South Bend News-Times, Volume 39, Number 154, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 June 1922 — Page 1

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IETA1LS OF RACE

BATTLE IN TEXAS ARE CONFLICTING I'Vaprientary Reports Tell of Siepe of IIonc Occupied hv Arrnnl Band. ;C II ARGE EXAGGERATION ay ?Hcpror Cannot Re Located Hundrt'ds Said to Rr Gathering p.i rxirnv TOUT WORTH. Texas, .Inn.- 2. A mob of tt pf-rson1-. estimated at between 7."f jnul 1.000 left Kir vein late 1 . -1 nicht for Slmboro, fmir milr south of Kirvin. rioter miifcl to hum tlx rt"ddenor oT the? ngm' and shoot the occupant tu they came out of their hornet, ft Iop.u litane mwaw to the Tort Worth ll4Tril from KlrAln statti at ono o'rLcW: tills morn lug. DAI-LAS. Tex., June 2. (Hv A, i 3.; Conflicting reports as to a sleirej which o.'Ticers and white citizen.? are' f iid to have Fst.abli.-he! about a"nous full of negroes near Kirvin." following the killlne of IyRoy (lib-! ," n, 10. ncgiV j.-'d him in af.rr oincrs hyi ar-i connection with the' i.ssiult and killing of Miss Hull Av.slcy. a school til l near Kirvin. May .4. war.- received here Friday nicht) According to a report from Kirvin between 7" and 1 0 iif Krofs armed find barricaded in a house on the I )well farm. th.-ie and a half miles t v ,.r ti-vin t rr.iah offnret a crowd r.f a rmed while men t0 o!is'.odt,'e thern. A Fort Worth dispatch said that reports of trouble were exaggerated f.r.d that th ncre-?, said to be hldir.iT on the farm, o uld not be located. Ii.ishAi 1 to OllktT.. (falls for' men, arms and ammunl-i tinn. said the re pott from Kirvin. brought hundreds from Corsicana. 3I-xia, Streettr.an. W'ortham. Tague a.'.d nearby town--. These men were d to be K.ithenr.g la Kirvin rt to ( to a: I the o tii i fits patch from Fort Worth, The howeer, h.dd that the croud was not organic d. Killing of a nfRro by a white man .-ip.c: the killing of the white nun in turn were reported from Streetman. rlh!s rtport -aid the white man. after killing the nccro. left the. body in a 1 ld. Te'ephoiir operators at Streetman .aid Fri lty nigh:, however, no bodies had bt'en fcun 1. Nearly 4-tocks of guns and ammunition in hardware stores at Kir- " in have b n exiiaustd, it wan re ortfd. More than a thousand men were report-d gather d at S.ir.-boro :. n l near the powe'.l farm. Kiuviv grn:T. rAIJS. Tex . June 1. Kirvin w as qu:o: at f : r. ( I .1 ii-;'ii''i!' 1 1 1 1 i i, f 1 1 mil iiitij t aep none nu.-s ip imm inai place Det.u.s of the trouble wer r.rt known th re. as the oUicrrs ha 1 nor t r'!uriK'l. It a-s report d that two r"rots were. dead. ARMY MEASURE IS 0 PASSED BY SENATE V II II 11 a 1 Appropriation of s.inrriO.ooo i? Aioptri 1 hv 19 to 21 Vote. WASHINGTON, .lut - 2 I l'y A. p. .Tarrying an appropriation of J". 4 1.7r.f.''n'. the annual army appropriation bill wa passed Wlday by the fniV- It fixes the s.ze of tb.e nrmy ' p the r.e.x; year at an average of !J..""0 officers and 133,-f-Ks men Pa-sac- of the bill followed :!.. I.. tier i r hr wVtirh ! the senate arcepred. 49 to 1 . its committee! action in inrre.iPinjg the' b.f.use figure on f ho s.7e of th army from 115.0 TO tQ 13".(VC0 enlisted men. The Mrer.rth,. of 1 ?.:."! a of:frs corr pared with ll.(,' "1 nn d'ei t y te house. Th. senate disposM of the bill within s;x hours, AU committee. ..Mer.lments excert those affectlre :h p!ze of the army were acted t.pon within three herinp. SViTd orwit.or tt.-ii expresjM to the lSS.Oc'K enlisted Ftrprrth but j ' "h airman Wn-l.rth rresed for j the m!liar" committee mm'tte r.pr.ire ant'

wtls fNstair.ed. was the committee prosecution were complete l in: aitaction en wry other amendment i ernoon and were followed by Judce

:o tne hmu.i r . . I a ne rnfiirirf row" rcf to cor.ferer.ee. One proposition CAUslr.g much bate -cai the amer.amen: surmittea b- ?vp a rrirultur.il committee arrro-i . . ... . - : rlating J?.icn.c-C for continuation I f work on the Muf-le Shoals proj- - rrh ch the srr.ate Accepted. csnn'c r-n(. ' When you read THE NEWS-TIMES you are reading the only neven-day ASSOCIATED PRESS newspaper in the northern Indiana field. Have yc'i ordered your Sunday copy?

Quarrcl Between Boys Over a Baseball Glove Ends in Fatal Stabbing POllTLAND, Ind.. June Py A. P.) A rjuarre of two nineyr.ir old hoy? Friday over a haseball glove ended in the fatal i-tah-bir.g of IJernard Teeters. ?nn ot Mr. and .rs. Harry Teeters, by hia playmate. Robert Silver?Itobert is the oon of M and Mrs. Charles Si Ivors. , He hold at the county jail. The boys had quarreled Friday morning. They met again in the afternoon at a railroad (.mlni;, where a crowd had assembled to watch the arrhal of a train ot locomotives. According to witnesses the Silvers lad approached the Teeter ooy and drawing a kitchen paring knofe from his pocket, exclaimed: See what I've KOt." Then he plum-ed the knife into Bernard's throat. Throwing down the knifp he, dodged through the crowd. Police officers said they found hirn at bis home hiding beneath a bed. Pernard was taken to a hospital but died soon after the stabbing. HI father is a traveling talesman for a local factory. ,

ONE BALLOON YET UNACCOUNTED FOR IN NATIONAL RACE Lieut. Reed's Navv Craft Still . . unheard rrom Iwo of Three Winners Landed. N CHICAGO, June 2. (By A. P.) Indications Friday night were that an army, navy and independent balloon will represent the Lnlted States ir. w-n .! (Switzerland The navy balloon piloted by F. Reed was th only one of the 1.1 contestants that started in the national race from Milwaukee Wednesday still unaccounted for Friday night, and was believed to be somewhere over the Great L.ake? region. Of the 13 balloons, 12 were compet-

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tne unitea jS'tates in the International races and ! u i .u u two of the winners are thought to! have landed Friday. ; H. R. Honej-well of St. Lou's, an independent pilot, reported he had landed about 20 mile south of Jorlin. Mo., after covering, about 550 miles, whil Maj. Oscar Westover ot V.i5hington. piloting an army balloon, came down near Lake St. John, province of Quebec, Canada. Accordins to Maj. Westover's inrssise, he landed Thursday but as the distance irf 000 miles it is thought a mistake has been made ami that he landed Friday morning as the speed of his balloon would have been about .it' m es nn nour ro rnvprri ine

oviock. acconIir.pj(lij.til b Thursday morning Maj.

estov r anl Mr. Honeywell covered greater distances than any of the balloons landed. Nothing has been heard of the j balloon piloted by Lieut. Reed since l Thursday nicht. If be takes a sue!t es--ful landing it is thought that his j balloon will be one of the winners unless it rurus into win. Is that fore ::i;:z s course. inal 1.". starters were unaccounted for (arly Frylay but it Jwas learned that L'.eut. Commander J. P. Northf.eet. pilotins: a heliumjniled navy bag, had landed at Han kock - ,Mo- Th,ur5,y u whjlP Capf Harold K. Weeks of the army cam pt. army came Mown near Witt. 111. Ward T. Van iorman. Akron. civilian, landed 'Thursday night at Fayette, Mo. FATE OF WOMAN IN HANDS OF JURORS Jlirv 111 Larl Mlirder La?e btlll Out Hn-itli Pnnilfv- o ' A?ked 1)V btate. ' , SH K LH Y YILLF. Ind.. June 2. (Py A. P.) After deliberatinc s:nce 4:11 p. m. today, the jury trynig the case of Mrs. Frank Carl, i harced w murdering her huMn1. Frank ' Carl, called upon .ludse Alonzo Rlair Ilat tonicht for further instructions 'following these instructions th Jury retired and resumed cons-.dera-. tlon of the case. .iuinci:i? ii un- unri.jM ,i-.i oi.'.ir ? ninu ui- jji. ii Carl is accttsed of caus.ng her hu-de-'band's death by administering pol- ' a - - . i w . r ,m -m - "ou. Walto C. Gin? Hancoc Pa . prosecutor, who c.ose.i the - state s .iKii'iients. an no: reouesi tne rieatn penalty. Elmer Bassett. prosecuting attorney for Shelby county, who assisted Mr. Oir.g. made no reference to the death penalty. Both, however, asked that the defendant hi found guilty of first degree murder, j Mr. Ging outlined the evidence in - txeduced by the state, and referred to the defendant as a "worr.nn Bluebeard." "arch demon." and a "latter1 day Messalina." He declared the state had proved a motive for the slaying existed, inasmuch as th defendant thought she was the sola baneflciary of Insurance pois rarr;Vl by her husband. Charles Tindall. in closing for the defen.-e. declare, Fthe evidence Introduced was not surf.cient io cause a erd:ct ut yu-lty to be returned

STEEL MERGER PROBE BRINGS

iiOUT NEW FACTS Continue Investigation of Consolidation of Three Steel Companies. G A R Y IS QUESTIONED Steel Magnate Admits Possihility of Merger Restrict ing Competition. NEW YORK. June 2. The Lockwood committee kept dieting into the steel business Friday and I learned some fact atout the Mid-vale-Republic-Inland Merger that vere not made public in Thursday's announcement of the consolidation. Rut the opmmittee did not learn what bomis Kuhn, Loeb and company are to reeeiv for raisin? $65,000000 through a proposed syndicate, how much preferred stock of the . consolidated company is to be issued I or what portion of the stock la to i ro toward a nexcapltal or the price ; at which it is to re listed. So. late j Friday, unable to pain this 1nfor mation from the hearts of-the Mid vale and Republic Steel companies, j the committee supboenaed their; counsel, Thomas I.. Cnadbourne, to appear Saturday. Throughout the forenoon .cession Klbert H. (Jary, cnairman of the j board of . the United State. Steel i , corporation, was questioned by Sam- I , vel XTntermeyer who contended that I ;the Independents lived only by the crraee of the corporation and that the management of, the corporation Is dominated by J. P. Morpran and the banking house that bears his l r 'ry eniea tnat .Mr Morgan dominated the corporation. He wculd not concede that Mr. Morlfan had any more to do with naming the directors than any of the other six members of the ttnance committee. He said the -corporation had a surplus of about $400.000.000 and a balance deposits w!th J. P. Morgan and company, all subject to check and bearing 2.6 per cent Interest approximately only $. 0(0, 000. "If you had three dollars a ton 0f flVfll dollars a ton In costs over your competitors ana you nave inej capacity io supply the market the competitors are living ny yoir grace . , , t. w and favor aren t they? ..Nf r don-t thlnk g0 replied Mr. Gary. ' 'Then do you not believe In arlthmetic?" -I think I do. said. the Feel magnate Refers to 1321 Renml "For instance, in T?21. whe;i you j had only 45 per cent of your capa-j city employed and In which you j trade more money than when you ra1 double the capacity If you. had ch(wn then to fill to your capacity ( with the differential In your favor, I hv underbidding and bidding for the PuinP!8S your competitors could' not have existed, could they?" i "Why d- you think we did not . do it?" queried Mr. Cary In reply. VBf-cause I think' you thought it ! (Continued on page two.) MINERS OBJECT TO SETTLEMENT PLAN Proposal That Harding Name Tribunal to Settle Strike Is Rejected. NEW YORK, June 2. )By A. P.) j A proposal that Pres't Hardin? bej asked to appoint a tribunal to set-j tie the anthracite coal strike, submitted by tle operators Friday before the joint sub-committee on j wage cntract negotiations, waß re-! jeeted by the miners. j Phillip Murray, vice president ofj ih' I'nited Mine Workers, declined, to statt- on what grounds the propj osition was turned down except to: declare it unobjectionable. Labor j members of the joint sub-committee! .announced they will call a meeting of the peneral anthracite cale comniittee at Hazelton. Pa., next Tues day to frame a counter proposal. The invitation to Pres"t Harding, to which the miners refused to ubsrribo. asked him to "appoint a commission or tribunal to fir.rl a practical method by which prompt operation of the mines may be resumed pT.dinc its ultimate decision and a No to seek and recomYnend a mfthod by which future suspensions or ftrike may be avoided. '"Thus, said S D. Warriner. chairman of the operators' delegation to the wage conference, "we place ourselves unresevedly in the hands of the president without strings or

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reopened as soon as penible. At the miners headuarter. ' however, the operators offered solution of the strike wa. looked upon as nothing more than a counter pro-j l osal to that which Strickers' dele-; gates submitted two weeks ago and which the employers refused to sign, namely: That Mr. Harding empower the , federal trade commission and the J interstate commerce commission to . begin at once a complete invejtigation of the indutry from wages to) j prices of the product si:vi:n dhownkd. CLECLUM. Washn., June 2. Seven members of a crew working on a city pire line on the Cleelum river, five miles west of here, were drowned Friday when a row boat in which they were "attempting to cro3, the rivrr, was overturned. ' "w

Good Will Delegation's Chaperon

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Mme. Julie Despre. who will serve as chaperon and Interpreter for the South Rend representative and other members of the American Good Will Delegation which will sail for Rurope July 22 on the S. S. Lafayette, under the auspices of the American Committee for Devastated France., Mme. De.-prcs Is an Instructor In French in the Raural private school for girls, Cleveland, Ohio.

Winner of Good Will Honor To be Selected at Close of Balloting in Pdce Tonight

STANDING OF ENTRANTS IN GOOD WILL CONTEST

Standing: ' Votes Standing Candidates Yeffcertlay Testerday Ttnlay Miss Josephine Decker 6,000 1,250 7,25n Miss Louise Studebaker 6.0fr S17 i.RIC Miss Mary MacKibbin M07 77S v 0.475 Miss Helen Gregory 5. 052 3 5,985 Miss Petty Weber 2,94ft 047 Mrs. Vera Schamo! . 2.055 3 1 3 2.44S M.ss Theresa Stlingrr 2.24S 196 , 2.444 Mrs. L. A. S. Wood 2.010 203 ' 2,213 Miss Hazel G. Harri.s 1.901 3 1,9(54 Miss Louise Cont.it 1,013 1.013 Miss Margaret McKnight C64 664 TOTAIvS 3R.57f 4.590 4 1,164

At i o'clock youncr womfn tonltrbt one of th whose namrfi are box on this pasTC will printed in the have been selected a the South Pend representative on the Good Will delegation to the devastated districts of France. The -final balloting in that election will be held betwetn 1 o'clock this afternoon and 6 o'clock this evening when the rUt-finn rlosf? and the results will be announced by the committee of judges headed by Mayor Seebirt. The content for th;s unusual honor and the onthnsiasm for the cause, of which it is a part, has aroused more interest than even municipal and state elections In the past. It has been conducted In friendly rivalry and so close is the margin between all the candidates that ho one of the contestant. or those in charge of the voting have even the sShtest idea of which on1 of the candidates will finally win honor. Direct Hallotin?. The ballotinc on Friday evening) wa.- asrain under th direction ofj Mrs. Richard Elbel. pre.-ident of the, Progress c lub. and Miss V. Harrison. ! president of the Woman's Chamber j of Commerce. The committee or which tluv are member" also ineludes Mrs. Granville Ziecler. preident of the Woman's club, be present thi. afternoon who will between the hours of 1 and 6. in order to assist In the final casting of ballots and to cuard aain t anv advantage G. O. P. COMMITTEE TO MEET AT. INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS. June i'. Flans for the fall campaign will be considered at a meeting of tin' republican state committee here Friday, June, 3. according to Iiwrence Lvons. i state chairman, who Friday- issued the call for the meeting, in rules to make possible A change the selec - tion of a woman vice chairman will ao some before the committee. If the rules are changed it is said. provision may be made for two ice ice ! . . .... cnairm-en. tjiyae waio. tw eirin "as - trict chairman, is under-considera tion fhip for one of the vice chairman-) .REVOLmoX UNCHANGED. PEKING. .Lyne C (Bv A. P.) Sun Yet Sen. president of the South China republic, who so far has falle 1 to reply to proposals to join Wu Peifu and members of the old republican parliament In their program to reunite the north and south. Is rennrterl rflnfiniilri Vi?c hnsr'V rr.reh

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which inside knowledge of the resources of any candidates might Kive to her rivals for the honor. j The interest' in this election is j more than city wide, a.s the winner ' will join with delegates from S3 j other cities on a tour of France, j sailing from New York on July 22. j The total of slichtly over 40,ooo otes which have been cast are bej l;'vel to be hut a small part of th actual votes secured by the contestant. i:.pcet 100,ftO Vote. Mostof the candidates have believed it a rart of .strategy to withhold a large number of th-ir vote until the final voting, which occur today, and it is believed jhat when the total vote if cast that It will run over the original goal of lOp.OOO votes. Whatever basis there Njs for this belief will develop when the real balloting begins today. When the boxes are closed at 6 o'clock, the Judges named bv Bishop

thj White, and headed by Majors Seet.:rt and Dodge. will ranvass the re- ! port and declare the winr.er.

The contest has been conducted throueh Th News-Times under the bc-il committee, named by the Am- : an committee, of which Ann Morgan is the head. The sole connection of The NewfTimes has been to give the contest ! full publicity and to is present the intended ,to caue for which it j the public. The great interest maniff-fsted in the election ha. been due to thifl pa rticipation. HUNT FOR "JACKSON" IN STAMFORD FAILS WHITE PLAINS. X. Y., June 2. (By A. P.) Westchester county's shooting mystery was still hanging fire Friday night 17 days after the , body of Clarence Peters, of Haverjjm Mass.. was discovered Hing on a - . . . j-juiiii u'dii iiir ciiis jvensico reser voir. The latest rievelonment tVi i rrt as a material witness of James t rnnnincham r tr,v v,.k I-' ---- " .."."'-, 'with a version of the shooting that i differed from that told by Walter S. War1 when rendered the wealthy baker sur:h the statement that he had fired in self-defense. Friday led into fresh, territory. Connecticut Investigators Jrom White Plains went to Stamford Friday morning to search for a 'Joe Jackson' alleged by Cunningham to haye teen shot at the same time a Peters and car-

ried to a privare hospital In the Contbony Wayne hospital. Prof. Crowe

necticut city for treatment. Despite came here a month ago from Da,dispatches late Friday afternoon as- la. Texae. r ner he had been con

M'CORMICK IN RESIGNATION AS HARVESTER HEAD

Action Closelv Followed hv Dropping of Court Fight Over Mathilde. NAME LEGGE SUCCESSOR Announcement Made by Cyrus II. McCormick Recall Stillman's Action. CHICAGO. June 2. Family difficulties in the home of Harold F. McCormick was climaxexd today bj' his resignation as president of the giant International Harvester Co. McCormick's resignation came shortly before he was appointed as guardian of hLi 17-year-old daughter, Mathilde, who had been the center of a bitter conflict between him and his divorced wife, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick. the daughter of John D. Rockefeller, over the daughter's proposed marriage to Max 0-?er, Swiss riding master. The appointment was filed In probate court oday when it was said that legal action to restrain Mr. McCormick from giving his consent to the marriage has been dropped. According to Charles S. Cutting1. Mrf. McCormick's attorneys, there will be no further court proceedings. McCormick was divorced by his wife last fall after they ha4 lived apart for eight years. Alexander Legge, former vicepresident of the Harvester Co., was named president of th,e concern. He has been with the Harvester Co. since 1S96. Announcement of the change in presidents was made by Cyrus H. McCormick. present head of the McCormick family, following a meeting of the board of directors. Ijike StJIlnian lletiromcnt. McCormick's resignation recalled to minds of many the retirement of James A. Stillman from, the presidency of the "National City Bank of New York folic wing sensational publicity received in suits for divorce between him and Mrs. Stillman. The Stillmanr. and McCormicks ara close friends. McCormick wa-s long chief patron and financial supporter of the Chicago Grand Or era Co. He withdrew hio heavy financial support after the close of the present season. His name han frequently been mentioned since his divorce with that of I Mme. Ganna Wal ska, opera singer. ' Many reports were that McCormick j would go to Europe to marry her at j the same time he accompanied I Mathilde to Europe for her marriage to Oser. j Iletalns Interest. i Announcement issued following a meeting of the directors, stated that McCormick had declined to servo again as president and Alexander Legge, former vice president, was J named to heal the company. AnI nouncement or the resignation was ! made, by Cyrus H. McCormick. chair man or the board of directors. An executive committee composed of five members of the board of directors was nemed. Harold McCor(Continued on pace two.) HÄZIM0YÄ WILL BE CALLED T(f STAND Film Star to Be Served With Subpoena to Appear at Valentino Hearing. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. June 2 A subpoena for Mile. Alia Nazimova, Russian actress, calling for her appearance as a witness in the hearing of Podolph Valentino, 'motion picture star, to letermine whether he must stand trial on a charge of bigamy, was if sues after a day's session. The paper had not been served late Friday. The charge against Valentino grew out of his marriage on May 13 at Mexican, Mexico, to Miss Winifred Hudnut, the California statutes providing that a marriage performed outside of the state of a person having a husband or wife living can be prosecuted a? bigamou? If subsequent marital relaticns within the state can ! be proved. Valentino secured an Interlocutory decree of divorce from Miss Jean Acker last January, but a final decree ?annot be entered until next January. Testimony offered Friday was to the effect that the couple returned from Mexico to Palm Springs, Cal., on May 14. and occupied a cottage there until Mf.y 16. Mrs. Romal Do Lugo, a chambermaid, and Paul I Ivanichevitchke, its lessor, said that another women stayed there part of the time. Ivanichevitchke. who testified Valentino was his bet friend, alluded to the woman as a "friend of our?." Mrs. Lugo Identified a picture as that of the other guest. Persons in th :ourt room paid they recognized the picture as that of Mme. Nazimova. FORMER CHICAGO U. v PROFESSOR SUCCUMBS FORT WAYNE, Ind.. June 2. John Maxwell Crowe, a? years old, former profepor of English at the Univerflty cf Chicago, died of apoplexy late Friday night at the Annected with the faculty of the univertltx cf Chicago for twenty yer.

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Harold F. McCormick. whose difficulty with his recently divorced wife. Mrs. Kdtth Rockefeller McCormick. daughter of the "oil king." ov4T th'e proposed marrige of their daughter, Mathilde, was yesterday climaxed by his resignation as president of the International Harvester Co. C. 0? C. DRIVE IS ACCLAIMED SUCCESS AT DINNER MEETING Final .Day Nets 214 New Members for Total of 939 Working Fund Goal Near. Announcement that the 039 newmemberships secured for the South Bend Chamber of Commerce during the past week exceeded the maximum quota set before the beginning of the membership drive of the organization a week ago and 'that the $40,000 a year working fund goal set by the management would doubtless be attained within the week was the cause of much Jubilance on the prt of booster members oi the organization and Amercian City Bureai members, here to aid in the conduct) of the drive, at the final dinner of the campaign at the Chamber of Commerce gymnasium lat night. New members to the number of 214 were pledged as the result of the last day's campaign activity yesterday. Additional pledges oi $850 to the working capital fund were also secured. In his address at last ngiht's dinner. Mgr. Frank J. Green said that from information he had received from local business firms, who had the matter of contributions to the local working fund under advisement, it was safe to assume that that $36,270 working capita! already pledged would soon swell to the $40,000 .on which he had base d the coming year's projjarn prior to the campaign for membership. Practically all pledges have ht en made to cover a period of three years, thus assuring the civic unit the continued financial support of the city's business houses until June, 102".. three fiscal years of t la chamber into the future. KxpresoN Appreciation. Mr. (ireen expressed his appreciation of the work of th teams which had made the drive a. su-e.s and outlined his plans for forming" their membership into a counsel to supplement the activities of the chamber's directorate in shaping and carrying out the program of work of South Bend's civic-commercial body. Concrete suggestions for the futur membership endeavors of the chamber were offered by' Dr. Frank E. Jaynes of the American City Bureau who also lauded the efforts of p-cal (Continued on r'ig two.) GEORGIA SENATOR CHARGES 'FRAME UP' Impli icates Attv. Dauphertv in i Cae Against Ohio Politician's Son. WASHINTJTO.V. J'-3ne 2. Charges', t that an attempt wa bine malp to ; frame up and "railroad'' to prison j Andrew T. Durbin of Columbus. O son of William Durbin, democratic J state cliairman of Ohio, for haiingj given information regarding acts ot j Atty. Gen. Daugherty and Thonia. P. Felder. New York attorr.ev. . were j made in the senate late Friday by Sen. Watsoti. democrat. Georgia. .Senator "Watson made h:s chare shortly after young Durbin. arretted here Saturday on a charge of obtain-j ing money urder fale. prf.rer.es from I a Washington hotel, had Liem order- i ed held by Dist. Atty. Prwcnot fori preliminary hearing June 7- Attor-j ney Presmont sta!ed that cx;radition of Durbin to Ohio had been requested, a .similar charge ha v.r. g been placed against him in Cleveland. Sen. Watson without mentioning the Durbin case, except by reference declared the youth wa arrested by a j Purr.s detective 13 minutes after leaving his Sen. Watsrn's orf.ee. cn a check forgery char?- wh.ch the', penator said vs a year and a halt j old. Your.g Durbin, he said. hd in-i formed him regarding an allegf-d release by the attorney general of the British stsamer J. M. Toung at New YcVk aftr J-s seirure in violation ot the prohibition laws.

ORGANIZATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON STRIKE

Eleven Union tn c Represented at Cincinnati Meetins Mondav. WILL VOTE SEPARATELY .Additional Slah Announcement, Delayed ly Rail Board, Expected Soon. CHICAGO. June 2 . p.y A. P.) HCad" of 11 rai'.way hbo;- uri-n.-n will gather In Cirair.r. .v. Tu- fday when the conference on ware re duetions called by l. M. .Tew'.:. preltlent of th railway employs' department of the American Federation of Labor, goes into se.!on. Union representatives of a!l r !ase cf railroad labor which cr.ni- under ! decisions being Issued by the rail road labor 'board or.ier:n.c reductions of wage?, concerted it was f-tated. d iscus-i action submit:: :.g th'-t matter to their memberships Str:k" ranirt--l t a k - t : n g t o j vo:cs are experte.t :n v. ry e j tion, it was added, e.-h um J irg its vote s.-p.tratelv ,urn Its own constitution. "The question of ncreptnrif or rejection of the deci-irr.s rest entirely with the memberships of the different organizations," .-.vd Mr. Jev'.i Frida. "Deci-i-r.s .-'-dm :r.g wares which are to'lay :r.u."n ;er t to provide the bae f .--n t ;i 1- ..f f.imily l!fare of siu ii vital importan. . t" th employes affe ted that there can be no question about the duty f th. union executives vil.'i::; the ir.p.tter to them in such a wa thv mav determine up.-n ;.", a- ...m which will be.-t prof."! tlfir interests. "The Cincinnati meeting will enable the executives of the .1 :Tf erer.t organizations to adv.se with 'i other as to how to conform with thlaws of th ir rpective r.;-:m;?. -tions in submitting th m their memberships." Many Kcpi-cM-nted. Unions to be repr-ven?e 1 Ar th mx shop crafts maeh:r.I-ts. boilermakers, blacksmiths, car n electricians and sheet rr.et.il workers the clerks, fitnal men, f b gra phers. maintenance cf way and stationiry firemen and oilers. The train and engine sr r iee men, whi-h include th. big four brotherhoods nod the F :t h:v. v.. wer-- no! invited ;ind will rot participle cause they aie nor .iff.-cted by present wage reductions h'ir.g dered 'by the bo ml. Fr.de r an ac; ment .it the threatened ttrike October, tl.e loard will m wage redii' tinr.s until all rub - been settled for any ! i; of . beth or - r e e -la-t ployes and the tranimc n'.- itil' a r j yet in abeyance. The additional stih of ? -o.e.on,. ft 0 o or trrore e;.(cfd Through a decision covering .'foi.f im ?h..;,nien not announced by the boar H i - though the deei--.:i v. a practi- ally ompb-ted. to b hep. Monv : ' a t hi 1'!... mens dtri-o.n iV:u experT.-.i ;. day, h'i.- ( r, at the bif - other a-- cut de -;sior. - fc c lerks, :e,. gj ipdf r; ing smaller la.at ,-1 r. ma 1 r . o.lo-.v soon. GRIFFITH REPLIES TO BRITISH LEADER Negotiations Saved From Po ihle Breakdown by Dail Kireann Head. LONTrN. Jure i.fP,v A W:th a touch of the diav i: IM : . t-trr;!-h - s '. g r. j lar to that u hi- :. f' i'nr- d j irg of tb.- tr at;. r.a'.rg I free state last le.- r.-.'p r .'f. :.T--Jt:a-t'.or.s beduce:; the 'r;f:'h w' -: :.rr.f-:., and f prevej-.tat 1 of :),- I r . - h p-r-.-v:v;r::a: regime I'ridav r.;gr. v.ere saed from a pot-: la ...-io-vr. bv Arthur f'r.rr.th. pr'-idc rt . f the ra: n.reann. inakir.g a last :r :-.-j'e an-'-wer to p;x (; ra. r.- ; : to r.:rr r r the Prit:sh ai TTi ircda". Premier I.l-.y.i (ici.-e a:.r.o-:r.e I-Tiday morr.ir.g tl.-.t b.- v. . sure t!: trer.d of th Ir.t-r. :::-. "-o-.;;! r c r iv I V . ,!i.r-,i" ... ' r. .- " r , . V- r t t h e w e e k e r d . Ti.' l - n.e rubers of the ai .r.f a:- 1 him ai.d '.a:fcd a!'. l.:y f- r ' '. rr'y f f the lrh I'-H.i' r. Th- ;u- -:.,:.-. wre reef hod at S o' !o,i; Friday c. r.lr.g The premier 'l"!'!''! rhfi! tr.e a-.--wers were sa' f': e-a:.l rately deparvd fc- V.".i..- .He v return to IT.dor. T-- !;o- wh-- th conferer."' will b- r ' - : ' .- i The question. the j-;. .;. government atkt-d have r r t r. :.. id- p'iblic, but it is und er- cd 'r. y -or-cern the drafting cf the ir:-:-. f.e sate cor.Ktitutior. an I its r.i'n ta the treety. They v.-. ;v r .'. i t Mr. Griffith Rr.d M h.i'-l Ce;:.r After d-'.lbcrat.r g rr. fh m 1: a dee'ded that Mr. ('c.W'.s fhcu'.i :e. turn to Duh'Jn ar.d rae r r.- l w.th his collear-es. M'ar.wh:'.- Mr. 'Ir'.ff.th remained here ar d rrii.v night har.dd his ar-.v r a -rotary fcr Mr. Iloyd Gcr;-' s oT.-e. Latr Mr. Griffith' If ft fr Ire'.ar.l-II-iVd he had '..!! to n.-ke ru--'. exceirt to pa.v tht the f'.f'.a a; -peered the fa.me pa It . in iWcr. br. He -would i.e.! v- r.tcr to asrt !ra r proreT had 1 t trhter.td. THE 'VliMIIHL IndUi t ::-: 1 f-tt.rdiy: Saattir. I.sr rirhlcan: w.rrjrert itrr17 : s-.niij pro-atdy fair; cvxWaU rr)rtcr.

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