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Newspaper Page TextI VYVT W V TCrV "" rt ' Entered Saeemd-Ctaw Vttf PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2 1 922. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TWAINS AMD NFWS 8TAMOS FIVE CfcNTt vur AA' at Portoffjce. PortUnd. OntH Al. Smith Democratic Candidate for . Governorship Is I' a . . . ing in Contest ; Popularity Promises Victory in ... W -By 'David 1 Lawrence J C'5Dwnht I22, by The Joaroal).. 5 New Tors Not. 2. AL. Smith,- Demo crat, perso oally popular beyond the strength of :is party, the man who z- - made t&a roost re markable run of any Democratic candidate in .. the United States against the Repub licair -landslide of 1920 and now draft ed again for service as governor, will . undoubtedly be . elected, over' Gov, Nathan 'Miller, Re publican, in the Empire state next week.,.,;, 1 . "Some national .f "v t-Uj ? ' " lide are running here! there will be some eiffnlficance fo the votes of the cities here and there Which' may give comfort to those look ing for .nation-wide currents,-but basic- ically it is Al Smith, the self-made man. the f earless public servant, a real personality in' American politics who will win not the Democratic party. smith oir orriejrsrTE V ' Anyone who could come within 74, 600 votes of winning' for governor in a year when the presidential nominee of the opposite party carried the state by th unprecedented majority of a mil lion votes would seem to-have on pa per, at least, the better chance of win ning:. i'Thla would be easy to forecast 4f one. were sure that AL Smith ia. u popular today as - he 'was : two, years ago and that conversely Governor filler is hot aa strong.. I ' For one thing, Governor ; Miller has been , in office. The incumbent is on the defensive always. A1. Smith la en the offensive,- He is not new and experienced J and talks about the . job with : much more- f!aeney than the average . candidate for governor who resorts to promises and pledges with out reauy Knowing the .practical side, CO TEftWOB SO? ?MIXJEB"! ' r I Governor lltHer," on the. other hand, who, is one of the outstanding figures 4 xwpuoiican parry ra the nation. Is a man of rare, intellect : and an ar- gressl ye figure. , He is not the kind of jhkt woo us caneo a "good mixer"rln politics. He is positive and firm arid is- really presidential calibre; Hi ardent- admirers Wave hoped that if- he triumphed taon s governor again he would ; be searef Uly considered for' the Republican ?presMenHa nornmatiOB tn the event that' circumstances or per sonat.wiea, persuaded Mi. Harding not to fun, fwk a aecond term. & -' But inifortunatelv for CIavmm Wfi ler he Is running against the most dll- juuui .nuiu o peat in a generation. Totally unlike Hughes, who gained popularity oy ni? spectacular fight against -. boas rule, unlike any of the other j- governors u'Tho ' came after Hughes, Al Smith is more of the Cleve land type a lean ef the people. - He is one of "those human beings in polities" which the nmss seems to like. f7P TO BEVOCRATS - ' . . lasses are of coarse' made in every campaign, but the New York state con test will be decided on the basis of an accumulation of enmities, on the nr.. band Inevitably developed by Governor miner ,, in nis . controversies on ' vital questions, and on the other hand, an accumulation of friendships for Al Smith such as few men In public life have ever, acltfeved.,... '.,., .u.,:. , . The election will binge as usual on the sixe of the Democratic vote In if ew Tor k city and Immediate vicinity. Last time Al, Smith did not get enough, in New, York city to quite overcome Gov ernor Miller's enormous upstate ma jority. This time there is every sign "it Al emiClt will (et. more ntn in New York city than he did two, years ago, despite the fact that the registration-of both parties hasfaUen off con siderably. . k.;. SWrSGXTTG TOWARD SMITH- ' A What win the rest of ;Nw York state do? ' Careful canvass of the situation outside of the metropolis shows that the cities are strong foirAl Smith and the. country districts win cast a heavy yoie ror uovernor JHiuer. Western New York is swinging toward Smith. The city r of Buf falo ga-vs Miller 10,000- majority in 1J20, but the best Information available would seem to indicate that this will be wiped out ana a smith majority of a. few thousand substituted.-' Erie county a a whole probably wni give Governor Mil ler a majority, but ifcwill not be enoueh to 'help him on bis march across the state to the. Bronx line. Cities like Niagara Fa Us, Jamestown. Sahimunca. IJunkirk and HornelL with their indus- trmi popuiauon, parUcularly railroad men.: who 'are. seeking eveiy wav tkjs aibie to express a protest against. the uaugherty injunction, will give Smith considerable ald, ' t. :- V -'..-, BEMOCKaT lEASnrG. ' The- XJen! ocraia are confidently claim ing ssrraciBe. aad. It ts apparent that tba deatli of George .'W. Aldridge' has depressed Republican r activity In Rochester, where Smith also has made mucij headway-." Every district where Concluded a Vase TvaatMoor. Cak, roar) David Lawrence , r Summarize J x National Campaign ! iTja utwrencs Jiaa complet d ' 1 f .0 0 0-mile joarner from I c&fst o coast, on which- he IH aerved. the political "sittiatlon at first hand in ea:ch state , visited. ? Incidentally, Mr. Jawrence Is th only, correspondent to make such an exhaustive' search after facta,5 . i : , ; . nt His conclusions ' will be " ex pressed in. a series, of four:dis- patches which will be 'published In the Oregon country exclusive ly in THE OtJRJiAJX beginning T0M0RR0T7- : lead TVT York LEADER OF Candidate Believes Paper's Yin dictiveoess May Be Traced to Proprietors Connectien With v Notorious School Land Frauds McMinnvllle, Nov. 2. Fcr the first time . in the campaign, Walter M. Pierce.. before an audience of 1200 per sons, 100 Of whom stood throughout the meeting: here Wednesday night, turned aside from his usual discussion of tax reduction and extravagance in state af fairs for a savage thrust at some of the 'Portland newspapers that have been assailing, htm. . He alsoj-eplied to the statement of OoveVnor'Olcott. who said in his Cor vallig address that not one cent of the state highway fund comes from taxes. and brought again to the front his in sistence that $250,008 ortmore of public! money is wasted in unbridled use, by state employes of state-owned auto mobiles and Xtrucks. He charged that in the use. of public autofriobiles on pies sure Jaunts it is common among employes to keepr the signs, which .in dicate that the cars are state-owned, out of. sight on the inside 'of the auto mobile! 'He said: "Most of the Portland "newspapers seem to think, that a plain- maji from an- Oregon ranch has .no right to be governor. In spite of the fact that I have uttered no word? of personal abuse In, the 'many weeks that I have been speaking in this campaign, I haves been hounded, persecuted and lied about bv every Portland daily except The Jour nal. None has been more vicious in its assaults than the Portland Tele gram. It is doubtful if, in the entire history or Oregon, a nastier campaign of .- slander, has , ever been carried on against a candidate for office. I NEWSPAPER pHAlLETGED "The Telegram has expressed great solicitude for the Oregon state school fund. If . the owners . of the Telegram will 'return to trm school children! of Oregon .the public school lands -that :wrp 7 declared' bya .Marlon county grknd Jury to have been Traudulently obtained then, and not till then, can they jjualify as a champion and de fender of tlie state .school fund, 3M:iamrwni' w' ot th famous . report '..of the 'Marion county grand Jury" rendered on land frauds In Oregon, made to the Judges of the cir cuit ' court, of that county . with recom mendations to the state land board, on April 28. 1905. It reads as follows: . : "rh TMnl f thx tat land of. flee show .the lands sold under certifi cate but not yet deeded, to be near 1,000.000 acres. After an examination of the applications to purchase the lands. we sVe of the opinion that those covered by the attached list, amounting to about 6OT.0OO acres, are nearly all fraudulent and. should be fully inves tigated by your body before deeds are issued, - Many of the signatures to these applications have been forged and many are the signatures of irrespon sible persons 'who, for a consideration, have been induced to perjure them- (Oeadoded ea Faa Twaavty-foor, Colurn Oaa) BY REVOLUTION Athens, NotJ. JF. P.) A revolu tion has broken out in Albania and the government has fled from Dirana and taken refuge In Valona, accord Lug to reports from Fiorina today. Troops or the Albania government are report ed to be retreating before the insur gents. . ' , Thereported revolt In Albania-was believed -connected : with the accession of Benito Mussolini to power in Italy. Trouble between -Italy and Albania, which has been the subject of diplo matic negotiations for several years, may be further aggravated, it was be lieved, by the strong nationalistic at titude of the Fascist!. Air of Mystery t tiiirounds Meet , Of 2 iKlahf Bodies - Los Angeles, Nov. i. (J. N. S- An air. of myTtery .rrvadeXos Angeles today when meetings of two Xu Khtx Klan factions, the original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and the National Association of the Ku Klttx Klan,' were reported being held "somewhere in Los Angeles." . ; .-. The Knights oft the Ku Klux Klan met in regular - meeting, according to Jus w. jtTice, former king kleagle, and the National Association ' of - the Ku Klux Klan met for " reorganiaatlan business. - '-7-"--' . . - .; - i - Forest I. Hudson, organlsets of the new - klan .i body, which . was said -to have been barred tn Georgia, hurriedly left his quarters at a local hotel last week, leaving no forwarding address; it was stated. . i. - .-..--a-. ion Jury So Far Fails to Agree 10 SQUAD ALBANIA SHAKEN Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. i, N, S.r Apparently deadlocked, the Jury- in the case Of Mrs. Mabel C Champion, charged with the ' murder -of Thomas CCoanell in : a Cleveland restaurant last July, was, still out at 1 o'clock this afternoon. ; .Xf rape vine" reports satd that the -irors stood 11 to 1 for conviction. " , 1 : ' . - . . f ' - , - Flivver Heir EDSEL FORD,; son of -Henry and president of tKe immense Ford i motor plants,1 who' visits Portland today.1 i ' , . ' K f " f t r; .- FORD OELAYE TRAIN OERAILKIEflT Freight train derailment on the ghas t division of the Southera Pacific raU way . delaVed the scheduled arrival of Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Mo tor company, thie morntaig until late afternoon, according to! advice received from the Southern Pacific "offlceai'i 1 iFord, who is accompanied by W.. A, Ryan of Detroit, B.' LT Graves of Los Angeles and several other members of the Ford organisation, was due here at t :IS a. m. The train was delayed about six hours by the wreck, and the Ford party was due at 4 o'clock this, after noon. ... . ' .:.:!": " The Ford party will remain here, un til 11:30 o'clock tonight, when it .wiU continue north to Tacoma and Seattle, Laborers Pledge f : Their Support to Walter M. Pierce Holding that "elections should be -de cided, not by money, but by, votes, ifi lttJerty is to endured a document con taining many page"of signatures has been ; presented , to Walter M. rierce, candidate for governor, j The 'expres sion f support to which the signatures are attached Is self explanatory, and is as follows; J r- 'i-'irtv:: ' 'S-Af5' "Having learned through the press that' a large jTund is being raised by corporations and wealthy Individuals to jaefeat you for governor, wo, ; the undersigned laborers of y the lty of Portland, state of Oregon, deplore " the secret snd corrupt use of large' sums of money in elections, i and , while we cannot afford to oontrfbate money to your campaign, we do, e" a' protest against this -r huge 1; campaign fund, pledge to yon our votes .and earnest support in .the campaign. "We hold, that elections ahould de ' decided, not by money, but by votes, if liberty" Is to endure." ,. j ' - , MoneytolGpInto " : i GenerakStateEund 1 -f BY " Salein. Not. ifc-Of ; the 115,000, ap propriated by the legislature of 1920 for the use of J. -Al Churchill, state superintendent of . public instruction, ia connection with his work, in admin istering the ' soldiers' educational . aid fund, $15,423.97 Trill be returned to the general fund of thir etate,2..pnly I15TM3 of the 15.00f appropriation has been used, according to Churehiirs report to the state budget commission. TJnder the provisions of the' educational aid act, Churcnill, as" state,- snjertn teadent of pubUc-instruction.,-was'TeJ auired to investigate 'and approve the work of schools before the iund could be drawn upon by ex-eervice mea 'com pleting their education under-. the pro visions of .the act ;"t--v" '2." Bryatf WiU:Sail iori Flof iiiar Home .Today Los Angeles. Nov. ' JL-J-U. OP.) WU liaaa J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan will sail from Saa Pedro today aboard the- Pa cific Xall steamer Ecuador, returning to thetr home in atiaraV Flsu They will atop en route at Central American ports and for a time in Havana " "t '. 1 -;. " ..- : ,'. :i . r r : Husband of Slain Choir-Singer Says Mrs. HalPs Statements ' Regarding Her Movements Following Crime Inaccurate. New' Brunswick. N. J., Nov. 2. -(L N. S.) James Mi!ls, husband of the choir singer Who, " with Rev. Dr. Ed ward W. Hall, rector of the Protestant Episcopal church of St. John the Kvangelist, was shot to death on the night of September 14, today declared that some of the statements made by Mrs. Hall, the widow, in her interview yesterday were not entirely accurate. On Friday h day after the mur ders ' were committed Mills sad that he saw Mrs. Hall four times instead of twice'as sheVlahned yesterday. Mrs. Hail had said that she' saw Mills first about 7 o'clock In the morning. RAISES QCKSTIOX - ' "I am sure" it was about 8 :S0 o'clock in the morning, for the children had gone to school." said Mills. "Mrs. Hail said her husband - had not returned home overnight. I exclaiimed : "'My God, Eleanor has not come home either. I think they have eloped'." Mills said that, in response to his exclamation. Mrs. Hall replied: "No. I think there has been foul play." """---, The fact that Mills spoke of an elope ment and Mrs. Hall mentioned foul play was taken to indicate that both families knew of the. attachment be tween the clergyman and the hand some choir singer. , Mills commented upon the failure of Mrs. Hall to offer a reward, saying that if he had i had any money be would -have done so himself. . , Despite the evidence of a love match, between Mrs. Mills and Dr. Hall, the woman's husband declared that he still believed in-her. i STORIES CONFLICT "Mr a Hall knows that my wife was a good woman' and did nothing wrong." said Mills. - : t Mrs. Hall had declared that she re turned to her home about 3 :30 o,' clock ob the- morning of September 15 after trying vainly to final her husband. De tective James Mason, who is in active charge of.- the research work under Deputy" Attorney General Wilbur A Mott, claims to have at least two wit nesses who said ! they . saw Mrs. ! Hall enter her home about 2:20. o'clock. "Mrs.' Hall is wrong when she says that she did not some to my home about i20 in the afternoon of that day," MTDs . continued. "I remember I had Just got a piece of ice and had Just- put It in the icebox when . Mrs. Hall arrived. , ! CAULEB OK MBS. HALL ; 'I saw- her ''aaln about ? o'clock to the evening. I went to her home and asked her if she had any news. She said she -bad not. M stayed upon the porch and talked. She did not seem to take the thing as hard as I did. I had been together; hm hm hmhmho had an idea that Dr. Hall and my wife had bees together, but I did not think there waa . any thing wrong. I don't know why I ever suggested an elope-ment-r what made it come Into my mind, r i ' !: saw Mra Hall twice on Sunday. I went to her house to see if she had (Condudad as Pace Twentj-four, CoL 'Three) Traide Excursion" " 6 Soutli America? . Elan of Chamber - Plans ,f or a tradeexcureton to South America were 1 launched - by .- the for eign trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce today when action was taken urging exporters snd business men generally to make passenger res ervations on ' the first of the new steamers plying between Portland and this new , territory the first of this month. Shippers have taken a marked Interest in this new line," It was said, and should be willing to see for them selves what .the trade opportunities tbere may be.-: f v . -The committee : also favored an ap propriation in i the) dock , commission budget to exploit ,the advantages of this port In that territory and to main tain a t traffic man tbere, -just as one is znainalned in the Orient, " Rose City, 3eguniont Cajs j Will Resume E6BrriRbutis S- ' i'' ii ... Rose City and Beaumont street cars will -resume.' their former routing be ginning Sunaay morning ' aa a result of completion of track repairs on Kast Burnside street, according to announce ment issued today by the - Portland Kail way. Light H Power company. After Sunday, Rose City ears will come to the west side via Burnside street. Fifth-street. Washington, street. Sec ond street and return east by Burnside The Beaumont cars, during periods of operation tofthe'wost side, will follow the same routing except that, they will return' to Burnside via First instead of Second street ; , S. P. . Steel Orders ; ' B,xm Into Millions Ban Francisco. Nov. JL L N. S. AnnonBcemeat was' made today.; by WTlnain Sproule. president, of. the plac ing of orders with Eastern steel-plants by the Southern Pacific railroad, for TS.000 gross tons of rails for 1SZ3 de livery. The value of the order is be tween $3,000,00 and 14.000,080- . !' ,. . ... ; ru - - , S - i: i r ! New Serum : Claimed as Life-Giver Chicsgo, Nov. 2. (L N. S.y What he declares to be a 'life giving. serum" has been .discovered by Dr. William Held, 'noted : Chicago physician,, origi nator of' the " glandular cure for epi lepsy; he revealed in an exclusive in terview today. - PeOple'die too young chiefly because, the doctor said, they have too much choline in their systems. . Eliminate the choline and the barrier to long life has been removed. The age of 100, even 150. would not be extraordinary in the present 20th century era if the doctor's experiments are carried out to any great, extent in. the future. PAGE METHUSELAH , Occasional cases of persons living to the ' age of Methuselah 900 odd years would not startle the doctor, v One Chicago man already is a living testimonial toVthe efficacy' of the, life giving iserum. according to fDr; Held. A few months ago he was almost de crepit on account of arterial sclerosis. Today at 66. he is as "spry" aS'ever and regularly at his desk ia a down town office. An aged New York woman wa treated recently and - the physi cian n attendance reports remarkable renewed vitality. . - The discovery was made accidental ly by Dr. Held about a year . ago while he was in Germany, experiment ing on his epilepsy cure. ' ... TO DISPEL CHOLISB .f " i- "The ? serum is simply a substance which will break up and dispel the choline tfrom the body," the doctor said in explanation of the discovery. "The choline ' clogs the blood vessels, re tards osmosis a filtration ' process and other bodily functions. After the choline1 is dispelled the vessels are just a soft and fust as efficient as these of any child." G(and transplantation as a rejuve nation process was laughed at by Dr. Held, hv-.-; . HIS DEBATE OFFER . Elton. Watkis once more, has flung a challenge ' for public debate at .his opponent, Congressaaa McArthur. In a lettesv eent rMcArthur this morning he again calls attention to his former contention that the public is entitled to IT?! from bothof them what their ppaitions are upon the issues of the campaign, and again issues hi chal lenge J Joftnt jdebateIJa tetter tot lows: v . C- .N". McArthur. Esq., Teon bund ing, city.: Sir The campaign is about to close, you have not yet stated your position on various questions of vital interest to the voters of this dis trict. The people want-to know and they desire to . know now,- -why you voted with the profiteers on the John son Hog Rent bill, why you refused to give : the extservice men the bonus, but made no protest against giving the railroads, the war contractors and the Soflteers millions and millions of dol rs, and whylyou voted to relieve the rich oh excess profits but fer a tax on the average citizen, -.'-.' In order that you may answer the foregoing, as well as some other things, I challenge you to a Joint -debate to be held any time before election. Ton can name the place; the time and the or ganisation for said debate. - Now'come, let us debate your Do Nothing record and debate it now. Lenin Lauds Reds fdiyptbK Feat f - As -Real Messing 4 Moscow, r NF jL-The last resources of. the whiteaw--anti-Bolshcvist forces tn Russia have .been thrown into the Bea declared' BTicolai Lenin, head of the . Rusaiau government, ia .a speech today before Uie' all -Russian council of Soviets. Lenin's appearance contra dicted - .reports circulated in - foreign countries that he is ill and has (again been compelled to take refuge ijn the country. . "; " : ..''J . ; ButT w rnust' not orerpralsel our-' selves,' cautioned Lenin. "Our diplo macy bag won us victory, but It must be seriously examined ? at .the Near East conference at Lausanne. ' Lenin said, that the occupation . of Vladivostok, by red troops was a most heartening- event and that it cheered up the officials of the government. He lauded the platform of the soviet labor branch. j ; 1 ' j ' -.. ' ft Is a long hard' struggle," con tinued . Lenin, "but we are gradually rising Siigher ' scad . higher - and' our standards of culture are being ele vated. , . ; .'. ;. '-;' ,, ..' f Oregon University 4 : Students to Raly j At Journalf Radio - i,"!'--' :. .I ' i i i, I '.. --v Vlhe t7nlverslty of Oregon students will lets ere a home-coming radio rally in The . Journal radio studio ' Friday afternoon between ' S and o'clock. The broadcast will be through the courtesy of Hallock Watson, station KGO, and of the McPougall-Conn Mnslo' company, which Is arranging the, program. . The University of Oregon Glee club, the main attraction, will broadcast sev eral vocal selections appropriate to the home-coming idea and i there will, be several of ithe .University ef ' Oregon alumni on hand : to make , short talks and invite the ex -boys and girls to coma hack to Eugene and Oregon and rrolii on November 11-12. President Campbell of the university, who tis , in Portland has been invited to broadcast an address to the alumni, also Robert Kuykendall, Mrs. George T- .GerUnger ) and promtnent alumni have! been asked to be on hand and say a -few words., - . ' ' , .The - rally - will conclude with the broadcasting of a real - old-fashioned Oregon yelL 1 ; " . - - ' - -. WATKIPiS REPEATS MAMY BOATS GO ASHORE, OTHERS LOST Much Destruction of Life Feared as Result of French Coast Storm j 200 Fishing Craft Are , Reported as Driven Ashore. , Paris, Nov. 2. (XJ. P.) More than 20O fishing- boats were driven ashore and many lost at sea in a terrific tem pest sweeping the ; coasts of France, Spain and Portugal, according to dis patches hera today. ; i; Heavy loss of life is expected. The heavy liners Manchuria, Ma jestic, George Washington and Hinne dosa were reportd riding '' the storm safely. . - i - ' The Royal American 'wirelessed that she had saved the French sailing ship Cygne (Swan) from shipwreck after the latter had beea in distress 11 days. ( . (CoprrUht. 1922, bj TJnited preaa Washington. Nov. i. The United States intends to" remain independent of the League of Nations. t Thia is one of . the prime eobsidera tfpna tthat this fro vera merit has in mind as .President Harding and Secretary Hughes are conducting negotiations designed to make America an official party to the permanent court of inter national justice, commonly known as the world court. - ."'. . . '' . m Before the United States will become) a signatory power to the world court. Secretary, Hughes must secure an agreement of the powers, members -of the League of Nations and the court to such changes and : modifications in the . protocol of the court0 aa Will In sure Amn .Jndependence-4 of rthe leagues-it, !- believed in iaforrsed, 0.uar-r trshefsj4r.-. , JA :; "- - -f ; I. .in j lmrij ii in v.m i iP.il ."i.ii. juireimiH iii''' " Contmct IVIamage .1 4 FSded by Parents ' Bloomlngtont TH.. Not. 2. fTJ. P.) The contract marriage of Mary Alice Morehouse and Levan Cunningham of Lafayette, Ind.; . ended today, when their - parents arrived to' take ' them home. ' " ' The couple were registered at a local hotel, -; .v. -; ' . : ' .They presented a written wedding contract.: !' ; ' It read i October tl, 1922. L Levan Cunningham, and Mary Alice More house agree to be married in Illinois for sfx monthsv after which time a di vorce will be CTanted on the request of either party." The boy is 1 and the girl Is 16. . . , "Our . set found- things too slow in Lafayette." Mary Alice said. - "Several couples of our clique planned to run away and marry the same way. We were all going to meet in Kansas City." ' . ,,- , i. . v. Laborer Trades His:Wife for 1911 ' Ford Automobile Syracuse, N. T.. Nov. 2. (V. P- Fred - Woodruff, JFulton laborer, traded his wife to G rover Coantr teani eterVfor a 19U Kord car. according to a signed statement, filed with an Os wego lawyer and declared to have been signed by Woodruff5 his wife " and Coant. , r. : i----;' Police started an investigation of the alleged transaction. rn ; After Coant and Mra Woodruf I had lived, together' some tithe, - a former owner ef the automobile appeared and demanded. Woodruff pay a f40 mort gage of the machine which he had given Coant. according to police. Woodruff couldn't . pay and had to give tip the automobile. - The alleged transaction occurred in 191. Olcott Holds OiitNo j Hopefcaidyer ... . T ' " . . Oregon Qty, Nov. k That the state taxes cannot be materially reduced be cause two -thirds' of all of the taxes are Voted by the .people and the por tion'-for sKte expenses., $2,000,000, ,U being, used efficiently, at' preaenty was the statement of Governor Ben i Olcott at the Star theatre last evening, j He was accompanied by B. L. Eddy, state senator of Douglas county, who also spoke. He pledged- his aid to a "sane and- - conservative administration, promising to use the veto against unad vised appropriations. L i -;tri-'' i- ' '. ' .". " ' f A BritisbVto tBegin" y ! rDebtdjustanent -'--- a i i'f -.V'aiiiai- i i , I'. '-:-S it ... :- ;-.' ' 'j Washington. Nor. t-Ml TV a) The British ''government is expected to begin negotiations early in - December to adjust , the - $5,000,000,000 British debt to the United . States, ' it was stated officially at the treasury de partment today. . The retirement of David Lloyds George as premier ia .not likely have any - effect-, upon the : ne gotiations, according - to officials; who anticipate the arrival of a British debt commission in Washington' soon, after the British , national election ;, this month. . .---' .--jr. -- OUT OF LEAGUE Dies on Train TEITTX0Y: .1 Li E R, outstandinig fiisrufe on 4 opcratorsT side" in rail shopcraf t workers strike, who died pn aipnvate tar last night !; 3 t . wm DIES III RAIL CAR :f'Ph4bbisPaN XiCt00 T .Iwttt -,Cyiei,jene- of Jtbe foremost railway meh' In America: and outstand ing; figure'la the negotiations oyer the recent strike, of railroad shopmen; was found dead in bed here today in the pri vate-car of Samuel. Res, .president of the -Pennsylvania railroad. Death' was due to heart disease,; ; v. , j . . DEATH BP! TO APOPLEXX ' '' Mr. Cuyler had"" delivered a speech In 'Rochester on Wednesday,' coming to Philadelphia- from that city. He was apparently in the best of health on retiring-last' night. His death was dis covered when a porter went to call him this -morning. . ... - The. private car had been shifted to a switch in the Broad street terminus of the Pennsylvania . railroad, j News of the famous railroad man's death caused a - sensation among : the numer ous railroad officials located in Phila delphia. " , t j f j. -.'.The body was taken to. his home: at (Ooactadad ea Pass Twentjr-foar, Col, Two) Eberhardt & .Co., i. Brokers, Suspended ; . Pittsburg. Pa.; Nov. ,2.-HfL N.. & "The large brokerage firm of Geolrge E. Eberhardt & Co. today, was suspended from membership tn ' the Pittsburg stock exchange,1 according:' to official announcement made on the floor of the exchange. , The i Eberhrdt- concern Is also. a member ef the -Nework stock exchange' arid - the Chicago Board of Trade, 't It was announced - a receiver would be applied for. at ones, - , . , McArthur;: Is. Solid Phalanx : : Washington, NoT-t 2. CWASH3NG TON BUREAU. OF THE JOURNAL. Reactionary- as the present house: of represenlatives has been,, the member ship has occasionally' risen to -higher levels. than; its leadership. fe It -has on several occasions been- saved." from -1 00 per -i cent reaction by a-, revolt of , a large number of : its Republican mem bers,, i. j ' I -. . '. . ' ' ' '' . When ' thia Isort of ?'fhlng t happens. Representatlvei C. N. McArthur of the third -.Oregon-- district' -la iever, a the saving side. -He goes- with the leaders unexrwglyiWheaiS.MsueUTd be tween progress and reaction. , A brief account of two notable revolts In the interest of the, average fcitlsett .wlll serve -tollmstrate.'-.!-- b- In " the . contest - on- the revenue iblll last year the house sent the ,bii; over te the seriitereducmgthaj'sxirtax. on big Incomes to 22 per , cenC as a max imum-; - i . " TEST ' IS AJPPtlEB f Aroused by publle sentiment .'against the shifting of taxes'from'the greatest wealth to - the moderate incomes,- the senate voted a 60 per. cent ' maximum. The tests for , members of, the- house came when the bill was returned to the house and a motion was made . to accept the eenate" rates. V " , i1 -Ninety-four , Republicans i. Joined the Democrats in '-accomplishing that . re sult. -In this list of 94 were the rec ognised .Progressives, and eome much leas progressive. who nevertheless real ized that ' there sh ould he !- limits to reaction; ? In this list,. naming only a few,-were such Republicans as Camp bell and Tincher of Kansas, Anderson . , -"-, -x"; : . vv " - I -;-? .-- f " - vi ;:.-?::.' - -. -k-J;.-.-v.--. i .). ' , - , - - - , f :..'...: .' N v --.5 . " . N 1 j, - - -NsC t - - V " r :::: : .:-m .v.-. -X-X s t , , :5.?v - v- - ; a i t i t 1 4 mm y fr . m m m mmr mm m mm wmmm m RAILROADS -OPEW WAR 0 Chicago - Alton Line Leads March by Filing Petition With - Lahor Board Asking Xhange in the Rules for Workmen Chicago. Nov. -2. (U. P. ) -Railroads ; of the country today opened the baUler for abolishment of -the eight-hour day among train service ., employ es with ; the filing bf a : petition before the United States railroad , labor board by the Chicago A Alton railroad asking ... , modification of working rules. The Alton asks : ,- -, ' . ! L Abolishment of lime and one-hs 1 f pay for overtime tn road freight trana. fer and -hostler service.- ' l 2. Extension' or the" time limit "of service in short turn round passenger service from eight to 10 hours. , i ': . Kxtension of the work day in out- lying yardav "!. VJV i '"fH "ir?j-' T " : Tio is the first -step by- the rail roads to' abolish or radically raotlify rulea governing the working of tram service employes," t declared a state- : ment made by engine-and trainmen ; brotherhoods. ; Tf the Alton's petition . im granted other, roads "can be expected ; to immediately lake advantage of the opening.'. . ...v' ' ' "The -Alton is picked to make tha test because 104s in the hands of a re ceiver and the ability to pay has been a prime fatcor in previous decisions by : the railroad labor boT4." . ; m j Railroad executives . here would- not comment on ' the Alton case,- but ad mitted they were watching the out come closely. .,...- - . .Railroad union leaders have loon contended that as - sooa as the .- wage ' reduction and change In -working rules . of other; classes of employes, such as the shopc rafts and maintenance of way -workers had been successfully put into effect, the railroads would concentrate . on the-trainmen's brotherhoods. : 1 ' While- Individual -roads have filed ' Similar peUOons In the past before the :, board, they did "not have -the backing of, all lines- and -'indefinite postpone- - , mente were gTaated in most eases., . ' ? ' HOOPER HITS BACK AT -i. -' -'dr- --'-"LITISG WAGE" IDEA ChleagoNovK tT! J0-Referrlng i ' to Kdsel Jford and hls papa" as au thorities on ."railroad f deficit,.' Chair ' man Ben W.: Hooper of the railroad ;-. labor board bitterly arraigned "the HeMr triumvirate of fhei 'liTii wage" ; in a statement issued here. '' . 1 The statement was in, reply to crltl-' cism of the labor board for its recent -decision - which i classified the "livlug wage a a basis for fixing the salaries : of railroad'men. as a "dream." . - Hooper named Ford, Gompera and i Hearst" aa the lumbers of the new : triumvirate backing the theory of the living wage. ; . 1 J 4: , CRITICIZES TOTJHG P03U ' Hooper declared that the new' 'trl-' umvirate had been violent in its crit4 tclsm of the majority) members of the board - for their ' refusal to ' adopt the . theory of. the "living wage and lav ish in Itsapproval of A. O. Wharton dissenting member of the hoard. The majority opinion stated : that if the theory was put Into practice every , Concluded ea Paea Tw, Coloma Two) - 15 French Soldiers Are Slain by Turks '.: Mi-- ;,-v,' .. . -.; Constantinople, i Nov. , 2. N. S.J -Fifteen French soldiers were reported kilted today In a clash with Turkish military police - ' nearv-Adrlanopio in Thrace. . i " The report of French .. soldiers be- -ing killed, is not confirmed and is not widely credited I in- view of the close support which France has been giving to the "Turkish Nationalists throughout the entire Near East troubles. - ' ; - Standpatter Record Seen Snd Volstead f Of " Minnesota, '"Green. augen and Dickinson of Iowa, Sin nott of Oregon, Barbour and Lineberger of : California. Bummers of - Washing ton and Graham and Yates of Ulinoia XeAB'r.HrB'8 POUCT . , - " . ; Voting " with McArthur." against the senate amendment was - the stand pat phalanx of the East, -with such names as Dunn and MIUs of New Tork, Wins- ' low and iGreene ot Massachusetts. Fordney of Michigan, Longworth of Ohio. Madden and Cannon of Illinois, and Darrow and McFadden of Pennsyl vania, and, of course, Mondell . of Wyoming, the-majority leader, i i i Another vote to test the quality and courage of the house came in the re cent struggle over the tariff bill, when the conferees sought to Impose upon, the country the embargo on dyestuffs and a duty on potash.7 A motion .to.: recommit the; bill . to eliminate theee obnoxious features Was carried when 103 Republicans voted for it. Again tlie leeognixed Progressives Toted , for It, with a sprinkling of those who usually follow the leadership, but would not follow thatfar.;fe Included in this lift were Anderson and Volstead of Minne sota, r Tincher and Hoch of ; Karuaa, Haugen and Ramseyer of Iowa, Hinnott r.f Oregon, Barbour Of California, an4 Woodruff of Michigan JOI3TS SOLin PHALA3TX 4 , , . VoUng-with" McArthur In a vain at ttmpt to - surpress this manifestation of independence was the same solid phalanx from the Bast as before . Fordney, Madden. Cannon. Longwortli, iCenelDdad oa Pasa Teastr-four, Col. Tarta)