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The Augusta Herald Want Ads tell how to junk your old automobile profitably. 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? •• • • ;y.w-.---*••• xvrry.y ♦ gwy-; •• v ».w«'.w, ' '• . . W " j .cfvsjb*' •*■** 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. HOME] leditionl 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,