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VOL. XXVI. NO. 92
GROUPS REPLACING
PARTY ALIGNMENT.
TJX VOTE SHOWS
G, 0. P. Powerless, Lawrence
Says—Coolidge Must Sign
Bill, Then Ask Further Re
vision of Next Congress
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The .louriial.)
(Copyright, 1'221.)
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Group
has replaced party gov
ernment. All doubts as to the power
of the insurgent Republicans to do
about as they please in the present
session of congress have been re
moved. And President Coolidge, pos
sessed of the veto power, stands as
the single-handed champion of con
servative, regular Republican doc
trine.
The taxation plan of the secre
tary of the treasury, Andrew W.
Mellon, now has been beaten in
both house and senate by a coali
tion of Democrats and insurgent
Republicans. The first important
test of the new rules of the house
which delayed the organization of
the present session of congress has
turned out exactly as expected. No
longer can the regular Republicans
pigeon-hole a measure in commit
tee. A majority vote can bring it
out, according to the new rules, and
that now has happened. It marks
an epoch in the history of the
house of representatives. It means
more power to groups than parties.
The voting of the Simmons tax
rates into the senate bill as pro
posed by the Democrats and the
virtual acceptance in the house of
the Democratic rates proposed by
Representative Garner, in what is
known as the Longworth compro
mise, does not mean the Democrats
are controlling congress. It has a
deeper meaning than that. It re
veals that there is a new alignment
in the national legislature—a rad
ical, liberal or progressive group
composed of insurgent Republicans
*nd most of the Democrats and a
conservative and regular group com
posed almost wholly of Repub
licans and one or two Democrats.
Friends of Masses
On the surface it seems as if the
Democrats are merely following the
Republican strategy of yester-years
in aiding and abetting all political
mischief which vorks to the disad
vantage of the part in power, but
what has been happening in The last
few weeks can not be attributed en
tirely to that cause. The Democrats
would not have opposed the Mellon
rates, nor would the insurgent Re
publicans have deliberately aban
doned them if they had not believed
that the Mellon cut helped the
wealthy too much and that the sub
stitute bills gave the man of smaller
income more of a reduction in his
taxes. Similarly, in the house, the
support given the Howell-Barkley
bill to safeguard the rights of union
labor in the railway crafts is sig
nificant of a belief that the working
classes are more numerous than the
employers.
Congress, as a result, legislates to
get a direct response from the larg
est number of people, and while the
railway employers and the persons
<lt large income probably could
• prove that their proposals are in
Jtie end of economic benefit to more
persons than themselves, the house
and senate, being politically minded,
does not accept such a view. The
administration of leadership which
champions the cause of the so called
conservative business interests of
the country is doomed in the pres
ent temper of congress, to defeat.
The tax bill which has been drafted
by the coalition of insurgert Repub
licans and Democrats is uy uo means
satisfactory to the conservatives in
either the Republican or Democratic
parties, but it is a reduction, never
theless, as compared with the pres
ent revenue act. And the mood of
congress is to cut taxes a litlie bit
at a time. Undoubtedly there will
be efforts to cut taxes further every
year from now on. It always v ill be
a paramount issue. Bur rhe radicals
feel that the cuts should trot be too
extensive and that the '.ran of small
er income should be given preference
right along.
Tax Harin Not Recognized
The case for the lower surtax
advocates has been weakened by
several things. First, the argument
has been made that business con
ditions would be improved by lower
rates, and second that tax-exempt
securities would not be so popular
if taxable securities were made
more attractive through lower
rates. Congress has not been con
vinced that even under the present
surtaxes business has been ruined.
On the contrary, the Republicans
plan to go into the campaign with
a cry of prosperity. Also, none of
the proposals thus far advanced
would seriously compete with the
tax-exempt securities, in the opin
ion of members of congress who
have been instrumental in defeat
ing the Mellon rates.
As for the action of the house
id forcing to the front the very bill
which the railway interests have
been fighting, this is an indication
that big business, so to speak, has
hurt its own cause by fighting the
inevitable. The demaua for the How
ell-Barkley bill now has been inten
sified. Coming on the eve of the
congressional as well as presidential
campaign, union labor is gathering
its strength once more to strike at
those in the Republican or Demo
cratic parties who side with the em
ployers. It’s the old story of blocs.
This time the labor bloc in the house
is in the ascendency.
President’s Course Charted
President Coolidge might have
saved the tax situation by personal
intervention and an appeal to the
country for the Mellon rates just
as the bill was being advanced from
one stage to another, but he was
advised that he could not hope to
the president when they know deli
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
BALTIMORE. Solid Maryland
delegation vote for Coolidge results
from state primary vote.
HONG KONG. —Thirty-eight Chi
nese, convicted of piracy of steam
launch, Kwongtak, are executed.
NEW YORK. Kate Claxton, fa
mous fifty years ago as Louise in
“The Two Orphans,” dies suddenly.
GREAT NECK, N. Y.—Elsie Fer
guson, actress, and Frederick Wor
lock, English member of her cast,
are married.
NEW YORK.—Edward Leach. 58,
past grand exalted ruler of Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
dies.
YOUNGSTOWN?"?)? Thomas R.
Marshall, former vice president of
the United Slates, declares “I would
not be president if they handed it to
me.”
LOS ANGELES.—Mrs. Katherine
Petty, sister of Alber B. Fall, for
mer secretary of interior, remanded
to custody of parole officer for ob
servation.
WASHINGTON.—State depart
ment advised formal convention is
signed by two warring Honduran
factions to compose differences that
have caused civil war.
RICHMOND, Va.—Mrs. Mary 801 l
ing Lee, 78, widow of General W. H.
F. (Rooney) Lee, and daughter-in
law of General Robert E. Lee, Con
federate leader, died.
WASHINGTON. Formal conven
tion to compose differences is signed
by warring factions in Honduras,
Sumner Wells, representative of Pres
ident Coolidge at conference, advises
sta’te department.
WA SHINGTON.—Aft er voting, 191
to 181, to discharge the commerce
committee from jurisdiction over
Barkley bill to abolish the railroad
labor board, house votes to limit de
bate on bill to three hours.
WASHINGTON.—Sweeping inves
tigation of present conditions of na
val establishment by joint commit
tee of congress is proposed in reso
lution introduced by Senator King,
Democrat. Utah.
WASHINGTON—Senate by close
vote approves minority tax sched
ule, providing maximum surtax rate
of 40 per cent and 50 per cent re
duction on normal taxes on incomes
under SB,OOO.
BERLIN.—New coalitio'n govern
ment will be organized by Presi
dent Ebert, if official recount of bal
lots preserves present rank of
united socialists as strongest party
in reichstag.
KINGMAN, ' Ariz—Belief that
name of Thomas E. Campbell, for
mer governor of Arizona, will be
placed before Republican national
convention as vice presidential nomi
nee was expressed.
WASHINGTON—Secretary Wil
bur, of navy, declares in favor of
an American navy not only equal
to any other, but a dominating one
“along lines not restricted by mutual
agreement ” '
VIENNA—What .are believed to be
remnants of original tablets bearing
ten. commandments, have been deci
phered by Professor Hubert Grimme,
of University of Munster. Jewish
Telegraphic agency reports.
WASHINGTON - Suit which
would test the rights of the Rus
sian soviet government to recogni
tion in courts here is filed by the
Lehigh Valley railroad, seeking to
prevent further proceeding on a
claim for damages brought by the
Russian. government.
SOVIET IMll
OVER BERLIN RAID
OF RUSS BUREAU
MOSCOW, May 6.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Indignation is ex
pressed in soviet official quarters
over the action of the German police
in raiding the premises of the Rus
sian trade delegation in Berlin, and
the soviet ambassador, Krestinsky,
has been instructed to return io Mos
cow unless the German government
accords full satisfaction.
Although no member of the gov
ernment is willing to express a for
mal opinion in the matter, it is held
that Foreign Minister Tchtcherian
undoubtedly will make representa
tions to Berlin when in possession of
all the facts.
The raid is characterized by the
Russians as a breach of the principle
of extra-territorialitv and violation
of international diplomatic customs.
REPLY OF GERMANY
DEMES RESPONSIBILITY
BERLIN, May 6 —(Dv the Associ
ated Press.)—The German govern
ment's reply to the protest of the
Russian ambassador over the raid on
the Russian trade delegation’s of
fices here declares Germany cannot
accept the reproach of disregarding
exisiting treaties.
The Russian note, the reply says,
fails to furnish any concrete evidence
of the alleged untrustworthiness of
the testimony by German officials
in the ease, anjL therefore. Germany
cannot accept the Russian reproach
of disregarding treaties.
nitely that he will veto a specific
measure. As it is. when they are
without knowledge of his in ten
tious, they go ahead, recording their
votes and when the time comes for
I a vote over the veto, it is emhar
, rassing for them to change their
: votes.
.The Mellen tax rates were heart-
I ily approved by Mr. Coolidge at the’
i Outset Now he will receive a bill
from congress, which, in the oroi-
I change the situation. There is some
I doubt about this, for members of
the Republican party are not so
ready to commit themselves agamst
nary courts of events, would de
serve a veto if consistency were io
i be regarded as a virtue. But the
' question of expediency arises—is the
■ dew bill better than the present
I law? it is If Mr. Coolidge vetoes
j the proposed bill he delays tax : >
j vision His strategy will be to sign
lit and ask for further revision if
I elected to the presidency next au
tumn.
MANlLA.—Japanese pinates have
been raiding and plundering on Bab
uyan island, according to official
reports.
AMSTERDAM, N. Y.—Eight per
sons are killed at a. grade crossing
When ’‘Twentieth Century Limited
strikes automobile.
LONDON.—House of commons
declines to alter provisions of labor
government budget, reducing duties
on certain foodstuffs.
WASHINGTON.—Increase in tar
iff rate on sodium nitrate of y.rom
three cents to four and a half cents
is proclaimed by President Coolidge.
PARIS. —Premier Poincare de
clares France is not willing to re
store Germany’s economic unity un
til reich puts reparations experts’
program into effect.
PATNA, British lida.—Serious epi
demic of cholera has swept over
Behar division of Bengal, where
more than ten thousand deaths have
occurred this year-
MEMPHIS.—AII hunting trophies
of late Paul Rainey, noted big
game hunter, are presented to city
of Memphis by Mrs. Grace Rainey
Rogers, his sister and heiress.
TOKlO.—Foreign Minister Mat
sui denies that any political signifi
cance attaches to visit of a French
delegation, headed by M. Merlin,
governor general of French Indio-
China
WASHINGTON. Senator Walsh,
Democrat, Massachusetts, in senate
resolution, asks investigation of “pro
longed depression” in American cot
ton textile industry by tariff commis
sion.
LONDON. —Reuter Agency dis
patch from' Seville, Spain, says war
minister has ordered military air
planes and Spanish flying corps to
be ready for immediate departure
for Morocco.
SEATTLE.—Searching parties pre
pare to extend hunt for Major Fred
erick L.. Martin, commander army
world flight squadroh, to Behring
sea. coast of Alaskan peninsula,
where it is reported plane was seen
Sunday. . .
WASHINGTON. Senate and
house conferees on immigration bill
agree on provision to make Japanese
exclusion effective July 1; it. is in
dicated at the' White House that
agreement is unsatisfactory to Pres
ident Coolidge.
WASHINGTON. —According to pri
mary returns in California, Presi
dent Coolidge has lead of 10,000
votes over Senator Hiram Johnson,
while in Indiana, while in Indiana
president’s lead over California sen
ator is six to one.
BERLlN.—Russian embassy an
nounces temporary cessation of com
mercial relations with Germany in
view of failure of German govern
ment to give satisfaction for police
raid on quarters of Russian com
mercial delegation.
WASHINGTON.— Henry Ford, in
letter to Senator Norris, chairman
of senate agriculture committee, re
fuses to appear in person before
committee in connection with Muscle
Shoals’ offer, and asserts there is no
need for further explanation of his
bid.
COVINGTON, Ky. Prosecutor
tells jury trying Congressman John
W. Langley, of Kentucky, charged
with conspiracy to defraud govern
ment by illegal liquor withdrawals,
that congressman riiade bank de
posits of $105,000 during three years
while he drew annual salary of
$7,500.
GRILL LOCKWOOD
FOR HIS ATTACKS.
ROBINSON DEMANDS
WASHINGTON. May 6.—A de
mand that George B. Lock wood,
secretary of the liepublican national
committee, be called before a senate
committee and explain his attacks
“on this body” was made in the sen
ate today by Senator Robinson Ar
kansas. the Democratic leader
The proposal was prompted by a
statement issued last night by Mr
Lockwood, in which he declared the
special senate committee investigat
ing the indictment of Senator Wheel
er, of Montana, had not “looked at”
the most important evidence in the
case.
“I apprehend.” Senator Robinson
said, “that Mr. Lockwood will be
called to explain why he has kept
the information which he asserts
justifies the indictment of .Senator
Wheeler, in the secrecy of nis con
science."
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho
chairman of the special committee
also replied to the Lockwood state
ment He declared every witness
suggested by Lock wood had been
questioned as had “every individual
in any way connected with tl.e mat
ter.”
“I don’t want to anticipate our
report,” he added, “but it w;T say
all there is to be sa.d.”
This statspient by the eorrmittee
chairman was interpreted by Sena
tor Robinson as bearing a “plain im
plication that there s nothing against
Wheeler except tie made it un-.mm
sortable for ctcoks in office.’’
Replying specifirally the state
ment issue! last ’.light bv Mr. Lock
wood, Senator Robinson said it con
stituted an attack on Republican
senators for t’ alleged failure to
defend "the dissipation •>’ t.i; i.avai
oil reserves, a dishonest transac
tion."
Murder True Bill Found
Against Carolinian
LEXINGTON, N C., May 6.—The
grand jury of Davidson county re
turned a true bill of murder here
Monday against L. C. Jenkins, for
mer chief of police of Thomasville.
Jenkins is charged with the murder
of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Jones, of Ap
palachia, Va.. on the night of March
12. at a rooming house in Thomas
ville.
Shortly after the grand jury had
made its report to Judge H. P. Lane,
presiding. Jenkins was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The case was set for trial Wednes
day morning.
DOOMED ITALIANS
AWAIT EXECUTION
IN JAIL IT AMITE
Attorney Hurries to Wash
ington With Supreme Court
Plea—One Prisoner At
tempts Suicide
AMITE, La., May 7.—Six men
sentenced to be hanged for the mur
der of Dallas Calmes reached here
at 9:05 a. m. from New Orleans and
were placed in individual cells in
the parish prison where they will re
main until Friday, the date of the
execution. The men were accom
panied by a troop of national guard.
A tremendous crowd was at pie sta
tion.
Girault Farrar, attorney for the
six men, was today on his way to
the national capital in a last effort
to obtain from the United States su
preme court a stay of execution aft
er Judge Foster, of the federal dis
trict court, yesterday dismissed an
application for a writ of habeas cor
pus for five of the prisoners and
later refused to grant an appeal. In
denying the writ the judge stated
it was not the prerogative of the
United States district court to inter
fere with the orderly adminisration
of the law in the courts of the state
of Louisiana,’and that the prisoners
have had due process of law.
The condemned men, Natale Dea
more, Joseph Rini Joseph Bocchio.
Andrea Lemantia, Roy Leona, and
Joseph Giglio, bid their friends in
New Orleans good-by last night.
TROOPS GUARD DOOMED
MEN ON LAST JOURNEY
NEW ORLEANS. May 7.—Six
men sentenced to be hanged Friday
were taken from the parish prison
here early today and started on their
journey to Amite, La.. , where the
executions will, take place. They
were escorted by a troop of national
guard.
When Warden Rennyson awak
ened the condemned men at 4:15
o’clock to dress for the trip, he
found that Roy Leona, of Brook
lyn. N. Y., had stabbed himself five
times with a three-inch dirk. One
of the pounds penetrated his lung
and is regarded as serious. Leona
confessed to the slaying of Dallas
Calmes, who attempted to frustrate
a bank robbery at Independence,
La., three years ago.
One Refuses to Dress
Natale Deamore, of New Orleans,
who for more than a week has been
acting insane, refused to dress and
prison attendants put clothes on him
while he fought them off.
Andrea Lamahtia, of Chicago,
would not awaken and was forcibly
taken from his cot. He had not
taken off his clothes or cap for sev
eral days and was fully clothed.
Joseph Giglio, of Brooklyn; Joseph
Bocchio. of Chicago, and Joseph
Rini. of New Orleans, marched from
their cells protesting they were go
ing to their death unjustly
Bocchio, who was studying for the
priesthood before turning .bandit,
made a statement before leaving the
prison
“Why should I die?” he began. “1
have done nothing. J have been
three years in cells. 1 have made a
man of myself during those three
years. I did not know the world
when I carhe to jail I have studied
it since. I have read. I have not
read have only prayed for a
way to save us. What would I do if
I were freed now? Well. I studied to
be a priest. I would not be a priest.
I would be a reformer. I would teach
young hoys of my experience; I would
go to all penitentiaries; I would tell
them to be good. I have made a mis
take. but should I hang for such a
mistake? 1 never had murder in my
heart. I never committed it. 1
would not have it in my heart in a
thousand years.”
The men were handcuffed and
schackled and marched io waiting
patrol wagons which took them to
the depot where they were placed
on a train to begin the sixty-nine
mile trip. The soldiers, deputies and
condemned men filled a special
coach attached to a regular train
The men will be held in the Tang
ipahoa parish jail until Friday noon
at which hour the executions are
scheduled to begin.
Says Cood-hy .to Dog
Rini, before departing, called
Steve Elliott, the parish prison
chief, who gave him a Chihuahua
terrier, “Toots,” two years ago and
which was raised by Rini in his cell.
He asked Elliott to give the dog to
his (Rini’s) brother.
“If he doesn’t want it. you keep
it," Rini told Elliott. Then followed
detailed instructions for care of the
dog:
“Give him running water; don’t
let him stay in the yard; make a bed
for him in the house; he will stay
awake at night and then sleep until
noon.”
Then turning his sefle compan
ion during the last two years of his
exile, he petted his terrier, scratched
its ears and said, brokenly:
“Well, Toots. I guess I’ll never see
you again.”
$35,832 in Property
Destroyed by Prohis
Federal prohibition agents oper
ating in Georgia in April destroyed
property valued at $35,832.35, in
cluding 191 stills. 1.307 gallons of
whisky and 134,980 gallons of beer,
according to reports made public
Tuesday by Fred D. Dismuke. direc
tor of federal prohibition forces in
the state.
Dry agents made 112 arrests for
violation of the national prohibition
act and recommended 173 prosecu
tions.
First Auto-Steamboat
Crash Goes to Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. May 6.—An
automobile collided with a steamer
here Monday.
Mrs. R. M. Booth parked her
limousine on a steep hill leading to
the river. It coasted down the hill
into the river and hit the side of a
steamer.
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ELECTION TO NAME
W STATE SHIM
OF MT COUNH
The only vacancy now existing in
the Georgia general assembly, which
will convene for its annual session
on June 25, is the senatorship in
the Twenty-fifth district, made va
cant by the death on April 27 of Sen
ator J. B. Douglas, Sr., of Talbot
ton. Governor Walker has author
ized John •A. Smith, ordinary, of
Talbot county, to call a special elec
tion within the next twenty-one days
for the purpose of choosing a suc
cessor to Senator Douglas, as it is
Talbot county's time to have the
state senatorship.
No contest for the speakership of
the house is expected at the 1925
session, in the event Speaker Neill
is a candidate, and he- has stated
that he will seek re-election both as
representative of .Muscogee county
and speaker, but there will be a
warm fight for the presidency of
the senate next year. Carl N. Guess,
representative of DeKalb county in
rhe house, is a candidate for the
senatorship in the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, and will make the race for
president of the senate in the event
of his election. -Representative Sapp,
of Whitfield county, who has no
opposition for the senate, has also
announced his candidacy for presi
dent of that body. It is reported
that there will be two or three other
aspirants.
George 11. Carswell, of Wilkinson
county, now president of the state
senate and a veteran legislator, will
retire from the general assembly if
he decides to make the race for gov
ernor this year. Representative A.
J. Woodruff, of DeKalb county,- is
a candidate for railroad commission
er; Representative Frank Holden, 31
Clarke county, will run for congress;
Representative Camp, of Campbel’
county, will run foe solicitor gen
eral in his circuit, and a number of
other legislators will seek other of
fices this fall, it is said.
Blue Laws Strictly
Enforced in Thomas
THOMASVILLE. Ga.. May 6.—ln
accordance with recommendations
contained in the general present
ments of the Thomas county grand
jury, the so-called “blue Sunday”
closing laws are being rigidly en
forced throughout the county. AH
stores and other places of business
must remain closed all day Sunday
except for the relief of a necessity
or for charity The sale of soda
water cigars tobacco, candy, gaso
line, newspapers - and other articles
is strictly forbidden, and all the
county officers are under instruc
tions to enforce the law.
Atlanta, Ga., Ihursday, May 8, 1924
Catts Leads Florida .
Candidates m Money
Spent m Campaign
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.. May 7.
Three candiadates for governor to
day had filed with the secretary of
state their first accounts for ex
penses in making the race through
May 5. The figures submitted show
ed that Sidney J. Catts was in the
lead in the amounts expended, with
$.”■.120.80. the ulk of which went for
automobile upkeep and board find
lodging for himself and driver. Mr.
Catts had received $5lO in contribu
tions.
Frank E j.-..>- listed his ex
penditures at $2,716.31 The largest
single item. $920.50, in his account
was for advertising his platform
newspapers last November. Another
item of $428 went for printing, mul
tigraphing and stationery. No con
tributions were listed.
John W. Martin gave his expendi
tures a® $2,546.53. Os this amount.
<675 was paid for printing, $298.63
for travel.. expenses, $265 for
newspaper advertising, $450 for
stenographers, and $350 for postage
His friends had contributed a little
more than SI,OOO to his campaign
fund. Mr. Martin reported. The limit
>n expenditures by gubernatorial
andidates is $4,000.
A. S. Wells, candidate for the
■ '.ate railroad commission from
roup 1, was the only one among
aatehouse officials rc-perting the?'
:ad spent more than the qualifying
ee in the race. He paid out $5 fog
laving cards printed.
W. J. Bryan, candidate for dele
f‘e to the Democratic convention
from the state at large, reported hav
ng 't s3o7.’' of his SSOO limit:
nr. 1 Ft. A. Green, candidate for rep
resentative in congress, the Second
district, submitted a report showing
.. • and been spertt ■ ' him.
Scores of Passers-by
See Baby Kidnaped
PHILADELPHIA. May 6.—ln view
of scores of tssers-by, the two
nv *' --old bab,y of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Mcdell was kidnaped from its
coach in front of its home in West
r”- : '~delphia ’’’’-'ndav. A woman,
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Frightened by Lightning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo.. Ma v 7.—Fright
is presumed to have caused the
death of Charles Hourigan. 10. at
school during an electrical storm.
Tuesday The boy collapsed after a
stroke of lightning and died in five
minutes. Physicians who went to
his aid could find no traces of the
bolt having struck him. They said
they believed he died from fright.
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PHILIPS OFFENDED
miNST CHIRGES
IN LUMBER OEO
WASHINGTON. May 6.—Charles
A Douglas, chief counsel for John
L. Philips, of Thomasville, Ga., on
trial wiih five others on charges of
defrauding the government in con
nection with sale of surplus lumber,
told the jury today in a preliminary
statement that the Philips and
Stephens contract with the govern
ment was one of outright purchase
and under it the firm was at lirebty
to sell the lumber at any price it
elected. The attorney maintained
prices paid the government for lum
ber were fixed by contract, and said
no improper influence was exercised
bn government officials, as charged.
The government, he declared, prof
ited more through sale of surplus
lumber than it did through disposi
tion of any other surplus stock.
Attorney Wilton J. Lumbert fol
lowed Mr. Douglas, outlining the de
fense of John Stephens, of Jackson
ville, Fla.
Mr. Lambert told the jurors that
Stephens, millionaire lumberman, de
nies guilt of fraud in connection
with the lumber deal and maintains
he received nothing in excess of
pthat due him under the firm's con
tract with the government. He
said his client would present testi
mony to show his lack of knowledge
or participation in any fraud and
insisted records of the firm would
show his client was not involved in
any fraud.
Frank J. Hogan, outlining the de
fense of Ernest C. Morse, who was
war department director of sales in
1919 and 1920. another of the de
fendant, declared his client not only
was guiltless of wrongdoing, but
“had rendered a great service to
the government.” He reviewed va
rious surplus stock sales made un
der Morse’s direction, and said his
client had recovered to the govern
ment about $1,100,000,000
Four teen-Year-Old Girl
Confesses 8 Robberies
WATERBURY, Conn., May 6 —A
14-year-old bobbed hair grammar
sclool girl has confessed to eight
Burglaries She carried a full kit of
tool®, according io the confession.
In a any cases she gained entrance
to stores by breaking into 'l.e cellar
-rd climbi'i’t up ihre- 'gh trap dojrs.
A $5 gold pi'- e carelessly shiva to
b-sr school n -les ’cd to he r arrest
school yesAiCaj.
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JOHNSON TRAILING
IN HIS HOME STATE.-
M’ADOO BIG VICTOR
Coolidge 20,000 Ahead in
California Oklahoma
Democrats Indorse Ex-
4 Secretary
California McAdoo Vote
A Stand for Cleanliness,
Victor’s Statement Says
LOS ANGELES, May 7.—Wil
liam G. McAdoo, candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion, after viewing the state re
turns, issued the following state
ment:
“California has spoken In re
sounding tones for clean politiac >
and progressive Democracy
her verdict.
“The victory for the delegate* ■’
pledged to support me in the New
York convention is overwhelm
ing and obliterating. The Demo
cratic party has an inspiring op
portunitj'. California is determ
ined to do her part in reclaiming
the government from those who
have betrayed the people, in re
storing honesty and justice and in
driving privilege and corruption
out of high station.”
Mr. McAdoo plans to leave to
day for Tennessee.
SAN VANCISCO. May 7.—Presi
dent Calvin Coolidge appeared early
today to have defeated Hiram W.
Johnson, California’s senior senator,
in their contest for the indorsement
of this state’s Republican voters in
yesterday’s presidential primary elec
tion.
The delegates pledged to the nomi
nation of President Coolidge were
more than 20,000 votes ahead of the
Johnson delegates on the face of
complete returns from 4,956 of the
state’s 6,974 precincts. As belated
returns came in, the Coolidge lead
tended tn increase.
As reports on the Democratic vote
continued to tome, William G. Mc-
Adoo’s lead over a no-prefsrence, or
uninstructed delegation, mounted
higher, reaching early today a ratio
of six to one for the former secretary
of the treasury.
! The latest returns gave:
1 Johnson, 214,998; Coolidge, 236,736;
McAdoo, 84,446; no-preference, 14,896,’’
On the Socialistic ticket, Eugene
1 V. Debs won all votes, as did Charles
H. Randall on the prohibition ticket.
A statement at Coolidge headquar
; ters here this morning expressed
I gratification at the president’s appat-
I ent victory and made the predic-
■ tion that he would win the RepuSuc*
lan vote by 30,000. At Johriau/i
J headquarters It was Said that “things
1 were too much up in the air as yet
t make any statement.” 1 •
The Johnson strength' was prin
cipally in San Francisco with sturdy
reinforcement from. Sacramento
eoun' - where he was born. The
Coolidge strength lay chiefly in Los
Angeles, but many other soutn«srn
Calif • cm gave him sttung
support.
One of the surprises was the
vole* of Alameda county, of which
Oakland is the seat. This county,
formerly a Johnson stronghold, gave
Coolidge a majority.
j McAdoo, on the Democratic side,
I carried every county in the state.
In some of the counties his vote
I was as high -as ten to one against
'that for the uninstructed delegation.
The result of the primary “is no
| real disaster.” Senator Hiram W.
i Johnson said today in a telegram
| from Washington to bis stale head
’quarters here. ' • i'V"
M’ADOO RUNS AWAY WITH
1 SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATES
COLUMBIA. S. C.. May 6’.— Mc-
Adoo forces won 82 delegates from
■l3 counties, with straight-out in
j struction to support delegates to the
Democratic national convention fa
; wiring the candidacy of the former
I secretary of the treasury in the
! county conventions held throughout
I South Carolina yesterday, according
| to a survey of the returns available
here todajj,
1 One hundred and forty-two otfler
I delegates from 19 counties were
i elected by conventions which re-
I fused to instruct them, but adopt
ed resolutions indorsing the McAdoo
I candidacy. Saluda county, with six
; delegates, which adopted a resolu
| tion indorsing McAdoo in the event
’ the issue was between him and
I Governor Smith, of New York, and
i Newberry county, with eight dele-'
I gates, which indorsed all the Demo
i cratic candidates except Governor
Smith, are included in this total.
The remaining 14 counties either
refused to approve resolutions of
fered to indorse the candidacy at
McAdoo, or took no action of any
kind in regard to any particular
candidate. They will have 116 dele
gates in the state convention.
The state convention will be held
in Columbia on May 20. and it will
be composed of 340 delegates. The
state’s 18 delegates to the national
convention to be held in New York
next month will be chosen by this
convention.
In the county convention yester
day. no candidate other than Mc-
Adoo was put forward for indorse
ment. except in the Newberry con
vention. so far as reports received
here Indicate.
OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS
IN DORSE EX-S EUR ETA R V
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. May 7.
Oklahoma Democrats in convention
here last night indorsed the pr«» :
dential candidacy of William G. Mc-
Adoo. but declined to instruct their
twenty delegates to the national con
vention to support any particular
candidates. This action represented
a compromise between the two fac-_
; tions favoring and oprosing a Me-»
: Adoo-instructed delegation.
I Resolutions were adopted by the
i convention assailing the present Re
! publican administration as the most
; incompetent and corrupt in the his-
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