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.The Oregon Statesman
r TH BOMB M W&PA-PEia
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING; AUGUST 29. 1923
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BIBLE STUDY
PLAN VETOED
illo time Will Be Devoted for
BY DIRECTORS
V j Instruction During Regu-
lar Hours Is Ruling of
j v School Board ; I
EXTENSIVE HEARING '
GRANTED EXPONENTS
Gym Will Not Be Remodeled
Though Machine Shop, to
Be Enlarged
By an unanimous vote the Sa
lem school board Toted last night
to allow the Salem Council of Re
ligious instruction the same priv
ileges that were accorded last
spring.. The meeting was attend
ed by a ; number of citizens ,whp
came to represent the desirability
of the school giving a portion, of
' the school time for instruction
In agreed morals and religion,
from a set of standard books that
have beep prepared by the co
operation of many denominations
and that aimed to steer clear of
controversial points while empha
sizing the universal truths of re
ligion and ethics. The board gave
them & respectful and rather ex
tended hearing, but voted against
allowing any part of the school
time to bedevoted to such In
struction. .
Subject Presented
Dr. Frank E. Brown presented
the matter 'very briefly, recalling
the conditions of the former appll
cation for school time to carry on
the non-controversial religious
instruction. He presented Mrs
Mrs. J. L. Brady, recently from
Salina, Kansas, a town of 18,000.
where the - religious , Instruction
has been . ia . force for the past
year with remarkably good suc
cess; 90 per eent of all the pupils
being fn attendance, at the hours
agreed upon, by the school author
ities. She quoted statistical from
a number of cities and towns
where the plan had worked euc-
cessfully. - - :'.- 1
Dr. B. E. KIrkpatrick of the
First Methodist church presented
the phase of the text books that
were to be used; his personal ac
quaintance with the author of a
number of these works having
led hlnvto think so highly of their
fairness. He -proposed that if
any school program of religious
Instruction, should be adopted. It
would be only fair to allow every
denomination that did not accept
the regular text books, to have
its own school at the appointed
time;, bo that all. should be served
with absolote Impartiality.
: Father Back Approve'
Secretary Kells of the YMCA
spoke j of having talked the mat
ter over with Father Buck of the
Catholic church, and Mr. Madsen
representing te Seventh Day-Ad-ventist
congregation, and both
had agreed that It should be
good. Father Buck bad returned
only the night before from an ex
tended visit to Europe, and had
not seen the operation of the
school, here; but he thought that
If it was 'as he had had it repre
sented to him. It should be a good
thing, and he could hava special
Instruction for those of the Cath
olic children, that might wish any
thing : other than the I standard
text.;. . . f ;; -.'.- j
Dr.. Brown asked. 1 when ' the
motion, to grant only what was
granted' last year, was made,
whether, the board . would defer
action and- consider , a petition.
Director ' Gregory, who made the
motion, said that he would do so
If It comprised 90 per cent of the
school patrons; but no action was
taken other, than to continue the
vote and spread the result on the
records as the official action.
, Heating Is Impossible f'l
It would be possible to carry on
the religious school, by private
enterprise, outside of the school
hour, as was done last spring in
: (Continued on page 3) .
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Wednesday fair;
- except probably showers In
f southwest " portion; cooler
west, portion. :
' LOCAL. WEATHER
0 . (Tuesday) i
Maximum temperature, 96.
Minimum 'temperature, 52.
Rainfall, none. , . x
River. 1. 4 ' feet. " -U-Atmosphere,"
clear.
Wind, west.
SS FLORA
RESIGNS
AT CITY
Miss Flora Case, for 10 years librarian at the Salem libra
ry, has presented her resignation to the library board and
will leave September 8 for LaPorte, Ind., where she .will be
city librarian, i ! i
"Miss Case's resignation was accepted by the board with
Tegret," said D. W. Eyre, president of the board, yesterday.
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Salem Band Program Heard
By Largest Crowd Ever
Attracted to Park
Undoubtedly the largest erowd
of the season, if not several sea
sons, attended the Cherrian band
concert In Willson park last
night. The ; combination of the
unusually warm evening and the
last concert : of the summer was
probably responsible for the high
attendance record.
Parking) space was at . a pre
mium and j when the band started
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playing promptly at 8 o'clock
every available space was taken
up . and down Court street from
Cottage street to Capitol' and the
same distance on State street.
Cars were' parked as many as
three deep-at the Intersection of
Winter and Court streets, while
carsu were ' parked on either side
of Winter and Summer streets
from CourtrCnemeketa street.
One of he busiest men outside
of those actually engaged in en
tertaining the large crowd, was
the -traffic : officer at Court and
Cottage streets who kept the cars
from going up Court after the
concert began. With an unusual
number of folk desiring to ride
last night and many tourists de
Biring to so north on the high
way, he was kept busy directing
drivers how-to find their way to
the Pacific highway. :J
The program 1 last night was
made up entirely of specially re
quested numbers and Included
those numbers which have been
unusuallyj popular with the con
cert public this season.
Last night's program closes the
band concert season 7 for 1923.
Oscar Gingrich sang several popu
lar solos last night", not the least
of which was his favorite "Barney
Google." I Miss Lena Belle Tartar
has been : the other soloist this
season. She sang the last time
for the season last Friday night.
Oscar 'Steelhammer played
again the two trombone solos
which proved so popular several
weeks ago. ' Mr. Steelhammer has
been director of the band for sev
eral years. . ' '-
HOT DRAFTS
PUN OF ms Ml
Both Sides Accede to Gov
ernor's Request to Re-
main in Harrisburg J.
1 HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug, 28.
(By the Associated Press.) Suf
ficiently Informed as to the issues
of which a suspension of anthra
cite' mining has been ordered for
September 1, Governor Pinchotof
Pennsylvania, today broke off the
series of conferences. which be has
been conducting with operators'
representatives : and officials of
the Miners union and went to
work drafting a suggestion of his
own. Both groups of men, who
have been separately closeted
with, him for prolonged intervals
during the two days since he in
tervened to prevent a, break,
agreed to await the proposals he
will make, but professed entire
ignorance as to its terms.
"I have conferred with both
sides and told them I hoped they
would remain In Harrisburg .to
morrow, the governor said In a
brief announcement, of his pur
pose, s "within reach ' for consul
tation and that I desire at the
earliest possible moment before
tomorrow .night, if I can manage
it to have ready a suggestion, for
settlement of the strike. Both
sides have courteously acceded to
tay request.. - ''
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BREAKS
CASE
POSITION
LIBRARY
"A successor will not be named
until Dr. 11. II. Ollnger and Airs.
Frank H. Spears, members of the
board and composing the com
mittee on employment, return
from vacation trips. We have a
number of applications for: the
positions but no decision will be
made for a few days."
Here Ten Years
Miss Case came to the Salem
library 10 years ago . as school
librarian, assuming the position
of head librarian in 1917. ; The
circulation of the library has. in
creased, from 53,000 to 77,500,
while the total number of volumes
in the labrary has Increased from
13,000 to 18,000. The Salem
library had been In the new build
ing just one year when Miss Case
came here to assume her duties
as; school librarian.
Returns From Alaska
Miss Case returned Friday eve
ning from a month's trip to Alas
ka. The; new position in La
Porte: is now open and: she will
leave here Saturday, Sept. '8,
planning to assume heri new du
ties. Sept. 12 If possible,
i One. of the attractions of the
new post is that it is Bearer her
home in. Illinois and also the sal
ary is very much higher. ;i
Assistants in the Salem library
at this time Includes Mrs. Lola
Bellinger, children's librarian;
Miss Lucille Crockett, school lib
rarian; Miss Sibyl Smith, catalog
ing librarian, and Miss Helen
Robe, circulation assistant. Mrs.
Bellinger, who was formerly em
ployed for some time in the state
library, will assume her duties
at the Salem library September i.
after a year in the library train
ing school in Los Angeles.
REDDING OFFICER
GETS FUGITIVE
Quick Catch of Murder Sus
pect Made By R. B. Ross
. of Shasta County
After having mace: a quick
catch of a murder suspect In Co
lumbia county yesterday, with
the aid of Portland and Columbia
county officers, R. B. Ross, a de
puty sheriff of Redding. Calif.,
arrived In Salem ' last night'- and
registered at the Bligh. The of
ficer left his prisoner in the
Multnomah county jail and came
to Salem to visit his mother, Mrs.
Susan Robs Ireland, 703 High
street, whom he had seen only
once in 18 years. He has a bro
ther, Thomas L. Ross, at Che
mawa. '"
The murder suspect arrested
yesterday , was a Greek named
Peter Phillips, or Philip Peters.
He is said to be the owner of an
automobile that carried William
Slater and A. L. Aubrey, two men
now held at Redding, and one of
whom is accused of firing j the
sbot that killed Joe Bogdan, : a
Slavonian, when the twoen held
up and robbed about 20 men in
a camp of the Pacific Gas & Elec
tric company at pit No. 3, on Pitt
river, Shasta county, a,week ago
last ; Sunday night. ; The men
were engaged in gambling when
the robbers appeared. 1 i I '
'After Bogdan had been killed
and the robbers . had been dis
armed in a free-for-all fight', the
robbers ; escaped and ( were cap
tured , after - strenuous searching
by the. officers in the mountain
country. A coincidence Is that
the automobile owned by the
Greek, and believed to have car
ried the robbers, was purchased
by him from a deputy sheriff who
figured in the arrests. ;
Deputy Sheriff Ross traced the
Greek to Portland through Kla
math Falls connections. Ross
reached Portland from California
yesterday : and is pleased at the
quick time made in catching; the
prisoner.
PETITION' PEST, DISTRICT
WALLA WALLA, Wash,. Aug.
28.-OnJe of the first, it not, tho
first "pest district ever petition
ed for by taxpayers in. Southeast
ern "Washington was. asked for by
residents of thelGardena district
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SIX RECORDS
BY AVIATORS
New Marks for Duration and
Distance .Set in Flight
Which Lasted for, Period
of Over 37 Hours
DENSE CROWD GREETS
PILOTS ON LANDING
,
Smith and RSchter Forced
to Fight Way Through
Mass-of Humanity
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug.. 28,
(By the Associated Press.) Cap
tain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant
John Richter, army aviators who
look xff yesterday morning at
5:07 o'clock, landed at 6:19:32
o'clock tonight, having broken
six aviation records', according to
unofficial computations. The
flight started and ended at Rock
well field here.'
The aviators, who were In the
air more than 37 hours, estab
lished four new speed records as
well as making new marks in du
ration and distance. To complete
the flight they ' made 15 contacts
with another plane to take on
gasoline, food, water and oil.
Tired and stiff from their long
grind. Captain Smith and Lieu
tenant Richter climbed from the
ship and literally fought ' their
way through the dense crowd as
sembled to greet them.
Motor Gives Trouble -.
According to a statement made
by Smith, they battled a heavy
high fog all last night and when
they saw the same conditions ap
pearing for tonight they signaled
a landing was about to be made.' ;
. During the history - making
flight, 15 contacts, for gasoline
and lubricating oil were made. .A
total of 572 gallons of gasoline
and 36 gallons of oil was trans
ferred from the mother plane to
the big de Haviland on its record-
breaking trip. . : j
Captain Smith said that con
siderable trouble was experienced
during the night by the gasoline
strainejr . becoming clogged with
some foreign substance and he
smashed, his flashlight lapping the
strainer to continue the flow of
fuel to the motor. . "
Aside from this strainer trou
ble the powerful Liberty motor
gave a wonderful ptofermance of
mechanical endurance.
Time Not Computed i
Smith and Richter stayed in
the air, according to unofficial
figures, one hour, nine minutes,
S3 4-5 seconds longer than did
Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and
John MacReady. who, made a con
tinuous flight of 36 hours, five
minutes, 21- seconds in the first
on-stop transcontinental flight.
Until tonight Kelly and MacReady
held the duration record. Smith
and Richter were up 37 hours, 1.2
minutes, 32 seconds. Unofficial
figures showed. ' ?
More than-i two hours after the
flight was completed, official
elapsed time, average speed and
total mileage . had not been an
nounced. ' However, as the . avi
ators passed the 4500 kilometer
mark about 1 o'clock this after
noon it was certain that they had
passed the previous distance . re
cord. The jold - record was 4090
kilometers, or 2541.2 miles, and
also was held by Lieutenants
Kelly and MacReady.
NEW SPEED RECORDS,
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28. -Speed
records set by Captain Smith and
Lieutenant Richter in the flight
which ended tonight, follow: :
250 0 kilometers : 17 hours. 3 2
minutes, 44 4-5 seconds. Set at
10:37 p. m. August 27. I
- 3000 kilometers: 21 hours. 11
minutes. Set at 2:15 a. m. August
28.-. , . : : '
1 3500 kilometers: 24 hours. 37
minutes, 8 seconds. Set at 5:41
a. m. August 28. r .
4000 kilometers: 28 hours, 6
minutes, 48 seconds. Set at 9:13
a. m. August 28. '
New York to Be Only !
Recognized Roundup
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NEW, YORK. Aug. 28. Score
another against the "open spaces"
of the old. west. Yakima Canutt.
champion steer wrestler,, an
nounced ' tonight that more ' than
100 cowhpya and ; cowgirls had
signed, an agreement to recognize
no other championship event other
than the one held In New York
each year. Championship, they
agreed to decide here exclusively
include steer wrestling; cal C rop
ing,: broncho busting, and various
others. .
CANNED HEAT
HELPS' MUNRO
' , KEEP COMFY
Thermometer Is Not High
. Enough to Suit Portlander
'. Nabbed by Local Officer
Ninety-six degrees - the , ther
mometer -registered yesterday but
even this was insufficient for C.'E.
Munro of .Portland, who was so
internally chilled that he was
forced to resort to canned heat to
warm him up. The thawing pro
cess had just "begun when he was
taken in charge by Officer. Olson
about 9 o'clock last night and
lodged overnight in the city jail.
When Muuro, who gave his
name as C. J. Munro, unloaded
bis pockets upon request of Offi
cer Smart, five full cans were re
moved from one pocket and one
nearly empty can. His original
"still" wai taken from the other
pocket of his coat. The still con
sisted of a small water, glass and
a handkerchief badly stained from
Usage in tne distilling process.
Munro said he would pour some
of the contents of the can into his
luinkerehief. and then by pressure
foree the liquid portion of the
semi-solid into the glass. That
was all. Munro was his own dis
tiller", dispenser and customer.
Munro's bill fold contained a reg
istration card for a local hop yard.
He arrived in the city early Tues
day evening. '
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ASHESS.O. S.
Shipping Board Steamer?
Strikes Rock and Sends
Out Distress Sianals
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 28
The steamship Hoven is sinking
Off the coast of San Benito island;
according to radio advices receiv
ed by the Federal Telegraph com
pany at 12.02 a. m..
Latest advices indicate that the
vessel ; struck a submerged rock:
Her longitude ws given as 116.45
and her latitude was 29.47. It is
hot known as yet whether ny ves
sel has responded to the Hovens
call for assistance. y ;
The steamer Cor into, a Pacific
mail vessel, is only 103 miles from
where1 the Hoven struck the sub
merged rock. She has asked the
Hovenj for instructions as to whe
ther to stand by to give assistance.
The Hoven has not yet replied.
The island near where - the acci
dent happened is off the coast of
Lower California. - -
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.-The
shipping; board tanker' Hoven
"hit a rock" and is "sinking oH
San Benito island" according, to
an S. O. S. received by the Federal
Telegraph company here at 11:55
o'clock last night. !
Th Hoven left Los Angeles
harbor Monday for New York,
carrying ,70,000 barrels of crude
oil. This was the, first word re
ceived from her. here since-her de
parture.' ,'
The Federal Telegraph company
officials said at 12:20 hls morn
ing they had as yet been unable to
locate any vessel in the vicinity of
the Hoven to ask to go to her
assistance. '."':-'--
SMITH'S BAIL IS
fixed ran
Hedlund Boys Say Mother
and Defendant Lived in
Same Seattle House
Mrs. Adrienne Hedlund of Salem,
aged 15 and 13 years, offered vbe
forej United States Commissioner
Frazer in Portland Monday after
noon added to admissions of Mrs.
Hedlund and Robert Smith, also
of Salem, resulted in Smith being
bound over to; await the federal
grand jury' on a charge of violat
ing ihe Mann white slave act. '.
Bail of Smith was Bet at S1000
and jMrs. Hedlund will be required
to testify against Smith. ,
Smith was arrested after John
Hedlund, husband or the mate
rial witness, had complained to
federal authorities that Smith
took Mrs. Hedlund and her two
sou4 ; to Seattle,'. In violation of
the Mann act. , v ,V ;-'
Hedlund was. called as a gov
ernment witness Monday but of
fered, no additional evidence to
add r to the admissions made by
Mrs.' Hedlund and Smith. The
two; boys testified to the fact that
their mother and, Hedlund lived at
the jsame apartment In Seattle but
could, not recall-any Immoral. acts
thee. '..'...
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RUSSIA SAID
TO RECOVERY
Communism Described as
Dead and Brighter Pros
pects for Future Seen in
Final f Relief Report- -
MILLIONS ARE SAVED
BY AID OF AMERICA
Administration Sends Huge
Amount of Supplies for
Those in Need
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28..
Communism In Russia is dead
and Russia Is on. the road to re
covery. Colonel William E. Has
kell, who was in charge of Ameri
can relief administration activi
ties there, said: in a final report
today to Herbert Hoover, secre
tary of commerce' and chairman
of the relief administration. Not
only did : American aid, amount
ing fo; $60,000,000 during the
last two yearB, save millions of
lives In Russia, said Colonel Has
kell, ' but it. helped to stimulate
Russian ; recovery, and more valu
able than all, spread a lasting In
heritance for America In goodwill
of the Slav races.
Many Supplies Furnished '
"In the battle against these
epidemics the. American relief ad
ministration furnished supplies to
over 15,000 hospitals and insti
tutions and organized the lnocu
lation and vaccination of over
7,000,000 individuals. , Its sys
tematic i campaign of sanitation
stamped out the most dangerous
center of contagion in the world.
"From seed imported about
8,000,000 acres of land were
sown. The worst of .the famine
was over a year , ago but since
that time the American relief ad'
ministration has continued to
feed, clothe and give medical
service to an average of 2,000,000
children unt?l they were past
danger ' and to provide food and
clothing for over 1,000,000 teach
era and professional people as
supplementary service."
iWork Summarized
Colonel ' Haskell's report sum
marized the two years' work of
the relief administration and
praised the American and Rus
sian agents for the duty they per
formed and Secretary Hoover's
conception and administration of
the. relief program.
"During this period," said the
report,' "a little under a million
tons of food, seed, clothing and
medical . supplies have been
bought in the United States by
the American relief -administra
tion requiring about 250 voyages
of American, ships. These sup
plies amounted to 60.000 carloads
oh the Russian railways. ' Their
distribution was accomplished
through the organization of 35,
000. different' stations at the
worst period when we were feed
ing nearly 11,000,000 men, won
men and children daily. Not only
would; these millions have died
without this relief, but eves
larger! numbers would have per
ished from the cesspool of con
tagious disease which was then
raging In every direction." f
open Linn is
1
Some Talk Heard of Chang
ing Name - of Popular ;
. i Street to Broadway ;
It Is understood that an effort
is to be made to open Liberty
street between Trade and Mill
streets. Liberty is, now paved on
both sides of this one block and a
bridge would leave little more to
be done to make that one of the
most useful as well as attractive
streets in the city. It is argued
that if this one block were opened
much; of the traffic that now al
most j congests South Commercial
street would veer off to the east
one block and swing down Liber
ty. There is also some talk of
asking the city to change the
name' of Liberty to Broadway. '
APPLE CROP HEAVY
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug.
28 Approximately 2400 carloads
of apples will be chipped out of
Walla Walla county this year, ac
cording to information gleaned by
railroad men. . "
NOW PETITIONED
BEETLE BITES
WERE THOUGHT
MURDER CLEW
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Foul Play Suggested By
Blood on Dead Man's Head;
Heart Attack Cause
GREAT FALLS.,Mont.. Asg. 28
Bites of , beetles that swarmed
over the prostrate form of James
Oliver, old-time' resident of Cas
cade county, while he. was dying
this morning of a heart attack
so covered his head with blood
that it was suspected when the
body was first found that he bad
met with foul play but it was es
tablished at a post mortem exam
ination by Coroner L. R. McBur
ney tonight that death was due
wholly to natural causes.
Oliver's body was found near
a mina shaft on this ranch three
miles from Sand Coulee, with the
hands crossed on the breast and
the head and face showing distinct
traces of blood. A trickle of
blood apparently having emerged
from one ear gave rise to the be
lief that the skull had been frac
tured. Oliver Was last seen alive
Monday afternoon when be com
plained of a headache.
Oliver was 66 years of age and
had been a resident .of Cascade
county for more than 30 years.
The body was brought to l Great
Palls this afternoon.
Parker - Claims 1 Injustice
Done, But Hopes He Will
Remain Courageous
"Two lead pencils and the am
bitions of a judge will be- the
cause, of . my death. I am guilty
of manslaughter in one of the
lesser degrees but the imposition
of a first degree murder penalty
upon me is a miscarriage of jus
tice, as I shot Sherif f Dunlap only
after he fired upon me."
In these words,' George Parker,
awaiting his execution Friday , at
the penitentiary, outlines his
present situation, as he believes
it, following conviction for the
murder of ; Sheriff Dunlap, of
Linn county.
"Life is replete wltti Ufa. If
the trial judge had not been eager
to ascend tQ the supreme court he
would have denied the appeals of
the bloodthirsty mob and would
have admitted my cap as evi
dence, i If my cap had been ad
mitted T as evidence chemists
would have found that the bullet
hole in that garment was made
by a slug from Dun lap's gun, -
"With state's witnesses my tes
timony agreed that two shots had
been -fired. I fired the last of
the two shots fired in the car.
Two Blunders, Assertion
"Here are two" more 'ifs. If
Dunlap had searched Johnson and
myself he would not have com
mitted his second great blunder.
If Dunlap had, not used the lan
, . (Continued on page 5) , ,
Will Determine Coast Pro
duction for Five Years;
No Car Shortage.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 28.-
A survey by the department of
commerce to determine the fruit
production in Washington, Ore
gon and California for five years
and what proportion of the output
will be shipped by rail and water
respectively has been begun by ST.
S. Gregg, chief of the transporta
tion division of the department.
he tpday told the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce at a meeting attend
ed by representatives of rail and
steamship lines.
Mr. Gregg said that there was
little danger of a car shortage this
er, because all elements concern
ett had -made enormous efforts to
provide refrigrators following a
transportation famine last season
and because there is no shopmen's
strike as there was then.
The survey was ordered by Her
bert Hoover, secretary of the de
partment, on information gather
ed while he was on the coast in
July accompanying the late Pres
ident Harding : to Alaska, Mr,
Gregg reported. The Information
gathered will be laid before com
mittees In each of the three states
Such committees hare been organ
ized in California and Oregon and
Mr, Gregg Is proceeding to create
one. In Washington, .
STORy TOLD
BEGIN DfJ SURVEY
wm is
SEATS WIOFJOy
, COIRHf
Irish Free State Election
Lacks. Contest Except fcr
National University SerJs
National Win All
PHILIP C0SGR0VE
, CHOSEN FOR DUBLI.'J
Republicans Claim Full Veto
, Claim Small Po!l Fa
vorable to Cause
DUBLIN, . Aug. 28. (By the
Associated Press). The results
of the general elections officially
and semiofficially announced up
t'o 11 o'clock ' tonight give thai
government 16 seats and the Re
publicans 4.! The farmers party
is credited with 2, the independ
ents with 3 and labor 1.
With the exception of the na
tional university contest no (elec
tion results or figures have ytt
been- officially declared In tto
general polling- for members of
the Dall Eireann throughout the
Irish Free State. It is, therefore,
still Impossible to make any esti
mate of the eventual strength of
the respective -partis in teh Dall.
Nevertheless, . there are Indica
tions of the possibility of the op
posing parties being returned ia
more equally balanced-strength
than had been expected . and it
may be said that the Republican?
are tonight showing greater, con
fidence in the 'results than ttt
government party.
: " Government Men Chosen
-For the national university t:
government candidates secure I
all -three seats." They were Tro
fessor John McNeil, minister cf
edacatlon; Professor Michaf l
Hayes, speaker of the last Dall,
and Professor McGinnis.
According to the first prefer
ence votes which became known
today. President William T. Cos
grave in Kllkenney and Carlow
headed the poll and Becured elec
tion. Under the proportion:!
representative system, no actual
polling figures are announced for
several days, but in certain. cas; i
the votes on first preference suf
ficient to insure election are
known and ' are' announced ia
that way.
-Countess Elected
President Cosgrave's brother,
Philip Cosgravev governor c
Mount Joy prison. Is elected for
Dublin city, south. General
Richard Mulcahy; minister of da
fence, on the first poll In the
north city, eecured a quota and a
surplus large enough, when dis
tributed, to carry the other -gov-ernment
' candidates with him.
Alderman Alfred Byrne, nt
present acting as deputy lord
mayor of Dublin, standing as en
Independent, obtained a quota ia
the same division. In the sout'i
city. Countess Markievics revert I
her last year's defeat, wfc'Ia
Aiken, the. much-wanted chief of
staff of the Republicans who for
a long time had been "on tLa
run." also won a seat in the Dan.
It is considered remarkable that
he stood third, on the poll, as La
was mainly responsible for V
irregulars' decision jto dump, in
stead of surrendering, their arma.
Small roll FVfetara .
Another feature of the elec
tions was the small poll through
out the country which the Repub
licans count as extremely favor
able to their cause as they clairi
to- have polled practically their
full strength. It is everywhere
admitted that the poll has sot
averaged 70 per cent for tbo
whole country and the Frta
Staters certainly expected heavier
balloting.
Not Indian Prince But
Son Who Dies Enrcu'.o
LONDON, Aug. 28. A dispatch
to Reuter's from Flushing says it
was hot the Maharaja Gaekwar ot
uaroaa, the richest prince of In
dia who died on board a tr:' .
near Flushing last night whila t
his way to the: Holland city tat
the Maharaja's son, Jalsingh Rao,
who was educated at Harvard
University.
The dispatch says' the rv!sta'
in announcing the Maharajv.j
death evidently was due to t'
habit of his son traveling as t
Maharajai The correspond rt r -calls
that similar confusion ;
vailed when another son 'of t
Maharaja died, . , ,