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VOLUME XXXI, No. 297
LA FOLLETTE CHARGES PROBED
‘ ‘Little Black Satchel ’ ’ Bobs Up in Oil Suit
PEHN PUT OUT- OF TOUCH WITH OUTSIDE WORLD
Seek to
Trace
‘Loan’of
SIOO,OOO
LOS ANGELES. The
detailed movements of the
so-called “little black
satchel” which figured'
prominently in the senate oil
investigation last winter,
were to be reviewed at
Thursday’s session of the
federal court trial of the
government’s suit to cancel
Elk Hills naval oil reserve
leases granted to Doheny
interests by former Secre
tary of the Interior, Albert
B. Fall.
GOVERNMENT SEEKS
TO ESTABLISH PLOT
Whether minute and comprehen
sive scrutiny of the trail of SIOO,-
000 alleged to have been placed In
the satchel and carried to Fall by
E. L. Doheny, Jr., would substan
tiate fully the government's charge
that the payment of this money was
part of a plot to put Doheny In
terests in control of the California
oil reserves remained to be seen as
«ourt convened Thursday.
Toward the close of Wednes
day's sssion, former Senator Atlee
Pomerene, of the government
counsel, called to the stand Gra
ham Young, treasurer of Blair and
Comnany. New York investment se
curities firm, with which both the
cider Doheny and liis son had ac
counts.
Over the objection of defense
counsel, Mr. Pomerene drew from
the witness a descrintion of how
E. L. Doheny, Jr., had notified him
on November 30, 1921. that he
would call that day to draw SIOO,-
000; how this SIOO,OOO In currency
was turned over to the younger Do
heny in a conference room of Blair
and Comnany and how Doheny “put
It in a little black satchel.”
Next the government counsel
brought out from Charles D. Little,
assistant teller of the firm, that
about one month later the vounger
Doherty's account with Blair anil
Comnany was up over SIOO,OOO
again and that most of this amount
came from Doheny, Sr.
Cross-examination of the witness
by Frank J. Ho-ran, chief counsel
for the defendant. Pan-American
Petroleum and Transport Com
pany, however, brought out that It
was not unusual for Doheny, Jr.,
to have considerable sums on de
posit which came from bis father.
Mr, Pomerene declared he would
Inrtoduee testimony to show that
the SIOO,OOO was paid to Fall the
day after the younger Doheny drew
the money.
Other government witnesses at
Wednesday’s hearing were Com
mander H. A. Stuart, U. S. N,, for
merly chief of the navy depart
ment's fuel bureau and Comman
der Erwin F. Landis, inspector of
naval oil reserves in California.
Their testimony was designed to
show that there was friction and
divergence of opinion among
naval officers concerning the erant
tng of Elk Hills leases and that Fall
granted the leases and contracts
to Dohenv interests without the
consent of those official" exposed
to be ’directly responsible for the
fuel oil sunolv of the navy and the
operation of the California oil re
serves.
808 LA FOLLETTE
Carries Campaign Into East
ern States
I,A FOLLETTE SPECIAL. EN
ROUTE TO GRAND RAPIDS, M'ch.,
Bureau. 111. —Bound for Orand Rapids
where he la scheduled to speak J bu J r R ;
day night before carrying hla fight for
the presidency Into eastern states,
Senator Robert M. LaFoilette Thurs
day issued this statement:
"I am going Into the east to finish
my fight for the presidency for a
number of reasons: ...
•■First, I know that the west Is safe
for the progressive ticket and that If
the progressive eastern States with
large electoral votes are carried by
us we will win the election by direct
vote of the people on November 4th.
"Second, I Know that If the people
of the eastern states are permitted
to render a verdict Influenced by
t.slr own desires and political con
sdctlons, we will carry these easterfi
"'"Third, I know that Wall street I"
sttemntlng to coerce the workers of
the' large Industrial centers Into vot
ing for either Goolldge or Davis un
der threat of closing down every fac
tory and throwing m'lllons out of
work In the ev*nt of my election.
"Fourth. Important and vital In
formation Is being brought to m»
svery dav regarding the huge r'»-h
fund which Is being raised by Wall
«t»eet In the Industrial states of the
cast."
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
DAVIS WINDS DP
MIDDLE-WEST
CAMPAIGN
TONIGHT
ABOARD DAVIS TRAIN, EN
ROUTE TO CLEVELAND, IN
DIANAPOLIS.—-With but one more
formal address, that scheduled for
Cleveland Thursday night, John
W. Davis, democratic candidate for
president, was on his way east
Thursday, completing the last leg
of his two weeks’ final campaign
drive in the middle west.
The train passed outside of In
diana early Thursday headed for
Cleveland and thence on to New
York where the final drive of the
candidate’s personal campaign will
be started Saturday.
In Evansville Wednesday night
ho replied to Secretary of War
Weeks’ address in New York Tues
day evening, characterizing the war
secretary as “one of the still un
muzzled” members of the cabinet.
In Vincennes, Mr. Davis charged
that three and one-half years of
power by the Harding-Coolidge ad
ministration “have produced this
radical third party of which they
complain." The “radicals,” Mr.
Davis said, had aroused the Am
erican people and offered strange
doctrines, urging them on the peo
ple as the cure-all for their 1 ills.”
It was in this connection that the
candidate asked:
“Will you seek to cure the pa
tient by giving him an injection of
the same virus that produced his
disease or accept the relief I offer —
a sane, forward-looking and pro
gressive liberalism that knows no
class or section, no petted favorites,
but to so administer the govern
ment that every man, whether he
be laborer, or farmer, or business
mnn, may feel that he is an eoual
citizen, restibg under equal laws?”
DESCRIBES ACT AS
“SIMPLE STRATEGY”
Secretary Weeks, he said, hail
discovered a new antagonist for the
republican nominee in the name of
Gov. Charles W. Bryan, the demo
cratic vice-presidential candidate.
The sceretarv's act, he declared,
was a ‘hit of strategy so simpiq
that I think the strategy board of
the war department must have been
working on it thirty davs.
"Mr. Weeks has solemnlv assured
the American people,” Mr. Davis
said, “that the real race for the
nresideney this fall was not as gen
eral Dawes thinks, between Presi
dent Colklee and Ranatoc_LnFol
- hut between President Coo
lidrre and Governor Bryan.”
"I do not share "Secreterv Weeks'
horror about that contingency If
it arose.” Mr. Davis said. “T should
not tremble tor the destinies for mv
rountrv if they were committed to
a gentleman who. atter having
snent 29 rears of his life .in eontaet
with nuhlie onestions. reeeiyed the
largest matoritv ever given in his
state for the office of chief ercru
tive and who. if the dratt had not
heen made unon him by the demo
cratic nartv .ven’d have heen re
elected by his fellow citizens by a
mniorltv greater than he enjoved
whey they first Inducted him Into
office.”
Another Tragedy
in Hatfield Clan
of West Virginia
BLUEFIELD, \V. Va.— Another
violent death has been recorded in
the family history of the notorious
Hatfield clan of West Virginia and
Kentucky. Recalling the days of
the Tug River feud between the
Hatfield and the McCoy clans, ve
teran officials of Mingo County
Thursday were investigating the
killing of Alex Hatfield, the latest
of his line to feel the sting of a
bullet. .. u . . .
Alex, son of the man who started
the far-famed feud, of years ago,
was the victim. During an argu
'ment over the coming election,
Hatfield said toghave called Thur
man Chambers a “liar,” Chambers
told officials that he struck Hat
field with his fist, whereupon the
latter drew a pistol and In a strug
gle for possession of the weapon
Htafleld was shot. He died In a
Williamson hospital Tuesday.
Alex Hatfield, former postmaster
of Mattewan. W. Va., was the son
of Floyd Hatfield, whose suit for a
litter of hogs against the McCoys
of Kentucky, marked the beginning
of a feud In the hills along the Tug
River, during which many mem
bers of the two families met death.
PRINCE OF WALES
Reaches Lowell on Trip to
New England
LOWELL. Mass—The prince of
Wales, coming to New England for
a visit of one day as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Rayard Tuckerman,
Jr., at their estate, Ravin Hill
Farm. Hamilton, arrived at Low
ell by special train shortly af
ter 10 o’clock Thursday morning.
The prince was met there by Mr.
Tuckerman and other members of
the Myopia Hunt Club and con
tinued his Journey to Hamilton by
automobile.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
Mukden
Forces
inflict
Defeat
TIENTSIN. —Portions of
the eleventh division of the
Chinese national army un
der command of Keng Yu
Hsiang, the Christian gen
eral, revolted at Peking
Thursday morning, seized
the city’s gates, cut all tel
egraph and telephone lines
and stopped all train ser
vice, according to reliable
information reaching here.
SHANGHAI.—P eking
was suddenly completely
cut off from telegraphic
communication with all out
side points Thursday morn
ing.
. At 8:00 o'clock Thursday night a
Japanese newspaper received a mes
sage from Tientsin reporting all for
eign military telegraph and telephone
out of Peking cut off after the return
to Peking of General Feng at 6:00
o’clock Thursday morning with the
eighth mixed brigade of the eleventh
division.
General Feng’s action in withdraw,
ing his troops from the Manchurlan-
Chihlian border, the message said,
was brought about by a desire on the
part of the Christian general to adopt
the same attitude as that shown by
General Sun Yo, commander of the
fifteenth mixed brigade, whose troops
returned to Peking several days ago
from the northern front.
ONTARIO VOTERS
Are Balloting on Liquor
Question
TORONTO. —Voters of the prov
ince of Ontario Thursday are bal
loting in the sixth referendum on
the liquor question to be held in 30
years. The issue in Thursday's
voting is whether the sale of in
toxicants unuder provincial gov
ernment control shall be estab
lished or whetheer the Ontario tem
perance act. passed in 1316, shall
remain in effect.
Registration figures indicated
that the poll would bo one of the
heaviest in the province's history.
Traders of both sides were confi
dent of victory ns the spirited cam
paign ended. The question of the
return of the saloon Is not involv
ed. The questions are asked on the
ballot:
Are you In favor of the contin
uance of the Ontario temperance
act?
Are you in favor of the sale as a
beverage of beer and spirituous li
quor sealed packages and undef
government control?
The present law was enacted In
1916 as a war measure and was
confirmed in a plebiscite in 1919.
Two years later an amendment was
adopted making it illegal to im
port liquor from wet provinces and
states.
EXCHANGE OFFICIALS
Ordered to Appear Before
N. Y. State Attorney
NEW TORK—Hamilton .Tack
son, chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Southern Cotton Ex
change, an odd-lot cotton trading
organization and F. Donovan Darby
Its secretary and treasurer, Thurs
day were ordered by Supreme
Court Justice Ouv to appear In his
chambers next Monday for exami
nation by members of the state
attorncy's-general office.
The order came through the ac
tion of Deputy Attorney-General
Chambers who told Justice Guy
that he had received numerous
complaints concerning the exchange.
Tn answer to attornevs who claimed
that the attornev-general had no
authority to euhnoena the exchange
officials. Justice Ouv said:
"t think there is sufficient evi
dence before the court to justify
the widest examination and inver
tlcntion of this cotton rxehnn'-e
business which has already result
ed In the disclosure of gigantic
swindling operations acslnst the
nuWe. I don't think that it is In
rurvhent on th p attornev-general
to disclose his evidence now.”
HOPPE LEADING
CHICAGO—WiIIie Hoppe. 16.2
balk line hlllards champion and
Augle Kleckhefer, former three
cushion champion, pot Into the last
half of their 400-polnt three-cush
ion match Thursday with Hoppe
lending, 200 to 116 in 191 Innings
The champion wotl two blocks
yesterday, GO to 26. In 42 Innings;
high run. 14. and 50 to 33 In 64 In
nings, high run, 6.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNO ON, OCTOBER 23, 1924.
Are Light Cruisers Hoodooed?
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The Trenton, one of Uncle Sam’s new light crulsors, Is the latest of
the group to meet with accidents. Five were killed and several fatally
Injured in an explosion which occurred In the forward twin-gun mount
of the cruiser, caused by a powder flarcbaek. Nearly nil of the light
cruiser division have had bad luck. The Omaha burnt out a boiler; the
Cincinnati hit a submerged rock off the cost of Chile; the Milwaukee
lost an airplane in Samoa; the Richmond has lost several airplanes anil
has had her foretopmast carried away. This photo shows tho Trenton.
Carolina Beats
Clemson By 3-0
FAIR GROUNDS, COLUMBIA, S. C.—Carolina de
feated Clemson, 3 to 0, at their annual state fair game
here Thursday, the margain of victory being a goal from
placement scored by P. J. Boatwright from the 17-yard
line in the third period.. The Game Cocks were placed in
position to score the winning points through a 47-yard run
by Blake Edmunds, Carolina forward, who intercepted a
Clemson pass near mid-field and ran to within the Clem
son 10-yard line.
Summary of the News
GENERAL
Senate committee pushes into LaFollette’s “slush” charges.
Peking cut off from wire communication,
“Little Blatk Satchel” figures in government oil suit.
Davis to close middle-west campaign Thursday night.
LaFolletta carries campaign into eastern states.
One dead, others entombed, in mine explosion.
Coolidge endorsed by 114 Milwaukeeans.
Bhenandoah passes El Paso en route to Fort Worth.
Dawes delivers another attack against LaFollstte.
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
McCord resigns federal reserve bank chairmanship at Atlanta.
Atlanta millionaire's marriage is indefinitely postponed.
Business block at Crawfordville destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Agnes Johnson acquitted of murder by Spartanburg jury.
Edgefield judge wants executions made public.
Hon. James E. Davis critically ill at Barnwell,
SPORTS
Georgia Bulldogs prepare to battle Comodores,
Carolina and Clemson clash at Columbia.
Furman wins over Davidson by 6-0 score.
“Cozy” Oolan intends to bring sclander suit.
Hoppe leading in billiards match.
LOCAL
Public golf course for Augusta planned.
Richmond County girls win fair prizes.
Seventh Ward voters to hold mass meeting.
Thrift campaign in schools is renewed.
Many pay tribute to Chief Frank Reynolds.
Augusta is praised by visitors here.
Circular tells need of new Academy.
Plaintiffs win realty suit in superior court.
First frost of the season here.
Trestle on Georgia Railroad burned,
Atlanta Millioniare
Comes Home Alone;
Wedding Postponed
RALSTON, Pa.—The wedlng of
William 11. Shipper), millionaire
lumberman of Atlanta, Ga. t and
Miss Helena A. Jenkins, 27-year
old daughter of B. F. Jenkins,
wealthy lumber dealer of this city,
scheduled for Thursday night, has
hen postponed Indefinitely, accord
ing to members of the Jenkins
family.
Members of the Jenkins family
refused Thursday to comment on
the disrupted plan*. Mr. Bhlppen,
who Is 33 years of age, and a wido
wer with five children, had been a
close friend of the Jenkins family
for many years, it was said. Ths
engagement was announced three
months .ago,
Mr. Bhlppen arrived here Tues
dsy morning and went through a
rehearsal of a church wedding with
Miss Jenkins on Tuesday evening.
Thursday he was on his way back
to Atlanta alone.
FABMLABOR
Continues to Shift to Indus
trial Centers
CHICAGO, III,—A continued shift
of farm labor, black and white, to
the Industrial cities, Is putting a new
responsibility upon the shoulders of
the farm equipment manufacturer In
making bigger and faster fsrrn ma
chines to eliminate more men from
farms to factory, according to Wil
liam Black, Louisville, Ky„ In en ad
dress prepared for delivery before the
National Association of Farm Equip
ment Manufacturers Mere Thursday.
“In June, 1*24, the commodity rate
of labor was 144.6, taking June, 1923,
st 100,” said Mr. Black. •■Retsrlct
ed Immigration and advancing wages
nro reducing the manpower of the
farm and plsntatlona.
“A century ago when there were no
steel plows, disc harrows, planters,
cultivators and threshers. 96 per cent
of our population were classed as
rural Inhabitants. This had dropped
In 1890 to 67 tier cent and at present
Is less than Rt> per cent. The nest
census will ptobnblv show a reflec.
tlon of the continued shift from farm
to city.
"The Implement msnufacturer will
doubtless he able to meet the further
demands for labor-saving machinery
a* In the *«at.‘'
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Bankers Called to Stand
Thursday in Investigation
of Alleged “Slush Fund”
Sir Harry Says He Will
Leave Fortune to Widow
of the Unknown Soldier
NEW YORK.—Sir Thomas
Llpton is tolling two stories
about liis friends, Harry Lau
der. Said Sir Thomas:
“I asked the noted Scotch
comedian to whom he was*
going to leave Ills money and
Sir Harry replied:
‘“To the widow of the Un
known Soldier.’
Shenandoah Reaches El Paso
on its lourney to Fort Worth
EL PASO. Texas.—Fighting
a strong headwind tho dirlgiblo
Shenandoah passed over El
Paso Thursday at 3 o'clock,
mountain time, cn route to Its
home station at Lakehurst. The
big ship was not moving more
than 20 miles an hour, accord
ing to estimate of air officers
from Fort Bliss, and apparently
had al lmotors going in an ef
fort to gain speed.
EL PASO, Texas—Ths dirigible
Shenandoah was sighted here at 7:30
a. m., mountain time.
El, PASO. Texas.—Tho navy dirigi
ble Shenandoah was sailing easily to
wards this city early Thursday en
route to tho Fort Worth, Texaa.
mooring mast after some of the most
> unusual adventures of her career.
She got badly olf her course early
Thursday and dipped Into Mexico, ac
cording to reports at Douglas, Ariz.,
beforo aho was aet aright by wire
less from Fort Hauehuca.
As darkness settled on the Shen
andoah above the Arizona plains the
gas In the great bags was contracted
by chilling hreezeß, and, becoming
heavier with every drop In the tem
perature, «*a waa forced to Jcettl
son 1,400 pounds of gasoline and re
lease one of the tanks after hnvlng
discharged all water ballast to ac
quire an even keel. Ith all motors
running full speed, she had settled to
at, a-;gln of 14 degrees.
At 1:33 a. m., mountain time the
Shenandoah hnd recovered her bear
ings ami was above Douglas, 216 rnlies
west of El Paso. Hho was due at
Fort Worth about 4 p. m. There sho
will take on 200,000 cubic feet of
helium Thursday night and cast off
for Lakehurst. N. J., hero home sta
tion, Friday morning.
BODY OF MINER
FOUND IN SHAFT;
OTHERS MISSING
MADISON VILLE, Ky.—The body of
Paul Wheeler, 19-year-old miner, wax
recovered from the Jlart Company’))
mine Thursday where a gas and dust
explosion Wednesday night entomb
ed at least 15 miners. Two more
men are missing and believed to
have been burled under a fall of
slnte. Fourteen entombed men es
caped during the night.
Ollllt H Joyce, 25, electricians*
helper, and Thomas Chann, 30. elec
trician, are reported missing. Rescue
pnrtles hoped to reach the spot where
the men are bel'eved to have been
burled, by noon Thursday or shortly
thereafter. A fire was burning
Thursday morning between the res
cuers nnd their goal nnd while the
blaze was reported of no sert-tis con
sequences. workers reported '6 -if the
missing men might be rufbleated If
they had escaped the slate-fall.
KtsliUtHS WEAR
OXYGEN HELMETS.
Wheeler was killed In the old shaft
of No. 11 vein where the two missing
tnen are thought to have been. After
damp, deadly gas frequently following
explosions, developed Immediately
after the bight and necessitated oxy
gen helmets for rescuers. The miss
ing men were repairing electrical
machinery when the explosion at the
connection between old No, 11 and
new No. 9 shafts shook the under
ground workings. The connection Is
about 220 feet below the surface.
Nine men were In the first group
to escape. They ere on the other
side of a cave-ln and reached the
mine entrance within two hours. An
hour Inter a shout from the depths
gladdened a. waiting throngh <g 1,000
persona on the surface. Harvey Nes-
Wt, negro, was pulled up at tipple No.
9 which had been damaged. A rescue
worker descended Immediately after,
ward and directed four other miners
to safety
Two rrsdue workers were overcome
by white damp when air curtains
were torn down In their efforts to
reach the entombed men. lioth col
lapsed while fleeing from the gas
and were dragged to enfefy by fresh
companions who hurried Into the
workings.
CLEMSON TRUSTEES
Still in Session at Noon
Thursday
CLEMSON COLLEGE, R. C.—
Trustees of Clemson College were
still In session at noon Thursday
with Indications that they would
remain In conference the rest of
the day to consider the various pro
blems that have arisen In connec
tion with the recent walkout of
nearly half of the students.
Aetlng President R. B. Earls
stated Thursdny thftt he had no
Idea as to when adjournment will
h" reached.
He sold he had no announcement
10 make In record to the status of
the matters before the board, ex
cant to say that the hoard is con
sidering every detail of the affair.
18 CENTS A WEEK,
“I was walking along Pic
cadilly with Lauder one morn
ing. When he came to a big
sign which read: One thousand
pins for three pence, lie went
in and purchased a packet and
left for Glasgow. When we
met later he said ‘There were
three pins short. I'm going
back.’ ”
Dolan Intends to
Bring Slander Suit
NEW YORIf. —Ban Johnson and
John A. Hcydler, presidents of the
American and National Leagues,
respectively, will be made defen
dants with Commissioner Kenesaw
M. Landis in the slander suit which
Cozy Dolan Is planning to bring in
federal court here, says William F.
Fallon, attorney for Dolan.
Dolan will sue for his share of
the world’s series money and for
exoneration by a jury of the charge
made by Jimmy O'Connell and re
vealed by Landis that Dolan was
the Instigator of an attempt to
bribe lleinie Sand, of tho Phila
delphia National League club.
Man Finds Mother
After 18 Years
TAYLORVILLE, 111.—After being
lost 13 years, Leon Humphrey, 26,
found bis mother, Mrs. Charles Col
lins. of Klnkaldi, Wednesday In Tay
lorvllie.
When Humphrey was two years
old he was kidnapped by a man
thought to ho his father, deserted
In California and finally joined the
army In the Philippines. Inquiries
for relatives anil searches were
made in Indiana, Illinois and Cal
ifornia by Red Cross units. Tho re
union came at a local railroad sta
tion.
Lo! and Also
Behold!
GOUVERNHUR. N. Y.—The sum
of SIOO has been voted by Gouver
neur Lodge No. 217, F. and A. M.,
to he a fund for building a new
Catholic Church here.
Ashes of Admiral
Consigned to Sea
•PORTSMOUTH, England —With
out ceremonial of any kind the
ashes of the late Adlmlrul Scott
Thursday were consigned to the
deep, 20 miles from ehore, whero
they had heen conveyed by a Brit
ish destroyer.
69 Pounds of Fat
Sliced From Body
ClliriAOO.—An operation on Miss
Truly Shattuck, 56 years old, vaude
ville comedienne and musical com
edy star of 20 years ago. has reduced
her weight from 192 to 123 pounds
and narrowed a 62-Inch waist line to
34, aeeordlng to surgeons of a hos
pital here. Superfluous fat, weigh
ing 69 pounds waa removed, they
aald.
Boy Kept Alive
by Blood From
Woman*s Arm
BAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—T.
C. Kelly, missing since Bunday,
was found dead ut the foot of a
precipice off the state highway In
the Ban Bernardino mountains
Wednesday. Ills wife was alive,
but Injured and Meredith Water
bury, aged 6, also was alive, kept
from death by thirst and starvation
by blood from Mrs. Kelty's arm,
which she had gashed to save the
child. _
PRUNE SHORTAGE
PAN JOBE. Cal —That a short
age of approximately 160,000,000
pounds Is imminent In tho world
prune market was the statement
by offlcluls of the California 1-runo
and Apricot Orowors' Association
at their offices here Wednesday.
Revised estimates of prune produc
tion In this state, Oregon. Frnnce,
Bosnia and Hervla form the basis
for the statement.
FIRE AT ASHEVILLE
ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Damage es
timated ut between $50,000 and
$75,000 was sustained in a fire
which Thursday morning envel
oped the Interior of Lowenhein-
Rutenberg’s women’s ready-to
wear store.
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WFATHFR Augusta and vicinity: Fair and eon-
ULHinkn tinued cool tonight, Friday; light
WASHINGTON—With
a view to determining
whether there have
been “concealed” con
tributions from big bus
iness men to the repub
lican campaign fund,
Samuel Untermyer ask
ed the senate investi
gating committee to
subpoena the republi
can state chairmen of
New York, New Jersey,
Ohio and Illinois.
WASHINGTON.— Push
ing its inquiry into charges
of Senator Robert M. La-
Follette that a huge “slush”
fund is being raised to
swing doubtful states to the
republican ticket on Novem
ber 4th, the senate cam
paign fund investigating
committee turned Thursday
to the examination of bank
ers and others from New
York City,
HEAD OF BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION CALLED.
George W. Simmons, vice-president
of the Mechanics and Metals National
Hank, was under subpoena for ques
tioning with particular reference to
letters he wrote to other bankers
burglng campaign contributions for
the conduct of a campaign in west
ern states to “kill off" ths LaFol
lette movement. Simmons signed
himself as acting for “bankers' com
mittee.”
William B. Knox, president of thS
American Bankers' Association, also
was summoned. He denied in a tele
glam to the committee Wednesday
that there had been any proposal
that member banks contribute a sum
equal to a certain per rentage of
their capital to aid In the republican
campaign, Frank P Walsh, counsel
for Senntor T.nFollette, told the com
mittee at Chicago that such Infor
mation had reached the Wlscoein
senator.
Other witnesses on the day’s list,
Inclinled Charles D. Illlles, of New
York, a vice-chairman of the repub
lican national committee, and F. W. -
Attorbury, vice-president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Counsel for
Senator LaFolletta requested that Mr.
Atterbury lie called for examination
as to the source of funds used by
the Pennsylvania lines to print “re
publican propaganda” on dining car
menu cards. '
EXAMINE NUMBER T'l
OF FINANCIERS. - "W
Returning Wednesday to the La-
Follette charges the committee ex
amined ai number of financiers and
manufaetdrers from Philadelphia, as
well as Chairman T. V. O'Connor, of
the shipping board.
From Mr. O'Connor the committee
learned that the labor leaders who
came to Washington to hear Presi
dent Coolldge'a Labor Day speech did
so at the invitation of the shipping
board chairman, who advanced ths *
money to pay their hotel and taxicab
hills here. O'Connor said he turned
the sum, some $360, over to Joseph
Ryan, a labor leader in charge of the
visiting delegation, who subsequently
rein Id him ufter collecting from ths
man.
Joseph R Grundy, Edward T.
Stoteshury, .Samuel L. Vauclaln, Na
than T Folwell and Chester W. Hill,
all of l*hllndelnh'n. were asked shout
campaign fund collections In Penn
sylvania. Grundy testified that his
committee, that of ways and means
for the republican nntlnnal commit
tee, had received up to Wednesday
*365.000 In contributions. William M.
Butler, chairman of the republican
national committee, testified at Chi
cago that the receipts from the com
mittee up to October 10th had been
only $78,000.
From none of ihs witnesses did ths
committee receive any information
that there were organizations of hank
ers nnd business men collecting funds
Independently of the renuhl'can na
tional committee, aa counnel for Sen
ator LaFolletta has charged. It was
disclosed that the Manufacturers’
Club of Philadelphia, had received
SIO.OOO from tta members and that ths
Union League Club had collected
funds and sent them direct to ths
national committee and not through
Grundv’n committee.
testimony wir* that ths
$365,000 his committee had collected
came from the 63 countlea outside hte
Pittsburg d'-trlct wh'ch comprises 14
counties. He said W. T, Mellon, a
relative of Secretary Mellon, of ths
treasury, was In charge of the col
lections. In that district. Mr. Mellon
probably will be called later
Postpone Hearing
on Pullman Rates
WASHINGTON.—-'Hearings on
Pullman rates set for November 6
at Chicago were postponed Thurs
day by the Interstate commerce
commission until November 22. The
hearings are on the complaint of
the order of United Commercial
Travelers of America against the
Pullman Company.
TRESTLE BURNS '
At Whcless Station—Small
Damage
A small trestle at Wheless sta
tlon, about five miles from Au
gusta, on the Georgia Railroad, was
burned shortly after 1 o’clock
Thursday morning. The damage
was soon repaired and the mone
tary loss to the railroad was small,
the trestle being only about twen-'
ty feet long. Trains continued on
schedule with but very little delay,