DEMOCRATS
COUNTING ON
BIG VICTORY
Hull Mentions Newberryism,
Daughertyism and Goldstein
ism In Flaying G. 0. P.—
Says Party May Carry Maine.
By Vole E. Morgan.
Universal Service Cdivespcuident.
Washington. June 20.—The demo
crats will turn on steam for the fall
election campaign when the execu
tive committee of the democratic na
tional committee meets at national
headquarters here Monday.
Plans will bo formulated for ex
tending and enlarging the commit
tee's publicity, educational, club or
ganization and woman’s work and
attention will be given to the financ
ing of the drive for votes.
When Cordell Hull became chair
man of the national committee last
winter he inherited a debt of some
thing like $200,000, carried over from
the 1920 campaign. Since that time
this Indebtedness has been reduced
about $50,000 in addition to improv
ing funds for current expenses. With
the approach of the campaign sea
son tllB raising of funds becomes
easier, due to increa ,ed Interest of
the voters in political affairs, so that
comparatively little difficulty Is an
ticipated in providing a reasonable
amount of revenue for the fall fight.
Some Places to Fill.
The executive committee will select
an acting secretary to succeed Ed.
Hoffman. Indiana national commit
teeman, who has been succeeded by
Charles A. Greathouse. The Indiana
state, executive committee also elected
Mrs. Bessie L. Riggs to succeed Miss
Julia Landers as the woman member
from that state. There aro two other
vacancies in tho women's division,
Mrs. Gone Johnson, "exas, and
Mrs. Catherine Williams, of the Phil
ippine Islands, having resigned. Their
state and territorial committees will
fill those places.
At Monday's conference conditions
will be discussed at length as to the
chance for democratic success in the
39 states regarded by national head
quarters as debatable territory. These
are the states tn which there were up
•els in 1920. The democrats hope to
recover much of the ground lost two
years ago.
Chairman Hull returned to Wash
ington Sunday from a personal sur
vey of the Maine situation, having
attended a state-wide democratic
conference In Augusta on Thursday,
following the primary of Monday.
Hull Decidedly Optimistic.
“With former Governor Curtis as
the democratic nominee for the senate
to oppose Senator Hale, and with
William Pattengall for governor, I
can see an excellent chance to win in
Maine this fall," said Chairman Hull.
“The result of the republican pri
mary offers much encouragement to
the democrats of that state.
“Every, class of citizens, in common
with tho American people everywhere
sre disgusted and bitterly disappoint
ed at the general failure of the re
publican national administration to
fulfill its promises or give any ap
preciable measure of relief In any
particular.
“Newberryism, Daughertyism, Nat
floldsteinism and other scandals have
become nauseattng-to many of the
broader minded republicans of
Maine."
Chairman Hull took a flight at Sec
retary Weeks' speech of the last few
days, saying:
“I notice that Secretary of War
Weeks has finally discovered that
freat unrest and widespread discon
ent exists among the people, includ
ing several millions who voted the
republican ticket In 1920.
“In brief the breach of wholesale
republican promises made in 1920 to
•very class of persons and of busi
ness, along with the period of busi
ness stagnation and Industrial col
lapse occurlng under the Harding ad
ministration, and entailing loss to the
farmer, tho laborer and the business
men, aggregating nearly 50 billions
of ’dollars, offers a big outstanding
cause for tho state of public mind,
which the secretary of war now ap
pears to have under rigid Investiga
tion."
TAKES OWN LIFE
WITH SMALL GUN
Arrested on Serious Charge,
South Dakota Man Out.
wits Two Sheriffs.
Canistota, S. D., Juno ?<>.—While
two sheriffs watched him, Frank Al
bright, 23, after being arrested on
complaint of a young woman of Iiani
Jia county, reached into his grip,
snatched out a .22 caliber revolver
and blew out his brains. The man
had been employed ns a laborer in
Canistota and had been arrested by
Sheriff MacMnhon, of McCook coun
ty on a charge of attacking the girl, i
Sheriff Gregory, of Hamlin county.
. had come to take the prisoner back
to Hamlin county. Nothing is kn >\vn
of the man’s relatives or home.
NEBRASKA COUPLE
SHOT; MAN HELD
Red Cloud, Neb., June 26 (Special.).
—Albert Perry was arrested charged
with shooting with intern to kHl Mr.
and Mrs. iSajn Heaton. wa. later
' released on bui4. The Heatons wers
Struck by gun shot who the* wt r«‘ r).r
ftng for their chickens and looking
over the ruins of a barn. They were
fired on by someone in bushes.
They say they recognised Perry as
the &ggr< ssor.
M’CORffiCK
SAYS REGIME
WORK GREAT
Claims Retrenchment in Ex
penditures, Cut of Taxes, De
crease in Unemployment and
Stimulation Farm Pursuits.
Washington, .lune 26.—Retrench
ment in government expenditures, re
ductions of taxes, decrease in un
employment and marked stimulation
of agricultural pursuits of the Hard
ing administration is a statement Is
sued Sunday by Senator Medill Mc
Cormick of the republican senatorial
committee.
“Unemployment abroad is greater
than In the United States per capita,"
the statement says, reference being
made to a report of the department
of labor that 2,000,000 Idle men havo
gone to work during the last 90 days.
“Agriculture Has Rallied."
"American agriculture has rallied
under the stimulus of the agriculture
credits act and the emergency tariff
act, while agriculture in other coun
tries is nearly prostrate American
exports are making an altitude rec
ord, while the exports of France, Ger
many and England have taken a dis
astrous tail spin. Under the stimulus
of republican legislation, the farmer
is recovering his equilibrum; corn,
cotton, and wheat are bringing them
higher prices since the agricultural
credits act, which supplements the
finance corporation and the same is
true of livestock.
me retrencnmeru or expenuiLures
Inaugurated by the last congress the
oconominc and effective administra
tion of public affairs under President
Harding have contributed no less to
the financial recovery of this country.
I do not need to dwell upon the ex
penditures of $11,000,000,000 by the
last administration for which we got
during the last war less than 200
cannons; less than 200 aircraft, one
ship and a nation-wide railroad
wreck.
"Let it be clear that compared
with the sums sought to be spent by
the Wilson administration during
three years and those appropriated by
a republican congress, congress saved
the taxpayers $7,000,000,000.
“Since Harding Took Office.”
"Since Warren Harding took office
we have paid off nearly a billion doll
ars of the national debt.
“Since Warren Harding took office,
under the budget act, we have cut
the annual expenditure of the federal
government by a billion dollars, or
about 25 pr cent, per annum. No oth
er government In the world has done
anything like it. Neither has any of
the state or munlciapi governments,
many of which continue to increase
expenditures and taxation.”
Other achievements claimed for adi
mlnlstration since President Hard
ing took office include the reduction
of the annual volume of taxation
by about a billion dollars, or by ap
proximately $800,000,000 for the cur
rent calendar year and a billion
thereafter,
Repeal of many "nuisance taxes,'
which fell upon "everything used by
father, mother, sister and sonny,” and
reduction of all income taxes, so that
they are less than those paid in the
British Isles, are also claimed, the
statement adding:
"The additional income tax ex
emptions have reduced by about a
third the tax of the family man with
an Income of $5,000 a year or less.
“Since Warren Harding became
president the Increase in the value
of Liberty bonds which have gone to
par amounts to about $3,000,000,000.
POLICE SCANDAL
IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Shakeup Results in Dismissal
Of a Patrolman—May Sus
pend Another Policeman.
Cedar Rapids, la.. June !6 (Special)
—A ehakeup la the Cedar Rapids po
lice deartment, due to publicity given
the activities and methods of several
(•embers, has resulted in the dismis
sal from tho force of Patrolman Wen
eil Janda, and the announcement that
Patrol-; an 1C. A. Lacy will be called
on the carpet as soon as he returns
from his vacation.
Chief of Police L. S. Morrison, who
issued the dismissal order declared It
Is possible that Racy will be suspend
ed lor an indellnlte period.
An alleged brawl between these
two patrolmen on the night of June
18. while they were on their beats, is
the principal cause of the chief's ac
tion, allhough Janda was the subject
of many complaints from citizens as
the policeman whose methods and al
leged inability to distinguish between
persecution and prosecution have
been brought to public attention by
the livening (lunette.
Janda has declared ho will appeal
to tho city service commission for a
hearing.
In a dive.-ce suit In the east, the
yo*og hnsbaad contends that the
g.rl, observing an antique ring on
his finger, asked 10 look at it and,
putting it on her finger, remarked:
“This would make a good engage
ment ring." She kept it. he says.
an«t latter while at lunch dared bin
to get a m; dago license and uce ii
which he lid. TJtae girl indignantly
denies that version. However, if it
Is true. It would seem that the young
mas. should bo kept married. He
nerds a guardian.
| Gives $1,000,000 to Cornell.
I_ «
;; an-,.i 11 ....
The lute MuJ. Willlard D. Straight’s wish expressed in his will that Ids
wife, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, "do such things for Cornell univer
sity as she may think most fitting to make the same a more human place”
will be translated into fact by the e rectlon of a $1,000,000 building to be
used as a center for social and recreational life ef students, President ■
Farrand announced in Ithaca, N. Y.
French Girl Weds Nebraskan
By Cable But Asks Remarriage
VJiiivcriaai ourvi«,t'.
New York, Juno 27.—Lester J.
Mabeus, a mall carrier of St. Helena,
Neb., was at the dock Monday with
open arms and a kiss on his lips,
when Mile. Marie Hahn, whom he
had married by cable, arrived from
Paris.
As she tripped dowp the gang
plank he stepped forward to greet
his bride.
"Sir!'’ she admonished.
“But, Marie,” he pleaded, “did we
not marry by cable?”
“It will take a more formal cere
mony than that," she said, "before
I will go into voluntary exile with
you at St. Helena."
So he hunted up officials of the
Travelers’ Aid society, who aided him
in finding -a minister, who performed
GREENE MM GET
FDRDNEY'S PLAGE
Michigan Man Won’t Seek Re
Election, So Iowan Bids Fair
To Head the Ways and
Means Committee.
BY WINDER R. HARRIS,
Universal Service Correspondent.
Washinton, June 27.—Announce
ment Monday by Hep. J. W. Fordney,
republican, of Michigan, that lie will
not seek re-election revived talk of
breaking down the seniority rule in
the House.
Representative Fordney'a retire
ment after 24 years of service will
create a vacancy In the chairmanship
of the powerful way and means
committee, which drafts all revenue
and tariff legislation, in addition to
the republican floor leadership which
Rep. Frank W. Mondell, of Wyoming,
is giving up to run for the Senate.
Re-Organization on Live Question*.
The certainty that these two posts,
the most Important In the lower
branch of congress, are to be open at
the beginning of the next congress
means that the re-organization of the
House Is to be a live question from
now until the country decides next
November whether the republicans
are to regain control. In the cloak
rooms and lobbies Monday It was the
principal topic.
It was noticeable, however, that
most of the talk of doing away with
the time honored custom of advancing
members who have served the longest
came from the longer members. These
“old guard" whp cared to talk were
inclined to the opinion that the sen
iority rule would he adhered to as a
general proposition.
Greene's Chance Discussed.
There may be some departure from
it. whereas on the recent sidetracking
of Rep. Charles R. Davis, of Minne
sota, for Rep. Martin B. Madden, of
Illinois, as chairman of the appropri
ation committee, it is deemed neces
sary for the good of the party. But In
♦he main those in line for chairman
ships by reason of length of service
will get the berths if the republicans
remain In power.
This indicates that Rep. Wliilam
R. Greene, of Iowa, will become chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee next March if the democrats fall
to win control. While there has been
no agreement, or even definite discus
sion among the party leaders, It ap
peared to be the consensus that there
will he no exception to the seniority
rule In his case. He represents a
fam'ing district and the farm bloc
will fight to the limit for him.
PLANE FALLS 3,000 FEET,
2 MARINE FLIERS KILLED
Gcttyubnurg, Pa., .June 27 it’. P.'i —
C-M11. Georg. D. Hamilton and 8>r
getiPt Marlin, both of W ashington, I).
C , and both members of the United
States marine corps, were killed here
Monda af .'.moon when their airplane
crashed to ie gn> ind Voin a height
of 3.000 fei i
The avia: rs were flying in advance'
of a marching column of 5,300 marines
tvlio are scheduled to participate !n a
ifup Icutlon of Pickett'i fame.us charge
Oi, the Gettysburg Mutlefiold this
Week.
me lucuiuiij,
The couple first met in France
during the war. They carried on
their courtship by correspondence.
His duties prevented bis going to
Paris for her.
Judge Wilber S. Bryant, of Tark
ington, Neb., conceived the idea of
marriage by cable. Mabeus agreed
it was a happy thought. So the judge
at once cabled Milo. JIahn, asking:
"Do you take Hester Mabeus to
he your lawful wedded husband?"
"1 do," came the answer.
She received a marriage certificate
by return mall and displayed It to
government officials Monday before
she could land.
She la pretty and has been em
ployed since the war as a model In
a Parisian department store.
WIGHT BLOCKS
CAPPER MEASURE
Filibuster Prevents House
Passage of Grain Exchange
Bill, But It Will Be
Taken Up Today.
Universal Service.
Washington, June 27,—Passage of
the Capper-Tino.ner grain exchange
bill by the House Monday night was
prevented by the filibuster of Repre
sentative Voight, of Wisconsin, after
It had been brought to the point of a
final vote. It will be taken up the
first thing Tuesday, with all Indica
tions that it will be on the way to
the Senate early In the afternoon.
Senator Capper will bring the full
: pressure of the farm bloc to bear In
the Senate to set aside the tariff bill
so that the grain futures legislation
may be passed before the House re
cesses for a month on Friday. Should
the House recess before the Senate
acts on the bill, any change made by
I the Senate would mean that It could
| not become a law until the House re
[ turns and concurs In the amendments.
Advocates of the legislation declaro
: It Is vitally necessary before the com
ing harvest.
i Only one important change wns
■ made in the bill Monday. On a mo
| tion by Representative Mann, of 1111 -
! nols. a section giving the secretary of
agriculture supervision over the form
\ of contracts used In exchange trans
1 actions was stricken out without a
1 record vote. Tills section was vigo
rously objected to by, representatives
' of the exchanges during the hearings
I before the agriculture committee.
SMALL S Wlht UILS;
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
“ !
Death Due to Apoplexy Super
induced by Excitement Over
Husband's Acquittal.
Universal Service,
Springfield, 111.. June 27.—The fun
j eral of Mrs. Ida Small, wife of Gov.
Len Small, who died Monday morning
I will bo held In Kankakee, her home,
j Wednesday afternoon. She died from
apoplexy, superinduced, it is believed,
try excitement caused by the trial of
\ the governor in Waukegan on a
I charge of conspiracy to defraud the
j state. She died a few hours after he
had been acquitted.
TROLLEY CONDUCTOR
MURDERED BY NEGRO
Universal Service.
Chicago, Juno 27.—Jesse Gorman,
a street car conductor, was shot and
killed on a crowded car Monday by
Morris Fuller, a negro. The negro
had refused to pay his faro and shot
when the conductor told him he would
have to pay or get off. The police
saved the negro from a mob that
threatened to lyrch him. His capture
| after the shooting was effected by
I OHie Heed, (mother negro.
SUPPRESS
ALL REBELS,
IS DEMAND
Churchill and Lloyd George
Warn Ireland Pact Is Broken
Unless O'Connor Defeated—
Big Tribute Paid Sir Wilson.
BY ROBERT J. PREW,
Universal Service Correspondent.
Special Cable Dispatch.
London. Juno 27.—A solemn hush
rested over London at noon Monday,
when Meld Marshal Sir Henry Wil
son was burled at St. Paul's, where
he la to lie In company with the na
tion's military and naval heroes.
The only sound to break the still
ness was the deep boom of 21 guns
firing the last balute, and the low
funeral music of the cathedral organ.
A million people stood bareheaded In
the drizzling rain to watch the cor
tege, which took the long route from
Eaton place to St. Paul's.
Three thousand of the king’s house
hold and other troops, mounted and
afoot, preceded tho coffin, which,
draped In the Union Jack, rested on
a gun carriage. On top of the flag
were Field Marshal Wilson's plumed
hat and the sword which he drew at
the last moment of his life, when he
turned to defend himself from the
gunmen who killed him.
Foch Central Figure.
Marsha] Foch, of France, was one
of the central figures among the
mourners. Walking behind tho coffin
ise bor0 a portion of the dead field
marshal's insignia. Most of the way
his left hand rested upon the hilt of
his sword.
Lady Wilson rode In the parade In
a closed carriage, but her niece walked
with the other mourners behind the
field marshal's unmounted white
charger.
In contrast with the magnificent
military pageant, the funeral cere
mony was the simplest. As the un
usual service was solemnized Premier
Lloyd George sat motionless and pen
sive- near tho catafalque. Near the
premier were Mrs. Lloyd George and
the cabinet officers.
An hour before the funeral the cor
oner's formal Inquiry into tho assas
sination was held, returning a verdict
of "wilful murder” against James'
O’Brien and James Connolly.
The medicinal evidence revealed
that tho body of the field marshal
bore eight bullet wounds and that the
death was caused by bullets in the
chest. None of the witnesses is nam-'
ed In the newspapers which give num
bers corresponding to the order of
their testimony. This was by order
of the police to protect tho witnesses
from possible vengeance.
Churchill Opens Debate.
Monday afternoon Winston Church
ill, opening the full dress debate In
the House of Commons on the Irish
situation announced that the assassi
nation of tho field marshal will not
affect the government's Irish policy.
He promised a more efficient police
protection for public men concerned
in Erin's affairs,
Churchill's speech was highly sig
nificant because It showed plainly
that the government Is now goLag to
adopt stronger measures towards the
extremists In Ireland. For the first
time since the peace treaty was sign
ed the British minister used preemp
tory terms toward the Irish free state
leaders.
"The time has come to make the
express request to the provisional
government to clear Rory O’Connor's
troops from four courts," said Church
ill amid loud cheers. "Otherwise tho
British government will say that the
treaty has been formally violated."
He hinted that the government here
will drop tho treaty again and step
into Ireland unless the new Dali and
government deal firmly with the mal
contents.
Will PcaIacI 11 !■ ta,
Churchill also formally warned the
Sinn Fein that ihe British govern
ment would protect Ulster from in
\ anion from the 30uth.
"We supplied the northern govern
ment with 50.000 rifles for defense."
he said. "Any attempt by the south
to break Into northern territory will
be met and repulsed by the British
government."
He said that the British are pre
pared to draw a cordon of troops clear
across the border. Churchill attacked
the Irish republican army as an "as
sociation of persons for the purpose
of organising attacks upon crown
force* ranging from individual mur
ders to considerable ambuscades, but
not capable of fighting a heroto ac
tion according to the rules of war."
He complained that DeValera’s In
fluence with the Irish republican army
had enabled him to fight with the
provisional government.
Lloyd Georgs Intervenes.
A motion by the die hards which
was tantamount to censure of the
government's Irish policy was defeat
ed, 342 to 75. Premier Lloyd George
Intervened In the debate with a glow
ing tribute to Field Marshal Wilson
and a strong defense of the treaty
with Ireland.
“If the treaty falls,” he said, “and
Ireland Is to be reconquered, it must
be done, but we would do it with
advantages wo never had before.
SHIP RUM DECISION
UP TO DAUGHERTY
Washinton, Juno 27 (U. P.)—Sec
retary of the Treasury Mellon . on
Monday asked Attorney General
Daugherty to render an opinion on
the legality of the sale of Intoxicating
liquor on American ships. This opin
ion, Secretary Mellon stated, would
be final and binding, and would be
used as the basis for rules and reg
ulations to l>e prepared by the treas
ury department on the sale of liquor
on elilpe flying the American flag.
STRIKE WAR
NOW FEARED
IN GERMANY
Government Is Precautionary,
As Labor of Country Quits
Today as a Demonstration
Against Killing of Rathenau.
EtY KARL H. VON WIEGAND.
Universal Service Correspondent.
Special Cable.Dispatch.
Borlin, June 27 — Approximately
100.000,000 hours of work and the pro
duct that might have been turned
out In that time, will be sacrificed
by Germany Tuesday when the com
bined organized labor of the country
drop work promptly at noon and enter
Into a "demonstration strike" against
the assassination of Foreign Mlnlstor
Rathenau.
No one MoniVay night ts quite able
to explain what good purpose will be
served by the strike but tho leaders
of the trade unions and tho socialistic
political parties liave decreed a holi
day as a demonstration of their unit
ed strength, with tho slogan, "the
republic is In danger."
Rumors of Trouble.
In Industrial circles It ts asserted
that such strikes are senseless and
serve no purpose except, to furnlnsh a
holiday and cause a loss which can
not be made good, hut they are help
less against the decrees of tho la
bor and political leaders.
Despite predictions of civil strife
like that which followed the assas
sination of Matthias Krsberger and
wlldrumora of trouble In tho press,
everything seems quiet thorughout
Germany with the exception of trlval
clashes between the nationalistic and
radical elements reported from
Dresden, Lelbzlg, Nuromburg and
elsewhere, and wnlch up to a late
hour have not been verified.
As a matter of fact there ts a sur
prising apathy among tho masses
which so far the firebrand agitators
havo been unable to arouse.
Business Is Worried.
Banking and business circles are
worried chiefly by the fear that in the
centers of population the demagogic
speeches are for internal political
party effect. The sensational reports
of civil war have again lessened con
fidence abroad In Germany's stability
and decreased her chances for credits
and loans.
There ts a general unanimity in
decrying the murder of tho foreign
minister but sane Interests declare
they cannot see what purpose is serv
ed In bringing tho wheels of industry
to a standstill and upsetting the whole
business of the country. They con
trast tho dignity with which the
House of Commons received the news
of the assassination of Field Marshal
Wilson with the rowdy scenes in the
relchstag In receiving the word of
the murder of Kathnoau.
It was planned to bring the remains
of Dr. Rathneau to the relchstag Mon
day afternoon whero ho will lie In
state until noon Tuesday when there
will bo a state funeral in the presence
of the entire membership of the
relchstag and the government.
Troops Ordered Out.
A regiment of the rotchswehr has
been ordered on duty In the relchstag
ostensibly in honor of the dead for
eign minister. In government circles
there is anxiety regarding possible
clashes Tuesday and extraordinary
precautionary measures arc boing
taken.
Nationalistic clashes against tho
Versailles treaty planned for Wed
nesday, the anniversary of the signing
of peace, have been ordered suppress
fd, an have also th® counter demon
stration organized by the radical par
The entire police apparatus of tho
country has been mobilized to (mJ
the assusains of Dr. Ituthneuu. tn tho
Berlin police headquarters the usual
criminal and murder commission
which investigates murders, lias ap
pointed three sub-commissions to
comb every shred of evidenco that
might lead to identlftcatio 1. Suspi
cion is directed to one of the numer
ous secret organizations of super
patriots. a net work of which cover
Germany, ft Is railed the “organiza
tion consul" and was originally organ
ized In Munich by Captain Eberhardt.
who commanded a marine lu'igndo
which entered Berlin and chased tho
government away during the Kapp
five day revolution.
Ten Arrests In Berlin.
Ten arrests have born made In Ber
lin. while Karl TlUeesln, a brother of
one of the alleged murderers of Ers
berger. was taken into custody tn
Flensburg and Lieutenant Hoffman,
one of the leaders of the “organiza
tion oonsul" was arrested In Munich.
A portion of tho press '.n already
chaffing ur.ier the drastic censorship
of the stale of siege which It Is claim
ed Is directed wholly against the con
servative press while giving a free
hand to ther radical papers.
Chancellor Wlith has not yet de
cided upon a successor to Rathenau.
The social democrats have presented
the name of T’lrich Rauscher. former
chancellor of the press bureau and
new minister to Wa saw. The demo
crats have presented the name of for
mer Foreign Minister Ttosen.
HARDINGS TO SPEND
JULY 4 IN MARION
Washington, June 27 (U. R.l—Pres
ident and Mrs. Harding are going back
home to spend the Fourth of July.
Preparations are going forward at ihe
White House fur the return tq .Marlon,
the first visit since the pri sldent en
tered the White House. The occas
ion ts the lOUtrh anniversary of lh«
founding of Morton.
