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WEATHER. Fair tonight, cloudy: ers tomorrow afternoon Temperature for 24 hours p.m. today: Highest, 81, at terday; lowest, 64, at 2'30 Fuli report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 29,267. post office Was| - RUHR POLICY BASED] ON DAWES PLAN 1S BACKED BY HERRIOT Guarantees Must Be Set Up Before Evacuation, Cab- inet Tells Parliament. | RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, TURK PACT ARE FAVORED | Tax Revision, Arms Treaties’ Snp-; port, Ending Vatican Embassy, | Defined as Policies. | By the Associated Press. | PARIS, June 17.—The declaration Premier Herriot's cabinet, sub- mitted to parliament today, affirms that the Ruhr will not be evacuated until the guarantees provided in the Dawes report have been set up. Other features of the declaration include a pronouncement for the restoration of normal relations with Russia. The declaration calls for prompt ratification of the remaining treaties | signed at the Washington armament conference and of! the international labor convention, and the conclusion ©of peace with Turkey. The ministry stands for the dis- Armament of Germany by the allies and as soon as possible by the league of nations. 1t would find a solution of the problem of Frances security through guarantee pacts under con- trol of the league of nations. Tax Revision Promised. The declaration promises sincere application of the income tax law ith a revision of the direct taxes,| e<pecially those on food and the busi- turnover, in the next budget. Iteduction of the floating debt by lurge consolidation operations is on the ministerial program, as well as organization and reduction of the my and other internal measures cconomy. The cabinet promises | a sty to political offenders with the cxception of traitors and muti- | neers | Suppression of the French embassy | A1 the Vatican is another feature of | he toreign policy. Generous Amnesty Bills. | The cabinet has prepared three | bills for introduction in the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon. One of | these is the amnesty measure. The | ccond provides for ratification of the usanne peace treaty with Turkey. | third is a Dbill to repeal the| ncare measures authorizing laws by decree—the ‘measures thé Poin- care government fought so hard for as u means of bolstering up the falling franc. The government's amnesty bill is almost as geperous as the 1306 amnesty law. It provides for the Tevival of the pardon system for mil- itary offenses, which has been in abeyance since June 1. “oncerning the case of former Premier Joseph Caillaux, convicted four years ago of commerce with the ~nomy and banished from the capital, a semi-official explanation says: “Certain particular cases, like those of intelligence with the enemy, can obtain the benefit of the pardon sys- {em by individual measures, although they could not be included in lhg general law for collective amnesty. DEMANDS GOOD FAITH. of w 1 Th Doumergue Says Germany Must Prove Intentions. By the Amsociated Prese. PARIS, June 17.—Gaston Doumer- | gue, France's new president, in his| first message to Parliament today, de- clared Germany, before the Dawes report was put into effect, must prove her good faith. Such proof, he insist- ed, must come “from facts and not from mere engagements without pre- vious assurance of fulfillment.” “France’s conciliatory spirit, which js sincere and indisputable,” he con- tinued, “cannot go so far as to lull her vigilance and make her forget the lessons of the past.” The president laid stress on the statement that France could not re- noance her own force nor the control Which the treaties give her the right to exercise over Germany. Little Change In Policy. It was commented in political quarters that the new President in his message, which Premier Herriot (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) POSSES TAKE TRAIL | OF BANDIT BROTHERS Constable Shot From Ambush| ‘When Raid Is Made in Mary- land Mountains. i Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md, June 17.— Posses of Hancock, Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs organized this morning to take the trail of two men, known as “the Weigle brothers,” fol- Jowing an ambuscade, in which Con- stable C. M. Wilson of Berkeley Springs was wounded and four pro- nibition officers narrowly escaped. The prohibition officers, with Wil- con, had visited the home of the brothers, in the mountains near Berkeley Springs, to arrest them on harges of assault and robbery, and, investigate reports of moonshining. nding no one at home, they turned away and a figure darted from be- hind a bush. Commanding the Ciranger to halt, the officers were et with a fusillade from the bushes and Wilson fell. He was taken to The Martinsburg hospital, where one log was amputated and the other Jprobably also will be taken off. One Jnun was taken prisoner, but he was | \Unarmed and denied any connection with the ambush. The brothers took {o the remoter sections of the moun- 14ins on their horses and are said 1o be prepared to give battle if they are overtaken. Members of the American Legion of Berkeley Springs were preparing 10 join the search for the bandits. k tomorrow probably local thundershow- Entered as second-cla | Clymer partly or night. ended at 2 2 p.m. yes- am. today. matter D C. GET $28,000 PAY ROLL. Armed. Bandits Stop-Street Car to Rob Paymaster. INDIANA, Pa., June 17.—Five arm- ed bandits today held up a street car at Relsinger, near here, and escaped with a $28,000 pay roll of the Russell Coal Company of Clymer. While one bandit threatened Alexander Caldwell, paymaster of the company, and his guard, George Askey, chief of the police, “with 'a pistol, _the others obtanied satchels containing the money. Other passengers on the car were robbed before the bandits BUTLER T0 RETAN ¢ 0.P. LEADERSHP. CO0LDGE DEGDES Sets at Rest Rumors That Advisory Committee Would Be Given Control. hington, William M. Butler of Massachusetts, recently made chairman of the Re- publican national committee, will re- main in supreme command of the party machinery in the coming cam- paign despite reports to the contrary, and the conduct of the Republican national campaign President Coolidge to be lodged in the national chairman, the members of ! the national committee and the state and local leaders. with a national ad- | visory committee acting as a <on- sultative body. | Mr. Coolidge emphasized In talking With visitors today that the advisory committee in its activities would de- part in sued in previous campaigns, in which it has been called upon for advice in matters of campaign policy. The real management of the cam- paign, the President believes, should be in ‘the hands of the national chair- | man, who is Mr. Butler, and the na- tional committee, which is made up of one man and one woman from each | state. Rumors Hinted Frietion. During the past day or so rumors have been afloat, especially in Wash- ington, that because of the wide- spread dissatisfaction on the part of party leaders with the manner in which Mr. Butler . conducted the Cleveland conclave, the President | Would take the supreme authority out of the hands of his personal friend, the national chairman, and turn over to an advisory committee the real management of the coming fight. These rumors were set at rest today by the President himself. Those with whom the President discussed the matter today represented him 2s say- fng that Mr. Butler would continue as chairman of the national commit- tee, and as such would be the direct- ing head of the party’s work. He said| this authority is invested in the na- tional chairman by the rules of the national committee, and that the President knows of no reason why there should be any departure from the prescribed rules. Besides, the President and those members of his cabinet who conferred | with him at the White House today felt very well satisfied that the fever heat of the closing sessions of the eveland convention has calmed down and that all personalities will be cast aside and from now on there will be complete harmony within the ranks of the leaders of the part The President said that there woul be an advisory committee to be com- posed of Republicans of known wide experience which will serve during the campaign, but that it will not supersede the chairman of the na- tional committee nor the executive committee of the national committee in the matter of authority. The ap- pointment of such an advisory com- mittee has been customary In cam- paigns of the past and it has been found to be of very great usefulness and help in the proper conduct of the battle. The object of those who had charge of forming this advisory committee would be to select men from various sections of the country who have figured ‘in former campaigns and know much about the details and | various intricacies incident to a great national political campaign. | The President has written to Brig. | Gen. Charles G. Dawes in Chicago, | who is to be his running mate, in- | viting him and Mrs. Dawes to be! guests at the White House in order that the two candidates may have an occasion to thoroughly discuss the | more important features of the or- Eanization work. It is understood | the Gen. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes will | come to Washington within the next week, and that they will remain in the White House for two or three days. It was made known at the White House today that the President had | not yet selected a date for the com- | mittee appointed by the Cleveland convention to call upon him and for- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) | e — NEW MINISTRY SEEN PROBABLE FOR ITALY Former Premiers Likely to Be Summoned to Mussolini’s Aid in Crisis. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 17.—A ‘“great concen- tration ministry” to include, besides Premier Mussolini, several former prime ministers, among them Giolitti and Orlando, now is talked of as a sequel to the events growing out of the kidnaping recently of the Social- ist Deputy Matteottl, whose comrades have made his disappearance an issue with the government. ‘Premier Mussolini, again renewing his assurance that the government would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to bring to justice all thos connected with the kidnaping, re. gardless of their station, has issued a warning to the press to be careful #bout publishing rumors which not only serve to work up unwarranted excitement, but might also hamper the officials in their work of tracing the perpetrators of the crime. Besides Signor Bertini, head of th Rome, police, those who have thus far left high places in the Fascisti move- ment, both in and out of government positions, in consequence of the crisls, include Signor Finzi, who until his resignation as minister of the inte- rior was Premier Mussolini's most prominent adviser; Cesare Rosei, for- mer head of the premier's press bu- b is expected by | nowise from the policy pur-| | brought back to civilization last year | aay is the project of Carl Lomen of Che BREAK OLD PARTIES, BUILD NEW N RUIN, 1S FARN-LABOR AIM Determination to Go Ahead Despite La Follette Rebuke, Keynote at St. Paul. COMMUNISTS DECLARED TO HAVE ONLY 10 VOTES Delegates Told Third Ticket Hope Is to Throw Election Into House of Representatives. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 17.—A pur- pose to organize a new national polit- ical party, “despite the cruel and un- | warranted attitude of Senator La| Follette,” was expressed at the open- ing today of the National Flrrn-' Labor Progressive convention by Wil- | liam Mahoney of St. Paul, temporary | chairman. Mr. Mahoney reviewed the history of the Farmer-Labor party in Minne- sota, said that the time was “aus- picious to disrupt the old parties,” and urged the delegates to act in “end the reign of the | | By the Associated Press | | | | unity so as to exploiter.” “This is not primarily a La Fol-; | lette movement, but a working-class | movement - ith La Follette as an! important factor,” he said. ! Expected Easy Sxiling. “When this convention was first| | projected last November it was never | | realized that such diverse obstacles {would be encountered. It was thought that it was the thing that | every progressive element in Amer- ica wanted. | “We have since learned, however, !to our great surprise and sorrow, that we were encroaching on sacred ground and infringing the preroga- | tives of certain would-be great polit- | |ical leaders and organizations, and | {we have had to overcome the most | energetic and malignant opposition. “The character and extent of this| very opposition have, however, had the effect of stimulating our deter- | mination to see this convention through, even though La Follette himself was Inveigled into_Jjoining the effort to kill it.” Mr. Mahoney | sketched the conference of November. at which the convention was decided | on, and said the sentiment “was for | a coalition movement by which a na- | tional campaign could be conducted | and state units could be organized. upon which a national Farmer-Labor party could be built. Common Basis Scught. He said the conference did not spec- ity any particylar orgafiZation s eligible for representation, the ides being “that we could not afford to be divided on questions of philosophy or academic doctrine, but that all use- ful workers and progressives should | | unite on a basis of common economic |interests.” He added that they hoped then to| carry enough states to throw the presidential election into the House of Representatives, saying “the most vital consideration was that the char- acter of the campaign would con- tribute to the breaking up of the old | party alignments and out of the scat- tered fragments build a new move ment based on the interests of the wealth-producing element.” i Mr. Mahoney asserted that while the conference thought that Senator | La Follette would be an ideal candi- date fe; President, “it was not certain | that bx would stand, and that success | | of the movement would not rest en- tirely on his making the race.” Quotes Semator La Follette. He rehearsed a visit to the Wiscon- sin senator by a committee on ar- rangements, asserting that while Senator La Follette did not promise ! he would run, he did declare with | great emphasis the opinion that there ‘was no prospect of anything coming out of the old parties and that_there | (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) | RS i | WILL SEEK COLONY LEFT-ON WRANGEL Expedition Soon to Start From Alaska to Learn Fate of Arctic Island Party. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. NOME, Alaska, June 16.—A new ex- | pesition will brave the Arctic this | summer to Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, and will leave a memorial at the grave of Lorne E. Knight. Knight was one of the four men who per- ished on a previous expedition. His | sole companion, Ada Blackjack, was | by a relief expedition headed by Harold Noice, whose dramatic ac- count attracted widespread attention when published in The Star. The new expedition, announced to- Nome, Alaska, head of the great rein- deer industry of Alaska. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, who has been active for several years in_try- ing to hold Wrangel Isiand as Brit- ish territory, has disposed of his In- terests in Wrangel Island to Lomen. | Seek Share in Fur Haul i On the island a party comprising | Charles Wells and thirteen Eskimos was left by the relief expedition of last year. This year's venture wllll determine whether the Wells party, which was fully equipped, has sur- vived, or whether it has met the fate of Knight and his companions on the bleak isle around which many others perished in the past. One reason for the present leader- ship of Lomen is the necessity of sending an expedition this year and Stefansson's inability because of a trip to Australia. The prospect of obtain- ing Stefansson's share in the Wells party fur catch was one inducement which determined Lomen to_become, for the time being, king of Wrangel Island. Carl Lomen is the son of G. J. Lomen, former mayor and federal official, one of the first to reach Nome in the gold rush of 1900. The Lomen | ward controlling the armament family has been active in the de- vclopment of Alaska. > reuu, and Signor Filippelli, editor of Corriere Italiano, who has been mise- ing since the warrant for his arrest was issued. Filippelli's newspaper was founded and largely financed by Finzi, (Copyright, 1924, in United States, Great Brl- tain_apd South America by North American Newspaper Aliiance, All Bights Beserved) Chening WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1924—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. LEAGUE MOVES TO TAKE OVER MILITARY CONTROL IN GERMANY | Intention Seen W hen Inquiry Is Ordered Into Rights of Interested States to Join in Discussion of Situation. GENEVA, June 17.—The first steps in the apparent move toward having it assume military control of Ger- many were taken today by the coun- cil of the league of nations, when it voted to refer to a committee of jur- ists the question whether interested states have the right to a seat in the council when the question of investi- gating a military situation is taken up by that body. Lord Parmoor of Great Britain rais- ed the issue by asking an inquiry on the responsibllities of the council to- of Austria and Hungary, but Henri de Jouvenel. representing France, indi- cated plainly that any action taken necessarily prepared the way. for han- | dling the German question. i Wanats Plan of Control. The council also decided by resolu- tion that the disarmament commi; sion of the league prepare a detailed plan of control in case the council MANY.ARE TRAMPLED IN LEGISLATURE RIOT Hostilities Break Out as Republi- cans Seek to Prevent Rhode Island Official to Act. By the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R. L, June 17.—A riot followed an attempt today by Republicans to prevent Lieut. Gov. Toupin irom presiding over today's session of the state Senate. Men and women were trampled upon by the political combatants. Republican and Democratic senators clashed, with spectators taking sides in a free-for-all fist fight. Prepared to take control of the Senate, the Republican senators, backed up by deputy sheriffs assigned to duty by High Sherift Jonathan Andrews, arrived early for today's session. The chamber and galleries were crowded. While Lieut. Gov Toupin, a Democrat, was in the door- way of the Senate lobby, Senator Ar- thur A. Sherman, Republican, mount- ed the rostrum and called the Senate to order. Immediately the Senate was in an uproar. ‘Amid the screams of women and the cheering of partisans word was sent to Gov. Flynn that a riot was in_progress. Meanwhile Sheriff Andrews took a place on the floor and succeedt‘q in separating the combatants. Gov. Flynn pushed his way through the owd, mounted the rostrum, and oned the disturbers. . ;:\‘orlly after the riot ended police reserves from every precinct in the city arrived at the statehous T Republicans have opposed Democratic appropriation since February. mgfi:‘:elSenalnr Quinn_and Reading Clerk Dooley grappled when Mr. Dooley started to call the roll. Secretary o Sprague & séxt\?r. pl);o‘le}\ while qule('mlors came aid of Senator Quinn. tustgl;'leor Sanderson climbed on a chair at the press table and made a motion ‘which some of the spectators interpreted as an attempt to strike Senator Qulnr! over the head, when he l"talll:"::;gdbei— . At this poin! e !lseca:n“poe"gneul and the middle of the Senate chamber was a mass of scram- bling men and women. - GARRETT BROTHERS LOSE FIGHT AGAINST PRISON By the Associated Press. WYTHEVILLE, Va, June 17.—The state supreme court of appeals in session here has refused a writ of error to Larkin C. Garrett and Rob- ert O. Garrett under séntence to four and five years respectively in the state penitentiary for shooting to death the Rev. Edward Sylvester Plerce in front of the Baptist parson- age at Cumberland Court House on , 1923 T e coutt's decision. handed down yesterday, means that the brothers, leaders In political affairs state and prominent in financial cir- cles in their community, will begin their sentences next Tuesday. Their counsel, however, said they would file an appeal with the court for oral argument of the motion as a last resort to keep their clients out ot prison, went to the assistance | in the | i | Al decided to take over,military control of any countries from the lied board Following the announcement of | Premier Herriot of France that he was determined to utilize the league of nations in assuring the peace of Europe, the greatest importance was given to the public statement by de Jouvenel, when he approved, on be- half of his nation, the British pro- posal for immediate inquiry into the responsibility of the council for the military control of the central Eu- ropean states, as outlined in the vari- ous treaties. M. de Jouvenel then made it clear that although the council was offi- cally discussing its military respon- eibilities toward Bulgaria, Austria and Hungary, its action paved the way for similar treatment of Ger- many. . WIill Interpret Treaty. France, said M. de Jouvenel, deemed the council's investigation exceedingly opportune, for its was obvious the powers must look for- ward to_the time when the inter- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Scientist Quits French Army When Given “Horse Job” By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 17.-Prof. Georges Claude, one of France's leading sci- entists, has submitted his resigna- tion as an artillery captain of terri- torial troops. He explains that he retained his ocommission to the age of fifty-four in hopes of being use- ful to his country, but that after receiving an order to go to a dis- tant village to preside over a com- mission for the requistioning of horses he feels that the war de- partment has not yet learned how to use men according to their spe- cial qualifications, He recalls how, Grignard, specialist in chemistr and Nobel prize winner in 1912, was mobilized and used to guard a railway track. Citing similar examples,” Prof. Claude = suggests that there is or ought to be a seientific research bureau, where such men could be more profitably employed. M’ADOO MEN REJECT SMITH COMPROMISE in 1914, Prof. | Governor and Underwood Ready to Drop Two-Thirds Rule if Unit System Abandoned. “You may have the abolition of the two-thirds rule and the election of candidates by a majority of the Democratic national convention, pro- vided you will agree to do away also with the so-called unit rule by which many state delegations are now bound and let the delegates vote |as_they desire." This in brief is the reply which is being made by supporters of Gov. Al Smith of New York and Senator Underwood of Alabama to the pro- posal of the McAdoo managers that the two-thirds rule be done away with. So far, it was learned today, the McAdoo supporters are not agree- zble to such a proposal. Many of the state delegations, including some 300 delegates, have been instructed for McAdoo and will vote under unit rule. It is understood that many of these delegates if left to thelr own choice would not follow the McAdoo ticket beyond the first ballot, and a | number of them would not follow it on the first ballot. It is well understood here that the two-thirds rule is considered by the McAdoo forces as the principal obsta- cle to the nomination of Willlam Gibbs McAdoo for President on an early ballot in the Democratic na- tional convention. .M. JUSSERAND HONORED. HANOVER, N. H., June 17—Jean Jules Jusserand, French ambassador at ‘Washington, was awarded the degree of doctor of laws at the Dartmouth College commencement today. Sir Arthur William Currie, principal of McGill University, Montreal; Albert H. Washburn, United States minister to Austria, and Owen D. Young, mem- ber of a reparations commission com- mittee, were similarly honored. Interal- | Star. U. S. RADICALS URGE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY Circular Turned Over to Officials | Calls Upon Workers to Pre- | pare for Uprising. SPONSORED BY COMMUNISTS Letter Is Given Justice Officials for Investigation. Postal authorities will turn over to the Department of Justice today perhaps the boldest, most outspoken appeal for an ‘“armed revolution” ever issued in the United States by the so-called Communist Party of America. Copies of the appeal. “to the work- of America,” mailed in sealed en- velopes postmarked Pontiac, Mich., were received here today signed “Central executive committee, Ci munist Party of America, Frank Little, executive secretary.” “The Communist Party of America urges you to train and drill your- selves in thé usé of arms" declares the second side of the single sheet. “The Communist Party of America urges armed revolution. Workers of America, organize and drill and train a labor army. The Communist Party of America is drilling today | and working hard to prepare for the day of the great uprising.” First to Urge Armed Revolt. Officials of the Post Office Depart- ment the most outspoken ever to come into their hands, although from time to time they come into possession of somewhat similar documents. This was the first one, they said, to openly urge an “armed revolution.” | It was said that as long as the | sheets are sent through the mails in sealed envelopes. as first-class letter mail, it is practically impossible for the postal service to stop them. There is no way, officials said, for el {ever about their exterior to differ letters in the mails, | “Those who send such propaganda | out, it was admitted, are very clever |in placing them in the mails. They never muil them in bulk at one mail box, but see that they are placed in different boxes, at different times, so that raised in a postal employe's mind, | even were he on the lookout for just | such matter. Investigation Is Planned. Only on a search warrant issued by a United States attorney could postal inspectors seize mail matter and in- spect it. That is what makes it dif- ficult for postal authorities to stop the use of the mails to such “ap- peals.” Only when it gets to its destination and is brought by the recipient to the Post Office Depart- ment do the authorities know such matter has been in the mails. According to the best opinion at the Post Office Department today, such a “proclamation” comes within _the scope of the postal laws barring from | the mails matter inciting to insurrec- tion. | "Fhe communist appeal is to be | turned over to the bureau of investi- | gation of the Department of Justice | for action, possibly prosecution, if | the senders can be identified and lo- jcated. Locating the authors of such {propaganda, it was pointed out, is something like trying to find a needle in a haystack, as they are ‘‘here to- day and gone tomorrow.” |“Padlock” Law | As State Statute, { Haynes’ Proposal The ‘“padlock,” which federal courts have been applying to “nuisanc for violation of the Volstead act, will be passed on to the state courts for action. ! Procedure for extending the in- | junction proceedings called the | “padlock,” under which the gov- | ernment has been closing places | for ome year, to state operation, | was being worked out today at | prohibition headquarters. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, in an official statement, explained that_briefs of law on the right to file such injunction suits in the state courts under the national prohibition act were being pre- pared by the prohibition unit and Would be distributed to state prosecuting attorneys in . every state. 1 | American to Advise Turks. LONDON, June 17.—The Turkish minister of finance has engaged an American specialist as an adviser, ac- cording to the Morning Post's Con- stantinople correspondent. He does not mention the name of the Ameri- anN, - Radio Programs—Page 22, m- | said the document was about| mail clerks in the field to “spot” such | | documents. as there is nothing what- | entiate them from millions of other | no suspicion whatever can be | The Star’s every city bl * JAPANESE RUSH TO U. S. Last Ship Sails to Get in Before New Law is Effective. By the Ausoctated Press. TOKIO, June 17—The last of the pre-exclusion rush of emigrants seek- ing to return to the United States before the effective date of the mew immigration law arrives has left bere. The steamer President Jacksonm, salling today took 200 Japanese from Yokohama and that city now is bare of those who for a time thronged steamship offices seeking passage. The President Jackson's port of des- tination is Seattle. FERNALD VICTORIOUS IN MAINE PRIMARY Farrington Has Lead of 1,814 Over Brewster for Governor. Klan Vote Heavy. ! | | MAGNUS JOHNSON ROMPS IN | Minnesota Republican Races Not| Decided .on Present Count. | By the Associated Press | PORTLAND. Me., June 17.—The| | vote in 500 of 635 precincts in Maine in yesterday's Republican primaries| gave United States Senator Bert M. | | Fernala an overwhelming majority | | for renomination and gave President | | Frank G. Farrington of the state | | Senate a margin of 1,814 votes n\'er’ | Semator Ralph O. Brewster for the | nomination for governor. The latter contest, in which Brew- | ster had proposed a constitutional | !amendment to prevent use of state funds for sectarian schools, and in| which he was supported by the Ku| | Klux Kilan, polled a much greater | vote than that for senator. | | I White Defeats Blanchard. | i In the second congressional district | Congressman Wallace H. White, jr., |was renominated over Cyrus N. | Blanchard of Wilton and will have |as his Democratic opponent at the | | September elections Bertrand G. Mc- | | Intire of Norway, who was nomi- nated over the opposition of Albert W. Plummer of Lisbon. | | The vote of the candidates for the | , Republican nominations for senator and for governor from 500 precincts follows For senator United States Senator Bert M. Fer- | nala, 601: former Repr’sentll(\'c‘ | Frank E. Guernsey, 23,970, and Louis | A, Jack, .T24. For governor: | | President Frank G. Farrington of | the state senate, 41,933, Senator Ralph O. Brewster, 40,119 | Ballots Are Exhausted. | Polling place after polling place reported it had run out of Republi- can ballots and the secretary of | state’s office declared there were | evidences that Democrats, who had | | no state contests, were voting in the | }Rapumicnn primaries. | | The Guernsey strength has gained | principally in the eastern counties. | His _campaign against Senator 'Fer- | nald’s renomination was based on the contention that western Maine should not_continue to send both senatort to Washington. In the contest for | the gubernatorial nomination, Brew- | ster's greatest strength was gained in those places where Ku Klux Klan | organizations were reputed nu- merous. ! Portland. home of Brewster and a | Klan center, was an exception, the | vote, with onie precinct missing, thow ing 4,624 for Farrington and 4,363 for Brewster. JOHNSON WINS EASILY. Farmer-Labor Senator Has Ten-to- One Lead in Minnesota. By the Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn., June 17.—Repub- lican nominees for United States Sen- | ator and governor and the Farmer- | Labor gubernatorial selection had | not been definitely determined today when tabulation of returns from Mon- day's primary election was resumed here. 3 Magnus Johnson, Minnesota's ju- | nior senator, was renominated on the Farmer-Labor ticket in a walkaway, registering a vote that may run on a ten-to-one ratio over the nearest of his two opponents, Oscar Hallam of St. Paul, former associate justice of the state supreme Court, has a lead of 000 votes over Representative Thomas D. Schall in the Republican senatorial contest. Christinnson in Lead. For governor, Thecdore Christian- son of Dawson had a lead of 2000 votes over Curtis M. Johnson of Rush City on the Republican ticket, with the other four candidates pressing them closely. Floyd B. Olson, Henne- pin County attorney in Minneapolis, Was leading the field of seven for the Farmer-Labor nomination. In the congressional contests Os- car Keller of St. Paul was renomi- nated on the Republican ticket, Rep- | resentative C. R. Davis was running behind A. H. Andresen in the third district, and the returns from other contests were too meager to defi- indicate the trend of the vote. D IN SHIP ' COLLISION IN NORWAY By the Associated Press. CHRISTIANTA, Norway. June 1 Twenty persons, mostly women and ildren, were drowned when the orwegian mail steamer Haakon Jarl sank yesterday immediately after a | collision with the steamer Kong { Harald. { " The collision occurred in the | vestfjord, between the Lofoten Is- |lands and the Norwegian mainland. WOMAN FOUND SLAIN. RICHMOND, Va., June 17.—The body of an unidentified white woman about twenty-three years of age was found in the James River here today. The skull had been crushed and there was evidence of criminal as- sault. police stated The body was found floating face downward by a fisherman. At first it was thought to be that of Miss Fvelyn Carlisle Richardson, assistant postmistress at Toano. for whom the authorities of this city, Washington and Baltimore have been searching since she disappeared Friday last, while on a_visit with friends here. However, Miss Richardson’s father, L. T. Richardson. deputy sheriff of James City county, after viewing the body. stated positjvely that it wae not that of his daughter. 4 ;‘4 | the “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system cowers ock and the regolar edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed, Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,305. TWO CENTS. SUGGESTS ATTAGKS ON JUSTICE HEADS WRONGLY PLACED Mrs. Willebrandt, Testifying to Daugherty Committee, Raps Revenue Bureau. ADMITS OUTSIDE “PULL” IMPEDES DEPARTMENT Assistant Attorney General Crit- icizes Volstead Act—Annoyed by Senator Wheeler. As the chief official of the Depart- ment of Justice charged with enforec- ing prohibition, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney gen- eral, submitted a defense of the law’s administration today before the Senate Daugherty investigating com- mittee. Many times in the prolonged hear- ings witnesses have made charges against the enforcement regime, and Mrs. Willebrandt went into details of these accusations at length, intro- ducing at one point a letter from Attorney General Stone which said that much of the testimony dealt with half truths and impressions.” “The point I am making,” Mrs. Wi liebrandt said, “is that many w nesses have given you testimon against the Department of Justice when in fact their real grievance las against another branch of the gov ernment.” Rebukes Senator Wheeler. On several occasions she told Sena- tor Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, the committee “prosecutor,” to “wait a minute,” when he sought to inter vene in her spirited account. Sena- tor Wheeler finally broke in “Oh, I know that this whisky busi- ness is continually kicked around be tween the prohibition unit and the Department of Justice,” he said. “bu the Department of Justice has re- sponsibility which it cannot evade and has a $2,000,000 annual appre priation for detecting crime.” “Yes, and the prohibition unit i given $13,000,000," Mrs. Willebrandt exclaimed. Notwithstanding, the Department of Justice is mot justified in saving that it won't do any of the detective work against bootlegging,” Senatnr Wheeler retorted Criticizes Volstead Act. “Of course, the national prohibition act places upon the commissioner of internal revenue and the Department of Justice joint responsibility for en- forcement of prohibition,” Mre. Wille- brandt interjected, “but members of Congress know when they enmact legislation that it is not reasonable to have any one bureau of the gov- ernment running over and taking un guties and responsibilities of another.” Mrs. Willebrandt remarked section 26 of the Volstead act was a “fool provision,” because it did allow the effective confiscation automobiles or marine vessels used in unlawful transportation of liquor Taking issne with Senator Wheeiar who insisted that the main troubls with prohibition enforcement was a shifting of responsibility on the part of officials, Mrs. Willebrandt contend ed that political control over agents was the most serious factor. ““The real trouble.” she deciared is not paswing the buck, but the in- fiuence of politicians throuch some cenator or congressman in aiding or blockine an agent's anpointment Mre. Willebrandt said three months training should be =iven an agent hefore he is placed in the field. She defended agents of the Department of Justice, contending they lacked funds and numbers to cope with all cases of law violation The letter sent out by the Depar ment of Justice to its agents in structing them not to undertake original investigations in bootlegging cases, she declared, had been cir- culated ut the instan of the Treas- ury Department, which was fearful that there might be an overstepping of authority. Insisting that the Department of Justice had been doing all in_ its power to punish law violators, Mrs. Willebrandt asserted that during the closing days of the Wilson adminis- tration—from election day. 1920 antil March 4. 1921—"things ran wide open” with regard to the issuance of liquor withdrawal permits and other phages of prohibition enforcement Relates Remus® Appeal A more spirited phase of Mrs. Wille- brandt’'s examination was entered upon when the names of George Remus, whose Ohio bootlegging op- erations involved immense sums of money and huge quantities of ligquor before he landed in Atlanta peniten tiary, and of Jess Smith, to whom Remus testified he paid about $250.000 in bribe money, were brought in. She said Remus had fought conviction “clear along the line up to the White House.” “T'll be frank with you,” she con tinued. “A request for a stay of sen- tence in Remus’ behalf was sent to the White House by Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, following a visit to the White House which Senator Reed made. The department was then asked to make a report.” “Wasn't the request signed by President Coolidge?” Senator Wheeler demanded. “I don't so _remember,” Mrs. Wille- brandt said, “but in spite of the effort made in Remus’ behalf he is in At- lanta.” Says Dangherty Backed Her. Senator Jones, Republican, Wash- ington, asked if Mrs. Willebrandt un- Ader AttorregCencral Davehxriy's » ministration ever had found herself hampered in seeking to enforce pro- hibition. A “My hands were never tied in any respect.” she asserted, "Mr. Daugh- erty did not interfere; he stood back of 'me when I got awfully hard pressed.” “Who brought Jones, Republican, ed 'Senators, congressmen and attor- neys.,” she retorted, “seeking post- ponement, delays in prosecution. Mr. Daugherty stood by me in every in- stance but one.” “What was the relation of Jess Smith to Mr. Daugherty?" Senator Jones queried. Calls Jens Smith “Servant.” “I thought he was a kind of a glorified personal servant,” Mrs. Willebrandt re- sponded. “He bought tickets, carried the " (Continued on Vaze 2, Cowur that net of pressure?” Senator Washington,