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Laugh With Warner's Daily S. O. S. Column. Times-Dispatch Want Adz Have PuUing Power. I 'OTH YEAR. VOLCIIK 70 NUMiJKlt 208 RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920..FOURTEEN PAGES. ^VTi,K" .UNSETTLED PRICE, THREE CENT.- iARNES MUST LAY BAREALL RECORDS OF BOOK VENTURE (senators Probing: G. O. P. Slush Fund Order List of Subscribers. TOTAL RETURN AMOUNTS TO $73,675, REPORT SAYS {Republican Boss Hears From Albany Soon After Disclosure Is Demanded. OX is BROUGHT INTO INQUIRY |Jhargo Candidate With Urging Draft Exemption for Son of Newspaper Director. WASHINGTON. Sept. 23..William Jamen, Jr.. will have to disclose the ccrot.n of tho "Golden OJook." The Albany Republican bos» was ormnlly directed today by tho Scn- t" Bubcommlttoo investigating catn- .>l«cn funds to produco tho trubacrip- 'on lists, though he hod protested hat It In a private enterprise and as nothing to do wfth tho G. O. I*. .oney cheat. Ho had challenged the Ight of tho Senators to order him o produce those lltrts. Hwlrn lloport 1'rom Albany. Before he left tho committee room flay, Barnes obtained from hi? of- co at Albany a report showing; that he total gross return on Bubscrlp- ions for the book was $73,075, of hlch tho solicitor who put through ho business was to get from HO to per cent as commission. Charges that Governor Cox urged raft exemption for one of tho two ons of K. C. Scrippa, head of a chain I newspaper*, and that government mployea went to San Francisco at ubltc expense at tho thna of tho 'rmocratlc National Convention, were vjulrrd into today by the Senate Iommltteo investigating campaign xpenditnroa. ttobert P. Scrlpps, ono o>f the two rothcrs mentioned In the draft ex- rnpUon charges, told the committee i»t beyond recently published rc- orts he know nothing of any interest ¦iown by Governor Co* in behalf of irn.ioKf or hla brother during op- ratloo of tjjo^rajft, Hoâcknow;- tlgcd that tho newspaper 'enterprise rsoeiatipn. which he said was an allind organization" of the United rt«is NoWJ Scrvlce, In wlilch ho as- :ried <his father owned the majority to«-k. had sent out Cox propaganda diets along with Its news matter j seventy newspapers. The Interest tiovrn by himself, us editor of the wemty-one fccripps newspapers and ). his family in bringing about Gov- rnor Cox'a election, ho said, waa ur^ly "public Interest." Allege Travel on Public Fundi. Tho inquiry to alleged travel ot ovemment expense of Federal em- loyos to San Fra-ncisco will be pur- jed by tho committee on tho basis f tho information received today, the >m!nlttoe calling for records from ie Departments of Justlco and Agrl- llture to show what ornploycs had one to tho Pacific Coast city about io time of the Democratic convcn- on and had had their expenses paid y the government. Several vouchers lowing such t/lps were examined in I stall at today's session, and Chair- tin Kenyon Indicated that ail depart- lents of the government might be illc-il upon for information of this jaracter. "Do you know of any trips by of- ¦iials of other departments, tho navy, lir instance?" the chairman asked Fees, an-employe of the De- lirt!i:ent of Justice. who had presont- |i vouchers of Frank K. Ncbeker and p. Stewart, assistant Attorney- encral; 10. J. Hoover, assistant to the ttorney-Gencral, and George M. oiitrose, an examiner of titles, whoso s.j>es»ô account showed ho had trav- cd "with the Attorney-General." "Were there any official meetings l-M on battleships?" Senator Kenyon Iintinued, and the witness an- .vered that ho did not know. I 'I'o Furnish Ll*l of Fruployea. Pees was directed to supply by Sat- rday morning a list of all employes . tlio Department of Justice who had irned In vouchers covering trips to in Francisco during tho convention ^riod, and alao any voucher sub- ;t ted by Attorney-General Palmer :tnself. Previously vouchors dealing ith the San Francisco trip of Floyd Harrison, assistant to Secretary ercdith, of tho Department of Agri- ilture, had been obtained from Al- orlco P. Zappone, a disbursing of- .,-r of tl,c department. There was no .cord, Zappono said that tho secre- ry had submitted expense accounts ,r his trip to tho convontlon city, ,,1 Harrison's papers wero certified as covorlng a trip on official busi¬ es. Krotn Harry Levy, a New York olion-plcturo producer, the commlt- 0 learned that B. M. Baruch had ivanced him $25,000 to date to cover .¦oduction of tho motion picture, "nclc Sam of Freedom Ridge," liich has been mentioned aevoral mps in tho hearings as Democratic unpaign material. Tho total cost of ,0 production would be $60,000, he ild. "Mr. Baruch contributed his money a business enterprise which ho itcrcd because of his interest in tho f.iBue of nations?" asked Senator leod. 1 "That Is about it," said Levy. J Another phaso of alloged Federal lovernmcnt political activity taken p waa that Involving charges that offtmasters and other olBcdala had solicited for funds by the Demo- national committee. Loren C. "(Continued on Seoond Pa«reJ English Language Is All Cigarette to This Hindu |I*y Universal Service.] NEW YOItK, Sept. 33.."Clgar- . ttef" This noi the only form of greeting a young Hindu about 18 yearn old knew vrhea be >tt* ralgncd this morning cbariced with vngmncy. When Mag-iatrate Ilrorrn addressed him he .ller«<l Ilia llonor a cigarette. Whenever any one else spoke to him he tendered fa la package of iraokri. When tieorge Wrti, a court at¬ tendant vrearlng the court uni¬ form, psased the prisoner the Hindu came to allrnllon, clicked hJ ¦ heel* together, aaluted and started to follow Wets. When called back by the mnKlxtrale he offered an¬ other clitarrtte. The inngrlMtrnte postponed the ense until an Interpreter can be foubd. SANDS EXPLAINS FEDERAL RESERVE BflNKS'POLlCY President of American National Addresses Fertilizer Salesmen at Closing Meeting. REASON FOR LOAN REFUSAL "Vast Amount of Gold Necessary to Securo Liberty Issues Results in System Members Being Unablo to Extend Credit to Farmers. Oliver J. Sands, president of the American .N'ationp.l Hank, yesterday addressed Falesmcn of this State and the Carolina^ who arc engaged in the fort-.llzer business on "The Bank's Part In Developing Southern Agricul¬ ture." Tho address featured the closing session of a three-day "school" which tho salesmen have been attending ai the Jefferson Hotel. During tho courso of tho eefwsioos they liave heard many financial and business experts on a varied range of sub¬ jects. Mr. Sands, dealing extensively with the criticisms of the conduct of tho Federal Reserve System, said in part: Hoard Could Ilr .More l.lbrral. "Some of us have felt that the at- titudo of the Federal Reeerve Hoard toward loans secured by government bonds might have been more liberal. TTjat the lying up of practically half the entire resources of Iho Federal reserve banks In taking caVe of tho emergency situation brough)t upon our govornment was hardly contem¬ plated In the act -which had for its purpose tho mobilization of the re¬ serves of the banks of this country, so that these banks could better oare for the demands of com mere®- good citizens will . withhold bis aid from his government in times of ne¬ cessity, but that government should bo fair and Just in Its business trans¬ actions with Its citizens. . k "The banks and their customers had to buy the war bonds, and, as in times before tho War Betwiven the States, circulation was Issued In order to pro¬ vide a means to pay tho government bills. Tho Federal reserve bank could care for thia, provided It had the support of member banks and their customers, and providing it held gold, which in this case was tho property of Its members, to put with the governmei^ bonds as security for this circulation. Advance I/onn Itatra. 'The story is well known of how later rates were advanced on loans secured by these bonds, with the re¬ sult that large quantities of them were forced on the market at a time when they were being freely sold In order to take advantage of deduction (Continued on Third Page.) POLES SAY LITHUANIANS FORCED RENEWAL OF WAR Rejected Iscngue Council's Proposi¬ tions, Obliging; Termination of Insisting; Armistice. PARIS, Sept. 23..The recurrcnce of fighting between tîe Poles and Lithuanians, notwithstanding the pacific attitude of the representatives of both nations before tho council of the league of nations here Mon¬ day, is explained from tho Polish side in a dispatch from Warsaw today. The Polish government, says the message, has sent tho league of na¬ tions a note declaring that at the Kal\»*rya conference, where peace negotiations wero being conducted, tho roles had presented the Lituan- ians with propositions "in accordance with the decisions of tho league's council." The note adds that the Lithuanians, however, rejocted these propositions and Poland was obliged to end the armistice. Tho note declares Poland disclaims any responsibility for the events which may result from tho Lithuan¬ ian government's action. PETROGRAD FACES WINTER WITHOUT SUPPLY OF FUEL Entire Population la Forced to Cut Wood In Neighboring Forest*. (Hy Cross-Atlantic Service.) PETROGRAD, Sept. 23..Facing the severe Northern winter without sup¬ plies of fuel, tho Soviot has mobil¬ ized the entire population of the capital and is forcing them into the neighborhood of forests to cut wood. Men and women under 50 dren over 12 aro being withdrawn from tholr usual ©cdupatlOTs and forced to give four days* labor to the state as wood-cutters. Even with this compulsory labor, it Is estimated that only a sixth of the fuel neces¬ sary to heat Potrogrod this winter, will be secured. I Norfolk, |2.40. Va. Bead*. <S,24 r. tl: oV.6ry«®,Urnday N- *jTlt, Broad Bird S. Coler, of New York, Scores the Anti- Saloon League Officials. EVEN HARDING AND COX HAVE "DUCKED" ISSUE International Congress Against Alcoholism Hears Sensational Hints of ScandaL f ny AModated Prc«a 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23..Prohi¬ bition enforcement officials, the New York branch of the Anti-Saloon League and its superintendent, Wil¬ liam H. Anderson, shared alike a vitriolic a'tack made today by Bird S. Coler, New York commissioner of public welfare, in a speech beforo the International Congress Against Alcoholism. Mr. Coler's prepared address, al¬ though censored by officials of the congress to eliminate personalities, charged "open violation" of prohibi¬ tion laws, r-nd accused Mr. Anderson of attempting to incite race and re¬ ligious hatred. Prohibition Commissioner Kramer, also on the program, answerei the attack on his bureau personally. Mr. Anderson, who was absent, re¬ plied In a -formal statement in which ho accused Mr. Coler of injectina "Tammany politics" into an inter¬ national meeting. I,i<juor to Be Obtained Anywhere. Mr. Color explained as preface to his speech that when he roached the hall where the sessions of the con¬ gress arc being held, be was In¬ formed by Chairman Dlnwlddlo that he would not bo permlttod to deal with personalities, but that the re¬ mainder of tho speech should be de¬ livered. launching Into his speech, Mr. Coler leveled a bitter attack on tho ma3B of dry workers, particu¬ larly those associate-d with the Anti- Saloon I/cague, saying they were "buck passers," and had not forced t-he candidates of either major par¬ ty to take a definite stand as to retention and enforcement of tho prohibition laws. As for Federal en¬ forcement of prohibition, tho speaker! demanded that "something bo done right now." There was no reason for crulbblrngj he added, because "everybody knows liquor can be bought at most places and- at most any tlmo If you've got the right look In your eyes." Scandal In Administration* Tf the prohibition enforcement officials do not take hold o.f this situ¬ ation quickly," Mr. Coler continued, "there'll be a worso scandal when this administration goes out than there was In the old whisky ring, twenty-five years ago. I'm tired of going after the poor littlo devil. I want the enforcement corps to get somebody that counts.even among their own numbers in the very heart of the government. .*1 <N>uld \give you many names right now myself, but they would know before I left this platform that they would bo sought.tho leaks are just that close here in the gov¬ ernment. Every One Docked Isaac. "The prohibition commissioner, if he wanted to, could take one or two men and could round up Senators, Governors, Federal officials and scores of others for violation of the liquor laws. New York could be cleaned up in sixty days. But the Depart¬ ment of Justice and Mr. Kramer's bureau and tho other government de¬ partments have got to work together. As it is, everybody's ducked. The Anti-Saloon league has ducked. Even Cox and Harding have ducked.ex¬ cept when heckled and that's not a (.Continued on Second Page.) 87,000,000 POUNDS WORTH OF ROYAL JEWELS HELD Deposed Families of Itomanoffi, llohenzollern and llapnburg Keep (leius In Switzerland. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Sept 23..It was stated on reliable author¬ ity today that jewels belonging to tho Romanoffs, Hapsburgs and Hohenaollerns, deposited for 'safety with Swiss banks and private firms, are worth £87,000,000, while the Jewels sold or pawned in Switzerland since 1911 by these families amounted to double this sum. These totals do not include jewel transactions by former princely families of Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany. POLITICAL TROUBLE BREWS IN GERMANY OVER TAX ON WAGES Bread Subsidy Abandoned. Finances Arc in Economic Distress. [By Cross-Atlantic Scrvice.] BERLIN, Sept. 23..Abandonment by the government of tho bread sub¬ sidy simultaneously with an imposi¬ tion of a percentage of tax on wages which the employers are ordered to deduct and pay the government, Is bringing political dissatisfaction to an acute stage. Many employers havo- refused to oollect tho wage tax. Tho finances of the government aro in-tho greatest economic distress. Germany's position is becoming greatly strained, and tho government's power Is slow ly, but surely, slipping away from it Deschaners Mania Result of Brooding Over Alleged Innocent Man's Execution I By Vnlreml Service.! PA11IS, Sept. 23. . According to an exhaustive article In the Jour¬ nal da People, President Deschan- el's illness "*raa directly cnuacd by his noble, rigid conception of Jus- tlce. Never believing In cnpltal panlxhment, he felt the blood ot an executed person to be on hla orra head where fircntlve clem¬ ency had been refused to a man allrglDi; himself Innocent. ."Shortly after hla election, the President was petitioned to extend clemency to 91. Toque, former co¬ lonial administrator, condemned to death for treason. During the trial he protested that he nan Innocent. Deschanel desired to grant a par¬ don, but ivns prevented by an ad¬ ministration that Insisted on the execution as a matter of princi¬ ple. Deschanel gave In and ]L Toque vraa executed. After the death the attorney of Toque gave the President proofs of the man's Innocence. Ilemorse for the mon¬ strous Judicial error seised Dcs- chsnel, who lost his appetite, his sleep and his desire to live. "The matter preyed on his nerves nulll he became the vic¬ tim of a dangerous melancholia. Ills falling from a train four months ago was not nn accident, but an attempt at suicide. Some time later the President, who had outdlstanrcd his friends In a coun¬ try tour, was found drowning In a lake. A week before his reslg- nnllon he was hauled ont of a canal. Neurologist;; say the 'mys¬ terious disease' was simply the panga of conscience, while the en¬ tire episode Is merely another proof that dead men can kill." MILLERANO IS ELECTED Premie/ Succeeds Paul Dcschancl to Highest Office in French Republic. RECEIVES GREAT OVATION | New President Began PoliUcal Life in 1885 and Was Placcd in Cabinet in 1880.Keenly Inter- estcd In JLabor. {By Associated Presi ] 23.Alexandre «!.«!? Waa lnvcstctl with the ex- , p°Wers °r the eleventh Presi¬ dent of the Third Republic today be¬ fore the assembled Versailles Con¬ gress ten minutes after I.eon Bour- nroM,IPrC,Si?Cnt °f tho Senatc- had proclaimed him elected, without the usual formality of receiving the fnJ°i>8 th° hands ot ê retlr- ln* lresld«nt at E«ysee Palace The illness of M. Deschanel' the tne customary ceremony at rar|, but M. Mlllcrand received tho groat- est ovation at Versailles ever given whfch haedn\ The te"th <*»£«¦£ cavemi .S6" rath°r aPathctic. on,»® T day to aU ê pent-up enthusiasm of the past five days, and cheered several minutes. M \!lu'rmnd Greal1* Moved. M. Millerand, surrounded by Depu¬ te zL8rr°:?waa Kroai,y M. Bourgeois. wUh°"3 of h^s phetW(°Uld dlschar« "hcûtleôf Bt'tuUon. accordanco with the Con- 0 muet continue a foreign Policy worthy fur victory i»h Tho ronu»,,.. S Co'.°Y, has Just designated as President wm bring to the discharge of hi, . all his Intelligence and energy "and try to be worthy the confident of the peoples representatives." M. Millerand Insisted unon *k , Ing hands with all tj,c n^,., k! Senators assembled in ih» !r a *all of VersameS PalaJrT/eC7re caught sight of a groan J£ " and foreign correspondents ^!! walked over and .spoke to each "n ot Vcr«all?n° The magnificent Place d'Ar.nes was o?7J£jrwds as s;i -'a, pa?"''.; rCCi ind° fil n??"1 daUne back to 1885, when L f appearance in 1889, when he became a member of tho (Continued on Second P^c J" WHITE DENOUNCES HUGHES' CRITICISM AS UTTERLY FALSE Says His Utlcranccs More Radical Than Wildest Soap Box Orator. N'EW YORK, Sept K°mmitt0e- ,n a statement aasertion" ?HCtCriZCd nS "a assertion the charge ma.lo by Syracuse v YBh?S hiH address in dUHnof. 7" ,ast nisl,t 'hat "the . . vp Policy of the present ad- Ter o/^ ,beCamc ono of surren- teres ta." n Principles and in¬ sistent vf.the ,ntMt and ,nOSt ln- Siek tn ,t0 be raised '» tho of Oho ^ normalcy' movement is that InaS Hughes," the statement . .Certain unsupported and un- aPK2aj? CharB6a Wh,Ch h" -ade in New Jersey a few days a~o h« ZTtet yesterday at the New York mony. Repub,lcan notification cere- tlveT°nSr/tat,ement that 'lha d'stlnc- tratlon h«« ° lh° prcsont admlnls- Amerlcan pr.cinles ,sVrren(lf>r ot desire to rriako »h« nd '"teroats,' J soap-box orator % tunav.er. that no cai partv riM.w » th° wildest radi- baseless assertion ffUnJty ot a ,noro swetplngly untruo w». i»°ne moro 3%ro.SoAr.r,Sir/"'V """" (sure thfl defeat of ao«'n tlm^ to ln" ;;;»"i.b?hh'0n<,. it; JL '""f" oul »>« io'«U."«m..1*SS a?* t! si®*, FIND CAPITALIST'S BOD) III LOS INGRES CELLAR Remains of Jacob Charles Denton, in Sealed Casket, Hidden Under Tons of Earth. HK WAS MISSING MONTHS Gruesome Discovery Shows Man Was Sliot With Pistol and Tlien Interred in (Quicklime by His Murderers. (By Associated Press.] IjOS ANCJELES, Sept. 23..Discov¬ ery of the body of Jacob Charles Denton, Los Angeles capitalist, who disappeared four months ngo, buried under several tons of earth in a hermetically sealed box in the cellar of a house at 675 Catallna Street to¬ day, brought to light what the po¬ lice characterized as the roost weird murder mystery in tbo history of tho city. I.iwjfr Sought Client. The body was found by a private detective engaged by Denton's attor¬ ney, Judge Avery, when Denton's continued absence aroused his sus¬ picions. Judge Avery said Denton had been divorced and had a daugh¬ ter. Frances Denton, liivng in Phoe¬ nix, Ariz. Denton had left a will wlthJadgo Avery, and when tho latter wished to consult his client about the instru¬ ment, he was unable to find him. The house In which Denton's body was found waa his property, but ha-J been occupied by tenants for some time. The present tenant took the property through an agent about a month ago. Tho former tenants were tho sabjects of scorch today. The pistol with which the police believe Denton wu shot to death, tho room where he is believed to havo'been slain, and letters drawing attention to threo women for whom tho police are searching were found within, a few hours of the time Den¬ ton's body was discovered. I*n«t Seen In Augoat. First reports to the police were that Denton had been missing since early last June. Later, however, when his attorney looked up the date of his last interview with the man and other sources of information were developed, tho date when he was last seen was fixed definitely at August 10% Physicians reconciled the first statements that be had been dead three months by saying the action of quicklime burled with the body had made determination of the intervening time difficult and largely guesswork. Police and detectives called Into the case by the private investigator who had discovered the body learned Denton had given up his apartment and had been occupying at tho time of his disappearance a room in the house where his body was found. They searched the room and (Continued 0:1 Second Page?) IRISH TOWNSBURNED FOLLOWING KILLING OF SIXPOLICEMEN Citizens Clash With Blacks and Tans.Villages Seek Open Fields. [By Associated Press. 1 DUBLIN, Sept. 23..An official re¬ port issued at Dublin Castle tonight shows that the attack VVednesc^fiy on a motor lorry containing six police¬ men near Lahinch, was moro serious than was previously announced. Six constables wero killed, while soldiers who fired on their assailants assert that they saw four of them drop. The polico allege that their assailants used dumdum bullets, and that the wounded were fired upon and killed. The British police shot and killed three men and burned seven houses in Milltown-Malbny, and burned six houses in Lahinch and five in Ennistl- nion, to terrify tho inhabitants fol¬ lowing their clash with citizens near Mill town-Mai hay yesterday. Tho resi¬ dents oif the towns are in tho open fields and in near-by villages tonight waiting for tho fury of the police to quiet down so they may return to their homes. Public funerals for Lawless and Gibbons, tho two Balbrlggan Irishmen who were bayoneted to death in re¬ prisal by tho "Black and Tans." for the killing of Police Inspector Burke In a saloon row, have been given up in viow of a police throat to rottirn and complote tho destruction otf the town, and to take more lives. The Dublin Corporation has in¬ structed tho coroner to hold an in¬ quest over the body of John Lynch, tho Sinn Fein judgo, who was mur¬ dered by the military in his room at the^ Royal Exchange Hotel. The soldiers who could toll most ¦bout"the affair'refmed'to attand».and< the inquest w»» abandozved. t FUNDS NEEDED FOR SHIP LINE PLEDGED DY BUSINESS MEN 72 Chamber of Commerce Members Give Word to Raise $300,000. MONEY TO BE REALIZED WITHIN NEXT TWO WEEKS Importance of Enterprise Ex¬ plained Fully at Jefferson . Hotel Dinner. Seventy-two members of the ad¬ visory council of tho Chamber of Commerce who attended a dinner last night at tho Jefferson Hotel, tendered them by tho flnancc com¬ mittee of tho Richmond-New York Steamship Company, pledged Ihoir word to that body that they will raise within tho next fortnight $300,000 needed to make up tho sum of $800,- 000 desired for tho successful finan¬ cing of the company. Nine teams of eight men each were organized, each man agreeing to be responsible for subscriptions aggre¬ gating at least $4,000, tho slight de¬ ficit remaining between tho $288,000 thus to bo gained and tho $300,000 needed to be cared for by the flnancc committee of the line. "old* PIcdRtx for S-I5I.000. T. M. Carrington, chairman of tho finance committee of tho boat line, announced that ho holds pledges for $451,000, with sufDclent promises in sight to pass tho half-million mark. Ho was given several pledges for good-sized sums by individuals pres¬ ent after ho had road a list of sub¬ scriptions that he considered ade¬ quate to tho means and ability of tho subscribers. Ho characterized the number of names on this list as being far below its rightful size. Mr. Carrington reviewed tho argu¬ ments which he and his associates have put forth to ra&ko tho company a Richmond-owned, profit-making operator of actual ocean-going ves¬ sels, capable of calling at any port in the world, and tho first vessels of that description to navigate the James River. "Not a single share of this stock will be allowed to pass into tho con¬ trol of any railroad," decJarod Mr. Carrington.. He was followed by w. T. Reed, long a closo studont of traffic r&tos between Richmond and every comniorclai center of tho coun¬ try. He recalled overy lnatanco in twhlch he and bis associates In the traffic department of the Chamber of Commerce had seen the removal of preferential freight rates from cities having water transportation facili¬ ties when they allowed theso to pass [from their grasp. Mr. Roed obtained tho support of four of the five largo tobacco companies hero for tho new line, and tho fifth concern has prom¬ ised its reply on tho question very shortly. He severely scored the sub¬ tle attempt* of railroad Interests, particularly by the Pennsylvania, to prevent successful operation of ocean ships in the James. Tell* of float's Ilteoril Trip. H. Watkins Ellerson described the operations of tbo company up to date giving the facts of the record trip made here from New York by the Lake Sterling, the second of the com¬ pany's boats. in-thirty-eight hours. On this trip she burned 30 per cent less coal than the boats of tho Old Dominion Line used. The boats of the new company need ono foot less of water when iully loaded than did the old ones, even at low tide. He described how the protests of the ft-elght handlers at both ends of the line against the lack of 'tween decks on the new boats had boon effectu¬ ally disposed of and predicted that .when the Sterling returns from dry (Continued on Second Page.) OUSTED S0CIa1jSTS~WILL TOUR NEW YORK FOR PARTY nope lo Secure Knough Votea to Take Control From "Ite- ¦ etlonary Clique." NEW YORK, Sept. 23..The Social¬ ist delegation ousted from the New York .Assembly will mike a tour of the State with the hope of winning election for enough Socialist candl dates 'to take control out of the hands of the present bipartisan re' actionary clique," Morris Hlllqult party leader, declared today. POLISH DELEGATES BELIEVE PEACE NOW LONG WAY DISTANT Counter Proposals lo Be. Pre¬ sented Reds at Session Next Friday. RIGA, Sept. 23..M. Dombskl, boad of tho Polish poace delegation, said today that tho Polish counterpropos¬ als would be presented at tho next session of the Bolshevist-Polish con¬ ference, which It is expected will be held Friday. The feeling is growing among some of the Polish delegates that peace Is a long way off. Tho chief stumbling block is the military situation with tho Pilsudski faction at Warsaw re¬ ported as Insisting upon Baranovichi lino as tho Armistice line. Anothor factor in tho complicated situation is tho linking up of tho Rast Gallcian question with Ukrainian representation on tho Soviet delega¬ tion. Tho Sovlot Ukrainians, while accepting tho principle of self-deter¬ mination generally, are said to insist upon their rights In ISastorn Gallela. It-is w&U kndwn tfcat tho Poles will not evcn-dl9cuss tho giving up.of East 1 Cuban Planter Wins $9,000,000 at Baccarat (By Cnlvfrul Service.) LONDON, Sept, 23..The heavi¬ est baccarat TrlnntnRs of the cen¬ tury, totaling nearly $0,000,000, have been rained by Ilannlbat de Mesa, a Cuban sugar planter. Ilia galas have earned fur him In Eu¬ rope the reputation of being the world's Kreatest Rambler. ULa extraordinary run of lack started at Dcnuvllle early In Au- Rut, Ida uraln* there were 8TOO,- 000. At AIx-lea-Dalns, vrhere he Rambled ivlth Increased stakes and darlnR out of his Ueauvllle winnings, he Increased hla «ln- nlnRs by 92,000,000. At Illarrltz he ndded 90,000,000 by a phenom¬ enal string of luck. At each table Mesa adopts the nnparallelcd practice of deelarlnR "open brink," which usually Is de¬ clared for one or two apeclal coups. lie aaya that hla brain la moat clear and that he thinks fastest when Rnmlne for bljs stakes. HARDING CLASSES IRISH QUESTION AS DOMESTIC Candidate Declares League of Na¬ tions Would Havo Nothing to Do With It. NOT FOR OFFICIAL AMERICA G. O. P. Nominee Says Expression of Sympathy Is as Far as Tills Na¬ tion Can Go.Deprecates "Ex¬ cessive Meddling Abroad." [By Associated Press.] MARION, OHIO, Sept. 23..Setting forth his views on the Irish prob¬ lem for the first time since his nomi¬ nation, Senator Harding declared in a public statement today that it was "not a question for official America," and would bo classed as "Internal and domestic" under tho league of nations covenant. He did not state specifically what .his policy would bo If elected Presi¬ dent, but he suggested that this na¬ tion already had "meddled abroad ex¬ cessively," and that ofllcial action by the Washington government would bo quite a different thing from an expression of sympathy, such as the Scnato adopted moro than a year uRO., ... Respond* to Inquiries. Tho statement, lssuod In response to numerous inquiries as to hiB posi¬ tion,-follows in full:. "Thoro aro two phases of the so-callod Irish quostion in America. Individual -sentiment Is one thing, and it la recognized that there Is a widespread sympathy here for the causo of Irish autonomy. We voted an expression of that sympathy in the Senate at the time tho peace dele¬ gates wero conferring in Paris. "O'lDcIal consideration In quite an¬ other thing. It Is not a question tor ofllcial Amcrlca. America lias already meddled abroad cxcessivcly without Invitation. ^ "I havo said, as I truly believe, that under tho provisions of tho league of nations tho Irish question is Internal or domestic, and I recall distinctly Uiat at the hearings before the Sen¬ ate Foreign Relations Committco the American advocates of Irish inde¬ pendence bitterly opposed tho league as proposed becauso it not only closed the door to Ireland, but committed us to tho use of forco to maintain terri¬ torial integrity as it exists today." Holds Flnancinl Conference. Senator Harding's statement was dssued in tho courso of on# of his busiest days, during which he held a series of conferences on financial and (Continued on Second Page.) ROYALIST PLOT TO SEAT PRINCE RUPPRECHT BARED IlnpsburR Ilnnner Was to Have Been liaised Over Munich by Civil Guards. (By Cross-Atlantic Service.] MUNICH, Sept. 23..The govern¬ ment lias discovered a secrct mon¬ archical plan to scat former Crown Prince Rupprecht on tho Hapsburg throne. Tho counter-revolution was to bo proclaimed on September 25, at the Rifle Congress of tho Civil Guards here. The Guards are honeycombed with royalist sentiment and had agreed to raise the royal banner and take tho city as a center for tho new revolution. Prince Rupprecht wna commander-in-chief of tho Austrian army during iho war. As a result of the exposure of the plot the Imperial troops will bo confined to their bar¬ racks on tho 25th, tinder guard of troops whoso loyalty is unquestioned. FIND EXPRESS* PACKAGES STREWN ALONG RAILROAD I'ollce Relieve Confederates Fright¬ ened Away from Picking Up Ar¬ ticles Stolen from Car. my Associated Press.] WAL.L.INOTON, N. J.. Sopt. 23.. Morchandiso valued at approximately $15,000 strewn along tho tracks of the ICrle Railroad In the wako of a westbound express train early to¬ day, caused tho poiico to believo an attempt had been rnado to rob tho cars and th.^confedcrates hiding near tho road-bed iliad been frightened away. Tho conductor of a freight train saw packages piling out of the express car door, and on Investlga- tlon, found In them fur coats, shoes, silks and clothing. liny Vast Coal Tract. DUNLAP, TENS.. Sdpt. 23.. An¬ nouncement was mado here today that tho Palmetto Coal Company, composed of South Carolina capitalists, operat- Ing'mines at Cartwright, near here, had acquired 5,000 acres of valuable coal lands from tho Tenneasee Coal, Iron and Railroad Compny, and that negotiations are on foot for the pnr- chase of all the holdings of the Ten- newieo company In Tennessee valued ¦at botwwen and fS.MO.MO. BOMB TERRORISTS FOILED IN EFFORT TO WRECK STATION Policeman Finds Dynamite Placed in Brooklyn Ele¬ vated Railway Stop. SPUTTERING FUSE PUT OUT. SOME OFFICIALS DECLARE. Patrolman Santelli Pours a Bucket of Water Over Deadly Explosive. \ HORSE TAG CLUE PURSUED Dctoctlvos Identify RJt of Evidence Found Near Death Cart After Tragedy. Norfolk Gets Bomb Warning inr Associated Press.] NORFOLK, VA, Sept. 23*.A. cor¬ don of police has been thrown nround the Norfolk pout-office n* the result of mysterious com¬ munication received today through the ntntls by John a. Leaner, pout- master, Trarnins him that the hulldlnK would be destroyed by a bomb Friday mt noon. While post- office officials and the police be¬ lieve the warnlBK a hoax, they are overlooking; no precautions. tBy Associated Press.] NEW YORK, Sept. 23..After a week had passed without Investiga¬ tors being' ablo to solve the mystery of Iho Wall Street explosion, they wero prosonted today with another mystery.who placed a packago of dynamite In the Reld Avenue ele¬ vated station In Brooklyn this morn¬ ing? Tho packago wan found by & po¬ liceman dolus strlko duty on the Pulton Street line, which is operated by tho Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com¬ pany. Ho soaked it in a bucket of water and thon carried it to his headquarters In Brooklyn. Later it was taken to a laboratory In Man¬ hattan for analysts. Accounts Diner as to Fwe, Accounts differ as to whether a sputtering fuso was attached. Som- officials reported that Patrolman San- teUI, who found It, Btamped out a fuse. At the laboratory where the pack¬ age was taken. It was said thero had been found two pipo cleaners Impreg¬ nated with nitrate. Theso pipe clean¬ ers, It was said, could have served as fuses, but It had not been established whether clthor had been lighted. Au¬ thorities seemed to agree that no percussion caps had been found. Meanwhile detectives investigating the Wall Street explosion reported that, through the Health Department, they had been ablo to Identify the ag found near the horso attached to tho death cart which is betteved to havo been the center of tho blast. This tag. it was loarnod, had been Issued in 1018, to the Reid Ice Cream Company, of Brooklyn, to certify that one of Its horses was not afflicted with glanders, but since then the Horse had been sold three times. Tho name of the latest ownor. If known was not mado public. Chief William J. Fiynn, of tt»e bu¬ reau of Investigation of the Depart¬ ment of Justice, had this to say of the latest clue; it .r°0<1, but llk# clu«- It may blow up at any time." Th"0* A«y Kxaltatloa. Tho police, too. repressed any ex- n n* d" the^may folt in run- Whfi ? identity of tho tag. th^hu J * AS l° th0 ld«o"ty of the bit of metal, they were not so certain that, after all, thev Jn«i established that of tho 'horse, for a K srm,Ch°d tb.m 0111 tha Itse f still was aiivo and was now hauling a wagon at the Pulton Fish tho tag might easily hava ^ transferred from one horse to an- thcy h°Ped to estab¬ lish through the shoos foand on the dead animal whether It was that for which the tag had been Issued Meanwhile, In addition to tho dis l°"Z °l "V°n"> « ">. "ov.., station, New York and vicinity were subjected to mora bomb scares today. An anonymous warning that tho Grand Central Station would be blown uP at 2 P. M. caused detectives o nlcr Ph°d the terminal and to the Pennsylvania Station and ,h" In Brooklyn seizure of a ricketv ^ mfie yexFCH °raI auth0rl"*» Stt"t ouggy. which drew m> aloneuM* Federal building, *£!£^ -4 c~ S;# toI'ShS L! Wv l#mlne whether they were bombs or bomb castings Thftrat* Hear" tncs.es. i jury investigating th« today to hear witnesses. waZreC dl,K°S8l0r & Dul<*in. hard¬ en *e^ler"' testifying before the they said^'h ®8cr,bed * man whQ they said, had appeared at their atora asking fQr nlne-poumi wlndow- (Contlnued on Seconrmrgî , Sonse Are Imtoulki* WW* *4 MlteMoleK *°.!

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