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1 , , - , ; ... ,; - t. . : . . . '. v . i; , . . . - . ':- ' " t j ; ! . ! t r V vri r -.- - " ' i ' ' - jEVpNTlfcTlI. EAR .-SALKM. .OKKCiCtX, SATfHDAY .MOI'MXc;, ktoIKU Si. i;rj j . ' j , ' TT TAFT LAUDS RAILROAD LEGISLATION Ex-President Declares That Expressions" That Hard ing Has Scrapped League Are Grossly Unfair COX PURPOSES TO SEND LEAGUE WILSONS WAY Bad Results Have Come hen Wilson Not Taking Able Men With Him tit I, lit., MCI. ii. Former President W. If. Tart, speaking here tonight in behalf of Senator Harding . lauded the Esoh-Cummlns railroad bill, which he prononnced a great plce of legUlatlon of which lewans should he proud because of Its co-authorship. . lie urged fupport of Senator Albert Cum mins for re-election. League IHue Upemiost The e-preidiit's remarks irere largely confined to the leas ne of nations issue. He com pared President McKinley'a nego tiation issua of the treaty ending t: Spanish-American t: war with that of President Wilson in .ne gotiating the Paris covenant. He said in part: When Mr. McKinley hart to ne gotiate the treaty of Paris, end ing Uie Spanish war, which, pre sentM an equally difficnlt prob lem to the American people, he appointed on the commission to negotiate the treaty. Republican and Democratic senator. It was urged that this be done by Mr. Wilson but he paid no attention to the suggestion.: He appointed on the commission men whose membership carried no weight whatever with the country or pari ty, and ha went himself, to do the whole thing. Wilson "arriei Ihrnlen "I did not object to his going over, ilndeed.' I thought ft would educate bim in the affairs of the world, but insofar as it minim-? ized the necessity- of appointing able men on the ' commission to assist him, it had bad results." i Referring to Senator Harding's attitude on the league, Mr. Taft said: "Expressions that Mr. Harding haj 'scrapped' the league, 'has repudiated it,' are grossly un fair." Dy his insistence on article 10 without compromise, Mr. Taft said, the president had "destroyed his league and Mr Cox proposes to do the same thing." Mrs. Wilson Gets $200,000 in Suit NEW YORK, Oct. 22. A sher iffs Jury today awarded 1200,000 tc Mrs. Laura Cave Wilsonj In her action against Mrs. Bertha Lobit Wilson, charging alienation of her hnnband's affections. 1 - The verdict is eaid to establish new high record for -such1; liti gation. The plaintiff alleged that Wilson married Mrs. Bertha Lobit Wilson without obtaining a di vorce. Jrfri.-Laura Cave Wilson's fath er was Major Cave; a railroad builder of Dallas Tex. Mrs. ISer tha Lobit Wilson is the daughter of a banker in Galveston. Tex. Freighter Lakeport v Released on Bond CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct. 22. The freight steamer Lakeport. feted -Dy customs fficers at Con Keant today, was released on bond tonight and allowed to proceed up the lake with a cargo of coal. Seiinre wa declared by pro Bioitlon agents to be the start of cleanup of liquor running from J-anada j by steamers. Thirty 'Brf luarta of whiskey were said o nave been fownd in the cabin tnefaber of the crew. Steps were taken by District At torney Wertz to libel the Lake Port and. obtain a court order to wll It at auction. . 'wat is owned by the Lakes St Lawrence Navigation com wny. Tne owners and Captain reenway. (he master, said they " knowledge of the liquor board. HcAdoo Urges Reclamation kE,nO. NeT., Oct. 22. Former t,i,ary of the Treasury William Adoo spoke in Reno tonight in til! ot the ifiague of nations n referred to "bloody, stricken "Jfcia" and ''despoiled and de thC Turkey" 4as examples of now nations which have not bejen iyen 'nto the leagne, adding that .UhOI "nnot become normal a"i the United State enters the "ue and gives it the sustaining We,!,f America's moral force." to " alo urged greater develop tr. oti "clamation i projects in hortawest and pledged the -rt of Governor Cox, MAN GOES OVER FALLS BECAUSE CANT VOTE -iCORKS Ol-' SICillT SKKI'.S VI KW FATAL KM Curl KIlis Wade Into River and j C arried Over American Falls NIAGARA FALLS, X. Y., Oct. 22. ISefore a score of sight-seer? at Prospect Ponit late today a man climbed over the railing, waded out into the' river and was carried over the American falls. T.?o astounded to act. the specta tors stood by while the man drift ed to the brink, waving his- hand and shouting: v "Here's where I leave you; good-bye." In a black derby near the place was found a piece of paper on which was written: ! "This hat belougs to Carl A. Ellis of Hamburg, X. Y." The description of ithe suicide corre sponds to that bf Ellis, who could not be located! in Hamburg tonight.:-. i ii The owner of a souvenir stand told the police the man ap proached him and laughingly said: i"Vell. I can't vote for Harding so I may as well go over the falls." ENGINEER BAIR DIES IN WRECK Southern Pacific; Train De railed by Broken Flange at Parfjplace OREGON CITY, Oct. 22. Oscar; Hair of Portland, engineer of a helper engine, was burned to death by live steam as hie lay crushed beneath his engine which overturned in a wreck of a South ern Pacific freight trarn at Par fcerplace at I o'clock yesterday morning. No. otlier member of the crew was seriously hurt, al though Fireman H. A. McCall, al so! of Portland, required attention here after h had been hurlel from the cab of the toppling lo comotive. Four cars and the engine, whlchj was In the middle of a .heavy! train, were thrown into the ditch when the riange of a gondola car ahead gave way. The cars telescoped and as the engine came crashing into them the entire -mass-twisted of- the track. Steam pipes in the boilers were wrenched from their fasten ings by the concussion and clouds of steam belched oute enveloping Blair. He is believed, however, to have been unconscious from the force of the collision. Railway, traffic on the South ern Pacific was! held up until about 1:30 o'clock pj m. STATmrOF ROOT TOE Colby Declares That Stand ' Was Inversion of Truth WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Sec retary Colby issued a statement tonight asserting that there was "a plain mis-statement of fact in the recent address made by KHhu Root, i dealing with the league of nations covenant. "I fear that the onlr point in Mr, Root's mind was to serve his party," Mr. ! Colby's statement said. "Mr. Root is wrong. W hat he says is wrong. What ha seeks to do is wrong. I suspect Mr. Root knows this." Mr. Colby addressed his state ment particularly to the question of article ten of the covenant as presented by Mr. Root. f "Mr Root's statement that ar ticle ten is an attempt to carry over and continue for all time, as part of the organization to pre serve peace, 7the exercise of, power- by the cdnquering of nations in closing the war' is a pjaiii i mis statement of fact," Mr Colby said. "Indeed, it is a j-omplete inversion ofithe truth., j I His further objectior to tne substitution in any event ioC phys ical or armed force 'for tha moal rorce'. which is relied npon in the other provisions of the covenant. Indicates a complete insensibil ity to the instruction of events and the lessons of ha world s re cent and harrowing experience j "The idea of an international cdurt of justice, to which Mr. ijoot has just contributed Ws en thusiastic labors, had admitted been a HIeless thing, nIf beyon4 Realization, conceded by Us sponsor to be impotent and impracticable until the success of the leagu of nations pressad a political organization m of the world poWs for the first time gave tbeourt a background and a promise that is decrees w 11 be effectiva. If there is -one thing which the war has taught the nations of the world, it is that the projects discussed at the two Hague conferences for ..res train- luK wi, f lation of international conduct. were utterly valueless anu ory." HOPE FOR KING'S KECOVFRY PARIS, Oct. 22. An Athens message received at the Greek le gation at 10 p. m. reported little change in the condition of King Alexander. It is said hope for his recovery was entertained. THIRTEEN IMPLICATED IN SCANDAL Players Charged I With Throwing 1919 World Series Indicted by Spe cial Cook County Jury! - CHASE IS RING LEADER i OF LEAGUE GAMBLERS $100,000 Raised to Bribe Chicago Players to Give Game Away CHICAGO. Oct. 22. indict ments agaiuist i:i persons believed to have been implicated ?n the "l browing" of games in the 1919 world's series by Chicago Ameri can league players were returned today by tU special Cook county grand jury which has been inves tigating the baseball scandal for n.ore than U month. Further in dictments are expected when the jury convenes again next week, Mate officials declared. Indictment He-Voted. Indictments against ten men named today previously had been voted, but Were re-voted to over come legal technicalities, while the other three Abe Attell. Hal Chase and William Burns had only been unofficially mentioned l.i connection with the investiga tion. - I .. All ofithe indictments charging conspiracy to commit an illegal act, a crime for which a peniten tiary sentence can be given under the laws of Illinois. f Chase and 'Hums, former major league players, and Attell, once the featherweight boxing cham pion of the world, have been ac cused by witnesses of being three of the clique which "framed" the wrrld series and arranged to bribe : Chicago White Sox players for sums said to range from 12000 to. $10,000. to try-to low games in the contests for the world baseball championship. Big- Money Threw Garnm. According to testimony, "at least several, hundred thousand dollars': was bet and won on the world series. Chase was the first man to suggest "throwing" v the series, it was said, and called in the others to help him Harry Long, a Chicagoan. told the jury he alone placed $27,000 In bets en Cincinnati for "Sport" Sulli van of Boston, and testimony has been received concerning many other large bets, it was said. ' Gamblers Ans I m inded. Besides Chase, Attell and Burns today's indictments covered two alleged gamblers. Sullivan and a man known to the jury only as "Brown.f and the eight players owned by the Chicago American league club against whom true bills previously had been voted. They were Joe Jackson and Os cal Felsch, outfielders; Eddie Ci cotte and Claude Williams, pitch ers; "Swede RJsberg, shortstop; "Chick" Gandil, first baseman in 1919, but who was not in the big leagues this year; Fred McMul lin, utility! infielder, and "Buck" Weaver, tliird baseman. Williams, Jackson and Cicotte previously had made sworn confessions be fore the jury. Cicotte (said he was given $10,000. while Wil liams said he received $10,000 which he split with Jackpbn. who confirmed the statements of the two pitchers. Weaver. McMuIlin and Ilisberg. have announced that they will fight the case and eon test the suspension placed on afl the eight players by Owner Chas. A. Comiskey. t'hae I Chief; Seller. Officials of the state's attor ney's office today revealed suf ficient of the jury proceedings to show that . testimony has been given that Chase. , w,ho was ex pelled from the major leagues and barred from league parks in the west for alleged gambling, was one of, the chief Instigators ot the game selling, i The jury was said to have-re ceived more testimony concerning Chase than any of the others. President Heydlef of the National league. Garry! Hermann, owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Manager John McGraw, President Stone man. Fred Toner and Benny Kauff of the New York Giants and others testified concerning the man who, during his major league career, was known as the "prince of first basemen." 100,(MH1 Raised. This testimony was said to show that Chase approached Attell be fore the 1919 world series and asked him if he could raise $100. 000 with which to bribe tjie Chi cago players and if he then could place large sums in bets, f Attell was said to have gone to a New York gambler mentioned In con nection with the jury investiga tion and also to hare approached "Sport" Sullivan on the propo sition. Chase, according to the testimony, also was said to have approached Sullivan, telephoning him from the room In New York occupied by Jeaa Dubuc, former (Continued on page 4) v i FATHER WOULD SAVE f LIFE OF NEIL HART PETITION' FOR CLEMENCY Pf-N OF BANCROFT Parent Ita lare ChildVMind V. Affected After an Attack of ;Measdet PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 22. Hoping that he may save the life of his son. Emmtt Bancroft, alias Neil Hart, who has been sen tenced to hang November for the! murder of Sheriff Til Taylor. W. Z. Bancroft Is here from Den ver. Colo., in an effort to secure signers for a petition for clemen cy. He aid that because ot weakened mental condition his son did not realize the enormity of the crime committed. Mr. Bancroft said that at the sge of three the boy contracted a malig nant form of measles and that his temperature ran so high that he went into convulsions. Chlor oform was used and for week's the child hovered between life and death. Where he recovered, the father states. Emmett's brain did not grow witl his body. STUDENT RALLY BOOSTS TEAM Willamette Activity Cen ters About Big Bonfire on I Sweetland Field The heavens Hared from leap ing flames from the mammoth freshman bonfire; here and there a brilliant rocket pierced the up per darkness, and Willamette's premier) band played stirring mu sic when the Bearcats and their W.-U. supporters met in the pre Multnomah rally on" Sweetland field last night. The Bearcat invaders were giv en a t final boost toward victory ever Multnomah In Portland to day when the students of Wil lamette met in the greatest rally in the history of the university. Yell King "Jetter" Gillette and Crown Prince 'Fergie" led the assemblage in yells and songs. Then the mighty men of the team were called upon for speeches. "Chief" Wapito. "Fighting Ram sey. "Buck 'Em" Bain and "Fat" Zeller evidenced the spirit of "winning" and the same "old ngftt for--e minutes of play. Student prexy "Fleg" shouted to the multitudes, "Talk Foot ball." -while Grace Presley said "It's Great." Coach Mathewn took the stand, expressing Tull confidence In his squad. . . iThen the W U. serpentine crawled and roared as it wound it way to the center of the city, preceded by the football men in autos. Here,, the final demon stration or Willamette pep burst forth, proclaiming the i slogan. "Maul Multnomah." Mother and Sweetheart of Albert Joyce Held CLEVELAND. O . Oct. 22. Women, said to be the mother and sweetheart or Albert Joyce, the bandit killed during the battle yesterday, following the robbery of the Cleveland Trust company's branch at edford. were held by the police tonight for investigation. Jewelry valued at $25,000. in cluding unset diamonds worth $17,000, and $3500 in cash were found on the elder woman, accord ing to the police. The women were seized when they attempted to get possession of Jnvio'i hnr 5 The younger woman gave the. name oi iiazei urey and later that of Norma Scott, and said her home was in Oakland. Cat. While being searched, the eld erly woman is alleged to have of fered the matron $1000 if she would withhold the Information concerning the hidden jewerly and money. Eight Bedford residents who took part in the repulse of the robbers, .were rewarded today, by the Cleveland Trust company. E. W. Porter, who klled Joyce re ceived $1Q0Q. MacSvolney Does Not Recognize His Wife LONDON, Oct. 22 Mayor MacSwiney, says the night bulle tin of the Irish Self-determination league, bad a violent, but short attack of delirium at 7 o'clock this evening, arter which he! slept. Mrs. MacSwiney was with; him all day, but he did not recognize her. DIET IN RIG COMMOTION. WARSAW, Oct. 23. Commo tion, which lasted more than an hour, followed adoption by the diet today by a majority of six votes of the clause ot the consti tution providing tor a two cham ber parliament. Left wing So-j cialists and peasant and labor members rapped upon their desk end sang revolutionary songs n a protest. , Finally, the uproar reached ! such a stare that the speaker was compelled- to adjourn the sitting. The recently elected German members from Ponierania cast the fix deciding votes. Final action upon the constitution is expected within a few weeks. Last njght the diet voted con fidence in the government by a large majority. M'NARY IS NAMED FOR JRISH PROBE lRKCMIV SENATOR UECOMEM MKMIIKR OF COMMITTEE ' fender of American Thought U Stjut Inquiry front Washing. low During .November XEW YORK. Oct. 22 Senator Charles L. McNary has been chosen as the representative of Oregon on the committee of 400 ?" Ireland, which will) select a commission of five to conduct ah impartial inquiry Into conditions In Ireland, starting in Washing ton during Novembers j i I The committee has expended to nearly 150 members, including the governors of five states, ten I nited ?tates senators, is mayors and 1.V bishops, besides jurists publicists, editors, educators, bunl mess men and labor leaders Its personnel Includes Jane Addan.s, Lnlted States District Judge C. F. Amidon of North Dakota; Car, dinal Gibbons. Dr. George , W, Kirchwey, former dean of tbqt Columbia law school; Dean Rob ert Morse Levett. of the Fnivert iy of Chicago; Rev. John A, Ran of the Catholic university. Washington. D. O.; William Allen Uhiie. Alice Stone Blackweir 3udge Oeorge Holme bf Omaha! President-William A. Neibton of Smith college, and former Ambus, rauor Aiaunce Francis Eitan. Members nf ti,. . .1 r.reXow ,b,,"E ". .J 10 are now hallntinv r- ik. " . -- mr Pf lection of the commission of five' Both Sir Auckland Geddea. the VI mbasalor. and President De Valera have been invited to co-operate with the commission and furnish witnesses, j REPUBUCANIS 1 TAKEN TO TASK Samuel Gomp ers Makes Charge Against Ccolidge V Police Strike Action ! , WILMINGTON. Del . Oct. 22.-1 An attack on Governor Coolidge Republican vice- president nomi nee, based on hi actions in the Boston police strike of 1919, warf made tonight by Samuel Gompert. Mr. Gompers said in an address that iafter the policemen had left tbeirf posts "Governor Coolidge and his police commissioner. Mowing fnll well the city would b unprotected, withheld the power they commanded." ' "If the action of the Boston police wa a 'crime against civill Jatlcn. what terms can descrToo the action, or inaction, of Gover nor Coo! idee and his police eorri- IOner?" Mr' Gompers aaked. ho but a nypocrite of the rank est kind could make a campaign of 'law and order npon such a lecord of cunnning treachery and deception ?, "'There! is no right to strike against the public safety by any body, anywhere, anytime he (Governor Coolidge) shouts after having aided and abetted, coon-1 selled and advised one of the most vicious blows against a law-ab'd-Ing community ever permitted to go unchallenged and unpunished. 'Imagine this contingency- The Possible election of Senator Har ding to the presidency and a a eancy for any caue occurring and Coolidge. the police baltV the asent provocatnr. becoming preKident of the Cnited State Commissioner Curtln. Mr. Gomi pers said, after provocation of the strike, dlded to withhold ail po- ice protection under his control in order that the city would b completely at the mercy of the awleM element for over 14 hours.' inereby eansinr v public opinion and casting a stig ma upon the policemen who had ceased work. " - t; DECLARATION COX APPLAUDED Governor Voices Opposi tion to Intervention in Mexico : NEWARK. N. J., Oct. 22 V rising, demonstration followed Governor Cox's declaration in his peech tonight of bin policy tc" ward proposed American Inter vention in Mexico, when he said he would not "coin, the blood of a single American soldier into fcold for investors In Mexico." "There are too many people.T he added. "Vhn.ainf lmarlo.. troops to draw their chestnuts out' cl the fire." A man in the balmnr ! lusty lungs interrupted the Rov crnor to ssk retarding the rela tive voting power of the league or the Cnited Stat Britain. "Are we red-blooded imri.,. to le inferiors to th A of England?" the man shoute..! ppiause came rroni part of the crowd, bnt this was lo!t in the up roar of apj.robatioa which greeted the governor's reply. He sail: . "The league's decision muft be tttKllif tntn 1 a. nlin th9 . nift. u 4 uuaui uiuu p. aiBiiTi. iff aims s- tion proposed that neither Pnr A land nor anr or hr itnm ak.1 - - - - . -1 .in land nor anr Of hr itnmininn." should Tote on any question at issue to which any part of Great Britain was a party. EXCESS TAX IS DECLARED HARMFUL j: National Tax Conference Propose Substitute In creasing Taxes on Tea, Coffee and Commodities FISCAL YEAR REVENUE . EXCEEDS EXPENSES Reduction of Government . Expenditures is Only Solution ! NEW YORK. Oct. 22 Address ing the second national tax con ference tonight. Otto II. Kahn. hanker, said he was not wholly In accord with the nronn! marf ,n In 1,1 committee's report sob- n'Ut ' (The committee re- lummenaeu as a substitute for the exces profits tax. increased taxes on rofree. tea. sugar, musical in ttrnments. gasoline, cigarette, to bacco and randy. KxrewM Profit T. "It Is not necessary to say much about the excesa profits tar.-iald Mr. Kahn. "as its barm is recog i.lzed and all desire Its repeal. ."In theory, it is a just tax. I do not think it has always added to! cost, although everyone tries tftfeass it on. My main objection i; against Us application. It Is c hard to administer that it Is practically unworkable without civil service. "AIo. 1 thrnk. excessive sur taxes should be abolished. Fayette R. Plumb, chairman of the conference, emphasized that the leathering was not a meeting of the national Industry confer ence board and that the report of the tax committee did not rep resent the cpinlon of that confer-c-nce or of the national Industrial conference. It wis only tenta tive, he said, and while It repre sented only the opinion of indus try, a formal and final report to rtpretnt the opinions of the con ference would be submitted later. Kerens Exceed Exem. The estimated total revenue of the government for the fiscal year ending June SO. 1521. will .be about $.0O0,n00.00O. raid Chair man Plumb, and total expendi tures have been estimated at ap Ptoxlmately $3,000,000,000. Of the total revenue, he said. $4.00.Q0O.00 wlil be raised by taxation. The surplus between the revenue and expenditures, one billion dollars. Is not too much, be added, asserting that in the next two and a half years the gov ernment will be obliged to take care of a total debt of about seven blllicn dollars. He said some of the debt will have to be the re fund. , which will prove a diffi cult one and must be reduced as much as possible between bow and 12J. Solution No Taxation. This redaction, he declared, mum come in government expen ditures, through the strictest of economy. It cannot made, he added, by Increasing the present heavy tax burd-n. Administration Has Failed Says Hoover nOCHESTER. N, v.. o, t. 22. Herbert C. Hoover, speaking at a It-publican mass meeting here "'f.V n the Interest of the eandidacr of Jua, un.. .... K'rnonnip, declared that "Democratic the vhingtoa has been a failure s a a sun i la is broad statesmanship ever wtnrw in armixtire. "In addition to the fatlnrM ! mae too compromise n-' ary to secure the leagin of na- ... ... peace at tne world, to rorefend as from great penal ties im rosed npon our farmers na upon our labor, for i this) . nr ronunuetj. ""the Dem tcrztlc party has failed to pro Tide thott polirle of domestic reconstruction that we so criti cally need. Its action on social question has ben uncertain and. in the main, reactionary. Mr. Hoover said he believ! that if party government was t mirvlre a given party man take all he reponiltilt.e of sovern ment. bath executive and lea is Istive He addd he believed that the I pited States must hold to party government as the only means of exresIng th will of the maj rlty. $25fi00 Stolen From Post Office ROSEBFRO. Ore. Oct. 22 ! Care'al rheckine nf )nka t it,. Scottburg poi.iru- reveals that $?S.O00 aa stolen In th robbery there yesterday. Sheriff Quine who was leading In the efforts to apprehend the robbers, said today that he believed at least nne of ,n- mrn ,n n crtme was a eon- VS n,? rtcent,Jr from . .. . la unite of the erM v.. on all roads leading from Sco its burg, officers have not as yet apprehended any of tha robbers. CITY WATER PURE, SAYS DR. P0MER0Y i 1 TYPHOID CASE FEW AND AT TIUIUTEHTtl liK ALM FFLV IlerrtJt Tet of Salma Well Show i That Mf Art t'nfl't for - Drink tag lurpoM . " The Salem water supply is not contaminated. This report ias given out yes terday by Dr. RJ E. Pomeroy. elty health offieft-, when asked re garding typhoid fever eass la th e!;y. The health officer was emphatic In til statement that there was absolutely nothing to the rumor that the water sopply la impure, saying that while sev en eaas of typhoid fever bad been reported this fall in Salem, npon Investigation it was found that none of them appeared to have been contracted from drink Ing the city water, and it is from wster the disease nsaally arise. Three out of the seven raes are confined to one family, one member of whom succumbed to the disease. One rasj Is said to have been contracted In Bend, as the person afflicted had hut re cently moved from there when the symptoms appeared. The his tory of the other eases is not def initely known. However, they are not charged to drinking the city water. When asked If reeent tests of the eliy water had been made. Dr. Pomeroy said: "Yes. recent testa have' been made, not only from the elty wa ter bnt also water taken , front well throughout tha elty. The analysis taken of tha city watr proved that it was not contam inated In any way. and was good drinking water. I do not think Itat all necessary to have the water boiled before drinking. If 1 did I would see that It was done In my own boasehold. bat se It without doing so. i 'One test of the city water." the health frieer explained, "was made by a United States govern ment Inspector, and bis report verified those already made. Pointing to some retainers the doctor said: "There i some water I a ra now preparing to test. This summer I have Inspected water from at leant ! well in the city of Sa iera. and la all that number just one well was found that was not contaminated. Surface water and vegetable matter get Into the wells and they are unfit for drinking purposes. - As the law requires the attend ing physician to report to the health officer within 72 boars af ter surb diseases are kaowa to exist. Dr. Pomeroy feels as a red there are no new eases of typhoid fever In Salem, aad therefore no cause for alarm. The latest case, reported waa oa October 11. , HARDING RESTS Mil CAMPAIGN Senator Refreshes Himself for Last Speaking Tour MARION. Ohio. Oct. 22. The last of bis ramualrn swlnrs out side Ohio completed. Senator Har ding took a real holiday today before starting work oa the kpeeches he will deliver next week in triaclpal cities of bis own state. Alter bis arrival here be looked In at bis office for only a fchort while and then left for a 40-mlie motor ride to Mansfield and a game of gulf. It was the first time in several weeks that he bad taken so com plete a rest. Although be ap peared in berfert health. the train of his speaking trips bad lctt him tired and he said be wanted to refresh himself with some wholesome physical exercise be tore taking an the home stretch of the campaign. Tomorrow the nominee will be gin preparations of hi final eam lixn Iterance to be delivered on the last four nights of next week at meetings 1st Cleveland. Akron. Cincinnati and Colambas. No more front porch date have Ien booked. It is considered entirely pos sible, however, that when be leave Wednesday he will run into numerous rear platform gath erings locally arranged, and will mak many short talks. No Trace is Found j of Mayor Percival VANCOFVF.R. Wah.. Oct. 22. City officials announced today no trace bad yet beea found of Mayor G. It. Percival. who has been missing since last Saaday. Circulars hav been seat to ev "T city in the aorthwest la the hope that the nttMing man may t-e found, bnt no reports have lie-n received in response IMIMK KF.LLS SO MKAT ROMK. Oct. 22. Because of the difficulty of purchasing froa ea meat. dw to the high exchange rate.- ad becaaM the govern ment withes to conserve the na tional supply f rattle, the sale of meat has again beea prohibit ed from Wednesday afternoon to Saturday morning. The threat Is made that; If the consumption of meat doe not show a de crease, the authorities wlil be obliged to j adopt meat lards. Bread, sugar, oil and macaroni are still procured by card. " 1 " COMPTROLLER OFHIRRFWrV IS CHARGED Controversy Over Charges bj John Williams Against New York Banker is Heard Before Association MISLEADING LETTER SEVERELY DENOUNCED Hisses Greeted Any Refer ence to Controller's j Efficiency WASHINGTON. Oct- 22. Con troversy over charges by John Skeltoa Williams, comptroller af the currency, against the certain New York bankers, came to a bead today at the coacludlag ses sion of tbe American Bankers as sociation convention witb the adoption of a resolution condemn ing -a iterances" of aa naaamed Individual. Act lea waa takea aw the protests of several member baakera who argned that the con troversy was between the comp troller and the; New Tork bank ers aad la no way arfected the association. laflaeskrvHi Ismosnsred. The resoiation declared that if tuch misleading inferences were made for personal graUfi catloaor profit, they can sot be too severely deaoaacrd. It was decided that the 'utterances- complained of having ere ated aa -unfounded hostility be tween baakera and the public aad deplored sncb a detraction of Public confidence. Colneiden tally with adaption of the resolution. Mr. Williams re newed his charges ta a formal statement which deciartd the de feas of the alleged acta of the bankers Ia New York had beea "feeble. Wmiasaa Is Tdlascd. Read lag ct the report of tht resolatioas committee by franc 1L Sissoa. Kew Tork. opened the counter attack oa Mr. Williams ia the convention as well aa bis defease bv t . v ' . . . pnaclnal himm r . . !5 ,.Mhoa'r- who assert, cd that Mr. Will Urns was tha BMt efHclent aad ftithfsl comptroller of tb currency ever ecnveL: "" coaveatloa to disregard the ctm- IfJ ?lntmbn 01 tl! oc--?kd.K,,0 war ot "crtalalag whether there wat any troth la the charge, im,, greeted any fTelIcT 10 lb eomPtrol''' J. W. Kboe.ot Maysvill. Kr- into the faca of Bt.- II rlr... f "T chB (a the resolutloa. let'a taak it strong- Trad Reir Reerived. The conveauoa recited tbe re SZ119 "atteo oa trade TnfitfL'rK 'r44 B' Jerome Madermhfp la world com mere m. tabli.hed daring the war mT Thralls MId th.f the idla of 11 lab! a mB4 d tth trade acceptances as collate- VJlVi f Tnm for baak. J t1 to "iUla. Shields Brothers Are Taken for Ado Theft PORTLAND. Or Oct 2 .It Shield, and bis brw A vil ie n . tZiA. erotaer. Or- todl V. Jr; wer atoced n?al Jatinwh.t.McNir " ittvsfxjt9 r tBU,r oa 5rK f tranrportiag two aoto jnobtles from Yakima to Por law dJ,Tlf,UcM,.tr lB fcaeral w. " crosslag a staU line In a stolen machiae. Oorge BUck. who pleaded taut, ta r.rauhl.. U4or , lat ? " n Klamath reserva tion, was sent to jail for a rfsrs doa who was Indicted with George Landon en charges f transporting a girl, pleaded not gu lty aad waa sent to Jail with out bail, rjeorga Landoa also pleaded not guilty, i P endalem S win it to Governor Cox RINCIf AMPTON. N. T Oct. 22 Franklia D. Roowevelt, femocrat-s- vice prentdeatisl candidate, la an address tonight declared the eropei ef Governor Com carry ing a majority of the western and middle wettera states art crow ing by leaps and bounds. 'I have come back from the nest, he continued, -with a deep seated belief that tht west aad middle west have started aa over whelming swing of tht pendalaa. ; tft.w Tork l" f!tt to fall ia Hat.