of allied proposals to
insure freedom of the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus, and also to
protect racial and religious minori
ties in Turkish territories involved
in the present near eastern situa
tion, was expressed by Secretary
Hughes today, in reply o an in-i
quiry addressed to him by the As
sociated Press.
Constantinople,'. Sept 26. (4:45
p. m.' (By the Associated Press.)
General Harington, the British
cniei in command here sent an i
ultimatum today to Mustapha Ke
rnel Pasha at Smyrna, by wireless
giving him 48 hours from the re
ceipt of the telegram to withdraw
his forces from Kum Kaleh (Kum
Kalesi) at the entrance to the Dar
danelles. Constantinople, Sept. 26. '(By
the Associated Press.) Another
body of a thousand Turkish cav
alry crossed the neutral zone from
Bigha today. This movement is
like that at Eren Kui, apparently
concerted before the receipt of the
allied note. General Harington,
the British commander, was de
clared to be ' exhausting every
channnel to secure a pacific with
drawal of both forces.
Moscow, Sept 26. (By the As
sociated Press) Soviet Russia, in
a note addressed to England,
France, Italy, Greece, Rumania,
Jngo-Slovakia, Bulgaria and Egypt,
proposing an immediate confer
ence designed to find a solution of
the Near East situation, warns the
European powers against again
ignoring the interests of those
countries directly interested in the
freedom of the Dardanelles.
- The note reiterates that Russia
will refuse to recognize any decis
ion unless she is a party to the
agreement.
' Turks Answer Note.
Constantinople, Sept 26. (By
the Associated" Press) The reply
of the Turkish Nationalist, govern
ment to the Allied peace note has
been completed, and comprises ac
ceptance of the conditions laid
down at the Paris conference; ac
cording to Essad Bey, aid de camp
to Mustapha Kemal Pasha who
has arrived here from Smyrna.
The Nationalists, however, in
sist on their right to conduct mili
tary movements during the pro
gress of the conference and also
demand admission to the meeting
of all the Allies of the Angora gov
ernment including Russia, Persia
and Bulgaria.
Halt Constantinople Fire.
Constantinople, Sept 26. (By
the Associated Press) The fire
which broke out in Constantinople
shortly after 10 o'clock last night
causing intense excitement and
fears that -an attempt was being
made to burn the capital, was con
trolled after a fight of two hours.
The blaze originated from an
unknown cause in the Pyntania
Music hall, in upper Pera street,
one of the main thoroughfares. The
audience was stampeded, terror
stricken. So far as could be ascer
tained, there was no loss of life..
Small fires which started sim
ultaneously in other parts of the
city, accentuated the fears in many
quarters that the oft-repeated
threats of incendiarism were being
carried out
Turkish Troops Restless.
London, Sept. 26. (Byithe As
sociated Press) Further indica
tions of the restlessness of the
Turkish Nationalists over their en
forced idleness while waiting for
peace to be arranged are recounted
in late dispatches from Constanti
nople. Two divisions of Turkish caval
ry, or about 3,000 men, have occu
pied Eren Keui, which lies only ten
miles southwest of Chanak, the
main British position on the south
ern shore of the Dardanelles, and
eight miles east of
Kum Kalesi,
from which heavy guns can domin
ate the entrance to the straits from
the Aegean sea. -
Brigadier-General Sir Charles
Harington, British commander,
has sent a request to Mustapha
Kemal Pasha, Nationalist chief, -for
the withdrawal of the cavalry.
Pending -, receipt of his reply a
British mpbile column has been
stationed between Chanak and
Eren Keui, ready for eventualities.
Tlolate Nentral Zone.
Constantinople, Sept 26. (By
the Associated Press) Simultan
eously with their occupation yes
terday of Eren Keui, it is learned,
the Turkish Nationalists also took
possession of Kum Kalesi, at the
mouth of the Dardanelles. The oc
cupying forces consisted of caval
ry. Seizures of these places consti
tutes violation of the neutral zone
of the straits. Both are directly
on the straits, Eren Keui being be
tween Kum Kalesi and Chanak,
which latter place is held by the
British.
The Kemalists have an entire
cavalry corps at Adriamatic, 50
miles southeast of Chanak.
SCRAP KO SHIPS.
Washington, Sept. 26. Secretary
Denby announced no battleships
will be scrapped until the five-power
naval treaty has been ratified by
France and Italy.
DEPARTMENT HEAD SAYS ;
HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO
DIRECT MEN IN MONTHS
: SUSPENDED
: i ; i
- Notice of the suspension of Chief
Thomas Cox of the police depart
ment was served on him by Secre
tary F. J.. Mueller of the board of
fire and police commissioners at 9
o'clock1 this morning. The notice
was in the form of a typewritten
copy of the resolution by which the
board ordered his suspension last
night signed by the board mem
bers. -
"I have nothing whatever to say,"
was the chief's only comment on
the matter when asked for a state
ment for the newspapers.
Commissioner William Fitzsim
mons at the same time said that he
had not been fully informed of the
nature of the board's action as yet.
Asked who he would put in charge
of the department, he told a report
er, "I do not know." Asked if he
himself might not take active
charge, ho replied, "Yes, I
do that" -
might
HARDING LOSES
GROUND IN OHIO,
LAWRENCE SAYS
Reason Not Clear,
But Democrats Not
Much Elated.
BY BATID LA WHENCE.
(Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept 26. Pres
ident Harding has lost ground in
his home state. Nobody can upon
analysis put his finger on the ex
act reason. It was inevitable that
nnn 0nirt it w,At tw r J
few Democrats of political sagacity
who will say it has vanished alto
gether. -
This is normally a city of Demo
cratic tendency. To win this coun-
t v nfton Tnonnq n stnta vntrrv Vot
, with aU tne criticism of the Hard
ing administration that one hears,
there is no corresponding enthusi
asm from Democratic partisans.
Republicans may be in disfavor,
but they haven't grown bad enough
in public esteem to send the tide
in the other political direction as
yet
Pomerene Faces Fight
The best indication of what is
going on in Northern Ohio is the
comment on Senator Pomerene's
fight for re-election. He is per
conally popular. Republicans by
the scores sing his praises in spite
of the fact that he is a Democrat
Lots of Republicans consider him
a strong man because he has re
fused to coddle to labor unions and
has pursued a courageous course
in congress. On- the surface it
would seem that such a man would
have a certain victory. Yet his own
friends admit he has "a hard fight
ahead" and they : are frankly
doubtful. . Labor is fighting him
and as for Republican business
men they are influential but not so
numerous at the polls. Many of
them admire a Democrat of cour
age but they don't always let the'r
admiration pull them away from
party strings. -
nenenda on Cawrnir Dim.
Paradoxal as it may seem the
gubernatorial fight here will be a
better index of the state of mind
of the public on the Harding ad-
(Continued On Last Pace.)
Confesses That Patrolmen
Have Not Been Carry :
ing Out His Orders.
"I am in charge here
now," Commissioner William
H. Fitzsimmons said this aft
ernoon, when asked who is
acting chief of police of Rock
Island. .
Chief Cox left the police
station at noon and wa not
there again until late in the
afternoon. Frequent callers;
in person or by telephone
were told that he would re
turn within two or three
hours. J
Chief Thomas Cox of the
Rock Island police depart"
ment was suspended for a
period of not exceeding 30
days by the commissioners of
the fire and police board
last night, when he admitted
1 ii j i . a a .. . . a ; J.
mat tne aeparxment is in a
demoralized condition and
said his orders have been dis
obeyed by patrolmen and
officers during the past six
months. -
The chief was called before the
board for the purpose of being
questioned as to the events of the
night of July 31, when Bill Gabel
was shot and killed. Movements of
the police on that night have re
cently been investigated and found
to be questionable.
"Where were yon late that
night?" the chief was asked. .
"Ginnane, Charles Miner ' and
myself. went to Davenport at 1:30
o'clock," he replied, "and were at
the police Btatlon there, conferring
with Government Agent Gosse for
nearly an hour, and we went home
at 2:30 or 3 o'clopk." ,
Discrepancy between this story
and that of Charles Miner, who was
later examined by the board, was
noted by the commissioners. Miner
testified that he took the chief and
Detective Ginnane to their homes at
about 1:30 o'clock. He took the
chief home first and then Ginnane,
he said.
After being dismissed from the
council room he went downstairs
and. returning a few minutes later,
revised his story. He said he took
the two officers to Davenpori
1:30 o'clock and after an hour on
that side
of the river, while the
chief and Ginnane conferred with
Gosse, he took them home at 2:30
or 3 o'clock.
In the examination Chief Cox was
1 asked it the police department is not
' demoralised , Commissioner P. -J.
Mueller putting the question.
"Yes, It is," was Chief Cox's re
ply. "It's in a hell of a shape." -.
"Just what are the conditions?"
asked Mr. Mueller.
"The patrolmen and officers re
fuse to obey my orders. I tell them
to go out and clean up a plact
where the law is being violated, and
they come back without having
chieved any results."
Here Commissioner Edward Bau
ersfield observed heatedly that nc .
charges had ever been filed against
any officers before the board. -
"If a man over whom I had au
thority was inefficient, refused to
obey my orders and demoralized
(Coutlnued on Page Fourteen.)
CALAMITY FALLS
UPON CONGRESS
WITH DULL THUD i
.
Washington, Sept 26. Sam
Robinson has been the house
log man for the Congressional
I Record almost since the time U
began publication. He is about
the only popular reporter on the
hill. Six nights a week he has
gone to the government's big j
printing plant with enough copy
to choke an elephant He never
fell down until yesterday. . J
After - tramping through the
house office -building until he
was footsore and weary, sam
produced such , a small lot of
bright, snappy items that Ihe
editor decided not to go to press
last night and that, too, on the
heels of Carpentiers collapse
and with the world series al
most at the ball fans, door.
Before the house adjourned
nearly everybody got permission
to print undelivered speeches,
and 'like a good reporter Sam
went to get them. But in most
eases he found nobody at home.
"Not your fault, Sam," the edi
tor said,. "ran along to the mov
ies and try again tomorrow." :
And that's why the Record
missed the mails and why It
won t be on your ereakfsat table
this morning, with Its hot staff
and Its features.
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