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ZEPPELIN ENDS FIRST LEG OF OCEANJAUNT 1 Giant Dirigible Soars Out of Skies to Landing at Seville. CHEERED BY THOUSANDS German Air Liner to Take * Off for Brazil Early on Tuesday. BY WILLIAM H. LANDER United Pres* Staff Correspondent SEVILLE. Spain, May 19.—The Graf Zeppelin arrived at 4:40 p. m. (10:40 a. m. central standard time) stoday, completing the first stage of the first dirigible flight to South America. The airship was welcomed by the cheers of thousands of natives and tourists who had been watching the sky for hours to catch the first glimpse of it. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the ship, delayed the arrival here to take advantage of the favorable landing conditions prevailing late in the day. After reaching Gibraltar, 100 miles from Seville, before noon, the airship made a flight over the African coast and pushed its way through stiff headwinds en route back to Spain. The Graf Zeppelin will remain here overnight, departing for Brazil Tuesday morning, if conditions are favorable. Trip Made Swiftly The Graf Zeppelin’s voyage from Friedrichshafen to Seville was made speedily and in favorable weather. The dirigible left its home base at 5:18 p. m. Sunday. Flew over Switzerland to France, down to the Mediterranean and past the Balearic islands to the Spanish coast. Cruising down the Mediterranean of Spain the big ship circled an/Und stormy areas and reached Gibraltar. p The dirigible flew under cloudy skies along the coast and encountered a headwind after it had circled over the strait of Gibraltar to the African coast, but it continued to Seville without difficulty. Mast Erected for Ship The Zeppelin was moored at 4:45 p. m. at the mast which was erected here especially for the German ship. Four or five passengers, who were aboard the dirigible en route from ■Friedrichshafen, left the ship here to make room for others on the tmn3-Atlantic flight. Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York, and Senora Alfredo Groeschel of San Sebastian, Spain, were scheduled to board the ship here, as was Senor Groeschel and the Infante De Orleans, cousin of the King. Takes Off Easily BY FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff Correspondent FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May 19.—The dirigible Graf Zep- . pelin pushed rapidly over the northwest comer of the Mediterranean sea today, landing at Seville, Spain, on anew trail-blazing commercial route to South America and the United States. Four American passengers were aboard the ship when it departed *from Friedrichshafen, and a fifth was to board it at Seville. The Americans were George Crouse, Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Laura Crouse Durston, Syracuse, N. Y., his sister; United States naval officer Harry Shoemaker, and Karl von Wiegand, newspaper correspondent, Berlin. Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York, who flew on the ship from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst on a previous trans-Atlantic flight, was to go aboard at Seville. Dr. Eckener Last Aboard The dirigible left Friedrichshafen at 5:18 p. m. Sunday (10:18 a. m. central standard time) on the twenty-three-hour flight to Seville after a slight delay because of too much load and an overheated motor Some ballast was thrown overboard before it rose easily from the landing field and soared away to the west while 7,000 onlookers cheered. Dr. Eckener, the dirigible expert, who commanded the Graf Zeppelin on its previous water flights and most of its voyages over land, was the last to go aboard. After every one else was inside, Dr. Eckener stood for a moment on the gangDlank bidding good-by to his wife. Two hundred thousand pieces of Ismail, weighing 1,322 pounds, were stored in the ship for the flight a few hours before the departure. A careful search was made after the landing field was cleared to be sure no adventurer was stowing away. Roars Away on New Conquest The weather was ideal for the denture. No winds hampered the take-off, and a bright sun was shining. Rising from the landing field, the ship circled slowly over Lake Constance while throngs of spectators drowned out the roar of the five motors. Then Dr. Eckener headed the airship’s nose toward Bescancon, France, and the Graf Zeppelin roared away on anew conquest, this time for commercial experimentation. HOWARD SEES HOOVER Scripps-Howard Newspapers’ Chief Has Hour Conference. By United Prr*s t WASHINGTON, May 19.—Roy W. Howard, chairman of the directorate of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, called on President Hoover at the White House today. He spent an hour with the President, but declined to comment on their conversation <m leaving. , tr. • * ' •■■ ■

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Score Dead in Wake of Tornadoes Southwest Is Lashed by Floods, Storms; Relief Units on Job. Bu United Press . KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19Relief for flood-stricken and windswept sections of the southwest, lashed by storms over the week-end, came today in the form of Red Cross aid, troops and return of normal weather. Floods and tomades centered in southern and southeastern Arkansas, leaving hundreds homeless, more than a score of dead and scattered groups of injured. North Texas, also was touched by high winds again, and Oklahoma reported flood dangers had diminished. Seventeen Negroes were killed when wind leveled plantation shanties in Phillips county, southeastern Arkansas. Three Negroes died in a twister in central Texas, two other Texans were drowned and a third was killed by lightning. Two, one a baby, were drowned in Oklahoma. More than 2,000 persons were homeless today in the Smackover creek section of Arkansas, near the Emackover and Norphlet oil fields, where national guardsmen, Red Cross workers and Salvation Army contingents labored to restore order and prevent additional loss of life. CITY FIREMAN ENDSOWN LIFE Found in Barn, Shot; Poison Taken*by Stepdaughter. Entering a barn in the rear of the home of John Daugherty, 48, of 1337 Olive street, early today, Mrs. Sarah Mason, his mother-in-law, found Daugherty’s body on the* floor. Daugherty, city fireman at engine house No. 30, apparently had committed suicide, shooting himself through the right temple with a revolver, which lay near his hand. Last Friday night his stepdaughter, Miss Mildred Brown, 20, who lived with him and her mother until recently, took poison in an admitted suicide attempt. At St. Vincent’s hospital today, where she is recovering from the poison’s effects, she was not told her stepfather had killed himself. Surviving, besides the stepdaughter, is the widow, Mrs. Hazel Daugherty, who was not at home when her husband’s body was found. NEW PREXY_ IS 30 Pittsburgh Educator Takes College Post. Bn United Press PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 19.—The honor of being “America’s youngest college president’’ came today to the Rev, Robert N. Montgomery, who has accepted the presidency of Tarkio college, Tarkio, Mo. The new “youngest college president” celebrated his 30th birthday today. The previous college president to hold the unusual distinction was Robert M. Hutchins, who became the head of the University of Chicago a year ago at the age of 30. Dr. Montgomery, whose home is in Pittsburgh, is the son of Dr. John Knox Montgomery, who has been president of Muskingum college, New Concord, 0., since 1904. FLEE FROM BANDITS Forty Chinese Women Refugees Try River Suicide. Bu United Press HANKOW, China, May 19—Thousands of peasants are fleeing fvom bandits in the interior of Hupeh province, seeking shelter and protection here. So desperate is the plight of .the refugees that forty women attempted to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the Han river. Several threw themselves on the railway tracks in front of trains and were killed. The refugees are in a pitiable condition, having been practically without food and water for days. KILLERS ARE HUNTED Rancher Slain as Brother Looks On. Bu United Press SAUGUS, Cal., May 19. —The murder of a 65-year-old rancher Sunday night while his 95-year-old helpless brother looked on, was revealed today as deputy sheriffs started a search for the slayers. George Horton told authorities of the slaying of his brother, Albert Horton, by three men who wore white masks. Horton said the men made a minute search of the house after the shooting. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 62 10 a. m 60 7a. m 63 II a. m 60 Ba. m 66 12 moon).. 62 9 a. jn 64 1 p. m..

TRAP GRUNDY BETWEEN TWO FIRKIN RACE Split With Vare Machine, Pinchot Puts Senator in Peculiar Spot. DAVIS GETS SUPPORT Wet Candidates May Draw Heavily Tuesday From Philadelphians. BY ROBERT LITTLE United Pres* Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 19.—Pennsylvania’s great political contest, to be settled at che polls Tuesday, is to bu conclusive of men and political machines, but not of the national issues of prohibition and the tariff on which paradoxically the campaign has been fought. Two members of President Hoover’s cabinet are at odds, Labor Secretary James J. Davis, who is seeking the Republican nomination for senator, and Treasury Secretary Mellon, whose political machine is supporting Senator Joseph Grundy for the place. Both of the candidates, as well as nearly every one in the state, are for the tariff. Both candidates are quiet on prohibition, but a third avowedly wet factor has entered the campaign dynamically, and may be the deciding factor through robbing the William S. Vare machine in Philadelphia of thousands of votes which Davis and his running mate, Francis Shunk Brown, who seeks the governorship, otherwise would tally. Situation Is Complicated The situation is so complicated with a profusion of split tickets and various country political leaders selecting their own candidates for each of the two important posts, that all political prophets are in a quandary. The issue is, who is to control Pennsylvania? Davis and Grundy have campaigned the state exhaustively, with all the aids science has given to politicians. Radio has been used, heavily and hundreds of speeches have been made by the candidates in fast automobile trips. The complication in the prohibition issue is that Davis and Grundy both have stood by President Hoover’s strong enforcement position. Brown, Davis’ running mate, has come out for a state referendum on liquor, however. Gifford Pinchot, the former Governor, Roosevelt progressive, bonedry, and with much strength in the rural districts, is seeking the gubernatorial nomination independently. Good Backing From Wets Former Representative Thomas W. Phillips Jr., and Professor Francis H. Bohlen of the University of Pennsylvania, with a good backing from anti-pfohibitionists, are conducting an extensive campaign of their own for the governorship and senatorship, respectively. There are reports they are making a strong appeal to the wet and foreign voters of Philadelphia, and that the Vare machine will have trouble holding this element in line for Davis and Brown. If this wet ticket gathers a few hundred thousand votes, and Pinchot and Grundy come rolling up from the west with majorities of 100,000, the Vare ticket conceivably might be defeated. If this should occur, the dry Lochinvars of western Pennsylvania would be in office because of that wet vote for Philllips and Bohlen. Grundy Between Two Fires Davis, however, has a strong popular appeal among the labor and city elements over the state, and he may not need the great Philadelphia majority which previous Vare men have needed. Grundy, who once pushed Pinchot to election as Governor, and then broke with him, is between two fires. He has the support of manufacturers, and in his campaign he has made a zealous attempt to appeal to the people. Even if he is elected, and this seems only a possiblity, he will have an antagonistic Governor handling the power of s I te patronage. The split between the Vare machine and Grundy is wide, so Brown would not help. Pinchot has heretofore demonstrated his independence of Grundy. From a distance, Davis and Pinchot appear to be the strongest men in Tuesday’s primary. SUSPEND COLLEGIAN ON LIQUOR CHARGES Freshman, Invited to Testify sefore House, Convicted by School Heads. Bu United Press HARTFORD, Conn., May 19. Arthur B. O'Keefe Jr., Trinity college freshman, who offered last February to tell congress about college liquor conditions, has been suspended for violation of rides on drinking, according to an announcement by college authori ses. O'Keefe, son of a prominent West Haven attorney, was invited to testify at Washington before the house judiciary committee, but his father forbade the trip on the ground his son was too young to have ideas on prohibition. Dean Thurman L. Hood made it clear today that O’Keefe’s suspension had no connection with tha student's statements in a letter to Chairman George S. Graham of the

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2 Admirals Renew Fight on Sea Pact Jones, Bristol Continue to Criticise Cruiser Limit Before Senate. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, May 19.—Two veteran admirals who are fighting the London naval treaty continued their criticism today before the two senate committees, which are investigating the treaty preliminary to senate consideration. Both of them, Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, who was a conference participant, and Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, who is chairman of the navy general board’s executive committee, reiterated their opposition to division of cruisers into six and eight-inch types. They favor the eight-inch type. Jones, who appeared before both the foreign relations and naval committees, declared that Great Britain always has sought to limit essentially American type of fighting ships, while seeking a higher quota of those suitable to her needs. He admitted writing a letter in June, 1929, while preliminary negotiations with Great Britain were under way, in which he said the 6-inch gun was superior to the 8inch gun under some circumstances. Bristol argued before the foreign relations committee that a naval conference should not have been called at this time, contending the United States was not in a position to enter a conference until she had built up her navy further.

DENY RIGHT TO SEIZERUM CAR Confiscation Law Ruled On by Supreme Court. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, May 19.—Rum running automobiles may not be confiscated by the government under the more drastic provisions of the internal revenue laws in cases where the persons involved have been arrested for violation of the Volstead act, the supreme Court ruled today. The ruling held Illegal the government’s practice of seizing under the internal revenue laws automobiles ownsd by innocent persons after the nonowner drivers have been arrested under the Volstead act. The less severe Volstead act confiscation clause which allows an owner to recover an automobile if he can prove his innocence, must be used when the arrest of the passengers is for a Volstead act violation. The Richbourg Motor Company, Asheville, N. C., and Davies Motors, Inc., Fresno. Cal., appealed these cases involving a principle of great importance to automobile companies which sell cars on installment, retaining title until the final payment. In the Fresno case the company lost the car after the driver pleaded guilty to carrying liquor in it. In the Asheville case the government charged the driver, who had borrowed the car from an installment plan purchaser, with violation of the Volstead act, but brought the forfeiture case under the tax law.

TWO WIDOWS WILL OPEN ESTATE FIGHT City Woman to Oppose Washington (Ind.) Wife in Court. Fight of Mrs. Charlotte Dunn, 35, of 2981 North Riley avenue, over the estate of the man she looked upon as her husband, only to learn he posssessed a wife and children by a previous marriage, will be staged on Tuesday morning before Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bash. Opposing Mrs. Dunn as legal claimant of the estate of their common husband, George Dunn, who died April 24, will be Mrs. Arilla Dunn of Washington, Ind., mother of two children, who already has been appointed administratrix of the estate. Discovery that the man to whom she was married was claimed as husband by the other woman was made by Mrs. Dunn at her husband’s funeral, where both women met.

BEAT THIS STEAL! The Times believes that the Grundy million-dollar tariff is a robber tariff—a tariff that will rob the working man of his job, the business man of his legitimate profits and fill to overflowing the fat purses of those who do not need the money. The time is short. Only a concerted storm of protest, nationwide in magnitude, can halt this gigantic grab and bring congress to its senses. Act now! Wr.fe your senators and representatives. It may save your job, your income, your business. Excerpts from three letters, for and against the tariff, from Times readers are reprinted here: “I appreciate very much your splendid article in Friday’s Times on the tariff. If the business world received many more body blows, it will mean disaster. Where today in the whole United States is a prosperous community, a contented community?”—B. M. Ralston, 402 Fidelity Trust building. # B B 808 “I have noted your issue with scare headlines and regret to say that I do not agree with your tariff stand. Are you aware that the greatest market for merchandise of good quality is right here in the United States? The propaganda for low tariffs by such journals as yours is certainly strong and it is too bad that we are not r vising as much noise on the patriotic side of protection to our own people.”—N. A. Gladding, E. C. Atkins <fc Cos., silver steel saws. # B M BBS “I can not help but laud a paper that has the nerve to come out squarely against the tariff bill. If this tariff should become a law, it would destroy half of the business of the country, so that a very few large concerns could increase their dividends." —O. O. Ringo, light hardware and home furnishings, fiuncie, Ind.

TWO BANDITS NABBED AFTER RAIDONBANK Youths Captured Following Pistol Battle With Sheriff’s Posse. I * RECOVER $2,000 LOOT Both Admit Holdup, but Charges Are Not Yet Preferred. St Bu United Press CONNERSVILLE, Ind., May 19. Captured after a gun battle with a sheriff’s posse early today, two young men were held here as bandits who staged a $2,000 bank robbery in Metamora this morning. They are Earl Myers, 21, and Paul Burt, 23. Both refuse to tell their addresses. Binding and gagging George Lennard, cashier of the Citizens State bank of Metamora, about 10 a. m., Ehe pair took $2,000 and fled in a cream-colored De Soto sedan. Lennard freed himself in time to rush into the street and fire twice at the disappearing auto. Informed by phone that the bandits headed toward Connersville, Sheriff Powell Woodward, with Deputy Sheriff Herbert Mansil, and Courtland Ellis, Frank Rudicil and Joe Osier, Connersville city police drove south of State Road 1 to head them off. A half mile south of Nulltown the bandit sedan was sighted and forced into a ditch. The bandits shot three times at the officers and fled when their fire was returned All of the bullets went wild. They were found hiding in a bqjsh pile near a river bank. The money, in a Gladstone bag, and two pistols with which they were armed when they entered the bank, were found in the auto. Charges had not been preferred against the pair early this afternoon, although both admitted the holdup. facesgasTharges Michigan City Man Alleged to Be 'Bootlegger.’ Louis H. Joers, Michigan City, the biggest alleged gasoline bootlegger thus far captured in the campaign to halt gasoline tax dodging in Indiana, still may face criminal prosecution, although he has paid SIO,OOO in back taxes and fines, it was asserted by Archie N. Bobbitt, state auditor. Bobbitt has asked Attorney-Gen-eral James M. Ogden to look into the possibility of bringing criminal action against such wholesale gasoline tax dodgers on the grounds that they have embezzled state funds. “The gasoline tax law is ineffectual as far as criminal penalties are concerned,” Bobbitt declared. “It provides a SI,OOO fine for a corporation or six months’ jail sentence for an individual convicted of dodging the tax.

OHIO CO-ED KILLED Runaway Horse Falls in Automobile’s Path. Bu United Press COLUMBUS, 0., May 19.—Miss Grace Dennis, 18, Albuquerque (N. M.) co-ed at Ohio State university here, was killed Sunday when her horse bolted, ran on to a street where he slipped and fell and was struck by an automobile. The girl was pinned beneath the horse which also was killed. DEFER JIMERSON TRIAL Indian Accused of Artist’s Wife’s Killing Gets Long Delay. Bu United Press BUFFALO, N. Y„ May 19.—Trial of Lila Jimerson, young Indian woman charged with first degree murder for the slaying of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand, was postponed indefinitely today by County Judge George H. Rowe. This means delay of Lila’s second trial at least until late summer, possibly longer.

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FATHER MAY FACE ARREST IN CITY’S .‘RAIN BABY’ CASE

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Affidavit Already Prepared Charging Breedlove With Wife and Child Desertion. Attempts will be made to establish legitimacy of Robert Eugene, year-old Indianacolis roadside “rain baby,” if an affidavit, already prepared, charging William R. Breedlove of Bloomington, with wife and child desertion, is filed as contemplated by juvenile court authorities. Breedlove previously had been ordered to pay $5 weekly for support of an older child, Vernon Lee, 3, but no court order ever had been entered for support of the year-old baby which the mother, Mrs. Sally Marie Breedlove, 21, his divorced wife, abandoned at the side of Bluff road near Indianapolis several weeks ago. Mrs. Breedlove, in jail here on charges of child neglect, claims lack of money forced her to attempt to find the baby a home and that she left it at the roadside because the cheery notes of a radio nearby caused her to believe the family would take the child in. The baby was not found until seven hours later, when it was discovered in a downpour of rain.

The child and wife desertion charge expected to be filed today against Breedlove is based on parentage of the “rain baby.” Breedlove previously had denied its fatherhood, according to police here. Meanwhile residents at Bloomington declared both sides of the domestic strife should be aired. Several declared Breedlove did not hold jobs and that his second wife is compelled to work in a laundry. Separated in August, 1928 “I provided a good home for my first wife and worked every day and my wife and Vernon Lee, our first child, had plenty to eat and good clothing to wear,” Breedlove declared in contest of these claims. “When I came home from work often I found her gone and I had to do most of the housework and prepare my own meals on many occasions. I bought an automobile and she used it to take other men riding. I filed the suit for divorce on grounds of abandonment.” Breedlove declared he and his wife separated late in August, 1928, and that Robert Eugene, year-old “rain baby,” was born in May, 1929. He declared that, while ordered to pay $5 weekly for support of the oldest child, “nothing was said about paying for support of the youngest baby.” Breedlove was cited to appear in circuit court at Bloomington Saturday for contempt of court, Mrs. Breedlove’s mother claiming him sllO in arrears in his payments for support of the child she keeps. Attorney Offers Aid He declared in court he was only S4O in arrears and Circuit Judge Herbert Rumbels, investigating, found the remaining S7O had been paid by the county clerk to the child’s mother instead of the grandmother. Judge Rumbels made an order that the money be paid only to the grandmother. Breedlove and his second wife live in a poorly furnished three-room house. Neighbors declared he is not employed, but operates his automobile constantly. Meanwhile, Colonel Russell B. Harrison, Indianapolis attorney, has offered his aid to Mrs. Breedlove’s defense, and William L. Taylor, president of the Indianapolis Bar Association, has announced an attorney will be provided for the mother. Miss Bess Robbins of the bar association has been assigned to investigate and prepare the defense for Mrs. Breedlove. Mrs. Breedlove and Louis Reynolds, 20, of Bloomington, who brought her and the baby here in his car on the night of the abandonment, will face charges in juvenile court May 28. FORMER PASTOR FINED Bu Times Special HUNTINGTON, Ind., May 19 Convicted of possessing liquor, Glenn Strausbaugh, former associate pastor of a church here, was fined $l3O in police court. He was arrested while tending bar in a roadhouse raided by police. George Kreiger, proprietor, wps fined $l3O on a liquor change an® $35 for op-

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Flapper Legs Bu United Press CHICAGO, May 19. Because boys demand the same kind of round garters the flappers wear, the rising generation promises to be one of unshapely legs, varicose veins and tender feet, A. H. Kegal, health commisisoner, said today in a bulletin issued at the Chicago health exposition.

RULE ON UTILITIES Street Car Companies Held to Contracts by Court. Bit United Press* WASHINGTON, May 19. —The supreme court today delivered two important public utility decisions regarding municipal street car lines. It upheld the right of a city to compel a street car company to continue full service under a contract providing for a perpetual 5-cent fare in a case appealed from Decatur, Ga., by the Georgia Power Company. In another case from Columbia, S. C., the court orderejl the street car company there *to continue service even though it is losing money on the operation. The company appealed the case after the state supreme court issued a mandamus to compel continued operation of Columbia’s street car systemLIE DETECTOR USED Child Attack Suspects Are Firm in Denials. Bit l'nted Prr*a DES MOINES, May 19.—Branded guilty by a “lie” detector, two suspects in the attack and murder of 9-year-old Evelyn Lee continued to deny the crime today. For hours, Carl McCune and Elmer Gibson faced intensive questioning with the strange machine strapped to their arms. They repeatedly answered questions, but refused to change the answers when the needle wavered to indicate, according to Leonard Keeler, the inventor, the answers were untrue. CONFER ON CANNON M. E. Board Is Pondering Charge Against Bishop. Bu United Press DALLAS, Tex., May 19.—Whether Bishop James Cannon Jr. of Virgniia will be tried on charges of stock market speculation will be determined this afternoon in a secret sesssion of the Methodist conference episcopacy committee, which for two weeks has been considering the charges against him. h

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SHOWDOWN ON TARIFF BEFORE SENATETODAY Democrats Fight Bitterly Smoot Move to Drop Two Items. BILL’S FATE IN BALANCE Deadlock Is Charged Likely; Grundy Absent; Watson Coup Feared. BY PAUL R MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 19.—Before a full and attentive senate, Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee today presented the six-teen-month-old tariff bill and asked the senate to decide whether it would stick by its debenture and flexible tariff items which the house has declined to accept. Senators were called from sick beds and from campaigning in their home states as the important parliamentary contest opened a contest which may decide the fate of the whole tariff measure. Smoot encountered immediate strong resistance from the Democrats, Senator Harrison (Dem., Miss.), threatened to filibuster to kill the tariff bill if the disputed debenture and flexible provisions are dropped. Wants Nothing Better “It will be a long time before you get this bill through if you drop these items,’’ he declared. “I would want nothing better than the responsibility for killing this legislation if these two saving provisions are eliminated." Republican Floor Leader Watson claimed he had the votes to save the bill, as Smoot took the floor to point out that unless the senate recedes from its position, the whole tariff bill will be caught in parliamentary stalemate. Hasty conferences were held among the Democrats and independent Republicans as Smoot talked. The opposition was fearful that Watson had changed the three or four votes necessary to overturn the previous senate action retaining these two salient features which the coalition wrote into the measure. Warns on Deadlock Smoot demanded that the senate adopt his resolution to free the conferees’ hands on the debenture and flexible tariff, thus allowing them to negotiate with the house. He warned that if the resolution were defeated, it would create a deadlock which would endanger the future of the bill. Senator Swanson (Dem., Va.) declared adoption of the resolution would set a precedent that the house could dictate terms under which conferences between the two houses were to be held. “It is a dangerous precedent and would be set under a threat, if we adopt this resolution,” Swanson declared. Among the few absentees today was Senator Grundy (Rep., Pa.), who is campaigning for re-election in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday. His absence, however, was not officially noticed as Senator Simmons (Dem., N. C.) denounced the house for attempting to coerce and intimidate the senate in behalf of the administration. Smoot Issues Statement “Every one knows if we adopt this resolution, the debenture plan and the flexible repealer will be eliminated in quick order from the bill, ’ said the venerable minority tariff leader in answer to Smoot. “It will mean giving in to the house. It will mean the house has forced the senate to acquiesce and the house is using every instrument and agency in its power to eliminate these two vital items from the bill. “I warn you that if you pass this resolution and eliminate these items you will face another fight here. I urge the senate to stand by the two items. I do not believe it will kill the bill, because if the house and the administration want this legislation there is a possibility the house will change its tactics of coercion and intimidation and will yield to us. “If they do not yield it will be because the White House doe3 not want them to.” ASSAILS DRY AGENTS’ USE OF LODGE SIGNS Federal Grand Jury Acts on Trick to Gain Admittance. Bn United Brea ALBANY, N. Y., May 19.—A federal grand jury adopted a resolution today criticising prohibition agents who use pass words and other secret means to gain admittance to fraternal lodges, and requested that they be instructed not to wear the insignia of fraternal organizations while on duty. BAR WILL CONSIDER HIGH COURT VACANCY, Attorneys Will Discuss Steps to Secure Indiana Consideration. Steps to insure consideration for Indiana when another vacancy occurs on the United States supreme court will be discussed by members of the Indiana State Bar Association, meeting at Muncie Friday, it was announced today by President James M. Ogden of the state bar and attorney-general of Indiana. Final plans will also be made for the summer bar meeting to be held at Bloomington, he said.

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