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MEDFORD, OliKOOX, .MONDAY, Jl'NU 12, l!J2l
NO. 70
.Medford
AIL IKIBUNE
SCORES DIE
FREAK GALE
N.
Sudden Tempest On Long
Island Sound Turns Gayety
Into Tragedy Ferris Wheel
Blown Over, Many Children
Killed Hundreds of Pleas
ure Craft Capsize.
NEW YORK, .Tunc 12. (Dy tho
Associated Press) The death toll of
tho brief, but terrific hurricane that
swooped down on tho metropolitan
area late yesterday, passed the
sixty mark today with Indications
that tho total number of dead might
go much higher,
Tho death list leaped ahead when
an incoming tide returned 18 moro
bodies that had been swept out to
sea last night. four moro bodies
were recovered at Hunter's Island
and two were reported to have been
picked up at Travers Island.
City Island, haven for Sunday
pleasure seekers and amateur fish
ermen, was the hardest hit point in
the Metropolitan area, but casualties,
mostly by drowning, were reported
-from many other points. Tho beach
at City Island today presented a
desolate spectacle. Several hundred
persons, relatives of the missing
worn by hysteria, waited in (lttlo
groups among the wreckage on the
sand for some word of the fate of
their loved ones. Marino squad po
lice exhausted by their all-night vigil
continued their cruise, keeping a
sharp lookout for additional bodies.
All Over in 5 Minute.
The full toll of the storm may not
be known for days, if ever.
Roat men nt City Island said thore
wore 46 small boats as yet unac
counted for. Occupants of many of
these undoubtedly were savod by
United States coast guards and by
members of yacht clubs about the
island, who put out as soon as the
blow had subsided, but the police be
lieve many more were lost. Thore
were at least 250 small boats and
canoes out when tho squall struck.
' AH the damage was wrought in less
than 15 minutes. Tho New York
weather bureau reports the storm
lasted officially only five minutes.
It was described ns a "severe
thunder squall; during which tho
vlnd averaged 72 miles an hour.
There was a brief period when tho
wind velocity touched 88 miles nn
hour and It wan nt this point, it is
believed, that most of the damage
was done.
NEW YORK, Jane 12. (ny Associ
ated Press). Daybroak this morning
found hundreds of parents, children
and relatives still standing vigil at the
docks at City Island, awaiting tho arri
val of police boats which during the
hours of darkness had searched the
waters of Long Island sound for addi
tional victims of yesterday's terrific
storm.
Powerful searchlights played over
the water as the ghastly quest wont
on, but the swift tide apparently had
borne away the bodies not recovered
last night and early today the police
reported that the list of known dead
had not been augmented.
Thousands of rowboats and launches
dotted the sound off City Island just
before the breaking of the storm and
when it had passed the water wa3
Btrewn with overturned craft and the
buildings on shore resembled a battle
torn village in no-man's land. Many
parties hurrying for safety saw people
struggling in the water but dared not
atop for fear of capsizing their own
ernit. The rescue work started Imme
diately but darkness and tho panic-
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CHICAGO. June 12. While addition
al cuts swung over the heads of the
350,000 or more railroad employes
awaited only formal release by the
railroad labor board to slash another
$10,000,000 from the payAUs of the
carriers, it was rumored today that
any rail Btrike growing out of present
threats may be directed and financed
from Canada as a means of evading
the recent decision of the United
States supreme court holding unions
liable for damages caused by their
members.
Leaders of the rail unions said to be
contemplating the move viewed the
establishment of Canadian headquar
ters as legitimate In view of conditions
caused by the supreme court opinion
because the unions are international
organizations. Penalties In case of a
walkout could thus be prevented!
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SMALLEST Jt.UMO SKT
IX THE WOItl.I)
Photo shows the smallest radio re
ceiving set known, mounted on a ring
and worn on finger. It is the work
manship of William H. Kief, of Man
nsghan, N. J., and was shown at the
New York Radio Show.
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ID-BE TRIED ON
7TH 0F1AUGUST
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Juno 12.
Thirty-five persons indicated for par
ticipation in the-Ku Klux Klnn raid
at Inglcwood April 22 in which Con
stable M. 11.- Mosher was shot and
killed wbilo participating ill the
raid, were called on to plead today in
the superior court. They answered
to indictments returned last week by
tho Los Angeles county grand jury,
charging kidnaping, false imprison
ment and assault with a' deadly
weapon. All tho arraigned pleaded
not guilty.
W. S. Coburn, grand goblin, and
G. W. Price, king kleagle, who were
also Indicted, wero not present, but
Deputy District Attorney W. A. Do
ran informed the court that he had
been advised by Coburn that tho lat
ter would leavo Atlanta, Ga, tomor
row and that Price was already en
route from the east to plead.
Judge Frederick V.. Houser set the
onse for trial August 7.
It was announced that tho stato
planned to try all the defendants
jointly. The latter, however, have
the right to demand separate trials
if they so elect.
In announcing Coburn's pronliso to
return .Mr. Doran said tho message
also stated that Coburn was no
longer an official of the Ku Klux
Klan.
Wall St. Declines.
NEW YOltK, .June 12. Liquida
tion was at its height in the final
hour. Prominent issues of tile oil,
steel nnd shipping groups wero 2 to
5 points under last week's final
prices. The closing was weak. The
record of today's active stock market
was one of steady declines. Keac
tions took place in practically every
division, chiefly speculative oils, In
dustrials and miscellaneous Issues.
Easy money rates wero - ignored.
Sales approximated J.450,000 shares.
OMAHA, June 12. Eddie Hloken
backcr's rnund-the-country flight
ended abruptly here yesterday when
his largo all-metal plane crnshed
while attempting to take off, from
the air mail field here for Denver.
None of the Itickcnbackcr party was
injured.
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Proposed new wage reduction order
will increase the total cut from rail
way workers' wages to approximately
11,000,000 a year. Clerks, signalmen,
stationary firemen, oilers and marine
department employes will join the
shopmen" and maintenance of way em
ployes as victims of (he slash.
CINCINNATI. June 12. By' Associ
ated Press). B. M. Jewell, head of the
railway employes' department of the
American Federation of I-abor, de
nied emphatically today that the rail
way shop crafts union3 have under
consideration a plan to move their
headquarters from Chicago to Canada
to escape any units brought against
them under the Coronado decision re
cently handed down by the PniPMi
States supreme court
KLANSMEN
CHINK WAR
IS RENEWED
WITH FURY
Armistice Only Ruse By Man
cfiurian War Lord to Gain
Time 3-Day Battle Is
Raging Sun Yat Sen Cap
tures Kanchow Ki Li Hung
Assumes Presidency.
LONDON. June 12. The army of
Sun Yat Sen, southern China- leaders
has captured Kanchow KI, in Kiangsi
province, according to a Hong Kong
dispatch to the Dnily Mail. Tho fall
of the city was preceded by several
days of severe fighting.
TIEN THIN, China.. Juno 12. (Hy
the Associated! Press) General
Chung Tso Iain's proposals for armis
tice with W'u Pol-Fu appear to have
been simply a ruse to gain timo for
the defeated Manchurlan war lord.
Kighting broke out Friday between
Chinwangtao nnd tihanhaikwan. The
battle has, been raging steadily, for
the past three days.
This morning Chang's Fengtien
forces launched a violent drive
against the right flank of tho Chihli
army, resting on the sea at the mouth
of the gulf of Lino Tung. "Wu's bat
tle line held fast, however, and the
Fengtien assault was repulsed. Two
car loads of wounded are expected
to arrive in Tien Tsin from tho front
tonight. '
Coke's rifles, a British Indian rogi
ment, whi'-h left here Friday for
Shanhaikwan to protect Feng inter
ests there has been held up at Chin
tangtan, owing to tho fresh outbreak
of fighting.
General Wu Pci-Fu has ordered
his largo division, tho crack unit of
his nrmy and considered tho best
trained fighting unit in China, to
leavo its base at Tungku today for
tho front.
LI Hung Takes Office.
PEKING, June 12. (By the Asso
elated Press) China, after ten days
virtually without an executive head
functioning in Peking, again has a
president and the nucleus of a cabi
net. Moreover if indications are
borne out, the two will have a fail
share "of the support front tho south
China section whose, opposition to the
old government has done much, if
not most, to keep alive civil war for
the past five years.
Li Yuan-Hung, who was president
until the monarchial coup of 1917
forced him from office, ngnin is in
power. He came to Peking yester
day 'and resumed office and his first
official act was to nominate Br, Wu
Ting Fang, former minister at Wash
ington; to be his premier.
Dr. Wu has been a power in tho
Canton regime since that administra
tion- arose as a protest over tho very
circumstances which ousted LI, and
his adhesion to the new executive, if
confirmed. Is likely to do much
toward solidifying the country in Us
support.
As liabilities ho may count upon
the open opposition of Dr. Sun Yat
Sen, president of the south China
government, nnd so many of the old
parliament members as Dr. Sun has
been able to induce to support him.
Dr. Sun, too, has a good force of
troops in the field, some estimates
placing their number as high as 150,
000. It is believed that President Li's
first effort, after he has put hia gov
ernment into working order will be
the elimination of the systems of Tu
chuns or military provincial gov
ernors. He originally made It a con
dition precedent to his acceptance of
the presidency that these officials
should withdraw from office or at
least refrain from meddling with
civil government.
Ir. Wu May Refuse.
PEKING, June 11. (By tho Asso
cli d Press) Whether Dr. Wu Ting
Fang, former minister to Washing
ton nnd present foreign minister in
the south China government of Sun
Yat Sen, would accept the premier
ship of the new central government
was considered doubtful today. Li
Yuan Hung, who has resumed the
presidency, from which he was oust
ed in 1917, has proffered tho chief
position in the cabinet to Dr. Wu, but
the hitter's answer had not been re
ceived today.
Dr. Wellington Koo, also an e:t
mlnister to the United States nnd
now ambassador to England, is slated
for foreign minister.
It Is expected the new cabinet will
be composed almost entirely of
English -speaking ministers. Indica
tions are It will devote its immediate
energies to conciliating the Canton
government of Sun Yat Sen which is
held to be the principal stumbling
block in the way of a unified China.
General Feng Yu-Hsiang, the
Christian governor of Hunan pro
vince, has telegraphed President Li
that sentiment Is growing in favor of
unity. The general added that he Is
willing to emnloy his nrmy to over
throw any military governor who
might refuse to disarm.
General Wu Pei-Fu is reported de-
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Big League Team
To Tour Japan at
Close 1922 Season
CHICAGO, .Tuna 12. The
proposed tour of Japan by a ma
jor league bnuobull team which
has been Invited lo the Orient by
Wasoda and Kelo universities
has been given the official ok of
tho Amorican league by Byron
B. Johnson, head of that organ
ization. i
Tho club Is to bo composed of
players from both the American
and National leagues but selec-
fr tion of those will not be made
until the championship race In
tho two leagues is over. f
When informed that the play- 8
5 ers chosen for tho team would
receive no remuneration other
4 than their expenses Mr. Johnson
! expressed his complete approval.
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Mayor Baker and Rose City
Shriners Carry Medford
Mayor to Train His Honor
Makes Escape at Ashland
Big Day at Depot.
Tho Southern Pacific depot was the
mecca of thousands of Medford peo
ple all clay Sunday to witness the ar
rival, and departure of the many
Shrine trains en, route to the San
Francisco convention, but tho cllnm;:
of the unusual Sundny events came
with the arrival uUout noon of Al Ku
der Temple of Portland, in two sec
tions,' which came in with siren whis
tle blowing hard to let the natives
know tho real thing was coming into
our midst.
The Shrlnors from up state imme
diately poured out onto the depot
platform and began mixing with
friends in the local crowd or seeking
acquaintances. KI Kader's band and
patrol quickly got to work giving a
concert and parade, and some of the
Portlanders telephoned Mayor Gates'
home, asking that he come down to
meet them. Immediately the mayor
arrived ho was captured by the Shrin
ers and paruded by them, carried
aloft on the shoulders of Mayor Ba
ker and one. of Portland's big detec
tives, ahead of the band and patrol.
The El Knder Shriners cheered Mayor
Hates rcpeatodly during the demon
stration. When tho timo came for tho El Ja
der Shriucrs to continue on tholr
journey south, about 1:30 p. m., de
spite his earnest protests and resist
ance they kidnapped "Pop" and hust
led him aboard, with tho intention of
taking him as tholr prisoner, all tho
way to San Francisco. However, bo
fore they, pulled out from 'Ashland,
Mayor Gates succeeded in eluding his
captors and, aided by Mark Montgom
ery, who happenud to bo at the Ash
land depot with his auto, and at once
hurried back to .Medford.
All the Shrlner special trains pass
ing through Medford yesterday, and
there wero sixteen of them, stopped
here from 40 minutes to two hours,
and most of the templos during tho
long waits put out their uniforms,
bands and patrols, and gave concerts
and parades, interspersed with varl
rious group and individual stunts.
Many temples were accompanied by
their women folks and there was oft
en empromptu dancing os tho depot
platform to band r insic.
There were so many trains during
the day that the local entertainment
committee soon ran out of roses, but
the Medford people generally did not
run out of welcoming hospitality. The
last trains to pass through here late
in the afternoon were those of Alad
din temple of Columbus, Ohio, and
Afifl temple of Tacoma. The Alad
din outfit was too tired out with their
long Journey from Ohio to stage a
demonstration, but Afifl temple had
been on the road only a comparative
ly short time and was chock full of
"pep." Aflfl's band and patrol gave
a concert and parade and others of its
members circulated around in the
crowd nnd kept thlnga lively.
All the Shriners on this train and
the Ohio Shriners were hungry and
thirsty, and hence the ice cream
wagons did a rushing business, as
they did all day with the various oth
er waiting trains, until sold out. To
wards the last Afifi's patrol unhitch
ed the horses from the wagons, put
some of their own number In the ani
mal's places and. drew the wagons
Into the depot crowd, where they sold
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POP' GATES IS
KIDNAPPED BY
PORT.SHRIMERS
PRESIDENT
iAND S.COURT
i CONDEMNED
Federation of Labor in Annual
Convention, Condemns the
President for Proposal to
Regulate Unions sand Su
preme Court for Recent De
cision On Liability.
CINCINNATI, O., Juno 12. Tho rec
ord of organized labor's accomplish
ment in "n year of unusual strife and
unusual industrial depression" wub
laid beforo the forty-second v annual
convention of the American Federation
of Labor today in tho report of the
federation's executive council.
The report declared that Amorican
labor during the year not only suf
fered from the widespread unemploy
ment that existed but was besot "by
opponents more active nnd determined
than ever.
In nddltion to strictures an the con
duct of employes in numerous cases,
the report added explicit and pointed
criticism of congress and of some state
legislative bodies, declaring such
branches of the government to be
"succumbing to u wave of reaction.
Fault was found with tho action of
some courts, including the Biipremo
court, and witli what was described as
Presidont Harding's "proposal to regu
late trade unions."
Supreme Court Scored
Turning next to courts, the execu
tive council protested "most emphat
ically against such unjust and inhu
numo decisions" us Unit of the su
preme court voidVine the act Intended
to abolish child labor in the United
States. Congress "by this decision,
must keep its hands off when the
health and lifn and well hnlnir of the
nation's children nre concorned," thtrl
report asserted, adding that tho "su
premo court of today Is far more legal
istic and less humane in its attitude
and temperament thai) was the su
preme court of 1918."
"Tho year is marked particularly
with an increasing hostility of the
Judiciary toward tho effort of wage
earners to prevent deterioration of
their standards of lifo and labor," the
report continued, "and wo recommend
that un appeal bo niado to that higher
court of public Judgment, and that the
public conscience bo aroused to tho
great and grave menace which con
fronts tho perpetuity of tho constitu
tional lights and liberties of all our
pcoplo and as originally conceived by
tho l'ounilers of our republic."
Instance? of "most flagrant abuses
of equity power" wore dotinrcd to be
contained In Federal Judgo Andorson'B
order at Indianapolis, enjoining discon
tinuance of tho "chock-off" system of
collecting miners' union duos, and in
Federal Judgo AlcCllntic's decision in
West Virginia against strikers of the
same union In that state. This hitter
decision the report characterized as
conclusive evldenco that the injunc
tion as used is devoid of all sense of
fairness nnd decency nnd that our
courts of equity can be turned conveni
ently Into Instrunir.iits of the greatest
iniquity whenever it will best serve
the interests of soulless corporations
and a mad desire for wealth."
To Enter Politics
Possibility of "relief from tho consti
tutional uso of the writs of Injunction"
by legislative action lay in tho political
field, tho report said.
Tho executive council described its
renewal of non-parti.nn political cum
pnlgn organizing In advnnco of the fall
elections and expressed "satisfaction
over tho wonderful enthusiasm ex
pressed" by every local organization of
labor in the effort which it snld proved
that "not only the wage earners, but
the great mass of our citizenship are
crying for relief." Tho campaign ef
fort will be to focus votes behind a
program of "opposition to compulsory
labor law," and "opposition to Injunc
tions and contempt proceedings as
substitute for trial byq jury," the coun
cil said.
"Congress has proved that only
those who are well-to-do or control
great interests can induce it to listen,"
the council said, In detailing the rea
son why It asked flie federation to
enter the campaign for satisfactory
candidates. "These facts nro slowly
penetrating the minds of the people.
They are beginning to realize the
change they wanted has been an in-
..'y instead of benefit. Unless there
Is a change In the personnel (of the
house and senate) people can prepare
themselves for still greater and great
er suffering and injusticei'
"Tho idea seems to prevail that the
outcome of the 1920 elections means
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BOY PITCHER BREAKS
TrfE WORLD'S RECORD
winMWllimiiiwmiiiii'iiiiiliiii'iitfiiri ii ihiumf
A. I
VNiint Is believed to be the world's
record In pitching was hung up by
Alexander lilock, the 19 year old twlr
ler for the Austin high school of Chi
cago. Ho pitched two no-hit ganios in
ono week. On Tuesday, May 9th, lie
pitched pitched a no-hit no-run game
against Crane, and after ono day's rest
pitched a no-hit game against Marshall
high school on Thursday, May 11th.
Black is only 19 years old and his
school mates believe ho will soon be
with one of tho big league clubs.
EUGENE M.RACE
Tho many friends and ncquant
ancos of 1rs. Klrby S. Miller, former
well known Modford woman, will be
shocked to learn that she mot death
by drowning In a stream near the U.
of O. campus ut Kugeno yesterday.
Her husband was a former manager
for the Rogue Itlver Fruit and Pro
duco association of this city for sev.
erUl years. Details of tho drowning
so far received are meager. An Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Kugeno re
ceived horo early this afternoon says:
"Tho body of a woman found
yesterday in tho mill race noar
tho cnmptiB of tho University of
Oregon, was Identified today as
that of Mrs. Klrby'Mlllor, moth
er of Dorothy Miller, a" student
and the unlvoralty and a widow
of a former resident of Medford.
Sho had moved to Kugene to ho
with her daughter. Whether sho
accidentally fell, into tho mill
race had not linen determined
by tho coroner today. Tho body
was found by throe gifls, stu
donts, paddling In a canoe."
Mrs. Miller is survived by three
children who nro: Klrby, who won
a Rhodes scholarship at the U. of O.
a year or so ugo, and Is now attend
ing college ut Oxford, Kngland; Caii,
who Is in Chicago, and Dorothy, who
graduates from tho University of Ore
gon this week. Sho Is also survived
by a Bister, MIhs Sue IS. Kellor, and a
brother, Charles Kellor, both of Chi
cago,. Funeral arrangements have
not yet been announced.
Assassin of Premier
Gets Light Sentence
TOKIO.Juno 12. (I!y Associated
Press). Imprisonment for an Indefin
ite period was tho sentonce Imposed
today on Rylachl Nukaoka, the Korean
lad of ID who assassinated Premier
Tnkuhashl I lat a in a railway station
here last November 4.
Hashimoto, who was charge with
Instigating the murder was acquitted. 1
IRAL
FORMER LOCAL
WOMAN DROWNS
OF JAPAN: LIBERAL FORCES PROTEST
TOKIO. Juno 12. (Hy the Asso
ciated Press) Viscount Yasiiya
Uchlda will remain Japan's foreign
minister under tho new cabinet of
Premier Kato, it was learned author
itatively today, Paron Shldehara, the
ambassador to Washington who had
been meniioned for tho portfolio of
foreign affairs, will bo unable to ac
cept such n post because of his
henlth, It Is understood. A long rest
Is held Imperative for Baron Bhlde
barn, who at prepent Is hero on a
long leave of absence from ills d,ties
at Washington.
6. BERGDOLL
AIDECAUGHT
IN PORTLAND
Police Arrest A. G. Pffanbcrger
After Sharp Fight In
serted Ads Soliciting Dona
tions for Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, Slacker in World
War Probe Launched.
PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 12. Po
lice officers early today engaged In
a fight with a man giving tho namo of
A. Gerald Pftanbergor, who yester
day inserted a want ad in a morning
paper calling for donations for Grover
Cleveland Uergdoll, slnckor in the
world war, and now a fugitive from
Justice In Germany.
Federal officers stated an investi
gation of Pffanberger's activities af
ter local police had found in his ef
fects a rubber stamp from the Bone
cla. Cal., arsenal and clippings from
newspapers concerning several mur
ders, including the murder of Wllliair
Desmond Taylor, firm director nt Lo3
Angeles.
All day yesterday policemen had
calbpd at the address given in the ad
looking for Pffnnborger to conduct nn
Investigation. The man could not be
found until early this morning whon
Detoctives Persinger and WoBcott
called on the janitor to let thorn into
tho room. They found Pftanbergor
at home. After tho officers had for
cibly subdued him he escaped by a
ruse but was re-arrested . after a
soarch in the darkness. Ho is held
in jail on an open charge.
Tho advertisement called on the
public to send amounts in six dollars
and up to tho Bergdoll nnd Pffnnbor
ger fund, naming Pffnnborger as tho
ono would would receive the cash.
IOtlicrhlgo to Ilo Tried
PORTLAND, Ore., June 12. John
L. Ethoridge must stand trial on an
'ndictmont charging ombcziriomont,
which' was returned against him In
March, 1921, following the collapao
In December, 1920, of tho bond house
of Morris Brothers,-Inc., of which he
was president, according to a decis
ion today by Presiding Circuit Judge
Tucker, overruling a motion by Eth
eridgo's attorney for dismissal.
Unto for the trial has already heon
sot for June 15. Four liidlctmon.ts
wero returned against Etholiidgo, but
tho trial is expected to contor around
ono charging embezzlement of $100,
000, nccording to tho district attor
ney's office
PORTLAND SHIP LOST
OFF AFRICAN COAST
RAX FRANCISCO. .Tunn 12, Tho
Hrlionncp Edward K. WcHt from Co
tiimMa river points with a carKo of
lumber for South African iiorte, is
aKhnro and a total Iohh off tho coast
of Month Afrk-a, nccording to a inea
miko received today hy tho marine
dupHrtmont of tho chamber of com
merce. Tho carno Is also a totu! lous,
tho message said.
PORTLAND, Oi-cv Juno 12. Tho
crew of tho schooner Edward ' It.
Went, whon fiho sailed from Portland,
April 8 for Port KUzaboth, South,
Africa, consisted of ten mon.
Tho cargo was 050,000 feet of lum
her. .
Hitchcock to Run Again
OMAHA, Neb., Junp 12. (By Asso
ciated . Press). ; AnntHihcemV'.nU was
mado here today that tJnUed "States
Senator (J. M. Hitchcock' or Nebraska
will enter the Jily 1$ democratic pri
mary for nomination as a candidate for
reolectlon.
Foreign Minister L'chida In an In
terview said tho premiership of Ad
miral Kato should be welcomed by all
the powers Interested In China as tho
cabinet would preserve tho spirit of
tho agreements reached at the Wash-.
Ington arms conference, which would
be ratified soon. .
Tho formation of Kato'a non-party
ministry was denounced today by a
majority of tho vernacular papers as
"a disregard of the conviction and of
public opinion. Tho Sleuykal. the
majority party of the diet, wan at
tacked for supporting such n cabinet.