Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 19

VOTE GRAFT PROBE | OPENS TOMORROW Senate Committee to Start Inquiry Into lllinois Pri- mary in Chicago. B the Associated Press JCHICAGO, July 24.-All the tales of political chicanery told behind terred doors to four nd juries since Illinois beld its April primaries 3 for the mill of a special United States Senate election investi sating committee, which meets here Monday, under the chairmanship of Senator James A. Reed There is no indication how far it nay proceed into the jumble of ing, slush funds, alliapces of politi s with gunmen and ‘hootleggers and other irregular- iues which have been charged in the last three month ime, these things stand at least as 2 packground for the committee in its particular mission of discovering how much Frank L. Smith and Sen- ator William B. McKinley spent in their contest for the Republican sen atorial nomination and how much it cost George Brennan, Democratic leader, to crush the faction of his party which opposed him Senate Fight Mere Detail. The Senate fight was only a detail in Cook County of bitter factional contests over nominations for county offices, and Smith and McKinley found their fortunes linked in Chicago and its environs with the fortunes of the " opposing = Republican factions which supported them. Charg: ising from the county contests already have resulted in in- dictment of more than 100 election workers and a complete recount of the vote. The recount includes, at Reed’s request, the vote on the sena- torlal races in both parties. The handling of the Smith and McKinley campaigns in Cook County by the two Republican factions embroiled in grand jury investigations of the bal- loting interlocks the senatorial tion in Cook County wi combats. founa fa ension linked with nd gang feuds, rison conditions and Tilinois politics in_general. None of the grand juries has been interested specifically in the Smith- McKinley contest nor in Brepnan's ampaign for the Democratic Senate | nomination. But some of the juries | have been very much interested in how hundreds of thousands of votes apparently were counted for candi- dates who did not receive them, and in how much money and influence were poured.into the campaign by actional groups in- behalf of their candidates. Crowe to Be Subpoenaed. State’s Attorney Robert“E. Crowe, whose group appeared to have won overwhelmingly before the recount began, will be subpoenaed Almost every investigation of mo- ment in Cook County and its vicinity since the primary evoked testi- mony linking politics ‘and crime. Brennan, Illinois Democratic com- mitteeman, attracted less attention with his candidacy for the Democratic Senate nomination than did the Smith-MciKinley Republiéan contest, for Brennan was a conceded victor. & recount of “votes has shown at his triumph was made more con sive by the counting of ballots for | his slate which were not-cast for it. And Brennan has been charged with having a bipartisan alliance with the controlling Republican faction of Cook County by which he traded sup- port and favors, thus obtaining a indirect voice in Republican affairs while keeping control of his own party. THEATER SUES SHOWMEN FOR CALLING OFF SHOW Howard Company Asks $2,000 Damages From Managers of Last Week’s Review. Suit to recover $2,000 damages was fled yesterday in the District Su- preme Court by the Howard Theater Co. against Earl Dancer and Louis Schooler, trading as the Ethel Waters Co., for alleged breach of contract. Through _Attorneys James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett the com- pany says it made a contract with the defendants July 3 to put pn the show for a week beginning July 19 for three performances dally and one “midnight ramble” under a guar- nntee of $2,500. The defendants fail- ed to carry out the contract, it is claimed. The theater has been closed as the result of the row over the employ- ment of non-union musicians, but ex- pects to reopen tomorro BANK ORDERED CLOSED. West Virginia Institution Has $133,527 Liabilities. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 2 (P —The Bank 'of Cabin ‘Croek, o cated at Cabin Creek, near here, was closed today by the State banking department, which assumed control of the institution’s affairs & year ago. Shrinkage of deposits and inability to realize on loans were given as reasorfy for the action. Liabilities were placed at $133,527, including deposits of $93,- 35. The bank was capitalized at ey Ten thousand refrigerator cars are required to transport the grape crop from the vineyards around Lodi, Calif, Your Painful Arches with LYNCO Muscle-Building Arch Cushions LYNCOS give immediate and con- WiDE worth D A photo of Mount Ngauruhoex, New Zealand's active volcano, flinging debris and ashes 2,000 feet into the air during a recent eruptior. SEES 6. 0. P. GRIP ON SENATE BROKEN Gerry Predicts Party Spit Will Put Democrats in Control. By the Associated Press " A prediction that the Democrats will control the next Senate was made vesterday by Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee, who declared that the Republican party was split into two factions, seemingly evenly divided on the tariff. “The Republican party is so badly divided and has been for some time that it could not have organized the Senate last year had the full Demo- cratic strength voted.” he said. “The Democrats refused, however, to make any_coalitions. “The country must realize that the only -party that has been 3 agree on a policy and car has been the Democrats, Republigans in the last session of { Congress were only able to enact leg- | islation on important measures by Democratic assistance. “The people, in my judgment, have decided that one of the two parties must be in actual control of the ate, able to carry out a leg program. The Democratic party the only one today which has a party program. It represents sound, pro- gressive principles and can be relied upon to carry them out in a sane way."” Senator Gerry said the Democrats in Congress intended, among other things, to press for tariff revision. SPANISH HEIR'S ILLNESS DELAYS TRIP PLANNED Doctor Formerly Attending Him ‘Was Arrested in Alleged Plot on Prime Minister. By Cable to The Star. HENDAYE, France, July 24.—The Spanish Prince of Asturias, heir to the throne, is seriously ill. Although his condition is not considered. dan- gerous, it is enough to bring a post- ponement of his trip to Santiago de Galicia. The prince was under the care of Dr. Maranon, who was arrested with the other alleged plotters against the De Rivera regime. Since then the doctor has mnot been able to attend the prince, and the public is begin- ning to voice a demand that De Rivera allow him to do so, as the prince is apparently worse since the doctor's care was removed. 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Mee Hong, quick to realize the possibili- ties, enlarged his holdings and soon became a capitalist, known as the “Father of Tia Juana.” | His funeral yesterday resembled a state ceremony U. S. SHIP LINE REPORTED | Morgan, Now in London, Expected to Take Hand in Renewed Nego- tiations, Paper Says. By the Associated Press LONDON, July 24—The Sunday Express wiill say tomorrow that the American group is eager to reopen the | negotiations for the sale of the Mer- cantile Marine Company of New Jer- | sey to a British group headed by Fur- ness, Withy & Co., Ltd. J. P. Morgan, American financier, who arrived at London vesterday, is expected to take a hand in the mat- ter. The deal for the sale of the White Star Line to a British syndicate broke down only about & week ago. 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