South Bend News-Times, Volume 39, Number 140, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 20 May 1922 — Page 1

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TARIFF ATTAGt CAUSE OF TILT IN UPPER HOUSE

Democratic Leader Charges Bill I Product of fcI)ear Anions G. 0. P. Solon-. M CI MISLK DEFENDS BILL Declare- Newpaperr. Attacking Measure. Ait Influenced ly Importers. vami.v:hn". i i r e -i . ' o 1 1 ; - a .M . T I 1 , ' 1 :t.--.r- s-,r'.-r the adt : ,1! c,,!;.cd ar.ohr f.ar-u;i Fri'lay in the senate 'uring or..-. it ration of that mea .re. The f 'lüfina's Tf- read 1-y S'n. Si'iini'ir. 5 o N'ort h " rollni, vM'T. m nn aaare-s in i h ! r h h attacked thrt : ill nnd a.'rtH that there was a growing revolt agiint it over the country and fvn anions republican fnat or. In" ren'v srn ffl'iirnho' rrnnli. !:'an. .Vorth Dakota, renewed his 'harge that the newspapers attack-! Ir? the hit! were influmed by ad-' "rtomn's f importers and as- j serted that anv professions to the l contra ry noth;v;thsta ml; r'-adinff (i rf fi :!nm N wa.? for thf nurms nf licl iy. He was joined in lii. ! arta- k on the Publikation5' by Sn. (Joodir. of Idaho, chairman of th republican airriciiltural tariff blor a riff bloc, .ueht to a ; The di.-cu-ion wa brr c!c so by ?fn. Urfllr.. democrat. Alab'ma, whr aitackel tic majoritv irr approving what he termed hiph dutif on pa int, "-n't and othr n- ( o.ssit jf s of the farming population. Itf wound up with th' declaration that the republican proposed to put a tax on ."everythir.p: from the cradle to th" crave." !rrliict of "Deal" the Sen. S;mmon.f charged that tariff bill was th" product of a "cVal" anions1 republican senator "which neither side to :.- satisfied wjth

ricultural products "is obnoxious tostatnt df.clarin:? the ineetin? was t.ie 'old rua.d he declared, "and . ..typIcaI of pres.nt ,lay efTroiUery ol

are c-qually obnoxious to the aprlcultural InlTf'Sls." Another committef amendment a withdrawn IrMav after it had . orno un.Ifr firf fmro th- tnub-i can. It prppo.-cd a duty 01 forty per cfnt ad valorem cn st rmtium ; Titrate ijvr-d in the making "f li-ht igr.al.'i of railroad- and firework?. ?n. Willi, rf Vi'.ica n. Ohio, moved to cut the dn'.v in half aertinc 'V manufactured it ! ir quantity .nit that th:s mmpanv l v.as under invs!ir.Htion 1-y thI r;l t r. mm m i-sl r.n

the comp-jjnto

He derinicd to : y. cTpmnifK' that the senate wa.

r.r.t the pn.per plo in which tojwnJrh moro mon employment. attack or adrrti- corporation"' i Thf steel representatives, it uns said. ;dividua!. Sen. Smrvr.f ,rpuh. ; aerpPl with tno ,,rPSid,.Mt in prln-

i can. i ran. ?awi. nowever. mat tne principal maimf n'lnrrr was the F T Duport Nerncuts company. Sep Willi .-.jrred that the 'Id to on-- r.'.anufaet urer i.gnis at a price r.rsow mat cnargf a to tr." otnr fitir or rivf nnm'ir anufa.-turers ard that if the eom - Tuirt'f rate hecamf law o-e comp' . rar:'.- " : a p. u!d be u"(!er a .-eriou; han-i 'MOKAL SrASIOV TO KL KP COAL PHICE DOWN UASII1N;T N' May 11. - rhfi - - covet rmenr is .oirg to do all in its , po-.vr-r to preert pre riff,'i:rr:n!" in f'-e erinir m t.e p r.' e f'T rikc, it Wliite I f oal is "U-'-e. as t h - a i d This - r'-ilt of the j i r:oay at t r.e afer. i; was added, to k Fridays ab The cT t r is gom .t to up a rreaur part ot j ret rif-rinc-nie-.t. wa derlared. rt 'v a vrf at deal on "m ora -' i a si o but the nuh'.c can hat all the resources , of the p-overrment at the (-r--v m w- il 1 b- i ?: r k f a to p' evert ' v;: nta-r' ' !-. "g taVrn t he at. -n. c.f.vrrrment repc -ts show. ;t wa Med. tbat while there had -een a the . oaJ Fto.-fc nri j a rd t.'-s will rot be "rlcrusly 1,1 'ir.t; artrr tne r z o: -e. at le.at. I ha beer. ' ;ts nor-jrin prodi ; r. r ras.i n g. Kiddies and grown-ups alike like the Fork of Marie and the comic Fupplement, the fun features of The Sunday New-Tin:., jut like they favor the com'.c page of the dally. Extra features arid a greater volume of nfws, with thf brst of editorials, place The Sunday Kfwj-Tinip." In demand among readers. The woman', pports ar.d automot.'.le sections have great following.-. An afterbr'.akfast sermon will be found with the church new. It's a paper chuck full of the thine you like b.:; a paper carrying a!", the local, state. national and foreign news while It Is new?. Then. too. !t thf only seven day Associated Fress paper In South ilend. the !ad:n; daj." and Sunday r.ew.-pap r cf Northern Indiana and Lowfr Michigan. Nearly Everybody Reads Neivs-Titnes Order your copy now. (Phone Main 2100)

T wo Instantly Killed In Oxygen Tank Blast At Harvard Laboratory rAMni:lI;i:. Mas. May l'J. Athertori Kin-dey Our.bar ot Cambridge, fallow for research in crjogenie engineering at Harvard, and William Con pell ot Cambridge a arp-n ifr, we r instantly killed late Fiiday by the explosion of a tank of liquid oxygen In the basement of t he Jeffei -fori physical lal)or.itoi y at Harvard. An assistant and mx other students r injured Dunbar, who va. najd in an army tet xporimcnt in li'liWyinjr ftxyen. was blown to piM'". ("onn"li, who was working in an ad.jojni.1. room, wa killf-rl by th- shock of th explosion. Twn .f the injured students urr radiiats a -..--t i rnnbai in v"'i r -eh work. Tlio otr.rry. others, fif'slunrn, ': taktJTtr a ;-ctiir :n a class room at- and w-r hurt h hfn thf rush of air blow tho tlonr otit. (Iradua.tr student who had bn asistir.c Dunbar in his oxporinionLs advanced th theory that th accident was duf to a lrakuEr nf oil into th- Liquid oxygon tank.

HARDING HOPEFUL FOR ABOLITION OF TWELYE HOUR DAY f-i v . c I'onippr., Aot bo Optimistic, Lharacterizes Meeting WASHI.N(iTuX, May 1 T. Confidence is held by Pres't Hardin?, it was declared Friday by an adminis trative spokesman, that the confer- ' enr-f Thursday with steel manufac turers had started a movement which I would result in abolition of the 12 ' v.,,,,- ,,.. The same view- was not held in certain labir cirrtp4. howr. stim.

the trado;uel (;om,er p resident of the Amer-

iian federation cf Lahor. !5ti-1 n ines. that it .liould use the White Hou.se as a rostrum from which to pivp the country i what the American neonlf are accus,olllM to call .bunk; Mr. (;ary in his statement of what w acoomnlishf(t Mr. Gomners concUlfJptl. meant that the 'steel industry Intends to abolish the inhuman 12 hour work day when it gets ready and not hoforp." The White Hou. vifw, however. that thfre wa.s a3nint unan imous sfntiment amonir thf frteel

fM-;nif,n for a continuation of the three

(shift, figrht-hour day which wft put force in some parts of the induiy during the slack labor period. i,... that lt was a ?0od idea now to cipde abolisii the 12-hour work day but tiuai tot- xrciuc oo.tacie was in get

producer xh( consent of the workers. The exf '.trnal ; pi.mation was made that when the

tf,0 of lupines- was running high i the workers showed a tendency to on the 12-hour shift and therepv make more monev for themselves. NO VERDICT IN RURCH CASE; LOCK UP JURY I.S ANC.E1.ES. Calif.. Mav 1?. The jurv trying Arthur C. Eurch foi il, . ...... 4 . . 0 T T I . 1 T - . 1 riiiiitir-r ill rir-ii n n I'll k was locked up for the night at ?:50 .,,. t-:i i r. w..il - , . T.-r;.iv , nn5r after havln iherated sime ." o'clock regarding The jury In a previous ;trilj divacrcedTho Jury ii compoperl of eight men and four women. final arguments ere jnad Friday by Faul W. S h nek. chief deienf atrornev. ana a.s. ieves. r depit'ty dStriot attorney. Mr. Schreck arsufd the evidence showed Mrs. Malalvn obenchain. j I co-defendant, had net beep scorned ; v . u'ennedv. therefore no motive ibai1 brpn established f o her to seek ivjrrh's aid against him Mr. Keyes declared letters read in evidence j,rovo, tpo contrary, Filing of Bigamy Star Hinges on Investigate Valentino's He ported Marriage at Mexicali Walthall Cleared. A NC rE EEs'. Calif.. May lnvetricatlon of the reported 1?. mar-

jriage of Rudolph Valentino, motion : ;iftrr an interlocutory decre e of dij picture actor. anl Miss Winifred ' ore from his trst wife was uranted I Hudnut at Me.xicali. Eower Ca'.ifomia here.

I centered Friday in Mexican and ; i nearby towns on tho i'alifornia side. I Tv detectives were stmt '.o that i . . . section by the district attt'rt.ey s orüee but had n'-t reporte-i Friday night. Peputy Dlft. Atty. t.-Clland said the i'uestion whether a prosecution for bigamy could lie again.: Yalrntino depended entir !y m the report. of the leteclives. The actor's jl;r ;

n-. kikiw ii in inn. umim .i;ssiisco wntr- huh in n..Mr o--

jr. in .iniri, uin.iu:- i in imirircut . i . . . ; .- . l . tory decree of divorce here last January and , the deputy district attorney said, if there was evidence that Valentino remarried in Mexican last week and returned to California with his second w if, pnwf dir.g would be instituted. Waltball l !eiircl.

It was also announced by Mr. Mc-s r.gaged at the time of her marriage ja place where h fa:d Ii had hidClelland that an investlgratlon of the to Valtntino. dea tome of tho articles.

BELIEVE EUROPE WILL GAIN FROM

IC MEET Delegaten Leave for Home, Assured That Their Achievement? Will Live. SOME ARE DISAPPOINTED ; Era nee, at Eirt Relnetant, ; Now Confident and Keadv for The Hague Meet. i i l'.y Aeci.ufd I'rc-. I CK.SOA. .May Th- iloniinant j thoupht in (Jenoa Friday n:?ht. as i th delesrat iois to th conomic ccn- ; fercr.ee. were Ieavinc: or pack in? their ; trunks pi jai atory to departing for ' their hctniclands, Hocminsly was that j although the conference was a thin; . pf the past as far as 'Jenoa is con- ! cerned. its achievements would live and contribute much to the pacification and reconstruction of Furope. The officials of some of the smaller j states undoubtedly will pro home dis appointed, perhaps angry, because ! their troubled have- not been sett ! 1 Jat (Inoa. IJthuania. for example, j is chaRTineii that (Jer.oa. has notj i chased the Ftdish troops for IJthuj ac.ian territory; and the small Russian republics bordering the Caspian ! and Mack seas ar: grieved tecaue (icnoa failed to free them from bolshevik rule. Hut as ,i whole, the belief pieails that the Ono.i ennfer- , enco, dispite lu-pulcs which almost pusnea l,urcpe to the edge ot a precipice, has resulted in the beginning of better understandings between the nations of Furope, including ltus-ia. Kvcn offici'l France admitted this I"rid;'y r.ight. l'reiKli Now ou(id(uit. France, which came here reluctantly, almost suspiciously, gors away with more cont'nlence. Luis I'arthou. vice premier in the French cabinet and France's chief delegate to the conference. In hin linal words to the press Friday, declared it was hi conviction that the Cenoa conference which he called '"the child of Canne.i" is now in good health and that he aw no i'-;is')n why thf infant euuld m Journey safely to thtliaue md therf thrivf and prosper. The child was ali ritrht at birth. said M. Itarthou. but the trouble was it had too many godfathers in the form of thirty-four nations which either were jealous of or detested one- another. "The greatest danger of all." continued M. i:;irthou. "was that thf cliild would jirnve the rail? of a split hetw pf n the godfathers who had come to fjonoa as allifs. not alwavs in accord with i ',is David j Uoyd-c;. oik-; imlcpd. wo lü.vo lvt-1 j serious dith'-ultics since the first lV-; Hut I desire to .türm that the reations between Clreat Ilritain and i ...... I France are better today than at the opening of the Cenoa nferenre. "And if C.rrmanv is sincere there is nn reason why we cannot pro on. , with her in harmony. The Russians gained something at Cenoa. They learned we are gettnig to know them u,ttpr The (It noa conference might have been a danger to Kurope. but it has not proved so. Europe is the better for this conference." Will V. S. Participate? The iue-tion whether the Ituasian problem will so develop as to maKe later possioif jari it lpanon oy the Fnited States ir. its solution was) j the greatest subject of disc ussion to-j the delegates were separat,n J I Vivid Eloyd-Ceorge. who has hur - j rifd Tack to Encland. has not ircompiine.i everytning tie nope.i tor. out today toumi Him in lare COl j humor as the j closing session. tonference held its He had had six weeks of the most wearying experl- , . , , , enee in biJ cart -f-r. X e e ! Ii f ess f left Italy optimistic for the future., II niv in? iius-ians wi.i proe the KusM.ins will .... ' rrncfinnn e I -r-i. ... i t m .t, I IM- J M ' l rl I I T i . 'L 1.1 Ml' I I f ll'Ml.S j rpnrpsrntt-.l at the confertn.e havr ' ,,.., i,..,.. i rendered glowing tributes to Italy for her persistence in attempting t o ! achifve things at the conferer.c Continued or. page two.) Charge Against Detectives' Report ! divorce and remarr iage of Herry !'. I Walthall, alyo motion picture actor. ! had established to his satisfaction j i that tile p i" i h ladings were Itgai. j He said h- was still in er mat mg a repiad that Frank Mao. ani'tht-r tilm play r. remairied at Tia Juana. Ixwer California. ,-t. 2. four lis The name of Winifred Shuiuh 1 - I'.i-'" 1. 1 ii iiMin 'i r.i ni.ii - ncs-y. Us d by the tu w brcb cf al- : er.tmo is per real maiden I.ame. tt u.us learned from h-r tr.en.is She is the sirpdauchttr ot Kichard Hud - 1 nut. ew iorK pcriume m.muiactur - er. Her mother, formerly the w :f., of a Silt Ease City man. I a Si t l-ase c nv man. attr mar- - ried Edward l-ewolf. broth-r of El. - .e Iw-woif then a stage fav The D wolfs went to tett Fran - . . ... . i 1 ai!if an mihti't ; ei i ; i -r ,tnl a ear ago married Kichard Hudnu i Winifred at one time attained some ' popularity in the Metropolitan bal- ! let. New York. More recently, under the name of Nai.ii n i Eambova. she wa art diietor in m tion pictures at Holly.

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l'lmto by Mangold. Miss Hefty Weber, 17 W. Thomas st., popular young stenograjher of the Studebaker Corp.. who astonished other contenders in the t?outh llcnd's Good Will Contest yesterday by climbing into sixth plac?.

Rain Fails to Dampen Ardor of Candidates in Contest Interest in Humanitarian Work of Good Will Committee Mounts Miss Morpan Exemplifies Spirit of Campaign in Message Standing of Candidates Slightly Altered.

Kaln. on Friday, did not dampen the enthusiasm of the friends of the , v ii r 1 Hilles wnn re cnnu'suiiL. u - 1., a r tnp honnr of rrpreg0ntinc this rity u the Oo'd Will delegation from American cities which will visit th devastated districts of France this summer. The honor of carrying the nifssajre of South I'end that the traditional friendship of America for this sister republic, that its people havj not forpotten the sacrifices of thosf. who bore the brunt of the v;ir for civilization, thf hope of con t ribu t insj jjonipthitif,' to the relief of tho.-- who niav wt.u j1P hoi.eless in the tare of their great lis.ter. i arousing an intense enthusiasm. ti,0 ...1 .f ihn n .1 i,l t shifted slightly with the returns made to the C.ood Will IMitor. but those whox names are nut at the top of the list are as smllintr, as they i n,,w ,hat their votes have not l..n returned to be counted. IiitTt In Tola! Vote. Interest in th le.-ult of the 'nn-j test is not wholly that of winning! and does not lie entirely in the hoj of receiving this unusual honor. j One of the r n d 1 it a f f s . woman I who ha.s served in France an saw something of the devastation. , mae this comment when INeus.-ing u ,. ,,i.-,ns nf campaign: .., .jm interested in the total vote ito np mU(.h ls in my ,,wn vof, aP( l n toy campaign I hope to tell somei thing of the suffering I saw and of ,no hopo that th.-.se dimes may help j on10 nf these hopeless, forlorn old ; ,n,.n an,i yount: women who are try;nrr to re'-n:n Iirlr bonier in tlie ing to regain debris of war their homes That spirit. too, is exemplified in I . , " . . . ',. . . , I III'- Mini rT 1 1 1 in ill'- 1" " ' i i - i'i -iiiiiii I I t ie let ter Fend by MiAnne Morgan, the MOB TAKES LIFE OF COLORED SLAYER I) rair Nrro to His Death After He Sliot and Killed Folic 'email. i . TEXAKKAN'A. Ark. May lf ! Halen Owens, negro, who hot and killed It. C. Choatf. police othcer. l late Y riflav. was taen tropi tne Miller county jail late Eriday ev n- ' ing by a mob that dragged him eight block. In-fore he died as the ; i i j rcstilt of strangulation. I Choate, the n gro's victim, dietl I cn an ojeratir.g table in a local ho?-j ' pital S"on after th-. hooting. ! Owens, who was shot in E J. E-JtuT.us. i b.i the. i o th? He 1 ..-...ih K pol if e managed tc rs'-:ij),. to ; ufw.efj in -i s'n'en ;i 1 1 1 o m obi I f . ' ..v. . a ,.. r-f about . mile ,frnni tmvn ,ini1 attemred to drown1 - himself in a pool. a-cording to . Sh riff John Strange, w ho dragc d! w; . v, ,.-.. or-a broo.-b ?ht l u 1 lilt- .UT i -i.4 - b. - him bat k h re. i The moh gathered and thousands ;0f persons surrounded the jail durir.g the afta- k. though only a comparatively small number actually participated In the lynching. Judge H. M. Harney made an ineffectual plea that the law be permitted tmkt- its course. tt laat Owens had been arretted nicht chargetl w.th th theft of au-

tomob.le aecf s.or"s and at the tlmejtt'.me testimony showed him to hiv

if. : s - ..- mm r i 'te'V ' . . ... .-.v .jf . . .. . an of the American commitit) ends this message: h runrp Is riot ml Uns r said

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Miss Mor?an-"A nation of r.'" "rl u 1 ' -

riors. yes. hut only In Sflf-dffense.- " France has been invaded 43 times sinee the birth of Christ. Wouldn't vou. under similar con ditions, insist on such puarantes as would leave you free to pursue your own ends; develop wour resources; and al'ovr all. at the present time, rtore jour country?" "People of South Henri. Franro must te restored if the balance and e-iiiity of the world is to remain." "laving a we do. it is the easiest j thin in the world to forget the terrible atrocities of the war period. I France cannot forgot. The French

people still hav e before them th"IT, reonest followed Mr. Edison's

w reck of every hallowed shrine and i uweiun.-. e must neip wiese 1 1 . U : rw- .... 1 1 . Pie to help thomsrives until tne last p themselves until the last t ves tlge 0f restrictive hostility is removed Jahors Cutler Handicap. "France labors under a great handicap, especially the regions of Jthe North whi'-h were the scenes of! the heaviest hunting. These regions

d vlioiroritl'''",f,' highly to the armi

jOer 57 per cent of the youth of France, between the asres of IS and! 2. died in the war. Thousands oft the rest are crippled, ender Thcs j ished ard nervou-ly stricken ; w ho remain must assume the burden of restoring vast stretches of j land torn up by shell-:, and the systematio us' of dynamite." "Because of the independent spirit ! of the French workers, the American Committe for Devastated France i j has been able to ue the ame money ' rn;: ' y 1 re.,uenuy. tnose w no ontinued- on pae two.) DEFENSE OPENS IN BLIZZARD HEARING

Claim Man, Charged Withjg r

j T reason, Aeted at Rennest of Army Offieer. CH A E EE STOW N". W. Va.. May 1 ! ! Testimony that Willi im Elizzard ; w t nt to Eogan lounty last f 'Jmm wruie m-m ib ers the union whit, ii In is an .official . ere fight-! i?g against tat- and countv offi-' vers a.s a result of requests bv an ' officer of the Fnited States army.)

was intrf.au ,! I n-lay as the first , Indiana -oal operators. through : vou to mt fipr,1tftr, jn jnint step of the defense in his trial forjIn,nn H jvpna, ?ee"y-treasurf r of ; ventlon to make a scab- for Indiana treason opening of tlu defendant's E.tuminous Coal Oper-! was renewed, both of which invitacrus. followed a decision by Judge!" ' .ion vol, deeline,! Kince tbrt t!ro

Woods ovr,ruling a i. .-tion to di - e t a vrrdlt of aciui'tal. Th courrjs cl-r:ion in the modecision on the motion i resented in detail the reasons, for that decision and also held that j the state w ritt limite.1 to Ti-ittj rrl'o ' prc-.-enc- w ith the armed forces in ican county as thf -overt cf .. ; which, undr the definition of treason, it must rely in its effort to show guilt. Sajs Ho Va in County. " Opening for the defence. H. Houston. chief counsel for the United Mine Workers, said it wa.s conceded that Blizzard was in I - - K.tii 'V'ui.ij m uir liiiie lilf I . K n II I. K : rn m r r . . A V. m . 1- t I j was going on there, but he was fnt . i there aj a result of the tederal officer's request ard tha durinz th been leading some of thf marchers; he was at Charleston or at his home in St. Albans. ,

OFFICERS PROBE FOR ORIGIN OF 'TERRORIST' FIRE

Seek to Learn Nliether Bovs or Terrorists Started Apartment Blaze. SEEK RELEASE OF PAIR I Eile Habeas Corpus Writs for Labor Leaders Ak 1,000 New Policemen. CHICAGO. M; stisprr-Ls under i With six new : arrest Friday nipht in connection with labor bombings ' ! which culminated in the killing ot ! two policeman more than a w eek i ago, polit e w?re attempting to dc- ' termine w hether boys or terrorists j were respons.bl for the rire which ' last Tuesday niht burned an incom- i pleted 70 apartment building. j While the investigation proof eded j Friday a petition for writs of habeas; corpus for the release on bail ol j "Hig Tim" Murphy and Fred Mader, labor loaders, indicted with eix oth!ers in connection with the slaying, .'was filed befcre Judce Harry n. Mil ler in superior court and made returnable next Tuesday. Charles Fitzmorris. chief of police, before a sub-committee of the city council finance, committee, asked for 1.000 new policemen to augment the present force of. about 5.000. The city council is to discuss the matter r.ext Tuesday. No attempt was made today to present evidence to the grand jury which the .state hopes will indict four more persons- in connection with the labor warfare. State's Att'y Robert F. Crowe said that evidence wouia probably be presented Monday when the state expects to have its case ! completedFmmet T Flood, general organizer for the American Federation of Iabor. who was taken in the general roundup of labor leaders following the slaying of tho policemen but was released, appealed to Mayor William It. Thompson tody tc investigate the wholesale raids and arrets. Mr. Flood and others have filed suits fgalnst Chief Fitzmorris Ton U"y( W,in l"rir MIt,us "r4C jquestione.l Dy tne ponce toaay rejpardlr.? reports that boys had been I rf sponsible for thf apartment buildjnc fire which it was at first thought was the result of the la"bor warfare. iSEEK EDISON OPINION ON SHOALS PROJECT WASiriNT.TON'. May 1?. An Invitation for Thomas A. Kdison to nppe.ir before- the senate asrricultura: contn Ittee Informal session at an

early date was forwarded Friday j greatest in Indiana outride of Into the invertor by Sen. Xorris. Neb-1 dianapolis. To that end tho cround raska. chairman of the committee. I work of a fmocessful camnaisfn was

recommendation's made informally , Thursday to several members of i hof thrjt tho government Henrv Ford's offer for le- ! vrlopment of the government's nit - rafe and power projects as Muscle Shoai ir r,iim'q 1ntfrft and personal knowledge of the project as well ias hi. deslrf for their development (attracted the committee's attention ' ...... when he recently visited the snoais district in company with Mr. Ford. j INVITE MANY NATIONS TO DAIRY CONVENTION WASHINGTON. May 1?. Invitation.asking l-0 nations, colonies and commonwealth to send representatives to the world'f dairy congress which is to be held in an American city, not ye decided upon, in October. 102".. were sent out Friday by the state department in thf name of Fres't Harding A resolution recentlv adopted bv congress directed the president to issue the invitation.-. The con.rresfi will be the first international dairy meeting e,-,r held j in the Fnited States. Indianapolis I i-- among the cities wihch have filed, j with the world's dairy congress asniafion. applications for acting as i b f-t. ' rn TTr..f ti i With Workers on T - ..! r;fl(,r(,;irv nf Indi lana I nit Take Up Statrment of Miners in Press. TEHEE II AI TE. Ind.. May 13. I tors Donation, hnoay renew-,. .'their reauest to the Indiana miners in inint r-o n f e- r e n ce for t b .11 IN - ' L J - - - - of -ettling the strike. Thf purpose etfter was mac.- in a iput w ri;ien bv Mr. Pfnna to Mr. Hessler. press - tl'fnt of D strict Nn. 11. Fnited Min Workers of Ari'-rka, and in it Mr. penna said "thre tan be no good 0f i . . ." . . . reason for staying apart. Extract: from the letter follow: "(tu March Is. I'JZZ, I wrote you ... as roiiowp: " "A' tln on behalf of thf bitumlmv.t coal onerators of this -datf. I ;M,egest tbat we convfnf a joint cont r.r f. ir Indiana at an early date Till: KA T I! Ii. It. Indiana and I.nr Mblilcan: 'b-n fruiir fiir Sttur!ay and probably Sunday; warmer Sunday.

Ennui Proves Too Much At Gov. Small9 s Trial: ''Snores9 Worry Bailiff WA UK KG AN. 111. May We. tried by the monotonous r adlm; of memoranda ir.to th ro -ords by attorney?, a spectator at the trial of (;o. I .on Small went to sleep Friday. He was aroused by the bailiff. who feand that his sonorous breathing would disturb the court. The fourth week of the governor's trial came to an er.d wlvi the prosecution reduced to bare ficure its ma of documentary evidence, consisting of memoranda, cancelled notes ar.d drafts of Armour and Co.. and Swift and Co. Attorneys for the slate declared that $l.sr..r..no Interes on packers" notes had been traced to the late State Sep. Edward C Curti ar.d that total loans and renewals made by Curtis to the packers amounted to over I 2 - 000. ooo. Counsel for Gov. Small reiterated its defense that, these transactions had no connection with the alleged conspiracy.

PREPARATIONS FOR DRIVE COMPLETED AT SESSION FRIDAY -.i i er C . Chamber of Commeree Lain-. paign to Open Tuesday 75 Attend Meet. More than 75 members of the campaign exectuive committeo and membership drive teams of the cjhamher of Commerce received their final instructions at a meeting of the Chamber Friday niht. Practically all preparations for the opening drive on Tuesday morning were completed. Warde It. Mack acted as chairman during the session. The program was similar to a meetlna: ni tne sales force of a large corporation tailed for the purpose of Ftarting the men on the road for the season. Frank J. dreen. manager of the local Chamber of Commerce, gave a brief. forceful talk on "Borne of the Thinps "We Are tioins; to Sell," explaining the various ?ellinc: points. .-uch a.s community interest, cooperation, unselfish service to the city, and the plea that these thincrs can be obtained best through the asency of a community-wide Chamber of Commerce Gives TriMr-urUon?. Detailed campaiern Instructions were given by I). IT. McCarland. director of the rampaiffn for th Chamber of f'ommore-. The mil of the organization is to make the local Chamber of Commerce the I laid nut with much care. When I the team. start out Tuesday leaders expect that local campaicn records will be broken. What i expected to be one OT 1 the most representative chic gathj erincs in the history of this city I 's scheduled for Monday night at i the Y. M. C. A., to hy known a the "Creafer South Eend Pinr.er." j Among the out-of-town guests w-ll !

be Allen I). Albert and Dr. Frank The .ri rap!vc ? '---r .laynes, who are both scheduled to J night w e;-e confronte.l v. ;tb ti-i-.-nddress the gathering. Acceptances j s.--rip of the te phonic ro o , to-

foi thf dinner are being recived in great numbers. Thno who are planning to at - tend the tlinr.er are refjuetei by Chairman Mack to make their reservations at once a a guarantee must be made for the number of plates

to be et. Campaign l' alf rr. havei.Iu'v Eibepv

extended invitations to women who are interested in civi" aff ajns. TWO-IIEMnED" .MAN DIF.S. KEWANEE. 111. May n Mike Chiavenfone. 22. who puzzb d the medical profes.-iot: because of having two hearts, i drad at his b.orne here He had complained of he.irt trouble sincf bovbood and eicht months go he was examined at Hush medical college. Chicago, w here lt was discovered be had two hearts, the larger one on the left side nr.d the smaller one cn the rlcht side. nffor- fn Moot o. t C . . I Strike Settlement I for the purpose r.f making and I a io ji j rig a seal of wages or t tilsstate, asMgninc at the time reasons ; for making th.e j.rt po'-ition W h 1 e M ! seemeI sufficient to us. j Ic Ilnctl Itotli Iiid. "On March 22 the invitation - r(.,ic,, r.rr,r., ; , . a. ' -;- t. r.rn . 1 . I . . . ...... I I t t.lt. t-Tviijib, III. iL 1 IIUI'I I'-- ; wasted effort. The purpose this s - r ttr vr nrii".li . r- t t ry ri tr r- Tit ; "ot.iuin m o;i iw o- - vji j proposition of March Is. t "l am impelled to the renewal of i this e-rfer by tlif r-tat.-n.ent of See-'y Mitch which appeared m the rr,..-s i i recent flare as toiiows: ""Thf miners are willing to meet' , with the operators and netotiatf i imihm I i i. 11. 1 on i'iC'ro i r.! i i '".m-. c i -' j - .... erjuity.' ; "We are in strict accord with ' Sfc'y Mitch's .atement. and if tho;e statements ref.' ct the opinion of his1 associates in the district ofy.ee, your- ! self and others, there t an be no good reason for us staying apart. ' i ""I hope, sir. that you can see this situation as we do and will accrjt Iour proposition for a joint convtn-, tion."

PLOT UNCOVERED BY CLEVER WORK OF U.S. AGENT

Poses a Memher of Ganz and Learns of Hohhery Scheduled for Todav. i. : AHHESTED ! Helieve Thefts. InvoKin? Mil lions, Will He Cleared Lp hy Capture. NEW YORK, May 19. A crigantic post office holdup, surpassing in spectacularity and daring any of tho rrcent registered mail thefts of the million-dollar-and-up class, vould have been perpetrated at the city hall post office Saturday hut for the keen work of a post office inspector who grew a bad man s beard, consorted with tho plotters and uncovered their scheme. u KT Sq fin making public the details ol I the arrest of seven men ix of i : t m iiirin uiocm or post uusi ouivc; 1 , 4, t employes. lie assericci uwi their capture would clear up the registered mai 1 theft of July 18. when $1,477.000 in Liberty bonds bound for Washington were stolen from the mails; would aid in solving a heretor 11 l.tr. r . v i lore undisclosed tncit or ?-o,000 in securities addressed to Watertown. N. V.. and iniciit -o ' toward clearing up the ? 2 ."''' mail truck holdup in Eower r.roadwaj last October IMntHictl Da j light .lob. Plans had hon laid and -vc-n f have been carried out In broad iiyiight for the holdup and i o'.)-- . -of the entire registered mail t - - tion of the city hall station, thrnu-h which millinn In seciritle flow daily from thf Wall st. fintnciil zone. In-cpeetor roran said. Onl'ts had hern issued to shord any ni . ploye who resisted. The plotcr bad f - it cd the c.'f ball cfation .several tinvs. tctde i careful survey of the "iivi:" planned their raid in g:at detail. Ind-ed. Ins-pert fir pnnn si:d. thf" had CTOne to the w.--ckf a rro ready Ffition to "pull" r-i ho'.dlip t'Mt had tioeri (iorrrf rl the nerldMlf.ll bre-r!Te nf -r-,. in-p'rtnr-i. fear their wbl"b livl 1- ! !lif:n Plot pM 1 :.. '! 1 -s.-over d. It wa. t!i- imniirerrr. .-,f t!:e nrvdate ff) frr th-- ho" !nj -h.it r-rt r n t ! ce ard no-.'of ftce '' i ..r- on i i a roundup r . imp -i'cr n It-' t:g!-.t . T!or. w h - r fo- - n a m e of the j rv;. rrol the tr.nd and withheld. plo wit h hi ' a '1 na n bid plau-ible tnn nr.'-r. w a s Th.e h a r led !" a r . !! was sa t d ----f ede 1 ti ge - h i m - -elf "counted in" on :!!r ; ro; o..city hall .f atioo po'dai. .-"-1 a '. k " 1 it ovt r in d tail w:t h thf e'hr' in h i" supp' frfd "den" h;r - l.nd Wijed ith t 1 r r, V ri r, ie tlfVi'.". Several Voifc -ctl. Itcporf. lay in the pre .. i , b 5 ' a rdr 1 ir..-p !lrged j pietel; j in by j sp. ., f tor ar.'l rome r,f ht ar- Ito b a e ( r i r f i - t - . err t lie :r. til rttb1 their rev.- fourd j a r I ora n :- a d t'iiv ! ' h I f O'J . j recount e very step taken bond t! T)i e f ; j ( f a c or " t 1 1 - . a 1 r' - r y d - ii-:-l o a r. i v ail, A.a Morris St yea r-o'd ' b-rk i r, ' h p a r t m e n t . S ' v. 1 e at The Time I re he 1 S ' make h:: a .bort found to .' ! i T": la Ter Of a S drop h!f! fr T he j for a riii'y r i I TV" r - I e . a v d f w r bs .a tr--! - ,. r "bearded ge." ma an aco na i : ra Ti'-r n. crv s'ore be -,rd E ! ; ' i 1 'o; ' o n f d e ra e i.'.i i ; r ' ' ! Sunppi tl Ititrglar -toi it s. Takirg n ro.m :': ;. ,-.. Side as h i. "in: -.'';." T;.--!rtiii'd -i s -.- I r-i''Fp ;r - t ;- mcr.t a 1 t W 7: ft the ot) v; r.e. f rv. - b. ; 1 f : v e rr: f the r e t i A T::enbe--s i s; a p g - Dempseys Matrimonial Rumors Ended at East: Announces B e t r o t h a I NEW VOF.K. May 13. Jack If mps-y l"r.Iy r.igh au'horlz-d t!';e 'ir.r.o ;r. -e rr."-- r.f hi- in".pf r. J-:-:g !:.arr..ii-- to IM:th It- kw of -. ;i t r. er.;. Tiv (, ha::i; i n apr-'-are-i rati, or hiUJrhty. with a rr-.cn- - .s-r--.r,-i ir.to !.: right ') a.r.d a "hf -k-i ap p .;:: ! ' kiiy to c:.f .-He c.I h'.s heal, v. her. h- return 2 Jrcra Euro; " Fr: iay. ard he dldr.t have much to say. Th n Frl-Ia r ig'-.t. ba-hTullr. ).( to: ; h. fr.enls that his Kre -ary. T- Ity Hayt, had -rr. r; ! r. g tO teil them. -He's irg to b r.arri'l." a n r u r. r d I ! i ? . Jack grinned ar.d cor.'frme fl the stat- m r: t . Thf we '. Er.g dttf ha he-n et. "S'ometi.me before Ch ri'trr.aa. Jack said.