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INCHAM BEFENDS SN OF EXPERT Tells Lobby Inquiry There » Was Nothing improper in Employment of Eyanson. . (Continued Prom PFirst Fage.) There were frequent clashes bstween himself and members of the investigat- ‘committee. .‘en-ux ‘Bingham resented, he said, the line of questioning of some of the committee members. The committee- men on the other hand protested that he would not answer their questions directly. son, following Senator Bingham, testified that after he returned to Con- necticut after appearing before an ex- ecutive session of the Senate finance committee as Senator Bingham's secre- tary, he received a pel Senator Bingham for $1.000. The check was not accompanied by a letter, he sald, and in response to guestions told the subcommittee that he had it in his jon mow. He recelved it about ber 5 and gave as his explanation | of not having cashed it that he thought he had not earned it. Prior to going on the pay roll of the Sénate, he said, he received remunera- tion as assistant to the president of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association. i He did not discuss salary with Senator | Bingham, he said. There was no talk | about money, even the amount received by him from the disbursing clerk of the | Senate. One morning while in the committee | room, Bingham asked him to go to the | Senate disbursing office in company with his secretary and take the utl’\l as & Senate employe, Eyanson said. Later, when he was paid by the Senate disbursing office, he turned over the envelope to Senator Bingham without comment. Holds Matter Personal. “Mr, Bingham looked at it and put | #t in his pocket without saying any- | thing,” the witness testified. Senator Waish asked Eyanson if he | had written to Senator Bingham about | the $1,000 and expressed surprise that he should have received such a cheek | and kept it since last September with- | out saying anything to Mr. Bingham about It. Eyanson told the committee that it ‘was & delicate personal matter and one - he preferred to discuss personally with | the Senator. “Is Senator )lns!’um & man of con- siderable means?” Walsh asked. Eyanson answered that he did not | know. { ‘The witness told the committee that his aggregate traveling and hotel ex- penses in Washington amounted to $1,400, but that the amount included of the Connecticut organiza- tion's executive assistant as well as his ator Bingham In Wi Bingham ! Senator Bingham told the committee at the outset there had been no viola- | © tion of the law in the employment of Mr. Eyanson. He said that he had been giad to get the services of & man qualified to aid him the consider- | ation of tariff duties in which his State House. v “At first I did not expect to have Mr, Eyanson at executive sessions of the finance committee;” said Senator regarding the metal schedule and others T IGEN. GAGE'S , REPORTS ARE COLLECTED Library of Congress Obtains Collection of Hitherto Unpublished Documents Dealing With Colonial History. This is the first of a series of articles on hitherto unpubdlished papers relating to the history of Colonial America. obtained by Dr. Samuel P. Bemis, éhief of the Buropean mission of the Lidrary of Congress, who has returned from two years’ research work abroad. BY THOMAS R. MENRY. ! “I have now nothing to trouble your lordship with but an afair that | happened here on_the 19th instant.” Thus, writing from Boston. April 22, 1775, Maj. Gen. Thomas Gage, com- mander-in-chief of British forces in North America, opened his report to Vis- count Barrington, British war minister, on the battles of Lexington and Concord. Gage kept & duplicate of the report for his own papers and it is one of the hitherto unpublished documents included in the half-million photostats secured in Burope during the past two years by the European mission of the Library | of Congress under the direction of Dr. Samuel F. Bemis of George Washington | REVOLUTIONARY" | research students. Gen. Gage obviously was looking upon ‘ the stirring events which attended the birth of & nation from the opposite side of the fence to American writers on these celebrated skirmishes, He continues: “I, having_ intelligence of a large quantity of military stores being collected at Concord for the avowed purpose of supplying s body of troops to act in opposition to his maj- | esty’s government, got the grenadiers and light infantry out of town under command of Lieut. Col. Smith of the | 10th Regiment and Maj. Pitcairn of the Marines with as much secrecy as - | sible on the 18th at night, and with | orders to destroy such military stores, nd supj nted them the next morn- ng by light forces under cpmmand of Loxd Percy. “It appeared from the firing of alarm guns and ringing of bells that the march of Lieut. Col. Smith was dis- | covered and he was opposed by a body | of men within 6 miles of Concord; some | few of whom first began to fire on his | advance companies, which brought on | a fire from the troops that dispersed the body opposed to them and they proceeded to Concord, where they pro- ceeded to destroy all military stores they could find. | Lord Perey Arriven. | “On the return of the troeps they were attached from all quarters where any concealment was to be found from | whence it was practicable to annoy | them, and they were so fatigued with | their march that it was wi ith_difficulty they could keep out their flanking par- ties to remove the enemy at a distance, | they were at length a good desl exposed. Lord Percy then arriv-| ed opportunely to their assistance with | his brigade and two pieces of cannon, and notwithstanding s continuous skir- mish for & space of 15 miles, fired on from every hill, house, barn, fence, etc., his kmkmt kept the m%ofl and brought his troops to riestown from whence they were ferried over to . Too much praise cannot be given Lord activity and ‘men do, as in general, and the men bebaved with usual intrepidity. “Several are mow as- sembling this town with a threatening ousy in making preparations to oppose “I have the honor to transmit to to be laid | Knight of the ed on the 19th.” More Serieus View, | Less than & month Jater the British | commander was a much | serious view of the ation, for' he wrote to Viscount that “many thousands are m arms and | our' cause.” At the same time ne was around attitude and we are very | he check from | University. The papers are still in the possession of the Gage family, and special arrangements were made to photogrsph them for the benefit of American threatening an attack on the town, ,the gathering was drawn back to STUDIED BY A.F. L Canadian and Mexican Bor-! der Questions Discussed at Labor Parley. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, October 17.— Lavor's sentiment favoring further n-l striction of immigration into the United States, opposing monopoly in the radio broadeasting field and seking eare of older workers in industry was recorded yesterday by the American Federation of Labor convention. All business was suspended for one enthusiastic hour while delegates gave a demonstrative reception to Ramsay Macdonald, Labor premier of Great Britain, and listened to an address by him and a brief acknowledgment of the welcome by his daughter Ishbel. ’,\: castle and ships. They have published | routine sessions soon thereafter. the most false and infiammatory ac- counts of the skirmish on the 19th and robbed the mails of all letters giving & different aceount. “That the troops were first fired on 1 have not the least doubt, and it is astonishing that they showed as much moderation after that circumstance and | did not put many to death that it was | in their power to have destroyed.” Events were moving rapidly toward Bunker Hill. On June 12, & few days | before that celebrated encounter, the general reported to the war minister: “Things have now come to this cris that we must avail ourselves of every ! resource, even to raise the negroes in| writing to Lieut. Col. Caldwell, the British commander at Fort Niagara, urging him to “cultivate the friendship of the Indians as much as possivle so as to have a body of them ready to dispatch on the first notice.” Gage had consistently dlsgflr ‘Yankee farmers, but after the Bunker Hill on June 17, he bega get frightened and wrote to Barring- | ton: Success of “Rebels.” | “You will receive an aceount of some | success against the rebels, bul ittended with so long a list of killed and y nund- ed on our side that the hospital has hardly hands to take care of them. These people show a spirit and con- duct against us that they never showed against the French and everybody has judged them by their jormer eppear- aged the. battle of |ance and behavior when joined with the king’s forces in the late war, which | has led many into great mistakes. " are now spuited up by & rage and enthusiasm rs great as rver people were possessed of and you riust proceed in earnest or give the busincss up. You must have arge armies at- tack on different sides to divert their force. “Your lordship would be sstonished to see the tract of country they have entrenched and fortified. I wish this cursed place was burned. We are here taking the bull by the horns, attack- ing the enemy in their strong part.” In this report he urged Barrin, to send hired continental troops wrote: “The dye is cast and the rebels have been better prepared than anybody would believe, but affair: re not des- perate if the nation will exert her | force. You have too many amongst you of the same stamp as the Ameri- can rebels, The Americans have duped many others snd made them their tools. You have gone too far to re- | treat and therefore collect all the force you can and I I to bring the provinces to your terms. notwilhistapding all their gasconades.” % a Senator's e have followed that course in order to obtain the information he desired. He said he had just recently learned that in _which Connecticut is interested. | The chairman of the committee, how- ever, a different plan and the committee was divided into subcom- | mittees to hold the hearings. For thet | reason I was unable to attend the hear- | ings on all the schedules. I did not | have the time to read all the hearings | metal schedules and others and | found myself in a position of trying | on the metal schedule under | conditions. I asked the chair- | man of the committee, therefore, that | one of my secretaries should be present | to assist me in the executive | and the chairman said ‘Yes.'"” i Eyavsen Asked fo Take Oath. | Senator Bingham said that when it | was clear to him that Mr. Eyanson would have to go into the secret meet- ings of the finance committee he asked | Eyanson to take the oath of office and | g0 on the Senate roll. Senator Bing- | ham’s purpose, he said, in having| nson on the Senate roll was to have subject to the discipline of the Senate just as secretaries of other Senators. Eyanson took the place of one of Senator Bingham's regular secretaries. Senator Bingham said that the other man resigned temporarily to make this possible. Mr. Eyanson, he said, actually Teceived none of the Government money although he was on the pay roll oné month and two days. Senator Bingham read the committee the statute, which prohibits employes of | the Government from receiving salaries from outside concerns. He called at- tention to the fact that this statute applies only to employes of the execu- tive officers of the Government and that of Congress. “On his first pay day, Mr. Eyanson received the money from the finance clerk and handed it to me,” said Sena- tor Bingham. “I gave it to the clerk ‘who had resigned temporarily. On the second occas Mr. Eyanson handed the money directly to the clerk. “Perbaps thls was an error on part,” said Senator Bingham, “but only purpose was to have Mr. Eyanson sub to the discipline of the Senate W] he was attending secret sessions of the committee. During his service as my secretary he behaved in an ex- emplary manner. He togk no part in the committee's discussions. He did no lobbying. He did not talk to other Senators. He merely helped me with the information that I needed.” Loaned by Manufacturers. Senator Bingham told the commitiee that Mr_Eyanson had been loaned him by the Connecticut Manufacturers’ As- sociation, which continued to pay Mr. Eyanson’s salary. Senator Walsh of Montana wanted to know how Eyanson could e two masters. “That is not a fair question,” replied -Senator Bingham. He contended that ‘had served the people of Con- necticut and had given his attention to the tobacco and fishery tariff as well as to the tariff on manufactured articles. “Eyanson was drawing pay from the manufacturer?” asked Senator Walsh. ““Yes,” sald Senator Bingham. “Tech- nically he received Government money, ment money at the same time he was being paid by the manufacturers, and Senator Bingham replied that he had. “If there was anything wrong,” said !«na:er , It 'uh-?y t-uu.", < approve of that practice?” asked fllflor Caraway. “It he were to it would not therefore apply to employes . i certain minority members of the finance committee had had Tariff Commission employes assigned to their offices and had used them for clerks month after month. | Senator Walsh pointed out the dif- ference between taking s representative of the tariff commission into a Sena- tor's office to work on the tariff bill and employing & representative of & private manufacturers’ association. “Had I known that it was considered good practice to take tarift commiscion employes into Senators’ offices, I would | have done it that way,” sald Senator m. Eyanson Prepared Briefs. Senator Walsh asked what Mr. Eyan- son had done for Senator Bingham i prior to the time he went on thesGov- | ernment pay roll. | “He attended the hearings of the | | ways and means committee, prepared | briefs on tariff matters and prepared { letters to be signed by me in Teply to | questions about the tariff,” said Sena- | tor Bingham. “He performed all the | activities of a private secretary on a special job.” Senator Bingham said that Eyanson | had continued on the Government pay- | roll to attend the secret of the | committee until objection was raised by some of the Senators to having any secretaries in the committee room. “Did not the chairman tell you Eyanson could not come into the room,” asked Senator Caraway. “He told me it was distasteful to some members of the committee and, of | course, I withdrew,” sald Senator Bing- ] | ham. “You can't approve of the falsification | of the Government's pay roll,” said Sen- | ator Robinson. Senator Bingham objected to the | use of the word “falsification.” He said | that Eyanson had received the money | from the Government, but that he did | not keep it. Senator Walsh wanted to know what other Senators had secretaries at the | secret sessions. Senator Bingham declined to say. pointing out that other Senators could questioned by the committee if it desired and that it was a question of ‘lnvufl[lfln. the affairs of the finance committee. Senator Bingham said that one mem- | ber of the finance committee had felt that the proceedings in secret sessions were leaking out and that information was being given out by Senators’ sec- retaries. For that reason, Senator Bingham seid, this Senator had ob- jected to all secretaries being present. | While Senator Bingham did not give i this Senator’s name, it is understood | that it was Senator Couzens of Michi- | gan. In reply to further questions, Sen- ator Bingham sald that this Senator did not know that Eyanson was any differ- ent from the secretaries to other Sen- | | { | I taries being in the committee room. “After that time all secretaries were excluded,” said Senator Bingham. Semators Clash Repeatedly. Walsh and Senator Bingham resulted ators at the time he objected to secre- | Repeated clashes between Senator | of Tespect to the 52 industries, the Smoot-Hawley bill raises protection rates for 44 of them, reduces the rates in 1 ipdustry and leaves 7 ged “On that basis” Walsh commented, “the people of the country would pay, to Connecticut industries an increase of from $556,000,000 under the present al“l_'to $632,000,000 under the Senate ! { Bingham ohserved that the people of Connecticut pay into the Federal Treas- ury more money in taxes than other States. The average increase of all the items cited by Walsh was from 27.7 to 31.6, about 4 per cent. At one point in the recitation of the | varying rates for the different | industries. Bingham assented when ‘Walsh pointed out that the duty on wur::ed goods was raised from 519 o 4. “But did not leave the woolen | rate at 31 cents and di to the Rose saie of 34 contat” Welin asced. | { ‘When Senator Bingham did not an- swer the question directly, starting an explanation, Walsh interposed an objce- | tion. He asked for an answer several times, and each time Bingham pursued | the same course. Walsh Offers Protest. ‘Walsh, obviously impatient, finally protested to Senator Caraway, chairman of the subcommittee, and the Arkansas | Senator reminded Bingham that he appeared before the committee at his request. “I object to this method of inguisi- tion,” Senator Bingham stated. “I ask you a question, which I wan: you to answer yes or no,” Walsh sald, “and then you may make any comment you desire.” He then asked again about the woole: rate and Bingham snswered “Yes,” that the House increase had been disagreed upon. ““What is the object of these questions, y I ask?” Bingham asked. “I want to find out how effective Mr. Eyanson 1is,” Walsh replied, amid laughter, " the Senator imply that the work of Mr. Eyanson was improper?” Bingham asked. “What I think does not matter,” Walsh commented. “I am mnot bels examined; I am here to gather facts.” “I have already stated that Eyanson did not teke part in any ques- | tioning of committee membhers,” Bing- ham said, “but that he merely answered questions which 1 asked him.” Walsh Makes Observation. In discussing the various rates adopted, Senator Walsh observed that, roughly speaki Mr. Eyanson's work was worth 110‘.30,000 to the industries in his State. ““The implication is that Mr. Eyanson wrote these rates” Bingham said. I want to say that I have but one vote on the committee and in the Senate, | and that my mformation about the in- that they eontributed as well as did this assistant to my making up my mind.” Senator Caraway asked Bingham if the information he got from Eyanson changsd his mind on any of the tariff schedules. Bingham's reply was that of course the facts Eyanson provided influenced Ihim, but he insisted that if that in- formation had suggested downward re- vision of rates instead of upward re- vision he would have depended upon them just as much. “Did you expect to pass these changes of mind to the Senate and impose from the Montana Senator's effort to obtain from Mr. Bingham information which he thought relevant and at one point in the Walsh raised - self from his chair to protest against Bingham's comment before answering ‘Walsh cited 52 leading industries in Connecticut and named them indi- vidually, giving the rates of protection under existing law and the rate pro- posed in the Senate bill now under these views which Mr. Eyanson gave | Grande” 20| ton, America. In August of the same year | rep | masses,” with the counter suj dustries came from other sources, and | Vete Is Selid, Despite Debate. Immigration topics brought some pointed debate, though no division in votes, and delegates from the Detroit ares, who raised the issue against Ca- nadian border-crossing privileges, drew re: se from Canadian spokesmen as well as from Willam Green, president of the federation. The main resolutions committee report adopted asked that Congress make efforts to furthes restrict “immigration from the Eastern Hemisphere at least one- half.” that the 2 per cent quota law be applied “to all countries below the Rio and approved proposals to supplement present restrictions of im- migration regulations applying to per- sons resident In Canada who cross the border to work dally in the United States. ‘This was supplemented by resolutions specifically favoring enactment of the Box bill, fixing a quota on Mexican im- migration, but accompanied by rejec- of resolutions proposed by Michigan Labor Federation demanding annulment of present border-crossing regulations maintained by the immigra- tion service. Frank X. Martel, a Detroit delegate, declared himself “not satisfied with the Dposition of the executive council,” as- serted that 15,000 workers residing in Canada come daily to the United States to work and are neither Americans nor Canadians,” and demanded a “‘quota for Canadian immigration, lest Detroit be surrendered again, as it was by Gen. Hull in 1812, Present border-creasing _regulations. he said, nullified the Smfé‘nflfln law. Mr, Green &nd Matthew Woll, chair- man of the resolutions committee, both declared that they had found the La- bor Department alwa~s sympathetic on jmmigration mat*-~~. and Mr. Woll sald the commi*'- - 3 report! in favor ent regulations of the Canadian Cites Reciprocity. ““This is & question clear to us.” said James Simpson, representing the Ca- nadian Trades and Labor Congress. “We do not want to be a party to sur- titious entry of aliens into the United States, but cities have been built up slong the border with the knowledge of the llllhoralm ll"lu:he '}J:flhfl ltlllll, and apparently wi their approval. There is interchange of workers both ways between Detroit and Windsor. Any chanj in immigration laws which would hamper this would not be =& healthy thing for our international unions on this side. We are anxious that the federation should not do any- | he thing that would prejudice our case here. We are :‘\‘I‘l‘h .“hfl':d lh:: the United States going mal regulations aimed at the workers of t‘fi try.” country. “If it is necessary to cross s here, fet us do it,” Martel retorted. “Brother Simpson wants the people of Canada to continue en| a right they do not have under United States immigration laws.” A fourth immigration resolution, ad- voutJnf limitation upon entry from the Philippines_was voted as the debate dropped. Chairman Woll announced that the expression of the convention's position on use of injunction in labor disputes would be the first order of business tomorrow and the convention voted likewise to elect its officers on that day. Ri lio Use Is Favored. Use of the radio by labor organisa- tions to the limit of “financial and managerial ability” was favored by reso- lutions adopted earlier; with an appeal for full wave length privileges for such existing stations, and advocacy of en- forcement of anti-trust laws in the radio fleld, the executive council was asked to make special study during the coming year of methods to assist re- tention of old men in industry and labor organizations_generally were asked to support the Pederal Census Buresu In the contemplated unemployment census. No debate was aroused by the adop- tion of the resolution again pledging organized labor to non-partisan politi- cal effort, with its promise of “aggres- sive campaign against those members of Congress, who suppress measures de- signed to promote the well being of t'll! for “candidates friendly to labor.” Also without debate or dissent the convention voted to “reiterate its opposition to all legislation proposing consoription.” {DOUGHERTY CALLS ON'PRATT TO PROBE ALLEN’S ACTIVITY (Continued From First Page.) this man, W. L. Moffatt, was allowed to be at liberty while two indictments are pending against him. A search of court records revealed that Moffatt was indicted on two harges of false pretenses in the Jan- uary, 1928, term of the grand jury. He was released on $5,000 bond in each case. District Attorney Leo A. Rover sald loday that Moffatt has not been brought to trial because of the crowded condition of the criminal court docket. Mr. Rover asserted that April, 1928, to February, 1929, conditions were such that it was possible to try only Jail cases. Crowded in Summer. From February to Summer, Mr. Rover said, it was necessary to keep up with cases as_they came in to Jan everfluvnn":urlnl the He predicted that by Novem year it probably would be ] begin on the cases in which the de- fendants are at liberty on bond. He made it clear, however, that he could not promise that Moffatt's case would be called during that month. This morning in the corridors of Police Court, Moffatt was stopped newspaper men and asked for his side of the case, He had just started his story, when his attorney interrupted and refused to allow him to continue. Yesterday afternoon, however, Mof- fatt explained “That it was months. ber of this ible to 5,023 with which to purchase City Service stock, to be i you on Senators who might not agree?” OCaraway asked. Senator Bingham insisted that he did use of his professional abilities just as much as he would feel free to accept the suggestions of anybody else wi might ask him to vote one way or another. ' used as collateral I{l'flll the purchase of some bank stock. This happened September 10, 1929, the warrant al- Moffatt said that Orndoff came to his home Sunday and demanded im- mediate delivery of the stock. He ex- plained that naturally he could mot “vly with this request. -Moffatt was arrested yesterday by Allen, Capt. Doyle and Detective Wil- liam F. Burke of the third IMMIGRATION ACTS {BRITAIN RECEIVES | ; IDENBY IS BLAMED by | ment og legislation to curb overpro- ‘ 3 POWERS' REPLIES Italy and France Cordial.; Japanese Text Not Yet Made Public. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 17.—The British | government has received official replies aceeptigfy its invitations in every in- stance to & five-power naval conference here in January and also expressions of | willingness to participate in propcsed ' preliminary discussions of the problems | of limitations, ‘The texts of both the Italian and Prench replies were published last night. Italy expressed the desire to collaborate in any step calculated to B s | ment. eliminate the dangers of excessive arma- ments and sald its view on the subject was too well known to require restate- The Prench reply was regarded as cordial. The French govern- itself” such & favorable turn, and declared it self “happy” to accept the invitation. ‘The text of the Japafiese acceptance; had also been received, but has not been made public as yet. ‘The London , commenting upon acceptances of invitations to the pro- Jected parley, editorially expressed satis- faction at the invitees responding in the same spirit of candor and cordfality in which the invitations were given. ‘The paper pléaded for a free, frank, | but discreet discussion beforehand of every difficulty to an agreement, how- ever vexatious it might be. If this is done, it was said, informal conversations during the next trimester should clear the ground largely and allow the conference proper to meet with some of the principal obstacles to success already removed. BY FALL DEFENSE AS APPROVING DEALS! (Continued From First' Page.) morrow to tell his story of the $100,000 which the defense claimed he loaned to Fall through friendship. The defense made the most of an important inning yesterday afternoon when it got before the jury the story of the Nav: alleged fear of a Pacific war in 1921, During the former con- spiracy trial this story of how Doheny was persuaded to bid on the Pearl Har- bor-Elk Hills contract had a ma, bearing on the outcome of that trial. Capt. John K. Robison, retired, who held the rank of chief of naval engi- neerd at the time of the oll leases, was the witness. Examined by defense eounsel, he related how he had pictured “the horrors” a war might bring to the Pacific Coast and had “begged” Doheny zrouprlia\;!l& rl::“ !'nlll::: for the Navy at larbor for securit) Pl;“)?: n:lllnlllli e ol man became “considerabl: excited,” Robison testified, and wvnllltz the Government would have at least one bid. “He said his company would bid at his insistence, if necessary.” the retired naval officer said, “and if so the bid would involve not 1 cent of proft.” Additional testimony was oduced by the defense to show that 1l had been made acquainted with the neea for protecting the Pacific Coast before entered the lease negol Shortly after Robison was i | | 1 i | Jor | and A - MISS FLOREN Eighteen, whe was awarded the title of girls representing various industrial organi Queen of St. Loul 13 FARM B0 sition, but All Appointments Are Confirmed. By the Associated Press, » The eight men appointed to the Fed- eral Parm Board by President Hoover today were formally and fully em- powered to go ahead with their task of bringing prosperity to the American tarmer. Seriate confirmation, -the last obstacle to the administration's desire for & board of its own choosing to carry out & broad and significant program of its own designing had been suceessfully removed. Three Have Opposition. All were approved early last night, after the Senate had laid aside the tariff debate and devoted a full day to discussing th-ir merits and qualifications for the important posts to which the Chief Executive had ap- polnted them. ion to three of Mr. Hoover's Appointees—_Alexander H. , representing the feld of finance and business; uel McKelvie, spokesman for the wheat-growing in- dustry, and Carl Williams, cotton resentative—deve! , but was unabl to_block their confirmation. Democratic members, for the most part, ed with the administration Republican group - in supporting the Hoover appointees. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, the | | CE PAPPERT, 2 is in & contest in which izations pariicipated.—Wide World Photo. KEDUEH ECONOMIT ANDLECTURER, DES Succumbs in Hospital at, Rochester—Funeral Here Tomorrow. Prederic W. Keough, 58 years old, of 3333 P street, economist, writer, lecturer rominent in the work of the na- tional committee for calendar simplifi- cation, which proposes to introduce the 13-month international calendar, died in the Strong Memorial Hospital, Ro- chester, N. Y.. yesterday. Mr, K h” became ill about two weeks ago while on one of his frequent visits to Rochester in connection with calendar simplification work and for conferences on the subject with George Eastman. . Mr. Keough had a varied career. For eight years he was ma. editor of \the Delineator and dater was for 12 years editor of the American Industries. He also served as an editorial writer on'! economic subjects for the New York un. 1909 to 1920 he was pub- licity director of the National Associ- ation of Manufacturers. Mr. Keough was treasurer of the ‘National Patriotic Council, chairman the board of directors of the Massa- | of chusetts Soclety of Washington. which to the e T post in the Navy De- mlzm“-l( he had Infm’ that “It is essential to our navel to have naval bases equ battieship fuel oil in Hawali. Debieny, jr., Arranged Confererce. ‘The conference the naval officet ha with Doheny was arranged through the oil mar's son, the late Edward Du- heny, jr. who had served on Rob- ison’s ship during the World War. At the outset of their discussion of the Navy's needs Doheny had tola him that his company was not pre- ?orrekd to enter upon the Pearl Harbor “I urged him, not as a matter of business, but as a matter of public service, to bid on the oil tanks,” Robi- son testified. “I quoted a good many statements dealing with the more or less doubtful condition of interna- tional affairs, and sald that war might come to the Pacific Coast. n, who was retired with the rank of captain by President Coolidge, was the ht-hand man of Secretary Edwin Dexby In dealing with the Eix Hills lease and contract. The Government counsel put Robfson through a stiff cross-examination. Rob- ! erts drew from the witness the assertion that he was surprised at a request by Fall that the Pearl Harbor contract col tain a clause giving Doheny's com- panies a preferential right to leases in | the Elk Hills oil reserve. Prior to Robison's appearance, the Government had drawn from H. Foster Bain, former director of the Bureau of Mines the admission that Fall had | caused it to be understood in the de- partment that no oil deal could be closed without submitting it to him and that papers in the Peard Harbor-Elk Hills contract were submitted to him before the contract was signed. These two bits of testimony served to offset other information placed before the jury to the effect t Fall in Three Rivers, N. Mex,, had little to do with the negot'ations or the final settlement. A number of character witnesses were introduced on behalf of the defendant at the afternoon session, old friends of | Fall, who testified as to his general high reputation for honesty and integrity g mkes COTTON OWNERS VOTE AGAINST LEGISLATION Plan to Remedy Over-Production by Banning Night Work Defeated. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 18.—The Cotton Textile Institute, Inc., at fts annual meeting yesterday defeated, 450 to 145, a propossl to permit participation by the institute In legislative and political questions. | The proposal was sponsored by Eben ' E. Whitman, woolen and cotton mill operator, who had advocated permanent elimination of night work as a cure for overproduction. The institute’s action means that members may continue to operate as in the past, with no agree- uction. This action was taken by the mere than 135 manufacturers representing mills in the prlm:lml cotton manufac- turing sections in the country, although |¢n r‘.\u -‘d:uu WII::{ a Hines, h;‘; ent, sald rzore m accompl to eorrect overproduction. achieved, he said, =nd more adjust thelr nand and maintain a proper regard for "3ts of production.” Hines was re-elected president, but in a statement later he said that because formerly headed as president: u of the Art Alliance of Amer- ‘& member of the Wi Cen tennial Lodge of Masons, Pike Consistory, Scottish - Rite Masons; 7th Regiment Veterans' ition and the Washi Chapter, Sojourn- ers’ Club, a Masonic order of military men. He held the grade of major .: the Army Reserve . Mr. Keough was born in Shelbourne Palls, Mass., and was educated at Wil- liams College, graduating with a B. A. degree there in 1892. He resided in| PFitchburg, Mass, for a number of years. He came to this city about seven | years ago. He is survived by his widow. Mre. Ella Cole Keough: three sons, Bayard | Keough of the National Radio Insti- Paul Keough, a_student at the | G University Law School, and Frederic Keough, jr., ot Devitt ' Preparatory School. The . funeral will be held tomorrow | afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Paul’ Chureh in Rock Creek Cemetery, with | interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. | | | TROUBLES IN SOUTH |HELD ‘GROWING PAINS’ Manager - Employe Relationship Generally Improved, Say Manufacturers. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, October industrial disturbances in were termed the “l’ffl‘llflf pains of rapidly developing industrial areas” by the report of the employment relations committee submitted Tuesday night at | the annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, Fxcept for some serious exceptions in the South, the report stated, the past year has continued to show improved management-employe relationships. The report was submitted to the convention at the Hotel Roosevelt by the commit- tee chairman, Charles K. Seymour of %?ck Niles-Bement-Pond Co. of New ork. In the last half of a 10-day period, the report said, labor turnover has been considerably reduced in so far as it was contributed to by the “voluntary quit” rate. The average of the first five years, 1919-1923, of those workers who retired voluntarily was 69.5 per cent, while the average for the second half of the period | was 30.1 per cent. | 17.—Recent | the South| of the demands on his “time and strength” he would quit in December. He suggested that at“that time the ex- ecutive commitiee ocould e him chairman of the board and install George A. Sloan, gnlenl secretary, as president. ! ERICH H. LOUW, First Minister from South Africa to the United States, who will arrive in this country October 32 to undertake his new duties. Diplomatic circles are pre- paring social functions to welcome him. —Amsociated Press Photo. independent Western Republican' x m on gg: other hand, ' of Rum Ring’s Extent Chiet Executive’s nominees. Seiged in 32 ralds along 200- mile front between New York and Atlantic City: 32 men. 1 radio station, 1 fortified mansion. 1 suite of city offices. Landing stations. Storage plants. Guns, tear bombes, pistols, am- munition, much liquor. Unseized: Six ocean-going vessels. A fleet. of small speed boats. Smuggling capacity: 10,000 cases & week. GIANT LIQUOR RING IS CRUSHED BY DRY FORCES IN WIDE RAID. the three appointess to which there whe 5 and the count was 67 to 13 3 I (Continued Prom First Page) for Legge. 50 to 27 for McKelvie and ‘H to 20 for Willlams. The the business and discuss plans. The other raids were on stations, storage housss and dist: Patrick points. | Miteoury iive. so0k. Gharies 5. Wilson " e H ] Connors, a clerk at the Am- | of New York, misceilaneous agricultural bassador Hotel in Atlantic Oity. was ar- | activities, and James C. Stone of Ken- m #s a contact man for the syn- tycky, tobacco—were approved without William J. Calhoun, prohibiifon ad- * s pinisirior fur New Jersey, who waa )| \AFERRO ASKS PROBE OF CHARGES the syndicate was a “million-dollar out- fit” which operated a fleet of six ships between St. Plerre Bermuda and | and an auxiliary fleet of 10 speed boats. 10,000 Cases x Week. by New Jersey towns and taken to Tren- ton for arralf it raids ex- tended over a mile front. At the Albion-Tuxedo Hotel in High- lands, operated, it was charged, by the syndicate, agents arrested Harold Lindauer, who déscribed self as the manager. Several arrests were made at the Villa Ritchie, a roadhouse, at Highlands. One of the prisoners taken there, Alex Ber- gona, was declared to be one of the higber-ups in the ring. ntensive Action at Highlands. Two other prisoners taken at - lands, where the activities of the raid- ers were most intensive, were s Roas and John Labrocco, alleged rum rupners. nicipal government and many of recommendations and thcse of the Gib- son subcommittee have been adopted and made effective. . “None of the departments directly under me have been referred to in Calandriello of Pair Haven, N. J., was apprehended at Greenpoint, Long Island. inother member of the gang, Michael Crock, was ngmred in suspected estal ent at Perth boy. Another, C. D. Ahlers, was taken when agents and Coast Guards entered a road house at Sag Harbor, Long heads of all departments directly under me will we! . An ty to pre- sent any matter of fact desired and = assist, your lubonmmuul;e in every Yy . Respectfully yours, “SIDNEY P. TALIAFERRO.” | had splendid co-operation from Island. . SMUGGLING CHARGE IS SEEN. Lowman Praises Work of AN Who Helped in Dry Crusade. Suspects seized as members of & great liquor combine by the Government last night in far-flung activties centering about headquarters near Highlands. N. J., where they operated an “outlaw” radio station, probably will face charges of both conspiracy to violate the pro- hibition law and violation of the tariff act by smuggling, according to reliable indications in Government circles here today. ‘The trial probably will take place in Federal Court either at Trenton, N. J, or at Newark, N. J, where courts are district attorney, under general direc- | tion of the Department of Justice here. Officlals he of the Treasury Demunl and the Department of Justice been kept advised of the undercover cam: paign bein 'Im against the e. 4 it t groups liquor com! said ‘Was one of the ever smashed by ized alleged con: P - uor to the entire tern seaboard through a fleet of big and little boats, a radio station, and headquarters at High- lands, N. J. ¥ ‘Treasury people, and all bureaus of the Government interested in this big case did fine work,” declared Lowman, tant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition. 0“;; parts of the Government, especially the Department of Commerce, whose radio experts were hel) in wit the radio investigation. It looks like a pretty good clean-up, but the com- plete results will not be known, of course, until later. The case now is being turned over to the Department of Justice for prosecution.” The radio experts of the Department of Commerce helped solve the mystery through signals st ‘n code by the outiaw radio station maintained by the liquor clique. TWO ARE RELEASED. Kessler and Sweetwood Are Freed After Conference With Presecutor. two-of leased after a lem TRENTON, N. J, Emanuel (Mannie) Kessler Sweetwood, ralds of rum-renning rters during the night, were re- Philip Forman. United States district attorney, and Alsistant. Attorney Doug- th | arrested five men MEXICAN CHAMBER 0,K.’S ARTICLE IN LABOR LAW i Seventy-five Per Cent of Workers in All Businesses Must Be Natives of Country. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 17.—The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved an article in the national labor law project stipulating that 75 per cent of workers in all businesses afid industries employing more than five must be Mexicans. Man superintendents board grants a temporary reduction in. percentage. At least 60 per cent of ' t exicans. The chamber approved another arti- cle requiring instructions to be given workers in Spanish and another pro- hibif the sale of liquor containing more than 5 per cent of alcohol in work the establishment of gambling AIRPLANE RUM RUNNER FLEES FEDERAL RAIDERS Five Men Unloading Craft, Car and 10 Cases of Whisky Are Captured. By the Associated Press. WINDSOR, Ontario, October 17— United States customs inspectors who an airplane at N Detroit, -n'm,h'mv, the machine | an_automobil , which they said had from the air smuggler's ) Hicks today. Neither of the mén Iwu-ltmd' nu at Highlands, where they were arrested, The other 30 men, who were arrested City, will be arraigned in Federal later.