The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1922, Page 1

*oMreraa Ae ee ’ é ‘completion of the mill as soon WEATHER CORECAST For Bismarck and_ vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday. ESTABLISHED 1878 LLOYD G NESTOS POINTS OUTRECORDIN ASHLEY SPEECH Governor Contrasts Condi- tions Under League Admin- istration and His Own SAYS SAVINGS MADE Points Out Salary Cuts in Administration of State Owned Ventures Ashley, N. D., Oct. 19.—Answering the question, “What has the pres- ent state administration done in the first ten months of its administra- | tion to remedy conditions in the state government?” Goverpor R. A. Nestos. speaking here last night, went into consideration of the rec- ord of the administration. Among économies he cited were: climinatign of tax supervisors at saving of $20,000 a year in salaries and expenses, reduction of salary of manager of Bank of North Dakota from $10,000 to $5,000 a year, reduc- tion of average monthly expense of running the bank from $12,611.07 per month under F. W. Cathro to $5.305.89 under C. R. Green. From January 1 to October 1, this year, the farm loan department, he said, completed loans of $3,363,950.09 and had $828,000.00 of loan papers ready for signatures of borrowers. making astotal of $4,191,950.00 in nine months as compared to loans of $2,771,699.91 by the league admin- istration in 28 months. The Grand Forks mill and eleva- tor, he said, would operate the last of next week and would formally open October 30, He said the pres-! ent administration, let contracts for as work could begin last spring and it is now virtually completed. He said men of exceptional experience had been hired to run the mill, He said when his administration came into office it found expenses in closed banks amounted to $265,- 302.44 in one year, and that amount of money col¥ected was not suffi- cient te warrant the expenditure. The administration, he said, insti- tuted the group receivership plan to reduce expenses. Twelve banks chave -been reopened. by. the. palicy, pursued, he said. * Great. savings had been incurred in bond sales by this administration, he said. The saving made by the state in the sale of $1,600,000 mill and elevator bonds by this admin- istration, over the price at which bonds were sold by the former, was conservatively $438,000 and on a small block of Bank of North Dakota bonds, $19,000. Figuring prices at which the league administration sold these and real estate bonds, the losses are much greater he said. 7 RIOTS BREAK QUT BEFORE REDS ADVANCE Japanese Cruisers Seek to Quell Lawlessness at Vladivostock (By ‘the Associated Press) Tokio, Oct. 19—Lawlessness reigns jin Vladivostok’ as the result of the approach of the victorious “Red” army, official dispatches says. The French consulate was attacked yes- terday, and foreigners have appealed to their government for protection. The American consus has engaged as a refuge for Amerscans a building fiying the American flag and guarded by the guns of an American cruiser. Two Japanese cruisers and three Japanese destroyers also are in Vladivostok harbor to aid in the pro-| tection of foreigners, Recent reports have related practical annihilation of the “white” guards under General Dieterichs. The invading army of thé Far East- ern republic of Siberia .apparently marching on Vladivostok unhindered, and the capture of the Siberian port was expected momentarily, SHIP FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL (By the Associated Press) Providence, R. L, Oct. 19.—The Co- Jonial Line steamer Concord, New York to Providence, was on fire early today off Watch Hill, R. I. The pas- sengers were transferred to the freighter Mohegan and brought to Providence. The crew had the fire on the Concord under control, offi- cers of the Mohegan said, and the steamer is proceeding to this port under her own steam. FORMER CONGRESSMAN DEAD (By the Associated Press) Charleston, Md, Oct 19%—J. J. Russell, former congressman from the fourteenth Missouri district, died at his home here today after a lingering illness. He was a banker, lawyer and extensive land owner, and represented his district in the 60th, 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th .con- gress. He was 68 years old and a Democrat. THE BIS EORGE ‘TOM LAWSON QUITS LIFE-LONG FIGHT; LOSES TO OTD WALL i i BY JOHN O'DONNELL, Boston, Mass., Oct, 19.—Tom Law- son, Boston’s most picturesque bull operator in the days of frenzied fi- nance, has received a gorging from old State and Wall Street enemies that may end his vivid career in America’s financial history. _According to information from in- timates, Lawson is definitely through. The author of “Frenzied Financ2” and “Friday the Thirteenth,” the poet, muckraker, politician, yachts. man and breeder of prize cattle, the picturesque and vivid character who brightened the life of city editocs with a sensational story a week, has | fought his last battle, on the stock | exchange. Lawson has gone into seclusion pending the auction sale of Dream- wold, his famous estate. Mis where- abouts have been sept a secret. His sensational career began when he was 13 years old—an office boy in ja State Street brokerage house. Now, at 65, the fortune which has been tossed into the’ financial arena in a score of bitter battles, has been wiped out and his famous estate in Egypt, on the South Shore, has been put up at auction to liquidate the Lawson liabilities, Played Shoe-String Stakes, Lawson :became the P. T. Barnum of the Stock Exchange. He began his career playing shoe-string stakes firm where he was chalking up quota- tions and running errands. This was in 1870. / While still under 20 he was making money rapidly. Before another ten years has passed he had made a for- tune. From that time to the pres- ent he has been in the. spotlight. ‘His practice was to leap into a stock ‘exchange battle with a roar and a whoop—to advertise his inten- tions, make the battle a personal scrap with other financiers and keep a delighted public informed. of the progress with full-page letters in the newspapers. At 30, he combined literature with gambling on the exchange. His first book wa “The Krank,” published in 1887. | Only four copies were published of jhis second work, “The History of the Republican Party,” which appeared the next year. One of these, Lawson presented to President Harrison, an- third was given to the Library of Congress. The only remaining cop) was retained by the author. From that time on there was a con- tinuous out-pouring of magazine arti- {cles, poems, political opinions and —above all—his letters and adver- tisements in the newspapers. Never Tired Writing. After several bitter feuds on the | stock exchange, Lawson began his \famous series of muck-raking arti- cles, “Frenzied Finance.” He was the first to apply the craze for muck- raking to the stock exchange. These articles appeared in Everybody's Magazine in 1904 and made the (Continued on Page ‘%) MASONS WILL | GATHER HERE | To Bring Delegates From Many. Lodges A regional meeting at which rep- rebentatives of Masonic from the en- tire western part of the state are’ expected to be present will be held in Bismarck sometime next week. At the meeting the subject will be “Education” nnd E. A. Ripley of Mad- dan, Rev. W. J. Hutcheson, new ex- lecutive secretary of the Masonic Service Association for the grand lodge of North Dakota, will be in lcharge. Heretofore district meetings have been held in Bismarck but the coming meeting will embrace more than this district, Until definite date is fixed definite plans for the gathering will not be completed. It is probable there will be no initiation work, but that the day and evening will be devoted en- tirely to the Masonic educational work. Notice has been received by the Bismarck lodge of a dedication pro- gram to be held by the Hazen Ma- sonic lodge on October 25. * The quarters formerly occupied by this lodge were in a building which burn- ed, and the new quarters will be for- mally dedicated with a celebration at which reprasentatives of many lodges are expected to be present. on ttips which he picked up in the| other to Vice President Morton, a: NEXT WEEK TOM LAWSON. ABOVE :DREAM- WOLD, HIS ESTATE ON THE SOUTH SHORE. ~~ ee LIMIT OF FARM LOANS RAISED BY STATEBANK Will Go As High As $10,000 In the Future, It Is | Announced The Industrial Commission has placed the Farm Loan Department of the Bank of North Dakota on an equal footing with Federal Land | Bank ‘and’ the’ Rural’.Credits Board | of South Dakota by raising the lim- ‘it of loan to any one farmer fron | $8,000 to $10,000, A. H. Lindeman, day. “A consistent demand for change has made itself felt and i this in tions as the Federal Land Bank and the Rural Credits Board of South | Dakota use a similar rule, we are !placed on an equal footing with them,” said Mr. Lindeman. “There are many deserving farmers in our state who feel that the loan limit j such a loan would not refund the | loan now on their farm. Such needs will be met under the new rule, hand the scope and benefit of the |farm loan department thereby be | further extended. There is a marked and increased \demand for loans from the eastern | weeks, according to reports at the ‘bank, New farm loans applications {to the extent of $761,000 were re-| ceived during the first 15 days of October. | The appraisal force of the depart- [ment has been gradually increased |to such extent that appraisals can jbe made at’ the rate of $2,000,000 | monthly, it being the desire to make ithe appraisals before winter sets in. 'The first 15 days of October result- led in appraisals to the extent of | $941,850.00. | Completed loans and those accep‘- ted with papers sent for signature | amount to $499,550.00 for the first| Tat !15 days of October. The total figures of the operation of the Farm Loan Departments to date of October 15 ‘were: total ap- | elications received, $17,165,020.00; ‘total appraised, $9,148,540.00; total the| Masonic Educational Meeting! applications approved and allowed,| here today from Washington after a} { $5,704,900.00; total completed loans, ‘papers recorded and those accepted land sent to the borrowers for sig- matures, $4,587,194.00. 'N. D. WOMEN } VOTERS MEET | AT GATE CITY Fargo, N. D., Oct, 19—A number of North Dakota women gathered here today for the conference ofthe North Dakota League of Women Voters which opened this morning. Mrs. W. J. Marcley of Minneapolis, chairman of the Minnesota State Committee of the league on efti- ciency in government arrived at 11 a. m. She is scheduled to address the conference on efficiency in gov- ernment this afternoon and on “the new viewpoint in American politics” this evening. APPROVE BOND ISSUE Dickinson, N. D., Oct. 17.—By a vote of 113 to 5, Dickinson voters in a special school election yesterday approved a proposal to build a new four room grade’school in south Dickinson. Work is to start in the building early next spring. The ap- proximate cost of the grade school will be $35,000, and will be financed from the unpaid taxes now due the district, 3 director of the department, said to-/{ . | | view of the fact that such organizn-4 of $8,000 handicays them because | half of the state during the last few | STREET ENEMIES Nene REMOVAL OF GEN. SAWYER IS DEMANDED Resolution Presented by Min- nesota Legion Man Is De- bated on Floor ' SOME IN OPPOSITION Col. Sprague Says: Sawyer Gave His Pledge ‘of Cooperation ‘The American Legion today adopted a resolution demanding the removal of Brigadier General’ Sawyer. - Removal of Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer, President Hard- ing's physician, charged, — witl {blocking the American Legion hos- ipital organization. program, was de- manded by the Legion National con- vention here today by a vote: of 601 to 375. The roll call on the Barren re- solution demanding the removal of ! General Sawyer, was ordered’ after three states— Illinois, Minnesota | and Iowa has demanded it. a |, The delegations of inners ‘North Dakota, South ,Dekota | Wisconsin voted unanimously ‘for jthe resolution. i The attack was inspired by the re- port of Rice Means of Colorado, of | the National rehabiliation com- j mittee, which accepted ‘the pledge of cooperation,” given by General Sawyer. Declaring that “an armistice has been signed” and that “its time to j stop fighting,” Adolphus Graupner of California, spoke against Mr. {Barren’s resolution. (+ A demand from the floor that & statement be made as to whether General Sawyer had signed an | agreement be made as- to whether | agreement in writing, was answered by Colonel A. A. Sprague of Chisa- jgo, chairman of the rehabilitation committee, who said the committee jhad taken General Sawyer “on his word.” Colonel’ Sprague said he believed |General Sawyer had been mistaking 1 ily maligned. He asked a vote | against Barren’s resolution. “It will not strike a blow at | Sawyer,” he said. “You can’t dis- jlodge Sawyer. It will only be a | blow at your rehabilitation com- | mittee.” Adjutant Stafford King of the Minnesota department, was re- | organized by Post National Com- ; mander Emery. who was called to \the chair by General Foreman. “Not a damn cent has been spent ‘in Minnesota.” King said, “although | | statement after statement has been | | made that the money has been allo-| | cated. As for me, if I am the only; jman to voice. antagonism to Gener- | al Sawyer, I'll voice it.” | The fourth day of the National! jeonvention of the American Legion, i if progress here was marked by the! jarrival of the commander of the! j American Expeditionary Forces, Gen- eral John J. Pershing,’ who reached! | day spent in Atlanta, Ga. i Tomorrow the legion will select a successor to Hanford MacNider, j National commander of the organiza- | ion. : he | Late last night Major Hugh Scott, 12 medical officer whose home is in | Oklahoma -City, Okla. and who is | now serving as executive officer to! | Colonel ©. R. Forbes, director of the! | United States Veterans’ Bureau, told; a representative of The Associated j Press that Colonel Forbes’ decision | to return to Washington followed a long distance telephone conversa- tion with high officials in Washing- ton, in close touch with the Presi-; dent. According to the sources usually reliable, the chief executive | said that Colonel Forbes was at lib- | erty to use his judgment-as to re- | maining here. Dr. Scott “late. last night told The Associated Press that he regarded the legion as a dying organization, | and that he believed that the last blow had been administered to it when President Harding vetoed the measure for adjusted compensation last summer. Alvin M. Owsley,/head of the le- gion’s commission on Americaniza- tion, appeared early today to be the outstanding candidate for National Commander. Supporters of Wm. F. Deegan, New York state commander, and the first candidate to publicly (Continued on Page 7) FEAR I, WoW. OUTBREAK IN Police Arrest 350 Men and Hold Them For In- vestigation | IDENTIFY ORGANIZERS Object Is to Participate in Waterfront Strike—Some Released on Bail Portland, Ore., Oct, 19.—With the jdeclaration that Portland ‘was ithreatened by an invasion of thous- i i { | | 1 | Workers of the World, coming here to participate in,the waterfront strike, Mayor George L. Baker last night and early today by orders to {the police caused the arrest of 350 (men for investigation, | The arrests were made by' the authow.tes in wholesale raids jin sections of the city where most of the dock workers reside and when the men had been checked over at the police station 225, most of them believed to be members of the Marine Transport Industrial Union No. 510, this city, were held in jail ‘on charges of vagrancy. The others were released. William Ford, said to be head of the Portland I. W. W. organization was among those arrested. He was ' i \ later released on $500 bail, furnish- ed by Frank Cornel, a member. of the International Longshoremen’s {Union here. Two of the men arrested accord- ing to the police, were identified jas I. W. W. organizers from Chica- jgo. Their names were given as |Elmer Hanson and Swen Swanson. {George Quinlaber, secretary of the {Portland branch of the I. W. W. al- {so was taken into custody. | Reports in the hands of the of- \ficials were said to show that I. W. !W. papers in various parts of the ‘country have adopted the slogan “on to Portland” and that plans call ‘for the immediate march of more than 25,000 members of the of- ganization to Portland and other {points on the Pacific const. During a conference held yester- day in the mayor's office, word was Heht ‘to the city council concerning the situation and an ordinance ap- propriating $10000 for the im- mediate hire of 74 special officers to aid in combatting the I. W. W. was passed as an emergency act. Within an hour after the confer- men from the sheriff's office were seeking members of the I. W.)W. known to be-active in the present waterfront strike and also in meet- ing freight trains said to be loaded with ‘“wobblies.” Mayor Baker said the officials | were not supporting the stand of the employers in the strike, but in- stead were waging war on the I. W. W. Prominent Portland labor lead- lers have informed Mayor Baker ‘the strike is not authorized by or- ganized labor, according to the mayor. LOTS OF CASH IN TREASURY | OF THE STATE [Balance of Over $2,000,000 Shown in Quarterly State- ment of Treasurer A healthy condition of the staté treasury is reflected in the quater- ly report of Treasurer John Steen, for the period ending September 30. Mr. Steen’s report shows that the state has $2,242,389.56 in cash in the various funds and $1,067,765.76 in the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, making a total of $3,310,- 155.32. Tax money has not yet begun to come into the state treasurer to swell the funds this fall, and pro- bably will not until November when receipts from the various counties add to the total. The money of the state is shown to be distributed as follows: Bank of North Dakota, $1.945,564.77; certificates of deposit, $283,500.00; due from suspended banks. $2. 882.03; registered warrants $10.50: cash on hand $106.91; interest paid en registered hail warrants, pend- ing the insurance of state auditor’s warrant. $1,091.81: interest paid on state bonds, pending insurance of state anditor’s warrant, $9,223.54. The Workmen’s Compensation Fund is distributed as follows: Certifi- cates of deposit, Bank of North Da- kota. $975.00; — checking account, Bank of North Dakota $92.765.76. Because of the fact that the fiscal year began only July 1 all funds. except one, having a large amount to their credit, to be expended dur- ing the year. There is shown an overdraft of $124.78 in the hail in- snrance operating fund. The general fund has a balance of $185,730.61. Appointed Deputy F. “Sandv” McDonald has heer pxnointed a dennty sheriff hv Shoviff Welch. Mr. MeNonald will be Bur- Jeigh county iailer. He entered upon his duties today. ' $200,000 worth of bills receivable , Stolen from the Roseglen, N. D. bank which was robbed early Satur- ands of members of the Industrial | ence had ended, police officers and | MARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1922 OFFER REWARD FOR RETURN OF STOLEN BILLS A reward of $500 for the return of day, was offered today, according to advice received here. They announc- ‘ed that the reward will be paid pro- rata for any portion of the bunch of notes. As the bills are non-negotiable, it is believed that the robbers will throw them away, CROWD JOKES | OVERRAG DOLL | MURDER CASE Many ‘Witnesses Substantiate, Contention of Woman Charged with Crime HUSBAND TO TESTIFY | Testimony Shows Mrs. Mc-! i Nally Kept Faces of Her Supposed Twins Covered (By the Associated Press) | Hammond, Ind., Oct. 19.—Appar- ently enjoying the humorous aspects of the proceedings as much as the} spectators. who crowded the court, room Mrs, Hazel ‘McNally, waited! today for the prosecution to present’ its star witness, her husband and accuser, who says the twins she dis- posed of last spring were her own flesh and blood and not the sawdust dolls she claims they were. Eleven witnesses had testified when the hearing began its second day, and Mrs. McNally listened with seeming levity and unconcern to their testimony of how she carc- fully guarded the “twins” from the prying eyes of curious relatives and |neighbors. She frequently joined in |the laughter which»»the testimony | brought from the ferowded court room.” , - Frank McNally, the 56-year-old husband, failed to see. anything hu-! morous in the proceedings. He wait- | sass it to testify that hi y wife, had killed the said, Wate~born- to°her last ber, and substituted dolls which she ;“mothered” four months. The defense indicated its inten- tion to put Mrs. McNally on tho stand to repeat her version, a story of conspiracy between herself and her husband to work a maternity| hoax so McNally’s ambition to be: known again as a father might he; appeased. According to Mrs. McNally an op- eration which she underwent at! Green Bay, Wis., in 1919 made it, impossible for her to become a mo- ther,’ Her husband, she declared, | was informed of this operation soon after their marriage in April, 1921. All of the witnesses yesterday said | Mrs. McNally kept the faces of the} “twins” covered constantly, claiming their eyes were weak. Lloyd Mc- Nally, son of the accused woman's husband by an earlier martiage said he discovered the alleged doll decep- tion and told his father. Mrs. Celora McNally’s Lloyd’s wife, said she had carried one of the twins on numer- ous occasions and grew suspicious because of its apparent lifelessness. One witness, Mrs. Mary Griffiths, lthe nurse who waited on Mrs. Me- Nally for nine days following the} alleged birth, testified she was not ¢ | Detectives began today to investigate j man’s screams and her pleas for jslain. The men said that they con- (Leased Wire of Associated Presg { MINISTRY RESIGNS RISING TIDE OF OPPOSITION TO PREMIER WHO DIRECTED ~ BRITAIN IN WAR, SUCCESSF Doughty Welshman, Last of Great Government Leaders War to Fall, Blamed For Bungling of English Pol Which Almost Brought on Turkish Conflict | LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CE) THE KING HAS ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATIQ (By the Associated Press.) London, Oct. 19.—The resignation of Prime Minis{ Lloyd George was officially announced this evening. After a brief audience with King George, Mr. Llo: George returned to Downing miners’ delegation, but according to Frank Hodges, wl headed the delegation, Mr. Lloyd George said he could n consult them as prime minister since he had resigned. Members of the miners’ delegation said Mr. Lloyd Geor,; had told them the King had accepted his resignation. The resignation of Viscount Peel, the secretary of sta for India, also was announced. The resignation of Prime Minister Lloyd George carri with it that of his entire cabinet. _ When Mr. Lloyd George tendered his resignation to t! King this evening he advised his majesty to summon An rew Bonar Law, the Conservative leader, to form a new cal inet. Up until six o’clock this been to Buckingham Palace. INVESTIGATORS FIND NEW LEAD IN HALL CASE Believed Couple Were Mur- dered in Shed and Bodies Taken to Phillips Farm (By the Associated Press) New Brunswick, N. J. Oct. 19,— e the newly developed report that the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rec- tor of the Episcopal church of St. John the Evangelist, and Mrs. Elea- nor Reinhardt Mills, choir singer, ‘were murdered in‘a shed at Weston Mills, a settlement. several miles from New Brunswick and about four miles from the Phillips farm where their bodies were found on Septem- ber 16, Affidavits containing this new information were made public by the police yesterday, almost at the same time that Dr. John F. An- derson, chemist, reported to the au- thorities that an analysis of the blood soaked ground where the bo- dies were found led him to believe the murders took place there. The two men who made the affi- davits said that they heard a wo- mercy as they passed the Weston Mills shed at 10:30 p. m. on the night the rector and Mrs. Mills were tinued on their way and that soon after 1 o'clock in the morning nj automobile whizzed past them in the; direction of the Phillips farm. Some of the officials are known to place little credence in the new information and are clinging to the theory that the couple were killed near the spot where the bodies were found. FIND NEW EVIDENCE. (By the Associated Press) permitted to care for the twins, but that on one occasion saw the face of one, which she declared had a nase bleed. DUTY TO FARMERS OF FIRST MOMENT SAYS LATHROP (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Oct. 19.—R. H. Lathrop of Hope, N. D., president of the National Federation of Implement Dealers’ Association, speaking yes- terday before the Farm Equipment Manufacturers’ Association, declar- ed that both manufacturers and dealers owe a maximum of service to the tiller of the soil. First and foremost, he declared, “it is the obli- gation, and the privilege of both of us to endeavor to help in placing agriculture where it can operate on a profitable and constructive basis.’ WANT LIQUOR TURNED OVER TO CANADIANS Fargo, N, D., Oct. 19.—Canadian authorities have requested United States federal prohibition officers of North Dakota to turn over to them liquor seized in 2 hay stack on the farm of John Ness, Burke county ac- cording to a report to the state head- quarters here today. The liquor is believed to belong to Lee Dilliage and othe#s implicated inthe Bien- fait, Sask. alleged holdup in which Paul Hatoff, representative of a li- juor house was killed, according to the report. It is wanted for use as evidence in Dilliage’s trial in Canada on charge of murdering Matoff. Wedding presents in Hungary; are said to be given only to poor} couples to help them to get their} New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 19.— New evidence in the Hall-Mills mur- der case is in the hands of the au+ thorities it was declared ‘today by! a man close in the confidence ofj County Prosecutors Beekman of Somerset county and Stricker of Mid- dlesex county. ! The assertion was given color by continuation of the feverish activi- | (Continued on Page 7) CARRINGTONT0 | CET COMPANY Company’ F, Assigned Man- dan, Is Transferred There Carrington will have a company in the North Dakota National Guard if all requirements are met in the very near future as expected, it is stated at the office of the Adjutant) General, Carrington ‘will be award-| ed CompanyF, formerly assigned to Mandan, where the company has not been organized. Information has been transmitted to the Adjutant General’s office by the Carrington workers for the guard that they will be ready soon for state inspection. It is planned to assign a battalion headquarters to Mandan, the number of men required for this company being only 41. Company K, being organized at Dickinson, is expected to be ready for state inspection soon, This will complete the full organization of the Guard, Capt. C. E. Anderson of Fargo, and First Lieut. Roy D, Garrett of Val- ley City, National Guard officers, have been assigned to attend the regular army service school at Fort Benning, Ga., which begins Novem- ber 1 and ends on January 31. homes together. Street, where he received evening, Mr. Bonar had n Andrew Bonar Law has conse ed to form a ministry in succq s‘on to the ministry of Prime Mi ister Lloyd George, the EVENI NEWS says George summoned Mr. Bonar La asking him to undertake the tas declares the newspaper, and J} Bonar Law agreed to comply. it learned. Kin Austen Chamberlain and some the other cabinet members conferr with the Prime Minister immediat} ly after the unionist meeting. Return to Parties The conservatives at their meq ing decided by a vote of 186 to 87 appeal to the country as the Conse} vative party. The Conservative’ vote meai that the party will withdraw fro the Lloyd George coalition party ai the resignations of Austen Chambe| lain, Lord Balfour and Lord Birkei head from the cabinet are expectel The/ next move certain to 4 made will be the resignation of Au} ten Chamberlain and his associate Lord Balfour-and: Lord Birkenhe: from the cabinet. It was expect Prime Minister Lloyd George wou then present his resignation to tl King and advise his majesty to su! mon a Conservative leader to for| a government. This course would be taken b cause the Conservatives have tl largest number of members in tl House of Commons. The Conservative leader expectd to be picked for the task is eith# Andrew Bonar Law or the Earl Derby. Announcement of the vote of tl Conservatives was preceded by r ports from the Carlton Club _ th: Austen Chamberlain’s statement hi failed to satisfy the meeting a that Andrew Bonar Law had spokq in favor of maintaining the Ind pendence of the Conservative part: Mr. Bonar Law’s speech was said have had a great influence upon t! meeting. Received Death Blow The Lloyd George coalition recei ed its death blow at the hands q the Conservative party, when t! Conservative members of the Houg of Commons and government mini ters at their meeting in the Carlto Club today voted by 186 to 87 to aq peal to the country as the Conserva tive party. This creates a situation q of the greatest political confus' and uncertainty the country known for many years. Will Be Brief The life of the new conservati ministry will probably be very brie} according to present forecasts, a: a general election is expected swif ly to follow its formation. The party lines upon which t elections will be fought present profound puzzle. One suggestion that Mr. Lloyd George may form center party in which he could cou: upon Austen Chamberlain and Lo Birkenhead and perhaps Lord Ba| four,, the three cabinct _membe: whose adherence to him has bee repudiated by today’s conference. The new party, it is suggeste would probably command the suq port of a goodly proportion of ti Conservatives who stood by th coalition and also of the coatitio liberals. This formation might p the labor party in the position q the chief opposition party. The possibility that Mr. Lloy George will try to return to t leadership of the liberals is not be overlooked either. Mr. Bonar Law's friends questio| whether his health will permit hiy to take office even for a short tim Lord Derby seems the most probab alternative selection for Pri: Minister, although it is sugges that Lord Curzon, who gained gr: ly in prestige by his work in the cent Near East negotiations and believed to have been a luke wi coalitionist, might be summoned form a ‘government. The vote of the Conservatives the Carlton Club was taken on motion by Colonel Pretyman, unioy ist member for the Chalmsford 4 vision of Essex which read as fol lows: “Resolved that this meeting Conservative members of the Hous| of Commons, declares its opinio: that the Conservative party, whil (Continued on Page 7)