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FOLLETTE SEEKS TO TAKE NEW YORK Strenuous_Fight Planned. to. Secure Electoral Votes From Empire State. MIGHT ~ BACK HYLAN Fear, However, New York Mayor < or Smith Might Run Away * - ‘With Party. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. (Copyright, 1024.) ~ NEW YORK, July 30.—The fol- lowers of Senator La Follette and Senator Wheeler, the redl new seng- torial presidency oligarchy, rose up today to remark that they, too, are going to fight for New York State in the coming -election. Furthermore, the Progressives, 8s they call them- selves now, are going to raise funds in New York City to help carry on their fight. 1t is asserted in most Positive fashion. however, that none of it will trickle in from Wall Street. State adherents of the La Follette- Wheeler political merger are plan- ning to hold a big convention in: Al- bany in about two weeks, and there has beep some talk that they might indorse Mayor Hylan of this city, who is looking for a4 demand to come from the people that he run for gov- ernor against Al Smith, in the event John W. Davis, the Democratic presi- dential candidate, is successfyl in getting Al to_stand for a third term. Mr. Smith already has carried the Democratic banner in the State three times, twice successfully, and is anxious to retire to private life, but national lcaders of the party &re in- sistent that he make one more stand in an effort to swing the 45 votes of the Empire State into the Davis cel- umn. - Hylan on Watch. * Mayor Hylan is watching every rove made Bt of in behalf of Gov. Smith, and is_holding out his own threat of an_independent candidacy a5 a means of discouraging the Dem- ocrats in naming the governor a fourth time. The governor and the mayor love each other like a couple strange bulldogs. - " O he Ly FollettesWheeler third par- ty coalition might be to the liking of the mayor, but the third party peo- ple themselves seem a bit dublous about the mayor. They do not kmow Whether be would stay put or not and most of the spokesmen of the con- glomeration of forces arrayed under the La Follette banner are desirous of putting one of their own men &t the head of the State ticket, so there will be no danger of some ome run- ning away with the party at a crucial moment in the campaign. Decide on Full Ticket. ~Tha State Conference for Progres- sive - Political Action, which is still the name the La Follette followers cling to in the State, has decided upon an active program and a full State ticket.. There has been some falk that friends of Gov. Smith among the disaffected political elemen gathering around the La Follette flag may attempt to stampede the progressive convention into am in- dorsement of the governor for & thind term. These elements, however, are finding the same opposition which applies to Mayor Hylan. An indorse- ment of Al Smith: it is argued, might result in swallowing up of the entire rogressive movement in New York BT work fo the advantage of .M. Davis and President Coolidge. v Urge Greater Efforts. The progressives are being urged to greater efforts by the national Jeaders at Washington. They are being told that the movement Is growing_ like wildfire the country Qver, and there is no reason why. the flames of discontent with the two old parties should not be fanned into full blaze here in the heart of the eonservative east. The progressives have been im- mensely pleased with the publicity they have been getting and by the consideration given them by the Re- guhlican and Democratic mansgers. 'he third party.is feeding fat upon the denunciations being heaped upon it and is gathering strength by the Republican announcement that it will draw its support from the Democrats and from the Democrats’ statement that it will draw its support from Republicans. New England Republicans have come out with declarations that La Follette will get his greatest vote among the labor element in that sec- tion which is sald to be normally Demgcratic. Democrats of the mid» dle country and the Northwest have prodicted La Follette would get his greatest vote among the Republican farmers. The La Follette people are grinning at ali this and say It is evidence of extreme discomfiture on the part of the old-line politiciani —— MOTHERS AND CHILDREN GUESTS IN COOL RETREAT Crowd of 125 Leaves Bweltering City in Private Cars for Camp Good Will. About 125 merry children and hap- Py mothers left the sweltering city this morning in 15 private cars pros vided by members of the Kiwanis Club to take possession of Camp Good ‘Will for the next two weeks as guests of the Summer outings committee of the Associated Charities. The boys of Troops Nos: 2 and 42, Boy Scout: did yeoman service in tagging th baggage ang carrying it to the cars with fine consideration for everybody during the preliminary examinations which were conducted by Dr. Joseph A. Myrphy, chief medical and sani- tary inspector of the public sehools, when the clans gathered at the Thomson School, at 12th and L streets, early this morning.” He was assisted by a group of public school nurses. This most enthusiastic party of youngsters, among~ whom not any eases of- infectious diseases were found, arrived at the camp in the woods fully an hour before dinner and_had- fime - to' get settled and washed up, after which they did full justice to a fine dinner in the airy’| dining hall erecteq by the Kiwanis Club” last year. The rest of the day was _given over to explorations and sports,. while the littlest ones were mate comfortable In the Baby Shack. A similarly delighted group of chil- dran and mothers were taken to Camp Pleasant yesterday numbering aboyt 130, after examinations at the Giddings Bcheol by Drs. C. A. Tignor and-J."F. Dyer. The arrangements were In charge of Mrs. Sadie Murphy, Mrs. Gedrge W. Cabiness, Mrs. Vir- ginia Paters and Mrs. .C: “W. Childs. The- party- was- transported_in the trucks furpished by Wise Brothers VIRGINIAN FOUND DEAD, J. D. Hank, Jr., Former Assistagt Attorney Genersl of State. RICHMCND, Vs., July LoD Mank, ‘4r., 50, fermer lflfiun; at. torney general of Virginia and head jwanis Clubs in bed th at his hem ath whieh about 24 hours previously, was { natural causes, Coroner J. u.rrhlmld held. | the most-effectually. Right "Rev. James K. Freemean, Bighop of Washington, fs famliier to Washington from many angles, and not the least interesting of theae is his well found. ed hope. that the revival of the sa- cred pageant Is to work that much- heralded reform of the stage. Bishop Freeman is pre-eminently s believer in em- ploying modern instruments to meet modern con- ditions, and the universal asd con- centrated sotici- tude for things theatrical has ap- BISHOP FREEMAN, Dealed to him as one of the ways to teach religion and moral truths as been the of drama leagues included jn church activities; with the- end of -producing some of the fine old plays of other days and also pageants which tell a story at once edifying and instructive. Bishop Freeman has been a per- sonal and enthusiastic sponsor of some of the finest theatrical spec- tacles which Washington has. enjoy- ed, and it ie his hope that these oc- casions will be multiplied in the near future and also that leagues for the production of religious vlays will spring Into existence more numer- ously and be controlled by capable persone. He can show plainly that the average person rejoices in a fine religious play rather thgn resents this attempt to reach him through cxtraordinary -methods. and. patron- izes it ‘much better than the risque and blzarre products widely adver- tised. Direotors of moving pietures have found that among their most re- munergtive shows are those with & dceply religious foundation, and morglity plays, like “The Servant in the House” gnd- “The Third Story Back,” have madé more momey for their directors than seme of the flimsy musical comedy type. Through the solicitude of Bishop Freeman St John’s Chureh hes a dramatic society whieh intends to present sacred themes next season, and it is the in- tention of the Bishop of Washington to present this idea to the younger contingent on every possible occa- slon, with & wlew to muitipling these dramatic unit CLASSIFICATION 0. K.’D FOR 54,000 EMPLOYES For this ‘reason he h earnest advocate (Continued from First Page.) - may deem necessary agcording to the kind and difficulty of the work. Its regulations shall provide for as- certaining and recording the duties of position and the gualificitions re- quired of incumbents, and it shall prepare and publish an adequate statement giving (1) the duties and responsibilities involved in the class- es to be established within the sev- eral grades, illustrated where neces- sary by examples of tvpical tasks, (2) the minimum qualifications re-.| quired for the satisfactory perform- ance of such duti¢s and tasks, and (3) the titles given to said classes.” It was further provided that the board “shall from time to time desig- nate additional classes. within the several grades and may combipe, di- vide, alter or abolish existing class. es Place for Cabinet Officers. All of the cabinet officers, with the single exception of Attorney General Stone, are understood to have been placed in the top grade of the cler- ical administrative and fiscal serv. ice, designated class 14, “special ex- ecutive officer,” with salary at $7,500. In this same grade were also placed, it is understood, the “heads of the Budget Bureau, 'the Veterans' Bu- and the commissioners of in- nal revenue. Attorney General Stone, it was un- derstood, was placed in the profes- sional service, grade seven, salary $7.500. Three typical class specifications were singled out today .from- three’ different services as representative of the kind of thing a class specificgtion is. To print the entire list, with their salaries, would require a book. The three singled out were “sci» entist” in the professional and scien- tific service; ‘“senior engineerin, draftsman,” in the sub-professiona) service, and ‘“junior stenographer,” in :he clerical and administrative serv- c “Scientist,” the title of the class, was placed in the professional serv- ice, grade four. In this grade the salary range i3 from §3.500 to $5,000. Lengwage of Specification, The language of the class specifi- catien is as follows: “Duties and typical tasks: To per- form under general administrative supervision, individually or with as. sociates or subordinates, important professional, scientific or technical work in the blological, physioal or mathematieal sciences, or In one or more of their subdivisions, not in- cluding medicine, veterinary science and engineering; to exercise inde- pepdent judgment in planning and prosecuting such work and to be re. sponsible for results, or to have ad- miistrative charge of a small or- ganisation engaged in such work. ‘Minimum qualifications: ‘Iraining equivalent to.that represented by graduation with a degree from an institution of recognized standing, with major work in the -branch of branches of sceince involved in the' specific_position, or in a closely re: lated branch or branches: years' graduate work, or, in the abs sence of graduste work, equivalent practiesl experience; 3 workin knowledge of the important litera. ture of the field of science involved e [oEMacRATS sk vicToRY. Iiinois Managers “Extremely Gratified” Over Election Outlook. CHICAGO, July 30.— Democratic party managers in Illinois expressed themselves today as “extremely #ratified” by the outlook for the Fail <campaign. They anticipated a langer Democratic vofe than ever has been rocorded in Tilinois in a presidential year. Some predict the State will go into the Davis column in November. George E. Brennan, chieftain of the Iilinols Jeffersonjans, bas devoted virtually his entire attention to the State campaign since his return from the New York convention. He is quoted by his closest advisers as hav- ing taken the position that “the most vigorous Democratic campaign Illi- nofs ever has known" will be suc- cessful in eclipsing both the Repub- lican and La Follette endeavors. NAVAL GUN CHANGES PROTESTED BY BRITAIN _ (Continued on Page 8, Column 3.) the impression” said- Capt. Schofield's statement, “that the British admiralty hajs’ stated officiglly that by theirintér- pretation of the treaty jt would be il- legal for us to change the elevations as proposed. No such contention has ever been put forward by the British ad- -nirdity, the. British goyernment or any official of any government signatory to the treaty. Fomnd mo Breack. ““The general intent of the treaty was to grant each power the full right to keep step with material and scientific progress, subject only to specific limita- tions. Nowhere Is there to be found a ‘pirit’ of the tréaty which contraveries this right.” v This statement was accepted in Congress as representing the mature judgment of the general board, after careful study. The House, after a sharp fight, however, eliminated from the bill the item for gun elevation, but if there has bee® since then any change in the Navy Department's pol- iey, or in the attitude of the admin- istration, nothing on the surface has revealed it. The section of ‘the Washington treaty under which the British con- tention would have to be raised is part three. which deals with the rules for replacement of capital ships in accordance ‘with the replacement ta- bles elsewhere provided. In’this part occurs the statement that no retained capital ships shall be reconstructed except for the purpose of providing means of defense against air and sub- marine attacks. Rules to govern such reconstruction follow, and the con- cluding sentence of this paragraph reads: Pact: Governing Changes. “No alterations fn side armor, caliber, number of general type mounting of main armament shall be permitted except: (1) In the case of France and Italy, which countries within the limits allowed for bulge (elsewhere provided for in the treaty) may increase their armor protection and the caliber of guns now carried on their existing capital ships so as not to exceed 16 _inches (106 mili- meters), and (2) the British Empire shall be permitted to complete, in the case of the Renown, the alterations to armor which have already been commenced, but temporarily suspend. in of “The Navy Department proposals for changes In the older capital ships in- cluded modernization for protection against alrcraft and submarine at- tack, as well as proposals to alter the elevations of the main battery gums 30 as to permit these guns to be effective at ranges of 25,000 to 30,000 yards, demonstrated in the war to be possible ranges of combat under cer- tain conditions. The British viewpoint on the ques- tion of gun elevations has been be- fore the Washington Government for some time, but no hint of it has been permitted to reach the public. Sig- nificance may attach to this circum- stance as indicating that the Wash- ington Government does not regard as serious the situation created by the British interpretation of the treaty. Think Britain Stands Alone. Officiels who have kept in touch with the matter seem satisfied that neither the Japanese nor the French governments, and probably not the lian government, would share the views expressed by the British if the question ever came to & vote among the signatory powers. They belleve that the British would be outvoted 4to 1 There is no epecific provision in the troaty detalling how s disputed in- terpretation of its terms might be vettied, bat it is provided that during the life of the treaty, in_the event that “the Pequirements of the national seourity of any contracting power in respect of naval defense are, in the opinion of that power, materially af- fected by any change of circum- stances, the ocontracting powers will the request of sush power, meet in conference with a view to the re- consideration of the provisions of the treaty and its amendment by mutual agreement.” A further provision is made that the United States, after consultation with the other powers, shall arrange for & future conference “in_ view of possible technical and scientific developments,” the conference to convene as sSoOn as possible after the expiration of eight years from the coming into force of the prasent.treaty. ° 8o far 35 known, however, the British have not proposed any new conferernce on the gun-elevation question. e ence ih engimeering drafting or similar in the specific position: demonstrateg, abjlity in the successful prosecution or administration of professional, scientifip or technical werk of ims portgnca.” Syb-Profesaional Service. “Senior. engineering draftsman” was placed in the subprofessional eervice, grade 6, ctess 11. The range of sal: in that grade is from $1,860 to $2,400, The specification reads as follows - “Duti and Typical Tasks—Under eupervision, o perform difficult free- hand or mechanical drawing and pelated | nical words; expressions and phrases wark requiring judgment,"skill and a working knowledge of the customs and practices of the engineering professian in_expressing ideas, plans and data in drawings, or to supervise the work of & small number. of draftsmen of lower grades. “Minimum Quslfications—High school education, or, in the absence of a high school _education, ~ equivaient {cal training; feur -years' prastical sl Inside Walls _Clean, experience of equal value.” i “Junior stenographer was placed in the clerical administrative and fiscal service, o 3, ciass 4. In_that grade the salary range is from $1,320 to $1,680. The upeclflo&;tfin for junior stenog- rapher is as_follows e Duties and. Typical tasks: To -per form stenographic work of average difficulty, such as taking in shorthand at a moderate rate of speed and tran- scribing dictation with some varia- tion in subjsct matter, in which tech- occur. occasjonally; cutting stencils, typing invelved tabular matter, writ- ing routine letters .without dictation in accordance with a prescribed form, or‘lrlnacrlbln‘ from a dictating ma- chine: 2 “pinimum - Qualificatien: =~ Common school education or ‘aulvsunh lbillt! to take in shorthand at fair spee and accurately to transcribe dicta- tion. of average difficulty and scope. ARMOSTONE ! GARAGES py 1 il Attractive d wit g o e bt de:?;:'; obiien Name Addreas Standard Concrete Products ‘Main 778 MOVE TOWARD WAR DENIED BY FLORES (Continued from First Page.) clared in a statement to the Assoclated Press that, if elected, his regime would follow “along the line” established by President Obregon. e “l shal] seek international com- merce and endeavor to give protec- tion to those making investments in my country,” declared Gen. Calles, who arrived hers from Tucson cn visitor will sail from a West Coast port for' New “York, from where he in- tends to depart on a three-month vacation journey to Europe. A large delegation of Mexican civil and mili- tary authorities greeted Gen. Calles. “Not only will I foster and promote better feeling between the sister re- publics, but I will also cement more firmly the friendship hetween the people of the two nations,” he de- clared. “Foreign trade fs necessary. I realize that to secure foreign trade it is necessary top establish interna- tional relations, and toward this I shall work in an endeavor. to Eive to our own country, to America and to the world at large some of the benefits to be derived from the rich treasure houses of Mexico. “One of the big things I shall con- centrate upon will be the labor quas- tion and the emancipation of the In= dians. The time has come when Mex= ico must free itself of the yoke of. virtual bondage. The condition of the working man must be raised. The standing of living must be elevated. Education must be provided that the child of today may become aggressive and the learned citizen of tomorrow." SEES TALLES VICTOR. Newspaper ~ Shows Support in Chamber of Deputies. MEXICO CITY, July 30.—While an overwhelming majority of the Mex~ ican Chamber of Deputies consists of supporters of Gen. Plutraco Elias Calles, the radical Agrarians, Labor- ites- and Sociulists, form & consider- able minority, according to a co pilation published today by the I dependent newspaper EI Universal and secured from a preliminary sur- vey of the number of deputies whose credentials have been approved or assured of approval. The total minority consists of 95 seals, comprising 35 Laborites, 25 Agrarians, 10 Soclalists, 5 Floristas, 10 Independents and 10 members of the defunct Constitutional Liberal party. The majority aggregates 170 members belonging to the Confed- erated Socialistic bloc, whose members are pledged to settle questions grow- ing from the revolution without the adoption of radical measures. says, thst should congress be caHed:| upon to select a president in case the recent elections were indecisive, Gen. Calles would be an easy victor. GLASS LAUDS DAVIS. Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, réturned 'to Washington today from his home in Lynchburg, where he had been suffering from an attack of ptomaine poikoning contracted at the New York convention. He declared in a statement that John W. Davis, Demoeratic presidential nominee w: the “greatest figure the party has put forward in 30 years with the excep- tion of Woodrow Wilson.” route to Harmosillo. The distinguished' | . It is plainly Indicated, the paper]I STATUE OF GEN. SAN MARTI The George Washington of Argentina, in the city. Of which'Ix to be presented by that governmemt to i erection In ame of the public parks of this city, United. States fov ‘DERIDING' IGNORED ING. 0.P. PLANS Party Leaders Decide on “Af- firmative Campaign,” Mr. Butler Announces. By the Associated Press. = CHICAGO, July 30.—Republican party leaders will depend on “an affir- mative campaign” and leave the “de- riding and deploring” to others, Wil- liam M. Butler, chairman of the na- tional committee, said in a statement today. The statement said: “The conferences I have had since I arrived in Chicago a week ago to- day have convinced me that the cam- paign organization in the Middle West and Northwest approaches Au- Bust 1 in a condition of vigorous growth “I have conferred in Chicago with party committeemen and leaders of nearly all the States in these sections of the country and T consider the out- look exceedingly good. “Deploring” Not in Program. “We are going to leave the decry- ing, deriding and deploring to othey people. The character of our candi-, datcs, the strength of our platform and our record of post-war achieve- ment_through the difficult years of this Republican administration enable us to depend on an affirmative cam- paign. 1 believe -the Nation is more interested in accomplishment than in promises. “One striking factor in the situatic - has become more and more apparent. Our purpose has been to make the cam- palgn to a considerable degree an ex- position of the character and record of President Coolidge. Dawes in Great Demand. “On, drriving in Chicago I stated that the East had asked with one voice for Gen. Dawes as a speaker. It is not hard to imagine how the West feels. If we ask him to fill 10 per ceni-of the requests we have had he would ldck the time necessary to even this. percenta 2 end of fhe caapatgn S0 Deore the PROBERS RETURNING. Ship Board Investigators Finished in Europe. Part of the committee of members of Congress investigating the United States Shipping Board and fleet cor- poration, which has beén In Europe far more than three weeks, will ar- Tive back in the United States August 1, according to word received at the board ‘today, sailing on the Leviathan, due to arrive in New York on that date. Representatives Lehlbach of New Jersey, Davis of Tennesses, Vice Chairman Plummer of the board, and W. B. Keene, a vice president of the fleet corporation, are in the party ar- riving August 11. Other members of the committee, including Representa- tives Bankhead and Connally of Texas and Commissioner Haney of the board, will probably sail on the Le- viathan from Cherbourg August 26, arriving September 1. Representative Lineberger of California s expected to carry out his original plan to complete a tour of the Orient. Com- mittee hearings will be continued, be- ginning about September 15. Qaklan Open and Closed Models. Substantial ReductioninPrice D. C..Institution to Be Ready « for Usg Within Three Months. Washington's institution for the care of feeble-minded persons is ex- ‘pected to be opened sometime in Sep- tember or October on the 800-acre farm bought for the purpose near Camp Meade, Md.,, George S. Wilson, secretary “to tbs Board of Charlities, stated today. Although the building program au- thorized by Congress has not been started, it {s planned to formally open the institutipn by using the struc- tures that were already on the farm when it was purchased. Appointment Deferred. As soon as the personnel classifica- tion board fixes the salary to be paid to the superintendent of the feeble- minded colony an appointment will be made. Only a limited number of chil- dren will be sent to the farm pending erection of the permanent buildings. Municipal Architect Harris is at work on specifications for the buildings, which will be of the cottage type and as near fireproof as they can be made. Each cottage will contain two dormitories, ac- commr)dlu:; 50 inmates. Congress has nppll’(opri:'tth !:‘t.(lf»l) for construction work, with authority t c work, with authority to make contracts Located on Patuxent River. One of the features of the site ac- quired is that the Little Patuxent River flows through jt. The District-has needed a place suit- able for the care of its feeble-minded for many years. At the present time the city has to place a considerable number of such persons in institutions in nearby States. — W. A. MARAKLE CHOSEN MOOSE ORDER DICTATOR Enright Praises Bpirit of Order as Deterrent to Crime—Visitors Go Sightseeing. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 30.—Wjllard H. Marakle of Rochester, N. 'y was elected supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose at the convention of the organization here vesterday. Among those who addressed the dele- Bates was Police Commissioner En- right, who said that if the spirit of- the Moose was general in New York City his department would have little work to do. Yesterday, the second day of the convention, ' was filled with varied events. The executive officers held a closed session at the Hotel Astor. The beauty contestants visited Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, as Buests of Seeretary of Labor James W. Davis, general director of the order. Drill teams continued their competition. Among the entertain- ments was a luncheon for the execu- tive officers, given by E. F. Albee at the ~Natiorial Vaudeville ~Artists’ ub. Messages of regret because of in- abllity to attend the convention were received from Lloyd George, former premier of Great Britain, and from Martin Behrman, Mayor of New Orleans, both members. TWO DRY RAIDERS SHOT TQ DEATH FROM AMBUSH }Hund.rads of ‘Armed Men Search for Slayers of Carolina Officers. By the Associated Press. {__WILMINGTON, N. C., July 30.—While jndreds of arméd men gathered early <day in the swamps near Phoenix, f. .en miles from here, to hunt for th> slayers of Sam W. Lilly, deputy United States marshal, and Leon George, city prohibition officer and special deputy marshal, who were shot to death last night from ambush, the bodies were brought here for an inquest today. The scene of the killing was an ob- scure trail through a swamp near Phoehix, over which Lilly and George ‘Wwere traveling in the former's auto- mobile. /The two, who had been un- usually active lately in raiding moon- shine plants, had left Wilmington to serve papers in a prohibition case. and apparently had passed on their way to seize a small copper still, which was found in the car with their | bodie: ke Powder burns on George's face di losed the nearness of the assassi when they fired. Twenty-five buck- shot wounds were found in George's body and at least twenty in that of Lilly. Their weapons had not been used. Posges left Wilmington and nearby towns for the scene as soon 8s nNews of th8 killing was received. - a- “I'd rather drive,” said Mrs. Tipton Bud this mornin’, as-she refused a front seat an’ climbed in-behind. Tell Binkley is a reg’lar soak. He started t’ drink fer his sick- ness an’ it made a hit with him. Mr. Lemmie Peters, who graduated with such high honors a few years ago, an’ whose es- say, “We've Left the Bay an’ th’ Ocean Lies Before Us,” wuz th’ talk- o’ th’ town, has finally found himself an’ is mowin’ lawns at 40 cents an hour. Bosco' Moon wuz arrested t'day on suspicion o’ bein’ a boy bandit, but he .proved he wuz born in 1898. (Copyright, John- ¥, Dille Co.) A. F. OF L. TO DECIDE LA FOLLETTE STAND ____(Continued from First Page.) tions committee of the Republicans and the Democrats, than a. the plat- forms of the Republicans and the Democrats. 1t is confidently expected by many of the La Follette supporters there- fore that the executive council will indorse the candidacy of La Follette —as an mdividual, Many Members Partisans. On the other hand, it must be re- membered that the members of the executive council, many of them, have been afliated with either the Demo- cratic or the Republican parties for many years. The indorsement of a third candidate—outside of and an- tagonistic to both the old parties— may come with something of a wrench,-if it comes. The indorsement of wie La Follette candidacy by the American Federation ST Labor ‘would be construed by many as more damaging to the Democratic party than to the Republican party. While there always have been many stanch Republicans in the ranks of organized labor, and there still are, and the same is true of *he membe. ship of the America- I':dration of Labor, -it must be roriembered that the only presidential candidate whom the federation through’ it agencies gave its favorable indorsement was a Democrat—Woodrow Wilson, in 1916. It must be remembered also that many of the federation officials in 1920 were favorable to the Demo- cratic nominee, James M. Cox of Ohio, although the federation did not give him its indaysement as an organiza- tion. During the campaign these offfcials, including President Gompers, made statements favorable to Cox, urging the election of the Democratic ticket. May Affect Camppign. To remove, therefore, all or part of the support which undoubtedly has been cast for the Democratic tickets in the last two nationzl campaigns through the American Federation of Labor, or important officials thereof, necessarily would be & blow to the Democrata. It is @ question, of course, as to how far the decisions of the execu- tive councll or other agencies of the federation affect the votes of the d file of the organization. T - COFFEE '8 O’CLOCK 30cw 'RED CIRCLE 39: 1 : ll;'is‘om'desire'tofirotpetmpatrons against an advancing market, and we will therefore CONSCIENCE FORCES CONFESSION OF MURDER Railroad -Clerk, Surrendering to Police, Says He Killed Woman, Hurled Body Into River. By the Associnted Press. NEW YORK, July 30.—John Flynn, the raflroad clerk who surrendered to the Brooklyn police last night and €an alleged confession of murde: ing & woman named Maris Richards ::dfit;upbendv lle, Ohio, was being held en today pendinginvestigation by Ohio Walking into the Brooklyn head- quarters late last gight, Flynn told of murdering the woman and throw- Ing her body into the Ohio River; ac- cording to the police. He was said to have given March 14, 1022, as the date of the murder. Capt. of Detec- tives Sullivan quoted Flynn as saying he was driven to making the confes- glon by & tortured consclence. Flynn years old a s his 12 30 years 2ld ana says his home in records of the candidates, as viewed by the national non-partisan politicul campalgp committee, are placed be- fore the’ members and they are cx- pected to support the men who have shown “themselves favorable to the aims apd principles of organized 1abor. In the report of the proceedings of the American Federation of Labor convention, held in Baltimore, No- vember, 1916, is published the action of the labor representation committee as an appendix to.the executivo council's report. "It shows that the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson was indorsed and worked for, and that the candidacy of Charles E. Hughes, the Republitan nominee, was opposed, The labor representation committes was composed of President Samuel Gompers. - Vice President James O'Connell and Secretary Frank Mor- rison. WA Pervonnel is Unchanged. This personnel, by the way. is the same as that of the executive com- mittes of the present national no partisan political campaign commi tee of the: federation. The latter com- mittee was organized in December, 1919, to fight for representation in Congress and other public office by men favorable to organized labor. The appendix referred to and.a dressed to the executive council, sa. that the committee was selected by the executive council with the au- thority of the federation itself, and details its efforts to aid in the re- election of President Woodrow Wil- son and its opposition to Hughes. One paragraph says, in effect: ‘Recognizing all that was involved affecting the workers and the masses of the people in the presidential cam- paign, you directed that every honor- able effort should ‘be made to bring about the election of the Honorable Woodrow Wilson to the presidency of the United States. We have en- deavored to carry out your directions as well as the principles and policies of the American Federation of Labor.” Action in 1912 Campaign. Back in 1912—when the Bull Moose party was created and headed by Theodore Roosevelt—the platform of the third party was recofinized as being more favorabie to organized labor and more in line with - its aims than either the Democratic or the Repub- lican of that year. However, the fed- eration that 'y confined itself to opposing the candidgcy of Prestdent Taft for re-election, without taking definite sides for or against Roosevelt and Wilson, it was said today. The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor is made up as follows: President, Samuel Gom- pers, first vice president Cigarmakers International Union; secrotary, Frank Morrison, member International Typo- graphical Union; treasurer, Daniel J. Tobin, president International Broth- erhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Sta- bleman and Helpers of America; first vice president, James Duncan, mem- Ber the Granite Cutters International Association; second ~vice president, Joseph F. Valentine. member Interna- tional Molders' Union of North Amer- fca: thitd vice president, Frank Dufty, secretary United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer- ica; fourth vice president, William Green, - secretary-treasurer United Mine Workers of America; fifth vice president, T. A. Rickert,’ president United Garment Workers of America; sixth vice president, Jaced Fischer, secretary-treasurer Journeymen Bar- bers’ _International Union: seventh vice president, Matthew Woll, presi- dent “International Photo-Engravers’ Union of North America; eighth vice president, Martin_F. Ryan, president Brotherhood of Railway. Carmen of America Gompers Will Attend. President ' Gompers and all. the other members of the executive coun- cil are expected to attend the mect ing, which begins Friday and wh will run for a week or ten days. M Gompers has been unwell, but w far recovered as to be able to carry on a conference lasting several hours a few days ago, and will be on hand, it was said today. Through its non-partisan political campaign committee, the federation is in the field to support and oppose candidates for congressional honors according to their records on lahor and allied questions. ~Efforts will be Made to secure indorsement for sup- porters of the La Follette ticket who Themselves are engaged in the race for the House or Senate, as well as indorsement of the heads of the La [ Follette ticket. % 7 Lb. - Pkg. continue our usual prices all this week. An - advance w:llbeneceuary on Monday.