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Cb c Allanla Sou vnal VOL. XXVII. NO. 9 G. 0. P. FUND H 3-MILLION GOAL. PROBERSARETOLD $270,000 Raised in Pitts burg District, Mellon Testifies WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—The Re publican national committee had col lected $2,829,988 in campaign contri butions up to October 20, or within $171,250 of the $3,000,000 total fixed by Chairman Butler, it wash shown Tuesday in figures submitted to the senate investigating committee. Total receipts' w’ere disclosed when the committee submitted its report ♦ of contributions and disbursements for the period of October 16 to 20. In this donations were placed at $623,589, which added to receipts previously reported brought the amount to almost the total fixed by the chairman. Further details of how the Repub lic-* n funds were collected were heard by the committee today from several witnesses. Chairman Borah meantime left for Chicago, where a branch hearing is to begin tomorrow or Thursday. Contributions amounting to $620,- 000 have been raised in Pennsylvania for the republican campaign fund, it was disclosed. Disclosure of the amount contribut- * ed was made when William L. Mel lon, who has charge of raising funds in the “Pittsburg district” testified that $270,000 had been raised in the district and $350,000 in the remainder of the state. Asked by Frank P. Walsh how much more money “you intend to raise” Mellon replied: “I don’t know. I might raise SIOO,- 000 more. I hope to raise all they need.” Cyrus H. Curtis, president of the Curtis Publishing company, of Phila ’ delphia, testified late today that he had taken no part in raising funds i for the Republican Campaign, but that $60,000 been spent out of the corporate funds of The Country Gentleman and the Saturday Eve ning Post in advertising political ac tivities during the campaign. Asked by Frank P. Walsh if this * sum was spent for advertising “con demning Democrats,” Mr. Curtis re plied: “Yes, and some condemning , Republicans.” He added that he had been using newspapers to advertise articles to appear in his magazines for forty years. As soon as it was assembled the committee listened to another dis pute between counsel for the Repub lican national committee and for Senator Da Follette as to which • should be first given an opportunity to present its evidence. Full Hearing Promised Weymouth Kirkland, counsel for the Republican committee, asked that Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, and others be summoned in connec tion with his charge that “enormous sums” are being used on behalf of the La, Follette-Wheeler ticket. He named William M. Johnston, presi dent of the International Machinists association; Edward Keating, a for mer member of congress, and Alex ander Kahn, a New York publisher . to be subpoenaed. As counsel for Senator La Follette, Frank P. Walsh insisted that the committee go ahead with witnesses called in connection with the La Fol lette charges of a huge Republican “slush fund.” Walsh said he had ' "enough witnesses drawn from a hos tile source to prove every charge Senator La Follette has made.” Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar kansas, presiding, said there would be a division of time to hear both ■ides. t J. Paul Warburg, vice president of the International Acceptance Bank of New York, said he was a mem her of the bankers' committee en gaged in raising Republican funds in | New York, but had raised only S2B. 1 • W. T. Galliher. chairman of the board of the federal American Na tional Bank of Washington, D. C„ testified that he was a member of a Republican ways and means commit tee which had raised $26,636. He said funds were solicited by circular letters, and the money was se"nt to the eastern treasurer in New Yoik. "How much did Mr. Hodges (treas urer of the Republican national com mittee) ask you to raise in Wash ington,” asked Walsh. ‘ “Fifty thousand dollars,” the wit ness replied. Galliher said in reply to a question by Mr. Kirkland that he had not “knowingly solicited from federal em ployes.’’ Thomas W. White, member of the administration of finance of the state of Massachusetts and a member of a committee engaged in raising Re publican funds, then testified that he had signed a circular letter sent out by the committee, ami that less than SSO had been raised by that method. Caraway Reads Letter • Senator Caraway read a letter which he said had been sent out by the committee saying that there would be “no limit to the size of the contributions” received from individ uals and that “very large contribu tions would be so divided as to come within full observance of the law.” White said under questioning that the .AW regulated the size of the contributions, but that he had not written the letter and did not • know what it meant. The Republican national commit tee reported to the investigate committee today that during ih“ period October 16 to 20 it had spent $491,226 and received in con tributions $625.589. The Chicago office reported con- (Coiitinued on Page 3. Column 5) Published Every Tuesday, 'Thursday and Saturday WORLD NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF I'*' ” PIQUA Ohio. —Thomas Harbaugh, 75, originator of “Nick Carter” dies in the county home. NORFOLK: Ward liner Merida, sunk off Virginia Capes in 1911, is I located, and work of salvaging for- Itune in hold soon be started, i OTTAWA, Ont.—Volume of liquor I exports to United States last year was more than double that of year | before, Dominion bureau of statistics says. I MILAN. —Thousands gather on i second anniversary of Fascist i rule :in Italy and renew allegiance to I cause in presence of Premier Musso | lini. CHICAGO: Albert Loeb, vice presi |dent of Sears-Roebuck Co., and fath- I er of Richard Loeb, murderer of Rob ert Franks, dies at home of long ill ness. NEW YORK. President-elect I Calles, of Mexico, in an address, in- I vites all “well-intentioned” indus- I trials to join in development of Mex- I ico's resources. j TEHERAN: Persian government plans to send “extraordinary envoy” |to United States to explain govern ment’s attitude as to recent murder lof Vice Consul R. W. Imbrie by mob lat Teheran. WASHINGTON. —A test case in i court to obtain judicial construction I of law governing publicity of income I tax returns will be made by depart ment of justice, Attorney-General I Stone says. BROOKLYN.—Senator La Fol lette, in a campaign speech declares ( “gold and oil rule the world” and ! charges “Wall street” with reaching I out “for future control of the ■ world.” WASHINGTON. Attorney-Gen eral Stone rules that navy depart ment may lease to American man ufacturers certain German patents for manufacture of radio parts hela by department since war. LOUISVILLE: General W. B. Haldeman, 78 years old, commander in-chief of United Confederate vet erans, taken ill while watching races at Churchill Downs, Ky„ dies in Emergency hospital at track. | NEW YORK: Percy Haughton, fa mous football coach and for the past two years mentor of Columbia uni versity’s team, dies suddenly after being stricken with acute indigestion before leaving for footlabl field. STOCKHOLM: Hjaimer Branting, premier of Sweden, is assigned task of preparing harmony report on Mosul boundary dispute between Great Britain and Turkey, which council of League of Nations is seek ing to adjudicate. NEW' YORK: Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick announces he will accept in vitation of First Presbyterian church at New York to continue to preach, and will fill pulpit Sunday mornings during balance of present church year. WILMINGTON, Del.: Senator Car ter Glass, of Virginia, challenges President Coolidge in his campaign speech to come out in opposition to Republican senators who are in fa vor of change in status of supreme court. BALTIMORE: Senator La Follette, in speech at Baltimore, says Presi dent Coolidge is deliberately holding up decision on reduction of sugar duties, recommended by tariff com mission, and says, inaction is costing American housewives million dollars a day. CHICAGO: World war would not have been fought if printing presses of world had been destroyed in 1900 and machinery of propaganda there by eliminated, Colonel R. R. McCor mick, editor of Chicago Tribune, says in addressing publicity conference of Chicago Church federation. Machine Guns Placed On Prison Walls as 1,400 Convicts Strike MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Oct. 28. Machine guns were mounted on the walls of the state penitentiary here today following a “strike” of 1,400 convicts who refused to do extra work. Special and volunteer police assisted authorities in patrolling the prison. The prisoners, including 100 wom en, kept up a terrific din through out the night, beating on their cell doors, cursing and screaming and threatening guards who attempted to quiet them. Threats of force to restore order were met with curses and screams. Searchlights played on the cell houses until daybreak. The noise died down this morning, the pr soners quieting f rom sheer exhaustion. Warrant Charging Walter Hagen With Kidnaping Withdrawn NEW YORK, Oct. 28. The war rant charging Walter Hagen, the golfer, with kidnaping Robert Burns Boughan, of Chicago, a caddy, was withdrawn today, Hagen's attorney, W. G. Marvin said this afternoon. The laweyr added that he had ob tained a confession from Boughan in Kansas City that the kidnaping story which resulted in the warrant wgs a fabrication, to cover up the fact that the youth had run away from home. Boughan. Mr. Marvin added, read in the Kansas City papers that Hag en was in that city and thought he would tell his parents that the golfer had taken him on a tour. Hagen, the lawyer said, had never seen Boughan. "The whole thing is a joke,” Mar vin asserted. The Weather Forecast for Thursday: Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, Florida: Fair. l-A'.i'nii' Northwest Florida, Ala ...cmi. Mississippi: Fair. • Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair; ' mild temperat tire. Louisiana. East and West Texas: Fair, mild temperature. Arkansas: Fair. i Oklahoma: Partly cloudy; mild j temperature. Do Not Fail to Cast Your Vote Tuesday---Be a Patriot, Not Just a HARDING APPROVED FALL'S OIL PLANS. FlfflEY TESTIFIES LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 28. — The late President Harding approved plans of former Secretary of the In terior Albert B. Fall to compromise conflicting claims of rival oil comixi nies to portions of the Elk Hills na !val reserve No. 1, according to testi mony brought out today at the gov ernment's suit to- break existing I ileases on the properties. I Cross-examination of Edward C. i I Finney, assistant secretary of the in- : terior, by Frank J. Hogan, chief de- i sense counsel, revealed the fact that Fall laid all plans for the compro mise before President Harding, se curing his approval. The Pan-American Petroleum com pany and tho United Midway Oil company were in contest over the ; right to drill 22 offset wells found ] necessary to protect a portion of the | reserve from draining by Standard ■ Oil company wells adjoining, Finney I admitted. The Pan-American company, con trolled by E. L. Doheny, submitted the lowest bid, but previous claims on the land filed by the United Mid way Oil company made a compromise necessary. Fall induced the Doheny company, according to Finney’s testimony, to relinquish eight of the 22 well* to the United Midway company. The secretary detailed his plans in a let ter to President Harding, which came back bearing the notation, “Ap proved, President Harding.” It.aws evident from Hogan’s ques tioning that the defense counsel hopes to prove Fall’s dealings with Doheny were based on conferences with others in his department, as well as naval heads and even the president. The defense holds Finney a valu able witness for its side should it be proved he was consulted on the va rious phases of the de-al. Tn his opening statement, Hog’an told the court that: “We will show your honor that if there was a. conspiracy Finney was ( one of the chief conspirators—and no j one dare reflect on Finney’s absolute I honesty and sincerity.” Edward Finney was not directly j consulted with the regard to the i leases granted the Doheny and Sin-i clair interests, he testified. “What leases have been granted j during your term as assistant secre-1 tary of the interior in which you I had no part whatever?” Finney was j asked by Owen Roberts, government | attorney. “The Sinclair lease and the lease I of December 11, 1922, on the Elks I Hills naval reserve No. 1,” the wit-j ness replied. Former Secretary of the Interior Albeit Fall handled these matters! almost entirely alone, Finney inti-: mated. “You had nothing to do with the lease of December 11. 1922?” Roberts] queried again. “I had no part in it at all,” Finney! declared. The assistant secretary’s testi- i mony, it is anticipated, will be the! government's strongest bit of evi- j dence in the suit to break the Do-; heny leases. With the direct examination of | Finney concluded the witness was turned over to Frank J. Hogan, chief defense counsel, for cross question ing. Hogan secured admission as evi dence in a memorandum from Fin ney to Fall concerning claims the United Midway Oil company' had on part of reserve No. 1. Finney’ suggested, according to the memorandum, that the oil land in question be submitted to compromise, . withdrawn from the naval reserve, or be drilled with offset wells. Hogan, it was said, hoped to prove Fall tuurned to .Finney' for advice in the leasing matters, refuting his earlier statement that he was not taken into confidence when the num ber one reserve lease was consum- ] mated with the Pan-American com- ’ pany. U. S. APPOINTS RECEIVER FOR TEAPOT RESERVE CASPER, Wyo„ Oct. 28. Com mander H. A. Stuart, U. S. N., has been appointed to represent the gov ernment in the receivership of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, and on November 1 will succeed to the position vacated by Rear Admiral Strauss. U. S. Steel Corporation Gives Extra Dividend Os 50 Cents a Share NEW YORK, Oct. 28. —Directors of the United States Steel corpora tion today declared an extra divi dend of 50 cents a share on the common stock in addition to the reg ular quarterly payment of $1.25 a share. This action maintains the rate which had been in effect for the three preceding quarters. I Total earnings of the corporation (for the quarter ended September 30 were $30,718,415, contrasted wita $41,381,039 in the preceding quarter and $47,053,680 in the corresponding period of last year. After deductions i for all charges and dividends, includ- I ing the regular quarterly payment j of $1.75 on the preferred shares, the I quarter’s deficit amounted to $122.- 1102. Police Search Started For Moultrie Man, Mysteriously Missing MOULTRIE. Ga„ Oct. 28.—Fear ing foul play, the family of J. L. Bry ant, automobile service station own er and well-known business man of Moultrie, has requested police authorities to institute a search for : him. Mr. Bryant has been missing since early Monday morning when he left his filling station with a tire and tube which he said he was to deliver to a stranded automobilist. on th ■ ] Moultrie-Sylvester highway. He ha? I not been seen nor heard from. I Bryan was the central figure in • a recent bitter municipal campaign I here and led the ticket for one of | the thre placs on th Moultrie city i council. Loeb and Leopold as They Appear in Prison Garb 1 F ■Bl* i B -I WK** Ma -’Jwy ' fIS-Is Bill yi . U WWm MB JBIK m|933|oisml : rw What a difference hair cuts and clothes make! Old friends in Chicago would not know Richard A. Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold at first glance. The prison barber thinks haircuts like this are much better than sideburns and pompadours. And the penitentiary tailor doesn’t like sheik clothes. He prefers loose-fitting suits of gray denim and heavy-striped, baggy-at-the-neck shirts. And no snappy ties! Leopold and Loeb are in Joliet prison serving a life sentence for the murder of little Bobby Franks. Loeb is now convict No. 9305 and Leopold is No. 9306.—Copyright, N. E. A. BmffllSH JMIBBEmiOW PLEDGED Bl DAVIS NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Declaring there “can be no compromise with reaction” and reasserting his posi tion on several “of the more im portant issues before the people,” John W. Davis, Democratic candi date for president, issued today the first of a series of statements for publication between now and No vember 4. Mr. Davis’ attitude regarding a number of the policies he will seek Ito put into effect, if elected presi j dent, is set forth as follows: j “The American people are en -1 titled to know the policies which I will seek to put into effect if elect ed president of the United States. "Accordingly, on each day of the ’coming week. I shall restate suc cinctly my position on each of the | more important issues before the j people. “The supremo issue in this cam paign is: Shall the attitude of mind of the national administration be one of liberalism, or one of re | action? “Shall our national policies be framed with primary regard to the | interests of a few or to promote the I welfare of all? Draws Significant Comparison “Shall the American, government be made to embody the idea of ev i ery man for himself? “Shall the American people I through this government resume the i moral leadership of mankind? “Such an issue as this transcends every question of today. We face a world wherein the supreme ma terial problem is that of lhe equita ble distribution of wealth. The Democratic party stands for the po sition that law and government pol icy’ should encourage lhe distribu tion of wealth with all proper re- gat’d for the toil of the men who produce it; the Republican party for the doctrine that if we turn the major portion of that wealth to a competent few, they will themselves distribute it for the benefit of the many. ‘"rhe Democratic party stands for the utmost possible democracy in industry; the Republican for a glorified oligarchy. “I stand tor prosperity and for i measures which will protect the , property rights of every human : being. But I believe that while prop j erty rights must be respected, there are human rights whose worthiness transcends every material considera- I tion. “Every day we face new problems involving the opportunity of the hu- I man spirit to realize its highest pos- I sibility. We cannot allow the devel- I opment of man to be circumscribed •by ancient formulas. The Republi i can party stands pat: it is essentially i the party of reaction. The Demo ■ cratic party looks forward; it is es I sentially the party of progress and i liberalism. | “We treasure the wisdom of an cients, we venerate and take full ac | count of the experience of mankind, i but we recognize that the human soul does not realize its greatest at | tainment within the confines of a | machine, be that machine of steel, i a corporate organization, or of an j cient formula. The Democratic par ty views each morning s sun as the light of a new day; we preach a gos pel of hope and confidence; we stand a>;uve all else for the right of man i to realize their aspirations tomorrow without being shackled by the preju ; diced, the ignorant, or the selfishness * of yesterday. “In that attitude of mind the American government must ap proach the solution of every prob ' lem. There can be no compromise 1 with reaction. “There was a time in the great # war when this country passed th.jugh a period of spiritual exalta tion such as it had never known be fore. Everyone was glad, yea, eagei to sacrifice for the sake of what- I ever things were true. The query I Os every citizen was: ‘What can I do j for my neighbors and my friends? What can I do for my country?' Such . was an expression of a great faith, i a faith in all that is best in America, j There is nothing in the world worth I so much to us as that.” (.EXi R \L ( ROWDER LX BED HAA AXA. Cuba. Oct. 28. —General IE. 11. Crowder. American ambassador jto Culxi, was confined to his l>ed ‘ today by a cold from which he had been indisposed for several days. He had l>een coming to his office daily. ! but finally decided to take a day , of rest in an effort to recover soon j er. His condition was said to be in I no way alarming. DAVIS A SOUTHERN MAN BY BIRTH AND TRADITION M,s. Edi/ar Alcrander, National Committccwoman and Majjor John S. Cohen, National Committeeman, issued the state ment Tuesday: To the Voters of Georgia: Our attention, has been called to a. publication of date Satur day, October 25th, in which the statement has been made that Hon. John W. Davis, Democracy’s candidate for president, in an address in Indianapolis, used the expression that he believed in complete equality of the races. We have heard several of Mr. Davis’ matchless speeches, and we have read them all, and we affirm, without fear of contradic tion, that Mr. Davis made no such statement. What Mr. Davis may’ have said in Indianapolis is what be has said in all of his speeches, that he believed, as the Constitution provides, in the com plete equality of every’ man and every woman before lhe law, which is entirely different from the interpretation which has been placed upon his alleged remarks. John W. Davis is making a wonderful and winning campaign for President. He is entitled to the votes of every white Democrat in the South, and not only Stands on the Democratic platform as written, but he stands, through birth, association and spoken word, for the best traditions of the South. This misinterpretation of his language may have been inno cently made, but nevertheless, it has done Mr. Davis a serious injustice, and we cannot permit it to go uncorrected. MRS. EDGAR ALEXANDER, National Committeewoman. JOHN S. COHEN, National Committeeman. REPUBLICANS'PLEI TO RESCUE NATION IM® TO COX KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 28.—“1t is amusing to hear President Cool- I idge, Secretary Hughes and Mr. j Dawes appeal to the Democratic j voters to save the country from the invasion of our constitutional rights,” said James M. Cox, former j governor of Ohio and Democratic . presidential nominee in 1920, in ad- J dressing <a gathering of Tennessee ! Democrats here Monday noon. “This means,” he continued, "re duced to its essence, that democracy is expected to rescue America from : the consequences of the row within j the Republican party.” Declaring that Senator Da Foleltte ' has no chance of being elected, the I speaker said “the La Follette move merit is a ladical development wnich was an inevitable as the day, repre senting the reaction growing out of extreme conservatism. The more dangerous the reactionary policies the more radical will be the re- I bound.” He said he has not a word to say against the senator’s integrity or sin cerity. The liberals, the constructive liberals, should stand together in this movement, said Mr. Cox, and “the best objective with them is the de- ; feat of Mr. Coolidge.” Mr. Cox concluded by paying a , glowing tribute to John W. Davis. 42 Women Claim One Man as Husband In Vienna Court Trial VIENNA, Oct. 28. Forty-two women, all claiming to be the wives ■ of a man named Julius Gruenwald,] appeared in court as witnesses; against him Monday. Gruenwald i had been arrested as he stepped out- I side a tailor shop wearing a new. suit of clothes bought with money! which it was testified, he had ob-1 tained from his forty-second bride. | From the testimony of the worn-1 en it was adduced that Gruenwald | was in the habit of getting mar-| ried, obtaining money from his’ brides and deserting them. The evi- I dence indicated that he averaged about SBO per bride. 500,000 Pay tribute To Poush Novelist WARSAW, Oct. 27.—The body of ( Henry K. Sienkiewicz, Polish novel ist, today was placed in its final] resting place after having been (he I object of national honors as it lay i in state for 24 hours. Before th final ceremony a throng estimated at half a million persons attended a demonstration in front of the monument erected to his memory. Guard Against Outbreak At Funeral in Rumania Bl'i ’HAREST Rumania. Oct. 28. — Precautions are being taken to pre vent antisemitic or pro-fascist out breaks today on the occasion of the funeral of the prefect of police of .Tassv. who was shot, and killed last Saturday by Zelea Cordreanu, a no torious antisemitic student agitator. Condreanu and 15 other students at the University of Jassy, are under arrest. Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, October 30,1924 SLUSH FUND PROBE FOCUSES LIGHT ON NEWYORKG.O.P. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Addi tional information regarding the or ganization of the methods employed by the two score and more collection committees at work raising funds in New York for the Republican na tional committee was sought today by the senate campaign fund invest! gating committee. Indictments Charging Cotton Exchange with Bucketing Dismissed NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Indictments charging the American cotton ex change and seven of its officers and directors with bucketing orders of its customers were dismissed today by General Sessions Judge Nott on recommendation of the district attor ney’s office. Assistant District Attorney Wint ner based his recommendation on the contention that prosecution would cost the state more than the cases warranted, in as much as all the de fendants had forsaken the brokerage business since their indictment on March 30, 1922. The American Cot ton exchange, he pointed out, had |been dissolved after it, as an organi zation, had been declared guilty of maintaining a bucket shop and fined : $5,000. , Carolina Planter Dies As Auto Overturns ANDERSON, S. C., Oct. 27. Joseph Gailey, prominent planter of Anderson county, and resident of this city, was killed and ® com panion, Frank Stewart, also of An derson, was injured when Gailey s heavy touring car skidded and turn ed over three times late Sunday on the road to Greenville, near this city. Gailey’s neck was broken and he died on the way to a local hospital. Stewart was said to have sustained a dislocated shoulder and possible internal injuries. The deceased is survived by his widow and a brother, Brooks Gailey, both of whom reside here. He was 58 years of age. Toombs County’s Finest Corn Sent to Savannah BYONS, Ga.. Oct. 27.—County Agent Garner has sent a complete corn club exhibit, composed of se lect ears grown by thirty boys, and their records to the .State Fair at Savannah. The corn club boys of Toombs county made unusual rec- ( ords this year with the first boy making 132.19 bushels of weighed corn on one acre. This boy ■was Vai- | ] e y Collins, of the Marvin com- : munity. Second to him came Homer 1 Osborne, with 109.5 bushels. Third was Wallace Collins, with 74.5 bush els: fourth. Arnie Collins, with 71.5. In the cotton club department the first boy made 672 pounds of lint cotton on once, which is the highest yet reported by a club boy in the state. GOVERNMENTWILL BRIIIIG TEST SUIT ONTAXPUBLICITY WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Without determining finally’ the legality of publication, by newspapers of facts relating to income tax payments, At torney General Stone announced to day that the department of justice will have "an appropriate case pre sented in the courts,” to secure a ju dicial construction of the law. The attorney-general declined to indicat ewhat procedure would be followed in the test case, or what newspaper, editor or publisher would be selected as defendant. In a long statement, -Mr. Stone pointed out that the effect of one section of the law was to allow gen eral inspection of the income tax re turns, while on the contrary side stood a section specifically prohibit ing their “publication.” He said pub lication of this information “in news papers” was nowhere specifically provided for by the law, and he was not clear what purpose congress had in mind. Progressives Urged By McAdoo to Unite On Davis m Election ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Oct. 28. W. G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, talked for fifteen min utes to a large crowd at. the railway’ station here today on his way to Los Angeles from Baltimore, where he was recently operated upon. Mr. McAdoo declared the campaign was a “three-ring circus,” adn that “privilege i.<» chuckling in its sleeve” because it has divided the forces of porgressivism. He urged all pro gressives to unite on one candidate— John AV. Davis—“who is the only man who has a chance to defeat Cal vin Coolidge.” “The fight, as I see it,” said Mr. McAdoo, “is between the privileged and reactionary forces on the one hand and the forces of progress on the ohter. The desire to control the government by the privileged classes is becoming stronger all the lime. This desire has been more marked <Juring the last four years than ever before. Whenever privilege tries to control government ,it has a disinte grating influence upon the govern ment. “We have had an example of cor ruption and privilege, and if you want this privilege to continue, vote for Coolidge.” French Loan Parley Delayed, Awiating Parliament Action PARIS, Oct. 27.—Conversations between Finance Minister Clementel and the Morgan interests for a loan will be resumed, according to the present understanding, after the meeting of the French parliament and the American election, which will take place the same day. J. P. Morgan is returning to Paris tomorrow from southern France for personal reasons and not to confer with the finance minister concern ing the loan, it is stated. M. Clementel desireg to know more definitely the feeling in the French senate and chamber of deputies to ward the project, while on the Amer ican side there is a desire to see somewhat more clearly than at pres ent what the French parliament will do with its budget difficulties. A bitter fight over the budget i» expected in the chamber of deputies, hence, it is still regarded as a pos sibility' that the loan may not be arranged. Building of Another Battleship Is Urged In Naval Day Speech ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28. —Developing of the navy up to the 5-5-3 ratio pro- i vided by the conference for the limi tation of armaments wa.s urged in a navy day’ address here last night by Commander Jacob JI. Klein, U. S. N., one of the American observers on the trans-Atlantic flight of the air- ; ship ZR-3. He spoke under auspices ■ of the St. Louis Chamber of Com- | merce and the Military Order of the World war. The United States, Commander I Klein said, ranked four units instead I of the five allotted. He urged ap- , propriation for another first class I battleship which, he explained, would \ bring this country’ up to the rank j of Great Britain and make our navy ! “second to none.” » (JEM’S A COPY, SI A YEAR. ST. CLAIR ADMITS HE IMPERSONATED. T DEAD HERO OF WAR Declines to Reveal How He Obtained Details of Bergeron’s Life Confessing that he has deceived the aged parents of a World War f hero, Robert E. St. Claire, Atlanta federal prison inmate, who for weeks has asserted that Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bergeron, of Menahsa, Wis., were, correct in their identification of him as their son, Urban John Ber» geron, has signed a .statement in which he declared he is in no way related to the Gergerons and that he [was led into the duplicity role through longing for a mother’s love and the hope that he could begin life anew under the name of the son I who was killed in France. St. Claire admitted that his hopes of entering the Bergeron family cir cle were blasted when Mrs. Stella Bergeron Emmerich, sister of the slain soldier, entered the case unex- : pectedly. He refused to explain how he came j into possession of- his vast store of i information concerning the past life of Urban John Bergeron, and he was equally silenf concerning the manner in which Mrs. Lucille Oldham, of New Orleans, came into the strange lease and mixed identity. St. Claire’s Statement Following is the full text ot St. Claire's signed statement: “October 28, 1924. T “I, Robert E. St. Claire, make the following statement of my own free will: “That I am not Urban John Bergeron, neither am I in any way related to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bergeron, of Menasha, Wis. “That my true name is Robert E. St. Claire. I was born Sep tember 14, 1894, and at the age of one year was placed in Fa ther Baker’s protectory at West Seneca, N. Y. “When Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bergeron came to the federal prison hospital at Atlanta about three months ago and identified me as their son, they insisted, however, that I was their son re gardless of what I said. Being an orphan, never having known the love of a mother or father, friendless, helpless and without anyone in the world to help me; being critically ill and not know ing how long I was to be in this world, I permitted these kind old people to visit me as their son. “As time went on and Mrs. Bergeron visited me almost daily, giving me the love and atten tion I craved, my condition im proved, and I permitted myself to believe that, when I was re leased from this institution, I could go back to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bergeron as their son and begin life all over again. I did not, however, take into con sideration the sister, Mrs. Em merich, and that sh e would im mediately know that I was not Urban John Bergeron. From the time she first came here and saw me, I knew that it was merely a question of but a short time be fore the truth would be known. “Since the arrival of Mrs. Em merich, and more particularly since my conversation in the presence of Mrs. Bergeron and Mrs. Emmerich, several times I have been on the of tell ing Mrs. Bergeron that I was not her son, but ea.ch time when I would look at this kind old lady, I simply lost my courage. “I now state that I wilfully en couraged Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bergeron in the belief that I was their son. I sincerely regret the humiliation and expense these kind old people were subjected to hy my selfish actions ” (Signed) ROBERT E. ST. CLAIR. . VVitensses: '! ”L. F. FLETCHER, "Deputy Warden. R. L. KING, Assistant Prison Physic! an.** Husband of Woman Found Murdered in Old Mme Hole Held OXFORD, N. J., Oct. 28.—Frank Thomas was held today without bail ,as a material witness in connection I with the murder of his wife, Grace, i whose nearly nude body, with two wounds, was found in an aban doned iron mine hole near this town. State police, after grilling him over two hours, disclosed that Thomas, who identified the body of the slain woman, said he had found blood stains on the kitchen floor at his home when he returned there Sun day evening after having spent the day with his father. Thomas also told the troopers that he saw two men loitering about his home, but refused to give their names, adding that he found twi> windows broken and the interior of his home in disorder. He declared he had not lived with his wife for nearly a week, having resided with his father. The iron mine hole in which the body was found is about ten feet deep, the mine having been aban doned fifty years ago and partly fill led in. It is twenty feet from the main road leading from this town to Washington, N. J., and is less than I a quarter of a mile from the St. Rose 1 Catholic church at the edge of the village. A blood-stained bed sheet bearing a bullet hole was found in one of three burlap bags which, filled with the woman’s personal belongings, had been thrown into the hole on top of the body The woman was cloth ed only in underwear. Two Masked Robbers Get $ 12,000 in Bank NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28. Two masked men held up a branch of the Interstate Bank and Trust company here in a suburban district this after noon and escaped with $12,000 in currency. The bandits sought to lock three employes of the bank in a vault, but the door did not lock. The bandits, however, flourishing revol vers, held tho men in the bank at bay, leaped into a car and escaped.