Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1924, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. Tair and cooler tonight and to- morrow. moderate north and north- west winds, Tempe 2 pm. toda day: lowest, 4 ure for 24 hours ending at Highest, 75, at noon to- 6 v Full report o blnsing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ¢h ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION cred as second class matter t office Wa. shington, D. C. WASHINGTON , D. (., FRIDAY, AMERICAN SEIZED, “RED FLAG RAISED ON WRANGELL ISLE * Charles Wells, With Noice Expedition, Reported Taken to Siberia. PROTEST DISPATCHED TO STATE DEPARTMENT (Officials Here Think U. S. Explorer Asked Ship to Take Him From Island. titl iblish Arctic carried off transport Red Oc- Russian flag was learned here nud, in the Siberia, was raised the from Whalen, kans 1 that Sibe inland and a h Bering Strait 1 October, called by Russians bucked the ice < land, to cutter Bear Herman American ves- penetrate this me here A extend Oktibr, Wra Guard roners ds Bones. ! Herald Island and. and os believed two parties ished after m ship of Vilj- went down in the of Herald Islan by the at 1 Viadi- ording rrivd Whalen Whalen sisting of Well nded at 13 Eski- Nome in 11 Island who found in 1921 o had of ackjack. n of the Exkimos on advices number attle led there b toda the island, s which by Ne the colony the Red f furs, according to the Wha- This consisted of 40 10 polar bear skin officials Stoses ien 1 jox ond NEW YORK, October 17.—Vilhjal- mur Stefansson, who vear founded the colony on Wrangell Jsland which is reported from Nome 1o have heen carried off by a Russian transport, said today that the colony comprised | skimos and Charles Wells of Uniontown, Pa. The colony was not founded in be- half of Great Britain, but of the Tnited States throush an eorporation Nome, Mr. declared Stefansson This situation is up to the United States The he caid Russian claim to Wrangells Is- %and is 0 weak as to be negligible from *he historical lezal point of view Mr. Stefansson continued. “No Russian ~ver eaw Wrangell Island as far as we Xknow until 1911, That 62 after the British discovered it ars after the United States steamships rwin and Rogers planted the United tates flag there in bebalf of their Gov- ernment.” The explorer pointed out that he was & Canadian by birth and a long-time resident of the United States. All his work on the island had been in behalf ©f these two countries, and he was con- vinced ‘from his historical studies that Gireat . Britain and the United States were the only nations that had a claim 1o the island Fails to Impress Governments, “For two vears I sought to impress the British zovernment with the need for colonizing Wrangell as a future vase for intercontinental = dirigible and airplane traffic, as well as a valuable immediate commercial as- set, especially for furs and reindeer breeding, walrus hunting and seal- ing,” said Stefansson. “But the British and Canadian gov- ernments, although recognizing their ciaim to the island by right of d covery and exploration, could not see my plans for colonization. So a vear azo I transferred my personal interest tn the American corporation in Nome and supervised colomization of the i-land under the leadership of the man from Pennsylvan PROTEST SENT HERE. Leaders Lack Details of Men's Removal. Alaska Special Disy NOME, Alaska, October 1 \ American citizen, s left on Wrangel Is by Capt. Harold Noice, have en taken to Siberia b Soviet cut- . and steps have been taken here 1o ask Washington to act, The report of Wells' removal was Lrought here by Capt. Castel of the s hooner Aarnout, which arrived from Fast Cape, Siberia, today. Capt. tel said he unable to learn whether the removal had been by turce or by consent. —Charles and 13 Protest Sent The Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed a pro- {est to the American Department of State and to the Alaskan delegation in Congress. Purchasers of Wrangell nunting and fishing rights claimed by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. the explorer, also announced that they immediate- Jv would telegraph to Washington a request for governmental action. According to Capt. Castel the Soviet cutter, which had the Wrangell colonists on board, passed East Cape, Siberia, en route to Emma Harbor or Indian Point, Siberia. Possession of the island has been disputed by several countries or their nationals, including American citi- zens. (Cops Fritain Newspaper WELLS WITH BRITISH. to U. in United States, Great Japan by North American All right reserved.) Canada Alliai (*harles Wells, although believed to Le an American citizen, was a_mem- Ler of a British expedition to Wran- rell Island headed by Capt. Harold Nofoe in 1923, for the purpose of Eps- (Continue, ‘age 2, Column an October confiscated | ago | American | and last | Rapid Growth of Ever since 1918, shortly after the communism idea had boiled and seethed in Russia to bring about fhe overthrow there of monarchical gov ernment, rumors have been afloat ir the United States warning the people that a_similar movement here would some day be successful; that at some time the ultra-radical classes would | arise and uproot the present Govern- { ment, bringing about u chaos in this | country similar to that which II:IN{ 1 prevailed in Russia. These rumors have been over with a laugh. The: looked upon by many as national bugaboo, and the Communists accomplishing have as fairy tales | | some six years back | many were the tales told of the un- | rest which “red” axgitators had stirred | [up in the United States. These tales | | &radually grew to such proportions | ‘(h;u the Government's interest was SHENANDOAH VISIT 0 SAN FRANCISCO PREVENTED BY GALE passed have been onstituting | stories of or radicals often | vhat | wer. heen ' Dirigible, Delayed by Storms, | . Skirts City—To Call on Return Trip. By the Associated Press. FRANCISCO, October dirigible Shenandoah, | because of storms and head i encountered last night on her trip | from San Diego to San Frangisco ong the California coast, today put &e in the air to Mayor James . jr. saying the aircraft would t San Francisco until her re- | turn trip. | The Shenandoah continued up the | coast without entering San Francisco 17.—The | deiayed | winds | The message downe said: | “Passing San Francisco. Regret | steady headwinds prevented Shenan- | doah reaching San Francisco vester- day before sunset. Will.come to San Francisco on return to San Diego. As the news was relayed through- out the city and the disappointed { residents settled down to a routine | | day, the Shenandoah was reported off | | Point Reyes at 6:30 am, 23 miles | north of San Francisco. from Comdr. Lans- | | | | BUCKS HEADWINDS. | IShenandm\h Makes Slow Headway in Pacific Gale. | By the Associated Pre | ABOARD U. 8 October 1 Bucking a Z20-mile-an- hour headwind the Navy dirigible Shenandoah cut diagonally across the Pacific from Point Arguello to Point Piedras Blancas last night. Flyving at a height of 1,500 feet, she rode above the ocean, sighting an oc- | casional ship, steadily as if the moonlight night were calm in the face of the blow. She was not mak- ing more than 25 miles to 30 miles an | hour. Eight superdreadnaughts | practice lay like a painting on a miniature sea as the Shenandoah passed 2,000 feet above the United | States lattle fleet yesterday. The Shenandoah officially belongs to |the scout cruiser fleet in the Atlantic, | while the battleship fleet, busily en: | gaged in target practice, leaving {broad white wakes as it circled bhe- | tween San Pedro and Santa Catalina | Island, belongs to the Pacific. The | Shenandoah had come from the At- ‘lanu(‘ a ship of the air, but, never- | theless, a Navy ship making a new record. When the Panama Canal {cut $,000 miles from the course {over which the Oregon doubled the | Horn in 1898, the two American flects | were separated by weeks. but the | Shenandoah flight has reduced the separation to one of days. As the Shenandoah approached out of the { chill fog, the sun. bursting through, |illuminated her like a silver arrow in the sky. The decks of the battle- | ships, far below, were alive with men | and puffs of smoke ceased as binocu- INars in the control car of the dirigible | revealed the upturned faces watching the sister ship of the skies. SHENANDOAH. at target | Obexerves Conventions. Admiral Moffett followed onventions by requesting per- | n to proceed on duty from Ad- |miral Robinson, commander of the | flect, aboard the California. It was! | the first exchange in history between | an admiral of the sea and an admiral | of the air. *“Thank vou for cominx | {over, the fleet, and a pleasant voyage added the admiral. The vacant spaces in subdivisions showed signs of life as the Shenan- doah turned inland over San Pedro toward Los Angeles. Roofs of every skyscraper in the city were crowded. | The dirigible headed out to sea an hour later. The escort of airplanes from San Diego turned back at Los Angeles. A lone aviator circled the ship at Santa Barbara shortly before 4 p.m., while the shore boulevard was lined with automobiles for more than a mile. Steady winds held the Shenandoah down to 30 miles an hour. The chilly weather cleared during the forenoon, but the winds did not abate. e FACE COAL FAMINE. | i | Chinese Upheaval Stops Fuel Sup- ply in Tientsin Foreign Quarter. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, October 17.—The Kailan mining administration announced to- v that local coal stocks were ex- hausted, Cold weather is soiting in and the entire foreign community here will suffer the m intense hardship without a coal supply. The coal supply is interrupted sole- ly on account of military incompe- tency, it was said, e > o Startling Evidence Revealed In U. S. Probe of Communists Reports of Investigation Squad Show Upon Overthrow of Government. \0BREGON E Red Ranks Intent aroused and an investigation squad was formed to do nothing but Keep watch on all radical meetings. Reports from this squad were of a startling nature, showing that bol- | shevism had mnot only acquired foothold in the United States, but so that this foothold had become | sufficiently secure bLe considered by officials as a national menace. A full and mplete record of the work | of these investigators has been re- 2 n Washington and is on his ot described Krowth of communisi in Amdrica It vealed that prominent men were | behind it, and that through its anization “red” le; in Moxcow hoped to accomplish the overthrow of th United States Government by force. And it enumerated illegal acts perforn by instigators of the | movement in furtherance of their purpose to substitute for the present Government a_“pro wime wherein capital would b Pl Boys Build Fires With Dynamite to See ‘Pretty Flame’, By the Associated Press POTTSVILLEL Pa Informed by school pupils had dynamite their pos the local after nvestization, announced that three pupiis, all vears of had confessed taking a box-of dynamite from the Sher- man Coal Company operation her and had used the death sticks for Kindling wood. ing to the police the fessed building a fire the stlcks because they “pretty blue flame confiscated the rem Toot on | | Octaber teachers that in session, polic, an today under dealing Accord- boys con- with 40 of made such The pol inder of the T4PLEAD GUILTY jare m RING TRIALS Five of Myersville, Md., De- fendants Fight Charges of Aiding Irate Wife. | flooding | lauding La Follette Special Dispatel to Th FREDERICK. When court o ment today of the the Myersville 14 of Fuilty October for the arraign- 19 defendants in tar-and-feather case, number entered pleas of riot five pleaded not ned the to and | suilty Judges Urner and Peter ordered the immediate taking of evidence to de- termine the degree of guilt of the 14, and the hearing of evidence to dete mine whether the shall be tried. In this hearing the details of the attack upan Dorothy Grandon by Mrs. Mary Shank in the presence of a mob on the highway at Myersville, Md., Jast Jule. will be gone over again, but it was believed this morn- ing that nightfall would see the end | of it and the sentencing of those held guilty in the eves of the court others Previous Casex Included. Mrs. Mary Shank, who pleaded guilty three weeks ago when the s were opened. and Harry Leather- man and Arthur Rice, members of the alleged mob, w were convieted 1 5 were among the 11 entering of guilty, the court deciding that the evidence in the Leatherman and Rice cases would be admitted toda Others who pleaded guilty we Alvin and Irving Ric ank. Roma Shank. Grays: John Langdon, rold William Haupt. Walter Shan Shepley and Vernon Summe The | five who pleaded not guilty are: Paul | rossnickle, Joh Shepl Chester | umme Claud Toms Howard T today o and Daub, was indicted, beliey twentieth of those never arrested and is have left the County. | charged that the men to attack Miss Grandon. | who was accused of intimacy with | Lloyd Shank, her husband XPELS ALIEN MERCHANTS Orders Ouster of Eight Who Re- fused to Obey New Income Tax Law. i | | By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, October 17.—Presi- dent Obregon today ordered the ex- pulsion from the country of eight leading foreign merchants of Puebla City, who had refused to comply with | the new income tax law. The eight in- clude three Spaniards, four French- | men and one Arab, In refusing to comply with the tax law the forelgn merchants were obey- ing a ruling of the Puebla Chamber of Commerce which decided to boy- cott any of its members who pald the . tax, its attitude of protest against the recently decreed tax measure being adopted later on by the National Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City and by many other trade organizations. President Obregon thought, how- ever, that the foreign merchants had “ignored the dutles imposed by hos- pitality and had shown a lack of re- spect for the authorities.” It is un- derstood that he ordered the expul- sion to create an example before other merchants heeded the chamber of commerce boycott, Radio Programs—Page 42, ito | ehan EDGE INIOWA HELD BYG. 0.P. DESPITE BROOKHART REVOLT “He’ll Keep Us Out of Trou- ble,” Slogan Wins Many to Coolidge. LA FOLLETTE STRENGTH CUTS INTO BOTH RIVALS Progressive Candidate Has Many Followers Among Farmers and Laborers. U respondent of The Sta Towa, October P us out of trouble.” That is the essence of the Coolidge campaign in Jowa. It's having its ef- fect here—as it is in other State as the Wilson “He-kept-us-out- war” slogan carricd many of the Western states for the Democratic party in 1916, so this appeal of the Re- publicans, holding up Coolidge as kind of lightning-rod to shed radicalism, hard times and the like, is working among the people now. To zive zest to the claim, since Mr. Coolidze has been President conditions in have improved. This applies 10 the farmers. He is not out of the wonds yet, but he's on the way. The hos—Towa is the greatest hog-raising State in the Union. and is second only to Texas in the matter of cattle bringing approximately $12 in the Ch cago market and about $11.15 in Oma- ha. This the highest price since August, 1 A year and a half ago a hoz was worth only about one-half this amount. The wheat and corn prices are well up. although the the crops are shorter than usual, 17 Brookhart Storm Center. rookhart, on the ballot as Repub- lican candidate for Senmator, but repudiator of the ticket and advocate of La F the storm nter. It is F und the supporters of Brookiart who King possible the strone ra Which Senator La Follette is putting up in lowa, a “ribbed Republican State sinee as a pup, which was some time ago. The man who did probably more than any else to put Brookhart on the political map—. Dante Pierce, »r of the Hom stead. backing fLa Follette -and the farms with his paper nd condemning’ the Republican administration. Lewis H. Cook, who handled some of the Brookhart campaigns, is directinis the Follette campaign. La Follette self, of course, makes an appeal many of the Labor voters in the ate He liked by many of the rmers. He delivered an address lere o one of the mreatest erowids that ever assembled in Des Moines hear a political specch anl loudly apniauded. lotte, is « kKhart to is Brookhart to Win. Brookhart s senatorial race doubt of that in though some of the trying to persuade their man. Steck gruntled Republican Brookhart's lead opponent is estimated all way from 100,000 to 400,600 votes. Ste vas a MeAdoo supporter at New and also Id not vote to “name the Klan,” which is hurting him now Such being the case, why has Cool- idge a chance to win in Towa? In the first place, Brookhart is running as a Republican. Many of his support- -rs will vote the straight Republican ticket. This means Coolidge as well as Brookhart. If they vote for Brook- hart and La Follette, sthey must split their tickets—a ticklish job for some voters. In 1 officers to unty. The Republicans running for these offices will be elect- ed in large numbers. They will go out to get their friends to the polls zoing There to his little mind are that dis- has a over his win seems anyhody's Demoera: s themselyos with some support, k York be elected in ev c who are Lon election day, and they will be in- | teres | punti d in secing them vote the Re- an ticket. Then, there' situation. La Follette's new. It has caused a lot of enthu- sm. But a wise political observer here evolved the maxim that in a new ause the enthusiasm must deep in at least three-fourths of the voters if a majority is to be recorded for that causc at the polls. When election day rolls around, many a voter will feel the tug of old party alliances, the psychology of the movement is « The 0. . Majority =e. Republican majority in Towa— with only the Democrats to reckon with—is huge. In ceived in round numbers, 634,000 votes to 227,000 for Cox, or a_plurality of 107,000 vot Since 1872, lowa has s electoral vote for the Repub- an nominee except in one instance nt for Woodrow f the split aft in the » n then, the osevelt and Taft vote 100,000 greater than the vote. Follette strength was from the Republicans ult like that of 1912 expected. though the Re- vote of 1920 could be cut in two and still the Democratic strength_would be less than either that of Coolidge or La -Follettd. But the La Follette ticket is going .to draw from the Democrats as well as from the Republicans. So it appears that John W. Davis has little show of figuring prominently in the re- sults in lowa this vear. The Demo- cratic managers will tell you that he has a chance, that they believe the Republicans may swing to him in the end to prevent La Follette from carrying the State. But that sounds like political propaganda. Prefer La Follette. When you get them down to bed rock, the Democrats admit that they would prefer to see La Follette carry the State than Coolidge. Anything to beat Coolidge. They do not believe, of course, that La Follette can be clected President—or many of them would prefer to vote for Coolidge. But they believe that a vote for La Follette is half a vote for Davis, since they figure that if the elec- tion is thrown into the House Davis will sit in the White House. It may be that the Democrats wiil try to throw their strength to La Follette in the last few days of the Wilson in hetween Republican mbined was about Demoeratie If the La coming mere possibly a might b publican strike | 1920 Harding re- | (o164 i Coolidge-Dawes | { | | | He | R ddition to this, there are | OBER 17, 1924 —FIFTY-SIX PAGES. + as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’: s Circulation, 97,080 TWO CENTS. WHEN | was A cHILD | was A REPUBLICAN, | GREW UP A REPUBLICAN, | RAN AS A RE- PuBLICAN, T WAS ELECTED Ay A REPUBLI- CAN, BUT WHEN 1 Took, MY SEAT AS A REPUBLICAN, I PUT AWAY MY REPUBLICAN PRIWNCIPLES PROGRESSIVE POLICY H KOHLSAT DS FROM PARALYSS Former Publisher and Ad- viser of Presidents Was Guest in Hoover’s Home. | | H caro many H. Kohlsaat, noted former Chi publisher and friend of Presidents, died suddenly here at the home of Secretary Hoov- He was 71 vears old. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis suffered by Mr. Kohlsaat at the Hoover residence on Tuesday. Mrs. Kohlsaat and their two daugh- ters, Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago and Mrs. Roger Shepard of St. Paul, close were with him at the time of his | death. The former publisher had come to Washington on Sunduy for a rest and to renew old acquaintances here. ccepted Mr. Hoover's invitation to his house guest, and at the time of his arrival appeared to be in normal health. No_announcement stroke suffered on Tuesday. anl for L time there was hope of his re- covery. His condition took a turn for the worse early t however, and he passed away a minutes before mnoon Funeral ser tomerrow. President ably will attend. Ry special request’of Mr the body will be cremated. The funeral services will be held at the home of Sacretary Hoover, under the auspices of the iscopal Church, of which Mr. K wis 4 member. Physician's Statement. official bulletin Dr. Sterling sald: | * death < due to cereb . which n Tuesday morning. The paraly the throm- and for th he was was made of the fow icos are to be held her Coolidge prob- Kohlsaat In an R beg of his left side cau bosis gradually increa several hours preceding in coma.” cretary Hoover gave out the fol- lowing statement early this afternoo with ‘Mr. Kohlsaat ‘Mr. Kohl: t came to Washington ten days ago attend the ball games as the guest of Judge Landis. He seemed unusually tired and consented to rest a few days at my house. On Sunday and Monday he suffered from severe headaches. He came down to breakfast Monday, but collapsed about 11 o'clock with paralysis and sank steadily from then on. 2 Y Groree. V. NoRRAS NEBRASKA PARAPHRASED MACDONALD'S VOICE FAILS IN CAMPAIGN British Premier Unable to Speak at Luncheon—Baldwin Unopposed for Re-Election. H. KOHLSAAT. By the Associated Prese LONDON, October 17.—The ousness of Premier MacDonald's politi- cal campaign and speech-making tour has affected his voice, which was some- what w k when Parliament adjourned. Reaching Cardiff this morning, Mr. MacDonald was entertained at a private luncheon, but was unable to make a speech because his voice practically iled. He procceded later to his own divirion at Aberavon. The nact between the Liberals and the Conservatives to avoid unnecessary contests today produced the announce- ment that the Liberals had decided not to oppose Stanley Baldwin in the Bewe- ly Division, thus giving Mr. Baldwin an unopposed return. Speaking at Queen's Hall this after- noon, Winston Churchill took credit for the fact that the Liberals and Conserva- tives are co-operating to oppose the ad- strenu- Pays High Tribute. Kohlsaat and_his two daugh- ters. Mrs. Palmer of Chicago and Mrs. epard of St. JPaul, hastened to Washington and have been with him since Wednesday “Mr. Kohlsaat has been a valued ¢riend of every President since Me- Kinley. He has always refused pub- lie office, but has ziven himself un- remittingly to public service. Those of us who have enjoyed his friend- ship mourn deeply our personal los: and the loss of his services to his country.” For many years Mr. Kohlsaat had been on terms of intimacy with a wide circle of public men. He was consulted on public questions by Me- Kinley, Roosevelt, Wilson and Hard- ing, and many times had been a house guest at the White House. Recently he had rot taken an ac- tive part in politics, but remained the friend and advicer of those of his many acquaintances who are in pub- lic life. He had retired from active newspaper work in 1913 and had de- voted much time since to the writing of historical sketches of public events with which he hud had an irtimate personal connection. Well Known Journalist Mr. Kohlsaat was well known as & journalist through his many years connection with Chicago newspapers. He owned and edited at different times the Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chi- cago Times-Herald, Chicago Record- Herald and Chicago Evening Post. For 30 years he was active in the public affairs of the city, both as an editor and as a private citizen. He played a prominent part in the investigations that resulted in the United States Senate declaring vacant the seat of Senator William Lorimer. He furnished the information that re. sulted in bringing Lorimer before the Senate the second time, after he had been vindicated in the first hearing. Mr. Kohlsaat was born at Albion, Edwards County, Ohio, March 22, 1853, and’ was taken to Galena, Iil, by his parents when a child. He was edu- cated in Galena, following which he .went to Chicago and found employ- ment as a newspaper carrier and later as a salesman for a wholesale bak- ery. His next venture was the cater. ing business, which he started on his own account and in a few years he Mrs (Continued on Page 4,~Column 2.) ~"(Continued on Page 4, Column 1, vance of socialism. This, he said. he hus urged for years. He declared that the day would come 5 or 10 years hence when a government representative of forces of the left must hear the responsi- bilits in the country. But if defeats arc inflicted on the Socialists on this and succeeding elections. he added, they would drop the ‘‘nonsense” borrowed from Karl Marx and would be fit to take part in bearing the responsibilities of | the state when their time came. BETRdTHAL IS CONFIRMED Press Arnnounces Engagement of : Italy’s Crown Prince. ROME, October 17.—The newspa- pers here yesterday confirmed the engagement of Crown Prince Hum- bert of Italy and Princess Marle Jose, daughter of the Belgian King and Queen. The engagement of Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium and Prin- cess Mafalda, daughter of the King and Queen of Italy, is expected to be announced either November 4 or on | the King’s birthday, November 11. | VETERAN CONSUL DIES. G. H. Murphy, 38 Years in Serv- ice, Expires Zurich. ZURICH, Switzerland, October 17.— George H. Murphy, American consul general here, died today of apoplexy, aged 64 years. He entered the consular service in 1886 and had filled posts in many parts of the world, including Cen- tral America, Canada, Germany and South Africa. AN ey English Planes Bomb Frontier. PARIS, October 17.—EKnglish air- planes patrolling the frontier be- tween Irak and Turkey flew over Cherami on October 14 and dropped a number of bombs, Injuring two women, according to a message re- ceived today from Angora by the Havas Agency. The situation on the border otherwise is not changed. 2 | necticut rece | like FROM PAUL. .0.P. CONDUCTING HARDSENATEFIGHT Seek to Make Upper Chamber “Safe for Coolidge”—Sit- uation Is Complex. BY FREDERIC Behind the se, the licans WILLIAM nes of the which th have won WILE. fizht for presidency., Repub- think they fight going on. of hardly gravity. That contest rages around the desire to make the United States Senate “safe for Coolidge.” It aims in detail at securing reliable “Republican bloc” votes, in order that “nominal Repub- licans,” constituting the “La Follette bloc,” cannot frustrate Coolidge poli- ies. To that stratezy Republican atorial campaign managers through- out the country now are bending every energy. They are indulging in no air castles. Some of them fr: fear that the Senate in the ninth Conzress may be as intractable, from an administration standpoint, as its ungovernable predecessor. 49 en- . Sixty- Count Shows Tensity. A simple proposition in senatorial arithmetic shows the tensity of the situation. In the present (and cxpir- ing) Congress the Republicans have only & paper majority. Including the seats from Rhode Island and - Iy vacated by the pass- ing of Senators Colt and Brande the Republicans have votes: Democrat 5. and Farmer- Laborite But Messrs Follette Brookhart, are clussified ax publicans.” Sometimes ¢ leaders give them stronger names, “masqueraders” and “renegades.” The quintette brings down the reg lar Republican strength in the ate to 46, or three be.ow a majority There are three other nominal Re- publicans who are considered semi- a Follette Dblocsters, or at least to becor uch on occasion are Johnson of California Norbeck South Dakota na Howell of Thus the Co lidge high command contemplates the possibility of an anti-administra- tion bloc, from emergency to emerg- ency, of eight votes. the £ Ladd and only “nomin of Need Three Seats. What, therefore, is vequired to make the Senate “safe for Coolidge” is the capture by the Republicans of at least three existing Democratic sen: torial seats. They require. as well, to hold all of the existing Republican seats. If these two objectives accomplished, the “Coolidge would be independent of the La lette bioe. provided Senators Johnson, Howell and Norbeck did not join La FKollette. Counting thes three Senators as “reliable” and not “nominal” Republicans, the total would be 46, The addition of three new Republicans Senators would then assure the administration “regula control of the Senate by a margin of exactly one vote. Some Republicans think Senator Couzens of Michigan not a dependable fixture on the ‘“reg- ular” reservation. If he straved from it with any frequency, th oolidge bloc” would find itself in a prec position. Senator are bloc™ Fo George H. Moses Hampshire, who is chairman of Republican senatorial committee, is assigned the task of manufacturing a Coolidge Senate. The committe has its eye on some promising pros- pects to that end. It expe s to de feat Senator David 1. Walsh, Demo- crat, in Massachusetts, and elect Speakep Frederick H. Gillett, Re publican, in his stead. The Republi- cans hope to smash Senator A, Ows ley Stanfey, Democrat, in Kentuc and supplant him with Fred M. Sack- ett, Republican, ville businessman. Senator Stanley is faced by bitter ovposition in his own party, headed by the powerful Louis ville Courier-Journel contingent, and of by the combined church. prohibition | and antl-race tratk elements. In Colorado, New Mexico. Oklaho- ma and Montana the Republicans are counting on winning Democratic seats. It is the short-term Colorado seat, now occupied by Alva B. Adams, | that' it is hoped to take away. Rice W. Means, district attorney for Denver, is the Republican candidate. Senator Lawrence C. Phipps, Re- publican, who seeks re-election for the long term, is having a Stff fight, and Colorado may give the G. O. I only an even split. There, as all over the West, the shadows of La Follette and the Klan are cast to such an extent that anything approximating reli- able calculations is impossible at this hour. another | a regular and ! Hiram | a prominent Louis- | 0P HOPES TO USE §1,300,000 BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION Butler Tells Borah “Slush” Fund Committee $3,000,000 Is Total Sought. PARTY ALREADY GIVEN $1,700,000 IN CAMPAIGN Figure Modest Compared With Other Races, Chairman Asserts. Quizzed on Publicity. Ity ihie Ascoriated Prese, CHIC"AGO, October 17.—The Repub- | lican national campaign organization | intends, ditional if possible, to collect an ad- $1,300,000 to carry on it work between now and election da: William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee, testi fied today before the special Senatr campaign fund investigating commit tee. This sum would make up the $ 000,000 budget which the Republic ampaign committee decided at the outset of the campaign would be necessary for the conduct of wha Butler denominated as a “vigorou ampaizn.” “That is a modest amount of expenditures that have been ma heretofore,” President Coolidge’s fie marshal told the committee Usex of Fund Asked. Borah inquired as uses to which the funds had been iput. and Mr. Butler said it was used by the various bureaus within the or- ganization. Are there any organizations which re raising money and expending it for the Republican ticket other than | your own organizaiton?’ asked Sena- tor Borah. “None that the different Butler ceplied. enator Caraway, Democrat, Arkan- sas. 100k over the examination g you the sole authority when the question of what sha not he done with the funds raised?” he asked “That's a_difficult swer,” Butler replied advice of other people Fixed Publicity Quota. are the final authority? pursued Senator Caraway. “You answer that ‘ves or ‘mo.’ " “Yes, that's right,” the airman said. When you made the estimate at th= | start of the campaign did you decide {how much was to be spent on publ fey2? in view i Chairman the 1 aware of except organizations.” am State comes to or shall question to “I take | { “But you national Work of Colored People. “I noticed in your budget that tiers was approximately $36,000 allotted for the college clubs and only $5,000 for the farmers.” 1 think the there. 1 don't well, treasurer. i1 noticed for work What's the They have kers and have people was some mistake that's right." figures of your thin those are the allotment of $30.000 am colored peopl nature of that work their headquarters and correspondence. Then comins ser an they them 1 the assume from your answer tha expenses of those coming to them are paid.” Are there any items of expense d@isclosed in the statement treasurer?” Senator Caraway ued 1 think not “As to the expense for publi does that include “boiler plate A good deal “And ‘canned Mr. Butler seemed the Senator explained. About E et newspapers to print ed itori st out by the Republican o ganization without their disclosing | their source. “I don't know d Senator Caraway inquired abou the letter of the Massachusetts mi | facturer inviting contributions to ti tepublican campaign in excess of the {legal amount with a promise th the contributions would be “covered up. ! "Mr. Butler declared the Repablican | organization not only had nothing t do with that but disapproved of it. The Arkansas Scnator then wante to know about the part assigned | Joseph Grundy of Bristol. Pa., tv raise $300.000 in Pennsylvania | “Mr. Butler said the national or ganization had not approved of Jetter sent out by Grundy solicitinz funds. He also denied that he had conferred with Grundy and other | about raising runds in Pennsylvania | At Lunch with Grun | Mr. Butler said he had addresscd | a luncheon meeting in Philadelphix 1 route to Washington at which undy was present You fixed the budget at aid Senator Caraway, called on Pennsylvania for $600,000 ifth of the wmount; why ws not contin ty 35 editorials’ ™ nonplussed Axkx “You about that,” the wit a n started to and raway broke i because vou regarded | Pennsylvania as a fruitful field?" he asked. “1 had hoped so," Butler replied. Illinois was put down for $400.000 of the total for a similar reason. Senator Caraway remarked that if the Republican organization had gon on the same percentage basis through the 48 States it would have received more than a billion dollars. “No, no," said Mr. Butler. Detailed List Promised. The Republican national chairman was excused after he had agreed to supply a detailed list of all campaign contributions and expenditures with- {in a few day. | George Barr Baker, director of the publicity bureau of the Republican committee, was called and gave de- tails of the expenditure of $137,000 up to Octoher 10 last by his bureau. Questioned as to the cost of certain { types of publicity, Baker said matrix material for a list of rural papers had cost approximately $20,000. Asked by Senator Borah subject matter of such material Baker said the text usually * with the moment." “One release,” he continued, ‘debunking’ La Follette.” “How much did that cost you Rutle explain | | Bo to the Mr. ried “was -